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i :W HEN BABY WRITES A LETTER.
.When baby writes a letter to her Dadd;
far away,
The occasion's most important, for sh
has so much to say.
She sit3 up to the table, as grown-up folk
all do,
lAnd then a pile of paper all around her w
must strew.
iWith Grandma's golden spectacles safi
perched upon her nose
She dips her pen into the ink, then straigh
to work she goes,
'And the onslaught fierce that follow;
would fill you with dismay?
iWhen baby writes a letter to her Dadd;
far away.
"Bahy sends her love to Daddy, and hope
I that he is well,"
Is the sentence Baby first indites?he:
methods I must tell?
For the sweet and simple message that ex
presses Baby's love
Is a dot and dash and big ink-splash be
low and just above.
6he perforates the paper with many tin;
pricks,
And plays a tattoo on her chair with sun
dry little kicks,
And all the floor is scattered o'er witl
fragments of the fray
To tell us Baby*8 writing to her Daddy fai
P.
The letter is a long one, for 9cores o:
sheets are used,
And every one bears witness to the wa;
it's been abused.
A page for every word she takes, sh
quite ignores the lines.
While each one as it's written to oblivioi
she consigns;
Then proudly for an envelope Miss Bab;
now will call.
And she fills it full of paper, with n(
writing on at all.
The address is so illegible, I much regre
to say,
It's doubtful if 'twill ever reach dea
Daddv far away.
?Charles Noel Douglas, in the Woman';
Home Companion.
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IX September, 1870, a small partj
of us went up from Georgetown
Col., to enjoy a few week#' bunt
iug and fishing in Middle Park.
As cooks, camp keepers and genera
utility men, we bad old Joe Bruette
a French-Canadian ex-voyaguer, nnc
his grown son, Peter, both thoroughly
efficient, pleasant fellows, and sc
.warmly attached to each other tlia
nothing less tban inexorable necessity
could keep them apart for twenty
four hours; nor would either of then
ever engage with a party of tourists
or sportsmen unless the other coulr
go along, even if both had to work fo:
one man's pay.
After spending a day or two at Hoi
Sulphur Springs. \ve moved our camr
down to Williams River, almost undei
Lthe shadow of Williams River Moun
tains, where fish and game were ai
that time plentiful.
The trout, however, did not tak(
kindly to our artificial flies; so, earlj
one morning, while his^sou was doinc
the camjM^iofea; Joe, taking a couplc
of empty'nicble bottles ww
out tow*?f tte foothills to gathe
grasahoPPe? for bait
p. *r->.iiad no nwre than half a mile t<
^ and as the night chilled insect;
would be easily caught we expectec
I him to return within an hour. Bu
lie did not come, nor had he done so
when Peter, already, as we thought
absurdly anxious, announced brepk
fast.
About forty-five minutes after Jo?
left we heard several rifle or pisto
shots echoing among the foothills, bu
I"youk father is xot dead."
uch sounds wore so common that a
he moment we paid no attention t<
hem. While we were at breakfast
ine of us, calling these reports t<
nind, carelessly asked Peter if hi;
athor had taken his revolver along
"Why, yes. for sure; he never goe:
nywhere without that," replied th
oung man, "but I'm'fraUl he's got iuti
ome trouble this time, or he'd beei
iack long ago. Maybe, though, he'i
^Aiin/ln^ on /.1L> nn,1 line 5
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nto the mountains."
After waiting another half hour ii
he vain hope of his father's return
?eter became so distressed that, a
lis earnest request. Dr. Lewis, Fret
ieid and I agreed to accompany hiu
?n a search for the missing man.
Arming ourselves with rifles and re
rolvers. we set out at once and, 01
:oruing to a particularly green stretel
if grass at the base of the foothills
tund the two bottles, both dul:
^ked and full of grasshoppers, bu
|H:ign whatever of Joe.
^Ken we three began to clrcli
lnAl'Jnrr niiitu licalftdolr
II^HUUf luvnuUb, l/Ut UOtlCOOlJ
JB the mattoil grass for footprints
EjHe Peter struck out for a grove o
fug cottonwoods, bounding oa on
lido of the meadow. He had not beei
rone live minutes when from out th
thicket's depths rang a horrified shriek
followed by a frenzied, cry of:
"Here, men, here! Hurry! Oh, fo
Heaven's soke, hurry!"
I Dashing like madmen across the lit
tie plain, we reached the dlstressei
|outh in a few moments, and then sav
I fearful sight indeed. In Ihe mids
If a patch 01 trampled, blood-staine<
ushes lay the seemingly lifeless forii
poor Joe. 'rhe scalp was strippei
lorn the front part of the head am
King down over his eyes. His lef
Bin Tiroe liiiillv 1or-avninfl r?nri thft nrn
Iliat side badly mangled, and brokei
wo places; the clothing was ton
h the upper part of his body, an<
hs naked breast gaped four ragge<
K"<vrs, evidently plowed by a singl
Met from the claws of some glan
Jbeast. Whatever the t\nemy. i
["obvious that the old hunter ha<
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made a desperate fight, for all the
chambers of his revolver were empty,
y and his knife encrusted "with gore*
e while the underbrush arou?d was
beaten flat and the ground trodden
8 into blood-moistened dust.
e Peter, dry-eyed, but piteously moaning,
was lying by the senseless bodj'.
e tenderly clasping it in his arms, and
t on seeing us, exclaimed: "My poor
father has been killed by a grizzly
3 bear; and. so help me Heaven, I'll
? npver tastp food till I've destroyed
the brute. Life is no use to me now."
"Why, Pete, my boy," said Dr.
Lewis, who had knelt by the old man's
r side."your father is not dead. He'll
regain consciousness directly. Meantime,
you run to the camp for my in
strument case and tell our friends there
to hurry along with the spring wagon,
^ a few blankets and other such articles
. as they know will be necessary."
Actually hugging the doctor in his
1 joyous revulsion of feeling, and softly
r kissing his father's unhurt hand, Peter
sprang to his feet and was off like a
j shot. Going and returning, he must
cover nearly a mile, but in less than
y ten minutes he was back again with
the little box of surgical instruments
e and some clean clothing for the
i wounded man, now sittiug up and in
full possession of his senses. On seev
ing this, the affectionate son dropped
) to his knees in an ecstacy of thanksgiving
and fairly wept aloud for joy.
