"PERSEVERANCE" brilliant Sunday Sermon, By Rev. J. A. Tracy. apreulv li the Cheerfulness Born of Ihe Testimony ol Good Conscience. Brooklyn, N. Y. The I!ev. .T. A. Tra Mr, C. M., of Ucrmiintown, Pa., preached, Sunday, in the Church of the Visitation, Ml "Perseverance." Fattier Tracv took is his text, "lie faithful until death, and ( will give thee the t-own of life.'' (Apo lelypse ii: 10), nnd said: 1 can imagine no light more inspiring r more connoting than that which X be old before me to-day. Hundred of souls pave listened obediently to the voice ol Jod speaking through us and hundreds oj eorts have been opened to the infusion li grace from on high. Cheerfully and Bravely you have looked into the condi tion of your consciences nnd on detecting the marks of sin there you hastened to the tribunal of penance, you exposed the g lilt sontracted by sin, you resolved that with the help of Cod's grace you would never lompromise yourselves in the sight of Uod Ham. The absolution of Cod's represen tative was pronounced over you and you went forth with light hearts and pure con science and grace tilling your souls. Uy the reception of Holy Communion the seal uns set upon your resolutions and the act recorded in the book of life. Your bodies rc now the temples of the Holy Ghost, four souls are burning with His grace and 10 your present condition you are worthy to be culled saints, the name given bv St. Paul to the early Christians. Hence I have no hesitation in saying that the congregation asaembl.d here' to day, pure, holy, unspotted, cleansed from the delileinent of sin, is in object of com placency to the blessed nnd adorable Trin ity; to (iod the Father, hecau-e He sees Mis people, the work of His hands, faith ful, loyal and obedient;; to (iod the ton, because His tremendous sacrii.ee has not been in vain; to (iod the Holy Ghost, be cause your souls nre the receptacles of His grace and you show the work of His mighty hand. And the guardian angels of this church participate in the common joy. lor nicy see tne glory given to Coil by Hi faithful people. Yes, from the height of heaven above Ihe cherubim and seraphim look down upon you to-day and bless God their Master for His mercy to you and for the wonders of gr.'.cc wrought in your fouls. And we, too, bless God and fall down in humility before Him at the thought of having been His unworthy instruments in this mighty work. For it is not we that have done it. Irresistibly the convic tion is borne home upon us th-t "this change is the work of the right hand of the Most High." But we have in His name received your confessions; we have listened to your sighs of repent ance; we have heard your resolutions of amendment, and have satisfied ourselves of your determination to persevere in grace nnd holiness. By your own free act vou declared an eternal divorce from sin. That resolution was registered in heaven, and when you stnnd before the throne of God in judgment it shall be brought forth as testimony for your everlasting joy if you have kept it; for your eternal confusion if vou have failed. Now, there is no doubt about your pres ent dispositions. We know that as vou now stnnd your heurts are for God and against sin. But we cannot close our eyes to the melancholy fact that the flesh is weak. When the present religious fervor has passed your old enemy, the devil, will return to the attack and you must be pre pared to meet him. You must not deceive yourselves, but look the situation straight in the face and take measures according ly, lu a matter so serious it will lie of immense service to us to consider what it means to fail. Think, first, of the base ingratitude to Christ implied in a return to sin. With eyes of faith you have been able to dis cern as never before the significance of the life nnd death of your Kedeemer. You pave made a personal application of the lesson you have seen. You realize that it was all done for you. Yes, our Saviour had you in mind when He was subjected to outrage and ignomy in the court of Pi irtc; when the tierce scourges descended lux ii His face'and back: when the thorny crown was cruelly pressed upon His sacred brow; when He hung bleeding and torn upon the cross. The tnought that you would appreciate His sacrifice and profit by it, and through it be enr.bled to obtain mercy and forgiveness from His heavenlv J-iither reconciled Him to the cruelty of which Ho was a victim. If our Lord ad dressed you personally to-dav He would msuro you of this and tell you that tne thought of your conversion made ids suf. fermgs sweet. Moreover. He took the most effectual way of muking you compre hend the infinite love of His sacred heart. God's love for man might have been writ ten in characters of blazing gold across t!i heavens; it might have been proclaimed throughout the universe by an archangel, and nwin would have still remained skepti cal. He would ask for further proof. But when the Son of God Himself takes flesh and suffers and dies for mun, what heart can be so hard and stony, so insensible to gratitude as to refuse to be drawn to God anil return love for love. What baseness, then, and what treach ery it is to receive the gilts of God and to turn over to His enemy that which should serve His honor and glory. How ungrate Jul the heart mude for God and virtue which uses the power that God gave it in sell-indulgence and sin. How wicked the soul redeemed by Christ which renews again His terrible passion. For we do re new Christ's sufferings when we sin. We wave aside the markj of His love for us and an far as we nre able we uy, 'these thinu mean nothing to me. I have passions which must be satisfied, am bitions which must be attained, avarice which mint be satiated. The teaching, the paso'i.ti of Christ stand in the way of these and must give wav before them." And m it possible after all the manifesta tions in Chi-ist's goodnens that you will ngiim join forces witli His enemy, the de Ml.' Sha.l you again take up the scourge and sheil the blood of your Saviour? Shall you nijain press down upon His head the crown of thorns? Shall you make Him iy out in bitter complaint, "Of what use w.ia My blood?" Oh, God forbid; Gud pre berve you from such cruelly and treach ery. Again, remember that a