Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 11, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 November 1890 — Page 7

EKKLY COURIER

IJCDIAXA. HER FIRST CXPCRICNOE. lMjr Trl 1rwlHC rt 0M KUrd Tk ... nt,ver been on the ear Iwfoae," U the littltt old ly. titling hertelf .1.- i-at ana armwmir nor sain. 1 ' ' .... I ion vol mnrri n"" j - -t iirtrin Hi" h www - i, Eke cars, nnu "" wi.n. . ! .I'Von-, mother,' say he, 'you won't and you nave nice ouh nice cushioned ?t and you see UU of strai Mc.tl.er,' nays 'JOM WH,W strange rd. jMlie St, I ... f "Well, ,lonn, i says, uon i jm-vhi , A.t t,i tun. an u:u wvmuii u lauiin'alwut In new-inngieu. car. "l!ut every time um iu ir bwn ...nl-I.1 11 "John, 1 say, J nut g w i eouwt wme knltttn oh the car. Hat I i i i I II mm a, iuim n ilii u w h a. mb t-.f .k ill 1 A uiilL aa buuila t, rwf " nseJ. anil do nolltinv " "iVliv, mothersays lis, 'I atn twevnr .nr u timt'll uu lllHVll wwin un lm .i i . ...., but, lilws you, lota of 'w knit. Vookin jvtslt there ami knit till you twl5rulgoporu 'Jolin,' ays I, 'I'll t pla0 yo, tetldon't think it's rijfUt' "Xov, mHhr,' say he, 'I'll come up tsd ?it yoM wr ytt hav Henry 'NV says I, 'Henry must stay to komo and a(ttr the farm, aud I fiicvj I iti fftt to 1'rldjfujKwt ir th ears ilt Wko mo there. " 'Tiiei will take you right there, and 1111 uimH you.' nay he.: '"HdW will I know, aay I, 'when we i to ltrlUseport? Whv. mother,' nays he. Him lrakenn will put h in head in th door ami My what station it is.' "So here l am. on me ears ior th nrst time. It ain t much um for mo to te wajtin' my tiras and I gutum Til uo (m knittin." The little woman wit on hnr irlau;. mJ. feolin? arouml in her cloth bag titb trftiiWiiiR hand, drew forth her hitting. "Do you know," ska xaid, ' turnine umn hor work awl lookinir nt itclo ly, "the cars run quite smoutu. i (ton t txm to hi itiil ' at all, tut it dten'l mm rL'ht for an old woman lika me to Wcoin' about on cars." She picked up two or three stitohos ik wan on the point of starting Her ddor needles on their way when the bnkeman opened the aoor and oried: "Jtridgcnort, iSridjreportr' "What did he ay?" aked the little i.i. ... i i i i. i "Hridfceport. We are coming to it "Hridgeport?" she mid, folding ker knittiig. "Xow ain't that aggravatin'? 1 always thought Bridgeport was forty lies from ns. If I had known that it vm so near I would have walked it Why. we ain't been on the cars an kour Nohod; laughed at the little woman. "Why, .Ijhn," she said to the big, tfronir. honest-faced man who came in to meet her, "why did yon fool me about Ilridjrr port? I oouhl have walked It in a counle of hours." "It's fortj mile, mother." be seld, VUlfl tinr wstubliul fun "1,'a flu. . ' " i i (in i c . rv . V r win r,jaa itnoa-, mat maxe n &tem snort." "IVar,&:ir." staid the mothor. "Ain't hwcnJerfutr N. Y. Tribune. China' jHPcr IMvnrr I.tttm. not POHBUMin in Tkina Tie law rcefgniaes seven grounds fot tht divorce of a wife namely, leqwaei. J. malignant disease, neglect of knswd'x itarrnu. chlldleMneiMi, thievishe. ad'tlu-ry, wanton conduct and IMtouiy. ln