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Analysis of Love.

Prof. Drummond, author of "Nat-
ural Law in the Spiritual World" "
delighted the large audiences at Mr.
Mo0dy's Bible Meetings in North
field, Massachusetts, by his address
and sermons. We give our readers a
sample of his preaching on I. Corin-
thians xiii
ave find by analysis that love is q
compound thing like light. AS man
takes prism and lets the light show
through it, and the light is broken
and seperated into elements of it..
And by it we get common names rep
resenting ordinary virtues which can
he practiced by all. The nine names
colOrs of the spectrum of love, are
Patience, kindness, generosity, humil-
ity, courtesy, unselfishness, good tenn
per, guilelessness, and sincerity,
These constitute the supreme gift
the stature Of the perfect man. They
relate to man to-day, not tomorrow
or in eternity. Patience, love suffer-
eth long, represents love as passive.
Waiting to begin. Kindness repre-
sents love as active. ChriSts time
was largely taken up in making peo-
pie happy. T;ere is but one greater
thing than happiness, and that is holi-
ness, which is not in our keeping; so
the greatest thing we can do is kind
ness. After these things have been
done we must go back into the shade.
Generosity is Il part of love. Love is
not pulled up, which shows that we
must have humility. Love does not
behave itself unseemly. Politeness
has been described as love in little
things. Love 'seeleth not her own,
and, therefore, is unselfish. A man
prides himself on standing up for his
rights, but he should give up his own
if necessary. There is no happiness
in having or in getting, but in giving
and in serving others. He that would
be great, let him serve and he that
would be happy, let him give. Love
is not easily provoked, and good tenn
per is q requisite. 1t is commonly
spoken of as if bad temper is an in
trinity or misfortune, but it is not a
thing to smile at. 1t is the blackest
sin and is symbol of want of love
ut the bottom. 1t shows hat he must
go to the root and smother his whole
nature. How can man with this
lack of love enter the kingdom.
GuiIelessness is love which thinketh
no evil. Courtesy is love in society,
good temper is love restraining, guile
lesSness is love believing, and sinceri-
ty, love learning. Guilelessness is the
virtue for suspicious people. Love
does not rejoice in this or that issue,
but in the truth"
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4 Word TO Mothers.

81 sec you do Ut urge Philip to go
with you to church," said to u friend
whom L was visiting. This was the
second Sunday of my stay, and L no.
ticed that on the first, as we'll as this.
Philip, q lad of fourteen, made no
preparation to so with his mother and
ME to church, nor was any sugges-
ton made that he should do so.
so no " replied my friend II do
not want 10 Influence him at all about
such things. | want to leave him per-
fcctly free TO choose for himself"
Many parents seems to have this
strange conviction. that by any man
ncr of restraint in regard to those
things which pertain to the life OF the
spirit, they will be doing the child an
Injustice. In every other particular
he is Influenced, directed, restrained,
educated. 1t is only in regard to the
highest par. of his being, the spirillI-
al, that he is allowed to refuse all edu-
cation. Have you ever thought that
possibly the child might not choose to
study, to master the multiplication
table, to become familiar with long
and difficult coniugatinns and declen-
sions, were it not for the immense i'll
fuence brought to bear upon him"
In his present immature state he can
not appreciate the importance of con-
slant and often irksome applicati".,
but you do not on that account allow
him to refuse these advantages. You
choose for him those schools which
you believe to be the best every day
he is set down to certain tasks, and
thus without any volition Of his own.
is fitted for future of which he has ut
present 10 appreciation. You would
co demn the cruelty which could per-
nit the child to arrive ut maturity, at
the point when he becomes an indie
pendent individual, henceforth max
ing his own choices, and abiding the
consequences, without that education
which is necessary to render such
choices, intelligent. Is not that a.
greater cruelty which fails to equip the
spiritual part of man for tie tremen-
dous decisions which await him p
Are the facts which touch the spirit
so easy to apprehend that they need
not, like other and lower facts, to be
taught? The existence of One above
all men, personal responsibility, all
intelligent plan in what were else
confusion-does not the
growing spiritual nature, at first fee
ble, like the body, require that these
facts he presented to it many times?
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WHEN BEFORE THE CAMERA
Look as you always do. The attempt
to put on oil extraordinary expression
for the occasion, has spoiled many a
picture. The instantaneous plate is a
grand thing in the hands of the opera
tor of judgment; he can snap the
shutter when he sees the natural eX.
preston, and before his sitter has as
sumed an expression for the occasion.