return to sin .will repliinge you into the pitiful state from which you have just emerged. Bear in mind the significant words of Christ, "No man putting his. hnd to the plow and looking bark is fit for the kirgdom of heaven. We have begun the good work, why should we look back? Can you again fuce the misery and remorse you expert enccd while under the guilt of sin? Wm it not difficult enough for you to summon up courage to break away from sinful hab its, to confess the f'ns that oppressed your ?"' ,triuml'" over the concupiscence thut held you captive? Would you again placo your souls in the slavery of the evil one who seeks your destruction? You are now healed; take to heart, then, the words of Christ, "Go now and sin no more lest some worse thing befall thee " Strengthen your resolution, remain faithful uiid do not fall into the happy condition of him of whom our Saviour spoke when He said: "All who shall see him shall be- in to mock, saying this man began to uild and was not able to finish." And then comes the very serious thought of the limitations of God's mercy. It is possible, indeed, that if you despise and reject His grace now, you may never Lave the opportunity of returning to Um again. "Now Is the acceptable time, now th day of salvation." The promises of God are annexed to the performance of present duties. To-day is the day of mer cy; the future hold the day of justice and of judgment. "It is a horrible .liing to fall into the hands of the living God. If, notwithstanding your present eouversion to God, your freedom from sin, your en joyment of the possession of grace, you should forfeit that grace, belie your pro fession of amendment and return to wal low in the mire of iniquity and then cloue your eve in death an tuemy of God a frightful fute awaita you. lor death in mortal sin means an eternal separation from God, an utter and irreparable fail ure to attain the destiny for which God ucoUid. veil tho. forced, taaii-aaiojiship J1 demons "who "labored"" haT(fTot'yl5uTrnr ttruction and who will gloat over your ruin and finally never-ending pains in flicted by the omnipotent hand of an an gry God. But this is a melancholy thought. God has other motives than fear to deter us from sin and' to inspire us with the reso lution to persevere in His grace. And it is a pleasure to turn from the thought of punishment to that of reward. The first effect of a good life that can not fail to impress you strongly is the cheerfulness nnd joy oorn o' the testimony of a good conscience. Instead of the de pressing nnd overpowering sense of guilt produced by sin, you now experience a light heartedness and a buoyancy which tells you plainly that a terrible weight has been lifted from your soul. The dom inant note of your life now is peace, that "peace which surpasseth all understand ing," the peace that enable you to look the world in the fare unconscious of pub lic offense or secret defilement. You were strangers to this tieace while you were iware that you were not in the friendship of God. Now that it is yours you will guard it against all attacks nnd never igain forfeit it by sin. You will not allow yourselves to be blinded by the seductive Ind Meeting pleasures of the moment. You will be brave nnd loyal and steadfast in temptation and remain true to your God nd grateful for His mercies. Evermore, you will keep before your minds the prom ise of our Lord: "Be faithful until death mil I will give thee the crown of life." And when, at lr.-t. the struggle is alionl to close and this dreary world is fading from your sight, with the smile of (iod iweetly beckoning you on, you will be nble to lay down your weary heads in peace ind resignation. You will take rouruiK from the declaration of Christ: "Hp that. perseveres unto the end, he shall bn laved." Death will have no terrors fot roll because you will he able to regard it is the gate through which all must pass to enter upon the rewards of eternal liie The inspired words of Holy Scripture: "Blessed nre the dead who die in thn Lord," will tin (I tneir fulfillment in yout ;ne, for you will go cheerfully with thu leal of faith to the sweet repose of ever lasting peace. Whither? To God and II ih heaven. Lei ts consider our reward. Let us try to pierce the skies and cate.i a glimpse of the oys awaiting us. Our mental vision ranges over the myriads . angels ; nd ami Ingcla, patriarchs and prophets, : pontics ind martyrs, confessors and virgins, who tiasK in tne sunshine ot tne presence ot 3od. Our souls are transported beyond !ho bounds of the material noily when w think that we, too. nre called to join in tho praise of God, with tne nine choirs ol ingels. Our hearts expand with joy when ire behold those now rejoicing who, Idea is, have battled with ..e enemies of theit latvation. They have fought the good 5 "ght, they have finished tneir course, they ave kept the faith. Now they nre enjoy ing the crown of justice which God, the lust judge, has awarded them for theit idelity. They nre plr.ced beyond the reach of tribulation, lor in heaven God ill all wipe away all tears from their eyes; ind "death shall be no more, nor mourn ing, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be nnv more, for these things have passed away." How clearb- does their happy state ex implify the apostle's woids: "The suffer in's or the present time ar- inn . . being compared to the glory to come ivhicn shall be revealed to as." And to think that the blessedness of tin taints is the destiny which God lis! narked out for you. This is tho final vocation to which God has called you Listen to St. l'nul: "You are come," snyi he, "to the Mount of ion, and to the city jf the living God, the heavenly Jerusa, lem, and the many thousands of angels, nd the church of the first horn who ar written in heaven, and God the Judge oj All, and Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament." Has earth any joys compared to these? Is there anything under God which can justify us in forfeiting this mi mortal happiness? Where shall we find a more loving father than God, a sweetei friend than Christ, a kinder mother thar, Mary, nobler brothers and sisters than tin ipostles, martyrs and virgins alrendy re, joicing before the throne of God? Oh, what