2 SERMON-LECTURE i| THE GREAT SIN :! TRAGEDY ;l * BY || Dr. Claytoi Albert Smncker jj JVlr. Adam and Miss Eve in the Garden of Eden. Handled in the light of present day life and applied to condi tions now existing. Sunday night at 7.30 o'clock. STEVENS MEMORIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Thirteenth and Vernon Streets Assisted by 100 mem bers of the Stough chorus. Remember —the best seat in the house is yours, if you reach it first. We extend a glad hand to all. REDEEMER CHURCH ACTIVE Lutheran Congregation on the Hill Has Had Unusual Growth During , Fast Year The Redeemer Lutheran church, (Nineteenth and Kensington streets near Derrv street, the Kov. E. Victor Bo land, pastor, has bad an unusual growth and quickened activity during the past year. This is verified not only by the fact that last Sunday there was the largest attendance at the regular ses sion of the Sunday school and at the communion service in the history of the church, but also by the reports of the year's work given at the annual con gregational meeting. Inspired by this, the pastor atid con gregation are planning for a period of great activity from now until Easter. Beginning to-morrow, the pastor will preach each Sunday on "The Great Doctrines of Salvation." The sermons for morning and evening will be on companion themes. The series will be gin to-morrow in the morning, "Salva tion —From the God-Ward Side;" in the evening, "Salvation—Prom the Man-Ward Side." At the evening service Miss Lillian Miller, a pupil of Miss Lemer, will play "The Angel's Dream" n, the violin. The mid-week prayer meeting will also be of special nature, partly devoted to prayer and song and partly to re ligious instruction for adults who de sire to know more about the Christian life and church relationship. The culmination of the plan will be in two weeks of special services preced ing Easter. Tn all the services the choir will co-operate with the pastor that Cod's message may be brought in song, as well as in the preached word. REVIVAL AT RIVERSIDE Membership of Methodist Church In creases Fifty Per Cent. . Revival services will be started to morrow night at the Riverside Metho dist church by the pastor, the Rev. R. D. Lowden, .vho will preach on "The Crucifixion," and will continue every week night. There will be a large choir to lead the singing. The report of the pastor shows that the member s-hip of the church has increased fifty per cent, since October. At Paxtou Methodist church, of wliidh the Rev. Mi. Lowden is also pas tor, revival services closed with 22 con versions. Twelve new members have been admitted so far. The attendance is especially large at the Sunday school services at River side at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. ONLY 13 MARCH FOR WORK Parade of Unemployed in New York Outnumbered by Policemen New York, Jan. 16.—Thirteen un employed men, accompanied by more than that number of policemen, marched to the City Hall yesterday from Brooklyn. The handful of men was all of the force, variously esti mated at from 2,000 to 20,000, which, according to announcements yesterday, was to parade and demand work from the city officials at a meeting in the Board of Estimate rooms. Upon arrival at the City Hall the marchers were dispersed by the police. Later they reassembled in City Hall Park-. Five Cents Proves It A Generous Offer. 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Officials of the road declare the tun nel will eliminate delay in the moun tains from snow blockade. The cost ofsthe Snoqualmie tunnel was $2,000,- 000. Work was begun in 1912. REVIVAL SEDUCES 111 CHURCHES COHTINUE Hi Ml WEEK Hundred Members of Stough Chorus Will Sing at the Stevens Memorial M. E. FIREMEN lO BE AT CURTIN HEIGHTS Discussion of Missionary Problems Will Be Started at Social Gathering of Men at Fine Street Presbyterian Church Revival services will continue in many city .churches to-morrow and dur ing the coming week. At morning and afternoon meetings to-morrow there will be music by men's choruses and by large choirs. Evening sermons will in many cases foe of an evangelistic nature. A number of conversions have been reported, during the past week. An active part in the services is be ing taken tby the members of the Stough tabernacle chorus. Parts ot the chorus lead the singing at various churches, and members axe busy indi vidually in attending to the musical ends of the programs. Services at Derry Street U. B. The evangelistic, services which drew