China the. avowed eml of atrimonv U to rale up a posterity to rn intt'HMi at the ancestral grave; tliereforo it is not surprising that toildlcviness should Im regarded almost m crime. To .secure aHlvorve under binary cirrumntanceit i no easy inp. Thr. family of the wife combat with grrat energy, for the mason til If tV v.... i .. f , 1 . , y m"iiuh Having oeen maue ior wsupuort by them atter her marriage, y are unwilling that she should be rwn back unon them for a ivln. When the daughters are warrtei'l off a Wain portion of land Is set aside fot rrenu, and the rest is divided ng the sons. No part Is given to a "winter. Therefore tanst every lrl W or go to the dogs. It is common the husband to agree to provide for maintenance of the woman he dlel: In fact, this is the only way a Juration ran be secured without a bitJJffiRhU except in caws where un faithm is provabla-ChlcHgo News. A I.Ut f AfrlcMR KxM-rri. A ItnissoU j . " ..mjiunuoni Ul lilt) V OS- " ie.eitHng has made a list of the rors who have crossed Africa. 2 ISO-i to 1811 the feat was aocomgw by a Portuguese, Horatio de SiV " ,S?8 and ,85 by Franceeco g'mbra and Sllva Porto; in 18S4 by JinKon; is5, Oetkard Koklfs; 1S74. eutenant Cameron and Stanlev: tl.n. ?rpa I'into. the Italian Mttt -s.-wrj; liteutenant Wissmann, missionary ArtnL ti, U...4- ' . v"!s me nweutsn fc . 1 l''er who needed the iia 17 n t. . ... . . I . . . " rauBkMSI HIM AU.V 1 ?cna. StaniMv to .i IRvJ , ,hiRllT ch n)noii trnvnlo , l" last SOMrnHlv a vatif la I. ... . Wif U"it... . .. ... ... Mtelti... '"wwaved m his last "7J thai women were feels." !MMw Oscar's rlkt. I u.J.u

CALEB'S OOUWTIHIP. Mke WUt CHM. Of IU

1UD.VT foroMirita' wImmi 1 young m Hry. for what wit Korkla as arte', I let U years go by; The I WB8 bayM' aa'twiWiu'-iNMl fftiM work mtw giu tbiaelilt at laat I count,. d my birthdepa.amlfousMU Wa fifty m . easwsui' a ututok -utq umr," vt. i, to iwrdaer for life." Ro I M Mrt dmre wMMidwd whrc jm tmlw l(k for a wife, I WMMtwr nwaiu' hjmMBt eoura' atkWr an' at, Smart at bakhi' an' rkaraia. attic with her hatu.m an' fm t, Hut l.,w with bor kjw ((er talk la fc;t watM woman' tltno, An' an xavln' with vry ittwr as rf 'tw a nUvrr tlUnt-j Am'ffh waifTtawt m MMtcttn' an' acrubbia' an' clfwiln' htw, I miute r mind to taiut hr, f he u uour aa a muuac. "I. k Ht Mate ttoMj an trwM totllkitira gal to bit rntml Thtts wa J. m 'cm uftbMa friMtt, hat the het was hard u nl. At after IIn' aad Uitukla'. I ttld on r.ualfo tt, Ttw dcaciw's ywtagMt damr-atteR or thralx.)ttt. Prtty-y!, at a pteter; Made iho he.,t butter. That ever was sent to market. I? "l " he'll do. Whwitrvfr I'teniopiM'ij .o thol.W 'he's aa hu.y a he"AUtwa wfrkhi'iwtea'--j! Uiat,' Um wlte fit itml" lut now that I'd ttoavs lay ehoMia' 1 k-z W mr-j-t-lf ; "Whal atr' I dMti't know much 'Iwut wlmnia, a' I'll ewa I was pryH:xcd: Sk J asked ailvl of a nuljihbor-r'.frf was the I lgwt mitah Tliisi! Miishta't her kou r rmoki4 ef I'd ftBVur aW aoth la' to aV.)