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wHSS? ! They Elect Delegates to the National J Convention at Philadelphia. GOV. ROOSEVELT IS INDORSED* I j Tk* B?pibUe? Stat* Convention ^ Held In New York Citj^Preeldent Xc- j Kialtj'l Administration ludorted and ' Hit Kenom I nation UrgtiUThi Del*- ! IM Klart?i<t_Tha P latform AdotiUd. ! 1 Hsw Yobs Cm (Special).?The B'?publl,MUi 8tats Convention mat lo the Oraad Central Palace here as J elected delegate* tad alternates-at-lars > t> the National 'Convention to be held In Pnlladolphla, 'and also Presldantlal elect on and tbe ) t lector* tor the Congrats districts In the J State. The convention held two so?ston<t. ' , The machinery of the convention moved in themost expeditions fas'alon. The committee on credentials, for Instance, had ot a contest to present. This Is the first instance of tbe kind In n great many years. | Tbe delegates elccted to the Nstloaal Oonventlon are as follow*: * At Large?Thomas C. Piatt, Cha?inc*y *1. Dapew, Theodore Koos*veit, Benjamlu O. . Odell, Jr. Alternates?George H. Roberts. Jr., of Kings; James A. Roberts, of Erie; George J. Smith, of Ulster: John Raltien, of Ontario. The Presidential electors chosen are at follows: I At Large?Edward H. Batlor, Erio; i o Franklin H. Mltcbeu. Jionroe. j ? For tbo Cougrew District*?I. Samuel J. t .Underbill; 2. Samuel Rowland; 3. Mlcbael \ J. Dadv; 4. C. H. Butsell; 5. John Kiwi; t ' C H. 6. Fischer; 7. Joseph Simon son; S. (William B. Billings; 9. Herman J. Katz; 10. f Frank KlKoUe; 11. 8amn*i 8. Koenig; 12. i Arthur P. Sturges; 13. James Yearjance; 14. ?. W. Bloom ingdale; IS. Will- i ? lam Sberer: 16. F. V. Millard; 17. Clar nee Lexow; 19. John M. Cordis; 19. Peter McCarthy; SO. Samuel L. Manson; ] St. W. 8. C. Wiley; 22. Kojral Newton; 23. ] ,WUllam T. O'Xell; 24. D. M. Anderson; SL Bobert McKlnnon; 26. William O. ' t Pbelp?; 37. Ransom B. True; 29. Robert j i Busliby; 29. F. D. Sherwood; 30. Cbarlea ! i ?. Prentice; 31. Qeorge Eastman; 32. I 'ObrUtlan Kllnek; 33. Oeorge Urban. Jr.; < 94. Herbert C. Bleb. t I The usual committee to fill any vacancies tbat may occur was appointed. c I Senator Slsberg, woo was mo temporary i 'ohalrman, ud Representative Sherman, t tfeo wm the permaceo: chairman, both t declared la thair speeches that Boosevalt i iWoul J bo renominated (or Governor. Mr. (Sherman thrioo referred to glowing terns c to Admiral Dewey's achievement at Manila, i 'and la each case his words or praise were i received with silence. a The platform adopted by the convention < tejIn part, as follows: j The Republicans of New York, repraaont- c d lo their tate Convention, oongratolato their fellow-countrymen at the beginning 1 oi aaotbar National campaign that the ? 'nladcaa on the faith of wbloh McKinlev C ad koburt wore elected four years ago have been redeemed. There Is no longor controversy u to tb? nla? of any Govarnjment obligation. Gold as tbe National (standard of valne is now established lathe R?v. r Belerricc to tbe enactment of the gold ,l?w embodying tbe principle* enunciated ila tbe 8t. Lonla platform, it continues: I Public confidence tbnt this would be so Ud the fact that It U so, Ulcea In conuee- i ttoo with the passage ot tariff laws which i . applied to tbe Government the revenues It needed and to tbe country's industries a &e*ltby and sufficient protection, account for a prosperity which has been National ! In Its scope and which gives to tbe McKln* ; ley Administration a distinction do lass 'significant of competent in Government j than the success of the army and navy. i | The administration of President SIcKIs- ; ley Is unqualifiedly indorsed. It is thou | stated that the splendid business condi- , .Hons whloh began with XcKlnley's eloc- | jtlon, and which still Obtain In every State of the United States, vindicate tbe country's [judgment upon tbe issue created In tbe op[posing party platforms In tbe last national election. ( Tbe platform pays a tribute to tbe work of the executive departments of tbe Governmerit and to tbe valor ot our soldiers ;aad sailors ta tbe Spantsb-American War. Inferring to tbe new issues arising oat pttbewar with Spain tbe platform says gjtfcat it would have been tbe coward's part ito remove Spanish authority without our* jeolvss assuming responsibility for tbe pco1?cvatlon of public order and tbe fuiflllof Internal obligations. A policy bas pursued upon wblcb the Rspubllcan r confidently appeal* to the patriotic judgment of tbe American people. It U a policy eharaetorlstleally Amorican. j Begardlng our new posseeslons, the platform declares that tbe Independence of Cuba, pledged to Cuba, and proclaimed |to the world la the declaration ot war, has hosa secured and advaacel by every pabJto net; that In Porto Rico, wblcb has beJeome for all time American territory, civil 'governmeat and liberal laws have been !provided; that tbe insurrection in tbe Philippine Islands bas boo a overcome. I Tbe platform calls for tbe renomlnatlon f President XeKlnley in tbese words: [Under the administration of Ifliliam HoIZlnley the material Interests and the iprestlge of the United States have notably {Menaced and the Republicans of New (York with unanimity call for bis renoaina f vpob olmv kwivn ?uv iu! dorses tbe administration of Governor ;Boo?ot?lt, and says that his acts bava justified that public confidence la his fateslittf which was so strong a factor la the. teatioa of 1898. j The State Issues which will be dlseus*ed ,1a tbe oomlag campaign were left to the State convention which will nominate 'State officers. Bat public attention is ( ailed to tbe record of tbe Bepablloan Legnlatare which has just adjourned.The Legaalatare ot 1908 has dlsttngul< bed Itself by la record which has been almost eatlrely [free of criticism. Its legislation, clean and jMMMarj. has satisfied the constituencies represent*! and the people at lance. Tbe platform concludcs: t Tbe Republican Party goes to tbe people im this electloa with that confidence which proceeds from tbe faltblul nnd satisfactory iuffnpmnni>? of dntl hv IWV offlelal In the State Who boldiihU'commission la lt? it*" and by immo of iu support. ] 1 HUuoU't rial Law Vieoulltilltaal. J Tbe Supreme Court at Sprlngfleld, III.. < ku decided tbat tbe liliaois Flag law is J unconstitutional and aa Infringement upon , the peraqual liberty of citlzoaft. depriving . tbem of privileges implied by tbe State and Federal coostitattofes. Agalut Co-Ed gocletlM. The girl students of 8wat*tbmore Collect at Philadelphia, are worried because of an i Intimation givea by the Board of Xaaagers j i to them that secret societies must be abnn* j 1 doned at tbe ead of tbe term. Tboro are : ( three women's societies la tbo colloge, ; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ktppa AlpbaTbeta j and Pul Kuppa Pbl. Tbe ttoar-J of Maun- I gen tbink tb.it tbe nocletles luterforo wltli i social life among tne girls, only about <>uo- j think of tbem being member-*. Tbe