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reyTdr. ta.lma.ge | SGNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. Subject: "The Division of Spoils.'* I Text: "He shall divide the spoil with the 6trong."?Isaiah iii., 12. i in the Coliseum at Rome, where persecutors used to let oat the half starved lions to eat up Christians, there is now planted the figure of a cross. And I rojoice to know that the upright piece of wood nailed to a transi verse piece has become the symbol not moro , of suffering than of victory. It is of Christ the conqueror that my text speaks. As a kingly warrior, having subdued an empire, might divide the palaces and mansions and cities and valleys aud mountains among his officers, so Christ is eoing to divide up all the earth and all the heavens among His people, and you and I will have to take our share if we are strong in faith and strong in our Christian loyalty, for my text deolares it, "He shall divide the spoil with the strong." The capture of this round planet for Christ Is not so much of a job as you might imagine, when the church takes off its coat and rolls up its sleeves for the work, as it will. There are 1,800,009,000 of people now in the world, ana 4ou,uuu,wo are unrisnans. ouoiraci 450,000,000 who are Christians from the S 1,600,003,000. and there are 1,150,00 ',000 left. e Divide the 1,150,000,000 who are not Chris- * tians by the 450,000,000 who are Christians, T and you will find that we shall have to aver- T age less than three souls each, brought by ? us into the kingdom of God, to have the <] whole world redeemed. Certainly with the d church rising up to its full duty, no Chris- 8 tian will be willing to bring less than three 0 souls into the kingdom of God. ? I hope and pray Almighty God that I may b bring more than three. I know evangelists v who have already brought 50,000 each for T the kingdom of God. There are 200,000 peo- ? pie whose one and only and absorbing busl- & ness in the world is to save souls. When t. you take these things into consideration, 0 ' and that the Christians will have to average a the bringing of only three souls each into ' the kingdom of our Lord, all impossibility 3 il vanishes from this omnipotent crusade. d Why, I know a Sabbath-school teacher who ? for many years has been engaged in train- e ing the young, and she has had five differ- t ent clas-ies. and they averaged seven to a class, and they were all converted, and live t times seven are thirty-five as near as I can 9 ?1A?1a4A O/V eVia KwAnrvKf V?OV? t Vl vQd ' | DV IUOI ouy ITXVUQUl UVl ituvw into the kinKdom of God aad had thirty-two ' to spare. My grandmother prayod her ohil- c dren into the kingdom of Christ, and her t grandchil<*ren, and I hope all her great- s grandchildren, for God remembers a prayer j seventy-five years old as though it were t 11 only a minute old, and so she brought her c t three into the kingdom of God and had more i [ than 100 to spare. Besides that, through the 1 r telephone and the telegraph, this whole t ' world, within n few years, will be brought fc within compass of ten minutes. Besides s that, omnipotence, omnipresence and omnis- f cience are presiding in thts matter of the g world's betterment, and takes the question b of the world's salvation out of the impossi- c bilities into the possibilities, and then out of t the possibilities into the probabilities, and g [ then out of the probabilities into the certain- L I ties. The building of the Union Pacific y [ Railroad from ocean to ocean was a greater t, I undertaking than the girdling of the earth ' with the Gospel, for one enterprise depended 3 upon the human arm, while the otner de- ?' pends upon almightiness. T Do I really mean all the earth will sur- tl render to Christ? Yes. How about the ti ^ invitlnjj portions? Will Greenland be evan- V I geiized? The possibility is that after a few d , more hundred brave lives are dashed out 1< among the icebergs that great refrigerator, h the Polar region, will be given uo to the a walrus and bear, and that the Inhabitants 0 will come down bv invitation into tolerable n 1 climates, or those climates may soften, and, a as It has been positively demonstrated that p the arctic region was once a blooming gar- n den and a fruitful field, those regions may r< change climate and again be a blooming b garden and a fruitful field. It Is proved be- ji yond controversy, by German and American scientists, that the arctic regions were the , first portions of this world inhabitable; the world hot beyond human endurance, those regions were, of course, the first to be cool ^ enough for human foot and human lung. It . was positively proved that the arctic region * was a tropical climate. Professor Heer, of ^ Zurich, says the remains of flowers have been ^ found in the arctio region, showing it was ' like Mexico for climate, and It Is found that ,j the arctic was the mother region from which all the flowers descended. Professor Wul; laoe says the remains of all styles of animal life are found in the arctic regions, including rj those animals that can live only In warm climates. Now that arctic region, which has been demonstrated by flora and fauna and geological argument to have been as full of . vegetation and life as our Florida, may be turned baok to its original bloom and glory, or It will be shut up as a museum of crystals t for curiosity seekers once in a while to visit. *' But arctic and antarctio in some shape will belong to the Redeemer's realm. | What about other unproductive or repul- t 6ive regions? All the deserts will be irriga- " ted, the waters will be forced up to the great American desert between hero and the Pacific by machinery now known or yet to be in- b vented, and as Great Salt Lake City has no rain and could not raise an apple or a bushel ?j of wheat In a hundred years without artifi- ? oial help, but is now through such means one w great garden, so all the unproductive parts si of all the continents will be turned Into har- s< I vest fields and orchards. A half dozen De K Le33eps will furnish the world with all the b canals needed and will change the course of ^ rivers and open new lakes, and the great * Sahara desert will be cut up into farms with b 1 an astounding yield of bushels to the acre, ci The marsh will be drained of its waters and b cured of Its malaria. I saw what was for many years called the Black Swamp of Ohio, o, its chief crop chills and fevers, but now, by c the tiles put into the ground to carry oft the (N surplus moisture, transformed into the richest 0 ' ana healthieit of regions. The God. who * waites nothing, I think, means that this si WVSWUy UVLU puiu ivy J/U4W, aiw WW WW tlon of foliage and fruitage. For that reason g he keeps the earth running through spauec g though so many fires are blazing down in its d I timbers and so many meteoric terrors hava r threatened to dash it to pieces. A.s soou as g the earth is completed Christ will divide it t: up among the good. The reason He does not n divide it now is because it is not done. A y kind father will not divide the apple among r his children until the npple is ripe. In ful- t Ailment of the New Testament promise, t "The meek shall inherit the arth," and the t promise of the Old Testament. "Ho shall e divide the spoil with the strong," the world T will be apportioned to those worthy to pos- u sess it. ^ It is not so now. In this country capabla t i of holding, feeding, clothing nnd sheltering t 1,2 JO.OOO.OOO people, and where we have ^ 60,000,000 inhabitants, we have 2,000,000 j who cannotget honest work, sad with their j families an aggregation of 5,0.