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TALMAGE’S SERMON. •CONSOLATION IN TBOUBLS" LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. pm tha labjolae* Tasti “A»4 tha Lav* ■raafht mm Eaat Wia« Vpma tha LmI «M That Da/ aa* all That W|hr Bi MiM HE reference bere la not to a cyclone but to tbe long continued blowing of tbe wind from an unbealt h f u I quarter. The north wind le bracing, the south wind Is relaxing, but the tut wind lx Irri tating and full of threat Eighteen times doex tbe Bible apeak agalnat tba Eaat wind. Moaea deaerlbe a tbe thin eara bleated by tbe •aat wind. Tbe I'aalmlat deaerlbe* tba breaking of tba ablpa of Torablah by tba aaat wind. Tba locuat* tbat plagued Egypt were born* In on tba eaat wind. Tba gourd tbat abeltertd Jonah waa •battered by tbe eaat wind; and In all the six thousand auimnera, autumns, wlntera, springs, of tbe world's dis tance, tbe worst wind tbat ever blew Is the eaat wind. Now, If God would anly give us a climate of perpetual aor'-wester, bow genial and kind and placid and industrloua Christiana we would all be! But It takes almighty grace to be wbat we ought to be under tbe east wind. Under tbe chilling and wet wing of the east wind tbe moat of tba aartb’a villainies, frauds, outrages, suicides, and murders have been batched out. I tblnk If you should keep a meteorological history of the Says of the year, and put right bealde It tha criminal record of the country, you would find that tboae were the best days for public morala which were under the north or west wind, and that tboae were the worst daya for public asorala which were under tbe eaat wind. Tba points of the compass have more ta do with tbe world’s morala and the cuurcu s piaiy man you nave yei ■im pacted. Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander, eminent for learning and for couxecra tion, when asked by one of bis stu dents at Princeton whether be always had full assurance of faith, replied, 'Tee, except when the wind blown from the east." Dr. Francis, Dictator of Paraguay, when the wind waa from the •eat, made oppressive enactmenta for the people; but when the weather changed, repented him of the cruelties, repealed the enactmenta, and was In good humor with all the world. Before I overtake the main thought of my subject, I want to tell Christian people they ought to be observant of cllmsttcal cbangA. Be on your guard when the wind blow* from the east. There are certain etyles of tempta tions thst you cannot endure under certain etyles of weather. When the wind blowe from tbe east, If you are of s nervous temperament, go not among exasperating people, try not to nettle bad debts, do not try to settle old disputes, do not talk with a bigot on religion, do not go among those people who delight In saying irritating things, do not try to collect funds for a charitable Institution, do not try to answer an insulting letter. If these things must be done, do them when the wind la from the north, or the south, or tbe west, but not when the wind is from tbe east. Tou say that men and women ought not to be so sensitive and nervous. I admit It, but I am not talking about wbat tbe world ought to be; 1 am talk ing about what the world Is. While there are persons whose disposition does not seem to be affected by changes In the atmosphere, nine out of every ten are mightily played upon by such Influences. O Christian man! under such circumstances do not write hard things against yourself, do not get worried about your fluctuating ex perience. You are to remember that the barometer In your soul la only answering the barometer of the weath er. Instead of sitting down and being discouraged and saying: *‘I aiu not a Christian because I don't feel exhllu raut," get up and look out of the wtu dow and see the weather vuna point ing lu the wrong quarter, and then aay, “(let thee behiud me. Katun, thou prince of the power of the air; get out of my house! get out of my heart, thou demon of durhut-m horned on the rant wind Away!” However good aud great you may be In tbs Chrietiau life, your soul will never be Independent of physical condition. | feel 1 am utter ing a most