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; BEV. DR. TALMAGEr SUNDAY'S SERMON IN THE NEW . YORK ACADEMY OF MUSia Subject: "Conscience." i Text: "He took water an'l washed his hands beiore the multitude, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just person. See ye to it."?Matthew xxvii.. 2-L ' At about? o'clock m tue morning, up the marble stairs of a palace and across the noors of richest mosaic aaa under ceilings dyed with all the splendors of color and between snowbanks of white and glistening sculpture, passes a poor, pale, sick youns man of thirty-three, already condemned to death, on His*way to be condemned again. Jesus of Nazareth is His name. Coming out to meet Him on this tessellated pavement is an unscrupulous, compromising, timeserving, cowardly man. with a few traces of sympathy and fair dealing left in this composition?Governor Pontius Pilate. Did ever such opposites meet? Luxury and pain, selfishness and generosity, arrogance and humility, sin and holiness, midnight and midnoon. The bloated lipped governor takes Ihe cushioned seat, but the prisoner stands. His wrists manacled. In a semicircle around the prisoner are the sanhedrists, with flashing eyes and brandished fists, prosecuting this ease in the name of religion, for the bitterest persecutions have been religious prosecutions, and when satau takes hold of a good man he makes up by intensity for f AA/?imn(iAn Tf VAI1 hiivu iw?vftr seen an ecclesiastical court trying a mau, then you have no idea of the foaming infernalism of these old religious sanhedrists. Governor Pilate cross questions the prisoner and flnds richt away He is innocent and wants to let Him go. His caution is also increased by some one who comes to the governor and whispers in his ears. The governor puts his hand behind his ear so as to catch the words almost inaudible. It is a message from Claudia Procula, his wife, who has had a dream about the innocence of this prisoner and about the danger of executing Him. and she awakens from this morning * dream in time to send the message to her husband, then on the judicial bench. And what with the protest of his wife, and the entire failure of the sanhedrists to make out their case, Governor Pilate resolved to discharge the prisoner from custody. But the intimation of such a thing brings upon the governor an equinoctial storm of indignation. They will report him to the emperor of Rome.' they will have him recalled, they will send him up home, and he will be hung for treason, for the emperor at Borne has already a suspicion in regard to Pilate, and that suspicion doss not cease until Pilate is banished and commits suicide. So Governor Pontius Pilate compromises the matter and proposes that Christ be whipped instead of assassinated. So the prisoner is fastened to a low pillar, and on His bent and bared back come the thongs of leather, with pieces of lead and bone intertwisted, so that every stroke shall be the more awful. Christ lifts Himself from the scourging with flushed cheek and torn and quivering and mangled L n af cnfTanncT In liesil, fTWOUVlUK <4 apo.iomv v/4 ouuvuuid ?** which Rubens, the painter, found the theme for his greatest masterpiece. But the sanhedrists are not yet satisfied. They have had some of His nerves lacerated; they want them all lacerated;'they have had some of His blood; they want all of it, down to the last corpuscle. So Governor Pontius Pilate, after all this merciful hesitation, surrenders to the demoniacal cry of ''Crucify Him!" But the governor sends for something. He sends a slave out to get something. Although the constables are in haste to take the prisoner to execution and the mob outside are impatient to glare upon their victim, a pause is necessitated. Yonder it comes?a wash basin. Some pure, bright water is poured into it. aud then Governor Pilate put his white, delicate bands into the ; water and rubs them together and then lifts them dripping for the towel fastened at the slave's girdle, while he practically says: "I wash my hands of this whole homicidal transaction. I wash my hands of this entire responsibility. You will have to bear it." That is the meaning of my text when it says: "He took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: I am iunocent of the blood of this just person. See ye to it." k Behold in this that ceremony amounts to nothing if there are not in it correspondencies s\t onH Ufa If ia a cmrtil fhinctri TTJLah the bands. God created three-quarters of the world water and in that commanded cleanliness, and when the ancients did not take the hint He plunged the whole world under water and kept it there for some time. Handwashing was a religious ceremony among the Jews. The Jewish Mishna gave particular direction how that the hands must be thrust three times up to the wrists in water, and the palm of the hand must be rubbed with the closed fist of the other. All that is well enough for a symbol, but here in the text is a man who proposes to wash away the guilt of a sin which he does not quit and of which he does not make any repentance. Pilate's wash basin was a dead failure. Ceremonies, however beautiful and appropriate, may be no more than this hypocritical ablution. In infancy we may besprinkled from the baptismal font, and in mannood we may wade into deep immersion, and yet never come to moral purification. AVe -may kneel without prayerand bow without reverence and sing without any acceptance. All your creeds and liturgies and sacraments and genuflections and religious convocations f amount to nothing unless your heart life go F into them. When that bronzed slave took from the presence of Pilate that wash basin, he carried away none of Pilate's cruelty, or Pilate's wickedness, or Pilate's guilt. Nothing against creeds; we all have them, either written or implied. Nothing against ceremonies; they are of infinite importance. Nothing against sacraments; they are divinely commanded. Nothing against a rosary, if there be as many heartfelt prayers as be ids counted. Nothing against incense floating un from censer amid Gothic arches, if the Srayersbe as genuine as the aroma is sweot. othing against Epiphany or Lent or Ash Wednesday or Easter or Good Friday or Whitsuntide or Palm Sunday, if these symbols have behind them genuine repentance, and holy reminiscence, and Christian consecration. But ceremony is only the sheath to the sword, it is only the shell to the kernel, it is only the lamp to the flame, it is only the body to the spirit. The outward must bo symbolical