EDUCATIOJiALCOLUM.N
NOTE ABOUT SOHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAQIMENT.
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-Prwjaaic A-lat Written Amslj
ate-Tae achool Ha port.
The Bad Buy.
In a recent communication to in du
rational Journal aome one tells bow to
tnat the "bad boy." The writer ta
nnine, of courae, that all bad boyt have
uflVient in common to make the aame
treatment effective In nearly every
eaae. Now while the teacher should
have a real lntereat In the moral and
progress of every pupil under her care,
It la at the aame time true that not
ery bad pupil la amenable to the
aame kind of treatment No two bad
beys have eiactly the aame tempera
neat or dlapoaltion. Their home sur
reandlnga, their inherited tendencies
moat all be taken Into consideration by
the teacher who desire or expecta to
produce the beat results. Besides, not
all teachers can use the same methods.
A method which would prove very ef
fective with one teacher, would utterly
fall If tried by another. The indtvldu
aMty or personality of the teacher haa
efien more to do with the government
and reformation of bad boys than any
ether element
I I have now In mind a teacher who
came Into a country neighborhood to
tach upwards of thirty years ago.
There were bad bnye In the district
sen that were Inclined to disobedience,
Idleness and all manner of Insubordina
tion and mischief. The teacher was
at a good scholar, but be waa well In
formed on general opirs, and could
converse Intelligently on many sub
ject. He loved Justice, and pupils and
parents were willing to confide In hi
Judgment lie was stern and fearless
and took no pains to smooth and mel
ww his tone when matters In the
achool room were not In accordance
with hla wishes. He was terribly op
posed to whispering, talking and all un
ite r saury noise on the part of the
pupils. I can almost see him yet when
at the beginning of the term as the
pupil were resuming their old habits
r Jond whispering, he would say:
it that whispering there." His vary
- meant that It would not be safe to
rHt the offense. Brery tendency to
uesa, noise and mischief, was rude-
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arrested, and in a few days it was
surprising to see how quietly and agree
ably everything moved along. The
lea cher, with all his roughness, waa
affable and polite, and the pupils seem-
ed to regard him with the utmost re
spect The bad boys all disappeared,
and those who had been the terror of
the school came up to tbelr places like
gentlemen, and gave little or no trou
ble. j Cases frequently arise In school in
which the teacher must act promptly
if be would maintain the proper degree
of Influence and control. He cannot
wait for the slower processes of reason
and reflection to bring about the de
aired reformation In the boy's conduct
A case which Illustrates the point In
hand came nnder my observation re
cently. A boy who had been In the
habit of acting the clown for the en
tertainment of bis fellow pupils, en
tered the room of a tencher with whom
he waa not acquainted. He had been
attending school In his new place sev
eral days before an opportunity oc
curred for the exhibition of his peculiar
talents. The teacher was within a few
feet of him busily engaged, when the
boy arose and began a series of comic
gymnastics. He had scarcely began
when he involuntarily took hi sent
with a suddenness which called his
attention to his gluteal muscle for sev
eral mlnntes afterward. This was a
ew experience to hlru. Hitherto he
bad escaped punishment and when
the teacher reproved or chided him lie
made hla friends believe that be was
innocent and 'that the teacher had "a
pick at him." The new teacher seised
him In the act and settled him at once.
The boy haa behaved well ever since,
and apeaks In the highest term of his
teacher. Who will say, under the cir
cumstances, the treatment was Im
proper?
In the communication referred to at
the beginning of this article, a teacher
tells how a quarrelsome boy who lied
sioir. swore ana sisnea rne girls, was
reclaimed and reformed by he treat
ment of him. The Mid teacher wished
It to be understood that her method is
"the" method of dealing with bad boys.
While admitting that the spirit which
she manifested Is tb true one, we can
not admit that her treatment will re
form even the majority of boys so bad
as the one ehe represents. The ma
jority of boys who have reached the
.age of twelve years, and who lie, steal
and swear, are generally too firmly
fixed In their habits to be reformed In
- a single term. Besides It reqnirea a
will power and perseverance which the
boy given over to bad habits Is not In
clined to exert. Boys whose home In
fluences are In the right direction, and,
who. notwithstanding their outward
manifestations, still have a r!li for
-the right, will, under tin- proper treat
ment quit the bad and return to the
jgyad.' But the question as to how the
bad boy should he treated will not ad
mit of a single solution In every case
the1 cher should be Arm and Just
and should, if MMHihle. bring the boy
tp a realisation of the fact. TLIs will
tint the teacher In a position to assist
the boy when he manifests even the
faintest desire for reformation. Ex
change. Cultivate the Messorx.
