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viw/v a MUP 1 JUiM 9UY DLLLR2N(iOtN //a7 /./ryrfjf ronY'? won nft: ju/w/in of f(onotj\Nf& V ' ??' *? ( I i ' i i I dark. Tlx* 111' l< * y V >. on iiii- shore nl ? J < (!;<? -low Mow i.ik Mi cam , v, : -i , 111> 1't?'11 in I in' shadow ^ ** " of r!i? ? |>111 c l<j.??.;!, uii'I'T t Iii- i.'u :. pi lug nil?ill. \ ii/lii i.i!.;.! i i?.i slowly from r h? ? ? ;i .'i 'A In..-; j'l-i awnki*ii"i| from Its \"}iit? i nii'l it maki'.i tliir fdiad<;\'. oi i Iii' i'iii i'^i sharp* r ami < 1: 11 ai.d cover* (In- surface of I fl ? ? xiM.ij!' \\ ii h a :.l i vr \ .sliiiniiii'i Silll li'-S, it 111 ood ill;; ?I II f < I, rci;(IIH OVir.' it 11 Mom u| I iii in ha hit a ills a r?' sf til i. Ii . | i .i,, i i. '? IIa p< ? o! I lie poor I i I I In < o a i ?. iiai iilv <1 1st iiiK !i i sha l?|f; <?111; in !?? a 1111 ili< if !?. I he fnitii glim 111 ? -1 nl a I i: ? 111. Saw ami then a door ii|h f,:- ami unr hi'.ifM for a moliii'lit ill' hark of a v.' a l r 111 ill do*;, ami then flu same |x ;u'ful stillness. At In tertills tlm figure of a wanderer < iiffi;<a from tin' dark rlin of tin' Ion.^1, a rider. a peasant's rart with cn-ahing wheels th??y arc all people of tlit; village husl-Miiing to thi; church theie lo hegln worthily the coining lent i vn I. In the midst of ilif village, on a military hill, stands 11 i?? church; the windowh an* bright, ami the tower, gray with age, rl.scu iilgh into the mist. The molderlng stairs rreiik; the old hcllrlngcr Is mounting them wiiii feehlA steps, and after a little time a new star appears ahove, his 11k,ill -the lantern in t lit* hcllrlngur's ha ,o<l * M is lirtnl work for 111?? f?1 ? I man to j dim!) 1 huso steep steps; th<> atfed 11 mi Iik r? ? I !!??? ilii-lr olliee; his eves an1 i dim; ol<l ;i? ? has done it.s work on ! him. |i i.i lime fur i ho a^ed man l?? > >; <? Id rest; hill death dues flol ' ?? > 11 n ?. ] 11<? has i liitdi '-ii ami Grande hil- j ?I r> - it >.?((. fur huw many, uhl ami ><>unt;, ha- I!? ? lollel tip' 1. II DcaOi ! ?i" ins to l;:iv(i foirv'tten him am! life j is hard. < >i i ? ? i i has lie ruin.', tin* I'aslor peal; j h< linmvs iim lotwtor how many tinios In has awaited i * i ?? appointed hoar] up I en' in i ho tower. And now It Is to In- done a.;ain. ii Cod wills. Willi heavy step ilie old man n-aihes the railiiiK of the tower and loans on It. 'tiouml. hi the shadows, he sees the craves In the cemetery; their lilai'li crosses secinilm like */;:? hr-i thi-ii' dead Mere and (! , ! ? ? ';ro?:p; of hip-lies. still leafless, >*.;: \ ? ? th*'ir slemh-r Hlvorv branches in the wind The n-vi \ iiv, odor of tie- v-mmu-; buds on the 11 . ? . and the p! a , e ol the <*? >nie!?-j' \ lie up ) i k ? ? a hrea'h of ; prin^; to the lonely figure on I lie tower. Wiiai will this new year bring him? Will he salute next Master nn i' 11 the juyful music of the hells, or will he I ii > sleeping over there in that ditant corner. and will a black cross adorn the little mound'.' As tiod will! Ho is ready, lint now he mast announce t lie com I in; ureal day. "To *',nd t-e honor and I hanks^iviii);;" his lips murmur the words; lie raises his eves lo the starry heavens ami crosses liiiusi.il' with simple pielv. ' Wasslli!" an old. treniblitu; voice < alls t rom below. llo looks down from his post, f-t tains his eyes, hut can see noLh 111 c ''What do you want? line I am " lie cries, as ho heads over the rail. "Can yon mil see me."' "No. Is it not time to ring the hells? What do you think?" Wassili rolledw. "N", not yet; I km>w w hell " lie knows well; he needs no clock; Cod's stars tell him when the time lias come. Heaven and earth, the white cloud that moves slowly across the lace v>f the sk\. ! lie dark forest that moves and murmurs below, the ripple of the invisible stream all he knows and loves; a whole life Is hound up with (hem. Things lone, f.