of the inward. Wa3h the hands by all means; but, more than all, wash the heart. Behold, also, as you see Governor Pontius Pilate thrust his hand into this wash basin, the power of conscience. He had an ide;i there was blood on his haud?the blood of an innocent person, whom he might have acquitted if he only had the courage. Pooi Pilate! His conscience was]after him, and he knew the stain would uever be washed froir s the right hand or the left baud, and until tht day of his death, though he might wiish iu all the lavers of the Roman empire, there would be still eight fingers and two thumbs red at the tips. Oh, the power of conscience when it i< fully aroused! With whip of scorpions ovei a bed of spikes in pitch of midnight it chases guilt. Are there ghosts? Yes, not of tht graveyard, but of one's mind not at rest. And thus Brutus, amid his slumbering host Startled with Ccesar's stalwart ghost. Macbeth looked at his hand after the mid night assassination, and ha says: Will all great Neptune'b ocean wash thu blood * Clean from my hand? Nc; this my hani will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. For every sin, great or small, conscience Jo Viit/ia nf nnil huu 11 PAnrnnf more or less ompbntic. Charles IX, respon sible for St. Bartholomew massacre, wa chased by the bitter memories, and iu hi dying moment said to his doctor. Ambrosi Parry: "Doctor, I don't know what's tin matter with me. I am in a feverof body am miiul and have l>een for a long while. Oh, if had oniy spared the innocent and the imbe ?ile and the crip- Rousseau declared ii old age that a sin he committed in his youtl still gave him sleepless nights. Charles II of Spain could uot sleep unless he had in th< room a confessor and two friars. Catilin had such bitter memories he was startled a ? thalniut unnnd. Pllrdin'11 tl>llllforf havini plain the Duke c f Gloucester, often In tli< night would say: "Away, away! Why d< you look at me?" Richard III., having slaii his two nephews, would sometimes In th< night shout from his couch and clutch hi 8word, lighting apparitions. Dr. Webster having slain Parkman In Boston, and whil waiting for his doom, complained to th jailer that the prisoners on the other side o the wall all night long kept charging hie jwith his crime, when there were no prisoner on the other side of the wall. It wus the 1 voice of his own conscience. J From what did Adam and Ere try to hide when they had all the world to themselves? From their own conscience. What made CaiD's punishment greater than he could bear? His conscience. What made Ahiib cry out to the prophet, "Hast thou found me. 0 mine enemy?" What made the great Felix tremble before the .little missionary? Conscience. What made Belshazzar's teeth . chatter with a chill when he saw a finger . come out of the black sleeve of the midnight ( aad write on the plastering? Conscience, . conscience. Why is it that that man in this audience ' ? with all the marks of worldly prosperity upon him is agitated while I speak and is , i now flushed and is now pale, and then the breath is uneven, and then beads of perspir ration on the loreneaa. ana taen me io^s. ui unrest comes to a look of horror and de- .. > spair? I know not. But he knows, and God knows. It may be that he despoiled a fair young wife and turned innocence into a waif j* 4'id the smile of hope into the brazen laugh ter of despair. Or it may be that he has in , his possession the property of others, and by some stratagem he keeps it according to law, and yet he knows it is not his own, and that ? if his heart should stop beating this moment he would bo in hell forever. Or it may be he . is responsible for a great mystery, the disappearance of some one who was never heard , of, and the detectives were baffled, and the ? tracks were all covered up, and tne swift w horse or the rail train took him out of reach, , and there are only two persons in the universe who know of it?God and himself. God present at the time of the tragedy and pre-*- . ent at the retrospection and conscience? al conscience with stings, conscience with . pinchers, conscience with flails, conscience 81 with furnaces, is upon him, and until a man's conscience rouses him he does not repent. v Thomas Oliver was one of John Wesley's A preachers. The early part of his life had , been full of recklessness, and he had made n' debts wherever he could borrow. He was . converted to God, and then he went lortu to preach and pay his debts. Ho had a small amount of property left him, and immedi- 111 atelyset out to pay his debts, and everybody , knew he was in earnest, and to consummate ai the last payment he had to sell his horse and a saddle and bridle. That was conscience. That is converted conscience. That Is religion. Frank Tiebout. a converted rumseller, had a large amount of liquor on hand at the tinu? of his conversion, and ho put all the ." kegs aud barrels and demijohns in a wagon and took them down in front of tho old church where he had been converted and had even-thing emptied into the street. That is ' religion. Why the thousands of dollars sent every year to the United States Treasury at r Washington as "conscience money?" Why, it simply means there are postmasters and there are attorneys and there are officials who sometimes retain that which does not ? belong to them, and these men are convert- * ed. or under powerful pressure of conscience, i. and make restitution. If all the moneys out f of which the State and tho United States ?! treasuries have been defrauded should come ' back to their rightful exchequers, there would P be enough money to pay all the State debts ?' and all the United States debt by day after to-morrow. Conversion amounts to nothing unless the ? heart is converted, nnd the pocketbook is converted, and the cash drawer is converted, and the ledger is converted, and the fireproof 81 safe is converted, and the pigeonhole con- 6( taining the correspondence is converted, and P his improvement is noticed even by the s< canary bird that sings in the parlor, and the J* cat that licks the platter after the meal, and the dog that comes bounding from the ken- P nel to greet him. A man half converted or . quarter converted, or a thousandth part converted is not converted at all. What will ba f? the great book in the day of judgment? Con- " science. Conscience recalling mlsinjproved s opportunities. Conscience recalling unfor- 5'1 given sins. Conscience bringing up all the past. Alas, for this governor, Pontius Pilate! That night after the court had