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FRIENDS. Wo vr?io have lived sj many days and h.ive So many uneventful days io live. The pity <>t it, that we dare not give, Out of them all. just one. when 1 and you Might niec! as comrade? meet with clasp of hand And mui h to toll and to remember, and Much to be glad and sorry for?wo two. Shall we choose summer for our day to lawn? 1 A day of sun ;>nd little winds that fleet Through woodland ways like touch of dryad's feet? Shall we go wandering the path? we knew, Aimless as triant children, with the gay (Had talk that suits a stolen holiday, Idlest of happy vagabonds?we two? Or shall our day come when the winter snow Slips at the pane and blurs the land from sight. And all the hearth is glorious with light That dances ou old prints and tankards blue. And ail the books wo cherish over-well Shall lie beside us while we sit and tell Old rhymes, old tales, and plan and dream ?we two? iVVe who must live so many empty days, Let us have one that wc* can claim our own? .J- "r A day that shall be made for us alone. Kay. friend, it is our very friendship's due, Our right divine to feel anew the free Exquisite joy of cameraderie That hinds the very hearts of us?we two. ?Theodosia Garrison, in Harper's Bazar. ' jf;-" ^ poooaoooooooooocooocooc-occ ^.JjlKnmaq's jfl|isdom? 1 LOOOOO00O0000000000000C08 ANDOR was at his desk, /? which was near the open | window. The window ?Bp^> looked down on the ponder$?,' overwhelming traffic of South fitter street. The grinding on huge "#heels. the crashing of machinery, the clatter of hoof beats, the rattle of jmjirness, the jarring bf merchandise, tfo hoarse voices of porters and drivers, all rose in one mighty, m&gkK? roar?a veritable bellow of commer cffel prosperity. . Landoi' difl not notice the turmott, He had become a customed to It many months ago. He was absorbed?but not In his work. The minute crawled quite around the diai of-the; big clock In the' corner sin}?n?"lUKF formed a figure on the ledger .lying onpn before him. Buit he If'fffl'iJfel writing. Hia gaze dropped to tbel&ge upon^his desk. As hie< fl^aonecr^je" yerw pjs& had written, his eyes took on the' mingled dreamlnesV'aend aparkle one sees only in the orb*.- of a ' from his desk a little glove, pearl^ovk red and perfumed. There rwraii inspiration in the sight the scent, the toneh jof It! He laid it gehtty back, seizeil his pen, and began on another stanjo- ^; & " . A JjroTtn Han'cf^ reached, .over liis shouhjer. A couple fell on had oojne ta knojr-pbe tore open with fingers that were ^umsy through haste. Two?four f-Sfeely written pages: Her notes to fflffl neretorore Lad been of almost telegraphic brevity. He plunged Into the first pagelad all but Veatl tt through, Indeed, before he paused?jerk^tt- back bis bead as though he had received a shock. The letter had not been intended for ^ him I But it was of him. There was . his name?his name in the writing of the woman he loved?to whom he had not dared to speak unless In sweet. Twild verses which she never beheld. He had read so far unwittingly; he must now read the rest. After what be had ignorantly learned he must now learn more. 'It meant life aud all that life held fv him?the words . which were tralfed on the next page ' ?life and love, or bitter and enduring disappointment! A"My Dear Frledd?When yon asked mediately if Landor Aldrieh should ^kri&'*me the honor to ask me to be his would I marry him?I gave you IHB^^eply. I tell you now. I fear HHj^^opinlon*should be lightly formed. lest you think me guilty of a HnflA caprice?I will be quite frank. BRn^nk he does care for me. And r* There the page ended. The dreaminess was gone from his & eyes now. There was a red light in I ' them. He dug his nails into his palms until the fierce pressure pained. He turned the page. He read on. | ?well; I've never worn my heart on mv slpcvp Klnlvo T win'f /1.-W u ^ now. But you may draw from my! r< silence what inference you will." KV "Mr. Aldrich!" He looked up. Ho was trembling like a leaf. "About t that special shipment to the lMdliph pines, sir " "Yes?no! I don't know. Ask tho elcr .vator boy!" he niutte.vd. not comprehending. and again bent over the fateful page. The man shrugged his shoulders. walked away. Landor read on: 'Yuuspokeof his charming personality |f>. ?silts of mind and spirit. ,Who should appreciate those more than I. who have known him so well? That one of such social standing, appearance and hereditary wealth should have singled me out from anions many girls who ndmire him, lias Mattered ine, Indeed. Iiut should he say the words every woman wants to hear once from a man, I must answerNo." There was a nniflled cry. The letter was crumpled in fierce fingers. Then he lifted his bowed head, smoothed out the page and read on: "This, my friend, is why. He is not proving himself. He is an Idler?a dreamer, With every avenue of success stretching broad and fair before him, he is content to pass hours ocy < ^cupying a purely nominal position iu his-father's otllce. He leads the cotlilt ti * " *' hiluu wen?uone neiier. in .an matters of dilcttantelsm his taste is culjg tured and tine. And he writes the most musical verses one eau imagine. One must admire as well as love the man one marries. How can one admire the individual who saunters through life as though a charity fair? His degrees entitle liiiu to a university professorship. His father's vari oua interests in many places call for Ills personal supervision. There Is so l much to do before he may confidently ask a woman to give to him herself? g 11/e, body and soul. But I wish?oil, K iJow I wish " Aldrich put the letter in his pocket He groped for his hat and gloves .and i coat?went out into the fresh spring tk, _m ii " 'y-'\ . * ' afternoon. Then Iio remembered tho unfinished poem. Ho rjetiirued-^nnde it with the glove and other little trensures into a. packet, which he put in his breast pocket. Half an hour later lie stood in the luxuriously appointed room of a great city bank. A meetins of the directoi.i had just ended. His father was leaving. "What's un, Landor? You lool^ queer." "I'm all right, sir. I want .1 word with you, though. Now will do as well as any time. Whom were you thiuking of sending down to establish the branch of bur house at ManilaV" "I did think of Petersou. but I'm afraid lie has sighed with the other people?" A ^ "Will you trust me to so. father?" "You!" The elder man's haggard face lighted up?then fell. "You're not capable of the task, my boy. It's