KEY. DR. TALMAGE i 3] SUNDAY'8 DISCOURSE BY THE A NOTED DIVINE. h Subject: "Plain People." k d P' Text: "Salute Asyncritus. Phlegon, Her- w mas, Patrobas, Hermes, Philologus and fa J alia."?Romans xvu, 14,15. al w - Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes, Adam m f Clark, Thomas Scott and all the comaenta- h< ' tors pass by these verses without any especial pi remark. The other twenty people mentioned cc in me CDapier were uisun>fui;tut?a lor some- st thing and were therefore discussed by the cl illustrious expositors, but nothing is said in about Asyncritus. Phlegon, Hermas, Patro- re bas, Hermes, Philologus and Julia. Where to were they born? No one knows. Where did lil they die? There is no record of their decease, ar For what were they distinguished? Abso- ar lutely for nothing, or the trait of character M would have been brought out by the apostle, fli If they had been very intrepid or opulent or or hirsute or musical of cadence or crass of th style or in anywise anomalous, that feature lo would have been caught by the apostolic Mi camera. But they were sroort people, because Li Paul sent to them his high Christian regards, wl They were ordinary people, moving in ordi- wi nary sphere, attending to ordinary duty and wl i meeting ordinary responsibilities. wl What the world wants is a religion for mi ordinary people. If there be in the United th States 65,000.00* people, there are certainly to< not more than 1,000,000 extraordinary, and fin then there are 64.00 >,0U) ordinary, and'we do th well to turn our backs for a little while upon ca the distinguished and conspicuous people of lo< the Bible and consider in our text the seven an ordinary, spend too much of our time sai in twisting garlands for remarkables and Ch building thrones for magnates nnd sculptur- foi ing warriors and apotheosizing philanth- gl< ropists. The rank and file of the Lord's pit soldiery neeu especial iimp, ua The vast majority of people to whom this spl sermon comes will never lea i an army, will tht never write a State constitution, will never an electrify a Senate, will never make an im- all portant invention, will never introduce thi H new philosophy, will never decide fal the fate of a Nation. You do not ex- ri pect to; you do not want to. Yoa will not W( oe a Moses to lead a Nation out of bondage. me You will not be a Joshua to prolong the day- nai light until you can shut five kings in a cav- to em. You will not be a St. John to unroll an th< apocalypse. You will not be a Paul to pre- ba< aide over an apostolic college. You wfll not me be a Mary to mother a Christ. You will more ma probably'be Asyncritus or Phlegon or Her- trl< mas or Patrobas or Hermes or PhilologU3 or ate Julia. wii Many of you are women at the head of old households." This morning you launched the grf family for Sabbath observance. Your brain inj decided the apparel, and your judgment was am final on all questions of personal attire, am Every morning you plan for the day. The the culinary department of your household is in br< your dominion. You decide all questions of bet diet All tho sanitary regulations ot your am house are under your supervision. To regu- quf late the food, and the aoparel, and the habits wa and decide the thousand questions of home cat life is a tax upon your brain and nerve and im] general healtn absolutely appalling if there tin be no divine alleviation. ha: It does not help you much to be told that to < Elizabeth Fry did wonderful things mid the the criminals of Newgate. It does not help you wii much to be told that Mrs. Judson was very wii brave amons the Bornesian cannibals. It fan Ass.a*> *?a* Koln waii mn/?K fn ho tnl.i thof TTlnr- Hff ?nee Nightingale was very kind to the an< wounded in the Crimea. It would be better oul for me to tell you that the Divine Friend of the Mary and Martha is your friend, and that He bre gees all the annoyances and disappointments ing and abrasions and exasperations of an ordin- flel ary housekeeper from morn till nijrht, Bet and from the first day of the year to the last 500 day of the year and at your call He is ready T V with help and re-enforcements. the 8 They who provide the food of the world Hi? & decide the health of the world. One of the He ? greatest battles of thus century was lost be- wh " cause the commander that morning had a fit see; of indigestion. You have only to go on some his errand amid the taverns ana the hotels of tha United States and Great Britain to appre- par date the fact that a vast multitude of the ami human race are slaughtered by incompetent dec cooker}*. Though a young woman may have C taken lessons in music and may have "taken din lessons in painting and lessons in astronomy, in she is nor well educated unless she has taken cha lessons in dough. They who decide the ap- cen ."V parel of the world and the food of the world Tat decide the endurance of the world. 