A LOST SAVIOUR,
Sunday Discourse By Dr. Ch.iiiman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
A Companion Picture to a Masterpiece, Which
Dr. Chapman Suggests The . Awfulnca
ot Being; Without Christ.
New Vouk City. The Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman, D. I)., the popular pastor of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, who is re
markably successful ns nil evangelist, haa
preparer! nn interesting sermon upon the
uibject "A Lost Saviour." It it preached
from the text, "Thev have taken away my
Lord." John 20: 13.
One of the masterpieces in the Louvre
presents to us a picture of Christ upon the
cross. His head is upon His breast; un
derneath His arms the little birds are fly
ing for a place of refuse, and in the deep
rninir shadows there is seen a woman
kneeling with loving lips and hands
pressed against His bleeding feet. Travel
's stand before this painting with tear-wet
, hecks nnd go away with burning hearts.
K 1 were an artist T should paint a com-
? anion piece with this text ns the theme,
woiihl not put tears upon her cheeks
who speaks the word because the flowing
of tears would provp a relief. When we
cannot weep our grief is severest, but I
would represent her with agony in her
eves nnd deepest sorrow in every expres
sion of her face. If I could I would paint
the sob as she cries out, "They have taken
away my Lord." I have seen the distress
of a mother bird when her little one was
gone, the drsnnir of the deer when its com
panion was killed, the agony of the wife
when her hushnnd was taken, the sorrow
of a mother when her baby was dead, but
this (est represents nil these distresses put
together, nnd we have n story which can
not be expressed in words.
The speaker is Mary Magdalene, one of
the inhabitants of Magihila, she who was
possessed of seven ileviU. She was the
.sinner in the house of Simon, the Phari
see, who washed the Saviour's feet with
her tears, anointed them with precious
ointment nnd covered them with kisses.
When Simon objects the Master rebukes
him with the story of the two debtors,
one forgiven much, of the other little. She
became one of the attendants of the Mas
ter. She followed Him from Calvary to
Jerusalem to the scene of. the crucifixion.
Karly the third after the crucifixion, with
the wife of Cleophns, she goes to the sep
tilcher to see His body. She finds the tomb
emnty. and then cries out in neonv "They
have taken away my Lord." What a
change there is wrought in Marv Magda
lene. She has been a sinner of the worst
sort. Tradition makes her a servant in
the home of sin in the place where she
lived, but she has become a saint, and
wherever the gospel has been preached her
story has been told. What ft Saviour we
have: One who calls out the best there is
in us nlwnys. Saul, of Tarsus, by nature is
bitter nnd cruel, but he catches a vision of
Christ nnd becomes gentle as a woman, de
livering his message with tears of real sor
row because of the lost condition of the
world. Peter is an ignorant fisherman, but
catches a vision of his Mat ter and becomes
one of the greatest preachers in the world's
history. The thief on the cross is profane,
nnd doubtless causes Christ a new pang of
agony with his profanity, until turning his
head he catches a vision of that blessed
face and cries out, "Lord, remember me."
I.
Kindred texts. I have been looking up
the Itible these past days nnd have been
greatly interested to see how ninny kin
dred subjects to this are to be found in
Cod's word.-
First, Adam and Eve. They are in para
dise; everything about them is beautiful.
Kven lod Himself saw that it was very
good. The music of the birds is the sweet
est, the fragrance of the (lower is tiie best;
there is no curse upon J.den, when sudden
ly the cloud appears, the moving of the
serpent is heard nnd there is a groad
change. Ada'-n and Eve are driven ini-her
from the garden. Genesis 3: 23-24, "There
fore the Lord God sent him forth from the
Garden of Kdou to till the ground from
whence he was taken. So He drove out
the man, and He pieced at the gate of the
Garden of Kden cherubim and a flaming
sword which turned every wuy, to keep
the way of the tree of life."
Second, the Ark of the Covenant. This
Mas a small chest overlaid with gold, four
and a ha'f feet long, two feet lime inches
wide and the same measure in heighth.
Within it were the tables of the law. It
was carried bv the priests as occasion re
quired from place to place. So sacred was
it that it was death for any one to look
upon it but the priests, and so it was care
fully covered. It represented to them the
visible presence of Jehovah. It was car
ried about by the children of Israel on
their travels through the desert as they
entered the channel of the Jordan, and
was taken thirteen times around Jericho
in six days, but now the Philistines have
come up against the children of Israel and
the ark is taken. Old Kli is waiting for,
tidings of the conflict. His seat is by the
road side that he may hear the more
speedily. At last there is a great shout of
horror, and n man of Benjamin is seen run
mug, with his clothes rent and earth upon
his head." There is trouble, but who can
imagine the extent of it. Listen to him ns
he cries out, "Israel has fled before the
Philistines," and the face of old Kli 'pales.
Ijophni and Phinehas nre slnin, and the
old man begins to shake in an agony, but
horror of honors, the ark of God is taken!
I. Samuel 4: 18, "And it came to pass
when he made mention of the ark of God
that he fell from olf the sent backward to
the side of the gate, and his neck brake
and he died; for he was an old man and
heavy. And he had judged Israel forty
years." Tell us that the sun will not shine
again, that the raiu will not fall, that the
stars are dead, that the moon will refuse
to shine, but you will bring to us no such
tidings as came to Israel when the news
was earned that the urk was taken. It is
as if God had departed from our own land.
It is un awful thing to be without hope
and without God in" the world.
Third, the Lost Bible. Dunne the reign
of Josiah, who began to reign w hen he was
eight years old, the .repairs to the temple
were begun, nnd in the midst of this work
the book of the law was found. 2 Kings
22: t, "And Hilkiah, the high priest, said
unto Shuphan, the scribe, I have found the
book ot the law iu the house of the Lord."
