f f I The PulpT A SERMON 1Y tAe re- "Why cull ye Me Ixrnl, Inl. and Jo not the things which I say?" Luke 6:40. Jesus is either a force or a frnud. His word U truth or It If nonsense. His gospel is either the supreme phi losophy of life or the quintessence at silliness. He Is either to be fol lowed or not to be followed. It Ho is to lead we nm.-i do His will. He Is a captain whose commands are commendable and practicable or an nifWt worthy leader to obey whom is the sheerest senselessness. There is no middle around. Christ Is a wise man the eternal wisdom of God ar a fool: a vlsloned statesman or a visionary; a religious leader beyond compare, or the most Illogical and fantastic enthusiast who ever lived. The church of the living Christ through nar 2n0'i years has nro clattned Hlra the incarnate mind of God. the gWrlous embodiment of the fternal wisdom, the supernal leader, the only tni" guide, the mentor of the mind as th? Saviour of the soul tt man. Saints have sung of His beauty, philosophers have yielded homage to the purity and profundity of His thought, sages have reveled In His wisdom, martyrs have died for Him. We hart de-lared Him Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. the ultimate both as to Inception and flnalKv. And yet we fail to practice His truth, to apply His principles, to obey His mandnres. to trust His word, to live the Hf that He counsels as the only life that eternally Is worth the while. We elevate Him up.?n a pedestal of dominating pronf-Inenc-'. and then we laugh at Him. We .'oin Hfs church, and then we misrepresent Him. We swear fealty ander His control, and then we de tect Htm in every hour of the test. And then we wonder why men of the world huve no use for ecrleclasti cism, though they cheer the Christ. We are aniazd at the paltriness of the church'.; grip as an organized In stitution noon humanity compared with Wat it ought to be: while the sweep of t'-e Influence of Jesus Is be coming universal. Wa are astounded that In an when the Lord of Life receives gr-str homage 'lim evr In the reach of years, the church of the Lord the orznnlzod body that bears His nam Is being weighed In the balance of intolligsnt criticism and declared wanting. But It Is not Strang'. Too long have you cried. "Lord. Lord." The world demands performance as well as protestations. It tires of the nla tltndinous. It tTPtctl men who pro fess to love the good to b" something more than pious. For the piousness of the dnv Is almost synnoymou3 with the most dangerous lmplous ness. Bad man have a suspicion that bad men will t g had. They expect good men to be good. They detest pious talk and a pious mien that gets no further than words and loo .s. And they are right. Laodletan Christianity is as trait orous as it Is Inefficient. It denies that In which It professes to believe. It batrayi its Lord with a ki.- The world has no use for it and we ought to have none. A world that could contemplate It with equanimity wouldn't be worth saving. What shall we sav of a church which too largely practices It? Too m-'ch have we cried, "Lord, Lord." .Tesus says, "Ye are My frirnds if ye do whatsoever I com- : mand you." Have we dine His will? Jcpjs says: "Love ypur enemies: bleu them that curse you; him that ta.-th away thy cioak forbid not to tak" thv coat also." And Jesu- prac- . tioed His proclamations. He was the friend of God He did the will of the Father. They crucified Him. He be sought forgiveness for His persecu tors. And yet in a land blessed as Is ours with the heritage of twenty cen turies r.f Christian teaching, cuitured and cont-olled under the gospel of : Jesus, the best theory of peace that we can practice Is that which bids us to he prepared for war. The very ; church wnich sings the praises of the prince of p ace is strangely Bllent be- ' lore the militarism of our age. Pre paredness for war has yet to be pro ven a guarantee of peace. Indeed it has been quite otherwise. It is j neither effective nor necssary. It is purely expedient and never final In theory or In practice. Je3us" way Is a better way. If all the armaments of the world were wrecked there would be a surer guarantee of peace than theru Is to-day and greater pros- ' perlty. Jesus' theories have never bad an honeat oprorturlty to prove their 1 worth. Those that have been tried, I however little, have revealed the wis- ' dom of the Lord. Where nations ' have c a ' ,., war and have brought j their difficulties to the bar of divine ly guided counsel there have they found the best results. The Individ ual who follows In the footsteps of 1 his Saviour and forgets Injury, for- I gives injustice, requites good for evil, may seem impractical, but he Is the j happiest as the most honored among the sons of men. The man who sub- I mlts to persecution while his trust j remains In God may lose bis head: he will not lose his soul. External 1 forces cannot steal away that life eternal which is the gift of God. The church must either follow Christ or it must cease to be. The MNI for