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1 THE REALM
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' New York City (Special).?Soft
blue poplin is here charmingly united
"with white satin and all-over lace in a
creamy tone, applique insertion to
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I A FAXCr WAIST.
[ match providing the attractive decorar
tion.
\ The waist is arranged over Iining3
fitted by the usual seams aud bust
darts that close in centre front. The
plastron vest of satin overlaid
with lace is included in the right
shoulder seam, sewed to right lining
front and closes over on the left.
The fronts have single backward
turning plaits laid at the shoulder
edges that produce pretty fulness
across the bust, the lower eape having
the fulness also disposed in plaits to
puff out slightly in the most approved
TV OMAN'S WAIS
style. The fronts are cut low and
have prettily rounded upper edges
Iai/ssI m?^V\ oafin on/1 rn.
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versed to form small revers, the plas'tron
vest being disclosed between the
free edges.
The back fits smoothly across ths
shoulders and is cut away at the top
to disclose the round yoke faoing that
is applied over the lining. Slight fulness
at the lower edge is drawn well
to tho centre back at the waist line.
The standing collar raised behind
the ears with prettily rounded portions
;that are joined to its upper edges,
stylishly completes the neck.
( The fashionable sleeves have slight
puffs of the overlaid satin at the top,
the material being slashed in centre,
underfaced and rolled over in a style
to match the fronts. This same effect
is carried out in the completion of the
wrist3 and a crush ribbon belt with
oxidized silver buckle is suitably worn
at the waist.
Separate waists or those that match
the skirt may be stylishly made up by
this model, which suggests a variety
of effective and striking combinations.
Tucking, cording, shirring or., other i
fashionable yoking materials may be
used in place of the lace covered satin,
and fine woolen, mixed or silk fabrics
^ill combine to develop attractively in
this style.
' ToJ make this waist in the medium
size will require one and one-half |
yards of material fortv-four inches
I wide.
Dainty and Fashionable.
As illustrated by May Manton in the
I large engraving; figured organaie
' showing shades of wild rose and fern
1 green is daintily and fashionably
trimmed with Valenciennes lace and
insertion, green frizzed satin ribbon
outlining the insertion on each aide.
The pointed collar is cut from yoking
of finely tucked white organdie and
insertion, the edge being finished
{ with a frill headed by insertion and
\frizzed ribbon to match lower edge cf
jkirt. The waist is made over lining >
3{ 4^af-green lawn and nearsilk, ' the j
skirtTfftiPS being shaped and finished .
with a truKgxactly the same as the ]
-ioffirf K>*^each is finished *en- I
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arately. The stJv^ght row of trimming
shown at the t<?p can be omitted
if not desired. The d^irt may also be
jut off and finished ^ls >?u overskirt,
the lining being faced or bojered with
frills or pleating to reach above the
p'oint3, thus forming a skirt antl, overjkirt.
The waist is supported by livings
simply fitted, with wide back a^d
ander-arm portions and fronts having
single bust darts. The full fronts
and back are gathered top and bottom,
th<3 fulD^s ,the too being ap-?
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plied on the lining at square yoke
depth.
The one-3eam sleeves wrinkle in
mousqueiaire style above the elbow
and are arranged over smooth linings.
which may be omitted. The wrists
are completed by cuffs that fiare over
the hand and are trimmed with lace
and ribbon to correspond. A ribbon
sash or crush belt is worn around the
waist. The skirt is shaped with five
gores, closely fitted with short darts
over the hips and arranged with un
derlying pleats that meet over tne i
placket in centre back.
The mode is desirable for gowns of
foulard, India and China silk surah,
challie, veiling, and other soft wool- i
ens, lawns, dimity, mall, point-d'esprit,
percale, gingham and other cotton
fabrics. Lace embroidery or ruching3
of the material, with or without
ribbon, will provide suitable garniture.
To make this waist for a woman of
medium size will require three and
one-half yards of material thirty
inches wide. To make the skirt will
require four and three-quarter yards
of forty-four-inch or six and one-half
yards of thirty-six-inch material.
Delicate Combination in Ileadgear.
Black and white effects in fashionable
headwear are in evidence this
season, and, almost without exception,
the hats and bonnets showing this
delicate combination prove becoming.
Black and white ostrich plumes are
united on white chip, Leghorn, or
coarse fancy straw hats, with or without
an additional trimming of black
velvet ribbon loops.
The Walkiiic Hata.
Turbans and walking hats arc most
attractive thin season. The turban3
are quite small, with the trimmings in
a big clump directly in front?this almost
always of flowers. Black straw
ST AND SKIRT. .
turbans have flowers of any color,
while in the different colored straws
the flowers are supposed to somewhat
match the straw.
Jackets For Yoang; People.
Young people will wear jackets,
either short or half long, close-fitting
or loose. Open fronts will be the
style most seen. Exceedingly light
shades of gray or drab, or in some
cases bright crimson or blue, are the
colors preferred.
For Lo\r-?cked Summer Dresses.
The two useful designs here given
are particularly intended to be worn
with low-necked summer dresses. They
are usually made in lawn, nainsook,
or wash silk prettily trimmed with embroidery
or lace. No. 1, as here illustrated,
is of white nainsook, trimmed
with frills of embroidered edging and
narrow insertion. The front and backs
join in shoulder aadunder-arm seams,
and are gathered at the neck. A casing,
with drawstring inserted, adjusts
the fulness at the waist-line. A narrow
band of insertion with frill of embroidery
finishes the neck, the sleeves being
trimmed at the wrists to match.
