THE PULPIT. A Er.ILL.IANT SUNDAY SERMON P" C3. C F. J WRIGLEY. Theme: 1 lie Ti'iif Life. w T. utklyn. N V. Dr. C. F. 3. Wrinley. rertor of Gran Church, preached Snudav morninc on "The True Life." The text was from Matthew 11;::.. "I ttuink Thee. O Father, Lord ut heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid tiee things from th wise and prudent, an J host re vald them unto babe." Dr. Wrlg lev nid: When a man make? tip his Mind not to vegetate, not to be content im;-!.v to eslvt. bu to live the life; whin he realizes ta,t he l not only n animal, having much In common with the aniui.ils: but also n man, liavmp much in common with the world of mystery by which ha Ik sur loundcd. there are very few ultimate 1d"u!s to tvhHh he can turn. The fait in. there are only two juch Ideals, if we bar out that Insane KURse.-stlon of the disordered mind of Nletsche tba a man rhould cultivate the "will to enjoy" or the "wll! to have pow er." which is not a philosophy of life, but suitably a foolhardy egoism. Tin: ii'.'iu'b (hoice really lie-; be tween a life of pessimism and agnos ticism, a life which Rives ni all the leal prohiems of life anil pet'les down into an existent e of grim I'e.spair and apparently hopeless ignoruncu of all the tHinni which, most of all, a man wants to know, or a life, which "an Hver the challenge of all suffering and mystery and in by nliiimlug the everlasting yea '' On the one side we have Buddha and Huddhaiam, whith even yet holds in Its grasp In dia and China and other Kastern countries, and is the cause of the uu progressive and despairing life ot Ihofe peopIeF, and. on the other hand, we have Jesus Christ and the 'mfide.nt and aliirmatlve attitude :iat lie take toward life, proclaim ig a bold faith in a fatherly God, v. ho is guiiling the world toward a ' 'rtaiu Kal of goodness and perfec tion He points out to us a life oi fuller content tbao any of which man iiad dared to dream; and He joyfully points It out to us calls It Hla gos pel, and dflar, s that It shines tliroiif.ii all the perplexities and Ktruiij-'les of our existence nay, that it is tiie author and origin not only of all our troubles but also of all our satisfaction?. That it is the quality of the everlasting, that It is Beizing hold of man and triumphantly bid fling hint to put his hand into the hand of Co-J, and through the mys teries and mists of life to trust the Father, and riot only allow himself to be led, but himself to struggle up toward the eternal. Which of these ideals shall a man accept to-day? Ia there any choice? Can a man study the two for even a short time and still be undecided? True, the nmn may not have heard of the second ideal, and that it is which constitutes the clarion call to missions; but if he has heard, can he long question which ideal he is to choose? Why. without thinking a moment, an ordinary, unprejudiced man would say. as he looked upon the' two pictures of life, I would rather be wrong with Jesus than right with Euddha But, in sneaking of this life, Jesus paid: "I thank Thee, Father, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise ar.d prudent, and revealed them unto babes." What does thct mean? Surely, not that the gospel in hidden from men of great intellectual power or nrntril acumen: not that knowl edge or wisdom is a bar to the ac ceptance fif the teachings of Jesus. This is untrue as a fact, for, since the cuming of Jesus Christ into the world, it is lately within the limits rf tint I to say that the vust majority fjt the leally wise and intellectually great men r.f tin; Christian world have l.i."Ti Christians. When a man says that his world-wide knowledge hinders him from accepting the nar row rev '.alien ot Jesus, 1 point tc tllailsti.ri". When n man says thai his sc; nific studies are a hindrance to h,s :iitii. I point to Lord Kelvin, for both Gladstone and Kelvin repre sent .owcriiig intellectual ability, the one in the departments of literature atd stalest. iruiship, and the other In pure ecu. nee. o. Jesus does not mean thv wisdom prevents a man from li ilievipg. mi does He discour age Pai-iilng; Christ's religion, in fact, bus been ;he leader always iu The educational world, but He means that no amount or learning ran give to a man that which lie comes tc the world t-i give. Worldly learning can not reveal i.d.v. niy things. In other words, worldly wisdom cannot be EUbstiuned tor levtlailoii Jehus Cluist i nine Into the world to live a life, ,.,! b should he lu it fcflf a revl-.i'io:: of new values. It is needlefs suy they are opposed to world valuei For Instance, Jesu begins with life Itself. It Is the su preme value, heme the horrible char arter of murder and suicide. The Christian world has not yet grasped the real meaning of the value which Jesus placed upon life; not cultivated and refined, but Juxt human life. Then conies humility, the possession of which putri a man into the right! atitudn toward God nnd his fellow man. Then