MAT: LIKI: JI-SUS.
Why the Saviour i> the Truest
Fri» n«i That Mankind Has
Ever Known.
A Friend in Business Troubles, a
Friend of the Family, and the
Believer s Friend.
What the Rev. Dr. Talmage, of
Brooklyn, Preached About
Sunday Morning.
The i.'ev. T. L'eWitt Talmage, I». I'.,
took for his subject 'None 1.i.-.e
lesus." His text was 'Tntoyou there
lore which believe he is precious. I.
I'eter ii. 7. 1 ollowing is the sermon :
We had for many years in this country
vmmer al depression. hat was tne
matter with tie* store- ' With the har
vests? With t e people ' l.aciv ot faith
Money enough, gQods enough, skillful
brains «n« u u», indu.-triou- hands enough,
but no faith. > ovv what damages tie
( otnmen ... w rl !. damag st h" spiritual.
' njr . reat lack is faitu. 1 hat .s the tiling
oil wh. h eternity turns The Bible says
.ve are saved by lai'!:. 'h, saysome
«.nc in the an iienee, "I have faith. I
.eliev that Chr.st came down to save
the word.' I reply that in worldly
matters when you have faith you always
act upon it. lor instance, if I cou'.d
i 'i\\ von a business op rat:ou hv w hie :
v, u «null ll. ak - live thou-and dollars,
vou w oul ■i in mediately _o into .t. \ou
won : rove \ our fa tu in w nat I tell
i. . hv \ > r prompt an 1 immediat • ae
: on. Now. if v. hit yo l call laith in
i hrist ha- 11*d you to surrender your.en
nature to .le •: an : to o: resp« >n :.ng
a. •; ri in your li: \ t is genuine faith,
.ii. ! if it 1. s not, it i- not faith at all.
l'h r-• are mute thing- which 1 beli"\*e
with the head. Then there are other
tilings \vhi h I believe with the heart.
\ul then there ar" other tilings
a ii I i.c! el -.tli w :th tli" ii-'.i ! a i
ic.tt. 11 e i"ve, f»r i stan e, that ( ro*n
w i .•'.••! 'i .. tis .i matter •:' the hea I.
Th :i th- re ar" other tilings w hi> h I be
lieve wi'h th" heart and not with th"
hea»!. That is, I have no e p.-cial reason
for believing them, and vat 1 want to
h« 1 ve them, an i the wish is the father
to the c: pet tatiun. Kut there is a verv
great d..e r nre between that w ich we
hel."\e a' tiiit our- ' t'S an 1 that which
we believe about ot iters, lor instance*
vou ren.emir r not a threat while ano th re
.\. s i di- it r ,n I'emisylv ar.i i, amid the
li.im, s . licie w as an e\| losun amitl the
damp-. a:i'! many ive- were 10-t. luth"
morning you poked up your new-papt r
and -aw that t. ere had been a great dis
in IVi nsylvania. ou said: "Ah,
what a sad th igthisis: how many lives
,i i>t ' ). what soriow ' '1 hen you read
a 1 ttie fuitiier on. l"u re ha 1 : ecu an
-t n re i louse' ort to tho~e men
out, and a e\v had b« en saved.
\(i i -• i ! 4 w h t a I raw t i u_- wi at a
ijrai.d 11 i n.: t hat wa- 110 \ wei/ w . ■
done I lit n you ft ■ ••! t:i" ] > j» r .11 •,
an«l -at d>wn to your int.rnuij: r«-pa>t.
"i or.r a| p ' t" had not been ,n'ei .e ■ \
wt: i an. I rn z t hit tl v, | eih 11 -\. >u
t i.oujl.t on \ two or ti ree times of lli ( .
.1 -a.-ter. I t si you and I ha i
i t • n in t' e IU ne, an i t i • ■ y ing had
• :: :d! ai ::i 1 f.n ! we h";.r 1
ti, 5 • l.:i\t s u-' i " !!•; :is C.l'VWi r'
tr\ n_• t• • w•i k 11 i w v tlow u. and a t r
a wl :ie we -uv tie 1 _'i.t, and then th *
l.a' bill 'at It i"Wll throu- : the-ii,i»,
an i -u • at d and i.aii ea 1, we had list
sir- ; _'th tn » to throw »»ul> lvt s ovt r
ii.t t it. ai i i;a 1 le* n han't : ..-it into tiie
1.1 t. Urn what an up r« , i «11>n we
w i i,. v" li i i t i th* a_ w y mill th"
dark ut ss • t iif.ith. and t} .v• >. deliv« r
an e I hat l- ti. • ti. ;!t i, ~« e letw t en
! • ~i v n_' a tiling a out :herj an 1 b -
..e\ •'. _• it tcir.M 1 ve-.
