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Who keeps themi Why safe? Were you ever sick 3n s. Yes.” 1 was th Yes, Who made you well! Have you been :1 does. Men talk uf the grace of God as though it were so many yards long. and so many yards deep. I’eopie point to the dying thief as an encourage- mem to Lhe sinner. How much bet- ter it would be to point to our own case and say. “If God saves us, he can save anybody.” Again; The very bad, Lht: outrage- ously sinful. may Como. Again: 1 remark that the old may come. You say, "Suppose a man has to go on crutches; suppose he is blind; suppose he is‘deaf; suppose that nine- tenths of his life 1115 been wasted." j 'l'hun 1 answer; Come with crutches; .come, old man, blind and deaf, come 1 1 | I c i to Jesus. if you would sweep your hand around before your blind eyes, i the first thing you would tourh would be the cross. it is hard for an aged .man or woman to have grown old without religion. Their taste has gone. The peach and the grape have lost their flavor. 'l’hey say that :somehow fruit does nOt taste as it used-to. Their hearing gets defec-t tive, and they miss a great deal thati is said in their presence. Their friends have all gone, and everybody seems to go away from them, and they are left all alone. They begin to feel in the Way when you come into the room where. they are; and they [home their chair nervously, and say, "i hope I am not in the way.” Alas! that father and mother should ever ' be in the way. \Vhen you were sick, and they sat up all night rocking you, singing to you, administering to you, did they think thit you were in the way? Are you tired of the old peo- ple! Do you snap them up quick and. sharp! God will curse you to the bone for your ingratitude and unkind- neSS. G o. First, the young may come. 1‘ the eighteen hundred and seventy- one years that have passed, about ,‘isixteen. hundred have been wasted by c the good in misdirected efforts. Un- til Robert Raikes came, there was no l Organized effort for saving the young. iWe spend all our Strength trying to i bend old trees. when a little pressure wouid have been sufficient for the S'ttpiing. We. let men go down. to the; very bottom of sin before we try to lift them up. It is a great deal easier" . so keep atrain on the track than. tof geb it on when it is off. The experi-{ enced reinsman checks the fiery; steed at the first jump, for when hef gets in full swing, the swift hoofs' clinking fire from the pavement,and‘| i the nit between his teeth, his momen-i i tum is irresistible. it is said that thei lyoung must be allowed to sow their; ”wild oats." l have noticed that! ' those who sow their wiid oats seldom; itry to raise any other kind of crop.E Heaven is in one direction, hell is in: another. if you are going to heaven,’ you had better take the straight road. ‘ and not try to go to Boston by way? got New Orleans. What is to be the; :history of this multitude of young?‘ 'people who sit and stand around mei' to-night? 1 will take you by th~ h :nd " and show you a glorious sunrise. 1 1 will not whine about this thing, nor,“ groan about it; but come. young men i‘ and maidens, Jesus wants you. His“ hand is love; his vorce is music; his ! ‘ smile is heaven. Heligiorrwill put I: no handcuffs on your wrist, n.) hippies - on your feet. no brand on your l'ore- [y head. i“ _ . .- â€".. _â€".~- . .-e___.oâ€"-â€"- The cedar of Lebanon 18 a royal tree. It stands six thousand foot .abov'el lbe level of the sea. At mls- sionary counted' the concentnc cir- cles, and found one tree thirty-five {hundred years oldâ€"long-rooted, broad branches, all the year in luxunant lioliage. My text intimates that 'Christ 15 the cedar, and the people ifrom all quarters are the birds that *lodge among the branches. "It shall be a goodly (edar, and underl it shall dwell all fowl of every wing”! A3 in Ezekiel’s time, so nmxâ€"Chxisti is a goodly cedar, and to hlm are flyJ log all kinds of peOpleâ€"young and! old, rich and poor; men high-soaring as the eagle, those fierce as the raven.! and those gentle as the dove. ‘.‘All fowl of every wing.” é A despatch from Washington says:I fed ever day? “’ho feeds you? Put -â€"Rev. Dr, Talmage preached from I your hand on your pulse? Who makes the following textâ€"“All fowl of ' it throb? Listen to the‘ respiration of every wing”.