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ome can dav. I$ l Eo hem | bitâ€" food tter. 0n Il\s ofâ€" Washington report says: In this disâ€" course Dr. Talmage speaks on a theme which all men, young and old, will be glad to see discussed, and the kindly warning will no doubt in many cases be taken; text, Proverbs xill., 20, "A companion of fools shall be destroyed." "May it please the ‘tourt," said a convicted criminal when asked by the judge what he had to say why senâ€" tence should rot be pronounced upon him, "may it please the court, bad company has been my destruction. 1 recoived the biessing of good parents atr H W stand Serore honor. _ Go« heaven ir I human hand gives to eve which he n lightning of that underst great cities mon like thi the thought whal‘: be des And, first skepticâ€"tha puts his thi gers about, ioned religic ble and tut rious _ pase that, my fr to think Jv and mother do. But yo future. I us but I‘ve go over it, and stay in his er. For a argument pray, you have only three seconds | more to live, and I will count them off | â€"one, _ two, three. Gone! Where? | Where? Carry him out and lay him | down beside his old father and mother, | who died under the delusions of the Christian religion singing the songs of\ victory. Again, avoid the idlersâ€"that is, those | people who gather around the slore} or the shop or the faciory and try to geduce you away from your regular ealling and in your business hours try to seduce you away. There is nothing that would please them so well as to have you give up your employment and consort with them. These idlers you will find standing mround the engine houses or standing at noonday or about noon on the steps of some hotel or fashionable restaurâ€" ant, glving the idea they have dined there. They lave not dined thera They never dined there. Before you Invite & young man into your associstion ask i, first, I charge you, icâ€"that is, the young his thumb in his vest about, scoffing at you t ease the ‘tourt," Said & ainal when asked by the ie had to say why senâ€" rot be pronounced upon t please the court, bad been my destruction. 1 blessing of good parents rm therefor promised to associates. Had I kept should have avoided this e burden of guilt which, e, threatens to drag me r my many crimes. Alâ€" e moved in high circies ertained by distinguished st. Bad company did the ‘ _ Only one out of a thouâ€" ions was that of the fact anion of fools shall be deâ€" is an invariable rule. hospital with a hundred ith the ship fever. _ Here man who goes into it. He ertainly catch the disease issociates. hould have burden of threatens my many moved in around NiHM, with familâ€" in not being ins, will say, ui will have rthwith they in!" three geconds | y ; | great mi Sue ) 1 know fact | business de-i to be t 8 | ihng thei L. | hearts. ;::2& years ft ""~| voung n LT him plainly: "What do you do for & living?" If he says, "Nothing; I am a. gentleman," look out for him. I care not how soft his hand or how elegant his apparel or how high sounding his family name, his touch is death. Idleness is the next door to villainy. When the police go to find criminals, where do they go to find them? They find them among the idleâ€"those who have nothing to do, or, having someâ€" thing to do, refuse to engage in their daily work. Some one came to good old Ashbel Green and asked him why he worked at 80 years of age when it was time for him to rest. "Oh," he replied, "I work to keep out of misâ€" chief." And no man can ailord to be idie. I care not how strong his moral character, he cannot afford to be idle. But you say: "A great many people are suffering from enforced idleness. are sunern=g L During the bar great many peo} I know it, but : business are the to be thorough ing their mind hearts. The f< aris. Jne I ars from no‘ ung men whe ess was dull They are only preparative for the ocâ€" cupation to which God has called us. God would not have given us the caâ€" pacity to laugh if he did not sometimes intend us to indulge it. God hath hung in sky and set in wave and printed on grass many a roundelay. But all the music and the brightness of the natural world were merely intended to fit us