practical, ureful truth here, one that may give relief to a great many Christians who are worried and despondent si times. Inr Hush, a monarch In medicine, ntler curing hundreds of csss* of men tal depression, hi ait* If Ml sick and tool his religloua heps, and he wuuld not believe hi* pastor when the pastor told him that hi* spiritual dspressioa waa only a eoassqusncs of physical do prsssioa Andrew toiler Thorn** •soil William Cow per, Thoms* Hus ton, Mold llrwtasrd. l*hMtp tlstsac tn«u wars mighty maa sf U«4. hut all at ihewi llitutuaiioos of ths fs-1 that a man's soul is net independent of hi# physical health Aa eminent physl etsa gave as hid opinion that ao maa •ear died a greatly triumphant death who*# disease was hstow the dia phragm dischhoure, the learned i'hrtsltaw swmmeatalsr says he does not thlhh Pawl was ta**ao wh«« Mivid played tea harp hsfius him. hut it was h hypochondria ic-uing from ladsmmn lien of tho lies- Oh, h»o mauy good people hat# hosn mUiahth m regard la thnlr roligtous toot* a«t taking these things into seaside aii»m' Ths Uui of Chrlists, one of tho hast mss that sear Jirsd, gnd on# of tie must «**fut, sal down nnd wrote: "Though I hare en deavored to discharge my duty as well as I could, yet sadness and melancholy of heart attck cloaa bj and increaaa upon me. I tell nobody, but I am very mueh sunk Indeed, and I wish I could hsvs ths relief of weeping ss I used to. My dsys are exceedingly dark and dlstreaslng. In a word, Almighty Ood seems to hide his face, and I Intrust the aecrst hardly to any earthly being. I know not what will become of me. There Is doubtless s good desl of bodily affliction mingled with tbla, but it la not all so. I bless Ood, bowsver, that I nsver lose sight of the cross, and though I should dls without seeing any personal Interest In the Redeemer's merits, I hope that I shall be found at bis feet I will thank you for a word at your leisure. My door Is bolted at the time I am writing tbla, for I am full of team." What was the matter with the Dean of Carlisle? Had he got to be a worn* man? No. The physician said that the state of his pulse would not warrant bis living a minute. Oh, If the east wind affects the spleen, and affects the lungs, and affect* the liver, It will af fect your Immortal soul. Appealing to Ood for help, brace yourself against these withering blasts and destroying Influences, lest that which the I'salmlst said broke the ships of Tarsblsb, ship wreck you. Hut notice In my text that the I»rd controls the east wind: "The Lord brought the east wind." He brings It for especial purpose; It must sometimes blow from that quarter; the eaat wind Is Just as Important as the north wind, or the south wind, or the west wind, but not so pleasant. Trial murt come. The text does not say you will escape the cutting blast. Whoever did escape tt? I was In the pulpit of John Wes ley, In I/mdon, a pulpit where he stood one day and said: "I have been charged with all the crimes In the cata logue except one—that of drunken ness," and a woman aroee In the audi ence and said: "John, you were drunk last night." Ho John Wesley passed UN'IVI MBM. • tv.v.j).. Journal a report of on* of George Wbltefleld's sermon* —a sermon preached a hundred and twenty or thirty year* ago. It seemed that the reporter stood to take the sermon, and bis chief idea was to caricature it; and these are some of the reportorial inter linings of the sermon of George White field. After calling him by a nick name Indicative of a physical defect in the eye, it goes on to say; "Here the preacher clasps bis chin on the pulpit cushion. Here he elevates bis voice. Here be lowers his voice. Holds his arms extended. Bawls aloud. Stands trembling. Makes a frightful face. Turns up the whites of bis < yes. Clasps his hands behind him. Clasps his arms around h n, and hugs himself. Roars aloud. Hollas. Jumps. Cries. Changes from crying. Hollas and Jumps again." Well, my brother, if that good man went through all that process, In your occupation, In your profession, in your store, in your shop, at the bar. in the ■lek room, in the editorial chair, some where, you will have to go through a similar