209 FAINTING MEN. Sunday Discourse ty Dr. Chapman, the Noted Pastor-Evangelist. Every Persoo It Called Into the kTofdom of Ood for Pursose ws snail u Mad to Account tor Work Uodone. New Yon City. The following tckoV srly and readable sermon has been pre pared for the press by the P?P,'ar P"""01--evangelist, the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chap man. The subject of the discourse is Iwo hundred fainting men," and it was preached from the text, "Two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the Brook Besor. I. Samuel 30: 10. .... In some respects we are reminded in thin story of the celebrated charge of the Light Brigade, possibly because there were, 000 of David's soldiers, and perhaps be cause they fought valiantly and won a great victory. While the rank and file would not comjiete with the men who fought at Sebastapol or Inkerman, for they had been n discontented lot in thdn homes and in their service, yet there werH aorne really great soldiers among them, and they were aa ready to die as were those 600' illustrious men who made the gallant' charge not many years ago. At the time of the text David was liv-I ing at Ziklag. and he and his men bad been away in battle. The battle has been waged, the victory haa been won and they are homeward bound. They have camped for the last night, and to-morrow morning they will be with their loved ones. The or-; der is given to break camp and forward march, Hnd when they came to the hill, where before them they could naturally ace Ziklng the first man shades his eyes with his hand and looks. His face grows pale and he begins to shudder, for Ziklag is in ashes, and as they come nearer their wives and children and all their property have been carried away. They are about to turn upon David and atone him, but when he agrees to go after the enemy they turn away from the ruins of their homes and start' in hot pursuit. They reach the Brook Besor, and then find that they havcj in their company men who are not able to, go on, some because they are old,, others! because they were crippled, and atill oth- erg because they were ill. The number) comprised 200. In order that they mighti move more rapidly and battle more hum cessfullv all the heavy trappings were left with the 200 at the Brook Besor, and 400, men pursued the enemy. They overtiUej an Egyptian, who is left by the wayside, as good as Head, and when tney give nun some refreshments and promise him that they will not let him fall into the hands of the enemy, neither will they put him to death themselves, he tells them the direc tion that the enemy lias gone, and pursu ing after them they come suddenly upon them. They have been intoxicated with their great success, ami although the bat tle was fierce for a little while victory bo longs to David and hia men. Their wives and children are theirs once more; most valuable treasure also is taken, and they nave turned their faces back to the Brook Besor. Suddenly some one in the company begins to talk of the distribution of the plunder, and they have about decided that the 200 faintinn men shall have nothing when David, with r.ll the. kinglineas that it was possible for him to assume, declares "as his part is that goes out to the battle an shall bis part be that tarries by the stuffs. They shall share and share alike," and then he turned to the Brook Besor and saluted his men. Every old soldier and every weak man received as much of a reward ns if he had been in the front ot the fight. There is an impression abroad that the rewards, for the Christian are given to those who have rendered conspicuous ser vice; great preachers, great philanthro pists, great martyrs. This is not so ac cording to the text; neither is it true ac cording to the teaching of the Bible. Re wards are not given for the amount of noise made in the world, nor for the amount of good which we are supposed to have done, but whether we have worked up to our full capacity. You doubtless remember Plato's fable . of the spirits that returned to this world each to choose a body for its sphere of work. One took the hody of a king, an other a poet, still another of a philosopher, and Ulysses came with great disappoint ment because all that was worth having was taken, when some one said the best is left. You may choose the body of o common man and do a common work anri receive a common reward, and this he did. I. Every man is called into the kingdom of God for a purpose. There is no question about this, dust as in the making of a great locomotive every piece must be con structed by an expert and every bit of work must be marked with the name of the workman, so that if the cngino should break in Jerusalem or China the failure could be traced to the proper source, tiod expects every man to do his duty, and for every one iu ull the kingdom Mo has a plan of course. We are not ull expected to perform the same mission, l'aul has nn illustration of this in First Corinthians, the 12th chapter, where lie is describing the body where he says, "Yo cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee, und if the body were an eye where were the hearing, eU," but each performs its own mission, the uncomely parts receiving the. greatest attention from the head. Ko every one of us has a work to do. If we leave it undone we ahull be called to a strict ac count. There are two kinds of work illustrated in the story of these soldiers and the 200 fainting men. One kind is marching forth under the gaze und admiration of the mu! titude, the other is just tarrying by thi Brook Besor taking care of the stuff, and yet it has its reward. If. How often the field to which Cod calls us seems to us to be exceedingly small The business man who has gone to hit otlice all this while, and goes through the, round of common tasks from morning tq night, from one week's end to another) year in anii yeafbut, charting oft times be cause he is doing so little and yet forget ting that he can be "not slothful in buaij neas, fervent in spirit serving the Lord, and because he dues complain so much ii missing his opportunity to do what the preacher never could do. The invalid upon her cocch -acked with pain aud tilled with complaint because her