lupe will be celebrated by great religious "functions" or ceremonies, with cock fights, bull fights, games of chance, and other attractions of a secular character.

The usual programme on this occasion-the greatest religious festival in Mexico, attended by thousands of pilgrims for hundreds of miles around-is to have high mass in the morning, followed by a bull fight; and vespers in the afternoon, followed by cock fights, with gambling booths occupying every possible corner in the church-yard.-Inter-Ocean.

I HAD rather be one hour with God, than a thousand with the sweetest society on earth or in heaven.

THE STRIKER'S HOME.

BY J. N. WALWORTH.

Could you spare me fifty cents, John,
To get some doctor's stuff?
The baby's growing worse, John,
Her tongue is white and rough.

Her clothes were all too thin, you know,
For such a bitter spell;

But I didn't want to fret you,

So the worst I wouldn't tell.

The strike bears hard on us, John,

On little Sue and me;

But I wouldn't mind it much, John,
If I could only see

Some light beyond; some hope, my lad,
Of better things ahead.

But the masters hold out strong, John,
While we are needing bread.

I s'pose the boys know best, John;
It ain't for me to say

How many hours the poor must work,
How much the rich must pay.

I hear them talk of rights and wrongs,
I hear them speechify,

But the sound that drowns the words, John,
Is baby's hungry cry.

It's easy holding out, John,

With pockets full of gold; It's easier to give in, John,

When pinched with want and cold;
And all your talk of "forcing terms'
Is so much empty breath,

When balanced in the scales, John,
With Susy's life or death.

Only a hasty finding

Of a rude, unpainted shell!
Only a hurried wending

To the potter's field! Ah, well!
Why was the man so foolish?
And when will he learn that gold
Can outweigh right and justice
Ten-aye! a hundred-fold!

-Christian Union.

A TRUE STORY.

"Where is the baby, grandmamma?"
The sweet young mother calls
From her work in the cosy kitchen,

With its dainty whitewashed walls.
And grandma leaves her knitting,
And looks for her all around;
But not a trace of baby dear
Can anywhere be found.
No sound of its merry prattle,
No gleam of its sunny hair,
No patter of tiny footsteps,
No sign of it anywhere.
All through house and garden,
Far out into the field,

They search each nook and corner,
But nothing is revealed.

And the mother's face grew pallid;
Grandmamma's eyes grew dim;

The father's gone to the village;
No use to look for him.

And the baby lost! "Where's Rover?"
The mother chanced to think

Of the old well in the orchard
Where the cattle used to drink.

"Where's Rover? I know he'll find her; Rover!" In vain they call,

Then hurry away to the orchard;
And there by the moss-grown wall,
Close to the well, lies Rover,

Holding to baby's dress,

Who was leaning over the well's edge
In perfect fearlessness.

She stretched her little arms down,

But Rover held her fast,

And never seemed to mind the kicks
The tiny bare feet cast

So spitefully upon him,

But wagged his tail instead,
To greet the frightened searchers,
While naughty baby said :—

." Dere's a 'ittle dirl in the 'ater;
She's dust as big as me;
Mamma, I want to help her out,
And take her home to tea.
But Rover, he won't let me,
And I don't love him. Go
Away, you naughty Rover!

Oh! why are you crying so?"
The mother kissed her, saying:
"My darling, understand,

Good Rover saved your life, my dear

And see, he licks your hand!

Kiss Rover!" Baby struck him.

But grandma understood;

She said, "It's hard to thank the friend

Who thwarts us for our good."

-Abbe Kinne, in Baldwin's Monthly.

SUMMARY OF NEWS. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.—Advices from Europe are to the 23d inst.

GREAT BRITAIN.-A number of conferences were held by the Marquis of Salisbury and his Conservative associates after the 16th inst., the date of last week's advices, to consider the formation of a Cabinet. The leaders appeared to hesitate to accept the responsibility, unless the retiring Ministry would give assurances that no factious opposition should be made in Parliament to their efforts to promote the necessary legisla tion. Negotiations for this were carried on for several days, partly through the mediation of the Queen, who returned from Balmoral to Windsor. Finally, Lord Salisbury accepted W. E. Gladstone's promise to use his influence with the Liberals to prevent factious opposition, and to give the new Government as much time as possible during the remainder of the session. On the 23d, the announcement was made in both Houses by the retiring Ministers that the Marquis of Salisbury had accepted office, and had gone to Windsor Castle to inform the Queen. The formal transfer was expected to take place on the 24th. The list of the new Cabinet had not been officially announced, but it was believed to have the Marquis of Salisbury as Prime Minister and Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Sir Stafford Northcote, First Lord of the Treasury; Sir Michael E. Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Richard Assheton Cross, Home Secretary; Col. F. Stanley, Colonial Secretary; Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary for India; Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; with others in other offices.

