TAI,MACK’S SKRXON. “STONING OF STEPHEN.*’ SUN DAY’S SUBJECT. Irom flic Text, Act** VII. \«r :•* r>0 to r»o hh Follow** i tiio II(mkiih liOpeuMl." I.tf# — A Sermon in I ivlurcu. Stej.lien hail been preaching a rotts Ing sermon, and the people could not stand ;t. They resolved to do as men somaimes would like to do In thU day, 1/ they dared, with some plain preacher of righteousness kill him. The omy way to silence this man was to knock the hreath out of him. So they rushed Stephen out of the gates of the city, and with curse, and whoop, in I b How they brought him to the el'ff, as was the custom when they wanted to take away life by stoning. Having brought him to the edge of ttie cliff, they pushed him off. After he had fallen they came and looked down, and fee ing that he was not yet dead, they began to drop stone:; upon him, stone after stone. Amid this horrible rain of ini •.'•lies, Stephen clambers up on his i i:m and folds his hands, while the blood drije from his temples to his died, i, from his cheeks to his gar ments. from his garments to the ground, and then, looking up, lie make: two prayers- one for himself ."iid one for his murderers, “Lord Je Mi, r>• < ive ray spirit;” th it was for h.m. -If. “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge;” that was for his assail ants, Then, from pain and h as »f blood, he swooned away and fell asleep. I i to : how von today five pic tur'.-c Kl'plif-n gazing Into heaven. Stephen looking at (Ihrisl. Stephen stored. kepheii in his dying prayer. Stephen asleep. Klr.-t, look at Stephen gazing Into heaven. Before you take the leap you want to know where you are going to land. Hi fore you climb a ladder you want to know to what point th" ladder reaches. And it was right that Stephen, within a few moments of le aven, should be gazing Into it. We would all do well to be found In the same posture. There Is enough In heaven to keep us gazing. A man of large wealth may have statuary in the hail, ami paintings in the sitting-room, and works of art In all parts of the house, but ho has the chief pictures in the art gallery, and there hour after hour you walk with catalogue and glas:; .nd ever-increasing admiration. Weil, heaven is the gallery where God has gathered the chief treasures of his realm. The whole universe is his pal ace. In this lower room where we ;:'op 'here are many adornments; tes sellated floor of amethyst, and on the winding cl ud-stalrs are stretched out cunv. :•« on which commingle azure, and purple, and saffron, and gold. But heaven is the gallery In which the chief glories-. are gathered. There are the brightest robes. There are th" rich est err wns. There are the highest ex hilarations. John ays of it: "The kings of the earth shall bring their honor and glory into it.” And I sec th" procr.on forming, and in the line come ill emi ires, and the stars spring tip into an arch for the hosts to march tinder. The iiosts keep step to the round of earthquake and the pitch of avalanche from the mountains, and the flag they hear is the llame of a consuming world, and all heaven turns out w;th harps and trumpets and myr iad-vciccd acclamation of angelic do minion to we-come them in, and so the kings of the earth bring their honor and glory into it. Do you won der that good ueoDle often stand, like S Stephen, looking into heaven? We have many friends there. Then ;s not a man in this house today :,o isolated in life but there is some one in heaven with whom he once shook hands. As a man gels o'd ed, he needsr of his . dcstlal ac quain anu s very rapidly multiplies. We have not had one glimpse of them since the night we kissed them good by. I they went away; lint still we stand gazim: at heaven. As when some of our friends go across the sen, v • :vnd on the duck, or on the si"am »t; ud watch them, and after avvhlie the h .;k of the vessel disappears, mid then there only a patch of sail on the h!.v. and soon that Is gone, and they ,.ii ail out of sight, and yet we stand looking in the same direction; •<> when nr fiends go away from tls into th • future V , id I we keep looking down thrmb he Narrow*, and guiing and gaging. to though we expected th:r they would come out and stand on som cloud, and give Us nile glimpse of then blissful ind '.lansflguu'if faces. Wilin' you long to Join th. Ir com pHOnonhtl and the )i‘»i» and the diys go with »u*!i tedium that they break yon tie.irt and lit*- vI|h*i of (xiiti uni mi.