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THIS LLJ.LiKGTON I Uh.h I I'. Hill'.. 1 1 1 11 11 iiitUXIJU UXJJ.Mll . "SURELY THE BITTERNEC3 OF DEATH IS PAST," CRIED AGAG. Dr. TalniHKU Say llin Only Objritlmi In Till". Tex I Is Tluit ii Hurt Mini Vtti'li'il It - N-iTei tlic'lrss 1( ('uirlcn u livi'iil I.CbROIl. linnoKl.VN, April IT. Doing Kiistoi iiorn'nu. the Uiuoklyn Tnlxrnncle emigre v tion luul lirn invited to liritiK flower' 'In rlht before, nnd n bunk of them wits mi tin- Mont of tlie pulpit mid wreaths ot 1 - in fiviT the pulpit. Thu word "Heiur ii ' v.i.s tpi'llcii out in letter- of wliitu .ii .-pivi-il inueir was added to the ri.'ii i iinyr 'lint iouiil sin'iinK. Tct, I S n, iijl xv, 112, ".Surely llie. bitterness of ' :Hh i. pil"t." .Sn ( i k d Arf.iK. and the only objection I I ie to t li W text is that a bad man uttered it r i'ith(de.ss it. is true, and in a higher and better hwv than that in which it was crricimilly uttered. Years ago n legend onicthln like this was told me: Jn a li 'it lived a very poor woman by the name f Mis, ry. In trout of her door was a pear 'i'ee, which was her only resource for a llv ng ( liriit, the Lord, In poor garb was vnlkiiiT through the earth and no one "u'llu ilitertaiu lii ill. In vain he knoek-il it llie duor of palaces and of humble dwid ' 'i t'dld and hungry and iusiillicietitly ' as he was, none received him. lint iii : one day to the hut of this woman, 1 si name was Misery, she received him, 1 oflii-ed him a few erust.s nnd asked a to warm himself at the handful of mid she nit up all night that tho ..Her might, have a pillow to rest on. lu the morning this divine being asked r as he departed what she would have m do in the way of reward, and told her i it he owned the universe and would give r ivh.it slie asked. All she asked was i' l'er pear tue might be protected, and t'n bojs who stole her fruit, onre 1. 1 tin-tree, might not lie able to get I'll without her consent. So it was ' id, and all who climbed the tree r loiupt llnl to stay there. After I ! H it h ramealong and told the poor iiaii i-he must go with him. lint she want to go, for, however poor one's is no one wants to go with Hc.ilh. 'u said to Death, "I will go with i ..u will lir.-t climb up into my pear I bi 'iig me down a few pears before ut ' Tins lie enn-ented to do, but in climbed into the tree he rould not u 1 1 .me down. ' n t he troublesof the world began, l)e .ii li uid not come. The phy-icians ''i'. p.Uients, the undertakers no lm-i-i nv u rs no wills to make, the people v. .led for inheritances could not get t . old men staid in all the profes i aii I occupations so that there was no i. i or the young who were coming on. i iie earth got overcrowded, and fiom the earth the. cry went up: "Oh, lor H ' Where is Death'" Then the pco j ue to the poor woman and begged i to Ut Death descend from the tree. In iiuliy for the world, she consented to ' )i .it h come down on one condition, and i it i , , that he should never molest or ' hi away, and on that condition Death siiliuweil to come down, and he kept his nl and never removed her, and for that , n we alwaj.s hae .Misery witli us. Tiiu ntisxitKr.CTlox. In that allegory some one lias set fortli truth that I mean to present on this i ter morning, which celebrates tho res Trci on of Christ and our coming resur n m that one of the grandest and U l.tii'st mercies of the earth is our divine i i t -ion to unit it. .Si.tv-four nei.ons v v n.lnute step off this planet. Thirty i 'in m people every year board this planet. s a stuiimcr must unload before it takes i Ler cargo, and as the passengers of a rail train must Uave it in order to have an i i r company of pasteugers enter it, so with this world. What would happen to an ocean steam irif a man, taking a stateroom, slioulu st,ij in it forever? What would happen to a r 1 train if one w ho purchases a ticket linn d always occupy tho seat assigned liin- Vnd jehnt would happen to this world if all who came into it never depart ed fioui it The grave is as much u bene diction us the cradle. What sunk that ship in the Uluek sea u few days ago? Too many passengers. What was the matter with that feUumer on the Thunies which, a few years iufo, went down with 000 lives? Too many passengers. Now this world is ot 'v a ship, which was launohed some six tuousand yeurs ago. It is sailing at tl i' rate, of many thousand miles an f our It is freighted with mountains and i 'ies, and has in its staterooms and steer uxf about sixteen hundred million pas-en- irs. So many are coming uboard, it i nece sary thut a good many disembaik. Suppoin tluit till the people that have I'vil since tho duy of Adam and Kve weiu still alive. What a cluttered up place this world would bp no elbow room no place to walk-no privacy nothing to eat or wear, or if anything waie left the human rate would, like a Bhipwrecked crew, Lave to lie put On small rations, each of us hav ing perhapa only a bisouit a day. And what charica would thero ba for the rW-" generation.1. The man ivnd women f-'artcd when tho world started would k. tl o modern peoplo back and down, sayU.. "We