I SWDAY SERMON I J A ScKoUrtr DUur Br 2 . "W. H. Burtfwln. . . .' ' ': Brookli. N.. Y.-For the laat er mon la hi terleii on "Tbe Substance of Christian Doctrine" the Rev. W. t. Bnrgwln, pastor of the Hlghteenth Street M. E. Church, preached Sun day morning on "Sowing and Reap ing." IIli text was chosen from Gal latlans xl:7-8: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man owetn, that shall he also reap. For lie that aoweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that aoweth to the spirit sball of the spirit reap life everlasting." Mr. Butgwln aid: Our statement of the substance of Christian doctrine In the four preced ing discourses has presented the Crea tor of all things as a merciful and bountiful Provider for His creatures. Man, because of unique relationships to God, Is the object of His particu lar and peculiar favor. Insisting that "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." the divine love finds a way to satisfy infinite justice and to redeem for eternity every sin ner who will be saved. The nature of the sinner, as created, precludes the Idea or the possibility of compulsion. There Is, however, a too general ten dency to discount Scriptural teachings to feel that God, having done so much for mau, will do more, thnt. In some way, a comfortable and blissful future is assured us, even though un belief and disobedience mark our con duct here. Tbe apostle combats such a conception. Jesus Himself contra dicts it: "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." The Scriptures uniformly oppose It by precept and example. It is my task this morning to en force this thought: All men are re deemed by Christ; but we are not saved from our guilt and its fixed penalty until we are in accord with Christ and the divine plan. What tbe sowing is tho harvest will be. This Is the truth as taught us. Our text is a warning an unmistak able danger signal. This warning is given in view of real dangers appar ent to all observers of human nature. It assures us that God does not make opirltual or moral paupers of men. Men cannot be redeemed without Ood; put, in the divine economy, God does not save tbe mau without the mau ,kmself. The mau, in addition to Clod's work, must work out his own salvation.- For man there is a sowing and there is n reaping. There is good seed for sowing in moral and spirit ual soil; there is other seed which de velops degraded human character. 'Man selects his own seed and sows It. The seed proceeds to follow the luw of nature. It brings forth after Its kind noisome weeds or golden grain. It Is an eternal harvest of "corrup tion" or of "everlasting life." Even If man be deceived, God is not mocked. This Scripture warns as that every mortal has freedom to direct his own career within well known fields, for good or evil. Above tbe human actor is the Divine Governor, who will not compel human loyally, but who, rul ing in more extensive fields than tbe merely Unite and human, invariably directs tbe mortal to the future ills own freedom has chosen, to the reaj ing of the harvest his own life has sown. Tims it is clear that man's destiny is in his own control. It becomes apparent tbat this uni versal governor in admiuisterlng his government is not anarchic. He is the supreme exponent of order and law; He, the arch-opponent ot confusion. All disorder tends to confusion, in particular as in universal dominion. The human sinner Is a begcttor of confusion In tbat be interferes with law and order. He thus challenges he divine wisdom, power and will. He is a rebel against the Creator and Ruler of all things. Were all nature to follow him, the original chaos and anarchy would prevail in ail realms. Perfect order in human life would bring man to tbe perfect destination for which he was originally designed. Q.'hat perfect order become a real fact for mau through .lesus Christ, who Is tbe exemplar of that order, "Who His own self bare our sins in His owu body on the tree, tbat we, being dead to sin. should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." If we encourage sin in our lives, if we do not persistently resist the devil, we lire sowing accursed seed; we are not dead to Bins, we do not live unto right eousness; consequently, that perfect order is not an actuality for us, though it remains a possibility, because ot tbe divine mercy and our ability to sow the seed of repentance, by God's help, if we will. Evidently, then, tbe glorious destin ation of man as described In Scripture, bringing the creature back to his lost estate, where be is conformed to tbe image of Him who Is tbe express Image of God's substauee, is not an arbitrary goal to which every creature move whether or no. The attainment of tbat destination Is a matter of choice and decision on tbe part of tbe creature that decision and cbalee In dicating uia accord with tbe will and plan of tbo Creator. Man has a goal, a great purpose for living, set before ulm.tlie "life everlasting" of our text, toward which it is his personal re sponsibility and d,uty intelligently to direct his way. He Is not like tbe crick et It you have ever noticed this in sect In an open space, bound for some where, you will remember that he spring a foot or so Into the air, turns a somersault or two at each jump, his course being zigzag and uncertain, as likely to terminate in one place as another, so far as you can determine. Many mortals do resemble tbe insect, with this exception, that