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' -J ^HwiiH giUKHUBv ' IS- V ' 'Wn ' flfuotrb to ^grinrfturf, gortiniltiiCy^^^K^^^HBm^^B ;'"^p*>k.'.:,. XX.?NEW SERIES. UNION 0. N A" - ^^ff "- ' ftaqffflMHMI 1 - "_i i ' i i i iv ^^tlfc1 BiffTT"! '^w-^ yui-^ii^^^BMKiii iiiiatiaaj^ - V*K*** K 1 wrt ov oaief. ?X BMUE CHANDLRQ. , The tears Streamed from her lovoly, eoftbl'ie I eves. Flashed wore hor cbooka and bowod her slotidor fraino Aa a great gust of bitter anguish carno And held ber In ita grasp ; it Blowly dies. Hut only ?s tbo winds do, soon to rise ? With groator fnry, fanning all tho llumo Of her wild Borrow, 'til aho could not tamo The flro that raged within ber. I, grown wise And old and weary, hourd her sobbing sore. And watched hor with compassion, where shs aat, Tbon came a sadden cry as this truth Flashed through my heart that pitiod her nc 1 more? Only the very yoang con grlovo like th'it? \ And I would taku hor sorrow with her youth I | PflflD IITTI T CMll V i I UUIa LI I ILL LIVIILI i j The History of a Prudent [ Marriage. \ ?, BX Kiaa MVXiOOK. . 2 jwl .rill III j CHATTER YIL * "What Johu Rtenhouso said to his wife ? when he got Mrs. Kuowle's letter?n very * brief, simple letter dictated by Lady How- 1 erl>auk at her bedside, and merely stating F' that sho wished to see her old friend again, as sho did not think she w s loug for this world?what ho said, or what he felt, this b history cannot telL Ho was not a man b likely to have confided milch of his own * 5>rovious history to h s wife, nor, when o ilrs. Knowlo afterward saw tho lady, did that acute matron think her a porson likoly k to have evinced macli interest concerning a hor hnsband's early fortunes or lost love? a nice, pretty-faced, gentle creature, Ian- rguid, and a little uuinterosting, besides p being a little lazy, os Indian ladies are apt b to bo. Doubtless tho marrirgo Lad growu, o as so many mnrringos do grow, out of mere d circumstances, and after it tho husband n bad gono back very much to bis own old a life the lifo of action, or business, or, ut ti boBt, of generally kindly bouevolouco?a n lifo in vh ch Lib ?jto Lokl'ttlo part, or, d indeed, was capable of taking it. ol AVhen John Stcnhousc visited Livorpool tr ?for, aftor showing tho letter to Mrs. ci Btenhouao, in whom it did not excito tho fa least curiosity, ho started north at once, a) ovcry ono of his old acquaintances. eB- w pecially tho Kuowlos, noticed a visible ni change in him?a certain hardnoss, roti- hi oenco and Bolf-containedncHa, deeper than li! ovon tho roaervo of his bachelor days? aa ra if tho man had withdrawn into himself, el went his own ways, nnJ carried out his own iu lifo with a grave and Bad independence, fa lie apoko of his homo and of his wife with w a careful tenderness, but his oyo d-d not tl moisten nor his faco kindle when naming hc eithor, and thero waa nothing of that total 01 chango from frosty coldness to sunshiny hi warmth which is ofton seen in the looks and manner of a man who marries over so w lato In lifo, if ho marries with all his ? heart in tho union. In this man's honrt, good and true as it was, and would always remain faithful (ill death, for honor's and ^ conscience's sako, to tho woman ho had taken to himself, still, as any one who ^ knew tho difference could plainly see, and as Edward and Emma Knowlo saw at a glance, the ssssikge iorchr ever ? . tv- .' ?? burning, yet ever unoonsupsed, had novor really been lighted?nover would bo. lint Btonbouso had always been a silent jj anil undemonstrative man; and bis experi- ^ onco abroad bad mado bim moro so, and ^ more sedulous than oven in his youth over tho keeping up of all outward ob- ^ sorvaucos. Even when ho sat listening to Mrs. Knowlo's account of Lady lloworbunk's failing hoalth and the hopelessness ^ of her recovery, and again to that other ^ story, which it had been arrauged sbo j5| should toll him, and not Emily, of tho cir- B | CliniKtancoa nf linr moi-nann in Kl? and the loltor found in Mr. Keudul's desk 11 afterward, bo oxbibitod outwardly nothing uioro tbuii a sad gravity; in fact, bo Lardly [? B|>oko six consecutive words. x "So liko a maul" said Mrs. Kuowlo, balf bitterly, wbon sbo was retailing tbo con- J? vernation to ber husband. 'y "I think it was like a man," said bonest W1 Edward Knowlo; nud bis wife, woman as ul abo was, quick, impulsive, and bard to boliovo in what sbo did not clearly see. rocognized dimly what bor husband meant. Sho 01 respected, and in years to come learned daily to rospoct more, tbo manly endurance A wbicli, bcboldiug tbe absolute and iuov- J4 (table, accepts, it, and, wbatovor tbe man sutlers, makes no sigu, 80 "Tbauk you," Mr. Htenhonso bad said, holding out bis band to Mrs. Knowlo, m "thank you for nil your kindness; to me ox myself?and?to bor! Is sbo ablo to 6eo ^ mo? If so, bad wo not bottor go nt J? onco?" to Mrs. Knowlo orderod the ctirrlngo, and xC they drovo across tbo country?-tho miles to upon miles of Hat country which mark tbo to Liverpool shoro?a long levol of roads, Holds, and hedgos?sometimes green, per- n( baps, and not ugly, but tamo and uuinter- ev esting ns a IovoIobs lifo?ns tbe life which bnd been meted out to these two human creatures, who, left to their own holy in- nt Stincts, would have met and mingled to- bi goiuor, ana nowou on Harmoniously as ono perfect existence now. fo Mr. Steuhouso and Mrs. Kuowlo con- Ik versed versed very little during their drive, Ik and then not concerning anything of tho le past. Only once, with nnnecessary cau- M tion, Mrs. Knowlo screwed up hor courugo to its utmost pitch, and said: uc "Perhaps it would ho hotter if you did not til ppeak to Emily ahout her father." John w Btenhousc's faco turnod purple-red, and th his eyes ilamod. o\ "No, I will romoinbor that ho is dead? ? dead." And within a minute or two ho said ?the bitterest thing ho was ovor known to Bn ^ * Bay?"Mrs. Knowlo, my father died a wj A month hoforo I was horn, and my mother V sevon yoars aftorward. l'erhaps it's truo what a cynical friend of mine usod to do- a clare, 4 that when ho chose a wife, ho 01 would take care sho was a miserable or- K phuu.'" M But they wi ro reaching tho door, whore qi scarcely any visitors now entored oxeopt to good Mrs. Knowlo. Soon thoy passed ri through tho splendid empty house, where gi tho mistress had been missing so long that bi her absonco was scarcely noticed. The