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AN CASTER BONNET.
WKLIi worthy of s sen.
not
In tlin dainty little
litmnct
.That my wife will wenr
on lliistor
When Miu k5S to
ihurrhwlth inn;
Flowers, r Hilton, Urn
IMIlt foiitluT
llliinlln ftrttUy to
iruthrr Malio a HHm most rx
llllMtO
And a work ot art to
SCO.
A When It's time to
wrnrth nonnot
Uy the mirror Mip will ilirn It,
Anil I'll - her smile of triumph
An she, blushllur, turn to show
Mo thnt Involy Ksstr tr-ashm;
How her eyes wllhlanco with plcasurs
At my pare of nilnilratlon
Ami tho praise I Mmll bestow.
Then I'll walk beside that Ninnot,
Olanclnir, O, no proudly on It,
Up tho nlslo on KsMrr mnmlf.it
With tho ilrnrcst one on earth,
Ami I'll notlro the nttrntlon
(Whlrh I afterwards will mention)
That tho other women pny It
For It' licuuty nml it's worth.
O, nil worthy of u -minot '
In tho dainty little bonnet
That till Buster niUKt tie lildlnif
All It'it glory on a shiilf I
Hut the sweetest thliitf about It
In thouith other liunlmnds ctuulit l
That my wife, to siive my pocket,
l'Uimeil nml mailo It.ull herself,
-H. 0. DodRfl,
DAVE'S MSTKR Ml AYER.
How It Was Answorod in a Very
Unoxpeotod Wny.
AVIJ was sleeping
hi i Kiiunilly that
Tutu hated to wuko
111 III III) looked HO
prutty, too, with
his Hushed face and
yellow, curling
h it I r hut Mrs.
Hrady's wontx tif
tho night before
Htlll rung In Tom's
nam.
"I will speak to
Officer Williams to
morrow. Thoso hoys
must ho taken euro
of," sho hud hiiIiI.
To ho taken care of by a blue-coated
officer meant hut ono thing to Tom
tho ntatlon in thnt precinct anil tho
lad lintl u wholesome ti'rror ot tho law.
Tho words brought n picture of himself
and Davo dragged through tho streets
as ho hnd moro than oneii soon violators
of tho law treated. Thorn was only into
thing to bo done, they must go, and go
fttoneo taforo tho family awoke.
Tom was eight years old, Davo not
tnuoh over flvo. Tom had a hrlght face,
koen beyond Its years, and a self-reliant
air. Davo waa a remarkably pretty
child, oven with his tumbled hair and
generally uncared-for appearance. And
tl4oboy worn' literally homeless and
friendless. It was, the old story so old
thatpooplo become almost indifferent to
it drunken father, a murdered niqth
r. Yea, murdered not by a morelfully
quick pistol-shot or knife-thrust, but by
voara of want and Ill-treatment. For
tho two years since her death the chil
dren had lieen absolutely without caro
except that given by a father who was
rarely free from tho Influence of ltiUor
and by tho women who lived In tho old
tenement house and who had families
of their own to look out for.
Whesx'tho father walked off tho dook
andaadedhls worthless llfo tho boys
wore scarcely worse off. Tho neighbors
gavo thorn something to oat as they had
done before when the father was not
therm Tom, small as ho was, mani
fested a sort of paternal caro for Davo
thai sometimes touched oven tho hearts
efth dwellers of Ford's court. If ho
arned penny by an orrand the larger
part of tho red apple or tho striped
candy stick went to blue-eyed Dave.
As for Dave ho had no ono but Tom, and
his confidence In his brother's ago and
wisdom wan unbounded.
So when ho was awakened It was with
unquestioning obudlenuo that ho dressed
and loft tho bouse with Tom. No otto
was astir, for It was Sunday morning
nd the occupants of tho tenement houso
slept lato.
It was a bright Sunday, lato in April,
Kaslcr Sunday, though tho homeless
boys did not know that. Although tho
aim shone there was a chill in tho air,
and Dave soon complained of being cold.
A horse-car station offered a toniorary
shelter and the children wero unmo
lested for a long time. There was n
lunch counter In tho room, and from the
OVT IX TIIK MTIIKKTH AU.VtX.
roar cane tho appotlilng smell of coffee.