uns- Hlshtiesa. which en ables him to shed many of the char icteristlcs of the brute world. Then ibedience, which enables him to cul Ivato the qiialitlej of the ruler, that te may be self-possessed and strong, 'hen love, which leads to gratitude o God, and the help ot his fellow man. These things are supreme values in the revelation of Jesus Christ, He has little 'to say about birth. A man may have been born in a hovel, or the heir to a throne; It matte s not so as his work is well done. A man may be worth much money, or none; he may be very wise, cr not very wise; he may be cul tivated and refined, or coarse and rough none of these things are tak en Into consideration by Jesus, be cause they do not enter Into His sys tem of values. They are only world.1 values, and have an Importance that attaches only to the life that now Hi. The question, then. Is: Are these values of Jesus real values, and II so why are" they not universally o reptefl? The answer Is rve'ry man It fiorn capable of appreciating; these values, but may lose the faculty, and. having lost It; ho finds it diffi cult u regain. - "I thank Thee that Thou hast re vealed thwrn to babes." What does that mean? and why thankful that these things were revealed to babes? The answer is plain. He was thank ru) that His rncmase could be under stood by anyone po-isesgfug the ordi nary, human receptive faculties. It the meHsugM rouid be understood only bv men of surpassing intellectual gifts, it could never be a general gos pel, because ft w would - be wise enough to understand It; but. the gospel Is not a riddle to he solved nnd needing grent mental gifts in order to solve It. but n revelation to the) heart of the world. The word "babrs" In this connection means our common humanity, to which everything that relates to humanity appenls. It Is the preat common world Interest. It Is that to which clnssic literature np PpsIs. I suppose that much of the In terest that we have In the old world ll'erattire Is that we are rending about the sorrows nnd the Joys of men like unto ourselves, who lived hundreds of years ngo. We speak of Hums' poetry ns something thnt appenls to the henrt of the world. We menn that It. appeals to everybody, that It tonrhei our common human ity, thr! it Is something which every one ran appreciate. This Is the pow er of the universal langunge lllte music or nrt. everybody of everv r.ge, and of every nation understands. Now Christianity nnpenls to this common humanity because It Is founded upon the great fact of n com mon ne"d. Ilumaa nature snys a re cent writer, "moves out toward God." This Is true, because as soon as hu man nature begins to wonder nhrnit rfhingn. there Is a demand for satisfac tion concerning the mvsterles. As soon as a man begins to annrecltte i the fact of God's existence, he begins I to know that God Is good, and he be gins to have a sense of sit. As soon as he becomrs conRclons o.' sin he is I anxious to obtain pardon: therefore, i It. Is that Christianity which meets i the man with an answer to nil his ! q testlons about God. nnd with for- g -eness for his sin nnd pardon for hla wrongdoing, and reconciliation to God satisfies his Inmost being. Christianity, then, la the perma nent answer to a permanent need, that Is thn Saviour' estimate of It. b,t (-ire asks. If thnt Is the case, why Is It not universally accented? Jesus Klmself tella us, because It makes Its appeal to t le heart, nnd riot the Intel lect; which mentis that it anpeals to the whole personality of our sane, calm and serene mnnhod. and not to the Intellect of the emotions nlone. Jesns offered His gospel to the .Scribes and Pharisees, and it was re jected; the "wise and prudent" wore offended by it. "Ho found His dis ciples among men who bad neither been tempted by wealth nor corrupt ed by poverty, men who eould pray "Give us this day our dally bread" with earnestness because their dally bread depended upon their dally toil; .men of no great learning, but practi cal, commonsense, hard-headed men of the world, and let us remember Jesus gives thanks that It is so. He does not accept it ns one of the condi tions of His work nnd make excuses for it, but says that It Is the "strength nnd power of His message that !t mnkes Its appeal to the average man with his nverage Intelligence, and average human wants," nnd not pri marily to the scholars of the day. Let us never forget that great fact, which Is fundamental to the success of Christianity, that It Is n message and not an argument, and if a man shall ask. How do I know the mes sage to be from God? the answer is, the message contains the proof of Its own truth. It proves Itself to be true when It has satisfied my need. The father gives bread to the child and says take and eat. Tho child may question the value of the food, and yet he has faith enough to eat. and after he has eaten there is no room for argument, for his hunger is satis fled. The Father in heaven has done the snme thing. He has seen the hun ger of the world nnd He has said. Take and eat. If the child has faith enough to accept the bread of the world, there is afterward no room for argument, for his hunger is satisfied, and a new vigor and power brtve come Into his life. It Is only the "wise and prudent" who refrain from eating the bread of life which Ciirist offers, nnd because of their refusnl r.re still wondering over the e-eat ' problems of sin and sorrow and death; i and are not satislied because they get ' o answer. ' j The Sunday a School IXTmvTin, l.i:sn COM MENTS FOK AVOrsT 7. Fx plu nation of Life's .Mysteries. Few places are more rough, more tacking, 'i evjry elemeut of beauty, than a stono quarry. 