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LADIE8* riSCT WAIST.
feeautiful creations being developed in Jn
, these fashionable colors. e|
The waist Illustrated is made of
Ivory silk crepe embroidered In largte oJ
Mack polka dote. It is mounted on a
glove-fitted featherbone lining that
clones la tbe centre front The back la
plain across the shoulders and drawn w
down dose to the belt where tbe ful- 0|
ness ia arranged in tiny pleats. n
The full rest Is included in the right 0j
boulder seam, and permanently attha
llnincr It fastens Invis
Ibly on the left side. The vest is made
of plain white crepe trimmed with *
alternate bands of ecru lace and black I*
elvet ribbon. Similar trimming Is w
applied In tbe back to simulate a in
round yoke. si
Tbe full fronts are arranged In three
backward-turning tucks which are ei
titchcd down for some diatam-e and Ui
g>roride becoming fuiness nt the bust a
The waist. blouses stylishly over a o
j black veltpt girdle. U
A high collar, decorated with ecru c
lace medal Ik ins, complete* the neck, a
j The elbow tileevea are shaped with s
lnatde seams only and tucked to fit
the upper arm closely. Puffs, formed a
by the fulness below the point where fi
the stitching ceases, are gathered and
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7?I?to Petticoats. a
There Is a furore for taffeta petti- fl
coats of every description. They have
almost entirely taken the place of tbe a
white cambric and embroidery under- 1
skirts. The evening petticoats are ?
moat elaborate, some being made of 0
peau de sole trimmed with lace and In- P
sertions, while tbe cut U quite as important
as that of the outer skirt, t
Wbgn all Is ssid and done, the taffeta "
petticoat is not such an expensive luxury,
especially for tbe evening, when
pale shades can be worn many times i
without their getting soiled. They
save the hem of frocks as well as tbe
laundress' bill, for a muslin petticoat
can seldom be wore more than twice
without a vlalt to tbe waxhtub. Tbis. |
If the skirt Is cat after the raabion
Of the hour, roust necessarily be expensive,
owing to the multiplicity or
frills, which sre sn absolute necessity
oa the properly shaped underskirt of
to-day.
UMfttl DUMIh SM?M.
To make the waist in the medium I
sise will require one and one-quarter
ynrda of forty-four-inch material, with
thrMv^marters of a yard of contrasting
material for trimming.
Albatross Is a material much used
for dressing sacques this season, snd it
It a little more satisfactory than flannel.
as It Is not quite m beaTj. The
' fabric Is shown in the large Illustration
In a delicate shade of violet, trimmed
With two widths of black velvet ribbon.
The garment is shaped with shoulder .
gad underarm seams only, and has a i
^in square yoke, back and front The a
1 backs are gathered at the upper
E, and applied to the yoke. At the j
t the gathers are arranged on a t
id and the rarmeot drawn Inta the r
cure. A smooth adjustment is main
Jned under the arm.
The full fronts lire applied to tb<
>wer edge of tbe front yoke and fal
i long, loose folds over tbe bust, j
>mfortable rolling collar complete
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eating of albatrosa. The neck i
istened with black velvet rlbbooa tin
> a bow with long end*.
The sleeve la shaped with inaldi
>am* onlj. fits the upper arm closeH
ad flares in a graceful bell at th<
riaL Half way between the elboi
ad lower edge the fulness la gatbere<
ad fastened beneath a bow. ovei
hlch the sleeve droops prettily.
Bands of lace beading ruu througl
ith narrow velvet ribbon finish thi
>llar, yoke and sleeves.
To mnke the dressing sacque in th<
edium size will require three an*
iree-quarter yards of twenty-seven
ich material.
Two Shade* ?f BUi Dl?<.
Two shades of blue in a gown, on
lending perfectly into the other, ar
equently seen nowadays, and thl
>es not apply only to blue, but als<
> other colors, and if properly blendei
le effect ia beautiful.
Tallow Com lag let* Favor.
Various shades of yellow are cominj
ito favor. They appear in laces am
nbroideries, also in gowns. Delicati
nted champagne color la the farorit
! these shades.
A F ratty Gown.
A pretty gowu is of buff batiste
Itb white embroidered dots; garland
f silk embroidery In dull greens am
>ds; tabs of black velvet on the fron
? tbe waist.
Dalaty Wtalta Frock.
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TDe rrocK sdowd uere is uct?u|a.-u u
bite silk with tucked mousseline am
>int de Venice lace for trimming. Tb
aist ia made over a fitted body lis
ig tbut closes in the back, and la cu
igbtly low at the neck.
The full fronts and backs are gatfa
ed and arranged over the lining. Tb
oderarm seams are Joined separate!;
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Sii SACQUE.
nd ibe silk forms a stylish bloua
ver the sash that ties In a bow at tt
ft side. A collar of inserted tnckin
oajpletes the neck. It is of uniqo
baping. and gives a broad effect to tb
boulders.
The sleeves are short, full puffs th*
re arranged on narrow arm band
rota which depend frills of silk.
The skirt Is gathered at the nppt
dge and applied to the body portloi
losing at the back. It is trimmed wit
gathered flounce that give* a amai
iare to the skirt
Bands of lace are applied on tfc
leeves and at tbe top of the flouuc
'he dress Is simple and iitjllsh. I
aay be made of lawn, dimity, Swla
r any One wash fabric, and la also a]
iropriate for cashmere, albatross, vei
ng or ehalUe. If the collar Is made <
be same material It may be trimme
DISSS FOB A QlXIfa
rltb rows of French knots or feathe
itltcblng.