No. 2 is of linen batiste, trimmed with
VifiHstn insertion and narrow lace edcj
iug. Slight fulness is gathered at the
back and front of neck, the fulness at
the waist being regulated by a tape
drawn through a casing. The sleeves
are mounted on fitted linings and the
GIRLS* OCIMrES.
wrist-bands are made of insertion to
match the collar, and are edged with
lace. Both styles of gaimpes close in
centre-back with buttons and buttonholes.
To make either of the prnimpes in
the medium size will require two and
one-fourth ywda of thirty-six inch material,
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[Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1S?3 1 - I fit
Washington, D. C.?In this sermon Dr. ^
Talmnge discusses n topic whicli will In- sj
terest domestic circles everywhere. The V(
test is Genesis xiii., 3; "Let there be no j
strife, I pray thee, between me and thco
and between ray herdmen and tby herdmen. C(
Is not the whole land before thee?" ttl
Uncle and nepbew, Abram and Lot, both
pious, both millionaires, and with such jt
large flocks of bleating sheep and lowing 0
cattle that their berdmen got Into a light, perhaps
about the best pasture or about ?
the best water privilege or because the cow 0]
of one got hooked by the horns of the a!
others. Not their poverty of opportunity, ^
linf tiioii- wn<> the cause of con
troversy becween these two men. To g,
Abram, the glorious old Mesopotamian
sheik, 9uch controversy seemed absard. It ^
was like two ships quarreling (or sea room j
iu the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There t|
was u vast reaoh ot country, corntlelds, 0
vineyards, harvests and plenty of room in 0
illimitable acreage. "Now," says Abram, ti
"let us agree to differ. Het? are the moun- a
tain districts, swept by the tonic sea breeze ?
and with wide reaching prospect, and there 9(
is the plain of tho Jordan, with tropical n
luxuriance. You may have either." Lot, t|
who was not as rich as Abram, and might tj
have been expected to take the second ?
choice, maiie the flrst selection and with a t|
modesty that must have made Abram smile e
said to him: c
"You may have the rocks and the fine a
rrosp.?ct; I will take the valley of the j]
Jordan, with all its luxuriance of corn r
fields and the river to witer the flocks and a
the genial climate and the wealth im- j,
measurable." So the controversy was
forever settled and great-souled Abram s
carried, out the suggestion of the text: t|
"Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between
me and theo, and between my herd- a
men and thy herdmen. Is not the whole e
land before thee?" 0
Well, in this the last decade of the nine- ^
teenth century and In this beautiful land, ^
which was called America, after Americus g
Vespucius, but should have been called 3
Columbia, after its discoverer, uoiumDus, p
we have a wealth of religious privilege and ?
opportunity that Is positively bewildering. n
Churches of all sorts of creeds and of all c
kinds of government and all forms of v
worship and all styles of architecture? v
what opulence of ecclesiastical opportunity!
Now, while in aesolato regions e
there may be only one church, in the j
opulent districts of this country there is ,
such a profusion that there ought to be no J
difficulty in making a selection. No fight t
ubout vestments, or between liturgical or j
nonllturglcal adherents, or as to baptismal j
modes, or a handful of water as compared c
with a rlverful. If Abrani prefers to dwell ?
on the heights, where he can get only a *
sprinkling from the clouds, let him consent d
that Lot have all the Jordan in which to a
immerse himself. "Let there be no strife, r
I pray thee, between me and thee and be- t
tween my herdsmen and thy herdsmen. Is ^
not the whole land before thee?" q
Especially is It unfortunate when fami- <3
lies allow angry discussion at the break- j.
fast or dining or tea table as to which is ^
the best ohuroh or denomination, one at t
one end of the table saying he could never j,
endure the rigid doctrines of Presbyterl- a
unism, one at the other end responding E
that Sue never could stand the forms of
Episcopacy, and one at one side of the t
table saying be did not understand bow y
anybody could bear the nolseln the Metho- [
dist church, and another declaring all the ^
Baptists bip?ts. There are nunareas 01 c
families hopelessly split on ecclesiastlclsm, t
aud in the middle of every discusslou oq t
suck subjects there is a kindling of indig- j
aatloa, aud it needs some old father Abram v
to come and put his foot oq tbe loaded fuse s
before the explosion takes place and say: v
"Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be- c
tween me aud thee and betweeu my herd* t
men and tby lierdnien. Is not the whole t
land before thee?"
I undertake a subject never undertaken j
by any other pulpit, for it is an exased- n
incly delicate subject, aud If not rightly ,
bandied might giveserious offense, but I {
approach it without the slightest treplda- t
tion, for I am sure I have the dtvino aireo- |j
tion in tbe matters I propose to present. ?
[t is a tremendous question, asked all over t
Christendom, often asked with tears and c
jobs and heart breaks and iavolvlng the e
peace of families, the eternal happiness of c
nany souls. Iq matters of church attend- 0
ance should tbe wife go with tbe husband 3
or the husband go with the wife? v
First, remember that all the evangelloal 8
Jhurchei have enough truth in them to D
save the soul and prepare us for bappine?s ,,
on earth and In heaven. I will go with you j(
Into any well selected tueoiogioai imrary, ^
and I will show you sermons from minis- ?
ters in all denominations that set fortU man ?