Wo take lift th ■ Hible a* tl read that
• hr-t e:»>ie to save the woild. '• 1 iiat
wa-te. ir. v u-ay. "a t ne-peoinn n
> st It denial, i hat wi- \»■ rv I, in
• i : I ut su] : —it .t to i •! th it we
; i •e \ e« w ere . w u '' i th n n • •» f >■ >
:ni in t e darkm as. and hrist stretehe I
tif a n ,s . r t ii er v \t.\ u_ ; 4 •; .
• ■ • ' 1u- :t oi ! e t ; jui i
.- i ' 1 r 't t II t :.• ■ »o! \ _'t ,I!.d II ••
ane ' • ■ i: 'o tuir ii ith then
i- a • a:t r : a:, t.capping .itia n at
1 i t . it .s a ma : r uf
•a* p t ;.- \\ ;. th :i iof fa.t n have
\: \ ! r ' hr
It -fa * 'it tt: .ike* a hr -t an, an 1
ti- 1 iie }r • t ''II of f: ith that lua ,
the . r • . :w .. i.r -•\\ bat
w.;s :t th..t .. te i la"., and I uth r, an I
la\ -o . iiu i t •i ■ r _:e a >\ ' iie or . i
i.aiy leve. : i i stian tliara t r It
n -i- the - 'h - ty. the lii!:au v. the
power. : 1 he t»p e or c> t..t■ r t.dth
«'. th. tWf u i". ie of it ». .• >e us
:oeath • ■ t n !i an 1•> .>r iai' ii t •
hear. ii . we - heve. litlp ti.ou our
unbt ,ef "To > u vh;u, Ui.eve i.e is
r r. ■ us
i *st 1 r mark i h*.-t i» pre i.a.s to
t e •. • r. a- a v .i\ ; ar : . , \
:. ..ti -. \ - ' w!i . a:e > 1 ; t.i kiuj '
.in « i f•:•u—t r. - t -, -i U i. uin
' -
- uiu r \ts "Th ■' : .rt - , •'
i.Lt • a', tl • _--a:. ; .e-pt . J \ v. :
Vf : -.iv ' . w \ . k . .
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6
w ha* \- r _ • W ii, i
lu. u It aa s a j eav
"1 hat man set- . ims aiove ii
no* instead o. setting himself up, he
throws bin. sell down, lie ( r.es out: T
was lost once, but now lam found. I
was biind once, but now I see. I pros
trate myself at the foot of the cross o: the
Saviour's mercy."
What a irrand thing it is to feel that all ;
the bad w r is I have ever uttere !, and
all the bad deeds I have ever done, and ,
;di the bad thoughts that have ever gone
tl rough my mind, are as though they
bad never beer, for the sake ot * hat
Christ has done. Vou know there is a
ditb rt-nce n stains. >om»*« an be wash *d
out by water, but other- require a ht-mi
•al preparation Tne sin of the heart is
so : iat k an t indelible a n ark that no
human a| ph ati« n can lean>e it. while
the L oo t ji Jesus ' hri-t can wash it out
for ev» r. O, the in' : the omr.ijKjtejit
chemi try ot tlie v" e u :'.*i
savs : "I believe a'.l ' .f. I b - ve ( ■ ■ ; j
lias fordven tiie mo-t of i: y .-ms. hut
there i- on • sin la. : t for ;t. V* hal
is it? I .10 not want to !*• . what i. a-,
but 1 take the respon-iuiiitv saying
that tod will forgive it as willingly as
any other sin.
"(t'rr -in- lik' 1 mount nin- for tlifir -i/.e,
The -«• t~ s ol -oven'ign c expand,
'I tic -tai >f -oven-ign grace arise."
There was a very goo 1 man, about
seventy-five years oi that o"ce sai'l :
"I btdieve • >od has forgiven me. but there
was one-in which 1 committed when 1
was al»o'it twenty years of age that I
never forgave mys If tor, ami I can t feel
happy w hen I think of it. lie said that
one sin sometimes came over his heart,
and blotted out all his hope of heaven.
W hv, h • lacked in faith. Ihe u'ra that
can forgive a s nail sin can forgive a large
sin. Mighty to save. Mighty to -ave.
Who is the iod like unto our • .»,!. that
pardoneth ini |Uity? •what Jesus is to
the soul that believes in him ! Ihe soul
h>' k- up into ' h'i-t's ;a' - e, an I says:
"To whit extent wilt thou forgive me?'