A habit of forgetfuloeas la one of the
greatest hindrances la all business and
social relation, bat oar modem style
of Hfe and educates hi certalaly tn
Jarknui t the BMBofjyV The old meih
oj at laaralBt by rata have fallen into
Caterer, aad there waa leach to air
again then aa a hlad ranee to erlgl-
aauty; but t&ara la a Uaie la ty
child' Ufa when learning by rota la a
useful thing, and it la at a vary earl
aga tor the nilnd of young children
wt being occupied with so many things
a those of their alders tiny ars In a
mors reteutlv state later on. Every
mother baa bean struck by her child 2
or 8 year remembering perhaps for
so oi month where a certain thing la
placed, or aome little event of our
early youth more forcibly than those of
even a few mouth back.
It 1 possible to begin to cultivate too
memory a soon a a child can talk,
when It should be made to describe
very-thing it has seen daring its morn
lng walk, or to repeat aome little story
that ha been told to it or a short les
son which haa been learned. Every
teacher before beginning a new leseon
should make sure that the leason of the
day before 1 retained and understood.
for the more we overcrowd the little
brain In the attempt to force knowl
edge upon it the leas we Impress upon
It for future use. It Is the experience
of all those who have crammed for ex
amlnatloua that a soon as the exami
nation is ever the undigested knowl
edge passes away, and similarly
through life. Unless an Item of know!
edge la assimilated It becomes aa use-
lee to the mental system as an undi
gested article of food to the bodily sys
tem, and in both cases tbey act aa an
Irritant, Interfering with the proper dl
geation of other matter.
In a well ordered mind the fact re
main and points are, as It were, pigeon
holed In such a way that they can be
brought out immediately when requir
ed. There are nntldr hraina In whlrh
the object of knowledge are confused
and not ready to hand, so that they
may turn up at unexnected moments.
hot not Just when wanted. In the same
manner as there are nntldr drawers.
wardrobes and room, and to cultivate
a habit of mental order aa well as on.
or physical order should be the ear
neat desire of every mother and tearh-
er. Home -Note.
WHtlsn Analysts.
u"-r" still a verv strnnr nihjii
In the minds of some teachers against
wrmm anaiyaia, or what is known In
iranimar as diagramming. The senti
ment against It Is pure prejudice, for
no one who has ever used diagrams
juuiciousry and not aa a hobbv or a
process of picture maklna- haa failed
acknowledge ita uae aa a saver of both
time and labor to both teacher and
pupil.
n aoes not teach grammar? Well.
possibly not, but It shows the teacher at
glance whether the learner under-
stands correctly the construction of the
sentence. No, It may not teach gram
bar any more than the figure on the
blackboard teaches the learner geome
try, "r the equationa placed on tho
blackboard teach the boy arithmetic or
algebra. But the figure, the equation
the diagram are all wonderfully helpful
to tne learner in explaining hla work.
In abowlng his understanding of the
difficulties, and In helping the teacher
to aee at a glance that the pupil haa
grasped and understands the essentials,
oi tne Tneorem, rne pro mem or th sen-
fence.
Diagramming Judlclouely need by the
teacher who haa no prejudices against
illustrative teaching. Is a good thing.
It save time. It saves labor. It create
Interest In the class, and all of th
ars of great Importance.
Borne one baa said that It destroys
the charm of a story or of a sentence
to have It analysed or diagrammed.
.No one la talking of sentiment; It Is
not the object of such sciences aa gram
mar, algebra or arithmetic to teach sen
tlment or charm with story. There Is
work In this world to be done, and the
hild who Is left wholly to be soothed
with sentiment will find when he grows
to manhood that the world has little
use for him and no place for him to
occupy. The sentimental will take care
If Itself, but the grammar and the
arithmetic will not. Ion't fear that
the sentimeni will I destroyed In cas
ing the road by means of 111 ust rati re
teaching. The child needs this Illus
trative work, and If he be-ome Inter
ested, as he surely will, and aa every
teacher who haa tried dlagrama sys
tematically will testify, your work will
be made much easier In the teaching of
grammatical analysts Educational
News.