Its existence Is resident In j tta recognition of HIb authority. The ! secret of Its ancient power lay In Its willingness to do His will. And as the guiding spirit In a larger era gives her visions of wider ministry and impulse to a service the llko of which she has never known ibe must move on with fidelity and fervor or be discredited and disowned. The church Is not the kingdom save as the church labors for the consummation of the kingdom. It la not an end in itself. It U a means to the attainment of divine conclusions. The trouble has been and la that we have mistaken theology for Chris tianity, the organization for the life, the membership roll for the test of membership. Quite otherwise Is the mind of Christ. The test of niember iMp If not how warm we make seats, r how loud we sing, or how vebs nently we pray. The final testing it :he testing of service. Do you work u you pray? Do you warm heart is ".'oil as benches? Do you make lou'.s to rejoice? Do you regard ?0'.irstlf not as your brother's keeper to much as your brother's brother? Are vim true to Christ? Have you Keennest to serve the King? "Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and lo not the things which I say?" Th f-.estlon Is as timely and npplloabW 4 It was wien It was propounded. 'cr there aever !js born a time when ce and convinced of the need for re inltful and helpful labor than she If to-day. The Protestant church Is In danget )f becoming priest-ridden the worst ihat can befal the organization of the hurch; ridden with a priesthood shorn of compulsory authority and in whom the authority of the Christ Is too nrecarlouslv admitted to re side. The laltv of Protestanlsm are too largely guilty of hiring men to lo their work for them at salaries n the average that are an Insult to 'he tyord whose work they send their mployes to do rather than of call ing lenders whose business It shall e to dlrext the energies, rebuke the ilns, vlta'lze the virtues, clarify the :hought. Inspire the minds. Intensify tkt spiritual conceptions and percep tions of the rons of God who are members of the church of Christ. The church of Christ Is full of men ind women who have their names upon Its rolls for no better, reason '.hsn that It Is nolltle or proner or oolite or profltahle soriallv and com mercially so to be enlisted. And the "onsequnce Is that enthusiasm has gone out of the most of th" meetings .if the church, the gn'herlngs fo irsver ara generally po drv rnd cold nd uninteresting that they are a llstress to earnest pastors and a re action not only upon the Intelligence snd spiritual experience, but also upon th gratitude of the church. The reason for this Is not far to eek. The laity, and not Infrequent ly the clergy, have been so busy seek ing materlnl success that thev have cad no time to serve the Lord after the manner of the Master. The dol lar has supplied so many wants that men have ceased to feel the pressing need for spiritual sunnlles. It ha? aeen declared impossible for a nation to believe Christ, disarm and be pre served against the rapacious agres sions of th6 armed. Business men aave declared it Impossible to follow Christ and succeed. The best we have done, till very lately, In the management of criminals has been to In II or execute them. The spirit jf th lex tallonls the lowest law of Tudalsm Is rampant In the settle ment of disputes between nations and nations, society and Its members, ln llvlduals and their fellows. W have forgotten the God of life In the ex cellency of our llvlng3. We have nrayed for reforms that we have ralther advanced, expected or de sired. We have thanked God for the rulght of His power while fearful to trust His sufficiency against the on slaught of Satan. We have talked brotherhood and practiced an Indi vidualism that has brought porrow where there is no need for aught but Joy, and strife where co-operation would more thoroughly fulfil the plnns of God, by and with the con sent .tacit or active of the church. The situation cannot endure. The :hurcii must reform or relinquish her claim to primacy and to the privil eges of leadership. Saying "Lord, Lord," will make her acceptable neither to coming generations nor to her bridegroom. Vain repetitions ire valueless to produce results. Ac tion only is qualified to transmute Ideas into achievements. To do His work we must do His will. Jesus gives us a picture of the end sf the Institution or the man guilty of llp-servie? or of lukewarm adher snce to the propagation of the truth 'Not every one that salth unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter Into the king 3om of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father." He forecasts the fate of those Insincere and paltry Christians who stand before Jehovah t the great assize. It is to be hoped that Jesus' pic ture Will not prove a photograph ol as. It Is not necessary that It should. We shall be rpcreant and without ex :use if It shall sj prove to be. No man and no church need call upon the '..ord In vain. He who hath