y< lurge drawing-room was just as bright, y< oven (hough tho sofa in tho coiner where p Emily used to lio was vacated, and had w boon for somo days. Sho now occupied a small room much quieter and farther re- M moved, which had been hastily littcd up io for her comfort. In a few days more she In would vanish from that into her own clium- I. |,av nml liA.1 nnvnr in tin nnrrliwl llmiinn rl till carried away in that narrow coacli of as eternal roRt whore wo all Rhall bo laid bou)c ti day. And that day was not very far oil m now to tho weary soul and worn-out body of Kinily Jlowerbank. Ah sho Raid many a bi | time, life had been too hard for her; she bi was glad to go to sleep. When tho strong, lioarly, healthy man, p, still young in years, and with all his life Kj beforo him, passed out of tho bright, cln or- jr fill drAwing-room; full of all sights and j, sounds, rich furnituie, tho scent of exotics, fj and tho shrill noto of cage-bird singing? g, to that tpnull inner chamber whoie the ti light was subdued, and there was a faint, oppressive porfumo to mako up for tho lack of fresh air: whilo a sedate old woman, the fc nurse of Emily's ohildteh days, sat pcving at the window, but turning every moment at the slightest cough or movement of the motionless figure on the sofa, John Btenhouse drew back involuntarily. He had not realized till now all that he had lost? all that he was losing. Though he had been told it over and over again, he never really rooognizod that the woman he once loved so passionately?the pretty, bright girl, with her rosy cheeks, lier laughing eyes, and her heart full of the fondest, most innocent love, was dying, He was marriod' now?another woman owned his duty, and possessed a great deal of the tenderness that no honorable man oan fail to give to a creature so utterly deEindent on him as his wife is?but Emily endal had been his first love. All the momories of it, and of her, rnsbed upon trim with an agony irrepressible. Ho {rasped Mrs. Knowlo by tho arm as she vas going inio the sick-room. "Wait a minute?stay!?say I'll come ircsontly." And ho rushed awav. rlnht down th? I iluiroose, and through iho first opon door ?for it waH hich summer, and tho air was ull of snnshiiibandrosoB? into tho carden. It was half an hour boforo ho returned, rieiwls over whom hung tho sacred shadow f the eternal parting ?at least the porting rhich we call eternal in this world?though t often makes closer and nearer, for the est of life, those who otherwise would avo been forever divided. Perhaps Emily felt this; for as she raised orself a little from her sofa, and held out er hand to Mr. Stenhouse, there was not troco of agitation or confusion in her tanner. "I am very glad to seo you. It was so ind of you to come. Did you leave your dfo quite well? and all tho children?" Commonplace, simplo words they wore -tho simplest, most natural, that could ossibly bo ohoson?uud yot thoy wore tho est and safest. They took oil tho edge f that sharp agony which was thrilling trough every fiber of tho strong man's eart. They brought him back to tho comtonplaco daily world, to his daily duties, ud his ordinary ways. The wholesome, iving present came betwoeu him and tho olirious past. And though it was Emily's Id smilo, her very tone of voice, and a ick of manner she had?how well ho roillod it, of half extending her hand, drawig it back, and then putting it forward ?aiu, with tho uncertainty that was the oak point in her character?still ho had 0 dosiro to snatch her to his arms, aiul aid her there, in her old, familiar place, ko any mortal woman. 11 o felt iucliuod ither "to Btand apart and gnzo at her, as 10 luy, consecrated Irom earthly emotion, 1 her almost superhuman peace, or clso to ill on his knees and worship her, as Dante i-:~~ ?-v? i ? i KJX ouipwu uin uuttlliuu WUCU 11U 111UW liUf 1U ie fields of Paradise. And lio found him>lf powerloss to say any other words than ie or two, as brief and inexpressive as ;r own. "My wife and the childron aro well. It as very good of you to send fo>- mo, after had boon so rude, bo ungrateful almost, i your husband." Emily bent her head, acquiescing; and ion, as if with a great effort: "I bud something to say to you? somciing I thought you would listen to, from 10, now. I entreat you to accept this urtUuiBuipt it will bo a good thing for iu. and an equally gftod thing for Btr )hn aud Mr. Knowle. iou would like Sir >hn very much if you know liiui very well, o kuow nothing about you aud mo till toly. And ho has been such a good, good lsband to mo." "Thank God for that! If?if ho had son nnything elso than good to you " And then, shocked l>y tho sound of his vn harsh voieo jarring on tho stillness of o room, and still more bo by perceiving o sudden tremor that came over Lady owerbank, ho stopped, recognizing the nctity of sickness?of near advancing iath. "Yes," ho added, almost iu n whisper, "I el very grateful to Sir John Bowerbank; am not ashamed of his knowing?iniod, I have boen asking Mrs. Knowle to 11 iiim?how very poor wo aro, and nro iely to remain; and thut if ho really still islios mo to accept his olfer, 1 will do my moRt to prove deserving of it." "Will you? oh, will you?" clasping her inds in her old, pretty childish way at iytbing sho was very ghul of. John Stcnhouso turned away. (>li r ...:n j~ v O.K jr> AlV/l, UIU L Will UU It LKJU'lUhU >u wiali it?for your snko." "No, do it for your own," Raid Emily, ilomnly, with all tlio old childish manner mo. "Do it, that you mav tako a wise an's advantage of this chanco of getting 1 in the world, and living fully tlio life at is boforo you. Tbiuk, a lifo of twenty, lirty years, with work to do, and money uso, and influence to mako tho most of, irtho good of yourself and all that belong you. That is what I want. I want you lead your own nohlo, active, useful lifo just as I onco planned it?though it was )t to bo beside mo, and though 1 shall not en soo it; for I am going away, .John? >u know that?" Ho could not dony it; ho did not oven tempt to do so; he just moved his lips, it they would not form a sound. "Yes, going away?in a few days, or a w weeks more, to whoro I know I shall > quite happy? happier than I evor could s hore. 1 only wisliod before I went to t you know the truth. She," glancing to rs. Knowlo, "she has told you all?" "Yoh," ho muttorod, but attempted not, >r did Emily offer, any further oxplanu>u. Ono a