tbe unintel ligent, xlgzag course cannot possibly bring tbem to the right destination. Tbat this zigzag course exists Indi cates tbat tho truth has been perverted. Men have been deceived. In their con fident intellectual self-conceit they Have proclaimed various modifications of the Christian plan as we possess It. In their reasonings and speculations they have argued that a loving God would not do this, that He would not do tbat; that a just God would act thus and so, and would not act In cer tain other ways. So they have an nounced their conclusions tbat all will eventually be saved, whatever their Uvea' sowing may have been; or tbat immortality is conditional, that tbe In corrigible will not suffer Merita! pun ishment, but tbat finally tbey will be annihilated, utterly destroyed; that there will be a future probation, an op portunity beyond the grave to accept the divine mercy. All of this is at tractive a speculation. The truth Is, there Is no adequate warrant In the Holy Scriptures for any such hopes. God says, "Be not deceived." God lu Ists that tbe eternal life Is a bar vest following a seed sowing. In practice, too, there are dangerous theories, for "as a man thinketb In hi heart, so Is ke." u he uiftkM him self believe that everjtuing.U. camiuf but all flghrr Irrespective' "of nl con duct, his belief will affect his conduct. If a man argues himself to feeling tbat if God rannot receive him Into heav enly realms, He will put him out of bis misery, annihilate him, the ten dency will be for hlra to throw himself into the flood of activity, whatever Its character, which promises him the full est aud most satisfactory retnra to bis present selflsh ambition.' Such' atti tudes of mind, with their baneful re suite) are all too common. The thought of the judgment of God in absolute equity In tbe eternal existence of the soul Is a most admirable and effective check upon all such human presump tion. Well, may we pray with the Psalmist, "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me." The baneful results referred to have Illustrations in every field of endeavor. In n other way can I account for tbe astonishing attitude of people whom I am meeting often not bad, vicious people, either but folk who are Utter, ly careless and Indifferent in relation to this duty or tbat; tbe moral and religious instruction of tbelr children, Sabbath observance, tbe payment of bills due, the speaking of the unblem ished truth, the holding of malice agalust fellow Christians; In perfect calmness men will argue In extenuation of any sin in the catalogue. Then, there is a popular feeling that a man to get along must have a "pull." Char acter, ability, the wbole moral and practical capacity of the Individual, are discounted. This feeling is so current tbat you may bear it expressed any where. It has come to me recently from different sources, in one case ex pressed by a man, iu tbe other Ivy a woman. In both Instance, children are being reared, reared and trained by professed Christians in tbat atmos phere. Most emphatically, I resent and condemn such an attitude on tbe part of any, especially Christians. It Is specious, vicious, disastrous. "Pull" may secure place among men. but character and ability only bring honor. Some men may be tardy In recognizing worth. God is not. His judgments are based ou character. Again, in busi ness It has come to pass that too often any legal means is considered justifia ble. "According as you put something In, the greater will be your dividends of salvation," one man of enormous wealth and extensive business inter ests Is reported to have said. That "something'' which you put in is not money, or words, or deeds. These, one or all, may be a symbol of that "some thing." Tbe thing put In must bo a self-surrender to God, an acceptance of -tbe Divine will as our standard of conduct. If Mr. Rockefeller is desti tute of this disposltlou of moral self surrender, all his great gifts are not sufficient to win Divine approval. None can buy tbe gift of God. God la too rich to sell, and man is too poor to buy. Any man's gifts may Indeed be come an obstacle to favor with God iu that they may promote a conceit of self-rlgbteouauess such as certain an cient Pharisees had. It is worse than useless for a man to make the church his hobby if he gouges his fellow-men in business every chance he gets. "Be not deceived." Remember the harvest and be heedful ot the sowing. There are men active In political life, professed Christians, who, according to rumor In some Instance the rumor has been proved fact lu court are the recipients of peculiar favors popularly known as "graft." It's custom. Oth ers do it, they say. Yes, and it's Il legal, dishonest; It's perjury, too. Sec retary Bonaparte does well to insist tbat this species of dishonesty is a grave menace to tbe nation. Tbe book says, "Be not deceived." I speak to young men. Some of you may bold political position, as you now hold busi ness places of responsibility. I apeak forcefully, for I know your possible temptations. Abhor any moral com promise in polities, in business or iu social life. The man who leads a double life Is a doomed mau. He may not be condemned to prison by a Jury of his peers; his Integrity may escape question because of prevailing laxity or personal shrewdness. But, "Be not deceived; God Is not mocked." "Be sure your sin will find you out." All souls reap, gathering as tbey have sown. Thank God, there