And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphaii
ami he rend it. This was doubtless the
very book which Moses had commanded to
be placed in this sacred spot. Deutero
nomy 31: 20, "Take this book of the law
and put it in the aide of the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, your God, that it
may be there for a witness againsc thee."
It might have been carelessly mislaid or it
may have been maliciously concealed, but
what a narrow escape. However, we need
not tremble, for He who tared for Moses
when he was in the ark and for His own
him when He was cradled in the manger
W LTent,,r liis book- "Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but My word shall
never pass away." However, some of us
have lost our ilible. We have lost it be
w.?.?nWe h"ve bL'en ttb'bed by fiction or
woi dbness, or wo have permitted some
1 hie i"h?1i uPon u"' w lot our
ns M, -,f vl have 0l,r Potion is as sad
"The, L"'. 1,8 'lrden wnc ""id,
"And wLhV Fhip' Luke 2: 42-45,
wen un ' " twe'v years old tbey
of he Lit .nTalm- 4fter tbe "''
the days a.h?d.hen t,1,ey htt1 ful"d
tarried behind Wrusl d,
and Hi. mother XlTlny
supposing Him to have been in the com'
Puny, went a day", journey?". ?
?,UAhL"ilu 8n'on,8 ir kinsfolk and ae-
eekiiiu Him.'
made a ,., t" t" " uueI "a.
."! .nun. nuirv nn. i i
nunwwar.1 i' V.a" Bna l,icy ara
veri,,7w"0tni" about. th!. 'I'mbtles, con'.
thi.,r, i ' tll08e wno are traveling with
about I uVcW look
lie? JW id , ?'' .Where can He
be? Eve V f uru' re can
Wearilv ih 'Tcl,' fa,U to lo't H
n tfere11' lU' f! iT" to(,Jo.U"'
men! Aii..... y ' Him with the w
"-" ' tins .uoru.uB that it we
have fui'cir step wUhfTmY wo" mufct go
back to Jerusalem, or that is, the plnee
shere we lost Him nnd begin over again
the old life of peace and jov. find nit.y the
man who is crying out in his heart to-day
if not with his lins. "Thev- liuva tnbon
Kwivav my Lord."
v Fifth, a Lost Saviour. Matthew 27: S-.l.
Ihen Judas which had betrayed Him,
tvhen he saw that He was condemned, re
aented himself, and brought again the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests
ind elders, saying, "I have sinned in that
I have betraved the innocent blood. And
ihey said, What is that to us? See thou
to that. And he cast down the picceu of
lilver in the temple, and departed, and
nent and hanged himself." Von have
leen n storm held baijk by the forco of the
wind, when suddenly the wind ceased and
the storm would break with all its fury.
This was like Judas. I doubt not in all
his following afteu Jesus that again and
again he was filled with the desire to be
true to l Prist, but the time passes and he
is false to the nppeal of his conscience, and
suddenly the Master withdraws from him
and all the storm of his awful spirit of be
trayal breaks upon him, and Judas hangs
himself. There arc some of us who have
been resisting Christ, for this spirit has in
fluenced us. We are persuaded of His di
vine character. Sonic day His divine bold
ipon us may be broken." It would lie an
swful thing for us to have to say, "They
have taken away mv Lord."
II.
The text again. Let us now think to
gether especially of Christ's care. There
are some texts very like it in the Bible, ns
for example, "Take not Thy holy spirit
from me, ' Restore unto me the jov of
Thy salvation," "Without God, without
hope in the world," for only those can np
predate .Mary's position who have been in
the same place with her, nnd the most of
us have been there, and there-have been
times without number when we felt that
nil was lost, that our position was hope
less. Notice first of all the weakness of
Mary's faith. If she had but stopped to
consider she would have remembered His
word that He must rise again. If in the
dark hour of trial we would pause for a mo
ment to think of His messages we shall be
delivered from this awful fear. Oh, that
God would strengthen our faith in the
hour of trial. Notice also the strength of
her love. Nothing could keep her away
from Christ; the Jewish soldiers had no
terror for her; she would see His body, for
she loved that. There nre certain things
that cause as to lose conscious fellowship
tvith Christ.
First, physical weakness. Whenever the
body is weak be sure to watch and pray,
for the devil will easily overthrow us at
this time.
Second, weakness of faith, but since faith
is the gift of God it becomes weak only
because of lack of exercise, and it is not
necessary that any of us should fail be
cause of this.
Third) sin. "Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God." It is not
given to great minds alone .to see Him, nor
great hearts to feel Ills presence, but to
pure hearts, and this blessing is within the
reach of tu all.
III.
Oh, to have no hope. What if wo should,
lose Christ, what a dreary world this would
be. Let us imagine Him ns taken out of
art, nnd with this would go Hoffman's
"Christ in the Garden," "Christ before Pi
late," and every other painting thnt has
gone to enrich the galleries of the world.
Suppose we have Him taken out of music,
the music of the Old Testament would go,
for they sang of the Saviour to come; the
music of the New Testament would be ban
ished, for He is the theme of the Psalms.
All the music that is worth singing in the
world's history would depart from us, lor
Ho is the subject of our praising. Sup
pose He were taken out of literature; the
best books in the world are either written
directly concerning Him, or have been in
spired indirectly by His matchless love. Jf
He were taken out of preaching there is no
man in nil the world that could hold a con
gregation foi iany length of time, for men
delighted to hear concerning Christ, nnd
without Christ the measnge would be ns
sounding brass and a tinkling symbol.
What if He were taken out of our living.
Men who do not call themselves religious
yet believe in Christ nnd lice to Him again
and again in the hour of temptation "and
trial, and without Christ they would be
like a boat upon the sea, rudderless and
helpless. What if He were taken out of
our homes; how could we live when the
baby goes away and the mother's heart is
breaking.
"Oh, to have no hope, no Saviour,
How dark this world would be."
