9ttttStttttttSItfltttfi SUNDAY SERMON 3 S 5 Brilliant Dltoount By Rev. J S Edward N'.lee. sttstst?ts Brooklyn, N. y. The "Rev. Edward Nllcs, pustor of tho Wlilte (Bushwlck Avenue Reformed) Church, preached Sunday on -'The Recent Religious Re vivals." Tlio text was from 11. Samuel :24: "When thou heaaest the Bound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thon hnlt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah none out before thee to smite the host of the Phllls tlnes." Mr. Mies said: David and his little kingdom were lore beset by the enemy. Former vic tories hnd only brought them tempo rary relief. Many of tho troops were discouraged. Very likely some advised patching tip terms of pence with the Philistines which would stop the per petual conflict, even If much would heeds be yielded. It was a crisis, and David did the best thing possible. He inquired of Jehovah. The reply of the orncle was a strange one. The order was not to go openly ngnlnst. the foe, but to equip his forces, and, thor oughly prepared for attack, put them In ambush opposite n grove of mul berry trees. Then, when the sound of n angel army wns heard rustling over tho tops of those branches, to bestir himself, and, according to the account !n Chronicles, go out to battle. How thrilling the promise which followed the direction, "for then Jehovah is gone out before thee to smite the host Of the Philistines." He did as he was told. Jehovah led the way, the Israelites followed. Uoth Uniting together won the battle. David had fnlth to adopt God's plan of nt tack. His fnlth was manifested by bis works. The result was glorious pence. Preparation. Expectation. Idealiza tion. These three words tell the story. I believe this tain from tho Old Book Is full of lessons to us. Certainly we are hemmed in by Influences threaten ing most dangerously our spiritual in dependence. The work of the churches In Brooklyn is not going forward as it should. Defensive tactics ore too much In evidence. Many in our ranks are seeking after compromise with evil, the abandon ment of our spiritual integrity, accom modation to the demands of the world. The times are desperate and earnest souls have followed the example of the Shepherd King, inquiring of Jehovah What shall be done. The antfwer has come, in no uncer tain tcmes. Equip '. yourselves with shields of faith, swords of the Spirit, breastplates of righteousness, helmets of salvation. Omit no preparation. Expect great things. When thou hear est the sound of heavenly allies march ing, bestir thyself. Strike, "for I, Je hovah, am with you." Christians nave been hearing such messages for months. Sermons, pray er meeting talks, Sunday-school in struction have la Id ever deepening em phasis on tho necessity of being alert to the help from lieavcu which will .warrant the command, "Go forward." Now I believe it has come. As one of the captains of tho sacramental army I repeat the order, "Forward, march!" During the past week my desk was strewed with clippings from both re ligious and daily papers telling of the "sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees." "Gypsy Smith!" It is an outlandish name. But it tells of a man who suc ceeded where Rhodes, Kruger, Miluer and all the other "statesmen" signally failed. From London comes the echo of the angel's footsteps, forcing back Its sin, shame and poverty thut the churches, charging shoulder to shoulder, may carry in triumph the cross of Christ to the very darkinost heart of that me tropolis of Christendom and Satan. With thrilling distinctness I hear the reverberations of the marching in Liv erpool. Almost incredulous I ask, "Can It be, in this twentieth century, when we have been so often assured that re vivalism is dead, thnt the greatest com mercial centre of the greatest commer cial nation of the world is stirred as never before in its history by the story of Jesus?" "Yes," comes the answer from many witnesses. I'ollcemen have strangely few calls to take peoplo to the station 'houses and are bringing them instead to gospel meetings, wrestling with them in prayer, rejoicing with them in salvation. One hundred and fifty street cur conductors are bound to gether in a praying band. Messenger boys and brokers In the Stock Ex change talk with each other of God and Join together In prayer. The very whistling on the streets is of gospel hymns. Twelve thousand people night after night pnek the Tour nament Hall to hear and give their testimonies, led by a recently notorious prize tighter and gambler. ' Nearly 6(MM have publicly given their hearts to Christ iu that one city and d7,shj in England since our American evangelists, Torrey and Alexander, be gan their meetings in England. The sound of marching on the top of the nuillierry trees has been so loud in Wales thnt even our dally papers this side of the Atlantic have heard, and found plueo to record it in their col umns. In a little Welsh town, eight miles from tho nearest railroad, a Christian Endeavor meeting was being held a few months back. The leader urged upon those present to tell their own spiritual experience, when a four tcen-year-old girl, who had never taken any part before; startled every one by rising with beaming fuee. "o, I love Jesus with oil my heart," were her only words. The effect was electric. One after another testified to the great ness of their sins and the Infinitely greater greatness of Christ' pardon. The religious contagion spread to other villages In fast widening circles. Evan Itoberts, once n ringleader