boys j win annnnrt iha tfirl? in an effort to bave i I he orJnr withdrawn, as they fear tbHt j ratarnlties may next <;omo uaJer the ban Bo*r> British War Not**. Boer raiding parties have opsratod sac* motility in toe southern part.of tbe Orau^j Queen Wllhemina, of Holland, has sent a sroonal letter of sympathy to Oeneral Jouart's widow. A deadly lung slcknoss bos broken oal book tbe oxen with Oeneral Bailer's ray la Natal. ;Tbe circulation ot the London newsipers baa increased from twenty to IOC or eent. since the beginning ot tbe war In Mith IMm I War corrcapoxlenta to South Africa saj hiu tb? land la tbe vlelaity ot Klaberltl i to aulpbaroua that arao aata cannot Slat BDoa iL L _ TROOPS OltDEBED OUT Sent to Croton Dam to Subdir Italian Strikers. BLOODSHED AND DEATH RESULT? Hit Strike at Croton Dam AMnnctI . Mrteai Aipcct-Th* Shaclir Appealed to Governor Rooaavalt for Troon*? Tha Caua of the Trouble?Ktrst Trial of Strength Between Opposing Forces. New %>bk Citt (8pecial).?Tbe strike imong tbo Italian employee* oa the new ,'roton Dam for aa increase of wages a-surned such alar ml or proportions that learly six hundred troops, over half of I hem calvary, ware ordered to the scene of ! hs strike to preserve order and protect 1 iroperty. The contested ground in Westobester ' kmnty is throe miles from the Croton Land* Dg station of the Naw York C?otrai road, t Is to tbe east of the road in tbe Croton ! ralley. At this point th-? -lam that Is to . bock the Crotoo water and forai an Im- I nense reeenrolr is belog built. Oa each ; li)? o( ihs narrow strenm hills rise to the 1 eight of more than 300 feet. The trouble was doe to a demand of the ! aen for greater pay. Tbey bad been ; rorklog ten boars a day for 91.25 a day. t Ad they demanded $1.50 for eight hour*' ' rork. There were employed on tbe work* ibout 400 Italians and aboat 200 men of if her nationality. Tbe latter were emiloyed largely in the more responslblo | i laces and took no part In the ntrlke. ; The (principal leader and spokejmau tor , he strikers was Xarcello Rorello. The troops ordered to the Croton dam. j klmost as gr#at In numbers as the strikers, rere made up thus: Squadron A, the orack caralry company if Manhattan. Troop C, a similar body, of Brooklyn. i Two companies of Infantry of tbe First leglment, one from Yonkers and one from klount Vernon. Sheriff Malloy came to New York City at he request of Major-Oeneral Roe, com- 1 nandlng tbe National Guard, and after a terles of conferences with all (be parties nterested made a formal demand upon , tonerai Boe for tbe assistance of the miltie. General Boe bad previously communicated by wire with Governor Roosevelt, mil the latter wu anlck in hl-? rosoonse. llrectlng the head or the Natloc.nl Guard o grant the demand of the Sheriff if one | ras made. The cavalry force numbered 330 men and tfflcers. Bach man carried a sabre, a re- : rolver and a carbine. Captain G. I.Deberloise commanded Troop C, of Brooklyn. Ad Major Oliver B. Bridgeman command- j >d Squadron A. The 8eventli Regiment of this city was trdered out and Mnt to the wen* of action. I The Best blood over the strike was shed rben an unknown man shot and killed lergeant Robert Douglas, of the Eleventh Separate Company, of Mount Vernoo. The lergeant was making the rounds with a . orporal's guard relieving the sentries. n air gun was the weapon. No report | ras heard. Shot through the abdomen, lergeant Douglass fell to the ground exlalmlng to his little command: "Boys, I've been shot; load quickly and Ire!" k volley ring out from the muskets of he militia men. No answering shot came tack from the unseen enemy. Sergeunt >ouglas was taken back to the camp and le died within tea minutes after arriving here. Strike leaders declared that the men wenj n favor of peace and would offer uo ilnUnM Tli? thnntlnip cloiHlr followed a. provided the great rower*. including Itnoriea, wouid gu?nnt<M the ludepeadiocs of the two republics. 0?ner?l White Hick In Loudon. General White, commander of the Lvlyimlth garrison. arrived la Londua on a ipeeial trnla from Liverpool. He was In- > mediately recogulied by tlw people at tbe itatlon aud enthusiastic illy cheerel. Qrovt crowds surrounded Uim aad Lf ibook baud* with oj many as possible. Lack of Phjr*?IS(i? In Porlw Itlrn. Three thousand people are dying la ' Porto Rico (or lack of medical supplies and the iaabiHty of many districts w!i->re the population reaches tbousauis to sdi> vort a resid*. t fby^ician. Th? Labor World. The English working tnau ha* 27S work* log days. Half the striking miners in the Pitts* burg. Peon., coai district have returned to work. Seventeen per cent, of tbe watchmaker* in tbe United Heated ant women. la 1400 ail ware men. Tbe Building Trades Council, of Chicago, Is trying to end tbe industrial war there i through arbitration committees. The aoction men on tbe Erie Railroad have received a voluntary advance la wages trom I.IS to 91.25 a day. The Parisian cabmen have petitioned the authorities for permission to raise their lam durUg th* RjrvuU'on in^ntk* >eace declaration by ons of the leaders. For tbe lam five w?l:i it Is said tbe ,'tallans bad been getting ready for any rouble that might grow out of n itrlke, and bad bought arms and ammunlloo. From Sing Sing they obtained ; rifle* and pistols, and from nearby towns boy purchased ammunition. They also >ougbt three cases of revolvers from k gunsmith in Hlug Sing. Wrlle it wns tnown that they bad arms, it was not , bought tbey were as well supplied as they ire until tbe Qrst test of strength was ; nade between them and the deputy slier- ; ffs. This t?tst came when It was decided to lend au engine for coal. Coal was needed 0 operate the pumping works at tbe dam, vhlcb nave to be kept going day and lixbt, and at 7.90 a. m. orders were siren or an engine to go down and brln* ap lome ears of co*l lying ready. The strikers inw tbe engine come out, and thinking bnt tbe contractors were about to try to itnrt up without making a settlement with hem, tbey swarmed out of tbe bouses on be bill and down tbe bilL?lde toward tbe rorks. Tbey came armed with clubs, tones, shotcuns and revolvers. Engineer Jacoby had no sooner got his mgtne out than It was surrounded. Tbev hreatened to kill him then and there It he tied to run tbe engine. Tbe handful ot leputy sheriffs wbo wore present were >owerless to drive off tbe crowd, and tbey md Jacoby decided to give up the at empt. Jacoby left the engine and ttben be Italians retired to tbe hilltop, but left 1 guard on watch to prevent a further at- i empt. Ou tbe bill where stands the company's : >fflce was a little knot of men. One ot ; heir number, with a pair of field glasses, ook In the picture and counted the rifles : tod revolvers la sight. la the group was i IberifT Mulioy, of Westchester. When he taw tbe Winchesters and tbe sbowiag la irms made by tbe striker* be sold: "This thing calls for troops. My men :aanot eope with a