are men, mauy of them here and everywhere, who are above reproach. May- their tribe Increase. So we deceive ourselves. In our self deceived state, we may find a sort of comfort; we are with the crowd; our chances are as good as another's; we'll turn over a new leaf, now or hereafter. "God Is not mocked." We cannot treat God contemptuously, as we may our fellows. As truly as seed brings a like harvest, ao truly our derision of God resolves Itself into despair. Tbe Insult to Deity always reverts to tbe lusulter. Men must not And comfort In the thought that such willful disorder on their part cau produce order hereafter. If tbe sowing be sin. disorder, the reap ing must be confusion. Christianity offers humanity Ui greatest conceivable opportunity, but humanity must embrace the opportun ity. Victory. Tbe joy of resisting temptatlou Is the highest joy men eon feel. It U a mo ment, when our little life here grows larger, and we feel ourselves lifted Into a wide sphere; we have a sense of fellowship with higher beings, and are somehow conscious of their sympa thy.. All God's creation smiles upon us and appears made for our joy. A. B. Davidson. A Pnjrw, O God, who art the truth, make me oue with Thee In everlasting love! I am often weary of reading, and weary of hearing; in Thee alone is the sum of my desire! Let all teachers be slleut, let the whole creation be dumb before Thee, and do Thou only speak unto raf soul! Thomas a Kempls. . Diagnosed Her Cass. A famous American physician was summoned to tbe bedside of an elderly grande dame of distinguished name and many millions and who is one of the leaders of American society. The physician examined her carefully. Then he said: "You must get up every morning at G o'clock. Take for breakfast a cup of weak tea and two pieces of dry toast. From 9 to 11 exercise, eltket walMng or sweeping or dusting. At noon lunch ou slice of cold meat, filtered, unlced water, and stale bread. Don't sleep In the afternoon; exer cise again. For dinner take nothing but a little meat, a vegetable and toast. No sweets, no wines, no social dissipation ot any klud." ' Tbe eyes ot the grande dame flash ed with Are, as she said: "But, doctor, do you compreheud my posit ion? Do you know who I im!1' "Perfectly, madam," answered the physician, "You are an old woman with a our stomach." . THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER 8. duhjeeti Poolel In tho Man's Don, Dsn. ';... 10-33-Oolilan Toil, Fa. tss.lv., 1 Memory YtTo, Sl-SSCominenrnrj tho ! Looaon. I. Daniel praying (v. 10). 10. "When Daniel knew," etc. Dan iel knew that the king's edicts were Irreversible. "Open toward Jerusa lem." This was not an act of super stition. it a recognition of God's promise to Solomon (1 Kings 8:113-44), who bad In his prayer at the dedica tion of the temple entreated God to hear tbe prayers of those who might be In strange lands or 1u captivity when tbey should turn their faces to ward their own land and city and tbe temple. It was an aid to the spirit of devotion. "Kneeled." Compare 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5; 15pb. 3:14. Kneeling is a fitting attitude for bum ble prayer. "Three times a day." Sec Psa. 6.1:17. Tbe three hours of prayer were the same as the hours of sacrifice In the temple. "As be did aforetime." He did not swerve a hair's breadth. He could have prayed In secret and been beard, but that course would have becu ft public confession of wunt of faith In God and of yielding lo tbe en emy. Daniel simply went on his dnily path of life, as if no such order bad been given. There was no time when he needed to pray more than at this time. . II. Wicked men plotting (vs. 11-1-'). 11. "These men." Tho princes who bad been plotting against Dunlel. "Assembled." Ran hastily, so as to come upon Daniel suddenly and detect him In tbe act. Tbey bad heard bis voice and now rushed in upon him. 12. "Law which allereth not." It was quite common In ancient time to worship tbe king. To alter the law would be a confession of fallibility, and an abrogation of godhead. 18. "That Daniel," etc. Tbe accus ers do not mention the high official sta tion of Daniel and bis Intimate official relations with the king, but merely re fer to his foreign birth in order thai they may thereby bring his conduct uiiuer me suspicion or oeing a political act of rebellion against tbe royal au thoilty. 14. "Sore displeased." Vexed at thus being overreached; for he saw that it was enmity toward Daniel and not anxiety for the maintenance of his authority -which had led to the plot. "Labored." Endeavoring to find some way to evade the execution of tbe sen tence. 13. "Know. O king." Their tone was masterful now, for tbey felt able to compel the king to work' tbelr will. Kings are the slaves of their flatterers. Tnese wicked men were determined to get rid of tbe holy Dan iel. Tbey hated him. IK. Daniel among the Hons (vs. 10 18). 10. "They brought Daniel." Ac cording to Oriental custom the sen tenee was carried out on tbe evening of the same clay in which the accusa tion was made. "Thy God will de liver." The heathen believed iu tbe Interposition of tbe gods iu times of calamity. While Darius did not rec ognize Daniel's God as tbe true God, yet he was "a god." and Daniel's char acter was such that the king believed his God would dollver him. 17. "Sealed It." In the days when very few could read or write signets were used instead of writing tbe name. 18. "Passed tbe night fasting." The soul of the pleasure-loving king was so stirred that he bod no care for food or sleep. His grief was greatly increased by bis consciousness tbat this evil came from his own weakness and sin. IV. Daniel's deliverance (vs. 10-23). 