process; you cannot escape 1L • • • When the French army went down Into Egypt under Napoleon, an en gineer, in digging for a fortress, came across a tablet which has been called the Rosetta stone. There were in scriptions in three or four languages on that Rosetta stone. Scholars study ing out the alphabet of hieroglyphics from that stone were enabled to read ancient inscriptions on monuments and on tombstones. Well, many of the handwritings of God In our life arc in decipherable hieroglyphics; we cannot understand them until we take up the Rosetta stone of divine inspiration, and the explanation all comes out, und the mysteries all vanish, and what was before beyond our understanding now is plain In its meaning, as we read, "All things work together for good to those who love God.” So we decipher the hieroglyphics. Oh. my friends! i have you ever calculated what trouble did for ltuvid? It mace him the Hacred minstrel (or all ugr*. Whut dirt trouble do for Joaepli? Made him the keeper i of the corucrll* of Egypt. What did 1 It do for Raul? Made him the great apostle to the Gentiles. Whut did It do for Rtimml Rutherford? Made his invalidism more Illustrious than robust health. What did tt do for Rnhurd Raster? Gate him capacity to wide of "Hathl's Everlasting Rest." Whut did It du for John Runyan? Showed him the shtulnr gate* of the city. What has It dene ter you? Hints the loss of that child your spirit has been purer. Hints the loss of that prop erty, you have fowl out that earthly Investment* are Insecure. Pism yuu lest your health, you feel as never be fore a rapt anticipation of eternal re lease. Trouble has humbled you, baa I enlargeu you, h<.* multiplied your re , source a. has equipped you, has U«-m god your grasp im , tfc,» * rbi and t sht •*>»•! >« ip p . t. ■ * i v. tli bit . God for tics *A>t wind It hi* driven | >***» Into tb« barber of (tod s sym pathy Nothing tlbe trouble to show us that this world is an ;nsuHb*l*al petti,.n llogadb was about duo* with Ids and h* Wanted to | ...nl l;,, ml ,»f ail ihingw He pul IS cistii « shattered botile, a cia- bed bet! an un.irung ; harp • sign l*>%»4 of a tavern called | "Tbs Wuiw« |*tkd falling down, a i ship* let a tbe bettes Of Ph, , I,us |y tug dead in tbe dead* lU utwua in b*r 1**4 quarter, lbs wet id on Hr* no* I thing m»r*. ’ Mid Hogarth "nnd ny | pklur* U dune" 1b*n b* added lha bruben p*i* t* of i ydim Tb*n bo dhsd Rut tr. ilt* w ig bold might I hf wad wot* shMful tban llugartb a, I pictures tb* fat.tog, tailing, m«uW*t tag dying w«dd And w* w*M *> me •bing pstmaatal to lap laid of, nnd w» grasp with both hands after God, and aay, "The Lord Is my light, the Lord to my love, the Lord Is my for tress, tbe Lord fa my sacrifice, the Lord, the Lord Is my God." oiess ood for your trials. Oh, my Christian friend! keep your spirits up by the power of Christ’s Ooapel. Do not aurrender. Do you not know that when you give up, others will give upT You have courage, and othera will have courage. The Romans went Into the battle, and by some accident there was an Inclination of the standard. The standard upright meant forward march; tbe Inclination of the standard meant surrender. Through tbe negli gence of tbe man who carried the standard, and tbe Inclination of it, the army surrendered. Ob! let us keep the standard up, Whether It be blown down by the east wind, or tbe north wind, or the south wind. No Inclination to surrender. Forward Into the conflict. There Is near Bombay a tree that they call the "sorrowing tree," the pe culiarity of which la It never puta forth any bloom In the duvtlme, but In tbe night puts out oil its bloom and all He redolence. And I have to tell you that though Christian character pure forth Ita sweeteat blossom In the dark ness of sickness, the darkness of fi nancial distress, the darkness of be reavement, tha darknesa of death, "weeping may endure for a night, but Joy comotb In the morning." Across the harsh discords of tb!» world rolls tho music of the skies—music that breaks from the lips, music that breaks from tbe harp and rustles from the palms, music like falling water over rocks, music like wandering winds