THE SCEANTON TRIBUTE-SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1890.
11'
THE DIVINE LAW
OF SOCIAL PURITY
PLAIN TALK IttlOJrt AN EPISCO
- TAL PULPIT.
Text of a Fearless Sermon Recently j
Delivered by the Rector of the
Church of thd Oood Shepherd, Rev.
F. S. Dnllentlne, Upon the Mean
Inr of the Seventh Commandment.
Hy request fmcc Is tslvoti to the text
of an outspoken pennon recently deliv
ered by Hew I tf. Ualleiitinr-, rector of
the Church of the Oood Hheptipril, upon
the vice of unchnstlty. tin- text belniT
Kxotlus xx:14: "Thou plmlt not commit I
adultery." The hurtnon follows:
From time Itnuiciiinrlitl 1ms this been
known nt llin Seventh vumitiumlrnent.
It has more recently been called the I
law of social purity. j
Of all the specific laws of Hie tleci
lomicj this Is the one that Is least spe- i
clflcally preached upon and at the same I
time most frequently broken. Tench-1
crs of rcllcion by common anil most .
ominous consent have banished the
HUbjcct from the midst of their puldle
counsels and have left It to the Inslntl
ntlnK Inlluences of secular poets ami
novelists. Is It a wonder we hear of
men nttrlbutiiiE no smnll share of the
follies and vices of their youth to the
fact that they never heard a plain, out
spoken sermon on this Seventh com
mandment? But If the ministers of (loci's word
have acquiesced supinely to the gen
eral and KrowliiK dislike to deal with
such a subject the word of Ood Itself
Is not silent, nor speaks It out In an
uncertain sound.
Let us then llrst to the Word and to
God's testimony: 'Thou shalt not
commit adultery. For this Is a
heinous crime; yea, It Is an Iniquity to
1mj punished by the Judpes. For it Is a
lire that consumeth to destruction, and
Would root out all mine Increase.
Can n man take lire Into his bosom and
his clothes not be burnt? Can one ro
unon hot coals, and his feet not be
burned? So he that eoeth In to his
neighbor's wife: whoever toucheth her
shall not be Innocent. Whoso
commltteth adultery with n woman
lacketh understanding: he thut douth
It destroyeth his own soul. "
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall
not Inherit the Kingdom of Llod? lie
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
ndulterers, nor effeminates, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind shall In
herit the Kingdom of Ood.
atnrrlago is honorable In all. and the
bed undeflled: but whoremongers and
ndulterers Ood ill Judge. Hut
fornication, and nil uneleanness, let it
not be named among you as beeometh
saints, neither lllthlness. nor foolish
talking, nor Jesting which are not con
venient: but rather giving thanks. For
this ye know, that no whoremonger,
nor unclean person hath any Inherit
ance in the Kingdom of Christ and of
Hod. Let no man deceive you with vain
words: for because of these things
cometh the wrath of Ood upon the chil
dren of disobedience. He not ye there
fore partake! s with them."
"Thou shalt not commit adultery."
COMMANDMKNT'.S fiCOl'K.
We come buck to the original com
mandment. You will notice that It Is
not: Thou shalt not commit fornica
tion. It is not: Thou shalt not be un
clean. Xor Is It even: Thou Minll not
commit Incest.
I call your attention to these distinc
tions, not to Intimate that they form
no part of this Seventh commandment,
but to emphasize their real relation to
it. This commandment includes each
and all of them, but no one of them,
nor nil of them together luive such im
portance In the eye of lod's great law
as this fundamental and all Inclusive
principle of divine law. -Thou shalt
not commit adultery." mwuw: Thou
shalt not be guilty of the heinous sin
of incest. It means: Thou shalt not
commit fornication. It meaiw: Thou
shalt not be guilty of any kind of sex
ual uncleanness whatsoever. And It
means each of these, because It Is the
sin out of which nil these others Mow.
It means let the home become vitiated
by the Inlldelitv of lather or mother
ami there Is no end to the possibilities
of sin and Iniquity that will necessarily
follow. For the honii is before the
Church. The home is liefoie the State.
