The Kansas United Presbyterian from Topeka, Kansas • 1

TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL, 1891. Price, 25 Cents a Year. Vol. III. No.

4 SERVICE. TO SLEEP. To sleep! to sleep! the long, bright day is done, And darkness riFes from the fallen sun, To sleep! to sleep! THE KANSAS UNITED PRESBYTERiAN is the successor of OUR CHURCH AT HOME. It is to be published monthly in the interests of the church iu Kansas How can 1 eer.e my Master? I love him, and would make My life one full, glad offering Of service for his sake. Whater thy joys, they vanish with the day; Whater thy grief-, iu sleep they fade away.

sleep! to sleep! in general, and in Topeka in partic Sleep, mournful heart, and let the past be past! Sleep, happy soul! All life will sleep at last. To sleep! to sleep! ular, under the supervision of the pastor, Rev. McKirahan. It goes into all the families of our people in Topeka, into the various congregations of the synod, and into many homes throughout the east. side.

One may stand on the border of an ice field miles in breadth and pluck as beautiful a garland of flowers and ferns as ever graced a May festival, A few hundred feet above the timber line it is always winter, Near the lower limit of the summers snow there are occasional sunny slopes so situated as not to be swept by avalanches, which are covered with a dense plush of brilliant alpine blossoms, and form a most pleasing contrast to the sparkling cliffs of snow and ice surrounding them. In the higher mountains there is absolutely no vegetation Even the tints of litchens and mosses are absent from the precipices, and all the less rugged slopes are buried beneath snow and ice. Neely Business manager. How can I serve my Master? I have no wondrous eift, No power to rouse and quicken, And all the world uplift. I cannot climb the lofty height On whioh earths great ones stand, And sbowei noble gifts around As with a royal hand.

Yet, through no great things I may do, I can with cheerful face Do each days duty as it comes, Supported by his grace I can have in my heart the love To him which overflows To all his creatures, and will make Me gentle toward my foes. The Holy Spirit, ever near, May be my faithfnl guide, And teach me everything to do As unto him who died. No. 116 East Tenth st. Topeka, Kan Entered at the Topeka post office as second class mail matter.

izzctozu UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH corner of 8th and Topeka avenue. McKiralian, Pastor, No. 512, west 8th St. Preaching Every Sabbath at 11 A. m.

and 7 30 oclock p. m. Sabbath school at 12 15 p. m. every Sabbath.

Prayer-meeting Thursday evanings. Communions on the last Sabbath cf each quarter. denly swamped by the tempest, and the whole effective crew of the Berwich perished. About an hour after the crew had abandoned the Berwich, Dr. Lasserre was standing on the deck, when suddenly he saw an English pin-nance, manned by five English sailors, bounding over the waves toward him.

The commander of the pinnance called for the doctor. I am the doctor, repeated Lasserre. Very good, said the English captain. We offer you your safety if you will come aboard our ship. I accept your offer, said Lasserre, on the sole condition that all my wounded shall be taken on aoard your vessel before me.

Impossible, said the English captain; we are caught in a hurri-eane, and we have no time to make a number of transshipments. It is impossible. The English sailors prepared to take Dr. Lasserre by force, but he cried, I shall throw myself into sea if you attempt to seize me! The doctor in the English ship lad been killed by a shell, and the wounded were lying without surgical aid. I wish to go with you, said asserre, but you must first take my wounded.

"When threats proved of no avail the captain accepted Lasserres conditions. The English sailors joarded the sinking vessel, and by the help of the doctor, proceeded tranship the wounded men. But the little pinnance was too small to take all on board, and it lad to make four voyages. As the removal of tbe wounded proceeded, the storm increased in violence, and the difficulty of get ing the men transshipped increased, At last, Lasserre saw every one of his wounded men removed. He attended the wounds of the English sailors with as much solicitude as had attended to those of his countrymen.

The English, in return, set him free at Gibraltar with one companion, and the two marched on foot across Spain, and safely reached France and home. Leisure Hour. SESSIQJ'Ya. J. D.

