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FAMILIES FEIUSIT.
"Sad Drowning of Twolvo Poraona
By tho Floods.
Throe-rsVirthi of l'etnUrot County, Mo.,
Coder Water-Much HiKTcrliijj In Arkansas-Iron
Mounliiln Train
Abandoned.
prim,, Tcnn., May 25, Throe-
l Of (Pemiscot countj, Ma, is now
Master and assistance In urgently
1st several points on thoArknn-
r, 'jThrco famulus havo been
iM follows: wnsii 1i1t.11, who
r'chlldrcn: Joseph Mnllory,
tsuftWo children; Samuel Mooro
Vcownrjfi who nnii unuguicr.
It is estimated Hint 1100 horses nnd
9,000 head of cnttlo have boon drowned
and thnt 700,000 ticro of cultivated
K frm8 arc under water between Mem-
f.? phis and Cairo.
i'i According to Cnpt Howard, of tho
U WWlfflfWnrrtCihcro are 2:15,000 nercs of
b wheat destroyed, !!00,000 acres of corn
rttihcdhhd inenrly 200 aeros of cotton
lniitiHn
1S1 wnra" continue to rise nnd in
two days more it is expected that 1,000,
000 acres of cultivated ground will bo
flooded. The Arkansas bottoms nro all
under water and tho number of lives
lost and property destroyed cannot bo
'estimated lx-ciui.su no boats liuvu gone
into tho Hooded districts.
Memphis, Tcnn., May 25. Tho fol
lowing telegram from (Jov. Englo, of
Arkansas, was received by Secretary
Nat Graves, of tho Merchants' exchange:
"Great distress in overllowed districts
in Arkansas. Citizens of Llttlo Rock
and Pino RlulT doing all they can to re
lieve suffering and to save life, but can
not meet all demands. Will Memphis
at oneo send relief In way of supplies
for n few days to tho lower Arkansas
river and along tho Mississippi. Com
municate with II. L. Henry, Arkansas
City, andW. M. Wutklns, lied Fork,
Ark."
Aiikanras Citv, Ark., May 2."). This
ity is completely under water. All
tho stores aro Hooded out nnd tho tops
-of houses nro visible only on tho back
streets. All trains on tho Iron Mount
ain have been nkindoned on account of
tho bad condition of tho bridge over
Boggy bayou. All Irou Mountain cars
havo iK'cn removed from tho yards ut
this city.
SritiNariKM), III., May 2.1. Oov. Flfcr
returned Monday, night from tho flood
cd districts, leaving Adjutant General
Reese ut Shlpmnn to superintend the
'distribution of supplies, nnd last even
ing ho issued a proclamation calling for
contributions.
NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS.
iReport or the Hthmllnir Commltteo mi
If ouia' Mission.
' TonTX.ANi), Ore., May 23. To-day nf
tcr devotional exercises led by Dr.
Richmond, of Louisville, nnd tho read
lug of tho minutes, tho report of tho
standing committee on homo missions
was read by Dr. McPherson, of Chicago.
It gave an account of tho work of the
.year as conducted by tho board ol
home missions and of tho support given
by tho church, whllo tho uceds wero set
forth very strongly.
Tho board began tho year with a debt
of nearly 9100,000. One million dollars
was asked fr last .year nnd contribu
tions reached 970,000 of that amount, of
which over WIO.OOO were available.
'Tho present debt is 907,000. Thq
Immense immigration had given for
clgn work to 'do at homo. Tho report
.gives an account of tho work in
-various states-conducted by 1,470 mis
sionaries in churches with a member
ship of 88,500 and a school attendance
f of 141,000. The states having tho most
homo missionaries are: Now York, 140;
Kansas, 112; Iowa, 103; Minnesota, 81;
; .California, 83$Ulinols, 81; Nebraska,
0t Michigan, t"4j tho Dakotus, 112.
Taking- a'Hsuit In I'olltlc.
Syracuse, N. Y May 25. A soldiers'
movement has been started hero which
may have an .important influence on
the politics of tho state. Tho plan is to
organizo veterau leagues till ovor tho
state, and give thorn a distinctively po
litical character, local as well as gen
eral. Grand Army posts, us such, havo
nothing to do with politics, and tho
veterans, it in stated, aro not satisfied.
The new idea was llrst broached hero
during last week and met tho hearty
approval of men high 'in rank nmotrg
the veterans, some of them being mem
bers of Commander T. L. Poole's stall,
uwho were in tho city recently.
Southern I'resbyterlsns.
Hot Srmxas, Ark., May 25. In tho
-general assembly this morning tho
standing committee on education
(recommended that 930,000 bo
i raised, proportioned among tho vnri-
ous presbyteries, for tho education of
csnulasVisTor tho ministry. Rev. J. A.
