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NATURE'S IMAGE ( ii Ml IJLiJU ?VI3 Our First Presidenfs Gifts a Exempt From Abuse?A Ce] Omitted?The Trouble Over of Washington. that Washington s Mm ^ Birthday is so universally II w cele^rated, it is interesting : ,9 m L& to note an instance of the ; omission of this popular custom. Only those who have carefully studied the political history of the country can have a just idea of the condition of affairs that existed in 1796. It was the last year of "Washington's second Administration. 1 The Father of His Country was about to retire'to private life; and it was at i the very close of a public career as ; honorable and useful as that of any ! other patriot in the world's history " raii . that he suffered such abuse as might t be heaped upon a corrupt and selfish i political "boss." The trouble arose out of what is < known as Jay's treaty. The relations j between England and the United < States had been intolerably bad, and ] President Washington sent John Jay, ? then Chief Justice, to England to make a treaty. Mr. Jay had to take j what he could get, and that was a 1 treaty which pleased no one and i which was regarded as abominable by ? >all those who, with Mr. Jefferson, fav- j ?red the alliance with France. < But Washington, though by no < means better satisfied than -others, 1 held to the opinion that any treaty j mBB hotter than nnnp nnrl Hpfprmined 1 to ratify it if the Senate would con- < sent 1o do it. He did so, although < probably seven-eighths of the people < were opposed to the treaty; and the \ result showed his wisdom. Always before that year Congress had adjourned early on the 22d of February to go in a body to present ; the respects of the members to the President and congratulate him on ( his birthday. So high did the party spirit run that a resolution to follow ' this custom was opposed and voted down. i Washington's Letter Writing. Washington must have been cue t of the most industrious of men, par- j ticularly with the pen; although, like most men of out-of-door habits, he ] had no great love for that little in- K strument, said in the hands of the , truly great to be "mightier than the sword." j , He did not enjoy bending .ov-eir a . . I if washinM ' v . h .. - , U . - ' ' I'.;';'' V'- \ '< '-Y'^XX ' 'v ^v , ' /*' ? :* )S SEAR CHATS WORTH. CAL. ?L. R. Freeman, California. SHINGTONIA s a Letter Writer?Was Not lebration That Was Purposely the Jay Treaty?The Mother aesk when tne sky was clear, and his horse was pawing before his door, impatient for the expected canter to a farm five miles away. He loved to be on horseback, chasing the fox, or riding over his estate to inspect the growing crops and trie jazy cultivators thereof. But the master or this man waB duty. Obedient to the behests of duty, he wrote during his lifetime of sixty-seven years many thousands of letters, some of them very long, and all written with care and exactness. Spelling and punctuation were not always up to the standard of modern iTON CROSSING I HE DELAW :V *' ' :imes, but the matter of the letters was stated plainly and fully. There seems to be no end to the liscovery of his letters. After the publication of enough to fill twenty jctavo volumes every anniversary of ais birth elicits additions to our stock. One thing is very remarkable: No natter how many letters are disinterred, no matter how private their lature, we always find in them the same wise, just, sound hearted Washngton. No disagreeable disclosures )blige us to reconsider our estimate jf the moral worth of the man. Whether he is writing to an overseer ibout a refactory negro, or to a nepaew at school who is giving his teacher trouble, or to a storekeeper of his Christmas bill, we see him just and lonsiderate, intent on doing the thing :hat is exactly right. Washington's Mother. In the little old house in Charles street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Washington's mother, who was in her lay a famous cook and housewife, tvas at times fond of giving a "small iance and dinner party." There, "on the waxed floor of the Front room, lighted by numerous canlies," the belles and beaux of other lays "did dance righte merrily." In i diary now worn n.nd yellow with ige, one bright-eyed belle tells: "My petticoat was of flowered Peach satin, with Iong-waisted Coat 3f White. A lace 'Kerchief was gathered round my shoulders, and my Arms were bare to the Elbow. A string of Milk-white Pearls did tie iround my throat. My hair 1 had lien and nleasinc Powdered. And ;ilver Buckles were upon my Shoes." Old Mr. L , one of the neighxrrs, happened to drop in one niurnng while Mrs. Washington was bus.v n her dairy, was requested to come here if he cared to speak to her. He rntered, found Mrs. Washington vith skirts turned up and sleeves oiled busy with the fresh made buter, which she was moulding in a vooden tray. "For you know, Mr. ^she said, "my tongue and i ny hands may be employed at the ;ame time without loss." Washington's Death. Mr. George Ticknor, who wrote "The History of Spanish Literature" ind "The Life of Prescott," remem- j >ered distinctly the death of Wash-! ngton. He says in his diary: "There never was a more striking ir more spontaneous tribute paid lo nan than was paid in Boston when he news came of Washington's leath." .It was on December 14. 