as a sinner and Christ as a deliverer from 0
??ln aud sorrow. That is the whole Gospel. 0
Get that into your soul and you are fitted a
for the iiere aud the hereafter. There are t
dlffereuces, we admit, aud some deuorul- jj
nations we llk? better thau others. But v
suppose three or four of us make solemn
agreement to n.eet each other u week from
now In Chicago on important business, and p
one goes by the New York Central Rail- |j
road, another by the Erie Railroad, another p
by the Pennsylvania Railroad, another by j,
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. One v
goes this way because the mountains are j
grander; another takes this because the y
cars are moro luxurious; another that be- ^
cause the epeed Is greater; another takes ^
the other because he has long been accus- j
tomed to that route, and all the employes y
are familiar. Eo far as our engagement to ^
meet is concerned It makes no difference if ,v
we only get there. Now, any one of the u
Innumerable evangelical denominations; if tj
you practice Its teaching?although some ^
or their trains run on a Droau gauge ana s
some on a narrow guage?will bring you t
out at the city of tbe New Jerusalem. t
It being evident that you will be safe in
any of the evangelical denominations, I c
proceed to remark, first, it one of the mar- v
rled couple be a Christian and the other j
not, the one a Christian is bound to go any- tj
where to a church where the uucouverted
companion is willing to go, if ho or she e
will go to no other. You of the conuubial ^
partnership are a Christian. You are safe r
for the skies. Then it is your first duty to t<
secure tbe eternal safety of your lifetime
associate. Is not the everlasting welfare j,
of your wife impenitent, or your husbuud P
Impenitent, of more importauce than your n
church relationship? Is not the condition
of your companion for the next quadrillion
of years a mightier consideration to you
than the gratification of your ecclesiastical
taste for forty or fifty years? A man or a #.
woman that would stop half tt minute to
weigh preferences as to whether he or
she had better go with the unconverted
companion to this or that church 02 de- "
nomination, has no rellglou at all, and J1
never has bad. and I fear never will have. ^
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to be religion, but you are like Captain Jj
Froblsher, who brought back from bis voyage
of discovery a shipload of what he
upposed valuable minerals, yet, Instead of *
being silver and gold, were nothing but P
common 8ton?9 of th9 field, to be hurled r
out an finally useless. ?'
Mighty God! In all Ihy realm Is there j!
ne mau or woman professing religion, yet 1
so stolid, so unfitted, so far gone unto J1,
death that there would be any htsitanc.y in
surrendering all preferences before such an ?
opportunity of salvation and heavenly re- 11
union? If you, a Christian wife, are an attendant
UDon any church, and youruacon- J?
verted husband does no; go there because 11
he does cot like Its preacher, or Its mu>?l>*,
or Its architecture, or Its uncomfortable
crowding, and goes not to any house of "
worship, but would go If you would accom- 11
pany him somewhere else, change your c
church relations. Take your hymnbooi: Si
home with you to-day. Say pood by to your
friends In the neighboring pows, and go
with him to any one of a hundred churches
till his 30ul is saved and he joins you in the it
march to heaver.. More important than c<
that ring on the third finger of your left ci
hand It is that your heavenly Father com- a
mand the angel of mercy, concerning your
husband at bis conversion, as in the parable
of old, "Put a riug on his hand."
No letter of more Importance ever came
to the ereat city of Corinth, situated on
what was palled the'-Bridge of thoSea," ?
and glistening with sculpture and gated a
with a style of brass the magnificence of
which the following ages have not been
able to successfully imitate and overshadowed
by the Acro-Corlnthus, & fortress t;
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rock 2000 feot high?I say no letter evel
ime to that great city of more importauca
uiu that letter in which Paul puts the two
artiiug question*: "What knowestthou,
wife, whether the.' shalt save thy husin,n
iir linw l:nown?t thou. 0 man.
hether thou ?halt save tin* wife?" Tba
rarest sacrifice on the part cf tbe one is
leap if it rescue the otber. Better go to <
te smallest, weakest, most insigni?.<'ant
lurch on earth anil he copartners in
:ernal bliss than pass your earthly mem;rship
in most gorgeously attractive
lurch while your companion stays outde
of evangelical privilege. Better
ave the drowning saved by a scow or a
oop than let him or her go down while
du sail by in tbe glided cabins of aliaotic
or Campania.
Second remark: If both of the married
suples be Christians, but one Is so naturlly
constructed tbiit it is impossible tc
ajoy the services o! a particular deuonilatfou,
and tbe otber is not so sectarian
r punctilious, let the one less particular
o with the other who is very particular,
s for myself, I feel as much at home in
ne denomination of evangelical Christians
> ?nnthpr and I think I must have been
orn very neur the line. I like the solornn
Ml of the Episcopal liturgy, and I like the
pontaneity of the Methodists and I like
ie importance Riven to the ordinance of
aptism by the Baptists and I like the frfeeorn
of the Congregationalism and I like
ie government and the sublime doctrine
f the Presbyterians and I like many of the
thers just as much/as any I have menoned
and I could happily live and preach
nd die and be buried from any of them. .
ut others are born with a liking so stout,
a unbending, so inexorable for some de<
omlnatlon tuat it is a positive necessity I
bey have the advantage of that one. What j
bey were intended to be in ecclesiasticlsm i
as written in the sides of their cradle, il I
he father and mother had eye* keen
nough to see it. They would not stop
rying until they had put In their hands as
plaything a Westminster Catechism 01
he 1'hlrty-nlne Articles. The whole curent
of their temperament and thought
nd character runs into one sect of relig.
jnists as naturally as the James Rlverintc
he Chesapeake. It would be a torture to
uch persons to be anywhere outside ol
hat one church.
Now, let the wife or husband who is not
o constructed sacrlilce the milder prefernee
for the one more inflexible and rigorus.
Let the grapevine follow the rugosii..
