THE DEFEAT OF OBLIVION Rer. Dr. Talmafe Sty* Every Sod Will

ICpTTlfM. IWll

Wamixotok. D. C —In thi* di*eoum Dr. Talmace shorn how sny one'csn b« widely sn<f forever recollecled and cheer* deapondeat Chrulisn woikerw texts., Job xxiv, 30, “He shall be no more remembeied’* arid Paalm* cxii. 6, "The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance." Of oblivion and it* defeats I speak

1 .er that n

and all It is a i It -

^rwal;

is made up of years, of centuries, of

SC

d. It is a dirge which all or-

It is a dirge which chestns play and a period at which everrthing stops. It is the cemetery of 1 the human race. It is the domain of for-, grtfalncss. Oblivion! At times it throw* a shadow over all of us, and I would not pronounce it to-day if I did not come armed in the strength of the eternal God on your behalf to attack it, to rout it, to

demolish it.

Why, just look at the way the families of the earth disappear. For awhile they are together, inseparable and to each

_ . and then they part,

« by marriage going to establish other homes, and some leave this life, and a century is long enough to plant a family, develop it, prosper «t and obliterate it. Bo the generations vanish. Walk up Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, Broadway, •Mew York- State street, Boston; Chestnut alreet, Philadelphia; the Strand, London; Prince** street, Cdinburgh; Champa Elyaces, Paris; Unter den Linden. Berlin, and you will meet in this year 1901 not one person who walked there in the year 1801. What engulfment. All the - ordinary effort* at perpetuation are dead failure*. Walter Scott's Old Mortality may n round with his chisel to recut the faded epitaphs on tombstones, but Old Oblivions has. s.quicker chisel, with which he can cut out \ thousand epitaphs while Old Mortality is cutting in one enitaph.

him ' t wE fcngS b.ogr. oltko EX iru them. The done. inhlr. S£ V : cold?" on tlw Samar wine a the K Floret that ( Bt. P* that hui'.di a Ssb in thi Chrisl •errac thong when a mat rollini found resent nal.

Uie armies of Baldwin I. artel or of Marlborough ■ or of Prince Frederick

Call the roll of .... or of Charles Martel

or of Mithridatea or __ or of Corte*. and not one answer will you hear. Stand them in hne and call the roll of the 1,000,000 men in the army of Thebes. Not one answer. Stand them in 1 ‘

... ...

inus, and Stand in itris, the

hear. Stand them in 1 ^S Und them "in line,

and the 300^00 can — —s Assyrian army under call the roll. Not one answr

line the 1,000,000 men of & SJOO.OOO men of Artaxerxes at Cunaxa, the 2A41.000 men und*r Xerxes at Ther-

“ • ' g roU. Not

answer. At the opening of our Civil War

the men of the Northern and Southern .—; ■ : told that if they teU in battle Wf*

would never be forgotten by * ry. Out of the miuion men (

their country. Out Of the mifikm men •who fell i$ battle or died in military hospitals you cannot call the names of a thousand./nor the names of 800. nor the

» of fifty

. -Jl wB into'it as easily aa a schoolboy’s rubber ball rolls down a hill, and when our world goes it is so interlocked by the law of gravitation with other worlds that they will go, too, and so far from having our memory perpetuated by a monumer' ‘Aberdeen granite in this world the no world in sight'of-oer strongest scope that will be a rare pediment for any slab of commemoration of the fact that r lived, or died-at *1T. Our earth is with death. The axeltree of the illation* will break and let down un; populations of other worlds. Stellar, lunar, solar mortality. Oblivion! It can swallow and will swallow whole galaxies of worlds as easily as a crocodile talma

down a frog.

Yet oblivion does not remote or swallow anything that had hewer not be removed or swallowed. The old monster is welcome to his meal. This world would long ago have been overcrowded if not lor the memful ran or*] of nations and generations. What if all the books had uved that.were ever written and printed sad published? The libraries would by their immensitv have obstructed intelligence 'and made all research impossible. What if all the people that had beer born were still alive? We would have been elbowed by our ancestor* of ten een- . tan ft ago.Vsnd people who ought to hare said their fast word 3000 year* ago would snarl at ha, saying, “What are yon doing here?" There would have been no room to turn around. Some of the past gener- ' —Hnd art not worth remem-

The first useful thing that ■eople did was to die; their cradle i iortune/and their grave a boon. In aQ th* Pantheon the weakest goddess is Clio, the goddess of history, and aaitead of being represented by sculptor* as holding a acroll night better be repre- . tented as limping on crutches. Faithful ■ history is the saving of a few things out of more things lost. Tbe^mmcrtality jKfSaTiJKs s launder or page of recognition in aonte encyclopedia is an immortality unworthy of one's ambition, for it will cease and is no

. Immortality at all.

