THE PULPIT. BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON 9 THE REV. JASON NOBLE PIERCE. Tte'TsSw" peopTe'Tn Subject: The Compassion ot Josns. Brooklyn, N. Y. In Puritan Con gregational Church Sunday the paa tot. the Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, preached on "The Compassion of Jesus." The text was from Luke 7:13'. "And when the Lord paw hrr He had compassion on hrr and said unto her, weep not." Mr. I'loroe said: 1 hav taken a my auWtcf this morning ine of the most beautiful and comforting thenrips In th Htble. "The CompaBston of .Testis." If there la any one present In this COngraga tlon who has been exnerlnclng trial and suffering, or who has been called upon to hear some grlevoua burden lous. Tint wlieri need or In aorrow or 'ufferlng. when did He ever turn them away? How quick was His r'spome! How suffi clent In power! His maxim wa. "Thev that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are lick." When the multitude penetrated the desrt whither He had gone for retire ment and needed rest, when He be held their desire for Him and knew the hunger end heart sirknes that Impelled them to seek Hint, "He was moved with compassion 0:1 them be cause they were scattered abroad as sheep having no ahepherd." When the blind aud the demente.1 cried unto Him. the Lord of Light and Spirit was mighty In deed. When the leper of Galilee knelt before Him saying, "If Thou wilt Thou canst make me clean," His heart was touched. "And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hnnd and touched htm and salth unto him, I M-m- lw. ttiiiii pterin " I oh. the mighty love of Jesus! It I met that dear mother at the gate of Nain and did for her what none In all sr&t &un&atj-&cl70of INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS VOH DKOnUHEB 0. fir unffor litcn 1 nulc his RttentioTl peelally, to the consideration of this i the city could do, restore to her her theme And If there Is any one here who would make more nitre of find'? personal love for His Individual chil dren, let him discover that love as It la revealed In the compassion of His Son. our Lord and Saviour. Briefly but clearly the author of our Gospel present! the icena: "Be hold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and ahe was a widow, and much people of the city was with hr r." From our text we know that she was weeping, and well ahe might, for drath leave! a smartlnc stme mis was nor. ine aon. Can any ol you imagine me wonder and Joy unspeakable that came to her when Jesus delivered him to her? One of the striking characteristics of the compassion of Jesus is its In clusiveness. It knows no hounds. It goes out to the multitude and to the Individual, to the Stranger aa frePly aa to the friend, to the Jew and to the Gentile His heart went out for the city and He wept over It and His heart went out to the lone woman in need of a Saviour. The one essential was that there exist a grief, n burden, Subject : Solomon Choose Wisdom, .1 Kings 3:4-in Golden Text, Prov. 9:10 Commit Verses 11, 1 2 Commentary. TIMF. 101 D. C. TliACE. Glbenn IM'OKITION. I. Solomon's Prayer to Jehovah, 4-0. Solomon went to Glbeon because the Taber nacle, the place where Jehovah pe culiarly manifested Himself to His people, was there (1 Chron. 21:29; 2 Chron. 1:3, 7, It. V.; Ex. 29:42, 43, R. V.). Until the Temple superseded It, that Is where men who longed to meet God went, the place Ood Him self had appointed. The Tabernacle was a type of Chrlat (Jno. 1:14. II. V.), It Is in Him that we meet Ood (Jno. 14:8). Each one of the thou sand burnt offerings thnt Solomon offered also pointed forward to Christ. In Him there la n better ground of npproach to God than In countless slain lieasta (Heb. 10:1 22). The desire with which Solomon went to Oil' was satisfied, God met him there. Twice In hla life was It granted Solomon to meet God (cf. ch 9:2; 11:9). To many of us It DECEMBER SIXTH. Commending Our Society. VI. By Consistent Living Jaa. 3: 10 13 (Consecration Meeting.) THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK j fEumus TRUTHs TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS STRENGTH EVERY DAY. Single-heartedness. Acts 2: 43-47. Armored Salnis. Epli. 8l 10-18. All lu His name. Col. 3: 16-22. Christ's example. 1 Pel. 2: 21-21. Sincere service. Josh. 24: 14-18. "Ccnalder your culling." 1 Cor. 11 20-31. Inconsistent speech noutarllxea It self, and becomes nothing, or worae than nothing (v 10.) The only proof of wisdom Is works, for wisdom in knowledge In action (v. 13.) Love sums up the gospel; envy 18 the opposite of lovo, and therefore H la the oppoalte of the goHpel (v. 1G.) There Is a wisdom of this jrorid, which counterfeits the wisdom from above; but it la EelCsb, war aud not peace (v. 17.) Suggestions. Inconsistent lhlng scatters Its force, and amounts to little; consis tent living la cumulative. Our pledge calls for "whatever He would have us do;" Christ Is our con fist aiioy, people do not Judge us by our words btt by our deeds, which may condemn tteJ words, however fine our lg I speech hel-. was forthcoming. wnere me s.ca were gathered by their friends, or among the porches by