THE THREE DENIALS, Sunday Discourse By Dr. Chapman, the Noted Pastor-Evangelist. An Asalysls of a Child-Hearted, Wayward, Oeneroui Biblical Character Lord Awalta to Forgive and Forget. New YonK Citt. The following reada ble and helpful sermon is by tho lecv. Dr. J Wilbur Chapman, the beat known evan gelist in the country and one of the most noniilar pulpit orators of New York, it It entitled "Now, l'eter," and was preached from the test: "Now l'eter sat aithodt in the palace." Mutt xxvi: 69. This is the master stroke of the great artist in painting the picture of this child hearted, wayward, generous, loviig man whom we know a l'eter. it is one of the ihadows in the picture, but the shadows help us to appreciate the more the light. It is a single sentence, and yet in it wt find the secret of a soul's downfall, the cause of the heartache of the Son of Ood, and a note of warning for Clod's people everywhere. Peter was in a dangerous position, first of all. because he sat in the presence of the enemy. In the first l'salm the warning is give", that, we should not "walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful," and this last is the most hurtful position of nil. Poor l'eter was sitting down. He also is to be pitied because he at "without." There is a circle within which eery child of Ood must keep if he would have both peace and power. If in imagination vc tnko a compass in our hand and sot one point at the place whera we would have the centre and with the other point describe the circle, we have the picture of the Christian life. The centre of the circle is Christ, and the circle itself is described by prayer nnd Bible study and fellowship willi the saints. To keep within this circle is to keep in touch with Christ. To sit without is to be in danger, and poor l'eter luid stepped outside. With all my heart I love to study l'eter. The sermon which has been greatly blessed to the people throughout the country is the one which bears the title, "And l'eter." This one is sent forth that it may be a companion of it, und carry the name of "Now l'eter." The first service thnt I can find that Peter ever rendered unto Christ is record ed in Luke, fifth chapter, and the third verse: "And He entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of tho ship." I like him for his service. I have an idea that just the way he pushed the boat out as the Master was standing in it made Jesus understand that there was something in him that would yet go far toward moving tho world. Is it iiot true that much of the great work that wo find about us to-day begins in just so hum ble a fashion as did the work of l'eter? I like to study him in his writings. Some parts of the Bible ought always to be rend in the sunlight. Tho beautiful story of Kuth, and the letter to the I'hilippianx n'e examples of this. Others arc for tho dark ness. Peter's epistles would thus head tho list. It is when we stand on the seashore at night that we see the phosphorescence) of the waves, it is when we stand in the darkness anil read IVtcr's precious words, that we catch the best vision of the Unlit which comes down from heaven and vests upon men. I like to study him in his preaching, for it is just the kind that everybody ought to he able to do. You may say that it was simply a string of texts, that mighty ser mon of his at Pentecost, hut if you should say this was all that he said we could re ply, as we have said in another place, it is all that Peter said that the Holy Spirit thought worth recording. I like him for his sincerity. You can read him at a glance. He could not be n hypocrite. When once he tried no one wouM believe him; ho generally thought aloud. While men sometimes admired him, frequently laughed nt him. generally censured him, they always loved him. I like Irm for his promptness, lie was the first to enter the tomb that he might see where the Lord lay. I liked him for his courage. He was not afraid to stand in the very midst of the enemies of Christ. I like him for his intensily. It is true he made mistakes, but the pendulum swun,t as far toward uprightness as it did toward failure. I. My text is to be road in connection with his denial, nnd thus we begin tho more to appreciate the storv. Christ had given him warning when He said, "Simon, Satan hath desired thee that he may sift thee as wheat," and again when He said, "This night you shall be ashamed of Me," pnd befoM the cock crow thou shalt deny Ma thrice." He wai ns l, too. Ike oak that goes down in the midst of the storm doeB so because through the long years its heart has been eaten awav by the worm. The soul of the child of God is never overthrown suddenly, and if it goes down it is because it has steadily lost ground in matters that were too trilling to cause alarm. If you should fail to-morrow vou will doubtless find the cause if you look back on the history of to-dav. 1 he ucglocted Bible of to-dav, the nogler't cd prayar of to-day, the neglected fellow ship of to-day, meuus the denial of to-morrow. It is not to be forgotten that there were three denials. When Jesiu was taken into the uresenre of those who were to con demn Him Peter followed mid wanted to go in, too. It is said in John's (iospel that another diaciiilp. who was known unto the nigh priest, had gone in with Jesus, ami this, of course, must have been John; t.hcv nouht ess knew him at the door and he Passed through without question. When he saw that Peter was not in he went to ine door and secured his admission. I unVi"1' """fin how Peter must have iheu up uri(i dWn the court, now sitting, now- Bu ying, now trembling for his salt ej . ior in those days as to day, "conscience makes cowards of us all." i he hrst denial was at the wicket cute JO "ttle girl that admitted him t court he said I iui Mill. hack ,V"k i 'j"? tnkpn warning anil gone nf ci !n(i hllt remembered the words or e.iirist, for , .,. ;a, f ,., .,.... , l nnu 11 ... -i I i ne!' I1 ine "i,lc ""'lll,t I"'ace nl the Jl her side desnair. I1,L , ul,t ,llo,t lliat aome ine who reads .',M1,V',,',S passed tlwjli the ,i, T i K e' ,llrniK sway from a life ol '", and possib'.y ,,., denied his i f th. f . llf,!IBt time. 