A GREAT REFRES11MLNT.
Dr. Talmagc Says Ood is a Fountain o!
Joy That In Unappreciated.
Ai Everlasting Well ol Gladness Vctcr
for the Thirsty.
ICorrrtvht im.l
Washinotos, D. C In this disentitle
Pr. Talmaae represents religion as a
great refreshment and invites ell the world
to come and receive it: text, ('i'npsis xxix,
i, "VVe cannot until all the flocks tie gath
ered together and till they roll the stone
from the well's mouth; then we wales the
iihccp." I
A scene in Mesopotamia, beautifully
pastoral. A well of water of great value
n that region. The fields around about
it white with three flocks of sheep lying
down waiting for the watering. I near
their bleating coming on the bright sir
and the laughter of young men and maid
ens indulging in rustic repartee. I look
i,ff, and I aee other Hocks of sheep com
ing. Meanwhile .lacob, a stranger, on an
interesting errand of looking for a wife,
comes to the well. A beautiful shepherd
ess comes to the same well. I see her ap
proaching followed by her father's flock
of sheep. It was a memorable meeting.
Jflcnb married that shepherdess. The
Bible account of il is, "Jacob kissed Rach
el and lifted! up his voice and wept." It
has always been a mystery to me what he
found to cry about. But before that scene
occurred Jacob, accosts the shepherds and
asks them why they postpone ths slaking
of the thirst of these sheep and why they
did not immediately proceed to water
them. The shepherds reply to the effect:
"We are all good neighbors, and as a mat
ter of courtesy we wait until all the sheep
of the neighborhood come up. Besides
that, this stone on the well's mouth is
somewhat heavy, and several of us tnle
hold of it and push it aside, and then the
buckets and the troughs are filled, and
the sheep are satisfied. We cannot until
all the flocks are gathered together and
till they roll the stone from the well's
mouth; then we water the sheep."
Oh, this is a thirsty world! Hot for
the head and blistering for the feet and
parching for the tongue. The world's
great Hunt is a cool, refreshing, satisfying
draft. We wander around, and we find
the cistern empty. Long and tedious
drought has dried up the world's fountain,
but centuries ago a shepherd, with crook
in the shape of a cross and feet cut to
the bleeding, explored the desert passages
of this world, and one day came across a
well a thousand feet deep, bubbling and
bright and opalescent, and looked to the
north and the south and the east and the
west and cried out with a voice strong and
musical that rang through the ages, Ho,
every one that thirsteth, come ye to the
waters!"
Now, a great flock of sheep . to-dnv
gather around this gospel well. There
are a great many thirsty souls. I wonder
why the flocks of all nations do not gath
erwhy so many stay thirsty and while
I am wondering about it my text breaks
forth in the explanation, saving, "We can
not until all the flocks be gathered to
gether and till they roll the stone from
the well's mouth; then we water the
sheep."
If a herd of twine come to a well thev
angrily jostle each other for the prece
dence; if a drove of cattle come to a well
they hook ench other back from the
water, but when a flock of sheep come,
though a hundred of them shall be disap
pointed, they only express it bv sad bleat
ing, they come together peaceably. We
want a great multitude to come around
the gospel well. I know there are those
who do not like a crowd; they think a
crowd is vulgar. If they are oppressed
for room in church, it makes them posi.
tively impatient and belligerent. We have
had people permanently leave church be
cause so mnny people come to it. Not so
did these Oriental shepherds. Thev wait
ed until all the flacks were gathered, and
Jbemore flocks that came the better they
liked it. And so we ought to be anxious
that all the people should come. Oo out
into the highways and the hedges and
compel them to come in; go to the rich
and tell them they are indigent without
thegospelof .Jesus; go to the poor and tell
them the affluence there is in Christ; go
tp the blind and tell them of the touch
that gives eternal illumination; go to the
lame and tell them of the jov that will
make the lame man lenp like a hart.
Gather all the sheep off all the mountains;
none so torn of the dogs, pone so sick,
none so worried, so dving, as to be omit
ted. Why not gather a great flock? All
this city in n (lock; all New York in a
Hock; all London in a flock; all the world
in a flock.
