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TALMAGE’S SEKMON.! — "CHANT TO THE STARS.” SUN- j DAY’S SUBJECT. VroB the Text: "Who I.ald the Corner ■toee Thereof, When lha Morning •ten Pzzm Together" Rook of Job, Chap* 31, Tone# I and 1. K have all Men the ceremony at the lay of the corner-aton# of church, aaylum, or Masonic temple. Into the hollow of the stone were placed scrolls of history and Import ant documents, to be suggestive If, one or two hun dred year* after, the building should be destroyed by lire or torn down. We remember the silver trowel or Iron j hammer that smote the square place of granite Into sanctity. We remember some venerable man who presided . wielding the trowel or hammer. We remember also the music an the choir atood on the scattered stones and tlm her of the building about to be con itrucled. The leaves of the note-books fluttered In the wind, and were turned over with a great mailing, and we re- | member how the baas, baritone, tenor, contralto, and soprana voices com mingled. They tiad for many days been rehearsing the special programme, that It might be worthy of tbe corner stone laying. In my text the poet of U« calls us to g grander ceremony—tho laying of the foundation of this great temple of a world. The corner-stone was a block of light and the trowel was of celestial * x[rystal. All about and on the embank oients of clouds stood the angelic i Choristers unrolling, their librettos of overture, ami other world* dapped shining cymbals while tho ceremony , . went on, and God tho architect, by stroke of light after stroke of light, dedicated this great cathedral of a worid, with mountains for pillars, and sky for frescoed celling, and flowering fields for a floor, and sunrise and mid night aurora for upholstery, "Who laid the corner-stone thereof, when the morning stars sang together?" Tho fact le that tho whole universe was a complete cudencs, an unbroken dithyramb, a musical portfolio. The great sfrsot of immensity had been spread out, and written on It were the stars, the smaller of them minims, tho larger of them sustained notes. The meteors marked the staccato pas sages, the whole heavens a gamut with all sounds, Intonations, modulations, the space between the worlds a musical Interval, trembling of stellar light a quaver, the thunder a bass clef, the wind among trees a treble clef. That :■ Is the way God made all things a per fect harmony. The human intellect out of tune; the Judgment wrongly swervsd or the memory leaky or the will weak or the temper Inflammable, tho well-balanced mind exceptional. y Domestic life out of tune; only here and there a conjugal outbreak of In compatibility of temper through the divorce courts, or a filial outbreak about a father’s will through the sur rogate’s court, or a case of wlfe-beatlng or husband-poisoning through the L criminal courta, but thousands of fam ilies with June outside and January L within. f Society out of tune: labor and capi tal, their hands on each other's throat. Spirit of caste keeping those down In the social scale who are struggling to get up, and putting those who are up Ill anxiety ie»l luey nave to cuiuc nun u. No wonder the old pianoforte of society Is all oaf of tune, when hypocrisy ami lying, and subterfuge, and double-deal ing, and sycophancy, and charlatanism and revenge, have for hIx thousand years been banging away at the keys and stamping the pedals. On all aides there Is a shipwreck of harmonies. Nations In discord with out realizing It; so wrong is the feeling of nation for nation that symbols chosen are fierce und destructive. In thlB country, where our skies are full of rdhins and doves ami morning larks, we have our national symbol the fierce and filthy esgle, as cruel a bird as cuu be found In all the ornithological cata logues. In Great Britain, where they have lambs and fullow deer, their sym bol la the mercllesa lion. In Itusala sphere from between her frozen north nud blooming aouth all kindly beuais dwell, they choso the growling bear ; and In the world's heraldry a favorite figure ta the dragon, the fabled winged serpent. ferocious uiid dreadful Amt j to fond la the world of contention ihai zrn climb out