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unkind“ '1.ng and Short ‘rom som- z Iood. ply 1h: b'le his 17!. 33: '9. lb. ‘prinl hat thei bone vwls abu C1101 mus Opportunities for Christian Use- fulness (Lag-ed gagging _‘Q 9:: at m A despatch from Chicago says :â€" Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage preach- ed from the following text: Matt. xx, T. ”Go ye also into um vineâ€" putt How is the Chrisflan to go ana- the ycung people? Simply enough 1'“- is to go alter them with the am 1k" u'uxe wants a! evh 1m culors should be to the breae an she campaign sbc lnvmd‘ng the 51 surroun‘ied by sat, "Forward, march cornnmnd all nhu Sunday school work is ol‘ the most \‘ilui impoi'tnnce. Among all the fields (men (or gospel labor I have purposeb placed it Iii-4t because I beliexe it. to be the most importpm, of all. No one can fully estimate the lutuIe influence of the children “ho are now plug-in about our doors. 'l'heznistoclos. the great autewien, once placed his hand up- *1 his son's head and said “This aim is greater tlmfi any a in Theme for the Atheuians command 4m, (lnc'ks. _I command the Athen- Kms his mother commands me, and 5e coIrunands his mother." Win. in Christ‘s name. can place our hands men the cliildien. .ln Sunday school :ork “e can say, ‘ The children will )9 greater than all because the Ihildren oi toâ€"duy will lie the men Ind the. Women of toâ€"m’orrow.” if you can save the Cradles and the nurseries for Christ, you can save {he wo'rld [or Christ. I plead and beg at you. Christian disciples. tOI expend a. great part of your gospel! (-m-rgies in working among the children. Anothl-I' gate stands \\ ide open for practical gospel usefulness. 'This gate leads into a field uglow with ripened human grain. ready to be' gurnnrcd, It is crowded with youngi ,.cople. But, though crowded with: the )ovmg men midtmaidens, yet mrh passenger train coming into our large cities is emptiing part 01 Its load into this field as the freight Imlns dull; disgorge their cattle! mad horses and sheep into the (Shh. raga stock yards, and yet there ois always room for more. Young men! md maidens, like children. seem to huv.everywlierei We crowd against IV: _in the electric cars, we bump against. them on street. corners, v.n,sr.-:- them through the swinging qlno'rc or saloon and billiard halls. “ho nill help sa\e them? Church memhcr. is not Christ calling you to go and labor among the stalwart ‘ pines 0! youth as well as to use I ll e gospel ax among tin gnarled and «um. eaten branches closinlui. old 1 {ALL m GOSPEL AGTIVlTlES mam! "Thou shalt not." T ere Came intouny possvssion the utter day a beaulilul suggestive :booklet \vriuen by Bishop John H. Vincent. Its title was "Better Not." But. the Christian's library to be com- ph-tc needs u. companion volume vancd "Better Do." The Christian 15 called to a. liic of positive. naive Survive. “011K IN THE‘SUNDAY SCHOQLS ers wk the gin ed Sm' all the A pro: x l of a new year. This is not. a. [-1 to sound a requiem over the ad. It is a time when the gospel .lox's should be unfurled defiantly - uze hreae and when an aggrw‘ \e campaign should be planned‘tor .vad‘ng the strongholds of evil u-rounfled by satanic intrenchments. Forward, march !" should be the Jmmand all along the lines, not Marl»: than!" not. “Halt!" not fall back !" not detailment for mlinul duly. We spould have for he gas xel ranks a grand dung: and ff}; (Loo. T‘w" shoulfl 5e no .‘xlhugm‘ss to sleep upon our arms 1mm». of mugging-Inton- Thousand Nmo kindred Ind Thus. by Wm. Buly. cl Toronto. It. m ilnpmmcnt oi Agnculuul. mun.) he girls into the students' class or his Sunday school. A‘ FIELD FOR GOSPEL LABOR ‘hqpls are in THE CHRISTIAN'S DUTY yegalh‘e policy will never cup- this old wo‘ld for Christ. It. |!l av.- times to preach the com- ,pr‘ at: ‘Iective theme! It. is spea- propriate for the first ser- :1 new year. This is not. a sound [1 renuiem ox'er the for Min-n stem to spring up un- \ery e3c JLlis but. a short we “2m “1311- babies Now boys and guls Soon lbw grown men and women. We to visit. the scenes of our ml which we lel't only}; few go, and we fiull that the uns 0! our youth are now up and married and have up and 1114 ‘f their OWn 5 work. unlimited work.