This well of the gospel is deep enough
to nut out the burning thirst of the
1,600,000000 of the race. Do not let the
church by a spirit of exclusivenesg keep
the world out. Let down all the bars,
awing open all the gates, scatter all the
invitations, "Whosoever will let him
come." Come, white and black. Come,
red men of the forest. Come, Laplander
out of the suow. Come, l'atagonian, out
of the south. Come in furs. Come pant
ing under palm leaves. Come one. Come
all. Come now. As at this well of Meso
potamia Jacob and Rachel were betrothed,
so this morning at this well of salvation
Christ, our rJhepheru, will meet you com
ing up with your long flocks of cares and
anxieties, and He will stretch out His
hand in pledge of His affection while all
the heaven will cry out: "Behold the
bridegroom cdmeth! Go ye out to meet
Him.
You notice that this well of Mesopota
mia had a stone on it, which must be re
moved before the sheep could be watered,
and I find on the well of salvation to-day
impediments and obstacles which must be
removed in order that you may obtain
the refreshment and life of this gospel.
In your case the impediment is pride of
heart. You cannot bear to come to so
democratic a fountain. You do not want
to come with so many others. It is as
though you were thirsty and you were in
vited to slake your thirst at the town
pump instead of sitting in a parlor sip
ping out of a chased chalice which has
just been lifted; from a silver salver. Not
so many publicans and sinners. You
want to get to heavcu, but you must be
"jn il special car, with your feet on a Turk
ish ottoman and a band of music on board
the train. You do not want to be in coin-
Kny with rustic Jacob and Rachel and to
drinking out of the fountain where 10,
000 sheen have been drinking before you.
Yoii will have to remove the obstacle of
pride, or never find your way to ths well.
. You will have to come as we came, will
ing to take Uie water of eternal life in
any way and at any hand and in any kind
of pitcher, cryiug out: t Lord Jesus, I
am dying of thirst! Give me the water of
eternal life, whether in trough or goblet.
Give me the water of life. I care not in
what it comes to me." Away with all
your hindrances of pride from the well's
mouth!
Here is another man who is kept back
from this water of life by the stone of an
obdurate heart, which lies over the mouth
SL. .i -i,0" have no more '''
SSni l'h.,,,if0i tlun if God htd Vet
Cl J ,1,1 5 fir"' klnuiss or you had to do
terin.J.erH' blasting arm. shel
Wh. L where yt""' gratitude?
utwLE"' mo""t snd evening pray
Isavto.m, !rVour, consecrated lives?
"The (SJo M,'ILP,I"ei'i1 t0 BelhMar,
and all ?hv wvh,1M hfnd th' bretn
If vou t&.SF. .ot glonfled."
have trM7l rZ ' u- " ."" ai you
!J!.:!r G?d' yu u have mai
Alio I. ,;. ' " "ou'u nave mane
ST 'r oJ-y,0' your whole life would,
Bpnng, lummer, autumn and winter He!
i!!M..fr'?ronri,.1y PIreled you. Your
Ihesltn from Hun, your companion from
'Him, your children from Him, your home
from Him, all the bright surroundings of
your life from Him.
Oh, man, what dost thou with that hard
heart? Canst thou not feel one throb of
gratitude toward the God that nude yon
and the Christ who came to redeem you
aud the Holy Ghost who has all these
years been importuning you?
If I could gather all the griefs of all
sorts from these crowded streets and could
put thein in one scroll, neither nun nor
angel could endure the recitation. Well
what do you want? Would vou like to
have your preecrty bsck again? "No,"
you suy aa a Christian man, "I was ba
voiuiiuj arrojfnut, and 1 think that u way
iM LvrJ took it aws. I don't want t
tiave m property h-iK." ' Well, would
yon have your departed friends bark
again? "No," you soy, "I couldn't take
the responsibility of bringing them from
a tearless reslm to a realm of tears. I
couldn't do it." Well, then, what do you
want? A thousand voices in the audience
cry oul: "Comfort! (Jive us comfort!"
For that reason I have rolled away the
stone from the well's mouth. Come, all
ye wounded of the flock, pursued of the
wolves, come to. the fountain where the
Lord's sick and bereft ones have come.
"Ah," says some one, "you are not old
enough to understand my sorrows. You
nave not been in the world a long as I
have, and you can't talk to me about my
misfortunes in the time of old ago." Well,
I may not have lived as long as you, but I
have been a great deal among old people,
a.id I know how thrr feel about tbeir fail
ing ncaim ana about ineir departed
friends and about the loneliness that some
times Strikes through their souls. After
two persons have- lived together fn forty
or fifty years, and one of them is taken
away, what desolation!