To make the dress for a girl of efgl
'ears will require three and one-qua
er yards of twenty-seren-lnch mat
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A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
HELPFUL AND READABLE DISCOURSE
ENTITLED "A LIFE MADE OVER."
TlM DUUngaiahsrf PMlar-Rminllit. I ha
R?t. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapma*, 11m Pr?
yif?d th? rellowlac Samoa Far tba
Ptim Uod Hu * Pisa For Btarr lite.
New Yomx Crrr.?The Rer. Dr. J. Wil
bar Chapman, the popular paator-evangeliat,
who preaches to overflowing congregation*
in tbia city, haa furnished the following
eloquent sermon to the press. It waa
* preached from the text "So he made it
anin." Jeremiah 18: 4.
, To any one familiar with the prophecy ol
, Jeremiah up to tbia point in the Scripture
11 it will be apparent that Israel was rushing
L on to destruction, and Jeremiah seema
I powerless to stop them in their mad
course. One day as he passes along the
highway he beholds a potter working in a
booth, and as he turns wide be beboldi
1 him with the clay in his hands and the
wheel revolving, toiling away until thia
piece of work is finished. He looks at it
B with disappointment, and then crushing it
r into hia hands he kneada it over and ovet
9 and finally makes it again u the text declaret.
Jeremiah is interested, and then he
saw the spiritual significance of it all ai
1 we read in the fifth and sixth verses ol
r this 18th chapter, "Then the word of the
Lord came to me, saying, 0, house ol
Israel, cannot I do with you as this pot1
ter? Saith the Lord. Behold as the clay
e is in the potter's hands, so are ye in Mine
hand. 0 house of Israel." The trouble was
not with the potter; he was evidently s
? good workman, nor with the wheel, for
1 that seemed to do its work well, but en.
tirely with the clay. Sometimes the clay
was coarse and difficult to mold, other
times it was full of grits, but there were
two courses that were opened to the potter.
First, he could purify the clay by removing
the coarser elements, and second,
e he could make a rude vessel of the material
e at hand. This is a familiar figure in the
a Scriptures, for we read in Isaiah 64: 8,
. "But now, O Lord. Thou art our Father;
we are the clay and Thou our potter: and
1 we all are the work of Thy hand, and
then we read in the New Testament in
Paul's Epistle to the Romans, the 9th
chapter and the 21st and 22d verses,
"Hath not the potter power over the clay,
S of the same lump to make one vessel unto
J honor and another unto dishonor? What
_ if God, willing to show His wrath, and to
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BUKC HU power tnons, cuuiucu mm
B much loot suffering the vessels of wratii
fitted to destruction."
I.
We are the clajr, God is the potter. C!aj
>, in itself is most unattractive, but the artB
isi looks upon it with interest because ol
. what he sees in it in the way of beauty af
I ter his hands have touched it. This make*
t the difference in two pieces of canvas, one
if touched by the maater hand and is a
masterpiece, the other is simply canvas in
its natural state and is not interesting.
A traveler stood watching a potter worl
II in the factory one day and aaid to him
i "Why ia it in these dart when such won
e derful mechanical tool* are constructed
this work ia not done bv machinery rather
'* than by hand," and the potter said
t "There are aome piece* of work which car
only be brought to perfection by the
, touch of a human hand," and ao it ia ir
the formation of character. Whatevei
e may be one's social position or his financia
j wealth he will not be able to please Goc
nor to be prepared for heaven until th<
hand of God has touched him. This ia a
picture of our regeneration, for regenera
tion ia the coming into us of the life ol
God. I stood one day in Venice watchinf
the glassblowen. and while glass in iti
natural atate waa most uninteresting, jus!
as aoon as the workman began to blow th<
breath of his own life into it it became i
thing of beauty. Adam, back in the Olt
Testament becoming a living soul is th<
Gld Testament storv of God's inbreathing
while the child of God in the New Testa
ment is the New Testament's story of thai
same inbreathing.
n.
The day of our conversion we yielder
ourselves to God; that was the closing o
ourselves in the hands of the potter. A>
we camc into the light with Him God
imnerfections in our make-up, things thai
were not pleasing to Him, and so He pu
His finger upon ini? or that; some of thc*<
things we have not been willing to give up
and so our lives have been marred. Wi
have had a controversy with llim, on<
wherever there is a controversy there i
no peace. We are Christians, it is true
bat we are fruitless and jovleap, and man]
of us are shorn of power. The vessels wen
marred in the making, but it is a comfort
ing thing to know that we are in the handi
of the potter still, and although we failec
yesterday we need not fail to-morrow, fo:
He will fashion us if we will but permi
Him to do so in the likeness of His owi
dear Sou. We are to be holy, we are t<
be pure of heart, we certainly are to hav<
fellowship with Christ, we have been it
bondage long enough, now the question ii
shall we yield or not. Suppose we do no'
K- Id, are we then lost? Certainly not
ul says. "He is able to keep that whiel
I have committed unto Him," and in th<
eighth chapter of Romans he seems to ex
haust language to soar into heaven and t*
make hia way to the very depths of thi
earth and then to cry aloud, "Nothini
ahall be able to separate us from the lovi
- n. J ?/"n. r
oi w jcj wnicn is in v/oruv uc?ur uui
Lord1,," bat we shall be shorn or peace an<
of power and of blesning, and while certaii
.g kind* of work will go on in oor lives an
otber kind of vessel will be made. Ro
* mam 9: 21. "Hatb not the potter powei
g over tbe clay, of the same lump to mak<
Ie one vessel unto honor and another urit<
dishonor." We might have been a vesse
'* in tlte king's palace, we might have beei
in the throne room of the king, we migb
it have been used to carry life to the dyini
l? and God would and you would not is t
sad ntory of many a life.
in.