humiliation it must cause us to fee: ourselves so sin stained nnd unworthy, and yet to know that we are called to as. sociate with such purity and splendor! Who nre we that we should aspire to the companionship of the blessed? Whnt have we done that with them we should gazi forever on the blissful vision of God, thai we should intone the canticles of adora. tion with the quiring seraphim, that wt should kneel as children at the feet o! the Immaculate Mary, that we should con. sort with such saints as Peter and Paul, that we should proclaim the glory of th Lamb of God with John the Baptist, thai we should sing His praises with Hoi) David, that we should repose in peace anc rest with the victorious martyrs, that w should attend in tho train of Christ witk spotless virgins, that we should behold tin bright radiance of eternal truth and beau, ty with St. Augustine and St. Thomas! All this and unspeakably mora is the loj of those who are numbered among tlx saints. And yet it is to this that God invites us, calls us and entreats us. Let us listen to- His voice and let ou thoughts and affections dwell in heaven snd let us serve God as the saints serveii Him. Strive heroically, consistently and steadfastly with your passions. Follow faithfully the means of perseverance point sd out to you in the ho.y tribunal ot pen, ance. Keep in sight the crown of glorj laid up for you. And although your namei nay not be registered among tho canon iied, nevertheless a recurrence of thi( happy day will find you reigning in blis The storm will be past, the haven reached, the inheritance secured. Happiness un. ipeakablc! for "eye hath not seen, nor ea( heard, neither hath it entered into tin haurt of man, what things (iod hnth pro pared for those who love Him." Mav yoi nd I and all who love God one (lay l numbered among those who stand befori the throne when "God shall wipe away a tear from our eyes, and death shall be nC more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor or row shall be any more, for those thiugi shall have passed away." The Important Thing. Whether n man can go from place tc place is a less important question thai whether he is able to move from subject to subject of thought, or from one objeel of affection to another. In other word, a man' legs are less important to Inn than hi head or his heart. As the "Attii Philosopher" expresses it concerning tin worn-out body while the inner man is vig orous and active, "The fortress is a little damaged, but the garrison is quite hearty.' We have reason to be grateful to Go4 when the spirit truly is willing the flesl is weak. -Sunday-School Times. Keep the soil of life soft, it lympathj tender, it imagination free, or else yoa may lose the elementary quality of recep. tiveness, and all the iulluence of God in a) 'be in vain. F. U. Peabodv. The Allusion Classical. The agricultural appropriation bill wag before the House. Representa tive Rlxey of Virginia was advocating an Increase from $15,000 to 125,000 for the experimental farm owned by the government at Arlington. He said the small amount allowed was not enough to produce substantial results. Representative Wadswortb, In charge of the bill, pointed out that 116,000 was appropriated for the farm annually, and that year after year this mounted up, and In time would bave become formidable. "Rome was not built In a day," be added in conclu sion. "No," replied Mr. Rlxey. "Rome was not built In a day, and if Romulus and Remus bad been members of tho com mittee on Agriculture Rome would never bave been built." Washington Times. Age of Europsan Cities. Rome Is 2,684 years old, Marseilles claims to be 1,600 years old and Ca el, In Prussia, 1,000, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON C0MMENT9 FOR APRIL 10. Subject! t'eler Cnurf.sses (lis f'l.rlst, Msvfc lll 37.:K-(lolilon Text, Mutt. xvl.T t Memory Verses, 34, tl.l Continental-) on the Day's Lesson, I. Different opinions concerning Clirikt (vs. 27-30). "Cnesarea I'hilippi." it seems that Jesus did not enter this city, but taught in its vicinity. It, was n populous and prosperous region, and the people were not so much under the influence of the scribes nnd Pharisees as thev were furthei Mouth. "Whom do men say'?" Christ did not ask this question (1) for information, or (2) because He desired the applause ol men, or () because He intended to form His course according to tho reply, but (4) because "He desired to ground His disci-P-esm the deepest faith. 28. "Some sav, etc. The people held different opinions concerning ( hrist. Some said John the Baptist returned to life. Some, Elian, who was to be the forerunner of the .Messiah; others, Jercinias (Matt. 16: II). "in ac cordance with the tradition that Jeremiah was to come ami reveal the placo where the sacred vessels were concealed;" and others, one of the prophets. 2!t. "Whom sny ye? This was the de cisive moment in which the separation ol the ew Testament from the O.d Testa ment theocracy Was to be made. The hour had conic for the utterance of n distinct Christian confession, "peter iinawereth.'1 He. spoke for nil or the apostles. "Thou nre the Christ." The Messiah. The An ointed One. Messiah is the Hebrew nnd Christ is the Greek for "anointed." Jesus was the One who was anointed by the Father as Prophet, Pries': and King. The apostles thus confess their Master to be the Son of the living God the divine One for whom the world was looking and wait ing. 30. "Tell no man." The time had not come to proclaim Him publicly. Gal ilean enthusiasm might now endeavor to make Him king if this announcement were made openly. The account given by Matthew is much fuller than this one given bv Mark. In Matt. 1(1: 18. 10. we have the verses which have aroused as profound and as disturb ing a discussion ns any passage in the Word of God. Jesus is reported as savinu. "Thou art Peter, and unou this rock ' I will build My church." The Greek word here for Peter is "petros." meaning a stone or n piece of rock. This mime had been given Peter by Jesus at the first (John J:, 42). The Greek word for rock is "petra," meaning rock in mas?. Regard ing this there are four leading views, nil of which nre supported by good million tics: 1. That Peter wns the rock on which Christ was to build His church. 