Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 March 1893 — Page 3

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JASPER. INDIANA BREAD. DfiutlJul loaves of tin-utl, Cruity and golden brown, wtow wholesome fragrance malteth clad The heart of king or clown; OutsMe. tue hue o( the wheat, As it bent In the 8im of June Or Uy 1 hcapi of yellow brouxe. In tbo light of tho harvest nioonj ktii Inside, sweet a tho Cent Or tasht'llna heads of corn. Anil light 'hu spray of tho valley-rnlst 'J hat float In the wake of tho morn. In homes of wealth anil ease, Tim board I richly Hprcad, Hut what would tho choicest viands bo Jt there was lack for bread. And In tho humble home Tue cottage mall und Kray, Tiie poor man' wife. I calico frock, Cheerily works away; Hit eyes are clear with health, Hrr dimpled checks are red, And she Mags a tender old-time song. ,s he kneads her sweet brown bread. Homely and whole.iomo bread Thin is our need each day, From the inilllonatro lit his mauslou grand, To the beggar besldo the way. Tne dally physical want Of nations from pole to pole, An humble type of the heavenly bread That fcedeth the hungry soul. And do wo comprehend, When our dally prayer is said. How t:rcat the gift we ask of CJod. When wo ask for our dally bread? Hattie Whitney, luCood Housekeeping. A LONE OLD WOMAN. It Was Hor Old Country Homo That Slio Wishod For. Mrs. Allen was ready for bod. She jiut up lier hand to turn out the gas, ami drew St away again and stood looking down. "I'm getting so I don't say my payers no more. I wonder what I'm coming to'.'" Her .small face, framed in by her lace-edged nightcap, was wrinkled and old, but there was u childishness about her small mouth und Iter clear blue tjes. "I don t know what 1 nomas would tay 1 Mipposo he sees tne faltering here now, with my heart all set against 00 ami rcueiiious. .she turned out the gas, and went and . . . 1 1. . I. 1 .1 1 1 . . II 1 . 1 1 1 - . - 1 1.. 1. : . ..... ross the street were the swell fronts i brick houses, their .small a of grass in front looking dully e the artificial light. i e'a another electric car coming. sounds for all the world like a jiiiii:r ii i i in-. i 14 1 1 m i in 1 - I. f T - at .1.- 1 A I. - .. 1 ni;i iiii I'll in'', iiiiii iiiMuiiMiv . 1 it 1 . 4 r, . t I 1 .1.1 i - ii ut in nun) f iririM ir ii in i i unninrt'i nothing olso. I couldn't live on . - j f i - j a brick oven here. I ought to be T 1 1 J 1.1... . . .. tears camo intohcrcyes and rolled ii er uiicuks uiiiiccucu. incrc .s . - ..... " iiiu umuiiii unncr nyDavid Comings owns tny place, and Ti I - A A 1 - 1 aud dropped on her knees by the her small body trembling with After a moment she got up and i ; a t i ....ii L llllfl Ilffl. IIIIM 11MII1 Till llitll. itrn im annum iif'r. nnri inirion iinr in them. .1 . i J I " " ' nnp inmn itlfrt tlin rnnm r5 you here, mother?" es, I'm here. I've gone to bed, e. i in nriMir iin-n. I t imirriit I ... g . - . II II. IM . . . 1 1 ui mi limn ni mi iirinmnriQC 1 . . hy, I didn't know yotfd gone to Edwin's gone out, and I won- ... j.j il where you were." She came "Do you want anything? What cs you so tired, l wonder." don't know. Nothing, I guess. I wanted to get to bed. I'm all ill. Its.., mm .i.irlittH T 11. . . 1. 1 nave a little time to ourselves: J tf I'm glad you've gono to bed if you : hut I'm going to sit up till Edwin es unit uccp the boys company. 'li t Uudy if they're not held to i night. I'll go down and let o sleep." Shu stooped over aud ' r mother, and then went out ciohed the door. TS Atlnn ! .. 1 1 1 1 inmiy.Jiphtcd room with its ricli things, aud at the high windows uietr softly swaying lace curtains. rhaps after May's nast I won't i tu - . - t. nue 1 do. Seems as if I ought .jH....- luanuiun VIIIVUII wtmiows. All the noises are so i film iiicaii iiuiiiiii i iure. 'ay clown atrnin. nnd listened . i . . -v iuv tue suunuH in mo f?rcv inoro conftmoil. twu h io is it? What arc you doing?" arted.andsatnn in bed. "Mntie. au lace looked in ni Mm Imlf. v. UlU Aifitntfin tutif ittik t 4 ä-s and, if you were awake, soa: it Ranted anything. I tried to bo nu uoy opened tho door, and into the rnnm. ''Ilnn'i. ah ..... .. , .... v t vn ..IIb tltlllg?' J guess not, Harry. 1 uas about on'.you want a glnss of water by oeu? Mamma said you'd better U Hi held tlm ilnnf linlf leaked it back and forth. 1 "ever have to drinW tdibfa yo'ir bell where you can reach It ,v-ant awythinir?" ,7, ' "KM lwre hy tho bed." Lh (TOOll nitrht. I linn vnnMI .il illf uiorulujr, graudma."

