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New York City.---The fitted jacket
basque that can bo worn indoors or jis
part of a street costume never goes
out of style. This season it is short
jind embodies some hint of tlie mili
ttlm I?> lllltu VTilU UUU k/iv UUi VO| vuv
many sc-ams, as well as the narrow
x--. rest, tending to give a tapering cffect
v,While it is excellent for all Ggures, It
firtts the stout ones as few models
can, .and reduces apparent size as far
as it is. possible to do. The sleeves
are two-seamed and fit snugly to the
wrists, where\ttiey are slashed and
flare over the bawls. The high standing
collar fits smoothly, and singularly
effective, made of-the two colors,
although it can be of eitht^jii^gntJre,
if. preferred.
To cot this jackct basque for* a
woman of medium size oue and threequarter
yards of material fprte-four
Inches wide, of one and three^Btytta
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MISSES* BOL
yards fifty inches wide, with fiveeighths
yards for vest and collar, will
be required.
ftllaM*' lielero TTaint.
Whatever othe? styles the sen son
may have in atore, the bolero will n
main a favorite for young girls, :is
well as for their older sisters and
, \ mammas. The very chic May ManIon
design shown in the large engraving
is youthful at the same time that
!t is eminently practicable and suited
'.o a variety of materials. As illusI
;rated, the Jacket is of fawn-colored
*?'""viciftm cloth, with bands of rich red
braid, the waist of soft-finished taffeta
in a slightly lighter shade with em- j
hroidered aots 01 reel, mat matcn uie
braid, and worn with a crush belt aud
collar of panne velvet ribbon in the
'<* s same warm color. Velvet could, liowaver,
be substituted for the bolero with
tv admirable effect, and all suiting materials
are entirely appropriate.
The waist is made over a littcd liuIng
that closes at the centre front,
v ' On it is arranged the full front, that
- ' is tucked to form a pointed yoke. As
shown, it is included in the right showlk
der and under-arm seams. and hooked
over to the left; but. if preferred. can
be opened ut the centre. the closing be*
Tl?? littlr*
HI*; (MMirruK U Kfj Uli: AAAV,
jnckt-i can b? made entirely separate
and slipped on over the. waist. It is
' simplicity itself, fitted with shoulder
and under-arm seams onlj', and is
I-' - lined throughout with silk. The
sleeves are two-seamed and are finished
at the wrists with roll-over flare
cuffs.
To cut this bolero waist for a miss
of fourteen years of age two and threeeighths
yards of material twenty-one
Inches wide, one and one-quarter yards
forty-four inches wide, or one yard
fifty inches wide, with one yard of
silk twenty inches wide for the full
front, will be required.
Up>to-I)at?,
A golf skirt up-to-date has a new
fangled pocket added to hold a few extra
golf balls as a reserve t'or an emergency.
This is an outside pocket, and
has an envelope flap, which buttons
over to keep the balls from hopping
opt during exercise. The pocket must
be placed at the left side. It would
be in the way of the player if arranged
at the rigbt side. This can
only be made on a heavy skirt, sucli
as cordufoy or cloth. The weight of
the balls would drag a pique skirt out
of shape. The pocket should be capacious.
or there is no need, otherwise,
for its existence.
The Pointed Belt Front.
The newer leather belts for wear
with morning gowns are slender all
P7' around, except in front, where the
lower edsjo broadens to dip down and
produce the desirable long-waisted effect.
These new belts ha x- two
buckles, onl.v one of which is fastened.
fife''
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FITTED JACKET BASQUE.
tury influence that.renders it especially
smart. As iluitrated the May Manton
"?oo4el is made from fine broadcloth in
^a^Hfcb brownj.with vest of cream wbftp
q$d trimming of brown braid edged"
white, but all suiting materials
We suitable, vicuna and Venetian
cloths being generally good.
The bdsgtie' is cut with a centre
seam, side^acks and under-arm gores-,
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OF FASHION. I
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They arc ou both sides of the :?r?in'.:(l
pi'v-e of leather. A while ooze leather
holt is machine stitched with b!:tcu.
and the black patent leather bells are
sometimes decorated with a narrow
facing of white leather on the edges,
or as often as not arc stitched with
white thread.
I>e1aot??l>ln Sleeve*.
Tills, the latest idea in house frowns,
witii its patent removable sleeve, will
no doubt prove a boon t?? women who
dislike setting the cults of their wrapper
sleeves soiled while engaged in
household duties. Besides, it gives a
much greater freedom of movement.
By means of the clasp fastening, fa?
P..i.(miln<? tint Inwpr
inuujr as ? sum- hiju-ui..,, ...v -portion
of those sleeves m;i.v he easily
aud quickly removed at pleasure.
These house gowns may be had in calico
or In fleece-lined materials for
colder weather, quite attractively and
tastefully trimmed and designed, iu
patterns to suit all tastes.
For Lnrgor Sleoroi.
All tlie intimations from fashion centres
are to the effect that sleeves are
to be loose this winter. Not that there
la any danger of a return to the overgrown
monstrosities <?f a few years
ago; bgf^t i^not point: to be^Tashtollable
have tlie sleeve fitted closely I
to thja^es of Ihe arm. Sleeves will
i be draped. Tiiey will have dainty j
caps and ruffles and shirrlngs. and will |
otherwise be made an attractive feature
of the gown of the coming season.*
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* k^bit to Ibow.
Very$ lei*! cuffs on lace are worn
over the' torearm. They are close- |
fitting, rather a tight envelope for the I
crepon or mohair beneath. They eon- |
tinue their journey upward from the ;
wrist, and frequently reach the elbow.
where they are lost to sight be- i
neath the elbow puff of silk, or of
chiffon. As the upper edge of the lace
cuff is not visible, you can use piece
' lace .for the cuff, if you have no edge
lace frKh border of the suitable depth.