a tremendous one." Laiidor smiled with pale lips?but the smile was winning. "You should have more confiflouce in my father's, son." he protested, gently. The words warmed the old man's heart like wine. His eyes blinked up at his boy. "By George.!" lie cried. "I believe you've got it in you! I've had doubts of you. Let that pass. You shall go, with>fuM mmi absolute auAnil there wasva new elasticity in j the gait of the commercial magnate ; as he took his son's arm and wont dowa to ljtfs cyriftjgr' $ The JEonowi^fyj3 a noto- came to Lander?tt farnwTwmu? little note: Dear Mr. Ind I failed to-, send you yesterday my line of thanks for those rk^i*, Wtt! you unit; me Lwimeu gruiuuue.uuw t xiicic | was a mistake somewhere. Always sincerely jow*. r. . > , "Kaiheriue Clermont." But tl>e news, Me was to assume tfmtrol or lls Tfatlier's business In tbe^bUiptrtaes had been made public Jp^&r'i^eWspapprs before he saw her "ajjsjta. * Then it was to say pood by. Thefytfd shtfcgave him was cold yas tce-4hit-sj|$ looked tip at liira with stead&^nfal tettpg hlzel eyes. . ''Yotfjfcro really going, then? It ;3^as no j|?wspapcr canard? How we ,aball miss-you!" ' hnno von will. Mnv I write to yov* Kathcrine?v He liad never called her Katlieripe till now. "Yes, indeed. But I'm a laggard ^correspondent. Good-by." ' There bus not been since tlie opening up ofi flie islands an affair which so interested^ the business men of Chicago and-other cities as did the success of tlk great branch house of the Aldri(1is"!n Manila. ''A boy of twenty-seven at the head!" the wise ones commented. It seems impossible that lie should have shown such acumen?such ability. By the time lie returned for a brief vacation, more than a year later, the business was booming. But the man wha came back was not the boy who had gone away. He showed the straiu of con centration, deprivation, hard, conscientious work. Katherine Clermont met him for the first time after his return at a great social function. She was all in a rippling gown that swirled its black waves about her feet with popples garlanding her beautiful shoulders. The room went round when she caught sight of him. How changed, but "Katherine! Come away! How good you were to write?though so seldom !" "Do you know you are almost a hero?" she cried, quizzically. "All the old men are talking about the way you worked?and the results. I am proud I know j'ou!" He had been ill and lonely, and often depressed! Now the gates of heaven stood open. "You know why I have come back!" he whispered. "To think that if it were not for a letter I chanced to read. 1 might be mooning over verses in an office still?a letter it was not intended I should read " Her white lips lifted. "How do you know it was not intended for you to read?" Then she laughed softly and long. He wondered why.?Buffalo Enunivor The Doctor'* fTnn<l?linkf>. The Journal of Hygiene, of Faris, tells us that from the earliest times the most familiar gesture of the physicians has been to place his hand on the wrist of the patient to feel his pulse. Even to-day, in spite of so many of the disappearances of manyof the old customs, the doctor who neglects this preliminary ceremony loses his credit. This is a formality, lint he must accomplish it before he has the power to sign a prescription in due form. According to the French journal the doctor can replace this without any danger to the patient by a simple grasp of the hand; the vigor of the patient's grasp revealing his precise state of health. The grasp of the hand of a man in health is frank, spirited and rather rough; if it is given against the rules of politeness, it betrays a temporary weakness of physical strength. The hand extended limp without pressure indicates little energy, either moral or physical. If the grasp is rapid or nervous, the person possesses a temperament which is quick and easily overexcited. The j hand which Is given passively and , ? tuiiuui uci tu n o uviiaj o a weak condition. Physicians can find in the study of the hand grasp one element more to smooth tlie difficulties of the diagnosis. lteli Itat Frighten r d the Others. Swarms of rats have been making their home about the Carpenter steel works. The other day one of the foremen succeeded in capturing a bis one. lie tied a little neii auoui us necitanu then gave the rat Its freedom. As the bell began to ring the other rats became completely demoralized and rushed toward the river. Some were drowned and'others swam down the Schuylkill to places of safety far away. The workmen estimate that fully 500 of the rodents left the steel works.?Philadelphia North American. The Vainest People. A French explorer has discovered on the west coast of Africa what he regards as the vainest people on earth. They are the Pahomlns. a warlike tribe, whose main employment Is the adornment of their persons, chiefly by means of tattooing. Great ingenuity is also exhibited in dressing their hair, > >' .. 'v ?r' |?| ::: I'rt-" v * : DR. T ALII AGE'S SEKMON." i SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTfLD DIVINE. * I Sub.Joctt OIiHfTrpn of a Itlnc?Tlie RothI HoudO of JefuR, and tlie Sill), (lie Moon, tlie Stars and All Nature Are ltd Heritage ? CrnnnTta Heraldic Sign. (Copyright IHU0.1 WASHirfGTOX, D. C.?In this dfscour.se D'-. Talmacte who, during his journey homeward has seen much of royal and im penal splendors, in passing mrougn me capitals of Europe, shows that there is no higher dignity nor more illustrious station than those which the Christian has as a child of God; text, Judges viii, 18: "Each one rescmbeld the children of a king." Zebah and Zalmunna had been off.to battle, and when they came back they were asked what kind of people thev had seen. Tli<" answered that the people had a royal appearance; ''each one resembled the children of a king." That description of people is not extinct. There are still j many who have this appearance. Indeed, they are the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty. Though now in exile, I they shall yet comc to their thrones. i There are family names that stand for wealth, or natriotism, or intelligence. The I name of Washington among us will al* i wavs renrcsent patriotism. The family of the Medici stood as the representative of letters. The family of the Rothschilds is significant of wealth, the loss of $40,000,000 in 1848 putting them to no inconvenience. and within a few years they hnVe loaned Russia $12,000,000; Naples, $25,000,000; Austria, $40,000,000. and England, $200,000,000, and