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0 THE BUKLINGTON FREE PRESS: THURSDAY. JULY 27, 1893. I SHE DIVINE SCIENCE. DR. TALMAGE ADDRESSES THE CHAU- TAUQUANS AT MONONA LAKE. At tho Israelites Fought With Weapons ol I Stotnli So tlio Cliiirch Must Xow Jhnnlny Logic, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, i and All Tor (I oil and Truth. I MADISON, Wis., July 20. A grcnt throng bf mauy thousands from nil parts of tho north aud west arc gathered nt tho Monona Lako nsscmhly, n Chautauqua held nenr this city. Ilev. Dr. 'fulmngo this forenoon preached tothlsErcatmultlttidoon "Slinrp rued Axes," tho text being I Samuel xlli, 19-21, "Now, thero was no smith found throughout all tho land of Israel," etc. My loving nnd glad salutation to tills un counted host, Chautmiquans, Christian En Ueavorcrs, gospel workers and their friends from all parts of Wisconsin nnd America, caints and sinncrsl My text is gloriously appropriate. What n galling subjugation tho Israelites wero suffering! Tlio Philis tines had carried oft all tho blucksmiths and torn down all tho blacksmiths' shops nnd abolished tho blacksmith's trado in tho land of Israel. Thesu Philistines had a particular grudgo against blacksmiths, although I liavo always admired them and have Romotimes thought I ought to havo been one myself. Tho Philistines would not even allow theso parties to work their valuable mines of brass and iron, nor might they make any swords or fcpears. There wero only two swords left in all tho land. Yea, these Philistines went on until they had taken nil the grindstones from tho land of Israel, fco that if an JsraclitrMi fanner wanted to sharpen his plow or his nx lie had to go over to the garrison of the Philistines to pet it done. There was only ono sharpen ing instrument left in the land, and that was a file. The farmers and the mechanics having nothing to whet up thu colter and the goad and tho pickax save a simple 111c, industry was hindered and work practically disgraced. COD'S PEOPLE DISAIIMKI). The great idea of these Philistines was to keep thu Israelites disarmed. They might get iron out of the hills to make swords of, but they would not have any blacksmiths to weld this iron. If they got tho iron weld ed, they would have no grindstones on which to bring the instruments of agricul ture or the military weapons up to an edge. Oh, you poor, weaponless Israelites, re duced to a 111c, how 1 pity youl Hut tht"-o Philistines wero not forever to keep their heel on the neck of God's children. Jona than, on his hands and knees, climbs up a great rock beyond which were tho Philis tines, and his armor bearer, on his hands and knees, climbs up the samo rock, and these two men with their two swords, hew to pieccsthe Philistines, tho Lord throwing a great terror upon them. So it was then; so it is now. The two men of God on their knees mightier than a Philistine host on their feet. I learn lirst from this subject how dan gerous it is for the church of God to allow its weapons to stay in the hands of its ene mies. These Israelites might again .mil Bgain have obtained a supply of swords Bnd weapons, as, for instance, when they took thu spoils of the Ammonites, but tliesu Israelites seemed content to have no sword, no spears, no blacksmiths, no grindstones, no active iron mines, until it was too late, for them to make any resistance. I seothu farmers tugging along with their pickaxes and plows, aud I say, "Where are you go ing with those things:'" They. say, "Oh, we are going over to tlio garrison of tho Philis tines to get these things sharpened." I say, "Yoa foolish men; why don't you fharpen them at home?" "Oh," they say, "the blacksmiths' shops are all torn down, and wo have nothing leit us but a llle." ClilUSTIANS XI.ED thl; SCHOOLS. So it i in the church of Christ today. Wo are too willing to give up our weapons to the enemy. Tlio world boasts that it has gobbled up the schools, and tho colleges, and the arts, and the sciences, and tho lit erature, and the printing press. Infidelity is making a mighty attempt to get all our weapons in its hand, and theutokeepthem. You know it is making this boast all thu time, and alter awhile, when the great bat tle between sin and righteousness has opened, if we do not look out wo will be as badly oil as these Israelites, without any swords to light with and without any sharp ening instruments. I call upon the superintendents of liter ary institutions to see to it that tho men who go into the classrooms to stand beside the Leyden jars, and tho electric batteries, Bnd tho microscopes or telescopes