LOVE’S ERRAND. Swift through the ocean ol Silence go. Sprite unseen' Dive to the echoic** realm* below; Kindle the depths with a radiance keen; Rn, like an arrowy pule* of fire, oh to the quivering stare and higher Into the vault eereue! RBdo through the myitical orb of Sleep; Pause to eee, Bora of the amorous twilight deep, Dreams, from their ebryealie clumber free, Throning the shadowy does of day, Wad with the loveHeet, steal away, Speeding again to me! —John B. Tabb in the Independent* m i m Expltrtrt And Thtlr Ways. Mow tha Whit* Man Oalna Victo ria* Over tha Untutorad lavage. A cable dispatch from 8ierra I.eone tha other day said that dir Francis 4a Winton had won a decisive victory over tha Youine tribe in the interior, and that the natives had been terri Red as much by the electric lights as by the guns of the expedition. For a^naling purposes at night and to il lumine his camp Hir Francis had pro vided a number of electric lights raised on lofty poles. The native saw night turned into day, and the inexplicable aight took all the fight out of them. It is nearly always the case that when the white man, by some harmless ex pedieot, impresses savages with his _(__.1_i_it... |rnw*»livv RUM PU|IVIIVWVJ uw HWWW>W»« than ball conquered them before lie ■trike* a blow. For many years the fierct Pahouin tribe 9n the middle Ogowe River turn ad back every explorer who tried to an ter their country. Pierre de Braz ea was the first traveler they permit ted to ascend the great river, and he Won their favor without a single hos tile act. lie sent word to the chief that he had some presents for him, and in this way got per mission to enter one of the frontier towns. The tattooed savages could hardly believe their gyc* that night as a great crowd grouped themselves around the ex plorer and witnessed the wonderful ■how be had provided. Rocket*, Ro man candles, whirligigs and many other wonders of the pyrotechnic art bewildered, delighted and astounded them. The feats lie performed with tVie exploding bullet filled them with awe, and in his repeating rifle they uw a wonderful weapon, which they were sure he could fire of! forever without recharging. It was this Bight’s work that opened the great region of the French Congo to De Bruz/a and made him famous as an explorer. It has been lus pride that in all his travels he never shot a na tive; but for all that gunpowder and fireworks were (he foundation of his ! brilliant success. A good story is told of a white man I who was taken prisoner by an inland j tribe in the early days o! the Fiji set tlements. llis captors were canni bals, and it made him very nervous when lie saw them start a tire under a big native oven. He made up his mind that it was ull up witli him un less he convinced the savages that he was a very superior being. A happy thought struck him. He called for something to eat, and when food was placed before him he used his jack knife to cut it up. Every mouthful or two he stuck the point of the jack knife into one of his legs with such force that it stood erect. It was a cork leg, and the natives looked on in astonishment and alarm as he buried the blade in it. After the meal he be gan to take his leg off. This was too mucli for the savages, and they «U»IH^C(CU IUI U1C UHSM UICV naw him turning bis leg round and round. As he mounted his horse the natives begAri to gather again, but he made a motion as if to unscrew his bead, and the spectators fled in dismay, leaving him to find his way back to the coast. When Joseph Thomson made a great journey through Masailand a few years ago he had a few tricks that gave him a great reputation as a wizzard and Helped him wonder'ully on his’way. One trick he always re served as a last resort and many times it procured food for his party from natives who had refused to sell him a single fowl or a particle ot mani oc. He had two teeth on a plate and his great trick was to show the natives that the white man could re move his teeth. This wonderful feat usually accomplished the desired re sult, but the Mount Kenia natives wanted a bigger show than he gave them. 