voice is never heard in the congregations of the- people, won. dering why she ever I-vel, and crying out against Uod because the has suffered so in tensely, thereby mi-ung her opportunity to give a testimony which no one el could give but the invalid. One of our honored old ministers n week ago was plunged into great serro v by the news of the death of his son. He had died by his own hand. When the news win broken to the father it seemed as if he would fall, when suddenly remembering the comfort which he had ever given to" others he cried aloud, "Though lfe slay me yet will I trust Him," and he never1 through all his ministry preached a better) sermon, 'i'ho mother in her home bouudi to her children, for while the chain muv bel silken it is still a chain, charting because! he can make her influence felt so little in the world, and yet forgets that she is! doing what every angel in the shies would', line to do, having uu opportunity placed; in her hand, to mold a soul for eternity in the direction of the lives of her boys, ll' 2 .! p y.U in a discouraged position! do as Haul did, make the best of it for we the lhihppians, "Uut I would ye should understanJ, brethren, that the things' Which happened uuto me have fallen out rutuer limn uu luik.uminca oi lau aopet so that my bonds in Christ are manifest il all the palace, and in all other places.' Phihppians 1: 12-13. There ara those whi aay if I were only in a more enlarge) sphere I would be brave and true, but tliii is not at all certain if you are not brav ond true where you stand to-day. "Just where thou art lift up thy voice, . ed sing the song that stirs thy heart; ' .v""'1 forth thy strong aud eager hand To lift, to save, just where thou art. ,ut where thou standest light thy lamp, lis dark to others as to then; ' Al!lr ?"' re hedged by ""seen thorns, their burdens fret as thine fret thee.. "Out yonder, in the broad, full glare ' - Of Uiany JauiM thiue owu tumbt fiaU 4 Ana tny sweet song smtd the gear Of manv voices slowly fail; While these thv kindred wandered 03 ' Uncheered, unfighled, to the end. Near to thy band thy mission lies. Wherever sad hearts need a friend." First Perhaps you are where you ari because you have not filled full that poji tion. and God will never call you to I higher place until you have overflowec where you are. Mourning and fretting be cause you are not where you want to b does not make things better. The bnndi are only tightened by the fretfulness. Twt birds in two cages in a room give nn illns tratiou. One dashing itself against the ban because it is imprisoned, injuring itsell and stopping its song; the other singim as if it would outsing the lark in the mend ows, and moving thereby its mistress tc open the cage and set it free. He who doei the best ho can where God has placed him has put his foot on the round of the laddei that leads up to higher things. Second Usefulness is not the primarj object for the Christian. We sy, "Oh that we might be more useful," but first rather let us desire to be more holy, foi that is God's will. There is nothing bet ter for the most of us than sorrow or dis appointment or trial because these thingi shape character. There is little merit in being good when everything nbout hi makes us good, and usefulness is the result of character, is to character what the fra grance is to the rose. The gardener does not aim first lor the iragrance, mil in make the rose nerfecf. and the fra grance takes care of itself. If you study the sermons of Whitfield. Wesley. ftpnr iteon and Moodv you mnv wonder whs these sermons produced such mighty ef fects. It was because the power was in the messenger rather than in the message, . To be riiiht with God, to be holy, to be like Christ; is our first duty, and through the door of holiness we pass to usefulness. In the early painting days of West. Morse, the philosopher, entered his studio He was painting his masterpiece of "Christ Rejected," when ho said to his friend. "Let me tie your hands and paint them in the picture, and if you have ever ccen this picture you have seen the hands ol Morse painted in the stead of Christ. H nri in bnnna for Christ's sake this VCrV thought will take from you the sting of living possibly out of sight and domg only common thintra as vou have done in other tlavs. vet the time will como when you will be free. Perhaps there are those here who are in bondage because thev have never yet be come Christians. In the old Water street mission there came one day a man bowed down with sin until he stood little more than four feet high, like a veritable dwarf, but when he bowed ot the altar and yielded himself to Christ he stood up as straight as nn athlete. Perhaps this is what von need. Kurhinz for peace, yon have not found it, searching for pleasure it lias eluded its grasp. Oh, come to Christ In-dav. for He innv set vou free. Then discipline may lice us. Rawlins White, the old murtyr, was decrepit and bowed with age. but when he stepped into the fire suddenly these bonds were snapped and his body was ns straight as it had ever been in the clays of his youth, und it may not be when sorrow came to you and vour heart was almost breaking, when the tlame3 of affliction took hold upon you that (iod was but seeking to tree you from bondage and lead you out into a larger field of service. The thing from which you shrank away tit meant tor your edinca tion. A dear friend of mine with whom I trav eled recently said. 1 wns but an average Christian until one day tiod came unto lny home und took inv daughter, and then the midst of my sorrow 1 yielded myself to Him, gave Him my time and inv monev and everything that 1 had. and I stepped out into a life o.' blessing such as I had never known, and 1 would not give the last twelve years for all my life before put together." And then, too, we shall be free when we see ilini. For the man whose sphere has been most circumscribed here will doubtless find when he stands in the presence of the Kinn that he was but in a preparation for a mission among the saints at wlncli uie very angels migat wen stand amazed. nr. If all these seem like hardships to us and we have been without comion, then let us wait until the day of reward shall