among leaves, music like carrolling birds among forests, music like ocean billows storming the Atlantic beach: "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat; for the Lamb which Is In the midst of tbe throne shall lead them to living foun tains of water, an;l (<od s call wipe away all tear* from their «>rs." I see a great Christian fleet epp)cach ing that harbor. Home of the ships tome In with oetls rent and bulwarks knocked away, out still afloat. Nearer and nearer et ’rna) anchorage. Haul away, my lads! haul away! Some of the ships had mighty tonnage, and others were shullopa easily lifted of the wind and wave. Some were men of war and armed of .he thunder* of Christian battle, and other* w< re un pretending tugs taking others through the "Narrows,'’ and uorae were coaster* that never ventured out Into the deep seas of Christian experience: but they are all coming nearer the wharf—brig antine, galleon, Une-cf-battle ship, long-boat, pinnace, war-frigate—and as they come Into the harbor 1 And that they are driven by the long, loud, ter rlAc blest of the east wind. It is through much tribulation that you are to enter into the kingdom of God. You have blessed God for the north wind, and blessed him for the south wind, and blessed him for the west wind; can you not In the light of this subject bless him for the east wind I Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to tbee. E'en though It t* a Croat That ralaeth roe: Cttll all my son* ihall ha, Nearer, toy God, to thee, Nea rer to thee. THE QUESTION OF RELIGION. Uattheer Arnold C'rltleUre * ISr.lllai.t Skeptic. We And a brilliant mathematician, Prof. Clifford, launching Invectives, which, If they were Just, would prove either that no religion at all ha* any right to mankind's regard or that the Christian religion, at ill events, has ; none, says one of Matthew Arnold's ! letters. He calls Christianity "that aw ful plague which has destroyed two civilizations and hut bareiy tailed to slay such promise of good as is now etruggiing to live among men.” He warns his fellow-nun against showing any tenderness to "the slender remnant of a system which has made its red mark on history and r1111 lives to forms of Its Intellectual lu lief." he scornfully adds, by way of flnirb, "have i survived the dltcredlt of Its mural j teaching." Hut those are merely the crackling fireworks of youtblul para dox. One read* It all, half-sighing. hnlf-am!!lng. as the declamation of a clever and confident youth, with the hopeless Inexperience. Irredeemable by any cleverness, of bis age. Only when one I* young and head strong can one thus prefer bravado to experience, can one stand by tn» Bea of Time. and. Instead of listening to the solemn and rhythmical lost of its waits, t hoose to nil the air w .th one's own whooping* to start the talk. Hut the mas* of plain people hear mo b talh with impatient Indignation and flu-k all the more esgerly to Mesert Moody and Monkey. They feel that the bril liant free-thinker and revolution MU talks about their religion end yet is all abroad In It dure not know either that nr the great faeta ol human lit* -sad ■ bey go to those who know then* better Mod ih« plain people are got wrong r» up* id with Frof Clifford Messrs. Moody and Banker nr* KrssUtt of the phUesuphy of history. Men ore not mistaken in thinking that Christianity hes done tk*m goud, In l*s «g it. m wishing ies listen in ta.<se who will talh to them a haul what they lu.« an t will telh of If with *Uu. ration and gratitude, u«t con cm pi gad hat -o4 Ckrisnsntr Is truly ss in ' I.UeMtuf. sal lu-sms I h*«s *| * I H, "Iks greatest and bwpptest stroh* ***» fet made for human pert* n«n “ Men do not err, they are «n grin g-ound of viper lease when they say ihst they hots pmetlegtiy f*und Christianity l» is somsthlng Insawpartbly mu-gcni Whey* they err Is in thsty w#y of gs ew tnting f«r thm and *» e**.g> ,ug Itt : saw*** FARM AND GARDEN, MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. ■am* I'p-ta-Dat* Hlnia About Callltf lion of tha Hall in<l field* Thrraaf— Hortlraltura, tltlrultars mud riort ealtare. _ O. HAH HI SON, In Journal of Agricul ture. says: The veil that ha« so It ng en shrouded In mys tery the growing of ginseng by artificial means has at last been torn asunder, and Its dazzling posslbillilea laid bare. Like many other supposed mysteries, when learned and fully understood It Is not si all diffi cult. In this connection I wish to quote the botanist In his letter of trans mittal of report to the United States Department of Agriculture He says: "The report bring* out the facts that the wholesale price of American gin seng has steadily Increased from 62 cents per pound In 1868 to somewhat more than $3 per pound In 181)3, and that the value of the export for the past decade has amounted to between 1600,000 and $1,000,000 per year. The report also points out the fact that the natural supply Is now rapidly decreas ing and that Its extermination, If pres ent condition* continue, Is Inevitable. At the same time, there can be no ques tion but that the cultivation of ginseng I* entirely practicable. Knough has been achieved In various part* of America to fully demonstrate the truth of the botanist's statement In regard to the practicability of Its culture. The following statement is from a Chicago farm paper: Ginseng Is scarce this year In the Hlg Sandy Valley, Ky., from where much of the ginseng pro duced In this country come*. F°T ■viuo i t;«nuu wuw uiuuuiuiuvvi - -- neglected the Industry during the last year or so. Ginseng Is now worth |3.&0 per pound, but the price Is likely to in crease considerably very soon.” I have studied the habits and growth of this plant from boyhood, and am now grow ing It successfully In the garden. It can be grown In the garden, orchard or forest. It can be grown In the gar den with very little attention and no expense after plantation Is started, and where the plant grow# wild, this ex pense can be saved. Kvery person own ing a few rods of land should engage In this pleasant and highly lucrative Industry. A few bed# In a farmer’s garden will more than pay the farm expenses each year. Cifp«ui«i for Alkiftll Holla. Robert H. Forbes, chemist of the Ari zona exjrerlment station makes the following statement In bulletin 18 of that station respecting tbe use of gyp sum on alkali land: 1. —The cost of gypsum depends largely upon freight rates. It may be gotten as low us two cents a pound. Arizona contains undeveloped supplies of gypsum. 2. —It is said that a surface dress ing of gypsum will enable tender plants to make a start In alkaline eolls. When tbe crop is large enough to shade the ground, evaporation and rise of alkali Is retarded and the crop may be safely matured. 3. —In the case of fruit trees as with annual plants Injury most usually re sults from the corrosive action of the alkali Just at the surface of the ground. The soli, however, and Its bottom waters, may be so salty as to Injure tbe trees through Its roots. 4. —Gypsum Improves the tilth of alkaline soils by acting upon and changing the sodium carbonate to which the lumpy character of these soils is largely due. 5. —-The water of Halt river contains small amounts of gypsum In solution. The use of this water for Irrigation ought therefore to result In a gradual disappearance or black alkali wherever It is applied. 0.—Wood ashes contain considerable amount of potassium mrbonate, a Mtb stance having properties similar to those of sodium carbonate. The use of nehts on land already afflicted with alkali Is therefore not sdvtsable. i'runa I.rowing In Oregon. The prune industry has grown to be one of the most Imporunt Interests In the state. Already It has assumed great er proportions (hull all other orchard Industries. As the favorite fruit crop it OfCtNs H has much In Its r the trees are sure to hear, there are no climatic conditions to overcome, the finislieil product Is not perishable, and Ita insect p«au and fungous diseases are lesa nutueroua than other frulta. The tree# suffer. Ilia true, from several pests, hut they sre slight adllcllous In com parison to the codttn moth snd apple scab of lha apple aud pear, and. until we have curculio and blach knot, which | render plum growing la Ihe east almost impossible, ws can say that prunes are tree