Two minutes later the wagon tliunr
dered up to the edge of the grove with
our comrades, who had thoughtfully
3 brought splints, sponges, bandages,
ana, mosi ueeuiui ul an, iwu w>acu
buckets full of warm water.
5 Thon, assisted by his pupil. Fred
J) Reid, the doctor cleansed and stitched
^ iu place the pendant scalp, dressed the
3 , breast and shoulder wounds, set* and
^ bound up the broken arm and made his
"> patient as comfortable as possible. But
' the tough old fellow would not rido
1 back to camp. Accompanied by Dr.
Lewis and Reid. he actually walked,
coolly telling the wagon men to bo
sure, when ready to return, not to forget
the grasshoppers! And I may as
well say right here that in less thau
two months he was as sound as ever,
though around the edges of the replaced
scalp appeared a semi-circular
streak of snow white hair.
It seems that on going for some
purpose into the grove he almost
tumbled over, not a grizzly, but an
enormous cinnamon bear, at which he
rashly fired. Then ensued a terrific
fight, ending In apparent victory for
the savage brute, which, though
wounded by six revolver bullets and a
number of knife thrusts, somehow
managed to get away, only, however,
to die; for as soon as Joe had left
for camp, Peter, Tom Cooper and I
nr> tiiQ hlnnd-atnined trail and
t found tbe monster's carcass before we
bad gone a mile.
*' "Ha! lia!" jubilantly sbouted Pete,
"my brave old father won the fight^
after all, and he's killed
J cinnamon evftr in tbese moun''
tains, i;i uet!"
The dead bear, a male, lay in a clump
} of aspen scrub. All tbree of us had
, leaned our rifles agaiust a rock about
j twenty feet away, aud, stooping down,
t were beginning to remove tbe pelt,
when suddenly, with open mouth, blazing
eyes and a hoarse shriek of rage,
' a buge she cinnamon crashed through
the surrounding brush, and before we
, could draw our revolvers, sent Cooper
j and myself spinniug, heels over head,
t to the ground, where for a few sec.
onds we lay, stunned aud helpless.
Fortunately, the furious beast, seeming
at the moment intent only upon
examining the body of her mate, had
merely whirled us aside by her own
momentum wuuoui siri&iug iu us ut
all, and neither of us was seriously
hurt. But the instant that she found
that her consort was really dead, and
while we still lay dazed, she turned
upon us for vengeance.
So great had been the force of the
creature's first rush against and between
us that we were hurled fully
fifteen feet away, but, luckily, within
five feet of the stacked arms. Yet this
fact would not have saved us from
being slain as we lay had not Peter,
who never, under any circumstances,
got rattled, bounded forward at the
first glimpse of the bear and secured
bis gun?and not the fraction of a second
too soon.
t Too confused and dizzy to even recllect
that we had revolvers, we were
vainly trying to x*ise. The old she,
^ frothing at the mouth with fury, was
within three feet of our temporarily
, paralyzed bodies. Next moment those
g terrible paws would have crushed our
skulls like egg shells, or those gleaming
teeth have been buried in our throats
3
?but something happened! In order,
? i suppose, to more effectually exert her
* prodigious strength, the maddened
beast reaped partially up; Peter, now
j standing behind ub with his great buffalo
rifle leveled, was coolly waiting
j for this foreseen move. The bear's
j mouth was wide open, and lie fired
j into it point blank. The one and a
half ounce pointed bullet, driven by
six drachms of powder, tore its way
^ through neck and spinal cord, coming
j out at the back of the creature's head,
and she dropped dead as suddenly as
'! if struck by a lightning bolt.
t In a few minutes Tom and I were
all right again, and by noon both bears
were properly skinned, but the hides
were so heavy that it was no easy task
' to carry them back to where the wagon
j still waited.
e uu urrjviujj m uuuip wuu our irupnies
old Joe nearly went wild with joy,
and I rather think that he and his
. gallant boy found tliis*the most profi"
table trip they had ever undertaken.?
The Ledger.
"A Lone Because a Single Life.
3 Miss Larissa Shaler, of Lyme, is 101
ir years and two months old. She was
t born In the town of Haddam, Conn.,
il and resided in her birthplace 100 years
n und six months. Last March she ac;1
cepted the invitation of her niece, Mrs.
J Henry B. Sisson, of Lyme, to live with
t iier.
li iier inieueci is apparently as ciear
a to-day as ever. Her health is good and
a for exercise she walks up and down
3 stairs and into the yard surrounding
J her home.
e Miss Shaler decided to go through
t life without a partner, and she attribt
utes her extreme age to the fact that
3 she never married.?New York Sun.
IDE. TALMAGESHRMQN
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY^HE NOTED
DIVINE.
inbject: The Merciful Interpretation of
Human Behavior?Follow the Divine
Leading?TVe Will Not Pass This Way
Again, So Do Your Good Now.
Washington, D. C.?This discourse is
i most unusual presentation ot tmngs
that take place in many lives, and Dr.
Talmage pleads for merciful interpretation
of human behavior. The test is Joshua
ii, 4, "Ye have not passed this way heretofore."
In December, 1889, I waded the River
Jordan, and, although the current was
3trong, I was able to bear up against it,
out in the time of spring freshet, when
the snows on Mount Lebanon melt, nothing
but a miracle would enable any one to
cross this river. It was at the dangerous
springtime that Joshua and the officers of
his army uttered the words of my text to
the people who were in a few hours to
cross the Jordan. About that crossing we
?ay but little, because on a previous occajion
we discoursed concerning that piling
up of the waters into crystal barricade.
We only speak of the march to the brink
of the river. No stranger thing has ever
sccurred in all history.
The ark of the covenant was a brilliant
:hest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold,
on the top of which were two winged
figures facine each other. It was five feet
long and three feet wide. Poles were
thrust through the rings at the side, and4
by these poles the ark was lifted. This'
splendid box was to be carried three
quarters of a mile ahead of the hosts of]
Israel on the way to the crossing. That
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distance Between me oox anu tuc auvuw
ing thousands must be kept because of
reverence. There was a sanctity in that
divine symbol that they must observe by
keeping three-quarters of a mile away.
