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:l'ho Germans have introduced a sys- P at old-age pensions. and the Funiting of the law which came into us the other day is certain to be r with the greatest possible in- in this country. The measure fins to all parts of Lhe German hpire, and is framed in a manner‘ lick promises well for the success‘ ,Athe scheme. All workpeople Whose mings do not exceed £100 a year 11 benefit, and the age at which the mien can be claimed has been fixed :eeventy. Persons, however, who we been incapacitated through no J t .of their own beeome entitled ‘ ing raised to buy horses to forward r oSonth Africa to replace the horses killed or disabled in battle, or that had died from disease. After nearly all the fashionable expedients for raising money had been successfully operated all over the colony for increasing the patriotic fund, it. has been suggested Infiome quarters that the government vy a tax of one penny per head on fie twenty millions of sheep which are 'present in the colony, and apply the proceeds to further augment the Ftriotic fund. New Zealand has teen more than usually prosperous of te and her increase in wealth does. in addition to pay for their equipment and transportation to the seat of war. She following item of news is given as 3 sample of what was baing done 1!: numerous other centres of popula- _ vv w‘v mam; find wBo knows butâ€"Vthat they ' disappear aluxgother: But so ah more will our arms develop in 3th and strength. Fheso are .thé crueLlawa of evolu- _ AAJEL, F Enthusiastic meetings were held In all the chief centres of population, at : most of which resolutions were adopt- : ad to raise and equip another war con- ’ tingent to be known as the New Zea- land Rough Riders, if the government , would undertake to transport them to South Africa. After consultation with .the home authorities, who gladly ac- cepted of the proffered aid, the work o‘ecmiting began, the chief diffi- culty being in the making of selec- tion from the crowds of volunteers who lat Use Will We [lave for Our l.egu In the Future. 'toiessor Yung. of the University of ii, Switzerland, entertains great '"ooncernTng the future. of our low- " . This sage is oi.‘ the opin- within the next thousand 8' , if evolution will not do , with them. will serve as mere ‘ nts to the rest of the body. age human beings Show a decid-i gnrsion to personal or plusical‘ motion. and this is more manifest! r, time a new automatic travelling. fitment is invented and render-. firactical. Steam. electricity,cablel for and the different velocipede Ina- »: all hear an influence over us create a dislike for walking. and future generations will likely have. convenience 011" steerable air- I t i l B at their windows and electric au- obiles at their doors. and these con- inces will be so cheap that almost .1 one can own them. and this _‘- 9.8-" is the doom of 01111-]:ésfv Ye latter will be regarded as super- us appendages: no use will be made .oney is coming in well. More than lof these volunteers have offered to rovide their own horses. The men go Lto camp on Tuesday." 1 ”Thirty-one more names handed i AGE PENSIONS IN GERMANY -day for \Vanganu-i's special con- mgent brings the total number who we volungeeied __up to date, to 237. The little antipodean colony of New Zealand. which leads all other British :olonies in legislative reform. also seems to take the lead in its display of substantial loyalty to the Mother Country in her present difficulties. the “Otago \V-itness" of Feb. 3. has nearly forty columns devoted to war news and correlative topics. such as the equipment and dispatch of troops and horses to South Africa. and col- __ tions made for the patriotic fund. government having dispatched two tingents of fully equipped mount- Id soldiers to the seat of war. seemed to think that the colony had done its full share in the defence of the Eu»; lire, at least for the present, but this’ lid not Satisfy the loyal public senti-f " nt of the colony. which had already F. en practical effect in contribun; ndant - Yes seem to have made her more $01- 003 of over a hundred thousand dol- rra to the patriotic fund. the great- ’ Portion of which had already been awarded to London. NEXT THOUSAND YEARS. some localities subscriptions were Notes and Comments untx’f. sat in one of your let- asked her to be your valen- BREACH SUIT. 183- Your Honor; Valentino! _ -_, "v... u, to uurus. 1!. is waiting for some of you to help. Hark! l hear in the tramp of those little feet the marching 0f genera.