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I THE CHURCH GARDEl I>R. TALMAtiK'S SsUMDAV T1IKMK. Rcllelon Is Not u Mere Sentimentality, It Is a Practical, Llfc-tilvliig, Healthful Kralt. \ Tfxt ; "Thou shalt ha llko a watered garden."?Isaiah, Iviii.. 11. Tho Bible is n great p<v>m. Wo htivo It in faultless rhythm and bo hi imagery ami startling antithesis ami rupturouslyrla utid sweet pastoral ami instructive narrative and devotional ivuiltn, thoughts expressed in stylo more solemn than that of Montgomery, more bohl than that of Milton, more terrible than that of Dante, more natural than that of Wordsworth, more impassioned thnn 1 hat of Pollock, morn tender th in tlint of ov per, more weird than that of Sponsor. This great poem brings all the gems of tho earth into its coronet, und It weaves the flames of judgment into its garlands, and pours eternal harmonies In Us rhythm. Everything this book touches It makes beautiful, from the plain stone} of tho summer thrashing floor to the daughters of Nohor lining the trough for tho camels, from tho llsh pools of Hoshbon tip to tho psalmist praising Qoil with tho diapason of storm and whirlwind, and Job's Imagery of Orlou Arcturns and tho Pleiades. My text loads us into a sceno of summer redolence. The world has had a groat many beautiful gardens. Charlemagne added to tho glory of his reign by decreeing that they bo established all through the realm, deciding even tho names of tho flowers to bo planted there. Henry IV. at Mont poll lor established gardens of bewitching beauty and luxuriance, gathering into them Alpine, Pyreuean and French plants. One of the sweetest spots on earth w;ls tho garden of Shcnstone. the poet. His writings have made hut little impression on tho world, but Ills garden, "The Lensowors," will bo immortal. To the natural advantage of that pitvco was brought the perfection of art. Arbor aud terrace and slope and rustic temple and reservoir and urn and fountain here had their crowning. Oak and yew and hazel put forth their richest foliage. There was no life more diligent, no soul moro ingenious, than that of Sheiistoiie, and all that diligence and genius lie brought to the adornment of that ouo treasured spot. lie gnvo jL'300 for it. Ho ,sold it for ?17,000. Aud yet I a*n to tell you to-day of a richer garden than ntiy I hnvo mentioned. It is the garden spoken of in my text, the garden of the church, which belongs to Christ. Ho bought it. lie platito i It. Ho owns it. jiriit He shrill tm '? w..i?? Heott, in his outlay at Abbotsford, ruined bis fortune, and now, in ttio crimson flowers of those gardens, you onn almost think or imagine that you can son tho blood of that old man's broken heart. Tho payment of tho last . 100.00J sacrillced him. Hut 1 have to toll you that Christ's lifo and Christ's death were the outlay of this beautiful Harden of tho church of which my text speaks. Ob. how many sighs and tears and pain's and agonies! Tell me, yo women who saw Him hang! Tell me, vo executionor* who lifted Him and lot Ilim down! Toll me, thou suit that didst hide! Yo rocks that fell! Christ loved the church and nave Himself for it. If the Harden of tho church belongs to Christ, certainly He has a right to walk in it. Come, then, O blessed Jesus, to-dav, walk up and down these aisles and pluck what l'liou wilt of sweetness for Thyself. Tho church in my text is appropriately compared to a Harden because it is tho place of choice flowers, of select fruits ami of thorough irrigation. That would bo a st range garden in which there were no If nowhere else, they would bo along the borders or at the gateway. The homeliest tasto will dictate something, if it ho oulv tho old fashioned hollyhock or dahlia or daffodil, but if there be larger means then you will llnd tho Mexican cactus, and blazing azalea, and clustering oleander. Well, now, Christ comes to His garden, and He plants there some of tho brightest spirits that over Towed upon the world. 8ome of them are violets, inconspicuous, but sweet as heaven. Yofi have to search ami llml them. You do not see them very often perhaps, but you llnd where they have been by the brightened face of the invalid, and the sprig of geranium on tho stand, and the new window curtains keeping out the glar * of '.lie sunlight. They urn perhaps more like the cntiiinculus, creeping sweetly along amid the thornsuu<l brinr.s of life, giving kiss forsting, and many it man who 1ms Imd In his way some great black rock of trouble lias found that they have covered it all over with flowery jasmine, running in and out amid tho crevices. These flowers in Christ's garden arc not, like tho sunllower, gaudy in the light, but wherever darkness hovers over a soul that needs to he t!n?ro i l???vr : " . aw j Ciuuia, UI^III UIUUUIUI^ ccrousc.s. But in Christ's garden thero are p'nnts that may bo bettor compared to tho Mexican cactus?thorns without, loveliness within, men with slmr|) points oi character. 