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the feeling is akin TO that we might
nave II life had actually been taken
from us and returned again with a bet
ter and sounder lease affixed. One
VINO has but narrowly missed the fin
aiity may well feel more alive than
oeiore-such foil to the dear warmth
and mobility Of life is the mind = mere
picture OF death s GOODNESS and nullity.
An incident from personal expert
ence attests' how enchantiDgly comes
back the sense Of continued being IN
the first moment Of relief following
even slight menace to safety. A
lover of the woods not only in their
gala days, but when there remain only
bare ruined choirs where late the
sweet birds sang. ] still pay them oc-
casional visits during the winter months.
Not long since. on blue-domed. large
lighted, wind-rocked day was
In a maple grove. and there very near
ly crossed the track Of Chaucer's old
greybeard, who knockelh continually
with his staff upon the ground which
is his mothers gate. Had | not been
Just a little at one side when he let fall
his staff, undoubtedly l should have
been thrust out Of lifo with scant cere-
mony, for the staff was a great forest
Tree that fell almost at my very
fee. 10 is curious what an
immense interval elapsed to my
consciousness from tho time / first
heard the swapping Of woody fibre uu-
oil tie tree r. overthrow was an accom-
pl-hed fact. Ii Is perhaps more curl
loIs still that ! was not so much inn
pressed during that interval with the
stern image of death as / was possessed
with full-blOOded sensation Of life
vet mine, and 10 Dc mine. in that very
spot The coming April violets !
should gather as before: my feet should
press again the yielding moss Of the
little knobs around l should
hear the orioles echo-voice shout
keep it, keep it.. through the
greening vislas Of the woods. and ]
should hear the humorous. suorcd-oul
cadences OF the frogs by the lszy after
noou-nghtcd pools in the more open
places. Evidently, life WAS worth Nv
Jog for the sake of these minor pleas
ures. TO say nothingof its larger human
delislts. Never had loved nature SC
much as just then when saw how
easily might slip away from me forever
the precious Inheritance She gave me
for little times holding.
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STLENTIUM.
ny DAVID MELVILLE.

stand and wait In shadow at Ills feet,
The silence lies around mo pure and sweet
And am dumb and ready, as is meet
know my Master sees me standing here
So, though I'm gloom. cannot let fear
Enter my heart. for lie is ever near.
Around me. and about me. and above.
The shield and shelter Of His mighty love q
Clings close. and Will not ever let me rove.
long. play a laboIer 10 be.
listen Tor lis least command 20 ne.
But still lie wills u that wait TO see;
Ready 10 toll OF suffer for His sake,
But vet contented with this present state
They also serve who oniy stand and walt.
Few tasks appointed an ny little day
But can LET through me some tiny ray
From Ills true light ilumine the dark way
Perhaps IN time the blest command will
come.
That sends nc forth to call to those who
roam,
Or bring with loving care some wand'rer
home.
Meanwhile dear Lord. give me Thy grace
most sweet.
To wait with patience Meath Thy mercy seat
And IAN iu alteration at1hy feet'
Ready 60 DO whatever rs Thy VIII,
With praise 10 Thee some other liic 10 iiil,
or. 81 us lest. 10 suffer and be- still.
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4 LAY SERMON or GAMBLING
BY ERNEST ISGERsoLL.

want to write out a short CONVERSE
ton upon gambling, which l once had
with a man who seemed to me to speak
sense.
Some years ago, was waiting one
evening for the mail-stage to come INTO
a remote mining settlement IN the
Rocky Mountains. \ chilly breezs
swept up the gulch, and | stepped, part
" for shelter and partly for gossip
into 'The Senate. the great rendez-
yous of the camp. 1t was combination
Of drinking saloon, restaurant, billiard
room and gambling-plaee, all under
one roof. aud was usually orderly and
ouiet enough to suit anybody,-at least
in those parts.
Out there then land yet, 10 some e1'
tent every eating house bad bar as
matter of course; and gambling-table'
were set before perfectly open doors
all that public sentiment required being
that the game should be square. a
man could 20 in and out Of The
Senate without implying that h'
was either gambler or drunkaTd, and
without suffering any loss Of respecta
buity whatever-though, Of course, nc
man of much standing would hans
about there.
Well. that evening the quiet was sud
denly broken by quarrel over prl
vate game Of poker. where one playe
found the other cheating. and outwit
ted him by trick in return. Ihsl
pistols were drawn, and a would-D
homicide was knocked down and rem
derei powerless by neat blow from
young stranger.
IL WAS all over in minute. and the
| found a stranger inquiring for M
chum. Bullock. therefore Introduce
, myself and invited him to walk with M
, no to our cabin. lie said his name wa
McTayish: that he had lately arrive
from Scotland, and had just come
on the stage, Straight from Denver
I THE driver told me, he remarke
/. as we stepped out. that vera likely l
,. happen Cd Mr.. Bullock or some o Il
friends there, an l had no been in II
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TIE WORsHIP OFSUCCESS.