Oblivion! A hundred year*.

- I recognise this universal subn „ things earthly, who wants to be forgotten? Not one of ua. Absent for a few weeks or months from home it cheers se to know that we are remembered there. It it a from whom .we have been parted many f year* we Inquire, •‘Did you ever see me ' tion tbrilling through their hand into our band and running np from elbow to shoulder and then parting, the one current of delight ascending to th* brow and the other descending to the foot, moving round and round in concentric circles unsgsiEBsiaSsiiftfa 'Mow.' I have to teD you that this obli .'vion of which I have spoke • has its defeats. and there is no more reason why we ion billion trilUea quadrillion

years from now than that — ed six weeks. Is:

s work there in tin it eh I 'hr.Si Oh, ture turies

whici piece with crash rs.l'c ftells down

sunt like

migh 1 brant we «1 to pul star I is er

night

ring our * M Al by a monument of de »o'

this world there ^i*

THE SABBATH SCHOOL iteraatloMl Lesson Comment* For October 0. Sabiect: Jeecpb SeM late Egypt, Ota. xuvit, IWO-OnMen Trxt AeU vA, l—AUm* •ry Verse*, 28-28 Commentary *• the Day’s Lease*.

12. "In Shechem." Bbechem was about fifty mile* north of Hebron. Jacob owned pasture* there (»: 19) arid had dug a well. IS. "Send thee unto them. Jacob no doubt hsd some anxiety about his sons, ' * he had removed from Shechem ount of the sins they had committi 1 there; he therefore decides to send *

to learn of their welfare. 7" Joseph, and be had no tb brother* would wish to inji-. . 14. "Go, I pray thee." Joaepl

to this remote and d proof that Jacob di too much indulgence

‘ me from any ieelinp of ten-

io “‘

ea to send Joseph . He could trust thought that his _ — injure him.

thee." Joseph's mission I dangerous country is a

_ __ did not treat him with inch indulgence, and Uist he did not keep him home from any ieelinp of tend ernes*. Lions, bear*, panthers and wolves were common in Palest in e in those ff. “Dothan." This was about fifteen or twenty mile* north of Shechem. 18. “When they saw him." Their envious feelinas roe* up. Their occupation gave them abundant time for 'gloomy meditation and for conversation. They doubtlea* brooded over their relations to Joseph, cherished revenge, and encouraged one another in their enmity. “Conspired." Cunningly plotted. "To slay him.” This would have been a premeditated murder bad they fully carried out their purpoae*. I*. 'This dreamer cometh." "Master of dreams." R. V. margin. This waa a form of speech conveying great contempt. 30. "And wv will slay.' From envy and malice they proceeded to conspire against the life of their brother, and then contrived a lie to impose upon their own 2h "And Reuben—asid.” Reuben of all the brother* had the greatest reason to be jealous of Joseph, for, aa the first born he was entitled to many of the favors which were being conferred upon .Tneeph; yet Reuben prove* to be hi* wet friend. 22. "Shed no blood." He did not dare to ahed hi* brother's blood, neither did he dare manfully to save him. Reuben'a real design was to find some way to restore

TbU

waa done that, if ever found, he might not be discerned as a person of distinction, and hence no inquiry would be made concerning him. They also took the coat off to ahow to their father. .24. “Into a pit.” One of the many reservoir* excavated out of the solid rock or built of atone* and plastered, for the purpose of holding rain water. They were bottle-shaped, so that it was almost impossible to escape. There arc thousand* of such cisterns in upper Galilee; they prove how dependent the population was upon rain water. “Waa empty.” He was safe from drowning, but was left to die from starvation. What terribly wicked men tbev must have been! 25. "Sat down to eat." They sat down to a joyous feast, eating and drinking the very dainties he had brought them, while thev left him to die. It waa at this time I (Gen. 42: 211 that they “saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought them aed they would not hear. Reuben was not a partaker of thab meal, but was off probably devising measure* for the rescue of his brother. It is impossible that mere envy at hi* dream*, hi* gaudy dress, or the partiality of their father could have confirmed them in such awful wickedness. Thejy hatred of Joseph must have been produced by a dislike to hi* piety, on ao-