- tions, and in the hesanna that this afternoon rang in the temple. lhear another puean in the hallelujahs of heaven. Oh, when you close your eyes in the last sleep, do you not want your influence felt in the church and state? The lambs on the. cold moun¢ tains are waiting for you to shepherd them. Do you say that they are no- thing but little children, and of no great account 2 Does it seem a steep- ing for youlto go there! That child has, covered up in the ashes of his body. a spark of immortality which will blaze on with untold splendour flong after the sun has died of old age, and the countless worlds that 'glitter at night shall be swept off by the Al- mighty’s breath as the small dust of . the threshing-floor. That soul at i’l‘hen than: is the Sunday-school field. It 18 u: immense con 1 . . . t e dtion 5n Itseh. Oh, the work it isgdoigng.1t . . 1g “-c“f|nn (1‘.- GOD BACKS THEM UP in their Work. and what they do for the church they do for God. In the name of the Lord. Him who will judge the quick and dead, I bid that you rouse up to that. work, the importance of which you will not appreciate until the last day comes, and the books are I‘m,“ ,-V_ ”v-.. vault ID; Then here are the nuances of the church. .Let them look after the church tin-anew as well as they look after their own business. Let them bn1n\nr 1“... know that inio some of the households of the con- gregation; before they have time to put Grape on the door’beli, 1 want you L0 be there to talk of Jesus. who is “the resurrection and the lite." Here urn .â€" " ’Tis a point 1 long to know, Ogt it causes unkious thought. Do I love the Lord or no Am I Htis. or am 1 not '5" Why, it is very easy to have that Question decided. li‘ you have no anx- iely about the salvation 0;. others you are not u Christian, and you might as well understand it now as over. Many 0-; you have sworn before high heaven that you will be the Lord’s; and before 1 get through speaking to-night. the Holy Spirit will tell you something you ought to do, and it will be at the peril 0L your immortal soul if you re- iuse to do it. In the first place, here are elders oi the church. it is very plain what their work is. It is your work to help me in watcliing this great flock. Sickness will come to one of these church members; be there and pray for him. ‘ vâ€"v â€"va-v r-wvv. to address myself to those who profess not to be Christians; lor, my dear friends, you all profess one thing or the other in regard to the religion of Jesus Christ. 1 want. before I get through. to point all these Christian men and women to some style of work. 1. do not believe that a. man can be a child oi God and have no anxiety about the redemption of the people. I of- ten hear people, while they have their arms folded. singing:â€" ‘â€"vv_v'_ III-“ tple hammer 112â€"11} IIIâ€"zit. smote the an- V1 .Ql I propose. in the first place, to ad- QrgSs myseh: to those who profess the {axth of Chnst; and. in the qext place. uno’J--â€"nn 7’ - '_J v“- luv-““ man to do. we could not all be encour- aging each other; I encouraging you by the Way I do my work. and. youl me by the way in which you do your work; and so. in a Spiritual and Christian sense. "the carpenter encoumging the goldsmith. and he that smootheth with the hammer him that anfn fha an the blacksmith fashioned parts of the idol on the anvil, and the goldsmith adorned what the other two mecha- nics had made: “The carpenter en- couraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil.” When lread that passage, I wondered why it was that in the kingdom of God we could not be just as well banded togetherâ€"why. since there is work tor every Christian m.râ€" L- 7‘ There had been war made upon idola- try. and its friends gathered to the rescue. The carpenter went towork and cut out idols to take the places of those that had been destroyed. and 7 _â€"â€"â€"°-vu val“. Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text: “ smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil.”â€"Isaiah xli. 7. Salvation of Others the Sign of a Christian-simi- dent of the Russian Soldier and the Labourer --Some Hints to Those Who Are Not Christians --'i he Dr. Preaches An lntensely interesting Sermon. Rev. Dr. Talmage Tells of the Work They Should Do. despa tch from Washington 101' some of you to help. hear in the tramp oi“ those. the matching of genera.- in the hosunna that this “w. ”um wasmngton says: Talmage preached from the the temple, lhear the hallelujahs of 11 you close your 9. do you not. want in the church and that that that that V ___â€"â€"-ru~cul., lne Lord Of the Pentecost; the Lord of the Judg- ment Day; the Lord that came down on Northampton w'hen Jonathan - wards mu there; the Lord that came ; 3 that we voyaged on through life only ; 3 careful about our own comfort, while :ull around us there were signals 01‘ :distress lifted, but we cared not tori iits suffering. and were not moved by; ,the cry of the eternally shipwrecked.