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presents twe illustrations which
I r**< t a wttiofi und tell a story o!
peculiar inter.-*t and r.giiiftennre. Inc
first
*«*ne of actual cm rrm«c, bring* into
T'r* a otKiditioa wfc.efc . *:*ted tn Jaa
wnry ItM i*.-* than a year after the
inawgwrattos of Ow« Ciei eland as J
president of the I'aitsf State*. The ad*
n.it»i*TT*lof President Cleveland
• * diatimflf rOMMaftMMf to the policy
-of free trade and from the moment
thr re*uit of the presidential elet-uor
of S ctc-ts •- r IKK m#«- known the
country begat to f s-l the sire** and
stringency at th* hanged industrial
and MotHitum outlook. A year and a
c. -arter later, toe" period at which the
e-car y»irtmyed i» the first p.rture
Otrurr* i, the » age earners of the t ttti
ed jit at - * were brought face to face
with the cianwtrmt* < on sequen ce* in- i
wnifed n th* tr*an>ph of free trade.
Oat at work oat of money, their wire*
and child** suffering tor lack of food
and clothing eagerly thronged the
place* or here relief v. it dispensed One
among tl—* n .mrrou. places was the
Xew York Herald build.ag orner of
Broadway .ad Ann street, where free
clothing was handed oat to the needy, j
It was s hjtr.tr w : ch h *nored the
gee .-*■»"m* j * opr ,i"e*<ir of the il» raid and
«t.-.k weal far toward mitigating the
• .ffer: g* of the poor in that never
laehe-forfdttew free trade witter of
I*»$- •%*. Th» fcwrity was the wor
tMer on «ort of the Herald, be
caasr uf the rknCM of re paration en
tering into it.
m*- non tt# tb* oed jm lurt,
wfc'ifti tppan in the New York H«
ald of I*e . 5, 1«P*. Three rears and
a month have eiapaed since tbe rer
dtct of tb* propis at the presidential
eiartten of No^rt let, Ph, was made
kmt .t f»v .* of a protective tariff.
I attend of the dismal scene* of poverty
seeking in* dt»*e of free suup and free
* krthing we hare a picture of t'ncle
hi* fiatam expressing supreme
crtiifl landing by the side of a
it atney .t whose drowe m-** of escap
sg smoke are seen the outlines of the
word "PMiretm* ’ While a huge
placard an warn »m the fact that
H«ns( IS* fm»i SM4 Ikr m »£*• ot
ns. too is lau Mm.
!*>•< 'll *<,:d Vr* IMI*r| hat* haw
attaarrl la per lest.
The N- a V rk Herald was lor many
pears a strenuous advocate of free
trade for th* i'r.:red Elates. It is not
so sin■swi now. Otherwise it would
hardly have furnished the second pic
ture uf a pair ah- b tell so vividly and
mo cowrit* ngiy the story of contrast
ing run * ion* und*-r two admin-stra
tiuna.
h* lane 1 Inserts*.
Ee; rosmtatise Payne of New York.
ct» rt.aa of the bona* committee on
Ways *nd means .* certain that the
pr* »ent ruagin* i.ii do no tariff tin
kering "The Fifiy-siat.il onrreas has
important work on it* Lands.** said be
it a recent .nts-rview. There will U
ns tariff >gislat:on during the present
aensMie. 'The condition of the eonwtry
ti today thoroughly prosperous and
will asmtinae an unless ill-advised and
radical logisiaiiow affecting the busi
***** a: * fnan a. .n’.-r->* of the na
tion «a»> ted during tne next few
years
"The country demands and should
Late a ntttiewf .and assured poll<-y in re
ap* * to thaae qearonf. *1 be Dingier
la* as a revenue producer has more
than «i 11sped those responsible for its
•martmewl and has penned gratifying
to the peofu*- of the country gener
ally.
"It ’.a,:- ranis bed ample revenue to
carr* on the government from the mo
ment tic -nd wool arneduie* be
gaa to operate 1 am convinced that
the happy' rwwnJtn it has produced will
be pi i mawwi **
Kepre* ntsi.ee Payne is right. The
I» ttgie> is a La* proved *o satisfactory
an l tn all ways bewrikdhl to the conn
try n*t tbe pe-jpie have no desire to
lgtems.pt .ws wpaewttows for. suae time
to cass*.