the pool where the Impotent lay, there was Jesus to bless. No custom delayed llltn, no fear for life nor weariness of tne ministered uuto all who called upon Him. Another characteristic of Jesus' compassion Is Its attitude toward evil. He does not tell the blind man thai It Is best for him to remain blind, nor does He polut out to the leper that there are compensating blessings that come through hi3 affliction. His ac tion Is rather to strike at the evil that ll responsible for thedr condition. I Cnre say that He could have visited the widow of Naln and through His revelation of the heavenly home and the Father s love He could lir.ve light pnad her heart of much of it3 sorrow. But His wav vs that of the most In cisive action against the cause of he.' grief. Affliction and iorfOw and pain tire not regarded by Jc-sus as divinely tent nor to be unnecessarily borne. He opposed them. He threw tho weight of His teachings and life agains". everything that tended to pro duce them. He bet a priceless valuo not only upon human life, but upon the liberty that life was to eujoy, and everything that bound and dwarfs 1 teat liberty He fongnt unto tue ena Oh, what a Judgment upon this coun try, where human life Is held so cheaply, where men perish by thou sands upon the railroads and in tna mines, where grinding industrial life sweeps pinching poverty into the homes, where selfishness and pleasure allow disease and suffering to spread far and wide with ravaging hand! Jesus fought this iriUery aud gave Himself unstintedly to unburden the lives of men. And no iu approaching the final consideration oT this theme It is im portant that we bear in mind the steps thus far taken, for they have an immediate bearing upen what Is to follow. We have seen that Jesus was In fullest sympathy with all who car ried a burden, and that all such found a way of approach to Him at all time. In the second place, we have seen that He was tn such accord with Ills Father In heaven tint the mightiest of works were possible unto Him and were accomplished through Him to relieve human sorrow. Aud we have seen, too, that His loving compassion first time she had faced death In the a sorrow and immediately ills Inner circle of her home. She was a widow. But how often does the los ing of one member of tho family make it any easier to part with an other, especially when it Is an only eon, a young man. and probably the main support and stay of his wid owed mother? Circumstances seemed to conspire to make the occasion full of greatest sorrow for her. and as the procession passes through the city gate and turns toward the burying ground the burning tears course down her cheeks and she sees naught, feels naught, knows naught but the grief that is In her heart. Of all the helpless ones In Israel she, passing out of the gate, was most helpless. And that was the very houi the mightiest one in all Israel drew nigh to tho city. Weakness and strength; human need and divine help; these are never far separated. But will the divine grace become op erative? Will the Saviour art? "When the Lord fw her He hed compassloD on her and said unto her. Weep not. And He came and touched the bier; and they that bear hlni stood still. And He said, Youn man. I say unto thee, arise. And he that, was dead sat up nrl be-,in to speak And Ho delivered him unto bis mother." Halleluiah! What a Saviour! If the issue could be avoided 1 would gladly pass over a discussion of the miracle involved In this lesson. But how can I? If I assume that you all accept the miracles ascribed to Jesus, I make a false assumption, for I know from personal conversation that some of you have questionings and uncertainties in your mindf. If I could separate the question of Jesus' compassion from His miracles I might do that. But how can I? Everywhere In tho Gospels where Jesus' compassion Is referred to It. Is In connection with some miracle. His was not an inactive compassion. He did not do as so many of us do, allow our sympathy to vent itself in empty ftlr. His great heart male demand! upon a great power, and the sl;ht of sorrow ever marie Hlni exert Htmslf for its relief. Four times does St. Matthew and four times does St. Murk refer directly to Jesui' compas sion, and upon each occasion do v.o find Hlni working a miracle. St. Luke speaks directly concerning the compassion of our Lord only one and that Is In our text. The subject demands our attention. There are som? men who are not greatly trouble'' Concerning the mira cles. They sweep them all In or all out of their theological acceptance with no hard thinking or penetrat ing vision. Their theological hous? Is one of the portable variety, cheap ly bought, ready made, quickly clnpped together over a foundation of sand. It may serve en a fair day, but when the test comes .ow Is it? The rain descends and the foods conu and the winds blow and beat upon that Bona; and it fails; and great It the fall of It. One of the safeguardsnf the church Is the number of thinking men snd women within It, who conctntratt not only their hearts, but their mlodt unto tho Lord, aud who meditate upon Hltn in the ni::it watches. And to all such cornea sooner or Inter the question of the miracles. We wres tie with these mired' a, we pray ovei them, wo come to some conclusion concerning them : ' l ,;; conclusion! are not always alike. There are some who d!crlmlUHt among the miracles. Those they can etplaln through understood laws they accept; the rest they hold In abey ance. Some of the most consecrated and loyal followers of the Master arj among these disciples. And there are those also who be lleve that through Josus v. ere done many mighty works. 