"CHRISTIAN SERVICE" Sunday Sermon By the George D. Adams. Rev. Dr. fill of Iht Spiritual llpllUng Which AblJei With Tho Who Walk Constantly With Ood Chrlatlan Suffering. ' NewYohK CITY. When Rev .Dr. Oco.D. 'Adams, the new pastor of the First Bap hit Church, Lee avenue and Keap atreet, Breached his first acrmon aa pastor of thai thu'rch, ho selected for hia text: Hebrew 1 and 2: "Therefore, let ua alao, aeeing we are compassed about with ao great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight nd the ain which ia admired by many and let in run with patience the race that ia itt before ua, looking unto Jeaua, the au thor and perfecter of our faith j who, for the joy that was before Him, endured the cross, despised the ahnme and hath ant down at the right hand of the throne of God" (N. V.), and said: A very casual observer could easily tell that mnny Christiana have lost the joy of the Christian service which they once had. Jt takes no scholar, nor, indeed, a critic, of Christian life or human living to aee that tnanv, who one day rejoiced with "un tpeakable joy" in the service of Jesus Christ, are to-day indifferent. Indeed, we ourselves lind some times, when to come to the house of God ia a b,urden, and we drag I weary body or reluctant soul into the presence of the Almighty and try to wnr ibip Him in the "beauty of holiness." We (nd again and again, if we should follow the inclination of our hearts and minds that we should stay at home. Hut those lire new experiencca comparatively. Once we could give up any pleasure for ar. hour with God, and when to have teen in His presence and feel that Ho was hearing us; to enjoy the touch of kindred spirits; to have enjoyed the song and the prayer and the service, out of God'a henrt, would have been better to us than riches and more precious than fino gold. But that is gone. We find ourselves sometimes coming be came we think we ought: doing this or that service because it is customary; enter ing into this form or that because it is a habit to do so, and in the saner ..lomenta of our conscience we come sometimes to tar; "Why is this so?" Has God changed'? Has the power of the old gospel to alle viate human life of its brudciis and suffer ings gone? Is there less of power and elf i cacy in the saving grace of Jesus Christ now than once? After nil, is God's service really and truly at bottom nothing but a drudcterylf Or, has something taken place with us? Have we left behind something we once had and have we passed beyond that moment of exultant apirit when in the fresenco of Jesus our henrt bounded with he joy of a new faith and the experience of salvation? Well, we nre perfectly sure Go.l has not changed. We are perfectly, lure Jesus is "the same, yesterday, to day nd forever." We have not a doubt that the old gospel will save men to-day, and when we come to think of it after nil is not the matter of being saved a subject of just as much joy in the twentieth century as in the first century? Has there been any change in the attitude of the gospel? We are hound to confess there has been none, and if that is true, then the trouble is with us. Somewhere we hnve lost some thing, and I am looking into faces this morning that know better thnn I do, in their experience, that that something is the priceless treasure of Christian hope. Now, to get that back. When I was a bov I wept when first I saw the wrinkles coming on my mother's face. I wanted her to remain always young, and there are thousands of Christian hearts, some repre sented here, doubtless, that have wept at the loss of their Christian experience it is dead, joy is gone. Oh, what would we give to get it back! I am persuaded that wo would give a great deal to get it back, but I am more thoroughly persuaded that the wav to get it back is to get into the atti tude of life that makes it constant. The best thing is not to get hack the Christian experience of yeara ago. but to get into the attitude of life that makes that experience perennial, I am going, therefore, to discuss the sources ot joy. The thing that moat lies behind that experience and the first thing that confronts the Christian in the mat ter is duty. We do not like that word duty. We associate with he word duty, sacrifice, and are surprised when wo find that it is in itself a term of freedom. When I sav to you, "I want vou t3 do your duty,'1 you say. "Don't talk to me bout duty; I don't like that word." That i largely because the word has coin to you to mean a matter of bondage, when in re ality it ought to mean a matter of freedom. Why it was duty '.ehind the text: "Let us, therefore, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses lay aside (very weight and the sin which is admired bv manv (or so delight in . 'jnie aDecial sin of the uge. I suppose) and let us run with wtience the race that ia set before us, ooking unto Jesus, the author and perfect er of our faith, who, for the joy that was set before Him, tfhdured the cross, de spised the shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." That is duty. In the light with which Jesus de spised' the cross we ought not to atop and reason about duty. I want you to notice that duty is an ethical term, not a legal, 'ihere is a kind of doctrine abroad, to-dav which is called the ethical religious idea. I do not mean tlat at all. Duty is ethical, not legal. Duty resides in the recesses of a man'a character, not in the external leg islation concerning him. I am a moral aeiug, therefore I ought. A dog or a horse can never be called upon because of oughtness they are not moral beings. They are within the restrictions of a master and that is legal. There is something in man that is nn oughtness. "I ought, therefore I must." Because I am a moral being I ought, therefore duty is ethical. Mnny a Han fulfills the law and breaks every pos sible moral duty. The saloonkeej nr ia keeping the letter of the law, but he ia doing an immoral thing. It ia not a n atter of legality or politics, but of moral cught feis. Until that moral oughtness ia o'.ieyed I am in bondage, but when I obey th' moral oughtness I am free. I passes through a great sewing machine works in Belvidere, III,, and saw the machine called the automatic screw. The ordinary ma-, cbirie knows more than a lot of men. Men can't do a thing aa you tell them to. You ft a man on a job of work and he will change the way of doing it just as sure as lives that la, if he is an American. If is a Chinaman or a Russian he won't. rnat ia why corporations hire that kind of Joan, because he will do no more nor less than he is told. But you tell an American to do a thing precisely in a certain way; ye won't do it; you can't hire him to do ik a ma. hine will. You aay that ia re stricted. No, it ia not. It will take the P'g iron and turn it out perfect screws aa mall as a piece in your watch, and do it II day long. That ia liberty. The iron restricted in the pic iron, it is at lib fty in the screw shape because it is doing; Its illtjiTwle1 wnrlr And man ia at. libprlv ly when he ia doing hia God-intended "vice. Morally speaking, duty ia ethical,' then. I do my duty before God, not be-1 y-ue i must, Dut because i ougiit. 