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(# REV. PR, TALMAGR SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY TH1 NOTED DIVINE. SabJ<ct: "Cringing in the Sheaves.' Text, "Put ve in the sickle, for the hat Testis ripe."--Joel iii.. 13. I The sword lias been poetized, aad th world has celebrated the sword cf Bolivai [ the sword of Cortes and the sword of Lafav ette. The pea has beea properly euiogizw and the world has celebrated the pen ol Ad disoa, the pen of Southey and th? pen o ; Irving. The painter's pencil has been hon i ored, and the world has celebrated the pen j eil of Murillo. the nencil of Rubens and th< [ pencil of Bierstadt. The sculptor's chlse ( ha3 come in for high encomium, and thi . wcrld has celebrated Chantrey's chisel aut f Crawford's chisel and Greenou^h's chisel. Bu I there is one instrument about which I sing i the first cat.toihat was ever sung?the sickle the sickle of the Bible, the sickle that ha; reaped the harvest of many ceniu ries. Shar[ ana beat iato a semicircle and glittering, thii ' reaping hook, no longer than your arm. ha: famished the bread for thousands of years, Its success has produced the wealth of Na tions. It ha> had more to do with the world'i progress than sword and pen and pencil anc chisel all put together. Christ putsthesickU into exqc kite sermonic simile, and you set that instrument flash all up and down the ' Apocalypse as St. John swings it. whil< thrnmrh .Tnpl in mvteit God commands th< I people, as through His servants now He commauds them, "Put ye in the sickle, forth* harvest is ripe." Last November there was great rejoicing nil over the land. With trumpet and cornel and organ aud thousand voiced psnim w< praised fho Lord for the temporal harvests, We praised God for the wheat, the rye, th? oats, the cotton, the rice, all the fruits ol the orchard aud all the grains of the field, and the Nation never does a better thing than when in the autumn it gathers 10 festivity and thanks God for the greatness ol the harvest. But I come to-day to speak to you of richer harvests, ?ven the spiritual. How shall we estimate the value of a man? We say ho is wcrth so many dollars, or he has achieved such and such a position, but we know very well there ore some men af the top of the ladder who ought to bo at the bottom and some at tho bottom who ought to be at the top, and the only way to estimate a man is by his soul. We all knowthal we shall live forever. Death cannot kill us. A.v A--rv fha whirl. fV/UIW CtitllO iliftj' WD UlilYYU tuiu kuu nuiu pool or skivered on the rooks, but tho life within us will weather all storms aud drop no anchor, and 10.000,000 years after death will ehnke out 3iguals on the high seas of eternity. You put the raendicaut oft your doorstep and say he is only a beggar, but he is worth all the gold of the mountains, worth all tho pear s of the sea, worth the solid earth, worth sun and moon and stars, worth the entire material universe. Take all ths paper that ever came from the paper mills and put it side by side and sheet by sheet, and let men with fleetest pens make figures on that paper for 10,000 years, an i they wil only havobegun to express the value of the eoul. Suppose I owned Colorado and Nevada and Australia, of how much valut would they bo to me one moment after I departed this life? How much of Philadelphia docs Stephen Girard own to-day? How much of Boston property does Abbott Law Irence own to-day? xne man wno to-naj 1 hath a dollar in his pockot hath more world ly estate than the millionaire who died lasl year. How do you suppose I feel, standing here surrounded by a multitude of souls each ono worth more than the material universe? Oh, was I not right in saying this spirit ua harvest is richer than the temporal harvest' I must tighten the girdle, I must sharpen the sickle, I must be careful how I swing th< instrument forgathering the grain, lest out stalk be lost. One of the most powerfu sickles for reaping this spiritual harvest is the preaching of the gospel. If the sicklt have a rosewood handk, and it be adorned i with precious stones, and yet it cannot brinj j down the grain, it is not muoh of a sickle 1 and preaching amounts to nothing unless ii harvests souls for God. shall we preach philosophy!' The Ralph Waldo Emecsons could beat us at that. Shall we preach science TheAgassizes could beat us at that. Tin minister of Jesus Christ with weakest arm going forth in earnest prayer, and wieldin? this sickle o? the gospel, ? nail find the harvest all around him waiting for the antfei sheaf binders. Oh, this harvest ot souls! J notice in the fields that the farmer did not stand upright when he gathered the graiD. LI uotiesd he had to stoop to Ids work, ;ind J I noticed in orde to bind the sheaves the bet | ter he had to put his knee upon them. Aud I as we go forth in this work for God we can| not stand upright in our rhetoric and oui metaphysics and our erudition. We have tc I-sioop iu our wortc. Aye, weunve 10 pui um knee to it or we will never gather sheaves foi the Lord's garner. Peter swun? that sickk on the day of Pentecost, and 3000 sheavecame in. Richard Baxter swung that sickk at Kidderminster, aud McCheyne at Dundee and vast multitudes camo into the kingdon of our God. Oh, this is a mighty gospel! It captured not only John the Iamb, but Paul the Hon. Xlon m:iy guash their teeth at it. and clinch their lists, but it is the power of C-od and the wisdom of God unto salvation. But, alas, if it is only preached in pulpits aud on Sab bath days'. Wc must no forth into our stores our shops, our banking houses, our factories iand the 6treets. and everywhere preach Christ. We stand in oar pulpits for twe j hours on the Sabbath and commend Christ tc the people, but there are 168 hours in the I week, and what are the two hours on th( Sabbath against the 166? On, thore come; down the ordination of Qod thia day upon all the people, men who toil with head and hand and foot -tne ordination comes upon rail merchants, upon all mechanics, upon all toilers, and God says to you as He says tc [ me: "Go, teach all Nations. He that believeth and is baptized shall bo saved, and he that beliereth not shall bo damned.' Mighty gospel, let the whoie earth hear it The story of Christ is to regenerate th< Nations, it is to eradicate all wrong, it is tc infA nnrurlicu An nlrt orfid I painted the Lord's Supper," and he wantec the chief attention directed to the face ol Christ. When he invited his friends in t( criticise the picture, they admired th< chalices more than they did the face, anc