the stroke of their pen- on the counting room desk shakes everything from the Irish Sea to the Danube. They open their hand, and there is war; they shut it and there is peace. The Romanoffs of Russia, the Hohenzollerns of Germany, the Bourbons of France, the Stuarts and Guelphs of weat Britain are houses whose names are intertwined with tlie history of their respective nations symbolic of imperial authority. But I preach of a family more potential, more rich and more extensive?the royal house of Jcsu~> of whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named. We are blood relations by the relationship of the cross; all of us are the children of the King. First, I speak of our family name. When we see a descendant of some one greatly celebrated in the last, century, we look at him with profound interest. To have had conquerors, kings or princes in the ancestral line gives lustre to the family name. In our line was a King and Conqueror. The Star in the East with baton of light woke up the eternal orchestra that made music at His birth. From thence He started forth to conquer all nations, not by trampling them down, but by lifting them up. St. John saw Him on a white horse. When lie returns He will not bring the nations chained to His wheelor in iron cages, but I hear the stroke of the hoofs of the snow-white cavalcade that brings them to the gates in triumph. Our family name takes lustre from the star that heralded Him, and the spear that pierced Him, and the crown that wa? fiven Him. It gathers fragrance from the rankincense brought to His cradle, and the lilies that flung their sweetrifcss into His sermons, and the box of alabaster that broke at His feet. The Comforter at Bethany. The Resurrector at'Nain. The supernatural Oculist at Bethsaida, The Saviour of one world, and the chief joy of another. The storm His frown. The sun-* light His smile. The spring morning His breath. The earthquake the stamp of His foot. The thunderthe whisper of^ His voice. The ocean a drop on tne up ot ma finger. Heaven a sparkle on the bosom of His love. Eternity the twinkling of His eve. The universe the flying dust of His cliariot wheels. Able to heal a heartbreak or hush a tempest, or drown a world, or flood immensity with His glory. What other family name could ever boast of such an illustrious personage? . Henceforth, swing out the coat of armsf Great families wear their coat of arms on the dress, or on the door of the coach, or on the helmet when they go out to battle, or on flags and jenaigns. The heraldic sign is sometimes a lion, or p. dragon, or an eagle. Our coat of arms worn right over tne heart hereafter shall be across, a lamb standing under, it,.; and" a dove flying over it. Grandest of all escutcheons! Most significant of all family escutcheons! In every battle I must have it blazing on my flag?the dove, the cross, the lamb, and when .1 fall, wrap me in that gooa old Christian flag, so that the family coat of arms shall be right over ?? ? **11 ttrsvwIsJ mftr oaa flinf iny ui ciot, viiav au iuc ?vi iu muj oww v^wv I looked to the Dove of the Spirit and clung to'the Cro3s, and depended uponthe Lamb of God, which taketn away the Bin of the world. . s Ashamed of Jesu3, that dear friend, On whom my hopes of life depend; No! When I blush, be this my shameThat I no more revere His name.. Next, I speak of the family sorrows: If. trouble come io one member of the family all feel it. It is the custom, after the body is lowered into the grave, for all the relatives to come to the verge of the grave and look down into it. First those nearest the departed come,, then those next of kin, until they have all looked into the graved / So, when trouble and grief go aown through the heart of one member of the family, they go down through them all. The sadness of one is the sadness of all. A company of persons^join hands around an electric battery; the ' ? n t 4 U<? na?/la rtf fkrt linn 4" oil n!> LWU iirinuiis au uic cnuo ui wuc mre wvuwu the battery and all the circle feels the shock. Thus, by reason of the filial, maternal {.nd paternal relations of life, we stand so close together that when trouble sets its battery, all feel the thrill of distress. In the great Christian family the sorrow of one ought to be the sorrow of all. Is one persecuted? All arc pcrscluted. Does one suffer loss? We all suffer lo.-ss. Is one bereaved? We are all bereaved. Their streaming eyes together flow l'or human guilt and mortal woe. If you rejoice at another's misfortune, you are not one of the sheep, but one ot the goats, and the vulture of sin hath alighted on your soul, and not the Dove of the Spirit. Next, 1 notice the family property. After a man of large estate dies the relatives assemble to hear the will read. So much of the property is willed to his sons, and so much to his daughters, and so much to benevolent societies. Our Lord Jesus hath died, and we are assembled to-day to hear the will read. He says, "My peace I give unto you." Through His apostle He says, "All things are yours." What, everything? V pvprvhhino-! This world and the next! In distinguished families there are aid pictures hanging on the wall. They are called the "heirlooms" of the estate. I They are very old, and have coine down ! from generation to generation. So I look j upon all the beauties of the natural world | is the heirlooms of our royal family. The j morning breaks from the east. The mists | travel up, hill above hill, mountain above mountain, until sky lost. The forests are 1 full of chirp, and buzz, and song. Tree's I leaf and. bird's wing flutter with gladness. I Honeyniakers in the log, and beak against the bark, and sauirrels chattering on the rail, and the call of the hawk out of a slear sky make you feel clad. The sun, which kindles conflagrations kmong the castles of cloud and sets minaret and dome aflame, stoops to paint the i lilv white, and the buttercup yellow, and the forgctmcnot blue. What can resist i I the sun? Light for the voyager over the j j deep! Light for the shepherd guarding ! the flocks afield! Light for the poor who j have no lamps to lurn! Light, for the | downcast ana the lowly! Light for ach[ ing eyes and burning brain and wasted | captive! Light for the smooth brow of ! childhood and for the dim vision of the { octogenarian! Light for queen's coronet | and for sewing girl's needle! Let there be | light! Whose morning is this? My mornI ing. Your morning. Our Father gave us the picture and hung it on the sky in loops of fire. It is the