I shall not forget the cry of Dr. De
Witt, of New York, when r.e sto d by the
open grave of his beloved wife, and after
the obsequies had ended he looked down
into the open place and said: "Farewell,
my honored, faithful and beloved wife.
'1 he bond that bound us is severed. Thou
art in glory, and I am here on earth. Wc
hall meet atmin. Farewell! Farewell!"
. To lean on a prop for fifty years and '
ii l : i i. i i'i i
hum iintv it mini, ui.ui-i wui iin-ic nriQ
only two years' difference between the
death of mv father and mother. After my
mother's decease my father used to go
around as though looking for something.
He would often get np from one room
without any seeming reason and go to an
other room, and then he would take his
cane and start out, and some one would
say, "Father, where are you going?" And
i he would answer, "I don't know exactly
where I am Koine." Alwavs looking for
something. Though he was a tender
hearted man I never saw him cry but
once, and that was at the burial of my
mother. After sixtv vears' living together
it was hard to part. And there are aged
i people to day who are feeling iust such a
pang as that. I want to tell them there is
perfect enchantment in the promises of
this gospel, and 1 come to them and offer
them my arm, or I take their arm and I
bring them to this gospel well. Sit down,
father or mother: sit down. See if there
is anything at the well for you. Come,
David, the psalmist, have you anvthing
encouraging to offer them? "Yes, says
the psalmist; "they shall still bring forth
fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing to show that the Lord is up
right. He is my rock, and there is no un
righteousness in Him." Come, Isaiah,
have you anything to say out of your pro
phecies for these aged people? "Yes."
says Isaiah; "down to old age I am with '
tnce, ano to noary hairs will i carry thee.
Well, if the Lord is going to carry you,
you ought not to worry much about your
ailing eyesight and failing limbs.
You get a little worried for fear that
some time you will come to want, do you?
Your children and grandchildren some
times speak a little sharp to you because
of your ailments. The Lord will pot
speak sharp. Do you think you will come
to want? What do you think the Lord
is? Are His granaries empty?" Will He
feed the raven and the rabbit and the lion
in the desert and forget you? Why. nat
uralists tell us that trie porpoise will not
forsake its wounded and sick mate. And
do you suppose the Lord of heaven and
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v ,no iiuw 00 iiiut.ii iii,uiii,y ua tiic
fish of the sea? But you say, "I am bo
near worn nut, and 1 am of no use to God
' any more." I think the Lord knows
whether you are of any more use or not.
If you were of no more use He would have
taken you before this. Do you think God
has forgotten you because He has taken
care of you seventy or eighty years? He
thinks more of you to-day than He ever
did because you think more of Him. May
the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob
and Paul the aged be your God forever.
But I gather all the promises to-day in a
irroun. and I ask the shenherds to rli-iva
their flocks of lambs and sheep up to the
sparkling supply. "Behold, happy is the
man who God correcteth." "Though He
cause grief, yet will He have compassion."
"Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord dclivereth him out of them
all." "Weeping may endure for a night,
but joy coineth in the morning." I am
determined that no one shall go out of
this bouse uncomfotted.
So I come to your timid and shrinking
soul to-day and compel you to come out
in the presence of the Divine Phvsirian.
He will not hurt you. He has been heal
ing wounds for many years, anu He will
give you gentle and omnipotent medica
ment. But people, when they have trouble, go
nnywhere rather than to God. De Oiiin
rey took opium to get rid of his troubles,
Charles I -ami) took to punch, Theodore
Hook took to something stronger. Edwin
Forrest took to theatrical dissipation, and
men have run all around the earth, hop
ing in the quick transit to get away from
their misfortunes. It has been a dead
failure. There is only one well that can
slake the thirst of an afflicted spirit, and
that is the deep and inexhaustible well of
the gospel.
, But some one in the audience cava,
"Notwithstanding all you have said this
morning. I find no alleviution for my trou
bles." Well, I am not through yet. I
have left the most potent consideration
for the last. I am going to soothe you
with the thought of heaven. However
talkative we may be. there will come a
time when the stoutest and most em
phatic interrogation will evoke from us
no answer. As soon as we have .closed
our lips for the final silence no power on
earth can break that taciturnity. But
where, O Christian, will be your spirit?
In a scene of infinite gladness"; the spring
morning of heaven waving its blossoms in
the bright air; victors fresh from battle
showing their scars: the rain of earthlv
sorrow struck through with the rainbow
of eternal joy; in one group God and an
gels and the redeemed Paul and Silas,
Latimer and Ridiy, Isaiah and Jeremiah.