1 began my minlBtry among the quarries of Cane nu, which have since been multiply. Ing over its granite surface. Were I to tako ihe owners of some of the newer quarries, and walk with them over the familiar places, I could say to them: "I remember when 1 used to walk here among stately trees, or sit under tho shadow of a great rock and feast on tho surrounding heau ties; but now you have blasted the rocks, you have cut down the trees, you huve littered the fields with broken fragments. What does It all mean?" Then they could take me to some noble buildings in various cities and say: "Do you see those stately buildings, beautiful cornices, grace ful niches, lofty columns? Well, there Is the meaning of the quarry." So It is that Heaven explains the meaning of many of the mysteries ot our tarthly experience. The cares, burdens, sorrows, Joys, works, trials, are all instruments for fitting us for our heavenly home. Peloubet. - All Things Are Ours. It Is a shame, I say, to Bee them that cannot husband that happy estate which they have. They live as if they had it not no full of want, so full of care and pride, so weak and unable to master their sins; whereas the fault ia not in the power of faith, nor In the promise, nor in the Lord; for thn Lord doth not grudge His people ot comfort, but would have them live cheerfully and have strong consola tions and mighty assurance of God's Iov. Thomas Hooker, lbe latest measurements of the temperature of the earth's Interior have been communicated to the Ger nitn Geological Society. They were taken iu a borehole near Ciuchow In Vppr Silesia and Is the deepest holjj in th world. It was sunk under the direct control of the Prussian State authorities and at first was intended to reach to a depth of 2500 metres, or somewhat over one and a half miles. The difficult lei increased as greater depths were attalr.ed and at 7458 feet below the surface work had to be stopped, still about U00 feet short ot the goal. The hole Is about a foot and a half in circumference and it has been found that the temperature increases with fair regularity one de gree Fahrenheit for every fifty-four feet. Incursions of water frequently Interfered with the accuracy of the treasurements, but at 7400 feet, the greatest depth ever reached, the tex perature has bean found to au'.ount t i 182 degrret Fahrenheit. At all . V. - J t Jt O . ivf mi iiio uneu iiuui iiuuv iivr baps equals the raisin to food value .j.i uu caw ui uigeiiiuju. Subject! Jesii on the Way to Jerusa lem, Matt. 10:1, 2, 13-20 Commit Verses 13-1,1. COLDFN TF.XT. ".Tesrrasid. Suf fer little children nnd forbid them not, to come unto Me; for of such is the kingdom ot heaven." Matt. 19: 14. TIMK. March. A. D. 30. rUCF. l'erea. KXrosiTION. I. Jesus and Hie Little Children, 1-l.V Jesus still mnlntpined His pomilnrlty with the multitude (v. 2. Themothers longed to have their children share In the blessing. The dlnclples. like many modern disciples, thought the chil dren were beneath the notice of Jesu1: nnd rebuked the mothers ns they brought them. But while the disci ples were disnlpased with the mothers Jesus was displeased with the disci ples (Mark 10:14), None are dearer to Him than the children, and Me wishes even the little children ("babes," Luke 18:1R,R. V.) brought o Him. A child In lis teachnblenesa and humility Is Just fit to hear snd re ceive the truth of the kingdom, and we must become In this respect as l!t tle children if we nre to enter the kingdom of heaven (ch. 18:3). Jesus tnolr the children up In His arms (Mark 10:16). Can we doubt Pint a real blessing came even to their In fant hearts In response to the to'ieh of Jesus? How God can work In the heart of n child we do not know, but that He does thus work this pusgage Droves. II. IVmsesslnif Mnnv Tlilntt. Yet N'ot Satisfied, 1C-20. The young man who came to Jesns had great neeses Ions (v. 22). position (Luke 1:1R), culture, exemplary morality (v. 20), a noteworthy amiability (Mark 10: 21), Intense earnestness (Mark 10: 17), undoubted sincerity (Mark 10: 17-211, great moral couraie (Merit 10:li), recognized piety (Luke IS: IS), noble aspiration (v. 16). benev olence. Yet nil these things together did not save him. They will not save any