[TALMAGE’S SERMON.
‘ARMAGEDDON” THE SUBJECT
OP SUNDAY’S DISCOURSE.
Fran tba Tan; “Aiid Ha Oatbarad Than
Tagathar In • FUca Caliad la tba
Habraw Toafaa Armagaddoa" —
^ Mtaltllaaa, Chaplar IS. Van* IB
Ej[J PD D 0 Is tbs
name of a moun
tain that looks
down upon Hsdrae
lon, tba greatest
battla field that the
world haa ever
seen. Thera Barak 1
fought the Canaan- !
Ites; thers Gideon
fought the Mldlan- '
i Ites; there Joslah
fought the Invading Egyptians. The
whole region stands for battle, and the
Armageddon of my text borrows Its
nams from It, and is here used, not
geographically, but figuratively, while
setting forth the Idea that there Is to
be a world's closing battle, the greatest
!' *f all battles, compared with which the
conljlcta of this century and all other
centuries were Insignificant, because
' of the greater number of combatants
engaged, the greater victory and the
greater defeat. The exact date of that
f battle we do not know, and the exact
locality Is uncertain. It may be In
l Asia, Europe, Africa or America, but
’ the fact that such a battle will take
(place Is as certain as God’s eternal
truth. When I use the superlative de
gree In regard to that coming conflict, I
do not forget that there have been wars
all along on stupendous scsle. As when
\ at Marathon Mlltlades brought on his
>' men, net in ordinary march, but In full
l run, upon the horsemen of Persia, and
I th» blP'ik archers of Ethiopia, and scat
risrea^Tnem, and crying, Bring tire:
Bring Are!” set Into flame the ships
of the Invader*. A* when Plzarro
’ overcame Peru. Ae when Philip the
Second triumphed over Portugal. As j
when the Huns met the Goths. At |
when three hundred Spartans sacrificed ;
• themselves at Thermopylae. As when I
the Carthaginians took Agrlgentum.
As when Alexander headed the Mace- |
(Ionian phalanx. As when Hannibal
| invaded Italy. Battle of Hastings!
Battle of Valmy! Battle of Pultowa!
Battle of Arbela! Battle of Tours! Bat- |
| tie of Borodino! Battle of Lucknow!
K Battle of Solferlno! Battle of Fontenoy,
where 100,000 were slain! Battle of
I Chrlons, where 300,000 were massacred!
I Battle of Herat, where Genghis Khan
destroyed 1,600,000 lives! Battle of
Nelshar, where 1,747,000 went down to
death! 1,816,000 slain at Troy! And
American battles, too near us now to
. allow us to appreciate tbelr awful gran
• | deur and significance, except you who
J were there, facing the North or facing
^ the South! But all the battles I have ;
Beamed put together will not equal In
r numbers enlisted, or fierceness, or
grandeur, or triumph, or rout, the com- ;
lng Armageddon contest. Whether it ;
shall be fought with printers' type or
keen steel, whether by brain or muzcle, !
Whether by pen or carbine, whether
M booming cannon or thunders of l
Christian eloquence, I do not know, !
End you may take what I say as flgur
atlve or literal, but take as certain ;
what St. John, In his vision on the
locks of the Grecian archipelago, is ,
pleased to call "Armageddon."
My sermon will first mention the reg
f| lment« that will be engaged in the con
w filet; then will say something of the
jBcommanders on both sides; and then
HP speak of the battle Itself and the tre- I
fW ZL_J_t___ „,UL 4V.A.O i
who will fight on the wrong side, I 1
first mention the regiments Diabolic, ;
In this very chapter from which my
text is taken we are told that the spir
tits of devils will be there. How many
millions of them no one can tell, for
the statistics of tbe satanlc dominions
have never been reported and the roll i
Of that host has never on earth been !