ara &fof. thounnd years old. ISow down. History it nothing, for we are older than history," Whnt a mercy for the liu nuu f'&tse ww death! "Within a few years you ct& Ret from this world all there is In it. After ypu hnvs had fifty or sixty or S-eventy spiincttirjus.yoij haveseen enough W ihbomfc, AfUr fifty or sixty or seventy iiutauum T io Seen tuough of gorgeous foliage. A. tiWy or sixty or seventy winters, yc etm enough snowstorms and fi cJjUJs and wrapped your self in eu imjtetv. In tho ordinury 1 ngth o( li .n life you have carried enough btuflenf, nud shfd enough tears, and suiTrrod enfjugh injui-ticn, and felt enough pangs, and been clouded by enough doubt, and $jtrounded by enough mys teries. Vfu talk about the shortness of I'll, but if we exercised good sense wo Would realise that life is fjulte long enough. If we are the children of God we are at a baurjuet, uud this world is only the first Course of the food, and we ought to be lad that there are other and better and richer cotim- of food to be "handed on Wo usv. hum iii ono room of our Father's house, but them ure rooms up stalls. They nr better pictuicd, better upholsteml, better furnished. Why do we want to tay in the anteroom forevar, when tlieie nro palatial apartments waiting for our occupancy? What a mercy that thero is n limitation to earthly environments! PHiSKWl, riUII.THH. Death also makes room for improved physical machinery. Our bodies have. wiudtuiiK powers, but they ure very lim ited There ire benstn that can outrun us, outpft us, outcairy us. TUv birds have both 1 1 if -I u'r for tru'i I, yet we must stick t'j liio out. Jn tkis world, which tliu human race takes for itnowu, there nru ctcituresof (lod that can far sur pass us In some things, Death remove1 this slower and h ss adroit machinery and makes room for something better. Thest ejesthat cull see half a mile will be re moved for those that can see from world to world. These ears, which can hear a sound a few iuet oil', will be removed fot Cfirs that can In ar from zone to zone. Thesi feet will be removed for powers of locomo tlon swifter than the reindeer's hoof in lagln's plume oi lightning's Hash, Then we have only live senses, and to these we are shul up. Why only five senses!' Why not fifty; why not one hun drcd; why not a thousand? We can have, and we will have them, but not until this present physical machinery is put out ot the way. Do not lliink that this body is the best tln.t (iod v.i ii do for Us. (iod'did not half try when he uiil rived your bodih nieglinni" ':i. .Mm I you. I b lit vu with all anatomist-nnd wll h all physiologists ami with all sc'."i 'i- s .uid with the, psalmi'-t that "we are Uarnnly and wonderfully made." Hut I bilicc and I know that (iod can and will get us better physical equipment. Is it possible for man to make improve ment in almost anything and God not be nble to m. !.e impinve incuts in man's phys ical machinery? .-hall cannl boat givu way to limited" c.piv-s train? Shall slow letter give pliu e In telegraphy, that pbi' es San 1'raiieiM-o and New York within a minute of eoinmunie.'t ion? Shall I he tele phone lake tl.e -u'linl of a voice .dxty mile and ii.-tantly bii'm back another voice, and (iod, who in. ule the man who does these tilings, nut lie aide lo improve Ih' man himself with .uiinile Mloeitics and infinite mult iplk ai ion v liencflcent Death comes in and make- the necessary removal to make way for tla-e supernatural im provenients. So nl-o our slow proccs- ot getting informal ion lnii-t have a substi tute. Through iirohmgeil -'ndy we learned the. alphabet, and then im learned to spell, and then we learned to n."l. Then the book is put before us and llie eye travels from word to word and I rum page to page, and we lake whole d:i- to read the hook, and if from thai book of Intir or live, hundred p:.ges v.e have g; ii ! one or two profit i I'll- ideas we fell .e have done well. There inii-t lie sun e -uifter way and more atisfactory way of taking in God's tini-vr.-e of thought- "ml fact and cmot ions and information. Hut this cannot lie done with jour brain m it- present -ate. Manj brain gives way under the present facii it y. This wlilti-li in. i-s in I he upper cav ity of the s',,1111 mid at the extremity of the nervous sv-ifm this center of percep tion and sensation cannot endure more than it now einluies. Hut I foil can make a better brain, and he sends Death to remove this inferior brain that he may put in a superior brain. "Well," you say, "doc-not that.destroy t. Idea of a rctiircel m-i of the pre-ent, body?"' Oh. no. Il w ill be the old lactory with new machine!', new driving wheel, new bands, new levers and new powers. Don't you see1, Sol suppo-ctho dullest human brain alter the re-urrect binary pioc ess will have more knowledge, more acutc-iies-, more brilliancy, more breadth of swing than any Mr William IlainiKon or Terschel or I wine Newton or Faraday or .'igassiz ever had in llie mortal state or all their intellectual powers combined. You sie (iod lias only just begun to build you. The palace of your nature has oulytoe foundation laid and