TALUAGE'S SERMON. -handwriting ON THE WALL" LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. "When Go.l Writes Anything on the Walt m Man Had Botter KeaJ It as It Is" Tb opcoioc and th cioe of 6in's iinqut. ASHING TON, D. Nov. 10. Since his coming to I'ashington, D r . Talmage's pulpit experience has been a remarkable one. Not only has the church in which he preaches been filled, but the audi- ences have over- fljwtsi into the adjoining streets to an extent that has rendered them lmpas eablt. Similar scenes were enacted at to-Jays services when the preacher took for Lis subject: "Handwriting on the Wall," the text chosen being Dan. : ZD. "In that night was Belshazzar, the king cf the Cha:deans, slain." Nitht was about to come down on Idl Ion. Tte shadows of her two hun dred and fifty towers began to lengthen. The Euphrates rolled on, touched by the f.cry splendors of the setting sun; and gates cf brass, burnished and glit trin:, opened and shut like doors of Came. The hanging gardens of Baby lon, wc-t with the heavy dew, began to pour, from starlit flowers and dripping leaf, a fragrance for many miles around. The streets and squares were lighted for dance and frolic and promenade. The theaters and galleries of art in vited the wealth, and pomp, and gran deur of the city to rare entertainments. Scenes of riot and wassail were min gle in every street; and godless mirth, end outrageous excess and splendid wicked nrss came to the king's palace, to "do their mightiest deed3 of dark ness. A royal feast to-night at the king's Tilace! Rushing up to the gates are chariots, upholstered with precious cloths from Dedan, and drawn by fire eyed torses from Togarmah, that rear and neigh in the grasp of the chariot eers, while a thousand lord3 dismount, and women, dressed in all the splen dors of Syrian emerald, and the color blending of agate, and the chasteness of coral, and the sombre glory of Tyrlan purple, and princely embroideries, brought from afar by camels across the desert, and by ships of Tarshish across the sea. Open wide the gates and let th6 guests come in. The chamberlains and cup-bearerE are all ready. Hark to the rustle cf the silks, and to the carol of the music! See the blaze of the Jew els! Lift the banners. Fill the cups. Clap the cymbals. Blow the trumpets. It the night go by with song, and dance, and ovation; and let that Baby lonish tongue be palsied that will not eay. (j. King Belshazzar, live forever." What Is that on the plastering of the 'wall? Is It a spirit? Is it a phantom? Is It God? The music stops. The gob lets fall from the nerveless grasp. There Is a thrill. There Is a start. There Is a thousand-voiced shriek of horror. Let Daniel be brought In to read that writing. He comes In. He reads It: "Weighed In the balance and found wanting.' Meanwhile the Medes, who for two years had been laying siege to that city, tcok advantage of that carousal and came in. I bear the feet of the conquerors on the palace stairs. Mas sacre rushes in with a thousand gleam ing knives. Death bursts upon the scene; and I shut the door of that ban queting tall, for I do not want to look. There is nothing there but torn banners, and broken wreaths, and the slush of upset tankards, and the blood of mur dered women, and the kicked and tum bled carcass of a dead king. For "in that night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain." I 0 on to learn some lessons from all this. I learn that when God writes acythicg cn the wall, a man had bet ter read It as it is. Daniel did not mis Interpret or modify the handwriting on the wall. It is all foolishness to ex pect a minister of the Gospel to preach always things that the people like, or the people choose. Young men of Washington, what shall I preach to you o-uight? Shall I tell you of the dig nity of human nature? Shall I tell you of the wonders that our race has ac complished? "Oh, no;" you say, "tell rne the message that came from God." I will. If there is any handwriting on the wall, it is this lesson: "Repent! Accept of Christ and be saved!" I might talk of a great many other things; but that is the message, and 0 I declare it. Jesus never flattered those to whom he preached. He said to these who did wrong, and who were offensive in his sight, "Ye generation of vipers! ye whited sepulchres! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?" Paul the apostle preached before a man who was tot ready to hear him preach. What subject did he take? Did he say, "Oh! you are a good man, a very fine man. a very noble man"? No; he preached of righteousness to a man who was unrighteous; of temperance to a rnn who was a victim of bad appe tites; of the judgment to come to a man i .hn wnc unfit for it. So we must al- 3; w ays declare the message that hap-j and quick as that she was dead. God's pens to come to us. Daniel must read , judgments are upon those who despise it as it is. A minister preached be- j Him and defy Him. They come sud fore James I. of England, who was J denly. r James VI. of Scotland. What subject j Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot did he take? The king was noted all ' a bird standing on a sprig near by. If over tho world for being unsettled and they are skilled, they pride themselves wavering in his ideas. WThat did the minister preach about to this man who waa James I. of England and James VI. f Scotland? He took for his text Janet first and sixth; "He that wav- i- nvo of the sea driven ; with the wind and tossed." Hugh Lt- Oaer iff ended the king by a sermon ho rn'S? 