1 An unthiuking man may consider it a mat- of < ter of little importance?the cares .,f the the household and the economies of domestic life All ?but I tell you the earth is strewn with the der ' martyrs of kitcbe n and nursery. The health hin shattered womanhood of America cries out san for a God who can help ordinary women in the trio ordinary duties or Housekeeping. ine itai wearing, grinding, unappreciated work goes bla on, but the same Christ who stood on the 10,( iV bank of Galilee in the early morning and 1 kindled the Are and had the fish already trai cleaned and broiling when the sportsmen the stepped ashore, chilled and hungry,, will help not every woman to prepare breakfast, whether ppa by her own hand or the hand of her hired whi help. knc The God who made indestructible eulogy giv of Hannah, who made a coat for Samuel, due herson, and carried it to the temple every woi year, will help every woman in preparing the aqu family wardrobe. The God who opens the Chi Bible with the story of Abraham's entertain- and rment of the threo angels on the plains of der Mamre will help every woman to provide got hospitality, however rare and embarrassing, beft It is high "time that some of the attention tte The have been giving to the remarkable women Let of the Bible?remarkable for their virtue or the want of it or remarkable for their deeds? ent< Deborah and Jezebel and Herodia and Atha- cry liah and Dorcas and the Marys, excellent and the; abandoned?it is high time some of the at- tha tention we have been giving to these con- qui apicuous wonJen of the Bible be given to T Julia of the text, an ordinary woman amid call ordinary circumstances, attending to ordi- live nary duties and meeting ordinary responsi- a h K' bllities. at i Then there are the ordinary business men. pot* They need divine and Christrian help, of When we begin to talk about business life, you we shoot right off and talk about men who cab did business on a largo scale, and who sold wa] millions of dollars of goods a year, but the gen vast majority of business men do not sell a tor; million dollars of goods, nor half a million, erai nor a quarter of a million, nor the eighth any part of a million. Put all the business men Det of our cities, towns, villages and neighbor- fled hoods side by side, and you will find that ben they seil less than <50,000 worth of goods. He All these men in ordinary business life want air me out and stand on tiptoe on their store eps and loot at some one who in arctic imeor in ocean storm or in day of battle or hospital agonies did the brave thing, not alizing that they, the enthusiastic spectars, have gone through trials in buknesa te that are just as great before God. There e men who have gone through freezing ctics and burning torrids and awful arengos of experiences without moving re miles from their doorsteps. Now, what dinary business men need is to realize that ey have the friendship of that Christ who oked after the religious interests of atthew. the custom house clerk, and helped rdia of Thyatira to sell the dry goods, and tio opened a bakery and fish market in the lderdess of Asia Minor to feed the 7000 10 had como out on a religious picnic, and 10 counts the hairs oi your head with as uch particularity as though they were e plumes of a coronation, and who at the trouble to stoop down with His iger writing on the ground, although e first shuffle of feet obliterated the divine ligraphy, and who knows just how many :usts there were in the Egyptian plague d knew just how many ravens were necesry to supply Elijah's pantry by the brook lerith, and who as floral commander leads rth all the regiments of primroses, fox>ved, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies which ;ch their tents of beauty and kindle their mp fires of color all around the hemitiere; that that Christ and that God know i most minute affairs of your business life, d, however inconsiderable, understanding the affairs of that woman who keeps a -ead and needle store as well as all the afrs of a Rothschild and a Stewart. rhen there are all the ordinary farmers. > talk about agricultural life, and we imtdiately shoot off to talk about Cincintus, the patrician, who went from the plow a high position, and after he got through > rHef-nt-nraMn In ttrnntv-ona rtnvH went it again to the plow. What encouragent is that to ordinary fanners'? The vast .jority of them, none of them, will be palians. Perhaps none of them will be Senirs. If any of them have dictatorships, it 11 be over forty or fifty or 100 acres of the I homestead. What those men want is ice to keep their patierfce while plow; with balky oxen and to keep cheerful id the drought that destroys the corn crop 1 that enables them to restore the garden ) day after the neighbor's cattle have )ken in and trampled out the strawberry 1 and gone through the lima bean patch 1 eaten up the sweet corn in such large intities that thev must be kept from the ter lest they swell up and die; grace in ching weather that enables them without precationto spread out the hay the third le, although again and again and again it s been almost reaiiy for the mow; a grace doctor the cow with a hollow born, and i sheep with the footrot, and the horse W ^V?/\ n n/1 f A AAmrtal fV(A >ll luu auu iu wmpoi iuq uuling acres to yield a livelihood for the lily, and schooling for the children, and le "extras to help the older boy In business, i something for the daughter's wedding fit, and a little surplus for the time when ankles will get stiff with age and the ath will be a little short, and the swingof the cradle through the hot harvest d will bring on the old man's vertigo, ter close up about Cincinnatus. I know farmers just as noble as he was. rhat thev want is to know that they have friendship of that Christ who often drew i similes from the farmer's life, as when said, "A sower went forth to sow," as en He built His best parable out of the ne of a farmer's boy coming back from wanderings,and the old farmhouse shook t night with rural jubilee, and who corned Himself to a lamb in the pasture field, I who said the