The worship Of success in tins coun-
trv is SO wen established and 90 wide
lv difused that most Of Us have for
gotten how ugly this modern golden
calf is. and how ridiculous the crowd
of eager adorers must appear TO the
higher iutelhgencies who may be look
ing down upon ms. There are some
frank and entirely demoralizad idoiaters
who declare that there is no other God
but this image of success which they
have set mp an image Of gold aud
silver and ala other precious metals and
smfs-as iusensatc as q Chinese idol,
and often quite as ugly. could they but
see the thing they worship. There are
others however. who are not little
ashamed of Themselves in their move
ments Of right-mindedness, and who
realize keeuly how vulgar and Iepul-
sive tine wild rush for houses and lands
and money in the bank becomes. These
are AN good thiugs 10 be earnestly
striven for when We make them pay
tribute to the true God; but when we
make Gods of them. Dagon and jug err
paut aie not meaner and uglier.
our idoltary begins early We teach
our children at am early age that Sue
cess is the e-d and aim of life. These
bee cur gods. we really say to them
wien we set before them place and
power and money as the rewards
Listen 90 the words of eight tenihs a
tine addresses Co children in our schools
.both religious and secular, and note the
maferialism that mars them all. Mr.
J. WIS good boy ne is now rici
merchant Mr.. " was always IL
his place in the Sunday school; me D.
now Governor of the State ! How Otter
are these merely external rewards held
nm for emulation. and not word sai.
about character. integrity, the satisiac
tions of a genuine life
Ii is high time to stop holding NJ
money. position. and power as the ne
wards Of honest and faithful living }
is hish time to teach children that the
real rewards of right liyiug-the only
certain rewards-are elevation and no
biluv of nature, the influence ina
comes from purity Of purpose ih
peace that comes from duty sought an'
followed with resoluie faith. The boy
in the schools cannot all be presidents
governors. or rich men; 1t is not onl'
demoraizing to urge these claims upoi
them. but it is uttering untruth Il
nromise them as rewards. They can
however, all become men of Industry
integrity. and purity they can achieV
that real success found only IN chaF
acter. of which all external successe
are but the shadows. Teach the cnil
dren 10 seek the Kingdom Of God am
q they will achieve success as its masters
mot IA its slaves. Christian CWoH.
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All talents committed to US are to be
wisely employed by Us. Not only the
,.r.ater norton of our talents, but all
81 them mnst be made available Tor
oood Tho man who hid his oue talent
in tho earth. instead of putting 1t out to
tina exchangers. was condemned not
FOR peclecting all of his talents, but for
neclecting one talent. II We have
ton talents ia our charge, 1t is not
.,onoh for us to employ nine oil
them TO advantage, leaving the tenth
one unused. God gives us-more talents
,banh "a. wishes us to make serylceaol'
and If we look upon any one of his gii'7
rs not worthy Of our attention. OF '7
beyond our sphere Of responsibility We
are - truly at fault as was he who ma
bi. lords talent in the earth, ana We
come under his condemnation. In
this sphere as in every other whose
ever shall keep the whole la"
and yet Oilend III one punt '''
ofaun No man can free himself iron
the gulf Of sin by saying, Il did nine
,ood things and only one evil thing
Nor can a man Justify his course IN 'h'
-. If his talents by saying, Il KEEP
nine talents we'll employed and buried
Il, one. - If we have any one
,alen, such as the power Of study oil
nrs,ness of teaching, OF personal mio's
others. o. social converse wh'oi
we persi,tently fail TO make use or WI
y" ourselves upon the plane OF Inn
T, .oburied hls one toleut; and we mus
WI the consequences Of such a fan
ino'' oTdngly.
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CHRIST MIGHrY 70 SAVE.