part of thu lower story, and only part of one window, b'lt the greBt architect has mails his draft, ot what yon will be when the Alhambra is completed. .lolin was right when he said, "It doth not yet appear what wo bhall bu." Hle-sed bedeathl for It removes nil thchindiauce-. And who ha not all his life run against hindrances? We cannot go far up or fai down. If we go far up we get dizzy, and if we go far down we gel suirncatcd. If mun would go high up they ascend the Malterhorn or Jlout Hlnnc or Himalaya, but what disasters have been rcported'as they came tumbling down. Or if thej went down too far, hark to the explo-ioii of the firudamps, and see the disfigured bodies of the poor miners at the bottom oi the coal slim. AX I.XI) OF r.MJTIII.V VICIS'JITfDKS, Then there are the climatological liiu drances. We run again-t unpropitiouf weatlu-r of ah -oris. Winter blizzard and Minimcr scorch, and each season seems to hatch a brood ot itsowiidi-orders. Thesum merspreadsits wings and hatches out fevers and sunstrokes, and spring and autumn spread their wings and hatch out malarias, and winter spreads its wings and hatches out pneumonitis and Hus-iau grippes, and thu climate of this world is a hindranen which every man and woman and child lnw felt. Death is to the good transfer ence lo superior weather weather never fickle, and never too cold, and never too hot, and never too light, and never too dark. Have you nnj doubt that God can make belier v ' ather than is chiiracUTistie of this planet Hle-sed is death' for it prepares t li- way for change of ones, yea, it clears the patli lo a .-eiiiiomuipre.-ence. How often we want to be indifferent pluces at the same lime! llow perplexed We get being compelled lo choose between invitations, between weddings, between friendly group-, bet n em threw or four places we would like to be in the same morning or the same noon or t lie same evening. While death may not open oppor tunity to be in many plui es atthesiune time, so easy and so quick and so Instanta neous will blithe transference tliut.it will amount to ubout the Mime thing. Quicker than I can speak this sentence you will be among your glorious kindred, among the martyrs, among the apostles, in the gate, on the battlements, at the temple, and now from world to world a- soon as a robin hojis from one tree branch to another trie branch. Distance no lilndrain e. Imiiun Mty ea-ily compassed, beiiiiomulpn senee! "Hut," says sonui one, "I cannot see how God is ifolng to reconstruct my body in the resurrei tion." Oh, that will lie very ei.-y us compnnd with what he has alieady done with your body four or six or ten limes. All scientists tell us that the hu man body chauyes entiielyor.ee in seven years, so that if you aie tweniy-clghtye.us of age you have now your fourth body. If 5 on an forty-two years of age you liae had -i.; bodies. If j mi aieseventy years of age you have had ten bodii . Do you not, my unbelieving friend, think if God could build for you four or live or ten bodies he could reajly build for you one more to be called the i.-iirrectiou bods'. Aye! tomiike that lesuriuLlioii body will not niulni half as much ingenuity anil power as those other bodies you have had. Is it not easier for a iculplor to make a statue out of silent clay than it would he to make a statue out of some material that is alhe and moving, uud running hither and thither? Will it niiV be easier for God to make the resurrection body out of the silent dustoC the crumbled body than it was to nuiko your body over live or six or eight limes while it iviis in motion, walking, climbing, falling or li'ing"' God hasalieadyou your four or five bodies bestowal tin times uiure uiuuinottnett thuu he willimt uj outha resurrection body. Yen, we have the foun dation for tho resurrection body in us now, Surgeons nnd physiologists say there arc parts of the human body the tiscsnf which they cannot undetftand. They arusearch ing whnt t liesn parts were made, for but have not found out. 1 can tell them. They are tho prellliiiiiarlci of Ihe icsuiicctioti body. God docs not make anything for nothing. The ui.es of those now surplus parts of the body will be demonstrated when thp glorified form is constructed. r:.Ti! ri.EAits Tin: way. Now. If Death clearti the way for all this, why painl him ns a hobgoblin? Why call h!m the king of terrors? Why think "t hlui as a ;'i"at spook? Why sketch hint with skeleton and at rows, nnd standing on n bank of dark waters? Why Iiiivh chil drcn so fi'h.'hti lied at his name that they dare not go lo bed alone, and old men have their teeth chatter lest, some shoilncss ot breath hand them over to the monster? All tlie ages hiivi! bren bu-y in niaii.'liilig Death, hurling rcpul-ivo metapliois nt Death, slandering Deaih Oh.forthesweet breath ol l'.a'ler to come down on the earth. Right alter the vi rni.l equinox, and when tlie flowers aie 1 eginnlng to bloom, well may all nations with song and congratulation and gin lands celebrate the resurrection of Christ and mil own risur Ketion win n the time is gone by, and the tin m pets po ir through the Hying clouds I he