for the earnest work of life. The thunâ€" dercloud has edges exquisitely purpled, but it Jars the mountain as it says, "I come down to water the fields." The flowers standing under the fence look gay and beautiful, but they say, ‘"‘We stand here to refresh the husbandmen at the nooning." The brook frolics and sparkles and foams, but it says: "I go to baptize the moss; I go to slake the thirst of the bird; I turn the wheel of the mill; in my crystal cradle I rock muckshaw and water lily; cradle I rock muckshaw anc Wale! 117 , I play, but I work." These mere pleasurists will come around you while you are engaged in your work, and they will try to take you away. They have lost their places. Why not you lose your place"? Then you will be one of them. Oh, my friends, before you g0o with these pleasure seekers, these men . whose entire life is fun and amusement and recreation, remember while after a man has lived a life of integrity and Christian consecration, kind to the poor and elevating to the world‘s conâ€" dition, when he comes to die, he has a glorious reminiscence lying on his death pillow, the mere pleasurist has nothing by way of review but a torn playbill, a ticket for the race, an empty tankard or the cast out rinds of a carousal. And as in delirium of his awful death he clutches the goblet and presses it to his lips, the dregs falling on his tongue will begin to unâ€" eoil and hiss with the adders of an carousal. And as awful death he and presses it to falling on his tong coil and hiss wit eternal poison. Again, beware C Tell me how a yO Sabbath, and I w his prospects in bu you what are hi eternal world. Go o band insl breusdntrnd Again, beware of Sabbath breakers. Tell me how a young man spends his Sabbath, and I will tell you what are his prospects in business, and I will tell you what are his prospects for the eternal world. God has thrust into our busy life a sacred day when we are to look after our souls. Is it exorbitant after giving six days to the feeding and the clothing of these perishable bodies that God sbhould demand one day for the feeding 2nd the clothing of the immortal soul? Our bodies are seven day clocks. and they need to be wound up, and if they are not wound up they run down into the grave. No man can â€" continuously break . the Sabbath and keep his physical as well as mental health. Ask those aged men and they will tell you they never knew men who continuously broke the Sabâ€" bath who did not fail either in mind, body or moral principle. ‘ Oh, my friends, keep the Lord‘s day. You may think it old fogy advice, but I give it to you now: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days |shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not 40 ary work." A man said that he would lprove that all this was a fallacy, and so he said: "I shall raise a Sunday improv the fo S0C MC SeTU. & ~ PRERERT TT OWB t crop. And he plowed the field on the Sabbath, and then he put in the seed on the Sabbath and cultivated the ground on the Sabbath. When the harâ€" vest was ripe, he reaped it on the Sabâ€" bath and he carried it into the mow on the Sabbath and then he stood out deâ€" fiant to his Christian neighbors and said, ‘"There, that is my Sunday crop, and it is all garnered." After awhile a storm came up and a great darkness, and the lightnings of heaven struck the TC us EETCTT EC PUEE "I work to keep out of misâ€" And no man can @alord to be care not how strong his moral er, he cannot afford to be idle. ou say: "A great many people Yering from enforced idleness. the bhard times there were & any people out of employment." it. but the time of dullness in s are the times when men ought horoughly engaged in improvâ€" ‘ir minds and enlerging their The fortunes to be made 20 rom now will be made by the men who in the times when busâ€" vas dull cultivated their minds proved their hearts. They will » fortunes after awhile, while men who hang around their never engaging in any useful tion, will be as poor then as they v. It is absurd for a Christian say he has nothing to do. nt into a store in New York, there were five Christian men, ey said they had nothing to do. hole world lying in sin. Povâ€" / ha namfarted sickness to be barn, and away went his Sunday crop. Beware, young man, of all Sabbath breakers. c thom e o ETE OCORENICT EY Again, I charge you, beware of asâ€" sociation with the dissipated. Go with them and you will in time adopt their habits. Who is that man fallen against the curbstone, covered with bruises and beastliness? He was as bright faced a lad as ever looked up from your nurâ€" PMEA TE + sery. His mother rocked him, prayed Review. â€"Luke 2; 7â€"11; Mark l,'M' for him, fondled him, would not let the Supt.