PILATE'S QUESTION. Sunday Discourse by Dr. Chapman, the Noted Pastor-Evangelist. Lessons Driwa From Hit Fallura to Sell Salvation Refuted to Enter the Kingdom ot Cod. New York Citt. The following sermon in one prepared for publication by the Kev. J. Wilbur Chapman, America's beet-known evangelist, who ia now preaching to over flowi ig congregations in thia city. It la en tilled "Pilate's Question." am! ia to""''": on the text, Mutt, xxvii, 22: ")) hat shall I do then with Jeu which is called ( hrist? It would not be possible for vi cither to understand or appreciate thia passage of Scriiture without studying that which im mediately precedea it, and likewise that which follows. Next to Jesus Himself the important character on the scene ia l'ilatc, who asked the above question. One never thinks of him without a shud der, because ha is one of the men who came so very near to entering the kingdom of God, and yet, after all, miserably failed. He came very near taking hit Tilace with Joseph of Arimalhnca and with Nicode mis. If, when he Lnew that Jesus was the Son of God, he had bared his own back to the smitera, or had gone himself to be crucified, there would have been no name in the early history of the church to outshine liia. But instead of being in the presence of Ood to-uay, he ia undoubt edly in the lost world. When Jesui passed by the cross and went through the tomb of Joseph of Ari mathaea, and made His way to the place of ascension, not far from Hethany, and left Hia wondering disciples, He took with Him into the skies His handa that had been pierced, Hia feet, through which the nails nad torn their way, Hia aide, thrust through with the spear, and against which the be oved disciple had leaned. In u word, Ho took with H!ti His body, lint there was one thing He left; when hang ing on the cross, from Hia head, His hands. Ilia feet and Hia broken heart the blood came trickling down, and not only stained the rocks upon Calvary, but left its mark upon the world as well, and leaving His blood thpre, the world is to-day responsible for it. Thnt same blood is upon both the world and men, either for their condemna tion or for redemption. In a remarkable book which came across the seas some years ago, bearing the title of "Letters From Hell," and having an in troduction by George MacDonnld, the cele brated Scotch preacher, there ia a stoiy of Pilate in the lost world stooping down to wash hia hands in a running stream. Ho keeps on, it would seem, almost for ages, if time were mcaxured as in thia world. Some one touches him and says: "Pilate, what are you doingV" Lifting hia handa, which become red like crimson as soon aa they leave the water, he cries out with a shriek, which echoes and re-echoes throughout the world of the lo.'.t: "Will they never be clean! Will they ever be clean!" Poor Pilate! they never will, for the blood of the Son of God is on them for condemnation forever. He began to wash his hands when he said to the angry mob: "Take ye Him. and crucify Hun, for I find no fault in Him." He ia ati.l washing hia hands to-day, but in vain. There are special waya of treating texts of Scripture, one of the easiest of which ia to take certain words in the verso and em phasize them, and make each word define tlie outline of the sermon. My text can be treated in this way, and the first word to emphasize would be, "WHAT." Reading the text with this in rr.ind we Cnd it saying: "What shall I do then with Jesus?" The inference ia we r.iust do something. Ve can not be indifferent. The man who says that he will not accept Christ, neither will he reject Him, has rejected Him ia the very position he takes. There is no middle ground in this matter. We are either for Christ or against Him, and we must decide which position it shall be. The next words to emphasize wau'.d be "SHALL I DO." The particulur part of the expression that is emphatic U the personal pronoun Keligion is a very personal mafter, and judgment will be, too. There is no one whose eyea shall light r.pon this printed word but who shall one day be called to an account for hia rejection of the Son of God if he fails to acknowledge Him before men. Rich and poor, high and low, wit and ignorant, for all comes the tuition, "What shall I do?" The nest ociphatic word would be . "TI-EN." It Bright be ricd ia two ways. We have made 3 choice between tro things, and choosing one then it naturally follows that wc must do something with the other. It is easy to understand that choosing one implies the rejection of the other. But it might also be taken as a word describing some future time, and I would like to have it mean, "What shall I do in the day of judgment with Jesus Christ?" When the moon shall lie turned into blood and the sun shall be black as the sackcloth of hair, when the "elements shall melt with the fervent heat" "What shall I do then?" In the sixth chapter of Knvelution we read that in the last day men shall cry out and aay to the rocks and hills: "Fall on us, and hide us. from the face of Him that sit teth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to tand?" But in the closing part of Keve lation we are told that thfere will be no rocks and no hills to fall upou the lost and ahut out the vision of the face of the Son of God, and they must see Him whether they will or not. Him whom they have re jected, Hun from whom they have deliber ately turned away. The next emphatic word is the name Jesus. "What shall I do then WITH JKSUS?" Tnat was Hia earthly name, and de embed H.s earthly life. "Thou shnlt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His peo pie from their sins," and His earthlv life came to its climax in Hia sacrificial Heath upon the cross. To pay the penalty of sin His life was giv;n up, and if we fail to ac cept Him as a personal Saviour, we delib erately take our stand with those who have nailed Him to the tross. When we tand before God we shall be called to an account for thi chiefe.t of all sins. For to reject the bon of God is to crucify Him fresh. The last word to emphasize would be ills anointed name, which is "CHRIST." At Christ He stands at the right hand of God, our Mediator and Advocate For fear that some one should say, "( I should become a Christian, I could