—aw ..l.d l.ereav .«ent I en» gnaw ,n ; at m or vital* )**u stitr.il *1111, like tiiepb'h, vicing Into heev ii You wonder if hvy ha. w i h inge.) dnee you *sw '1. in <*i You word . if they would remgitue ) ur face now, >o rlit»g<‘l tivya it been with trouble. Yon w .liter f, sir >t tbs mi..ad delights they 1 *ye -t , y car* a* m *1. trr yon as th-» u»e l to when the .me you a helpi ig t*i.| ,«nd pot Hut. shoulder u . j,.i *c't,* lit iis \ on * iit.li i ft Ih-y beg sfc>' elder. t*l»d *«-M»*»|ni.» th» tvinitv* c't. when the n».o>-. u all 4|. , .. u wtigdef if you sb* old rail thetn t» tfeei# ltr«l lotbi tf ia * w. aid y.,1 anwit. and yeiax • > ymc 4*. oak** '-'ll# eapeftoseu* atn4 wh Ml bt>a» but >t. tty all their no in. * s. I )'*• I n ad lit ggiiog Into bo i ’0 IVna . i> boa and see dingh-a tmk tag Ok- « brill VI> text Ml • he w» ■ be b«b «t Man a* th* »**•»« tud d Oad * i' how Clhtt k j‘ «| ig Ih't world. Just how lie looks In heaven, we cannot say. A writer in the lime cf Christ . ays. dcs'-ribing the Saviour’s personal jure. that he had blue eyes and light complexion, and a very graceful structure; !:•!* I suppose it was all guess work. The painters of the dlfleient ages have tried to Imagine the feature, of Christ and put them upon canvas ;but wc will have to wait until with our own eyes we t:ee him and with our own ears we can hear him. And yet there is a way of seeing and hearing him now. I have to tell you that unless you sic and bear Chrl.it on earth, you will never see and hear him in heaven. I»ok! There he Is. Behold the Lamb of God. Can you not see him? Then pray to God to take the scales off your eyes. I/>ok that way- try to look that way. Ills voice comes down to you this day comes down to the blindest, to the deafest soul, saying: "Look unto me, alt ye end i of the earth, and he ye saved, for I urn God, arid there Is none else,’’ Proclamation of universal emancipa tion for all slaves. Proclamation of universal amn< ty for all rebels. Bel shazzar gathered the Babylonish no blcn to hit; table; George I entertained the lords of Kagland at a banquet; Na poleon III. welcomed the czar of flu sla and the Sultan of Turkey to his feast; the Kmpcvor of Germany was glad to have our minister, George Ban croft, all down with him id his table; but tell me, ye who know most of the world's history, what other king ‘-wr asked the abandoned and the forlorn and the v/n t"heel and the outcast to come and sit besliJi him? On the day of his death, Stephen spoke before a few people in the San hedrim; now he addrc.-.se.i all Chi ic.i.m dom. Paul Up Apo.-tle stood on Mars Mil) auwjt' Jii , a naaui m 1 phi rg who knew not r.o much about sci ence as a niodei:; school ; III, To-day he talks to all the millions of Christen dom about the wonders of Justification and the glories of r. sui re Hon. John Wesley v. as howled down by the mob to whom lie preached, and they threw bricks at him, and they denounced him, and they Jostled him, and they spat upon him, and yet to-day, in all lands, he is admitted to be the great father of Methodism. Hooth's bullet vacated the Presidential chair; but from that sp ;t of coagulated bb.od on the floor In the box of Ford's Theater there sprang up the new life ot a na tion. Stephen stoned, but Stephen alive. Pass on now and see Stephen in his dying prayer. His (list thought was not how the stones hurt his head, nor what would became of Ills body. His first thought was about hia spirit. •'Lord Jrstia, iccelve my spirit,” The murderer standing on the trap door, the black cap being drawn over his head before the