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An old colored preacher in the rural
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"Ever' time Satan looks down cn
mts ilc Lawd's work gwine on, fire
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wid it he lays back cn hollers. Dat's
dc. thunder."
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"whan is Satan in dc winter time?
We dont have no lightnin' den."
The preacher studied a. minute and
then said:
"Well, hit may be, Br'er Williams,
!at hell's froze over den."
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The East Cleveland ear had passed
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women, one from the rural districts,
the other a Clcvclandcr who was show
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RELIGION IS EVERGREEN.
The Olive Branch o! Peace, the Pine
Branch of Consolation, the Palm
Branch of Usefulness and
Victory.
Dr. Tslroare Says We Ars Only Here la a
Temporary Residence.
ICervrlrht 1901.1
Washington, D. C This discourse of
Dr. Talmstre is full of the hrenth o the
hills and fields and is a summer sermon;
text, Nehemtah, viii. 18, "Go forth unto
the mountain and fetch olive branches
and palm branehes and branches of thick
trees to make booths."
U seems ss if Mount Olivet were un
moored. The people have gone into the
mountain and have cut off tree lirsnches
and pnt them on their shoulders, and they
come forth now into the streets of Jeru
salem and on the housetops snd they
twist these tree branches into arbors or
booths. Then the people come forth from
their comfortable homes and dwell for
seven davs in these booths or arbors.
Why do they do that! Well, it is a great
fastal time. It is the feast of tabernacles,
and these people are going to -celebrate
the desert travel of their fathers snd their
deliverance from their troubles, the expe
rience of their fathers when, travclins; in
the desert, thev lived in booths oa their
way to the Und of Cnnaan. And so these
booths also became highly suggestive of
oiir march toward heaven and of the fact
that we are-only living temporarily here,
as it were, in booths or arbors, on our
way to the Canaan of eternal rest. And
what was said to the Jews literallv may
) said figuratively to all this audience.
(Jo forth into the 'mountain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches and
myrtle branches and palm branches and
brnnches of thick trees to make booths.
Yes, we are only here in a temporary
residence. We are marching on. The
merchant princes who used to live in
Bowling Oreen. New York, have passed
awav, and their residences are now the
fields of chenn merchants. Where ore
the men who fiftv years ngo owned Wash
ington and New Yoi It? l'asaed on. There
is no use in our driving our stakes too
deep into the earth: we arc on the march.
The generations tlint have preceded tis
hBve gone so far on thnt we ennnot even
hear the sound of their footsteps. They
have gono over the hills, and we are to
follow .them.
But, blessed be God. we are not in this
world left out of doom and unsheltered.
There are gospel booths or gospel arbors
in which our souls are to lie comforted.
f,'o forth unto the mountain and fetch
olive branches, and pine branches, and
myrtle branches, and pnlm brnnches and
branches of thick trees and build booths.
Well, now, we are to-day to construct a
gosncl arbor or gospel booth, and how
shall we construct it? Well, we must
get all the tree branches and build. Ac
cording to my text, we must go up into
the mount and hrin? olive branches. What
does that mean? The olive tree grows in
warm climates and it reaches the height
of twenty or twentv-two feet, a straight
stem, and then an offshoot from that stem.
And then people come and they atrip off
these branches sometimes, and when in
time of war the general of one army takes
one of these olive, branches and goes out
to the general of another army, what does
that mean? Why, it means unsaddle the
war chargers: it means hang up the war
knapsacks. It is but a beautiful way of
saving peace!
.Now, it we are to-day going to succeed
in building this gospel arbor wc must go
into the mount of Gad's bleesing and fetch
the olive branches, aud whatever else we
must have we must have at least two olive
branches peace with God and pence with
man. When I say peace with God, I do
not mean to represent God as an angry
chicltain saving a gnulge against us, nut
I do mean to affirm that there is no more
antagonism between a hound and a hare,
between a hawk and a pullet, between ele
phant and swine than there is hostility
between holiness and sin.
And if God is all holiness and we are all
sin there must be a readjustment, there
must be a reconstruction, there must he a
treaty, there must be a stretching forth
of olive branches.
There is a great lawsuit going on now,
and it is a Iswsuit which man is bringing
acainst his Maker; that lawsuit is now on
the calendar. It is the human versus the
divine; it is iniquity versus the immacu
late; it is weakness versus omnipotence.
