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THANKSGIVING SERMON ; I OH CHAPMAN UTTERS A MESSAGE j APPROPRIATE TO THE DAY. ! ATUmH7 DImmim latttUd "TIwh Mh?. < taxi of tk? laTlonr"?K?ad?r Tkaaki J tm M Far th? QtwlMt of GlfU. Ill | Im, Jnii Ckrtot. ' Nkw Yobs Citt.?The IUt. Dr. J. Wilbur Chap?, who has recently resigned t the pastorate of the Fourth Preabyterian i Church li this city in order to devote aira elf to evangelistic work, has prepared the foUowma Tnanlugiving sermon for the press. It is entitled "Three Meetings of the Saviour," and is founded on the text. "Ermine, and morning, and at noon, will I Pray." Psi'm 55: 17. It is quite the custom on Thanksgiving Day to render thanks and praise unto God for material gifts and material prosperity. We are accustomed to measure the harvests and to try to count out earthly blessings, and then make an effort to put into ltnguage some adequate expression of our appreciation of God's goodness. I leave this task t> other ministers, while I in | their name sod behalf express my grateful thanks to God for the greatest of all gifts, namely, Hill Son, Jesus Christ, and it is mj hope that I may present Him in such A way in this message that all may see that it is their privilege to come in closest fellowship with Him. With this thought in mind I use the text, "Evening, and at morwng, aitd at noon, will I pray." The Psalmist determines to prsy friranently, at lsast three time* he win be on nis knees: he determines to pray fervently, for he inll cry aloud unto God. The text does sot run as we would like it to, for we alwiys tevetss the order and say at morning, at soon, and at evening: but the Hebrews beau the day with the evening and closed ? it with noon. We always begin it with the morning, and one day we shall reach a morning which shall never end. The Psalmist means that he will pray more i than three times. He is simply saying that i he will begin and continue and end the ] day with God. He takes the natural di- j woo ol tne day ana ai eacn ooim ne determines to Ml up an altar. Hr. Spurgeon Hji he lays a line straight through the day and tracks tbe tun with his petitions. It wad to be said in olden times that we ahouli pray three times at least, at evening, liecause .Christ was on the cross, in the uorning because He rose from the dead, and at noon because then He ascended. ,U oar bodies need nourishing three times, why not oar so a Is? We hare fre&ent Old Testament illustrations of this bit. notably Daniel. "Now. when Daniel kttfw that the writing was signed he went into his hoase, and, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prsred. and gare thanks before his God ai he did aforetime." Daniel 8: 10. We hare the early members of the church in the New Testament oresenting us \n example. and if we study the Acts of the Apostles we find tbe disciples many times in orajrer, bat always morning, noon and night For Jesus to be with us is one thing, and, wa are all the time in His thought; tt* bai promised never to leave I II ud never to forsake as, bat for us to i be with Him is oar contemplation is quite t Mother thine, md it is that we majr learn I this lesson that 1 apeak the words of the , tot. The result of this fellowship will be crass for thanksgiving. These three times re suggested because the morning is the time offoasting, the noon is the time of questioning or resting, while the evening is the time for the settling of accounts. SI hare chanted the older of the text the reason that we are living in the inr dispensation. I j The morning. "Bat wnen the morning J tras come." John 21: 4. John's go*;*! [ might properly hare closed with the 20th 1 chapter. The 31st verse of that chapter is < most significant and gives the object and > aim of the gospel. "Bat these are written, | that ft might believe that J eras is the } . Christ, the Son of God, and that believing 1 79 might have life through His name.' ' Bat John adds this 21st chapter because 1 he gives as another btaatifal picture of the < Lord, and records the only miracle worked ' after the resurrection. Miy this not be ? typica' and did we but live in touch with < cv Lord might it not be possible in these ' Lama ?1U/4 anii n mnUihlr1? t about ua of the saved. ' The disciples had returned to their kooMa in Galilee after the event* mentioned ia the previoua chapter. They were probably in the houae of Zebedee. They were doubtleaa talking of the paat. They Might have called to mind their first meeting with the Saviour and dwelt lovingly on the fC-ory of Hia life. They might,have moken ia whispers of the disappointment <H Hia death, and then with ahininf faces have recalled the account of Hia resurrection and Hia personal appearing to them. Doubtleaa Peter waa of the company oncc fain. They are back amid the familiar scenes of their old life; the boats are lying xm the beach, the fishermen are mending thair neta tad these seven, five of whom are named and two unnamed, doubtless < stand together. There is a boat pushing out from the shore, and the women are wishing their husbands and boys good psed, while the men answer with word.i m cheer. Fishing is alwaya fascinating, and so I can imagine Peter with flashing syt and twitching nerves and quick beating heart looking about the busy scene untu he can stand it no longer, and then be Mrs, "I go a-fiahing." Instantlv they are . au ready to go and they pu*h off from the ' shore. It is a most beautiful sea in itself, and as their oars flashed in the light of the setting sun as they are away to the old scones of other days, the vision is fasaiaatin*. But it really was a perilous position, tor though the sea is always treacherous, the boat might have been old, and hore are these representative leader* of the cause of Christ. What if tbey had bstn lost in the night? The same question night be asked concerning Moses when a child in the ark. What if one of the waves the Nile should submerge the little ark or the crocodile ahould crunch it? But ?uch questions are idle and useless. Moses is mot safer today than then, and so these aarly disciples were safe, because their hope was centred upon One whose eyes are ever upon Hia own by night. They toiled and took nothing. Eveiv old de-2. ? I _L. 7l__ fi.L V..4 tiw ?:ii useu iu cnarm me n^n, uui c\cr> . time the net was drawn up tbcy knew by the tug of it that they had failed. As the light is breaking they are about 100 yarda from the shore. They hear a voice saying. "Lids, bare ye any meat?" and they an* war "No." "Cast the net on the right Ida," sars the stranger, and 153 fish was the result of obedience. The disciples ahont. "It is the Lord." and Peter, jurat>lag into the waves swims ashore, and in obedience to the command of the Mauler, "Come and dine." they all sit with Him about the fire and ate. May I suggest several daily lessons for the morning hour? First, Jesus stood upon the ahore and jkhsy knew not thst it was Jesus. He is always nearer than we thiuk. and He has been waiting every morning since that day to begin the day with His own discinles. Too must begin every day with Him. therefore, if you would have a day of peace. **I have a Friend so precious. So very dear to me. nc tovrm rar wi*n ?ucn icnuer iove, He love* so faithfully. 