'Oood night, denr; I guess I will." He shut the door, and slio hcaid him g-oing down the italrs two step: ut a time. The peace of unconsciousness again foil around her, and the lonSincss mid homesickness that alio felt so keenly amid all this care were forgotten. Her happiness had always been in ministering to others. With tho ilrst light of morning she woke again. Some where :i rooster was crowing, with as vigorous and hearty a cheer us ever a barn-yurd fowl broke into the dawn. She listened, but there was no answering' call; just that ono rcpeuted over and over again. "Well, Inovcrhcard thn like! Seems as If he was just put there to wako me up to think what I want to get away from. I don't see how he has any herrt to crow into all this hollowness."

The deep grassy yard around her old home, heavy with dew, and the early morning' music of the farm, camo so clear to her. Thoughts of the forty years of hor married life and the joys and sorrowsshc had lived through with Thomas crowded again into her mind. After long hours, when she heard the servants stirring about the house, she got up and dressed, and went out into the hall and down tho stairs. The great rooms below seemed more empty and desolate than her own. She felt no part or place anywhere in them. Her stooped Jittlo figure, reflected in the long mirrors, looked dwarfed and unnatural to her. She strnightened tho lavender bows on her cap before one of them, and went and sat down at a wiudow lu the back of the room. Tho early morning' hours until now had always been so full of duties. There bad been the breakfast to get for Thomas; and before her two daughters had married and gone awa3" she had had her thought and care for them; and there had been tho chickens to feed and tho milk to skim. She folded her hands and looked out of the window. There was a small yard, high walled, with Uwo trees, and worn grass growing around the edges. A box with slats nailed across the front stood under one ot the trees, and thrusting' his head between the slats was the rooster who had disturbed her rest. "If I could get down to yon I'd let you out, you poor creature," she said, aloud. "Well, you'd have Itillio Moore after you if you did, grandma." One of her grandsons had come fnto the room. "What's the sense in his shutting that rooster up that way? He couldn't get away if he wanted to, over those brick walls." "I don't know. Hillie only got him yesterday. The old thing woko me up at daylight." "He woke me up, too," she said, with a weary sigh. "Breakfast's ready; they're all at the table. .Mamma sent me to look for yon." "I didn't suppose it was so late." They went out to tho table in the large dining-room, where the others were waiting. A servant was bringing in the breakfast. This was always a happy meal in this happy family. Matie and her husband talked of their own interests and the three boys kept up a steady little stream of conversation. They were all very kind and thoughtful of her, and she condemned herself for her feelings of separation and loneliness. She tried to believe that she was beginning to find her place in this home which was not her own. After breakfast she wandered restlossly about the house for some time, and at last put on her bonnet and shawl, aud said she was going out for a little walk. Matie offered to go with her, or send one of the boys. "No, I want to go alone. I don't want to be dependent for every step I take. There don't seem to be 'anything for me to do in tho house. I've got to get out and breathe or I'll chafe." "1 wish you'd let me send Mary with you, anyway, mother. I'll worry all the time nbüut you." Mrs. uMlen ttirned toward her daughter, tho tears springing to her eyes. "Well, Matie, I ain't so helpless I need a nurse to trundle me around yet." "Why, mother, I didn't mean you were, but you know, it isn't like going out into the country alone." "No, it ain't," Mrs. Allen said, turning away. She went on out of the front door, and down into the noisy street. There was a freedom in its strangeness that had not found in the big house. . ii i , i & . . i. one wuiKcii biruigni. mi ior some uistancc, until she came out into one of tho main business streets of tho city. It was only one of our small western cities, but it lost none cf its importance to her in not being London. Tho crowd jostling past had the bright activity and untried interest of the morning. A stream of shoppers was already beginning to pour Into the stores. The street was full of cars und carts and fnrm wagons. She had driven in from tho farm with Thomas and reached tho city at just this hour many times. It was all familiar to her in that way. They had brought in bntter and eggs or a load of grain, and done thuir shopping, or spent the day with Matie, and driven homo in the cool of the evening. Always when she was on the street she was watching tho farm wagons in hopes of seeing some one that came from near the old home. "That looks for all tho world like Henning's wngon hitched down there in front of that store. It is! Why, I declare, it is! Those are our old horses!" As she camo nearer, one of the horses turned his head and looked at her, and then sho was sure that shy was not miNtakcn. "You know me. don't you? 1 do believe he knew my walk," sho said, as she came up to them. Tho other horse gave a low whinnyt "So do yon, don't, you,, mid Hilly?" 