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If ~ '* * Ji- flfi'olfb to Jlgricnltarf, fjortiroltorr, Domestic trooping, JMIffifflf'''''*! Tt"lit'''' ""i1 the torrent Hems of ttjr Jlng. k XX.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. gQUTIjllll^BB^FRra 5, 1889. ?, . NUMBEK 14., KSZZ. "V5*"WW &?? CIXtertniT^W. " - ' lp<u ,\.'. ' Corrscu m* ?' -* * --1 ?wj| mo mo ipuK, ri? r . *^S ^ ' Conduct* me by the ear to church. w ^My loveliest girl haa teetb like poarla. Blue, dreamy eyes, and cheek of rose, A smiling soorh of other girls. vucont mind, and lots of beaux I My kindest girl love's law fulfills By sewing battoilu on my ooet. And sending books, and liver pills, . And bits of flannol for my throat. My brightest girl a brain has meot To deal With science, law, or arts; She talks so well I tnko a soat Kar in tho background when sho starts. I love them, each ono in her place, Bat, ah I my dearest girl Is she ' Who guys and snubs me to my face, routs, storms, laughs, orlos, and?kisses * me. ?M. 8. Bridget, in Judge, POOH LITTLE EMILY. V The History of a Prudent h- - " "" . ? Marriage^ , , BY MISS KUI.OOK. CHAPTER \L Lady, Bowerbank was, as sho said, dying; that is, th?v seeds of death were tlrinlj own in her constitution, bat they wore reiy slow of developing themselves. Perhaps the exceeding peace in which, externally, her daily lifo was passed paitly caused this; but chielly it was because, if he had seen an end to happiness, so she * had to all its bitterest elements, its turmoil, trial, reRtlesBnessness, and pain. Bhe was not strong enough to suffer, and now she had ceased to suffer any more. Bhe eTen Bee mod for a while to rally, and to take an interest in things about her?th? tender farewell interest of one soon de- ] parting. She was especially sedulous in all duties to her husband?at least those i which she was able to perform. But she i had loner ?nnt tntn ? ' 1 ? >mcu .. wuiuujju lavniia J wife, most kindly Wiuctu J and tended, ^ though more by his orders than by Lis per- < Bonal care, whtlo ho went htB own wayfl, I and fell back gradually into much of hit old "baobelor" life, as it had been spent in 1 the long interregnum between his lirst mar- 1 riago and his union with poor Emily 1 Kendal. 1 "Sir John is quito comfortable; he will i not miss mo very much," Mrs. Knowle 1 onoe heard her Bay, more meditatively than i oomplaiuingly. But that lad.v, who had so i keen a sense of wifely duty, oven without love, never took any notice of the remark. ( And when, according to promise, Bbe had learnt all attainable facts about the Btonhousos?how that they lived ia'Lon- < don on Mr. Stenhouse's not too large sal- 1 ary in a merchant's office, and he was re- 1 ported to be a most kind husband to tbo < widow, and a careful father to (ho throe t fatherless ohildren?after this the prudent t maiden Baid as little as possible to Lady ] Bowerbank on the subject of her oldlovor. Only onoe, when, after as long an in- i kerv.il as it was possible for civility to ad- I i the ooq- | ] re?-?Tea ou urn u*a?r-, rLo&e m ? lwtw to' Mrt. Knowlo, eontninIng the brief message?1"hie own and hta wire's compliments, huu tuwua* tc Sir Jobs and Lady Boworbauk"?Emily's eyes filled with tears. "He might have been a liltle kinder,' the said. "But ho doos not know, and he cannot forgivo. He never will forgive me ?till I die." And meantime th^i two, onee lovers, lived on, and did their dtitv to the husband and the wife onto whom Bate had nnited them. Whether bitter thoughts ever oamo? whether in the dead of night either woke ap and romembered tho past, their young, p. bright, innocent mutual love, and the erne!ty that snatched it from thorn and turned it into a ourse; whether their hearts aver burned within them against man, or alas! against Providence, because in.this ihort, snort mortal life they were not made happy?tbey whose happiness would have Injured no one, aud who needed nothing in the world to make them happy except a little love?these wore mysteries which mast remain forever undisclosed. But month by month there was disclosed tho plain sad fact that Sir John Bowerbauk's second marriage was not likely to be of much longer duration than his first one, which most people had altogether i forgotten; and much was tlio sympathy ex\ cited both for him and for tho aweet. , \ . fragile creature who was fading awnyj y.- . i r *ud contentedly, it wau evident, w but one Q"ito know liow or why. All the Liv&*i>S?l-?Ioolor8, and moro , than one London physician, were brought to bis wife by Sir John in undemonstrative bat evident anxiety; but they could not euro her?they could not even dud out what was the matter with her. Hereditary weakness, want of stamina, deficiency of vital force?they called her disease, or no disease, by all those fine names; but no human being guessed the root of it except Mrs. Knowle. She, honest woman, as she Sat knitting beside hor "Edward"?who was getting an Id man now, stout, and a little infirm with rheumatism, and sometimes a little cross too with the woight of business, but still it heart the same' hearty, kindly "good; man" as ever?would often say with a tigb, "Ah, poor Emily! if those two hod only. been left to fight the battle out together as we did, my dear, how muoh hotter it would have been!" At which Mr. Knowle, who never sentimentalized in his life, just assented, mil All at kin "old woman." anil nnrhnnu a itttie wonry of the subject, generally, went to Bleep. How the Stonhousos struggled ou, for it mast havo been a struggle at best, with their small income and the three children, ^ Mrs. Knowle oould not easily loam; John 1 Btenhoaso seemed determined to drop enllrely ont of the range of his old Liverpool friends. To any letters?and Mrs. Knowle wrote him several?ho always returned V polite, bnt long delayed and unsatisfactory \ answers, tolling her nothing that alio wishod to know, and inquiring of nothing wnirh, she hardly knew why, she would have liked him to inquire about "And there is that poor thing dying, and he does not even know it!" lamented slio lometimos. To which her husband only answered with the common-sense question: "And what wonld be the good of it if he * did knew?" Not on her side was Emily aware?and Mi?. Knowle took oare to keep it from her, ImI