( But Ic was tw,nty year younger, aa' the ml ull liked blw, ye er, So 1 axlu'd hts advhw abuet Kuake kwt like a tool aa I be! 8e: "Whr.man, It's uke her mt U rM as ar! You tnuttt Vo twin r hoe Inxn uMethi' aa' tM k cfexMs teher bett1; Vosi um (o Ui s Wr fif vinia'; you mut buy it-roBM! ietiy tfcin.A tMok tvr a brvMttpiu, Mebtw, kom ribboea, or wwse rhun; Thm u-ll her her cheek te twr, telt her her cry I bright; Tell br you hn her dtfartjr, aa dream et her at nfjrht; TU her" t km I stopped him. "It's eaay taikieY' m I. "Hot I iwvtT dM e oarUa'. aa' I'm haU afeard to try. 111 make ye m ever, Jaeeh: ef yon'lt no with me to-a If hi, ICtadf r hep t uty eonnurs. aa' that tttinvs n tight, l'hk the ieai, meha, aa' show m how Vo I'll give y a JtrHa' ealf-I will aa mr eta let, tat" Waal the barrels was truek. Me aa' Jaeoh went to Kuake teUir. J she, b taltriwl to the deaeea 'bout ealtht an' wmther; craps aa' Kuaipf. she hei'-rry quiet jastsean' kaltted away, An' 1 mK eloe beeide her, a tblnkia' e( semethla to yf Meay an eveaw I nolleed. when want lor applce aad cake Inter the paatry, 'twas fclttM: "Come held the raadle, Jaka, Aa If the coeated k m nohedy; than she'd givA me a Sooa'n I ogervd to helfi her, aa' aay 'twara't worth y while, " I'll ea twa teit aerprfela' hew kmg they'd hev teretay A-pkkin' out them aeploa, but Jaeoh told me eat day They wa trylo' to gad the best oaee, ae's eh tuM give e to w. An' wrety Uutt fh Natteria', m aay eae eould Onec I bought her a ribhta Jake said iteehter be Wsw. Hot a brew a ooe's far more lectin', aa' this one was ctMwper, i. An oaee I tek her a-rMta', trot that waited half a day, Aa' I mae up my mtad that walMa' wa pleaaaler anyway. Waal, I'd been alx months a eourtia', when I to Jake, mcx I: "It's time that w was married; here's Thank jrirln drawla' tth A t:rtmt day fer a weddia'; aa' btshhia, Ut y the leait. I can make that Tbaakairirtn' turkey do for part wtthe wtMm' feaat." So that ntgkt t erew4 np my eourage te the very j-tlehta p'tort (You wowMa't never mtetnuMed that I ahoek ia ev'ry J'lt We was estnta' ateng frees meutia'. Seal ; "I'd like ye to aay That ye hain't ae eOijwrttotiK, ttuatoe, te be married ThMkaglvw' day." m inr.r was tkyik' to find the hkst oxnn. Me turaed aa' teeked at me, hbIHb' an' Waahla', aa' jeot a swiK.t (I ekursety knew for a mialt ef I stool en y hal or my feet) ! The-"I hevn't the leaet oojer Hon." she. a Iopeneltlwrate! Bet she dide't k me te she ec eaty : "It I leeked all leund fsr Jaeeb, but he'd kinder lipped out Of ehrkt, So I JUrured the eitef a weddia' aa I weat along home that night, Waal, I got my house alt ready, a.' speke te the pa'eoa beetde. An' arly Thanksgfvia' mernia' I started te hev the knot tied. Met before I ceme te the deaetnt'a-I was walkia' along quite wry, All rigged la my Sunday best, ef eoenw-a stehth eeeM daehla' by; Thar waa that Jaeoe a rivte'.aa' Kae net at his lIe, An' be atojw aa' sec: "Allow me te mterduee my brhlef . So that was the end mr ef eoerthlp. Yeeeee,! started wrong, Ankta' ad vies ef Jaeeh, an' takia' him slengi ret a team ms e better ler pteughla' aa' bayla' an all tk leet, , . Mm when It eeanes te eeernVi' why, a single

-&?OattNM, ks Mswyer' MafaskM.