'They insisted that if he could remove two teethbe could extract the Others also, and they demanded to me the eutire circus. Expostulation was of no avail. They told him to take all hie teeth out or starve, and lie was glad to escape in t.is night from this inhospitable tribe. On the way back to the coast Thomson was al most wholly destitute of goods to barter for food, but his reputation a* a wizzard and a physician spread (ur aud wide and by means of fits trick* and medicines he managed to gel along. Must savages at that regard sleight If hand feats as evidence of super Natural powers, but noa and then they are sharp enough to think thsy are being duped. One day after Mr. Martin had been performing some Irkki lor the amusement of a crowd of Wall wall girls he told them hi could do uiuvn more wonderful thing* Molding up a Unger he assured them that if lie cut it uf! a new finger would at once grow on again. The girl* laughed at hint and told bun lie lied Suddenly one of them sprang *o> ward •admiring one uf Martin s linger* cut It to the bone with a nttlu Hhe told hint *he meant t« tat* hiut at hi* word, and that naw whe knew what he said was uot true, tar if ha could tot Imal the wound aha had made the was very • ire Im «Wwld not cause a new Angir to grow Thu magic lantern na* of late years been an endless source of amusement to many a savage audience. We car hardly imagine the surprise and delight which the simple minded natives have seen spread before them on a screen the streets of London and Paris and many other wonders of civilisation. Pictures of Niagara Falls, Alps and other wonders of nature do not make the slightest impression upon the un tutored minds; but give them glimpses of thoroughfares crowded with people and vehicles, show them Oio lolty structures in which the white men live, and find soldiers and gay women clad in all the colors of the rainbow, and they rend the air with their exclama tions of astonishment and pleasure. In hia last journeys Livingstone had a magic lantern; and several later travelers have found this toy verv useful in helping them win the friend ship of their new acquaintances. Dr. Junker found, during his many years in Centra) Africa, that he could not introduce himself more favorably to tribes who had never before seen a white man than by playing on bis accordeon. He never entered a new village without firstobtaining permis sion, and he never failed to make an impression, as he marched in at the head of his little caravan, making the woods ring with the liveliest melodies of his native land. He found many of these people quick to catch an air, nuu in J depths of Central Africa whom he met are st ill humming some of the iolliest melodies of Kurope. One of the most highly prized presents the great King Mtesa ever received was a hand-organ; and a while ago a Mr. Coillard found on the banks of the Zambesi a native queen who bad a wheezy accordeon, over which she ran her lingers with surprising Agility, playing a curious mealey of savage airs. A compass is one of the essential articles in an explorer's equipment and is an endless source of wonder and pleasure to many savages. In Africa the compass is often regarded as a fetich which knows ail things and unerringly shows the white man the right road even amid interminable forests. During the recent travels of Jacques de Brazza, a younger brother of the more celebrated explorer by that name, the fame ot hie com pass spread far and wide,and the con stant demands to see it became so an noying that for a time the explorer told the natives that the ietich woe sick and had been put away in the bottom of a box to get well. Mr. Mc Donald, a missionary South of Lake Nvaesa, says he has made many friends by explaining the mysteries of his watch. Its works excite no great er surpriso titan the watch crystal among those who have never seen glass, and the missionary describes the amusing perplexity of one chief who could not understand why ho was unable to touch the watch hands which he saw before him. There is a wonderful potency in the mere crack of a ride or revolver among savages who have never seen firearms. When Dr. Ludwig Wolf dis covered a new water route to Central Africa along the Sankuru River a white ago his little party would iri all probability have been massacred by the Bassongo Mino cannibals had not the vyliit? tnan giy^ them a very ex alted opinion 6f his power by a single discarge of his revolver. One day