Man beean it; God did not begin the law
suit. We began it; we assaulted our Ma
ker, and the sooner we end this psrt of
the struggle in which the finite attempts
to overthrow the infinite and omnipotent
the sooner we end it the better. Trav
elers tells us there is no such place as
Mount Calvary; that it is only s hill, only
an insignificant hill, but I persist in calling
it the mount of God's divine mercy and
love, far grander than any other place rm
earth, grander than the Alps or the Hi
malayas, snd there are no other hills as
compared with it; and I have noticed in
every sect where the eross of Christ is set
forth it is planted with olive branehes.
And all we have to do is to get rid of
this war between God and ourselves, of
which wc are all tired. We want to back
nut of the war; we want to get rid of this
hostility. All we have to do is just to get
up on the mousa) of God's blessing and
pluck these olive branches and wave (hejn
before the throne. Peace through our
Lord Jesus Christ!
Oh, it does not make much difference
what the world thinks of you! But come
into the warm, intimate, glowing and
cverlosting rclationshin with tiie God of
the whole universe; that is the iov that
makes a halleluiah seem stupid. Whv do
we want to have peace through our Lord
Jesus Christ? Why, if we had gone on in
10,000 years of war against God we could
not have rantured so much as a sword or
a cavalry stirruD or twisted off one of the
wheels of the chariot of His omnipotence,
but the moment we bring this olive branch
God and all heaven come on our side.
Pease through our Lord Jesus Christ, and
no other kind of peace is worth anything.
But then we must have that other olive
branchpeace with man. Now, it is very
easy to pot up a quarrel. There are gun
powdery Christians all around us. and one
match of provocation will set them off.
It is easy enough to get up a quarrel. But,
my brother, do you not think vou had
better have your horns sawed off? HhJ
not you better make tin apology? Had
pot you better submit to a little humilia
tion? "Oh," you say, "until that man
taKes the first step I will never be at
peace with him! Nothing will be done
until he is ready to take the first step."
You are a pretty Christian. When would
this world Iw saved if Christ had not
taken the fir-.t tep? We were iu tho
wrong; Christ wua in the right, all right
and forever ritiht, and yet Ho took the
first step. Aud instead of going and get
ting a knotty scourge with which to whip
your antngouist, your enemy, you had bet
ter act ui in the radiant mount where
Christ suffered for His enemies and just
take tin olive branch, not stripping off the
soft, coo), fragrant leaves, leaving them all
on, and then try on them that gospel
switch. It will not hurt them, and it will
save you. Peace with God; peace with
man. If you cannot take those two tioc
trines, you are no Christian. '
But my text goes further. It says, "Go
up nto the mountain and fetch olive
branches and nine branches." Now, whst
is suggested by the pine branch? The
pine tree is healthy; it is Aromatic; it is
evergreen. How often the physician says
to his invalid patients. "Go and hare a'
breath of the pines; that will invigorate
you." Why d( such thousands of people
go (South every year? It is not merely to
get to warmer climate, but to get the in
fluence of the pine. There is health In it,
and this pine branch of the text sugrss'a
the helpfulness of our holy religion. It is
full of health.) health for all, health for
the mind, health for tho soul. I knew an
aged man who had no rsnitsl of p'tysical
health. He had had nil the diseases you
rould imsgine. He did not eat snough to
keen a child alive: he lived on a beverage
of hossnnas; he lived high, for ha dined
every day with the King! he was kent
alive simply bv the force of cur hlv reli
nion. It is a healthy rcinion. healthy for
the rye, healthy for the hand, healthy for
the feet, tx-nliliv fo (he hriirt, healthy for
Hie liver, hralthy fur tho spleen, hsultliv
(or the wh-iis -.i-.i. It rives, a man such
pesce, such quietness, such Independence
of circumstances, such holv equipoise. Oh,
that we all possessed it; that we possessed
it now!
And some one says. "My business is
to manufacture horseshoe nails." Then
manufacture horseshoe nails to the glory
of God. There is nothing for you to do
that you ought to do but for the glory
of God.
Usefulness is typified by the palm tree.
Ah, we do not want in the church snr
more people thnt are merely weeping wil
lows, sighing into the water, stsnding snd
admiring their long lashes in the glassy
spring! No wild cherry dropping bitter
fruit. Wc want palm trees, holding
something for God, something for angels,
something for man. I am tired snd sick
of this flat, tame, insipid, satin slippered,
nanny nambv. highly tidily religion! It
is worth nothing for this world, and it
is destruction for eternity. (Jive me 5110
nien snd women fully consecrated to
Christ, and we will take this city for
God in three years; give me 10.000 men
and women fully up to the Christian
standard: in ten years 10.000 of them
would tske the wholo earth for Gul.