called us ind upon whom we call Is both wili ng and able to perform through us ?ffecflve service for the welfare and .he salvation of individuals and the ace. God summons us in Christ to mpreme labor. He provides contem loraneousi"' the power necessary to tucceed. He energizes and verifies ind Inspires and enthuses every soul ind every society that with high de ire and dedicated purpose calls upon His name. Not "Lord, Lord," but "Lord, here im I, send me." "What wilt Thou lave me to do?" Brooklyn, N. Y. " Jkt I INTFH NATION AL LESSON COM MENTS FOIt SEPTEMBER 20. Eevlew of the Eleven Preceding Los sons For the Third Quarter Golden Text, 2 Samuel 5:12 Rend Pnlin 18. Golden Text: "And David per ceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake." 2 Sam. 5:12. Each of the lessons of this quarter teaches us something about the prin ciples upon which God deals with men and something also about how men treat God. In Lesson I. we see the constant disposition of the human heart to re ject God and to refuse to have Him rule over us. We see also when men choose some one else before God, He lets thom have their own mad choice in order that they may learn their folly by bitter experience. In Lesson II. we see again the dis position of the human heart to reject God, even after He had saved us out of all our calamities ana Hstresses. In Lesson III. we set God's long suffering toward those who reject Him and His love In brinj 'ng His un grateful people to a consciousness of their sin and His unwillingness to for sake His people. In Lesson IV. we see that the one thing that God demands from His servants is obedience, and how If one reject the Word of the Lord, the Lord will also reject him. In Lesson V. we see that when one servant falls God He chooses another to fill hU place and anoints him with the Holy Spirit that ho may be quali fied for the work to which he has been called In Lesson VI. we see how the Lord gives victory to those who trust In Him and He saves, not with the sword and spear, but by the power of His own name. in Lesson VII. we see that the Lord Is with the one that trusts and obeys and gives him favor with men and makes him the terror of His enemies. In Lesson VIII. v.e learn how God delivers His servants even In times of greatest peril. In Lesson IX. we see that God de livers our enemies into our hands, but that vengeance belong unto Him. In Lesson X. we see the awful fate of the one whom God had rejected and how God clears the way for the one w ho leaves his exaltation entirely In God's hands. In Lesson XI. we see that God will guide the one who commits his way unto Him and leans not upon his own understanding, and that God deals with us as we deal with our fellow-mcn. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES 3CPTEMBER TWENTIETH. Commending Our Society. II By Supplying Church Workers 2 Tim. 2: 1 2; Prov. 22: 6. Relieving distress. Mark 9: 38-41. Messengers of the churches. I Cor l! 21-24. With our purses. Matt. 19: 16-22 Teaching. Matt. 5. 17-19. Co-operntlng. 1 These. 5: 1 1-13. Exhorting. Acta 4: 813. UimS fr y daU' n,yc ill ' VWcc& rh pfeajonf fleldj Jll Hi oj WHr I might dejpair-7. THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA CONCEHTED ATTACH ON nniNR WINNING ALL AXONG LINE. THE CITY OF GOD. The Christian Endeavor society Is th" gathering of many witnesses; N Is the large body of many coals whlcr makes a great fire (2 Tim. 2: 2.) A good thing Is good to a man onl) ns he Is eager to pass It on to some other man (2 Tim. 2: 2.) A Christian Is well trnlneft wher he can train other church workers (J Tim 2: 2.) It Is quite Impossible for one to be taught In the Christian Endeavor bo rlety to bo faithful, bold to testify zealous In service, and then to b( otherwise when he enters the oldei church work Prov. 22: 0.) Thoughts. The young people's snclety Is fh only organization which Is definitely training church workers. This Is ltf pedal field, which was formerly lefl to chance. If the church wishes to develop cer Kin sorts of workers, It should over see Its young people's society. Every society should so move ltl members through the committees am) offices ns to develop them, and fulfil, lis function of a training school. The society members should entei the church work gradually and at soon as possible, not all at one plunge. Illustrations. Kvery business has Its technical school! why not our Father's busl ne3s? By the fine old plan of apprentice ships, each older worker turned on many younger workers. Why no' establish the plan In the churches? An army keeps recruiting sergeant! nil the time at work. Why shouU not the church have recruiting ser I'cnnts In the Endeavor society? Good children are a credit to theli parents: so a gond Endeavor soclctj testifies to a good church. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SV dty throned upon the height behold, The city of man's life nil tilled in God; Dnthed in nil light, with open gate of gold. Perfect the city is in tower snd street; And there a palace for each mortsl waits. Complete snd perfect, at whose outer gates An nngcl stands its occupant to greet. Still shine, O patient city on the height! The while our race in hut and hovel dwells. It hears the musif of thy heavenly bells, Anil iu dull soul is haunted by thy light. Lo. once the Son of Man hath heard thy call. And thi dear Christ hath claimed thee fr us all. Phillips Brooks. Pnrents and Children. The Inflicting of punishment ta a serious and solemn thing, and al though many recognize this, a large number do not, but punish careless ly with a light heart. "Punish ment" means literally "pain," and should not lightly be caused by man to his fellow-man. To Inflict punishment Is undoubt edly requisite. Those who have to be trained are certain at times to fall Into error, either lgnorantly, carelessly or wilfully. Tho punish ment moted out should be less In kind, as well as In degree for the two former, than for the latter, and we ought to think carefully, and really ascertain before deciding that a fault was committed wilfully. We need a word of training in these matters ourselves before we are competent to train others, and wn shall probably all be ready to admit that we are dally learning with, and through, and from the young ones whom God has put In our care. How manv there are who feel ihRo difficulties intensely, and, from being In a position of compulsory i authority, how many become some what haughty in manner or spirit, even overbearing and tyrannical! If this spirit grows upon us, we shall not succeed In training, though we may succeed In punishing those under our care. A wrong spirit in SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. God is Lending. No room for a discouraged or de pressed feeling is left you. If your sphere is outwardly humble, If It even appears to be quite insignificant, God understands It better than you do, and It is a part of His wisdom to bring out great sentiments in humble con ditions, great principles In works that are outwardly trivial, great char acters under great adversities and heavy loads of encumbrance. Let it fill you with cheering and ex alted feeling, however deep In ob scurity your lot may be, that God Is leading you on, girding you for a work, preparing you for a good that ll worthy of His divine magnificence. If God Is really preparing us all to become that which Is the very highest and best thing possible, there ought never to be a discouraged or uncheer ful being in the world. Horace Cushuell. Emotion Is the Hud. Emotion has no value in the Chris .Ian system save as It stands con iect ;d with right conduct as the causs if It. Emotion Is the bud, not the lower, and never Is it of value until t expands Into a flower. Every re iglous sentiment, every act of devo Ion which does not produce a corre ipondlng elevation of life, Is worse .han useless; it Is absolutely per llcious, because It ministers to self leceptlon and tends to lower the line )f personal morals. W. H. H. Murray. The Prayer That Prevails. It has been said that every truo prayer has a foreground and a back ground. The foreground of prayer Is nn Intense, Immediate desire for something which seems necessary to the soul; the background Is ' the earnest de3lre that the will of God, Whatever it may be, shall be done. Leave cut tho foreground, and there Is danger of fatalism. Leave out the background, and only an expres sion of self-will is left. Tho perfect prayer the prayer that prevails must have background and fore ground, desire and submission. The Uov. J. K. Miller. The Work of the Spirit. The great work of the Holy Spirit, hat Is It? To make Christ present with us. Look at the disciples; they oved Him, but they were under the jower of the flesh. The rule of the lesh had not been broken, and Christ :ould not get a lodgment In their learts; hut He said, the Holy Spirit I Aill come, and I will come again to ron (in the Spirit) and the Father tnd I will take up Our abode with rou. The Spirit's work is revealing I 3od and Christ In our very hearts. 'ndrew Murray. The Winds That Strengthen. The air from the sea of affliction is extremely beneficial to Invalid Chris tians, says Spurgeon. Continued pros perity, like a warm atmosphere, has a tendency to unbind the sinews and soften the bones; but the cold winds of trouble make us sturdy, hardy and well-braced In every part. Unbroken success often leatls to an undervalu ing of mercies and forgetfulness of the Giver; but the withdrawal of the Bunshlne leads us to look for the sun. The Future. If there be no hereafter and no future vindication of the upright, then virtue aud purity are but names, and the only possible conclusion is, "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." The Rev. W. P. George, Denver. i Christ the Lord of Our Intellect John 1. 17; Eph. 4. 17-24 (Bible Study Sunday.) John 1. 