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A PRAYER for Larger Growth.

Christ, who dost bid me not to let my
heart be troubled, believe in God and in
thee. Let thy JOY be in me, and let it be
fulfilled. Fulfilled in the presence OF fail
ure if thou didst send the failure, and my
own folly did not invite it: fulfilled in sick
ness, if the great Physician bestows the sick
ness in order to beat me fulfilled in loneliness,
if the solitude is crowded with thee; fulfilled
even in death, when death is the shadow Of
thy light. Wherever turn my weeping eyes
thy loving face is tender reproach. mourn
over my sins in such wise that the mourn
ing is an added sin. I grieve at my poor
service OF God and Of man, and that grief
hinders my service. I sorrow at my paltry
growth-a growth that sorrow dwarfs and
JOY enlarges. Blessed Lord, who dost die in
my deaths, take me into thy resurrection
life. I will forget failure and gloom will
forget duty, even the duty Of joy; and will
learn privilege. Speed me on thy errands
80 swiftly that shall have no time for
moodiness. Take me into thy Joy SO COM
pletely that shall not even consider whether
I am joyful. And all through no grace OF
my own, but out OF thy love which has prom
ised and never failed. Amen.
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A Protest Against Morbidness.

The Apostles injunction, "Let every one
Of US please his neighbor for his good to
edif1cation," brings out the sunny side OF the
ideal Christian life. 1t is protest against
the morbidness and the mournfulness which
are too commonly associated with Christian
discipleship. 1t helps US to draw distinc-
ton between seriousness and dullness,
between earnestness OF purpose and fri
gidity OF soul. 1t reminds US that whatever
throes and pains may attend the germina-
tion and growth of the ideal life, that life
should present to the world the rich
blossom and fragrance which minister
pleasure to mankind. There is, therefore,
some flaw in the piety which is repellent,
and in the zeal to do good which succeeds
only in hiding the beauty Of holiness. II
there were any doubt on this point, it would
only be necessary to bring it to the test OF
the one Ideal Life lived among men. No
life can compare with His in the sense OF
solemnity and seriousness. Upon Him lay
the burden of the heaviest task ever i'm
posed upon man. Through sorrows un-
speakable, yet with unfaltering step, He
pressed on to the goal of sacrihce. Yet,
from first to last, He exercised upon men
the charm of an attractive spirit. which
made them feel it was happy to be good. and
scattered around Him influences which
added to the joys and delights of life. And
in this matter of winsomeness. His disciples
have great need to learn Of Him. 1t is
their duty to cultivate His charm, to dis
cipline themselves into His power to make
the world brighter and men happier.
crotchety Christian is a monstrosity. The
man Who fails to spread peace, Joy, hope,
in this world OF real and countless sorrows,
is an enemy of the race and criminal be-
fore God. For foremost among the marks
of the ideal life is the faculty Of enjoying
and dispensing the gladness Of the Creator.
Charles A Berry, ID.
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Photography in Colors.

A French inventor, NJ. Villedieu-
Chassague, is said to have developed q
process by means of which photo
graphs showing in their natural colors
can be made in very simple way.
With some solution, the secret OF
whole composition he at present with
holds, he washes the sensitive plate on
which the negative is taken. The
plate, or sensitized paper, on which
tie positive is to be made is similarly
treated. At first the picture has the
appearance OF any ordinary photo
graph, but after three successive
washes, one blue, one grass-green and
one crimson red, have been passed
over it, it assumes the colors of the
original object, all arranged in their
proper places and intensities. In
other words, the blue takes hold only
where there was blue in the original,
and so with the other colors, and the
proper shades are represented. Sir
H. Trueman Wood, Secretary Of the
Society of Arts, London, and Captain
W. dew. Abney have not only wit
messed the making of colored photo
graphs by the new process, but they
have themselves experimental with
the plates and solutions, and they ex-
press astonishment at the results.
Captain Abney says that he is still
somewhat skeptical, despite what he
has seen, and wishes to examine the
mysterious process further before he
will undertake to say on what principle
it works.
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The Master Bids Us Work.