eternal Goa is a farmer, laring. "My Father is tho husbandman.'4 ome. now, let us have a religion for ornrv nonnlo in nrnfAsetnna In nrvill nations. agriculture, in the household, iu mer.ndise, in everything. I salute across the turies Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, robas, Hermes, Philolosus and Julia, 'ake the few extraordinary railroad men >ur time and see what abuse comes upon m while thousands of stockholders escapa. the world took after Thomas Scott,Presiit of the Pennsylvania Railroad, abused 1 until he got under the ground. Thouds of stockholders in tbat company. All blame on one man. The Central Paciflo lroad. Two or three men get all the me if anything goes wrong. There are )00 in that company, mention these things to prove it is exDrdinary people who get abused while ordinary escape. The weather of life is so severe on the plain as it is on the higli ,ks. The world never forgives a man o knows or gains or does more than it can >w or gain or do. Parents sometimes e confectionery to the children as an in? :?ment to lake bitter medicine, and tbe ria 9 sugar pium preceues me worm a ia fortis. The mob cried in regard to ist. ''Crucify Him, crucify Him!" 1 they had to say it twice to be unstood, for they were so hoarse, and they their hoarseness by crying a iittle while jre at the top of their voice, "Hosanna!" > river Rhone is foul when it enters Lake nan, but crystalline when it comes out on other side. But there are men who have ered the bright lake of worldly prosperity staliine and came out terribly riled. If, refore, you feel that you are ordinary, nk God for the defenses and the tranlity of your position. hen remember, if you have only what is ed an ordinary home, that the great deirers of the world have all come from such ome. And there may be seated reading (four evening stand a child who shall be ent for the ages. Just unroll the scroll men mighty in church aud state, and i will And they nearly all come from log in or poor homes. Genius almost al,'S runs out in the third or fourth eration. You cannot find in all hisy an instance where the fourth gentlon of extraordinary people amount to thing. Columbus from a weaver's hut, uostheu? amv fr.m ua a* in what civn-j lis ;n h knot may be useful If it is at the end i thread. ,t an anniversary of a deaf and dumb Marshal Lord Roberts to the command her Majesty's forces in Ireland. Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Lord Roberts . Candahar and Waterford, who has been j I zetted to succeed Lord Wolseley as oo I mander of the forces In Ireland, is the m ? popular officer in the British Army, and il r the earnest hope of his fellow countrym ' that bis present appointment is only preli inary to his elevation to the post of Co mander-ln-Chief of the Army on the i ? proachlng retirement of the Duke of Cb 1 bridge. He has served in many wars, but chiefly known abroad for the part he took iWwJ FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS. (The new commander of the forces in Ii land). the Afghan campaign of 1878, when he pe formed a series of feats, which showed hi to be one of the ablest commanders ai most brilliant soldiers in the service of h country. In 1885 ho was appointed Coi mander-in-Chief of the Army of India, I which Dosition he conducted the Burme 3ampaign. He was created a Poer In 18? and in the following year resisned his I iian command and returned to England. THE NEW YORK AT KIEL Th? Germans Awarded Her and Her Slat Ships the Palm. Captain Robley D. Evans, commandii the war ship New York, in a letter to tl Navy Department gives an enthusiastic a count of the magnificent reception given tl American representatives at the naval eel bration recently held at Kiel, Germany. 1 use Captain Evans's own expression tl American war ships took all of the "blueri bons" during the festivities.so far as the nav display was concerned. The cruiser New Yoi was the object of special attention and a< miration by the representatives of the Ge man and English navies, and they pr< nounced her the best appearing ship presei at the celebration- They admired the coi struction of the vessel, her armament, h< equipment and the discipline maintained t the "Yankee" crew. The German new papers printed column after column < extravagant comments upon the displa made by the American ships. The German Emperor was particularly in nrocaoil vfth tho Vttte YAPIt TTA mnrlAQPVPri visits aboard, and never seemed to gro weary of admiring her. He made seven close inspections of her guns, her machinei and her general equipment, and ho was free! quoted in the Germa i newspapers as con plimenting the American navy. Even the English officers were profuse i their admiration of the New York, and the admitted that the Americana made the moi attractive display with their four ships, tb New York, the S.m Francisco, the Columbii and the Marblehead. The comments upon the American shif made in the German newspapers were n( sent out by the news associations at Kiel, f they are controlled by Englishmen. Captai Evans'g letter contained numerous clippinj from the papers referred to, and they sho that the German press was not backward i awarding the palm to the American vesse and officers. SEVEN ITALIANS MURDERED. Their Fellow Countrymen in Loalslan Say the Mafia la to Blame. The third of a series of Italian assassin! tions was reported from Elmhall plantatio in Ascension Parish, near Donaldsonvilli La. The assassin was supposed to b the man Naska who fired into