JPrcston, V)fAlubuina, offered an amend-
ientj&af tyhen u candidate applied for
ttfsYit should bo shown to bo lndlspeus-
ablo for tho prosecution of his studies.
ft0 8,7 L Neil, of Kansas City,
sposiiat some leugth in fuvo of tho
amepmen
To Klect Senator by Popular Vote.
WAMiwaTON, May 25. Mr. Mitchell,
kTrom'ihe oommlttco on privileges nnd
elections, has reported to tho senate a
joint Resolution proposing a eonstitu
tutlgnal amendment providing for tho
electkbni( pelted States senators by
popular vote. Ho said that tho mem
bers p tneYomtoUteo would bo divided
ou the subject and would mako sopa
jJW.tc reports, Tho joint resolution was
micedon tho calendar.
Antc-llollum Senators at tho Capital.
IVabihnoton, May 25. Two dlstln
frutshed ex-senators of anto-bollum
times wero in tho scnato chamber yes
terday. Ono of them was Mr. Cling
man, of North Carolina, and tho other
JWVk Vm penes, of Iowa, tho same for
fwwH&ttib senate last week nnd tho
Biouse yesterday passed a pension bill
iior services in tho war of 1814 and in
4fcUKMlaok Hawk wur. Mr. Jones
ehattad -ior some time with Mr. Slier
.man 'and Mr. Palmer, and afterward),
occupied Mr. Hill's sent, whoro ho
IIW " ftasicd hlmbulfin writing. Mr. Cling.
J,JW,,PW,i'!COBV0r8at,0M waa principally
,$ jgETtk Mr, BUn'fortL
SATISFACTORY SHOWINQ.
Great Incrrmo nf Merchandise Eiports
From tlm United States.
Wasiunoto.v, May 27. Dnrlng tho
twelve months ended April r.0, 181W, tho
exports of inerelmndlso from tho United
States attained the remarkable and un
precedented vnluo of 91,011,505,270, far
surpassing tho aggregate vnluo of ex
ports in uny prior twelve months in tho
history of American commerce.
Tho Immense Increase will bo better
appreciated when compared with tho
value of exports of corresponding prior
periods.
For twelve months ended April HO,
1801, 9870,!!01,0I7; for twelve months
ended April 30, 1800, 9347,001,250; for
twelve months ended April 30, 1830,
973,091,725; for twelve months ended
April 30, 1883, 9005, 13 1,727; for twolvo
months ended April 30, 18S7, 9734,000,
031; for twelve months ended April 30,
ISSil, $007,011,808, or an average of 9750,
701,000. It will bo observed that tho vnluo of
tho exports of merchandise for tho Inst
twolvo mouths exceeded tho average
value of the exports of merchandise for
tho six preceding years by tho largo
sum of 9251,803,370.
Tho vnluo of tho Imports during tho
twelve months ended April 30, 1802, was
9332,003,705, nnd ns follows during tho
corresponding periods: During twelve
ended April 30, 1801, 1845,033,330; dur
ing twolvo months ended April 30, 1800,
9773,081,400; during twolvo months end
ed April SO, 18S0, 9788,500,533; during
twelve months ended April 30, 1888,
9720,452,241; during twelve months end
ed April 80, 1887, 9170,505,430; during
twelve months ended April 30, 1880,
9023,340,000, or tin average vnluo
of 9730,102,171 during tho six prior
periods. It appears there was an cx
cessof imports tlurlngthu twelve months
ended April 30, 1802, over tho average
for tho six prior periods of 9101,000,504.
By comparing exports of merchandise
with imports for thu twelve months
ended April 30, 1802, it will bo soon
thero is tho largo excess of exports or
bahinco of trado in favor of tho United
States of 9170,400,514.
Tho increase of exports of tho United
btatcs during tho twolvo months end
ed April 30, 1802, was 15.02 per cent.
It is learned from British authorities
that thero was a decreaso In ltrltlsh ex
ports during tho enlendnr year 1801 of
0.0 per cent It Is quite apparent nt
this time from financial report re
ceived from abroad thut of thu leading
nations in thu world prosperity exists
alone in thu United States.
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
A National Convention Deliberating at
Washington.
Washington, May 27. In response to
a call issued April 23, 1802, by tho na
tional silver commltteo for a national
convention of "all who earnestly favor
tho Immediate restoration of freo bi
metallic colnugo In the United States,"
about 200 delegates had assembled nt
noon yesterday in Concordia hall and
wero called to order by Gen. A. .1. War
ner, chairman of tho natlonul commit
tee. In taking tho chair Gen. Warner
stated tho objects sought to bo obtained
by calling together tho silver men of
tho country.