heirloom of our family. And so the night. It is the fulLmoon. The miBts from shore to shore gleroi like shattered mirrtfrs, and the ocean under her glance comes up with great tides, panting upon the beach, mingling, as it were> foam and fire. The po<T man blesses God for throwing such a cheap light through the broken window pane mto his cabin, and to the sick it see*;"- v i light from the other shore which b'-uiuls this great deep of human pain ami \v mmamtMrnrnm T* If the sun,seema song-full nnd noured from brazen instruments that fill.heaven and earth with crcat harmonics, the moon is plaintive and mild, standing beneath the throne of God, sending up her soft, swfcet voice, of nvaise, while the stars listen ! and,- the sea. No mother ever mora su-eet- j ly guarded the sick cradle tlwm all night long this pale watcher of the sky bends over the | weary, heartsick, slumbering earth. Whose I is this black framed, black tasscled picture of the nithl? It is the heirloom of. our family. Ours the grandeur of the spring, the crystals of the snow, the coral of the beach, the odors of the garden, the harmonies of the air. You cannot see a large estate in one morning. You must take several walks around it. The family property of this royal house of Jesus is so great that we nitist take several walks to get anv idea of its extent. Let the first walk be around this earth. All these valleys, the j harvests that vave in them, and the cat- ! tie that pasture them?all these mount- I ains. and the precious things hidden be- I neath them, and the crown of glacier they I cast at the feet of the aloine hurricane? all these lakes, these islands, these continents, are ours. In the second walk go among the street lamps of heaven, and see stretching off on every side a wilderness of' worlds. For us they shine. For us they sane at a Saviour's nativity. For us thev will wheel into line, and with their flaming torches odd to the splendor of our triumph on the day for which all other days were made. In the third walk, go around the eternal city. As we come near it, hark to the rush of its chariots and the wedding peal of its great tqwers. The bell of heaven has struck 12. Tt is hieh noon. We look off upon the chaplets which never fade, the eyes that never weep, the temples that never close, the I loved ones that never part, the procession that never halts, the trees that never wither, the walls that never can be captured, the sun that never sets, until we can no longer eaze, and we hide our eyes and exclaim: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him!" As these tides of glory rise we have to retreat and hold fast lest we be swept off and drowned in the emotions of gladness and thanksgiving and triumph. What think you of the family property? Tt is considered an honor to marry into, a family where there is great wealth. The Lord, the bridegroom of earth and heaven, offers you His heart and His hand, saying in the words of the Canticles: "Rise un my love, my fai^fne.^gnd gome away," and once hkring pttt oh thv hand the sipnet i in i^TTfr imMM hi will be endowed tn&ny tha^WWwn. the tri'oinplffl1 of Chantrey,,, Canov&, ,aijd Tfcorwaldsen: of the kings and tWqueena who have walked its stately h&Us.vOr.' flying over the heather, have hunted'tote grouaB.') But all the dwelling places'of dttke?Und princed and queens are as nothing to the family mansion that is alreadv awaiting our arrival. The hand , of lh? Lord Jesus lifted the pillars and swung the doora, ani planted the parks. Angels w\lk there, and the good of all age*. The poorest man in' that house is a millionaire, and the lowliest a king, and the tamest word h?'speaks is an anthem, and the shortest life an eternity. It took a Paxton to build for Chatsworth a covering for the wonderful flower Victoria regia, five feet in diameter. But our lily of the valley shall need no shelter from the blfist, and in the open gardens of God shall put forth its full bloom, and all heaven shall come to look at' it, and its aroma shall be as though the cherubim had sWunor before the throne a thousand censors. I have not seen it yet. I am in a foreign land. But my Father is waiting for me to come home. I have brothers and sisters there. In the Bible I have letters from there, telling me what a fine place it is. It matters not much to me whether I am rich or poor, or whether the world hates me or loves me. or whether I go by land or by sea, if only I may lift my eyes at last on the family mansion. It is not a frail house, built in a month, soon to crumble, but an old mansibn, which is as firm as the day if was built. Its walls, are covered with the ivy of many ages, and the urns at the gateway are a-bloom with the century plants of eternity. The Queen of Sheba hath walked its hah, and Esther, and Marie Antoinette and Lady Huntingdon and Cecil, and Jeremy Taylor, and Samuel Rutherford and John Milton, and the widow who gave two mites, and the poor men from the. hospital?these last .two perhaps outshining all the kings and quens of eternity. A tamiiy mansion means reunion, oome i of your families are very much scattered, j The children married, and went off to St. Louis, or Chicago, or Charleston, but per- > haps once a year you come together at the old place. How you wake up the old piano that has been silent for years! (Father and mother do not play on it). How you bring out the old relics, and j i rummage the garret, and open old scrap- j books, and shout, and laugh, and cry, and talk over old times, and, though, you may be forty-five years of age, act as ithough you were sixteen! Yet soon it is good-bye at the car window, and good-bye at the steamboat wharf. But how will we act at the reunion in the old family mansion of heaven? It is a good while since you parted at the door of the'grave. There will be Grace, and Mary, and Martha, and Charlie, and Lizzie, and all the darlings of your household?not pale, and sick, and gasping for breath, as when you saw .them last, but their eye bright with the lustre of heaven, and their cheek roseate with the flush of celestial summer. What clasping of hands! What embracing! What cominc tocether of lip to lip! What tears of joy!" You say, "1 thought 1 there were no tears in heaven." There I must be, for the Bible says that "God j ehall wipe them away," and if there were I no tears there, how could He wipe them j away? They cannot be tears of grief or tears of disappointment. They mu9t be | tears of gladness. Christ will, come and say: ''What! Child of heaven, is it too much for thee? Dost thou break down under the gladness of this reunion? Then I Will help thee." And, with His one arm urov.nd us and the other arm around our loved ones. He shall hold U3 up in the eternal jubilee. While I sneak some of you with broken Jiearts can hardly hold your peace. You feel as if you would speak out and say: "Oh, blessed day! speed on. Toward thee I press with blistered feet over the desert way. My eyes fail for their weeping. I I 1 ir.4-An^AII tUnt Ifri 11 ?