For *tfoutlifal Bell*.
A soft blue idling of light weight
ERO WAIST.
| is made up iiiro an afternoon frock
for a little girl. The skirt comes to
the knees and a little further. It is
laid in accordion pleats, and has no
trimming whatever. The bodice has a
j yoke and epaulets of tucked blue taffeta.
Over the yoke the plain blue
veiling is softly draped to the waist
line, which is indicated by a broad,
deep belt of blue taffeta. The sleeves
are entirely plain.
Chnins Still tlie Vogue.
Long chains of antique design will
* * A,-~ Cnmn
lie popular during me si-usuu.
j are hung with odd charms and pendants.
Ladies' Circular Skirt.
Skirts that fit snugly at the upper j
portion and flare freely at the feet :
make a marked feature of autumn ,
slyles. The circular model lends it- [
self to the mode peculiarly well and J
is becoming tp all slight and medium i
figures, at the same time that it is
singularly well adapted to cloths and j
all wide'materials. Indications pointl
to many striped materials for fall and j
winter wear, and the illustration by j
May Manton shows the skirt in a Utti |
cheviot with lines of brown, but all
plain and small figured materials are
equally suitable.
The skirt is cut in one piece, Trhh
the seam at the back. It is fitted about
the hips with small darts, and the j
fulness at the waist is laid in an in-j
verted pleat at the centre back. The
folds formed are graceful, and the j
flare provided means abundant free- j
dom for the feet. When plaid goods ;
is used, a good effect is obtained by
making a seam at the centre front,
the pattern being laid on the bias edge j
of the material in place of on the j
double fold. The plaid must,of course. |
be carefully matched, but when that is j
done the result is a good one, and the
sides, falling on the straight, are not j
so liable to sac.
To cut this skirt for a woman of
CIRCULAR SKIRT.
medium size three and one-half yards
of material fifty inches wide, or three
and three-quarter yards forty-four
inches wide, will be required. . ..
DR. TALMAGE3 SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BYTHE NOTED
DIVINE.
Snbject: T.ofwon* to Be Lenrned From tlie
' Three CroMen?On Riplit Unbelief and
Remorse, on Left Penitence anrt Content,
In tlae Centre Everlastloj; Love.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. ? The fair?nus
paintings in the picture galleries of Munich
seem to have suggested the topic of
this discourse, which Dr. Talmage sends
from the quaint Bavarian town, but the
theme which inspired the painters awakens
in the great preacher thoughts of
the redemption of the human race, which
was the supreme design of that scene of
suffering and death. The text is Luke
xxiii, 3.1. "There they crucified Him and
the malefactors, one on the right hand
and the other on the left."
Just outside of Jerusalem is a swell of
eround, toward which a crowd are ascending.
for it is the day of execution. What
a mighty assemblage! Some for curiosity
to hear what the malefactors will say and
to see how they will act. The three persons
to be executed are alreadv there.
Some of the spectators are vile of lin and
bloated of cheek. Some look up with revenue,
hardly able to keep their hands
off the sufferers. Some tear their own
hair in a frenzy of grief. Some stand in
silent horror. Some break out into uncontrollable
weeping. Some clap their
hands in delight that the offenders are to
be punished at last. The soldiers with
drawn swords drive back the mob. which
presses on so hard. There is fear that the
proceedings may be interrupted. Let the
legion, now stationed at Jerusalem, on
horseback, dash alon? the line and force
back the surging multitude. "Back with
you!" is the erv. "Have you never before
seen a man die?" ,
T'1 ??????? in m imr\ywr f?t\ linrlorllf
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piece and two transverse pieces, one at
the top, on which the hands are nailed,
and one at flic middle, on which the victim
sat. Three trees just planted, yet
bearimr fruit?the one at the right bearing
poison, and the one at the left bitter
aloes; the one in the middle, apples of
love. Norway pine and tropical orange
and Lebanon ccdar would not make so
strange a grove as this orchard of Calvary.
Stand back and give a look at the
thrw crosses.
Just look at the cross on the richt. Tt.s
victim dies scoffinor. Morn awful than his
phvsical ar.Tuish is his scorn and hatred
of Tlim on the middle cross. This wretched
man turns half around on the snikes to
hiss at the One in the middle. If the scoffer
could get one hand loose, and he were
within reach, hi* would smite the middle
RufTerer in the face. He hates Him with
a perfect hatred. I think he visiles he
were down on the ground that he might
epear Him. He envies the mechanics who
with their nails have nailed Him fast.
Amid the settlinnr darkness and louder
than the crasV of th? rocks hear him jeer
out. these words: "Ah. you poor wretch!
T knew you were an imnoster! You nretpided
to be a God. and yet you let these
legions master you." It was in some such
hate that Voltaire in hie death hour, because
i.c thought he saw Christ in his bedroom,
got un on his elhow and cried out,
"Crush that wretch!" What had the
middle cross done to arouse up this right
hand cross? Nothing. Oh, the enmitv
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or trie natural neart ajrainsT, v-nrist; j ne
world likes a sentimental Christ or a philanthropic
Christ, but a Christ who comes
to men awnv from their sins?away
with Him! On this right hand cross today
I see typified the unbelief, of tbe
world. Me.i say: "Back with Him from
the heart! I will not let, Him take my
sins. If FTe will die. let Him die for Himself,
not for me." There has always been
a war between this right hand cross and
the middle cross, and wherever there is
an unhelieving heart, there the fight goes
on. Oh, when that dyinp malefactor
perished, the faithlessness of man had
perished, then that tree which yields poi.son
\ ould have budderl and blossomed
with life for all the world.