Md lb* «.<di l>wn»
The trwfcwief itikfiiot lor October
1* >fc< * - that i.b* f«>4 reserve tn the
tr» u«*y stands at S&.7 74«.Mrii. The
Js» t^raTK < bain seems
!*-»#-d-t to drj« lb* said out of lb*
ir*--- •*■ ti-iriES m Rej* ;b.wnt» sdffliu
is: ra r %*krti **• b:d fr*« trod*. 01
tar.! • " rm tb* l>*morrane adminis
tfatr •*. --’d over S2€2.«aMit in tmer
#*■» ' * r.s bonds to «. uiatn sold aritb
ofcfta • maintain the c<Od reserve and
to pL; rr*.»t of the roverr
wumt. Thera has keen an drain on the
S* d is • • trriserr s:s'e the Repub
FREE TRADE MEANT TREE Ci-OTHING.
ii*> • re New York Herald's Teaching—The Distribution of Free Cloth
:ig in the H raid's Ann Street Building, January 19, 1894.
U ans mere placed In charge of It, be
. 1 • the people have full confidence
•ie financial abilit; <■ Republic
a:, par If the Democratic party was
p.a- ed m power tomorrow our un
: ar.iil* . i prosperity would vanish, our
nold re.-, ve would melt away like
r. >w m August, and before six months
had t -• the “endless chain" would
*•»- loins business at the old stand.
v ■ ild be sold to pay expenses
at: maintain the sold reserve, busi
n .!«' be paralyzed and before a
year had par sed the country would be
rwep: i>- a panic, and labor would be
r - -*r it of employment.—Ikrntun
till.) Republican.
FREE TRADE BOSK
Ttie AtMitioa Th»t FrMlil*ut aiclilu
In I.«-.ki* Timird CobUrcbin.
The New York Times seem4* to be
\g it> resources to save the I)emo
r , party. It sees that Mr. Bryan
j- a.l mat he stands for on silver,
imm- and expansion can only make
■-a* party i»-s popular with the people.
It hat finally hit upon a scheme by
*lmb b- party can be reinstated and
• i‘ ntry saved from untold disaster,
namely, by abandoning its position on
'.iver trusts and the Philippines, and
t:anting for the simple issue of tariff
iettru ion. Let the party declare for
putting ail trust products on the free
• !'" and make “a determined assault
ujkjh the 52 per cent Dingley tariff"
tnJ its popularity with the people is
a -ui*d It take* the recent remarks
v President McKinley and Postmas
ter-Cren*-raj Charles Emery Smith.
fa\oring foreign commerce, as certain
evidence that th* administration is
rap.u > g tt:ng in line for free trade,
and warn- the Democratic party that if
if due*, nor hurry up and get upon this
anmtarilt platform the Republicans
wii? be ahead of it. and then its
• :.a.nre* of success will be gone for
ai. >:her generation. Mr. Bryan may
ia k |< tual msight in adhering to
• ' - lk-to-J preposition, but in his wild
est moments he has never exhibited
> ; h mental chaos as is revealed in
m* nut; ;n that President McKinley
;n , iimuster-general have turned
t. .• .r tu its on protection, and that
fr-* trade would be a popular Issue
' r i* ». Such a notion can only be
• • • ri' 3 on the assumption that the
\r. .in nation is composed of sev
« :.'v-tive millions of people “mostly
la Besides this deliverance Mr.
Bryan's talk really sounds like statee
man.-hsp -Gunton> Magazine, Deccm
her. It>9
Aunthrr Orphan Child.
Another trust has just made its ap
j»-aninre in free trade Great Britain,
i ue Lorn on Economist of November
11 announces the formation of
'he ' nn* i Indigo and Chemical com
im ted. this being an amalgama
tion of e:abt firms which comprise the
leading indigo manufacturers of the
Failed Kingdom It does not appear
t: «tt the Dinglev law is responsible for
•: :» British trust, or that the absence
»r a protective tariff constitutes any
r: .> bar to the fc rmation of trusts.
At Both t ml*.
Th« American Farmer appears to be
catching prosperity at both ends of the
trap th's year. The war in the Philip
;*:n k. by cutting off the supply of
hemp, has greatly enhanced the value
of flat. It is estimated that North Da
farmers alone will get more than
f'c •O.MMI for their flax crop, which
w. ! enable them to hold their wheat
crop for better prices.—Seattle (Wash.)
I*ost-lnte!ligencer.
COOD NEWS.
DURING ThL FiST^l
*£E* WAGES
OF 56700 OPERATIVES
!»»F/klLRlVER,LOW£tL
hhd New Bedford
have seek ADVANCED
^ 10 PER CENT.
—New Vork Herald. Dec. 5, 1S99.
BARGAIN COUNTER THEORY.
Out rrodurta Not bold Abroad for Lesa
Than at Borne.