â€"Ezekiel xvii, 23. your lungs. \Vho. , you to breathe? The cedar of Lebanon Is a royal Have you a Bible“ the house spread- tree. It stands six thousand foot ing before you the future life? Who above: Ibe level of the sea. At mis- gave you that Bible?” Oh! it has been sionary counted' the concentric cir- a story of goodness and mercy all “195’ and found one tree thirty-five ' the way through. You have been one hundred years oldâ€"long-rootedmroadlof God’s pet children. Who has fond- branChes. all the year in luxuriant led you and caressed you, and loved foliage. My text intimates that - you ? And when you went astray, and Christ 15 the cedar, and , the people wanted to come back, did he ever re-i from all quarters are the birds thatduse? I know of a father‘ who. zit-5 ' l [Edie among the branches, ”It ter his son came back the fourth time. 5 .1 be a goodly cedar, and underfisaid, “No; I forgave you three times 9 tshall dwell all fowl of every wing.” 5 but I will never forgive you again?! As in Bzekr‘el’s time, so nowâ€"Christl _ - ' s a goodly cedar. and to him are fl J And the son went Off and died. But n a” kind‘ {I 0 1 3’ [God takes back his children the thou-; Hg rich ndb 9 {’8 p eâ€"hyogng and ' sandth time as cheerfully as the first! ' ’ a poor, .men 1g -soaring As easily as with my handkerchief I! .s the eagle, those fierce as the raven.‘ ' ~ " v ' k. G d "11! nd those gentle as the dove. “.All.‘Rtuke thp dust Off this boo - 0 ‘“ ~ iwipe out all your sins. i nu." n: Ava-vi. II‘II\~ ” Rev. Dr. Talmage Speaks of Its Sheltering Wings. ' ’ THE CEDAR 013 LEBANON. {PETEFEWW The things come all right, memfan' we be greatly obleeged; but if I ' might make so bold, would ye not - send her any more of that jelly? Some Hamâ€"strawberry jamâ€"be much more fsootable, mem. ' ' 5 \Vhy doesn’t she care for the jelly? 1 was the natural query. g Yes, mem. she do; but I can't say as T ‘ And how is - ' - ' ' the visitor. Mary to day? Inquu‘ed Just about the same, thankee kind- ly. omem. was the reply. Dxd she enjoy those little things I sent her yesterday? asked the lady. 'l‘hn +k:nr-n nAâ€"‘A -11 O The Lady Bountiful of the p: was going her rounds, and called 3111111 cottage occupied by a. n peasant, whose wife had been a1 valid for some years. IL is easy to go when the comes. There are no ropes I out to pull us ashdre; there : ladders let down to pull us up. comes and take us by the. but: says, “You have had enough 01 come up higher.“ Do you hurt when you pluck if ? Is there any ness when Jesus touches the and the red rose of health w into the lily of immortal purit gladne33? \VHO LIKED STRAW'BERRY JAM? i So God gathers them up. It is astonâ€" ishing how easy it is for a good soul to enter heaven. A prominent busi- ness man in Philadelphia went home one afternoon, lay down .on the lounge, and said, "It is time for me to go.”He was very aged. His daughter said to him, "Are you sick ?” He said, “No; but it is time for me to go. r ‘ave l Of what great varieties heaven will be made up! There come men who once were hard and cruel, and desper- ate in wickedness, yet now, soft and changed by grace, they come into glory: “All fowl of every wing,” And here they come, the children who were reared in loving home-circles, flocking through the gates of life: “All fowl of every wing." . These were white, and came from Northern homes; these i were black, and ascended from South- ern plantations; these were. copper- coloured, and went up from Indian reservations: “All ,fowl of every wing.” ' tl Again: all the dying will find their 3 nest in this goodly cedar. It is cruel ,, 3 to destroy a bird’s nest; but death 1 i does not hesitate to destroy one. ,‘There was a beautifttl nest in the ,‘next street. Lovingly the parents :Ibrooded over it. There were two or 33three littie robin: in the nest. The fiscarlet fever thrust its hot hands into tfthe nest, and the birds are gone. fiOnly those are safe who have their _inest in the goodly cedar. They have :over them "the feathers of the Al- !mighty.” Oh! to have those soft, lwarm, eternal wings stretched over fus.’ Let the storms beat, and the ' branches of the cedar toss on the wind ' â€"no danger. W'hen a storm comes,: (you can see the birds flying to thel woods. Ere the storm of death comes down, let us fly to the goodly cedar. 0 this mercy of-God! I am told it lis an ocean. Then, I place on it four iswift sailing craft, with compass, and fcharts, and choice rigging, and skil- gful navigators, and I 'tell them to I launch away, and discover for me the iextentt of this ocean. That craft puts éout in one direction and sails to the ! north; this to the south; this to the i east! this to the west. 'I‘hey crowd on 1all their canvass and sail ten thous- 'and years, and one day come up the harbour of heaven, and I about to them from the beach. “ Have you found the shore '?" and they answer,‘ “ No shore to GOd’s mercy 1“ Swift an- i gels, dispatched from the throne at-: tempt to cross it. For a million years 1 they fly and fly. but then come back and fold their wings at the foot of the throne and cry “ No shore! no 0‘9 share. to God‘s mercy . v _V\J“, of health whitens immortal purity and F8; there are no 9'11“ “3 119- Christ by the hand and enough of this; r0993 thrown the parish 'at a. time .tion of the enemy. That and other signs led even the uninitiated to sur- .mise that to-morrow would be the day 'of battle. About five o’clock in I the afternoon, as Iwas takingastroll loutside the camp, I came suddenly, ' rounding a little hillock, upon a soli- tary figure, sitting on a boulder, ; looking steadily before him. He had Ea pair of field glasses in his handi fand appeared as if he had been re- fconnoitring the position. I gave a start as I recognized the General,‘ and half hesitated. Here was my! chance, if I wished a word with him“, and yet I feared to intrude. When he saw me he saluted me courteously, and I, but in hand, took a step to- wards me. He flashed aquick glance of enquiry at me, which seemed to demand my business. l "My name is Lyall, General Wauch- ope," I said in .my lamest manner, “I am aMidlothi:m m-m. agrandson of old Andrew \Vallaoe, so long a tenant in the Bytes." [ “Your \Va-chope looks down on his ‘ luck, doesn’t he ?” said Luttrell, with [his aggravating drawl. “I shouldn’t I like to incur his wrath. \Vhat an eye! I I say, they don't look as if they hap- pened to be of the same mind.” NOT AGREED \VITH \VAUCHOPE. Luttrell was ashrewd observer. At that moment he had put his finger with unerring precision on the weak spot. I believe it is no longer doubt- ed that Methuen and \Vauchope were not agreed about the plan of the ap- proaching engagement. But the mys-j bry of it remains a mystery still, for of the two one who could have ex- plained it lies dead on the veldt, and the other holds his tongue, perhaps! 'wisely, since~the evil thing is done, and can never be undone. [t is one. of the things one finds it difficult to write or to think of with that calm- ness which alone justifies criticism. That Sunday, the 10th of December. was aclose and murky day, presag- ing rain. It seemed to me as if al singular depression lay upon the! camp, which had been all the week! in uproarious spirits. Although no orders had yet been given, it generally understood that would be made at daybreak. J a IDOVO The great gun. but newly arrived, n...l â€"‘ ‘ ‘ “Why don't you make an alphabet . for yourself, you Scotch?” he enquired witheringly. “You’re so mighty sav- ing in most things it seems apity to waste letters. I believe in making use of all I can get, so I shall call him \Va-chope, whatever you may 83135" l ‘ STRONG AND MANLY FIGURE. _ I did not for a moment reply, for, i indeed, my whole attention was given ito the man whose name raised Lut- l trell’s ire. The figure I saw in some Istrange manner moved me mightlya thether it was the tie of kinship, the I feeling that the same air had nurtur- ed us, that the same scenes had filled our eyes and hearts in youth, Iknow not, but there it was. I felt my being stirred. I longed to go to him, to m P‘ w a: E" '1 D" D 9' g 5 CL 9‘ Q. ‘3' B p (’- O .‘3 o (D covered with the trophies of their valour. He interested me mightily. He had a very tall, spare figure, loose- knit, yet suggestive of enduring strength; .his face, clean-shaven 'and terribly thin, I thought. gave each strongly-marked feature full play. It was a good, true, honest face, but a sad one. At that moment sadness was undoubtedly its outstanding charac- teristic. ‘ ! 