the old artist said. "This picture is a failure,' iand he dashed out the picture of the cup? aa<l said: "I shall have nothing to detrac Ifrcm the face of the Lord. Christ is the al of this picture." Another powerful sickle for the reaping o this harvest is Christian song. I know ii many churches the whole work is delegatec to a few people standing iu the organ loft But, my friends, as others cannot repent fo us and others cannot die for ns, we canno delegate to others the work of singing fo ua. Whi:e a few drilled artists shall take thi oh a q t s and execute the more skillful music when the hvinnis given out let'there be hun dreda and thousands of voices uniting in tin acclamation. On the way to griindeurs tha never cease and glories that never die let u; sing. At the kittle of Lutzen a general cam< ito th? king and said: "Those soldiers an singing as they are going into battle. Shal I atop them?" "No," said the king, "mei thai can sing like hat can fight." Oh. tht ^>o wer of Christian song? When I argue here you may argue back. The argument yot make against religion may be more skillfu Mian the arcumnnt I make in behalf of relit* I Ion. But who can stand befon* the patbo.s o tome uplifted song like that which we some times sing: Show pity, Lord: 0 Lord, forgive! Lei a repenting rebel live! Are not Thy mercies large and fret*? May not a sinner trust in Thee? Another mighiy sickle for the reaping o ho gospel harvest is prayer. What does Go< lo with our prayers? Does H? ro on the bat :lements of heaven and throw them off? No iVhat do you do with gifts j?iveu you b; hose who love you very much? i'ou kee] bem with great sacredness. And do yo< lupposo God will lake our prayers offered ii he sincerity and love of our hearts. an< tcatter them to the winds? Oh, no! He wil inswerthem all in someway. Ob. what j nighty thing prayer is! It is not & long rig narole of *'obs" and 'aha" anil "forever am irer, amens." It is a breathinR of the h<?ur nto the heart of God. Oh. what a might; Ihing prayer is! Elijah with it reached u o the clouds aad shook down tbe showers Vith it John Knox shook Scotland. With i lartin Luther shook the earth. Aad whei 'hilipp Melanohthou lay sick unto death, a lany supposed, Martin Luther came in an< kid, "Philipp, we can't spare you!" "Oh, aid he "Martin, you must let me go. I as [red or persecution and tired of life. I wan o KO to be with my God." "No." said Marti; (Other, "j'9u ahalt not go; you must tak its food, aad thM I will pray tcr you. "No, Marl in." ?a;,l Malanehthon. "ycu must let mego." Martin Luther said. "Voa tak* tbis food or I will excommunicate you." He took the food, and Martin Luther knelt down ? and prayed as only he could pray, and convalescence came, and Martin Luther went back and said to his friends, "God has saved the life of Phllipp Melanchthon in direct an" swer to my prayer." Oh. tho power of prayer! Have vou tested it? Dr. Prime, of New York, in his beautiful - book entitled "Around the World," described a mauso'eum in India which it took 20,000 men twenty-two years to build?that f and the buildings surrounding?and he '? says: "Standing in that mausoleum and uttering a word, it is echoed back from a !? height of 150 feet: not an ordinary echo, but a prolonged music, as inougn mere were angels hovering in the air." And every word of earnest prayer we utter has an echo, not from the marble cupola of an earthly mausoleum, but from the heart of God and from the wings of angels as they hover, crying. "Behold, he prays!" Oh, test it? Mighty 9ickle for reaping thl3 gospel harvest,the sickle of prayer! It does not ma&e so much difference about the posture you take, whether you sit, stand or kneel, or lie on your lace, or in your physical agonies lie on your back. It does | not make any difference abort the physical posture, as was shown in a hospital, wh?n the chaplain said as he looked over the beds of the suffering: "'Let all thoso wounded men here who would like to be prayed fo? ljft the hand! Some lifted t wo hands, others lifted one hand; some with bands amputated could only lift the stump of the arm. One man. both his arms amputated, could give no signal except to say. ''Me! Me!" Oh, It does not make auy difference about the rhetoric of your prayers; it does not make any difference about the posiure; it does not make any difference whether you can lift a hand or have no nand to lift. God is ready to hear you. Prayer Is answered. God I? waiting to respond. "Lift up your eyes upon the fields, forthey are white already to harvest'." How many have you reaped for Goil? Do you ask me how many I have reaped for God? I cannot say. Now can you say now many you nave I reaped? I hope there are some who have been brought into tho kingdom of God through your instrumentality. Have there , not been? Not one? Yon, a man thlrty-flve, forty, fifty years of ago and not one? I see ' souls coming up to glory. Here Is a Sunday; school teacher bringing ten or fifteen souls. Ilere is a tract distributer bringing in forty I or firry souls. Here is a man you never heard of who has been very useful in bringing ' souls to God. He comes with 150 souls. They are the sheaves of his harvest. How many have you brought? Not one?oan it be? What will God say? What will the aneela say? Bettor crouch down in some J corner of heaven and never show yourself. Oh, that harvest is to be reaped now! And that is this instant! Why not bo reaped for God this hour? 'Oh,-' 6ays some man, "I have been going , on the wrong road for thirty, or forty or fifty years. I have gone through the whole catalogue of crime and must first get myself ! fixed up." Ah, you will never get yourself ' fixed up until Christ takes you in charge, j You get worse nnd worse until He comes to j the rescue. ''Not the righteous?sinners, , Jesus came to call." So, vou see, I take the ' very worst case thore is. If there is a man I here who feels he is all right in heart and ; life, I am not talking to him. for he Is prob' ably a hypocrit?. I will talk to him some . other time. But if there is a man who feels himself all wrong, to him I address myself. * Though you be wounded in the hands and wounded in the feet and wounded t" in the heal and wounded in the , heart, and though the gangrene of eternal ; death be upon you. one drop of the elixir of ' divine life will cure your soul. Though you be soaked in evil indulgences, though your . feet havo gone in unclean places, though you . have companioned with the abandoned and ; the lost, one touch of divine grace will save ; your soul. I do not