execution, may • rlni ace about the future, but you and I have no shame in confessing to some anxiety about wlie:e we are going to come out. You ure not all body. There is within you a soul. 1 see it gleam from your eyes, and 1 see it irradiating your countenance. So nr times i am abashed before an audience, not be cause | come under their physical eye sight, but because I realize the truth that I stand before so many immortal spirits. The probability is that your body will at last find a sepulchre in l some of the cemeteries that surround your town or city. There is no doubt but that your obsequies will he decent and respectful, and you will lie able to pillow j our bead under the maple, or the Norway spruce, or the cypress, or the blossoming fir; but this spirit about which Stephen prayed, what di rection will that take? What guide will escort it? What gate will open lo 1 receive it? What cloud will be cleft for its pathway? After it lias got he* ; vend the light of our sun, will there be I torches lighted for it the rest of the v nv? Will the soul have t. travel : through long deserts befci- ' it tea. lies the good land* If we should lose our pathway, will there ue a castle at i whose sate wo may ask the w.-.y to the I city? Oh. this mysterious spirit with in us! It has two wings, hut It I- in a cage now. It is locked fast to keep it: hut let the door of this ease open the least, and that soul is off. Kagh-'s win.' could t.ot catch it. The light nings are not swift enough to take up with it. When the soul leaves the budy it takes fifty world.- a! a hound. And have I no anx.ety about it? Have you no anxiety about It? I do not i it.- what you do with my body when my soul la gone, or wnether you believe in cremation or Inhuma tion. I shall sleep lust a.) well in g wrapping of sackcloth as in satin lined with eagles down. Hut my soul be fore this day passes. I will find out where it will iatnl. Thank tlotl for the Intimation of my text, that when we die Jesus take us. That answer* all question* lor me. What though there were mtuslve bats betwcun here uud the city of light. Jesus could re move them. What though there w*-re great Sahara* of darknea*. Jesus could Illume them What though I g-t weary on the wav rTrust >ou!d lift rue on til* omnipotent shoulder, What though lire.* w re chasm* to cross hi* ha nil could iiat.* .' m Tien let K:epin nv prater he my dying litany laud Jc«i|- I«e mv qi r.t ‘ |! mav W tu that hour a • will I" tco fe*» M* tu a a tong pr*»,-r. It 'nay ha in that li i*r We a 111 Hot |.e a toe to a *y the ' l.crd* l*rav r, for It ha* raven petition* IVrhap - ** iti.iy I* too t ebtc . .p'i tu at in Infati p< , «r »nr mot he i * taught o* sis- H John qilkl • ■ y Vita in* *ey»n*y > >r* ol ••id ,*v»rv night ali u ‘ - put fe . t heu up 4 hts pillow ,V * | 11% m down to *:-*n. I pro the l. *4 mv . I in -ep tie to* be too lev q. to ayt.iv either ol (base lamillar 1 rn» > hot th a prnyar «t tttrpkvu p» ut abort <• *• coWi *e U an aarpeat. t* ew »..rap > Ik.-a airs, we ami) slit be *bt* the last fainting lip. He has taken the last In sult from bl : iie mics. Tin* la t stono to whose ■ rushing v. eight lie Is suscep tible has been hurled. Stephen is dead! The disciples roiiu They take him up They wash away the blood fi m the bruised limln. They buinh bark ili(; ; tangled lialr Irani flic brow, ami then they pars around to look upon the etilrn 1 countenance of hitn who h d lived for the poor and tiled for th. truth, Steph en asleep! I have not the faculty to tell the , weather. I can never tell by the ret ting sun whether there will be a I drought or not. I cannot tell by the blowing of the wind whether It will be fair weather or foul on the morrow. Hu! 1 can prophesy, and I will prophe sy what weather it will he when you. '' the Christian, iomo to die. You may have It very rough now. It may bo this week one annoyance, the next another annoyance. It may be this I year one bereavement, the next another , bereavement. Before this year has ! parsed