The home Is In-fore any other moral or
spiritual or social condition whati-o-ever.
What I wish to emphasize first of all,
thun, and to emphasize as forcibly as
possible, Is tin fundamental fact that
this great commandment, "Thou shult
not commit adultery," Is a law bearing
primarily upon husband and wife and
was meant to guard the sanctity of
home life and to uphold Its most sacred
rigms. in inner words, single men and
single women can commit greater
abominations of uncleanness ami i-an i
involve themselves in most woeful j
nuniness 01 tno iiesh. They can bring
upon themselves all the horrors of
splt'tual and physical disease and
death, which science as well as religion
shows are necessary concomitants of
fornication, but It Is the married man
nnd the married woman alone who are
capable of that greatest of all such
abominations', adultery.
Such. then. Is that most heinous
BEARDED
WOMEN.
Designing men. through alluring and cun
ningly worded advertisements, constantly
endeavor to work upon the feelings of sick
and ailing women by inviting them "towrite
to a woman (! and secure a woman's sym
pathy." It is well to remember that the
beet sympathy is to be had at home and not
from strangers, perhaps hundreds of miles
distant. The object of the sick is to get well,
and however precious sympathy may be, it
never yet cuted a seriously afflicted woman
While th sympathy of your milliner or
dressmaker might be appreciated and be
just as beneficial, if not more so, than sym
pathy from a stranger, yet it can not effect
your cure if you are an ailing woman.
It is loudly proclaimed through the press
that "a woman can best understand a
won- 8 ailments," and on this ground sick
w Jn are invited to "write to a woman "
get the benefit of a woman's advice,
ynesortof "understanding of her ailments"
Wanted by a sick woman is n trained medi
cal understanding. If a woman has this
trained medical knowledge she understands
woman's ailments not as a woman, but as a
physician If she is not a doctor she cannot
understand the ailments at all, and cannot
treat them successfully, because she lacks
the necessary training.
As far as known, there is no regularly
qualified woman physician connected with
any proprietary medicine especially de
signed for women no one, therefore quali.
fied by learning and experience, to advise
on questions of disease und its cure.
It is certain that there is no one, man or
woman, connected with any "put-up"
medicine for women, excepting only lit.
Pierce Favorite Prescription, who, like
r. Pierce, is a regular graduated and quali
tied physician, and who has, like him, de
voted more than thirty vears to the special
ctudy and treatment of diseases of women.
For more than thirty years Dr. K. V.
Tierce, a regularly graduated doctor, has
been chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo. N. Y On his htalT are nearly a
score of regularly graduated, experienced,
.killed physicians, each of whom is a spec
ialist in his chosen class of diseases. liv
ery Utter addressed to Dr. Pierce as above,
has prompt, conscientious attention, is re
garded as sacredly confidential aud is an
wered in a plain envelope so your private
Mix are kept safe from prying eyes.
crime, adultery. Huch Is the fountain
head of physical nnd oplrltunl corrup
tion which hns swept nation after na
tion out of existence. That Is It which
brought fire and brimstone from
heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah.
That Is It which Insidiously sucked the
vitals out of that glorious Roman state
and brought Its proud nnd mighty
dominion to the ground. That Is It
which hns been the most Insidious foe
to the power nnd dominion of the
Church of the spotless Lamb of Ood
and has kept her still struggling: along
In the battle of life.
Where there Is no sacredness around
the home, family virtues disappear, the
seeds of sure decay spring up, children
are corrupt from their birth. Of course,
they follow In the footsteps of their In
constant parents. They cannot welt do
otherwise. They sin before marriage
and they Unci It very ensy to break this
commandment nfter marriage. And
then comes the natural sequel, the cll
vorco court and n legal separation. Is
It a wonder wo hear so much of tho
question of marriage and divorce In
these days? No, there Is no wonder
about It, when wo really look the ques
tion fairly and squarely In the face.