/ ?' 1 Itll'lb iiuui iiniciiiu^ lvi ucb bimv " ?? ( coine, and the sound of voices that will I not speak. Speed on, oh day of reunion! ! And then, Lord Jesus, be not angry with j me if after I have kissed Thy blessed feet, ! I turn around to gather up tlia long lost i treasures of my heart. Oh! be not angry with me. One look at Thee were heaven. But all these reunions are heaven encircling heaven, heaven overtopping heaven, heaven commingling with heaven!" I was at Mount Vernon, and went into the dining room in which our first President entertained the prominent men of this and other lauds. It was a very interesting spot. But, oh, the banqueting hall oi the family mansion of which I speak! Spread the table, spread it, wide; for a great multitude are to sit at it. From the tree by the river gather the twelve manner of fruits for, that table. Take the clusters from the heflvenlv vineyards, and press them .into the'golden tenkards for that table, Pn baskets carry in the bread of which, if a man eat, he shall never hunger. Take all the shot-torn flags of earthly conquest ^nd entwine them amonc the arches. Let; David come with his narp, and Gabriel irith his trumpet, and Miriam with the timbrel, for the prodigals are at home, and the captives are free, and the Father hath invited the mighty of heaven and the redeemed of earth to come and dine! Gen?m C ha ft eo Prul*?d. The Pres.dent and Secretary oL War I cuiJcd cougratjilations to General CaafTee. -r y **?v. " ' - W: * . fr THE SABBATH SCHOOL.! INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ^ FOR SEPTEMBER 16. 5uJ>|fc!: TIio Rich Fool, Lnke xll,, 13* 23 ? Golden Text: Mark viil., 30 ? ' Memory VerMl, 19-21 ? Commentary on the l)?y'n Lemon. 13. "One of tlie company." Probably a . stranger in the crowd, who had been listening to the address Jesus had been delivering to His disciples. "Sneak to my brother." This was evidently a family dispute about the property that was to bo divided. We are not told any of the particulars, but Jesus proceeds immediately, by a parable, to show llio rojnlf nf . ' ? 7--.T - -? ? ; mg a covetous spirit. 14. "Man." Apparently in reproof. "A judge or a divider." In matters of this nature Christ would not assume either a legislative power to alter the settled rule of inheritance, or a judicial power to determine controversies. This shows that Christ's kingdom is spiritual and not of this world. It does not interfere with civil powers, or encourage our expectations of worldly advantages. ' 1 15. "Take heed." Covetousness is a sin which we have need constantly to watch against, and therefore frequently to be warn<id against. "Of covetousness." All inordinate desires. Such a disposition of, mind is never satisfied; for as soon as one object is gained, the heart goes out after another. "Man's life consisteth/not. etc." ' Our happiness and comfort do not depend ? upon our having a great deal of this world. 1. The life of the soul doth not depend upon it, and the soul is the man. 2. The j life and happiness of the body doth not depend upon the abundance of earthly things. ' ,?} '' j 10. "A parable." To teach. 1. How ) short ana transitory life ia.' 2. That riches are of n? avail for prolonging it. 3. That the great duty of all. botn rich and poor, is to be rich toward God. The parable consists of two parts, of which the first shows the folly, and the second the \ sin and danger of caring for what ia be- i yond our present need, which is the char- 1 acteristic of covetousness. "Brought forth ] plentifully." He did not acquire his j wealth dishonestly, but it was given him j by his Creator. \\ hat good he might have , accomplished had he used it in a proper j manner instead" of hoarding it up. i 17. "He thought within himself." The ( worldly rica are often miserable. They j have. 1. Discontent. 2. Anxieties and ] cares. 3. False hopes, d. The terror of , losing their possessions. "What shall 1 5 do." That his increased prosperity/ offers j him 0DD0rtunitv to do something for his poor brethren, does not even enter his ' mind, selfishness strikes the keynote. "Be- i cause I have no room." The poorest beg- r gar in the country, who did not know J where to obtain the next meal, could not 1 have been more anxious. The more men J have the more perplexity they have with f it, and yet the more anxious they are to f obtain more. "To bestow my fruits." A ? wise, man will desire no more than what s be can get justly, use soberly, distribute t cheerfully, and leave contentedly. One of * the greatest evils to-day is the spirit of ( "greed" which has taken possession of so t many. d 18. "This will I do." Man proposes. 1. i Hpw boastful! He says my fruits, my j barns, my eoods and my soul. 2. How g shortsighted! He speaks of many years as a certainty. 3. How selfish! There is no 4 provision made for otliers. 4. How un- j worthy! His idea of life is a low one; ii? dolent ease, eatiner." drinking and merry making, \Buiia greater. rnis was ine. decision he reached. He desired more room for his earthly goods. He was plan ning to hoard them "all" up. 19. "I will say to my soul." The soul, considered as an immortal spirit, was no * way interested in a barn full of corn, or a r bag full of gold. The soul has exigencies n and desires which these things will in no d way satisfy. "Take thine ease, etc." This t was exactly the creed of the ancient athe- r ists. What a wretched portion for an im- n mortal spirit! and yet those who know f not God have no other and many of them i< not even this. "Eat, drink, and be merry." n The ambition of many worldlings seems to ^ rise no higher than this. They serve the ti gods of this world. Their chief desire is o to gratify the flesh. "What shall we eat? t; or, what'shall we drink? or, wherewithal a shall we be clothed?" is their principal jj creed. Paul shows the outcome of such ? a life in Phil. 3: 18, 19. f, 20, "But God said." Sooner or later ^ God will speak, and our worldly plans will _ be interfered with. "Thou fool." His ?] folly is fourfold. 