HOJIE MKM0KLE8.

What a Ttaakmrivbtc Box DM for Job WittUuna. T WAS the night before Thanksgiving day. and the eloeks in the neigli horhood werestriking the hourof midnight as John Williams turned the key in the lock of the door of hit room at a fashionable hotel in New York City. I lis hand was a little unsteady, for he had just Come from a little supper after the opera which be had ahared in company with a lot of jolly acquaintaucsw and friend. To his great surprise, as he opened the door he stumbled over a large wrmden lox that nearly blocked up the doorway. Crowding paat it through the door he made hits way into the room, lit the gas and dragged in the box. His name in plain black letters caught his ye at once, and, marveling greatly as to its content, he looked about him for means to open the box. As he took off the cover a pleasant spicy odor diffused itself through the room, and a little note was seen lying on the heavy paper that securely hid from view ihe contents below. He tore opfn the note and read read easily enough, for ih old-fashioned character wore as plain as print, although the in ml that had wrought them had tr.tnbM not a little in the writing. "MT OMU Sotf-lB thl box ymt will And a tVw thing from home. It Ss the Hrt time, John that you have ever mUiwil eating the Thunk&tdving diaaer with un. an ' I eould not boar i think thit you would not 'v a hare la the tlay' pleasure, so I put ui every thing that I couIJ iHtek aad end so far, and you eau aome of your youas: friends to it llunr with you. I hope you will enjoy eatlag what I have been able to send you. We were greatly disappointed when yon wrote that you were too busy to come hoim; for Thanksgiving. We have not .en you far a yenr, and Mwehow It took all the heart out of my work. The ehtidren wilt all ho home exeept you, John, and we will misa you very much. Your father is aot very well, and had counted a good deal on seeing you, and take It hard that yeu can't be here. Cod bless you. my dear boy. Your loving Mothkk." With a grave, thoughtful face the young ni;. :i arose and placed his mother's letter carefully away; then, turning to fcke center-table, he cleared it of the gay litter of cards, photographs and knickknacks that heatrewed it, and began to unpack the gift from home. After seteral layers of wmp'ngp per had been removed, a tempting vision rewarded his eager gaae. UcposII K TOKK ol'EN THE NOTE ASI READ. insr peacefully on a bed of parsley lay a fat, juicy, tender young turkey in s golden-brown state b! absolute perfection, whose internal structure was composed of a delightful compound of dressing and oysters; ami as John placed this bird on the table very tender thoughts arose in his heart of the mother-love that had planned this surprise for him. A little jar of cranberry preserves glowed and glistened like ruble in the light as it was unwrapped and placed by the side of the turkey. And what was this that sent forth such juicy, appetising odors as It was lifted up into the lljjht? What, indeed, but a mince pic, rich and tempting, with a crnt that ws ready to melt in one's mouth! Ami thon, ofcour.se. next came out a pumpkin pie a beauty of a pie it was, too, with Its rich golden face surrounded by the border of white crust, like a jolly old woman in a cap. As John Williams placed the pie on the tsble be fell to thinking how carefully his mother used to choose the pumpkins for the Thanksgiving pies. Through the hot, scorcbingdnys of summer, and the dewy night and frosts of autumn, the great yellow globes grew and ripened, and drank in the sunshine and the dew, and when they were gathered in, the whole family looked on while the mother chose the biggest and the ripest pumpkin of all for the pies that graced the crowning feast of tbo year. Turning again to the box, he brought out doughnuts, snob as no one but wothor ever can or ever does nnse: cookie:, delicate and tender; and then groat slices of yellow pound cake, and fruit cake whose dark sides were a store of delight for the one so fortunate as to tssto them. Three little glass jars of fruit preserves, whose transparent sides revealed the beauty and richness of their delicious content, as they uere carefully unwrapped, oame out next. Then, from out its many wrappers, the voung man drew a glass of quiverlagamber qttinoe jelly, with It wondroosly - delicate color and flavor. John', favorite daintyl A mother never forgets the tastes of her children, an't though he would never know It hirtefy, bis mother eould havo told nv V' tory of the infinite pains and tp-ntMo she had taken to get thnt jelly for hU home-coming at Thanksgiving. The quince crop had been a failure that yenr, hut She had succeeded In procuringa few gnarled little qulnees, and, the utmost are and patience, had made from them that one glass of jelly for John lfH nearlv overlooked a miner bag