the houf of Giordano, killing three and seriousl wounding four persons. This occurre In St. John Parish. In 8t. James, tb neighboring parish, and but a few mil( A way from the scene of the first crime. Vii oent Uido and his wife were waylaid on tt publio road by an unidentified assassin an word IH llarl Next day an Italian entered the Italia quarters at Elmhall plantation, In Ascenslo Parish, the next one to St. James, and wltl out the slightest provocation fired Into tb cabin ot Filipo ituiso, mortally woundln him and also his four-year-old boy. The assassin left a plain trail behind hin and the 8herlff, with a posse, following i arrested an Italian, who gave his name i Salvadore Puglial. The authorities ha every reason to believe that he committe the three murders in St. John Parish, an perhaps is the murderer of the Uidos. Th Italians along the coast are much alarme by these murders. They all say that th Mafia 1s at the bottom of them. NEARLY 2,000,000 BIBLES; American Ulble Society Distributes Thai ni uome ana Aitroau. Over 1,509,000 Bibles and portions of th Blblo were printed during the year by tl American Bible Society, according to li seventy-ninth annual report. More than million wore printed on the presses in th Bible House, New York City, and over half million in foreign lands. Through pui chases of additional volumes the total nun ba- ane I have not met with since. I would ~m- struggle over the first product, and after that ost was obtained by recurrence to memory or re: is ferenoe to the text-book?usually the latter? ten repeat the samo process, nnd so on till after m? the slowest possible progress the final result m- was reached, and then that was as likely to ip. be wrong as it was to be right: but after I m- had become perfectly familiar with the tables : ig after I had wrought them into the very fibre in ot my brain ana made them a part of my ? mental oonsciousne98, multiplication oecama in easy, almost an Involuntary thing, and the examples about did themselves. So it is hard to fulflli the commissions we oarry, to be altruists and consecrate our lives to others to work the works of God in the earth, as long is we do it all meohanioally or by rule: but :6t love, which is the soal of God, enter our hearts and become a part of them, and obeying God, blessing our fellow men, doing our J life-worlt, translating our self-cons -iousness Into character and conduct, will be the easiest tasks of our lives, the natural and ! aeoessary functions of our being, the sure, inevitable goal of all our attempts and attainments.? Eev. John Baloom Shaw, D. D. IWliK. I There was an old turnpike man on a quiet jountry road, whose habit was to shut his ?ate at night and take his nap. One dark, *et midnight I knocked at his door, calling, 'Gate! Gate!" "Coming," said the voioe of the old man. j Then I knocked again, and onoe more the ruicu rcpueu, ' uuluiu^. Tbis went on for 9ome tims, till at length I ?rew quite angry, and jumping off my horse, >pened the door and demanded why he cried Coming" for twenty minutes and never :ame. "Who's there?" said the old man in a inlet, sleepy voice, rubbing his eyes, ''What i'yewant, s'r?" Then awakening. "Bless /er. sir, and yer pardon; I was asleep; I get to used to hearing 'em knook that I answer " coming' in my sleep, and takes no more nodee about it." 1? So it is with too many hearers of the Gos' ? jel, who hear by habit, and answer God by ," labit. and at length die with their souls isleep. Awake, 0 sleeper, for God "hath 12 ippointed a day in whioh he will judge the jvorld in righteousness by that man whom he lath appointedand then your idle answers viil all be brought to light.?The Watchword. TESTIKO. Br This matter of testing reaches to the heart >f our dally living and affacts nearly everyhing with which we have to da The food , o .nat we eai, me eiuiu iu uui ^aimouio, ??*?* ie vagons or cars in which we ride?all are In q. ?ome way tested or proven before we make lse of them. We can each cite a multitude >f cases that come to our notice every day. e- *jid as we are given to passing Judgment :o jpon the material things about us, so we are ie jeing judged and proven by a higher power b- :han ourselves. Tne great question is: Are al are likely to stand the final great test of God's k lay of judgment when every secret work is i- :o be passed upon? Christ is the standard by r- vhich our lives are to be tested. He is ''the > snd of the law for righteousnes?to every one it hat believeth." If we have taken him as i- >ur personal Saviour, are trusting in him and sr ceeping his commandments, we shall be able y ;o pass the required examination, to stand s- .he test. In him we find the way.?Selacted. 3f tf PERFECT HABK3NY. i- One may imagine a musical instrument left ?1 n some old castle deserted during political w -evolutions, standing warped and cracked al .vith heat and dampness?uustrung, untuned y ind voiceless. But at length the owner rely ;urns, and the tuner is summoned to put the l- nstrument in order. He lifts the cover and :he dust rolls back in clouds. "Ah!" h? n jays, "it is a noble instrument, by the ly grandest of makers." He strikes a chord?a it ildeous discord, rather?which drives all ie learers from tho place. And now, as he bell, jins to screw and turn, to bring up each key :o its proper pitch, what wallings and )3 jcreechings till the room! People would sav, )t ''That a musical instrument V" But the is :nner says, ' A'alt, all will be right in time." n \ndwhen the long work is completed, and ts he sits down to draw forth from those strings w jome melody, or one of Beethoven's majestic n harmonies, children and servants flock to Is listen in amazement and wouiler. Thus it is with us in the world. Oh, be patient while God is tuning you: Now the walling and :he discord, oy-and-by the full and perfect harmuny.?Henry Ward Beecher. a ___ onrpTrtv?