THE E3W IN TOE CLOUD Sunday Discourse fey Dr. Chapman, the Noted Pastor-Evangelist. A Ootpel MeiMft Filled With Sweetnen 10 Help rV Oct Only th Halt of Tblofi at Best. ' IThe l7v. J. W'ilhitr Chapman, P. D , is now t lir ' m.ist distinguished arid best known evangeli.' in tht country. He was second only to IJr. jTslmage, but since the death of thnt famous prfacher Dr. Clinp man has the undisputed yonsession of tha Pulpit as the preacher to inHuence the plnin people. Ilis services a an evangel ist nre in conttnnt. demand. His sermon hare stirred the hearts of men and women o a degree timpprnsohed by ouv latter day divine. J. Wilbur Chapman was born in Richmond. Ind., June 17, 1ST9. He was educated at Oiierlin College and Luke For eat University. nnl graduated for the min istry from the Lane Theological Semin ary, Cincinnati. Ohio. in 1S8J. ' His ser mons are aiiuplv nnd direct, ao that their influence is not ao much due (o exciting the emotions as to winning the heart and convincing the minds of those who hear him. Dr. (.'hsnninn is now in charge of the FnurtU I'resbvterian Church, Now Yolk City. J Xr.n YonK City. TIip following sermon U one prepared for publication by the Hev. .). Wilbur Chapman, America's best known evnngelit t, who is now preaching to overflowing congregations in this city. It is entitled "The Dow in the Cloud," and is founded on the text, (letiesis 9: 13, "I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall lie for a token of a covenant between Alt' and the earth." It may seem at first thought as if this were a queer text to choose from which to give a gospel message, and yet all the works of tiod are so wonderful that one has but to get the key to unlock the door leading into them to find them tilled with sweetness and with help. The rainbow is no exception to this rule. It is hardiy possible for one to look upon the bow that spans the clouds after a storm without an exclamation of delight. One would think that it would grow mo notonous, for we have Keen it so many times, but quite the opposite ia true. Hun ets differ; they are as unlike as two tilings could possibly be. Indeed, it must be true that one ia never like the other. Hut rain bows are always the auiue. And yet in spite of this we are charmed as we look, and inspired as we study. 1 The first mention ot a bow is in the text. It is not said that this is tho first time the ruinbow has appeared, for from the very nature of the cane it has ulways been in existence since the worlds began to be, but this is said to be the lirst use of it. The lust mention of a rainbow ia Revelation 4: 3: "And He that sut was to look uponlikea jasper and a sardine atone; and there was n rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald." You notice that the expression used is "round about the throne,'' and here for the first time we find a rainbow in a complete circle. We have only seen the half of it here, which is surely an illustration of the fuct that in this world at best we only get the half' of things. We only get the half of truth. Take the great doctrine of the Atonement; who is able to understand it? But it is very helpful to know that we are not obliged to understand it, but ouly to receive it. God is satisfied with it, and He fully comprehends it, and when we stand with Him in glory we shall see the other half of the bow, and our hearts shall rejoice. We only see the half of life here. At its best it is a mystery. Over and over again", when we wanted to go to the right we were compelled to turn to the left, and a thousand times because of our perplexi ties and trials we have cried aloud: "How can these things be?" But we mint learn the lesson that we must trust Him where we cannot under stand Him. The day will come, whou seated at His feet we shall see the other 'half of the bow of our life, and we shall know indeed that all things have worked together for good. The last mention of the bow in Revela tion tells ua that it is to be like an emer ald . This is certainly very strange, for one has never' beheld a- green ruinbow here. Six other colors must be added to it to mnl;e it complete. The color, however, is not without its kURgestiveness. Green is the color that always rests the eye. It U for this reason that the hillsides, the waving branches of the tree, and tho grass beneath our feet, are so restful ou a suni- luor day. Is not this a hint that heaven is a place of rest us well as beauty? There are three primal colors in the rainbow, red, yellow and blue. It you drop the red and put the yellow and blue together you have green as n result. Ked is the color of suffering. Nurely it is u hint as to the thought that when one passes through the gates of pearl he leaves suffering behind him. There is to be nn lid mark in heaven. Christ finished Hi Buffering upon Calvary, and never 11 pang shall meet Him ugain. Wo finish our suf fering, too, when we say good-bye to thii weary road we have traveled, and the gatt of heaven that shuts us in shuts suffering out. I.-THE CLOUD. We know what the cloud was for Noah (for this text which I have quoted has In do with him), and a cloud in Noah's dav was not unlike the cloud of yesterday; but in tho thought of the sermon the cloud Is sin. It would make one heartsick to read the history of sin. First, in the world, begin ning with Adam, going to Noah, reaching the howling mob about the cross on CaF vary, coming down to the present day, wheu the whole world seems to be touched with its power, the most terrible thing in the world is sin. Second, in the home, blighting and blusting that which is a tye of heaven, and wrecking that which Hud meant to.be a safe vessel to carry us through the turmoils and strife ever round About us. Third, mi our own heart, giving us wrong conceptions of God, sad drag King us toward hell, even against our will. Die bhiskost thing in all the warld is sin. Ihe .:loud does two thing (lj It ob scures the sun. The cloud of sin does the same thing. No one ever yet has bad s true vision of Jesus Christ with tho least particle of sm in his heart or life. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see A poor fellow converted in one of the missions in Chicago, who wss thought be fore his conversion to be hardly worth the saving, was so wonderfully transformed that u committee waited upon him to find the secret of his changed life. He answered their question in just one sentence: "1-huve seen Jesus." This vision ever changes the life and transforms character. i!) , 'fhe cloud compels us u see thiugi in a false light. God marie the works ol His hands to be seen in the sunlight. W't lnswt not judge them under the cloud. And with the cloud of sin across a man's mind J? "ave no real conception of the Bible; he must certainly be prejudiced against the church. Scatter the darknes. that hovers over your mind, and the Bible will become to you the very thought of tlod, while the church will compel your ad miration. 1I.-ACR0SS THE CLOUD GOD CAST HIS BOW. To see a bow three things are necessary, first, there must be a cloud; we certainly have that in tha world's sin. Second, the pun must be shining; we have this condi tion met in the fact that God is light, and Jn Him there is no darkness at all. Third the rain must be fulling. We have this in Jsuiah 65: 10, 11 "For as the ruin oometli 4lgwa. and the snow from heaven, and re turnelli nut tinnier, on wsccretn tlia earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and 'bread to the eater; so shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth; it shall uot return unto Me void, but it shall ac complish that which I pleuse, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Or, we might put it first, in order thai we may be saved, we must acknowledge ourselves to be sinners. This is the cloud. Necond. we must have some eouceptinn ol God a hatred of siu. This is the light. Ihird, we must hs persuaded thut lit loved us end save Himself for us. This is the ruin. Willi these conditions met, tht bow ot promise spuus tho cloud of a sinful hie, IH.-TIIE SEVEN COLORS. 1 .If I. shouid hold a oriara in tar haadand the" lighF or "day sliouid" foucli KT tfieYt wonld be refracted at once seven colors, as follows:, Ked, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. There never hat been a ruinbow in this world hut these have been seen in more or less prominence. In my message now, the prism is the cross, and the light is God's truth. As it strikes this long prism it breaks up into seven colors. The seven together give us tht rainbow. First, forgiveness. Psalm 32: 1. "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered." The word forgives means takon off Whst a wonderful thought it is! Oh, what a load of sin we had to carry! How it did weigh us down! How day and night we went crying aloud, saying, "Oh wretched man that I am. who shall deliver me?" Resolution never lifted it a partiele Reformation only seemed to make it heav ier. Then He came, and stooped down, ot whispered to us just one sweet word, "Forgiven!" and when we realized it tht burden was taken off. To receive all ol this we have but to yield to God. Trying to make ourselves better only adds to the cloud and deepens our despsir. The second color ia cleansing. Psalm 151 : I "Purge me with hyssop, and t shall be dean: wash me, and 1 shall be whiter than now." The little bunch of hyssop carries us hack to the Passover night, when the lamb was slain and its blood collected. It was not said that one should take a brush, but a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood and sprinkle the posts of the door. The commonest thing that grew in the East was hyssop. It represents faith. One had but to step to the door of the cottage and stoop down to pluck a bunch of hys lop. The commonest thing in all this world is faith. We have faith in each .ither, whether we express it in this word or not; and the faith that one has in his mother, in his father, in wife or husband, if turned toward Jesus Christ would save his soul. It is one thing to be forgiven, but the color deepens, and the truth sweetens when we know that because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ we may be made clean. "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin." The third color is justification. Ro mans 4: 25 "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our jus tittcntiun." One might be perfectly sure of his for giveness, and -know that it meant sins taken off, and might be confident of his cleansing, but there is the memory of the old life of failure which is ever to him like a shackle when he would run to God. Jus tification is sweeter by far than anything we have yet learned When Christ rose for our justification He stood before God as a kind of receipt (as John Robertson has suid), nnd when (tod looks upon that receipt lie knows the bill is paid. "Jesus iaid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a bitter stain, He washed it white as snow." But justification is even better to mo than this, for when one ft justified befure od he actually stands us if he never bad iinned. The fourth color is sins covered by the sea. Micah 7: IB "He will turn again, He will hav? compassion upon us; He will sub due our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." It is very comforting to know that there are some depths in the ooean so deep that they can never be sounded. Our sins must have gone as deep. There is also another thought of com fort; if a body is cast into the .ocean where the waters are not very deep, when the storms come and the ocean is in a fury, the storm, as if with giant hands, takes the dead body and casts it upon the shore. But there ore depths in the see so great that no storm that bus ever yet swept-acroHS the face of the deep has stirred the waters. Ttanks be unto God, our sins may be sunk so deep in the sea that they will never be cast up against us again. The color deep ens and the truth grows sweeter still. The fifth color is sins removed. Psalm 103: 12 "As far as the east is from the west, so fur huth He removed our trans gressions from us." It has been proved that the distance from enst to west could never be meas ured. This is certainly inspiring. But there is something better for nie than this in the fifth color, for when I am told that my sins are us far from me as the east is from the west I know that the east and the west can never be brought together; nor can the saved sinner and his pardoned sins ever meet again. The sixth color is Isniah 44 : 22 "I have