called; but from the direful, and con- |
tinental, and planetary work they have
already done, and the fact that every :
uaa and woman and child on earth ;
baa a tempter, there must be at least
sixteen hundred millions of evil spirits i
familiar with our world. Perhaps as i
njany more are engaged on especial
^enterprises of abomination among the
Hfegtlons and empires of tbe earth De
Vgide that there must be an inconcelv
W gble number of Inhabitants In realms
F pandemontac, staying there to keep tbe
l great capitals of sin going from age to
i age. ffany of them once lived in heav
i an, but engaging In conspiracy to put {
Ian on the throne, they were burled
and down, and they are now among
worst thugs of tbe universe. Hav
been In three worlds heaven,
tb and bell-they have all the ad
itages of great experience. Their
rer, their speed, their cunning their
itlllty wonderful be>uud all stale
st! In tbe Armageddon they will,
oubt not. be present In full array
»y will bare no reserve corps, but
will be at lbs front. There will
only be soldiers in that battle who
be seen and aimed at. but troop#
tagltde sad without corporeity, and
tpoas but strike dear through Ibeai
bout gtvtag them hurt With what
ul of dedaace till ta«y vomit up
ladder* of gre and leap from tbe
Hements af sabeatee lalu the last
ipgfga of belt' Haul, the biaveet of
i, was Impressed elth their atighl
evil when he said, "We a reeds
agaiaet Ink ft II4 * OU 4. hut sgatast
ictpalitlee. and ag*>Mt power* aad
'-■■a th# ruler# of the darhueaa la
I eterkd. egaiaat spirttual •kebn4*
i la k<fk pla n ' t)b what aa egt
^ uuig mumaat, shea the rush# lias«»!
ft It mev* up and take iM« places fat
V aaaitet la tbe Armageddon?
ft Other icgiateata eka will merth la
w kg Uw Igbt wttt be tbe regtmeate Alee
t belle, They will be made up wf th»
ft brewers eumpaakw*. <He'ide»f uwacre.
and liquor dealers* associations, and
the hundreds of millions of their pa
trons. They will move Into the ranks
with what the blble calls the "Song of
the drunkard.” And what a bloated,
and soaked, and bleared, and blasted,
and hiccoughing, and nauseating host!
If now, according to a scientist In Eng
land, there are fifty thousand deaths
annually from strong drink, and In the
United States, according to another
estimate, ninety-eight thousand deatha
annually from atrong drink, what an
army of living drunkards that Implies, ;
coming up from the whole earth to !
take tbelr places In the last battle, es- !
penally as the evil increase* and the ,
millions now staggering on tbelr way
may be Joined by other millions of re
inforcements; brigade after brigade. I
with drunkards' bones drumming on the
bead of beer barrels the dead march of
souls. These millions of victims of |
alcohol Joined by the millions of vic
tims of arrack, the spirituous liquor of
China, and India, and Arabia, and
Egypt, and Ceylon, and Slain!
Other regiments who will march Into
the fight on the wrong side will be the
regiments Infidel. God gave but one
revelation to the human race, and these •
men have been trying to destroy It. ;
Many of the books, ninguzlnes. and
newspapers, through perpetual scoff at ,
Christianity, and some of the universi
ties. have become recruiting agencies
for those regiments. The greatest brig- I
adler of all those regiments, Voltaire,
who closed bis life of assault upon
Christianity by writing, "Happiness Is
a dream, and only pain Is real. I have (
thought so for eighty-four years, and
1 know no better plan than to resign
myself to the Inevitable and to reflect
that files are born to be devoured by
spiders and man to be consumed by
rare. 1 wish I bad never been born."
Oh, the God-forsaken regiments of In- ;
fidels, who after having spent their life
in antagonising the only Influence that
could make the eartn Better, gainer
with their low wit and their vile sneer
and their learned idiocy and their hor
rible blasphemy to take part against
God and righteousness In the great Ar
mageddon!