1 a in of this mind. This does not meau that we give unqualified approval to all that Jesus was said to have done. His I the only Instance on record, If It Is so, thut all that was said of Him U true. But It does mean that through Hlra deeds were done that the human mind does not yet understand. It does not mean that Jesus did these mighty works In His own strength and of His own knowledge. "I can of mine own self do nothing." He said, "but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." And the number of thinking nen who hold this belief Is fast Increas ing, not through an Increase of faith by Itself, but through an Increase of experience. The metaphysical world Is yielding up her secrets one by oue, and we are discovering that there is a relationship between the seen and the unseen of which our fathers only dreamed. Miracles are dally taking place through human agency co-operating wltb the laws of God. And It la because we re coiuiug to better understand the Inter-relation of forces aud the amazing consequence of certain causes, that we turn to the Gospels and read with deeper Insight and larger faith of the mighty T.'orks of Jesus. But I call your attention this morn ing not to the miracles themselves, but to their cause; not to an analysis of their accomplishment, but to the discernment of that which called them fortb, tbe compassion of Jesus. Often the crowd gathered about Jesus and demanded some marvelous work, a sign from heaven. He re fused them. Mertame to Him seek ing to enlist Ills power for their sel fish gain, but tbey always departed sadder and wiser men. Nothing could tempt Him to make a show or Fin the crowd through the marvel- granted to meet Ood far more fre quently than that. The appearance was In a dream, but It nan a real ap pearance (cf. Gen. 28:12. 13; Nu. 12:6; Job 33:14, 15; Matt. 1:20; 2:13, 19; Acts 18:9, 10). That God really spoke to Solomon, and that the whole Incident wns no product of a flesh rVatlned l.lm. hut fre?ly Ha I t!tSZl Hi?," &?2 what God promised at this time. It was a wonderful thing that Ood said to Solomon, "aak what I shall give thee" God setting all the Infinite re sources of His power at the disposal of a man. But He says the same won derful thing to each humblest child of God to-day (Jno. 14:13, 14; 15:7; Matt. 7:7, 8; Mark 11:24; Jno. 15:16; 1 G : 23, 24; 1 Jno. 3:22; 5:14, 15). Before asking for anything, Solomon acknowledged the wonderful goodness of Jehovah already mani fested toward his father and himself (cf. Phil. 4:6; Col. 4:2). God's great "klndtiess" (R. V.) to hit; father in the past encouraged Solomon to ask great things for himself In the pres ent. God's dealing in kindness with David was according to David's sin cere, righteous and upright walk ( cf . ch. 9:4; 15:5; 2 K. 20:3. 4; Ps. 15:1, 2; 18:20-24; 1 Jno. 3:221. A crown ing manifestation of God's kindness was that He had given him a son to succeed to his position and his work. Solomon speaks of his father by a more honornble title than king, "Thy servant Dnvld." Jehovah Himself had conferred this title upon David (2 Sam. 7:5). Solomon recognized that he owed his own present exalted position entirely to God (cf. Dan. 2:21; 4:25. 32; 5:18, 21). He also recognized his owu utter Insufficiency for the position. He was perhaps twenty-one years of age at this time. In his own eyes he was "but a little child" (cf. 1 Chron. 29:1; Jer. 1:6; Lu. 14:11). He saw the greatness of the responsibility that had been laid upon hlni. He asked, therefore, for j an "understanding heart" literally, a "hearing heart," L e., a heart that hould hear the voice of God. What he ! asked Is of more value than nil honors ! and all riches ( Prov. 3: 1 3-18; 16:16). His father's words to him and prayer for him had suggested to Sol 'onion this request (1 Chron. 22:12; 29:19). Those words bad gone deep ; Into Solomon's heart. This great thing that Solomon aBked we may all ' ask and get ( Jas. 1:5-7). It was not ' for his own sake that Solomon asked for au understanding heart, but for Ono good piece of work done for Christ. Is the best advertisement a Christian Endeavor society can have. I! lustrations. Gold talus a thousand forms, but Is still gold. So let your character take care of your consistency. Like, the red thread 'hat rune through all tho ropes of the British navy, so let the one purpose to do God'l will run through nil our deeds. A fine glove ovc:r an unclean hund is the type of much living. A day l nam In si when all cloves muBt lie taken off. The pledge is the program of our society; but a concert is known by the performance, Bnd not by the program. EPWORTH LEW LESSONS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6. The Gains of Being Sure of Salva tion Rom. 8. 