On the 19th, on motion of the Marquis of Salisbury in the House of Lords, the consideration of the bill for the redistribution of seats in Parliament, (some of the amendments of which previously made by that House had not been adopted by the Commons), was postponed to the 23d, to which date both Houses adjourned. On that day, the House of Lords adopted all the amendments made by the House of Commons, thus completing the bill; and then adjourned to the 25th.

A terrible " fire damp" explosion occurred on the 18th in a colliery near Manchester, in which about 350 miners were at work. Of these, the Mayor of Manchester states, 160 are known to have been killed.

The city of York was visited by an earthquake on the 18th, which lasted several seconds, causing much alarm, but no damage is reported.

Five hundred and forty-one Mormons, principally from Scandinavia and Great Britain, sailed from Liverpool on the 20th, en route to Utah.

FRANCE.-The Government, it is said, has decided to ask for a vote of credit of 1,125,000 francs, to establish a naval station at Obokh, in the Gulf of Aden, near the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, and not far from Zeylah, Africa.

On the 22d, the Minister of Foreign Affairs submitted to the Chamber of Deputies the draft of the Franco Chinese treaty, which definitely confirms the rights of France over Anam. The latter country must henceforth treat with foreign powers only through France. The treaty fixes the boundaries between China and the French dependencies, and determines the conditions upon which commercial relations between France and China are to be maintained. France undertakes to pacify Tonquin, expelling marauders, and respecting Chinese territory. Both countries agree to extradite offenders. Chinese and French traders may import and export goods across the frontier at certain points, where French merchants may reside, as in treaty ports, with Chinese custom houses and

French consuls. China proposes to construct railways with French assistance, and France will build them in Tonquin. Chinese consuls may be appointed in Tonquin. The French will cease to search vessels on the high seas, and will evacuate Formosa and the neighboring islands a month after the signing of the treaty.

A committee of the Chamber of Deputies has reported favorably on the proposal for a credit of $2,400,000 to defray the expense of sending a reinforcement of 3000 men for the French army in Madagascar. GERMANY.-The Official Gazette publishes the text of the protocol of Third mo. 7th, 1885, arranged by England, Germany and Spain, defining the rights of England and Spain in the Sulu Archipelago and Borneo, and establishing freedom of commerce with the islands.

U. S. Minister Pendleton presented his credentials to the Emperor on the 21st.

Baron von Manteuffel, an eminent military commander in the war with France, and since Governor of Alsace-Loraine, died suddenly at Carlsbad on the 17th inst. aged about 76 years.

AUSTRIA HUNGARY.-A labor riot in which several persons were wounded, occurred at Brunn on the 16th, growing out of differences between factory owners and workmen about the hours of labor. The workmen demanded ten hours as a day's labor, and also increased wages, and struck to obtain them. Finally, on the 10th, a compromise was agreed upon, by which 1034 hours constitute a day's work, one hour less being required on Second and Seventh-days. Wages are not changed, but some masters intend to increase them.

ITALY.-The Chamber of Deputies having on the 17th adopted the foreign estimates by a majority of only six votes in a total of 322, Mancini, the Foreign Minister, determined to resign, and the other Ministers, refusing to allow him to do so alone, also tendered their resignations; but we have no account of their having been accepted by the King.

SPAIN. The cholera continues in Murcia, Valencia, Castellon, and the neighboring provinces, and has been officially declared to prevail in Madrid, though the cases there have not been numerous. The populace of that city so strongly oppose the measures taken by the municipal authorities to disinfect their dwellings, that, it is said, the authorities have been compelled to discontinue the enforcement of the regulations. In the Cortes, on the 17th, a prominent member denied the existence of cholera in Madrid, and blamed the Government for asserting the contrary, and thereby injuring the commerce and other interests of the city. The King proposed to visit the districts where the disease prevails, but the Ministry strenuously objected, and finally offered their resignations; when the King gave up the project, and the Ministry were reinstated.

PORTUGAL.-The Chamber of Deputies has ratified the general act of the Berlin Conference and the convention with the African International Association. The Government has introduced a bill to organize a new district on the Congo, to be under the direction of the Governor of Angola.

