THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY CARDINAL GIBBONS. Then;: Oi:r ('lirisli::!! tH';:ii:; Tiultlniore, lid. In his sermon on "Our Christian Dignity" Cardinal Gibbons, at the Cathedral here, said: There in inborn in every human breast nti unconquerable ambition l human glory. Men labor trotu morn ing fill night, 'hey hunger and thirst, to attain some dignity, to achieve some conq'iest, to arrive ut some cov eted goal, which Is the aim o( theii aspirations. Thix ambition Is laud able If kept within legitimate bounds, because U la nn incentive to human activity. But how men fail in the at tempt to achieve the object of their earthly desires, and then there fol low a revulsion from action to des pair. Let us pause while we are within the precincts of thin sacred temple, and let us consider before God what constitutes the highest end noblest dignity of man. It consists iu the consideration thnt we can claim find Himself for our Father; J"sus Christ for our elder Erother, and the King dom of Heaven for our prospective in. herltancp. This thought ennoble our ambition. It Hunts up otir aspir ation to a celestial kingdom, and reaches beyond the bonuN of (line eternity. "When the fuHn of ti.no was come," says St. Paul. "God sent Hie, Son. made of woman, that lie might redeem us. that uiisht r.celvo the adoption of sons." Thus, by one stroke of Divine clemency, a three fold blessing Is conferred upon Its, oar guilt Is removed, the chains of slavery are stricken from our feet: and we are adopted Into the family tf God. to enjoy' the joyous liberty of children of God. : "Heboid." cries cut St. John, "what manner of char ity the Father has for us, that we should be, and shou'd be called, the children of God." "Dearly beloved." he continues, "we are now the chil dren of God. and when He will ap pear wo shall be like unto Him. be cause we shall see Him as He is." When the world tempts us. when passion assails us. let us spurn the tempter, and pay: I nm a, son of God. am born for greater things. 1 am tiestinod for Heaven, 1 will not bo the slave of sin. Let this thonqht in spire us to heroic deeds. "And wh-ti He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Illm as He i3." We i-hall be like Him in justice and sanctity, like Him in immortality, like unto Him In eternal glory and felicity. Just as the atom sparkling in the sunbeam partakes of the splen dor cf the sun, so shall we, basking in the eternal sunshine of God's pres ence, participate In His glory ever lasting. How much more affeetlonitely does God treat us than He treated the chil dren of Israel, though they were Hl3 chosen people. The Jews lived under the law of fear. They were governed by fear. They were resl rained from vice more by the fear of punishment than by the hope of reward. Thorn are but very few instances In all the Old Testament In which the Hebrew people presumed to call God their father. They addressed Him as their Lord and Master, their Kin.?, their Kuler and Judge. In addressing our prayers to God, whut tame la more frequently on our lips than the name of Father? The name of Father is applied to God 200 times in the New Testament, though the New Testament occupies less than one-fourth the space of the Old Test ament. And what prayer is more fa miliar to us than that -best and most comprehensive of all prayers, the "Our Father?" Like Uitlo children who run with confidence to their earthly parents, we can rnsh In spirit Into the arms of our Father and say to Him. "Our Father, who art in Heaven." In being nf.uo the children of God we uIbd become the brothers and sis ters of Jesus Christ. "Jesus." says the apostle, "Is not ashamed, to call us His brothers." Would not we be ashamed to recognize a fallen brother who bad disgraced his family and bis name by a dissipated life? How often have we grieved and dishonored our elder Brother, Jesus, by our sinful tife! How often have we denied that fr.crod imago of our Father and His Father which Is stamped on our im mortal souldl And yet Jesus Is not ashamed to call us His brothers. Nay, He leads us to the waters of life, where those stains may be washed away, so that the linugo of His Fa ther and our Father may appear once more resplendent on our souls. JesuB came down from Heaven to earth that He might lift us from arth to Heaven. He assumed our frail human nature that He might make us partaker of the Divine Na ture. Though Ha Is God. Light of Light, true God of true God, begot ten, not made, cor.gulisianti.il to His Father, by whom all things were made, yet He became bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh that He might infuse into us the spirit of righteoiiuness and immortality. He made Himself a slave, that we might fcnjoy the glorious liberty of the children of God. Ho became oor, that we might possess the riches of Divine Grace. "You know," says St. Paul, "the ' graco of our Lord leius ClirUt, that being rich. He be tain poor for our sr.kes, that through tils poverty we might be rich." And, corning among us. He does not present Himself to us empty banded, ilka a poor relation. Ho tome laden with gifts. He has left s His gospel to bu a lamp to our feet, a light to guide us in our path ay through the pilgrimage of