say that you will not have strug cles after that. Oh, no! But ther will be a different kind of struggle. You <:ointo that battle and all hell is against you, nnd you , are alone, and you light and you fight, , weaker and weaker, until at last you fall ' and the powers of darkness trample on your ! soul. But in tho other case you go into the ^ battle and fight stronger and stronger and stronger, until the evil propensity goes , down and you get the victory through our ' Lord Jesus Christ. Ob, come out of your sins! Huve you not been bruised with siu , long enough? Have you not carried that ' load long enough? Have you not fought i that battle long enough? r I iovite auy one the most infidel, any one t the most atheistic, I invite him into the 1 kingdom of God with just as much hearti ness as those who huvo for fifty years been ; under the teaching of the gospel and believed [ it all. When I was living in Philadelphia, a gentleman told me of a scHne in which he [ was a participant. In Callowhill street, in ' Philadelphia, there had been a powerful . meeting going on for some time, and many 1 were converted, and among otners one of? ; the prominent members of tho worst club . house ia that city. The next night | the leader of that club house, tho presi' dent of It, resolved that he would endeavor ' to get his comrade away. He came to the door, before he entered he heard a Christian i song, and under its power his soul was agitated. He went in and asked for prayor, Before he came out he was a subject oi con, verting mercy. Tho next night another comrade went to rec aim the two who had _ been lost to their sinful circle. He went. and under the power of the Holy Ghost be! cam? r* changed man, and tho work went on! they were all saved and the infamous club( house disbanded. Oh. it is a mighty gospel! ( Thouirh you came here a child frj'sin, you , can go away a ?hiid of grace, you can go J away singing: i Amazing grace, how sweet tho sound i That saved u wretch like me! i I once was lost, but now tm found? i Was blind, but now I see. 1 Oh, give up your sins! Most of your life 1 is already gone. Your children are going on the same wrong road. Why do you not | stop? "This day is salvation come to thy house." Why cot this moinent look up into ! the face of Christ and say: i Just as 1 atn, witnout on* plea But that Thy blood was shed for me. t Ana that Thou bid'st rae come to Thee? | O Lamb of God, I ccme, I come. God is going to 5a vb yon. You aro going . to be among the shining ones. After the toils of life are over, you are going up to tho everlasting rest, you aro coing up to join your loved ones, departed parents aud departed children. "Oh, my God," says some man, "how caa I coine t" Thee? I aru so tar off. Who will help roe, I am so weak? It seems such a great undertaking." Oh, my brother, it is a great undertaking I It Is so great you cannot accomplish it, but Christ can do the work. He will correct your heart aud He will correot your life. "Oh,"you say. ' I will atop profanity." That will not save ; you. "Oh," you say, "I will stop Sabbath breaking." That will not save you. There is only one door Into the Kingdom of Ood, and that is faith; only one ship that sails for heaven, and that is faith. Faith the first step, the second step, the hundredth stop, the thousandth step, the last stop. By faith we enter the kingdom. By faith we keep in. In faith we die. Heaven a reward of faith. The earthquake shook down the Philippian dungeon. The iailer said, "What shall I do?" Some of you would say, "Better get out of the place before the walls crush you.'! What did the apostie sav? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt bo saved." "Ahyou say, "there's the rub." What i* faith? Suppose you were thirsty, aud I offered you this glass of water, and you believed I meant to give i> to vou. and you came up and took it. You oxerciso faitb. You believe i mean to keep my promise. Christ offers you the water of ovenasting iiie. You take It. * That is faith. Enter Into the kingdom of God. Enter f now. The door of life is set wide open. I 1 plead with you by the bloody sweat of Geth setnane and the death groan of Golgotha, . bv eros3 and crown, by Pilate's courtroom i? anrt 7 iifftriK' tiituildKur Kv Ittirric 'ihil olci !nc p by kingdom* ol light and realms, bv king.1 dom.s of ii<rht and realms of darkness by the a trumpet of the nrehangul that shall waketh'i 1 doad, and by the throne of the Lord God 1 Almighty and the Lamb, that you attend & now to the things of eternity. Oh, what u sad thing it will be if. having come so near 1 heaven, we miss itl Oh, to have come witht in sight of the shining pinnacles of the city y and not have entered! Oh, to have been so p near we have seen the mighty throng enter, . and we not joining tbem! Angels of God. t fly this way! Good news for you; tell the u story among the redeemed on high! If there s be one there especially longing for our sali vation, let that one know it now. We put " down our sorrows, Glory be to God for a such a hope, for such a pardon, for such a it Joy. for suoh a heaven, for such a Christ! n e Kalamazoo, UMl, baa * new industry? " : th? dft'Jfftovr at Iwbwb fwtbair hide*. t RELIGIOUS READING. OTJB VIEW FOIST. In <io?iiing to the truth of the Bibl^. fvery(hlnir depends on our point of view. 'The $clentilio student of nature has ilrst of all to I earn how to observe: he has not only to lit get his eyes open, but to put himself lu a position to see. Ho must get the correct view, or the groat book of nature will fail to opeu to him. On visiting tho White Hills once, we had a groat desire to see the "Old Man of tho Mountain." As the place wns near our hotel, wo visited it ' before the ton hour, but to our surprise up wo saw 110 -'Old .Man"?nothing but amass 3hi of hupo and rugge?l rooks. On reporting ou our ill success, one of tho guests gave us th( fullor directions as to the single place where th( tho marvel could bo seen; hut even then we th< sueoceded no better. Tho fellow-guost then an ae.'.impauied us, indicating the promise sjtot 'a whore we must stand to obtain a view, when wb at once the proportions of the groat stono bel fa<*o came into the field of vision. The features wore ail there before, but our eye see failod to see because not placed at tiie right wli aji^le. dis bo are there phases of divine truth which un can be understood only when viewed at the proper angle. By a little variation of our position the whole is lost dei There are indeed, some divine truths vei which, like the groat mountain ranges, ever 2 lie before us and can bo seen from all sides, near and far; but tlioy have phases which, 041 call for the eye of the artist. And oven tho thi the artist's eye is iu vain without the skill of 10? adjustment. Some get more out of the Bible To than others, not because they have better |>* I>owers or knowledge, but bettor adjustment. They loam to come iu the temi>er and mental ,n! attitude in which alon" it is possible to real- ?] fee tho excellence and beauty of (rod's truth. i Tho soul is taken off the book, ami we see, flo h.'