THE WAGONS ARE COMING
Sunday Discourse by Dr. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
Tk Story of Jacob A Lenon tor the Peo
ple of To-Day II We Olve Ourtelree
to 0o UnstloUd Blessing Will Be Our.
TTSw'ToliK City'. Toe HTev.'.T. Xptlmt
"hnpman, the popular pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, who is remarkably
niccessful ns an evangelist, haa prepared
in interesting sermon upon the subject ot
The Wagon Aro Coming. It l
nrcached from .the text, "And when he
iaw the wagons which Joseph had eent to
;arry him, the spirit of Jacob their father
revived." Gcneiss 4.r: 27.
There is a fascination nbont the land ot
Ecypt which cannot be described in words.
There are some particular features of this
incient land which impres you. First of nil
there is u peculiar haze over the country
which is uniike anything to he aeen in any
Mhcr part of the world. The sunsets are
indescribable, but the most striking thing
about Kgvpt is the ruins; on every side ol
you are tliee ruins telling of the splcndora
of pa-it days. . Yon pas up and down nvo
nnes that are lined with sphinx and with
obel'sk. the exquisite carvings of which re
veal tha fact that thtre were giants in
Hie clays when thse works of art were
made. In the olden times the world'i
pomp and wealth Feemcl to have been
Poured at the very feet of this capital of
Igypt, and here in all the daya of its splen
dor and power stood Joseph, next to l'hn
raoh in power. There are some places vis
ited by the traveler to-rtny winch spenK di
rectly of Joseph and his times, ns, for es
!imp!c, the ancient obelisk at Helioupolis,
where Joseph got his bride, and the most
ancient sphinx standing near the pyramids
beyond airo looking oat to-day over the
waste of the desert as it haa been doing
for centuries, and if its lipa could more it
might sav truly, "Before Abraham waa I
nm." The story of the early life ot
Joseph need not be told, for we are per
fectly familiar with it. We listened to
the recounting of it in our childhood'!
diiys, anil it was one of the fascinating sto
ries told us by our Christian mothers. The
Recount of bis coat of many colors, the
bowing sheave in the harvest field, the
anger of hi brother, and the grief of his
old father are facta too well known to
need telling here, except that it is well for
us to know that he is. to aav the least, an
nlmost perfect illustration of our .Suvionr,
or as some one has said, "Our Joseph," for
the names of Joseph and Jesus are practi
cally the same. Joseph was loved by his
father, hated bv his brethren, and was ex
alted to the place of power in the then
known greatest kingdom in the world. Our
Saviour was the beloved Son of Mis Fath
er, was hated by those whom lie came to
SAve, sold for thirty pieces of silver, east
into the pit, is to become the Saviour of
His brethren, and is exalted to-day nt the
right hand of the Father in majestv and in
power. All this is striking, to say the least,
and makes the text to be of added interest.
I.
The story of Jacob. We cannot appre
ciate this text without we have the story of
this remarkable Old Testament character.
He was a typical Jew, if we understand
him ns we may understand Israel ; a people
found in every country and belonging to
none. Some one has said that Abraham
was a hero, but Jacob a plain man dwelling
in tents. Abraham ia above us. but Jacob
is one of ourselves, and the difference be
tween Abraham and Jacob in the Old Tes
tament is the difference between Paul and
1'eter in the New Testament, the one tow
ering above ys like some mighty mountain
peak, and the other our brother and com
panion in temptation and failure. There
are aeveral points in the history of Jacob
which we would do well to have in mind.
First, Bethel. It waa a bleak; barren
place in the heart of Palestine, the traveler
sees on every side of him great rocks and
nothing but rocks, and long years nso
when Jacob was fleeing away from his
brother Esau the swift Eastern night comes
down upon him. and there was nothing for
him to do but to lie down, make n pillow
of .stones for his head and try to sleep.
(a) The Ividder. Did this not teach in
the daya of Jacob what we have learned
since the time of Christ that earth ia not
the binding atar, hut is bound to heaven
not sinmly by a ladder in a man's dream,
but by Him of whom the ladder ia on illus
tration, and who said. "No man cometh
unto the Fafher but by Me."
(( The Angels. When we see them as
cending it is an illustration of our pravera
rising to God. and when we behold them
descending it is an illustration of the an
swers coming down. It ia certainly a com
fort for us nil to know that we are as truly
united to Clod as in the niglit of Jacob's
dream he felt himself to be.
(c) The Voice of God. He said to the
Bleeping man, " will be with thee, I will
keep thee, I will not leave thee." and this
dream waa an inspiration for many a long
dreary day.
Second, Jabliok. Jacob is on his way
hack home when suddenly he hears that
Esau ia ahead of him and he it afraid. He
aends hia property over the stream and
then hia children and finallv his beloved
Rachel, and he himself is left alone.
Around him the stillness of the midnight
hour, beside him the murmur of the brook
over the stones, above him the depths ot
heaven, and while he waa left alone the
thought of hia past failure comes to him
and he is depresaed, when suddenly he
hnds himself in the grasn of the angel, and
he struggles to free himself. Let it be
noted that he ia not wrestling with the an
gel, but the angel with him, and ia this
not God seeking to take from .Jacob's, life
t'?a' which haa hindered the development
of God a life ia him. There are three
things to be remembered here.
(a) The change of hia name. Hia name
WM Jacob, which means "a eupplanter and
cheat, and the angel gave him the name
ot Israel, which meant "a prince," because
he had prevailed.
(b) Power with God and with men. but
jet it be remembered that it ia power with
lod hint. So many jii us are seeking for
power to move men; if we could but learn
that we can move men by the way of the
. 'V, (,nd wouIl le lesson ot un
spenknhle value.
(c) The vision of God. Kver afterward
as Jacob remembered Jabbok he said, "I
have seen God face to face," arid this waa
the secret in part of the transformation of
hw character.