Other regiments who will inarch In
on the wrong side In the battle will he
the regiments Mohammedan. At the
present time there are about one hun
dred and seventy-flve million Mos
lems. Their plain mission Is to kill
Christians, demean womanhood, and
take poxccsslon of the earth In the In
terest of Ignorance, superstition, and
moral filth. The massacre of fifty
thousand Armenians in the last two
or three years Is only one chapter In
their effort to devastate the earth of
everything but themselves. Ho deter
mined are they In their had work that
all the nations of the earth put togeth
er dare not say to them, "Stop! or we i
will make you stop!" My hope is that
long before that la3t battle of which 1
speak the Turkish government, and
with It Mohammedanism, may be
wiped out of existence. * • •
First of all, I mention the regiment*
Angelic! Alas! that the subject of de
monology seems better understood
than the subject of angelology. But
the glorious spirits around the throne ;
and all the bright Immortals that fill
the galleries and levels of the universe
are to take part In that last great fight
and the regiments angelic are the only
regiments capable of meeting the regi
ments plutonlc. To show you some- ;
thing of an angel’s power, T ask you to j
consider that just one of them slew one 1
hundred and eighty-five thousand ol '
Sennacherib’s hosts In a night, and It
is not a tough arithmetical question ]
to solve. If one angel can slay one hun-,
dred and eighty-five thousand troops In
a night, how many can five hundred j
millions of them slay? The old Book
says that “They excel In strength." It
Is not a celestial mob, but a disciplined
host, and they know their rank. Cher
ubtm, seraphim, thrones, principalities
and powers! And the leader of these
regiments is Michael the Archangel
David saw just one group of angel? ,
sweep past, and they were twenty thou- |
sand charioted. Paul, who In the Ga- |
malian college had bla faculties so won- 1
derfully developed, confesses his Inca
paclty to count them by saying, “Ye are
come to Mount Zion and an Innumera
ble company of angels.” If each soul
on earth has a guardian angel, then
there must be sixteen hundred ni'lllon
angels on earth today. Besides that
heaven must be full of angels, those
who stay there; not only the twelve ;
angels who, we are told, guard the
twelve gates, but those angels whe
help In the worship, and go on mission
from mauston to mansion, and help tt
build the hosannas and enthrone the
hallelujahs und roll the doxologtes ol
■ n<- service that never ends. But me/
all, If required, will be In the last light
beta ecu bolluem and sin. Heaven
could afford to adjourn just one day,
end empty all its temples, and man
sions, and palace*, and boulevards In
to that one battle. I think all the
augel# of God will join In it. Tke one
that stood with sword of fleuie at tke
gate of paradise. The one tkat pointed
Hagar to Ike fountain la the wilder
neaa.
Tke neat regiments that I see march
m* into tke tight will he tke regiments
K.clestsstlr According to the lest
set oust, and pra t (rally only la tke
beginning of tke grrat gsaptl move
meal wkteh proposes la take the whole
earth for Und there are four million
eta hundred thousand Methodists, three
million e#«ea hundrod sod tweaty-lve
thousand itaptlots. one million two
hundred and eighty thousand three
hundred and thirty-three I'reehyte
Haas sms# ml;Hun tee hundred and
thirty thousand tmthciaoe and eti
hundred and forty thousand Kyuwops
l-aa* Hui the present etat let t rt of
churches wilt bd utterly ennmpel wh«o
after eti the great denoiWtseUone have
deem their beet wnrh the sleeeei of an
the sn«te will have mar* numbers than
the pteaaat earuUmehi ef all dean iht
Hmaa throughout Christendom
Again, the regiments elemental will
come Into that battle on the right tide, j
The wlnde! God showed what he
could do with them when the splintered 1
timbers of the ships of the Spanish
Armada were strewn on the rocka of
Scotland. Norway and the Hebrides.
The waters! He showed what ha conld
do with them when he put the whole
earth under them, leaving It subaque
ous one hundred and fifty daye. Th*
earthquake*! He ehowed what he conld
do with than when be let Caracas drop
Into the open mouth of horror and the
liland* of the sea went Into entomb
ment. The lightnings! He showed
what he could do with them when ho
wrapped Mount 8lnal In flame, and we
have all teen their flashing lanterns
moving with tha chariots of the mid
night hurricane. All the regiments
elemental will come In on our aid# In
the great Armageddon. Come and let
us mount and ride along tha line, and
review the troops of Emanuel, and And
that the regiments terrestrial and celes
tial that come Into that battle on the
right s!de are. as compared with those
on the wrong side, two to one, s hun
dred to one, a thousand to one.
liut who Is the commander-ln-chlaf
on this side? Splendid armies have
been ruined, caught In traps, flung over
precipices, and annihilated through tha
Incompetence or treachery of tbelr gen
eral. Who commands on our aide?
Jebovah-JIreh! ao-called In one place.
"Captain of Salvation," eo-called In an
other place. King of Kings. Lord of
Lords. Conqueror of Conquerors!
His eye omniscient. His arm omnipo
tent. He will take the lead.
Hut do not let ua shout until after
we have seen the two armies clash In
the last struggle. Oh, my soul! The
battle of all time and all eternity opens.