Worrj,
Worry Is killing. It Is bad manage
ment that kills people. Nature will let
no man overwork himself nnless be
plays her fslse. unless he takes stim
ulants at Irregular times, smokea much.
or takes opium. If he Is regular and
obeys the lawa of health and walka In
the ways of physiological righteousness
nature will neTer allow him or any per
son to work too hard. I have never
yet seen a case of breaking down from
overwork alone, but I admit that It Is
necessary above all thinga to cultivate
tranquility of mind.
Try to exercise yonr wills In regard to
this for will count for something in
securing tranquility to accept things
as they s re and not to Itother about
yesterday, which Is gone forever; not
to bother about to-morrow, which la
not ours; but to take the present day
and make the best of It. Those person
who will continually peer Into what lies
beyond never have any present life at
all; they are always giiuling over the
paat or prying Into the future, and this
blessed to-day, which la all we are sure
of, they never have.
The School Report.
jne -mosi important runctiou or a
I report Is to make known the
needs of the schools, and th first step
toward reforming the lamentable con
ttttaaa that exist in many of our cities
la to barv the facts fully set before
the pnbBe. We have a right to kuow
the wont Th public schools are
largely- what public oplaloa make
them, and It la only by giving the great
est publicity to th crylaf defect of
th system that the proper aafhorltle
caa be shsmsd Iota correcting thetn. j
Forum. -' y,
MILU AMD aiTTINQ BULL.
Aa latarvtew atotwoea the Two ae -eethee
hjr the ttoaseai.
Made Insolent by recent success,
fitting Bull, la 1478, scut word to Col
onel E. B. Otis, who waa escorting one
A Mile supply trains, to get out of
the way, aa he wa soaring off the buffalo-
"If you don't" said th note,
"I will fight you again. I want you
to leave what you hare got here and
turnback. I wean all the rations you
nave got and some powder." Colonel
Otis, however, kept on, th Indiana
from time to time firing upon him.
When General Mile heard of thla
affair, he moved after Bitting Bull, and
on the 21st of October found him near
the head of Cedar Creek. The famous
medicine man aent In a flag of truce
and an interview waa held between the
lines, under an agreement that General
aiuea snould take six persons with him
and Sitting Bull alao six.
'Sitting Bull." said the general in
telling the story to a writer, "spread
out a blanket and wanted me to sit
down upon It but I stood up while he
eat down. As we talked, one and an
other young Indian sauntered up. until
mere were perhaps ten or fifteen in a
half circle. One of my men called at
tention to thla. I said to Sitting Bull:
These men are not old enough for
council and unless you send them back
we will stop talking.' Soon afterward
the Interview came to an end with noth
ing settled. I found out later, from a
cout and interpreter named John
Brughier, that one Indian muttered,
'Why don't you talk strong- to hlmr
and that Sitting Bull replied, 'When I
do that I am going to kill him.' Brurh-
ler alao told me that one of the young
warriors slipped a carbine un under
Sitting Bull's buffalo robe. But I bad
In mind the fate of Canby and had in
structed the troops on the ridge back
to keep the spot in range."
The next day came a second Inter
view. The general tried hard to In
duce the Indiana to obey the govern
ment and to go to their respective reser
vations. Sitting Bull's answer waa em
phatic:
"The Great Spirit made me an In
dian. He did not make me an agency
Indian and I do not Intend to be one."
beelng that further parley was use
less. General Miles gave an ultimatum
through the Interpreter:
Tell him that either I will drive nim
out of the country or he will drive me
out. I will take no advantage of the
flag of truce and will give him fifteen
minute to get back to hla lines. If my
terms are not accepted by that time I
will open fire."
Kitting Bull started up with a grunt
and rushed out In a fury, followed by
his chiefs, not stopping to shake hands.
In a very short time the Indian Hues
were all astir with yelling warriors
snd with ponies scurrying about and
presently the grass was burning here
and there to atop all advance of the
troops. Miles had with him only 31
rifles, while the Indiana swarmed In
for greater numbers In front and on the
flanks, but his men went forward with
a rush and the hostile were driven
two score miles to the Yellowstone,
leaving some of their dead in tl.s
flight. McClure's Magaxlne.
newspaper vs. Posters.