you may It ve to beg for bread, ! or ask for a r,cuttle of coal or a pair of shoes; but at the laxt Christ will | come lit and darkness will go out. And though there may he no hand to close j your eyes, and no breast oil which to i rest your dying head, and r.o candle to j lift the night, the odors of Cod’s hang i Ing garden will regale your soul, and ' at your bedside will halt the chariots of the King No more rents to pay, no 1 more agony because flour has gone up, ! no more struggle with "the world, the I flesh, and the devil"; but peace—long, deep, everlasting peace. Stephen r« leep! '■ Asleep In Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep; A c alm and und'stur! enf To-lhv Is u to lnt<’lllj;i’iir<*. In the Ladles’ Home Journal Ed ward Bok writes on “The Decay of the 1 Sunday-School." anil points out the r. isnn therefor. "I have in mind." Iie ays, “nut lens than twelve different men v. ho are tu ting as siip.>rln:->ndi nta of our Sunday schools. Not one of ' these men lias even a suggestion of ’ force; not a speck of personal magnet ! i.-m, not a per oio.l pos -vion which goes to draw chlldri n to him or to the • ituol over which hr presides. In live of these rases the men luve leen failures in busiti* s; by men In the outer world thev are parsed over anil ret the church places them In post inns vhlch call pre-t*nibu utly for every ole •pent which they so distinctly lack To ; Ire n successful herd of n Sun lay- .bool • ■■ills for it man with the instincts of leadership; n man who will Infuse Ilf* Into the school; hope ami courage into Ills teacher.- who Is fertile of mind and Infinite In capacity, who can draw children * • hint and tot tin their In ter* tit Not only most lie elevitti his hi Id mi lu a ‘ptrilnsl s-tue, hot leg son* of the highest morality must lie • aught, an influence r-lining to alnd and nature mn») be evhaled and all the tint*' the Interest of th-* children timst t*e arrested ami held It;Units* variety of method must be sought The voting quickly tire of anything which , _ i. * t.i the - nr.* is*.I th. tt is *h* *V\* re ilrlkg uf th** ttunuty* -t head It kit »<>o l.iita remained the *'ue T has fallen Into a tut, and the fa lit lies lustwen th * t.r** dl:»g iptrlt* of the .hied v he ft we go sb lit) fur their !.•**(• •* tti. .*i i (he * k'tf- to * tkt* has* pi**«*t them there ... allowed • hef •*» r*tit> t " Mr thih ti.tuludes h« ft*, t .sum with th* aswrtlotv that o s-ohukr to tat t’l *a * ai t * J .r«dt Uk. ft* re»i • th • U k*i» • n Mom him that Ida offer ha* hern accepted hi,* not yet reached the navy department. Authorize?, Three* New ship*. Thrte n. vv I at11* *hlp* of the stan»’he*t type utJoat were? authorized by the lioii*.* eommlttee on naval affair* Hattmbiy. i ud a provision for llu lr cotistru ulon wa* in ner ied in the nasal approprlatl.m bill. At ib* r.imc time, the committee agreed on a maximum price of H'#l per ton lor ar mor plate for our v•sach-:, In-Tea* I tie* forto of naval marble i by iYA r.u u and pul matter* In fair shape for a *lecdrtlon to morrow' on the location of dry dock#, prul ably four in number, capable of ac commodating the large*! Ml/.ed W.tl V* - lid*. The committee wa# In *<*#*1011 prac tically ail day and bofor© iti dccl low on the increase of #hipN was reached ther* wa# a long and lni**r«ting dlhcii-Mlon. Representative Tate, while favoring an Incn-aMC, believed two venae!* would be ample, and that further exp rnllturc h* solid t In* pollll of lic<'c**|t y should be a voided Repi " '••ntatlv*1 Louden#! ig r of .Ww Jersey protested that if 1 he strength of the navy wa# to I*'* increase] at all it Hhould he to the extent of three new vit'hcIh, built und urmed to tin < any s k«*1 alloat, Hawley Want* One CruUcr* Hcprctentative Hawley .if Texas . r>v d that a cm! • r !»*• «-n *lifui*,. I.UN'J, Bec'y. Ill* Item fi»r Carnegie. Lieutenant Mou<\ representative of tho <*uirng> rttee| Company, hum at the navy department In conference with tb»* offi cial.