After recess tho following ofllcers
wero elected: Permanent chairman,
Gen. A. .7. Warner, of Ohio; vlco presi
dents, Messrs. Hotter, of Iowa; Shlnn,
of Kansas; Streotor, of Illinois; A. II.
Ewing, of Missouri; Nixon, of Nevada;
Charles Slmms, of Colorado, and Will-
, inm Oliver, of North Carolina; Beore-
. turles, Leo Crandull, of Washington; E.
j I). Stark, of Ohio, and Henry Jones, of
I Georgia.
Addresses wero roado by cx-Repro-sentntlvo
McGlnnls, of Montana; Repre
sentatives llryan, of Nebraska, and llar
tlne, of Nevada, and Senator Stewart.
The latter began by Baying that
about two hours before tho senate, by n
majority of eight, had agreed to take up
ana utscussn plum, simplo bill providing
for freo and unlimited coinage of silver
(cheers. "And," continued tho sena
tor, "we will press it to a vote. In tho
light yostorday we tost some of our
soldiers; somo of them deserted, but wo
will see who aro our friends and who
are our enemies, and if wo can wo will
sond it to tho president nnd
compel him to signify to the people of
this country whether lie is in sympathy
with tho gold trust or whether ho is
witling to sign a bill for tho emancipa
tion of tho whole American people."
Tho senator opposed tho proposed inter
national monetary conference.
Committees on resolutions, finance
nnd organization of a blmctallta league
wero uppolnted.
Among tho members of the latter
commltteo nro Senator Sanders, Repre
sentatives Sweet, of Idaho; Tillman, of
South Carolina, and E. C Newlnnds, of
Nevada.
A Hanker Kllloil.
Lincoln, Nob., May 37. C.E. Mont
gomery, presldont of tho German Na
tional bank of this city nnd a wealthy
real estate owner, was shot and killed
ut 7:30 o'clock yestorday morning just as
lie omerged from the breakfast room of
the Hotel Lincoln by his former part
ner in business here, at present a mem
ber of the Utah legislature, William If.
Irvlno, who claimed to havo proof posl
tlvo that Montgomery had wronged him
through his wife.
Tho assailant fired twice, both balls
entering his loft breast and penetrating
tho heart Ho stnggorod forward a
dozen paces with his loft hand over his
heart and fell dead without uttering a
word, j
MUilsnlppt'a t'oimtttatlnn.
Jackson, Miss., May 27. Tho famous
understanding clauso of the new con
stitution, to which so many peoplo ob
jected ou tho ground that it opened tho
door for much fraud, is now being
tested in this state for tho first time.
In order to register a person must bo
uble to read any section of tho constitu
tion, understand it when read to them
or giyo a reasonable interpretation
thereof. Tho register shows that only
about ono negro in every ten is ablo to
comply with the provisions, aud .con
sequently, is disqualified. Tho more
ignorant of the white population uro la
tho same category.
MORE OF THE FLOOD3.tr r
DlntremtlnK Ne from
Thirty I.lrrn t.ait nnd
ArkaniuMt-d;er
'Ton Ttieuiaatf
rrrmilH nrntltntr..
Mrmimiis, Tcnn., May 20. Reports
from tho lowlands on tho Arkansas, St
Francis and White rivers, estimate thai
at least 10,000 people have been ren
dered homeless by tho floods and thirty
two lives havo beon lost in tho Arkan
sas bottoms, while several nogrocs nnd
Indians lmvo been drowned near Mari
an no.
Tho river is still falling at Llttlo
Itoefc, but tho distress on tho lowor. Ar
kansas continues. Tho steamer Fannlo
Adams nrrlved yesterday, afternoon
from Pino Illuff nnd left last night with
enough provisions to feed 100 persons
for thrco days. Tho governor of Ar
kansas has called on Memphis to assist
in relieving tho suffering In the bottoms
adjoining Llttlo Itoek.
Tho steamer Friendly roturncd to
Shrcveport yesterda3 morning frrtm
Dooly bayou. A large number of peo
plo submerged wero relieved nnd hun
dreds of head of stock saved 'The
Nicholson break, which occurred yes
terday, is 200 yards wide nt Nicholson
bayou nnd many residences havo boon
swept nwuy by tho flood. A crovasso
occurred yesterday in tho Ilcrndon
plnco.
AtTcxnrkann, Ark., hundreds of ne
gro families, tenants along tho river,
uro homeless and without food, camped
on tho edges of tho hills to which they
were driven by tho floods. A relief ex
pedition went out from thnt place yes
terday and provisioned 100 families.
Arkansas City, Ark., Is completely
under water, nil the stores being flood
ed nnd the tops of houses alone vlslblo
on tho back streets. Trains have been
abandoned for nn Indefinite time.