one. HU question fmnlied that eternal life Is obtained by somoth ;ni! we "do " No man ever obtained life by doing (Gal. 2:16). It must e re ceived as a gift (Rr. 0:23). Jesns. by His reply. "Wh- cnllem tou Mo rood" (see Mark 10:18. R. V.). did not mean to lmnly thnt He w;s not rood (Jno. 8:40; 14:30; 8:23). but He enw thnt the young man had no deep sense of the full force of his own words. To rav He w:.s good was to sav He was God, for no man Is g-od (Mark 10:18). hut that He was God the young man did not s-?e. He was iuperflcial, and Jesus sought to brtnq him to n recognition of his superfi cially. Jesus pent the young man to the law berauSe ho sought life by do ing. The law is th.j thin-; to "do" If a man Is to get life by doing, but no ran has ever done If. so the ).w serves to shut a rr.n's mouth (Ro. 3:19. 20). What this young man needed was to have his mouth sto-jped and his pride laid In the dust. Jems always sends the pelf-confident to the Inw. Those who know that thev pre sinners He sends to the gospel (1 TI. 1:1',). III. Linking One Tiling, nnd Therefore Lost, l0, 22. "Jesus look ing upon him loved him:' (Mark 10: 21, R. V ). but Jesns was not pleated with him (cf. Ro. S:8). There was, however, a wlnsomeness In his sincer ity, eagerness, earnestness and hon est, though futile, attempt to keen the law. But Jesus' love for him did net keep Him back from dealing very plainly with him, though that plain dealing cnused the young man to turn his back upon Him. It does not seem to the average mind a very serious thing to lack only one thing (Mk. 10: 21). But this lesson teaches us thnt to lack one thing may be fatal. Tho one thing he lacked was a supreme love for Jesus Christ. He was wlllin? to do much at Jesus' bidding (v. 16), but not anything and everything. There was one thing that he loved more than Jesus, and that he was not willing to give up at Jesus' bidding. Jesus' purpose In bidding him to sell what he had and to give to the poor was to bring him to see this. Money was his Idol, so Jesus put Hip finger upon that. But the spirit of Jesus' rommand holds for all His disciples Luko 14:33). Jesus usually calls upon those who would come after Him to give up something. Love to Him makes It easy to give up any thing for Him (2 Cor. 5:14. 13). Jesus told the young man that If he obeyed he would havo "treasure in heaven." That is Infinitely the best place to have treasure (Matt. 6:19, 20). He was not merely to sell all, but further, "come and follow Me." The selling all was simply prepara tory to this ( 1 Cor. 13:3). "He went away sorrowful," it wash't so much he that had "great possessions," the "great possessions" had him. By turning away from Jesus rather than give up his earthly treasures, he lost eternal treasures and lost his soul. IV. The Dungei'Kof Wealth, 2:5. 2a. Jesus took occasion from tills incident to point out the perils of riches (cf. Prov. 30:8. 9; Matt. 13:22; 1 TI. 6:9. 10). "It Is hard," He said, "for a rich man to enter Into the kingdom of henvon." The world Is full of illus trations of the truth of Jesus' state ment. Wealth and piety seldom go hand In hand. Many a niau has lost his spirituality aa he has Increased In' wealth. There are few rich nieu saved (1 Cor. 1:26; Jas. 2:5, (S). Jesus' "disciples were astonished at His words" (cf. Mark 10:24). Jesus used a strong figure to illustrate the Impossibility of a rich man being saved. Men have sought to tone the figure down, but tor that there Is no warrant. Josus tells them It Is pos sible for God to save a rich man (v. 26). Nothing but the special grace ot God ran save him. Jesus In meet ing the perplexity of His disciples ut tered a truth that has great comfort In it, "with God all things are possi ble" (cf. Gon. 18:14). The disciples In their amazement asked an Impor tant question. God has answered this question (Ro. 10:13). The dis ciples' thought was. If a rich man can't he saved there can't be much hope for anj body, "Gents" Made to Order. "Heraldry anl the Gent" every one with a sense of humor must be keen ly interested In. There has been so much nonsense written on this sub ject and with such a pretense ot learning that many people believe the College of Arms really can create a gentleman. The College, we fear, can manage nothing more than "gent," and tor that . they charge quite enough. Heraldry belongit to the antiquary. Modern coats In an cient style (prlx fixe) are the last remnants of days which belong only to LlaUtry. Saturday Review. 