It mioht lilalnfh h?r nnAnAfnl <1?ina? that his. Htmgglo was the equally hard struggle of living, grinding poverty; a delicate, nervous, broken-spirited wire; throe hungry children to be fed, from duty, without the natural fatherly love to sweeten it; and above all, the daily blank in the life of a strong, faithful, single-hearted man, who, having Once taken it into his bead, or heart, to love one woman, never onn learn to unlove her to the end of his days. Such men there are. but they are very, very are, and John Stenhouso happened to bo one of them. So be looked his secret np in his breast, and, whether or net his marriage was a happy one, went on working steadily and patiently for hie wife end for the children, , uuu iuru. ivnowie were halt inclined to do aa he apparently wished, and let him go. Bnc the one person who, with an almost faithful pertinacity, bold to him, was Sir John Uowerbank. Whether he, too, was the sort of person who, onoe taking a liking, great or'small, never relinquishes it, or whether some other secret inner sympathy attracted him to yonog Stenhonse. as Doing nor unnao wont no uiuihou nita uoen as a young man, certain it was that the head of the firm never lost sight of his former olerk; and when, on Mr. Knowle's suggesting the advisability of a junior partner, the question aroso who should bo adopted into >ioh a valuable and reRnnnsiblo situation, tbe first -person Sir John proposed to whom tho offer should bo mado was Mr. Stenhonse. Edward Knowlo was greatly amazed? nay, perplexed. He robbed up bis hair with a troubled aspect. "Stop a bit; I think?I think I should like to speak to my wife about this." Sir John looked in undisguised surprise. "As vou pleam. But it nover would occur to me to consult my wife on business matters." "IndeedI" ??<<' ? -* * * 'Vri'" laicaing eagory \ " ?? "I Wlaji jon would. "Why?" "You see," awkwardly explained Mr. Knowle. "a oartner. which also imolios n partner s wiro, is a serious thing to the woman-kind, bringing about much intimacy, and nil that. I fancy?of course it is only a fancy of miue?that the ladies would both iiko to be consulted about it Shall my wife go and speak to Lady Bowerbank?" "If she chooses; but it is really great nonsense bringing domestic niTitirs into a mere question of business. It will cause delay, while every post is a matter of consequence. I cannot soo tlio use of it nil. In fact, with your consent"?and his manner implied with or without it, for Sir John Bowerbank was a very obstinato man iu bis way, ns was well known to hiH paitnci ?"with your consent, I shall writo and mako the offer to the young man tonight." Ho did so, and it'was declined?declined immediately and point-blank, without any reason being assigned for the rorusal. Sir John waR considerably annoyed. To the answer, which had come, not b'y letter, but by telegram, so eager, apparently, was the young man to renounce the proffered kindness, ho wrote Again, RtiggeRting easor terms?terms so favorablo that no man n his senses seemed likely to refuso them, ind yet by return of post refused they yere. "The man must bo mad," sa'd Sir John o his partner. "Perhaps," was the brief reply. "Why, he has tbroo children and a delisate wife, and scarcoly enough salary to cecp them in bread and cheese; for yon tnow, at Lady Bowcrbank's desire, I found >ut ail nbout them., bhe was interested in he wife, and might write nnd adtiso lior o persuado hej^nsbnnd out of his folly. [ must 6peak toqpvly Bowerbank." Meantime Lady Bowerbank had been ipokcn to. In fear and trembling the natter had been broken to Lor by good Mrs. Knowle, bnt there was no need for 1 ilgn of agitation. She srttny nAU-wJi; j iho thought such a partnership Would be he iwat tbtna nossiblo. both lor the firm ind for Mr. Stenliouse, and that she hoped t wonid como about speedily. And then iho lay looking into the sunset over the ica, with a strange, soft expression in hot "You are 6ure? quite sure, my dear Emly, that you have no objection?" "No; why should I? ' And sho added igain, still rnoro earnestly, "Oh, no?not low." "And by that," commented Mrs. Knowle, is she repeated the conversation to hei insband, "I am certain Emily fools tlmt ihe is dyine." They talked the whole matter over for n ahile, conjugally and confidentially, in :heir own room, for they had been nskod to dine and Bleep that night at Snmmoi Lodge, as indeed they very of ton were aow, and then wont back to tho drawingroom. There, white indeed as a dying face, bnt >ager with all the strength of life, lay poor Emily, her husbund sitting beside her sofa in his quiet, attentive, elderly way, and trying, as well as he could, to mako little bits of talk concerning the news of tho day in Liverpool, to amuse her during the hour and a half that he and bis guests dined, and Hhe rested nlono, for she had now o aeed entirely to join the cirole at meals. "Come hero, Mrs. Knowle, and say if you do not agree with mo?yon women understand one another well. I have been telling my wifo about that young man's exceeding folly?your friend Stonhonse, I menu?iu refusing to enter our lirin. It must bo a more crotchet?some oil'onso taken, or the like, for which wo oau't atrortl to lose Rnch a useful partner, or to let a line young follow cut his own throat in that way. I want LiUly Bowerbank to write to Lis wife, and reason with her. Sho has a right; for Lady Bowerbank has done all sorts of kind things to Mrs. Stenhouse." "Kindness implies no right," said Emily hastily and tremulously. "I don't know her. I cannot write to her. What could I say?" "Just a little common senso?that sucli a ohanoe as this does not happen to a man twice in a lifetime, that Htenhouse should take advantage of it. He is very poor. I hear that he can but just put bread into the mouths of those three children. If bo were to join us he would make his fortune." "Make his fortune," repeated Emily, wistfully. "Ah! if that had beon?onco. But it is too late now." "Too lato, my dear! Nonsense! Tho vonng man cannot be over thirty vet." "Thirty-one and a half." Sir John Bowerbank looked exceedingly surprised for the moment. "I forgot?you said you knew him." "Yes, I did know him, as Mrs. Knowle is aware. I met him at her house. I was ones r/oincr to be married to him. He was very