be chil dren of God, not Philistines. The atheistic thinkers of this day aru trying to get all the intellectual weapons of this century in their own grasp. What we want is scien tific Christians to capture tho science, aud scholastic Christians to capture tlio scholar hbip, and philosophic Christians to capture the philosophy, and lecturing Christians to take back tho lecturing platform. CIIIilSTIAX MUX OF SC1CXCL'. We want to send out against Schenkel nnd Strauss and Itenan of tho past men likothe late Theodore Christlieb of Uonn, nnd against the infidel scientists n God worshiping Silliman and Hitchcock and Agassiz. Wo want to capturo all tho phil osophical apparatus nnd swing around tho telescopes ou the swivel until through them we can see the morning starof tlio Iledecmer, and with mineralogical hammer discover the "Rock of Ages," and amid tho Cora of tho realms find tho "Hose of Sharon And tho Lily of the Valley." We want a clergy learned enough to dis course of tho human eye, showing it to bo a microscope nnd telescope in ono instru ment, with 600 wonderful contrivances and lids closing 30,000 or 40,000 times a day, nil its muscles and nerves and bones showing the infinite skill of an infinite God, and then winding up with tho peroration, "He that formed tho eye, shall he not scut" And then we want to discourse about tho human ear, its wonderful integuments, mem branes and vibration, nnd its chain of small bones, and its auditory nerves, closing with the question, "He that planted the car, shall lie not hear!" And we want some ono nblo to expound tho first chapter of Genesis, briuging to it the geologyaud tho astronomy of tho world until, as Job suggested, "the stones of tho field shall be in league" with tho truth and "the stars in their courses shall fight against Blsera." Oh, church of God, go out nnd fecapturo these weapons. Let men of God eo out and take possession of tho platform. Let all the printing press of this country pneak out for Christ and tho reporters, and tlio typesetters, and the editors and pul lishers swear nllegianco to tho Lord God of truth. Ah, my friend, that day must come, and if the great body of Christian men havo not the faith or tho courage or the consecration to do it, then let some Jonathan, on his busy hands and on his praying knees, climb up on tho rock of hindrance nnd in tho namo of the Lord uou ot Israel slash to pieces those literary Philistines. ,lt these men will not be converted to God, then they must bo destroyed. Again, 1 lenrn from this subject what n large amount of the church's resources is nctually hidden and burled nnd undevel oped. Tlio Bible intlmntes that that was a very rich land, this laud of Israel. It says, "The stones are iron, and out of the hills thou shnlt dig brass," and yet hundreds of thousands of dollars' wortli of this metal was kept under tho hills. Well, that is tho difficulty with tlie church of God nt this day. Its talent is not developed. If ono half of its energy could be brought out, it might tako tho public iniquities of tlio day by tho throat nnd make them hito tlio dust. If human eloquence were consecrated to t he Lord Jesus Christ, it could in a few years persuade this whole earth to surrender to God. Thero is enough undeveloped Christian f nergy In tho United States to bring thu whole world to Christ, hut it is burled mi ller strata of indifference and under wholo mountains of sloth. Now, is it not time for tho mining to begin, and tho pickaxes to plunge, and for this buried metal to be brought out nnd put into the f urnnces and bo turned into howitzers nnd carbines for tlio Lord's host? The vast majority of Chris tians In this day are useless. Tho most of the Lord's battalion belong to the reserve corps. The most of thu crew nru nsleep in tlio hammocks. The most of the metal is under the hills. Oh, is it not time for the church of God to roiiEu up nnd understand that we want all thu energies, nil thu talent and all the wealth enlisted for Christ's sake? I like thonicknamc that the English soldiers gavu to lilueher, the commander. They called him Old Forwards. We have had enough retreats in tho church of Christ, let us havo n glorious advance. And I say to you now as tho general said when his troops weru affrighted. Rising up in his stirrups, hU hair Hying in thu wind, lie lifted up his voice until 20,000 troops heard him crying out, "Forward, thu whole line!'' 1'aul, thi: riin.osopiii:i!. Again, I learn from this subject that wo sometimes do well to taku advantage of tno world's sharpening instruments. Thesu Israelites were reduced to a