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I REV. DR. TALMAGE
UNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THK
NOTED DIVINE.
Subject: "The GIott of Sunset."
Text: "Abide with us. for it is toward
Bvenlng."?Luke xxiv., 29.
Two villagers, having concluded theii
orrand in Jerusalem, have started out at the
city gate and are on their way to Emmaus,
the place of their residence. They go with a
Badneart. Jesus, who had been their admiration
and their joy. had been basely
massacred and entombed. A.s, with sail face
and broken heart, they pass on their way a
stranger accosts them. They tell Him their
anxieties and bitterness of soul. He in turn
talks to them, mightily expounding the
Scriptures. He throws over them the fascination
of intelligent conversation. They forget
the time and notice not the objects they
pass, and before they are aware have come
up in front of their bouse. They pause before
?!:?? entrance and attempt to persuade
the btranger to tarry with them. They press
upon Him their hospitalities. Night is coming
on, and He may meet a prowling wild beast
or be obliged to lie unsheltered from the
dew. He cannot go much farther now. Why
not stop there and continue their pleasant
conversation? They take Him by the arm,
and they insist upon His cominc in, addressing
Him in the words, "Abide with us, for it
Is toward evening,"
Thecandlesare lighted; the table isspread;
pleasant socialities are enkindled. They re
joice in tne presence o: tne stranger sruest.
Ho asks a blessing upon the bread they eat.
and He hands a piece of it to each. Suddenly
and with overwhelming power the thought
flashes upon the astonished people?it is the
Lord! And as they sit in breathless wonder,
looking upon the resurrected body of Jesus,
He vanished. The interview ended. He was
gone.
With many of us it is a bright, sunshiny
flay of prosperity. There is not a cloud in
the sty; not a leaf rustling in the forest; no
chill In the air. But we cannot expect all
this to last. He is not an intelligent man
who expects perpetual daylight of joy. The
sun will after awhile near the horizon. The
iViui-lnnjc will luni.thnn Whilf" TeiiMnlf mnnv
of us stand in toe very hour described in the
text, ''for it Is toward evening-" The request
of the text is appropriate for some before
me, for with them it is toward the evening
of old age. They have passed the meridian
of life. They are sometimes started to think
how old they are. They do not, however, like to
have others remark upon it. If others suggest
their approximation toward venerable
appearance, tbey say, "Why, I'm not so old,
ifter all." They do. indeed, noticethat they
eannot lift quite so much as once. They
zannot walk quite so fast. They cannot
read quite so well without spectacles. They
cannot so easily recover from a cough or
auy occasional ailment. They have lost
; their taste for merriment. They are .surprised
at the quick passage of the year,
they say that it only seems a little while ago
that they were boys. They are going a little
down hill. There is something in their
health, simething in their vision, something
In their walk, something in their changing
associations, somethine above, something
beneath, something within, to remind them
that it is toward evening.
The great want of all such is to have Jesus
abide with them. It is a di3mal thing to be
getting old without the rejuvenating influence
of religion. When we step on the down
Krade of life and see that it dips to the verge
of the coid river, we want to behold some
one near who will help us across it. When
the sight loses its power to glance and gather
up, we need the faith that can illuminate.
wnen we jeei me rauure 01 me ear, we neea
the clear tones of that voice which in olden
times broke up the silence of the deaf with
cadence of mercy. When the axmen of
death hew down whole forests of strength
and beauty around us and we are left in solitude,
we need the dove of divine merey to
eing in our branches. When the shadows
begin to fail and we feel that the day is far
ipent, we need most of all to supplicate the
etrong beneficent Jesus in the prayer of the
villagers. "Abide with us, for it is toward
s veaing.
The request of the text is an appropriate
exclamation forall those who are approached
In the gloomy hour of temptation. There is
nothing easier than to be goodnatured when
everything plea ;es, or to be humble when
there is notning to oppose us, or forgiving
> when we have not be?n assailed, or honest
when we have no inducement to fraud. But
you have felt the grapple of some temptation.
Your nature at some time quaked and
groaned under the infernal force You felt
that the devil was after you. You saw your
Christian graces retreating. You feared
that you would lall in the awful wrestle with
ein and b? thrown intc the dust. The gloom
thickened. The first indications of the night
were seen In all the trembling of your soul,
in all the infernal suggestions of* Satan, in
all the surging up of tumultuous passions
and excitements. You felt with awful em
jjuasis mat it i7B"s tuwara evemng. in iqh
tempted hour you need to ask Jesus to
abide with you. You can beat back the monster
that would devour you. You caa unhorse
the sin that would ride you down.
You can sharpen the battleax with which
you split the head of helmeted abomination.
Who helped Paxil shake the brazen gated
heart of Felix? Who acted like a good sailor
when all the crew howled in the Mediterranean
shipwreck? Who helped the martyrs
to be ( firm when one word of recantation
would have unfastened the withes of
the stake and put out the kindling flrer When
the night of the soul came on and all the
denizens of darkness came riding upon the
winds of perdition who gave strength to the
soul? Who gave calmness to the heart?
Who broke the spell ot infernal enchantment?
He who heard the request of the villagers,
"Abide .villi us, for it is toward evenink'."
' One of the forts of France was attacked,
and the outworks were takeu before night.
The besieging army lay down, thinking there
was but liitle to do in the morning, and that
the soldiery in the fort could be easily made
to surrender. But durine the nieht. throucn
a back stairs, they escaped into the country.
]n the morning the besieging army sprang
\ipon the battlements, but found that their
prey was gone. So. when we are assaulted
In temptation, there is always some secret
stair by which we might get off. God will
nor allow us to be tempted above what we
are able, but with every temptation will
bring a way of escape thar we may b2 able tr
bear it.
The prayer of the text is appropriate for
all who are anticipating sorrow. The greatest
folly that ever irrew on this planet is the
tendency to borrow trouble, but there are
times when approaching sorrow is so evident
that we need to be making special preparation
for its coming.
, One of your '.'bildron has lately bo?ome a
favorite. The cry of that child strikes deep
er into tho h^art than the cry of all the otners.
You thiuk more about'it. You give it
more attention, not because It is any more of
a treasure than the other?, but because it is
becoming frail. There is something in the
cheek, in th? eye and in ttie walk that makes
you quite sure that the leaves of the flower
are going to bo scattered. The utmost nursing
and medical attendance are ineffectual.