-* Gcd has a plan for every life. Jeremiat
a. did not know what was it the mind of th<
b pottsr. but he knew that he wa* workini
according to a pUn. but we know what ii
" in God's mind. Romans 8: 29, "For whon
He did foreknow. He also did predestinate
ie to be conformed to the image of His Son
that He might be the first born amonf
i manv brethren." Philinpian* 3: 12, "No'
" as though I had already attained, eitbei
I, were already perfect, but I follow after, i
, that I may apprehend that for which als<
I I am anprehended of Christ Jesus." Go<
' cannot be satisfied with anything less thai
>f j this. A woikmun in a factory fashioning <
d beautiful design saws an imperfection ii
_ the plan. To carry it on meant ruin, anr
~ so he carried it back to the artist ant
found that it was an error of the copyist
and that is the difficulty of an inconsisten
life. It misrepresents Jesus Christ. Then
art people in this world who would scori
to be heterdox so far as the Scriptures an
concerned, but so far as the manifestatioi
of the Christ life is iroocarned they are ex
ceedinglv heretical. It is not part of God'i
plan that we should fail.
A distinguished preacher has said
"There n a definite and proper end an<
issue for every man's existence, an en<
which to the heart of God is tbe good in
tended for him, or for which he was in
tended; that which he is privileged to be
come, called to become, ought to become
thftt which God will assist nim to become
and which he cannot miss save by his owi
fault. Every human soul has a complet
and perfect plan cherished for it in *h
heart of (Sod?a divine biography marker
out, which it enters into lite to live.'
Surely thia is a great thought, and one tha
gives to life?to each ana every life, th
smallest, the obscurest?a sacrcd dignit;
and importance. Nothing can be trivial o
common which the great God thinks about
plans and creates. The lowliest place ii
this world, to the person whom God mad
to occupy that place, is a position of rani
and honor glorious as an angel's seat, be
cause it is one which God formed an in
mortal htim in His own hand* and witl
immeasurable posaibiiities to fill. Georg
MacDonald says, "I would rather bf! who
God chose to make me than the most glc
rious creature that I could think of; for t
have Ixicn thought about, born iu Qod'
thought, and then made by God, ia tb
- deareat. grandest and most precious thing
in all thinking." God's plan is the best
The legend of the old olive tree ia interest
lit in* here. The monks wanted oil, and the;
g. asked God as they planted the tree to sen
| upon it raiu and sua and then to send th
I frost to toughen it, aal the frost killed il
| and then another monk planted a tree am
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.'tl-. ''lfrAiAii"'ififililiitf'ih'lirsIli ^
asked God to do u Ha' would regarding N
and the traa became a thing of beaaty.
When jroa have crowed the ocean hava
you not aa 70a studied the captain's chart
> seen the little tie-tag lines running north
and south, and hare you not sometimaa
wondered now it was that we could reach
home in that fashion, but when the jour*
1 ney is ended we find that every dot 1
marked the progress of the homeward
journey, and when we reach heaven and
enter the graft room of the sky we shall
1 find that evenr line led homeward and
things we could not understand pointed
heavenly.
"The years of man are the looms of God,
Let down from the place of the son.
Whereon we are weaving hearts,
Till the mvstio web is done.
r And when the task is ended.
And the web ia turned and shorn.
He shall bear the voice of the Master, (
It shall say to him, 'Well done.* "
God has a way of making lives over.
" - t-*a_. a.L._
t Pint, by outer circumstances, ii*e mm
i potter's wheel, such as trial# and disap*
i pointmenU.
i Second, by His own word. It is called
i the light, and light reveal* imperfections; J
; it is called the fire, and fire purees the
; dross; it is described as water, ana water
' cleanses all displacements; it is said to be
a hammer and the hammer in the hands of 1
i the artist fashioned the angel from the
i block of marble. Dr. Arthur T. Pieraon
f tells of the potter who was seeking to make
Sorcenin for the king's palace, was greatly
iscouraged in the work and in desperatiT!
threw himself into the fire, and there was
something about the burning of his own
i body that gave an inestimable value to the
i porcelain which is still in existence, and
that is the-value of this book. God threw i
Himself into it in the person of His own l I
Son, and no man can read it without feel- i
ing Iiis power. i
IV. I
There are some lives mentioned in the
Bible which have really been made over
agsin like the clay in the handj of the pot,
tei. I
I First ? Jacob. By nature he was a supi
planter and a cheat; he stole his brothers
, birthright and deceived his father, but by I
the D3wer of God he became Iarael, the
I prince, and all because he and God met at i
i Jabhok'a Ford, and God torched him and
i he limped away from weakness to power,
i Michael Angelo wan banished from
France, but afterward they wanted him to I
, return. They wished him to take a blodc
i of marble, which had been lying at the
; gates of the city, and fashion it into some
i masterpiece, and Michael Angelo came
i back to the city, aad out of the piece of
i marble that had been lyinc for years in the
dirt of the city be made bis David, which
is his masterpiece in many respects. God j
p by the touch of affliction sometimes and
' the tourl* of disappointment again haa
P made many a life over. May He make
1 yours?
Second?Elijah. He was a man of like
| passions with ourselves and came from a
' rugged country, but God made his paaatana
1 ana his appetites to be like horses to hi*
1 chariot by means of which he was trana*
la ted. and he will make the weakness of
: your life to be power if you will let Him.