-0,000 that are t on the verge of starvation. Something j WTong. mot certainly, in some way there { will be a new apportionment. Many of the ? millionaire estates will crack to piecos on the \ dissipations of the grandchildren and thin i dissolve into the possession of the masses v who now have an insufficiency. What, you say, will become of the expen- , sire and elaborate buildings now devoted to { debasing amusements? They will become schools, art galleries, museums, gymnasiums and churches. The world is already getting ? . disgusted with many of these amusements, I and no wonder. What an importation of unnslean theatrical stuff we have within the Inflfc wauwct V*or1 K*A!1 fA Allf ah oroc' II?0 k iOW Jtoio uavi wi vu^uv wv vu& And professors of religion patronizing such things! Having sold out to the devil, why don't you deliver the goods and go over to him publicly, body, mind and soul, and withdraw your name from Christiau churches and say, "Know nil the world by these presents that I am a patron of un- * rtipnnnoot! und a child of hell?" Sworn to be .. fthe Lord's, you are perjurers. If you think these offenses are to go on forever, you do not know who the Lord is. God will" not wait for the day of judgment. All these palaces of sin will become palaces Ibf righteousness. They will como into the possession of those strong tor virtue and strong'for God. "He shall divide the spoil with the stroDg." China and Africa, the two richest portions of the earth by reason of metals aad rare woods and inexhaustible productiveness, are not yet divided up among the good because they are not ready to be divided. Wait until all the doors that Livingstone opened in Africa shall be entered, ana Bishop Taylor, with his band of self supporting missionaries, havt done their work, and the Ashantis tnd Senegambiana shall know Christ as well \ \v.~. f-f.j . , - vr~. is you know Hiro, and there 9hall be on the >anks of the Nile and the Niger a higher clviization than is now to be found on the )anks of the Potomac or the Hudson, then Christ will divide up that continent among 31s friends. Wait until China, which is half is large as all Europe, shall have developed i ler capacities for rice and tea and sugar unong edibles, and her amethyst and sap- I >hlre and topaz and opal and jasper and i jorphyry amone precious stones, and her ! rosewood and ebony and camphor and var- i lish troes among precious woods, and urned up from her depths a half dozen Pennsylvanias of coal and iron, and twenty tfovadas of silver, and fifty Callfornias of fold, and her 500,000.000 of poople shall be svaugelized. Then the Lord will divide it ip among the good. If my text be not a deception, but the >ternal truth, then the time Is coming when ill tho farms will be owned by Christian armers, nnd all the commerce controlled by Snristian merchants, and all the authority leid by Christian officials, and all the ships ommfinded hv (Christian caotaios. and all he universities under the instruction of /hristian professors; Christian kings, Chrisian presidents. Christian governors, Chrisian mayors. Christian common council. Yet, ehat a scouring out! What nn upturning! Vhat a demolition! What a resurrection nust precede this new apportionment! I do not tmderrate the enomy. Julius 3?sar got his greatest viotories by fully estiuatinc the vastness of his foes and prepared lis men for their greatest triumph by saylnj?, 'To-morrow Kinir Juba will be here with 0,000 horses, 100,000 skirmishers and 300 ilephants." I do not underrate the vast orces of sin and d^ath, but do you know rho commands us? Johovahjireh. And the eserve corps behind us are all the armies of leaven and earth, with hurricane and thunierbolt. The good work of the world's relemption is going on every minute. Never o many splendid men and glorious women n the side of right as to-day. Never so lany good people as now. Diogenes has een spoken of as a wise man because he rent with a lantern at noonday, saying he ras looking for an honest man. If'he had urned his lantern toward himself, he might lave discovered a crank. Honest men by he 10,000! Through the internatlonalseriesf Sunday-school lessons the next feneration ,11 through Christendom are going to be riser than any generation since the world tood. The kingdom is coming. God can lo it. No housewife with a chamois oloth I ver polished a silver teaspoon with more ase than Christ will rub off from this world | he tarnish and brighten it up till it glows I Ike heaven, and then the glorious aoporionment, for my test is re-enforced by a core of other texts, when it says of Christ, 'He shall divide the spoil with the strong." "But," you say. ,;this is pleasant to think if for others, but before that time I shall lave passed up into another existence and I hall get no advantage from that new ap ointment." Ah, you have only driven me o the other more exciting and transporting onsideration, and that is that Christ is gong to divide up heaven in the same way. ?hore are old estates in the celestial world hat have been in the possession of the in? labttaqts for thousands of year:;, and they hall remain as they are. There are old amlly mansions in heaven filled with whole ;enerations of kindred, and they shall never 10 driven out. Many of the victors from arth have already got their palaoes, and hey are pointed out to those newly arrived, loon after our getting there we will ask to e shown the apostolic residences, and ask rhere does Paul live and John, aad shown he patrlarohal residences, and shall say, 'Where does Abraham live or Jacob?" and hown the martyr residences and say, 'Where does John fluss live and Ridley?" 