One of the arguments most generally
urged against the protective tariff sys
tem by its opponents is that American
products are frequently sold to foreign
consumers for less than they are sold
at home. The same objection might be
urged against the bargain counter
sales of the American merchant. He
has a surplus and cannot afford to hold
it over until the next season, to be put
up in competition with new and fresh
goods, even of the same manufacture.
The bargain day sales of the mer
chant do not affect the salaries of his
employes, they are of some benefit to
: those who buy, and although they may
not add to the profit side of the mer
chant's account, they at least save him
from loss.
The manufacturer cannot exactly es
timate the quantity of goods he can
sell during the season, but he knows
be must have enough, and he further
more feels that he is in duty bound to
furnish his employes full employment,
and therefore lets his mills go full
time. If he has a surplus and can dis
pose of it at cost in a foreign country
it saves him from loss, helps the pur
| chaser to the extent of reduction in
price, and above all, enables him to
give his labor full employment.
Is there anything wrong in the
transaction? The thinking man will
say no.
The fact of the matter is, however,
that American products are never sold
in foreign markets for less than they
are at home.
That they are sold, however, at less
price than the foreign manufacturer
can produce them for, is an acknowl
edged fact. This is the misfortune of
the foreigner.
The superiority of our skilled labor
and improved labor saving machinery
enables us to do this, and we do it.
Can any one find fault with us for
doing so?—St. Louis Star.
Hlatoric I’lirasea A la Atkinaon.
From the Mobile Register: If the
fashion prevails of bewailing our na
tion's effort to maintain the dignity of
its flag in the face of the enemy, we
will have to revise the saying of those
who once were national heroes and ask
our children to study them in the fol
lowing shape: Give up the ship.—Law
rence. Be sure you are right, then
apologize for it.—Davy Crockett. We
have met the enemy, and ours are
theirs.—Oliver Hazard Perry. Wait un
til you see the whites of their eyes,
boys; then run.—Andrew Jackson.
Don't hold the fort: Pm running.—W.
T. Sherman. Damn the torpedoes;
take a sneak.—David Glasgow Farra
gut. I propose to get out of this line
if it takes all summer.—U. S. Grant.
There stands Jackson like a stone wall,
but he is a fool to do it.—Gen. Lee.
When you are ready, Gridley, you may
skedaddle.—Dewey.
Everywhere Recognized.
A San Francisco merchant who has
just returned from a business tour of
Eastern manufacturing centers reports
that manufacturers are so overcrowded
that they have been forced to stop tak
ing orders. Their works are running
to their full capacity, wages of em
ployes are being advanced and there
are no unemployed spinners and weav
ers to be had at any price. This era
of prosperity is recognized everywhere
as the direct result of the domestic
and foreign policy of the McKinley ad
ministration.—San Francisco Chron
icle.
Doing Very Well.
The offer of the treasury department
to redeem $25,000,000 worth of govern
ment bonds is an unmistakable indi
cation of the flourishing condition of
our national finances. The lack of
readiness shown by the holders of
bonds to take advantage of the offer
of the secretary of the treasury is an
equally reliable indication of the very
satisfactory condition of commercial
affairs throughout the country. The
Dingley law seems to be doing pretty
well, both by the government and by
the people generally.
Much More Favorable.
No other word than triumph does
justice to the results of the Dingley
law. No matter where the test is ap
plied its workings are far more favor
able than any tariff ever devised by a
Democratic congress.—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
No Longer Idle.
The iron mills In the vicinity of
Cleveland have enough orders on hand
now to keep them busy all of next
year. Before McKinley was elected
many of them were lying idle or work
ing only half time.—Cleveland Leader.
Be Would Like a Change.
The times are unusually prosperous.
"Let's vote for a change,” says Mr.
Bryan.—Burlington Hawkeye.
TALM AGE'S SERMON.
THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL AND ITS
HEAVENLY LIGHT.
The Text Chosen Beiitj: 4'.%eeerdinji to
the Glorious Gospel of the Most
messed God Which Was Committed
to My Trust"—Tim. 1:11.