Look up into that disturbed countenance
of the sufferer and spo what a
ghastly thing it is to reject Christ. Hehold
m that awful face, in that pitiful
look, in that unblessed death hour, the
etinss of that sinner's departure! What
a plunee into darkness! Standing high
upon the cross on the top of the hill, so
that a'l the world may look at him, he
savB. "Here I eo out of a miserable life
into a wretched eternity!?' One, two.
three! Listen to the crash of the fall, all
ye ages! So Hobbes. dying after he had
seventy years in which to prepare for
eternity, said. "Were I master of all the
world I would crive it all to live one day
longer." Sir Francis Newport, hoverfnc
over the briik, cried out: Wretch thjit I
am, whither shall I fl" from this breast?
What will become of me? Oh, that I
were to lie upon the fire that never is
quenched a thousand years, to purchase
the favor of God and to be reconciled to
Him again! Oh. eternity; oh. eternity!
Who Can discover the abyss of eternity?
Who can paraphrase these words, 'Forever
and forever?'"
That right hand cross?thousands have
perished on it in worse agonies. For
what is phvsical pain compared to remorse
at the la^t. that life has been
wasted and only a fleeting moment stands
between tin soul and itp everlasting overthrow?
0 God, let me die anywhere
rather than at the foot of that right hand
cross! Let not one drop of that blood
tall upon my cheek, ltend not my ear
with that cry. I see it now as never before?the
loathsomeness and horror of my
unbelief. That dying malefactor waa not
so much to blame as I. Christianity was
not established, and perhaps not until
that day had that man heard the Christ.
But after Christ had stood almost 1900
years, working the wonders of His grace,
you reject Him.
That right hand cross, with its long
beam, overshadows all the earth. It is
planted in the heart of the race. When
will the time come when the spirit of God
shall, with its ax, hew down that right
hand crossjyjtil it shall fall at the foot of
that "ctoss and unbelief, the railing
malefactor or-4he world, shall perish
from-All our hearts? -Away from me, thou
spirit of unbelief! I "*h?iTfc>. thee! With
this sword of God I thrust thee back and
thrust thee through! Down to hell!
Down, moat accursed monster of the
earth, and talk to those thou hast already
damned! Talk no longer to these sons of
God, these heirs of heaven!
"If Thou be the Son of_God." Was
there r.ny "if" about it? Tell me, inou
star, that in robe of light did run to
point out His birthplace. Tell me, thou
6ea, that didst put thy hand over, thy lip
when He bade thee be still. Tell me, ye
dead, who got up to see Him die. Tell me,
thou sun in mid-heaven, who for Him
didst pull down over thy face the veil of
darkness. Tell me, ye lepers who were
cleansed, ye dead who were raised, is He
the Son of God? Aye, aye! respond! the
universe. The flowers breathe it; the
stars chime it; the redeemed celebrate it;
the angels rise on their thrones to announce
it. And yet on that miserable
malefactor'., "if" how many shall be
wrecked for all eternity! That little "if"
has enough venom in its sting to cause the
death of the soul. No "if" about it. I
Know it. Ecce Deus! 1 feel it thoroughly
?through every muscle of the body and
through every faculty of my mind and
through every energy of my soul. Living,
1 will preach it; dying, I will pillow my
head upon its consolations?Jesus the
Uod.
Away, then, from this right hantl cross.
The red berries of the forest are, apt to
be poisonous, and around this tre?j of carnage
grow the red, poisonous beVries of
which many have tasted and divri^ 1 can
se^ no use for the right hand cross, except
it be used as a lever with which tq upturn
the unbelief of the world.
Here from the right hand cros* I to
the left hand cross, l'ass clean to the
other side. That victim aiso twists himself
upon the nails to look at tl?o centre
cross, yet not to scoff. It is to,'worship.
He, too, would like to get his hamd loose,
not to smite, but to deliver th? sufferer
of the middle cross. He cries td the railer
cursing on the other side: "Silence!
Between us innocence in ajjony. We
suffer for our crimes. Silence?!" Gather
rouni this left hand cross, 0 ye people!
Be not afraid. Bitter herbs are sipmetinr^
a tonic for the brain, Mid the bitter
olopv.iiiat jr.'ow on this tree shall give
j dtrvpi'th ami lif?> to thy diul. This left
biiiiU ciots is a repenting f^ioss.
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As men who h*7e been nearly drowned
tell us that in one moment, while the/
were under water, their whole life- passgj?j
before them, so 1 suppose in one momeit
the dying malefactor thought over all Vis
past life?of that night when he wint
into an unguarded door and took all jne
silver, the gold, the jewels, and as yie
sleeper stirred ho put a knife through./lis
heart; of that day when, in the lorely
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p&SS,' 116 met trie wayiiirer anu i?v.vi
of tlie cries and prayers and tears tnd
struggles of hie victim he flung the wangled
corpse into the dust of the highway
or heaped upon it the stones. lie aa'ya:
"I am a guilcy wretch; I deserve tljis!
There is no need of my cursing. That vill
not ''top the pain. There is no need of
blasnhemine Christ, for He has done ipe
no wrong, and yet I cannot die so. The
tortures of my body are undone by the
tortures of my soul. The past is a some
of misiloing. The present a crucifixion.
The future an everlasting undoing. Come
back, thou hiding midday sun! Kiss my
cheek with one bright ray of comfort.
What, no help from above?no help from
beneath? Then I must turn to my companion
in sorrow, the One on the middle
cross. 1 have heard that He knows
how to help a man when he is in trouble.
I have heard that He can cure the wounded.