Christ is mighty is almighty to save.
lie saves IN many ways. Sometimes
gently and gradually. He wins the
soul back frcm its iniquities, restoring
to il the eai. which the locust hath
eaten. Sometimes lie draws the souls
with cords OF love, sometimes lie rends
the DESTROYER las the shepherd tears
ont OF the mouth OF the lion TWO legs or
a piece of the ear:' sometimes He
breaks the hard soul with the blows Of
affection: sometimes lie makes It soft
with the gracious rain Of sorrow, but so
long as there is one sign Of hope or faith.
Of patience or of love 10 you, 80 long
"a YOU have not utterly hardened your
hearts. 80 long as you have not entirely
sold yourselves TO evil, SO long AZ you
are not deliberately calling evil good
aud god evil. putting s~ee; for bitter
and bitter for sweet 80 long he will
take your soul under hs keeping. aud
b.wiil NOT break the bruised reed nor
ouench the smculdering Wick. q
drunkard o fallen woman . q SOU
frivolous aud worldly, or base and
bitter. or false and slanderous, or stu
full and impure believe, believe IA the
divine possibilities Of your redeemed
humanity. resist not the will Of God, and
this is the will OF God even your sancuf
cation. Christ never dispaired; ther
Why should you dispair of the black
est wickedness, OF the most stolid In
difference, Of the most heartbrokei
WEAKNESS, or the most absolute SLAYER,
70 sinY IL is the meaning, in it the in
most meaning OF Christianity for ever.
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Discomfort.

"DOest thou Vol 70 DC angry III '"e
gourd Jonah is, %.
All. Lord. when fo' &c and feign
imaginary griefs for myself. when
nurse small vexations, petty disap-
pointments till they grow to huge an
noyances in my own eyes, when dare
to change words even with my God,
and to say that do we'll to be angry,
though it be with Him, am | not then
doing my best or say rather my
worst-to provoke Thee to send me
calamities which shall be such indeedf
But now. and to the end, that may
little show my sin. at least to myself
in his own proper ugliness' suffer
me not to forget how at the
very moment when, IL may
be. | am thus playing with a fantastic
grief. it is actually faring with multi
tudes of my fellows, many times better
and truer and holier than myself.
Think. 0 my soul, of all those, the
mourners who have survived every
thing. even hope itself, the incuraoles
who pace the long halls of pain IN the
vast hospital Of this world; its deposed'
discrowned. and disherited, for whom
all the ornament Of life has forever
departed, perhaps by their own fault
perhaps by that Of others-but IN
either case gone-and 50 gone that 1t
never can cone back again; long pain
the road by which, and death the goal
to which, they must travel.
Consider these a little, what are their
claims. and what thine own; and then
ak tbvself whether thou ar prepared
10 demand of God that thou mayest he
an exception from that law Of suffering
which Is the common law Of OH otheTs'
Snail I account myself az in measure
arnrieyed. because God has not framed
and fashioned my life differently from
the lives If all other sinful children OF
Adam. For when we ask all
GOOD things for ourselves and
deprecate the minging with this
good OF any portion Of evil, what in
fact are We doing Translate these
claims Of thine into plain language
and TO what DO they amount Is itno'
TO this z %. righteous Lord, make me
an exception to the general rule by
which Thou orderest the lives of othel
men. Lett be. if Thou wilt, law FOL
all others. that through much tribula
t,on they must enter into the kingdom
Of God. but not for me. Scourge' d
such be thy pleasure, every other sol
whom Thou receiyest, but receive M
without the stripes" Is it with
prayer like this upon our lips that WI
should ike to imagine ourselves a
drawing nigh to the throne OF right
eonspess and grace and powerf Au'
vet IL Is exactly such prayer tina
we are daring to present TO the aii-see
= inc and the all-knowing. to the Judg
) who is without partially and withou
O. acceptance Of persons, as often as "
= crave 10 be these monsters OF prosper
ty. as often as we resent Cod auStere
r dealings with us: finding 1t may o'
nothing amiss in these so long as the
: only touch others. but angry, impatieh
= indictments, go soon as they touch ouI
selves.
b o Father of men, who measurest on
. TO each his part and portion Of good an
4 of evil. preserve ne from such an vi
. reasonable prayer as this Is. Teach m'
a a. thou only must. 10 accept VIII
b meekness and, 90 far as this may b
e with joy, a sinners doom.-Archo'sho
[ VH......T
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From the Rev. Or. Van Dykes arti-
Gle in the August Century, on The
Bible in Tennyson, we quote the fol-
lowing 1t is safe to say that there IS
no other book hich has had 50 great
An influence upon the literature OF the
world as the Bible. And it is almost aa
safe-at least with no greater Danger
than that Of starting an instructive dis
cussion-to say, that there is no other
literature which has felt this influence
E, deeply or shown it so clearly rs the
English.
The cause Of this latter fact Is not
far to seek. 1t may be, as di.conteut-
ed French cri tic suggests, Ibat IL Is
partlv due to the inboln and incoruS-
ible tendency Of the Anglo-Saxon mind
10 drag religion and morality into
everything. But certainly this tend
encv would never have taken such
distinctly biblical form had it not been
for the beauty and yigor Of our com
mon English version OF the Scrip
lures. These qualities were felt
by the people even before they
were praised by the critics. Apart from
all religious prepossessions' men and
women and children were facInated by
the native power aud grace Of the book.
The English Bible was popular, IN the
broadcast sense, long before 1t was
recognized as one Of our noblest cias-
,ics. II has colored the talk OF the
household and the street, as well al
moulded the language Of scholars. II
has been something more than "a well
of English undefled, it has become
part of the spiritual atmosphere. We
hear echoes of il. speech everywhere
and the music of it, familiar phrases
haunts all the fields aud groves OF oul
fine literature.
1t not only to the theologisns and
the sermOn-maSers that We look lo'
q Biblical illusions and quotations. W.
often find the very best and most Vl'i'
} of theui in writers professedly secular
Poets like Shakespeare. Milton an'
. Wordsworth: noyelists like Scott an'
romancers like Hawthorne; essayis1
like Bacon, Steele, and Addison; critic
OF life. unsystemasic philosophers, llk
Carlyle and Ruskin-all draw upon tn
Bible as a treasury Of illustrations am
use it as a book equally familiar L
themselves and to their readers. Il D
= impossible to put too high value upo
such a universal volume. even as
purely literary possession'-C""fe"
man.
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GIVING