>r:;otteii at He til Ills l!le:::oi> ; |-,ow he r.ilin' uj> llel'e for the His! time wiih his father i!'-,ir Cml! how lone. a.;o I hat was. ami yet it s'-eim. >?> short ho seems h:tnse!i' a litlle Idne e\ed ho> wtlli fair, cut line, hair t" ? d !?> 11??? win I V.it, la r 1.1 s dec hint he n.i? the niativ ) f t h? people a il l t:i co: i a . ? s : oeiiicd so tiny, and the lore;,! *,.> t a i off. ami the plain >.o la:-;*" \m! 'he father la:;;?l5e?| and raid ' Vei ii is so m ar." it he pointed to t 1-e \ lM.l>',e helow. Such is life. \ h'tu; as \? e are 1' sri'ili!! f'full?:iS. NnW It Mi S i >? ?<n?? as If ii lt.i l just | i?> t?i I1I1M1 almost i<? tin* Kia\?? 1 hut , i? ? has chu.-tt ii for If ov?*r ynu ' f?? I". \\*? ? 11' thank it is t i in (? to H<' hurt passed upright ly in oiiKl) u har<l lif<-; 111?? dump eurth i > lit:-* motlnr, soon, if (!o<| will, lie v. ill n .st in h'T hoKuin. Hut now It Is llcrio. once iMor?* W'a.srtlll looks ni? to iho stars, l>ar?'HJ An Kastcr Greeting From Br'er KabblJ Drawn by H. Toraui. "Who Said Kaster Kggs?" his head, rrosses himself and st'i/.fs tilt* ropes. Now, through the air rewound a sharp stroke, a tu'cond, a third, a fourth, one after another, rising and falling, now sharp, now soft, in a 111 ii?" r 111 pi-ul. 'I'Ih' bells are i-"I!<*!?>', the Horvlco ha?, b?'gun. in ftik-i* years Wassili would descend the stairs and place l?or very early. f*^s lhp? In ymjtli hail In'ra bright and ? lear gr?-w dim. and the expression of fcftt a:.<1 aiixi* t\ tin unoxpe? -t.<! stroke* (.1 fate tool- the pln? i> of the earlier |ii uli' ;tt:<! ? u'lfMi'iico of the >??;111ic wife. A in) Shi' F?ajij>!u? where it' \ son t'ad litfii 1. (? them, the' j,,v . .1 t h?? ir age , lint ho hi >. ha.! !>? ' ii I .! ;.v* ',.t. ;l;<* |j? s ill 111 ? * li \ : i?I 1 hen stand? t!:?? M< h \ I1 :i f;?k 'iMiii i am! l i fts himself t?? the earth. ;:ti'! i! and makes ihe 1,4 II ?'l 111- ? I hill 1m l.\ 11 it .tl i(? In* i.i.i' dry M-.Wf ,?f \v> it?i jrliaiit> an<) uli'm>, .tin! : ') hy lleS In lilt* liod iiS to nu n X^assilis heart urown hot ami even uyuolv pictures lock dov n in anger ??n human mit-er> and human lies All (his Is behind him. so (at behind hlin. Now his only world is ihis old hell luwor, high up. whore the wind howls and playa with the boll-ropes "tiod wiil judge, vengeance is His," w his pers tlx- old tuan, and heavy tears toll down his withered ohoeks. "Wassili! Are you asleep?" some one cries from below "Who rails me?" asks the old man, nnd start?*d from his bench. "Dear (lod' have l really been asleep? Nev?T lias this shame come upon me." Quickly, with practiced hand, ho seizes the rope and gives a look hp low, where, like ants upon their heap, the people are moving about busily. Wassili In hlft tower rises the joyful cry, "Christ is arisen from the dead!" He rings, and the newly-arisen wind solzes the tones, and, with wide spreading wings, carries them up ward and the echoes, far and wide, repeat the solemn music of the hells. Never has the old man rung the bells so wonderfully. It seems as if some of his emotion has communi cated Itself to the cold metal and inspired them to sing In joy and hap piness. lo laugh and to weep; the liv ing tones rise to heaven, up to the COME UNTO ME. himself in a corner near the door to lis- ? ten ami pray; but now the weight of voars is heavy on him. and he re mains above. To-day his limbs seem unusually heavy, he sit.