M olf learned that the savages had decided to kill him and his comrades as the easiest way to gain possession of the white man's trade goods. Their chief refused to let the party go on their way and told Wolf he liad him in his power. The poor wretch had never heard of the magical powers of the shooting-iron, and seeing no lances or bows and arrows he imagined the visitors were defence less. While he was insulting the stran ger. Wolf suddenly held his revolver close to the chief’s ear and discharged it. The insolent crowd was struck dumb with horror and the chief shiv ered from head to foot with fear. Aft er giving the chief a few specimens of his ability as a marksman. Wolf told the astounded potentate that he was going to leave and the whole tribe was apparently glad to eet rid of so dan gerous a person. It is thus that trav elers have a great advantage o.ver the most implacable tribes they meet, so long as they can give some novel exhi bition of power that is utterly inex I plicable to the savage mind. The Aird ltiver, in New Guinea, long re mained unexplored on account of the hostility of the natives at its mouth, but when Mr. Bevan entered this riv er last Spring these same savages, who sallied out in their canoes to attack him,were so badly frightened by asin gle blast from his steam whistle that they jumped overboard and swam for dear life to the shore. Captain Ever ill ran the gauntlet of hostile savages for scores of miles on the Fly River, New (iuinea, keeping them out of ar row range by tooting bis whistle, and Stanley by the same means last Sum mer sent hundreds of the Yam bugs natives scampering into the woods, leaving his party in (space to prepare and fortify the iiermanem camp, where his reserve force has since re mained awaiting the explorer'* re turn from the Nile. It often haii|>cn*, too, that *»vag« are disarmed of hostile intentions i they become convinced that thru visitors are friends ol caller travelen who won their good will, Ur. Ilolut ■ays that any well-disposed whit* man can travel wherever l.iviugstcn. went if tin- natives think lie knew mu loved that grand old hero, 'nit faun of the powerful Buis Matarl, os Stan ley Is Hnown in the Congo basin, hoi spread far and wale, and in a regioi be nev*r visited 1 *i Hu- l-nci a trail, ago completely turned the tale ol feel in* in Ins favor by shouting to i crowd of savages who wore hurlitn lances at his earners that he wa* i friend of Hula Matarl. When Mr Roniilly landed in Astrolabe1 Bay New Guinea. the native advanced t attack htiu until he uttered "the mag hi name of Miklu- ho 'Is- lay," am then tlie word pa seed from one to an Other that the elraitger was that good friend's brother and they gh him a Ir-endty tevealion Two year* ago the missionaries h Met el-elsland. in Hou'li \ uterus adopted an unusual plan for attract tog l (id.rinse to their services- The -- had ceased to be a novelty, and their talks were poorly attended. As they went to the place of meeting they would shoot game on the way, and while one of them expounded the Bible the others built tires under trees and cooked the meat for distribution among the congregation. As long as the provender held out they were sure of a good audience. C. C. Adams. Animals Hava Language. Gentleman's Magaxioe. The intellectual superiority of civil ized man over his savage brethren is due to the greater multiplicity of bis objects cf tbouaht. and precisely so is it with the intellectual superiority of the savage man over flimian ances tors. The actions of all have the same aim, viz., the supplying of the wants of physical nature and the gratifying of the desires aroused in the mind. The old theory that speech was altogether limited to the human race has now to be given up once and for all, for such a statement cannot stand against the scientific evidence brought forward to oppose it from all quarters. Language is but a product of reflec tion and experience, and originated, in all probability, in interjection or the instinctive expression of the sub jective impressions derived from external nature; and just as the re flective powers of the race were de arm vnuwn mure urim/uiujr as each stag* In the evolutionary march of intellect won panned, so did syllabic cries of the lower animals and savage men to