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D., ct, 022 Venn Ave, Pittsburg, Pa sg Guilt Lead the Wills Pills wer Are You Sick? Send your name and PF. O. address to Tha R. B. Wills Madising Co, Hararetown, M4, 5 NHAMLINS LAr RoE BEGIN EE he Fhe. bl, ol BRR A al SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS Sunday Discourse by Dr. Chapman, the Noted Pastor-Evangelist. Why Men Do Not Attend Church — Some Reason Given dy Non-Ooers— The Value of Sympathy. New Yong Ciry.—~The Rev. Dr. J. Wil bur Chapman, the popular pastor-evangel- ist, who is now preaching to overflowin congregations in this city, has furnishec the following eloquent sermon to the press. It was preached from the text “And the man said, The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” Genesis 3: 12. This may be counted a strange text for a sermon with such a theme as this and vet we will all agree, 1 am sure, that all men are the sons of Adam in this respect az well as in others, for there is always a digposition to excuse self and place re sponsibility upon some one else for wrong doing and fariure. 1 have sent out letters through some personal friends asking those were non-attendants upon church to » me the reasons for their position, and I have been amazed to gee how many have found fault with the char and how very many with the ministry and how re markably few with themselves, 1 shall give you these ex as they have sent them to my and yet 1 doubt not but if men perfectly honest ould say that they were from God something in 18g heart which made Cues friends, were they Away the ol because of own rebuke to attendance we have to in unportant question More than half the untry do hurch goer and there are men in this land of ours who have no con nection with the church whatsoever A few of this company attend occasionally some of them are employed and cannot but the vast number have become indifferent. In New York City not more than three per cent. of the male populatic n the rote nt chur the majority are ctuglly mi lions of come, hes, 1% said $34 districts Vv seem i disease, Christless rich az well It is true that a crowd i nsidered get a crowd be said al has a pensatic it draws ) 18 NeCesss mspira nin a great Howe . 3 not the greatest serm have been spent an oes not ongd ua ns in hed th evening wiki one nrea no man h bet 1st needs go throug) at the pre ached on 1% generation as ever preached, and Nicodemus child of God. He m Samaria and stops ob because there had her life tr Ame 5 well cur ne I when stiered as then almost i hing: when go on ¥ text and began to acher i his own chur Christ the Charles led pre His name Yas i am per *Ua hat what 1 » to-day Ix ne “0 he that children are can rem i own bo I's days that no dren. however or right to God I he next generation unless the church hil had Va young stay away tremble when of of non the reforms One young man writes that has come to beleve no? to attend church upon the family life that t is That i= a reflection for the father of the house ought to so reflect Christ in hs home life that the children could easily say, “Of all the good men the world my father iz the best, and if church at tendance can produce such a character 1 shall never be absent.” Fourth-—-“1 do not attend church" says another, “because | am too tired.” and in many respects this is the most reasonable excuse presented. 1 helieve the time is coming when the business life of our large cities must be adjusted 0 az to give those who toil more time on Saturday, thereby in day to worship God, and yet one of the busiest men in this country, with whom the Hon. John Wana who attends church every Sanday late at night, de to be associated. maker from early morning unti that it rests him. and that he be ging Monday alwaye refreshed. Rest is not idleness, but a change of ocenpation. Fifth—One man writes that he had rath- that 1» pure, unadulterated selfishness. A selfish man ix one who is out of proportion I have no right to consider simply my own comfort. I am a citizen and | am respon. sible for the morality of my city. | onght to be willing to do anything that make my own life betler or my brother's life better. Sisth—"1 do not attend chuarch because the sermons are too long.” said another, and yet he confesses that he has not been in church for years. 1 am well aware that the sermons used to be long. 1 have rat many a time through an hour sermon with my father, but as a mater of fact very few men preach long sermons to-day, and yet strange to say the very men who ob. ject to long sermons could eit through urs of a theatrical performance which wonld be crucifixion to some of us, Seventh—"1 am fed upon dry husks when 1 attend church,” writes another, and that is true in some places. There are so-called Christian churches where nen preach any: thing but the gospel. They are a disgrace to the profession and a dishonor to Christ. It ie, however, my privilege to know as many ministers as the most of men, and know Comparatively few in all thie great ho preach anything but the gospel of Christ, It is true, however, that the world feeds upon dry husks, Remem- ber the story of the prodigal. Eight-—"1 am net an good se the mem. bers of the church; why should I attend” But that is not at question that should be considered by the writer of this jetter. He may be as good as some mem- bers of the church, but is not it a little strange that men who take this position always pick out the weak members and line up beside them. Why nol take the strong characters of the church instead. The question is, “How does vour life com- pare with that of Christ?’ He is the deal. Ninth-—'"The reason why I am away from the church is because when | attend the sermon rebukes my manner of living.” Then I beseech You, in the name of Christ, change wvour life, and the man who writes this letter I send out a special plea that God may lead him speedily to Him- self, Tenth — “If 1 should writes another young man, to give up my evil companions, and I an not prepared now to do that! It i= an awful thing for any young man to say that his love of certain companions hinders his desire to be right with God, and the writer of this letter presents the strongest reason why he should turn quickly into straight and narrow way that feads to life. Eleventh the side of life ap peals so strongly to me that 1 find my gpiritual interest is bes {eadened writes a man who used to be smber the church, “and for this reasor attending.” It men live in a this, and I wonder men in their place o Stock Exchange that as they are. It 1s and sooner later leasly re to attend church,” “] should have CCU al Ning ol im not 4 : i8 easy to understand how vou.d when | wan great oily Kay amelimes Bed i b they an themselves hope These are th would be better cuses, for ex them ex ifierent irom An exen erfuge behind men hide: ne are entirely dif fe " 2 yng have ¢ 4 x 1 in remarks, | ' { } pure reason ferent A { above exe he are Uses It is said good for the = things that we and as pasts t 1 $ ieRnow edge tirst First—We ought cannot be driven may be attracted their io because 14 1s hible them won, and we ou rch the i tells AVErage « week with minent up Hn ind the chur The times ries did the gent) and he were i} oped forces, records the ticed a bunch of nd bad asked a sen guard them been reversed, and for » fier had been standing th those the neod of SOME Man wh hich has been given to turies and make thes and here are some preachers more particular about pro nunciation than about the lifting of a soul the kingdom of God, In we these are few number it be known at men have never been found in great numbers in church where the preacher lacks a holy holdness in the presentation »f the truth Men will not come to the church to hear theories or speculations; they want the truth, the whole truth and nothing bat the truth pulpit is the most pleasing to the pew Fifth--It is the Christlike spirit that draws. Education isa well, philanthropy i» not to be despised. culture is a thing, but the church that makes ite hold upon society is the church that feels need and makes its contribution to meet that need are then leads th LHe into are Fourth Let ANY St. Paul's, in London, chimed the mid. night hour there used to be a tall, thin gentleman with a lantern and one or two assistants going from arch to arch and roup to group, stooping down by this iY man and that ragged beggar, pick ing them up gently, feeding them and clothing them, but better than all, telling them of the Lord Jesus Christ. and #0 he spent his nights, robbing his sleep of its allotted time. Who is this man? He hae in his veins the bluesi blood of the Britieh rovalty., He is Earl of Shaftesbury, who Jeaves his palace at West End to dig with in the hith and squalor of these places of the Hilton viaduct. Finally the coster mongers said they would not receive help from Lord Shaftesbury, for he was too proud and his blood was too blue. and so the great man became one of them, with cart and donkey, and with his crest ome blazoned on the harness. and when they saw that they sad, “Lord Shaitesbury stands with us and he shall help ne” “When did vour reformation begin?’ a gentleman asked a Christian man who had been formerly a great criminal. “With my talk with the Earl, sir,” he replied. “What did the Earl say?” asked the gen- tleman., “It was not so much anything he said, but he took my hand in his and said, "Jack, you will a man vet! It wis the touch of his hand electrified by his soul of love,” and that will be a great day for the church when men sit in ils pews and pass out, and others say to thel “And what did the preacher say?’ an they reply ibly, “Well, I cannot tell what he said.” “And what was his text? wight be the question. and the answer “1 do not know his text.” Well, then, o what value was your attendance upon the church, and if the reply could be, “1 on know that while the minister preached determined to be a better man,” preachin of this sort would draw the un-churche ond win a multitude to Christ, PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Dispatches Boiled Down Quick Reading. Special for PENSIONS AND PATENTS GRANTED. Bank Robbers Lock Themselves Out Bridegroom Was Absent Boxer Acquitted of Manslaughter Burns Cause 8 Woman's Death Two Tragedies gt a Railroad Bridge Young Swimmer Shet. Oy : thieves gained arganizea president and A. E Henry Meier, elected principal to van, who was recently superintendent Fhe Tulpehocken German Reformed Church, near Lebanon, paid to Ihllwy Wistar, a descendant of Caspar Wiagr = rod roses as rent {or the ground o The pe terms of Cas the in 143 which the church in accordance w par Wistar's demand at ground was given R. Smedley Hal, of Cheste been in Pittsburg fou \ in a delirium from typhoid fever, rie 16 kill his Miss Trella tana vinent ith the ne fp Over Aa Yoar, un * frase i chran his throat with a razor. eves entered the residence of Sad ney H. Pool, Ardmore. and plundered the place of all the silverware to the value of several hundred dollars, The burial casket and planing mill factory of M. H. Mackey & Sons, Aj toona, together with the contents, was destroyed by fire. Two adjoining «ta. bles were also burned. The loss is ant ooo; insurance, $10,000. The dead body of John Adam Strach. a Jackson Township farmer, was found in a fish dam on his father's farm. A hal let wound in the right temple mdicated that Strach stood in the water snd chor himself, COMMERCIAL REVIEW, General Trade Conditions. Per s He be prin St 0a Oo Poor A _- COWS, &y Loal. 00 heifers $2 t0ah 20 butlle, i a0. 80 ; Texas ted lexans, $418 SH.g%a7 40; 7.38a7.4715 : rough $ro0ay 30: hght, $587 20: bulk $2 0007.30. Sheep—sheep steady ; oc lower: good to choice 282000; Western sheen L.28:000; native lambs. chipped, $3.25 0: Western lambs $5.22%a7.00 ast Liberty Cattle steady ; $2 1%a7.50; prime, $6,752.00; good, $5.25 of 70. Hogs steady: prime heavy hogs, $~40a7.50: best mediums, $5.20; heavy Yorkers, $707.08; light do. $0047.08; pigs, S$O70a680: roughs, $500a680 Sheep lower. best wethers, $4835a5.00; culls and common, $2002.30: choice fenbs, $40.08; veal calves, $5.50ar.00 LABOR AND INDUSTRY There are 72008 mmers in Mexico, Michigan postal clerks have organized Barbers in Holland receive about $6 & week, Holland (Mich) will form a union. . Laundry workers Conn, will organize. Labor organizations at Bangor, Maine, will form a central anion. Memphis (Tenn) union carpenters are trying tO terest the non-union workmen ofighat city in a united Jabor movement. ? calves, $24 steers, $:o0al rass 40: nuxed and butchers i heavy 1? 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