" . . .... .; THE PULPIT. AN FLCOUENT SUNDAY SERMON BV r.EV. C. CAMPBELL WALKER. Tlmr.e: The Iteturncd Wanderer. Ercoklyn, N. Y. The Rev. Colin Cami 1ll Walker, rcrtor of St. Ann's Church on the Helshta. had for the subject of his sermon Sunday morn ing, "Tho Returned Wanderer." The text was from St. Luke 15:25: "The elder son was In the field." Mr. Wal'ier said: Nothing ssts. forth the promptness and completeness of Divli.e pardon to the sinner more fully than does this story told by our Blessed Lord so long ago. Few stories are more familiar to us than this, few which sppeal to us more strongly. It is all so natural and true to life. It Is all so dear, for countless souls have taken the language of the returned wanderer upon their Hps and have made It all their own. It was this aspect of our Lord's character, as shown us In the picture; His divine energy for the fallen and the outcast, His willingness to bind Bp tho broken-hearted, and fan with Wis own breath the flickering flame of human hope. Ills tendor, hopeful spirit among the ruins caused by sin, which binds men's souls to film and makes them willing to go even to the Cross because they love Him so. Now, the object of tho parable Is to show the feelings of the great All Father toward His children, and to mar' the steps by which men alien ate themselves from Him, and yet to jwlnt the way, through penitence and prayer by which they may return and Join In the festal joy of the Father's liouse and live rejoicing in His love. As we read the story, we could almost wish that it had finished and left us rejoicing In tho gladness of the fath er and the penitent son. But we must remember that while our Lord had been approached by sinners of the lowest type, it is true, there wore oth ers also stnndlng by who heard the story religious and moral people, who wore unacquainted with His mis sion. Its character and the object lme;l at In it all, and who were tthocked at the loviug welcome given to th poorest and the most forlorn In life. Doubtless His object was to open wide the gate of mercy, and His 3)iirpose was that none should pass jit by. And, bo in order that thti might be so, our Lord must needi liold up the mirror to them all. There Tore, U was that Jesus told us in the atory that "A certain man had two ons." Was it only that He might copsole and help tho one? Did He add the story of the elder brother as a kind of sequel to emphasize the contrast, which, alas, too often exists tetween the Father's far-sighted, generous love In .the reception accord ed to the wanderer, and that which lie meets from his fellowman, and so Klva to him a kind of consolation amid the cynical rebuffs and scorn of a so-called religions world? We might almost be content to leave it thus, knowing well how greatly that Is needed. But the story told is not intended for one class of men alone, nor Is it but to emphasize one side j of truth. Jesus meant to cover all, and Included in Hia thoughtfulness thn whole great family of man. J Is the wandering, wasteful son, living in his wild excess, the only type of stnner who Is far from God? Was the publican the only one who sinned? Has not the Pharisee who trusted In himself that be was right- I eous and despised others, no place In the economy of God's free grace? When Jesus spoko to both, He surely sought to teach the lesson that the loss of the filial spirit, whether mani fested in tho wilful folly of the pub lican or In the self-righteous arro gance of the Pharisee, Is that which takes men from the Father's house and calls for the Father's grace, whether in the form of pardon or pitying entreatv. "The Elder Son was in the Field." flere is the companion picture to he other of "The Far Country." For ven here there la a bint at distance from the Father's face and home, be cause in both It Is the spirit in the son which JeBus sought to empha size rather than the actual geogra phy of the situation. If any one of you has lost, or never realized your -filial spirit in relation to your father, -wo need not go into the far country, amid the waste and excess of riot, where the firm I no must Inevitably come to find you. We may Just at easily, and far more often, find you "in the field" of unloving service. It matters not what road meu tra rel in their alienation from the Fath er. It is the spirit which they lost which really separates from Him. Here, then, were two prodigals, not one. The only difference between them was that one manifested his lack of loving filial spirit to the Fath er by taking bis life Into bis own hands and spending it as It pleased him In the "far country," and the other passed his time "in the field" as the cold and Insolent critic of the Father, and narrow. Intolerant censor of his brother. It is not gross and sensual sins alone which separate men from God it is cot poverty or vain for neither of them has been able to break down happiness, bard as the struggle often is, if love to Cod is there. It Is the "unclean thing" of selfishness which spoils