Ilayou Macon, Miss'., has overflowed
nnd caused u heavy ioss to planters.
Iloeuf nnd Tensas rivers are rising fast,
over four feet In twenty-four hours, and
Tensas parish is being heavily flooded
Dkh Moinks, In., May 20. Gov. Doles
has issued a proclamation calling for
relief for tho flood sufferers of
Sioux City. Tho proclamation states
that tlie calamity greatly exceeds tho
early estimates. The number of fam
ilies homeless is placed nt 1,000 and tho
number of destitute of nil ages fully
5,000. The number of dwellings washed
uway ift given as 107 nnd 700 more wero
rendered untenantable.
ANNA,IU.,May 20. Tho overflow from
the Mississippi, which lias Inundated
tho lowlands of this county, has reached
its height, und tho water Is now begin
ning to recede. Tho flood exceeds thnt
of 1883. Union county has a river front
ngo of twenty miles. Within this ter
ritory, extending along tho river und
three mjles back, it is estimated that
15,000 acres nro now under wnter. Of
this 10,000 nercs wero planted in wheat
nnd corn which promised u magnificent
yield, but which is now a total loss.
Great damage lias also been done to
fences, buildings, etc. Conservative es
timates place tho total loss in Union
county ut 9150,000.
Ono hundred families about tho town
of Wheatland nro utterly destitute, tho
floods having totally ruined tho crops,
drowned their stock nud washed them
out of their dwellings.
KANSAS CROPS.
No Great Dainnuo Ily Itnlnt Wheat Tlclc
Inn Up.
Kansas Citv, Mo., May 20. Very
full reports from tho grent grain grow
ing areas of Kansas show that the con
tinued rains have not done great dnm
ugo to tho crops. Tho western half of
Kansas, Indeed, has not received exces
sive rains nor has tho temperaturo in
that part of tho state been ns deilclent
ns in other parts of tho country. From
Hutchinson westward tho peoplo nro
positively enthusiastic over tho pros
peets for wheat, nud from Hutchinson
south thero is hardly a complaint re
garding the corn crop.
Ofnerally speaking, the whnt prospects
bitvu not bven materially Impaired la thu great
ccutr.il region whore wheat la tno most impor
tant crop. In tho north nnd east parts of tho
Btalo thero ia somo oomplalnt of thin anil sick
Iv plants. Tho Rront majority of opinion anion?
those mnit coraxtont to judgo Is that thoro Is
a very goou chanco for Kansas to raise moro
than W,000,OW bushels of wheat thlt year,
nnd no UUollhooU nt nil that tho crop
will fall below 40,000.000 bushols. Farm
ers nro very b'my In tho fields ovcrywhero
planting corn. Tuov havo had threodaysof
lino weather. It Is cloar throughout the stnto
to-day. It the good weather continues until
tho mlddlo of next week, a full acreage will
havo been sown by that tlmo. Tno planting Is
practically finished In tho southorn half of tho
state now. It Is halt done In tho northorn
halt, though thero nro somo counties In which
not mora than n third of thu fields nro sown.
Hut with good weather corn planted now will
bo up, cultivated and 'laid by" beforo wheat
harvest If the weather Bhould remain cool
somo Held will perhaps havo to bo neglected.
A great denl of rrplnntlng was madn necessary
by tho long bjh)U of cold, wot woathor In tho
earturnhalf of the state. That extra labor Is
of course a considerable burden on tho farmers,
llut It will not rest heavily on them. Tho corn
crop Is backward. In somo localltlos not much
of a yield la possible, llut tho stato as a wholo
has a chanco for a crop larger than.last year.
No ono can toll, of course, anything about tho
oroHpoots of n crop of which no moro than half
vts yot started to grow, llut'the chances nro
nt least evcu for a good yield of corn nud, ex
cepting In restricted localities, thq farmers of
tho stato ore In a cheerful mood.
Illinois rnrinor Very Ilusy Vlanting-Corn.
M0NTICKM.0, 111., May 20. Never in
tho history of contrnl Illinois and tho
great com belt country has thero been
such uctivo work by tho farmers to put
in a crop of corn. Hvury team and every
man that can be possibly used is kept
busy from morning till night and thou
sands of acres of corn will be planted
in tho next ten days, Bhould tlie
weather contlnuo favorabla thoro will
bo a largo crop planted in, central Illi
nois. Oats and wheat aro damaged by
tho continued wet weather.
Clranlte Cutter Win.
New Yohk, May 20. Tho quarry
owned by Webster & Morso at llarre.
Vt., has withdrawn from tho New En
gland Contractors' association and
signed tho yearly scale of wages from
May I this year to May 1, 1803. This is
tho first real victory that tho granite
cutters have made in their big struggle.