14-17, 33, 39; Eph. 1. 13, 14. bounds, trat It embraced I the people's good, and above all bo- knew no the Individual as well as the multi tude, that It left no one with whoiii He came In contact outside His af fection. And lastly, we have consid ered the fact that Je3U3 opposed Him self to evil In whatever form It was found, and regarded palu and a!t!lc tlon as enemies to bo trodden uuder foot. D?ar friends, while we have been cause they were Jehovah's people. In the final analysis the chief aim of the prayer was Jehovah's glory. That Is the chief aim of all true prayer. 11. Jehovah's Answer to Solomon, 10-1.1. God wa3 pleased with Sol omon's prayer. He Is always pleased with an intelligent prayer (Prov. 15:8). He mentions some of the things that Solomon might have talking about Jesus we have In reality j asked, things that many would have be in talking about our neavwny asaea nua tney naa soiomou a oppor fatbar, While W have been consid- tuuity. But Solomon's choice was Rom. 8. 14-17. These words reach the high water mark of the Pauline writings. It Is something that the discussion of the former chapters has given a groundwork for the tri umphant fact of the witness of the Spirit. This Is here stated, and based on the fundamen-'a) fact of life, namely, that a man may know wheth er or not he is a child of God, In the same way that he may know any other fact. All may know the lead lng of the Spirit, and it should be a matter of supreme Inquiry by every professed child of God, that he know. Rom. 8. 38, 39. This is a bold state ment, and Paul rTJ never say, or even think it, without the assurance given to his consciousness by the Spirit. There Is no danger outside ourselves, either to body or spirit, that can separate us from Christ, once tho Spirit speaks that word "Adop tion." Eph. 1. 13, 14. It Is hero the clear teaching that the presence of the Holy Spirit In the heart Is a touch of tho heavenly life. indeed, It is the heavenly life. The Christian has n foretaste of what the heavenly Joys will be, when he has received the Holy Spirit. Before my salvation can be of any value to any other it must be certain ly mine. There is much confusion here. The old song, "Am 1 His. or Am I Not?" Is echoed at times In al most every heart. And yet, perhaps, there Is nothing that Is so assured to the follower cf Christ as that he may kirow that he is a child of God. "These things are written that ye may know'.' ering the compassion of Jesus wo have been discussing the loving com passion of Ood. The form r Is the perfect manifestation of the latter. All that has been said of Je3 is' com passion I now assert to b.t true of God's love. If theie Is any oue here with a burden, a heavy sorrow, a hid den grief, let me' tell you that you do much wiser. A wonderful thlua God says to him, "I have done according to thy words." Think of It, the In finite God doing according to the words of a finite man. But Ho often does that (Jno. 15:7). Solomon got what he had asked, but he got It in a more abundant measure than he had asked. His wisdom became noted not bear it alone. u may nave t mruugnoui ine earin, ann tnrougtiout. I ofuimes th.v the Kather had i all ages (v. 28; ch. 4:29-34; 5:12; forgotfn you or Jind overlooked you in the multitude, but the very mo ment that the hour has been dark est Is the time He has been mcst near. He has always kept the way of approach open, which Is more than we can say for ourselves, aud often when our car heard not and our heart lucliued not His voice has been calling "Come unto Me. all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Nor has He overlooked one. No ono is beyond the reach of His love. It may have been long ago that you ! turned t.side from Him and you may feel that you are Indeed a Strang-.-with no claim upon Him. But it is hot so. His compassion Is without hound. An IwpoeilbHlty. Ton cannot expect men to rever tnce a religion wheu they caonot rs tpect its followers. How Tinfoil It Mad U TiVo'.l, which Is used extensively for wrapping tobacco, certain food products and other articles of com merce, Is a combination of lead with a thin coating of tin on each side. It Is made in the followlug manner: First, a thin pipe Is made of a thick ness proportionate to Its diameter. The pipe Is then filled with molten lead aud rolled or beaten to the ex treino thickness required. In this process the tin coating spreads sim ultaneously with the spreading of the lead core, tnd continuously main tains a thin, even coating of tin on each side of the centre sheet of lead, even though It may be reduced to a thinness of 0.001 Inch or less.- Chic ago Jourual. 