In de bauchery, had recently given up coal mining to study for the ministry, and came home for a little rest. Ho wai Inspired by the changed Ufa of hli ,Jowu to proclaim the gospel with a power unheard of In a theological tu dent. Scores came to him for advice, whom he led to the cross. His service! were asked for here, there and anotbei place. Wherever be went the way had been prepared by faithful effort. Nt halls were large enough to accommn date the crowds, and the meeting) were held out of doors in many places, Every Sunday-school, every Cbristlaa Endeavor meeting became a revival meeting. The preacher were dls-es-tabllshed. The people conducted the gntlu-iiugs as tbey saw fit. Songs, ex hortations, prayer followed or mlugled with one another, yet all without such confuMlou a would mar the one Im pression of each meeting the evident presence In power of the Holy Spirit. Such a Christina time ha never been known iu Wales. Instead of drunken, ness, hymn singing; the theatres do serted, their plnyer stranded, religious conversation the prevailing topic, sa loons with no patrons. Tho revival is distinctively ethlenl, confirmed enemies of years standing t,coucJlett.liJL tlJSL meetings, old and forgotten debts remembered snd paid, the baneful effects of the great strike disappearing ns master and workman labor together in bringing to the anx ious bench the unsaved or as they seek together for light and peace. "It is the most remarkable spiritual nphenv nl this generation has witnessed. I believe it Is destined to leave n perma nent mark on the history of our coun try. It seems to be rocking Welsh life like a great earthquake," says Lloyd George, a member of Parliament. Over 34,)(M people are already enrolled as converts, and the movement shows no sign of abntement. "Will this revlvnl marching of God's army cnuse- Ameri cans to bestir themselves? Is It not the sign from God that we go out to battle?" Such was the query thnt rnme to a minister of the Ite formed Church In Schenectady. He rallied the Christian forces of that city, and their first on slnught wns successful beyond what they had faith to expect. That city is full of men and women lo-dny who have innde their pence with God, of those who are asking, "What must I do to be saved?" and, equally important, of those who have already found nn answer to the question, "What can I do for others," and are doing It. Frnctloally every church In the place has been stirred as never be fore in this generation. From tho economically and politi cally distracted State of Colorado I hear the tramp, tramp of marching! not now of deported miners, nor of armed troops quelling riots. It Is the tread of God's messengers, their feet shod with tho preparation of the Gos pel of Peace, The level-bended business men of Denver declared over nnd over a few weeks back that, whatever might be done elsewhere, a revlvnl there wns in conceivable. What did I read in tho pnper a week ngo yesterday? Five hundred business houses closed for two hours thntemployersand employed might attend prayer meetings! The public schools, the municipal buildings shut because of the revlvnl. The State Legislature, more Interested in Jesus Christ thnn In deciding who should be the Governor, adjourning to nttend church in a body on a Friday! Al ready new Christians are numbered by the thousands and hundreds of people who had kept their church letters in their trunks have presented them and renewed their Christian work. Are not such sounds of marching of angel's footsteps In South Africa, in London, in Liverpool, through the length and breadth of Wales, in Schenectady, in Denver, in many places, signals that we should bestir ourselves nnd go down with them to the attack? I can Interpret these glo rious facts In no other way. Other places have been freed from the thrnlldom of indifference to things spiritunl. Why should not we? Is there any reason why the work should not commence now, quickening the fro zen, illumining the darkened, lifting all up to a higher plane of thought, giving juster conceptions of responsi bility, causing us to act with wiser re gard for the glory of God and the wel fare of souls? The only reason lies In ourselves. Who votes against a revlvnl? The Christian who prays not for it, who works not for it. When I see a vacant seat in the prayer meeting or church, when I see a class in Sunday-school left without a teneher, n healthy church member who is not also a work er, I sny; "There is a vote against a revival." How do you vete? Yes? Then all you need to do is to use the means. The first is self-examination. Am I, as a professed Christian, a bright nnd shining example of the ben efits of being a Christian? The second means Is prayer. Begin your tirst conscious moment of the duy with a "God, pour out Thy spirit ou the white church." Tray during the day, though your feet may be walking and your eyes are open. A certain plnce in tho dome of the Capitol is called the whlserlng gal lery because a word, even though only whispered there, is distinguishable in the farther corner of the rotunda. The various meetings for prayer in this sanctuary are the whispering galleries where are most quickly heard tlio sound of the marching in the' tops of the mulberry trees. The third means is joy. According to our faith it be done to us. The Holy Spirit never failed to come where He was confidently expected. The simple, uninterrupted Joy of Evan Iloberts Is a striking phase of his spiritual power. So far us equipment is concerned, our preparation