1. He forgets God. 2. j He appropriates all he receives to himself. 3. He counts these things soul-food. 4. He thinks not of death. 1. Looking at this man simply in the light of this world. ! He is, (a^ Wise, (b) Industrious, (c) 11 Careful and frugal, (d) Thoughtful and J1 judicious, (e) Successful, (f) Respected. r (g) Influential. 2. Looking at him in the light of eternity this wise and successful - v- - e?l v.;a man turns uui, w uc a mui. o..u..o folly, (a) In his total misapprehension of "fl the true end of life. (b) In his 0 misapprehension of the nature and c the necessities of the soul. 1 (c) In n his mistaken notion of the right use of : wealth. , (d) ?In tlie proposals which he makes to himself in respect to time. "This ? night." Immediately, with no time for preparation. ' Is tny soul required of P thee?" (R. V.) That is, thou shalt be J called upon to leave this world and meet 11 thy God. He has lost all. He comes be- P fore his Judge with a lost name?God Bays, "Thou fool;" a lost soul; a lost world w ?nis possessions must be left behind; and " a lost heaven. "Whose shall those things d be?" It will not matter to him into whose n hands they pass. This is only an emphatic s way of saying that they will not be his. 21. "So m he." Here is a personal appli- tl cation- of The truths taught to his hearers b and also to us. This is not an individual e case. All who make thi3 life their portion L and are destitute of the salvation of Clod, shall sooner or later be surprised in the same way. "For himself." For himself only. A covetous man gains riohcs to please and trratify himself, with no thought 3 of the good he ought to do with his wealth. " "Is. not rich toward God." Does not lay l.' up treasure in heaven. We can be rich to- 11 ward God by turning what, we possess ? over to (Jod. Prov. 19: 17. How thankful ls " ' ? J II we ought to be tliat uoa nns cr.-imeu i us the privilege of entering with Him in j1 the work of saving men from sin. ! i' 22. "Be not anxious for your 1'fe." (R. 1 V*.) Do not allow the things of this life to ii cause undue anxietv and unrest. Prudent g care is not forbidden, but only anxious, ti distracting pare. We should be diligent in o business and vet trust God for ail things. r< 23. "The life is more than meat." The a (Sod who has given the ereater things?the t] life and the body, will surely cive the smaller?food and raiment. The God who l>rovide3 for the ravens, the lilies h.nd the grass (vs. 24-28) will surely provide for His disciples. The farmer who feeds his G chickens will certainly feed his children, v "O ye of little faith," "your Father know- h eth that ye have need of these things." tl SPAIN TO COUNT TIME, I TO 24. J tl So ."Wore A. M. unci P. IVI.?Clianje Or. Ij (Jeretl by u Itoyal Decree. j, In a report to Thomas W. Cridler, Third ^ Assistant Secretary of State, Dwijzlit T. o Iteeu, United States Consul at Madrid, lei:s of tLc issuance of a decree by the is l?ueen Regent providing that hourly time e; in the kingdom of Spain shall be counted r< from one to twenty-four. The decree pro- si vides that in nil railway, mail, telegraph, telephone and steamship services in the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and in 0 all the ministerial offices, the courts and s| all public woiks, time shall be regulated "r, to the time of the Greenwich Observatory, :ommon!v known as Western Europe a n'i.? n( will k? e time. Xilf tuill^uiuvivu w*. ..vutw made from midnight to the following midnight in hours from one to twenty. four, omitting the words "afternoon" and 'night." The hoar of midnight will be a designated as 24. The interval between in midnight and 1 o'clock will be designated w is 0.05, 0.10, 0.20 and so on to 0.59. Son Cnuies Father'* Snlclde. L To help his son escape a charge of forgery William Pittman, of Burnettsville, Ind., signed the name of a wealthy cattleman to his son's note. The son was arrested, after all, and sent to the peniten- ? tiary, and the father's part in the affair t was disclosed. He promised to pay the money, but he went into a shed and hanged himself. He left a note saying that his son had caused all the trouble, and that he could not bear to face the 3 cuisetiuencea of his complicity. s V-V.; , V . t GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN," PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE V WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. "It Jm n l.onff I^ane Tliat Ha* No Turning;" | ?Tlio Tutor* of King*?The World Bettor Than tver-Tlio Name a I>i* since? A Pruyer for Greatness?Goil'a Strokes. \ With lpshes wet, with lashes wet, I saw my love go down the lane? I almost called her back, aud yet, Why should I suffer all the paiuV IT.... ........1 . r xiur wuiun a nt'va vuuiu Her to;irs canio like a flood of rain? She wished that we had never met, That we might never meet again. With lashes wet, with lashes wet, I went along the lonesome lane? With lashes wet and teeth hard set,*I never would go back again! My words she never would forget. But she should suffer half the pain! I was too proud to ever let Her see that I had loved iu vain. | * ' I . The lane was long?it turned and me And met and turned and met again? My love met ma with lashes wet As going still, I kept the lane. She turned he' face as not to let Me see she wept and wept in vainWhile I in sudden swift regret , , Was sorry she had shared my pain. We spoke at once,?"Could she forget j My angry word?my cold disdain,"? , Like light our lips in kisses met And both went smiling down the lane . Since tbfn if she have lashes wet, [ seem to feel the keener pain? Ah! life has been one long regret But for that turning in the lane. j ?Cora Linn Daniels in Universalis^ Leader. ?. 'V . ' i The Tutors of King*. 1 Phillips Brooks was the chosen one to 1 tell Helen Keller of God. With one 1 soul as hi.s parish .he did as faithful in- ( :ellectual and spiritual work as when he 1 preached to the crowds under the great j antern of Trinity. Ilis letters to that aright soul shut up in a maimed physical )rganism will be read when many of his jreat sermons are out of print. Prom ' Tillage lUKl cuiiim.y v;uiioitr^?ni?no ua.s :omc great statesmen, great generals, jreat preachers, who told, as Patrick 1 blenry did of 4Samuel Dnvies, that the J nightiest intellectual and spiritual in? '' spiration of their lives came from $he J nan of God who fed both brain ?nd. 1 leart from the pulpit of a small parish' j Such preachers arc the tutors of kings. N'athan never spoke with more power :han when he turned David's thoughts i jack to his flocks, and to just such a , iwe lamb as he had often borne in his | >osom when earing for those "few sheer. , n the wilderness"; for there he had first , earned of God. How much of the moral ! , lafety of the nation is in the keeping of [ ( he faithful preacher whose parish is his a vorld! It was just such a man aa j Chaucer paints in imperishable lines j hat moisten many an eye with their ten- ^ ler memories, as he tells of "his good , j nan of religion." whom -he calls "the J ? >oor Person of a town," of whom it is 1 2 aid,? * 3 ? 