WORLD 6R0WS BETTER. Dr. Talmafe S«y* tbe Time In Which We Lire I* Wonderful lor Disaster

The Dco4 S« Mis Tstoy Where amcleal -Cities Stood.

tbe President, the Cimbris. the ^Orepm., the Mohc-rsn. But why should 1 «o on talli'ic the roll when nons of them,answers, and the roll is .as-lone as tbs white scroll of the Atlantic surf at Gaps Hat. teras breakers* If the oceanic cables eouM report all the scattered life and all the bleached .bones that they rub afainst in the ocean, what a measan of pathos and - both beachasl In ona storm

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direction; text, Joel ii,

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France. People laughed at me because X' se;-, 1 s? r many things in our time. Our eye* dilate and * bot (I... .... u — ... . EmsSESi

earth.”

J,srr£ tvass’ a- Ss£ and wonderful for bleasine, for there must b. b*. >Yj“^&rsruS s

lisaster? Our

earth. The moving of the hotels at Brighton Beach backward 100 yards from where they once' stood, s type of whst is going on all aronnd the world and on every coast. The Dead Sea rolls to-day where

ancient citiei stood.

But now I turn the lest in my subject, and I plant the white lilies and the palm Ip*#, amid iKp Siffttfahad.. and th. mvrtla.

ams/nge no—more cnaracicrm dope of disaster than by wood* iifg—blesaing of longevity; the average u« human life rapidly increasing. Forty yesrs

now worth 400 year* once, a

Now I can travel from Manitoba to New ■York in lets than three daya. In other times it would have taken three months.

In/ithersn '* “ " *~

i Noah lived, wi lurclah lived his 069 years,

casings of intelligence; The Salmon P. es and the Abraham Lincolns and the Henry Wilsons of the coming time will not be required to learn to read by pine knot lights or seated on shoemaker’s bench, “~ will the Fergusons have to study-astn

SL'Ia ^

gusons nave to study-anrono-my while watching the cattle. Knowledge rolls its tides along every poor man’s door, and his-ehildren may go down end bathe

m if h t™

wonderful for diaaster* Our world I

S3,

furnaces seven time* heated.- It is a wonSMssPs ^■sSSu^cfsiarl-;

anic, oceanic, epidemic. 1

s? jtx? dtX’Sa-ssi'S: "iS'tt’p ar,"b, d„. wo*i«u.

"b-rA’s %

l no oov jvi.nio■ it—uuu the Almighty God in cock- — —Testrial or satanic pressure can ever affect. ■ And along tbe track the car of the world’s redemption will roll and roll to the Grand Central depot of the i mum. I have no anxiety about the I am only afraid that for our indotenov and unfaithfulness God will discharge us and get some other stoker and some other —— ' Tn ie train .is going through .with

.—v—v, oceanic, epidemic. 1 say volcanic because an earthquake is only a volcano hushed up, Whem Stromboli and Cotopaxi and Vesuvius stop breathing, let the foundations of the earth beVrareV Seven thousand earthquakes in two centuries

earthquakes in two cenl

corded in the catalogue of the Britiah aaciation! Trajan, the emperor, goes.to —irient Antioch, and amid the splendors of his reception is met by an earthquake that nearly destroys the emperor's life. Lisbon, fair and beantiful. at 1 o’clock “svember, 1755, in six min-

c perished, and Voltaire

"For that region it

in that box! *u-.ua —«u. * — . know. That box was there when I got the honre, and it waa there when my father cot it. We havn’t had any curiosity to fook at it. I guess there’s nothing in it." "Well” said the stranger. ’TU give you £2 for it", "Well, done/’ The £2 was

-^on the 1st of Noi

J have

O. 1 ... whites of 'he last j

^$ ,, th€*dim2ezt ol o ‘ ‘ ’ >srt in

Whites of them. "For that region it was ; the throK—1S00 chimneys in Boston partly

w 5

bid their counterpart i

iSSSTbSoSL-. 2t^-,'5SS.