the air beauty of our life from which the Father calls us saying, "Come ye out and be separate, and I will receive you and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daugh ters, salth the Lord Almighty." Cook at the three main features ol this man's character as manifested by his language "In the field" and see il to any extent the same Is true of us. "I lo these many years do I serve thee," he said. Surely this was well. It was in this respect that the other eion had signally failed. Far from be ing dependent on the Father's bounty lie had claimed his own that be might lo with It a he pleased, and bis only - liope of freedom was in escape from home. But was the other any bet ter? Where Is dependence and disin terested service? True, there was no open resentment of the Father's disci pline. But after all was said and done, the service was for hire alons and the wages now itemed al together Insufficient. ft Is surely this spirit which Jesus iseenos to remonstrate with. Whet Che energy of the secular world I a. fed us with an exterior seat, similar fa it own In kind and often equal la degree. When general devotion to or toward duties In thlsservlce of "many (years" Is regarded as a siifllcient indi cation of spiritual vitality. To all such the call to practical Unties has come, but their ear have Veen deaf to the appeal of grace to a rnore Interior life. . Such devotion to duty, such seal In practical affairs, touch service "in the fWld" Is but, as i.Pul Jua jiitL I'loundioa- brass nl tinkling: cymbals." " Her stands tho rerfeor Pharisee the slave has overcome the son. Of course God wants yntir service In the house and In the field, but In a sense It Is true that Ho can do with out It. He has hlrod servants enough to do that, but only sons can love Him ps Ho longs for, nnd manifest the filial spirit which He craves "My son. give Mo thine heart." One reason for this I "that It Is a law of our bein? that man's predom inant paslon gives color and tone to his spiritual stnte." And when wo are so engrossed In mere service "In the field" to the disparagement of the nrimary obligation of loving the Father, It la plain to seo that the con trolling motive Is a low one, however religious that service may appear to be. The lark of filial spirit Is manifest ed In his boRtful utterance. "Never at any time transgressed I thy com mand." Is not obedlee a Christian duty? Yes. but or.lv in the cplrlt of a son and not as a hireling. Before performing then the man must have It plainly stated what he was to do. There Is nothing in the heart to prompt him to perform either more than he was paid for in the way of service or than ho was actually told to do. Is this not the spirit against which Jesus spoke when He said. "Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Tharlsees ye shall in r.o case enter the kingdom." Why in the Sermon on the Mount did He In those wonderful words on prayer and rassion and providence teach this higher righteousness? Men had like this older sm attained the art of measurlne acts and ceremo nial observance with such faultless nicety, while the heart and soul were loft untouched by plity and love. You can to-day so serve Go'l by letter and be as far removed from Him In spirit as the prodigal amid the glare and Kiltter of the far country. You can he so busy with your mere rule and dogma that you miss the spirit which alone can give them worth. It is not the wild and wacton spirit only which rllenates, but the slavish spirit if im pulse and conventionalism, and you must not wonder If your cold, cynical and mercenary spirit keeps you In the field when you might be living in the warmth and glow and Joy of the Father's house. "Thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends, but as soon as this thv son Is come thou hast killed for r'm the fatted calf." "My friends," "Thy son" not "my brother." Do you not see how little sympathy there was between this son and the Father? Thore can be none unless and until "tho spirit of bondage has given place to the snlrlt of adoption" whereby we cry, "Abba, Father!" If God looks to each of us for a service and obedience which alone can spring from love to Him, so also He looks to us for gladness and re joicing which only come from sympa thy with Him. Surely it was for these reasons that Jesus held u the mirror before the faces of these men of old and their type Is by no means extinct to-day. But, as then, the Father comes and pleads with men to roire In from the field where tho ucfllial spirit drives them. He takes no notice of ll-.e sneering lnuendoes on the slavish nense of duty or the lack of kindness to our broth er. But with his wondrous patience bids us come within the circle of the home and share with Him His wealth of grace. He calls each one of us to a life whose ears are open through con stant sympathy with Him to hear what God desires and laves, whose heart ha3 opened to receive Him s Its Master and Its Lord, so that His will is ours through oar admiring love. And