Dare's lip quivered, ho was so hungry,
but Toss comforted hltu by bidding him
wait little while. Tom was hungry,
too, but there waa a sturdy Indcpond
oe about the llttlo lad that forbade
beffgiaf . At last tbo car-starter told tho
boys to go not unkindly fur they
were so small and so quiet he could Hnd
no fault with them.
Out lato tho stroota again wont the
:bomelesa boys streets that wero tilted
with people mow on tho way to church,
naMywitb the doilro to display their
Ktittr finery; some with a sincere love
K Master who had burst tho bonds
ef tfet tosab and whoso fo' lowers wore
MSWlaal that because lie lived they, too,
&M live. The oulnes rang out an
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iJMf&
Hi
1 vL hV A- X flflaV V
Kaslor greeting! in church and chapel
(lowers sent up their lnconso to Christ
who died but rose again, And while
Kastcr anthems wero lining sung and
Kastor sermons preached tho tired,
hungry lads walked from street to
street, looking Into store windows where
tho curtains wero lifted, Tom doing his
best to Interest and utnuso weary little
Dave.
.lust as they reached a great stone
church tho worshipers wero coming
out, and tho boys, from a doorway
across the street, watched tho long lino
of richly-dressed people.
At last every ono was gone, tho llttlo
groups that lingered In the vestibule
breaking up, ono by ono, but still tho
heavy doors stood wldo open. Tho In
ner door, too, was iten, and through
tho two entrances the hoys could catch
agllmpsoof color and brightness.
"Let's go In," said Dave.
Tom hesitated, but tho doors still
Htood open, no ono was to ho seen, and
ho ventured to cross tho street and as
cend tho stops.
As tho hoy entered tho vestibule
Dave cried out In wonder nnd delight,
for through tho inner door could bo
seen a great window, rich with glowing
tints. Tho sexton was in the chaMil,
nnd there was no one to forbid tho chil
dren entrance.
Once ins'ido tho church there was so
much to seo that Tom and Davo iilto
forgot they wore uninvited guests.
They had never seen a church Interior
before. Tom had attended Sabbath
Hcheol at a mission chapel, and hud
thought the framed mottoes, tho white
washed walls and tho whee.y little or
gan very grand, hut this fairly took bis
breath away, tho Hoft, rich carpet, tho
wonderful window, tho shining pipes of
tho organ and Its glistening bunks of
keys, tho carvings of the dark wood,
and moro than all the tlowors within
thnchnnccl rail.
There wero musses of great white
lilies everywhere on altar and pulpit
and organ; Just over tho altar a largo
cross of lilies standing out with a vivid
whiteness against the dark carvings of
tho reredos, and above altar and cross
tho window that was tho pride of the
draco Church people, a window thnt
represented tho risen and ascending
Christ. The figure, exquisite and life
like, with outstretched hands and Hon
ing draperies, secerned to stand out
from tho deep u-tiro of tho background.
Tom and Davo wont ijtilto close to the
channel rail to look at tho beautiful
window.
"That Is Jesus," said Tom. "I know
it Is, 'cause It's just like tho picture the
teacher showed me. If you want any
thing you ask Jesus for It ami lie will
give It to you, Teacher said so.'
Davo opened his blue eyes wide,
"Lot's ask Him for things," he cried.
"Hut you have to pray," said Tom,
"and wo don't, know how. Tho teauher
"lKAB
JKSUS, I't.KASK SKMP
IIAf'h TO US."
MOTIIKII
used to got down on her knees and talk
to Hint, but I forget what she said."
'What did sho ask Jesus for?"
"Oh, to bo good, nnd to make us boys
good."
"Well, I know what I'm going to ask
Jesus for. I want Hint to send mother
back. You said wo had warm break
fasts and lots ot nice things before sho
wont away."
"Hut mother's dead," said Tom; "sho
can't como back."
"You said Jesus could do any thing,"
persisted D.ive.
"Yes, teacher said so," hesitatingly.
Tom seemed to be something of a skep
tic when It came to taking his teacher's
words so literally.
'Well, I'm going to pray." nnd Davo
sank on his knees at tbo chancel rail
and drew Tom down by his side, Tho
perfume ot lilies and roses was all nlsiut
them a ray of golden light fell tiHu
them-two ragged Ix.ya amid nil tho
beauty and grandeur of tho temple.
"How did teacher tioglu?" asked
Davo.
"Donr Jesus," said Tom, "and thou
sho asked Him what sho wanted."