-* down on a bench, and as the sound of the bells (lies away, lie sinks into thought. , I of what'' lb- hardly knows. The | belfry is but scantily lighted by hi;; | lantern, the bells themselves are but I dimly seen in the ^loom. l'rom be |itea!h, in the church, one can hear faintly the sliu;inu of the coii;;ifv,a tliili, while the wind plays with the; I b>-!l ropes. The old man's head sinks ? >a his breast as broken visions ol .tla- ; mp' !l<>at through his mind "They are sin-.'inj;." he says, and j'll'll lie SeeS himself ill t lit*.' f ll tt fC ll. i I'rotn i lie altar eotue the voices of si'i-.uiu- children ami the lmnl voice ' of the < I M ;e-|.'St . I "a 1 lief < I rei-.or. d?.ad ! | Ion: Ion ; a >. Iltiudn d.< of peas- i ] ants raise and bow tie :: heads and j make the sii;n ot the ? loss, all w-ell ?.? ? w 'a ta. . all dead now There ' j i?; lis sti fa. -d fat h<f. and beside j him the .-M r brother. /eab?u lv j | i : sinf, h: i i > ?' t' a:i I o!i?-n .sighing: '. ':. I 1- 11 .! I: ???It -MlidS. y o.iliK, ;';i\ *id ' : l ? . lull ' >! i, neon a io i s i i.fpe. ami ambition of hap iu-'ss. and ? . and the fii'iua \ i ?.?1 whet- Pt th:s ha ppi Mess'.' The old mail's' tho|:,ll' - tlaille up sii.bl.'lly. like the. Pane- ot an e\:>i-in:- lire, ar.u illumine ? v.ms me<k ::nd corner of a pa?*! 1 it?*. ' i Me.ts ireli toil, sorrow and < are [where |< thai e'vpeeted. hojied-for | happines.. So; row fi.; tVle furrowed | that young tace. bowed \he straight, I strorn; back, and taught him to sit-,h | like t he elder brot her. | And there, to the left, among the I women of the village, she stands with head devoutly bent in prayer. She was a faithful, loving wife to him. Cod rest lit: soul! And she, too, had had many troubles to hear*%are and toll and woman's hard lot had aged Hy II DIKTIMlMI. brilliant stars, which appear to shine ? ?veil more brightly, rs the tones peal ? nil again and again, resounding from earth to heaven, in love, and joy, and peace, and heaven and earth re-echo "Christ Is arisen." Kven the old belfry itself seems to :<hare in the joy of mankind, and the wind whirii fans the cheeks of the old man sinus joyously "'Christ is arisen." The old heart fo/gets Its sorrow, a life of care and toil. Wasslli has for gotten that his life, his hopes of hap piness have been nothing but an einptj dream; that he is alone in the world, old and feeble. He hears the sounds which sing and weep rise through the gloomy space up to the starry heavens, and sink down to the poor earth. He sees himself sur rounded by his children and grand children; hears the happy voices, voices of young and old uniting in a churns, and sinning to him of that hope, and joy, and happiness which his long, weary life has never offered hit)). The old man pulls the bell ropes, tears roll down his cheeks and his heart heats fast in his visionary joy. Before the church the people are standing together and talking; never has the old sexton rung the bells so wonderfully. Suddenly the big bell gives one might y stroke and stops; the small hells, confused, end their play with a sharp discord, then a few vibrations and silence. Step reverently- the old bellringer has rung his last peal - Translated for the Springfield Republican. WherctasltirliltostoineFrom ?W1 W low peo|?!<? who >??< ihc ?.? u!: itf ''. ?< | (of lilies (hat Will be u^i?! ?>.. v ('? ' O ! till the d A>rninciit <'f chuV< 1. w .'.I '??' all/e what has bo? n the !..! ?? | illg J llese |o\ el\ llow <M H {: <>ni ? ! i J J wlifro the\ were ^imw n. > *< what 1 l itre has been mvessarx to tor. e theni into bloom for this ti111>? ??!' w.?r An < i I i<*n uses for ail kind* ? ? 1? ? ora;on. t>itl ospecially for 1\jim< . i<? v. ! mes many li 1 i?>s or Howois a- any other country. a florist has tu.-n l'.? ard to ?>ay that this is not mi imports! fad. but au original one. rii*? li!u-> that ">*' jpriiliarlj Knuor li. <?