"Forward!" "Forward!" Is the com
mand on both sides given. The long
lines of both armies waver, and swing
to and fro. Swords of truth against
engines Infernal. Hlack horse cavalry
oi peruiuon hkuiiihi wnue nurse caval
ry of heaven. The redemption of this
world and the honor of the throne ot
God to vindicate, how tremendous is
the battle! The army of righteousness
seems giving way; but no! It Is only a
part of the mnneuvre of the infinite
fight. It is a deploy of tbe boat celes
tial. What s meeting In this field of
splendor and wrath, of tbe angelic and
of the diabolic, of hosanna mud blas
phemy, of song and curse, of tbe divine
and the Satanic. The thunderbolts
of the Almighty burst and blase upon
the foe. Boom! Boom! By tbs
torches of lightning that Illuminate the
scene I see that the crisis of the Arma
geddon has come. It Is the turning
point of this last battle. The nest mo
ment will decide all. Aye! the forces
of Apollyon are breaking ranks. Seal
See! They fly. Some on foot, soms
on wing; they fly. Bsck over tbe bat
tlements of perdition they go down
with Infinite crash, all the regiments
diabolic! • • •
The prophesied Amageddon of the
text has been fought, and Christ and
big followers have won tbe day. The
kingdoms of this world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord and bis
Christ. A1I tbe Christian workers of
our time, you, my hearers, and yon, my
readers, and all the Christian workers
of all the ages, have helped on the mag
nificent result, and the victory Is ours
as much as theirs. This moment Invit
ing all outsiders, through the ran
somed blood of tbe everlasting Coven
ant, to get into the ranks of the Con
querors, and under the banner of our
Leader, I shall not close the service
with prayer, os we usually do, but Im
mediately give out the Moravian hymn,
by James Montgomery, appropriate
when written In 1819. but more appro
priate in 1896, and ask you, with full
voices, as well as with grateful hearts,
to chant it.
See Jehovah’s banner furl'd,
Sheathed his sword: He speaks—‘tip
done
And the kingdoms of (his world
Are the kingdoms of his Son.
ABOUT LANGUAGE.
Within the limits of the United
States in 1801 there were 6,250,000 Eng
lish-speaking people; now there are 70,
000,000.
At the beginning of this eentury the
Portuguese language was In use by
7,480,000; in 1890 it was spoken by 13,
000,000.
At the beginning of this century
there were only 6,000 Spanish speaking
people In the United Slates; now there
are 050,000.
At tbo beginning of this century
the German language was used by
•0,320,000 people, while In 1890 it was
employed by 75,200,000.
In 1801 It was estimated tbat tbs
English laguage was spoken by 30,
120,000 people; In 1890 the number bad ■
Increased to 111,100,000.
The most lesrned philologists declare
that ibe origin of language la an In- j
Soluble mystery, and language ttaeif la !
hn uncontrollable problem.
The alphabets of the various laagu
ages have, usually, from twenty U
twenty sis letters this number being
tar front equal la that of the sounds,
la Wales the people clalut I ha1
We|«b ta the must ancient language an
the earth, and that Adam, Eva sad;
the aerpeel chatted We|*h together la 1
Par ad lee
Every bhewa language ruatalaa
•urh name* aa su-huo, pewit, whip
pc own) tad ethers, las which tbs.
a *u« I emitted hy the estate! la e'tluae
t* the name
The Etrua>*n, «a ter aa haawa. was'
the Urol language epohsu la Italy, aa< j
It is swsperted hr some phiWIuptsu
that iha Uicln aae a dtatswt at tin
E 'rwacg*
What hm la the d»er mat ta the
dm*** A » fa her
W‘hy dose an wid maid a ear ten tens’
1* keep a* tg* chap#
WAY TO GO TO SLEEP.]
_
DESCRIPTION OF A SURE CURE '
FOR INSOMNIA.
Imagln. Toor llraln a Kail-Top Da*k—
What Ton Mut I>o I. to Skat Up
Tour ICcCJ Tbar.ln W bra Tlnl.h.il
Ton'll II. A.Uap.
HKRK >■ no more
dangerous enemy
to the perfect men
t a 1 condition of
man than Insom
nia, eaya the New
York Tribune.
While those cn
gaged In literary
pursuits and large
and complicated
business transac
tions are perhaps more spt lo be un
successful suitors for the favor of the
drowsy god, still any one la llkelytoget
Into disgrace with this guardian of
slumber.