19. "Went in haste." A strange spec tacle for a monarch of tbe world thus to be attending upon a condemned ser vant of God. Yet tbe king bad never appeared to such a good advantage. It). "Lamentable voice." Deeply dis tressed and in an agony of anxiety. He cried out between hope and fear. "Servant of the living God." Darius borrowed this phrase from Daniel. God extorted from an Idolater a con fession of the truth. "Is thy God able." Full of concern, be trembles to ask tbe question, fearing to be an swered with the roaring of the lions after more prey. 21. "O king, live forever." Tbe common salutation lu addressing a king. Daniel might have indulged lu anger at tbe king, but did not. His sole thought was that God's glory bad been set forth in his deliver ance. 22. "Sent His angel." Daniel had company in tbe den of Hons. There was no music nor gladness in the pal ace, but celestial joy in the Intercourse between Daniel and the angel in the den. Daniel takes care to ascribe bis deliverance to the living God. that He may not be confounded with tbe false gods of tbe heathen. He speak of the angel as God's instrument, not tbe au thor of his deliverance. "Shut the lions' mouths." Angels bad held tbe lions' jaws and paws and made tbem peaceable companions aud harmless as doves. This was a new and wonderful experience for Daniel. He delighted to relate It to the king, whose voice be trayed his agony. "Innocency was found." By Ibis wonderful deliver ance Daniel learned how God esti mated faithfulness and how He is pleased to reward It. God bad shown Daniel that his disobedience to a heathen king was not sin. He had been faithful In what be bellnved to be right, and in the test God declared hlni Innocent by his. wonderful deliv erance. "No hurt." Dunlel bad been misrepresented before tbe king as hav ing evil designs against his nuthority, but to tbe king himself Dunlel de clare be could not be guilty of such designs when he was faithful to hi Go J. 2.'!. "Exceeding glad." That the evil consequences of his folly had been warded off; that bis best counselor was left to stand at tbe bead of hi government. WIq Are Very Ancient. Tbe wig Is older than civilization, for the savage used one to make blin more formidable on the field ot battle, just a tbe judge does to-day to In crease tbe terrors of the law, accord ing to the London Chronicle. It was the French revolution tbat killed the wig. What the article cost the Egyptian mummy and the Assyr ian notable I not known, but before the guillotine fell In France the wig which ado'ned the heads of its victims cost 30 to 40 guineas. The cosily decoration lingered a long time oo official hoads in England; so recently a 1858 Archbishop Sumner found it necessary to wear one at tbe marriage of th Princes Royal. -Nowaday cUrymen ot all rank are free Qf the Incumbrance, which la the dignified burden of the Speaker of the House of Commons and the gentlemen of . tbe law. Kven the most glorious and sub servient -of footmen need but powder the hair of his own upraising. GKIEOWOTES OCTOBER EIGHTH. Th Christian' Trial and Triumph. Ja. 1: 1-8. ' Our coming triumph Is to be per feet, to be Just what. Christ want us to bs. All other triumphs are lost In this. Karthly fathers sometime rebuke their children for tbelr many re quests, but God la more likely to re buke us that we ask so little of Htm. The hardest part of a prayer is after wa have prayed, and tbe answer doe not come at. once, or manifest ly. Still, even then, to pray la to ob tain. Suggestion. "Good things are hard," Plato was fond of saying; and the Christian's triumph 1 the best thing. There is no triumph except along Christ' way, and also no trial is int the faithful Christian except along th way where Christ Is. Temptation has two meanings- an Inciting to Bin, and testing or vir tue. God sends only the latter. To doubt that Christ has met your special temptation is to doubt Ills perfect humanity; to doubt that He can help you out of It is lo doubt His perfect divinity. Illustrations. The larger and more perfect ln diamond, the more certain that It. will be placed on the grinding atone. Old soldiers have no greater joy than to relate the battles that were most terrible for them, and one of the greatest joys ot heaven will be to remember the temptations over which we triumphed on earth. "No cross, no crowu," has become a Christian motto, and a crown sur mounting a cross has become a Christian symbol. Question. Do I turn at once to a Christian In any trial? Have I earned a share in Christ's triumphs? Am I learning to rejoice In tribula tions? Whea the devil tries our faith, it Is that he may crush or diminish It; but when God tries our faith, It Is to establish It or .increase it. Marcus Ralnsford. It woulld lake the wrinkles out of your brow if you would just look Into tbe future instead of the past. Moody. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, OCTOBER S. Th Christian' Trials and Triumph. James 1, 1-8. James Is the practical teacher of thvj Now Testament. The epistle plunges abruptly into the wbole ques tion of temptation and trial. Tempta tion to .lames is "all joy"; and the reason Is given, "because trial wprk eth patl.'nce." Thci wisdom neces sary to detect the temptation and the strength needed to resist It, can be bad by prayer. The result will be a "single-eyed man," not a waverer or double-minded man. A strenuous sort ot religion did .lamns teach. A stalwart struggling ami conquering sort it was. Ills kind iif Chiit.tluii plunged 'into tbe thick ot the fliiht and won his place by devel oping strength through trial aud temptation. But the virtue wa not tn the trial, but In the resisting. Sit at. his feet and let us learn a few les sons: Trials or to be Encountered with Joy. The oak finds strength froni'the tempest. The arm Is made strong by lifting weights. The Christian Is mui better by resisting evil. This is I he philosophy of James. This is the Mvpeneuce of saints in all ages. Tbi t'lirltitlun hero must not tremble si danger nor flinch from contest, but rather rejoice In anticipation of vic tory, To a people In the midst of persecution as were thesd to whom .lu tiies was writing, this note must have eouin with cheer and hope. No less so now. Persecution, trial, tem ptation, struggle are tbe lot of all. But. rejoice that you are counted worthy to e.idure; that God counts you strong and courageous. 'the Results of Trial are Blessed. Trial workerh pattonce; not simply tbat puase of patience that endures and Hubaill. but that which is cour age and firmness. Tbe test of gold is fire: the test or tbe Christian Is endurance; and whon it bath Its per fect work we become perfect.' Tbat Is a kind of practical perfection which gives ou the assurance of perpetual vlc.lory perfoet In resisting power uud tn boldness In service. The Secret of This Power la from God. It any lack wisdom he may have it. The wisdom here mention ed Is doubtless that disci imluatlou which gives oue the power to detect temptation and seize upon all the re soirees of grace. It la (he wisdom necessary to possess and to manifest the perfection mentioned. It is not by human culture but by divine be stownient. And God gives this lib erally. He nover upbraids. Thu win ner is not a "double-minded" man, but one with single purpose and un daunted courage. Under tliesa con ditions trial and temptation become helpful rather than harmful, and vic tory th constant experience of tbJ Christian contestant. RAM'S HORN BLASTS he. on country wails for tbe one king. A man can be sweet without be ing fresh. Tbe joy of ser vice is the secret of joy. Many who glory in their titles have no titles to glory. You cannot develop affection with out heart athletics. The world is no better for calling ill Father i'orce. It tike move than curiosity to make a good neighbor. The people who bbitie a the slain think only of the Kuri. Dignity a good thing in the mus eum, but only of place in tbe market. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE; Th Saloon n Knbhor Kn Amount orU- Con Mali a Mnolnooa Lawful Wlion It Ruins Mon A Aorlono Hind, rnnco la Tompornno Work. One Monday morning 1 bad occasion to visit a bank, writes the Rev. O. W. 8cott. The receiving teller was doing business witb a well groomed gentle s' man nt the window. Aa I watted my Turn i saw tin man pass In a large pile of silver dollar, besides a big troll of bank bills, f recognlxed the man a a liquor dealer in our city. The record wa entered and the man retired. A little conversation with the teller, who abhorred the saloon, also, revealed the fact that this keeper of a local sa loon had just deposited $200. "And," said the teller, "he probably took alt this In on Saturday and Sunday! This, despite tbe fact that our "strin gent license law," provided and en Joined that no liquors should be sold on the Lord's day! The saloon I a robber! Tbe transac tion which I witnessed in that bank I only one of thousands of similar in stances occurring all over this hind. This tendency to spend tbelr week' pay at the saloon on their way home has led many corporations to change tbe workmen's pay day from Saturday to Monday. I have known some wives of drinking men to go to the counting rooms, and the moment their husbands were paldi off secure as large a portion as posslbl.; of the week's Income before tbe saloon robbers could lay bands on it. One visit to a saloon often uses up a whole week's pay. A few days since I was visiting a friend In .Boston. A drunken man, whom my friend knew, passed us. Tbe man was a wreck, and was probably less than foi ty years old. My friend (-aid: "There goes a man who inherited a fine business on one of the principal streets of this city, but In just a few years l.o ran that business through and now works for S3 a week. After paying his weokly lodging bill he Uvea on tbe rest, living off tbe counters of tbe sivloans.". The. liquor denier bad got all bis property, and wns drawing heavily ou his small weekly earnings. Yes. the saloon is a robber.. While a pastor In Pennsylvania it wa carefully estimated by u reliable student of social science that the min eral Income of thnt State at thai time was 7G,000,000, while the liquor bill the sanie yeav reached tb grand totni of $78,000,000. This the readers will not fall to note is 2.000.000 more tlmn the valuation of the entire mineral In come (coal, Iron, etc.) for tbat same year. The presiding judge of Dnupbine County (In which the Stale capital. Harrisburg, Is situated) has stated that the county would be better to pi nsion every licensed liquor dealer iu the county with $1000 a year, and have them retire from business, than