if you would forsake tho fields into which your selfishness has snt you, turn to Him who calls, and say "Father, I. too, have sinned, for whilst I held the name of son, I lived but as a slave. Make me no longer a mere hireling, but an honored child and say of me, 'This My son was lost but now is found ' " The Sunday School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR JUNE 10. Subject! The Pnrnble of the Sower, Matt. 13:1-9, 18-23 Commit '- to Memory Verse 2 3. A Higher Force, We have within us a higher forci than all the forces of material nature a power of will which can ad her to duty and to God in opoosltlon to all the might of the elements and all tho malignity of earth or hell. Man has canacltles, thoughts, impulses, which assimilate, him to God. His reason is a ray of the' Infinite reaton, bi3 con science an oracle of the divlnltv, pub lishing the everlasting law of recti tude. Therefore Gol Is his Father, and heaven la a glorious reality. W. E. Channlng. Fnllure a Teacher. "A'e learn wisdom from failure much more than from success, often discover what will do by Hndina out what will not do, and probably he who never made it mistake never made a discovery. Home Tooko used to say of his studies In Intellectual nhllovophy that he bad become ell tho better acquainted with the country through having had the good luclc sometimes to lose his way. Samuel Smiles. Hope In Him. Believe under a cloud, and wr.lt for Him when there is no moonlight or starlight. Let faith live and breatho. and lay bold of the sure salvation of Ood, when clouds and darkness are about you. Who draameth that a promise of God can fall, fall aswoon or die? When we are pleased to seek, a plea with Christ, let us plead that we hope In Him. uutnerroro. Is your heart right with Cod? Well Paid. A rural resident, upon bis first visit to tho city, obtained employ ment as a motorman for the street car company. Every night, when he put his car In the barn, the conductor quietly slipped him a couple of dollars. This kept up regularly until a day or two after pay day. When be failed to come after bis pay check the manager sent for blm and In quired the reason. The unsuspecting - motorman re plied: "Why the conductor has been paying me off every Bight" Judge. Forestalled. ' Mr. Tabbyshaw "Now let me have Mala 41.144." Centra; "You can't bave the wire I. .Is afternoon. ' You know It U a two party line?" Mrs. Tabbyshaw-Wbat If tt is?" Cfutnl Why, the other lady bat pokn for it."-St. Louis Pot-Di patch. GOLDEN TENT "Wherefore put ting away all fllthlnesa and overflow ing of wickedness, recalve with meek ness the Implanted word, which Is able to save your souls." James 1:21. TIME. Autumn. A. D. 28. PLACE By Sea of Galilee, near Capernaum. EXPOSITION. I. Jesus n an Open-AIr Preacher, 1, 2. Tho great sermon of this lesson was preached in the open air. So was every other great sermon recorded In the Bible. Jesus went to the seaside because that was where He could get the crowd. Most men can get more hearers to-day in the open air than in a building. Jesus began to preach when the crowd collected (Lu. 8:4), but He was not above preaching to an audience of one (Jno. 3:4). But the multitude loved to gather to hear Je3iis (Matt. 5:1; 15:32; Lu. 8:45). It Is not hard to toll why. Joeus always saw in a great crowd a call to preach the gospel (Matt. 9:30-38; Mk. 2:2; 6:34). Jesus began at this time to adopt the parabolic method of teaching, which reveals the truth to those who love It and conceals It from those who have no anpetite for it (vs. 10-13; Mk. 4:11, 12; 2 Thess. 2:10-12). Jesus used a fishing smack for a pulpit, that was good enough for Him, and we ought to count it good enough for us (Jno. 15:20). II. Hard-Hearted Hearers, 3, 4, 19. Jesus represents Himself (and all preachers and teachers of the Word) as a sower. The Word of God is seed (Lu. 8:11); it has Jife, the power of growth and reproduction; it brings forth fruit (Col. 1:5, 6). There Is more ultimate value in ono grain of wheat than in the largast diamond ever found; for that grain sown, and its fruit sown, will in time fill the earth with Its Increase. So with a word of truth sown in the heart; It converts one, he many, each one he converts many more, in ever widen ing circles. It is a marvelous priv ilege with infinite consequences to be a preacher or teacher of the Word. There are four kinds of soil or classes of hearers. The first class are like the trodden path over which the feet and wheels of the world have gone until there Is no receptivity for tho Word of God (unless He drive the plowshare of deep agony through that heart). The seed sown In such hearts is snatched away by the devil through his ever-present emissaries, "fowls of the air." II. Shallow-Hearted Hearers, 3, O, 20, 21. The second clas3 of hearers are like the thin soil on an outcrop ping ledge of rock. They hear the Word, aud immediately without re flection upon its real import and the cost of acceptance, receive it with Joy ( Lu. 