1 have heard that He can pardon the
sinner. Surely, in all Hi3 wanderings up
and dowr the earth He never saw onie
more in need of His forgiveness! Blessed
One! I turn io Thee! Wilt Thou turn
for the mument away from Thy own
pangs to pity me? Lord, it is not to have
my hands relieved or mv feet taken from
the tortu.-e. 1 can stand all this, but, ph,
my sins, my sins, my sins, they pierce tne
through and through. They tell me , I
must die forever. They will push me out
into the darkness unless Thou wilt hoip
me. I confess it all. Hear the cry of the
dying thief, "Lord, remember me wlien
Thou come?t into Thy kingdom.' 1 a?k
no great things. I seek for no throne in
heaven, no chariot to take me to the
skies, but just thi~k of me when this day's
horrors have passed. Think of me a little
?of me, the one now hanging at Thy sidp
?when the shout of heavenly welcome*
takes Thee back into Thy glory. Thotj
wilt not forget me, wilt Thou? 'Lord^
remember me when Thou comest into;
Thy kingdom.' Only just remember me."'1,
' - i. '-( v~? B-_,v "Ji
ljiKewiae ~iu;i, we icuuu.
have stolen nothing." # reply: "We have%
all been guilty of the mightiest felony ot(
the universe, for we have robbed God? I
robbed Him of our time, robbed Him of '(
our talent, robbecLHim of our services."
Suppose you send a man out aa an agent'
of your firm and every month you pay J
him his ealar^/ted at the end of ten years I
you find out/tln,he has been serving another
firnu^ijjj jaking y,\XT salary, would
you not con<y>',<m him as dishonest?
God arat tfef ihf /-this world to serve
Him. He has given us wages all the time.
Yet how many of us have been serving
another master! When a man is convicted
of treason he is brought out; a
regiment surrounds him and the command
is given: "Attention, company! Take
aim! Fire!" And the man falls with a
hundred bullets through his heart. There
comes a time in a man's history when the
Lord calls up the troop 01' his iniquities,
and at G.od s command they pour into
him a concentrated volley of torture.
You say, "I don't feel myself to be a
sinner." That may be. Walk, along by
the cliffs/and you see sunlight and flowerg
at the mouth of the cave, but take a
torch and go in, and before you have gone
far you Bee the flashing eye of a wild beast
or .hear the hiss of a serpent. So the
heart seems in the sunlight of worldliness,
but tus'-I wave the torch of God's truth
and go down into the d?~ep cavern of the
heart?alas, for the bristling horrors and
the rattling fangs! Have you ever no>:""J
""mar in fliia ntWUTO of ScriD
Ultcu VUb Vttui(*a ?M.W t ?--0 - -- _ . . ,
ture, "The heart is deceitful." That
seems enough. But the passage goes - on
and saya, "The heart is deceitful above all
things. Will you not say that is enough?
But the passage goes on further and says,
"The heart is deceitful above all things
and desperately wicked." If we could
see, tne true condition of the unpardoned
before Cod, what wringing of hands there
Would be! What a thousand voiced shriek
of supplication and despair! But you are
a sinner, a sinner. I speak not to the person
who sits next to you, but to you. You
are a sinner. All the transgressions of a
lifetime have been gathered up into an
avalanche. At any moment it may slip
from the' cliffs and crush you forever.
I^Iay the Lord Almighty, by His grace,
help us to repent of our sins while repentance
is possible.
Tor this middle cross look, that your
souls may live. I showed you the right
hand cross in order that you might see
what an ;wful thing it is to be unbelieving/
I showed you the left hand cross
that you might see what it is to repent.
Now T show.yoli the middle cross that
you may see what Christ has done to save
ypur. soul. Poits have sung its praise,
sculptors have attempted to commemorate
it in marble, martyrs have clung to it
in the fire and Christians dying quietly
in their beds have leaned their heads
against it. " ;
1 mi ' ' ? ? ?" rttv* Kn no if
11118 --Our inaj an uui ouu.o ..
with an ecstasy of affection. Lay hold of
that cross. Everything else will fail you.
Without a strong grip on that you perish.
Oh, that 1 might engrave on your souls
ineffaceably the three crosses/ so that if
in your wakings moments- you will not
heed, then in your dreams-at night you
may see on the hill back of Jerusalem the
three spectacles ? the right hand cross
showing unbelief, dying without Christ;
the left hand showing what it is to be
pardoned, while the central cross pours
upon your soul the sunburst of heaven as
it says: "By aH thtse wounds 1 plead for
thy heart. I have loved thee with an
everlasting love. Rivers cannot quench it
Floods cannot drown it/'
And while you look, the right hand
crosH will fade out of sight, and then the
left will be gone, and nothing will remain
but the middle cross, and even that in
vonr dream will*begin to change until it
beeomcs a throne, and the worn face of
Calvary will become radiant with g!ad >"'!
inefoar) nf the mad mob at the
foot of the cross will fee a worshipful multitude,
kneeling. And you and I will be
among them.
But, no; we will not wait for such i
dream. In this our most aroused mood
we throw down at the foot of that middle
cross sin, sorrow, life, death?everything.
We are slaves; Christ giye deliverance
to the captive. We*are thirsty;
Christ is the river of salvation to slake
our thirst. We are hungry; Jesus says,
"I am the bread of life. We are condemned
to die; Christ says, "Save that
man from going down to the pit; 1 am the
ransom." We are tossed on the sea of
trouble; Jesus comes o?er it, saying, "It
is I; be not afraid." We are in darkness;
Jesus says, "I am the bright and morning
star." VVe are sick; Jesus is the "balm
of Glead."
We are dead; hear the shrouds rend
and the grave hillocks heave, as He cries,
"I am the resurrection ana the life; he
that believeth in Me, though ho were
dead, yet shall he live." We want justification:
"Being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord
I .loans Christ" We want to exercise
faith; "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved." I want to get
from under condemnation; "There is now,
therefore, no condemnation to them who
are in Christ Jesus." The cross?He carried
it. The flames of hell?He suffered
them. The shame?He endured it. The
crown?He won it. Heights of heaven
sin^ it and worlds of light to worlds of
light all round the heavens cry, * Glory,
glory!" Let us go forth and gather the
trophies for Jesus. From Golconda mines
we gather the diamonds; from Ceylon
shores we gather the pearls; from all
lands and kingdoms we gather precious
stones, and we bring the glittering burdens
and put them down at the feet of
Jesus and say: "All these are Thine.