We are, In this respect, reaping noth
ing else but tho same kind of fruit ns
all the nation that have gone before
us. The only question open for us on
the subject now Is: Are we going to
be content to go tho way of nil such
nations of the enrth nnd end In titter
destruction nnd oblivion by the wny of
such nolsesoine corruption, or shall we
arise yet In the Indomitable strength
of a divine and virile manhood and the
purity and power of a most sacred
womanhood to the possibilities of our
calling In Christ Jesus und rid our
selves of this terrible social fungus
that Is now eating the vitals out of our
very life's core? May our Father In
Heaven hasten the day of our deliver
ance. PENNSYLVANIA PIONEERS.
Some Idea of Their Privations and
Many Anxieties.
From "Tho Sloiy of the Pioneers," Pub
lished by the National Hook Company,
Cincinnati.
When the third year after Brad
dock's defeat rolled round, the bound
less brutalities of the Indians, Instead
of being checked, were more constant,
inoio widespread, and more terrible
than ever before.
What at the beginning of tho war had
been the- interior. In which danger was
never apprehended, became In turn tho
frontier. The territory now forming
many counties, which, In 1753, was tol
erably settled, became a howling wil
derness, and was abandoned to sav
ages and wild beasts. The bold Invad
ers pushed farther and farther to the
east. One day Philadelphia learned
that n band of warriors had sacked nnl
pillaged the country and massacred the
inhabitants, only thirty miles away.
The Instances we have given are only
a few drops from a mighty Hood, only
a few dead coals raked from the embers
of a tremendous conflagration. There
Is enough of Insecurity, of trunsitorl
ness in life at best. The universal
tiagedy goes on around us peipetually.
Kuch of us comes to take his turn In
the lust sad act of the dreadful drama.
Yet to all this, for the pioneers of
'Pennsylvania were added the horrors
of border warfare. As the family hud
dled around the fireplace at evening,
they felt that each rattle of the shutter
In the wintry blast might be the woik
or a savage hand. The rustling leaves
of the forest might only conceal the
stealthy approach of moccaslned feet.
Fach trip to the well after nightfall
for a bucket of water was like a sally
from a beleaguered fort. Every shadow
might hide a dusky form. Behind every
tree might lurk a murderous enemy.
The bark of the dogs, or the queruloim
i-ackllngs of the sleepy hens, might be
the warning of the approach of an In
dian war party. l,lfi- had no security.
The regularity of toll, the pursuit of
ambitions, the routine of the family,
the quiet succession of tasks In the re
spective seasons all this was broken
Into and lnteriiipted.
Hut why not fly? vi,v wait until the
cilmsoned tomahawk was uilsed in nlr,
and the little cabin crackled In tho
flames? It Is easy to answer. To fly
was to lose home and all means of sub
sistence, and become homeless refugees,
Murving wanderers, pensioners on a
old and relii.tniit charity. Added to
the real dangers of the situation were
tne fantastic horrors of the Imagina
tion. In such a community wild ru
mors filled every breeze. Hardly a day
passed that some messenger of alarm
did not dash past the cabin on flying
steed. A hundred times a year the set
tlers took refuge In the forts from
Imaginary enemies.
In such sorrows did the rivalries of
France and England Involve the Inno
cent settlers of distant Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia. In ifihs way
did the arts of the Fr nchman turn the
rage of the Indian against the English
In favor of himself. Yet It was useless.
England, defeated and humiliated on
every battlefield, whether In Europo
or America, called to her help a single
man, un Invalid, without fortune,
family or party. That man was Will
iam Pitt, with the voice of an arch
angel he roused the states of Protest
antism to wage a war tor mastery
against the despotic monarchy and the
institutions of the Middle Ages, and to
secure to humanity Its futurity of
freedom. The mighty alliance which
he created humbled the haughty mon
arch of the French and changed the
destinies ot munklnd.