adjourned. and the sanhedristshad gone home, and notning was heard outside the room but ja the step of the sentinel, I see Pontius Pilate jr arise from his tapestried and sleepless couch [s and go to the laver and begin to wash his hands, crying: <;Out, out. crimson spot! n Tellest thou to me, and to God, and to the night, my crime? Is there no alkali to re- cj move these dreadful stains? Is there no a] chemistry to dissolve this carnage? Must I C) to the day of my death carry the blood of w this innocent man on my heart and hand? 0 Out, thou crimson spot! The worst thing a man can have is an evil conscience, and the j, best thing a man can have is what Paul calls cj a good conscience. g But is there no such thing as moral purifl- ^ cation? If a man is a sinner once, must he n always be a sinner, and an unforgiven sinner?" We have all had conscience after us. w Or do you tell me that all the words of your ^ life have been just right, and all the thoughts p, of your heart have been just right, and all the actions of your life just right? Then you do not know yourself, and I take the responsibility of snying you are a Pharisee, you are a hypocrite, you are a Pontius Pilate, and do not know it. You commit the very same sin that Pilate committed. You have crucified the Lord of Glory. But if nine-tenths of this audience are made up of thoughtful and "" earnest people, then nine-tenths of this au dience are saying within themselves: Is there no such thing as moral purification? Is there no laver in which the soul may wash r( and be clean? Yes, yes, yes. Tell it in song, n tell it in sermon, toll it in prayer,'tell it to te the hemispheres. That is what David cried p /%?** fnt. tttKon ha colH "Woch mo thnrnin?hlv i. from mv sin, and cleanse rn? from mine in- f iquities." And that is what, in another place, ^ he cried out for when he said. "Wash me j and 1 shall be whiter than snow." Behold, g the laver of the gospel, tilled with living fountains. Did you ever see the picture of ^ the laver in the ancient tabernacle or in the p ancient templeV The laver in the ancient ci tabernacle was made out of the women's me- " tallic looking glasses. It was a great basin, n standing on a beautiful pedestal, but when o; the temple was built, then the laver was an w immense affair, called the brazen sea, and, d oh, how deep were the floods there gathered! is And there were ten lavere besides?Ave at w the right and five at the left?and each laver ci had 300 gallons of water. And the outside n< of these la vers was carved and chased with palm trees so delicately cut you could al- T most see the leaves tremble, and lions so true to life that you could imagine you saw the nostril throb, and the cherubim with outspread wings. That magnificent laver of the old dispensation is a feeble type of the more glorious laver of out dispensation?our sun- o lit dispensation. li Here is the laver holding rivers of salva- bi tion. having for its pedestal tho Rock of s( Ages, carved with the figures of the lion of k i Judah's tribe, and having palm branches for II , victory and wings suggestive of the soul's It i flight toward God in prayer and the soul's ai l flight heavenward when we die. Come ye bl auditory, and wash away all your sins, how- c< ever aggravated, and all your sorrows, how- ti ! ever agonizing. Come co this fountain, open le for all sin and uneleanness, the furthest, r< the worst. You need not carry your sins w half a second. Come aud wash in this r< glorious gospel laver. Why. that is an p > opportunity enough to swallow up all a nations. Thai is an opportunity that will e 5 yet stand on the Alps and beckon to Italy, ci and yet stand on the Pyrenees and beckon to a; ) Spain, and it will yet stand on the Ural and tl ) beckon to Russia, and it will stand at the ci Kate of heaven and beckon to all nations, u , Pardon for all sin. and pardon right away, o through the blood of the Son of God. A lit- t( - tie chilu that had been blind, but through skillful surgery brought to sight, said: "Why, mother, why didn't you tell me the earth and sky are so beautiful? Why didn't you tell C( . me?'- "Oh," replied the mother, "my child, .i I did tell you often. I often told you how beautiful they are, but you were blind, and h you couldn't see!" ... Oh, if we could have our eyes opened to f( , see the glories in Jesus Christ we would feel ^ , that the half had not been told us, and you j - would go to some Christian man and say, 5 "Why didn't you tell me before of the glories ' s in the Lord Jesus Christ?" and that friend \ e would say, "I did tell you, but you were ^ e blind and could not see, and you were deaf J and could not hear." I History says that a great army came to - capture ancient Jerusalem, and when this i army got on the hills so that they saw the l turrets and the towers of Jerusalem they ] . gave a shout that made the earth tremble and e tradition, whether false or true, says that so a great was the shout eagles flying in the air t dropped under the atmospheric percussion. I Oh. if we could only catch a glimpse of the i e towers of this gospel temple into which ' ) you are all invited to come and wash there f i would t>e a song jubilant, and wid^resound9 ing at New Jerusalem seen, at New Jerusa- i a lam tibfln thfl hnQdnnna nf nthar vapMo flv- 1 O ? ?WW*???.w v/?nv**vM "J , ing midair would fold their wings and drop i 0 Into our closing doxology. Against the dis- ] e appointing ana insufficient laver of Pilate's I f vice and Pilate's cowardice and Pilate's sin i n I place the brazen sea of a Saviour's pardon- 1 8 ing mercy. 1 RELIGIOUS READING. Random shots. The man who is on the fence In a great loral Issue, usually finds it a barbed-wire snce. Bettor to vote In the air than to vote In the lud. It Is better to bo heart-strong than head:rong. The liquor traffic is a highwayman, who emands, not your money or yoar life, but Dur money and your life. Borne men will pray for twonty minutes, ad then ask the ?ord to. forgive them their lort-comings. He is a mean man who works for the devil ad looks to God for pay. The rum business has three pillars?appete, avarice and apathy. No man's name is likely to be on the rum>llers application for license and the Lamb's x>k of life at the same time. It is a poor religion that bursts out on unday and bursts up on Monday. It was Great-Heart, not Great-Hoad, who as sent to conduct Christiana and her chilren to the Celestial City. whn lives within tlie sound of a catoract unconscious of its roar. Men have sought to save their country; at who, before Jesus, sought to save the orld? Jesus does not simply give light?he is the ight. He does not show the way, he is the ay. Creatures below man cannot pray; those jove him, need not. To sin is wicked, but to tempt others to n is Devilish. The man who does one thing is terrible. Heathenism has no homes. Temperance takes the man from thesaloon. rohibition takes the saloon from tho man. Simeon held Jesus in his arms, but we can old him in our hearts. Antinomianism feeds the roots of hell with le dews of heaven. God had but one son, and ho became a issionary. The use of wine and beer as a remedy for runkenncis is like swallowing a cat to catch mouse. BUTT EE FT A' SIN8. Sin as a caterpillar is bad enough, but sin 5 a butterfly is a thousand times worse. The utterfly, for all its gergeous colorings is uly a caterpillar with wings. The swallow .'cognizes it as a worm and makes his din er off it in spite of the wings. 