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W" DIJ. TALMAGE'S" SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED UlVINt. , I A Rough Sen Voya(j? 1* What Christ's ! Follower* Must Expect?A Sermon of ] Solace to People Who Are In Trouble? , The Storiu, the Calm and the Itarbor* ( Text: "And there were also with Him j other little ships, and there aroso a great , etorm of wind. And the wind ceased and , there was a great calm."?Mark iv., SC. ( Tiberias. Galilee, Gennesaret ? three I names for the same lake. No other gem ever had so beautlrul a setting.' It lav in a ' Bcene of great luxuriance?the surround- ' lng hills high, terraced, sloped, groved. so T many hanging gnrdens of beauty; the wa- [ e ter rumbling down between rooks of grav and red limestone, flashing from the hills r and bounding into the sea. On the shore J were castles, armed towers, Roman baths. J everything attractive and beautiful, all * Styles of vegetation in shorter space than * in almost anv other space in all the world, c from the palm tree of the forest to the s tree of a rigorous climate. n It seemed as if the Lord had launched c one wave of beauty on all the scene, and it * hung and swung from rock to rock and hill P and oleander. Roman gentlemen in pleas- r ure boats sailing the lake and countrymen T In fish smacks, coming down to drop "their 8 nets, pass each other with nod and shout 0 and laughter or singing idly at their moor- , Ings. Oh. what a wonderful, what a beautiful lake! * It seems as if we shall have a quiet night. T j>oi u itjai wiaKea in me mr, uui u npyio disturbed the face of Gennesaret, but J there seems to be a little excitement up the t beach, and we hasten to see what it is, and y we find it an embarkation. From the western shore a flotil la pushing ? out, not a squadron or deadly armament, 1 nor clipper with valuable merchandise, nor v piratic vessels ready to destroy everything 6 they could seize, but a flotilla, bearing mes- ^ sengers of life and liRht and peao?. Christ is in the front of the boat. His disciples a are in a smaller boat. Jesus, weary with s much speaking to large multitudes, is put J into somnolence by the rocking of the *' waves. If there was any motion at all. t s the ship was easily righted: if the wind ' fiassed from one side, from the starboard to I he larboard or from the larboard to the J starboard, the boat would rock, and by the t gentleness of the motion putting the Mas- s ter asleep. And they extemporized a pil- t low made out of a fisherman's coat. I ^ think no sooner is Christ prostrato and His head touching the pillow than He is sound ' asleep. The breezes of the lake run their n fingers through the locks of the worn sleep- -1 er, and the boat rises and falls like a sleep- P ing child on the bosom of a sleeping moth- P r. ? Calm night, starry night, beautiful t night. Run up all "the sails, ply all t the oars, and let the large boat and the * small boat glide over gentle Gennesaret. But the sailors say there is going to be a e change of weather. And even the passen- d gers can hear the moaning of the storm as a it comes on with long stride, with all the " terrors of hurricane and darkness. The o larg? boat trembles like a deer at bay t trembling among the clangor of the hounds; t' great patches of foam are flung into the o air: the sails of the vessels loosen, and the o sharp winds crack like pistols; the smaller g boats like petrels poise on the cliff of the n waves and then plunge. Overboard go b cargo, tackling and masts, and the s drenched discinles rush into tho back part t of the boat and lay hold of Christ and say o unto Him, "Master, carest thou not that a we perish?" That erreat personage lifts t his head from the pillow of the fisherman's ' coat, walks to the front of the vessel and looks out into the storm. All around him s are the smaller boats, driven in the temp- s est. and through it comes the cry of drown- 1' ins men. By the flash of the lightning I C see the calm brow of Christ as tho spray s dropped from His beard. He has one word n for the sky and another word for the waves, r Looking upward. He cries. "Peace!" Look- 8 ins downward, He says, "Be still!" * ^ The waves fall flat on their faces, the " . foam melts, the extinguished stars relleht f V/ their torches, the tempest falls dead, and t , Christ stands with His foot on the neck of -1 | the storm. And while the sailors are bail- t I ^ Ing out the boats and while they are trying v WT~ to untanjrle tho cordage the disciples stand u In amazement, now looking into the oalm v sea, then into the calm sky, then into the \ calm of the Saviour's countenance, and t they cry out, "What manner of man is this. 1: that even the winds and thesea obey Him?" I The subject in the first place impresses \ me with the fact that it is very important s to have Christ in the ship, for all those s boats would have gone to the bottom of s Gennesaret if Christ had not been present, t Oh Tehnf n loccnrt fnr rnn n nH far mp fn fl f learn! Whatever voyage we undertake, in- r to whatever enterprise we start, let us al- p ways have Christ in the ship. Many of you c in these days of revived commerce are t starting out in new financial enterprises. I t bid vou good cheer. Do all you can do. 1 Do it on as high a plane as possible. You J have no right to be a stoker in the ship if ? you can be an admiral of the navy. You ? have no right to be a colonel of a regiment t if you can command a brigade; you have t no right to be engineer of a boat on river s banks or near the coast if you can take the s ocean steamer from New York to Liver- f pool. All you can do with utmost tension i of body, mind and soul, you are bound to 1 do; but, oh, have Christ in the enterprise, ' Christ in every voyage, Christ in every ' ship! 1 There are men who ask God to help them < at the start of great enterprises. He has ' been with them in the past. No trouble < nan ovprthrriw them. The storms micrht come down from the top of Mount Hermon and lash Gennesaret into foam and into