4 r I could not live apart from Him, 1 I lore to feel Him nigh; And ?o we dwell together. My Lord and I." j There is such a thing as being too bntr < o sec Jesuf. "Be still, and know that 1 < ita God." is the mesatse for many of us, ! while that line in the 23d Psalm. "He , makes me to lie down in green pasture*, i Ic tadeth me beside the still water*.' i must never be forgotten. We must be fuict first, activc afterward. < * Second, He is the secret of power always. . Contrast verses 3 and 0. The tir*t one i mm (linrKf M'IpK* nntitmr* " ? WtV.p second one *ay?. "now they were not Hablc to draw it for the multitude of fishes." They bad the same nets and the tame fishermen and the <amc sea and the mn( difficulties to contend with. Jexus Htnade the difference by adding Hi* own Hbawm It.w monr llmoi nv Kll'o foi'rit Kw ten we have grown wear?-. How I many days we have failed all because tlio I effort was in our own strength. Never I e- I fin a day until you strike step with Hiin I and clasp His hand in yours; then nothing < can overthrow you. I Third, as soon aa they were come to 1 land they saw a fire of coals. This is tine i 9th nm. There is only one other place grhcrejhia expression is used, and that ia ] m the Uth twm of the 18th chapter of i John, the place of Peter's denial. The I Irat thinf that Peter asw waa doabtleu i thia Are of coals after his virion of the Sarioor. How the story of hia denial j noat have flashed acroea hia mind. It ia i setter for us not to besin a day until we i lare asked Christ to mow us where we I failed yesterday. He will do it, not with a | ire of coals always, but with the touch of | [lis finger. For a Christian to fail at the i lame place two days in succession is an i iwful sin. Fourth. Just aa He made a feaat for i :ho?e disciples in the early morning so He . nalcea a teut ror ua. every morning m our . ives. He apreada the table with Hia own >urity. How that will help uj in the pre*- i ;nce of all that ia impure. He diaplaya i rfia own gentleness. How that will ] trengthen u* in the time when we are lia- i >le to be irritable. He net* before u* Hia | >wn love. How that will enable ua to i ove the thing* that we might naturally j state, and in our preaence He maltM display i >f His own power. How that will encour< i ige ua in the hour of temptation. I like < ;he cloae of the 21at chapter of John, the j S5th verae. "And there are alao many | >ther thinga which Jeaua did. the which. I f they ahould be written every one. I sup- i >oae that even the world itself could not i ontain the book* that ahould be written. lmen." Doubtless many miracles were i trought betide the miracle of the changing < tf water into wine and other parables ] weetet than the Prodigul Son and the [*o?t Sheep He spoke and we never heard ] >f them. There is manv a morn inn when j re shall talk of these things with Him. i If you turn to Oenenia. the first chapter, i rou will notice that the first six days of j reation hare both an evening and a morn- i ng. while the seventh day haa a morning < )ut no evening. It ia typical of that day i rhich ahall be ushered in by the reaur- i ection morning when we ahall have eter- i kity with Chriat and go out from His pre*nee no more forever, and we ahall talk >f these things. n Noon. "Jesus, therefore, being wearied rith Hia journey aat thua on the well, and t waa about the sixth hour." John 4: 0. [t is high noon. The husbandman rests from hia labors; the cattle seek the ( ihadow of the rocks; the birds have topped their song. Even Jesus Himself . s wear}*. He has left Jerusalem because ' le haa been aurrounded by the wrong und of a crowd, and under the impulse ' >f the Spirit He must needs go through Samaria The disciples are away and He ' tits alone upon the well curb. Beyond all luestion the story of the giving of Jacob's rell ia in Hia mind, and aa He looks out oward Ebal and Gerizim He haa the vision ' liaUniu tn rk? hlfMine ind urging of the servant of God. when sudlenly u He looks there cornea a woman in the scene bearing upon her head a rater pitcher. The people of the Eaat enow good water, and for thia reason she tas often dipped her water pitcher, not in he running streams, but comes to Jacob's rell, where the water is most refreshing, [t is no: night, as when Xicodemus came. >ut the sun has reached the meridian. I ilways hare thought that this was a beauifnl picture of our meeting with the Sarinur for ths purpose of solving our difficulties. Who of us has not had them? from 8 to 12 o'clock in the morning, when re hare said. "Why hare I met this :empution and had that trial, and been ace to face with this problem *" 'A little talk with Jesus, How it smooths the rugged road; How it seems to help me onward, When I faint beneath mv load; When my heart is crashed with sorrow. And mr eves <rith tears are dim, , There ia naught can yield me comfort, j Like a little talk with Him." Will you note the following point*: feaua Mid, "Give Me to drink." ne always ineaka firat. Geneva 3: 9. "And the Lord Jod called upon Adam, and aaid unto lim. Where art thou?" gives us a picture >f God, and all through the Old Teatanent and New Hu word ia auoken firat ;o the sinner and t3 the wandering one. IVhatever may be your own desire iof >lessing His ia greater than youra. We ilwaya think of Him giving to ua. Indeed, Fiis was a life of giving, but is it not wonlerful that we may giro to Him* The votnangare the annointment and Jecua mid, "Wherever the gospel is preached his ehall be told as a memorial." Paul rrites to Titus, "Adorn the doctrine of i ;he gospel to-day." and he sends his me*- 1 iage to the Corinthians, "We are unto God i sweet savour of Christ." by which he i means that we will remind God of Chriat. i Pint, never let a noon pass that you do I sot make Him cn offer. Beat of all, offer i Sim vouraelf. ' Second. * If thou knewest the gift of < Sod?thou wouldest have asked." It is because we do not know the Saviour that ire hare fai'ed to ask of Him; according to :be measure of our knowledge we will nave uked, and jfle ia pledged to civ* us living rater in cobtrast to what the world often. Do not let a noon hour pas* that rou do not tell Him every annoyance of the moraine. Nothing is too trifling for Him. and He will give to you just that Messing which will ever stay the weakness )f your life. "I tell Him all my sorrows, I tell Him all my io.vs. i I tell Him all that pleases me, I I tell Him what annoys; I He tella me what I ought to do, i He tells me what to try; i And so we walk