situation like this." After the iacldeat had passed aad little [taly bill was patrolled by a few striker* rord was received there would be ao dep-edatloa committed unless there was an ittempt to pat ruon to work. Tbe 8beriff ft for White Plain* to coaault Governor ioosevelt by 'phooe la regard to calling rat troon*. As he left tbe dam to drive to the Croton Ending Station be passed through the iowery, where one or two Itailaos were eanlng on rifles outside saloons, chatting ihout the trouble as though it were notbag. Keported Boer Peace Plan. Before the Bier peace deputation left Milan, Italy, It U stated, they opened, in :be presence of Or. Lejrds, sealed dls. tatobes which they brought from Pretoria, tad fouud therein an authorization to >ffer, on behalf of the South African Republics, to concede to Oreat Britain the lemolltlon of tbe Pretoria fortifications ind the surrender of the Boer artillery. DR. TALMAGPS SiEBMON. SUN OAT'S DISCOURSE ST THE NOTED DIVINE. SatjKt: Til* Bm a rwrt I a d of Chriit?Th? ' Mo* of Spiritual tiladoei* and Refreshment?Victory Ovtr Death and the Orare-The MImIob of Flower*. (Copyright Itmo. 1 WunmoTo*, D. C.?Thlt sermon of Dr. Tulinage rlugs all the bolls ot gladness, -specially appropriate at this season, when all Christendom Is celebrating Christ's resarreetlon; text, John xlz., 41, "la the garden a new supalcher." Looking around the churches this morning, seeing flower* In wreaths and flowers in stars and flowers In crosses and flowers in crows*, billows ot beauty, conflagration of beauty, you (eel as it you stood in a small heaven. You sav these flowers will fade. Tes, but perhaps you may see them (rain. They may be immortal. The fragrance of thai flower may be the spirit of the flower, the body of the flower dying on earth; its spirit may appear in better worlds. I do not say It will be so. 1 say it may be so. The ancestors of those tuberoses and camellias and japonlcas and jasmines and heliotropes were born to paradise. These apostles of beauty came down In the regular Hue of apostolic succession. Their ancestors during the flood, underground, afterward appeared. The world stsrted with EJen; It will end with Eden. Hearen Is callod a paradise of Ood. Paradise means flowors. While theological geniuses in this day are trying to blot out ererytbing material from their Idea of bearen. and. so far as I can tell. their future state Is to be a floating around somewhere between tbe Great Bear and Cassiopeia, I should not be surprised If at last I can pick up a daisy on tbe everlasting hills and hear It say, "I am one of tbe glorified flowers of earth. Don't yon remember me? I worshiped with you on Easter morning In 1900." My text introduces us Into a garden. It is a manor in the suburbs of Jerusalem owned by a wealthy gentleman of tbe name of Joseph. He belonged to tue court of seventy who had condemned Christ, bat be had voted In the negative, or, being a timid man, had absented himself wben tho vote was to be taken. At great expense be laid out tbe garden. It being a bot climate, I suppose there were trees broad branehed, acd there were patbs winding under these trees, and here and there were waters drip* ping down over the rocks into flsb ponds, and there were vines and flowers blooming from tbe wall, and all around tbe beauties of kiosk and arboriculture. After tbe fa> times 01 me Jerusalem courtroom, now refreshing to come Into this suburban retrent, botanical and pomologlcall Wandering in the garden, I behold some rooks which hare on them the mark of the sculptor's chisel. I come nearer, and I And there is a subterranean recess. I come down the marble steps, and I come to a portico, over which there is an architrave, by the chisel out into representations of fruits and (lowers. I enter the portico. On either side there are rooms?two or foar or six rooms ot rock, the walls of these rooms having niches, each nishe large enough to hold a dead body. Here i* one room that Is enpeeially wealthy ot sculpture. The faot is tbat Joseph realises be cannot always walk this garden, and he has provided this place (or bis last slumber. Oh, what a boautlful spot in whleb to wait for the coming of the resurrection! Mark well this tomb, for it I* to be the most celebrated tomb in all the agee. Catacombs ot fnvnh Af NanfttnAn Mfthnl 'Pal nf In. dla, nothing compared wltli it. Cbriat baa ju?t b^?Q murdered, and His body Will bo thrown to the dogs and the ravens, like otbor crucified bodies, uniow there be prompt and offlclent hindranoo. Joseph, the owner of this mnusoleum in the rocks, begs for tbe body of Christ. He washes the poor, mntilated frame from the dust and blood, shrouds it and perfumes It. I think that regular embalmment was omitted. When in olden time a body was to be embalmed, the priest, with sume4>retun.lnn nt m*>ll?l aklll wnnlil nnlnt nut the place between tbe ribs where tbe IncUlou most be made,and thoo the operator, baring mad* tbe Incision, ran ieat be be slain for a violation of tbe dead. Than tbe otber priests would come with salt of niter and cassia and wln? of palm tree and complete tbe embalmment. Cat I think this embalmment of the body of Christ was omitted. It would have raised another contention and another riot. Tbe faueral hastens on. Present, I think, Joseph, tbe owner of tbe mausoleum; Meodemus, tbe wealthy man who bad brought the spices, and tbe two Marys. No organ dirge, no plaines, no catafalque. Heavy burden for two man as tbey carry Christ's body down tbe marble stalra and Into tba portico and lift tbe doad weight to tbe level of tbe niche lu the rock and push tbe body of Christ Into the only pleasant resting place it ever had. Coming forth from tbe portico, tbey close tbe door of rock against tbe recess. Tbe government, afraid that the dls* clples may steal tbe body of Christ and olav reaurrectlon. order tbe seal of the sanbedrln to be pat upon the door o( the tomb, the violation of that seal, like the violation of tbe seal of the Government of the United 8tates or Oreat Britain, to be followed with great punishment. A com?any of soldiers from the tower of Antonla i detailed to stand guard. At tbo door of the mausoleum a light takes places wbieh decides the question for all itrnrerards and cemeteries. Sword of lightning against sword of steel. Angel against military. No seal of letter was ever more easily broken than that seal of the sanbedrln on tbe door of tbe tomb. The dead body in tbe niche In tbe rock begins to move in lu auroud ox ano linen, slides down upon the pavoment, moves oat of tbe portico, appears In tbe doorway, advances into tbe open air, comes up the marble steps. Having left flu mortuary attire behind Him, He comes forth In workman's garb, as I talce It, from the tact that th? women mistook Hltn for tbe gardener. Thai day tbe grave received such shattering It can never be reballt. All tbe trowels of earthly masonry can never mend It. Forever and forever It la a broken