The greatest novelty of our time is
the gospel. It is so old that it is new. j
As potters and artists are now attempt
ing to fashion pitchers and cups and
curious ware like those of 1.900 years
*go receutly brought up from buried
Pompeii, and such cups and pitchers
and curious ware are universally ad
mired, so any one who can unshovel
the real gospel from the mountains of
stuff under which it has been buried,
will be able to present something that
will attract the gaze and admiration
and adoption of all the people. It is
amazing what substitutes have been
presented for what my text calls “The
Glorious Gospel." There has been a
hemispheric apostasy. There are many
people in this and all other large as
semblages who have no more idea of
what the gospel really is than they
have of what is contained in the four
teenth chapter of Zend-Avesta, the bi
ble of the Hindoo, the first copy of
which I ever saw I purchased in Cal
cutta. India, last September. The old
gospel is fifty feet under and the work
has been done by the shovels of those
who have been trying to contrive the
philosophy of religion. There is no
philosophy about it. It is a plain mat
ter of bible statement and of child-like
faith. Some of the theological semi
naries have been hotbeds of infidelity,
because they have tried to teach the
“philosophy of religion.” By the time
that many a theological student gets
half through his preparatory course
he is so filled with doubts about plen
ary inspiration and the divinity of
Christ and the questions of eternal
destiny that he is more fit for the low
est branch in the infant class of a Sun
day school than to become a teach
er and leader of the people. The
ablest theological professor is a
Christian mother, who. out of her
own experience, can tell the 4-year
old how beautiful Christ was on
earth and how beautiful he is in
heaven and how dearly he loves lit
tle folks, and then she kneels down and
puts one arm around the boy. and with
her somewhat faded cheek against the
roseate cheek of the little one. con
secrates him for time and eternity to
Him who said. “Suffer them to come
unto me.” What an awful work Paul
made with the D. D.'s and the LL. D.'s
and the F. R. S.’s when he cleared the
decks of the old gospel ship by saying:
“Not many wise men. not many noble,
are called, but God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound
the mighty.”
there sits the dear old theologian
with his table piled up with all the
great books on inspiration and exegesis
and apologetics for the Almighty and
writing out his own elaborate work on
the philosophy of religion, and his lit
tle grandchild, coming up to him for
a good-night kiss, he accidentally
knocks off the biggest book from the
table and it falls on the head of the
child, of whom Christ himself said:
“Out of the mouths of babes and suck
lings thou hast perfected praise.” Ah!
my friends, the bible wants no apolo
getics. The throne of the last judg
ment wants no apologetics. Eternity
wants no apologttics. Scientists may
tell us that the natural light is the
“propagation of undulation? in an
elastic medium, and thus set in vibra
tory motion by the action of luminous
bodies”; but no one knows what gos
pel light is until his own blind eyes,
by the touch of the Divine Spirit, have
opened to see the noonday of pardon
and peace. Scientists may tell us that
natural sound is “the effect of an im
pression made on the organs of hearing
by an impulse of the air, caused by a
collision of bodies or by sbrne other
means”; but those only know what
the gospel sound is who have heard
the voice of Christ directly saying:
“Thy sins are forgiven thee; go in
peace.” The theological dude unrolls
upon the plush of an exquisitely carved
pulpit a learned discourse showing that
the garden of Eden was an allegory,
and Solomon’s song rather an indeli
cate love ditty, and the book of Job
a drama in which Satan was the star
actor, and that Renan was three-quar
ters right about the miracles of Jesus,
and that the bible was gradually evo
luted and the best thought of the dif
ferent ages, Moses and David and Paul
doing the best they could under the
circumstances, and therefore to be en
couraged. Lord of heaven and earth,
get us out of the London fog of higher
criticism!
The night is dark and the way is
rough, and we have a lantern which
God has put in our hands; but instead
of employing the lantern to show our
selves and others the right way we
are discussing lanterns, their shape,
their size, their material and which
is the better light—kerosene, lamp oil
or candle; and while we discuss it, we
stand all around the lantern so that
j we shut out the light from the multi
| tudes who are stumbling on in the
dark mountains of sin and death.
Twelve hundred dead birds were found
one morning around Bartholdi's statue
! in New York harbor. They had dashed
I their life out against the lighthouse
the night before. Poor things! And
the great lighthouse of the gospel—
how many high-soaring thinkers have
beaten all their religious life out
against it. while it was intended for
only one thing, and that to show all
nations the way into the harbor of
God’s mercy, and to the crystalline
wharves of the heavenly city, where
the immortals are waiting for new ar
rivals. Dead skylarks, when they
might have been flying seraphs.
Fere also come, covering up the old
gospel, some who think they can by
law and exposure of crime save the
world, and from Portland. Maine,
across to San Francisco and back again ;
to New Orleans and Savannah, many j
of the ministers have gone into the de- j
tective business. Worldly reform by
j all means; but unless it be also gos- i
pel reform, it will be dead failure. In j
New York its chief work has been to j
give us a change of bosses.