1799. a-1 little before noon, and Mr, TIckd says: "I often heard persons say the time that one could know h< far the news had spread by the cl< lng of the shops. Each man, when heard that Washington was de? shut his store as a matter of cour without consultation, and in t hours all business was stopped. "My father came home and cor not speak he was so overcome. 1 mother was alarmed to see him such a state till he recovered enou to tell her the bad news. For soi time every one, even the childn wore crape upon the arm. No b could go Into the street without I wore It, though only eight yer old." "Mystery"' of Washington's I)eatl Clement K. Shorter, an Engll writer of more or less distlnctlc .surprised everybody last week printing in a London newspaper article in which he asserted th< was a mystery surrounding the dea of General George Washington abc which Americans hesitated to ta If there be a mystery we should 11 to know what it iB. George Washington caught cc when riding over hip plantation Mount Vernon on the afternoon December 12, 1799. Forty-eig hours later he died. He was attended by three of t best physicians of that part of t country. He was bled no less th three times to relieve a sore thro and he was dosed with calon enough to deprive a healthy man his life. But what is the myster Enlightened physicians frequen assert that General Washington w killed, that he was bled to death a poisoned with calomel. Tobias Le his secretary, says that after the <fr tor 'had bled him to the extent | half a pint Washington interrupt with the remark: "The gash is i ; big enough; make it wider." A the highly trained professional id proceeded to do bo. "Does yc throat feel any better?" asked 1 learned leech. "It's very sore," m1 ABL mS. " ..: :?V>r. ' % im mureti Washington. When the & oud physician arrived Mrs. Waahii ton tried to stay his murderous ha by protesting that "the General n too old a man to stand much ble< ing." "Yes, yea," said the migt Hnctnr Mnmhpr Two. "I'll be cauti<2 in blood-letting." And then he proceeded to rob ) country's Father of a full pint life's most precious fluid. When t third physician had come he roll his eyes solemnly and said: "I w bleed him." "We both tried tha said the other doctors. "Yes, know," announced the consult! sage, "but if blood-letting does r relieve him I must increase the dc of calomel." After the third ble< ing?in which we are not surpris to learn that Washington's arm yie! ed its life fluid more slowly than had before?the sore throat cont: ued, in spite of the last consulti doctor, and when his wearied bo failed to respond to a heroic ov< dose of calomel the two consulti nhvsicians retired and left Washir ton to die. Is there any mystery his death??Utica Observer. Ringing the Changes. As to Washington's birthday, t changes have been rung on the ch< ry tree and the hatchet motives u til little more can be said on the su ject. Jack Horner pies in patrio designs are to be had, and flags pi an important part in the schemes decoration. A Sentiment by Madison. 1 am not less sure that Genei Washington would have spurned sceptre, if within his grasp, than am that it was out of his reach if had secretly sighed for it.?Jam Madison. The Way It Was. Pop Washington?"Now, my bo as a punishment for cutting down tl cherry tree, you may cut it up, ai after that J willseeyou at the house i \T5J7I7VGJ \ *^ORTH KJfo"^lNGM Be? A Japanese sword used by one of w? the emperors about 800 B. C. is still in existence, ild The area of the Pacific Ocean is *n ibout the same as the earth's land area?i. e., 55,000,000 square miles, ne Jn* Galloway cattle are being raised in oy Alaska, their hides being considered * equal to bearskins for beauty and serirs vice. Marriage licenses are required in all States and Territories except - Alaska, New Jersey (if residents, )n* otherwise required), New Mexico and bV n xi auuill v^ai uiiua. an ir? A canal 170 miles long and costing lt $120,000,000, connecting Lyons and 'ut A.rles, France, is proposed. It Is also k* suggested to build a $16,000,000 branch to Marseilles. >1(J During the eight days including Christmas and New Year's Day 970,? 