Thou art worthy." We go forth again
for more trophies and into one sheaf we
gather all the scepters of the Caesars and
the Alexanders and the Czars and the
Sultans j-.nd of all'royalties and dominions,
and then we bring the sheaf of scepters
and put it down at the feet of Jesus and
say: "Thou art King of kings; all these
Thou hast conquered." And then we go
forth again to gather more trophies, and
we bid the redeemed of ages, the sons
and daughters of the Lord Almighty, to
come. And the hosts of heaven bring
crown and palm and scepter, and here by
these bleeding feet and this riven side
ami by this wounded heart cry, "Blessing
an* lienor *nd glory and power unto the
f.amb. (ft-t r and ever."
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
i PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
| 'WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS
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"At l-lvcnitij; Time There Shnll Be Ll;bt"
? vl herein lit J'rldeMuful??The Christiun
tho 1'roof ? Obedience Learned
Through SutFeriug?'"Aiunter
] I cannot spp tho way that I shall gQ,
As I wind down around life's dizzy
I i.. x
I mi sill, t
Although I pray and plead; and- yet I
know
That "at the evening time there shall
he light."
! I hear the waves caress the rooks below;
I hear their voices murmur in the
night:
They sneak to me of life's sweet afterglow,
When "at the evening time there shail
be light."
Sometimes a cheering ray glints to and
fro. 'y
And wavers from the blue before my
sight:
! I feel a handclasp and a presence, though
; My step uncertain is, and dull and slow,
And "at the evening time there shall
bo light."
Keep near the rock that shelters thee,
and lo!
The path grows wider in its downward
flight!
Don't let the little trials greater grow;
j The sea is near, thy haven just below,
And "at the evening time there shall
be light."
i ?Emma Playter Seabury iu Zion's
Herald.
Wherein Is J'ricl? Sinful?
It would be sinful to have no pride.
It is just as wrong to be devoid of true
; anil proper pmie as ir js in vjiw.-h uuholy
pride. H? who lacks that just estimation
of himself, that purpose to insist
in all legitimate ways that others shall
deal with him properly, shall yield him
I his fair rights, he who regards his reluj
tion to the community and his work in
life as honorable, to be treated as dignified
and worthy and to be defended from
encroachment and stain of any kind, in
i other words, be who has a proper self-respect
therein illustrates true, pride.
When, then, is pride sinful V When it
'becomes the excess of the underlying
Virtue. It is regarding one's self from a
mistaken point of view in reference to
! one's abilities, characteristics or, disposi|
tion. It is centering thought upon self to
I the exclusion of others, their interests
and the obligation which one sustains
I to tiiem more than is consistent with
I duty to them. In other words, it is selfish,
and whatever is selfish is so far sinful.
But he who lacks- honorable, unselfish
pride, the prjde which exults in
its owu powers, not that it may conquer
other men and gain the glory which they
Otherwise would receive, hut that it may
j do greater and nobler service to God and
| to the race, that pride, which is an inI
<.n!i..ifinn nnd n hiitiviii-lr fn ri ?nfe. fruit
o|/n,. l.vm. .. ?,
ful an.l praiseworthy career, is to be
pitied and' usually blitmed. ,
The Christian the Proof.
Christianity is essentially life, and lift
is essentially indefinable-its one proof
' is itself. It is proves that it is. So
Christianity is proved by the Christian.
The fruit proves the tree. When it
comes 'to the proof of Christianity, historical,
philosophical or ethical, that is
auothor question. Many are searching
for proofs among ruins of buried cities,
in fragmentary records of <Jead empires,
in the cuneiforms and hieroglyphics of
lost'tongues, and are trying to trace its
.beginniug in moral protoplasm and its
development through all moral and religious
evolution. But essential life is
not proved that way. /
By their fruits ye shall know them.
The Christian is the living fruitage of
Chrstianit.v. He stands'the ihost advanced
and highest of the foremost
nhalanx of humanity. He is of purest
morals, firmest integrity, truest benevolence,
broadest philnnthropy, and deepest
self-sacrifice. The world has uoted this
spirit in men for centuries, and has come
to give" to it the title of . Christianity. It
demands these proofs of genuineness in
those who ckll themselves Christians.
As Jesus pointed to his works, such aD.
"none other man did," as' proof of His
divine character and mission, so now he
points to his disciples and says: "These
ar*e they that testify of Me;" and to his
followers he says, "Ye are My Witnesses."
Obedience Learned Through Suffering.
It is not strange that now and then
the harpstrings snap as they are being
drawn tight enough tor some master's
h.ind to call from them the sweetest harmony.
Notes that angels might listen
to, and' which thrill all human hearts,
come from heartstrings quivering with
pain. The very captain of our salvation
must be made perfect through suffering
before He could bring many sons
unto priory. "Even though He were a
I Son, He'learned obedience through .the
; things >vhich Lie suffered." This blessed
! sacrament of suffering conveys the need!
od grace? of discipline, and affords the
I opportunities of service, even though it
be broken to us, as it was to oi\r Lord
I and His apostles, by the hands of wicked
: men. They know not what they do
who,drive the cruel ncils and thrust the
thirsty, spear. They may rcean it for
evil, but our God overrules it for good.
It is the triumph nt once of suffering
and of grace to be able to say with
[ Stephen?his face shining like an angel's
J ?"Lord, lay not this sin to their
i charge."?Bishop E. M. Hendrix, in
! "Skilled Labor for the .Master."