80 sin is thg ime disgusting thing at the bottom, howcer concealed under an attractive name. 1 the interests both of truth and of virtue le circumlocutions euphemisms at present so mch in voguo ought to be sternly discarded, ot muny comprehend the power of words, o change the name of a thing is equivalent ith most persons to changing its character, he true name of a sin is the best exposure t it, strips off its seductiveness, and sets irth in the glaring light of its own grossess. The effort to do away with these plain, omely words and gild over wiokedness'must 3 resisted. He who jocosely alludes to the devil as "the Id Nick," or "his Santanic majesty," has one something to put out the Ores of rightdus indignation against the Evil One. The nooth,fair phrases under which crimes are ) frequently alluded to in the public rints do much to debauch public ?ntiment. Adultery is an unfashionable ord; so is lying and theft; but if these srms were faithfully applied to what aro leasantly called "marital infidelities," commercial inveracities,'' "financial irreguirities,'" it would be much better for the [oral health of the community. Conversaon is educational. Let us keep to the rong Anglo-Saxon words wherein yea is ea and nay is nay, lest we fall into condem? utioa. HOW TO WIN FRIENDS. True friendship is beyond all price. "Poor i the friendless master of a world; a world i purchase for a friend is gain." A crowd i not company, and talk is but tattle, where lere is no love. A friend opens the heart, onderfully relieving the pressure of its riel; he strengthens the mind, wonderfully larifying the movements of thought. Joys re doubled and sorrows divided at his jming. He corrects our thoughts by ise' and faithful admonitions. He is ae in whose presence we can be uly sincere, and feel perfectly safe. He rings out the best there is in us. His solety is a perpetual fountain of refreshment, [is confidence in us no array of seeming rong can for a moment shake. When our eed is sorest he clifigs the closest. Full ol mderness and full of truth, come weal or roe, his place is by our side, his truth uniminished, bis hand and heart at our di3osal. We well may say,? "Lord, give us such a friend as this, And then, whate'er may come, We'il taste e'en here the hallowed bliss Of our eternal home." The Lord Jesus is surely waiting to be just ich a friend as this to all who sincerely seek im. ood'b guidance. One who carries a lantern on a country >ad at night sees only one step before him. [ he takes that one step, he carries the lan* ,'rn forward and thus makes another step lain. At length he reaches his destination i safety, without once going into darkness, he whole has been made light for him, lough only a single step of it at a time, his illustrates the usual method of God's uidance. His word is represented as a imp uDto tbe feet. It is a lamp?not a lnzinc sun. not even a lichthouso. but a lain common lamp or lantern which one in carry about in the hand. It is a lamp unto the feet," not throwing its beams afar, ot illumining a hemisphere, but shining nly on the one little bit of dusty road on hich the pilgrim's feet are walking. The uty for the moment is always clear,and that as far as we need concern" ourselves; for hen we do the little that is clear we will irry the light on, and it will shine upon the Bxt moment's step. Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see Ue distant scene; one step enough for n^," -J. It. Miilor, D. D. EEAL 80RR0W. Real sorrow is aiways from within. The utward life may occasion it, but the inward fe sustains it. "The heart knoweth its own itterness." Sorrow commences with ourilves. Pity is its dominating element. It nows no rage, nor bate, nor resentment. ; stirs the soul to its deepest depths. : drives the thoughts upward toward God, nd heaven, and eternity. It makes the lessed abode of the future seem like a ne ssity to give meaning to life, explanaon to death and compensation for boundiss pain. Graco is the only balm for sor>w. Time may dull the" pain of the round, but hope of glad reunion is the only ?al solace. Ii the Christian's hope should erish. the afflicted heart would bo hopeless, nd the despair that kills would bo the higliJt good. Thank God! His graco issuffiknt. No depth of human misery is as deep s the divine mercy. "God doth distil out of le bit! erest drink His glory and oursa vaon." To the trusting heart there is an ndercurrent of comfortin the deepest waters f sorrow through which mortal isever called ) pass.? Jlichigan Christian Advocate. It has been mentioned before the attempt ) carry the Gospel into Thibet. It is about le only land on earth where Christianity is jfused admission. Several missionary bonds ave been organized at different times and arted off with the idea of capturing Thibet ir Vyiirihi. i>ui, ?cturuiu)i nj uui'si rt;puris, ley are still lingering outside tho closed oors of Thibet, meanwhile improving their me by perfecting themselves in the 1 annate. However, it i< confidently hoped and snooted that admission to tho missionaries 'ill bo iiranted in tho course of a vearor so. AN ILLITERATE NATION. EToar-QftliB of the Portuguese Can Neither Rend Nor Write. People who remember the prodigious pothet which Portugal made two or three years igo when England tried to bounce her out ol some territorial advantage In Africa will be surprised to know that the population of Portugal, Including Madeira and the Azores, Is only 5,059,729, of whom 2,619,390 are females, and that four-flfchs of the populatioD ire unable to read and write. It is not surS rising that, although the census was takec ve years ago, the Government has only Jusl made up its mind to publish these figures, which it would be hara to beat in any couj> try of the world olalmlng to be civilized. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATION AX LESSON FOR MAY 26. Lesson Text: "Jesus on the Cross," Mark xv., 22-37?Golden Text: Romans v., 8 ?Commentary 22. "And they brine: Him unto the plaM Golgotha, which is, being interpreted. The placo of a skull." After Pilate ecourgod Him and delivered Him to thoir cruel pleasure the soldiers crowned Him with thorns, smote Him and did spit on Him. mockingly bowed their knees to Him and finally led Him out to crucify Him. Think on these things until you see Him bearing all that for you and your whole heart cries out. "I am Thine, rvu T Than / hnArfnllv nnfr hv fiom pulsion, like Simon tie Cyronian, bear the cross after Him (verses 1G-21). Happy Simon! Blessed burden! But where was Simou Peter? 23. "And they cave to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but He received it not." On the way to Calvary He spoke to the weepingones of the coming days of sorrow because of this National rejection of Him. To reject Christ brings unutterable misery. Matthew, Mark and John call the place of crucifixion Goltrotha. Luke alone calls it Calvary. In Rev. xi., 8, it is spoken of as a part of the Kreat city where our Lord was crucified. See in the wino and myrrh (comparo Math, xxvii.. 34) a fulfillment of Ps. Ixix., 21. But Ho would not accept it. 24. See in this verse a literal fulfillment of Ps. xxii.. 18, for every detail of His humiliation and sufferings was accurately foretold and fulfilled to the letter. So shall it be also with every detail of the predictions concerning His coming again. As H ) would not be stupefied by the drink offered to Him, may we not shrink from suffering with Ilim this little while. 25. "And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him." About 9 a. m. Ho endurod the agony of having both hands nnd feet pierced with the cruel nails (Ps.. xxii., 10). He was the fulfillment of all the sacrifices that had ever been offered at that morning hour. Naked that He might be clothed; a king, yet not a thread of the trappings of earth's glory; all for us. 26. Over the cross by Pilate's orders there ... j_ ,t., 1 /-IT.otin was written in rieurmv nuu uiou? . (the three languages which represented all the world), '"Jesus of Nazareth, the Kin? of the Jews," and Pilate would not alter it, though the chief priests asked him to (John xix., 19-22). .It was u title which was, and will yet be manifest to be, of interest to all the world. Are you interested now on the line of Isa. Ixii., 6, V See R. V. 27. Two evildoers were crucified with Him and He in the midst (John xix,, 18). He could not choose His company any more than Joseph could in the prison, but He could glorify God even under such circumstances, and He did. Even these were such as He would choose to save, and for just such He was then dying. It is a faithful saying that He came into the world to save sinners (I Tim. i., 15). 28. Long years before it was written concerning Him, "And He was numbered with the transgressors" (Isa. liii.,12). and here was part of the fulfillment. In His lifetime, while going about doing good, He was told that He had a devil and that He was a glutton anda winebibber(John viii., 52; Luke vii., 341 29. The possersby could not let Him alone, but railed on Him and perverted His words and repeated some of the very words which satan used in the temptation, "If Thou be the Son of God" (Math, iv., 3; xxvii,, 40). It looks as if all the dogs of hell were let loose upon Him(Ps. xxii.. 16). yet He meekly bore it all and answered not. 30. "'Save thyself and come down from the cross." On one occasion Simon Tster told Him to pity Himself, but He told Simon that that was satan talking through him and added that there was no way for Him or for His followers but by the cross (Math, xvi., 22 -24. margin). 31. ."He saved others; Himself He cannot Have." Thus said the chief priests, and they said better than they intended, for He could not save Himself and us, but He chose not to save Himself that He might save us. As to His being unable to save Himself if He wished to. that of course was a lie,, for His own testimony was as to His life, "No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself' (John x.. 18). See our privilege lu I John 111.. 16. 32. Theymockingly called Him ' King of Israel," and said that if He would descend from the cross they would believe on Him. Contrast the testimony of Nathanael to His being "King of Israel" and His reception of Him (John i..4!J). liven mo mieves mvnou Him. although ono nf them iifterward believed and was saved. Between people and priests and soldiers and thieves it was surely mountains of mockery, and no follower of Hisseemed bold enough to comfort lliin with a word of loyalty to Him. 33. Even the sun refused to shine on such a scone, and for three hours there was great darkness. We think of the darkness of Gen. i.,2, and Ex. \\, 21, 22, and the outer darkness of Math, xxv .30: Juclge xiii., but tho darknessof our lesson was unique). Never in ail the earth's history was there or will there be again just such a day. It was thecreatorof all things suffering for His creatures that He might redeem them from destruction. 34. After six hours ou the cross He cried out in the words of Ps. xxii., 1, forsaken of His Father for our sIils, for Ho was njade sin for us (II Cor. v., 21). See His seven sayings from the cross in Luke xxiii., 34, 43; John xlx., 27; Math, xxvii., 46; John xix., 28, 30; Luke xxiii., 46. Mark gives but this one for in this gospel Jesus is peculiarly tho suffering servant. He was forsaken for us that we might never be forsaken, even an it is written, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee" (Hob. xiii., 5). 35. ''Behold He calloth Elias." So thought some of the standersby. They understood neither Him nor His words, and it is even so still. He had at ono timo to say to His disciples, "How Is it that ye do not understand? ' (Mark viii., 21). And it was but a few hours before that He had said to Philip, "Have I beeu so long time with you. ana yei nasi thou not known Me. Philip? (John xiv., 9). 3G. As one rau to give Him drink, probably because of His cry, "I thirst" (John xix., 28), another hard lioart said, "Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take Him down." They could not understand one willing to die if He had power to save Himself. They were believers of satan's doctrine, "AH that a man hnth will he give for his life" (Job ii.. 4). 