8:13). There is response to the truth in this case. It takes hold upon the emotions, but not upon the great deeps of the will. These are the shal low souls. They give quicker prom ise than any one else (Mk. 4:10). They are glad at once. The truth often makes deep souls sad before It makes them glad. A deep work is better than a swift one. These have no root and the young plant soon withers. The scorching sun is "trib ulation or persecution because of the word." If the seed were well rooted the sun would make it grow and ripen; so do tribulation and persecu tion when the Word is well rooted. The Galatlans were rocky soil bearers (Gal. 4:15; 5:7; 6:12). IV. Half-Hearted Hearers, 7, 8, 22. The third class of hearers are like rich, promising but pre-oocupled soil. There are already thorn in the soil and tue seed sown falls upon these. They grow up with their rank, luxuriant growth, and the good seed is choked and the early promise comes to nothing. In this case thore has been real attention to the Word and appreciation of It (v. 22). It has taken some hold upon the will, but there has not been whole-hearted surrender to it. They are capable of bearing fruit if they would only cast out the thorns, but they won't. So there is no fruit. This is most sol emn. It pictures many, very many, lit the church to-day. The thorns are (1) "The cares of the world." In how many a business man and housewife the Word of God is thus choked. (2) "The deceitfulnesg of riches." Jlow many a man grows godless ns ho grows rich. One of the most promis ing and energetic young Christians of the fifties In Chicago Is now nothing but a withered millionaire, with one foot In the grave, which he will him self soon enter to be "saved so as by fire," or to be lost forever. (3) "Pleasures of this life" (Lu. 8:14), dance, theatre, card party, etc., etc. (4) "Lusts of othjsr things" (Mk. 4:18,11). Out with the thorns. V. Whole-Hearted Hearers, 8, .T3. But there is a fourth class, "good ground." They (1) "hear the word." They appreciate Its value and give good hoed. (2) They "understand" It. They take In Its meaning and Its price. (3) They "accept It" "in an honest and good heart" (Mk. 4.20, IT V.; Lu. 8:15). Not merely hear, but take hold. (4) They "hold It fast" (Lu. 8:15, R. V.), they will not give it up at any cost. These bring Mrth fruit ("with patience"), thirty, sixty, and one hundredfold. In tbreo cases the seed had come to nothing. In one only did it bear, but in that one case more than paid for all the cqst and labor; so it is with our preaching. How discouraged we get over the apparently wasted seed. Don't! You will strike the "hundred-fold" man tome day. But let all take heed how they bear (Lu. 8:15). The parable does not say that an equal amount of aeed fell on all kinds of ground; in ordinary farming It would not. THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATIIEHS STRENGTH EVERY DAY. The Christian's fellowship with God Is rather a babtt tbau a rapture. Cecil. AN INCIDENTAL QTJERY. ' ' "It takes nine tailors to mak a man," said the quotation fiend. , "Yes," replied Reslnald; "but how i'.o you get j many to trust you?- V.'asi:i:gton Star. ' . ,.10 EE KEPT IN MIND.. , KgrcM ;"!.. know that , I'm. apt Worthy of you, darllpg," , . - f Fair Ono M Remember that, Har old, and my married life is sure to bo bPPK." Jswlsh Ledger. Labor nnd the Saloons, The old Idea that the saloon In Us function of "the poor man's club" is an economic necessity In large centres of population, especially manufactur ing cities, Is getting hard Jolts nowa days. A few days ago at a mass meeting In Toronto addresses de nouncing tho saloon and the liquor business In general were made by such- influential and clear-thinking labor leaders as John Mitchell and John B. Lennon, respectively vice president and treasurer of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, and by President Lewis, of the United Mine Workers. Mr. Lennon said that the liquor business lowers the efficiency of the working man and prophesied that the time would come when labor as a unit Would be arrayed against the saloon. Mr. Lewis declared that the United Mine Workers have al ready prohibited the sale of liquor by their mombers, even at picnics, and Mr. Mitchell expressed similar views. Even more significant Is the de cision recently made by the United States Steel Corporation to control as far ns possible the liquor business In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where it has 25,000 employes. It ia declared that the Steel Corporation estimates that at least three per cent, better returns can be made on the millions It has invested there by regu lating the drinking of the coke work ers that is, permitting them to drink, but stipulating where and when they shall drink. "For more than a year," says the dispatch, "figures bave been gathered on drinking among coke workers, and it found that for seventy-two hours after each payday the coke ovens run at only two-thirds of their capacity, and on