But when are we going to beginj We
all want to be uimfiil. There is not,
man in the pews thst does not want to
be useful. When are we going to be
gin? Lcdrard, the great traveler, was
Honghl before tho Geographical Society
of Great Britain, and they wanted him
lo make some explorations in Africa, and
they showed him ail the perils and all
the hard work and a'l the exposure, and
after they had told him what they want
ed him to do in Africa they ssid to him,
"Now. Ledyard. when are you ready to
start?" He said, "To-morrow morning."
The learned men were astonished. They
thought he would tske weeks or mnnths
to get ready. Well, now, yen tell me
you want to be usefij in Christian service.
When are you going to begin? Oh. that
yon had the "decision to say, "Now;
now!" Oh, go into the mount and pather
the palm branches!
But the palm branches also mean vic
tory. Well, now, we are by nattiro the
servants of satnn. He stole us; he has
his eye on us; he wauls to keep ua. But
word comes from our Father that if we
will try to break loose from this doing of
wrong our Father will help us, and some
day we rouso un, and we look the black
tyrant in the face, and we fly at him,
and we wrestle him down, and we put
our heel on his neck, and we grind him
in the dust, and we say, "Victory, vic
tory, through our Lord Jesus Christ!"
Oh, what a grand thing it is to have
sin underfoot and a wanted lifo behind
our backs! "Blessed is he whose trans
gression is forgiven and whose sin is
covered."
Some one says, "How about the fu
ture?" What, says the man, I feci so
sick and worn out with the ailments of
life. You are going (o be more than
conqueror. But, says the man. I am so
tempted, X am so pursued in life. You
are going to be more than conqueror. I,
who have so many ailments and heart
aches, going to lie more than conqueror?
Yes, unless you are so self-conceited that
you want to manage all the affairs of
your life yourself instead of letting God
manage them. Do you want to drive
and have God take a back seat? "Oh,
no," you say: "I want God to be my lend
er." Well, then, you will be more than
conqueror. Your last sickness will come,
and the physicians in the next room will
be talking about what they will do for
you. What difference will it make what
they do for you? You are going to be
well, everlastingly well. And when the
spirit has fled the body your friends will
be talking as to where they shall bury
you. What difference does it make to
you where they bury you? The nngel of
the resurrection can pick you out of the
dust anywhere, and all the cemeteries of
the earth are in God's cure. Oh. you arc
going to be more than conqueror!
Do you not think wo had better begin
now to celebrato the coming victory? In
the old meeting house at Sorncrville niv
father used to lead the singing, and he
had the old fashioned tuning fork, and
he would strike it tition his knee and then
put the tuning fork to his car to catch
the right pith and start the hymn. But,
friend, do yon not think we had better
be catching the nitch of the everlasting
song, the song of victory, when we shall
be more than conquerors? Had we not
better begin the reheatsal on earth?
My text brings ns one step further.
It says go forth into the mount and
fetch olive branches, and pine brsnrhes.
and myrtle branches, and palm branches
and branches of thick trees. Now you
know very well I make this remark un
der the head of branches of thick tree
that a booth or arbor mndn of alio!,!-.
branches would not stind. The first blsst
ot the tempest would prostrate it. So,
then, the booth or arbor must have four
stout poles to hold up the arbor or
bpoth. and hence for the building of the
arbor for this world wo must have stout
branches of thick trees. And so it is
in the goxpcl arbor.
Blessed be God that we have a brawnr
Christianity, not one easily upset. The
storms of life will come upor. ns, and
we want strong doctrine: not only love,
wit justicel not only invitation, but
warning. It is a mighty gospel; it is an
omnipotent gospel. These are the stout
branches of thick trees.
I remember what Mr. Finney said in
a schoelhousc. The village was so bad
it was called Sodom . and' it was said to
have only one good man in all tho village,
and he was called Lot, ond Mr. Finnev
was preaching in the schoolhouse. anil
he described the destruction of Sodom:
how the city was going to be destroyed
unless they rerented. and thst there
would be rain from heaven of sorrow and
destruction unless they, too, repented.