They must watch that glittering box and
follow; otherwise they would lose their
way and not arrive at the right place for
crossing. They had never been there before,
and they must be guided. For that
reason Joshua utters the words of my text.
"Ye have not passed this way heretofore."
And the subordinate officers At the head
I of the regiments repeated it, "Ye have not
I passed this way heretofore."
What was truthfully said of the ancient
Israelites may be truthfully said of us.
We are making our first and last journey
through this world. It is possible, as some
of my good friends believe, that this world
will be corrected and improved and purified
and floralized and emparadised as to
climate and soil and character until it
shall become a heaven for the ransomed,
but I do not think it. I have an idea that
heaven is already built somewhere. Our
departed friends could not wait until this
world is fixed up for staintly and angelic
residence. Having once gone out of the
world, I do not think we will come back,
except as ministering sDirits to help those
who remain in the earthly struggle or per:
I haps to look at the wondrous spectacle of
a burning planet.
But, leaving that theory aside, we are
very sure that we are for the first time
walking the earthly pilgrimage. "Ye have
not passed this way before." Every minute
is a new minute, every hour a new
hoi"", every century a new century. Other
foli'n have gone over the same road we are
traveling, but it is our first trip. New appearances,
new temptations, new sorrows,
new joys. That is the reason so many lose
their way. They meet some one on the
road of life and ask for direction, and
wrong direction is given. We have all
been perplexed by misdirection after asking
the way to some place we wished to
visit. Some one said to us, "Take the first
road to the right and, having gone a mile
JgjafcJjk^^j^^^ake the first road on the
I your destination."
We took tnead vice, but out informer
forgot a turn in the road or foxgc*.
one of the roads leading to the left, and we
took the wrong road and were lost in the
woods, and night cama on, and we were
put to great irritation and trouble.
The fact is, I blame no one for making
lifetime mistakes. I pity them instead of
blaming them. There are so manv wrong
roads, but only one right one. You can<n
?nnn trniir TrrmfVifnl ov.
nut- U1 JUIU111C uion ui;i/u juui .ruwuium va
Deriences for wisdom, for midlife is so entirely
different from youth. You cannot
in old age draw upon midlife experiences,
for the two stages of existence are so diverse.
What is wisdom for one man to
do would be folly for another to undertake.
A man of nerve and pluck is not qualified
to advise a man timid and shrinking. An
achievement that would be easy for you
might be impossible for me. Human advice
is ordinarily of little value. People
review their own succesess or failures and
then tell us what is beat for us to do. not
realizing that our circumstances are different,
our temperament is different, our
phvsical and mental and moral capacities
different. Most of the great mistakes
that have been made have been made under
human advisement.
So, also, it may be said to every nation,
"Ye have not passed this way before."
Our own republic is going through novel
experiences. Could wisest statesman
twenty years ago have prophesied present
:onditions? Every President, every Congress.
has new crises to meet and new
questions to settle. So prophecies made
ibout conditions in this country fifty
years from now may turn out as far untrue
as the prophecies made fifty years ago by
the Greatest of American statesmen when
he declared on yonder Canitol hill that it
was unwise to think of civilization or prosperity
the other side of the Rocky Mountains,
and according to his belief the Pacific
coast would be the perpetual abode of
barbarians and mountain lions, and we
must not think of annexing those forbidding
regions.
Many prophecies in regard to our nation
failed and many prophecies concerning its
future will fail, because it is traveling a
new road. Every step it takes on that
road is a novelty. The oninion of a Monroe
or a Jefferson in the far past is not of
as much value as the opinion of our wisest
men now. How could men know in 1823
ivlip.t it would be best for this nation to do
in 1901? It is belittling as well as unwise
for our statesmen, who are quite equal to
the statesmen of the past and who have,
in addition to the natural talents of their
predecessors, attainments in knowledge
that were impossible in any decade but
our own, to depend on advice of men who
have been dead three-quarters of a century.
In all other things the world has
advanced. Can it be that in statesmanship
it has gone back, and that this opening
of the twentieth century must consult
tne opening 01 tne nineteentn century:
"Ye have not passed this way before."
Yea, our entire world is on a new pathway.
It may be swinging in the same old
orbit as when bv the hand of the Almighty
immensity was sprinkled with
worlds, but it has been rooked with earthquakes
and scorched with volcanic fires
and whelmed with tidal waves and
wrought upon by climatic changes?cities
sunk, and islands lifted, and mountains
avalanched into valleys.
So it is another world than that which
was first started in the solar system. Yet
it is all the time changing and will keep
changing until the hour of its demolition.
Of this beautiful world, this lustrous
world, this glorious world, it may be said,
"Ye have not passed this way before."
What is the practical use of this subject?
Instead of putting so much stress
upon human advice and instead of asking
of the past what we ought to do, follow
the divine leading as the men of Joshua
followed the golden lidded chest of acacia,
which was the symbol of the divine presence.
That three-quarters of a mile distance
between the ark or sacred box and the
front column of Joshua's troops mightily
impresses me. It was a forceful way of
teaching reverence for the Almighty. They
needed to learn that lesson of reverence,
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(I? >VC rill IICCU IU ICUill lb. lltCVClCUWU UUS
cursed all nations, and none more than
our own. Irreverence in the use of God's
name. Hear you it not on the streets and
in social groups, and is not a profane word
sometimes thought necessary to point jocosity?
Irreverence for the Scriptures,
the phraseology of the Bible often introduced
into the most frivolous conversation
and made mirth provoking. Irreverence
for the oath in courtroom or custom house
or legislative hall by the conventional and
mechanical mode of its administration.
Irreverence for the holy Sabbath by the
way it is broken in pleasure excursion and
carousal. Irrevei-cnce on the part of cliil-,
dren for their parents, insolence being
substituted for obedience. Irreverence for
rulers, which induces vile cartoons and assassination.
Irreverence in church during
prayer, measuring off song and sermon by
cola, artistic or literary criticism, and in
prayer time neither bowing the head noz
bending the knee nor standing as one does
in the presence of earthly ruler, thus ghow*
ing more respect for a man than to the
King of kings. We ask not for genuflexions
or circumflexions or prostrations, but
when prayer is offered let us either botf
fV?o Koarl r?r Vu>nA fVio lrnPA or lpfc llfl ITT
some way prove that we are not indiffer- i
ent.