together, i My Lord and I." Then Uke a deep drink of living water ! ind it will be in you a well of living water printing up. ! Third, difficulties are often due to inconlistencies. "The path of the just is as a J ihintna light that, shineth more and more. Tnia is a picture of the way we ihould walk. "He that doeth the will of Ood shall know." Thia ia Christ's challenge to those who are in difficulty. And u He aat thus on the well curb He aaid to the woman, "Go call thy husband." as nuch as to say "How about your own life." md He puta thia sharp, cutting question to her. which opens up the secret of all her past life and brings her face to face with Iter sin, for she has no husband. She was i sinner of the deepcat dve. Just remember when you stop at the noon hour to meet with Jesua tnat sin must be uncovered. "He that covercth his sin shall not prosper." It piust be confessed. "Whomever confesses his sin God will receive biro," and it must be forsaken, for "who soever forxaketh hit tran*gre*?ion shall ind mercy." Then there is victory, and :be atory of thia woman running hack to tier city to tell all the city of the marvel* >ua works of Jctnu will be a picture of four own life and mine. III. Evening. "Then the same day at evennf? came Jesus and stood in the midst oi them." John 30: 10. What a wonderful lay that was. for thia evening mentioned m the evening of the day which began ivith the resurrection of Jenus. Thin is :he first meeting of the discinlcs after hey bad heard the story, and the door is ihut for fear of the Jews. It is not necessary that I should describe the empty 1 Am Vt n<\?i tki> tfkininx li'i.wt ? \l? * ?? ^l>n WiUU livi ? UV Pllllllil^ IAVX Vt Id J ur> Olll. :o!d of her meei;ng with Him. nor yet | ijjain to apeak of Christ's special meeting "ith 1'eter, to meet hiui in spite of hit de- 1 lial, but only that yc should tee this won- 1 lerful Saviour like the Jesus of olden 1 times, and that ouly while He cat* and 1 irinks with them, yet lie can pa** through hedoor while the door is yet shut. Note first that it wan at the evening. , Huh it the time for the squaring of ac ounts. No man ought to close nis eyes ' n sleep until he baa ?one over ever)* hour ! ?f the day, made hot<? of every mconsist?ncy, and presented it all to the great High Priest, who wait* to make interces- ' ion for us. Note second that the door | a is shut. Ala*, there are many things j hat have closed the door of our hearts, iml the difference between the heart's loor and the door o: thin room is this, that lous came into that room of Hut own rill. He will not come into our live* igainst our wills. There are certain things ;hat close the door of the heart. First. ii?lonsistency. Let no man think that he an be an .nconxixtent Christian and walk u fellowship with Christ. Second, selfishness. Let no one imagine that he can put self on the throne and jave Christ rule in Hi* being. Third, an unforgiving spirit. "Tender learted. forgiving one another even as <?od for Christ'* sake has forgiven you." is the spirit that should control us. Throw >t>en the door this evening hour and let the light of the Son of God come in, and lie will say to you " Peace." and in the ,erv Having of it there is rest. Fourth, lie showed them His hand* and Liu tide. That give* a hint a* to Hi* i atonement and what He meana, for oar Saviour Mvea ua not only from the nenaltjr of ain but from the power of ain. from the penalty when He died upon the croaa, i from the power aa He aita to-day on God't right hand with bared aide and outstretching hands. Let the evening hour he the time when you meet Him. Mr. Meyer givea an illustration of the mother who ' loea about the room at night gathering up the playthings of her children, putting iway their booka and clothing and aaying. "I always straighten up the room at night , after they are asleep, and this in what Jesus docs for im, He straightens up the I , 1 :s .11 U..? l?. Him I ixiairo ui mc h iy u ?c mu uh? ?c?. | Fifth. "A* the Father has scat Me even , ?o send I you " Thi* in n-hat Jesus said to the disciple*. We must realize that we have a divine commission to work. and ' ,ve mut also realize that tic hare a divine promise of strength. I like the illustration used by the Rev. F. B. Meyer of the old < irtist who toiled away dunnc tne day ^ jpon his model and finiahed it at night is he supposed, but there were the marks if imperfection, because his hand had lost 4 its cunning, but when he has gone from , bis work his son. a real artist, takes away the marks of old age and makes the model is it should be, and the old artist comes . in the morning to look at it and sav. ' 'Why. I can work aa well as ever I did," . ind this is but a picture of what Christ ' rill do if we will but yield ourselves to , Him. Sixth. "And Ho breathed upon them." He will come as near to us as that, and is the breath of God made Adam a livrng 1 ?ul and His breathing upon the disciples lent them forth to conquer, so His breathing upon us will change our lives if wc nriU but breathe in of what He breathes >ut, and we shall have txtwer in proportion as we do it. For all that will come 1 to us as the result of a thrce-fo'd cxpe- 1 rience 1 am moat devoutly thankful. i " i Ipssr Points. ( Purpose is what give* life a meaning. f Circumstances may change, but God t sever does. j The breadth of Christianity depends oa ( ts depth. Cod puts coaaolation only where He ka? i irst put pain. j Early athletics wil! not sufficc for the ( leavenly race. In this life there is but one sure happi- a aema?to live for others. v Expect God to help you when you have [ prayed for His assistance t True greatness is ability to serve coupled j irith a meek and quiet spirt:. When the Lord is in our hearts His hand . rill be seen in our works. ( Never take your eye off the cross, as ail | :he lines of salvation centre there. j Poverty of possessions need not be dis- j ^editable: poverty of life always is. t A thousand times better are the men i irbo do than the weakling* who only know, j The loving judgments of friends are i larder to bear than the harsh ones of foe*. I All God's providences arc but His i touches of the strings of the great instru? u Urui ui IUC nui IU. l When you step up on one promiitc you .rill always find a higher and a better ono ixfore you. The self-centred life come* to nought; the Christ-centred life ever continues ia ;n!