1 am, Mil a man m..A f ...... ...I,.... I Hf,. do thing I was made to do. The chiesj nd of man, aaya the catechism, ia to wor-j StllD God and aninv Him. Kvapllv Krt that duty is a part of joy in service. riT lilcuiiiauio Willi service. he servant ia not the servant when think-! l"g more of the wage thnn the business: ''.ou cannot serve and be aclfish. The sin 01 thia age ia selfishness, my friends. If " thankful that I live in the age of elec fieity. wireless telegraphy and tutomo "Ma, but let me tell you, the ain of the ga la pure, unadulterated selfishness. Ten; thousand people to-day in thia great city r sinking absolutely their own selfish Pleasure, and when aaif rialhrnnaa ilnA .n J thrones itself the ain of all ain in thus1 ft is committed. "Son, sivo ma thine 'art.- "Ho" you aay, you cannot uave it is mine. 1 am going to keep my "art to myself." I was reminded as I 'me down from Eitmhanitoo through the mountains ou Saturday I. leva those raounUina. (I have been hungry out on the Western plains to see a hill. You "would be surprised to eee what they call 0 "I out there. Why, an lhshmau with ln day than aoma of those mountains), i otd over those mountains and remem ft" an experience soms yeara ago in the IAuirondacka. Wa atartad out carle ou aornin. to tflimb a mountain. The valley e full W light, and aa we looked back Irom the top of one of the foothills tu tba at our test the beautiful verdure mmA. to .hraw UcJt thtybtf ojjua aunltglH.' 'men" we entered a tog, wnere we could not see more than rive or six feet away, , Where was the beauty g'inc? Our attention berame riveted upon our cITnrts to climb out of the fog. Presently we emerged from it and were on the mountain top. My, what a scene! There lay the valley at our feet, like an extensive world; towns, riven and railways the great Val ley of the Mohawk. True, it was nearly ISO miles away, but we were looking at it. That waa like the Christian experience. When you came to the seat that dny you were on the foothill. You forgot all be cause Jesus waa everything nnd you raw the little landscape. Yon thought, "The Christian life is beautiful. I am full of joy." And a few weeks passed and you laid, "But to live as a Cshirtinn is not so ensy; I do not see the joy. The little val ley, where is it? What a tremendous thing it is to be climbing up to God." And the cloud settles and you get to be scllili. liut if you persevered and climbed up ward you have come to the mountain peak. Experience, and you feel that all vour powers and love ought to be settled on one effort to climb still further and fur ther in the vision of the Kternal. 1 won der if some of us nre not still in the cloud, because wo have lost the joy of service. Suffering is only incident to servic. I am perfectly aware, when I ask you to en ter with greater zeal in the service of God that I am asking you to suiter. You will not be killed, or asked to move out of the I'nited states or persecuted because you are a Christian, but vou will have to Luf for. and when you suffer you will begin to enjoy. No man lnughs so heartily as the man who weeps most bitterly. No laugh ter rings so in heaven as that which comes through the tenrs down lu re. By sull'iring I mean you will be nsked to endure the cross. Jesus endured the cross. Now, right here let me say that suffering is not service. Some one says: "See here, do you mean to sny that when I suffer for Jesus Christ that is not service?" Thai is exact ly what I mean to say. God has no pleas ure in your pain, but if your service for Him ilcmnnda it, and you bear it heroic ally. He has plensure in the nttiludc of your life. Jesus Christ endured I ho cross. Why? Because it was incident to the work of saving this race. Somebody will call mo heretic, but I am not. I believe, nnd you believe, Hint Jesus Christ came to this world to save t li race. I believe nnd you believe thnt without Christ there is no sal vation. The key note of nil my ministry shall ever be that Jesus is the divine Son of God. If He is not divine let us stop oiu preacliing. sell our property nnd be inli dels. It Jesus is a mere innn let us nil quit business. I nmy be nn old fogy, but as long as this tongue preaches the gospel Jesus Christ will be the divine Christ in my message. Do I mean thnt Jesus came to His cross by accident? Not at nil. Ho saw the cross btnndiug ut the end of His mission, and for the joy that wns set ho fore Him endured nnd came to cave this lace, nnd that lne.int the bearing of n cross nnd He bore it. Hut the real mission was the saving of ,!ie race, not the bearing of the cross. His mission was to save men. "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosover belicvetli in Him miiilit not perish, but hnve ever lasting lite. When the cross stood in tho way of the perfection of salvation Jesus endured it divinely, heroically and unflinch ingly died upon it to save us. Suffering is incident to service, nnd when I call you to serve God you will have your cross. Tho men you work with will say you are too much of a crank and n fanatic. It will hin t nnd pain and go deep, and you will flinch. Sometimes you will try to apologize for being a crank nnd fanatic, and you will thank God there is something you can en dure. It is part of service and behind tho suffering comes a joy, deep and profound, when you are true. Yes, you will have shame to ben", too. Two or three young Indies where I have been holding nice-tin; lately nnd baptizing some have said, "I do not like to think of getting up before nil those people and being