- xs, over powering and vital u do umong the Sunday This gospel work is the nrtuflt because it mustnbe My or it. will never Lie dam: The \crdanl finds of childâ€" nut stay verdant long. Our ircn_ sum: to spnng up un- cry eye. leis but. a short “'i Chriat among the little There in not a ConseCmt- , schno) superintendent in rhl who is not at. his wits' d the right. kind of teas]:- ti" gather the boys and into the students' rinses nday school. . ovex‘ powering do Hmong th l‘his gospel \rorl tum. because it. 3' or it, will have m \crdanl finds .t stay verdant 0] uil li!‘ n‘nuds 0! them, flock? of them, The multitudes ly fill the earth these infantile \g stir: on xhur vaulic schools. u-cm fur‘educaâ€" ns upon mil- st be spent. anâ€" an disciple need 3; upon» unoghcr Ion he goes to s an unâ€" after their prey. Here, for instanco. l' is a young man who comes into or! large dty. He has no_ friends. :1 Through an old acquaintance o! hiSVI father he gets a, position in your-1‘ store. He has a. small bedroom in ‘ 'a city boarding housfi. How is the 1 Christian disciple to greet him? Is ‘ he to merely pass n. "Good morn- ‘ ing” or is he urge to that young, man and open a conversation some-1 thing liko this: “Good morning l’ Are you a stronger in the city ’4‘ Are‘ you - from a. Christian home '2 0!} course you have no church conneo-l tions as yet. Will you not. come to our church next Sunday morning‘?‘ !\\'e have our Christian Endmvorl 1social next Thursday night. I wish' ‘lhat I could introduao you to some: ‘01 our young people. It is very eusy| tto dril‘t among bud associates in :11 large town like this. I want. you to‘ 5get «wrong the good people. We have [some fine young folks up at our ichurch. 1 know that you will get u. ‘ ,z'ztrm welcome....I’I'rlinps you do, not know the city well enough to find your “my. Come with me to sup- per. and we will go together, or I will call at your room for you." , How many young men. strangers in Jim large city. are there who would Arefuse an invitation to cams among {Christian people it thus accosted? vHow many rooms dedicated by the llchuruh {or the serviCCs of the Chris- _etinn. Endeavor society. Epwonth , lcdgue or Brotherhood of Andrew ”and Philip would be empty, or prae ,; 'cnlly empty} it the Christina memâ€" } rs of the church would go out in a plain. practical “my and give such L nyann hearted, loving Salutation tn .' the young lullzs as I have indicated? 1 The reason the young: people do not come in“) church fellowship is be- :al'c wditi for the last summons to ‘join the lent majority beyond. “It. :is better to go to the house or {mourning than to the house of roast- iingfi' Yes. But I believe it, is het- Jter to g6 the bedside of the sick lthan to stand by the caskets ol' the dead. By the white couch of physi- ‘cul pain thc' opportunities for doing {good are even greater than by the ‘white shrouds oi the departed. 'soulcumcs :onmgly uuu nuns-"51y, i Another glorious field for Christian activity is found in hospital work. ‘It. is found where Christ spent most. of his earthly ministnâ€"namcly, among the sick. It is found in go- ing Lhiough the wands filled with white cots ahd leasing here a flown and there 11‘ word of encouragement and yonder a prayer. _It is found in gthe children's wards, when: many lit- 1tlc ones are cursed with n futile struggle for physical existence, curs- ed from the moment that they were born., It is found in the old people' 3 ,homes. where the aged and the phy- lsicully infirm, sometimes petulantly, sonictimcalilovingly and longingly, But, though the hospitals are filled to overflowing, how few of us ever think a! going there to carry a Christ's message of good cheer! When we think of y'nuine Christian work we are apt to look for that work far beyond the seas. We do not appre- ciate the opportunities that are at our very doors. 