Long-continued Inability to sleep
ehould be regarded with the greatest
and grave*!, suspicions. There Is
a wakefulness In the advanced
alagea of thp disease that. Is
more to 'pe feared than the pestilence.
Kvery iwsscle of the human body may
be so prostrated with fatigue that a Arc
within scorching distance would
scarcely Impel the victim to arouse to
action. The tongue could with diffi
culty frame a brief petition for its own
life, yet the brain goes dancing off Into
the roost, beautiful flights of fancy and
la equally rapatde of sustaining th"
most complicated, logical, well-digested
argument. There Is a state of mental
ecstasy that completely Ignores the ex
. a .t *_*..
miriirc ui iuv umi/ .
This may seem to the fortunate being
who has never suffered the most ad
vanced stages of the disease to he an
exaggerated statement. Hut there are
thousands wto have suffered even up
to and beyond that point. Beyond that
point mean* Insanity and death. A
person who had Iteen a great stiff* rer
from Insomnia said that If he could be
fiend enough to wish a curse upon an
enemy he would give the doomed mor
tal wealth and Intellectual faculty to
enjoy life In the fullest and then de
prive him of hi* ability to sleep.
Medical book* record an Instance of
a man In China who had been convicted
of murdering his wife under the most
Inexcusable circumstances. The pris
oner was condemned to die from want
of sleep. A guard was put over him,
each man being relieved of bis duty
when an hour had expired, so that the
guard might by no possibility fall
asleep. The miserable man lived In
this torture for nineteen days, but at
the beginning of the eighteenth day h ■
Implored the authorities to kill him In
some more merciful way.
The brain that Is for a long period
deprived of the benefita of sleep cannot
be In a healthy condition. At this par
ticularly dangerous stage of the
disease the most powerful opi
ates have no more effect than
so much water. Kvcn before reach
ing this point there are many peo
ple who cannot take opium or mor
phine in any of the various forms.
Thousands of cures for Insomnia have
been tried by sufferers, only to be
found Insufficient. There Is one that
can be practiced by all persons of a
sufficient amount of will power, and, If
persisted In, is Infallible.
Briefly and practically described,
this operation is to fancy your brain a
roll-top desk. What you want to do Is
to shut up the Ideas therein. When you
come to try this experiment you will
discover that the simile of the rolltop
desk is Imperfect, Inasmuch as the
cover that closes the thoughts in rolls
from the front to the back of the head.
Lie down, (let all the bedding and
your own personal garments smooth, so
that you may be comfortable. You
must attempt to He perfectly still after
you have once decided upon a comfort
able position. Nothing, except mental
activity. Is more calculated to keep you
awake than giving away to restless
nrks. You are now prepared to close
that mental rolltop desk and pen up
your thought# until you want them the
next day. This abutting up la done by
a powerful effort of the will not to
think. This may seem paradoxical, but
try It. It can lie accomplished, and you
will And It the hardest work you ever
did In your life You will th.nk that
all your ideas am quicksilver, Hiid In
spite of your resolutely holding shut
that rover the tittle Imps will jump out
here and there. Sometime* you can
catch one of them by the ears, meta
(•tiorlcally speaking, before Ills whole
body Is out, and chuck him back Into
hta prison Thai la, you w ill catch the
Idea before il is fairly formula led, when
It la simply a word, shut the cover
down with a bang, and go ou holding
your mind In a flats of vacuity. You
hold IL tnta way for an Instant an I
if ink you am doing splendidly, when
<,r, jumps another Idea This one has
got oul whole, complete, alive and in
good health
At It you go again You will soon be
astonished hy an ovarpuwrrtng sense
lion of fatigue worse than the most
profound thought evwr gave you It I*
mueh isrdar wutk to keep from think*
tag than It I* >« thigh llut If you will
porsoverc In this method of ‘.hutting
up your thought* tor twenty minute*
nr half ah huur you will toll latu a
dreamt**s sleep My pruell tug this
you run ehr ten the lime required to
pul you* self to sleep One rXpert lu
Ihla thru slug the mind Into a .emplsle
blank sdtiu.e.1 that he cwuM (to down
la g route iu which there woe a bright
light ahd a baa<t ml mmi~ and within
its mine *• be wound aatewp
to he* who teded* that a vaal pet vent
of laoaailr to pmeeded hy pereteteai
gad leag eeatlaued ta*a*t*<e (he tare
Is wuelh e trial- M* ml d • ou.eged If
g| trel y m * eu> e*d for II to *V
ceedlngly bard work, but it can be
done. After the habit is once well
formed you will And that you can strep
all night without waking. But at first
you will be apt to waken in so 3hort a
time that you will feel disheartened
at having done so much hard work for
a brief balf-hour or so of sleep, only to
awake and do the whole thing over
again. _
Smlm Saw m Miras*.