The glorious gospel of the blessed \
God as spoken of in my text will have
more drawing power, and when that
gospel gets full swing it will have a
momentum and power mightier than
Chat of the Atlantic ocean when, under
force of the September equinox, It
ctrikes the highlands of the Xaresink.
The meaning of the word “gospel" is
“good news,” and my text says it is
glorious news, and we must tell it in
our churches and over our dry goods
counters and in our factories and over
our threshing machines and behind our
plows and on our ships’ decks and in
our parlors, our nurseries and kitchens,
as though it were glorious good news,
and not with a dismal drawl in our
voice and a dismal look in our faces,
as though religion were a rheumatic
twinge or a dyspeptic pang or a ma
larial chill or an attack of nervous
prostration. With nine “blesseds” or
“happys,” Christ began his sermon on j
the mount: Blessed are the poor,
blessed the mourner, blessed the meek,
blessed the hungry, blessed the merci
ful, blessed the pure, blessed the peace
makers, blessed the persecuted, blessed
the reviled, blessed, blessed, blessed:
happy, happy, happy. Glorious good
news for the young, as through Christ
they may have their coming years en
nobled. and for a life time all the an
gels of God their coadjutors and all the
armies of heaven their allies. Glori
ous good news for the middle aged, as
through Christ they may have their
perplexities disentangled and their cour
age rallied, and their victory over all
obstacles and hindrances made forever
sure. Glorious good news for the aged,
as they may have the sympathy of him
of whom St. John wrote: “His head
and his hairs were white like wool, as
white as snow.” and the defense of the
everlasting arms. Glorious good news
for the dying, as they may have minis
tering spirits to escort them and open
ing gates to receive them and a sweep
of eternal glories to encircle them and
the welcome of a loving God to em
bosom them.
Oh. my text is right when It speaks
of the glorious gospel. It is an invi
tation from the most radient being
that ever trod the earth or ascended
the heavens, to you and to me. to
come and be made happy, and then
take after that a royal castle for ever
lasting residence, the angels of God our
cupbearers. The price paid for all of
this on the cliff of limestone about as
high as this house, about seven min
utes’ walk from the wall of Jerusalem,
where with an agony that with one
hand tore down the rocks and with the
other drew down a midnight blackness
over the heavens, our Lord set us for
ever free. Making no apology for any
one of the million sins of our life, but
confessing all of them, we can point
to that cliff of limestone and say.
“There was paid our indebtedness and
God never collects a bill twice. Glad
am I that all the Christian poets have
exerted their pen in extolling the
matchless one of this gospel. Isaac
Watts, how do you feel concerning
him? And he writes. “I am not
ashamed to own my Lord.” Newton,
what do you think of this gospel?
And he writes. “Amazing grace, how
sweet the sound.” Cowper. what do
you think of him? And the answer
comes, “There is a fountain filled with
blood.” Charles Wesley, what do you
think of him? And he answers, “Jesus,
lover o? my soul.” Horatius Bonar.
what do you think of him? And he re
sponds. “I lay my sins on Jesus.” Ray
Palmer, what do you think of him?
And he writes. "My faith looks up to
thee.” Fannie Crosby, what do you
think of him? And she writes. “Blessed
assurance, Jesus is mine.” But I take
higher testimony: Solomon, what do
you think of him? And the answer is.
| -Lily of the valley.” Ezekiel, what do
you think of him? And the answer is,
“Plant of renown." David, what do
you think of him? And the answer is,
j “My shepherd.” St. John, what do
you think of him? And the answer is,
! “Bright and morning star.” St. Paul,
what do you think of him? And the
answer comes, “Christ is all in all.”
Do you think as well of him. 0 man.
0 woman, of the blood-bought immor
tal spirit? Yes. Paul was right when
he styled it “The Glorious Gospel.”
And then as a druggist, while you are
waiting for him to make up the doc
tor’s prescription, puts into a bottle
so many grains of this and so many
grains of that, and so many drops of
j this and so many drops of that, and
the intermixture taken, though sour
and bitter, restores the health, so
Christ, the Divine Physician, prepares
, this trouble of our life time and that
disappointment and this persecution,
and that hardship and that tear, and
we must take the intermixture, yet
though it be a bitter draught, under
tne divine prescription it administers
to our restoration and spiritual health,
“all things working together for good.”
Glorious gospel!
And then the royal castle into which
we step out of this life without so
much as soiling our foot with the up
turned earth of the grave. "They
shall reign forever and ever.” Does
not that mean that you are, if saved,
to be kings and queens, and do not
kings and queens have castles? But
the one that you are offered was for
thirty-three years an abandoned cas
tle. though uow gloriously inhabited.