Payson end John Milton, Gabriel and
Michael, the archangel; lone line of choris
ters reaching across the-hills; seas of joy
dashing to the white beach; conquerors
marching from gate to gate, yon among
them. Oh. whit a great flock God will
gather around the celestial well! No stone
on the well's mouth .while the shepherd
waters the sheep. There Jacob will rec
ognize Rachel, the shepherdess. And.
standing on one side of the well of eternal
rapture your'children and standing on the
other side of, eternal rapture your Chris
tian ancestry, you will be bounded on all
sides by a joy so keen and grand that no
other world has ever been permitted to
experience it. Out of that one deep well
of heaven the Shepherd will dip reunion
for the bereaved, wealth for the poor,
health for the sick, rest for the weary
And then all the flock of the Lord's sheep
will lie down in the 'green pastures, and
world without end we will praise the
Lord thst on this summer Sabbath morn
ing we were permitted to study the story
of Jacob and Raciel at the well.
The Coona Heats.
According to a government publica
tion, the cocoa bean from which choc
olate la manufactured Is produced In
Its finest form In ths republic of Ven
ezuela, though various ottnr part of
Central and Sodth America grow and
export, large quantities. Two crops of
the bean are gathered each year, and
the manufacture conaUw limply In
grinding up the beam Into a meal and
then adding lugar and arrowroot, with
the necessary flavor generally vanil
la or cinnamon. The niaai U then
moistened until It U In a semi-fluid
stats, after which It la run Into molda
of the proper ahape.
A Whole Vlllace to Kaslgrate.
fha whole of the population of tha
village of Bologna, in Italy, including
tha public offlclala. la about to emi
grate to tha Argentina and to con
tim.n the community In exactly tha
I n.nn.r In that country under
Ithe name of New, Bologna. Not on
logic Individual will remain behind.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
International Lesson Comments For
August IS.
Subccl: Abraham's Intercession,. Gen. xvlll.,
l6-3J--Qoldcn Text, James v., Ik-Memory
Verses, 2J-2J--Commenlsry
oo the Day' Lesion.
Introduction. Our lesson nnntnina ),
E
rebminarv events of one t thm ,,,.t
ill tragedies in the world's histnrv. The
cup of tfodom'i iniquity was full, making
that city ripe for destruction. Although
God is merciful yet He will not always
strive with man. and there is a line which
individuals or nations cannot cross with
impunity. The only safe place is in the
mountain, far away from the smoking
plain. In Abraham's prayer we see his
great faith, his humility, Ins charity and
Ins boldness.
16. "The men." The three angels.
"Toward Sodom." "As with the Ixird
there is mercy, so He is the God to whom
vengeance belongs." They looked toward
Sodom for the purpose of destroying it.
"Went with them." Public roads did not
exist and guides were necessary.
17. "Shall I hide?" "That is. I will not
hide." Abraham was the "friend" of
God. and "commiinietilion of secrets is one
)f the special privileges of friendship."
The way to know the divine purposed
about, this present evil world is not to be
mi-ied up with it in its schemes and specu
lations, but to be entirely separated from
it. The more closely we walk with God,
the more we shall know His mind about
everything. "Thing which L do." Wnich
I purpose doing, or am about to do. God
f:ave Abraham the look of kindness and
ove, but to Sodom it was a look of indig
nation and wrath. The right hand of the
judge implies his left.
18. "Mighty nation." The Jewish na
tion. "Shall be blessed in him." "The
world" would be blessed in the Messiah
that was to spring from Abraham.
19. "I know him." His character and
destiny. "Will command his children."
Ke not only prayed with his family, but
he taught and commanded them, and was
"prophet ond king, as well as priest."
Abraham made it his business to promote
practical religion in his family, and this is
ftiven as the reason why (tod would make
uiown to him His purpose concerning So
dom. 20. "Cry-is great." That is, these cit;es
have sinned very grievously.
21. "I will go down." I will inquire
into the facts. God could not have been
in doubt, but He desires to show to Abra
ham that' He was not judging hastily, or
without full knowledge of all the facts.
22. "The men turned," etc. The two
angels who accompanied Jehovah were
now sent toward Sodom, while the third,
which is called the Lord or Jehovah, re
mained with Abraham. As God is never
seen in any bodily shape, consequently the
great angel of the covenant, Jcsr.e Christ,
must be meant.