In 17.1S three great military expedi
tions were fitted out by the English In
America. One oi these achieved tho
conquest of Loulsburg; another that of
Fort Frontenac. A third was dis
patched, under General Forbes, to at
tack Fort du Quesne. and If possible,
drive the savages from the country. It
was successful. The fort at the Junc
tion of the Allegheny and Jlononga
helu rivers once mole passed Into the
hands of the English. With unani
mous voice the new fort, rising on tho
ruins of the old was named Fort Pitt,
In honor of the great statesman, whose
genius was overwhelming the enemies
of England. "Pittsburg," says Pan
'rnft. "Is the most enduring trophy of
the glory of William Pitt, hong as the
Monongaheln nnd tho Allegheny shall
flow to form the Ohio, long as the Eng
lish tongue shall be the language of
freedom In tho boundless valley which
their waters traverse, his namo shall
stand Inscribed on the Gateway of the
West."
EXPLANATION OF SIRDAR."
Interesting Items Concerning tho
Egyptian Title Borne by Kitch
ener. From tho thlcago Tlmes-Hcrnld.
In the flood of news which came Ir
dally over tho wire recently about
Fnshoda thero was a constant refer
ence, nn Iteration nnd reiteration of
one word which, whllo persons who
read might surmise it referred prob
ably to a title, yet had no positive proof
of exactly what it meant. That ono
word was Invariably prefixed to Sir.
Herbert Kitchener's name the sirdar.
Now, what meant this word slrdarT
THE ANOINTING IN BETHANY.
JOHN XII: 1-1 1
BY
Secretary of
CONTEXT. After the raising of Luza
rus Jchuh mudo a brief circuit In Ephralm
and In the borders of Samaria. The i.yn
optic Gospels record the following events
of that Journey, which John fulls to men
tion tho healing of thu lepers, tho para
ble of tho unjust Judge, tho parable of
tho Pharisee and tho publicum the ques
tion of divorce raised by the rubbls, the
blessing of tho llttlo children, tho rich
young ruler, tho parablo of the laborers
In tho vlneyurd, tho request of James
and John for places of honor, the heal
ing of blind Hurtlmcus, the visit to tho
house of Zaccheus, tho parnblo of the
pounds. Uy these deeds und teachings
Jesus was preparing those who accom
panied Jllm for the approaching tragedy
that would close Ills earthly career. At
length Ho retraced Ills steps and moved
toward Jerusalem, followed by the llttlo
band of apostles and by some of the pco
plo who clung to JIlii, partly through
curiosity und partly through gratitude.
VISIT. Directly In tho pathway of
Jesus was tho little village of Hethnny,
on tho eastern slope of the Mount of
Olives, ncur tho point where tho road to
Jericho begins to descend more prccl
tutely to tho Jordan vultey. Jinny trees
give tho place an air of seclusion and
lepose. Hero Jesus halted six days be
fore His last Passover (verse 1), that Is
on Friday. Ho canio to rest In the beau
tiful homo of Mury, Martha and Lazarus
whom Ho loved (John Ml, 3), with whom
previously Ho had held sweet converse.
In that quiet retreat In the midst of tiled
friends Ho would find comfort as u prep
aration for the ordeal through which He
must shortly puss. Tho historian hns
drawn a veil over the hours of the holy
Babbath that were thus devoted to those
delightful communings which they only
know who have been brought Into tho
fellowship of complacent love and of ad
miring gratitude. We are left to conjec
turo what transpired.
8EUVICE.-Of this visit at Bethany a
single Incident Is mentioned a suppar
made for Jesus at the house of Simon, the
leper (Matt, xxvl, 0). There have been
many conjectures concerning the host,
most scholars (see Ewald) believing taht
ho was tho father of Lazarus, and that
Jesus had cured him of tho leprosy. He
that ns It may the feast was chiefly mem
orable because of a woman's deed of love.