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walnut tree down ia mm ttg pa lure, ' wheat) erop he had gathered for many naeaeauive yeav in eouipauy with the ' boy of the Migkborbood. Tkjre alae were hickory and butternut, and they mailed the days ef autumn and the nutting frolie with the gay eompasion of kt childhood, and the long evenings around the hearthstone, eating apples and cracking nut, while the eirele that sat in tbo light of the big wood lire sometime widened until all the older brothers and sisters and their little ones aat with them, and again narrowed down to three the dear old mother with bar knitting on one side, and tke father with hi newspaper on the other, and he himself, a little loy ti a low stool between them, eating nuts and looking into the burning umbers, and dreaming' of the days when he should be grown up, and should leave that hearthstone to seek hi fortune in the wide world beyond. For the last time he reached down into 'this wonderful box and brought out applet from tho old orchard. There were several of each variety that grew on the place, and, yellow and grocn and red. fragrant and lovely, tltey brought the smile of spring, the sweet breath of summer and the vigorous life of autumn in their golden hearts. With them oame the vision of tho old orchard in tho spting-time, with it wealth of pink ami white blossoms showering the green grass beneath the trees with fairy snow; green and cool and shady, bright witli goldon promises of coming pleasure through the hot summer days; and then in autumn, whon every tree liecauie as gay as a Christmas tree, decked in bright-colored balls that danced in the wind and sunshine and wore gathered in with shout and laughter and stored away so help make merry the long winter evenings around tho fireside. The momenta went bv unheeded.

while tbo young man sat and gazed upon the table heaped higlt with the tokem of hi mother's love and thoughtfulness and toll. His dark eyes wore soft and dewy, as he mused long and deeply. The spicy odors filled the room with incense, that like a magic vapor formed itself info image and visions of hi childhood days. He saw the long, low-roofed farni-bouse,nostled among the hills, the broad meadows and field surrounding it, and the shining river that flowed near the little rod school-house, where he first went to school; and memories came of a thousand incident and scenes of childhood and boyhood memories of his child companions and friends, of his brothers and sisters, oi himself the youngest child In a large family, witb the older ones settled in their own homos. As he mused he saw the child John, now following his father as he went about tho daily work on the farm, and now helping the mother with her household task, his little hands always ready, his little feet never tired. He thought of tho happy family gatherings at the old homestead, and the great family festival of tho year Thanksgiving day. Many, many times kls little hands had seeded the raisins and chopped the citron and peeled the apples for the mince pies, and his child eye watched . with unceasing interest the mixing and baking of the various triumphs of culinary skill that adorned the dinner-table on that happy day. Sweeter and dearer grew the thoughts and memories of home, until, like the pure, fresh air of his natlvo hill, they drove away the eneravating effect of the atmosphere in which he had been living for several months past. He saw then clearly the dangers of tho course bo bad bt en pursuing, the weakness and folly of which be had boon guilty. John Williams had not gone very far on tho broad and pleasant road of sin, but for the last six months circumstances had thrown him with a set of gay young follow, and be had been drifting with the tide. During the six years he had lived in the groat metropolis he had not met with many temptations that appealed to him, but with steady promotion and increase of salary had come intimacy with tho sons of hi