2. That Peter and all trim believers are the rock. 3. That the confession Peter had just made was the rock. 4. That Christ had refer ence to Himself wlipn He said "upon this rock." The true view is, without doubt, the last one stated. Christ Is the founda tion of His church. II. Christ foretells His death (vs. S1-3.D. 31. "Began to teach." Heretofore He hail spoken obscurely, but now for the fir.f tune He pchI:h plainly of His coining suf ferings and death. "Son of Man." This was a title He frequently npplied to Him self, but it w as never applied to I lint bv the apostles. It expressed His humanity. "Of the elders, etc." The Sanhcdri.t. "Tl'ie detailed enumeration of these partiei proves that 'lure was a general conspira cy oh the part of nil the Jewish authori ties." 32. "Openly." That is, not public ly, but plainly and without disguise. "Peter took Hun." Aside; apart from the rest. "To rebuke Him." The idea of a sulfering Messiah was abhorrent to Peter nnd to ull the apostles, lie would set our Lord right nnd baninh this dismal conception of death instead of a throne. This shows Peter's boldness. 33. "Rebuked Peter." Christ perceived that He was not boldly uttering wiiat the others felt, nnd this rebuke was before them all. "Get thee behind Me, Satan." Satan means adversary. Jesus did not call His apostle a devil, but He saw in this suggestion n repetition of the old tempta tion .by which He was offered the glory of the kingdoms of the world without His coming to the cross. The words of the tempter are in Peter's mouth, anil Christ uses the very words which He had used to the devil in the wilderness. "Thou mind est not" (R. V.) Thou dost not under stand or discern the things of (iod; thou nrt wholly taken up with the thought that. My kingdom is of this world. Men would like ease, distinction nnd wealth, but God looks at peace of conscience and the joy of the soul. "To His eye the cross is the way to the crown." III. Conditions of disciplcship (vs. 34. 35). 34. "Had called." F.ven in these lonely regions considerable numbers would seem to have followed Him, nppnrently at some little distance. These He now called to Him nnd made them sharers in this part of His instruction. "Whosoever will." That is, whosoever is resolved at all costs to be My disciple. "Deny Himself." Christ shows the apostles trie nature of His kingdom. They must "abstain from all indulgences which stand in the way of duty.' "Take up His cros." Whosoever would follow Christ must be readv to en dure affliction and even death for His sake. This was the first intimation of His own sufferings upon "the cross." 35. "Whosoever will save, etc." Whoso ever succeeds in obtaining the life of world ly comfort nnd pleasure, by avoiding the life of self-denial and at the expense of rigliteousnes, shall lose even the earthiv rewards he seeks and also the eternal life of spiritual joy and blessedness. But who soever renounces those things in this life which charm the worldling, such as the love of gain, pleasure, fashion or honor, nnd from the worldling's standpoint loses his life for the sake of Christ, that brings the promised blessing. Multitudes lose their lives on the nltar of worldlv ambi tion, pleasure and fashion, but uch have no ray of hope. IV. The value of the soul (vs. 30-3S). 3fi "What; profit." The question implies that there is no profit. "The whole world." Kven though it were possible for a man to gain all the wcaltu. honor and hnppines. the world had to give, nnd to enjoy ir n thousand years, and then lose his siul, his loss would be infinitely greater .hnn auv earthly pleasure he yr nave hail. "I.tne." "He cast nwny." '. Vi own soul." Tlr. Greek word for soul lias the double mca-i ing "life" and "soul." The sunl is th" man himself. The only thing we renlly ami absolutely possess is our "soul." The man who loses his soul loses all he has that i' really valuable. 37. "In exchange." The firice the worldling pays for carnal delights s his soul. 31. "Adulterous." The pen file were called adulterous because tlieit icarts were estranged from God. Coin pare Isa. 54: 6; Jcr. 31: 32 and Jaiut ; 4. Queer. Case of Forgetfulne.il. Whnt Is pronounced by physicians to be a case of double consciousness was brought to public notice by a suit filed by David Charters again3t the city of Denver for $15,000 dam ages for Injuries to bis head, sus tained by falling on a defective side walk. Bays a dispatch to ther'Fhlladel phla American. After the accident, which occurred Dec. 30. 1901, Charters proclaimed himself "Daniel the Proph et," and wrote a book, entitled "Dan iel's Vision and Mission; Is Heaven RealT Is Hell Real?" He preached on the streets, and es tablished a prosperous mission. H also traveled about the country as an evangollst. Charters, a few weeks ago, recovered from bis Injury, and the attendant aberration, 'and d ciared that the Interval following th accident was a blank to him. He bad no knowledge ot having written a book. After reading tbe book be pro nounced Its contents Idiotic. Had Busy Fall and Winter. Mrs. Nat Llttlefleld ot Elmwood village, N. H-, who la 76 years old, has spun the yarn and knit more than fifty pairs of double mittens, besides doing the family knitting tbta fall and win ter. ' ' APRIL TENTH. "How the World's Standards Conflict With Christ's." Matt. 5.:43-40j 1 John 2:13-17. Scripture VersesJosh. 