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There are great monsters fa IniquityFOR SPARE MOMENTS. CHRISTIAN WEAPONS. HEALTH IN OLD AGE. " Every oneto her taste

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trot throtigh the backplate. What asymbol of that Gospel which is sharperthan a two-egde- d sword, piercing tothe dividing asunder of body and soul,and of the joints and marrow? Wouldto God we had more faith in that Gos-pe- ll

The humblest man, if ho hadenough fait)i in it; could bring a hun-dred souls to Jesus perhaps .".00. Justin proportion as this age seems td believe less and less la it, I belive mofeand more in it. What are men aboutthat they will toot accept their own

There is nothing proposedby men that can. do any thinlikethis Gospel. The religion of EalphWaldo Emerson was the philosophyof icicles; the religion of Theo-dore Parker was a siiocca of the des-ert covering up the sold with drysand; the religion of Renan was theromanc of believing nothing; the re-ligion of the Huxleysand the Spencersmerely a pedestal on which human

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,' Tery person rrr At years of egin Storbfch, Austria, la a chess p'ajer.list game Is taught mtheicboobi.

It is said to be poIbl to draw platJ-Vm- ra

wires so iln that two of themtivleted could be Iwxrtod ia Che hollowcf a human Lair.

Virginia hn just enacted n law nxik--Jng it a raUde-mwino- r to sell intoxicantsto any student of an educational institution in that stat.

The lifo Insurance companies harereason to rejrrt the decen.se of ITa mil-to- n

Disston, of Philadelphia, lie cax-ari- cd

$1,100,000 Insuranoe.A new globe, for oil kinds of lights.

Increases the illuminating power tea.per cent. It is grooved vertically in-side nnd horizontally outside.

Benator Wolcott, of Colorado, can dowhat few men can do. lie can havevith a razor in each hand, and simul- -

taneously write with two pens.A snail thftt has been decapitated. If

3ept In a motet place, will ia a fcfwveeks grow a new he-ad- , which will bo

sis serriceable as the one remored.The cow tree grows in South and Cen-

tral America, A hols bored in thetrunk onuses a milk-lik- e liquid to flow,find this beverage is palatable andnourishing.

BOOKS AND WRITER3.

Maarten Maartens is reported to belowly recovering from the illness

srhich has for some time interruptedhis literary work.

Prince Henry of Orleans has writtena r.ew book of Central Asratic travel,of which a translation will appear iaXondoa in the autumn.: Mr. Gladstone's Intereet in thechar-ccte- r

of Sheridan has taken form ina paper on Fraser Roc's new biographyof the dramatist.. Julian Ralph declares that Coney Is-land "still remains the king of all pop-ular resorts of America. lie says thatla a single year "8,000,000 souls" harecongregated there, but he neglects to

tate how many people there were,f The most popular boye book ia Italy

one surpassing eren "Cuore is Ed-Xnon- do

de Ilenlus' "LIbro d'Oro," whichhas passed through. 130 editions. It5s now being1 translated into Germannnd a Bwias publisher will Issue a firstedition of 18,000 copies.

ODD ENDS OF THE WORLD.

The natlTes of Africa gorged them-lelv- es

with watermelons as early as500 B. C. The fruit grows wild all ovcx

the country.The most costly tomb In existence Is

that which was erected to the memoryof Mohammed. The diamonds and ru-bies used in the decorations are worthSI 0.000,000.

When a Russian fsmily moTes fromone house to another it is customaryto rake all the fire from the hearth ofthe old domicile and carry it in a closedpot to the new residence.. The bridal veil of a Japanese younglady is subsequently used as her shroud.Just after the marriage it is carefullyput away and reserved until deathtnakea Its use again necessary.

nnoBEwr,'I met Buffalo Dill when Iwas in Chicago the last time." Ferry "HoH about the only bill you ever met, isn'the?" Cincinnati Enquirer

Fits stopped frco and permanently cured.Ko lils after first day's us or Dr. Kline'sUreat Nerve Hesrorer. Free $3 trial bottle& treatise. Dr. Kus k. 933 Arch st. Phila ,1a.

Half the misery of human life might becxutifruished by mutual olWces of compas-sion, benevolence and humanity. Addison.

lr your fond is not properly digested, useDr. Carlstedt's German Liver Powder.Price, 25 cents. At all drujrgists.

Is such a world as ours the Idle man isrot so much a biped as a bivalve. HoraceMann.

IlWll's Catarrh CareIs taken Internally. Price 75c.