to in cept their license tees and take the responsibility of paying tbo bills ac cruing (police, jail, court, relief, etc.. etc) from tbe annual license fees paid by said dealers. One ot the serious hindrances In temperance work Is the conscienceless act of respectable (?i men who rent their property for saloon purposes. General Jobn A. Dix held property In a certain city, and was iuformed by his agent that be found it very diffi cult to rent the property for'ordinary business purposes, but could readily rent it for a dram shop, instant reply came from the General. It read: "1 would rather my property should stand Idle and empty for all lime than tbat It should be rented for such a purpose:" Noble words, and yet every moral and religious man, every man wishing the welfare of his community ought to be endowed witb tbe same sentiments. Were this so the work of redeeming this land from the drink curse would be greatly simplified. Ham's Horn. Tho Boer Argument Uioo The New York Post, discussing the grave increase of the drink bill of tbe American people, very pertinently says: "It has boon tor many years a favor ite observation of sociological students tbat, in this country, the use of ardent liquors was giving place to Ibe con sumption of milder beverages. In the half century from 1&40 lo 1890, for in stance, while this same average Amer ican had learned to drink nine times as much beer as be did before, and half as much wine again, be bad made up for this by cutting off nearly half of his former allowance of whiskey. "But tbe assertion that mild bever ages are displacing strong drink can no longer fairly be made regarding present conditions. For tbe last eight years, as a matter ot fact, we haw been consuming every year not only aboslutcly, but relatively, more spirits than tbe year before. From 1.01 gal lons per capita, the lowest figure In our statistical history, which was reached In 18110, tbe consumption bas steadily mounted till it Is uow 1.48 gullons, making an Increase of 46 per cent. Beer. In the same time, ha gained only 18 4-5 per cent." Not Nocoooarv a Moillctuo. Dr. Charles Gilbert Davis, the emi nent physician, says: "For more than flfteeu year I have pursued my pro fessional work in hospital and private practice, and while within the bounds of civilization have not found It neces sary to administer alcohol. I am not at all prejudiced against its use. Be yond scientific medical associations. I belong to no temperance society. My action I based entirely upon scientific tnougbt, observation and experience. I believe that In most, aud probubly all, cases disease can be better re moved and surgical operation more successfully performed without its employment." Can el Ruaolau Doloot. The German Emperor tells bis sol diers that Russia's defeat at Mukden was duo to enervation caused by Im morality and drunkenness. Moral: Let the German Army be sober aud pure. Dr Samuel Hackett Stevenson, the well-known Chicago physician, says: "I have learned how thoroughly we can meet exigencies of all kinds without the use of alcohol in any form, and that we have at our command remedies that are better." Kdward County, Illiuois. has not had a saloon (or five years. There la not an almshouse or poor farm in tb couuty, and tbe tax rate 1 less than In any other county in tbe State. There is $11,000 cash in tbe treasury. A new Court Haute bs just been built and paid for." , Tbe organisation of a W. 0. T. V., at Athens. Greece,' is reported. Purity, MediilContet, Mother' Meetings and Scientific Tempcrance"lntroctlon' ar the particular line of work to which tbe utiou will give I's efforts. in THE SIMPLE DESIRE. 0 Master let me walk with Thee. In lowly paths of service free; Tell me Thy secret, nolo me bear The strain ot toil, the fret ot care, v Help me the alow of heart to move By some clear, winning word of love; Teach me tbe wayward feet to atay, Aad guide them in tbe homeward nay. Teach me Thy patience, si ill with Theo In cloaer, dearer company. In work that keeps faith tweet and strong. In trust that triumphs over wrong. Tn hope tbat tends a shining rav Far down the future's broadening vav. In peare, that only Thou ranat five, With Thee, O Manter. let me live. Wuahingtun Gladden. tho tliorth and Ita Minion, In order that a church may become a soul-winning institution it must real ize tbat there is something to save mmi from. We hear a great deal about the something to save men to; to a life of Tespectablllty. to home, to heaven. We hear very little these days that there is something to save men from. A friend of mine tells this story: "In JerseJvClty a family was at the break fast table one morning when suddenly there was a cry of fire and the whole family rushed out Into tbe yard. When they were safe In the yard the wife said: 'Oh, there Is that old sideboard. I don't mind toeing the house and everything in it, but I do hate to lose that sideboard!' i"Well.' said her husband, 'I think we can get tbat out,' und he. and tbe son went back Into the dining room. The husband got ou the front side ot it, and the son ou the rear, and tbey pulled and pushed until, finally, tbey got it to tbe front door, and theu tbey wedged it in the door so that no one could either get it out or in. The poor t oy was blocked by 'it inside of the bouse, and there was no chance for him to escape. The father, realizing the sad situation, jumped off the front porch and ran around to tbe back of ( the