*rgement. There are some lea*on* which can only be learned inibe garden, and ber-ath the shadow of the cross.?The Ram's Horn. Mannal Morsel*. The uselessness of worry *hows the folly jf it. Worrying effect* nothing. Our Father's care for His little birds j ihould assure us of Hi* atill more watchful care for His children. The God who clothe* the flowers that fade in a day will more surely clothe His :bildivn. There is but one thing for us to do; the ! bit of God's will that onmes for thi? hour. > 'His kingdom and His righteousnc?j.'' Sod will add the rest. ( It is the burdens we do not bring t) Sq<1 that cripple our live*. We often see , this shown by the fact that a per*>n can bear a lar^e sorrow better than * sma'.l rorry. The reason is that the great bur- , len is taken to God while the smaller onr. U t ..... *L. .1 1,1 . I a &C|H UJJUU IUV NlUUIUbl . I 4 Work Make* Men. j Work ia given to men not only, nor * > j nuch, perhaps, because the wor!?l needs it. 1 Men make work, bnt work makes men. An office in not a place for making money, it ia a place for making men. A workshop is not a place for making machinery, for titling engines and turning cylinders: it is j i place for making souls; for fitting in the ' virtues to one's life; for turning out lun- I est. modest, whole-natured men Kor j Providence cares less for winning causes than that men. whether losing or winning, j should be great and true: cares nothing that reforms should drag their cau.t<- from (rear to year bewilderinglv. but tlut men j ind nations, in carrying them out, should Snd there, education, discipline, unselfishness and growth in grace.?Henry Drummond. Kitting ftitlt. To the best come.-! the time when the!r very good i* evil spoken of. It take* good- 1 ness to understand goodness. The pure in j beart see God, and oiuv such can recognizc j the life of God when manifested in the | mints. Few trials arc more keen than the . misrepresentation of goodness. An evil ; J motive imputed to a saintly deed is as the j sting of a serpent. The clouds of defama- j tion lower at ?(Tme time orer every saintly { lirart Tnr> life of ; hn saint is hidden and . > rannot be understood hv the worldling. I ' 'Sitting still" is the only possibility. Time h pxerti a remedial influence. and such rem edy that it cannot exert the One to whom t the saints are dead will. He trill bring out jur goodness as the light and our rightwu^new as the noonday.?Episcopal lie:crder. The Way to tb? Cross. I | None of us can tell for what God is e<TB* ^ rating us. We fret and murmur at the ? narrow sound and daily task of ordinary k life, not realizing that it is only thus that ive can be prepared for the high and holy jffice which awaits us. We must descend i>efore we can ascend. We must take the . way of the cross submissively and patient- j J ly if we would tread the way of light. We . must endure the polishing if we wouid he i . ihafts in the quirer of Etntnauual. God's | will comes to thee and me in daily circum- | itauces. in little things usually as in great; r meet them bravely: be j?t your nest al- [ ? ways, though t'je occasion r<e one of the fl rery least; dignify the smallest summons , jv 'the greatness of your resixmse?F. B. , Vieyer. An Epitaph. One of the grandest epitaphs ever wnt- . ten is that which Paul composed tor ; , David: "And David, after he had serve 1 E lis own generation, by the will of God. j { :ell oa sleep." Whatever of joy and sat- ( j (faction David experienced in life, a large J t hare of it must have come from hi* elTort | , :o serve his fellow-men. And there is free- i , lom here. There is joy in service because ! ( ;hat is the pur|>ose of life. The man serv- I f ng God and his fellows is in his element 1 a ind enjoys the largest possible freedom, j Let this truth be once grafted and life is I lot only "full of sunshine," but full of rapture and sweet contcnt.?Presbytenau Journal. ' l LIT*'* Utnt lunrt. 1 Trivial incidents get so engrossing thit 1 ife becomes unprepared f?r the great i?- ' lues. A m.'ti gets all absorbed tn his l.u?:- ] less and intends some day to enjoy lin ' Home. A woman ge'.s ensnared in the j 1 burdensome details of life and loses iier ; j l?eace of mind. And one day some great i lverwhelming experience of trial or >< *: j row suddenly attacks such a life, and the ife simply surrenders to the unfor^eeii as- ( null, stricken and unnrepared. Iwreause < ;he strength which ouuht to Imv been | nurtured lor the eri-i-> lw? luvn r;hni:ste.l j n the insiuiiitieant nkirmiidies of daiJv i?'- J aim.?F. 0. f'eahodv. 1). I). j j | , A World Beautiful. t Don't crowd your world with bat#. n*i- i i ;er. envy, regrets, fears, disorder, dismrd I i **..1 nltnmirtiir B**va?rv liriirliton ! ( four world with love a.nl joy aiiJ |K\ice t uid hope. Every nir.utc expand vour i world hy unfolding yourteli. Every hour * >l>eu your eye* wider to the grand and I M'.iutitul (tight* in your world; ojten your 1 Mr* to the delightful and iunpiring strain* * i{ divine mu-iic which conic* of loix-, broth- t rhood. tendeir.es*. kindne?4, geotlenetf. ? heerfulneiw and contentment. Then > from hour to hour, day by day, year by t feat your world will become more bciuti- * iuL t rHE RELIGIOUS LIFE IEADJNG FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. fmmmi Thm M-TIm rrayr.A towl lav Qmttw-H V( fralr Lm CkiM Wa afcall B* WIUlac to Taltow Bii rtaa For Oar Happla?. (Then softly brooding dark cornea down And starry lamps mine overhead, When over all tbe restless town The peaceful wing of night is spread, Within the bouses safe and warm The little children climb the stair, And folded aafe from want and harm. They kneel and say their bedtime prayer, And when I've tucked them into bed, And quiet falla within the room (There all their aweet good-nights are aaid, I pause to pierce the outer gloom; An from without a moan of pain My spirit hears, as onward tare rhe ran zed boit. with soil and stain, 01 thiie who know no bedtime prajrer. 3h. Thou who here wut shelterless. Who had not where to lajr Thine head, !>n these, Thy children, look and bless. And send them love and daily bread! rhen when the night comes dark'ning down Fold all the lambs in Thy tweet care; ind o'er each tattered cap and gown Breathe Thou for them a bedtime pra/er. ?Boston Congregationalism A 8*archlnr QoMtln. 8appose that you and L bad been cuesta hat morning beside the sea at breakfast! ["hinlr of yourself as coming there, even is Piter and the others, from some vain itte npt to wrest a little gain from this old vgrild. and so forget the time* we had delied our Lord and all the sadness that had ollowed, ending in His going away from is in the blackness of death. Yon remem>er the denials, don't yon? The time von at so still in prayer meeting during that onff pause when your pasor asked if there ras not some one there to tell what Christ tad been to him, while beaide yon aat that riend who baa never known your Lord ? And the day yon listened to that jest kbout religion and your Christ, and though our heart burned with indignation your I pa wore t nuw?dcciur y?w nana nasi hey might My, more than yon loved your >>rd. And that, other time?that weary week -when you cared for a tick one m your iwn home and managed the household ind helped the children off to school, and night have had a chance to show what rour Lord could be to you in such a trying ;ime, and did