â€"What is the Golden Toxt? night air touch his cheek and held him | School.â€"The Son of Man came not to up and looked down into his loving / be ministered unto, but to minister. eyes and wondered for what high poâ€"| Mark x. 45. sition he was being fitted. He entered | wWhat is the Central Truth? God life with bright hopes. The world beckâ€" i e sent His only begotten son into the oned him, friends cheered him, but th¢ wo!q, that we might live through ‘?rch:rs shot at him; vile r(;le'n set tr:'ps Him 'l fohn iv. 9 or him, bad habits hooked fast to him : (hrr hy cnwain * with their iron â€" grapples; his feet | what is the topic? Jesus and His slipped on the way, and there he lies, j mighty works. i . Who would think that that uncombed | _ When wa: th> Tim * I e e 1 beâ€" : 5th, nair was once toyed with by a father‘a! B, C. 5, to Muy, «. 4). 28. _ fingers? Who would think that those| Who were the Persons ? Caesar Auâ€" bloated cheeks were ever kissed by a| guâ€"tus, Cyrenius, _ Joseph, Macy, mother‘s lips? Would you guess that | Jesus, The shepherds, Angels, Tiberâ€" that thick tongue once made a houseâ€" | ins, Pilate, â€" Horod, Philip the Tetâ€" hold glad with its innocent prattle? Utâ€" | rarch, Lysanias, _ Annas, â€" Caraphas, ter no harsh words in his ear. HeIP| JjJoin, Zacharias, Androw, St. John, him up. Put the hat over that (mce‘ Petor, Philip. Nathanael, Nicodemus, manly brow. Brush the dust from that \\’bnn'ul of *::\n;xtrl:l \1'Lt:thm\' coat that once covered a generous ; °. ,:_1 CSSt n L. ,'”w i%lx:tll of heart. Show him the way to the home| , / A e Y , *A L : a+ SMican v. 2 that once rejoiced at the sound of his | Jesuis. At Bethl_chd‘m. Mmicah Y. _. footstep, and with gentle words tell his| God so ordered events that t.h_rough children to stand back as you help him | natural causes Joseph and Mary were through the hall. ! led, at just the right time, from Nazâ€" Oh. if I had some art by which I| areth, to Bethichem. The angel of the high «4 Mtarh: canrrnit y io salctcircaper eA PAG OR W sVO T AED T 0 T could break the charm of the tempter‘s bowl and with mailed hand lift out the long serpent of eternal â€" despair and shake out its coils and cast it down and crush it to death! & faY Shake off the Sabbath turn your back upon the off the sceptic. Shake Shake off the pleasurist. this work of ejection in you may do it firmly. Y der and circumstances CEVUESIL TV C AMRCRCICT Shake off the Sabbath breaker. Oh, turn your back upon these men. Shake off the sceptic. Shake off the idler. Shake off the pleasurist. You may do this work of ejection in politeness, but you may do it firmly. You are not un« der and circumstances to lose all the remembrance of the fact that you are a gentleman and must always act the: gentleman. A young man said to a Christian Quaker, "Old chap, how did you get your money ?" "Well," said the Quaker, "I got it by dealing in an article in which thou mayâ€" est deal if thou wiltâ€"civility." _ Be courteous, be polite, but be firm. Say "No" as if you mean it. If you say "No" in a feeble way they will keep on with their imploration and their temptation, and after awhile you will stand in silence aund then you will say, after they have gone on A little longer, "Yes," and then you are lost. Oh, turn vyour back upon the banquet of sin‘l I call you to a better feast toâ€" day. The promises of God are the fruits. The harps of heaven are the T TT . Chncs Tulnotare~ stt MEkchol : Sre t Physically the Onas are glants. . They are not, however, seven or eight | feet in height, as the early explorers | reported their neighbors and nearâ€" | est relatives, the Patagonians, _ to | be. â€" Their average height is close to | six feet, a few attain six feet and six | inckhes, and a few are under six feet. | The women are not s0 tall, but they | nre more corpulent. There is perhaps | no race in the world with a more perâ€" | fect physical development than the | Ona men. This unique gevelopment is | partly due to the topography of their country _ and to the distribution of game, which makes long marches con stantly necessary. The Ona men are certainly the greatest crossâ€"country | runners on the American continent. _ The mental equipment of the Ona is by no means equal to his splendid physical qevelopment. He understands very well the few arts of the chase which he finds necessary to â€" mainâ€" tain a foolsupply. â€" His game in the past has been easily gotten ; his needs have been few, which fact acâ€" counts for the lack of inventive skill portrayed in the instruments of the chase. _ The home life, the house, the clothingâ€"everything portra ys this lack of progressive skill. Instead _ of the children being well dressed _ and well cared for, as is the rule _ among eavage races, they are mostly naked, poorly fed, badly ‘trained, and ailtoâ€" gether noglected, not because of _ a lack of paternal love, but because of |the mental lothargy of the people. It lis the same as to shelter and _ garâ€" | ments. _ They have abundant . maâ€" |terial to make good tents ana warm, | stormâ€"proof houses ; but they _ simâ€" l ply bunch up & few branches, ‘ and l throw to the windward a few skins and then shiver, complaining of their i-x;isérable existence Just Coincidence. | To the seeker after co‘incidence it is interesting to observe, writes a corâ€" l respondent of â€" the Westminster Gaâ€" zette, that the throe besieged towns in South Africa follow on alphabetâ€" lcally: : KIMBERLEY, ; LADYSMITH, . MAFEKING. (As the relief of the first two has been effected in proper order, may we not expect to hear of the third shortly ?) Also, that three of our most famous slieges, in which a success{ul relief has occurred commence with L., viz., Lonâ€" donderry, Lucknow, Ladysm{th. kTR dptie tic expealition, writes In entury of "The Giant Inâ€" rra del Fuego," his text ated with pictures drawn raphs by himself. an« have been reported, nes of Fierra del Fuego a Hardy Race. nd â€" their â€" weatherâ€" are not, as is geonâ€" one homogeneous distinct rac«s, with s, different appedar: abits and homes. . . hus far evaded all in the th reporte 1 e country by Magel y stilh re connec tioi elgica w ) ?;'e"tl What is the topic? Jesus and . FLB â€"Nes, j mighty works. mbed | _ When waâ€" th) Tim:* l o 0) be : : 5th ther‘a‘ B, C. 5, to Muy, 1. 4). 28. those! Who were the Persons ? Caesar Au: by a| guâ€"tus, _ Cyrenius, Joseph, _ May 2 ca d 5OO Mn "honimeda ~ Anoseols.â€" Tibter rica we pudÂ¥iag INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO.X11 MARCH 25, 1900. SUNDAY SCHOOL Review. â€"Luke 2: 7â€"11; Mark 1 ; 20â€"34, Supt.â€"What is the Golden Toxt? school.â€"The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to ministor. Mark x. 45. What is the Central 'l‘rntl‘l’.‘ Goxd aHEERIOE P1E PCY What is the Central Truth? God sent His only begotten son into the world, that we might live through Him. I. John iÂ¥. 9. _ _ k i ed ; his parents gently reprove him ; He tolls them He must be about "His Father‘s business ;" returns with them to Nazareth. 11. The preaching of John the Bap tist. â€" Tiberius Cacsar Roman emperâ€" or ; Pilate governor of Judea ; Herod tetrach of Galilee ; Annas and Caiaâ€" phas high priests. . John preached in the wilierness; baptized in Jordan ; preached repentance ; insisted â€" that they bring forth fruits unto repentâ€" ance; different classes came to him; a thorough reformation required _ of all ; pointed to the Messiah. IV. Jesus Goes from Nazareth, â€" in Galilee, to the Jordan, to be baptized of John. John shrinks from gsuch a step; Jesus urges it ; is baptized ; the heaâ€" vens are opened ; the Spirit descends like a dove upon Him ; voice from Heaâ€" ven ; led into the wilderness ; fasts forty days and nights ; afterwards hungers ; tempted, 1. Command stones be made bread. 