\nd '( su- looks hae; into h s fa e and
KH' S "To the utter. uo.-t."' I'iies 1 il says,
"V, ill it never he brought up again
"Never savs hrist. "W on t it be
brotig'.t up again in judgment day'
•No. ' -av- ' hri-t. never in the jiidg
nc lit '1 v."' W hat i rea !is to the hungry,
w ■ bar! or is to th ■ be-t nil'd, wli -t
h.'.' is to t e blind, what ibert y i-to the
ci e, t'lit, and n »re th n that, is
( hri tto tile m 'ti who trusts him.
.I u-1 try to g t hii -1 away from that
(In -ti ii'. l'ut on t!i it man th" t!iu:n >-
scr \v. I w :st it r.n1.l the bom*s crae'v.
!ut that fo illl- = t.. i'on 1 oot i>: perse
(•u' i' 'ii unt 1 it is mashed to a o Ip
—tr• ' h that man on 1 e rack ot th" In
. u -i ion, ami louder than all the uproar
:>i thu j) rset utors, yoii will hear his
voice, lit." the voce (if Alexander be
i r »i \. al >.e t!;0 crankling faggots as h"
cr.ed out : • csus 'my b1 • ssed
.lf>u-' ' • ivine Jesus', who wotil not
.lie or thee?"
Again: 1 r.-narkth t Christ is precious
tot ■ beb»»v-r, as a friend. You have
ofn• i erci tl frieii Is an I you hive i nil v
fii'iiU. T' th" to siuercial trie il \«>. i
» wh n you ha.'e business tron le-.
You can '• ok back t»-o ne diy it may
li av • ' een ten or twelve yens a.o
W* en. i I you had no' ba I that frieu I. • u
v\o i i have l>e n ent rely ov -rthro •. :i in
1 l- .i ■s. l'ut 1 w.ui' to tel yo l :h s
li.orai of It sus, the best 1 llSiliess fl iell I
a man ever ha He can pull you out of
then -t perp'exiti There are t> oj.le
in th a ; i :i e \.!. » have got m 'h •
ha' 1 o put' i g tliuvii all the r W'oi! Iv
trou >' - it i. • eft ot Jesus by, 1 rst
meet- th" I u- uess u m on tli" -tie t . n ;
>ays "• h, usimss man. 1 know ail thy
tro.ii'les. 1 wall be with time. 1 will
s e thee through." look out ho v \ou
tr> t>j • or:i**r or tram > e on a in ri w ho is
backfl up by th ■ ! or! «> » 1 AI a, htv.
1 »ti;-c u t how vou trample on hi i. 1
ti;ere ia a I namaer t!iat inanv of our
bu ities.s me . hive nt found out. ' hri t
own- all the hoards of trade, all the ;u
--suranee co npanies, ami all the banking
la>a-.t's. They say that the Van lei-hilts
own th - ■ i ai' roads ; hut ( lirist own- t i.e
Van i.echilts and the railroids, a.a a I
the p o'tings of sto.'lc gat: biers sh d
be put to confusi >i. an 1 I with
h;s l;t. » l n«_'er sha 1 wipe out the r
infamous project;;. How* oft-n it ha
1t en that w have s-.eu men er
up ri' h s by fraud, in a pvrami 1
of -tr and beauty, an 1 the
1 or I tauie an I tlew on it ami it w i
gone ; w! il«> there are those here t>-ili v
w ho, if tlnv foul-1 -peak out in th.i
ass":n; lage. or laretl to sneak out, wo'il 1
s v "The I.( -t friend 1 hal in 1->'7 : th •
best frieml I ha lin , >7: the I est frit ml
I had a* tic opening of the war; the best
fii-'ul 1 ever hatl has bee a th 5 l.ori
•** ' hr. t. Iwo I ratht r give r.p all
other treui'ls than th - on
1• ut we have also family friends. Th n v
, come in wh n we h .ve sickness in the
hou-ehold. I'erliaps they say r.othing,
but "In yst .'ov. nan 1 they weep as th
hgi.t jot- .• .t fro the bright eves. a:i
t.. • white petals oi the lily are scattered
in the lli-t of death. * They wat .i
through tii' long night 1 v ti'io tlv:ng
touch, c.Ti 1 then, wm-n the spirit ii -
_ .ne, Ft o:h'» vou v, .th gr at co , or*.
1 1lev s : .nt cry. Je> s iKtit-s v TI.