tomb. Death, taking side with the military In that flgbt, received a terrible cut from tbe angel's spear of flame, so that he himself shall go down after awhile under It. Tbe king of terror* retiring before the King of grace! Tbe Lord Is risen! Let earth aud heaven keep Easter to-day! Hosanna! Some things strike my observation while standing In tbls gardeu with a n?jw sepul cner. ana, nrsi, post moriem oonurs id contrast with ante mortem ignominies. If tbey could have afforded Christ such a costly sepulcber, trliy could not tbey have giv?n Hlmnn earthly residence? Will tbey give this piece of marble to a dead Christ instead of a soft pillow for tbe living Jesus? If tbey bad expended half the value of that tomb to make Christ comfortable, it would not have been so sai n story. He asked bread; tbey gave Him n stone. CbrUt, like most of tbe world's bonefactors. was appreciated better after Ho was dead. Westminster Abbey and monumental Oreenwood are the world's attempt to atone by honors to the <lea.l for wrongs o tue living. Poet's corn?r In Westminster Abbey attempts to pay for the sufferloirs of Orub street. Go through that Poet's comer in Westminister abbey. There Is Handel, the (treat musiciau, from wbo^e music? you hear today; but while I Ir.ok at bis statue I cannot help but think of tbe dl.v >rds with which his feilow musician* tried to destroy bitn. Tbore is tbe tomb of John brydt'n, a beautiful monument; but I cannot help but think at seventy years oi age be wrote of bis being oi>t>ri*ssed la fortuu? and of tbe contract that ho hu<l ju*t mad* for a thousand versus at sixpence a lino. And there, toa, you IIo<l tb* monument of Samuel Itutler, the author of "Hudihta*;" hut while I Icok at Ills monument lit Poet s corner 1 cauaot but ask nivs-lf where b>- din,I. Iu ? garret. There I s<y> the costly tablet in the Poet's corner?the c<>*t!y tablet to one of whom the celebrated Waller wrote: "The old blind schoolmaster. John Milton, bus just Issued a tedious |?iem on the fall of man. If the length of it be uo virtue, it has none." There is a beautiful monument to Sheridan. Poor Sheriden! If be could have only discounted that monument for a mutton chop! Ob, you unfllial children, do not Rive your parents so much tombstone, but a few more blankets?less funeral and mora bedroom! If Ore per cent, of the money wo now spend on Burns'* banquots could have been expended in making the living Scotch poet comfortable, be would uot hare been harried with the drudgery of an excisemen. Horace Greeley, outrageously ftbued while livlu*. whaa dead Ls followed ; . ' . . ' toward Greenwood by the President of tb? ' United State* aad the leading men of the army and navy. Massachusetts tries to atone at tho grave of Oliarles Sumner foe the Ignominious resolutions witb wbioli J her Legislature denounced the living Senator. Do you tbinic tbat tbe tomb at Springfield can pay for Booth's bullet? Ob, do justice to tbe living! Alt tbe jus* j tlce you do tliem you must do tbis side the gates of tbe Necropolis. They cannot wake p to connt tbe number of carriages at the obsequies or to notice tbe polish of tho Aberdeen granite or to read epitaphal com* \ memoratlon. Oentleman's mausoleum lo tbe subarbs of Jerusalem cannot pay foi f Bethlehem manger and Calvarean cfosi ! and Pilate's*ruffian judiciary. Post mor- I torn honors canuot atone for ante-mortem Ignominies. Again, standing In this garden of tb< sepulober, I am Impressed with tbe fact ^ tbat floral and arborescent decorations art appropriate for tbe place of tbe dead. W? i are glad tbat among flowers and sculptural \ adornments Christ spent tbe short time ol Ills inhumation. I I cannot understand what I sometimes see in the newspapers where tbe obsequle* are announced and tbe friends say In con* < nectlon with It, "Send no flowers." Bather, 1! tbe mean* allow?i cay u cue means < allow?strew the casket witb flowara, tb? ! hears* with flowers, the grave with flower*Put tbam on tbo brow?It wilt suggest coronation; In tKelr band?it will mean victory. Christ waa buriad la a garden. Flowara mean resurrection. Daatb U aad enough r aoybow. Let conservatory and arboretum " contribute to its alleviation. Tbe harebell J will ring the victory; tbe paaalon flowei will expreaa tbe sympathy; tbe daffodil will kindle Ita lamp and illume the dark* * nee*. The cluster of asters will be tbe constellation. Your little eblld loved flowers when she was living. Put them la ? be; band now that sho can go forth no more aad pluck tbem for herself. On auasblny days take a fresh garland and pat It : over tbe still heart. . Brooklyn has no grander glory than Its * Green woo J,nor Boston than its Mount Au- . bum, nor Philadelphia tban Its Laurel mil nor Cincinnati than its Snrlna Grove. I not San Francisco than it* Lone Mountnlo! But wbat shall we say to those country graveyards with the vines broken down and the slab aslant and the mound ftaved In and the graas a pasture ground Tor the sexton's cattle? Indeed, were your father and mother of so little worth that you cannot afford to take cam of their ashes? Some day turn out all bands and straighten the slab and bank up the mound and cut away the weeds and plant the shrub* and flowers. t Some day you will want to lie down to your last slumber. Von cannot expect any respect for your bones if you have no deference for the bones of your ancestry. Do you think these relies are of no Importance? You will see of bow much Importance tbey are In the day when the arch angel take* out bit trumpet. Turn ail ~ your cemeteries Into gardens. . Again, standing la this garden of tbe new sepulcher, I am impressed with the dignity of odvate and unpretending o bee- : qules. * / f Joseph Was mourner, sexton, liveryman ?had entire charge or everything. Only four people At tbe burial of tbe King of tbe Universe! 0b. let this be consolatory to : thnun who through lack of means or ' through lack of acquaintance bare but J demonstration of grief at the graves , of tbalr loved ones. Long line of glitter* ' log equipage, two rows of silver bandies. Z casket of nebest wood, pallbearers gloved and scarfed, are not necessary. U tbere ? be six at tbe grave, Cbrlst looks down from J heaven and remembers tbat is two more than were at Hl? obsequies. Not recognising this idea, bow many small properties are scattered and widow* hood and orphanage go forth into eold * charity! The departed left a small prop* c erty, which would have been enough to * keep tbe family together until they could * take care of themselves, but the funeral r expenses absorbed everything. Tbat went 0 for crapo which ought to have gone for bread. A nan of moderate moans can a hardly afford to din in any of our great * cttiaa. Bvatl mtaun, do bonor to the de- * parted, but dc not consider funeral pageant " as necessary. No one was ever more Iot- ? lngly and tenderly put away to sepulobac ? than Christ our Lor J, but there were only 11 four people in the procession. Ag&tn, standing in this garden with a ? new sepulcber, I am impreased with the ' fr.ct that yon cannot keep the dead d >wn. Seal of tanhedrin, company of soldiers * from the tower of Antonla, floor of rock, < roof of rock, walls of rook, door of rock, * cannot keep Christ in the crypts. Coma * out and come un He must. Come out and ?' come up He did. Preflguration. Firs: 1 fruits of them that slept. Just as certain- 0 ly as we go down Into the dust, Just so 0 ?? ? 