2 z I I C i \Vhat interested me most was the fact that Ishould come to close quar- ters with General \Vauchope, who was :a man not onyl of my own land, but of my own country side. I had never seen him. but I had often heard my -‘ grandfather speak of him, as he had come in contact with him in public or ‘county business. His home, the old keep of Niddrie Marischal, was not further distant than four miles as the crow flies from the old farmhouse ly- in close conversation with him. l “That’s 'Wauchope,” said my broth-;g er of the Pilot, pronouncing the name'i after the extraordinary manner of the! Southern, putting the full emph'dSiS?f on the last syllable, and giving the! ”ch" its full due. i “\Va-hope,” I tried to correct. him] mildly, whereat he waxed wroth. I In; Great Love {or the Brave Black Watch â€"Possessed a Promonluon That Be Would Lose Ills Life In the Next Day’s Battle. David Lyall in the British Weekly. tells of a conversation he had with General ‘Wauchope before the fateful battle of Magersfontein. He says: GEN. WAUCHOPE’S LAST WORDS BEFORE THE BATTLE. Miss Summitâ€"Mr. Tutter does noth- ing but talk about golf all the time. Miss Pallisadeâ€"What a bore! Miss Summitâ€"Isn’t he 9 I dbn’t get a chance to talk about it myself. men, but the height of ill-breedlng. Noncompliance with! accepted cus- toms may be forgiven in a genius or agrea‘t hero but an ordinary mortal must mind his “p’s and q’s” in this as in all other things connected with soc1a1 usages. 1 One who‘is unaccustomed to making formal calls should keep in mind the ‘point of leaving, and When the call f ls ended rise quickly and easily. shake g hands with her hostess, making some ‘pleasant, friendly rem-ark as she does so, and go directly out. Natural- ness is the most potent charm in any oneâ€"man or woman. To stand at the door of the drawing room and gossip after one has risen to depart, keep- ing the hostess standing and uneasy, while her other guests impatiently wait- for a few words before bringing their visits to a close, is not only sel- fish, but the height of ill-breeding. Noncompliance with! accepted cus- A_ FEW’ HOURS’ REST. As I sauntered back to the great busy camp, my mind was full of many strange thoughts and some natural night before we turned in to snatch a few hours’ broken rest. It was late, and he had been long closeted with the commanding officer in his quarters, receiving, we supposed, his full and final instructions concerning the plan of action. I was within a few yards from him when he left the ’tent, and I saw that his hands were clenched, his mouth set, his brows knit, either in perplexity or distress. IMy heart rushed out to him. The de- sire was upon me to offer a word of: sympathy, to beg him to use me as he willed. But I wisely refrained. It would have been afoolish action. which he would have been the first to resent and condemn. It was a raw, biting night, and a drizzling rain was beginning to fall. I stood out in it until Ihad watched the Gen-J eral disappear within the door of his! tent. \Vith that he got up and strode away, and Idared not follow him. I stood still, and looked after him al- most stupidly. The thought in my mind that he was a great soul and solitary, set apart in some strange way from his compeers by the shadow of app1oaching death. The impxes- sion made by these moments on my mind can nevex be effaced or for- gotten. 1 stammered, for the sadness with which he spoke staggered me. ”I much fear it; in fact, I may al- most say I am certain of it. I shall never see Niddrie or the green Lothian plains again, Mr. Lyall. But if a man dies at. his post. whether at home or abroad, in peace or in war time, he has fulfilled the Creator’s purpose in him, and no man need say his end comes untimely.” "Ah, they’re fine fellows, fix lows whom any man might be to lead. They and I have b: some tight places together. I der whether this will be the l A r'nL'MUNITION OF‘ DEATH. "The Black “'atch looks very fit ” 9 I ventured to remark when he did not reply to me. "I’ve been talking to some of