10:3-8, 23, 24). God also gave him exceeding abundantly above what he asked (cf. Eph. 3:20). If we seek the best thing, God will give us with It tbe minor things (Matt. 6:33; Ps. 84:11, 12; Ro. 8:32). His riches were enormous (ch. 10:23-29). Wis dom which he sought came bringing riches and honor in her hand (cf. Prov. 3:16). God made Solomon still another promise, but this was condi tional upon his future conduct (v. 14). The promise waa lone life; the condition, obedience. Obedience to God'B laws Is the great secret of longevity (Deu. 6:16; 25:16; Prov. 3:1, 2, 16; 1 Tim. 4:8). All God's richest blessings are conditioned upon obldence (Acts 5:32; Jno. 14:16-23). Solomon did not fulfill tbe condition and missed tbe promised blessing, he died comparatively young (1 K. i:4t). He showed bis appreciation of Jehovah's goodness in the only way known to him. The sacrifices that we offer are different (He. 13:15, 16, R, V.) Put nave the same purpose. Who Can Foretell? the FCTirrtn. Tommv- "Say. papa, I you wish would tell me something." Papa 'Well, what is It?" Tommy "When you were a llttla boy who was my papa?" Chicago News. By LOUISE CASS EVANS. And who can foretell what fashion for women are yet to come? At pres ent the tendency is toward as few garments us possible (although this does not Ui any way diminish the cost of women's clothes). The lingerie waist has become a mere cob.veb; skirts grow more abbreviated every day. There Is said to be a new allk underskirt which will admit of being drawn through a finger ring. Hos iery Is thinnest lace, and ladles' shoes are pumps of such narrow marglu as to scarce conceal their rosy toes. The oldest Inhabitants do say the cli mate is changing, and that we never Absent Minded Agent. An absent minded agent is respon sible fur the tact that a tenant in an apartment is having all her rooms repapered this season. By the terms of the lease certain repairs were to be made, but papering, It seemed, was not Included. Not knowing this the woman telephoned the agent aud asked where she could go to seluct papers. He, having much else on bW mind and taking It fcr granted that she would not ask for anything not allowed, told her the dealer's name and sent her on au order. The papei was selected and paid for and tbe woman supposed it had been hung, until, going Into tbe apartment last week to see, Bhe found It still on the floor. Investigation proved that no orders for putting It up had been given and the agent's telephone wire became hot. Why wasn't the apart ment in order, the tenant demanded, and the agent went scurrying to hiB books to find out. Then It was he discovered that no ngreement had been made as to paper, and that was why no orders to hang It had beeu given. But, as tho woman said, as long as they had bought it, was it worth while to let it stay on the floor? Wouldn't it be more economical to put it on the walls and not repaper next autumn? The argument was so logical that the agent was obliged tc succsmb, and seven rooms are being done now that, except through error, would have remained unfrcshuued Runic Writipgs. In the Scandinavian lands Swe den, Denmark and Norway thou sands of Inscriptions have been found lu tbe ancient character of the heath en Northmen, and It Is these that ure known as tbe "Runes," or "Runls writings." Similar records are scat tered over other part of Europe, but I ll is largely in bcbiiuiiiuviu mm luejr are found. Learned opinion Is still ! in doubt as to tbe origin of these writ. Ings. For a long time supposed to be of Phoenician origin, It is now quite Alcoholism Is Declining Fncts Which Show ll f, ratifying Dc erense or Prinking and Dmnkrii ness in England. United States Consul Frank W. Mahln. of Nottingham, in writing on the "Decrease of Drinking and Drunkenness In England, " says'. Tha truth of such a statement would probably be doubted by the casual observer of the number of intoxicated people on the streets and of men nnd women entering public houses. But the evidence Is derived from n comparative study of social conditions and from the custom re turns and the reports of beer-brewing companies. No doubt another trustworthy gulda is the tendency of public sentiment, which Is unques tionably in the direction of sobriety. Temperance societies In this country are growing In numbers and Influ ence.' Outside of these, the abuse ot Intoxicants In Its relation to mental nnd physical health 1b receiving much attention. A special committee last year made an exhaustive Investiga tion of the subject and reported to Parliament. The substance of this report was. at the request of temper ance societies, published by tho au thorities of several London nnd pro vincial boroughs through placards posted on billboards and distributed in factories and workshops. The Nottingham placard, signed by tho chairman of the City Council's health committee, the city's medical officer, and the Town Clerk, rends aB follows: The report of the committee pre sented to Parliament by command of HIb Majesty states that; The abuse of alcoholic stimulants is a most potent and deadly agent of physical deterioration. Alcoholic persons are specially li able to tuberculosis and all lnflam matory disorders. Kvldence was plnced before the committee showing that In abstinence Is to be sought tho source of muscu lar vigor nnd activity. The lunacy figures show a large nnd Increasing r umber of admissions of both sexes which are due to drlnK. The following facts, recognized by the medical profession nnd placarded all over France by order of the Gov ernment, are published In order to