for the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees is complete. Becnuao we have heard it in so many directions and our expectations have become realizations, "shall we go out to battle?" "God has sounded forth the trumpet that sha'l never call retreat; Ho is sifting out the hearts of men be fore His Judgment seat. O be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be Jubilant, my feet! Our God Is marching ou." Tli Guiding of Providence. Being forbidden to preach tho Gospel In Cape Town, Barnubus Shaw bought a yoke of oxen and a cart, and putting his goods into the wagon, he uud bin wife seated themselves therein, and bended tho lowing klue toward tho In terior of tho country, not knowing whither they went. Thus they Jour neyed on day after day, till they hnd traveled 800 miles. On the twenty seventh day of their Journey they en camped for the night. They discovered a company f Hottentots halting near them. On entering into communica tion with them, they learned to their astonishment thnt this band of heath ens, headed by their chief were Jour, neylng to Cape Town in search of a missionary to teach them "the great Word." as they expressed It. Had either party started a half day earlier or luter they would not have met. Bag Gams Without Gun or Dogs. Mrs. Owen, wno lives three milet north of town, came In this morning with fifteen quail, eleven rabbits anil two squirrels and when asked how she killed so many stated that her foul little sons went out walking yesterday afternoon (Sunday) without dogs oi gun, tracked a covey of quail into s brush pllti and killed fifteen by get ting on the pile and Jumping up and down. , They klllod a number of rabbits in the same manner, and stlli othors by chasing them Into dens anil twisting thorn out with long forked sticks. Tfc. squirrels were killed by getting them Into hollow trees and twisting them out In the same manner us the rabbits. Cookevllle Correspondence Naahvllle American. Kipling's Lung Are Weak. Rudyard Kipling's lungs are too weak to stand an English winter. He baa not been strong since so attack of pneumonia caused apprehension yoara ago. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS 'FOR MARCH 19. Suhjeett Healing of th Man Horn Blind, John Is,, 1-11 Golden Test, Jnhn Is. 0 Memory Verses, 10, 11 Commentary on the Daj's Lesson. I. A man born blind (v. 1). 1. "As Jesus panned by." Jcaus still lingered at Jerusalem, and in one of His walks, per haps to or from a synagogue, lie enmo t this blind man. "lie taw." Jesus took notice of his affliction; looked upon him with concern, lie anticipated his need. That look meant sight to the blind man. "A man." lie was a beggar; it was his trade, but ammig all his petitions lie did not aak for sight. Vet Jesus gave it. An illustration of free grace Tins man wns hopeless, helpless, poor, "lllinrl frum lo birth." Of the six miracles connected with blindness which are recorded in the gun pels this is the only cane described n. blindness from birth. In this lien its sue cial characteristic, for since the World be gan it was not heard that ntiy man opened the eves of one that was born blind (v. .;.'! Blindness is very common in Palestine. II. Jesus explains the mystery of jirovi dunce (vs. 2-5). 2. "Disciples linked. ' The first question that nrone in tlicir niimln was why this blindness existed. "Who did sin." Scripture teaches that all (lineage, and even death, is the fruit of sin. The Jewish error consisted in believing that n.l special nfllictions were divine visitations for special sins. This error .lenun ecir rectcil. Murk the cnntriwt between their thoughts anil those of Jesus in reply, lie pcutance calls our own nlllirtious punish ments, but love colls the afllintious of oth ers trials. "This man." I!ut how could the man sin before his birth? The doctrine of tho transmigration of souls, by which the same soul is supposed to inhabit ililTer ent bodies, was quite general among the Greeks and Asiatics, but there i.n no clear proof that this doctrine was prevalent among these Jews. On the popular supp sition that special calamities are a punish ment for special sins, ttie disciples desire to know whose sin caused thin man's suf fering. Was it his parents' sin or hin own? If Jeans had replied his own they wou'.d have asked, How? 3. "Neither." That is, so as tn bo the cause of the blindness. Our Lord docs not deny tho existence of sin, either in this man or in his parents. The dinciples looked to the origin of the suffering; our Lord looked to its removal. They asked, "Who is to blame?" Jesus asked, "Who is to save?" Instead of looking to the dark abyss, out of which sin anil misery originated, the Lord's heart looks to the glory of God, who by redemption, exalts ianen man to even nigner niessconess man that of creature innocence. "Works of God manifest." Not that this man was born blind for the sole purpose that a miracle might be wrought, but that his blindness furnished the occasion for Jesus to perform the divine work of healing him thus to show Himself to he God. Goil is not responsible for sin ond its conse quences, but both afford Him nn opportu nity to show Ilia power and grace. 4. "Wo must work." (it. V.) By the plural "we," as given in the it. V., Jesus associates His apostles with Him in the work. It is encouraging to think that "we," poor weak men, can be "workers together with Christ." To rid the world of evil, of wretchedness, lonely sorrow, destitution and disease is the work of God. "While it is day." The day represents op portunity; the night, opportunity past. 5. 