not?when you did the auty ill with sighs, and met the little eager aces of the children with harshness, and ipoke crossly to the sick one. Yes, you enow. You did not need any cock to crow o remind yon of your shame. And then, you know, you thought Christ ras dead to you. His voice no longer choed along the corridors of your heart, Sis face no longer reflected in yours, fhen. then you were.like to go back to roar former d*y?, to your fishing, or your ewing, or any of the employment* in rhich you were used to absorb your soul >efore Christ called you into Hi* marvel>us light, and plunge your despairing soul nto fierce work once more and forget, hit you found it all useless. Though jrou oiled all night you caught nothing. \our >Ianning all went amiss until your Master tailed to you, and suddenly you saw Him in the shore there preparing comfort for rou, and knew there was forgiveness for rou in His voice. And there, sitting belide the sea, in the white sand, you and I, rith Peter and the rest, we feel the Mu?r's loving gaze, searching deep into our learts, and know that for each time we iave denied He is giving ua opportunity to confess. "Dear child," He says, "do you, ifter all, yet love Me more than all these :hings out of which I have called you? klore than the cares of this life, the workng for money and social position?" * And , rhat would you anawer? For upon your i inawer hangs vour commission. AwA amin fita amrnrtA lim* Hf un nntA 1 rOU, "CEIid, do you love Me? Are you j ure? More than your foolish feara and hrinkinfa?" And what would you an* wer? And ytt again will He March you. for lia heart ii yearning for your lore. It ifl ore He wanta. It ia love muit be your Teed. "Child, do you love me? Think! tre you sure?" Ah. can you truthfully *v. "Thou knoweat that I love Thee?" How Jeaut must have loved Peter aa He ratrhed him throw himself into the aea, lia heart ve&ming over him when He taw lim gird his fisher's garment about him rith the strong free motion of the youno nan, and knew that in a few years morj hat aame discinle would be giraed with n ope and led forth to martyrdom! And ret He needs must rebuke impulsive Peter nore. As much do we sometimes need that iharp rebuke. "What ia that to thee? Follow thou Me." If we truly love Him re shall be willing to follow Hit plan for is, no matter how easv a life may he in itore for others.?New York Mail and Entreat. - I Keating Willi* at Work. It is positively true that, even the buar ?eart. in its constant tending 01 tne me j >lood from the central fountain to the exremitiea for the sustaining of existence, inda time to rest, moment by moment, beween iii untiring and ceaseless _ leats. Hence rest U a auty even in busfesf tours and matters. At the name time, to , busy mind and heart rest is not ceasing 0 love, or to learn, or to feel, or to think. "Rest is not quitting The busy career. Rest is the fitting 1 Of self to its sphere." t It is a great lesson, that of learning haw c be always resting while always at work, ['here is no other mode of true rest. He rho does not know how to rest docs not sow how to work. Though Ws Lira Use. If we can only come back to nature toether ever)' year, and consider the flowrs and the birds, and confess our faults nd our mistakes under the silent stars, ,nd hear the river murmuring in absoluion. we shall die young, even though we ive long; and wc shall nave a treasure of nemories which will be like the twin lower, a double blossom on a single tem. and carry with us into the unseen rorld something which will make it worth j rhile to be immortal.?Henry van Dyke. r*UhfniMss. I. fulness is the explanation of many 1 ?u. "iful career. Opportunity, ability ind t' friendly assistance that may be [iven ail tend to further one's efforts, but he persistent, undaunted faithfulness to abor in hand, in the very face of opposiion and hindrance and obstacles, is that chich conquer*. The character that is developed by devotion to duty in life's smallest undertakings, is being equipped for glo ious achievements. Therein is found the ?crei of success.?Presbyterian. A Faintly Affection. Christianity is a family affection. Even he fatherhood of (Iml would be robbed cf nuch of its charm if it did not lead to J' jrtter appreciation of the brotherhood of nan. He who thinks of himself in iso'aion, here or hereafter, has missed the tru? meaning of the Christian life. He who inds no ji!eas;irc in the com|?any of tho.?e srho are led by the Spirit of Clod hns lo<t j in element of priceless value from the t?er- t ;ecting of his character.?L'onuregationaiist. When a fellow has a hole in one of his shoes lie can generally be depended tpon to put his best foot forward. I'olntrri Front fh? Indians. Dr. Frederick V. Colville, of the Depart- I ns.tsfr nf X trrwMil t tifs* 111* illsit rAtiirill'fl I rom Oregon and Washington, where tor he pant several months he has been ma ling a iitu<iy of the jtianU used by the Kla nath Indian*, mis trn>e, like many oin:rrt of the Pacific cua*t, ha* a very extended knowledge ot plant*. putting a grt-at tinny of the growth of that region to some iso. either a* food, medicine, material for jasketry, or cloth fibre. Much of their ilant lore would be of value to the white* settled in that region, and it ha* been to he end of learning which of their plant* ire of apecial economic value that Dr. Coli'ille ha* taken up the subicct. In addition o this the doctor also collected data for a eport on the flora of the Crater Lake, Naiooal Pari- ? JjC ?_ A ... I THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 7. flaltfact: Balk sad XimI, Bath U MW OoUUa Tost, Sam. til., II M?i?n Tihm, U, 17 -Cmwwwry ea Ik* Day's Umn. 16. "And Both said." After Orpah had returned Naomi again put the teat upon Ruth. Naomi would have her know and realize fully the importance of her decision, and urge upon her to decide it for God. Thia also would help her to contraat the difference between a heathen woman and an Israelite. The question would then be nettled upon the side of religion. It waa homeland with its comforts and familiarities and idols, or it was a strange land, among strangers, in the eervice of Israel's God. It was a separation from all her former life to go with Naomi. "Intreat me not to leave thee." Here came the answer from the heart. At this great crisis in her life Ruth kept close company with one who served the God whom she now chose. 