flic, nnd so they went over to the garrison of the Philistines to get their axes and their goads and their plows sharpened. The Bihlo distinctly states in the context that they had no other instruments now with which to do this work, and the Israelites did right when they went over to the Philistines to usu their grindstones. My friends, is it not right for us to employ the world's grind stones? If theru lie art, if there be logic, if tlieru be business faculty on the other side, let us go over nnd employ it for Christ's bake. The fact is, wo fight with too dull weapons, and wu work with too dull imple ments. We hack and wu maul when we ought to make a clean stroke. Let us go over among sharp business men nnd nmong sharp literary men nnd find out what their tact is aud then transfer it to thu cause of Christ. If they have science and art, it will do us good to rub against it. In other words, let us employ the worl'd's grindstones. We will listen to their music, nnd wo will watch their acumen, and we will use their grindstones, and we will bor row t heir philosophical apparatus to make our experiments, and we will borrow their printing presses to publish our Hibles, and we will borrow their rail trains to carry our Christiau literature, and we will bor low their ships to transport, our missiona ries. That was what made Paul such a master in his day. Hu not only got all the learn ing he could get of Dr. Gamaliel, but after ward, standing on Mars hill and in a crowd ed thoroughfare, quoted their poetry, and grasped their logic, and wielded their elo quence, aud employed their mythology un til Dionysius, the Areopagite, learned in thu schools of Athens and Heliopolis, went down under his tremendous powers. That was what gavu Thomas Chalmers his power in bis day. He conquered the world's as tronomy and compelled it to ring out thu wisdom and greatness of thu Lord until for the second time tlio morning stars sang to gether and all the sons of God shouted for joy. Tin; i.i;ai;xi:i eijvai:is. That was what gave to Jonathan Edwards his influence in his day. lie conquered the world's metaphysics aud forced it into the service of God until not only the old meet ing house in Northampton, Mass., hut all Christendom felt thrilled by Ills Christian power. Well, now, my friends, wo nil havo tools of Christian usefulness. Do not, let them lose their edges. We want no rusty blades in this light. We want no colter that cannot rip up the glebe. We wnnt no ax that cannot fell the trees. We want no goad that cannot start the lazy team. Let us get tho very best grindstones wu can find though they bo in the possession of tho Philistines, compelling them to turn tlio crank while wo bear down with all our might on the swift revolving wheel until all our energies anil mantles snail he brought up to a bright, keen, sharp, glittering edge. Again, my subject teaches us on what a small allowance Philistine iniquity puts n man. Yes, theso Philistines shut up the mines, and then they took the spears and the swords, then they took tho blacksmiths, then they took tie grindstones, anil they took everything but u llle. Oh, that is tlio way sin works. It grabs everything. It he- pus with robbery aud it ends with lobbery. it despoils this faculty and that faculty mid keeps on until the wholo nature is gone. Was the man eloquent before, it generally thickens his tongue. Was he fine in per- lonal appearance, it mars his visage. Was he nllluent, it sends the sheriff to sell him out. Wns ho influential, it destroys his popularity. Was ho placid and genial nnd loving, it makes him splenetic and cross, nnd so utterly is ho changed that you can see hu is sarcastic and rasping and that thu Philistines havo left him nothing but n file. Oh, "the way of the transgressor is hard." His cup i bitter. His night is dark. His pangs ar deep. His end is terrific. Philis tine iniquity says to that man, "Now, sur render to me, nnd I will give you all you want, music for tho dance, swift steeds for the race, imperial couch to slumber on, nnd you shall bo refreshed with the rarest fruits, in baskets of golden filigree." He lies. The music turns out to be a groan. Thu fruits burst therind with rank poison. The flligreu is mado up of twisted snakes. The couch is a grave. Small allowance of rest, small allowance of peace, small allowance of comfort. Cold, hard, rough nothing but a file, so it was with olt.drc, the inostap plauded man of his d.