And the people in the schoolhouse sat
and ground their teeth in anger, and
clinched their fists in anger, but before
he got through with his sermon they got
down on their knees and cried for mercy
while merry could be found. Oh, it is
a mighty gispel; not only an invitation,
but a warning, an omnipotent truth;
stout branches of thick trees.
Well. my friends, you see I have
omitted one or two points, not because
I forgot to present them, but became
I have not time to present them. I
hsve shown yon here is the olive branch
of peace, here is the pine branch of
jevergreen gospel consolation, here the
palm tree branch of usefulness and of
victory and here are the stout branches
lof thick trees. The gospel arbor is done.
The air is aromatic of heaven. The
, leaves rustle with the gladness of God.
Come into the arbor. Come into ths
booth. I went out at different times with
u fowler to tho mountains to catch
pigeons, and we made our booth and we
.sat in that booth and watched for the
pigeons to come. And we found flocks in
the sky and after awhile they dropped
into the net, and we were successful, Sn
I come now to the door of this sicl
booth. I look out. I see . flocks of
souls hying hither and thither. Oh, that
they might come like clouds' and as doves
to the window) Come into the booth,
Come into the bqotb.
Cat Earn. Fatary.
Ten dollars for food for an offlco cat
Is the most curious allowance ever
made by a postmaster general. Ant
such was the Item which was sanc
tioned the other day by I'ostmastel
General Smith at Washington. Ten
dollars for food for the office cat al
St. Paul. The St. Paul postofflce Is an
old building and so filled with mice
and rats that the cat has plenty ol
work to do keeping these little crea
tures In order, They say that the cal
Is the hardest-worked member of tin
force and tho most necessary. When
the Hem was read by the postal au
thorities at Washington there was
hearty laugh. But later when the)
read the explanation which accom
panied tho bill everyone, from tht
postmaster general to the office-boy,
agreed that it was quite right that tht
cat should be fed at the expense ot thi
government. This is oao of the verj
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roll.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments Tor
September 8.
Subject: Jacob al the Well, Oen. xxvlli., 10-22
floldee Text, Oen. xxr It, 16-Memory
Verses, IJ-15-Commcnlsry on
the Day's Letsoo.
10. "Jacob." "The supplanter." Jacob
took sdvaulage of his brother F.snu, and
by deception stole his blessing. The Lord
bad promised Bcbekah that the birthright
should be given to Jscob (chap. 25: !i3),
snd if she and Jacob had waited with faith
for the fulfilment of the promise. Jacob
would have had honestly what he gained
by trickery. But it seemed to Kcliekah
and Jacob that God's promises were about
to fail, and they must do something to
bring the right thing to pass, even if they
did a wrong in accomplishing it. They
gained nothing, but lost much bv their
wicked interference with God's plans.
Jacob was ebliged to flee for his life, snd
his mother never beheld her beloved son
sgain. Went out. I rgrd and assisted
by Rebekah, who planned with Isaac to
nave ,lacoh go to seek a wile, hut rea v
the journey was taken to escape the wrnth
of Ksau. Ksau and Jacob were now fifty
seven years old. "From Beer-sheba."
This was forty-five miles southwest of Je
rusalem, where Isnse lived. "Haran."
This was about 300 miles from Beer-sheba.
Some say the distance was much greater.
He went without a servant or any accom
modations, except a staff (Gen. 32: 10);
on foot and alone he pursues his solitary
journey.
11. A certain place. -Near I.us. V.
16. This was between fifty-five and sixty
miles nortneast of Beer-snehs. it must
have been toward the close of the third
day since he left home. The gates of the
rity were probably closed for the night, be
fore he was able to reacn l.uz, and thus
he was forced to remain in the nncu field
during the night. "Sun was set." The
gates ol the city were rlosccl at the setting
of the sun, but this may merely menn that
it was late and therefore time for Jacob
to stop. "One of the stones" (H. V.)
This was no hardship for Jacob, as the
Syrians do the same thing every night.
Sleeping on the ground in the open air.
where there is not even a bush for shelter
is a common thing. A pillow of stone was
hut an outward expression of Jacob s feel
ings at this time, tie was alone, poor, ban
ished, undclendro, villi a long ana dan
gerous journey before him among hostile
tribes, and with an uneasy conscience.
12. "He dreamed." God has frequently
appeared in dreams since Jacob's time. "A
ladder." The design of the ladder was, 1.