9he plead for the personal help and fellowskin r\f MtAmi flKn not refer to her idols, relatives and home, while the vu in such a trying position. At once she decided on her associates, and broke away from every opposinginfluence. "Whither thoa goect I will go." Thai Ruth end* the debate. Nothing could be more decisive or brave than thts; she seems to have had another spirit and soother speech, now her sister was. tone, and it is an instance of the gpace of God inclining the soul to the resolute choice of the better part. Though to a country unknown to her and one of which she had been trained to have a low opinion ahe would travel tbero with Naomi. "Where thoa lodgest, I will lodge." By her firm resolutions she declared her purpose to be one with Naomi's people. Though Naomi was under affliction, sud returning to her own country in humility, Ruth was firm in her purpose to share in her lot. "Thy people shall be ?. ? fw _i Ij ? .n my pcopw. inui ioe woiuu icuuuatc her connections and prospect* in the land of Moab, and live according to all the rale* of Naomi'a people in Canaan. "And thy God my God." I will adore the God of Iarael, the only living and trne God, trust in Him alone, serve Hio, and in everything be ruled by Him. 17. "WiO I die." Ruth made this her lifetime choice. 'There will I be buried." Not desirin* to have so much as her dead body carried back to the country of Moab, in token of any remaining kindness for it. She would, by this choice, desire to forget all relstionship with her own people or their religion. She was ready to make the change with all it meant. 'The Lord do ao," etc. To prove her sincerity in this matter Ruth called God to witness, and asked Him to multiply her troubles if she did not keep true to this solemn vow. Her words were an ancient form of an oath. By thus callinc God to witness she would fix a lasting obligation upon herself never to leave this way. It came to pass, even as they desire, for when Naomi became old she lived with Ruth and Boas and was the nurse of their son Obed. Chap. 4: 15. 10. 18. "Then she left speaking." There could be no room to doubt her sincerity and true motive. Her vow was convincing. Since Ruth's purposes reached beyond a mere impulse and family affection, Naomi was safe in allowing her to face all the con scqucuwcn w ibii uci. 19. "They two went." When ther were both of the mom mind they could walk lovingly together. When they were nledned to Be true to God they then could find abundance of love for each other and fellowahip ao dear. The journey could be made with jojr, even though they keenly felt their Iocs and bereavement in their widowhood. "The city wu moved." It appears that Naomi wu not only well known but highly respected also at Bethlehem; a proof that Elimelech was of high consideration in that place. "Is this Naomi?" Her friends had remembered her as ther last saw her. What their sorrow was at having to go into a heathen country we do not read, but they eagerly met her. The chance which affliction had wrought surprised Naomi's friends. They probably were surprised at her poverty, since she bad left Canaan to escape the famine. SO. "Call me Mara." Her former name was fitting in her former life, as Naomi mnu beautiful, nleaaant. sweetness. Now that affliction had changed her lot Mara, meaning bitterness, mu a more suitable name. They had known her young, happy and free from care. By thta request in the change of her name Naomi showed her submission to her lonely lot, and also her patient spirit toward thoae who commented upon .her affairs. "The Almighty hath dealt." She acknowledge* the hand of Ood, His mighty hand in the affliction. It was duty and her interest to submit to Him. She bad not chosen the affliction^ She felt the bitterness of her lonely life and circumstances, yet her heart yearned to serve Him among His people. 21. "Went out full." Having a husband and two sons. Her cap of joy was full. "Hon* again empty." The Lord spared her life and enabled her to return, but He h?4 taken all her family. 'Testified against me." Since God had wrought the change in her life, according to His wisdom, she would not hold to the name that spoke contrary to His dealings. With her affliction there was humility. God's rod of affliction was as His voice. She humbly considered her affliction as coming from the Lordji band upon her and her family for mn. ferhaps she considered bene it u guiltv in not baring left Moab immediately on the death of her husband. Yet we conelude that Naomi was receiving the peaceable fruits of righteousness, from her affliction. iince she held her integrity, and sought a humble place among God s people, offering her humble confession to them. 22. "Barley harvest." Usually in the middle of April. The fact of its being barley harvest suggested to Roth that she might go forth to glean. This right of gleaning was one of the legal provisions for the poor of Israel, and as the land holders were not subject to money taxes for the support of the poor, this claim waa liberally construed by them. The part of the field to which Ruth was providentially directed belonged to Boaz, near kinsman of Naomi's late husband. The remainder of the book of Ruth tells of her reward for the choice she had made. 1. She found a means of supporting her mother-in-law. 2. She won the respect and favor of the people among whom she lived. 3. She gained a most excellent husband and home. 4. Ruth had the honor of including among her descendants the great kings David and Solomon, and, above : all, Jesus the Christ. Still we are to be , careful not to confound outward rewards i with the real reward of virtue. A Great Nlsut*. Some people think that to eat an enotnoun quantity of fish will give them an enormous quantity of brains, but, according to a medical paper, this is a great mistake. The dwellers by the sea?the Eskimo and the fishermen of Labrador?have not shown any preponderance of brains. And because stale fish shine with a phosphorescent light in the dark we must not think it is particularly rich in phosphorus. As a matter of fact, there ii more water than phosphorus in fish. Tha Lam-WMd at tha West. There is a wild growth on the Western | prairie* known ait the loco weed, "loco" being Snanuh for crazy. The weed belong* j to the Wau family, and there are several pecies of it. Ihis i* one of the case# where animal* are not protected by their instinct, for they cat this weed, and sometime* after one eating suffer with a derangement of the brain that in human limits would be called insanity. The subject is under investigation in the Dquriuicut of Agricui tur* at vv?.mniii.>n Tb? Lmm of Pirapuir. In some of the towns of Paraguay nearly all the inhabitants arc engaged in lacemaking. The art watt taught there two centuries ago by mi?r>ionaricK, and the de* xi^ns were taken from the web* woven by 6|)nler*. These design* survive in the manufacture to thiri day. the lace being called by an lndiau word meaning "*pider web." Kal?*r Bu Killed 47,443 Gam.. The (ierman Royal Uamekeei*!*" Bureau has kept a record of Emperor William** hunting. During thirty year* he ha< killed 47,443 pieces of game, including 39S) deer, elk or cbamoi*; 2823 wild boar*. 