'Christ's lore, and his apostles twelve, le taught, and first be followed it .himself." -Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix, in "Skilled Labor for thb Master." e j o The World Better Tlinn Ever. f There never was a time when thev, I F rag more r<?al hunger and thirst aftet I b ighteousness than there is now. There ! R leVer was a time when there was more 61 esire to find God. the living God, and 5 0 do his wili, than there is now.* This is . 3 eal religion, and the only religion we I eed. The earnest man who is face to * ace with the world's weakness and sin ' 1 likely to be-overwhelmed by its awful F magnitude, and to mistake the fact t'". jj weakness and sin exist, for a demonsu . s ion that they pxist to a degree unheard | ft f before. The illusions springing from : jj fiis error are apparent in every pulpit, . i. nd thev become very prominent in min- *i sterial estimates of the state of the j ^ ,-orld, the trend of society, the outlook ' ^ or the church, etc. For these illusions i 0] istory is the only cure. The world is ^ o doubt" bad euough, hut it is better tj ban ever before. Irreligion is in evi* j a) ence, but it is less rampant than in the ^ ast. M'e need more religion, but we h ever before had so much effective re- * j gion as now. We must not let our disress at the delay of the perfect, or our n reariness in the conflict with evil, hid" .! rom us this patent fact. The Name a Disgrace. >] The kind of life so many so-called '[? member* of the church have marked E ut for themselves should be strictly ? ailed not walking, but "saunteriug." . * 'lie very origin of this word conveys an | istructive lesson. In the ages when, ia ?: ilgrimage to Palestine was held in such , a steem there sprang up a set of idle im- j j ostors, who wandered about every- ?: here in the eotmtry and sought alms at i! lie njinns 01 rno inuamranis unuer me a retext that they were preparing to go a e i sainte terre?to the Holy Land. It I ras soon discovered that they had never n sft their native shores; and such disgust il id their vain professions inspire that a s< ew word was coined to reprobate the i liamet'ul practice, and they were called saunterers.'' With equal truth maj (3 lie term he applied to all who profess to Jj c Christians without moving forward J neriretically to the heavenly goal.?J. I* J .illey. | J A Trayer for Great ne*a. Hare patience with us, Q Father, in ur blind overestimate and underesti- a late of life. Show us the littleness of j liat which men call great but which is ttle before thee. Show us the greatness < f that which, thousrh despised of men, g, : of great moment in thine eyes. Keep v s from much worry over trivial losses 9 nd off?nses and from the smuil-.ippear- |f lg sins which shut our hearts from theo. tl I..V tl,., f hnilrl. t. ig up thy kingdom and training us for d ood in common thoughts and labors, c; ia'ls and disappoint niciits, gifts and joys tl f every day. Give us open eyes and w ?ady hearts for passing opportunities r< nd use all that we have for help, \b wo ugh Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. S When God Strike*. Trial brings man face to face with tl lod?God and ho touch; and the flimsy s< eil of bright cloud that hung between p im and the sky is blown away; ho feels i lat he is standing outside the earth, i fo ith nothing between him and the Eter- i> al Infinite. Oh! there is something in ' F le sick bed, and the acking heart, aqd i jo restlessness and the languor of shotted health, and the sorrow of affections j rithered, aud the stream of life poig- ' E ned at its fountain, and the cold, lonelv ?eling of utter rawness of heart, whicn | i felt when God strikes home in earn- ai st, that forces a man to feel what is tc pal and what is not.?F. W\ Robertan. \0 cc Xot in fh? full life, but in the emptied a ne: not in the .sunny path, but in the j tiudowed one, * * * will you Hud thnt ro ire plant crowing most prolificacy w hich Jesus called blessedness.?Uut. V ? !. Meyer. ' tl TUIrtr Planlne Villi Consolidate. j] Thirty planing mills, including practi- tl illy all tue sash, door and blind concerns i Chicago, will pass into a combination, n, itli a capital of $4,000,000. The new C( mcern will be known as the American j yi tsh and Door Company. William Mc* aren, the banker, will be president. P tc American* Win at Pari*. ^ The list of awards at the Paris Expotion was made public. American exhibors have taken 1981 awards. d Colt or *; circu* raraoe: ^ The Barnum-Bailey circus paid thi 1 a; treet-car companies of Hamburg $5000 t< w their cars during the circus parade, ? / . v,: i> . >. .;?* i pi f \yV' ?'A* '* ; T'V'w'-t'j THE~GEEAT DESTROYER; SOME STARTLING FACTS' A&OUT^ THE VICE OF INTEMPERATE. v/jP S Learned a Lennan-Hotr a Voting Bn?ln?M JIhii TV'iis Brought to lteallzs It Wm Time to Stop Prinking?What a Llttl* _ WlioloKome Advice Will Do. "I think," said a successful business man, "that most young men get into the drinkihg habit berore they know it, or, rather, realize how far they hive gone. In' some instances they are born in it, but, thank heaven, that kind are in the minority. I know how it was in my case. Up to the time I was twenty-five I had trained with a fast lot of young fellows, and we all drank more .than was good for us. I had a fine place'm a firm, the same one, by the way, of which I am now at the head, and the head of the house was a man of just the kind of horse sense all inen ought to be who have the business of training young men in their keeping. I did not neglect ray business, and had been receiving promotions right along, and when my friends suggested that I was drinking too much, and that it would finally get me down, I laughed at them, . and took my drinks just the same. I sincerely thought they didn't know what they were talking about, and I did not think the liquor was hurting me or that I couldn't let it alone when I wanted to. My older