'rom the heart in me. 8 h'"sl a cry goc,i out to "K'h X ye' ar,n yp- for '' wi" ve die?" he ,le,ml 1,1 the B''e, when with an oath'.''' cnL'miea. aml he said Ala.1!11 y""' 1 l"10 "'" ""I " wicl'ct TV lmve Kne through tin " ,Vof denial, and dare to-dav airline rl.'8 enemies, hardlv knowing how wi af Cod ll" ! ''?,lt,i."- To all such the cr, then, ., eome out trom ainonc. lwavs hi br "oP-rate." The world ha. and h "i',0 e"e!"y of te on of God, with it T .ia"Vw" l,i,n'ielf be in tou.il h" , 'tlToX? de"y U" M'"ite, Malcmi , wh"'"1 k0 ll" relative ol uppowd ea!; J10 M cut ort' in hii tack unon't""8, "J ''is Master. For tl.ii 'a i amen. .1 h, feIlow nian he was doubt Joiui had ,tried ""'1 condemned V ory of M,.h.,rplaced c"- The mem gmable in hi?r the terror im "h rd de? I ttnd ton he knew it th ' peated hi Upon "d witl i(t d cursings he said: I tell you that I know Him not." mis is the denial that comes because of uneonfossed aiu. Alas for the nn T allows any m to go without iinma Z cnffion. It will spring upon him o'na day hke a tiger from the jungle, and IT ',' Vver' row him before he can hava lime to call fr help. Sin is alwsv down aiaae m its tendencies, and he who denies V,"r",tI.at the wicket guto will ore long deny Hun face to face. T,'1' text Is also to be used in connection Willi the suffering of Jesus. It lnav lint , . f""a to uivt a brief account ol ilia trial, rirst of all, Ho appeared before Annas, o high priest, mi account of which we -aa m Jortn viih lu U 2'i "Xhu bi-b priest then asued jesns of rtls clfcfplt's', and of His doctrine. Jesus onswersil him, I spake openly to the world ; 1 ever tnueht in the synagogue and in the temple, whith er the Jews always resort, and in secret have I said nothing. Why iike-t thou Me? Ask them which heard Me what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. And when Ho had thus spoken one of the oHicers which stood by struck Jesua with the palm of hia hand, saving, An swereat Thou the high priest so?" It was an awful thing for this man with open hand to strike Him in the face. To strike Him, before Whom the angels veiled their' faces; to strike Him before Whom the archangel sang: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" Hut do you notice that when they struck Him Ho never shuddered? They could not hurt Him with any such blows as this, but when we read, "Now Simon l'eter stood without and warmed himself," this is a blow which makes the Son of God shudder and His heart grow sick. The second part of the trial was His ap pearance before Caiaphas. Hore, although false witnesses appeared against Him He was perfectly silent. "Hut Jesus held His peace. And the high priest answered and saiil unto Him, I adjure Thee by the living God that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see tho Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of hea ven." "And thev did spit in His face," lint lie never saw them. His eyes were blinded to His insults, but Peter in the presence of His enemies was a blow at His very heart. They smote Him until, if He had been only man He would have staggered in His weak ness, but they might as well have struck a rock like Gibraltar nnd expected it to fall as to move Him with their blows, but when l'eter stood in the presence of those who were against Him, like one of thorn himself, it was a terrific blow at the Son of God. The third, part of the trial was before the Sanhedrim, lie ia led out from the court where He lias seen both Annas nnd Cuiaphas, and passes through nn outer court to another room where the Sanhe drim is to meet. As lie pnsses, possibly near enough to reach out His hand and touch His diaciple, suddenly Ho hears Peter say: "I tell you I know Him not." He could forget the spitting of His ene mies, the blowi of those who hated Him, nnd the rods that had fallen upon Him in the hands of the angry multitude, but He could not forget Peter. That which hurts Him the most in these days is not the sin of the unregenerate this He must expect, but the sins of His own people for whom Ho suffered and died, nnd rose nunin. Thero is nn inlinitn amount of pathos in the words, '"Ho turned and looked at Pe ter." No word of repronch foil from His lilts, hut simply nn expression of sorrow was there to be seen. Does Ho not look upon you to-day. and does He not arouse memories in your life vows that you have broken pledges that you have never kept? "Jesus, let Thy pitying eye call back the wandering sheep. False to Thee like Peter, I would fain like Peter weep." nr. T!ut elo not be discouraged. Man's use fulness not infrequently springs from his recovery from some sin. Out of Peter's fall came his Hrst epistle. The best glimpse that I have of the Saviour's heart is that which comes when I think of His personal dealings with individuals. When 1 think of the God of Abraham I think of one who strengthens His child under trial. The God of Jacob is my encouragement to be lieve that my old nature may be con quered, nnd my name changed from Jacob to Israel, the prince of God. The God of Klijah teaches me that praver must be an swered. The Saviour of Thomas oncour ages mc while in doubt; the Saviour of Paul sustains me in my suffering, but the Saviour of Peter is the restorer of the pen itent. Peter ansl Jesus met after the Resurrec tion on the shore of the lake. It is most significant that when he denied Christ it was in the presence of the fire of coals in the court of the enemy. When the Son of God met him on the shore of this lake there was a tire of coals lurning there. 