2. Cast Thyself down. % Worship me. Â¥Y. John the Raptist was near the close of his life work. He was anxious that his disciples should accept the | leadership of Jesus. Pointed Andrew i and John to Jesus ; they follow Him ; Jesus turned and asked them what they sougnt ; invites them with Him ; they abide with Him that day ; bring their brothers, Simon and James, to Jesus; Jesus goes into Galilee ; finds Philip and Nathaniel. YIL Nicodemus, a rich ruler of the Jews, and member of the Sanbedrin, came to Jesus by night ; introduced the subject of miracles ; Jesus said, ‘¥e must be born again" ; Nicodemus failed to understand ; illustration of the wind. Jesus points Nicodemus to the son of man; illustration of the serpent in the wilderness ; God‘s great \ love for man ; he that believeth shall have life. VIL Jesus goe$ through Samaria ; stops at Jacob‘s well ; meets _ the woman; asks a drink; she expresses surprise ; Jesus speaks of the gift of Godâ€"living water, and tells her that those who drink shall never thirst ; shne desires it ; Jesus asks her to call her husband ; she says she has none ; has had five; calls Jesus a prophet ; asks about place of worship ; true worâ€" whip must be in spirit and in truth VIII. Jesus is at Nazareth; in the synagogue; on the Sabbath _ day Reads from Isa. lxi. 1, 2 ; applies th Scripture to himsâ€"l{ ; he can save th poor, the brokenâ€"hearted, the cap tives, the blind, the bruised ; the ques surprise ; J Godâ€"living those who tion regarding his lowly birth ; _ he cannot heal there because not . acâ€" cepted ; justifies his course by refer: ence to Elijah and Elisha ; they think he puts them lower than the heathen; trvy to kill him; he escapes. IX. Jesus in Capernaum ; in _ the synagogue:; on the Sabbath _ day. Teaches the people: they are astonâ€" ished at his doctrine; an unclean splrit cries out ; Jesus casts him out: fame spread abroad ; at Peter‘s house: motherâ€"inâ€"law heajed ; when the sun went down the Giseased ano those possessed â€" with devils . were brought to him, and he healed them all and cast out the devils. He "sufâ€" fered not the devils to speak." Jesuâ€" is rot dependent upon the testimon y of devile to carry on His work or to prove his divinity. There is no con: cord between Christ and Belial. IL Cor. vi. 14â€"16. X. Jesus in Capernaum at Peter‘s house. Great crowd at the door; n paralytic brought and carried to the roof ; the roof torn up; the bed let down: Jesus saw their faith ; Ths sins be forgiven thee ; the scribes rea> son:; he speaketh blasthemies; Jesus arswoers them, which is eaier to say. Arise, or thy sins be forgiven? the cure; the peoole amazed. They gloriâ€" fied God, siving, "We never saw it on this fashion." They saw that none but God could perform guch _A wonderful cure and they were filled with reverence and fear. The divin itvy of our Lord is here fully estab lished. 4 s XI. Jesus teaching at the seaside : sees: Levi at the receipt of custom : follow Me: a feast at Levi‘s house: sot with publicans and sinners ; the seribes and Pharisess question the proprety of this ; the «ick na»1 a phyâ€" s‘cian. Why do not Thy iscinles fast ? this a marriage feast and it is not an occeag‘on for fasting : two figuresâ€" old garments, old bottles. By these figures Jesus shows that the Jewish system of religion was old and effote, ready to van‘sh away (Heb. viii. 13), and that He proposed to replace it with something entirely new. PRACTICAL SCURVYEY. â€" Lesson I. The great events in the \worli‘s history have frequontly passed \comparatively unnoticed. Christ was a child of promise. " His absolute and perfect divinity is as clearly and fully agserte 1 and proved as Hs humanity." He is Christ, Jehovah. * His; visit to | the earth forms the most s‘gnal event in its annals." ‘The time of His birth is commemorated by th> Christian cra. In Him heaven and earth came toâ€" gether. II. The youth of Jesus is one of the most interesting periods of,}lllnllte.u l|t is here w» can observe and study His character while He is in that transiâ€" tion state through which all human beings must pass. That devologment can only be reached by growth is a law that apples equally to all created as divine, nnd