crowds last week to the Derry Street United Brethren church, will continue to-morrow and all of the coming -week. I>r. J. A. Lyter preaches. In addition to the singing by the 'large chorus un der Prof. Davies in the evening, the church quartet composed of J. R. Hen ry, Mrs. H. O. Miller, Mrs. J. E. Gip ple and Ralph Manlcy will render spe cial numbers. The organist, Mrs. J. R. Henry, will play "Adalgio," by Guil mant; ''Serenade,'' by Nevin, ami "Taccata," by Boellmann. The Sun day school, which meets at 2 p. m., promises to be record-breaking in at tendance as Superintendent J. E. Gip ple has a special attraction for the children and the adult classes are mak ing a special effort to have everv mem ber present as well. "The Great Sin Tragedy'" To-morrow at 10.30 a. m„ in the Stevens Memorial Metliodisrt Episcopal rhurch, Thirteenth and Vernon streets, Dr. Clayton AUbert Smuoker will preach on "The Houseless Sparrows." In the evening at 7.3-0, he will give a sermon lecture on "The Great Sin Tragedy," or "Mr. Adam and Miss Eve in "the Warden of Eden." This lecture will be handled in the light of present day life and applied to conditions now existing. Dr. Smacker will be assisted bv one hundred members of the Stough chorus. The big choir will be given seats on the pulpit platfoTm. The Sunday school uf the Stevens Memorial churc-h will have another rally at 2 p. m. At the •ally last Sunday 919 people attended ibe different departments of the school Firemen at Ourtln Heights The evening service in Curtin Heights Methodist church will be of exceptional iip. rafter. The recently organized irotherhood will have charge, with J. 'V- Frank presiding. Members of amp Curtin Fire Company will toe spe •ail guests in the evening. The Rev. 8. William;.,_the pastor, will preach. At Pine Street Presbyterian The topic of the sermon on Sunda' morning at Pine Street Presbyteriai church will toe "A Voice Prom Heav en, ' John 12:30. The pastor of thi church, the Rev. Dr. Mudge, will pre&cl at both services, taking in the evening the theme, "A Triple Cheer," Philip plans, 4:22. The quartet choir wil sing at the morning service "I Hean a Great Voice" (Johnston) and thi quartet "Cast Thy Burden on -thi Lord," from the "Elijah," by Men delssohn. In the evening they wil sing "The Day Is Past and Over' (Stover) and "Onward, Christian Sol diers" (MacDougal). Mrs. Roy Q Cox will sing a* a solo "I Will la; Mo Down in Peace," by Dudley Buck The Sunday school will meet at 1.4! p. m. for the study of the word o God, using the International Gradei Lessons in the elementary departmenti and the Uniform Lessons in the ad vauced departments and the adult Biblt classes. The attendance at the sefhoo; last Sunday reached 'high water mark for an ordinary session, there being 966 present. The prayer service of the Senior Christian Endeavor Society is held at 6.45 o'clock on Sunday eveu ing. Intensely interesting meetings are being held and much advanced work is being planned for the coming months. A new departure in the study of missions is being planned, to begin on Monday evening, January 25, when a hundred men will sit down to supper together in the social rooms of the church at 6.30 o'clock. This hour of social fellowship will be followed by a brief lecture and discussion of the mis sionary problems of the world in their ibearing on an American citizen. The basis for the discussion will be "The Call of the World," by W. E. Doughty. These meetings will fee continued for four successive Monday evenings, the lender being the assistant pastor of the churcih, the Rev. Mr. Armentrout. "An Imperishable Monument" To-morrow is the day set aside by the Epworth League of the Fifth Street Methodist church for giving con sideration to the world at large. The young people comprising this league are Sterling Silver Initial Glassware COUPON Combination Set, Six (6) Tumblers and One (1) Largo Pitcher to match. 1 All for 98c i, 111111 l Ofw M*y B® Withdrawn Any Day. j 1 ||i |'| | jlll|| Come Early—Don't Be Disappointed. 