1 doubt not but that all the story of his de nial came rushing upon him. What was said at thnt interview we shall not know until we hear it from Peter's own lips, but it is safe to say that all his sins were for given, and even the murks of his denial wore taken away. If you have denied this same Lord in your business, in your home, or in society, He waita to forgive and to forget, and lie) "is the same yesterday, to-day and for ever." Better Than Smashing;. An estimable young married lady of a Kansas village waited until the small hours for her husband, and he came not. She could tot stand it longer, and, rising, she dressed herself, armed herself with a re volver, and proceeded to a saloon in the village, where her suspicions that her bus band was there were found to be well founded. The wayward husband had spent the evening and night until 3 a. m. with four or five companions in convivial pleas ures in the saloon, and when the indignant wife murched into tho place behind a gleaming revolver barrel there was a star tled party of tipplers indeed.. Straight way she commanded her husband to leave the saloon nnd go home. Then she turned to a man in the party who had demurred to leaving the place: "You have a good wife at home, too," she remarked quietly but firmly. "Yrou had better go home, and go right now." He went. "Now," said she, turning to tho proprie tor, "you blow out your lights and lock up this place. Eleven o'clock is lute enough, and if the village authorities can not enforce the law, 1 will," she said, as the whole party left the place. The sa loonkeeper closed his door, and they wiilked away in the night, the woman with her hand still firmly grasping the handle of the revolver. She had closed a joint without smashing it, and the best senti ment in her own towu applauds her act. Journal Press. t Kindness. Did it ever occur to you that "kindness" was one of the elements of humility? In deed, it is only the humble person that ia in a condition to show kindness to others, for the opposite of kindness is unkindness, and there cane no humility where there is unkindness. The unkind person is the nno who is always demanding that others serve him und bend to his wishes, and this is an accentuated form of arrogance, or "self-assertion." Kindness of heart and Iiri.le o? manner never go together. l'res lytcrian. Journal. Wireless telegraphy is to be used on Ital ian trains as a means of preventing rail way accidents. ' Run-a-Milo. In run-a-miie the boys count out and "It" bides bla eyea. Ha is then touched by one boy, who Immediately conceals himself with the others. When "it" has counted 100 or so he starts out to find the "toucher. Each player, when discovered, steps fronr his biding place, but offers no information as to the whereabouts; of the "toucher" unless. Indeed, be be that same, In which case the ex citing race to home occurs, and It "It" gets there first he may set any task he pleases for the "toucher" to perform, even to the running of a mile. But it la safe to assume that this penalty is seldom exacted or paid. An Eight-Legged Horse. In a consignment ot Western range horses from Colorado received ut the stockyards at Bloux City there was a curiosity In the shape of sorrel gelding with olgit legs. The horse Is owned by John Iluey and John, Wen of Wh'.to Pine, Col., and they bad raised him. They refured ll.ODOj for bm. The animal t 6 years aletl and welebl COO pounds. '. THE SABBATH SCHOOL nlernalionnl Lesson Comments for September 21. Subject: The Death of Moses, Deal, xxxlv., 1-2- Golden Text, Ex. xxxlll., II Memory Vers:, 5-7 Commentary on Lesson. 1. "Plains of Moat." The level plain east of the Jordan, where Israel was en camped. "Nebo Pisgah." Pisgah was a range ol the mountain system east oi me Dead Sea and Jordan; Nebo was one of the summits of this range. "Of Gilead unto Dan." This was the land on the east of the Jordan that was to be possessed by tho tribes of Ken ben and Gad ana tire nan tribca of Manaaseh. !. "All Naohtali. ' Moses also vieweo the land on the west of the Jordan. Naph- tali was to have a possession on the north ern border of Canaan, the possessions of Kphraim and Manassch were in the cen tre, while Judah was to occupy the south ern part of the land. In Christ's time the three grand divisions on tne west oi l aics tine were Gn ilee on the north. Samaria in the centre, and Judca on the south. "Un to the utmost sea. Iho Mediterranean Sea. 3. "Tho south." Probablv roferrinir to the region south of Canaan proper, toward the desert. "Valley of Jericho. His view was from the southern slopes of Lebanon southward, until his eye rested upon tho city immediately before him. ".oar. Not definitely located, but probably near the southern extremity of the Dead Sea. 4. " Unto Abraham, etc. ten. 1.': 7! 20: 3, 4; 28: 13-13. "To see it." There was no miraculous nower ot vision imparted to Moses. That he should see all that is de scribed is what any man could do if he at tained sufficient elevation. The ntmos phere of that country is free from vapor, and the sight is carried a long distance. He could not enter the promised land on earth, but God eavohim a vision of its glories trom Pisgah s top, snowing mm Uiat lie had accomplished his work, that his life had been successful, in is Bccne has ever been a type of the visions of heaven, the earnests and foretastes, tho heavenly ex periences of the Christian's promised land, wtiicn uoa gives to xiis people, ine set ting day is radiant with cloud glories un seen even at noonday. God's word has open windows through which shine glimpses of heaven and ideals of the blessed life. But these visions come after faithful service and tho rincniaa of the character in love and trust. "Shalt not go over. bee Jum. 20: 8-13. In Mcribah when the people needed water the Lord told Moses to spcale to tnc rocK, mit in stead of doing as direcccd lie smote it twice. He also spoke unadvisedly with his lips, calling the people "rcbe's," nnd he failed to acknowledge God in the miracle. The Lord immediately to'.d Moses nnd Aaron that thty wou;d .not be permitted to enter Caiman. 5. "Servant of the Lord. This is a title of great dignity; Mosea had been eminent ly useful. It was more his honor to be tho sen-ant of the Lord than to be kinz of Jcshurun. No one can be called the serv ant of the Lord who doas not conquer the world, who is not able to overcome nil things. "Died." There is a mystery in connection with the death and burial of Moses; there aro some who think lie was immediately translated. "According to the word." Literally, at tho mouth of Jeho vah. Some of the rabbins interpret it, By a kiss of Jehovah, The Jerusalem Targum expressly explains it, according to the sen tence ot tne decree ot Jcnovan. lnc great est men are but instruments in God's hands, and He can lay them .aside when ever Ho chooses. None are indispensable with ilim. Ihis should, 1. Cause us to see our own littleness. 