* it Mh'iiin nf find. 8tC ' ?* """ ~ or fC! 1SEST EITOHT IsttlXUS FORTH SOIil.E WOUK. yej The expression of self in w^rk reacts on frc the man. and makes him larger. The hum- th< blest work {jives dignity to the worker who of lias pnt himself into it. Such an architect (R a3 the great Kichardson of our own time he must have fult this enlarged seffliood. as he ne saw his ideas soaring skyward, like birds on Je wings of stone. Such a poet as our own la' Lowell innst have felt this enlarged selfhood. i as he wrote the "Commemoration Ode" or sw "The Cathedral."' Such a romancer as our He own Hawthorne must have felt this magni- na tied power of himself as he created the im- Ini mortals. It seems to me that this is some- ne what the meaning of the words written at po the very beginning of the liible. in which it ke is said, "God saw everything that He pc had made, and, behold! it was very mi good." This self-satisfaction of God with ev His own work helps to prove how good and yc great He Himself was. The necessity of work carries alongwith itself enlargement of at selfhood. And this enlarged selfhood moans ar a larger humanity, and if a larger humanity, G< a better and stroiiger one. Work magnitles. al Ignorance minimizes. Tho persou of the th worker becomes so great that bis own per- hi sonality goes out iuto other personalities. Hn pi masters them by his own enlarging selfmastery. Work is thus both a cause and a m result hi this self-mastery of inau. O my | Fi friends, thank (io<l tnat you are put m ? world of work. Thank Uod that you are put ci in an age that calls for work. As you love ea your own self aud wish to have for yourself is the largest selfhood, ever and everywhere bo bi a worker.?Rev. Chan. F. Thwing. w w HF. GITETH UE8T ONTO <'Vtt sol'LS. ^ Christ will give us rest?"to our souls,'' ? our innermost life, our immortality : a Sab- hi biiih day that spreads over the whole week, j, aud sanctities every intervening moment: yC this is the gift of God. When (}od gives qt light, it is not a gas-jet, or a candle-flame, w or a eonior-!amp. hut a light that 111 Is the g Ornament with Mushing glory. So when jyf God gives peao?\ it is not an opiace.it is a to satisfaction of soul. How does thu doctor ^ brlug health to the eheek V You look on the y( reviving child and say, "See how his eheek logins to bloom again; dear little one, what tb has the doetor done to you'! Has ho glinted to that che??k with a tender vermilion ? Is this at enamel?" "No," saith the littlu one: "the aii doetor has not toue?d my <*he?k." "Then M how has ho made it bloom V" "iSv touching w my life-springs, by touching the blood, by w touching the heart, by touching the inner pt lvivlitv nf thlnus : touching that, this hlooin has conn*." It is so Christ gives rest; not jo from t)io outside. not by a readjustment ol h( circumstances, but by a purification of soul, ai ?Joseph I?arkcr, D. D. til hi K( PR.VTEU IS A RLAI.ITY. ^ In the mind of God. we may be assured, w the conception of prayer is te> Sie-tioe. whatever man may think of it. It has, anil God m has determined that it should have, a posl- jr tive and an appreciable influence iu directing the course of a human life. It is. and God 0j lias purposed that it should lx>. a link of con- 0j nec.ti</n between human mind and divine p, miud, by which, through his infinite cou- jj, descension, we may actually move his will. It is, and God has (looreed that it should !*?, m a power in the universe, as distinct, ns real, m as natural, an uniform, as the power of w gravitation or of light or of electricity. A 3E mau may use it, as trustingly and as soberly m ;us he would use either of these. It is as truly the dictate of good sense that a man should expect to achieve something by pray- w iug, as it is that ho should expect to achieve ta bomething by a telescope or the mariner's ta compass or the electric telegraph.?Austin |){ l'heljys. 7, ci ' IIK TSIA.T COMETH TO GOD.*' .11 '"He that cometli to God,"what shall I say of this privilege':' The tameae** of human c[ language is disappointing when we attempt ''l! to describe it. Imagine a being so wonderfully endowed that the whole keyboard of nature, Providence aud the human heart *{j lies under his hand and, smitteu by his mys- " tic fingers, gives forth the harmony which P! pleases him. and then inve.it him in your nl conceptions with an intensity of loyc which I1 itj not discouraged by the deepest moral degradation in its objects?imagine such a 1 i nr.ua^l.l,, u< IWUl^ auu llJin^iUD IIIIII ?v.-oon?Miu vv umu and you imagine one to whom in their heur of need all the world, unless. inde^l, the* .spell of some deadly fascination were laid jr upon them, would be resorting continually t for guidance, help and comfort. Hut this Is ^ uo imagination- It is reality. God is such j a being.?Edward M. Goulbum. Q ni A STHUQOLF. FOR GOi>l> .\n6 EVIL. 15 In every life there are three regions : that ^ of the light, where duty is clearly dellned ; that of the dark where wrong is no less al cleurly marked ; and a great borderland of us twilight, where there is no eertainty, when; dividing lines are not distinct, and where eaeli man-must l>e fully jwrsuaded for himself. It is here, however, that the temper of the soul is tested ; here the decisions are T come to that make us weak or strong ; here thut wo may drift into the dark, or start a path of upward climbing that will conduct ^ to the tablelands where the light never wants*. In threading a difficult way through tf these devious tracks there is no clue so help- (C ful or certain as to ask what will conduce to jq the praise of God. All that would hinder j, this muot be avoided: all that would pro- a] mote and enhance It must 1?? followed at any pi cost.?F. P. Meyer. bi " f HI cast roua ii>or. into the kike. T Ooft your idol Into the furnace, melt your cl mammon down, eoln him up, make God's money of him. and send hint coursing, ul Make of him eupa to carry the gift of (rod, <? the water of life, through the world? iu P' lovely justice to the