The pulse becomes feeble, the complexion
lighter, the step weaker, the laugh tainter.
!No more romping for that one through hall
and parlor. The nursery is darkened bv an
approaching calamity. The heart fpels with
mournful anticipation that the sun is going
down. Night speeds on. It i3 toward cvenng
You have long rejoiced in the care of a
mother. You have done everything to malce
her last days happy. You have run with
quick feet to wait upon her every want. Her
presence has been a perpetual blessing in the
household. But the fruit g:itherer> arelooking
wistfully at that tree. Her soul is ripe
for heaven." The gates are ready to Cash
open ior ber entrance. but your soul siuk;
at the thought of n separation, i'ou oannx
bear to think that soon you will be called to
tak?* tbela.?t look at that face which from
tne 3rs". hour ha? looked upon you with affectiou
unchangeable. But you see that life
'is eboing an'I the grave wili soon hide her
from your sight. You sit quiet. You fr-ei
heavy hearted. The light is fadiag from the
-eky. The air is chill. I; is toward evening.
You bad a considerable estate and felt independent.
In five minutes on oao fair bal
ance &aeet you could see ju.?t now you stood
in the world. But there cams complioation3.
Something tba: you imagined Impossible
happened. Toe best friend yon had proved
traitor to your interest. A sudden crash of
National misfortunes prostrated your credit.
You may to-day he going on in business, but
vou feel anxious about where you ars standing
and fear that the next turning of the
wheel will bring you orostrate. You foresee
wfcat you consider certain deftuoattoa. You
think of the anguish of telling your friends
vou are not worth a dollar. You know not
how yon will ever bring your children home
from school. You wonder how you will
stand the selling of rour library or the moving
into a plainer house. The misfortunes
of life have accumulated. You wonder what
makes the sky so dark. It is toward evening.
Trouble is an apothecary that miies a
great many drafts bitter and sour and
nauseous, and vou must drink -some on? of
nn a rrrnnt manv nncWs.
and you must rarrv some one of them.
There is no sandal so thick and well ad"
justed but some thorn will strike through it.
f Tnere is no sound so sweet but the undertaker's
screwdriver grates through it. In this
swift shuttle of the human heart some of the
threads must break. The journey from
Jerusalem to Emmaus will soon be ended.
Our Bible, our common sense, our observation,
reiterate in tones that we cannot mistake
and oucrht not to disregard. It is toward
evening.
Oh, then, for Jesus to abide with us! He
sweetens the cup. He extracts the thorn. He
wipes the t?ar. He hushes the tempest. He
soothes the soul that flies to Him for shelter.
Let the night swoop and the enroclydon
cross the sea. Let the thunder roar. Soon
all will be well. Christ in the ship to soothe
His friends. Christ on the sea to stop Its
tumult. Christ in the grave to scatter the
darkness. Christ in the heavens to lead the
way. Blessed all such. His arms will enclose
them. His grace comfort them, His
liarht cheer them, His sacrifice free them, His
glory enchant them. If earthly estate takes
winsrs. He will be an incorruptible treasure.
If friends die. He will be their resurrection.
Standing with us in the morning of our joy
and in the noonday of our prosperity, He
will not forsako us when the luster has faded
and it is toward evening.
Listen to Paul's hattle shout with misfortune.
Hark to mounting Latimer's fire song.
Look at the glory that has reft th* dungeon
and filled the eatth aod heavens with the
crash of the falling manacles of despotism.
And then lof-k at those who have tried to
cure themr?ves by human prescriptions, attempting
to heal gangrene with a patch of
court plaster and to stoo the plague of dying
empires with the quackery of earthly wisdom.
Nothing can speak "peace to the soul,
nothing can unstrap our crushing burdens,
nothing can overcome our spiritual foes,
nothing can open our eyes to see the surrounding
horses and obarlots of salvation
that fill all the mountains, but the vpice and
command of Him who stopped one night at
Emmaus.
The words of the text are pertinent to us
all. from the fact that we are nearing the
evening of death. I have heard it said that
we ought to live as though each moment
were to be our last. I do not believe that
theory. As far as preparation is concerned,
we ought always to be ready; but we cannot
always be thinking of death, for we have
duties in life that demand our. attention.
When a man is selling goods, it is his business
to think of the bargain he is making.
When a man is pleading in the courts, it la
his duty to think of the interests of hi?
clients." When a clerk is adding up his ac^
counts, it :s his dut.v to keep his mind upon
the column of figures. He who fills up his
life with thoughts of death is fur from being
the highest style of Christian. I knew a
man who used to often sav at nieht. ''I wish
I might die before morning!" He became an
Infidel
But th^re are times when we can and ought
to give ourselves to the contemplation of
that solemn momect when to the soul time
ends and eternity begins. We must go
through that one pass. There is no roundabout
way, no bypath, no circuitous route.
Die we must; and it will be to us a shameful
occurrence or a time of admirable behavior.
Our friends may stretch out their hands to
keep us back, but no imploration on their
part can hinder us. They might offer large
retainers, but death would not take the fee.
The breath will fail, and the eyes will close,
and the heart will stop. You ^may hang the
couch with gorgeous tapestry, but wnatdoes
death care for beautiful curtains? You may
hang the room with the finest works of art,
but what does death care for pictures? You
may fill the house with the wailings of
widowhood and orphanage; does death mind
weeping? ;
This ought not to be a depressing theme.
Who wants to live here forever? The world
has always treated me well, and every day I
feel lees and less like scolding and complain* <
ing. But yet I would not want to make this
my eternal residence. I love to watch the
clouds and bathe my soul in the blue sea of 1
heaven, but I expect when the firmament is
rolled away as a scroll to see a new heaven,
grander, higher and more glorious. You ]
ought to be willing to exchange your body I
that has headaches and sideaches and weak
ness innumerable, that limps with the stone
bruise or festers with the thorn or flames ]
pn the funeral pyre of fevers for an incorMintlhlA
hnrlv nnrt an nr? that hlinlra nol. hfl. '
fore the jasper gates and the great white
throne. But between that^and this there la an
hour about which no man should be reckless
or foolhardy. I doubt not your courage,but 1
I tell you that you will want something better
than a strong arm, a good aim and a
trusty sword when you come to your last
battle. You will need a better robe than any
you have In your wardrobo to keep you
warm In that place.