Clouds overcast the sky the greater
part of Auguat 18 in Boston. The sun's
face was but rarely visible. There were
several showers in the lata afternoon,
but we had no rainfall between 6 aud
7 p. m„ notwithstanding which s rain
bow with all Its beautiful colors was
on the southeastern horizon; the rays
of the setting sun piercing through the
ascending vapors had formed it. Turn
ing to the west at 6:30, a long, narrow,
dark island seemed to be floating in a
blue green smooth lake, surrounded by
a rocky shore, s stream of fiery molten
lava winding Its way through the rocks.
But there were no islands, lakes and
roeks. It was the western sky, the
■tin’s fiery rays giving higher colors to
the blue sky, a denser dark to the dark
clouds, and showing his fire In Intense
colors through the lighter vapors. But
a great surprise awarded the watchers
of this glorious sunset. There to the
left, south of the setting sun, about
four degrees from the sensible horizon,
clouds were heaped on top of each oth
er, and while the last rays of the sun
were heating on the city of Boston,
■till damp from the afternoon rain, Its
picture was being photographed on the
clouds. The blocks of houses were
plainly visible; the Charles river and
Boston hurbor marked the outlines of
the city plainly on the clouds. For
three minutes the outlines became more
distinct, then when the sun’s fiery
tare was half way below the horizon
they faded away and disappeared,-'
Boston Transcrlpi.
No Autograph* for Har.
A certain family, whom* home la In
the suburbs of J.ondon, have In their
employ a cook whose way a are Invar
iably so methodical and her cooking so
near perfection that, were she to leave
her present home, one-half of the mis
tresses In the district would he eager
to secure her services. Never by any
chance has dinner been late at. Myrtle
Villa, or the Joint under or over done,
neither has any policeman crossed Us
threshold. Hut, treasure that she Is,
she came near to making a change of
residence at the close of her very llrst
month's stuy. On the morning of the
day upon which her wages became due
her mistress requested her to step Into
the study where her master was watt
ing to pay her. In a few moments she
rushed from the study to the kitchen,
where she had left her mistress, and
In less time than It takes to narrate,
had given the astonished lady no
tice.
"But whatever is the matter, Mary?"
Inquired Iter mistress. "What has
your master said or done to annoy
you?”
“He hasn't said nulbln'," replied
Mary, as she flourished a check In her
mistress’ face, "but he's only given me
this for a month’s slavery. Not me;
I ain’t no ortygraph collector, 1 ain’t."
—Amusing Journal.
|>i«tnrb»'l Ibr Nap.
A minister named Pettigrew who, on
asking why his flock were so regard
less of his exhortation to them to re
main awake during the sermons, was
told that his own wife set the erample,
but as she sat below the pulpit ehe
was out of the minister's sight. On
this it was arranged that on the fol
lowing Sunday the Informant should
hold up his Anger when Mrs. Pettigrew
succumbed to Morpheus.
The preacher bent forward and saw
his consort enjoying a snug nap. With
a tremendous blow on the pulpit he
aroused her from her slumber, and ns
the lady, who, according to the legend,
was destitute of both fortune and beau
tv Innlaul ills lt«* u/lfl I'MtuJi/l hoe In nr>.
cents of wrath: "Sit ye up there, Jean
Pettigrew! Ye are na bonnle; I gat ns*
tocher wi’ ye, anil gin ye hae na heav
enly grace about ye I hae gotten an
uuca bail bargain o' ye!"—Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Til* HIS III Nam*.
"I wish you’ll stop calling that hoy
Willie,'" he Halil. Irritably, aa he
looked up from hla paper.