carry out the recommendation of the committee and to bring home to men and women the fatal ''effects of alco hol on phvslcnl efficiency: (1) Alcoholism Is a chronic pois oning, resulting from the habitual use of alcohol (whether as spirits, wine or ber) which may never go as far as drunkenness. (2) It 1b a mistake to say thnt those doing hard work require stimu lants. As n fnct no one requires al cohol as either food or tonic. (3) Alcohol la really a narcotic, dulling the nerves, like laudanum or opium, but Is more dangerous than either in that often its first effect l( to weaken a man's self-cnntrol, while his passions are excited: hence the number of crimes which occur un der Its Influence. (4) Spirits, as these are usually taken, ranldly produce alcoholism. but milder alcoholic drinks, as beer, and even cider, drunk repeatedly sverv dnv produce, after a time, al coholic poisoning with equal cer tainty. (5) The habit of drinking leads to the ruin of families, the neglect of social duties, disgust for work, mis ery, theft nnd crime. It leads also to the hospital, for alcohol produces the most various, and the most fatal dlseaseB. Including paralysis. Insan ity. dlseaBeB of the stomach and liver and dropsy. It also paves the way 10 ,'onsuinptlon. and frequenters of pub lic house? furnish a large proportion nf the victims of this disease. It jompllcates and aggravates all acute diseases; typhoid fver. pneumonia and erysipelas are rapidly fatal In the subiect or nlcnhollsm. (fil The sins of alcoholic r.arents are visited on the children: if these Biirvlve itfancy thev are thr-atened with Idiocy or epilepsy, nnd many are rnrrled away by tuberculosis, meningitis, or phthlsir (consump tion). (7) In short, nlcohollsm Ib the OBt terrible enemy to personni health, to famllv happiness and to national prosperity. This action o-' city governmentf, chosen without leferpne? to the tem perance question. Is the strongest, possible indication of the trend of public sentiment, and, though in it self an effect, is llkelv to be u prime cause In furthering the temperance movement In this country. From the WritingM of Great Preachers. I LOVE TO BE WITH JESl'S. I lovo to lie with ,leius He underntnmU ine to. And bid me lean upon Bin Wherever I mul no. I tell Hiin freely, fully. The tilings thnt trouble Bad lnr He will help to Iwnr them, Or make thorn all to Heo. If I have failed to plcsse Him, I conic to llin dear feet With penitential sorrow Tin- Uory to repent. Il don not frown upon me, lie doen not spurn me then, Dul In llM great companion He bids me try again. 1 love to he with Jesus. lie is so kind und true; And when things nre perplexinp, Mi tells me what to do. A "present help in trouble," I UwaI can depend On Him to lend me nafely. My tried nnd trusted Friend When 1 nin stunned by sorrow. When heart nnd hand nre numb, 'Tin only Chrint enn help tne, And so to Him I come. He folds me to Hi bosom. He blend Hi tenr with mine. And breathe Hi blessed comfort, Hi love. Hi pence divine. Mr. Frank A. llreck. In the Chrutian Herald. HOW OYSTERS ARE RATTENED Peculiar Process That Goes n When Placed in Fresh or Brackish Water-They Lose Some of Nu tritive Qualities. .,,. HO. It is a common practice of oystet dealers, Instead of selling the oystert In tho condition In which they are taken from the bedB in salt water, to place them for a time, say forty eight hours. In fresh or brackish wat er, In order to fatten them, the oper atlon being also railed "floating" or "laying out." By- this process the oyster 'hcqulres plumpness, and Its bulk and weight are so Increased as materially to Increase its selling value. The belief Is common among oystermen that this fattening Is due to actual gain of flesh and fat. and that the nutritive value of tbe oyster Is Increased by the process. They find that the oysters fatten much more quickly In fresh than In brack ish water. Warmth 1b so favorable to the process that It Is said to be fnmetlmes found profitable to warm artificially the water In which the oysters aro floated. ' Although oysters are generally floated In the shell, the same effect Is commonly obtained by adding fresh water to the oysters after they have been taken out of the shell. Oysters lose much of their salty flavor In floating, and It Is a common experi ence of oystermen thnt if the fat tened oysters are left too long In the floats they become lean again. It does not seem probnble that the oys ters would secure food enough to appreciable gain In weight In the short time In which they remain In the fresh or brackish water. it Is known that when a solution of salts Is separated by a suitable membrane from water containing a lesser quantity of salts in solution, the passage of salts Immediately be gins from the concentrated to the di lute solution. This Is practically the condition that exists when the oyster Ib transferred from salt to brackish water The fleshv -nortlons of the Street. Into the mining camps of j body whlch are lneloBCa a mem- diojiuiHe, me lumen iimaL mm no human Interest In the world is A Worldly Church. The present tendency toward n questionable liberalism In the church, and toward a