There is an abandoned royal castle at
Amber. India. One hundred and sev
enty years ago a king moved out of it
never to return. But the castle still
stands in indescribable grandeur, and
you go through brazen doorway after
brazen doorway, and carved room after
carved room, and under embellished
ceiling after embellished ceiling, and
through precious-stoned into wider
halls precious-stoned, and on that hill
are pavilions deeply dyed and tasseled
and arched, the fire of colored gardens
cooled by the snow of white architec
ture; birds in arabesque so natural to
life that while you cannot hear their
voices you imagine you see the flutter
of their wings while you are passing;
walls pictured with triumphal pro
cession; rooms that were called “Al
cove of Light” and “Hall of Victory”;
marble, white and black, like a mix
ture of morn and night; alabaster and
mother-of-pearl and lacquer work.
Standing before it, the eye climbs from
step to latticed balcony, and from lat
ticed balcony to oriel, and from oriel
to arch, and from arch to roof, and
then descends on ladder of all colors
and by stairs of perfect lines to tropical
gardens of pomegranite and pineapple.
Seven stories of resplendent architec
ture! But the royal castle provided
for you, if you will only take it on
the prescribed terms, is grander than
all that, and though an abandoned cas
tle while Christ was here achieving
your redemption, is again occupied by
the “Chief among ten thousand,” and
some of your own kindred who have
.gone up and, waiting for you, are lean
ing from the balcony. The windows
of that castle look off on the king's
gardens, where immortals walk, linked
in eternal friendship; and the banquet
hall of that castle has princes and
princesses at the table; and the wine
is the “new wine of the kingdom.” and
the supper is the marriage supper of
the lamb; and there are fountains into
which no tear ever fell, and there is
music that trembles with nc grief, and
the light that falls upon the scene is
never beclouded, and there is the kiss
of those united after long separation.
More nerve we will have there than
now, or we would swoon away under
the raptures. Stronger vision will we
have there than now, or our eyesight
would be blinded by the brilliance.
Stronger ear will we have there than
now, or under the roll of that min
strelsy and the clapping of that accla
mation and the boom of that halle
lujah we would be deafened. Glorious
gospel! You thought religion w^s a
straight-jacket, and it put you on the
limits, and thereafter you must go
cowed down. No. no, no. It is to be
castellated. 3y the cleansing power
of the shed blood of Golgotha, set
your faces toward the shining pinna
cles. Oh, it does not matter much
what becomes of us here—for at the
longest our stay is short—if we can
only land there. You see there are so
many I want to meet there. Joshua,
my favorite prophet; and John among
the evangelists; and Paul among the
apostles, and Wycliffe among the mar
tyrs. and Bourdaloue among the
preachers, and Dante among the poets,
and Havelock among the heroes, and
our loved ones whom we have so much
missed since they left us, so many
darlings of the heart, their absence
sometimes almost unbearable; and,
mentioned in this sentence last of all
because I want the thought climacteric,
our blessed Lord, without whom we
could never reach the old castle at all.
He took our place. He purchased our
ransom. He wept our woes. He suf
feied our stripes. He died our death.
He assured our resurrection. Blessed
be his glorious name forever! Surging
to his ear be all the anthems! Fac
ing him be all the thrones!
And then from that vastest audience
ever established in all the universe
there will go up the shout. "Crown
him! Crown him! Crown him!” and
the Father, who long ago promised
his only begotten See, ”1 will give thee
the heathen for thy inheritance, and
the uttermost parts of the earth for
thy possession,” shall set the crown
upon the forehead yet scarred with
crucifixion bramble, and the hosts of
heaven, down on the levels and up in
the galleries, will drop on their knees
crying. "Hail, king of earth! King of
heaven! King of saints! King of
seraphs! Thy kingdom is an everlast
ing kingdom, and to thy dominions
there shall be no end! Amen and
Amen! Amen and Amen!”
Should Coal Give Oat.
What then? Are we utterly depend
ent upon coal, so that the wheels of in
dustry will stop and the forests be
consumed for fuel when coal gives
out? Of course not. It is an idle fear.
Already we have the beginning of a
new method of utilizing natural ener
gy which will prove enormously more
effective than coal has ever been, and
will be practically inexhaustible, to
whatever extent industry may expand,
says Gunton's Magazine. Electrical
energy, developed by water power, will
run the world’s industries, furnish its
light and heat, and be the universal
substitute for all forms of combustion
methods. Water power is practically
unlimited, and it will be utilized more
and more in proportion as the need for
it arises and as its use becomes, at dif
ferent places and at different periods,
cheaper than coal. The substitution
will proceed gradually, until, when the
coal supply finally is exhausted, no
body will have anything more than a
curious or academic interest in the
matter, and probably not a ripple will
be produced in the steady onward flow
of the world's industry. As the use of
water power to develop electrical en
ergy increases to the point of formida
ble competition with coal, electrical
students and inventors will doubtless
bring out Improvements making it pos
sible to store the power or conduct it
long distances at small cost, until our
factories, railroads and ships can be
operated by it. our houses lighted and
warmed and food prepared all at even
i less expense than is possible today
with coal.