oppressed, in healthful P' labor to them whom no man hath hired, in ui ra+t to the weary who have l>orue the burden and heat of the day. iu jo.v to the d; heavy-hearted, in laughter to the duJl- hi .spirited. . . . What true gifts mi^ht not W the mammon of unrighteousness, changed ?i Imok into the money of God. give to men P<* and women, lwne of our boue, and ilosii of our IIifh.?George MacdouuM. A Llchtnlne Proot Baby. ' . W While the cichteen-months'-old child O4 I \V< J. E. Jeffries, of Alexandria, lad., was play Ing in the electric light power house ii w" grasped two plugs. The entire ourrent, 200C bj volts, passed through its body. The shock jy, threw the ohlld twenty feet away and burned ^ its hands badly. It was not Injured other- fr wise and the brain is in no wise affeoted. w Eleotricians say that under ordiuary oircum- tb stances 300 volts wou'd have caused death. w w The Only Lady Iiuli-FIchter. w Miss Mae Melbourne Is the name of a young RJ woman who has the distinction of beinc the "only lady bull-flghter (a America." She is . a a?tlTt of California. t SABBATH SCHOOL rrERNATIONAL LESSON FC MARCH 8. jsson Text: "True Love to On< Neighbor." Luke x., 25-37? Goldeu Text: Luke x., 27 ?Commentary. !5. "And, behold, a certain lawyer sto< and tempted Him. saying, Master, wb ill I do to inherit eternal life?" Throug t the whole Bible we see on the one hai i love and grane of God. ami on the otb i perverseness and sinfulness of man. ) intervening1 verses between this less d the last one we see Jesus, God maniff the flesh, steadfastly setting His face 1 ,rd Jerusnlom to die, sending messeng< fore Him to preach, the kingdom and al the sick, rejoicing in spirit that but i what wise men cannot, and ever bearii th the se!f life that remains even in ? loiples. We see. on the other hand, t saved resisting Him anil the saved folio f Him so imperfectly. And now we ha the lawver a sample of the wise and pt at, and in Mary a sample of the babes rse 21. !6. "He said unto him, What is written > law? how r^adest thou?" One of t rliest recorded utterances of Christ is tt eefold "it is written" of Math, iv., 4, each time fiom the flfth book of the ia ere is no\light on things spiritual, heave and eternal apart from Him who is t )rd of God. and the written word whi *aks of Hiin (Isa. viii.. 20 R. V. ; Luke I. " 1 -1 aniil Thnil fchj tlf "A 111 I no auoirvLiu-, re the Lord thy God with nil thy hear Jesus did not ask''What thinkest thoi "How do you explain.'" but simply ask a quotation from Scripture, and the la r gave Him promptly a* correct quotatl im Deut. vl.. 5, and Lav. xix., 18, and ise words a correct and concise summt the law. for love is the fulfilling of theli om. xiii., 10). This must mean a wh arted love to God and to man such as v ver fully seen on earth except in the Lc sas Christ Himself. He is tho end of I w for righteousness to every believer. 28. "And He said unto hint, 'Thou hast i ered right; thi3 do. and thon shalt liv ? wanted to do something to inherit et ,1 life, and hero is his task, this and no 5 short of it, perfect loveto God and to ighbor. There must be no failure in c lint or at any time, for "whosoever et iep tho whole law and yet offend in < lint, ho is cuilty of all" (Ja?. ii., 10). list be God first and whole hearteilly ery detail of life, And your neighbor mrself all tho time, or else all is failure. 2i). "But he, willing to justify himself, s ito Jesus, And who is my neighbor'/" e either Justifyiui: self and condemn 3d. or justifying God aud condemning s 1 the time. Most people are willing to e former, because to do the latter is v imiliating to self, and self is apt to be v oud. See chapter xvi., 15. 30. "And Jesus answering said. A certt an went dowti from Jerusalem to Jerirh rom tho city of peace to tho city of ps ees(Heb. vii.. 2; Deut. xxxiv., 3), from t> of cruciilxlon (llev. xi.. 8) to the cit} irthly comfort and rebellion asjaiust G surely a spiritual down grade and ^ ing odo's soul into the hands of thiei ho. if they do not actually take one's I ill surely take away muca that ought to van tn nnr rightful Kincr and Redeemer 31. "And by chance thore came dowi srtain priest that way. and when be ! m he passed by on the other side." Ap John iii., 16, 17, to this priest and thei mrsulf If necessary and answer to God < leatioa. 8oe also Mal. ii., 7, and cofnsi hat a strange mes3onger of tho Lord osts this prie3t was. Are you a blotter c ore after the Lord's own heart? It is eai the flesh not to see trouble, or if seei iss by on the other side. but it is not lov >ur neighbor as yourself. 32. "And likewise a Lento passed by leotherside." The L:;vitea werescpani ' stand before the Lord, minister unto t id bless in HU name (Deut. x.. 8). C der this Levite iu the light of that fact. al.il., G, the Lord says of Levi, "He wal ith Me." If this? Levite had been walk ith God that day he would have had c< ission upon the poor man in trouble. 33. "But a curtain Saxarltan, :is urnoyid, came where he was, and wi )saw him he had compassion." The pr id Lovite were jn tho downward roa ', 1 le one who fell among tho thieves. He1 tlf dead as to his body, but thoy apnea > wholly dead as to any heart of eomf on. This Samaritau may luive been on ay up to Jerusalem, for liis conduct '< inly Indicates an upward tendency. E ke Christ in His com ins to tho one oublo and having eom|>as#i'?u upon hiii 34. "Brought him to an inn and took c : him." See how he gave his time, si I and wine, beast, care, money and omise. Well ha* one said, "What a so ied rainbow of mercy." Jesus is sui towing to tills lawyer cue iovo ui uui anife3tod in His owu life, that the law ay see what roal love is and how and hom it is to bo manifested. Blessed lised One! Oh, to know Thee better auc ore like The?. 35. "Tako care of him, and whatsoc ion spendest more, when I come agai ill repay thee." If Ho would huvo pec ,ke caro of people, how ruueh more will ko caro of Hi:* own. O fearfnl heart, slieve that "Ho c.ireth for you"' (I Pot. ) If He by you would caro for othi leerfully let Him use you, and yourt id your skill, if Ho has given you any, i >ur money and be content to wait till >mes again for your full reward, of wh 1 present joy is but a foretaste (Luke x I; Rev. xxii., 12). 3fi. "Which now of these three, thinl iou, wa3 neighbor unto him that fell ami 10 thieves?" The lawyer asked where ight find his neighbors, but Jesus who r Is heart and would hold him to his f lestion, taught him how to be a neighl i well as -where to find his neighbors. Noi jw Jesus always makes him answerhis c .i est ion. What a skillful teacher! 