0h, Chri‘stian men and Women, never let a. month or your life pas. unless you ry to carry GJd's have into some ospitu.’ an, “ark. “hm. do I mean by that? I‘Lhris \illl Inbor among the Cannibals oi thu $011th was? Among the fur- robed l.skiums, in their igloos, of the icv north? Among the tattooed Mamis of New. Zealand and the half cixilizpd natiws of the orient? 0h. bes. They are all included in that Item], ‘missionnry work." The di- \ine command "Go ye. tholeforc and main all nations hamizing ih Iin the name of the Father and he Son and the Holy Chest." lune" a worl 1“ Irlc significance. One I the ‘lll‘st duties of a Christian ' to work {or the foreign missionary, society of his chum-11. liy money dOnations. by neudl-swork and by pledges yo should I'D-enforce our Christian mi ‘sionarics laboring in foreign fields. 1You cannot have a world‘s Saviour or sickroom. You can find there one o! the most blessed of all works. As you approach the "shut-ins,"_ the In- xnlh’s who are compelled to lie upâ€" on a bed of sickncsa week in and Iinlessw you feel that the black man of Borneo and the yellow mun.- of China and the fiengali of India on! gour mothersâ€"brothers in Cluist. ' But in rate once to missionary work I had in my mind also another inter- Iprctntion.1 mean ChIistian labor among those who are llxing in your ’back alleys Chiistinn labor among the poor and the social outcasts. Christian l.1hor.ns a lady some time ago expressed it to me in a beautiful latter. She wrote asking me if I know of any crippled child who had no friends. She wanted to adopt .thnt child. She well knew that the -nblebodied children might ultimately be .1:th to take care of themselves, 51‘“. the crippled child ncier. There- {nro she wanted to adopt a crippled child and care (or the boy while she livcd and leave mom-y enough in her will to care for the child after she was dead. Ah, that is.the true mis- sionarv spiiit! To care for the crip- plus and the helplessâ€"the moral and physical cripples. You can find them ‘in the slums. You can hear 1] m knocking at your door. You can scc them pushing past you in the twi- light. i THE RELIEF OF SUFFFRIVG. cause they are not personally invited to come. This imitation dutv rests with the new convent. as well as with the old. MISSIONARY WORK. Another glorious field oi Christian usefuln-Aes is to be found in mission- week out. you will see the eye brightâ€" l a: and 'the lip smile undulll hem- pig blessed Words 0! endless grntl-v in“. You will'not only hear hu- man commends/blow. but you will also hear the Divine Saviour any: "I was sick, and ye v_isited me. Verily I say unto you inasmuch as ye done it unto one oi the least. of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.” THE GOSPEL INVITATION. But there is still one more field' 01 Christian activity to which I would direct your attention. That is to the aide rooms where the after- moctings should be held in every ,Christian church immediately ioIIOW- :ing the benediction oi the Sunday- ”night services. That is the. Pmccl ‘lwhere the gospel not is’dmwn. That Liis the room in which of or a week 0‘ alprayer the sinners are given a. direct I invitation to join the church. There - they are brought face to face wim :,Josus Christ and are urged to make H“ decision in reference to their soul's l eternal .destiny. That is the one 3 place above all others where the Y 1 Christian should expect to see the di- -1rect results of his spiritual lnhors. 3 :It is the one place toward which all ~° ‘his scholars and young people should 3' converge and eoneentrc and line! its “ gospel climax. ' '3 Till". CALL TO CHRISTIAN LIFE. g ‘08 neuculcuon Ol llle Dunn“: . light services. That is‘ the. place: Fm“ fimougst these comes the or- , der rohibitin soldier marrying when: the gospel net ls£drown. That , p 8 0 . 3 the room in which of or 0. week of :vlthoutnthe was?“ of his colmmmlltt :rayer the sinners are given a. direct ng d0 09". {301310 do It??? h Invitation to join the church. There 1”” and “3‘.“ ‘t’ hut many W 0 :hey are brought face to face Wm, fire not qunllhed for the marnod rd! 195115 Christ and are urged to make Ignore all regulations on the subJect 1 decision in reference to their soul's and enter “'m 'the nuptial state eternal .Idcstiny. That is the ono,w"'hmlt leave or license from any place above all others where theil0t th‘“ superiors. Th9 1°; 0! the Christian should expect to see the diâ€" lwomun, “.5 well as the man, A”; “0" feet results of his spiritual labors. ‘io be L‘ll\'lcd niterwards: [or his man‘- It is the one place toward which all riuge not being: r'jmglnmd “P has his scholars and young people should only h's pay “fu‘ ‘Vh‘d‘ "0 “mm” converge and concentre and find its ‘h's “”5" “”1 this '8 buruly.°”””gh to gospel climax. ; Ikeep‘hnnszeli‘, Without adding further TIlE CALL TO CHRISTIAN LII-‘12.,m "'5 "“5i'01‘51blh‘m- Thus the call to the Christian life WhC‘n hnifol‘m in ifim'rl in the "1011 is a bugle blust for work. The they are strictly forbidden to ni- Church pew is not meant for o. bed ter it in any way. Hmlul‘ pmmlty oi of roses. Where indolence and sloih,SC\'9TP nunislu-lolt: w wiihuut more can lie clown {or perpetual slumber. ado thry take 1h" “NM-‘5 filmigm Consecmtcd church membership is n to the "film's 5"le find it“ them snrrod aim-my .for intonse missionm-yioltorcd to suit their Wayward lunc- nCtiVity us well no for "gospel rest." :les. NOW and then an exmnnlo is A famous musician onto said, "ii Iimnde of one Of these lnw-brmkers, stop practising upon the piano one lbut. as n “110. the OI'LlI‘I‘ is more day I will feel my deterioration, iiihODOI‘Cd in the branch than i;- the two dnys.the musical critics will feel observanmi \- it, it three the world at, large in my The King's Regulations enjoin that promiscuous audiences will feel it."- 0"01’)’ soldier's l’e‘ldinl! i5 ‘0 be aired If the consecrated church memberldnily before liein‘g folded up. Mun) stops working for Christ one day-hem. soldier shows his disrl-rrnrd 1‘01 himself will fer-l his own_ spiritual (this wise piece of legislation: by ‘deteriomtion, if two days his Chrisâ€" NEVER AIRING ills BEDDING. ’tian friends will renlize it,‘ii three» Subscriptions or testimonials tc days the world 11'- larger W1“ b‘3_”“‘ superiors leaving lhe corps are .nl) sufferer because of it. 1"t\ith'SWI“ES'solutely prohibited, ynt in every casr are 1310‘31319- They must ‘30 kl"Willie soldier lrunts lhis order will working if“ ”10 tune. . NOW comes upon doiinnce by sending round thi the.pr.actico.l determlnutlou for the 4,,” nnd “Ngumsng ll“. departing 01‘ iChrrstmn to settleâ€"Where are you ficjm with my“. 30mm“. 0r his re specially fitted to go top‘ork for gard; in this rnspvvt he only follow: Christ? (“1005" 3'0“" Spiritual 09‘,the example 0! his oilicvr us it luw cnpnuons. From among .070 many lbrouker, The regulations enjoin thu‘ 1“qu "5 KOSL‘EI opportunities ““0055 'the publication of lnmlmory order: ithom n°W~ ' ion cilia-rs qniuing a stalitm or ro Items of Interest From the Worlds Four Corners. Mexico produces more silver than any other countx' There are 2,212 foreign students in the tochnicm schools of Germany. or vfouopob in 3. mm at «Loco,- ooo. Lv v â€"r~ Portugal is the most illiterate country in Europe; nmrly sixty-eight per cent. of her Populatiun cannot. write. In Italy the proportion n! illiteratcs is fiftyâ€"three per cont.: in Russia. thirty-six per cent“: in Spain nine per cent., and in -lrimin, not. quite four per cent The Mugynrs rule Hungary, n1- Lhough they number but 6,000.000 the â€"es;iul)lislxmexnt of neuial‘excur- sions In view tl‘e summit o! Mont. Blanc. To-dny Hie Emp population of means more than a square mllc. The rigarâ€"maJ-‘ers' unions of New York City have urganized a Cnmém corps to take snapshots of every union man who is discovered smok- ing n non-union cigar. Every guilty \vrctch who smokes n non-union cigar will be fined or otherwise pun- ishcd. English with merely the trace ox u foreign accent. HIS reading has do, and has led him to trans- bcen wl Into many notable foreign works in- to Japanese. M_A :Iyu---c.~. Rules [or the more cru'cful handling of furniture by State rujlu'uy‘ em- ployees have just. been issued at. all German stations. Viscount. Hnyaslfi est: Ambassador to a man a! fine cult} Shorthand is not a. modern inven- tion. There were Suhools " short.- hand In Egypt ‘in the third century of our era. A recently discovered papyrus shows a. contract. etwccn a shorthand teacher and a gentleman who wished the art. taught to one of his slaves. A11 English 1uli\\ay txuin on De- cember 4th ran from Mar), lcbone to Mnnchcstex, a. distaucflf 206 miles in 219 minutes. The pictorial post-card cmze still rages in Europe. More than 41,- 000,000 were *livercd by the Swedâ€" ish post-ouice 1 '1, your. ' A French Apiculturist'hus been mt- perlmenting with bccs as messengers. He has discovered that, they will re- turn to their hires from a. distance 0! four miles in aboui twenty min- utes, bearing despntohcs. utter the manner 0! homing pigeons. Diseases of the heurt'lmvc greatly Increased 'kn Germany in recexit, years one person in every seven being new afflicted. Influenza. alcoholism, and excessive addiction to bicycling and other sports are named by Dr. Stcckei as the chief causes. In 1870 the German people barely exceeded 40.,000 000; in 1885 they had xisen to neurly 47,000, 000 und in 1900 the census mtulns gnu; 56, - 345,014. I A projctt is on foot. in Geneva for PEOPLE AND THINGS Hnyaslfi, the new annn- sailor to Great. Britain, is fine culture. He speaks In merely the trace of u. ire of Japan hus 0. 49,000,000. This 300 pcople within v 1H0 When uniform is {smhrl to the men The 11103) are strictly forln-Idnn to n.1- bod ter it in any way, nmlur pmmlty of [oth‘scverr‘ punislu-mfit; )a'l \viUmuL more bar. ado thry take thu urticlns straight n to the lnilnr's shop and got. them mry‘nltorcd to suit their wayward funcâ€" =t." :ies. Now and then an exxunplo is H I'nmde of one of these [MY-breakers. one but. as n rulo. the ordn-r is more ‘ it'honorcd in the branch Lhan i}: the feel ; obsen'anmA \ THE KING’S. REGULATIBNS Oflcas Set Theix Subordinntes the Example 01 Law- Breaking. The soldycr is genernlry looked 0“ as the 'pcrsoniricutinn of obedim‘”: and it Will thereforu come as a, rave- lation to many to be told chm. some of the most. sxringent orders In the Service are noL only not obeyed by the soldit‘r but. are openly Sec ac dc“ fiance by him. ORDERS THAT TEE SOLDIER NEVER OBEYS. i The King's Regulations, enjoin that] }c\'ery soldier's bedding is to be aired ldnily baiore bein‘g iolded up. Many |o. soldier shows his dixrugard for Ithis wise piero of legislation by I NEVER AIRING ms BEDDING. Subscriptions or testimonials to superiors leaving the corps on: .ntr 'solutely prohibited, _\'I't in every case lthc soldier lrmts lllls order with {open datinnce by snnding round thc‘ ,lmt and pram-min; lllu departing oi- .ficial with sonic souxunir of his re- lgard; in this 11,-3me he only follows .the example 0! his ui‘licnr as n law- !breaker. The rcgululions enjoin that ’the publication of lnudntory orders ion omms quilting a simian or ro- ‘linrluishinz an nppoinlumnt is for- [ldddom y L mcry iimu an oflln'er quits an appointment, nn-n amongst. the highcfl prism. :\ most fluttering emu.â€" “l(‘gx;c of lis \iinn-s appears in the 'rugimonlul, gun'isnn, division, dis- ftl'ict, or grnerul ul‘dcl‘s. us (ho. ruse ‘mny lav. In fau‘l. gn-m-x‘ul omcm‘s are :mnongst (he i‘m'r'nmsl. in leing lhis ‘ordor ul dnlinnru. by [In)lllg a public Ftributc to Um m-ln 'mnonis of any 'ulcmber of tlwir sl- “ “‘hu may be 01‘ 1‘ IC‘ERS AND SOLDIERS 'ale strictly prohibited 1101.11 commun- cating any 1'11fo1'n1ut1on to the Press. lyct thL-rc is scarcely a regiment. 111 ”he \‘1-1"\iue “ilhout its P113551 (‘01- 1'1-351011111-11t: u111i,indocd,mu11y 11-gi- ‘umms possess Nu'n' own verimanul Inewspulwr, win-rein ull kinds 01' minâ€" mry intelligence are published and .circulntcd broadcast to the pnhlic. Soldiers confined in the gunrd-room should be searched and deprived of [unlawful possessions, yet this duty of scurching, which at one time u'us irigidly r-ul’orccd, is now practically a ldend lvttl‘r. | No soldier (unless a wnrrnut. o!- fliccr) is nlluwvd to wear plu‘ Iclotln-s nxcopt “hon on furlough. nnd than only by special permission, yet :nlCSS”SCrgI'illltH and mm .. servants {ride rough-shod over this order and ‘wcur mul'ti in and out of hurrncks [just when ”in! like. Mess-sergeants are not. allmwd ur as}; Ihcquea for the affirms; so runs tllo oldm, but .thc IIIoss-smgonnt does not appear to. be uque of it. for 'thpl one practirc he is addicted to is this may cushing of‘ OFFICICRS' Cll EQUES. The establishment or a band in fix- ed at one sergeant, Ullt' corporal, and [twenty privates, and the King’s Reg- sulutiuns sterniy order that these {numbers are not to be ‘cxcccdcd. lColllmaJldlflg officers throughout. the army place themselves within reach of this law by deliberately inrreusing their hands to at, least double these numbers. h'ict, or gm": muy 1-0. In amongst the order ut dull: tribute to U member of Inning them In unmht Officnrx sot oxamplo of (he mun-n rnglllulmn officers rm rngululmn in Misti-nth (‘Ilut'lS that officers rm full [my art: not [Im‘mit- led to join (ho (lilocloralo of any public. industrial. or other rolupnny without pvl'missinn from the War Orlicn, yet how many officers are constantly accepting seats on hoards of dil'r‘clm'a Willlnut n thought of applying: for permission to do so? Gambling of cwry descriptinn is forbiddI-ii iII (lump or bulrucks yI-L “here roldicls [mogmhm together the gambling element is ewI- present, and is winked at to a certain ex- mm. by the powers above. Muster-[Jilors um su'ictlSr forbidâ€" den (0 so]! clothing, etc.. to the men of their rI-gilut‘nts. yet whocvvr heard of a muster-tailor who did not. do A private trade in cups, gloves, fancy troust-rs, and all such kinds of con- traband goods? There is no more stringent order on board ship than that. soldit‘rs are only allowed to smoke during certain hours, and heavy punishments nrc meted out to'ull’cndurs when they are caught in the very act. Yet (horn is no order which Tommy loves to set at. naught. so much as he does this one, and he takes nannlngc of ev. ery nook and Cornnr to vnjoy sur- reptitiously t‘ho forbiddml pipe. Caterers of sorgounta' messes are strictly forbidden to sell drink to private soldiers, yet there is anrcely a mess in the Service that has not its "backâ€"door" tradeâ€"that is. every morning the illicit sale of drinks to private soldiers is carried on at the backâ€"door of the mesa. Commanding officers are directed to restrict the admission 0! strangers to other migrant insmnce sot 1H-ir sulmrdinutr‘s * of lqum-nking by joi mantra of cbmpnnios. um in oxistnnfh enacts rm full [my art: not 1101' join the dinocloralo of industrial. or other rolu] e do tr‘s (he joining barracks and‘u'ot Sm: miyona whose charmer $901!. a a matter .9! 15%: few barracks in the W that a civil- jm W enter with very little dil- no investigation is excr Whig character. V KING s m: GULA'I‘IONS ’very emphatic against dogs be- ‘3 allowed to run loose in barracks, yet. in every burrncks any numbd‘r of these animals are owned by the otâ€" ficers nnd men, and are allowed to roam about where they will, wiihout let or hindrance. The married women in a regiment, are sternly ordered not. to do any ironing in their quarters. yet- they do it nowhere else. for the simple reason that there is no other place provided (or them to perform such |work in. A man on sentry is orderbd to walk about. in a smart. and soldierâ€" likc manner, zmdv on no account. is be permitted to smoke. He watches every opportunity of standing still and rrsling, and at night, after the orf‘erly officer has paid his visit, the soldirr-sontinél muy be 50mm taking advantage of the sholtcr of the sun- (I‘yâ€"hox to indulge in the I‘rng‘runl For tho simple reason that Tommy is prohibitnd from swilling tho floor Whon scrubbing out the lmrrack-room onCC a week he (it-lights: in flooding ii, and while the dimmingâ€"out pro~ cuss is in 0|)Ol'uli0u the floor is like u uniniuturn svu. It, seems inbred in the soldivr that. the ordm‘s to which most impm‘lunco are attached by his superiors are the ones that he particularly enjoys setting at defiance.â€"London Tit.- Bita. . AN INGREJJIBLE SITU ATIUH G) â€"- , A PERPfi‘bAL BURNING RAIL- ' WAY STATION. A 'Fire_ Near Glgsgow, Scouand, Which Cannot Be Ex- tinguished. It is not, gencl'nlly known that in Scotland, . not. more than three miles out of Glasgow, there is a lin: raging rm :1 r.Li|\\‘uy stakiou which has bv 11 going on ior months, and, nulw-ilhsuufiliug that tons of water lmvc been poured upon this insidious nro. it. cannot. be put. out. 1L seems incredible, but. it. is npvurlheless true The details are as follows: Seven :11 mouUns ago a wusle picrc of ground close to the slalinn was wuntod by the rnilwuy company as n siding. The level of this ground was too low, so truckloads urn-(Use were "dumped" on it. to bring it. to 1th necessary lcwl. A large proâ€" portion of this 11:th consisted of rouing vegetation. nut! in the course of a little limo iv. ltlflt‘d to such an extent that combustion set in und started uot‘unl)‘ u smouldering lire, hut. flames actually burst through the ground. - . . .Lz, v..- h“. . Attempts were mode to quml this fire, and it Was thought. utter 59V- eral weeks of hard work mid tons of water. that it had been put out. What was the surprise. however. to see it break out afresh in another place and nearer the station. Fears thou hogan to be felt for the safety of the station buildings. especially as the main (Inuhle line in important coast and country towns LE1) THROUGH 1T. Fresh energy was then brought to hear and much more watm' was poured on this fire. which seemed to have its stronghold in the bowels of the earth, but irom the volume at steam and smoke issuing from in- numerable c vices it was seen that the tire d on was resisting all efforts, and was slowly creeping nearer and nearer to the foundations of the railway station. It Was now whispered and soon be- came kown that. the station had originniiyhcon built upon u. sort 0! Rhnln which came out of the mines in the near neighborhood yours ago. Those >hu|e mounds lune l‘cun known to lake years burning right through, null the stench from them is anyâ€" thing but'plensuut. Nuw. when it beenmc known that. the fire referred to was grnduaily outing its way to the rmnuluiions oi the station. a mild snrl of alarm begun to be (on. not only by the runway company. hut the m’istocra- tic passengers who daily use this suburban stutiun. For the mines harp been worked out, mm hun- dreds of hcauiifui \‘ilins hauc arisen out oi their “shesâ€"so lo sfieak. The fire gained ground every day. until by-mid-by it reached beneath one of the plnllorms. and any dny Lherenllcr might be seen the novelty oi n. crowd of people wailing on a plallorm iron: the chinks and cre- vices of which were arising in many places jets of steam FROM THE Fllll". BELOW. SUCh 0. Volume oi wuler “'us kept continually playing upon it Lhnt actual flames were prevented lrom showing nbovegmund, but. {my ens. unl observer cound see the c\'idencc9 ol the great. heat below, In time it was observed that the foundations of the station were set- tling and drinking and twisting in muny places, nnd ull SOI‘IH of efl'oru hurl to be resorted to to keep the buildings from being permunently injured. [Mathis present uiomenx, u.“- uv vw .Vâ€"V.V buildings from being pcrmunently injured. At this present momenx, as these lines‘ are being penned. the fire Ins reached under the. main iine o! the track. and it Is one o! the curiou’tlos o! the neighborhood to see the jets of steam and smoke is- suing from between the sleepers. It, is now a. foregone vonclusion that. the fire cannot be extinguished, and it. is being left to hm‘c its own sweet. “’83', and burn itself out. When this will happen nobody knows, us thvre is a large part of the foundaâ€" tion of the sulliun not yet reached;! and us this hns been going on for many months it is quite prnhahlo that this fire in the bowels of ”,9 earth will go on snnping under the station until thy buildings tumult)l about the possengcrs' cm‘s.-â€"â€"I.ond0n Tieâ€"Bits. When n man i he ‘3 up! to be : tvn nccmnnmduling owe a nuimn c. THE SUNDAY 301mm] Text of £115 Lesson, Luke iv, 1'8-30. Golden Text, John 1., 11. "He is despised and rejected of men: a. man 0! sorrows and acquainta- cd with griei‘, and we uid as it. wen our faces from Him; lie was damned and We esteemed Him not." "HI was in the world, and the world was made_ by Him, and the world Knew Him not. He came into His own Inna His own received Him not" (Isa. liii.. 3; John i_., 10,11). He knew Iii. would be 56 and yet He came, |nJId became a son of man that we “night ,‘l‘LOHIC Sons of God For us Vlio suflvied and died: with Him W! V must die and minor if we would reig‘l willI Him (th. ii., 1-â€"1â€"18) I Having met the wild beasts and the dun] III IlIc \I'iidmnuss, Imd hm- in v owIcquc by the mud or had, Ha XJUIHII'II in the pawn of the Spirit to (:ulih-o, but nut IIIIIil iII II'LumI-d In “'hl‘l'l‘ John HII- Baptist was hap- liYiIIg and John had poinIId liim jIIuL as IIII- Lam!) Iir Uudi and An- drew. Simon, Philip and Nathanael ‘ihnd bif'Coflll His die-(ip'vst. II is prob- Iublc u‘so that III.- Ihunged the “ate: Ito wine at (Sam. “km. to J‘TllSall‘m I‘D ‘lll‘ l‘ussowr, elm-"sod thI tI-mple, lIIII‘L Nicodemus and the \‘I'IIIIHUI oi ‘Sullliu'i‘d. and licalcu 11m IIIIlylcuIaII': [son at Cnpornaum lu-[m'c lhv inci- dents of our lesson occurred 3'. N32- areth. See John L, 19, to i\'., 54.. That 11:: had been brought. up at Nnmrolh would not add to His 111)!)- ltutiun, judging from John L, 40. Let 'nll such as live at some Nazarcth mkc courage. It. is not. our environ- uuu-nl. tha‘. man‘s or makes us, 0150 Adam and Flu.- would umcr hmc fal- ~l-.~n.. Thr- n-xp sum "brought up" is ’ sum-Limes Imuslmed “fwd" or 3"nmn‘ish',‘ (Halt. \'i., 26; Luke xii., |2-l; Rev. ML, 6-1-1) and may sugars: 'in addition m nlnsiml unmih a nun-Limes xmnrish'f ( 2-]; Rev. xii in mldition nourishing I lion by His “is than 1 lxi Ill roll in umny hello' purliun llc plclc minim] [ml of thy l 1 . ) broken blind. lxvi, 2 able true n“ \V Cor. \l, 2' John \‘ ions ll'lllh is nun ncccpmlion limt " mm the \xurld lu Tim. i, 15). As all e305 “um fuxlu it. bcruusc a! [ho ' was i: bL‘i'ullN} ut \‘en 1-H It was Hi DWERIIAHONAL LESSON, am given, but us out must h. vc been rich mwcl in mumu-r." gram and truth. full nml it was ilw Fa and it war lhruugh Him Ho sees the They would haw Mllwd 1 His hour to die haul um and no man cuulul take. Hi: Him (John x. JR). ‘ , I . hon. rnu umc \lmt Hm told that the svod uf llzc “mlld conquer Imu 1m --\<" to dusu'oy that sums! of flu- .nml he has not get given up HM. but "the anb shnH n to! Ho 151.0le of lords uml kings” (I‘cv \\ii.14). 11 [used through uuir midst : dn\\n to (:umn :H'In nn them «m “(Le Sulihaul‘ du whilo Hwy werm‘ nstonivfiml tam-)Ihv: the“ did not re; lh mg '0] |L Isl Mutt it day, even though the S]: ulil, apart from Ulut dL the reading of the Scrip! nave been way small. 1 :i-nt implies that it was Istqm to read the Scrip We are increasingly inn-x Him, as a young man. a‘ 1h fulfilled in your ours" worse ”a evidx‘mly had no dilTxculty (ling the place, but this is a 1‘ which is nut casy to a good believers lodny. .\s to Lhd urn-I portion, stopped in m" a scnhrpu‘, folded up or rolled up thé scroll. \Iw minister, sat, dmvu ur 0 guy, "This day is file : fulfilled in your ours" 1|) .1 In! a tr prOVidL‘I in U) I)! ph unbt ! "(‘hrifi Jesus calm. in sau- hillLL‘lS” (I AS “l: luuk “is «311': numud on Him. \Yns nd (musing Lh‘ nding. He 1 though the sp‘u from Ulut dex- of the Script! clv small. 11 “'1! h 'ViCL‘S. As of the pm at. we call have rvzul. . 8_ disti He wr \\ 110 1:2 l-I; xii. and enmity ark-man": 1 I10 lum- .d 1th and An- ,uhanuol is prob- 0 water trusalom temple. um 01 AS word I' and full 0! Spirit, 1t» snu k0 tho the Ho l0