life. Ha has left us the delicious banquet f the Eucharist, which Ho has pre pared and to which He invites us, say ing: "Coma unto Me, all ye who labor tod are heavily burdened, and I will refresh you and (Ire rest to our souls." "He that eateth My Besb and drlnketb My blood hath everlasting life, and I will raise btm ap on tha last day." And to control onr wayward, wan Serlng spirit. Ha plants In the midst if our souls tba spirit of truth, to tear our course amid tha storm of Hfa. as tba compass guides tha bark through the dark, terapestous ocean. l will not leave you orphans, but will send you I ha Paraclete, and hn Ha, tba spirit of truth. Is como. He shall teach you all truth." "Know je not." says St. Paul, "that ya ara tba temple of God, and that tba spirit v God abtdotb in you?" IUit to crown your dignity and felry. Jeans Is gone to prepara a place for you (a hnvu. Imaglaa tha joy of j sons of Jacob when, after they wre threatened with famine in thrlr own country, they wont to Egypt, and t!:r round their brother Joieph sec. u.d In rank In tha klnxiom. Tbv had sold their brother; tbey had isht kill him, but ha tart ieai; he . rcc.ived thru wita oa arms and Invited them to come and share in his riches and power. Ah! my brethren, like Judas wo have sold Jesus, not for thirty pieces of silver, but for tho gratification ot sotiie basn passion. Nay, we have crucified Him by our infidelity. Ho not onlv forgives us, but He invites tis to His kingdom In Heaven, to share those blessings of which He Is the disnt'iiwr. "I co to premtre a place for you, that where I am yon also may lie." What dlgnitv can be compared to thi? You will hear nersous boast ing of their ancestry. They will glory In the descendants of kings and em perors nnd Illustrious men. Hut how The Sunday School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOB FEItlH'ARY 0. Subject; Almsgiving nnd Prayer, Mutt. :l-i."5 Commit to Memory Verse fl. much more- honorable for you to claim as your kindred nnd brethren ' the patriarchs and prophets, the npos- ties and martyrs, the confessors and ) virgins of tho church! Haw much j more glorious for you to have, with I the paints, one mother the church; the same brother Jesus Christ; to have with them one Lord, one faith. one baptism, one God and Father of nil! To sum up: In brine worthy Chris flans you become children of God, brothers of Christ, temples of the Holy Ghost. Our Lord is your Ad vocate In Heaven. He Is the Herald that will usher Into His kingdom, nnd you claim as your spiritual kindred those illustrious men and women who nave reflected Honor on our common 1 humanity. i May I not ray to vou, not In tho i iancuace of exaggeration, but In the i Inspired words of the Apostle: "You j are n chnvin people, u royal priest- hood." You are u chosen generation. ' chosen from thousands of others who j know rot. God. i-'or. He hath not i done alike to other nations, and hath ! not manifested Ills mercies to them ! as He hns to you. "a holy nation." I ror whit peoole or nation Is like to ours, that hath its God bo nigh unto them as our God is til.gh unto us? "A purchased people," purchased ntH with corruptible pohl.nnd silver, hut with the precious Meed of Jesus Christ. "A royal priesthood." He calls you Kings because you are the sons of God. the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords, though you are outside the sanctuary, and not clothed in sacred robes. Ho calls you priests because you are concentrated In your baptism that you might offer up on the altar of your heart3 and In tho I sanctuary of your homes the spiritual victims of praise and thanksgiving i and sunnlicntion to your God. I F paid: You are children of God I and heirs to Ills kingdom. Where ! there is so lni-ch honor and dignity, ! and so grand n. prospective inheri tance, there must bo a corresponding I obligation. Eut how often does It i happen the, a son. after having b??n ; anpolnted by his father th heir of I his estates, hns forfeited his inherl- I tance by his Ingratitude .nnd dlSEO-1 lute life! Children of God, be care- ! ful not to lose your heuvenlv in- 1 lieritar.ee by dishonoring your Lord. ! Royal children of a Royal Father, let ; your brow 1)9 encircled by the halo i of royal virtues, "If I am your Fc- ; tlier, whore is My honor: if I ar.i ! your Master, where Is My fear?" j It Is customary for students who i hr.vo ben attending colleges and i academies to return home during tli" piimmer vac:!iion or during the i Chris' mn or Faster holidays, when Ihev will recount to their father their ! trials and triumph)) in the field of ; liternf nr: and express to him their j gratiuide for the education they re- ' eeive. Thev will gladly listen to Ms j counsel, nnd will sit onca more with jo' '. the family table. V.'o ell are. or we ought to be, nu- j l il't of Christ, preparing ourselves ' ('ring this life of probation to re reive a diploma of sanctity which will I .'!mlt us to the Kingdom of Heaven. 1 Our Heavenly Father invites, tia to i"tM-:i ;o His house nt certain times. ; particularly on the Lord's day, that ' ve r.-iv ny before Him our trials. temptations nnd afflictions, thnt we ir.nv r.