_ i- Does your spirit faint ? The Divine promn ises are a drooping honeycomb, better than g Jonathan's. Dip your pilgrim staff into ' their richness, and put your hand to your >e mouth like him, and your faintness shall ie pass away. Are you thirsty? They are the ly flowing stream of the watar of life, of which id you may drink by the way, and lift up your ie head. Are you overoome by the sultry js burden of the day ? They are as the l- 300I shadow of a giant rock in a weary ie lani. Have your steps well-nigh slipped? d They are a staff in your hand, on lop of which, betimes, like Ja?ob, you may lean,and n worship God. Are you sad? There are no n such songs to beguile the road, and to bear l- you on with gladness of heart. Put but a ie promise under your head by night, and were g your pillow a stone like that at Bethel, you shall have Jacob's vision. The thirstiest i, wilderness will become an Elim, with palmt, trees and wells of water.?Andrew Geikle. is d 1(j TALK ABOUT IT. d He who is determined to become "rich tort wanl God," and to that end is looking oared fully after the various sources of spiritual in revenue, will by no meaas neglect opportunities for religious conversation. He will feel that he cannot afford to lose the stimulus to bis zeal and the enlargement of his religious knowledge that comes from comparing exn periences with others. '"Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." They that fear the Lord should eerie tainly speak often one to another about the ie things lying nearest their hearts. If religion tg is steadily ignored as a topic of conversation among those who meet socially or privately n day after day. how is it possible they should ie consider each other to be really in earnest a after likeness to Jesus? There is pressing r- need of a. change of habit in this regard 1- among professing Christians. ip DIVINE ONION. " Nothing is of moro importance, if we would rapidly i;row good, than the habit of making ~ all the petty trials, annoyances, and griefs of * every-day occurrence a means of uniting the . will more fully with God's. This is the true ' mission of trials, and only as we use them to ~ this high end are we using them nright. All-! most people find it a very long ami difJS flisu t lesson. Nevertheless it can assuredly be learned. The trilling disappointments and sorrows, the crossings of our will or inclination that come so constantly, may yield, each of them, but a trilling gain ; but the ^ total sum shall be glorious iudeed. Every time we utter down deep within a hearty ' "amen" to any of these minute manifesta)i tions of God's will, the union between us and 1, God is made a little closer. 1 'v Wo are exhorted to the sacritlce or our bodies unto God ? the mouth to proclaim His word; the eyes to jjuze on His works; the hands to until it is 3 fully limited, s ? w-! iiiu-t li ?11 ourselvo* to Christ and His wjrd by in '.lituti-jii. ?**jaijol A Miraculous Escape. Charles Kent, of Milwaukee, the const ruc' lion foreman of the Guaranty building. Bufn fnlo, N. Y., who fell from "the nine-story i girders to the cellar on July 5, will recover. No bones were broken, though ho was terribly cut and bruise 1. His escape from instant death is looked upon as miraculous. !S 1A Gl?:??tly Incident. Shanghai (China) papers report a ghastly incident at a recent execution. Just at 0 the moment of the execution the victim's u hands nervously grisped the unnnent of the executioner and held on after decapitation. Bv'for- t'i" grip could be IjOocncd tlie ex;cutiOLcz dioil oI frigiit. i SABBATH SCHOOL ' INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR AUGUST 11. Lesson Text: "The Brazen Serpent," Num. xxi.t 4-0?Golden Text: John HI., 14? Commentary. 4. "And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea. to compas9 the land of Edom, ami the soul of the people was muoh discouraged because of the way." Edom was Esau, Jacob's brother. So the Edomltcs were near kinsmen of Israel, according to the flesh. Yet they refused to allow Israel to pass through their land, although Israel offered to pay for the water they might use while passing through fxx.. 18-21). In the previous chapter we have also an account of the death of Miriam in the first month, ana the death of Aaron In the fifth month of the fortieth year. See chapter xxxiil., 38. We find Israel in this lesson about where we saw them in the last lesson, but it Is thirty-eight years later in the story. Hundreds of thousands have died in the wilderness, and a new generation has grown up, yet of those thirty-eight years of wanderings because of their unbelief we know scarcely anything. They were out of fellowship, and it was lost time. We are reminded of the thirteen years of Abram's life of which we know nothing (Gen. xvi., 16; xvii., 1). and of the lost time of the Nazarite (Num. vi., 12). When we are out 01 ieuowsaip wun uoa tnrougn unbelief or worldliness, the time is lost. We are reminded that the journey of life is often a weary one to the flesh, but if we are in Christ, who is "the way" ("John xiv., 6), and will continually "consiaer Him" and "look unto Him" (Heb. xii., 2, 3), we will be greatly helped and strengthened and will not be discouraged. even through our own relations turn against us. Think of the brother of Abel, thebrethren of Joseph and of David, and even the brethren of Jesus did not at one time believe in Him ("John vii., 5). 