Davo looked straight up to tho loving
face of ttio Christ ho did uot know ho
ought to ls)W his head and after a llttlo
pause he said iUlto slowly and distinct
ly as though trying to make some ono
hear who was not very near:
"iVar Jesus, please make Tom and
me good hoy and send mother tack to
us right off, 'cause wo want her so
much."
"Now say amen," prompted Tom;
"teacher always did."
"Amen," echoed Davo, and the
strangest prayer over voiced In that
house ot tied was ended. Hut did prayer
over ascend to tho great white throne
mow quickly?
"Now let's wait hero till shn cosies,"
said Dave,
'Till who comes?" asked Tom.
"Why, mother. 1 said 'right off.'
Didn't you bear mo?"
Tom was nonplussed. Ho knew what
death meant bettor than Dave, but waa
at a loss to make It clear to his brother
that bis prayorcoutd not lie answered. So
ho compromised by saying: "Wo'llstay
a llttlo while if you will bo a good boy
and go when 1 ask you to,"
Davo assented cheerfully. Ho bad
perfect faith that his prayer would U
answered and quickly, too.
Tho children did not know It, but they
could not have left tho church it they
had tried, Tho iuuer dr bad bveu
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, sM TSM-ay. . ,
swung noiselessly to by thontston, who
had not thought of looking In, then ho
had locked the outside doors tho boys
were alorfo in tho church.
Davo gavo ono more look at tbo cross
of lilies and tho Christ in tho window,
then walked up tho aisle a llttlo way
nnd went Into ono of tho pows. First ho
sat down and then ho lay down, and so
comfortable a lied did tho soft cushion
make for the tired child that ho object
ed to being disturbed when Tom sug
gested going. So Tom, who was tired,
too, sat down on n footstool and put ills
head on the cushion beside Date.
There was a rustle of skirts, a low
hum of voices. A committee of lalles,
to whom had boon assigned tho chapel
decorations for tho children's service
that afternoon, were discussing what
Mowers could best bo spared from within
the chancel.
Tom was wakened, but Davo still
slept soundly.
A v..im., In.l., .!,.. It ..... .!... ,
I ' '! mill tli IMUM I4lllilllvi I
In tho chapel came hurriedly up tin i
ulslo to Join tho group, and though Tom
shrank closer in hlHcomer, she saw him. 1
and her exclamation brought tho half
dozen ladles to her side.
Dave slept on, and a pretty picture be
made, tho gold of bis hair broug VL out
"way siioi'i.t) Tiir.v Mir in: my iiovs'.,m I
against the deep red of the jMiweushlon. j
lorn was frightened, but they worn
such kind faces be looked Into that ho
was not afraid to tell his story -and
very simply and directly he told It-
Tho young lady who had discovered
the boys had a businesslike air, and a
brisk way of Haying things that spoke
volumes for her executive ability.
"Now hero Is mission work," shn
cried, "What are wo going to do for
those Isiys'.' Homes must be found for
them. Suppose we adopt them as pro
teges of the Mission Society nnd make a
monthly assessment to pay some one to
care for them? Mow many of you will
vote to"
A slender, sweet-faced woman, drnssed
In mourning the only ono who had
Ihmwi silent--Interrupted her. Iter
voice was broken, but she tried to con- !
trol it
"Perhaps you will think mo wild,"
sho said, "but don't you see wher these
boys are? They are In my pew, where
my ix.ys used to sit I am alone In the
world; they are alone. Why should they
not bo my hoys? I come here with
empty arms, longing for the Hound of
lsiylsh voices forever hushed, and here,
Just whore they used to sit 111 the church
hallowed to me by ho many memories
where I was married, where my chil
dren were baptled I Hnd these mother
less, homeless Isiys. And on Faster
Sunday, too. It seems liken resurreo
Hon of hopes 1 had thought forever
dead. Why should I not take these Isiys,
caro for them, educate them, make them
my hoys? Does It not seem that (Sod
has sunt them to mo?"
There was silence for a moment. Then
the brisk young lady said, with a llttlo
laugh, to hide some real emotion: ''At
least, Mrs. Sanborn, It will bo a saving
lor tho missionary society.
Mrs. Sanborn passed Into tbo pnw and
bent over sleeping Dave, and as sho did
so the child ooncd bis eyes, nglad light
crept Into them and ho stretched out his
arms.