..j =ini,noitiMnf Ml; or liiekorv. I
LiC3 UUU otu uu..iv,^ v .
.bram, the richer in Socks of Christian
;race, should say to Lot, who is built on a
mailer scale: "Let there be no strife, I
ray thee, between me and thee aud beween
my herdtnon and thy herdmen. Is
ot tbe whole land before thee?" As you
an be edifled and happy anywhere, go
?lth your companion to the church to
rblch he or%he must go or be ml98iabl?.
Bemurd the third: If both the marrlei]
couple are very strong in thelrsectarlansm,
let them attend the different churches
>referred. It Is not necessary that you
.ttend the same church. Bellgion is be<
ween your conscience and your God,
jike Abram and Lot, agree to difer.
When on Sabbath morning you
lome out of your home together and one
;oes one way and the other the
ither, heartily wish each other a good
erraon and a time of profitable devotion,
nd when you meet again at the noonday
epast let it be evident, each to each, and
o your children, and to the hired help,
hat you have both been on the Mount of
Transfiguration, although you went up by
llfforent paths, ana that you have both
leen fed by the bread of life, though
:neaded by different hands In different
rays and baked in different ovens. "But
tow about the children?" I am ol'ten
.slied by scores of parents. Let them aiso
aftke their own choice, They will grow
ip with reverence for both the denomina?
ions represented by father aud mother 1(
ou, by holy lives, commend those delomlnaiions.
If the father lives the beter
life, they wilt have the more favorable
ipinion of his denomination. It the
nnthdr llw^a frhp hatter life, tliev wili have
lie more favorable opluloa ot ber danomuatloD.
And some day both the parents
rill, for at least one servloe, go to the
nme churcli. The neighbors will say, "I
ronder what is going on to-day, for I saw
iur neighbor and yts wife, who always go
o different churches, going urm in arm to
ha same sanctuary."
Well, I will tell you what has brought
hem together, arm iu arm, to the same
iltar, Something very important has hap>ened.
Their son is to-day uniting with
he churoh. He is standing in the aisle,
aklng the vows ot a Christian. He had
?een somewhat wayward, and gave father
nd mother a good deal of anxiety, but
heir prayers have been answered in his
onverslon, and as he stands in the aisle
ind the minister of religion says, "Do you
sonsecrate yourself to the Qod who mad#
,nd redeemed you and do you promlso to
erve Him nil your days?" an^ with manly
'oloe he answers, "I do," there is an April
hower in the pew where father and
aother sit and a rainbow of joy which
robes both their souls, that makes alldlferencea
of creed Infinitesimal. And the
aughter who had been very worldly and
ay and thoughtless, puts her life on the
Itar ot oonsecratlon, and as the sunlight
f tbat Sahbath streams through the
burch window and falls upon her brow
nd cheek, she looks like their other daughter,
whose (ace was illumined with the
Tightness of another world on the day |
rhen the Lord took her into His heavenly
eeping years ago.
I should not wonder, If, after all, these
iirents pans the evening of their life in
t e aitme churoh, all differences of church
reference overcome by the joy of being
i the house of God where tneir children
r ire prepared for usefulness and heaven,
lilt I can give you a recipe for ruining
cur children. Angrily contend In the
ousehold that your church is right and
lie churoh of your companion is wrong,
irlng aneer and caricature to emphasize
our opinions, aud your children will
lake up their minds that religion Is a sham,
nd they will have none of it. In the
ortheast storm of domestic controversy
lie rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley
rill not arow. Fi?ht about apostolio
uocessloD, fight about election and free
Keni'.y, tight about baptism, fight about
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Lit) U19UU[>n<J, UK U I IIUUUI (jV)TU UUi*
Hoe, nnd the religious prospects ot your
bildroa will bo left dead on the Held. You
rill b6 as unfortuuate hs Clmrles, Duke of
lurgundy, who lu battle lost a diamond
lie value" of a kingdom, for in your light
ou will lose the jewel of salvation for youc
ntire ho isehold. This is nothing against
he advoc a:y of your own religious theoles.
Use all forcible argument, bring all
ailing illustration, array all demonstrative
icts, but let there be no acerbity, nostinj?.
ig retort, no mean Insinuation, no superlliousness,
ns though all others wer?
'roug and you Infallibly right.
INSANE OVER RELIGION.
[other and Daughter Driven to Madneii
bj Orerotndy.
Two women, mother und daughter. botb
asane from overstudy In Christian Science,
rere in Judge Carter's Court in Chicago a
?w days ago. They were Mrs. Ellen L.
Klson and Gertrude Gilson. The head ol
be family is a well-to-do gr.ila and stock
irmer of Blue Island.
The evidence showed that the daughtei
ras twenty-one years old and employed
revious to her illness a- a teacher in. a
ullman kindergarten. She had made a
srious study of the faith-healing doctrine,
1 wLich her mother has long been a beever,
and had become possessed of the
allucination that she was called upon by
be Divine powers to kill and sacrifice two
r three ehildreu for the benefit and sulvalon
of unbelievers.
The condition of Mr*. Gllion wns duo to
orry about Christian Science. Her
allucination was that her husband was
ndeavoring to nolsou hor. To support
3is belief she exhibited to thejury a small
os of corn euro which she said she had
jund her liustmnd trying to put la her
i^fTee. Both women were adjudged inme.
licentiates May Use Tobacco. I
The Presbytery of Boston lias refused to ,
lake total" abstinence from tobacco a >
ond.tion precedent of ordination in the !
use of the young licentiates ucaor u? car* |
nd ol elders-elect.