'In the world." He would not be long in the ilesh, but he has never ciased to no the light of the world. Sin is dark ness, lie is in bold contrast to nin. "1 am the light." Like the sun, it is My business to dispense light and hunt everywhere; to neglect no opportunity to enlighten and save the bodies and souls of men. The cane before them was altogether beyond human means, but Jesus reminded His disciples that in Him were light and life. III. The blind man wag healed (vs. C, 7). 6. "Made clay anointed." J cutis snows His power by proceeding, in His own way, ,to heal the man. Notice, 1. There is no connection between the means used and the effect produced. 2. Christ came into physical contact to attract at tention and to stimulate faith; where faith was in lively exercise, Ho healed by His word, and at a distance. 3. Christ appeals to two of the man's senses, his hearing nnd feeling, thereby arousing faith. Christ gave His personal attention to this case, even though His patient was a beggar. 7. "Go." Would He now prove His fuith in a stranger? Would He hesitate because of His lifelong teaching that He must not wash the eyes medicinally on the Sabbath; much less at a pool of water? Would lie now do what lie could? Here camo tho practicul text, proving His faith and obe dience. "Siloam." A fountain under tlio walls of Jerusalem toward the east, be tween the city and the brook Kidron. It is still to be seen, one of the few undis puted sites in Jerusalem, "lly interpreta tion, sent." That is, "outlet of waters;" cither because it was looked upon as a gift sent from God for tho use of tho city, or because its waters were directed or sent by canals or pipes into different quarters, for the sumo purpose. Some think there is an allusion to Gen. 40:10; that this foun tain was a type of Shiloh, the Christ, tho sent of God, and that it was to direct the man's mind to the accomplishment of that prophecy, he might find encouragement oi faith in tlir.i. The pool by its very name was a type of Christ. "He went." 'He be lieved and obeyed. Wo frequently lone God's best gifts because we fail to act ill time. "Came seeing." Tho cure was in stantaneous. IV. Various discussions (vs. 8-11). 8. "Is not this he?" There was on immediate etir among tho neighbors; they noticed the great chnngc in the man. The sumo is trim when Christ gives spiritual eyesight. "Heggcd." This is the first mention of tlio fact that he was a beggar. He must have been well known. 9. "I am he." Jesus hnd met and healed tho man on Fridiq night, at the beginning of the Subhulh. and the neighbors had not seen him go ta the pool, so that on the next morning they were hardly able to believe their senses. But the man himself gave a positive testi mony. 10. "How opened. His neigh bors gathered around him and onked for an explanation. Many are anxious to know how things arc done, even though they hays' no fuith. 11. "He answered." He hnd never seen his neighbors before, but now, looking right at them, he delivers this wonderful testimony to the power ol Christ. It is short, clear, positive. "A man." First he knew Him only as "the Man" fit. V.) called Jestis. then ns a pro phet (v. 17), then as a Man with whom God was (vs. 31-33), then He was the Son of God (vs. 35-38). RAM'S HORN BLASTS ; HE only man who can be trusted with wealth Is the, mau who puts no trust In it. . Nothing will ror roct a libel quicker than correct living. No money ' Is worth making- ihnt r lV"v7 Christian makes the f il" infidel world, It Is His name on our work that makes It worthy, ' One word of love may make a new world to some life. A creed may make a good chart, but It Is a poor compass. No time is wasted that a man spends with his children. . . A pope in the pulpit Is no better than a buss In the pews. The meeting that would freeze your feet Is not going to thaw the sinner's heart. The greatest sickness of all time 1b dluu9.su of tho heart. God Is under all to support when lie is over all to superintend. Muscle does not make manhood, bu: manhood dues make muacle. MARCH NINETEENTH. "Glorifying God In our Dally Work." Matt. o;13-1o; Rom. 12:11. Scripture Verses. Kx. 13:21, 22; 16:12, 38; Deut. 38:12, 25; Ps. 121:1 8; Luke 11:8; Cor. 4:16; 12:8s Phil. 4:13, It; Heb. 13:8. Lesson Thoughts. AlKthrough the Bible records dally toll Is regarded with honor, and even Jesus himself was known as "the car penter's son." We can therefore with perfect right ask God's blessing upon mir honest labors, and while we are fervent In spirit, serving the Lord, wo may at the same time be diligent In business. Religion between Sundays means doing all things as under the eye of the Lord. It will add energy to our efforts, honesty to our principles, and put charity In all our dealings. Selections. Dr. Parkhurst says thnt once a young man said in his prayer meet ing, "The preaching of our pnstor never did me any good till I com menced to convert his preaching into practice." That Is the way to make all sermons interesting; live them out. Kvery day should be sacred. There Bhould be no break between Hub baths. Tho cable of divine motive should stretch through seven days, touching with Its sanctifying power every hour of the day. Dishop Vin cent. We must put the glory of love, of best effort, of prayer, of upward look lug and heavenward reaching, Into tho dull routine of our life's every day, and then the most burdensome and uneventful life will be made splendid with the glory of God. J. R. Miller. Every day as It rises out of et'r nlty keeps putting this question: "What will you do before this day has sunk into eternity again?" Rob ertson. Why cannot we slip our hands Into His each day, walk trustingly over that day's appointed path, thorny or flowery, crooked or straight, knowing that evening will bring us sleop, peace and home? Phillips Brooks. Whoever knows God will know his business bettor, nnd whoever spends his time well in God's h oil Be on Sun day will spend his time well In his own house the rest of the week. Sundays are for spiritual food, and the other days are for spiritual exer cise, and feeding without working is certain to bring on disease. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS WIARCH NINETEENTH. Glorifying God In Our Dally Work. Matt. 5. 13-1G; Rom. 12. 11. A part of the Sermon on the Mount, enjoins certain duties upon the "bless ed ones." After tho benedictions come tho Injunctions. They- are "salt" and "light," and as tho former they must purify and preserve, and as the. latter they must illuminate. The passage from Romans is in the consecration chapter, and deals with consecration applied to our business We are exhorted to be zealous, fer vent, and faithful in our dully busi ness. Both unite to emphasize the fact that we are to be faithful to God in every secular relationship, and thus glorify God in our daily life. Salt and light are the two most essential elements in the world for life. Each element expresses a quality which is essential In the Christian and practical In its relation to our everyday work. Notice the Christian 1. As tho Salt of the Earth. Salt is a nourishing substance. It is a universal condiment. It renders food palatable and healthful. So the Christian makes the world a fit place In which to live. Salt preserves and keeps from corruption. So the Chris tian is tho conservator of society. The church Baves the world from moral putrefaction. Salt has also n biting and consuming power. It is an irritating force when brought in con tact with a wound. So real Christi anity has an Irritating power to dis turb sin nnd the enmity of wicked wen. If we aro what we should be as Christians we will oppose and stir up wickedness. We are to he ns suit nourishing, preserving and con suming. 2. As tho Light of tho World. Light Is tho great Illuminator. Whether the natural light of tho sun or the artificial light of oil or elec tricity. It uncovers and discovers. It displaces the darkness and cold of the night. It gives life lo the world. So the Christian is thu light of this mor al world. He uncovers tho bidden things, and Illuminates the mind dis covering sin to men. There aro r.onio things that all may not do, but every Christian euu shine. In any humble placa, under any condition, you may bo the light of your lit tie world. 8.. This Influence to Be Exerted in Dally Life. We are not to be religious only when on exhibition. We aro to bo the "salt" and "light" In our every day business life. We are to exem plify our religion in our workr.ig clothes, in the home, iu tho store, In the school, and where duty may take us, there we nro to bo the light and suit of life. We are to make our religion an everydny affair. In prac tical ways wo are to glorify Ood everywhere and at all times. Feaiful Engines of Destruction, Hand grenades and bombs were used with terrific effect at the capture of the 203-Meter hill, Port Arthur. Their use was contrary to the spirit of the international rule which for bids the cruelty of the dum-dum bul lets. Certain other engines of war havo been rejected by civilized na tions, however, In times gone by, be cause they were too destructive and too horrible. England has still In keeping a secret war plan of the tenth earl of Dundonald which the authorities rejected because, while It was infallible, It was too Inhuman to use by man against man. Even Louis XV. of France had backbone enough to refuse Dupre's terrible Invention. It the story of this discovery be true, tho plan was to create by a secret process t, conflagration whose Inten sity was but Increased by water. It would burn town or fleet. Louis re fused to have the secret published and It went down to the grave with pupre. KfW reevKl&Sl doit's Invitation. The mercy of God Is fre.s but it It not cheap. The greatest of heresies is to deny God's will to save, but next td it is thnt other heresy which asserts thnt sin Is no nffront or trouble to God nnd Involves no cost to Him or to the man whom Ho forgives. The careless, easy-going, morally Indifferent deity of some men's thoughts is neither the Je bo vnh of the Old Covenant nor the Heavenly Father of the New. The death of Christ Is both God's protest against sin and His proof of will to save the sinner, says Congregntlonnllst. When (!od Invites t!itre are no limits to His wish to help. The prophet rightly Interprets God's thoughts when he uses the most Inclusive of all pro nouns, "Ho, every one." Yet in the nature of the ense there is a limit on our side In our desire. Water and bread are for tho thirsty and hunger ing: the Invitation is for those who feci n heart's desire for what God gives. Even Ond ennnot help the self-satlsllod except by destroying their self-sutis-faction thnt they may seek His help. Christ both enlarged His mission nnd stated Its necessnry limitation;; when lie snld: "I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." The scribes nnd the Pharisees would never have eiilurged tho borders of God's mercy to include sinners they despised. And here is