A British School at Rome.
A movement, supported by a strong
general committee, for the establish
ment at Rome of a British school sim
ilar to that which has existed for thir
teen years at Athens. Germany .France,
Austria, and the United States already
possess institutions of the kind in
Rome, but Great Britain, almost alone
among European nations, is unrepre
sented. The need is recognized in that
city of a British denter of study and
research, offering to British students
the advantages enjoyed by members of
otter nationalities. The formation of
such a center would be welcomed by
the eonmitee of the Athens school, as
a means of enabling students to com
plete in Rome the training they have
received in Athens, though the work
done in both cities would be of a sim
ilar character. The school in Rome,
like that in Athens, would be a train
ing ground for students fresh from the
universities or other institutions, as
well as a place where more mature
students could gather, to the stimula
tion of intercourse and sympathy and
the achievement of more concerted and
continuous work.—London Echo.
A Fiw-leeifd rrc-,
A five-legged frog has come all the
way from Connecticut and taken up his
abode in the New York aquarium. He
did not hop here—even a frog with five
legs could not do that—but traveled in
a box with some wet moss to keep him
cool. When he was transferred to a
tank he uttered a graceful chirrup and
blinked his golden-rimmed eyes. At
first glance this newcomer seems to
carry his extra leg so gracefullly that
the beholder is tempted to think that
all frogs ought to have three front legs.
-Closer examination, however, shows
that the middle leg is really an excres
cence from one of the others, and is
not of much service to its proprietor.
He does not use it in swimming r
hopping, but it imparts a certain dig
nity to his aspect.—New York World.
Cheerfulness was never yet pro- \
duced by effort, which is iu itself
p&lnfm.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON 11. JANUARY 14: LUKE
2: 41-52.
Jesus Visits Jerusalem—“And Jc«Us J,».
creased In Wisdom and Stalure. and
in Favor with tiod «nti Man —
Lake 2: 52.
41‘ ' His Parents w,nt to Jerusalem ry.
! ery year.” This sbt ws n
* A Wi> u.at h:» parents
j ^r‘-' devout- Hod-fearing people They
! were very strict in performing their re
' and lls!rip ,hpir religious
privileges In, feast of the pass-over ”
| J,h;; ™os* lmPonam Of the relgious festi
i ,\f v Jews- ,h*' commemoration of
1 1 T r *J,rt.h us.a natkn 12, 13), which
a!, male Israelites were commanded to at,
, tend each year (Ex. 23: 14-17; Deut. it*
4“„ •'n,i " Ia n he was twelve years
i t* A Child of 12 was at that time in
I he *-■« as; wp;l developed physically and
intellectually as a child of 13 in our West
ern modern world.” This was the age
! a kllld tlf turning point from
: childhood, a Jewish boy became a "son
| of the law the age of responsibility,
when he was bound to keep tnc law, and
to go up to the festivals with his father,
"after the custom of t..e feast,’1 as it wasi
the custom to go. or in the customary
manner of traveling.
43. “And when they had fulfilled tho
days. The seven days of the Passover
lEx. 13.15; Deut. It,; 2) "or the custom
ary two days, for many pilgrims left after
the sacrifices were over.’1—Plumptre.
The ^ child Jesus. The word means
• boy." I'p to this point a diminutive
term has been used.—Professor Kid.lb.
"Tarried behind in Jerusalem." "The
Greek for tarried' contains an idea of
persistence and perseverance. The attrat
tion of divine things held him fast in
j sPitc of the departure of his parents."—
j int. Grit. Com. It is not at all probable
that he remained behind on purpose, hut
he was so intensely interested In tho
j teaching of the nbbis that he did not
| know when the caravan started on Us
j homeward journey. "And Joseph and ins
j mother knew not of it." This shows wnat
I perfect confidence they had in the boy.
j 1 hey willingly left him with the other
! boys of his age during the day. and took
1 it for granted that he had joined the
caravan with the rest. "The incident
constantly occurs to this day in the an
nual expedition of the pilgrims ' > bathe
in the fords of the Jordan.”—Far r.