§ .‘0, is there no work for you to do? Join? {some of the regiments. Belong to the’ fi artillery, or the cavalry, or the infan-i 1 N0 COMI.’ASSION IN ETERNITY, iii, while professing to be aChristiun‘ lyou sit idle and let the people perish: i You shell not dwell among the Chris i , tian workers. ‘Voe unto them that arei fut ease in Zion. l I But. now the rest of my rerun-ks are to those who profess not to be Chris-f fins. 1 do not want to sweep the Gospel; through this audience. Io-night, and icatch two or 1111‘ ‘ .‘ '3 thousand. I Want . it. is that. you hang not become Chris-' tians? There is a man who says "Because I waited for a revival be- fore I come to Christ.” \Vhat do you call this? During the past ten years we have had perpetual revival. The constants cry among the maple ' ‘ay to hea- ut the silence in i A kes it seem s " if the audiences were listening for tge footsteps of Christ in the church aisle. Oh. if you have been waiting for :1 revival- it has come, not by earthquake or storm, but hy a still 1 1 l l 1 small voice, and a deep surging to and z x l l l g I Ifro of heartfelt emotion. The tide sets in toward the beach, and all you have to do is to let yo in on the billow. God‘tomight shakes at the door of your soul. Whehher x you listen to me or not, ' ' may have been the. motive that Feel Him! Know Him! The Loni God merciful and gracious; the Lord infinite and omnipotent; the Lord of,- tha pnnannfo flag 1' -_i . - ._ â€"-â€"v “v I , _ . .. Lucio ’must be a. field somewhere. Sea cap- teins are generally sympathetic and when they are going over the water and see a. sign-a} of distress hoisted, they bear down upon the ship and take her passengers from the wreck. But there have been cases where these men have been hard-hearteq, and E lured in infamy, and schooled in shame iWeep for the victims of evil habits, {over whom the Juggernaut hath gone :grinding into crimson mortar their ;blood ‘and bones! Weep for the filth iand squalor of the living sepulchres 50f metropolitan crime. What is it. I cheer? Hark! It is the shriek of the :dying population of this city. They " want bread, they want medicine. they iwant clothes, they want the Bible._ :they went Christ, they want heaven! jThey have no comfort for this life.‘ 3 They have no hope for the life to come 1 Wake up! Wake up! Why stand yo‘ :here all the day idle? If you cannot,i save a multitude of them, can you not soul in this he that converteth one sinner from the error of. his ways, shall save a soul, from death, and hide a multitude of; sins. Have you not found your field‘ uux'nel‘SF Oh, Lord Jesus. didét ~{Ehâ€"0'1; weep over thp city and shall we stand W'eep out 0 I ’ frigichngfmGEid.‘ Wegp for the children â€"- .. va- UV“. W 88 of the street born in taxed in Infamv and m '-â€"T va- vquLa ‘ U wner ‘ the Chmstm ’ .e are sfiength Vite the lost the aha . , ndoned. and the debaughed bag? to the heart of an all- . , nrnn.n-.-_ n -â€"__ guytnlng about it? > Who Will elite} of city evangelizgtion? Not those whose nostrils are easxly of- fearful of having their patent leathers hurt than that live hundred thouosand souls will die. I hear commg up through all tho-streets of h Then there is the praying circle. Every Friaay night you can go there and pluck clusters of life for your own souls, and the souls of others. Has any one ever heard you pray? Is it [because you are ashamed oi your poor jgrammar, or ashamed of Jesus, that ‘you have not been heard there? Is it because illiterate men sometimes take part. and your taste is orfended? Oh. when the long roll of judgment thun- ders shall wake the dead, and em- pires of the departed shall rise from the dust. and “come ye blessed, and depart ye cursed," shall rend the air, do you think such an excuse as that will stand? Oh, have you been liv-l ing all these years in this world of trouble. and has no one ever heard you pray? Here is a map of the destitu-I tion in our own Cit)“ Do you know anothinn "1.-.”; ., .. -..