-ij ; Tlio Scripture was U lo-tlinnk, whence lie drew fioninots to I'.i' ( it i imI hi ami tlio Jew, An inlidul when well, Inn hut when sick? Oil, then ft text would touch lilm to the quick. Tin: I)i:atii or yoi.t.uise. Seized with hemorrhiigu of tho lungs in Paris, wheru he had gone to lie crowned in tho theater as an idol of all France, husends a messenger to get a priest that ho may be reconciled to the church before he dies, A great tenor fulls uion him. lie makes thu place all round about him so dhnial that the nurse declares that she would not for all tho wealth of Europe see another Infidel die. Philistine iniquity had promised him ull thu worlds gai lands, but iu tho lust hour of his life, when he needed solacing, sent tearing across his conscience and his rstrves a file, n flic. So it was with Lord Byron, his unclean ness In England only surpassed by his un cleanness in Venice, then going on to end his brilliant misery at Mlssolonghl, fret ting nt his nurse, Fletcher, fretting nt him Fclf, fretting nt tho world, fretting at God, and ho who gave to the world "Childu Harold" and "Sardanapnlus" nnd "Tho Prisoner of Chillon" and "The Slcgo of Corinth" reduced to nothing hut a file! Oil, sin has great facility for making prom ises, but it hits just as great facility for breaking them. A Christian life is tho only cheerful life, while a lifo of wicked surrender Is remorse, ruin nnd death. Its painted glee is sepulchral ghastllncss. In t he brightest days of tho Mexican em pire Montezuma said he felt gnawing nt his heart something llKe a canker, hln, liko a monster wild benst of the forest, tomet lines licks all over its victim in order that tlio victim maybe ruoro easily swal lowed; but generally sin rasps and galls and tears and upbraids and files. Is it not to, Herod? Isitnotso.Hildebrand? Isitnot so, Robespierre? Aye! aye! it is so; it is so. "Tho way of the wicked he turneth up3ido down." History tells us that when Homo was founded, on that day there who 13 vultures Hying through tho air, but when a trans gressor dies the sky Is black with whole (locks of them. Vultures! When I see sin robbing so many people, and I see them go ing down day by day and week by week, I must give a plain warning. I dare not keep it hack lest I risk tlio salvation of my own soul. Rover the pirate pulled down thu warning bell on Inchcape rock, thinking that lie would have a chance to despoil ves sels: that were crushed on the rocks, but one night his own ship crashed down on this very rock, and he went down with nil his cargo. God declares, "When I say to the wicked, thou shalt surely die, and thou givest him not warning, that same man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hands." MOKE METAL NEEDED. I learn from this subject what a sad thing it is when the church of God loses its metal. These Philistines saw that if they could only get all the metallic weapons out of the hands of tho Israelites all would bu well, and thcreforo they took tho swords and the spears. They did not want them to have a single metallic weapon. When the metal of the Israelites was gone, their strength was gone. This is the trouble with the church of God today. It is sur rendering its courage. It has not got enough metal. How seldom it is that you see a man taking ills position in pew, or m pulpit, or in a religious society, and hold ing that position against all oppression, and all trial, and all persecution, and all criticism. Tho church of God today wants more backbone, more defiance, more consecrated bravery, more metal. How often you see a man start out in some good enterprise, and at thu first blast of uewspaperdom he lias collapsed, and all his courage gone forgetful of the fact that if a man he right nil tho newspapers of the earth, with all their columns pounding away at him, can not do him any permanent damage. It is only when n man is wrong that he can be damaged. Why, God is going to vindicate his truth, and he is going to stand by you, my friends, in every effort you make for Christ's cause aud the salvation of men. 1 sometimes say to my wife: "There is something wrong. The newspapers have- not assaulted me for three months! I have not done my duty against public iniquities. and I will stir them up next fcundav, Then I stir them up, and all thu following week the devil howls and howls, showing that I have him very hard. Go forth in the service of Christ nnd do your wholi duty. You have onu sphere. Ihaveanotli er sphere. "The Lord of Hosts is with us and the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.' Wu want more of the determination of Jon itlian. I do not suppose hu wiisu very won derful man, but ho got on his knees and lumbered up thu rock, and with the help of his armor