"You nebber yet," said Uncle Eben,"could fin er man so stingy dat lie isn'twillin ter share his loafin' time wif some-body dat's really busy." Washington Star.

I cax recommend I'iso's Cure for Con-sumption to sufferers from Asthma. K. IXTown-send-

, FX Howard, Wis.. May 4, "Jl.

It Is not your posterity, but your actionsthat will perpetuate your memory. Na-poleon.

Tns manner of a vulvar man has freedomwithout ease, and the manner of s gentle-man has ease without freedom. Chester-field.

Nature cannot be surprised In undress.Beauty breaks in everywhere. Emerson.

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growling ail around about the community. Shall wo not of th3 strengthof God go forth and combat them?.We not only need more heart, butmore backbone. What is the churchof God that it should fear to look inthe eye of anjf transgfessUm? There Uthe Bengal tiger of drunkenness thatprowls around and instead of attack-ing it, how many oi ns hide underthe church pew or the communiddtable! There is so much invested in iiwe afe afraid to assault it; millions ofdollars in barrels, in vats, in spigotSjin corkscrews, in gin palaces with marble floors and Italian-to- p tables, andchased ice-coole- rs, and in the strychnine, and the logwood, and the tartaric acid, and the nux vomica, thatgo to to make up our "pure" Americandrinks. I looked with wonderingeyes on the "Heidelberg tun." It isthe great liquor vat of Germany.which is said to hold 800 hogsheads ofwine, and only three times in a 100years it has been filled. But, asstood and looked at it, I said to myself! "That is nothing K0O hogsheads.Why, our American vat holds 200,000barrels of strong drinks, and we keep200,000 men with nothing to do but tosee that it is filled."

Oh, to attack this great monster ofintemperance, and the kindred monsters of fraud and uncleanness, requires you to rally all your Christiancourage." Through the press, throughthe pulpit, through the platform, youmust assault it. Would to God thatall our American Christians wouldband together, not for crack-braine- d

fanaticism, but for holy Christian reform. I think it was in 1793that there went out from Luck--now, India, under the sovereign,tho greatest hunting party that wasever projected. There were 10,000 menIn that hunting party. There werecamels and horses and elephants. Onsome princes rode,- - and loyal ladles.under exquisite housing, and 500 coolieswaited upon the train, and the desolateplaces of India were invaded by this excursion, and the rhinoceros, the dee?and elephant fell under the stroKe ofsaber and bullet. After awhile theparty brought baok trophies worth 50,- -000 rupees, having left the wilderness ofIndia ghastly with the Blain bodies ofwild beasts. Would to God that in-

stead of here and there a stragglor going out to fight these great monsterof iniquity in our country, tho millionmembership of our churches wouldband together and how in twain thesegreat crimes that make the land frightful with their roar, and are fattonlngupon the bodies and souls of Immortalmen! Who is ready for such a party asthat7 Who will b a mighty hunterfor the Lord?

I remark, again, if you want to bosuccessful in spiritual archery, youneed not only to bring down the game,but bring it in. I think one of themost beautiful pictures of Thorwald-se- n

is hia "Autumn." It represents asportsman coming home and standingunder a grBpe vine. He has a staffover his shoulder, and on the otherend of that staff are hung a rabbit anda brace of birds. Every huptar bringshome the game. No one would thinkof bringing down a reindeer or whip-ping up a stream for trout, and lettlnjfthem lie in the woods, At cventldo thocamp is adorned with the treasures ofthe forest beak and flu and antlers. Ifyou go out to hunt for immortal souls,not only bring them down under tharrow of the Gospel, but bring theminto the Church of God, the encamp-ment have pitohed this side of theskies. Fetch them in; do not lot themlie out in the open eld. They needour prayers and sympathies and help.That is the meaning of the Church ofGod help. O ye hunters for the Lord,not only bring down ' the gam j, butbring it in.

Oh, for a closer walk with God,A calm and heavenly frame,

A light to shine upon the roadThat leads me to the Lamb.

I am sure that there are some herswho at some time have been hit by theGospel arrow. You felt the wound ofthat conviction, and you plunged intothe world deeper, just as the stag,when the hounds are after it, plungesinto Scroon lake, expecting in thatway to escape. Jesus Christ is onyour track to-da- y, impenitent man! notin wrath, but in mercy. O ye chasedand panting souls! here is the streamof God's mercy and salvation, whereyou may cool your thirst! Stop thatchase of sin to-da- y. By the red foun-tain that leaped from the heart of myLord, I bid you stop. Is there in all thishouse anyone who can refuse theoffer that comes from the heart of thedying Son of God? Why, do you knowthat there are, in the banished world,souls that, for that offer you get to-

day, would fling the crown of the uni-verse at your feet, if they possessed it?But they went out on the mountains,the storm took them, and they died.

