TALMA RE’S SERMON •‘PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WAY," THE SUBJECT. 1m im f.i n. XXI. II>. »h I'oliciirfl: “Ami (ioi! O|ion»*d ifpr Hjp* am] Slip Sun u Wrll of W *< household, and her son, a brisk lad of sixteen years, have be come impudent and insolent, and Su rah, the mistress of the household, puts her f wt down very hard and says that tit ty will have to leave the premises. They are packing up now. Abrahrm, knowing that the Journey befor- hla aei vant and her bou will be very long at: 1 across desolate places, in the kindac-s of his heart sets about putting up some bread and a bottle with water in It. It Is a very plain lunch that A Valiant provides, but I warrant you there would have been enough of ' had they not lost their way, "God be with you!” said old Abraham as he gave the lunch to Ha gar and a good many charges as to Dow sue u conduct me J • Ishinu* I, the boy, I suppose, bounded away in the morning light- Hoys al ways !ik<• a rh uigc. foot Ishmael! He has no idea, c,f the disasters tliat are ahead of him Hagar gives one long, lingering look on the familiar place where fie had spent so many happy davs. • 'h ., no associated with the pride and joy of her beait, young lsh mael. The scorching norm comes on. The air is li'Miig and moves across the desert wit h insufferable stiff n ation. ^ Ishmael, the hoy, begins to complain and H- :• down, but Hagar rouses him up, saying nothing about lier own wearire-tw i the sweltering heat: for niottK:? can endure anything. Trudge, trudge, trudge. Crossing the dead lev el of the desert, how wearily and slow ly the miles ip lay! A tamarind that seemed hours ago to stand only just a little ahead, inviting the travelers to come under lt-< shadow, now is as far off as ever, or seemingly so- Night, drops upon the desert, and the travelers are pillowless. Ishmael, very weary, 1 suppose. Instantly fell asleep. Hu gar, as the shadows of the night be gin to lap over each other— Hagar hugs her w ary boy to her bosom and thinks of the fact that it is her fault that they are in the desert, A tear looks out, and every falling tear it kisses with a spar kle. A wing of wind comes over the hot earth and lifts the locks from the fevered brow of the boy. Hagar sleep fitfully, and in her dreams travels over the weary day. and half awakes her son by crying out in her sleep, ‘Tsh niaei! bhrnael!" And .o they go on day after day and night after night, for they have lost their way. No path in the shifting Kind no signs in the burning sky. The sack empty of the flour; the water gone from the bottle. What shall she do? As she puts her fainting Ishmael under a stunted shrub of th • arid plain, she secs the blood-shot eye, and feels th - hot hand, and watches the blood bursting from the cracked tongue, and there is a shriek in the desert of lleer slieba, "We ball die! We shall die!” Now. no mother was ever made strong enough to bear her son cry in vain for a drink. Heretofore she had cheered h t hoy by promising a speedy end of tlie journey, and even smiled upon him when she felt desperately enough. Now there is nothing to do but place him under a shrub and lei him die. She had thought that r.he would sit there and watch until the spirit of her boy would co aw// forever and then she would i.re uu.i- leu iici ’Nil im’ oil 11].s silent I'.i c.r-; but as the boy begins to claw hi: -oiigue in agony of thirst anil struggle in distortion, and begs his mother to day him, she cannot endure the s; tack-. She puts him under a shrub and goes off a bow-shot, and be gins to weep until all the desert seems sobbing, and iter cry strikes clear through the heavens; and an angel of Coil c< this out on a cloud, and looks down upon tile appalling grief and cries: llagar. what alleth thee?" She looks ;> and the sees the angel point ing to i well of water, where she tills the bottle for the lad. Thank (ioiil Thank God’ r I Ira.n from this Oriental scene, in the Ur.-t place, what a sail thing it |, when jwople do not know their place, and get too proud for their business! Il iuur was au aaaUtunl in that house bold. but ub ■ wanted to rule there, She ridicul'd and ..red until hot t„n. | ,h marl, got the same trick- She dashed out her own happiness, and threw Sa rah Into a #r»-ut fret; and If she had stated much longer In that household *he wttnlil have upset caiin Abraham'* I*t|l!l|l| l orn My friends one half of 'he tr Hit' in the world t.