1 cW't' forget you, either.''1 The hörsb ptt his head down, against her, withnqiiiei rub. "I know; you want-sugar.' Thomas taught, .you that." Kite put otic arm over the horse's neck and patted his fuce. "It makes me more homesick

than ever to see you, and I believe you feel about the same." People passing looVcd ut the littlold woman and Mailed, and hurried on. It was only one of the queer sights one sees every day on the city streets. Mr. Henning camo nerru; the sidewalk from tho store door. Well, hollo! Where did you drop from?" ho shouted, In surprise. Tho utter unconsciousness of every ono and everything else around him was on hin broud hearty face. Ho shook her hand hard. "Well, I'd us soon thought of finding a needle in n haystack as looking to meet you this way." "I saw theso horses, and I had to speak to them. They looked just like Thomas to me," she said, looking at hint with glistening eye. "Well, I should think they would, long as you rid behind them with him." "JIow are all the folks out our wuy? Is there any news?" "1 suppose you know about our old place, don't you?" "1 know it's sold. I got the paper yesterday," She took out her handkerchief and wiped her eyes. "Yes; but have you heard what great improvements he's going to make?" "No; 1 ain't seen nobody from out there since the funeral till now." "Why, he's going to move a way the old house and build a big new one biggest one anywhere around, they say." She put out one of her hands as if to find support. "Going to move away the old house"' "Yes; 1 suppose he'll use it to make more shed room. It'll brighten up the old place considerable, won't it?" "YeA, it will brighten up the old place considerable," she repeated ufter hint. "Are you going out home now?" "Well, in about an hour or so. I have some flour and things to get; then I'm ready. Any word you'd like to send?" "1 was thinking if you'd take mo out with yon, I'd like to go and see the old place again. I'd like to see it before it's moved away." "Why, yes. I'll be glad to take you, and Mrs. Henning will be glad to have you make us a visit, I know. I'll stop around for you on my way out, shall I?" "Yes. I'll be all ready when you come by." It was the middle of May, nnd the cherry-trees were in full bloom, nnd the apple buds were pink. Out into the spring sweetness, thrusting her poor old heart into the past, she went, mueh against Matie's desire and her own better judgment. It had been only such a short time since, in the happiness of long contentment, she had driven over that same road with Thomas. And now she was going out to the old home for the last time. She would never go again. Perhaps after tins things would begin to seem different, and she would begin to be thankful. There was so mueh for which sho should be thankful. It was a long ride, and she was very tired. It was dark when thoj finally came out into an opening beyond a half-circle of woods. Mr. Henning pointed off across a meadow, where a light twinkled brightly. "I suppose you know where you are now?" he asked. "That's your house, and here's ours. I want to stop. I want to get out and go in." "Oh, I wouldn't top here to-night. It's late, and you're tired. You wait till mom ing, and Mrs. Henning will come over with you." "No, I want to top now. I I couldn't go by and not." Mr. Henning helped her out, and sat waiting for her in the wagon while she went in through the little gate and between the liluc-bushcs alone. A little old weather-beaten house, half covered with honeysuckles and Virginia creepers. A deep grassy yard. An old home that through forty years of shade and shine had held the heart's love of this one lono old woman. She pushed open the unlocked door and went in. Iiverything was in its place. Tho clock ticked on the mantle and the kettle was boiling on the hearth. Thomas' old lint and coat hung on their accustomed hook by the other door, and Thomas looked up aud smiled at her from his chair by tho window, as he had done in those last days. There was no emptiness to her in those bare rooms. All the reality life had ever held for her, or ever could hold for her, was here. After awhile Mr. Henning called to her, and h'nnlly came up tho path and led her away. Gertrude Smith, in Harper's Kazan AN ELOQUENT AGENT. Sho Kiifw Alt Mm Cnnvrnlciirct nt Modcrn Tint Life. The proprietor of a large building in