There is a Btory written by Dr. Henry
Van Dyke entitled "The Lost Word." It
jives in account of one Hernias, the son of
Demetrius, who became a Christian. Be
cause of this his father, a man of large
wealth, disirheritcd him. He becomes a
disciple of John, and at last wearies of
thin disciplcship, and utterly discouraged
he wanders back in the vicinity of his old
home. There he meets a magician, who
reads his fortune in a leaf, and finully
promises if he will give him but one word
out of his vocabulary that he will restore
him to the old joy that once wbb his. The
bromise is ot last made, and suddenly Her
nias is in bis home again without the one
word, and the one word is the name of his
Lord. He finds his father dying und the
old man welcomes his return and cries out,
"My son, when you left me you found
something that made your life beautiful.
Mine hasbeen a failure; will you not tell me
what I must do now, for I am to die," nnd
unconsciously the boy began, "Father, you
must believe in " and behold, the word
had gone from him. He had parted with
it, and he stands shamefaced in the pres
ence of his dying father. He marries a
beautiful girl, ana God gives him a lovely,
child. They nre seated one day in the
garden with their hearts overflowing with
gratitude, when the wife suggests that they
kneel down and express their thanks for
nil their treasures, and again he begins,
"We thank thee, oh " and speech fails
him, for he has sold his Lord and he cau
not even recall His name. He is a compet
itor in the chariot races and wins the prize,
but cares nothing for it, because his heart
is heavy. He takes his little sou in the
chariot with him nnd whirls about tho
course. The horses become unmanageable
Bnd the child is thrown from the chariot
und seriously injured. Nearer dead than
alive he is carried back to the palace, and
the father kneels down by his bedside.
There is no hope now except in prayer.
He cries out. "Spare him, oh, spare him,
oh " and there is no word to fill the
place, for he has sold his Lord. Tlicu sud
denly his old muster, John, appears, and
after tears of repentance lie is restored
ugaii to bis priceless position. Is this not
an illustration for many of us who have in
an unguarded moment because of our love
for the world and our desire for power
parted with Him who ulouo can satisfy
the soul. It is an awful tiling to be with
out Christ. God, save us from the cry of
Mary, "They have taken away my Lord."
A Useful Society.
Writing !n the June Cautury, of the
organizations to create or preserve
beauty In public places, bylvester Ban
ter thus speaks of the service of the
American Science and Historic Pres
ervation society: "Its record of work
accomplished includes the purchase
by Nev York state, at Its instance, of
thirty-three In the steps for preserving
such historic monuments In New York
city as Fraunces' Taverni the homo of
Alexandor Hamilton, and the cottage
ot Edgar Allan Poe, the Pullllpae Mam
or hall In Yonkers, the mansion of Sir
William Johnson In Johnutown and the
ruins of the forts at Crow Point and
Tlconderoga. A feature of the society
Is the organization of a woman's aux
iliary which has performed effective
service."
A turn Contract,
Little Howard Green, on returning
from his first visit to Sunday school,
said to his mother:
"Mamma, does God watch me all the
time?"
"Yes, my son," she answered.
"Well," said Howard, "then what ia
he doing with the other people while
he 1h watching me?"
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments For
August 24.
Subject: Report ol the Spies, Num. xill.. 1-1
and xill., 25 to xlv 4 Golden Text, Psa.
xl., 4 Memory Verses, 30-33 Com
mentary on the Day's Lesson.
Explanatory. "Everything wns now
ready for taking possession of Canaan,
provided the people had the necessary
faith and courage. Accordingly Moses
commanded them in the nnme of Jehovah
(Dent. 1: 20, 21) to go up and take posses
sion of the land. They only needed to
trust in God nnd go forward, and in less
than two years from leaving Kgypt the
land would have been theirs. The flod
who had delivered them with n mighty
hand, who had made a path through the
sea. who had rained bread from heaven,
and brought water irom a rock, and spoken
from Sinni nnd entered into covenant
with them, and was leading them with
fl'S visible presence this God bade them
go up and take possession of the land ol
promise. They should have trusted and
obeyed."
2. "fend thou men." The people were
afraid to go forward,, nnd had asked
Moses to send spies to search out tho land
leut. 1: 2. Although it would have been
better for them to have had faith in God
nnd to have nt once entered upon their
promised possessions, yet in order to sat
isfy the people the Jjord ordered Moses
to senil the spies. ijt every trine a
man." Moses selected twelve leading
men. "every one a prince" (K. V.). in or
der that the best possible results might be
realized. "The object of the expedition
was (1) to learn what were the attrac
tions of the country, (2) to discover the
difficulties in the way of taking possession,
(3) to (ind out the best way of reaching
the country, (4) to lenrn what prepara
tions it was necessary to make."
4-24. In verses 4.-15 we have the names
of the spies. In verses 17-20 Moses gives
thcin snecial directions. Thev were to
travel the whole length of the land to the
Lebanon mountain region, nnd find out nil
about the land und the people, and to
bring back some of the fruit of the land.
In verses 23 and 24 we have a description
of the fruit they brought back with them.
25. "lleturned after forty days." For
ty days were suflicient for a journey of
250 miles and the return. The spies could
rest six Sabbaths nnd travel 500 miles,
going at the rate of less than tiftecn miles
a day. It is not probable that they went
in a borlv, but singly or by twos.
20. "To Kadcsb." Kadesh means holy.
"Shewed them the fruit." They had
brought back grapes, pomegranates and
figs. The bunch of grapes was very large.
V. 23.
27. "Floweth with milk and honey."
This was n poetical description of a coun
try rich in pasturage nnd produce. Thus
far the reports of the spies agree. They
nil commend the richness and fruitf illness
of the soil.