Third?Paul. His wss a bitter nature
[ and his spirit that of a persecutor. He
| hears of a few Christians in nan, and hur
ries away tbit he may cast them into pri
son. and from the man of bitterness and
j prejudice he is changed into the little old
man a prisoner in Rome who cries out, "I
| know whom I bare believed and am perj
nuaded that He is able to keep that which
[ I have committed unto Him against that
| day," and all because he had found Christ.
When the children of Israel made their ,
1 way across the land they came to the |
I waters of Mara, which were very bitter.
' Thev were all but dying of thirst, but I
5 Mose* cut the wood at a certain tree into j
' the waters and they became sweet. Into j
[ Paul'# life had been pressed the principles :
! of the croaa; not Hia will, but Ood's waa
I to be done, and he waa made happy.
1 Fourth?Peter. He waa a man of weak- I
! nes*. but trknsfigured into a man of ;
' strength. He waa ignorant, but he writes '
" the Epiatle that stands as hia monument i
in the purest Greek of the New Testament,
and all because he added Christ to |
. nia life. So it is not a question aa to who I
| we are or what we have been, but whether
we are united to Him.
1 It is said that Ole Bui was msking his
' way at one time through one of the great i
An- rican forests, and ne came upon a hat ;
[ in which dwelt a hermit. He had left his j
- <> nnAin^sul in Kiim? i
llfcj i1uiiic utvuu.1c %iiml|#|/viuk?u in ww. i
new, and had been living alone for years, j
his only companion being hi* old violin, \
on which he could play a few homely
Eiccea of music. Ole Bull stopped in tu I
ut over night, and in Ihe shade of the fir* !
liqht. to entertain his guest, the old hermit
took down his violin and played the
simple pieces with which he had Whiled
away his long hours of lonelineaa. When
he had finished playing the great musician
asked him if he tnought he could play. The
reply was. "I hardly think it possible; it
took me years to learn, and yet," said he,
"you mignt try," and so the great violin*
ist took the instrument, drew his bow j
.1 cross the strings and instantly the room
was filled with harmony. He played
"America" and "Home, sweet Horn*/*
until the old hermit sobbed like a child,
and then putting the instrument back
again in its place the old hermit was mada
to understand that he was in the presenca
of the greatest violinist of the day. Bat
what a difference of the violin when in the
hands of the hermit and in the hands of
the master. The tones of one were any*
thing but complete; the music of the mat1
ter was perfect, and to it is not ao much a
1 question as to what our lives have been,
* nor what we arc ourselves, but altogether
" th* auestion is as to whether we are con*
r trolled absolutely by Christ. This u
f aurreodered life.
I Urwdlnc th* Fatar*.
> The most of our troubles is caused bj
t dread of coming ills. Many of them never
I come at all, or rather when the trial that
i we have been dreading does come it proves
to be far more easy to bear than we expected.
In fact, we are almost disappointed
when we get over some loop expected
trouble so easy, and immediately look for
something else to worry over. Have you
ever thought that when we spend our days,
so full of blessed opportunities for serving
the Master, in idle grieving over some expected
trouble, tve are aishonoritu; our
Ixtrd? He has promised to help ana comfort
us in every time of need, and we have
proved His faithfulness times without
number, but He does not promise to help
j us bear to-morrow's burden to-day. "Sum
. I ? .1 0 SS ltf_
1 nent unto tne aav is me evil tnereoi. me
i have abundant (trice given for every need
i to-day; let u? thankfully receive the blessi
ing, and leave to morrow, with all it may
I bring, in Hi* care. After all, what He ex1
pecta of you and me ia faithful trust in
, Him, a trust that remains firm in the face
t of every possible calamity. Such faith as
e this u the only remedy for dread of the
i future, and sucn faith ia the rightful herite
age of every saved soul.?George D. Geli
wics.
I Btsr T? On* Another's Bardtss.
In order to be satisfied even with th?
j best people we need to be content with litj
tie and near a great deal. Even the most
perfect people have many imperfections;
we ourselves have as great defects. Our
faults combined with theirs make mutual
toleration a difficult mutter, but we can
* only "fulfil the law of Christ" by "bearing
, one another's burdens." There must be
e mutual loving forbearance. Frequent aie
lence, habitual recollection, praver, selfj
attachment, giving up all critical tenden
ciea. faithfulness in nutting aside all the
t idle imaginations of a jealous, fastidious
e self-love?.ill these will go far to maintain
r peace and union. How many troubles
\ would be avoided by this simplinty!
Happy u> he who neither listens to himsell
nor to the idle talk of others. Be cont
tent to lead a simple life where God haa
It placed you. Be obedient; bear your little
daily cronses?you need them, and God
j. gives them to you only out of pure mercy,
h ?Fenelon.
j " BssirtlBsd.
. Some are sanctified and made meet foe
0 the Master's use: others are unholy and
a unsanctified vessels, and therefore unfit for
e the Master's use. Sanctified means "set
. apart" from an unholy to a holy use.?The
. Rev. Dr. Holderby, Atlanta, Ga.
y Tha Car* For LossIIbsm.
1 The m-rdicinrs for the cure of loneliness
e are portions of generosity, tboughtfulness
of others and Christian self-sacrifice, taksa
J in large doses.?Presbyteria* Banner.
ill' fA 'If HfiHlv " ! i t- ' 11 ' - i
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Pmh: Thy Will la Batt-Ta B? UaofMl
U Vmddib la Na Vlrtn*?Ttaa Kaal
Thine la to B? Ttmplxl aad T?t Trlatnph
Ovar Kfll Sednctloaa.