1-17. There opening verso3 of John's Gospel may lie regarded as a Confession of F;ilth. The writer Is describing ihe central doctrines In the book, in tonus of current thought. He Identifies the .losus of history with tho Logos of philosophy. He then proceeds to offer a series of illustra tions in support of this claim. The purpose of Christ's mission Is clearly stated In verses 11-13. Christ brought to men the privilege of be coming the sons of God. whatever may be their ancestry or nationality. It was the lncarnutlun of Christ which emphasized the suncilty of all hu man life und Increased Its value a hundredfold, wherever the light of his gruce and truth shed Its glory. Eph. 4. 17-24. Puul has given In the first three chapters of this eplstlo J) impressive description of the spir itual DteMlngN which have come through Jesus Christ. What is the effect on the lives of those who have received them? He Is suggesting some result which might he txpecl ed. There Is n great, difference be tween one who has accepted Christ and another who has not. The difference Is seen in thought, speech and practice. There is no "vanity of mind," that Is, no illusion or beclouding of the reason; there Is no "hardening of the heart," for ono Is sensitive to the noblest and best Impressions in life; there is no wulk lng in "laiioivlousness," regardless of I all moral restraint and spiritual re quirement. The reason for this notable change Is that the appeal of Christ has been heard, and we have become learners In his school. The lesson will have been well learned If we give up the former life of deceitful desires and sinful habits, and are' found walking In the new way. Inspired by thoughts of truth and led into deeds of righteousness. Spread of Prink Habit Women and Children Victims, ' Says Ir. Quarkrnhow Erges legislation to Combat the World's Evil. It Is the opinion of Dr. John D. Quarkenbos that the spread of the drink habit, particularly among wom n and children, Is a question that should receive the early attention of the legislators. The physician who through his method of treatment by auto-suggestion has cured hundreds of confirmed Inebriates of the habit ays that most New Yorkers, even those hardened from long experience, nave little realization of the extent :o which the habit Is prevalent among women. One woman whom he treat ed for alcoholism, he says, according to her own admission, spent $125 weekly for champagne for her own consumption. "To steady her nerveB" this woman always took with her a ottle of the sparkling beverage whenever she left the house. The wine bill was going up when she came :o Dr. Qunckenbos for treatment. Dr. Quackenbos merely Instanced his case out of many which have come to him In the course of his prac ice. He said that $100 a week was no unusual figure for a woman to ipend on champagne. Champagne Is tot th6 only beverage, however, that a undermining the physical, mental ind moral health of New York wom tn. ten or twelve of whom drink ln- oxlcatlng liquors -where onlv one In. lulged a decade ago. Dr. Quackenbos asserted that the vorst feature about the spread of al coholic drinking among all classes vas that most of the stuff consumed vas "stuff" and nothing else. Of svery hundred drinks of whisky sold n the United States to-day. he ald, nly one was real whisky, and a like jroportlon held in regard to beer and vine. The counterfeits were cleverly Miough concocted to deceive even hose who Imagined themselves con loisseurs. The ImltatlonB were far a-orse In their effects than the pure (quids, the doctor said. "I can prove Jj statistics," said Dr. Quackenbos, 'that thf. effect of adulterated liquors n the brain Is fifteen times worse :han the pure article." Loss of memory and loss of Identity were the special results of lmmoder- ite consumption of the adulterated Night Sweats & Cough. E. W. Walton, Condr. 8. P, fty., T17 Van Ness St., San Antonio. Tex., writes! "During tho summer and rail of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh reached that stage where It was actual misery and developed alarming symp toms, such as a very deep-seated cough, night sweats, and 'pains in the head and chest. I experimented with several so called remedies before 1 finally decided to take a thorough course of Peruna. "Two of my friends had gone so far as to inform mo that the thing for mo to do was to resign my position and seek a higher, moro congenial climate. Every one thought I had consumption aud I was not expected to live very long. "Having procured somePernns, 1 de cided to give It a thorough test and ap plied myself assiduously to the task of taking It, as per instructions. In the meantime. "Tho effects wero soon apparent, all alarming symptoms disappeared snd my general health became fully as good as it hod ever been in my life. "I have resorted to the use of Peruna an two or three occasions since that time to cure myself of bad colds." THE DUTCH BOY PAINTER STANDS TOR PAINT QUALITY" ITISrOUNDONlYOH, i PURE WHITE LEAD MADE BT THE OLD DUTCH PROCESS. Many a man's poor reputation Is due to his bad judgment. Cnpudlnc Cures Indigestion Pains, Belching, Sour Stomach, and Heartburn, from whatever cause. It