come. The mother who has had a hard time with her children, fust wait and do vour best, When Charles Wesley comes to judgment, and nil the hosts tnat have been won tr Christ by His power of inuale cuine, it will be a great day, and when Jolm Wesley conies to judgment with all tlie souls of Methodism with him it will bo a marvelous sisht, but higher than the throne of either Charles Wesley or John will be throne of rmsana Wesley, tlieir mother. The oltl preacher who baa ic;-n d-scour- aged oft times because his church was so small and his work so apparontlv lnsizuiti- rant, needs only to wait until that great day, and when that old minister who preached in Falkirk stands in His presence to sav possibly to Him. "Master, I hail but a little field.' he will hear 11 im ay. "But you led Robert Moft.it to me. und Joseph Parker said the man who added Kobert Moffat to the church ndded a conti nent to the kinjdom. And when the old Lnglish minister whoso field was verv cir cuinscribed. whose name is not generally Known, stand in l-us present to say Muster, J did the lies, I could, but my church was small," He will say to him, "But you led Charles Spurgcon to Christ, and Spurgeon led n multitude." When Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn came up the River Thames they had a great entrance into the eitv of London. Fifty barges followed the Lord Mavor. Olncials were dressed in scarlet. Musicians chanted upon the bjnka of the river, and she who w,.s to lie tno queen clad in gar ments of beauty, walking uoon velvet, en tered Westminster Ab'jey, and tlie service was a great one, but it . is ns nothing com pared to the end when the rewards are given to thoso who have simply been laiuuui. I was sick, Ho will say, "and yc visited Me, and the young Christian Kndeavovei- will say, "But, Master, when?" und He will answer, "it was when you walked through the wards of the hospital and gave a flower to this one and a cup of cold water to that one. "1 was weak and ye helped Me," and this business man will say. Hut. Master.whunl and Ho w ill an swer, "It was the coin you gave to the man in the crowded streets of the city yester day, and who but for that coin would have Halved." And to the mother who has .-rared for her children, and the business l:ian who has faithfully performed the tasl; it his business, and the father who has been true in his home lie will sav. Inas much as ye did it unto the least of these ;e did it uuto Me. ' ho you see it is not at all a question ts to where we have labored or how small jur experience has been, but have wo done ur best. It so, we shall receive a reward. Soldier's Curious Letter. From the Philippines some curlout letters have been recolved by thi friends of our soldiers fighting lr those Islands. One of the most In genlous was a piece of native bam boo, about a foot long, on which ar address had been carved with a pen knife. Tho letter was Inside this hoi low tube, and hold there by wooder pins at each end. The writer ex plained that he had found It lmpos slble to get an envelope or to find an) gum to make one, so had recourse to this expedient. 8cene of Romantlo Happening. Elmlngtou, the beautiful Virginia estate of Rer. Thomas Dixon, Jr., ta at Its best Just now. King Powhataa lived near there, and, according to tradition, it wa there that Pocahon tas Baved the life ot Capt. John Smith. - Sing to Their Oxen. In France the oxen that work In th fields are regularly sung to aa an en courageinent to exertion, and no peas ant haa the slightest doubt that the animal listen to bim with pleasure. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments July 27. for Subject: Worshiping the doldta Calf, Ex. xixIL, I.3J Ootdra Text, Ex. xx., I Memory Veroee, 30-22 Commentary oa Ibe Day's Lesson. 1. "Moses delayed." lie was in the mount forty days. "Gathered them selves." "They came In a tumultuous and seditious manner, insisting on having an object of religious worship made for them, as they intended under its direction to re tourn to Kgypt. See Acts 7; 39, 40." "Unto Aaron. The brother of Moses and the principal one in chargo during Moscs'e absence. "Make us gods. They required, like children, to have something to strike their senses, and as the Shcchinah, "the glory of God," of which they had hitherto enjoyed the sight, was now veiled, they wished for some visible, material objects as the symbol of the divine presence which should go before them as the pillar of HreOiad done. "We wot not." "We know not.' Horn contemptuously they spnkt of Moses. Thus ungrateful are they. 1iile God delights to honor him, they de lijht to condemn him, nnd this to the face et Aaron, his brother and substitute. "It is likely tney migut nave supposed tnar Moses had perished in the fire, which they saw had invested the top of the mountain into which he went." "Rrenk off. Immvini that the act involved an effort and sacrifice on their part. The prevailing view has been that Aaron, anxious to dissuade the people from their purpose, proposed this great sacrifice hoping they would withdraw their demand. This is not nn improbable view, but the facts show that he was morally weak, and lacked the sterling qualities of a great spir itual leader. "Brought them." The Liyptian rings, as seen on the monuments, were round, massy plates of metals, and as it was rings ot this sort that uie Israelites wore, men- ize and number must, m the general col lection, have nroduced a large store of the precious material. 4. "Ana mane it a mouen ca r. aiiii idol seems to have been the god Apis, the chief diety of the Egyptians, worshiped at Memphis under the form of a live ox, three ve.ua old. "These be thv (tods." Possibly Aaron oniy intended to mane tnem Borne symbolical representation of the divine power and energy, that might be as evident to them as the lunar ot cloud nnd tire nan been, and to which God miitht attach an always present energy and inlluencc. 