husband, the other a wife, ith tho shadow of the dead faf her between em?it was impossible. The past was rer and dono. lJut the present wa3 peaco all poaco. "And now good-by, and God bloss you!" id Emily, faintly. "Give my love to your ifo. Doos she know anything about mo?" "No; I uover told her." "Ah! woll, let that bo us you chooso. na ono thing?i know i nave forgotten 10 thing that I had to say to you?Mrs. nowle, what is it? Oh, my head. Please, ts. Knowlo, will you help mo?" with tho aerulous tono and vandoriug oyo which Id at once how fast her sand of lifo was inuing. "Yes, I remember now; it was to ivo you this!" taking a valuablo diamond roocli from under her pillow, "and to ask >u if you ever have a little daughter of )ur own, to givo it to her from mo. And orhniin. if vonr wife did not ohiect. von ouldn't mind ending her KmilyV" Nobody answered or stirred, not ovon Irs. Knowle, who stood at tho window i nnrso's vacant place, and .John Kteuouse, who sat opposite tlio sofa wlioio ady lloworbunk lay- Bat, with his handaspod tightly ou hifl kueo, looking at her, i if ho wished to curry away tho last piciro of her, \ivid aa lifo and youth, porlanent as lovo and deatli. At length ho moved, and, taking tho rooili from her hand, kissed both, and so ado her farewell. "If you couio soon to settle in Liverpool, crimps I may seo you onco nioie,' said ic gently, and with a soit of compassion i her voice, for slio saw that ho was al??itoly dumb with sorrow. Hut both know mt this was only a tiction to lndo tho last ood-by; and whon tho door closed l>evacn them, both felt that they would ever see ono another again. They never did, though Lady lioworbiuik ved for several weeks longer, and even U '' I HF- Tf to BuUlo In Wvo?.kh>L She hoard all about them from Mrs. Knowle, who. in har ct?a- j tomary aotive tray, was exceedingly helpful to the rather helpless Indian lady; ana she seemed to take a faint, flickering interest ?the last interest of her fading life?in the bonse they fixed on, the manner the* furnished it, and their general household ways. Nay, she sent many little gifts to them?harmloss, domestio gifts, such as not even the proudest man could reject, and which, without making any external show of giving, greatly added to the comfort of Mr. Stenhouse's homo. But she never asked to see him again. She seemed to feel that the laBt meeting had been a peaceful closing of everything that bound her to life, and everything that made death peinful; apparently Bhe did not wish to revive either, but lay perfectly at reet, waiting pationtly for the supreme call. It oame at last, quite suddenly; as often hnppons in consumption, when both the watchers and the patient are lolled into a hope that is still far diHtant. She had no one with her, and no time to say faffewell to anybody; only the nurse, running to her nnd bending over hor, fancied there oame through the oboking of the expiring breath ^oEnJUS tolcf SmTand mX. Knowle, and everybody, that Lady Bowerbank's last words had been hor husband's name. Nobody oontradietod the faeL It may be thonght a proof of the hardness of John Stenhouso'b heart to Btato that except the one day of Lady Bowerbank's funeral, when, out of respect to her memory, tho office of Boworbauk ?fc Co. was closed, and tho dorks had liberty to enjoy themsolves as they pleased?and she tPnilM liiWA hnnn orlorl r\f if /Inov Vin^lw heart!?exoept on tliitf occasion the junior partnor of the firm was never an hour ab<ent from his desk. He came early?he went late?ho filled the place of both his senior partners?Mr. Knowlo, who was laid op with an attack of rheumatism, and Sir John, from whom, of courso, little could bo expocted just now. In every way be did his duty liko a man; and not one of those excellent men on 'Change, with whom he daily transacted business, giving promise that tho new blood which had coino into the firm would make the house of Boworbank & Co. higher than evor among Liverpool merchants?not one of them over suspected that within the week a light had gouo out of this young man's l;fo which nothing in the world could ever relumo. Nevertheless, John Stenhouso's life has neither been useless nor sad. Moderately prosperous, and widely honorod by all who know him, externally he may be considered a happy and successful man. And his homo, if a little dull somolimes, is always quiet and comfortable. In course of time it was brightened by a little daughter ?his vory own little daughter?anu he called her Emily. In complimont?and very right, too, everybody said?to the head of the firm una his deceased wife, poor Lady lJoworbnuk., Emily's instinct?true woman's instinct ?was correct. Sir John and Mr. StenhouBO becanio fast friends. Such strange likings often occur under circumstances which, in meanor natures, produce only jealousy and aversion. But these three? ;ho two men left living and tho sweet woman happily dead?were all good poonltv itniin nf wltnm ltn/1 wronged the other, but hqd all been sinned against by tho ono Hellish, hard heart that was now n mere handful of dust. Still, by the merciful ordinance of 1'rovidonce, evil itself is limited in its powor against good, espociaily when after it comes the ?oleiun, healing hand of inovitablo fate, which tho foolish and bnd resist, but by which tho wiso and good are calmed and ioothed. When Emily was dead, the two honest men who had loved and mourned her?ono w ith tho wild, angry passion of loss, tho other with a half-remorsefnl tenderness? wore unconsciously drawn to ono another in a way neither could have expluined or desired to explain, but both feit it was so. They sought ono another's company shyly and doubtfully at first; afterward with a j-eurning curiosity; iiually, out of warm regard. Tho groat difference of ago between them, which might havo been (hat of father and son, audi tho fact that tho ono had never had a father nor tho other a son, also combined to provont all fooling of rivalry, and to form a bond of mntual attraction and mutual usefulness. And she who wus gone, though her name was never once named between them till Mr. Stonhouso asked Sir John's permission to eive it to Lis baby daughter, constituted n tio stronger than anything oxtomah Mr. Knowle was a little surprised, and so was Mrs. Knowlo, to see tho great cordiality and oven intimacy which, in tho courso of a year, sprang up between tho senior and junior partners. But