'I'hoy woun?l almost every otto that t umbos tlio:n, Thoy are hard to handle. Man proiiounco thorn nothing but thorns, but Christ loves them notwithstanding ail their sharpnesses. Many a man has had a very har.i ground to eultivnto, ami i' has only Peon tiiroti^li severe trial ho lias raised even tho smallest crop of grace. A very itarsh niinister was talking to a very plaeh! elder, and the placid /dtler said to the harsh minister, "lJoetor,*! do wish you would control your temper." "Ah." said the minister to \ ho elder. "1 control more temper in live minutes llinn you | do in live .years." It is harder for some men to do right than for other men to do right. Tito grace that would elevate you to the seventh heaven might not keep your brother front knocking a man down. I had a tileml whoenme to mo and said, "I daro not join the olturoh." I said, "Why/" "Oh," he said, "I have such a violent temper. Yesterday morning I was crossing very early at trie Jersey City ferry, and I saw a milkman pour a large quantity of water into tlie milk can, and I said to him, 'I think that will do,' and lie insulted me, and I knocked him down. I>o you think I ought to join tho churchy" Nevertheless that very same mau, who was so harsh in his behavior, loved Christ ami could not speak of sacred tltinys without tears of emotion and affection. Thorns without, sweetness within?tho best specimen of tho Mexican cactus I ever saw. There mo others planted in Christ's garden who are always ra<lunits, always impressive, more like the roses of deep hue than wo occasionally llnd, eallo I "(Hants of Battle," the Martin Lathers, St. l'nuls, Chrysostoms, Wyolifs, Latimers and Samuel itutherfords. Wa it in other men is a spark In tliem Is a conflagration. When they sweat, thsysweat great drops of hlood. When they pray, their Iirayers take lire. When they preach, it Is a 'ontecost. When they tight, it is a Thermopyhe. When they die, it is a martyrdom. You llnd a great many roses in the gardens, hut only a few "Giants of Battle." Men say, "Why don't you have more of them in the church?" I say, "Why don't you have in the world more Iliimboldts and Wellingtons? God gives to some ten talents; to another, ?ne. In this garden of the church which Christ has planted 1 also llnd the snowdrops, beautiful, but cold-looking, seemingly another phase of winter. 1 mean those Christians who are precise in their tastes, uiiimrasstone], pure as snowdrops and as cold. They never shed any tears; they never get excited; they never say anything rashly; they never do anything precipitately. Their pulses never flutter: their nerves never twitch: their indignation never boils over. Tbey live longer thau most people, but their life is in a minor Key. They never run up to C above t ho at a IT. In their music of life they have 110 staccato passages. Christ planted them in tin* church, and they must |>e of some service or they would not be there?snowdrops, always snowdrops. But I havo not told you of the most henutliul tlower of all this garden spokon of in ho text. If you see a century plant, your emotions are startled. You say, "Why, tills flower has been 100 years gat boring up for one bloom, and it will bo 100 years more be > * wo hnvc; tnke If. Thou art worthy"* The others in tin* household may have boon of grosser mohl. She w.u or tho llnest. Th? heaven of your litt'o on?\s will not ho f.ilrlv bogua until you get there. All tho kindness shown thom by Immortals will not make them forget YOU." Thoro they are, tho radiant throngs that went out from your homes. I thrown kiss to tho sweet darlings. They are nil well now in the palace. Tho erippled otall 1 1ms n soun I foot now. A little Umo child says, "Ma. will I bo lamo in heaven?" "No, my darling, you won't bo lamo in heaven." *A little sick ?hlld says, "Ma, will I bo sick in heaven?" "No, my dear, you won't bo sick In heaven." A little blind child say?, "Ma, will I bo blind In heaven?" "No, my dear, you won't bo blind in heaven. They are all well there." I notice that tho ftno gardens sometimes have high fences around thorn and you cannot get In. It Is so with a king's garden. The onlv glimpse you over get of such a garden Is when tho king r dos out in his Splendid carriage. It is not so with this garden, this King's garden. I throw wido onen tho gate and tell you all to come in. No monopoly In religion. Whosoever will, may. Chooso now between a do?ert and a garden. Many of yon have tried tho gnrden if this world's delight. You have found it msbeon a chagrin. So it was with Theodoro Hook. lie made all tho world Inugh. Ho unices us lnugh now whou wo read his rooms, but ho could not make his own heart augh. While In the midst of his festivities 10 confronted a looking glass, and ho saw ilmsolf and said: "There, that Is true. I ook just as I am? lone up in body, mind mil rinrxo " Sr? It wn, nf Khnnatnniv of * pat Ion as it ever kept thorn at the com- n, muninn table. Thorn r.ro women hero to- ^ lay of a higher typo of clnr icter than Mary of Bethany. They not only .sit at the feet of Christ, but they go out into the kitchen to help Martha la her work that she may sit " t'lero too. There is a woman who has ti irnnkar.t husband who has exhibited more [j faith ami puimicoa <1 courage that Rhlloy in tlto lire. He was consumed in twenty v mlntPco. iiv:rs lias been a twenty years' 0 martyrdom. Yonder is a man who has been v llfteen years oa his back, uuabl.tte foodb'r-. v self, yet enltn and peaceful as though no lay JJ on one of the green banks of heaven, wateh- ^ lug the oarsmen dip their piddle in the crystal river! Why, it seems to me this moment as if St. Paul threw to us a pomologist's catalogue of the fruits growing in this groat s garden of Chri?t?love, joy, peace, patience, ahturlty, lii" . mercy, glorious fruit, enough to nil iV.l 'ho j baskets of earth and heaven. j Again, the church in my text is ap- v propriately esllcd a garden because it is c thoroughly irrigated. No garden could { prosper long without plenty of water. I j have seen a garden in the midst of a desert, yet blooming