23. "Abraham drew near." (1) In bod
ily presence, (2) in spiritual nearness. (3)
in holy fervency, (4) with boldness, 5) i:i
humility, (6) with confidence. "Wilt Thou
also destroy." It is a principle of justice
that the righteous shall not he punished
for the crimes of the wicked, and this
Abraham lays down as the foundation of
his supplications.
24. "Fifty righteous." These were more
righteous tiian existed in the citv. Wo
would not even know that Lot was right
eous had not the apoitle Peter told us.
But true charity and goodness always hope
the best and not the worst.
25. "Shall not the Judge do right?"
"Abraham must have had divine teaching
concerning the fact that Jehovah was the
world's Judge." This implies that God
would certainly do tight, although Ab.vi
ham might not see how.
26. "If I find I will spa-e." So faith
fully would God protect His chosen ones
when appealed to by Abraham in their be
half. Nor docs tlus go to show that He
will not protect them unless urged to do
so by others. It does show, howtver, the
power and value of prayer.
27. "Dusu and ashes." Dust is my ori
gin and ashes is my end. By these ex
pressions he shows how deeply his soul
was humbled in the presence of God. They
who stand nearest to God are the most
humble. The boldness of prayer mut be
ever tempered with humility.
23. "ihere shall lack." The sa.'etv of
ti e city being grunted on the condition
that fifty righteous couid be found, Abra
ham takes courage and aks still larger
things. He drops to forty-live, then to
forty, then to thirty, then to twenty, and
finally to ten. He was climbing the ladder
of ope and faith; with each promise he
took courage to ask for more; he grew
into larger visions of God's goodness.
32. "But this once." Abraham's inter
cession was limited because the interces
sor was but a man; it did not reach the
need. He said. I will spook yet but this
once, and there he stopped short, as if
afraid of having presented too large a draft
at the treasury of infinite grace, or forget
ting that faith's check was never yet dis
honored at God's bank. It was not that
God was not able to give, for there was an
abundance of grace and patience in Him
to have barkened to His servunt had he
proceeded to three or one; but the servant
was limited, and afraid of overdrawing his
account. He ceased to as); and God ceased
to give. Not so our blessed Intercessor;
of II nn it can be said, "He is uble to save
to the uttermost seeing He ever liveth
to make intercession." May our hearts
cling to Him in all our need, our weakness
and our conflict.
33. "The Lord went His way." The an
gel Jehovah with whom Abraham had
been communing, wont His way. Abra
ham's prayer was answered, though not in
the way he expected. I. The righteous
were delivered from the city. 2. By the
destruction of the city righteousness was
promoted. Sin was hringing forth death;
such vile cities would contaminate and cor
rupt the race; the cancer must be cut out,
lest the whole being be destroyed.
In chapter 19 we have an account of the
destruction of Sodom and the cities of the
plain. The two angels that left Abraham
went to Sodom (19: 1), where they were
received kindly by Lot, but shamefully
used by the people of Sodom. The angels
told Lot to warn his friends to flee, for
they had been sent to destroy the city. In
the morning the angels hastened Lot. his
wife and his two daughters, telling them
to leave the city and not to look back lest
they be consumed. Lot's wife looked back
and became a pillar of salt. It was not
enough for Lot to go outside the walls of
the city, but they were commanded to
leave the plain. Spiritually, those who
stay in the plain are those who do not for
sake all their sins, and who rest in convic
tion and good resolutions without having
been truly converted.
Animals Have Raasonlnt; Power
Thai animals have reasoning power,
and can recognize the approach ol
danger, il the verdict jf the
stiprema court of Iowa. The case in
which a decision was. given waa
against a railway company for killing
rtoalc. In the lower court the rule of
evidence waa that the atatutory whis
tle required alxty roda before crossing
a public highway, and waa Intended
for the protection of dumb animals ai
well aa human belnajs, and thla has
been approved by tha mpreme court.
The railway company contenda that
the requirement of tha whistle at
crossing! could' only ba Intended for
rational beluga, not anlniala. it la con
teded that abort blasti of tha whistle
may frighten anlmala off tha track, but
when not In danger, to frighten then
may cause tbera to run on tha track.
The railroad company'a attorney! aay
that the court confound! fright on the
part of anlmala with reason; neverthe
less, If thla requeat for a rehearing be
refused, and the present opinion
stands," then the toots on the whlwtle
are for the benefit of stock aa well aa
buniasY boinga.