*liy routes front tlio fi t ’hat people do not know i he tr place or, Saillu* their plat' will l I s.4> lit it When w • ate Into the world 'k ,<■ It always a pint ready fo tt» V (..o' fo. Ui.ili.im \ pin,- f»,f Satuh t plate for It tear. A pia> f'k atari A plo e to. you ,a I a pi t * for a - nut arm iiut I la ttt Sal aar •»'* • * ttl h tti to*t* |l \V" Uts4> Im I*- in in 4 p fn ail friu ih« un0 t**t W It •» il Ull4 (h!#|iU l#« V * *.» ** * • II 4 f l t* *4 14)^ 'im* 114» la 4 4 % 4 4 Pfk 41*4.111 <1^. 4; Ntii «•*»* ill 4#i»r t;.«j f »*«») Iil4* tlji la Km\ %9 y «Iim i4«| to 1 ttofMtoril a*1* H wy| il** !> via uf I I'i^i ri Ito tot to J 4 of to•* » II e % • 1 '•!* . * it | ♦ God raised him to stand in the en- j chanted realm of a painter. The shoe- j maker's bench held Bloomfield for a i little while; but God raised hint to sit in the chair of a philosopher ami a Christian scholar. The soap-boiler of j Loudon could not keep his son in that ! business, for God had decided that j Hawley was to be one of the greatest , astronomers of England. On the other hand we may be born In a sphere a little higher than that for which God intends us. Wc may be | born in a castle, and play In a costly 1 conservatory, and feed high-bred point er, and angle for gold-fish in artificial J ponds, and be familiar with princes; yet God may better have fitted us for a carpenter's shop, or dentists's forceps, or a weaver's shuttle, or a blacksmith's forge. The great tiling is to find just the sphere for which God Intended us, and then to occupy that sphere, and oc cupy it forever. Hen is a man God fashioned to make a plow. There is a man God fashioned to make a consti tution. The man who makes the plow is Just as honorable as the man who makes the constitution. There is a woman who was made to fashion a robe, and yonder Is one intended to be a queen anil wear it. It seems to nn that in the one case Ir. the other, God appoints the sphere, and the needle Is Just as respectable in his sight as the sceptre, i do not know but that the world would long ago have been saved if some of the men out of the ministry were in it, and some of those who are in It were out of It. 1 really think that . _ ... .1.1 \r Ik. ilivillt (1 illtO two quarters those who have not found their sphere, and those who, hav ing found It, are not willing to stay there. How many are struggling for a position a little higher than that whb'h God Intended for them. The bonds woman wants to lie mistress- Hagai keeps crowding Sarah. The smail wheel of a watch which beautifully went treading its golden pathway wants to he the balance-wheel, and the sparrow with chagrin drops Into the brook because it cannot, like the eagle, cut a circle under the sun. In the Lord's army we all want to bo brigadier-generals! I be sloop says. "More mast, more tonnage, more can vas. Ob, that I were a topsail schoon er, or a full-rigged brig, or a Cunard steamer!” And so the world Is filled with cries of discontent, because we are not willing to stay in the place where God put us and intended us to be. My friends, be not too proud to do any thing God tells you to do; for the lack of a right disposition In this respect the world is strewn with wandering Hagars and Uhmaels. God lias given each one of us a work to do. You carry a gcuttle of coal up that dark alley. You distribute that Christian tract. You give $10,000 to the missionary cause. You for fifteen years sit with chronic rheumatism, displaying the beauty of Christian submission. Whatever God calls you to, whether it win hissing or huzza; whether to walk under tri umphal arch or lift the sot out of the ditch; whether it be to preach on a Pentecost or tell some wanderer of the street, of the mercy of the Christ of Mary Magdalene; whether It be to weave a garland for a laughing child on a spring morning and call her a May Queen, or to comb out the tangled locks of a waif of the street, and cut up one of your old dresses to fit her cut for the sanctuary—do it, and do It right away. Whether it be a crown or yoke, do not fidget. Everlasting honors upon those who do their work, and do their whole work, and are con tented