and luxuriant. All around US t wore dearth and barrenness, but there t were pipes, aqueducts, reaching from this f garden up to the mountains, and through i thoso aqueducts the water eame streaming Mown ami tossing u|> into beautiful fountain^, until uvery root an I loaf an<l flower was saturated. That is liko the church. The church is a garden in the midst of a great des'-rt of sin ami suffering, but it is well irrigate.I, for ''our eyes arc unto the hills from whence e 1:110th our help." Front the mountains of God's strength there How down rivers of gladness. "There is a river the stream whereof shall make glad the city of our (1 id." 1'reaching the gospel is one of the aqueducts. The lllhlo Is another. Baptism and the Lord's supper are aqueducts. Water to slake the thirs\ water to wash the unclean, water tossed high up in the light of the Hon of Righteous, showing us the rainbow around the throne. Oh, was there ever a garden so thoroughly Irrigated! You know that the beauty of Versailles and Ohatswntth depends very much upon the great supp y of water. I ciunn to the latter place, Ciiaisworth, one day when strangers are not to be admitted, but by an inducement which always seemed , as potent with an Englishman as an American I got in, and then the gardener went far up above the stairs of stone and tunic I on the water. I saw.it gleaming on the dry pavement coming down from step to step until it came so near I could hear the musical rush and all over the high, broadstairs it came foaming, Hashing, roaring down, until sunlight and wave in g.eesomu wrestle tumbled at my feet. So it is with the church of Coil. Everything cornea from above? pardon from above, jov from above, adoption from above, santiilcation from above. Hark? I hoar the latch of the garden gate, nnd 1 look to see who is coming. 1 hear the voice of Christ. "I uni come into .My garden." I say: "f'oine ill. O Jesus! We have been waiting for Thee. Walk all through the paths. Look at the ltowers, look at the fruit: pluck tnat which Taou wilt for Thyself." Jesus comes into the g irdcn and tip to that old man and touches him, anil says: "Almost home, father; not many more a lies tor thoe. I will never leave thee. Take courage a little longer, ami 1 will steadvthy tottering stops, and I will soothe thy troubles unit give thee rest. Courage. oi l man." Then Christ goes up another garden path, anil Ho comes to a soul in trouble nn?l says: "1'onco! All Is well, I have seen thy tears. I have hoard thy prayer. The sun shall not smite then by day nor tho moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil. Ho will preserve thy soul. Courage, O troubled spirit!" Then I see Jesus going up another gnrden path, and 1 see great excitement among tho leaves, and I hasten up that garden pa'h to see what Jesus is doing there, and lo! Ho is breaking off tlowors sharp and clean from the stem, and I say. "Stop, Jos vis; don't kill those beautiful (lowers." He turns to me and says: "I have come into My garden to gather lilies, and i mean to take these tip to a higher terrace, lor the gnrdeg around My palace, aud there I will plant them, and in better soil and in better air they shall put forth brighter leaves and sweeter redolence, and no frost shall toucti them forever." And I looked up into His five and satd: "Well, it is His garden, and Ho has a right to do what Ho will with it. Thy will ho done!" tho hardest prayer over man made. It has so mod us if Jw?us Christ too!; the best; from ninny of your households the best one is gone. You know that she was too good for this world; she was tho gentlest in hor ways, Hie deepest in her affections, and when at last the sickness enmo you had no faith in modioiues. You knew that the hour of parting ha I come, and when through the rich grace of tho Lord Jesus 1 Christ, you surrendered that treasuro you said; "Lord Josus, tuke it. It is tho best I fore other petals will eimo out." But I have to t?>ll you of n plnut that was gathering op from nil eternity, and that 11)00 year* ngo jut forth Us bloom never to wither. It la tbo passion plant of the cross! Prooh?ls foretold 1t. Bethlehem shepherds looked uj>ori it in the bud, the rocksshook at its bursting nod the dead got up in its winding sheets to see its fall bloom. It is a crimson flower?blo?)d at the roots, b'ood on the branches, blood on nil the,leaves. Its perfume is to fill all the Nations. Its breath is heaven. Cotne O wintis from the north, and winds from the south, and winds from the east, and winds from the west, nnd benr to all the earth the sweet-smelling savor of Christ, my Lord! His worth if all the Nations know. Rurotho whole earth would lovo Him too. Again. the church may appropriately he compared to a garden because it is a place of fruits. Tim* would bo a strange Kardon , which had in It no berries, no plums or penohes or nprlcots. The coarser fruits are planted In tho orchard, or thoy are set out on the sunny hillside, but the choicest fruits nre kept in the garden. Ho in tho world outside the nhuroh Christ has planted a grunt many beautiful things?patience, charity, | generosity, integrity?but He intends tho choicest fruits to he in tho garden, and if thoy nre not there, tbcu sliame on tho cburoh! Religion Is not a m?re sentimentality. It is a practical, life giving, healthful fruit? not posies, hut apples. "Oh," says soinobodv. "I don't see what your garden of the ohuroh has yielded." I reply I ask whero did your asylums come from, and your hospitals, amt your institutions of mercy? Christ planted every ono of them. He planted them In His garden. When Christ gave sight to Rartlrneus, He In Id the cornerstone to every blind asylum that has ever been built. When Christ soothed the demoniac of Galilee, Ho laid the cornerstono of every c miiuiiiu tv* v i urn i mil IIUS ever ocon C-<lal>- . lished. When Christ sail to tti?