tho Knowlos wcro both such kindly people that, though thoy did not understand it? indeed, would havo expected things to bo altogether different- they were exceedingly glad it was so; exceedingly touder, too, in a half-sad sort of way, over tho baby Emily, whom good Mrs. Knowlo took to with a warmth-surpassing evon hor universal and urdont affection for all babios. And so tho three households of tho firm of John Bowerbauk & Co. still subsist? two rich and childless, ono muoh poorer, but not without many blessings. Thero is, at all oveuts, wherewithal to put food into tho littlo mouths, and clothes on the littlo bodies, und instruction into (ho littlo minds; and John Stonhous^ is a good father, who, in a literal souse, "makes no step-bairns," but isoquully juBt and tender with his own and his wifo's (laughters. As a parent of young children he has boon also faultless; whnt ho may bo when tho littlo maidens grow up and take to marrying. Heaven knows! But tho sharp exKrience of his own lifo may bo all tho t'er for theirs. l'eoplo do say that ono of thorn is not likely to bo poor all her lifo, but will bo chosen by Sir John Bowerbnnk as his heiress, at least so far ns regards tho lato Lady Bowerbnnk's fortune; his own, Sir John openly deulures, he means to divido among charitable institutions, l'oor littlo Emily, now running about under the shady alleys of Birkenhead l'ark in her cotlou frock, and with occasional holes in her shoes, sho knows not whnt may bo hor dostiny! Kor does her father- good man? who watches hor and guards hor, and is both father and mother to her, for Mrs. Stonhouse, though sweot as over, has sunk into confirmed laziness and elegant invalidism. Her girls aro good children, but tho applo of tho father's eyo is his own little daughter; and no doubt, even now, ho thinks with a certain vaguo dread of tho young mnn who may be coming some day to Bnat;h her from hint. Still, nmler all circumstances, even tho alarming catastrophe of Emily's marriage. I think John Stenhouso will prove himself a just, an imseltish, and a loving father. Ami if?human nature boing weak at best ? ho is ever tempted to bo otherwise, he will think, as he doca think, in many a wakeful midnight, w ith hie wife fast asleep Inside him. of that quiet grave, within sound of tho waves on Waterloo shore, whore lies buried the love of his youth the ouo woman who would have mado him really happy and been happy herself who, instead of dying thus, might have lived to be the light of his homo and tho mother of his children poor Emily Kendal. ITUE ENI>. j IX LlJfeeON FOR j Leeeon Text; "Th^JV^cctod Son,** Hark xJL, 1-12?V>Iden Text: John L, 1 i?OcnWjentary. 1. "And He began to speak unto them by parables." This is ono of thfWiany parables and discourses which He spolA in the temple and tin the Mount of Olives oA Wednesday, the fourth day in Passion weefcjy Our leeeon to-day is one of the last message* of Christ to Israel ere they crucify Him, in wuch Ho tells them of God's great care of then* and their awful treatment of His servant* tad finally of His own Son. "A certain man planted a vineyard," so my Mark and Luke, while Matthew calls him "a certain h9usehoUer" (Mat. xxi., 83). From Ps. txxx., &-10; Iko. v., 1-7; wo learn that the vfaeyard of mo Lord of Hosts Is tho house of Israel, and the men of Judah His plana.* Aa to the hedge and winefat and i w*v mtwH.rng na great care or uts vino* the parable are vfrfcnUy the shepherds, the rulers, who ought to have cared for the vine* yard and rendered the owner the fruit thereof. God separated Israel from other nations, delivered them from Egypt, brought them near to Himself and modo them His peculiar treasure, giving them prophets and priests and dwelling Himself in their midst, that they might glorify Him and moke Him known to other nations as tho only living and trno God. 2. "Ho sent a servant that Ho might receive tho fruit." Surely this was reasonable, after Ho had bestowed such loving coro upon them. Tho servants were tho prophots, as it is written: "I sent unto you all My servants, tho prophets" (Jer. xiiv., 4); and tho fruit Ho expoctoa was righteousness and obedience ana some gratitude for mercies bestowed. 8. "They caught and beat hixa and sent him away empty." Micainh was smitten, imprisoned ana rod on broad and water (II Cnron. xviii., 23, 26); Jeremiah was smitten and put in the stocks (Jer. xx., 2), and was told that ho spoke falsely and that God had not sent him (Jer. xliii., In. 4. "Again He sent unto then another servant." Wo would think that the ill-treatment of one servant would load tho owner of vineyard to punisUJho husbandmen and remove them from Cnfe care of tho vineyard, but tho name of the owner is "tho Lord, tho Lord God. merciful and gracious, long suffering, ana abundant in goodness and truth" (Ex. xxxiv, 5, 0), and it is written of Htm that though they believed not, hearkened not, understood not remembered not, nevertkelces Ho saved them for His namo's sake, and many times did Ho deliver tliom, forgiving them but taking vengeance upon their inventions. (Ps cvi., 7, 8, 24, 25-43; xcix., 8.) a * ot another He sends in His lovo and long suffering, only to be treated worse than tho former ones; "they woro stoned, they wore sawn asunder, were tempted, wore slain with tho sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins- being destitute, afflicted, tormented;.of whom the world was not worthv: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in liens and caves of tho earth." 0. "Having yet, therefore, one Bon, His well beloved, llo sent Him also last unto theni-saying tlioy will reverence My Son." Now Ho speaks of Himself as tho onlv begotten of tho Father, tho prophet like unto j Moses, the antitype of all priests and prophets r.lin true spro?'rt of Jeitovull (Isa. xlii.. 1). 7j 6. "Tlisis tlio heir, come let us kill Him." Instead of reverence and respect for tlio only Sou of their gracious and loving Lord, tnis is their language. As when Jo- I soph's brothron saw Liu; coming they said: | "iiehold, this dreamer conioth, como now therefore and lot us slay him" (Gen. xxxvii., 10, 30), so these Jewish brethren of Christ conspire against Him and dctcrmino to kill llim. Ho is tho true Joseph, separate from His brethren, tho shepherd, tho stone of Israel (Gen. xlix., 23-20); but as Joseph's brethren afterward bowed down to him and accepted him as their deliverer and the nourishes of them and their children, so Israel shall yet bow down to tills same Jesus and accept Him as their deliverer, their own Messiah. 