111 mama mm asaln ThAtlfvK 0 un(i?iuij wo win uvuiw up ? ?* auvh^m all the granite ot the mountains wore piled ? on as we will rise. Though burled amid J the cornlf ot Ibe deepest cnvera of tk? Atlantic Ooeaa, we will oome to the surface. > With these eyes we may not look Into r the (ace ot the noonday sun, bat we shall have stronger vl?lon, because the tamest thing In the land to which we go will be . brighter than the sun. We shall hare * bodies with the speed of the lightning. 1 Our bodies Improved, energized,swiftened, ' clarified?mortality, immortality. The 1 door of the grave taken off its blngos and ! flung flat Into the dost. ' Ok, my brethren, death and the (raw 4 are not so much as they used to be; for 0 ?til. X ?; I. >1.1. ...il.. _l. U Ik. I wuiio wayuoti1u kuia ^hiuow **i?h ?hw new sepuloher I find that tb? vines and flower* of the garden bare completely cota.ed up the tomb. Instead of one garden there are four gardens, opening Into each other?narden of Eden, gardou of the world's sepoloher, garden of tbe earth's regeneration, garden of heaven. Pour gardens. Bloom, 0 earthl Bloom, 0 beaten! Ob, my friends, wake np to glad* new on this Easier morning! This day, if | I interpret It right, means joy?It means peace witV! beaveo, and It means peace with all tbe world. Oh. bring more flowersl Wreathe tbem ' around the brazen throat of tbe eannon; J plant them In tbe desert, that It may bios- ? som like the rose; braid tbem into the ' mane of the returned war charger. No : J more red dahlias of human blood. Give * us white lilies of peace. All around the earth strew Easter flowers. And soon tbe J rough voyago of tbo churob militant will 1 be ended, and she will sail up tbe heavenly " harbor, scarred with many a conflict, but tbo flags of triumph floating from her top- ' gallants. All heaven will ooflt out to 8 greet b*r Into port, and with a long re? J verberatlng stout of welcome will say: * "There she comes up tbe bay, tbe glorious 1 old ship Zion! After tempestuous voyage c she drops anchor within the veil." "FJavy department employes. 3 Secretary Long'* lutetestlac State maul a Transmitted to tbe Senate. 3 u An interesting stateomnt has been pre- i, pared at tbo Navy Department at Wash- jj iugton In response to a resolution of the 9 Senate, calling upon all tbe departments ; for a record of tbe number of persons em ploy*]. eiuMtn-M n% to age. imwmd it t na<l 19 roar* Inclusive there are 9 em- t ployes, between 20 aud 29 years, 118; b?- \ tweeu 30 and S3 year*. 144; between 40 and 49 years, 81; between 50 nod 69 year*, 86; between 60 and 61 yearn, 20; between 65 nud 69 year*. 7; between 70 nud 74 yean, 7; between 75 and 79 year*. 5; above 80 yearn, I. The average age of tbe 458 employe* of the department I* 3') 11-220. There are 393 f male employes of an a7*rng* age of jj 38 81-131, aud 63 female employes of an average ace ot 42 56-03. Mojt ot tbe fe- ? males are employed ia the Naval War llecoris office. SotigitlHtanding there are 40 : employe* over 60 year* of a?je. of which number 6 are. over 75, Secretary Loos reports tbat tbere are no employe? r on tbe rolls permanently lompaci- ? tated for tbe performance ot mauua! r labor. In tNe State Department there are 1 6 employe* *.?j'weeu fl) ami 61 year* of age. u a like tiurjber between 63 and 69, 1 betweeu 70 and 74, and 2 between 75 and 79, c but all nre reported t < be mentaiiy and c physically tit. I I t Strength of Foreign Missionaries. L Tbe total missionary force under leading Christian societies doing strictly foreign u work was 14,210 last year, and tbe total t native force was 51,<20. There were 20,228 j schools, with 944,430 pupils, and tbe la- t come for tbe year was $14,513,972. r B A MU?rjf" Raft lo Cron the FmIIc. A raft to contain 14,000 piles Is now being , couatructed at Seattle, Wash., by a San Francisco flrrn to be towed to Japan. When t completed Che rnft will be 633 feet long, t< flftr-tbree feet In diameter and will coa* c tala I i.000.000 foot of lumbar. j rffE GREAT DESTROYER. SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Bard Clilsr?An Episode Which R?mlt the Utter aettrtleaeoeca of th* Avtr(( Ban Holler?Opened Hie Her to a Draokea Mm i>e*p!te ? Wlh'i Plea. If bat nil* that mau? He walks with a wagger io Terr pronounced It u almost a atagger; fow.tbat he is tipsy dou't erer b? thinking, 'or how eitn that be when he's only been drinking Hard eider? Vhat makes him gallon, so sav.tee. and croM, Lod for words of profanity ne'er at a Iom? VLiai makes bis breath so offensive aad strong? le doesn't drink anything all day long Bat bard eider. Wd at makes bis faoe inch a cardinal red? Suggesting tbe thought that he ought to b? bled; lis eyes look exactly like ripe melon seeds, Ind to eore all these ailments it must be he needs More bard Cider. A Typical Saloon Keeper. No one will accuse tbe Post Standard, of Syracuse, N. Y., with being an orgau of in* temperance society, hence we give tbe ollowlng story as related by one of Its itaffa place in oar colamns: "Don't drink anything more to-night. Mease don't." "Stop yoar Infernal whining and come dong. I guess I know when I've had moagh." It was 1 o'clock In tbe morning, cold and tormy. A young woman, bare-headed, hlnly clad and shivering inside a ragged ilanket shawl that was thrown over bet j allco dress clung to the arm of a big, talking fellow, evidently hw husband. rho made Lis way unsteadily toward a lunch of salooas not far from ibe heart of be city. The words recorded above and a rough bake ot tbe slight girl whom be held firm* y by tbe shoulder were the man's answer o her tearful pleading. He staggering, she Hjseechlng him to retaro, they passed tbe latiron corner ot tbe block at tbe intersex ion o( and Oeuesee streets, neither tbsenring a silent figure muffled to the thin in a warm alster, that stood In tbe ihadow of tbe building watching them, rbts man was tbe tfroprletor of one of tbe Aloons. He stood still until be saw the >air halt beforo the door of his place, rhlch bad Just been closed for tbe night. A late pedestrian who bad observed all bree approached. Tbe saloon keeper, rhom he knew by sight, remarked casu. illy: "There's trade headed for my place. Ill lave to go over and open up." Htlli the distracted woman's pleadings lq<1 the man's churlish repllei could be teard, bat it mad* no difference to the saoon keeper. Soon a light was burning >ver his bar. The late pedestrian beard tbe eound of a caffle, the saloon door swung open