"Mother!" ho cried, "I asked Jesus to
send you back."
This Faster prayer was granted. Tom
nnd Davo won) no longer homeless, no
longer motherless, and above the cross
of snowy lilies the pictured Christ
seemed to look down In blessing utoii
them. Mrs.
F.tta F. Martin, In Hostou
tilohc.
CHICAGO'S WATER SUPPLY.
II llrliiK to Unlit Many W.trrmly Mail
AiiIiiihI Curlixltlr.
Kvery once in awhile and sometimes
twice In awhile we see stories In the
local papers unont the reptilian speci
mens that make their Chicago debuts
thriiuifh tin, fiktioittu nf tin, ilwultliitr nf
the elite. It Is with no Idea of comiH.it-
l. ,fl,ll !... ..Ml. .......lull... .111.. ..........
u-ltli Dm nl.r,,i'Uliii, .11 lv ..I-.W.I
...M ! n. Mti-i.ii-tiiN J,l,,,lii ...!.. I..., .11....,
that wo submit the appended anecdotes
gamen'd by our reporters In the course
garnond oy our reporte
ot their vigils In the cause of good
government and pun water.
Daisy Maglnty, a wash-Jady In tho
residence of lVtlphar IVrkohop, ot Ash
land avenue, nvontly drew a tub of
water from tbo faucet In the kitchen,
when what was her aatonlslimcut to
11 nd in tho water a half-grown sixs'lmen
of the behemoth of Holy Writ lUrnutu
has put In a bid tor it
Hobo I'umpornlckot, a French nursery
nubl In tho family ot Mrs. Ohrlon, ot
ObAon Villa, Lincoln Park, North,
while giving little llaoul Ohrlon his
morning bath ono day this week was
surprised to And issuing from the faucet
a lka-constrlctor as Urge as full,
grown bologna sausage. Tho reptile
was In excellent health and very Intel
ligent Suwly something should bo
done to prevent tvspoctabln people In
Chicago from Imbibing loa-ooiutrlctori
In their drlukltiff water.
A full-grown Ichthyosaurus was drawn
from tho hydrant In Hon, 0. WhllH
ken's house last wok. It haslston sent
to Mayor Crogler with a letter ot Intro
duction. Miss i'etlte Muldoon found a plnentx
and a unicorn In a pitcher ot 6rlnVin;
water yesterday. Turn the raal out!
Aaivrlca,
THE DEAD LION.
Dr. Talmrvgo Proiichos From
Utiusunl Toxt.
an
Tilt Itihlii it Strange Hut Entirely Conilit-
lit Hook-llie U'nrlil I'ull r lrad
Mom .tiillfntliin f tlicTeit
tn Worldly Arrslr.
Tho stibjoct of a lato sermon at llrook
lyn by llev. T. DuWltt Talmagn was
"A Dead I, Ion," nnd his text, Kccles. lx.
4: "A living dog is better than a dead
lion." I'olloivlng Is the sermon:
Tho llililo Is tho strangest, tho lov
licHt, the mightiest, tho weirdest, tho
best of books. Written by Moses tbo
lawyer, .fosbtia tho soldier, Samuel tho
Judge, Kzra tho builder, dob tbo poet,
D.iv.d the shepherd, Daniel tho prime
milliliter, Amos tbo herdsman, Mathew
the custom house olllcer. f.uke the dem
T It.. ..I i t at . i
."ir, i inn uiu senoiar, .KMitl mo exile;
, ,
n,,.,l1 X11 w"P'" .l,ar.V",.ny ,r'.".n U'.u
""""" p oi u,o jiime, wnie.ii is
1''" '-vxll, 8, ImiUi ayn to tho upper
mm iimur iiu, .inn iiiesiioriesi passage,
which is .lohii xl. :!., to tho longest
voi mi, which is Ksther, vlll, V, and yet
not tttt Imperfection in all the 773,iwr!
words which Ills composed of. It not
only reaches over the past but over tho
future; has In it a ferry boat as In Sam
uel II, ami a telegraphic wire as in .lob;
and a railroad train, as in Nudum; and
luttoduees to us a fouudr.vman by tho
name of Tubal Cain, and a shipbuilder
by the name of Noah, and an architect
by the name of Almli.il, and tolls us
I how many stables Solomon had to take
care of his horses, and bow ho paid for
I tho.e horses. Hut few things In this
, versatile ami comprehensive book In
terests mo so much as Its apothegms,
those short, tcr.se, .sententious, eiili'iam-
I math hayings, of ivhlch my tott Is one.