through the heavens and baptize one of the other planets with Idle spirit of liatlle ami eall II Mars after the god of war, ami we give It the eighth alga of lha zodiac the nam< of the scorpion, n creature which l> chiefly celebrated for tie deadly etlng But. after all. these symbols are ex l-reaelve of the way aatlon feels to v, r l nation Ida ard eid^y;- the con Hi rat and bridging th* sell Tart ml. lha great musical composei Interned ear night that ha atade a con tract with kiixx, the latter to ha ever ta the ayaipoest s ter vice- But an night he baudsd to tiatea a violin, an which thxhulua pi tyetl each sweet wuate that the cempoaer was awaheutd hr *h* etaetiau and trt*4 ta raprwgu- * the sounds sad therefrom was written . T|y xlx most famoua piece, "The Ba« 11 e Moaau, a drsaax ixmMit hat faulty, far all ate led r descend* fram haaxew, sad euly dis*»rd» ascend treat hell All hatreds, feuds, coal re , vet* «e. bach ht tinge. wad tavaagaa at lha daxtla senate. are dtahuMe fugue ana deaa> ala* phaataay. ara grand «ear*h at therm, ara allagra at perdi Vet the ear at at all diaewrg la m»r«l discord. If society and the world arc painfully discordant to Imperfect man what must they be to a perfect Ood! Peoplo try to define what sin Is. It seems to me that sla is getting out of harmony with Ood. a disagreement with bis holiness, with bis purity, with his love, with bis commands, our win clashing with his will, the finite dash- I Ing against the Infinite, the frail against the puissant, ths created against the Creator. If a thousand mu sicians. with fluts and cornet a piston, , and trumpet, sod violoncello, the haut boy, and trombons, and all ths wind and stringed Instruments that ever gathered In a Duseldorf Jubilee should resolve that they would play out of tune, and put concord to the rack, and make the place wild with shrieking and grating and rasping sounds, they could not make such a pandemonium as that which rages In a sinful sou! | when Ood listens to the play of Its thoughts, passions, and emotion dls- t cord, lifelong discord, maddening dls* j cord. • • • In olden the choristers had a tun ing fork with two prongs, and they would strike It. on the back of pew or music rack, and put It to the ear, and then start the tune, and all the other voices would Join. In modern orches tra the leader has a complete Instru ment rightly attuned, and he sounds that, and all the other performers tune the keys of their Instruments to make them correspond, and draw the bow over the string and listen, anil sound It over again, until all the keys are screwed to concert pitch, and the dis cords melt Into one great, symphony, and the curtain hoists, and the baton taps, and audiences are raptured with Schumann's "Paradise and the Perl," or Rossini s "Mahal Mater," or Mach's "Magnificat" In I). ..i .1 h<.iias list nJtiinp/l . by an Imperfect Instrument. Kven a i Cremona would not do. Heaven lias ordained the only Instrument, and It Is made out of the wood of the cross, and the voices that accompany It are Imported voices, eantairlee# of the first Christmas night, when heaven serenaded the earth with "(llory to (iod In the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men.” Heat we start too far off and get lost lu generalities, we had better begin with ourselves, get our own hearts and lives In burmony with the eternal Christ. Oh, for his Almighty Spirit, to attune us, to chord our will with his will, to modulate our life with his life, and bring us Into unison with all that Is pure, and self-sacrificing, and heaven ly! The strings our nature are all broken and twisted, and the bow Is so slack It cannot evoke anything mellifluous. The Instrument made for heaven to play on ban been roughly twanged and struck by Influences worldly and demoniac. O master hand of Christ, restore this split, and frac tured, and despoiled, and unstrung na ture, until first it shall wall out for our sin and then thrill with Divine pardon! The whole world must also be al iened by the same power. I was In the Fairbanks Weighing Seale Manu factory, of Vermont. Six hundred hands, and they have never had a strike. Complete harmony between labor and capital, the operatives of