19,- j 608 lure* or rabbit* anfl 18,891 pheasant*. , *-'-v r SF3gf&farwTwr&^TTrT\ | THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING PACTS AtOUT THE VICE OP INTEMPERANCE. II to tlM r*?w mt Mf^NM WHtek to first Paralyse* by Mwltil lit OM Cravt For It to fully Pwibprt ? Bml hnlttai Via*Oy MwMri. The highest pinnacle in a man's moral nature ic the power to control or inhibit the suggestion* or inclination* of Jus lower It is this power of inhibition or self-control that i* first paralysed by alcohol, and the paralysis is apparent at the earliest stage of alcobulic ingestion. A man who has jort come under the influence of a I moderate quantity of alcohol is at once no- j ticea to iom iu> reecrve, au ?cu-rc?w*im, hi* discretion. Later in the aiait of iatoziestipa the next tier of brain cells goes, while the first tier reins ins functionless throughout, still more and more saturated with its poison. Hit moral judgment becomes dolled, and more of his self-control is (riven np. Another tier is paralyzed and some motor centre* are gone; still, in harmony with the law that the nerve cells are made fonctionlces in the inverse order of development. the highest and last developed suf* ferine first and moat. During all this tims the lower centres (including those governing the animal passions) are in a state of over-activity. Another tier goes, and the mind ia a blank. Paralysis of all the higher centres is complete; thp victim becomes insensible; the muscular power of the limbs gives wav.'and profound anesthesia results. If the alcoholic doss has baen large, and till another tier paralyzed, tlx respiratory fraction is loet. and the heart, whoee centre is first developed, soon ceaeee to bent Thtu at the stage of complete intoxication all the higher centre* moral, mental and motoi^-are paralyzed; th? nerve centre* are bathed in blood saturated with alcohol, and enreharged with waste producta, which the exhausted circulatory system and reduced vitality are not able to eliminate. Now. disregarding the incidental alcoholic diseases of the viscera, such as cirrhosis, etc., this brief description of an attack of acu'4 alcoholism is an accurate epitome of a ctrser of chronic alcoholism. Chronic alcoholism is simply an attack pf acute intoxication spread over a -number of years 'instead of a number of hours. The cunning hand of man has manufactured a beverage which has the peculiar property 01 mving an tranrMui guojincj of spirits and vivaeity of thought, and of being pleasant to the palate, and has placed it ready to his lipo in tempting and alluring variety. It ia not unnatural that men to satisfy thirst should accept this tempting potion, unconscious of the fact that though pleasant to the palate in the end it stineeth like a serpent aad biteth like an adder. Bat few men at first realize the power of alcohol to beget an ungovernable craving for itself, ana we can readily believe that tSo drunkard ever lived who did not at one time boast that he could "take it or leave it alone." The first element in the crave, then, is the simple desire for liquid; the next element arises out of. the die so my of jpe power that alcohol has of produetng pleasurable feelings, exaltation of ideas, and of banishing cares and ills: a third element in the crave is force of habit; a fourth is the desire to relieve the depression followin* a nrevioos ingestion, and the fifth aad moat powerful end pitiable la the low of self-control which comet sooner or Inter from alcoholic paresis or paralysis of the highest brain centres. The crave is not folly developed and irresistible nntil this highest tier, first and most degenerated alike in acute and chronic states, is paralysed and destroyed. The victim has now a diseased brain, and to fins him or punish him in any way is worse than useless?his inebriety, at first a vice, has become a disease, because of the alcoholic defeneration of hie brain cells. Later in the degenerative process the other layers go, and judgment, perception, and the higher intellectual, as well as the higher moral, faculties are deranged, unstable. or altogether lost. Manv chronic alcoholics who, to the casual observer, never seem to be suffering through drink, have, Inat ihair inH?iMnt. and their higher mental powers an dolled, making them quit* incapable of discharging high and responsible duties with which they may hare been previously intrusted. A Langbter-Cmre Wot DmkniM. In a recent lecture at Chicago Umrer> ity, Professor William N. Guthrie declared that laughter and comedy may be made to play an important part as curative and remedial agents, even to the point of protecting humanity from the liquor habit. Says the Chicago News is a report of the lecture: I "Drunkenness, of course, is due oply in I part to discouragement or desperation. But for the considerable number woo drink I thaw (mI and A Ittlck and easy wajr of throwing off thei spression, there ia a much larger number who drink either because they have nothing else to do or because they crave some excitement to relieve the monotony of their Uves. Drinking is a greet time-consuming habit, and the man who wonld hake it off usually finds that the reform leaves him with an undue amount of Wis* urc. One chief trouble with the efforts to suppress the evil, perhaps, is that while the drinker sad bis friends make brave efforts to stop the bad habit, they do little or nothing toward putting a new and wholesome habit in its place. It is in thii stage that his bored feeling and bis depression recur with greatest effect. Professor Outhrie's address contains a hint for the despondent person. Let him surround himself with the influences which make fot comedy and laughter." The Curse of Drunkenness. A bill to "amend the law relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors and dninken nest, and to provide tor tne registration 01 i clubs," has recently been introduced into I the Britiah Parliament. The secretary who introduced this bill into Parliament attributes nine-tenths of all the greatest crimes to drunkenness. The bill provide* that a person found incapable in any pub* lic.place may be apprehended and charged, and if he happens to be in charge of a child under seven years of age he ts liable 1 to a penalty of $10 or a month's imprisonment. An habitual drunkard may be committed to an inebriates' reformatory. A I wife will be given protection under the 1 Married Woman's act against a drunken husband, and protection is given also a husband against a drunken wife. An habitual drunkard several times convicted is made liable to a penalty if he attempts to purchase liquor within three year*. License-holders will be notified, and any one supplying him will he liable to a penalty. License-holders will be punished for knowingly nerving drinks to drunken persona on 1 their premise*. Tli* Craiad* In llrlaf. The saloon was horn of evil, but it exist* became good men tolerate it. ' Andrew Carnegie at the opening of a branch library in Liverpool characterized j librariea as a great counter force to