agony, but it could not hurt them. But here is another man who starts out In worldly enterprise, and he depends tpon the uncertainties of this life. He has no God to help him. After awhile the storm comes and tosses off the masts of the ship. He puts out his lifeboat. The sheriff and the auctioneer try to help him off. They can't help him off. He must go down?no | Christ in the ship. Here are young men 1^ just starting out in life. Your life will be made up of sunshine and shadow. There may be in it arctic blasts or tropical female does. I know not what is before you, but I I know if you have Christ with you all shall l Ij? well. I) You may seem to get along without the ^ religion 01 <jnrisi vniie everymiug goes smoothly, but after awhile, when sorrow 1 hovers over the soul, when the waves of 1 trial dash clear over the hurricane deck i and the bowsprit is shivered and the hal- 1 yards are swept into the sea and the gang- ] way is crowded with piratical disasters? oh, what would you then do without Christ in the ship? Young man, take God for your portion, God for your guide, God lor your help, then all is well?ail is well for time, all shall be well forever. Blessed is that man who puts in the Lord his trust. He shall never he confounded. But my subject also impresses me with i the fact that when people start to follow Christ they must not expert smooth sailing. These disciples got into the small boats, and I have no doubt they said: "What a beautiful day this is! What a smooth sea! What a bright sky this is! How delightful is sailing in this boat! And as (or the waves under the keel of the boat, why, they only make the motion of our little boat the more delightful." But when the winds swept down and the sea was tossed into wrath, then they found that following Christ was not smooth sailing. So you have found it; so I have found it. Did you ever notice the end of the life of the apostles of Jesus Christ? You would say that if ever men ought to have had a smooth life, a smooth departure, then those men, th<; disciples of Jesus Christ, ought to have had such a departure and such a life. St. James lost his head. St. Philip was | hung to death on a pillar. St. Matthew had his life dashed out with a halberd. St, Mark was dragged to death through the streets. St. James the Less was beaten to h death with a fuller's club. St. Thomas was struck through with a spear. They did not find following Christ smooth sailing.' Oh, how they were all tossed in the tempest! Kg John Huss in the tire, Hugh McKail in the PP._ hour of martyrdom, the Albigenses, the Waldenses, the Scotch Covenanters?did they find it smooth sailing? But why go to history when I can find all around me a score of illustrations of the truth of this subject?that young man in the store trying to serve Goa while his employer scoffs at Christianity, the young men In "the same store antagonistic to the Christian religion, teasing him, tormenting him about his religion, trying to get him mad? They succeed In getting him mad, saying, "You're a pretty Christian!" Does tnis young man unuit .?TnooT.ii snmuK wm h? trie* to follow Christ? Hero Is a Chrl tian eirl. Her father despises the Chrlstia religion: her mother despises the Christie religion: her brothers and sisters seoff i the Christian religion; she ean hardly fln a qui??t plaeo in whieh to sav her prayer Did she find It smooth sailing when" sh tried to follow Jesus Christ? Oh. no; a who would live the-life of the Chrlstia rellsinn mint suffer persecution. If yo 10 not tin:i H in one way, you win jjtii il i mother way. Mv subject also impresses me with tti fact that good people sometimes get vet nuch frightened. In the tones of thes liseiples us they rushed into the back pai >f the boat I find they are frightened a riost to death. They sav. "Master, care? Thou not that we perish?" They had n eason to be frightened, for Christ was i he boat. I suppose if wo had been ther re would have been just as much affright sd. Perhaps more. In all ages very good people get ver nuch affrighted. It is often so in ou lay, and men say: "Why. look at the ba' ectures: look at the spirituallstlo socie ies: look at the various errors going ove he church of God. We are going to foun ler; the church is going to perish: she i roingdown." Oh, how many good peopli ire affrighted by triumphant Iniquity ii ?ur day and think the church of Jesu Christ and the cause of righteousness an ;oing to be overthrown and are just ai nuch affrighted as the disciples of mv tex rere affrighted. Don't worry, don't fret ,s though iniquity were going to triumpl iver righteonsness. A Hon goes into a cavern to sl^ep. H< Ies down, with his shaggy mane coverinf he paws. Meanwhile the spiders spin t rob across the mouth of the cavern anc ay, "We have captured him." Gossamei hread after gossamer thread is spun unti he whole front of the cavern is coverec rith the spiders' web and the spiders say 'The lion is done; the lion is fast." Aftei ;while the lion has got through sleeping le rouses himself, he shakes his mane, h< calks out into the sunlight, he does nol ven know the spiders' web is spun, and rith his voice he shakes the mountain. So men come, spinning their sophistries nd skepticism about Jesus Christ. H( eems to be sleeping. They say: "We liav< aptured the Lord. He will "never comf orth again upon the nation. Christ is cap ared. and cantured forever. His religioi rill never make any conquest among men." tut after awhile the "lion of the tribe o udah" will rouse himself and come fort! o shake mightily the nations. What is f pider's web to the aroused lion? Giv< ruth and error a fair grapple, and trutl rill come off victor. But there are a great many good peopl< rho get affrighted in other respects. The] ,re affrighted in our day about revivals 'hey sav: '-Oh, this is a strong religloui ;ale! We are afraid the church of God is roing to upset, and there are going to be i rreat many people brought Into the churcl hat are going to be of no use to it." Anc hev are affrlchted