bearer ho hewed down tho Phil istlnes, and a man of very ordinary inlel lectual attainments on his knees can storm anything for God and for thu truth. mom: courage needed. We want something of the determina tion of tlio general who went into the war and as ho entered Ins first oattle lus knees knocked together, his physical courage not quite up to lus moral courage, and he- looked dGwn at his knees and said, "Ah, if you knew where I was going to tako you you would shake worse than that!" There- is only one question for you to i-k and for ine to ask. hat does God want me to do? Wheru is the field? Wheru is the work? Where is the anvil? Where is tho prajer meeting? Wheru is the pulpit? And, find ing out what God wants us to do, go ahead and do it all the energies of our body, unnd uud soul enlisted in tho undertaking Oil, my brethren, we havo but little timu in which to fight for God, You will be dead soon. Put in tho Christiun can every energy that God gives you. "Whut thy hand lindetli to do, do it with ull thy might, for there is neither wisdom norile- ico iu the grave whither we ore nil hasten ing." Oh, isitnot high lime that wo wake out ot sleep? Church of uoil, lift up your head at thu coming victory! J hu Philb iinea will go down, nnd the Israelites will to up. We are on the winning side. Hear that on the winning side! I think just now thu Klngl.s horses nru being hooked up to the chariot, and when ho does rido down the sky tlieru will be such u hosanna among his friends and such u walling among his enemies us will niitkf the earth tremble and the heavens sing. I see now tho plumes of the Lord's cavalry men tossing in tho air. Tim archangel be fore thu throne has already burnished his trumpet, and then he will put its golden lips to his own, and he will blow tho long, loud blast that will make all nations free. Clap your hands, all yo people! Hark! I hoar the falling thrones aud tho dashing down of demolished iniquities. An Aluminium Lamp. A reraarkablo kind of light has been suc cessfully exhibited by Dr. Philip Lcnard of Bonn nnd formed thu subject of a paper read before tho Royal Prussian Academy of Science at Berlin. Hertz showed that the rays which proceed from the cathode of a Geissler tube and are capable of uxciting phosphoreseucu will permeate thin metal. If then it wero practicable to find a sheet of metal foil thick enough to be air tight and opaque, yet thin enough tobe permeable by the discharge, it wduld bu possible to allow these lays u passage into the open uir by closing such an opening in a discharge tube with such ft piece of foil. This Idea hits been realized by Dr. Lenard by means of an ingeniously arranged apparatus and u ham mered aluminium plate U.O0U millimeter thick. This plate forms in the appurutus in question u shutter, which Dr, Lenard calls the "window," because, while quite Impcrmcuhlu to air aud light, it allows the rays from n cathode at a distance of 13 cen timeters to penetrate It freely. These rays render thenlr faintly luminous. New York Telegram, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON V, THIRD QUARTER, INTER NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 30. Text of tlio I.rssun, Arts xlx, 1-12 Mem ory VrricB, a-5 (iolili n Text, John xvl, 13 Commentary ly tho Itcv. 1). SI. Stearin, 1. "Aud itcamc to pass that while Apollos was at Corinth Paul, having passed through tho upper coasts, came to Ephesus." From Corinth, where wo left Paul In the last lesson, ho returned to AnUoeh In Syria, taking with him Priscllla nnd Aquila as far as Ephesus, whero ho left them, promis ing to return, the Lord willing (18-21). After some time at Antloch ho started on his third tour, and passing through Galatia aud Phrygla, strengthening the disciples, came in duo lime to Ephesus. This Apollos of Alexandria, eloquent and mighty in Scripture, had meantime passed through Ephesus and had been greatly helped and enlightened by Aqulla and Priscllla. How wonderfully tho Lord provides teacuers lor those who aru seeking to know Himl Con oiilcr tho cases of Cornelius und the man of Ethiopia. 'And finding certain disciples he said unto them, Have ye received tho Holy Ghost sinco yo believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there bo any Holy Ghost." Iherc are many liko these today who have heard of the love of God and of Jesus as a Saviour from the wrath to come, and they havo re ceived Him aud are children of God (John I, 12), nnd therefore have tho Holy Spirit In them as believers (I Cor. vi, 10; xil, 7), but yet know little or nothing about the Holy Snlrit and have never received Him r.s their power for life nnd service. Compnre John slv, 17, with Luke xxlv, 4'J. 3. "And Hu said unto them. Unto what, then, were ye baptized? And they said, L nto John's baptism." 