notvhold out " God seems to sweep away every false argu ment and false hope when He tells us that after we have accepted Him as Jesus He becomes Christ for us, and takes Hia stand t God s right hand, pleading fcr us in our weakness, and ever bringing to God's re membrance His atoning death, that our many sius may be washed away and for gotten. But another outline has also been eug gested as being a proper one to grow out of Sh,!utexl- T,' Rev- R- A- Tey has made the suggestion that there are certain things that naturally depend upon what we do with Jesus, Of these I make brief mention. I. Our acceptance before God depends' upon what we do with Jesus. "He that believeth on Hint is not condemned, but lie that believeth not is condemned ! ready, because he hath not believed in the1 name of the ouJy-begotten Son of God 't John 111: 18. If we accept Jesus, Cod accepts us. If we reject Jeaus, God rejects us. These are snore sentences, but each one is worth -a litetime of study. The vilest sinner 111 the world acceutiiiu Christ is immediately u- ctpted of God. The most upright man re jjectuig Christ hi instantly rejected of God. The moment we accept wo are justified from all thllma from which vm ivinlil not justilied by the law of Moses; and jus- itincatuin is more than pardon, for in par don there may still be the memory of sin, ftiut when God justities He "remembers laguinst us our truusgressiuiis no more for itver." 11. Our hnpniviiim ...... nA .1 ... i ..... .ul ui-jreuu, 'upon what we do with Jesus. "But aa many as received Him, to them gave He -UPWr to become the subs of God. even to them tnat believe on xiis name."" John There is a very insidious kind of heresy making its r.ay through the world to-day, which declares there is such a thing as the universal fatherhood of God and the uni versal brotherhood of man; that God ia the father of all His creatures, and thnt every man is my brother. This is certainly con trary to the Scriptures. We become sons of God, not by the lives we live, nor by doing good, nor by reading the llihie, nor by praying without ceasing, but we become Goo's sons by regeneration. This is the work of the Holy Ghost, and is wrought In us the very moment we by faith accept Jesus Christ aa a Saviour. It is not possi ble for us in any other way to come into this world than to be born into it; it is not possible for us ever to enter-the king dom of God except by the new birth. This constitutes us children of Ood. III. Our having peace depends upon what we do with Jesus Christ. "There fore being justified by faith, we hnve peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Itomana v: 1. When we remember that peace is the op posite of confusion, of strife, of unrest, we are able to see how great is the blessing, which comes to us by the acceptance ot God's Son. We do not think of peace as limply an emotion. It is not an experience, but it is that which comes to us with the presence of Christ, lie is our peace, and whutever may be a man's position in the world, if he has rejected Christ, or (in ther words) if be has failed to accept Him. he mUBt go forever throughout the world crying, "peace, peace," but for him there can be no peace. IV. Our having joy depends upon what we do with Christ. "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye nee Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with i'oy unspeakable and full of glory." I 'cter i: 8. We also remember the words of Jesus when He said: "These words have I spoken unto you thnt My joy might re main in you, and that your joy might be full." Joy is better than happiness. People ol the world may have happiness, but only God's children possess joy. Happiness ii that which happens to come to us, nnd those who lay hold upon it are dependent upon their circumstances ana surrounding. Joy has nothing to do with circumstance or surroundings, but comes to us because of our faith in Hin who ever lives to pout out upon His people His own presence and blessing. V. Our having eternal life depends upon what we do with Jesus. "He that believ eth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John iii: 3fl. By nature we have the flesh with M. anil we shall nlwnys have it with us until out redemption bodies are bestowed np:i.i us. It is natural therefore that there should be a constant warring between the life ol God which cornea in regeneration nnd th old nature which is at enmity with God nnd always must be, but it is a great joy to know that we may every one of us so sur render ourselves to Him who is our life that the old nature shall be put down and held in subjection, and we ourselves "be more than conquerors." Finally, let me say that there are three sentences which ought to be written plain ly before every one who is to make this de cision, or who fails to make it. First. We must either accept Him or re ject Him. Second. We must either let Him corns into our hearts, or we must shut the doot and keep Him out. Third. We must either confess Him ot deny Him. "Whosoever shall confess M before men, him will I confess before My Father which is in heaven; but whosoevei shall denv Me before men, him will I deni before Mv Father which is in heaven." Matt, x: 32, 33. There is no middle ground. God pity ill if to-dav we turn awnv from Him, for H MAY BE THE LAST TIME! The Need of Tenderness The grace of tenderness, for it is a grace, should be cultivated for its own snkc a well as its invaluable aid in our service fot the Master. True tenderness modulates the voice, illuminates the face and present the word of life in a spirit of gentleness, which wins a hearing for even unwelcome truths. The world is in need if just such tenderness as was manifested by our Lord, and we as His disciples can render no bet ter service to Him than reflecting His ten der sympathy as we pass along life's jour ney. People long for tenderness. Harsh meas ures never won a soul to higher things. Sympathy is the magic key by which we may gain access to hungry, aching hearts. Tenderness may be developed by studying the character of our Master. He recog nized the innermost longings " of weary mankind, and met this yearning with infi nite tenderness and pity. Surely we as His followers should imitate Him to the best of