whenever they see a re ival taking hold of the churches. As though a ship captain with 5000 bush Is of wheat for a cargo should saysomi lay. coming upon deck, "Throw overboarc ,11 the cargo," and the sailors should say 'Why, cantaln, what do you mean? Throv iver all the cargo?" "Oh." says the cap ain, "we haven peck of chaff that has goi ato this 5000 bushels of wheat, and th< nly way to get rid of the chaff is to throv .11 the wheat overboard." Now, that is i ;reat deal wiser than t jfe talk of a greal aany Christians who want to throw over oard all the thousands and tens of thou ands of souls who have been brought ii hrough great awakenings. Throw al verboard because there is a peck of chaff , quart of chaff, a runt of chaff! I say, le hem stay until the last day. The Lore rill divide the chaff from the wheat. Oh. that these gales from heaven migh1 weep through all our churches! Oh. fo: uch days as Richard Baxter saw in Eng and and Robert McCheyne saw in Dundee )h, for such days as Jonathan Edward.1 aw in Northampton! I havo often heart ay father tell of the fact that in the earli >art of this century a revival broke out ii iomorville, N. J., and some people wen ery much agitated about it. They said 'Oh, you are going to bring too man; eople" into the church at once!" am hey sent down to New Brunswick to ge ohn Livingston to stop the revival. Well here was no better soul in all th< rorld than John Livingston. He wen ip; he looked at the revival. The; canted him to stop it. He stood in thi >ulpit on the Sabbath and looked ove he solemn auditory, and he said: "This rethren, is in reality the work of God ieware how you try to stop it." And h ras an old man, leaning heavily on hi taff?a very old man. And ho lifted tha taff and took hold of the small end of th taff and began to let it fall very slowl; brough between the nngerand the thumt ind ho said, "Oh, thou impenitent, tho1 irt falling now?falling from life, fallini iway from peace and heaven, falling a :ertain!y as that cane is falling hrouffh my hand?falling certalnlj hough perhaps falling very slowly! Lnd the cane kept on falling throug r?hn Livingston's hand. The religiou 'motion in the audience was overpow >ring, and men saw a type of their doon is the cane kept falling and falling uatl he knob of the cane struck Mr. Living iton's hand, and- he clasped It stoutly an said: "But the grace of God can stop yoi is I stopped that caue," and then ther vas gladness all through the house at th 'act, of pardon and peace and salvatior 'Well," said the people after the servic? 'I guess you had better send Living?*c lome. He is making the revival worse. Dh, for the gales of heaven; and Christ o >oard the ship! The danger of the churci )f God is not In revivals. I learn once more from this subject tha Christ can hush a tempest. It did seem a f everything must go to ruin. The dis :iples had given up the Idea of managin :he ship. The crew were entirely d? noraiized, yet Christ rises, and He put ETis foot on the storm, and it crouche9 a 31s feet. Oh, yes, Christ can hush th ;empest! You have had trouble. Perhaps it wa ;he little child taken away from "you?th iweetest child of the household, the on yho asked the mo9t curiou9 questions an itood around you with the greatest fond less, and the spade cut down through you deeding heart. Terhaps It was an onl >on, and your heart ha9 ever since beenlik i desolated castle, the owls of the nigt looting among the falling rafters and th ;rumhling stairways. Perhaps it was an aged mother. You a] trays went to her with your troubles. 9h rc-as in your home to welcome your childre nto life, and when they died she was ther :o pity you. That old "hand will do you n aore kindness. That white lock of hal you put away in the casket or in th locket did not look as well as it usually di tvhen she brushed it away from he wrinkled brow in the home circle or in th country church. Or, your property gon< ?.. ? JJ "T mn/ih Konb fltrtnl/ V U U 511IU, JL UUV o OV-f UiUV/U Lfuua cvvvoi, have so many government securities, I hav so many houses, I have so many farms"all (?0De, all gone. Why, all the storms that evor trample with their thunders, all tbo shipwrecks have not been worse than this to you. Y? you have not been completely overthrow! Why? Christ hushed the tempest. You little one was taken away. Christ says: " have that little one. I can take caro c him as well as you can, better than yo can, oh, bereaved mother!" Hushing th torn pest: When your property went awn] God said, "There are treasures in heavei in banks that never break." There is one storm into which we will al have to run the moment when we let go c this life and try to take hold of the next when we will want all the grace wo ca have?we will want It all. i'onder I see Christian soul rocking on the surges < death. All the powers of darkness seer let out against that soul?the swirlin wave, the thunder of the sky, the screarr ing wind, all 3eem to unite together?bi' that soul is not troubled, there is n sighing, there are no tears; plenty c tears in the room at the departure, but li weeps no tears; calm, satisfied, peacefu all is well. Jesus hushing the tempest! E the flash of the storm you see the harbc just ahead, and you are making for thi harbor. Strike eight bells. All is well. Into the harbor of heaven now we glide; We're home at last, homo at last. Softly we drift on its bright, silv'ry tide. We're home at last, home at last. Glorv to God. all our dangers are o'er. We stand secure on the glorified shore. Glory to God, wo will shout evermore. We're home at last, home at last. Lumber Export* Greater. The lumber exports from the United Stat for the last year were twenty-four per ceu greater than for the previous twelve montfc f J THE~ SABBATH SCHOOL | (j ,n | ? : INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS PF ,d j FOR SEPTEMBER 19. 