__ A u cannot go out, and during 31' save one? Remember that mvertoth one sinner from the his ways, shall save a soul LL u . God? \Vhere are the John to carry light into the dun- here are the Elizabeth Fry‘s no message of heaven to the 1? Where are the Harlan (1356th Qhrist at the street gas makes it seem 8 rs‘ \x'fn'v fistening for tge Lhrlst 1n the church ypu have been waiting I: has come, not by utnr-v- L--‘ ‘ 0f, the IJOI'd t rattles at Hear Him! The Lord _the_ straw. nur- vn on your I to get up r:ed “ Lord d0 ?" There SEVENTEEN TELEGRAMS ONLY. To mobilize the entire force of the Boer army when war was declared took but 17 telegrams from General Jonbert. ' v- t-c 51063 01- ill-0° 1 {heavenly suppliesâ€"will you ever get g them ? or will any of you wake up at 5 last as if from a dream to find 110' ?lihing but darkness, and hunger. and ;thirst, and woe? I wish I could l hatter down to-night the last obstacle In the way of your coming to GOd- "As I live, saith' the Lord: I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth. Turn ye! why will ye die?" You read in this Bible that. the Israe- lites were all surrounded. There waa‘ host right after them, You are as; a surrounded -- eternity: hefore you, eternity behind you, etern- ‘l-F on the right hand, and eternity on the left hand, eternity above you, and eternity beneath. you. Oh, eter- nityl what glory and despair. What hallelujahs and wailing. What glitter- ”18‘ of crowns and rattling of chains Who will be. our companions? What will be our occupation? Eternity! Eternity! Oh, shoreless sea, 01!, interminable procession. Oh, unend- ing years. Eternity! who can count thy joys? who can tell thy tears! but“ WHICH way a. wave Will break, or a cloud float, or a bird fly, than it\ is certain when our last change will come. Are we ready for it? I have often read of persons who floated off in a lifeboat after a wreck, and for three or four days had nothing to eat, and then, through complete exhaus- tion, would fall asleep and dream about cool fountains and shady groves full of ripe apples, and about sitting down at a luxuriant banquet, and then waking from the dream to find nothing but the boat, and the hunger. end the thirst. Oh, ye who are voyag-j mg on in life, dreaming of heaven, ofl the fruits of the trees of life. of! â€"vv- v“-..- vuhll ILLU is! Where we shall be by to-morrow at just this hour, I know not. Would I give up my hope in Christ till six o’clock to-morrow morning? If I should, what it between now and six o'clock my soul should be carried into eternity? “'hether wouldI go? Life uncertain? Why, it is more cer- tain which way a wave Will break, or ,.-.....uv ouusuonmthwr‘ -‘ down “9°" the brows of $01 thing: This beatittrdeeilg 33:7“: THESE DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE. - p - ' ' . » A . . . per- I heard some say: “I am too old." Imanent lact' n . , ow and through the Alasl how old art thou? Seventy? unending luture theirs is the hmgdom Eighty? That is: not too old. If thou TOL HeaVen. What does Jesus. mean canst do any more, then tremble to- 3b! this? Not the heavenly world mere. wards the cross. If thou art too 'U’. 1101‘ the luture blessedness, but weak to-night to hold thy staff -- 'if jheaVen on earth as well. '1‘ all thy soul seems to be borne down 53881113 t0 have been common with sorrow â€" just stumble thy way I the Jews to describe the h and put thy withered arms around tlon 01 public 011d Private ' that cross, and life. and joy, and d" the “11!? 0f the Messiah. pardon, and peace, and salvaton will :LQFd 3 lblessmg. come to 5’0“. Though your sins are as 3 Makes the rough paths. of peevishfl scarlet- thfl" .thl‘ ha at: chm... ”‘1‘-.."1. nath-n A"-.- - â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" m avu um: mum WM“- MUN ’nouvou is based. 1:. is according to :‘Jewso there are crumbs under tbeltiiese rules LndL the angels do the .- table you may take them uP-" 13} ,- .. . . - - . I that .fair to the best Friend you! ever 3 Will 01; our rather Which is in» hedven. _- had? Wh t th . 'n the noble , \w e, L00, are eltiuens UL heaven, though y no In er J01 , . ngm' "ML ii 1' tr n earth heme s f 'uung people In ”113' W‘.“ "i "‘° ° . ’- .. “ company 0 3 .? ; laws we owe. h e hie DOL UUIQllaUS Chquh who have started for hcevenl e 0e We strive uheeasl wt to we-ue Did you 30‘; hear “16111 5mg to-nlgh.“ i igtopo'ui‘ lives these lal'ecnti’fls' ‘ _ Do you not knowb that hfielethdil 5‘ lone word ”1958“, Which occurs shadow “Po” the" rows, a gimme times in this lesson has U66“ they can laugh as loudly as‘yon'ean :turned by some into ““514”,,” but Since they have become phi'istllms; ‘oiessed” Ls better. "Happy -; wmen they have quadrupled their Joy. 1119395“?pr to a main is a “mulbuon oil bound on the“ way to heaven, ihmr ; Lne state on; til-i5 ,mind. blesseuness' hearts glad, their prospects briglf. 