5. "And the people spake against God and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wildernessi' for there is no bread, neither is there any water, and our soul loatheth this light bread." Ps. lxxviii. tells the story of their sin from beginning to end. In Deut. ix., 24, Moses says, "Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you." In Num. ? xi., 1. it is written that "when the people f1 complained, it displeased the Lord." And in Ps. xcv., 10, the Lord Himself says. "Forty v years long was I grieved with this genera- P tion." What a relief to turn to Him of whom it is said by the Father, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased," and to ? hear the Son Himself say, "I do always ? those things that please Him (Math, rvii., 5; 0 John viii.. 29). The Word for us is, "Do all ? things without murmurings or disputings." ' "Be content with such things as ye have" ? (Phil. ii.. 1-4; Heb. xiii.. 5; see also I Cor. x.. 6-13). ? 6. "And the Lord sent flery serpents 0 among the people, and they bit the people 0 and much people of Israel died." In James J3 ill., 8, it is said that the tongue is an unruly 1 evil full of deadly poison, and of sinners it * is said in Rom. ill., 13, "The poison of asps 0 is under their lips." The people had been c slandering God with the poison of their ? luiiguua uuu uuv* s,uxry ?,ro renping as mey V sowed. They sowed the wind and they are d reaping the whirlwind (Gal. vi., 7; Hos. viii., a 7). Sometimes a swift reckoning overtaken a the sinner, as in the case of Korah and his JJ companion, Achan also, and Ananias and " Sapphira. but it is always preceded by much a. long suffering and patient forbearance, as in , the days of Noah. "He that being often re- *' proved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy" " (Prov. xxlx., 1). "Because there is fprath, lest He take thee away with His stroke; then a great ransom cannot deliver thee" (Job. xxxvi., 18.) a 7. "Therefore the people came to Moses ti and said. We have sinned, for we have n spoken against the Lord and against thee. t| Pray unto the Lord that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for | d the people." In Ps. evil, we read again and a again tbat they cried unto the Lord in thfcir b trouble, and He heard and delivered them. ^ He is full of compassion and forgiveness, p and for us It is written that "if we confess ? our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us p our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnosf" (I John i., 9). There is a better way to live, however, than that of constant c sinning and repenting. We may walk in the a light as He is in the light, have fellowship ^ with Him and rejoice in the blood that e cleanseth from all sin (I John L, 7). We a shall never on this side.of the glory cease to ^ need that cleansing blood, but we may have g wonderful victory over sin and fellowship a with God. q 8. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Make ? thee a flery serpent and set it upon a pole, and w it shall come to Dass that every one that is e bitten when he looketh upon it shall live." rj How strange the remedy, a likeness ?f that -| which slew them! How suggestive of the ^ Lord Jesus, who took upon Him our like- _ ness, the likeness of sinful flesh and was Ji made sin for us (Rom. vili., 3. II Cor. v., 21). j( The serpent brought death, and the likeness of the serpent brought life. By Adam came e sin and death and the curse. By the Son of God, in the likeness of Adam made a curse for us, come life and health and peace (Rom. v., 12.. 17; GaL ill., 13). How simple the way of life! Though all but dead from the serpent's bite, if but the glazing eye could see 81 the brazen serpent there was me. <3 9. "And Moses made a serpent of brass and '< put it upon a pole, and it came to pass that ^ if a serpent had bitten any mnn, when he t' beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." In n John Hi.. 11, 15, see the Saviour's applica- a tion of this to Himself. Write your own q name in full in John Hi., 16, instead of the t< words "the world" and "whosoever," and tl believe that God means you, and the believ- tl ing look upon Him who died for you, in the It liffht of John i., 12, will surely bring you ti life. If C. H. Spurgeon, now resting from h his labors, passed from death to life by a h look, in obedience to Isa. xlv., 22, you can ti do the same if you will. The atonement has p been made: the work of providing redemp- si > 1_.l_t._J Au-I-i. Jl?J >? ?.f_ ^ iron nas oeeu naisuou. ouirisi uiou iut uur ? sins, according to the Scriptures; He was de- fl livered for our offenses and raised again for d our justification, and nowthe penitent sinner ri who honestly receives Him Is instantly justi- a fled from all things and maue accepted in s? the Beloved (I Cor. xv., 3; Rom. iv., 35; Eph. i., 6, 7; Acts xiii., 38, 33j.?Lessou Helper. ? si DOUBLE TURRET PROVED SAFE. 