Circumstances do not make so muoh difference.
It may be a bright day when you
push off the planet, or it may be a dark
night and while the owl is hooting from the
forest. It may be spring, and your soul may
go out among the blossoms, apple orchards
swinging their cansera in the way. It may
be winter and the earth in a snow shroud.
It may be autumn and the forests set on Are
by the retreating year?dead nature laid out
in state. It may be with your wife's hand in
your hand, or you may be in a strange hotel !
with a servant faithful to the last. It may be
in the rail train, shot off the switch and 1
tumbling in long reverberation down
the embankment?crash, crash! I know
not the time, I know not the mode, but
the days of our life are being subtracted
away and we shall come down to the .
time when we have but ten days left,
then nine rlaVR then elffht day*, then 1
seven days, six days, five daj*3. four days,
three days, two days, one day. Then hours 1
?three -hours, two hours, one hour. Then ;
only minutes lert?five minutes, four min-,
utes.three minutes,two minutes,one minuie. ' *<
Then only seconds left?four seconds, three. !
seconds, two seconds, one second. Gonefl .;
The chapter of life ended. The book closed. 1
The pulse3 at rest. The feet through with
the journey. The hands closed from all '
woric. No'wordouthe lips. No breath In
the nostrils. Hair combed back to lie un
disheveled by aay human hands. The muscles
still. The nerves still. The lungs still." .
The tongue still. Ail still. You might put
the stethoscope to the breast aud hear "no
sound. You might pur a speaning trumpet
to the ear, but you couM not wake tho deafness.
No motion, no throb, no life. Still,
still!
So death comes to the disciplo! What if
the sun of life is about to set? Jesus is the
day spring from ou high, theperpetual morning
of every ransomed spirit. ' What if the
darkness com*sV .f*?us is the light of the
world and of keavi.;. What though this
earthly house does ".-rumble? Jesus has prepared
a house of many mansions. Jesns Is
the anchor that always holds. Jesus is the
light that is never eclipsed. Jesus is the
fountain that is never exhausted. Jesus is
the evening star, hung up amid the gloom of
the gathering night.
You are almost through with the abase
and backbiting of enemies. They will call
you no more by evil namns. Your good deeds
will no longer be misinterpreted nor your
honor lllched. The troubles of earth will
end in the felicities. Toward evening. The
bereavements of eirth will voon be lifted.
You will not much longer stand pouring
I your grief iu the tomb, like Rachel weeping
! lor her children or David mouruiuir
for Absalom. Broken hearts bound
up. Wounds healed- Tears wiped away.
Sorrows terminated. No more sounding
of the dead march. Toward
evanim;! Death will com?, sweet as slumber
to the oyelide <;! the babe, n* fuii rations to a
starving soldier. as evening hour to the exhausted
workmau. The sky wiii take on Irs
sunset gioxv, every cloud a Hr<? psa'.m. every
lake a glossy mirror, tbc forests trausligure 1.
delicate- mists climMniJ tho air. Your fri-nds
i will announce it: your pulses will beat it;
yourJoy; will rms: it: your hps wiil whisper
it, "Toward evymag"'
Exeter Chnrcli Sold for 843.
The Church of the Saoond Congregational
Society of Exeter, N. H., has been sold at
auction for ?45. The edifice was built in
1824 at a cost of i 10,000. The site must be
cleared for the erection of a new building
within three weeks.
Pi\rl? Rafii DnnkAVi.
The consumption of horse and donfcey
meat in Paris is rapidly Increasing. The
records ahow thttt 30,000 hotsea WW? Mldlor
(ood in that city i& 1896. ?
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
AUGUST 23.
Lesson Text; "Absalom's Rebellion,"
II Samuel xv., l-lJt-1*
Golden Text: Kxodus xx.,
12?Commentary.
1. "And It came to pass after this that
Absalom prepared him chariots and horses
and flftv men to run before him." Absalom
was the third son of David, born in HebroD,
and bis mother was Maacah, daughter of
the king of Geshur (II Sam. ill., 2, 8).
Absalom signifies '-father of peaoe," but his
life would rather suggest one who was of
his father the devil (John viii.. 44). Because
of the murder of his brother Amnon, David's
firstborn, he fled to the king of Geahur and
was there three years, but through the
pleading of the wise woman of Tekoa, emT/??U
i.. T 1
piv.yo'* uj oyttu, uttuio UHL'K. IU Jtinisumui
and dwelt two years without roconciliatlon
to his father, after which, through Joab's
intercession, the king became reconciled to
him. saw him and kissed him (chapter xiv.,
28. 33).
2. "And Absalom rose up early and stood
beside the way of the gate." The expression
"ro3e up eany" signifies great earnestness
and is used many times in Jeremiah
concerning God's unwearied earnestness in
urging His people to repent and turn to
Him. In Isa. v., 11, it is used, as here, concerning
the earnestness of the wicked, for
here we see Absalom in the place of public
gatherings, kindly greeting t&e people who
came to the king to have their wrongs righted
and seeking to turn their hearts from
his father to himself. The self-seeking of
the natural heart is often seen in those who
seek to advance themselves, no matter who
is overthrown, but when this is seen in a son
against his own father then the devil is
surelv doing special work.
3, 4. "Absalom said, moreover, Oh. that I
were made judge in tho land." He speaks
of th9 justice that ho would show if he were
made judge in the land, but it should not
require much penetration to see that a man
who would treat his own father as unjustly
as he was now doiug would not be likely to
do justly by any one unless it might happen
to serve his own ends. I heard only this'
week of a Senator who said that no politician
would take hold of a matter without
considering how It might affect his own political
prospeots. It is the world's way to
live unto oneself; it is only by the Spirit of
God that we can deny self and live unto God.
5, ?. "So Absalom stole the hearts of the
men of Israel." There was not a finer looking
man in all Israel (chapter xiv.. 25). but
perhaps not one with a blacker heart. "Favor
is deceitful and beauty is vain," but "a
meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of God
of great price." and it is the heart, not the
outward appearance, that God looks upon
(Prov. xxxi., 30; I Pet. iii., 4; I Sam. xvi.,
7). When the king kissed Absalom (xiv..
33), it was the loving kiss of a heartbroken
father welcoming his erring son, but these
kisses of Absalom were more like the kiss of
Judas when ho betrayed his Master, for
every one was a stab at his father's heart.