11l )j I | I Star-Independent Office 11. ' ij II II 18-290-22 S. Third Street, Harris burg, Pm. .1 ' Twenty-five cents Extra by Mail or Exprets. HARRISBXJRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1915: largely interested in missionary en deavors in various parts of the world. They support a natfrve teacher in India, and a boy student in the University of Pekin. They also have lines of en deavor in the Sandwich Islands and also in various parts of Chihu. In the morning at 10.30 o'clock the pastor, tha Rev B. U. Hart, will preach on "An Imperishable Monument." At the evening services be will speak on "The Master Story" and will give all the services of the day information concerning these various missionary endeavors. At the beginning of the evening services a large chorus choir of 75 voices, with orchestral accompaniment, will give a 15-minute song service. Mrs. Frank Biriley will sing a solo with violin obligato by Will Meyers. There will al*o be an early morning praise meeting at 9.30 o'eock. Tho Sunday school will meet at 2 o'clock with aid day offerings. The Junior League will convene at 3 and the Epf worth League prayer and praise serv ices will be held at 6.30. The regular order of services in city churches to-morrow follows: METHODIST Grace —The Rev. J- D. F°*i D. D-i pastor. Class meeting at 9.30 a. m. "Th» Infallible Guide" at 10.30 a. m. Sunday school and Men's Bible Clam at 1.45 p. m'. Epworth League at 6.45 p. m. "The Anointed Christ" at 7.30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday ait 7.30 p. m. Ridge Avenue, Sixth and Herr Streets —The Rev. John H. Daugherty, pastor. Love Keast in lecture room of church at 9.30 a. m. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at 10.30 a. m. "The Ijtw and the Gospel" or "Salivation by the Word" at 7.30 p. m. Revival serv ices will follow the sermon. The Sacra ment of the Lord's Supper will precede the sermon for those who were not pres ent in the morning. Devotional meet ing of Epworth League at 6.30 p. in. Sunday school at 2 p. m. A Booster class and chorus will be organised at the close of the Sunday school. AH the boys and girls who hove joined the church will be admitted. St. Paul's, Vine, Near Front Street —The Bev. Robert W. Bunyan, pastor. Morning service at 10.30 o'clock. Sub ject otf sermon, "Giving Christ a Square Deal." Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. Subject of sermon, "Sowing and Reap ing." Bcvival services in progress. Good results. Twenty persons received last Sunday. More persons will join on the coming Sabbath. Epworfcb, Twenty-Or st and) Deny Streets—The Bev. J. D. W. Deavor, pastor. Morning service at 11 o'clock with sermon. Evening service at 7.30 o'clock with sermon and revival serv ice. Class meeting at 9 a. m. Epworth League at 6.30 p. m. Bevivsl siervices every evening, except Saturday. Meet ings well attended and very interesting. Eighteen conversions till Wednesday night. t Stevens Memorial, Thirteenth and Vernon Streets—The Bev. Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker, pastor. Claas meeting at 9.30 a. m. J. H. Shcesley and John Hoopes, leaders. Morning prayer and sermon at 10.30 o'clock. Subject of sermon, "The Houseless Sparrows." Sunday school at 2 p. m. Al. K. Thomas, superintendent. Epworth League at 6.30 p. in. Boss K. Bergstresser, president. Evangelistic service at 7.30 p. m. "The Great Sin Tragedy" or «'Mr. Adiam and Miss Eve in the Garden of Eden." Handled in the light of present day life and applied to conditions now existing. Dr. Smucker will be assisted by 100 members otf the Stough chorus. The big choir will have seats on the pulpit plat form. You are invited to attend all services. Fifth Street—The R«v. B. H. Hart, pastor. Praise meeting at 9.30 a m Morning services at 10.30 o'clock. Sub ject of sermon, "An Imperishable Monument. Sunday school with awl day offerings at 2 p. m. Junior League at 3 p. m. Epworth League Devotional meeting at 6.30 p. m. Evangelistic serv oces with song services by choir of 75 voices with orchestra accompaniment and solo by Mrs. Frank Smiley with violin obligate by William Meyers, at <.JU p. m . Subject of sermon, "The Master Story." ' Curtin Heights—The Rev. A. S: Wil ams, pastor. Class meeting at 9.30 a ni. Morning service at 10.30 o'clock. Reception of members and sermon. Sub w:f'K tk S u I deM aail w 'iat to Do T. , Sllnda y whool at 2 p. m. r J'? 6 at 6 " 30 P- m - Service led by The Brotherhood at 7.30 p. m Camp curtin Fire Company ha, been asKert to worship in this service. Sub ject, of pastor' s sermon, "Religious and Secular Profanity." LUTHERAN Redeemer, Nineteenth and Kensing ton Streets—The Rev. E. Victor Ro and pastor 10 . 3 ° r "Salvation— The «° rl L Sjde - . 7>30 ' "Salvation— L ulr r° rl ' Side." Sunday school " E 't 6 3?'" "■ " 2 ' Calvary, South Thirteenth and Reese Streets—The Rev. Edward H. Paar, pastor. 11, " The Nature of Christ's Kingdom." 