To'show that God was watching over and
regulating all things. 2. It pointed out
the close connection between heaven anil
earth. 3. It was a type of Christ. Tho
true life has nlways visions and ideals
reaching far beyond our present state. We
should be always climbing upward, and the
rising will be step by step. "AiikcIs of
(iod. ' God would tench Jacob the con
necting and living intercourse between
heaven and earth. The angels descending
designate the revelations, the words and
promises of God; the ascending angels in
dicate faith, couicssion and prayer. Jacob
had thought himself alone and defenseless;
the vision musters nrmies for his safety.
He had been conscious of but little con
nection with heaven; the vision shows him
a path from his very side right into its
depths.
13. "Stood above it." From Jacob's
ladder wc receive the lirst definite intima
tion that beyond "Sheol," heaven is tho
home of man. "To thee will I give it."
Of all the descendants of Abraham "Jacob
had been selected as the one in whoxc line
the covenant blessings should flow."
14. "And thy seed," etc. The old prom
ise made to Abraham more than a century
before this is here renewed. "Of the
earth." The expression points to the
world-wide universality of the kingdom
of the seed of Abraham. The fulfilment of
this was in Jesus Christ, lit Christ, who
descended from Jacob according to the
flesh, shall all the nations of the c:trth be
bicuhed.
J.i. "I am with thee." etc. I will di
rect, help and support thee in a peculiar
manner. He is assured that he will not be
cast away from the presence ol God.
16. "The Lord is in this place." God
has made this place His peculiar residence,
tiod is oftea very near when the trial is
most severe and it seems to us that He
has forsaken us entirely.
17. "He was afraid. ' Jacob had sinned
and he knew it, and therefore wus in no
condition lo meet God. His heart was not
at home in the presence of God; nor can
any heart be so until it has been thor
oughly emptied and broken. "How dread
ful.'' Awe-inspiring, commonly rendered
fearful or territilc. To be in the presence
ot God is a dreadful place for a sinner.
"Tne liou-e ot God." Jn whatever place
tho soul of man feels the presence and
power of God there is the house of (iod.
"the gate of heaven." Alluding to the
ladder he had seen in his dream. A gate
is un entrance, and if angels could ascend
on this ladtler and enter heaven, a poor
distressed sinner might; so Jacob decided,
and he acted accordingly, for soon we see
him entering in.
18. "Set it up." He placed the stone in
an erect position. "Poured oil." Thus
consecrating it to God, so that it might be
considered an altar.
10. Beth el." "House of God." The
original name was Luz, but Jacob named
the place Bethel.
20. "Jacob vowed a vow." A vow is a
solemn promise by which a man binds
himself to perform certain acts. When
Jacob came to Bethel he was an uncon
verted man, and he was not converted
while he was dreaming. God saves men
when they are wide awake. According to
the Bible plan no person is converted with
out tme repentance, confession and faith.
Did Jacob repent at this time? It seems
clear that he did. Years afterward he de
sired to return to Bethel and build an al
tar to the God "who answered" him in
the day of his "distress." Gen. 3o: 3.
From this we see, 1. That he was in "dis
tress" he had "godly sorrow" (2 Cor. 7:
10) on account ot his sins. 2. He called
on the Lord and God "answered" him.
Thus God's appearing to him was the re
sult of earr.cst, agonizing prayer on his
part. 3. Jacob gave hinireif to God and
took the Lord to be his God. V. 21. 4.
He even promised to give to God a tenth
of all that God might give him. Now here
is ample proof of his conversion; for when
a repenting heart comes thus to God, and
make his vow to tiod as Jacob did, ths
Lord is always ready to save. "If God."
etc. A better rendering is "since Uod."
His words ure not to be considered as im
plying a doubt, lie did not dictate terms
to God; he really said that inasmuch at
God had promised to sustain and keep
him, therefore he would give himtclf to
God.
22. "God's house." A place sacred la
the memory of God's presence. "The
tenth," As Abraham had done. Gen. 14;
20.
Fajt Volailora.
Ia Argentine there is a grass knowi
as "paJa voladora" or flying grass
whleh appears to be a great nuisance
It hi reported that the Great Southen
railway, during the time tho grass ex
lata, finds it almost Impossible to keel
lta tracks clear from It, and that 1.