Wmns

later »

3 what subterraneai

|’is u |

• ' n weeping where there wrfv hearts

ed heaven, but '

rule of death. Javs. ot. the In’dian irchipelaeo, tbe most Tmile island of all the earth, is caught in the grip of\tbe earthquake, and mountain after mounUin goes down, and city after city until that islanth which produces the best beverage of sH the world, produced ibe ghastliest . trophe. One hundred thousand ^ Bat lock at the disasters cyclonic. At the mouth of the diners are three islands, the Hattiah, the Suadeep and the Dakin Shabvtpore. In the midnight of October, Mn, on all those three. Sands the cry was. “The waters!” A cyclso* arose and roDcd the sm over those three islands. - !-*: - —- - —

rolled tbe sea over those three isl sad of a population of 340D00, 215,000 were drowned. Only those saved who had climbed to the top' of the highlit .trees! Did yoo ever are a cyclone? No? Than I prey God yoa map p ’

1 and whols fleets of them of England. God bslp tha

learn ship supply the

i > dress, that he i atiy. by which he

— of nis people. A — visitingjat that houae, "What’s boxT' The owner said: “I don’t

there w:

£2 tor it. Well, done.” The £3 was paid/and the contents of that box were •old to the Czar of Russm for *30,000. In it the lathing machine of Peter the Grest, his private letters and documents of value 1 1 monetary consideration. And

here are the events that Weepr'very insigni£cant'and unimportant.'-' -

.... private beyond-all

nd unimportant f ! bu^T they 7 ;

of Divine ProviHenee and tve™tiea of meaning which after awhile God will demonstrate before the ages as being

upendoua value.

ben Titans play quoits' they pitch ntains, but who owns these gigantic ral forces we are constantly reading t? Whose hand is on the throttle vaive of the volcanoes? Whose foot, .suddenly planted on the footstool, makes the continents quiver? God! I must ba at

.peace with Him.'

Through the Lord Jesuu Christ this God is mine and He is yours. I put the earthquake that shook Palestine at the ertfdnxibn against all the down workings of the centuries. This God on ouh side, we may challenge all the centuries of tima-and all

the cycle* of eternity. ^

Those of you who are in ynidlife may well thank God that yon have seen so many wondrous things, but there are people alive to^dsy who may live 'to -sea the shuntnering veil between the material and tha

spiritual' world lifted. /

..Magnetism, a word with Vhich we cover up our iraorance. will yrt be an explored realm. Electricity, the fiery courier of the-sky, that Benjamin FrankBwJassoed and Morse and Ben and Edison have brought under complete anitrol, has

greater wonders to reveal. v

Whether here or departed this life, we. will; see these things. It doss not make' much difference where -we stand, but the higher the standpoint the larger the prospect. We will see them from heaven if

we do not see them from earth.

Years ago I was at Fire Island, Long ■land, and I went up in the cbpola-from -'hich they telegraph to New York the approach of vcaeela hours before they come into port. There is an opening.in,the waD, and tbe operator puts his telescope through that opening and looks out and sacs vessels far out at sea. While I way talking with him ba want up and looked put. He

-said, -We are expecting the Arizona tonight.’’ I said: "Is it possible you know slTthoae Teasels? Do you know them as ’— ian’e facet" He laid: "Yea.

a mistake. Before I me the

r* w-rv— *3*

i Oh, what a grand thin*' it ia to haU ships telegraphed and heralded long be'-—

they -come to port, that friends mty « down to tbe wharf and welcome their

THE SABBATH SCHOOL nicrnstiongl Lesson Coaments For

Text. I Car. v. T- Mtaory V.raei Commcatary oe the Day's

the change.ic tte P ralend*r. were all divine!

n. 5s»,i?arj,' fgu tion. It had fornterlv been the seventh according to the reekoninc of the 'civil year which bcean in September and which continued unchanged, but from thi* time Abib waa to stand firet ir. the national re3. ’’Speak." etc. Through the elders. V. 21. '‘A lamb for an houae." A kid might be taken. V. 5. The service was to be a domestic one. for the deliverance was to be from an evil threatened to every

bouse y ; n Eevpt.