from diseases. Moreover, there Is « growing demand for the product, dried and gieen. which premiere well for the industry. Them are about je.uoo scree devoted la prune growing in Oregon 1‘tuaea are grown throughout th» west ern part of lbs state aad stoag the Col umbia and it* tributaries in northern snd eastern Oregon, hut the major part at lha Industry la comptisad In tha Will •metis and t-mpgua river valleys In the Willamette Valley, there ale about PS MU a« re# of prune urcharda As pet meal of tkeee orchards are on lb* blech alluvial soil near tha rtvar, and hava not to any appreciable stunt en t mat h*d upon Ihe ted hill soil farther away, though that Ihla sail will produce prunes la mrtelh The second largest prune district la tha t mngua Mlvar Vat lev Here tkata am about i,&tw aster at prune orchards. Tha valley of the Imp got *0- ms la b# lha meat leveled teg ten for prune*, tree* and fruit reaching their highest perfection there. Th# Petite or French prune especially seems to thrlvs; the Italian can be a* well, and perhapa better, grown In the Will amette Valley. The Petite prune, and the Italian more or less, are grown very ■uccesafully In (be Hogue River Valley also, where there are approximately 1,600 acre*. Attempts are Inning made to grow prunes In Hood River Valley and along the Columbia In eastern Ore gon, hut experienced orohardlsta say that these sections cannot well com pete with the more favored prune lo calities, and that tbelr splendid fruit resources can he used to better advant age In growing other fruits. In these districts there are about 2,600 acres.— U. P. Hedrick, front In Troo I’lantlng In an address upon "Farming,” pub lished In bulletin 17 of the Arizona experiment station, Tucson, Arlz., Gov ernor Hughes Is reported as having said, moat pertinently for Arizona; "There Is profit In tree-planting. Nearly every farm has little nooks which cannot he utilized for farming. The ash, cottonwood, perhaps the eu calyptus, and other fuel-growing trees ought to be cultivated on the border* of canals, und the main laterals might be planted with one or more rows of trees; they would grow here without Irrigation, und would serve as a wind break, und thus aid In preventing the moisture of the Held from being ab sorbed by hot winds sweeping over them. They would huve a tendency to check evaporation from runuls und laterals by shutting out the rays of the sun, und at the same time It would provide homes for thousands of the feuthered tribe who would pay for tbelr lodging many times In the de struction of Insects, us well us by pro viding free concerts for the farmer's family.” I(ca«*illnc C’iuvar llmlimi. The Ohio Kxpcrlraent Htatlon I* now planning some experiments In attempt ing to get a stand of dover on fields sown last spring, but which failed to make a perfect stand, owing to the drouth. The bare spots In these fields will first be gone over with a sharp spike harrow, or with a disk harrow; crimson dover and common dover will then be aown side by side, and lightly covered In with smoothing harrow. A light seeding of oats as a nurse crop may be added on part of the land, for comparison, but we expect the best re sults from seeding the dover alone. I,a*t season’s experience demonstrated that the nurse crop may prove a rob ber Instead of a nurse, by taking all the water from the soli and leaving none for the clover. Iloisujr at ( iiampalan. The University of Illinois has recent ly been making extended Improvements In its botanical department. Among these are substantial additions to the herbarium, which has, for the flrst lime, been placed In a room by Itself, t.nd the erection of a building for the cultivation of plants needed in the laboratory. Arrangements have been made for the cultivation of aquatic plants, and for carrying on various 1 Inds of experiments, both by students In their regular practice, and by inves tigators endeavoring to make contri butions to knowledge In a most Inter esting but not sufficiently explored field of science. (’reparation of Kpraylng Mixture*. Too much care cannot be taken In preparing any mixture to be used on trees and fruits. If not properly pre pared, injury may. follow. Bordeaux mixture, If properly prepared, will not Injure the apple; but If there Is not a sufficient amount of lime, Injury muy follow, causing the mrface of the upple to be russeted and rough. Also damage U> foliage may result. Other fruits are susceptible to Injury from the mixture, If carelessly prepared. This mixture Is one of the most e ffective fungicides In use. Soil for Strawberries.