scores of years In their beautiful homes near by the mansions of the manu facturers, whose Invention and Chris tian behavior made the great enter prise: Ho, all the world over, labor and capital will be brought Into euphony. You may have heard what Is called the “Anvil Chorus," composed by Verdi, a tune playod by hammers, great and small, now with mighty stroke, and now with heavy stroke, beating great iron anvil. Thut is what the world h?is got to eome to anvil chorus, yard stick chorus, shuttle chorus, trowel chorus, crowbar cnorus, picsaxe chorus, gold-mine chorus, rail-track chorus, locomotive chorus. It can be done, and It will be done. So all social life will be attuned by Gospel harp. There will be as many clnsses In so ciety as now, but the classes will not be regulated by birth, nor wealih, nor ac cident, but by the scale of virtue und benevolence, and people wtll be as signed to their places as good, or very good, or most excellent. So, also, com mercial life will be attuned, and there will he twelve In every doten, and six teen ounces In every pound, und ap ples at the bottom of the barrel will be as sound ss those on the top, and silk goods will nut lie cotton, und sell er* will uot have to churge honest people more than the right price be cause others wilt not pay, and good* will cam* to you eorrespoadlng wit! ! th< sample by which you purchased ,1 mi, a .a t-oure will not be chleorlf-d. 11.it sugar will not be suudetl, nud milk ■ will not be chalked, aud adulteration j if food will be u State prison offense ; Aye, all things shall be attuned. Klee tlons In Kugland and the t'alted States will no more he a grand carnival of defamation uud scurrility, but the ele vation of righteous ui*u In a righteous i way, • • • Heaven ta to have a new song, an an- • tlrcly uew song, hut I would not wonder If,as soiiHtini* on earth a mu* Is fash- i tuned out of maay tunes, or It ts one tine with tne varlattana, so smite of the songs of th* redeemed may have play lag through them th* * nig* >*f earth: and how thrilling- o* coming through the great anthem iff th* saved, teeutnpanted by harper* with tk*U harpa, and tyviutp*i*ra with th*ti ti limpets, if wa should h*a* M*s of the attain* of Anttaeh and Mount h*1 j ■ah, and iWcssIIms aad l#s*t and tit Martin'*, *«d fountain. and Ariel, and tint Hundred* How th*y »«ilf bring to wind th* praying «t«*t**. and •ummaato* day* aad th* t'hrbstma* (Mirth, and tha *hw««h worahtg II which ** *anh wa mmghsd* I hava a* idea that * baa w* btd tarvwalt va aarth wa ara ta btd farawatl la all tbaaa grand aid ttoa»*l hyrna* whkh m*it*4 aad ragtoxd *u« wu* fa* *a many year*. Now, tf sin is discord, and righteousness is harmony, let ui get out of the one and enter the other After our dreadful civil war wa* over In the summer of I860,, a great nation al peace jubilee was held In Boston, and as an elder of my church had been honored by the selection of eome of hli music, to be rendered on that occasion, I accompanied him to the Jubilee. For ty thousand people sat and stood In the great Coliseum erected for that pur pose. Thousands of wind and stringed Instruments. Twelve thousand train ed voices. The masterpieces of all agea rendered, hour after hour, and day after day- Handel'* "Judaa Macca baeua," Bphor'a "l^aust Judgment," Bee thoven’s "Mount of Olivet,” Hadyn'a “Creation," “Mendelssohn’# "Elijah," Meyerbeer’s "Coronation March,” roll ing on and up In surges that billowed against the heaven*. The mighty ca dences within were accompanied on the outside by the ringing of bells of the city and cannon on the commons, discharged by electricity, In exact tlmo with the music, thundering tbelr aw ful bars of a harmony that astounded all nations. Sometimes I bowed my h<ad and wept. Sometimes 1 stood up In the enchantment, and sometimes the effect was so overpowering 1 felt I could not endure It, especially when all the volees were In full chorus, and all the batons were In full wave, and all the orchestra in full triumph, and a hundred anvil* under mighty ham mer* were In full (dang, and all the tower# of the elty rolled In tbelr mu Jostle sweetness, and the whole build ing quaked with the boom of thirty cannon. Parepa Kosa, with a voice that will never ngaln be equalled on earth until the archangel!