7e will want to see the boulevards, where tie chariots of conquerors roll. I will want a see the garden where the princes walk, re will want to see Music row, where Hanel and Haydn and Mozart and Charles Wes>y and Thomas Haattngs and Bradbury ave their homes, out of their windows, over I nd anon, rolling some snatch of an earthly I ratorio or nymn transported wjih me wu* oser. We will want to see Revival terce, where Whltefleld and Nettleton and ayson and Rowland Hill and Charles Finey and other giants of sonl reaDlng are ;stlng from their almost supernatural laors, their doors thronged with converts ist arrived, coming to report themselves. But brilliant as the sunset and like the taves for number are the celestial homes et to be awarded when Christ to you and lillions of others shall divide the spoil, rhat do you want there? You shall have it. n orchard? There it is?twelve manner of aits, and fruit every month. Do you want iver scenery? Take your choice on the auks of the river, in longer, wider, deeper all than Danube or Amazon or Mississippi, ! mingled in one, and emptying into the sea ; f glass, mingled with flre. Do you want our kindred back aojain? Go out and meet our father and mother, without the staff or le stoop, and your children in a dance of imlortal glee. Do you want a throne? Select : from the million burnished elevations. Do ou want a crown? Pick it out of that | lountain of diamonded coronets. Do you I ant your old church friends ol earth round you? Begin to hum an old revival ine, and they will flock from all quarters to jvel with you in sacred reminiscence. All le earth for those who are here on earth at . 10 time of continental and planetary dis- | ibution and all the heavens for those who i re there. That heavenly distribution of spoils will e a surprise to many. Here enters heaven le soul of a man who took up a great deal f room in the church on earth, but sacrificed ttle, and among his good works selQshness as evident. He just crowds through the lining gate, but it's a very tight squeeze, > that the doorkeeper has to pull hard to | et him in, aud this man expects half of eaven for his share of trophies, and ha ould like a monopoly of all its splendor nd to purchase lot9 in the suburbs, so that e could get advantage of the growth of the Ity. Well, little by little ho gets grace of eart, just enough to fret him through, and ) him is given a second-hand crown which ne of the saints wore at the start, but exhanged for a brighter one as he went on rom glory to glory. And he is put in an Id house once occupied by an ancel who ras hurled out of heaven at the time of titan's rebellion. Right after him comes a soul that makes a rent stir among the celestials, and the anels rush to the scene, each bringing to her a azzling coronet. Who is she? Ov?r \yhat ealm on earth was she queen? In what reat Dusseldorf festival was she the cantarice? Neither. She was an invalid who .ever left her room for twenty years, but she ras .strong in prayer?and 9he prayed down evival after revival and pentecost after penecost upon the churches, and with her pale iandshe knit many a mitten or tippet for he poor, and with her contrivances sne addd joy to many a holiday festival, and now rlth those thin hands so strong for kindness iud with those white lips so strong for sup ilication she has won coronation and mhronement and jubilee. And Christ said to he angels who aave brought each a crowh jr the glorifloa Invalid; "No* not these. L'hey are not good enough. But in the eweled vase at the right hand side of My hrone there is one that I have been preparag for her many a year, and for her every :aug I have set an amethyst, and for her ivery good deed I have set a pearl. Fetch t now and fulfill the promise I gave her ong ago in the sickroom, 'Be thou faithful into death, and I will give thee a crown.'" It was a great day when Aurelian, the loman emperor, came back from his vicories. In the front of the procession were vlld beasts from all lands, sixteen hundred ladiators richly clad, wagon loads of irownsand trophies presented by conquered iities. Among the captives Syrians, Egypians. Goths, Vandals. Samaritans, Franks, tnd Zenobla. the beautiful captive queen, on oot in chains of gold that a slave had to ielp her carry and jewels under the weight >f which she almost fainted. And then came ho chariot of Aurelian drawn by four elegants in gorgeous caparison, and followed >y the Roman sauate and the Roman army, tnd from dawn till day the procession vas passing. Rome in all her liisory never saw anything more magliticent. But how much greater the lay when our conqueror. Jesus, ihail ride under the triumphal arche3 of leaven. His captives, not on foot, but in :hariots, all the kingdoms of earth and j leaven in procession. The armies celestial )n wmta norses. liumunng arruiery 01 hunderbolts never again to bo unllmbored. lingdoms in line, centuries in line, saintly, herubic, seraphic, archangelic splendors in ine, and Christ seated on one great rolline losanna, made out of all halleluiahs of all vorld?, shall cry halt to the procession. And lot forgetting even the humblest in all the each of His omnipresence, He shall rise, md then and there, His work done and His ;lory consummated, proceed, amid an ecstasy inch as neither mortal nor Immortal ever imijdc.ed, to divide the spoil . BADCE OF THE VOLUNTEERS. It 1b a Double EleHt-Polnted Star, Surmounted by an Easlc. The officers and, soldiers In the Volunteers) Ballingtoji Booth's new American Salvation A.rmy Corps, have been decorated with the badges of the order. The badge Is a double eight-pointed star, surmounted by an eaglo. In th? centre Is a red cross, surrounded by a double circle, in which is the inscription, BADOE OP THE VOI.T7NTEEE3. "For God and Country?The Volunteers." The badge is made of nlokle silver. A unique sight was witnessed in Carnegie Music Hall, New York City, when 5000 people, who represented almost every degree in tho social scale, rose from their seats, swung their arms in rhythmical motion, as directed by Commander Ballington Bootb, and ended the pantomime with a twirl of the arms and a resounding clap of the hands. It was the formal launching of tho new Volunteer movement begun about two months ago, when Commando? and Mrs. Ballington Booth seceded from the Salvation Army and declared independence of their father's, General William Booth's, sway. TWISTED THE LION'S TAIL The Noble Beast Emitted a Terrible Boat or Palo. Frederick Schmidt, a patrlotio GermanAmerican cobbler, of No. 2000 Archer avenue, went to a circus at Chicago and twisted a lion's tail. He thought it was a British Hon, but it was a sou of the African jungle. Hence he was arrested, looked up and fined, Schmidt is a good looking German, and is a student of newspaper politics. He has a record of declaring himself 865 times a year upon vital European questions, and when he went to tho circus and saw a Hon for the first time he was much interested. Not knowing who Schmidt was tho keeper told him the animal was a British lion, whereupon Schmidt went to tho cage and, seizing the tail of the noble beast, twisted it violently twice, causing the lion to raise a terrible roar. Detective Sergeant Stible was on duty at the cirou3 at the time, and arrested the cobbler, who was mucn surprised and protested vigorously. Next morning Schmidt was fined $3 and costs by Justice Richardson, but he swore he would not pay it, as he had merely done his duty, and was, therefore, sent to the Bridewell to serve the fine out. CRESHAM BURIED AT ARLINGTON. No Ceremony at the Grave Except the Sounding of Taps by a Busier. The burial of the remains of the