44. "But they, supposing him -o have
been in the company.” "The comi ny that
shared the journey.”—M. R. .'incent.
“And they sought him.” ”It w s prob
ably when the caravan halted for tho
night that he was first missed. At tho
present day the women commonly start
j first, and the men follow, the 11: tie chil
| dren being with their mothers, and tho
older with either. If this was the case,
then Mary might fancy that he was with
Joseph, and Joseph that he was with
Mary (Tristram. Eastern Customs in Bi
ble Lands, p. 56).”—Int. Crit. Coin.
45. “They turned back again.” A sin
gle act. "Seeking him." A continued act
lasting all the way to the city.
46. "After three days they found him.”
■ Reckoned from the departure of the cara
van from Jerusalem: one for the journey
out. one for the return, and one for the
search in the city. "They found him iu
the temple.” Not in the temple proper,
| but in one of the porches or chambers of
| the temple area, and belonging to the
! temple. "Sitting in the midst of the doc
j tors,” or teachers, as Paul sat at the feet
j of Gamaliel. "Both hearing them.” Nolo
that hearing is placed first. He came as
a learner. "And asking them questions,"
in his desife to learn more. All this was
done naturally and modestly.
47. "Were astonished at his understand
ing.” His knowledge of the Scriptures,
his insight into their true meaning, his
penetration into the very spirit of tho
truth. His "answers" to their questions
displayed these same qualities. Out of
the mouth of babes and sucklings thou
liast perfected wisdom.
4S. 4 They were amazed.4’ They had net
dreamed of such honor to be. given to
their boy, or of such wisdom, such
thoughts in the active, obedient, modest,
perhaps reticent boy in their household.
It is often very difficult for older persons
to realize the development of those grow
ing up in their homes, till some stranger
reveals the fact to them. "And his moth
er said unto him." "Privately; she could
not rebuke after such a scene.”—Vail
Doren. "Thy father and I.** This form
of speech was required by usage. It may.
however, imply that Mary had never told
her Son of the remarkable circumstances
of his birth.—Revision Com.
49. ‘ How is it that ye sought me?" You
would naturally lino me in my father s
house. Why did you not come directly
here? Or you might be sure that I was
doing my duty. Why did you not trust
I me? "Wist.” Knew. ,4I must be about
my Father’s business.” or as R. V.. "in
my father’s house.” The noun for "house”
or "business" is not given in the Greek.
"Wist ye not that I must be about my
Father's . . . ?”
50. “And they understood net.” Did
not fully comprehend. There was a depth
of meaning they could not fathom. The
realization of what he was came grad
ually to them.
51. "Came to Na-ureth,” where he re
mained for eighteen years, "hidden years"
of growth and pre Miration, till the time
tame, at 3o years of age. to enter upon
his great mission. "And was subject un
to them.” The participle and finite verf
denote habitual, continuous subjection.n
M. R. Vincent. "His mother kept
these sayings in her heart. It was doubU
less from the treasures of her memory
that Duke obtained his knowledge of what
he has written of Jesus’ childhood.
"Kept.” "Only here and Acts 15: 29 Thu
preposition through indicates close, faith,
ful. persistent keeping, through all thi*
circumstances which might have weak
ened the impression of the events. Com
pare Gen. 3<:11. —M. R. ^ intent.
52 "Increased.” Rather, adianceil.
The word is derived from pioneers cut
ting down trees in the path of an ad
vancing army. "In wisdom and stature.
He grew* like any other child. In favor
with God and man." He grew in favor
as he grew older. He was such a young
man as God had meant all men to be.
The word favor here is the same as in
translated grace in John 1: 14. fvU of
grace and truth.” Jesus possessed "the
beauty of holiness.” He had not only
goodness, but goodness in attractive, gra
cious. lovely forms. Heavenly goodness
is attractive to all except bad men, whom
it reproves, and whose life it interferes
with.
MAN AND LIFE.
If we love only the lovable, we shall
I love very few.
We would rather say what we think
! than do what we say.
Responsibility subdues weakness*
and confirms strength.
Habits are the only chains which, in
being worn, never wear ouL
With most men the correction of a
i fault means replacing it with another.
Nothing uses up strength physical
and moral like never using them at all.
There are words that stop at the
i ears, there are silences that go to th«
| heart.
To do one's best, one must expect to
excel everybody else; vanity spurs
action.
As one grows old it is easier to sur
round onesself with old books thau
new friends.
The fortunate circumstances of our
lives are generally found at last to be
of our owm procuring.
Many men are interested in believ
ing that to excel in notning argues
aptitude for everything.