ha, ! .onles t hat shall Wake I he dead. l'y the i mp'.v niche of Joseph' mati-o leiim, by Ihe rocks that partul to hi the Lord come tliioi:gh. Id our ideas of ehnng ing wo-lds be lorevi'i' rc oliitioui.eil. il what 1 have been M-yitrr is (rue, how dif feuntly we ought tolhinkof nut-friends depart) d. Til)' body I hey ha e put nlT is only ns, wiien clilei ing a hall lighted and resounding with inn-iral bands, win h aw your hat and cloak in tii" cloakioom, What would a banqui ter do if he had to carry tho-e i ncumbramos of apparel w ilh him Into the brilliant reception.' What would your departed do with tin ir bodies if they hail lobe cneumbiicd with them in the king's drawing room'' Gone into the light! (ione into the music! Gone into the ffsthity! Gone among kings and queens and conquciurs! Gone to miel 1'li.l.ih and hear liliu tell of the chaii, : of lire drawn by horses of lire anil the scu-si tion of moil ill ing t he sapphire steeps' ( hmic to meet with Mo-es and hear him describe the pile of black basalt that '-hook when the law was given! Gone to meet Paul anil hear him tell how Felix trembled, anil how the ship went topieccs in I he hienh'Ts. and how thick was the darkne-s in the Mnniertine dungeon! (ione to meet John Knox and John WcHcy and Hannah More and Frances Havergal. Gone to meet llie kindred who preceded them! Why I should not wonder if they hail a larger family group then' than they ever had here. Oh, how many of them have got together again! Your father and mother went years apart, lint they have got together, anil their children that went years ago got together again. Gone where they have more room! Gnu where they have more jubilant society! Gone where they have mightier capacity to love you than when they weie here! Gone out of hindrances into unbounded libertyl Gone out of January into June! Gone whore they talk about you as w- always talk about absent friends ami say: "I wonder when they wijl come up here to join us. Hark! the outside door of heaven swing open. Hark! thero are feet on the golden stairs. Perhaps they are coining!" COMFOUT HtOM TIIR JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. I was told at Johnstown after the Hood that many people who had been for mouths and year.- bereft for the lli-t tlmu got com fort when the awful flood came to think that their departed ones were not present to see the catastrophe. As the people weie floating down on the housetops they said. "Oh, how glad I am that father and inotlii i are not here," or "How glad I ant -lint the children are not alive, to see this mirror!" And ought not we who are down hero ninid the upturuings of this life be glad that none of the troubles which submerge ua can over aiTright our friends ascended Before this I warrant our dcpaitcd ones have been introduced to all the eelebritiis of heaven. Some one hassniil totliem: "Let me introduce you to Joshua, the man who by prayer stopped two worlds for several hours. Let, nm make you acquainted with this group of three heroes John Hu , Philip .Melanctlion and -Martin Lutl o Alia! hi're is Fenelon! Here is Archbi-hop Leighton! Here are Latimer and liidley! Here is Matthew Simp-on! Here is pn-t's row Janice Montgomery and Anna liar bauld and Horatius llonar and Piuehe Palmer mill Lowell .Mnson." Were your departed ones fond of mu-ic! What oiatoiios led on by Hande! and Hayden. Were they fond of picture-' What Raphaels pointing out skies with all colors wrought into ch.uiot wheel wings of seraphim a'ld coronal fin -. Were they fond of poetry- What eternal rlivtbtus led on by John Milton, Shall we piryiiw glorified kindled? Xo, they had better pity us. We, the shipwrecked atnl on i. rnfi in the hurricane, looking up at them sailing c u over calm sea-, under skies thai never frowned with tempests, we hoppled with chains: they lifted by wings, "sure ly t1 e bitterness of death is past." Fun'.er, if whnt 1 have been saying i true, we should tru-t tho Lord and be thrilled with the fact that our own day of escape cometh, If our lives weie going lo end w hen our hi nt c i-eil to pill-ale and our lungs in lueailie, I would want to take ten million years of life lieie for the Hist installment. Hut, my Christian lrieml-, we cannot aflord always to stay down in tlie cellar of our Fiitliei's liouse. We can not always be po-tponing the best things. We cannot always be lulling our iolins for the cele-l i:il orchestra. We must get our wings can. We must mount. We cannol, alliail alwi.ysio stand out here in tlie vestibule of lie. hi.ii-c of many ui.