EPW0RTH LEAfiUE MEETINd TOPICS
August I8"0oi"f Requirements." Dent,
x. 12-14.
Rod's rwiiiiro-nients nro rrrinnnlt1o.
Itlght Is always ronsoiiiiblo. A thins
Is right lioftinsr (ioil requlrr-H It. Hut
ho required It tipc-mm- It I rlwht. Tim
things ho requires of n-i nro not nl
wnyi what they ooiu. SnniPtlnios
they appm uiirensoimlilo, nnrt even
wrnnir. nut wt wn!U ny faith In Ood.
and not by the sight of tiling. God
upvpt rpqiilrps one to city wbnt ono
ronnnt any, nor to do wlint oup pun
not do, nor to lie what oni pnnot bp.
lie would lip nu Irnitlnmtl tp''!ior
who should I'piptilrp h child to nuMcr
ponniptfy when Its stretitrlh Is 1iix-d
to flip utmoHt by a simple sum In ad
dition. .
No simp fiit her requires of an In
fant ns. much nn hp does of his full
grown ami.
Hp rpqulrps no Knerlllcp Hint will not
enrich us. Hp require no service thnt
will not iiinke u stronger. Hp re
qnlroa us to plve ourselves to lilm,
but In return he Rives himself to us.
God'l I'cqult-ciiiclltH HIV practical. It
Is not the fenr of shivery. It Is not
the fenr thnt God might liuit one. It
Is a fenr Hint one iniirlit hurt God. Tin;
fear of the Lord iiiulu-s out! careful,
cuiiriiMiis, wise, good.
Walk In the Lord's wny. They art
always of plciiMntiiness. They an;
pathways of pence. Hin wny la some,
tlmpg in the. whirlwind. It Is some
times lu the storm. Hul we sriiill
find alieltcr only lu Hip path where
where lies hlH way. Sometimes t lis
IOrd's way niny iippenr lonely ami
dnrk. But. the Hinillnif fucea of Hiigelj
look out from frowning cloud. The
cloudburst of sorrow limy conic. But
the sunburst of joy will follow.
Serve thp Ixiril. That Is the only
wny to be of use to one's self. There
la no other .wny to bo of service to
others. We limy fenwt to the full al
the Lord's table anil, not serve bin;
much. Who serves mini most sot-vet
God best. Jesus stild, "Inasmuch a!
ye did It unto one of the lenst of these
ye did It unto me." Then let us do nl'
"aa to the Lord, and not unto men.''
"Lord, help me" that was the prnyci
of a paKun. "That I may help others"
that Is the Chrlstlnu supplement. We
must begin with the pagan's prayer;
but we must not stop short of the
Christian supplement.
Love the Lord. We love to Hcrvv.1
whom we love. Love lightens lnhor.
Love sweetens sorrow. Love mlt.
gates pain. I,ove Is the spirltu.il grav
itation that holds men to God. Iove
la the grip of God that forever holds
us In the arms of mercy. It Is easy
to lave him when we know hliu. It is
sweet to serve hlin when we love him,
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
August 18 "Ood'a Requirement." Deut.
x. 12-14.
Scripture Verses Eel. xil. 13; Pout
z. 12. l.'l; Luke xil. 37; Job xxii. 2. 3
1 for. Ix. Hi: Horn. xli. 1, 'J; 'J Tm. Iv
5; Gai. vi. 1 I'or. xv. ,V
Lesson TliouL'lits.
Even our very best services canno!
fully meet our obligations to God
How fur short of our duty, then, must
we fall when our service is only half
hearted or Hike-warm!
(iod's right is absolute, lie boldi
nothing of himself, ami wo canno'
justly hold back anything of our
solves. .
God accepts no t-lave service, (loin
under the lash. It uiutt be JnytuI aud
free. '
Selecllous.
Great duties are before me, and great
songs;
And whether crowned or crowulcsi
when I fall.
It matters not, so ns Gods woik n
done.
Let us take to heart Beecher'a dio
turn: "To be n Christian Is to obey
Christ, no liuWrer how you feel." That
Is the secret of I'nul's power. Hint he
was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision. And thnt may be the sprlus
of mighty power In us.
And as the path of duty Is made plain.
May grace lie given that I may walk
therelti.
Doing (iod's will aa if It were initio
own.
Vet trusting not In mine, but lu li Is
atreugth alone.