TTbr''- 1pLi"1, Tt wi" be noticed that'
Jacob ,t Bethel again. He haa had
dreary experience of failure, and in the,
3.,th chapter of Genesis (.Jnd tellt him to'
uk. B?thel- In itaelf Ilethel ia not
h L 'i '! '"t1 a, ,onK rane f barren
.mi?' r ito ,cob " wa memorable
spot, for there he had aeen God. It ia an
IIL I t un'lratand how he might
l..n. . j!ome,Tk for Hethel. for we1
cred m.lte he ol'i h,0,ne "" with aa'
wre br Tif an,d. tli8 V land wher we
ram. .."i oU1 church where first wa
came to Christ, and so God said to Jacob,
then, nrayyo.ur ido,s" ftnJ ''e buried
Bethel T th 0a!f and m,rried on
in , t i 11,18 n".t lc""" for "ome of in
to havf ty? have "Plritually declined,
the 11 1' 9 pe?ce Ulat once bad
back Z n'". U8ed t0 be our- 'et us go
P'tbeLnnd pray aa we used to
S we oushT" V ,nme otl""- wnH
win n e ought to keep n mind in the lif.i
, V aI'llel bV cVmeTat"
Bethlehem I ha"e aeen the tomh .in whic
it ia aaid her body waa placed and th a il
the 10th to the 10th vere. "And tin
lourneyed from Bethel; and there w, b
ia little way to come to Kphrath; and
cliul travailed, and ahe had hard labor
And it came to pam aa ahe waa in hard
labor that the midwife aaid unto ber. Fear
ot, thou thalt have thia aon alao. And it
came to pats, at her aoul tfas in depart
ng, for ahe died, that ahe colled hia name
Uen-oni, but hi father called him Benia
mm. And Kachel died, and wat buried in
tin W.yi.to 'Pbrath, which ia Bethlehem."
J he other waa his l0t of Joseph. For
twenty yeara he had mourned him. There
ara aome criea that are crushed out of bit
.i.ft.r5 7hlth ""ble ua to aee and under
I, ?nef' ,ur ea'"Ple. "I ahull
ili Sf Ty 'gl;lve '"ourning," and
Jo" uh i. nn? b8rft of Children.
wwTt .ki h ' t"nno,n ,lot d o y
Will taka Benjamin (rom me." J,
spend the f ;r 'T we uaed to rcad il'
I ; iv , 'U day,M we l,"ed t0 Pend
notTut tZlrU 4 Ooi aain- 1 d"ub
b ,A "'", blessing will be our without
n.
The meeting of Joseph and Jacob. We
are familiar with the story of Joseph's rev
elation of peace to his brethren and now
at Pharaoh'a suggestion the wagons were
tent for the old man and all his loved onea,
that they might come into the land of
Kgypt and dwell there while the famine
raged in Canaan. I can hear the wagon
rumbling outside the palace door, and l'ha
raoh stands at his palace with Joseph be
aide him, the ring upon hia hand and a
chain of authority about his neck. Wagon
nftrr wagon pastes away ladened with corn
nnd wheat and a change of raiment, and I
can tec Jacob aa he aits in front of hia
home thinking of his abaent sons anil of
Joseph, 1 nm aure, for whether our bova
go out to the ends of the earth or heaven
they never get away from us. Suddenly
he sees a cloud of dust in the distance, nnil
ho knows that some one ia coming. His
heart begina to bent rapidlr when he' im
agines it to bo his sons. When they aro
near enough to cry out to him thev ten
him, "Joseph ia yet nlive." At ttfa the n'd
man fainted. 'But when he aaw the
wagons which Joseph had sent to carry
him the Biiirit of Jacob their father re
vived." And he said, "It is enough,
.losrnli my aon Is yet alive. I will go anil
see him before I die." From all of thia
beautiful Old Testament incident I learn
th"se helpful lessons.
First, the wagons have come for us,
bringing u the best blessinis of heaven,
containing a change of raiment, to that we
need be clad no longer in the earments of
our own righteousness, but in the robes of
His righteousness. In this garment there
is the mark of the blood shed for our re
demption nnd the reflection of the glory of
the throne of God, bringing us food to
eat that the world cannot give, and' which
if n man eat he shall live forever.
Second, bringing us good news. These
wagons shall come to u as they came to
Jacob. The beat of the newa was that
.Tosepn was yet nlive. In the Old Testa
ment when the day of ntonemcnt came the
priest took off his garment of glorv and
beauty nnd clnd in linen robes made his
way into the presence of the Ark of the
Covenant, nnd then the service o-er he
came out and put on ngain the garment of
glory and beauty, on the hem of the robe
of which there was a golden bell, and a
pomegranate the whole length of the hem
round about, and as he moved around the
people heard the ringing of th hells and
knew that the priest was yet alive. Jacob
knew that Joseph waa alive bocaue he
saw the wagons, and we know that our
Joseph is yet alive because of the bless,
ings He is showering upon us nnd the
peace which pasyeih understanding filling
our amils, and Jacob heard that Joseph
himself would come to meet him. and one
day our Joseph shall apocar. We know
not when that (Inv shall be. but the skies
shall brighten with our coining Cord, and
w hen He comes we shall step into the cha
riot and be taken away from this earth to
heaven. Cord Jesus come quickly.
Third, the wagons took Jacob un to his
lost boy, and one day the wagon will come
far us to take us up to our friends who
have gone from us. Jacob did not think
if the Nile in lvypt, which he was to aee,
but of Joseph, and that ia what heaven
is to us. the presence of Jesus. If He ia
not there, there will be no music; if He is
not there, there will be no glory; if lie is
not there, there will be no joy. but thanks
be unto God these wagons shall take us
up to meet our loved ones to whom we
have said good-bye in thia world, and that
will be joy unsoeukable.
III.
Home' at last. The end has come for
Jacob. His has been a great life, and his
great fight. We senrcely appreciate him
until he is going. We have looked upon
great buildings in process of construction
and said, "'1 lint is the greatest building
in the city," but never until the scaffold
ing ia taken down do we appreciate the
work of tiie architect or the skill of the
men who earned out his plans, and now
that the scaffolding is being taken down
from about Jacob we see his real manhood.
"I shall be gathered to my people," he
said to those who were about him, and
that settles for me the uuestion as to
whether we shall know each other iti the
other land.
"What is death, O what is death?