one of the eastern cities which con tains several "flats" or living apartments on the upper floors says that he never succeeded in renting these apartments readily until he employed a very eloquent Irishwoman as janitress or agent for the care and letting of them. Several times the graceful "blarney" of this excellent woman has secured a customer where a less gifted agent would probably have failed. "Kmvnynienccs, is it?" says she to applicants for tho rooms. "Sure, its hot en' could watherat all hours of tho day an' noight agrayahlc toyer tashte, iin set toobs that would make a wash erwoman o' the quane of England by prifterence! 'Are the rooms comfortably warmed?" asks an inquirer. "Arc they wahrmcr with a surprised air. "Sure, wid a slight turn o' yer wrishtyc have annny degray o' tlmperature known to the therimeter." "Hut the staircase is that easy to go up?" "Now, thin," says the eloquent agent, as if she were reaching tho cliinnxnf all the wonderful advantages of the building, "the staircase is that hisy that whin ye're goin' oppyo would well beluvc that ye're comln' downl" ' The intending tenant usually capitu kites at this point Arkuut&w Truv eler.

QRESHAM'S APPOINTMENT. Mr. ClevelHiiil't Action In Kitpliijc will llmmtiTHtio I'rliirlplt-i. In all essentials Judge Greshnm la n Jemocrat. His sympathies are now und always have been heartily with tho people. He is opposed now, he always has been opposed, to tho idea that, in a republic where every citizen Ih supposed to be upon an eipiality bofore tho law with every other citizen, the agency of government shall be used to favor ono class ut tho expense of another. As u cabinet oillcer and as a judge he has been clearly opposed to the encroachment of corporate power upon tho rights and interests of the great body of tho people. For many years, though sprung from a democratic family in Indiana, he has acted with tho republican party. That ho was a devoted soldier who shed his blood freely in tho cause of the uniou would not stamp him necessarily as u republican, because, as a matter of fact, many of tho best men who took arms In defense of the union wero themselves democrats. He was upon the federal bench of Indiana, He took place under Chester A. Arthur, first as postmaster general and next as secretary of the treasury. In both positions he was in hearty accord with the administration which, had it been barkened to by the great body of the republican party, might have been able to perpetuate that party in authority, for it was an administration that saw clearly that the time had come when high tariff taxation must be abulishcd and that steps must bo taken to relieve the people of tho union from the burden which a protected interest was desirous of continuing in their own behalf. When McKinleyism becamo dominant in the republican party Judge Gresham ceased to be a republican, though he did tfot formally withdraw from association with that parti". His declaration last summer in behalf of the candidacy of Grover Cleveland was tho courageous proceeding of an honest man. Keeling strongly tho need of tariff reduction and discovering that tho republican party was bent absolutely on perpetuating war tariffs in the interests of a class, lie could have no other position in the canvass, as an honest man, meaning well by the republic, than support of Cleveland, and, courageous as he is honest, he made his declaration accordingly. In inviting Judge Greslmin to his cabinet Grover Cleveland has proceeded wisely, for the judge is one who is near tho hearts of the people, because they recognir.c In him sterling worth as a citizen. If the judge take a portfolio with Cleveland it will be evidence of the devotion of his patriotism, since to retire from tho bench will be the loss of certainty of provision for iis old age for the uncertainties of public life in another direction. The judge is genial and even-tempered. One of the people, he has never, whatever his position, assumed airs of authority. As soldier, cabinet ollicer, or judge he has been uniformly simple In Iiis habits of life, approachable and truthful. Clear-headed, single-minded, sincere anil patriotic, Judge Gresham in the cabinet of Grover Cleveland will be what under all circumstances it is manifest he has always desired to be a useful servant of tho people, earnestly desirous of perpetuating a pure, simple, honest, helpful republican form of government. Chicago Times. M R. BLAINE'S VIEWS.