-rnln listen to His voice and re rHve His paternal counsel, and par t?!;e of the heavenly banquet He had I p" 'pared for us, nnd above nil. that ! v" tplght express our gratitude to I Hii for tho signal blessings He has ' iTs'owed unon us. Hasten hither on Sui'lavs with ns much eagerness os children return to the paternnl roof. I said you were brothers nnd sisters of .Ie;i''s Christ. Never dishonor your eldr Jirother. Never consent to nnv deed or thought of which lie would j be ashamed. Our Lord gives us the i t"st of true brotherhood: "He that i'oih the will of My Father who is t Heaven, he la My brother and sh- ' ter." . WISH WORDS. The pcoplT who never make. nils, takes aro mighty uninteresting. Even the f.'llow who knows it all can learn a Hulo more by experience. There may be grms In kisses, but lots of girU saeni to thin!; they j Immune. Tho only noise so:u ron ever maLa In tho world coiiju .from tthelr exploded theories. Lovo isn't so blind that It can't distinguish tho difference between a pedlgrco and a bank account. The man who has no time for h!u friends will eventually discover tUat bo has no friends for his time. He who sympathizes with tho un der dog doesn't stop to couUdsr that the under dog may havd started ths light. Ecauty Is oaly Eliln deep, but coato women are deeper than tnoy look. Some young men. in courting, ar as fickle r.s a last year' hammock rope. Tell a girl she has a musical lauclt and sho will glgglo for the rest or her life. All Iba world may lovo a lover, but It bates to buy wcddlns presents for him. ? , . When an old maid tnskei a guosa at herself, it Is a pretty good sign a'.ie la no chicken. Uon't placa too much confidence In appearances. Many a man with a red poa has a white heart. Wheii a man Is a human Jolly flan, It stands to reason that be hasn't an honest bono In his body. It takaa a lot of nerve for a fellsw to propose to a girl, but ha should ave soma of It for later emergencies. -'From tho "Musing of the Uenila Cynic," in tha New York Times. Tha Same of an ordinary match has a much higher temperature than Is generally known, and will molt cast Iron or tI Mings. Try It by strik ing a match and sprlnklo tha filing through tba ftama. Spattering sparks Ilka' gunpowder will be the result ,of tha me'.tlnj metal. -r-Fepular eian(c4. . GOLDKX TEXT. "Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men. to be seen of them." Matt. 6:1, R. V. TIMK. Midsummer A. D. 28. PI,ACK. Horns of Hattln. EXPOSITION f. How to Give Alms, 1-4. We should nvold doing our righteousness to be seen of men. If we do it to be seen of men, it will be seen of men nnd we will have our only reword In their praise, the high er reward from our Father who is in heaven will not be ours. This does not necessarily forbid all gifts in pub lic (1 Cor. lfi:l, 2). Our Lord Him self commended a gift made in public, (Luke 21:1-4). But while the gift may be In public, the object should not be to be Been of men. God knows the gift of which no man knows. He seeth in secret (v. 4: cf. Hob. 4:13). We should avoir to the uttermost all ostentation in our giving (v. 5). We need not fear that our alms will not be rewarded. We may not. have a re ward here, but we shnll hereafter (Matt. 25:31. 32, 37-40: Mark 10: 21; Acts 10:1-4). The best reward Is In the very giving Itself (Acts 20: 3.r). The reward will he in propor tion to the bountlfulness of our giv ing (2 Cor. 9:6). The reward that God gives for well doing is a legiti mate motive (cf. Heb. U:C, 2G), but It Is not the supreme motive for tho Christian (2 Cor. 0:14; 1 Cor. 10: 31). II. ITow to Piny, B-1.1. Hypocrlte9 love to pray in Pitch a way that their prayers shall be noticed. The race is not dead yet. Many a man who prays in public has more thought of what the audience will think of his prayers than of how they will affect God. To be seen of men Is the hypocrite's motto, to be hoard of God Is the true believer's aim. Our Lord by His words here does not condemn all pub lic prayer (cf. John 6:11). What Ho does condemn is that kind of pray ing in public that seeks the notice nnd admiration of men. Those who pray in that way receive their full re ward In the notice they get. That sort of reward Is not worth mut.B. The choicest place of prayer is in the inner chamber with the door shut, shut in with tho Father, the world shut out. There are times when pub licity in prayer is a duty (Dan. 6:10), but It la a bad sign when a man prays more in public than he does in pri vate. Our prayer should be to "our Father" (v. 6 ) . Ho is in the secret place; while He Is everywhere. It Is In the recret place that He especially manifests Himself. He sees In secret. The prayer offered In secret Ho rec ompenses openly. He recompenses It by giving what we ask (Matt. 7:7; 1 John 5:14, 15), nnd bv giving far more than we ask (Eph. 3:20). We should not babble In prayer, multiply ing words for the mere sake of words. This does not forbid the repetition that comes from intense earnestness (Matt. 2C:44). that Is "meaning full:" It does condemn the use of words that are meaningless. We have an Illustration of vain repetitions in 1 Kings 18:2C. There is no need of using many words: our Father knows our every need before we pray; but He would have us utter it to Him that we may realize it too, and that we may realizo Who it is supplies the need. In verses !)