"Roll ye away the stone," said Jesus to
His disciples, not because He could not have
Himself attended to that small task, but He
would enlist their service. Loose him and
let him Co." He said He could Himself
have unwound the bandages but that is not
His way of doing things. He is saving the
world through us. There are multitudes
of souls awakening to the glory of
the better life-moving. like Lazarus, with
slow, uncertain, tottering steps from
darkness to light. His word to every one
of His followers is: Lend hand. Loose
them and let them CO." Why stand we idle
at the graves mouth? We cannot regener-
ate, we cannot quicken from the dead, but
we can suffer the Master to use US. The
great Emancipator speaks. Unbind the
cerements This is practical "Altruism."
This is the work Of all true believers. So
may we help our Master in accomplishing
the restoration Of the race to the glory of
Godfrey. D. J. Burrell, D. D., in 'Fog
Christ's Crown"
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The Cause of Untold Misery.

The stream of horrible profits which
drunkards pour into the enormous reser-
voir OF the drink trade Is a stream swollen
by untold misery to the innocent, and a!
stream which everywhere leaves the slime
OF it's overflow over devastated areas OF so-
ciety. But, apart from drunkenness and
all its ruinous incubus upon the weu-being
( of the country, the amount Of hopeless.
waste caused by the drinking habits OF our;
poorer population is the main cause Of
pauperism and decentralization with which,,
for so many weary years, the best nave
struggled in vain. II there were no other
and deeper grounds for temperance efforts,
they would be amply justified by the im-
mense prosperity which the working classes
might achieve for themselves II they would
divert into the channels Of useful trade the
vastness OF wealth-amounting, according
to some calculations, to EGO, ,00O, 600 year:
which they spend on an article Of con-,
sumption which is not good but needless
stimulant, and which even in measures
that are deemed moderate is to large
multitudes Of men source not OF strength
but Of weakness; not Of health, but OF,
widespread anguish and disease.-Canor
Earrar
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he had time to turn round she was
gone.
George Attrill lived with his mother
over BY the bay on the other side Of the
bold headland split by the chasm. Rose
thought she would have time to 60 there
and stay an hour and get back in good
time for the wedding, if she made haste.
No wedding bells now, she thought,
as she ran, the wind blowing the tears
from her face.
People were standing about talking.
They looked at her in a strange way as
she hurried along-women came out Of
their doors to gaze after her, some
shook their heads, some maze audible
comments.
The sea beat all the life out Of EN-,
she heard coast-guardsman say to a
villager; 1T scooped him clean out of
the boat and then beat him to death.
Cork jacket? Bless your eyes! that'd
only float the body ashore! Couldn't
save EN-"
She passed the head Of the chasm;
she saw blue spiral smoke rising from
the hearth that would be hers before
noon: the sunshine sparkled on the
myrtles, the viscid sea, over which hoy
cred clouds of white gulls, was quieting
momently in the blue morning; the
groundswell still doomed on, and the
harsh scteech Of the dragging shingle
sounded like threat.
Better goo on back" said an ole
man, coming up from the bay; they've
a-vound the body"
which, she asked; Adam Mann's:"
NO; 'tother. You take and goo on
home"
Rose pressed on, her lips set with
pain, and soon saw half dozen men in
blue Jerseys, with bare feet, slowly car
rying something on stretcher.
It never struck her as strange that
they were bearing him away from his
home down by the bay; she conld think
of nothing but the pity of knowing that
brave and tender heart hushed forever
In its heroic flight for mems lives.
1t was only when che Saw Refer stalk
ing dejectedly, with dropping tail and
hanging head, after the slow procession,
that nameless horror fell upon her
and drove the blood to her heart. The
dog did not bound forward to meet her
with short welcoming barks as usual.
The bearers stopped as il by common
Impulse, and set down their burden,
standing aside at her approach. One
arm was hanging helpl ssly down be-
meath the covering that shrouded the
body. Did she recognize that arm?
Had it clasped her to the hushed heroic
heart?
Suddenly through the mellow sough
Of the sea. Roberts first sweetheart,
and above the cheerful carol Of the
robins, pierced loud, long, shrill cry
that seIt shudder through the strong,
erect bearers, just as sudden shrek Of
rising tempest sends shiver through a
group Of tall forest trunks.
Then there was silence, the men
standing motionless, Rose kneeling on
the ground and raising the cloth from
the dead face. There he lay, fresh from
the deadly embrace Of his Jealous first
love, the salt sea water trickling from
his curly lair and pearling his closed
,eyelashes, comely in death, with calm
majesty befitting one who had died
,heroically. All the girlhood died out Of
Roses blanching face and blazing, hor-
lror-stricken eyes as she looked. The
tesrs Of pity had already drie1 on her
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ONLY the Seed Growing.