2. Dispel our fears for the future of the church. 6. He buried hun. That is, God bur ied him. This is an honor no human being ev'er received besides him. From Judo 1) it appears that Michael, the archangel was employed on this occasion, and that batan aisputea tne matter witn mm. ivny urn the Lord bury Moses? It hardly seems probable that the object was to keep the Israelites from making his tomb an object of idolatroua worship. Tho tomb of the pa triarchs waa known, and the bones of Joseph were then in camp on their way to burial, yet neither tombs nor bones were worshiped. The following view of Kurt, is worth considering: Jehovah did not in tend to leave the body of Moses to corrup tion, but at the very time of his burial communicated tome virtue by His own hand which saved the body trom corrup tion, and prepnred for the patriarch a transition into the same state of existence into which Enoch and Llijah were ad mitted without either death or burial. As an example of justice Jehovah caused him to die before tne people entered the land cf rest and promise, but as an example of trace He prepared him an entrance into an other land of promise and rest. This view is also hold by the Homiletic Commentary, and by the Speaker's and Whcdon'a com mentaries. 7. "An hundred and twenty." The life Df Moses .was divided into three periods of forty years each. 1. He was in Egypt forty years, during which time he was trained, first in his own home, and after, ward in the household of Pharaoh. 2. Ho was in Midian forty years, caring for the aheep of bis father-in-law, in the very wilderness where he was to lead forth the children of Israel. 3. The first eighty years of his life was only a preparation for his life work, which was the deliverance of Israel. For forty years he led the people of God in their wanderings, as they jour neyed toward Canaan. "Not dim." Moses did not die of disease. He was young even in old age. 8. "Thirty days." The usual time of mourning for persons of position and emi nence. See Num. 20: 29. 9. "Spirit of wisdom." He possessed other gifts and graces also, but wisdom is mentioned as being most necessary for the government to which he was now called. r'Laid his hands." . See Num. 27: 18-23. The Lord had directed Mo.es to invest Joshua with authority. In chapter 31: 7, 8. Mosea gives him a brief and impressive charge. "Hurkened." They submitted themselvet respectfully to Joshua, because God had appointed him as their leader by the hand of Moses. 10-12. "Not like onto Moses." Joshua was filled with the spirit of practical wis dom, but was not like Moses, gifted with power to work signs and miracles, to found a kingdom and create a nation. None, ex cept Jcus, equalled Mosea in official dig nity, holy character and intimate friend ship with God. Moses knew God and free ly and familiarly conversed with Hiri. In whatever light we view this extraordinary man the eulogy pronounced in these in spired verses will appear just. As to Users of Tobacco. 'Nine years ago we commenced to keep a record on this subject," says Dr. Flah, an eminent eastern educa tor, "and we have found that the boy who falls usually uses tobacco. When asked to sign our pledge the pupil usually answers that ho does not ise very much, but we find that ho suntinues to fail In his studies. On it the questions submitted in our reo )rd blank Is whether or not the pupil '.hlnlia the use of tobacco Is necessary to bis success. I must admit that nany answer this question in the at Irmatlve. In our chapel we frequent ly ask all those who have not had to tacco In their mouths for twelve uontb to ariue and be counted. The iverage varies from 8I to 70 per nt" Boy Was Enameled Green. Thomas Scanlon, aged 12 years, fell Into a vat of liquid green enamel at manufactory at Beaver Falls, Pa., and when flabed out was found to be enameled a bright groen from bead to feet, the stuff soaking through the boy's clothing. The enamel hardened quickly when exposed to air, and had to be chipped and scraped from the boy's body. He Is none the worse for the mishap. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. September 21. "The Fullness of Ood: How Secured." F.pli. 111. 14-21. SCRIPTURE VErSES. John xlv. li,-17; Eph. II. 19-22; vi. 10; Col. 1.9-12; John xv. 4-6; 2 Ccr. xil. 9; Gal. 11. 20; Col. 1. 27-29. Lesson Thoughts. Love la the means by or through which Ood will communicate ot bis fulness to us. It Is the root through which the tree draws Its sustenance; It Is the foundation upon which must be firmly grounded the temple for the Spirit's indwelling. The love of Ood our Savior Is in deed an Illimitable ocean. We can not hope fully to fathom it In this world. But we may know more of It than we do, and we can attain enough to reward all our efforts to under Bland It. Selections. Make me, pure One, as thou art. Pure In soul and mind and heart; Never satisfied with less Than thy perfect holiness. How anxious we are so to llvi that we may not grieve away our friends from our dwellings! Should an 11 lustrous guests become an Inmate Id our abode, how anxious Bhould we be to do all that we can to please him, and to retain him with us! Iiow much more anxious should we be to secure the Indwelling of the eternal. Spirit! How desirous that he should 'make our hearts and the church bis constant abode! If thou, . then wouldst have tho soul surcharged with the Are of Ood, so that those who come nigh to thee shall feel some mysterious Influence proceeding out from thee, thou must draw nigh to the source of that fire, to the throne of God and of the Lamb, and shut tay-Helf out from the world that cold world, which so swiftly steals our fire awav. Divine grace, even In the heart of weak and sinful man. Is Invincible. Drown it In tho waters of adversity, It rises more beautiful, as not being drowned indeed, but only waatiea; throw It Into the furnace of fiery trials, it comes out purer, and loses nothing but the dross. Suggested Hymns. Holy Ghost, with light divine. Take time to be holy. Search me, O Lord, and try this heart of mine. As lives the flower within the seed. Blessed Savior, ever nearer. Nearer, My Ood, to thee. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETINQ TOPICS, September 21. The Fullness of Ood, How Se cured. Eph. 3. 14-21. It Is Impossible for us to compre hend the entire fullness of God. Of sourse the finite cannot surround the Infinite. But we may apprehend Ood and know certainly something ot him There are certain lines we may follow to the extent of our limited abilities. Creation stands before us as an un mistakable evidence of his omnipo tence. "He hath made us, and not we ourselves. Having been created by him and In his Image, and voluntarily falling so beneath his design In our creation, we wonder that he has not ?ut man off from the earth. That he has borne with such a wayward and rebellious race Is a demonstration of his infinite, exhaustless patience. Such long-suffering patience must be the outgrowth of his great sym pathy with us. We know a little about human sympathy, but this measuring line Is very short In comparison with Infinitude. Only this is so small com pared with God's sympathy. His mak ing us In his own likeness, his won dorful patience, and his fathomless sympathy have all sprung from his goodness. To benefit the universe, to increase the sum total of Its real wealth and Its true blessedness, must have been his design in our creation. Now he 1b doing all he can to bring us into cooperation with himself In achtovlng the consummation of bis wise plans. How grand is the end contemplated! Does it not give to lite a surpassing grandeur? How long must be the line that would measure his goodness: His omnipresence Is marvelous. Think of him In the completeness of his Personality being present every where every Instant! Thought wearies In trying to grasp so broad a truth. Faith comos to our rescue, and we be lieve much that intellect fails to ex plain. His omniscience is another es sential of his perfectness. Ho knows all that can be known i'rem tho begin ning to the end of time, and even reads like an open book the wonders of eternity. His word affirms that from him "no Becrets are hid." When our knowledge is so limited our brains whirl In striving to imagine the bound less extent of bin omniscience. Again faith comes to assure us of the Incom prehensible. Looking only at these majostlc elements of divine periection, wej stand in awe oi God, do wo not? So very insignificant are wo in con trast with him, It seems scarcely pos sible that we can bo of any value to the mighty Jehovah. But Jr.nt hero he cornea to lift up our heads wulle hi points to tho crosa of Calvary. For "God so loved' us. Loved ua Yes! How glorious! Every heart that really knows this must oe overjoyed. How It leaps and bound3 with delight! Praises fill our whole being. Hallelujah to our King. Beautiful as heaven it self Is It to know the lovo of God! Played Joke on Kitchener. Years ago Kitchener was In com mand of raw Arab troops at Korosko, on the Nile. There with a few other English officers he schooled in civil ized warfare Sheik Arnold and bis wild tribesmen throughout the long summer months. And during tho schooling some one put up a Joke upon the Arab chieftain and taught him and all his men to heave a barm- less and unwitting Insult at their dis tinguished leader. The whole band. yelling wildly, used to dash down to ward the Nile bank, on which was Kitchener's tent, and halting sudden ly jjsed to salute in these words: "Kitchener damfool! Kitchener muf fin man." It was a harmless Imbecil ity, and Its object was as much amused by It as any one, though, of course, the salute bad to be altered. We ought to be grateful flrHt of all tni with the daepest gratitude that God does not guide us according to our own plans or send us thoae experiences which we crave. THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poem: fshut In With Ood-Ths If orrors of a Ooilloss Life at on Ara Not Saved b Their Wonls About Heaven But bj Thfflr Ifls. Shut in with God alone I spend the quiet hour; His mercy and His love I own, And seek His saving power. Shut In with God alone, In meditation sweet My spirit waits before the throne, jQowed low at Jesus feet. Shut in with God alone, I praise His holy name, Who gave the Saviour to atone For all my ain and shame. Shut in with God alone. And yet I have no fear; I rest beneath the cleansing blood, . And perfect love is here. London Commonwealth. Walking In thn Mailt. "Ood is light, and in Ilim is no darkness at all." I John 1:0. A Godless life is worse off than a sunless world: better to miss the light of day than the light of all life. Yet men will suppose that the only way to live the light and happy life is to get ns far nway from even the thought of the God of all liaht, sunshine and bright ness ns they possibly can. We wnit till tho cloudy days are past before we go out on our search for recreation and enjoyment, but many feel they must wait till God, the Sun of life, has set to their view before they can hope to find happiness. There can no more be happiness without God than there can be flowers without the sun. Men ought, to feel and do feel, when their hearts nre right, the same joy at the thought of Him as we feel when we step out on n bright summer's morn for a whole day of backing in its warmth. Where darkness is He cannot be. tf you are hiding yourself under the shadow of some ureat sorrow you are but dwarfing your life, chilling your heart and secreting yourself from the only power able to make the light shine in the darkness of despair. What is the cause of dark days but the hiding of part of the interests of the life from the Lord? As soon as you shut the light out you shut the darkness in, to shut God out is to shut the devil in. And how can we who walk in the liahl live with faces eclipsed? These brief afflic tions are but the vanors that rise from tho soil: they ennnot shut out the sun over head. In fact, God is not only a light nbove. He is a light within; no matter how heavily roll these