- are in \*taotp in their native soil In lb : imida at (his time of j ciir, and > <? t there, in I fit* ltd of llnWiTs, ait American worn tin was astonished * f? ? jcars ngo to find Uiat no flowers were placed upon the altars of the cliun lies on liaster. although the worshipers could look out through opon doors ami wiinlnns to whole Holds white with lilies. A hyiislml of (In- Krmii ruction. The morning is a most beautiful one. 1,-The morning conies aftor the night: so the resurrection will i'oiih' after tho night of this world has passed away. The morning is often longed for: so the saints of iJod long for :t:.d greutlj desire that the day of th??:r eonsummate fdessedness may come. i> I'lie morning disperses the darkness and brings light, which makes mani fest all things: so the resnmvt >n sLall make manifest the hidden things of darkness, >h ltevealing the ehara? t. r of men: <'_M Laying opon their hearts: (.'?! Clearing up many of the mysteries of life; ili Discovering the di.iYereuci? between the righteous and wicked, ami showing their tlnal destination. I Toward morning the morning star ap pears, giving notice of approaehing day; so towards the ifiorning of the resurrection many sign* and womler.s shall appear t.Matt. lM::t.'ti. When the morning has tome, the sun rises and ushers in the day: so at the res urrection. Jesus, the Still of Highteotis ness, appears ami brings the day of eternity, t?. The morning brings joy and gladness; birds sing and the < hI - dren awake; so at the restureetion ijoy and gladness shall be to the right eous; saints and angels shall join to sing the harvest home. 7, In the morn ing people arise from their beds: so all. good and bad. shall come out of their graves. S. We can often tell what kind of a day we shall have b\ the kind of a morning; so. they that have part in the first resurrection' shall reign with Christ, but those who have part in the second shall be cast into outer darrfftcss. Knhbit and Hare Cousins. The Kgyptlans called the hare "tin," which had two meanings, "open" and "period." Now the moon was the open eye of the night, hence the hare be came the type of periodic*occurrences. As an opener It was associated with the opening of the New* Year, and ?|so with the opening of a new life In youth, llence it is obvious the hare should have become associated with the Mast er egg. In this country the hare is almost un known, but its "second cousin." tho rabbit, abounds. The negroes have a superstition regarding the little animal that is rather apt. They believe that the left hind foot of a rabbit that is killed in a graveyard, in the dark of the moon, possesses rare talisinanic virtues. Mrs. M. f,. Hean. The Kaster I'arado. - Life 1!m? Kmli I?? in i? 11 ?? I '.mf. I'll.-li' is a ureat diversity <>t" opinion [ anions the enrions in sm li matters in I regard to the origin an.I endda tu:i I it* I ii!f;inii:c of tin' Master >i;u. '!*!??? ??-j:i? ! whs oiiee regarded a> a symbol of the | world. a ml ? aneient j apiii temples in | < onse?|iienee ww sometimes built in [:in oval form. This typitiea; ion is i I'ntiml in almost every Oriental eosnm;; I on \. The enu. as :i saieivd symbol, iw Mill u>eil in llie rites of (lie Keltein, whieh are unquestionably of lt?*aI origin. Many writers, however, believe the custom of making presents of dyed etj;s at Kaster to he a relic of ancient t'atholleism. ? \ V (*!?:? ? IllH-fc I II >' j nit ? ? ?' ? x , , 11,, s. i iii."H ? ill i Ik I haw* | ? ? i, 1 x ; ; ? "I ?Iiv??11 i ,t I ? - : it-' I'III'? 'I S tU ?? t'l -I ? I: :i 1 ? :l II. ?' \i one mill ; I,,', i..\ ui. ???. m .?i> ? i "i ,l"' i,;,s' ! . m tin nr-li the icU 'ol th< w i i 111111 l ? y ill' Ki't 1 r;? \\ i MiiM? II I lenderson, pa* ..I I I., I . \ . si-.: :>'.il..llI'l esh> l?T Ml . 11: > 11 not commit 'hi v ?r?: nt i< u to broaden t lie ! v, .i t <? ? wo 11 w iiidi is t h'1 ob <?t el tin*- * -i*i ii(1 to cause i i,> c.>v< . . I mi ?ertalit <!t>?l 1 ,!),-ins it. i<? ?I j ?>. to t'ovcr, all thai ' lii'Ki i?l 'lUliiaii nii?'!