in the sphere in which God has put them; while there i3 wandering, and exile, and desolation, and wilder ness for discontented Hagar and Isb rnael. Who is that boy at Sutton Pool, Ply mouth, England, barefooted, wading down into the slush and slime, until his bare foot comes upon u piece of "lass and he lifts it, bleeding and pain struck? That wound in the foot de cides that he lie sedentary in Ins life, decides tHat he lie a student. That wound by the glass in the foot decides that lie shall he John Kitto, who shall provide the best religious encyclopedia the world has ever nail provided, and with ids other writings as well, throw ing a light upon tHe Word of Uod sueh as has come from no other man in this century. <> mother, mother, that little hand t hat wanders over your fare nu.v yet lie lifted to hurl thunder-bolts of war or drop benedictions! That little voice may tilusphciue Mod in the grog shop or cry "Korward!" to the Lord's hosts at they go out for their last vic tory. My mind this morning leans ’hlrty years ahead, and I see u mer bant prince of New York. One stroke of his |ieu brings a ship out of Cunt an. knottier stroke of his pen brings a ship Into Madia Me U mighty in ail the money markets of the world Who is he’ Me sits on Sabbath- beside you In rhun h My mind leaps thirty years forward from this time and I find my self in a relief a so-tattoo k gre it multitude of Christian women have mot together for a gmerous purpose There is one worn ;r» tu that crowd wh 1 seems to hate the t ot| tl. tc lace of a I i the Others, at.il they all look lip to her fur her •ostial and f her priy* • Who is t* irlJa h*r »*l »h4? Cfcrfvt * h i ' h 4 |l» v| ,|t|i| f» •! Ill*' irv 4*i'I hfii wl !h iU V My mtti4 '* iljM f 4ltt 11**1# lit) I HM m> u 4 \frU4» hMigl 1 ti> * • 1,4 (i iif ilit< rr * * • 4*11* ***** Hi* MUtv# ah*4 iK:« ilihii fe‘Ht(A*»t44«*4 4N Iff4 «iAfe| iUtf U'HrlH * bf IffjA 1**1 *« Istl KlU llHMt H H>» A* H * !» J v>» 1 *,»»* |i#u)f lif t to* A|a«||l in Ilk** # *4g uf } jjr I !**!•« WH# is* ♦## t*rv 4 f4 a well In it; and I come to that well today, ar.d I begin to draw water for you from that well. If you have lived in the country you have sometimes taken hold of the rope of the old well-sweep, and you know how the bucket came up, dripping with bright, cool water. Ar.d I lay bold of the rope of God's mercy and 1 begin to draw on that Gospel well-sweep, and I see the buckets coming up. Thirsty soul! Here is one bucket of life! Come and drink of it. "Whosoever will, let him come and take of the water of life freely.” I pull away again at the rope, and another '.tucket comes up. It is this promise: "Weeping may en dure for a night, but Joy cometh in the morning.” I lay hold of the rope again, and I pull away with all my strength, and the bucket comes up, bright, and beautiful, and cool. Here is the promise: "Come unto me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give yon rest.” LINK FOUND TOO LATH. 'filin' of - for. e of habit f»rm«Hl in many years ear. h for pre etc.us d,.-umeuU, whic h Inter-' .fad her ,.t once. to | If ttut i .•*s ind n leant;. ; »c of lb- < •■'? w ts that among ‘1*4 hvMhk *u.l paper* »hhh . | Veep fcviUhs I a having heehatgerd t h< P Sc* the « .... hi I in* pt tittif* h its ryghsl.i of blr>h* .nd d 4ih. the- - pty U ih that he I neap , I .| u ifeuta the toil e*» itg, and now that II *n* itsi late It wa. taccsd *h**- had -sea iri.arei a, to pi > 44 t wHItVltf i'lfkttiaa# mi »«»♦.■ use area * a 11) tc *!* «4 tafl jti* ) l*s svrt I LACK OP DESTROY ERS. NAVY IN NEED OF TORPEDO COAT WRECKERS. F tain Well Knppllnl run !■««<■ r.f Tnjijr trum llntr.ll It Alma I Aamircil—K« porti''I sail* i»f flm \ itii*it ,iy liitiy in (lie Kliini It Drilled. The purchase of the torpedo boat de stroyer Tupy from the Brazilian gov ernment Is now practically assured. Tlic Tupy. with two sister craft. Is be lli.'