blotted out, us a thick cloud, thy transgres sions, and, as a cloud, thy sins; return un to Me, for 1 have redeemed thee." A man cannot blot out his own sins. Some have tried it. with their (ears, and have lost their reason. Some have at tempted it by works ot mercy, and have given up in despair. But God can easily do it. For sins to be blotted out may mean the same as for man's account to be blotted out. J may have a bill charged against me on the books, but if 011 the op nositc side is credited a sufficient sum of money to meet the indebtedness, it is- blotted out. But the expression must mean more than this. It means that when one's sins are blotted out by God they nre us if they never had been. The seventh color seems the climax of all. Kzckicl 33: 111 "None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned un to him; he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live." We have an idea that, although our sins have been forgiven und we may have been justified, when the great day of judgment comes wc muv be obliged to meet them nil again. But this is not true. Once und for all huth He put away sin by the sac rifice of Himself, und the sins of our lives shall not again be mentioned to us. 1V.-GODS COVENANT. The bow was God's covenant then. Now God's covenant is His Word, and upon this Word we may depend. Notice the number of times God uses the expression, "I will," in xodus 6: 6-8: "Wherefore, say unto the children of Israel I am the Lord, and I will hring you out from under the burdens of the Egypt iisiis, and I will rid you out of their bond age, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments; and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will lie to .you a God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaao and to Jacob; and I will give you it for an herit age; I am the Lord." He ever waits to fill the covenant which He lias made with Christ concerning us. If we would have the joy of salvation, we need but two things; first, we must be lieve God; whatever our feelings may be, we must believe; second, believing God, we must act as if we believed Him. The one gives us life. The other gives us joy in life's possession. - A Kootoh Sahara. The fact is not generally known that there Is In tha north of Scotland a miniature Sahara some twenty square miles In extent. From Nairn to the river Fludhorn there la a great expanse of shifting sandhills, known as the Culbln Sands, which show all, tha great peculiarities of a great des ert, and which successfully resUt all attempts at cultivation. Three cen turies ago the place waa a amlllng garden with several farms and a Til luge, all of which were overwhelmed In a single night by a great storm of aand. The remains ot the buildings can still occasionally be seen when the aand shifts, and many old domestic, articles have been picked up. Some tragic stories are still current In the locality of the wonderful escape of the Inhabitants from the blinding sand drift on that terrible night, Was la the lak Battle. ; Margaret, agod 5, waa making plc. turea some time ago with pen and Ink. BUe made a picture of a cat without any tall. "Where is the tall?" asked Norman. She looked puazled for a minute, than she replied with a wise look: I "Why, it's in the Ink bottle yet." THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For May 18. Subject: The tarly Christian Missionaries, Acts illL. 1-12 Golden Text, Mall. xivllL, 19 Memory Verses, 2, 3 Com m sa lary 00 ths Day's Lessen. 1. "The church.... at Antioch." This church must have been large and fliiorish ing at this time. "Prophets and teachers." The prophets were those most open to re ceive, and able to speak the truth God re vented to them; men with insight and fore sight, rather than instructors. 1 Cor. 12: 28. By teachers aro meant dated nnd permanent teachers, answering sr.iewhat to the pastor of a modern church. "Barna bas." Barnabas was a preacher and it is not improbable that the names "prophets and teachers" here simply designates tho preachers of the gospel. "rivmeon. . . . Niger." Niger means black, but there is nothi ig in that to indioate that this tian was black. Nothing more is known of hiri than is here mentioned. "Lucius." lie is probably the snme person mentioned in Hem. 18:21. He may also have been one of those who firjt carried the goi!el to Antioch. Chap. 11: II), 20. "Cyrcne." A celebrated city in Africa; one-fourth ot the population was Jews. "Munaen tho foster-brother of Herod." (R. V.) Hackett thinks his mother was probably Herod's nurse. He was evidently a person of in fluence. This was Herod Antipas, who murdered John the Baptist. Manean must have become u Christian out of very bad surroundings. He was probably a man of strong character. "And Saul." Named last because he was the late comer. He soon becomes the chicfest of all the apos tles. 2. "They." These five ministers. Nothing is said of any others being present. But Meyer insists that "they" refers to the church and not merely to the five min isters. "Ministered." In a special ser vice of prayer and praise, to ascertain the mind of the Lord concerning the aduvnee inent of His work. "Feasted." Showing their intense earnestness, their spiritual hunger, which overpowered all sense of bodily hunger. "The Holy Ghost suid." How the Ifolv Spirit spoke to them wo ore not told, He may have spoken throujrh some of the prophets present, or by a gen eral conviction on the minds of the mem bers of the church. But notice that the Holy Spirit "makes the revelation, selects the missionaries, und assigns to them their work." "Separate me." That is, set them apart, or ordain them for the special work whereunto 1 have called them the work of foreign missions. Paul was clearly called to this work at the time of his con version. 3. "Fasted and prayed." A most sol emn and important service, observed, probably, by the whole body of the church. They needed wisdom and ability to ac complish the great work they were now about to undertake. "Laid their hands." By this ceremony of consecration, they or dained them not to an order, but to a mission. It did not make them deacons, ciders, or bishops, but missionaries. "Sent them away." From Antioch, as mission aries to other lands. 