There is in a forest in Germany aplace they call the "deer leap" twocrags about eighteen feet apart, be-

tween them a fearful chasm. This iscalled the "deer leap" because once ahunter was on the track of a deer; itcame to one of these crags; therewas no escape for it from thepursuit of the hunter, and iautter despair it gathered itselfup, and in the death agony attemptedto jump across. Of course, it fell, andwas dashed on the rocks far beneath.Here is. a path to Heaven. It isplain, it is safe. Jesus marks it outfor every man to walk in. But hereis a man who says: "I won't walk inthat path; I will take my own way."He comes on until he confronts thechasm that divides His soul fromHeaven. Now His last hour has come,and he resolves that lie will leap thatchasm, from the heights of earth tothe heights of Heaven. Stand back,now, and give Him full swing, forno soul ever did that successful-ly. Let him try. Jump! Jump! Hemisses the mark, and he goes down,depth below depth, "destroyed with-out remedy." Men! angels! devilslwhat shall we call that place of awfulcatastrophe? Let it be known foreveras the sinner's death leap.

Politics.Historians know that in all persecut

tions religion has been a pretense, butin truth it has been politics. Theatrocities of Armenia are ascribed toreligious difficulties, but the truth lies;Iu political ambitions, political aspirations and machinations. Rabbi Hirsch,Hebrew, Chicago.

The praying man is the man whowins. Prayer is mightier than batter-ing rams; prayer conquers armies;prayer holds back the arm of . God;prayer melts away the blindness ofmen. Rev. J, K. Dixon, Baptist, PM

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An Old LadF Finds tha TruoSource of Vitality

A X5eporter Interesting Interview withA lut'r oi povcntj-iw- o icn,

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the country, we heard of a curb by theuse oi IJT. wuuams' .finic i'lusj ?tdm?useemed almost marvelous and more recently another substantial evidence of theirvalue reached our car?; Being of aa inquir-ing turn of miad, and wishing t3 IcScriv justhow much there was in the story, a reporterwas seat to interview the person said to bethus benefited. If the narrative as it hadivoVifl(4 ft1ii rnra trn ei tmft. it WA flnlvsimple jdatico te let it be known if itproved untrue, it woum oe wcu w Know is.

The person alluded to above cs havingbeen thus greatly benefited by the use ofPink Pills is Mrs. Jane Hotalcn, of Haines- -

ville, N. J., a pleasant hamict in oussexrvur!t.v, nkntifc fiftfri miles from this office.The reporter had no difficulty in findingairs, iiot-aien- i it was nearly noon wueawe reached her pleasant home, a doublehouse, one part of which Is occupied by herson. cno is a picasani-iace-u. uiu xmxj t

lne to be about sixty-fiv- e, but Is in realityseveaty-tw- o years of a.?e. After a few preliminary remarks in explanation oi inecaii,Bhe was asked if she had any objection togiving U3 Ula uuuuu ui uio ,joj mv uvnshe catno to try this now famous remedy.

"Not at all," said she. "if my experiencecan ba of any good to others, 1 am cure theyare welcome to it it can do me no harm."

"When were yon taken sick and what wasthe nature of the malady I" was asked.

"I t was about two years ago. The troublewas rheumatic in character sciatica, theycalled it and it was very painful Indeed.The difficulty began In my hip and extendedthe whole lengtli of the limb, crippling inecompletely. 1 SUUCrcu xiienaijr uum it,

fVin nmUn-ipt- f t.rfn.t.m nit, cnVo me not theslightest alleviation. I was under treatmentabout a month aa stated, but grew worse ln--scoaa oc oev.er, anu jvas iasi) uevuiimJB ui

niviirt irv.ntrVit. "Pinlr PilUln VfWir notice 1""My son called my attention to an article

In a paper, in wnicn u was siaieumsiiamr.ctkia rti.-ins.i- tIIIa. a Tjlllacfi In thiscounty, had been greatly benefited by theiruse, and suggested that it would be a goodplan to try them. But I was skeptical inregard to their value in fact, I had no con- -

fiiaiiv la their emcacy ana rBiuer uugucuat the suggestion. But tho trouble Increased and! was Dadiy cnppica. a icw

n limit to visit aneighboring town and suggested again thatit ;t. 1 1 4M tmioita I

reoiody, and I then consented.;,--H- o boughtT liw;m takmer them

at onca. At t he end of a weeii i uotea amarked improvement, and Dy tne umci naataken tho lirst box I was able to walk with- -