nearly every payday hundreds of tons of coke are ruined by Inability to get sober men to care for it in the ovens." Nine breweries are now run ning In the county and the Steel Cor poration Intends to buy them out. Everybody who has followed the progress of the present temperance movement must bave noted an im portant differenco between the meth ods adopted by its promoters and those used in such movements in the past. There is less appeal to senti ment and sympathy and more to the pockctbook. The prohibition work ers are trying and with astonishing success to show the country that the liquor traffic produces an economic loss which It simply cannot afford to stand. The man who drinks thereby lowers his efficiency, reduces his pro ductive capacity. Impairs his value to his employer and to himself, and eventually lowers his earning capac ity. Thlit means that the industrial world Is deprived of the services of a man who otherwise would have bad a definite value as a producer of wealth, and when the case Is carried to an extreme it means that the drink er becomes an actual source of ex pense to tho State by reason of crime or destitution. In matters of business the direc tors of the United Statea Steel Cor poration cannot be accused of senti ment. When they Indulge in philan thropy they do so as individuals, but In the conduct of their business every proposition that comes before them must stand tbe acid test of "will It pay?" They probably do not care two straws whether their thousands of employes use liquor or not, so long as the question of efficiency does noc enter into the caso. -But when they find their coke ovens running on two thirds time for three days after every payday and a part of their product' ruined, all because the employes are off on a big drunk, it becomes a mat ter of dollars and cents, and the an swer is easy. Every employer in the land, big and little, la coming more and more to take this view of the liquor question. UGHTS L1E:T T A Quid Pro Quo. The Western Christian' Advocate publishes tho following: Passengers coming into Seattle from the north are laughing at the wit of a Government employe who has turned Into a Joke the wreck of the old steamship Colorado, whose hulk is now bleaching at the northern end of the Wrangol Narrows. The Colorado went down In 1902, hound north with a full cargo. Her bull's prominence caught the eye of the itinerant advertising artist, and, one day, mariners passing by saw on It the lcngend, "Drink 's Rye and 's Whisky." About the time they bad become used to the sign the glaring "ad" was suddenly changed. A man employed by the Government to paint the buoys along the coast added alongside the adver tisement the following paragraph: "I did, and I am a wreck." Much Lunacy in Liquor. Tho On-the-Water-Wagon Colony is coming. Dr. Ferris, president of, the New York State Lunacy Commis sion, said in regard to the Orady-Lee bill to provide a hospital and Indus trial colony for Inebriates In this city: "In the State of New York 28.9 per cent, of tho male patients In asylums owe their insanity to alcohol. In the Norrlstown Hospital, Pennsyl vania, forty-six per cent, of C20 male patients owe their Insanity to alcohol alone or in combination with other causes." Members of the On-the-Water-Wagon-Colony would be assured that in their new home no Jolt could tum ble them oH. No Confiscation. The Detroit News takes very little rtock. In the cry of the liquor men that the closing of the saloons under local option and prohibition laws amounts to confiscation of property. Tbe News says: "The liquor busi ness has no standing before tbe law. It, baa no rights. It is merely tol erated by 'license. A license is not property. It Is not negotiable. When it eyplrea that is tbe end of tbe State's spocial obligation; the contract bus been fulfilled and Is dead." . Tho Greatest Problem. Tbe happiness, the security and the progress of tho .Nation depend more upon the solution of the liquor prob lem than upon the disposition of any other question confronting the people of our country. Tbe Government must . soon tako cognizance of the great evil to society that bas grown out of the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors, aud it cannot, long afford to continue its partner ship with tho lltjuor iutereats by ac cepting revenues from and Issuing licenses to a traffic which is eating at tho vry vitals of tbs Nation, John Mitchell. THE YOUNG DREAMER GALILEE. rue ourt OP OLD JUNE NINETEENTH Better far the young dreamer of oi Galilee, Hanging d;id in the shame of the cross. Than the tnnn who grows old in tiie ser vice of gold, And whose treasure is ultimate loss. Though the younst dreamer die! for the truth men denied. His divine spirit lives, and for nye; For the dream still survives in the blos soming live Of humanity's noblest to-day. There is wonderful weal in a splendid ideal, Though the cost of its service le high; There is infinite gain in the pitiless pain Of the one ('ho is willing to die. What v