DOMESTIC.-The French steamship Isere, carrying the Bartholdi statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World," arrived at New York on the 17th. The pedestal on Bedloe's Island, on which the statue is to be erected, is not completed, the necessary funds not having yet been all subscribed; but it is hoped that they may soon be received.

The "Liberty Bell," which was loaned to the New Orleans Exposition, has been returned to its former position in Philadelphia.

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presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?" Yet with what self-renouncing love did He submit Himself to the counsels of eternal wisdom in the memorable words, "How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be ?" "No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself." Thus magnifying, both in His life and in His death, the law of righteousness, He has forever sealed it as a legacy of His love, binding that law upon all whom He has redeemed by His blood. And they, who, through the Spirit of adoption, are made partakers of the Father's love in Christ, know that their forgiveness does not make void but establishes this law, that they may walk therein with changed hearts as His reconciled children.

As a church gathered under the presidency of our once crucified Redeemer-our ever-living Head- we dare not disclaim any portion of those testimonies which are set forth in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, as to his person, work and reign. We believe with the prophet that "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed"; "who, His own self," as saith the Apostle, "bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness." As a church we have ever accepted these testimonies in their plain and obvious meaning, yet with a deep sense of the truth of the inspired declaration, "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him, and He will show them His covenant." May our members everywhere wait upon the Lord, and prove for themselves the reality of His teaching. With what humility ought the creature to bow before the Creator, ever sensible of the littleness of his finite capacities in the presence of the Infinite God. With what patience, tenderness and long suffering love does He bear with us in our ignorance, leading us on from step to step, opening the blind eye, and unfolding His truth, not all at once, but as we are able to bear it. The truth as it is in Jesus must be tasted in order to be known. It is one of the effects of that saving knowledge which is "life eternal," that every increase of it produces a deeper humility, and a more fervent, self renouncing love.

How great is the practical bearing of such a knowledge of Christ upon our whole conduct and conversation. Familiar as are the words, their application is inexhaustible, "Ye are not your own; for ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body." It is Now that our bodies are to be presented as a "living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God." It is HERE in the midst of infirmity, conflict and temptation-in the presence of so much that is evil-that we are called upon to prove the power of that faith in which is the victory. The Christian's life upon earth is an appointed warfare a probation which, with all its attendant pain, is yet designed to be the hallowed discipline of his Father's love-a preparation for higher and

more glorious services in the life to come. The hours of the working day are few. The longest life is only just long enough for its appointed service. How loud, then, is the call for diligence. Let us not sleep; but watch and be sober. We have no time for idle trifling or selfish enjoyment. He who laid down his life for the sheep, is Himself the Shepherd of the flock. His sheep hear His voice, and it becomes their highest joy to rest in His love and to be led by Him in the paths of righteousness. Amidst the duties and the trials of their earthly service, He would make their lives a holy hymn of grateful praise.

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The acceptance of Christ in the varied relations in which He offers Himself to His people is the very ground of those principles which we have ever felt it our privilege to maintain. What is our worship but a testimony to the reality of our faith in Him, as our one Sacrifice, Mediator, and High Priest, through whom we have access by one Spirit unto the Father"? We meet in no other name than His. We rest in His promise, in the fulfilling of which he gives the gracious evidence of His life and reign. What ministry do we desire to be exercised amongst us, but that of Christ's own preparing and putting forth-a ministry giving evidence of His presence with those who minister-drawing not to themselves, but to Him -and exercised in harmony with the immediate work of His spirit in the hearts of the congregation? How greatly does the life of our meetings for worship depend upon the living exercise of those who wait in silence before the Lord, the breathing of whose souls is unto Him for a blessing upon themselves and upon others. What is the baptism in which we believe, but that in which the words are made a living experience, "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire?" What is the supper of the Lord, but a spiritual communion in which it is our highest privilege to share? They truly partake thereof who habitually rest on the work, sufferings and death of their Lord as their only hope, and to whom the indwelling Spirit gives of the fulness which is in Christ.

But not in our more directly religious duties alone is the love of God in Christ Jesus precious to the soul. It is designed to be the habitual guide and support of the believer. In the needful attention to trade and other outward occupations, how hallowed are the restrainings of this love. Without these the business of life is apt to be the adding of care to care, until the rush of its engagements becomes overpowering. We sympathize with those who, under this pressure, may often be ready to faint from very weariness. Cast thy burden on the Lord; commit thy way unto Him. Let not the world drag thee out of sight of thy Guide. Watch against the spirit of murmuring or anxious foreboding; and no less against the idea that relief is to be sought in speculative enterprise. Be willing in all things to be governed by His counsel.

We have at this time addressed a few loving