'Tis slumber to the weary,
'Tie rest to the forlorn.
'Tis shelter to the dreary,
'Til peace amid the storm,
'Tis the entrance to our home,
Tis the passage to that God
Who bids His children come,
, AVhen their weary course is trod."
'Bury me with my fathers," he said,
Genesis 49: 29-31. "And he charged them,
and said unto them, I am to be gathered
unto my people; bury me with my fathers
in the cave that is in the field of Ephron,
the Hittite. In the cave that ia in the
field of Machpelah. which ia hefore Mamre,
in the land of Canaan, which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron. the Hit
tite, for a possession of a bury-place.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah,
hia wife; there they buried Isaac nnd I!e
bekah. hia wife, and there I buried Ceah,"
and that must have been a great proces
sion which started from Kgypt to Canaan.
I can think of another precesaion a little
like it. In 1881, not far from Luxor, a
great find waa made of kings nnd queens
it a place called Del El Bahri. For a long
time the tourists had been picking up
pieces of jewelry and other valuables
which the scholar knew belonged to the
kingt and queens of other age, nnd nt
last nfter much woik it was found that
a discovery had been made of the greatest
value, and when the representatives of the
Government made their way to Del El
Bahri they really found the mummy of the
great Pharaoh and others who were bur
ied with him. These hodiea were taken
out of the place of hidinf. rried to the
Nile and floated off to Cairo, and it ia
aaid aa the procession moved along the cel
ebrated river the Egyptians lined the bank
all the way to the city, threw dust into
the air. fell upon their facej nnd cried
aloud, Pharaoh the great haa come again!
Pharaoh the great ha come ngain!" It
must have been like thia when Jacob waa
taken back to Canaan, "Jacob, the great,
haa come again," but at last thev reach
the cave of Machpelah. and they place
him there to rest. Abraham ia thero with
Sarah and Isaao with Rebekah and Jacob
with Leah, and there they shall wait until
the tomb is opened by the coming of
Christ, and hand in hand thev shall go
forth to meet Him. May God speed the
day.
Th Estimate of a Man.
If a man be gracious and courteous tn
strangers, it show that he ia a citizen of
the world ,and that his heart is no island,
cut oft from other lands, but a continent
that joins to them. If lie be compassion
ate towards the afflictions of others, it
shows that his heart is like the noble tree
that is wounded itself when it gives the
balm. If he easily pardona and remits
offenses, it shows that his mind is planted
above injuries, to that it cannot be shot.
If he be thankful for small benetits, if
show that he weighs men's minds, and
not I'heir trash. Cutholio Mirror.
Lives with BulUt la Rear.
Before a eurglcal congress, recently
held la Berlin, Germany, Professor
Trendelenburg, ot Leipzig, described
the case of a young man who had at
tempted suicide by shooting. It seems
the bullet lodged In the right chamber
ot the heart, but the wound quickly
healed. Under Roentgen rays the bullet
waa seen to move backward and for
ward tn time with the man's heart
beats. ProHeBsor Trendelenburg suld
there were nineteen cases known In
medical science In which persons with
bullet holes In their hearts haif sur
vived. GmacHatker's Cloak MjiUry,
' At the death of aged Oottlelb He)
ler, of near Liberty, his old clock, that
had not been running for more than
.eleven yeara, slowly struck Ave times.
Thej old man bad a premonition of
death two months before, At that time
he sold all his property and stopped a
inewspaper that he bad taken' for
twenty-four years. Two weeks ago he
foil til, and Saturday he died. Wil
liam sport (Pa.) Correspondence Phila
dolyhla Record.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International
Lessoi Comments
July 13.
For
Subiect: The Tei Comnuodnicnti, Dullei to
Ocd, tn. xi., Ml Qoldea Text, Luke x.,
27 Memory Veraee, J-ll Cemracn.
tary on The Day's Lesson.
1. "And God pal:e." After the glorious
and tremendous display of the special pres
ence of God on Mount Sinai had solemn
ised the minds of the people and excited
their awful expectations, it may he sup
posed that the sound of the trumpet
ceased, and Jehovah Himself immediately
spake in a voice loud enough to be distinct
ly heard by the immense assembled multi
tude. Afterward God wrote the law with
His own finger on two tables of stone, nnd
to-day He writes it on the "Hehly tables
of our hearts." "These words." The words
spoken are generally called the ten com
mandments; although sometime thev nro
railed the moral law, "hecauso thev lav
down rules for the conduct of nun." Thev
nrc also called the decalogue. In the Old
Testament they are called a covenant
(Dcut. 4: 1.1) or testimony. Tiny arc tho
simple words of God's loving covenant to
His people, and not arbitrary command
ment to His subjects. Thev bind God and
His people in mutual affection.
2. "1 am the Lord thy God." "Jeho
vah, self-cxUtent, independent, etcrnnl, th"
fountain of all being and power. He ihT
gives being m.y give law, therefore He is
nble to reward oiierlience nnd punish dis
obedience. Though all the people ni-e here
included in this address it was intended
for them individually, that ench might feci
Hint he. was hound for himself to hear nnd
obey nil these words." "Which hnve
broight thee." Therefore thev were b.mnil
in gratitude to obey Him. They had been
eyc-witne.iscs of the great things (Sod had
done for their deliverance. They were now
enjoying the fruits of their deliverance and
in expectation of a speedy settlement in
Cannnn. By redeeming them He acquired
a further right tn rule them. Thev owed
thetr service to Him to whom thev owed
heir freedom and n'bose they were by pur
chase. The Firstj Commandment. 3. "Thou."
Tn the singu'.nr. and personal, because each
individual must obey for himself. "Shalt
have." The commandments are given with
authority. They are definite nnd positive.
"No other gods before Me." I alone must
be your God. I must have the who'e heari.
This is reasonable. 1. Because there is rn
other true God. 2. He is our Creator. 1.
We are entirely dependent on Him. 4. He
is a holy being, and His nature is worthy
of our supreme nffection. 5. By loving
Him we receive the greatest good and the
highest hanpincss that can possiblv come
to us in thia world. C. To love Him is the
foundation of all true religion. 7. Becaj-e
npart from Him thero is no true happiness.