employers and acquaintance .with their friend. He bad naturally a taste and admiration for the refined pleasures that lie in the power of those who have wealth and leisure, and was able to gratify hi inUdleotual and social taste with bis new set of friends, but, fascinated and dazzled by their ways and doings, bo became impatient with his lot. He despised thing's that used to content him, ai.d strove to find means to add to hi salary, and in bis feverish thirst for greater gain,nd in companionship of hfS new friends, he had crowded down, down into a very small corner of his heart the duty and affection that were due to the old folks at home. Stronger and clearer grew the visions of home, until In fancy he oould see the old home as it would be on the morrow; could see the dinner-table with it load of good things, surrounded by the fam ily and friends, and oould hear en another ask in surprise: "Why, where's John?" He oould see the tear trem bling ir. bis mother's eye a she answered: "He was too busy to eese home this year." "Too busy to go home for Thanksgiving?" What ovll spirit, what foul fiend had prompted him to pen that message to grieve the dear old father's heart and bring a tear to those patient, loving mother eyes? Too busy? And the true self of John Williams rose up in It, manhood and truth, and huaid: "I told my mother a paltry lie What aro my engagement for to-morrow with Mor ton and thu rest of the boys compared to a visit hornet I did not care to go, hardened young fool that 1 ami This box lias been more to me to-night than mother ever dreamed it would be. It It ha been the moans ef recalling me to my t If, and showing me how foolish and selfish and unprincipled I have Wen." and a flush of shame came ovnr his face as be thought of his follies. Pulling out hi wateh, lie scanned its face eagerly, and exclaimed: "1 can catch the early morning train and get home in time to aat dinner with the folks, and surprise them all. I am going horn." It did not take very long to write a note excusing himself from hl engagement with kls friend Morton kt mm MXt dayiMC m write hUim-

mmlJMMUhM IJ&M LfAAAmmht l atl aa MM PWIpyWT Wl pi eamBamn- w m wt aww kour he would witura ea Friday, mer w for kls jour nay. In the midst of hi preparations, hew ever, he thoufht of the eatables om the table. The tender feeling- that filled kis heart forbade hi leaving them to an uncertain fate, He hastily ran over kls list of aequaiNtanee to see if he oould think of any one to whom they would be an acceptable gift. At length be remembered two young medical student rooming- a few squares away, whose acquaintance he had made some weeks since, and a he recalled the accounts they had given him with the Ingeiiuousness of youth, of their peregrin atlonh from one cheap restaurant to another, until in despair they were attempting to do their own cooking, he felt that there was the plaoe to send his mother's gift, lie repacked the box carefully a possible, picturing to himself the dadight with which those poor homesick boy would greet that turkey and mince pie. A brief note of explanation to them replaced his mother'

note to him. He then hastily completed his preparations, left explicit directions concerning the sending of the lox, and wa soon on hi way to the depot And the box went to a narrow street and up four flights of stairs to a small back room, and made two young fellows so happy that they called in two other 8KK MKT HIM AT THR TOOK. student friend to enjoy their feast with thorn, and the way they devoured the turkey, pios, and other good things would astonish any who looked on, unless, indeed, like them, he had been for two long? months far away from home, and struggling along with slender nfeans and eating at cheap eatinghouse. The early morning train bore John Williams on and on, through the hours of the forenoon, nearer and nearer the old place; and then, getting off at the little station, he walked two miles along tho old familiar roadway, and to the little brown farm-house, and then through the low gateway and along the walk, and a his mother heard his wellknown step upon the porch she ran to meet him at the door. Then there was the joy of meeting the father, the relatives and friends, young and old, gathered at the old homestead for the great family festival of the year. Then the delightful meal prolonged until late in the day, and the happy evening around the hearthstone. That nigi,t John Williams slept once more in the Utile, low-roofed chamber of bis boyhood; and as he dreamed the ambitions and hope of his pure and innocent youth came back to him and stayed with him ever after, and though in later years evil visions and false hopes and ambitions might assail him, they never gained power over him again. Amid the care and responsibility of an upright business life he often looked back with thankfulness to the night be wa saved from a downward course by hi mother's Thanksgiving box.