There are those, even in this day, both in
ho oni^ nf If whn
words and fair speeches deceive the hearts
of the simple."
7. "Let ine go and pay my vow. which I
have vowed unto the Lord in Hebron."
The margin of the R V. says probably after
four years, not forty years. But what a liar
he was and how desperately wioked; there
was murder in his heart, and that against
his own father, yet he seeks to hide it under
a pretense of paying a row unto the Lord,
while all his vows must have boen to the
devil rather than to the Lord. Hebron was
his birthplace, but it was also the place
where the bodies of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob lay buried, and that his wicked heart
could soeak o:' Hebron, which signifies fellowship
and carries us back to faithful
Caleb, who followed the Lord fully, shows
how hardened in sin he had become.
8. "If the Lord shall bring me again indeed
to Jerusalem, then I will serve the
Lord." This, he said, was the vow which he
bad made to the Lord while in his banishmanf
lit ftnohnr Tf hla ann
as he seems to have done, how comforted he
must have been by this evidence of his son's
repentunce. How little he though that with
such words from his son's lips the father of
lies was in his heart.
9. "And the king said unto him, Go in
peace." Believing him to. be sincere he
gives him a father's blessing, but there was
no peace in that foul heart covered by so
fair an exterior, for "There is no peace, saith
the Lord to the wtcked" (I?a. Jvii., 21).
Peace was within his reach, as it is within
the reach of every one who has ever heard of
the Prince of Peace, but it can only become
the possession of those who are truly
penitent and and sincerely submit to Him as
their Saviour and Lord. "Ihe work of
righteousness shall be peace, and the effect
of righteousness quietness aud assurance
forever" (Lsa. xxxii., 17). "So he arose and
went to Hebron."
10. "Absalom reigneth in Hebron." With
profession of devotion to God on his lips and
nis wiuer a uic.ssuik suuuuiuk iu llis oitrs uo
goes forth to carry out his devi'isb designs
against his father. Toe proclamation which
he caused to be sounded forth was equal to
his saying, "I hereby rebel against my
father and drive him from his throne."
David so understood it, for he said untoallhis
servants, "Arise and let us flee, for we shall
not else escape from Absalom," and tho
servants said, "Behol thy servants are
ready to do whatsoever my lord the king
shall appoint" (verses 14. 15). Contrast the
conduct of the king's sou with that of his
servants and of Ittai th? Gittite in Terces
19 to 21.
11. "They went iu their simplicity, and
they knew not anything." This is written
of the 200 men out of Jerusalem who went
with Absalom. If we would follow Jesus in
this spirit, simply trusting, not knowing nor
desiring anything but His will, what blessed
people we would be and what glory He would
l?et through us, but ro follow a leader like
Absalom thus blindly is the way to ruin.
There are many nowadays who rebel azainst
fhe word of God und yet have many followers
who know nothing of God, Imt whatthoy
bvar from others. They are too simple.
12. "The people increased continually
with Absalom." How thoughtlessly the
crowd will follow a popular leader. " How
multitudes turn away from the God of Truth
aiui His dear bou to listeu to an Ingersoll.
In all directions aud on all sides au increasing
multitude is following the one whom
Absalom followed and wlio would love to destroy
Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and
His followers. But the Lamb shall overcome
und they who are with Hiiu are called
aud chosen aud faithful. David returned in
due time, aud so will the Lord Jesus. Let
us be patient and faJth/ul.? Lesson Helper.
PECULIAR DEATH OF A~PRTSONEFT
Geneva Jailer Fires at the Oiling and the
Ball Rebounds.
Joseph Allen, of Elgin, 111., twenty-one
years of age. committed to the county jail at
Geneva on a charge of burglary, wes shot
and killed at the jail by Jailer B. E. Richardson.
There were fifteen prisoners confined
in a large cage aud two of them attacked a
I.til Kim
luuu. aucuijiuu^, iv MM uiuu. 1 LIT uiriui u*
unce attracted the jailer and he ordered the
men into their cells. They refused to go,
and Richardson tired his revolver through
the bars of the ease to fri?hton theoj. So
aimed at the ceiling, which is tnadeof heavy
eteel plates, aud from this the ballet glanced
and struck Allen, who was standing at the
further corner of the i-aga, entering the heart
and causing imaediate death. The jailer is
greatly grieved over the affair, and was exonerutea
by tho coroner's jury frurn b.uwe.
Uro|> Handles Cause Paralysis.
Frederick Gallagher, accompanied by Jes?e
Er^eazinger and William Laoine. started
from Morriatown. N. .J., on their, wheels to
visit Groeu Pond, which if. about twenty
miles from Morri-rtowu. The wheelmen
reached Mount IToiio. when Onilnchur wn;
seize'] with an attack o: paralysis. Hi= companions
assisted huu to Rjckawav, where
Dr. Flagg said that tiw attack bal been
brottgfit on by too much riding on a wh?el
with drop handle bard.
' ? Enjtland'* Lorn Oriental Trad*.
The four groat Stanley of England's trado
with China used to *.>e opium, silk, ten and
cotton goods. Opium and cottons were sent
to China ports, and the Oelestials paid for
them with silk and tea. Now only the silk
trade remains, maiaa ana ueyion teas nave
driven China tea oat of the English market,
while the Chinese now prodnceand consume
their own opium and buy their cotton goods
trom India instead of Lancashire. ??...
RELIGIOUS KMDIM
OOD OUR GTIDE.
Tho field of ripening grain lies still and
beautiful in the calm noon of ft summer
day. But let the wind wake out of the wegt
ami stir its mellow surface with a thousand
undulations of melting Ught and shade, aud
we are filled with the sense of a grace and
loveliness that are beyond all words. The
rain falls in dull monotony of music, and a
great tree droops its far stretched boughs
and dripping leaves in palient waiting with
a be&uty of darkness which we do not often
stop to feel. Cut wheu the storm is passing,
and the wind shakes the treasures of the
shower from bough and twig and the innumerable
leaves are dancing for delight in the first
glimpse of sunshine, showing cool depths
between the emerald dark and silvery light
of their rain varnished surfaces, while the
drops sparkle like diamonds at their edges,
I light and shadow mingle iu the magic dance
with unimaginable beauty. The wood
depths on a cloudy day are restful with their
cool, mysterious shadows. the green roof
overhead, the brown leaf carpet rich with
tracery of fern and growth of vine and herb
loving the twilight and at home among
the company of brown tree columns
flecked with lichens green or gray.