"Snuutorfnc" CIirliiti:in?.
| The kind of lift* many so-called mom
I burs of the church have marked out for
themselves should he strictly culled not
walking, hut sauntering." The very
origin of this word conveys an instructive
lessons. In the ages when a pilgrimage
to Palestine was held in such
esteem there sprang up a set of idle
impostors who wandered about everywhere
in the country and sought alms at
the hands of the inhabitants under the
I pretext that they were preparing to go
I n la sainte terre?to the Holy Land. It
I was soon discovered that they had never
i left their native shores; and such disgust
did thoir vain professions inspire
that a new word was coined to reprobate
the shameful practice, and they were
culled "saunterors." With equal truth
may the term be applied to all who profess
to be Christians without moving
forward energetically to the heaveiny
; goal.-J. P. Lilley.
I She doeth little kindnesses
Which most leave undone or despise;
i For naught that sets one heart at ease,
I And giveth happiness or peace,
I Is low esteemed in her eyes.
?Lowell.
Do not dwpise the small uses of things
I or tho uses nt" small things. The grains |
j of san>l in the mortar are the associated
: giants that keep the great building from
tumbling down.
Tlilntles For Fodder.
Several farmers in Sully County, X. 1)..
who sowed a large acreage of wheat last
spring, and who did not secure a crop on
account of the dry weather, have cut the
growth of wild grass and thistles with
what wheat did show up for fodder for
their cattle. Several tests which have
been made show that when thistles are
ei.it before the thorns harden cattle will
leave the best hay for the thistles, and
these fields yielded far larger tonnage to
the acre than did prairie hay.
A Cold Winter Proplieilert.
The prophets are announcing that we
are going ti have a cold winter.
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"rapTiSABpATH-SCHOOL]
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international lesson comments
for september 30.
ZteTlew of the Quarter, Matt. xtI,, 81-88,
John x., 7-11 ? Goldeo Text: Jm. Ij
23J? Summary of Preceding Thirteen
Leaaonfl.
Introduction.?During the quarter we
nave 11 (iu Minut: \ triy IIU^ivuuv K. v
cious truths presented by the great Teacher.
Christ is the breacf of life; the true
foundation to His church and the Good
Shepherd. It is our duty to be humble, to
always forgive, to love and assist those in
distress, to keep ourselves from covetousness
and to watch for the coming of the
Lord. The one who is wise will freed these
things.
Summary.?Lesson i. Topic: Praver
and faith. Place: On the sea of Galilee.
The five thousand had just been fed; Je'sus
sent the disciples across the sea toward
Capernaum; sent the multitude away;
went alone to pray; between three and sir
o'clock in the morning He came to the disciples
walking on the sea; Peter walks on
the water; begins to sink; calls for help;
Jesus caught aim; rebukes hijn for doubting
Christ is worshiped.
II. Topic: .The true bread. Place: Capernaum.
The multitudes seek for Jesus;
He acrain heals their sick; many follow
Him for the "loaves and fishes;" we should
labor for meat which endureth. What
are the works of God? Answer. To believe
on Christ. Desiring a sign; think Moses
greater than Christ; manna in the desert;
their error?the Father giveith true bread;
they desire this bread; Jesus the bread of
life: /toill receiyte all who come; will lose
nothing committed to Him.
III. Topic: Casting out an unclean
spirit. Place: The borders of Phoenicia.
Sermons on bread of life, just delivered;
the people plot against Him; Jesus ana
His disciples go to the borders of Phoenicia;
a Gentile woman beseeches Him to
cast the devil out of her daughter; Jesus
replies that it is not proper to give the
children's bread to dogs; she asks for tne
crumbs; "for this saying" the devil was
cast out?her request granted.
IV. Topic: Tne Christ. Place: Cesarea
l'hilippi. Jesus asked His disciples who
men said He was; some said John the
Baptist, and others Elijah, Jeremiah, or
one of the prophets. Whom do you say I
am? Peter answers, The Christ. Jesus
blessed Peter; man had not revealed it,.but
the Father had; the foundation rock;
gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;
the kevs of the kingdom of heaven given;
Christ s death; Peter rebukes Him; Get
behind me; saving and losing the life.
V. Topic: Christ revealing His glory.
Place: Mount Hermon. Peter, James and
John go with Jesus into the mount to
nrav. Ah Jesus Dravs He is transfigured;
filosea and Elijah appear; converse regarding
His departure from the world; the
disciples though sleepy are now fully
awake; they see Jesus and the two men in
their glory; enter into a cloud; hear a
voice;1 Jesus commended; alone with
Jesus.
VI. Topic: Humility. Place: Capernaum.
The disciples ask a question; Jesus
sets a child in their midst; entrance to the
kingdom 'is by conversion; the humblest
is' the greatest; to receive Christ's little
ones is to receive Him; the sin of causing
one of His. little ones to stumble; if hand I
or foot cause thee to stumble cut them off;
angels guard His little ones; He came to '
save- He seeks the one gone a9tray.
VII. Topic: Our duty to others. Place: |
Capernaum. Peter asks if he shall forgive ,
seven times. A parable: A king reckons , ,
with his servants; one owes ten thousand |
talents; commanded to be 6old; pleads for
mercy; is forgiven; this servant will not
forgive his fellow servants; is delivered to
the tormentors; we must forgive from the ,
(heart. ... ,
VIII. Topic: Opening blind eyes. Place: |
Jerusalem. Jesus saw a blind man; Jesus
is the light of the world; makes clay spit- (
tie; anoints the blind eyes; commands the (
man to go to Siloam and wash; he obeys; ,
comes back seeing; neighbors are stirred; ,
ask him questions; he gives an account of
his healing; is taken to the Pharisees; ,
Jesus is accused of breaking the Sabbath. ,
, IX. Topic: The true and the false contrasted.