Tho quarry Is ono of tho largest owned
by tho Now Eugland association, and
employs more than 500 men. Tho Gran
ite Cutters' union has decided to opera to
tho Garrison 'and Goschen quarries on
tlie co-operative plan us soon as a mar
ket can bo found for tho product in this
city.
;SELAH SIGNIFICANCE.
Dr. Tfttmatf e DlBcouroos on a Pecu
liar Exclamation.
The Kxpresilon In the Hook nf llnbakknk
i Well nt the l'salim-An Incentive to
Heroic Christian Kxertlon-A Skep
tic's Feeble Kflort.
Rev. Dr. Talmogc took for tho subject
of his sermon at Hrooklyn, N. Y., on
last Sunday a single word o! frequent
occurrcnco in tho Itiblc, and whoso
meaning la but llttlo understood. From
it ho drew n profoundly impressive de
scription of tho varied and majestic
purposes of certain parts of Scrlpturo
and a practical lesson for Christians
generally. Tho text was Psalm lxl. 4:
"Soloh."
Tho majority of lllblo readers took
upon this word of my text ns of no im
portance. They consider It a superfluity,
a meaningless interjection, a useless re
frain, an undefined echo. Solnhl llut
I have to tell you that il is no
Scriptural accident It occurs seventy-four
times in tho book of Psalms nnd
tnrco times in tho book of Ilnbnkkuk.
You must not charge this perfect book
with seventy-seven trivialities. Selahl
It is nn enthroned word. If, nccordlng
to an old writer, somo words uro battles,
then this word Is u Marathon, a Thcr
mopyhu, a Sedan, a Waterloo. It is a
word decisive, sometimes for poetic
beauty, sometimes for solemnity, some
times for grandeur und sometimes for
eternal import Through it roll tho
thuuderlng chariots of tho omnipotent
God.
I take this word for my text because
I nm so often asked what is its mean
ing, or whether it has any meaning at
nil. It hits nn ocean of meaning, from
which I shall this morning dip up only
four or llvo buckotfuls. I will speak to
you, so far as I hnvo time, of tho Soluh
of poetic significance, thoSelah of inter
mission, tho Soluh of emphasis, and the
Selah of perpetuity.
Are yon surprised that I speak of tho
Solah of pootte significance? Surely tho
God who sapphlred tho heavens nnd
mado tho earth a rosebud of beauty,
with oceans hanging to it like drops of
morning dew would not mako a lllblo
without rhythm, without redolence,
without blank verse. God know that
eventually tho lllblo would bo
read by a great majority of young
people, for In this world of ma
laria aud casualty an octogenarian is
exceptional, and as thirty years is moro
than the avcrago of human life, if tho
nibla is to bo a successful book it must
bo adapted to tho young. Hcnco tho
prosody of tho lllblo tho drama of Job,
tho pastoral of Ruth, tho oplo of Judges,
tho dlthyramblo of Habakkuk, tho
threnody of Jeremiah, tho lyrlu of Solo
mon's Song, the oratorio of tho Apoc
alypse, tho idyl, tho strophe, nnd untl
strophe nnd tho Soluh of tho Psalms
Wherever you flpd this word Solah it
means that you aro to rousu up to a
great stanza, that you nro to open your
soul to great analogies, that you uro to
spread tho wing of your imagination
for great flight. "I answer thco in tho
secret plnco of thunder; I proved thee
at tho waters of Merlbah. Soluh."
"Tho earth ,und all tho inhabitants
thereof nro dissolved; I bear up tho
pillars of it Solah." "Who is this
king of glory? Tho Lord of Hosts, Ho
Is tho king of glory. Selnh." "Thou
shnltcompass mu nboutwith songs of de
liverance. Solah." "Though tho waters
thereof roar nnd bo troubled, though
tho mountains shako with the swelling
thereof. Sclnh." "Tho Lord of Hosts
Is with us, tho God of Jncob is our
refuge. SeJah." "Thou hast given a
banner to them that fear Thco, that it
may bo displayed because of tho truth.
Solah." "I will hide under tho covert
nf Thy wings. Solah." "O God, when
Thou wontest forth beforo Thy peoplo,
when Thou dld'st inarch through the
wilderness. Selnh."