mists and fogs they cannot make it dark where He is shining in the hsart. Men do not fear afflictions so long as they are in fellowship with unfail ing love. Before the clear shining of that eternal goodness our fenrs flee liko thone of children when the light is turned on in the dark room and they see the mother's face. His perfect lifrht casts out fear be cause it is the light of a perfect love. Alas, the hidden and dark places; they make our cloudy days and they form the black spots on our professions. They are the recesses where sin is conceived and cultured; they are silent yet eloquent ar guments that make all our verbal testi mony vain and void. If we turned our calendars upside down it would make no difference to the year; if we called the nights day they would be just ns dark. A iife is known by the way it lends and not by its label. A false life ia a lie in itself. Men aro not saved by their words about heaven, but by their walk to ward heaven. The world is convinced by the logic of lives lived in the light, where the finest language fails. Men may know little of theology, but they are quick to recognize the shining of the divine in your life. The only hope of this poor world is the light of God shining in the hearts and faces of men, nnd its greatest danger is that those who profeirs to have this light should be but empty and dead lamps, walk ing in the darkness nnd leading others deeper in. Ram's Horn. Spear Points. True humility does good and is silent. God's sympathy is not exhausted in sighs. "Father" ia the keyword to all true praver. The light from heaven can never lead astray. When God closes ono door, He opens an other. Praver is the anchor that holds us fast to God. nonor looks better on a background of humility. God puts consolation only where He has first put pnin. The ahadow may be the price we pay for the sunshine. God's patience with the sinner does not npnroe the sin. There enn be no Christian meeting with out Christ in the midst. If the King is indeed near kin to us the roval likeness will be recognizable. We know not a millionth part of what Christ is to us, but perhaps we even leas know what we are to Him. Steadfastness. We need stability as regards the tmth, as well as loyalty to service. It is my con viction that much of the looseness of living and the barrenness of Christian work is due to lack of conviction. It is also true that loyalty of service and lovaltv of lifo must depend upon loyalty to conviction. The Rev. It. Bugnell, New York. Klteial. , A man is greater than any form of rit ual The tumolo itself was not the link between God and man, but only the symbol ot tne ling. Lhrnt is not merely one who symbolizes, but one who is. Right where you are, on the mountain or in the vulley, is the nlace for you to worship. The Rev. Cj. C. Morgan, New York. At Home With God. Loosed from other things the thoughts go home to rent. In God the blessed man finds the love that welcomes; there is the sunny place, there care is loosed and toil forgotten, there is the jovous freedom, the happy cairn, the rest and renewing of our strength at home with God. Mark Guy Peurse. entlal Elements. The esrentiul elements of spiritual mind edness aro to concede to yourself all the powers nnd purposes of God and then to actualize them by demonstrating God in your life. The Uev. F. E. Masou, Brook lyn, N. Y. Tile Commandments. Christ lived up to the commandments, hence His power, and men who have lived up to them have led powerful lives. The Rev. Dr. Van Dyke. Tne Greater Gift. Be sure of this, the more a nun giveth himself to hatred in this world, the more will he find to hate. Hut let us rather give ourselves to charity, and if we have ene mies, and what hunest man hath them not? let them be ours, since they must, but let us not be theirs, unco we know better. Henry Van Dyke, Trne Laws, The true laws of Christian growth ia to look right forward doing the duties of to day in the light of conscience and plan better things for the future. The Rev. Dr. Hums. How Old Is the Earth? Sir Archibald Gelkle, In a recent address In London, said thai figuring from the stratified rocks of the earth'i er.it mav range from a minimum ol 73 000.000 years up to a maximum of 680,000,000 years. Dana on the sawo basis figures that the earth's crust Is 48,000,000 years while Alfred Rus M Wallace figures that the earth's cruBt has been forming for 28,000,000 years. No man tiurse. fa k hero to bis trainee! COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trade Conditions. Bradstrect's say: All available data confirm reports ol past good trade and foreshadow as good or better yet to come. It has been es sentially a week of active buying in dis tributive trade, and sellers have occu pied an enviable position. Reports a to August trade have been almost uni formly favorable, and the records ol failures show business mortality to have been confined to a low Summer mini mum. Prices show persistent strength despite the fact that agricultural pro ducts, except corn and prime cattle, tend lower, owing to the growing strength of raw textiles and other ma terials for manufacture. Corn is nol yet out of danger from frost in the northern half of the belt, and this, cou pled with short supplies, imparts strength to cereals generally. Reports of cotton crop deterioration, caused by hot, dry weather, have scared shorts and stiffened values of raw and manu factured cotton, but there is a feeling that the crop damage talk has been overdone and that a liberal yield is still possible, though active trade is expect ed to demand all available supplies ol the South's leading product. Rather less disturbance is noted in labor mat ters, some strikes having been declared off. The anthracite trouble still hangs over the situation, but the volume ol coal shipments is slowly and steadily increasing. Some wage advances are noted in widely separated lines. Col lections are uniformly good. Jobbing activity is undiminished Dry goods, shoes, millinery, drugs, hardware, groceries, clothing and lum ber figure actively in demand. Leather sales are large at the West, but high-tide prices discourage tanning. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week -aggregate 6,276,299 bushels, against 5,4.16,530 last week. 4.406,064 in this week last year and 3.373.100 in 1900. Wheat exports since July I aggregate 44.657,596 bushels, against 61.692.66j last season and 30,317,851 in 1900. Corn exports aggregate 21,196 bushels against 115,150 last week, 550,876 last year and 3,162,271 in 1000. Business failures for the week ending September 4 number 133, as against 140 last week, 169 in this week last year. In Canada for the week there were 14, as against 20 last week. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, $3 10u3.30; best Patent, 14.50; ohoioe Family, 13.75. Wheat New York No. 2. 7Gc; Philadelphia No 2, 73a73,'c; Baltimore No 2, 72o. Corn New York No. 2, 68c; Phila delphia No. 2. 69ati0; Baltimore No. 2, l)9o. Oats Now York No. 2. 34cj Philo delphla No. 2, 3 'Jo; Bultiinoro No 2, 32o. Hay No. 1 timothy, $17.00al7.50; No. 2 timothy, $16.00alG.50; No. 3 tint- othy $14.0015.00 Oreen Fr ruitsand VogotableB Apples per brl, fancy 75ctl 00; fair to good per brl, 50cSG5c; Ileota, native, per bunch lXcSSc; Cabbages, native, flat dutch, per 100,- $1 b0'a$i 00; Canta loupes, Anne Arundel Gems, per basket ripe, 40c250o; Celery, New York, per doz. ,15c40c; Eggplants, native, per 100, (j0ca75c; Grapes, Rappahannock, per 10-Ib basket, 9cS10o, do, Western Maryland, per 6-It basket, 9c10o; Lettuce, native, per bu box, 20cS30o. Lima beans, native, per bu box, b0c3 COo; Onions, Maryland nnd Pennsylva nia yellow, por bu, 70c75c; Pumpkins, native," each, 4ca5o; Squash, Anne Arundel, per basket, 10c2i15c; String beans, Dative, per bu, green, Zoc3d'jc; Tomatoes, Potomao, per peach -basket, SOcw'd'iXo. Rappahannock, br bu box, 50cG0o; Watermelons, Selects, per 100, 13 oo14 00; primos, per 100, $6 OO 00; seconds, per 100 t4 00 5 00; culls, per 100, $2 003 00. Potatoes, Potomao, per brl, No 1, $1 OOal 25; do, seconds, 75n80c; do, culls, 50a60e; do, Eastern Shore, per brl, No 1, $1 OOal 25. Butter, Separator, 21a22o; Gathered cream. 20a21e: prints. 1-lb '.'5a26o: Rolls, 2-lb, 25a2G; buiry pts. Md., Pa., Va., Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, por dozen, lOKaiOo Cheese, Large, CO-IS, lOvalOvo; ma- dium, 3G-lb, lOValOw; pionics, 22-lb ll'iallo. Live Poultry, Hens, HXal2o; old roostors, oach 25a30c; spring chickens, l'ial3Ho, young stags, llS'uliu. Ducks lOallo. Hides, Heavy steers, association and suiters, late kill, 00-lbs uud up, olose se lection, 12Jal3?i'c; cows and light steers 9,"al04o. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk clear rib sides, 12i'o; bulk shoulders, 10,Vc; bulk bellies, 13c; bulk ham butts, lOJio; baoon clear rib sides, l'-o; baoon shoulders, HKc; sugar-cured breasts, llHo; sugar-cured shoulders; HXc; sugar-oured California hums, 10io; buins canvosed or uucanvasod, 12 lbs. and over, 14Mc; refined lard tierces, brls and 50 lb cans, gross, 1 1 i c ; refined lard, saooiid-liund tubs, llic; rofined lari, half-barrols and now tubs 11,40. Live Stock. Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10nl5c lowor, good to priino steers S 0;)un 0.); medium $4 75a7 50; stackers aud teeders f ! n a5 25; cows, f l 00a3 )!.; heifers Dlla 6 00; Texas-fed stoors $:) 00u4 50. Hogs, Mixod and butchers $7 30a7 50; good to choice, heavy $7 45a7 75; Sheop, Bheep and lambs slow to lower; good to ohoioe wbethers .3 50u3 75; Western sheep 50a3 50. East Liborty, Cattle ste-ady; choioe $7 40u7 DO; iirimo $G 50a7 00. Hogs, prime heavy 7 7.)u7 80, mediums ooj heavy Yejrkers 7 00a7 !. sueep stouuy Best wethers 13 70u3 85 culls nnd 00m inon $1 50a2 00; choice lambs $5 25a5 50. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Expressmen at San Francisco have organized. Norfolk (Va.) street railway men an taking steps to organize. Omaha (Neb.) street railway men haw recently organized a union. About l.ooo diamond workers in Am sterdam. Holland, are out of work. The Scattlej (Wash.) Central Labo: Union has secured the necessary fund: to build a labor temple. At Sacramento, Cat., 100 women wen recently initiated as members of tin Retail Clerks' Union. Mexican labor is so scarce as o ne cesitate sending for negroes from Ja maica. The latter are guaranteed em ployment for a year, In waves alone $100,000,000 is .mint allv xuendod by the United Statcl Steel Corporation, better known as tin Steel Trust. The Bank of England employs abotv 1.000 people, pays a quarter of a mil lion a year in wages and .15,000 a ycai in pensions. Journeymen tailors of Nov I la Conn., will organize and asain demani an increase in waes. 'Hie last move o the workmen in the lat'.er direction wu THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poemi How the Uny Went !)-Th Kalnon Is a Bad Institution, Polna- a a r.ibllo Benefaetor In Order to Ila Kii Ise It Foulness. It waa not on the field of battle, It was not with a ship at sea; But a fate far worse than either That stole him away from me. 'Twos the death in the ruby wine cup, 1 That the reason and senses drown; i He drank the alluring poison. And thus my boy went down. Went down from the height of manhood To the depths of disgrace and ain, Down to a worthless being. From the hope of what might have been. It was only the same old story That mothers so ftcn'tell. With accents of infinite sadnesil Like the tones of a funeral bell. Oh. can nothing destroy this evil? No bar in their pathway be thrown? To wave from the terrible maelstrom The thousands of boys going down? The Saloon's Real Character. The nerriietencv with which the idea ia being advocated that the first step of the reform against the drink evil ougnt to ne the establishment of a substitute for the laloon indicates that the propagandists of that idea have entirely overlooked one ol the most patent of all facta bearing upon the question: The saloon is not a good in- jtitution with incidental features that ar bad: it is a had institution that tries to oose as a public benefactor for the purpose jt disguising its badness. Those features of the saloon system. which we are told "minister to fundamen tal needs of society, "lacilitate social ex