In how many placea have presumption
and foolhardiness taken the place of rev- j
e vence! That three-quarters of a mile be* |
} tween the cheat of acacia covered witfc i
gold and mounted with wings?a symbol j
of the divine presence?and the marching .
regiments of .Joshua suggests a reverence !
that ia woefully lacking in social life, in i
legislative hall and religious assemblage.
A fanner went to the wheat field, taking
his son with him. The child said, "These
stalks that stand straight up must havt
the best grain. Those stalks that bend
over cannot be worth anything." Then
the father broke off two of the tops of the
stalks and said, "Child, that one thai
bends clear over has the grain." It is
the soul that bows in deepest reverence
which is the best soul.
As you have had no experience of this
kind upon which to draw for wisdom and j
aa you cannot fully state all the circumstances
to any human ear, go to God and
tell Him all about it. Me knows already,
but it will relieve you and help you if you I
tell Hira. That is what He has been I
doing ever since the world got into trouble
M' disobedient behavior on the banks of j
/Lie Euphrates.
No one has come to midlife who has not j
been stung of ingratitude. On the battle- |
field of Alma in 1854 a wounded Russian j
was crying in anguish of thirst for water. I
Captain Eddington, of the English Army, I
ran to him and gave him drink. As the !
captain was running by to join his regi- j
ment the wounded soldier 9hot him. Al- |
most all languages have nroverbs setting i
forth this perversity. English proverb, j
"Bring up a raven and it will nick out 1
your eyes." Arabic proverb. "Eat the ;
present and break the dish." Italian pro- 1
verb. "The ass, after having drunk, gives j
a kick to the bucket." An old proverb j
says, "If God were to be so complacent i
as to carry us on His back to Rome, we j
would not thank Him for Hi6 pains if He
did not also set us down in an easy chair." j
You will never be happy in this world il
you do not do all the good you can and \
look for no responsive gratitude. All the j
damage I did a man who is my enemy was ;
to take him from a position where he re> j
ceived S700 a year salary into a position j
where he has ever since received $2500 a ;
year. He never forgave me. but has pur- j
Riierl me with nen vitriolic ever sincp.
The worst enemy you ever had is the man j
you introduced and favored and helped, i
But be not disturbed or even irritated, j
You are no better than your Lord.
If the world had had any thankful ap- '
preciation of His coming it would have !
filled that Bethlehem caravansary with j
flowers, which bloom there clear on into |
the December month, and Herod, instead
of attempting His death, would have sent !
a chariot to fetch the infant to the palace, j
and the oyer and terminer of Pilate's j
courtroom would have pronounced Him i
not guilty, and instead of a cross and a
crown of thorns it would have been a coro- ]
nation, with all the mighty ones of the
earth kneeling at the foot of His throne. I
We talk about the great discoveries of
the age, the electric power, the steam i
power, the telescopic and microscopic j
power, but do not say anything about the
discoveries we all make year by year and
day by day. There are surprises all the
time. It is a new road we are traveling. !
"Ye have not passed this way before." j
But closely allied is the other fact which
we hinted at in the opening?that we will
not paw* this way again. This is our only
. on^ottumty Iv doing certain things that
ought to be done: On ail siuea tueii are I
griefb we ought to solace, hunger we ought
to feed, cola that we ought to warm, kind |
words that we ought to speak, generous
deeds we ought to perform. All that you j
and I do toward making this world better :
and happier we must do very soon or '
never do at all. Joshua and his troops
never came back over the way they were j
marching toward the crossing of the Jor- ,
dan. The impress of the sandal or the
bare feet of each soldier showed in what .
direction he was going, but never did the !
impress of the sandal of any one of them
show that he had returned. We are all
facing eternity to come. There is no retreat.
Alertness and fidelity would not be
so important if we could truthfully say:
"I will be back here "again. The things I
neglect now I will do the next time I come. '
I will be reincarnated, and I will resume
my earthly obligations. Having then more
I knowledge than I have now, I will discharge
my earthly duties better than I
can now discharge them. I do not give
solemn farewell to these obligations and
opportunities, but a smiling and cheery
good-bye until I see them again." No,
we cannot say that. There will be no new
and corrected edition of the volume of our
earthly life. After we make exit from the
! stage at the close of the fifth act we can- ,
not re-enter. 1
nuw iiiauy minibus ui pcupic iiavc ixvcu
and died I know not, but of all the human
race who have gone only seven persona
that I now think of have returned, the son j
of the widow at Zarephath, the young man
of Nain, the ruler's daughter, Tabitha.
Eutychus, Lazarus and Christ. Among all
the ages to come I do not suppose there
will be one more who will return to this ,
life, having once left it.
At this point I ask you to notice the
fact that my text does not call attention
to the crossing of the Jordan, but to the
way leading thereto. We all think much
of our crossing of the Jordan when the .
march of our life is ended, but put too lit- ;
tie emphasis on the way that leads to the
crossing. What you and I need most to
care about is the direction of the road we
arc traveling. We need have no fear of
the crossing if we come to it in the right
way. In other words, we need not care
about death if our life has been what it
ought to be. We will die right if we live
right. i
What an absurdity it would have been
for Joshua and his men to have asked
each other questions like these: "Howcan
we cross the Jordan if we get there? Will
not the water be too deep to allow us to
wade? Will we not all be so saturated
that we may lose our lives by exposure?
How many of us can swim? Had we bet
ter not wait until the annual freshet has
subsided?" No such folly did they com- ;
mit. They were chieflv anxious about the
way that they had not passed before"
and were ignorant of and to keep their
eyes on the golden covered acacia box,
wine mounted, which was the ark of the
covenant.
0 hearer, stop bothering about your exit
from sublunary scenes! By the grace of
God get your heart right and then go
ahead. If the Lord takes care of you clear
on to the bank on this side of the river, I
think yoa can trust Him to take you from j
bank to bank, from the willows on this
side the stream to the palms on the other
side, from the last kiss of sorrowing ones
on this side to the welcome, saintly, cheru- \
hie, seraphic, deific on the other side. '
Keep your eye on the ark. and, whatever .
betides, you will go through all right.