late Secretary Gresham wa3 devoid of any display whatsoever in Washington. The funeral party reached Washington by a train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and was met at the station by Secretary Lamont and his aide, Captain Barry. Mrs. Gresham and her son and daughter entered a carriage and followed the hearse tin Pennsvlvanta avmnfl. thrmiffh the Whita House grounds, en route to Arlington Cemetery. The President and Secretaries Olney, Carlisle and Herbert, and General Miles were waiting at the cemetery. The body was lifted from the hearse by eight troopers from Fort Myej, and the little procession then wended Its way through the beautiful grounds to the newly made grave in front of the old mansion on the brow of the hill in close proximity to the monument to General Sheridan. Without ceremony except the sounding of "taps" by a bugler, the body was lowered into its last resting place and the party returned to the city. There was no military display. DAMACE TO FLORIDA CROPS. A Drouth of Six Weeks Broken by a Disastrous Storm. A heavy rain, wind and hail storm passed through Dado City, Fla. Heavy damage is rftnnrtftfl hv rrmlnn r?rnTrpra nr?H fnrmaH north and east of that placo. The Brown brothers report their great watermelon crop totally ruined. H. C. Griffin's melon crop, corn and other crops were ruined or damaged. The house of A. T. Hamilton, two miles east, was lifted from its foundations. Hamilton's daughter was injured, but not seriously. The heavy rain breaks the drouth of six weeks. Hailstones iilled a ditch six inches deep. H. H. Brown reports hail three inches deep on a level on his melon farm. Reports show the tobacco crop uninjured- The greatest damage is reported in a strip two miles wide, running from northwest to southeast. Later reports show that the crop of Major C. L. Lewis, two miles northeast of Dade, is completely destroyed. Weyler on the War In Cuba. The Madrid Heraldo publishes what carports to be a report of an interview with Captain-General Weyler in Havana, wherein TVeyler is alleged to have expressed the opinion that it will require two years to suppress the rebellion in Cuba, and that it will bo necessary to postpore all political reforms on the island until the insurrection is crushed. Silver and Copper in Pennsylvania. A company has been organized to prospect for silver and copper in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. There are indications that these ores exl9t in paying quantities in the region about South Canaan, and the company has paid $55,000 for an option on 552 acres of laud. Rhodes Defeats the Matabelec. A body of Matabeles, numbering fully a thousand, attacked the relief oolumn under Cecil Rhodes, en route from Salisbury for Buluwayo, South Africa, near Makalaka, and the natives were repulsed with the loss of thirty killed. The relief column sustained no loss. McKinley Bolt In Arizona. The Arizona Territorial Republican State Convention at Phoenix spilt, MoKlnley'e friends bolting and organizing. Conte^ng delegations will be sent to 8t. Louis. The Rebellion In Nicaragua Ended. A private cablegram from Managua announces that the rebol force3 in Nicaragua have surrendered and that the rebellion in that Republic has ended. HIrsch's Gift to the Prince of Wales. It is learned Irom trustworthy sources that the late Baron Hirsch left $5,000,000 to his friend, the Prince of Wales. Against Elaborate Graduating Dresses. The East Stroudsburg (Penn.) School Board is considering a r?solution recently offered prohibiting girl graduates from wearing elaborate and costly dresses on commencement flay. The girls are naturally indignant at the attempt to deprive thom ol the time honored privilege of looking their sweetest ut graduation. Unoccupied Public Lands. It i3 stated that the vacant public lands which still belong to the Government comprise an area of 627.415,680 acres, or nearly one-third of the whole area of tne country, exclusive of Alaska. i SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FO MAY 24.* Lesson Text: "Jesus Teaching in (1 Temple," Luke xx., 9-19? Golden Text kukc xx., 17 -Commentary. 9. "A cor:alnman planted a vineyard nr let it forth to husbandmen and wont into far country for a Iciir t:me." Our last le eon seemed to have a special reference to tl present ape or the time between Israel's r jection of their Ki'dr and His return to tal the kingdom. This parable seems rat her I cover the whole history of Israel, includir their treat ment of the prophets and their r jection of the Kinj?. 10-12. This account of the treatment > His servants will covor the whole perio d the prophets. Tho fruit He desired wi righteousness, and that Israel should mal Him a name amousr the Nations of the eartl that all Nations might know Him for the good. But read the story ii>Isa. v., 7-2 and in Ezelc. xiil., and see what they gai Him Instead of righteousness. As to the beating and shamefully treating theservant just listen to a few testimonies: "Asa wi wrought with the seer and put him In prison house." "Zedeklah came near ac smote Mlcaiah upon the cheek." "And the conspired against him (Zecharlah) ar stoned him with stones at the commandmei of the king in the court of the house of tt Lord." '"Then Pashur smote Jeremiah, tli prophet, and put him In the stocks." "Tho took they Jeremiah and cast him into the dm geon" (II Chron. xvl., 10: xvili., 23; xxlv 21; Jer. xx., 2; xxxvlli., 6). No wonder thi James by the Spirit writes, "Take n brethren, the propnets who have spoken i the name of the Lord, for an example of su fering affliction and of patleuce (Jas. v 10). The Lord is now looking for the fru of the Spirit in those who have becorr branches in Him who is the True Vine, an through whom He desires to bear much fru to the glory of God. Does He find It? not, why? Let each answer for himse unto the Lord. 13. "Then said the lord of tho vineyarc What shall I do? I will send my belove son. It may be they will reverence hli when they see him." In Isa. v.. 4, He ask: What could have been done more to My vim yard that I have not done in it? And hei at a much further stage He asks, What sha! I do? Then determine to sena nis ijeiovt Son, not to punish, as well He might, but t save and bless even such rebellious one; God, who once spoke by the prophets, hat at last spoken by His Beloved 8on. to whoi He gave this title both at His baptism and ? His transfiguration. Behold what manner < love, what long suffering, what forbearanc what yearning over the erring and rebellloi ones. Hear Him, even through the prophet "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? Ho shall I deliver thee, Israel? (Hos. xi., 8.) 14. ''This Is the heir; come, let us kill hit) that the inheritance may be ours." Joseph brethren said: "This dreamer cometh. Con: now, therefore, and let us slay him and cai him into some pit" (Qen. xxxvii.