But what a different and more exquisite
spirit of beauty haunts the sylvan ways
when all the forest atmosphere is barred
with slanting sunbeams and each opening
among the leaves is traced i:i shimmering
patterns on the brown wood floor.
"It is not light which makes the wood sa
beautiful,
But light andsha ie."
And what is true of grain flold, spreading
tree and wildwood paaetuary, is true of
every beauty which Go:t made on earth and,
having made: thought gcod. Is it not alJ a
parable?of joy and if:i?*f, of night and
day, of partial attainment and waiting
opportunity, of trial and overcoming, which
make up th - .?un; of life. and of the divine
illuminatun of the shadow of the life of
earth which came with Christ? He shared
our weakness that he might lead us up to
strength. He shared our darkness that Ho
mitfht bless us with His light. There is no
terror in the shadow, for the God of light
and beauty is our guide.?Congregationalism
THE CROSS.
The Cross waA an open secret to the first
disciples, and they climbed the steep ascent
to heaven by the "royal way of the holy
cross," but its simplicity has been often
veiled in later days. Perhaps the simplicity
of the symbol has cast a glamour over the
modern* mind that blinded us to its etren
uous m -iiuiuk- ivn. lui iur>iuuvc, mi.u an
unerring instinct of aiornl beauty, has
seized the cross and idealized it. It is
wrought iu gold and bung from the neck of
light-h-arted beauty ; it is stamped on the
costly binding of Bibles that go to church
in carriages; it stands out iu bold relief od
churches that are Hlled with easy-going
people. Painters have given themselves to
crucifixions, and their striking works are
criticised by persons who praise the thorns
in the crown, but are not quite pleased
with -ue expression on Jesus' face, and
then return to their pleasures. Composers
have cast the bitter passion of Jesus into
stately oratorios, and fashionable audiences
are affected unto tears. Jesus' Cross has
been ta'.cen out of His hands and smothered
in flow* rs ; it has become what he would
have bitted, a sourco of graceful ideas and
agreeatile emotions. TVhfu Jesus presented
the Cro>s for the salvation of His disciples,
He wa:- certainly not thinking of a sentiment.
which can disturb no man's life, uor
redeen. any man's soul, but of the unsightlj
beam which must be set up in the midst ol
a ma; pleasures, and the jagged nails that
must ierce his soul. . . . Jesus nowhere
I commanded that one cling to His Cross, He
everywhere commanded that ono carry His
Cross; and out of this daily crucifixion has
ueen uorn xue cn'jsi ueuuuiui .imuiuijuu
from St. Paul to St. Francis, from a Kempis
j to George Herbert. For ''there is no salvation
of th-J soul nor hope of everlasting
life but in the Cross."?Rev. John Watson
(Ian Maelareu), iu "The Mind of tli?
Master."
A PBAYER.
We ask thy help, our Heavenly Father,
that we may ?ain release from our own
Ignorance. ana that under the inspiration
of thv Spirit, we may rise to some such
thought of thee as "shall All our hearts
with gladness and inspire us with hope and
with love. In spite of what we see. Id
spite of what we hear, in spite of all
that is evil and all the causes that are
working to destroy, and all that maketh
pain and suffering, we rejoice that we
may believe in a Redeemer. We r?joice
that our faith is so much more contorting
than our sight. We ask to be delivered
from the thrall of our senses and from
tho9e lower reasonings that belong to these
mortal bodies. We ask for that power of
faith by which we shall be able to realize the
invisible and ineffable, for that rest, that
confidence, that hope which endures through
the night. We pray for God in us. for the
divine consolation, for thy forgiveness, for
that food which thou art to every hungry
soul, for that water of life by which thou
dost quench evil desire and satisfy holy
longing. Amen.
THE DIVINE P11ESEXCE.
Nothing can be of greater practical lm*
portance to every Christ an than the con.-taut
rcalizatiou of tbe Divine presence. It
is worth every effort. It is, as much as any
one can be, the key to the position, the
guarantee of a sacred life. An increasing
HDureciation of this truth is shown in the
large emphasis which, for n few years past,
lias- bdeii put upou the doctrine of the Holy
Spirit. Is not this simply auother form
of the same fact i The Holy Spirit
is the preient God, the God who
operates most immediately and directly
upon the human heart, the God of the
present dispensation or age. Faith also?
what is that but the sense ot God's presence,
the realization of unseen thiags. the close
touch with the eternal, the appehensioa of
Deity. Hence to say of a person he is "full
of faith and the Holy Ghost." is only another
way of saying that he keeps God ever
b-fore his eyes ; God is at his right hand, so
that he is not moved by mundane things. Id
that Presence is fullness of joy, completeness
of liberty, abundance of rest.
trinity to trinity.
Although man's nature is in the fullest,
clearest sense a unite, yet he is also a trinity.
us ww so frequently iind it essential, for
convenience <>f treatment.to recognize. He
i- mind, and heart, and will. he thinks lie
loves, h<' determines. Very much in the
same way probably?how else .-an we on<-?'ive
it??wbiie we hold 1 hat God is in
tin.1 completest sinse one. we speak oi the
distinctions iu His esscme tha-. have taken
the names. Father. S-m. and Jloly
Spirit. It is our busiu<ss to conae rate
11 the trinity above ih-s trinity belot.*,
to see that all ourreil'^-tions. our a'Jeetioas.
our volitions, are a living saerili *e to
I the threefold uuitv divine. Some give their
''utotiou.-i. but no* th?dr intelleets. Unit-:* we
)<>ve God with the iniD'1 as well the li-art,
our .-haracter wiil he dete-ulvt; and our life
iiiihalan>?ed, ju.->t <is our theology will l>f unl>*!aneed
if we ijjnnri the S-a <ir tlx- loiy
Olmst. and .-.imply wor-hip -the Fath'-.'. A
' 'iupr^hi'!i.-iv? coulee rati->11 is the inly
thin^ that wiil mulie con^i-tent, syoia: -tt i- !
al Christiana.
Your few things may ''< y ! v/.and rj
-"null th:n>r.> : hut lie y.-u t>.lie uitliful
over theui.?Fraii"es i!. If.iverbal.
Tho risht so-: of pray 14 a"*iu *:i.- m api>"iite
for the lifhie. ju< tii** r:j;ht t rr >y>
Bi'tW atvak-'as a de.-ifv nriy.