-Laura M. Cobb, in Christian Union. Danger Ih Wind IatrHmeHM.A French military surgeon ha been making researches on wind instrument which had been need by phthisical bondmen, and warns musicians of the importance of disinfection. He recommends that instrument should be filled with a five-per-cent- solution of carbolic acid, or. in the case of mctallia instrument, that they should be dippea into boiling water. These precautions are of the utmost importance when phthisical persons have used the instruments, for it was found in s':ch cases that liquids used to wash -nom out presented a virulence similar to that of a pure culture of tuberculosis. Fortunately, the danger i small a long aa the interior ia thoroughly moist, which, of course, it usually is; but when an instrument has been lying by for some time, so that the interior has beoome dry, thore is real danger of air containing dried germs of the disease being drawn into the lungs of the person who next plays upon it K. Y. Ledger. New te Make Heme Ltfo Happy. Find your chief pleasure at home. It is unfortunate when it 1 otherwise. If the husband spend the most ef his night away from borne, ef oheiee, and not of necessity, he is not the head Of household; he is only the cashier. If the wife throw the caret of the household into thu servant's lap, and then rand five nights of the week at the opera or theater, she may clothe her children with satins and laces and ribbons that would eon found a French milliner, but they are orphans. It is ad when a child ha no one to say its prayers to because mother ha gone off to the evening entertainment! In India they bring children and throw them to the orocodlles, and it ems very cruel; but the jaws of New York and Brooklyn dissipation are swallowing down more little children to-day than all the monsters tht ever crawled upon the banks of the Ganges I Talaage, in N. Y. Observer. Druggist ''Did you say ye wanted eamphor?" maU I toy (trying te be fmy) "That's what I eampher." HruggUt (to assistant) -'Pat hint the drawer. Me went keep tkftoegk eat summf."

JESUC RMCM.

haumaMoml flu a Jar gaheai Xdvemher e, I see. (ffaeeiatly mtmuwI from g. at. 1 LnssoN Tsxt "Lake 4 : 1-tf. OotJHtN TaXT Xow ia Christ rise from the. dead, aad beeome the arat frail of them thatj a4ept.-l Oor. IS: SO. Ckktkai. Tmctm The rkwa Maries m ear Tims Barly Header aseramg, April f, A. D. M; third day atter the erweiaxtea. fiACK The tomb 1 the gardaa near Calvary. IMHAtxxi, Accouxts Malt. Km l-mt Mark M; Ml; John SO: 1W. HKi.es Ovkh IlAHit Pracs . "The rolled away:" the sepuleher wa la a reek, aad a heavy atone that would take two or three mea to move was rolled against the opeatag. 7. "Raying:' Ss W; Matt. HI; VI. . "Jean:" wlfoof Cbusa, the steward of Herod Aatlea s:). iv, "Then aroae Peter:" Joba getag with him. (John s: 3-10). lie had heard the Hory from Mary Magdalene, before the woman returned. "Kan unto the aepuleher:" John outrunning him and reaching the plaee Drat. Jhit Peter waa the ttrat to enter the tomb. "Aad departed:" toward the meeting plaee of the dUriplet. Mary Magdalene had returned more ehmly to the tomb, and reached the plaee al let I'eter and John had gone. To her, llageriag near the sepuleher, Jeu made HU first appearaneo. During forty days Jesuit appeared ea' eleven occasion and to several hundred peraoas, Ktve of theae appearance were on the day He roee from the dead. IxtkkvkkiKG KVXNTK. The burial; Fritlay afternoon between four aad alx o'clock, kt a new aepulcher near Calvary, aided by Joseph of Arimathea and Xleodemus. Jeeua died about three o'clock Friday afternoon. Precaution: the Sabbath (Matt STttV-as). In order to prove the resurrection, the death must be proved beyond doubt In the providence of God, the eenturion testified to the death of Jeeua; the soldier pierced bis heart; the tomb wa new, aad at the requeet of the chief prienta the tomb was sealed