1 his was as far as Apollos had taught them (18-25) and would include repentance, remission of sins and fruits meet for repentance and should have included an expectation of a baptism of the Holy Ghost (Luke iil, 3, 8, lb). It certainly meant salvation, but not necessarily special power for service. 4. then, said Paul, John verily baptized witli the baptism of repentance, saying un to tho people that they should believe on Him which should come after Him that is, on Christ Jesus." It was John'sdellght to cry, "Behold tho Lamb of Godl" and to point nil to Him whose way ho came to pre pare (John i, 13, 27, 20, 30; ill, 28-30; Math. Iii, 11). People are apt to follow the human leader, ns did the Corinthians (I Cor. in, 4), and too often tho human leader loves to have it so. But such is not tho spirit of Christ, for even Re did not His own will nor sought His own glory, but ever sought the glory of tho Father (John vi, 38; viii.29. W); xvii, 4). "When they heard this, they were bap tized in the name of the Lord Jesus." They had received the truth which they had heard and were living up to tho light which they had received, and therefoie were ready for moru light. Now, when nd dltional truth is brought to them they rend ily receive it anil turn heartily to Hun oi whom John was the forerunner. 0. "And when Paul had laid ills hands upon them the Holy Ghost came on them, uud they spake with tongues and prophe sied." Being baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus did not necessarily bring the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts vlii, 10). That seems to have been given iu answer to spe cial prayer and laying on of hands (Acts viii, 15, 17), though in the case of Corne lius and his company the gift of the Spirit was bestowed while Peter was speaking (Acts x, 4410), and it was after that thej wero baptized, There seems to be no set way of receiving Christ or of being filled witli the Spirit. The great thing is to re ceive Him the best way you know how, then trust Him to fill you witli His Spirit as He pleases. Only "be filled" (Eph. v, 16). 7. "And all the men were about twelve" as many as those whom Jesus chose and called unto lhmsrif (Mark iii, 13-15); ns mnnv us the sons of Jacob, the tribes of Israel; as ninny as the gates of the New Jo rusalem and tho foundations of the same (Rev. xxi, 12,14). It is the heavenly and earthly perfect numbers 3 und 4 multiplied. The full significance we will see someday. 8. "And Hu went into the synagogue and spake boldly for tho space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God." He made no amlpgk-s for tho truth, but be lieving all things written by Moses he spako boldly in the power of the Spirit (Acts xxiv, 14; iv, 29). Disputing' means reasoning out of the Scriptures, as in chap ter xvu, 2, while neisuudlng indicates ten derand loving entreaty. Thus he patient ly and prayerfully opened to them the word of God concerning Jesus as the Christ. 0. "But when divers were hardened and believed not, but spake evil of that way be fore tho multitude, ho departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in tho school of one Tyrannus." When truth is rejected, tho heart becomes hard ened, and when once thu heart is turned away from the only light iu this dark world the only prospect is the outer dark ness where light never comes. Yet Jesus has taught us that only a portion of the seed will fall on good ground, and that tares will grow among tho wheat until the harvest. 10. "And this continued by the spaco ol two years, so that all they which dwelt In Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks." The province of Asia, in which were the seven churches of Revela tion, is distinguished from the other prov inces of Asia Minor in chapter xvi, 0. In this section of the country he testifies that for three yenrs he ceased not to warn every one night and day vt ith tears, teachlngpubllcly and from house to house, keeping back nothing, and all the while with his own hnuds ministering t the necessities of him self and thosu v ho were with him (chapter xx,. 31, 20,34). Thus earning his own living he would have no occasion to fear losing a portion of his salary if thu truth he preached should happen to hit some of his hearers rather severely. 