5. "i-cast to the Lord. Aaron noes not appear to have designed a worship that should supersede the worship of the M ist High. It is evident he intended that the true God should be the oliicct of their wor ship though he permitted and even encour aged them to oiler this worship through an idolatrous medium, the molten calf." 0. I.aiiv. It was to be a day ot fes tivity and piv and they were anxious to be gin it." "Offerings." The burnt olferings were wholly consumed on the altar, but the neacc offerings were only partly con sunied und the remainder eaten by the nricnts and the worshincrs. 7. corrupted tiiemseives. -noses must break off his communion with God to go and do his duty as a magistrate among the neoole. Ihcy had not o?uy taken on a spirit of idolatry, but they had become abominable in their conduct. They were no loneer entitled to hn nrotection and love. Thev had broken their covenant with God. and had sinned nuainst meat hzht 8. turned nside. J lie actions ot tlie people were all open Deioro Uoa, and lie tells .Moses what thev have done. 9. "StitTneckcd. unmanageable. Hard to control. 10. "Let mo alone. Moses had not vet opened his mouth, but God foresaw the holy violence with which his importunity would besiege His throne. Mv wrath. 1 he wrath of bod is His nehtcotts indigna tion against sin. It will consume the un repentant, but He also keepth ' mercy for thusands." 34: 7. "Oi thee." God seemed ready to destroy the nntion, and raise up a vTCat nation through Moses. H-13. .MoseB besought. the nobleness of Moses shone forth in complete self-for-getfulness in his love of Gou and of the people, while he pleaded tor tueir forgive ness. 14. The Lord renented. This is spo ken merely after the manner of men who, hiving formed a purpose, permit them selves to be diverted from it by strong and forcib.e reasons. Moses prayer influenced Jehovah. 15. lhe tables. They were evident, v not very large or heavy, as Moses appears to have easily carried them both. 18. Work of God. -Such a law could proceed from nono but God. 17-fa. Aoise of war. ,jos!iua at nrst thought that the people must be waning with some of the neighboring tribes. 19. Moses anger waxed not. Moses now feels the kindling of a wrath akin to that which moved Jehovah. Fiery indig nation against sin is a passion as pure and worthy of God or man as lovo for truth and righteousness. Moses' anger was not the stirring of an unholy passion. "Hreak them." A visible sign, showin that Israel had broken the law written thereon. 20. "Took the calf. etc. The act was a symbolical one; the idol was brought to nothing and tlie pcpie were made to swal low their own sin. ' 21. "That thou hast brought." This was a severe rebuke. Moses charged the sin direci.y upon Aaron, because he had permitted it. 22-21. "Aaron said." His reply is very weak, and is really a confession of his own shortcomings. 25. "Naked. j his means that they were broken loose from all restraint, un ruly, l'?entious. 28-28. "Sav everv man. The Lcvites came at Moses' call, nnd then the work of retributin began. I he :iuu slain were probably the leaders in the transgression. 'Those who were guilty of this breach of the covenant were liable to the penalty of a capital crime (compare v. 33), and hence the order for this fearful slaughter." 20. "Consecrate yourselves. Literally, fill your hands to the Lord. "Tlieir hands were to be filled with the duties and obli gations of their sacred calling." 30. "On the morrow." After Moses had executed justice nn the principal offenders. Ye have sinned. though they bad es caped death they were not to suppose they were innocent, or to look upon the sin as a trilling thing. "An atonement. lie tliouulit that he miuht be made au instru ment of reconciliation. 31. "Heturned. He auain went up on Mount Sinai. "A great sin." lie makes a bumble confession. Audible Railway Signals. Tho Northern of France Railway makes use of a system of audible sig nals to indicate when the distant sig nal is at caution. Between the rails is placed an insulated brass plank about 0 foot 6 Inches long. This 13 so arranged that when the distant is at caution a wire brush fitted to the en gine passes In contact with the plank and operates a whistle in the cab. This requires the fitting of each dis tant signal with the necessary batter ies and their tip-keep, as woll as the engines themselves; but they do not seem to find this very much, and are. quite satisfied with tho system. Mrs. Lease Will Not Remarry. The statement baa been published that Mrs. Mary Loase, who recently secured a divorce from her husband, was about to marry a Philadelphia professor of an Asiatic cult. Mrs. Lease writes from her home In Wichi ta, Kan., denying this report. She de clares that she will never marry again and adds that In five years, when her vounttast child, Ben Hur, shall be ot age, Bhe will "retire from publlo life." Mr. Lease says he wishes his rormor wife good luck, but Is not sorry she got a divorce. Ambition, be says, was the cause ot their separation, ana he Is not ambitions. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. July 27 Minions: A Meeting la the Inter est ol Medical Mltiont 'Preach, Heat'" Matt. x. 7, 8. Scripture Vet-sen. Luke xv. 8-G; xvil. Phil John ill. 16; vl. 38: x. 11, 17, 18; 20; 2 Cor. vlll. 9; Eph. v. 25-27; ii. 611. Lesson Thoughts. Spiritual salvation la the groat worlc and purpose of Christianity, but dons not mean the nfiglect ot our temporal happiness and welfare. Seeking first the kingdom ot God. ha supplies all needed temporal care. "Medical missions need no other au thority than Christ's example, for he was the greatest medical missionary that ever lived." Medical mission work Is not an end In Itself, but rather a means to an end, our topic ts Preach and heal. Selections. What was It that Impelled tho Lord of glory to comi) to earth and savo men? It was his divine compassion. We need the same spirit, v.hich gives us sympathy with human woe. Only tho ono who feols for men will work to save men. Sympathy will send the heart to God In prayer; and ho who prays that God will seud out la borers will soon be ready to say, "Send me." Only by vlaiMo help for tho body that costs us Eomethlng Is It possible to provo that our efforts for men's souls are shirere. Sickness and demon possession were fruit3 of sin. Jf.stta camo to undo the works of the devil. By healing sick bodies through his disciples, he probed hia power and willingness to heal sick souls, cleanse leprous hearts, raise the dead In sin, cast, out all the devils of iniquity. Tho preaching of Christ-sent men brought wayside blnS3lngs. It is so wherever tho gospel Is preached to. day. Free schools, hospitals, asy lums of almost every kind, spring up. These are tho direct product of Chris, tlanity, and they never have grown where Christianity was not. Men who look at tho occasional meanness of professed Christians, and are blind to the unnueKtionablo drift of the whole influence of Christianity, do discredit to tholr own rcaaoninK. Suggested Hymns. Tho Rreat Physician now Is near. Hide me, O my Savior, bido me. Preach tho cospol, sound it forth. We have felt the love of Jesus. Pnao along tho Invitation. Have you soustht tor the sheep that !