6ITHK WAR ON 1NTCMFERANCE SOLDIFRS FlfiHTINd THIS Cl'RSli, GREATLY CIIEKHKI). Why Smith Sold Out His Saloon. "I hear that Smith has just sold out his saloon,'.' said one of a couple of middle-nged men who sat sipping their beer and eating a bit of cheeBi? In nn American saloon. "Yes," responded the other, rather slowly. "What ts the reason? t thought he was Just coining money there." The other nibbled a crncker ab stractedly for a moment, and then said: "Smith, you know, lives on Mt. Washington, where he has an ex cellent wife, a nice home, and three as pretty children as ever played out doors. Smith is a pretty respectnble sort of citizen never drinks or gam. bles. and thinks the world of his family. When he went home one afternoon and found his wife out shopping, he went through the house into the back yard, and there tinder an apple tree were his three boys playing. They bad a bench and some bottles and tumblers, and were play ing 'keep saloon.' lie noticed that they were drinking something out ot a pall, and that they ncted tipsv. The youngest, who was behind the bar. had a towel tied around his waist, and was Betting the drinks up pretty freely. "Smith walked over nnd looked in the pail. It was beer, and two of the boys were so drunk that they stag gered. A neighbor's boy. two 5 ears older, lay asleep behind the tree. " 'Boys, you must not drink that!' he said, as he lifted the six-year-old from behind the bench. " 'We's playin' s'loon, pap; nn' 1 was sellin' it Just like you,' said the little fellow. "Smith poured out the beer, carried the drunken boy home, and then took his own boys In and put them to bed. When his wife came bnck she found him crying like a child. "He came down town that night and sold out his business, nnd says he 1 will not sell or drink another drop of j liquor. His wire told mine about it, and she broke down crying while she told it." This Is a true story, but the name was not Smith. Christian Scotsman. "if . JS J. nourtii It Didn't Pay. A well known novelist who was for years a moderate drinker writes his experiences In McClure's. He found In the end that it didn't pay. "It should be borne In mind," In says, "that I am not dealing with confirmed drunkenness, drinking that ' has become an organic necessity. In ebriety Is a disease as much as tuber culosis, and must be so considered and treated. 1 am dealing with the custom of drinking as if is practiced by the great majority of men who drink at all. And for that very rea son I think that testimony like mine should be suggestive and valuable. 1 have absolutely no prejudice against the custom, and yet, though I never abused It, socially speaking, and am still a worshiper of Dionysius (from afar), I do not hesitate to declare that moderate drinking does not pay. "1 have tried It. I know. No one can tell me anything about its Joys and satisfactions. I have also tried total abstinence. As a consequence, I feel better, sleep better, work bet ter, enjoy life better and have In creased ray usefulness ns a citizen." . fibrhcredhrrt)c 1 yyia "THOU ART REDEEMED," Raging the conflict Death loomed ahead; Weakened by battle fainting through dread; Gasping for mercy gasping for life; Sterner the conflict more awful the strife. Ebbing the life-blood forsaken I seemed Spake the Eternal, "Thou Art Redeemed." Faith took my place in the struggle with Death; Hope tilled my soul with the life-giving breath; Love healed the wounds, and my agony fled ; Peace filled tny life now redeerfied fooro the dead. Faith fighting for me victory waa sure; Hope dwelling in me life became pure. Xow when the Tempter hurls doubt at my aoul, "Thou Art Redeemed," and eternitien roll Out from the Lamb on the blood-sprinkled throne. Demons of Hell have fled doubt have all gone; pen of (iod only tliene poor lipa ahull praise, Adoring the Lamb of the Ancient of Duys, S. K. I'liMun, Moody Hible Institute'. Waiting For the Vision. 11. Isabel Graham has written a beautiful story In the form of a le gend of a monk who knelt continually In his cell and prayed to be fashioned into the likeness of the cross. He had made a vow that none should see his face until he had looked upon the face of Christ. 80 his devotions were unbroken. The birds sang by his cell window and the children played without, but the monk heeded not either the' children or the birds in the absorption of his soul In its pas sion for the Christ, be was oblivious to all earthly things. One morning he seemed to hear a splrlt-voice say ing that his prayer to see the Blessed One should be answered that day. IU was very glad, and made special pre parations for the coming of the vis ion. There was a gentle knocking at lis door by and by. and the voice ot t child was heard pleading to be fed and taken In. Her feet were cold, het clothing was thin. But the monk was se Intent on the coming of th vision that he could not pause to min ister to any human needs. Evening drew on, the place became dreary, the tapers burned low. Why was the vision so long in appearing? Then with bitter grief he heard the answer that the vision had already come, had lingered at his door, and then, un welcomed, had sobbed and turned awuy. Jesus had come in the little child, cold and hungry, had knocked, and called, and waited, and grieved, had gone. The monk had been ex pecting some shining splendor, like the burning buBh, or the transfigur ation. The vision had come as a lit tle child in need, seeking help, and he had not recognized it, and re fused to receive it. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES AUGUST 8EVENTH "Catch My Pul." The London correspondent of the New York Sun relates the following interesting incident: One day last July a Presbyterian clergyman in the city of Armagh, per suaded twelve hard drinkers to sign the pledge. Before parting with them he said : "Now, perhaps, each of you could bring a pal to my house to-morrow, and induce him to sign." "I think I can catch my pal," said one ot the men, and that was the ori gin of tho "Catch My Pal" movement now sweeping over the north of Ire land. Scarcely a town or village In l'l3tei Is without an enthusiastic baud ot members, each of whom wears nn enameled brass button bearing the words, "Protestant Catch My Pal Union." The saloons In many of the provincial manufacturing towns have lost fully fifty per cent, of their trade Of tha 3000 Inhabitants of Cooks town. County Tyrone, over 700 men Joined the un'on In November and December, and the percentage It equally great In other towns. Docs It Prohibit? Prohibition prohibited $79.0."9,. 743.60 worth! This la the official statement of the United States Gov ernment for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1909. the comparison being with the previous year. The drop in the production of whlhky was 4, 828.268 gallons, being more than three per cent, of the previous year's production. The decrease in the beer Item was 2,444.183 gallons, four per rent, of the production. Uncle Sam lost nearly eight million In taxes, but the people are ahead by nearly eighty million dollars that did net po for beer and whisky. Cen tral Christian Advocate. A Place to Play. "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord us God out of the fish's belly." Pe culiar prayer-room this, but better It Is to have a strange sanctuary than no sanctuary. Mauy experiences had come to this wayward-hearted prophet during the preceding days, but prayer was not recorded In one of them. But now, within the great sea monster, in dark ness and in sore Btraits, his hard heart was broken, and he learned to pray. Thank God for the belly of the fish, the Bedford Jail, the shut-in village of Aberdeen, the lonely forest of America, where Jonah, Bunyan, Ruth erford and Bralnard bowed their heads and hearts submissively to God, and learned to pray, and kept at prayer. Brother, art thou a wilful, prayer less man? Thine only hope is that the God of Jonah will bring tbee low into the depthB, where thine own strength will flee away, and, shut In from the path of thine own choosing, thou wilt call upon thy God. Sister, are the waters now com passing thee around about; are the weeds wrapped about thy head; art thou saylngr "All Thy billows and Thy waves pass over me?" Ah, thou art In a good place If these experi ences of anguish will teach thee how to truly say, 'Thy will be done." Thank God, and let all the people solemnly say, Amen, as thou dost humbly and sincerely pray unto the Lord thy God out of the darkness ot thy tribulations. Gospel, Message. The Great Uiisiness Question. Mark Hopkins once put to his class our lord's question, "What is a man profited if he gan the whole world and lose his own soul?" In this way: "You would like to have the world, ns much of It at least as you want? Would you be willing to have the world, all of it that you want, and be deaf, or be deaf and dumb; or, worst of all, be deaf and dumb and blind? Perhaps you would, but I doubt It; for that Is the difference between be ing and having." A. T. Plerson. l4iboi- Not Fooled. The brewer says the saloon Is a friend of labor. The liquor dealer says the same. The saloonkeeper de clares It Is true. But Compers and Mitchell and Lennoti say the saloon Is labor's enemy. Labor will not be fooled. It hus faith in Us leaders and knows the liquor interests care only for the dollars it passes over the bar. Temperance Notes. Civilization will not be a success until the saloon Is but a memory of what men once endured. Colller'r Weekly. The city of Ycungsiown. O., which decided some months ago It had to have open saloons In order to help pay the running expenses nf the town, now finds Itself In financial straits. For the first time In the city's history there is not enough money In the po lice fund t) pay members of the de partment. If you are reading the dally news papers you can hardly think any the ology too strong for the needs of the time. Advance. One swallow does not make a sum mer, but a dozen or so In a black bottle are sufficient to produce a great change In temperature. The last convention of the German Social-Democratic party . at Leipslo adopted a resolution recommending to the members of the party a boycott on alcoholic liquors. One factor lead ing to this action Is said to be a fight against the distillers, but the nygtenlo effect ot such a ntpfure w'l a pettnt