baptized." I wou dcr if we are going into the joy of fulfilling God's commnnd. If we nre we have got to endure some of thnt ahnme He endured. Let mo tell you if you had administered baptism nnd you saw as aminister sees in the face of tho believer buried out of sight nnd raised to resurrection of newness of life if you saw what he sees just once you would drop your quibbling now. Shame on us if wo cannot bear in the twentieth ecu. tury light of Christian truth nil thnt fol lowing Jesus demands of us. A writer in the British Weekly in nn article entitled "Beating to Windward," says sailing against the wind by stcnin power wns op posing one force to nnother. nnd was sim ply a matter of victory for the stronger force, but to sail to windward in n sailing vessel wns a matter of td;ill for hero "forces that oppose nre not opposed but used." Brethren, we must "beat to wind ward." Christian living that meet with no opposition is not Christian living nt nil. If you are beating to windward for Jeaua this world will omiose vou. It is n matter of skill, then, to take the opposing forces of suffering nnd sin nnd Use them to advnncH your life in the kingdom oil heaven. When I begin to sacrifice I begin to enjoy. Be loved, if you would have the joy'nf Chris tian service vou must have the hoi.it of Christian sacrifice. Tlie Last HaMmtli. When that last Sabbath comes the Sab. bath of al' creation the heart, wearied with its tumultuous beatings, shnll have 19,. inn ,vui, ivti'i cu nun uiiaiilivs, shall enjoy peace. The sun of the Sabbath will never set or hide its sulcndors in a cloud. The flowers that grow in its light will never InUo. Uur earthly Miblinths aru but dim reflections of the hcnvenlv Sab bath, cast down upon the earth, dimmed by the transit of their raya from so great a height mid so distant a world. The fair est landscapes, or combinations of scenery upon earth, are but the outskirts of the paradise of God, fore-earnests and intima tions of that which lies beyond I hem, and the happiest Sabbath-heart, whoso very pulse ia a Sabbath bell, he as but a very in adequate echo of the chimes and harmo nics of that Sabbnth, Hint rest, where we "rest not day and nigl.t," in which the song is never new, and yet ever auug. Cujuming. RAM'S HORN BLASTS HE people who enn speak in meeting uro not always the ones who have most weight on tho street. A man does not stumble over tho moral law until be tries to cross it. Some men shout their convictions so as to silence their consciences. You cannot sing a long-meter pro fession to a Bhort-meter practice. It Is not easy to be happy when you are poor, but it Is a good deal harder when you are not. It looks queer when the deacoa looks fp to heaven and drops an opera ticket Into the offering. Blessed ore they who have God at the wheel before the hurricane of tem ptation reaches them. Christ shows His regard for His body, the church, by His disregard for His body on the cross. It Is not much use dragging a man from the devil In the saloon if you are going to drop him al the door. Some Christians make) a point ot showing God's power to save the aoul by their power to save their silver. It Is always easier to feel that you love your neighbor across the ocean than to show you lova the one across tha street. Tba augar-to-the-aalnta and sulphur-to-tne sinners' sermon has never saved any eouls yet. The men who serve tha world are never worried aa to whether you are watching their smoke. It la well to be willing to be thought a fool for Christ's sake, but It la not well to be anxious to be ooa. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comment! August 9. lor Subject: David and Go!!tth, I Sam. nvll., 3S-i OoldcnTcxt, R-.'Ri. vlll., 31 Memory Vcrict, 45-17 Commentary on the Day's Lesson. T. David offers to fight Goliath (vi. 87). The giant, Go'.iath, who came out as the champion of the I'iiilistincs, belonged to the primitive ru'jo of the Anukim, of which the Israelites had found a small remnant at the time of the conquest, fom hundred years before (Num. 13:3.!, 3C; Josh. 14:1'.!). These, driven out by th Israelites, attached thenioolvcs to the Thil istmes; nnd Go'.inth aipenrs to have been one of a family oi giants, all of whom were s!nin bv David nnd his men 12 Sam. 21:1J '2'2). Golinth's height has heen various. v estimated at from nine to eleven feet. Hii nrmtir is estimated to have weighed nboa! Ii7 pounds; while the head oi his s-ieai weighed about nineteen pounds, in thoo times great size and strength nnd nrmoi wru of inmicasura'ole advantage in LaU This armed and piumrd ginnt defied till nrmics of Israel morning and evening t"i forty days. His appearance sent disma.i into the hearts of Saul nnd his people, Xonc of Saul's soldiers dared to fight wit it bi n, for no one could overcome him wit i the ordinary weapons of war. I'.ut ju.i rtt this point David appeared on the scene, and, much to the astonishment of S.r.i', o'lrrcd to chinipion the cause o; Isrnii nnd go nut and meet the I'lnlistine. II. The weapons chosen (vs. M-40). P,?, TX "His armor." The word for "armor' ir the l'ipviscd Version is "apiMicl." I'roh no'y a sprrial military dreas e.dap'.ed to lu worn with nrinor. "tout of mail." Th'i n-nicnt Hebrews were particularly atten tive to the personal safety of their war riors. The coat tof mail was usually madj oi leather or some p. unit matcrinl, some time covered with metallic, scales, and capable of tnkius the form of the part oi the body it protected. "Assayed to go." Kndeavored to go. By making the attempt David showed his courtesy and defercne" to his superiors. "Cannot ro with these.'1 The ahrewd, practical sense n't David nd moniniwed him of the folty oi attempt iuj such a combat with weapuns with whieli he had no skill. He is n wise man wlvi knows what he rannot do ns well us wiini he can. 'Tut them off." This was like wise from the Lord, who would hnve it made manifest that Ilia servant fought and conquered bv faith, nnd that tiie victor, v.ns from Him, who works by the uiosl demised means and instruments. i ill. "His maSf." His sli-'phcrd's eroo.: "Vivo smooth stones." Had th-v bre.i rough or lingular, they would not hi' s passed easily througn the nir. nnd ths. roughness would, in the course of theii p.