our ability along thia line. Let us de termine by the help of the Holy Spirit never to be betrayed into harshness. The world is hard and cold enough without you and I adding to its burden. Rather let us seek by tenderness and sympathy to aid some soul to reach a firmer foundation, and bring joy and peace to some little coi ner of earth. George D. Gelwicks. Good Cheer In Kelleton. It is a happy thing to live. It is a happy thing to die. Our religion has the promise of the life that now is and also of that which in to come. It makes the world ours and all things in it. We re joice in its beauty and its joys, the laugh ter of little children, the love of young, men and maidens, the grave friendship ot the old, the confidence of life and the calm and trust which belong to us all. Our religion now tells us to look upon these and all the beautiful things of life, and to take them, holding them in holi ness as the happy gifts of our glad God. And, above all these, and in all these, Christ is now revealed to us, He was and He will be. Yea, and He is. No other day ever set Him so high or loved Him so dearly. To be sure, there is enough that is dark still, and the shadows could be drawn heavily, sadly, but this hour let us see the sunshine and play in it. The Lord Christ! He is the good cheer of religion to-day, as He has been in all days. If our good cheer is better and cheerier than any of old, it is because we see Him more cleur ly and love Him more dearly because we have gone a little further in making our life Hia and Him our life." Cougregation alist. Rewards of Lit. The man who sees in life the oppor tunity to express himself in the largest terms, who after ascertaining what fac ulties he has determines to develop them to the highest possible efficiency, who is capable of seeing thi sweetness and jov that lie all about him, who, being proud, does not allow his body or mind to be defiled, he is tne one who obtains the big rewurds, the big successes. Mental Growth and Control. Badges of Honor. Borne one baa said that a boy la well dreased wnen bis collar U clean and bta shoes are blacked, That ought to comfort aome of you lada who have been look ing forward with a little dread to the opening of school. For though moat boyg bave better things to think of than the clothes they wear, still It la not pleasant to bave patches on your knee and elpowa, when the boys who alt next you are resplendent In brand now suits. Yet there are times when patches are badges of honor, wblle the new Jits aro like disgraceful uniforms. We have kuowa boys to threaten to "stay out of school" unless they could be dreased "aa well aa the other boys," when perhaps the father and mother were well-nigh aloklng be neath financial burdens. A boy shows a weakneas not only' of head, but of heart, when he decides that he would "rather leave achool" than wear a shabby coat, when hU father and mother are making sacri fice fur him. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For May 25. Subject: Paul at Antiocli In Plsldla, Acli illL. 4J-M Oolden Text, Acts xlll, 3S Memory Vcrt, it, 7 Commin tary on the Day's Lesson. Outline of Paul's sermon. I. Past his tory God preparing for the Messiah. Vs. 17-22. (1) Israel chosen nnd delivered from Kgypt. V. 17. (2) Kortv years in the wil derness. V. 18. (3) 1'he promised land given. V. 10. (4) Israel under judges. -V. 20. (5) Under kings. V. 21. (O)Tneking dom under David from whom tho Messiah was to spring. ,V. 22. II. The Messiah brought forth. (1) God's promise kept V. 2.1. (2) Heralded bv John according a their Scriptures (Isn. 40: 3, 4; Mai. 3: 1) had foretold. Vs. 24, 2.1). (3) His rejec tion and death a fulfilment of prophecy. Vs. 27-W. (4) He wns raised from the dead. This is proved by many witnesses (v. 31), and bv the fulfilment of the Scrip tures. Vs. 32-37. III. The closing appeal. (1) Through faith in Christ forgiveness ol sins is preached. Vs. 38, 39. (2) A warn ing is given. Vs. 40, 41. 43. "Was broken up." When the peo ple were dismissed. This does not mean that it wns broken up by violence or dis order. "Many of the Jews." Probably a majority rejected the sermon, but still many received the meesnge favorably. "Prosclvtes." Gentiles who had embraced the Jewish religion. "Followed." Walked, with thcin as tlicy were leaving the syna gogue. "Persuaded." Crgcd, entreated. "To continue," etc. A good impression had been made, they were earnest seekers after truth, and it was important that they should continue to believe and obey it and be caved by it. 44. "The next Sabbath." The evangel ists attended the synagogue on the "sab bath day" because that was the day on which the Jews worshiped. The day Paul and Barnabas observed as the sabbath was the day on which Christ rose from the dead, called the Lord's day. This day has been observed by the church as the Chris tian sabbath ever since the resurrection morning. "Almost the whole city." The interest munt have been intense. The peo ple were stirred, excited, curious. 45. "Jews filled with envy." With "jeulonsy," indignation, WTatb. I. To them it seemed an attack upon the very foundation of their religion. They felt that if their interpretations pave way, re lijji'in itself would fall. 2. It destroyed their hopes as to the future of their nation. 3. Their own influence and power would be thrown into the background. 4. It would degrade them, as they believed, tc have the Gentiles declared ns equals. "Con tradicting." Opposed the doctrine that Jesus was the Messiah, and that He would he humble, lowly, despised and put to death. "Blaspheming. Either reviling Jesus as an impostcr and a malefactor, or declaring Him to have been in league with Satan. There is nothing more awful than Jewish fury and execration of the name ol Jeans of Nazareth when thoroughly roused 40. "Spake out boldly" (R. V.) They did not permit their own passions to be come inflamed, neither did they revile theii assailants, bnt they very plainly told them that they would turn to the Gentiles. They told the Jews that by their own action! they had pronounced their own sentence, and had condemned themselves as unwor thy of everlasting life. "Was necessary." It was so designed nnd commanded. The apostles alwavs offered salvation to the Jews first. "Thrust it from you." (K. V.) itiey rejected and spurned the otter of sal vation. "Judge yourselves unworthy." This does not mean that they considered themselves unworthy, but they condemned themselves by their actions. "Everlasting life." Eternal life is not solely a future, but a present possession, commenced in this life to be perpetuated in the life tc come. "The Gentiles." The heathen. We shall offer the gospel to them because they will accept it. 47. "The Lord commanded." The com mand which the apostlo quotes is from Isaiah 49: 6, which shows that from the prophetic times the reception of the Gen tiles was made manifest in the counsels ol God. "I have set." The prophet an nounces that the Messiah whom God prom ised to send would be the Savior of the Gentiles as well as the Jews; that all na tions would be called to share in the bless ings of His kingdom. The passage is quoted to show that in turning now to the heathen they were merely carrying out the plan ol Ood aa-- revealed in -rtie -OloV Testament "For salvation." Deliverance from the p:nalty, pollution and power of sin, espe cially as completely realized in a future state of holiness nnd happiness. The vei5 name "Jesus" announces the design of Hie mission ; He came to save Hia people from their sins. 48. "Gentiles wero glad." The doctrine of the Jews had been that salvation wai confined to themselves. The Gentiles now rejoiced that from the Jews themselves they heard a different doctrine which was proved from the pages of Hebrew prophecy, that this gospel was promised to them ol old. "Glorified." etc. Honored it as a message from God. Tho expression con veys the idea of praise on account of it, and of reverence for the message. "Aa were ordained," etc. Should bo rendered, "dis posed to eternal life." As many as were o inclined committed themselves bv faith to Christ. There is not the least plausibil- i ity in the notion that Luke in this simple ! history is referring to any eternal decree predestinating these men to eternal life. 41). "All the region." This rapid exten sion of .the gospel we must attribute in some measure to the iteal of tho recent con verts. Paul and Barnabas also may have visited personally some of the nearest places. 50. "The devout woman." (R.V.) Prob ably Gentile women who had become Jew iah proselytes, and could be easily in tiuenced against the new religion. "Ol konorablo estate" (R. V.) This evidently refers to their rank, as being the wives ol the "chief men" of the city. The Jews urged the women to use their influence with their husbands against tlie mission aries. "Chief men." Tho magistrates; those in authority. "Out of their coasts." Out of their province. 61. "Shook off," ete. Following tho di rection of Christ in Matt. 10: 14. By thii they in effect said, Ye are wone than the heathen, even your very land is accursed, and wo shake off its dust as a testimony that we offered you salvation and you re jected it and persecuted us. Jews travel ing in heathen countries wiped their feel when they came to tho borders of theii own land, lest tha unhallowed ground should -defile the sacred soil of Israel "Iconium." A city about sixty miles south east of Antioch in Lycaonia. 52. "Filled with joy." Even in the midst of persecution they rejoiced and were es ceeding glad. A WoosWrful Clonk. To the Hat of remarkable clocka In the world, that Just completed by a Bohemian In Chicago, who baa been at work on It for nineteen years, will have to be added. It la more than eighteen feet hlgV and la fifteen feet square at the base. A miniature earth ctrclea areund tha dial, and turns on Its axis every twenty-tour hours, while the sun, moon, Venus, Mars, Sa turn and other planeta are represent ed In their proper places. When the clock strikes a doer opens, and a pro oeaaion of all ths presidents ot tha United States Issues, followed by. fig ures which symbolize lta growth. Qusao Alexandra Good Shot, Many yearn ago Queen Alexandra vlstted Blsley, and waa Invited to try her fortune at tho targets at a distance ot 600 yarda. The rif e waa placed In position for ber, and with her first shot she hit the bull's-eye. Thia rifle la eue of her most treaaured poaaesslons. and la preserved In a glass case In one ot her private rooms at Sandrlngham. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS Hay M Modern Mln'onary Achievements Zech. Iv, 6; 2 Chroo. xvl. h Psa. txvili, 2 J; Mall. Ml, 42. The greatest achievements are rhla' j nlonary achievements. Strike froir the record the biiccps8"s of the Oos 1 pel, and you reduce the hlntory ol the past nineteen hundred years to Bickenlng stories of tragedy and to the monotonous recital of the com monplace. The Gosp"l la not a the- ury. Charles Darwin, the great sci entist, said: "The lesson of the nila- alonary Is the enchanter's wand." Ho wrote this after seeing tho miracu lous effects of the Onapel on the New Zealanders. William Gladstone. Henry Drummond, Lew Wallace and Profes sor Max Muller are ardent advocates of Christian miaslons. Testimony of travelers are too mul titudinous to name, Among the moat conspicuous are Mungo Park, David Livingstone, Henry M. Stanley, Jullnn Hawthorne, MIrs Gordon dimming;, and H. H. Johnson. Mr. Johnson says. In an artlclo In the Nineteenth Century for November, 1887: "Huge Is the debt which philologists owe to the labors of the British mission aries In Africa." He declares that .nearly "two hundred Afrlcnn lan guages and dialects have been Illus trated by grammars, dictionaries, vo cabularies, and translations of the Hi tile." And all this by the mission ary of the cross. The same traveler affirms that "Zoology, botany, and anthropology, and most of the other branches of scientific Investigation have been enriched by the researches of missionaries." Many of these tourists support their testimony with their money. Rev. John Ligglna is authority for the statement that, foreign residents and tourists give no less, than three hun dred thousand dollars annually to missions In India. Judge Tucker, of Fettepoor, gave two hundred dollars per month to missions. When some stingy man criticised hia generosity he said: "If every hair on my head were a life I would give them all to Jesus." Our beloved Bishop Foster says: "The eyes of heathenism ara turned to the centers of Christen dom." Carl Rltter, the "prince of ge ographers." declared that the conver sion of the native New Zealanders Is "the standing miracle of the age." At the beginning of the sixteenth century the Christian population of the world was 100,000,000. At the be ginning of the twentieth century It Is 410,000,000. All the modern mission ary enterprises have had their Incep tion within the past one hundred and fifty years. But at the beginning of the twentieth century the total num ber of communicants and adherents of Protestant foreign missions Is 5, 685,000. The number of communicants In the several mission fields of the Meth odist Episcopal Church (not Includ ing those in the islands which have recently found freedom under the American flag) at the beginning of the twentieth century is 182,000. And all of this within the past seventy years. That Is an average of more than 2.500 conversions from pagan Ijm to Christianity every year through the agency of this one Chris tlan organization. It is God'a work that must transform the world It Is always marvelous. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS May 25 Missions: Our Missionary Boards "A Work for Me and a Work for You." I Cor. xil, HO. Scripture Verses. Ps. lxxll. 1-17; Isa. ii. 2-4; Jer. xxxl. 31-34; Luke x. 2; John xvil. 20, 21; Eph. I. 20-23; Phil. 11. 9-11; Rev, v. 9, 10; xl. 15. Lesson Thoughts. ' ' To gain the world for Christ, three things are absolutely necessary: 1. A sincere desire of the heart for the salvation of the world. 2. Entire re liance upon God and earnest prayer to him for guidance and strength In this work; and 3. Consecrated activ ity in preaching the Word and Bend ing It aboard. There can be no miserliness in Christianity; its unfailing character Is a burning desire that all the world shall share with ua the rich blessings It bestows. Selections. "Few years, no wisdom, no renown, Only my life can I lay down; Only my heart. Lord, to thy throne I bring and pray A child ot thine I may go forth, And spread glad tidings through the earth. And teach sad hearts to know thy worth; Lord, here am I." It must never be forgotten that tha strength of the kingdom Is not In numbers or In show, but In true hearts. The kingdom ot God is with in, and lta growth throughout the world turns on the faithfulness and zeal of each that belongs to it. Like ripples on the water that start from a centre and go on widening until they reach the opposite shore, the circles ot the kingdom will go out from individual hearts, Anally reach ing tha ahores of eternity. And "the earth ahall be full ot the knowledge of the Lord as txa waters covi the sea." O church ot Christ, behold at last The promised sign appear, The gospel preached In all the world; And lo! the King drawa near. With girded loins make haste, make baste. Thy witness to complete. That Christ may take his throne, and bring All nations to hia feet. Suggested Hymns. "Jesus ot Nazareth!" Oh- what a name! Pass along the Invitation. Stand up! stand! up for Jesua. The morning light la breaking. Great Jehovah, mighty Lord. Throw out the life line. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. ' HE warea are a 1 ways atllled where the Mas ter walks. It ia a greater thing to prevent a disease than to Invent lta cure. The good ahep berd thinks more of hia flock than of hia fleeces. Agnosticism In regard to beat will not prevent the bllater from fol lowing the burn. - THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. rotau The Drunkard's Iietntn Dream- fttranga Casa nf Convict llrmiknril "Shallow of tlie Hope, In Kvsry Glass of Liquor," BeSnlil llefore Kxeeutlou When night in holy silence brings The God-willed hour of sleep, Then, then the red-eyed revel swings Its bowl of poison deep. When morning weaves its golden hair, And smiles o'er hill and lea, One aick'ning ray is doomed to glare On your rude revelry. The rocket's flary moments sped. Sinks black'ning back to earth: v Yet darker, deeper sinks his head, Who shares tlie drunkard's mirth! Know you the sleep the drunkard knows? That sleep. Oh! who may tell Or who can speak the fiendish throes Of his sclMieated hell? Bedded, perhaps, on broken hearts, Where slimy reptiles creep; While the ball-less eye of death still darts Black tire on the drunkard's sleep. These coflined hearts, when warm in life, r Bled in his ruin wild; Now tho cold, cold lips of his shrouded wife Press lips of his shrouded child! So fast, so deep the hold they keep; Hark, his nnnallow'd scream! Guard us, O God, from the drunkard's sleep. From the drunkard's demon dream. Drink Wns Ills Undoing. "It was one of the strangest ens? that ever came under my notice," said the de tective, "and it shows how a little thing can cause a man's undoing. I was in Louisville at the time and was present nt the execution of the man, and the words that doomed wretch spoke to the gaping nnd morbidly curious crowd from the scaf fold I have never forgotten and never will forget. Across the river, in Jefferson ville, is the Indiana State penitentiary, Ind this man Warner, I believe bis naino was was a convict in tho penitentiary. He had been in many years, and during all the time of his imprisonment he had. of course, never tasted liquor, which was the primary cause of the striped suit he wore. "In a quarrel with another convict in the shoe shop, where both were working, Warner stabbed his fellow convict to death with a ahoe knife. He was taken from the prison to the county jail, tried for murder, and sentenced to death. Some days before that set for the execution a photographer took some pictures of the murderer, and these the man sold to visit ors on the plea that he wanted the money for a decent funeral after the decree of the law should have been carried out. His sales were many, and he had more than 8100 for his funeral. Two days before the time set for the hanging the man broke jail and escaped clear of the town. Of course a hue and cry was raised for him, ond the police of every town within a ra dius of 400 miles had a description of the fugitive and nil officers were on the lookout for likn because of the substantial reward offered by the sheriff. The very night of the escape of the gallows-sentenced man we were sitting around the main police sta tion in Louisville talking about the break away. "A call for the wagon came in, and when the vehicle returned the officers carried a limp and unconscious figure into the sta tion and dumped it to the floor in front nf the desk sergeant for registration, nnd that officer was perfunctorily going throush the searching process when he turned tho drink-unconscious man over, and, looking at his face, recognized him as the con demned murderer who had the night be fore escaped from the jail across the river in Indiana, hor years the man had been without the taste of liquor, and when he had the chance to drink it and the money with which to buy it he did drink it, and he wps hanged two days Inter in the Jcffer sohville jail. As he Btood before the crowd assembled nt the scaffold the man. with the hangman's noose in his hand, raised it aloft in the direction of the upturned faces and said, simply: 'When yo-.i raise the glass of linuor look in the bottom and you will see tle shadow of this rope.' That wns all, and then they hanged him." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Insanity Due to l.lqnnr. "There has been a remarkable increase of insanity in this city in recent years," said Assistant Warden Rickard, of Bellevuo Hospital, to a reporter of the Tribune. "Here at this hospital, where most of the caes are examined, a case of insanity was not so common twenty years ago as to fail to attract the attention of everybody con nected with the institution. Now we have about 2000 insanity cases a year at the hos pital." Mr. Rickard opened a book and showed that during the year 1S93, 1150 men and 94.1 women had been sent to the hospital ns insane patients. Of the whole number only 103 had been discharged as cured or not insane, while 778 men and 745 women had been sent to the asylums on the island, and the rest had been sent to other institution. "Most of the insane persons die within n few 'ears after being sent to the asy lums." Mr. Rickard said. "From my ob servation of insanity cases here I have come to believe that the increase of insan ity is largely due to the use of liquor. The ordinary whisky sold now contains so much poison that it is liable to make any person who drinks it crazy." Heap In the Whirlwind. The following is front the Hartford Jour nal and Visitor: The richest man of our town set lip one of his sons in the liquor business. A tem perance neighbor protested earnestly against it. Hie rich father said: "Why, he can make $1000 a year." "No matter, said the temperance neighbor, "he may be : ruined by it." In ten years tho wife of I the rum-se!ling sou died a drunkard, leav 1 ing two motherless children. The rum , seller forged his father's name, at length i involved his father so much that the old man failed, losing the earnings of his lue. The rum-selling son died a drunkard, and his poor brother, too, died a sot; and the poor old father, who was one of the moder ate drinkers, drinking enough to plant seeds of ruin in his family, died, too. And now all th.it is left of one of the first fam ilies ot the town are the orphan grand children. Woe to him that putleth the bottle to hia neighbor's lips. Contemptible Trick ol Rummy. A man named Martin, of Holton, Kan., is a much abused man. Although he is a rubid prohibitionist, almost every day or so he receives word that some St. Joseph or Kansas City whisky house has sent him C. O. D. by express a jug of liquor. Of course, he never ordered it, nor does he ever take it out, but other parties come along, sign his name to the receipt, pay tha bill and take the whisky. Better Than Local Option. A bill has been introduced into the Ohio legislature, which, if enacted into law and executed, will make the cus tom of treating in drinking resorts an offense against the law. The author of tlie bill now before the Ohio legislature says that if it goes through it will he better than all the local option bills that were ever passed. fertile Source of Inebrletr. Prinking in business hours, standing drinks at bars, and treating are responsible for more thuii half the drunkenness which overtakes men. The drunkenness of wom en must have other causes. Vor Sunday Closing. The movement for Sunday closing ot Iiubho houses in England ia assuming a lusinesa-like aspect. Several of the lead ing bishops, as well as tke Archbishop of Canterbury, are becoming active in the movement. About a million householders have already been canvassed, the result showing a majority of seventy to cue in favor of Sunday closing. Cause For National Pride. Tha British Board of Trade furnishes a table conreruiu the consumption of intox icating liquors in four countries, showing that the uuited Statea is consuming less than half as much per capita aj Great lttitaiu, France or Germany. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Crocral Trade Ceadltloni. R. G. Dun & Co.'a "Weekly Review" Says: "At a time when consumptive de mands surpass all previous records in tlx nation's histery, it is unfortunate that production should be curtailed. Yet that is the present situation. Fires, labot controversies and a tornado stopped work at many points, greatly reducing the output. "Prices of commodities on May I, at shown by Dun's index number, rose te the highest point in recent years, gaining per cent, over the corresponding datr last year, but this week there lias been a material decline in some products, no tably grain. "Failures for the week numbered 3i8 in the United States, against 187 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 26 last year." Bradstrcct's says: "Copious rains, while not repairing all the damage te Winter wheat done by the recent drought in Kansas, seem to have put the rest of the crop out of anything like immediate, danger. It has also placed the ground in excellent condition for the latter crops, such as corn and oats. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ag gregate 3.302,240 bushels, against 5,308," 155 last week and 4.178,874 last year. Wheat exports, July I, 1901, to date (forty-five weeks), aggregate 219,167,; 602 bushels, against 179,859,699 last sea son. Corn exports aggregate 126,75s bushels, against 128,679 last week and '.583,831 last year. July I, 1901, to date corn exports arc 25,655,619 bushels, against 157,017,542 last season." LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, $31533.35; best Patent, $4.80; choice Family, $4.03. Wheat New York No. 2, 88;4c; Phil adelphia No. 2, 85J4a86c; Baltimore No. 2. 86c, Corn New York No. 2, 68Vt; Phil adelphia No. 2, 64'4a65c; Baltimore No 2, 67,c. Oats New York, No. 2, 46c; Phila delphia No. 2, 51c; Baltimore No. 2, 49, a49!c 1 Hay No. 1 timothy. $i5.ooais.50 No. 2 timothy, $14.50315.00; No. 3 timo thy $12.50813.50. Green Fruits and Vegetables. On ions, Bermuda, yellow, per box, $1,859 2.00. Cabbage Florida, flat, per crate, $l.50a$2.oo; do, Charleston, Early York, per crate, $2.ooa2.25. Cucumbers, Flor ida, per crate, $i 00,13.00. Eggplants, Florida, per crate, $2.5033.00. Green peas, Florida, per basket, 75ca$i.oo; do, Charleston and Savannah, per basket, 75ca$i.25. Kale, native, per bushel box, I5joc. Lettuce, Norfolk, per J-barrcl basket, 5oa6oc; do, native, per bushel box, 3;a40c. Asparagus, Norfolk, per dozen, $i.ooal.50. String beans, Flori da, per basket, green, $1.2531.50. Toma toes, Florida, per 6-baskct carrier, fancy, $2.0002.50. Beets, new, per bunch, 4asc. Rhubarb, native, per bunch, laic. Spinach, native, per bushel box, 25330c. Spring onions, per 100 bunches, 603650. Squash, Florida, per bushel box, 75a$I. Apples, New York, mixed sorts, per bar rel, $3.7534.25. Oranges, California Seedlings, per box, $2.2533.25; do, do. Navels, per box, $3,2534.00. Strawber ries, North and South Carolina, per qt.,. 8314c; do. Charleston, per quart, 10314c; do, Norfolk, per quart, lOatsc Potatoes. White, Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bushel. No. I, 80385c;, do, do do, per bushel, seconds, 70375c ;' do, New York, per bushel, best stock, 95ao8c; do, do do, per bushel, seconds, 75a8oc; do, Western, per bushel, prime, 95ao8c ; do, new Florida, per barrel, No. 1, $4.0035.00; do, do do, per barrel, sec-; onds, $2.5033.50. Sweets, Eastern Shore Virginia, per truck barrel, $3.7534.00., Esstern Shore Maryland, per bsrrel, fan cy. $3 -753400. Yams, North Carolina,' per barrel, fancy, $3.0033.50. Provisions. Bulk shoulders, ox; do,' short rib sides, 10c; do clear sides, ioc; bacon rib sides, 11c; do clear sides, :i!4c; bacon shoulders, 9!4c. Fat backs, gJic Sugar cured breasts. i2'4c; sug3r cured shoulders, 9!4c. Hams SmsIL 13c; large, 13c. Smoked skinned h3ms, 14c; picnic h3ms, 954c. Lard Best re fined, pure, in tierces, lo)$c; in tubs, lie per lb. Mess pork, per bbl, $18.50. Butter. Separator, 23.124 ; Gathered Cream, 22a23: Imitation, 19320; Prints, i-lb, 24325: Rolls, 2-lb, 23324; Dairy pt-s. Md Pa.. Va.. 323. Eggs. Fresh laid eggs, per dozen,, 15 aijjc. Live Poultry. Hens, loatlc; old roosters, each, 25.130c; spring chickens, 25a30c; winter chickens, per lb, 16320c; young chickens, I2ai3c Ducks, ioai3cJ Turkey hens, I5al6c; do, young gobblers' 14c ; do, old toms, 12c. Geese, each, 50a 75c- Cheese. New York State cheddars, nV'jaiic; do do flats, Itai2c; do da small, I2ai2c. Ohio Flats, toallc; do picnic, 1 1 J-a 12c. Skims, 9310c Swias cheese, 143140. Hides. Heavy steers, association and' salters late kill, 60 lbs and up. close se lection, ioatoVj ; cows and light steers 8a8'ic. Live Stock. Chicago, HI., Csttle Strong and ac tive; good to prime steers, $6.8037.45; poor to medium, $5.0036.75; stockers and feeders, $2.7533.50; cows, Il.50a6.oo. Hogs Strong and 5c to 10c higher; mix ed and butchers, $6.9037.20; good to choice heavy, $7.1537.30. Sheep Strong ; lambs higher; good to choice wethers, $5.75625; Western sheep, $52536.25; native lambs, $4.7536.60; Western lambs, $5.2536.65. East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice $6.7036.85; prime $6.3536.60; good $5.70 36.20. Hogs steady, prime heavy, $7,253 7.30; best mediums, $7.0537.15; heavy Yorkers, $6.9537.00. Sheep steady; prime wethers, $7.5037.90; culls and common, $2.5033.50; choice lambs, $6.6oa6.8o; veal calves, Is-SoaSTSj LABOR AND INDUSTRY The Ohio legislature passed a police and fire pension bill. Marion, Ind., chain workers won after nine weeks' strike. Chicago bricklayers now get 55 cents an hour. In New York they are paid 65 cents. Massachusetts house of representa tives passed the bill making eight hours the limit on all city work. Mr. Mulock has introduced a bill in the Canadian legislature providing for compulsory arbitration, in cases of rail way labor disputes. Toronto coal drivers have succeeded in getting their wages auvajiced to 17 cents an hour for dimhle-4eam drivers; and 15 cents for single teams. Florence, Colo., uurons have organized a building association and incorporated under State laws. The purpose is to erect a fine two-story building for store and labor mectinj uses. Labor organizations throughout Great er New York are almost a unit in favor of the abolition of tariff tax upon for eign meats in consequence of the recent increases in price which almost place the purchase of domestic meats beyond t!i means of a great portion of the wage earning community. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM TH WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. Foemt Ood's ThoaahU A Seraxm ens tat .object "Row Can I Know That I Ass! Paved?" by Grace LlTlnsjstoa HI1I- Being One With Ood. God has a thought for the maple, , Yen may read that thought in tha treat Would you know His thought for Ut4 f anile! at the granite and aeel Ilia thought for the springing grass j Is told by the cool, green sod; The roe unfolding its petals Discloses the mind 01 God. t His thought for the butterfly' life Is writ on the insect's wings: The word He spake to the skylark You hear when-it soars and sing We think we are more than the bird,' More than the tree and the sod Yet say are we living our lives As true to the thought of tiod? 1). M( 1 11 tyro Henderson, in The Inde pendent. A Little Sermon. j Many people are going through life in a sad uncertainty about their own salvation. Some even count this humble uncertainty a virtue and look askance at bright-faced! Christiana who say, with a clear ring in their voices, "I know that I am saved." But the Bible leaves no uncertainty abemk it. "And ye shall know the truth, and tho truth shall make you free." We have then a right to this knowledge and to the free dom which it gives us. The guide-posts along the way are plain ly printed, that he who runs may read. Are our eyes hazy with the dust of that way that we cannot see, or bave we missed? the road entirely!1 The first corner beyond that of hearing is belief. Surely we nar not turned aside there! It ia our business to apply the tests tiod has given ns if w would know of our salvation. Do we be lieve on Jesus? Yes? Then, "He that be leveth in Me shall never die." We know that we are saved, because we believe) God's promise, "He that heareth My word nnd believeth on Him thnt sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death, unto life." Can anything be more eure?- A little further along we find another test. If we would be sure we, are on tha straight road to heaven let us look into our hearts and see if we "love the breth ren." Ah! Perhaps it is just here that the trouble lies. We love most of them, all but a few perhaps all but one, anof that one we cannot love because he has sinned against ua, and we cannot forgive, that sin. But here the road turns sharply away from the straight and narrow path, and broad and downward leads even unto, death. In letters" of living fire is written the warning that we must forgive if ww would hope to he forgiven, and with tha forgiveness we must love. Has not Christ done so with us? And if we cannot lov the brethren, Christ's children, we know we are not saved, for "He that lovcth not his brother abideth in death." But there are other tests. We most have the spirit of God or we are "none ot His." We must be led by that spirit. To have this spirit, to be led by Him daily, hourly, in every thought, word and action, this it is to know intimately Xbe Lord: Jesus Christ; to have Him as the closest, dearest, earthly companion. Then ia brought to pass within us that miracle of miracles which never, until they have ex perienced it can the children of thia world comprehend the spirit bearing witness with our spirits that we are the children ot God. We cannot explain perhaps, we do not know the reason why, but quietly, tri umphantly, unanswerably, we can say, "I know!" His spirit has told us so. P. B. Meyer says: "Understand that you are so truly on with Him that yon died in Him, lay with Him in the garden tomb, Tose with Him, ascended with Him back to God, and hae been alreadv welcomed and accepted in the beleved. Remember that Hii Father ia your Father, and that you are a aon in the Son, and as you dwell in these truths, opening your heart to the Holy Spirit, Ha will pervade your soul with a blessed con viction that you have eternal life, and that you are a child, not because you feel it, but because God says so." Tbe Science of Good Cheer. Religion is the science of good cheer. That is its mission in the world. It ia not an unpalatable dose of medicine to make you die comfortably, but a glorious hope that it will make you lie comfortably. It tells you how to get out of sorrow all the compensation it contains. How to bear burden with equable temper, and how to ri 10 with the consciousness that when at last you full asleep some one will wake you. to a higher and better life. If yonr reli gion fails to do that for you it is certainlir atlulteraated. You must throw the old thoughts aside and find better ones to guide you through the maze of coming years. You cannot always be calm and trustful, and if you are both of these yoa will be as cheerful as the circumstances, admit. Good thoughts, high thoughts, bring hope, and hope is sunshine. George 11. Hepworth. Better Than Heine Loved. Loving ia better than being loved. Thia is so as surely as that doing good ia better than trying to get good. We get more by giving than by striving to secure gain from having. This is the same in every re lation of life, even the most sacred. One who want to be married in order to be made happy is likely to fail of securing the desired object; and it is well that thia should be so, for the object ia an unworthy one. On the other hand, one who marriea with the purpose and desire of making the other person whether it be a husbanaT or a wife nappy, is likely to find marriage a success. At all events, such a person will live a worthy life, and will have happiness, or, what is far better, will have joy, in the ennobling endeavor to give it. Giving ia the only sure way of getting, and it ia the only satisfactory way. Cost of Veins; a Kins;. He who would rule must serve. Not all are willing to be ruled, but all are willing; to be served. And so it is that a crown, ia ready for whoever will wear it. But a, crown is not a pleasant ornament; or aa easy burden, for one who wears it worth ily. Carlyle says truly, "Every noble crown ia, and on earth will forever be, av erown of thorns." It requires self-sacrifice, and coats endurance and suffering, to serve others in this world and life. Jesus aaitl to the sons of men, "I am amoug you aa he that serveth." And He who waa the King of kings waa crowned with a crowat of thorns by those whom He came to serve. Hut kingship demands service, and he w ho lt worthy to be a king rejoices in true ser vice with all that it costs. The Wrath of Ood. No man ia excused from tbe wrath of God because of ignorance, no matter whether he ue 1 savage or an enlightened civilized being, but all men are not to be judged by the same standard, but by tbe standard of light within their reach. Kev, Dr. Smith, Methodist, Hedlands, Cal. rolltloaJ Corrapttea. With the political corruption of the day facing us as in these days, there ia great Eenl before us aa a city, but the case ia not opeless. It is possible when men who are true to God begin to live and exert an in fluence it will stem thia awful tide of ini quity. Rev. Dr. Chapman, New York City. Jnhaar Wt4 Jib. Mamma waa aerving tha jam pud ding. "Johnny, will you take a little pud ding?" Johnny Yea; will you glva ma the encie, please? Mamma But why do you wish to bave the ends, Johnny? Johnny Why. when I waa In C kitchen I beard Mary tay to coca.M "Put a good lot ot jam lu tbe 3!i,, cook, because you know the en's 1 alway fcft for ua." i
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