Place: Jerusalem. Christ is the
Door and the Good Shepherd. He leadeth
the sheep; they, know and follow Him;
flee from strangers; they know not the
voice of strangers. Christ gives life to the |
* 1 ?? ilia l.-fo frir I-Jip sheer}. The I '
sneep auu given mo r
hirelij^ fleeth and the wolf catcheth. j i
, Otheivsheep must be brought, and there I
shall be "one flock." I
X. Topic: Christ directing the affairs of
His kingdom. Place: Uncertain, probably (
in Pcrea. The Seventy appointed: sent j <
forth; two and two; whither He Himself j I
would couie; the harvest plenteous; re- <
quests disciples to pray for laborers; Go, I
as lambs among wolves; hasten; ask that i
peace may rest upon the house; heal and
preach; the return with joy; names in
heaven. ? . i
XT. Topic: Who is my neighbor? Place:
In Perea. A lawyer questions Jesus; What j
shall I do to inherit eternal life; Jesus
asks him to answer; love God and thy
neighbor: Jesus commends him; Who is
my neighbor; parable; man artions; thieves;
a priest and a Levite pass by; a Samaritan i
cares for the man: Who was neighbor to ,
him? The Samaritan. Go, and do likewise.
< XII. Topic: Covetousness. Place: In ,
Perea. One in the company asked Jesus
to divide inheritance; Jesus refused; |
warned them, against covetousness; spoke a
parable; a rich man: plenteous harvest; ,
greater barns must be built; an address to j j
the soul; God speaks; Thou fool; soul to
be immediately required; an application
made; be not linxious about temporal supplies.
XIII. Topic: The corning of Christ. |
Place: In Perea. Let loins be girded and j i
lights burning? he ready and waiting for I
the coming of Christ as servants wait for i i
the return of their .master from the wed- t
ding. Christ will come as a thief, sad- !
denly. when we least expect Him. The j
faithful, wise, just steward was promoted, i
The riotous and drunken servant was de- i
stroyed. 1. The duty of watchfulness. |
Jesus says. "Watch anilI prav - that ye eri- ;
ter not into temptation." (1) Watch our- |
selves. (2) Watch the enemy. He may |
come as a friend; artfully, lull of cunning, |
as an angel of light. (3) Wat^h for onpor- <
tunities to do and reeeiw good. (4) Watch
over each other in the Lord. (~>) This is
?nri verv necessary if we eon
tinue to maintain our integrity, and it' \vc
are found ready when Christ comctli. 2. |
The faithful servant rewarded. Christ of- j
fers great rewards, both in this world and j
the next, for faithfulness. (1) Our influ
ence will increase. (2) Our on pacify for s
work will enlarge. (3) Our field of useful- (
ness will broaden, and in the next world .
it doth not yet appear what wo shall be. ^
3. The nrofligate servant punished. No (
.favor will be shown. Those who wilfully (
reject Christ and enter into siu will be de- f
cfrnvpH. ATnt.fv. 25: 46 ^
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TO USE PORTABLE SCHOOLHOUSESi'. ,(
s ?
Itoston to Try a New Scheme In District*
Overcrowded With Population. 1
Ten. experimental portable wooden
schoolhouses are to be set up in different' t
parts of the congested districts of Bos- r
ton, following the example set by St.
Louis. The ten portable buildings will
accommodate 600 extra pupils. The build-' ?
ings are to be single storied and identical fl
in size and construction. The dimension* r
are to be 25x35 and 22 feet to the ridge r
nole, or 11 feet 10 inches in the clear.
The floor is to be composed of twelve \
sections, the' side walls twenty sections '
and the roof six sections. "Thus the <
structure can. be packed away when taken s
down into sm^ll space. a
CiRL LETTER CARRIER. I
Miss Ethel Hill Ileglns tier Trips From ]
Cf.onniM, to North Kingston. (
Miss Ethel Hill, the only woman en- f
crafted in uie United !State3 rural free de
livery service begun her trips from *
Greenwich to North Kingston. It. I., Rural
Route No. 1. a few days ago.
.Miss Hill is the daughter of C. F. Hill,
of North Kingston, who will be her sub- '
stitute in severe weather. She drives a !
horse and covered carriage, the latter j
having been built and fitted especially for 1
this service. The carrier drives twenty- j
?ne miles after reaching the point where '
she begins to deliver before she completes 1
her trip each day. 1
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the!treat^dkfroyer:
SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
The Llqnor Saloon Eclipses All Othet
Evil* In the WldeipsVacT DliaMet
Which H JSriiixi to Society?Hardly
Hamlet Wife re It is Not intrenched.
"The curae of the United/Spates to-day
is the saloon," says a writer in the Appeal
to Reason. Other, evils, monstrous
and perplexing, like the vampire, suck the
life-blood ,o? society, but they are all
eclipsed,-iiy:tlit-widespread disaster they
bring, by tS^Irquor saloon. It dots the
hillsides and the plains of nearly every
State in the Union. There is hardly a
hamlet where it is not entrenched. Our
neat cities marshal their saloons by the
thousands. To what extent is 'the saloon
, such' responsible for the incalculable
disaster?crime, poverty, disgrace, disease
an 1 death?that intemperance, like a .
mighty flooa, night and aay, year after fl
vear. leaves in its nath? In the annetitu ?
for alcoholic stimulants, hereditary or ac- J
Siired, the cause of all the intemperance M
at prevails? Suppose that liquor drink- M
ing should bi shorn of all the artificial and
attractive trapoings that now attend it;
suppose that the business of supplying^^H
those who desire alcoholic stimulantj^HB
should be rid of all the glitter that gild^HH
it, and should suffer the elimination^^^^M
the factor of avarice?what would
result? 'It would lessen intempe^HBHH
one-half/ Stand as I did the othe^^H^^H
in the bar-room of a great hote^fl^^fl^B
hour, and note what transpires^^HH^^HI
sionally a man comes in alone?n^HHHBH
rectly for the, counter?orders
drinks it?pays for it and goes ^
frequently men go in by two^Hj^H^^HH
and drink together. Does
his own liquor? Never.
uHBBH
. "See that man walking str aigu^^^^H^^B
bar evidently with no thought
ing. a man standing at '.he eoui^^M^^BRj
has ordered drinks for- himself a^H
friends, espies him, 'stops him, intrfl^^^^^H
himXto the two others', asks him wha^H^H|
mil take;': and then /the four drink^^HN
gether. ,r ~
.. "A friend meets another on the street.