and he girl, crying as it ber heart woald ireak, burst oat of tbe place, disheveled, iQ'l nfti ap the street. After a little the Ight in the saloon went out, tbe intoxicated man emerged, staggering more than >efore. Then tbe saloon keeper also same >at, locked the door, buttoned his warm lister up to his chin nod with a satisfied tad contented air started toward liome. Driven to niiudoee* by Drlok. Thomas Ward, tbo Yale graduate, whc ras told by soveral Camden (N. J.) pbysllaus that, unless he stopped drinking, he roald become blind, has been unable to rltbstand temptation. Regardless of tbe esult to his eyes, bo became drunk again md lay all night In the city Jail. Ward, while draok, became Involved in (lifbt, and received a blow under tbe eye rblcU cat big gash la bis cbeek. He (ell o tbe floor and tbe woaad was filled witb llrt. Iuflaruaatlon ?et la aadtbealgbt was lmost destroyed. He was told tbat It be Iraok beforetbe wound healed tbere would >e no help (or blm. Ward Is a well educated men, having ?en graduated (roai tbe Yale law sebool. (Tulle In college be drank heavily, and iter he left school he went from bad to rorse. He was (ull of remorse ip he lay n his cell. But he has laet all hope and II belief in bimseH. "It Is no use," be old, "Tbe appetite (or drink to too strong or me. I could not give it up. I began o drink while I was la collegis. and, unonsclous of the evil which would result, reated an appetite which bas become my naster. When I Srst began to practice I ad brilliant prospeoti, but my liking for irlnk destroyed them all. "It may be tbat I shnll become blind, as be doctors said I would, but I do not care ,ny more. I am worthless, and it does not natter. ' . Alcobol, the Shin, aad the Heart. K party o( Americans in crossing 8!erra fevada encamped at a spot above the snow i? d*-*- a# ?aa(t m /eaa/l /4aal a! lUn, ovuio VI buuti* kvva uvw v? plrlts before going to sleep, and they ley Iowa warm and happy; tome took a modrate quantity, and they lay down some* rbnt tint not *er? cold; others took aone t all, and they lay down very cold and ilserable. Next morning, however, those rho bad taken no spirits got np feelltig [Uita well; those who bad taken a little :at u;> feeling cold and wretehed, those rlio had taken a great deal did not set up t all; they bad perished from eold durlug be night. Those who took no aloohol :ept their hearts warm at the expense of heir skin, and they remained well; those rbo took muob warned their skin at the xpeose of their hearts, and they died.? )r. Carter. ?? "nwuj " ?K* The salo of candy, witti the Innocent oatids appearance of an ordinary chocolate trop, bat containing, It is Mid, brandy, la toros In tbe neighborhood of Pablle toliool 57, Lee avenue and Van Brant treat, Brooklyn, ban amused tbe actlvl> les of the W. C. T. U. A crusade against be sale of those brtndy drops has just ?en successfully finished, and no longer i tbis particular brand of confectionery ,Mowed to be sold iu tbe vicinity of that cbooi. It is said that tbe aale of tbe irandy drops was stopped by two of tbe cventy-two special deputy sheriffs appointed by Sheriff Walton at tho request of lie W. C. T. U. and other allied organica Ions. Tbe shopkeepers bare seat th" audy back to tbe wholesale dealers. Drlatc Slaya More Than Battle. Under tbe present law tbe consumptior f spirituous liquors In the Philippines Is f lew aad crowing business. Oae of out onmai|iurario? says: it u pruvnuij uui intrntbful to ?ay of the deaths of tb< riTO boys wbo bare gone there from lomes Iq every State of tbe Union,one-half seeptiog those killed la battle, have bean rom tbe dm of Intoxication drink* taken a United States ships, told by men from be (Jolted States under tbe protection ol lie American Ha*."?Tbe Evangelist, Sew 'ork. Tbe Crusade la Drlef. TUe liquor devil Is the same old devR. Wine has drowned more men thau water. The Society of Total Abstainers, just orcneJ in Viuaua. Is the tlrst ever estab Islted lu Austria. Under tbe "Indiana plan," thirteen pale* evangelist*" are devoting tbelr eutlrs line to prohiblttou party work iu tht loosier State. The Doard of Aldermen of Kenosha, Wis. e.-eutly passed au ordinance compelling alooukeepers to post In their saloons a ll?l if the kuown habitual druukards of th< own, to whom no intoxicating liquors uuat he sold under any circutnstauces. Dr. Jobn Uadden, professor of physl ilf>Ky In the Wisconsin College of Physl Ian* ami Surgeon*, believe* Clint It I* tin irovineo of n pbyelclan. evnu more thi*n of be moralist or philanthropist, to do wlml io can toward tbe ?uppre*slon of alcobol "Beer au?l w hlaky g o witb tbe Hag to oui iovr poises* ion* an?l no obstacles are Inerposed. Tbe Govornment shares In tbe rollts." Tbus boa?ta a liquor paper, ^bnmplon of Fair Play. This ought to nalrn everv American natrlot blush Witt bam?. Priests is charge of the Polish CatliolU >nrish??s la northwestern Chicago oro or ranizin* tboir charges tor action agalnsho concert nod dauce halls and be?r gar lens of that district, which they say nr? loingagreat deal of harm among tbeii rouoj yoor'a. THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR.MAY 6. Satjwt: Jmu Wtnl*| sad InfMifi Matt si.. 20.30~Gol(Un Test: Matt. Sl.. 3 S?Memory V?mt, 38-30?Com* UMlarj ob the Day'* Umm. 30. "Than began Ho." After He bad tpokeo the work* recorded Is tbe flrat part of tbe chapter. "To upbraid." Bebake, nod prooouoce judgments agalaet them. Tbe more Ood does for men the tew excuse bare tbwy for eontlootog la their aim. Jeans had done all He could for these slties, or He eoold not have reproacbod ;bem tor their Impenitence. "Because tbey repented not." The only way to And peace and raror wltn uoa is i>y repentinti of oar aint. Christ did not apbraid them because of their sins, bat beeaase they did aot repent. The In penitent heart treatareth up wrath. Bom. 2:5. 31. "Woe unto tbee." It woald be better to translate these words, "Alas foi tbeel" This la an exclamation of pity, and It is evident that oar Lord aaed the words la this sense. "Chorasla." A town on tbe northwest shore of the sea of Oalllee. Its location Is not dedoltcly known, bat it ?u near Capernaum. "Betbsalda." On .be northwest shore of the sea of Oalllee, north of Capernaam. It was the birth* place of Philip, Andrew and Peter. "II :be mighty works." Tte great miracles. h miracle Is a sign, a wonder, and a mighty ieed. Acts 2:22; 2 Cor. 12:12; H*. 2:4. 