28. "Nevertheless." The report was
given publiclv a id it wns artfully arranged
to begin with commendations, in order
that their subsequent slanders might re
ceive credit. This would introduce the
godless majority report; there is in it no
reference to Jehovah. It isan infidel doc
ument. "Children of Anak." "Lonq
necked, famous giants, descendants from
Arha, founder of the city of Hebron. The
spies were terrilied nt siaht of them."
29. "The Amalekites." etc. These peo
ple had already attacked the Israelites
once. Kx. 17: 8-10. The Hittites were a
strong, warlike people. The Jebusites held
the jegion about Jerusalem. The Amor
ites were mountaineers.
30. "Caleb." The spy from the tribe ol
Judah. Ho bsgins the minority report
with nn "unwavering trust in God. Joshua
also joined with him. 14: 0, 30. "Stilled
the people." A bitter wail of desnair was
going un from the vast throng of people.
31. "Wo be not nble." This had not
been asserted before. The ten spies are in
creasing in their opposition.
,"2. "Evil report eateth up." How un
belief grows. At fust it wns only a sug
gestion (vs. 2R, 2!l), then it became nn as
sertion (v. 31), then it assumed the form
of nn "evil report." The spies ennnot mean
that the land was barren and the inhabit
ants dying of famine, for the fruit they
brought with them and their first report
would contradict this, but it hns been
thought that there was n pestilence in the
land nt this time, nnd also that the spies
had learned that the people were constant
ly engaged in wars to maintain their inde
pendence. "3. "Sons of Anak." Anak literally sig
nified long necked. The sons of Anak
were a, race of giants in strength. It
seems to be a fact that in primitive times
there were men of great stature.
1. "All the congregation." There were
a few noble exceptions, however. "Wept
that night." These loud waitings, resound
ing by night from tent to tent and from
tribe to tribe, spread the contagious de
spondency through tho whole camp. They
were surrounded by the dark and chilling
clouds of unbelief, and were occupied with
themselves and their difficulties instead
of with God and His resources. All this
grief was on account of imaqinarr troubles.
2, 3. "Better to return." they mur
mured ngainst Moses nnd Aaron nnd
wished to return to their former life of
servitude. "Their wish to return to the
groanings, luu-dens, (asks nnd insults of
the brick vnrds of Korypt. from which a
pitying Jehovah had led (hem forth was
indicative of a base ingratitude and a ser
vility of spirit exceedingly offensive."
4. "Make a captain." They leimdintcd
Moses and Aaron nnd Jehovah. According
to Nelieminh 0: 17 they actually appointed
a captain to lead them back to the task
master's lash in Egvpt. Moses nnd Aaroii
then fell on their faces before the people
and Joshua nnd Caleb rent their clothes
as a sign of their great grief, nnd made a
strong appeal to the congregation in fa
vor ot taking the land nt once. But tho
people like a frenzied mob tried to stono
them to death, nnd were prevented from
so doing only by the glory of the Lord
shining forth from the tabernncle. "The
majesty of Jehovah flashed forth suddenly
to strike the people with terror in their
rebellion, nnd to deter them from their
wicked design." God now threatened the
nation with destruction, nnd thev would
have peri.hed but for the prayer of Moses.
The ten spies wero smitten with the
plague and died. Every person over twen
ty years of aw, except, the two faithful
emeu, was to die before the nation entered
Canaan. As a reward for their faithful
ness Caleb and Joshua were permitted to
enter the promised land. Caleb received
Hebron as bis possession, the very placet
he searched ns a spy, where wero the best
fruits and the strongest enemies. Joshua)
had his name changed from Oshea to)
Joshua, which signifies savior, and was
also honored by being chosen aa Mosesl
successor to lead the people into CanaanJ
Thus does God reward the faithful and
punisrt the wicked.
Age Limit and Hair Dye.
For a long time thore has beeu
close to complete cessation In the
manufacture of hair dye, but in tho
past year or so a boom has developed
In that branch ot Industry. Tho gen
eral establishment of an ago limit
In the employment of men in com
mercial and mechanical pursuits Is
said to be responsible for this un
expected revival. An official of tho
American Federation of Labor Bays
he-knows for a fact of many men who
are using dyes to hide their gray
hairs and hosts of others who shave
constantly to look young enough to
be able to bold their positions. Sta
tistics prove that it is every day be
coming more difficult for a man past
the prime of life to secure employ
ment. The skilled mechanic engi
neer or employe who wants a Job in
any service must have youth as well
as ability. If he doesn't possess it ho
must counterfeit It. Presumably the
elderly man with a bald head must
wear a wig lu order to cover his
years.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
August 24 "Freedom for Service." 1 Tl;n. II.
4; Gal. v. I; Heb. xll. 1, 2.
ECRIPTURR VERSUS Rom. vlli.
21; 2 Cor. ill. 17; Gal. v. 1; Jns. 1.
25; It. 12; 1 Cor. viil. 9; Gel. V. 13; 1
Put. II. lti; 2 pet. 11. 19. ,
Lccson Thoughts.
Christ haa no Blavca In hla sevvlon;
ali his servants nro children, and all
his children are free.
Blind, iKRorant service Is not free
doni, else were tho Biiporstitloits
slaves of heathenism froo; scrupulous
logcl service Is not freedom, else were
too slavish Pharisees free; but a real
knowledge of this truth is what gives
liberty: Hint God, through Jeans
ChriRt our Savior, .accepts us as his
children.
Faithful study of Gcd's word re
veals more and more clearly the love
oi his salvation, and a knowliiU;o i,f
t!ils truth makes us free Indeed, for
tneii every Bcrvice is free irom com
pulsion and Is only the B.ntaneoti3
c3er of grateful love.
Selections.
in its own measure every truth we
lenrn gives us a sense of liberty. The
truth emancipate from superstition,
from timorous waiting upon the opin
ion cf authorities, from all tnat
cramps mental movement nnd stunts
mental growth. Hut. true freodom Is
freedom from Bin, and the truth which
brings thnt freedom is tho truth about
God the Father, and Jesus ChrlBt
whom he has sent.