'is happiness p.us characLer. Jesus their plans “0:313“ Won't you 3011118 describing the person’s con- them in that race? Give the strength 'dition. Whether he 08 iuily conâ€", 0f your arm, the exuberance Of ”9’ scious of it or not. The blessing of all l 80111.. the energy 011: your whole neluie oi LDUSB mention-ed, with the excep-l l to H'm Who was H‘mse‘f once apoung tion oi the poor in spirit and the per-i 'man, and knows a young mans 3oys secuted .LOl' righteousness’ sake, is and a young mans temptations. based on their experience in the Jesus was never anything but 8f luture; it is not necessarily a des-v young man on earth, and He knows ’oription 0i the present consciousness .6111 about you. .011. young man. ”u“ oi the blessed ones. The poor, or? yourself in HIS company. I he“: needy, in spirit are those contrite and Jesus saying to that young man. humule ones with wnom lsaiah saysi ”Son, give me thy heart ;»- and I hein- the High and Lo-ty One that; in- Him call to 801119 young womunzfs ‘° huhiLetn eternity, whose name is Holy, the maiden in the Scriptures: . Dam- will dwell. They are the unconceib-o sel, I say unto thee, 31'1593 01" ed, teuchable ones who have become that. it might be the crowning of «'1 as little ones. The Kingdom oi, Hea- May queen, 01‘ the garlands Of God ,ven belongs to such in the very nature come down upon the brows of ' Em things: This beatitude is not a THESE DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE. lpromlse; It is a statement OI a per- I heard some say: “I am too old.”imdn01}£ lact; now .and through the Alas! how old art thou? Seventy? lunendlng luture theirs is the kingdom ' ' hat is not too old. If thou :OL' HeaVen. What does Jesus mean ggggydgorany more, then tremble toâ€" shy this? Not the heavenly world mere. ‘ wards the cross. If thou art too 'U’. 1101‘ the luture blessedness, but i weak to-night to hold thy staff -- 'if :heaven on earth as well. L i* all thy soul seems to be borne down 2398313 to have been cnmmnn'" "m" â€" â€"_â€" â€"--vv all about you. Oh, young man. trust yourself in His company. I hear Jesus saying to that young: man: “Son, give me thy heart. ;" and I hear Him call to some young woman, as to the maiden in the Scriptures: “Dam- sel, I say unto thee, arise." Oh, that. it might be the crowning of a May queen, or the garlands of God come down upon the brows of to Him who was Himseif once a young man, and knows a young man’s joys and a young man's temptatxons. Jesus was never anything but a young man on earth, and He knows There may be in this audi- ence some young pe0ple who 5333 “We are too young yet. W'ait a little while; after we have enjoyed the world more, and then we will; be- come Christians." [ask any young man if it is fair to sit down at a banquet all your life long, and have everything you want, and then at the close, when you are utterly exhausted, say: “Lord Jesus, there are dregs in that‘ cup, you may drink them. Lord, Jesus. there are crumbs under the; table, you may take them up." IS} that fair to the best Friend you! ever; had? Why not rather join the nob.et company of young people in this! church who have started for heaven?1 Did you not hear them sing to-night’t“ Do you not know that there is} shadow upon their brows, and that: they can laugh as loudly as you' can? . Since they have become Christians; they have quadrupled their joy. They 9‘ bound on their way to heaven, their. hearts glad, their prospects brigl’fi their plans noble. Won't you jom‘ them in that race? Give the strength _ Of Your arm, the exuberance of your soul, the energy of your whole nature . I i There are some of you who say you gate kept back by your worldly en- ggag'cments. You say: "I have so !m_uch to do.” Oh, my dear brethren, .mll you let your store, your office, fyour shop stand between you and heaven? You will leave behind your ' bonds, and your mortgages, your_bills A: --â€" ‘ - V- â€"â€"â€"--va my“ stood with £119 in. {he marts. Look at me as now I leap out from a world of comfort into a world of darknessâ€"one! two! three! AND I AM GONE FOR EVER. - __° - “I had an elegant home, beautiful surroundings, large storehouses, ex- tensive business engagements. I had everything that heart could wish, and now I come up to the verge of the eternal world, and I must go down. Look. at. me, all ye business men who _â€" â€"'- wowovv’ Jvub will“ of sale... your government securities, and With tyvo empty hands you will 3‘9 out of this life into the great eter- nity. Oh, my God, show that man the folly of.letting anything stand be- tween ham and heaven. Think of a man leavxng this life, where he has had everything comfortable, saying: “I I.-.) down on Monmouth when William Tennent preached there; the Lord who was at Basking-ridge when Dr. Finlay dwelt there. Old prejudices are going away, and lips that never prayed be- fore begin to move in supplication. Oh, that instead of hiding your feel- ings and holding yourselves back, there might be an outbreak of religi- ous sensibility that would sweep all before it. Would to God that prayers that have been offered for some of our souls by those gone to glory might this night be answered. 0h,‘ dying soul, fly to Jesus! ; ”sorrows of themselves and of others. 