One Easter morning Masaena, the Mar- :
shal of France, appeared with IS,000
armed men on the heights above the town j
of Feldkirch. There were no arms to de- I
fend the town, and the inhabitants were '
wild with terror. Then the old dean of
the church cried out: "My brothers, this
is Easter day! We have been depending I
on our own strength, and that fails. Let |
us turn to God. Ring the bells and have
service as usual." Ihen the bells rang 1
out sweetly and nvghtily from the church
towers of Feldkirch, and the people
thronged to the houses of nrayer for worship.
The sound of the bells made the enemy
think that the Austrian army had
come in to save the place, and Massena
and his 18,000 soldiers retreated. By the
timp the hells had stopped ringing there
was not one soldier in sight. So put your
trust in God, and when nosts of troubles,
and temptations march for your over-1
throw ring all the bells of hope and faith ,
and Christian triumph, and the threaten-1
ing perils of your life will fall back, and
'-four deliverance will be celebrated all up
and down the skies. The God who led you
through the way you never parsed before
will be with you at all the crossings.
[Copyright, 1901. y, Klopsch.]
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THE SABBATH SCHOOI i
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS I
FOR JANUARY 5.
Subject: The Promise of Power. Act? J. ]
1-14? Golden Text, Acts 1., 8 ? Memorj
Verses, 0-8?Commentary on the Day'i
Lesson.
1. "The former treatise." The gospe!
of Ltuke. Luke was also the author of the
Acts. "O, Theophilus." Nothing ii
VnAUrn r\ t fV>IQ kltf lin ntnn n/%
"uv"" vi WHO uui. uc ?> as iiu uuuui
a person of rank and perhaps a Roman
officer who had been converted to Chris
tianity. "Began." The gospel is'not a
history of all that Jesus did, but only &v
account of the foundations which He laid
and on which the church should after
ward be built. "To do and teach." A
very important statement, dividing the
work of Christ into two great branches;
the one embracing His work on earth, the
other His subsequent work from heaven;
the one in His own person, the other by
His spirit; the one the beginning, the
other the continuance of the same work;
thfe one complete when He sat down on
the right hand of His Father, the other
to continue until His second appearing.
2. "Until tha day." The fortieth day
after His resurrection. "Through the
Holy Ghost." God gave not the Spirit
by measure unto Him. John 3: 34. Jesuf i
who was annointed with the Holy Ghost
{Luke 4; Matt. 12), in the power of the
Holy Ghost gave commandments to the
apostles to be His witnesses. "Apostles."
The twelve generally called disciples in
the gospels are in the Acts spoken of as
apostles, or "those sent forth." i
3. "Passion." Sufferings on the cross.
"Infallible proofs." The single Greek
word, translated "infallible proofs," denotes
the strongest proofs of which a sub
ject is capaoie, an irresistible proor. ine
proofs here meant are Christ's speaking,
walking and eating with His disciples after
His resurrection. "Forty days." At
different times during a period of fortj
days. "The kingdom of God." This expression
has several significations, but
here, as in Mark 1: 14. it includes the
whole Christian dispensation, its message,
progress and economy. The meaning is, j
Jesus gave them instructions about the
organization, spread and edification of
His church.
4. "Assembled with them." Probably
on ascension day. "Commanded them."
The last commandment given by the
Lord to the auostles directed them to
await the eift ot the Holy Ghost in Jerusalem.
"Not depart from Jerusalem."
The coming of the .Spirit was to be at the
next great feast after the crucifixion. Jerusalem
was the centre of Jewish influence.
and at that time strangers would be
reached from all Darts of the Vrorld.
They were not qualified to go until after
the baptism of the Spirit came upon
them. "Wait." Many run too soon.
"Promise of the Father." Through the
prophets the gift of the Spirit had been
promised by the Father. See Isa. 44: 3;
Joel 2: 28. 29. Compare Acts 2: 17, 18.
"Heard of Me." This promise is found in
John 14: 16; 15: 26. Reference is also
made to it in Luke 24: 49. The Holy
Ghost was promised to the church through
Christ.
5. "John." The Baptist, the forerunner
of Christ.- "With water." John's
baptism was, 1. A baptism unto repentance.
2. A type of the baptism of the
Holy Ghost. John pointed to Christ who
should baptize with the Holy Ghost and
with fire. "Shall be baptized." This wag
the promise of the Father, it could not
fail. "With the Holy Ghost." The Holy
Spirit was about to be given them in
greater fulness than ever before. At this
time their hearts would be cleansed and
they would be filled with love.
6. "Were come together." At the
Mount of Olives. See Luke 24: 50. "Dost
thou at this time," etc. (R. V.) Is this
the hour when the Roman yoke is to be
broken from our necks and the kingdom
of the Messiah established?
7. "Not for you to know." Christ consfcwij'.ty
giving His disciples a direct
answer to .^"vstions which could only
satisfy their cunosi..' and be of no particular
benefit. "In His ..*"? power." "Authority."
R. V. The word renderedjpowir
is not the same as the one 30 rena&ed
in the next verse. It should be ticted that,
Jesus did not disapprove of the qttMtidaK
asked in verse 0. but, as Lange ?ay?,*;?F? "
rather confirmed it by declaring that the-Father
had fixed the time."
8. "Shall receive power." The energy '
of the Holy Spirit was to be given to
them. It wa3 not the power of logic or
eloquence, but "the power of a living union
with a living God." "Is come upon you."
The Holy Spirit gives. 1. Knowledge and
understanding. 2. Faith. 3. Holiness.
t. A (Spirit of prayer. 5. Courage. 8.
Steadfastness. 7. Zeal. "Shall be witnesses."
They shall not merely bear witness,
but be witnesses in their own persons.
They were to be witnesses to a crucified,
a risen and a coming Christ. "In
Jerusalem." etc. They were to begin at
home, with the .Jews, and gradually reach
Dut until the glorious gospel reached the
(vhole human race.
9. "While they beheld." The disciples j
did not see Him rise out of the grave, because
His resurrection could be easily
Sroved by their seeing Himt afterward, .
ut they saw Him return to" heaven, as
there would be no other way to prove it.