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several boxes, and am, as you see, in a very

"Have you had any return oi tne trou mei- -"jNot as yet, tuoupn as iny uuio u; mc-- ,

seveaty-tw- o, it would not be surprising ifl snouia nave, n ib comua, x suuumV.w.:n a na r f VS llillc T RlHITincfl T 11- 1-

hei it a teadency to troubles of this kindmv motner aiea. irom mem.- -

'Did you ever note any ill effects from theuse of Pink Pills i" '

'None whatever. They never disturbedmy stomach in any way or caused me anyonnTTonsxi km t.iioT si isi T fi n d it necessaryto increase the dose, as tho directions saymay d-- ue3iraoio. x am auic, m juu DCC wattend to my own work."

T;, i.Ai.foK i.hanlrfwl "P.fra TTnt&Ien forXUU ItjJUili w.....her courtesy and bade her good day. It Isnot oiten mas one can witucsa eui-- u,

recovery from such a pertinacious

iu3t mce3 cannot fail to produce a profoundi .i r .!-- . T "iv... hi vsal vlinpreaaiou. xwauurs ui i.uoun"niui,i vv

on the absolute accuracy of all tho state-ments hero given nothing has been exag-gerated, nothing withheld.

Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, inacon- -j 1 ii ho ftlMYiptik r.pnrpRarv touuuouu. iwi ui) CM. w.-i- . - -

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either in male or female, and all diseasesre3ulti ig from vitiated humors luthe bloodPink Pills are sold bv all dealers, or will besent post paid on receipt of price, (r0 centsa box. or six ooxes lor uj ouuh.oo.u6Dr Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady.N. Y.

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Mcsic is a prophecy of what life is to be,t'le rainbow of promise translated out ofseeing into hearing. Mrs. L. M. Child.

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Pimpi K Isinlr nt. m v si fliiva in thfl wepfc.to see what I mean on the seventh. CeciL

Gladness Comesa better understanding of theWith nature of the many phys- -

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forts gentle eff orts pleasant effortsricrhtlv directed, anere is cuhuuh uthe knowledge, that so many forms oisickness are not due to any actual dis-,- .

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tion of the system, which the pleasantfamily laxative, oyrupoi imts. pruuu- -

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oisi fhf 'is reomlar. laxatives orother remedies are then not needed. Ifafflicted with any actual disease, onem--- cr Kr pnmminflp(l to the most skillfulphysicians, but if in need of a laxative,enc should have tne oest, and wis-- mcwell-informe- d everywhere, Syrup ofViov. eland hirliost and is most larsrelyused andgires most cneral isatis'acjtica.

Ilev. Dr. Talmajxo Preaches on theWarfare on SLu.

Tb Chrlatlan's Assaults on Vic In ItsVarious rorm Likened Unto the

reriUtent Furanlt of Game bythe Mooter.

TLe following1 somewhat unique dis-course was delivered br Rev. T. DeWittTalmasre before his Washington congrcgation. It was based on the text:

Ho was a mighty hunter before the Lord.Gcnenis x., 9.

In our day, hunting- - is a sport; outin the lands and the times infestedwith wild beasts it was a matter oflife or death with the 'people. It wasvery different from goinjouton a sunshiny afternoon with a patent breechloader, to shoot reed birds on the flats.when Pullux and Achilles and Dlo--medes went out to clear the land oflions and tlg-er- s and bears. My textsets forth Nimrod as a hero when itpresents him with broad shoulders andshaggy apparel and snn-brown- ed faceana arm Duncneu wltn muscle "amighty hunter before the Lord."think he used the bow and the arrowswith great success practicing archery.

I haTe thought If it is such a grandthing and such a brave thing to clearwild beasts out of a country, if it isnot a better and braver thing to huntdown and destroy those great evils ofsociety that are stalking the land withfierce eye and bloody paw, and sharptusk and quick spring. I have won-dered if there is not such a thing asGospel archery, by which those whohave been flying from the truth maybe captured for God and Heaven. TheLord Jesus in Ills sermon used the artof angling for an illustration whenlie said: "I will make you fishers ofmen. And so I think I have author-ity for using.hunting as an illustration of Gospel truth; and I pray Godtnat there may be many a man to-d-ay

who will begin to study Gospel arch-ery, of whom it may, after awhile, besaidt "lie was a mighty hunter before the Lord."