4- "Being sent, etc." The expression lie: e is similar, to that found in the pre vious verse, and shows' the call of the Spirit first, nnd, next, that of the church. Tdie Holy Ghost originates the missionary enterprise. All objections, therefore, to the work arise from a lack of fulness of the Spirit. "Unto Seleucia." This was the seaport town of Antioch, on the Medi terranean Sea, Antioch being twenty miles inland. "Sailed to Cyprus." This island, in the Mediterranean Sea, was originally the home of Barnabas. Chap. 4: 3ti. 5. "At Salamis." The Greek capital of Cyprus, and the nearest city in their ap proach to the island, after a few hours' sail. "John to their minister." This was John whose surname was Mark. 0. "Gone through the isle." They traveled the whole length of the island from east to west, evangelizing. "Unto Paphos." The chief town of the. island, about, one hundred miles from Salamis. "Sorcerer." A magician, or fortune-teller. The magicians did not merely pretend to foretell the future, but also to influence-it, by the control which they claimed to ex ercise over th5 inferior gods or demons. "A faliie prophet." An imposter, in that lie falsely professed to be a prophet of the true God, while teaching false doctrines und n false staudnrd of morals. "A Jew." A Jewisii quack whose arts were a picture oc tha lowest depths ta which the Jewish character could sink, "Bar-jesus." This was his Jewish name. The prefix "Bar" is Hebrew and signifies "son." Bar-jesus thereiora signifies the Son of Jesus, a com mon name among the Jaws; but the Syriae calls him "Bar-shoina," the son of pride. 7. "The deputy." All the provinces of the Roman Empire under the control of tho senate were governed by a proconsul, here called a deputy; that ia, a governor appointed by the senate. "A prudent man." A man of sound understanding and good sense. "Desired to hear." He de sired to know what these men taught, and to hear the word 'A God. 8. "Elynias." An Arabic word which means "the wise." Perhaps he was born in Arabia, or had lived there, and may have assumed this name in a boastful spirit, or he may have received it from others as a compliment to his skill. "With stood them." Opposed them, as the ma gicians in Pharaoh's court withstood Moses. He saw his power was gone if the proconsul accepted the truth. "To turn away." The effort 01 the sorcerer was to keep him from becoming a believer in the doctrine of the apostles. No doubt they had heard much about the teachings of the apostles. 9. "Then Saul. .. .Paul." This is the first time the name Paul occurs, uud the last time where he is called Saul. The Gentile apostle here assumes a Gentile name. "Saul" is Hebrew, "Paulns" is Latin. The word signifies "little," allud ing to his insignificance of stature and ap pearance. 2 Cor. 10: 1, 10. "Filled, etc." The tense of the Greek participle implies a sudden access of spiritual power. Set his eyes." With a piercing gaze which looked into his very soul. Paul now un folded for the first time the mighty pow ers which lay in him. 10. "Snbtility." "All guile and all vil lany." R. V". Thou expert in the art of deceiving men. "Son of the devil." (B.V.) Subtilty a characteristic of the devil. Gen. 3: 1; i Cor. 11: 3. "Knemy, etc." He was an enemy of truth and holiness. "Per. vert." He perverted the truth and God's way of saving men. 11. "Hand of the Lord." The affliction came from God, not Paul. "Blind." He was totally blind. "For a season." His blindness was temporary. God punishes only so much as is necessary. Perhaps raid hoped for the man's repentance. 12. "Believed." The miracle wrought belief; the doctrine of the Lord wrought salvation.. Strange Fa o era I. An auuaual sight waa witnessed at a funeral at Horaell, England, the body being drawn to the churchyard In a four-wheeled farm wagon painted red and blue, and attached to -which were a couple ot farm horsssi The funeral waa that of Richard Brettell, solicitor, of Chertsoy, und it was his last request that he should be conveyed In this manner to hla grave. Tha journey from Chertscy to Horaell occupied two and a halt hours, and six farm laborers walked by the wagon the whole dis tance, in addition to which they bore the coffin from the vehicle into tbe church. Ths Dlffsrsaea Baswaaa TkuiSB. Lady I have made inquiries at your last place, and your former mistress doean't apeak very flatteringly of you. Applicant No, I don't suppose aha thinks any more of me than I do of bar; but I bopa I'm lady enough to keep my opinion ot her to myasjit. Boaton TnuucrUt. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Whisky Is Man's Most Dangerous Knemy It Unfits II tin For All the Oonil Work nf Life-Arid la His Capacity For Evil -Destroys AflsiHtnn end Morality. A man ma have in his life a thousand enemies altogether they will not be as dangerous as the one enemv: whiskv. That enemy works with an intelligence and a force equalled by no other. It attacks lirst of nil the brain. It conquers the intellect, ond at one stroke renders the entire human heiug useless, destroying simultaneously his moral quali fies, his mental faculties and his material usefulness. When a man is shot in the leg he has still three of his limbs to work with and his brain to guide their work When the worst of diseases, even con sumption, attacks a man the brum at least is spared, it works honestly and keeps the man respected while his life hnts. Whisky a poison, and while its work is sometimes slow, it acts as do the other poisons. U destroys the seat of moral activity as prussir acid destroys the physi cal organism. A hideous thing about the wort enemy of civilization is this: It nnlits a man for all the good work of life. It adds to a man's rapacity for evil. A hundred limes in any year you may read in the daily newspapers this: "The murderer had often threatened that he would kill his victim. Little at tention was paid to his threats. But that duy it was noticed that he was drinking very hard, and that night the murder was committed. " Whisky, the unison that destroys affec tion and morolitv, the enemv that' wrecks ability and defeats ambition, provides the incentive, the strength and determi nation for crimes. Possibly many viiuntr men will say: "There are thousands of men who drink whiskv moderately, and 