< aniiess wlllcll | strikes i ? i? - very nii i> ol our coin* j nion The command Ill's hard ?ia,) ?. t\ 111 against i li"' social crime of utai i'al ililltl' lit) . '"I' also in the I j u h i of ih'1 messages i ? i Christ, it condemns. with no um crtnin bound. ;tll Uio^e iiwn ami woitien ill whose hearts ami adorns lust receives tree rein The <'i>:? p 1 <>f <?ur Lord insists on cl anness of act and mind : it censures uuspai uiglj and scathingly the viola tion by any ami all men, married or single, Hod's law of purity. The s.-M-ntii word, with our Lord behind it. forbids three sin/, and the three ar? these: Jirst, the nullification of the marriage bond bv infidelity, with all os attendant evils. Second ly. the pollution of t lie purity of per sonal and public life by men and wo men who are without restraint or lawful tie. Thirdly, the degradation ami destruction of the spiritual and 1 physical elements in man through un- j bridled lust in the heart. And now let us to the points. The covenant by and between two human j beings? one man and one woman ? to live together in the holy estate i of matrimony, is the most sacred I contract man may make. Rest ing as it should always rest?be . it not unholy and the child of lust ? upon a fj-owin;.; and a gracious love one for the oilm;- it is the grandest of inter-human agreements. I'pon its sanctity and preservation, as tin* pledges of two people to life-long j faith', done ami given in the presence ? of Almiuhi > <o>d. the glory ot our j l-"iii her and the happiness of two ? soul* depend. As a civil contract it j ?s ihe basis of sound political and j social life. I'pon the inviolahilily of) the marriage contract the health of ; the state, the integrity of the home, j entirely depend. .Marriage may, be- , fore Hod. and should, throughout this j land and our world, be Invalidated . only upon full and siHi'i m proof of j infidelity b> . iiler party. They wlioj arc in gitib should b-- denied further j rights to marry. The graining of ah- j solute divorce with p'-rmi-sion to re-j marrv. to'.any caiis-'ot h< r than proved . unfaithfulness, is unwise, unsafe, un-j justifiable and tin-Christian. Legal j separation and legali/.- 1 immorality ] are two very different things. Two' people of sach uncongenial disposi- [ lions, as pre-. I ml a happy coinnton ! life, had much better pursue indc- j pendent careers. ltut the dignity, the important the sanctity of thej wedding vow demaml that it shall not j be permitted to be used as a cloak ' for licentiousness. Tin* disgrace of divorce is a menace to the perpetuity j of our Institutions. The ease with J which absolute release may be pro-j cured does small i red it to our brains. J or to our righteousness as a nation, j The sin and the shame that are j bound up in our system of licensed | polygamy will tend to our own undo- j ing, do we not watch out. The wrong j of Mornionism is a great one; but j if contemporaneous cohabitation be a bad thing ?and it is?what must be our judgment upon that consecu- | tive polygamy which pleads personal \ convenience tat her than religious con- j viction as its best excuse? If an j elder of the Mormon church is to be kept from the halls of Congress be cause the civil law forbids polygamy. > what should be our attitude toward j that other leader in our national af-! fairs whose whole life contravenes God's moral law? * Yes, my friends, Mormon polygamy is vicious in prin- | ciplc and fact, but not more so than I that system of legalized vice that the laws of our country now permit. The sacredness of the marriage covenant i nv.'st be protected. That marriage shetild be the crowning of clean love, j ; ml that it binds till death, cannot be ! (???ereniphasized. The si al of .mrc af- j fiction is of as much account to those ' who will iv> thronuh life together and ' to society at largo, as the l?