mere formality In re ligion which Is devoid of vital godli ness, hns been sounded at Richmond, Va., by the Bishop of London, who I was a visitor at the sessions of the ! triennial session of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The bishop said: "1 have no menns of knowing the trend of religious thought in the United States, but from my expert- ' ence of east, north and west London, I the future lies with no church which Inks to what Is called the new the- i ology. "After all Is said and done, tho most evangelistic, the most catholic, the most orthodox church on earth will produce no effect upon the world If It has not still one further chin- I acterlstlc. It must clearly and un- j inlBtnkably. and before all the world, be unworldly itself. Bear with me, then, when I say, as my last word, that the greatest danger to the church on both Bides of the Atlantic Is worldllness. "Iu one sesise, It Is impossible for tho church to mix too freely with the world. Into the slums of East Loudon, Into the business of Wall outside the Interest of the church. "But, on the other hand, to run ?. church ns a man runs a successful business, to depend upon cleverness and management rather than the brane contain salts In solution. As long as the oyster stays in Bait wat er, the solution of salts within its body would naturally be In equilib rium with the water outside. When the oyster Is brought into fresh or grace of God, to neglect prayer and j brackish water If might be expected intercession in iavor oi innuenee whii ,he press, to lower the teaching of the church on Its moral standard. In order to suit a slf lndnlgeut age, Is to spell ruin and failure and shame for the most orthodox church In the world. In a voice which still rings down the centuries, Jesus Himself proclnlmsr"My kingdom Is not of this world." " Detroit News-Tribuue. that the salts In the more concentrat ed solution within the body would pass out and a larger amount of fresh water enter and proJuce such a distension as actually takes place during floating. Careful experiments have shown that this supposition is entirely correct, and that the oysters actually gain in weight. This Is due largely to the fact that they lose min eral matter and gain a considerable amount of water. At the same time there la r. slight loss of nutrients. When In their nat ural condition, oysters contain from sne-elghth to one-flfth more nutritive material than when fattened. In the opinion of very many consumers tho Improvement In appearance and flav. Known by Its Fruits, Alcohol Is known by Its fruits. T et us not Judge it by the unopened bud. nor by tbe unfolding blossoms, but by the riiiet ed fruit. We must go to prisons a id Insane asylums to stai J the com; tttd product. We find H in tho hosn tals. where doctors nglit r. hopeless oattle against incurable dis eases, re tee It in tne sanitariums. where ' recks of men struggle to re vive exhausted will power. in wretched home, in ihe faces of chil dren who shrink from father's home coming, in almost every form ot vlee. In every phase of sunenug, wo nna Its ripened fruit. Known by its fruits'. Who will praise the fragrauce of the blossom which matures in misery and death? Cantos Paralysis. Dr. W. H Hiley testifies that he has seen scores of cases of paralysis cuubed by alcohol lu those who never became Intoxicated. Man does not need to be bo intoxicated ns to de throne his reason in order to have the drug do him harm. Good Out of Evil. Even the results of a man's fail ures nnd sins can be turned to good account in the Lord's service when man In God's strength has put those Bins behind hlni. There Is rich en- I coiiragement here for all who are tempted to discouragement because of the multitude of .failures with which their path is crowded. One who has failed and Is striving to live down that failure enn sympathize with another who has railed, as one I or due to tno removal of the saltt w no noes noi kuow ine mcauiug oi failure can never do. Whatever our sins may have been, there are sure to be other souls close by who need help and sympathy lu the struggle with those same bins; and God iu His love permits us to minister to them, if wo will with pe culiar power becnuso of the very scars that we bear. Did yesterday witness your worst failures of all? There are others you can help now, whom you could not help before. We need not try to understand this nor to say that It Is not uo because good can never coin-.! frOlU evil, it Is one of the mysteries of the unde served bleBsIng ot God's love; tc which Bitch wrecked and regenerated i saints as S. II. Hndloy and John B. Cough types of us all bear blesscj wltneBB. And let U3 show our gratl- I tude by telling those who sorely ncod to know, how great thirg3 He has l done for us will do for them. day School Times. Sun- i mor,e than compensates for the loss In nutritive value. It seems also to be a matter of corumou opinion that oysters keep better when prt of the Baits has been removed by floating. However, the experiments of the New Jersey stations have shewn that freshened oysters will not remain alive as long as those taken directly from salt