-in-sioi.s, while ihe windows are Illuminat ed with the lewe angelic, and we can hear the laughter of tho-e forever flee, and the ground quukes with the bounding feel, of Ihosewho liaveentcreil upon eternal play. Ushers of heaven! Open t he gates! Swing them clear back on their pearly hinges! Let the celestial music rain on us Its.cadeiiics. Let the hanging gardens ol the king breathe on us their arouialics. Lit our redeemed ones just look out nnd g! e us one glanie of their gloiilled faces. Yes, there they Hie now! I see them. Hut I cannot stand Ihe vi-ion, t.'loe the gate, or our eyes will bo quenched with tlie over poweriug brightness. Holdback llie song or our ears w III no h- again cam for earth ly anthem, Withdliiw' t he perfume or wv shall swoon In the fiagraneo that human nostril was never made to breathe. VII i: T0MI1 OK 'IOMI1S. All these thoughts aie sugge.ted as we Hand this Faster morn amid tlie brol eu rocks of the Saviour's loiub. Indeed, I know that tomb has not been rebuilt, for I stood in December of Isv.) amid thu ruins of that, the mist famous scpulchcr of all time. There are thou iiaiids of tombs in our Greenwood and Laurel Hill and Mount Auburn wiili more polished stone and moreehtborate masonry r.nd more foliage surroundings, but as I went down, tho steps of the biipuwil tomb of Christ on my return lrom Mount, Cal vary, I wild to myself: "This Is tho tomb of nil tombs. Around this stand more stu pendous Incidents tlinn around any grave of all the world since death entered it." I could not breathe easily for ovcrmai toriiiB emotion ns 1 walked down tho four crumbling steps till we came abreast of the niche in which I think Christ was burled, 1 measured the .scpulchcr and found it fourteen and a half feet long, eight feet high, I'.ne feet wide. It ,"n family tomb and seems to have been built to hold five bodies. Hut I rejoice to say that the tomb was empty, and the door of the rock was gone, and the sunlight st teamed in. The day that ( lui-t ro'e and lamefoith tlie sepulelier was deninli-hed forever, and no trowel of earthly ma'onry can ever rebuild it. And the rupture of those rocks, nnd the simp ot that governmental seal, and the clash of tho.-e walls of limestone, and the step of the laocrnlcd but triumphant fool of the fi.-tn Jesus we today celebrate with acclaim of worshiping thousands, while with ail tlie nations of Chri"tcndom, and all the shining lio-ts of heaven we chant, "Xowi-Chri-t risen from Ihe dead and be come Ihe first fruits of them that slept." Oh, m en no mute our comforts slain, 'J he I.iiul is llon, lie llvis ugnlii, "And now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, thut iirc'il shepherd of the sheep, throii-h the Ih 'o. I nl llie everlasting i ove iiant make yet: p ifeet in every good word and work." II.-!. ' i.,ah! Amin! FOOTLIGHT FLASHES. Zola isdraniati.ing "La Hete Humalne." Jtllla Marlowe will devote herself to llori :ulttire during her vm ."tion. Fanny Davmpoit is said to be now the best paying star on the American stage. Milwaukee is to have a new fluo.noo 'heater, to be creeled on the present site of the Standard theater. Gyrene, the dancer, w ill star next season in a peculiar play, Sl.e remains a my-te-lioiis personage until iu lu-t act, when she dances and her identity is disclo-ed. Hahy AlcMiudiia DulT, daughter of the Duke of Fife, who n::u some day lie qtu en of I'ngland, i- a ere U-ureiit-graiiddanghter of Dora Joi 1. i -o great comedienne of her time. A placard posted through a country town in Kiigl.iiid otiee announced the open ing of the Theater Itoyal "tinder the man- agemen of Mii-s , newly tlecoratid and painted." Allele Helgarde, hading lady of the Frederick Warde company, hud a success ful operation performed at, Scilnlia, Mo., to restore her hearing, which was impaired by an accident on a train near Shreveport, II. W. Montgomery, i f the Lydia Thomp nn company, is one of thu oldest characler sctors in tlie theatrical proles. Ion today, lie was a member of the original stock ompuny ol the old L'niou Square theater ii New Yol k. in the future Furopian owners prop. o make American managers pay royalties or operas produced. A test case will soon i" brought into t lie courts about "Faust" mil "Carmen," both ol which belong to 'bonders it Son., of Paris. The programme ol 'he Lower Ithine e-tival, which will la .i place this year at 'ologne, is frimcd on a nowd basis. Hce lioven's "Choral" symphony i thu only important cbi'sic wotk. nmdem music oc upying the remainder of the scheme. The "Ejrypti.m," dramatized from Yic ,or Hugo's great novel, "No' re Dame de Paiis," was product il by Miss Maignret Mather recently in Chicago. The scenery .hows views of the Paris of the Fifteenth century. Mi.-s Mather plays the part of Ivsiueralda. Tlie resemblance between ?dr. Frederic Paulding and young V'.. II. Sot hern in per sonal appearance is very marked. This is especially true as it concern- the faces and Iliads of the two young actors. They are about the same age and hold -itnilar places In public esteem ns capable, plea .in and rising young artists. WHIP AND SPUR, Over a dozen mares that, have produced ?:"ll performers have been booked toDiiect, Mil, ttiis, year. George Corington is off the, lookers' list and may never ride races again, ns he weighs I.,!) pounds with his clot lies on. It is stilted that an agent representing A. .1. Cass,itt,of Philadelphia, liasbeen irvini: to get lightweight Fnglish lads for jockey s lor America. Calvin Predmore, who drove the pacer D.illa-, 1 1 J, through the grand circuit the past Iwo seasons, died lecently at votings. own, ii. J. G. Davis has insured thu stallion Al cantara against death by di-easu or ncci dent for $-l(i,0iKi. The premium on this amount, it I- -aid, is 1,5(10 a year. Tlio tnea-uri'iiients of two greet horses follow: Sunol, !.'