8 Our Land comforts by: encouraging Mud strengthening. Jesus said to his disciples. “Your! sorrow Shall be turn~ ed into joy." "He shall wipe every tear tron» their eyes.” No one can lmow the full happiness that even :gthis world can bring who has not had I tbitter sorrow comiorted. by love. “The a . highest friendship would be impossible ,1 to one who had not sorrowed. You can i 5 tell atonce by hearing a preacher or t :by reading the writings oi an‘ author {whether or not he has suffered and I :mourned. If he is without the experi- -"ences of grief, ‘he lacks the power to Wer your inmost heart if you have .mourned." So writes Dr. H. Clay :Trumbull. And it is an added com- =forti to us to remember that this Beati- ltude was pronounced by “Him who gwas made perfect through suffering.” i 5. Blessed are the meek: for they :shall inherit the earth. “This is tthrzt meekness," says Alford, “whose 3positive side is love and whose negative iside is long--suffering.” In earthly tking'dotms the proud take the prizes; in . ithe‘ Kingdom of Heaven the meek. iJusj as it is true that; in the main Honesty. is the .best policy, so it is. ‘ true that Meekness often captures as. j ' many of this world’s prizes as Assump. ution and Bluff. But the true mean- ing. of this text is far deeper than that. It is a promise of that true wealth which no man can give or l e f l‘ 6. They which do hunger and thirst. {Intense desire for anything is the tetrongest incentiveto effort 0 obtain it. “Hunger" is the token of- health. Righteousness. Right relations with .God and with fellow-beings; goodness. The entire (Sermon on the i Mount is an exposition of «t our Lord’s conception of righte- a ousness. They shall be filled. “The word for - ‘filled’ was origmally ap- t plied to the feeding, and fattening of 0 animals rm :1 stall."â€":M. R. Vincent. 1) But these, shall be “filled" with Oi righteousness. “If your strongest de- h sire is for goodness, you shall be made ix good. 50 certain: 73 this that 011: N for they ~ shall be camrfouqd. Luke, Who omits “in. Spirit” from verse 3, gu'es this. second BeasLi-tude m a. strange form, “ Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.” Pro- bably both phrases fell from: the lips of the: Saviour. mne obd prophets the Messwh should 1. Seeing the multitudes. The con- stantly increasing cr-owds must be taught. He went up into a mountain. By bubstituting “ the ” for “ a ” the re- visers set forward clearly the thought of the eniginal. He ascended to the denly been directed to him. The people thatsat in darkness had seen agreat lught. “ The qommon people heard him and their opposition was largely due to the unsettling influence of his teach-l1 ings. “ The Beatitudes." Matt. Golden Text. Mat INTERNATIONAL LESSON. the heavenly world‘mere- mture blesseress, but ‘11. â€"â€" ' Lo-ty One that; in- 7', whose name is Holy, cy are the unconcemâ€"o .es who have become The Kingdom 0L, Hea- Matt. 4. 25 to 5. 1‘2. 1. Mam. 5. 8. '. APRIL L mm; I During the French \Var that began in 1792, England's debt. increased to «the extent of neuriy £390,000,000. and again during the Napoleonic wars there was an increase of about £32),- 000,000. During the forty years of peace that followed there was a de- crease of £91,M,000; but, on the other hand, over £40,000.000. was added dur-: ing- the Crimean War and the Indian1 Mutiny. .; ' my.” Like Bret Hnarte’s hero. he was not interested in the subsequent pro- ceedings. The other neighbors pre- oipitately fled for their horses. being pelted the while with pota’t'oes. pome- granates, and other lumpy garden pro- duce of the fruitful Natalian soil. his farm. On another occasion the neighborhood met. rifles in their hands. to attempt exercising this yok- ing‘ Spook. One among Lhem. an old Irish soldier, of religious tendencies, addressed the spook during a lull in the worthy’s spirit exercises. His me- thod was spiritual] advice. for the ' V Sim lc-F “i" Has been ”DOI‘ted that a line Will They Are lastly Science! By or! . v :plilnfled to Kushk. on the Afghan fron- l’ Cd's. gtier, with the object of pushing it on Superstition has a strong hold up- ,' to Hcr‘at as soon as England was in on the Boers. An interesting matter isuch ft ptlSlCl(lll.llB to be able to of:- i. _. .th t'v races of lief Slight ObJectxon. n oonneouon “’1 na l e , e The Modem-03m. organ of the Blue- :gSouth Africa. and; the unenllghtened 332nm Government in Central Asia. is ' .Boers have. to a large extent, become :authority for the statement that the .f’participant in the weakness. The_TransperSian railway will be 1.303 1 - [mythology of the different races there- ?m‘le‘g' r unmng irom DShu’fav by Wa . . _ 30f 'Da'breez, Ramadan, Ispahan an m 18 full 013 extravagant £3163 0f birds. ; Kerman. to Bunder Abbas, and that beasts and fishes being gifted. not 150,000,000 roubles will be spent upon only with the power of speech. but it. e 1 1 t . . . . _ 1 Then there was the sudden and ecoâ€" wzth prophetic and vaticmatory kn‘iw'Iret mobilization of a gigantic Russl~ ledge. fl‘hat weird writer. 