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1 THE REALM
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New York City.?Shell pink satin
foulard is hi-ro stylishly combined
with dark red velvet and tucked ivory
niousseline do soie. The picture is reproduced
from Modes.
MI83ES' COSTUME. |kj
Tbe^bodice is mounted on a glovefitted
lining, which closes in the centre,
front The back is smooth across
tl^/sbtyptere and draws down close
at -ralft line with tiny pleats in
the centre. A perfect adjustment Is
facade with an under-arm gore. % ;
' fronts are slightly double-breasted.
fulness at the waist being
arranged in blouse effect over a narrow
velvet girdle,. The shallow plastron
of tucked mousseline ^permanently
attache~cKjto the right tyuing
front and fastens^Ttt^lslbly on thd left
1? l?. wrrt lef
side. Tne speciiu iranmuu iuia^n?>pi
Is the tucfced collar, wb^l jypvldes
a stylish trimn^Jng for the\tek afl?'
outlines the plastron, form highroad
tucked revers. It extends o^ts&ver
the sleeves, giving broad effeq$?PHfe '
shouldets, that Is becoming to Sftadei |
figures. *'
The -sleeves are . correctly iolshed
with upper and under portioag, and
finished with a ruffle which full:; over i
the hand.
Narrow velvet ribbon is effectively
applied arouud the standing ant?.
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tucked collars and on the lower edge
of the sleeves.
The circular skirt is fitted smooth
across the front and over the hips,
? closing under an invisible placket at
the centre back. It flares prettily at
the sides and falls in graceful folds
in the back.
Plain and figured India or taffeta
silks, poplinette. crepe meteor, chaise!
or silk muslin are appropriate for this
N mode, with ribbon, lace, tucked batinto
nr volvot fnr trfni minor.
To make the waist in the medium
size will require two yards of figured
material thirty or thirty-six inches
? wide, or one and one-half yards of
forty-four inch width, one-half yard
of tucking for shield and standing
collar. To make the skirt in the me/dium
size will require two and onequarter
yards of forty-four inch ma::
terial.
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A Style Generally Becoming:.
No style of bodice is more generally
beconiinu 'ban the bolero in its many
forms. The excellent May Manton design
illustrated in the large picture is
/. adapted to many materials, but is
never more effective than, as shown.
I... in black taffeta with . pplique of Persian
embroidery. The model from
which the drawing was made is worn
with a skirt of figured black silk and
over a waist made of ready tucked
mousseline in cream white. The lining
is white satin, but the revers are
faced with black panne, which adds
greatly to the effect. The high stock,
which matches the waist, is finished
with an applique of heavy cream lace.
Pastel tinted taffetas are admirable
and exceedingly attractive for gardeit
party and informal evening wear, but
the latest bint from Paris tells of taffeta
enriched by embroidery into which
gold aud silver threads are introduced.
The waist beneath may be of any contrasting
material, but is most effective
in such diaphanous filmy stuffs as
chiffon, mousseline and Liberty gauze.
To cut this bolero for a woman of
I medium size three yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, or one and
three-eighths yards fifty inches wide,
with one and three-quarter yards of
tucking eighteen inches wide for the
waist, and one and one-half yards of
lining, will he required.
TreAtiuant of tho Coat.
Now that it is unsafe to go from
home without wraps it is well to understand
the secret of proper hanging
when not in use. She is an 'inwise
woman who hangs up her jacket by a
loop at the back of the neck. It makes
the cor' sag where the strain conies,
and it gives It a drag.ccd and droopj
appearance. If loops are used at all
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OF FASHION. 1
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. til. V slinillil hr? nut at tllC ariXlllOlCS, j
j and so put ou a, to stand upright and j
I iK>t stretched across au inch or two of |
j space. Rut the best way to keep a |
coat fresh and in good shape is to keep
it. when not in active service, on a
wooden ' anger. i
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Embroidered I'oatuN Now.
The postal card craze has affected
the needlewoman and the embroidered
postal is the latest luxury for the col- j
lector's album. The Swiss embroideresses
have chosen flowers with which
t^tflfoament these cards, and the favorite
design is a spray of delicate
blossoms, or one large flower, a bud
and feathery foliage. The design is
embroidered on the left hand side of
the card. The work is done with the
graduated long stitch, both straight
aud slanting, in colored silks, and
pricked through the card bj' hand or
by machine. When thus decorated
the card Is pasted on the back of an- j
other card, the latter serving for the
address.
Violet Linen Frock.
A violet linen frock is made up with
a fitted flounce at the Lottom joined j
to the atttt* by iwertion of Point j
d'Arabe&ftoe. The girdle, instead ol
being awSe of black ^vet. is of vio '
let linen, with a narrow band of lace J
'insertion at both edges. Through
these bands are run the narrowest of j
draw ribbons of violet velvet. The |
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fashion aid knots of the violet velvet
are awin^ed down the front of the
bodice. * *
The Style ?>r Sleeve*.
( The double sleeve is all the rage
just now. and it is as well to have it
while so much in favor, as there are
signs that the style is not come to
stay. For one thing, it has caught on
just a trifle too much. The double
sleeve is becoming extremely popular
it will soon be too popular. This is
sad. for it Is a pretty mode, and one
which gives an air to a simple muslin
frock. Ore thing in its favor is Its
variety.
A Warm Looking Ribbon.
A heavy warm looking ribbon is the
beaver. In beaver colors it has the
appearance of real beaver with its
long nap. It is no- confined, however,
! to dull shades, but is to be seen In
WITH DOLEUO.
lighter colors. It comes with contrasting
bacKs of satin, the beaver color,
with pink or. blue backs, violet with
green, or any of the contrasts that are
pretty and stylish.