24:13; Prov. 22:1; Imi. 66:3.4; Matt. 1 :l : 44 4 ; Mark 10:21-23; Lt'ke 10:38-42: 12:13-21; 1: 13; John 15:19; 17:11; 1 Tim. 6:0-12; Tit. 2:11-13; Heb. 11:21-26; Jas. 4:4. Lesson Thoughts. Bark of all systems of weight thero Is the principle of gravitation, upon which every correct standard depends. The principle that must be back of every correct standard of living to regulate It .Is the spirit of love. Kveqy Mso standard Is an Imitation, a counterfeit of one that Is true; but Its similarity, unless It 1? lull conform ity, does not make the false true, So with all false systems of morality Mial reremble but do not exactly conform to Christ's standard. Selections. Before Socrates, it was said, "Let us do good to those who love us, and evil to those who hate u.." Socrates changed the precept, and said. "I:t ns do good to our frlmnds, and let tic do no evil to our enemies." Jesuf Christ says. "Bless them that curso j'ou." "Love your enemies." The fine and nohlv way to kill a foe. Is not to kill Uim: you with kindness may So chango him, that ho shall cease to be so, And then he's Elaln. SI:smi:nJ us'd to gay. His pardons put liJa foes to doatu; for when Ho niortlfy's their hate, ho Uill'J there then. We were sent Into thin world to love God and to love man, to do good, to fiT up life with .deeds of generosity ami usefulness. And he that refuses t work out that high destiny Is a degrnd ed man. . . If the splr.it which wai created to find Its enjoyment In th love of God has settled down satlsflec w.lth thr- love of the world, then that man hag turned aside from a celestia feast to prey on garbage. So artists melt the suilen ore of lead By heaping coals- of n,-e upon Its head From the kind warmth the m.-'.u; learns to flow, And pure from dross the silver rum below. Prayer Thou doest all things well O our Father; thou art perfect Ir purity and righteousness-. Help us t( nialte our standard conform more an '. more closely to thy perfect standard that we may do those? things whlcl are well pleasing to thee. Give u grace to forglvo and blef our eno mles; to do good to them that wr;n us; and so destroy our enenvles hi taking away thflr enmity. Ms-Tlfull' forgive our sins and shortcomings; !o: Jesus' Bake. Amen. APRIL TENTH. Two Standards of Life. Matt. 5. 43-48; 1 John 2. 15-17. Jesus began bis ministry In Galilee and Decapulls ("ten cities" scattered about the Sea of Tiberias, mostly east of 'it) making great fame by his teach ing In the synagogues, nnd by his acts of healing. He gathered a following of disciples. He has just given a pre liminary summons to Andrew and Peter (4. 18-201, and they nre with him when he utters the words we are to concmer. lie had spent the pre ceding night in solitary prayer. Af ter appointing the Twelve it would seem that the crowds were so great on "the plain" that, as Matthew says he went up to a higher level where he sat as was ctiHtoniary for teachers and "opened his mouth and taught mem. -He begins royally," says Joseph Parker. "There is a subtle claim of dominion In this very attitude of Ids; he does not beg to be heard: he does not say, 'If you please, I shall be glad to mention a suggestion or two which have beeu stirring in my own heart.' He sits, and the moun tain gives bis hospitality. He fills tho mountain, it beseems him like a king's throne. - When he sits he e.1 tg as one who has a right to the mountain, and when he Bpeaks It is as one whose gentlo voice tills the spaces like a healing breeze." His speech made the platform of the new sovereignty he was establlshJng In the world, the kingdom of God In a rrew sense and In new power thu kingdom of righteousness and peace and joy In the Holy Ghost; the king dom of good will, and harmlessness and helpfulness, and holiness. Ha had been about In the towns and vil lages crying "Repent, for tho kingdom of heaven Is at hand;" now he utters nine "blessed." They are (he first flanks In the platform of tho new kingdom; the first numbers In the pro gram of the new dispensation. Thosu "blesseds" falling from Jesus' lips make a mighty music, a heavenly mel ody In the world. Colebrldge sa.ld that th Beatitudes were the richest pas sage in all literature. Study them. O heart islck, sin-sick, world-nick - chil dren of Adam, and ye fhall Tinil rest unto your souls. He goes forward. What If you ore persecuted? Why. be glad, for you are In good company. Tbe selected Individuals of the rare, the supreme men, the men of the heights and who drew their life from the Inmost heart of things, the pro phets, they were treated in the same way. You ore the salt of the earth; see that you preserve, for tho world Is full of moral decay. You are the light of tho world: see that you shine, for tbe world Is very, very dark. The idea, of righteousness held by tbe scribes and Pharisees was a ritual external, perfunctory thing, a gloss, a veneer, a Utile paint and putty tbe vermeil tint on the faded cheek of a has. Beauties of the Language. The late Justice Maule ot tbe Eng lish judiciary, while one time presid ing at an Assize Court was lecturing a prisoner previous to passing sen. tence on hlra, when be was annoyed by one of tbe officials of court cross ing beneath him between the bencb and the prisoner's dock on business with the members ot tbe bar. "You ought to know," exclaimed the judge, severely, addressing tbe offend ing officer, "that It Is Improper to paw between two gentlemen when one ot them Is addressing the other!" He then proceeded to pass sentence ot seven years' penal servitude on the other "gentleman." THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. roeim What I'll Hsvs If t CnnM A (i1, Cruet anil Htnrtnreaklng; SI slit Wlilrh a Minister Maw In the City ofClmrrliet Warning; to Mothers. Hid I the power. I'd fill each heart With the love of the Itiuht so slronff, Tliiit none idimild mischief plot agaiust, or seek To do his brothev wrong: I'd have the law of Honor fixed So steadfast, firm and high, That none should dnre to do what's mean, And scorn to tell a lie. I'd have a law that none could break Like Persia's ancient rule That none should t.iste the red wine's cup, To make himself a fooi: I'd have it so that none should full In deep debasement utter, And drown his reason in bowl His manhood in a g ittcr! I'd fix it so that none should lure His fellow to the bar, Where Friendship's strong and loving lies So oft dishonored are; Where maudlin lips so oft defile Sweet l-'rieud-hip's blessed name, And filthy tongues, with ribald jesi, Good fellowship dpi'mii.'