011V°Fan ar on . Schreiner, bears out this statement? Tflh‘ FRONTIER OFPERSIA. z ‘ -. . ' 01:; There is believed- ?” most-"people to hggetlgemgoeedrsuphg‘2h fjjezwgaipyn of be. no doubt that these things. taken . ;together. are indications of Russia's these Katfir fancies. Weenen dlS' Jintention to take advantage of Eng- trict, where Britain's troops were re-i tailg'shpre-odccuiatagm to gall): forlher- contl conv r 'n n 'd smith for 8‘8 ~ 3 '8 en a s e. as song so ong. its roilie'i, 13282919, u$t¢£l§ {fir spooks. gShe 11:15.on Fersm 23y money and dap- There is. or was, a certain homestead 51om-acy.und h9g1"n.d‘ ‘9"‘1‘81109 3‘ the on the Little Tugela River. which used ‘Qfmtf'j $0 {7‘13" ‘3 3‘} “9”?"‘1- 1"”; to be quite as Iavorite a playground i81o .OVSBb ‘ mg on . man} rm hone. an for ghosts as ever Cools-lane, in Lon- .: until theee are paid Russm cannot hope don. used to be. There the occupants 1“” ‘1 gulf 90’" for the” are pledged at one time were nightly persecuted gto England as security for the debt. b! ghostly visitants. who whiled away ‘ But {in thertréji'tf‘ 111de laet 131.39%. the tine by. pelting the family. not-thy whach Russza lent Persm a... .. O ' . e , - _1000 roublou in return for her customs giftafi‘t‘fig 3:12:11 iiorirofindsttfit freceipts gt allointcrior ports of entry. rocksi, oranges lemons or mealieâ€"cobs: ; one a stugulauon that as soon as pos- Occasionally the amusement was vari- . sxble Russia ghould pay all other debts. led. Sometimes oranges were arrang- ;Should Person pay off England at edi d l'k‘ . b _, , 'n m- oked sauce, that“ would leave her gulf ports axe: Ogtgéheldetlém 3. ‘Lts'ngdon ay few :‘free from encumbrance and she would straws lying between the oranges to iifiena'tgllifigiafo m'or'g“3” or 1933‘ represent the trek-tow. a huge pump-l Her-n: is ”mag final objective kin having to do duty as a wagon. 1L0rd :Bouoonsijeld mid Herat was the. The superstitious looked upon this do- . ke w India And there is not a shad... vice as a warning of some oommg evil, ’owy 0F doubt. that when Russia seizes and were very earnest in their endeav- ‘ Herat, En land will seize Kandahar ors to persuade the owner to vacate ;A __,g . n -1 AL- _ ‘ __ vâ€"â€" ...,-., wv;v-v Jvuo To thlus bring these 'plain fishermen of Galilee into close fellowship with Elijah and Isaiah and Jeremiah and Ezekiel was amazing to them and in- spiring. But all the Beatitudes a'lpply to us as directly as to the apos- t es. ; l eology means “snall be” 39 3! by their moral likeness only Esther. L heirs; heirs en, v the peace they bring.” . or “are,” the,l that "‘81 children, sons, of God, and are known; ' to their hem-gem] . t .. . .. And if children, then! me e to be above the mark on". God, wnd joint heirs; r of Jesus Christ.” But let us not forgetid a weighty truth uttered by Dr. Maclar-' ' “ Christ’s peacemekers must have? 1 The London Times correspondent at shall be called, which in oriental phrasziSt' Petersburg 53.13 that the force in an 18 estimated at 20,000 men. 333 pledged herself most distinctly mat to go to Merv and not to go .to Suimkhs, but she went there, never- 1 10. Blessed are they which are per-itheless' and the Same l-mmcxble Im- Secu-ted for righteousness‘ sake. 'l‘hosegpume 0'1 DH) .2 who are so aggressively good that they garouse the opposition of the wicked. |;' 3 last of kingdom. It is ings of the that if they suffer, forting in heaven. 11. Blessed are ye when [shall _.revile you, and parse-- {cute you, and shall say all man-; ‘ nor of evil sake. 0f the preceding Beatitude. Notice the condition of the blessings, that the accusations shall be “false" and made “for my sake," or, which is the same thing. “for rig‘hteousness‘ sake." 12- Reioice, and be exceeding glad. Astonishing words to address to those who already cowered before the wicked authorities. Great is your reward in Heaven. Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven on earth; theirs shall be the Kingdom of Heaven in the eternal world.. So persecuted they the prophets which were before you.‘ m_ LLl.__ L”, In. l‘h-eirs is the kingdom of heaven. This ' the Beatitmdes ends like the; . , . . first, with possession of the heavenlygUbJect of the Russian Government In based upon the surfer. righteous in a hostile’ world. Persecution was never far from advocated Jesus they must . it must have been rarely com» to be assured that their suf- f-erings was a sign of their citizenshipI against you falsely, for my 'London This is a personal application Persia for gression inlay he pleaded as 'an excuse for an ultimate advance up- :00 Herat. It is inmost probable. how.