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'HIE BUKL1NGT0N JWEE PRESS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1892. 1 0 AT THE TABERNACLE. THE INGATHERING SEASON THE OC CASION OF AN IMPORTANT LESSON. Dr.TnliiiiiRD TliluUt tlin AnclfiilnArrre Ac quainted with Our Amnrlriiii Corn Tlin Hiiivcs! of tlin Your lmt I'nrcshiulow Ins "f tlin Hnni'rt of I'mtlu IlKOOKLYN, Kov. '.'7. Kuv. llr. Talninftn todr-y clio?i- for his subject of dlcoiiv.e one I'lnineiitlv suited to Uiu time followln.T the iiicntheHni: of the harvests mid to th 1 tlinnkKlvliii; sew-on. Tim deeointirms of t tho Thitiksyiviii;,' iby still lemiilncu on tlio platform and the R.ilIi-rie'S, and lnnit rows of yellow and whitu corn on tlio front I and back of tlio pint form wore In accord with tin-sermon. Tin te.. seltcttd win .To!) v, UU, "As ii .shock of corn cometh In In hiH seaon." This is the time of tho yenr for ImskiiiK I corn. If you have recently been in tho lleldaof l'ennsylv.miii, or Ne'i" .lersey, or New York, or Xew England, or in any of ' tho country districts you know that the i com is all cut. Tho sharp knlfo struck throitu'h the stalks and Mt ihem all iilejiit.' the lields until a man camo witli a bundle ot straw and twisted a IV v of tlie-e wisps ; ot straw into a ban :.an 1 then, ijatlierim; I upas much of the cni'iiis In. cotilil compa-s wit n his firms, he bound i wit a this wi-p 1 of straw, and then Muni it in th" liehl in what is called a skoi It Tlnno are not.- ai 1 least twi. billion bus'ipi of corn either Manditi-; in tins slioek or having been al j ready liuskeu. The farmers jat b -r on-1 day on one f.i:vi and then allot Iter day on j another farm, and they puc. ot their rouy'i j hitskim; apio.), and I hev take the liuskini; jich, w hie h is a pie. ! of iron w it It n lcsth f in loop f.isi-.-iii .1 t" th.' lined, and with it ' itnsl.' , i li t ne eor.i I ioi.i the liitsk and to.ss it imn t he golden heaj). Tlientliu wa.qoin come .U.inu. and take it to t he corncrib. 1 II. Ill II '.'J l sis cur: as A ivt'i.. Abi'U' corn as an iniporlanl cereal or ' com as a nu-t'iphor l lie liiblo i- constantly sin.ikinn. You kno'V about, the people, in lmiiiim rilling to liny ( orn of .Joseph, ami the tuxes on lire l mining into t lie "stand in..' coir.'' Mid nhoitl tho o.eii trcadilirfouc the i on,, and abou; lilK suveu thill cars of corn th..t in I'liiivo.eh'.s dream duvouicd tlio h veil kiwi I ears, and thi ''patched coin'' ham ed to beiiiititul Until by the harvest ers of lietiileheiu. and Aiiisnil'-s live inens tiies ot ''paixhed corn," with wdiich s'na lioptu t- appi ase 1 lie enemies of lier drinik t .i hush. 1, and David .s description of tho Mil c s "c-.vcrid over with corn, ' and "iho ii.iiinnii of corn in the earth, ''and "theiuil corn in the ear," and Chri'-tfi Jai)b.-itli morning walk t.r.u.tiijli coin lields, and the disciples "plliekli.t,' i-.is of corn, ' ami so f. am not surpvi-icil to liud coruhuskiuf,'Ume lvf rred to in 1 1 y le .t, "An u shock of corn , cunctn in in Ids season." , lion ividly to nil those of us who were horn in ihe country conies the ramein br..nce of liuskinv; lime. Wo waited for it as for a K.'ila day o' the year. It was called a frolic. The treis havini; for tho most, pait shed their folinue., the farmer.s waded through the fallen leaves and came through tlie keen moruin'.; air to the glee ful compsny. The liosis, whlc.li had sil vered everything duvmg the nifdit, beiran to melt oil' the top r.i' the corn shocks. "While tlie farmer wrie wailing for o'.hcr.s : they stood blowing thek' biealh through their fingero or thraslin.g the'i- arms niound tneir body to keep up warmth of circulation. Itoaring mil th greetid tho late farmer as ho craw led ovp" toe lenee. J ke and lepart,'- and rustic s.ihii.il ion nbounded. All ready no"-: Tho men take hold ot' t'..c shock of corn mid hurl it pios'.ruto, whiii; the moles and Jnii p which haes. c.eleil themselves there for warmth attempt escape. The withe of straw is unwound from tho corn shock, l;iid the M.ilks heavy with tbowoaltn of firain are lolled into two bundles, be'.ween which till) busker sitsdown. The huskbig peg is thrust in until i, strikers tho corn, mid then the finger.s rip o!'f tho sheuthlng of the car, and the: is ;: crack a- the- riot of the. corn is snapped oil' Irom tin husk, and tho grain disimprisoned in hurled up into the .siiidiirl.t. Tan lur is so tonic, tho work is so eiy cxfiilar.it ing, the company is so blitho that sonio laugh, and somo Mum', and somo sing, mid i-or"e bau'tr, mid some tease i neighbor for a loiniiiuic lido nlong the. cd of the wood ? in an eventide in a carri:'it that