Oh! that men would accept the tesIi-
mony of Christ touching the blessedness
of giving. d. who sacrifices most
loves most: and he who loves most Is
most blessed. Love and sacrifice are
related to each other like seed and irut'
each produces the other. the seed OF
sacrifice brings forth the fragrant fruit
OF love, and love always has IN It's heaTI
the seeds OF new sacrifice. lie VINO
gives but part Is not maze
nerfec. in love. Love reJOices to give
all. 1t does not measure It's ,acriice' II
was Judas, not Mary, who calculated
the value of the alabaster box OF ONT
ment. lie who Is infinitely blessed %
the Infinite Giyer. and man. made III
His Likeness. was intended 10 find his
highest blessedness in the complete,t
self-giying. He who receives and does
not give is like the Dead sea. All the
Trash floods Of Jo.dan cannot sweeten
its dead, salt depths. So all the streams
Of God 5 bounty cannot sweeten heart
that has no outlet; is ever receiving
vet never full and OVERLOOKING.
II those whose horizon is as narrow
A. the bushel under which they hide
their light could be induced to come
out into large place and take a wor
thy view of the kingdom of Christ and
of their relations to it; if they could o'
persuaded to make the principle ol
Christian giving regnsnt in all thell
life. their happiness would be as muci
iucrea ed as their u.efulness.-J. ).
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one OF you, whatever be your prese'
condition, whatever has been your past
condition-it is the meaning OF the Cos
pel and Of tho whole life Of Christ Tor
you that you wers meant to be pure, and
noble, and true. and temperate, ana
holy. You were called to be saints and
as he that has called and is holy, 80
you were meant TO be holy IN all
manner Of conversion. You can be- and
YOU can be now II you come to God IN
Christ to give you strength. Aud 1t
NAV be that these very words nave
been meant by Gods grace to be
means of your salvation, to be possibly
even the last call which you may re-
ceive from him for many years to come
IL may be that he is saying to you IN his
still small voice at this moment to-day:
IF We will hear bis voice harden not
your hearts, that he is saying to you:
Awake thou that sleepest, and arse
from the dead and Christ will give thee
light. - ArchdcdcOn tarror.
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THE HEATHEN "FEELING AFTER
con-