11. "And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul." Whether it bo a miracle of healing of thu soul or of the body, "It IsGodwhoworketh" (Phil. 11,13). Whether it be wisdom or knowledge o faith or gifts of healing or miracles, it is all the work of the one self sumo Spirit di viding to every man severally as lit) will (I Cor. xii. 7-11). We will know His power more when instead of seeking Him to uso Him for God wo allow Him to tako us and use uh as He pleases. IB. "So that from his body wero brought into the sick handkerchiefs or aprotls, and tho diseases departed from them, uud the evil spirits went out of them." There must have been .some good reason for these sp clul muuifcHtutious of the power of God in this uuusuul wbv somo special form of unbelief or deviltry which needed justtheso manifestations for tho Spirit does uothlug needlessly. A SHORT STORY OF ONE SICKROOM. In Which Aro IVrhnpsSomo SnrjRostlons ol Avolilnnco For Otli-r. Onco upon n time, not so very long ago, I was asked to spend ti few hours in a sick room. Tlio day ntirso was exhausted, nnd temporary assistance was necessary. Ol course I consented to serve, though I would gladly have scrubbed the sidewalk instead had 1 been permitted to exercise my prefer ence. Tlio general reader may think this Is n hard hearted statement, but when I say that I have tliesamo dislike yes, more than this, contempt for my own sickrooms it may throw a different light on the matter. I never remember to havo had a pain In my life hat I didn't feel disgusted with it. II, I passed Into a closely shut I might say hermetically sealed apartment, where the steam nnd vinegar treatment had been In operation for the relief of pneumonia. The patient lay on her back, with what beemed a cushion nbout a foot high on lict chest. I discovered later that it was a flax seed poultice. Thu tired nurse mado somo final touches to the invalid's toilet, gave mo some in struction ina dismal undertone) and left me to my misery. I was not to speak to the patient nnd allow no one else to enter the chain her, nnd on no account must I permit n breath of nlr to float in. High screens were placed against doors and windows. Now, if I had had my wny I should have thrown that poultice as far as I could send it, and nfter bathing tho chest in warm wa ter I should have covered it with soft, light flannel, and then I should have turned the sufferer slightly on her side, covered her comfortably, opened n window at the bot tom und top nnd let in some of God's fresh nlr, which I believe is more important iu pneumonia thun in health. But I was under orders, and perhnps it is just as well, for I might havo killed her, because as she was frightened at the very thought of air aud everybody clso in the house was in the same condition my sense of what was right could scarcely have borne tho weight of the opposition. For a few moments there was nothing to do of any consequence. The nurse hnd ap plied the half peck, more or less, of flaxseed that went to form tho poultice, and I had pleuty of time to think. "Is there any need of this condition?" I nsked myself, and something which is to mo like the voice of God replied: "No, there is uot." Onco tho patient moaned, with a feeble movement of her hand toward the weight on her chest: "Oh, so heavy 1" "Shall I take it off?" "No, no, kill me, kill me," she whispered hoarsely. ell, she passed on a few days later, nnd though I had previously speculated about this peculiar method of suffocating patients witli foul air and pressing the breath out of them with heavy weights I never quite re alized till that day how utterly unscientific nnd cruel such treatment was. I shall probably be accused of a colossal conceit when I say that 1 believe I could havo cured this patient at this critical mo ment if I could havo been allowed the free dom of my will, to have raised her will from thu living grave into which it had been plunged not by her malady, but by the concentrated thought of every member of that household that sho wus doomed and by the filthy and barbarous method of the attendant physician. But I have said it, ull tho same, and I know I am speaking the truth, Eleanor Kirk's Ide.i. Mural Tainting nt tlio World' Fair. The domes of the Liberal Arts building ns they stand nre extremely interesting us experiments iu a field to which America Inn not thus far contributed many work ers. The decorators of the domes of the Liberal Arts building have had to paint, ou curved surfaces to bu seen from beneath, and they have been met by difficulties, such as those of complicated foreshortening, which, it may be presumed, few American nrtists have been accustomed to attack un der similar circumstances. Among