holds but twi, and fcomo prophesy as to the nuniOiT of bushels to the lield, nun others go into rompetitinu as to which shall lillethe. mo.t rora shocks befure sundown After awhile tha dinner horn bounds from the I'armhous?, and the table isbtir rouuded bj a group of jolly and liungiy men. From all the pantries nnd thu cel lars and the perches of fowl on the p:aei tlio richest dainties come, and thee is carnival aiid neighborhood reunion, iiad a wene which lilla on.' memory, pwc with tmiles, but more wit) tear:!, as we remem ber that tho farm hi long', no v to other owner., and other hands guthcr in the licUl, and ci.iuy of thoo who mingled in that merry huaklng scene have themselves baen i3.sped "like a i a. shock of corn com eth in in 1.U sua on." TIILF.iJ l.t J.O H12ATH TO Till: tlllilbTIA.V. Thr'e is a difleienco cf opinion as to Whether thi orientals knew anything dbout the. corn as it stands in our fields, but recent discoveries havj found out that the Hebrew knew nil about Indian maize, forthera havo been gruin of corn picked Up out -ji ancient crypts and exhumed from hiOiug placej whero they weie put dovn many centimes age, and they luno .been planted in our time ami have coma up jtifct such Indian maize as we raiso in New York and Ohio; so 1 am right w hen I nay that my text may refer to a shook of. corn just a-, you and I bound it; Justus j-ou and 1 threw it; just as you and I husked it. Thero may come some practical mid useful and comforting lessons to all our souls while, wo think ot coming in at Just "like a shock of com cotneth iu in his teason." It is high time that tho King of Terrors wero thrown out of tho I'hriftlnn vocab ulary. A vast multitude of people talk of death as though it were tho disaster of dibasteru, instead of beiug to a good man the blesfllngof blessings. It is moving out nf a cold vestibule into a warm temple. It Js migrating into groves of redolence and perpetual fruitage. It is a change from lileak Aliuch to roseate June, It is a ihanguof manacles for garlands. H is tho transmuting of tho irou handcuffs of earthly incarceration into the diamonded wristlets of a bridal party, or, to use tho Higgestion of my text, It is only husking time. It is tho tearing oil' of the rough Bheath of the body that the bright und tho beautiful fioul may go free, t'omiiiK in "like a shook of corn cometh In in his wea pon." Christ broke up a funeral proces sion at the gate of Xaln by making a resurrection day for a young man ami Ids mother, aud I would that I could bieak ip your sadnesses mid hnlt the long juueral proCBshiou of the world's grief by pome cheering and cheerful view of the last transition. Wo nil know that hnnklng time was n tlmo of frost. Krost on the fenooj frost on the stubble; frost on the ground; frost on tho bare branches of the trees; frost in tho ulr; frost on t he hands of the buskers. You remember wo used to hide between tho corn stacks no as to keep off the wind, but still you remember how shivering wns the body and how painful wns the cheek, and how benumbed wero the linnds. Hut after awhile the sun was high up, and nil the frosts went out of the air, and hilari ties awakened the. echoes, and joy from one corn shock went up, "Alia, ahai" mid was answered by joy from another corn shock, "Aha, aliRl'' So we all realize, that the death of our friend is Ihe nipping ot ninny expectations, tlie freezing, tlio chilling, the frosting of many of our hopes. It is fur lrom being a south wind. It. comes out of tlio frigid north, nnd when they go away from us we stnnd be numbed in body nnd benumbed iu mind and benumbed in soul. AVo stand among our dead neighbors, our dead families, and we say, "Will we ever get over It?" Yes, we will get over it amid the shoutings ot heavenly reunion, and we will look back to nil these distress o' bereavement only is the temporary disttesses of husking time. "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comitli in t in- morning." "Light, am! but fur a moment " said the apostle as he clapped his hands; "light, nnd but, for a moment " The chill of the fiosts followed by the ghidtiefs that enmeth ill "like a shock of corn cometh in ill his season." Of course 'he husking time made rough work with the ear of corn. The husking Tie.; had to be tin list in, nnd the lmrd thumb of the liitsker had to come down on the swathing ot tlie ear, and then them was a pull and there was a ruthless tear ing, and then a complete snapping on" lie foi" the corn wns free, and it the husk could have spoken it would have saidi "Why do you lacerate me? Why do you wrench lue!''' Ah, my friends, t hat is tho wav God has arianged that