While Lazarus sat at the table, and Mar
tha served (verse 2), true to her habit of
busy usefulness (Luke s, 40), Mary sat
and gazed nnl yet more deeply worshipped
the Lord who hud restored her brother
to life (John xl. 41). Impelled to some
outward sign of her gratitude, she rose,
brought a costly vaso of Indian spike
nard, broke, the alabaster, and poured
the precious contents over His feet (verso
3) and Ills head (Mark xiv, 3). And then,
"unconscious of any presence have Ills,
she wiped those feet with tho long tresses
of her hair, while tho atmosphere of tho
house was filled with tho delicious frag
rance." It was an act ot devoted self
sacrlllce, of exquisite self-abandonment.
ritlTIOISM. Did any one etr do a
generous act that was not condemned
by some one? Humautcy appears to be
A quarter of a century ago, or there
abouts, nt the time when Great TJritaln,
by right of might, and not for any oth
er reason, occupied Egypt and took tho
sultan's khedlvo under Its tutelate. one
of Its llrst ucts was to leorganlze the
Egyptian army. British oiliccrs were
sent to Egypt, and placed at the head
of native troops. These officer? drilled
the troops, taught them the manual of
arms and gradually Instilled In them
thut s-'aiiie esprit de corps and enthusi
asm which makes the British army it-r-elt
such a compact and l'oimidablo
body. The native troops wete allowed
to retain their colors, their flags and
insignia and all the paraphernalia of
war distinctively the ntttlbute of an
uuconquered people. British statesmen
went further. They even allowed the
same military titles to remain. It was
u ta-tful thing to do. Britain lost
nothing thereby, and the Egyptian
warriors retained all that was pentl
inentally sacred to them.
Thus, therefore, the very ancient
words Mrt'.ar. bimbashl, jougoul. etc.,
remained In the army. The sirdar of
the Egyptian army is the general in
chief. The bimbashl is a major, tin
Jougoul a "aptaln. Sirdar, lltcrallv It
means otllcer. Is as old an expression
almost ns the country of the Pharaohs
itself. In Arablr the word means "head
man " There needs be little stretch of
the Imagination to see how the term
came to be given to th" commandant of
the Egyptian forces.
Hlr Herbert Kitchener Is the second
sirdar of Egypt, the first to bear that
name being Major Oeneral Sir Francis
Wallace Orenfell. Sir Herbert Kltch
onr became sirdar In 197. U Is now
a generally known fuel that he was a
fellow student of the late prince Im
perial at Woolwich Military academy.
Born in isr,0, he was. so to gav, brought
up m u barracks. His t.ither. General
Horatio Kitchener, was a soldier, und
the future hero of Omdurman dreamed
of soldiering in curliest boyhood. Coun
ty Kerry. Irelnr.d, was his birthplace,
and on the clowns neat Orotta House,
his home when a hid, a line old man
sion on the road to Tralee. the battle
of Omdurman was really fought.
He thus possesses British tenacity
unci Irish pugnacity. And only forty
eight! What great eminence' may he
not then reach!
SVERDRUP'S PROGRAMME.
Details of the Work Ke Hopes to Do
in Peary's Field of Exploration.
From the Sun.
Captain Sverdrup, who with fifteen
comrades sailed on tho Fram from
Chrlstianla, Norway, on Juno 21 last
for explorations on the north coast of
Greenland, nrrived at Egedesmlnde,
Greenland, nfter a rough Journey
on July 28. Tho party reached
(Tpernlvlk, near the nortnern bound
ary ot the Dnnlsh domain, on Aug. 4,
and Is supposed to have sailed on the
following day for the far north. On tho
journey up the Greenland coast Sverd
rup purchased some dogs, making
about 100 sledge animals, including fif
teen that ho took from Norway. The
Geographical Journal for February
prints an official statement of Sverd
rup'B objects and equipment.. This
statement differs materially from
Sverdrup's earlier announcements as
to his purposes, and shows that his
mission la In largo part Identical with
that of Mr. Peary, whose plans were
made public months before It wan
known thnt Hverdrup intended to oc
cupy the same field of exploration.