37. "And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost." Noticc also the loud voice of verse 34. He was in His full strength, but died of a broken heart, as was foretold in Ps. lxix., 20, and manifest in John xix., 34. So it was finished, and commending His spirit to God (Luke xxiii., 46) He died. Compare Acts vii., 59, and believe that "absent from the body" means "presont with the Lord" (II Cor. v.. 8) if only we are redeemed by nis blood.?Lesson Helper. t i PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH. Successful Experiment* Just Made In California. The first experiments ever made in the telegraphing or pictures for a long distance was made by the Call newspaper^ when an outline picture of the entry of the Queen of Fiesta, at Lo3 Angeles, Cal.. was wired from the latter place to San Francisco. The experiment was successful. The inventor believes his idea to be most valuable in newspaper work or in the police or secret service. A good picture can be sent at the cost of and in about the space of 250 words. It should take no longer than half an hour to send and reproduce a diagram. The picture is drawn originally upon a paper ruled oft'into small squares, each about one-tenth of an inoh in -ll_? Unnli vnrtinn I linn is lllimhfired UIUUICIOI. uuvu <W4?.V>.. .... x. M ? along the upp?r margin and every horizontal line is lettered down tho slate. Every square is therefore identified with a number and a letter, and its location is wherethetwo lines designated cross each other. With the original drawing before him the operator describes the course of lines from point to point and tho message contains only as many signs and combinations as there are changes in tho directions in the lines forming tho picture. This description being received at the other end of the wire tho Hues described are simply reproduced on a similar ruled surface. Army Worms in Kentucky. Millions of army worms have appeared on one or two farms in Boyle County. Kentucky, devastating all vegetation. This Is the third visitation In forty-flve years. It la the same worm now playing havoc In South* era Kentucky and Tennessee. WOMAN'S WORLD, J PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR ? FEMININE READERS. n the woman in white. 3 WTiite is still greatly favored for 8 evening wear and will probably be as fashionable for summer gowns this p year as it was last. It ie to be hoped a that will be the case as there is nothing so cool and pleasant and nothing en- c dured laundering bo well.?New Or* leans Picayune. f the pace of a queen. x One of the most remarkable slumps in value that has ever been recorded ^ was illustrated at the recent sale of j the effects of the Victoria Hotel, in this city. A portrait of Queen Victoria that originally cost $11,000 was knocked down to the highest bidder ? for $130. A dead loss of over $10,000 J on a single picture is almost unprecedentetf in the history of art as she ia found in American hotels.?New 0 York Journal. 8 THT. HOME "GOWN BUILDER. " t Very often indeed the amateur dress- s maker finds herself face to face with c aome difficulty which she thinks it impossible to surmount and she is dis- s couraged and almost willing to give t the whole thing up. 3 One of these self-confessed difficulties is the adjusting of hooks and eyes 1 30 that they will not unfasten and g leave an unsightly gap. This difficulty ia obviated by sewing on the hooks and ?yes alternately, instead of the hooks all on one side 1 and the eyes on the other. Sewed in this way and placed close together, 1 not more than half an inch apart, the dress will stay hooked. This is the * method employed by the best dress- i makers.?New York Advertiser. * HOME-MADE PIAJfO LAMP. There is really nothing the American girl can't do when she trie3. For instance, a conple of clever Washington girls have actually made themselves a piano lamp. They have wit, they have the best of breeding, but they haven't money. A ready-made piano lamp was beyond them, so they set to work to manufacture one. First they took three broomsticks and tied them together tripod fashion. These they wrapped lightly with coarse cord and fastened a flower pot at the top. The whole was covered with innumerable coats of black enamel paint, and when an old brass lamp was fitted into the pot, with an overgrown shade to top off with, you'd have said the lamp was the latest thing in wrought iron. It sounds like a story out of a woman's magazine, but it isn't. It's true. ?Washington Post. HOW TO DRESS FOB A PHOTOGRAPH. The greatest number of sitters are utterly ignorant as to how materials, colors and 6tyles of costumes will appear in the finished portrait, and the operator is blamed for what is, as a rule, not his fault. As a rule it is well?and should be required?to avoid very positive patterns, such as large plaids, checks, wide stripes and much jet or other glittering trimmings and much jewelry. Sharp contrasts in materials, trimming or style of cut are a decided detriment to a pleasing portrait, and, as a rule, the tone of color should harmonize with the sitter's complexion and hair. Glistening silks are difficult to light wall. as is anv material which does not " "" " 1/ . easily lend itself to soft folds. Dead lustre silks, soft woolens, crapes, fleecy tissues and similar ma- \ terials are always effective. 1 One should soften by rendering ' indefinite the line between skin and ' dress, both at neck and wrists, re- 1 membering always that, however weli a costume may appear in reality, it ] alters before the camera and may call 1 attention to what might otherwise 1 pass unnoticed.?Photogram. - I BUNS HER OWN FARM. Miss Nannie Robinson, aged about ; twenty years, since the death of her | father, George Robinson, last fall, has < been running their farm, on Black | Oak Ridge, six miles north of Han- i cock, Md., and a sawmill besides. She j is assisted only by her brother Charles, aged fifteen years. About , nine months ago her lather, mother j and sister, Letitia, a school teacher ( about eighteen years of age, were all ] stricken with typhoid fever. The | father and daughter died within a few : days of each other. The mother is still lingering and in constant care of ^ Allie, the oldest daughter. A water cower sawmill on the farm has been kept going since the father's death. With the assistance of the boy, Miss Robinson cut down the trees and hauled