• h•- Wv. . . w eet t e oto ; •
aga n.* Then, when your son went o \
reading y ur cmt. . i . th / nt
ami jut the story in the very best - iap*,
an ! pr-p;i s th.* r turn of th \S-
Were ii. v t t n you. ho o • wh n '•
birth ang. 1 t'.appe . : w.n.s >v r y »ur
• ■V" .ing An . t y .ave th :
the baj 'tis'ns n . .!*. •w, 1 • i a i v
;r -'' r ' i ! -t 1 ha.' •tok ,i vo ; ti: .t
r.-t i • th" tv s fami ;!• f r i-n h «
; ■ 1 :* liiat . r..d eov r w hi- ~ 'e -
1 !'• -e '• :- that n r er.* w.. r •
. t 5...> i that su k bra v
frosn'whi h Jesus wipes the daropn -
p i tnb.-* »v;., re ■es is r cs
the bre . eui'i ... that gr.ive wh«*re
■ ' >US . n w• ti I.; . - l;, et
sa> . .
* ■■* ■••*e • * .. * evrt
nie, th :_■i he were 1 ad. yet sh :
IN - i-aw y u a a e.n tie* : i
-1 ' • 1 gr- at h .
•■•er is t ere a n- n: • * ••
Th nk , : him who a,id
«*«•.'• ■ - ... a : t
thousand, i- t..- r • • * ~ • ,■
-• -• ' ..t V ;ai ■ •'. .\ it . t . : r
.
boy irom epileptic convulsion. >h, he
is the best friend. I ookover your family
friends to-dav, and find another that can
bo compared to him. When wo wan:
our friends they are sometimes out o:
town, Christ is always in town. We find
that some will stick to us in prosperity
wiio will not in advtrsity. Jdt t hr.st
comes through darkest night, an i amidst
ghastliest sorrow, an 1 acros* ro S'-a
to comfort you. There ar • men and
women hero who would havo boon deal i
twenty year* but for . esus. Thev
have gone through tria. enough to ex
haust ten tunes their physical strength,
'lle-ir property went, t:;e.r health went,
their families were scatti rd. Cod onlv
knows what they sutlered. Tley are .ii
amazement to thems iws that they have
been ab.e to stan ; it. 'l. ey .ook at their
onee happy home, surroun ie I by all
comfort. *ione. They think of the"time
whf-n they HS d to r.se strong m .the
morning, an i walk v i_ r jrou-lv iiowu the i
street, and ha • • xp r.**nce i a ii -.dtli thev
thought inexhaust i. l-. lioiiei i.verv
thing yon • but Jesus, lie has p.tied
th••in. His eye lias watched them. es.
lie h.'iS le n v\.t!i them. l hey ha e
gone thro iga disaster, and h* whs i p j|ar
of tire i>v 111 _h t. i hey have gone across
stormy «• aii 1« e, but hr.st had h s loot
on the neck oi the s ortu. Ttiev ieii t!ie
w.p. es ol tronb e CMii niif up arom l r n»-m
gra uady, a .d they o -an to > limo nto
the st i rock of (.ods ;ef» ns • .n 1
lh nt hey S. ii g, as t:i - v |i) >ke o . r t .e
waters: "• odisourr fu,;p an 1 st rendu,
an ever present help in time of tr j .i 1-;
ih'-rofore wo will not fear though th"
i be r uiioveJ. th'iiiu'h t!i • mountains
le c.vri d into tlie midst of the sea,
t'.i r i the wat- rs th r of roar an I be
t >d, tliotv-Ii to mount'iins sln';e
w .i th -\v»•!!;llthereof. >ehih." The
)i .( i i th ro was a sailor who came
into tlie I'. thel in New York, and said:
"Mv lads he was stan ling irnoiij
sailors . I don't know what s th • matt -r
wit l me. I used to hear a good deal
at out religion and about Jtsus > hrist.
1 don't l.n >vv that 1 have any religion «»r
that 1 know any thing mueh about
hrist, but when 1 was in
1 louk« 1 u;> one day through t ie
ri." ng and th r>- seemed to roiiv 1 i_r'll
tliiowi.h my soul. I have felt • 1 i 11• rent
ever since, and 1 love those that I one;
hit *d, an 1 1 feel a joy I can't t- 11 you.
I rea.ly don't know what is the matter of
me." A rough sailor got up and said
"My la >, I ku w what's the matter of
you. You have found Jesus. It is
enough to make any man happy."'
*•5 l i- worth, il all the nations knew.
S .id tlic u hole eai th WotiM love him, to
I remark again : ( hrist is precious to
the believer as a final deliverer. You
-nd I must, after a|w bile, get out of this
world. Here and jt ere, one, perhaps,
may came on to eig ty, to ninety years
of a re, but your co iimoii sense t«• 1 you
that the ivxt twenfy live years wi.l l.uid
the ma or'.ty of tiiis a idien e in et« rnity.
