TO SEEK AND TO SAYE
Sunday Discourse By Dr. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
Tbe
Son of Man, Wllh Tears la His Eyes
and Sorrow In His Heart, Is Try
ln to Save Every One ot Us.
KEW YotiK City The sermons of the
Rev. Dr. !. Wilbur Chapman nre now
heard and rend hy more people than nre
those of any Ameriran pulpit orator. His
litvic seems to have inndc ft deep impres
sion on that portion of the public which
liken to re,d its discourse in the weekly
paper. For these nrlinireri Dr. Chapman
has prepared the following sermon, enti
tled "The Seeking Saviour and a Seeking
Sinne-." It is preached from the texts,
"Zaccheus. nvike haute and come down."
Luke If: 3 "The Son of Man is come to
neck and to rave that wiiicli was lost,"
Luke 1: 10. , ,
These two texts form a part of the storv
of the meeting of two men. each very dif
ferent from the other. The one is Zac
rhous. the publican, a rich man because he
was the tax entherr and had defrauded
the people. The other is the Son of God.
who was rich, yet for our wakes became
poor. The one comes from the presence
of God and the company of the angels,
the other down from the sycamore tree
and from his doubt, and the result of the
meeting of the seeking sinner and the
seeking Saviour was the salvation of the
sinner. This has always been the result.
If any one readmt this message is not
Christian to-day it is simply because ho
has not Bought Christ in the right way.
Ye shall seek M and shall find Me when
you search fur Me with all your heart. In
the book of Proverbs when men seek for
God a tliev seek for silver or for any hid
den treasure then He will be found for
them.
It was my privilege once in Colorado to
enter what is called a wicket mine. 1
saw a man engaged in work there who was
pointed out to me as a graduate of Har
vard Collcse. yet he was toiling away so
industrious')- that he did not hear my ap
proach in the mine, nnd when I asked him
why he was thus working he simnly
stooped down and gathered up a handful
of dust and held it out at arm's length so
that the light in his miner's hat would
strike upon it. and there T saw the glisten
ing particles of silver. This was more elo
quent than anything he could have said,
and th" wise man snoke truly. Put two
locomotives upon the snmo track, both
going in the same direction and at the
same rate of speed, and if the track is long
enough one cannot overtake the other ex
cept in case of accident, but if they are on
the same track headed toward each other,
and one of them is going with the sneed of
the win!, while the other travels with the
proverbial snail's pace, it will be but a
short time before they will come together.
The Son of Man has been a seeking Sa-viou-
nhva'-s. with tears in His eyes and
sorrow in His heart He has been seeking,
every one of ns. The very moment we
turn toward Him that moment He will
claim us as His own.
The division of the New Testament into
chapters is sometimes embarrassing. Not
infrequently the division is in the midst ot
a story. Sometimes between an introduc
tion in the story as is the case here. Turn
back to the close of the eighteenth chapter
of Luko and you read the story of Barti
maetis. Mr. Moody used to describe one
oe. his friends stopping to say, "I have good
news for you. I have seen the Galilean
prophet, and I saw Him cause a man blind
as yourself to see. and He is coming this
way speedily." We can only imagine how
Uartimaeift listened for the approach of
the .Saviour, but finally when He did come
near enough ho began to shout, "Jesus
Thou son of David, have merry upon me,",
and t' e Master gave hun his sight instant
ly. Following this healing of the blind
man a certain rich man in the city hearing
of tho approach of this notable character
determined to see Him, but as he passed
out of his ofKce and mingles with the
crowd he realizes that the task is hope
less. He is a man small of stature and the
otlvers tower head and shoulders above
him, but suddenly n bright thought strikes
him. He will go out along the highway
and climb some elevation nnd then behold
Him as He comes near. So ho climbs the
celebrated sycamore tree and waits for the
approaching multitude. At last his eve
lights upon the Saviour. A strange fascin
ation must have held him until suddenly
Jesus standing underneath the tree looks
up and says, "Zaccheus, make haste ana
come down, for to-day I must abide at thy
house," nnd he made haste and came
down, confessed that he was a sinner, and
immediately the Saviour said, "The Son
of Man is come to seek nnd to save that
which was lost."
1.