water. Freshening In creasen very rapidly the rate of weak enlng nnd decay. The UN period ll reduced one-half. The greenish color frequently seen In oysters, and which hns buen attrib uted by somo to the presence of cop per or parasites, is In reality due to the fact that the oysters have fed on creen plants oi simple siruciure found In brackish or salt water. Ac cording to exnerts, the green color is harmless. A Two-fMcd JaatlflraMotb A careful study of Iiomana 3:23, 20, R. V., clearly shows Justification has a twofold aspect. The character of God had been questioned through the ages during which sill had been apparently allowed to go on un checked, and It was therefore essen tial that His character should be vin dicated to the world. This is what Ib meant by the justllicaMou of God to man. At the tame time, it was equally necessary that man should be' i Justified before God In order to be snved to all eternity, aud the New Testament term "righteousness" In cludes God's personal righteousness as vindicated by the Cross and God's Justifying righteousness as provided through the Cross. Calvary Is at once the Justification of God to man. and the Justification of man before God. Bev. W. H. Griffith Thomas, In Loudon Christian. have such cold winters as we used to ( wtenslvely agreed that the Runes fifty years ago. Are these things to bu taken In conjunction, and are women gradually evolving towr.oy that term ot draas which obtained in pristine Eden? From "Do Women Dress to Please the Men?" lu Tha Bohemian Magaxlua. must have beeu derived, about tbe sixth century B. C, from an aariy form of tbe Greek, which was em ployed by the Greek traders arouud tue Black Sea. Temperance Notes. Louisiana allows saloons In only one-third of tbe Stute. In Virginia and West Virginia con siderably more than half tbe territory Is "dry." "This company will not employ any one wbo is known to be a drinker." Such Is the recent ruling ot a great Pittsburg coke company. Thomas Guthrie once said: "If you would keep a dead mau, put bliu Into whisky; If you would kill a liv ing mau, put whisky luto blm." A prohibition wave Is rolling through Illinois, where the Anti-Saloon League is maklug a terrific tight against liquor selling. Eight coun ties have already gone "dry." When urged to take a Utile wine, Dr. Samuel Jobnsou replied: "I can not take a little, aud therefore I never touch It. Abstinence Is as easy for mo as moderation would be difficult." The Rev. John W. Klrtoo, of Bug land, at a meeting ot the National Temperance Society in 1876, defined temperance as the moderate use of all good thlugs, aud total abstinence (rom ail bad thing. Keeping Out Iiili'udei--. "At one time 1 had trouble with trespassers," said McJoneB with a smile. " "They used to break things a bit, and once or twice I missed some of my stuff, but an Ingenious little Idea ot my own put into opentiou soon caused a cessation." "And what was this Ingenious Idea?" asked McBmith. "Come with me and I'll show you," said McJones, and he led his visitor to the rear of the place where over the gate was a sign with this Inscrip tion: "Please do not Irritate the . rattlo suakes." San Francisco Call. Ignore Vaults. Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; In every person who comes near you, look for what is good aud strong; honor that; re- Jolce In It; and as you can, try to Iml- I tate It; and your raults will drop off like dead leaves wheu their time comes. Buskin. You Must Answer. What you were, others may answer for; what you tried to be, you must gnifwor for yourself. Johu Ruskln. Origin of Geography. Tbe Phoenicians were the first peo ple to communicate to other nations a kuowledge of distant lands. It U now known that before tbe time of Homer that enterprising people had passed beyond tbe limits ot the Med iterranean Into the great Western ocean, and It was by their sailors that the first rougb charts ot tho world as then knowu were made But geography as a science originated among tho Greeks, Its real father being Herodotus ot IlaUcaruusKga, about U. G. 484. A Canny Scot. A Scotsman went to an English race meeting and boldly staked a sov ereign. The horse he backed proved a winner, and he went to the "bookie" to claim his winnings. The sporting man begrudglngly handed him seven sovereigns. The Scot looked at each one very carefully before placing it lu hla pocket. "Well," aald the bookie, with a anarl, "are you afraid they're bad?" "Oh, no," said tbe Scotsman, "but I war Just lookin' to mak' aure the bad 'un 1 gle'd ye wlsna am an , them.'1 Plttaburg Dispatch. What He Missed. Once at a luucbeou given by the Lord Mayor of Manchester, the dean of Manchester sat next to Beorbobm Trea. "Woll, Mr. Tree, wbat have you been doing to day?" he aakad. "I went tor a long motor rtdo thla morning, aud loat a bit," replied tbe famoua actor. "In deed," aaid tbe dean, "and may I ask what the bet waa?" "1 made a bet that we would paaa through 4(r0 dif ferent odora, and we only encoun tered 3." "Ah," replied Dr. Weil dim promptly, "you missed the odor ot sanctity.' M. A. P. -MoHaBaj8ui-.aAaaSBaM. M
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