the complex dialects of modern civilization; and it is worthy of note that at the present day, or ar least very recently, there were races of savage men inhabiting the earth who possessed no proper language at all, and could not, on account of their manner of living,he placed on a higher intellectual level than the higher apes; while we have the authority of the leading philologists of the day in sup port of the fact that the monosyllabic cries of some of tbs lower human tribes are well within the grasp of the ape’s voice. Travelers whose veracity and abili ty cannot be impugned have described long conferences held by monkeys, where one individual addressed the assembly at great length, fixing the attention of all upon himself and quelling every disturbance by a loud and harsh cry, which wn at once recognized and obeyed by tiie multitude; and we need no traveler to point out to us the many notes of call and recognition possess ed by birds of all kinds, who thor oughly well understand each other’s expressions, and, moreover, are able to produce quite a string or different notes consecutively, and without any hesitation. In fact the organ of voice in some of the lower animals far ex ceeds in power that of some tribes of the human family. Tiie Euphonia inuiiea of the East Indies can perform the seven notes in the scale; the chaffinch not only sings re;U song*, but invents them, 5ne of his songs containing as many as five long strophes, while tiie songs of many savage races of men never run to half that length, and when, Cook visited the Fiji arcnipelago the native women could only sing from la to mi. Asia appears to have been tiie birthplace of Stringed instruments, no Houthern tribes ever having been discovered using such musical appli ances. We see, therefore, a gradual improvement taking place in vocal apparatus as we rise in the animal scale, which results in speech and song, and, indirectly, in instrumental music of vnrious degrees; and we find fresh proof that there is as wide a dif ference between the developement of civilized European and the savage man as between that of the savage man and his bruts ancestry. A Western Courtship. •‘When I was a young man,” said the politician, ‘‘I traveled in the southwest considerably, selling sad dles, etc, On one of my trips I stop ped over night in a settlers cabin in tt/viif kaaof Tlia uottloi* anil his wife were mighty cordial, gave me the best they had and made me wel. come to a bunk on the floor witli them. The oldest daughter was 10 or 17 years old and a perfect beauty for her situation. She was the kind o: a girl a novelist would break his neck to get hold of for a heroine. She’d be very picturesque and pleasing in a book, but I shudder when 1 think of her in real life. She took quite a shine to mu and before we laid down she bad told me nearly every thing she ever heard. A heavy rain fell during the night, and as i he roads had been heavy before, they were not passable the next morning. Ho I had to stay at the cabin. The girl ■was very attentive for the three days I was there, and on the evening of the last day she said ‘hay. is you una martieu1" I told her lit,' amt want ed to kuow why she asked. 'Well, if , you una ain't,' she said,'we uns might , get spin-tab' The sjsraker paused to allow hla i hearers time to break all their but i Ions, and then proceeded * liar lather approved heartily of i the plan. 'Iv'e been wishing you uns ( would hitch ever since I seen you uns,’ . he said, and the whole family was eo I congratulatory that I was afraid to ! decline. I pretended to accept, and l offered to ride to th« meat mg-house j about *JU miles away and gel the preacher. They laughed at tlie Idea. 