000 turkeys were consumed for food in New York City. h ? The University of Wisconsin has e 3237 students exclusive of the winter a? agricultural classes, which will bring a j the total to more than 4500. The le. Freshman class numbered 945. of y ? .. In California, where many wells yield both natural gas and water, it ^ is stated that a stem has been tried ar whereby the gas is separated and utili2ed in an engine to pump the water. The statistics of life insurance people show that in the last 'twenty-five years the average length of a man's life has Increased five per cent., or two whole years?from 41.9 to 43.9 years. It was estimated by the ConsulGeneral of the United States in Mexice some time ago that the total sum of United States capital invested in Mexico in mining and smelting enterprises was no less than $125,000,000, gold. The first attempt to steer a balloon e. was made in Paris in 1784. ' lot Of the 588 locomotives in Rumania _ 427 use petroleum for fuel. HIT tllQ QT Many workmen are planning to 7 leave the Island of Samos, in the Mediterranean, forty-three miles southwest of Smyrna, because of the introduction of cigarette machines, which permit a daily output of 100,000 cigarettes. Vu Kyuin Willington Koo, a Chinese, has been chosen to edit the Dally Spectator at Columbia University. It is said to be the first time that a Chinese student has been placed at the head of an American college paper. Chemical Aid to Medicine By THEODORE RICHARDS. Chemistry may be of use to medicine in at least three different ways. One of these is concerned with finding out what things are made of. This kind of chemistry is called analytical chemistry. Another way In which chemistry can help medicine depends upon the ability of the modern chemist, not only to find out wViaf tfio fhince oro maHo nf hnf nlcn to discover how the parts are put together. This branch of chemistry is called structural chemistry,- because It has to do not only -with the materials, but also with the way in which ee- these materials are arranged. Yet ig- another method of helpfulness comes ud from a still more recent development 'ae of chemistry, commonly called physiJd cal chemistry, which deals with the ity phenomena lying on the border line >u8 between physics and chemistry?especially that part of the border line concerning the relation of energy to ot material. The physical chemist must know,1 not only what things are made of and how these elements are put together, but also what energy is concerned in putting them together, and 1 what energy is set free when they are ng decomposed.?From The Atlantic, lot . )Se A Town Built of Concrete. ^ A serious fire recently visited Win[d throp and within an hour two hotels j" and seven houses were completely I destroyed. The progress of the fire " in one direction was completely stopped by a concrete house which 2r_ was just being finished, and which ' was not injured at all. The fire was _ so intense where this building stands . that the granite curbing across the 3treet was split and crumbled' as if broken with sledge hammers. In view of the strength and fire-resisting ke properties of concrete, the new town Jr_ of Concrete, Pembina County, N. D., ' proposes to' stand by its name, and [j>_ | the town site people refuse to sell lots I oTPont nn thp condition that concrete ajr will be used in the construction of 0{ the buildings to be. erected thereon. ?Boston Transcript. American Checker Champion. "al Charles Francis Barker, of Boston, a has held the title of American cham pion at checkers for about thirty he years, and has just shown that his es grip on it is firm by defeating Joseph Drouillard, of Kansas City, in a match of fifty games. Barker won ten games in the match, while Drouillard -? captured only two, the remaining games resulting in draws. Incidentally, it cost Drouillard and his u i t\.tn ipet Rarlipr's m<^ y 'lie. Tho m*{ch was flayed in Kan9 eus City, Mo. Women Laborers in Bohemia. S Women employed as ordinary day 3 laborers in the construction of build9 ings, mixing the motar, sifting sand and carrying bricks and for unloadJf ing coal, are the unusual conditions g described as existing in Prague and 3 elsewhere in Bohemia. The women 1 are paid from thirty-two to forty * rents a day. The working day lor ,y these women is from (1 a. in. to G p. [jq ci., with an hour for dinner. id >> Englard's turbine fleet already includes sixty-two warships and fortyfour vessels of the merchant marine. I l m-it r <!