7.30, "Jesus at the Marriage in Cana. Sunday school at 10. ' St. Matthew's, Green and Beneca Streets—The Rev. K. E. Snyder, pas tor. 11, (Holy Communion. Evening service at 7.30. Sunday school at 10. C. E. at 6.30. Members received and sacraments administered at both serv ices. Memorial, Fifteenth and Shoo? Streets—The Rev. L. C. Manges, D. D., pastor. 10.30, "The Unfolding Olory of Jesus." 7.30, "What Seek Yet" Men's prayer meeting at 10. Sunday school at 2. Junior Luther League at Omeffa Oil Rheumatism and Lumbago If yon suffer from Rheumatism or Lumbago, nib the aching parts with Omega Oil, then soak a piece of flan nel with the Oil, lay it on the place that hurts and cover with dry flannel. This simple treatment has brought nights of peaceful rest to people who have suffered agonies. Trial bottle IOC. 5.30. Senior Luther League at 6.30; topic, "The Mission of Your Own Dis trict Synod," Luke 10:1-11; leader, David Burn; solo, "Oh, Rest in the Lord," try Miss Gertrude Drawlbnugh. Senior catechetical class Friday even ing at 7. Adult catechetical class Fri day evening at 8. Primary catec'het ioal class Saturday morning at 10. Jun ior catechetical class Saturday morn ing at 11. Zion, Fourtn Street —The Rev. S. 'Wdnfield Herman, pastor. 10.30, "Thinking on Christ." 7.30, "Near noM to Christ.'' Sunday school at 1.45. Men's class at 1.50. Men's de votional hour at 10. Senior catechetic al class at 6.30. Holy Communion, State and Seven teenth Streets—The Rev. John Henry Miller, pastor. 10.45, "Life's Teachers." 7.30, "Timothy." Sun day sdiool at 1.30. Luther League at 6.30; Mrs. Scott Shearn, leader. Christ, Thirteenth and Thompson Streets —The Rev. Thomas Reisch, Ph. D., pastor. Morniijg service at 10.30. Evening service at 7.30. A large men's chorus will furnish special mu sic Sunday evening. Sunday school at 2. Men's Bible class at 2. Christian Endeavor at 6.30. Augsburg, Fifth and Munech Streets —The Rev. Amos Maxwell Stamets, pastor. Morning service at 10.30. Evening service at 7.30. Men s League at 9.30. Sunday school at 2. C. E. at 6 30. Prayer meeting Wednes day at 7.45. Catechetical class Thurs day at 7. St Mark's, West Fairview —The Rev. A. G. Wolf, pastor. Holy Com munion at 7.15 p m. Sunday school at 1.30. Y. P. S. C. E. at 615. St. Paul's, New Rev. A. G. Wolf, pastor. Holy Com munion at 10.30. Sunday school at 9.30. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6. Zion, Enola —The Rev. M. S. Sharp, pastor. Morning service at 10.30. Evening service at 7.30. Sunday school at 9.30. C. E. at 6.45. Bethlehem —The Rev. J. Bradley Markward, D. D., pastor.. 10.30, Miracle of Cana of Galilee. ' "What Makes Life Worth Living! repeated by request. Sunday school at 1.45. C. E. prayer meeting at 6.30. PRESBYTERIAN Calvary. Cameron and Sycamore Streets —The ißev. Frank P. MacKcnzie, pastor. Morning service at 10.15 o'clock. Su'bject of sermon, "Look to Cod for Help." Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. Sulbject of sermon, " The Word of God and How to Use It. ' Sunday school at 9 o clock. Y. I*. S. €. E. at 6.30. Midweek service Wed uesday evening at 7.3'0 o'clock. Bet'hany, Eleventh and Cumberland Streets—The Rev. John M. Warden, pastor. Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. Subject o£ sermon, "Neglect of the Great Salvation." Sunday school at 9 a. in. C. E. at 6.45, Pine Street, Third anil Pine Streets —The Rev. ILewis Seymour IMudge, D. D., pastor. The Rev. J. S. Armentrout, assistant pastor. X' 0.30 o clock, morn ing service. Sermon on John 12:80, "A Voice From Heaven." 7.30 o'clock, evening service, sermon on Philippians, 4:22, "A Triple Cheer." 1.30 p. m., Sunday school, elementary grades. In ternational graded lessons. 1.40 p. m. 'Sunday school, advanced departments. Adult Bible classes. 6.45 p. m. Senior C. E. Society. 'Midweek service at 7.30 p. m. Illustrated lecture on Africa by the Uev. F. D. P. Hickman, of Batanga, West Africa. Westminster, 'Green and Tteily Streets -—The Bev. E. E. Curtis, .pastor. Church at 10.30 a. m., "Communion." Sun day school at 1.45 ip. m. C. E. at ,6.30 p. "m. Church 7.30 o'clock, "Danger In Neglecting Salvation." Capital Street —The Rev.B.IM. Ward, pastor. Public worship at l'l a. m. and 8 p. m. Subject of morning sermon, "Christian Hospitality," from Hob. 13:2. Subject of the evening sermon, "A Timely Warning," from IHeforews, 3:7-8. Other services as follows: Sun day school at 12.30 p. m. and C. E. at 7.30 p. m. Immanuel, Sixteenth and Juniper Streets —Tho Rev. Everett Hailman, pastor. (Morning service at 10 o'clock. Evening service at 7.3'0 o'clock. Sun day school at 11.15 o'clock. Olivet, Derry and Kittatinny Streets —The Rev. William O. Yates, pastor. Morning service at 1'0.30 o'clock. Sub let of sermon, "A Determined Man." Evening service at 7.30 o'clomhaert as original tru»te«\ to iecure the pavment of its coupon bonds to the amount of {ft.OOO.OOO, of the denomination of sl.