'c (i Navy Department Settles a Vexation* ^ Question by an Experiment. k Tho double-turretod United States monitor T Amphitrito has just returned to Hampton w Roads, after a trial of her great guns at sea. a She was seut out with instructions to Are the big ten-Inch guns directly across her decks K with full service charges, the purpose being bi to settle a doubt a3 to whether this could bo di done without injury to the decks from tho w blast of tho guns. A telegram sent to the b Navy Department from the commander of L the vessel contained the gratifying informa- m tion that this had been done with satlsfac- A tory results, hence there is no lonirer any doubt as to the efficiency of this battery as now placed. With four healthy sheep tied up on the sc fore and aft decks, while her great ten-Inch rt rides wore fired and tested at sea. Secretary ei Herbert demonstrated the falsity of thi n theorv that the guns' coucusjiou alono wouiJ al kill. ' w u b( A Itecord-llrenklnsr Crop. (r Crop reports from ail parts of Kansas are pi to the effect tint the corn yield this year will sc l>e tho largest in the history of the State, or Competent an l wll-poste 1 crrain experts say tli tint the Scale will pro In 4>I).U').1.000 hush- le els of eor;i. This enormous amount will be ra utilised for the most part in fattening cattle and hi>KS. Farmers are buying cattlenowiu anticipation of a big corn crop. in Drunk Twenty Gallnus of Whitewash. n. Veterinary surgeon* ure surprise 1 at the jj recovery o? a fancy mare of Danville, Ky., after drinking !lfte<>ii or twenty gallons of jE whitewash. Several gallons of oil and three dozen raw eggs'" were poured down the mare's throat in'order to save her. The Trollcr on Country IUzhtvays. di A trolley railroad running for fifty miles a!?>ng country' highways, and connecting six m Indiana towns with Chicago, is soon to h < to t.uilt. ft will be the longest trolley road in re Iiuliani'. an J one ol the longest ia the d< country. TEMPERANCE. THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE. F Hear the voice of Temperance calling ran In her clearest, sweetest tones. _cre Clear as sparkling waters falling Over flowers and precious stones. watl Wh Chorus. do , Like some holy inspiration, 8weeping down the heavenly plains, Temperance comes to save the Nation, ?cr< Free her slaves, and break their chains, ing. Everywhere her armies ralij', ^ Everywhere poor victims wait Thronging avenue and alley, Hovel door, and palace gate. jj Chorus. din) List! the holy inspiration witl Sweeping down the heavenly plain", rina Temperance comes to savt$ the Nation, ou? Free her slaves and break their chaliii. . v Men and women, vouth and maiden. nro la the tempter's toils are found, aah, Weak and helpless, sorrow-laden, . Demon-led, and horror-bound. glaf Chorus. orig List! the holy inspiration, aho' Sweeping down the heavenly plains, iu Temperance comes to save the Nation. Free her slaves and break their chains. " I gift! See God's image, starred, degraded, _0i: Reeling through the templed street. . 'Neath the sacred spires paraded Where the dens of misery reek- ing, Chorus. List! the holy inspiration, ' Sweeping down the heavenly plains, Temperance comes to save the Nation, slig Free her slaves and break their chains, oar( Soul of manhood! heart of woman! twu With the Christ-love which constrains, one Cast this hydra-headed demon the Out of man, and break his chains. ^ y. Chorus. the List! the holy inspiration. It U Sweeping down the heavenly plains, Temperance comes to save the Nation. i Free her slaves and break their chains. ? Ho\ MISTAKEN" IDEAS. It is a common idea that alcohol producer Tel< . warming effect in cold weather; this feeing of warmth depends, in the first place, on he fact that the paralysis of the central neroussystem causes an increased blood-sup- E ily to the surface of the body: and, secondly, ter a all probability,on the blunting of the sensi- v llity of the central organs which are con- . erned in the sensation of cold. The stimu- I?1*1 atlng action which alcohol appears to exert to r n the physical functions is also only a par- jjy6 lytic action. Again, there is a strong belief m hat alcohol gives new strength and energy .A00 fter fatigue has set in; the sensation of plat atigue is one of the safety-valves of our ma- as M hine. To stifle the feeling of fatigue, in girder to be able to work on. is like forcibly ^ losing the safety-valve so that the boiler cave, for her child. She was Mrs. Annie in a anley. and was arrested for drunkenness. The' Tith her was her babe in arms. * . ' When arraigned she could not speak clear- c' \ and Justice Ryan sent her to sober up. hare he child was not then taken from her. It min as so young that it was thought to require ( mother's care. ? Subsequently, she acted so strangely that JO'* eeper Lynch aecided that the child should each i taken from her. When he attempted to nprj o it she became frantic, and believing she v * as to be taken to prison and separated from VQ11 er child, seized it. and but for the efforts of gar? ynch would have strangled it. It took two mus ten to get the babe from her.?New York i\ vArtieur mixi hcm's bavaoes i>* africa. beig Bishop Tugwell, of Western Africa, has P&P* >unded a cry of alarm concerning the box ivages of rum among the natives of West*n Equatorial Africa. He says that gin ami ^ im are being poured into that country iu -t" larming quantities, and in some places with here there is a rich trade in native prod- ]_,v u L-ts, European manufactures are hardly to *p 3 seen. They have been driven out l?y tli? , , alllc in strong drink. Its effects upon th<* friec joplo are disastrous in tin- last degree: in pick >me cases it is actually destroying the ex- j ftl dient work of missions. lb* points out that , m result must b get drun'i. Tins year"' were iconl of youug women wh) hav? he vi niur- beim >red by drunken lovers is lilinj. ber ti 'ri. ....! ' * - ^ : M ' " 1 1 i r, _ HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. ->* TO CAN PEAS. ill the cans fall of peas, then fill ning over with cold water and >w on the covers. Pat in cold er and boil three to five hours. en half done remove the covers bat lot take the cans from the water. oat the air and fill with hot water. 