tho ear and husk shall purl, nnd that is t he way he has arranged that tho body and the soul shall separate. You can afford to haw. your physical distirsses when ; or know that they me only lorwatding tlie soul's liberation. Kvery rheumatic pain is only a plunge of t lie husking peg. Kvery neu ralgic twinge is only a t wist by the busker. There is gold in you that must enmenut. Pome way tlie shackle must, be broken. Hum; way the ship must be launched for heavenly voyage. You must let the Heav i nly Husbandman busk off Iho mortality from the immortality. Tliero ought to be great consolation in this for all w lio hav(. i hionic ailments, since the Lord is gradu ally and more mild I v taking away from you 1 liat whii h bindi-i s your soul's libera tion, doing graiiuallv for you what, for man.- of us in robust health perhaps lie will do in one fell blow at the last. At the cln-e of every illness, at the clo-c of eveiy pn!(i.sir, yo i ought to say, 'Thank God, that is all pa-i now; thank God, I will never have to sutler that again; thank God, I am so much nearer the hour of lib era) ion." You will never suffer the same pain twice. You may luie a newpnin in an old pine?, but, never tlie same pain twice. The pain doss its work nnd then it dies. .Inst so many plunges of tlie cruw bar to free ilie (pinny stone lor the liuiluing. .lust so many stiokes of the chisel to complete tho statu-. Just ,mi many pangs to separate the soul from the body. You who have chronic ailments nrd di-oiders are only paying in installments that w h'ch some of Us will have to pay in one payment when w pay the debt, of nature. Thank God, t hoi efore, ) e who have chronic disorder, Unit you line so much le-s suffering at the last. Thank God that you will have so much less to feel in tlio way of pain at tie lunds of the Heavenly Husbandman when "the shock of com cometh in in his season." the sor.nows or this i.in:. Perhaps now this may be an answer to a question which I asked one Hihbath morn ing, but did not an.-wer, Why is it. that so many realiy good people have s(i diead f'jily to sutler!' You nfti n liud a good man with enough pains and aches and dis tresses, you would think, to disuplinua whole colony, while you will find a man who is pei'teetlv useless going about with easy digestion and steady nenes and shin ing health, and ids eit from tlie woild is compare' ively painless. How do Mm ex plain that ' Well, 1 not iced iu tin- husking t ime that the husking peg was t hrust into tlr- coi n, and then theie must be a sio.it pull beloro the swathing was taken off tlio ear and the lull, round, healthy, luxuriant corn was developed, while, on the other hand, there was com thai, hardly seemed worth liukir. i. We threw that into a pln-e all by itself, mid we called it nubbins. Homo of it Was mildewed, and some of it was mice nibbled, and some of it was great, promise and no fulfillment. All cobs and n i corn. Nubbins After tlie good corn hud been driven up to tim barn we came around with tlie corn basket, and we picked up thesD nubbins. They were worth Hiving, but not wo.-. Ii much. So all around us there are peopl? who amount to compara tively nothing. They develop into no kind of usefulness. They aro nibbled on one side by the world, and nibbled on the other side by the devil, nnd mildewe 'i all over. Great promise and no fulfillment. All cobs and no corn. Nubbins! They are worth saviug. I suppose many of them will get to heave-;, but they are not worthy to bo mentioned iu the same day with those who went through great tribulation into the kingdom of oar Go 1. Who would not, rather have the pains of this life, the misfortunes of this life who would not rather be torn and wounded and lacerated nnd wrenched and husked nnd at last go in amid tlie very best grain of the grauery than to bo pronounced not worth huskingat all? Nubbins? In other words, I want to say to you people who have distress of body aud distress iu busi ness and distress of all sorts, tlie Lord has not any grudge ngalm-t you. It js not de rogatory; it is complimentary. "Whom the Lord loveth ho cliasteneth," and it i.s proof positive that theie i.s something valuable in joti, or the Lord would not have husked jou. JUMOICn TOGCTIIKli. You remember also that ill the time of husking it was a neighborhood reunion, lly the great fireplace in the winter, tho fires roaring around the glorified backlogs mi an old fashioned hearth, of which the luoderu stoves and registers are only the ilegenerato descendants, t he farmers used to gather and spend the evening, aud thero would bo much sociality; but it was not anything like tlie joy of the husking time, for