This is desirable, and, to the person ol
good sense, is satisfactory.
Remember, the photographer is not
to make your looks; he is to copy your
looks. He will endeavor to execute it
to the best advantage; but it must be
as you are, and not as you would like
to he.
Complaints by women of their pic
lures being "too old" are numerous.
only remember one where the COM
plaint was "too young"
I cannot conclude these few words of
advice to women when sitting for their
portraits, better than by saying brief
ly:
Dress simply and becomingly;
Act in your natural manner;
Be yourself.
Then, if the operator be a good one,
YOU will get a satisfactory picture.
4. Bogardos, in Ladies Home Jour-
nal.
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MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF VEGE.
TABLEs.-Thc following information
may be useful to some at this season of
the year, if not new to many:
Spinach has direct effect upon the
kidneys.
The common dandelon, used as
green's, is excellent for the same trou-
bic.
Asparagus purges the blood. Celery
acts admirably upon the nervous sys-
tenn, and is cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia.
Tomatoes act upon the liver.
Beets and turnips are excellent ap-
petizcrs.
Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling
in the effects upon the system.
Onions, garlic, leeks, olives, and
shalots, all of which are similar, pos
sess medicinal virtues of a marked
character, stimulating the circulatory
system and the consequent increase OF
the saliva and the gastric juice promo
ting digestion.
Red onions are an excellent diure-
tic, and the white ones are recOmmen-
ded to he eaten raw as remedy for in
somnia. They are tonic and nutri'
Gus.
y soup made from onions is regard
ed by the French as IN excellent res.
torativc in debility Of the digestive or
gans.
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Hard Work.

People who want to drink seem to
have no trouble in finding excuses for
doing so. If the weather is cold they
say whisky warns them up; on hot
days they pretend that beer or some
thing else in that line is necessary to
cool them off. They take the wretch
ed stuff for night-cap to make them
sleep, or to keep them awake, which
ever excuse suits the better.
One day young man who was try
ing to do more work than his body
could stand said:
II drink to make me work."
An old man hearing the remark an
swered him in this way:
"That is right! You drink, and 1t
will make you work Hearken to me
a moment, and I'll tell you something
that may do you good. I was once q
very prosperous farmer. I had a good,
loving wife, and two as fine lads as
ever the sun shone on. We had a
home, and used to live
happily together. But we used to
drink ale TO make us work. Those
two lads I have laid in drunkards'
graves. My wife died broken-hearted,
and she now lies by her two sons. L
am seventy-two years of age. Had it
not been for drink might have been
an independent man but 1 used to
drink to make me work-and it makes
me work now! At seventy-two years
of age T am obliged to work for my
daily bread. Drink! drink and it
will make you work"
There is nothing that can be said in
favor of drink, and yet drunkards are
made every day; how? BY the first
glass. Read this, boys, and then if
you are old enough to see what awful
misery drink is causing in the world,
and what marvellous good might be
done with the money that is worse
than wasted. you are old enough to de-
eide never to touch a drop of the terri
ble stuff, and never to put any of your
money into business that ruins mems
souls.
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GRACE SUFFICIENT. Il told my peo-
pie the other morning when preach
ing from the text, "Aly grace is suili-
cient for thee" that for tile first time
in my life | experienced what Abra-
ham felt when he fell upon his face
laughed. / was riding home, very
weary with q long weeks work, when
there came to my mind this text,
"My grace is sufficient for thee )" but
came with the emphasis laid upon two
words. "INy grace is sufficient for
Mcc." My soul said: "Doubtless it
is. Surely the grace of the infini:e God
is more than sufficient for such mere
insect as | am" And l laughed and
laughed and laughed again to think
how far the supply exceeded all my
needs. 1t seemed to ME as though l
were Il little fish i'm the sea, and in my
thirst | said "Alas, | shall drink up
the ocean, Then the Father Of the
waters lifted up his head sublime, and
smili' gly replied : Little fish. the
boundlcss main is sufficient for thee"
The thought made unbelief appear sll'
premcly ridiculous, as indeed it is.
e. III ,S2DU2.1eOV.
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"My BrOther.N

"Two well dressed men were walk.
in" down Broadway, New York, al
midnight. Directly in front OF them
WAS man shabbily dressed, anu with
Il look of hunger and desperation Oh
his face.