>tinbaij-<5cf70of H INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. g< MENTS FOR FEBRUARY 21. "Pi Subject: Stephen, the First Christian A Martyr, Acts 6:1-8; 3?Gclden Text: Acts 7:59?Commit Verses 7:55, 50?Commentary. SI TIME.?35-37 A. D. PLACE.? H Jerusalem. " ? Oi 1 II.. IT IfiAKUSlI'lUrt. ? 1. oiepneii, uic " Full Man, 8-15. The character of ? Stephen presents a rare combination 1:1 of strength and beauty, robustness and grace. He was a remarkably full g] | man. "Full of faith," v. 5; "grace," i v. 8, R. V.; "power," v. 8; the Word B j of God, ch. 7:2-54; "theHoly Ghost," | 6:5; 7:55; love, 7:60; courage, 7:51; " i trust, 7:59. He was also a notable 5 | man of prayer, 7:54-60. Among the i men of the Bible he seems to occupy the next place to Christ in beauty, p; symmetry and completeness of character. Like his Master, he was hated Si and maligned and ultimately murdered. What a revelation of the bad- ^ ness of the natural heart! The lie v\ sworn to against him had an element R of truth in it. The worst lies generally do have a grain of truth in them. Because he was full of the Holy Ghost R they were not able to withstand the K I wisdom and the Spirit with which he n I spoke (cf. Luke 21:15, R. V.). As I they could not silence him by argu| ment they undertook to silence him T by,violence, but they only gave him a wider hearing by murdering him. L What a contrast between men's treatment and God's treatment of a Spiritfilled man! They marred his face F with bruises and blood; God made it to shine like an angel's. They said, F "He speaketh blasphemous words _ against Moses and against God," but 1 God made his face to shine even as r that of Moses had (Ebc. 34:29-35). If. Stephen's Sight into Heaven, 54-58. Stephen's word laid open the heart of Israel in all ages and the C heart of his hearers, but alas! convic- ? tion is not conversion. When men are convicted of sin they do one of two things?they repent or they get V . mad at the preacher. Stephen's sermon and prayer were apparently V without fruit', but they were not really so?they gave the Apostle Paul r, to the church, but Stephen did not live to see it. A Spirit-filled man will y "> ? "aim man under anv rireum stances (2 Tim. 1:7). The expression "full of the Holy Spirit" has a G ' different significance from "filled r with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:4; 4: 8, 31). The latter describes the Holy Spirit coming upon one at a definite period of time and filling one for the time being with His glorious presence and power; the former describes an abiding condition. Being full of the h Spirit involved Stephen in inevitable conflict with men who were full of Satan. It led him to look up rather . than around. In this hour of trial t, there came to him a wonderful vision . to sustain him. The sight was granted t Stephen to strengthen him for the suffering and witnessing. Christ had I already been seen after His resurrection. He had been seen as He as- ^ cended, but now He is seen in heaven itself at the right hand of God. We , can no longer doubt His divinity nor J our security. Jesus left heaven as k God only, but He became man in His ,{ incarnation (John 1:14; 1 Tim. 2:5), and when He went back to heaven He j .. went back as the "Son of Man" as { ^ well as the "Son of God." There is ] tj nnir o TVfart in thp flfirv. | a III. Stephen's Entrance Into Hear- | ^ en, 57-60. They "stopped their I b, ears." How many are doing that to- j ^ day! He went the same path that j 0]' Jesus went to die. "without the gate" (Heb. 13:12). Once outside the city, w the stones began to crush in upon gl him. There was one delighted spectator of the pitiless fury of the mob? (a Saul of Tarsus. He will never forget sl the sight. Stephen's bearing and a; words were pricking like a goad in his secret heart (Acts 26:14), and he, too, will become a Christian. Stephen simply prayed as the stones fell. He prayed as Jesus Himself had ' prayed to the Father in dying. "Into ai Thy hands I commend My spirit." So A Stephen now says to Jesus, "Receive * my spirit." We cannot question that n' the prayer was heard, and while Ste- w . phen's body died and ultimately j crumbled into dust, Stephen's spirit i N was taken by Jesus to be with Him- [ ai self in conscious blessedness (cf. Phil, i *s 1:23). But Stephen prayed another 61 prayer for those that killed him. He aI had lived as his Master had lived and died as his Master died (cf. Luke 23: j *a 34). His last two utterances were ! prayers and prayers formed after the ! w pattern of the dying prayers of Jesus j (Luke 23:46. 