.rs'.,', K) hands in front, scant lil1.; hands behind: Maud S, Jm;.,, ITiJi hands In front , hi l.jnds l,t hind. The slmh f Penia is the ownir of a Shetland pony which is but W. Inch." high. Tliis p.tnipend pet of royalty wear gold shoes woit !i twi uly dollars i ,ieh. According to .b c'-.ey Fred Tar.il his in come this year wiil be over f-'.'il.lKjll, of which i ',',i .11 will conic lrom Walcoti ( ampbell, :.!IUI from Mike Dwjer and C.j.WJ from outside sou ices. The ."151,ll"0 Unit Sem-.tor Stanford re ceived from i he sale ol Arion was divided lip into Iii equal poi lion-, to lie given to that number of destitute boys to ulucale them at his new univeisily. A down hill kite true!, i i to be bulli nt Sedaliii, .,..'o., thai is cxpw l-d lo "lieai tl,c world. Instead of the l i:t-k crossing itself at ihe nailing imd Pnisl'irg poini ,, tl: -tinting and finishing stretches will run parallel and about tenor (illicit feet npnr FLOWER AKD TRC5. A pine tree in Pennsylvania recently scahd s,(i.):i fut of luinbir. It nude I" -uwlogs p.' and ID feel in length, cud Ihe lop end of the butt log w. is ti'i italics in diauieler. The date palm I- a beautiful tree, lull and straight, sometimes iv.uhinga height ot iU i eel. 1 uu liiues are lrom fci tu m j,., t long and i,e spadlccs or fiuit Inuring branches glow from so to 'jiki dates each. The lliownia arizaisa botanical cuiio-l- ty. That tact notwithstanding, howevir. ils sclent llie name would not have been Used above had the plant a mine common one. Il is a species of palm, and it is Known lo bloom only after intervals of ex nctly fifty years. Tlie lily was sacred to Juno; tlie myille and the lose were emblems of Yenus; to Minerva weie giwu Ihe viola mid tin oliw's: dittany was the flower of Diana Ceres had tlie nanny; Mms, the ash; Hue- clius, the g -iw" leaf; Hercules, the poplar. and Jupiter, the monarch of trues, the tin if. GOD OUR SHEPIIKIM). LESSON IV, SECOND QUARTER, INTER NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 24. Text of tho l.enson, l", xlll, I -(1 Mem ory Verses, l-ll tiolileli Te: I. I'm. will, 1 Ciiliilnriiliiiy by (lit. Itev. I), 11, Stearns. 1. "The I .old Is my sh.'phord. 1 shall not want." Inasmuch as this psalm comes be tween ono that describes the death and resurrection of the Christ, and one that sp-aks of the fiillne. s of tlie earth hch'tig Ing to the King of Glory, it looks as If this, too, was a kingdom p iliu It Isoneof the most helpful and practical of all the psalms for the dally life, but we ate coti-t.inlly en joying kingdom truth by antieip ii ion. It Is true for us now in a measure, but the fullness of fulfillment Is yet f tit tiro. Da vid knew how lie cired for his sheep, how he fed them, protected them, !e.l then and all but laid down Ids life for them. He firmly believed that In much greater de gree Jehovah as a shepherd cared for kin He is the good, gi cat, thief Shepherd, who ac tually laid down His life for the sheep, ro e ngnin from the dead, knows all His sheip by name, seeks them when they goa-tray. will never lose one of t h"in, and ,. hen lie appears in glory will reward all tlie under shepherds who have been faithful lo Hint (John x, II, l-l, 57-:i() lleb. i!i, tf). Luke XV, I'.. I Pet. v, II No :-iod Ming will Hu we withhold from any who are truly Iii, but will. supply all their need according lo His great rich".- it's l.xiv, II, xxxiv, I'l. Phil, iv, 1!)). To b..iuve he.irlilv and Ii .'e daily upon t liis one vor-e would bring joy to many a -.ul heait. statement l:: e this that does not bring Us joy and pe.i-e f simply not belie ed. As to what the chief Shepherd will do for Israel when He cmnei in ifis glory read Isa. xl,'.i-II, i'..ek. xxxiv, ll-S-'l. 2. "He inaketh me to lie down in green pastures; lie leadeth me beside the -till waters." Or, as in the margin, p.u t tiros of lender grass and waters of quietness When sheep lie down ill good pasture I hev must lie abundantly satisfied, and with quiet water clo-e at hand what more con they want? What glories' i f millennial blessedness are here foreshadowed fo,' Israeli and they shall dwell safely anil none shall make thorn afraid (K.ck. xxxiv, 1:5-1.1, 5S). No more hunger nor thirst, and tlie Lamb In the midst of the throne sh. il feed them and shall lead them into li ing fountains of wa'.i r-(Rev vi i. pi. Hi. Il'it what about the belii ver now? Je-tis CTtrbt Himself is not only our Redeemer, but lb; is also our green pasture and fountain of living waters. "He that eateth me shall live by me," and "He that eateth my lles'i and drinketh my blood dwelteth in me, and I in him," and "the water that I shall give him shall bo in him a well of water spring ing up into everlasting life" (John vi, .10, .17; iv, 14). 