! AS the three passed before brlillant'
IL lighted restaurant, one of the two
gentlemen behind said 20 the other,
Did you catch glimpse of that man's
face?'
"No. What about t:'
at WAS il terrible face. l believe
that man will try TO XII himself before
morning"
"Wcll, don't see how we can pre-
vent it But what makes you think
so"
II don't know. He looks like Ii.
And | thinE .an prevent it, too.
suppose we f"!l"W him:"
"All right. Eut th'nk IL IS chly Il
iancy OF yours, ana our l"il""llg Hiill
will 30 little good.
"Nevcrth' .'ss, | am so cohlloeh'
HAT he is g>.&'% :" try something dcS-
pefale, that L H.2 gong I" take 'ne ND
cry ol f"lloWh: am. r,
The two genti>neh accordingly ioi-
lowed the man for several Glock'. ~
nal!y he turned ana maze MS way rap
idly towards the river. Down on one
OF the most obscure piers ne paused;
close by one OF 'ne pies "nlch pierced
The per, ana looked GOWN lli'o the WI
ter; rn ...;.,,,o,o, ~, 0,, :, an
illeh ne slraiSlaGn1eu up a a,iu III ,;'li 'li'
olner moment W"ulu '.'le neilS illiii
seii INTO the river olt one oi 'lie % iiieii
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Advice for Wives.
Be gentle and firm with children.
Douroro of tho & ri lionnroan,nnf

BE gentle ana nrln With children.
Beware of the first disagreement.
Beware of meddlers and tale bearers.
Learn to speak in a gentle tone of
voice.
Avoid moods and pets and fits Of
sulkiness.
Never charge bad motive if a good
one is conceivable.
Learn TO govern yourselves and to be
gentle and patient.
Learn tu say kind and pleasant
things whenever opportunity offers.
Never speak or act in anger until you
have prayed over your words or acts.
Never retort sharp or angry word.
1t is the second word that makes the
quarrel.
Study the character of each and
sympathize with all their trouble, how
ever small.
Remember that you are married to
man, not to god be prepared for inn
perfectiOns.
Don't be always teasing him for
money, aud keep the household eX-s
penses we'll within your allowance.
Once in while let your husbands
have the last word; it will crafty him
dliu NC uo Jdi tlCuldI lOSS w y Ou.
10 not expect too much from Others,
but forbear and forgive, US you desire
forbearance ami forgiveness yourself.
Even if your husband should have
no heart, he is sure to have q stomach,
so be careful to lubricate the marriage
yoke with well-cooked dinners.
Guard your tempers, especially in
seasons of ill health, irritation and Z
trouble, and soften them by prayers
and sense of your own shortcomings
and errors.
And first be as kind and courteous to !
your husband US you were when he
was your lover. Then you used to look
up to him; do not now look down up
on him. -
Let him know more than you do,
once in while; it keeps up his self
respect, and you are none the worse for
admitting that you are not actually in-5
fallible.
Respect your husbands relations, es-
pecially his mother-she is none the
less his mother because she is your
mother-in-law; she loyed him before
you did.
BE a companion to your husband, if
he be Il wise man and if he IS not, try
to make him become your companion.
Raise his standard; do not let him
lower yours.
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Christ is goodness itself a good,
suitable unto all our wants. If you
he poor, he IS rich if you be fool
ish, he is wise if you be out of the
way, II am the way" saith he; il
you want a director in the way, IL
am the truth :" if you be in the dark,
81 am the light" a suitable good,
and an universal good. AS all the
sweetnesses that are in the flowers OF
the field and and of the garden are
brought in by the bees into the hive
and are there embodied in one hive
50 all the attributes of God and the
sweetness of them are hived in Christ
in whom all the fullness of the God
head dwells bodily. And he is an OBJ
tainable good, called the Rose of Sha-
ron-the rose, not of the garden, but
of the field, that every one may come
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Thinking it Over.

Hot-hcaded persons sometimes prove
the mildest If citizens, when they can
be persuaded to stop and think. 1t
has been said that dOuche of cold wa
ter will disperSe any mob, and reflec-
ton is certainly the salutary cold bath
Of the passionate individual.
When Prince Bismarck and Count
Rechberg were Prussan and Austrian
ambassadors respectively at the Frank
ford diet. Bismarck soon discovered
that the count, though an honorable
man, was hot tempered and passionate.