Ho is the Son of Man. Whatever other
interpretation may bo given to this ex
pression in Scripture this nt least is true,
He is presented to us in such a way that
no one need shrink buck from Him. I can
well understand how men could be afraid
of God. Ho holds the winds in His lists,
and in the hollow of His hand the seas
wash to and fro. but we neeil not be afraid
of the Son of Man. Homer tells us that
when Hector was parting from his wife
with all his armor on he walked by heii
sido through tho streets of the city until
he reached the gates. Following them
m the nu"e witn tue soldier's little
child in her arms, and as he turned to
leave them putting out his arms, having
his wif! ha vi-oulrt take bis little
child to his heart and sav good-bye. The
little follow looked just uu instant then
burst into tears, threw his arms about his
nurse a neck and refused to be comforted.
Hector had u father's instinct. Lifting
ui hand lie removed the helmet from
which the plume was flying, and when tho
child could see tho face of his father he
suihc.l through his tears, sprang into his
arms, and Hector kissed him and was
gone, ho Jesus comes not simply as the
!o ot t,od, but aa the Son of Man, or, as
it were, with the-helmct and the plume
aid aside. He was the Babe of Bethle
hem, the man of Nazareth, the carpenter
luuurius at the bench. He was tempted
in all points like a.s e are that no ona
might shrink back from Him. Then let it
not be forgotten that Ho came to seek. It
would be a great thing that Ho simply
came from the lust to hick them, but thai
is not Scriptural, and it would be good
news if. we could say that He came simply
to look for the lost, but that is not accord- I
ing to the word of God. He is the seeking
Saviour by day and by night. With team
in His eyes and blood upou His hrow Its'
see,;s the lost, and an they make their way
tinal.y out. toward Bethany where He is
to ascend from them all He" tells them that
they must begin their message of the risen
l lirist and His forgiveness at Jerusalem,
-inis must have been Martling news to His!
disciples, for His enemies lived at Jerusa
lem, but the message of the Saviour wan
that torgiveuess should be proclaimed to
them nrst. This has always been Hie
spirit. Then He came to save the lost,
luere ia something about that word that
touches every one. A lost woman, a lost
nian, a )0,t clljld There j M heart fcQ
. Dot l? bo ''"ed under such cir
cumsunces. If we could but understand
1,1,., or mean" there would not be
Z ru y to be, ,found among all my read
woubl I bnei,Ci0ull "ay U " Uod elt they!
Job. Wifk ''i'0- the word wit&
sobs. Without Christ we are lost. With-
word whole'neby 'ill'.1 nieilu thB oU Saxon
whatelr l."!' th?4 man nt complete
Int. 1 PhrU I i? " "turl qualification.
ipoutfos(tir&.ar.
IhiX , W" hBA J Scripture in
aiveu , .7- !" ,thi? 'pl'fst indication
conntlon( wlich wonM w iu proper
n an mv ever enter into heaven in ane
other way than through Christ 7
V!nu or took ber iM child Into an
J, . I "ad looked at the eye. of the
I" fiV 1 ' cl,'!d "aclc to his noth
nod shook hi. head, md in answer to hll
biffin G".d' "Tl'e T be i0l
l md in three months." She drew her 1 i
u " "thUP h heart and theu ell
upon the floor with a shriek "Mv n,,,l
W babxbiiad.' and th,. ZVbn
fill calamity, hut then tlie Psviour has
said, "It is better to be msimed and hl
and bind rather than to be lost." and
every me is lost without Christ: for all
such the Son of Man has come seeking.
II.
Zncchcus. When our Saviour stood be
neath the free He looked un full in the
far of Zaclipus and said, "Come down,"
nnd be came down from the sycamore tree
and from his curiosity, down from Ins
pride and his doubt, down to the feet. of
,'ens, and hp found snlvntmn. The best
thing thnt Zaccheus ever did wss to come
down, nnd so will it be for everv one of
you. What ran I do to be saved? Some
one is men now asking, and there is no
more important question. According to
the Scripture yon can merely live because
of your good works, nnd while in the one
place it is said. "Work out your own sal
vation with fear nnd trembling," two
things must be remembered. First, this is
God's message to Christians, nnd second,
we can only work out what has already
been worked in.
"Working will not save me.
Purest deeds that I can do,
Honest thoughts nnd feelings, too,
Cannot form my soul anew.
Working will not save me."
We must first of all come down if wo
would be saved. It is only by childlike
trust in Him and absolute confidence in
His word that wo pis from death to life.