one of the ironies of Christ, in speaking of the "right eous" to men In whose idolized Scrip tures wns the ordinance nnd record of n continual stn-niTerlng nnd whose ritual worship culminated In n day of atonement for the sins of all the peo ple. God's Inviintlon pledges sntisfnotlon to our hunger nnd thirst. .Testis re newed . the promise In like terms: "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." What the final satis faction of the soul In righteousness may be we cannot know: In the mean time we must tnke God's promise in the terms of the i.nnge He Himself hns chosen. There Is food for every hunger. There Is -water for every thirst. How often did Christ sny: "Ac cording to your faith, be It unto you." He who desires to he pure, shall be pure. He who longs to be honest, shall be true. He who fjllows after love, shall be loving. Ours Is nn ever pres ent, ever-helpful God from Whom the renewal of our desires from day to duy obtains continually renewed provision. Through this renewal vt our dally need nnd the experience of find's con tinual provision cnnicil heart's i'"st. We do not fl ml our .si.tiKluctiiui be cause we have become like God through Independence of all changes Iu our life, but because we trust In Him and He sustains us. God's Invi tation docs not sever us from God, it makes us consciously His loving and co-operating children. We can never bo Independent of Ills sustaining care; but faith and love make our depend ence joyful. Work Is transformed and patience glorified. For it is to the laboring and the h.'av.v-luden thut Christ offers rest of heart. 1 . : . a. Naveil to Serve. A wonderful work hns grown up In a Liverpool factory entirely ns the result of one mnn's conversion during the Torrey-Alexnnder meetings oflast yenr. Ono of the employes at the factory was a drunken fiddler, gambler and dancer named Thomas Johnson, He would frequently spend entire nights in drunken carousals, and was considered a hopeless wreck by his friends. Ono day n workshop comrade invited him to go to the meetings. He went, wns gloriously converted; nnd wns tilled with such ecstacy that ho could hardly stand upright upon his feet. Three days Inter ho and his comrade brought two Alexander hymn books and, with three others, went Into a small room of the factory and held a song-service, followed by a brief prayer-nieetlng. Other men III the factory henrd the singing, nnd nt the next meeting on the following day eight were present. Dny by day the meetings increased until half a hun dred were regularly attending them. They formed themselves Into n chorus nnd an orcliestra, with the former drunken fiddler as the leader, and be gnn to get out and conduct services in numerous missions, chapels, and churches throughout Liverpool. Won derful blessing attended their efforts, and scores havo been led to Christ through them. For a year dully meet ings have been held at the factory. When this happened the third time, I asked the young woman what It was that caused her to decide for Christ. She said: "It Is this way. I have been saying to myself for several years that, If I could ever see a family thnt lived lu the Christian spirit, 1 would become n Christian. Well, I cuniu to this place, and from the first thing in the morning till the last thing nt night, In tlio con duct of the husband and wife toward each other, In the relation of the daugh ters to their parents, and in the relation of each of them to me there was about it all something so kind, so considerate, and so Christian that I felt that 1 must go nack on my prom ise to myself or nt once become a Christian." That Is the kind of Christian testl - mony 1 like to see. Tim InnvltaliU Clirlst, One person we cannot avoid the In evitable Christ; one dilemma we must fnce, "What shall I do with Jesus which Is called Christ'" Ian Mac larcn. (Jualily of TlilnWiig. Real character is not nut ward con duct, but quality a" thinking'. The teaching of the Great Exemplar on this point was positive, but the world bus Ignored Its scientific exactness. -Henry Wood. Two Thonchts. Consccrntion Is obedience plus hive. Gcmiiii goodness is the most urn-oil-sebum of Itself: "Lord, when saw we Thee an hungered V" From Sermon ly Frank Crane In L'uliii Chur di, Worces ter, Mass. Half-Pound Baby Doing Well. Little Bridget Maud, daughter ot Mr. and Mr. Michael Clinch of Nor walk. Conn., who when born weighed just half a pound, baa lived now for something over month, weighs five pounds and la healthy. Xats Must Have Been Plentiful. A, few nights ago L. 8. Small ot Morrlstown, Vt., who had been both ered by rats, set a trap and In the niorfklng bad nineteen In the single trap.1 IUE GREAT DESTUOYEtt SOME STARTLING PACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. InterMtlng Plg-nres In Answer to the Uusstlov, "lioes It Pay to Bunish the Sslnnu From a Community T" Pros perity of Towns Thnt Are Dry. The Flshklll (N. Y.) Weekly Times hns a correspondent In Cnlifornln who has been Investigating from n business stnudpoint the liquor problem as Ef fecting the cities and towns of thnt Htate. In bis letter to the Times this correspondent (Mr. L. C. Wood) gives some Interesting figures in nnswer to the question, "Does It pny to bnnlsh tho saloon from a community?" After naming a large number of the cities and towns in Southern California that voted "dry." anil thus bnnlsbed tho saloon, he snys thnt nli these show a prosperous growth nnd some of them phenoinennlly so. He then Instances some, "Long Bench, for example." 