I struck an Inland Indiana town re
cently, and about the first thing I no
ticed waa flaring posters announcing
the appearance of a second-rate "star"
at the local opera house that evening.
In the course of my business I found
m.vself In a drug store where the ad
vance sale of seats was held, and after
selling a bill of goods, asked for a ticket
to the evening's performance.
Oh," said the young man Ix-hlnd the
counter, those people ain't coming.
They busted last week."
Why dou't you take down or cover
tip the posters, then?" I asked.
"Oh, everybody knows they ain't
coming. It was In the papers."
Sure enough. The management trust
ed to half a douen line In the local pa
pers to counteract the Influence of sev
eral stands of red, black and yellow
posters.
And the paitcrs did It. Probably 1
was the only person In the town who
had asked for a ticket after the news
paper announcement
Can you think of any better illustra
tion of the relative value of newspa
per advertising, and the other kind'
Pnali.
Is Marriage a Failure?
The Karl of Stafford married at St
Germain, lifts, the eldest daughter of
the Count de Gramniont; In his will be
thus expressed himself; "I leave to the
very worst of women, who is guilty of
everything that Is bad, the daughter of
M. Grammont a Frenchman, whom I
have unfortunately married, forty-flve
brass halfpence with which to buy a
pullet for supper, a greater sum than
her father can often give her, he being
the worst of men and his wife the
worst of women. Had I only known
(heir characters, I had never married
their daughter nor made myself so un
happy." A Irfiver of Breton Folklore.
a- Yicuinte Henna rt de la Yllle-
marque, who died the other day at the
age of HO, had done probably more than
anyone in his generation to popularize
the knowledge of Breton folk-lore, folk-
poetry and folk-music In France. Ill
"Baraax Brier..' a collection of the pop
ular song or Hrlttany, with the orig
inal melooie and critical excursus and
notes, is a staifdard work. He was
the first to provide a translation of the
Breton bard of the earliest epochs.
A Ileglntrat nt Plows.
One hundred and sixty plows star...
In a row at a recent plowing match at
Dart ford. Kngland.
Girl like to talk about lore, bacanai
all of them know aoate vera they eat
Quote about it.
HOW TO TAKE A CITY.
ABIMELECH A RASCAL, BUT
KNEW HOW TO FIQHT.
Rev. Dr. Talatage Shows Bow God
Home times Drive a Straight Mall
with a Poor Haassaar The Beeleaed
City of Bhechan.
The Leseon.
In his sermon for Sunday Rev. Dr. Tal-
mage took for his subject "The Power of
Example." The text elected was Judges
li., 48: "And Abiinelech took an ax in
his baud aod cut down a bough tnm th
trees and look it and laid it on his shoul
Her aod said unto the people that were
w.th him. What ye hare seen me do make
baste and do u I have done. And all the
people likewise cnt down everv man his
bough."
Abimelech is a nam malodorous in
Bible history and yet full of profitable sug
gestion. Buoys are black and uuvmely,
but they tell where the rocks are. The
snake's rattle is hideous, but it gives time
ly warning. From the piazxa of my sum
oter home, oigbt by night I saw a light
house fifteen miles away, not placed there
for adornment but to tell mariners to
stand off from that dangerous point So
all the ironbound coast of moral dsn fir
is marked with Saul and Herod and Keho-
buam and Jezebel and Abimelech. These
bad people are mentioned in the Bible not
only aa warnings, but because there were
sometimes flashes of good conduct in their
I live worthy of Imitation. God sometimes
drives a very straight nail with a very
poor hammer.
Taking a City.
Th city of Shechem bad to be taken
sad Abimelech snd hi men were to do It
I see the dust rolling up from their ex
cited march. I hear the shouting of the
captains snd the yell of the besieger
The swords dack sharply on the psrrying
shields, and th vociferation of two armies
In death grapple is horrible to hear. The
battle goes on all day, and as the sun is
setting Abimelech and his army cry, "Sur
render!" to th beaten foe, and, unable
longer to resist the city of Bh-heiB fall,
tnd thr are pool of blood and dissevered
limb, and glased eyes, looking up beg
singly for mercy that war never shows,
and dying soldiers, wHh their bead on the
lap of mother or wif or sister, who have
come out for the laat office of klndne
and affeodoa, snd a groan roll acroa the
city, (topping not becan there is no spot
for it to rest, so full 1 the place of other
groan. A city wounded! A city dying
A city dead! Wall for Shechem, all y
who know the horror of a scked town.