Count Rechberg, in his turn, cordially
diSlilled Prussia and its representative,
but did all in his power to keep OH am
icablc terms with him.
Still there were many occasions, both
political and social, when the friction
between them became very apparent.
One day things came to such q point
that the count, losing his temper utter
ly, exclaimed:
Zone Of my friends shall wait on
you in the morningn'
"Why all this unnecessary delay ?"
replied Herr Won Bismarck, coolly.
"Gn all probability you have pair of
pistols Mandy. Let us settle the mat
ter Immediately. While you get the
things ready, 1. will write a report
about the whole transaction, which, in
case I am killed, I request you to for
ward to Berlin"
Each set about his task. When Bis
marck had finished his paper, he gave
the sheet to Count Rechberg, and re-
uucSted him to examine it.
The counts passion had, in the
meantime, given way to sober rehec-
ton. after perusing the report, he
said, "What you have written is quite
correct, but is it really worth while to
fight duel for such reason?"
That is exactly what J wish to be
told" sad Bismarck, and the matter
Youths Companion.
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Thr SiHl ,c-i";t:'"t pay.
In Joy and @rI, 1. Il waN.-
MOI careful how Ia chon>c
What SOundln. words TO use.
ThGS little children pray,
And who receive :IS they:
Their cnildliiir, li>ping speech.
\ fathers heart must reach.
50 let uS. in Our ncrd.
With Uur great Father plead,
And with no S"rrllc fear,
No sluviSh dread. draw near.
rhc sigh without word,
Tie briei. "fiavc mercy, l.0rd!'
Knucks Str"iShtway al his door,
Brings blessing crcrmOrr.
Though when the heart o'criloWS,
And scarce Il limit knows,
And pleading Stiil We stay,
He will not turn away;
Vet when lit'i" say.
When grief must lar" its way.
When scare" one word Will come
Because my heart seems damb,
But still my hands | reach
As one hrrcft of speech.
And dare to rails" my r%c
For mercy from Oh high
My prayers AMI my SishS
Alike before lIi,n rl>c.
And by his love :,rc iOund,
That Knows no mor;rl bcund.
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There is no greater preventive OF
nervous exhaustion than regular, uli-
hurried, muscular exercise. If we
could moderate our opcil-air exercise, Il
large portion of nervous diseases would
be abolished. For those who cannot
get a sufficient holiday the best substi-
tute is an occasional day in bed. Many
whose nerves are constantly strained
in their daily vocation have discovered
this for themselves. y Spanish mer-
chant in Barcelona told his medical
man that he always went to bed for
two or three days whenever he could
be spared from his business, and he
laughed at those who spent their holi-
days on toilsonle mountains. One OF
the hardcst-workcd women in Eng
land, who has for many years conduct
ed Il large wholesale business, retains
excellent nerves at an advanced age,
owing, it is believed, to her habit of
taking one day 4 week in bed. If we
cannot avoid frequent agitation, we
ought, if possible, to give the nervous
system time tu recover itself between
the shocks. Even IN hours seclusion
after Il good lunch will deprive q hur-
ried, anxious day Of much of its inju-
ry. The nerves can often be overcome
by stra!agem when they refuse to be
controlled by strength OF will.
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1T will 80 !" is the common phrase

"ll will so ~ is the common phrase
of those wi.n neglect little things.
ut will do ." !!as biightcd many Il
character. las; blasted many 4 fortune,
sunk many Il ship, harE"d down many
Il house, and irretricvaliy ruined
thousands Of hopeful proiv,'t- Of hu-
man good. Il always means >t"ppine
short Of the ri1hl thing. 1t i MAXI =
shift. 1t i Il failure and Gcfcat. Not
what evil do.' but What is the bt St
l,oss be ding 20 60, is tiir l"int t" be
aimed a.. Let man once adopt the
maxim OF at will du," and he is Civ
en- over to tie enemy; he is on tho
side of incnmpetency and defeat, and
we give him up as hopeless subject.
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Richard Baxter said q taithf

Richard Baxter said faithful
preacher would make the people quar-
rel either with him or with their
sins, II is 10 be feared that Some OF
lis do neither. Chri$t's ministry was
a sitting ministry. On the day OF
his greatest popularity he preached
his sevtrest discourse, utlcring tiuihs
g." stern that "irom That time many of
his disciples went back, and walked no
more with him."