* 19, 20). ] seems impossible that human nature coul be guilty of the baseness of Joseph's brett reu. and of the brethren of our Lord, tfc Jews, who treated Him as He here describe Think of men enjoying property that coi them nothing, then of their refusing 1 thank the owner by rendering them som fruit, t>en of their actually conspiring 1 kill the owner and take the property lot lueir uwLL uauu9? 15. "So they cast him out of the vtneyar and killed him. What, therefore, shall th lord of the vineyard do unto them?" Oi Lord describes what He knew they woul actually do. for He had often foretold II What an Illustration of the fact that the cai nal mind is enmity against God. But, be liever, let us apply It; let us see ourselves 1 this awful picture. The Lord Jesus hi bought us in His peculiar property that B may be glorified In us. Now, is He enthrone Id the heart that He has bought for Hin self, or Is He as good as cast out? Lest v be a guilty or more guilty than the Jews, 1< us give Him cheerfully the wnolo being fc His pleasure (Rom. xii., 1, 2). 16. ''He shall come and destroy these hus bandmen and shall give the vineyard to otli ers." In Math., xxl., 43, the words are "The kingdom of God shall be taken froi vou and cive?to a Nation brinKinpr forth tfc fruits thereof." Israel, having failed to n ceive her King, has been for the present s< aside as a Nation, while God is gatherin out of all Nations a people for His name wb shall be joined to Christ and return wit Him when He shall come in glory for th restoration of Israel and of all things spoke of by the prophets. The great question fc the church and for every individual believ< is, Am I bearing fruit unto God'/ 17. "What is this, then, that is writtei the stone which the builders rejected, tli same is become the head of the corner! This is from Ps. cxviii., 22. and points tott time when the Nation shall say, "Blessed t He that cometh in -the name of the .Lord (Math, xxiii., 39; Ps. cxviii.. 2G). "Itsha be said in that day: Lo, this is our God! ^ have waited for Him. and He will save u This is the Lord. We have waited for Hin Wo will bo glad and rejoice in His salvation (Isa. xxv., 9) Our Lord was always callir attention to what was written. He hud in plicit conildeneo in the Scriptures. Ho a ways appealed to them. He made peop answer their own questions by His. "Whi is written? How rend est thou?" 18. "Whosoever shall fall upon that stoi shall be broken, but on whomsoever it sha fall it will grind him to powdor." This taki us back to Isa. vlli., 14, 15. when we rer that He shall bo to some a sanctuary, but 1 others a stone of stumbling and a rock of o fense. In 13a. xxviii., 16, we read that He a sure and tried foundation stone as well i a precious corner. The whole is summed u In I Pet. ii., 4-8. The grinding to powi< probably refers to Daa. ii., 35, and the tin of His coming to judge tno xmions. ne now a place of refuge and a sure foundatlc to all who receive Him. He Is a rock of o fcnse to all who will not have Him, but wht Ho comes in glory He will surely crush a His enemies. 19. "And the chief priests and tho scribi tho same hour sought to lay hands on Him They had long before determined to ki Him, but now their hour is drawing nig and yet they cannot lay a finger on Him ui til God's appointed time. Then He will 1 them take Hio, that their wicked hands mj accomplish that which the counsel of Gc determined before to be done (Acts iv., 2 28). Not even satan himself can touch child of God without God's permission, an there must bo a needs be for all that com to every child of God (Ezek. xiv., 23).?Le son Helper. FOR THE STATE NAVAL I MILITIA. Secretary Herbert Makes tlie Annual A lctwents of Money. Secretary Herbert has made tho annual a lotments of money to the several State navi military organizations of the country, on tt basis of returns of tho strength of the navi militia up to April 1. These returns sho tnat in fourteen Slates there aro organizi tions, composed of 293 officers and 3339 ei listed men. The appropriation was $25,00 from which $1000 was deducted for the pu: chas9 of books of instruction, to be issue ------ rr,t 11 n w prorata, mti anviiucuia New England?Massachusetts, with 44]con missioned and other officers, and 439 met Rets $3135; Rhodo Island, 9 officers, 149 mei $1071; Connecticut, 7 officers. 92 men. $66 Middle States?New York, 24 officers, 3t men, $2752; New Jersey, 28 officers, 512 mei 32242; Pennsylvania, IS officers. 132 mei $949; Maryland, 18 officers. 197 men, 2141( Southern?North Carolina, 17 officers, 1? men, $1164; South Carolina. 21 officers. 16 men, $1186; Geortjiu. 8 officers. 98 met $704; Louisiana, 15 officers, 217 men, $135! Pacific Coast?California, 29 officers, 41 men, $2297, and Michigan, 40 officers, 18 men, $1301. Great Lakes?Illinois, 40 officers, 335 men $2939. Cents are omitted from each allotment The allotment is basod on the number o nftfi v officers and men. The apportionmen for last year gave an average of S'J.uy 10 each enlisted man, while that of the presen year gives an average of $7,188 for each en listed man. Larpeit Gold Brick. Tne largest gold brick over cast in th Black Hills was recently deposited in a Dea<1 wood bank. It weighed a trifle less than 12 pounds and was wortn about J30.000. It wa the result of a fifteen daya' output. T-ake Mlchlpm Polluted. Chicago papers ore advising the peop to "boll the water." The lake is not fit t drink. RELIGIOUS RE A DIN p cnuncn tbamps. Church tramps?they who go hore, tt anywhere, 'everywhere, as convenience inclination prompts?fe-ct very little f 10 and do no productive work. Feople i church homes that they choose and love labor for. Only in this way will their s bo developed to the highest spiritual p and the best results for ail concerned copiously forth. A person's Christin . may be much to diffusive, and as little e 11 tive as sheet lightning or heat light] shimmering from the summer clouds. 'u must be brought to a focus Y" concentrated into some specific, carefi sumvicu vuauiici^t /v?i IUIUU^ [ tionalLsin, if it be likewise intelligent, i ? no way a curse, but a blessing. A revivi true church loyalty seems to be called There is les9 of it in most people than f good for them to have. The abuse of 5f some quarters, and in past days, hus led 3 reaction equaily dangt-rous. To mag unduly the things which .separate us i j-e doubt an evil, but it is equally evil to t< ,? or suppose that there is nothing of any portance that does separate the f? nominations, that all are equally ? >'e since they are working for the same I lr ter, and that it doe9 not signify w s< one is joined. The easy corollary to th 15 that one might about as well join none, * so avoid making Invidious distinct! Nothing but disaster can come of sue :y policy. It is simply and positively true one can best serve the interests of " churches by giving his efforts steadil 10 promote the interests of some one chu 10 Just as a man can best serve the interesi n all nations by limiting his labors mainl; a* the nation where he was born, or the o ? one which in mature life he may delibe: . ly elect as superior. If his philanthi W destroys his patriotism he will not acc 'u pliah much. If he spreads himself out thin there will not be thickness enougl :? any one place to stand the strain require " effective labor. Sectarianism, hard, nan '? bigoted and bitter, is to be avoided and ? demned; but denominationalism, br 'J liberal, reasonable, charitable, is a J Jj thing, and should bo cultivated. i: life's sorrows. ^ If it is a poor thing to sit always lool 31 back upon life's past joys and blessing s> is a still moru miserable and more pari p" ing thing to sit looking back upon its rows or calamities. You know how n i people are always doing this. They n tho passage of life by its troubles. 