them. They seem in tre- mendous spirits.” “I have thought things pointed that way, sir,” I said, more and more. im- Pressed by his frankness and the in- explicable charm of his manner. It may be that my heart. being soft to him who had come straight from home, was apt to exaggerate the qualities of the man, but in my brief interview with him Icame to the con- clusion that he possessed all that was necessary to bind his men to him in that passionate ardour of devotion which next day was so sadly exem- plified in the field. A PREMONITION OF DEATH. in this country," said with a slight, inscru "And there’ll be more I ish this business. I dare guessed that we are u morrow.” “Oh, yes, there’s a good many vest- ed interests of one kind and another ”I joined Lord Methuen's column just before Belmont, sir. My chief, Mr. \Vardrop, has his only son shut up in Kimberley.” never more strikingly exemplified than in the General’s first look at me, was immediately melted in the sunshine of a smile which changed the whole man, and he frankly ex- tended his hand. “I know your name, of course. I have heard you spoken of at the Claud InneseS. I am Glad tn innof “ni‘ mneses. I am glad to meet you. What paper do you represent 3” “The St. George Gazette.” “Ah, yes, of course, I ought to have remembered. \Vell, Mr. Lyell, this is a strange business we are em- barked on. Have you been here since the start ?” \VHEN PAYING CALLS. DAISTRESSING. aggresswe reserve of slight, inscrutable smile. r this will be the last." not hint at such a thing! any man might be proud ss. I dare say you have we are to attack to- more before we fin- I have been in General, , fine fel- the \VOD- '9’ Not enough considremtxon m the matter of personal comfort 18 also as- signed by the servants themselves as the reason. If some of the descrip- tions of sleeping rooms glven are not grossly exaggerated, certain British matrons have ample scope for re- form. Numerous letters have come from writers on domestic service, gtving reasons for the scarcity. On one pomt there is unantmilyâ€"res‘tnction of lib- erty. Many objections are raised at the idea of Importing Indian or Chinese servants on account of their code of morals and their peculiar Views on sanitation. On the other hand, there are many who, knowing the silent Ta- mil or the caliike Cantonese, would welcome him in England with open arms. ”the Wide Wide World is Suffering From a "earth of "Misc-maids. The servant problem is, without doubt, an engaging one in London. There is hardly :1 town or country 111 Engfand from which complaints on the subject have not been recently re- cen'ed. In additiong householders wilh experience abroad, in the colonles, India, China, Japan and America have Contributed information. “At afternoon tea the vxsxtors FEW COOKS IN ENGLAND. We take this Opportunity of thanking our customers for past, patronage, and we are convinced that the new system will merit a continuance or the same. We beg to inform our customers and the public generally that We have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its Equiv~ alent, and that our motto will be “ Large Sales and Small Profits.” With reference to Mr. Goschen'a statement that England built her ships 20 per cent cheaper than other countries, which means that Germany is new spending £12,400,000 more than England would do for the same num- ber of ships, the Government’s dele- gate said that in England shipbuilding yards were well equipped, materials and coal were cheaper and there was sharper competition among builders. Some members of Parliament sug- gested that the Government should establish works of their own or invite competition. The Government’s dele- gate replied that this was impossible now, owing to the enormous cost of setting up such establishments. RIC-II Ilsa-vest Reaper! by the Two Builder of the Kaiser. The armor of the new German bat- tleships is to consist of nickel steel- plate, the toral cost being estimated at £13,000,000. The whole of it is to be’furnished by two firms of Krupp and Stumm. whose net profits in el- timated at $8,350.00. The maid. chief topic is servants’ failings. The mlslresses. of course, are perfect!" GERMANY’S COSTLY NAVY. sarcasm comes from aparlor-