How much awkward Christian workthere is done in the world! How manygood people there are who drive soulsaway from Christ instead of bringingthem to Him! All their fingers arethumbs religious blunderers who up-c-et

more than they right. Their gunhas a crooked barrel, and kicks as itgoes off. They are like a clumsy comrade who goes along with skillfulhunters; at the verv moment when heought to be most quiet, he is crackingan alder, or falling over a loir andfrightening away the game. Howfew Christian people have ever learnedthe lesson of which I read at the beginning of this service, how that theLiord Jesus Christ at the well wentfrom talking about a cup of water toto the most practical religous truths,which won the woman's soul for God!Jesus in the wilderness was breakingbread to the people. I think it was goodbread; it was very light bread, and theyeast had done its work thoroughlyChrist, after He had broken the bread,said to the people: "Beware of theyeast, or of the leaven, of the Pharlsees.- - oo natural a transition it was;and how easily they all understoodHim! But how few Christian peoplethere are who understand how tofasten the truths of God and religionto the souls of men. Truman Osborne,one of the Evangelists who wentthrough this country years ago, had awonderful art in the right direction.He came to my father's houseone day, and while we were allseated in the the room, hesaldi "Mr. Talmage, are all yourchildren Christiana?" Father said:"Yes, all but De Witt." Then Tru-man Osborne looked down into thefireplace, and began to tell a story ofa storm that came on the mountains,and ail the sheep were in the fold; butthere was one lamb outside that per-ished in the storm. Had he lookedme in the eye, I should have been angered when he told the story; but helooked into the fireplace, and it was sopathetically and beautifully done that1 never found any peace until I wassure I was inside the fold, where theother sheep were.

The archers of olden times studiedtheir art. They were very precise inthe matter. The old books gave specialdirections as to how an archer shouldgo, and as to what an archer should do.He must stand erect and firm, his leftfoot a little in advance of the rightfoot- - With his left hand he must takehold of the bow iu the middle, andthen with the three fingers and thethumb of his right hand he should layhold of the arrow and affix it to thestring so precise was the directiongiven. But how clumsy we are aboutreligious work! How little skill andcare we exercise. How often our ar-rows miss the mark! Oh, that therewere more institutions established inall the towns and cities of our land,where men might learn the art of do-ing good studying spiritual archery,and known as "mighty hunters beforethe Lord!"

It the first pi ace, if you want to beeffectual in doing good, you must bevery sure of your weapon. Therewas something very fascinating aboutthe archery of olden times. Perhapsyou do not know what they could dowith the bow and arrow. Why thechief battles fought by the EnglishPlantagenets were with the long-bo-

They would take the arrow of pol-ished wood, and feather it with theplume of a bird, and then it would flyfrom the bow-strin- g of plaited silk.The broad fields of Agincourt, andSol way Moss, and Neville's Cross heardthe loud thrum of the archer's bow-string. Now, my Christian friends, wehave a mightier weapon than that. Itis the arrow of the Gospel; it is a sharparrow; it is a straight arrow; it is feath-ered from the wing of the dove ofGod's spirit; it flies from a bow madeout of the wood of the cross. As faras I can estimate or calculate, it hasbrought down 400,000.000 souls. Paulknew how to bring the notch of thatarrow on to that bowstring, and itswhirr was heard through the Corin-thian theaters, and through the courtroom, until the knees of Felix knockedtogether. It was that arrow that stuckin Luther's heart when he cried out:"Oh, my sins! Oh, ray sins!" If it strikea man in the head, it kills his skepti-cism; if it strike a man in the heel, itwill turn his step; if it strike him inthe heart, he throws up his hands, asdid the Emperor Julian of old whenwounded in the battle, crying: "O,Galilean, thou has conquered!"