A I look over the city I can find only
on building standing-, and that I the
temple of the god Berith. Some soldier
outside of the city in a tower, finding that
they can no longer defend Shechem, now
begin to look out for rtieir own personal
safety, and tbey fly to this tetnple of
Berith. They go witWn the door, shot It
and they sty, "Now we are safe. Abime
lech baa taken the whole city, but b can
not take thi temple of Berith. Her w
sball be under the protection of the
gods." O Berith, the god, do your be
now for these refugee! If you bav eyes.
pity them; if you have bands, help them;
If you bav thunderbolt, acnk for them.
But bow shall Abiineier and hi army
tak this temple of Berith and th men
who er there fortified? Will they do it
with sword T Nay! Will they do It with
spearT Nay! With battering ram, rolled
up by hundred armed strength, crashing
gainst the walls T Nay! Ablmelerh
marches hi men to a wood In Zalmon
With his sx h hew off a limb of a tree
and put that limb upon hi own shoulder,
and then be says to has men, "You do the
same.
They arc obedient to their commander
There U a (truggl aa to who shall bar
axe. The whole wood 1 full of bending
bough, and the crackling, and tit hack
ing, and the cutting, until every one of
the boat ha a limb of a tree cut down.
and not only that, but haa put It on his
shoulder juet a Abimelech showed him
bow. Are these men all armed with th
tree hrawh? Tie reply comes, "All
armed!" And they march on. Oh, what
a trange army, with that strange equip
ment! They come up to the foot of the
tempi at Berith, and Abimelech take his
limb of a tree and throws it down, and
th 6rt platoon of soldiers com up, and
they throw down their branrhe, snd the
second platoon, and the third, until all
around about the temple of Berith there
la a pile of tree hrawhei. The RhecfaemJte
look out from th window of the temple
npon what seenis to them cnildish play on
the part of their enemies. But ooo th
Hint are (truck, ana in spark begins to
kindle the brush, and the flame come np
all through the pile, and the red elements
leap to the caseineut, snd the woodwork
begins to blste, and on arm of flame is
thrown up on th right aide of the temple,
and another arm of flame I thrown np
on the left aide of the temple, until rhey
daap their lurid palms under the wild
night sky, and the cry of "Fire!" within
and "lire!" without announces the terror,
snd tbe strangulation, and the doom of
the Khecbeniitea, and the complete over
throw of the temple of tbe gtd Berith,
The tber went up a snout long and
loud, from the stout lungs and swarthy
cheats of Abimelech and his men ss they
stood amid tbe ashes and the dust crying,
"Victory, vlclory!"
Th Tactics tacd.
Now I learn first from this subject the
folly of depending upon any oue form of
tactic in anything we bav to do for this
world or for God. look over th weaponry
of olden time Javelins, battleaxes, hab
ergeon and show me a single weapon
with which Abimelech and hi men could
have gained ucb complete triumph. It Is
no rasy thing to take a tempi thus arm
ed. 1 bav eeo a house where, during
Revolutionary times, a man and hla wife
kept back a whole regiment hour after
hour becauM tbey were inside the bouse
sod the editing soldier were outside
tbe bouse. Yet here Abimelech and hi
army omie up, they surround this temple,
and tbey capture it without tbe loss of a
single man on th part of Abimelech, sl
timugh I suppose some of the old Israel
itish faeroe told Abimelech, "You tre
only gofng np there to be cut to piece."
Yet yon re willing to testify to-day that
by no other mode certainly not by ordi
nary mode tvuld that temple so easily,
so thoroughly, have been taken. Fathers
and mothers, brethren and sisters la Jesus
Christ, what tbe church moat wanta to
tears thi day la that any plan 1 right, Ik
lawful, I beet, which berps to overthrow
the temple of aln and capture this world
for Ood. W are very apt s stick to the
aid mods of attack. W pat on the old
air I coat of sasil. We coaie p wlia lb
soarp, teen, gnttrno; tel spear of ar
gument, xprung in the way to tak th
caade, but they bav l.UUO epeera where
w have 10. And o the caed of sin
stand. Oh, my frieede, we will never
capture thi world for God by any kern
ssber of sarcasm, by any glittering lances
of rhetoric, by any sapping and mining of
proround disquisition, by any gunpowdery
explosion of indignation, by oarphoot-
Ings of wit by howitiers of mental
strength made to swing shell five miles,
by cvlry hnre gorgeously caparisoned
pawing the air. In vain all the attempts
on the part of theae ecdeaiasrical foot
soldiers, Ug-ht horsemen and grenadier.