- OOt». due Jnly 1. 1910, of which bonds to tho amount of ll.ms.OUO are outatandin« due and unpaid. upon which default was made when they fell due on aald drat day of July, 1910, will sell at Public Auction, at 12 o'clock noon, at IMB Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Pa., on Wednesday. April 7, 101 ft. the properties, lights and privi leges hereinafter brietiy deacribed, reference being made to aald decree for a full description, on the conditions and terms of sale hereinafter aet forth. PROPERTIES TO BK SOL*D. (a.) Tbat portion, being about rf 71100 miles In length, of the Wyoming Division of the Canal ex tending from Northampton street, in the City of Wilkes-Barre, to the eaatern boundary of that por tion of the Canal which was conveyed by the Canal Co. to Harry R. Pauarr by deed dated February 24. 1906; subject aa to part thereof, to the rights and caaement for railroad purpoaes granteo b> the Canal Co. to the North and West Branch Railway Co. by deed dated August 13. 1833. nud recorded in Lur.erne County in Deed Book 230, page 326; and subject to the grant of coal and other min erals. etc., underlying the same part thereof nude by the Canal Co. to Charles Parrlah by d*ed dated December 31, IMKJ* recorded in Luserne County in Deed Book No. 241. rage 39. (b.) Su.'h right aa the Canal Co. may have to reconstruct und maintain tho dam across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River near Montgomery, in the County of and known as the Mnnc.r Dam. and the portion of the Weat Branch Division of the canal, about ooc mile in length, contiguoua to the site of the said dam. exteudlnr from a point 400 feet Baatwardly measured along the South property line of aald Canal from the interaction of said property line with a line In prolongation southwardly {across the canal) of the breast of aald Muncy Dam. to a point In a line in prolongation Southwardly, across the canal, of the Weaierly line of the Lock House lot at Lork No. 19, in the Township of Montgomery, County of Lycoming, together with the right to food certain lauds above said dam. (c.) Tbat part of the portion of the West Branch. Division of the Canul in Snyder County extending from Belin*grove railroad bridflf to ttie former aite of Penn'a Creek Aqueduct, a dis tanre of about 3 3-10 milea, which wan reserved to the Canal Company In ita deed to the Northern Central Connecting Railroad Company, dated Oc tober 24. 19U3 aud recorded In Snfder jCo.. In Miscellaneous Book No. tt. page 378 a. (d.> That portion havlna a length of about SO feet of the Juniata Division or th»' Canal at Junlatn Junction. Dauphin County, extending from the Eastward boundary of tbe Canal as conveyed by the Canal Co. to the P. R. R. Co. by deed dated October 18. 1899, to the Western boundary of Division of said Cauul, together with tbe four frame dwelling house# thereon. (e) That portion of the Eastern Division of tbe Canal, at said Juniata Junction, extending South wardly from the Southern boundary of the Canal aa conveyed by tbe Cauai Co. to tbe Northern Ontral Connecting R. R. Co. by d*ed dated Octo ber 24. 1903, to and lucludlug the lock to the pool at Clarke Ferry daiu. Broadway, New York, or any Ticket Agent. ,\MM MMIT REV. SAMUEL W. PURVIS,D.D. THE BLIND MAN'S CREED. Text, "On® thins 1 know—whereae I *U blind, now 1 see."—John Ix, 26. St. John WHS evidently very much Interested In this blind man. He has devoted the whole ninth chapter of the book to him, a very exceptional thing. As Boswell showed his Interest In the life of Johnson and Abbot In the life of Napoleon, so John In this little sketch showed that be was Interested and that the event was of much Impor tance. John was the disciple of love. Love Is sympathetic. I.ove Is also blind. It to said. Love has imagina tion, so John could put himself in the blind man's place. The blind miss so much—the green freshness of spring, the mellowness of summer, the glories of autumn, the marvels of winter. "As Christ passed by he saw a blind man." Looking is not always seeing. Christ saw as he walked. Folks mostly see whnt they look for—four leafed