then all the farmers came, and they came iu the very best humor, aud they came from beyond the meadow, and they c.imu from beyond tho brook, nnd they ciiue from regions two aud three miles around. Good spirits reigned supreme, ami therm wete great handshaking, ami there was carnival, und there was the recital of tjie brightest experience iu all their lives, and there was a neighborhood leuniou the memory of which makes all tho nerves of my body tremble with emotion ns the firings of a In up when tho lingers of the player have swept the chords. Tho husk likjt time was the time of neighborhood re union, Hnd so heaven will bo just that. There they come up! They slept In tho old village churchyard. There they come up! They reclined amid tho fountains and thnsctilptuie and the parterres ot n city cemetery. There they come up! They went down when the ship foundered oif Cnpe Hattenis. They come tip from all hides from potter's Held and out of the solid masonry ot Westminster abbey. 1'lioy come up! They come Itpl All the hindrances to their better nature husked off. All their spiritual despond encies husked off. All their hindrances to usefulness husked oil'. The grain, the golden grain, the God fashioned grain, visible and conspicuous. Some of them on earth were such disagreeable Christians you could hardly stand it in their presence. Now Iu heaven they are so radiant you loudly know them. The fact is, all their imperfections have been huked off. They did not mean on earth to be disagreeable. Thny meant well enough, but they told you how sick you looked, and they told you how many hard tilings they had heard about jou, and they told jou how olten they hnd to stand up for you in tome, but tles until you wished almost that they had been slain in somo of tl.e battles. Good, pious, conccntrnUd, well meaning dis agreeables. Now in heaven all their of felis'.veljfss has been husked nil'. Kach olio isnshappv as he inn be. Kvery one ho meets as happy as lie can be. Heaven one great neighborhood re union. All kings and (pteens, all song, slers, all millionaires, all banqtlcteis. God tlio .Father with his children all around him. No "goodby" in all the ulr. No giave cut in all Ihe hills. Jiiver of crystal rolling over lied of pearl, under arch of chry.-i.ptase, into seas of glass mingled with liie. Hand at tlie gate of tlio granary and see the gr.uu come in; out of the irosts into the sun-hine, out of the darkness in.o t he light, out of the teaiing.and tlio rip ping, and the twisiing, and t lie. wrenching and lacerating, and tlie husking time, of ( at th into t he wide open door of tlie king's granary "like as n shuck of corn cometh in in his season,'' Till. SOC'IKTY OK Ill.AVr.N". Yes. iieavi a is a gleat sociable, with joy like the joy ot 1, asking I ime. No one t here feeling so big lie declines lo speak to some (hum Inn is not so large. An haugcl w til ing lo listen to smallest cherub. No bolt ing ol I he door of caste at one heavenly mulish ii i to keep out tlie citizen of a smaller mansion. No i liijtie iu one lorner whisper ing about a clique lit mini her corner, I l.ivid taking none of llieuirsof a giant killer; lot-hull making uoouehnlt until lie passes, because lie made the sun and moon halt; Paul making no assumption over tlie most, oidinaiy preacher of righteutsiiess; Nn.i nian, captain of tlie Syrian host , no mor? honored than the captive maid who told 1 1 1 1 1 1 w here he could gel a good doctor. Oil, my soul, what a country! Tlie humblest man a king, tho poorest woman n (jueen, I lie meane-t house a palace, the shortest iilViiineclei'iiity. And what is moi est range about it all is we may all get I hem. "Not 1 ' says omo one standing baik under the galleries. " is, jou. "Not I." sa.vs sum one who lias not been iu church in lifteiii yeais befoie. Yes, you. "Not I," saj some one who litis been for lifty Mats lilli.i.; up his life with all kinds of wickednes-'. Yes, jou. There am monop olies on earth monopolistic railroads and monopolistic telegraph companies and nn nopolisi ! grain dealet s, but no monopo lies in religion. All w ho want to lie. snvi d may be saved, "witliuu!. nionej and w!. li mit price.'' Sal wit hm by I he Lord Jes" i Christ tor all the piople. Of couisc Use common sense in t his tnattei. You can not cxpei t to gi f to Charleston by taking tlie ship for Portland, mm you canm ', get to heavew by going in an opposite (Unc tion, lielieve in tlie Lord Jesus Chri.