"A living dog Isbetter than adead Hon."
Mete the lion stands for nobility and
the dog for meanness. You must know
that tho dog mentioned In tho text Is
not ono of our American, or Kuropeau
j or Scottish dogs, that in our mind is a
synonym for the beautiful, the graceful,
! tin. .if...ii,... ... t... j i ....I ,i...
I ... . . i..ihi-, bit; n.iai-iiiii', miu tun
true. The St. Ileruard doir Is a hero.
firnl If viiii ilmilit It -tub iliiiiniii..diif it...
Alps, out ot which he picked the ex-
h.uisted traveler. Tho shepherd il
plicnl ilog Ik
a poem, and if you doubtilasU the high
lands of Scotland. The Arctic dog Is
the rcicue of explorers, and If yon doubt
It ask Dr. Kane's expedition. Tho watch
dog Is a living protection, and If you
doubt It ask ten thousand homesteads
over whose safety he Matched last night.
Hut Solomon, the author of my text,
lived In .leiuNaleui. and the dog ho
seaksof in the toxt was ;t dog In ,1c.
rusaletn. Last Deeeuiher I p.issrd days
and nights wit Mil a stone's throw of
where Solomon wrote his tott, and from
what I saw of the canines of Jerusalem
by day and beard of them by night I
can iiuderxtand the slight appreciation
my text puts upon tho dog of Palestine.
It Is lean and snarly and disgusting, and
billeted with parasltes.and takes revenge
on the human race by filling tho nights
with clamor. All up and down tbo
Hlhle, tho most of hich was wrlttnn In
I'ulotlun or Syria, or contiguous lands
tho dog Is used In coutompiiious com
parison. Ilaxaol said: "Is thy servant a
deg that ho should do this thing?" In
self-ubiiegatloii tho Syro-I'hicnlclan
woman said, "ilveu the dogs eat of tho
crumbs which fall from the master's
table." I'miiI snys, In I'hlllpplans: "Do
ware of dogs," and St John, speaking
of Heaton, saya: "Without are dogs."
On the other hand the lion Is healthy,
stong and loud voiced, and at Its roir
tho forests echo and tho mountains
tremble. It Is marvelous for strength
and when Its hide is removed tho mus
cular compactness Is something wonder
ful and tho knife of the dissector hounds
bank from tho tendons. Ily tho clearing
(iff of the forest of Palestine and the uhii
of lire-arms, of which the lion is particu
larly afraid, they have disappeared from
places where once they ranged, but they
were very liohl in olden times. They
attacked an army of Neixos while
marching through Macedonia. They
were no numerous that 1,000 lions wero
slain In forty years In tho amphitheater
of Home.
"As most of tbo Hlhle was written In
regions Hon haunted, this creature ap
pears In almost all puts nf the lliblo as
n simile. David nndersimul it habits
of night pmwliiig and day slumbering.
j as Is seen from his description. "The
young Honi roar after their prey and
tcck their meat from liml The sun
atUeth, they gather them.iUes togeth
er, and lay them down in their dens,"
And. again he cries out; "My soul Is
among lions," .Moses knew them ami
said: ".lud.ib Is couched like a lion."
Samson knew them, for he took honey
from tho carcass ot a slain Hen. Solo
mon knew them and says: "The Klnir's
wrath Is as the roar of a lion," and
I "K1'1"
The slothful nun sivs, 'there
,H '
Hon In the way.'" Kilah know
i "" ,'",, ""' '" ' " "'"'". "i
,,m ""?u "',t M,nv' l",, r.fUo
The
I
knew them, and mvs: "Tho third was
as the face of a lion " Caul knew- them,
ami says' "I was delUered out of the
mouth of tho lion." Tutor know them
and says: "Tho dell as a roaring Hon
walketh about" St. John knew them,
and says ot Christ: "Heboid th I. Ion of
the trlhr ot Judah!"