death after all but the breukins the thrall "Of the prison of things as they seem. And the viewing from near of the vision most dear, And the tangible touch of our dr:am? It is better to see the ideal from the tree Tlmn be blind in the midst of the mob; It is better to sigh, and triumphantly die, Than sing songs that must end in a sob. Tietter far the young dreamer of old Galilee. Hanging dead in the cross-tree of shame. With the bloom of His youth plucked to garland the truth. And a world bowing now at His naroo. Charles W. Caason, in Christian Rej-ister. A Prayer For the 7ircli. Theodore Cuyler once said that !whcn he and Newman Hall took tea (with Spurgeon and heard him pray such a marvelous prayer In tbe family worship following, they discovered tho secret of his power. Doubtless .the prayer life of the great preacher had much to do with the phenomenal success which the Lord was pleased to grant unto him. The following ex tract from one of his prayers is a sample of their intensity, scope and fullness: "Once more we pray Thee bless Thy church. Lord, quicken the spir itual life of believers. Thou hast given to Thy church great activity, .for which we thank Thee; may that activity be supported by a correspond ing inner life. Let us not get to be busy here and there with Martha, and forget to sit at Thy feet with Mary. "May Thy truth yet prevail. Purge 'out from among Thy. church those who would lead others away from the truth as It is in Jesus, and give back tbe old power, and something more. Give us Pentecost: yea, many Pentecosts in one, and may we live to see Thy church shine forth 'clear as the sun, and fair as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners.' "God grant that we may live to see better days. But if perilous times should come In these last days, make us faithful. Raise up in every coun try where there has been a faithful church men who will not let the ves sel drift upon the rocks. O God, of tbe Judges, Thou who didst raise up first one and then another when the peo ple went astray from God, raise up for its sttll our Joshuas are dead our Deborahs, our Baraks, our Gid eons, and Jepthahs, and Samuels; who shall maintain for God His truth, and worst the enemies of Israel? "Lord, look unon Thy church in these days. Lord, revive us. Lord, .'restore us. Lord, give power to Thy Word again, that Thy name may be glorified. Remember the church of God in this land in all its various phases and portions, and pour out Thy Solrit upon it. And wherever Thou hast a people, may Jesus dwell with them, and reveal Himself to His own, for Christ's sake; to whom he glory with the Father and with the Holy Ghost, forever and forever. men." Living Water. The Present Strength Giver. One of the secrets of Christian con fidence and courage during all the ages of the Church has been this promise of the Church's Founder: "Lo, I am with you alway." His presence In the flesh was the one thing that comforted and strength ened His ductules; and When He left them He left them the promise of His abiding presence, lest they should grieve because He must go out from their sight. In the darkest hours of prosecu tion, In the moments when the Church bas seemed to be going back ward rather than going forward. In all the discussions and difficulties of nil the centuries faithful hearts bave been warmed and cheered, and new courage has come when this word has been remembered and a con sciousness of Christ's presence bas thrilled His faithful followers. His Power Conies. Power comes through the promises' of God. His promises awaken hope. ' And ope is always an element of soul strength. No earnest student of the Ible will be weak. Thousands read it where one studies It. Many people walk on the surface, while few dig teep in the mines.- There U no tonle flke trutb. It will lift pygmies to the Ptature of giants. Peter declares that through the promises of God one may become a partaker of the divine na ture. Such a triumph is worth the trying. Read God's Word for God's powor. C. C. Woods. Living Water. "He that belleveth on Me, as the Scripture bath said, out of him Shall flow rivers of living water." Not brooks, summer torrents, or tempo rary supplies, but perennial streams, rivers and rivers of living water.-J. Hudson Taylor. Topic The Yoke of Christ Matt. 11: 25-30. Purity and humility. 