37. "And ho said, Ho that snewed me l him. Then said Jesus unto him. Qo, i ) thou likewise." The cnly way to obt ernul life is torocalvo Him who is ' ife (John 1'., 22: Itom. vi., 23; I John !). All commands to do, or to keep w, are intended to humble us. to shut i oiiths, to make us see that all our r.ghiec 3SSC5 are only as filthy raps (Bora. iii.. a. Ixiv., 6); that so we may cease our v >ings to obtain life, accept Him who wi i become our life and our righteousm id then let Him live out His life throi i to the glory of God (II Cor. iv.. 10. txil. ii., 13; Gal. ii.. 20).?Lesson Helper. A CREAT SIOUX COUNCIL rroHumlred Docs Were Stowing in K tics While (lie Itravc* Debated. The General Counvil of the Ogallala inns met at lied Dog's camp, abourt thJ liles north of Pine Ridge, South Daki > select delegate* to send to Wu?hing >confer with the President and Intei epartment concerning the treatment of idians. The Council was largely attend Imost every Indian and mixed-blood be resent. It was thought no difficulty wo 3 encountered in selecting tho delege id raising funds to defray their expens ho head Chief presided and secrataries w losen. The proceedings consisted chiefly in foi lating a list of grievances to be presen id a general inierohnnge of vlows. 1 rineipal grievances are as to the mannei roceauro against criminals and the is ice of onnutios. The Council was hoid in a largt* round men house on the summit of a hill, ;?mc indreds of tepees, and on the battlefield oundo t Knee. Iu tlie centre of the cot 1 room a huge fire burned, around it w 5 black kettle.?, in which the bodies of >g6 were stewing. Actons Continent* by IN>s l'owrr. F. D. Kennedy, of Grand Forks, N. getting ready for a trip around l jrld. On the trip he will be accompani r a friend, W. H. Whitnail^ Thejourc 111 be made in a neat and servicea! cycle wagon, drawn by four pairs of 1 awfoundland dog3, each weighing fr 0 to 200 pounds. Tho start will be nu om Grand Forks in a light sleigh, wh: ill be used as far as possible, and after tl o bicycle wagon, with an aluminum b 111 be brought into service. Then the ro' ill be direct to New York, where steac ill be taken for Liverpool and the princi >ints In the British Isles visited. Fr ere the trip will be made to the prlnoi ties of the Continent, then on to the Ori id the shores of the Pacific. QUAY FOR PRESIDENT, He Consents to the Presentation of 1 Isame at the St. Louis Convention. Senator M. 8. Quay, of Pensylvania, celved a great many telegrams and lett from friends in various parts of the coun i 8 in regards to his candidacy for the Presid cy. "I have consented to permit my na 1 tmzk Ijl ch 6F.XA.T0U M. 8. QUAT. X., to be used at the St. Louis Convention," ?lt 3enatorsald. "My friends have urged t." to become a candidate, and I have c< i?" sented." :ed w- THREW HIM UNDER A TRAIN. on m Donlan's Drunken Attack Costs a Br; Man's Life. At New Brunswick, N, J., while nttem |r(i ing to save a man's life at the Pennsyiva the Railroad station. Edward Masterson, station usher, was thrown deliberately front of a train, receiving injuries wh caused bis death an hour later, u* Thomas E. Donlan, of Philadelphia, assailant of Masterson, was seized by on* . men. some of whom w-?re determined j. lyncn him. He was rescued and taken 0 the police station, followed ail the way rt the erowd, which several times fried to, ,possession of him. Masterson was standing at the edge of platform warning the passengers to st< ,,i(l back while a switoh engine passed, wl Donlan, who was intoxicated, started cross the tracks. Alostoreon seized him; ;0I{ attempted to push him back. ' This angered Donlan, who, jerking him.1 erv loose, gave Masterson h sudden shoye, wh y sent him headlong before the locomoti y Before the train was stopped the engine ? tin two cars passed over him. ? Crushed and bleeding, Masterson i raised to the platform and carried into batcgage room. Both his legs had been , j off below the knee3, and his skull was fr ^ tured. Efforts of the physicians to save j.{ man's life were in vain. re, I' When It was learned that Masterson \ ' I Donlan was taken from the iail t , arraigned before Justice Rice. Hewascc mitted without bail on a charge of mure ' a Masterson had been usher at the stat . ten years, and has a record of several 11 '? saved by his bravery. He leaves a wid ft* and two children, tho de' RUMOR ABOUT NANSEN. ol ne; Siei He Is Alleged to Hare 'Fonnd the No i to Polein!? A dispatch received from Irkutsk, Sibe . ou says that a Siberian trader named Kou ,ted nareff, who is the agent of Dr. Fridtjof H lim gen, tho Norwegian explorer, who sailet ??" the Fram June 24, 1893. for the Arctic gions, has received information to the efl Jng - I bid DB. NAXSES, ich iv., that Dr. Nansen has reaehed the* North P has found land there and is now return cest toward civilization. sng lad FORTY .PERSONS DROWNED* Ir-w )or The Steamer Pearl Capsizes In the 11 tico bane Ktver, Queensland. >\va The'steamer Pearl, having on board ab ,rc., eighty persons, met with a pocullar acoid incl at Brisbane, Queensland, that resulted in am death of forty poreons, The Brisbane Bl has been greatly swollen by heavy rains t t. ' have fallen lately, aud the current is rune our verv stroaK- '-I'ho Pearl was not stn enough to stem the current, and was swi .?,* broadside on aud carried down the river. Before she could get way enough on iiYu carryher oat ?* tjanR?r Hhe w&s swi athwart the cable chains of the Lucin ...h which was lying at anchor In the stream. The Pearl struck the chains with si ' force that she was almcst comp'etely cu two. Then the current turned her over i she sank. Before she wont down, howei a vast volume of ateum was seen asoend . from her, and it was afterward learned t ec* her steam pipes ha* been broken. Man) those on her lower duok were fatally scale Ic. while forty were drowned. [rty The work of resoulng the survivors was )ta, tremely difficult, as they were carried t ton ward with great rapidity by the flood. Th -jor sands gathered about the scone ot the dlt the ter? there were mauy affeotlng scene; the living and dead wore brought ash< inji Some of tho bodies will never be rucovere uld ites Korea II;?