Now, what does my text mean hen it
puts a living dog and dead lion side by
side and says the former Is hotter than
tho latter? It means that small facul
ties actUely used arwof more value than
great faculties unemployed. How ofton
you seo It! Some man of limited capac
ity vastly useful. He take that which
tied tins ghen him and .): "My men
tal undowmoot Is not largo and tho world
would not i ato mo high for my Intelli
gence, and my vocabulary Is limited,
and my education was defective, but
hero goes w hat I have for tied and salva
tion and the making of tho world god
and happy " Ho puts a wool hero
and a word there, oncvurago.-, a faint
hearted nun, gktes a Scripture ssag
In cotitoUlion to some bereft woman,
picks up a child fallen In tho street and
helps him brush off the dust and puts a
tlvo-vont piece in hi band, telling him
not to cry, so that the Uy is sieging U)
fore ho gels around tho corner; waiting
ouovcrybv4y that ha a letter to carry
or a mcss.igo to deliver; comes Into a
rail train, or stage coach, or depot, or
shop with a smiling face that sets every
body to thinking. "If that man can. with
what appear small euuliniientln life, be
happy, why can not I, K.ejsus!ng far!
morn than ho has, bo equally happy?" '
Ono day of that kind of doing thin
may not amount to much, but forty
years or thal-no ono but tJod Himself
can appreciate Its Immensity.
There are tens of thousands of such
people. Their circle of acquaintances
Is small. Tbo man Is known over at tho
store. Hols clerk or weigher or dray
man and ho is known ntnung thoso who
sit near him clear back in the church
under tho gal lories, and at tho furry
gates where bo comes In knocking tho
snow fiom his shoes and threshing his
arms about bis body to rovlu circulation
on .some January morning. Hut if he
should die to-morrow thero would not be
a hundred ieople who would know
about It He will never have bH name
In tho nowspajs-rs but onco and thai
will be the announcement of his death,
if bourn ono will pay for tho Insertion,
so much a lino for tho two lines. iut
ho will come up gloriously en the other
side, and tho (lod who bus watched him
all through will give him a higher seat
and a better mansion and a grander
eternity than many a man who had on
earth, before his name tho word Honor
able und after his name I.I D. and F.
It. S. Christ said, In f.uku vl. that In
Heaven some who hud If hard hero
would laugh theio. And I think a laugh
ofdollght and congratulation will run
around tho heaenly elrclo when this
hiiinhlu one of whom I .spoke shall go
up and take tho precedence of many
Christians who in this woild fell them
selves to ho oi ti'J per cent, inuto Im
portance. The simple fact Is that tho world has
been and the world is now full of dead
lions. Timy arnpeoploof greatcapaclty
and largo opportunity, doing nothing
for the Improvement ot society, nothing
for tho overthrow of evil, nothing for
tho salvation ot soul'i. '1'hny have ac
cumulated so many hundieds of thou
sands of dollars that you can feel ihelr
tread when they walk through any
street or tome into any circle. Thoy
can by ono llnanclal move upset the
money market Instead of the ten per
cent oi their income, whlih the Hlhle
lays down as tho proper proportion of
their contribution to tho cause of t led,
thoy do not give flvo per cent, or three
percent, or two per cent, or ono per
cent, or a half per cent, or a quarter
percent Thnt they are lions no ono
doubts. When they roir Wall stieet.
State .street, Lombard street and the
houiso tremble. In a few years they
will Ho down and die. They will li.iv'o
a great funeral, and a long row of lino
carriage, and mightiest requiems will
toll fiom the oian, and polished shaft
of Aheideen granite will indicate where
their dust Hun, but for alt Use to the
world that man might as well hav
never lived.
Hut I thank Cod that we are having
Just now an outburst of splendid heuell
conn; that Is to luciease until the earth
Is girdled with it It Is spreading with
the speed of an epidemic, but with Just
tho opposite elTeut ot an epidemic. Do
you not notice how wealthy men are
opmlng fieo libraries, ami building
churches In tholr native villain's? Have
you not noon bowmen of large moans.
Instead ot leaving great philanthropies
In their wills for disappointed heirs to
quarrel about and the orphan courts to
swamp, are becoming their own on-cu-tors
and administrators?
After putting aside enough for their
own families (for "he that provldeth
not for his own, and especially those of
his own household. Is worse than an In
lldel"), they aro saying: "What can I
do, not after I am dead, but while liv
ing, and In full possession of my facul
ties, to priqsirly direct the building of
llio cb il rc.lp's, or tho hospitals, or the
colleges, or tho libraries that 1 design
for the public welfare, and while yet I
have full capacity to enjoy the satisfac
tion of seeing the good accomplished?"