Sverdrup's Intention was to force his
way through Smith Sound und Robe
son Channel as far north ulonu the
coast of Greenland us possible, and
then to uso his ship ns headquarters
for sledgo expeditions. These sledge
parties will bo sent out to explore and
J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D.,
American Society of Religious Education.
divided Into two great classes those who
go forward and do something, and those
who come after und llnd fault. On this
occuslon tho loving woman was censured
by a .rlflsh man Mary, the hostess, by
Judas Iscurlot, tho guest. How seldom
does tho mind cf man place Just esti
mate upon tho heart of woman. The
question of Judas (verso ft) was a left
handed profession of charity. He would
Iihvo 'sold thu ointment and given tho
proceeds to the poor. Itegard for tho tin
fortunato was In those days esteemed n
mark of excellence, which most men wero
eager to exhibit before other (Matt, vl, I)
The pica of Judas, us he expected, gained
favor with other disciples, who took up
thu came argument and murmured
against Mary becnuso of her wasteful
ness (Matt, xxvl, S). On a commercial or
humanitarian basis these men were right
In their complaint. With li 1 1 dollais
bread could have been purchased for the
hungry und clothing for those who with
unclad.
MOTIVE. Tho question of Judus wus
n cloak to cover a sordid motive. People
rarely sin under tho full glnro ot self
consclousrcfs they usually blind thorn
selves with false pretexts. While plead
ing tho cause ot iltstlntcrcGtcd charity
Judas was dominated by tho spirit of
avarice (verse C). Ho was tho treasurer
of the apostolic band, leeching and dis
bursing the money. This fact had
strengthened his one besetting sin. "The
fnlluro to struggle with his temptations;
the disappointment of every expectation
which had drawn him to Jesus; tho In
tolerablo rebuke conveyed to his whole
being by dally communion with sinless
purity" all these things gradually pre
pared htm for this hour when he looked
on Mary's offering with covetous eyes,
feeling that ho had been cheated of that
which would still further minister to his
greed. Unfortunate man! He could not
appreciate tho act of love of his Master,
whom within a week he would betray
(verso i) for one-tenth the amount of
the ointment (Matt, xvll, 8).
APPKOVAL. Tho Mnster camo prompt
ly to the defenso of Mary, who had been
rudely condemned In her own house by
those who shared her hospitality. Jesus
regarded tho motives ot all concerned, as
well us tho significance and far-reaching
consequences of tho deed. With author
ity He said "Let her alone," a sharp re
buke, (verso 7) for their Interference.
Then came tho explanations. Mary had
"wrought a good work" (Matt, xxvl, 10).
It was tho outpouring of a heart full of
love, and there Is no condemnation proper
to those who love Jesus. Uesldes. the
anointing was prophetic, so Christ de
clared, a preliminary to His burial (Mark
xiv, 8). it performance beforehand of
what was usually dono after death (Mark
xiv, 1). As to tho poor they might at
any time receive alms (verso S), but Jesus
would soon bo gone and this was tho last
opportunity to show affection for Him.
Still further to commend the act of Ma 'y
and to encourage her, Jesus Informed tho
company that what sho had done would
be told In distant lands (Mark xiv. 0) to
hbr Immortal praise, bv successive gen
erations. map the- northern mainland coast line
and to attempt to connect Capo Wash
ington, the most northerly point known
on the west coast of Greenland, with
Independence Bay on the cast coast,
discovered by Peary, and, If possible,
with (.'ape Bismarck, further south on
the same coast. Other sledge parties
will leave the Fram to explore Ou
archipelago north of Greenland. Thus
far Sverdrup's programme Is Identical
with that which Peary had previously
announced. It Is In questionable taste
and most unusuaj for an explorer to
go to the field that another explorer In
tends to occupy and attempt to ca.ry
out tlier- the same work the other man
has previously planned to do.