If u tyraiii sUuuhl command a man
to move a railroad train, he uilghl
push with bis hands forever, and b
utterly unable to move it a bair'i
breadth. Hut If he turns the level
that lets on the slenm, be can move 11
with perfect esse. Much of the work
the Iiord gives his people to do Is
hurd aa to remove luouuiaius; lull
faith Is the lever that applies the pow
er of God: and the weakest saint,
stroug in faith and using God's power,
can do mighty works, beyond the puy
er of even an eel's strength.
RAM Z' HORN BLASTS
WO fools' heada
re worse than
one.
Every conver
sion la a miracle.
Simplicity Is the
sign of aerloua
ncss. Friends are not
good kept In v.ne-
!feN-ri3 '"Emulation la a
rV"Vj cure tor nvy-
V The giving hind
Is the only cure for the grasping heitt.
The danger of ambition's paths Ilea
not In that they are ateep but that they
aro slippery.
The man who la keenest on the in
spection of hia neighbors la usua.ly
weak on Introspection. ,
The horat of love la the only leoas
that will .bring God within the focus
of our facilities.
We are almost Inclined to a?ree with
those who deny the soul It they apeak
for -themaelvea alone.
The man who cannot get wisdom out
of bla own follies will get nothing but
folly out of all wisdom.
There la one habit worse thin walk
ing with your handa In your pocketa,
that la, keeping your heart there.
They who plan to give God their last
daya only conteplate an lmult tbey are
never permitted to perpetrate.
According to the measure of the
weeping saint heaven must be a very
wicked place, for there are no tears
there.
Move) ObsarvatVm Blatloa.
The Academy of Science at Vienna
has reaolved to eetablUh'a novel ata
tlon for the observation of earth-'
nuakaa, In a allver mine, 109, meters
below tha surface.
PURE FOOD
LAWYIOUTED.
Interesting Facts Concerning I tie r.aliiiK
of Coffee Brought Ort by Bclentlflo
KxrierU Freseneo of BaelerU.
Toi.kdo, August 10th The Jury In
Judge Merk'l court in this city has
found James White, a local grocer,
guilty of selling adulterated crfTee.
The prosecution was based on a pack
age of Arlosa coffee.
The Stnte of Ohio, through Hi Tuvo
l'ood Commission, prosecuted White.
The case was on trial for netiriy n
month, and attracted nntionul atten
tion. : The manufacturers of Ariosa eo.Tce
conducted tha defense for Grocer
White. Attorneys of cminuice
were retained to defend him,
but after a short consultation a verdict
of guilty was returned by the jury
The Stnte of Ohio considers this n big
victory. Pure Food Commission?!
filnckhurn has been waging a waiT.ire
nn spurious food articles and the de
partment lias been successful.
The complaint of the "State of Ohio
was that Arioa coffee was coated with
n substance which concealed defects
In the coffee and made It appeal better
Ihnnltis. The Slate charged this coat
ing or glazing was a fjvcvnbl? medium
for the propagation of baclerlnT
Trof. (I. A. Klrchinaler, of this city,
a well-kuowu chemist, was tho nrln-
j cipnl witness for the State. lie tcs-
tilied that he had mndc scientific ex
aminations nf.snmplra of Arlosa
purchased from Grocer White in
the open morket, and found (lint
each berry contained an average
of S00 bacteria. Mr. Klrcliniaier
further testified that other cof
fees he examined Contained few bac
teria or none at nil. Ho declared thnt
the glazed coffee was not a wholesome
food product.
Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, cor
roborated the. tcM'mon.r of rof.
Klrcliniaier. The Slate did not present
further testimony.
The defense secured some of
the most eminent chemists and
scientists In the United S'nteg
to give testimony in their behalf, l'rof.
II. W. Wiley, of the United States
Agricultural Department; l'rof.
Vaughn, of Ann Arbor University;
Profs. Bleile and Webber, of the Ohio
State University, were called to de
fend Arioso. Dr. Wiley made n care
ful examination of the method of iunu
ufacturlng. He told of the 10,
000,000 eggs used yearly lu the prepar
ation of this glazing. On this paint,
in cross-examination, the State's at
torney deftly drew from him Hie in
formation that these eggs might: be
kept in cold storage for a ycur o: two
at a time.