Interferes greatly with traffic, for tht
reason that it piles np in such quan
tides that at timea it is dlfllcult t
fore trains through It That it caus
es hot boxes and even derailment!, ti
which Is added the great danger o:
its taking Ore. When the tracks an
VZared by the train handa a ellgh'
change in the wind will bring It al
back again. A Ore that occurred les
December, resulting In groat damage
is attributed to It
At the age ot 16 a girl imagines tht
average man la all soul, but at the ag
of SO she knows ha is mostly stomach
Very often the pcopte who say the)
hate conventionalities are thosa wl
tUcrve them mcst (
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
September I Heavenly llclp-r 2 Mors
vl. 15-17.
H lTltmt YlVla.- I'sil. xxxlv. "
MhU. xxvl., .Vl; PH. xcl.. 11, 12; ilH.'
I.. M; Horn. vlll.. :n: 2 Ktii-, xlx . ;i.V
I'sn. rxxv.. xxvll.; a Cliion. xxxll.. 7'
X: Horn. vlll.. 31. M.
l'son TIhiiicIi;.
"IVnr ii(it"-fi(Hl iintl Godv minis
tors wrn kc)it pretty mKV jiji,i
times snylng those two wonls, ,111, i
this eliiv Clii-lsMniis linnllv recoirtilw.
bow Kin ful il is to bo nfi-ni.l. Tlip
tun ill potent tioil Is mir giuiivl.
Tln Isrd Is over mi the Niio f the
rlglitoons; In that liif-tluu
fory. (
Wt cnmiol tiiiilerlniiil llfr.rlihcr for
tittrsr-lvew or for otlnrt till wo hnvp
siinif vlshrn of the unseen world In
Its iM-iirlntrs tiiion tin. ,,,,!,
Selections'
Tin- bird iil'len perrlicsi on a frail
branch thm bends 111M yield bcmatii
Its welphl, or In swnyed by I lie lljflu.
est lirvogp. It bus 110 f en r 'though the
ontwiml und niateiiiil mippmt tfVe
way, for II Iims wines, llmse hummiith
In Itself which ;(ui given, s.i
faith retnlers iim lnib-pmlent of pr.i'ps
and l.mry Die Nonl up though nil
c-iinhly nlls be withdrawn.
One In imtinply of heaven
Is Ktmiijror tliiin their himt
The emtNo which ti,r lief j-leii(N ean.
i:-t
Outnumbered , r f1,t
Brighten' Win ti fl.'inilnjr ehm-hcl,
. snonnger thiin tlery horse.
All heaven Is niiirslinlied tin yotte Hide,
God ntiil the universe
Once, when Felix ot Nnlji' V!Ik fly
liiff rrtim his enemies lie took refuse
in 11 en ve, mi. I he ImJ (H'-cely en
tered It before 11 spider hejr.-in id spin
Its web over Ilie flssuiv. The pur
suer. ;issinit by naw the uplder'tt wen
and did nut look into Hie e:tve; ntiil
the siilnt. ns he came out Into rifetv
remarked: "Where lind Is, n spider's
well Is as a wall: where lie ls no:, a
wall Is but a spider's web."
O weary our, ye may imt see
Your helpers iu their down wan
lisrht.
Nor hearvhe srnimi of s-!h-er wliijrs
Slow heatlui,' llivmili tl)0 i,st) ot
nlgtw:
The;v are who like the Seer of old
n Die helpers Got has sent
And hov ck' rucaeil mountain tdde
Is Wh; ua;-- ,r.any an ansel tew.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
September 8 Heaven!) Helpers 2 kings
vi. 15-17.
If heaven will not help us all hope
for help 'is vain. Aliniplillness In
allied with all righteousness. The
evil ilr.er cannot hope for permanent
prosperity. lckedncs Is invariably
blind. It never sees the heavenly
forces niT.iyeJ nuaiiwt the wrens.
Whet her anything shall binder us
or assist us Is largely determined ?py
the attitude we take towards 11. The
f cloud Mnii tin vp lltflit to Israel
In Ilie Wlldoiiiess. threw a siuulow nf
l.llnilili!; darkness over the LVypllatis.
If we put ourselves ou the wrou siilo
all heaven can lint save us. If we put
ourselves on Hie risl.t wide all Hades
cannot destroy us.
The world Is attractive. It Is tle
eeilftil. If you use the world, you are
master. If the world uses you. yon
an- Its slave, .lesun s.tid. "Up ol' (rood
cheer, I have overcome the world."
The flesh Is a .'real blessing if It be
11 servant of the sotii. The heavenly
help is the spirll of the Lord and II Is
at hand. The Lord Is our refuse, and
Mii-enutli, and a iirnctleal help In
trouble.