Let it not be group Of ash trees. but q
group OF men, thought OF God en-
trusted to the earth for its embodiment and
execution. What are these dreams and
visions. these upward reachings, these GER
teinities Of infinite belongings-what are
they, thought of God. but the unbroken
tension OF the chain which binds the think
er to His thought forever? And what are
all these earthlinesses, these tender cling
ings to the things our senses understand,
these calls of present duties, this
fear of dying, this love of the present,
warm. domestic earth-what are they all
but the pressure of the warm ground upon
the seed entrusted to it? The man who
does not somehow hold the complete truth
about his life both of these truths COM
bined in one-does not live worthily. The
man who has and holds them both, look,
what life he lives Look how substantial.
~ his roots are fastened in the earth. Look
how aspiringly he lifts his branches to the
sky.-Phillips Brooks.
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Why He Left the Trade.

The following is taken from the Christ
church paper:
After four years connection, have come
to these conclusions: |
l. That it is bad business, morally and!
physically, for those that engage IN 1t.
3. believe, from observation, that most
crimes are the direct results OF indulgence
in liquor. =
8. am convinced that more misery Isl
caused by drink in the home than by any
other agency.
4. l believe and know that drink degradesl
a man, and eventually brings him to the
gutter.
ican. :
6. A liking for drink must lead to moral
decay. This I know from observation.
That the drinking customs OF the people
are to blame for nine-tenths OF the CONNER
cial representations Stagpoole.
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Speaks Although He Has No Tongue.

The surgeons of Portland, Oregon,
are deeply interested in the remarkable
case of John Wilson, Deputy Assessor
of Lane County, Oregon, who recently
had his tongue entirely removed in an
operation for cancer performed by O
surgeon Of that city. Wilson now
speaks plainly, but he has some trou-
BILE in taking his food owing to the diff
ficulty in swallowing.
Wilson was taken to Portland three
weeks ago suffering from a cancer at
the base of the tongue. The salivary
glands were first removed and por-
ton of the base of the tongue cut
away, but the operation gave him no
relief. It was then determined to re-
move the entire tongue. On March 1
the operation was performed.
The patient was at first unable to
talk, but, to the surprise of every one,
has rapidly developed the faculty of
speech until he now talks as clearly
and distinctly as ever, but with an en-
tirely different voice. His voice, which
was formerly harsh and rasping, is now
full and soft, but cultural in tone, like
that of German. He has fully recov-
cred from the effects of 5he operation.
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CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER II.
The storm had passed from her mind
like troubled dream when Rose awoke
to see the long wished-for day smiling
golden blue and cloudless before her.
The wind had fallen, and the vexed sea,
Roberts first love, was quieting down.
though still turbid and dark where the
ragged foam crests parted; patches OF
brown weed and floating wreckage at
tracted clouds of white breasted gulls,
their plumage stepped in morning sun
light.
Rose looked at her wedding gown and
bonnet spread on chest OF drawers
and gilded by the slant sunbeams; then
she looked out at the sea and remem-
bered the ship on the rocks-it must
have gone to pieces. While dressing
she heard voices from below, catching
q phrase here and there: Who'll tell
her?"-4life buoys"-"s SUBTITLE corks
on the sea"-"righted herself
nothing definite, and quickly finishing,
and rousing the children who slept with
her, she ran down stairs.
The living-room fire had been burn
ing all night; Moses was sitting before
1t, heavy-eyed and chilly, spreading his
hands out for warmth; her father sat by
the window looking haggard and stupid
with his hands plunged deep In his
pockets: neither Of them looked up or
spoke when she came il. She stood
silent for some minutes afraid to
speak.
The vessel?" she faltered at last.
Gone to pieces" Moses replied,
staring into the dull fire; 'all hands
lost.
But the lifeboat?" she continued.
Couldn't get anighst her. Capsized. !"
But she righted herself?"
-Ay. she done that twice. The boats
all right"
Was anyone hurt, Moses?" she asked,
q sob breaking her words.
Two. The sea beat them to pieces. =
What, our men?" she cried her voice
rising to shrek.
Her father rose and stumped heavily
out Of the room; her brother went on,
staring stupidity at the fire. Our men,
sure enough" he replied under his
breath at last.
Who are they? Not Luke Byles, I
hope , .o,,so =.
heavy sigh, and then The coxep.
oh, dear, Moses! his seven children,
and another coming Oh, dear! Who
was the other?"
He did not reply. His silence struck
cold to her vitals.
Not. she added, trembling, mot
the-second oar?"
He nodded assent.
Rose turned and took her hat and
shawl from peg. Il am going to his
mother" she said, quietly; and before
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Gods WAYS Are Best.