fond of me." Quito quietly, without the slightest sign of emotion, Emily said theso words, as if it had heeu a fact commuuicatod concerning a third person; so utterly divided from tho world and tho passions of it seemed that frail creature, who already stood close on the portals of the world to come. "Khali I go away?" whispered Mrs. Knowle, and yet she dreaded to do it, for there was something so unearthly iu Emily's expression just then. "Oh, no, do not loavo me. Yon can tell my husband anything he wisLos to know. Dear husband! you sro not angry with me? You know I was a poor weak thing always, and now all will soon be over. It is fai tho best?far the best." "1 do not understand," said, with a disImcuit fiir Kir John Itowerbauk. No, be did not; if was not In him hi understand. And when, in a few words, foi her breath abort nnd hor ?trenail small, she told him all the trior?? not thai she hr.d m irried him without loving him for this he know'from tho firxt; bet tha she had loved another, irom whom she hat been so cruelly Feparated; that from tha day her poor younx life had wilhoroil u) at its very roots; still?c?i|l| the worth: , - w?VJ MUD W?? i longed (o youth "and love; to a time which, if be had "ever known, bad now entirely S>ssed away even from his remembrance, o just looked perplexed, und a little sorry, and pattod, with a soothing gesture, the wastod hands that were held out to him entrealingly. "Do not excite yourself?pray do. not, my dear! It is so very bad for you. Just tell me what you wish, and I will try to do it." "And you are not angry "About this young man? No, no. Of courso, it was a great pity, but the thing happens evory day. Don't fret about it, Emily. You aro very comfortable as you arc? at least I hope so." "Yes," said Emily; and her tears ceased, and her quivering features settlod into composure. No, he oould not understand ?this good, kindlv meauinor elderlv man. no more than the tens of thousands of respeotablo men t?hd womon of this world over do understand?tho full meaning of love. Lore, happy or unhappy, mutual or unrctumed, perfect or unfulfilled, but still real. true. '*- * , ,?#?*?, wmcn is a girt direct from Lots divine, and which ever to 1 know, or to have known, is a blessing ! which fills a whole lifetime. , hung as loosely as tho great hoop of dia- 1 monds that guarded it. "vou uerceive why * Mr. Hton house is so insensible to all your , kindness. He thinks himself wronged, ( and he was wronged?oraelly. Ho was c made to believe one thing and X another, ] and so wo were parted. Please tell my t husband how it was, Mrs. Knowle; I have t no strength for speaking much." * "Don't Bpeak at all, for where is the J good of it?" said Sir John, who evidently i disliked tho dlscnssion of tho matter. r "Things can't bo mouded now, my dear! f He has got a wife and yon a husband. 80, t oven if 1 woro to die, it would boot no s use. You could not marry him." r "I was not thinking of marrying, but of dying. Husband, I am certain I am dying; n and it is hard to die without his having ? forgiven mo, for ho was a 'good man, ana he was terribly wronged. Often, often I t thought of nsking yon, but I hod not cour- j, ago." Now I havo.~"Will you'do one thing u for me?" r "What, my dear?" ^ * "Let mo see Jobn Stenhouse again- for * one-half hour?just one ten minutes?be- ^ fore I die?" I, "Don't talk of dyiug; yon will live many ^ years yet, I trust, said Sir John, b earnestly. si Emily shook her-bead. d "Ahfjou know better than that. And I " would not ask such kindnoss unless I were dying. It is not wrong; surely you do not think so?" added she, imploringly. "I " only want to toll him tho truth; that It was not I who deceived him; I.wnuttosave a him?he is a good man, you know?from tj having his whole life embittered and his n uture iniured by thinkimr of me as a h wicked, faithless woman, vtfio first jilted t him, and then lot her rich husband insult * him by showing him kindness. The truth t would set all right?just three words of honest, simple truth. ILusband, may I 11 see him? Mrs. Knowles, speak for me, , please." _ "1 really think your wife is right, Sir * John, said plain-spodtking Mtb. Knowle. sSSLd Itowerbnnfc does not over- ei^rtner?eif. " "Thank von," breathedTatherthan spoke tho poor girl; in her excessive frngileness, sho seemed wasting back into thin girlhood again. "And you wiM forgive mo because I cannot either harm yiou or grievo yon much, I shall bo dead sovory boou?quietly dead, you know, as your iirBt wire is, whom you nover talked to me about. I wi?h you hod, now and, then*. Wero you very fond of her? And'.I dare say she was very fond of you?" Tho old man suddenly sat down again, covering his oyes with his hand. "Don't mention hor, please. Poor little Jane?ntyJanie. She loved ma." And as ho sat besldo tho wifo of his nrosoeroiiR later dovs. who. wlmthor H?. ing ok dying, only ooldly esteemed him, and was grateful to /him, perhaps the old 1 man's thoughts went back, with a sudden lean of memory, to tho wife of.his youth, ' ana Lis poverty, so fond, so simple, so tender, and so truo. When he took his band away there wero traces of tears on the , wi bored cheeks, and he rose.h&stily to go. i "Well, my dear, wo need speak no more on this matter. You oan see Mr. Stenhouse whenever you liktv. and if you oai persuade him to enter otqr firm,, so much the better. Impress upon him that capital is of no moment; a young, uctivo, businesslike man is tlio one thing needed, both by Mr. Knowlo and myself. Isn't ik so Mrs. Knowle? You'll writo the letter, perhaps. And you will take good care of my \me horo and not let her mope, eh?" "I will, Sir John." "tlood afternoon, then." And he went away, leaving, the women alone. [TO BE CONTINUED. 