Next I come to speak of tho Solah of
Intermission. Gcscnius, Tholuck, Hcng
stenberg nnd other writers ngreo in
aying that this word Solah means a
lest in music; what tho Greeks call a
diapsalma, a pauso, u halt In tho solemn
march of cumulation. Every musician
knows tho importance of it If you
ever saw Jullon, tho great musical
leader, stand beforo 5,000 singers and
playors upon instruments, and with
ono stroko of his baton smite tho multi
tudinous hullolujah into silence, nnd
then, soon after that, with another
stroko of his baton rouso up tho full
orchestra to n great outburst of harmo
ny, then you know tho mighty effect of n
musical pause. It gives moro power to
what wont boforo; It gives more power
to what is to como alter. So God
thrust the Selah into this lllblo and into
our lives, compelling us to stop und
think, stop nnd consider, stop und ad
mire, stop nnd pray, stop nnd repent,
stop and bo sick, Btop and die. It is not
the grdjit number of times that wo read
tho HiUlo through that makes us intel
ligent in tho Scriptures. Wo must
pause. What though It takes nn hour
for ono word? What though it takes a
week for ono verso? What though it
takes a year to ono ehapcr? Wo must
pauso nnd measure tho height, the
depth, tho length, tho breadth, tho uni
verse, tho eternity of meaning In one
verso. I should llko to bco someono sail
around ono llttlo adverb iu tho lllblo,
a llttlo udverb of two letters,
during ono Ufotlmo tho word
"so" in tho Now Testament passage,
"God bo loved tho world." Augustlno
mado a long pauso nf tor tho verse; "Put
yeoa tho Lord Jesus Christ," und it
converted him. Matthew Henry made
a long pauso after tho vorse: "Open thou
my lips, and my mouth shall show forth
thy praise," and it convorted him. Wil
liam Cowpor mado a long pauso uftcr
the yorse: "IJolng f reolj' justified by His
grace," and it converted him. When
Qod toll us seventy-sovon times modi
tatlvoly to pauso in reading two of tho
books of tho lllblo, lie leaves to our
common sonso to decide how often wo
should pause in reading the other sixty
four books of tho lllblo.
The Selah of Habakkuk and David is
a dlvldimj lino bctwoon tho two
anthems.- David begins his book with
the words;, j'lwuMtl U thu man," and
after sovonty-four Sclahs, closes his
book with the words: "Praise ye the
Lord." So thoro nro mercies behind us,
nnd thero uro going to be mercies bo
foro us. It Is good for us that God hnlt
us in our fortunes, nnd halts us with
physical distress, and halts us at tho
graves of our dead. Moro than onco
you and I havo been halted by such a
Solah. You wrung your hands and
said: "I can't seo any senso in this
Providence; I can't seo why God gave
mo that my child if Ho is so soon going
to take it nway. O my desolato homo! O
my broken heart!" You could not un
derstand it llut it was not. a Solah of
overthrow. It gave you greater ap
preciation of the blessings that lavo
gone; it will yet glvo you greater ap
preciation of tho blessings that will
como.
O, it is good that tho Lord somotlmes
halts us. David says: "It is good that I
havo been nflllcted. Reforo I was uf
illcted I went astray, but now have I
kept thy word." Indeed, wo must not
stop. Scientists havo improved human
longevity, but nono of them havo pro
posed to mako terreno life perpetual.
Rut tho Gospel makes death only a
Selah botwecn two beatitudes between
dying triumph on tho ono side of the
gravo nnd celestial escort on tho other
sldo of tho grave. Going out of this
life, to tho unprepared, is a great horror.
"Give mo moro laudanum," said dying
Mlrnbeau; "glvo mo more laudanum,
that I may not think of eternity and
what Is to come." And dying llobbes
said: "I leave my body to the gravo,
nnd my soul to tho great perhaps." It
was tho discord of nn infidel's Hfo
breaking down into tho jargon of de
spair; but tho Gospel makes tho death
of tho Christian a Selnh between re
demption nnd enthronement "Almost
well," said dying Richard Raxtcr; "al
most well." "Play those notes over
ngaln those notes which have been so
great a delight and solace to me." said
tho dying Christian Mozart "Nono
but Christ, nono but Christ," exclaimed
dying Lambert
Richard Cameron, tho Scotch cove
nanter, went into tho battle three times
praying: "Lord sparo tho green nnd take
tho ripe. This Is. tho day I havo longed
for. This is tho day I shall get my
crown. Come, let us fight to the last
Forward!" So you seo thoro Is only a
short pause, n Selah of intermission, be
tween dying consolntlon on tho ono sldo
nnd overtopping raptures on tho other.
Mv flesh shall slumber in tho ground
Till tho last trumpot's Joyful sound;
Then burst tho chains with sweot surprise,
And iu my Saviour's Imago rlsa
I next speak of tho Sclnh of empha
sis. Ewuld, tho Gorman orientalist und
theologian, says that this word in'uns
to ascend; und wherever you find it, ho
says, you must look after the modula
tion of tho voice, and you must put
moro forco into your utterance. It U a
Selah of emphasis. Ah! my friends,
you and I need to correct our omphasis.
