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Subject: “A King Eating Grass.” Text: “Th* same hour was the thine fnl- filled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men. and did eat grass as oxen and bis body was wet with the dew of heaven, till bis hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ Daniel iv.. 33. rs S P i r , vr ! r ,h ' y ^ t»«<« morn - tf^you w * a ‘k out with Nobuehadnezzar on The suspension fridges which hang from the housetops and ha shows you tho vastness of his realm As the sun kindles the domes with glist- almost insufferable and the great streets thunder up their pomp into the ear of toe monarch, and armed towers stand around, adorned with the spoils of cod- quered empires, Nebuchadnezzar waV es his band above the stupendous scene and ex- claims, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house oi the kingdom bv the might of my Power and for the honor of my majestyr But in an instant all that sp.en .or is gone from his vision, for avo.ee fiiLs f r °m the heuven, saying: “O King Nobuetmdnezzar, to thee it is spoken. The kiugdoin is departed from thee, and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts ot the field. They shaii make thee to eat grass as oxen andseven years shall pass over thee, until thou know that too Most High rnleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever ho will.” One hour from the time that he made the boast he is on the way to the fields, a maniac, an t rushing into the forests, he becomes one of the beasts, covered with eagles’ feathers lorprotection from the cold, and his nails growing to birds’ claws in order that he might dig the earth for roots and climb the trees for nuts. dou see there is a great variety in the Scrip- tural landscape. In several discourses we have looked at mountains oi excellence, but now we look down into a great, dark chasm of wickedness as we come to speak of Nobu- ehadnezzar. God in Ilis Word sets before us the beauty of self denial, of sobriety, of de- votion, of courage, and then, lost we should not thoroughly understand Him, ne intro- duced Daniel and Paul and Deborah as illus- t rat ions of those virtues. God also speaks to us in llis Word as to the hatefulness of pride, of lolly, of impiety and lest we should nor thoroughly understand Him, introduces Nebuchadnezzar as the impersonation of these forms of depravity. The former style of character is a lighthouse, showiug us a way into a safe harbor, nud the latter style of character is a black buoy, swinging on t lie rocks, to show where vessels wreck them- selves. Thanks untd God for both the buoy and the lighthouse! The host of Nebuehad- nezzar is thundering at the gates or Jerusa- lem. The crown of that sacred city is struck into th« dust by the hand of Babylonish in- science. The vessels of the temple, which had never been desecrated by profane touch, wore ruthlessly seized for sacrilege and transportation. Oh, what a sad hour when tliose .lews, at the command of the invading arm}*, are obliged to leave the home of their nativity? How their hearts must have been wrung with anguish when, on the day they depnrted, they heard the trumpets from the top of the temple announcing the hour for morning sacrifice and saw the smoke of the altars ascendingaiound the holy hill of Zion; for well they knew that in a far distant land they would never hear that trumpet call nor behold the majestic ascent of the sacrifice! Behold those captives on the road from Jerusalem to Babylon! Worn and weary, they dare not halt, for roundabout are armed men urging them on with hoot and shout ■and blasphemy. Aged men tottered along on their staves, weeping that they could not lay their bones in the sleeping place of their fathers and children, and sobbed wondered themselves at the length of the way to sleep when the night had fallen. It seemed ns if at every step a heart broke. But at a turn of the road Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of tho captives, with its gardens and palaces, A shout goes up from the army as they be- hold their native oity. but not ono huzza is heard from the captives. These exiles saw no splendor there, for it was not home, ffhe Euphrates did not have the water gleam of tho brook Kedron or the pool of Siloam The willows of Babylon, on whleh they hung their untuned harps, were not as graceful as the trees which at the foot of Mount Moriah seemed to weep at the departed glory of Judah, and all the fragrance that desoended from the hanging gardens upon that great city was not so sweet as one breath of the acacia and frankincense that the high priest kinfiled in the sanctuary at Jerusalem. On a certain night, a little while after these captivts had been brought to his city, Nabuchadnezzar ts scared with a night vision, A bad man’s pillow is apt to be stuffed with deeds and forebodings wiiioh keep talking in the night. Ho will find that the eagles’down in his pillow will stick him like porcupine quilis. The ghosts of old trausgressions are sure to wander about in the darkness nnd beckon and hiss. Yet when the morning came he found that tho vision had entirely fled from him. Dreams drop no