Modifth Gowns.
Next to the white cloth gowns in favor
stands gowns of light blue and
mushroom pink cloth and the indications
arc that this is to be pre-eminently
a season of pale tinted cloths for
reception wear.
An Esientlal For a Child.
The comfortable loose wrapper that
can be slipped on without delay is an
essential for the child as well as for
its elders. The charming May Man- i
ton model shown has the merit of serv- :
ing equally well for that purpose and j
olanninrr rrf\TT*n tllO fnmipr !
iUl LUC PICC|/JUj5 frKS *? * w*. ?. v ,
service it is admirable made of French
flannel or the less costly flannelette;
for the latter it can be maue of cambric.
long cloth, nainsook or the warmer
flannelette in preparation for winter
nights.
The full fronts and backs are simply
gathered and poined to a shallow,
square yoke. Over the yoke falls the
pretty round collar, with its deep frill, |
and all unnecessary fulness at the j
neck and shoulders is avoided. The
sleeves are one-seamed and gathered !
at both arms' eyes and wrists, where j
child's wrappeb.
( they terminate in wristbands and full
i frills.
i To cut this wrapper for a child of
, four years of age three yards of ma
terial twenty-two inches wide will be
[ required.
DR. TALMAGES SEBMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BYTHE NOTED
DIVINE.
Snbji?et: Christ's Character?His Earthly
Life Itoplete With Reautifnl Emnpleo?
PrarlIco Self Sacrifice anrt ITnutility
and Help Bear Bnrdens of Others
[Copyright l'.tou.l
Wastttncton', I). C.?Tn this Bertnon,.
which Dr. Talmage sends from Paris, Iip
analyzes the eharactcr of the Saviour, and
urges all Christians to exercise the qualities
which wpre conspicuous in Christ's
earthly life. The text is Romans viii, 9:
"Now, if any man has not the spirit of
Christ he is none of His."
There is nothing moro desirable than a
ninncfinf icnnaition Without it we can
not be happy ourselves or make others
hapny. When wo have lost our temper
or become impatient under some light
cross, we suddenly awaken to new appreciation
of proper oouipoise of nature. Wc
wish we had been born with self balance,
we envy those people who bear themselves
through life without any perturbation, and
we flatter ourselves that, however little
self control we may now have, the time
will come, under the process of years,
when we will be mellowed and softened,
and the wrong thines which are in us now
will then be all right, forgetful of the fact
that an evil habit in our nature will grow
into larger proportion*, and that an ininuity
not corrected will become the grandfather
of a whole eeneration of iniquities.
So that people without the grace of God
in the struggle and amid the annoyances
on/1 ovaanorat.inns nf life are ant to be
come worse instead of better.
Now, the trouble is that we have a theory
abroad in the world that a roan's disposition
cannot be changed. A man says,
"I am irascible in temper, and I can't
help it." Another man says. "I am revengeful
naturally, and I can't help it"
A man says. "T am impulsive, and I can't
heln it." AM h? tells the truth. No man
can correct his disposition. I never knew
a man by forcc of resolution to change
his treatment, but bv His grace God
can take away that which is wrong and
put in that which is right, and I know
and vou kno?v peonle who. since their con
version, are just the opposite of what they
used to be. Tn other words, we may, by
the spirit of God, have the disnosition of
Jesus Christ implanted in our disnosition.
and we must have it done or we will never
see heaven. "Tf any man have not the
disposition of Jesus Christ, he is none of
His."
In the first place, the spirit of Christ
was a spirit of gentleness. Sometimes He
made wrathful utterance against .Pharisees
and hypocrites, but the most of His
words were kind and gentle and loving
and inoffensive and attractive. When we
consider the fact that He was omnipotent.
and could have torn to pieces His
assailants, the wonder is greater. We often
bear the persecution and abuse of the
world because we cannot help it. Christ
endured it when He could have helned it,
Little children who alwavs shy off at' iC,
rouph man rushed into H's presence and
clambered on Him until the people
begped <jie mothers to take them away.
Invalids so sore with wounds that they
could not bear to have any one'come near
them begged Christ just to nut His hand
upon the wound # and soothe it. # The
mother with the sickest child was willing
to nut the little one in Christ's arms.
Self-righte."is people rushed into His
presence with a woman of debased charos>fny
nnA eairl. "NTnw nnnihilataiher. blast
her, kill her." Jesus looked at her and
saw she was sbrry and repentant, and He
looked at them, and He saw they wre
prouJ and arrogant and mnlignamt, and He
said, "Let him that is without sin cast th'e
first stone at her." A blind man sat by
the wavside making a great ado about his
lack of vision. They told him to hush
no and "not bother the Master. Christ
stooped to him and said. "What wilt thou
that I do unto thee?" Gentleness of voice,
gentleness of manner, gentleness of life.
We all admire i* whether we have any
of it or rot. Just as the rough mountain
bluff and the scarred crag love to look
down into the calm lake at their feet and
as the- stormiest winter loves to merge
into the sunshiny snring, so the most precipitate
and impulsive and irascible nature
loves to think of the gentleness of Christ.
How little we have of it! How little natience
jn treating with enemies! We
l?ave so little of the gentleness of Christ
we are not fit for Christian work half the
time. We do not know how to comfort
the bereft or to encourage the disheartened
or to take caro of the poor. Even
our voice of sympathy is on tne wrong
pitch.
