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Show I this I'urruiB ami that. A lew ('lirl.lmaa llfllrclloiu on the I'mt and l'rciil. Tlie rlly ml draped In while. The fofl, ptire, vtlrety down of Nature btaiilliHd and Illumined tun fae of Mother llvlhandtlitntly, m the foot-atepaof foot-atepaof ntigK tho whirling mow. naiitcohtlmiadto fill. Zlon, decked In lirr Clirlatmat rolea, nnd llkn bride awaiting th coming of the groom, aeemcd narjor and ready for the KUtloiix.tool.nl for an J prnrol.ed by the Ureal Heiitia Claue of llothlebcm nearly nineteen hundred yiart ago theginof redemption! l'nrlnx through tho mow, eddying and mean lerlng on lt lour.e from thn cloud., an aged mother In leiael tat lot InreTcilc Iler coy parlor, In which Ibe-flreflatnca flickered up the ihlmricy In cheery contract to tho do. aceiidlng cold vutaUf. had no other nrcurant than the. What M h" thinking ol? One of tho plonnr., the had paa.ed through the terrible ordeal of, an I en-durid en-durid the prlratlona concomitant with, theeipuliloii front Neuron and th marrh of a thousand mllot from tho verge of a cltlllralliii lhat,U.raiiao ol her rillgloil, had lidilajd, molilied lid driven her and her orle, home, litablltnot hOelcaa, Into thn deeert wllda;lutltwa not of that the u thinking. , , TIii-mi were dayt that tried men', mult', I ut to the Balntt aucrlflce of aarlhly po"iluii, audi vim life lleelf, Wat n linte I onatelle to tho aacrlllce ol the principle id tin Uo.pel. Had the teople leell Mohammedan., l'rotet eiilaorltomaii Cathtllie, they would, doubtle.i, hare aomot to defm 1 their I rnpi rty and prlnclpleawltli tlmaword; tut they wero neither. riiey were tlmi ly lollowara ot the inetl. and lowly Jeaua and, therefore, they could only I ray for thwe that deeplltfully uieii them, To our aged eleter theaedaia went tut i horrid .dreara; the umluoua a 'frra-cloii la thai oeerahaloael her Ml.hthe uihrra ha J, iieenthelex, their tllver IIiIuk, they wire n nieauato the end ol periH nal iiirillcjall'u and exaltation; and lor Inmnj pid Uirmnili mam falihfully Mm It uot without reward. Hut by her they were forgiven hir eiiemit., If their mem ir could not be effaced. At the tnow.llaket danced lfolo her, In obedience P the mandate of "Jack l'rmt.'MheectiiMCf other da a were conjured up and formed In ati oratulo lahbll lo the aliow-tleekewd air, "Look upon thla picture aud then upon tint" the .Ion of now end that of tWintyycaraago. Ah the Ktzed Uion them In their fleecy Imagery alio cumpari-d tho iliti pllcliy, purity, boauty an I lore the tterual ntneM ol llimaa rellwted by one that onn to faitllllar to and tie-lured tie-lured by her, t full of happy reinlulaoenraa and replete with blev liHielioerrJ upon her by tho ureal All-Father with tlieineiilcyorprlJe, IndlUerence, fashion-following, aud Jdrn. Ilrundy-Horaulp that were grouped and formed part In the other and that now are deems 1 to ntoeaaary hy tome of the youugir itvlierallou at a conceMlon to tho detualida of tho "Uentlle" uorld, with which tlndr i)lllou and wealthy aurrouudluge Lavu Involved tlem. Tiny are, they think, to far ad. Tauced 111 edui atlon, etl plette, fiiahloil and civilization!?), and the plat aeema tiiitlhecbrytalla out of which thepreit ent Intoxicating, enjoyable, itato of airalra wat tiuulid to take wing, and come, that a word of warning from the l'rlc'thood