My friend, I propose a different style
of tactic. Let each one go to the forest
of God's promise and invitation and hew
down a branch and Dut it on bis shoul
der, snd let ns all come around these obsti
nate iniquities, and then, with thi pile
kindled by th fire of a holy teal and the
Same of a consecrated life, we wiQ bum
them out What eteel cannot do fire my
And I announce myaetf in fsvor of any
plan of religious attack that succeeds
any plan of reiigiou attack, however rad
ical, however odd, however unpopular,
however hontile to all the conventionaM
ties of church and state. If on style of
prsyer dues not do the work, let us try
another style. If the church music of to
day doea not get th victory, then let ns
make tbe assault with a backwoods cho
rus. If a prayer meeting at half past 7
in toe evening doe not succeed, let us
bav one a early la th morning as when
tbe sngel found wrestling Jacob too much
for turn. If a sermon with the three an
thorited head doe not do th work, then
let us have a sermon with twenty beads,
or no head t all.
Ostptl Truth.
We want mors heart in our song, more
heart a our almsgiving, more heart in
our prayers, more heart In our preach
ing. Oh, for lea of Abimlech' sword
sad more at Abrmelech' conflagration! I
had often heard.
Tber Is a fountain filled with blood
ung artistically by four birds perched on
rhrir Sunday mot in the gallery until I
thought of Jenny lAad and N'lln snd
Sontag, and all the other warblers, but
ther came not otie tear to my eye, nor
oue master emotion to my heart. But
on night I went down to the African
Methodiet meeting house In Philadelphia,
snd at the cine of th ervlc a black
woman in th middle of the audience b
gan to sing that hymn, and all th audi
ence Joined In, and we wer floated sonic
three or four mfrea nearer heaven than 1
bav rr been einc. I aw with my own
y that "fountain filled with blood"
red, agonising, sacrificial, redemptive
and I hrd the crimson plash of the wav
a w au went down nnder It
For sinners plunged beneath that flood
Ijoe sll their guilty stain.
Oh, my friends, th grssoei 1 not a vl
log ism; it is not casuistry; It i not po
lemics or the science of squabbles! It la
blood md fact; It la warm hearted Invita
tion; it i leaping, bounding, flying good
new; It i effloresreot with all light; It is
rubeacent with all summery glow; it Is
arlsireacejnt with ail sweet shade. I have
seen the sun rise on Mount Washington.
nd from the Tiptop House, but there
wa no beauty In that compared with oh
dtyspring from on high when Christ gives
light to a soul. I hats heard Parepa
sing, but ther was no music In that com
pared with th voice of Christ when h
said, "Thy sins are forgiven the; go Is
peace." Good new! Iet every on cut
down a branch of this tar of life and
ware it. Iet an the way from Mount
Zalmon to Shechem be filJod with th toss
ing Joy. Good news! Thi bonfire of th
goapei shall ronenm th last tempi of
sin and will illumine the sky with apora
lyptJe Joy, that Jeaus Christ csme into
th world to sav sinner. Any new plan
that make a man quit Ma in and that
prostrate a wrong I am as much In favor
of aa though all the doctor, and tbe blah
ops, and the archbishop, and the synods.
nd the academical gownemen of Chris
canity sanctioned it The temple of
Berith witurt come down, and I do not car
how it come.
Power ef Ksasaple.