'Tis so pjreat, nnd yet so owfu'i.
Sn bewildering, yet bo brave.
To be king in every conflict
Where before I crouched a slave.
It's so glorious to be conscious
Of a lbrlous power within.
Stronger than tho rallying forces
Of a charged and marshalled sin.
Jesus Christ, not only gives life to
tho soul which believes in him, he
also commands tho Spirit to descend
upon him, to set him tree from all
enslaving habits. "If the son make
you free, ye shall bo free indeed."
If wo would be freed from the
bondage rf sin, and have our con
nection with God's family made real,
rightful, permanent, the only way to
enter into that blessed freedom is by
faith In the Sen of God. and by him
to be manumitted and adopted as
eons and datiGhters ot the Lord Al
mighty. Suggested Hymns.
Come, Holy Spirit.
Take thou my hand and lead mo.
While thou, O my God, art my help
aud defender
Turn thee, O lost one.
Search me, O Lord, and try this hea
of mine.
True hearted, whole-hearted.
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
August 24 Freedom for Service 2 Tim. 2, 4;
Gal. 5. 1; Heb. 12. I, 2.
So supremely sacred Is man's free
dom of will that no power in the uni
verse can bind it without man's con
sent. Ho cannot always do as he
wills, but he can always will as he,.
chooses. Tho more you think ot this
truth, if clearly apprehended, the sub
llnier it appears and the grander
grows the being Intrusted with this
power. The highest form ot freedom
is the unobstructed privilege of doing
whatever ought to be done. An heroic
soldier of Jesus Christ Is not daunted
by privation and suffering. The
splendid freedom he enjoys in loyalty
to his Master is ample compensation
for all trials and pains and losses.
Secret sins harbored, wrong deBlres
cherished, unholy ambitions encour
aged, are shakles that bind the soul
In slavery. Only they are truly free
whom the truth makes free. Henco
the importance of avoiding error of
every kind. Christ alone can start
the soul in a course of genuine lib
erty. Conversion should be deep and
thorough, such as the change wrought
in Paul's life. No surface work will
answer. Satan Is a fisherman. Hla
hooks are Bet at almost every turn in
life. They catch .and hold and hinder
even when they fail to utterly destroy
us. Generally these hooks are shrewd
ly covered with tempting bait. But
frequently people are so blinded by
sin that they bite at the bare hoolc
and become entangled in strange nets.
All these may be avoided by alert,
watchtul disciples who seek not ex
emption from obligation but power to
perform duty. One whom Christ has
set at liberty way be his own arbiter
regarding what he shall do and what
leave undone. Conscientiously avoid
ing Satan's devices, we may find with
in a Power greater than ourselves,
who makes for righteous freedom.
Christ's service imposes a yoke, but
it is easy to bear if home submissive
ly. "My yoke," Christ assures us,
Is not intended to be a burden, but Is
calculated to render more pleasant
and enjoyable the performance of life's
duties. Indolence? indifference, apathy,
are weights too oftetn found upon pro
fessed Christian shoulders. They
thould be cast -aside aa heavy ob
structions to tho proffered freedom ot
Ood's children. The clamorlngs of
the carnal nature for Indulgence are
huge weights. In just so car as we are
crucified with Christ will these be
lightened or swept away. Sin Is tho
heaviest of all weights. How inex
pressibly greatful should we be that
the blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse
from all sin! Would that a doep aud
persistent longing for the clean heart
and right spirit might take possession
of every Epworthlan! Purity is power.
Sometimes we unnecessarily burden
ourselves with loads too- heavy for
our strength. Christ pities us when
we undertake to carry for Him more
than our strength warrants and comes
promptly to the rescue. He will suit
the burden to tub back It we will be
obedient
Natives Keep the 8ioret-
The Antatmoro, one of the oldest
tribes of Madagascar, possess the sa
me t of making from the pulp of a na
tive shrub, a very beautiful and en
during kind of paper, resembling
.parchment. Each family possesses
few sheets of thiB paper, on which ita
chronicles and traditions are recorded
and the Bams paper is used for tran
scribing the laws of Mohammedanism,
The papor la said to have been invent
ed in the middle of the ninth century
by a Mohammedan shipwrecked oil
the coast, who desired to transcribe
his torn and water-soaked copy of ths
Koran in an enduring form, say
Youth's Companion. The Antuimoro
will only make the paper for sale when
some pressing newsaity arlsu.
THE GREAT DESTHUYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE,
I'ortni llr and Wnter The Smallest Pose
of Alcohol Actually Pnraljses (rtntn
Important Drain Functions Fake Stif
tlstlcs About Lonc-Llved IJrlnhers. t
The demon of fire hates water;
When he leajia to your roof with a cry,
As a war-rharger leans to the slaughter
In a flash of the rill he will die!
Iliit when from the garret to basement
He roils like a myriad snake.
And his red tongue.) hiss from each en
casement, He will laugh at the rush of a lake!
The demon of wine hntcs water!
If be menace your life with a gleam.
At a cup from the brook he will totter
And tly from the beautiful stream.
I?ut when from the brain to the fincers,
He's wrapt every nerve in his tires,
No hope in the cataract lingers
In the nshes of hell it expires!
Tile ltesillls or Drink.
Of late there has been a growing dis
position on the part of many to doubt the.
extreme peril of a "moderate" use of in
toxicating liipiors. Perhaps at no time
in recent years have theliipior interests
so readily found apparently reputable
physicians who, for n suitable considera
tion, are will ng to write commendatory
articles in praise of tins or that beer or
whisky. Thus it has happened t'aat. in
spite of the constantly nccnmulati ig evi
dence upon the other side of the fyueslion.
not a few people hir. e come t.i believe ihnt
the statements made by temperance nd
vocites nre gross exaggerations.