'We tin» van marry oureelvea by kiss , ing over a « smile,' tbegtrl sank 1 in sisted on I ha pfvaclter, and altar a I long argument got my horse out to tide lor him lust ae I was about to i mount tits girl came out of the cabin • arrayed to go with me. That was too much I mounted in a hurry,laid i a switch to tba horse's Hangs and , rode oH at the top of the horse's spsed. I have never men the charmer f since. — Hi. I.ouis Post b->|wt«k, THE MAIL CARRIER'S STORY. Alban/ Kvening Journal* We were gathered rou d the stove in the little station of the frontier town of 8-, waiting for the mid night ex pi ess. The wind howled dis mally among the branches of the old elm behind the station and the hard flakes of snow rattled against the panes in a way suggestive o cold weather. Buddenly we heard a tremendous stamping on the platform outside, the door opened and a nturdy-looking fellow entered with a lantern and a couple of mail bags. He wore a heavy army overcoat and long riding boots, at the heels of which jingled an ugly lookit.g pair of Mexican spurs. On tlieiront of his bluo cap, which was held down by a heavy mufller, was a metal band, on which were stamp ed the words "U. 8. Mail" in large letters. ''Well," he said, throwing the snow covered mail bags down in a corner, blowing out his lantern and coming over to the stove, "I guess you gents ’ll have a long wait; they jest tele graphed up from Julesburg that the train is an hour late and on account of the snow driftin’ so I don’t imagine we’ll see her short of two hours." Here was a pretty fix. Finally one of our number, a short man dressed in buckskin, who sat behind the stove umi wo i/Oii yarns. j o this ail agreed, and he began with a mining adventure. When each had spun tile yarn and there was still no sign of tiie train, the man in buckskin turned half around and said to the mail carrier, wiio sat quietly smoking behind him, and wiio had taken no part in the proceedings, “I say, Jim, tell tiie gentlemen about your little discussion with French Pete.” After much persuasion the mail car rier, who must have been six /eet-two in iiis stockings, recharged his pipe and began: "I’ve carried mails between the towns around here for something like ten years. My story#Inys in t he win ter of '70 in January, about the 16th I think. One night, an awful cold night, the postmaster of Laramie— 1 was runnin’ between Fort Laramie and Lead wood—says to me, ‘Now, Jim, I got some important mail to night, arid ye want to be mighty keer ful of it,' " ‘All right,’ says I, and fakin' the mail bags, J slung ’em in their usual place across the saddle and started on my journey,a matter of 60 mile or so. “j was jest gettin’ into the open country when 1 heard some body call ‘Jim, Jim Fenton!’ I reined in and a feller I knew came up and said kinder low, ‘Jim, ye want to w itch yerself mighty close.’ French Pete got away agin last night, and I’m pretty sure he knows ye’ve got vallyble mail- I heard my self thet ye had $40,000 in bonds for Pol. F.-at Lead wood. 8o be kinder keerful to have them seven shooters of yourn ready for 'rnergin cy.’ “ ‘Ail right, Fred,' says f, 'much obliged to ye.’ i must own as this bit of news made me feei very squeamish, and 1 took partic’lar care to see t hat my pistols was in trim for 'mmediate use— I had a pair of navies, seven shooters, as long as yer forearm, reg’ lar beauties, and i was a pretty fair shot, five put nine out of ten shots into a playin’ card (only way I ever use’em) at 100 yards: French Pete was a what we call a road agent, and he’d done some pretty ticklish stealin' on that very road. Ile’d been cap tured two or three days previous, and accordin’ to what Fred Jones had told me was loose agin—he never could be held on to when he was catched—so, as I said, I telt kind er turns, to say the least. He’d been described to me as tall, with piercin’ black eyes and a long (lowin’ beard, as quick as a cat, and witii a deep, gruff voice. I’d never seed him but I’d seed lus boss, a little black mare with white feet and nose and a white star oh her forehead. I felt a little more oneasy at tiie idea of his havin’ his eye on me and my vallyble mail. So I jest made up my mind to keep away from any horsemen that 1 might see layin’ around loose. “Well, after I got out or. the open livid back by the buildings, at Lara mie, struck mu full force. You call this a hard wind, do yer? Well, ye’d onghter ha’ sued that wind—my land! this is only a zetTur. Anyhow, it did blow Jarful hard, drivin' the small frozen bite of snow into my face like so many needles. "By midnight the wind all went down till there was scarcely a breath, and thu mooncameout white and full, till it was 'most like daylight. "Suddenly, I heard a horse's foot* steps, clickin’ on the frozen ground. My heart jumped into my mouth ami I turned around pretty lively 1 tell ye, and I see