Work of London Tract Society.
The Loudon Tract Society has carried on
ork in all parts of the world and in no
>33 than 229 languages, dialects and charters.
Germans and the Nicaragua Canal.
Germans are said to be trying to g<jt con:ol
ol the Nicaragua Canal route.
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GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS.
Tho Flower Evangelists ? Tlie Crown o1
Christ'* Career?God Leads hy Stimulating
Desire?The Holy Spirit in History?Turning
Array from Life Giver.
Who will the evangel bear
Out Into the world of care?
All the hearts of men are weary
For the spring's sweet glow and song.
Never winter was more dreary ;
The unwelcome guest stays long.
Who will bear the news, aud say
That the spring is on hor way?
This the whisper that went round
In the world beneath the groundWork!
of wondrous silences,
W^ere they all were making ready
For the summer ministries,
8tro?i' H--wers, grand llowers, swift and
steady,
By smtojy garden or brisk bum,
\? ailing each to take his turn.
Who shall be the pioneer
Of the flower hosts of the year?
Tulips, daffodils and roses,
Put their claim in; the strong flowers
Wished the honor. ^iVho disposes?
He knew best their dues and powers.
And He whispered in the night
To the little snowdrops white!
Were they fragile, wee, weak things?
Nay, not they! Obedience brings
Power to da. And they were gifted
With a new, brave life, and rose
Stem ahd leaf-sheath tense, and lifted
Up from out the world of snows,
Thfir pure faces, every one
Nodding, smiling, to the sun!
All the winter-wearied men
Soon began to hope again.
Birds commenced their songs of cheering,
Sottly down looked skies of blue;
The world, hearing spring was nearing,
Knew the snowdrops message true;
The evangelists were small?
But that mattered not at all!
?Marianne Farningham,in Christian World.
The Crown oT Christ's Career.
The supreme event Jn the earthly career
of our Lord was His crucifixion. But It did
not complete His work upon earth. In a
real sense the resurreciion was the crown
of His career. It was necessary to supplement
the crucifixion. Of course His death
bewildered and discouraged His fol
lowers. The resurrection was necessary
to complete the revelation of Christian
truth. Christ came to teach not merely
repentance, forgiveness, and salvation,
but also immortality. What need of any
other lesson upon the subject. His victory
over the grave is the victory, as he d.eclared,
of every believer. Because He rose, we shall
rise too. Because He lives forever we shall
live forever,and but for His resurrection the
world would never have been convinced of
the solemn and glorious truth of immortality
as'iijnow is. The resurrection was essential
to insptre the churcb, and in respect to not
merely its faith, but also Its aggressiveness.
It was no loDger a conquered and
despondent, but a victorious and hopeful
body of believers who encircled pur
Lo:-'. It was not yet as triumphant or
as a .tii red of the prevalence of the Gospel
among men as It afterwards became. It was
not without forewarnings of the terrible
trials surely to be undergone, which, by
scattering the seed of truth throughout the
world, should stimulate Instead of hindering
Its advance. Yet it was a church upliftea
and encouraged, assured that its faith
rested upon solid foundations, knowing as
It had not known before in whom it had. believed,
and therefore inspired for faith, service
and endurance as it could not have been
otherwise. Truly tjie rssurtection was the
srown of Christ's career. ^
God Lea<ls by Stimulating Desire. >
Not always is it evident that God through
His own Spiritis giving His speclalguidance,
but as we look l^ack over life ana perceive
Wati? r\9tcin nrn Koua ofnnd rrhorfl H1 vornronf
pathways invited us, It becomes clear that
atTinfluence from on hi&h has guided as
into that which proved itself to be the
right way, even though another, at that
time, may have been more Inviting. Far
more often God's Spirit leads us by enlightening
our judgment and stimulating
us to choose that which he desires us to
choose. But. wherever or however manifested,
the fact of divine guidance gradually
becomes impressed upon every one who
thoroughly aims to obey his Creator. Let
this conviction become "fixed in the heart,
and then to follow the divine leading
becomes comparatively simple. We then
learn to look for Its tokens, to accept it
as authoritative, to yield to it in simple
trustfulness, to follow it loyally and not
to worry about possible consequences,
confiding them calmly to the same divine
wisdom and oversight which has bidd?n
us face tbem if they come. Faith
needs to be stimulated by opposition
and exercise, rather than to be dwarfed by
too complete and speedy enlightenment.
But be who accepts heartily toe guidance 01
God's Spirit, and who humbly and prayerfully
endeavors to pursue the path of duty
which is indicated, need have no fear of being
abandoned, betrayed, or even disappointed
at last.
The Holy Spirit in History.
It is well, sometimes,to enlarge our range
erf observation and^ thought, and to study
human history as a whole for it has many
lessons. No Christian can do this without
being impressed by tokens of the presence
of the Holy Spirit. To study the development
of civilization and the advance of
knowledge and culture, is to recognize a
divine plan and divine oversight. Historic
events, the significance of which was not apparent
at the time, take their places in the
great scheme of God for mankind,
and their true meaning and use becomes
evident. Thus the persecu
tionofthe Christians in the early years of
the church seemed to them a cruel and
almost deadly calamity, but now it is evident
that God used that fact, and probably
ordained it. so that the seeds of Christianity
micht be scattered more widely throughout
tb(T world and might have opportunity to
take root in fresh soil. Whatever events in
the career of mankind may be examined
will be found, when viewed in their larger relations,
to have bad much to do with the development
of humanity from a lower to a
higher state of knowledge acd usefulness,
from a dimmer to a more clear and efficient
conception of Christian truth and service.