1 _ How? All true temperance workers are striving for the final and complete overthrow of the hosts of rum; but the question comes; "what can we do in that direction now?" In our worl: there are two things sotintiraately connected that to accomplish the second we must accomplish tho first, and by accomplishing the first we work toward the accomplishment of the second. The one ie the enforcement of the present.liquor laws, and the other of the trattlc. What we should do now is to enforce t^ft existing laws, and hy doing this we will work torwar I and up to total prohibition. How strict the law in re?;ard to Sundayfselling to minors and to habtual drunkards! And yet here in our own town how openly aro the lawn violated. Almost under the shadow of our churches and places where tlie work of God is proclaimed do we find the damning stuff dealt out 8uudoy after Sunday. True, there was an effort made not long ago to enforce the Sunday law, and with some success, but is the matter to drop here? Shall the public officers and others interested in the enforcement of the Iaw put their hands to the plow and then turn back? A good beginning was halt the battle, but not all. If after a good beginning the warfare is abandoned, theeuerny are the victors. Let ns not. desist, but rather Qght to the death and overcomo through the Lord of Hosts, who is surelyon our slaa A Temple of Temperance. The project of building, a National Temperance Temple, twelve, stories high anc costing $800,000, was at first but a dream ol tho Woman's Christian Temperance Union. This dream, however, is fast taking shape us K t?l J lUKHpiHW WIIU ITHCTI/IVIU rMIIVy. Building stock to this amount of almost $-00,WW has (Untruly been subscribed, and various method* aro Being employed to mors than double this sum. Mrs. Matilda B.Canto President of the Building Associat ion, whose reniarkablo business ability, tireless energy and dauntless enthusiast are wholly devotod to this work, is conAdent of ultimate and complete success. The building will ^e called the "Woman's Temple," and will be national headquarters for all philanthropic and litoir ary associations of women. i k As signiAcant of the growth of a public policy against the liquor traffic in Kngland ? it may he mentioned that Mr. K. N. Buxton, 1 a wealthy, able and respectable brewer re t cently refused to enter a contest for Parliv > raent in the nietroppUs because it is so diflir cult tor ons in "the tradq" to win. % ovUAJUl* INTERNATIONAIj LESSON , FOR APRIIi 7. Letson Text: "Tho Trlnmpbftl Entry," Mark x?., 1-11?Golden Text: Zocli. Ir., 9? Commentary. 1. "And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethpage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives." After healing the blind men, as He passed through Jericho, He tarried at the house of Zaccheus, and spoke tho parable of the nobleman and his servants, in which He taught them that the kingdom of God would be postponed till He should return from the far country^ Arriving at Bethany we And Him at supper in the house of Simon the I*per, Martha, .Mary and Lazarus all being present, and Mary anoints Him beforehand for His burial. (Luke xix., John xil.) Then follows this lesson, in which we see Him fulfilling the prophecy written in Zecb. ix., 9, for He came to fulfill the law and the prophets, to fulfill all righteousness. (Matt v., 17; iii., 15.) He is now in the last week of His earthly ministry mrirwVjalled Pas??o~ t? oen, amJLjijL^a we see (4im"_an()inted"with the Holywi*r?t, going *bout doing good, w? ar? apt to think' of Film only as Jesus our Saviour,on His way to ;he cross, showing forth in His lifo the lovo ind power of God; but if we would underitand tho Scripturos we must not lose light of this great fact that lie is Israel's Messiah and as such is ever fulfilling before .heir eyes the Scriptures of their prophets, .hat they may be without excuse for rejecting Him; and that since their rejection of dim as their King, and His consequent seting them aside as His people for a time, He s now in the interim between Daniel's sixtylinth and seventieth week gathering out 'rom Jew and Gentile that new company, he ono body. His church?a mystery kept r ecret from the foundation of the world, but ) evealed unto the apostles. * 3. "Go your way into tho villogo over * gainst you." Very often our work is just c ,t our hand in our own bouse or town or vil- C age, or among those nearest to us, and if we ? re un\/illlng to do the next thing, or reject he opportunity nearest to us, because periaps It is a small one, He may see fit to give is nothing else to do, and we stand idle or ainly seeking work agreeable to us, because \ re will not do that which He has appointed. v Vhen the workmen under N?heininh rebuilt t be walls of Jerusalem it is writt?(Ljuuuu--fr1 gain that certain om*r repaired "by his e ouse" or "Svcr against his house or chain- s er." (Neh. iii., 10, 23,28-30.) "As soon as ye n e entered into it." How often it is that as e oon as wo start forth in His Name ready to li o whatever our hands iind to do, we llnd the i rork all ready for us and nearer to hand s ban we thought. r' iVo ..mmii nna n colt tied, whereon never j ian sat; loose him and bring him.". While r lark and Luke mention only the colt, Mat- f hew mentions the two animals, "an ass and colt with her." Just, as Samuel could, by t he Spirit of God. tell 'Saul whom he would 3 leet that day, and what each one would t ave, and say", and do (I Sam. x., 1-71, so he same Spirit in Jesus Christ knew just there these animals would be found tied; for I he Spirit of God is perfect in knowledge Job xxxvL, 4) and He is in every true bo- 1 iever to teach us all things (John xlv., 17, it"!). 8. "Say ye that the Lord hath need of lini." In one sense He ueods not anything, 1 oeing that He givetli to all life, mid breath, ind all things (Acts xvii., 25), but Ho is ' >leased to 113e weak and foolish things in iccoihplishing His purposes if He tonly finds jhgattAXyhng and ready to His baud. Does 1 lesus have the use of his boat and to wait ipon Him (Luke v., 1-10) rather rebuke us or our oft unwillingness to place ourselves tnd all that we are and have at His disposal! 4. "They went their way, and found the olt tied by the door without, iu o phico rhere two ways met." Luke says.: "1 hey 1 ound even as He had said unto them. Luke xix.) We win niwo? '* - his world and in the worldf to come, just as de says; and there is no way wo can honor lim like believing and obeying His word ithout questioning. "I believe (led, that it ihall be even as it was told me" (Acts xxvii, !5), is a grand life motto for overy Chrisdan, remembering also the blessings upon hose who believe (Lukei, 46; John xx., '-?') 