. I'd fix il so. a loving form should st.ind Hrsnle each erring blot her. Thus liin-il in tell temptation's path, A sister or a nioihcr. Whose weeping eyc should warn the Ind. hose pleading voice should move him To flee the n;ire before too late; I'd have his heart reprove him. Oh! hnd I power I'd close these doors Of dire infamy mid treason. Where Manhood's sunk beneath the brute, And whisky downs ine reason; I'd break the chain that bind) the soul To appetite and passion; And make each one for Home, for friends A man. in manly fashion! flh! hnd I power. I'd utter words. Should wake this slumbering nation; Should make men feel the curse of drink, How deep it.s degradation ; I'd show them hollies, where bleeding hearts Kutreat God's power to save The lather son, just tottering o'er That pit a ..nuikanl's grave! Ala! that hum, in power's so weak, The power of sin so strong; Tlat man, for love of gold, should a,--l; To do liis'lirothcr wrong! Oh! had I power, I'd break this power, And set rueh prisoner tree. And bind all hearts in blessed bonds Of closest Charity. The Itev. Leonard Cox, A. M. The Story of Three Young Women. A night or two ago, as 1 was on my way home from my work, wines the llev. Thomns 15. Gregory. I beheld a sight that I shall not toon forget, us sad, cruel and heartbreaking a sight as I was ever called upon to w itness. The trolley car in which T was seated stopped for ;i moment, and there stag gered in three young women, the youngest, 1 should say, being abuut fifteen, the eld est not over seventeen. The girls were exceptionally good look ing, were well dressed nnd did not ap pear to be "sinners above all men that dwelt in .lerusalcn." Hut how drunk they were! And what actions they cut up! silly, shameless, dis gusting, they forced every decent, self respecting person in the car to usk the iiuestion, "What arc we coming to when even young women, the wives and mothci'3 oj the future, can act like thisH" The girls were evidently getting home from u downtown 'luncheon," at which they had allowed themselves to imbibe the stuff which stole away 'heir oraius, de stroyed their sense of decency, ami left them to stagger away us best they could. The girls got off the car on Ninth ave nue, Brooklyn, and weut reeling out into the night, no one of us could tell where. Tin y were the daughters of some of the mothers around about the locality where they left the car, and those mothers, watching for their girls, must have felt sorrowful indeed when they came in! The thought came to me as 1 watched the young women staggering away to their homes, "Are there, in those homes, moth ers who themselves are in the habit of going to downtown 'luncheons' and indulg ing in strong drink':" It occurred to me that possibly such migli be the case, and that the girls I saw were simply following their mothers' examples. If this is a fact, what can the mothers say? .Not a word. Their mouths are stopped ; for should they accuse their daughters of wrongdoing, they would but meet with the terrible reply: "We may be doing wrong; but who taught us to dj Possibly, however, the mothers of the young women I saw in such had shape on the Brooklyn trolley car do not themselves drink. Tor all I know to the contrury, they may be exceptionally fine women, so far as, their habits are concerned: but an other question comes up here: "Are they motherly mothers? Arc they as careful of their daughters as they ought -o be; or have they simply left them to grow up as thev please, and to go to wreck and ruin if they feel so inclined?" There is nothing in this world so beau tiful, so sacred, as motherhood, and tl.s very heart of motherhood is love for its child. And so the question will force itself upon us, "Do the mothers of this day and generation love their children as tenderly nnd deeply as they should?" Have the home virtu i in 'he modern wife deteriorated, and has she got to tho point where she cares less for the honor and peace of her home than she does for money nnd excitement and the other su jirticiul things? There was u time when mothers looked after their daughters, and in every way that was possible endeavored to shield them from the evil that lurked by the way; but I know, and every oliserving person knows, that it is no uncommon sight these times to see young girls roaming uroiiiid ut all hours of the night, cither alone or in the company of young men who, oftentimes, are of ni credit to them. It is a pity that t n-h condition of af fairs should exist, ami the sooner it is remedied the better it will be for tha country. We ure justly proud of our country. Invincible in prowess and boundless in possibilities for giHdness and greatness is the nntion whose women are womanly -but a law older than the pyramids and mightier than gravity has decreed that the nation whose womanhood is not womanly shall perish. New York American. Four Whisk? Into Ihs Gutter. A supply of whisky smuggled into Colfax, III., to be used in a political celebration, was discovered by the temperance women of the place. They marched into a restau rant where the intoxicant was stored and, seizing the supply, emptied it into the gullet-. Colfax is a prohibition commuuity. Ohjartlonsbla l'lctarcs. The Anti-Saloon League of Hichmond, Vs., is making war on alleged works of ai t in saloons and a justice of the peace com pelled two saloon keepers to remove pic tures from the walls which were objec tionable. Now the League is going to niukc war on the poker rooms. Russian Lliuor Monopoly, Tn a report to tho Department of Com merce and Labor. It. T. tireener. commer cial azeut at Vladivostok, Siberia, says that tne Itussian government estimates that the totul revenue in lUOt from tho liquor trade in the several provinces of ilit empire, where the business is monoo lized by the htute. will reach nearly JLiiS MO.tWO, and un July 1, 1U04, the aaloof liquor in Kastern Siberia will becomw a government monopoly, A prise of 50,000 rubles is offered by the Russian Uotrriinwiit for tha discovery of the best method of making alcohol uufit to drink while not injixmg it iu any wsy lot cviuioervial us rivrsy fcevKl&;5l trbJIe CiOfl's Answer. Xenrtr to thee, O Father, ever nearer. Thy loving purpose in my life fulfilled. Lifted above earth's strife, my visiou clearer. All earth-born passions stilled. Is this my prayer? Why, then, am I for getful When lowly bowed beneath thy chasten ing hand? Why tilled with doubts and fears, ao often fretful. So luth to understand? Is not the answer in my earnest pleading, Hidden within the discipline severe? The very lesson that my heart was needing, Taught by the bitter tear? The w?nrv toil, the pain, the sore bereave ment. Are ladder rounds swung down for every soul; The horizon widens with each day's achievement. And fairer