'Which were done in yoa." According to :bls passage, most of the miracles of Christ jrere done In theee cities of Oalllee, and /et not one Is recorded In the Oospels as laving boon done In Choraaln and BethuUda. This is a confirmation of John 11:28. "Had been done in Tyre and 8idon." Tvra nnri Hldnn mm haithmi aIHm aim. ited on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Their wickedness was proserblal. "They would have repented Iodr ago." Oar Lord intimates that If Eseklei lad performed as many miracles In those ;ltiee, as Hlm?el( bad In Gboraslii and Qetbsaida, tboy would have repented with :he deepest and most genuine sorrow. "In >ackcloth and ashes." In ths East It was common (or mourners to put on a black torment which resembled a sack, with loles (or the arms, and to put ashee upon ;bo head. 22. "Mort tolerable." The degree of four misery will be greater than even that >( Tyre and 8ldon. Everything will help :o overwhelm the Impenitent at the bar ot Jod. the benefits and favors ahlch they 3**e received, u well as the alas which :bey have committed. "At tbedsr of JudgoenL" The float Judgment. From this ve learn two Important truths: 1. That :he paoishment to be inflicted upon wicked nen in the life to eome will aot all be jqual. a. That great panlshmeats befallng sinner* In thla life will not screen thorn 'rom tfaVwrath of Ood in the life to come. 33. "Thou. Capernaum exalted unto leaven." A Hebrew metaphor, ezpreeelve >f the utmost prosperity, and the eojoynent of the greatest privileges. Tfclf was /ery property spoken of Capernaum, besaose In it our Lord bad dwelt, and ban vrought many of His moat wonderful mlrailes. It had been dlgnlfled above all the :Ules of Israel, "sbalt be brought down to loll." "Unto hades." B. V. Temporal iudgmeots soon aftet came upon all oI these mpenitent cities, and they were so com* Jletely destroyed that their exact location ias since beta In "doubt. Oapernaam was o be brought doirn to a state of desolation, rbls prediction was literally flulfllled. 24. "It shall be more tolerable." The last ruction of Sodom occurred nearly 2000 fears before Christ, and Jade (rerse 7) ells as that these people are suffering the /engeance of eternal lire, and yet it will be nore toierable for them at the Judgmont lay than for those who live and die infidels mder the Gospel. 25. "At tbat time." It would seem that at this point some communication was nade that pleased Jesas and He broke forth nto thanksgiving. "I thank Thee." I fully ionfsss, fully acknowledge the Justice of Tby doings. "Thou bast hid theee things." Gospel truth, tbe things that pertain to His kingdom wore not perceived by the 'wise and prudent," by tAe scribes and Pharisees, who were vainly puffed up and *bo rejected tbe true light. "Hast repealed them unto babes." Unto those 'who feel their dependence on God and leek His aid." M. "Seemed good In Thy sight." God has 'ordained strength" "out of tbe mouth of labes and sucklings." Psa. 8:2. He "bath ihosen the foolish things of tbe world tc jonfound the wise." I Cor. 1:27. <rt All thlnw an rinllvtrttd n?tn Ma.* U If He bad said, do not be led by the ex mple of your Rreat aad loarned men to tllgbt and despise Xe, for bumble aa I ap. )ervr to be, all things relating to the salvaion of mankind are delivered Into My lands, even *11 authority, power and judgnent. "No man knoweth the Bon.'1 No nan ean folly comprehend the mystery of bo Incarnation, tne character and tbe atrlbates of tbe Son, and tbe great work He ins done and Is to do In saving tbe world. 'But tbe Father." Qod onlv ean under ttand Himself. "Save the Son." Mo man san understand on eompehend tbe Father n His nature, His attributes and His "providences, save the 8on. "WW reveal Htm." rhoee who deefre an acquaintance with Ood must come to Obrlst. 38. "Come unto Me." This Implies slna)ly believing In Christ and beeomlng His lollower, or disciple. This Is one of the aost precious 0 jspel Invitations to salvaJon In tbe New Toetamoat. "All ye that abor end are beavy-Iadso." Thoee laboring under a seose of sin and laden with tbe zuilt aad remors*of a wicked life?such ue Invited to Christ; not mt.jly to. tbe sburch, but to Christ. "I will Hire you rest." Ererr word In thU promise Is lm? portaat. 1. Boat la promised; soul mat; rest from sla and cankering oare; rest from the (oar of daatb aad tbe jadgmeat. 2. Tbls rest Is promised to you. Weak thougb fOB may be, aad unworthy and elnfu 1, yet, :o rou Jasas speaks. 3. It Is promised freely, "without money and without price." (t Is tbe gift of Ood. 4. It Is promised wltb mrtalnty. I will. If yoa will only "come anto Me," nothing?do power on eartb, thall stop Me. I will ffiva yoa rest. 5. Who promises this? Is He able to perform? Ye*, t is tbe eternal "1" wbo speaks tbe word, ind Ho alone is able to savn "onto tbe utter* nost." It Is tbe Son of Ood wbo says, I will give you rest. 29. "Take My yoke upon you." Accept Me andtbeOospol I bring. Clirist'syoke It, I. His will. Onr study U to know what Ha wills for me. 2. His rule. Liberty in Christ loos not mean liberty from control, that q?uld be lawleeamts*. The bast way to ba free from sin's dnmlnlou Is to be well under the control of Cbriit. 3. His discipline. Wo are uoder His correction and instruction; wa ire In His school. "Aad learn of Me." Ho Is tbe great teacher, and Ha teaches humanity. Wa are to be bumble and lowiy in heart aa He was. 30. "Yoke easy harden light." The ?? ?aI am nrvt aH?VAI1? tft cuumiuuuuivuM vi uw HV? | the one who accept* Christ fully. It is light because It ! borne lo love, with a sood conscience, by the kelp of tbe Spirit of God. "bdUBL?~fURREf3 APPROVED. II*pert of Naval Board of (MpoctioB oa Admiral Sampson's Invention. The Naval Board of Inspection, of wbtcb Bear-Admiral Frederick BoJger* U President, has submitted an unaoimoat report I on tbe receut trial of tbe battleship Kear- ' ?nrge. Concerning tbo turret test*, tbe ' Board says: i "During tbe afternoon of April 3 tbe four kuus in tbe forward turret wore flrad simultaneously at 4000 yards range, And j thrco of tbe projectiles apparently foil In tbo same spot; one fell about 390 yards beyond, but In line. "Tbe four guns from tbe after tarret - - - ?~ *kl. niso wars HrM sinjouanoomi v, auu iu iui? | case threo projectiles fol! Iu the save spot; oue clgbt-lnch projectile fell to the right. During this test tbn blast from the eightInch guns In the superimposed turrot did not inconvonieuce 'he people in the tbirtcenth-luch turret." - franc* Has a New Armored Train. Franco bos adopted an armored train. Ona with armament complete has bean manufactured at the Indret Works and bean dispatched t? Cherbourg. Tbe train, drawn by Conical-shaped engines,can travel sixty miles an hoar. It preeetta n strange, urpentiike appearance, eiiraaJiy In round* U? mhpwaa as aaaa ?? In Iitpo and' orsrlcp moH ottier lik9 onor* mogi soAiw. ? | ???1? ???? GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. Kg PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS On tiin Rnnrlnc RMt-Doldlm MuM M Mailt in Km!iIa?"In God Vfm Lln"? Chritl'i Glorious ??w??