-ll Jesus gives us a model prayer. Not that we are al ways to use these words, but we are to pray according to this plan. The characteristics of this model prayer are: First, It is offered to our Father In heaven; second, that it seeks first of all His glory. His kingdom and His will; third, that it Is brief; fourth It Is to the point; fifth, that it is hum ble, tho expression of one who real izes his own proneness to sin. This ought not to be called the "Lord's Prayer." Tho "Lord's Prayer" is found In John 17. This Is the disci ple's prayer, taught him by his Lord. God Is to be addressed as "Father;" the thought of the Fatherhood of God lies at the very foundation of the Cbrlstlaa doctrine of prayer. God is everywhere, but the chfef place of Hla manifestation is In heaven (cf, Ps 115:3; Is. 6:1; John 16:28; Acts 1:9; Mark 1:11; John 12:28). God's kingdom 13 coming when the King comes (Rev. 11:15). One of the sweetest prayers a true child of God can offer is, "Thy will be done." No one bus a right to offer It who Is not making God's will tho absolute rule of his life. We can ourselves answer this prayer in so fur as we do God's will In everything. The time Is com ing when God's will win be done on earth as perfectly na It Is now done in heaven. It Is right to pray for tem poral things. Wc (should seek from God so much food as we need for the present moment. We should live a day nt a time (v. 11). Tha only one who can properly ask God to forgiva him his sins is tho one who Is forgiv ing thosa who sin against him. For one who is not forgiving others to of fer this prayer In for him to ask God to damn htm. God In Ilia infinite wisaom may bring us Into the placa ot temptation for our highest good, hut any one who has a realization of his own weakness will cry to God not to bring htm Into temptation. This prayer is utterly opposed to that spirit that rushes into places of unnecessary temptation (cf. 1 Cor. 10:12). There Is an "Evil one," and wa need to ha always on our guard against his wiles (cf. 1 Pet. B:t; Eph. :U, 12) FEBRUARY SIXTH The Model Christian Endeavor, John 15: 1-8. (Christian En. deavor Day.) ' A Junior model. 1 Sam. 3: 1-10. An Intermediate model. Luke 2: 41-52. A Young People's model, Dan, 1: 8-17. A model in character. Luke 4: 1-13, A model In faith. Heb. 13: 7-14. A model In works. .las. 1: 26, 27. We must be clean in heart before we con be Endeavorers for Christ In our lives. No one can work for Christ and Satan. We are to bear much fruit. A half way Endeavorer is no IBndeavorer. We trust in prayer because the Word, with all its promises, Is In us and not outside of us. Thoughts. The model Christian Endeavorer never thinks of himself as a model, but the reverse; be thinks of Christ a the only Model. Christian Endeavor wins Its victor, les because of its enthusiasm. It acts with a will ns well as with a hand and a voice. Christian Endeavor does not avoid the diffcult and the novel, but seeks them. What checks weaker endeavor invites Christian endeavor. Christian Endeavor is trustful. It dares to undertake hard things be cause it has a practical belief In God's omnipotence and omnipresence. Illustrations. William Carey's mottoes were Chris tian Endeavor ones: "Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God." Chrlstlnn Endeavor was started on a hilltop in New England, and ever since It has been a city set on a hill, Its light has not been hidden. Christian Endeavor, like the knights of old, hns set up a standard, and has rallied the hosts of young people to it. EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 0 Tha Reason Men Have Club. If, as Is most probable, you ara not, the wretched man, for tha aaka of peace, must well, prevaricate; and If you really are., for pity's sake let him keep the knowledge ot such a calamity to himself. Tha moekest of men object to being catechised, asked whera ha has been, and whera ha is going. Is It any wonder that men Invented clubs, to bava at onea a refuge and a subterfuge? If you hava so treated a man that ha realizes you ara Interested In his concerns, and knows that tha absence of questioning on your part arises not from Indifference, but from truut, be will tall you all his affairs: but, compared with a man who finds his wife Inqulsltlvo, an oyster la com munlcatlva! An annoying and rldioalous ques tion to ask a busy man on hla return from bis dLf's work Is, "Have you missed ma, darling?" Of course ha has not. Ha baa been working far yoa Instead. lltni Chat. Religious Truths From the Writing of Great Preachers. VOU, ME AXI THEE. 1;pon o 'onely hill 1 nee Une on the crucr tree. Flora hands nnd feet nnd wounded aids There gently flows n living tide; His life ia ebbing thud for thee For me and thee. Pruned rudely on His brow I see A crown of cruelty, Though I nnd thou 'have helped to place The piercing thoms upon His fnce, Hie prayer nscends from yonder tree, For me and thee. With bitter grief nnd slinme 1 sea Thnt hend iiowed low for me. But nlso. in that saddened face, I see n s-veet, forgiving grace, And deep conipnssinn, friend, for thee-" For me nnd thee. O. He endured so much for thee For me nnd thee, He suffered on the shameful tree; The Ixird of glory died for thee For me and thee. V. C. Martin, in The Wntclimnn. How to Watch Mark 13: 33-37; Col. ! 