Liquid. Kflects immediately. Doctors prescribe it. 10c., 25c., and 30c, at drug stores. In IMS. "How are you going t'o vote this year?" "Oh, for P,ryan. I suppose, ai usual. on until! f vim r-nn't dv. stuff, against the offer of which for nect a man in h mil If ntt Hiii ImKtt nf wU the physician thinks that some ! a lifetime!" Chicago Tribune. uun-tw unu speeoy measures should us win certainly produce a wrong , Z , ""-"""b uuums. V tho . w. , muiic. spirit in them. This Is probably the secret of much failure to Induce good results from punishments. More especially does It happen In dealing with older girls or hoys or adults. Then we must remember that we are dealing with sinful na tures prone to evil, which fact we know by our own bitter etperlence. We are dealing with human beings, with strong Individual proclivities which cannot be overcome In a day. I believe that nothing will disarm hostility and bring down a defiant spirit In boy or girl, or even child, like n frank confession of our own difficulties or mistakes of which we may be feeling conscious for this very good reason, that the child probably knows It as well as we do! I would suggest three rules by which to guide your actions and de cisions, when called upon to punish: 1. Put yourself in tho child's place by careful thought. 2. Be without any animus very naturally caused by previous Insub ordination, annoyance, or Insolence on the child's part.. A test of one's sincerity in this matter Is to note whether tho punishment or reproof gives you as much pain to adminis ter as It doeB the child to receive. 3. Lastly, there U the golden ad vice nnd command of the Bible "considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." Let us remember that training is the work of a father that relationship made holy by the fact and pattorn of tho Fatherhood of God. and therefore let us learn from His training of ourselves how to act towards our children. A Learner. In London Christian. State of Omo, Crrr of Toledo, l liUUAB l.tll .1 ty k The Drink Slavery. FnA.VK J. Cheney makes oath that be is senior partner of the linn of F. J.CHEXtr & drink habit Is tl iio. tWJST." .'n"?llJr ,ot. lo!I?1 .. , ., . . , . , vwwuvj ' i. hi- muifsaiu, anil uai said nat walketh in darkness, the destruc- . firm will pay thesum of one hunureo dol ion that wnsteth at noonday. What ILBS for ch and every case of cat Ann n man is there that hath not seen the cannt be cured by ihe use of Hall s ed ruin In Its path wrecked lives I RR,lLt,B- ank j. Cheney. nd homes and hopes and hearts, and 1 DS VrJ0 T ""fd ,,"b.8irib.!d in name anei sin withal too deep for i ISM. ' A W Gleasov words? What community does not (SEAi.) Nota i'ubhc emember some once brilliant son, the Hnll'CatarrhCureistakeninteninlly and He is All in All. God is all to thee; if thou be hun gry, He Is bread; if thirsty, He la water; if In darkness, He Is light; 'f naked, He is a robe of lmuortaU ty. St. Augustine. Knew What He Was Dolns. For once the American had dls- vered something British that wa tetter than anything that could be produced "across Ue pond." ills discovery wa;i a fine collie dog, aud he at onca tried to induce Its owner, an old shepherd, to sail it. "Wad e be takln' him to Aner Ica?" Inquired tile old Scot. "Yes, I guess so," said the Yankee. "I thought as muckle," said tht shepherd. "I couldna part wi Jock " But while they sat and cbatu-d an English tourist came up, and to him the shepherd sold the collie for much less than the American had offered. "You told me you wouldn't sell him," said the Yankee, when the purchaser had departed. "Na," replied the Scot, "I said I couldna palrt wV blm. Iccliil ba bafcA lu a day or so, but he couldna swim the Atlantic." Detroit km Presa A SSO.0UO.OOt terminal station hai been planned for the steam, electric aud subwu)' Hues of Ban Fraociico. Get Busy. You cannot cancel the custom of preying on your fellows by occasional praying to your Father above. The Good lite. A good life is Impossible until one knows that there is ever something more desirable than liviug. His Deep Concern. The kind old lady noticed a small lad tittering a cobbler' with a small package. "What have you there, sonny?" she asked kindly. "Ma's slipper," replied the lad: "you see, there is a tack out of placi m it, ana I want to have It Axed be lore mu notices it." "Ah, what a considerate little boy! I suppose you are afraid the tack might hurt your mother's foot?" "Well, it isn't exactly that. You see, the tack is sticking out on the sole, and this Is the slipper ma spanki me with." Chicago News. A SERIOUS MATTER. "You are being mentioned promt nently," explained the politician, flu thjfl and that office of distinction. " "But that doesn't provide me wltr the eats," expostulated his constltu ent. "Won't you have me mentioned for some place I could get?" Hous Chronicle. "Rein Kind to Mothnh." The daughter of a banker attend ing the convention last week tells the following story of an Englishman she met during a recent trip to