Still further, I learn from this subject
tbe power of siampls. If Abiiiielech had
sat down on the grass and told his men to
go and get the bough and go out to the
battle, they would never hate gun at all,
or If they bad, It would bar been without
any spirit or effectiv reeuJt, but when
Abimelech goe with hi own ax and hews
down a branch, snd with Abiinelecb's
arm put It on Ahlmelea-h' shoulder, snd
mart-he on, then, my txt sys, all th
peopl did th same. How natural that
waa! What made Ga ribs Ml and Stone
wall Jackson the mot magnetic coin
manders of this century? Thsy siwsrs
rode ahead. Oh, the overwhelming oower
of example! tier I a father on th
wrong road. All his boy go on tbe wrong
road. Here Is fither who enlist for
Chrwt. Hi children enlist. I saw in
ome of th picture galleries of Kurope
that before many of the great work of
th master th old masters ther would
be sometime four or five artist tsking
copies of the pictures. The rvpl rhey
wer going to csrry with Ihctn, perhaos
to distant lands, and I her thought that
yonr life and character are a masterpiece,
nd it is Ieing opiel, and long after yoa
re gone H will bloom or blast in tbe
home of those who knew yon, and be a
Gorgon or a Madonna. Ixxik out what
you say. Ixxk out whst yon do. Kternltv
will bwr th erho. Tbe beet sermon evr
preached is a holy life. Th beat music
ever chanted is a consistent walk. If you
want others to serve God, serve him your
self. If you want others to shoulder
their duty, shoulder your. Where Abi
meleeh goes'hi troops go. Oh. start out
for hvn to-day, and your fsinllj will
oome sfter you, snd your business asso
ciates will crane sfter you, and your so
da! friends will join you. Wfcth on
branch of th tree of life for a baton,
marshal J nt many as you cao as ther
Oh, the infinite, the semiumnJpotenr power
of a good or bad example!
Concerted Action.
Hllll further, 1 learn from tins subject
the advantage of concerted action. If
AbimeWh hsd merely gone 0ut with a
tree branch, the work would not bav
been accomplished, or if (en. twenty or
thirty men bsd gone, but when all th.
axes are lifted, and all the sharp eda
fall, and all the men csrry escb hia Irw
branch down and throw M about the tem
ple, the victory la gained tbs tempi falls.
My mentis, wnere there is on man la the
church of God at this day shouldering his
whole duty there sre a great many who
never lift an ax or swing a bough. It
seems to me aa If there were tea drone
In every hive to one busy bee, a rhoaarh
there wsre twenty sailer sound Seiasp
m the sMp'a bemtaock U fear saea the
stormy deck. It eeats as If thr were
RSI ICS") men heloncin to th I
and only l.fKlO avtW combatant. Oh,
w all want our boat to get ovr te
golden sands, but tb mt of us ar seal
Hither in the prow or in th tera, "Tap
ped in our atriped shawl, holding b
bandied sunshade, while others are hliO
tered in th heat and pull untH th ear
locks groan snd the bkdes bend Ul they
soap! Oh. you rehglou irepyhada
wake up! You bare lain so long I
pla-e that the ants and caterpilhue hra
begun to crawl over you! What do yoa
kuow, my brother, but a living goapat
made to storm the world T Now, my idea
of a Chrintian is man on Sre with teal
for Gud, snd if your puis ordinarily beat
sixty Uiikk a minute when you thi ok f
other theme and taik about other rheaaee,
If your puis doe not go up to vnty-av
or eighty when you com to talk ahotsl
Christ and heaven, It la because yeu
not know th on and hav a poor chance
of getting to tb other.
Which Mid Ar Yea Oat
Suppose in military circle on th morn
ing of battle tb roll 1 called, and out Si
a thousHtud men only a hundred men la
the regiment answered. What excitrmea
ther would b in th camp! What woald
the colonel any? What high talking ther
would be among th captains, and major
and tb adjutant! Suppose word can
to headquarters that these delinquents ex
cused themselves on the ground that thy
bad overslept themsetve, or the morning
was damp and they were afraid of gearing
their feet wet, or that tbey wer busy
cooking rations. My friends, this is the
morning of th day of God Almighty
battle! Do you not see the troop T HaJ
y not all th trumpet of heaven and aB
tb drum of hell? Which side ar yea
on? If you ar on th right sids, to what
cavalry troop, to what artillery servU-a,
what garrison duty do you belong? Is
other word. In what Sabbath school V
you teach? In what prayrr meeting
you exhort? To whst penitentiary do yo
declsr eternal liberty 7 To what alms
house do you announce the itche of heav
en? What broken bone of sorrow hav
ym ever set ? Are you doing nothing? I
h poaeibl that a man or woman sworn a
he a follower of Jesus Christ is deiag
nothing? Then bids tb borribl secret
from the angrla. If you ar doing Iksth-
iug, do not let the world find It out, leet
tbey charge your religion with beiag a
false face. Io not let your cowardice sad
treason be beard among th martyr sheet
th throne, lest they forget tbe sanctity ef
place and denounce your betrayal ef
that cause for which they agonised and
died.