His hinman nature Was intelligonces. Cisist was hyman as well en nc L e Ves en I ‘ancharias, Androw, St. John, Philip, â€" Nathanael, Nicodemus, vilderness ; _ lasis its ; _ afterwards . Command stones ist Thyself down. 1 capable of development the other human beings. III. The forerunner. of Christ was a bold, defiant, radicitl preacher, yet tender and meek, as well. To the Pharisees he appemred seveéere and spoke with authority, but in the presence of the " greater than he " he was humble and reserved. The nation was corrupt. Both the civil and religious authoritie were imerâ€" cenary and grossly immoral. with His own hand He will take the fan and purge His floor, destroying the chaff. but gathering the wheat into His garner. IV. Although John‘s baptism _ was unto repentance, yet Christ is bapâ€" tized, 1. As an endorsement to His forerunner. 2. To show outwardly that He was separated from the corrupt practices that John was denouncing. The Holy Spirit came upon Him like a dove, and the Faâ€" ther spoke, endorsing Him in _ the highest words of praise. V. "‘The greatness of Jonin the Baptist and the majesty of Christ appear in Joln‘s pointing his disciâ€" ples to Christ, and Christ‘s _ atâ€" taching them to Himself. In these disciples of John the spiritual perâ€" fection of the work of the Baptist followed Christ followed Him upon is seen. These first disciples who John‘s repeated testimony, 7 an un slring him, Cc and to in one ] threw vulsed siring to be let alone. Jesus rebuked him, commanded him to "be muzzled," ind to come out of the man. The devil, in one last effort to destroy his victim, threw the man upon the floor and conâ€" vrulsed him, but the power of Christ conquored, and the man was set free, without bodily harm. X. Again he is in Capernaum. ‘The rowds around Him. Feter‘s house, and the court around the door, are packâ€" ed with people. The audience conâ€" tains prominent persons â€"Pha risoos and doctors of the law, from "every and doctors of the town of Gal lee, and salem," While He is with the palsy is ca to the roof, the roo the man is let down man is troubled be: in the presence of he. so _ loathes &n'u longs to be se this. and at ones prC this, : given given. The secribes reason in the‘r kearts that this man blasphemes, for it is the prerogative of Go#4 only ¢o forgive sins. Jesus reveals _ their thoughts and immediately heals the man, thus proving that He is God, and therefore has power and authority to forgive sins. . â€" T aÂ¥+ _ u4 i td o aipes c among L{i€ COnUMOR . PEDpEER TT Eu200 no attention to caste or _ social disâ€". tinctions, but wherever He finds an honest, humbje heart He is ever ready to say, Follow me. He is preaching by the scasidis, rear Capernaum. Matthew is sitting at His place of busâ€" iness, near by, and in His heart is longing to join Himself to the one whom he already believes to ba the Messiah ; but H» is a dospis=1 publiâ€" can, and has been socially ostracized, therefore he cannot expect to be noâ€" ticed. Imagine his surprise when Jesus stops and says, "Follow me." He hesitates not a moment. Soon afâ€" ter this he made a great feast and in= vited Josus and His disciples, toget her with many puwblicans and sinnars. and many of these _ people became followâ€" ors of Jesus. The scribes and Phariâ€" sees criticize Him, but He plainly tells them that He cannot hold to their old views, but expects to act enâ€" tirely separate from them. oUR FISHERIES. One of Canada‘s Sources of Nutural‘ Wealth. Aaccording to the annual report on our fisheries submitted to Parliament by Sir Louls Davies this afternoon, ~0,000 men were engaged during the seaison of 1898 in the Canadian fishâ€" ing industry, using boats, nets and other fighing implements, AgEregat, ing a value of $9,860,000. About 1,â€" 150 echooners, manned by 8,657 sailâ€" ors, besides the 72,877 fishermen, usâ€" ing 38,675 boats and 6,228,000 fathâ€" oms of nets, found employment in this vast industry. The lobster plant alone is valued at $1,381,120. This amount comprises 814 cianneri s wich their 1,335,610 â€" traps, giving â€" emâ€" ployment to 16,348 persons. The quanâ€" tity of fish usod as bait is reckoned ut $345,388 ; that of fish oil at $199,â€" 787, and the produce of the fur s>al sking realized $285,520. Salmon, which last year had usurped the first place held by the cod, has this year been surpassed by the lobster, the _ relaâ€" tive values being : Lobsters, $3,887.