? built at the Armstrong works at Elswlck, England, where the Amazonas and her counterpart were constructed, find not at Kiel, Germany, as previous ly Htated. Much gratification is felt by lie naval admillislration over the pros pect of securing the Tupy and others of her class, for torpedo boat destroy ers are needed badly. A number of torpedo boats have been added to the effective force of tile navy. Imt not one destroyer has been built or contracted for. ll;i* Torpedo royi*r«. Spain Is fairly well supplied with these terrible water witches, which ure dangerous alike to (hi big battleship a ad the little torpedo-boat They have attained a speed of more than thirty knots. The Spanish flotilla now held at the Canaries, pending the adjust ment of the diplomatic question relat ing to its assignment to waters adja cent to the Ctilted States, Includes some of these destroyers. They arc more feared by naval officers than battle ship.-, and armored cruisers, and every energy Is being shown to get some of them ready made abroad to ofi'set the Spanish contingent. nf Ariiifirfd CriilMM*. It was pointed out the other day that the naval administration wanted more battleships, armored crui: "in. tor pedo bout destroyers and torpid i boats. This was the conclusion reached by the war board, of which Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt Is chairman As no more armor-duds excr pt the Carlo Al berto. owned by Italy, appear to be CItL'ISER VE-SUVlirS. THE HOLIEST FIGHTER IN Ot R NAVY. definitely in the market, the v/ar board is doing all that ran be done to secure torpedo-boat destroyers. Its members believe that this class of vessel will augment the vessels now under Ad miral Sicard to such an extent that no force Spain can gather would be ef fective againHt the American fleet. A denial is made here of the statement that Spain has bought the Italian ar mor-clad Varese. l'lttct at Hampton ICoait*. The announcement that the Massa chusetts and the Texas had been with drawn from the squadron at Key West and sent to Hampton Roads was the subject of an inquiry at the cabinet meeting, and the most positive assur ances were given by Secretary l.ong that the orders to these ships were not due to any suggestion from Spain. There was no intention, it was ex- 1 plained, to detach the North Atlantic squadron front Florida waters to satis fy Spain's qualms In the pending enter- j gency. The establishment ci a see . ond division of the North Atlantic squadron. Secretary Long said, was a j ' strategical move, and the Ma.-sachu setts and the Texas have been de ■ tached to form part of the force to in1 isuonbled at Hampton Roads. ('til ts- . i’billp of the Massachusetts vili 1 cuiiwnaud tlie second division i ;r til ‘ L | R MMI> KIRK 01 N CllU ::i» CHI CAOO tI.iip No rommanditui < r of ihr nr* formation ha* Iwm «rl*-.unl. ?<<- ml in I'mir llrotil* Th" roinlUlm of \ilmlrtl So aril'* health ha» (Ivan tlii* iiavj department a great ileal of iiiin'arii. anil li It prob ■ able that b* atil ha detained from ii.<* oimnian I of lb** North A I an* **|ua Hma aa It la ta!hir manage a Ida rt *et in an *r»KJ8*’iM**ni M hat bran |ir»< t|< li It ibn W that Captain William S HaMtMon ■* the bat t o *hl|i l«» i 'It ynilibNI of i hr Malar man <»f IB nori *lll h of tha * UoiBiot tii n ta h*'t pinin'a *a pool h-».I«mIb *« all I ability ia p* H«i • and h* *ii! in a I rtoMbilM ill4 ! nan? and en4 a* antti’tt? h i an Bill br ti petite* led veentin, an t m I4U4B4 «•* ««‘J t In ipta/ , of tae unprntn .nl ships now with Ad miral Slcard. It has been determined to armor the larger of these vessels with a hand of steel extending around the sides and near the water line, for the protection of the vitals, machinery and magazines to be Improvised This armor will consist of two Inches of nickel steel, and will be four inches less in thickness than on the armored cruisers New York and Brooklyn. It is equal to the protection afforded the machinery by protective decks on some cruisers, and would render the vessels fairly safe from six pounders and light tire guns. I'.nglnirrii I rpftl to llnrrv. Orders turn* boon IhrihmI to many of the army engineers In charge of coast fortifications to hurry the work now In progress. Preparations nre olrendy un der way for placing in position the new coast defense guns purchased in Eng land. It Is expected that they will he delivered at New York within ten days. The guns are thirty-two In number, and are of I fie latest rapid lire pattern. The new pieces are fully mounted, and are provided with about Hurt rounds of ammunition. They are of compara tively short range, and will he used lu harbors and channels, on the north ern coast principally. Contracts