4. *1/ the household be too little."That is. if there be not enough persons in one family to cat a whole lamb, then two families mnst join together. The rabbin* tell u* that there should be at feast ten person* to one naschal lamb, and not more than twenty. "According to the number." There mtjvbe a -r-ant of persons to feed upon the lamb, though there can be no lack cf food for them to feed noon. Every

rs^sKK

5. "Withont blemiah." That is. entire, innd. having neither defert nor

This was a type of Chi " ' Pet. 1: 19; The ~

whole, so deformity

r that were I. The catii

firet required afterc Incib.-n their ' n. !. The

3. The

iintels^of their houses. 4. Their eating it

■ - png fcS

-. received into' and this ia tq.be done with a whole Christ, by each one of His people, and done iust now. The Israelites mnst not only slay, they most eat. It ig not enough that Curist has died for us, we must receive Him into our heart* and lives. "Until the morning.” To prevent putrefaction, which would soon take place in a hot country. That which ia offered to God

must not become corrupt!

. 11. "Girded." etc. Every preparation mnst be made- for an immediate departure. The long, flowing robes were girded around the loin*; shore, or mndala, not worn in ,. the bouse or a't meals, were fastened to A _ the feet, and the traveler’* staff was taken , Vin band. These instructions are under-

i"

first passover. 1 ne jloto a paaoover. Called by this name because the destroying angel passed over the dwelling* of the Israelites, wlxila destroying tha Egyptian*. 12.. "God* of Egypt." 1. G<2 smote objects of Egyptian worship, in destroying the firet borti of the king and tb* animals which were worshiped. 2. Thi* afcowed the worthlessness of these gods, for they

were powerless to save the people.

13. ’The blood a token." Or sign. Tbe blood was a. sign of God’s mercy, lots, protection and deliverance; it was also a sign of the obedience and faith of the Is-

raelites. .

14. "This day—a mcmoiij.” To keep in remembrance God's mercy m bringing

cost h. a armour siooa

list Made with ■ Itaporler Which Was l-roinpllg raidSome years ago a despatch waa received by a New York editor from the editor of a Chicago newspaper which bad not a reputation for spotIdssnesa, but which frequently pub; liabed aome startling truths. The dea-

ho outlim scheme li

deeply concerned, and It

moura wer

asked the cooperat

York editor In

ork editor in ascertaining . reporter waa assigned to nd be called upon the late

fe called upon

mour, who waa in charge ir Interests In this city.

j H. O. / of the *

reporter's errand was

He dpt

icago aa rand aa

stated Mr. Armour waa furic denounced the story of the of such a despatch froi

Armour proper

a lie. and the reporter's errani part of some malicious stock-jobber’*

scheme to affect the Ai

*. The said tha

received at his office, be meant exactly what his words Indicated; and he requested Mr. Armour again to tell him something about the story the despatch contained, or to say whether that atory war fi

But Mr. Armour wouldn't do It He ily Inveighed against the reporter’s and repeated that that gentlehad not received any such tela

only chief

man

gram.

"I’ll bet

Imed,

claim

: you $1000'' b "that your <

me such a despatch, and you

dm bo!"

do not carry

but If you will hold that bet open

minutes' I

check book, bet open 15

go out - 1:

and come back here and take It up with cash. It will only be necessary for me to see one .of my nearby

frelnds.”

Mr. Armour mellowed somewhat after looking Intently at the reporter for a moment. Then be'said: "Your word for IL The bet

good."

ter went back to

the printing houses and

Itcd bis experience. He also made

squa

recited bis expeiii

a strong request to be permitted to Mr. Armour a lesson, as he

teach Mr. Armour a lesson, put It, not by printing anything about bis experience, but by showing him the telegram and forcing him to pay the bet. The request was granted.