teasea. A Successful Life. A successful life is the right use of each day, each hour, each moment, learning Its lessons, seizing Its op portunities, utilizing its privileges, fighting its battles, garnering its wealth, and glorifying the God who gave It. If this Is done, there will be no need for regrets that we part com pany with each day forever. Better days are coming better, because we have made the paBt ones stepping stones to higher altitudes of wisdom and goodness. " A M illing Heart. Not rigid purpose, but pliant affec tion; not kingly command, but docile submission; not even any passion for far-off excellence, but a willing heart" for the duty that is near. The spirit of highest heroism before men stands as a little child before the face of God. Ih'Xiiining and End. Let our prayers, like the ancient sacrlfk'es, ascend morning and even ing. Let our days begin and end with Gud.-Chaunlng. Frenchmen hold that the finest rose tree grows in the Marine gar dens, at Toulon. It U a Bankala. which has been known to bear fifty thousand blooms at a time. It coven a nfteen-foot wall to a widtU ot Mine eighty feet. Topic Christ Our Friend John 15: 16 Consecration meeting. True friendship. Deut, 13: 0; Prov. 17: 17; 18: 24. Two friends. 1 8am. 18: 1 6; Prov. 27: 9, 19. The sinner's Friend. Luke 7: 31-43. A Friend in need. John 11: 1-3, 30 43. A sympathetic Friend. Heb. 2: 14 18; 4: 14-16. A Friend at court. Zech. 3: 1-7. Christ sets us a tremendous test ot commandment-keeping, -even tho measure of His own commandment keeping; but there goes with It a tre mendous Incentive, the promise for us of the Father's love for Him (v. 10). Life is the measure of love and friendship; but lire may be given up for a friend without dying (v. 13). Earthly friendship Is not measured by doing whatever a friend asks, for that might be a harm to our friend; but whatever Christ asks may always be done wisely (v. 14), Christ's proof of His friendship for us Is His giving us the very best He has, even the truth given Him by His Father (v. 15). Suggestions. "He that would, have friends must show himself friendly." Have we a right to call Christ our Friend while we are hostile to Him? Friendship Is the highest form of love. It is love exercised in the highest matters. Christ's friendship is not jealous of our human friendship; but the more friendly we are with one another, the more fully do we enter into the friendship of Christ. Fidelity Is taken for granted among friends. You are no friend to Christ If your fidelity needs bolstering up all the time. Illustrations. Friends and strangers can be silent in the company of other friends or, strangers, but mere acquaintances cannot be silent in one another's com pany without awkwardness. Which kind of silence Is yours In the pres ence of Christ? You want all your earthly friends to know one another. If Christ is your Friend, you will want all your earthly friends to know Him. A true earthly friend wants you to make full use of him; so does your heavenly Friend. EP1RTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, ANGU3T 7 tfOT STOOPINQ TO CONQUER. Very Stout, But Thrifty Old Gent (teeing halfpenny on the ground) "Well, I daresay I could get it, but U It worth the trouble?" M. A. P. Qod's Unfailing Love Hos. 11: 8, 9; John 13: 1. Its historic setting Is the best inter pretation of this Scripture. Israel un der Jeroboam II has reached the ze nith of her power. Notwithstanding an outward show of glory, religious de generacy is working an inward cor ruption. Woe unto the nation whose Inward piety does not keep pace with outward progress. Such girowth la advancement without improvement. Ho3ea, the prophet of the decline and fall of the northern kingdom, foresees the inevitable, destruction coming upon Israel as a result of Internal de cay. Wnat Amos cad. seen at a dis tance Hosea now beholds at close range, and in "broken sobs of com pressed feelings" for so his words and sentences have been characteriz ed he urges Israel to repent, giving assurance that on condition of euch repentance God would have mercy. The bap is of such hope and assurance he finds in God's former loving treat ment: "When Israel vyaB a child I loved him" (Hos. 11: 1). The slave boy of Egypt God loved, carried In his arms, taught him to walk, and led him forth from his bondage. The fig ure then changes from that of a lov ing father training his child to that of a compassionate teamster driving his oxen (Hos. 11: 4). Israel Is grown strong and U no longer a child. The Btrength acquired muBt be set to tasks and bow itself beneath burdens. In Eastern countries the yoke of the oxen is fixed on the head just beneath the horns, and so goes down over the jaws. The careful driver wilt see to easing the yoke where it chafes the Jaws. Thus God was to Israel a lov ing Father and a considerate Master, drawing them "with bands of love." But, alas! Israel sins, sins against such love and care. Then, like