1 can be one of them." Perhaps vou can. But you know thai in China there are millions of i.ien that smoke opium moderately Wo-ild you, 011 that account, decide o be a moderate opium smoker Not at all. You would sav to vourself: "Others may guess about the effects nf opium. I know that I siia'1 never be an opium fiend, for the ver-v sin-nle reason that I shall let oniuni alone." Why not take the same attitude toward whisky? It does in o'M! vear s much harm as opium could do i" a hiind'-ed. Why not say to yourself: "I l-no-.v that whisky will never interfere with me. he cause 1 shall never interfere wiih whisky I shall let it alone." If .vou have never had .invthint to do with it. why begin? It can (ti'e you iiothinv. It may possib'y take frn:Tt you everythine. If you have begun and find it hard t,i stop, is not that the very reavon why you s?iould stop? If you can stop easily, slop, if i:i!y as an example to others. It you find it hard lo stup. sum now. before you find it still harder, or even im possible. Let whisky alone, if ori'V because nf the disremitahle work that it I'oes; if only trt show your pity for its innocent vic tims. New York American and Journal. Thnnchts That Come Willi Drink. We wish to answer seriously a seemingly flippant inquiry, omitting, of course, the signature ot the writer: "To tiie Editor of the Kvcning Journal-. Will vou tell me how I manage to think my moat beautiful thinks in drink? 1). B." e answer your question with great pleasure. Some men really do their best work under the influence of drink, for this reason: Drinking has weakened their nerves end put their constitutions and vitality permanently below par They do their best work when they drink,, just as poor. thin, abused, tired cart horse does his best work when he is 'ashed with u whip This does not speak well for the whip, does it? It does not prove that the lashing of the horse is a noble process, or the whip a:i admirable instrument. It simply proves that if you ubuse nn unfortunate creature nnd render him unfit for work, you must abuse him sti!! more to get a little work out of him. You think your most beautiful thoughts in drink for various reasons. In the first pluce. when you drink ynu are quite easily pleased, and you are pleased most eu-sily with yourself. If you were sober, your thoughts would not seem so beautiful to you. Often what you think, in drink, you would be very sorry 10 hear repeated in your dull, sober hours. In the se.'ond place, teeling is essen tial to any stroll thinking. It is essen tial to the expression uay strong emo tion. The man who drinks hard, or even comes to rely to nnv extent upon drink, has dead nerves uud a deud imagination when his drink time is over. Drink sets the heart to beating, it sets the blood to pumping through the brain, it stimulates the mysterious combustion of matter which results in thought, and emotion becomes stronger in proportion to the strength that accompanies this combustion. The coward wants lo fight when he is drunk. He has some feeling The dull mind gets imaginative. It has some feel- This does not glorify the coward or make the dull mind better. It usually makes both ridiculous and pathetic, in addition to being cowardly and dull. Stop drinking for six mouths, sleep two hours more per day than you sleep at present, take in more fresh air, think steadily and soberly instead of talking boisterously, as you probably do now. We venture to predict that you will soon find springing up in your head some very acceptable "thinks" with which drink will have nothing to do. New York Journal. A Common Display ot Ignorance. A recent writer says' "It is particularly interesting to note whether drunkenness or other moral failings developed in parents before or after birth of their children." Another writer, after quoting statistics freely, urges the following as a remedy for inebriety: "By the punishment of drunkenness, improving the tenement houses, satisfying the thirst which per petuates the saloon, etc., education of our patients and public towards self-control Rnd temperance." The above ia good il lustration of the opinion of persons who evidently are not familiar with modern literature, or whose libraries are deficient in works relative to the subject. Journal of Inebriety, The Crnade In Brlr. Drunkenness is said to be diminishing in Italy, He who drinks much thinks little, and he who thinks much drinks little. France has parsed from the seventh place in order of consumption of alcohol to the first. Alcoholism is alarming'y on the increase in France, and this affects the population terribly. For evey ten fmen, women and children) et tha population, 3:18 gallons of beer, spirits and wine were consumed in the year 1D00 in Prance. There is less drinking in tne homes of re spectable people now than formerly. Syracuse University's catalogue states that none of Us 1350 students was ever drunk. If this ia true it is indeed a high recommendation. The Knghsh Trades Unions have v.i domed the local option bills befort Parlia ment and put teetotalers in most of theii official positions. The question is not to find a substitutu for the saloon, but it is to abolish the vile substitute for the horns that the saloon baa foisted upon the people. The average number of those liable for rnilitary service in France who were r- ieeted because of alcoholism was, from Hoi U 1885. at tha rate of 300 per year: iu 1MXS it had risen to 3500. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS May IS "Practical Cooiecrstloo." Rots, all, 121. Scripture Versps. Rom. vl. 13, 10, 1!); Acta xxvl. 19, 20; James II. 14-17; Matt T. 13-16; 2 Cor. vlll. 5, 7, 9; Eph. II. 10; Thess. il. 17. I-esson Thoughts. God's mercies toward ua furnish tha strongest Incentive to consecration, He ge re himself for us; what have we Klveu for him? Christianity Is an every day religion, for the home and for business as much as, If not oven more than tor the Sabbath and the sanctuary. Selections. When the statue of Oeorge Peabody, erected some years ago In one of th thoroughfares of London, waa uu veiled, the sculptor Story was aaker? to speak. Twice ho touched the statue with hla hand, and twice h said, "This la my speech! This il my speech!" What a suggestion to Christians! Even so should they al low their actions, their consecrated Uvea, speak of the Savior they pro fess. The colored sunset and the starry heavens, the beautiful mountains and the Bhlnlng seas, the fragrant wood? and the painted flowers, they are not half so beautiful as a soul that la serv ing Jesus out of love, In the wear and tear of common unpoetic life. A life full of good works is the only way on thy part to answer the mercy of Ood extended to thee. God hath had mercy on thee and hath saved thee from all thy distresses. Tho heart that la fullest ot good works has In it the least room for Satan's temptations. It is Bald that when a victorious athlete returned from tho Olympic games, crowned with laurel, ho waa received Into the city, not through the gates, but through an opening in the wall, which was torn down to ad mit him, as one too noble to enter by the common portals. So let ua open tho way for Christ, the King, to enter our hearts by breaking down every barrier which sin and llesh havs erected to prevent him from taking possession of our whole life. Suggested Hymns. Take tlmo to be holy. I do not ask for earthly store. I belong to Jesua. Search mo, O Lord, and try this heart of mine. When I survey the wondrous cross. True-hearted, whole-hearted. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS May 18 Practical Consecration Rom. all, 1-21. Consecration to God Is the highest act of the soul. It Is deliberate, de termined devotement of ones self to the love and service of God. It Is the call of the Creator. The apostle Paul puts the basis of his appeal as deep as the mercies of God. He says in this call to consecration, "I beseech you by the mercies of God." As deep aa God'a mercy la truth's foundation. Consider the mercy of God's For bearance. How long-suffering to us he has been! With guilt on our hearts we have gono to our evening slum ber. Our transgressions began again with the dawn. Our rebellion waa new every morning. But "every morn ing hla mercies aro new. They are so common that we forget the extraor dinary goodnuss that senda them. This present life of opportunity, this life of youth whose very velna are rhythmic wRu singing laughter this everyday Ufa Is God'a everyday gift. The eye's bright fire that la God's glowing gift. That rose tint ou youth's cheek Is where the lips of mercy are laid In the fondest and pureat ca resses. Health is God's hand of help that he proffers anew every morning. . The ravens fed Elijah. But God di rected the ravens. It la at God's table that we are fed. Every meal ought 'to bo a freoli reminder of his mercy. God clothes the grasaen. The robes of the fhlrt flowers are spun in his loom. Hl3 royal bounty arrays the lilies. Tho garments of men are as surely the gifts oi' his mercy. Jesus himself assures 113 of that when he saya, "Shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" Genuine Christian emotion must not be decried. There Is joy In salva tion. The consecrated soul is awake to all the claims of Christ. There can bo r.o difference to tha activities of truth anywhere. Consecration has a wido and eager interest In all the conquests of Christ's kingdom. Christ's disciples aro no dejected slaves. Their treud Is triumphant. To the saint the outcome of sorrow Is the blossom ot Joy. He Is the only man on earth who can rejoice In trib ulations. To him the heart-throb ot grief la tho drumbeat of glory. The sheen of the stars falls on him at night. Tha sun's splendor brightens all his days of duty. The Bible declares that in the sight of God a meek and quiet spirit Is of great price. Quietness ot spirit is economy of character. The effect of righteousness Is quietness and assur ance forever. Consecration Is con centration. There is no dissipation of energy. The current of being sets to God. The soul brings all Its pow ers to bear on one point. Consecra tion ia alliance with God, hence the Bocrot of success. Paul waa conse crated. He said. "This one thing 1 do." He alao said, "I can do all things through Christ which strength eneth me." RAM'S HORN BLASTS- HE worst poverty is that of a man who la satisfied with plenty. Love never lose. No reformation without informa tion. He alone pray who often pray alone. The hero seeks out suffering; the tleint gugt t h aonga of praise. Practical Infidelity may go with professed fidelity, No man la free tfttU he baa himself under control. Honesty will succeed aa a principle where it falls aa policy. The moral machinery moves aright when Christ is the motive force. Don't mix the cream of your chari ty with the pickle ot your pessim ism. You cannot hare the felicity ot Hla face without the fellowship of His sufferings. Honor looks best on a back ground ot humility. lip GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. Poemi Chang Anilely to Prayer gal Ta llin Is Like Lots. I.Iks Life, Like Thought It Comes from the Savior Tha Christ in Yon. Hnst thou a care whose presence dread Kxpela sweet slumber from thy bed? To thy Redeemer take with care, And change anxiety to prayer. Hnst thou a hope from which thv heart Would feel it almost death to part? Kntreat thy Lord that hope to crown, Or give thee strength to lay it down. Whatever care doth break thy r-st, Wliate'er flie wish that swells thy lireast, Spread before God that wish, that And change anxiety to prayer. SalTatlon. "This day is salvation ccme to this house." Lu'je IB: 9. Soxetimes the preachers talk as t'loug'i salvation was something like salt or sugar, to be sold by t'ie quantity, a thing, an article or eom nodity to be obtained on condition of coming to the penitent form, or joiniig the church, or assenting to a creed. Hut salvatioi is like all the best things; it is not a thing at all. Neither is it n sentiment; you nny feel very religious and . not be redeemed. You might sing sacred songs and have rolemn sighs for all eternity and be ns great a sinner as ever. ome of the worwt men that ever lived would rather sing "I want to be an angel" or "Shall we gather nt the river" than any other song.i. Neither is snlvation a disease. That sounds like n truisn; but it needs to be said, for there nre many who seem to think that, if onlv they can get where people nre very much affected by religious emotions t'.iey will catch them too; they hope to take snl vation ns their children take the measles. When the rcvivnlist says, "Come up nnd get religion, get salvation," one is tenvit ed to ask whether ho lias it to dispose of by the pound or the piece. 