> -Tt?? Nmw li y of tit I?A Pmy?r for PatitOM. Soft mist floats orer tbo sombre ma And hides the sunshino and hides th* shore; I trust the Pilot who, guiding mo, Hits gone tbi? way before. Soft lights shino through the shadowy gloom, OUmmer and fade aad glow again; Like jewels rare or a rich perfume Are the lires of noble men. Soft eyes watch over my darkened way; ^ They soejny loneliness and grief; AUUj nrc IUUII^III ui viqihm UWJ Coocing to bring relief. Ho ft hand* linger with fond caret* On t*ar-dimmod aye and whitening hairy They minuter in their tendernees To lighten all my care. Boft voices pierce the great unknown And tell of the great unseen that lie* Beyond the ken of the mind alone. Beyond our touch or eyes. So I trust as I sail o'er the sea oT life; Faith's rlslon makes mr dark way, plaia; I f*-l tne comfort that follows strife, The Joy that hallows pain. ?Ralph Edwin Horn. Soldiers Mast Re Made la Battle. It is only in strong weather that a maa gets faith. Faith is not an attainment that droppeth like the gentle dew from heavea* it generally comes in the whirlwind and the storm. Look at the old oaks; how la ft that they have become so deeply rooted la the earth ? Ask the March winds aad they will tell yon. It is noi the April sboww IL.t I! I If L..4 ill ilk ?iiu ii, or iu" swwji ua/ iubmubo, uui it wa.4 March's rough wind, the blustering month of old Boreas shaking the tree# to and fro and causing the roots to Mad themselves around the rocks. So must It be with as. We don't moke great soldiers in the barracks at home; they most be made amidst flying sbot and thundering cannon. Storms and tempests are ths thiutf.i that make men toogh and bardf mariners. They see the works of the Lord and HU wonders In the deep. ' 80 with Cblretiaas. Great-faith most have great trials. Mr. Great-heart would never haw oeen Mr. Great-heart If be bad aot ooot boen Mr. Great-trouble. Vallant-for-truth would never have pat to flight those foas, and have been so valiant, If the foes baa out first attacked him. 80 with as: we mast expect gre.1t trouble before ww shall attain to much faith.?Bpurgeon. "Ia God We Live.'* By creation we are God'*. Called Into existence by the flat of His power, He owns us by a natural claim that nothing but soulhllatlon can annul. And not lets by preservation than by origin ar* we Ood's In a formal tense, what He hat done for us Id thi continuance as well at in the conferring of life, establishes Hit natural poa**sion of ut. As at first, to at every tub**auent moment, He confers existence, and if He should oease to do so for an instant, we. not self-supported any more than selfderived, should that instant drop into absolute death. It is of His ordaining that wa snjoy all the means of lifo?air, light, food, for the lower, and vitality and insplmlioo for the higher being. It it the sama merciful Hand that "tejjpert the wind to the shorn lamb," the same willing Ear that "heareth the young raven's err," the same benistnant Eye that "ooteth the sparrow'* fall," that is, also, ouutretched for tho supply of oar wants; that is attentive to our ?alls, that is watchful of all our interests. It Is not a mere figure of speech, penned lint by the ancient poet and quoted afterward by > Paul, with evident approbation, that "in ' Qod we live and move and have our being." ii is a mem iratu wnion wo ougnt ooin to I recognize and fceL Chriat'a Glorlon* Sacceaa. lightly understood, any mowxnoot inml? ?!.** Ita hn?ln nlnni om wnll (t? frnUl Afi WIUUU7 IMI w^hhih^s Mi n Via Wir mwm ? uik*VH| and in estimating the success of Christianity U would be unfair not to look back to Its origin as well* a* to Include Its presenuupremacy. Thus regarded, Christ'ssuceess la ?Inning the affection and confidence,the reverence and the penitent devotion of men la seen to be a phenomenon more striking and more splendid than anything elan in bumaa history. perhaps In the history of the whole universe. We can form some conception of It already, bnt when we come, by and by, into the dlrlne presence, and are Instructed about the divino plans and how they bate been fulfill*!, then it will be apparent to us, as it cannot be here, how great, bow substantial and bow glorious was the success }f Christ In His redeeming work. The NtMitliy of Sect. No one can In these days work effectively for the promotion of religious truth and life who Is not allied to some one of the existing sects. Consequently he wbo fails to ?ppnb?nd the real need of denominations and the service they render to the world when conducted a< Christ latended they should be conducted, is not making a just discrimination. Every real Christian is InI I 1 .kU ..# ?_ *11 I 4WII VI UI9WIU1UK HWU til *! v?uu? ' ienomliVJons than the one he supports, tad he c >rdi*!ly admits that each one is iolng good, while he believes and declares .hat his owa sect is the best and most deterring of support, because, in his estimate. It represents to the world more truth than soy other. A Prayer far Pallcace. Forgive mo, Lord, that I have made for | myself so many crosses which thou hast hot Appointed. My sins are heavy on my back > %nd my refusals to take up the Cross which | :hou ha.-: given hare oi^iy brought me | heavier burdens of my own reckless choos| lag. I confess my sin and ask thy pardon I io J tby help to relieve me of alt needless | weight, to give me my own proper cross, I tnd to enable me to carry it with ohoerfui ; heart and full ansuranco of thy loving care. Ho counsel me and lea 1 me In the way, and sustain me ever for tblne own love's sake Amen. The Moti Acceptable Fast. The fast most acceptable to the Father is '.bat of abstinence from wrong-doing in j ivory way; to deny the demand* <>f pride, ' fel.'-love, uncharitable thought and unholy I Telling. In action every one may well consider the words of the prophet of the olden iime: "Is not this the fmt I bavs chosen.' to loose the bands of wlckedne**. to undo tbe heavy burdens, aod to let the oppressed fo fre*, and that ye break every yoke?" fcis also U good practice for every day and season, for the Indivl iual and for men Is their varl jua wK'iit4 ca|*a<;iUM. Do not j-idge Christianity by th? worst that claims its nasi*; no. nor even by the be*t?know it and judge it by Christ himself. Thftrue Christian religion is religion | as Christ taught it an?l lived it.?lie*. I. P. ; Coddington. As a very little dust will disorder a cloak, .id'! the least grain of sand wilt oba*ure our slight, so the least grain of sio which is i:pon the heart wiii hinder its right motion toward God. ?Joha We*i -y. Be sure that y >u are sorry f >r your ?in?not sirapiy that they were #o improi! table, or that your wrong-<ioinj; was discovered and brought its penaltv. Tfl PPDOPTIIiTP CAMP rrofctior nol<(en'? Monument to Tell ( 111* Woi??t?rful DlMOWfy, The wlil of Joseph W. Holden, of Otlafield, Me., who proclaimed to many lectnres Hint the earth was flat, Las boon preunited for probate. One feature of the will was that a^ Italian marble monument to cost 0309 ihall be parehaaed with the following la* ksrlptlon upon it: "Professor Joseph W. Holden, bora la Otlsfleid, August 21. 1916. "Died , ni*ed? years. "Professor Holden, the astronomer, whlla % boy at school discovered that the earth la flat nud stationary, and that tbeaun aad noon do move."