In the armory of the earl of Pem-broke there are old corselets whichshow that the arrow of the Englishused to go through the breastplate,through tha body of ti warrior and

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philosophy sits shivering in the nightof the soul, looking up to the stars,offering no help to the nations thatcrouch and groan at the base. Tellme where there ts one man who hasrejected that Gospel for another, whois thoroughly satisfied, and helped,and contented in his skepticism, and Iwill take the car to-morr- and rideCOO miles to see him. The full powerof the Gospel has not yet beentouched. As a sportsman throws uphis head and catches the ball fly-

ing through the air, just so easilywill this Gospel after awhile catchthis round world flying from its orbitand bring it back to the heart ofChrist. Give it full iwlng, and it willpardon every sin, heal every wound,cure every trouble, emancipate everyslave, and ransom every nation. YeChristian men and women who go outthis afternoon to do Christian work,as yon go into the Sunday schools, thelay preaching stations and the peni-tentiaries, and the asylums, I wantyou to feel that you bear in your handa weapon, compared with which thelightning has no speed, and avalancheshave no heft, and the thunderbolts ofHeaven have no power; it is the arrowof the omnipotent Gospel. Take care-ful aim. Pull the arrow clear backuntil the head strikes the bow! Thenlet it fly! And may the slain of theLord be many!

Again, if you want to be skillful inspiritual archery, you must hunt inunfrequented and secluded places.Why does the hunter go three or fourdays in the Pennsylvania forests orover Raquette lake into the wilds ofthe Adirondacks? It is the only whyto do. The deer are shy, and one"bang" of the gun olears the forest.From the California stage you see, asyou go over the plains, here and there,a coyote trotting along, almost with-in range of the gun sometimesquite within range of it. No onecares for that; it is worthless. Thegood game is hidden and secluded.Every hunter knows that." So, manyof the souls that will be of most worthfor 'Christ and of most value to thechurch are secluded. They do notcome in your way. You will have togo where they are. Yonder they aredown in that cellar; yonder they areup In that garret. Far away from thedoor of any church, the Gospel arrowhas not been pointed at them. Thetract distributor and city missionarysometimes catch a glimpse of them,as a hunter through the trees gets amomentary sight of a partridge ora roebuck. The trouble is, we arewaiting for the game to come to us.We are not good hunters. We arestanding in some street or highwayexpecting that the timid antelope willcome up and eat out of our hands.We are expecting that the prairiefowl will light on our church steeple.It is not their habit. If the churchshould wait 10,000,000 of yearsfor the world to come in and besaved, it will wait in vain. Theworld will not come. What the churchwants now is to lift its feet from damask ottomans, and put them in thestirrups. Ve want a pulpit on wheels.The church wants not so mueh cush-ions as it wants saddle-bag- s and arrows, w e have got to put aside thegown and kid gloves, and put on thehunting shirt. We have been fishingso long in the brooks that run underthe shadow of the church that the fishknow us, that they avoid the hook, andescape as soon as we come to the bank,while yonder is Upper Saranae andBig Tupper's lake, where the firstswing of the gospel net would breakit for the multitude of the fishes.

There is outside work to be done.What is that I see in the backwoods?It is a tent. The hunters have made aclearing and camped out. What dothey care If they have wet feet, or ifthey have nothing but a pine branchfor a pillow, or for the northeast storm?If a moose in the darkness steps intothe lake to drink, they hear it rightaway. It a loon cry in the moonlightthey hear it. So in the serviceof God we have exposed work.We have got to camp out and roughit. We are putting all our care onthe people who come to ourchurches. What are we doing for thethousands upon thousands that do notcome? Have they no souls? Are theysinless, that they need no pardon? Arethere no dead in thf:ir houses, thatthey need no comfort? Are they cutoff from God, to go into eternity nowing to bear them, no light to cheerthem, no welcome to greet them? Ihear to-da- y, surging up from the lower depths, a groan that comes throughour Christian assemblages and throughour beautiful churches; and it blotsout all this scene from my eyes today, as by the mists of a greatNiagara, for the dash and theplunge of these great torrents of lifedropping down into the fathomlessand thundering abyss of suffering andwoe. I sometimes think that just asGod blotted out the churches of Thya- -

tira and Corinth and Laodicea, becauseof their sloth and stolidity, he willblot out American and English Christianity, and raise on the ruins a stalwart, wide-awak- e, missionary church,that can take the fall meaning of thatcommand: "Go into all the world, andpreach the Gospel to every creature."

I remark, further, if you want tosucceed in spiritual archery you musthave courage. If the hunter standwith trembling hand or shoulder thatflinches with fear, instead of takingthe catamount, the catamount takeshim. Wrhat would become of theGreenlander if, when out hunting forthe bear, he should stand shiveringwith terror, on an iceberg? Whatwould have become of Du Chaillu andLivingstone in the African thicket,with a faint heart and a weak knee?When a panther comes within 20 pacesof you and it has its eye on you and ithas squatted for the fearful spring."Steady there!"

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