I would bare climbed at early dawn
Up the steep hillside, toiling where
The paths led on through aun and ahade.
Till 1 had won iU summit fair;
I would- hare kept mine own rash will,
When, lo! lie whispered me.
"Be till."
r would hare rested at the hush
Of eventide, by some calm stream.
And there, with folded hands, content.
Lived o'er again life's checkered dream;
But. ah! through twilight's deepest ray
HU clear voice thrilled me,
Whispering "Naj."
f\ n-JI T >1 1- VI f L._.
U \J mi; a uiau& iucr, a uaic iv?i
That Thine unerring will is beat;
At Thy command, that mt ia toil.
That, with Thy presence, toil w reat:
Content, through bright or abadowed way,
At Thy nweet will to go
Or atay.
Christian Imperialism.
The following article on Christian citizenship
ia from the pen of John G. Woo!ley,
editor of the New Voice:
"ADDITION"?"Add to vour faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge; and to
knowledge temperance; and to. temperance
patience; and to patience godiinear;
1 -- ?Jl: 1??u i,,?
lull ui gvuiuinis uiuiiicii; kuiuuviw, ???
to brotherly kindness love."
This is Christian imperialism.
Faith u consciousness of divine origin.
To build up from that to a realization of
the divine nature is the Chnstian thesis.
It is a matter of conduct. There is no
word or libra** in the Bible that can be
translated "orthodox."
"Add." There must be something to
add to. What is it? Sonship. I am no
accident, no "left-over" in the pottery ot
creation, no poor relative of the cosmic
forces. I am a son of God by creation
first, then by recognition and acceptance,
and finally by the long, slow labor of adoption.
"Virtue" is fighting goodness. To
be innocent In a vadium is no virtue. Such
innocence is simply well-balanced ignorance,
but to be tempted, yet triumphant,
or*even to fall and stand erect again?to
fall a thousand times and yet to be staggering
at the gcod?to be down and all but
lost, yet gasping for a noble breath of life.
That is the real thing; add it; be a virile,
manly Christian. Vir-tne is man t'you.
Adtlit.
'IT tUsft Anli* marl frrt nAWAP
i%|IUVT m VIIV. Will/ WW>? WW |?W .. VI I
Don't b? afraid to know. If your creed I
will not stand knowing, let the junk man
have it and get a new one. If your Bible
is afraid of science let them loose together,
and the devil . take the hindmost. God
*peaks Hint hand to many?to all who listen
for His voice. $o matter how it cornea
know what you know and stand for it.
Don't follow any decimal point of party
or authority; be an integer, great or amall.
"Temperance." Don't be so soft that
you won't hold an cdae. nor so hard that
use break* you. The church in full of thexe
feather-edge saints who spend their whole
energy at meetings getting whetteu. Don't
be n bigot nor a milk-sop. Don't draw
your Bible on the elevator boy when he is
busy, nor listen to the dirty atones oi the
clerk. Study to be fit.
"Patience" is staying power, waiting is
suffering. This ia where the compromiser
gets in hia work. He *\ys, "Go to; yield
the point and be comfortable! Put a price
on it and proaper! Forswear yountelf nnd
run for something! Wheat is uncertain in
this climate, but tares will grow anywhere;
ww t.iren." The common greeting of the
New Zealand natives is "Tenakai"?"Are
you there?" Patiencc is tbere-ncis. Add
it.
>> ^ ,i?_
xnriumii' is i>iiaw n|iicmiut ui tuai hi.*
ter that pvm action* the shine of omnipotence.
If you can't have your way. do
your way end shine. If you can't abolinh
a wrong, brand it as it goes and bide your
time. Take the God Hide of every argument.
Enter the will of God for every
judgment. This haa a bumptious sound,
mavbo. but it is very simple. It is almost
no trouble to know what God, aa we conreive
Him, would nay in any matter that
ha* a moral character. The labor of the
politician to know the mind of the crowd
la infinitely harder. Godliness ta Godlikencu.
Add it.
"Brotherly kindnens" ta a recognition
that, for all our difference*, we are the
name kind of pottery in different stages of
firingkind-nes*. The Arabian proverb, "If
a man knows not and knows not that he
knows not, he is a foal; shun him. If he
know* not. and knows that he knows not.
he is simple; tea.-h him. If be knows and
knows not that he know*, be ia aaleep;
wake him. If he knows and knows that
he knows, he is wise; follow him." Thia
u a great trcati?e on kindness. Kindness
it ocial consciousness. Add it.
"Lore" is the eternal fixitive. Kindness
will be peevish. godliness will aeem iinpos?ib!e.
patience will fail, temperance ia always
an experiment, knowledge will vanish
away, virtue will nod. faith itself will trip
in the shadowy partiality of our perceptions.
but when love, the perfect thing,
hu been added, we ahall see the solution
of character in the face of God Himself.
"Add." Be an imperialist in your character.
Never concede that the whole
thing is too much for you. If something
hits yon hard and you (eel numb and inadequate.
as if something had gone out of
yoni life, remember nothing mean can go.
The flesh is the bottom of things spiritual.
If anything has gone out it is something
fine and good Deny subtraction to the
bitter end. Add.
" Last We Formt."
TTow often does the list of oar forcer*
tings become the roll of our sorrows! Hot?
manv joy* and opportunities escape us by
the open Hoor of our neglect! And when
the merciful Lord Jesus from His judgment
thronp speaks word* of separation they
aiv, "Inasmuch as y? Jid it not."
Raman Injustices.