> sick man: ' Take up thy hod and walk," He laid tho ' cornerstone of evorv ho.snitnl tho world has r evor soon. When Christ said: "I was in 5 prison and ye visited Me," Ho laid tho oor- v norstono of ovory prison reform association that has over boon organized. Tito church " of Christ is a glourious garden, aud it is full 1 of fruit. 1 I know thoro is some poor fruit in it. I p know thoro are sorno woods that ought to bo ? thrown ovor tho fence. 1 know thoro nro 1 some crab npp'.o trees that ought to bo cut ^ tlowu. I know tltoro arc some wild grapes * that ought to ho uprooto i. hut arc you going to destroy tho whole garden because of a J1 little gnarled fruit? You will find worm- * oaten leaves in Fonlainebleatt auu insects ' Hint sting in tho fairy groves of the Champs ^ Elyseos. You do not tear down and destroy ^ tho whole garden because there are a few 3 specimens of guarlol fruit. I admit thoro * tiro men and women in tho church who * ought not to bo there, but lotus he Justus " frank and admit tho fnct that there are linn- " drods aud thousands and tens of thousauds '' of glorious Christian men and women?holy, * blessed, useful, consecratoil and triumphant. n There is no grander, nobler collection in nil " tlie earth than tho collection of Christians. ft Thoro tiro Christian men in this House " whoso religion Is not a matter of psalm singing and church going. To-morrow morning , that religion will keep them just .as consis- 3 tent and consecrated in their worldly oecu- v rhoso garden I told you at tho boginntng of ny surmon, Ho sat down amid those bowers in I sntd: "I have lost ray road to haoplravs. am angry and envious and frantic, and lesplse everything around mo, ju3t as it belomes a madman to do." O yo woarv souls, omo into Christ's garlon to-day an l pluck a little hearts 0.19s. 'hrist Is the only rest and the only pardon or a portu-bol snirit. Di you not think rour chance has almost come? You men and ronton who have been waiting year after roar for some goo I opportunity in which to icccpt Christ.but have postponodit Ave.ton, wenty, thirty yours?do you not fool as if low your hour of deliverance and pardon md salvation had come? O man. what trudge hast thou against thy poor sotil that hou wilt not let it bo save I? I fool as If sa' atlon must corao to-day in some of your learts. Homo vears ago a vessel struok on the ocks. They had only one llfobont. In that ifeboat tho passengers and crow were gating ashore. The vessel had foundoro I ami fas sinking deeper an I deopor. nnd that ono loat could not take tho passengers vary wlftly. A litt'.o girl stooil on tho dock raiting for lior turn to get tuto the boat, 'ho boat camo and wont, casuo and went, iut her turn did not seom to coma. After while she could wfjit no longer, nnd she caped on tho taffrail nnd thon sprang into ho sen. crying to the boatman: "Save mo mxt! Snvo mo next!" Oh, how many have one ashoro into God's mercy, nn l yot you re clinging to tho wreck of sin! Others have ocopted tho pardon of Chflst, but yon nro r? peril. Why not this moment make a rush orvour immortal rescue, crying until Jesus hail hear you and h-aven nu 1 earth ring rith th? ory: "Save mo next! Savo mo ext!" Now is tho day of salvation! Now! fow! This Sabbath is tho last for somo of you. t is about to sail away forever. Her boll oils. Tho planks thunoer baok in tho uiiis?<i\. n?w uu. nno uuaiM out iward the groat ocean of eternity. Wnvo * irowell to your Inst chance for henvou. t Oh. Jerusalem. Jerusalem, how often roiihl T have gathered thee >vs a lien gath- t roth her brooil under her wings, and ye 1 rouM not! Heboid your house is left unto * ou d noldto." Invited to revel in a gat- c ion, you Ho jn a desert! May Go I Almighty, ^ icforo it is too late, broait that infatuution. * 8 EARLY ELECTIONS. p lovon States Cast Tlinir Votes Provloas to 1 November. ho Uffi^Tpncif tW Atf'VilBiiWffOttJtatgipl fovember. In live of tho States tho elections I $ rill be for State, municipal an i county ofll- i t. :ials only, but in the two other States will x ncludo also the election of members of the t< National Mouse of Representatives. j. Vermont will hold a general elo itlon S?p. n ember 1 for tho election of Governor, Stp.o ss iffieials, Legislature and county nflleul.s w md the members of tho National IIou.<fof in Representatives. Maine will hold an olcelon v'ptember 14, and will choose a Goveror, xr i Legislature and county oUlcers, the L'.'is- y( aturo selecting tho higher State officers. At oa his election tho members of the Nation! jb [louse of Representatives will also boehom. ?< Arkansas will hold nn election Hepton-er ci 1, at which will he chosen all State, coity 9, \ud municipal officers, from eonstabhto Dovornor, with Chief Justice of tho Suprto ; Court, Associate Justice aud Legislate, gH< Hie contest is mainly between the I)o- fpi . rats and Republicans, but the Deinocts J# ire confident of carrying tho Stat . ttl' Iu Alabama, August 8 has been sot i4e for tlio election of Governor, other tto yrt ufficiii's, the Legislature and some oho fry county officers. The contest will be pui- ^{1 pally between the Populists and the Do- j crats, unless tho Populists and the ltsjlicans should make a combination. ft? in Florida an election will be held OcCr Ove r. to choosea Governor, < tlier SliiteofllcL a *"ix majority of tho count v officials, all tfio Lower ileuse of the Legislature and l*>f fljS) ii..ui.i..a 'Pi ... ' ill** ou?