fHtffs
Mr.. Young tells the following story
At Norway House. on certain occa-
sion. a number Of Indians came into
nv room noisolossly. after their fashion,
&, that the room was filed with them
before knew it. When | became
aware OF their presence asked whence
they were. From journey OF four
teen nights" they replied, for they
reckon distance by Il q number Of nights
they are delayed from sleep. We
have got the Great Book. but We
don't understand it. although va
can read it, | thought thsy
were Joking. for Indians cannot read
unless some one has taught them,
and I knew from their account they
must live far away from the mission
airy. But asked them. Prom what
missionary did YOU learn We
never saw a missionary nor teacher ~
| took down from my shelf our Bible,
printed in the beautiful syllable charac-
ter OF the Cree language, and opened to
Genesis They read it with ease and
correctness. turned The pages, and
they read in many places. l Yves
amazed aud asked them again where
they lived. They described It to me.
Ii was far away. north Of Hudson bay,
hundreds Of miles from ans missionary.
Their hunting grounds adjolned those
of some Christian Indians. they
said. We visited your Indians. ana
found that they had the Great Book
We got them to read it. and then TO
teach il TO rs. and we were 80 pleased
with il that we all learned 70 read
during the winter" Every soul IN tho
village Of three hundred population
had thus actually learned to read tho
Bible without ever having seen any
white teacher. and having proudenh'
ally come into possession Of some cop
les that happened to bee in the haudr Of
the Hudson Bay Compsny's agent.
these heather Indians bad j9urnsyed
through the SHOWS fourteen nights
distance. that TO them might be given
instruction in the Book they had thus
learned % love- Selected.
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THE DAILY TIMES SUNDAY. AUGUST II. 1889.

place twa minutes when found my
sell in row.
Its always SO. fancy. | observed.
MANY a man lives here a year or so,
just aching for an adventure. and then
some fellow drops in from the other
side Of the globe and picks one up be-
fore he has brushed the dust on. 1t
just so in miuing-the green tender
feet strike all the rich lodes. But what
did you think Of that affair tonight
"Weel. wi a respect to you sir
couldna help laughin to see the terri
BILE braves.-the wild heroes cf the
Rocky Mountains, that we peaceful folk
on the ither side picture to oursel' as
so many Samsons and Goliaths OF
tierceBsss, I couldua help wee bit Of
a laugh to see 'em all dodgin behind
barrels aud scutting under the stove
the minute bit OF a pistol cam to
light"
"Oh, one isn't out here long before
he finds that that ideal wont wash.
But. when | spoke. was after your
opinion upon the game and Morris :
tactics. Do you think be was justified
in cheating the blsckles as he did -
That depends, of course, on how ye
look at the whole matter The Scotch
are steef kirk-folk. We ken, an get
laughed at sometimes. believe. for
auld- fashioned notions In regard to
right and vrang. Ne may Ia got a
lang way ahead 0 Us in your gallopln
new country here on such points, but II
seems TO me that The saircumstancei
will not admit any right at all. speak
in absolutely. 1 believe eambln m
any shape is all wrang. because It's 81
feet upon them no play and them wh(
look on is always bad. lis whole teach
in is towards maxim an enemy rather
than friend and hurtin aud useless
rather than helpful an valuable mem
Der Of society. We,awinyonp public hous'
the vera warst of it. Two strangers sa
down in the midst Of crowd o idl'
carlins every one o. whom might ma
been aboot better business, aud "h'
were a tempted to throw away Ia eN
citement and spirits what little man
illness they had ABBOTT them and thei
these two men began to strive as Il
! who should get away all the theF
money, aud afterward, if need be- ca
. hi. antagonist throat besides. Their
was no pretense Of amusement about 1t
Il was sort o leSalized robbery vi
8 the preevilege o murder. lt was put
tin a premium on deceit and knavery
and sanctioniug the worst crime
crime should happen to be desirable
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RIGHT TOLL Is REST.
BIZ JOHN SULLIVAN DWIGHT.

Sweet is the pleasure
Itself cannot spoil'
Is not true leisure
one with true toil'
Thou that woulist taste II,
sun do thy best:
Use lt. not waste it
Else rs no rest.
Wouldsi behold beauty
Near thees all around
Cniy hath duty
Such a sight found.
Rest Is not quitting
The busy career;
Rest Is the lifting
or self 10 It's sphere.
lis the brooks motion,
Clear without strife,
Fleeing 10 ocean
Alter its life.
Deeper Devotion
Nowhere hath knelt;
Fuller emotion
Heart never felt.
It's loving and serving
The highest and BEST
lis EDWARDS : unswerying-
And that ist true rest.
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RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS

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,.-,.t ,Aafsorrrf N,ngs are fN'i, "hof'o-
anei ave- lme uhonoftsr things are
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