3. I Ifl i 1[ Lesson Text: "Paul'n Address to th? n Epli?sinn Eldcm," Acts xx., 32-35U Golden Text: Acts xx., 3i5?Coinmenn tary on the Lesson by Kev D. M. Stearns [fl 22. "And now, behold, I go bound in tho spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing tho ,g things that shall befall me there." After 't the uproar at Ephesus Taul went to Mace, donia and Greece, then returned through Macedonia to Asia, and, aiming, if possible, to be at Jerusalem by Pentecost, he tarried a little at Miletus and sent to Ephesus for tne eiuers or me cuuren to come una see him. Our lesson is part of his address to those elders. He reminded them that, serving the Lord with all humility and in many trials, he had both publicly and privately taught both Jews and Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 28. "Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me." The Lord had said to Ananias, "I will show him how great things he must suffer for My name's Hake" (Acts ix., 16), and He said to tho apostles, "In tho 0 world ye shall have'tribulation" (John xvl., 1 38). c 24. "But none of these things move me." wa He thought of nothing but of magnifying d01 1 Christ (Phil. 1., 20), ready to be bound and he imprisoned and to die for the name of the we 3 Lord Jesus, if thus God would be more Wh f glorified (Acts xxl,, 13). He was intrusted the | with the gospel of the grace of God, and he jf, 1 fearlessly lived it and spoke it day by day ma unaer au circumstances, not as pleasing a9 men, but God who trieth our hearts (I fee 1 Thess. ii., 4). er, ? 25. "And now, behold, I know that ye all, iea r among whom I have gom) preaching the for kingdom of God, shall see my face no , etJ( ' more." The last wo hear of Paul In this fee ' book ho is In Rome a prisoner, but he is gtr preaching the kingdom of God, and teach- foe] ing those things which concern the Lord i0v ' Jesus Christ (Acts xxviil., 81). Thus he was wi< 3 one with Him who had chosen him, for in mo 5 Acts i., 3, we find that our Lord Jesus dur- the 5 ing the forty days between His resurrection \\c and ascension spoke of the things pertain- cei \ ing to the kingdom of God. ual 26. "Wherefore I take you to record this r day tfyat I am pure from the blood of all tio 1 men." He said in II Cor. vii., 2, "We have Cai 1 wronged no man, we have corrupted no qUj 3 man, we have defrauded no man." He had jnf 1 sought to live as an embassador for Christ, fl0< in Christ's stead, beseeching men to be 3 I reconciled to God (II Cor. v., 20), and he f I had been, by the grace of God, such a faith- j0v ful witness that the blood of none to whom he! 3 he ever testified could be required at his ' hand (Ezek. xxxiii., 7-9). 1 27. "For I have not shunned to declare J unto you all the counsel of God." All that 1 1 Paul has on hand to pass on to others is of the God. He preaches the gospel of the grace pai of God, and the kingdom of God, and the tht counsel of God, to gather out and to build ser ' up the church of God, and in it all he aims boi 1 only to please God. He spoke the word an< > faithfully and diminished not a word (Jer. mu xxvi., 2). the 28. "Feed the church of God which He Bu hath purchased with His own blocd." There stu is no redemption but by the blood of Christ, the by which alone we receive the forgiveness out of sins (Eph. 1., 6, 7; Rev. i., 5; v., 9; Heb. pai ix., 22), and each ono who truly receives &ni the Lord Jesus, trusting only in His finished tha work, becomes a part of the church of God, joy whether he ever becomes part of any church gai 1 on earth or not. Now, being saved, it is am the privilege of every saved one to unite sisl j with some company of God's people called wo 1 a church, but they ought to be sure that it ov< is a church where their souls will bo fed S? J with the word of God, for nothing else will r | truly nourish the soul (I Pet. ii., 2; v., 2; wo I Job xxiii.. 12: Jer. xv.. 16). 9? ' 29,30. "Fori know this, that after my Sh ? : departing shall grievous wolves enter in 1 j among you, not sparing the flock." Since T ! the serpent slandered God in Eden there t 1 have always been those who follow him, . 9 seeking the destruction of souls; some? times they seem bent simply upon the ruin ( P of people, and sometimes it is to get follow- A | J ers for a norson or a doctrine or a sect. i * 31. "Therefore watch and remember, ? ! that by the space of three years I ceased th ? j not to warn every one night and day with ., ' ; tears." Paul had no fear for the loss of ^ , 7 any soul that had truly received the Lor.l 9 Jesus; his words concerning them are al- " r | most as strong as our Lord's own words .... >. | (Phil, i., 6; I Cor. 7, 8; John x., 27-29), but ' j he did fear lost they might have a knowl- g 0 i edge of Him without truly receiving Him . ? j (Heb. vi.,4-G; x., 26), and also lest, having . 1 truly received Him, they might lose their , ? 6 ! works and wages (I Cor. iii., 14,15; ix.,27); y ! hence his earnest admonition to "take ' i heed" and "watch." 5 u j 32. "A.nd now, brethren. I commend you ^ | to God and the word of His grace, which is j 3 j able to build you up." When our Lord was ? j about to leave His disciples, he prayed the , \> I Father (as He said to Mary, "My Father j> j and your Father, My God and your God" Q. i TrtKn w 17^ fhnf Tvnnlrl L-mph frnm I 9 evil those whom Ho had given Him, and that Ho would sanctify them through the I j* truth, His word (John xvii., 11,15,17). "E I1 And when Ho said, "I have given them Thy wb |T I word, the words which Thou gavest Me buI 11 i (John xvii., 8, 14), he must have believed etc l? that these words were the very best thing nei 0 | that He could give them. Ia another r??c 6 ; place He said, "The words that I speak he ! unto you they are spirit, and they aro'life" wli ' I (John vi., 68)". an.' j 33. "I have coveted no man's silver or he j gold or apparel." The people testified of the ? Samuel, "Thou hast not defrauded us nor po ? oppressed us; neither hast thou taken g^l ! aught of any man's hand" (ISam. xil., 3). toe J To the Thessalonians Paul wrote, remind- the 3 j ing them of his labor night and day that am '* ; ho might hot bo a burden to any one (I the 5 | Thess. ii., 6, 9). up !