* a Itovoinllon. ortJ Dispatches from Seoul, tho capital of rea, say that a revolt took place there, <i m- |Qg which the Primo Minister and ee ted otner officers were murdered. Tho King i fbo the Crown Prince were compelled to ti ' of refuge in the Russian Legation, whoro tl su_ are now being sheltered. The King nad dered that all of the Korean Ministers lofi killed. Th* Russian Legation is oe >ng guarded by it forcn of 2C0 i'.ussian sail 1 and Marines. in ere Chile and Argentina to Fight. OmQ Fmr is eolertainod iu Valparaiso that , jjeiUiua will bogiu war with Cuile in ApriJ .jj'J Death of a Young Patriot, ed When tho old Liberty Bell arrived at Y mington, Del., on its way to Philadelp bjjj from the Atlanta Exposition, John Pop om iged eleven yeare, climbed upon the car t l(je hugged and kissed tho old rello ferveni Ich Wnen ho jumped off the car he was struck ^at i shifting engine on the Wilmington a 0Xt Northern Railroad and instantly killed. ute aer pa| Cleveland as Arbitrator. om Brazil has agreed to sabmit the Itali !lalms for damages growing out of the :?nt civil war to tho arbitration of Prasldi Cleveland. i'i:' "' ~| AGRICULTURAL 31s ?? ' TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE re- TO FAR51 AND GARDEN. ere try en. PROTECTING FRCIT TREES. m0 Do not fool away your time making ?. decootions of paint, copperas or any similar compound, says A. J. Phillips, Secretary of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. Weave together eight laths so they will be one-eighth of an inch apart and fasten them about the tree. This will afford protection from rabbits, borers, sheep, mice and sunscald, and will last a long time at a cost of a half-cent a year. I have used this protection for twelve years anu ria-.-e not lost a single tree, MAEKETING HAT. Owing to its great bnlk in proportion to value, hay was formerly never sent very far to market. The hay press has revolutionized that, and hay is shipped pressed from all parts ol the West when the price rises above a low figure. It is probably true thai the Eastern farmer who owns land neai ti good market can use it to bettei purpose thau producing hay. To sell any kind of hay from the farm exthe kausts its fertility quite as faet at me growing and selling grain and 6traw. 3n. Besides, the farmer who draws hay in bulk on n wagon must use at leatt a day's time for himself and team. He is shut out from makinc manv sales. 1Te for many people who keep a single horse have not spare barn room tc hold a full load of hay unless it is ftrsl ipt" compressed into bales. They paj Xl-rt more for it in this way, beoanse ii tbe buying the hay they also pay at ha] ^ prices for muoh other material doni <ctl up in the bale which is practically the worthless.?Boston Cultivator. ?ry to to DUCKS EASTtTiI HATCHED. Ducks are easily hatched, and i set properly managed are more easil1 the raised than chickens or turkeys. Prob md ably the worst thing for ducklings i what they usually receive at first, un md limited range and water to swim in The little things are in a meusuri ,eI' nude and should be kept in pens witl dry soile, or with floors or stone pave md ments that can be washed down daily No kind of poultry will succeed 01 bare boards. All the vfater that thej cnt need is best furnished by burying ai ac- old pot in the ground and laying? tbe round piece of .board on top of the vas wat?r> room f?r ducks t< stick their heads in und fish out th< )m- oorn that is put in the water. Thii ler- amuses them and does no harm, whil< ^ if allowed to go off ti> ponds or streams loif they are very liable to fall a prey t( vermin in some shape, or to get theii bodies wet and chilled from remaining too long in the water. Their pen! must be kept clean if they are ex rtii pected to thrive.?American Agrioul turist. rin, ' :Ch" EVIL EFFECTS OF OOLDEKBOD. ant ^ This weed has been charged witl re_ injurious effects upon horses, produc !ect ing serious disorder of the blood anc ? causing dropsical swelling on the legi and belly. The results in fact, are s< much like chose of the disease knowr as purpura hemorrhagica, or ana3arci ?and doubtless the eflects of defec tive oxygenation of the blood?as t< be mistaken for the effects of this dig order. These symptoms are duo tc faulty nutrition and exposure to bm weather, both common occurrences a1 the beginning of the winter, and whei animals are forced to leed, thrbugl hunger, on innutritious herbage. II may bo that the goldcnrod, whicL contains a strongly aromatic oil, maj be tho cause of the disease, as souk medicinal properties hare been at tributed to this plant, or Eome of tht u species of it. But it is more probable \ that the hunger by which the horse* ^ were forced to consume these weods it really the cause of the trouble. It ii Ijll one of the common experiences o! starving animals in the la:e fall, in tht expectation of saving fodder to be usee later with more usetul results. Thii is a great mistake. On the contrary, all animals should be fed the best pos siblc early in the eeasoD, so that thej ole have no lost ground to recover at th< injr very worst time of the year to mak< recovery.?New York Timc3. TURKEE RAISING. rJ?- The turkey season is drawing to t close, and the desire to realize ae out much cash as possible is very strong. lent Do not, however, let an extra dollai the tempt yoa to sacrifice birds which Iver have proved themselves reliable. Lei hnt your sales be rather from tho younjj l,nS stock, and only the calls. The old birds are tried. You know the number of eggs you may couut on a hen to to produce and hatch, und, also, hex ?? merits as a mother. These paints 1 muy or may not be possessed by the ach young stock, and they are essential tn t next year'* success. Besides, tho ofl' er1 *P"D? ?* birds arc moro viging orous than those of the young, und the tiat little turks aro difficult to rear under r the most favorablo conditions. Breede ' ing from sickly or immature stock is as- always to be avoided. ?ea- Before the turkeys mate, look over ou' your accounts und give the matter fcerious consideration. Trv to find >ru out the mistakes you made last year 'd. in the breeding, feeding, care and management of your tlock, and try tc avoid them next year. Learn the &o- kind of turKovs ciemanaea dj youi iur- marker, the popular eize und the besl ven mode of dressing them. Having mas^ tered these points, alter your wayt hoy accordingly. It u a nuisance, ol or- course, but it is necessary. Your neighbors aro doing it, quietly perhaps, but nono tiie lets surely. The old way will uo longer nnswer. The spirit of progress is abroad, and evory one is more or lees allected by it in A,r* every department of life. In the universal restlessness which prevails we must either push our way to the front nr lm Mfc honelesslv in t&e rear. The 7il- laiter is pleasant neither to your pride liia nor your pocketbook. The remedy is pa. in jour own hand*. The day for large tnci birds is passed, therefore raise small ones; select a breed with yellow rather tad than blue flesh ; substitute plump, well fattened birds for the thin, framyones so often marketed; follow carefullj the instructions of your commission house aa regards killing, dressing, picking and shipping. These are the ^ stepping stones to success, and if yot prvi 036 to continue twiio* tarko/s il ???