Turning Awav froin the Life Giver.
They are unwilling to become Christians
because to them the Christian life seems to
be a starved and stunted life. That is the
mistake which young men and women are
making always. They turn their back on
Christ because they want to live, when al!
the time He wishes to fulfil their life. Life
is the one thins: we most of all desire, and
the one thing which He longs to supply.
" 'Tis life of which our nerves are scant;
'Tis life, not death, for which we pant;
More life and fuller that wo want!'
And yet we turn away from the Life Giver
This is the tragedy of human history. This
Is the tragedy of your life and mine. "X am
not come to destroy, but to fulfill." He
never destroys a single appetite or a single
passion or a single aptitude or a single sympathy.
He never curtails a single capadtj
>r lessens the energy of a single power. He
us enlarges and enriches ua. He Alls us fulloi
Himself.? C. E. Jefferson, D. D.
It is a plea.-ant sight to see anybody
thanking God. for the air is heavy with the
hum of murmuring and the roid9 are dusty
with complaints and lamentation?.?Spurjeon.
Motor Wagons Tor Army U?e.
European military circles are evincing
ihe keenest interest in the large number ol
motor cnrs ordered ror trie Austrian *vai
Department. The decision of the Wur Department
was arrived at only aftor a serle9
jf exhaustive tests, conducted during the
last seven months, had demonstrated the
feasibility of the use of these vehicles for
the transportation of men, provisions, ammunition
and general military stores.
increase ot tintigu immigrants.
There has been an incroaso in the nura
her of persons who have sailed from Great
Britain for the United States for the pasl
four months as compared with the sum?
period of last year.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY 2.
Subject: Gracious Invitation*, Hoiea
xiv., 1-9?Golden Text: "Come, and
Let Us Return Unto the Lord," flosea
vi., 1?Commentary.
1. "0 Israel." These words may be considered
as addressed to the people then la
captivity, suffering much but having still
much more to suffer if they did not repent.
But it seems all these evils might yet be
prevented, though so positively predicted.
it me peupjo wouiu repom auu cciuru; uuu
the very exhortation to this repentance
shows that they still had power to repent,
and that God was ready to save them and
avert all these evils.
2. "Take with you words." Notsacriflces
and offerings, but penitent prayers and
supplications. Remember your iniquity,
deeply deplore it. and beg of God to take
it all away. "Take away all iniquity."
They were now smarting for sin under the
the load of affliction, but are taught to
pray not as Pharaoh did?take away this
death, but take away this sin. Lift it off
as a burden we are about to *ink under.
"Receive us graolously." Give that good
which we have forfeited, and whioh Thou
hast promised, and that for which the
necessity of our case calls. Give that good
which will make us good and keep us from
returning to iniquity again. "So will we
render the calves of our lips." The sacrifices
of praise, thanksgiving, gratitude
and the hearty obedience which our lips
have often promised.
8. "Asshur Eball not save us." We will
neither trust in nor fear this rich and
powerful king.- We will not look either to
riches orpower for true rest and peace of
mind. "We will not ride upon horses."
We will no more fix our hopes on the proud
Egyptian cavalry to deliver us out of the
hands of enemies to .whom Thy divine
lustice has delivered us. We will expect
no rest or happiness in the elegancies of
life and the gratification of our senses.
I "We will not say to the work of our
hands." A. Dromlse to turn from all
Idolatry. We will not trust lu anything
without us, or even in any good thing we
are able to do through Thy grace, knowing
we have nothing but what we have received.
Wo will trust in Thy infinite
mercy for our final salvation.
4. "I will heal their backsliding" * We
have here an answer of peace to the prayers
of returning Israel. God will be sure to
met them in away of mercy who return to
Him in a way of duty. "I will love them
freely." A love that not only feels delight
in itself, but fills them with delight who are
its objects, by making them unutterably
and supremely happy.
5. "I will be as the dew." This follows
upon the healing of their backslldings, for
pardoning mercy is always accompanied
with renewing grace. What they need
God will not only give them, but He will
Himself be that to them all that which
they need, "He shall grow as th? lily."
No plant is more productive than the lily,
one root often producing fifty bulbs. "Oast
forth His roots as Lebanon." That is, as
the trees of Lebanon, especially the cedars,
' which cast down their roots as deeply as is
thnir hniffht nnward. so that thev are un
movable. Spiritual growth consists most
In the growth of the root, which Is out of
sight.
6. "His branches." Shoots. When
many are added to the charch without?
when a hopeful generation rises up?then
Israel's branches spread. When believers
abound in good works and Increase In the
knowledge of Godaad in every good gift,
then their branches may b? said to spread.
"Beauty as the olive tree." Which never
loses its verdure. "His smell as Lebanon."
Which exhaled from it the fragrance of
trees and flowers. So Israel's name shall
be in good savor with all. Grace is the
perfume of the soul. -??? .
.? 7. ""Thej under His shadow."
Not only yag. Isy'd&l to regain its former
prosperity, but InbjSsSalfer tribes of people
that were connected with Israel and
shared in its depression, which are here
described as dwelling under His shadow.
They shall return Kto their own country
and rest safely under the protection of the
Almighty. "They sball revive as the
corn." After the corn had been a short
time above the earth in a single spike, the
blades begin to separate and the stalk to
spring out of the center. The side leaves
turn back tc make way for the protruding
stalk, and fall bending down to the earth,
assuming a withered appearance though
still attached to the plant. In a. short time
other leaves spring out; the former freshen
and begin to stand erect, and the whole
seems to revive from a vegatative death.