With some there must be a coming down
from pride. We must reach tho place
where we will not feur what the world will
say.
A young man in a lormer congregation
promised me that he would give up gamb
ling and accept Christ. He assured
un- that his dithcitlty was his
evil companions, and he would never
be able to live a Christian life until
he could leave til cm. He was afraid ot
what they would say, but nt last gave me
Ins promise that he would confess Christ
the next morning. With one of his friends
whose influence over him was always bnd
he walked to his place of business the next
morning, trying all the way to make his
confession, until at last the store was
filtered and the words were not spoken.
Finally by great effort lie made Ins way
into the More, called bis friend back and
s:iid, "I have made up my mind to be a
Christian, and unless you will go with me
I shall have to part company with you."
Tears came into his friend's eyes and he
said, "It is the best thing you ever did; is
there nny hope for me." There is no one
really worth having as your friend but
what would say the same thing. If any
one whose eye lighu upon this page should
accept Christ and confess Him the same is
a coming down from morality, for whnt the
world calls morality does not say we are
not saved because we are good, but be
cause Christ is and uhvays lias been and
our fuith is in Him. and every so-called
moral man out of the church is against the
preaching of the minister and may be a
dangerous friend for the man who is
we.ikev than himself, for we are our broth
er's keeper whether we will or not. With
the most of us it is a coming down from
sin, and wo must give that up. for if we
regard iniquity in our hearts God will not
hear us, neither can He save us, but the
very liniment we nre ready and willing to
forsake all known sin lie gives us the
strength to do it. Just as the man with
the withered hand had no power to stretch
forth his baud, that is in himself, but the
moment be had the will to do it Christ
gave him the power and immediately ho
was healed.
111.
The result. When Jesus went to the
home of Zaccheus as He entered He said.
"This day is salvation come to this house."
Tho greatest heritage a Christian child
ever had left to him is a Christian home.
There must Jiave been a great change in
Zaccheus before he met tho Saviour. I
doubt not he was selfish. I know he was
sinful. After his meeting with Christ his
wholo family came to know God. There
could bo no better position for any father
to take than that taken by Zaccheus. "I
will wiit until my boys grow up," said a
gentleman to me recently, "and then wo
will nil become Chrisriuna together." I
told Ivm what doubtless he already knew
that Noah took his boys into the ark by
going in first himself. The saddest thing
in tho world is to see a family divided, and
divided by tho most sacred things in the
world. In George Mat-Donald's great book
on Hobert Faiilkener there is a story said
to be founded upon fact of the father of
Kobcrt Faulkcncr, whose lifo was irrelig
ious. His wife had done everything she
could to lead him to the knowledge of the
Saviour. Finally just before she died she
had a dream. She left the dream for ber
husband, which resulted in his conversion.
She .aid, "I dreamed that I had died and
entered into the other world, and I
searched everywhere for you, Andrew, but
I could not rind you. At last I came to an
abyss that was, oh, so very deep, but not
so very wide, and it was tinted with blue
like the blue of the sky, when suddenly
on the other side I .aw you. I gave a cry
that all the universe must have beard,
when suddenly turning about I saw ono
coining toward me. He had a wonderful
face. He had on a garment which -came
down to His feet, and as Ho came nearer
I saw in His hands and feet the print of
the nails. Then I kirew who He was, and
I fell at His feet and cried out, "Oh. Lord,
my husband, my husband!' aud He took
me by the hand and led me out over the
abyss and put our hands together, and
then He led us back again and wo were to
gether." In the story which she left for
her husband she cautioned him to meet
her, and to give her no such disappoint
ment, and it is said that he came, but if
we are not united in this world we shall
not be in the next. Between the saved
and the lost thero is a great gulf fixed, and
no man can pass over it. To-day, however,
is the day of salvation, .and wo may know
Christ if we will.
"Papa, Why Don't 'Oo l'ray?"
There is a beautiful little incident re
lated concerning the conversion of General
Clinton B. Fisk of blessed memory.
The night on which the littlo incident oc
curred the General and his wife, as was
their custom, prepared their little son and
daughter for going to bed, and as the little
girl knelt down to aay her usual evening
prayer at the General's knee, she asked
God to bless her papa aud mamma and
brother, and then looking up sweetly in
her papa's face she said, "i'upa, why don't
'oo pray?"