-vjs.igo. hive given them a false dire". tion. Had tiny not br-en smooth, th;-. could not have iiren rcailiiy sent from th sli.i,'. "Shrnherd's ha;." lcd t carrv his I'nilv food. "Sling." A favorite weapon o" Kststerit ahenherd. It was alao vcr.v effec.ivo in war, an'1 wa regularly rai ployed, not. nnl" bv the Israelite troop.--. Imt also bv the Syrians, the Egyptians nnd the Persians. The song is enmpo-ed oi two strings nnd n leathern strap. The stra i is in the nrddlc. and is the place wlurn the ptone liri. The string u:i the riynt end of the snap is tin.ily fastened to tlu hand. Tho string on the 'n't is held be tween the thumb and mi.! He joint of the fore-tinier. It is then wnii'.ed two ot threo times round the head, and when HischarcjCd, the filler and thumb let bo their hold of the left end of tho atri-w. l ho sling was n formidable weapon in lh; hand oi n skilful person. A stone coti.d tie hurled with a ve'a-il' tint would ria:it it. n fatal as a rifle-ball. H wa. a vcrv rommon weapon in David's time. . exm hundred left-handed IVnj unites coti.d ilirtr at a hair's breadth and not miss. III. David and Goliath H" ct (vs. 41-! i). V.-iX "Philistine enine on." Uonnth. "in his shining urnior, with hi dreadful rt.aru; ni tramp under the hunfircdwcight o! r.'otal." "Looked about." He v.nnl tho whole scene, end could hardly ncrsuade himself that this boy was Israel's chim pion. "Disdained him." Goliath Feeincd nsuited that such a young unarmed lad ts David should approach him. "Am I i dog." He hurts a thmt at David, su? raitin that he knew no more than to ton-;i-j1 his shepherd dog, nnd ijnorantjy sap io5ed he could be aa sucecsstul witn him, I'ride soclh before destruction, nnd a tinuirhtv spirit before a fall (I'rov. 10: IS). Uv his gods." These (tods were such as Dagnn, Baal and Astarte. The rom.int thus became a nuestion not merely between David and Go'iinth, but between God and idols. It Goliath was successful then i1'. ury would gain a stronger huld upon the P 4l!". "Come, to me." He dares Da''.'' to venture near, declaring he will exhibit tii. great strenjth in pulling him into pieces. It was common when two chain jions met that each 'should make a speech :o thu other, and thus Golinth corned :ho shepherd boy. "Then said David, there was no mintako about their coming ,o;cther. It was intended. David spo uri'ih as much assurance aa did Goliath, md felt no shame because of the contrast" between their authority, ' Notning can sxeced the modesty, tho faith, tho niei.v nd the zenl for tho glory of God and the !iiu.e of Israel and oi true religion, wnicn rlow in this most beautiful spec.'h. "Hast Icfied." David trusted in the God whom joliath dclied and relied upon Him us laieiy ns Uoliatn Uia upon nis aworu ouu ipenr and physical power. . tt), 47. ''Will the Lord deliver." Ims was the language of faith. He ijnve ttie jlory to God in advance. "Earth may mow." Hero the laiiRuaifO U prophetic nd rises above that immediate occasion md declares how other nations and times lhall hear of that day's victory and hal live God the. glory. "This asseinb.y. David speaks as if it were a gathering tot vorship instead of a battle array. He iddiesscs himself to this combat, rathei ts a priest coinj to offer a sacrihee to th justice of God. than as a soldier going to mage nn euemv of his country. r. Go'.inth slaiti (vs. 43-J4). 48. 49. Arose nnd came." Cnlinth saw that hit ?hallenKo wns accented, though scorning to iiaht with David, yet ho udvan-ed to neet him in iircit pretenio to dignity. 'D.-.vid hasted." Do did not try to make i disilay of his power. He was intent an heinis instant in season, and advanced to do real execution. He could r.ot wail Tor Goliath to strike the first blow. That would be prufiimotion. When each ad mnceJ to meet the other, it was proper ti mal'.e the attack. "In his forehead." It ioes r.ot apprar that tha ancient heh nets hid any covering for the face. The !e.pt::a;iiit supposes that tho atone passed hro'Jz'n the helmet, and sank into Uij (o.ehead. fli)-M. David then raa ana took thi word of Goliith and cut otf the head of the fi.mt. As soon as tha Philistines saw that their champiou was dead they fled in Citiit tenor. A "8tono Forest." There Is what may be called a itor.e forest on San Nicholas Inland, off Southern California. This weird forest Is the result of some awful erup tion that must bavo taken place long ago and is doscrlbed thus: The ortgl col condition of the land was that of a bugo forest, when an eruption of the Moct Peloe order swept down upon It. blasting off the verduro and leaving inly the long stumps ot what were once beautiful trees; then the out break, as Is often tho case, caused the lea to rush In on the land, Tba action ot tha water and chemical remains ol tba eruption (combined lime and lava) transformed, after long years, tha itumps Into solid stone. The general condition of the country now la a wild tod barren tract of land. It consists ot hilly and aandy stretches of dead for ist.all tba timber being stricken to tha ground and tha trunks rarely showing mora than algbt or etna feat abova the tartb. Hera and there a large mast jf timber la seen clustered together at though for pro taction against tba tar ivitabla disaster. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. August 9. "Lessons from Paul: How We May Oct Ills Passion for Souls." Rom. I: 1-17. Ccrlptjre Verses Mntt. 10:7. 42; 20:4; 21:28; 22:9; 28:13; Mark 10:13; Acts 3:13, 20; 8:29-31. Lesson Thoughts. Not until we realize that we ar per sonally called to Ood'a service can we hav? the zeal that should be ours In seeking souls. He who haa a passion for souls will not depend upon I1I3 own power, but will often and earnestly pray to God In their behalf. The Gospel belongs by right to all men, and our very possession of It puts) us under obligation to bring others also Into their rightful relation to It. Selections. O friends, by the thought of th-j needs of a dying world, and by tho memory of a living Savior, able to save, but needing you and me to carry the good news, I pray that our hearts may be stirred and our love enkindled until we Bhall each hear him say, "Go ye." The cause would lay Its claims on us If there were no express command. Hut express command has been added. The one Injunction of Christ to unbeliev ers Is, "Conve." The one Injunction to his believing followers is, "Go." If tho angels ln heaven, and even Gotl himself, rejoice over one sinner that reponteth, how narrow and