Thn. Late StateHinn Fr red for the Fat or the Itrpulillciiii l'nrty. The most interesting of the letters of the late Hon. .lames G. lllainc, posthumously published, is given to the public by the Hoston Globe. The name of its recipient is not printed for obvious reasons, but the letter itself throws a flood of light upon tho position taken by Mr. lllainc toward the republican party for the last two years of his life. It reads: 17 Madison im, Washinoton, r, c. I Satciuiav, Nv. v, IWA f My Drau Mus. : Mrs. ULilne hands mo your entertaining noto because ho considers me the party In intcre.it, both as regards a'et nd iHjlltlcs. Tlinnks for the substantial wheat and thanks for the sound advice la tho Held of txdltlet, The hopelesi feature Is that the younger men who controlled tho lat homo are In tho majority In the party They re.semblo the Iti'RKar on horseback who always rides to the devil. and . with only four or five others. are all that remain of that macjnlflecnt party that carried the country through untold perils between ISül und Uut wo are all "old toifles." I conies' I do not look forward with contidencu to the fate of the republican party. Tho power was In their hands after tho victory of 1883. but tho patrimony has been wasted as a spendthrift throws away his fortune. It U difficult to find a second "streak of luck." Very sincerely, Jamks 0. Hi-aini. Mr. Maine's hostility to the three great measures of republican policy during the last four years, Hie McKinley turiA", the force bill and the silver act of 1S'.)0, ho was at little pains to conceal, but it had been generally assumed that such was his confidence in himself that he believed lie could induce the party to abandon those meas ures and under his leadership induce it to start out in different paths. So far as the McKinley tariff was concerned, he succeeded to a considerable extent, for in the lato canvass the reciprocity or Maine feature of the McKinley law was the only feature of that measure, except free sugar, which tho republican party undertook to defend. This letter shows that two years ago Mr. lllainc regarded himself as having been thrust aside, and expressed no confidence in the fate oftho republican party. How steadily events have since confirmed his prediction is current history. The republican party learned nothing from the defeat of 1800 after which Mr. lllaine wroto his frank wonU. It learned nothing from tho equally portentous elections of 1891, and no sign has yet been vouchsafed that it bus learned anything from its disastrous defeat of last year. Tins death of Mr. lllaine has deprived tho republican party of tho only loader who even in retirement could pull it from the bog of bonrlonism Into which it has sunk. Albany Argus. lUaine's death lenves the republican party with not ono dominant national leader in the whole land unless l'latt or Quay may couut. .-Albunr Argus.

A DECADENT PARTY. The Old Itepiibllrmi War Whe Mm I.oit It Terror. If the republican party showed sign of repoutanco and a desire to reform, its present plight would arouse universal pity. Its leadership is divided and bitter. Most of its membership is at sea as to any line of policy and apparently content to let tho party drift along as an organized opposition. It has been discredited by the people and ousted from the control of national affairs. True, some of its ambitious members, who aspire to futurerecognltion, see the necessity of having an I sue and arc striving to create one. It is an open secret that Gen. Clarkson is tenderly nursing a presidential boom, and he nover misses an opening to get before the people. Ills latest nppearancc, in denouncing the president for the nomination of Judge Jackson, pretty clearly indicates that the general would revive the bloodi'-shirt issue which ho long served party purposes. A number of influential republican papers have taken tht same tack and the fluttering of the sanguinary garment can be seen in several directions. Tho reasoning of those behind this movement is not difficult to figure out They expect to gather their campaign material from tho proposed revision of the pension lists. They will appeal to tho old soldiers and the sectional prejudices so long kept alive by tho g. o. p. Of course they are making a mistake, but that is the republican way - in these latter yearj. Tho civil war can never again be made an issue. Union veterans arc not going to rise up with indignant protest because deserters, bounty jumpers and frauds of every class are eliminated from the lips of those receiving pensions from the government. That familiar old war-whoop of the republican party has lost its terrors to the people of the north. It has too often tricked them into a course both unwise and ungenerous. Tho republican party must be born again before it can hope for even a remote resumption of power. Its victories on war issues have been many, but the last ono is scored. Too many men have been born since the war and grave economic questions are now paramount with the people. Mr. Clarkson and his friends will do well to reconsider. Detroit Free Press.