Professor Forel speaks with authority
in the scientitic discussion of anything
thnt pertains to the mentnl machinery of
human beings, and his statement that a
dose of alcohol, so minute as to equal
merely a glass of light wine or a mug of
German beer, actually paralyzes impor
tant brain functions, is a statement to
u'hich too much importance cannot be at
tributed. The public ought to know that
fact. Particularly it ought to be im
pressed upon the minds of young people.
lr. Helenins has made a cnreful nnd
elaborate study of highly important sta
tistics in his examination of Knglish life
insurance figures. We have called atten
tion to the facts 'discussed more than
once, nnd not a great while ago presented
n somewhat elaborate article nlong similar
lines. The more complete study mndc
by Dr. Helcnius is n valuable contribution
to the literature of the pubject.
The one fact that stands out in startling
clearness through every chapter is that
the total nbstainer has the assurare'e of
longer life, other things being eoual. not
only than the drunkard nnd the hard
drinker, but than the most moderate of
moderate drinkers. The oft exploded fake
statistics that attribute longer liie to
drinking men thnn to atistainers. period
ically sent out by the liipior interests and
published even in such reputable papers
ns the Chicago Tribune, not very long
ngo, nre an impudent fraud. The most
elaborate nnd painstaking observation
ever directed to the study of the effect
of liquor drinking upon longevity deter
mines beyond question that drink kills
its ucrs nnd that the man who does not
drink can, with almost absolute certainty,
expect to live longer than his neighbor
who does drink.
In facts like these the verv reputable
nnd constantly increasing circle of phvsi
cians who condemn the use of r.lcohol,
even for medicinal purposes, will find im
portant collateral testimony. A drink
that is so uniformly pernicious to health
certainly comes to us with poor recom
mendation when we are in sickness. The
Voice.
Alcoholism Amnni; Children.
Alcoholism deteriorates the race n-id
the descendants of alcoholics nre predis
posed to madness", epilepsy nnd to all of
the nervous ills, for, according to Hr.
l.adame, of Geneva, two-thirds if not
three-fourths of epileptics are the descend
ants of alcoholics. Whatever may bo
thought of these figures, it is certain that
alcoholism is frequently found in the
descendants of epileptics or of madmen,
nnd that it is most often manifested in
parents whose children are nfilieted with
mental debilitv. morbid obsessions nnd
nightmares. We hnve a -case in which
the trouble of the nervous system pro
duced by congenital intoxication was
manifested in the child by dipsomania,
characterized by periodical und absolutely
irresistible need for alcoholic drinks. The
most intense desire seized the child in the
presence of wines or liquors, which was
not calmed until he had obtained that
which he desired, nnd here we have the
eifect of hereditary transmission of the
appetence for alcohol, which lend its vic
tim to chronic alcoholism with all of its
consequences. 4
According to Roubinovitch, a very good
Idea is obtained of the hereditary conse
quences of alcohol on the nervous system
by considering the statistics of Demme.
Among fifty-seven children chosen at haz
ard from ten alcoholic families there wire
twelve idiots, rive cases of hydrocephalus,
live epileptics, two dipsoiuuniacs, and
eight normal children, these tigures not
including twenty-live deaths which oc
curred in the first weeks nf life.
A a corollary of all these mental
heredo-nlcoholic manifestations juvenile
or infantile criminality increases mora
and more nmong drinking families, and
in Switzerland one-half of the children
detained in houses of correction are tho
issue of alcoholic parents. Alcoholism
from the milk of the mother is a well
denionstiutcd clinical reality, ns the alco
hol passes into the milk of the nurse,
and munv maladies and convulsions of
young children have no other cause than
the alcoholism of the nurse.
A Sad Fact.
The Bishop of London, Viscount Peel
and Lady Henry Somerset have recently
testified that drunkenness among Knglish
women is increasing at nn alarming rate,
the number of convictions of London
women for intoxication having risen from
twenty-live to tifty-one per thousand
within a few years. The liisliop of Lon
don told of many cases umong the upper
circles of society where husbands had
been dragged down to poverty nnd dis
grace by the drunkenness oi wives.
Tho "Parasite" Partner.
"A parasite makes a poor partner." So
says the t-ouih-W est, u liquor organ. The
liquor trallic is a parasite with which the
Government by revenue and license laws
has gone into partnership. For every dol
lar paid by it into the public treasurv, a
conservative estimate is that ten dollars
of coat is entailed on tho people. A very
poor partner, indeed, and the sooner such
partnership is dissolved the better for nil,
The Crusuile In Rrlef.
In hot weather steer e'ear of all alco
holic drinks.
Public opinion has branded tho saloon
as it is kept in America aa a nuisance
and the causa of untold degradation and
desolation.
The Mayor of Findlay, Ohio, has issued
orders to the eifect that every woman
found drinking or loitering in saloons
bhull bo arrested.
Uy yielding even occasionally- to the
craving; for rum, it may grow to be over
mastering and become a disease, hut if
fought manfully it can be conquered.
Motto of the llritish Woman's Temper
ance Association: "We bind ourselves that
others may be free."
It is only a very low down .specimen
of humanity who deliberately and with
malice aforethought starts out to induce
ou himself the stupor of drunkenness.
One day Kdison was asked why he did
not use stimulating drinks. The great in
ventor answered, "Why should 1 fog my
brainy" Prances K. Willard was ome
asked tho samo question, and replied, "I
have a better usu for my head."
Miss Jean Geddes, a young Scotch
woman, is employed as a detective by tha
Anti-Saloon i League of New Jersey. tSho
has been signally successful in securing
convictions for vi.ih.tion of the Sunday
closing law and selling liquor to nuuois.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
DO many persons
Ire looking for an
Impersonal religion.