s'olflsh must be tho feeling of that man who has no Joy at the turning of a sinner from the error of hia way. St. Ber nard hath beautifully said, "The tears of penitents are the wine of angels;" and their conversJon, as Luther hath said, cause Te Deums among the heav enly host. Oh, that we might have a corresponding joy! If we work upon marble It will per ish; if we rear temples, they will crumble to dust; If we'work upon lm mrotal minds If we Imbue them with principles with the j'ist fear of God and love of our fellow men we en grave on those tablets something which v.!!l brighten for eternity. Suggested Hymns. J"3iis saves! O blesfed story. Throw cut the l.!fe-!lne. Preach the gospel, sound it forth. Have you sought for the sheep? Hark! tho voice of Jesu3 crying. Uics tho bolls of heaven! CPWORTH LGAQL'E McETiNO TOPICS. Auju3t 9. Stir up lb: Gift of God Which 13 la Th:e 12 Tirj. I. o-S.) Timothy was called to bo a preach er. The ordination he had received from Paul was the sign of a greater ordination from the Holy Spirit. Ha was set apart to be an evangelist. Ho had been given a gift for that work, a talent for soul-winning, an aptitude for declaring the good news. But no gift Is self-exeroislng. Timothy must uso his powers. There ts many a man who has locked up his gift, and afterward has lost tho key. The great hindrance to the full use of our powers for God Is fear. Thm one-talent servant who gained nothing Bald, "I was afraid." But that fear U no gift of God. Whenever God would hearten his servants He says to them, "Fear not, for I am with thee." Do not hide behind your fears as though they were honorable defenses. God has given to every one of his children; ln greater or smaller meas ure, the spirit of love, and of power, and of reason. Wo love him for what he does and for what he 13. We pro fess that for love of him we are ready to do and go and say and be what hu desires of us. We have power to speak the word that his salvation has put into our mouths. The plan of salva tion means that. One preacher wins ten rr ft, who each win ten, and In a year i'.e world Is vibrant with the tread of the advancing host, while tfen years gees tho message carried to the ends of the world. There are breaks In the chain, so that that It Is not act ually "endless," but the plan of 4t 1 God's devising. It makes every saved sinner an evangelist In his turn. The Christian who possesses tha power of God's presence is often re vealed by great emergencies. The 00 caslon stirs up the gift. On Paul's voyage to Rome he kept ln the back ground as long as all could help to so cure the safety of the ship. But when everything had been done ln vain, and despair wcttled nn the ship's company, ho knew his timo to speak had come. John Wesley noted the conduct of Mo ravians in a storm at sea, and marvel ed at their freedom from fear. Ho found that same freedom when he re ceived the same power. God's plan of Increasing the kingdom by multiplication instead of addition makes every Christian a preacher. The day's work Is a sermon. The home life Is a sermon. "Day unto day uttereth speech; night unto night showeth knowledge." "Use every opportunity that presents Itself to present the Gos pel." That does not mean offensive mess, nor tactlessness, nor the mere stating ot Christ's offer without caring whether or not It Is accepted. Tha Christian should grow mora expert, and more successful, every day. Get Close to the Soil. Tou never heard of a wild animal that had rheumatism until It reached captivity and was kept off the earth. You never heard of a horse that bad rheumatism until It was shod wltb lrou and kept off the earth. You never heard of a dos that bad rheu matism until It became a household pet and was ponipered kept off the earth. The hcatheci .of Africa and the Pacific Islands never had rheu matism, so far as wo know, until they got to wearing sandals or shoes. I once knew a fool man who, whenever ho got sick, would dig a trench In his garden, Ho down in it and have bis wife cover blm with fresh earth a far up ns hia chin. He would remain there for an hour or two, then get up ln fine spirits. Mother earth! Tho contact! It looked like the resurrec tion and It was. Let all tha boya go barefooted. New York Piesa. The Deepest Cccan Point. The greatest ocean depth ever dis covered waa sounded only a short ttme ago, during tne recent crulsa ol the Albatross In the Pacific. Profes sor Agassis was lu charge of tha expe dition, and near tha Island of Guam. There tba beam trawl, attached to a ateel cable, waa lowered to tha depth of 2S.878 feet, flva miles, almost a high as Mount Everest. By means ot thermometers attached to tba trawl It was found that tha water at tblt depth bore tho temperature of oaly 15 degrees, just a Uttln abova freezing polut. TillS GREAT DESTROY Eli SOMS STARTLING FACTS A90UT THE V;CE Of INTEMPERANCE. A f.osson 111 ?'oii mlr Wlmt MonrT Spent For l.liiinf fllv in Itrli-rn, nnt Ilnw the Tolul Alululnor Is the P.H tr onr. Strictly snonhini. !i':rn rro thiee niirtkt ooncpriir-d in pvrri I'.incst tcinsjition: 1. The si-llpr. 2. Tl" brycr. 3. The com mmiitv jrr-nrr.illy Thr hnin.' which b?n cfil nil thp" nnvtiis i hincd upon snivid nnd fair irincin'. The liusinrss which irive profit nnd snip to on" pnrtv, nnd fleece either of the other two pnrtir. is n wid!o. Ani'y this tci to the Ihpior tnflie nnd what i the result? Sniipoe two mep, A nnd U. cneh tinvitia 1000, the resn't of their snin m- rim ing or of somebo'lv c'p's i-i nnd eim inn. A enter a career of idhics :md dr. hunch nnd sii"tul hi money for ruin. The following i the reuli : Xo. I. The rum seller gets the M.IOfl nr.rt mnttc n profit. Xo. 2. The 1'tivef h,i parted with hi Mono n'id ffoi nntirnsc plun ipmaire.l lienlih: ruined eheivtcr. degraded life nnd pcrhap n criminal record. N'o. 3. The C'Miiinnnilv t irnnvrri.ihe'l bv the ni'ioiint of wn- of wealth of one of its member phi th,? pnvertv. disorder. eeplent. crni". etc.. which nttend hi? drink'ng nnd the consentient taxation in vo'ved. It srepd lii lponev in bnildino: .1 hnu-'-' W'h the fo'Vii.viiK- 'ci'ilU: Xo. 1 The seller or builder ret the MO'iO, nnd makes a prolit on the trnae. tion. Xn. The huvrr t-a parted with hi Blmw, but ha nnn- n h'iue an '-nniva'ent to th value of tlie pionev, phi the com. fort. jnprea.efl nlvnntf'ic. i-ocial tamlini apd credit which ntteinN a prnportv nn-ncr. Xo. P. The enn-niiMiii v i enriched he the nmnunt of sirfii wiieU- vi-mt bv one of it menihcrs. toirrllier with the proportion of taxe which uch protierty will pav. Myerv citizen i interested in every Peiv building. n"d in even- investment, no mat ter who in the ownrr or investor. Xntional Advocate. 