The niwls of (iod are our heaven
ly helpers. They are his invisible
iiifiilsti-.ints lo men. They pitch their
tents all about the children of the
King:. Jesus declared he could call
millions of Hit-in to his minis-try. On
the ladtler of light that Jacob saw
iley dev. 'ended ami asccmled.
I Lid Hie rilnisler IClislia seen the
Illinois, and the li;imiinir chariots that
covered tho lhrlli.in bills, he had not
feared Hip enemy's cnliorrs of .var.
Hut keen and whip vision enmes, when
(oil touches the soul.
There in Hie spirit of (!i;d In inan,
mid the Inspiration, of the Almighty
glvtth 111 111 uiidersitaiitlliis, aiiml IiiIiiksj
to our memory the teaclilngn of 0nr
I-oinI and Savior.
. Titj-p Is a power In Christian testi
mony. It Is ns the help of a person
who is love omniscient, .oiunipoteut,
oniiiiiire.'Mnt. The groat Aixiwtlo say.
".My ix shall fulfill every netsl 'of
yours according to his. riches iu glory
In I'lit'lst Jesus."
RAMS' HORN BLASTS
fTi HE pathway of
I pnln leads to the
JL school of prayer.
Courage Is the
only essential un
iform 01 the sol
dier. Nono ralsotholr
own reputations
by lowering oth-
fS,--i,6r? Great men tell
II " nnd not for their
Ho who slanders another smuta
himself.-
He does not fear tho end of life who
has tho on IIcjs lifo.
Clothes do not croato character
though they often reveal it.
wagos.
A train of thought wastes time If It
carries no Height.
Tho only way to cover up our sins
iu to confess them to Christ.
A man's eternal estate does not de
pend on his temporal real estato.
The only man who can he trustcl
with wealth lb ho who puts no trust
in it.
If you pray for the removal cf moun
tains you must pick up the pobblej
yourself.
The seats in heaven will not be as
signed on tho basis ct the biographies
of earth.
Tho scan !al monger is often a liar,
tho thief of another's reputation, an.1
tho murderer of his happiness.
If men wre taxed for their follies
they would become poor beiore they
would be wise.
It ls a good thing for charity to be
gin at homo it it only wakes up Ua
mind to roam afar.
Exports of horses and mules In. Mis
souri last year brought a return of
(9,000,000. and a great deal of the
money rams from foreign countries.
A preacher in Ottawa, Kas.. Is look
ing for tht Wan who chansed "Key at
the partionage" on tho church door to
rsd, "Keg lit tho pttrso it ;."
I
St.
Jacobs Oil
beats all records nnd always will.
Cures
Rheumatism,
Sprains
Weakness of
th' limbs
and alt
Aches and
I'ains.
Acts like
magic
Conquers
Pain
KEEP YOUR SADDLE. SOT!
THE ORIGINAL
POMMEL.
SLICKERS!?
Black gatli i env
PROTECTS BOTH
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$5'&i?&H HARDEST STORM
letwfos CATALOGUES PREB
SHOWING PUI.L LINE Of GARMENTS AN? HAT3
A. J. TOWER CO.. BOSTON. MASS. 39
WILLS PILLS B1G3EST 0FFZU7-1 MADE.
PinronW lOOnuwA will ntmltiatiyP. O. it
i.rw, lo tiftvv trtmnt ot Hit iwi-, in-ll -m 04
rni-tli, nml put toh on tiie truest tmw u imlt .tin no
ry right t jrour hninf. AiMivh-. nil on it? to i'no
II. II. WllU Mrflirlti nmimiir, g. Kilt,
belli!., lnKtrainvn, .Hit. Hrunrh Uillod i
lillniliuua Ave.. Wnslistijcton. i. C,
TREES t !,y TMt-n years
r IsAhiimt Niirwry.
STAR It BK05, LMisJaaa. Mo.; HunttAu!?tw
lit
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"NEW RIVAL" FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS
outshoot all other black powder shells, because they arc mnd"!
better and loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands ot
powder, shot and waddlcg. Try them and you will be convinced.
ALL REPUTABLE DEALERS KEEP THEM
-4 A I (
I AIR
Prevented by Shampoos of CUTICURA SOAP
and light dressings of CUTICURA, purest of
emollient skin cures. This treatment at once
stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales, and
dandruff, soothes irritated, itching surfaces,
stimulates the hair follicles, supplies the roots
with energy and nourishment, and makes the
hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy
scalp when all else fails.
MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP
Assisted by Cttticura, OiXTMKyr, for jirpsorvtn, purifying,' and beautify
ing the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, aud dandruff, and tho
Stopping ot falling hair, for softening, whitening, aud soothing red, rouffh,
and sore hands, for buby rasUcs, Itchiugs, and dialings, ar.d for all tho pur
poses of the tollot, bath, and nursery. Millions of Women use CcncfBA
bOAP In the form of baths for annoying irritations. Inflammations, und
excoriations, for too free or offensive perspiration, in tbe form of wa!ics fur
ulcerative wouknesses, aud for niauy antlsoptlo purposes which readily sug
gest themselves to women and mothors. Xo amount of persuasion in.-,
Induce those who hsre our used these great skin purifiers and boaatulei-
to use any others. : Cuticitiu. Boar combines delicate omoIUont propertl;j '
derived from, C'rTiCTS, theffreat skin euro, with the purest of oloaaslnj
Ingredients, and the most refreshing of Cower odours. No oilier tnetiicarfd
oap is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, aud beautifying
the skin, scalp, h.iir, and hands. No other foreign 'or domostlo toilet soap,
however exjwiuuve, la to he compared with It for all tho purposes of tho
tollot, bath, 4 nurtwy. Thus It oinMuea, In Os Soap at On Pisscr:,
the bkst sL.lu aud voutplexiou soap, and the bbst toilet and baby soap In
the world. ''
Osmpist Cxtornal end Internal Treatment for Every Humey,
r i Ccn.iMlnsof (.'irri'UKS Mosr, ta cloanso tlia sKla o( r"'- t
avatsi ftuj aofteu Wio wili kfuvd uitulu t cuotiKA Ol t
! liKtlaull sliAv HrlunK, ilitmmnatlon. snd 4nltJ.tion. s . t
v - v-4 jK.u. juufc r-M IJliA l"W'l.l SNTtOiyiol KbU'-lfA"
r"f A Hi:i.!.h bK r I oru-n aii c4'.:l to cure the uio,.t
i . . v ... i urt HX, lU'lititg, trill' II 1 1 1 if, V skill, Hi t( tQ ,
y . ni"i ml Irtf u.tiu, Utt nf h.ur, whim 'l vi 114 !
, 'ic I t: NKIVHHd' & S.'SM.'JT Ct.ti t.M tt- y r , ( A
? j r " .
1SIOS H411K.
Fur Mor Tlinn aOiiarrarnf a Centura
1 ne reputation ot w. L. JJonirias n-i.ou
and ?:i.5o shoes for style, ccmlort and
wear his excelled all other makes sold at
those prices. This eieellent reputation has
been won by merit alone. WT L. Doualsa
shoes have to Rive bener satisfaction than
other S3.00 and 13.00 shoes because his
reputation for the boat S3.0O and S3.60
shoes must bo m&tntaincd. The standard
has always been placed so hlsh that the
wearer reoeivea more value fcr his moner
In the W. I. Douclaa 3.00 end SJ.60
shoos than ho can rot elsewhere.
W.L. Douirlaa sells tnores3.00and3.60
Shoes than any other two manufacturers,
w, t. oouyiM t4.no em id,t um
cannot oa equalled at ant prtcr.
W. L. Oouffimm 03.00 mnd $3.liO
mhoom ntmdm ot thm mm mm hloh
prmdm Immthmim umod in 95 mad 4tf
mhomm mnd mra Jumi mm mood.
bold by the bent shoe dealers everywhere.
InM.ttt itMiit tiiivlnff XV IM lfMijrln fllMtV
with nnmn oud price stamped on Imituin.
How lollnlfr by MnH.- If w. L. Potifiae
lirxft are txH w.irt in yonr Uwn. ay iHl orW ttirci-t to
lin-lory. hiK ftiii anywhpie on rftfiiK of price and
,o in. auau loimi iur tMrrmfte. mj
t iiftom (it-piittiiifM wtii rniikcTOtia
lairuirit uiii rjti4i bt ami M cits-
tuin niauu nN, in ntyif. nr ana
wpur. Ink! nMntaiif fnifntu ot
loot tin Rlionti on nimlrl ; tt
atyictlolifU; lxtanmriilib
usnmiT wurn; fiiatn nr
cap toe; nTivy, mra
i or i.tfiit aoifa.
. lit ginranlwrt.
iTj m pair
Tal 4 nlr ftrflHt !.
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