34). He had seen | ln Jesus at the right hand of God, and | I did not hesitate to address his pray- j j ers to One so clearly proven to be divine. Love shone out wonderfully in I | lilt? last xiiuinciiLa. njg 1'iajci ?t ^ aL heard in heaven, and Saul the perse- sv cutor became Paul the apostle. Hav- qc ing offered this prayer he gently fell asleep, he did not die., a: IV. Stephen Buried, the Good Seed io Scattered Broadcast, ch. 8:1-13. The gr devil overreached himself. The wind M of persecution simply scattered the io seed broadcast (cf. ch. 11:19-21). Though from five to seven years seems to have passed since Pentecost, the church up to this time appears to have been largely confined to Jerusalem, but the storm that broke on ^ Stephen's death carried out the pur- W( pose of Christ. During this awful a time the apostles bravely stayed at st( their post in Jerusalem, but the rank fa and file of the church went everywhere preaching the Word. Attorney Will Get $400,000. By the decision of the United ag States Supreme Court in the WatersPierce Company case County Attor- co ney Brady, of Travis County, Texas, who started the proceedings, will get de approximately $400,000 in fees as his de share of the fine which the company pe must pay. It is expected that State Receiver Eckbardt will soon be placed ce in possession of the property, which he I lias been for nearly two years in the nc I hand ol' Federal Receiver Dorchester, re i Most of the properties are located in di, 1 Dallas aud are valued at about $100,000, independent of the oil stored and n? business accounts. Three Meet Tragic Deaths. th While alone in her home in Marsh- se field, Ore., Mrs. Walter Healing's gar- w; ments in some unexplained manner m? took fire and she was burned to lyi death. Her cries for help attracted ha the neighbors, but she was breathing her last as they entered the house. W( Twenty years ago Mrs. Heating's hus- tj, iband met a tragic death in the wreck ?j. of the tug Sol Thomas, and a year ago |n she lost a son, the victim of a fright- pe Tul sawmill accident. iflJ \ HE GREAT DESTROYER f 3ME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OP lNTEMPEItANCE. V The Wreckers. ^ ark! to the roar of the surges, Hark! to the wild winds howl; / ;e the black c'oud that the hurricane urges, > Bend like a maniac's scowl! ( li 11 on the sunken lee ledges Laps the devoted bark; ( nd the loud waves, like a hundred sledges, Smite to the djoraed mark! . . j irilly the shriek of the seamen j Cleaves like a dart through the roar; areh as the pitiless laugh of a demon Rattles the pebbled shore. . ( o! for the life-boat, brothers, How many the hearts of the brave, ] urling their lives to the rescue of others* Conquer the storm wave. lame for humanity'n treason! Shame for the form we wear! lush at the temple of pity and icason Tnm/vl . f a a rrthKor'o Iflirl 'orse than the horrible breakers, ( Worse than the shattering storm, e the rcugh-handed, remorseless wrecker? ] Stripping the clay yet warm. lucking at girlhood's tresses, Tangled with gems and gold; .latching love-tokens from manhood's caresses. Clenched with a dying hold. i fhat of the shrieks of despairing? i fhat of the last faint gasp? I obbers, who lived would but lessen your j sharing v Gold?'twas a god Li your grasp! } oys in their sunny brown beauty, ' Men in their rugged bronze, t >7omen whose wail might have tatight i wolves a duty? ' 1 Dead on the merciless stones, r cnderly slid o'er the plundered Shrouds from the white-capped surge, oud on the traitors the maa ocean thun* * dered? t Low o'er the lost sang a dirge. t riends! there are deadlier breakers, , Billows that burn as they l-oll! j lanked by a legion of crueller wreckersWreckers of body and soul; raitors to God and humanity; Tempters that hold in their arms I lood-aripping murder and hopeless in- ( sanity, I Folly, and famine by turns. I rested with wine redly flashing, ' Swollen with liquid fire, iow tbe strong ruin comes fearfully dash- ' ing, . I TTirrVi oa 4 Vio annl tnolto nn/1 hmliPr! I **'6" ??? "-a*-? irtue, and manhood, and beauty, Hope and the sunny-haired blisa, . /ith the diviner white angel of duty, Sink in the burning abyss. /hat though the soul of the drunkard Be lost on the reefs of crime! /hat though his children by beggary conquered. Sink in pollution's slime! old has come in to the wreckers, Murder has taken his prize; old, though a million hearts burst on the breakers, Smothers the crime and the cries! ?C. C. Burleigh. i A Pathetic Scene. . "I am not Mrs. Nation; I have no ' atchet; I am not cra?y," 1 These words came from the lips of 1 Lewis woman as she met her hus- ^ and face to face in a hotel barroom 1 ae other evening, says the Lewis Pi- - 1 )t. They were directed to the bar- ' ;nder