It is not necessary to actually bow down
before dumb idols to be spiritual idolaters.
Whatever we hold first in our affections is
our God. It may be ourselves, or our pos
sessions, or the honors and delights of this
world, or it mav be our Hearenlv Father.
The Second Commandment. Vs. 4-6. 4.
"Any graven image." Nothing shall be
made to represent God, or as a means of
worshiping God. We have included here
every species of idolatry known to have
been practiced amonjr the Egvptians. Ad
vocates of idol worship declare that the
material images are merely to call up the
mental idea of God, but this is positively
forbidden by this commandment. Those
who worship Jehovah "must not have anv
image before them, to direct, excite or as
sist their devotion. Though the worship
waa designed to terminate in God, it would
not ple.-"o Him if it came to Him through
an image. "That is in heaven." The ibis,
stork, crane and hawk were objects of
Egyptian idolatry. "In the earth beneath."
The ox, heifer, crocodile, serpent and bee
tle were also objects of Egyptian idolatry.
'In the water." All fish were considered
sacred among the Egyntians.
5. "A jealous God." God is not willing
thut any other should occupy the first place
in the affections of His people. "Visiting
the iniquity," etc. While this is not in
tended to teacli that the punishment of the
personal sins of the parents will be in
flicted on the children (Ezek. 18: 20). and
while it is true that we will not be con
demned by divine justice for crimes of
which we were never guilty, yet the law of
heredity is auch that even "remote de
scendant inherit the consequences of their
fathers' sins in disease, poverty and captiv
ity, with all the influences of bad examolc
and evil communications, but such suffer
ing must always be free from the sting of
conscience."
0. "Shewing merrv." Mercy is God's
delight. He shows His favor and kindness
to thousands of generations, while His
judgments reach only to the third or
fourth. "Keep My commandments." By
keeping His commandments we will show
our love and put ourselves in a position to
receive His mercy.
The Third Commandment. 7. "The
name." By the name of God we art to un
derstand Hie titles by which He maketh
Himself known to us. "In vain." Either
by false oaths, common swearing, or light
and iinverent mention of God. "Guilt
less." The Lord will not treat him as in
nocent and allow him to go unpunished.
The Fourth Commandment. Vs. 8-11. 8.
"Remember." This was not enacting a
new law, but reviving an old one. It may
have been forgotten by the Hebrews, or
possibly denied to them while in Egypt.
'The fcubbath day." Sabbath means rest,
and thia day was to be n rest day. "To
keep it holy." The Sabbath must be kept,
(1) Aa a day of rest from worldly business.
(2) As a day to be spent in holy exercise.
God. bv blessimr it. had made it. hniv nnrf
they, by solemnly blessing Him. must keep
! it holy. It was not merely to be a day of
rest from labor, but it was to be a day set
; apart for divine worship.
9. "Shalt thou labor." "Labor ia a duty
na well aa a necessity." "Here is a positive
; commandment as e::nlieit as that which
enjoins the Sabbath of rest."
10. "The seventh day." Everv seventh
day. One seventh of our tine should be
given to God. "Not do any work." From
this it ia evident that the commandment
was understood as forbidding all aorts of
ordinary work, and wa to be applied to
the cattle, that is, to the beasts of burden.
It waa also applied to the stranger, or for
eigner, who settled in any of the cities of
Israel.
11. "For in six days." etc. God's rest
ai inc ciose oi me creative week is made a
reason for the sanctity of tho sevath day.
In the new dispensation we have tfap I'hn,.
tian Sabbath which is observed on the first
duy of the weekcalled the Lord's day, be
cause on that duy Christ rose from the
tomb bringing new hope nnd life to the
world. The Co t who had the authority to
institute the Sabhath in honor of the work
of creation, had authority to change the
Sifobuth in honor of n still greater work,
the work of human redemption. The Chris
tian church has always observed the first
day of the week aa the Christian Subbath.
Brio's Whist In Washington.
What Is known as the "congres
sional bridge whist ban" constats of
Speaker Henderson, Representative
Sherman of New Yortc, Representative
Metoalf of California and Representa
tive Powers of Malno. The members
of the quartette are carefully looking
over the southern delegation for a
member with wealth and lack of
skill. "How does tho record stand
geographically T" Mr. Powers was
I aaked tho other day. "Well, the
speaker Is tue greatest bolder I ever
saw," be replied, "but the far east
13 not behind the game."
Qlaot Tn.
Some trees attain great age and
sis. Ths "Wellingtons," a variety of
giant trees In California, reach about
650 feet In height and 91 feet In girth.
The eucalyptua of Australia Is very
nearly as largt. Trees over 1,000
years old by actual count of their an
nual rings are on record. And In Mex
ico Is a bald cypress tree 112 feet ta
diameter, which Is probably the oldest
known.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
July 13 "Coaitast Compaaloaihlp" Jobs
xlr. 15.28; MstL txvlll, 2a
Scripture "Verses. Eph. II. 19-22;
xlll, U. 21; Phil. I. 911; III, 12, 14;
Col. 1. 9-11; 1 Thess, HI. 12, 13; 2
These. I. 8; Heb. vl. 1; xlll. 20, 21; 2
Peter 111. 18.
Lesson Thoughts.
Companionship with God Implies
conversation with God. You would
not call one a companion who never
talked with you; nnd the more Inti
mate and frequent our conversations
with God, the more blessed the help
ful will be his companionship with us.
Companionships are enjoyable only
as they are congenial. He who has
pleasure In sin, therefore, cannot have
peace and happiness in the knowl
edge of God's presence with him.
"The enjoyment of a guide depends
upon our confidence In him. Com
panionship with God depends for Its
Dwjoymcnt upon the completencs of
cur faith In God."
Selections.
Hold Thon my hand within that hand
of Thine,
Thy wounded hand! Until Its trem
blings take
Strength from Thy touch.