From a/mistikenaotion of politeness he
invites nim to'.ta&e a drink in a near-by
salooA The' intjtaiion is accepted from
the same mi?taken>idea of good breeding.
Neither are neither would have
drunk had he.Hfen alone, but both drink
in accordance <?th th? abomiiiab!e treating
custom. vftfoliah treating, and you
will do awa^' Hptb . one-quarter of the
drinking dqne ia bar-tooms. Abolish*saloons
and you abolish treating."
TI?? Ltqaor HsbrfFurowlnK.
Again ^publicly that :
the vice of i^pmety is largely increasing
among wome^ofjjj^d social position. It
lias been made repeated^ in New York
by the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and at the snniuJ convention of
the Catholic Total ^Abstinence Union of
America, aeia fne otner aay m rnnaaeiEhia.
one of thp vice-presidents, Mrs. M.
i. Lake, of St. Louis, said: "With the .
virtues, purity, patience and endurance of
local women drowned in the punch bowl
and wine glass of wealth and the beer
can of poverty;'.God pity our children,
our homes ana our coiiptry!"
She also said, among other things:
"Why, treatment for the drink hamt .
among the 400 is now almost as common
among physicians as treatment for coughs
and colds. Dr. H. A. Gillette says - that
many women acquire the taste for alcohol
from cologne, which they drink constantly,
and which contains ninety-six per cent.of
alcohol. They drink all the essences
which are for toilet use?compound tincture
of lavender for one thine. One New
York woman of whom I know drinks
eight ounces of lavender tincture every >
day. The** also drink the esscnce of cinnamon
and cloves. A well-known'phyweian
has written us that this habit is '
growing to an alarming extent among
K-omen. '?Detroit Free Press.
Weight of Precedent.
There is a story reported as having
been told by Colonel Fred N. Dow, of
Portland, Me., which shows well how customary
usage "broadens down from precedent
to orecedent." And no less plainly
does it show the weight of the excep- . >'
;ional precedent.
PaIatioI Haw irialfpH frionHfl jit
Quebec, and while seeing the sights of the
:ity a.id its surroundings, he took a pub*
ic carriage to visit the Falls of Montmor;ncy.
At a half-way house on the ro?d
the driver pulled up*his horses and renarked,
"The carriage always stops here."
"For what purpose?" asked the colonel.
"Foe the passengers to treat," was the
reply.
"But none of us drink, and we do not _
intend to treat."
The driver had dismounted, and was
waiting by the roadside. ^Drawing himself
up to his full height- he said, impressively,
"I have driven this carriage now more
than thirty years, and this has happened
once before. Some time ago I had for a
fare a crank from Portlana, Me., by the
name of Neal Dow, who said he wouldn't
drink, and what was more to the point,
he said he wouldn't pay for anybody else
to drink." v >
The son found himself occupying the " .
same ground as that on which his father
had stood.
The I^uck of Kanaai.
In answering the question, "What has.
prohibition done for Kansas?" the Kansas
State Temperance Union says: "It
has reduced the annual consumption of
ntnvieants from above fifteen gallons per
:apita, the average throughout the United
States, to less than one gallon per capita
in Kansas. It saved an average of over
* 6,000,000 in liquor sales which otherwise
would go to the saloon. It has reduced
:he internal revenue collections from
lbove $1.25 per capita, the average
;hroughout the United States, to less than
;wenty cents in Kansas. Last, but not
east, it saves annually more than 1200
souls from drunkards' graves."
A Temperance lteviralThe
Illinois Citizenship Lcjjjue has put
:o test a new method of anti-license work
n saloon towns, and found it very successful
in creating sentiment. It is called a
'Temperance Revival," and consists of a
leries of meetings, at least four, and a
ihildren's meeting. At these meeting the
Amnio or a aa\roA tn come forward and
lign a pledge to the effect that Ihey will
lo all in their power to prevent the sale
>f intoxicating and malt liquor in theii
>wn town, except for medicinal and meihaa^csl
purposes. On each signer a bit
)? red ribbon is pinned; also on the chilIren
at their meeting when they promise
o help.
The Crusade In Brief.
Germanv, the land of beer and "person
tl liberty' in beer drinking, is about tc
ry legislation as a remedy for drunken
less.
You owe it as a duty to yourself and tc
he cause of temperance to know as much
is possible about the history, developnent
and meaning of the temperanc*
novement.
Bishop Thoburn, writing to the Indiana
iVitness concerning the Philippines says:
'Every alternate place of business seem?
:o be a liquor shop of some kind, and the
loldier has temptation before his eye?
vhichever way lie may turn."
There are 10,928 saloons in Ohio, comjared
with 10,8/1 a year ago.
If the United Stales of America woulc
rule the world, if she would whiten th<
iistant sea* with the saiis ot her comnerce,
if she would extend her intellee
;ual realm till her voice is law in the cap
tals of the distant Orient, then let her
or two generations abandon alcohol, and
ihe can realize her ambition.
The City Council of Uoehester. Minn,
ecently passed an ordinance which u
low in effect, which guards against thf
Ilegal sale of liquor at forbidden houra,
jv providing that screens and curtaint
hall be removed from the windows of
oons and drug siores during all Sunda}
md on other uays, from 11 p. in. until i
i. m.
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