My sister had her arm put out of joint,
and we were in the country, and the
neighbors came in, and they were all sympathetic.
and they laid hold of the arm
and nulled and pulled mightily until the
anguish was intolerable,, but the arm did
not go to its place. Then the old country
doctor was sent for, and he came in, and
with one touoH it was all right. He knew
just where to put his finger and just how
to touch the bone.. We go out to our
Christian work with too rough a hand
and too unsjitfpathetic a manner, and we
fail in our wor&, while some Christian,
in the gentleness of Christ, comes along,
put his hand of sympathy on the sore
spot, and the torn ligaments are healed,
and tfte disturbed bones are rejoined. Oh,
for this gentleness of Christ!
Tho Hpw nf one summer niorht will ac
eomplish more good than fifty Caribbean
whirlwinds. How.important it is that in
going forth to serve Christ we have something
of His gentleness! Is that the way
we bear ourselves when we are assaulted?
The rule is an eye for an eye, a tooth ior
a tooth, retort for retort, sarcasm for sarcasm.
Give him as much as he sends!
After awhile ycu look up into the face of
Christ, and you see Hia gentleness, and
you say, "Well, now, I must do differently."
Then your proud heart says: "Now
you have your enemy in a corner. You
will never get him in a corner again. Chastise
him and then let him go." So we
postpone the gentleness of Christ.
Did you ever know any difficulty to be
healed by acerbity or hypercriticism?
About forty-five years ago the Presbyterian
Church was split into the new school
and the old school. The chasm got wider
and wider. The most outrageous personnwam
in flnrwl mpn on
one 3ide anathematized good men on the
other side. YVider and wider the chasm
got until after awhije some good people
tried another tack, and they began to explain
away the difficulties, ana soon all
the differences were healed, and at Pittsburg
they shook hands and are one now
to be one forever.
You say to a man with whom you had
a falling out, "1 despise you." He says,
"I can't bear the sight of you." You say
to him, "I never want you to come to my
house again." He snys, "If you come to
my house again, I'll kick you out." You
aay, "I'll put you down." "Oh, no," he
Bays. "I'll put you down." But some day
the spirit of Christ comes into you and
you go over and say: "My brother, give
me your hand; time is short and eternity
is near, and we can't afford to quarrei.
Nov: let bygone* bo bygones and let its act
like Christians." Tt is all settled. How'/
By the gentleness of Christ.
j Bill you ever know a drunkard re!
claimed by mimicry of !<is staggering steys,
his thick tongue or his hiccough.' }\o.
I You only madden his brain. But you go
! to him and let him know you appreciate
j what cn awful struggle he has with the
evil habit and you let him know that you
have been acquainted with people who
were down in the 9ame deptns who, by
the jr.ace of Ciod, have been rescued. lie
hears year voice, he resnonds to that sympathy.
and he is saved. You cannot scold
the world into anything better. The
stormiest wind comes from its hiding
place and says, "I will arouse this sea,"
and it blows upon the sea. Half of the
sea is aroused or a fourth of the sea is
arousod, yet not the entire Atlantic. But
after awhile the moon comes out calm and
J r?r. nnnn fh? qoI ftflH f.liP
| pittClU. ll> miucp upv?* vuw uv?*| ....
I occan begins to iiit. It embraces all th?
highlands, the beach is all covered. The
' heart throb of ono world beating against
the heart thr-.h of another world. The
j storm ccuid a-.?t rouse the whole Atlantic;
the nwor- it. "And I," said Christ
"if I be lifted up will draw all men untc
Me."
j Christ's disposition was also one of self
MCriticc. No yaung tun ever started oul
witk y> bright * prospect as Christ started
out with if He hit! been willing to follow
a worldly ambition. >
In the time that He pave to the sick He
mltriifr trathpred flip vnsfpsfc fortune l
of His time. With His power to popularize
Himself and magnetize the people Ho
could have gained any official position.
No orator ever won such plaudits as ne
might have won from sanhcdrin and synagogue
and vast audiences hy the seaside;
no physician ever got such a reputation
for healing powir 03 He might have obtained
if He had performed His wonderful
cures before the Roman aristocracy.
I say these things to let you know what
Paul meant when he said, "He pleased not
Himself," and to show something of the
wonders of His self sacrifice. All human
power together could not have thrown
Christ into the manger if He had not
chosen to go there; all satanic strength
could not have lifted Ohrist unon the
cross if lie had not electcd Himself to the
torture.
To save our race from sin and death
and hell He faced all the sorrows of this
world and the sorrows of eternity. How
much of that self sacrifice have we?
What is self sacrifice? It ia my walking
a long journov to save you from fatigue:
it is my lifting a great number of
pounds to save you from the awful strain:
it is a subtraction from my Comfort and
prosperity so that there inay Ije an addition
to your comfort and prosnerity. How
much of that have we? Might not* I
rather say. "How little have we?"
Two children, brother and sister, were
passing down the road. They were both
very destitute. The lad had hardly any
garments at all. His sister had a coat
4+ aka nnfrrrmvn Tf. WAfl ft Vei*V
cold day. She said, "Johnnie, come under
this coat." "Oh," he said, "no; the
coat isn't large r-.oueh." "Oh," she said,
"it will stretch." ' He comes under the
coat, but the coat would nqt stretchy So
she took off the coat and put it oin him.
Christ walked to Emmaus; Christ
walked from Capernaum to Bethany;
Clirist walked from Jerusalem to Golzotha.
How far have yoif and I walked
for Christ? His head ached; His Jieart
ached: His back ached. How much nave
we ached for Christ?