sailor roll op his sleeve and ahow you his arm tattooed with the figure of a favorite ship, perhaps the first one in .which be ever sailed. You have seen a soldier roll up hi* sleeve and show his arm tattooed with the figure of a fortress where he was

gj S3 !Hr Ub • He h 1 think hand

in Sl aenp

But while hand

,un i

(ted! tiful

Gflead^S 1 —— and i

of the Jordan. "Spicery." imona in early time* for its

jmatic gums. Jer.'8: 22; 48:. ^ a:™ Lis k-t

277' "Let ua sell Urn.” The sight of these traveling merchant* gave a sadden turn to the view* of the conspirators; for haring no with to commit a greater degree of crime than waa •— •»**

npliahment of their

for the

^ end. they readily approved of Judah's suggestion to dispose of their obnowras brother as a slave. 28. "Sold Joseph." Acting impulsively on Judah’s advice they had their poor victim ncadr by the time the merchant* reached them. “Twenty pieces of silver." The money waa probably in ring* or piece*, and silver is alwayj mentioned in the records of that early age. before go'd, on account of the rarity of the latter. In those day* money was weighed and not ' td. Twenty piece* (shekels) of silver

n-iKi. _ Did yon lead a Magdalen of the street Into a midnight mireiaii,.wb4re the Lord said to her77?Neitber do I condemn that. Go and sin no more!” Did you taD * man. clear discouraged in his waywardness *n(4 fcopcltaa and plotting suicide, that for

Si," all U Uins 3 us? is

ss

Mill S3 2rUfeti«

— , — -, of ail was the price of a slave under twenty year* of age (Lev. 27: 8), and according to the Oxford Bible was equivalent to 811-28-29. "Reuben returned.” Reuben had planned to .rescue Joseph and send him home safelv as soon as his brothers bed left him. But the,thing was of God, who had designed that Josenh’s deliverance should be accomplished by other mean* than hi*. "Rent his clothes.” See on v.

34.

30. "Whither shall I go.” Reuben waa the eldest and Jacob would hold him re-

sponsible for Joseph’s safety.

31. "Killed a kid." They dared not tell the truth, therefore they make lies their i refuge; How true it i* that what we sow , we reap! Jacob had deceived his father, J and now in turn be is deceived by hi* 32. ' “Brat the coat." All this was don* and said by their servant whom they bad **34." “Rent—sackcloth" The common signs of Oriental mourning. A rent is I made in the skirt more or less according to the afflicted feelings of the mourner, ' and a coarse, rough piece of blade tack- : doth or camel's hair doth ia J

■around the - -

i-around the waist. "Many days7' It waa twenty-two year* before he saw him again. ». "AB his daughters." Dinah « he

-r daughter of Jacob that we ' frj£d.uglWm-kw are pr

■wuu ^qsagmsrs m-iaw are probably j, 38. "Captain of the guard.” His busi-

was to taka car* of th* re *

execute his win.

* royal person

»mra« la Bra S* Team.

John Bond, a negro at Dublin, Inft.,

died th* other day at th* ag# of 79. Thirty-six year* ago, when his mother waa about to sell the family farm, he

ANCIENT PERFUMES.

*wws of lb* Scent* That Were Used la

larea.

It la difficult to realfse bow u

sal wi

nts T1 lie Tll^

tinlrw-

waa the knowledge and nse of achat ancient times, aaya Invention.

■a that perfume

toll#

essences were inscribed on tablets all about the temples of

the goddess.

Bg>pt was a great, mart for all kind* of perfumes. Women made themselves beautiful through the u»e

Greek tradition

ie d IP*.

marble

te dead were not forgotten, for t mbalmed mummy was saturated with perfumes and spices .and sweet scents were burning before their statues. Those who could not afford this painted acent bottles on their tombs. The ancients thought certain perfumes had medical value. Pliny mentions 88 remedies derived from rue, 32 from rose. 41 from mint, 21 from the Wy, and 17 from the violet. Thyme has a tonic quality, and lavender la soothing. Patchouli is stimulating, Aasmlnc is cheering, while heliotrope Is an Irritant unless used In small

There are those in our

quantities

who think sandal a tonic, and its v tuea were known to the Greeks, who nolnted themselves with it for

ilympian games.