1 0 date everything from its black-letter d 5* When they want to Identify some past1 11 it is?"Tho week before I broke my It or "That winter when all the children a lt down with ir eagles ;" or "The year afte had that grc at loss in business. Lot's 0? would have dated everything from the 1 13 when they were burnt out from Sod 3? Some never seem to get over these thi w You know how, after one of life's bere ments, some people seem to dwell ,3? among the tombs. In spirit they are ah 3 in mourning. They have no heart for i 10 thing. They cannot make any effort, j!* the duties they used to be interested in,l ^ to be laid aside. You may begin to d with them on the most different subject, l* by and by they are sure to bring it roum 10 their trouble. I do not want to speak ha s< about this; it is something very toucl and pitiful. But it is not the true \ :o God never meant us to keep turning < ie afresh the soil on our graves. 0 we will let them alone, grass 0 daisies and sweet spring flowers grow over tho mounds where our dear < d were laid, and sweet, happy memories 10 grow over all the thought of their life 1 ir us, gradually changing sorrow into a q d joy. That is how God keeps His world ing. Life has always work to do...."I forward and not back." No mere linge > among the ashes of the past! Live righ & In the way of life's busy duties; it is the is escape from that paralysis of an indu 0 and hopeless grief.?Brooke Herford, D, !<* in "Sermons of Courage and Cheer. i re IN THE HOME OF OOD. >r In the home of God, of which CI speaks, we shall all find God. We s f find him always ; And him without pai i- and wearisome search ; we shall never >, him. In what ways God will make his p m enco perceived and felt by us we caj le tell. J3ut to those of us whose chief troi 3- is that our vision of God is continu it clouded ; that our sense of his presenc ig dull and vague at the best, and is often 10 altogether; that we are so wantirfg in h for other men and in spiritual pereep e that we fasten upon what is most im in feet in them, are vexed by it, irritated b >r repelled by it, instead of seeing in tl n possibilities of an inllnite perfection . . those of us I say whose cnief trouble i l, that we seem to be living in a world wl io everything conceals God from us, it is a t whioh kindles the heart to rapture that le time is coming when we shall live in a w >e whero everything will reveal him.?B. 1" Dale. ,11 'e BEST OCT OF LIFE. A ntnn v-nnllv mnnna mi* nj uiau nu'j 0-. ?? _. n.; life its best results spiritually will not i 1 well cultivate it. but he will "fence'it. he will do that,if possible.in the springt: the blossoming time of his years. The 1 to put up the fences is while the fields 10 not as yet bare and brown. Christ call* lt pecially for young men and young woi to give their hearts and energies to Il? Now is the springtime of their lives as " as tho springtime of tin* year. To serve ; one must not only plant the vineyard. ll* protect it. Accept Christ, and he* will i ?? you power to become sons of God: cou J" Christ, and that act will throw aboutj *3 soul the defences that shall ward ofT sp 13 ual ingatherings, safe amid a thousand f |P ?H. D. Jennings, in N. Y. Observer. ie jg NO GOD SO HEAVEN". >n Without God heavon would be no heai f- With Him heaven is not first a locality, m wherever one is in his presence there* is ill heavenly life. Not heaven in its fulln but the lirst elemonts of the heuvenly ss In entering, then, into his presence here now. amid our daily common interests, [11 have entered into a spiritual kingdom wh b, so far as we live in sympathy with it.tl a- is perfect spiritual hurmony; where thei et no law of compulsion, but the perfect ly vice is the perfect freedom: where the >d of the one great loving Spirit is evident! 7, reasonable, so jUst and so true mat any n who is in sympathy with the heavenly id aets in harmony with it as if it were his < eg will.?Bishop Lawrence. ? CHRISTIAN OLD AGE. It Is said that Columbus, nearing shores of the New World, believed the si I. which the wavjs and skies brought li that land . was not far away. Birds ci near and floated on the mild air. and at perched upon the masts and twittered tl i' praise of the shore. Berries were seen l? the sea, and were caught up from the w? " and eaten by the happy sailors. Land w nigh. That is a picture of Christian old ) The heavenly shores are near enough lm that the rich fruits of the other world within reach of the weary mariner. An; r' of hope and benediction come to the s 'd and flutter over the tired life, and ride h< to land with the creaking old ship.? Kev W. Gunsaulus. 1, ?' The thing we have most to fear from is i the liveliness of the sinners, but the dt ness of the saints?that p-mot-mess fr 1? God. that inexperience of tin* great reali 1. ?!...? a..,I : mi me ami jl ri'iiort ral ! than :i f?-lt person, ami tin.' superb veri the possession of tli<! f??w rather thau ? realization of the mauv?Dr. l'arkhurst. ii ' 7 You will And poopli* ready enough to 1 thf Samaritan without th? oil ar,d twooci ?Sydney Smith. t >f Quicksand Swallows a Monument, t The granite monument marking the JI< r can boundary line, at Tia Juana, in ! t Diogo County. Ca'iforniu, was up.