-t and thou shnlt be saved. Thiough that one gate of paidou and peace al! the race may go in. ai t. win. m: at iiomi: nn:i;::. "llut," sas some one, "do vo'l really think 1 would b" at hernia in that supernal uociety it I should icacli it?" I think you would. I know you would. I rememli -r that in the husking time there w;u a great eipiaiity of leeling among tho neighbors. Theie at one corn shock a farmer would be at work who owned two hundred acres of ground. The mini whom he war, talking with at the next coin shock owned but thirty aues ot ground, and perhaps all that covered by a molt gage. That evening, at 1 lie close of tho husking day, one man drove home a roan span so frisky, s0 full of lifu they got their feet over the traces. Tliu other man walked home. Great difference in education, great dillerence n. worldly means, but 1 noticed at tlie husking tim they all seemed tj enjoy each other's soeie.y. They did not a-k any man how much propeity he owned or what his cdueat ion had been. They all seemed to be happy together in thoso good times. And so it will lie iu heaven. Our Father will gather his childicn around him, und the neighbors will come in, uu.l the past will be leliearseu. And somo ono will tell of victory, and we will all celebrate it. And some emu will tell ot great strug gle, and we will all praise tlio grace that fetched him out of it. And somo ono will say: "Here is my old father that 1 put away with heartbreak. Just look at him! He is as young as any of us!" And some one will say: "Hern is my dar ling child that I buried in Greenwood, and all the after j ear of my Hte wero shad owed with desolation. Just look at herl She doesn't seem as if she had been sick a minute!" Great sociality. Great neigh lioi hood kindness. Go in and dine. What though John Milton Ml down on ono side fine) John Howard sit down on tlie other side? No embarrassment. What though Charlotte Kli.abelh sit. down on eaio side and Hannah Moiu sit down on tho other side? No embai russinent, A monarch your.self, w hy be embarrassed among mon archs? A songster yourself, why bo em barrassed ainoug glorilled songsters? Go iu and dine. All the shocks ot com coining in in their teason. Oh, jes, iu their season. Not onu if you having died too soon, or having died too late, or huviug died at haphazard. Planted ut just the right time. Plowed at just tho right time. Cut down at just the right time. Husked at just the right lime. Garneied at just the right time, Coming iu in your season, Oh, I wish that the two billion bushels of corn now in the fluids or on I heir way to t lie seaboard might be a type of the grand yield of honor mid glory and immortality when all the vhocks come in. THE MI.MOlilKS or YOUTH. 1 do not know how you ale constituted, but I urn so contitiitid that there is noth ing that s0 awakens reminiscences iu me as the odors of a corn Held when I cross it at this time of year after the corn has been cut and it si undo in shocks. Aud so I have thought it might be prai t ically useful lor us today tj cross the com Held, aud 1 have thought perhaps theie might be suinc leminlseence roused iu our soul that might lie saliitniy and might be saving. In Kwedep a prima doupu, while her housu In the city wns being repaired, took n house in tho country for temporary resi dence, mid she brought out her great array of jewels to show a friend who wished to see tl i c in. One night after displaying these Jewel" mid leaving them on the tabic, und nil he! friends had gone, and the servants had gone one summer night she sat thlnkim and looking Into u mirror just in front o her chair, when she saw in tlintmirrorthi face ot a robber looking In at the window behind bur and ga.lng .it those jewels. Sh was In gieat fright, but sat still, an hardly knowing why she did so she bega to sing an old mirst'ry song, her fcMismiil. Ing the pathos of the song more tellinii suddenly she noticed, while looking at th mirror, tlint the robber's face had gon from the wiudow.and itdld notcomobacs A few days after tlie prima donna n ceived a h.tter from the robber, saying, "1 heard that the jewels were to be out that night, and I came to take them at what ever hazaid, but when I heard you slug that nurserj song with which my mothei so often sunn me to kIm) I could not btnnd it, nnd I lied, and t hints resolved upon a new and honest life." Oh, my friends, tnere arc jewels In peril richer than those which lay upon that ta ble that night. They nro tL, jewels ot the immortal soul. Would Gull that some song rolling up out of the deserted nursery of your childhood, or some sung rolling up out ol tlie corn llelds, the sotig'of the busk ers twenty or forty years ago, might turn all our feet out ef tlie paths of fin into the paths of lighteoiimess. Would God that those memories wafted in on odor or song might start Us this