4: 2. Mark 13: 33-37. Jesus often refer, red to his coming again (see Matt. 24: 30-37; 25: 31; Acts 1: 11). We do not need to discuss the questions which group themselves about the Second Advent, but It Is perfectly certain that here is more than one coming of our lxrd. He came from death in the resurrection; he came ac cording to his promise In the person of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Ha came iu judgment upon Jerusalem when it fell. In our own Uvea there are repeated advents of the Christ. Whenever a crisis comes he comes. He comes to help us meet, it, and to use It as the door into a higher life. At the last he will come to Judge tho world. And so, in some sense or other, it Is always proper to gay one to another, "The Iord i at hand." Hut the coming of Christ Is not only sure. It is usually unexpected and un announced. Ho expressly declared that no one knew the time of his com ing to judge the world, but he put the largest possible emphasis on the fact that he would come. The same Is true of every other coming Into our lives. And iso for evury Christian there is the constant duty of watchful nets anl expectation. He Is to look always for bis Lord. Col. 4: 2. Prayer and watchfulness are properly united. To continue In prayer Is to be in the spirit of fellow ship with Jesus Christ. There will be no anxious, fearful watching when one is constantly In communion with his Ijord, but that fellowship will often be eo Intimate and real that no new manifestation of it can take a Chris, tian unawares. For that reason he can watch in prayer, with thanksgiving. MONKEYS POST SKXTIXET l ight ruder a Leader and Roll Stcnes Dow n on Their Enemies. Aesop's ape. It will be remembered, wept on passing through a human graveyard, overcome with sorrow for its dead ancestors, and that ail mon keys are willing enough to be more like us than they are they show by their mimicry. An old authority tells that the eas iest way to capture apes Is for the hunter to pretend to shave himself, then to wash his face, fill the basin with a sort of bird lime, and leave It for the aprs to blind themselves. If the Chinese story Is to be believed, the imitative craze Is even more fatal In another way, for if yo:i shoot one monkey of a band with a poisoned arrow, IU neighbor, jealous of so un usual a decoration, will snatch the arrow from It and stab Itself, only to have It torn away by a third; until In succession the whole troop have committed suicide. In their wild llfo bab.jor.1.- as well as the langitrs and many other mon keys, undoubtedly submit to tha au thority of reoognlrod leaders. There Is co-operation between them to tha extent that when ashling In company one will go to tho help of another which Is bard pressed. In rocky ground th,ey roll down stones upon tuelr cnsmlsa, end when ranking a raid, as on an orchard which they believe to be guarded, the attack Is conducted on an organized plan, sentries being posted and scouts thrown out, which gradually feel their way forward to make aura that the coast Is clear, while tha main body remains In concealment bahlnd until told that tha road Is open. From the fact that tba sentries stay posted throughout the raid, get ting for themselves so share of the plunder, It has been assumed that there must be some sort of division ot the proceeds afterward. Man. again, has been differentiated from all other creatures as being a tool using animal, but more than one kind of monkey takes a stone In Its band and with It breaks the nuts which ara too hard to be cracked with tha teeth. London Times. Extenuating. . Judge "This lady declares you tugged her at the baseball game," Tba Accused "Couldn't help it. Judge, She was sitting next to tne whJn, one of our boys swatted a tuj&ME over left field Uuc" Puck. "He Strong." Weakness is sometimes Bin. Some ore wenk because they waver. One whose mind is not fully made up on the fundamental questions of life does not quite respect himself, and for feits the rospect of sensible people. There are three things concerning which there Fhoiild be no wavering. Concerning God and sin and the future everyone should have a settled mind. Toward God there should be unswerving loyalty at all hazards. From slu each one should turn away with his whole heart and forever, cost what it may. As for the future, every man should set 'his face toward Mount Zion, and march as straight ns possible .toward the gate of the City of Light. There can be no two intelligent opinions about these great fundamental things. The man who is positive and unwavering In the right will have the respect of all sen. slble men, and wield a mighty influ ence In the community where he may live. His neighbors may not choose to fall in with his ways, but they will be forced to respect him. Some years ago an international convention of the Young Men's Chris tian Association was held in Boston, and delegates from all parts of the world were present. One young man who had traveled a long distance told a chapter of his experience in the wilds of Australia. His father had settled on a ranch In a sparsely settled region. A custom had grown up among