house. As be came to the wiudow. over wblcb there were severa! bars of iron, he saw through it bis boy stand ing there and heard him screaming. Do you know what that father did? He seized those bars of iron, jerked thorn off aud reached in and pulled hlni out of tbe window and delivered hlra to his mother." This friend of mine s.iid lie told a preacher tbat story, and this preacher one Sunday night concluded he would use it at the close of his sermon ns an appeal to tbe unconverted. Thinking of the fitness of the illustration he for got to tell one Important thing about it. He described a family sitting at the breakfast table, when suddenly they all'.iumped up and run out of tbe house and nil at once the wife said: "Oh. there is my sideboard." He told how the father and son went back to get it. and how tbey got tbat sideboard wedged tight iu tbe door, blocking the boy ou tbe inside. . Then, how the fath er ran around to the back of tbe house, jerked off the iron bars, rushed in, got his boy and pulled him out and deliv ered him to bis mother. When tbe preacher finished, everybody was look ing ut everybody else, everybody was looking strange, and everybody felt strange, and be was i-rently surprised. Returning home lie said to his wife: "Wife, why was it that story of mine didn't hit? I never saw people act so strangely iu my life under ns good a story as that. Not one single solitary soul moved." "Why." she said, "you told the story all right, only you forgot to say the house was on fire." You think tbat is a very ridiculous picture. Well, it is. Yet I want to tell you that just such things as this are occurring In n large number of pulpits Sunday after Sunday. We talk to peo ple about solvation, and never press upon tbem the great fact that there is something to save them from. Breth- eu. I believe that the preaching of the future la to be a preaching ot law as well as of love. I believe that it is necessary to make men feel tbe nwfnl liess of sin before you enn ever make men fel the need of tbe love and sal vation of Christ. From "A .Soul Win niug Church., by Dr. Len G. Brougb ton. Tho Fiultlnlnoia or iSeUioo. What but tbo mighty mastership of religion , haR ever led a people up through civil wars and revolutions into a regenerated order und liberty? What has planted colonies for a gr-at history but religion? The most august and beautiful structures of tbe world havo betn temples of religion, crystal lizations, we may say, ot worship. The noblest charities, tbo best tiuits of learning, the richest discoveries, the best Institutions of law and justice, every greatest thing tbe world bas seeu, represents more or less dlrectlv the fruitfulness and ereativen.s of re ligion. Horace Bushnell. Holp tho Wonk. The world Is full of weuk oues. The Bible has not commanded us to despise the weak, to crush the weak, to ueR leet the weak, but to support the wmk. "We tbat are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak." Christ bore our Infirmities. I.Ike Him we should be burden-bearers. But how can we support the weak so long as we huve no strength of our own? How cau we support the weak while we walk in doubt and fear? Be fore we can support the weak we must become strong. This is a duty. "Be strong." is a command. Christian Ad vocate. One of the earliest legends of Chris tianity tells tho story of a king Into whoso hand was treacherottsiv put a cup of poison. But the klnt iipoke the name of God over the cup, aad it was shattered In his grasp. There Is a profound ' nud luuilous truth iu this story, as in so munv of the old legends, that have survived in lit erature because of their ethical and spiritual significance and value. The poisonous thing, tbe soul-killing thing, of whatsoever sort, is rendered power less by naming over it the name of God in sincerity and trust.. An Amusing Error, Many on: using blunder are mad by people in trying to use worde witb which they are not familiar Borne year ago at a tnltarium w New York State one of tbe physicians was questioning a patient regarding her health. "How at you feeling to-iUyt" aa'.i ti the phyEidan. "Not a well as usual." replied the wonutn, "for I wa In a cata-pount con dltlon lnt night for half.", v rUE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News of reassjlraaia TsU h ikrt Order. 1 lie war inaugurated upon the ven ders of embalmed mean in this State by the Pure Food Department is hav-l ing a gen ,i cfTect. This is evident from) t lie repi.. of James Foust, chief of thai agents in f'itt-ljurg. Within the last ten, days out of tixty samples purchased fifty-nine were free from chemicals, and one, purchased from the agent of a St. Lniits packing-hoiic, was doctored., There lu also been a remarkable fall ing off iu the sale of adulterated milk.,' Of n 30 milk samplej secured only Jt were found to be adulterated. A year ago out of boo samples purchased in fh same section ioo were found to be adul terated. The chemist of the depart ment are now analyzing about seventy samples of maraschino cherries, used in nuking the. seductive cocktail, with view to Thscoverifg whether they ar covered with coal tar and other dy and preserved with injurious acids and Milpliites, land about too samples ofj ketchup are under examination, test showing thai they are adulterated with harmful preservative aud poisonous col or ingredients. The Mountain City Company, of Al tootia. has been cliartedcd at the State! Department. It is