saloon*. ' In many cities the whisky manufacturers have presented drivers of open tvacons with umbrellas advertising their whisky. Here is a hint for temperance merchants } and manufacturer*. ' Archbishop Corrigan. who took charge 1 of the diocese of Sioux City on June 18. is almost as strong a temperance worker as Archbishop Keene, and they will work hainl :n hand in the matter in Iowa. J The mutake of the State i* locking up the drinker instead of the drink. No more wine for banquet*. Thi* i* the decision of the Alumni Awociation of the William and Mary College, of llicbmoud, t Va. The Swedi*h Parliament ha* pa*.?ed a | bill (riving the provincial governor* the rijfht to forbid the sale of malt liquor* in countiy pari*he* after tlie pari?h a*?ciublien aave expressed a wish in tlut direc- 1 tion. j The treasurer of the United State* Brewer*' Association reported at the annual met tin 2 la*t month a balance on hand of $5C.496..'i8. mid it win expected that in- 1 crsaned a**e**ment< would bring it up to SIOU.OOO or more, to tight against righteous I legislation affecting the tttt&c. ( ??? Si'v\ii?4ry>w8^l f ROMANCE OF BIQ FLOOD A Wife Hissing From Gslreston Recovers Her Mind in t Sanitarium. % rit&tnd. x?ii?vtas n? w? i xuunM, mmd ? CklM'e Mirth Com* llnalfiwly With Dwmmmi. Philllnahnr*. N. J.-A dr3Dr>tk 10 macce of the terrible Galveston flood 1? developed In the news received !iere ' by the relatives of Mrs. Luke Bryan, whose Lome was in Clinton. N. J., that she la oll7e. It was supposed she and her young child bad perished with the ? other thousands of unfortunates in that awful sweep of tide and wiud which well nlgli wiped the Texaa city cflT the face of the earth two yeara ago. Mrs. Bryan acd her child bad gone to Galvestcu to visit relatives. Taey bad been thcr? but a few daya when the flood caue, and they were caught with tbe*x relatives l:t the bcuse. 8oue of them got out in safety, but aa Mrs. Bryan waa unable to gi with them abe became hysterica 1. acd sought refuge with her little rae la the upper floor of the building. Next uaralng the buildlog waa gone. When the flood subsided and thous* anda of residents were found to have been lost friends of Mrs. Bryan sought for her among those rescued and, fail* 13K TO g?t a trace ui uer ur un uuu/, retched the sad conclasioa that ?be and her child had met the fate of the many. Her has band refused to abandoo tbe search readily, howerer. and he spent weeks of inqalry and expended hundreds of dollars In his efforta to get some trace of his wife and child or of their bodice. In neither was be successful, and about a year ago ho remarried, believing that his wife had been swept to sea with hundreds of others on the boaom of the tidal ware. His union resulted In the birth of a child a few days ago. On top of .fhis story of tbe great disaster cornet tbe news that Mrs. Bryan lives. When the storm and wind had nKaMaH Anil thn (trMli of th? ill.fsterf city became passable once man and score* of people were being given care, tbe unfortunate woman, erased by bar terrible experience and tbe loaa of ber child, waa found wandering aimlessly about tbe buge piles of debris, ber mind a complete blank. Unable to tell wbo sbe waa, where sbe came from or wbo were bor friends. Mrs. Bryan waa sent to a sanitarium at Waco. Texas. Tbcre. under careful attention. sb? recovered ber nind sufficiently to disclose ber^.Jdentity a few days ago. Word was. at once telegraphed to Mr. Bryan, whs waa thrown Into tbe at most consternation. He will visit bit wife ?t once, bat be 1< at a loss to know just what hl? doty In the case can be. YOUNG ClftLMUftOEftEO. asMBltcd uU Tbra EIIM-HarVaytor. r*? BoMlar Arreejped. Albany. N. Y-?A brutal morder of a nineteen-year-old girl waa committed here. The victim. Anna Mitchell waa a domestic in the home of Mr*. Adrian O. Mather, in LSudonvllle, a suburb of Albany. She was criminally assaulted. ber hesd was battered and ber body left In a cully a few hundred feet from tbe Blather home, where it was fonnd. . The victim left tbe Mather home * early In the evening to visit ber widowed mother, who lived a mile away. Tbe police have In custody Frmlerirk W. Knann. a hostler em plojed by Mrs. Mather. The girl never reached her mother'* home The mother's Inquiries at the Mather home early In the morning led to the search (or the f lrL WU BIOS PRESIDENT FAREWELL. . Tlflta tk? ITklti Ooih Md Prwiitl Utttr or Wt?II. Washington, D. C. ? Minister Wo Ting-Fang paid bis last official visit to President Roosevelt. He was accompanied by bis secretary. Mr. Chung, and presented bis letter of recall. "y The President was most cordial in greeting MinistertVu. and told him of bis great regret at his departure. He shook hands with him and wlrhed him good fortune In his new work in China. Minister Wu will not wait for the arrival of bis successor, but will start soon for China, where be goes to assist in preparing new commercial treaties for hi* Government LIABLE FOR ALL PROPERTY LU3?t*. Court Doldi Eiprn* Rtctlptt Oln Ho LlniUtlM Blgbti. New York City.?The Supreme Court bag banded down a decision holding tbat an express company may not limit its liability for property lost through Its negligence, because of tbe statement on printed receipts tbat It win not be liable for any sum exceeding $50. Tbe decision was rendered in an appeal from a judgment rendered In favor of Jacob C. Simon against Dunlap's Express Company. Simon sued for $250, tbe value of a pair of lace curtains, and obtained Judgment. EI(t? Day* ia u Opma Boat. For eleven days tbe crew of the schooner Florence B. Edgett and Mrs. Kay, tbe Captain's wife, drifted about in an open boat Tbe schooner bad lieen dismantled rorty-one days before. They were rescued by a p.is.?lng ship and landed at New York City. Saltaa'e Attitude Friendly Now. Tht> Sultan of Bacolod. Mindanao, Philippine Islands. has dropped his beligerent tone and anstinm! n friendly attitude toward the Americans. Tlie proposed punitive expedition against him will probably be abandoned. Colonel Swayiie Recalled. Colonel Swayne has 1>eeii recalled to England, and (Jcneral Manning will lead the proposed second expedition igainst the Mad Mullah, or Souialland. Militia Prevent m Ljnrhlnc. Militia called to protect Jason Baker. :us|M't t: d of assaulting a white wouiau it Annistou, Ala., dispersed a luob of yuehers. Itnrxlart Cob Hank; Gat IttOO. Hurxlars secured from the Stewart County Bank at Dover, Teuu. Newsy Cleaning* Mountain laurel has been adopted as he State flower in Massachusetts. The harlwr of St. John. N. B.. has not icfU fruzeu over wiihiu the memory or 11:xit. Fifty thousand persons have visited ioliert Burns'* cottage ;it Ayr thhi ear. B?>r!iu lias named one of it* new it reds after the late I'roli-svor irhow. Within four yenrs eighty factories. lave sprung up in Geriunny for tbe uanufacture of laud-lime bricks. I?I WHIM?HI