Pattison, clerk J. W. W. S. Lindsay, M.

Minney M. R. Thompson, J. G. hite.

THE CHRISTIANS JOY. Christ has set before Him the joy of bringing many souls to glory. It, is nice to congratulate ourselves that we are candidates for glory, but we iave got something to do before-we get there. That is what we are here for. A friend on the hill to-mght said le thought the joy over his first convert was almost as great as that over lis own conversion I think it was more.

There are three great joys. The first is the joy of our own salvation the second is the joy of bringing some one else to Christ, which is greater; because it is double. You enjoy it, and he does, and joy that is lommunicated is double. The greatest joy is that of seeing ones children walking in the truth when is in old age. Do you know that you and I are to be crowned with the same joy and glory as Christ? Thank God, I believe it, but I cant realize it.

Some one has make the remark that everything that God gave to the Son He gave away. The only thing the world gave Him that He didnt give away was that alabaster box that Mary broke over Him and if she had giyen Him the whole box He would have given that away. D. L. Moody.

TKL'STEES, R.M. McGaw, S. McKltick Dr. M. R.

Mitchell, John S. White CHURCH DECORUM. During the reign of Gladstone as 3ritish Premier George Dana Board-man the venerable pastor of the First Baptist church of Philadelphia, made a visit to Gladstones parish chapel. His own description of that visit is worth reading and is full of valued suggestion as to that church decorum, which will make every service of worship replete with profit. We speak for it a careful reading.

Cut it out and paste it in the fl.v leaf of your Bible. During a recent stay of two days in Chester, England, I took a fly and drove out to Ha warden Castle, the country home of Mr. Gladstone. It is an ancient estate, beautifully wooded, lere and there artistically thinned by he sturdy strokes of the Premiers renowned axe. But what interested me most was a visit to the little parish church where the great statesman worships, and where his son Stephen las been the rector for seventeen years.

Mr. Gladstone himself often reads the essons on Sundays. Wheneyer he is at Hawarden, he walks every morning in the week to the little church, where at eight oclock there is held a daily morning service. Although a stupendous empire is on his hands, he finds to go daily to church and worship. What a model for American statesmen! The church is a' venerable little structure, utterly unpretentious.

But spirit of worship is everywhere evident; One of the notices, in the iorch so impressed me that I subjoin a on your way to church. On your way to the Lords house thoughtful, be silent; or say but ittle, and that little good. Speak not of other mens faults; think of your own, for you are going to ask fergive-ness. Never stay outside; go in at once time spent inside should be precious. in church.

Kneel down very humbly and pray Spend the time that remains in prayers; remember the awful presence into which you have come. Do not look about to see who are coming in, nor for any other cause. It matters nothing to you what others are doing; attend to yourself, Fasten your thoughts firmly on the hoiy service. Do not miss one word; this needs a severe struggle; you have no time for vain thoughts. The blessed Spirit will strengthen you if you persevere.

after church. Remain kneeling, and pray. Be intent; speak to no one till you are outside. The church is Gods house, even when prayer is over. Be quiet and thoughtful as you go through the churchyard.

on rouu way home. Be careful of your talk, or the world will so on slip back into your heart. Remember where you have been, anc what you have done. Resolve and try to live a better life. Treasurer.

John Marshall JUNIOR fl. E. Escot McKirahan Katie Donnell Maud llar.y Stevenson President Vice President Secretary, Treasurer, Y. P. S.

Chrihtian Endeavor. YT Neely Alice Patterson Jennie Boyd McNabney Lizzie White President Vice President Secretary Treasurer, Corresponding sec. AN INCIDENT OF TRAFALGAR. On the 2 1st of 1805, the English fleet encountered the united French and Spanish fleets in the battle of Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain, just at the entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar. During the progress of that terrible iattle a furious storm arose, and continued to rage; when the cannon had ceased to roar.