The ne'.t t m years will thin out a ure.it
many ot these family circles. I'his.iay
may 'o the work for some of us. Now,
why do i s.iv this?' 'Jo scar • you ? No;
hut just as 1 would stand in your o:!ice,
if I were a t ushiess n an an i you were a
business man, and ti.k over lisks. You
do not consider it cowardly to talk in
your st >re owe temporal risks. Is it
lia-e i:i u thin n orning to talk a little
while ov *!• t l i ■ : sks of the soul, that are
ford ni'y ' In • very congr gatiou death
has l ie !. st year be n dohig a gr* ::t de.-l
of work. W here is your father .' Where
is \onr mot.ter? Your ch I 1? *i our
nn tar? Vi'iir sifter? ' h. ii cruel
does d*atli s- eni to be! Will he j»lu-k
every llower.' Wi 1 he p >i-on ev ry
fountain? W ill he put bla k en every
door knob? Will he snap ev ry heart
string? '; m I keep noth:nAre there
no char.lie i weapons with wi ieii to uo
out an Ico tea i again t him .' «iive me
some keen sword, sharps, ed i « ■ >
ario v, with wh:ch I may stai) him
throiiji. e me -uiiie battle ax. that
I may e utcli it, a.i 1 hew him fio-n h■•!-
met to sandal. Thark th;in .'>o 1,
that he that lideth on the pal • hath
. ore th ii a match in him wlorileth
on the vvh.t'* bor-e. >t. -lonn i.e r I the
o .test, tiie pawing of the ste -ds, the
rush J he battle-cry, the onset, until the
pale iiors • c.rne dawn o i his haunt hes.
and bis rider bit the dust; while ' hrist,
th-' conpi-ror, wita uphftel voice h -
clared it "«» death, I wil: bethv pia.'uc :
'» jra.e, I w 11 l>e thy destru''tio , i. "
The sepulch r is t ijlitedcastle on th •
shore of heav-nly s-as. and sentin 1
angels walk ;p and dow i at th • tj >r to
guar 1 it. 1h • Just and the >1 unpne-s •■•!'
tii" jiave are only t!i ■ spray of th • w .ire
surf of celestial v.w and the So: br> ath
inir of the dyi ( hristian, that you ad
Ins gasping, is onlv tne lon_' nil d itiou of
the Hir ot hea en. ' »h. bless « >•> i lor'
what hr 8' is to the Christian sou;, hero
and liere.tit r!
I hear 1 a man say some time aero, that
the} never laughed in heave a. Id » not
know w ere he h:sauth >r.tv for th *
i th:: i k tiiey do ati.'h in heaven. Wtifi
victors co no home, d > we not ht:_ r h
\N lien :>rt n"s are won in a dav. •» we
nt laugh At( r w have • •n* n r
ii n ye is awav from ou: 11 i * n s. and
W" u'teet th" i airaiti, do we I. t a
w" Wi.l l.ai_'h in heaven. ■•; 1
■iv\ au.'iitc:, i. *t • e.. n i.-- i.i j'.it r,
L>ut a : .i:, roun 1, 1 ar, eep : - n nt
outbreak of eternal gladn ss 1 ' tho
_1 e o. that ; .o a•• ■* we n
Jesas 1 ti.i . we w: take the - t. \
i»r t: r-e v -s in heav ■i to .. it «•- j.
-,n i t,-n t:.o i- :U I years th r -
e a »o :ie:.t vv h*n t e >\ > »_'V : ~
tent ous;*n 1 souls would cry oat • i :.«•
sing an . when,the cry was •\\.. t
- ai. we n: _r " te* an--wr w-.: !
• -is " i h vo i may :.a •• .1
t e • :•> :ns .n he.ive . Id » i» : : e >
uch i- • :t ihem Y" i ay i. tve a
t . • i .be- n he., en : . I d • n t>• : • -
:i :t t!e*m. U'l ' y l. i e a.;
':.e -tpt rs ; ; ... n I > n->* re * *
ci ;.• » t th *m. \o i i..ay 11 . e ..
j.. - l ...>•:. : I J .. : *•• s •
t.. en r
i i tii *e i • :_•
' i ' •-
i ei" . • e - .e t.er - v •
,i - . : i w n 4 •' '
i.av e .•-.• to hr 1 v ..it t. .•! t . ar
to tac •. an I to strike h.»n !• with you in
one earnest ta.w atout your teathless
spirit. I o you know, my frien h that
tins worid is not enoiuti for y >u
It cheats. It la es. It dies. are
immortal. 1 se« it in the deathless >•. r.t
iiK>-\in_' out fron your eye. It is a
n uhtv spirit. It is an i:ni: ortal sprit.