>" o "ii??.? iii'j u.v't MJtrfairly opened, an 1 the contest furtlio |I- proi nations has not Icgim. It is said tlis and littln doubt that tlm Democrats will calm is 01 State, and tlm Democratic State CouvJn ing has boon called for Juno 16. live Georgia will hold an election Oct<7, 18 at which will bo chosen everything <pt give tho Federal officials. It is said thho mjgl Governor and tlm other Slate ofifiooill Hiin doubtless ho renominated. TUo Do ills duiij are coufldent of carrying the Stat", tviil priui hold their State convention June 25. heal* Louisiana held an election Anrilfor fe?t i Governor and State ofiloers, a L">^ro thnt and district, parish and local oftlcersho glori Legislature chosen will elect a Soito llis? succeed Mr. B'.anchard. comn drink SHAKESPEARE'S RIRTHDA Dedication at Stn?ttt>r.l-on-A vo-i ofn- to <low Krected l>y American Via q'1 Ambassador and Mrs. Bayard vlsl*t- way; | ford-on-Avon, England, and took in nine < the sovoriil ceremonies held on thelou this m of Shakespeare's birthday. The w At twelve o'clock the vicar of Trhe garme Bev. G cor go Arbuthnot), whose Mr. when ] llnyard was, dedicated a window, J at conifoi a cost of $4->0, with inoucy receiom Go in American visitors to Shakespeare'i>nd was sc from others, whom tho vicar int' in body.? the project during a recent visit tot?d States. The most interesting ceremony Jay took piaee in the Shakespearean' _ , Thnatro at four o'clock in tint OU. when United State? Consul Parket?d to the theatre and museum a The J Edwin Booth as Hamlet on beli^o t(st misIMnvers' Club of N nv York, foun dowud by Mr. Booth. wore ar . , net at J Missionaries In ciilit leave i Minister Denby, at I'okin, hibthn Duwlefl Department of State, at Waslyl'at deljth ft M. Gerard, the Freuoli Mlnis?nn, Now y) has procured from I ho Tsung ? by 1 liavo^b virtue of the French treaty of l?dHr i uhih< tg,u directing tile local authoritiesI .JJ the proviucos of tho Umpire tof?'n I ll: the various editions and compl"10 r Y Chinese code all restrictions ueP!i* I Ration of the Christian roligiorves <lut $ics me pleasure," writes Mr. D*lft,ld othn/iV thnt the Minister of Franco is f *ho * gratitude of the entire Chris! *or , *?"'J<$' his action in this important m? di * J durin fH A custom of Puritan timesi"lvorl In Mao hi as, Mo., in the openi/OWU ?' ?L .1', 1 | mooting with prayer. I ' Bll\ fl i '.i I 1 BABMTH SCHOOL IXTEXtJTATIONATj LISSSON ITOH MAY y. Lesson Text: ?*rnl(h," IjmTvo xvI!., O-11)?Golden Text: Luke xvli., G? Commentary. 5. "Incroase our faith." Wo ron 1 In X., 17, ttmt lattli eomoth by hearing Hint hen>ing by the wort or God. If wo tlnnly believe one wont ol God, th.it Is faith In G<?d. If wo believe two words, that is inoro fa th, and no on. Faith is not a feeling nor mi amotion, t ut simply n (lrin and steadfast resting on what tti? Ood of truth boo said, Wholly regardless of our feelings or ciri'utnstunce*. Fnllh snys, "I bo iovH God that >t thall bo even ns it was told mo" (Acts xxvil., 23), even though as in tho case of Paul ?v rythlng seems against it. 6. "And tho Lord said, It vo had faith as a grain of mustard seed. * A mustard soo i is i very small seed, but it h?s llfo ia it which, when planted iu tho ?Hrth, will soon make itself mauites'. Tnn life of faith is thnword if God, and this word phuitod in thosoul svi 1! ItllPAlv r?w<~?rr? Kt.? t* 1 ?1 * * * * * .... n>.in| uui 11 II1IIBI UW |>IJIUIO'l. 11 >oly on the surface, like the seed by tho waytide, the devil will euteh It avrny. If on rocky or thorny soil, it will either wither or le choked, hut receive-l iulo nn honest heart t will b ar frnlt to tho glory of Qod. 7- 9. This illustration of the servant doing trhat he was commanded seeins intended to snforco obedience, simplo and unquesttonn|{. In verses 3 slid 4 our Lord end said hat they snoutd forgive a brother seven dines a dny it necessary. To this thpy said, 'Increase our faith," when It was not a mater of faith, but of simple and unquestioning ihedience. Having been forgiven millions >t offenses by Htm, who laid down His life or us, ana needing aud receiving thnt forgiveness in greater or less degree contlnuilly, it Is surely n small matter that wo furtive others even seven times a day. 10. ''We 'are unprofitable servants. Wo lave done that which was our duty to do." lom? who bear tho name of Christ Jesus our Lord are often heard to say, "I ought to do his and that." And tho most of their reiglon is doing what they feel they ought to io, but really have no heart for. They woul I lot like to be considered unprofitable servants, but let them eonslderthis word of our hord. It is so different wheu the love of Jhrist const rat ntth (II Col. v., 14). God dhl lot give His Son and t he Sou did not give (limsolf because He thought Ho ought to, jut because Ho loved so. 11. "He passed through tho midst of Sinaria and Galilee." He was on His way to ferusalem to die, and, although Ho knew hat the Samnritaus would not receive Hisn [Luke ix., 51-53), yet He loved them enough j give them tho opportunity. He was, in a tense, ever laying dowu His life white on dis way to Golgotha, where He actually laid t down. n? pleased not Himself. H i gloifled God. He gave His life for His enemies, de desires, in the person of His followers, to X> still passing through tho midst of those vlto need Him, whether they will have Him >r not. 12. "There met nim t<*n men that wro epers, widen stood afar off." He knew that de would meet these lepers, and probably uttered that village that I11 might meet horp. Ten is suggestive of one aspect of iompleteuess, as in tho ten virgins, and hese leDers may stand for all tho una.can vhom Jesus ounie to heal. 13. "Jesus. Master, have morcy on us." A sry of tohI need and of utter helplessness, le helps those who havo no helper, not those vho can help themselves, as some say. He 'nmo not to call the righteous, hut sinners, fhey that are whole, in their own estimation, vill not ho likely to ea'.l a physician. Hut inking Peter, and unclean lepers, and helpess blind men, who plead nothing hut their rrcat need and His mercy will always get Us car, and find His heart full of compasi~n, and His arm strong to save. '. "As they went they were cleansed." is a case of unquestioning ohedienoe. for hoaltti, and He tol ' tli?m to ,o aua sn. tV * ording to iv. xiii., nu.l iv., for If the law, but 5 fulfill it ?a chapter v., 4, He first id then sent im to the pt .opcrs are sent itliout being ?eir cleansing i im? as they ol .s always bless- i ig in obedience. 15. "One of then sew that he as healed, turned with a Ion 1 j >ice glorllied God." -'art is full. He ( mnot restrain his jo\ must stop an I i attk his Healer before oes to the nriest. wus is God manifest in ' flush. God in <irist has healed him. h w'11 "r*t thank s ~>d. and then, if still so c< oumaudod, show mself to the priest. 16. "And fell down on hi:' taeo at His feet, i iiug Him thanks and he w"sa Samaritan." } tio so ofTereth praise glorii,eth God (Ps. )., , I, and it is always u good thing to give inks unto the Lord. IIovv m?mv times wo v t Him for mercies, but no' always do we Ii urn to give Him thank?.' 1" trouble wo ' unto the Lord, but in prosperity wo oft I to praise Him. 7. "Aud Jesus answering sV*l*'? Were the-e ton cleaned? lint whore i:r? l',w "ine?" j certainly looks for our g rat it ude, ami in / jiatiii-; we art) to trivo* ,lim thanks (? 1 v., 18). lfwH onlyb ;li,;v,,,l thetliings t are Ireely given to us o.'(1 Cor. ii-. ] and that we aro blessed*wit'1 il" spiritn il sings in Christ (Eph. I-.3), our hearts 1' Id be full of thunksgiv(i"b' 'or oursolviH of petitions for others* '"33 favored. It .. nr privilege to bo who?"y at r"st concernourselves once wo art'/ Christ an?l to f wholly unto Hiin to Wle!W others. X . '"There are not fou'U1''hat returned to glory to G d save -'his stranger." We ' it ask Where are all these who trusted 'b to save them? Ho w many are in their ' life giving glory Cod? Hut a more lieu! question for aaoh ono is. Has He ?d me? And If so am I making it munin my lira that I am not my own, but I tftu bought wl 'h a price that 1 uihv j>c fy flod in my W *ly ana spirit wlileh are i.\ (I Cor. vi., Am 1 obeying the innd, "Whe'?!", therefore, yo out or , or whatsd^?r y? do. do all to the of God?" (i r.^or. x, 81.) Or am I con- ,,j vith a roJfgior/'s"c.ss which shows itself rthly priests/ without seeking chiully ? all things /he glory of God? , "And lie s/ii'l unto him, Arise, go thy , ' thy faith Pffntli made/hee whole." The tu< wero clea?ised from their leprosy, but nj>; an goes nMway cleansed body aud soul. .JO oinan w?'? touehotl the bum of ills nt was Btealed of her infirmity, but i He said W-n her: "Daughter, be of good nnt "t; thy f faith hath made then whole, /i pea<*" ' (chapter viil., 48), there tmethJpng more than healing lor tho niu -Lea-jpou Helper. woi nr _ to I H)IAZ A I' IjIHKIM'V, A [)r*'lt'rf<l to Leave tlio Island ol '^ni | Cuba. wev. Albert Diaz, tho American Kap- wor Jpionary and Ills brollier, Alfred, who ' ( C rested at Havana, Cuba, have been Liberty, but bavo been ordered to ?Hho country. Messrs. O'I.eary and A s iy, delegates respectfully of the 1'hila- ? so< in bulletin and Harper's Weekly ol 'f tin fork, who were arrested at Mutanza* |m si ecu released on bail, which was fur- ratei by tho Aiuerieau vice consul. ?lVori and Mark of Nat inflict Ion. 1 bu mayor of Flint, Mich., performs the of his oflice without compensation than tho satisfying sense of having ?Vot lis duty. Hut the mayor who retired reeled tho affairs of the town so well It I his year <?I oflleo that tho common worn I unanimously voted to muku an apitlou for him, as an especial murk ol ? :tiou. Tho sum was 41. suist LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. OTjFANINOS from many points Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Rletly Told. Southern News Notes. Taylor IlarmoD, n Negro murderer, is to be hanged at Charlottesville, Vu., on Juuo 27th. The Georgia Railroad Commission has failed so far to upset railroad consolidation in that State. Tho Confederate Veterans of South Carolina held their re-union in Charleston. Thousands of old soldiers wcro in attendance. Tho As^ jboro and Montgomery Railroad Company, of North Carolina, has reo"ntly been granted a charter by the Secretary of State. Gvistavius A. Kohn, -who has bad ?Large of a large millinory establishment in Europe and America, committed miicide in Richmond, Yu., last Thursday. Two inventors of Remington, Ind., have invented a glass colliu and they say there is a yearning desiro for glass collius all over the country, which thus fur has had to go uusatislled. Tho railroads in tho Southern Passenger Assoointion will charge 23 cents hereafter for carrying a bicyelo in tho baggage car. This is a uniform rate for all distances. Hon. C. AI. Busbece, ex-Grand Sire of the Odd Fellows of tho world, will deliver the uddress at tho laying of the coraer-stono of the main building of tho Odd Fellows of tho Orphans Home in Goldsboro, N. C. j. no neanoara Air-J-uno has issued a very attractive pamphlet, with a handsome picture of tho Robert E. Roe statue in Richmond, Va., in regard to the re-union of United Confederate Veterans at Richmond, June 30 to July 7. Northern News Items. Rinford L. Bliss, 65 years of age. was killed in Philadelphia, Pu., by uu electric wire. Tho long-expected distribution of World's Fair diplomas and medals has begun at last. In tho District Court at Denver, Col., Madamo Warren has been accepted as u juror. Three persons killed, soveral injured and much property destroyed in Ohio by a cyclone last Monday. Nino thousand mnplo trees aro to be cut up in Maine this summer, to till uu order for 1,500,000 shoe lasts. Tho frosts for the last ten days wero uncommonly severo throughout California, and the fruit crop hus been destroyed in some sections. Charles Pustolka and Louis P. Herrman, New York City murderers, wero put to death by electricity in the penitentiary at Biug Sing last Wednesday. In tho trial of Scott Jackson for the murder of Pearl Bryan, at Cincinnati, ()., a clay figure, clad in lior dress was net up in tho court, but objected to and removed. The Greater New York bill has boon lapsed over the vetoes of Mayor Strong. t x- 1- 1 - - - fi xicw iurK, amt Mayor AYarster, oi Brooklyn, by a vote of to 09. Tho ipiuion ib that Qoveauor Morton will iign tho bill. Tho Now York Herald Hays that tho ( ee trust control all tho ico sold in New 'ork and Brooklyn. Families are | oreed to pay 40 cents a hundred ' reight for ico. Tho price this timo t [ibt year was from 20 to 25 cents. i -40F- ' Washington. Tho nomination of Gen. Fitzhugh ?i joe, of Yiiginiu, to bo Consul-Geuerul c ) 11 a van nr., lias been continued. The United StatoH Senate has passed ' io bill appropriating ?150,000 for ublie building at Portsmouth, Ya. 0 Vice-President Stevenson will do- <* ver an address on tho occasion of the 11 onunenceinent of tho University of orth Carolina, Thursdaj*, Juno 4th, II id will also deliver tho diplomas to to graduates. j, Foreign. rl Last Thursday vtn| the third and iuI day of the celebration of Shakes- ^ are's birthday ut Stratford-on-Avon, ,.M iiglaud. li< African mining companies will soon velop the old workings described in ' ung Solomon's Mines." The mines 4J d in Matabelelaml. Spanish newspapers maintain that ) United States has semi-official ly proached Spain on the subject of |,j| iitical reforms in Cuba. foi V serious conflict between Christians 1 Turks has occurred in tho island of soi jto. There were two days' fighting ma 1 fifty persons were killed and unded. The Cretans have appealed jrreeco for aid. i letter has been received from the erican missionaries is Iiitlis Turkey, j ing that tho American relief agents e permitted to Kelcet tho times and Ju ;es for tho distribution of relief to ft(>r distressed Armenians. Salmon For .Japanese Waters. ^ lupply of Columbia river salmon spawn our in to bo sent to Japan, tho government j bo a country being anxious to ascertain if w''' tilmon can bo propagated in Japanese jjf'7 rs. There are some salmon in Japanese s, but the supply is far short of the de. Tho lish commissioners havo agreed nisfi tho eggs, which will bo taken to ? i and placed in an artitlcial lake, near lama. tuns * to b< nen Delegates Will Wot IJe A<1- <>om ml!ted. ! .,|oti Is stated on tlio highest authority that ! >s !? on delegates aro not to bo admitted at oming general Conference of tho MothEpiscopal Church In Baltimore, Md. earn " \/ J ' * 1'IIK FIFTi'./.JVRTII CONGRESS^. A Synupsls of the I'rui-eedlngs of Uoth , HouiMi TIIK SENATE. i MONDAY. On Monday in the Senate Senntor Prltcbard introduced a lull to pay a war claim for vI.004 t k .1 M. .1 .! t.vt.? ?. nilmitintriiior 11 ii r v Johnson. 'llio LockUiirl una S.utw' aud \Vulsh contested election cases lias i?**n postpouod till May 4th. Senator l'rltcltard will j-upport in tin* Senate tho Item in tlio lniliaii t>ill paying $15,000 to tho esltues of ' McLcod and Erwin, attorneys for tho Eastern Chorokees. TCESDAY. On Tuesday In tho Scuttle Senator Prltoh aril introduced a bill appropriating $70,000 for a llrst-class light house at tho pitch ot tho Cane Four, IS miles to son. Ills pension bills for Silas It. Ilcnsley and Surah E. Gotten were favorably reported Senator llutler Is assured of a favorable report this week on his bill to build monuments to Generuls Davidson and Nash, effectuating resolutions of tho ooutincutnl congress. He tuny get $5,000 or more than ho asked. WEDNESDAY. The Souate on Wodnesdav .llumiou.?.i nidation of sectarian schools for Indian children. It ended in the adoption of an amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell. The bill as It eaino from the House appropriated $1,335,000 ?increase by the Senate to $1,330,000? for the support of day and industrial schocls for uh:ldreu. This appropriation was accompanied by a provision absolutely prohibiting future payment for the education of Indian children in sectarian schools. Thursday. Unanimous consent was asked by Mr. Call to have the joint resolution, heretofore offered by him, requesting the President to send ships of war to Cuba for the protection of American oitir.eus taken