Leave all hum m injustice* to the Lorn,
for Clod is the judge. but as to yourself, be
diligent in loving everybody with a uure
heait. ind remember that you vourselt arc
a great dinner ind in need of (Sod's mercy.
But in order to deserve (lod's mercy we
must forgive others in every way.?.John
Sergieff.
*fbe Refertf n Trna.
While a licaithy body help* to make a
healthy soul, the reverse is yet more true.
Mind lifts up. purities, mm Urns Xbe body.
Mental and moral activity'keeps the body
healthy, strong and vourg, preserves from
decay and renews lite. ? .lames Freeman
Clarke.
firnt Spiritual Verities.
Men incline to believe in the great spir*
itual verities, but there is an element of
doubt which subtracts from the force of
the belief.?The Rev. W. H. Thorp, Chicago.
111.
Ctmlty.
Onr divine Saviour has penetrated tha
mMtrf of time, and liu revealed to us tne
glorious realm* of eternity. There is not
any doctrine of Christ so comfortable a*
tiut.?Cardinal Gibbon*
In Vermont an actual majority is rciui ite
fur the clcctton of a Governor.
Aaeleat RMun Sports Hsvlvsd.
The people of modern Italy, in the great
carnival lately held in Rome, splendidly reproduced
the life of the ancient city, and it
is believed that the effect will be to awaken
a new interest in athletic sports among
them. The carnival has shown them that
they can hold their own in the field, and
the spirit with which they took part in the
games and the enthusiasm of their people
and of the thousands of strangers that
came to witness them, leave no doubt that
Italy will in the future take high rank in
athletics. It m worthy of note that special
interest was shown in the six principal
sports of the ancients?foot racing, leaping,
throwing the quoit, wrestling, hurling the
javelin and boxing with the cesttw.
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL'
!
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ;
FOR SEPTEMBER 28. ,
!
BfTi?w of tha rrMtdlm Twain Liwont ,
y?r the Third Qairur, Daut. vlii., 1-1#
?M<n Taat, D?at. Till., 1?? I*tro<
dacttot ud 8uuau|.
Introduction.?During the past quarter
we have had aereral important leeeona. j
The Lord certain]/ put forth every effort
in behalf of Hia people. Their temporal!
and epiritual neceaaitoee were attended to. I
Bread waa provided, the>eommandmente
gives, idolatry punuhed, a hoaae erected
t?. Y>knn)< intnmnaraiwn Duniehed. the
promued land vie we? by cboeen men, a
Prophet like Mom* promised, and then,
finally, Moeee, the great lawgiver, vu
called to hie reward without having entered
upon hie earthly inheritance.
Summary.?Leaeon 1. Topic: Heavenly
bread. Placet: Elim. The wilderness of j
in. The Iaraelites journeyed from Klim to
the wilderneee of ein; they murmured
againat Moeee and Aaron; they feared they
would etarre in the wilderneee and longed
to be back in Egypt; the Lord promised to
rain bread from heaven; direction* were
given regarding the gathering of the
manm; the Sabbath wu to be observea;
tlesb wu to be given them, also; they were
murmuring against the Lord, not against
Moses ana Aaron.
II. Topic: God'-s covenant with man.
Place: Mount Sinai. God spake to the
people with His own *otce and gave them
the ten commandments. This lesson embraces
the first four. I. Thou shalt have
no-other gods before Me. 2. Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven image. 3.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain. 4. Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.
III. Topic: The duties we owe to our
fellow-men. Place: Mount Sinai. This
lesson embraces the last six of the ten
commandments. 5. Honor thy father
and thy mother, that thy days may be long
upon the land. 6. Thou shalt not kill. 7.
Tnou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou
shalt not steal. 9. Thou shalt not bear false
witness. 10. Thou shalt not covet. The
fifth is the only one with a specific promise
attached. The tenth deals whoUy with the
inner life. Covetousness ia the great sin
of thia age.
IV. Topic: Israel's idol worship. Place:
Mount 8tnai. After the ten commandmen
to were given to the'children of Israel
the Lord cifled Moses up into the mount,
where 1m remained for forty days. The
Israelites persuaded Aaron to make a sold*
en calf, which they worshiped. Mcwes
came from the mount, broke the tables of
the law, called those who were on the
Lord's side to come to him and punished
the people for their great sin.
V. Topic: Setting up the tabernacle.
Place: Mount Sinai. Moses commanded
that the tabernacle be set up; the ark and
the furniture was to be put in the tabernacle;
the altar of burnt offering and the
lavar were to be put in the court before
the tabernacle; Aaron and his sons to be
washed with water; Aaron was to be clad
with the holy garmenta, anointed and sanctified;
all was done exactly as God com
minded.
I VI. Topic: The consequences of drunk*
' enncss. Place: Mount Sinai. Kadsh.and
I Abiha, Aaron's sons, put strange fire in
I their censors and went in before the Lord;
! the fire of the Lord devoured them; Aaron
commanded not to drink wine or strong
drink. God puts a difference between the
holy and unholy, arl between unclean and
clean.
VII. Topic: Leaving Sinai for Canaan.
Places: Mount Sinai. Faran. The cloud is
taken up from off the tabernacle, and the
children of Israel leave the wilderne** of
Sinai and journey to Paran. Moses invites
Hobab to accompany them, but he refuses
to do so: some things indicate that h?
changed his mind and went with them.
The Lord led His people by day and by
nisbt.