# vole# *o proclaims that time shall he no longer, rose above all other sounds In her ren derlng of our national ulr, "The Star Spangled Danner.” It was too much tor a mortal, quite enough for an Im mortal, to hear, and, while some faint ed, on# woman’* spirit, released un der Its power, sped away to he with Qod. O laud, our God, quickly u#her In the w hole world'# peace Jubilee, and all Manila of tbe (tea Join (ho live eonll m ulti, and all the voice# and all the musical Instrument# of all nation# combine, and all the organ# that, ever Hounded requiem of sorrow sound only « grand march of Joy, and all the hell# that tolled for burial ring for resurrec tion, and all the cannon that ever hurl ed d'-ath across the nation# #otmd ferth eternal victory, and over ail in# acclaim of earth and mlnslresy of heaven there win be heard one voice sweeter and mlg..ilcr than any human or angelic voice, a voice once full of tears, but now full triumph, the voice of rhrlat, saying, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, tbe flint and last." Then, at the laying of the top-Htonc of the world1# hlatory. the t ame voice# #hall be heard a# when, at the laying of the world’s corner stone, “th# morning star# aang to< get her." WISDOM. It 1# temper which make# the bit## of home or destroy# comfort. One great trouble In doing a mean action ia that you are compelled to associate with your#e!f afterward. Whoever fall# to turn a#lde the ills of life by prudent forethought must submit to fulfil the cause of destiny. Purity of heart and life give# a clear nen# to the mental horizon which noth ing el»e can; It clear# away a vast number of cloud# and shallow#. A wise and kindly Hiloncc would oft en prevent Incalculable injury. K» pcclully should we avoid repenting what lia:> been #3ld In the heat of an ger. The memory of a beloved mother will urm the heart and sway the life of a strong man, as her presence never did when, as a hoy, she yearned over him. We must ourselves ascend If we I would lift others, and In this very up ward climbing we are making the first and roost essential step In soclnl im provement. When the whites of cgps are used and the yelks are not required at the same time, drop the yelkr. into a small cup or glass, cover the surface with a little cold water and keep in a cool place. If corned beef, tongue or ham la left to cocl lu the water In which it is bolle<V the meat will bo much better and more moist. All boiled meats should be rooked slowly, and never be allow.,’d to boll rapidly. Hit it roue u... become rough from rust or starch should be rubbed with yellow beeswax. Have a take of the <t«x tied In a piece of cheesecloth. Heat, the Iron until It la very warm, but nut hot, rub the Iron briskly with the beeawax, then quickly rub with a clem iuarae cloth until tho surface t* j 0»,«th. WORTH KNOWING. The big crop of apple* In Maine l* making buatueae lively for tkc tall j rondo. Commenting on the rooOgl g*fl Is Chi ng» u«Ut rally, th ttuatOA HUrbt jealously remarks ' Thvtu aa kna ftjtft The buttress of shipping «u«mo packing nursery stock and p'.nnin la *!• v« oping quite an tudus < y at Vick kutg. Mo a tieuege Washington1* monumeat, •* Mu,«a wraiuis. Maryiaad, was struts by lightatag an gaturday ni*kt end badly ska its red A panorama oI k*ll fc*e Juet boon painted by a number of Iteilnn *»'* Huagartaa artUta Tkoy bat# oak*d King Humbert la taep**» H Mua«a VWterta pur«ka*e* ataumr ».*ry a*» ba*»k af a*u« puki ske-». aeJ her rxpoadiiura aa Hieraiura at at' wt a i* a»e» H W*» P*< aaaum FARM AM* 6ARDBN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Somr I p-todat* Hint* About C'nltl*» tlon of til* boll und Vlrld* Thereof — Horllrnlture, Viticulture and Flort eultur*. _ HE Oregon experi ment station send* out the following ad v lea to orchard - lata aa to work for thla and following rnontha: Heptember -Give laat apraylng for codling moth to llaldwinn and other late varletlea thla month. To Inaure good rcbiilla every apraylng muat he thor ough, and an even dlatrlbutlon of the polnon over thin fruit muat be re ceived. Home orchardlata go ao far