and the loungers, as the for- 1 ler handed the woman's husband a j lass of whisky. She continued: "That man has not ] one a day's work this winter, and I ra worn out trying to support him 1 ad the rest of the family. I want to J now if something cannot be done to 1 eep him from destroying his own ' fa and starving his family?" The woman was thin and pale. Her J ps quivered a3 she spoke. Her .frail ^ ody could hardly stand the strain of ' ie unfamiliar environment. As she nished the little girl by her side { urst into tears, the bartender took * ack the whisky, the abashed hus- 1 and stood with bowed head, one by ne loungers left the room. Present- ( r the bartender, gazing at the poor J oman, solemnly vowed that the man * lould not drink at his bar again. * It was a pathetic scene; it was the r ist resort of a desperate woman. As ie left the hotel with her husband iy ad the little girl there was a lesson * io painful for any pen to picture. If Ton Drink Get "Sonsed." Addressing the Lincoln Temper- t ace Chautauqua at Austin, 111., John j . Nicholls, of Boston,- said he pre- j >rred the man who goes on an all t Ight drunk occasionally to the one j ho takes a nip every day. "If I wanted to drink," said Mr. * icholls, "I would get 'soused' good i ad then cut it out for a month. It not nearly so bad to roll in the utter as it is to take a nip every now id then. A man's physique can't x onil either nnp and fisre^lallv the v ,tter. "Three persons suffer for every one ho takes a drink and he should be ade to abstain, dot only for the selfflicted injuries, but for the iniury i inflicts upon innocent persons." Sinking "Under Rnm's Torrent'. "Give us a chance to breathe; we e stifling; give us a chance to nm; the torrent of rum is sinking >. This exclamation is fr.om a sermon gainst the liquor traffic by Chancelr James E. Cassidy before a con egation of 1400 men at Fall River.ass. He declared further: "The saon in furthering its vile purpose a mwc nn ertnd nn find or S'OSDel." C I Rings True. ( The Michigan Christian Advocate :presses the sentiment of every true merican citizen: "If we could we ould transform every brewery into c manufactory, every saloon into a r ore, every saloonkeeper into a y rmer, and every drinker into a total t istainer." - T Temperance Notes. New Tori: has 26,000 saloons as ;ainst Pennsylvania's 11,000. c The saloon seeks to control for 1 rrupt purposes political parties. n The barroom wastes the living of f; pendent women and children, and (stroys the productive energy of the [ " ople. I The Japanese have now had half a | ntury's exposure to Western alco- j lie liruors, but apparently tlioy are 1 p it going to suffer the late of iheir j k latives. the Xcrth American In- j w ans. ] D. Though Japan r.ow contains a few \ itivf. hrpwnrips the neonle have I ver taken to spirits. Whatever faults are possessed by F e Japanese, few people have ever I P en a drunken Jap. The present | ri iter has witnessed forty or fifiy vv sn i'roni the Russian royal yacht b iiicr drunk in the streets of Copen- tl gen. h The English Government is now at b >rk ou a new licensing bill in which 0 principle of local option is recog* sed. Although tho measure is far >m prohibitive, the friends of tem- r rauce fee! that the new bill is a ? 32 step in advance. j * ?. ; ; , y.-- ; v. ? r^aGHTS^Fg^THfe VIIAT THEN??TO THE BELTVER? iftcr the Christian's tears, after his fights and fears, t Lfter his weary cross, "all things below but loss." What then? )b, then, a holy calm, resting on Jesue arm, )h, then, a deeper love for the,pure home above. Lfter this holy calm, this rest on Jesus* arm, Lfter this deepened love, for the pure home above? , What then? )h, then, -work for Him; perishing souls to win: j ?hen Jesus' presence near, death's darkest hour to cheer. ^nd when t he work is done, when the last soul is won. -Vhen Jehus' love and power, bring the expected hour? What then? )b, 'then, the crown is {riven! Oh, then, the rest in Heaven! indless life in endless day, sin and sorrow passed away. ?The Soul Winner. "Lo, I Am With You Alway." That "alway" includes past. pres? snt and future. When iChrist came nto the \ arid to be visibly with m?n lineteen hundred years ago, it waa lot His first coming; He was in the vorld before His birth in Bethlehem. 