were made by the wur department Saturday for the delivery of a large quantity of armor piercing and deck piercing steel projectiles of large caliber. KIlipa fur A.nllliirv I'lret. Ily order of the secretary of the navy Meutenant Commander Iteeder, tom m.gjtler of the school ship St. Mary's, and Passed Assistant Engineer Dun forl.li. assigned to duty at the Brooklyn navy yard, sat the other day as mem bers of lilt' hoard of auxiliary cruisers. These additions wire made to the board because it had been reported to Secretary Long that the hoard was not large enough to do the work expected of them speedily enough. The steam ships Orizaba. Seneca, Saratoga and Yumuri. of the Ward line, were care full' Inspected. Unofficial Information v.as to the effect that all four of these vi -ids would lie recommended for 1 m. c as auxiliary cruisers, should an emergency require the acquisition of commerce destroyers. Two schooners and several yachts, offered by their owners, were inspected today. Among them were the Conqueror, owned by !■'. W. Vanderbilt: the Atalunta, by George Gould, ami the Corsair, by I’lcr pont Morgan. CmilritH for £.000 IIoimp*. The Blank Ililis ranges are being scoured by the United States agents for horses suitable for the cavalry. A contract has been made with one large hone company near Fort Meade to fur nish 2,000 horses ns soon as they can lie brought in from I lie range. Negoti ations are also being made by the gov ernment agent there for several hun dred more horse* from other ranches. The army officers think these horses are to be shipped south, and from the hurried orders, and (he fact that the animals are not up to the army stand ard, that it means war. tnivernal \pmcI Doktroyt'r. M. M. Ormsby of Mapie Park, Kano county. III., claims to have- perfected an invention by which everything alloat in every port could he destroyed without the loss of t man, and at a cost of only $5,000,000. The navy de partment has wrilti n him for details. WEST IN CONTROL. 4'onjir*** (mi lit* i)«'|M'nti< «i i poii. One of 1 he curious development* In congress is the way In which the con ttol of n.fairs relating to v.-ar seem* to lit* gradually drifting into the hands of western men who represent a sen'I m‘tit distinctly different from that in New Kugland. Of late day* money bill* in congress are made the medium of a vast amount of Impuitattt legisla tion. and besides that the voting of supplies is tilt essential to tile conduct o! war. It is worthy of notice there fore that the two great appropriations committees are headed hv Senator Ailt >on of Iowa and Representative Can non of Illinois. The direct work of •quipping the atiuv falls upon the mill tary cop. nut tee of the house, at the head of ehteh Is ttenv-ral Hull of Iowa, while the util Ills committee in the same tivdv. which in the rase of war would almost equally Important. Is tu ittag tl hr c-dou* I Mush til Illinois. I ttlvrs luUuetur* Sal I rsot TV naval coni mu tew* uf the ho i*e and sc vale wrre »• v. cptlcM* to ihe wen ral r de hoih twtug In control uf old n -iitiien fruttt l*t" stale of Maine Chairman MouteUe on the house .ids . h‘. face With > uriooa persistence against and preparations for war. and the result was that the tanwitits tan aw tl ftom him. and inserted in the ap • >ptUituns t»Ht a propostttua to haihl three new battleships and twelve tap. pc do ball tip the senate side the naval rommittee has been praiicvlii reorganised owing la Ihe nbwsac* wf Mi Hale, abate poioj htc been Meal' leal with that of RouteHe. and the pv utt is that Senator Perkins of Califop" ilia, a praettea! ship owner and sailed, has been placed in charge. Hauler I« Pm riot l«*. The only eastern man at the preseni time actively at the head of a commit tee which has directly to do with war matters is Senator Hawley of Connec ticut, who, fortunately for the coun try. is progressive and patriotic, hav ing been the first one to take a step to strengthen the army by providing for two new artillery regiments. To cap the climax of western Influence In the present crisis, It Is worth noting that tiip two committees on foreign affairs which supervise the diplomatic nego tiations leading up to hostilities and which would have direct control of a proposition lo declare war are under