-avo wandered? EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. July 27 The Program of Christianity Matt. 4, 23; 10, 7. 8. This program Is rendered on earth It embiace3 the spirit of Christ anu the practical application of his teach ings to daily living right here in this world of sin, struggle, defeat, victory. 1. Music Song of the angels In the starlit skies of Bethlehem. It an r ounces the arrival of Him who Is to take the principal part In the long tirama. Upon complete subordination to him will depend the success of this Blandest program ever presented to a deeply interested and enraptured au dience. 2. Wonderful words and un rivaled deeds of Christ and planting the germs of his new kingdom in many hearts. 3. Tragic events gathering about the cross and the rock-hewn sepulcher. Heavens draped in sable garments, earth quaking, people trem bling with dread. This dreadful apoch Is rollowod oy tne resurrection splendor, the joyous Easter morning, and new hopes kindled in the heart oi humanity. 4. A spectacle of Bur passing splendor and of transcendent Import Is the descent of the promised Holy Spirit. With bounding gladness he comes to continue in person the part begun by our Savior. He, him self, is Christ's continued spiritual, personal presence. Part II. Begins without any Inter mission. The Holy Spirit has found ertrance Into a hundred and twenty submissive personalities, and each one has become the center of tremendous spiritual power. With tongues of fire and hearts of flame they perform the part assigned them most effectively. Thousands more join them. They are i most heroic company of God-inspired, Christ-mastered, Splrlt-fllled men and women. Marvelous success attends ti'eir efforts. Ten terrible persecutions rage. Mul titudes of Christians' die painful deaths, but the blood ot martyrs be come the seed of the church. The early church sprang anew into more earnest life. Marching on over all op position, it overthrows civil heatenlsm and exalts a professed Christian em peror to great Caesar's throne. The Dark Ages follow, during which period Christianity is less conspicu ous, but In quiet places it is nourish ing the truths and principles which are destined to push forward Chris tian civilization with new power. The Lutheran Reformation ushers in a brighter morning for all Chris tendom. In due time it is followed by the majestic Wesleyan revival, whoso enlightening and elevating Influence is likely to abide until the program shall close In the complete conquest of the whole race for Christ. In an address to Yale students recently Dr. Lyman Abbott said: "What are wo here for? ' He answered:. "First, to get control of the world. That is civilization. Second, to overcome moral evil. That Is Christianity." Whatever we may think of the accuracy ot this classifi cation, no one can doubt that the su preme aim of Christianity Is to gecure the doing ot God'a will on earth as it is done lu heaven. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. O bury a truth Is to raise a lie. A liberal soul is he best Bcrmon on liberality. God's Word wins lis own way. The first effect ot cnowledga Is the consciousness ot lg norance. The edifice of character cannot be built without au ar chitect. We can easily bear .afflictions when borne up by His affection. It is better to be saved In a storm thsu drowned In a calm. Religious teachers count tor more than religious teachings. Sponges gather easily, but. they are quickly wrung dry. God ran alve tis natience. but Ha cannot give us practice. Qrowlng and giving are the best evi dences of living. GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poem: rower of the Cross He Who Will Kot Own Ood's Authority Cannot Re ceive His Guidance Frayers For Vm Mercies Are Prayers For Future Needs, Lord, let me know the power of Thy cross, So that I count all other things but loss; So riches, pomp, and all tho world holds dear Fade into naught whey Thy dear cross is near. Lotd, when I wander, foolish, far from Thee. When doubt and fear molest and trouble me, Then may Thy cross its radiance o'er me shed. And I to Thy aweet rest once more be led. Through all the haste and worry of the day Grant that Thy cross may ever guide my way; Sin's subtle skill to foil and fears to quell As thinks my soul of Him who loves so well. When dawns the day that I His face shall see, i Sign of my faith His precious cross shall be; All, all of heaven mine, because He died, Mine joy and life in .lesus crucified. Ernest G. Wcllesley-Wesley. A Conditional Promise. "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct tiiy paths." I'rov. 3: 6. The promises are all conditional. But the conditions are not strings tied to the promises, drawing them back and making them worthless; they are logical and not merely arbitrary, the promise cannot be fulhlled without the faithlul performance of the conditions any more than you can grow-without eating or see without looking. Runmission is the essential condition ot direction. He who will not own God's au thority cannot receive His guidance. God cannot direct our paths unless we accept His precepts. But the man who acknowl edges his Lord by taking one step in loyal obedience will be led the next one in lov ing power and wisdom. God can lead Hia obedient ones to Canaan: but Egypt He can only lead to the Red Sea and the diso bedient ones to the desert. He cannot lead rebels into His kingdom simply be cause they will not be led. So, perhaps, the first thing to