In time of trouble
refuse the devil's
proffered help.
It Is sometimes
convenient to mis
take prejudice for
kNi Culture will never
KSfV! teriiO sllmlnatf the marks
ITlVSS 'f the Cross from
:hrlst.
Falsehood turns Its back on truth
and ho who look; through the one may
cften see the other.
The bitterest rod may drive to the
sweetest comfort.
Kvery youth will become a yeoman
In some cause.
What we gain In sentiment wo are
apt to lose In sense.
Conscience Is a good watch, but it
will not wind Itself.
Aptitude In prayer may depend on
altitude In practice.
The miracle Is the flnsh that comes
when Uc touches man.
The Bible owes Its place to its power
and not to our polemics.
God brings His servants to tho side
of His Son by the path of His suffer
ings. What God sends down depends a
good deal on what we will give up.
We are commanded to rejoice in one
another as well as in ourselves.
The analysis that destroys is too
high a price to pay for our knowledge.
True love for God cannot be satis
fied with selfish pleasure In His pres
ence. Take rare to fill your pulpit with lov
ing piety and your pews will All up
with living people.
Died on Devil's Island.
Only the other day there died on
Devil's Island, the French convict set
tlement off Cayenne, the. man who In
vented and patented tho telegraphic
Bystem now universally adopted In
France, and known as the multiple
transmission Bystem. Victor Nimault,
twenty years ago, was an electrical
employe of the French telegraphic
service. In 1871 he discovered and le
gally protected a system of multlplo
transmission, on which he had been
busied for years. Almost coincident
ally a M. Baudot (not an official) in
vented a somewhat similar apparatus.
This M. Baudot, being a personal
friend of M. Raynaud, the director of
the telegraphic department, found
favor with that gentleman, and the
Baudot system was finally accepted
and universally adopted as the better
of the two. Victor Nimault brought
action against M. Baudot and M. Ray
naud, and, after losing lawsuit after
lawsuit, fired at and mortally wounded
M. Raynaud. The unhappy Inventor,
was tried, sentenced to Imprisonment
for life, and In due course was sent out
,to Cayenne. Twenty years having
elapsed, ho was recently pardoned by
President Loubet. A subscription made
ty his friends In France left by thei
same boat which took out his pardon.',
But It arrived too late, for Victor NT-i
mault, who had been ill for some time,,
Jdled the day before port was made
The irony of it all Is that poor N1-'
imault's system has been in use In.
iFrance for many years now; for, after
!ho was sentenced, It was found to be,
.preferable to the one adopted and ap-1
, proved by Raynaud, the then director;
of the telegraphic department.
Story ef Wise Do.
Sir Walter Scott tells of one of his
dogs that one day furiously attacked
the baker and was with great difficulty
called off. But as the dog observed
the baker coming every day to leave
bread for the family, he began to re
gard him in a more favorable light,
and in time the dog and the baker be
came great friends. One day Sir Walter
was telling somebody how the dog had
attacked the baker, and as soon as
he began the story the dog skulked
into the corner of the room, turned his
face to the wall, hung down his ears
and lowered his tail and displayed
every Bign of being heartily ashamed
of nlmself. But when he came to the
end of his story, aud said, "But Tray
didn't bite the baker," the dog turned
around, jumped and frisked about, nd
was evidently quite restored to his
own good opinion. To try the dog,
Scott repeated the Btory In a different
tone of voice In the midst of the con
versation, but It was always tho same.
Directly he began the dog crept into
the corner, but when he came to "But
Tray didn't bite the baker," he always
capered back in triumph.
King Edward a "Fire Fiend."
King Edward, from childhood, has
always shown the keenest Interest in
fires and firemen. Of all the enter
tainments provided for him by the
city of New York, he has most often
remembered, and says he most on
joyed, a parade of the volunteer fire
department in his honor. There were
6.U00 firemen in uniform, aud all, save
those In charge of ropes and tillers,
bore torches. It was a great specta
cle, and the Prince, a3 he looked at
the brlllla: c display In Madison square
cried repeatedly: "This is for me;
this Is for me!" with unaffected glee.
During many years of his life he used
to be Informed whenever a really big
blaxe was signaled, and he haa at
tended, Incognito, most ot the big
fires in London during the last thir
ty years. Everybody's Magazine.
Repairing Longfellow Home. '
The repairs on the outside of the old
Longfellow home, Portland, Me., have
begun. The house Is to have a new
roof and the woodwork and blinds are
to be painted. The floor In the vesti
bule, from the street, Ih to be restored
to its original appearance, and the
old stone front doorstep, which has
been covered up for mauy years. Is to
be raised and used again, as formerly,
Over this old step the family have
gone from tho beginning of the house.
O'l it stood Zllpah Longfellow, in 1798.
the mother of the poet Longfellow, and
presented a standard to the Portland
federal volunteers, the tlrst uniformed
military company iu Maine. This
company was reorganized as the
Portland light Infantry, aud next year
the members are anticipating a cen
tennial celebration. Boston Transcript.
TIIE RELIGIOUS LIFF
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Frntiu When God Hays "Walt" The timrm
In tUm World's Vast Arena Tot the
rrtsa of tha High Calling Ha Stead
fast In SeeklnK the Lord.
When our God writes upon the wall
In letters broad and free.
Tie writes that all may understand,
And where all men may see. -
M.-n build and plot and plan and dream.
Devising structures great,
Yet tools must rust and men must bow
When God says "Wait!"
When men, their course set Canaan-ward,
T - .1 . . .J
UllWmiKUIg, purwr,,
Then comes the stern command: "First,
wait!
Walk in the wihlerne "
The kings of old heard that decree;
Not Habylon alone
Bow letteis writ, or beard the word-
They framed each throne.
To-day to-day it is the same.