aa to apray every ten or twelve daya dur ing the aummer for Ihe codling moth. Such energy la very commendable, and probably brlnga better returns than fewer sprayings, albeit the labor and expense la much greater. Before rains begin, burn all rubbish about orchards and about the farm generally, In cor ners, along fence rows, that no good place las left for insects to hibernate In. Do not pile green cord wood ulong aide of orchard; you are likely to there by bring Into ihe vicinity of your fruit trees pesis which. If left In the foreat, would not Injure you. October Put away apray pump after last spraying and all spray ing machinery, tanks, etc., In good order, thoroughly clean and free from any corroding subitance. November Buy good books on fruit posts and diseases of fruli trees nnd lay out a course of reading which will help «*. .. u.llt M/nnl /uu tii«; < uimiift n uiwii, * to look over your file of Experiment Station Bulletins. You have no doubt carefully put them away, ax they have been received from time to time. If any member of your family, or If you have taken time to collect specimen! of pests and Insects generally, It la a good time with the literature you have to become familiar with their appear* unco and habits. December Before the last of Decem ber you have probably, having first, re ceived price lists from reliable firms, made arrangements for purchasing a spray pump If you need one, and have obtained lye, sulphur, quick lime, salt, blue vitriol, parls green, or london pur ple, and any and all Insecticides which you will need for winter and spring use. Be careful to get good parls green. A good quality of this poison should mix readily with water and form a mass of the consistency of cream. In fact, this la tho way we have always mixed It In apraylng. First mix It with a small quantity of water, and then pour It Into the larger quantity of liquid. _ A llurllcultur.ll Discussion. J. W. Clark, professor of horticulture In the Missouri State Agricultural col lege, was called on at an Institute to discuss fruit-growing. Being asked to name a list of the best apples to plant, he said: Select such varieties as bear well, look well, and sell well. As a rule, kinds that do well In the east are not good In the west. Ben Davis, Wine Hap, Jonathan, Smith’s Cider, and Home Beauty are all good, but may not all do well In a particular locality. We must plant such as are adapted to our soil and location. Q.— Tell us how to grow an orchurd. A.—Take any good corn land, pre pare It as for a crop of corn; get good two-year-old trees from the nearest home nursery; plant 25 or 30 feet upart; cultivate the land In corn or some hoed crop if the land Is rich, until the trees come Into bearing; then let the orchard occupy the ground alone, but continue the cultivation of the land as long as apples are wanted. Set either . __ 1 1 If f.,ll Ill lliv ojd iiih <»••• •• • •>•••» must see to It in the spring that the hole in the soil by the trunk, caused by i he wind swaying the tree, is not al lowed to remain. Q.—How can the Insects troublesome to the apple be overeome? A.—The round-beaded borer can be kept from tho trees by placing tt cylin der of wire netting around the base of each tree. The damage done by the larvae of the codling moth can be less ened by spraying the trees just after the blossoms fall, with a solution of purls green, one pound of the green to two hundred gallons of water. A sec ond, snd If heavy ruins come, a third, spraying should ' be given before the weight of the apple bends the blossom end downward. No spraying should be done before the blossoms fall, for fear of poisoning bees and honey. If too stroug a solution of parts green Is used. It will kill the foliage, Q.~ When la the time to prune trees? A If to make a tree grow, prune while It la dormant. I'runlng when the tree Is growing will cheek growth When setting out tma, rut link tho 1 tup to halaU'* tho roots. a w—. latsr- . »iai i • »j**f* lu *#<4 Im t»hu*. t'intifarstlifiv Hut* of this year's cheat crop in tthb» waa thmhul ar j he used before the rains set m snd in I ouMniutsci th* grain which was poor ;s quality to begin with, has tu»n fur ther lajured by sprouting tg the nboib. \ »y. g bukstia of lbs Obi* *yp< iHMvni j , Multan T bs »iatlot !