You know the power that lay In the
apostles' lives. Through such
ciay and broken conduct pipes God
paoured the ocean of his fulness Into
the valley places and desert regions
of men. They had, taken time to bo
with Jesus; they wore willing to be
guided by Jesus. Thoy received the
power of Jesus. O that we might so
stand In the presence of Christ that
like tho disciples wo might be with
him until his likeness would bo fixed
in us and we might go forth 'and re
produce him!
O friends, we fare upon our way,
By foes surrounded every day;
Our hearts are faint with pain and
loss,
We have tho wildcrner.s to cross,
But courage! 'tis the Father's hant .
That leads us to the promised land.
God Is a center to the soul; and
Just as In a circle, what la nearest the
center Is subject to least motion, so
the closer the soul is to God, the less
movement and agitation to which It is
exposed.
Suggested Hymns.
Holy Ghost, with light divine.
Take time to be holy.
As llbes the flower within the seed,
Blessed Savior, ever nearer.
Nearer, my God, to thee.
Oh I love to talk with Jesus.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
July 13 Constant Compaaiooihlp Jobs xlv
15-28; MatL xxvift, 20,
Companionship Is founded upon
trust and mutual congeniality. Where
can be found such a perfect Illustra
tion of It as between Jesus and John?
Their friendship began early and rip
ened with the passing years. Even
after Chrisf's ascension they were not
separated. For did not the Jlaster
say, "I am with you always"? There
Is something supremely beautiful In
this Intimate relationship. Think ot"
It! Christ lias faith In his true fol
lower. The disciple has full confi
dence In his Lord. Their enjoyments
are alike. What pleases the oue is
very agreeable to the other. When
each recognizes his duties as well as
blf, rights the companionship may be
well-night perfect, and such fullness
ot Joy as can come only from compan
ionship with the loftiest Spirit.
The requisites are such submission
to Christ as will admit him Into all
heart-secrets. We must be willing to
have him know U3 thoroughly. The'
disposition to conceal any cherished
des-ire hinders. Such study of Christ's
character as will give a clear and ap
preciative giasp of its richness and
completeness. Such suppression of
carnal ambitions as will give leisure
for enjoying companionship with
Jesus. In this whirling, humming age
wc are wont to regard activity as tho
only gauqe of usefulness. Not so. Stir
is not the only essential. To know
how to rest, in him is a source of
power. Not only should we form the
habit of "practicing his presence," as
we go about our daily tasks, but we
should Insist upon giving ourselves
some time every day In which to be
alone with him. Nothing can take
the place of this "quiet hour" In his
company.
Christ's appeal for complete recog
nition is not made to reason, or con
science, or will, or heart alone, but to
the united personality of each Indi
vidual. In the scripture cited 'or this
topic he lovingly comes Into closest
touch with his burdened disciples and
sssures them that they may become
the home of God. The Deity Father,
Son. and Holy Ghost will come to
abide In uninterrupted companionship
with everyone who will keep bis
words. The living Christ in the living
believer secures constant companion
ship. We are beautified and glorified
b this divinely close relationship. Our
lives need the warm, Illuminating com
panionship of Christ's continuous pres
ence to bring out the divine Image in
which every child of God haa been
created.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
HE light of God
cures the lust of
"old.
Sounding brass Is
not the sign of one
iound In the faith.
You caunot cheat
God and the devil
too.
No truth can be
jkfll IV A expressed by the
liis longue alone.
1 The richest prom-
J m 'ses are for the
poorest people.
- Receding waves do not Indicate an
ebbing tide.
Character la the best commercial as
set In the orld.
God fights our foes without It wa
fight those within.
The sun that bleaches sanctity whi
ter tans sin darker.
It's no use for your lips to be talk
ing ot grace unless your life tastes of
It.
The man who gives to advertise his
charity has no charity worth advertis
ing. Truth does not need any proof or
evidence, for the real truth Is self-evident.
The eloquence of the preacher can
not take the place of the Influence ot
the parent.
The tree ot knowledge Is not the tree
ot llfo.
The grace ot God Is the glory of His
child.
nut ivftueur
I GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
f oemt God's rrovlilence The Fteaaty of
I!niiib!nfilxamnlenf Mookne In
the Life of Christ II Wa Not Above
Kolna the Humbler Task of Mr.
The early and the latter rain
He send; the snow, the cold anil heat,
And, while we murmur or complain.
He gives our raiment and our meat.
The beauty of the aummer time,
With proinie fair of fruitful days;
The rii-lntex nf the aututnn'e prime
With regal tint and mellow haze.
The winter, too, to close the yeai
And fuhr to rent the weary earth,
lie makes the aprinft-tinie to nppcur
Aa alnd as nt it primal birth.
Although nntiinelv full the anoiv i
And fiot, nnd bennm-likc the hail.
As we His children are, we linow
Seed time anil li u vent shall not fail.
I.ona as this fair old world nhall st:ind
Wc have the promise of His word
There shall be Heed-time in the land
And harvest songs shall still be heard.
Kinma Louisa Talliuuii.
Practical Humility.
The mniestie .Jesus, speaking to the inn!
titude and 1 1 i diiuiplefl, speaking of the
scribes and I'liarisees. whom He is about
to denounce, nevertheless says, "Oiiey
them. He subject to them." Thev are
wrong, but "they sit in the seat ni Moses"
they are the representatives of the au
thority of God. Follow their commands,
nil that they bid you observe do, but copy
not after them, because they do not prac
tice 'What they preach.
Whnt! Go to church when you believe
the minister to he worldly in his a-pira-tion
nnd unsound in some of his beliefs?
Yes, be not worldly; do not adopt the
unsound doctrines, but go and search out
the message God will surely have waiting
for you in His temple.
"What! Take a class in Punday-school
composed of stupid children, when you
are capable of teaching older, wiser heads?
Keep your class in the back corner of the
room where the superintendent does not
honor you by even so much aa asking you
to take hia place when he is absent,
though really he ia much less capable of
being superintendent than are you? lte
subject to a man who has never studied
church history, cannot always speak good
Knglish, and rides a dozen hobbies instead
of managing the school ns he should?"