We put too much emphasis on this
world, nnd not enough on God and the
next world. People think these things
around us nro so important, tho things
of tho next nro not worthy of our con
sideration. Tho first need for some of us is to
change our emphasis. Look nt wretched
ness on a throne. Napoleon, whllo yet
emperor of l'rance, sat down dejected,
his hands over his face. A lad camo in
with a tray of food and said: "Eat, it
will do you good." Tho emperor looked
up and said: "You aro from tho coun
try?" Tho lad replied, "Yes." "Your
father has a eottago nnd a fow acres of
ground?" "Yes." "Thero is happi
ness," said tho dojeated emperor. Ah!
Nnpoleon never put tho emphasis in tho
right placu until ho was expir
ing at St. Helena. On tho other
hand, look at satisfaction amid
tho worst enrthly disadvantage. "I
novcr saw until I was blind," said u
Christian man. "I nover knew what
contentment was while I had my eye
sight, as I know what content Is now
that I hnvo lost my eyesight I afllrra,
though few would credit it, that I
would not oxchnnge my presont posi
tion nnd circumstances for my circum
stances beforo I lost my oyeslght"
That man put tho emphasis In the right
placo. Wo want to put loss Btrcss upon
this world and more stress upon our
God as an everlasting' portion. David
had found out tho nothingness of this
world and tho all sufficiency of God. No
tice how ho interjects tho Selahs. "Trust
in tho Lord at all times; yo pooplo, pour
out your heart beforo Him. God is a
refuge for us. Selah." "Blessed' bo tho
Lord who dally loads us with benefits.
even the God of our salvation.' Selah."
"Tho Lord shall count, when Ho wrlteth
up tho people, that this man was born
there. Selnh." Lot tho world havo its
honors nnd its rlches'and its pomp. Lot
mo havo tho Lord for my light, my
peaco, my fortress, my pardon, my liopo,
my Heaven.
What sinners value I resign;
fonll 'tis mouth that Thou art mine.
I shall behold Thy blissful face.
And stand comploto in rightoouanws.
This world is all an empty show,
llut tho bright world to which I go
Haih Joys substantial and slnccroi
When shall I wake rind llnd mo there?
0 Rlorlo'js hourl O blest nltodol
1 shall be near and Ilka my God.
And sin und scnua no mero control
Thu endless pleasures of mv soul.
Rut when I speak of tho Selnh of em
phasis I must notice it is a startliug, a
dramatic, emphasis. It has in it the
hark, tho hist of tho drama. That
wakening nud arousing emphasis wo
who preach or instruct need to uso
moro frequently. Tho Blccplest uudl
enecs in the world aro religious audi
ences. You Sabbath school teachers ought to
hnvo moro of the dramatic elcmont in
your instructions. By graphic Scrip
ture sceno, by anecdote, by descriptlvo
gesture, by impersonation, urge your
classes to right action. Wo want in all
our schools and colleges and prayer
meetings, and in ull our attempts nt re
form, and in nil our churches to have
less of tho stylo didactic and more of
ttio stylo dramatic
Ol wo want in all our different de
partments of usefulness and I address
hundreds of peoplo who are trying to
do good we wnnt moro of tho dramatic
elcmont and less of tho didactic Tho
tendency in this day is to drono rclig
ioa," to whlno 'religion, to cant religion.
to moan religion, to croak rollgion, to
sepulchrlzo religion, when wo ought to
present it in animated and spectacular
manner.
Jjaubath morning by Sabbath morn
ing I address mnny theological students
wlto nre preparing for tho ministry.
They como in hero from the different
institutions. I say to them this morn
ing: If you will go homo nnd look over
tho history of tho church you will llnd
that those men havo brought most souls
to Christ who have beon dramatic
Rowlund Hill, dramatic; Thomas Chal
mers, dramatic; Thomas Guthrie, dra
matic; Robert McChoyno, dramatic
John Knox, dramatic; Christmas Evans,
dramatic; George Whitcilcld, dramatic;
Robert Hall, dramatic; Robert South,
dramatic; Fenolon, dramatic; John
Mnson, dramatic; Dr. Nott, dramatic
When you get into tho ministry, if you
nttempt to culture that element, and try
to wield it for God, you wilt meet with
mighty rebuff nnd caricature, nnd ec
clesiastical council will tnko your caso
In ehurgc, nnd thoy will try to put you
down: but tho God who starts vott'wlll
help you through, and great will De'tho
eternal rcwurds for tho assiduous and
the plucky.