"A cloud." Pprhaps it was like the fiery,
cloudv pillar, the wilderness.
10." "Were looking" (R. V.) Wonderins:
what it all meant. "Two men." Angels
in the form of men, "White appar*
el." See Matt. 28: 3. The white garments
were an emblem of purity.
11. "Shall so come." The second or
final coining. This will not be in obscurity
like His first coming, but "He will
come in power.and glory, in the clouds,
and with His holy angels with Him."
Matt. 24: 30, 41: 20: 64.
12. "Olivet." Frequently called the
Mount of Olives. "Sabbath day's journey."
About three-fourths of an English
mile. '
13. "Come in." That is. into the city
from the country. "Into the upper chamber"
(R. V.) Probably the upner room
which had been used by our Lord and
His disciDles for the "passover feast.
"Where abode." "Where they were abiding."
R. V. This does not mean that
this was their nermanent habitation, but (
thev remained there for the descent of the ]
Holy Spirit.
14. "Continued." During the ten days
they waited. "With one accord." Wi'hi
one mind. There were no schisms, no di-* i
eided interests, no discordant nurposes.!
"Steadfastly in prayer" (R. V.) Their,
prayers were earnest and persistent.
With the women." This probably refers
to the women who followed Him from Gal-,
ilee, but it may mean merely that women
were present. "Mary." This is the last !
mention in Scripture of the mother of
-? /<tt- 1 J.I >i rpi. _ 1 _J.1 _ e I
,Jesus. nis ureuireu. mc uretmcii ui
Jesus at first rejected Him (John 7: 5),
but now they believe in Him and are present
at the Pentecost outpouring.
Farming In Rliortft lalanu. i
Last year the Rhode Island farmers '
tilled 712 square miles of land. That is a '
little more than two-thirds of the State's
land surface. The chief statistician for
agriculture estimates the value of the 3498
Rhode Island farms at $23,125/260, and thj i
value of the things raised on them in 1899 i
at $G.333.S64. Of the whole number of <
farmers in the State 5470 are white men i
and twenty-eight are negroes; 3058 own i
their farms. "The gradual abandonment 1
of cereal production," remarks the statistician,
"has been attended by a corresponding
growth in other branches ol
agriculture, notably dairying, poultry-rais- j
ing, the culture of small fruits and genera! ]
market gardening. t
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Loss of Life on the Lakes. '
Not 6ince the introduction of modern
boats in lake service has there been such a
loss of life as in the season just passed.
The figures of fatalities on the inland seasf
are 132 persons lost, as compared with^fl
last year, 100 in 1899, 95 in 1898,
and G6 in 1896. In the past
loss of life has steadily grov^^H^HHflj
standing the improvement
States life saving service, anHHHHB
ment in seaworthiness of lake^Bflflfi^^H
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SOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS.
Poem: Optimism? The Kingdom Qf God
is Here Because It t? "Simpiv a Way
of Looking at Things"?We Must See in
God a Father.
Have courage! If the road were fair.
The sunlit sky without a cloud,
Fain would we idly( linger there
At pleasure's shrine in dalliance bowed,
Who never to the mountains rise,
But toil unceasingly on the plain,
Will miss the rosy morning skies,
But fuller noonday splendor gain.
Have patience! Let the world disdain
The service of our daily needs;
Account is kept of cost and pain
By the Great Register of deeds.
The soul that no low duty fears,
But bows to fate's imperious nod,
Will build by littles through the years
A Btairway reaching up to God. >
The Field to Serve Him In.
"Boston?" said the young graduate of
Radcliffe. "Did you ask where Boston is?
Why, Boston is not a place; it is & way of
looking at things." And the young miss
was correct in her statement. She would
have been equally correct had she 8&id it
of London, Paris or Pekin. Just as it iB
true that
"Stone walls do not a prisoner make
Or iron bars a cage,"
eo true is it that the soul dwells in a
spiritual environment all its own. The
"yellow primrose" is not the same thing
to the clown, the botanist and the poet.
The Frirsed Gentian was a closed book
until Bryant -broke the seal. The glad,
green earth ' nd the dec.d, cold moon
swing round tM same planetary orbit, and
heaven and hell, though separated by an
impassable gulf, are concentric circles.
Every once in a while, just now with repeated
frequency, we hear that Jesus
Christ came "to set up a kingdom, which
has never yet been realized," and to which
the accepted, "conventional" internreta-tions
of tlic da7 oppose themselves; that it
can never come until we have new laws, ,
customs, relations of classics, and what
not. That was what_the Jew said and he
spat upon Christ. That was what irilate
thought, and he crucified Him. Instead of
being centuries far remote, Jesus said,
twenty centuries ago: "It is here."
It wa3 our privilege years ago to know
the famous American sculptor, Hiram
Powers, and we took great delight in visiting
his studio in the old city or Florence.
We noted one day after a careful study of
the works he had placed on exhibition that
there was scarcely a single statue or bust
unrelated to American history.
Here were her statesmen, soldiers, naval
commanders, singers and ideal figures rep*
resenting the very latest evente in our national
hisior-. "How do you manage, Mr.
Powers, to lcess in touch with Ameriqln
life so symr-ilietically? How often do you'
visit the home land?" "My friend," he
replied, "I have not been out of Italy for
twenty-nine years, but I have never lived
anywhere e~oeot in -he States." If the
kingdom cf heaven has not yet come we
shall non2 ot us ever see it. If it be not
possible under ihe iron i-u!c cf a Nero as
well as under the bencficent swaj- of a
Marcus Aure'ius, it were poor'v fitted for
this world. "It is nol a place"'1?a time, a
mode of government; it is that "way^ of
looking at things" which sees in God a
father; in self, a forgiven sinner, and in
the world a field in which to serve .Hiu ?
Chicago Interior.
Your Own Cross tho Host.
There is a poem called "The Changed
Cross." It represents a weary one who
thought that her cross was surely heavier
than those 0.T ethers about her, and wished
that she might choose another instead of
her own. Stic slept, and in her dream she
was to a pices where many crosses lay,
crosses of divers shapes and sizes. There
was a little one, most beauteous to behold,
set in jewels and gold. "Ay, this I can
wear with comfort," she said. So she
took it up, but her weak form shook beneath
it. The jewels and the gold were
beautiful, but they were far too neavy for
her.