May the eternal God rouse a all K
action! A for myaeif, I fed would he
ashamed to die now and enter best so ra
ti! I bar aocooipuabad somcthin roer
decilv for tbe Iord that bought m. 01.
brethren, bow swiftly th two go byt
It ema to m aa if th year had fain
som new power of locomotion-a kind of
peed electric.
One Rate Befngc
Still further, I learn from this subtest
the danger of fals refngr. As aooa as
those Hhe.-hemits got into th tempi they
thought they wer saf. They said:
Berith win take care of a. AbinMleek
may batter down everything else. 11
cannot batter down this teuitil where w
ar now hid." But verv soon thev hears
th timbers crackling, and tber wer
mothered with nook, and tbey misera
bly died. I uppo every person in this '
udience this women Is stappiikg bit
som kind of refuge. Her you step It
th tower of good works. Yoe sav. I
hall be as fc in this refuge." Th bsttW
metrt ar adorned, the tpe ar varnish
ed, oo tbe wall ar picture ef nil the
nfrerln. w.,n k... ,ll..i.,i A ,i
- - - . -. ii. bud mii am
schools you hav established, aad all the
Bn tilings you bav ver done Up a
that Urwer you feel you are aaf. Bwt
hesr yon not th tramp ef your anpar
doned in all around the tower? TWr
each hav a match. Yon are klndliag
th dnbutibl materia). Y'o feal ths
heat and tb uffoewtion. Oh, may yes
leap In time, the gtsfpel declaring. "Br
the deed of th law shall no flesh Htbm
be jnerified!"
WU. yon say, "I have been drtvee
out of that tower. Where bal) 1 r-
Step into this tower of Indifference. Yea
y. If this Ioth is attacked. It will be
a great while before It i taken " f
feel at eaee. Bin there I an All meter k
with ruthlwi sssauH com ins on. Oealk
and hla force are gathering around, and
they demand tlmt you surrender
thing, and they clamor lor yonreterthrew,
no uiey mrow meir skeleton arms is
th window, and with their iron tola they
beat against th door, and while ton ata
trying to keep them out you see the torebsa
of Judgment kindling, ami erery forest
I torch, ami every monntaln a torch,
ami erery na a torch, and while the Alps
and Pyrenees and Ilimalara trn lr .
v coal, blown redder and redder k.
tbe whirlwind breath f a nnj,.
tnt, whst will become of yenr refuge f
lie?
But," ss some one, "yM tPt
ed In a very mean business. dri,,
from tower to tower."
Ob, no! I wavtit to tell j 0t . '
raltar that sever ha been and hih wi
b taken, of a wall that no aatanic assault
can scale, of a bulwark that the judgnarat
earthquakes cannot budge. The Blbl ra.
fer to it when H say,, -B (Jo, t
refuge, and underneath rti.-e are (be ei
lasting arms." Oh, fiiv rurf .t
Tread down mi.f rci,i,,i,1(,u,J. eveiylirtas:
that intercepts juii. Wedge vour way
there. There sre enmigh bound's of deans
sd peril sfter you In make ou k
Many a man has perished jut oi,im.i. mil
tower, with hi foot on the at, .4.1. vl.
hand on the klch. Oh, get Inside! rest
par.
WHICH, quick, quick!
"Y,! Tbe Hie I (;at " baa a ro....
history. It wa written by Col. Paul
Iewtel, of th Russian armv who -1.1.
others, conspired against th iint..
Government In IHl'rt. Thm ..u.
discovered, be was arreeted im
ed, tried, and ou July if, im, waa
hanged. During u, Interval k-j-
hla trial and execution, be composed the
word and music of this .,, ,nd w1u
a bit of Iron scratched them on the wail
of bis cell, where the song was found
some years after his death.
Tbe league of Argos, f0r,i B
421, waa a fombluallou of, Argos ' vll
ag. .t Athens. It wa. tJJ
curb th power of the Athenian., b
Ita purpose w fru.tr.ied aaani, aft
by tbe unexpected Incident of J,. "
Joining lb league. ' M