*vx il seal; of th?> stat--. Kumhuunnlally love: should 1)0 the motive of a life union of two souls. Of this ' li?? j siate takes no nothw The bureau of vital statistics has more int est. as a law enforcing body, in the question of how old is 11>?? woman, than in the motives that lead the man . to weil her. I'.nt (!od looks at '))<? matter with a different ey?-; a:;d in llis sisht no marriage is of g.ril re port that is not hased on tlie union of two souls in holy love. Tin , courts may declare the oilvr mar-' liaue 1< ual. hut the hand of ,l?dto\ah ? will stamp it as uii'deau. "Tl<n.i | shall not commit adult ry" rinus I the .Messianic m-ssaiv and the law puts <Iod to sliame. 'I -iv and th Levrrv^vjtere in \tii":ira, \\'.< may the siu>v\v of it all. <'hil lien in tlm midst of 'xj'i ik' d uniia,ipy bourns, horn and rt'aVyd to a loritago oi em barrassment toNy,v |Jm least, and in to immoral family'nyiidit i"tis to say the most. 1 mostrait'ivoi:c*> is wicked and it -should be Yu'.obfhi ted must no: put lie at a premi um, nf?i- make \ i<-.- easy. No less guil?\ in the eyes o7 P.ol Is the man who >i-.-I'ls his life to via. There is need to-day jor a trlear, string note from the church ailing, men to purity in living. Men must I e ; made to s^e. to know and to feci that I chasteness is as ? ss-ntiai for men :\f for wom?n. Away wi;;. that godless theory that what i? tominnieutally ! wrong in morals for wom.-n may ho i conveniently right for men. Cod hrs 1 no two systems of morality?the one for the men, the other for th?? women, lu His sight thcrv is neither male nor ? female, f<>r tint law is equally unto both. Tin" degradation of man by ilia it himself i* unfair to God t id utterly without honor. And t ho sad thing of ;tll i ihni men will do wl;h oui t hoiic)11 <>r f.ii'i' i he evil that tin y 11111 .Tr:*.tn. has shown us cleaily tluit in tin f'hii.tian economy that man Is vuill> of <uii" stated ajjj who harbors 111.??? ? v. iihin his heart. Ann although in tin* la.si analysis tho man who < uhiiums ?>v-*rt sin Is guilty of > i l; 11 i !i i'. lo a i' deglVO I halt Hie man who hill pollutes iiis mind with <vU d. sir.-s an-' unholy I bought \ i'i hoi m an* (i i iy disobedient 10 I he will ol Cod ami the way of OHV'1 is i In' highroad unto death. And 1 am not sure but that more of us are K' i i I (> of flu' la! ler Infi Ingetlient of tlh' law than ol (Ik* former. Mail) a man and many a woman who would not dan- to go i he full length of op?'ii ? ?vil, will <lo iheuiKcives real damago and endanger the safety of their im inort a I souls through tho harboring of ungodlv, sensual thoughts. And of two things I am very positive of which tho Urst Is this: that It Is hard er to keep the mind clean than to re train from outward evil; and tho sec ond i:> this, that pu?e thoughts will induce and produce uprightness of act. if as James said; it. is easjor to control a horse than the tongue, |l am sure thai it is easier to control the tojiguc than tin* mind. And the truth of Cod Is this, that steadfast endeav or for purity of heart and mind will meet with an re success and will as sure nobility of action. Wo need a sanctified purity of life. 1 am disgusted and would he disheartened, did I not trust in God. over the amount of unblushing criminality I see and meet in my per sonal experiences. Men who are sure that immorality is fair for men but woefully wrong for the wives of men. Women who boast that the men they know have seen the seamy side of life and who love them better for it. Mere girls who think that the only way to reap wheat is to sow wild oats ? a theory that only works in the seeding and harvesting of sin. Moth ers and fathers who are so lost to shame that they desire their sons to indulge themselves in a little of all sorts of evil that they may be men of real experience. Such