Six of Sverdrup's crew aie men of
scientific education, and geology, bot
any and zoology are all represented by
specialists. Astronomical, magnetic and
other physical observations will bo
taken, and special attention will be
given to glacial phenomena and to the
study of the exact nature of the so
called palaeoerystlc Ice. whose origin,
! formation and drift are not yet under
stood. The party Is equipped for four
years, Sverdrup's plan to use his ship
as winter quarters for his men does
not accord with the Judgment of Arc
tic explorers generally who, since the
Kates expedition in 1S75 have regarded
It as far preferable, when an expedition
has a land base, to live In a house on
shore. The Fram's stores Include 170
bottles of brandy and a Inrge supply of
tobacco, which Is quite an Innovation
on modern Ideas of Arctic equipment,
the prevailing opinion being that crea
ture comforts of this sort are betterleft
at home. Nothing Is said in the state
ment of Sverdrup's plans about the im
portant mntter of dog food. Ills ar
rival at Smith Sound, If he got theie,
must have been considerably later than
that of Peary; and when the Ameilcun
started for the sound he had sixty wal
rus In the hold of the Windward on
which to feed his dogs. Sverdrup could
hardly stop at Littleton Island to hunt
walrus without Jeopardizing his chances
of entering the sound last season, for
at the time he was pushing north the
Hope, Peary's auxiliary vessel, was re
turning south and found lee already
forming In Melville Bay.
It remains to be seen whether Sver
drup's Norwegians, with the chances
of disaster Increased by their compara
tively large number, will be able to
equal the sledging feats In the coming
seas'on of tho American explorer, who
has been called by Sir Clements It.
Markhain "the greatest leo traveler In
the world."
READS A THOUSANDS MILES.
Calculation Is Not for the Persistent
Reader, but tho Man of AiTairs.
Tho average busy man who declares
that ho has "no time for reading" will
be Incredulous If he Is told that In
reading alone his eyes travel, during
his lifetime a distance of 1,000 miles,
which Is equivalent to making an "ocu
lar trip" from London to Naples, says
Tlt-Rlte.
A comparatively slow reader will
scan Du words a minute that is. he
reads about twico as fast as ho talks,
and ten tlmesns fast us he writes. At
this rato of progression, ullowln? for
diversity of type, a man may be nald to
read ninety-two yards of type In half
nn hour. As even tho busiest man
probably averages half an hour's read
ing a day, It Is clear that every year he
must cover a distance of nineteen miles
In reading, or the very respectable Jour
ney of 950 miles In (1ft y years.
This Is an exceedingly low avernge
and there are probably many men who
cover at least six tlmeu this distance;
a feat almost equul to traversing with
the eyes tho whole of Europe, from
Capo St. Vincent to the Ural moun
CURIOSITY. The words of Jesus
closed tho Incident, nnd the nnrrntlve of
tho sacred writer next deals with outward
conditions nnd surroundings. Owing to
tho simplicity of oriental life thero was
less seclusion lit tho home. People! were
not regarded rude If they camo uninvited
wherever tiny unsuul event might awak
en Interest. Hcnco tho Jews of Beth
any, possibly some from other places,
knowing that Jesus was a guest at Si
mon's house, gathered about nnd even
pressed Into tho court. They mny havo
Interrupted tho conversation Just de
scribed. They wero brought together
chiefly out of curiosity (verso 9). They
desired to sen Lazarus, who a short time
buforo had been called back from death.
They would satisfy themselves that h
did truly live, and they would witness
tho remarkable spectnelo of a former
dead man sitting tn tho prcsenco of tho
one to whom ho owed his life. Thero
was nothing reprehensible in this. Most
men In one day would be moved by n
similar spirit.
ENMITY. Many who thus came to bee
Lazarus and his Illustrious Benefactor,
convinced that the reported miracle hud
been wrought, believed on Jesus und
went away from tho houso declaring their
faith in Him (verse 11). It is impossible
to state tho nature of that faith. Prob
ably It amounted to llttlo more than an
Intellectual assent to His Messlahshlp,
with indefinite notions of that. liut this
expression of popular approval, whatever
It was, awakened tho Jealousy of tho
chief priests, who desired to retain for
themselves and for tho institutes of reli
gion whatever suppoit the peoplo might
give. But hero was a dilemma. Tho
living Lazarus was an unanswerable ar
gument for the divinity of Christ the
work attested tho worker (John xiv, 11),
Just as a saved man is a witness to tho
Saviour (Luko xxlv, 4S). The enmity of
tho priests, who long determined on tho
death of Jesus, was therefore directed
toward Lazarus, who was also named as
a victim (verse 10).