The Berwich, a French frigate on which Dr. Laserre was surgeon-major, had been seriously damaged in the combat; the captain and the second in command had been ailed; the frigate Tiad been pierced through and through like a sponge, and at the close oi the engagment the cry rose from the survivors, The ship is sinking! Dr. Lasserre had been busy for many hours in cutting off shattered arms and legs, and in dressing the wounds of the victims that ay around him, when suddenly, above the groans of the wounded, and the sound of the storm, he heard the cry, The ship is sinking! Every man to the pumps! The united efforts of the crew were unavailing, and the vessel began to settle down. A great however, does not go to the bottom suddenly, like a scallop-shell. The defeat of the united French and Spanish squadrons was complete, and the Berwich whose masts were broken, coulc no longer manoeuver, and stooc almost alone in front of the English fleet.

The condition of the shattered, sinking ship, became desperate. Suddenly the cry rose again above the hurricane, Let down all the boats! But among the boats there were scarcely two of them sea-worthy, These were launched, but it was painfully evident that they coulc not accommodate the entire crew It was necessary to make a selection, and those who were strongest forced their way into the boats They called on Dr. Lasserre to ac company them. He replied, am captain of the ship, and it is my duty to stand by the men' en trusted to my care. The able bodied seamen then took possession of the boats, but in the rising storm they were sud Ladies Missionary Society.

President, Mrs. J. G. White 1st vice president Mrs. Dr Mitchell 2d vice President Mrs Wm.

Nelson Recording Sec. Mrs.M.F Assistant Sec. Mrs.J.Il.Thomnson Corresponding Sec. Mrs. Hngnes Treasurer, Mrs.J.D.

Pattison Ingersoll on California. In a recent magazine article Dr. Ernest Ingersoll, the noted writer; says: The climate of southern California in winter closely resembles that of Egypt. Its equability is constant, and its dryness is proverbial. The only complaint made is, that it is too nearly perfect.

Residents bred in the Eastern States confess now and then that a rousing storm would give them a grateful sensation But this sentiment meets with no favor from the man who has just fled from a superfluity of wetness and chilling gales. To him perpetual summer seems perpetual paradise, and to the invalid Sabbath School. Superintendent Assistant Supt W. J. Neely R.

M. McGaw Anna Boyd J. G. White Frank Wilson T.M. Euwer dreading the advance of disease the Secretary Treasurer Librarian Assistant Librarian still and and atmosphere is as the breath of life.

The most comfortable way to reach the Pacific Coast is via Santa Fe Route. Weekly excursions in Pullman tourist sleepers at low rates. Apply to G. T. Nicholson.

P. T. Topeka, Kas. for folder. Ice and Flowers.

The following is taken from an article, entitled Two Expeditions to Mt. St. Elias, by Israel C. Russell in the April Century'. The field of flowers skirting the forest surpass in rank luxuriance and in brilliancy of color anything of the kind it has been ray fortune to see elsewhere.

On the terraces and lower slopes of the mountains projecting into the Malaspina Glacier one may walk for miles through flowry meadows, shoulder deep in a sea of bloom. No daisy meadow in New England is more thickly carpeted with blossoms than these remote, unexplorec gardens of southern Alaska. Win ter and summer, lovely verdure 1.20 .76 Appropriations for 1889 The following is the quota per member or the Boards of the church. Foreign missions, Home missions Freedmens mis-ions, Church extension, Ministerial relief, Education, Assemblys fund, Synod's fnnd iPresbyterial fund Cooper College fnnd 41 .48 .15 ,07 03 05 15 70 We are trying to work the paper up, and need your assistance; we ex-peot to pay every cent that it owes to every subscriber, and owe no man anything but love. You 1 have often wondered, says a cor respondent in an exchange, why our little ones should not be taught to ask a blessing on the day as well as the night, in some such words as these: Now to another morn I wake, Defend me, Lord, for Thy Sons sake.

From every ill through this day, And lead me in Thy perfect way. can greatly help by subscribing or renewing now if your time is about and icy desolation are here side by out. i.