00.000 T!oy Victims Yenrly. The ravage of mm and it effet on the youth of the paliun were crnpliicilly de eribed by the l'cv. Dr. Y. V Vi!on. of 'lamil'on. Out., in nn inMros delivered be fore the twenlv.fir.it International Chris tian Kn'tenvor Convention at Denver. D Wilson nai-l that the relative amour.t if liipinr consumed yearly by the prrnt pa lion of tlie world wa l-rance first, Dilv net. then Gertnanv and Austrn. The I'nited States stood fiitienth on the list, vet the drinl: bill of the I'nited States last yen- wa Sl.aO'l.nuil.o:)1). The continued prosperity of even thi treat am' "rowing republic was imperiled, n i ' Dr. Wilson. "The sa'non everywhere is n rue: in London, Paris, llcrlin. Glastrnv,-, llostnn. Washington. Toronto and llcnver, it is the 'nmc." he continued. "Il is the l-ihraltar t! freed, tlie .lericho of lust nnd crime, the daughter house of character and health: it the sewer pipe of misery and despair: n iiiirhly tyrant, a rcciin"e to freedom, purity ind prnsncrity; the 'nirthnlace of painer lnd criminals, the very fountain head ol ilnsMieniv. brutalitv and anarchy. "In his father's saloon the slaver of Pres cient McKinley was schooled in lawlessness ind crime, nnd from n saloon he went Torili to commit one of the foulest crimes that ever dis-jrnced t- e name of man. "Sixty thousand boys in thi republic very vcar become moderate drinkers nnd lixtv thousand moderate drinkers bceomc onh'rnied drunkard, and sixty thou. and confirmed drunkards pass into n state ol anneVss despair. "Oh. for n few hie men like Xeal Dow. Tohn H. Gnu'ih, Sir William T.au'son nnd lthci's men who see t-iinirs to be done nnd lo them: formers of character rather than eformers of ahusrs; patriotic men. enthn tiiutie spi'-if. pu-e and courageous like the ale Sheriff Pearson, of Portland, or Poll: if St. I.ouis: Pnrl:h"rst, of Xew York, and sheldon. of Kansas." It l'nvs lo Suve Men. The I'ninn Signal trive sonic informatior -civardinu the working of the Iowa law foi :he detention ot ineliriaics in Slate hospi :n!s. Tlie measure, has heen in force una line months. In one iio-nita! alone I.V inch cases havp been admit 'ed. ArLer ,i 'aref.il stndv of tl-ese cases Dr. Applejate die siirerin'endent, officially nflirms tiiat 'inebriety threatens to be one of tlie most icriou menaces accnninar.vinii: twentieth enturv civiiiation. Xo disease Reems tc i" more coinnion, and it reouires only n ittle investigation to prove that there arc? jut few families ia which seme member is lot n victim."' In 12a of these casca inchrato tendencies 'om one or both parents nre clearly i''o-vn. but in onlv t'.venty-ono wa the in 'b'ietv on the maternal side, nnd of tin 5!) nat'ents o!v six were women. One lundrcd and thir' v-seveit were American inrn a fact we .-.hall do well lo ponder 'V. pplci-te dwells ininn tlie justice ol he law and ""on the necessity for State reat'"cnl. "Wlia" better use." he nl;s. 'could n Sinte na!;e of it lienor revenue .bin to imr it hae'.: to the heartbroken vices and worse than fatherless children iv irivi-'i them a well husband and a sane 'nt tier ?" l-'roni a doctor's Ft-dpo:nt the miestinn a nertinent one. The standpoint of the tate. however, is. or should be. prevention athe- thnn cure. 1: the salooi revenue! toe, l ack to th" dr'ir.kir 1 and lho drunk cd's f-'mily, what his the State paineulf Yhft it loses in the prc'-es of making n li'iipl-ard and then tryi-n to make him ivcr into a sober mnn. who can compute? The lio-pital authorities admit that the fvtn of commitment thirty davs-t-is toe. ihort a time in which to eradicate the dis me of itlcoh :lisi:i. A lifetime would be oi short to effect a ccro li the patient rust ?o out M face the open saloon. L'nion Signal. It ICflrrt on PoMerlty. The influence nf strong drink in nfflictinii aosierity i sunurrd up in the following nr.-mer by Kraft Ebbing, one of the chief aiedical authorities of Germany: I'irst jlenerat'or. Moral depravity, alcoholic ex ess. Second Generation Drink mania, ittneks of insanity, general insanity, par tlysis. Third Generation Hypochondria. T".e"nnclioJia, nnathv and tendency to mtir if. Fourth Generation Imbecility, idiocy and extinction of thu race. Dr. Kb oing ha likewise made a comparison of ten families of drunkard and ten tern ratc families with the follnwinn reu!t: The direct prizeny of the drunkardi mnunte l to ti f v-seven ; twenty-five died s' insutiieVnt vitality In their first year ;:: were id;ot. iv dwaviid. rive ha hydrocephalus, hnirlip and clubfoot. Ol t'" emptraie fvni'ie there were si'lv-m children: five die! of insufhVent vituliiy fo"r had ci'.'ab'n nervous affections, twe had conenital defects, end Kl.'J per cer were bound in mind and bady. IJetter iiire Than fiorry. x. So said: The car.'encr ns he covcicd hit Bower bcd in ca?p of frost. The f.P'n cr as lie carted home his harvest before the storm came on. The wine school bey a he did his smm over aaain in case they were wrong. The traveler who went to the station five minutes too toon instead of rushing id too law. The cnotain who cot hit eomnats adjuitcc before lie csiiled from the barbar. The wise bay or irl who took the p!edg in ense they wouid begin to like strong drink. w A Ileoura(u Prospect. Dr. Couston. in the last report of the Horal Kdiubiii'nh Asylum, says: "The etna of insanity fur the past yeair which stood the highest in the list was intemperance from drink. Twenty-ei;ht per cent, of ah admissions were due to alcohol. It is ad and discouraging prospect that thii most preventable cause of disease should coutinue to increase." Kit Fortune War Itum. James . Horton. of No. 343 West Six teen lb street, in the ordinary course ol business got hold of a dollar bill nn ths back of which is '-ritten: "This is the Inst dollar of a fort i.ie spent for rum. -lohn Drbold, Galvesi.m. Texas." Victor Saiith, lu the New Yor'i Pitt. TIIE RELIGIOUS l.rFV. RiAOINC FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Torim Interroitslorlps We Turn Onr l'leasnres Into lnln nml Often In Mid dle I. Ife Have Mtilppe.l Our fiplrltunl