quite a piece back up the road a feller on hossback, cornin' alt* er me at a pretty stitT rate. "1 put the spurs into my little eor rel and took out one ol my pistole iiiuj rucked it. The Idler didn’t seem to tss in any very great hurry to catch up with me, for I soon had him a mile or two behind. Then I slowed up again and went on at a jog-trot. I lia>l ridden about IA miles or so when I beard the hoe* agin. Benin' how easy 1 got away from him befoie I waited till he was pretty clou#, turret tin' how Miy a bullet n my back would make up the datum Then I was test gum' to spur up again, when he ratted out, 'Htup, wlial'e yer bur ry*' but instead of tbe gruff, coarse voice I e* pec ted from French l*et# I •opposed it was him it was as soft as a woman'*. A good deal easier tn my mind, I reigned iu, and as the stranger I cam* up I looked huu over mighty keeftul. II* was a toang man uot over tWsmtyHv* Or Cta. inclined to he short and ihuk aet, with yellow hair bangin’ rooml hi* shoulder* and a light mu *tache. Tne only part of his face I didn’t like waa his eyes. I couldn't see them very well, for his soft,broad-brimmed felt hat was pull ed over ’em, but they teemed to look right through me and it made me feel nervous. He was dressed in a Mexi can rig. a bluish broadcloth jacket, edged and decyrated with gold braid and buttons, a pair of loose buckskin pants and high boots. The butt of a revolver peeked out of his sash, and another I couljl see in a holster at his hip. I noticed him very close, and he looked wonderful trim and neat. We rid on a good piece, laughin’ and talk in’ and I was feelin’ pretty cheerful, ’cause there was two of us in case Fiench Fete did turn up. "Well, we got almost to Deadwood, and near the woods about threemiles from there, when suddenly somethin’ took me to look at his hoss. I hadn’t done this afore—don’t know why, but f Jiad't— and Jiminy Corn! there was the famous little mare, with her white trimmings and long mane and tail—oh, yes, it was French Fete’s hoss, sure enough. Hut I didn’t let on that 1 knew, and I was ’most be ginning to think 1 must he mistaken when we came out of the woods. The sun was just rising, and we got to that big pine—remember it, Joe?— just ns the full circle came up over the prairie. Just under this tree mv my companion says, witii a little chuckle, ‘Jim, look at tills.’ Kinder startled, I turned, and 1 tell you the hair ri/. right straight up on my head. I was lookin’ plumb into the muzzle of a big six-shooter, ugh! " ‘Wlia—what’s this’” says f, skeer ed ‘most out of my wits f never was rnui'li on studyin’ the internals of loaded weapons through the barrel. a ID cv I I' 1 nuill. I'UJM V you had French Pete lor a travelin’ companion, did yet Well, it means tliet I’d like to look over yer mail abit,’ and then he roared right out as lie see tiie long face 1 put on, for 1 couldn*; help thinking’ of what Fred .Jonesha 1 ton! me, ami kinder wonderin’ if there really was secii a pile of money in them bags. “ ‘Well,’ says I, 'I, don’t see as 1 can help it, here they be.’ “ ‘You unbuckle them yerself,’ says he. ‘I’ll keep an eye on tins pistol an 1 see that it don’t go off, but I'm afeared I couldn’t manage it if you should rut up any shines; it goes oil mighty easy, and lie chuckled again, for I could see thet if it should go off a ‘>’12’ would cut a tunnel right through my head. “All of a sudden I thought of some thin’ and jest as suddenly I lotmd that I couldn’t onhuckle the trap that held the hags to the saddle. I fussed at it for several minutes and French Pete was gettin’ impat ient, ‘Hurry up,’ says he, ‘I can’t control this wep pin much longer.’ “ ‘I can’t onhuckle this,’ says I. " ‘Take your knife,’ says tie, with an oath. I got it out of my belt, got j the point under the strap and then it slipped out of my lingers and dropped to the ground. Then, without thinking, and J’veal ways thought lie was a fool not to shoot me oil the spot, lie lowered ins 5 pistol, put it hack in his sash, and ! whipping out a big bowie rode lip ! along side. This little proceedin’ of ins cost him just five years of liberty. Maybe ho thought | I was dreadful skeered, but bo made a big mistake. Jest tlie minute lie put away his pis tol I pulled out both of mine and poked them, cocked and ready for business, right into his face, and says, as calm as I could: ‘French Pete,’ says i, 'hands up! Your road-agent business is jest about wound up— iiands up, lively!’ He see that I’d jest as soon shoot him as not, and held up-both arms. “I kept one of my pistols lookin’ at him while I searched him and cleaned him of weppins. Then i tied his hands to the back of his saddle and his feet under the hose, and onbucklin' one side of his curb-rein, druv him in front of me, with a cocked revolver in the other hand. 1 got into Laramie all right with my pris’ner about nine o’clock, and he was tried, sentenced and did his five years in state prison. A government court tried him—a Lar amie judge would ha’ hanged him on the nearest tree. “He come out of pi ison a different chap. He started in the mines and made his pile; then he went to New York anil married. In about, two years lie come back, and now he's the biggest toad in the government assay office here at 8——. His real name is Joseph Kennedy, and.” the mail car rier suddenly added, nodding towards the short man in buckskin; “there he is, and here comes your train.” And the mail carrier rose, stretched him self, took np his lantern and mail bags and went out into the storm. “All aboard!” and with a parting shriek, a jerk and a spasmodic snort, the train roiled on its way. and the little station was left deserted, alone in the darkness and the wind. The Cowboy of Russia. The t'oeeacka furnished the cavalry and the Kueeians think it ie the finest in til* world, although there is a de cided difference of opinion on till* sub ject among military authorities. Out side of Itussia tiis Cossack is regarded as a good scout uud au active guer rilla, but worthless for regular war* fare. He is a cowboy, tlie rancho of Itussia, was borne iu a saddle, baa a contempt for agriculture (all tlie food product* among tlie Cuesacka are raised by the women I, a contempt lor schools, would not Warn to read or writ* U h* had the op|M>rtm»ity, ami is pi.t about hail civ lined (lot the Cossack* are a J»ace of free n>«u. They have never been seifs, ami have never paid lav»« to any author* ity. They own vaet tracts ol laitd In •astern Ituseia, where they rwise herds of cattle, sheep and horsva. All their land h held in common and Urn peo pie live in commune* Thetr system ui local government I* the same a* that ol the I led tin i tie, the same as that of the children of Urval in tlie time of 1 Move* and Ahrahaiu »W, i Curtts. i THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON XI. MARCH 15—TEACH ING PRAYER—LUKE 11:1-13. Goldan Tost: “Ask nod It bball B* Given Tnto Yn: keek nnd Yn ftbnll Find: Knock nod It Shall Bn Open I nto Yon,** FVIKW and keep tn view clearly tho place In the life of Christ w here this be longs Use the blblo freely In comparison of parallel accounts, examples of prayer, promises of answer* to prayer; and let these facta and promises come with cumulative force, so as to make a deep and lasting Impres sion I,earn by should learn some of these verses by heart. Christ’s Prayers — II will he Interesting to many to make ft sludy of Christ'* prayers, as to kind, form, spirit, piiblle, private, as a means by which he may leach us to pray. Hee refer ence* below. Time.—November. A. D. 29. Place,—Somewhere In Perea, the country on the other side of Jordan. Jesus, almost 33 years old. The full lesson for to-day Is as follows: 3. Olve us day by day our dally bread. • 4. And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that Is Indebted to us. And lead us not Into temptation; But de liver us from evil, ■V And he said unto them. Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and suy unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; t>. For a friend of mine In his Journey Is come to me, und I have nothing to set before him7 7. And he from within shall answer and s«.v, i rouble mo not: the door I* now shut, anil my children are with me In bed; I cannot rise and give thee. #. 