> msk>M y«iuun .idss testa, bo'h wttb wheat grown «a { ibs slaitun faint and with sample* ' | sent to from other parts of tbs |, state In saw of tbsoo loll a compart- l son Wtut made bslW* u i test of ibis 1 I ywoi't crop, which has stood fa tk» j sboek through nt tbs sst spall, and similar tana si grata grown tn IM IiM , tad IMM 1 h* wo«at as* p anted in j | wtrefully prepared gmten rott tg i >ug. 17, and warm, showery weather ollowed. Within five days 80 per j cnt of the seed of thlg year had ger ninated and was growing nicely, and hree days later 3 per cent more had ppearod above ground. The old wheat II started a little more quickly than ho new, and Just 80 per cent of that ilanted was above ground on the fifth lay; only one more plant had appeared n the eighth day, the percentage of termination on that day being 81 for be wheat of 1893, 79 for 18?4, 81 fo» 896 and 88 for 1896. Apparently, there ore. It is safe to use wheat of this ear's growth for seed, except where he condition Is exceptionally bad; but n view of the less vigorous growth hown at first In this test the station rotild advise the u*e of a larger qusn Ity of seed than ordinary. It should •e observed that this test was madu inder exceptionally favorable condl lons, and In unfavorable weather It vould be reasonable to expect that a arger proportion of the seed would all to grow. Hum junl Manure. In a farmers' bulletin Issued by the department of Agriculture, I’rof. W. II. Ileal says that barnyard manure Is probably the most efficient means at ho disposal of the farmer to perma icntly Improve bis soil. No other fer lllzer possesses to so great a degree die power of restoring worn soils to productiveness and giving them last tig fertility, it accomplishes this re mit, however, not so much by the actu tl fertilizing constituents which It sup plies as by Improving the physical properties of the soil, lncreasltig the imotlBt of humus, which Is generally leflctsnt In worn soils, Improving Its :exiure and Increasing Its wnter ab mrblng and water holding power. Ex periments have shown that the Influ ■nce of manure may bo perceptible twenty years after application. Ob icrvatlons at Rotharasted, England, luring forty years on barley unman ned, manured continuously, and man ned during the first twenty years, only •bowed thut there was gradual exhaus — ~ • vuiiviivu vi |/i uu'ii »» »»»«■»» aut muiture, and gradual accumu lation and Increase of produce with the annual application of barnyard man ure. But when the application was •topped, although the elTect of the resi due from tho previous applications was very marked, It somewhat rapidly di minished, notwithstanding that calcu lation showed an enormous accumula tion of nitrogen us well as other con •tlluenls. Trentof Need Mitral for Himif. Bulletin C4 of the Ohio Experiment Ballon reports the results of a series of experiments made on the station farm it Wooster In 1895 In the treatment of lats for tho prevention of smut, In which It was shown that from duplicate (ample# of seed, taken from the same lack, the untreated seed produced as lilgh uh 40 per cent of smutted heads, while the treated seed produced a con ildcrably larger crop entirely free from imut. These experiments have been repeated with the same result In 1886,a rear when the smut of outs has been exceptionally prevalent. It has also ieen demonstrated that, with a very illgbt modification, the same treatment will absolutely prevent the stinking mint, of wheat, and the bulletin named jives full directions for this treatment, noth for oats and wheat. Krom the re port# which have come to tho station It teems probable that the farmers of 3hlo have this year lost not less thun naif a million dollars from oats smut Bone. Eating Apple# at Night.