the logs to the sawmill, where they were converted into timber. Four months were consumed in logging, and Mies Robinaon cut down most of the trees herself. She put the logs on the mill and personally superintended the sawing. Most of the frame work of the large warehouse of E. P. Cohill, now in course of erection at Hancock, was sawed by her. Lumber from her mill has been purchased by dealers in Hancock. Miss BobiDson is a stout young woman and a very energetic worker. She is a splendid horsewoman. Besides doing ( all this, she attends to the farm work. 1 ? Atlanta Constitution. ] i FASHION NOTES. j Jet collars are among the novelties. ( The summer hut must match the 1 costume. ( The new bicycle sweaters for women f have big sleeves. Bridal trousseaux aro not as exten- * jive as they once were. ^ The newest chic coat in Paris is of ( blue-dyed chamois skin. Summer outdoor and garden dresses . are to be made low neck. Newest thiugs in boas are of narrow ribbon looped on a foundation. The Napoleon caprice has produced I ^ a new collection of cape aud saucers. . Black lace shoulder capes are among c those conspicuously exhibited at the shops. v Sunshades will illustrate what may ? properly be called the acme of ele- c gance. t Women wear now the wide lace col- j s irs tliat used to be monopolized by afants. Old-fashioned straw "flats, "trimmed rith falling lace, will be among sumler bats. Sleeves show the 1830 tendency, and ,re prettily ruffled on to the long, flat boulders. Dove-colored cloth coats, with uffed sleeves of the same ehade of ilk, are new. The ecru-colored batiste or fine grass loth is greatly used for collars and ichus this season. Waists grow more complicated and anciful. Caprice is limited only by he capability of the designer. Prints this year come extra wide, he width of the material .usually servng for the length of the skirt Any bodice is now put in style by he addition of a fluted front of blaok hiffon enriched by bands and lines of et. Chambray is once more in favor. !'or trimming frocks of this pretty tuff are flouncings of batiste with tilettoed embroidery. Big, white wash buttons come to natch the white braids of various deigns that are shown to trim suits of luck, pique, and Gilatea. One reason for the popularity of triped goods is that they add to the igure the height that the large, outtanding sleeves seem to take away. "Women are wearing white linen colars with colored shirts precisely as fentlemen wear them. The cuffs, lowever, are of the colored cotton. When the skirt is made of very narow goods it is quite the right thing o have all the seams followed by a larrow glittering application of gimp. The most up-to-date trimming foi iats is flowered chine silk ribbon, bul t is far from a cheap trimming, and herefore will not become too common. The newest fancy in nightdresses imong Parisians, who dearly love ia fa V?oxtex horn marln lUiUtJ AO VV UWTW VUWIM 4MMV4V n blue, pink or mauve batiste or fou' ard. All over open work cottons are ir jreat demand. They are invariably ipreafl over lining of contrasting color ,o secure the popular perforated effect. Cream lace collars, finished like a roke of heavy lace, with a frill of a ighter kind, having a design also is hick outstanding patterns, are to be vorn as much as ever. The delicate Bussian net is the veil< ng for a woman with a dull, sallow somplenon. It gives a clearer effect ind throws out any faint color that nay be in the cheeks. Backs cut without a seam should be iffected only by the woman with long, tlender waists, as the style tends greatly in appearance to shorten and Droaden the figure. Linen grenadine is a material of rery loose weave, and is shown iu Drown and wood tones. It is found ihiefly at the linen stores and oomee n nlain rlnttArl and fltrined designs. 'T ^WM"VV" ? ? ? ? ' o The new shade for the low shoes if jailed oxide kid, and it is more of e oronze hue than the ordinary Russian leather. It is fonnd in different shade: md is very attractive. A novelty in blouses is made of an [ndia patterned silk handkerchief, the jorners being used to form pointed jpaulets and basque, with strips oi lark red-velvet over the shoulders. Gingham, both the silk and cotton, cvill be worn as much as ever the com' ing season, and the quality is almosl is fine as linen. The, colorings are sxquisite and are warranted to wash. A new ribbon seen in Paris is from three to five inches wide; two-thirdt is of changeable effect of two shades Hid tbe other third seems to be ir tiny plaits in oue of these shades anc i lighter color. The prevailing rage for embroidery has extended to gloves, and those intended for evening wear have flowers, UtiH-nrflina and rtfchpr n.irr fcriflfif UXi. UO) uuvvv*u*v.w ?-v- j ? worked in delicate tints on the back of the hand and arm. Chine and Dresden effects are doin; fairly well, although there is no verj great rush for these styles just at pres ant. Black ribbons are going wel generally, black satin and gros grain, double faced satins, etc., being in de mand. Black thread lace mits coming wel aver the knuckles are being offered for wear with summer oalling and gar den gowns. This is a style that can be patronized by few to advantage, as the women with patrician hands ar< not many. A great deal of white is to be wori this summer, cream white and ivorj 33pecially. There are diaphanous materials, embroidered and spangled, to be used as draperies. Laces of al sorts are embroidered with fine beadf ?nd tiny jewels. These are sprinklec jver the surface and the lace is drapoc put on flat over a color. There is a decided fancy for close itting waists almost covered with lac( jf various sorts. An attractive de rign is a fitted waist of pale blue, witl i very deep yoke and shoulder ruffle: )f Venetian point. Another waut is jf polka-spotted silk, edged with ribjon about two inches wide, set on flat. Must Wear Silk Hats. John O'Neill, of Chicago, has rejeived a telegram from New York tellna hitn that nis fashion bet of 81000 with Leo Mayer has been decided in iia favor. Darin# the last Grand Dpera season Mayer appeared down :own with an evening snit and a Felora hat. O'Neill declared that the lat was "not in line" with evening :lothes, while Mayer held that it was, ind offered to bet SI000 in support of lis opiuion. The bet was taken, and ;he question referred to three New Ifork newspapers for a decision. Those papers have decided that Felora hats "are not in line" with evenng dress, and O'Neill wins the money. ?San Francisco Examiner. To Preserve the Color ot Flowers. A German scientist, Herr Nienhaus, las discovered a method to preserve he color of flowers, even the most lelicate. Ammonia in the air is the hief cause of flowers losing Iheir tints, ,nd if they be pressed between paper rliich has been previously saturated pith a solution of one per cent, of xalic acid in water tho specimens of he palest hues may be perfectly preerved.?New York World. m - - ! ?