'wild Huh Latimer. 80 the day wai j appointed; and the king'a chapel wm full of lords, ana auKes, ana m mighty men and women of the coun try, for Hugh Latimer was to apolo gize. He began his sermon by saylnff. Hugh Latimer, betninK inee: muu r tn ve nresence of thine earthly king, i who can destroy thy body. But bethink thee, Hugh Latimer, that thou art In hA nreaence of the King of heaven and earth, who can destroy both body and soul In hell fire." Then he preach ed with appalling directness at the king's crimes. Here is a man who begins to read loose novels. "They are so charming," he says; "I will go out and see for myself whether all these things are 1 so. He opens the gate 01 a siniui He goes in. A sinful sprite meets ; life I . . - III. l n n-nrwt CVia n.'SV4 r OT" ; mm W ILil UCl auu- . ! wand, and It is all enchantment. Why, it seems as if the angels of God had poured out phials of perfume in the atmosphere. As he walks on he finds the hills becoming more radiant with foliage, and the ravines more reso nant with the falling water. Oh, what a charming landscape he sees! But that sinful sprite, with her wand, meets him again; but now she reverses the wand, and all the enchantment is gone. The cup is full of poison. The fruit turns to ashes. All the leaves of the bower are forked tongues of hissing serpents. The flowing fountains fall back in a dead pool stenchful with cor ruption. The luring songs become curses and screams of demoniac laughter. Lost spirits gather about him and feel for his heart, and beckon him on with "Hall, brother, hail, blasted spirit, hall!" He .tries to get out. He comes to the front door where he en tered and tries to push It back, but the door turns against him; and In the Jar of that shutting door he hears these words: "This night is Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain." Sin may open bright as the morning. It ends dark as the night. I learn further from this subject that death sometimes breaks in upon a banquet. Why did he not go down to the prisons in Babylon? There were people there that would like to have died. I suppose there were men and women in torture In that city who would have welcomed death, but he cornea to the palace; and just at the time when the mirth Is dashing to the tiptop pitch, Death breaks In at the banquet. We have often seen the same thing Illustrated. Here is a young man Just come from college. He is kind. He is loving. He Is enthu siastic He Is eloquent. By one spring he may bound to heights toward which many men have been struggling for years. A profession opens before him. He is established In the law. His friends cheer him. After awhile you may see him standing in the Ameri can senate, or moving a popular assem blage by his eloquence, as trees are moved in a whirlwind. Some night he retires early. A fever Is on him. Delirium, like a reckless charioteer, seizes the reins of his Intellect, Fath er and mother stand by and see the tides of his life going out to the great ocean.. The banquet Is coming to an end. The lights of thought, and mirth, and eloquence are being extinguished. The garlands are snatched from the brow. The vision is gone. Death at the banquet! I have also to learn from the subject that the destruction of the vicious and of those who despise God, will be very sudden. The wave of mirth had dashed to the highest point when the invading army broke through. It was unexpected. Suddenly, almost always, comes the doom of those who despise God.and defy the laws of men. How was it at the deluge? Do you suppose It came through a long northeast storm, so that people for days before were sure It was coming? No; I suppose the morning was bright; that calmness brooded on the waters; that beauty sat enthroned on the hills; when sudden ly the heavens burst, and the mount ains sank like anchors into the sea that dashed clear over the Andes and the Himalayas. The Red sea was divided. The Egyp tians tried to cross it. There could be no danger. The Israelites had Just gone through; where they had gone, why not the Egyptians? Oh, it was such a beautiful walking place! A pavement of tinged shells and pearls, and on either side two great walls of water solid. There can be no dan ger. Forward, great host of the Egyp tians! Clap the cymbals and blow the trumpets of victory! After them! We will catch them yet, and they shall be destroyed. But the walls begin to tremble. They rock! They fall! The rushing waters! The shriek of drown ing men! The swimming of the war horses In vain for the shore! The strew ing ot the great host on the bottom of the sea, or pitched by the angry wave on the beach a battered, bruised, and loathsome wreck! Suddenly destruc tion came. One half hour before they could not have believed it. Destroyed, and without remedy. I am Just setting forth a fact, which you have noticed as well as I. Anna nlas come3 to the apostle. The apo8 tle says: "Did you sell the land for so much?" He says, "Yes." It was a lie. Dead! as quick as that. SapDhlra. his wife, comes in. 