Yes; for in some way God means to
bring right out of wrong, and He has
piaeen tliat superintendent there and
given you an opportunity to serve him,
i-ertiaps you enn help him to better things.
vtnat! Accept that position ns chair
man of a relief committee whose wr,-k
will be in the slums of the city, whose
easiest task the elegant president of the
Christian Endeavor Society would (com
to attempt ns too humble nnd too dirty
for himself? And not resign when the
only helpers he has given you are the
cast-offs from nil the other committees
whom nobody else cares to work with?
Never! You will not work under a presi
dent who insults you in this way.
Yes, but your Master would have you
serve. He taught that only in service is
true greatness. Himself washed the feet
of His dis-iples. When He saw that ench
was waiting for the other to perform thia
oltice nnd no one was willing to undertake
the menial task. He quietly assumed the
duty, and in so doing taught a principle
that can never be forgotten, Himself the
girie"i onj'et lesson, since Ho only lived at
all that Ho might servo and sa-e others.
Says Mr. Uilworth, the missionary, from
the tar est, speaking of Christ's washing
of His disciples' feet:
"He washed their feet their dirty feet!
lie. took a towel -a common towel! Some
Christians would prefer to ait and rend
thoir ilibles and hire out their washing,
but Jesus did not do that."
He who forgets himself will never be
forgotten of God. See. too, in earthly
things how tins principle holds good. For
how we do delight to honor the explorer,
the inventor, I lie scientist, who for love
ot the race spends his life in unseltish toil.
but furt he, what wonder and honor is
tins! -the high and lofty One that in
hahiteth eternity, whose name is llolv."
W hat says He? That He will dwell with
us! jvhat! Will He come down to our
humble hearts, to our earthly homes, and
let His bssmg rest with us? That is re
ward surely for any menial task. But no.
not that! '
He savs "He will dwell in the high nnd
holy p.uce with us if we are ot" a contrite
heart. Hut how could we get up there to
that .ugh and holy place when we were
but talking of a lowly deed to be per
formed ?
All! Have we forgotten "He that, hum
luetli himself shall be exalted"? We need
mot to look out for the great places, after
all ior all are entered through low nnd
narrow doors, nnd our Lord has promised
to reviyo the hearts of the contrite ones.
t.raee Is. Hi 11, in the New York Mail and
Express.
Th Burdens We Cany.
A little girl saw a picture of the fabled
At,,-,, bearing the world on his shoulders.
c;iio noted the strong man struggling un
der ns heavy burden, his head bowed for
ward, hi shoulders strained, his everv
niusce tense his face and form showing
signs of painful effort and endurance-nnd
her tender heart went out towards him
in pity. I'apn." she asked in anxious
earned wliv if wsij't that man lay that
thing down? And her father's answer
was. because he supposes that he oiitflit
to carry the world on his shoulders." nd
his is a mistake that a great many of us
are making. .
ilv niaiiv of the burdens thut opines
us are burdens that we have no call to
carry We worry over matters that are
outside oi our sphere; nnd we are rendv
to sink beneath the weight of cares and
anxieties that should better be left to
Him who alone can earrv them. Whatever
we have tj carry the Lord will give us
strength to upbear; but there is innnv a
burden which we would do better to cast
upon the Lord, because it is Hi, burden
for us, nml 0l ourj fol. Hnn.-K;,,,,-,
Prayer of a Mouth be. Islander.
There is a prayer uttered bv a South
frea Islander at the close of a religious
meeting which is of much signilicance and
which C hr.stiiiii people in nil lands could
weil profit by: () God. we are about to
go to uur respective homes. Let not tho
words ne have heard bo like the tint
c.othes we wear, soon to be taken otf and
fouled up in a box till another Sa'ohath
comes mound. Kather let Thv truth be,
like tnu tattoo on our bodies,' iueiljccahle
till death,
Rar Point.
Tlelition without joy i a sun without
hgnt.
No man fail of success who conquers
himseli.
Prayer is most potent when all other
force is powerless. '
In order to be humble we must think
humbly of ourselves.
if you cannot be greut, be willing to
serve God in thing that are small.
Men ar often surprised that God rejects
their plans and yet answer their prayer.
Spiritual sustenance cannot be effective
in aa abstrct form, as pure Truth; it must
com to us through the euergy of a spirit
ual life.
Beaor kaiUri Life Work,
8enor Sagasta, so long Spain's prima
minister and well entitled to be called
her "grand old man," Is now nearly 80
years old. He began his career as a
newspaper reporter. At Intervals since
he went Into politics he has resumed
his original occupation as a newspa
per correspondent, but his country
has had too urgent need ot his ser
vices to allow him to follow his favor
ite occupation for any great length of
tlmd. - To him quite as much as to
the queen regent belongs the credit of
having preserved the Spanish throne
from overthrow In troublous times.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Central Trids Condition.
Bradstreet's ay$: TTie current week
iloses a six months' period which as re
fards volume of business done except
ipeculationand general prospects at
lie cTosc has had few equals and no su
periors. Trofits may have been small
;r, but the volume of trade turned over
aas about made up for this. Export
:rade in agricultural products is one of
:he few lines to suffer in comparison
ith previous years. Confidence in the
:orn crop outlook is evidenced by the
continued heavy buying (or fall delivery
noted in the great grain-growing sec
tions of the West. This is also reflect
ed by the continued large increases in
railway earnings over the best results
of previous years.
The coal strike dulls trade at the
leading Eastern markets. A lull in the
demand for lumber at retail is noted at
York, Philadelphia and other cities, but
the mills are firm as to prices and stocks
are badly broken. Wheat, including
flour, exports for the week aggregate
,1.j8j,7oi bushels, against 3,860,434 last
week and 4.364,147 in this week last
year.
Business failures for the week in the
United States number 153, against 177
last week, 196 in this week last year,
185 in 1000, 158 in 1899 and 173 in 1898.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $U 15a3.33; best
Talent, 4.rX)i choice Family, $4.05.
Wheat New York No. 2. 78'e;
Philadelphia No 2, B:Ja82 Cj Baltimore
No 2, 8IC40.
Corn New York No. 2, C0o; Phila-li-lhiu
No. 2. ti5'ati0; Baltimore No. 2,
S7a8o.