a sor rowing parent bemoaning the perver sity of a child upon whom much of care and affection and anxious thought have been lavished, God cries out: "How shall I give tbee up, Ephralm? . . . How shall 1 make thee as Odinah and Zebolm?" (Two cities near Sodom and Gomorrah de stroyed with the cities ot the Plain.) It Is the eleventh hour, and yet, though the nation be close upon the verge of doom, exhaustless love break forth with passionate pier ding from the heart of God, VI will not ex ecute the fierceness of mine anger. I will not destroy Ephralm, for I am Ood andi not man." Literary Tastes of the Poor. The "five best sellers" may Interest Fifth avenue, but on New York's East Side the English classics are the great attraction. In the first place, the East Side reads more than other sec tions do. There were more applica tions for the privilege ot taking out books from the circulation depart ments of the five East Bide branches of the New York Public Library last year than in any eight of the other thirty-eight branches. Not only does the East Side read, but It Is choice in what It reads. New, ephem-ral novels get little attention, but Dickens, Thackeray and Scott are worn thread bare In the tenement districts. Shakespeare and the Bible are prime favorites. Among juveniles, fairy ttorles lead here, as they do every where else, but the Bible ranks among the five most popular books in the children's department. Leslie's. Misplaced Rapture, To. show 8wedeuborg'a Ideas, the preacher drew a graphic aecount of tho supposed Swedeuborglan heaven, with beautiful fields, fine horses, cows, etc. In the midst ot his glow-' Ing description, one of the ulsters went Into raptures and shouted: "Glory, glory, glory!" . "Hold on there, sister'." said the preacher, "you're shouting nver the wrong heaven!" Success Magazine. WANTS liER LETTER PDBLISHED For Benefit of Women who suiter from Female Ills f ttmAatvilf a Hrlm, l T Itifferer from female troubles which t-uocu a-weakness atd .broken down condition of ths Bvsiem. x read so niuchofwhatLydis E. 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For 20 years she Las been helping ick women in this way, free of charge lion.. hesitate wrltoatoncu Sometimes a girl pretends to whis tle for the purpose of calling a young man's attention to the lovely pucker she can get on her Hps. rorCULDS and ORIP. Hick's Capcdiici I, thn bet rrmMr- Uie Cold and renturns normal ooniiltl.uu 1?, Uquld-etreeu Immedi.uily. lea. ij Literary Note. "Do you think that poets should never marry?" "I don't know about that. But the; should be very careful about compos ing love letters unless thoy Intend to." Yes, Indeed. Hostess (at party) Why. so silent, Miss De Mulr? You've scarcely suIq a word since you came. Youthful guest Really, Mrs. Lead er, I am having a very enjoyable time, but my father has told me 100 times never to say anything unless I have something to say, and I suppoHe Hostess But, my dear child, think what a stupid and tiresome thing So ciety would be If everybody followed that advice! The Dentist's Joke. At a recent dinner of the Author's club In London to Mr. Owen Seaman, the editor of Punch, Mr. Walter Emanuel, another member of the staff of Punch, referred to the fact that the man with the largest sense of humor he had ever struck was an Englishman a dentlBt. He went to him, aftor suf fering long with the toothache. He re fused to have gas, and the dentist pulled out a tooth, leaving blui writh ing in pain, and took the tooth to the window, where he laughed quite heart ily. He groaned, "What's tho joke?" "Wrong tooth," said the dentist. 1 There 8hould. I Fritz the gardener was a stolid Ger man who was rarely moved to ex traordinary language. Even the most provocative occasions only caused him to remark mildly on bis Ill-luck. Nol long ago he came back from the city in the late evening after a hard da) In the market place. He waa sleepy, and the train being crowded, the bag gageman gave him a chair hi bis roomy car. , Finally the (rain reached Bloom field. Fritz still slept as It pulled in and his friend had to shake bini and tell him where he was. "I tanks you." said Fritz, as he rose slowly to bis feet. Jhe open door of the car was directly In front of hint He walked straight out of It. The baggageman sprang to look aft er him. Fritz slowly picked birriaclf up from the sand by the sida of the track, looked up at the door, and said with no wrath In his voice: "There should here be some steps." St. Paul Dispatch. Hungry Little Folks find delightful satisfactior in a bowl of toothsome Post Toasties When the children want lunch, this wholesome nour ishing food is jllwayt ready to serve right frqm the package without cooking,, and saves many steps for mother. t Let the youngters hv9 Post Toasties--superb Bum mer food. The Memory Lingers'' 44 Postunt Cereal Co., Llmitad Battle Creek. Mich. 9
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers