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    CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, ' JANUARY 19, 1889.
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DR. TAUIAGK'S SIMMON.
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A BRIGHT SUNDAY VERSUS A DOLE
FUL SUNDAY.
Tho fllnomlnmn Tlmt Pcrvuilrn Alt Kulte
Ilellglntift The ClirUtlun Itellglnii Should
Hnvo tlin (Irnnd Clmrnctcrlallo of Cheer-
. fulncM A Word to toiit l"uool People.
i
nnooKLYM, Jan. 13. Tho Nov T Do Witt
TalmnRo, I), D., preached today oti "A aright
Sunday versus n Doloful Humlny." After
ezjKiutKlIng nppmprlnto passages of Script
uro I10 gwo out tho hyinni
Welcome sweet ilny of rest.
That M tho tan arise.
Tho text warn "And call tho Bablwf h a do
light. "-Iwilah kill, 13. Dr TiilniagoRnldi
Thcro U nn element of gloom striking
through nil ("also religions. Paganism Is a
brood of horrors. Tho god of Confucius
frowned t)x)ii its victims with Mind fate,
Mohammedanism promises nothing to those
exhausted with Bin In this world, hut on
eternity of tho snmo passional Indulgences.
But Uod intended tlmt our religion should
bavo tho grand characteristic of cheerfulness.
St. Pnul struck tho l;oy noto when ho mid!
"Itejolco ovcrmoro, und ngnln I say, rojolco."
This religion has no spikes for tho feet, it has
no hooks for thu shoulder; it has no long pil
grimages to tnko, it has no funeral pyres on
which to leap, It has no Juggernauts bo
foro which to fall. Its good cheer h symbol
bod In tho Ulblo by tho brightness of w liters,
and tho rodolcnco of Mies, and tho sweet
ness of music, and tho hilarities of
a banquet. A choir of seraphim chanted at
its Induction, and penllng trumpet, and wav
ing palm, nud Mapping wing of archangel aro
to celebrate its triumphs. Itbcgnn Its chief
mltslon with tho shout: "Glory to Ood in tho
1 highest I" nud it will close its earthly mission
with tho ascription: "Hallelujah, for tho
Lord Ood omnipotent rclgnothl"
Hut men havo said that our religion is not
chocrful, because wo havo such a doleful Bab
bath. Thoysayi "You can havo your relig
ious assemblages, and your long fnecs, and
your snlflllng cant, and your nlm books,
and your Bibles. GIvo us tho Sunday excur
sion, and tho horso raco, and tho couvivlal
laughter. Wo liavo so much Joy that wo
want to spread it all over tho seven
days of tho week, and you shall
not havo ono of our days of worldly
satisfaction for religious dolef ulness." I want
to show theso men if thcro nro any such In
tho homo this morning that thoy nro under
a great delusion, and that God Intended tho
flf ty-two Sundays of tho year to bo hung up
llko bolls in u tower, beating n perpetual
chlmo of Joy and glory and salvation and
heaven; for I want you to carry out tho idea
of tho text, "and call tho Sabbath n delight "
THE DOLEFUL BADI1ATH 13 AN AUOUINATIO.V.
I remark, In tho first placo, wo nro to find
In this day tho Joy of healthy repose. In this
democratic country wo all havo to work
6omo with hand, somo with brnln, somo with
toot If thcro Is in all this house n hand that
has not, during tho past year, been stretched
forth to somo kind of toll, let It bo lifted.
Not ono, not ono. You sell tho goods. You
teach tho school. You doctor In tho sick
room. You prnctico at tho bar. You edit a
nowspaper. You tan tho hides. You preach
tho Gospel. You mend tho shoes. You sit
at tho shuttlo. You carry tho hod of bricks
up tho ladder on tho w all. And tho ono occu
pation Is as honorable as tho other, provided
God calls you to it I enro not what you do,
If you only do it well. But when Saturday
night comes, you nro jaded mid worn. Tho
band cannot so skillfully mnnufacturo; tho
oyo cannot neo as well; tho brnln Is not so
clear; tho Judgment Ij not so well balanced.
A prominent manufacturer told mo that ho
could seo a dlfTcrcuco between tho goods
which went out of his establishment on
Saturday from tho goods that went out on
Monday Ho said: "Thoy wcro very differ
ent Indeed. Thoso that wero miido In tho
former part of tho week, becauso of tho rest
that had been previously given, wero better
than thoso that wero niado In tho latter part
of tho week, when tho men wcro tired out."
Tho Sabbath conies, and it bathes tho soro
Bess from tho limbs, quiets tho agitated brain,
and puts out tho fires of nnxlcty that hnvo
been burning nil tho week. Our bodies aro
soven day clocks, ami unless on tho seventh
day they nro wound up, they run
down into tho grave, Tho Sabbath
was Intended as n savings bank; Into
It wo nro to gather tho resources upon
which no nro to draw all tho week. That
man who breaks tho Sabbath robs his own
nor.-e, his own musclo, lib own brain, his
own bones. Ho dips up tho w ino of Ids own
llfo, nnd throws it away. Ho w ho breaks tho
Lord's day gives n mortgago to disease, and
death upon ids cntiro physical estato, and nt
tho most unoxpectcd moment that mortgage
will bo foreclosed, and tho boul ojeeted from
tho premises. Livery gland, and poro, and
coll, nud linger nail demands tho boventh
day for repose, Tho respiration of tho lungs,
tho throb of tho pulso in tho wrist, tho motion
of tho bono in its socket declaro: "Remember
tho Sabbath day, to keep it holy." Thero
aro thousands of men who hnvo had their
lives dashed out against tho golden
gates of tho Sabbath. A prominent
London merchant testifies that thirty
years ago -ho went to Loudon, llo
says: "I havo dining that time watched
minutely, and I havo noticed that tho men
who went to business on tho lord's day, or
opened their counting houses, have, without
a slnglo exception, como to fnlluro." A
prominent Chrlstaln merchant in Boston
says: "I llud it don't pay to work on Sunday.
When I was n loy, I noticed out on Long
wharf thcro wcro mcrehuuts who loaded
their vessels 0:1 tho Sabbath tiny, keeping
their men busy fioni morning till night, nud
it Is my observation that they themselves
camo to nothing theso merchants and their
children camo to nothing. It doesn't pay,"
bo says, "to work on tho Sabbath."
now Tim sabbath niiUAKUits r.m
I appeal to your observation. Whcro uro
tho men who twenty years ugo wei o Sabbath
breakers, nnd who havo been Sabbath
breakers over slncof Without n slnglo excep
tion, ) oil w id tell mo, they havo como cither
to financial or to moral lieggnry I defy you
to jolnt out n sliiglo exception, and yon can
tako thu whole world for your Held. It lias
cither been n financial or moral defalcation
In overy Itistaneo. Six huiidml and forty
physicians in ludon petition iarliament,
saying, "Wo mutt hnvo tho Sabbath, obeyed.
Wocaunot hnvo health In this city and in this
nation, unless tho Sabbath Isobserved." Thoso
in our out country havo given ovldencoon tho
samoEldo. Tho mail w ho takes down thoshut
tors of his btoroon thoSnbbntli takctulown tho
cursjof Almighty Uod. That farmer who
cultures his ground on thoSnhhathd i raises
a crop of neuralgia, nnd of consumption, and
of death. A farmer said: "I deiy your Chris
tian SabbatlL I will rnlso n Sunday crop."
So ho went to work and plowed t'n round
on Sunday, und harrowed it on Sunday, and
ho planted corn on Sunday, nnd ho i enped
tho com on Sunday, and hogathciod It into
tholxirn on Sunday. "Theio," ho says, "I
havo wived to jou that ull tlila 'don about a
fatality accompanying Sabbath woi k is a
perfect sliar.i. My corn li garnered and nil
is well." But beforo many weeks n.nsed tho
Lord God struck that barn wlt'i his light
nlugi, and nwuy went tho Sunday crop. So
grout is tho moral depression coming ujxm
thoso who toll upon tho Sabbath day, that
you may hnvo noticed (If you bavo not, I call
your attention to tho fncti that In coses
whcro tho public Interest demands Sabbath
toll tho moral dcprcMtoii Is ao great that
thcro aro but very few who can stand It
For Instance, tho xillco service, without
which not ono of our houses would ho wife
thero nro very fow who can stand tho pres
suro nud temptation of It In Ixmdon, whcro
thcro nro llvo thousand policemen, tho statis
tic Is given tlmt In ono year tiluo hundred nud
twenty-ono of that llvo thousand wero dis
missed, llvo hundred nnd twviity-throo wero
suspended nud two thousand four hundred
and ninety-two wero lined. Now, If tho
moral depression Iw so groat In occu
tlons that nro Kwltlvely necessary for
tho eaco and proiqwrlty of society,
I ask you what must Ixj tho moral depression
In thoso eases wliero thero Is no necessity for
Sabbath work, and whcro a mnu chooses
worldly business on tho IxirdV day Just Ih
cnuso ho likes it or wants to add to his emolu
ments! During tho last war It was found
out that thoso public works which paused on
tho seventh day turned out moro war inato
rlal than thoso which worked all tho seven
days. Mr Ungunll, n prominent iron mer
chant, gives this testimony: "I Unit wo hnvo
fowcr accidents In our establishment nud
fower Interruptions, now wo observo tho
Lord's day , nud nt tho closo of tho year, now
that wo keep tho Sabbath, I find wo turn out
moro Iron nnd havo larger profits than any
j ear when wo worked nil tho seven days." Tho
fact Is, Sabbath miido ropes w 111 lircnk, nnd
Sabbath mndo shoes will leak, and Sabbath
mado coats will lip, nud Sabbath mndo mus
kets will miss lire, nnd Sabbath occupations
will bo blasted. A gentleman said: "I In
vented n shuttlo on tho Iml's day. I was
very busy, so I mndo tho model of Mint now
shuttlo on tho lml's day. So vory busy was
I during tho week Hint 1 hnd to occupy many
Sabbaths. It was n great success. I enlarged
my buildings; I built now factories, nud mndo
hundreds of thousands of dollars; but I havo
to tell you that nil tho result of that work on
tho Sabbath has been to 1110 ruin. I enlarged
my buildings, I mndon great many thousands
of dollars, but I havo lost all, nnd I
charge it to tho fact of that Sunday
shuttlo." I will placo in two companies
tho men In tills community who break tho
Sabbath nnd tho men who keep It, nnd then I
nsk you who nro tho best friends of socloty?
Who wo tho best friends of morals) Who
havo tho best prospects for this world? Who
Igvo tho best for tho world that Is to como?
Sabbath morning comes in tho household. I
tupposo thnt tho nicro philosopher would sny
that tho Sabbath light comes Innwnvo cur
rent, just llko any other light, but It docs not
seem so to 1110. It seoms ns If It touched tho
oycllds moro gently, anil throw n brighter
glow on tho mantel ornaments, and cast
u better cheerfulness on tho faces of tho chil
dren, nud throw a supernatural glory over
tho old family Bible. Hnlll Sabbath llghtl
Wo rojolco in It Best comes In through tho
window, or It leniis up from tho lire, or it
rolls out in tho old nrm chair, or it catches
jp tho body into ecstasy, anil swings open
before tho soul tho twclvo gates which aro
twclvo pearls. Tho bar of tho unopened
wnrchouso, tho hinges of tho unfastened storo
window, tho quiet of tho commercial ware
house beeni to say: "This is tho day tho Lord
hath made." Best for tho sowing woman,
with weary hands, and aching sldo, nnd sick
heart Best for tho ovei tasked workman In
tho mine, or out on tho wall, or in tho swelter
ing factory. Hang up tho piano, drcp tho
adze, slip tho band from tho wheel, put out
tho lira Best for tho Ixxly, for tho mind,
nnd for tho soul.
Welcome, sn eot day of rest,
Tlmt saw the Ixiril arise:
Welcome to tills rcvlvini; hrenst
And lho rejoicing ejes.
UOW PAItn.NTAt. I.UOUIIIH0U8XE33 AFFECTS
CIIII.UKK.V.
Again I remark, wo ought to havo In tho
Sabbath tho Joy of domestic leunlon nud
;otisocrntlon. Thcro uro somo very gocd
parents who hnvo tho faculty of making tho
Sabbath a great gloom. Their children run
up against tho wall of parental lugubrious
ness on that day. Thoy aro sorry w hen Sun
day comes nnd glad when it goes nwny.
Thoy think of everything bad on thnt day.
It Is tho worst duy to them, really, In all tho
week. Thero aro persons w ho, becauso thoy
wcro brought up hi Christian families
whcro thcro wcro wrong notions about tho
Sabbath, havo gouo out Into dissipa
tion and win bo lost A man said to mo: "I
havo a perfect disgust for tho Sabbath day.
I never saw my father smllooii Sunday. It
was such n dieudful day to mo when I was a
boy, I nover got over it, and I never w ill."
Thoso parents did not "cnll tho Sabbath n
delight;" thoy mado it a gloom. But thero
nro houses represented hero this morning
whcro tho children say through tho week:
"I wonder when Sunday will comol" Thoy
nro anxious to havo It como. I hear their
hosannn In tho houso; I hear their hosanna In
tho school God Intended tho Sabbath to bo
especially n day for tho father. Tho mother
Is homo nil tho week. Sabbath day comes,
and God says to tho fnthcr, who has lcen
busy from .Monday morning to Saturday
night at tho store, or away from homo:
"This Is your day Seo what you can
do in this little flock In preparing
them for hivcn. This dny I set apart for
you." You know very well Uiat thero aro
many parents w ho aro mero suttlers of tho
household, thoy provide tho I ood and rai
ment, onco In a while, pcrhniw, thoy hear tho
child read n lino or two In tho now primer, or
If thcro bo n caso of especial discipline, and
tho mother cannot mnungo It, tho child Is
brought up, in tho court martial of tho
father's dlselpllno und punished. That is ull
thero Is of It No scrutiny of that child's Im
mortal interests, uoicnllzatlouof the fact that
tho child will soon go out In n w 01 Id whcro
thcro aro Gigantic nnd overwhelming tempta
tions that havo swamped millions. But
In somo household it Is not that
way; tho home, beautiful on ordltnrv days,
is moro beautiful now tlmt tho Salibath has
dawned. There is moro Joy In tho "Good
morning," thero Is moro tenderness In tho
morula;; prayer. Tho father looks nt tho
child nud tho child looks at tho fuller. Tho
llttlo 0110 dares now to nsk questions w ithout
any fear of being answered: "Don't bother
aio I must bo off to tho btoro." Now tho
father looks nt tho child, and ho sees not
merely tho bluo eyes, tho niched brow, tho
long lashes, tho sweet Up. Ilo sees In
that child n long lino of cm tidy des
tinies; ho sues 1:1 that child an Immeasur
able eternity. Ah Iio touches that child
ho says: "I wonder what will ho tho
destiny of this llttlo ono?" And whllothis
Christian father is thinking nud praj ing, tho
sweet ptvmlso Hows through his siul "Of
such Is tho kingdom of heaven " And ho feels
a Joy, tint hl.o that which sounds i.i tho
ikuico, or Is wafted from tho froth of tho wlno
cup, or th.it which Is llko the "craeMln.T of
thorns uuihr 11 Kt," but tho joy of domestic
oiinloii nud consecration,
Have I b'cn picturing something that is
merely fanciful, or I It possible- for you und
for mo to hnvobueh a homonsthat? I bcliovo
It is xsihlu.
SOJin STATISTICS TltnOWINQ I I01T ON THE
Hl'UJr.CT.
I havo 11 stathtlc that 1 would Jl:o to ftva
you. A greut many xoplo, you know, sny
thcro li nothing in tho Chi Istlan dlsciplinoof
n household. In Now Hnmp.liiro thcro wcro
twoiujghborhovxls thpono of six fanillieo,
tho other of l!o families. Tho six families
disregarded tho Bnbbnth. In tlmo, llvo of
thoso families wero broken np by tho sejiarn
tlou of husbands and wives; thu other by tho
fnthcr becoming a thief. Kight or uino of
tho imrcntfl Uvamo drunknrds, ono com
mitted suicide, nud ull camo to Hnury. Of
somo forty or llfty descendants, alnrnt twenty
nro known to bo drunkards nnd gamblers
nnd dissolute Four or llvo hnvo Ix-en in
stato prison Ono I ell in n duel. Somo nro
In tho almshouse. Only ono lieenmo u Chris
tian, nnd ho nfter first having Ihvii outi ago
misty dissipated. Tho other llvo fiiuillicri that
regarded tho Sabbath wero ull prospered,
night or ten of tho children nro consistent
iiumiheni of tho church. Somo of them lo
cumoolllcerMiii tho church, ono Is a minister
of tho OophI, ono Is u missionary to China.
No poverty among any of them, Tho home
stead Is now in tho hands of tho third genera
tion. Thoso who hnvo died havo died in thu
xai'o of tho Gos)cL Oh, is there nothing In
n household that reinciulvnt God's holy dny?
Can it 1k Kss!hlo that thoso who disregard
this holy commnudment can U prospeied for
this life, or hnvo any good hoHf tho llfo that
Is to come?
Again, wo ought to hnvo in tho Sabbath the
Joy of Christian assemblage, Wliero mo all
thoso ieoplo going on tho Sabbath I You seo
them moving up nud down tho street Is It
a festnl day? coplo might ask. Has thero
been snmo public edict commanding tho
xsplo to como forth? No, they nro only
worshipers of God who nro going to their
places of religious service. In what delicate
scale shall I weigh tho joy of Christian con
vocation? It gives brightness to tho eye, nnd
a Hush to tho check, nud u pressure to tho
hnud, nud a thrill to tho heart You seo tho
nged man tottering along on his staff through
tho nlslo. You roc tho llttlo child led by
tho hand of its mother. You look around
nnd rejolco that this Is 0d'n day,
and this tho communion of mints. "Ono
Ird, ono faith, one baptism." Somo familiar
tunc sets nil tho soul n-qulvor nud n-quako
with mpturo. Wo phmgo into somo old
hymn nud all our cures and anxieties nro
bathed off. Tho gloiious Gospel tinniorts
us, tho Spirit descends, Jesus npix-ars, nud
wo feel tho bounding, spreading, electi lo joy
of Christian convocation.
I look upon tho Church of God ns ono vast
hosanna. Joy dripping finui tho bnptismnl
font, Joy glowing In tho sacramental cup, Joy
wnrbllug in thonuthem, Joy Ix-ntiug ngiilnst
tho ga to of heaven with a hallelujah llko tho
volco of mighty thuudcrlugs. Beautiful for
sltuatlonl Tho joy of tho whotoeai this Mount
Zion. It Is tho day and tho placo w hero Christ
rovlows his troops, bringing them out in com
panies nud regiments and battalions, riding
along tho line, examining tho battle torn flags
of past comlwit, nnd cheering them on to
future victories. Oh, tho Joy of Christian as
semblage I
I return k nho, wo nro to hnvo in this day
tho Joy of eternal Sabhatlsm. I do not 1k
llovo it possible for any Christian to sx.nd
tho Lord's day hero without thinking of
heaven. Thci o Is something In the gathering
of pooplo in church on cm th to mako ono
think of tho rapt ussciublngo of tho skies.
Thcro Is something In tho song of tho Chris
tian chinch to mako ono think of tho song of
tho elders before tho throne, tho harpists and
tho trumpeters of God accompanying tho
harmony Tho light of a better Subbnth
gilds tho top of this, and eaith and heaven
como within speaking distance of cn'-h other,
tho song of tiiuuiph waving backward and
forward, now tossed up by the church of
earth, now sent back by tho church of
heaven.
Day of all tho week tho lot,
l.iulilciu or t tenml rest
Tho Christian man stands radiant In its
light. Ills lx:i eft heart rejolcisut tho thought
of a country w hero thero Is neither colllu nor
grnvo; Ids weary body glows at tho Idea of a
laud w hero thcro nro no burdens to carry and
no exhaustive Journeys to tako. Ho cats tho
grnx:s of Ilshcol. Ho stands iixm tho moun
tain top und looks off upon tho promised
laud. Ho hears tho call of tho eternal tow
ers and thu tramp of tho iiumbei loss multl
tudo with sins forgiven. This Is tho duy
w liich tho Lord hath mndo. Iict us rejolco
and Iw glad in it Oh, yo who hnvo been
hunting for Sunday pleasures In tint street
, and on tho I Ivor and In tho houso of sin, I
' commend to you this holy day and holy serv
ice! I do not invito you to swallow n great
. bitterness or carry n heavy yoke; but I in
vito you to feel in Ixxly, mind and soul tho
I thrill of Joy w hleh God has handed down In
tho chalices of tho golden Sablmth.
j THE JEEREltS AND J1IIEHS AT THE SAlinATH.
With what revulsion and with w hut pity
wo must look out on that largo class of er
i sons in our day who would throw disci edit
upon tho lird'sday. Thero aro two tilings
t w hlch Christian xsplo ought nover to glvo
up; tho ono is tho Bible, tho other Is tho Sab
bath. Tako away ono, and you tako both,
Tuko cither, and farewell to Chris
: tinnity In this country, farewell to our civil
nnd religious liberties. When thoy go, nil
go. Ho w ho has over spent Sunday in I'nris,
or Antwerp, or Homo, if ho bo an Intelligent
Christian, will pray God that tho
day will nover como when tho Subbnth
of continental Luropo shall put its foot
upon our shores. I had a friend In Syrncuso
w ho lived to bo 100 ) curs of ago. Ho said to
mo in his With j can "I went across tho
mountains in tho eaily history of this coun
try. Sabbath morning came. Wo wcro lx
ond tho i cat li of civilization. My comrades
w cro all going out for 'nn excursion. I said:
'No, I won't go.lt Is Sunday' Why, thoy
laughed Thoy said: 'Wo haveu't any Suu
day hero.' 'Oh, yes,' I said, 'you have. I
brought It with mo over tho mountains.' "
Thorouro two or three ways In which wo
can war against Sabbath bi caking usages in
this day, and tho llrst thing is to get our chll
then light upon this subject, ami tench them
that tho Sabbath day is thu holiest of nil tho
dnj s, ami tho best and tho gladdest Unless
j oil teach your child under tlto patei nal roof
to keep tho Lord's dny, tin roaioulno hundred
and ninety chances out of n thousand it will
never learn to l.ccp thoSnbbuth on may
think to tiiirk rosjxiustblhty In tho matter,
nnd seudyourchild to tho Sabluth school and
tho houso of Cixl.thut will not ielloo thu
mnttLi-. I want to tell ou, in tho uauio of
Christ, in) Maker and my Judge, tlmt your
example will Ixj moio potential than liny in
struction they get clsew hero, nnd if youdlsro
gnrd tho Lord's day joursclf, or In any wise
throw contempt u.on It, jou mo hListing
your children w Ith an lullulto ci.rsc. It is u
lough truth. I know, told Inn lough wny,
but It Is (Jnd's tiuth, no ei thel.'sx. Your
child may gonn to eveiity or lhty jears
of age. Inn tl.nl child will ueer getoei tho
uw f ul dluidv tiutngo of lia in;; had u Sabtath
I. leaking latliei or a Sabbath liical.ing
mother It Is t:io joy of ninny of us tlmt wo
can look liai l to an call) home whcro Uod
was, honored, m when 11 o Sntitmtti c-ar.io it
wasn day of n-it consociation and Joy
Woreniemlii l he old faces i.h i.rd the t.ib.o
that Snbbntli iiioinlng. Oi r hi wits melt
wlicn we thin.' of those blessed usmk iatlons,
and wo mil) have been off nud toim.iittcd
many IndtscutiotiH and douo iiiuuy wrong
things, but tho day will nover co: e when no
forget tho cuilv homo i.-i whlili (Jed's day
was regarded, and father mid nn tuir told us
to keep holy tho Sabluth
now Tin; i:ii. is to nu rovniiT.
Thcro Isnuothir wa) in which we can war
ngulirt tho Sabbath biiaLui,; ir-n-ts of tho
country at this umo, nnd that Is by making
ourhouscsof worship attractive and tho ro
li;loiw strvti-M itikpli Itlng. I plead uotfor
a gorgeous nudlcuco chnmlier, 1 plead not for
groined i aftcis or magnificent fresco; but I
do plead for comfortable churched, homo llko
churches place whcro tho church going
xpulntlou behave ns they ought to. Mako
tho church welcome to nil, how over xxirly
clnd thoy may Ik1, or whatever may hnvo
been their past history; for I think I ho church
of (lod Is not so much mndo for you who
could hnvo churches In your own house, but
for tho vast iKipulatlon of our great cities,
who nro trending on toward death, with no
volco of merej to tin est them, All I when
tho prodigal comes into the church, do not
stnru at film ns though ho hud no tight to
come, Glvo him tho Ixwt sent you can llud
for him. Sometimes n man wukos up from
his sin, nnd ho snyxt "I'll go to tho houso of
Ond." l'crhiiM ho comes from ono motive,
x'rlinis from another Hoilni's tho church
daik and tho Christian Koplo filgld (and
thcro in o no xoplo on earth who can I hi
moio filgld than Christniii xs)plo when they
try) nnd tho music Is dull, nud ho never conic
ngnln. Supix)so one of these men enteis tho
chut eh. Am ho comas in ho hears a song
which his mother snug when ho was a txiy;
ho rememlHTH It Ho sits down, and somo
ono hniids him a Ixxik, ox'ii nt
Jenuuilein, my hnppy homo,
Nanio ever dear to mo.
"Yes," ho says, "I hnvo heard that many
times." Ho sec chcctful Chllstlnu xsiplo
theio, every mini's face u psalm of thanks
giving to Uod. Ilowiys: "Do you havo this
so every Sundnyl I hnvo heard that tho
houso of Ood unsn doleful place, and Chili
thins wero lugubrious and rcxlllugl I hnvo
really enjoyed myself I" Tin next Sahbnth
thu man is ngnln in thu samu lace. Tears of
repentance start down his cheek, hotx'glns
to pray; und when tho communion tabids
proud ho sits at It, and soino ono reaches
over ami snyHi "Iain surprised to Und you
hero. I thought )ou didn't liellovo in such
things." "Ahl" ho says, "I havo Ixs'ii cap
tured. I enme In ono day, mid 1 found you
wero nil so loving nnd chocrful lieio that I
concluded I would como among ) on, Whcro
thougocst, 1 will go; thy xoplo shall bo my
IHxipli), nnd thy God my GixL Whoro thou
diet, will 1 die, and thero will I lie bin list."
Ahl you can't drive men out of their sins,
hut you can coax men out you can charm
them out
I would to Ood thnt wo could nil como to a
higher appreciation of this Sabbath hoi Itagol
Wo cannot count tho tivasuresof ono Chris
tian Sabbath. It spieiuls out over us tho
two wings of tho nichangel of mercy Oh,
blessed Sabbath! blessed Sabbathl Thoy
scoff a great deal alxiut tho old I'urltnnio
Snhlmths, and thero Is n wonderful amount
of wltccX'iidcd iiX)ii that subject now tho
Sabbaths they used to hnvo In New Luglnnd.
I never lived in Now F.nglnnil, but I would
lather trust tho old I'urltnnio Snbbntli, with
all Its faults, than this modern Sabbath,
w hlch Is fast Ixjcoming no Sabbath at nil. If
our iiKilern Snbbatlsin shall produce as stat
wart Christian character ns tho old New
Lugland I'urltnnlcSnhhmlsiu, I shall Ihj satis
fied, und I shall Is surprised.
Oh, blessed dny I blessed day I I should
llko to illosoino Subbnth moaning when tho
nlr Is full of church music and tho Ixills nro
liuglug. Ix'tivlug my homo gioup with a
(l)lng blessing, 1 should like to look off iix)u
somo Chilstinn assemblage chanting tho
praises of Ood as I went up to Join tho ono
hundred nud foi ty and four thousand nud tho
thmiKii ids of thousands standing mound tho
tin ono of Jesus. Hnikl 1 hear tlio bell of tho
old kirk on the hillside of heaven. It bin
wedding bell, for Miold tlio bridegroom
comcth. It Is a vlctoi 'h lx;ll, for wo nro moro
than conquerors through liim who hath
loved us. It Is n Sabbath Ix'll, for It calls tho
nations of earth nud heaven to ovei lasting
reposo.
Oh when, thou city of my Ood,
Shall I thy courts nscendf
Where congregations no'cr break up.
And Sabbaths hnvu no end.
i
Novel I'rclKht Cars.
Of nil tho unique designs in fielghtcnrstho
ono known as tho "l'rooser"cni was tho most
novel. Tho scheme consisted of tw o Immeuso
Iron cylinders, ench capable of holding !I,O0O
bushels of grain. Tires wcro slit link upon
them in such manner ns to fo-m llanges fit
ting the mils, to keep them In placo. Two of
theso wcro )okod together by a sturdy oak
frame thnt rested on journals or axles, ono in
tho center of each cylinder end. When
loaded, which was douo through a bort of
uiauhcad which was then scaled, tho engine
was coupled on nud tho cylinders lolled
over mil over to tho destination of tho
grain. They took a number of thoso
peculiar curs on a tilal tilp from Chi
cago to New York, and thoy wero such
u curiosity that thoy drew larger crowds
than Bat mini's would hnvo douo. But as tho
machines stinted rolling down a big hill In
Now Yoi k ono of tho innuheuds hurst off.
Then tLo com iiegnu'to fly. It popix-icd tlio
faces of those who hnd gathered at a station,
which tlio strnugo vehicles passed, llko bird
shot. It foimeil n pcifcct cloud as it scat
tered tlio com abroad hi Its own liberal man
ner, without icgnrd to whether It fell on
thorny ground by tlio wnysldo oron fertile
boil. By tho tlmo tho trainmen discovered
tho leakage fully 1,700 bushels had been
strewn, nnd the cms wcro relegated to tho
scrap pile. I lecoiumciided thut thoy lx put
on as n milk train. Stmt them out with
milk, nnd they would have brought in a load
of butter, churned in transit. St Ixmis
Uloho-Dcmucint
lliiftint-KH Mi thuds of Modern Clrln.
A Toronto .Mall reporter invested thirty
four coiits hi twouilveitiscmeiits. In ono ad
vertisement hoc-:pieMsod adeshe to mako tho
acquaintance of u ) initio l.idy not over 23;
object, fun und mutual impiovemeut In tho
other ho solicited eorrespoudeiieo from a
)oung lady between i!U nnd '.'"i )cnrs, object
matrimony To tho llrst ho received ono
answer, to tho second foity-soven, only ono
lady going In for lecreation and Improve
ment, and foity-sovcu got down ton business
basis. Tho number of thoicplicH startled tho
reporter out of ids matrimonial Intentions,
und th ono answer written by him wns ad
drcssM to tho giddy thing anxious to lie tin
proved. She hud mi artless manner mid was
brimful of spirits earl) on tho Urst und only
evening As tho hour for jxu ting diovv near,
how over, shogivw moro serious, and Ixtforo
tho farewells weio exchanged also Insinuated
an opinion that mauled life wns much Jollier
thnn uxiktcuco in tlio slnglo state, Chicago
New s.
Iulli a of I-cttcm.
Mrs. I'iorro Lorillard, Jr.whols young
and pretty and devoted to sx-iut) , has mado
her debut I i letti rs as tho author of n novel
or two Her sun y, untitled "Thoso I'rctty
St (lis I'-oUtrls," while nut nr mud nt nil,
dUpla)s, uuveitheliss, a sprighth'itos of stylo
that mado it Hpuliir. Slio lues , ith her
husband and child In Fifth avenue nud I j said
tobocngnged uxm a now inivtl of fashion
nblo life, Miii. l'oultney Bigelow Is another
boclety woman who lias douo souu-gixxl liter
ary woik As Miss Lillth JaMays. o con
tributed umimlxTof HHiiiis to the various
(x'riodleals, and icceutly u novel of Iters
called "Tho Bountiful Mrs. Thi rn I) ke" r.p
ix'arod 1 1 Llppincott's Mag.izlnj. Mrs. BIgo
low is uIkjvo Medium huLjht nud lias light
brown halt and blue eyes. Her hush.-iiid has
been ensured I'l journalistic uorlt und was
fornnet nded peilod tho editor of Outing.
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