anchors, and therefore are apt to sail away before we can fasten them. Nebuchada* szar calls all the wise men of the land into his presence, demanding explain that by their neeromaucy they his dream. They of course fail, Then their faithful king issues an edict with as little sense as mercy, ordering the slaving of all the learned meu of the eouutry. But Daniel the prophet comes in with the inter- pretation just in time to save the wise meu aud the Jewish captives. My friends, do you not see that pride and ruin ride in the same saddle? See Nebuehad- nezzar on tho proudest throne of all the earth, and then see him graze with the sheep and the cattle! Bride is commander, well and comparisoned, but it leads forth a dark and frowning host. The arrows from thc Almighty’s quiver are apt to Strike a man when on the wing. Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance, but the smooth stones from the brook make him stagger nud fall like an ox unner a butcher’s bludgeon, He who is down cannot hfll. V* 2 ssels scud- ding under bare poles do not feel the force of the storm, white those with ail sails set capsize at the sudden descent of the tempest, liemember that we can be as proud of our humility as anything else. Antlsthenus walked the streets of Athens with a ragged cloak to demonstrate bis humility, but So- crates declared he oould see his hypocrisy through all the holes in his cloak. We woule see ourselves smaller thau we are if we of were Home, as philosophic as Sever us, the Emperor who said at the close of his life, “1 have seen everything, and everything is nothing.” And when the urn that was to contaiu his ashes was at his command brought to him. he said, “Little urn, thou shalt eoutaiu one for whom tho world was too little.’ Do you not also learn from the misfortune of this king of Babylon what a terrible thing is the loss of reasou? There is no calamity that can possibly befall us in this world so the great body as derangement of intellect; to have of man and vet to fall even below tbe instinct of a brute.' In this world of hor- rible sights, the most horrible is the idiot’s stare. In this world of horrible sounds, the most horrible Is the maniac’s laugh. A ves- sel driven on the rooks, when hundreds go down never to risa*r,d other hundreds drag their mangled and s-uivering bodies upon the winter's beach, is nothing compared to the and loundering ofintel.ects full of vast hopes * attainments and capacities. Christ’s heart went out toward those who were epiteptic, falling into the fire, or mani- aes cutting themselves among the tombs. We are accustomed to be more grateful for physicinl health than for the proper working of our mind. We are apt to take it for granted that ttie intellect which has served us so well will alwats be faithful. We lorget that on engine of such tremendous power, where the wheels have such vastnes* of circle and such swiftness of motion, and the least impediment might put it out of gear, can only be kepi in Zl 07 ? T ba ’, anco a Nohnihan coula eru-ineer the train of immortal a-Hdies. How strange it is that our memory, on whose shoulders alt the misfortunes and successes and occurrences of a lifetime are placed, should not olteaer break down, and that the scales of judgment, which have been weighing so much and so theirfancy, lony. should not lose their adjustment and which holds a dangerous wand, should not sometimes maliciously wave it, " rin S'nsc into the heart forebodim?s and ha,1 aeinations the most appalling! Is it n °t strange that this mind, which hopes so ^^h in its mighty leaps for the attainment of *. ts ot, j ect s, should not be dashed to pieces tuned, disappointments? this Though so delieate'.v s'*» instrument of untold harmony & anf l gain in quick succession beat out of it their dirge or toss from it their anthem At morning and at night, when in your praver you rehearse the causes of your thanksgiving, next to the salvation by Jesus Christ praise the Lord for tho preservation of your reason, 3eo also in this story of Nebuchadnezzar the use that God makes of bad mon. The actions of the wicked are used as instru- ments for the punishment of wickedness in others or as the illustration of some pro¬ eiple in tho divine government. Nebu- chadnezzar subserved both purposes. Even so I will go back with you to the history of every reprobate that the world has ever seen, and I will show vou how to a great ex- tf-nt his wickedness was limited in its de- structive power and how God glorified Him- self in the overthrow and disgrace of His enemy. wicked Babylon is full of abomination, and Cyrus destroys it. Persia fills the eup of its iniquity, and vile Alexander puts an end to it. Maced on must be chastised, and bloody Emilius does it. Tho Bastile is to be destroyed, and corrupt Napoleon accomplishes it. Even so selfish and wicked men are often made to accomplish great and glorious purposes. Joseph’s brethren wens guilty of superlative perfidy and meaa- ness when they told him into slavery for about $7. yet how they must have been overwhelmed with tho truth that God never forsakes ttie righteous when they saw He had become the Prime Minister of