1 spent three months nt this plnce the past summer, nnd hnve seen 25.IHH1 peo. plo drop down there iu one dny on pleasure bent brought In nnd enrrled out by the steamer nnd electric roads, v II without accidents, with no drunks noil no arrests. Long Bench wns a saloon town it few years ago, and when its better eili.etis were wrestling with the problem of no r:iIdoiis, all the saloon syinpntliU'-crs In Southern Cali fornia predicted tliat it would kill the place. During the Inst few years it bus spent if.:!ti,(Mi( for sidewalks, ns much more lu extending its sewer sys tem, put up (12!) new buildings, spent .lix;,iHHl In new schonl bouses and In the enlargement of others, built a new dock pier at a cost of JfNXUHXJ. Im proved its streets all over the city at a large expense, also its park. Be sides, the I'ltcllic Electric Railway Company has spent In new lines nnd buildings In thu city limits $T5(),(Mi(j, which shows a confidence of money men in n town that n few years ago was going to die. I'nsndenn, another dry nnd dend city, hns spent during the past year about f LOOIl.UtH) lu new buildings, and has now a population of 25,1mm! to :iO,iM)0 and an assessed valuation of over ,"f 13,IKX,(KX). Ocean I'ark has added L'lHiO to its population in two years. Whlttier has added llHM) to Its population iu two years, and spent for new buildings in the past year .fiiMl.OOO. Monrovia has Increased its population by N00 the past year. Hollywood has doubled Its population In eighteen months. Santa Anna voted the saloon out two years ago, and Is now growing faster than ever before; it is the county Beat of Orange County. Wilmington has doubled its population in twelve months; It voted dry the lust election. In the wet cities and towns, Los An geles and San I'edro are the only ones that are prosperous In the list. The Government is spending it vast amount of money Improving the harbor nt San I'edro, which gives it n boom. Cheno was a dry town, but voted wet some six years ago; It has had three murders since, two of which were in saloons, and it has cost this county thousands of dollars to prosecute the cases. Loh Angeles has 'J(iO saloons and 115 churches. It will hnve spent In new buildings by January 1, l!Xi5, for ono year, about JI-i,tXM,(Mio. Its population is about 150,imm. Its per capita growth will not equal Bnsudcna or Long Beach, but It Is making wonderful strides. Its criminal costs are very large. In nn address, a short time since by a crim inal attorney (Mr. Rogers), before the Men's League, he stated that seventy five per cent, of the crime in tho city was caused by the misuse of liquor. If the saloons were wiped out, seventy live per cent, of costs would not be here; he further stated that of forty murder cases he bad been engaged in, in the past four years, all but four were caused by liquor. "One murder," said Mr. Rogers, "wns over a keg of beer, worth iM.'JTi, and It cost Los An geles County $:!'2,MM) to prosecute the case." There is a tremendous strong sentiment against the saloon in Los Angeles city, nnd the wise ones pre dict it will be a dry city iu five years. ' Bender, docs it P'iy? A Hrrinon For Women. ' The chief matron of the Chicago po lice department preuchr i a powerful total abstinence sermo-i when she suys: "Of all the ten or twelve tb usand un fortunate girls and wrecked women arrested every yenr In Chicago, among those who tell their woes to me, nine-t.v-nlne out of every htindrew attribute their downfall to ti.c first e.nss of wine or champagne, taken generally with a male companion, always for good fel lowship's sake. The tirst giiss Is tie beginning of the end and here you see what the end Is. When n woman once begins to drink, even iu .-. social way, her future is threatened with either moral weakness or utter ruin." Hslnnns In I'ltles. New York has a population of 3,437, (MM) people, and has JO.SJ2 saloons; Chi cago, l.ii'.iH.iMMl people, with liitiO sa loons; I'hllndclpliia, 1,2II4,IMM.) pcoplti and lTnl) saloons; St. Louis. 575,110 people nnd'2iRM) saloons; Boston, with filil.lMM) people, has 7!)!) saloons; Balti more, ."oS.uimi people to 1DS.S saloons: Cleveland, 3S1,(MMI, 18SS saloons, and San Francisco, 343,(MK) people. 3(Mi7 sa loons; Washington. 1!7!),imm) people and .'ii;i saloons; Manila, -2'J,IMKJ people and 12!) saloons. Who, RoysT Our boys, ns well as their father nnd mothers, may well give serious thought to the question asked on a placard posted among the advertise ments In street cars of some of our large cities. The placard reads as fol lows: "A saloon can no more be run without using up boys thnn a tlnuriiig mlll without wheat or a sawmill with out logs. The only question is: 'Whose boys? yours or mine? Our boys or our neighbors' Y " Teinr-emne Notes, In the Southern States whole tiers of counties are as dry as a bone, so far as the public sale o. liquor Is concerned. William Hargraves, M. P., after n thorough reseurch, gives the annual expenditure for strong drink In tho United States as f 1,4IW,H87,51)S. A. H. Beag, Fust Grand Chief Tem plar of Sweden, 1 said to have deliv ered 10,IM!0 lectures on tne subject of temperance distancing any competi tor fur number of speeches save John B. Gough. Mr. Dunn, secretary of tho National Temperance Society, estimates the In direct cost of rum, from crime, pau perism, loss of labor and ot life a 1,II78,o04,1M14. At a special election held lately under the Beul local option law at Iroudnle, Ohio, the "drys" won by a majority of sixteen. With Irondale "dry," nil towns ou the