These words spoken by his little daugh
ter, who to him was dearer than life itself,
so affected the General as to change the
w'iole course of his remaining lite, and
thus be was led to the Saviour.
I'rajrer tbe Christian' Jtreath.
Having a steadfast purpose to win the
prize of the high calling, much may L-e at
tained. Pure air ia a first essential to
growth. Without breath there can be no
life. Prayer is the Christian', breath.
Without prayer it .s impossible to live
spiritually, much less grow Praver. then,
is a first mean, of growth that the Father
has given us.
Pensions for Old Folk..
In the current Ibsuo of the Lend
Hand Record Edward Everett Hals
has au article advocating old ago
pensions. He believes that such peu
alone should be limited In any state
to three conditions: First, to peraoua
who have never permanently aban
doned their native atate; Becond, to
those who have paid taxes since
reaching manhood; third, to persons
80 or 85 years old. Dr. Hale thinks
100 a year would keep old folks from
the poorhouse.'
French Soldier and Writer.
Hllalre Bel loo, whose peculiarly
vivid method of presenting history
has-made his "Robespierre" ao talked
about this spring, was once a French
artilleryman. He belonged to the
Eighth regiment, and his post of duty
was the driver's seat of a guu car
riage, where he Is Bald to have han
dled the reins with conspicuous abil
ity. What this meaua In point ot
nerve and skill will ba apparent to
everyone who baa seen rapid artillery
maneuvers.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments
August 31.
For
Subjects: The Braien Serpent, Num. xxl
(loldcn Text, John 111., 14, IS Memory
Verses, t.8 Commentary on the
Day's Lesson.
Introduction. During the years spent in
the wilderness it became necessary for Je
hovah to repeatedly chastise His people
because of their idolatries, their rebellions
and their murmurings. The remarkable
means provided tor the healing of the
Israelites when the tiery serpents were de
stroying them is referred to by Jesus Him
self (John 3: 14, 151 to show the manner
in which Ho should give H.s lifo to the
world. From this we understand that
Christ ia tho great Antitype lifted up on
the cross, and that whosoever looketh to
Him for salvation shall live.
1. "King Arad." Arad was tiie name ol
a country, not a king. "Took prisoners."
"A slight repulse is often beneficial in its
effects. This taught Israel to look to Je
hovah for help, us wo find in the next
Verse."
2. "Utterly destroy." Before this time
there had been no command to destroy the
C'anaauites with the sword. But in the
promise to Abraham (Gen. lii: 16) we have
an intimation of the judgments that would
fall upon the Amorites when their iniquity
should bo full. That time had now ar
rived; their wickedness wns so great that
they were to be utterly destroyed. "Thero
in a certain pitch of iniquity to which na
tions mny arrive before they are destroyed,
nnd beyond which God will not permit
them to pass."
3. "Destroyed them." But this could
not have been till later. Dr. Clarke thinks
this verse was inserted later by a copyist.
4. "Mount Hor." Mount Hor was on
the border of Kdoin, nnd was the mount
ain on which Aaron died. It is the highest
peak in the Hand-tone ridge of Mount Seir.
which extends along the eastern side of
the Arabah. from near the Dead Sea to
the Gulf, of Akabak. "Way ot the Bed
Sen." The Israelite, were now ready to
enter the land of promise. But from
Mount Hor the march into southern Ca
naan was impracticable on account of the
mountains. The Kdomitcs would not per
mit them to cross their mountains, so
they were obliged to take n long tour to
the south nnd march around Mount Seir
to Klath, the northern point of the east
ern gulf of the Bed Sea, and from thero
journey through l'Mom to the Jordan.
'Much discouraged." "They had expected
to enter Canaan nt once and their disap
pointment vexed them."
C. "Spake against God." This was tho
new Isrnel raised un in the wilderness.
Their disobedient lathers have perished
during the last thirty-eight years. But
the new Israel is strikingly like the old,
faltering, murmuring, blaming their lead
ers and distrusting God.