80 long as w are content to talk i:i thii slipshod man ner, using cant terms without thouaht cf their meaning the world will go on feeling that the church is only imposing on the credulity of the people, offering something it does not possess. And. il such cases, the world is right. The church can save none; but it can nnd does point to salva tion, lead to salvation, by showing the Savior and bringing the sinner to Him. When Christ went into the house ot Zacrheus salvation went with Him. For salvation is like love, like life, like thought; it can never be separated from personal iry. You canr.ot give love to another without giving yourself; and so men re ceive that love of (iod which means their salvation only as they receive God. You cannot buy life, yon cannot make or find it; it must come from life. And salva tion is just simply the life and love of God in our lives. All life from life and all salvation from the Savior. Not in things, nor in feelings, nor in conditions; but in Him. Christ conies into r.iy house, into my business, my thoughts, my life; I receive Him as a welcome guest, as my teacher, r.iy Helper, riy Lord and my God, He be comes supreme and all things are yielded to Him. and as I give myself to Him He gives Himself to me; it is the importation strange, mysterious, real of a new life to ny life, the beginning of a new being, Salvation. The new life will develop, grow, increase, more and more and gradually subdue the whole boing to it sell till all the powers and faculties are changed to its character. This ia Christ in you the hope of glory, the glory of the Christ-likeness, the full and perfect re demption and deliverance, the salvation of the whole life and being from failure and loss, from sin and self, from alt its dark, downward, deathnard tendencies into His life and glory. Aud it comes from Him and from Him alone. II. F. C, in the Barn's Horn. Practical Religion. Practical religion requires you to show some reason why your life should be pro longed day by day. You owe the world a great deal more than it owes yon. You are under a moral obligation to some one of your fellow creatures before you have any right to ask for refreshing sleep. You have iost a day unless you have given your shre of the impetus which drives souls upward. Life which consists of breathing and eating and an enviable en vironment is the life of an animal; it counts for nothing. The soul must be fed as weU as the body, and it flourishes in health only when you love your kind and are ready to lift the load from the shoul ders of friend or stranger without the hope of auy other reward than the ap proval of God nnd the smile of the unsels. If you -will you can make your life grand in that way. Get for yourself and family but as you get give. The giv ing and not the getting ia the main point. George llepworth. ITaysido Ministry. The wayside ministry is fur more ef fectual than the Ministry of the pulpit. Most preaching is done to those who need it least and reaches the really needv only as it is distilled through the first hearers into lives which others see. If the people would only realize that at best the preacher can only place in their hands his sublime message; they must carry it out into the world; they must so inter pret it by the beauty and sincerity and cheerful ne3 and kindliness of word und act t that he who runs may read. A really Christian man going about his daily life as a constant ministry, reaches every week a larger congregation than the moat popular preacher. Cniversalist Leader. G1t Yonrsetl to Prayer. ' Learn to entwine with your prayers the sr.iall cores, the trifling sorrows, the little wants of a daily lfe. Whatever affects you he it a changed look, an altered tone, an unkind word, u wrong, a wound, s de mand you caniio meet, a sorrow you cannot disclose turn it into prayer and send it np to God. Disclosures you may not r.iak3 to man you can make to the Lord. Men may be too little for your great matters; God is not too great for your small ones, unly give yourself to prayer, whatever be the occasion that culis for it. Woman Always Christ's Friend. It is interesting to notice that the gospel history does not mention the case of a iv woman who was hostile to Jesus. The wife of Piiate bore witness to His inno cence at the very time the unjust sen tence waa being pronounced. Women la mented as He went to the crucifixion. Women were earliest st the grave, and woman was the firet to see Him after His resurrection. (She was first to proclaim tne glad news, "He is risen!" Tha Word or God. The word of God is the only source of Divine truth to the Christian. There is no other source that can reveal our evils as sins against God. And there is no life in us unless we shun evils as sins against God. Kev. L. G. Uoeck, Sweden borgiun, Brooklyn, N. Y. Kssonea of Chrlstlanltr. T t im nnw TIU.1I UnilMralAnrl tv. - - ' -' - hiuuiik i:iDRV Whtl n m ihtt Tff 0 rr 1-1 1 ',11 -I lAUlnH f ii . ; - - n" ai-ouv-.a Ul Vlll I P Tian thnnirlir li. fl.a i--.i.' tianity ia personal loyalty to the Master mm vjucuicnce 10 rus law 01 love. Hev, Washington Gladden, Washington, D. C. Eaoroaoblog oa tha Saa. The growth seaward ot Dungeness (Point in England, caused by the east ward drift of shingle, has caused tha erection of a new lighthouse there to become necessary, and the contract has been placed with a Deal firm to carry out the work for $30,000. Tbla will be the third lighthouse erected upon Dungcnuaa Point. The first, built about sixty years ago, is now. a mile Inland, and the lighthouse which auporsaded that one la now about hall a tulle from the seashoro. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. CctKral Trade Coadltloaa, R. G. Dun & Co's "Weekly Reriew o Trade" sayi: "Two large strike aehett- uled to begin on May 1 were averted, at least temporarily, end a number o smaller ones were settled, but many new controversies have begun. Collectiom ire more prompt, as a rule, fewer exten-! (ions being asked. Shipments ara less1 delayed by traffic congestion and raw-' way earnigs thus far reported for April txceed last year's by 7.2 per cent. "Cereal prices have been less inflated ay speculation than they were last week. The general tenor of crop news wast smell more encouraging, aside from Kansas despatches, which indicate tkatf wheat nteds moisture, although cons ind oats have good prospects. "Failures in th. United State thir week were 227, against 212 last week the preceding week and 236 the asr-j responding week last year, and in. Can- ida 17 , against 18 last week, 24 the pre reding week and 24 last year." LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, $2.9oa$3.is; beatl Patent, $4.Mo; choice Family, $4-05. 1 Wheat New York No. 2, ; PbA4 jdclphia No. 2, 86ySa87c ; Baltimore No. 1. 85c Corn New York No. 2, 70c; PM-i idclpltia No. 2, Cs'.aOO; Baltimore TJor (:H'Ac Oats New York No. 2, 47c; Phita-f ilelphia No. 2, 51c; Baltimore No. 2, 5a u5o'4c. Hay No. I timothy, $15.00315.50; N'o. 2 timothy, $14.00314.50; No. 3 timo-i thy, $i2.ooal.').oo. (irecn Fruits and Vegetables Apple New York, mixed sorts, per brl $3,751 a4 25; Asparagus Charleston, per doz en, prime, $1.7582.25 ; do, per dozen, sec onds, $i.ooar.so. Beets Carolina, new per bunch, 4a5c. Cabbage New FloriJ :la, per crate $2.5033.00; do, Charleston. Karly York, per crate $2.7543.23. Cet-f cry Florida, per box or crate, $1-75 2.25. Cucumbers Florida, per crate S3.ooa4.ob. Eggplants Florida, per crata f3.ooa4.oo. Green pea Florida, basket $i.25a$l.50; do, Charleston and Savan nah, basket $t.5oa2.oo. Horseradish Native, per bushel box 75390c. Kale Native, per bushel box I5al7!4c. Le-" tuce North Carolina, per half-barrel basket $1. 00a 1. 25 ; do, Norfolk, per haK barrel basket 60375 : do, native per bush- el box 5oa6o. Onions Egyptian, per sack $2.7533.00. Oranges California seedlings, per box $2.2533.00; do, naveia, per box $30033.75. Radishes Norfolk, aer basket, buttons, 5oa6oc ; do, Norfolk, oer barrel, long,, $r.ooai.so. Rhubarb Native, per bunch l'jzx. Spinach Na five, per bushel box 40350c. Spring On ions, per 100 bunches 65170c. Strawber--ies Florida, per quart, refrigerator, 15 )20c; do, open crate, I2ai6c; do, Geor ja and South Carolina, per quart 18a) fa. String beans Florida, per .basket, jreen, $1.7532.25 : do, wax, $1.7532.25. romatocs Florida, per six-basket car rier, fancy, $2.ooa2.25; do, fair to good, J1.50al.75. Turnips Native per bushel jox 3a35c Potatoes. White, Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu, No. 1, 00395c: do, jo do, do do, seconds, 80385; do, New York, per bu. best stock, 0531.00; do, do, jo, do seconds 8oajo. Sweets, Eastern 5hore, Virginia, per truck- brl, $3 50a $.00; do, do do, Ninryland, per brl, fan y. $3-5oa 4.00; do, York River, per bri. No. 1, $3.5034.00. Yams, North Caroli na, per brl, do, $2.5oa3.oo. Seed Potatoes. Maine Houlton Ear, V Rose, $3-25a3-35; Maine grown Beau y of Hebron, $3.2533.35; Maine grow a Burbank, $3.25 to 3.30; Maine grown Kreen Mountains, $3.2533.30. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk :lcar sides, ioj-jc; bulk clear sides, icjc )ulk shoulders 9; bulk bellies lo1; ba ton shoulders gVi ; sugar-cured breasts. 12 lbs. and over, l2'i ; sugar-cured ihoulders, blade cuts, gi ; sugar-cured CaJifomia hams Q'A ; hams, canvased cm mcanvased, 12 lbs. and over, 13; refin d lard, tierces, brls and 50-Ib can gross, (o; refined lard second-hand tubs, 11. Live Poultry. Chickens Hens aiao old roosters, each, 2;a3o; young stags, (2ai3; spring, according to size 28335; 1'inter 2oa23. Ducks, fancy, large, a 12c; do, do. small loan; do, muscovy md mongrel naia. Guinea fowl, each, f5a20c. Pigeons, old, strong flyers, per air, 25330c. Butter. Separator, 23324 ; Gathered Cream, 22a23; Imitation, igaao; Prints, :-lti, 24325: Rolls, 2-11), 23324; Dairy pta. Md., Pa., Va., 323. Eggs. We quote: Western Maryland ind Pennsylvania, per dozen ai6c; Eastern Shore (Maryland and Virginia) ai6; Virginia ai6; West Virginia !Sai6; Western 316; Southern a IS Guinea 8ao: duck, Esstern Shore, isncy 17 ; do Western and Southern ai6: goose ajo. Cheese. Large. 6blb I2al2'4c; medi im, 35 lb. uai2V& ; Picnics, 22 lb, I24a Mi. Hides. Heavy steers, association and ialters late kill, 60 lbs and no. close ae ection, JoaioVj ; cows and light ateer ?8j4c. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Good to prune iteers $0.7537.30; pr to medium $4.50 16.40; stockcrs and feeders $2.5005x0; :ows $1.4035.75; heifers $2.25a6.oo; ca sers $1.4032-40; balls 2.253540; calves I2.ooa5.oo; Texas fed steers $5.2506.25. Hogs mixed and butchers' $0.7037.15; jood to choice heavy $7.0037,25. Sheep. lambs lower; good to choice wethers: $5.5036.10; fair to choice mixed $475al J.50; Western sheep $5.2536.10; native Iambs $4 7536.50. East Liberty Cattle steady; choice.'' $6.8037: prime $6.50.16.75; good $55' 6.35. Hogs lower, prime hogs, $7.25, 7.30: best mediums $7.1587.20; heavy Yorkers, $737.10; light do, $6. 5036. 75a 6.00; pigs, $6.4oa6.5o; roughs, $536.75. Sheep steady; best wethers, $57oa5JS5 calls and common, $2.5033.50: choks lambs $6.5036.70; veal calves, $636.75. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Union upholsterers are organizing' throughout Greater New York for the betterment of the industry. All railroads running into Chicago will be asked to pay a uniform scalc'of , wages to freight handlers. The initiation fee to tht Pittsburg lo- csls of the Brotherhood of Carpenters of the district has been advanced from $15 to $20. Buffalo bricklayers will receive 50 cents an hour and stonemasons 45 cents. The carpenters refused an offer of 32V cents an hour. They want 374 cetitit . Indianapolis building trade all got in creased rates this year. A convention will be held in Minneap olis in September upder the auspices of the Eight-Hoar pay Supreme Grand League of America. The league ia m the formative stage. The International Association Pridge and Structural Iron Workers is taking a referendum vote on the ques tion of again becoming affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. A schedule of wages for machinists in the milway shops of the Canadian Pa cific Railway has been submitted for the consideration of the company. A favor able antwvr is anticipated.
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