Outs Now York No. 2. 4G.'o; Thila
lelpliia No. 2, 51c; Uultimore No 2,
Hay No. 1 timothy. $14.50al5.00;
No. 2 timothy, $13.00ai4.00; No. 3 tim
thy$U.50al2.00, Green Fruits and Vegetables. Aspar
agus Eastern Shore, Maryland, jier
dozen prime, $1.25al.75. Beets Nor
folk, per bunch la2c. Blackberries
North Curolina, per quart, 4u5c. Cab
bage North Carolina, per crate $1.00
1.25j do Norfolk, per brl, $1.00al25.
Cantaloupes Florida, per crate $1.00a
1.75. Cherries Maryland and Virginia
per brl, Kud $4.00u4.50. Cucumbers
Uhurlestown, per buskot $1.25ul.50; do.
North Carolina, por basket $1.00ul.50
Kggplants, Florida, per cruto $1.50al.75
(jireon l'uas, Anno Arundol, per- bu.
sugar, 70u85c. (Joosoberries, Maryland,
Virginia per lb 5u0c. Uuckelberries,
North Carolina, pur quart 8ul0o. Let
tuce, Native, per bushel box 10ul5o.
Unions, Egyptian, por suck $j.75u3.00.
t'enohes, Florida, per carrier $1.50a2.50.
1'lnoiipplos, Florida, per crate, $$.75a
3.50. Kadishcs, native, per 100 bunches,
white, 45a50c. ltbubarb, Native, per
bunch 2u2c. String bonus, Charleston,
per basket, green tVla'JOo. Tomatoes,
Florida, per six-btiBket currier, fuuey,
75a$l.O0 do, fair to good 50a75o.
Potatoes, Charleston, per brl, No 1,
ii 50u3 00; do, seconds, $1 25al 75; do,
oulls, 75ca$l 00; do, North Carolina, por
brl, No 1, $3 50u2 75.
Butter, Separator, 23u24c; Gathered
zream, 22a23c; imitation, priuts, 1-lb
25a2(Jc; Uolls, 2-ib, 24u25; Dairy pts.
Mil., Pa., Va., 23a24e.
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen,
17al7Xo.
Cheese, Large, 00-lb, lOalOjo; me
iiutn, 3(5-lb, 10,ValO; jiicnics, 22-lb
10al0.o.
Live Poultry, Hens, 12al2Jo; old
roosters, each 25a30c; spring chickens,
I8a20o, young stags, 13ul4o. Ducks
lOallo.
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
suiters, lute kill, tiO-lbs and up, close se
lection, Hal2c; cows and light steers,
BH'a'Jc.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10al5c lower,
food to prime steer $7 30a7 !)0; poor to
medium $5u7; atnekers and feeders $3 50
i5 25; oows, $L 40a7 50; heifers $3 50a
3 45;. Texas-fed steers $5 00u6 70. Hogs,
Mixed and butchers $7 107 55; good to
;holoe, heavy $7 45u7U2s'; Sheep, sheep
ind lambs slow to lower; good to cboioe
K'hethors $5O0a5 50; SVestern sheep
p3 00a5500.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
n 15a7 50; prime $6 75u7 25. Hogs,
prime heavy $7 5Ui.7 60, mediums $7 20;
leavy porkers $7 10a7 15. Sheep steady,
Best wethurs $4 G5u4 80 culls and com
mon $1 50a3 00; choice lambs $0 25aS 50.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Striking machinists at Alliance, Ohio,
have re:urnd to work.
The telegraph linemen's strike at
Troy, N. Y., has been settled.
Every ice dealer in Albany, N. Y
njv trr.pioys union ice banders.
Ld'..'r unions at Oneida, N. Y., have
organized a trades assembly.
Weavers at Warren, R. I., are on
strike, due to a question of wages.
There is no change in the situation
of the boilermakers' strike at Superior,
Wis.
It' is believed" that the strike of the
Hartford (Conn), carpenters will soon
be ended.
Engine wipers in the Canadian North
ern shops at Winnipeg, Manitoba, have
struck.
There seem to be no recent develop
ments in the building trades' strike at
Denver, CoL
Organized job printers at Omaha,
Neb., have succeeded in procuring a
Saturday half holiday.
Iowa's large building at the St. Louis
Exposition will probably be constructed
entirely by union labor.
New officers of the International Ty
pographical Union have ben elected
lor the ensuing two years.
The predicted strike of the machin
ists at the Great Northern shops at St.
Paul, Minn., did not occur.
Determined efforts to organize are to
be made by the opertor oi the West
ern Union Telegraph Company.
Boilermakers at Warren, Ohio, are
on strike because oi the discharge of
the president of their nnion.
Journeymen plumbers at Norfolk,
Va., demand that the helpers be dis
pensed, with, and a strike is imminent
It is reported that the strike of the
boilermakers ot the Santa Fe system at
San Bernardina, Cal., has been settled
There is a great demand at preseni
for farm laborers in Kansas and Ne
braska, due to the rapid ripening of tlic
croi.
Unles9 the arbitration proposal mailt
by the electrical workers at Hamilton
Canada, is complied with a strike wil'
likely occur.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poem! Th Knmsoller Rolls In OolA TN
Com and Ht Drink" Malf -Treating
Habit Ilorl Not Mk (hwl
Fellowship Vrunkanl Against Will.
Men starve as they toil in the black eoal
mines;
Girls freeze as they stitch in the eold;
Hut in every land where the moonlight
shines,
The rumseller rolls in pold.
The laborer laboreth all his youth
For the poor-house when he's old.
And many a farmer toils and fears;
Hut the rumseller rolls in gold. ,
In a ciffin of pine lies thedrunkard, dead1.
I'nler the pauper mold."'
And his orphans beg their daily bread
While the rutnaeller rolls in gold.
Mary K. D.illti. in Deinorest' Magazine.
The Treating Habit.
The editor of the Bricklayer and Mnson,
the oflieial orsan nf the International
Union of Amerira, in a recent number had
nn admirable nnd interesting editorial on
the treating habit from which we cull this
following:
The treating hnbit is nonsenaical. Th
only deience offered for it is that it is th
mean of bringing touether convivinl spir
its; that it makes for good fellowship.