3. "He restoreth my -oul; Ho leadeth me in tlie paths of rigi miusucss for His name's sake." He is the great restorer, and when He conies again lie will restor.i all things of which tlie prophets havu spoken. Then a king shall reign in right eousness and princes shall nile in judg ment. Righteousness shall be the ginilj of His loins and fiiithfulne the girdle of His reins (Acts iii, 51, l-a x-cxii. 1; xi, .1) As to present experience, as He is the onlv Saviour, j He is the only restorer, and ail our dealings must be personally wit Ii Him self. Salvation, once ours, cannot be lo-t lie gives himself to u-oinl he is ours forever; and where He truly bci'in- a work He will carry it on (John x, 57, as, Phil i, ill. Hat a very little thing may interrupt o.iriom niuiiioii and cause n to walk in daikne-s. The least turning from riglitcoustu will cause a cloud between our souls and Him, but as all clouds are earth horn, let Us I'iv ill tlie hiavenlics where wo belong (Kph. n .1, fi,) and we may have uninterrupted com munion. Or if a cloud ari-" tlirougli our failuie to abide in Him, one truly penitent look to Him and He will restore our souls to conscious fellow-hip with Himself and net a cloud between. 4. "Yea, though I walk through the val ley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thou art witli me, thy rod an.l thy staff they comfort inc." Possibly there i u reference to the awful valley of death lhal sliall be in connection w itii the judg tuuiit upon the enemies of I-rael when it shall require -even mouths to bury the dead. (Compare H.ek. vxix, 15. .fool iii, 5.1 In tho-e days Israel, the rod of God, shall If Ills comfort (IV l.wiv, 5; e, 5; Jer. , id; MU. i ii, 1 1). A-lo pi int oxpericne ve can rejoice that the. .ting ol divth. which i- sin (I Cor :.v, .1.1 .17), has been taken away. Sin slung .Ii -us todeaih.and lett its sting In Rim, so that death cannot iriw harm any child of God. We may never die, lr.lt, like I'.iiojIi am! Llijah. be trail lated body and -oul (I Cor. xv, .11, .151 Hut if Jesus should yet tarry awhile and we p.i-i out from tlie body lor a little season, the promise will be as good in death a-It h:.s I ii u ill life "I. tlie Lord thy G.i.l. v. ill hold shy rig! I Inn:.!, sayim. Fe.-ti not. I will help ;li"o" :Isa .K, i:'i. I'o die ii gain, lo dep.i: i a".d be wnli Christ is ,ir Is'tter Absent II i!U llie body i - present Willi Ihe Lord (II Cor. v. s. Phil. ,'!, .,, Not for one luonii ul will the S u iom I,-,;-.-, us, mi tiiat al nlin ; in 1 1 uu there iniiv in-: even be a -liadow Many have found il - i and found u sunshine all the v. i .1 "Thou 1 vp.li-osl a tab!" Ilelore me ri t he pi esein e of mine eiieini tho-i .- 1 1 i : i ; i-i my head wiih oil. my cup ruiimth over" Following lor a liioi ie.il I he Uil.g doin line of truth we linn to l-a nw.ihi, and al the very time of llie overthr.i'.v ul lsi -iorseiieni.es we read of .igreal feast I'm the people ol God. .cell, xlv, and .i. may be read In the light ot Ihi- with gloat profll The .moliil ing -pe.'k- of pncl and lliitiL, . ,iud "in:",c l-a. hi, ii for Israel and Rev v, p, uor llie church, i ii i on ui-et ion with 1'-. e., I lor Mini who is both king of l-i-.u-l and head of ll.e chricli As to t he daily life ot thet'iiils thin, eiieinies are evorywheie, -ecu ami un seen, bill the soul that li'is learned 10 Iced on Christ ha- a (ontiiuml feast. Chri-t Hiim-clf had a continual lon-t, even in ib.i pic-eiiec ol his enemies, as lie delighted in the !'': In r's will mi l niii'l.-thai His meat and drink (John iv. "rl; vi, Iii) Let us dn likew ise and oar cups shall t un m or. ii ".Surely gnoilne and mercy .-hall fnl low me all the day- of my lilt-: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord lurewr " Israel shall dwell safely in her own hmd they shall obtain joy and gladncs-, and -or row and -ii'liiic; shall Dec nw.iy dsn. xxxv, in; Tlie chinch shall dwell in llie New Jerusalem, the glory of God will lighten it and the Lamb be the light thereof ( Rev x"i, 511). The goodness ami mercy ol Ihe Lord shall lili the whole e.iilli; we shall see it and enjoy it in all Ihevieorand fieh ness of eternal youth il only we me ic deemed by the precious bioud of the Lanili. As to the prosi nt life "lie who sp.ired not Ills own Sou but delivcicd him up for uu all, how shall IK not with Him also I reel v give lis all thiugV" And inasmuch as all things are for our sakes, and working to gether for our good, and he will nevir leave us nor forsake Us, how can it be any thing but goodness and mercy all the way ulong lo uil who arc the house of Ghrtstr q j IV" y" .(LCS. .1' ".- i HE onSdU 1,3 FllilSHEO, 80 AM 1.'' A woi""-- ii. cost nm" fh'.-'uil iic-noiith the li'iiliuii htjht.s of ftbai: , ' a queen oi' society i- r.i'',ntil lo-;ii'ht." 'l'li norv.itt: hau l- of a Weak womiui have todod day nnd night, the weniy iViini" mid ni-hlnsr head havu known in rest for "Hm drus- nniKi fi-.ii- :t-1 In tlnv." To tl' il ;.. n of society and her ii'i oiln(of we wnuhl snv :t word. One. thiotig.i lini.iio'isc ciiKiifo, luxnrv, .m.l exci nt.' and the otlwr. t nr. nan tin toil of r.eoi's-itl.v, mav mn'r div find their ailments a cm inn cause. 'I he cgotablo Oj-np-niud w il' . u iMe bath to meet the Hem t"! . of soc'otv. LYDSA im is min i'itiw" tine i-.ij.; K-j-ttiinutf Stenidl, COMOOUM D for t li - ahiriiiiti oul nll:ii..it. ,ii ,,, i Iv " "''; Hi" wi"-l I' uu- nf I". 