* 34. "Yea, ye yourselves know that these me 8 I hands have ministered unto my necessities ey< | and to them that were with me." He was to e i very grateful for all gifts from the Lord's on ! people and speaks of such as "an odor of | the 9 ! a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well | loc ? I pleasing to God." m> 6 35. "Remember the words of the Lord An d | Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to | give than to receive," perhaps referring to * I such teaching of our Lord as is found in T, y i Luke vi., 30; xiv., 13, 14, or possibly refer- ^ 6 I ring to some unrecorded sayings of our I 't I Lord. God so loved that He gave His m/ A I U/vrw fKo Knn n f flr\i 1 an lftt'pH I A that He gavo Himself. Th* grace of our Lord Jesus Christ was manifest in His be- . 0 coming poor for us that wo through His ; Q j poverty might be rich. The love that He T, e I manifested in laying down His life for us 0 should make us ready to lay down our It I lives for others (II Cor. viii., 9; I John iii., 1 6 j 16). But most of us are more ready to re- _ d eeive than to give, and so John iii., 16, is ,, ir much more familiar than I John iii., 16, e and I Tim. i., 15, than Titus iii., 8.?Lesson ^ Helper f NUCCETS FROM KLONDIKE". ^ ^ They Dlfler From Those Previously to j Brought Home From That Region. j? ft It was observed that some of the nuggets '' i, I brought down from the Klondike gold ^ ir fields by the Thorp party dlfTer somewhat f 1 from those that came by the Portland. The wl) >f differenoe consists of white quartz, with ' u rather well donned and sharp fraotures ? , Le distributed through the gold. The nuggets . ? ?In anv r\&f>rPP> I * 'ft are not worn or puusuou iu ?, . i, but are rusty and dull In appearance, having neither been subject to glacial action j 1 1 I nor to erosion. Miners who have faith in : if I the mother lode theory argue from this that \ at"1 very rich gold quartz ledges will be dis- | b*? n j covered on the headwaters of tho Klondike, ; wn a I near tho places that are now producing i ere >f I such wonderful results. sul n i g | Harlan Family iteunlon. ^ i- Tho seventeenth annual reunion of the rni it Harlan family was held recently in West ! yoi o Chester, Penn. This is one of the largest j ?f families In the country, with members in j j ie every State of the Uniou. Tho 1000 or more j c 1. members of the family in the assembly are | a0e ly decendants of George Harlan and his j hoi family, who settled in Chester County 200 du " *" ? i ry -nrVtl/th HlfiV Ofl 11 Ofl ?>. yoaruugv. t,iv from England, was wrecked on the Atlantic yeB ?oast just one hundred years a?o. ! [>ai bio Kannas Farmers Kill 5000 Rats. In Union township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, the farmers organized and with >] slubs and doge killed more than 5000 rats. 700 These pests have burrowed into cribs of old caj 3orn and completely ruined many thousand bushels. It is estimated that many farmers ea( of Eastern Kansas who have been holding raj oorn for a higher price will lose heavily f0c lt* owing to destruction by rats. wll OD'S MESSAGE TO MAI tECNANT THOUCHTS FROM T\ WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS 11laiii ClirNtM - Lovo thi* Hi# ?*?t Attr biitc-Ki.d'H 11 rI1 L?l)#r- lit c'iy TrntliH it Sufi- Itcfiigi Ki'eji Oj mi for Mertffengcru. I have n life with Chri.it to live, Hut till I live it must I wait Ti 1 learning can clear answer giva To this and that book's date'/ I have a life in Christ to live, I have a death in Christ to dio, B ?t must I wait till science give All doubts a full reply? My; rather, while a sea of doubt Is raging wildly round about, Questioning of life and death and sin, Let me but creep within Thy fold, O Christ, and at thy feet Take but the lowi st seat Ana Dear thine awful voice repeat, In gentlest accents, heavenly sweet, " ome unto me and rest; E lleve me and be blest." ?J. C. Shairp Love the HiglieHt Attribute. 'If he could but return!" we say. "The 3 so much I did not do that I might ha tie. So much I could have said that n< can never know!" Wait! When the love go, not to return, we cannot kn( ere they are nor what manner of life sirs. But Home things we do know, a ve remember and think about them th .y hRlp us to know more. We know th we grow in spiritual life our higher.bett lings and emotions endure and growgrei while the lower drop away, like the low ves of a plant when the plant has no u them. We know that through whatev inges this spiritual life passes,the highi ling in it?love?must grow purer a onger as this life progresses. And since 1 love in an unending life, it seems to f< 7 that we shall grow more loving a ;e with each ascent to a still higher eta re quick to perceive che loving, longii >ughts in the hearts of others toward i i cannot think of our dead, who have s nled to a higher state of the same spir I life, a9 more ignorant than we are. Tn s no longer bound by our human limit ns. and they are wiser, more loving, t ise of their higher place. They o Icker to perceive and respond to our k yearning thoughts?the thoughts tfc od our spirits and fill our eyes as we i mber them. Take comfort! They lov They do not forget. They know all t e we did not speak and of which o irts are full?now !?Harper's Ba2ar. God's Garden a IMace for Labor. rhe true idea of the rest of Paradise is r it of a long lazy dream. An old Chrini inter once painted a series of pictures i life of a saintly scholar, One repi its him in his study, hard at work wl >ks and pen; another shows him, c i weak and ill, receiving bis last 001 inion; another depicts his death; and th ) artist paints the saint in Paradii t when you look at it, he is back in 1 dy, going on with his old work! Or i lines of age and sorrow have &o t of his face, and with great skill t inter has suggested th.it the dlffiou! 