the leadership of Senator Cushman 1C. Davis of Minnesota and Representative Hitt of Illinois. Took tlerii'rnl I.Aitvli-i*. The return of thp cruiser Montgom ery to Key West has caused much spe culation, which tile authorities have declined to end by giving reasons. The real reasons are interesting, and show how grave the situation Is. The accu racy of this statement cannot lie ques tioned. The Montgomery was ordered to return from Havana harbor at the suggestion of Consul General I-cp. Ho pointed out to the authorities that the retention of the cruiser In Havana harbor was tlir* source of circulation of rumors, and a menace rather than a protection In ease of an outbreak. She could not land sufficient force to he much, if any protection to American Interests, while she was not sufficiently powerful to cope with Hie guns of the torts and the Spanish warships, In case of ;i sudden declare!Ion of hostilities. In view of these circumstances General I,ee recommended the withdrawal of ihe Montgomery and the substitution of the l-’crn. or some other vessel of i lie same character. The i'ern can per form equally good services as the .Montgomery In the event that General |,oo or other Americans have to leave Havana In a hurry, and the Kern stands In Ices danger of being fired on than would a vessel of war. - ■'*'•!, ■ (. a* " Why the Iowa Wa» Held Back. General l.ee recommended the send ing of the Iowa to Havana to bring hack the court of Inquiry. It will be,, r. membered that a rumor was printed that the administration had derided to send the Iowa to Havana to impress the Spaniards with the power of our navy. This was at General I/’e’g sug gestion. He told the government that the Spaniards could not be made to be lieve that we bad a formidable navy unless they bad an ocular demonstra tion of the fact. The Spaniards, he re ported, believed the Maine wun the finest ship in the American navy and that her destruction made It Impossible for the United States to think about fighting Spain. To correct this impres sion General Lee suggested that the Iowa should go to Havana harbor, take the court of Inquiry on board, and speed out again, an operation which would give the1 Spaniards some mater ial for sober reflection. When the fart of this recommendation came to the knowledge of a very high naval officer, who is familiar with every word of evidence brought out by the court of inquiry, be made a vigorous protest, and objected most strenuously to the government's taking any risks In send ing the finest battleship of the navy Into Havana harbor. He gave reasons for making this protest, and pointed out the dangers that might be incurred. The details would not be proper. It Is only necessary to add that the ar buments advanced by this distinguish ed naval officer were so urgeni ‘.hat I III’ lUWll mu nvni iiuiuho. “ J • Hilarity at tin* Banquet. The brillluntly lighted banquet-room was a scene of wild tumult in an in stant. The joyous cheers of the emo tional Spanish officers could be heard far beyond the guard lines, which lield the approaches to the palace against uninvited guests for a block on each side. There were cries: "To the memory of Maximilian' Neither Aus tria nor Spain t an forget bin fate, and vTi stand together against those whttaf uttju.lttied threats of inter* n> tlon brought about ills cruel und tin* timely ctul." The Austrian "Jackin'*" are getting I jo)uu*ly driiuk in the water from ra ! tea ur li e expert o' of t he Spanish Heel. | It Is a case of the Kussida reception i in the Havre and Calais again on a i small scale The only people who j have mi port In me general toy sr* j the editor* of the ilavuna paper* aud | the (orrespoudenta of the JooruaSa of Madrid They were mu Invited In the i (rasl. and every vlurt has been trxade : to keep secret the event of the tsvtoiu i linit v"una lit»H " >-Krt tpundenl if kit Imp* fetal of Madrid was present. At a member of the governor « family tie was there aa a mailer of voorinsy. t the other editors hebl an inige-isum Itveet lug ami not one *t I ha paper* Wen ti med the ham* wet In any way in ihetr ! new* voluma# Inspired bradeta tn >be tfpsnish moral eg paper* instat that tuetrts liettoany and I'rsace *dt I .tand wuh dpw>n in in* event of war «t i«p» setae** and annexation of » aba.