—The Ideal soli Is where u clover sod has been manured and a crop of potatoes raised the pre vious year. Corn stubble uuder same conditions Is good If the strawberry rows are run between the old corn rows. If they are run on the top, the old corn hills are apt to be caught by the cultivator and the plats loosened. Clover sod Is vety good, but liable to be Infested with grub worms; besides, If there are any clover seeds left In the ground they are likely to grow and prove troublesome. Whatever ground Is used, it must he well manured and made ready to set lu good m.,Tianlcal rendition. If msuure Is used, II should be well rotted and cultivated In the ground after plowing K*. Chinch ting i;*g» and Young Kmh female deposit* about Mai eggs, usually placing them about the surface of the ground on stem* of grass, grains and in rare ruse* other plant* The young are at first of a red color, taler chang ing lu brown tie. h. while the adult I* Mach with white wing* Th* wings nr* not obtained until lull development : ha* been reached, and. henva In th* 1 Mint destructive period the Insect* (ratal instead el My, and the true cause of injury te lesa on account of number* than of the habit of clustertag in my riad# on the plant attached Iturnlng lM»tu** The report tomes from some parts sf tbs country that farm#!* have bson burning their po tatoes for fuel, the tubers being worth only about |l per ton tin th* other hand, there are thousands of fstulller In the great dtle* who ate paring gv# and ti v 11me# that pile* fur the few potato** they are ahte to buy. Wh«n will we lenrn that genetal prosperity Is impossible so loan ** we have *u< a i a crudo *i#« iu of distributing th* l u» esattlss of life* H« THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON XII.. JUNE 21—JESUS. ARISES FROM THE DEAD. tloldan TmIi "Tha laird ft Itlaan Irt daad"—Luka *4lS«—Tha Mind* nf tha lllarlplaa of tha Maalor Opened In Scripture*. K hava but nna teanon upon tha re*urr*cllnn, and It la wall, In ordar that wa may bring ilia whola alory Into on* plotura, and may aaa tha portion* whlrh wa hava atudlad In olhar yaari, In thalr rala tlona at romponant parta of ona graat and (lorloii* fart. Tima.— Jean* roan from tha daad Hunday morning April K, A. I*. M, and gacandad to day* lalar. May IK. I'lau a. ■ Joan* ahowad hlmaalf to hi* diuniple*. naar tha lomh In Ilia garden by I'alvary, In Jaruaalam, at Kmiriaua, In Oalilaa and laally on lha Mount of Olive* naur ltathuny, whaneu ha aarandad. To day'* li »*on Includaa Luka 24: M M. Tha explanation* ara aa follow*: ''A* lhay Ihu* apake.” Ilia two from. Knimaua. who hud gaan and talWj/1 with .la»u*. "Pear# ha unto you." Tha tu u 11 f III, common Jawlah aalutatlon. 37. “Tarrlflad," aa waa natural In lha ami dan prraent-e of a myaterlou* powar. 3*. "Why do thought* arl**," raaannlnga. qui aliening* 7 Why do von not pareelv* that I uni her* a* tha fulflllmant of my oft n panted protnlaa to rlaa again on lha third day 1 3lt. "Ilahold my hand* and my faat, I It at It la I myaelf" The nine J> *u* wlm hnd tiaan 4heir teachar anil frland, and had baan aru < Hied. "A aplrll hath not fla(h and bone*." II* waa no *pa< far. Ila had a**utnad no *plr II 144*1 and heavenly body, auch a* halnng* to the glorlflad aflar theli rami rt it lion, hut a body Ilka Dial which bud baan bla during Ufa. 40. "Ila ahawad tharn bl* band* and hi* faat." nmrrail and marred bv tin arm Iflxlnn. It waa not till bla garanalon that bla body wu* (hanged Into lha aplrltual resurrection la dy 41. "And whlln tliay bellevad not for Joy," 4 II waa too good to ba Irtia, and lliay h*d Ihelr taachar and frland ran tor ad to them. Tliay were terrified at first, but glad when they w©r© convinced that they