1 trouble of his labor have passed awn it the toil is no longer painful, but pu TKL i= o fin, rden of rest is 110 place of slothful ec i pleasant, useless dreams The rest cc ts in the removal of pain.and difficulty rk, not in having nothing to do. It m n be possible, as the painter fancied, on with the work which interested us th, b it without its labor and sorror ; rk like Adam in Eden, with neither sw< brow nor weariness of brain.?Profess uttlevrorth, in .Sunday Magazine. Itocky Truth* a Safe Refuge. n almost every Christian's experien nes times of despondency and gloo; en there seems to be a depletion of t ritual life, when the fountains that us burst and sing with water are grown di en l<?ve is loveless and hope hopelei 1 enthusiasm so utterly dead and buri it it i- hard to believe that it ever live such times there is nothing for us to t hold with eager hands to the bai iky truths of our religion, as a shl ecked man hangs to a strong, rugg [T whi n the great retiring wave and ! i littl > eddifes all together are trying oep him back into the deep The en tha tide turns, and we can hold 01 ves lightly where we once had to ha ivilv, when faith grows easy ana u 1 Christ and responsibility and eternl s once more the tflory and delight of hap ys and peaceful nights, then certaii ire Is something new in them?a n< or, a new warmth. The soul has caug ew Idea of God's love's when it hns r ly been fed but rescued by Him.?Philli DOkS. Keep Open for God's IHeRHengerg. lave you ever read a beautiful little boc xpectatfon Corners?" It tells of a ki o prepared a city for some of his po jjeots. Not far from them wore lar rehouses where everything they cm ?d was supplied If they but sent In th< juests. But on one condition?they shoi on the outlook for the answer, so tt ien the king's messengers came with t swer to their petitions,they should alwa found waiting and ready to recei ;m. The sad story is told of one di tiding one, who never expected t what ho asiced, because he tv ? unworthy. One day he was taken s king's storehouses," and thoro. to I ;azoment, he saw, with his address :m, all the packages that had been ma l.i~ o?,l Thorn <vnu thn n, nt of praiso, and the oil of joy, and t i-salve, and so much more; they had be his door, but found it closed; he was r the outlook. From that time on he leai > lesson Mioah would teach us: "I w iktothe Lord; I will wait for the God salvation; my God will hear me."?Ke drew Murray. Gravestone or Landmark. e sun is sot. and in hts latest beam9 fon little cloud of ashen gray and gold, ilowl.v upon the amber air unrolled, e falling rnautle of the prophet seems, om the dim headlands many a lighthoi gleams, riie street lamps of the ocean, ami beho )'erln ad the banners of the night unfo e day hath passed into the land of dreau summer day beside the joyous sea! ) summer (lay so wonderful and white, So full of gladness nnu so full of pain! rever aud forever thou shalt be Co some the gravestone of a dead doligl To some the landmark of a new domai ?Longfellow. The Spirit of Self-Surrender. ["here arc few temptations more comm ardent spirits than that which leads tin repine at the lot in which they are :*a ieving that in some other situation th ild s<;rve God better. If each such m i the spirit of self-surrender, the spi the cross, it would not matter to hi ether he were do;ng the work of t insprini? or one of the inferior parts, lis duty to try and be himself, simply to do his own duty.?F. W. Ilobertson. 'f we core to live and walk in the Spirit care to lie receptive of heavenly fore i to taste the sweetness of the true, t lutifui. and the good, we must makf i rd room for the best things: we must c ise ourselves to familiarity with the high jjects.?C. (i. Ames. 'ou are not guilty because you are i^:i it: tint you are guilty when you resij ^rselvcs to .ruoranee.?Mazzini v INOteci I'll.wncc imunn tmi'i ut'Hu* lurley Chie!', one of tlio most noted Pa^ > Indians died, a few days ago, in Okli na. Curley Chief was 100 years oli ring all of'the Indian wars ho took eminent part. In the war in Kansas flfi irs ago between the Osages and tl ivnees he led his tribesmen In many ody battle. Montreal's Great Bridge. ?ho great bridge to be built at Montrei 0 feet long, will be constructed by Amei 1 contractors and of American iron. il have twenty-three spans of 242 fe )h, and one of 336. There will be t* lroad trucks, two trolley ways and t\ ftpatha, Tie bridge will be complet< thin a year. 'I ' - I 17 A OTTTAVnCl TTABAenADl \ ( r Aomvn o nunuovjur j HF COMINC STYLES AS REVEALED E A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. ,jt_ Everj' Indication Points to a Frononnc i>r Favor For Soft, Clinging Cashmerei B_ Vests Tliat Are Sur*- to Be Populai Close Sleeves an Absolute Certain! Every indication points to pr nounced favor for both cashmeres ai dran-d'ete. writes May Manton, h cause the soft, clinging cashmere mak 10ire ladies' tight-fitting basque a> ,v* five-goeed skirt without daets. .at tfd" an ideal gown for early autumn wea he ana au tnose women wno are piannii ur wardrobes for the future will do we to bear the fact in mind. As illustrated, this special costun is of soft, dove gray, with trimminj a?n of velvet in a darker shade. The skir in which is cut in five pieces, shows tl re* latest style, fitting perfectly smool across the front and at the sides, wil m- the fulness laid in flat plaits at tl en back. It is lined throughout wil J?