. Next she saw a lovely cross with fair
Bowers entwined around its sculptured
fot^L Surely that was the one for her.
6?? 'lifted it, but beneath the flowers were
gjeitjliifr thorns which tore her flesh.
* a.3 s'ne went on, she came to a
plain. cri?3 without jewels, without carving.
willi o?ly a few words of love inscribed
udoii f. This she took ud and it
proved the best of all, the easiest to be
borne. And as she'looked upon it, batbed
in the radiance that fell from heaven, she
recognized her own oid cross. She had
found it again, and it wai the best of all
and lightest for her. . J
God knows best what cYoss we need to'
bear. We do not know how heavy other
people's crosses are. We epvy ?ome one
who is rich; his is a golden cross s?t with
jewels. But we do not know how
it is. Here is another whose life
very lovely. She bears a cross twisw\
with flowers.* If we could try1*!!Vth#ji
other crosses that we think ligntrf tlua '
ours we should at last find that not on?<qt;
them suited us so well as our owd.^PB .
Miller.
Soul SarlnrSoul-saving
is the ultimate aim in thia
world of all Christian wcuk. It is well *
enough to talk of building character and
of developing Christian graces and of reforming
society. These are the finishing
touches to be put on the structure after its
foundation and walls are in place, but
there is only folly in hanging up painted
scenery for a world's admiration while
there is nothing but gauze to support this
artistic display. Nor do we bslieve there
is any better way of improving character
than by keeping forever closely at the task
of saving souls. The temple is built by fitting
eacn individual stone and boara for
its place and this fitting is to be done in
forest and quarry, not after the material
_i j "ll_ 11 n a 1 D i.* J.
is piacea in me wan.?v^enirai xjiipust.
Lesson of the Morning Sun.
Certainly the morning sun, with a muBic
full of golden chimes, proclaims the
fact that the Supreme Power has kept His
word while we slept, and it floods the
world with the radiance of a supreme
faithfulness.?Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus,
Central Church, Chicago.
Nothing to Fear.
Christianity has nothing to fear from,
the most searching questions and the most'
defiant challenges. It has gained its greatest
victories always on the hotly contested
fields of doubt and debate.?Bishop Samuel
Fallows, Reformed Episcopal. Chicago.
Christianity is Practical.
Christianity is the religion for to-day as. I
well as for the distant future. Christianity
is the most practical thinf we hav^
inywhere. Let us give it a fair chance.? i
Rev. C. E. Davis, Methodist, Boston.
Look Up and Not Down.
God made man erect that he might look
jp into the heaven, where the infinite ]
neadows are sprinkled with rarest flow- i
;rs, but often we find him focalizing his 1
irision upon the deformities of earth and i
.vatching the crookedness of the race.? 1
dev. Caleb A. Ridley, Monticello, Ga. i
i
Honor God la Little Things. ]
Let us not think that we must do some 1
rreat thing, as we call it, to honor GodJ <
Let the little things of life be done with ]
i true motive, and God will be honored.?
iev. Dr. E. S. MacArthur, Baptist, New I
fork. ?
Splrltualliin a Religion.
Spiritualism is a religion and the prac clairvoyance
cannot be regulated
^se Vo practice it levied, was the
V the State Court at Lincoln, ?
Htest case. The court held that r
Hpitualism was professed by so {
^Kded by so many, did not di- j
m relicious character, and that i
m??at regulation was interference i
^HMB^nts of consciencc ?nrl religious c
ease was backed by the I
H^^H^Balist Association and its nov- f
HHn imich attention.
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University.
SI^HHrrsitv of Calcutta, India, ia
BBHj^^Hhe largest educational corpora- c
i^^BH^Kvov'.d. Every year it examines 11
H^^^Ktudcnts.
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THE QBEAT DES^ygf- 1
SOME STARTLING CTS_ ?j|
THE VICE OF INTEMPEW^ T flH
Th? Coat to the Community of the\ -/^HK
Drunkard, and HU Degenerated
olous Children?Alcoholism Deflf- >
Predisposes to Tuberculosis. \ H
In different countries of the world \ Ha
isters who have coarse of -the financial
partment like to calculate the sum \ ,'^B
State gets fronr the duty on alcohol, a. H
they shduld deauct" from-it the cost to tA
community of the family of th$ ruin el
drunkard, his degenerate, infirm, scroftn
lous and epileptic children, who must have\ Jfl
shelter. The invasion of alcoholism ought \
to be regarded by everyone as a public \ V
danger, and this principle, the truth of \
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WillCU i? wuuuteauiuie, euvum wv ??v? ? ,.v?
cated into the masses, that the future of V.
the world may be in the hands of the tern- ; Y \ i
perate. \ 1
In the Edinburgh Medical Journal for V -j
September is an article by Dr. Kelynack, X Vfl
of Manchester, which follows the same line .
of argument. Dr. Kelyzack- puts 'the p<>. ' 1
sition as regards the aspects from which' L
the question is viewed by present-dayy- ,
scientific men as follows: (1) That aleo> B
holism is antagonistic to tuberculosis; (21 "'Vyvthat
alcoholism bears no special relationship
to tuberculosis; (3) that alcoholism -v3H
definitely predisposes to tuberculosis, and
he gives the views of wen-known jjhVsfcei&us
of various countries bearuig oat^e " ? H
point at issue. V
Flint used alcohol freely, that is, from j[
six ounces to a pint of spirit daily, and
appears to have had & firm belief in its . ' ;.?m
efficiency in the treatment of tuberculosis.