brother talked to me on several occasions, and I laughed at him, and called his-attention to the fact that I had been promoted three times in the last two years, and if the liquor was doing for me what he said it would that could not have happened. I believed it thoroughly, too, and felt that I would drop it quick enough if it were injuring me. "One day the head of the house called me into his office and told me he waa ifraid I was getting too fond of liquor. I laughed at him, too, in a very respectful manner, however, and told him they were, ill mistaken, and that I really felt no bad sffects,- and could stop at any time ? thought I ought to, ana a lot more of the same old argument used by every young man who is beginning. " TL-t's all right, my boy,' said Mr. B., " 'but I tell you how much harm it is doing you, and what I think of it. It is doing you so much harm that if I hear of your getting under the influence again or jf visiting the saloons as you have been doing I snail ask for yoyir immediate resgnat ion-. I can see more th;in you can,1' ind still I may be mistaken, and you may be all right. fldwevCT,;!- shall siye the house vtne benefit of toe doubt, adR get a nan to Uhe your place who does not irink.' "Then for the first time I realized that [ was being injured; /and the realization ivas direct , and positive. It-couldn't be aughed otf.and'though Mr. B. might be nistaken, as 1 thought the others-were, it ivas not. KQintti tol flo me any rood, so I esolved' ft'.dp wniit I always said I could lo if I wanted to?quit. X didn't have my seriourt?wM*itt^uitti!ig,.either, for ! was young and. the habit wasn't formed. U1 I needed was a realizing sense, and I ;ot it in a way that has lasted to this day. . talk, to my young men in the same way, ind I haven't a man- in my employ who [rinks enough for. me to know it, though ome of them may take a drink occasionlly."?Washington Star.. Not For Sale. , A young minister, on jjJiug to a new hurch last spring, was informed by the fficial brethren that his salary would be 1000, and that as every summer a whole-, ale liquor dealer visited the town with is family and paid regularly $50 for a ew in the church. it would be policjLfort be minister to touch the liquor question ently, to avoid giving offence. The reply f the young man was: "Take $50 off ray salary, for I want to et a shot at that pew." , / Soon after he fired his first "shot," but ha recoil of the gun was not so bad as ad been anticipated, for the liquor dealer, leased with the young man s courage, oubled his subscription, making it $100; istead of $50. Whether he did this to reeve his conscience or to quiet the minia-: ' , :r we cannot say. but we are strongly ofi le opinion that tne safest thing .a preach-1 r of the gospel can do is to tell the truth;' ad if there js any man who needs plain; reaching at the present day it is thei (. tan who deals in intoxicating drink and; len hires a seat and comes to- church to ear what the minister has to say about1 i. A man who fails to tell the truth in je ears of such a hearer will find in the av of iudzment that he has something lore serious to face than the wrath of a amseller or the loss of his subscription. An Old Tamperance Pledge. Perhaps it may not be generally known bat twelve former Presidents of the Uni3d States, at the earnest solicitation of Idward Cornelius Delavan, of New York,1 ppended their names to the following1 temperance declaration": "Being satisfied from observation and; xperience, as well as from medical testi-; lony, that atdent spirits and drink is notj nly needless, but hurtful, and fhat the! ntire disuse of it would tend to promote) he health, the virtue and the happiness ' f the community, we hereby express onrj onviction that, snould the people of the, Jnited States, and especially the young; len, discountenance entirely the use or I, they would not only promote their peronal benefit, .but the good of our country; nd the world." _ < , The Presidents so signing were: Anrew Jackson, James Madison, John hiincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, John yler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, lillard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James tuchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew ohnson. Drunken Crewi. "Terrible" is not too strong a word to pply to the indictment which the Cape imes levels against some of the crews hat leave Cape Town, for is it not a terrible" reflection that the scores of teamships that leave Table Bay every reek, some with many hundreds of passngers, are manned by crews of whom a irge percentage are at the beginning of be voyage wholly incapacitated by jirink rom performing in a seamanlike way the uties which the perilous nature of their .11:? : ... 4l.~? 0 VpI: uiir>h i? niluujiuac; uuun tiiciu ; - ?? ? tie experience of most of the commanders ho trade to Table Bay. Indeed, in this sspect," says the Times, "Cape Town ears the worst reputation of any port in outh Africa."' . Wkit France Fears. The statement of a French journalist lat unless the evil of drbm drinking is limped out in another twenty years ranee will be given over to delirium trelens, and will be nothing but one great inatic asylum is exaggeration, no doubt, ut it shows the fears of public opinion in ranee. The Crnnde In Brief. There is a special section of the Paris !xp'*ition for dealing with the abuse of cohol. It is very easy to fasten upon one's body id soul the claims of a habit impossible i break. The man who killed King Humbert benged to an anarchistic group in this mntry, "whose headquarters," to quote daily paper, "are in a saloon." Sir Wilfrid Lawson, not very long ago, ade an excellent "hit" at a meeting hen lie declared that the lingiisn nation as worshiping two gods?the god of bates and the god of bottles. Keep inducing others to take the pledge, very little action like this helps along le movement. If you think that, after all, the cause is ot making much progress don't be dis-; mraged. All reforms move slowly. Keep; jur pledge. ; Mr. Malins, the head of the Good Temlar order, has completed his temperance! >ur round the world in forty-four weeks,; uring which he has traveled 40,")0i) miles, id sailed on twenty-six different steam-! lips. During the last year the increase in tb*| rink l?i!l for Great Britain and Ireland; mounted to no less than ?6,169,405. the( >tal being ?162,163,474, an expenditure mounting to ?3 19s. ll^d. tor each man,; oman and child of the entire poDuiatioo.