Cleveland and rittxhurgh Railroad havo abolished the saloon. The steady and subvtiintlal growth of temperanco sentiment in England U shown by statistics relative lo the Congregational clergymen thi're. Twenty-five years ago only 78 out of 2()tiu clergymen were total al lain.'is: to day 2500 out of aooo are. Monsehold ftflatter Vliarmtns Kftet In Msoye.' Cntll this season color tones of maUTej were almost Impossible to get In drap eries of nn attractive kind. The most unusual tones of this color In charming tffects may now be had. To ImproT ( nt files. To bring out the brilliancy of cut tlnss. nmmonln should be placed In tho water In which It Is to be rinsed All glass should be dried Immediately End not drained. Dernrntlnn nnd' Farnlslilnsr- Ruflled scrim curtains, with a bonne femmeto match, are among the rery lowest of the new In the window-dress-Ing world. These are made- of soft, Irnpy scrim, with Cltiny. antique), mncrnme. Renaissance nnd other lace. Hint are both showy and graceful, decorative motifs, Wsll Pnper Hints. There seems to be a reaction from the very large patterned nnd highly Mlored flornl wall papers. Many new napers, while keeping to the floral Idcn, are In small designs nnd delicate ?olors In the Louis XVI. style. A very good one hns n crenm white ground with floral stripes rather far apart, made up of small bouquets of pink and yellow roses connected by twisted rib bons of pnle blue with a lavender tone. The same design of ribbons nnd bou quets ran bo found In china toilet are. Tea Shnnld Not Boll. Tea should never be boiled. By do Ins this nn extrnet is obtained from th leaf which if constantly used will be come quite harmful. The teapot should be well scoured nt lenst once n week. When mnklng tea the pot should ba nned with boiling -water and then emptied; into the pot while still hot pour the necessnry quantity of ten, and nt once pour on the fresh boiling water. Then let It stand for five minutes, cot ered with a cosy, nnd at the end of that time yon will have a delicious and frngrnnt cup of ten thnt will be decid edly beneficial. For the Chimney Pines. An effective ns well as new Idea ta to panel the chimney -brenst of the fire place of a mission room with n Jap anese leather pnper nnd Inclose it in a frame of plain, imported ingrain paper. For instance, a very beautiful Japanese leather pnper shows n peacock life size, in the rich lizard blues nnd green of Its plumage standing against a gray ish green background. To use this nnd then pnnel It in an Inclosing frame of a rich bluish-green color is most at tractive. Then the plain ingrain paper Is used for the rest of the wall. , it ! ' or Interest to Rome Hullilers. A small house for the country or suburbs that unites practical and ar tistic features In nn effective manner Is illustrated In the Delineator nnd will prove interesting to Intending home builders. The wide verandn, n point of note Is of field stone, which is carrledi around on one side to Inclose a well. The Interior treatment of woodwork gives a dignified setting to the fur nishings nnd simplifies the problem of wall nnd door hangings, red oak being; employed throughout the first story and carried up the stairway. Long window seats, quaint mantels and leaded glass windows supply an at mosphere of Individuality, and the floor plans In their economical arrangement are especially suggestive Fruit Sandwiches Cut Email, equal qunntltles of fine, fresh figs, rnisins and blanched rousted pennuts. Moisten with ornnge Juice, nnd spread on thin slices of white bread. Always serve afternoon tea sandwiches on n dolly, also small cakes. Wrap the sand wiches lu paratllne paper until time to serve. Grandmother's Seed Cakes Cream half a cup of butter (rather scant) snd two cups of sugar. Add four tnble spoonfuls of sweet milk and a little., lemon or vnnilln extrnet, nnd one good tablespoonftil of caraway seeds. Sift In flour enough to make a stiff dough thnt can be ensily rolled out, nddinff to each cup of flour one teaspoonful of baking powder. This rule will take about two cups of flour. Cornstarch Pudding .Without Eggs . One pint of new milk with six table spoonfuls ot cornstarch, stirred to a paste; have one quart of milk In a double lined boiler, nnd while boiling hot, stir In one coffee cup full of sugar, and the cornstarch dissolved in the cold milk. Flavor with lemon or vanilla, and stir constantly until It thickens. Turn It Into a glass or china bowl and serve hot. Virginia Beaten Biscuits To ono quart of flour add one tablespoonful of butter nnd one-half teaspoonful of fine salt. Mix these well together, uslnii sweet milk or cold water, and mix until the dough Is as stiff ns can be bundled; then bent and beat until It become soft snd pliable. Roll out an inch thick, cut and prick with a fork and bake In a moderately hot oven until they turn a nice brown. Must be eaten, at once. Mock Turtle Roup Add four hard boiled eggs cut into eighths, the Juice of half a lemon, or a- lemon peeled, then slice thin (this last to be laid o the surface after the soup Is dished), a reacupfu! of boiling water and such additional salt and pepper as your taste adjudges to be needful. If you car to tako the trouble, omit the w hi tee of the eggs, pound the yolks Into a paste, work in melted buttor, a pine's of mustard, pepper afid salt, and t': l with the yolk of a raw eesr. Tla-r your hands, make the paste luto n balls and drop Into the liollioj , Simmer three rntautas aft. t-f C 1 1
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