9. "Ho will come and destroy tho husbandmen, and will give tho vineyard unto others." This is their answer to His question: "What shall therefore tlio lord of the vineyard do?" (Matt, xxi., 41.) Josns also adds: "Therefore 1 say unto you, tho Kingdom of God shall bo taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." (Matt, xxi., 43.) In order to understand this wo must distill- J guish between the covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which still holds good and shall lx\ fulfilled Israel notwitbaiuling their disobedience (Mie. vii., 30; Jer. xxxi., 3f>- i 37), and the sqiccial covenant with Israel at Horob, to make them a kingdom of priests, an holy nation, a peculiar treasure, if they , would only lie obedient and keyp God's covenant (Ex. xix., 5, 0). This lost,covenant was , not mado with their fathers, but with them ( as a nation at Iloreb (Duct, v., 2, 3), and it is this which by tho rejection of their Messiah is now lost to them and given to tho called | out ones from Jews to Gentiles, tlio church, which Peter calls "a royal priesthood, an iioiyuuuon, a peculiar or purcuaaou, poopio" (I. Pot. ii., SI); aud who are olso called "kings and priests unto God" (Rev. i., 0: v., 10). From these called out ones, tho nody of Christ, tho brandies of tho truo vine, tho Lord of the vineyard now expects much fruit, aud He lias told us that tho way to bear fruit, is to abido in Him, continue in llis love, niul patiently submit to the purging or cloansin;; which He sees that we from time to time ueed. 1(1. "Havo ye not read! this Scripture?" No doubt they had read it, .but tlioy hail not ol>sorvod it, tlioy had notreceived it, they had read it blindly, just as .wo so often road the Scriptures, from a senre erf duty, without Stopping to_ tliiv'^-vhat'thov mean or what tlioy say to us iiiuividually. 11. "This was the Lords doings, mid it is marvelous in our eyes." God is quietly but surely working out His eternal purpose which Ho purposed in Christ Jogus (Eph. l./J-ll; iii., 11), and when it is all complete we. shall say coneerniug it all: "This is tho Lord's doing;" and not only shall it bo w< <ndorful in tlio eyes of the church mid in tho eyes of Isr.uJ, but also in tho eyes of tho whole world. 12. "They sought to lay hold on Him, but feared the pooplo." His libur had not Quito fully come to givo Himself up to tliciu, mul therefore they could not tmch Him. Noono an touch a child of God or harm a lmir of its head without His permission; and if wo ore found in the woy of dnijy we nood foar no evil, for wo shall surely stay in this mortal Ixxly till our work is done; ctlicn glorious rest with Christ in Paradise, mul at tno rcsurreo tion of tho Just a Ixxly just like Josus's Ixxly mid glory indescribable. "They left Jlim aud went tlieir way." That is what the rich young man did, nnd all before and silled who have not rcccivotl .fesus. He is the only way to rest aud true happiness; those wlio prefer their own way will never find either. What does your soul say? Self or Christ, your way or His way??Lesson Helper. William!). HowicLLs'hostof Morula in all )??rtu of tho country will bo grieved to learn of tho blow that has befallen him in tho deuth of his eldest daughter, Winifred, in the twenty-sixth yenr of her ago. Sho had been an invnlid for several years, but such Ihireavements are not much, if any, easier to bear when they come for having been foreseen and dreaded, Mr. Howells has two children left, a younger daughter, who is studying art, aud a son now at Harvard. Sonic of Drunkard* "W? come, we oome with sad array, And In prooession long, Tojein the army of ttie lost. Three hundred thousand strong. "Our banners beck'ning on to death, Abroad we hare unrolled; And Famine, Care, and wan Despair Are seen upon their fold "Ye heard what music choors us on? The mother's ory that rang 80 wildly, and the babe that wailed Above the trumpet's clang. "We've taken spoil; and blighted joys And ruined homes ore here; We've trampled on the throbbing heart And flouted sorrow's tear. "Wo oome, we come?wo've searched the land, The rich and poor are ours, Enlisted from the shrines of God, From hovels and from towers. "And who or what shall balk the bravo That swear to drink and die? What boots to such, man's muttered curso Or this, that spans the sky? iTGgjfigBBii, "> Onward for bell?from rank to rank Pass we the cop again. "We come?of the world's scourges, who Like us have overthrown? What woo had ever earth like woo To our stern prowess known I "We come, wo come to fill our graves, vu wuiuu miaii snine no star. To glut tho worm that never dies, Hurrah! Hurrah I Hurrah:" ?National Advocate Tho Poor Children. Have we uo pity for tho poor, miserable children? Is there no volco strong enough to plead "llko angels, trumpet-tongued, against tho deep damnation of their taking Dtf?"?of these children who. in the longuago of Southey, are not so much born into tha world as damned into the world, damned, predestined, as it wore, to live lives of disease and degradation, becauso of the drink in the midst of which they are brought up and of which thoy have the hereditary taint in their very veina?Canon Farrar. A Radical Remedy Required. The total abstinence movement has made many sober men, and it is not proposed to abate any effort along that line; but, nevertheless, tho fact must be recognized that tho total abstiuonoe movement does not cure the drink evil. Some other remedy must bo devised to supplement the work of the church and the temperance society. A ptiysician would not follow a mild method of treatment if the disease grew more pronounced and virulent all the while. He would try a remedy that was radical and heroic. The total abstinence movement is too mild for the drink evil; it needs radical and heroic treatment.?IHonecr. Civilization Will Not Always Mean ltnm. That the Indians are capable of civilisation has been abundantly proved by the Cherokecs. Thero are about 25,000 of them, of whom half are full blood. Thirty-five per cent, of the national income is spent upon schoois, and fifteen per cent, upon asylums. They have a written language, and claim that every citizen can read and write. liesides tho common schools tboy have four