moment with swift fret toward that blessed placo where so many of our loved ones haio al read j pre ceded us "as a shock oi corn cometh In iu his season." The Color nf tliu lllnoil. Having recently examined u large num ber of specimens of human blood from persons of dill'ircnt lines, l.inging from four to seventy six years, some being those iu robust health, otners beingttiberculous, 1 was struck with tho great difference in the shade of eolor presented, ome being of a very rich lint, others very pale. Tlie richest color was in the blood of a girl twenty-six years of age, a graduate of Vassal- college, who had the highest anthropo metio nie.isuiement for re-piralory capaci ty ill a class of about ,VJO girls. Her health was excellent, and she consumed rather mom Hell food than in usual. The next highest tint was found in tho blood of a woman about, seventy years old, with a somewhat unusual chest measure ment, having also excellent, respiratorj capacity and being in line health. This woman, on the contrary, does not eat flesh at all. 1 expected in her case to Und a more than ordinary nuinberof white blood corpuscles, but there were far less than usual, it being difficult to find them, they were so few. TJie palest blond was from a chlorotic servant girl of twenty five years and in a tuberculous boy of four. There wns not much perceptible diflerence iu their cases. The gill had naturally good respiratory power, but she had lessened it by tight clothing and an almost constant indoor life for a long tini,-. After spending a month at, the seaside I examined her blood again and found t lie t hit somewhat deeper than before. M. L. llolbrook in Science. '.ol.Vs Ilefense. M. Zola attacks his critics for being an gry Willi him lor stating the whole truth about the wiii-. To do so was, he declares, a duty. Prance was nearly ruined bec-amo she believed ill l lie Kionoh troopiv "as the compii'im- of the world, singing as he run-, ncioss fallen kingdoms." He resolved to teach his li'low countrymen Hint war wns "n thing too serious, too terrible for us to lie about." "1 concealed nothing, I sought to show how n nation like our own, after so many victories, could be so miser ably beati ti. and I wished also to slipw out of what depths we have raised ourselves in twentj' je.n.-. and in what a blond bath -i stiong people can be regcnci ated. Mj profound conviction is that if tho falsely patriotic lie begins again we shall again be beati n." That at least is sound advice. London Spectator. A I'lnen of Kufue. Tom Anjeny has heretofore been one of the most trilling students ut college, but of late he has attended the lectures regu larly. One of t he professors observidthis change for the bell er, and took occasion to remark to his fiiend, Judg Cowing, who i.s acquainted witli the young man: "I'm very glad to see that young man Tom Anjerry attending the lectures regu larlj'. lie seems to have turned over a new leaf." "Turned owr a new leaf be blowed," frchiiined Judge Cowing, "don't you know why he attends the lectures regularly?" "To improMi his mind, I suppose." "Nothing of tlie kind. He goes to the lecture, mom because that isthe only place the bill collectors don't hunt for him. He goes there to throw them off the scent." Texas Sittings. :i ,,,s CI 133 LI .V't'i "fT, i Kb..., Mm rif i a .r -ii " ISP1 M V& L.3ZJ Si"k Headache ami relieve ull tlivWroubles inci dent to a bilious st Ate of the svrtein, such aE DiAiiness, Nausea. Hronslue.n," Distress after i-uliinr, 1'ain in tim Side. &c While tlielrmost l-euiarliublc sueees lias lieeu tliovvn m cnrUe; Headncli", yet t'AHTrn's I.itti it Liver Vius are i.iunll valunule in Cirastipntion, curing and preventing UiIk annoying complaint, while tlmv alu eon ert all disorders of the stomach, stimulate tliu hi t anil resulate tlio bovveld. liven If they only cured Ache tliev would ho almost priceless to those who sulTer from lid distraoiilng complaint: but fortunately thdr (iodns dews not end here, nnd those who once in- ihem IU tltul these little, hills valuable In so many ways thut they will not be Killing to do without them, llut after all sielc head Is the liano of so many lives tlint here Is wtieir we make our (treat boakt Oi.r pills cure It while othern do not CirtTwi's Little Livrn t'u.is ureterv final ninl very easy to take Ono or two pills make u do. T'iuv me (.trletly epetabln und do not grip or purfc'e, hut by tl.eir eentlo action please all house them luv iui at M.r cents; tlvo for SI y.d.i rvrrv lino, oi unit by limit O.ITEI UEDICIHS CO., Kew Tort. Ml ft!!, M 8;ss, U Price. i leu,.' 