1 say unto you, Though he will not rlxe and give him, because he Is hi* friend, yet because of hla Importunity he will rise and give him as many as ne neeileth. H. And I say unto you. Ask, and It shall la* given you; seek, and ye shall ttnd; j knock, and It shall tic opened unto you. 4 10, For every one that uskelh recelveth; anil he that seeketh tlndeth; and to him that knockcth It shall he opened, 11. If a son shall ask bread of uny of you that Is a father, will he give him a stone? or If he ask a fish, will he for a llsh give him a serpent ? It’. Or If he shall ask an egg, will ho offer him a scorpion? 13, If ye then, being evil, know how lo give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenlyi Father give the Holy Hplrlt to them that ask him? Some explanation* to to-day’s lesson are as follows: "Our Father which art In heaven.'' "Our," not "my.” "Fa.her," to whom wo owe all we have and are, In whose Imagj wi are made; whom w> love, and tr .st, and obey; to whom we can pour O'.i our Inmo-t souls. "In heaven." and therefore Inllnllc, omnipresent, whose very nature makes heaven what II Is and ah e to reach every person, and help In ever.' need. Ills greatness will not pul a gulf let ween him and us, If we realize that It's love is as Infinite as Ids power, arid hi* tender mer cies as great as his being. 1 • A Duly. Thl* Invocation Is In accord ance with the First und rheond Com mandments. A Doctrine. The true nature of God (Father In heaven). A Lesson. The biotherhce d of man. Our Father, A Warning. Against selfishness. A Spirit of worship, love, trust, obe dience, communion. “Hallowed be thy name "Thy name" stands for his character, for whatever he I*. as when a man signs his name to a promissory note, it expresses his char acter. hi.- ability, his possession*, all he hus und Is. May the name of our Father lie hallowed, held In reverence, treated us holy und sacred, by ourselves and by all, In heart. In thought, In word, In deed. A Duty, corresponding to the Third and Fourth Commandments, one the guard against Irreverence, the other u ineuns of hallowing our Father'* name. A Truth. The uplifting power of rever ence for that which Is high above ns. (Hee Carlyle's Heroes und Hero Worship.) A Warning against Irreverence, of every form, as degrading Ihe sou? An Inspiration lo seek that all the world may hallow our Father's name. An Order. Note that our first petition Is toward God, the second for his kingdom, and the third for our fellow men; before we ask a single thing for ourselves. True prayer Is large-hearted, ennobling, not seltlsh. "Thy kingdom come.” The kingdom or reign of God In Christ over the whole world, when the rule of Hataii and his principles shall be overthrown, and God and the principle* of Ills heavenly right eousness shall prevail among all men. This Is the most magnificent blessing the world can receive. "Thy will be dene, as In heaven so In ton) earth.” The petition Implies (1) that we ourselves desire so to do God's will. (2) That we wish God's will to be done In us und for us by his provi dence and by Ills Spirit. This Is much more than mere submission to God’s will. t3) That all the world may obey God as perfectly a* the ungels ooey hro. What u prayer thl* Is! What changes, what overturning* It Implies. What changes In business. In dully life. In nohtlcs. What new home* there would ne What m lid tie* In church, what renovations of so ciety, wliat changes of fortune. C. For a friend of mine." (living the X rea*on for his Inopportune hut urgent ie- ' gutsl. The friend, arriving ut that late hour, a ax doubtless suffering from hunger. There were utmost no hotels In the east to which he could go The huxl was en tirely out of food, but ho|>oame bed Knelt bad a tied, or malireee. Ie le usual for a whole family tof the priori to sleep In the same room ’ "| «a»not rise and give thee." It Is alto gether too much trouble *■ "Not . . . because be Is hls friend ' Though the higher luullvee will net avail, lor the friendship is so weak "Vet I'scuuss of hls importunity, he wilt rtee and give him ' It wae less Double to grant bis wishes than to lialui* the aw wvartsd itapoitUHlty. kttbh THAT WILL ONOW. Nobody bas suer found Into happt Hm • bo did oat Btst Bud i hilsl. Tb* Mtho who would b« strong ig uulnd until toed oh fuels. No teed* are abed when the mag a tea * wbo baa lived only lor himself Tbs only way to beep (too tu,m ng, U to beep . lose to I'hrtot, No town van bo truly bt*iv who to nut trying to bo truly good Bvoey •* i won ought tn have some thing tb It that the devil would uy tg i answer.