The disposition of Jeaus was also a disposition
of humility. The Lord of earth
and heaven in the garb of a rustic. He
wht? poured all the wateravof the earth
out of His right hand?the*'Amazon and
the Euphrates, and the Oregon, and the
Ohio, and the Mississippi?bending over a
well to ask a Samaritan woman for a
drink. *
He who spread the canopy nf the heavens
arid set the earth for a footstool admitting
that He had not where to lay His
head. He whose chariot the clouds are
walking witn sore feet: hushing the tempest
on Gennesaret and wiping the spray
of the storm from His beard, then sitting
clown in the cabin beside His disciples as
though He had done no more than wipe
the sweat from His brow in Joseph's
carpenter shop: taking the foot of death
off the heart of Lazarus and breaking the
chain of the grave against the marble of
the tomb, and then walking out with Mary
and Martha without any more pretension
than a plain cibizen going out in the suburban
village to spend the evening;
jostled as though He were a nobody; jjursufed
as though He were an outlaw; nick- ,
named; seated with publicans and with
sinners?King of heaven and earth trailing
his robes in the dust!
How much of that humility have we?
If we get a few more dollars than other
people or gain a little higher position, oh,
how we strut! We go around wanting
everybody to know their place- and say,
"Is not this great Babylon that I have
built fjjr the honor of my kingdom and by
the might of my strength?" Who has
anvthine of the hnmilitv of Christ? >
The disposition of Christ was also.the
spirit of prayer. Prayer on the mountains,
prayer on the sea, prayer among the
sick?ptayer everywhere. Prayer for little
children. "Father, I thank Jhee that
Thou hast "hidden these things fjom the
wise and prudent and revealed them unto
babes." .Prayer for His friends. "Father,
I will that they be with Me where I am."
Prayer for His enemies, "Father, forgive
them; they know not ,what they do."
Prayer for all nations, "Thy kingdom
come." ,
How little of that spirit you and I have!
How soon our knees get tired! Where ia
the vial full of odors \vhi?h are the prayers
of ail the saints! Which of us can
keeD our mind ten minutes on a jirayer
without wandering? Not you: not I. Oh,
that we might have the spirit of' prayer
which was tue spirit of Christ!
,We want more prayer in the family,
more prayer in the church, more prayer
in the legislature hall, more prayer among
the sick, more prayer among the agecf,
more prayer among the young. The great
advancement of the church is to bo in that
direction yet.
While the council of Nuremberg was
signing the'edlict that gave the church ita
freedom Martin Luther was away off in a
room by himself praying for that accomplishment.
Though there was no line
of communication between the place where
. the council was assembled ana the room'
where Martin Luther was praying, Martin
Luther suddenly rose from his knees and
said: "It is accomplished! The chtirch
is free! Victory, victory!" Oh, for this
direct line of communication with the
throne of God. so that it may be said of
us, as it was s^id of Luther, "He got what
he asked for!" :
/ I he spirit of Christ", 1 remark lastly,
was a spirit of hard work. Not one lazy
mbmcnt in all His life. Whether He was
talking to the fishermen on the beach,
or preaching to the sailors on ths dock,
or administering to the rustics amid the
mountains, or spending an evening in
Bethanv. always busy for others. With
hands, heart, head, busy for others?hewing
in the Nazareth carpenter shop, teach
? _ ' ' - * ' ? ? ~ rtmi foil.
ing cue ami' Iluw iu wain, mtuuuv uuw.
es, curing the child's tits, providing rations
for the hungry host. Busy, busy,
busy! The hardy men who pulled the
net out of the sea filled with nounderio^
treasures, the shepherds who hunted up
grassy plots for their flocks to nibble at.
the shipwrights pounding away in the
dockyards, the winemakers of Engedi dipping
tnc juices from the vat and pouring
them into the goatskins, were not more
busy than Christ. Busy, busy for others!
From the moment He went out of the cara"an8ary
of Bethlehem to the moment
when the cross plunged into the socket on
the bloody mount busy for others. Does
that remind you of yourself? It does
not remind me of myself. If we lift a burden
it must be light; if we do work, it
must be popular; if we sit in the new, it
must be safe; if we move in a sphere of
usefulness, it must be brilliant; if we have
to take hold of a load, give us the light
end of the log. In this way to >.eaven tan
na rnr-L- 113. sine us to sleep. Lift us up
toward heaven on the tips of your lingers
under a silken sunshade. Stand out of
the way, ail you martyrs who breasted
the fire; stand out of the way and let
this colony of tender footed modern Christians
come up and get their crown.?!
What has your Lord done to you, 0 I
Christian, that you should betray him: I
Who save you so much riches that you can
aliord to despise the awards of the faithful?
At this moment, when all the armies
of heaven ami earth and hell are plunging
into the conllict, how can you desert the
standard? (,)h. backslidden Christian, is
it not time for yju tn start anew for Cod
and anew for heaven?
.Now, 1 have shown you that the disposition
of Christ was ?, spirit of gentleness,
a spirit of self sacrifice, a spirit of humil j
ity, a spirit of prayer, a spirit < >? hard j
work?five points. Will you remember j
Mint 9 ai-,. vmi readv now for the tre |
inendous announcement of the text, "If
i any man has not the spirit of Chri:t, he
is none of His?" Are you ready for that
> statement? Can we stand up and say,
"Yes; we have the spirit of Christ!" Not
one of us can make that answer to the full
: question, yet 1 am to declare to you there
; is no discouragement in this subject foi |
1 Christian people. You have the seeds of
i this character planted in your soul. "It
i doth not yet appear what we shall be."
; You might as well blame an acorn foi
[ not being an oak of a thousand years a9
to blame yourself because you are not
equal to Christ. You have the implantation
within you which will enlarge and
develop into the grandest Christian cbar
> acter, and there is no discouragement in
; this text for you to try to love and serve
, the .Lord. Aim high. Sheathe not your
? sword until you have gained the last vie- |
tory. Climb higher and higher until you i
. reach the celestial hiUs. Crowns bright
; and radiant for aW the victory but death
[ to cveif deserter.