and othert who would gather them "at a hen xetliurvtli her chlckmt under lirr wing," It looked upon at uwanlnglcaa, and It thut lg III Thlt wat tho pbturo thatthootd lady JBIU waa inedltatliu on. How changed Wim evirttilngHaMbbcoinlngt How many Nil ttrange Iloati v ere beliu dully araded ffl1n In the marcti of civilization! llott Uag 111 if would It lat? HII If Then the wtt thankful that only a B 1 U imull numberof therlalute theyouth, Sail aud only art of that wero really en- Iflu thralled In lliu vortex ol pleaaure, but, VTH iiovertltrleM, her heart went out to 9J them tu couiuiulon. 'Ihu whlrliiool ilffu watdaogirouaand whocould tellhow lljn luiny woultlMdaihedoiitherookiand 5iu loktlorevtrl 9PI Hut why tbould they not teretcutl ttt thaturh dlro pouluilltlea mlht be 1 1 1 H avertodT JftK How many had pleaaure ltd lutu tin jjfft ' and ttu to de.tructlonT Hut how 11 many of thtto hal alrugirled alone )I) aitalntt lniulu mid paaiion, ttrlvlmr SjJ ff to regain thu narrow path, unaldrd by .; i' friendly wor I or brttlierly help, until, iJt alail they were loit In their very e.ak I II uea? If Nettr were the Maintain aoprotiwr- i xl out u condition and never did tbeie til appear ro ureal an out renching after R, jU worldly thlDRt and pleaaur.a at now, J '1 Ith I n b and doiiatlont ero ghen lua ifl 3 au aplrltor ctmoithat bt-tokone-ta wtary ,11 H lugof wtllilolllg III many toaaldtlle 4 i II lluho and uuny paid none at till. 'i 5 H Whatlatheuontlualoiioritall? Are M 2 ri we t-glniilng to bow down to Mam- K n! 18 taoiiT It tho golden calf altout to Im V it art up tu the to of the niouiltalnt,' j I Dlduotlheliordtay llnwouldtry His il II m iaplewlthrlcliia, ovlii tliougli tiny ra I m liadKlreadyboenaouuriiiilliibliioilaiid nJB llroaudfamlue? Hunly It laoouiliigto 'ill I"' SUB Jly rlcheeahall many porlh. There- m fore, the mill of pleature, beautifully If IK paved with wtallh, la all tbemoredau. 'J i II kerouttn the H.ilnt. In that It loada lei H a futir and faater Into that fltry trial ly V through which liny thall beudled ti 'M rSH ''"" "r bywhkh they ahull bo rou. N-iU alH aunietl, arl fanH Thoaewho haveohnrenttierocletyof lal IBlIn the world out of which they wero coin Kliafil nmnded by the l,ord to omi", In llfll irefernuce to that of their brethren and LflaWIBi abtrra; who have autlernj the tint uj I uBIl 'toauppltlit thnlovu of Uod; 4. LIoIAm! ilietdrt-y or Ignore tho itlvloo of thu llifiHU IVIcujo'mI and entviuragu it tpirltof lu an! LliMicuco llutialnrdqaotlou to llielr IUH dullee, thall not l able to ttnlid unleia BBH the lepei I. Vh otlllut aerve tlot BHSB aud Mumumul" InTlH '" whaidltltfsr Ihemlhat truat BWH! I" "' '"" '" enier into the ICIm-dom ot SIB Oo'l It 1" ''",lfr lur " ''""'1 '""" I ITO throuiih the eye of a mu He man for u Vu llnv rlfh man to outer Into the Kingdom uf Tlti Heaven." U-M &tM And to, while thu in jw-atoriu rage. Lvi raff In lit tllent aublltulty and tho Ueei eti Lwl Ilia; Ingtwlllghl mergta Into night, let lit w(ir &ii1 withdraw front tho preeento ot htr H?l Btfn I whoae nutltuatlona we liave hour I, It VkM wl"' " prayer that Ihu (Irtat All K. rjlfl rather will halp ua lobe more rallhful 'Hi 1 V! andltalUN vlvtorloua totheind, thai I Htl "J I wo in ty, in ovi ry wure, l .ion the ilBV lil lire In In url, If we will do IhU re- llfh 111 tltmptlou U near at baud. laVkfl ii',1 K. W. M. |