<ct b flood shortly after It was erectrd by the ternational Boundary Commission. r. shaft fell into quicksand and efforts to cover it were unsuccessful. It has b 0 necessary to buy a new site for anot ; monument. a s E^ypt Keioiircel. The 7,000,000 inhabitants cf Egypt hav |e bonded indebtedness of $500,000,000. Th :o areoniy 9000 square miles of productively of aa average value per acx* of illiL / Gr TEMPERANCE. A WISE BB4WLEB. A. humorous fellow, in a tavern lata, lere, Being drunk and valiant, gets a broken pate; 8 or The surgeon, with his implements and skill, ood. Searches the skull deeper and deeper still, need To feel tho brains and try if they are sound; and And as he keeps ado with the wound, ouls The fellow cries. "Good surgeon, spare your itch Pains; Aow When I began this brawl 1 had no brains." .nity fTecQing TWO PICTUBE8. It Here are two pen-pictures, which carry-' and ihsir own lessons and moral, that wo take illy- from tho latest issue to reach us of the San ina- Francisco Monitor. is in Recently a mother was called to mourn the il of accidental, and what, to her, seemed the unfor. timely, death of a son who had just attained it is to a manhood of honor and virtue. From it in every quarter came words of praise for his to a manly rectitude, and regret that on* soi nify noble and so useful should be taken' a no away. As she sat in her desolation feeling jach that no sorrow was so deep as hers, there inr- crept to her side another pale, tearful mothei de- in whoso face the marks of shame and humili: ;ood ation took rank with grief and whispered Has- these words: ''You think you suffer, but it I [ hich could change places with yoa and see my | lis is eon where yours is, being the honor and reand speot of his fellows which yours bears, ] ons. would count no sacrifice too great, I could :h a think of no greater joy." With her words that there unfolded before the first mourner the all picture of an opium den wherein a pale, ly to emaciated victim sat with his dissolute comrch. panlons utterly given over to this most terts of rlble of all tvrants of sin?and with the sight y to there arose In her own soul the ejaculation, ther "Dear Lord, why am I so honored and my ate- Bisters so afflictedV From the grave of her ropy sorrow the stone had disappeared and the iom- triumphant angels were all about her. too As these words are penned, there is lying 1 at on a couch In the cltv prison a delicate, halfid of orazed woman, who, goaded almost to madrow, ness by the brutal treatment of her husband, con- in a wild moment shot him, perhapsto death, oad. Her moan is: "There is no tuture for me, food whichever way this affair may turn. My life is all ended now." Those who have known this woman since her childhood tell tales of her self-sacrifice, her womanly unselfishness and heroism, that are touching in the exking treme. One friend speaks of. her as "the ;s. it noblest girl I ever knew." A marriage to a ilyz- man who seems to have regarded less his sor- duties as a husband and a protector of his luch home than he did drink ana dissipation was jark her misfortune, the ruin of her life. Hei rhey love and devotion counted as nothing against ays. the allurements of liquor and evil company, time And so. aeainst the door of the sepulchre g wherein was placed the crucified body of her vere domestic happiness, the fearful stone of, inr we temperance wasjrolled, just as it is in tens of wife thousands of other cases all over this fair land, time What hope, what infinite trust in God's goodiom. ness and omnipotence are required to believe ngs. that some day even this stone of intemperave ance may be rolled away, and only the cereever merits of sorrow loft in the grave which no ravs longer holds the crucified manhood of the any, Nation. , All lave talk THE VZBDICT OF SCIEXCE. but a quart of Madeira wine consists of two [l *? pounds and a little over four ounces of ?"y water, two ounces of gummy and tartareous matter, a little over two ounces of an oily, resinous substance, and a little over two >ver ounces of alcohol. Take out the alcohol, and the remainder of the Madeira wine is a nauseand ous mess, which no one would think of will drinking. Take the alcohol out of beer, and an?9 It is a sour slop, which no sane man would will dream of taking into his stomach. Whisky with consists of nearly equal parts of water and uiet impure alcohol, the latter containing fusil 8?* oil and some essential oils derived from the 'ook grain, which give it flavor. It is the alcohol which produces intoxication, if imbibed in lt ?jn sufficient quantity. There is nothing else in pfcly any intoxicant which would commend it to lged the palate of any man. Now, the scientific verdict as to alcohol is that it is a poison, no more, no less, and, as a poison, its action is first upon the nerve centres. Its action is generally at first to fill the Derson with a serene and perfect self complacency. * His feelings and faculties are .1 rendered more Intense from the stimulation ?rul of the nerves by the poison. With most per1036 sons this Is shown by increased vivacity and ,res7 a tendenoy to talk much more than Is ,, As Intoxication progresses, the senses ial y gradually become hazy, a soft humming ? ~ seems to All the pauses in the conversation, lost a Q|my 0bscures the vision, the viotim l?ve finds It difficult to preserve his equilibrium.tlon next, objects appear double, or flit confused P?'* before the eyes; the drunkard becomes bolsy "i terous, ridiculous; articulation becomes diffltieP3 cult, and he finally falls to the ground in t0 sensible?that is, he is "dead drunk.'* Frond 1 this state, after a period of deep slumber, ha aere awakes exhausted, feverish, sick and glddyj l0Pe I with throbbing head, ringing ears ana orW bloodshot eyes. W. ;?. a wobkmajj's expebiment. The practical experiment of a number of workmen In England Is commended. At the f his q103g of a total abstinence meeting, addressed ?nly by the late Mr. Silk Buckingham, a working And man arose and said while it was easy enough ime, for a man of leisure to do without beer, foi? time working men like .himself it was ridiculous, 1 are The speaker urged him and the friends with; * es* him to try it for a month, when they would "}en have another meeting and hear the report.' Ilm; At the second meeting the room was crowded J.e11 two hours before the time announced, and; Him the same working man gave his unqualified but testimony in favor of abstinence. He re-' R've ported that they had not lost a day's or ah ifess tour's work in the period; they were healthfour , ier. happier and richer by thirty or forty '"t- shillings. He announced their intention to. oes. become total abstainers and recommended1 all workmen to do likewise. t.en when he quits. ' but The man who can drink or let It alone isj the again with us, says an exchange. He is a oss, genial sort of a fellow, and it might be harsh1 life, to roll him together as a scroll or to boll him' and in oil, or bake him over a slow Are as he , we deserves. He feels sorry for the slave to ere, rum. "Why," says he, "all you need is the iere will power. When I want to quit, I will re is surely quit." The day will come when he ser- will quit, sure enough. The coroner will be will notified when the time comes, and there'll y so be a nice inquest with home comforts and all "one modern improvements, and if our friend is life rich the verdict will be that he died of heart awn failure. If he is poor, it will be that he died of alcoholism. The man who can drink or let it alone is worth studying. the THE QBEATEST 8CITEBEB. :ory It Is the woman upon whom the curse of I'm. drunkenness rests most heavily, says the ime Index, and when women unite to protect last their homes from its blight their provocation liclr and their aim should secure for them at least 1 in the respect of silence from those who do not ives believe in their remedies for an evil that none wfis can deny. Woman's suffering from drunken husbands, fathers, sons and brothers gives 30 her a right to call for all the protection that are society can justly give. tjels >ul, TE3IPER Ah'CE NEWS AND KOTES, )!