3w down the covers and finish boilMine kept splendidly. ?American icaltnristf CLEANING CUT GLASS. : fine cat glass water bottles get jy inside rinse them ozcasionally i a little muriatic acid, and then e in clear, cold water very thorhly. Mnriatic acid will remove ns and impurities, and greatly imve the brilliancy of the glass. Bat 5s, sand or shot, whioh many use ileanse glass, scratch and injure the ? and do not bring baok the final lustre. Besides the lead in h ifl nniflrmnna ar?/3 -i# or?rr ia loff s 3ugh oarele88Qess in the decanter night do great harm. If the oat is becomes tarnished or blurred ish it with a very soft brash on ch is sifted very fine and soft whit, and it will be restored to its jinal beauty. Or a very soft piece newspaper can be used to polish is. Wet the piece of newspaper htly and gently rub the glass. Be sful not to give the frail thing ? it in rubbing it?that is, carrying , hand in an opposite direction from other?which is the quiokest way ireak anything. After that repeat work with some dry, soft paper. i said that the printers' ink causes spapers to give a finer polish when ning glass than anything else. fever this may be, no lint remains.. the polish is brilliant.?New York Jgram. __ HOUSEKEEPERS SHOULD BEST. .... I ither in city or conntry, says HeeM. Poole, in Household News, the lekeeper should so arrange her sfs as to have the middle of the day est, and the remainder of the time out of doors as much as possible^ muoh cannot be said in favor of ining and systemizing the work,. 'ell as simplifying it. Where one ' of hands do all?and this is the i in a majority of homes?it takes iod head to keep the house cool oomfortable, the cuisine well man1, and yet not over do,. Trained lligence of a practical kind is ring among women. In cooking >ols we learn how to conserve * e?that is, not waste steps and ngth?and learning in one deportt helps all. little after the midday lunoh or ler the homekeeper ought to reto her room, and in a loose wraprest, and if posaible go to sleep. t to good nutrition, nothing so sustains vigor as this state of ilibriam. Ten minutes' slumber eshes the nervous system, wipes the narrow marks of care, and :es life seem worth living. First, at ease and peace with all the Id. Forget everything unpleasthrow care to the winds, and e into that region where all is lty and happiness. Let frets and ries pass by as idle wind. And t say you can't; you can I Having i in tbe eternal croodness, show it itically. Have we reached this ent year 1895, through the evoluof billions upon billions of ages, e thrown off the balance by some 9 perturbation of the domestic hinery? Next year, if not next i, it will be forgotten. PICNIC LUNCHEON'S. , # amon Sandwiches?Make into A e by adding a little hot water, one :ul butter and one teaspoonful tard. Rub together the yolk of egg and two tablespoonfuls lemon s; mix together, adding a tiny :h of cayenne pepper. Spread this ture upon thin slices of white and rn bread. Make the sandwiohes ne slice of white and one of brown .d. Trim the edges evenly and diagonally. eat Sandwiches?Chop fine either boiled'ham, tongue, chicken, or ll parts of each, mix with one pint ae meat } cup melted butter, the : of an egg, a little pepper, also tard if one likes. Spread on thin is of buttered bread. Nasturtium soma (the petals only) placed be?a slices of buttered white bread, u spicy taste liked by many. ?gs?These, hard boiled, accom;ed by^alt and pepper, find a ready ket. They may be converted into ad by boiliog hard, chopping fina i equal quantities of raw onion 'cold boiled potatoes. Season i salt, pepper, bntter and moisten i vinegar. Or, they may be roasted he picnic grounds. Prick a hole le eggshell witb a pin, wrap eaott wet paper and place in hot ashes. y will take about fifteea minutes uok. Boil a basin of eggs until 1, place in cold water for a few utes, carefully remove the shells, each egg in halves. Take out the :s and cut a bit olf the bottom of l half of the white to make it stand ght. Mash the yolks and bits of ;e with plain salad dressing?vine J butter, sugar, salt, pepper auu tard?enough to moisten. Fill cavities of the whites with this ;ure. Cut a box the required ht, set the eggs in it with a white ir underneath, cover, tie on the cover and they are ready to pacl* le hamper. jana, baked with pork, and served, vinegar and mustard are relished aany. isp young radishes, cabbage salad, I chicken, chickeu salad, beet les, beef loaf, berriesor fresh fruit ly kind, jelly, spiced fruit?, rusks, i*cakes, ginger cookies, lemons, collee, and many ofler eatables be enjoyed by the hungry pickers.? New England Homestead. Mercenary I'uctiz.'n;,*. >rbert Spencer remiuds bis readif the origin of the English lauroiip, when he says that among the ahs in Africa there is "a set of ile called singing men who travel t the country singing the praisea iose who choose to purchase re2." iriDg 1894 but 20,803 patents grauted in the United State*, j a little more than hilt the numLj'pUed for.