Does it? Not nhvays. How often do wo
see two men meet who are on the best of
terms, and feel so good toward each other
that they invite each other to "come ami
have a drink." The drink is returned, and
again returned, and so on until sober
friends become drunken enemies. It i n
exaggeration to wiy that more than half
the rows thnt land principal in hospitals
and morgues, nnd jnils and araffnlda, begin
over the "social glass." And yet there ar
those who insist that the habit ia based
upon good fellowship, or at leaat makes for
it. On the contrary, were the habit to ba
tabooed good fellowship, of the kind that
is really good, would gain immeasurably,
and public morals would be vastly im
proved. Oftentimes a man who is accustomed to
a glass "for hia stomach'a aake" proceeds
when he feels the need for it to hare a
drink, as he calls it. Onre inside tho sa
loon he meets Jones, and because of tho
singular ethics of this good fellowship ho
feels ill duty bound to invite done ta
participate. And .lours returns the com,
pliment and the drink. At this juncture,
either recognizes nn actimintnnce, and the
circle of good fellowship- enlarge. Then
the newcomer, rnther tlinn be considered
"small," or just to show thnt he is as good
a fellow as either, proposes a third drink.
And the third drink is taken. A story ia
told: then the bartender, who has over
heard it with such interest that he at)
once deems his customers "mighty good
fellows," sets up the drinks "on th
house." Po jovial and generous a bartend-'
er appeals to the trio, and then another
drink.
So the first to enter, who felt the need
for a drink that is, one drink emerges
from the saloon more or less affected, and
finds that he hns taken more than is good
"for his stomach's sake." Quite often th
little party, now a jolly, not to say hilar
ious one, and increased in number by one,
two or more additions in the shape el
those "good fellows" who arc always locod
about such places, have found seats at
table, and they remain until the lights art
put out, and very generally until they, too,
aro subjected to the same treatment. 8a
it ia in this way that a man drink mors
than he would were he at liberty to drink
alone, and according to hi personal de
sires, not according to a tyrannical cods
of so-called "good fellowship."
It is a mistake to suppose that the invi
tation to drink always implies good fellow
ship, for quite often the one who invites
does not do so much because ot any good
feeling a from a desire to avoid the ap
pearance of meanness.
Viewed in any light the treating habit is
one of the worst of habit. It makes men
drunkards against their will. When men
shall have gotten from under its tyranny
there will be but one class that will regret
the saloonkeeper; thousands of homes
will be gladdened, and good fellowship will
recover its dignity and cease to be bar
room burlesque.
Responsible T TVbof
An eminent clergyman has said in
public address, wherein he defined drunk
enness, "the man who must have liquaf
every day, and whose nerves crave it, is
drunkard."
We nre unable to find any fallacy in
this definition, while we, of coarse realise
that there are widely differing degrees ana
manifestations of drunkenness. The edu
cated man who, after his bottle of licensed
wine, talks "like a fool" is drunk, beyond
all dispute; as absolutely drunk in fact as
is the eoar-er brute who after his pint oi
licensed UTtisky amuses himself by beat
ing hi wife and children. Both belong in
the same class, while it is possible that the
former haa less chance for apology for his
condition than has the second. Not ims
probable the educated man is likely, by
hi example, to debauch other men, esnw
cially young men, than i hi contract
drunkard of the lower social rank.
Two men in an evening each drink an
equal quantity of licensed whisky. OnJ
becomes stupid and sodden,. drops into S
mud-bed and sleep off his debauch with
no worse result than hunger and cold fos
hi wifs and children until he is able and
witling to resume work. The other, dif
ferent in temperament, becomes violent,
and, with no more intent than has an
other insane man, kills his wife and chil
dren. The first man. when he has slept
long enough, arouses himself, and find
charity and humanity ready to pity, feed
and clothe him ,and to rejoice if he gives
the slightest evidence of penitence. Th
second man goes to the gallowa, and vers
few pity him. But he loved his wife when
sober.
The premeditation of each is identical
and is represented by an act that humanly
is lawful. If ain against God and man ia
measured by intent, who shall say that tha
two men were not equally ainful, whatevs
human law or expediency may sav? Xlev
erently we raise the question, "What will
be Ood's verdict!"
May Ood speed the day when a Chris
tian people shall dare to face auch prob
lems aa this! Temperance Banner.
Kentlraent In Favor of Temperaaew.
The growth of public (entimeut in fa
vor of temperance and against the saloon
manifests itself in many way. In its
recent meeting in Nashville, the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Tennessee passed an
edict forbidding any member to engage
in selling intoxicating liquors either by
retail or wholesale, the edict to be in op
eration in 1U03, thus giving liquor dealer
who are licensed one year to get out 11A
their saloon or out of their lodge.
The Mighty Sin.
Our public sin, of town, city, State and
nation are many, but for downright iniqui
ty none can be comparable to that mon
ster ain of legally empowering the making
of drunkards, the wrecking of manhood,
the debauchiuent of homes, th tilling of
prisons, the multiplication of graves and
th overthrow of any possibility of main
taining a true republic, all in consideration
of a large money payment and tha hope ef
political gain. The si 11 is not less deliber
ate and methodical, even if wo admit thai
a part of the sinners art nothing worm
than cowards. We base our denunciation
not upon theory, but upon absolute expe
rience. National Advocate.
Pauperism Us to nito'k.
Mr. .Tohn W K pilar lrai.un 11.. IV.
E
lartment of Public Charities, New York
ity, referring to the almshouse, says:
vim. ui in i-joo inmates iisi were ad
mitted for destitution: they were imt
helpless' iu the main because they had
yielded to the desire for drink until luug
uttering friend could no longer bear ttva
burden of their existence and had to turn
them over to the Slate."
Alcoholism d llMllh. (
It is now an accepted fact that alcohol:
is oue of the principal cause of wckness.'
disease, insanity and pauperism, one of the
most active agent in the degeneracy of
the race and its habitual lue uisleiiAl'i
sliorU-u huuiiio life. '