—Dr. Searls says in the Bulletin of Pharmacy: "Everybody ought to know that tho very best thing he can do is to eat ap ples just before going to bed. The apple has remarkably efficacious medicinal properties, it Is an excellent brain food, becuuso it has more phosphoric acid in easily digests?shape than other fruits. It excites the action of the liver, pro motes sound and healthy sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. It helps me Kiuurj scticuun* ttiiu pre vent* calculQits growths, while It re lieves Indigestion und Is one of the best preventives known for diseases of the throat. No harm can come to even a delicate system by the eating of ripe and Juicy upplcs before retiring for the night.” This Is strong language from an acknowledged authority, and our life experience fully favora the use of ripe fruits lute lit the evening, espe cially In winter. Ilreedlng True Qualities. A writer au dairy subjects says: We want milk - sra, with milking qualities, and a breeding out, or Into latency, of every thing (hat antagonise* milking, or milking with feeding qualities In at tendance If called for, something found now In moat of the milking breeds ot til countries; the exceptions to this 'ombluatlan of mllklug and feeding being found only In the smaller dairy breeder*, like the ('bsuuel-Island cat tle and Kerry*. that have so many gen Bratlona been scantily fed that the lay ug on of fat was uulatde the ponttblll tie*, and »« And that the quality of 'S«lual*e milk giving I* well Impressed m these breeds even uuder heavy feed ag. .f A Krco> h »• mii>iut»t has been Bg-.r I ng up the numWr of dairy vow* in the ending eountriea of the world. He HD a that there ore SJoo.uoo cows In • tame, producing sotwowoo gallon* e1 nitk In the t ailed Kingdom. about i,ngn.inm. t« tin many, koAT.guu, p,t . ok l,oo».uoo tud in Awatrl*. I lit. wi la the failed dial#* the auatbst >( •«< hi* eimoet doubled slate UT*. MBtgg n«w set down at u buu.woo, and n A tetialt* over It'.tW KM tin round rear fence and .tgMen It m before the tattle breeb In and torn •el von in da It. Qwnd fence# esnbi neiibbms THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON VII. NOV. IS — COD’S BLESSINC TO SOLOMON. linlrisn Taxi: ’’The messing of the l.orH It Melteth Hleh end He Addcth n« •arrow will. It” — I’ror. 10:1*— The Two Weft. A VINO traced Solo mon'a count through hie great worlte and hla reltg loua prlvllogea arid labors, and coma to the culmination of hla career.we ee« the danger* to which he was exposed and the need o f repeated warnlnga. N o one la safe from tempta tion, and often th« winds blow moat fiercely and the r<.|d la moat benumbing on the heights of success. <lod once more presented to the king’s vision thn two ways and urged him to go the right way. Tho applhatlnn 1* for us all. We ran Il lustrate this truth by various Hlblo events and ehuriii-ii ia,- the scene on Mia, Ehal and Oerlclni. the scene on Mi. Carmel, tha warnings of Jesua himself. The "< Joel of thla lesson I* lo persuade our read ers lo make the right choice nnd the win The section Includes 9: 1-9 and the pa. allel account in 2 c’hron. 7: 12-22 Time. I’rohubly II. C. !Ki2, In the 24th year of Holomon’s reign, when In the height i f hla prosperity he needed another warn ing. (Hen under verse 3.) Place. Jerusalem. Tho text of today's leaaou, with explan atory note*, follows: 3. "I linve heard Ihy prayer." Home hav< tlioiiglii Unit this reference lo Solomon's prayer or dedication and the similar ordei of thought in whal follow* Implies that flit* vision was sent Immediately aft* i the ill dll II lion of the Temple. "I havi hallowed this house • • • to put my name there forever.” I accept It us tnlm and my purpose has not changed. "Mu.* eyes," to watch over It. and to note tho sincere worship that will go up from It. "And mine heart,” In love, and affection, and care, I not only see, hut I delight In II. I will car* for It as the apple of min*' eye, II shall he a peculiar treasure. "Per petually.” I will keep my part of thn covenant. This temple shall never he ■!* alroyi'il or Injured through any neglect of mine. Tin- IV,,v ,,r i.ire 4 "If thou wilt wulk he fore me, as David thy father walked. In lidegrlly of heart, and In up rightness" (i f. i h. 3: (i, 14 II 34), David was not perfect, us our author tell* '>» elsewhere <uh, 16: 6: of. eh. 1: •; 2 Bom. 24; 10). Ills integrity consisted In Ids unvary ing luyalty In Cos true God.