It eats against ttic v\ ndow > the . a^-*.
I come out to (eel it. I'unng the p.«>t
w -ek *he vv rld has lieen tiv.nj t - : -e i
II with hu-.-v-. I come out th - r
to it with that bread ot wl.i.a .: .n
man eat he wiil never hunger. VYlut
has the world for you? Has it nok
t ruised yo i ? lias it not betraye 1 you '
Has it not ma'treate 1 you? 1 ook me in
the eve, immortai man, an 1 ted me if
that is not so. An 1 yet, will you tr M
it? 'h. 1 wish that you toul i forget
me, the weak an t »in!ul man that I
ii Ldit \a-u- i :ro n yo lr -ij t this morn
ing, and thai .iesus l-'gut c-»me in. Aye,
he vouies here r his u.o! to plea 1 tor
your soul—comes in all toverel with
tiie wounds of « aivary. He says: "U,
immortal uian ! 1 di»-d or thee. I come
to. save thee. I pity thee. W;(h t •
hands, tor. and iru»bed, I wiil h t tl.ee
up into pea ures tiiat never die. ' Who
will r .ed -who will diive h m back?
When * hrist was slain on the eio->. th"y
had a and they ha s nails, a . i they
had hammers. You crucify ty your
sin, i ii pe itent soui the l.ori .testis
Christ. Here is a « rc#ss : I- t where are
nails.' \\ h re ar.: the hau nu-rs ' "Aij,"
says §omo one reacting (hr.st s »:ue
one stan ling a long wa\ od "4 wi I fur
nish the nads. I don't Irlieve in thit
.lesus. 1w i I furnish the naiis." Now
we hr. to: ntils; wh > wi.l furnish th*
hamuieis .' •" \ n,' says some har l heart,
"1 will furn -ii the hauim-rs." Now we
haV' th' nails an I the hammers. We
have no spea s who wll f lrnisii the
spears? "Ah, says so ne one tonj in the
ha d of sin and re ecti n of t hrist s
nu ivy. "i wi i furnish them." Now we
have ail the instruments iio the
nai s. th,* ha uniers, the s » ais, an I tiie
ciuiiM.n goes on. (», tne daiKite-s!
', tin- pamr «», the tears! (», the tieath !
•"•I tie lamb of «io 1, that
aw ay the -in «»: the \\ ill.'
ior t .ie~us he p that u an. H • sit
far ha k to.lay. lie do -s not iike t>.
co ie* Jo[ war 1. Ileieelss'i nge in a re
-1 g ous a»s mblage. He tinnks perhap?
we do not want him. ». 'e-u>= t tke ♦h it
trem 'ling hm I. 1 'tit th n * ear t > that
auitated lear and Icar ln»w it heats «
lilt the iron gate of that prison hous • an I
let that man u'o fre •.
lor 1 .lesus, n lp that woman. Hie is
a wanderer. No tears ran sh * weep.
>ee. I.ord .lesus, that pollu'ed soul. s»*c
that blistered foot. No ehurch for her.
No goo 1 cheer for her. No hope for her.
I ord .lesus. go to that soul. Thou wilt
not sto ie h« r. hot the red hot eh in,
that burns to th" bon • till the bloolv
iclior hisses in tho heat, snap at thy
touch. «>, have mercy on Mary Ma.ala
lene.
I ord Jesus, help that young man. lb
took money out of his employer's till.
I• i« Ist thou see it ? The clerks were all
gon'j. The ligiits were i.'own. The shut
ters were up. I »idst tho i see it ? t», let
him not fall into the pit. Ilemomherest
thou not his mother's prayers ? Mio can
pray for him no more. lor I Jesus,
touch him on the shoul hr. '1 ouch him
on tho heart. 1 ord, save that young
man. There are many young men h re.
1 Lot a letter from on * of them, who is
prolnlry her - to-d:\v, mil I sh 11 have
i.o other o tortumtv oi ar.sweriug that
letter. ou say \o l believe in me. th,
do you believe in Jesus I c innot save
you, my dear brother, ('i.rist can. He
wants and waits to save you. and he
com s to- lay* to save you. Will vou
have ll;ni? I do not know what our
young men do wit I out hri-t how they
Ltd on amid ail the temptatiois and
tiiato whi di they ar ■ subjected. '
young man, come to ' lir t to dav, a d
put your soul an 1 your nterest for thi-»
lite an 1 for th-- nex' into his keeping.