Thero are had fashions und gtssl
fashions, and, whether good or bad,
fashions srn mighty. One of I ho
good fashions now starting will sweep
tho earth tho fashion for wealthy men
to distribute, while yet alive, their sur
plus accumulation. It Is being IioIm.1
by the fact lb t so many largo estates
have, Immediately after the testator's
death, gone into ligllatlou. Attorneys
with large fees aro employed on Isith
shies, and the c.iso goes on month after
mouth, and year after y.tr, and .iller
one court decides. It ascends t, auolhoi
court and Is decided In the opisistto di
rection, met then new evidence is found,
and the trials are all repe.tlisl. The
children, who at the father's funeral
seemed to have an uin'oiitrollahlo grief,
aflor the will Is read go Into olalsrato
process to prove that tho father was
cray. and therefore Incompetent to
make a will; and there aro men on the
Jury who think that the fact that the
testator gavo so much of his money to
tho Hlhle society, and the missionary
society, or tho opening of a (tee library
U proof positive that he was Insane, and
that ho knew not what ho wa signing
when he kiihscribed to the words. "In
tho name of (list, amen I. being of
sound mind, do make this my last will
and testament"
A rsiir Scotch lad came to America at
twelve years of ag and wont to Pitts
burgh. Ho looked around for work and
became an engineer In a cellar, then
o to Is'como a telegraph mseiigcr
(toy, then roso to a position lo a railroad
office, then rose to a plac In a telegraph
orhVo, then rose to Ih superintendent of
a railroad, then ros till ho Uvm an
Iron and steel manufacturer, then to,
until ho opened freo libraries In Mi na
tive land and last month a free library
In Allegheny City and now offers SJ.iVsV
000 for a frvo library Its Pittsburgh.
This example will ho catching until the
osrth Is rovolutlonucit How ma'jvsili;
such men In comparlvui with some I
wet of, who amuse wealth and clutch
ll with both bands until death begins
to fKl for their heart strings and then
thoy dictate to an attorney a Ut will
and testament in which they spit sum
daughter btvaits she married agitnst
her tvlher' wWa and fling a few crusts
to ti.vi and suffering humanity, a much
as to ay: "1 Lite kept tbli icrplm
property, through all these severe win
tors and all through these long year
from a needy and sutfering world and
would keep It longer It I could, but I
must give It up, tako It and much good
may It do you!" Now wo begin to un
derstand the text: "Hotter is a llvlnj
dog than a dead lion."
Who vSfjuid attempt to write the
obituary of the dead lions of commerce,
the dead lions of law, the dead lions of
medicine, tho dead lions of social In
licence? Vast capacity had they, and
mighty range, and other men in their
presence were as powerless as the ante
lope or heifer or giraffe when from tho
Jungle a Numldlau lion springs upon ita
prey. Hut they get through with life.
They lay down In tholr magnificent
lair They have made their last sharp
bargain. They have spoken their last
hard word. Thoy have committed their
last mean net When a tawny Inhabi
tant of the desert rolls over helpless,
the lioness and wbolps till tho air with
shrieks nnd howl'i and lash themselves)
Into lamentation, and It is a genuiuo
grief for tho poor things. Hut when
thh dead lion ot monstrous tiselessness
expires thero is nothing hut dramatized
Wei', for "Hotter is a living dog than a
dead lion."