excellent academies, and each child is allowed a iwini Mini each year for its schooling. Think of a city among us with 25,000 inhabitants thus equipped for education! They lack one mark of civilization, however, tiiev have no eftlocns, and boast oi less drinking among them than among a like number in anyother community. By this sad lack some of our statesmen may be discouraged with respect to further attempts to civilize tho redmen.?Christian Standard. Tho Saloon a Deadly Cnrso. No one can doubt that wo need the church, the school and the factory, but in the light of our present civilization no one will set up a claim for the saloon on its own merits. One bos said tho saloon is the heaviost clog in the progress of our country. Every evil that curses our nation to-diur flows to a great extent from tho saloon. It is tho prolific source of most of our political corruption. It traffics in tears, groans, blood, vice, misery and death. It (frags in dishonored graves a hundred thousand human boing annually. Is it any wondor that Gladstone declares tho saloon to bo a greater ovil than war, pestilence and famine combined? Why, in ' the presence of such desolation as this, war is a white-winged angel of peace, pestilence a healing fountain and famine a table of plenty. The saloon has been compared with tho deadly Upas tree, which not only kills those who touch it, but sends out its terrible p oison Bven to those who endeavor to shun ic. If we consider tho snloon from a moral itandpoint it is u curse. It is the direct cause nf three-fourths of tho Sabbath breaking, profanity and gambling. It desolates a million homes, and transports men beyond the bounds of reason into the seas of dissipation and ruin. It makes 500 maniacs and :>00,000 criminals every year. It is tho saloon in which a million men have lost their solf-rospect, their health, their character, their all. Men with defiled clothing, wrecked hopes, starving children, empty purses, lostmanhood, tho product and support of the taloon. But yet this monster cries out for State anil National authority to ply its dreadful work, saying: "License nio to sow the seeds of shame. License me to make widows and orphans. License mo to write disgrace upon the fair forehead of helpless innocence. License mo to bofog the mind to paralyze the reason, damn the soul. License me to Incite the red-handed murderer to his terrible deeds of deadly violonce." But tho saloon gets all it asks for. It is a financial curse. Nino hundred and forty-five millions of dollars are spent over the till of the rum seller. More money than we spend as a nation for all civil service, army, navy and Congress.?Pioneer. Temperance News anil Notes. It is said that 50,010 people go to bed drunk in Glasgow every Saturday night. Bands of Mercy nro being formed in connection with tho Loyal Temperaneo Legions of Ohio. A Kentucky W. C. T. U. woman rocently said she had six unanswerable arguments in favor of prohibition?her six sons In ono court of London twonty-soven out of twenty-eight casos of attempted suicido within a short time wore traced directly to jritik and tho twenty-eighth was doubtful. l)r. Daniol Dorchester is responsible for the statement that a distillery firm within three miles of the Massachusetts State House lias a contract to furnish 5000 gallons of rum dailv to tho African trade for the next seven years. i'rofessor Kovnievsky. of the Chair of Mental Disease at the University of Kharko!T, Russia, has published a book in which he strongly denounces the giving of alcoholic beverages to children and onlar;es on tho propriety of not administering alcohol as a medicine without first ascertaining whether the patient has an alcohollo diathesis. The W. C. T. U. of Columbus, Miss., rocently sent an earnest request to every clergyman in the pluoo to preuch a sermon on "The Evils of tho Open Saloon." The plea was considered in the ministers' mooting, and the chairman mado answer by a note saying that the ministers, after prayerful consideration of tho request, deemed it "inexpedient to comply." Mrs. Mory A. Latlirop, of Michigan, who has been dublied by her admirers "the Daniel Webster of the feminine world." has a poor opinion of saloon kcopors. In a lecture at lhtttsbiirg she said: "Cannibalism is decent compared with the saloon business. I have more r'es|?ect for a savage who will kill a missionary, cook him and eat him, than for a man who will allow the liquor business bocnuso it will lessen his municipal taxes." Tho Saviour's Sympathy. Whilo the storm was fiercely blowing, While tho son was wlldlv flowing, Angry wind nnd angry billow Only rocked tho Saviour's billow,? J06U8 slept. But when sudden grief was rending Human hoarts in sorrow bending; When Ho saw tho sisters weeping Whoro the brother's form was sleeping, "Jesus w opt." IiOst in Sight of Homo. A few months ago, during ouo of tho sovero storms that visited Colorado, a young i.. ,.1-hA \ T.. 1.1 . I. . Uinu [WI lBUai 111 Bl^Ub Ul UU111U. 1U Ul^ UV wilderment ho itasscd and repassed his own cottage, to )io (lown and dio almost in ran go with tho "light in tjio window" which nil young wife nod placed there to guide him home. All nlone she watched tho long night through, listening in vain for tho foot-steps tlmt would come no more; for, long before tho moniing dawned, tho icy touch or death had forever stilled that worm, loving heart. Tho sad death was mo^st^wddor^by tiio foot thathe^vas lost from tho Pother's house aro lost in sight of homo, in tho full glare of tlie Gospel light 1 They havo tho opon Bible, overflowing with its calls and promises, the faithful warnings from the pulpit, the manifestations of Goa s providence, nil tending to direct their steps heavenward,and yet from all these they turn away, waiting for the more convenient BoaB->n, and aro last in sight of tho many mansions.?Fortoanl. Human JudgmcntB, Jesus never mentioned nny of earth's great men (so-called) with words of praise. There had been great conuuerors beforo bis time, liko Alexandor tho Great, but ho nover alluded to them. There had been philosophers, liko Plato and Arlstotlo and Socrates, but ho novor s]K>ko of them. Rich men hna received tho notioo of their fellow men, but he never mentioned them by name. None of thoso of whom human history speaks most largely came in for a word of commendation from him or his apostles in later yonrs. This should bid