In olden times, you know, a cup beirr
would brig wne or witer to the kiu-_',
who won' I dr nk it, tirst t iS ,: nL r it liiai
seli -howni,' th re vv.'S no po -on in it,
then piss.n.' it to the ki g, who won; 1
drink it. I lie h 'j'ie«t li >n >r I ;:sk i
that I mav be up n- ir r to lav to vour
soul. I bring you this wit -r of ev r
ia~ting life. Ihiv - 1..* ndr uking of it
1 ere is no poison in it. it ; s n-\ r
done nic any h irm. It will do yo i no
harm. ». drink it. and ive for .v. r
\nl let that a_ r ed man put his be id
down on the stad', an 1 let that j. »or
widowed soul bury her worri-d ft e in
hr handkerchief, and these little dm
dr n fold their boils in pray r. whii"
we to it:.end vou to Him who w -
wounie i :-'r our tra ssions. m
1 bruis • | f r our ini uities for to y u
w hi'. li believe II- .s pr» cious.
Crcal.lng the 3lold.
The gn-f t I 'nitel Mirr, in li. i
-'.elph.a. makes a.l the «iies used in t..e
o :i«• r mint®, a> w« Ii a *-.r it? own use,
an I at the • ii . of tie year l! i- -'r y
tie ut a . Tt is is tie- -ii v - :r-* w.y 1
p.-*\'*:."in_' tie- ou '*-ri- t- r Oo ti i -k
- - • aw
a:t• r th" >-e «»f ea. h cae-e. ..u" v ..r
*.ery u • t-e ing the •• ' i •
v»* ;i is co. e ted at tie* h . • :> i
t an i '.ui over t > !o :r r
i. -> us vv o act as e v e t
in.s i ei :es every s'amp. lr .( e
•a. to ■ ar- .n .•». 1 ir >m .*. -
'■ ; e t . • •* ■ S in s v •*" a i .> v n
t. • u üble nickel a..d still ui r • i.. . •
cent.
1 a h di" is a litt'e r »un 1« 1. nk '
• r.e- f s'• el. a' "it t re- . h- -
• u_* > ' a' tie* t i>. -o .- *r. ii.' i
.• k i s i i n '! .:.M' .• * it w
n •- 'Mi the '>n .* - •:»!•- »
.e••■itr; • > • r w *
ate o • •ye -.r in ! ,ne t.o . ;
» *O K:. "A *?.*.*
.t- i as *. •* .. • wh. a *
I \ • v » .r z > . •.
, » r
ven -:1 :i i • ■»■«. -:x * : - * ru
t t i ' . A l \ t . ] •
I I. r t? . - Z U
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witti th' tongs placed right en i up on
a:, anvil, an 1 sruck a terrific blow with
a «Ie Le-hamroer. Two blows do the
bus n an J the de is a shape'e*s mass
o' go 5-for nothing metal, in-tead of a
co-! v an t artistic die. The silver dies
then" io low. a: d so on until all are
smashe 1. It is *ow work, and the dies
art- many, lut the blacksmiths are strong
and the s peri tendent! is pat ent. By
nighttad the last of the dies has ihs
ap»eartd torever, and the dies of the
new year are alone in their glory.—
• .L> ty.
Kirge Thing*.
The largest volcano in the world is the
.Ltna lis base is 'H» mile- in circumfer
ence . its cone. 1 I,XM) ieet high. Its tirst
eruption occured 474 B. C.
1 :,e largest si ip in the world is the
rat i v he is feet long, - .
feel broad, and tiO feet deep, being
tons, .""he wa§ launched January ist,
y I
1 he largest park in the 1 nited States
is Fairu.o int, at Lhlladelphia, and con
tains iU acres.
The largest tree in the world, as yet
discovered, is in Tulare county, Calilor
nia. It is 27> feet huh and 10b feet in
circumference at its base.
The largest stationary engine in the
world is at the /inc mines at Krieden
ville. The number of gallous of water
rai-e i every minute is 17,"»00. 'lhe driv
ing wheels are feet in diameter and
wee_'h forty tons each. The cylinder is
I b» inches in diameter.
Thv? lar_est body of fresh water on tho
(do eis Lake Superior; 4>> miles lon,',
and lot) m les wide. Its greatest depth
is 200 fat.oins. Its surface is >.s ieet
above the level of the sea.
The largest circulation of paper money
is that ot the I nited States, being 7 nJ
millions, while Itussia has *>7o million-.