seems the goal. Here let me rest, assured my poor petition is heard and needed at the Father's throne. The answer comes, with faith the one con dition : The way is all His own. Miss Ilaftic Hunter I'icrson, in X. Y. - Observer. Html Orowtlu It has been saiu that "the manufacture of sou is of a good quality is the first busi ness of a great republic." Now, souls of a good quality are not manufactured, but grown, says Newell Dwight Hillis. If we should distinguish between souls of bad quality anil souls of good quality, wc would say that thexe latter are wise, just, happy, self-suflieing and Christian. The man is wise toward nil truth in books, in nature and in life. The man is just his feet run nlong those highways of law that (od has set up for the soul's firogrcss. lie is happy that is, he is in larmony with his own record, his con science and his (iod. He is self-sacrificing that is, he is equal to all the emergen cies of life, and with a surplus of strength he thrusts his broad shoulders under an other's burden and carries that in addi tion to his own. Hut all these signal qual ities are growths; they are not suddenly thrust upon men. Indeed, Christ's every parable regarding the Christian life is one that interprets it as a growth. The kingdom of character is a seed, lint the wild grass grows into the rich barley. The wild thorn becomes the red rose, that is doubled. The wild orange, bitter and ucid, becomes the orange that is sceillos anil full of sugar. And the kingdom of heaven is planted in the soul ns a seed and slowly grows and expands to its full size and fruitage. Another figure that was used to inter pret the growth of character is architec tural. Character is a noble building ; it is bated on the body, indeed, as a marble palace has foundations that rest in the mud and go down to the rock. How beau tiful is the figure! What a hall is rea son! What a gallery, full of pictures of the past, is memory! What decorated walls are to be found in the chambers of imagery! How do housewives fill their garrets, just under the roof, with all man ner of cast-oiT furniture nnd old garments! But the upper story of the soul is like a glass observatory. Often faith stands in its tower of observation and hope fore casts f.ir olf and future things. No marble mansion was ever erected in a night save in fairy stories. Little by little the materials for n great building are brought together. Slowly grows the soul. K.ich thought is a nail, each habit is a pillar, each noble memory of friends Ix-lovcd is the face of an nugcl found in the frescoes on the wall. Slowly the soul's house is furnished and adorned and oft the Stranger Divine is a guest welcomed and knocking at the door. To this rich figure Christ adds a thud, when Ho lik ens the Christian life to an education. It was as if He had said: "The church is My school, you are .My pupils. Life is a great lecture room, joy, sorrow, love, work, victory, defeat, '.emulation, books, death these are the life teachers. To make the soul great this is the pur pose and aim of t'ne Christian life, for in dividual worth is the very genius of ( hris. tianity. One great uoul is more iiillurn tial for inspiration and encouragement than a million lesser ones, just as one Shakespeare can do more for the world than a million penny a-liners. Ood saves by a few. He raises up one Mary Ware as the fur or!' founder of the Itril Cross movement, and then inniiuicraiile women go up to her level. He rair.es up one I'aul or o ssi Luther nnd nations climb to the heights where these exalted spirits dwell. In the Paris World's Fair the treasures of the world were brought together. What pictures! What architecture! What archea and columns! What bridges! What marvelous tools and looms and ships! Hut u great character builded by thirty years of life is uu achievement incomparably richer. What treasure in a hern, in whom all heroism, all disinterested love, all wisdom, all patience and self-sacrifice are united. If it takes a long time to grow a tree, to rifien ft scholar, to construct a cathedral, Itnw much more to grow a man into the full stature of one who resembles Jesus Christ! You have inaugurated great enterprise in your youth, and the building of your character is worthy of all thought and ambition und tirclcs toiling. Seeds That M ill Crovr. Sweet hope that cheers the heart bears company. And proves the iuii-e oi uge. I'iudar. To hold fast upon (Iod null o-ie h ind and open wide the other to your neiii bor that is relijimi. (ieorj-o M.uDou aid. Man is not made subservient to an ex ternal law forced upon him from without, but is made responsive to a creative light and power within. lliblical World. There are many parables which 1 don't understand, but in Christ's teaching what I do understand 1 find to be wholly above me and not below. James lliuton. The Ulan who lets the world, or his own Jiortion of it, choose his plan of life for inn, has no need of any other faculty than the apelike one of imitation. .1. S. Mill. Life is a burden imposed upon you by Rod. What you make of it, that it will Ih9 to you. Take it up bravely, bear it on joyfully, lay it dowu triumphantly. (Jail Hamilton. The Mi at (it. We are under the delusion that s cur tailed space is a curtailed energy. It is not; a service is more arduous in propor tion as it is humble. My own opinion is that there is nothing which demands so much religious strength as tha sense of a shut gate. George Mutheson. Whan Rsady, It Comes. As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find that what is needful for you in a book, or a friend, or best of all in your thoughts the eternal thought speaking in your thought. (J eorgu Mac Donald. Freak Calf Born in New York. A freak calf was born at Otego, N Y a few days ago that had two heads and eight legs. The neck came to gether in a single breast bone, and there was one body to the blps, where there wero two distinctive hips, logs and bind part. The freak was a jer sey, born alive, but died lu a short time. It was so joined that It could not be called two animals connected, but one animal with extra legs an I boade. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. . . R. G. Dun & Company's weekly re- view on trade says: Little net change in trade condi-j lions is noted for the past week.) Storms and lloodsdid much damage to property and threatened agricul tural prospects at the start, but sub sequently the whc.ithrr improved and the outlook brightened. Spring trade is expanding, although still backward to sonic extent, and new labor con troverts have added to the number of unemployed, despite an amicable, arrangement of the sheet and tin plat scale, liuilding operations would be vigorous if employers and wag earners could adjust differences. ln qniries for structural material ar out proportion to new permits.whicb) is probably due to the fact that there is much resumption of postponed work. Railway earnings in three week of March are only 1.4 per cent, smaller than a year ago, and far i.i excess of anv preceding year. 1'ritlitig advances in several depart ments of the iron and steel industry indicate that there is less pressure t sell and more readiness on the part of purchasers to place orders that have been held back sincj the open ing of the year. Yet the market is extremely irregular, and the future contains many clcnicn'.s of uncer tainty. llradstrecl's says: Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending March 24, aggregate l.Noi.rUs bus hels, against 2,(106.124 last week, 2,401. 087 this week last year and 2,904,110 in 1902, and 4,404135 jn 1901. Cora exports for the week aggregated 1,527, 670 bushels, against 1.57.5,2X9 last week, ,l6iN,2to a year ag- 1.19,205 in 1 90 J and 3.58A043 in loof. wholesaleIurkets. Ualtimorc Flour Strong; winter ox tra. 4.004.2T; winter clour, l..'5in,4.75i winterstriilght, 5.00('.M: w inter putent, A.30(f:5.&); spring clear, 4.40(o)4.l)5;sprina straight, 5.0il(.(t5. 13; spring patent, 5.2? (e3.HU; receipts, 11,473 barrels, exports. 2,114 barrels. Wheat Firm: Rpot contract, 1.03) spot No. 2 red Western, 1.0l; Mureli, 1.03; May, 1.03;'; steumcr No. 2 red, 101 1 Corn Active; spot, S2; Mureli. 5MJ; April, .Wjcf 32i: steamer mixed .31 j; receipts. 5:J, 470 bushels; exports 77,143 bushels. Outs Firmer; No. 2 white, 4-SJ: No. mixed, 4iiM: receipts, 17,418 bushels Hyc Firm; No. 2, 71; No. 2 Western .72; receipts, l,3:id bushels. liny Finn; No. 1 timothy, unchanged1 No. 1 clover mixed, unchanged. Oruin Freights Dull ami unchanged. New York Htittcr Firm; extra fresh creamery, 23; creamery, common tc choice, 13(23j; imitation ceamcry, 14 18; State ilulr'v, 14r;Jl: renovated, Viut 1H; held crciiini.-rv, 1 122; factory, 12) !il3. Cheese Steady; State, full cream, small colored, September, 12; do. lute made, 1(1; do. small, white, do., 12; do late made, in; do. large, colored, do.. 12; do. late made, 10.1; do. large, w hile do.. 12; do. Into made. 101. Eggs Firm; State and I'cnnsylvanii nearby average, llncst, 17: do. second to firsts, 10. Western, firsts, 17. Flour Keccipts. 11.013 barrels; ex ports, 0,551 barrels; firm in sympathy with wheat; Minnesota patent, 5.25 5.03; Minnesota bakers, 4.2O(.4.70, win ter patents, 5.uO(ir,3.25; winter straights, 4.75y,5.00; winter extras. 8.50:1.73' winter low grades, 3.15H.tiO. Rye Flour Firm; fair to good, 3.03i 4.10; choice to fancy, 4.20(M.5(). Buckwheat Flour Dull; 2.002.10. Cornmcal Firm; vcllow Western, l.lOi citv, 1.08; kiln-driod', 2.00ts,:i.OO. flay Steady; shipping, U5y,73; good to choice, OouU . 05. Hops Firm; State, common to choice, 1003, aOifaS; 10o2, 24,2: olds, 10,1.V Pacific coast, lOOil. 1002, 24i;.27; olda, 10(i15. Hides Firm; Oalvcston. 20 to 23 pounds, 18; California, 21 to 23 pounds, 19; Texas dry, 24 to 80 pounds, 14. Potatoes Steady ; Long Island, 3.00(o) 8.50: Jerseys, 2. 735i:J.25: Jersey, sweets, 1.50f4.O0; State and Western, tacks, 3.50(153.70. Peanuts Firm; fancy hand picked, 5J other domestic, 3("0. Cabbages Stcudv; domestic, per ton, 23.00(;:J5.00; per 1W, 5.00(4,10.00. Live Slock. Chicago. Cattle Market nominali good to prime steers, 4.00(o;5.75; poor to) medium, ii.3Uui4.MO: stockers and feeders, 2.50Ti4.15; cows, l.U0(.4.0U: heifers, 2.00 044.75; cauners. l.GOuV-2 00; bulls, 2.00 4.00, calves, 8.00fc.rti.50. Hogs Market 5 to 10c higher; mixed and butchers, 5.15(J5.50; good to choice heavy, 6. 43c', 5. 57; rough, heavy, fi.1064 5.40; light, 4.05(0,5.20; bulk of sales, 5.1(1 5.40. Sheep Market steady ; lambs steady; good to choice wethers, 4 OO(y4.50; fuir to choice mixed, 8.50i,4 25; Western sheep, 4.20('i5.10; uutive lambs, 2. 75 5.25; Western lambs, -l.OOt&0.UU. WORLD OF LABOR. In Austria a system of factory in spection was created by law i;i l8ej, ao years ago. On April I r, at Ishpcming, Mich., United Mineral Mine Workers will meet in convention. A deputation of the Canadian Order of Railway Clerks lias petitioned for an increase in wages. A strike of cigarmakers in Venice threatens to develop into a general ttrikc in this trade throughout Italy. Wages of women workers in Canadj have increased in recent years from 25 to 50 per cent, more than men's. Steps have been taken looking to the formation of a strong organization of stationary engineers at Montreal,.. . Canada. Collieries in Lancashire, England, are still on short time, most of them not running more than four and a half to live days a week. Chinese laborers in British Colum bia canneries have formed a union and demand $45 and $50 and board instead of $40. . Wages of coal miners in Canada are three to four times as high as in Belgium, where not more than 1 a day is paid. William S. Waudby, of Rochester, N Y., backed by 2,000,000 wage workers for United States Commis sioner cf Labor. Miners in Sotiih Wales have re solved to contribute id. per member per lunar month towards a Tarli military representation fund. In the coal mining industry in Eng eland the average time worked 10 looj was 5.09 days a week, the lowst proportion since 1S06. The Greenock (Scotland) does laborers' strike, which lasted seveo weeks, has collated, the men prac- tically accepted tbe masters terms. The Legislature of Kentucky lias passed a law reutiiring the unioo I ibel on all text books used in the pub lic schools of that state. llecause they have not been give full work, hands employed at Arm- . strong, Whiteworlh t Co's. ship yard, on the Tyne, England, went out on strike.
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