Conclusion Our lessen presents human
society In miniature. Study tho ele
ments: 1. Hero Is the woman of thought
ful care, who serves nt table, Martha, the
practical housekeeper. 2. Hero Is the
man, once dead, now sitting quietly nt
supper with friends. S. Here Is tho lov
ing Mary who honors her Master with
a precious gift. 4. Here is tho critic, who
professes a virtue to hide his selfishness.
C. Here are disciples who arc borne along
by tho specious cry ot a bad man, for
the moment drawn by his false pleading.
C. Hero are the Jews, doubting but seek
ing, coming to see. going away to report.
7. Here are the priests, with murder In
their hearts, beholding this scene of lov
ing service, of sweet communion, of
awakening fntth, conspiring against the
Innocent. 8. Hero Is He, who all through
Ills earthly life, endured tho contradic
tions of sinners CHeb. Ml, 3), who de
fends womanly lovo and sacrlllco against
man's deceitful accusation and base
greed, tho Lord Jesus, the lustre of whoso
character Increases bv contrast with
those about Him.
tains, and ngaln from North Cape to
Cape Matapan a combined journey of
n,900 miles, or nearly a quarter of the
way around the earth at the equator.
A statistician calculates that In read
Ing all Zola's works tho eyes travel a
distance of thirty miles, and that the
ordinary yellow-backed novel contains
from a mile to a mile and a half of
typo; while, according to his estimate,
me average reader covers a distance
during his lifetime of 2,500 miles, or
nearly six times the distance from
Land's End to Berwick-on-Tweed.
Compared with such wonderful feats
the Journeys even of the busiest pen
seem trivial and poor. Incredible as It
may appear, there are mimy people who
can use a pen with average skill and
I fluency whose writing during a life
time does not exceed ono or two miles.
A good average record for one who doen
not earn his living by his pen would be
ten miles for a life journey.
The professional writer naturally ac
complishes a much bigger task than
this. If he Is fairly industrious he may
produce for the press 300,000 words a
year, which would mean a lineal Jour
ney for his pen of three miles. If he
can maintain this rate of production for
forty working yearn his pen will have
accomplished a journey of 120 miles, or
a few miles more than the distance
from Charing Cross to Birmingham,
while his remuneration may be any
thing from 100 guineas a mile upward.
There are, of course, many writers
who. In a long and Industrious life, far
outstrip this record, but probably no
man who has ever lived and written
has driven his pen as fur a from Liz
ard Point to the Grampians.
Tho Under Side of Things.
Mabel (after the caller had gone) "Did
jou notice tho pained expression that
camo over Mr. Hiiiikiuson't- tace when he
shifted his chair?"
Maud "No; what was the matter?"
Mabel "I think ho found where I had
stuck my gum." Chicago Tribune.
POEM.
Read by Archibald Hopkins ut the dinner
given to General Wood, Jan. in.
True Anglo-Saxon through und through,
Bone, blood and muscle, nerve and will,
Tno brain to plan, the pluck to do,
The steudy hand, the practiced skill.
Tho Inborn genius for command,
That weighs and once for nil decides;
Then takes against the world its stund,
Or straight to death or glory rides.
The sense of duty first of all,
Warm heart that seeks all others' good,
And wins and sways the great and small;
Just such a man Is Leonard Wood.
The Bed Man's craft ho overcame,
Ills stars ho won on Han Juan's height
And on our country's feciall of fume
His namo Is fixed forovcr blight.
And now he governs hearts and lives
With tact and firmness rare to see;
And stricken Cuba's hope revives
With foretaste of the days to be.
With such as ho to rule and guide,
Where'er our Hag shall be unfurled,
Weil shrink from no cmprlso untried,
And colonize tho whole round world.
We've drunk to Dowey, Sanger. Schley,
Greene. Evans, too, as good friends
should;
Tonight we drain our glasses dry.
With threo times three for General
Wood.
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