1 At-- -I-. n TXTUl?k i?
"UrCW S3 me VU10. iiwuu ill hiuki
seems dead, yet has life and sap; an emblem
of the Jewish nation arising from a
state of great depression and affliction, and
recovering its former prosperity and dignity.
"The wine of Lebanon." Celebrated
for its aroma, flavor and medicinal, restorative
properties.
8. "Ephriam shall say." The words
"shall say" are not in the Hebrew. The
clause is therefore translated thus by
Bishop Horsley: "Ephraiml What have I
to do anv more with idols??an oznltatlon
of Jehovah over idols. Ephriam! Even
he is returned to me. I have no more contest
to carry on with idols. They are completely
overthrown. My sole Godhead is
confessed." "I have heard him." It is
I, not his idols, who have heard his petitions
and watched over him to preserve
him. "Iam like a green flr tree." Before,
Israel was compared to a tree; now
God compares Himself to one. The firtrees
in these countries were exceeding
large and thick, and a shelter against sun
and rain. Ever green, winter and summer
alike, the leaves not falling off In winter.
It is I who am ever-existing and have it in
my power to give my people blessings at
all times. There is .safety and refreshment
under the protection of Jehovah.
"From Me Is thy fruit found." From Me,
as the root. Thou needest go no further
for the supply of all thy wants.
9. "Wise." As duly to weigh and consider
the duties prescribed, the blessings
promised and the judgments threatened.
"Shall understand." 8hall be enlightened.
"Prudent." Discreet, so as to use hia
knowledge aright. "The ways of the
Lord." Which He Himself takes In HI?
moral government of the world, and the
ways of godliness which He prescribes to
to man. These are right because they go
straight forward to the end?the happiness
of man and the glory of God.
STRENGTH OF ENCLAND'S NAVY, j
The Remarkable Statement Made by the
German Expert on Xaval Affair*.'
The Bureau of Naval Intelligence at
Washington has issued a translation of a
paper by Constructor Sussenguth, of the
German navy, giving a comparative skoiuu
of the navies of the world, with their increases
during the next three years so far
as provided for at present.
One of the most remarkable statements
. of the writer is that England, on tbe compietion
of ships now under construction
ror her navy, will be in position to meet the
combbined navies of any two of the powers
of the world. It is also stated that England
has under construction, and to be
completed in the next three years, vessels
that alone will be more than egual to the
total German navy as it will stand at the
end of 1903. , >
A not* by the Naval Intelligence Bureau
says that this English flotilla now under
construction will exceed the American
navy, built and building bv over 100.000
tons disn'acement
ENORMOUS COAL OUTPUT.
Production in This Country In 1S9S Broke
the Record.
The statistics of the production of coal
in the United States for 18i>8 have just been
completed by Edward W. Parker, Statistician
of the United States Geological
Survey. The compilation shows that the
total production of all kinds of coal In 1S9S
reached the enormous tlgure of 219,333,993
short ton?, an increase of nearly ten per
cent, over the output In 1397, which
amounted in round figures to 200,220,000
tons, a record-breaking tonnage.
Great Britain's product In 1393 was 22G,237.312
Mhort tons, a slight decrease from
1397. Practically all of the Increase la
production in the'Uuited States was In bl?
luminous coal, the output of anthracite
coal In 1833 being 47,513,543 long tons, an
Increase of on;y a nine over (uj.uuu iuuj
ovor 1897. ;
ttltcontin's Annual Clieese Product.
Wisconsin produces annually an avorajg
of 10.000.000 oounds ol cho:ao. . .
A TEMPEEANCE COLUMN
i the drink evil made manifest:
in many ways.
How My Boy Went Down?What CowTinced
a Famous Editor That a Clear
Mind and Liqnor Do Not Go Together
?A Terrible Example.
ft rrraa ns\t nn fha f\a\A Kaffir
It was not with a ship ?t sea,
But a fate far worse than either
That stole him away from me.
'Twas tbe death in the tempting dram
That the reason and senses drown;
He drank thealiurlng poison,
And thus my boy went down.
Down from tbe heights of manhood
To the depths of disgrace und sin;
Down to a worthless thing,
From tbe hope of what might have been*
For the brand of s beast besotted
He bartered bis manhood's crown,
Through the gate of a sinful pleasure
My poor, weak boy went down.
'Tls only the same old story
That mothers so often tell,
With accents of Infinite sadness, \
Like the tones of a funeral bell;
But I neverthought.once, when I beard it.
I should learn all its meaning myself;
I thought he'd be true to his mother,
I thought he'd be true to himself.
But alas for my hopes, all delusion!
Adas for his youthful prldet
Alasl who are safe when danger
Is open on every side?
Oh, can nothing destroy this great evil?
No bar In its pathway be thrown,
To save from the terrible maelstrom
The thousands of boys going down?
. ?National Advocate.
Mast?Ts Blade Slave*. - - '
Edward W. Bole, of the Ladies' Home
Journal, says: "One thing that led me to
makeup my mind never to touch liquor was
the ruin which I saw it bring to some of
the finest minds with whioh I have ever
come into contact. I have seen, even In my
few years of professional life, some of the ,
smartest literary men dethroned from
splendid positions, owing to nothing else
but thelrindulgenoeinwlne. I have known
men with salaries of thousands of dollars a>
year come to beggarv from drink.