lis pauso, and muke^us stop to think whether our human judgments are not totally faulty. Huvo wo not put tho seal of prAflfllfKa U'horA If- <1/UM nnf l\nl/w%<v In what respoct is tho world hotter to<lay for tho exlsteneoof tho rich man like Cra>sus, of conqueror# lilco Alexander, of i hilosonhors liko Pinto, of author* like Cicrol What really valuable thing should wo lose had such men never cxistou? (lather all the conquerors of tho world together, and ray whether they have l?ocn as useful to tho world as one John Bunvan or one John Wesley. Put all your philosophical books togot her. and declare whether thoy havo accomplished ns much for humanity ns the epistle of Paul to tho Gnlatians. Mutch Bisnunck and Luther, and judge whether ik>H1 ician or preacher has the boat of it in tho long run. On the other hand, if you blot out Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David the singer, Elijah, Isaiah, John tho Baptist, Psul, from human, history, you usher in blackness of darkness*.?A. P. ScliauJJler. Practical Id lb. Daily and hourly wo ineofc questions that demand an iiUiut-uinco answer?questions that relato to food and ra!in"iit, to the hand- 1 to-hand eonlliet with earthly necessities. Porploxltlos arising from tlieso sources uro soi tie times the occasions of greatest jieril to i Christian faith. Many a soul has overcome in spiritual comhnt, only to fall lieforo the enemy ossaul ing him through outward nud visible circunistancos. They have for- 1 gotten that Christ is their Lord in material good as well ns in spiritual. They have i failed to follow him in principles revealed j for practical life, and have regard <1 Christ a saviour only in i spiritual things. Ono has forcibly said, ' " 'Ho that folToweth mo shall not walk In I darkness.' That saying has a lower and a s higher fulfilment. In the 1 wer, it refers ' to practical life and its jioriilexities. Nobody 1 who lias not tried it would Indieve how many difficult ios nro cleared out of a mnn's road hv tho simnlo act of trying to follow Christ. No doubt tliore will still remain obscurities enough us to what wo ought to do to call for the best exercise of patient wisdon; but an enormous proportion of them vanish liko mist when tho sun looks through when oneo wo honestly sot ourselves to find out whoro the nillnivd Light is guiding. It is a reluctant will ninl intrinsic 1 iking < and ctlsiikings tJiat obscure the way for us, much of tenor than real obscurity in the way itself. It is seldom imjiossihlo to discern the divine will when we only wish to know it that we may do it. And if ever it is impossible for us, surely that impossibility is like the cloud resting on the tabernacle? a sign that for the present His will is that wo should be still, and wait and watch." Tlio Anchor of tlie Soul. Walking, on a day ono summer, through tho vast navy yard of Portsmouth, England, I came upon a slnvt calks 1 Anchor street. There, side by side, in long lines, were laid multitudes of tho liughest anchors. You could not look at tho e immense and gruppling flukes, and mighty iron shafts, without a very real feeling of a resiful mastery ovor tides and storms. With her enblo fastened to one of those gre it anchors, and with that anchor getting grip mi the bottom of the son, en lee shore could threaten, or devastating breaker harm the gallant ship. Do you reinenilier how in the Enistlo to trie Hebrews we are told of the ancnor of tho soul!' The anchor of the soul?what steady, masterful word is this, amid the tossings and the; changes and the (lushing uncertainties oi our lives! And will you notice a peculiarity of this anchor of the soul? Wo nro told It entoreth into that within tho veil. Tho veil In theold Temple was the symbol of separation between God nnil man. And in this scripture about the anchor of the soul, the veil stands for whatever distance, or mystery or sinfulness may divide and hinder us from God and hide Him from us. Tho great navigator Kir Francis Drake name n voyage round the world in tho ship Golden Hind,?n little vessel of but a hundred and twenty tons. At last, after nil abscnce of two years and ton months, ho nroppeu iiih alienor in licptroru naritor. The gr. at Queen Elizals-th refused to KUinmon him to Iter palace to make liiin knight: but went herself to Poptforl, and, sta' ding with her roynl feet on the deck <>T his little lait triumphant vessel, laid the sword upon his shoulders, and hade him stand ln-fore her henceforth Kir Francis Drake. The great queen knew how, right royally, to reward those who added glory to her crown. And she gave him n crest he might wear proudly ever after?a ship in full sail with a cnlde running up to Heaven, an emblem of the Divine guidance which had helped him to do the, till thcn,uuheard-of deed. Kir Francis' crest is n kind of nicture of the Scrijitiire word nlmut this anchor of the soul. For this anchor of tho soul is not fli'a; into any sea-bottom; does not go down ii^P any shifting worldly placo or thing, out upward til s anchor of the soul is cast. The hawser which holds this anchor passes up and through the celestial spaces, through every veil of any tort hiding tho face of Clod, and there, in the place of tie* s-leetest Divine Presence, the tliikos of this anchor of the soul seize uiul hol l to the vei y buttresses of (Sod's Throne; and this anchor to Ood's Throne koc|>s moored even u poor human soul Not like a ship driven of tho storin, and flung into the blnek jaws of cruel reefs, whore the breakers dash and tear, need any of us ho. For we may have a hopo which if as an anchor of tho soul, l><>t h sure and steadfast, and which enterotli into that within the vail.?"The Hmok in tlu Way," by llev. Wayland lloyt, "Bilaiitjnffy . cBOPLR ^vl1 ^jfl TO President has an office oat. J Prince Maurice of Hanaa'ia dead. ;( *j 1 TTrrca Alexandria of Serrla la thirteen. " 1 General Boulanger will Tlsit London In Jon* ^ue King of Denmark in the Czar's father- ? V Miss Braddon has written orer lilty novels. > V,Q| Cardinal Newman Is now In his eightyninth year. Postmaster-General Wanamakbr is a Presbyterian. Chief Justice Fuller Is popular with his colleagues. A son of Charles Dickens is arising statesman of Australia. lie The King of Greece is an enthusiastic and ' ' q successful lis her man. The Emperor William of Germany will islt Constantinople in the fall. ^Jj Senator Hearst, of California, has $100,000 Inrested in thoroughbred horses. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone are preparing for the celobration of their golden wedding. in A Texan ixietess, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Hart- . -flH ford. Is said to be a lineal descendant of Wal- . ' ''J tor Bcotk . ^ It Is noted that "President HarrlsonVtijttMlM^H day mail lies unopened on his dehk till Man? \ ~ day morning." s Pierre Loullarb, the wealthy tobaccontstj is agreak bln^fancier and daUghts In ^ 1 MOIIlg |IUW?OUUVO. Only throe of the War Governors are now living?Blair, of Michigan; Curtin, of Pennsylvania, and Kirkwood, of Iowa. Captain John Ericsson left an estate valued at about $150,000, which is divided 1 among his relatives and business associates. The wedding of His Grace of Newcastle leaves the Dukes of Portland and Somerset the only bachelor Dukes iu tho English peerage. William E. Boudinot, at whose suggestion the Signal Service was established, has just died at Pittsboro, N. C., at tho age of seventy-five years. MilCharlks Johnson, aged twenty-three, son of a Kansas City grain dealer, has been offered a situation as artist for Harper's Weekly at a salary of $10,000 a year. The famous French physician, Charcot, the specialist in norvous diseases, has a royal income from his practice. His fee from the Emperor of Brazil alone amounted to $8000. The Emperor of Austria Intends to visit England tnis year in such strict inoognlto that no ono but hinmlf and his attendants will know auythlug about it till ho is at home again. Bishop Liohtfoot, of Durham, .England, makes it a rule to spend his Episcopal in- v come ($35,000 a year) on church and educational work, and not a shilling of it has gone into his own pocket. X Dn. Nathan IIazen, of Marshall, 111., is remarkable as being probably tho sol* sur ivor of the battle of lake Erlo, fought SeptcmLor 10, 1813. He served ou Perry's flagship, and is now ninety years old. , The annual sales in Marshall Field's great 9 dry-goods store in Chicago aggregate $30, 000,000. This Tost business employs 3000 ^ people and is personally directed by Mr. 4 Field, who is at his desk from 8 o'clock until 5. Mrs. Margaret E. Sangstsr, has accepted the position of editor of //arper's 'inrnr, mads vacant by the death of Miss Mary L. Booth. Mrs. Sangster has been for several years the "postmistress" of Harper*s Young People. Dr. Richard M. Oatlino, the inventor of tho famous gnu, is now oyer seventy . W ears old; with a full, gray beard and such a " kindly fare and mild pair of eyes that no one would ever suspect him as the inventor B of 'murderous war weapons. Postmaktkr:General VVanauaker has a special telegraph wire running from his business establishment in Philadelphia directly to his ofllee in the Postofllce Depart- j ment , By this means he is kept informed of what is being done in Philadelphia, and can be consulted at any moment. His corre- ' ipondence has reached such immense proportions that he still retains in the city nls conBdential clerk who accompanied him from Philadelphia. .p. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. ??? Kate Field is lecturing on Prohibition. Christine Nilsson was born in Sweden in 1843. Cr.ara Morris, the actress, is ill in St Louis. Ada Reran, Augustin Daly's leading lady, is worth 1150,000. it u ? 111 .... U/vllaalra i duutii a.1u 1>akhjcit will iuuujvmn ^ $1,500 a weok for next August. comedian wi i.i.i am j. florence wos bom ill Albany, N. Y., in 1881. Maime Van Zandt is having great success in Italian opera at Kroll's Theatre, Berlin. "Tiik Mikado" has been produced with much success at tho Oartnerplatz Theatre in Munich. A new theatre, to cost nearly $'<'000,000, is to be built on the Champ de Mars, St. Petersburg, Russia. k Edward Scovel, the Auiorican tenor, has met with distinct success in Chicago as Faust and Doa Jose. Daniel ft. Maouinnis, tho well-known comedian, die<l in iioeton u fow days ago, aged ilfty-five. Mr. Dudley Duck's cantata called "The Light of Asia," has been presented at ftt. James's Hall, in London, with signal success. , Mn. Crotty, the leading baritone of Carl Rosa's operatic company, is a great sprinter, .?*. holding the championship of Ireland at 100' yards. . Andrew Carnegie, tho millionaire Pennsylvania ironmaster, is about to build a big music hall in New York which is to cost $1,- , t 000,000. La Scala, the great theatro (n Milan, has seats for 8000 persons. Covent Garden, iff Ixmdon, Ins &>00 soats, and the Vienna Opera, 'j400 Beethoven's birthplace, at Bonn, for years post a music hall and drinking bar, has been purchased for #1000, and will be restored to its former state. it is reported that $l,.V)(),Oi)0 has boon subscribe 1 in Wall street for the new amusement structure to t>e built on the site of the Madison Square Garden, NewYorlc. Manager Daniel Frohman, of tho New York Lyceum, has engaged Elsie I-eslle, ths Little Ix>rd Kuuntleroy. to play a dual rols in "Prince and Pauper" next August. A nkw play, "Corporal Jack," based upon the American Involution, has been produced with great success at Amberg's Theatre,New York city, with August Juukermanu in the titular role. Count Von Moi.tke, though eighty-si* years old, fully retains his love for musio, and hardly ever misses a court concert. He used to lot I frequent performer ou the piano, too, but has given it up. On the personal application of Fanny Ja . Davenjjort, the actress, Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, granted a pardon to Charles Tab ,1 lx>t, the Memphis hotel clerk who stole #&>,000 worth of her diamonds two years ago. Durino a booth and Barrett's performance of "Julius Caear*'at Boston, a party of W Harvard College students volunteered to act as the "mob." When the stage manager gave the signal for t'uein to cheer during the scene Iwtweou Brutus and Cassius. they responded with a "Bah! rah I rah I HarvarJ," and that ollicial feii liinp on a chair. Manager Abbey has had unusual hard luck with some of his greatest attractions during the past two rears. lawt season V,V Gerster hroko down at the very beginning of her American tour, and young Hofman deserted his manager just as a substantial re- , turn for the preliminary outlay was beginning to bo tnade. Now, Miss Anderson has been forced to retire at a tip-A when her ill- 2 uess will cost her managers in the nefgh'jorhood Of $30,000, "'Cjf ~ , j