^??mmmmm????^ will pay you to give .them due ffouiideration. ?New York World* * CARE OP WOOD EAin>? ' There have been several eqvere wind storms during the summer nod early fall, and an unusual number of treet have been blown down. Even ft casual observer must have noticed two ' things about these trees; first, that they were almost entirely our red and 'black oaks, and second,, that they were more or less rotten at the heart. Closely examined, many of them bIjlow along their trunks defective spoto which indicate the decay within. But it , is often quite a surprise that trees that | appear as though they would keep oa ! growing for many years longer should f . so easily topple over in a storm. The red and blaokoaks are much more subject to dieease, and hence to early failure and destruction, than are any others, but, in large measure, the difficulty arises from the fact that, in our - % valley woodlands especially, the oakf are almost all from sprout growth. f Very few are from seeci. cprouw are i of deceptive value because they grow ; very rapidly for a few years and oveif* top or crowd out everything* else. But they soon change in growth ra?e, , [ and will never make trees of full size. . They cot only fail to develop a strong i ^independent root system, but are pe> culiarly liable to become diseased.' , This comes primarily from the old , stump, and naturally is exerted along i and up the centre of the trunk, alow, ly destroying the heart wood. Owing i to the greater ease and quickness ol > the early growth of the red and black t oaks, and the frequent culling oat of the white oaks for various purposes, i our volley woodlands are unconscious* j ly undergoing a marked change in 3 varieties of trees, the poorer kinds j being left in very large proportion. There are many places where, for V various reasons, it seems desirable to keep up a bit of woodland. To ha?e J ' the best and most productive it is f necessary to exercise some care in the 7 varieties of trees, and this can soarce ly be done without some labor. Some 9 kinds, like the pines, make fair head* - way by natural seeding, where condi* tions are favorable; bat the white " oaks do not, as a rule. The aoorns i are too easily destroyed, and the seed* * lings require some protection. It is possible, however, to seoure < i them by planting acorns directly in , f the woodland wherever the trees are 1 '? i not too thick. In the fall and early * winter is the best time to do this, ' > using some heavy tool to make an > .opening in the ground or among the i J rocks sufficient to allow covering the acorn, and thus prevent?not freezing, ^ but the rapid thawing after freezing, t as well as the drying out, which are so > fatal to those which germinate on the surface. The spring will answer for J this very well, provided the Aoorna s have been kept slightly moist by - burying them in the ground. A few - days of exposure to a dry atmosphere, . no matter how cool, is sufficient to destroy their vitality. A reasonable amount of care in planting and of subsequent protection 1 will enable any one to slowly restore j his oak wood lands, and make them much more productive than they now 8 aire.?W. A. Buckhout, Pennsylvania * Experiment Station. . ? . >] FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. > Peach trees mast be cultivated to da . well. | To get size among tree fruits, culti? J Tate often and thin. t The gooseberry flourishes best in ( heavy, low, but not wet soil. b . Authorities are generally agreed in t recommending early seeding of clover. Neither black nor white currants i are grown extensively for the market. It is very hard to get a new tree to 5 grow thriftily when surroanded by 5 those in bearing. i The way to apply lime is to broad- ' i oast it on a newly-plowed field, so as | to retain it near the surface. fVkol Knmno lavaftfltAHfc [ in iife is the one to lay the largest ' . number of eggs through life. , Though experience is the best - teacher in poultry raising, yet many r useful hints may bo learned from the ) successes and failures of your neigh5 bors. Nothing is prettier or better as a hanging plant for the window garden than the oxalic It grows readily, and its pink, white, and yellow flowers are ( dainty and its foliage graceful. A good garden will give more profit . than any five acre3 of the farm cultivated with staple crops. The only . men who will dispute this are ^hose ' who have never given it a trial. [ Place a shovelful of manure around overy rose bush, currant bush, goo.?ei berry bush, and rhubarb stalk. The manure will protect them and give i thorn an early start in the spring. > Look over your tools and repair ' were necessary. Crates, boxes, and ladders for harvesting fruit will serve all the better if cleaned, repaired, and > kept out of the weather during the winter. When cows have been long in milK, 1 churning i3 difficult, because the milk has becotne?glutinous and the fat glob^ ulea will not cohere. H3ating dissolves them and increases the fluidity 1 of the crcam. I Whon the hedges hare become thia at the bottom, tdev must either be cat extensively aud started afresh, or they l can be bettered by setting here and there strong plants of the Japanese honeysuckle, training them too climb about the shrubs, where they will , muko a pretty, dark-greea hedge | screen. If yon desire thrifty roses, get the froiind readv now oy placing a shovel , ful ol manure where the rose bush is to grow. Early in the spring get oneyear-old plants of the varieties desired, nod ufter making the ground loose and i fine, mulch uround them until the ; first leaves appear, then fork around, , them with a noe near the surface to i keep the weeds down. n > It is often stated, and often witb ) much truth, that farmers do not proI duce sufficient small fruit for their o^n use. Some of them send large 1 crops to market,, but there are many i farms where strawberries, raspberries, ' gooseberries, grapes, melons, etc., are i almost never seen umees purchased. , Farmers deprive themselves of laxuriM s which they can easily prooure at homo i by not growing euoh fruits for komv