" when Mr. Armt

mour saw the des-

patch he turned and wrote a check for $1000 forthwith and handed it to the- reporter. Then he said that the despatch Udd. And at apy rate the reported scheme did not materialise

Ih Wall Street. Frpm that di

constant friend of’the reporter, i In turn had a friend In him; but fiery denial of the genuineness of hls errands ever again, met the .newspaper man in Mr. Armour's office, an<* he had often to go there.—Sun.

their famiHe*.

* Ist-ti

d a physical p

—v to start in

nitfit on a long and wearisome journey, and if was important that they should not start fasting. Eating together is a symbol of fellowship ana.a covenant of unity. "Boast with fire." For the sake of expedition; and this difference was always observed between the cooking of the pascal lamb and the other offerings. 2 Chron. 35: 13. "Unleavened breadT' 1 Thi* waa ako for the sake of dispatch. Dent. 16: 3. There was also a typical meaning attached to the unleavened bread; leaven was emblematical of evil. Luke 12: "1; 1 Cor. 6: 8. "With.bitter herbs." This was to remind the Hebrews of their great affliction* in Egypt, and also of the trials to which they were subject on 'account of sin. Our bitter herbs are -the remembrance of sins committed and the confession of our wrongdoing*. Ibe cup of repentance is bitter. 8. "Raw." That ia, unfit .for use, and therefore unfit for representing spiritual enjoyment. “Sodden." Boiled. It must not be deprived of any portion of it* savor. "Head with his legs/ etc.—See R. V. Not a bone waa to be broken. Thi* point-

ed to Christ. See John 18: 36.

10. "Let nothing of it remain." The

lamb was to be eaten, all eaten, eaten by —

all and eaten at one* The Lort Jeeue . Mr*. Griffin told gbout the formation “ “> "“l” 1 I o! tb, elnb ud It, work. «b, oud

that thi

1 »»

that she, herself, shared ♦hat prej-

An Eocllsh Club Woman's Story. In the State Federation of Women’* :!ubs at this morning's session Mrs.

Hugh Reed Griffin of London was vited to address the convention, i Iffln. whose husband is an American,

med "

formed the first American women's club In London. The club has become very popular, has attracted widespread attention In England and has had the

stablisl

can women.

land and 1

against the A

udlce to some degree.

"The American clubwoman Is so terribly busy that I often wonder, and so do other people wonder. U she finds any time at all to spend at home," '*ald Mrs. Griffin. "1 heard a story once which aptly lllnstrmtes this fault In the American clubwoman: Three little boys were together and their childish talk finally drifted to the qi tion of where they were boro. One

K ’I know where I was born. I waa born at $8 Washington street and I know where the house is, too.’ "And one-of the other little boys

said;

“ ’And I know where 1 was born, too. lt_wBB at 50 Pennsylvania avenne. and

ake vou rieht to the house ’

1 r.’S- J—-nd, „d celebrated with |

take you right to the bouse.’ s third little boy hesitated and

n finally said:

T don’t know- where I Was born, know when I was bom. I know wasn't anybody home at the’ time but me and grandma, 'cause mother was at the dub.'"—Buffalo

tovstty >a C»rp»t Cfemalsg.

It was an ii neither to he human authoi

15. "Cat

places in which this cutting off is threat- The American Embaasador'rem "from the right# and privileges of an I*- ; kind had their origin on the other slda *** lil * ~ ^ _ of the water, and If cleaning carpets

?«■

"to attend the rite* and ordi- ing divine vmhin.” God it a holy - rin.l

Ithout either taking them up or flll-

aurroundthg atmosphere wit

tha human race once more. A malar ; chine which deals with carpets In this i niaaaer was used at the Empire the-

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