'rf f'- svr C;ivA;; m I J ACHE STONED AT LYSTJIA. LESSON X, FOURTH QUARTER, IN TERNATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 4. Toxt of tlie I.rason, Acts nlv, H-32 Mem ory Verses, 8-10 (lolden Text, Jlntli. sll, SI Commentary by tlio Itov. I). 1W. Stonrns. 8. "And thero sat a certain man nt Lys tra, impotent in his fect, who never had walked." In chapter ill, 2, see a similar case, and compare John v, U-0. This man's ihyslcal condition is a picture of the spirit ual condition of every ono who bus not been bom from above. Thero is not, as lome assert without Scriptural authority ii spark of good even in tho worst of men, which only needs enlarging and cultivat ing, but all are by nature children of wrath, and in us that is in our flesh there dwolleth no good tiling (Eph. II, .1. Horn, vii, 18). 0. "The same heard Paul speak." And it is evident from this verse that as he heard he received, for faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Horn, x, IT). Thecntrnnco of God's Word giveth light (Vs. cxix, 1110). Wo may lin ngino I'aiil telling iiovv Jesus when on earth had healed Instantly, with a word or a touch, the lame, the blind, the deaf, the dumb, and how Ho had even raised tho dead; and that the ime signs and won ders had been wroug.it iu His name by His servants slnco lie hnd ascended, proving Him to bo still the very sumo Jesus. 10. "Stand upright on thy feet." Tints spake Paul to tho impotent man, ns look ing upon him he perceived that he had faith to be healed, and immediately ho leaped and w alked. For the lirst time iu his life hu stood on his fect and walked; it was uu eutueiy new experience by tlio power of God upon him. Jeans did the work, Paul was the channel of blessing, the helpless m,m was the glad recipient. Ho giveth power to tho faint and to them that have no might. He increases the strength. Whero is our faith? 11. "Tho gods are come down to us in tho likeness of men." Such was tlie testi mony of tho blind heathen who knew uoth ing of the truo God, but worshiped many fanciful gods which had no existence. God had conio down to earth in the likeness of man, and it was His power wdiich had made this man whole, but they knew Him not (I Tim. ill, lti). 12. "And they called Barnabas Jupiter," etc. They gave to tlie servants of God these heathen names, as when Daniel and his companions in liabylon were also given heathen names. We must not be offended if people give us names that do not belong to us, for they called Jesus- lieel.ebub, glutton, wine bibber. Neither may we feel flattered if high sounding titles are bestowed upon us. Lovo is not pulled up. i:i. "Then the priest of Jupiter would have done sacrifice with the people." They w ere about to worship Paul and Barnabas, believing them to be more than men. It suggests the question as to whether in the lives of most Christians thero is anything to cause people to say, "That is not natural; there is something supernatural about I lmt person; that meekness or pa tience or wisdom or power is of Clod." 1 1. "liurnubas and Paul rent their clothes." Ale wo as horrilled if we hear given to us the pral.se which ought to bu given only lo God, or are wo apt to covet this very thing and love to have it given out that ourselves are some great people (chapter viii, !)). Unlesswe dclightto give I all glory to God, and seek glory onlj- for i God, wo have not tho Spirit of Christ for I Ho sought neither His own will nor His own glory (John vi, !!;; viii.oO). l.i. "Turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth nnd the sea and all things that are there in." With great earnestness did the apostles seek to turn the people's thoughts from themselves to God, as w hen the angel said to John, "Seo tXou do it not, worship God" (Uev. xxii, 11). The tendency today is lo think more of man than of God, and the gleat trouble is that manj men do not feel tumbled about it but lovo to have it so, forgetting I Cor. i, "0-31. 10. "Who iu limes past suffered all na tions to walk in their own ways." Sinco God placed man on earth He has been trv--ing him in eveiy possible way in Kden nnd out of Kden, without law and under law, under grace and under the Holy Spitit and lie shall have one trial more under the personal reign of the Lord Jesu3. In due time it shall bo fully proven that man apart from God is only failure. 