Despite our modern creeds; ,
The balance yet goes up or down
By reason ot our deeds. i
Great kings must pause iu humbleness,
. 1 f .
rtnn men oi common cm.v
Must heed the writing of the hand
Along the way.
This is a leson to the world
The world that soon forgets
The world that blessings takes, and then
Kemcmbers not its debts.
The hollowed hand that holds us all
Writes lessons, soon or lnte;
And mortal man must understand,
When God says "Wait!"
Man builds his glory for himself,
Assuming overmuch;
It crumbles into nothingness
It crumbles with a touch.
Man dreams of wealth, of rule, of realm'
Yet, even ns he turns,
Upon the wall, in words of fire,
liis lesson burns.
When God snys "Wait!" the revelers, .
Garbed for the feast and rout,
Stand wondering, as one by one
The gleaming lights go out.
All down the centuries there ring
The sounding tones of fate.
Man realizes what he is
'When God says "Wait!" ' -
W, D. Nesbit, in Baltimore American.
Prize of the High Calling.
One of Paul's vivid word paintings from
the great picture gallery of the ages is set
for our contemplation. The race of the
prize of the high calling. Who has not in
imagination viewed that race in the world's
vast arena? We know just how far one
runner has gone ahead of the rest; he haa
passed the first turning. Not near the
goal yet, but doing well. But there ia still
a chance of losing the race. The runner
must not be too confident. Because he
has made a good start he must not grow;
lax, neither cease to husband his strength,
nor forget to bend his every energy and at
tcntion to the business in hand.
"Not as though I had already attained,"
he says, not over-confident, but trusting in
the strength that sustains.
"Rather he is one set in full view of a
great result," says Robert Rainy. "Some
experience of the benefits of it is already
entering into his history, but is yet to be
brought to pass in its fulness, and that
must be along a line of believing endeavor,
Christ working and Paul working; Christ
faithful, with Paul faithful. 'I follow af
ter, if that I may lav hold and extend my
grasp, seeing Christ lias laid hold with His
grasp on me.' "
But suppose when the race was well
started he had paused to look back with
satisfaction on the course he had already
come, as so many Christians do .after the
first start, and seeing others so far behind
turned his attention toward the beauties of
the way. forgetting the need of earnest at
tention if be would win? Another might
gain the advantage, and suddenly he might
tind that he who had thought so easily to
outdistance all was left too far behind to
ever hope to win the goal before the race
wan ended and the set time passed away.
If then we would go on unto perfection
we must be steadfast, seeking -the Lord
first, as we did when we first found Him
casting all other things asido that may
come in the way of our vision of Him. We
must have steadfastness, for without this
all other means of growth, though they be
on every hand, may be passed by unheeded
while we pursue some butterfly along the
way. Thus an invalid must eat only those
things which will build up hefllth'y flesh
nnd muscle, must observe the laws of
health, must take exercise daily and sleep,
the requisite number of hours if he would
hope to win health again. And if lie be
not steadfast in purpose he may allow him
self lapses in his diet, grow weary of fol
lowing rules and stay up late, indulging
himself in some pastime, forgetting that
he is losing'grountl where he had gained it
but the day before by careful following of
the physician's directions:
"As new-born babes desire the sincere
milk of the word, that ye may grow there
by." And next we must have food the
word of God. Without the d.iilv Bible
reading how can we expect to thrive spirit
ual! v?
Through the weekly church sen-ices we
may get in training and grow strong. Much
has been said against the clause in our good
old pledge concerning attendance on the
regular services of our church. The pledge
is only our setting forth of the rules and
laws of spiritual health bv which we may
grow more like Jesus. We but subscnlie
ourselves to be steadfast in-our endeavor
to follow them faithfully in order that we
may grow into the perfection Jesus would
see in us.
"That ye might walk worthy of the Lord,
Unto all pleasing."
"We should ask ourselves. Do we make
it our ever-present object to satisfy Jesus
Christ?" says Alexander Maelaren, and
adds. "Nothing will so string the muscles
for the light and free us from being en
tangled with the things of this life as the
ambition to 'please Him who hus called us
to be soldiers.' "
And the great means of growth, the mys
tical communion table where bv faith we
partake of His broken body and shed blood
where He infuses, as it were, into u Ilia
own life this precious means of growth-, '
His last blessing, we are never to forget
nor neglect, "till He comes."
Henry Drummonil aavs:
"No man can make things grow. He can
get them to grow by arranging all the cir
cumstances and fulfilling all the conditions.
. . J- not imagine that you have
got those things because vou know how to
get them. As well try to feed upon a cook
ery book. Spend the time you
have spent in sighing for fruits, in fulfiling
the condition of their growth. The fruit
will come, must come." Grace L. Hill, in
the Mail aud Lxpress.
Transforming Power of Prayer.
Some one has beautifully said regarding
prayer aa a transforming power: 'Trayer
will in time make the human countenance
its own divinest altar. Years upon years
of true thoughts, like ceaseless music shut
up within, will vibrate along the nerves of
expression until the lines of the living in
strument are drawn into correspondence,
and the harmony of visible form matcuea
the unheard harmonies of the mind."
Lifa in Christ,
Life in Christ implies enjoyment of spir
itual life. The religion of Jesus Christ is a
BrkTyn" KeV aeor"" Adanu '
Gettllng the "Tip".' Queatlon.
. The awkward question of the tip
was solved by a big New Eiiglnndor
from the State oc Maine who was din
ing In a London restaurant the other
evening. Having paid Ida bill ho was
Informed by the waiter that vhat ke
had paid tlld "not include the waltor."
"Wal," said tho stranger, "1 ate no
waiter, did I?" And as he looked quits
ready to do bo on any further provo
cation the subject a:i (hupped.
Don't eit up late or be lute to inela.
P.ith nro !i:-a;:iirny.