^ If there were no moderate drinkers there ' " would be no drunkardsThe man who makes a business of drink* not ing will soon drink for a business, ad- There Is no crime, says the Temperance otn Cause, that intemperance doe9 not commit, ties The unchangeable decree of God is, "No her drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of Clod."' jV * The liquor traffic constantly foils organized labor's efforts at an amelioration of the condition of the working people. The great j-tfrrart;lnhlir is thn Sflloon. The flo drinker institutes unjust and unreasonable i''e strikes; the drinker thvrarts just and reasonable strikes. No home is safe in which liquor may bo found. Whisky is a poison, and although not to rapid in its effects upon adults as on children, its use is just as ccrtain to be at>xi tended with evil results in ono case as in the San other. y n My friends, said Artemus Wnrd on ono ocJn* casion, we can't all be Washingtons, out^v"> t'ho can all be patriot? and behavo ourselves m a re* human ana Christian manner. When we see een a brother goin' down hill to ruin let us seize ber right hold of his coat tails and draw hirn back to morality. There is no evil thing among us that the drink habit does not asrg ravate, and no good thinK that it does not antagonize. More than 9 a everything else the saloon fosters and suset8 tains the drink habit. It is now mere comad monplace to say, "The saloon is a standing xr?ni ce to our civilization." t ' ? ~ m., %%W?m 1 - 'vit* ffr pfic :M f0^c%. *1 W5Em, Life. ' ??$(k A warmth, a i*low, a light; Smoldering embers, night. A seed, a bud, a bloom; A pod, a shell, a tomb. A spring, a summer, fall; A frost, a snow, a pall. A aulver, a motion, breath; A song, a sigh, then death. ?Slgel Boush, In New York Sun. To the Lily?Purlty'a Emblem. Sweet Lily, Purity In thee shines forth; No snows of North Thy whiteness match; No sun ravs catoh Effulgence equals to thine own; Modestly bending . In whate'er direction blown, Charmingly blending Boyal statellness with yielding grace Thou of all flowers art Queen, I ween, Thou of tbe spotless face. ?C. C. Marrln, m New York Suburban Weekljj} Time's Tyranny, O, when my love is far away, v;o Why dost thou linger, leaden footed? Why dost thou torture me, 0 Time, By halting here as tho' thou'rt rooted To this one spot? I'd swear I've watched , A whole age thro', while thou didst linger, E'er pointing to the self-same hour . -v: With cold, outstretched, unfriendly fingerl !'v^ But when my lore is here. 0 Time, When every breath has heaven in It, 0, then thou'lt span a whole hour's space While we have counted scarce a minute! Thus, tjius thou wagest war *gainst Joy, And must so long as man may let thee; Yet, till he hath forgot to love. 0 Time, pray how can man forget thee? . ? Mary Norton Bradford, in Boston Globe. ? 'M When the Singer is Dead, Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them, Fair the fall of songs When the singer sings them. Still they are carolled and said-? On wines thev are carried? After the singer is dead And the maker buried. psS Low as the singer lies In the field of heather, \ , Songs of his fashion bring The swains together. And when the west is red With the sunset embers, The lover lingers and sings And the maid remembers. ?B. L. 8tevenson. ,? God'o Bilracle of May. There came a message to the vine, A whisper to the tree, The blue-bird saw the secret sign , And merrily sang he! And like a silver string the brook Trembled with music sweetEnchanting notes in every nook <> For echo to repeat. A magic touch transformed the fields, Greener each hour they grow. Until they shone like burnished shields All jeweled o'er with dew. Scattered upon the forest floor A million bits of bloom Breathed fragrance forth thro' morning'* door Into the day's bright room. $$ Then bud by bud the vine confessed The secret it had hoard, And in the leaves the azure-breast Sang the dellghtrul word: Glad flowers upsprang amid the gran And flung their banners gay, And suddenly it came to passGod's miracle of May!? . , ?F. D. Sherman, in Ladles' Home Journal. Hn fhfl niflmAnrl. The crack of the bat and the whizz 'of tho ball, And the umpire's foghorn shout Will now be heard, and on every hand Good men will be striking out The pitcher will tie himself into a knot, With a fiendish twist on his face, And the ball will come in, with a corkscrew . curve. And a batter will fall from grace. The catoher will stand in his armor of pads, With a bustle strapped over his phiz, And when a foul pops up over his head He will struggle to see where it is. The coachers will hug up as close as they dare To the base lines, and cheer up the men With hoarse cries of "Go it, Tim!" "Slide, Kelly, slide!" And "Now you're off! Come back again!" Way out at right field, with the sun in his eyes. A player will put up his hand; "*** The ball will come sailing along through the , sky? He'll muff it?then hear the grand stand! While Murphy at short?blest child of th? gods!? As a screaming hot liner spins by, Will put out his hand, and by mere lucky chance, n Will gather it in on the fly! Then, oh! what a howl from the bleachers will rise! And Murphy will take off his hat. Aa if 'twere the commonest everyday thing To capture balls hot from the bat. ******** Yes, the crack of the bat, and 'the swish ot the ball, And the umpire's foghorn cry Will now be heard. And the championship? _ Well, we'll talk about that by and by. ?3omervllle (Mass.) Journal. Salt for Catarrh. The late Dr. Loomis was a high authority on the treatment of all varieties of catarrh and throat affections, and he recommended the insufflation of a few erains of common salt, and it proved efficacious in many caees of long-standing catarrh. The salt, held in the hand and "snufled up," causes no more inconvenience than a pinch of snuff; bat a still less disagreeable way is to have a strong solution of salt on the dressing table, and insufflate a portion of this poured oat into the hand. The medical journals give this simple remedy, faithfully applied, credit for curing headaches, eye strain, toothache, ear affections and even bronchial asthma.?New York Independent. Bedouin Cnaractcristies. There is no record of the co3tumes of the Syrian Arabs having changed the period covered by human history, either us regards male or female dress or adornment. Saving only for hia firearms, there is no reason to believe that the Bedouin of the desert does not clothe and adorn himself exactly as he did in the days of the patriarchs. Arabs in the desert have contracted a strange prejudice against running water and they will only drink what they find in some stagnant pool. So much has this become a matter of hah? it with them that, while the most poisonous looking water agrees with them admirably, pure tanning water Will make them violently sick. f