up for consideration and action; but on the appeal of Mr. Plutt, Itepubiieuu, of Connecticut, not to press the request at this time, Mr. Call said lie would withhold his request for the present. but ho gave notice that as soon as the Indian appropriation bill shall be disposed of, he will move to have his joint resolution taken up and acted on. FRIDAY. In the Senate on Friday Mr. Iiacon, Democrat. of Georgia, offered an amendment for the payment to the Cotton States and International K\position Company of Atlanta,. On., of the unexpended balance (about 13,000) of the appropriation heretofore mado for the government exhibit there ns agreed to. The following bills were passed: Senate bill to $250,000 to Richmond i oliege, Richmond, Ya., lor use and occupation and Injury of building by the United Slates troops foreight months beginning April, 1861; Senate bill appropriating $20,500 for a lighthouse at St. Joseph's Ray, Flo. SATURDAY. The Senate Saturday made very brief work cf the sundry civil bill. When it pnssed tho House it carried appropriations aggregating thirty million dollars. The Senate appropriation committee reported it back with an addition of live million dollars?largely made up sums necessary to curry on work on public buildings nnd river and harbor improvements nfid United States courts forthe whole twelve months, instead of for Six or nine mouths. T}>e committee also added two iin 111 mi uoiiars ?o xue ?iu us u passed appropriates in roun.'I iiRures thirty-seven, million dollars. Anion* i.ho amendments ndopted worn: Increasing tho Jiniit of cost of tliu public building at SnvlV11"1'1' *'aj from four hundred thousand to 11 bundled thousand dollars. Appropriating , Itftoon thousand dollars for a post oilloo buiWJ,aK n' Fortress Monroe, Ya., and also two thou^0'* tlfty-eitfht dollars for the" pureha.su A?" additional land for tho military cemetery at /' Key West, Flu., THE IIOUSE. MONDAY. Mr. Willis, Republican, of Delaware, offered in the House a resolution authorizing aiet directing the President to invito the oommeieiul nations of tho world to Join in an International monetary conference, to bo held at as early date as possible, fyr the purpose of establishing an international staEQard of^ ratio between gold and silver money. A -6oiu- / mission of nine is created?three to he members of the House appointed by tho Speaker; three to be Senators aud threo to be appointed by the President. One hundred and llfty thousand dollars is appropriated toward tlio joint expenses of the conference. Representative Linney has introduced pension bills at ijl'2 monthly for Oillomicl L. Smoot, Uezekinh A. Wood, Washington Hayes and Rebecca Oofl'ey, of Wilko.-, aud L. L. Coffey, of Watauga. TUESDAY. Representative Skinner, of North Carolina. Introduced joint resolution in the House on Tuesday to submit to a direct vote of tho people of the United States next November, tho piestions : 1. Shall congress enact a (res oiiiage law at 10 to IV 2. Shall tho constlution ho amended so as to provide for a di eet vote for President, Vice President and Senators V II. Shall the nniiaiHiiiu? .v..w.a?<i%i<yu in) uneudcd so as to provide that taxes l>o ira(used us congress deems proper? It got1* iron ml that direct tax decision. 4 Shall ongrcss provide for an income tax law? WKDNKSDAY. In the House on Wednesday two pension ills were returned to the Senate by the Preslont without his signature. Green county, 'exas, was transferred to the Territory of Iklahonia, in aeeordaueo with tlx- recent deisiou of the Supreme Court declaring it not part of tho Statu of Texas. TltVllsDAY. Ity a vote of six ayes to two nays, tho 011*0 committee on Territories agreed to 10 report favoring a bill admdting yitlaDiim to statehood. Beyond pa-sing a few rivate hills the House transacted no busi ss, eveept in the discussion of general penon bilb. FRIDAY. The general deflcieney i ill, a? It passed the ouse, contains the following item of intert:To refund to the collector of customs, >uufort H. C.. for repayment by him to tho rsons entitled thereto the sum Imposed id imposed and collected In the case of tho hoonor Phantom for a violation of It. &. 3fi, slues remitted by tho S jcrotary of tho easury $103. SATURDAY. Phe House Saturday iliscussed tho advLsa,ity ot closing tho debntu on the pension I. but It was decided to continue the same ft few days. Ho soon as the pension bill >ut of tho way the bankruptcy bill will bo :on up. Tho Mil by which Confcduruto diers, who Inter served in the Union army, y be pensioned, was criticised by Mr. usvenor, but he said lie would support bill, however, for the good things there re in it. Map to Cover <{-,"> Acres. n tho House .Mr. Cannon (rep,, Utah) wa* ognir.od for a speech supporting his reatiou for a huge ground map covering fi23 i's, iocnted near Wnshlnot,^ ? ?? n.??,.?vi,IUglM Ire topography and geography of the tod Slates. lio explained that the map tl<l give nn olijoot lesson of tho extent ot country. Tho Mississippi river would shown by an actual stream, three feel 0 and 2,000 yards long, while Lake Mich1 would lmve 22,000 .square )urds ot or. A <?rout Tunnel. contract has been given for a railroad icl under tho llocky mountains which U s, when niplctcd, -is miles long, to be mcnced within sixty dnvsnnd to hncom <l by 100(1. It will costc=20.000.000. This scheme which was started II(teen oi ity years ago by '"llrick l'oiweroy," His was that such a tunnel would out hn? so mineral veins and enrich tho men who ? ied it on. A . k