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BOYS SHOULD LEARN TRADES
Too much of the fault is in the folly OF
parents who, in the idiotic expectation
that lucky chance will open way to
easy acquisition of wealth in mercan-
tile or professional life, permit their
boys to grow up in idleness, instead OF
sending them into mechanics work
shops to learn trades. This stupid fol-
Iy has become almost universal. A
Blacksmith or carpenter may have diff
liculty in finding an intelligent boy to
work in his shop, but let a merchant
or professional man advertise for an Of
flee boy, Il messenger, or a packer, at
- or So week, and he will have ap-
plicants by the score, in spite of the
certainty that only something like q
miracle can ever advance the success
lul one to grade of service in which
he will earn as much as fair mechan-
ic. Infinitely better than this would
be the ancient custom of some Europe
an countries, where il was required
that every hoy should learn some trade,
whatever the wealth or position of his
family might he.
No social, moral. or Industrial reform
is more necessary for the public well
fare than the restoration OF boys to
their proper place in the mechanic
arts, and the consequent disarmament
of the armies of adolcScent blackguards
whose detacbments are being trained
in the worst associations of city life to
lecomc utterly worthless and intolcra-
bic nuisanccS.-Micdgo Times.
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The Rev. Sam Jones rather took
the breath away from Kcntuckians
while preaching in one of the fashion,
able churches on "rhc Proper Meth
of Raising Children" Sam replied ::
"Yes, you raise horses worth Sl5O,OO
u piece, and bring up children worth
s. u head"
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John Bright is said to have told JUS
tin Mccarthy that he had a passionate
love for doing nothing. It's Il sort of
Bright's disease that has come to more
than one lazy mau.-N. o. Picdyat'ae.
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God never repairs. Christ never
PATCHES. The gospel is not here to
mend people. Regeneration is not Il
scheme of moral tinkcring and ethical
cobbling. What God does, he does
new-new heavens new earth, new
body, new heart "Behold, I make
all things new" In the gospel thus
we move into a new world and under
II now scheme. The creative days are
back again. We step out of a regime
Of Jail and hospitals and reform shops.
We get live effects direct from God.
That is the gospel. The gospel is a
permanent miracle. God at first hand
that is miracle. The gospel thus does
not classify with other schemes of am
e,ioration. They are good, but this
is not simply better, but different, dis
tinet. and better because distinct; it
works in new way, and works an
mother work. Compare the wrought
chains liveted Oh che Gcmoniuc, and
the divine wor,l working IL new crea-
tion in the dcmoniac. 1t il all there.
1t is like the difference between the
impoicnt Persian lnehing the turbu-
lent sea with chains, and the gracious
Lord saying to the troubled sea,
"Peacp. be still!
Ihe Rer. e. II. ItvHHHas!.
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If people were as anxious to live
right as they are to die right, this
would he better world.
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"Do you believe that DR.. Holmes
was right when lie said poverty is q
cure for dyspepsia v" ut may bc /;
I'd rather have the dyspepsia"
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How TO LOOK AT A GIFT. Patty
had received dolls trunk at Christ
mas and rs Prue seemed to wish for
one, the grandmamma, who acted rs
"fairy god-mother" to the children,
gave her one for her birthday.
1t happened to be little smaller
than Patty's, and Patty liked nothing
better than to call Prue's attention to
the fact.
Prue bore it very we'll, but finally,
when Patty said with plying air,
"Pluc Pm so used to my big trunk
that when | look at yours it looks so
small to me-" Prue turned in fierce
and virtuous Indignation:
"Wcll, | don't care, Patty, you're
not Il bit nice 1t isn't the SnadltncSS
you ought to look ut when anybody
gives you anything-its the kind
nCSS :"
Il. r., in December Vide Ae0akc.
TIE BEST PICTURE.-A great artist
once painted picture of Il woman
clineing with both hands to the cross
amid lounIirg billows, but, somehow,
it did not please him, and he painted
anulher. 1t was the same woman, the
same cross, the same raging sea, but
this time she held OH with one hand
and with the other she upheld II sink
ing. drowning one. This was the true
picture of the gospel, and every genu-
inc Christian is clinging not only to
the cross himself, but, like the Saviour,
seeking to save those who are sinking
amidst the waves of sin and sorrow.
The man who has shown his capabili-
~ of taking care of himself never
lacks for others TO take care of.