6. "Sent fiery serpents." It is not prob
able that the serpents wore crented for
this purpose, but because of the obstinacy
of tho people the Lord permitted the reo
tilca to gather in the camp nnd afflict the
Israelites. "That part of the -desert is
Sreatly infested with venomous reptiles of
itlerent kinds, particularly lizards, which
raise themselves in the air and swing them
selves from branches, aud scorpions which,
being in the habit of lying among long
grass are very dangerous to tho barelegged,
sandalled people of the East. "These ser
pents are called 'fiery,' either from their
color, their rage or the effects of their bit
mgs inflaming the body, putting it imme
diately into a high fever, scorching it with
unsatisfied thirst. They had unjustly com
plained for want of water, to chastise
them for which God sends on them this
thirst which no water would quench. They
had concluded they must die in the wilder
ness, and God took them nt their word,
o that many did die." God had wonder
fully preserved His people from these ser
pents until they murmured. This was a
just punishment for their unthankfulness.
7. "Came to Moses." The severe judg
ment from God bad made them aware of
their sins; their consciences were aroused.
"We have sinned." Thev arc ready to
make confession. It wns (1) thorough, (2)
personal, (3) clearly stated. Their Ptns
were defined; their convictions were clear.
"And against Thee." "It is easier to con
fess our .ins against God than it U to
make acknowledgment of wrong to man."
"Moses prayed." His prayer was on
swered, but not ns he expected. God has
His own way of doing things. The people
must be taught a lesson in faith. "For the
people." There is scarcely any record of
Mpaes praying for himself; his "prayers are
generally for others. He waa the mediator
of tho old covenant as Jesus is of tho new.
Gal. 3: 19.
8. "A fiery serpent." Moses no doubt
expected tho serpents to disappear as the
plagues had iu Egypt, but instead of this
he is directed to provide an antidote for
those who were bitten, and thus the Lord
uses Moses as an instrument in tho relief
pi the people. "When he looketh shall
live. ' The bitten Israelite had simply to
look at God's remedy not to Himself, or
hi. wounds, or those around him, but he
Tiiust fix his gaze on the brazen serpent.
If he refused or neglected to dp that there
wos nothing for him but death; he wu
shut up to the brazen serpent, which was
God a exclusive remedy. So the sinner is
called to look to Christ. God was testing
their faith, submission and obedience.
Then, too, each individual was obliged to
act for himself. It required a personal look.
9. "Moses made a serpent." He
showed his perfect confidence in Cod's
plan. "And it came to pass." The plan
of God never fails. He had made it possi
ble for every atllicted person to be healed.
No distance from the serpent could cause
failure. A look of faith toward the ex
tended Berpent brought relief. Their de
sire for life was determined bv their own
actions. This forms a very perfect typo
of our salvation by Jesus Chriat. 1. That
which cured was in the likeness of that
which wounded, so Christ "was made iu
the likeness of sinful rlcsh and for tin con
demned .in the flesh." Christ took ujiun
Him the form of sinful men, yet without
sin. 2. Like the serpent lie w"as lifted up
from the earth, a spectacle to the world.
3. In order to be saved the Israelites
must (1) feci their need, (2) repent their
sins, (3) have faith in the remedy provided,
(4) personally look at tho brazen serpent.
The .inner must take the same steps in
coming to Christ. "A literal rendering of
this verse justifies the conclusion that the
serpents were not taken away, but that
they continued to annoy the people and
to kill those who despised the remedy.
How long the brazen serpent continued to
be lifted up in the camp we know not, but
probably during the remainder of the
march to Canaan, and that it had a con
spicuous position near the tabernacle after
it wa. tet up in the land of promise. Wo
find it existing 825 year, afterward (3
Kings 18: 4) ns an object of idolatrous
worship when Hezekiah broke it to piece
ud called it a piece of brass."
Dreyfus Still Unpopular.
Ex-Captnln Dreyfus is still having
grout trouble to got a flat In ParU.
Recently he succeeded in obtalnlua
the lease ot a place In the Boulevard
MaloBher'ues, but the outgoing tenant,
having discovered who was hla suc
cessor, refused to allow him to enter
or to give the necessary Instructions
to tho upholsterers and decorators.
The Paris courts have now orderel
the tenant to admit M. Dreyfus onca
a woek for two hour until the ex
piration of the lease.
Chinese Taught 8ecretly.
In China little attention Is paid, as
a rule, to the education of girls, and
moreover, very little Information Is
given hy natives to foreigners ' who
show much Interest In this subject
Chinese girls who have come under
the influence of missionaries are
taught to read and write, and they
also devote soma time to the study of
geography. Except for their dreas,
these little girls look much like Amer
ican girls.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
August 31 "Communion and Transformation"
Ex. xixlv. 29-35; Luke Ix. 24, 29.