do, if we are in doubt as to whether we arc being divinely led in our lives is to discover whether we are perfectly acknowle lg!ng the right and au thority of God over our lives. If you acknowledge the tlag the flag will protect you and God can only care for those who commit themselves to Him. There are man who earnestly pray on their knees to be led to heaven, and then as soon as they arc on their feet they run away from it. They pray to be piloted into the safe haven while they pull the wheel over for the isles of pleasure and sin. If you want God to pilot your life you must give Him the bridge. You must leave Him there in all kinds of weather. We are al ways ready to pray for guidance in our per plexity, when no path can be seen through the storm and too ready to take the helm ourselves when the gale has gone down. Kvery Christian life ought to bear plainly written on It, where all may easily see and read, "Jesus Christ, Master." He cannot confer His blessings unless we acknowledge the benefits received, but if you openly avow His goodness He will freely vouchsafe His guidance and every other blessing. Our praises for past mer cies make our best prayers for future needs. Gratitude is a Christian virtue; guidance seems to be conditioned on it. The trouble is a good many of us have for gotten how to say, "Thank you" to God. Life's multitude of mercies pass unnoticed. We only stop to give thanks when we have been delivered from some manifest danger or have had some very narrow escape, as though it was more wonderful that we should be snatched alive from a wreck with the loss of all our belongings than that we ahould be brought safely along our way without any discomfort. Awake, my heart, and sing His praises; number up the known mercies, and, still more, bless Him for the unknown, and let men everywhere know that in Him we ac knowledge the secret of any goodness, the source of all power and the sovereignty of any service we may have. Then we can trust Him to keep His promise with us. uy F. Cope, in Ram's Horn A Wise KxauiiiIc It is related that a cavalry officer, with a small number of followers, was pursued by ijn enemy who were in large force. Ha discovered that his saddle girth was be coming loose; his comrades were urging him on to greater speed, but he dismount ed, tightened the loose buckle, and then rode on, amid the shouts of his compan ions. The broken buckle would have cost him his safety perhaps his life. His wise delay insured his safety, and sent him out of the reach of his pursuing enemies. "This incident," says the Kev. Theodore L. C'uyler, "suggests several spiritual les sons. A very obvious one is that the Christian who is in such haste to rush oft to his business in the morning that he does not spare any time for his Bible or for prayer, is quite likely to 'ride for a fall' before sundown. One of the most eminent Christian merchants of New York told me that he never met his family at the breakfast table until he had had a refresh ing interview with his God over his liible and 011 his knees. His family worship af terward was not only a tightening ot the buckle fov himself, but was a gracious means 01 gaiety to nis nouscuo.u. The Uulillng Star. Laughter, amusement, pleasure have a conspicuous place in the religious life. Ee sad when you must, but be glad whenever you can. The sadness will come of itself, unbidden, but the gladness must be sought, and it is a duty to search for it until it is found. But behind the smiles, the frivol- ties, the aayeties. everv reasoning soul hnds food for grave questioning. 10 tne yoiitn come moments when the vision ot great possibilities visits him. Life is stern, crave, laborious Il ili-anmi of success and stirs his inner depths with the determination to make it his. Cut what shall the success be? Wealth, fame, position? These are well enough, and quite worthy our utmost effort. Still, if we nave oniy wealth, or tarns or position, yea, if we have all three in our grasp, they are not enough. Without manliness, honesty, self-respect, the ability to look back on the patu we have traveled without a sigh, they count as nothing when the snnl eiiti. cises and measures itself. A life of moral principle, ot honor, of even-handed jus tice is the only life worth living. There fore, with all your striving, let nobilitv of heart, an unblemished career, be your guiding stur. Orow Old Gracefully. .One may grow old gracefully bv sitting always at the Master's feet, learning of Hil l, by benefiting others with the knowl edge gained, by keeping closer to the infi nite Father the nearer life's eventide, comes, and never ceasing t have a deti nue someiuing good o live lor. Creeds. Creeds are followed by consequences. The inner life and tho outer life cannot be divorced. What is in the fountain will find its way into the stream. Thoughts are seeds, and they bring forth after their kind. The Eev. R. f. Co vie. Denver. Col. The world doos not need to make crosses tor cowardice. Blessings come in service as well as after it All great work consists of small deeds. Boys have eyes like bawks tor hypo crites. Hard living doos not make easy dy ing. Mon are either moulders or are moulded. Moral exercise makes moral athletes. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trade toadltlona, Eradstrcet's says: "Warmer and more tctrlcd weather in many sections hal helped seasonable trade and made it possible to ascertain that the earlier re porti of grain crop damage from ralni were rather exaggerated. Among the industries iron and steel still rank first in activity, and the chief source of com plaint is the scarcity of fuel, both coat ar.d coke, limiting pig iron production at a critical period. The labor situa tion lias a rathei improved tendency. Railway earnings thus far reported for June (the anthracite roads excepted) show an aggregate gain of 8 per cent on last year, and alt reports as to probable crops and trade point to the mainte nance of a heavy tonnage. The strength of food prices, particularly of cereals and meats, are based on small, Immedi itcly available supplies, rather than fears nf possible future shortage. Except for wheat, highest prices paid for ten to twenty years past at this time are being paid. Textiles and other manufactured Roods tend lower, and thus affect the Ijencral level of values. "Cotton goods are quiet at the East after the recent price revisions. Sonic business for export to India is reported but Chinese trade is quiet. Raw cot ton has fluctuated with weather reports, while spot cotton has been unchanged. The Eastern woolen goods trade is in quite good shape. Wool is firm and ivorking higher and spring woolens will, it is expected, open 5 to 10 per cent higher. Lumber is rather less active ihan of late, white particularly so, but ttocks are smalt and no great decline is predicted." LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, $3 15a3.35; best I'atont. 