Wooils e.m1 Fields All Hare, 0 Chritinn. doth God's bending ear, Always at rise and et of sun, In nraver thv trembling accents hear? (I. Tim. 2:8; Luke 18:1). Hath meek-eypd pnlience no retreat In thy poor heart, with stumblings sore? Then help beseech at .Icus' feet! -(II. Thessaloniiins 1:4). The widow and the fatherless, The poor, the sick who itih for heaven. Dost thou assist in their distress? (II. Corinthians p:7.i. Ar thou revengeful? Slay thy hand! Thy brethren love, on God's word lean Jov comes from heeding Ilia command: (Lcviticn 1!1:1SI. Jlotli chnritv. that peerless gem Vhich alca'ns alar lo heave"' gal, Glow in thy Christian diadem? (I. l'cter, general 4:8. Dost thy good will and lo-e on all Henigiilv rest iii warmth serene, Or like a benediction fall? II. John 4: 7. S. ICl. If thou art contrite, humble, (r.10, Sulimi-sive to the holy will, Thou shall, a fades earth from th' vie'.v, Kind rest in th' land ineffable! Monroe G. Carleton. Flower Voi-ever Freli, There' a tender nicipory-lnilcn fragrance in the nir a spring turns her face toward Miinner. Along the road von mav have tc pick vour way ahoin the pu.'illes. but. from tlie edge of the gi ns. I lie "day's eve' peep nut. and if you will c-os over inte the field th" bright jewel of nature spar kle on her mantl" of green. Then, brush ing these from the grass nnd the black berry bushes redolent with prophecies of autumn's riches, step into the woods, and lo! the dead leave are hidden bv masses 0 color, purple, white, pink and blood. I it on a stiiinn, where n svmphony ol sunlight streams through, and there come bail; to memory mv first day in th" woods nnd the country. The hnpnv crowd of eitj children, let loose from the impr'soninj streets into the ear'v sunpner wnads. fall ing fiercely on the flowers that 'av lil.-e a flood before them. They s:no'"d ti p'nc'i the fair, delicate thi'igs by tlie handful, pulling tin roots and nil.' plucking and plucking tiil the bnck aehrtd. .ho hands were weary nnd the arm reaiiv to breali with their burden. And then, thu laden, bck to th" train, to the citv's c'ose ! rests. Xot one flower .ir.d I eninved. end now they nil drooned and withered in the heat. ! Scarce en-'ld I tell the color and certainlv ! not the oiior of any. In spite of their nov c'tv the woods were not ' as sivcet to ma that day a now thev nre. a T sit hert thinking of I he mnny times I have repeated the cto- of thnt first dav in the woods. God fills the wood and fields of life with flower of n'casnre nnd fruits of jov. not tc be grasped bv the rude handful, not to be carried by the armful m trophies of out strength or our selfishness, but to be pinched one by one nnd quietly enjoyed till the whole onl tastes their essence. "In our rushing life we take our pleasures nr we do our luncheon, without digestion. We would pluck all the blossoms of knnwl. rdce nnd honor nnd love in n day. We scurry from one fnir coppice of ioy to an other, like a globe trotter who has sched uled ten seconds for Cologne Cathedral. So wc turn our pleasures into pain, our blessings into burdens, nnd often come tc middle life feeling we have stripped 0111 woods nnd fields nil bare. One flower a day nnd that in its season would fill 0 whole life with fragrance. Tl's leaf shall Pot wither who walk bv God's river of life, who waits for God's flowers to bloom in the time He has set; to him the charm 01" his last joys shall be r.s fresh and sweet ns the povcltv nnd l entitv of the f"-st nnd every blossom shall reflect nnd speak of the unfadin" glory and goodness of his Lord. Henry F. Cope, in "0 Ham's Horn. Spear Point. Vo--' sircerity is the alt of life. Nothing i evil-settled until settled right. Great wjrks are but small ones greatly do-e. Gn-l may break our plans, but not llif promisee. A genuine revival means n trimming of pr-so"al 'amns. I:' Cii'ist is the power of a life Ho will n.so be jts product. God cives no man 1 enntra-t to enlarge tn -mi-row road. OiVn the best view 01" heaven is that ob tamed Ir on the knee. Ii i n'wiv easy to co-it'oiind our opin ions n-ith the divine purposes. Ml (le i's providences nre but his touches f the snipes of the great instrument of th- world. t S.-t no standard for othcrs- thcy mav Mvc nc.irr to the light they have received then voll do. 'iorl is the snri'nr of opv best aetivi'v ntp flll'cst ener-v; Cod is the haven of dec'i' and untroubled rest . Da in Horn. ( Inii-cli of the Future. The I!ev. ft. . Giff,1r,l nf tlIP rllirPn of the future' "There will be a church in jhe f'-ture. Christ is cnlliiig. p-cn nre heed isr the cc1!. men nr" nnsvering th- call. The chnr-h ot" the future will be c,i'!ed-nut ones of .lesiis Christ. What the form of o-'lP'za, -on will be no n n can tell The rh-rrh of tlie future will do what it can to r-al'e th" l-ip"doms 01 nur I ord and of Hi Clp-ist. and the pierced hai-d of the Son of God shall wide the ship nt' slate nn every w-i'er. nt'd you pey.) p.,t ,vnit f r ilt. ,,,,. ond "oming for thnt, for He has come to Simplicity nr l ire Tn no resppct does the simplicity of l;fe suffer more deadly harm than from the multifariousness of our activities. Too manv irons in the fire. And the worst effect is not that sonic of these arc burnt ind spoiled, but that ihe living man much oftener than the living woman wasting his strength or hers iinon a multitude of exacting o'jlications. breaks down both body nnd mmd and ruins utterly the capacity for doing anv good thing. The PevDr. Chadwitk, Unitarian, JJrooklyo, VhIuh nr t'nsrlllslineu. Pen! PT-i'vth in character comes as sn Pinny of tho best gifts of God come by the wav. In doing what we believe to ft God s will for ii. manv thin? lie in the -Might !ine of that lidelity. Kvery unsel fish act makes unselfishness more possible. -H. W. Fonte. Ever-Present Mchl. A consciousness 0," God's love can Rive light in the heart even in our hours of greatest gloot 1. There nre no shadows so dense that the noonday sun cannot ,tive iignt above and around them. "Saw vou e'er clouds however dark the sun Could not gild with his light?" The Sun of Righteousness is ever above us, to give light ut all times. The World Necl Christ. The world need, a divine, a ii(tcrnaturnl Christ. The first century hud one end crucified Him, b it He rose again end be longs lo every centurv. The Key. 11. K. tou, Methodist. Philadelphia, Pa, Practical Philanthropy. "Very