The experts who heard Dr. Wiley's
testimony were , pleaspd to listen
to so famous n ' chemist. TIrj
doctor nt oue point In bis testimony
explained very clearly how It is that
the egg put Into the coffeu pot by
the housewife settles the coffee. Ho
said that the heat coagulates the egg,
and- ns It sinks to the bottom of the
pot It carries the fine particles of
coffee with it, and thus clarities the
drink. It Is the act of coagulation in
the coffee pot that docs the worl;.
Later on in his cross examination, lie
admitted that when the egg ws
put on Arlosa coffee at ths factory It
became coagulated, nud ns rgg cannot
be coagulnted but ouce, that the coat
ing on coffee was practically no value,
ns a "settler" when It reached the
coffee pot.
Professor Wiley acknowledged that
the gluzing might be n favorable
medium for the propagation of bac
teria, although he would not testify
positively either woy because be was
uot a bacteriologist.
Professor Vaughn, of Ann Arbor,
also a witness for the defense, said
he found bacteria on Ariosu eoffe:.
Professor Ulelle. another witness for
the defense, testified he. found tiny
number of lively bacteria on Arlosa
coffee lie examined, nud ngreed that
glazed coffee surely was n more favor
able medium for the propagation of
bacteria thau unjlazed coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
snys: "Tha State Is very much elated
over Its victory. Wc tire now consider
ing the advisability of inforniiug every
grocer In the State of Ohio thnt It is
an infraction of the laws to se'l
Arios.i, aud at the same time Sive
warning to consumers that the coffee
ia an adulterated food article."
The verdict of the Jury in this case
li of national Importance becnuse a
great many other States have pure
food laws like that of Ohio, and it
is natural to suppose that similar ac
tion will be token by other Pure Food
Commissioners to prevent the sale of
glazed coffees.
Braail-maklnff's lmnrtanci0.
Undoubtedly the day f leally good
bread is dawning. The '"new woman"
has now conic to the rescue. This means
an awakening to latent capacities and
powers, and a revising and new appre
ciation ol old duties and obligations. In
110 place does this new woman shine
with a finer light than she docs in the
home, where her intelligence reaches
the remotest corners brightening and
bettering all things.
The important subject of brea 1-mak-ing,
which, should head the list of cook
ing accomplishments, will, with other
things, receive proper study, and sooner
or later the perfect loaf will not be a J
matter of luck, as it so often is now, but I
the result of a thorough understanding I
of ingretticnis, their combination and
conditioning.
At. rasing It Up
"Last year," the begun, as the halted
in front of the grocery to gaze at a pile
ot watermelons, '"last year I bought six-
teen different watermelons ot you, and
not one of them was ripe."
"Yes, 1 know," replied the grocer,
"And this year"
"This year, madam, you will buy six
teen others oi me, and not one will be
green. That' the way it goes, you
know. Last year was an off year, while
thitneis all right. I'll send down that
large speckled fellow with a hump to
it."
Heckle.
First Bullfrog (swimming) I see
your husband enjoying a stroll on the
beach.
Second Bullfrog (swimming, wor
ried) Yes; and it it right after dinner,
whereas he knows perfectly well he
should never go' out of the water until
two hours after eating.
, Soma fatherly Ail Tine.
There is one man in Cook county who
is bringing up bis boys in the way they
thnuld go, and if they don't go in it the
fault wm't be his. One of his lads stood
before him and said:
"Fa:hcr, I'm invited to a party, and
there's going to be dancing, and I need
a dress suit."
"Yes. Well, why don't you get il?"
"I haven't the money."
"Ilow old be you?" asked the old innn
with sudden interest.
"Why, you know, father. Nineteen
this, mouth.".
"And yon want n dress suit?"
"Yes. sir."
"The kind of rig you can only wear
after sundown?"
"Yes, sir it's evening dress."
"Costs like the dickens, and makes
vou look like a waiter in an eating
house? Huh! Now, I've no objection
to your having a dress suit with a pro
viso you must go to work and cam it.
Now bustle."
And the boy is htis'Jing.
Tl,i. Mimic C oris
Kmploycr You have been whistling
fragments of a coon song every day (or
a week now.
Hcokkccpcr Yes, sir.
Kmploycr Well, go off somewhere
and stay until you have whistled the
whole thing through ten times: then, if
you think you've had enough of it you
can come back.
Iloilnil to lttlf,ve.
"In spile of the lucky stone you carry
in your pocket you lost all your money
and a sign fell on you and broke your
arm."
"Yes; but wasn't it fortunate I hail
that lucky stone? Think what might
have happened to me otherwise!"
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