the frontiers men to meet together nt the house of one of their number every Saturday, spend the evening In feasting, drink ing, gambling, and Sunday morning in telling stories, and go home In a bad shape on Sunday afternoon. When it came the turn of the father of this young man to entertain be called his sons together, and said to them: "We have come to the part ing of tho ways. I was brought up in the old country to lead a religious l'.fe. If we continue to sta.id by the principles of our religion we shnll lose the friendship of our neighbors, and perhaps suffer harm. But if w.e follow tho customs of this country we shall all go to perdition together. My mind in made up. I will not break your mother's heart by departing frdnj my convictions. To ?il drink ing, gambling r.r.d Sabbath breaking 1 say, 'NoV " The young men weie sent out to convey the invitation to neighbors within fifty miles, nnd this was the form of the invitation: "Father in vites you to come to his house ou Saturday as usual. There will be no liquor, no gambling only quiet talks about the old country and the inter ests ot the colony." Would they come? , They did coitw In larger numbers than on any former occasion, some out of curioEity, nnd some out of re spect for a man whl had the courage of his convictions. They sat down to tho feast, and ths father reverently asked tho Divine blessing while silent tears rolled down somo hard faces. When Sabbath morning came, he brought out the o'd Bible and con ducted family worshj? with fifty ' rougn raucnnien stttius by. Then Christian nongs were nuug, and quiet, conversation about the old country tilled the time. Many of those men had never witnessed such a scene, and they were all ilooply moved. They went home sober end thoughtful. It was a great victory for righteousness. It was also the beginning of a great reformation, and that community be came the most moral and prosperous ot any in all that part of the country. All this because one man had con victions, and the courage of his con victions. He know what he ought to do and did it. He declued to do right, copt what it might. He did right be cause it was light nnd not because of any glory or reward that might come. It was this positive and manly char acter that :uade him strong. His In fluence in thnt community was mighty. He was a prince. Had he wavered, faltered, halted between two opinions, he would have lost bis crown. It pays to be steadfast. It Is weak and cowardly to waver. "They that fear the Lord shall be strong-, and do exploits." Christian Advo cate. - THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATI1ERS STRENGTH EVERY DAY. (reed For Gain. It la the greed ror gain that Is wrecklug society. Money making Is all right, but It should be made le gitimately. Down through the lite ot character, (he life ot intellect and the life of the flesh, the power of the Christian Idea of the universe goes on like the balm of Glluod. Continuing in Prayer. It Is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor ta Jt enough to continue for a time to pray but we must patiently, bellevlngly, con tinue In prayer until we obtain an answer; and, further, we have not only to continue in prayer unto tba end, but wa have also to believe that God does hear us and will answer our prayers. , Most frequently we falL-tn not continuing in prayer until tie blessing. Is. obtained, and In not ex pecting the blessing-" Rumor has It that another loag step forward has been made In the art ot armor plats manufacture. It Is stated that the new plate, which la fabricated from a steel alloy, com. bines great toughness with extreme hardness of face, and that In a recent test a six-Inch plate stopped a nine Inch capped ' explosive shell. Wa doubt It; but It H was done, the new armor must be even more superior to Krupp armor than Krupp armor Is to that made under the old Harvey patents. ; i A Denlli-Henllng Element. Consumption Is not tho only death dealing element In the land. We have among us tho liquor traffic. We have no doubt that fully as many peo ple go down to the grave annually be cause of Its existence In these United States. What is Government doing to remove this agency so productive of fatal results? Professor Wilcox In his report shows how much loss Is sustained In the State, not only by the death of those who are removed through tuberculosis, but the loss that Is experienced during the months prior to their decease, when the mal ady makes labor partially or entirely Impossible. In a word. Professor Wilcox emphasizes the fact that for months and sometimes years the vic tims of tuberculosis are consumers and non-producers.. This Is precisely one of the arguments of the Temper ance Reformer against the drink trafllc. He claims that the effect of intoxicating liquors Is such as to prac tically Incapacitate their victim from taking his full share' of public duty, nnd this frequently for a much longer period than that covered by the Indis position of the consumption patient. Probably nearer 200,000 than 100, 000. persons die annually, directly or Indirectly from the effects of our li cense system. This means, of course, that their wage earning capacity Is ended. It was In many cases con cluded, to all intents and