'Did you sell the land 'Vro T ,, 1 - m. is. it w txa a lie. ror so much?" on taking it on tne wing; and they wait till it starts. Death is an old sportsman; and he loves to take men flying under the very sun. He loves to take them on the wing. Oh, flee to God this night! If there be one. In this presence who has wandered far away from, Christ, though he may not hay heard the call of the Gospel for many a year, I invite him now to come and be saved. Flee from thy sin I Flee te the stronghold of the Gospel 1 Now la the accepted time; now is the day of salvation. Good night, my young friends! may you have rosy sleep, guarded by Hlxa who never slumbers! May you awake In the morning strong and well! But oh! art thou a desplser of God? Ia tb.Ii thy last night on earth? Shouldst thou be awakened In the night by some thing, thou knowest not what, and there be shadows floating in the room, and a handwriting on the wall, and you feel that your last hour is come, and there be a fainting at the heart, and a tremor in the limb, and a catching of the breath then thy doom would be but an echo of the words of the text: "In that night was Belshazzar, the klnj of the Chaldeans, slain." Oh! that my Lord Jesus would now make Himself so attractive to your souls that you cannot resist Him; and If you have never prayed before, or have not prayed since those days when you knelt down at your mother's knee, then that to-night you might pray, saying: Just as I am, without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me. And that thou bldst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I eome! But if you cannot think of so long a prayer as that, I will give you a short er prayer that you can say: "God be merciful to me, a sinner!" Or, If you cannot think of so long a prayer as that, I will give you a still shorter one that you may utter: "Lord, save me, or I perish!" Or, if that be too long a prayer you need not make it. Use the word "Help!" Or, If that be too Ion a word, you need not use any word at all. Just look and live! FLOATING FACTS. From the time of Solomon the chro nology of the Hebrews may be con nected with that of Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, and comparative views pre sented. The people of the United States use on an average 12,000,000 postage stamps of all kinds each and every day of the year, or a total of 4,380,000,000 per an num. The Greek year consists of twelra months of twenty-nine and thirty days alternately; three times In eight years a month was added to make up the de ficiency. On her last trip the Lucanla, in or der to save the tide at the Mersey bar, broke the record between Queenstown and Liverpool, making th 240 miles in ten hours. A pipe line to convey the product of the Los Angeles oil wells to the sea board, either at San Pedro or Redondo, Is under the consideration of an east ern capitalist. The "Era of the Martyrs," a famous era in use in the early church, com memorates the tenth and last great per secution, by Diocletian, beginning Feb. 23. 284 A. D. The first cabbage grown in Great Britain was raised on the ground ad joining the Abbey of Arbroath, having been produced from seeds obtained from Artols, in France. GLIMPSES. Jabez Copps, who taught school In Sangamon county, 111., in 1819, ia still alive. Now people say that a picture of Delia Fox can be distinctly traced in the moon. Doctors now say that the .dangers from appendicitis have been greatly exaggerated. There are at least fifteen women In Chicago who make a living by puiang and filling teeth. Six Russian noblemen are riding along the frontier line between Russia and British territory. A Plnkerton patrolman at Chicago walks thirty-nine miles every night, and has the longest beat in the city. A couple named Hatfield, at Wichita, Kan., were divorced Just fifty-four min utes after the first papers were filed. A Binghampton factory girl befriend ed an old man, and as a consequence was left $45,000 when he died a few days ago. At Charlesvllle, Tenn., a man was fined one cent for beating a woman and sent to the chain gang for carrying a pistol. The Chicago Telephone company has Issued an order which prohibits em ployes wearing bloomers during busi ness hours. A California millionaire who died re cently left his wife penniless, because, he said she always insisted on haying her own way. NOTES OF THE DAY. A garter show that has been well patronized in Paris is to bo transport ed to London. There were 3,108 students in attend ance at the seven Swiss universities last summer. York county, Maine, farmers are tell ing of a snow white deer that has been seen in that region several times of late. In Whatcom county, Washington, this year, there are only three hop raisers who are picking their crops, owing to the low prices. Nearly , the entire continent of Eu rope receives Its supply of oleomargar ine from New York and Chicago, and the importation is always exclusively through Rotterdam. A strange hog disease has within two or three weeks swept away thousands of fat porkers In McLean and adjoining counties in Illinois, and threatens the extermination of swine In those parts. A discharged Turkish soldier boast ing of the outragee he had committed in Armenia recently in a cafe of Alex andria was invited to step out by two Armenians present and was neatly strangled by them. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON VIII SUNDAY, NOV. 24 INTEMPERANCE. Golden Text: Woe Unto Them That Rise Early In the Morning: That They May Follow Strong: Drink" 1 Isaiah, v:H The Lord's Vineyard. NTR ODUCTORY: Jote from the com mittee, giving the reason for placing this lesson on this date. "(N. B The London Sunday School Union Is en deavoring to secure the observance of the 4th Sunday in November as 'Tem perance Sunday throughout the world.)" Book: Isaiah prophesied from the last years of Uzziah, B. C. 759, till about the close of the reign of Heze kiah, B. C. 693, more than sixty years. This prophecy may be a general one, as part of the Introduction is prefixed by Isaiah to his book of prophecies. It refers to the sins of Judah and their punishment, in order to warn the people against the dangers toward which they were willfully hastening.Today's lesson includes Isaiah v:ll:23. 11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 12. And the harp and" the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the opera tion of his hands. 13. Therefore my people are gone in to captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried Qp with thirst. 14. Therefore hell hath enlarged her self, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15. And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 16. But the Lord of hosts shall be ex alted in judgment, and God that Is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 17. Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19. That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their ownight! 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23. Which justify the wicked for re ward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Explanatory: Vs. 13-15. Not only are the common multitude dried up with thirst, but their honorable men are famished. It brings all to temporal and spiritual poverty and famine. 15. The mean man shall be brought down far lower than he otherwise would be, and the mighty man, rejoicing In the pride of his strength, shall be humbled. Like death, intemperance loves a shin ing mark. 21. Wise in their own eyes. Wine makes people self-confident. The (Wine Press In Vineyard.) drunkard is often the last person to know how much he is under the power of liquor. He thinks he is safe when all his friends know he is on the brink of a precipice. 22. Mighty to drink wine. The habit grows by indulgence. They can do great things In drinking. They are heroes of the wine cup. But the cup Is mightier than they. It leads to the perversion of justice. V. 23. Which justify the wicked lor re ward. Who for the sake of votes, or money, or influence, give wrong judg ments in court, help the wicked, to es cape justice, make bad laws. Take away the righteousness, etc. Deprive men of their just rights for the sake of bribes. . The Gallant Grorer. Mrs. Blnks My husband did not like that tea you sent us last. Grocer (politely) Did you like it, madame?" Mrs. Binks Yes. I liked it. . Grover (to clerk) James! Send Mrs. Binks another pound of the same tea she had last. Anything else, madame? JOSH BILLINGS' PHILOSOPHY. The fust thing a child is lernt In Nu England iz to say hlz prayers, when he goes to bed; the next thing lz, to shut the door after him when he goes out. It don't require mutch genius to find fault with the krooks in a dog's tail, but to straighten them out does. Next to a clear conshience, for solid kumfort, cums an old shu. The man who never changes hlz opin yun isn't going to kno mutch, and the one who changes it too often, lz going to kno less. COAT AND TEXT Itf OTfB. 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The garment is waterproof and light. The use of this garment would reduce greatly an army's bag gage, and would add on forced march es a protection that now is frequently lacking. New York Sun. A Fine Skin. Some time ago I read in some papet about a girl whose shoulders were particularly white and shining, and who was said to use chamois leather to rub them to a tine polish. Such mischievous rubbish! Let any one try It, whether their skin be coarse or fine, and It will soon be found that rubbing ruins it. Look at the skin through a microscope, and then the folly of treat ing It with anything like force will at once be apparent. The finer it Is the less It will stand such treatment. A fine skin Is one of the most wonderful and lovely things in nature. It really consists of six layers of network like lace of the most exquisite texture, the filaments various in size and irregu lar In arrangement, lustrous as gossa mers. 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