- I’ulplt Com 0 "Then will entahllsh the throne. • • • for ever." There wuu always this con dition Imposed. Mod would do hi* part faithfully. No outward force could destroy them. Mod would lie their rock and their fortress, a wall of (Ire, and hi* angels wltuld he their guard. The only possible source of destruction lay with the people themselves. "There shall not fall thee a man." As a matter of fact, neither Sol omon nor Ills descendants kept their c«vi - nan! wllh (lod; and "great David’s great er Boii,” the everlasting king, through whom the kingdom of David ulildes and Increases, did not come Ihrough Bolomon s line, hut that of Ids brother Nathan, whose descendant Msry was Ills mother (Luke’s Genealogy); while only the legal helrslilp came through Bolomon, whoso descendant Joseph wa* the legal father of Jesus (Matthew). PRACTICAL. Only a righteous nation ran endure. And tlila according to tha eternal law of God. The first care, theri - fore, of every patriotic citizen I* to make righteousness prevail In every depart ment. The Way of Death. «. "Hut If ye shall at all (wholly) turn from following me etc. The meaning Is rather "If ye shall wholly lurn away from following me.” Bee the parallel passage In Chronicles (2 Chron. 7: 19).—"If ye lurn away and foi sake my statutes.” The Israelites weti not to he cut off, except for an enllr* defection.-Cook. "And serve other Gods ’’ The Israelites were exposed to two forms of forsaking (lod: owe was by crimes, dis orders, and all breaking of the second table of the law. which naturally and necessarily led to ruin; and the other was by a neglect of religion and a turning to Idol*, which led to the breaking of nil the other commandment*. The whob tendency of Idol worship wa* to Impurity of life. The neglect of God took away the restraining InHutnce* of religion and the very life and soul of mortals. 7. "A proverb and a byword” "The very name of Israel will become a proverbial expression significant of dlsastroua fail ure," to he used In mockery and sarcastic Hoorn. Compare Deuteronomy 28 : 37, 46. 63. 8. "AI this house, which 1* high," "con spicuous In Its ruin as In Its glory,” oi "which ha* been high, exalted, glorloto by God’s presence and blessing": aa the Revised Version renders: "and though this house be high"; yet even this shall not preserve R. "Shull hiss," In scorn find contempt. Ii. "Because they forsook the Lord their God. who Ill-ought forth their father* out of the land of Kgypt.” Thla shows (It the greatness of their sin, Involving, as It dlil, the inmost degree of Ingratitude; (2 the folly of their course In rejecting so powerful and so good a Ooil; and (3) how much God had done lo prevent them from going astray. HI8TOKY. The whole subsequent his tory of ihe nalluii la a commentary on this warning. Practical Suggestion*.—1. "The very kindest thing a friend can do for us Is to a<lmout*h it* when we are going wrong 'Thou mayest be sure that he that will In private tell thee of thy fault* I* thv friend, for he advenlureth thy dlallke and dotti hazard thy hatred.'- 8lr W. Kalelgl thal showed till* proof of love to 80I0 mon."—Pulpit Com. 3. The wise- man ui way* foraees the evil, lie take* a wls* outlook Into the future to see where dif ferent path* lead. It I* not fear, or cow* aidtee. but wisdom which had* him 10 d> thla 3- The fear of the evil consequence* of »in I* not the ha*l* of character. It »» net the mainspring of a true life. It i* mil) a help to the partially good, and a motive to thewe w ho have not yet rh«»« u the right and aafe way. IteliePva* Waadwivtie*. A aandwbh that In oicellent with Iced tea or lemonade in made with a rataln HIIHig Kernov* th« seed* from halved raisin*, and lay the ralaint clnaely together upon very thin slices of b titered bread. Ha mi wUhe* «f brown bread, with a niling of #•»*!' • mliped eh****. t*> Which baa been add ed a Hill* miwiatd. are delightful t UHIOUh tOMHNsAtlllht The hi» oiU wartet coat of the Brit i«h Infantry la donated. w the atvrry go*#. la disappear tn favor of the bine •erg* Jacket Mure gaht watch** are were b* mb mm and laboring men In the l uted mater than in ant two other rouatru» tn Ih* world HU« should in t**U.* only be thrown hy married ladle* at a »*dt>ng, a* t atgntfl** a nelenm* lot the new rev rati tt thalr tanks