Tli-' largest university is Oxford, in
Lnglinl It consists of twenty-one col
leges and five halls.
I he larg st desert is Sahara, in North
ern Arica. Its length is -*,O m miles, an I
breadth, 000 miles; having an are i ot
1',7« 1 V ' ll square miles.
What Napolfito Sat J.
Napoleon, being in the gallery of th •
Louvre one day, alien led by the Laron
I'enoi. turne I roun 1 suddenly from a
line picture, which he had viewed some
time in s.len e. an I -aid to him, ' 'That is
i noble picture, I >enon.''
•d minor al 1' was I tenon's reply.
Mow long," inquired Napoleon, "will
this piet .re Ist '
lk-nou an-wvred that "with care, and
in a prop r situation, it mi'ht last, per
haps. live hundred year-.
•• \iid how ong," said Napoleon, "will
a st itue a>t
-p map-, said I'enon. "five thousm 1
years
-An 1 this" returned Napoleon s iai|»-
lv "t.,is you call immortal ty '
'.m We not hear a gente* voice saying,
that livet i a:i i believeth o.i me
y.'i (i af ' / dm .
Don't Choke (lie Churn.
A contemporary avers th.it no chum
should ever be more than hall full oi
cream to give the best satisfaction.
Churns without lloats or dash will not
work if too full, and others cannot make
the best butter or the most possible lrom
the cream ii they are much more than
half full. Tins seems seii-i! le, and we
know, from boyhoods experience, that
it is arm-aching and teuious work to
"make better come" with a full or nearly
full churn.
Salt for S« inc.
Practical and successful Western men
claim that a constant supply of salt for
swine is a safe preventive or diseases, on"
that can be counted on with a degree oi
certainty ; .that by the constant use the
system is m de strung to ward off d.s
ease , that cholera does not -tart in herds
re iv.ng this are, and that these herds
often escape when all others around
them are destroyed.
Keep Sheep l rom llum,
A great deal of wool is injured or
spoiled by burs in the Kail. I>on »t per
ni t your sheep to run from autumn uir il
Winter sets in among Weeds that pro
duct} burs. If the pest once g«-ts in it
will remain all Winter. If is not only a
d scomfoit to the sheep, but it decreases
the value of the w>ol.
Taming a ltnll |
A c rre-pon h-nt says "Having
handled Jersey bulls for many year--,
and just now bavin,' ha 1 so ue extr.4
trouble with an ei_dit-mohth--o!l animal,
I herewith s-nd you a description of a
device which may prove u-eful to some
ot vour rea ler- 1 t'h>rc a pi*•• of bar 1
woo 1, one by three m lies, and cut of
t'.\ ■ lengths nine in-li s eu n, p ne 1
th in do vn smooth, ia.d them on top of
ea>'h other and with a bra •• an) hve
ei.'tli- n h bit bortM a hole a* *-a>h en I
an ! on-* m th- centre : then to k a
sir >nz | lece of i.al: in h he n; i >p •, j it
uki >' i one e i, drew it thro i_> , on •
pi andt v i the »r. up* • m--
kii its- iit o it- !•-. t, .- "or-jjr:; •'h • .
p.e. e. lue 'ii •le ! o Iu- i > r 'ii
li»*ad pie »• wh; h in i w t L«- .t i ' I* -
the s •• of the i >» h* a . .i i i
ler th- «'.v Ip:* an »th* r t :;i *
s 1 n ■ ' . •*'!•♦• « ii. ! i t ...
t r » e t, nit t -o ii.u h .is t » . . .i _'>*t
;t 1 h- h a an 1 cutt ng this fp •
;il out >?i z enoujh to I.t : *v. In a; -
r ■:, rI . •• t .v • i, s.\ i I
p it a L"!-' at each en . to wm- !i I at
t.i le- i tie- s uiiu r of-: an i it r t jp.
a ! n. r as a aims -an I when %e it*d
t •• • rr • t'.e ti* i 1 ■ n i »*nmp»*d
. . i *j\ ii .■ i ia I a nty ,A»t t- I. r, i.e
.. a. . , a t*-r one day, a ir w s
v. n 'ii how quickly Le gave iii i>
.• :.i.g ...e be o--
A Ml ' 1 ram ?.t Mi ! !!••' ;r%\ Vt.
.
r , i (fi ' t - fr»>ni •> .;.t- - _*r vth,
■ . ■ . 'h- •. r -- •..!.«* 0.. y1 'j
' v • s.g .r y ,) ; r
• n oi - ! .s- i. t* r ram,
„. •. j j u - : un*>a-rLe ■ .