My te.i also moans thnt an opisir
tunity of the llvltu' present Is bettor
than a great opportunity passed. W
spend much of our time In saying: "If I
only had." We can nil look buck and
see some occasion where wo might havn
elicited an Important rescue, or ws
might have dealt n stroke that would
havo accomplished a vast result
Through stupidity or lack of apprecia
tion ot the crisis, or through procrasti
nation, we let the chance go by. How
much time wo have wasted in thinking
of what we might have said or might
have done? Wo spend hours and days
and years In walking around that dead
lion. We can not tosuseltato It
Tho most useiess and painful feeling
Is tho one of regret. Itfjx'iitof losl op
portunities we must and gel pardon wn
may, but regrels wiakeu, dishearten
and cripple for future work. Take what
Von have of opsirttinlty left Do your
host of Vili.it reui.Mis. Your shortest
winter ilnv is worth moro to you than
can ho the longest day of a previous
summer. Your opportunity now, as
compand with previous opportunities,
may ho small a a rat t"rrler compared
wltli the lion which atM.i'ahosa, fatally
wounded by Die gnu of David Living
stone. In Its death agony leaped upon
tho missionary luploioruud with its
Jiws i-rushed the hoim of his arm to
splinter- and then lolled over ami ex
pired, but "Hotter Is a living dog than a
dead Hon "
My toxt ato means thatthe condition
of tho moil tvtoichfd man ullve Is bet
tor than the most favored sinner de
parted. Tho ch.iuco of these last is
gone. Whom they aro they can not
make any earthly assots available. Af
ter Charlcinagiin was dead he was set in
an ornamented sepulcher on a golden
throne, and a ctowu was put on his cold
brow and a scepter In his stiff hand, but
that gave him no dominion lit the next
world. One of tho most intensely In
tcroi.tlng things I saw last winter in
Kgyptwas Pharaoh of ohliili limes, the
very 1,'bar.iob v ho oppressed the Israel
ites. The ins.ii Iptlon on his sarcopha
gus, and ihi writing on his mummy--haudages.
proved Ix.yond controversrjr
that ho was the Pharaoh of Hlblo times.
All the Fgyptologists and the explora
tions agree thai ll in the old coundrel
himself. YUlbln aro tho very teeth with
which he gnashed against the fsruoli tlsta
brick maker Thero are the sock
ets of tlin merciless eyes with
which ho looked upon the overburdened)
people of i.'isl There Is tho hair that
floated in th breero off the Ibsl sea.
There are the very lips with which ha
commanded them to makii bricks with
out straw. Thousands of years after
ward, when tho wrappings of the mum
my wero unrolled, old Pharaoh lifted
iii bis arm as If in Implication, but his
skinny bones can not again clutch his
shattered scepter. Ho is adead lion.
What a thing to congratulate you on
Is your life! Why, It is worth mora
than all the gems of tho universe
kindled into one predion stone. I
am alive! What does that mean?
Why. It means that I still have all
oppoitunlly of being saved myself
and helping others to l.e saved. To
he alive! Why. It means that I hav
yet another chance to correct my past
mistakes und make sure work for
Heaven
What encouragement in the text for
all Christian workers' Despair of no
linn's silvatioii. Willie thorn Is Ufa
thero U hopo (Jo forth and save the
lost and remember however deprave,!,
however nigged, however filthy and un
done a child U, or man In or a woman
Is, they aro worth an effort. I would
rather hive their opportunity than any
that will ever he given to those who
lived ill tu.vgiillltfiii sin mid splendid
unrighteousness and then wrapt,-d their
gorgeous tajx'stry around them and
without a prayer expired. "Hotter Is m
living dog Ih.in a dead Hon."
In lb- great day It will lm found that
tho last shall tm lirt There are to th
grogshops and In the haunts of Iniquity
to-slay thoso nhu will yet ! nxstels o
holiness and preach Christ to the peopl.
In yonder group nf youngmen whocaius)
hfiro with no useful purpose, tbcm ia
one who will yet tlve for Christ and prr
hspsdle for Him. Myhoaror. give noons
up. Thocasomay totrn doprrat, but tb
grac of Ibsl likes to undertake a dea.1
lift I proclaim It this day to all thejs'o
plo Iroo grace" Living and dying, Isi that
my llirmii fnsa graco! Sound it acmnS)
thf continent ound It across thu c
froo grace! Spell out lho wonls In
ilowssr. Hft them In arch, build thi-n.
In thrones, roll them In oratorios- trcu
graert That will jrt Kdrnlto tbo Mh
and people Heaven with 'n.ttorn rv
distftnisl, Froo grcv.
Mtvatfnnl l, th roylnl onad,
ft p!ruf In our ,-t.
AOVrri-lM lv,tu rnrYm Wiw4,
, i-todi.l f, i.ur rt.
Purlr.1 Is sorrow sn.l In sis
l l)h' itirk rtossc I.T,
It"! ,e ru. t,j r' ,Ttr,
lo.sr h-rny ttsy.
The 1'ntusl Stat..!, Uls-H. lis fit,
tho Argentine Republic, Oustem.U six!
piln put dt- on iss.k. Kvcryol
a-ttc-a Juilu trcas free
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