1
? ? ^ j
SnrrtfBrlej- by Tel?phone. j
Surrender by telephone ts the latest do- j
oioDmont in war. A Cuban torco having >
'recently surrounded a 8paDiaL garrison, the |
insurgent Genera: telephoned to the Spanish j
commander that he maat oapliOlate under
penalty of having the town Ourned, An '
[hour latr-r he tolepboned to fcnow the de- j
cision, received the required surrender and !
'entered the town without firing u shot.
KntTtea to T*an?port tn? Craps. *
Several Wwtarn railroads are being
pressed to provide JaclHties for the movemeat
of Ink vear's corn and small grain
crop, which La coming Into market at a rapid
TEMPERANCE.
THE DEMON OF OBINK.
My native land! amid thy cabin homes,
Amid thy palaces a demon toamss
Frenzied with rage, yet subtle in his wrath,
He crushes thousands in his flery path ;
Stalks through our cities unaoashed ana
throws
Into the cup of sorrow bitter woes;
Gives to the pangs of grief an added smart,
With keenest anguish wrings the breaking
heart;
Drags the proud spirit from its envied
height.
And breathes on fondest hopes a killing
blight;
Heralds the shroud, the oofftn and the pail,
And the graves thicken where his footsteps
fall!
?William H. Burleigh
ONE NT?HT IN A BAB BOOM.
He was a poor, half drunken wreck of a
man, nearly seventy years old?a legitimate
child of a legitimate saloon. It was 2 o'clock
in tne morning when he staggered Into the
Side aoor Ol a aen on usuruuru avenue. n
this were Action we should not dare to make
such a dfatement in face of a law that commands
all such places to be closed at midnight;
but. being an actuni occurrence that
took place within four blocks of the Chicago
Deaconess Home, and no hideous dream of
inference, we must state the facts as they
are. He had thirty cents in the pocket of
his tattered coat, and he had come to s'ake
the burning thirst that consumed nim. There
were half a dozen other louugers theretravelers
on the same road of which he had
nearly reached the end. They knew him. It
was '"Old Dart." When filled with licilior no
tongue was sharper than bis in wordy combats,
and nis antics had often furnished genteel
amusement for the loafers around the
criminal court nearby; they, in turn, generously
supplied him with small change forhis
drinks, aud he needed little else.
The night nad been somewhat dull for the
drunken loafers in the saloon, and the coming
of ''Old Dad" promised a diversion. But
his ready retorts were a match for their jeers,
and they wanted something more exciting.
"Wait a minute," said one, "and we'll
have some fun."
He went out and returned with a bucket
of tar. Thev threw the feeble old man on
the floor and began tearing off his clothes
while the bystanders shrieked with delight at
his useless struggles. Then, while two held
him, one of the brutes daubed the hot tar
over his body. When he cried out they
crammed it Into his mouth. They filled his
ears with the black, sticky mass, and plastered
it over his eyes. Some feathers from
1 J -? - U~., Uln han/1.
uu om uuaier were biuuk auuui uia
then he was marched about the salooa by
his tormentors, who laughed aad howled until
they were tired. When the old man fell
down from exhaustion, they went away and
let him lie there.
When the turnkey came to unlock the jail
in the morning he louni a pitiable sight. The
miserable man had dragged himself out of
the saloon and crouched in one of the basement
windows of the criminal court, a
hideous, unrecognizable mass of filth. He
was taken to the station and officers sent to
arrest the flend3 who were implicated in the
affair.
The victim of this outrage comes of a
proud Virginia family. He served honorably
in the Confederate army, and after the
war was engineer on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad. He wa3 steady and attentive
to business, and was considered one
of the best engineers on the road. But the
salocn proved his ruin, and for the last few
years he has wandered about the streets,
slesping wherever ho could lay his head.
Both the victim and the perpetrators of
this brutal deed are the natural outgiowth
of the licensed saloon. What are wo going
to ao aoout lit?j&pworm neraia.
dok't oive bbaxdt.
The moral effect of early acquaintance
with scientific truth is illustrated by a little
story which the Rev. Dr. P.umbtelU in the
Boston Transcript:
A millionaire brewer, a Senator in another
State, said to Mrs. Hunt, "I shall vote for
your bill. I have sold out my brewery and
am clean from the whole business. Let me
tell you what occurred at my table. A guest
was taken dangerourly ill at diuner?insensible?and
there was a call for brandy to restore
him.. My little boy at once exclaimed.
'No, that is just what he don't need! It will
paralyze the nerves and muscles or the
blood vessels, so they will not send back the
blood to the heart.'
"When the liquor was poured out to ffi^e
the man, the lad insisted on pushing it
bask.
'"You will kill him; he has too much blood
in his head already.
" 'How did yju know all that?' his father
afterward asked.
" 'Why, it is in my physiology at school.'"
It seems the text-books, prepared by such
men as Professor Newell Martin, F. R. S.. of
Johns Hopkins University, had succeeded in
giving the lad some definite information
which was proving useful.
' Senator," said Mrs. Hunt, "are you
=orrv your boy learned that at school?
' Madam," the man replied, raising his
hand, "I would not take five thousand dollars
for the a^surauc? this gives that my boy
will never be a drunkard."
IT MAKES A DlFFEtlENCE.
The mortality experience of the United
Kingdom Temperance and General Provideut
Institution of London, from 1866 to
1893. inclusive, shows the following comparative
aggregate results:
Total Abstinence Class: Expected claims
?Policies. 5311. Sums assured, 96,343,000.
Actual claims?Policies. 4131. Sums assured,
4.317,789.
General Class: Expectoi claims?Policies.
8440. Sums assured, $8,912.298. Actual
claims?Policies. 8266. Sums assured, $8,740.6'J0.
Actual claims in total abstinence, onlj
seventy per cent, of the expected, while in
the general class they amount to ninety-eight
per cent, of the expected.
A riLifUL Ofl'/wiaLbbi
A pritaetic incident was witnessed by a
number of people at Ninth and Willow
streets Wedaesday eveaiug, at about 6 S3,
taat called forth some very severe commeat.
A lame maa. leadiag by the hand a threeyear-old
little girl, was so drunk a? to stagger
all over the sidewalk. Cros-sing a gutter
at that poiat the maa stumbled and fell, the
little girl being uudarneath him. The child
excited great sympathy ou the part of all
who witnessed tae sad plight of the lather.?