- noarsilk of the same color, and has ? ^ interfacing of hair-cloth for the depl ue of eight inches. The baud of velve which is slightly curved at the uppi edge, is lined with crinoline and a; ire - ^ ? ?r ?fllliP' 1 (* ip [?t LADIES' VE9T3, HIGH OR LOW NECK, jie >'8 plied to the skirt, its upper edge bi 23. ing finished with narrow passemei to terie in shades of gray. ^ The waist is tight-fitting and doubl breasted. Besides the fronts, it shov backs, side-backs and under-arm gore de The fitting is effected by means < lr" double darts, shoulder and under-ar: J* seams. A double row of steel buttoi iot finishes tho edge of the right sid nt which laps over onto the left, the ;uj o) Per portion being reversed to form !V> unique revere, wmcn is iacea wu velvet like that which trims the skir The sleeves are tight-fitting, with sina puffs at the shoulder, beneath wkic the velvet band again appears. Straigl cuffs of velvet finish the wrists, and band of the same makes the staudic iso collar, to which is attached a frill < ]d soft lace. Ij. To make this waist for a lady in tl is. medium size will require two and om half yards of forty-four-inch materia i To make the skirt will require five au five-eighths yards of the same widt it, goods. In. A Group of Vests. Three useful patterns are given i on the large illustration. No. 1 is di m ; veloped in figured pique. The front st> ! are trimly adjusted by single bus ^ I darts, and the closing is effected i rit I the centre with buttons and buttoi im I holes. Below the closing the froul 'j* are notched and slightly turned awa] t0 The backs are fittejl by a centre seal and are joined to the fronts by shou der and under-arm seams. Pock< .if welts are stitched on the fronts an '?fl useful pockets are inserted. TL u. back shows a crush girdle that is ii ix- eluded in the undei-arm seams, an r-r the neck finishes with a close stain i ng band. No. 2 is carried out in fancy vest ^ ing, neatly finished with machin stitching. It is also fitted by singl 1>nat-.i1nrf? flip lnwpr price is tiointe and the neck is slightly open, rinishe v~ with a shawl collar. j No. 3 is made of tlnck and differ o i'rom No. 2 simply in the shaping { the neck, which is cut lower an ^ finishes with a notched collar. Th back of the vest shown in No. 1 i used also in Nos. 2 and 3. The vests are all designed to b be worn with Eton, bolero or blaze It jackets, and can be made of pique et duck or fancy vesting in wash fabrics '? or for fall and winter wear of plai cloth or silk and wool vesting mf fcerials, 2, To make any one of these vests a lady in the medium size will reqi one and five-eighths yards of twei !Y two-inch material. "Freshening" For a Gown. For autumn a very pretty finish e<i general freshening up for gowns 1 ^ haoti *M>affTT Ti'flll nilf fV.oir ni ""'" J""V 1'? t" ~ during a long and active season, i deep collar of niousseline de soie < o- color. This is made of moussel gathered very full, and trimmed ^ e- five rows of narrow satin ribbon es edged with triple ruching of mi seline. The same effect is carried on the collar, and finished in the t with a large black satin bow. lining is also accordion plaited allowed to come an inch and a hal two inches below the moussel These collars are especially effec over scarlet or green. Shirts Without Decoration*. Regarding dress trimmings, i positive that however much the si of toilets of ceremony and handsi house gowns may be decorated, tl puffs, frills pleats, and flounces be kept from all tailor gowns that n any pretensions to elegance and i pie artistic effect. The French tai however, unlike his English oomp makes many attractive concession the way of smart and effective li additions to the bodices of his sty tailor gowns, with also fanciful tou< on the sleeves, these seeming to cr< more interest and dispute than other portion of the gown. A Novelty In Veils. Lined veils are a novelty this son. Black lined with white or reverse are favorite combinations, season or so ago an attempt was m to line veils with colors, but it was received with favor. Aji experien / woman says: "A becoming veil ts nmrrv ve/irs off the aonearance. w ?u %> ~ "A * # an unbecoming one ages in a co ? sponding degree." And there ism r; truth in the assertion. >11 The Coming Close Sleeve. The one absolute certainty for le coming season is the close sleeve, js conjunction puffs, caps and epaule t, are, however, still permissible c le bined with decorations consisting i . t 1 ? j.:? i? ? J?a <. cu tUCKS, enirriuga, uuj iikcbu^cu u th insertion, ribbon, etc. The model ie picted in the small illustration sh th an extremely effectivo sleeve suiti in for soft, pliable materials. As re] th sented, it is made of Liberty satin t, the shade of brown known as cas er The lining is two-seamed, while p- wrinkled or mousquetaire portio: b- fitted by an inside seam only. ' l- top is surmonnted by a soft full p the fu'.ness at the top being adjns e- by gathers. The mousquetaire j rs tions and puffs are divided by a caj s. satin that is deepest at the outs of where it is pointed and has a p m nounced flare. The wrists show is odd-shaped cuff and a deep frill of ; ey low lace which is now used in pre: ence to white. a Organdy, mull, chiffon, moussel ;h and soft woolen textures are suits t. for making, and the caps can be m .11 of silk, satin or velvet. :h To make these sleeves for a ladj it the medium size will require two i a 3 .???? * ill , ]_ LADIES SLEEVE WITH HIGH PUFF 5| three-fourths yards of twenty-Iwo-ii ,l material. Tho trimming will reqi ie five-eighths yarla of the same wii |j good3. I- Crape Comes In Agnln. | A dealer in mourning goods s; t- that crape is being revived for ha e some mourning costumes. It will e worn both for veils and dress tr cl minga. Now that the period d wearing black h*s been so mi shortened by sensible women, it is s be regretted tliut the use of a matei )f conceded to be injurious to hea d should be reintroduced, e .g Dainty House Gown. The newest house gown is a mar e of graceful liuoa, sweeping folds a ir clinging drapery. It is confined i, the waist by a smooth belt of ombro i. ered stuff, and from the waist iii n sweeps away to a giaoefnl trail. 