'ml" r on, 1 1 ,,,,!, Ui;t I! if ilmvi lVilunr, Weak I i.'l., ! in im - i'i ,1 la i, ,,,. nt tl,, -imili, li.li.miiiiutmn, iiv.i.liiti 1 v.'jlil' -ChikI nil ' ',- 1 '' "'" 1 ''n'- W'-.i'i. iiimI in iiiMihi Mpt.jilit'Cliatiiie ol Life. Dli- '.il'"- ,io i , I,-1- I nm. .1 Ir i.-n 'he I I. ni' ;u im enrlv m, .- 1 1 . 1 1 ' l linn tr-i,.lciiry to ( 'iii.-ii.ii- !! i.i nr. -iilni,. .,nnin, , ;:, ! ui,i!tv, ,.rli,j i-ni-tru'l'iii, I .iisiiHiion ml -tri'ii'.'lln m iiml 'mi,- He- .-ton ncli. n es Heielm-in ,,. ,mr ! Iieoili'- . Imhcivtlmi Hi. , im. ho I'jiintti i -1 ., Haul. - ."un. 1 urtlieiu-e of KM:.y (jDini.l.iii.t- -it ;lirex! l-! 'lllll:Minil ii;l 111, I'll il. r All I HI,. J.'1-I' III I .ii,. v-i-t- -i it ii n- ii Ktaiiiftiril artti -i'l' ""r-If f.VniA I An I'l ".'m!-'! 'r-.l.,cifi'l.'d &'-i1'j to llca'.'.h and Etiq,i t- ' by Lydia E Pinkham, 13 of great. J va! ie to '.nlli"i. 'A'e wh: pnr.cnt a copy to a'iyone adtlnsiing'u, ith to 2-teat stjmps, f IK piicc; that's lilocli Suits I rotisers, we can do it. We have these perfect fitting Trous ers, ready to Wc-ar, now in stock. At a small advance in pric& we will take your measure and make them to order. A Walk Over vc arc having on Neckwear tiiis Spring. Some firms are always (figuratively) performing on q slack w.re. Their antics are laughable. Bankrupt stocky consigned and assignee sa'es. All Wind, blow, blow. Peo p'e should remember that the advertiser who lies in his ad vertisement will lie to his customcis. Honest, straight-forward method are ours. The world renowned Knox Hals, The Melville Hats, ail shapes: Tlie Duulap, The Vounian, The Harrington and the Boston Derby. A large stock of Trunks and Bag.-. A large line of Ready-Made C'othing. Suils from $4.00 up. Knee Pant Suils 7? cisnts up. S5 CHURCH ST. Telephone 152-4. FOR - AND N FANTS-' 3 NVALI DS. T.iioi OW1. CV L.13CHA5'''m.i, Aii-i.iJ:-:-- ; ,yt atV-;.tsajo. . y.rg . u ! ij ti ' .0 jii r 'v to k! ilwr r I '.' ' slTll 1 I' 1 llllil t " I t . .1 'l "l 1. I I-'" ' I 1. (,'. 1 h i-i- tn'.i r.i.-d ii. i'"!' , i.vi :.i' Yn- AM.!".. M .Xl.Sal I TifMfi;. 1 rforr.ti.t m r im l." t 1 c rvtu n 1 1 I' .i it lu rs h ia f .It J 1 nop't i'T fi u ' i . . a . n r -it on- ' r :. 1 ' m ial' !l''ni)f my ciil. orrm 't'.j. (i -jFi r- .in I O? on. npATF.PUU-COl'.IFC.'sTI'JT r ii u u u u f n SCEA';rAs,T. i- iii ..j., 1 1. ti .vi lU .mi ;-.i 11' 'i-i ; i'i'i v lui-li fcrt r rti l i - 1 jil.il '1 'siii' ,.l..-i...l.j .i'i I nutrltii'I'. :in t li.v p. :i")'.il :ui 'l.i'Uli 1 1 oi tUi linn 1 ri" 1 i'i i-s i ii-u i-iih-ioJ 1 .-en, Ur. J 1 1-- ' fi ' : ' li' I 1 ur l" on f.i ' 1.M.11S vri'.h i i)hi. , Huh I iiv..i'i 111 i-.'l'il. ' . ''.1 mi snvj hi-ninny Iii' i i 1. " 1 ii'i"' l'.lls. H 1 V ill Hill i lolls imi. ol , ':, i i.rtii'Itii n( il l lii.it 'l 1 i)H (.litilliiii n.ay 'itf ur.itu i.H limt u1' " '. H I ll'llf I'llu'lUll ''I I' ' -is' I'V -I .' I -'1 liHU'V tl 'i., rn-i; lluiilniU "I siiiill'i ii.i'iiiii' ir 1 iv ilifc-.inmu.l Us i'i-1 1 . I-i .ilt ic . .1. -rover uur is n cik j.'-iiit. i" nil." - iin ni'iiy i ii'iiii li.il't '.iv in"' i i iiiirni f" V-.. I. i'ii. l'l Mtli 1'in-ii 'ion i Mill a IT" n-r.y iinm'iili.il Iiiiiiic"" i i"i. er .i. !'Kc!l . Vii.'e suni'lv .v.tli l 'ilni- v.itor or m ''. s, I,; .,nl i.i li't-f-.-' i i'l tl is. liv ir.Mri, H I lfl iliii: jAn.l.s I i " '. ro . lniiii'i( it 1 1 a shellili.... i.oltil ..1, l.llAl.t.t I. Java and MoHia - justly c illed " This is the CoiTae tiiirveiJ mthe Jar--r-ee A'mv-! ptfkcd whole lonsifil VoucaniTct free . r:i:n' i 1 . C-'A ": w ? ' t&a il !-. nr "eat l, mull, In form ot l'lllj or E. PiUKHAM Mctf). CO . LVHN. MASS. Difficult Feat, A Difficult Feat is to jilcase everyone 5n quality and price, We have been able to do it, though, with our ready-to-weaj apparel. The Proper Balance between quality and, what people want. lnourStcirt and The Perfect Fitting King SMITH & HUMPHREY. lot l!.i:: -'. lutntii, A Per foci Nutriment TiK "F.r..-"aCHILDREN, ;or'"Ai escNTs, CoNS'MPTivrs:, Z i'S'hi ICS, a: .1 IN' .11.1 il, i:ul i'i . t-ii:i tUui'ss iwil nil V.astlua i.i'i'-in.e". M"!- ITOOSC r Hi Inrtntctloa of mi.: 1. 1 , VI, "ri t---1 ml IVi'il. lll.-t"l i:l, i' 'I p flHlrrt 11 Itii .I'l'lli fcs, 1,. 1, Ji (111 -t. Dolii: n..-acoDnt.E CO., -losTcf., Mass. fj;f;ij E ClEOHHieiOQ. :-l :mi.1!-h;v s;., i..sti)ii, M iss. Firo an.i Sur'ar-Proof Sates. -I 'j.'i - - 7 : i--: r"i)& -. . 1 slit. K' ' I'-l.i l"it'.. rl I 1 v-sgv. (V Han't "''. ll-i-i-" Vn..iti "-.nV Vftult 1 ooi, uu l llnpt.slt Wnr! ot all Ulu.U. .'i J.'i '.',!' Iii (lie lI'iill. ini.ii.ri i-i ,.n a n j.u'Hrri' diiii- unUiiU. Jfc .iM 1 1 1 "nn Mnu 9l'o th it tire it flr i hfi t" of our -.lifts vvero 'juiioi to lntausj I'i'i't ;iioi 'rvl:ii tlitu-iiintuiii .. i .i-i ,'i.n lanHi'i till trtt' Chic l-ll i Ki. -ti .ii.' it ;i..t'i4 , murj, iU lu iU i-ii. i-i'i-.i- i.i'i-.oiu StMiiil.r circa- U.ra, His"UI viauiul, lUAScvr'.t s-i Coffee, The Aristocratic Codec of America," Gil Jen vit ihv W.v ...J Exhibition. i uti -r, niui 1 in j !! :iir iitli' cnw. t - ',i '. s : ' , 1 in'ss, I. I " ' 1v si'li only iv tat' Wade. i 1