purposes, years before physical dissolution act ually removed them from the stage of time. What a mathematical exhibit could be produced at this point by such an expert as Professor Wilcox were his trained Intellect to calculate along this line! Nor is this all. While so many die we may safely aver that the majority do not cease to live. The fact Is that hundreds of thousands ot inebriates do not die annually, but live on and on, sometimes for years and years. During this time what do they do for a living? They have to be supported. Who supports them? A very large proportion of them, we can not tall to agree. Is not self-supporting, not to speak of the support that Is due to wives and children and other depend ents. As a matter of fact, the victim of the intoxicating cup, as a rule, liven to be supported by some one else's honest and industrious labor; lives to "loaf" and not to work. Every man who hampers his faculties by the use of stimulants Is gradually reducing his.' earning capacity and in the same ratio making himself a bur den upon some one else; usually, In the first instance, his family. ',tSo fully persuaded has the Nation al Temperance Society been concern ing this throughout its history, that It has, year after year, endeavored to secure the nassage of a bill in Con gress providing for the appointment of a commission ot Inquiry Into the causes nnd removal of such condi tions. The National Advocate. Deer and Whisky Cause Delirium. Dr. Alev, Lambert, In Bellevue Hospital Medical and Surgical Re port, says: "The majority of alcoholics are whisky drinkers, either this alone or with beer. The women, especially the young prostitutes, aro the wine drinkers. "I have endeavored to learn If the cheap whiskies, the compounded whiskies, caused more tremor than the higher grades of the same fluid, thinking, at first, that the cheap whis kies contained more fusel oil. But in this I was mistaken, as the analyses made by various observers seemed to show that the compounded whiskies contained none, or less, than the gen nine malt-dlstllled whiskies. The tre mors from the cheaper whiskies are greater and last longer simply be cause for the same amount of money more whisky can be obtained, and hence the poisoning Is greater from the amount of ethyl-alcohol consumed. "We Shall Pluck the Roses." A blacksmith bad In his possession, hut under mortgage, a house and piece of ground. Like many others, he was at one time fond of a social glass, but was happily Induced by a friend to join the Temperance Socie ty. About three months after, he ob served his wife one. morning busily engaged In planting rose-bushes and fruit-trees. "Mary," said he, "I have owned this lot five years, and yet I have never known you to care to Im prove it In this manner." "Indeed," replied the smiling wife,' "I had no heart to until you gave up drink. I had often thought of It before, but I was persuaded that should I do It some stranger would pluck the roses and enjoy the fruit. Now. with God's blessing, this lot will be ours, and we and our children may expect to en joy the produce. We shall pluck the roses and enjoy tho fruit." And they did. Their cottage was known as the prettiest in the neighborhood. Many Soldiers Go Insane. A carload of Insane soldiers from the Philippines passed through Pitts burg recently in charge of Major J. M. Kennedy, who was taking them to Washington from the Pacific Coast. Speaking ot the prevalence of Insan ity in the army. Major Kennedy said: "There Is a greater Increase In the number of cases of Insanity among tho soldiers in the Philippines than in any other branch of the service. This increase Is thought to be due princi pally to homesickness and over Indul gence In 'blno,' a native Philippine drink. Melancholia also adds Its quota to the number ot insane cases " Tcmperanco Notes. "My Temperance Creed Water on both sides. Internal Revenue officers at Fort Wayne, Ind.. declare that Government liquor tax renewals In that district will be only half what tbey were last year. - . Iu Memphis, Tenn., which, became dry ou the 1st of July, the site ot a saloon of mora than twenty years' standing has been leased for a sav ings bank. The savings bank is the logical successor ot-tne saloon. Ruts comes to ruin, and It profits mainly by the ruin of your sons and mine. ... The Demon Rum comes to stifle all music of the borne and fill it with silence and desolation. r , , In soma States legislation has been bad making it an offense to sell Intox icating liquors within a certain dis tance, usually one mile,' from a mili tary reservation. Idaho has now. seven ' prohibition counties, Including Fremont, Bing ham, Bear Lake, Oneida, Canyon, Bannock and Idaho (the largest In the United States), Fremont recently voted seven to one for prohibition. Motor Roads For England. It would appear that the English men are contemplating the construe tlon of a series of highways exclusive ly for the use of automobiles In an effort to prevent the wearing away ot their present crushed stone roads from excessive automobile traffic. The plans, as outlined In a bill that has been 'Introduced In the British Parliament, provide for the construc tion of a number of these exclusive motoring highways on an