clovers, flowers, babies, buildings, clouds, land scapes. It's curious to hear folks tell what they saw in a walk—a dress, a face, an automobile, a sick child. Je sus saw a blind man. What did his disciples see? His face was full of pity, theirs full of prying curiosity. "Who did sin. this man or his father, that he was born blind?" There's ■ curiosity that Is cruel. Article* of Religion. The neighbors were also curious. Curiosity is uot feminine, it is human. Ere was not more curious than Zac chueus. "Wonder if that is the man born blind?" say they. I like the way the man talked. The neighbors did not appeal to him. but he, hearing the debate, interposed and settled the whole matter. "I am he." He is a bold man who tries to rectify the mis takes of his neighbors. Then the rul ers started to cross question him. They wanted to know bo\y he was cured. Interested in methods rather than meu. Next: "Who was it gave you sight? Since it was done on the Sabbath day, was he -a sinner?" He doesn't know any of these things, but his answer is refreshing, "One thing I know, I was blind, now 1 see!" That sounds like the bark of a Are Inch rapldfire gun. My creed haV twenty five articles of religion; another has thirty-nine. This man's creed had but one—"l can see!" Most of us stand up reverently on Sunday morning and re peat the Apostle's Creed. It is a good thing. I suppose the larger a creed is the better—lf a man believes It—that la, as this man believed his, with his whole being. Some of us believe too much. Not more than is true, but more than we can respond to. A Creed of Experience. Wheu the Master was upon the earth lie satisfied different people in differ ent ways. He wasn't the same Christ to each. To the hungry bread, to the thirsty drink, to the deaf hear ing, to the blind sight, to the crippled power of locomotion. That's all they knew of Christ. Their need was their creed. I won't fight folks who can't believe much. Thomas Chalmers was ouce a skeptic; so were Robert Hail and Christmas Kvnns. I remember how much Jesus had to say In approbation of faith as large as a mustard seed. And Paul said. "Him that is weak in the faith receive you." If your creed is an experience it is easy to believe. When they asked this blind man a the ological question he was unable to an swer. but what lie knew he could have shouted from the housetops, "One thing I know—l see!" You could not separate that man from his creed. Ev ery time he saw a bird fly or a leaf flutter he could feel his creed over again—"l see!" A "trail hitter" spoke in m.v church last week. In the coal region of Pennsylvania he'd been a drunkard for twenty-five years. The Lord had saved him from sin and tak en away his appetite for drink. You couldn't argue that man out of his ex perience If you talked seven years and seven months. Our fathers used to talk of "experiencing religion." We sons of later years lengthen our ears when we ridicule the expression. The Unanswerable Argument. The power of Christianity has not been knowledge, logic or miracle, but individuals, changed hearts and lives. Christianity Is most of all a life. The salt that saved the old Roman world with all its rottenness and crumbling civilization was Christianity. Paul told his experiences to Agrippa. One thing he bnew. Job says, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." David says. "I know that the Lord is great above all." Martha says. "I know that he shall rise again." Paul says, "1 know whom I have believed." Men of one idea? Surely. But it Is such men who have arrived at a definite some where. Howard in prison reform, Garrison slavery. Howe sewing ma chine. Wesley holiness, Watt steam engine, Stevenson locomotive. Fulton steamboat, Columbus a new world. One thing they knew. This blind man hadn't much chance for knowledge. There were no Institutions for the blind, no raised letters, nothing but to nit in the darkness. He didn't try to pit his knowiedge of prophecy and the Messiah and the legality of Sabbath healing against the priests, but there tvas one point where he was positive, well educated, one thing he knew— whereas he was bliud, he could now see! Talk ns men will agalust Christ •nd Christianity, but. when all Is said »nd done, what about this blind manl Was Probably Serious. "I'd like to know." said the boat swain, "whether she was striuging ins or not." "Who?" inquired the mate. "The young woman who asked me awhile ago ir we ever hitched sea horses to the captain's gig."—St Louii Post-Dispatch.