and guarded. The Keeurreetlon; very early Sunday morning (Matt. 944), accompanied by an earthquake and by a shining angel. Jesua had lain in the grave a part of eaeb of three days-Friday afternoon, Saturday all day, and part of Sunday, beginning at sunset Saturday night, Tho Women at the Sepulchre: early Sunday morning (v. l). These are the women mentioned at the cIom of the preceding chapter, some of whose names are given 1 v. 10. Note the devotion of thsee women who went to the sepuleher before evea the best of the Apostles. EESSO.V COMMENTS. Notice in this lesson the utter spiritual darkness in which the death of Jesus left tho disciples. Thoy bad hoped that Ho was to be the deliverer of Israel, and all that He had ever said to them about His death and resurrection had saado no real impression on their minds; for thoy, believing that He wa the Messiah, bad also made up their minds that He "was to abide with them forever." He eould not die, tliey thought And as soon as they saw that He was really dead, they gave up all hope in Him as the Messiah. No sadder set of men. ever lived in this world than those disciples who buried all their hope with Him in His sepuleher. That they had no expectation of any resurrection is apparent from the way in which they received the first tidings that He had risen. They believed it not; and it seemed to them like an idle tale of foolish women. Well, God was better to them than their hopes. The day that dawned, that they thought wa to be Ilia funeral day, wa His resurrection day. And just Mangels announced Ills first coming to this world, on the plain of Bethlehem, so angels announced Hi return to this world, in the garden of Joseph. N angels bad brought any message to mankind between those two greatevente; but it seems as though Heaven wa not able to restrain these angelic visitors, when there was such tidings to be brought to men. They simply had to come to sing tho birthday song of the child, and again to announce His rising from the grave. Had Jesus not risen from the dead, all thu lessons that we have been studying, of His birth, His life. Ills miracle, His teaching, would be of no avail for us. He did not come to this world to work miracle, nor to give us wonderful sermons, nor to set us a beautiful example. All this would have lwen very kind, but it would have been of little use to us. He camo to be our Saviour, and to bo that by atoning for our sins on the cross. And if aftor all that He did and suffered, He had not been able to tear Himself away from the powqr of death, we should have had no assurance that He was what He claimed to be. l'sul says truly: "If Christ bo not risen from the dead, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins." On the resurrection we hang our hope of the Divinity of the Master, and on that also our confidence of the power that He Has to tear u away from the grasp of death. A dead Saviour would be no Saviour at all, and our hope would vanish, even as the hope ef the disoinles vanished when they, thought that He wa not to come forth from the grave. In the resurrection of our Master we also the promise of our own resurrfuitinn Whan wa lav au'iv Mia Iwtoliatt of our Christian friends In the grave, we need not sorrow as those who have no hope; for, at His appearance, lie will ' bring with Him all those who sleep in the dust Christ' resurrection assure that of all of His children, even a the Apostle tell us. So we may with confidence say in our oreed: "I believe in the resurrection of the dead." Death does not end all, but is only the transition between this poor mortal life and the more glorious life that remains te all of Clod's people. If we desire to take a part in that glorious resurrection, we must be HisdioipIes hero in this world; for there Is also another resurrection, but that will bo one to shame and everlasting confusion. In that resurrection all those will take part who have not here In this world received and followed Jesus a Master and Lord. Rev. A. F. &eh a tiftler, D. D. 1 PRACTICAL St'nOHMTIONfl. I. It prove that Jesus wa the Sen of God. 1. It prove that we have a living Saviour, able and willing to help and , save . 8. It proves that death doe not and.all, but that there is life and Immortality beyond the grave. 4. It proves that we also shall be raised from the dead. 6. It Is a symbol of our moral resurrection from the death of sin to spiritual and eternal life.