often, I luppoi" aia tha In Qulsltlve person, "you ar deceived by apparently deserving object of charity whom you quietly help?" "Yei, indeed," replied the wealthy philanthropist; "it 'a Just like thiowlni money away. Sometimes the very peo ple you thick will advertise you moat never 9V$ word about IL" i icces af Clever, Thlevee. Two men atole a boat at Blddeford. Me., the otber ntsht, and on their way 4 V. . - - - culture in the south. Attains It Highest Degree of PerfeeUasai In Mississippi The place where tomato culture ut lie sahl to hnve attained Its highest d Kree of perfection Is Crystal HprlngaJ Miss., nnd the methods employed t the growers of thnt section enn ba ndvnntnKi'otiKly followed by every irnW di'Ucr, If not commercinl Krovrer. Tbs tuitmunl feature of the system const slhts In pruniiiR the plnnts, nnd the plum hits been followed by the writer In) Ills home garden since 1S!)5, when hat learned of It In the Florida winter to liinto section. Coincident with the npnoarnne o. the third lenf of n young tomato plant will come a sucker or branch; and ns) the plant grows, additional suckers) will nppenr lu the axil of each lent until a vigorous plant will have twentjj or more brunches, the larger ones b.ivt Ing branches of their own, anil thi whole plant spreading over an area of ten or twelve sttnre feet. Such a) plant, of course, requires an immense! amount of noil nutrition and molsturt to support in foliage. Tho Crystal Springs planters set their tomutoc4 somewhat nearer than do ordinary growers as close ns three by three anr? one-half feet and when the Aral Bti 'kcr Is two Inches long It Is plncb.cn out. ns arc likewise nil suckers appear Ijig thereafter. Itefore the plant buy gins to fall, light pine stakes are driven lu the ground and the plants tied t tli. 'in with ordinary cotton strings. The tomato is then trained up tbi slake, requiring three or four tyinga until li roaches the top, four feet from t'.: .-round. Then the bud Is plncheil ntii. This gives n plant with about iwrdve or fourteen great leaves, fouf times the size of the ordinary tomato leaf, nnd live or six clusters of mag; lillleeiit. perfect frr.lt. The patch now looks like a diminutive orchard loaded with fruit. Hnslicls of ripe tomatoes are in plain sight ns the eye wander over the Held. I'udi-r this method thcrt Is no danger of tomatoes rotting or mildewing; they ripen seven or eight days earlier than If the plants nr left to their own devices or stalked lnt the ordinary way, and It Is practicable to get through the rows nt any tiints 11 ml kei p down objectionable weeds, nml perhaps the must important, th plants having a comparatively small leaf surface for transpiration ilo not require nearly so much moisture to mautre their fruit. If a somewhat bushier plant Is flu Fired, the vine cau be trained to two Instead of to a single stem. Scientific American. - 1 WORDS OF WISDOM; f.ove Is delicate; "love Is hurt wlt! Jar and fret," and you might aa well expect a vhdlu to remain In tunc if roughly ustfd as love to survive It chilled or driven into it.-elf. Sir Join Lubbock. ltcllglon is not the conception of God. but the hive of Ilim. It is not the ab struct Idea of right, but the practical doing of right. It is not the absolut formula of truth, but the being true The substance is more than tha shadow. Austin Garver. If despair overwhelm thee In thir abode of gloom, be wise nnd prepar for thyself a place of gventer cheerful ness. Wlshcst thou the night of the! grave to be luminous as day, carry along with thee ready trimmed tha lamp of good works. Saadf. I see bcgltilngs In mini, no end; wrestling, not achievement; unfolding cot maturity. Still he sighs for light, inure light. I'pon the Inn-dors of the grave he stands, nnd stretches out libs hands to Infinity and eternity for light, for progress, for new fields resplendent with everlasting light nnd glory. Or villi- pewey. "Quench not the spirit." It Is a wort! of deep wisdom and warning. It means, among other things, "Do thy self no harm." Preserve your IiidlvIdL utility. Ho not Impair the life forcea, l)o not disqualify yourself for receiving Impressions of reality from tho worltt ariiiiiid or Illuminations from the light within. Charles (S. Ames. I do not In my best moods think ot death, but of life. I would live a though there was no such thing in the; world as death for inc or for others. ( would live with my thoughts nnilj things thnt endure, in work and dnty nnd love, until dentil Itself hi consnmeI In life, the resurrection going ou day by day. this mortal putting ou Immor tality Il.irntlo Stebblns. Ilns rt Wonderful Timepiece One of the most wonderful watcbee tu the world is that owned and mad by Major 1 lopping-Ilcpenstol, of the Itoynl Kugiueers. It Is a comparative ly small watch, not much bigger thia an ordinary lever, but It performs variety of services In addition to tell ing the time. It rings an alarm bell In the morning to wake Its owner then It proceeds to light a apirit lamp and boll n kettle of water, and finally pours the boiling water Into a amalt teapot. The Prince of Wales witnessed the wonderful performance of thia watch and partook of a cup of tc which it made for his roynl hlgbnesr Governmental Pot Itlone Go lleSsTiaa' It Is said that live life, positions lo the Civil Engineer Corps of the Nary Iepnrtmeut. each with a salary c 'J7U0 nttiiched. went besting th spring, because there were no sstlsfaa tory applicants. The only cxplany tion suggested Is that there It bo treat a demand for civil engineer lu private? life that these Government plue.-s were not BUtllclently nttractlve, aud yet most porsous would be likely lo think thnt they would be eagerly aought after, especially as th? pa7 la bv creased after live yeara, end. ia maile $3o00 of tor ton yeara. Iswl raauu 1-larly fteel pons were ao cosily tba maker advertised-thoy would make such repairs aa were necessary lor stated time, generally alx tuoBtkSs When a man duuisged bis pen be car rled It back to tho factory and b.aJ it mended by an experienced chaulc. Wealthy Xew Task O -. A New York church tbac keep at lence respecting Its wealth r tha Dutch Collegiate, which la reputed to have aa Li come from InvesUueuta of fltWVOQO ynrr. Trinity, Church ha aa (are from Its investment tif over sJLX'V- -3 Iter annum
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