Lebaaoa (fenn.) Report.
sans THE CUP.
Above all things, if you would be wise
shua that sparkling cup which the cuuniuij
tempter holds out to you. Quaff It not.
though it dauceaa i glitter so merrily in tae
sunlight, for there is death ia the cup. It
clrtwlv nml aiin>U* to thp fli<i.
hou ire 1 grave; it loses yo'i home, friends and
children; it covers vcu with shame, disgrace
and humllation, and in the end it reduce?
you to a miserable plight.?sacred Heart
Review.
SCICIDES I>CE TO BiTNEENNESS.
Dr. Prinzing, of t'irn. Germany. come?
forward with the remarkable .statement,
made after careful investigation and exceptional
facility for r^achinu' a correct result,
that more than thirty per c>ut of all -uieiue?
committed by men in the prime of life arc
due to drunkenness.
TEJIVKBANCE NEWS ANl> NOTES.
A brewers horse lares letter than a
drunkard's child.
Many u man puts M.? family in the dark to
help tiio saioon pay it? gas bid.
The man w!r> begins by drinking hooic
tirn>> may end by having to drink all th-> ;
time.
No man has a right to destroy his reason J
by rirtnk, to become diseased by drink, to I
destroy bis moral sense and conception of |
rignt and wrong.
Of six hundred and eleven paupers in the I
Edinburgh poorhouse not one wa^ on ab- j
stainer. and four hundred and sevan admitted
that their poverty was due entirely to
intemperance.
Biahjp Gaines, at the African Methodist
Confe:ence in Richmond, Vu., served notiiw
that he would ordain no man to the mlnistrv
who drank whisky, chewed tobacco or
smoked cigars.
The dovll might have thought oat some
more effectual plan than the miming of bar- .
rooms tor destroying souls, but the bar-room
Is doing so much lor him that he ha* not nnt
AGRICULTURAL J
2
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE c
TO FAR3I AND GARDEN. ^ t
<
TEST THE EOOS. j
Test your egge, after they have been <
lat on for seven or eight days. If they I
ire perfectly transparent they may as 1
veil be.taken out, as they will never i
natch. They should be boiled and <
laved to feed to the chicks that do 1
latch. If they are fertile the germ of <
ihe ohick can be plainly seen when the <
;ggs aze held up to the light and '
(ooked at through a tube. It is well
to set two hens together, then if only '
balf the eggs are found to be fertile,
pou can put them all under one hen
ind thus save trouble and room.?
Dansville Breeze.
A CBATE EOF. POTATOES, APPLES, ETC.
Crates are exceedingly convenient
cor use in harvesting the apple and
l-i ? TT
potato crops. nave euuugu ux ???*"
ill oE a size to fill the farm wagon,
then there will be no bruising consequent
upon filling the wagon with a
loose heap of the fruit or tubers, and
CRATE FOR SMALL CROPS.
then unloading again into baskets.
Make the ends solid, catting an opening
for handles, and patting in two
long screws where the dotted lines
show, to keep the top from splitting
off. The sides are of slats, the bottom
is solid. Sach crates, with good care,
will last for years and prove a great
convenience.?New York Tribune.
PIGS, NOT HOGS, WANTED.
Almost everybody now agrees with
the little girl who said that clean little
r>i?ro oro tii/>q Vint it vao nnnh a -nitir
they wonld go and make hogs of themselves.
Nobody nowadays wants the
large hogs even for pork. As the hog
is fattened largely on corn his digestion
is injured, and the body becomes
feverish and unhealthful. This, of
course, aflects not only the palatableness,
but the healtbfalness of the pork
that the animal makes. Fig pork is
more generally fattened in a reasonable
way, feeding so as to keep the
pig growing and its digestion good.
For this reason pig pork is generally
sweeter and more tender than pork
from older hogs. But let a pig be
Ltunted on corn feed, so that it fattens
withont growing, and its flesh though
fat will lack the fine flavor that th?
flesh of a thriftily growing pig ought
fn Vtaro
CULTURE OF CURRANTS.
Currants, though vigorous growers
in the main, need some care, and at
certain times substantial assistance to
rid them of enemies. The bushes
should stand from three to four feet
apart in the rows, in soil made rich by
stable manure, annually topdressed
(in the fall) and kept free from weeds
and grass. A mulch of straw, hay,
leaves or other rubbish, which keeps
their roots cool and damp, and somewhat
approaches the conditions which
they naturally choose, will be found
quite helpful, and add to their vigor
and fruitfulness. They should be
well prnned annually to keep out all
dead or decayed wood, and with a
view to renewing the growth every
lew yearn iruui mevuuug auu vigutuua
shoots which the plants th^ow up from
the ground. Attack the currant worm
as soon as he appears, with hellebore
tea (one ounce to a pailful of water),
and if th? leaves begin to look sickly
and droop, indicating the pith borer,
examine for this grub, and burn the
stalks in which he is found or whore
he has been. Scarcely any other fruit
will make so large a return for so
little labor expended as the currant.
It may be grown in an orohard between
the trees without injury to
them, and with as good results in fruit
as elsewhere?indeed, partial shade
seems beneficial, as approaching the
natural preferences of the plant.?
Boston Transcript.
A FABII CABT FOB GENERAL USE.
Tfco illnnfrrftt.inn showaa fltvle of cart
that 1b quite commonly seen where
earth is being banled from excavations,
where highways and railroads
are being built, and other places where
teaming is being done that requires
the quick and easy dumping of loads,
but is unfortunately not seen very
commonly upon farms where much
hauling is done at all times of the year
A GENERAL CJ5E CAST.
in farm carts. Tnese are generally
either four-wheeled affairs with
stationary body, from which the load
must be shovelled, or a two-wheeled
tipcarp, that can be used only with
oxen, whose strong necks are able co
support the load thus thrown upon
them. Oxen are becoming scarce on
farms, however, aud even when used I
it is much more humane to remove j
from their necks this needless weight j
?needless because of the ease with
which a tipcart can be constructed
that will throw ail weight upon the
wheeb. The diagram given need* lit-,
tie explanation, as the construction iB |
plainly shown. Such n cart may be !
rigged up for a pair of horses, a smgie
horse or a yoke of oxen. The device j
that is 6hown for holding the "tail-j
board" is worm noticing, a* it in- j
( 6tuntiy releases the board, eveu when .
j a heavy load is pressing against ;t. j
One end of the tailboard fit? in behind j
j an upright, as usually seen, but the i
other end is held l?y an iron rod bent i
into a T at the end, this part passing !
through a siot in the end of the tailboard,
and being then turned at right I
angles to the slot.