3e was in the world even if the * vorld knew Him not. Through Him he world had been made. Before Abraham was Christ is. The'light las always been shining in the dark* V less. > When we think of the unnumbered jenerations of men that have been >orn, have lived and died; the nations ;hat have sat in darkness and then I Dasst 1 away before the dawn of what ve call history; the multitudes to-day :hat do not exist so far as Christiju* lations are concerned, of possible inlabitants of other worlds that science las revealed to us, faith is apt to vaver and the thought will come that, if ter all, historic and worldwide Christianity is a very small matter. rhen it is good to appreciate once more tbat all things were made oy ) Him and that everywhere and always la tho O'nrlat thA fulness of Him thftt fllleth all in all." This Christ did not leave the world when He ascended from Olivet He went only from the sight of those few 1 disciples in order that His might be 7 to millions of believers a wider coming In the Spirit. "He is exalted at God's right hand," yotu say. Yes, a?. suredly a blessed truth, but God's right hand is wherever His power is made manifest, and that is everywhere. Christ is here to-day. "I am with you alway." But He added, "Unto the end of the world," the consummation of the age. For the Christ who was before Abraham, who is here tc-day, is to be lere until He has worked out His own purposes. He shall continue to come ratil the glorious end which even now He sees is a reality?i-"till every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Him." There is no need that we should j liere reaffirm our faith in the personal, visible return cf the Lord. What most we are concerned with! ? low is that we should keep ow selves 1 n the consciousness th&t He is in the I nidst of the candlesticks, ruliug and M guiding history and the progress of 1 His churches. Fearful souls should :ake fresh courage from the though': ,'m ;hat when men are about the King's m )usiness and with willing spirits ask His guidance, He does not fail to lead M| Viam <T?fa oil + V*fVi U ***.ui iubv an tut ui uvui Yet men must ever also remember m bat tbat presence of His is a condlional presence?that they must b? ^ ibout His business. The "lo" follows 1 lgo." The promise whigh we have 1 luoted is not separated by so much as i period from the Great Commission ;o Christ's disciples to go and iaake Lisciples of all nations. Only to tho*e t vbo go is the promise given. . No man need be without diviue visdom in the ordering of his affai.-s, >ut we like to think that most of our nissionary societies have with them 3is presence In their deliberations. t was when Moses was seeking leadsrship in bringing a nation out of )ondage that he received the promse, "My face shall go with thee;" it s when Christians are considering . he claims of those who know not our L<ord that they may appreciate the )ledge, -Lo, I am with you alway, :ven unto the end of the world."?< Pacific Baptist. j Life's Gracious Opportunity Life is not sufficiently regarded as nainly opportunity for ch^&cter ! milding and testing. But we are to ' TOS-V Hfrt r?o -A lac n ltt as> caacuiiaiij' ucoi^uou, ilUI or getting and holding, but for acluiring soul-worth, in which lies salration. By faith and love and prayer ?by labor, by philanthropy, by selfculture, mental and spiritual?we are o seek unguessed treasures of wis- H lom and strength. We shall travel his way but cnce, and if we fail to ;et out of life what It was meant to ield us, we fail miserably. What j argeness of salvation; what boundessness of God's love; what sense of acred nearness in His presence; vhat ineffable beauty in Jesus; what ublime victories for His Kingdom;vhat length and breadth and depth md height of spiritual privilege may ome to us all if we cultivate the exlectant and receptive mood.?Leiri Jilbert, D. D. Watch What You Do. What you are is of no moment, but * inly what you are doing there. It is lot the place that ennobles you, but +Vt/-v wIoaa- on ^ f Vi f e Kit uu tUC |iiav.cf ausx fcuij \JLkij uj UUiUg hat which is great and noble.? 'etrarch. ' _ t A Conceited Conscience. The worst thing in the world is a onceited conscience. You cannot ' eason with a man so afflicted. A lan so troubled will apply the torch nd the sword, forgetting entirely hat hatred and death ha\e no place 1 God's plan. The Blessings Multiplied. He that saveth his time, from j raver, snail lose it; but he that >seth his time in communication ith God. shall find it in a life of lultil'lied blessings.?Wilder. .1,000,000 Cartridges For Army. Orders have been received at the * 'rankfcrd Arsenal, at Philadelphia,. a., lor the manufacture of 5,000,000. ifle cartridges. This order, with the ork on hand, will keep the arsenal usy day and night until the end of le fiscal year in June. The arsenal as been working day and night since eptember. ? Russian Loan Oversubscribed. ? The subscription to the Londorf lortion of the new Russian loan of 280,000,000 has been oversub* cribed four or five times.