VIII. Tonic: The land of Canaan.
Place: Kadesn Barnea. One man from each
tribe was sent to search the land of Canaan;
they were gone forty days; they
brought back some of the fruit of the land;
they reported that the land was good, but
i>?? Hi? iwmnl* ?m ciants. and that the
cities were walled; only Caleb and Joshua
thought they were able to go up and possess
the land.
IX. Topic: Saving Israel from a just
punishment. Place: The valley of Arabah.
The Israelite* are obliged to go to war;
aome of the Israelites were taken prisonI
en; they vow to the Lord; the Canaanites
are delivered into their hands; journeying
from Mount Hor; the people are discouraged;
they murmur against Motes; the
Lord punishes them by sending fiery ?erpents
among them; tne people come to
Moses for help; Moses goes to God, and m
I directed to make a serpent and put it on a
I pole, and "every one that is bitten, wten
| ne looketh upon it, shall live."
X. Topic: True and false worship.
Place: East of the Jordan, opposite JeriI
icho. The abominations of the heathen
arc enumerated and positively forbidden
by the Almighty. The Lord promisor' to
raise up a Prophet from their midst,*unto
whom thev should barken. The Lonjfwarns
false prophets.
VT tv._ kl?-inH mr*e_
Al. &UJMV. AIIV viv?n.H| -
Place: East of the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
God'* commandment* are not hidden,
and are not afar off; before every one *
set "Hfe and good, and death and enl;"
the commandment is given to love God
and walk in Hit wajrj; a blessing is promised
to those who do, but a curse is pro*
nounced upon those who worship other
gods and serve them; all are urged to
choose life.
XII. Topic: Closing scenes in the life of
Moses. Place: Mount Pingah. Moses goes
up from the plains of Moab to the top of
Pisgah; the Lord showed him the land of
promise, but told him that he should noe
go over. Moses died and the Lord buried
him. Moses was 120 year* old when be
died; the childten of Israel wept for him
thirty day*. Motes for forty years in the
wilderocm had borne great responsibilities
tlffered and endured nuny privation*, and
died just before I*rnM entered the prom
ued possessions. uoa s ministers am. |?w
pie may spend many weary yean in *elf acrificing
labor* to accomplish a gloriou*
work, and die in full view of iU comple*
lion. Death doe* not end their work.
Joshuas who are "full of the spirit of wisdom."
are raided up by the T?rd. and *et
apart bv Him to complete the unfinished
work of Hi* departed servants.
R?rw Dmp 8m Fish Foaait.
The United State* Fi*h Conimi?ton"?
steamer Alliatross the other dav arrived at
Honolulu after a successful cruise. Fifteen
species of fish that have never heen caught
before in any part of the world were mcured.
From a depth of 1500 fathom* th*
dredge* brought up only one fish. and the
was one of the scarce*t varieties known U
the scientific world. It wan a small fish
about four inche* in length. Only thrtv
specimen* similar to it seemed to have
been secured before. At a depth of &M)
feet a specie* of chimera, tiie first ever
LU"?
caujfiit ?-?-? ??
Gtnauj'i Fruit Tnm.
Germany ha* completed a census of ber
/ruit trees, and while the showing is very
creditable, the demand for fruit is far in
excess of the supp!y, as shown bv the import
figure* of fruit. To every .square mile
of territory in the empire there are 806
fruit trees, in the proportion 332 plum, 231
apple, 119 pear and 104 cherry trees. To
every 100 inhabitants there are 123 plum
trees, 93 apple trees. 43 pear trees and 38
chery trees, or about three trees to every
inhabitant
Don" Beesmtag Satinet.
The old black and white spotted Dalmatian
dog*. better known a* "coach dogs."
that were so numerous and popular
throughout the United States from W80 to
1X82. inclusive, appear to have become e*tinct
in this country, having like the Newfoundland.
which has shared the same fate,
gone out ot style.
A New Csnirt T)lim?r?l.
A comet has been discovered by I'rofe*nor
Perrine, of the Lick Observatory, in the
constellation of Pcnwu*. Its position was
right ascension three hours and eighteen
minutes, and declination thirty-four degree*
and thirty-nine minutes. It is moving
slowly northward, and is not visible
without a tclescope.
THE GREAT. DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Pms: (mm Fltteoa Tmh Aga?Tbm pad
Tails of tfce O rod hop* IttldUd-lM
Driak Tru?fem?d Good Mam late
m Fmeku Dcbm.
I wandered to the gropsbop, Tom; I stood
beside the bar
And drank ? bowl of lemonade and smoked
a bad cigar;
The aame old kep and jugs were there,
the one* we used to know.
When We were oh the round up, Tom, some
fifteen years aco.
The barkeep i*'? new one, Ton, the on*
who lited to aell
I Corromve tanglefoot to ua, 1a roaating now
in?well; The
other haa a p.ate-gka* front, hie heir
is combed quite low,
! And looka juat like the one we knew tone
fifteen year* ago.
| Old Soak came up and called for boose, he
had the ume old grin,
| While other* burned the lining from their
throat with Holland gin,
; And women stood benide the door, their
facea xeamed with woe,
1 And wept juat u they uaed to weep ao?M
fifteen year* ago
, I asked about our old-time friend*, thoee
I I'llCl 1M1CU D|A/I mj MICH,
I And some were in the poorhouse, Tom, and
i ?omc were in the pen;
And one. the one we liked the best, the
hangman laid him low;
i The world is much the ume, dear Tom, M
fifteen years ago.
. I asked about that stately chap, that pride
marked for its own,
He used to say that he could drink, or let
the stuff alone:
i He perished of the James H. Jams, out ia
the cold and snow?