APriiE CULTURE FOB PBOFTT.
**Can apples be made as profitable
as other fruits?" is a question that R.
EL Sherwood, of Watervliet, Mich.,
J can answer. He haa been .able to to
are from his apple orchards largo
irops of fruit during the past threa
rears, when other orchards in his
lounty have failed to bear. He atiributes
many of the failures to lack
>f cultivation, pruning and spraying,
ind believes that many have lost mors
"rom the failure of their apple crop
lue to the lack of proper care and attention,
than could be obtained froril
hundreds of acres of farm crops. From
Eorty acreB of apple orchards he olaims
to have received larger returns than
from two hundred acres in farm crops,
averaging about $55 per acre for the
last seven years. He finds cultivation
and pruning essential, and plows
the land in the spring and eows to
field peas. About August 1 the hogs
are turned in to feed them down, as
well as to eat the fallen apples and
thus destroy the codling moth. The
trees were sprayed with Borleaux
mixture and Paris green, thfi former
for the scab fungus upon the fruit and
foliage, and the latter to destroy the
canker worm, codling moth and tent
caterpillar. In 1895 jhe considered
that the returns from the spraying
were not less than 8500.
When tne time comes to harvest the
apples, he first pioks up all windfalls
and disposes of them as soon as possible.
The apples are then picked,
placed in baskets, and hauled to the
barn, upon a low-down, "handy"
wagon with a wide platform, wnere
they are placed in bin6. He paoks in
barrels holding two bushels and three
pecks, and ships as soon as a good
price is offered. He finds it pays to
take pains in packing and to make the
fruit look attractive. The European
demand for American apples is growing,
and should be encouraged. ?New
York Observer.
POULTBY POINTEKS. 4
There is one point I feel like urging
unon mv sisters in the poultry bust
ness; one which seems not to have
presented itself to oar brothers, bat
which I have foand an essential to
perfect success, writes May Allis De
Con. All nave doubtless experienced
how a flock kept year after year upon
the same groand will lose its vitality,
becoming more subject to disease, less
able to resist parasites. As'the result
we have few eggs, poor hatches, puny
chicks with still less vitality. We
have all been through it 1 There are
two principal causes. A flock becomes
run down with too much in-breeding
?it is fatal. Never keep roosters from
?? ? A 41ha?* nit,
your UWU UbUUIU IiUCJ quuuiu ug
disposed of every seoond year at least,
and a new, vigorous lot procured from'
outside sittings of eggs, or by pas*
chase of cocks or cockerels (the latter
are cheaper) from other dealers. Be
eure the stock is not related. Bat the
greatest source of this decrease in vitality
is an old,saturated disease breeding
yard. For this there is only one
sure remedy?two altercating runs,
separated by fencing or wire netting.
Give the flock free use of one while
the other is being plowed and cultivated.
This rich soil will make the very
best gardens, in which may be raised
lettuce, radishes, melons and such vegetables,
enough for the family, and to
spare to the family grocer or the
4 Vina a AAir\rv fn fhfl
UOl^UUUtUUVAIi vuua
enug little profit in one's parse. Ia
the fall this plot most be harrowed
over and sowed down to winter rye ;
then in spring when the rye is thick
and green, lift the slide opening upon
it, and see how the poultry will lux*
oriate upon the fresh, tender blades.
Their very enjoyment will repay the
small extra trouble, while the inorease
in health and consequently ia eggs
will be extremely gratifying.' Now
put the other yard through the same
purifying process of cultivation- However,
should this gardening require
too much labor, after plowing sow the
yard down to grass and clover. It
will answer the same purpose and the
poultry enjoy it quite as muoh. Either
way will keep the land sweet and
wholesome, and it will pay, so that
you will be thankful for one sister's
brilliant suggestion.
These poultry yards may also serve
another purpose, thereby bringing
treble profit. You miy have them set
out with fruit trees, plums, apples,
pears, between which the garden stuff
may still be grown. The poultry enrich
and keep the ground stirred *
around the trees, hunting 'out and
quickly destroying curculio, and
other enemies; while the trees repay
this debt in shade to their feathered
friends, who in truth feel the need of
it in summer. Thus plums and poultry
form a mutual aid sooiety most advantageous
to one's pocket.
It may not come amiss to those in
; the zero belt who happen to be erect|
ing new chicken houses, to suggest
that they be put flown in tne grouna
as much ae possible. In the side of a
hill is the place of places; tut if that
is not practicable, let the house down
three or four leet into the ground,and
when winter comes bank the top. This
eouncis like a deal of work, but only
by such means, so far north, does one
meet with unfailing success in the
production of eggs at the time when
highest and most profitable.
Another point which I desire to impress
is the importance of clean eggs
for market. The slightest stain de-?
' - - ' - * *>rrrrc ftrlll B.
iracis iroui me oaic ui ? 1
gle soiled one will spoil that of the
whole lot. It is strange how few seen*
to realize this; perhaps they have not
solved the problem of the cleaning.
Wasning in warm water alone does not
unswer, and it leaves tho eggshell with
the smooth, shiny appearance of staleness.
But the addition ot vinegar to
the water removes all difficulties, i. e.,
stains, and leaves the shell with all its
attractive, limy freshness. Occasionally,
clear vinegar may be necessary
to remove a bad stain.
It goes withont saving that eggs
must be absolutely fresh; which isr
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N'ever take chances on that point; an
egg three, two weekb or even one week
old ie> not what is meant by "absolutely"
Jrcah. They should be marketed
at lepst throe times a week,,
every day, if possible. Freshness ami
cleanliness go band in hand in a
purse filling egg business.
Silk From Fish Eggs.
A Frenoh chemist has recently diacovered
that the eggs of a certaiu species
of rish are enveloped >u veritable
silkoo cocoons. fc*iace tue Jearnea
Frenchman began his experiments in
this line (in 189-4) he has found seven
different species of fish that prodnca
eggs from which a fiiie qaalita^pf silJc
j maj he woven.