* r» • pe ting he naval work in prog ress. The torpedo flotilla lit Ley West will | soon he re-enforced by two fine boms, which have been under repairs. Tho Wli.dov sailed this morning from I Churl* don for Key West und the Foote from Norfolk for the Ham*. The rornmandant of ihe Mare Island navy yard reported that the erulfer Mo* hlcsn ha*I called with her cargo of am munition, which she will tranship at Hon olulu to th* lialilrnoro for the Asl.ittr squadron. The nav. I oflb'ern who are en deavoring to e|Y< "i the purchase of ahipM abroad hn\c encountered an ob;* s, bul as they are ahao t all designed tor the uro of smokeless p »v.d< r flu-lr eombtisMon chain h* are too email to lire the ordinary lirowui powd«v with v/hi !i the Annul an navy is rtill /applied. Mind liny Fonder Abroad. This obstur !e is serlmin, but not Imvir ftiouuluhle. It will i'quite the proeitre n * ni tn liurcp** of » I n,,- quantity of am n.tiiiH ion In special Mixes for Hn;/.c ships, as it would require a good dr ;tl of time for our domestic ammunition makers to change their plants arid make the special Com a si, tub r William If. Lnn’iy has volunteer'd to command the auxiliary cruiser tft. I.ouhi In ih<* event of that v< . - eel’s lmpre,,*jij**ut into the naval service, and lit* will la* ordered o join her be fore !r will l«c* <«f the ilnest pattern. It will bo two y^ant, doubtle:-,s, before they can be placed in com mission. One Will He Named the Maine. One of them, the ominitteo decided. I should bear the name of the ill-fut* d I Maine. Tiie appropriation for their «on* ! at ruction \vu < not fixed. being referred to tin* subcommittee on appropriated-/a 1 'ch will report to tit full committee to-mor row. The ror't. it Is exp * *toil, a i!1 be about each. though l »;• tic t a! year loven i In the HU the n.ti'rtiil o! ex penditure may not exceed <».• each. An Importa: t i|U*: tiOn was raised as to whether the expenditures for the i«*w ships should be defrayed out of the SoO. (Hr).M u enn rg» ncy bill, but tills subject v. us pa s d over. The committee also uxreed on a provis ion authorising the ye. r t:uy of ti; tuvy tt» purchase armor plate, by eon fa * • »' otberwis* . at u cost >f not »*x • •• ‘hi.; S-lt/l per ton. This was Agreed to. however, only on the express proviso that u. * it m Include the nit gel n - d in the armor. t»*r which a large outside percen t^.- hereto fore has been paid by the gov * mile n t. This limit of armor conr.it I v been generally expected and. with the ex ception of the tmertinii of t.te provl- » as to nickel, tm t with lift! opposition tn the discussion lucre tie Number of Mirlms. One of the most lm|M»rtani feature* of ; th w »rk oil the bib was aii agreement on an ippropriathm of |bi'» *s«j for outhttlog : tatlontUM and uitifoi mttig additI n.al 1 ftiarn t’s This lyit'iams *n the naval tor * was minis th* subject of a special ac-l ur j geat r«'«|uvst sent to the house afivr the (ttibMU* 4tt of the r*4iUr cocm-nda | tb>l»* The %|uest!on of •* CilUtMti nt of ! i d k* w atl over t .»*• i tion i»*« j n am- ■ 1* w r» thar eighty d*#atMM* | to* i isv a*- I th ,i til <»k U that tour ie‘ s *|» v ■ dnefcs Would t*e at* homed two Mil the I At!**!!* . .**' tn# on the l*a* t » • oast I and angthwf stt the xulf If th# present 1 » X|» rto' MMb ale at «t* i ,#1.4* d Is tn alow j iio *, t... .» »!.: bo iutd>)M'd »*• »**' i'«ti • it'etcd #t 11 - %t-o ktu %;#' »r* N’ v ( «rtb#4 *<» 1 HW/mu l« !«♦%* HflDt live ltd Mail to W (Mil t i »r dry \ gat n d *•! let« i Hat *df| ». tf t «le| * |« ( * - I < »! «At |g» i.1 if* in, 9. !«‘»b AM **• |*#w*'" M c I »sswOl|. Mt * # :t .fir t.O'r-f kg* >..<(«. ! ) Hg« l ***»*' > tU t* sidravggggiwr tk« fund# ,»* * ..**«»*»» pro*fcM tg mm* I gfwws. >s vat# «s I b# kt« 4 > tc twd I th# t-dr >wtt*g twttgf t*t Ik# a#1*5 I »**W I -f Ike M4%|. t”.