BUSINESS IN CONGRESS. Oppoflttlou to I'llliimtrrliiK Tactic el Itrpuhllcani. Opinion in congress has undergone a marked change recently with reference to closure. There is still no toleration in democratic minds for the methods of the Kecd congress. The right of a minority to be heard is held sacred. Tho right of a minority numbering nearly half the house to obstruct legislation which is dictated by partisan considerations and is believed to be hurtful or dangerous to the country is stoutly contended for. Hut the right of the house to legislate on important matters without asking the permission of the Kilgores U strongly and properly asserted. The killing of the bankruptcy bill the other day by the refusal of a half dozen men to permit a vote upon it was a gross perversion of the "filibustering" privilege. It deprived the country of legislation which the country very much needs and desires. It is clearly seen that a stop must be put to obstruction of this character, or congress must abandon its functions as a legislating body. And the house is apparently ready to put a stop to it When the rule is brought in for the consideration of the Cate-Andrew bill it will have no closure clause. Hut an amendment fixing a time for a vote upon it will bo offered, and the strongest opponents of closure as an instrument of party tyrenny declare their purpose to vote for it nnd for all like amendments in the case of measures of public importance upon which congress ought to vote. In brief, congress is disposed to assert its right to do business without first obtaining the consent of every oh streperous self-advertiser who may choose to exhibit himself by dilatory motions. There will be no standing rule of closure, but congress will make one for" itself whenever it is minded to have business done. N. Y. World. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Gov. McKinley will find thnt the good-roads movement came too late to clear his rocky path in Ohio. N. Y. World. McKinley charges that Gresham is a democrat The governor assumes that his hill is the llible of the republican party. St Paul Globe. The dimiutttivo portion of the republican press that is abusing Judge Gresham cannot forgive him becauso he refused to vote for legalized robbery under the name of high protection. Detroit l-'rec Press. -The inventor3of newspaper nicknames in the interest of McKinleyism have npplicd the term "tariff smashers" to thcimcn who favor reform in the plan of raising the national revenue by import duties. The nieknatno is welcome. .Smash the tariff! Chicago Herald. Whether he enters the cabinet or not Judge Gresham is one q tho best men in the politics of tho country. It would be a pity, however, to take him from the federal bench, where he is one of the few men who are above tho suspicion of being the tools of corporations! St. Louis He public, Gen. Clarkson says that President HaYrison's cabinet is mmln up of men unfit to manage a county committee in an Indiana campaign. Should Clarkson ever realize his vaulting ambition ho would hnvoj Quay, Lodge, Dudley, Davenport and Dave Martin on his staff. Detroit Free Press. President Harrison seems to bo quito inclined to reorganize tho arm boforo ho leaves. He is filling vacan des and providing promotions at a great rate; but it is doubtful if tho army is best served by such action, of that tho officers appointed ntid promoted are the best chosen. Alt an j Argus.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

fateraatloaal Lmsoii for Marek B, 1883 Keeping; the Kaubath-Neh. 13: 13-34. Golden Text, Hcmcmuor the Sabbath day, lo keep It holy. Kx. V):. Time. Probably about clshtcen yeara after the last lesson, summer or early autumn (13:15) of IJ.C. ooM-T TiikIntkiivauh. (I) Nchemlah continued t act as governor at Jeruaalo m for 13 years, til 11.C 433, the 32J year of Artascrxes. What Nehemtah did during; tbesfl years after the dedication of the trail In not recorded, nor are the reasons given why be returned to Kuhx He nay have been recalled by tho king, as was the frequent custom. Sanballat and hU other enenv.01 may hav.r ho slandered him at the court as to require his presence. Prlvato business may have demanded his attention: or he may have needed a well esrned rest (S) It Is probablo that Xchemiah remained away aomo years, "or the abuses he found on hU return would not have had time to develop: but ho returned beforo 11. CI 425, tho year Artaxorxcs died, for ho obtained permission from htm to return (13:6). Place. Jerusalem and vicinity. Kzim, tho scribe, had probably passed away, forhli successor, Zodalt, Is mentioned (13:13), And It Is not probable that tho prrat abuses referred to could have arisen had he keen at Jerusalem. MAi.Acni, tho last of the prophets, belongs to this period or Immediately after. "The last chapter of Canonical Jewish history