4 ti.i; choice 1iimily, $,'J.!H. Wheat New York No. 2. bO.Vo; Philadelphia No 2, 78u7dJ c; Baltimore No 2, 780. Corn - New York Xo. 2, TiUa) Plillti loli lil 1 No. 2. 72;a'u73; Baltimore Xo. 2, 74n75c. Uats New York No. 2. f6c; l'liilii Jclphiu No. 2, Wc; Baltimore No 2. liny No. 1 timothv, fl6.00alG.5O; No. 2 timothy, 15.00ui5.f)0; Xo. 3 tim othy $14.O0al4.5O Green fruits und egptnhlcs. Beets. Norfolk, per bunch )nlc. Blnckberrii s, North Carolina, per quurt, 4u0c. Cuii bage North Carolina, per crute fl.OO al.00; do Norfolk, per brl, fl.00al2.. Cantaloupes Florida, per crate f)0cu H.50. Cucumbers Chnrloston, per bus kot20a2.')c; do North Carolina," 20u25e Eggplnnts, Florida, per crate $ l.50ul.7o lluckolherrios, per quart 5i7o. Let tuce, Native, per bushel box lOaloc. Miiious, New, per busket SOeiifl.OO .Pouches, Florida, per carrier $1.00ul.25 Pineapples, Florida, per crate, $2. 25a 2.50. String beans, per bushel, green, 25u50c; wax, 35u50o Tomatoes, Flori da, per six-biiskut carrier, fancy, $ 1.00 ul.25 do, fuir to good 75cof 100. l'otntoes, Norfolk, per brl, X'o 1, $1 40a 1 G5; do, seconds, f 1 00a 1 25; do, culls. 50a75c; do, Xorth Carolina, per brl. Xo 1, tl 25ul 50. Butter, Separator, 23a24c; Gutlmrod crenni, 22u23c; prints, l-lb'.'5u2Gc; Holla, Mb. 25a2li; Dairy pts.Md., l'u., Vu., 23u24c. Kgirs, Fresh-luid eggs, per dozen, 17nl7Ho. Cheese, Iargo, CO-lb, lOalOjc; me dium, 30-lb, 104'al0; picnics, 22-lb lOttfnlO'iO. Live roultry, lions, 12ul2to; old roosters, euoh 25u30c; spring chickens, 13al4o, young stags, 12al3o. Ducks 'JulOo. Hides, Heavy steers, association and suitors, late kill, 60-lbs nnd up, olose se lection, llal2c; cows and light steers, 8Ku!)o. Live Stock. Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10al5o lower, good to prime stocrs $7 90a8 GO; poor to medium 4u7; Blockers aud feeders $3 50 u5 00; cons, $1 40u5 50; heifers $1 50u G 50; Texas-ted steers $ 4 (K)uG 75. Hogs, Mixed und butohers $7 50u8 05; good to choice, heavy $7 80ub 20; Sheep, sheep aud lumbs slow to lower; good to choice whether 3 26a4 00; Western sheep (3 25a400. East Liberty, Cattle steudy; choice 91 15a7 50; prime VU 70u7 to. nogs, prime heavy H 10u8 20, mediums $8 00; heavy Yorkers $7 95u8 00, Sheep steady, Best wethers (4 10u4 20 oulls and com mon $1 50u2 00; choice lambs u 50a7 00. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Rutland, Vt., machinists are on strike, Only union labor will hereafter be employed on brick and sewer work at Omaha, Neb. The carpenters' strike at Barre, Vt., lias been settled. The strikers gained their demands for $2.50 a day. A new branch of the British Steel Smelters' Amalgamated Association has been formed at Port Talbot, Wales, Miners at Fernie, B. C, have again cone on strike. They have been work ing barely a month since the last strike. Labor unions at Syracuse, N. Y., representing about 0000 men, intend placing a labor candidate in the field lor mayor, Boston, Mass., bookbinders have struck for the purpose of accomplish ing a uniform scale of wages and ap prentice system. Fifty per cent of the strikes in the United States are succes.-ful, l.t per cent successful in part, while 36 per cent fail completely. T he Master. Bakers' Association at Fall River. Mass., has signed an agree ment with the Bayers' Union which averts a threatened strike. Iron (minders still report trade as bad in the Wolverhampton, England, dis trict, but there are fewer members ot the union on donation bcnc.it. Union iron molders at Council BlulTs, Iowa, have returned to work. Their demands for an increase of pay from $J75 $3-23 a day were met. Hostilities have become manifest in connection with the engineers' strike at Dublin, Ireland, between the men in troduced by the employers from Scot land and those who are out. In Germany the working day in mos: trades is still much longer than in F-ng-land and the United States. Never theless, progress in this line is noticea ble. At the great majority of trade union gatherings in England of late the cliiei topic ot discussion has been "Labor Representation." I-are fluids are be ing voted and collected (or this purpose. THE GREAT DESTROYER 60ME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The HsIms Is Not the WsiHssisss's rrlead. Far It Kill Mare or TS Than Docs Anr Other Killer 1 Belling Llqnlct Dainsmtloa. The saloon is the workingman'e enemy. It is a trsp to catch bim on asar way to work and on his way home. While Mr. Ht. John was Governor e the State of Kansas a woman mad fcsr appearance in his office. With tears sme lling down her cheeks Bhe besought bios tat pardon her husband who had Dees, ea victed and imprisoned for homicide. stated that the State (before prohibition was adopted) had given a man the ngk to start a saloon between her bonus ajadt her husband's workshop. The once sobor mechanic became a frequent visitor ta Uisst resort, and in a quarrel he killed a maj The woman claimed that it waa the faulfc of the State as well as of her husband that she and her children were deprived of b htisband's wages that she so much, needed. After thinking the matter carefully over and finding out that the man had sincerely repented and was desirous of leading a, so ber and industrious life, Mr. St. John par doned him. The toilers of this land have all can do to live in moderate comfort. Thee should let the saloons alone for the sake of their families, if tor no other reason. Why swallow the clothes and food of thosai at home that they love? Why make even more bare