Chartens, writing in 1877, concerning the Jj
administration of whisky to phthisical patients,
saya: "In privr.te practice I order
it to be taken ad libitum." Hermann
Weber expressed himself in like . terms, |
but Bell, of New York, as far back aUh^ >,j
1859 opposed the view, then generally cmqj ^
rent, "of the .beneficial influence of large
quantities of spirit on the courae of ^'2-; '* ,va|
monary tuberculosis. si
That alcoholism definitely predispose* r.'i
to tuberculosis has of recent years wi 'M
ceived much support, and the theory rolg&SH^H
ajipear to be gaming ground at a
rate. Hector Mackenzie bsHeves that
co'holism must be regarded ma powqrfuj
predisposing cause of tubercui^is. (Xalei^B^HH
refers to the subject thus: "It\raa
merly thought that alcohol wrs
way antagonistic to tuberculous H
but the observations of late years icdic^^H^HD
clearly that the reverse is the case, iMBHSB
that chronic drinkers are much more
ble to both acute and pulmonary tubCrcu-^M^^M
losis. It is probably altogether a question ^EEHj
of altered tissue soil, alcohol lowering:'^^?H
the vitality and enabling the bacilli more HB
readily to develop and grow." Dr. Kely- Ifl
nack himself sayo that, having had exceptional
opportunities of studying large num- a|
bers of cases among workhouse ana hospi-. '
i.i ?*:?* _ ?!,.? fkn ntiV>. -
tai ^abicuifO, uc xa tuu* uiwcu vuav vuv wuw lie
bouse or saJoon must be considered as ,V.
one of the most serious obstacles to the , 1
speedy and effectual stamping out of tu- 1
berculosis. - I
Italians, Germans and physicians of I
other countries who have studied the eft'
fects of alcoholism in connection with to?
berculosis have arrived at similar conclusions.
It is further contended by soma
that, in addition to a general impairment H 9
of vitality and pernicious environment,' HjH
there is a special nrejudical. influence arising
from the action dfjthe.a|^olandite.
associates. - This, as, Dr.
out, is very hard to prove, aHSfflHHR
and until investigations haveflH^^^SK^MBH
it. Jlu
eiuciaaieu tu? matter, we
tent with the knowledge
that alcohol exerts little or n^^H|^^EnHH
influence on the course of tH|^HMBH
but that, on the contrary, it te^HHRnH
dispose to the malady those wHlM^^UBHHM
it to any extent. - Indirectly
the fact is undeniable that
prominent -cause of tubercu]^HD||^HB^H^H
ering the vitality of its subje
ing poverty ana necessit&tm^KnflHB^^HHH
healthy surroundings, by cai4HSgKjflHB|HHQ
ation of the individual and
by these means rendering the^^HHHHHBD
susceptible and prone to infecti^^HQB^^^QEfl
pression of alcoholism should
nand with that of tuberculoflBHBg|^^^^Bfl
York Medical Record.
Why America Is
At a recent meeting,in
IIII ll il li | Mil i I i
the presiding officer, E d wi
"We are being beaten in^H^BHj|Hj^^MB
She has been lavisn^HM^flmM^M
money in educating the brai^^MMnHBHH|
pie, while we have been lavj^HHRKH^HH^^B
ing them. If we spent per nVIH|^M9|^^HN
hoi the same as America, qnr
would be about $330,00f,00(r
now is. We cannot sncceed commerri|HflDDflD|
while we are handicapped in this way
the extent of forty-eight per' cent. TqH
peat mass of the worlring people in
country are totally ignorant of the effecl^HHfl
of drink." He said that England ough^HH^n
not to leave the education on this subj^^HH^S
merely to the temperance societies,
'{hat it "should be undertaken 1>hHH|
Kate. Surely if the State must encflK^BHH
thfc traffic for revenue, it should
^S>.ite every child in Governm^H^^^H^BH
u nature and danger^^MMH^^^HH
and tW.henefits of total abst^H^H^HH^HH
*r jr. oUniriT.
' XItf auiiv? v'v/"V*0' ,
"If the N?;tate will only
dren a7ainAf' strong dnnJflKH^^^^^BHSH
mercially majf evea yet
It has beerNwlseiy
supremacy belc^B8
the cheatf^t^HHHHB^BBn^mHM
improved machinVO^^B^^^HflBH^^^BSB
As clear brains
needed for the prepa^^HH^^^^^^HB^MH
rirj and machinepr, af^^HHHflflBB^^HHHS
use production,
things bein~ equal, whot^^H^S^^^B^^flHH
dulled by alcohol and oth^HH^KHH|^^^^H
win in the world's competil^^M^HH^^HB^Bj
Absinthe Kills an
Peculiarly sad the otrner
death of Counte de Toulouse
eccentric young artist so closely^^^DRBBj^^^n
with the present craze for the
art at Paris. Much of the vagaril^Hu^E^^HH
hrhifprl in his wr.rlr hp hirnsplf a
to the little green goddess. It wat
that caused his death. He was cons^^^^^^nEE
the most talented of the new school
Bastian Le Page, yet he was only a lit^HSHB
over thirty years of age. Fined
For Selling to an Inebriate.
A jury awarded Mary Garrigan a verdict vnH
for $1800 damages against bainuel Kennedy,
a Dell Rapids (Iowa) saloonkeeper,
for selling her huabaud liquor. Garngan ^Hj
became intoxicated on liquor bought o{ *
Kennedy, and later committed suicide. ji
This is the first conviction under the new
license law prohibiting the sale of liqwto
inebriates. ' ..
"The Brewer*' Big Hoiaei." .
In the killing and maiming of people in
Brooklyn the brewery wagons have become
rivals of the trolleys. Within the
last five days two children were killed and
mother badly injured by one of these vehicles.
Police records shows that the
lumber of people injured by wagons alnost
equals the record of the electric cars.
Drivers of brewery wagons, as a rule, are
illowed to have nil the beer they can
irink, and it is not uncommon to see one
lolding the reins like an automaton.
fhey usually work from fourteen to six;een
hours a day, and many of them fall
islecp when their vehicles are on crowded
|_t~
A German Mistake. ,
The common belief that Germany is
;aved from the grosser forms of drunken*
less by its excellent beev and light wines
\f flin PKinn onrl f cpoma fA ko a
nistakc. Strong liquor is eating its way
nto the Fatherland. At Breslau the other
lay "The Society for Combating the Use
>f Spirituous Liquors" met, no fanatical
jody of prohibitionists, but real' worker#
or the temperate use of drink, and de:larcd
that thirty quarts of spirits per 1
lead of the whole population are coniumed
in Germany every year. The university
professors are trying to induce stu- .
lent* to drink less and are making a stand
tgainst the Fruhscboppen, the morning g
Irinkiug. but with little effect. 9