PpHV"
' ~"'r V #
TEE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COAtti;NT$
FOR OCTOBER 14. ^ f
Sol'jcct: Parable of llie Great Snpp#r,
JLuIco xtv., 15-24?Golden Texl: Lube
l'ir., 17 ? Memory Veraet, 21-34 ?
Conuneintary on tlie Day's Lemon.
Thi3 parable was spoken while they
were still reclining at the table. See last
lesson.
15. "One of them." One of the rich
friends of the Pharisaic host, whose remark
gave the Saviour occasion for delivering
the parable of the great supper.
"Heard these things." The recompense
at the resurrection of the just (v. 14) suggested
to this guest a great banquet in the
kingdom of the Mesaian. "Blessed is he."
He extols the greatness of the privilege.
)n the parable that follows Christ warns
him and the others that the privilege will
by no means be so generally recognized or
embraced by the Jewish people as was
commonly thought. "In the kingdom of
God." The kinordom of God, here, does
not signify the kingdom of heaven in the
highest sense, but only the kingdom of
the Messiah, of which the carnal Jew"
here speaks, according to the received
sense of his nation, as of a glorioua temnnr.il
kingdom, in which the Jews should
lord it over the Gentile world, enjoy their
wealth, and be provided with all temporal
blessings and delights, in which they place
their happiness.
10. "Then said He." He delivered the
following parable to show that the Messiah's
kingdom would be offered to them
under the most favorable circumstances,
yet they would reject it, preferring carnal
to spiritual blessings, while, in the meantime,
the Qentiles would embrace the gospel
with cheerfulness and thereby be prepared
to sit down in the abodes of the
blessed. "A great supper." Representing
the rich and abundant provisions of the
gospel. The use of this emblem to denote
spiritual blessings is rooted in Old Testament
prophecy. The blessings of salvation
arc compared to a feast. 1. Because of
their rich variety and abundance. 2. '
Their suitableness to our spiritual wants.
3. The high satisfaction and enjoyment
which they yield. "Bade many." The
Jewish nation. This general announcement
was made in the Old Testament institutions
and prophecies."
17. "And sent his servant." The commission
to all who hold office of summoning
the world to- enter the kingdom of
God is the same, hence but one servant is
referred to. John the Baptist, Christ; the
apostles and disciples all delivered the gospel
message and issued a call to the Jewish'
people. The same call was afterward
given to the Gentiles, and such is the invitation
now extended to us. "That were
bidden." The Jews to whom the gospel
tvas first offered, especially the scribes
and Pharisees. "Come." 'lhe invitations
Df the gospel are full and complete. Matt.
11:28; Rev. 22:17. "All things'are now
ready." Ncfw is the accepted time. Every v
E revision is made for the redemption of a
ist world; not one.thing is lacking. The
plan of salvation is perfect. Come, now,
and be saved.
18. "They all." But few of the scribes
and Pharisees responded to Christ's invitation.
"Began to make excuse." In
worldly affairs'people would be anxious
to accept an invitation to suctv-a "supper,"
but in feligioufl matters it is very
cimereat. men are uawmmg to
the offers of salvation. ''The first said."
When the time came they all refused to
enter ih, cach having some excuse.- The
ultimate ground of their refusal was that
they felt no real, desire, and saw nothing
lttractive in such a feast, and had no rev*
2rence for the host. "Have bought." The
purchase may not have been unconditionally
made (Lange), but probably at
that very moment it depended upon the
riewing of the land whether it should be
made definite. "Must needs." These excuses
were all trivial, and yet they appeared
to those making them to be real
reusons why they could not possibly attend
the feast.
19. "I go to prove them." Mark the increasing
rudeness of the speakers. The
fifst pleads a "must needs;" the second
merely states his intention?"I go;" the
third says bluntly, "I cannot," and omits
the courtesy of asking to be excused. The
true lesson from all tfiree is tnat innocent
and right things keep men away from the
?03pel feast.
20. ''Married a wife." ? He should'have
said to his wife, "Come, let ud both accept
the invitation to this gospel feast, at
ance." "Therefore I cannot come." This
was just, the reason why he should have
gone. We should invite the Saviour to
enter our homes and dwell with us there.
I. When young people enter upon the active
duties of life they need the help and
guidance of the Holy Spirit. If they lean
to their own understanding and trust to
their own efforts for success they will ultimately
fail. 2. No home is a truly happy
home without Christ. It is onlv when
His love fills the soul and when He controls
our affairs that real joy and peace
exist. 3. We ,need Christ to bear oar
burdens with us and help us through the
hard places. He will be a shelter in the
time of storm, and a solid rock in the
hour of affliction. 4. A Christian home
is a power for good - in the community,
while1 a Christies* home is as great a p'ow-.
er for evil. 5. The influences of the home
mold, to a great extent, the characters
and lifes of the entire family.
21. "Go out quickly." There is no time
to be lost. The feast is ready. "The
streets and lanea." Extend the invitation
to the publicans and sinners?the outcasts,
who were despised by those to whom
Jesus was speaking.
22. "It is done. God's true ministers
;arry the gospel to the worst classes. They
frequently enter the slums in order to
point those who are deep down in sin to i
the Christ who is able to save them.
"Yet there is room." The lord of the
house has prepared a very great feast for
very many. Provisions are made for all.
"Whosoever will let him come."