Only recently there applied to me for any
Sosltlon I could offer him one of the mojt
rilliant editorial writers in the newspaper
profession?a -nan who two years ago easily
commanded one hundred dollars for a
single editorial in bis special field, That
man became so unreliable from drink that
editors are now afriad of his articles, and,
although he can to-day write as forolble
editorials as at any time during his life, he*
sits in a cellar in one of our cities writing
newspaper wrappers for one dollar per
thousand. That is only one instance of
several I could recite. I do not hold my
friend up as a 'terrible example.' He is bat
one of a type of men who convinced me,
and may convince others, that a clear mind
and liquor do not go together.
"I know it is said when one brings up
such an instance as this: 'Oh! well, that
man drank to excess. One glass will not
hurt anyone.' How do these people Know
that it will not? One drop of kerosene has
been known to throw into flame an almost
hopeless fire, and one glass of liquor may
fan into flame a smoldering spark hidden
away where we never thought it existed.
The spark may be there and k may not be.
Why take the risk? LiquorWlll never do
a healthy boy or young man the least
particle of good; it may do him barm. A.
man who will wittlftgly tempt a young
rrnn mhnm h? Irnnws has a nrlnolnla
against liquor is a man for whom a halter
is too good. M
"Then, as I looked round and came to
know more of people and things, I found i
the always . unanswerable argument in
favor 61 a yoSng man's abstinence; that is,
t&at the most successful men In Amerloa %
to-day are those who never lift a wineglass
to their Hps. Becoming Interested in this
Mbaflv W, WS tm'UH:
eight o! the leading business men in the
country, whose names I selected at raff-*
dom, twenty-two never touoh a drop of
wine. I made up my mind that there w&a
some reason for this. If liquor bronght
sate pleasures, why did these qien abstain
from it? If, as some say, it is a stimulant
to a busy man, why do not those men,
directing the largest business interests in
this country, resort to It? And when I saw
that these were the men whose opinions In
great business matters were accepted by
the leading concerns of the world, I concluded
that their judgment in the use of
II----..1,1 Tt *ha{r itiriir.
UV^UVl nvum oolWij mv> * VMW?*
meat la business matters could command ,
the respect and attention of the leaders of
trade on botn sides of the sea, their decisions
as to the use of liquor was not apt
to be wrong."
Reformed In a Cnrlona Way.
Reforms are wrought In many and curious
tvays, but seldom In a stranger manner
than that in.whlch a certain drunkard was
iobered.
This man had wandered at midnight Into
a low saloon. He gave his order, and then ,
leaned against the bar for support.
A man standing near by took from ons
pocket an addressed envelop*, and from
another a stamp, which he moistened with '4
tils tongue. Instead of adhering to the en- ^
relope, as the man intended, the stamp
3llpped from his fingers and fluttered to
:he floor.
The tippler saw it fall, and staggered forward
to pick it up. Just as he was about
to grasp It, the stamp darted in a zigzag
sourse toward the side wall, like a scared
thing. Filled with astonishment, th?
drinker drew back und intently watched
the bit of paper, whloh, upon reaching the
wall hAffnn ro ascend.
A3 it ascended, the tippler's face grew
more Intent, his body more rigid. He saw
nothing but the mysterious, moving thing.
His mind was soggy from years of ceaseless
drinking. Ha thought that the animated
stamp was a warning.
At the top of the wainscoting tbe stamp
stopped, squatted as if for a moment's rest
before ascending higher, and then made a
dart toward the tippler's haggard race.
The trembling sot saw it stop, saw it hesitate,
and leap.
He was unquestionally doomed If he continued
longer to drink to excess; the stamp
had been given life to warn him. So it
seemed to him. With a pitiful yell of fear
and determination, lie rushed from the
saloon. From that eventful night until he
died, in prosperous circumstances, recently,
the man never swallowed a drop of liquor.
The molsteued stamp had fallen upon a
cockroach's back, and stuck there.?Kansas
City Star.
The Battle Id Ohio.
4 ? * * t annna <a molrtnr* 4foal(
ioe AUU*OUlWU ijcuguoio UinaiUM tkovM
strongly felt in Ohio, frast year It distributed
largo quantities of temperance
literature, beld thousands of temperance . '
agitation meetings, and was instrumental
in closing the saloons in forty-four townships
and towns. Moreover, through its
Influence there are many towns in which
the liquor laws are better enforced than
ever before.
Notea of the Crnaade.
Saloons are veritable post houses, whose
presence is a menace to all progress and
civilization.
In Navajo County. Arizona, covering an
area of 10,000 square miles, there are on'.y
nine saloons.
Good coffee will gradually destroy a
liking for alcohol. In Brazil, where coffee
Is grown extensively, and the inhabitants
drink It many times a day, intoxication i?
rarely seen.
?So long as the Heeded saloons are permitted
to sell spirits to anyone, so long will
crime, disease and pauperism exist. It la
cause and effect as clearly ?s uny opera*
tion of nature.
The drinking customs of our day are &
relic of the pagan worship of their devilgods,
and yet they have the legal sanction
of a so-called Christian civilization
Brewers and distillors are considering
plans for lining beer and whisky kegs or
barrels with aluminium as a preservative
process. But what is the uso so long aa
stomachs cannot be similarly liued?
The Duchess ot Sutherland has opened
a new temperance cafe and hall which the
| Duke baa erected, utteu ana iurmsuea at
I Helmsdale Harbor, Eogland. for tho convenience
of the fishermen of that port.
* According to a decision rendered by the
State Treasurer of North Carolina, the dtopeDsaries
which have been established in
that State are allowed to 9811 llquoronlyta
I the holder of 3 physician's prescription.
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