Mexico. The Englishman became acquaint ed with the American party while they were all guests at a winter ho tel. Whenover the parents of the American girl proposed any trip the Englishman Immediately begged to be made one of the party. He was to be Included in a moonlight trip to a near-by mountain. After the Ameri cans were ready to start they had to delay some fifteen minutes awaiting their guest's arrival. When he did arrive be electrified them by his com ments on the reason for his delay. What he said was: "I beg pardon for my beastly tar diness. Couldn't help It, don' cber know. I hnd to bring my mother, from the gardens first. It's a singu lar horrid bore, but on haB to be kind to his mother, don' cher know!" Milwaukee Free Press. The available coal yeUatored In the earth in Germany Is estimated by Professor Ferdinand Fischer, of Got tlngen, at 180,000,000,000 tons; in England only 81,600,000,000 tons; In Belgium, Austria-Hungary and France about 17,000,000.000 tons each. The store of Russia is but im perfectly known. North America can produce 684.000,000,009 ton, and Baron von Rlchthofen has stated that China has a supply nearly as great. Japan. Borneo and New South Wales have considerable coal; Africa, an un known quantity. Germanra should last another thousand years, but England's supply will begin to "how exhaustion within fifty years. In the United States the production has Incroased from about 8,200,000 tons in 1891 to nearly 45,000,000 in I tot. "Ily This Shall All Men Know." How are you going to tell whether you are a Christian or not? Not by the fact that yon are a Catholic or a Protestant, not that you subscribe to some creed that man has drawn up. Wo must have something better than that. What did Christ say? "By this sbnll all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to an other." I used to wish when I was first converted that every Christian had to wear a badge, because I would like to know them; my heart went out toward the household of faith. But 1 have got over that. Every hy- pocrlte would have a badge-inside of thirty days should Christianity be I come popular. No badge outside, but God gives us a badge In the heart. I The religion that hasn't any love in it I don't want; It's human. The man whose creed hasn't any love In it may let It go to the winds. "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another." That Is the fruit of the Spirit. D. L. Moody. God's Care of the Humble. A man muBt strlvo long and might ily within himself before he can learn to fully master himself, and to draw his whole heart up to God. God protecteth tho humble and de llvereth him; the humble He loveth and comforteth: unto the humble man He incllueth Himself; unto tho humble He giveth great grace; and after his humiliation He ratBeth him to glory. Thomas a Kempls. ose and expectancy of Its cltlzenshln oy strong drink brought down to rags nd to the gutter? What country graveyard whispers not Its melan choly tale of some once strong vlc :lm brought low by Its awful power? What man is there among mx readers whose heart has not ached for some ne In his own family, bone of his Done, blood of his blood, the knowi dge of whose shnmeful rirlnir-ninvarv has burned like a white-hot brand? tnd in every neighborhood, more jver, we know also the cruelly mis treated wife whom tho drunkard had vowed to love and protect, the ragged children with lives blighted by a lrunken father's neglect, and even the midnight tears of some gray haired mother wit lamentations like hose of another Rachel for some once promising son slain by the monster vil against which we now go forth '.o battle. Small wonder that its allies have no word to say In Its behalf, and must Jhield themselves behind the glitter ing generalities of "personal liberty" and "local self-government." yets direcbiy on the blood and mucous 'sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials. . . .ii.ix a. i,u., loicuo. U. boM by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Famiiy Puis for constipation. An Intelligent Turtle. Ray Hadley and Thad Williams think they have the most intelligent turtle In the world. The say that though It can not talk. It can think. The turtle was caught in a pond near here and as each boy claimed a share In it. they decided one should keep the turtle two dnys and then It should be turned over to the oth er for two days. Yesterday the boys forgot to transfer the turtle, and this morning when young Williams went to the turtle's tub he found It gone. Search was Instituted without suc cess until this-afternoon, when the turtle was found endeavoring to climb Into the other tub, Its home. In the backyard of the Hadley home. Evidently the turtle remembered the date, and hnd crawled the entire distance between the home3, which Is more than a block, making the trip bythe alleys, the route always adopted by the boys. It seemed pleased, but almost exhausted, when found. Indianapolis News. Widening the Problem. The Increase lu the number and quantity of drugs