23. "The highways and hedges." Out- |
side of the city. By this is meant that the I
gospel would be preached to the Gentiles.
vVlien rejected by the Jews Paul turned
to the Gentiles. "Compel them to come
in.'1 Not by force, but by an earnest en'
?* ? 1? "
treaty. "Tliat my nouse may ue llllCUt |
How anxious the Lord i9 to save every
person. No one needs to be lost.
24. 'I say unto you." Christ is here
half continuing the parable and half expounding
it. "None of those men." A
solemn anoiincement of the coming rejection
of the Jews as a nation for their unbelief.
But the words apply in all their
force to the multitudes now in Christian
lands who despise and neglect the gospel,
while converts among the heathen nation
are multiplied. "Shall taste of My supper."
Shall fnjoy the blessings of the gospel.
They wfcre rejected because they had
rejected the supper. When we reject
Christ we are really closing the do?r
against ourselves.
* MONUMENT TO E ,RRY. A DOC
VIo?t Famous St. liernanl of SnllzmiAnd
With a Keeoril of Forty Liven Saved.
A monument is to be erected on a
mountain in .Switzerland to Barry, the
most famous of St. Bernard dogs. Barry
i:i ten years saved forty lives. His most
creditable achievement was when he I
found a child of ten years in the snow
succumbing to the fatal slumber which
precedes death. The dog first warmed the
child with its breath and licked it until it
awoke. Then by lying on his side the dog
gave the child an obvious invitation to i
ride. The child mounted on his back and
Ihrry carried it to the convent.
Light* on Banker IXi 11 Slonuinent.
The Charlestown Improvement Associa
tion, at lJoston, proposes to crown Hunker
Hill Aiounment with a circle of electric
lights in a manner similar to that in which
the State House dome is illuminated.
The plan for lighting the top of the monurtient
contemplates a row of lights,
twenty on each side, around the shaft at
a distance of 220 feet from the ground.
Died In Poverty and Obncurity.
Colonel II. E. Peyton, sixty years old
it. one time Inspector-General of the Army
Df Virginia on General Robert E. Lee'i
staff, djed in the City Hospital at St
??
Louis. i>lo.. irom pneumonia "v
ind obscurity.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER. (
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT F
I THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
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A Story With Two Sides?The Ordeal to 1
Which a Woman Was Subjected That,
Was a Dlncrace to a Civilized Community?How
the Police Aid Unmiellers.
A woman stood at the bar of justice, A
and by her side two stalwart policemen.
Her name was called and she answered.
Then the judge asked the clerk to read, the L
charge against her.
"Disorderly conduct on the street and
disturbing tne peace," read the clerk.
"Who are the witnesses against the D
woman?" asked the judge, ana the two
policemen stepped forward to be sworn.
"Now tell tne story," said the'judge,. P
and one of tnem began: I '
"I arrested the woman in front of a sa- I
loon on Broadway on Saturday night. She X
had raised a great disturbance, was fighting
and brawling with the men in the sa- , .
loon, and the saloon keeper put her out.
She used the foulest language, and with T
an awful threat struck at the keeper with
ail her force. I then arrested her and
took her to the detention house and'
locked her up."
"The .next witness will take the stand,"
said the judge, and the other policeman
stepped up.
'T. saw the arrest, and I know it to be <x
just as stated. I saw the woman fighting f<
as the saloon keeper put her out on the 9i
street. I heard the vife language she used lc
in the presence of the crowd that gathered ?i
in the street." to
"Call the saloon keeper. What do you tc
know of this case?" F
"I know dis vomans vas mak^p' dis- cl
turbance by my saloon. She conies there J<
und she makes trobles und she fight mit w
me, und I puts her the door oud. I y<
know her all along. She vas pad vom- tc
ana." f<
Turning to the trembling woman the fr
judge said, "This ia a pretty clear case, in
madam; have you anything to say in your gj
own defense?" ||
"Yes, judge," she answered in a strangely
calm, though trembling voice. , m
"I am not guilty of the charge, and a,
those men standing before you have per- g[
jured their souls to prevent me from telling
the truth. It was they and not I who ?(
violated the law. I was in the 3aloon last cj
i Saturday night, but I'll tell you how it jj,
happened. jn
"My huaband did not come home from Q)
work that evening and I feared he had ^
eone to the saloon. I knew he must have i:
drawn his week's wages, and we needed it n
30 badly. I put the little ones to bed, and
then waited all alone through the weary 2,
hours until after the city clock struck
twelve. Then I though the saloons will "
be closed, and he will be put out on the
street. Probably he will not be able to J?
get home, and the police will arrest him "J
and lock nim up. I must go and find him 01
1 r j ?i i CC
| and bring mm norne. i wrappeu itsuuwi i -around
me and started out, leaving the
little ones in bed: and, judge, I have not "
seen them since.".
Here the tears came to the woman's
eyes, and she almost broke down, but restraining
herself she went on:
"I went to the saloon where I thought at
most likely he would be. It was about go
twenty minutes after twelve,--but the sa- a,
loon, ttat man's saloon"?pointing to the tfc
saloon keeper, who seemed to want to fr
crouch out of sight?"it was still open,.
and my husband and these two police- gj
men," pointing to those who had so lately a(
sworn against her, "were standing at the
bar with their lips still wet with drink, f(
and the flecks of foam not yet settled in vv
the empty glasses before them. jf
"I stepped up to my husband and asked C(
him to go home with me. but the men w
laughed at him, and the saloon keeper ordered
- lne out. I said, 'No, I want my <c
husband to go with me.' Then I tried to ^
tell them how badly we needed the money l
he waa spending, and again the keeper
cursed me and ordered me to leave. Then j,
[ confess I could not stand any more, and L
I said, TTou ought to be prosecuted for !p
violating the midnight closing law.' p
"At tnis the saloon keeper and police* ^
man rushed upon me and put me out into
| the street, and one of the policemen, ' Jv
grasping my arm like a vice, hissed in my .