"It doea acetn rather odd to call a col
lege boy Willie,ahe admitted. "I
suppose I ought to call him 'Will' or
'William,' but u mother ought to be ex
curable for holding to the dlmluutlvc
ax long —~M
" 'Will' wouldn't suit me any better
than 'Willie,'" he answered. "1 heard
from some more of the Harvard tradex
miii to-day, aud I want something ap
propriate Suppose you call him plain
'Hill.' " Chicago Poat.
ntuiailM Math fw* PracSIas
A Mouth American lady ta quoted aa
keying that soma lima ago. In the ab
trxe* of water, af which theta waa a
great dearth at the time, she washed
bet fare with eotiai a I the Juice of a
• atersseiaa
The resell was aa soothing that ah >
Itpaaledlv washed her face in this
auto, and her Miiiatshweai was
Steal, a fear days latsr, on seeing that
mere ass ant a freehla left aa her
previously badly free hied (ace New
York Tribune.
»••«*#• la Mall Me* tMeaa
f reak t headier, to* af the aae etrai
chief af police af Kucbtaid. lit. aad
1|IM Nellie Mhetmak sloped ta Melon
receallr ahd w*rw mauled Mra M A
Ukt. stepatotkcr ef the bride skjMl
ed la the mantas# aad I ha girl last
half ha* drasa ahlla leavlag her home
la laha lha trip. Mr* lake kaviag hold
af aaa purl to a wf lha gttsuii aad Iks
grtwim the other The latter aaa la
tha guinea match |
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IV—OCT. 25—PROVERBS
OP KINO SOLOMON.
l.oldes Tsitl "My Mon, If ftlnnara I'nllao
Thu, Conceal Thou Not”—From lleeh
of Proverb#. Chapter 1. Toro* »•—
Wteoet of ftolere,
LL the older
aehnlar* Hit u lit
learn aomethinr
aliout the Rook of
IToverlie. My luh
tng at the title# in
the llret vereee of
chapter# I, Ik, ft-.
SO and M. el*< n.
17; 14: ». 11 Mr.
they can ere that
the tiook I* «. 'Oi
ler tlon of amaller
tmoke and doe* n< f
eonelet wholly <4
Solomon * proverb* It la well, too, in
inent* Then- were of a high order,
auch it tiook, from which we havi only
throe leaaona, to point out acme of the
choicer paaaagea, an well ar to gather
together whatever la nal'1 In other part*
of tho hook upon the aiihjecta treated in
the leeaon.
The eectlon Include# the whole chapter
together with light from Proverb* »: t-tl
ittul k: 1-IS, deacrlblng the Invitation* of
wlailom.
Today'# leeaon Include# Proverb# chap
ter I: l-lk, aa follow#:
I. "The proverb# of Solomon." Thl* i*
the title of the book no a Whole. 04 r
above "Non of David," thla I# elated In
order to Identify the author without poe
eiblr tnlalekc The choice of Solomon ae
one of the writer# of tho Illble at firef
light Bfurflr*, hut In deeper Mudy in
atruete.
I "To know wladom." The hook rt
Proverb* lieionga to what modern critlcn
< all III# ' wladom literature," Includtrig
Proverb#, Job Kcclcalagtea and Solomon'*
Hong. Inalrni lion." Properly, "din i
pllne." It Hlgnlflea education, moral
training, good culture and habltr. tIm
practical aide, u# It were, of wladom
Lange "To percelv* the worda of undi r
alandlng," to dlai'ern, not merely to n ml
or learn hi heart, to dlatlngutah giaxl
from had, arul lo make tha proper appli
cation*.
I, "To receive," Thl* I* the arronrt <1
Ja» t «f tin. look, not only to know, hut
to accept, to lay hold of, to laka Into th#
dally life, ' Tha Inatructlon" or dUrtyllw
that leada to "wlailom,” not ihe word
used In verso 2. 'nit rather with revised
version, "wlae dealing," or dlacernnn M
thoughtfulneaa, "Iho thinking through*
of a aubjecl.
4. "To glva auhlitlly," a wiae forealyM
and ahrewdneaa which foresee* evil and
avoid* II, "To the almple." Inexperienced,
almple-hearted, not foolish. "To the young
man."
5. "A wire from will hear." lic-mi'*
he I* not conceited like a fool, hut la will
trig and anxloua to learn. "A man of
tinderalandlng." An Intelligent one "Hhafl
attain unto wire munaela." laterally. the
power to aleer Ida eourac rightly on the
dengerou* *eaa of life.