Is tho key to the last chapter of Its prophecy." Ho was probably a helper of Nchcmiah In his reforms, CoNTEMt-oiiAiir Hlstoiit. The Peloponneslan war was raging In Qrceco 431-431. IIorodotus, tho father of history, was still living. Socrates was teaching In the streets of Athens, and among his pupils were Xcnophon (tho historian, philosopher and general) and Plato (tho tutor of Aristotle), tho last two being tho frreatest philosophers In the ancient world. Pericles, tho greatest statesman of Athens, died tho year before, U. C. 4. LE8SOX NOTKfl. An Invation of Etili. During Nehemiah's absence, and doubtless after Ezra's death, the opposition party, which had been silenced and cowed in his presence, took courage and opened tho floodgates of evil, so that a deluge of sins rushed in upon tho nation like an overwhelming torrent, carrying away tho barriers of law ani religion, and covenants and promises. First. The high priest Eliashib himself desecrated the temple by fitting up' one of tho temple chambers, bnilt for the storage of tithes, as a dwelling placo for the heathen Tobinh, tho Ammonite, who was allied in marriage to him (i:i:4, r). Second. The tithes for the support of the priests and of tho templo worship wero withheld (Ver. 10), or the poorest of their flocks and herds had been brought for sacrifice, the blind, the torn of wild beasts, the sick, those of little use for thumselves (Mai. 1:7, 8; 3:9). Thus they had dishonored God, and robbed Him of His due, and tho penalty had fallen upo n them. Third. They had neglected the temple worship. The services had become wearisome to them (Mai. 1:13), nothing! was done except for good pay (Mai. 1:10). People who refused to brlngi their promised dues, or brought mean' sacrifices, would have little interest ia: public worship. Fourth. As a natural consequence,' crimes and bins began to rapidly increasesorcery, adultery, false Swear-' ing, oppression, cheating the widow and, fatherless (Mai. .1:5), but especially was thero a return to the custom of mixed marriages. Eliashib, the high priest's own grandson, rManassch, married the daughter of the great enemy of tho Jews, Sanballat, of Samaria (13:28). Others not only married heathen wtves, but put away their true Jewish wives in order to do it Ho thus "dealt treacherously ngainst tho wife of his youth" (Mai. 2:14-10). Fifth. Tho sin of Sabbath breaking, which is the main subject of our lesson to-day. Nehemiah Jlepel ihe Intaxion. First lie himself, apparently taking part with his own hands, with great indignation drove Tobiah out of the temple, and restored it to its proper uses. Wo are reminded of the cleansing of tho temple twice by our Lord Jesus, once near the beginning (John 2:13-17) and once near tho close (Matt 21:12, 13) of His ministry. This expulsion of evil from tho templo was a typo of God's moral eleansings: (1) Of the soul, which was inudo to be a temple of God, a house of prayer; (2) of the church, where everything which mars its purpose us the house of God for ull people, al selfish ends, call worldly seeking, must be cast out. Second. Nehemiah reinstated the priests nnd Levi tea, who had been compelled to go to their homes and earn their living, since the people refused to support them in their religious work. The services of the temple now went on according to law, and the tithes were brought in. One of the first effects of a religious revival is seen in tho restoration to their full power of church services, and the abundant support of the pastor and all needed helpers. A church which had become greatly behindhand in its pastor's salary once invited an evangelist to assist them. Learning of the state of things,' he refused to begin his services till they had paid tho debt, assuring them that tho Lord never blessed spiritually a dishonest people (Mai. 3:10). Third. Nchcmiah, with great indignation and even with bodily punishment, compelled the people to cease from their heathen marriage alliances (13:23-30). He sjiowed them how Solomon himself, tho wise and great king, beloved of God, had been led astray by marrying heathen women, and could these people expect to withstand influences which the wisest man failed to resist. He that deliberately runs into temptation is already more than half fallen. Ho who really wants to be good must pray "Lead us not into temptation," and must do all he can to answer his own prayer. It is not difilcult to fncctunpopularIty that requircsno great courage; but to turn popularity into unpopularity, to reject an ovation, toconvert "Hosannas" into "Crucify Him" this requires a high degree of courage. Christian Union. Prayer should be the key of tho day, and the lock of tho night. AI night covering, in tho morning armor. O. Fclthntm Conviction is more than opinion, but conviction without courage weakens its force and power. Yount People' Union