5,0. "They said unto them even as Jesus lad commanded." Where tho word of a King is there is power (Eccl. viii., 4), and when we go in His name bearing llis message, we nave only to speak His word faithfully, and it will not return to Him void (Gen. xxliL, 28; Isa. lv., 11.) Tho results which He intends to accomplish are sure to come; the responsibility of tne messenger is to get the message correctly aud deliver it plainly and faithfully iu His name. As these two men sought something for Jesus and for His use, so we are to seek souls and results, not for ourselves,but for Him whom we serve. 7. "They brought the colt to Jesus, and thejr garments on him: and He satunon Mini. mere were two animals and two men; why did the mon not bring the asses riding upon them? That would have l>een appropriating to thoir own use that which they had obtained for their I?rd. No, they obtained them for Jesus, and they brought them to Him. and, placing tbeir garmonts on the colt, Ho sat thereon. This ass's colt seems to me such a suggestivo type of a sinner unsaved that 1 cannot refrain from some allusion to it; and although not nattering to the sinner, it is very scriptural; lot those uso it who find prollt in it. In Job xi., VJ, man is said to bo born a wild ass's colt, and in Exodus xiii., 18; xxxiv., *20, the first llng of an ass and the first born of inan are put on a level as regards relemptiou; this colt is found where two ways meet, and may not the'narrow way of life be satil to lead off from the broad way of ruin, .just by whore every sinner is found! As the colt had to be loosed, so every sinner lias to be loosed .from his bonas with which Satan has bound him; as the untamed colt Is meekly submissive to Jesus, so Jesus can aubditu nnd make meek and lowly the most haughty spirit; as Josm is exalted and the colt biddon.so tbo business , of the sinner brought to Christ is to be a Christ bearer,biding self and exalting Jesus; and as Jesus had need of this colt, ro it may be said that liod wants tlie sinner to become His child, Jesus wants him to become His joint heir, and the Spirit wants him to become His temple. 8. "Garments?and branches?strewed in the way." These tokens of submission and adoration on the part of the peoplo, which was so short lived, point us to the time when all things shall be subdued unto Him (I Cor. xv., 28), and-they also seem to ask us: What does your submission and adoration amount to? is it sincere, permanent and increasing? 9. "Hoeanna; Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord." These words aro found in Pa. cxviii., 25. 20. the first word being marie up of two Hebrew words, sigmfying: "Save now I beseech thee."' In tho same psalm we find is written: "The stone wfticli tho builders refflsod is become the headstone of the corner." and when the head tone shall be brought forth with shoutings, crying: Grace, grace unto it (Zach. iv., 7), then shall this song of praise be sang, not as it was that day, but jincerely. His own words to them a little Inter in the-weelc were: "Behold, your house w left unto you deeolate, foi I say unto you. Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye say. Blessed irfte that cometb in the name of the Lord" (Matt. xxt, W, 30) 10. '' Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the lx>rd hosanna in the highest." An everlasting kingdom had been promised to David (11 Knm. vii., I C'hron. xviL), and the promised Messiah was to eet upon His throno (isa. ix., 1,7; l.uke i., 31-33). The kingdom had been for three years just at hand, the King walking thoir midst,out they knew not the things akit> iah I\a)aii(/oiI #a ftialw itaaae !??? ?? ???#-? IA IWM^I V*' ?? ? IUUJ RIIUT not the time of their visitation, an He sees the judgments which shall come upon them. He weeps over them (Luke xix,, 4144). Even the disciples under#too 1 not these things now l>eing enacted before their eyoe until they received the Bpirit of Pentecost it to be filled with the Spirit and simply believe what is written. I * 11. "And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, i and into the temple." Matt, xxi., 14-1(5,tells us that the blind und lame camo to Him and were healed, that the children sang His praise, and that the Scribes and Pharisees round fault. The little children and the poor und needy are those who receive blessing from Him, while the proud, self-satisfied, fault-finding religious ones get nothing. I.et us come to Him realizing our need and our utter helplessness, and coming thus as little children we shall know of His fullness and exceeding grace.?Lesson Helper. ' TEMPERANCE. A Knot of Ribbon. A gift?a knot of ribbon white So frail, I rend it with my band. And yet, with strongest ties it holds The firmest, truest, holiest band That ever loved, and lived to save "For God," their "homes and native land.' A pledge?"I promise to abstain," It is no sacrifice to me; But joy, to burst the shackles loose And help to set the captive free; 1 J Whiie hope exists, while faith endure*)^ - ' To fail or falter at our task; Or doubt the Great Physician's cure; "Watching through darkness, for the day That dawns, eternally, "ami sure. ?>And so, doar friend, this ribbon whito, Pure emblem of our sisterhood, I'll tMUIlro .1 .u.uutu tug coming years, And willing toil for future good, Trusting in Him whoso promises Have for "stomal agts stood." ?Jennie K. Kinmore, t'u New York Voice. y i Drinking Capacity of Belgians. ( Statistics show that en the average every j nan, woman and child in Belgium consumes t early two hundred and forty uuarts of bcr | >nd thirteen quarts of spirits. This consump- t ion exceeds the average rate of any other j ountry in Europe. The Government of Bel;ium surely ought.to arouse itself, and at nee do something to reform the drinking !' tabits of tho people,?Indeitenclent. Tho Young Corporal. | A lad, a corporal in the French army, f vhen drunk, struck his superior ofllcer. He (_ rns tried by a court-martial and sentenced o be shot, and_cast into prison to await the ffort made to secure his pardon, but without uccess. The Colonel, however, wns much ttached to him, and was unremitting in his 1 (forts to secure a pardon, which he at c angth succeeded in doing, on condition that t f ever known to bo drunk again he should bo v hot dead. The Colonel went to the prison i, o inform the young corporal of his pardon. s "Ah, Colonel." said tho unhappy young n nan as the ollicer entered, "seo what my ( oily has brought me to." I "SuDnose." said the Colonel, that I should ell you that on condition that you never in | f rour life drink again a pardon is extended o you." A gleam of hope brightened the . roung man's face. "Your life to ho the for- !eitif you ever taste liquor again," added the 1 Colonel. "Impossible!" eaid the poor lad. "I can- ' tot livo and not drink. Must I never drink! ! "Never." The poor young fellow relapsed into hope- ] lessness. "Nothing could keep ino from it. It would 1 be impossible to keep the condition." ' "I want your word and pledge of honor as 1 a soldier," said the Colonel, appealing to the military spirit and high sense of honor he so . well knew the youth m- ino "See, Colonel," cried the young soldier. "See hero and now," and he lifted his arm toward heaven, "that never with the help of God, will I put liquor to my lips again." That lad became commander of the Imperial Guaril whose very name became such a power, ana uu Kepi, ine uieuge in cue same spirit that characterized nis memorable utterance: "The Uld Guard dies, but never surrenders." Now you see how much that sting of the liquor serpent costs. It came very near costing that brave young corporal his life. It is i a very costly thing to the country in dollars and cents. It costs us three hundred and sixty times as much as it does to pay the salaries of all the ministers of tho gospel. The salaries of our ministers amount to sixty millions of dollars. And it costs twenty-two hundred millions of dollars to keep the liquor traffic, and keep the sting of the liquor sorpc-nt doing its work. damages for a Drunkard's DeatI:. When William McCarthy went home at the end of his day's work ho was sober. After supper ho went to Wells's saloon, drank "a glass full* of whisky," stayed thero half an hour and left partly intoxicated. He drank at several other places during the evening, and by ten o'clock was so intoxicated that "he appeared unable to walk and was in charge of two men who had hold of him, one 011 each side, and were encouraging him to try to walk." Ho was not seen aliva after that. His body was found in a mill-race, where he had lieen drowned in about three feet of water. This was in Oneida County, N. Y. His widow sued Wells under the Civil Damage act of 1873, which provides that? Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person who shall bo injured in person, property or moans of support by an intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person, shall have a right of action against any person 01 persons who shall, by selling or giving away intoxicating liquor, have caused tho intoxication in whole or in part. Mrs.. McCarthy won her case on trial and got a verdict for damages from the jury. Wells insisted that he was not liable for McCarthy s death and Appealed to the General Term of the Supreme Count* That tribunal has decided against him. "We are of opinion,*' says Justice Martin, "that the evidence was sufTlcient to warrant the jury in finding that the death of the plaintiff's husband was caused by his intoxication, and that his intoxication was caused in wholo or in part by liquor furnished him by the defendant."? -Veto York Herald. Temjiersnce News and Xotot The Mohammedans call intoxicating liquor "9hame water." Massachusetts lias incorporated ;i prohibition of cider into its proposed amendment. Mrs. Richardson states that although California people consume larger quantities of wine, there are few Mates where the amount of distilled liquors used is so great for the population,and in those districts where winedrinking is almost universal saloons receive large patronage. Tho heathen Emperor of China teaches America a worthy lesson when ho says: "1 will never consent that the State shall seek profit frem the suffering and degredation of the people.". But from a purely financial standpoint the license policy is "penny wise and pound foolish." Rev. R. I?. Bushnell, R.D., a Presbyterian clergyman of high standing,gives the "following strong testimony: "1 have positively seen an entire family.incliHling the prattling baby and the gray-haired grand-daiiu>,drtmk to a stupor in their own home on their own home-made, pure, light California wine." Mississippi Masons in a recant session pro nounced against the saloon by unanimously sustaining the action of Grand Mastor Kvans in arresting tho charters of lodges disregarding the resolution passed at their IilhL iiiAftLifitr. Llmf. tin uu.lnnn L-nai^p could remain in fellowship with the Masonic body. Arthur Dt Cochrane, of New York city, in making a great success of the junior prohibition movement Boys and girls under twonty-one years of age, who believe in fighting the liquor demon with the invincible and uncompromising weapon of national prohibition, are organized into clubs and trained in the methods best adapted to this warfare. % RELIGIOUS READING A Plllow-Sonpf. Pillow my head on a promise Divine, Comfort niy soul with a word that is Thlrn Calm me and rest mo and soot ho mo wit psalm. Breathe o'er my spirit a message of balm! Spare mo a seraph out of Thy host, Send mo the angel who lovet i Thee most, Lot him but whisper the praise of Thy Name Till my tired spirit can murmur the same. Cradle my soul on Thy wonderful love, Teach mo the song that they warblo above In the night watch, Thou callest for me, Peacefully, swiftly, I'll hasten to Thee! ?Clara Thivailes. A Iloart to Give. It is a great blessing to have a heart wliicl makes us willing to do what we ought to do. If ? ? niu imug 10 in? moan by nature; nut we all have enough of meanness t<> know tin importance of a generous spirit?in others Some men and women are more inclined t< bo open-handed than others are. They deservo no sj>ecial credit for this, hut we can't wI'd tuif hum nd as to those ChrisB/*cry call of God or mar.