2 Cor. 10: 1; Thll. 2: 7, 8; Luke 23: 34. Se'if-control. Heb. 12: 3; 1 Pet. 2: 23. Obedience. Heb. 6: 7-9. Sacrifice. Ua. 50: C; John 10: 17, IS. Love. Matt. 22: 37-33. Prayer. Mark 1: 35; Matt. 20: 36-44. No one can make much progress In wisdom until he discovers how much there is that, he cannot discover but must have revealed to him (v. 25). The promise, "I will give you rest," U not to tho idle but to the laborers, not to the unburdened but to the heavy laden (v. 13). It Is Christ's yoke, In the sense that He Imposes it and that it is borne for Him; but even more in the sense that It is born with Him (v. 29). Every one must wear some sort of yoke, and bear some sort of burden. The on'.y ease possliile In this world Is to choose the easiest yoke and the lightest burden (v, 30). Suggestions. Chr!3t Is not like the Pharisees, binding teavy and grievous burdens on men's acks and not touching them with His little finger. He carries the heavy end of every burden He im poses. There Is no thought of humiliation in Christ's yoke, but rather the high est honor. It means co-operation with the Lord of the universe. If one animal of a team refuses to pul! on the yoke be is nevertheless dragged on, but to his own destruc tion. So if we refuse to pull in the yoke with Christ. An animal can be in only one yoke at once; but the more firmly we are yoked to Christ the more firmly are we yoked to one another. Illustrations. The yoke Is an instrument for using the strength of two and bringing it to bear upon one object. How great the condescension In Christ thus to cou ple Himself with us! r- i r - EPWQRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, JUNE 19 The Christian's Secret Psa. 25: 14; 1 Cor. 2: 9-13. Old and New Testaments are doubly connected under this theme. As we begin with a fragment from the Old Hebrew hymn, so the portion of Scrip ture quoted from Paul's argument be gins with another fragment of the old prophet, which is rendered in our lat est version, "For from of old men have not beard, Nor perceived by the ear, Neither bath the eye seen. a God be side thee, AVho worketh for him that waiteth for him." The Pauline version is richer in its significance; as all truth grows richer from being held long in the mind. The Scripture passage in question, 1 Cor. 2: 9-13, must be read more than once. Indeed, the whole chapter Is to be perused until the argument is clear. It is a grand argument and not to be grasped in the hurry of a quarter hour study. God has plans, great plans, such as a world's redemp tion. He works so silently that world ly wise and merely prudential people are inclined to reckon without him, now as then. But to spiritually mind ed people he reveals himself to those who wait on him he comes at last, and gives them his commandments, and girds them with,, his promises. This is the "secret of the Lord." Christ-like Kindness. There are so many hard places along the road for most of us, made hard needlessly by human selfishness, 'human neglect, human obstinacy, that the longing to be kind with a tender, 'thoughtful, Christ-like kindness, should grow stronger In us each day we live. Scottish Reformer. Truest Giving. Tbe truest giving to the need of the worl l is tbe giving of a pure life and a genuinely sacrificial service. -Rer. U. R. Lunn, D. D. '3LOW AND SURE. , . Anxious Mother "How is my boy (gsiting along at school?" Tsacher 'He's slow and sure." Anxious Mother "Beg pardon?" Teacher "He is slovf to learn and sure to forget Chicago Ntws. , , . a decrco bas been publlunad In Austria by which no one is allowed; to refine vaw oil or to sell petroleum, in tanks without a concession . ob-J talued from the Oovarnmect. This is' measure against the gtandaxd OIL' A MAN WHO REFUSED TO FIGHT. A big Frenchman was talking in loud and blustering tones about his1 'many achievements In dueling as he traveled, in company with several passengers, in the smoking compart ment of one of our railway trains. In the corner opposite to htm sat a small man quietly reading a magazine, and to him he leaned over and arrogantly said: "Monsieur, what would you do if you were challenged to fight a duel?" "I should refuse," was the unhesi tating reply. "Ah! ah! I thought as much. Re fuse and be branded a coward! But It a gentleman offered you the choice of a duel or a public whipping; then what?" "I'd take the whipping." ' "Ah! ah! I thought so from your looks. Suppose, monsieur, you bad foully slandered me?" "I never slander." "Then, monsieur, suppose a man bad coolly and deliberately Insulted you; what would you do?" "I'd rise up this way, put down my book this way, reach over like this, and take him by the nose, and give it a proper sort of twist Just so!" When the little man relinquished bis grip of the big man's nasal organ, bis neighbors slid away In abject ter-t ror, to escape tbe bullets which would surely be flying at once; but there was no shooting. The big man turned crimson then white then looked the little man over and re marked: - "Ah certainly of course that's It exactly!" And then the conversation took a turn on tbe prospects of war with Turkey. Did Her Duty. The first grade teacher had been able to spank Tommy with the great est enthusiasm, but his next teacher 'had not reached tbe point where she telt shs could do Justice to him la spite of all bis naughtiness. "Send blm to me when you want blm spanked," said the first grade teacher one morning, after her col league bad related bis many misde meanors. ' About 11 o'clock Tommy appeared at the first grade teacher's door. She dropped bar work, seized blm by the arm, dragged him to tho dressing room, turned blm over ber knee and did her duty. When