pression, etc., etc., are without exception exaggerated in the presentation that is given to the public. As a "poor man's club" the saloon is a furce and a failure. rruc, there are saloons where comforts ancj luxuries can be found, but the saloons that ire patronised by the men who are without lomfo-ts in their homes are bare of com fort, foul of air and dirty in every appoint ment. There are very few homes, even in the worst sections of American cities, that re not cleaner and more comfortable than the average poor man's saloon. Hut even where the saloon may turnisn lertain comforts and advantages, those things are only incidental to the saloon ousiness. the saloon exists tor tne purpose of selling drink, and ia resorted to prima rily for the purpose of drinking. During tne discussion 01 nisnop rotters outburst the early part of the year 189!, the yew lork .telegraph, whicn is in no way to be regarded as a temperance paper, made an illuminating remark as follows: J never had any use tor wnisicy except to get drunk with it. It was a wise man who said this. He had made a aoecialtv of drinking for some years, and eventually. seeing the futility ot his pursuit, naei ceased, and was subsequently giving hia opinion upon the value of whisky as an aid to civilization, no mignt nave continued with the cognate assertion that the only use for a saloon is a place In wnicn to get drunk. Whisky is made because men wish to get drunk, and saloons are maintained as convenient depots for the distribution and dissemination of whisky. Saloons are not poor men's clubs." New V oice. A Novelist's Opinion. It is a dark and difficult problem, but one thing I see clearly, namely, that drink is the greatest and most baneful hypno tist on the earth at present, and that its influence is more awful than any plague, more elevastating than any war. Looking back from more than middle life. I can hardly remember a case of wreck and ruin that has not been, directly or indirectly, the result of drink. It ia a terrible roll- :all my memory goes through of men of good and even brilliant opportunities, whe iru dead or worse than dead, at the hands 31 the great hypnotist. Against that rec ord I cannot recall n single case of a man who, free from the tyranny of drink, has been utterly destroyed by misfortune. The hardest blows of fate seem powerless to slay the man whom the great hypnotist cannot subdue. And though I think in temperance is often as much a consequence as a cause, I truly believe that if drink could be utterly wiped out of the world to night, humanity would awake in the morn ing with more than half its sorrows and sufferings gone. Hall Caine, in Household Words. Onr Greatest Cone. The saloon is the greatest curse of the present day, the fountainhead from whence flow streams of evil. It fills our prisons with criminals, our insane asylums with victims and our graveyards with paupers' graves. It turns happy homes into barren wastes. It debauches and ruins the hus band, the son, the father; it destroys the happiness of the wife, the mother, the daughter. It clothes them in rags, starves them and breaks their hearts. And for what? That a few men may grow rich and flourish on the burnt ashes of homes. Every conscientious thinker admits that all I have said is only the sad truth. Then why allow this terrible cause of crime ana wretchedness to go on? Why not inaugu rate a war against it that would overthrow it? If every good man should vote as his better nature dictates this evil would be abolished. Bo not say that it is hopeless to war against it. that this foe is too strongly intrenched in human hearts and selfishness, for right will triumph in the end. Josiah Allen's Wife, in the Woman's Home Companion. New lemperanee Saloon. A "bar without beer" is soon to be opened under the auspices of the Brown ing (Settlement, Walworth, London. It will be on the lines of the "lied House" in East London. A building lias been erected at the cornel of York road and Walworth road, and .he aim of the set tlement will be to supply wholesome food, tea, coffee, cocoa, etc., at a price within the means of the working classes. In the same building a Robert Browning Club for workmen will be established, and the Dr. Dale Memorial Library will find a home under the same roof. Membership of the club will give free access to the library, nil-. -linrds, bagatelle, ping-pong, unlimited- op portunities for mental culture, cricket and football. Alcohol at All Times a Poison. Pr. Thomas Bickerton, of Liverpool, sneaking recently, said ho was convinced that alcohol, which was at all time poison, even when taken in the smallest quantities, shortened a man's life. From his hospital experience, he could say that without alcohol we could close our hos pitals, asylums and workhouses. The Crusade In Brief. More than 50,000 Americana die from al coholic drink every year. Moderate drinkers belong to the same class as moderate stealers. Earl Roberts comes before the British public with a renewed appeal that the re turning soldiers should not be led into drunkenness by treating. In the light of recent events in Mary land the friends of temperance reform and of good government have every reason to be encouraged. Not only has the tendency to rum rule been checked, but the tri umph of civic righteousness ha been iu part at least realised. Dr. Henry, the American Speaker and or-' t'aniicer, who began work 111 England a year ugo, reports gratifying eultn, espe cially 111 Scotland, where, drink brings a degradation hardly heard of elaewhere. A man may owe to drunken parents or remoter ancestors a nervous system which craves alcohol. Yet in all save one in stance iu a thousand it is strictly true thai it lies with the man hiiiinulf whether or not he will submit to tho hereditary predisposition and lirnik. ill' Justice Emerson, one of the judges of the buprrme Court ol Newfoundland, lately congruUihited the prople of a lame judicial eliMtiict on the uti.-r absence of crime, wIul-1. he t-onsitu-i-ad was due in a te-ut measure to ihn ti.r ttiuipcraoce itgiolutiuii o lung iu luiiv.
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