which may be used !o prevent pain, quiet the nerves, and Pioauce erects similar to those I gained by the use of alcohol widens I To Many For Him. the temperance problem. Nothing is I "Your odd announcement collec Ryo-d relirXn"'8 BSA JS5 I t,0n be none the worse, I think,' the use of beer and begins to take anys a """"''spon'lent, "for the fol- aoses of cocaine. From all quarters come reports of the Increased use of this pernicious drug which, with morphine and other narcotics, may easily be substituted Tor the more evident and grosser form of intoxi cation. Men and women throughout the South are said to be secretly in troducing among the negroes and poor whites drugs which, habitually taken, destroy both body and soul Recovery from the pestilent Influ ence of these drugs Is even more dif ficult than that from the degreda tlon caused by alcohol. Christiun Register. lowing item; In a window of a lit tle bookstore In Eighth Avenue. New I York, was recently heaped a great I pile of Bibles marked very cheap never before were Bibles offered at such a price. Above them, in big ' letters, was this Inscription: " 'Satan trembles when he sees Bibles sold as low ns these.' " London News. "THE PALE GIRL" Did Not Know Coffee Was the Cause. little little The Negative Ilcuuty. The avoidance of little evils sins, little inconsistencies, weaknesses, little follies, little in discretions, little Indulgences of the flesh the avoidance of such little things as these goes far to make up at least the negative beauty df a holy life. Andrew Bonar. Adam Smith on Strong Drink. Adam Smith, the author of "The I Wealth of NatlonB." whose principles : are still regarded as the standard basis of real political economy, lived aver a nunurea years ago. It was Adam Smith who wrote "All labor expended In producing strong drink Is utterly unproductive; it adds nothing to the wealth of the co in m unity." What the Liquor Men Really Mean. "The liquor men are echoing the old cry of 'Prohibition don't prohlb It.' In their heartB they really don't fear that at all. What they do feat Ik that it will prohibit." Kausas Prohibitionist. The One Who is In Need. He who has to passion to convert needs conversion. A. T. Plerson. And Still the Wonde-r Grows. Then, one by one, the counties be gan to turn out the liquor traffic Bourbon went partly "dry." Now after twenty months of local option,' ninety-three counties are wholly "dry," and only four Meade, Jeffer son, Kenton aud Campbell still re main "wet" as before the passage of mo iw. nurper s weekly, Ou Uie Roll of Honor. There are a hundred places in the United States with a population of 8000 or more which are now with out Miner Jtceaaea. A Warning. There, Is a warnlug for metal work ers In a recent report by Dr Bloudl, of Italy, who has been investigating the combined effects of alcohol aud Chronic metal poisoning. He' finds that workmen engaged lu lead, quick silver aud antimony works In Sicily have a notably reduced ability to withstand alcohol. Ohio Nearly Won. The liquor people fear that all bni five counties in Ohio will be prohib itory within a rear. i Cottsul-Oeneral William H. Michael, writing from Calcutta, says that a young engineer of Dalslng, Serai, In dia, has invented a machine which disposes of the wood In the stems of jute at the rate of 60,000 atems per day. GIVINO IT TIME. Jeweler "Is your watch all right now, Mr. Smart?" Mr. Smart "Well, no, not yet; but It seems to be gaiulug every day." Boston Transcript. In cold weather some people think a cup of hot coffee good to help keep warm. So It Is for a short time but the drug caffeine acta on the hear! to weaken the circulation and the re action is to cause more chilliness. There la a hot wholesome drink which a Dak. girl found after a time, makes the blood warm and the heart strong. She saya: "Having lived for Ave years In N. Dak., I have used considerable coffee owing to the cold climate. As a re sult I had a dull headache regularly, suffered from Indigestion, and had no 'Ufa' In me. "I waa known as the 'pale girl' and people thought I was Just weakly. After a time I had heart trouble and became very nervous, never knew what It waa to be real well. Took medicine bnt It never seemed to do any good. "Since being married my husband and I both have thought coffee was harming as and we would quit, only to begin again, although we felt it waa Ue same as poison to ua. "Then we got some Postum. Wall, the effect waa rwnlly wonderfuL Mr, complexion Is clear now, headacbs gone, and I have a great deal of en ergy I had never known while drink ing coffee. "I haven't been trouble with Indi gestion since using Postum, am not nervoua, and need no medicine. We have a little girl and boy who both love Postum and thrive on It and Grape-Nuta." "There's a Reason. " Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkga. Ever read the above letter? A oe one uihm-mj-b front time to time. The are genuine, ttroe, and full uf bums In teres.
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