Sometimes rain comes in storms, with
black clouds and fierce lightnings and thun-
ders. People tremble and are afraid as they
look on. But the storm passes, pouring out
rich blessing of rain, which make all the
fields rejoice. God sometimes sends His
word to US in dark, portentous forms-sick-
ness, loss, disappointment, sorrow, trial. At
first we are terrified; but in the end, when
the storms have cleared away, we find that
the dark clouds we so dreaded were but
Gods messengers to bring to US rich bless
ings of grace.
"God bends from out the deep, and says,
4 gave thee of Ny seed to sow;
Bringest thou Me my hundredfoldT
Can look up with face aglow,
And answer, Father here is goldy'"
j. R. Miller, D. D.
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bent, gray-headed figure dragging it
self on crutches indoors as the spring
evening closed in chill and gray. Could
that bowed, broken man be George?
Shocked and shaken with pity she fol.
lowed him, unseen in the dusk, into his
house, where he sat solitary and sad,
thinking over his life.
George" she said, emerging from
the heavy shadows and standing before
him in the last light, the time for
sweethearting is gone by, and we two
lone creatures will soon be getting
along in years, Many's the time you've
asked me to marry you. Now I'm come
to ask you.
So at last George had his hearts de.
sire, and at last Roses long-deferred
wedding bells mingled their melody
with the song of the restless surges-
an epithalamium, dirge, and lullaby
in one.
THE END
ropr-riobt 1900
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Total Abstainers the Best Workmen.

At one place in England, where large
amount OF brickmaking is carried on and
where the amount Of each mans work, the
number OF days lost by sickness, or other.
wise, and the deaths were made matters OF
record, the rules of the service allowed to
every man mug Of beer at each meal.
But there were among the workmen quite
a number who wholly abstained from the
use of beer and every other intoxicating
drink. An examination of the record
showed that the average amount OF work,
done per annum by the beer drinkers was a
large percentage less than that done by:
those who wholly abstained, while the num-
Der OF days lost by sickness was greater.
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The Secret of Love for Christ

Wherein lies the personal power OF the
Lord Jesus to bind human hearts to Him in
devoted love and heroic service? He was
indeed perfect as God is perfect, and in
being this He left all His disciples, even such
an one rs St. Paul hopel essly behind But
the divine loftiness OF His character does
not remove Him beyond reach Of our SYM
pathy. We do not loose interest in Him be-
cause he is so much better than we are.
On the contrary, it is by His excellence that
He draws us. He is to our hearts the init
able inimitable, holding US at once by aspira-
ton and by admiration.-A. 3. Bruce.
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A TEMPERANCE COLU1
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFESTN
MANY WAYS. -'-