backed by Philadel-j pliia and Pittslntrg capitalists and has ai capitalization of $50,000, with $SO,oooJ surplus. Lawyer A. S. Fisher is the! temporary treasurer of the company,' which will he organized in a short time. The intention is to build a home and begin business forthwith. The stock has been nearly all taken up. Mrs. Cordelia Johnson, undoubtedly one of the oldest persons in Pennsylva nia, died in Lancaster, aged 104 years. She well remembered the visit of Gen eral Lafayette to that city in i8js. Vincent G. Stubbs, j years old, ai bunker and merchant of Delta, died a his home of injuries sustained August 28 in being kicked and knocked down byi a horse which he was hitching to at buggy. Mr. Stubbs established the first store in Delta, was the first postmaster of the town, its first chief burgess and organized the First National Bank on Delta, of which he was the president for fifteen yeurs. He had large business in terests in Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland. George W. Linskill, treasurer of mine workers Jocal of Luzerne Borough, was found guilty of the embezzlement of $306, and was recommended to the mercy of the court. Company M, of the Ninth Regiment, of Wilkes-Barre, formally opened the new armory at West Pittston with a mil itary reception and a ball, which was attended by most of the prominent peo ple of the town and a number of officers of the Ninth and Thirteenth Regiments. The Oxford Coal Company, a new corporation of Pottsville, has been grant ed a charter to mine, screen, wash and sell anthracite coal. It is capitalized at J.sO.ooo. The new company will start at once developing rich coal lands in the, lower anthracite basin. A trolley car going at full speed in South Bethlehem ran into a drove of twelve pigs, killing two and maiming the others. As he was filling out a warrant, a vein in the left eye of Constable William Ache, of Bethlehem, burst. It is feared he will lose the sight of the eye. In the presence of nearly five hun dred Odd Fellows the merging of Key stone and Monoquesy Lodges of Bethle hem was perfected under the name of Keystone. The new lodge has the larg est Odd Fellow membership in the Le high Valley. The Fullterton Station, of the Lehigh. Valley Railroad, was entered and rob bed, and the cash box, containing about 20, was taken from the safe, which was unlocked. Robert R. Gailey, a graduate of the York Collegiate Institute, who has de voted five years' ser ice in religious work in China, returned tu his home in Fawn Grove, York comity, accompanied by Iris wife and two children. Mr. Gailey brings with him two Chinese boys, sons ot wealthy parents, who will be educated" under his direction. Frank Rothenberger and Abraham Shonour, of W'ernersville, had a fight with a large tarantula, which was im bedded in a bunch of bananas. After chasing the creature all over the cellar they killed him with a corn chopper. Burglars entered the general store of Care & Son, at Linglestown, by break ing a pane of glass in the front door, and carried away several hundred dol lars worth of watches, jewelry, cutlery and other valuables. The air hose on a Lehigh Valley freight train burst near Lucy Furnace, Lehigh County, and caused a car to btickl and fall on the eastbound track. The New York express dashed into sight al that instant, but the engineer was able to slow down and prevent a disaster. The express engine was damaged, but no oue was hurt. The Slate Belt Trolley Company ha made an offer to purchase the Bangor Portland trolley road, and it is said the offer is being considered. Northampton County Sabbath School Association, Fourth district, held a ses sion at Bethlehem and selected Bethlehem as the place to hold the annual conven tion in November. These are the new officers: President, Rev. J. S. Heiier; vice-president, W. D. Seyfrid; secretary, Irwin Grube; treasurer, Frank J. Werst. Slipping because of his wearing new shots, Samuel Teel, aged 25 years, brakeman, tell beneath a freight car 011 the Lehigh & New England Railroad at Bangor and was killed. The body of William Hutton, the second victim of the cave-in at the R. L. Jones slate quarry, at Delta, York county, last November, was recovered. Nearly five hundred descendants of Philip, Adam and John Seifert, who em igrated to this country more than a cen tury ago from Germany, held a family reunion at Bethlehem. Maud Warner, a young woman of York, while working about a stove bad her clothing ignited and was badly burn ed about the arms and body. Thomas Jefferson Scott, aged" 30, min ing engineer, was killed by a (all of slate in a mine at Belsono, Clearfiefd county, while making investigations to take a mine foreman's examination. He had just refused an offer of place on the engineering corps in Panama. C. F. Van Tuyle, R. Giovanni, JosepU Bonello and Daniel Motto, arrested b the Pure Food Department agents on the charge of selling impure foods, all pleaded guilty at Wilkesbarre, and were fined $50 each and costs. Agents of the department state that warrants are to be istued for butchers of that city who have been treating beef with preserving acidi. While a fast Philadelphia and Reading freight train was running through Ru pert a timber fell from a flat car, throw ing the box car following it several feet in the air and completely wrecking it. A tramp, sitting on the rar nctt to i.ie r wreck fd, , escaped injury. v
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