The Jew’s love of perfume was so great that morning and night they burned sweet incense of myrrh, and beds were perfumed with aloes and cinnamon. So indlspenslble were scents considered for the bridal toilet that one-twelfth of the bridal dowry waa set apart for their purchase. The famous Balm of Gilead was distilled from a bush which formerly covered the mountains of Gilead, but this of late has become so scarce that only the Sultan can be supplied. The trade In perfume* was enormous in Greece. Like the Egyptians, they understood the fascinations of flowers, and an Anthenian not only perfumed bis house, but scented his drlnkim vessels with myrrh, the gum of which grows in Arabia. inch an extent was the love of

I linking f a tree

perfume carried that each part of the body had its peculiar unguent;

•Jorai

the the

hair required sweet mar jo

heck and knees, wild thyme; the arms, balsam; the cheeks and breast, pah oil; and the feet and legs, sweet olnl ment. Indeed, the perfumers' shops In Athens were the rendezvous of the 'beaux to discuss politics and intrigue. The love of perfumery among the Greeks spread into Rome, and soon the Roman perfumers became so famous that a bunch of sage Indicated their shop*. A Roman lady frequently kept one slave to sprinkle her hair.

tsrlstlc*.

daily

merclally, Canada Is bnt an extension of the United States, says F. D. Whelpley. In Atlantic. PbllUcaUy, a deep separates the two countries, is which international intercourse finds its way only by the bridge of ne-

Uess

Regardlei

of artiflcli

sity.

strlctlons. the people of Canada find in the United f ' ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ which to buy of the United States find in Canada

>o*t place in 1 the people

the third largest market In ail t world for the products of Ameri<

Ivldlng line between thi

for the products of Am<

labor. The

two countries Is imaginary. On land there Is no break at the boundary In the rails of the north and south roads. Where water Intervenes. Intercourse is even facilitated thereby. There is no marked change of climate In going from one country to another. The language, customs and hah-

; gent

One million Canadian born r native country to add

the same,

have left their

to the population and energy of the

jple

United State*. Thousands of peoi have gone from the United State* to Canada, especially In recent years, moved by circumstance* or <o take advantage of pekullar opportunities. As a nation the ^people of the United State* are composite to a greater degree than are those of Canada, though the latter are sufficiently so to Induce the American habit of broad cosmopolitan thought. Canadians are of much closer kin to the people of the Ufii^d States than those of any other country. If there Is any possible application'of the principle of community of interests to two peoples.

It could be found in this case.

Tsars a RsDiarty Acslost Illness.

A physician who has just returned from Persia says that in that country human tears are regarded aa an Infalliable remedy against certaiu chronic In order to hare a sufficient supply of tears always on hand the priest* col-

lect them In a singular mac

them to remove from thel

eye* the tear* wmch they are In dut

I deed ‘

them In a singular mabier. Whenever there is a funeral the officiating priest distributes small * pongea among the mourner*, with which he

Instructs eye* the

bound to shed for the

After the ceremony he collects the sponges, which by that time are saturated with tears, and carefully squeetes their contenU into a 'largo bottle, which he then seal* and place*

in his medicine chest.

A short time ago the question was raited by a sceptical layman whether the crocodile tears abed by hypocritl-

llkely to prove aa

as thoa# abed by true

... _ . . „ , but the priests did not cons * r#w whlte - P"!®' 3 descend to reply. No figure* are obwaa never reached. The ! tahoabte aa to the quantity of lean

sponge win yifld, but aa

_ bottle are never empty, it

.. evident that the lachrymal glands of

to the polls to vote until the Ane- ! peril in mourners are almays ready to [an ■ VM* MM. MWIM MM -T-l 1 ....

t farm war* sold be j

rowed that if the would take to his I

stay until he |

in his life

farm He a

Phyi bed

trallan system be refused to Tot# at ail. Hie faithful sletera cared for 1 him throtiv'-out

the many long years.

a sold, and he kept faJs vow. j whlch tnch * r required the assistance of a ! the priest'* hi i. and was even carried in hla , B ertg^t tha

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