«. "To underatand a proverb, and the
Interpretation." The reault of the wi»e
inan'a atudy tn verre G. "Hark saying* *
enigma*: raying* hard to underatand,
hut mine* of gold when we once untie r
Stand them.'
7. "The fear of the laird t* the begin
Ing of knowledge." The fear of the laud
la that reverence of Jehovah a* Hod whirl
lead* ua to v/orahip and obey him. “Hut
fool*," who Ihu* prove that they are
fool*, "deaplae,” look down upon, "wis
dom and Inatructlon." They think they
know enough without the help of othera
or of Ood'a Word.
*. "My aon," a term Indicative of n.tU<
Mon, addressed by a teacher to hi* pup i*
by an experienced pereon lo u youth
9. "For they." They refer* here to the
paternal discipline arid maternal teach
Inga. "An ornament of grace unlo thy
head." A graceful crown, a wreath of
grace, aa In chapter 1: 9. "Chain* about
thy neck." The Inalgnla of office and Min
or were uaually displayed by some < ore
splcuou* ornament worn uhout l hi r.ei h
- Htuart.
10. "My aon. If sinner* entice thee,'* »»
sinner* arc sure lo do No one ran yo
out Into the world and not he exported i»»
temptation*. "Consent thou not " TM*
la the defense, a blunt, peremptory No.
Yourjuethod of defenae must he different
from the adversary's mode of attack.
II. "Come with ua," etc. The most
easy and natural form dishonesty took at
that time. "It would seem that bandWft
were not only frequent, but that the at
traction* which auch a mode of life ct
ferred to young. Idle and profligate per
son* were great and dangerous.
12. "la-t u* swallow them up alive aa
the grave,” suddenly, completely "We
will be aa Hheol, aa Hades, aa the great
under world of the dead, all-devouring,
merciless."—Cook. Thu* they would I*
safe. There would he none to revenge th*.
Injury, none to tell of their wlckednere
ami laminae • hi.m In 11 lei I Inn
IS. The aecond Inducement wae the
amount of "all pracloua euhatance," Oli
ver, Hold, predoua atonea, they could thuo
Hardy obtain. "Fill our houaca with
a poll," taken from thoae they had robbed
M. "t'aat in thy lot among ua," join in
our enterprlaea and ehare In Ita danger*
and Ita rewarda. "All have one purae
The tmeneaa of Ihe purae eunalata In thi*.
Iliat the booty which each of them get*
belong**, not wholly or chiefly to him but
to the who)* together."-Kell.
11 "Walk not thou in the way with
them," Avoid I heir coursea, their cru»
vernation, and company,- Pool Have
nothing lo do with them, do nol walk
with them enough even lo he templed by
them llrfraln thy foot." Itmtraln thy
eelf. aa It were. by force and violence, aa
the a out Imput e Pool, Tear youraelf
away,
ML "For their feet run to evil " It la a
■In aiul < rime That fact alore ehuuld m
ter you. Through all their charm ng | -
lura aee Ihe hurrkl face of atn
IT Hindi Ui vain Ihe net te apread in
the atghl of any bird “ I ipen your eye*
amt aee that llieae men are epreadlng a
net and eettlng a trap for you. Moreover
they kre going to he cgoghl to their awn
aiutrg
la “Ami they lay wall for their tea
Mood." They art haeiiag lo Ihetr «»• d*
a'loeiloo and they wlah you to go *!••«
them
H Ho are Ihe aayi of Iteit lee
ihat te greedy of gala." amt aet alone «»
I hade who allow It In the way above 4e
art I bed We aee met templed la be hurt* -
warmer*, but the greed of gore k> ailee
to dor '
itlktt bllUNUk' PHItUHOPH V,
The right Ur la bur M Heaven a boot
gift te Mb
It bob I t erf dire much brake* Ik tkkkw
moggy hut tu keep It, gbit feku kn*
l* u*e tl 4u<
Ftke cirrifctl af* »t Mb hk»*kt tu
everytnddt ak4 they *r« all ItHM* Ml
•« MM phoika
Kg«*k*** are |»llkf, ptofidkd ki«*T«
tkkl ike) dob I MUU 'tag «fUM» and are
handled , artfully