Egypt! Pharaoh oppresses the Israelites with the most diabolic tyranny ; yet stand still and see the salvation of God. Tne plagues de- seend, the locusts, and tho hail; and the de- stroying augei, showing that there is a God who will defend the cause of His people, and finally, after the Israelites have passed through the parted sea, behold, in tho wreck of tho drowned army, that God’s enemies are as chaff in a whirlwind! In some financial panic the righteous suffered with the wicked, Houses and stores and shops in a night founderod on the rock of bankruptcy, and healthy dead credit without warning dropped in tho street, and money ran up tho long ladder of twenty-five per cent, to laugh down upon those who could not climb after it. : Dealers with pockets full of securities stood shouting in the deaf ears of banks, Men rushed down the streets with protested notes after them. Those who before found it hard to spend their money were left witb- out money to spend. Laborers went home for want of work, to see hunger in their chair at the table and upon the hearth, Winter blew bis breath of frost through fingers of icicles, and sheriffs with attach- ments dug among the cinders of fallen store- houses, and whole cities joined in the long funeral procession, marching to the grave of dead fortunes and a fallen commerce. Ver- ily the righteous suffered with the wicked, but generally the wicked had the worst of it. Splendid estates that had come togeth- er through sohemes of wickedness were dashed to pieces like a potter’s vessel, and God wrote with letters of fire, amid the ruin and destruction of reputa- tions, and estates that were thought impregnable, the old fashioned truth, which centuries ago He wrote in his Bible, “The way of the wicked he turn- eth upside down.” As the stats in heaven are reflected from the waters of the earth, even so great and magnificent purposes are reflected back from the boiling sea of human passion and turmoil. As tho voice of a sweet song uttered among the mountains may be uttered back from the cavernous home of wild beast and rocks split and thunder scarred, so the great harmonies of God’s providence are ruug back from the darkest caverns of this sin struck earth. Sennacherib aud Abimelech and Herod and Judas and Nero and Nebuchadnezzar, though they struggled like beasts unbroken to the load, wore put into a yoke, where they were com- polled to help draw ahead God's great pro- jeots of mercy. let learn the lesson that Again, us men can be guilty of polluting the themawaytoBaby- sacred vessels of the temple aud carrying Ion. The sacred vessels in the temple at Jerusalem were the cups and plates of gold and silver with which the rites and cere- monies were celebrated. The laying of neathen hands upon them and the carrying them off as spoils were an unbounded offense to the Lord of the temple. Yet Nebuchad- nezzar committed this very sacrilege. Though that wicked king is gone, the sins he inaugurated walk up and down the earth, cursing it from century to century. The Fin of desecrating sacred things is com- raitted by those who on sacramental day take the communion cup, while their conversation and deeds all show that they live down in Babylon. How solemn is the Sacrament! It is a time for vo ws, a^ime for repentance, a time for faith. &inai stands near with its fire.split clouds and Cal- vary with its victim. The Holy Spirit broods over the scene, and the glory of heaven seems to gather in the sanctuary. Vile in- deed must that man be who will come in from his idols aud unropented follies to take hold of the sacred vessels of the temple. Oh, thou Nebuchadnezzar! Back with you to Babylon! Those al*o desecrate sacred things who use the Sabbath tor any other thau religious purposes. This holy day was let down from heaven amid the intense secularities of the week to remind us that we are immortal and to allow us preparation for an endless state of happiness. It is a green spot in the hot desert of the world that gushes with foun- tains and waves with palm trees. This is the time to shake the dust from tue robe of our piety and in the tents of Israel sharpen our swords for future conflict. Heaiven, that seems so far off on other days, alights upon the earth, and the song of heavenly choirs and the hosanna of th9 white robed seem to mingle with our earthly worship. We hear the wailing in- fan? of Bethlehem, aud the hammer stroke of the carpenter’s weary son in Nazareth, and the prayer of Gethsemane, au 1 the bit- ter cry of Golgotha. Glory be unto the Lord of the Sabbath ! With that oue day in seven God divides this great sea of business and giyoty, that so, dry shod, we may pass be- tween tho worldly business o the past and j the worldly business of the future. ■ Just in proportion as meu are wrong wil ! they be boisterous in their religious conten- j tions. The lamb of religion is always gen- ■ tie, while there is no Hod so fierce ns the i roaring lion that goes about seeking whom i he may devour. Let Gibraltar^ and the Dardanelles belch thoir i war flame on the sea, darkeu the Hellespont with the smoke Oi i heir batteries, but forover and ever let there be good will among those who profess to be subjects of the gospel of gentleness. • Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men.” What embarrassing ..... thing to meet in an heaven if we have not settled our contro- versies on earth. So I give out lor all peo- p'o of all religions to sing John rawcot s hymn, in short meter, composed Lit 17<d, but ; just as appropriate for 189 1 : Blest be the tie that ... Dina? Our hearts in Christian lova» fellowship of kindred mind* I® to d&QYQ. Front _ sorrow, toil ...___, an« pa ■ A nd 31 ? And . . perfect love and friendship roien reign Through alt eternity, An epidemic of grip prevails to such an t extent in Fulton, Mo., that the services at j some of the churches have been abandoned. I’OITLAB SCIENCE. XamsJod is to have electric cans. The physical conditions that pro¬ duce kleptomania seem to be easily cured. Astronomers say that 1,000,003 “shooting stars” fail into the sun for every one that comes into our atmos¬ phere. It is claimed by Dr. Loew that a single microbe can become the parent ot one trillion offspring in twenty- four hours. Lord Kelviu, a noted authority, re¬ jects the views of Ball, Langley et al, and declares that the earth is one hundred million years old. Electric power for drawbridges is to be adopted for all the bridges over the Chicago River, at Chicago, Ill., replacing the steam plants now re¬ quired for each bridge. The railway metals between London and Edinbnrgh, a distance of 400 miles, are 200 yards longer in summer than in winter owing to the expansion caused by the extra heat. Owing to increased sanitary precau¬ tions the death rate of Milan, Italy,in October was 500 below that of the pre¬ ceding October, although the popula¬ tion had increased by nearly 7000. The idea that freezing destroyed the germs in water has long since been exploded. Chicago has now an ordi¬ nance forbidding the cutting of ice within three miles of any town or city of over 20,000 inhabitants. Baron Kanlbars, a Russian astrono¬ mer, has been led by bis observations of the recent solar eclipse to propound the theory that there are in the sun vast accumulations of electricity which influence comets and meteors. Two assistants at the Koch Institute in Berlin have made experiments in vaccination which show that healthy persons can be protected against Typhus. The vaccine material can be easily preserved and applied, and it is believed that the new discovery will prove particularly valuable in the army. Professor Brooks, of Geneva, N. Y., announces observations of the enor¬ mous sun spots now on the sun’s face and visible to the naked eye through a smoked glass. It is considered a ze- markable solar disturbance coming at the minimum period of sun spots. Professor Brooks is photographing the phenomenon with the large teles¬ cope. _ A Hard Luck Story. This story, told by an actor to a little gathering the other evening, made a “hit.” It is not strictly new, but, as the apologetic story-teller al¬ ways says, “maybe some of you haven’t heard it.” A theatrical company was stranded in a small town in Arkansas. The season had been disastrous. The ad¬ vance agent had proved himself a rain¬ maker, and the counter attractions had been too good. And so this com¬ pany was stranded, hundreds of miles from the gay Rialto in New York, with every prospect of walking homeward and starving en route. In this hour of despair a letter came from the manager of the opera house at Lone Rock. He wrote that if the company would come to Lone Rock and play at his house he would guar¬ antee enough money to oarry all the people back to New York. He said the company would be sure to do well, as there had not been a troupe in town for two weeks, and he had the only theatre. The members of the company were overjoyed. They sold or pawned all their property which they did not actually need, and succeeded in rais¬ ing just enough money to take them to Lone Rock by the afternoon train. The actors were in excellent spirits as the train pnlled into Lone Rock late in the afternoon. At last they would see the dear old Rialto again! Once in New York, they would doubt¬ less “sign” with gilt-edge combinations playing week stands. No wonder they were happy. A ’bus was waiting to take the com¬ pany to the hotel. The leading man climbed up and sat beside the driver. He was at peace with the world. The clouds had rolled away. His soul ex¬ panded with love for his fellow man, and he spoke in gentle condescension to the driver. “I have never before appeared in your beautiful little city,” said he, with his hand in the bosom of his coat. “It seems to be a delightful place.” ‘Yes—purty nice town.” “Handsome residences and all that — lovely avenues of trees, lam very much pleased with this section of the country. I like the climate, too— and you have such flue weather, clear skies and all that. Now, I couldn't imagine anything more lovely than that sunset over in the west.” “That ain’t a sunset,” said the driver. That’s the opera house burn- in’ down.”—Chicago Record. South American Trade. In round numbers the foreign com¬ merce of South America aggregates nearly $700,000,000 divided in 18J4 as follows: Exports, $430,199,460; im- ports, $239,734,602. Of this amouut the United States imported $100,147,- 107 and exported $32,644,450, or less than one-third of the amount im¬ ported. No other coumry imported BO many South American products within $15,000,000, but England, France and Germany outstripped us in exports to South America, Euglaud furnishing $97,110,639 ; France, $49,- 909,800, and Germany, $31,811,308. It is evident from these figures that we ought to sell two or three times as many goods in South America as we do now, and thus pay for our coffee, hides uud rubber with goods of our own production, instead of paying $2 in cashur $i in European exchanges for every we pay in goods, as at p/*s- cut. —P ^iladclpiii* Tioioii. New Use for Electricity. Experiments conducted for the last five years at Cornell College, the re¬ sults of which were made public last June, seem to prove that electricity may be used to stimulate the growth of plants. Agricultural scientists had long rec¬ ognized the valuable part that atmos¬ pheric electricity played in the life'of vegetable growths, but the artificial application of it had never before attempted. In addition to the applica¬ tion of electricity to the seeds of the* plants and to the soil, the experimen¬ ters at Cornell used die arc light at night. The plants receiving the bright electric rays at night and the sunshine in the daytime were found to grow much faster than those not thus sup¬ plied with the artificial Stimulant Lettuce, spinach, radishes and simlar vegetables were brought to maturity tn almost half the time ordinarily re¬ quired. By applying t'he arc light di¬ rect to the plants their growth was so accelerated that many ran to seed be¬ fore the edible leaves were formed. Plants placed within five feet of the lamp died and wilted shortly after be¬ ing taken out of the soli. The effect upon flowering plants, especially upon the daisy, petunia and violet, was equally remarkable. The blooms were hastened in their growth and their number multiplied. The colors were frequently made more brilliant, On the other hand, Ifiey faded sooner, A Mr. Raw son, who owns a fancy truck farm near Bos¬ ton, and has tried similar methods, finds that the gar. from one crop of lettuce is sufficient to pay the expense of operating the electric lights during a whole se° C/VD —New York Herald. New Horseless Carriage. A Michigan inventor has been using a horseless carriage which works with perfect satisfaction on the country roads of that State. The power is a tive-horse gasoline motor. The car¬ riage is steered by a lever on the left of the operator, and is managed almost as easily as the front wheel of a bicy¬ cle. The speed, stopping and starting are controlled by a second lever placed at the right. The gear is controllable from the very lowest degree of speed up to eighteen miles an hour. The con¬ struction of the carriage is very sim¬ ple. It is almost entirely noiseless, and is considered perfectly safe. The join to have ball-bearings throughout, and the wheels have one-and-a-lialf-inch cush¬ ion tires. There is another carriage of an English make that is said to be almost as practical as the one just described. The wheels are in the regu¬ lar bicycle shape. The carriage is man¬ ageable, goes down hill without a brake, the engine doing its own back pedaling. Of course, it has rubber tires. It is phaeton-built, carries two, with a fold-back seat for a possible third. This carriage costs one hundred and thirty pounds, and is attracting a great deal of attention from its simpli¬ city, ease of management and safety. 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Established 1780. //p / m* l l “H A> y/j. 7A. 7 WH V : tr / \5s / JL ts ^roaSgar > k m'm ■■1 m 1 Millijil §g MSg ' MI* E3 ' Mm gS! \ Hr 1 V' is “You see, to start with,” said a Cleveland, Ohio, compositor, exercise, my work —that of setting type at the case—allows me little chance for and is too confining for anybody who is in the least subject to indiges¬ tion or dyspepsia. That has been my trouble for years, and I attrib¬ ute the recent noticeable improvement in my physical condition to the occasional use of RIPANS TabuSes I first heard of them through & fellow-workman who, on hearing my tale of woe, one day offered me a Tabule and said he would guaran¬ tee it to act on the liver. I took it under protest, but was surprised with the result. It was gentle but effective, and since then 1 have gradually noted an entire change in the working of my system, and I think that Ripans Tabules are the best remedy for liver and stomach troubles this side of anywhere. They are really in my case a substi¬ tute for physical exercise.” Logie That Won. The Doctor—Here’s the bill for your husband’s treatment, I’ll bo glad to allow you 20 per cent off for cash. Tlie Widow—But yon said that you would not charge anything if you didn’t relieve him! The Doctor—So I did. Have you heard him complain lately?—Cleveland Leader. Always Acting Badly. don’t Hk e the way you act,” his mother would say, when he was of tender age. j f And h ’s now the critics the say ‘ stage.—New the same- or e gone upon j y 0 r Tribune.