Ah, few survive who used to boose some
fiftetn years ago.
New crowds line up against the bar and
call for crimson ink; *
j New hands are trembling as they pour the
stuff they shouldn't drink;
i But still the same old watchword ring,
"This round's to me, you know!"
. The same old cry of doom we heard some
fifteen yean ago.
; I wandered to the cborehyard, Tom, sad
there I saw the graves
i Of those who used to drown themselves in
red fermented waves;
: And there were women sleeping then
where grass snd daisies grow,
; Who wept and died of broken hearts sopw
fifteen years ago.
! And there were graves where childrea'
slept, hare slept for many a year, t
r- *1 - >L.l tfc.;.
r orgeuui 01 vac wua tust wukh wv?
fitful sojourn here;
And 'neath a tall white monument, in
death there lieth low,
The man who used to sell the boose mom
fifteen years ago.
?J. 8. Holden, iM. ot. Louis Globe-Demo-,
crit.
lie Was a flood Km Whew Himself.
A man walked to his home?a big. strong
. can physically?and when his wife met
him he knocked her down. She fled
ohrirking into an inner room and locked1
the door.
Mary, the man's daughter, a little thing
five years old, fell to her knees and clang
to him and cried out, sobbing: "Don't kiu
mamma, papa!"
He patted her head and told her to get
, her brother Edward.
Edward, a boy of six, came.
The man drew a revolver and shot his
two weeping and trembling children. Then
' he blew his own brains out.
"He was a good man." said the wife to
, the police, her fare all torn and blackened
by his blows. "He wm a good man, and
he never treated me badly before."
What suddenly transformed this usually
good husband and kiod father into a fero>
cious demon, a murdering wild beast?
! DRINK.
He ni Frederick DieUcher, a driver for
: the Health Denartment, and he paid oat
| the hard-earned money that should hare
gone to hi* family that he might become a
! slaughtering lunatic. Insanity by the boti
tie. Ht the g?ass, may be aa readily parrha?ed
an are matches to start fire* with.
Some men, many men, can play with alcohol.
They can warm themselves with ft
u they do at the geuial heat of a grate.
But Uf luch aa DieUcher aglaaaof whtaky
it like a match to a heap of hay?it start*
a conflagration.
No man who gets drunk when he drinks
| box any right to touch liquor.
He voluntarily makes himself insane,
and no deed, however terrible, is impossible
to a maniac. His judgment and moral
sense are both put to gtfep. , ->
Let drink alone, young man. It baa
never helped anybody, and it has ruined
and is ruining millions in mind and body
and pocket. It turns kind men into cruel
men. loving husbands into wife-beaten,
fond fathers into slayers of their children.
Look at Dietscher. See what whisk?
dtd for him and his.
That one horror ahonld be enough to
boric coantleas thousands of tipplers into
? i -i-; <? ?i * .r i:
loiai SDSinencc lor vac ro?v ui mni um.
"He wm good nun" ? when sober.
Drunk, * devil.?New York Evening Journal.
Owe Ill-Health to Alcohol.
Sir Andrew CUrk, of London, one of
the rooat noted physicians mod surgeon*
of' the nineteenth centunr, said, in his
work on "The Action of Alcohol IT poo
Health:"
"1 am speaking solemnly and carefullv
in the pre?cnce of trnth, and I tell you I
am considerably within the mark when
I say to you that going the round of mjr
hospital wards to day, seven out of every
ten there owed their ill-health to alcohol.
Now what does that mean? That out of
every hundred patient* whom I have
charge of at the London Hospital, seventv
per cent, of them directly owe thetr illhealth
to alcohol. I am not saying, because
I have no means of saying. in human
life, in society at large, what u tlie
percentage of victims which alcohol seizes
upon as ita rightful prey. I do not know.
1 have no method of coming accurately
J to the conclusion; but I know this, that
I IIUU um J UU A ia*K? |rv?v*.??MH?v VI Ituvi*
duel*?* as I bare mentioned, but a (treat
ma&s?certainly more than three-fourth*
of the dwordem in what we call *fa?hlonable
life'?arite from the u#e of this
very drug of which I am now speaking."
Drtakla* la Brittany.
A writer in La Revue bewail* the perpetuai
habit of drinking in Brittany?especially
among the women.
Tk? Craaada la Itrlaf.
Temperance agitation i* more active in
Ureal Mntajn ju*t now, it ta aaid. than in
America.
There are to-day in the alm*h-?nuc? in
the United State* at leant 25,000 pauper*
who would Ik? *elf-supporting and reapccted
citixen* if it were not lor the dnnk
traffic.
There are to-day in the United States
no let* than 7000 little children destitute
.?n<i abandoned by their parent*, left to
the mercy of" the world, terribly liandf
capped at the ouUet of their race in life*
who would be livinn in happy home* were
it not for the drink traffic.
There are to-day in the prtaon* of the
United State* not leas than 40.000 mm
who would not be there but for the drink
traffic.
Drink i* a cause of crime in 49.K per
cent, of the case* atudied; the cause of
poverty in 24.06 |>er cent, of the case,* studied:
the cau:'? of pauperi*m in 37 0t5 |>er
cent, of the cane* studied. and the raaw or*
destitution anion;; children in 45.83 ]?er
r?ni of the case* atudied
To one of America''! actor* vu
(.rstu milted by hi* father a double genii!*
- -one for the utajrv. the other for the
bottle. The tirni the #on cultivated, and
achieved world-wide fame, with the aecond
he had a lifelong fight. a losing onet
13 hi* eariy manhood, it teemed, out af
Qwbly victorious one later