she had finished she' Said: "Well, Tommy, what bave you to say?" i ("Please, miss, my teacher war the sclsso'.s.f Everybody's. POTATO SOUP. Wash, peel and cut four medHin sized potatoes Into small pieces, cov with cold water, salted, and cook n. tilsdone. Have ready a pint of mnj scalded in a double boiler, together with a tablespoon of minced onloj and a little celery or celery seed to flavor. Take the potatoes from tbs fire, turn off the water and mash. Thicken the milk with a tablespoon ful of flour, then add to the potato and mix. Add a tablespoonful of tn minced parsley and serve with crsrk. ers or croutons. New York Tele, gram. RICE AND TOMATOES. Beat together one egg and halt i cupful of milk. Stir In a cupful ot boiled rice. Add a teaspoonful of butter and season with salt and pep per. Let the mixture simmer for i few minutes; then drain the rice, line a dish with it. wash It over with a beaten egg and put it into the ovej until firm. Strain half a can of toma toes, season with salt, cayenne pep per and half a finely chopped onion. Stew for twenty minutes. Then stir In a tablespoonful of butter and two tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs. Let simmer until thick and pour Into the centre of the rice mold. New York Tribune. MACARONI AND CHESTNUTS. Peel and boil a dozen big chestnuti and pound them to a paste. Season with a saltspoonful ot salt and put them Into a saucepan with two cup fuls ot boiled macaroni, chopped; two tablespoonfuls of butter and one large onion peeled but not chopped. Stir the whole together until well mlxei and heated; moisten, if necessary, with a little milk. When perfectly hot,- remove the onion and put the macaroni and chestnuts Into a but tered baking dish, cover with bread crumbs and grated cheese In equal quantities and brown in the oven. New York Tribune. STEWED RABBIT. Wash and soak the rabbit. Wipe It thoroughly dry and divide it at tbe Joints. Sprinkle it thickly with flour. Place in a stewpan with two heaping tablespoonfuls ot butter and three or four thin slices of bam. - Pour on little by little a quart of gravy. Stew the meat over a slow fire for two hours. Season with half a tea spoonful ot salt. Add to It the rind ot halt a lemon, cut Into small bits. A quarter of an hour before serving stir in a teaspoonful of rice flour that has been mixed with two t.'.blespoon fuls of mushroom catsup and a half teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. Boston Post. PLAIN ONION SOUP. This is wholesome and "tasty." Slice two or three large, onions and fry yellow in butter or clarified drip pings. When soft add three table spoonfuls flour and stir until cooked and frothy. Now add slowly a pint of boiling water, stirring until smooth and slightly thickened. Have ready three potatoes boiled and mashed and add to them a quart of milk that has been brought. Just to the scalding poim. rui me poiaio ana onion mix ture together, season with salt and pepper, let it get hot, then press through a strainer into a hot tureen. Sprinkle '.over tbe top a little parsley minced fine and a handful crisp crou tons. New York Telegram. A small camel's hair brush" will quickly and without Irritation remove a cinder or other foreign substanc from the eye. To clean a pot: Put one-half a tea spoon of soda In it, fill with hot water, let stand halt a day or over night, cleans very easily. Tbe arrangement ot a mirror so that a child can see itself at play will oftentimes prove as amusing to a child as a playmate, 1 When sweeping a room which bas a heavy old-fashioned dresser In It, remove the lower drawer and sweep under with a whisk broom. If you wish to prevent raisins, cit ron or currants from sinking to tbs bottom of your cute, bave them well warmed in the oven before adding to tbe batter. When you fry flab, and tbe fat gets boiling hot, before you put tbe fish ia, sprinkle a little salt on the bottom of the pan; you may then turn tbe fish without breaking. After you have washed lamp chim neys tie paper bags over each chim ney. Be sure tbe bags are clean be fore you put them on. Pin the bag tightly around tbe bottom. For quickly cleaning silver, put ia kettle one tablespoonful ot potash, eight quarts ot cold water. Dissolve potash. Put in sliver. Set on tbs stove and let come to boll, then taks off. Rime well; wipe. When you place irons on the stove to beat, put a brick over tbe Ore. Tbe brick is used as a ron stand. R will save many trips to tbe stove and back; being bot It keeps tbe irons warm much longer than a common stand. As each fresh iron is placed on tbe brick, it renew its beat. ? Where People Live Long. Cburch White says that over in Halnesvllle, Mo., where he lived as a boy, people lived until a great age; if man died as young as ninety it was generally said be died of cholera Infantum. Atchison Globe. Gondolas are being' displaced by motor boats on the main canals of Venice, but tbey bold their own ta tbs 124 side cauals.
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