â€" 830 ; salmon, $3,159,308. Another marked fluctuation is the shortage of $200,000 in the value of cod as comâ€" LX pared with the take of 1897. l)u:'-} ing the year no less than 222,000,000 fry were hatched and distributed in Canadian waters.. The fisheries of Muritoba and the Northwrss Topriâ€" tories have risen in value from £30.â€" 590 in 1876 to $745,500 in 1896. A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world thain a wellâ€"educated family.â€"Thomas Sceott. There is certainly something of exâ€" quisite kindness and thoughful beneâ€" volence in that rarest of giftsâ€"fine breeding.â€"Buiwer. Two more bodies have been recovy: ~ered from the New York tenement fire, aÂ¥d six nre still missing. is calls His disci e common people v is carrie the roof is The a person ie law, ind JudJ is pred becau e | of the gl'm sins free. ronounc r, and sel al JID= ointing was upon is wore gracious nod, reasoned, and they might have cast from them. h to Capernaum ; i; instead of reâ€" ccive Him, and a Messed. The truth synagogue aroused who cried out, de reason in t] blasphe mes, of Go# only reveals U mâ€" e regarding one who was d set at libâ€" ng was upon ere gracious reasoned. and iching 1 by 1. own sciples from re. He pays i, and Jeruâ€" hing a man by four men orn up, and o Jesus. The of sin, and holy Jesus them f @hfit esuS S( . jlome heaven JUST WAIT A LITTLE . WHILE. In the Chr.stmas number of _ 1he Ladies‘ Home Journal, lan Maclarem had a scathing article on the qu; tionâ€"Should the Old Clergymen Shot ? He also pays his respects to the young minister who comes in crow â€" ing and cackling after the old pasâ€" tor has been evicted. Congregations might easlily do a le@s wise tning than ponder over the folkowing paragraph. and there is a short sentence at the end which might easily be beaten ut into a useful homily for young min= isters and students in divinity : EEpany . PRA RRTTICCCC ET Of course a congregation ma y, make it #o uncomfortable for the man who has served it during the bost years of his life that he â€" will have no alternative, and will be glad to leave even if he go to obscurity and poverty. Aad when a congregiaâ€" tion takes this way of cutting the knot, one almost despairs of Christiâ€" anity. ‘The meanest merchant _ who ever wrangled over a cent would not treat an oid clerk as a body of Chrisâ€" tian people will sometimes treat a poor and wornâ€"out iminisier, They have used up his youth and his man» bood, and his enthusiasm and his enâ€" ergy ; they have had the bloom of his mind and the harvest of his soul. For them he lived and thought ; for them in the days of his strength he exhausted himself every Sunday and has permanently worn out his reâ€" serves of life. All that thes could get ‘uut of him they have got, and now, after watching for a year or two they have come to the conciusion that his best days are done, and they make him a trumpery prosentation and bid him go. Then they go. cap in hand, to some popular young minister and entreat his favor, declaring that their hearts have gone out to him, and they believe it to be God‘s will that he should be their minister. And he, in his turn, comes, and soon is to be heard declaring that there never was | miunk o Inin Y meannin. Tet nim Wwiit k treat an oid clerk as tian people will son poor and wornâ€"out have used up his you hood, and his enthus ergy ; they have ha his mind and the ha after watching for they have come to 1 his best days are do him a trumpery pr NEV DPC VY MCY Â¥Yes, let him wait a little while, and he will find that the very men who turned the old minister out in the road will turn him down and then turn him out just as cruelly as they turned out the old pastor who buried their mothers and baptized their childron. The idea that a mere change of pastor changes the nature of a conâ€" gregational bully or of a crank or of a chronic objector is unworthy of the intellect of an