Interesting Statistics Concerning the Use
of Spirituous Liquors During Hard
Times-Consumption Of Beer Last Year
as Compared With Previous Years.
I will, kind reader, your attention claim,
To show how drink affects the human frame.
It swells the liver to enormous size,
And gives the topper jaundiced face and
eyes;
The stomach also gets diseased by drink,
It's coatings thicken and It's foldings shrink
The gastric fluid soon its strength doth
lose,
And bilious topers solid food refuse, -
Till tremors strong their feeble members
seize,
Relax their nerves and lead to heart dis
ease.
But most Of all does drink affect the brain,
And often ends by making man insane.
What would old Socrates and Plato say
Could they return to enjoy the light OF day|
And see US, Christians, Natures gifts abuse
Indulge the beastly appetites, and lose,
For vile indulgence, health and wealth and
life,
Exchanging peace and happiness for stritea|
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Remarkable Flight of Meteors.

Professor Brooks, Director of the Smith
Observatory, Rochester, NY. while taking
observations of Mercury between 8 and
O'Clock Thursday afternoon observed
through the large telescope wonderful
flight Of meteors. They were intensely
white, many of them having the appear
ance of Vega or some other bright star
when seen through large telescope in day
time. The direction of motion was toward
the sun During the passage Of the mcteors,
which lasted half an hour, over one hum
dred were seen. at times two or three
meteors passing through the telescope field
topother
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LEPERS ON A TRAIN.
Three Icelanders Sent to Be Immured In
a Lazaretto for Life.

Three Icelanders Sent to Be 1mmured In
Lazaretto for Life.
Three lepers, natives of Iceland, have ar
rived at the lazaretto, at Tracadie, Glouces-
ter County, New Brunswick. The lepers
were brought from Winnipeg, Manitoba, IN
the locomotive and was placarded to warn
the public to keep away from it.,
The victims came into Canada through
the port Of Halifax or st. John, after hay
ing crossed the ocean in the steerage Of q
steamship. They were half way across the
continent before the nature of their disease
was suspected.
They were isolated at Winnipeg, where
Dr, Smith. of the Tracadie New Brunswick)
lazaretto who was sent by the Government
to examine them, pronounced it leprosy,
and the three afflicted persons, one OF whom
is a woman, were ordered to be immured
in the lazaretto for the rest Of their lives.
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Moody on the Liquor Business.

If you have rented property out for
whisky you had better get out Of the busi-
ness quick. The man that lets his property
for that is just as bad as the man that
passes the whisky over the bar. ! belleVe
the curse of God rests upon that business,
and believe the time has come when the
church of God should come out and keep
itself unspotted from it. We do not want
to be allied to it or to anything else that 10
not legitimate or right.
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IN THE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS.

Be Always Prepared-A Protest-A Prayer
Seed Growing Work for All at the
Masters Bidding g-God's Ways are the
Best-The Secret of Love for Christ.
Said Mark to Martin. "Wherefore spend
Such constant care thy vines to tend?
1t may be months, it may be years,
Before the vineyards Lord appears"
Said Martin, Though it may be long
Before hear His harvest-song, =.
If Of that hour can no man say, ~
1t may be that He comes today"
Julia Wood.
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TO STAMP OUT HOG CHOLERA.
Secretary Wilson to Experiment In the
Treatment of the Plague.

The Agricultural Department has taken
stems looking to the determination Of hog
cholera. and, as an initiative, has sought
the cooperation of the States of Tennessee
und Iowa IN an experiment to determine
how economically the malady which is de-
vastating swine interests can be stamped
out 1t is one of the first questions taken
mn by Secretary Wilson, and he has sent
formal letters to the Governors OF the two
States named, asking them to designate
counties particularly subject to an out,
break, for the purpose OF investigatlon ana
experiment In treatment.
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A Vast Sum Worse Than Wasted.

A temperance orator says that $685.
600, 900 was expended for beer alone in the.
United States last year. Assuming that the
population of the United States was 7QGs
0O0, 900 in 1886, this would be more than S12
per capita for every man, woman, and
child in the United States, and we all know
that there are lots Of children in the United
States who didn't have any beer at all last
wear