-J HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. ?? HATS A TRASH BAfifc For the useless odds and ends maker a bag out of cheap print or cretonne, or piece one out of pretty scraps and: line it so that it will be strong. One as large as a common flour sack will not be too large. Gather it at tho* bottom and fasten with a bow of cambric, and at the top make a wide hem, into which put a thick wire or sm-JI* hoop. Hang this in a corner of the kitchen out of the way and throw into it all the bits ot paper, cloth and trash of that charaoter. "When the bag ia, full, roll the contents in a big newspaper and tie with string and pile up in the house till you have the ashes oarted away, and then it can be carried away without trouble or extra cost. You can have a half dozen suob bandies and not notice the room they take up.?St. Louis Star-Sayings. FOR CIiEANIN'3 THINGS. To extract oil spots from finished goods, saturate the spot with benzine,: then place two pieces of very soft; blotting paper under and two upon it) and press well with a hot iron and the grease will be absorbed. To remove grease: Ammonia, two . ounces; soft water, one quart; saltpeter, one teaspoonful; soap in shavings, one ounce. Mix all together and see that the soap is thoroughly dissolved. This is is an excellent preparation for taking out grease and 1 dust. To remove resin, tar, axle grease or similar stains: Wet the cloth, apply fat or any common oil to the stain? and thoroughly soap it; allow the ' soap to remain for a short time, then wash alternately with turpentine and warm water. If this will not remova : the fttain, cover the stain with a mixl ture of oil of turpentine and tha white of an egg, and let it stand for i some time until it softens up. Then t wash with hot soap water and rinse, i Keeping moths from furs and wool. en fabrics: Sprinkle spirits of turpen- ' tine over sheets of paper and lay first L sheet on the bottom of drawer or , chest, followed with the fabric, and ' sheets every six or eight inohes. This . method is ettectual. lne turpentine will evaporate quite readily when - m goods are exposed to the air. To remove black and bind stains from scarlet cloth: Wet them with 1 water (cold rain water), rub them with ' a piece of scarlet cloth and a mixture, of three drops of wine vinegar and! ' some lemon jliice; finally wash in cold rain water. To preserve velvet: Articles in vel1 vet should always be made up the reverse way to the pile, that is so the i pile inclines upward. This prevent* them looking white; If from any cause the pile of velvet is orushed or flattened, it may be raised by holding the reverse side over a basin of boiling hot water. Oil paints are best removed by chloroform. Apply a few drops and rub gently with a woolen rag. Clean your lamp burners: Take one ounce of sal soda, dissolve in one quart of soft rain water, put the burners in an old can and boil for ten minutes, after which take a cotton v cloth and wipe them off, and you will find them just as good as new. This should be done every month to remove all the carbon. If you want to keep wicks from smoking soak them in strong vinegar and dry thoroughly.?Boston Transcript.' RECIPES. ' Candied Sweet Potatoes?Peel and 1 slice in thick slices two large or four moderate sized sweet potatoes. Boil 1 until tender in slightly salted water. 5 Rnil a Ranee of one teacuDful of white 5 sugar, a small lamp of batter and hall 1 a capful of water. Pour this aaace 1 over the boiled potatoes and bake in a moderate oven. r "Delicious" Tea Rolls?One qaart of flour, one teacapful of warmed i milk, half a teacupful of good y9Mt, ' two eggs, one level tablespoonfal of > sugar, salt to taste. Mix into a soft dough at 9 o'clock (in warm weather.) I Let rise well, knead thoroughly and r make into small rolls. Sprinkle elight ly with warm water, set to rise again, I and bake quickly. , Crumb Batter Cakes?Crumb six 3lices of dry, white bread. Poor a little hot water over it, then pass through [ a colander. Add two eggs, beaten sep[ arately, one scant teaoapfal of floor . u'fsd with one heaping spoonful of baking powder, a pinch of salt and a pint of milk. If still stiff add enough milk to make a thin batter. Fry on a hot griddle. Serve immediately. Egg and Cheese Salad?Slice a dozen hard-ooiled eggs, and pat a layer of eggs in the dish. Grate on a thick covering of cheese, and another layer of eggs, alternating with the cheese till the eggs are used up. ? - - - - " _ ? I Sprinkle over tne top a iew capers os I fine chopped pickles. Pour over it all Mayonnaise sauce, and again cover with grated cheeee. Serve with let. tuce leaves. Drop Cakes?Beat one cup of butter and one and one-half cups of sugar to , a cream, add three well beaten eggs and a cup of milk. Sift one heaping | teaspoonful of baking powder with three cups of flour. Beat all to a smooth batter and flavor with spioes to the taste, or with lemon or vanilla. Drop with a spoon, three inches apart, on a well buttered baking pan, sprinkle a few currants on top and bake in a hot oven ten minutes. Radnor Potatoes?Peel and slice as thin as for Saratoga potatoes three large or five small potatoes. Pat a layer in a baking dish, sprinkle a little salt, add bits of butter and several tablf spoonfuls of milk. Add another layer of potatoes and a layer of the seasoning and milk and alternating till the pan is filled. Cover over and bake e? ~in?toa in n. mrnlerilta 1UI 1U1 t J -U. r O uiiuu tvc ? ? . oven. Remove the cover and let browa and serve immediately. Chicken Croquettes?One coffee cup of cold chicken, either boiled or roasted, and chopped very line. A piece of butter the size of a walnut melted, into which stir one heaping teaspoonful of dour dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of milk. When this is well cooked add a beaten egg and stir the mixture into the copped chicken. Add salt and pepper to taste. When cool make into shapes and dip in cracker crumbs, frying quickly in hot lard. In time of war Franoe puts 370 out of every 1000 of her population in tbe Held; Germany, 310; Russia, 210.. ? - \V"U .r?