even mora ambitious scale than that of the men interested In the Long Island Motor Parkway project. Consul-General John L. Griffiths, ot London, In a report sent to the De partment of Commerce and Labor, says If the bill becomes a law it will have very far reaching effects. He writes concerning it as follows: "While the bill provides for the de velopment of forestry, agriculture and rural Industries, the reclamation and drainage of land, the construction and Improvement of harbors and canals, the development and improvement of fisheries, and for any other purpose calculated to promote the economic development of the United Kingdom, It is the portion which relates to road Improvement that Is attracting tha most attention. This is the out growth of a very general feeling that some action must be taken with ref erence to the very rapidly Increasing motor traffic. The most traveled country roads are being badly cut up by the great number ot motor cars which pass over them at a high rate of speed, the value of adjoining prop erty is often appreciably lessened, the comfort and convenience of pedes trians and those using other means of locomotion are seriously interfered with and their safety often endan gered. "The development bill, if it passes into law and is carried out in the spirit which prompted It, will tend to solve some of the present day motor traffic problems. The road Improve ments referred to relate wholly to the building of special Toads for the use of motor cars. The management and control of these roads' will be vested In a small board of five or seven members, only one of whom, either the chairman or vice-chairman, would receive a salary. The board is to have power to construct new roads entirely on its own initiative or Indi rectly through the existing highway authorities, who will be Induced to act through grants and loans made upon condition that they will under-' take to build new roads or to Im prove established highways with di rect reference to motor car traffic. "Any road that is constructed by the road board .will be primarily a road designed for the use of motor cars, and the speed limit will be removed as to such a road. . The board may allow the road, nevertheless, to be used for ottw kinds of traffic If it deems It expedient to do so, and in that event a charge may be made for Buch use of the road. ' Other roads can only connect with the motor roads upon permission granted by the road board. "Compulsory power ia given for the acquisition of land for road purposes, and power la further granted in rural districts to acquire land tor a width ot 220 yards on either side of the motor road. It Is believed that through the exercise of this last named power the board will derive a substantial rev enue In the Increase In value of said adjoining land for building purposes, as well as from the amount that will be paid tor the outside use ot motor roads. Expenses of the road board growing out of the construction of the motor roads and their mainte nance will be defrayed out of a spec ially constituted fund, to which the. net proceeds of the duties on motor spirits and on licenses tor motor ears will be carried.. In the construction of the motor roads it Is provided tfoat special attention shall be paid to the labor conditions of the various dis tricts In which the roads may be built, and that as far as possible men out of work will be employed. "The construction of separate roads for motorists will doubtless meet with general favor, because of the urgency of the situation, though It Is admitted that it is a radical departure to em ploy public funds, even jn part, for the use and benefit ot a special class. The answer" to this,' however, Is that It is for the benefit ot all classes who tare compelled to use highways, which, ot course, is practically the entire population of the country, I "It Is proposed that the new motor roads should avoid, as far as possible; the small towns and villages; that Is to say, they should pass around In stead of through them, thereby re moving the danger .which now exists by reason of a certain class of motor ists passing through such places with little regard to the safety ot the in habitants." New York Sun. . A Squirrel Barometer. . , . . i A merchant in Ottawa has a unlqiia barometer. It Is a domesticated fox squirrel. He keeps the little pet In big paint barrel, all inclosed with tha exception of a small round bole for door in one end. Inside the barrel is a good supply of straw, old paper and leaves. During a run of weather ot any kind, hot, cold, wet or dry, tha little animal Is In and out of his house, keeping an open door. But should there be a change coming, say twelve or twenty-tour hours off, be plugs up . that hole with tba stuff from bis bed and keeps it closed un til the change comes. "He never makes mistakes," says bis --owner. "There ara ' no false, alarms wits, blm." Kansas City Journal. Incredible. ' 1 "What's tha matter, old man?" , , "Oh. I'r tot ad awful cold." ' "Tough luck. I wish I know how you could cure It." '.' - "Have you do recipe for be'." , "No, I don't know a thing that'll help - ' "Shake you're a wodJer. Have rlgV' Cleveland Leader.
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