1 i- gown is slightly low ?t the ueck, a is trimmed with broad iu-aertiom j WHERE EMPIRES MEET! I i 3aS aty- , : british.indian rampart alon(f the roof of the world. and . ' ;$ that 8ome Characteristics of the Tribesmen o/ )Ce8 the Hill*?A Possible Remnant of th| g a lost Tribes of Israel?The Womef Wear Trousers?A Pastoral People? ine, Chitral, India, is the one bordei yith ^tate which touches the Russian front and tier and also the Chinese. It i& th< ous? apex of the British Indian wedge; out driven to the heart of the continent^ jack to meet the apices of two other im< The perial wedges driven home to the sam^ and goal. The Russian advance first dre\1 [f or attention to it, or sometnmg more tnai( y ine. mere attention. Captain Younghus tive band, traveling in that region, snd denlycame upon a Russian military force under the famous pioneer of con quest, Captain Grombchevsky, or hi t is colaborer, Captain Yonoff. The latte: urts had actually come through the passei ome Df the Hindoo Koosh and advance* lese down the slopes. On meeting th< ^ ^iU British party, the Russians made < lake mighty show of innocence, as thong] nm- merely traveling for health and pleas ilor, ore, and so by an easy cizouit move4 eer> back to their own land. < I . ;Jjj| 9 in But the incident set Simla and Calj ittle cutta to thinking, and Downing stree/ lish aa -well. Chitral was closely watched) :hes Every murder of a Mehtar was takes v eate into account. And when a series of any such tragedies made the throne seenj unstable, and the Kahn of Jandoj planned to conquer it, and the Ameej of Afghanistan prepared to seize bot* . r 8?a" Chitral and Jandol, and Russia wa the deemed ready to seize them all, th A gods of things as they are began to iade consider the things that are to be. J ' no* British force -was sent to Chitral, to l?ed make a permanent garrison and kee] ' '::A ^?8 the throne secure. A highway wa | "lIe opened up from Peshawar, up whiol -,'2 rre" the loyal legionp of the Sikhs and Pua ' u?k jabis could hasten, should need be, to '-' jly guard the passes. And a subsidy wa ;:4 settled on the Mehtar, thus makinf him a vassal of the British Indian Em t pire- ?-m in The masses of the tribesmen of th< e3 hills are loyal to the British, unde* ?m" constraint of circumstances, if noj through heartfelt love. They are all fj , ? Pathans, save the nondescript Kafirs; and have the well-known characterise ?^!3 tics of the Pathanrace. The old storj} m ? that they are Greeks, descended from Pr.e* a colony planted by "Macedonia*^ ' 13 j Madman," is to be dismissed. Soml tor* I f;rao?? nf ftreek forms, in implement! k? and weapons, may be discerned; bul a 19 of Greek types of body, face or mina >; ?* not one. More plausible by far is the selfcherished legeud of Hebrew origin, The Semitic type is unmistakably 'M evident. They call themselves Ohil , , dren of Israel. They observe many o; the peculiar rites of the Mosaic lav, They keep the Passover. They keep the .Year of Jubilee, with its release oi debtors and redistribution of the land They wear the historic garb of Israelites. Their names are echoes from th< roll-call of the Pentateuch. Ages oi Mahometanism have obliterated manj v Hebrew practices, and made them as fanatically loyal to the Prophet as anj tribe of Islam. Yet he who studies can scarcely doubt the truthfulness ol their boast, "We have Abraham fox our father." The Pathan type is distinctly dif< ferent from that of any other Hindoo nationality. You can pick a Pathan x - ? ? U'.'m nnViooUalin/*1? j (JUL ill tft JJLiUUUU WVnUj uuuooivnviu^ijj and unerringly. He is big and bony. , : /^ He -walks with a long, easy stride thai seems slow, but covers the grounc swiftly. His cheek bones are prom' Lnent, his lips full, his nose aquiline, His skin is swarthy, butjnot brown, (ike that of the Hindoos further south. A. " the men grow old, especially among the well-to-do classes, they dye then beards a bright red, in order that th< jjrayness of age may not be visible, Many of them have naturally fair hai] and beards and light blue eyes. Ii their clothing blue and white are th< ^3 most common colors, and both ar< ?1 mingled in the turban. Long jacket! and cloaks are worn, and in colc ug> weather a sheepskin robe covers both, the wool being inside and the leather ! TTTlfVl ?>1 rtKnrof A JQJ*. UUbDiUU) QUVI.UUU n*VM V.%KVV?W?W j 0j embroidery. At suoh times a leatha j^e skull cap, or sometimes a leather hel )ro. met coming down over the ears, i an worn instead of the turban. _ej. The women commonly dress in re< foj. and blue, wearing trousers and a lon| cloak, with which they cover thei line *aces w^en meeting strangers. Th< ^je men are universaliy armed with long, a(2Q straight Afghan knives, with ivorj handles. Another common weapon i/ T the jezail, which is an enormouslj 1Q(j long musket with a carved and ornat* stook and a slender rod to support the muzzle while firing. The sword com\ monly used is the common tulwar, 01 Jk Turkish scimitar. In addition to these If a great variety of weapons of all kincU of European makes are to be found I among mem. The Pathans of the hills are chiefly an agricultural and pastoral people. They cultivate wheat, rice and sugar cane in the valleys, depending almost exclusively upon irrigation, though perhaps once in five years it is possible to obtain good crops from land that is not irrigated. Sheep, goats and oxen make up the bulk of their Live stock, though they also use camels and donkeys as beasts of burden. Their trade with India and Afghanistan is conducted by means of caravans made up of camels, oxen and donkeys. Sometimes a single caravan will con~~7 tain from a hundred to a hundred and . I fifty camels laden with skins, grain l,!5v anil other merchandise. These trains ilu | have to be guarded by numerous armed | men to assure them protection against I the countless outlaws that infest the ayS region.?New York Tribune. tul- ! ? be j Human Monstrosity. im" ! The last edition of the Weekly Star, f?r of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, con1C" tains an account of a human monstros ity, which was born in Koloa. The rial freak Was of Japanese parentage and M i was a male. It had no tongue, but j something like a tusk projected in ! front, in the lower jaw. It had seven j fingers on the left hand, eight on the. right and seven toes 011 each foot. It was impossible for the infant to take .. | nourishment except when fed through m" i a rubber tube thrust down its throat., ies parent9 consented to have it 1tl? | baptized by a priest. The last wordal J of-the service had scarcely been ut-j I tered when the freak expired. I