SCRIPTURE VER9E3. Ps. xxxvl.
9; lxxxix. 15; John 1. 4, 0; vlll. 12; 1
John I. 5-7; Rom. vl. 4; 2 Cor. v. 17;
Eph. v. 810; 1 John 11. 9.
Lesson Thoughts.
Can we, to-day, an Moses did, r.peak
face to face with God? Yea, even more
directly we can commune with God
through his inaplred Word, by the
Holy Spirit given unto ua, and by all
the Bpt-clal meana of grace which we
now enjoy.
. If we live daily In the light of God's
countenance, either purposely or
even unconsciously we cannot help
reflecting that light upon those with
whom wo come In contact.
Selections.
Two things are urgently required of
us modern, Christiana, to see Jesus
truly, and to Bliow film just as we
see hltn.
The fragrance of Jesus presence and
trie reflected radiance of his face la
our facc3 will stimulate others to de
sire the companionship that we claim
has wrought the effect In us; but, af
ter all, roon can never know what tho
ccmpnnlonshlp of Jesus meana by
reading hooks about It, or hearing
others tell of It. They must go where
the dew-drops sparkle, the blossoms
watt fragrance, tho lark sing, and the
face of the living Lord Is kindled with
honest Joy In smiling upon those that
seek him in his own haunts and la
his own way.
A man Is known by the company he
keeps. The company one keeps, too,
may bo known by the man. What
wo call chnnce association with a
traveller on a Journey has bpen enough
to change the current of a Fife. Men
took knowledge of the apostles that
they had been with Jesus. Two walk
ing together try to keep step, and who
ever has beeen ' trying to keep atop
with tho Master will he known by his
Salt.
Suggested Hymns.
Holy Ghost, with light divine.
Take time to be holy.
As lives the flower within the Eeod.
Blessed Savior, ever nearer.
Nearer my God, to thee.
O I love to talk with Jesus.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
August 31 Communion sad Trsnstormatlon
Cxod. 34. 29-35; Luke 9. 28, 29.
There are those who toll us that
when they engage in secret prayer God
Is as real to them In His manifested
presence as would be the presence
of a human friend In the room. Does
not Christ say, "He that lovoth Me
shall be loved of My Father, and I
will love him, and will manifest Myself
to him." Others know He Is present
largely hy faith. He says, "I am
with you," and they believe It, feeling
certain that they talk with Him find
He listens. Such communion results
in closer union, In a stronger, more
Joyous life. As perfume Is the sweet
breath ot flowers, so prayer -la the
soul's richest fragrance, and rises like
pleasing Incense to God. How neces
sary Is Buch communion to each of
us! What influence would go out
from cur lives if we felt that we could
not afford to spend a day with men
In the world's whirling rush without
first spending an hour alone with
God! It was while engaged In prayer
that Christ was transfigured. No
Christian can habitually pray without
having his life changed thereby. This
change may not be perceptible in a
day, but the years will tell the story
of gradual transfiguration.
The face Is an Index of the soul.
Benevolent people often carry In their
placid countenances the outline of a
soul enriched by cherishing generous
Impulses and beautified by deeds of
love. Nature may not have given
you those regular features which are
called handsome. But you may asso
ciate with God ao constantly that His
own beauty will be reflected from
your face. Faces that gleam are in
the same class with Moses and Christ.
They have ready access to God's heart,
having formed the habit of being
punctual In their engagements to meet
Him. They have learned how to carry
the glory of the mount down into the
valley of toll and ministry.
Our prayer Is, Lead ua, dear heav
enly Father, Into a keener relish for
spiritual communion. May we not
only go now and then to the summits,
that we may be alone with Thee, but
may we so live as to carry with us
habitually the mount of prayer, the
mount of communion, the mount of
transformation, the mount of transflg
uratlon. May we not attempt the
tolly of trying to bear life's heavy load
without Thy aid. The Journey Is
often wearisome, the way is steep and
rough. Often It Is uncertain iu Its
windings, and we scarcely know
which way to take. Save us from tho
w recklessness of going on alone, to
stumble and fall and wander when
we might have Thy guidance and
comradeship. Our God, when doubt
and discouragement, temptation and
trial, loss and sorrow bow us to the
earth, wilt Thou lift us up? Leave
us not to oursolves. Well mlghteat
Thou cast us off on account of our
unfaithfulness, but It li Thy nature
to have mercy. Restored to Thy lov
ing favor, may we delight In Thee
and gradually coma to the realization
ot the supremo joy of knowing that
Thou dost delight in us. We desire
all this not tor ourselves alone, but
that we may thus bo of most service
to mankind and bring greatest glory
to Thy name. Amou,
Bradatreet's Numbers.