- ever, Says the London Times, that the {concentrating troops in considerable numbersâ€"whatever the precise figure! The aggressions of Russia in the far ,East are brought prominently to men light by: the news that she is to ao-i quire a port on the Persian Gulf. As far back as 1859 it was known in that Russia was treating with greater commercial privi- gleges. Little by little she has de- fmzinded and received more, until now jthe e.fete country that was the Erm- pire ot' Xerxes is absolutely under the ltlm'mlb oi the great white Czar. i Bu‘nder Abbas has been mentioned tmtany times as the port. that Russia was seeking. The Stone in her path has been the control of this port and ‘Busshire--!he only two on the Persian GILLâ€"by England. to whom their cus- ftums receipts were mortgaged in re- ?tu-rn for a loan. . Conosssions 1-0 Russian canitalistn l W’AR AN D NATIONAL DEBT. SUPERSTITIONS OF THE BOERS. children, sons. of God, and are known by their moral likeness to their heav- enly Father. " And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, wnd joint heirs of Jesus Christ.” But let us not forget; a weighty truth uttered by Dr. Maclar-i en, “Christ’s peacemakers must have; the peace they bring.” I Lord does: not pronounce ablessmg ' ' sion to righteousness, but upon the desire for it.”-Maclare'n. 7. The merciful. The compassion- ate; the relievers of :wamt and: pain; the SYmpethetic; those who h we a o m- muniiy of interest wiuh their afflict- ed brother‘s. Misery of all sortsâ€" whether actually felt, or. as is some- times the case, unappreciated by the most miserable â€"' whether physmal or mental . or spiritualâ€"appeals dir- ectly to .the merciful. They shall ob- tain mercy. Even from men. as com- mon observation. shows, but’ pre- eminently from 'God. .8. The pure in heart. Those who are Sincere in heart and direct in holy pur- POSe, opposers of all wrong and hypo- crisy. God’s “ name is Holy ;" and those' egree holiness, pur-1 ts. in that proportion is only poetic souls who love poetry; a man must have an ar- tistic nature to appreciate art; so also those whose hearts have been puri- fied can see the God of Purity. 9. The peaicemakers. Those who ex plain away misunderstandings, pacify. turbulence, soothe irritations, recon- cile the alienated, and prevent wars, 811-311 be Called. “'hsiCh in orient a] nh ruc-‘ milliner‘ The othéf‘day a “wanted” advertise- ment appeared on the board. and all jibe little girls warp ° board, or they “ r11 wer advgxtisemenfs An exchangq offers. a sample of great honesty In a buszness transac- tion. In a certain school the chil- dren are given widely :aryjng 91:91-- 63398 In the use of English. Some- AN SW ERIN G The Viedomosfi. organ of the Rue-- sinul Government in Central Asia. in authority for the sta-‘temsnt that the Transpersiaa railway will be 1.300 miles, running from Dshulfa, by wa of Tmbreez, Ramadan, Ispahan an Kerman. to Bunder Abbas, and that 150,000,000 roubles Wm be spent upon :1». â€"â€"v vu‘Jrlu“ WW. It: has been reported that a line was planned to Rush , on the Afghan fron- tier, with the object of pushing it on‘ to Herat as soon as England was in such a position as to be able to of,- fer slight 9bjection. Concessions to Russian capitalists for railroads in Persia have been granted withlin the last few years. and while none of these has had the Persian Gulf as a stated objective point. there has been talk in diplo- matic circles of extensions in the near future that would bring them out to the gun”. Tabreez as the initial v..- v-\. -1 h't‘ GILLâ€"by Englana, idehom' their turns receipts were mortgaged in turn for a loan. As far back as 1809 it was known in London that Russia was treating with Persia [or greater commercial privi- lege . LiLtie by little she has de- m-‘--â€"lâ€"â€"-’ the terminus of the branch railway from Merv. was strongly held. and that a siege train. as well as a reserve on? rails. was in readiness there for eventual'ities. Recent Movements Seen In Indicate a be .slrc on the Part- 0! Rants to Force War “an England. , It appears to be certain. not only from reports in the Russian newspa- pers, but from the testimony of pri- vate and disinterested persons, that a considerable ooncentration of forces at Kushk and in the neighborhood has been lately carried out in spite of the di.fiioulties of winter weather. It was learned several weeks ago that the fortified position on the Hush]: River. LOOKS AS IF THE LION AND THE BEAR WOULD FIGHT. RUE? SIA IN CENTRAL ASIA. AN ADVERTISEMEN‘I"