imbecile. We have more than once seen three pastors turned out by the same men, and each one of the new men was popular for a little syhile. Wait a little while until the poople become used to the voice and the lines of thinking and the modes of presentâ€" ing truth of the new man, and a good many of the best of thom will begin t ask whethor after all he is any. they believe it to be God‘ he should be their minister his turn, comes, and soon heard declaring that there such a loyal people. Let h little while. Yes, let him wait a 1 he will find that the turned the old minist road will turn him dow him out just as cruelly out the old pastor w mothers and baptized The idea that pastor changes gregational |}u|) pastor is InSUUNPY Â¥""""""" " C ilnta to urge his congregation to contribute to the support of some schome that oneâ€"half of them are opposed to. Wait a little while until the people "take «wide," on som® question, and each side demands the help of the minister. ' Wait a little while until on> part of the congregation â€" wants to "go in" for un.or revival meetings under the leadership of â€"ome advertised profesâ€" slonal, and the othor hall shows its opposition to any such movement. Wait a little while until th> famâ€" ilies that waut three times as much personal airtention as is givon to any of the other fam{lios find out that the new minister is treating all the families in the same way. Wait a little while until the new minister feels bound in conscience to denounce some popular «in, and does it in good, round terms, such as one of the old prophets would have used. The people who signed his call beâ€" cause they thought he would be such a "nice" man at an afternoon tea, may not like him so much as they did when the dear man came. C Wait a little while uaitil part Of the congregation hold a stopâ€" watch on the minister as he prays and preaches, and some of the others deâ€" clare that the prayers and sormons are go short that it is not â€" worth while going to church. ant ESss FWT Aottmatin cadw o5 s PEDomme EPm CCC Wait a little while until the o1« cials ask the pastor to press for conâ€" tributions for something and a large number of the people begin to say it is "money, money, money, every sabâ€" Wait a little until show man opens out 0 and draws off a suff "Rounders‘ to leave cant. bath." In â€" congregations that practice evictions the new man need _ not wait long. The fellows who turned out the old pastor will soon begin to show their hand. They may be on their good behavior for & short time, but they are all the more dangerous OM that account. The new minister who blows about the loyalty of a congregation given to evictions is not wise. If he had any senso to sp>ak of he would know that the same people will very like ly evict him. The young minister who . vrows about the craze for youth{al preachers ts foolish. If he bad any sens* he would know that some day h> will ts ald h‘mself. And he may become old very soon. Soame ministers are quite old at thirtyâ€"five and some . Ar° young at sixtyâ€"five. Years have had very little to do with the mattor. I! a iman‘s mind retains the caprcity for growth, for development, for a«s m‘lition, he never becomes ol °. Some m‘nisters are old when they leave college ; some are young when the Lord takes them, home at three gcore and ton. : It is the vain endeavor to make ourâ€" selves what we are not that . has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left in the rough. â€"Lowell. i A dose of Miller‘s Worm Powders * occasiona‘ly will keap the children [By Knoxonian.] until some itinerant out on the next street a sufficient number of leave a few pews YA ter who blows about . congregation given not wise. If he had ak of he would know meanle will yvery like man â€" need not ws who turned out oon begin to show may be on their a short time, but ore dangerous OM NA 0 B0 n ne schome that opposed to. until the people question, and h> help of the all sense OL his opinions ho may not ; when the ap in hand." til the now th»> poople 1 the lines f presentâ€" ind a good w.ll begin ho is any. en join @0 ontribu t meoctings the offi« « disâ€" a soul all his now. ined, CY that n ow by