17. "Nevertheless Ho left not Himself without witness." In Rom. i, 20, til, it is made plain that in nil ages all are without excuse, for God may be knowu by His w orks, and ecn in tlie darkest corners of eaith there is a light which if lived in will be recognized by God in some waj-. Com pare Acts xvii, MO. 18. "And with these sayings scarce re strained they the people." Sight is .1 Rieat thing to the natural man, and what one sees is apt to fully persuade. The spiritual man makes more of that w liicli ho cannot see, Tiieso people have seen the impotent man healed through Paul and Barnabas, nnd it was hard to couvince them that the work was done by one unseen and not by thesetwomen. See II Cor. iv, IS; v, 7; Heb. xi, U7, and say which is most real to j-ou, tho seen or tho unseen. 10. "Having stoned Paul, drew him outof tho city supposing ho had been dead," How llcklo in maul Those who would have wor shiped Paul are peiouiuled to stone him. How busy und persevering is tlie devil and what willing servants he has among men! These unbelieving Jews came quickly and earnestly from Antioch and Icouium to seek tho death of Paul. How few go foi th earnestly to bring life to tho dying. An swer Isu. vi, 0, as lie did. '.'0. "Ho rose up und cutnu into the city." While tlie disciples, helpless to protect Him, stood around His apparently dead body, God gave Him back to theui to their great surprise and joy, for His work was not yet accomplished. It may be that whilu they were bruising and so ill treating His poor body lie was enjoying that of which Ho tells in 11 Cor. xii, 1-1, and having seen tlio glory was strengthened for future service. 'Jl. Tho day nfter the stoning he and Barnabas set forth to Derbe, whore they preached tlio Gospel nnd made many dis i iples, and thou instead of proceeding home to T.ii-huh they turn about, retrace their Heps anil visit again tho very places where they have ben so persecuted. What self denial and couruge, and love for souls, and devotion to Jesusl Lord give us more of such a spirit. !J. Hero are great words for us. By His Word nnd Spirit wo must bo established and continue (Luke viil, lo; John viii, 31; U Chrou. xx, SO, 1, c.) and lenrn to endure pa tiently for His sake (Jus I, 12; Hev. ii, 10; John xvi, HH), Seeing only Jesu, and i oveting only Uiu approval (Math, xvii, b; 11 Tim. ii, 15), we, too, shall bo able to de i hiro what God bus done with us (verse t7), for "It is Goil who workcth" (Will. i, ISJ. CuCRIDAnVBOSTON STORE Condon KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strong and Healthy; Prevents all Disease, Otioil for MoultlitU Jcim. It t ainnlutrly run. 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COTTOLENE What is it makes her pastry such A treat, her husband eats so much, Though pies he neer used to touch ? COTTOLENE What is it shortens cake so nice, Iletter than lard, while les in piice, And does the cooking in a trice ? COTTOLENE What is it that fries oysters, fish, Croquettes, or eggs, or such like disb, As nice and quickly as you'd wish ? COTTOLENE What is it saves the time and care And patience of our women fair, And helps them make their rake so rare? COTTOLENE Who is it earns the gratitude Of every lover of pure food lly making " COTTOLENE " so good? Mnelo only by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., CHICAGO, ILL., and 324 Stato Street, BOSTON. Tut t' Tiny PlUs not in kindly on tlio jSJlelillil, tho ilelk-Mo femelu or InllrmT olet u(o in upon tho Tlsormu rami. w Stuff's Tiny Pills Klv toti Mint nlroiiKlli t tlin WBiikJ 1,1 mimi'li, bun Ulilnoyn unit lilnililcr fl ,iC Maw I Mtsal I'nssu sP$j4--D in Ht - l iica,3 th6 8ore;,fe tfm: aneLSnie-.l. MWSiK, d i j ; U U U U )1 L U L 1 SEASOHA Til Mi uJlkblO 1 One cns6 AVliitc nnd Grey bed Blankets. per pair. Twenty pair largo size White and Grey bed blan kets S 1.50 per pair. Twenty pairs heavy wool bed blankets, creat value. 83.50. 1 1-4 all wool guaranteed Blankets, just the thing for coltl weather, 4,48 per pair, 11-12 fine wool Blankets, heavy and soft a teiut.lul quality in handsome border ! 86.00. A good print covered com fortable for (2 A better one, ocd cover ing, hcavv batting, m cts. Others at $i.oo, $i. j- "1.50, $1. 75, $2.00, $2 -;o. - 00, $S.5o, $15.00. all goo 4 aides Splendid value in this de. partmcnt in medium and fine garments which vou should see before purchasing else where. We control some lines of the largest manufactuiers in ihe country and are show ing some very nice garments at a very low price. We have just received 1 fine line of Ladies' Bl tc Wool Mit' ens in several stvles. Ask to see those at 25 and 35 cents per pair. The Gents' Elmwood Hoso is acknowledged to le the best all wool hose for the price in the market Ii comes in a variety of shades and black. 50 ( ts. iur pair. Ladies' Black Wool I lose, good heavy qualitv, vT) (. s. jior imir. A good stock of Underwear for ladies, gents and children on hand. Leo & McAuslan. P P i M bonrotaoies ulUu os Laoies ivntiens, Hosiery