ear. Til get you a thirty days' sentence j1'
in the workhouse, and then see what you tn
think about suing neople.' He.called a 01
patrol wagon, pusnea me in, and drove to
'the hous$ of detention, and, judge, you P'
know the rest. All day yesterday I was w
locked up, my children at home alone, 01
with no fire, no food, no mother^" UI
It was well that the story was finished, w
for a great sob choked her utterance, and
she could sav no more. t'1
"Dismissed," said the judge in a husky
voice,.-and the guilty woman who had so
disturbed the peace passed out of the
court room. . . . ct
But what of the saloon keeper who haa 8}
violated the law by keeping open after p]
twelve o'clock at nizht? And what of the a,
Eolicemen who violated their obligation
y drinking while on duty, and who cj
threatened an honest woman with a sentence
in the 'workhouse if she dared to tell tr
the truth! Oh, nothing at all. They K
were too guilty to be prosecuted.?Cin p,
cinnati Living Issue.*
! / ?~~~ s<
No Lack of Lights _
If experience has ever cast the light of [}
judgment upon any practice in the world n
in which meit have been permitted to en- gage,
and shown it up in its true charac- jj
ter as a source of ruin and woe, it has cer- 6|
tainly done this for the traffic in strong
drink. If ever any habit of men has in- 0
fringed upon the God-given liberties of i|
jhildren and wives and mothers, it is this t|
home-destroying drink habit. If ever any- -j
thing has been a soilrce and ally of cor- '
ruption at the ballot box, it haa been the
dnnk evil. If ever any evil has worked
igainst the peace and prosperity of
churches and tne progress of the gospel
' '~ x'? ?1-J J* K/mn * f ma j
31 peace in me wunu, n, new m.vu
i :urse of the pit. It' ever any liberty of f,
man has brought him to degradation, pov- ^
arty, insanity, crime, jail or. scaffold, it r,
has be$n shis liberty of drink.?Baptist ^
Courier. f,
Gratifying Decrease In Drunkenness. ^
"Recent articles in the Liverpool press," 0,
jays the Congregationalist, "tell of a most t,
marked decline of drunkenness in that ^
maritime city where liquor haa been and
still is so freely used. The number of ar- p
rests for drunkenness during the five years
ending 1874 were 19,193 annually. They jy
were only 4768 annually during the five ^
years ending 1809. This decline in arrests ?
cannot be laid to less vigilance on the part jjJ
of the police, for they never made more
careful inspection of their districts, and
have never been more vigorous in the suppression
of groggeries. The reasons given
for the decline in drunkenness by the oi
Liverpool journalists are the demolition' bi
of rookeries, the increased interest in phys- tl
ical recreation, and the more stringent is
attitude of the trades unions toward, t(
members who drink." ' a:
gi
A Long-CherMlied Delusion. n
For hundreds of years the world has fa.
labored under the delusion that alcohol I
was a stimulant. There is not the slight-'[ [%|
! est iota of scientific proof showing its
j stimulating action, anil vet there are rued-, L
i ical men to-day, apparently rational oiv
t most subjects, who constantly speak of .
alcohol as a stimulant. On the contrary, ri
it is a depressant, a paralyzer, an anesthetic,
in its action lowering vitality, and
from the very inception of its influence in- ni
tevfering with every vital function. Scien- b<
title experiments have proven conclusively p:
that it is a cardiac irritant, but not a k'
stimulant. a!
Wliat Abstaining Will Do.
An abstaining community would solve without
tH slightest friction the compeni
sation question, the Sunday-closing ques- ?,
tion, and every other question wnich the
attempt to regulate the drink traffic has
raised, and which perplex politicians as
much as they belittle temperance reform- p
a
f IS.
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Deatli Rate From Intemperance. tl
In England and Wales the death rate ,
from intemperance has increased during
the last thirty years more than 100 per *
cent., and among women since 1875?the
first year for which the statistics for the k
sexes were given separately?it has in- t|
creased 150 per cent. '
' Xfcj t '
iOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN.
'RECNANT THOUGHTS FROVI THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS.
li the Lust Days?The Secret of HolpCutueftA
? ltenewiag Onr Vows ? Stick to
the Spirit'? The Goldea Kulc?storing
Eternal Jtirhcs?Sees Us As We Arc.
'
a Wfi grow old, how softly, slowly close
The tltxjiN of sense, and chut us from
the world. 1 $
ike tender petals of some ling'ring rose
That, of'a frosty night, have inward
curled!
'im.a? the ti:rure3 in a d.-Mm now dbss
.Those glitt'ring shows that atirred our
.youthrul hearts.
oor, hurrying shadows in a misty glass.
Each hut a moment seeu era it depart*.
or sight, nor sound, nor taste, of earth's
delights
Can longer please; these things are
past and goue.
he soul will put her cuiet houso to
And in the upper chamber watch the
dawn;. ?James Buckham.
V-:?'The
Secret of Helpfalnee*.
To be a helper one must help. He must
agin to do and coutinue to do,. year by
Bflr patiently, cheerfully. Whece shall
ae beginV UiRht where he is. Begin
i the family and do the best that is poable
to make a prosperous, happy, coa nted
family. Carry the same spirit,in?
the neighborhood and into society,
or special work of a moral and religious
laracter, the church is always open.