nonsense as it is, and oh! the folly of it all. For sooth the only way to cleanliness of heart is through the depth of sin? they would have us think. The only way to Christ is through the depths of hell. Ii is not so. 1 know Ignorance is not necessarily virtue. And con trariwise, I am heartily in favor of the proper and godly instruc tion of our youth of both sexes upon the mighty and central truths and mysteries of human life. Hut the true way to wisdom is not through vicious and degrading personal ex perience with sin, but rather at our mother's knees. The right way to knowledge is through the true and noble teachings of men and women whose experience is untouched with sin No man is a better man because he has drunk the cup of sin to the dregs. The only experience that is eternally worth while is the etpori ence that, is good, upright, inspiring. Resistance to temptation is of much value to give power; but a fall into sin does no man the highest good. We want to Insist that morals arc most of importance in this world. No unclean man deserves the hand and the loyalty of a pure wom an. None but tho clean deserve the lair. The man of unchaste life de serves ostracism as much if not more ihan ih'* woman who has sinned. Those llagrant polygamists who Haunt their sin before our faces un der the guise of legal marriage de serve our scorn no less than does the polygamy of Mornionism. The man of unclean life has no right to the hearts of the true womanhood of this country, and for my part were I a woman I would rather live and die unmarried and earn my bread by the sweat of my brow than to risk my earthly happiness into the hands of any man of immoral life, no matter what his wealth, position or ability might be. The womanhood of this country should preserve the virtue of this land and should put a premium upon nobility of character and sancti ty of life. The need to-day is not so much for schools for the culture of the intellect and for instruction in the arts and sciences?the. need If? rather for colleges where the art of pure living and the practice of virtue may be taught. The world wants not more brains first, but more character. The importance of clean living and high thinking must be taught and preached as paramount and fundamental?for they are the centre and the circumference of all life. The integrity of the marriage relation must be maintained. The demand for a moral manhood as es sential to any and all success must be enforced. Men must be made to understand that purity is the stand ard itrue worth, and that clean manhood is real, might. We must ednotrte our jouth to the value of goodness. We must teach our girls that character is more of ac count than any material acquirement or i o.ssession. We must tell our boys that manliness is not recklessness, but i ctitude; that only the pure life ;s. And t 11 them why! Mow to Lose (.'round. c.o;l hath a thousand keys to open 'uousa:id doors for the deliveryliee <t itis own wh.-ti it has coma to i ho rest i \ti-. !niiy, i^et us be fast'n it.l and ?are for our own part, which .tad suff'-r for Mini, and lav '? 'd s part <.ii Himself, and leave ,t. 'here; duties ar? ours, events aro ill" Lord's. V- !i"ii oiir faith goeth to meddle witii e\ .nis, and to bold a court (if 1 s|;akt upon Clod's provi ? and ):? i!inuelli to say, "How v'-ili Thou tio this or that?" we lose ? Mind. \\ e bjive nothing to do :h't-e; it is our part to let the Ai rtight v e-crcise His own ofT.ce and M.ur His own helm.? Rutherford. Your Opportunity. Hod has made you after His own plan, and He places you just wnere lie wishes you to work with Him to bring about the highest results for yourself. lie has given you every opportunity. Mako yourself what ? t>u will ? remember It lies with you. (!o;l can mako no mistake*!?Alic% rreemau Palmer.