saw their |*or4. "Huv« ye here any meat (food)?" This was to re more the last doubt that he was the same Jesus, with the same body, whom they had known, 43. "Arid he took It and did "at before them," We note how the apostles dwelt afterward on what now occurred as a proof of their lord's reaurrei tlon. 44. ' Which I spake unto you. Written In th© law of Moses." Bee the prom I *0 to Kvs tOene sis 3: 6), the promise to Abrsham MJetiesi* 22: If); flic paschal lamb (Exodus 12); the brajten serpent (Numbers 21 9). the greater prophet (Deuteronomy Ik; 15); the star and s»ept,or (Numbers 24; 17). "In the prophets." He© Isaiah 7 14 0; Immanuel. Isaiah 63 and Zacharlah 12; 10, th© suffering Havlor. K/eklel 34, 23, the heir of David. Jeremiah 2’. f : II 16; Zacho rlah 0; 12, the branch. "The psalms." The third division of the scriptures. (Psalms 2, 72, etc.). 46. "Then opened he their understanding." whbh had been closed by prejudice, by wrong teac hing, by meager expertem -* and observa tion. Many things could not be understood Ull after his death. 4(5. "Behooved," was fitting. "Buffer, and to rise from the dead " The foundation truth* of the Christian religion. 47. "Among all nations, beginning at Jeru salem." They we re to b*gln at home, but by | no me ans to rrtnuln there. 4k, "And ye are witness**." They had been with Jesus throughout ills ministry, 40. "And behold I send the promise of my Father upon you." Th* promise of the gift of another comforter contained In Christ's last conversation with the eleven. "Tarry ^ ye In the city," do not go out to the work J ^ have set you. They remained praying, con versing, studying the scripture*. "Endued." clothed, "with power." This was fulfilled ten days later at Pentecost. 60. "And he led them out" of the city, where he had been giving hie lust Instruct lull*. "As far as." until they were over against "Beth any. Blessed them." No mere form, but a real, enduring blessing. 61. "11© was parted from them." By be ginning to ascend upward. "And carried up Into heaven." The tense of tin- original Is picturesque, and Indicates u continued ac tion, a gradual going up out of their sight. Com pare the more detailed account. 62. "And they worshipped him." They gave him the religious Worship due only to <!od. "And returned to Jerusalem with great Joy." Every sorrow hud been turned into Joy. 53. "And were continually In the temple," at the hours of worship. They were regular In attendance. Th* tempi© was th© visible symbol of wor ship. Slone romti nf Arlioiw. The rcglotm of the Uttle Colorado river in Arizona abound in wonderful vegetable petrifactions, whole forests being found lu some places which are us hard as Hint but which look hh If but recenly stripped of their foliage. Some of these stone trees ure standing Just as natural us life, while others ure piled ucross each other just like the fallen rnouarchs of a real wood forest. Urologists suy that these stone trees were once covered to a depth of l.WHt fret with marl, whh h u.ui»:>im*'d then* from wood to solid rock. The nuill after the lapse of ages, washed out. leaving some of the trees standing In un uptight position. Che majority of them, however, are plied helter-skelter In ull directions, thousand* of cords be ing sometimes piled up on un acre of ground, ('indunot! Commercial Un set te. Hour HUU I kwa> ktolr A wilier lets out n secret regaining the way In wht h young women read novels. It was tu the ttanusr and two girts were talking of what they read. "It I choose a novel easily enough," one said "I go to ike iti utaiing library sad look at Ike last chapters It I And the ralA softly snd sadly dropping ovsr etas or two lonely graves 1 don't leave It, hut If tk* attuning sun Is glimmer tug n**t hr idol robes nf watts satin I knew It sail rlgbl sad take It snd tut to kuy sweets to sat while I read It.** bMUHT A Mr bWKkT. The gbeat ef a strew lt„mist a fa «• er ] A great drawing card Iks porous plaster t»* srsrybrtdy a tongas the postage - m Ceatia! Ibtth »nd postal cards st* 1 •peg t» all. 1 The heat way In praters* * ping* - 1 k»*P it l» *■>•! fl ***** dims mueautn ptspittior Uf< «** fresh •> w»nee-tea J <