}in the company of faithful men and
omen, and do what you can to make
)ur church a power for good in your
iwn or city. Take an interest In re rmatory
movements that are seeking
oni high motives to lessen the evils and
icrease the virtues that have expreson
in personal and family and social
fe. Help N#h your money to the e? nt
of your ability. If you hare
uch inonev. heln arenerouslv bv thiff
leans; if but little, use it ia the helpful
>irit, and in either case it will both
irry and bring a blessing. Help with
)ur prf^ence and your earnest, appreatlve
^owfe. Help with your sympaly
and yodr. manifest- readiness to assist
i all jjrays, iri 'att .places where the
jed of nsslstancb .tt; wen, and \rhere It
evident it would'be gratefully wel>med.
Help wfth your gracious deeds.
[elpers are needed everywhere. There
e a large number world now.
he world is coniifarti^r grftwing. The
*eds of an educational kind^morai, and
m-itual as well Cfr'jStellectual?are >. .
anifest on every hand. Put' /ourself
. line with the helpers who, by virtue
! their unselfish, Christian,services, fire
(laborers with God and the Master A
ir the saving of the world. Help now.
dp as much as you can and as long a?
>U live. ,;-v
* Renewing Oar Towi.
In the modern Christian world vows
e less common than formerly, although
me types of the Christian believer still
ake occasional, or even habitual, use of
lem. They used to be regarded, and by
ost of those wito still take,.them thay
*e regarded now, as possessing unspeakjle
solemnity. Indeed they are of tea - ?
?cepted as final tend conclusive-in their
Feet upon life. Yet there is a kind of
jw which we all take as Christians -'.v>
hi eh is no less solemn, although lest
rmal. We make vows wheu- we be>me
Christians. We repeat them when ,
e join the earthly church. We reiter:e
them and refrosh our sense of their
lemnity. whon we draw near to our
ord at the communion table. It would
? well if they were given more promi;nca
before our thought as distinct ob
jatinns. pledges, agreements entered
to between ourselves and our God.
hey should control and color our lives,
ut are vows, as such, irrevocable?
?me certainly are. When we pledge i ?
irselves to be the servants of Christ M
irou?hout life, that vow Should -be un?rstood
to be final. But the vows of
lose who enter religious sisterhoods
brotherhoods, for example, may or . Vs'
ay not be final. We sometimes make .'-V";
edges to ourselves, if not to others,
hich have permanent influence upon
ir careers and which we come to look
jon almost with superstitious respect,
hich prove detrimental, and possibly
>th materially and spiritually. Are , . W
icse pledges to be kept?
8tlck to the fplrifc. tvvT^
The obligation to be true to one's word
innot be held too sacredly. Christians
?onld loyally adhere _to wnat tney mtro
rofessed even at great cost or sacrifice,
[id in most cases even if they prove to
ave made their .pledges without suffient
consideration. This is better and -.
>fer than to appear to.be false or
itiing. Nevertheless, miuiy cases rise j
hich illustrate the old proverb,'"A bad
romise is bettor broken than kept."
^questionably conditions change, and
) radically sometimes that to keep a
romise to the letter is to break it to
le spirit. That aa honorable mind canot
endure. The vow, if he prefer to renrd
it so, must be disregarded in order ':r.
lat it may be kept, and, even where v>:>
ich an extreme is not reached, circumtances
may so alter as to prove that the
romise never would have been made if
le future could have been foreseen.
lat the demand that it be fulfilled is un
jstinanie, ami umi umy u auu
arrow loyalty to the form of truth will
isist upon strict obedience.
The Golden Knl?.
"This is not the work I would choose
> do, but this is good work, and far
utter do this than to do nothing." That
'presents the spirit of one of our loyal '
linisters, and it is the spirit that makes
>r success. The man who is loyal to
is church stands by it financially and
lirituall.v, is the man who coroos into
iir convention to shape our policy with a
emendous backing^ he has standing,
is words have weight. And when we
II enter our work with that spirit we
ut force into any movement that may
i? instituted. When we conceive a nole
project we want others to put aside
icir prejudices and plans and support
s; well,?the Golden Itule comes iu
anmoivhoi'p
Storing KiernnI Rlche*.
To do a generous net for the benefit
f a friend or for the public weal, is to
ring to the tloer the highest satisfaeon.
The compensation thus received
i not like the money that one receive*
>r service, as desirable and as necessary
i that usually is. The return for the
ood act becomes a part of one's self,
lakes him stronger aud better ever
rrer. It is ft repetition of these acts
tat builds one up into the likeness of the
?rfect character, and makes his life a
leasing to the world. The unselfish life
! the devoted mother is of this kind.
very true life modeled after that of '<
[ sits i:j constantly storing the eternal
cites.
Is it not strange that wo who could
at muster courage to lay bare our souls
'fort' the eyes of men. view'with eomurative
indifference am! unconcern the
nowledsje that find's pure eye sees us i j
(ways iust an we are?
OSRA THE FASTEST BOAT AFLOAT* j
;ie MaLes Fortr-tliree Mile* an Bool I
In Preliminary Trial. jj
The British torpedo boat destroyer Vi? I
er's marvelous record of ferty-three mile* M
n liour has been eclipsed, and the fastesl I
essel in the world is-now her sister ship,
fie Cobra. Both have turbine engines.
The contract speed of eich was thirty*
>ur knots. The Viper did 37.113 knot*
T..-? 11 Tl,o fnhrn in an unofficiAl^m
ii UUiy x%j. auv
rial over the same course at the moutj^^^^B
f the Tyne, the other day, made 37
nots, or 43.5 miles, iler engineers hMDI
bat she has not yet done her best.
.iat they expect fully another knot.