^T Tr?kL?T1^TLhi to part with it freely nwj;inifffy aro\^ be pitied. They would give, if only their iiearts made them willing. The trouble is not in their j>nokets, 1 ut in their puckered tnd slir.veiled hearts. Poor creatures!?Sunlay School Times. Finish What You Rogln. My old great grandmother Knox li'd n vay of making I.or children finish their vork. If they began a thing they had to omnleto it. If they undertook to milil a cob-housc, they must not leave it till t was done; ami nothing of the work or play o which they vet their hands would she alow them to abandon incomplete. I soineimes wish I had lieen trained in this wav. low much of life lias lieen wasted in unflndied work? Many a man u-es up his time n splendid beginnings. The labor devoted ? n-? tilings mm leave litem us"?ss would finish five of them nml ninke them iron table and useful. Finish your work Ji brief; time is short. Stop beginning orty things, and go back and finish four.? nristian Observer. A distinguished General related tlits pallet ic incident of l is own exjicrienco in our ivil war., The General's son was a lieueuant of "battery. An assault was iN'ing undo. The father was leading his division 11 a. charge. As he pressed on in the field, uddonly his eye w;.s caught by the sight of i dead battery officer lying just lief ore him. )ne glnnce snowed him it was his own son. lis fatherly impulse was to stop beside the lear body and give vent to his grief; but the Inly of the moment demanded that lie press m in the charge. So, quickly snatching one lot kiss from the dead lips, lie ivent 011 leadup; his command in the assault. Ho Aaron was summoned away from jriof to duty, and could not pause for any liourning on tlio death of liis two sons. Usually the pressure is not so intense, and ive can pause longer to weep and do honor to :he memory of our dead: yet the principle s tho same. God does not want us 11 waste >ur life in tears. "VVe are to put our grief into new energy of service, and it should make us more earnest, more useful. God's work must not be allowed to suffer while we still go on. The worlc 7n fVie' ifflnJfVfi the store, in the Hold, must be taken npagain ?the sooner the better. 'I his is a lesson we need to learn well, that, when a shock of sorrow conies, we may not he paralyzed by it, but may rise again at once ami press on in the path of duty and appointed service.? Westminster Teacher. Family Religion. Ten years ago, says a student, when an unconverted man, I boarded in tho family of a pious woman whose husband was not a Christian. Thero was a daughter <>f nineteen, another of fourteen, and a soil of ten. Every morning, atter breakfast, 1 heard that humble woman gather her family in the kitchen, and read with them a chapter, "verse about." in the Bible. Then, as I could not help listening, there was a peculiarity of ser vice which quite mystified me. At last I asked one day if I might remain. Hlio hesi tated, her daughter blushed, but sail 1 cou'd do so if I really desired So 1 sat down with tho rest. Thej gave me a Testament, and wo each rend i verso in turn. Then, kneeling on the floor that mother bog an her prayer audibly foi her dear ones there, her husband, and her self; and then pausing n moment as if t( gather her energies or wing her faith, ut tered a tender, affectionate supplication foi nio. Sho closed, and her daughter begun t< pray. Poor girl, she was afraid of mo; was from college; 1 was lior teacher; but sh remulously asked for a blessing ns usual Then cnnio the other daughter, and at las .lie son?the youngest of that circle, wh >nly repeated the Lord's Prayer, wit! >no petition of his own. His amen was said out no one arose. 1 knew they were waitini ior mo. And I?noor. nrnverless I?had n word to say. It almost broko my heart, harried from the room, d-solato and n\iilt> A few weeks only passed when I r.sk? d thci permission to come in once more; and then prayed too, and thanked my ever-patier Saviour for tho new hope in my In art, an the new song on my lip.? Christian tin an ian. "Food My I<am!?s." There had been continued service in a ce tain church a number of days, and the relii ions interest throughout the community w, intense. It was the most powerful i eviv.il have ever witnessed. Among those who lis constantly been attending the services was liltle lHiy. the grandson of Judge ltlank, distinguished man in the community, uv the grandson of ouo of the founders of tl Christian church in Kentucky. Our pastor announced < no day, that, c thai evening llu-ro would be a meeting of tl session for tho reception of members. Tli little l>oy was only 11 years old, but li heart had lieen bandied by the spirit of Ooi He asked the permission of his grnndmothe under whose charge lie w a-, to present hit If 1. 1L.. .1.1 tml.lu.1 ?. H I I 1/ ? HIU I'KllilIt. nnu U.-H/ihoiuti en embarrassed, and said: "My dear child, you are too young f. such a very serious step. You must ws? until you aro older." This was nioro than tho child could c dure. IIi? 1 urst into tears, and hid his hoi in her lap. It was some time before ho 1 paiiied coin|K)sure. Ho then said: "ttrandma, it you had a (lock of sheep ni la i id is, and it was win'er time, would y< nut all the big sheen in staliles and leavo t iittlo lainlis outside in the snow a::d t cold?" The Iittlo hoy's faith and earnestness t uinphed His grandmother assented. ] was examined as to his faith in Christ, ni received into tho church. It is many years since this lit the l>oy v converted, fte was afterwards a stud' lit college under my tuition. He was a brij and iutelligent'stndent. He l?ccnnio ap'j I'lilll. ill I' I III" III lid ( ' I I | III 11| l|7 IIIM II III |(>ll tho citato of Kentu ky. He is still an en est and dovdtcd iollowrr of Christ. Km piety is apt to become eminent piety.?Am ican ilesscnijcr. Kind words produce their own image men's souls, and a beautiful image it is. T1 soothe and cuiiet and comfort tho hear They shame him out of his sober, more unkind feelings. IVe have not yet liegun -us > kind words iu such abundanco as tl owght to bo used?Pascal, Eulern and Middle States. Thk English brewery buying syndicate has paid $<T,:#X),ooo for Frank Jones's brewery at Portsmouth, N. H. ?, Okokuk A. Wklu, a well-to-do farmer of h Exeter, R. I., was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his dwelling. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York city by a parade, exercises at Jones's Wood and several dinners in the evening, chief among them being that of the St. Patrick s Society at the Hoffman House. At Mahauoy City (Penn.) colliery throe miners, David Evans and his sons,David and , Edward, were engaged in robbing pillars when suddenly the roof fell, cabdiing all three men. The father and son Edward were crushed to death, while David received severe injuries. Thf. Deputy Postmaster of New Brunswick, N. J., has absconded with $5000. North & Co., pork packers, of Boston, 1 have assigned, with liahlHM?? -*-J -- ..VJ VJVIUIOIVICU ttb $750,000. ' The body of John Kynard, aged flftyeigbt years, n fanner, who live<l near Carlisle, I'enn., was found hanging to the ' rafters of his barn, he having committed suicide. Pierce mountain fires were raging in the - ~^*A HOOSK altiiateii'nnJUsylvania. named Trueke.irt, agwt *nouMa'?n iin spectively, perished in tho flames. The big car and paint shops of the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Ashley, Penn., were totally destroyed by fire. About two hundred men were employed in the shops. Loss, over $100,000. Juliana Mutter, wife of Ferdinand Mutter, a well-to-do fariuor.living near Newark, N. J., was murdered by Joseph Salt/man, a Swiss farm hand, with a carpenter's hammer. Simo.V Jennings, of Deep River, Conn., proprietor of the Jennings Bit and Auger Works and worth $50 >,000,has been removed to a private insano asylum. He is a member of the Connecticut legislature. THE Rennhlie?ir?o .? , . nuuue isiaim asn n"i i" fc5^at0 Convention at Providenco w . ,a ^ nomination to Governor laft. Hedeclined to accent it, whereupon Herbert W. I.add, of ft-ovidenco. was ticket!" 7 86,001641 to hoad tho During the recent storm the ravages of the wind and waves were very severe along tic City' rs6y coasti particularly at Atlan* ii Mf.,. .. . The Loiler of tho Whitnoy & Tuttle sawmill exploded at Pound, Wis., wrecking the structure and killing Otis Clement and August Bedel. Pour others were seriously injured. McOhkw's flouring mill and the adjoining elevator, at Lexington, Ma, were destroyed l>y fire. Loss $7.r?,00<). Tiie annual report of the Chicago, Bur- * lington and ljuiney for 18SS shows a deficiency of 34,331,425. Half tho business portion of Colfax, 111., was destroyed by liro. The losses amount to *30,00 J. A colored man of Winston, N. C., was seen to take one of his children off into tho wood and ro'urn without it. Ho then took another child and hold it in the fire, literally cooking it nlivo. Search was made for tho first child. It was discovered some distance in the wood with its neck brokon. Ex-President Cleveland and his party were received with fireworks and oras> bands at Jacksonville, Flo. WilsonV call "tor Hie SsSfffA'Snhg^Ji WWJu ttrfil' ?f in extraordinary session. Oeoroe R. Carlton, bookkeeper for Smith Brothers it Co., of Seattle, Washington, has disappeared, leaving a shortage of . $30,000. Gcs. Werner, a tailor, shot and fatally wounded Joe Spendlove, a pawnbroker, at Topeka, Kan., and then took his own lifo. A quarrel over tho rent was the cause. Washington. Postmaster-General Wanamaker lias appointed J. Lowrie Bsll to bo Superintendent of tho Railway Mail Service vlco W. L. Bancroft, resigned. Ex-Postmaster General Ttner has boon appointed Assistant Attorney-Genoral for the Postoflice Department. [ Secuetahy Wisdom has appointed T. E Byrnes, of Gt. Paul, Minn., to be Chief of 1 tho appointment division of tho Treasury Department, vice P. E. Smith,resigned. Cai'Taix Edmund R. Morse, of Rutland, i Vt., has l>een appointed Private Secretary , to Secretary of War Proctor. r Mr. Skwali., recently Consul General at Samoa, who was removed by the last Atl1 ministration, will accompany the Samoan Commissioners to Berlin in the capacity of r disbursing o'.liccr. i Vice-President Morton announced tho appointment of the following select Come mittco on tho April Constitutional Celebra tion in Now York: Senators Hiscock, Sher1 man, Hoar, Voorhoes and Eustis. J' Mi:. T. E. Byiines, of St Paul, Minn., has accepted tho position of chief of the Appointor incut Division of tho Treasury. AIi? Thomas tho nowlv-annointod Minis X ter to Sweden and Norway, reported at tho r. State Department a few days ago and took i- the oath of otlleo. I The committee appointed to examine and \t, report cn tho new United States gunboat id Vorktown accepted her. Tho cominitteo ex1 pressed the opinion to Secretary Tracy that' she was ono of tho best war vessels of her | class owned by any. Government. Postmastkr-Grn'erat. Wanamakek has issued an order directing alt clerks in the r" ofiico until otherwiso directed, to begin work K" at 8:d0 o'clock a. n., instead of 0 o'clock, as "J heretofore, and to remain at their desks unt l ? ti o'clock k m., instead of 4 o'clock, id n _ n Foreign. ul Tub natives have risen on the Kwang Si io trontior of Tonquin and killed 10D Frenchmen. >n The strike in the shipbuilding.trade at Bolio fast, Ireland, is spreading. About 1000 men lis are notv idle. ,s The great FYench copper syndicate has 1. foilivl ' England has despatched n small squadron . to Morocco, on account of the unsatisfactory attitude of the Sultan toward the British Government. Thk Prussian Government has granted n subsidy of 000,000 to aid in the construetion of a canal connecting tlio Elbe and j Travo Rivers. v A cotton mill at Unterhauson, Germany, v/as <lestroycd by Are. The loss is $1,000,000. id Sir. Thomas Gladstone, Hart., is dead. Liu lie was tho only surviving brother of the ho Bight Hon. W. 10. Gladstone, and was born ho July 26, lstR. Mr. Matthews, tho Home Secretary, has i'i- ! announced that Mr. Parnell's counsel would Ho 1x4 nllowol tho same freedom of access to nd convicts in Irish prisons as was allowed tue conns.'! for the lx>ndon Times in working up 'ns its caso for presentation before tho Parnell nt Commission. ',.t Piumk Mini stick Von Tis/.a was hooted at slf and pelted with stones as he was leaving the Hungarian Ciinini?er of Deputies. [.J'v Thk daily average of death* from yellow (l)v fever at 11 io Janeiro, Brazil, is about fifteen. Two fishing boats were swamped in a gale oflf Storno\rny, England, an"! the twaive occupant* were drowned, in Fourtkkn of the largest paper-makers in icy England have formed a syndicate for the or. purpose of raising price*. "The capital of the iw*, syndicate is ^lU.tKXl.OiX*. ' y WiM.iam J. CALHOUN, who was sentenced * to be hanged at Dover, Del., has been respited by Governor Biggs until April, 1914, ' d