# * u lutli has received a telegram from Assist ant Secretary Roosevelt of tin* navy de partment. ashing his opinion a:: to the feasibility of converting whulebuck steam ers into vessels of war. The captain says, how* v< r, that there is not mr. dt probability of lie government taking anv. as it would require some time to K *t many of the larger type through tin* Welland canal. Captain Thin .,,11 says he las a plan now whereby he thinks he •■an attain greater speed with tin* whabh;n k type, which might make tins** vessel* of use. aside from defending a harbor, lie sug g. is .t st* * I rani and two turrets u.» requi site changes for war purpo.-■< *. I orrtgu \V,ir*>lii|n Needed. Speaking of the possibility or the I'nited State* obtaining naval v*s-.c|* abroad. John IMatt of Thorpe. IMatt *Vr Co,, of New York. American n pr* seniativ-s «,: John I. Thornv« ruft »v Co. of Chiswick. Kng l.ind. one <.r th.* large*! constructor* of torpedo boats Mild torpedo boat destroyers in tlreat Itritaiit, »-ai«t I iinve just re turned from Washington and I was assur • «i that till* government dealr*-* now more titan anv otlici -las* of vens»l a fleet of torpedo boat destroyer*, ami had It been considered practical by the navy fiepart* men* to have tin* beats built in Riigiaud. the Th*M n>ctaft company nuuiii have by WHAT MAV HAPPEN, umtmixu \ WH'NUMI TO lim HICK iHT UM X HAH-W'Wklk [hi* time begun work on several vessels >f the Thornycraft type for use her** Act ng tipovi suggestions receiver! In Wash ngton. however. I have consulted mem* fu r* of three or four shipbuilding concerns In this country relative to the quick con it ruction of vessels of the Thornycraft type. 1 have been assured by them that, with the detailed working plans of tb» vessels In their possession and under an ordinary commercial contract—that la. a contract free from all unnecessary rer| tape they could collectively complete, by working night and day, a fleet of ten such vessels within seven mouths. The repre sentative of one firm assured me that It rould send out the first vessel within s'x months. 1 am authorised by cable by the Thornycraft company to offer to dlsposo iff complete plans of the Thornycraft ves sel to this government at practically moment's notice. The vexa-l* are 210 feet TUB V PBRANOA. (On* of tho Now Warflhipfl tflkted for Purr base by the United States.) low* and 2T.'» tons displacement, mountin'* four nix-pounder* and one thirteen-pound er. und equal to thirty knot*. They arc* roiiMld*,red the moat succeNsful type of torpedo boat destroyer* ever constructed. Hngland ban alnudy about wixty of them and othem building and Thornycraft & Co. are constructing a number of them for (Jermany and Japan. The plan* of thin type of VPiwtel can tm obtained from the* r'hlMWlek yard* within three day*, and l have every reason to believe that this government will order them." *** — • 'Sm *** A Magnetic I(laii'). ;Vtvi A most phenomenal Island is that a Bornholm, in the Baltic, belonging to the kingdom of Denmark. It is fa mous for its geological peculiarities, consisting aa It does almost entirely of magnetite, and Its magnetic influence Is not only very well known to the navigators of those waters, hut also much feared by them, on account of Its Influence on the magnetic needles, whit h make the steering of a ship correctly a matter of much difficulty. In fact, this Influence Is felt even at a distance of miles, and so palpably that, on the Island being sighted by. mariners on the Baltic, they at once* discontinue steering their course by the needle, a-d turn, Instead, to the well-knov/n lighthouses and other holds to direct their craft. Between Bornholm and the mainland there is also a hank of rock under water, which la very dangerous to navigation, and because of its being constantly sub THE (WISER PHILADELPHIA. (Ordered to .loin the South Atlantia Squadron The Swiftest Armored Vessel in the Wurltl.) merged. ve.aela have Iwen fre quently wreaked ut that point. The peculiar fact in this ease la that the magnetic Influence of this ore hank la so powerful that ti magnetic needle suspended frwly in a host ovr the hank will imint down, and. If not disturbed, will remain in * perfectly perpendlculur Hue.