Next I speak of tho Selah of perpetu
ity. Tho Targum, which is tho Riblo
In Chaldco, renders this word of my
text "forever." Many writers ngreo in
believing nnd stating that ono meaning
of thl word U "forever." In this very
verse from which I tako my text Sclnh
means not only poetlo significance, and
intermission, untl omphnsls, but It moans
eternal reverberation forever! God's
government forever, God's goodness
forever, tho gladness of tho righteous
forever. Of courso you and I havo
not surveyor's ehaiu with enough links
to measure that domain of meaning. In
this world wo must build everything on
a small "scale. A hundred years are a
great while. A toworfiOO feet isu great
height. A journey of 4,000 miles is
very long, llut eternity! If tho nrch
nngcl has not strength of wing to fly
ncross it, but flutters nnd drops like a
wounded sea gull, there is no need of
our trying in the small shallow of
human thought to voyago ncross It
A skeptic desiring to show his con
tempt for tho passing years, nnd to
show thnt ho could build cndurlngly,
hnd his own sepulchre made of tho fin
est nnd tho hardest marble, nnd then
ho had put on tho door tho words, "For
time nnd for eternity," but it so hap
pened thnt tho seed of a trco somehow
got into nn unseen crevlco of tho
marble. That send grow und cnlnrged
until it became n tree, aud split tho
marble to pieces. There can be no etcr
nallzatlon of any tiling earthly. Rut for
ever! Will you and I llvo as long ns
that? We uronpt to think of tho grave as
tho terminus. We arc apt to think of
tho hcarso ns our last vohlolc We nro
apt to think of suvonty or eighty or
ninety years, nnd thon a cessation. In
stead of that wo llnd tho murble slab of
tho tomb is only n milestone, marking
the first mile, und tho great journey Is
beyond. Wo havo only time enough in
this world to put on tho sandals nnd to
clasp our girdle und to pick up our staff.
Wo tako our first step from cradle to
grave, und then wo open tho door and
start great God, whither? The clock
strikes tho passing away of tlmo, bntj
not tho passing away of oternlt
Measureless! Measureless! This Selah
of perpetuity makes enrthly inequali
ties so insignificant, tho illirercnco be
tween suepter and needle, between Al
hambra nnd hut, between chariot and
cirt, botweau throno and curbstone, be
tween Axmlnster und bare floor, be
tween satin and sackcloth, very trivial.
This Solah of perpetuity makes our get
ting ready so important. For such pro
longation of travel what outfit of
gnidobooks, of passports nnd of escort?
Aro wo putting out on a desort
simoon Hwept und ghoul haunted or
into regions of sun lighted and spray
sprinkled gardens? Will it bo Elysium
or Gehenna? Once started in that
world we cannot stop. Tho current is"
so swift that onco in no oar can resist it
or holm con steer out of It, no herculean
or titanic arm can bafllu it Hark to tho
long rosouudiug echo "forover!" O,
wako up to tho intorest of your death
less spirit! Strlko out for Heaven.
Selahl Selahl Forever! Forovcrl
POLISH WOMJN.
Thojr Are Ilnrily, Industrious nnii Kconom
leal. Perhaps in nil America them ,'s no
clearer illustration of thrift than that
exhibited by tho hardy women of Po
land. It is said that in Paris nothing Is
wasted; that everything in tho shape of
material has its uses, and thnt no such
thing us city accumulations, to boved
at city expense, is known. Thl- is
doubtless also truo of Poland, nnd mest
of tho other thickly populated soctlona
of Europo, nnd this custom of careful
saving, impressed thoro ns a necessity is
brought to America ns a habit. It is
certainly not a bad habit; for though it
may bo sneered nt by tho cn.'low
youths who disport in gay attlro and
onjoy tho money thoy hnvo never earned
and tack tho capacity for earning it
leads to tho ownlngof homes. Consid
ering tho horltago of poverty which
monarchy has bequeathed to those poo
plo, it is surprising how quickly thoy
spring from its grinding conditions to
tho proud position of property owners
under tho revivifying influences of a
freo government, and onco a oltlzon be
comes a property owner, ho is a asto
citizen from whom thoro can bo no fear
of anarchism, communism or any other
ism of a disturbing character. As "soo-ond-growth
hickory" Is always tho best
of that timber, so I am sure wo shall
find that tho second-growth Pule is a
citizen, in Intelligence, industry and all
tho better elements of manhood, of
which wo may all bo proud. Detroit
Freo Prods.
Dividing Itooms.
A cosy way to mako two ooms from
one that is ovor long nnd narrow Is to
usa a screen of lattice work that roaches
to tho ceiling nnd that has one or two
arched openings. Thcso openings may
bo draped with China silk or any light
draperies. If it is deslrablo to cut off
tho outlook on either side, thin hangings
may bo f ustoncd to one sldo of tho screcn.
Chicago Journal.
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