Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-17

and Ireland, which would considerably increase
all the sums total. But read In the light Of
proportion TO the population. the tables are all
lar below America.
APRoPos Of England, the New York
Herald quotes the Rev. DR.. Pierson, Of
Philadelphia (who spent some time in the
British Isles after the close of the Pan-Presby-
terian Council last summer), as saying that
London is the greatest center of Christian
work on rbe globe" While the proportion Of
| Christians there is not as large as here, he
thinks that there are more thoroughly cOnse-
| Grated men and women in Great Britain than
| In the United States. 1t is undoubtedly true
that Christianity is more pronounced and ag-
| gressive. among the English and Scotch.
| They do not hesitate at all times and in
| all places to avow their belief The Christian
| engineer on the steamboat hangs up placards
which advertise his faith. Christian women
/ on the railroad distribute religious tracts
| Christian men on the sidewalks of the cities in
vite pedestrians to adjacent houses of wershiD
/ on the Sunday. An active propaganda is car.
| ried forward all the time. II our youngmen
initiate the English in sucking the heads Of
| their canes, why NOT initiate them in faith and
works Its English, YOU know" would then
| be something better than the shibboleth Of
snobbery.
A GENTLEMAN called on his pastor not
/ AOuS oiuCC, W say BOOuOls 1C was dOOub W
start on tour around the world. Said he:
~ have long been thinking of and preparing for
| this journey; have set my business in order;
| have secured my letter of credit; have talked
| with men who have made the tour, and have
| read over the ground purpose To Jraverse-for
| L remember Emerson somewhere says a trav-
| eler always finds what he carries. Now have
called to take your hand and receive your good
wishes"
1t reminds one of that other journey which
/ uya oil faI- go
ty. Have we made any. the least preparation
for it? Are our earthly affairs in a proper shape
tn leave, or are they tied up in hard knots OF
confusion? Do we seek the society of those
who can throw light upon the necessary OUTFIT
Is our reading along lines which tend to dis
cover knowledge that may help US yonder7
Have we taken out letters Of heavenly creditf
How foolish to start on the longest and most
formidable of journeys, yet leave everythingat at
hazard! A man who should act so in earthly
travel would certainly fetch up in, If he did not
start from lunatic asylum
"WE stand now over some Of the myster.
les of eternity as children that look with
fear down into deep dark ponds on winter
evenings. On some eternal summer day we
may pass by that way and find them dried to
the abiding ground, and the mystery at an end.n
ONE man accuses. another excuses, everys.
body-except himself. The difference be-
tween these words lies in the prefix. The
difference between such persons lies In the
character.
A VERY good story comes from Indian
apolis concerning Dan Payne's little boy
and his German prayer. He had just
learned the Lords PRAYER in German and told
his father that the following evening he pro-
posed to offer his German prayer when he
went to bed, in order to surprise his mother.
He added that of course God could understand
German-even common-schoof German. with
think it would sound little sacrilegious, and
God might not like it in that spirit" No. but
you don't understand, papa" said the boy, II
want to do it to 'stonish mamma. you know.
You see, papa, the joke isn't on God at all, it's
on mamma"
Our everyday occupations, rightly viewed
and used, are not hindrance but help to
Christian living. Like a favoring wind
that fills the sails of ship, they hasten the
voyage homeward. e =
Business" saws a shrewd moralist, "is akind
OF material body, without which the spiritual
life is a kind of ghost. In the perfect life they
are essential to each other. Business, what
ever attaches to each mans position, is dead, il
the spirit do not animateit. The spirit. how
shadowy life. Occupation, the daily endeavor
to obtain food, raiment ard roof, forms that
coporeal substance and local habitation with.
out which the spirit Of righteousness, how
ever quick and fresh, il but an airy nothingness
flying between the cold moon and the earth.n
LET every day be to thee day of judg.
ment. Seek of the scrutinizing mercy OF the
Most II Ugh to examine thy thoughts day by
day. TO cleanse thee from thy secret faults. and
to lead thee unto the land of uprightness. Then
wilt thou meet the great day well IL thou get
the Great Judge to judge thee every day.-K
Philpot.
WHAT must we think of the morals and
manners of Austria when the Crown Prince
blows his brains out as the only way of es-
cape from entanglemeuts in which be had en-
shared himself by his ungovernable passions?
Rudolf had everything to live for, it should
seem-a lovely and virtuous wife, an historic
name. a magnificent, immediate environment,
and. in reversion, one of the proHdest thrones
in Europe. Yet this spoiled darling of fortune
throws everything away-gambles with Satan
with bis own soul for the stake, and loses the
game. He had betrayed an Austrian baroness,
whose brother gave him the option of commit
ting suicide or fighting duel-and he slew
himself.
No wonder that Rudolf should have said
recently: Things look now as though thers
would be no more Princes in Europe after an
other half century," Why should there beP
What use has the world for these titled proai.
gates who set example of debauchery and
make the invasion of homes a business? Is it
strange that such an empire should be kept to-
gether only under the lock and key of despor.
ism? Who could be cOntented under such
regime save victims debauched into moral in
Every righteous man must prayY
Gracious heaven! unless the HapSburgs re-
pent and reform, soon send them after Ru-
lolf.
HAPsBURG blood is bad blood. The de-
'cendants of this house, in every generation
'ince the days of alat first Rudolf who
founded the royal dynasty in the thirteenth
century, have been tyrants and libertines.
they are tainted. Self restraint Is unknown
Lmong them. The traditional heavy Jaw of the
dapsburgs is no more pronounced and charac-
eristic than are their boisterous passions-the
candal of history. The truth is that nothing
5 worse. morally, than q career of unbridled
,ower. Human nature cannot stand Ii. Such
lespotism unsettles the brain and sets mad
nan sporting with the property, virtue, lives OF
Millions. Most of the twelve Cse- ars were thus
insane. And as they were struck from the
hrone IN red succession. so lt is time to pub
hese royal highwaymen out of the saddle.
Wcmen's Chances TO MnrrJ.
From IS to 20 years of age, AZ per cent.
From 20 to 25 years OF age, 50 per cent.
From 25 to 80 years of age, 18 per cent.