the painter, Mr. Cox has some of Paul Ilaudry's science, and so has Mr. Blashfield. Mr. Cox has a share of that mastery of draftsmanship and tho laws of perspective which puts something into a picture that goes through it liko an elec tric shock. Immediately the figure painted by a man with this gift lifts up its head, as it were, and has a being on tho surface which has received it. Mr. Cox's figures have vitality, and they owe it to the fact that technically they are sound. But what nlso proves him amural painter from whom much is to be expected if he is given other opportunities in the future is the thor oughness with which he lias done all his work. Iu decoration of this sort a shabby architectural background or a slovenly scroll will go far to weaken the entire effect Tlio balustrades and the bands for tho leg ends in Mr. Cox's dome are drawn with a dellguuui llrmness. .Mr. iiiasnnems domu is not distinguished by remarkable draftsmanship, but in n purely decorative way ho has accomplished much. Royal Cortissoz in Century. Tho Police mill the People. The number of people In thu private walks of life who aro beaten, kicked and muti lntcd promiscuously by tho police of New- York is probably not greater than usual, but more of these outrages are getting into tho papers. It may also bu remarked that the Brooklyn "cop" is as much like tho New York "cop" as ono bad egg is liko unother bad egg. There is absolutely no remedy-In sight. The injured party invariably comes out at the littlo end of the horn. Whether Hio iron pot hits tho clay pot or the clay pot hits tho iron pot, it is ull tho same as far as tho claj pot is concerned. The cockroach is always wrong when it gets into au argument with the office cat. With the exception of tho Chinese tho New York taxpayers are the meekest people in tho world. Texas Sittings. Scott Iu a Temperance Version, At an entertainment given ton boys' club in this city under the supervision of some charitable ladies, who managed tho affair, a reader was to recite Scott's poem of "Lochinvar." , Fancy his surprise at finding tho man agers, who wero averse to having anything In praise of wine read to their pupils, milk ing nn alteration of tho lines And now I am come with this lost keof mlno To tread hut one measure, drink ono cup of wlue to tho following: And now have I come with tills beautiful maid To tread but ono measure, drink one lemonade. Boitou Commercial Bulletin. All In Ona Day. f On the first day of small IJean's attend nuce at school he came home In a highly jubilant state of mind. "Oh, muminal" he cried In excited and exultant tones, "what do you think? I've only been to school oueday, nnd I've learned to say 'eyether and ueyether' lust c id of 'eithcrund neither,' " Jnuw VorkTriVune. Among tlio Oftlm Seekers. It Is n queer lot of humanity that 1 fill ing the streets nud hotels of Washington and dally invading the White House nnd tho departments. There is the smooth man of fashion who whispers confidentially to the heeler who is supposed to have a "pull" and for tho Bako of an office is on fa miliar terms with n tnnn to whom ho will hardly speak if he Is successful. There is the struggling lawyer who wants an office with Its Income, in thellnoof his profession, but who is willing to throw his professional future to the winds if he can only draw a salary from tho government. He who wants to be a district attorney becomes a treasury official; he who would go on the bench accepts a foreign mission, fondly hop ing that ho can do what no one of his pred ecessors 1ms been able to do and save money out of the lnadequuto salary. Theru are politicians of local fame who find how attenuated their reputation is when tliny undertake to spread it out over the whole country and how much more serious is a national than a county compe tition. There are nervous, anxious men who havo not got on in the world nnd whoso comfort depends upon securing something from tho government. Occa sionally there is a man whose past lias been shady, but who lias prospered and grown rich and who wants to gild his damaged reputation with a small foreign mission. Then there is the great horde of active po litical workers whoso whole existence is in politics, who aro efficient lieutenants of congressmen whoso stauding at home de pends largely upon the succeMve "placing" of their henchmen. The change that comes over the spirits of most of tho offleu seekers Is the most pathetic thing about this sad spectacle, the most serious reflection ou frail humanity. Harper's Weekly. 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