the cupboards at home? w Re create more tears than laughter? Why make still more desolate the barren room that shelter those who are not so well shel tered as some horses are? lhe workinzman works too hard for M pennies to hand them over to s bartender for that which makes him less worthy tta be loved by bis wife and children. The saloon says, "Stay here untd early in the morning home is no place haa this. Wife says, "Come home; little Sw rah is sick and wants her papa." Which voice is best to listen to and obey? Yo know. The saloon kills more workmen than mnv other killer known. It takes from thro their manhood. If there is any brutality in their make-up it makes them more bnst- tal. Men do things when they are drunk that they never would think of doing in their sober senses. To strike a woman even if she deserves it is cowardly. Yet men do that thing when drunk and sob bitter tears of repentance after having done i. fut the tears so shed do not wipe svay the wife's recollection of the sot. even it she forgives him. Jiow many mechanics, just about chinn ing the ladder that leads to easy stnret, drink that which makes the ladder tottex and fall. It b so hard to climb up and sa easy to fall down. When you fall down how it hurts wife, children and all. The men who would successfully so5ve the labor problem must not leave out ot the question how to exterminate the a loons of tlie land. If all the trouble coor neeted with the struggle between capital and labor could be properly arrange! to night it would get wrong to-morrow it t re present saloon system is permitted ta still go on. It is not well that this country ahoulit go on half drunk and half sober. Such a, state of affairs- means quarrels withoat number. Capital on a drunk stands far oppression, and is thoughtless aa regards the rights of labor. When labor is on at drunk the bosses are practically told that they have no rights that workmen arc bound to respect. Factories. workshops, schools andf churches are a blessing. Saloons are hell breeders and muke more devils in a day than all the churches can make saints In a week. What keeps factory district in poverty is the presence of saloons which get pos session of the wages of the employes. All flesh is fodder with the saloons, and what belongs to the workers is appropriated by the saloon keepers. 1 have not the power to describe what the saloons of America take yearly from the workingmen. If I could you wonki bat startled! The average American toiler is too good a man to be wounded and even killed bj the saloons. He deserves a better fate. Liquid elimination is sold by those au thorized to do so "for the public good. But it would be "for the public good" if every saloon in this country waa closed sua tight that dynamite could not open then.. Readers, I am going to keep on aakins; the toilers of this country to keep away from the saloons until I cannot ei tries write or speak. Suppose I ask in vain? Will that fact hurt me when I have to give an account of the deeds done in the body? The saloon is here, but that does not. make it right. The saloons ought to go t where they belong, and that place ia not heaven. George R. Scott, in the Witness. One Minuts For Brandy. In (he frightful tunnel disaster which recently occurred in New York City, coa the New York Central Railroad, when nineteen people were killed and forty-one were injured, the police and firemen ot the city engaged in rescuing bodies ran the debris found a woman pinned under a. car seat. Apparently her injuries were not great, but aa they started to release) her she cried out: "Brandy, give at brandy!" The gallant fellows ceased their effort just long enough to produce a bottle frasa one man's pocket and give ber a swallow from it. But, oh. the fatal few second! Before another hand's turn could be mads a steam pipe burst beside the woman, t ba llot, blinding, scalding steam, forcing the men from the snot. Afterward the woman was found dead, the flesh literally cooknt from her face. It was the one minute fast brandy which caused her horrible deatk. Bow They Make Then. Barrels and Bottles, an influential liquor organ, says: "The blender who understands his busi ness can very easily put a compound wniela will not cost the retailer more than sev enty cents to 91 per wine gallon, and will realize 150 per gallon at five cents drink. Of course, it's nothing but spirit of about seventy proof, smoothed with ai little prune juice, flavored with vanilla, cinnamon or bergamot, colored with cant bel and given the abarp and burning taste some drinkers like by the addition o grains of paradise. "The old soak will swallow anything that's cheap and burns as it goes downv and the keeper of a barrel house tuiuiDy takes the easiest way to meet the old soak' views." Barrels and Bottles ought to be goad au thority on what goes on behind the bar or down in the cellar. The Crusade In Brief. The Kokomo woman who spanked her son because be had been found in a saloon ought to have lots of imitators. Mr. de Terra, a railway director in Gn beu, Germany, is now forming a society est teetotal railway men in (ierinany. Pennsylvania haa passed a law prohibit ing the sale of beer or other liquors t women to be carried home from the aakxin in a bottle or other receptacle. It is stated that thirty -eight of the 1 enty-seven parishes in the Island of An glesey, off the west coast of Wales, with a populatiou of 414, do not contain a aiegkt saloon or public house. William D. Morris, Mayor of Ottawa Canada, has been removed from othos far buying s drink of liquor during houra pne hihited by law. A class in prohibition haa been estaV lislted by Professor Woadhridge at Tufts, College in response to-a petition of son of the studenu. At a recent temperance meeting in Bren lau, Germany, the Chairman stated, tttas the military authoritiea had for a. ktaa; time been endeavoring to put a stop ta, excessive drinking of intoxicating hqiura. Dr. Laurent, in his work on "Inmates of Prisons in Paris," says: "1 tut prisons t France are inhabited in a great port tiy i -cendante of inebriato and d. , A lutsl abstxinet among ctuw a m a a exception to the rule." vors
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