At a play recently given at one of
the local theaters two of the play
people appeared on the stage with
two dogs, tbe merits of which they
earnestly discussed.
"My dog," said one, Indicating
smart looking bull pup, "Is an Al
dog."
"In that case," observed the other,
pointing to his dog, a yellow-haired
mongrel commonly known as a "purp"
"In that case my dog must be
'K9.' "
Tbe joke was not apparent to a
staid looking business man, who,
'with bia wife sat behind tbe people
whoHull the story, and neither did hla
wife sue the point.
"Vat Ua?" she asked, as everyone
laughed.
" 'Al,' " responded her husband,
"dot's Bradstreet for anybody vorth
over 1100,000. 'K9,' dot's for anybody
vorth less than tliO.OOO." '
"Ach," said hla wife, "vat a lie."
"3urV said ber husband, "I vould
not give 10 for the best dog living."-
Milwaukee Freo Press.
THE GREAT" DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
riie TVlilsky ".Ilce" on the Barroom
Mlrror-lt Was Not Joke. Bat
Rot-Inn Truth Buslnena an Horn Do
Not Travel Par ToRether.
During the Pnn-Americnn Fair in Buf
falo a certain barroom much frequented
va managed by n man who conidered
iimelf hunioroun. The following sign wae
jxhibited on the mirror behind the bar:
It Whisky Interferon With Your Business
Oivo Up Your Business.
Minv men who saw this sign approved
to think it verv funny, indeed, anil the
vner of the drinking place was contain
lilted on his pretty wit.
Hut unfortunately in that sien there 15
more of grim truth than of gay humor.
The man who takes to whisky soon finds
that it docs interfere with bis buiincs,
and he finds also that when he lets whisky
ntcrfcre with his business lie mitrht as well
"(Jive up his Vmsinrss." If ho doesn't
bis business will give him up.
Ttusincss and whisky do not travel far to
gether. The other dav a young man, ap
pnrent'v with fine business prospects, w.u
found dead. lie had committed suicide.
Various explanations were offered for his
despair and self-destruction. He left a let
ter in which he expressed selt-approval nnd
the holicf that he had been treaied-unfairlv
bv the world. But the real story was left
behind him. easy to read. Beside him there
was a pint bottle partly filled with whisky,
nnd there were other bottles of the same
kind in his room empty, although he had
had the room but a short time. Those bot
tles. told that whisky had interfered with
his life, nnd, taking the advice of the bar
room mirror, he had given up his life.
Two davs since an unfortunate woman
was found dead in her lonely cabin. She
had been kind to animals, to men nnd
women more unfortunate even than herscli.
lint her life wns hideously lonely and pad.
She had hud friends, wealth nnd n good
chance in life. Kind neighbors explained
matters gently when she was found dead.
They tiicd to cxnlain whv her friends
never saw her. although they sent her
money. They tried to explain the miser
able, lonclv ending, telling stories of early
romance, etc.
But the story was to'd more simnly than
that. I'nder't'ne dead body there wa
found a whisky bottle almost empty, and
this fact was made public nt thp inquest.
The unhapny woman had lacked food, and
the animals that rhe sought to befriend
were starving with her. But she had man
aged somehow to get that whiskv. of which
she left n little only hr.-an-c she was too
weak nt Inst to lift the flask to her lips.
She had sold her clothing to buy the
whisky.
It was the same story. whil;v had in
terfered with her life and her friends, and
she hnd given up life and friends, com
pelled to do so by whiskv.
No names are printed here? no names
are needed. You read such nieces of news,
quickly told in commonplace language,
every day. If vou read attentively the
gruesome tale of life's tragedies and fail
ures, the suicides nnd murders, you will
usually find the partly empty whisky bot
tle sticking out somewhere in the narra
tive. In almost every case you find that
the unfortunate one has taken the witty
saloon, owner's advice, "If Whisky Inter
feres with Your Business Give Up Your
Business."
We do not wish to preach or moralize
unduly.
Men and women ha'-e drunk through all
ages. They drink less now than ever, for
tunately. Some of them will doubtless
continue to Hrink, so long as hard work,
keen competition, unwise living, disap
pointed hones and constant temptation to
escape life's realities shall continue to
mMre whisky apparently a friend.
The voung man who killed himself near
the half etnptv bottle, the sad, abandoned
woman who died of hunger in her loneli
ness and with whUky near her, had prob
nblv strong excuses for their weakness and
failure.
But let their sad ending he none the less
a lesson to you. young men.
Bear in mind that motto on the bar
room mirror, nnd say to yourself: I shall
have no whisky joke in my career. I'll
give tin whiskv, nnd never give it a chance
to make mo give up niv business.
Itemeinber thnt safetv, ns well as self
respect and the duty of setting n gooil e::
nmple, demands that you let the stuff
alone.
Make up your mind that if you fail in
your life work it will not he because you
exchanged all your prospects for a fuddled
fcelini in the head, an abnormal quicken
ing of the nulsc, some hours wasted in
bragging, and a headache well deserved.
Arthur Brishaue. in the Xew York Even
ing American and .lournal.
A Temperance Lecture From Texas.
We saw on the streets of Grapeland one
da- lasr week a thin; clothed in the hi
bilinipiits of man. His gait was swagger
ing, his eves bloated and his young face
furrowed by dissipation so drunk he could
scarrelv stand alone. With an oath that
would disgust the dc-il himself he de
clared: "t am an nnti from the top of my
head to the soles of mv feet, and have got
sei-en gallons of whisky right in town to
help tlici- cans?." For one minute we
stood nrd looked upon this picture and
thought if this or any of its immediate an
cesiors were created in the image of God,
if there was ever anvthim! in his make-up
fven a:ii-o:anatimr ilivi.-iitv, how wonder
ful hid bee-i the fall.
Hi ion- us nvood a man. yonni; in years,
but to;-.:y depiMved, whore soul was abso
lutelv dead to every high and noble senti
iiii nt: v-hnsn destiny for time and ftevnity
was scaled bv the demon rum. Then we
remembered that once he was an innocent
haiic, the ioy of ft fond mother and the
pride an I hope of a doting father: that
once his innocent heart beat responsive to
I lie hilicv mid nnlilcr pu-poses of life, that
the difference lici- ei n him and the noblest
specimen of i-a'il-iod in all the country
wis .simpl" tli.' effect of the strong drink.
Tlin the blood in our '-pins became chilled
an, I nMr hcirt grew sir';, and we cried:
"Mv Go l i it anv ro"d cood men and
women all over this rountn- are arrayed
ageiust this monster curie r" Grapeland
' V;:ns) Mes-enj;t. r.
IvIi;no linwn am) flat.
Poor "KM" J.avigie. Down and out,
sl.ii;,:. staring t-iv..iy, a:rapji-.-d to a bed in a
ineo hospital
They let him out vccent'.v. Ho walked
il l to a t rep, crossed over' his l ight and
jammed his knuckles up to his elbow.
1 hat s a tir.e tinish for the greatest little
lifter that ever pulled on a glove, isn't it?
temperance lccuires r.re passe, but pin
il ..in your lat t!,,lt ,vl(,t ))lt tlle "K,lt;illinv
K.il where lie it lo dav was:
liODZK!
"Kizht Cr.us," in New York Jo:..: al.
A Rttuslug Counii5:it,
The Be. Win. Ucm. who his returned
from a visit to rVypt, says he is eorrv to
coniesH that wan only wiiere the English
(tnriitiun) populations were that drunk,
eniiesj w.m to he teen. Outside of Cairo,
where the liiijliah population was, he law
no dnmk'.'iinc and no one under tho in
tlucuce of drir.!:.
A Plalu Iiualness rronosktlon.
A largo lumber company recently re
fused to build its factories in a California
town unless they were given a sufficient
guarantee that no liquor would be told ia
the towu or within six miles of i;
State Option.
The Superior and Appellate courts of In
diana have decided that voters may dele
gate authority to sign remonstrances
tguinet applications for liquor licences a
luct that will practically amount to local
option throughout the State.
Wholesale Halvaite.
The Salvation Army of London has in
augurated a movement for reclaiming SuDO
habitual druukardii during the ensuing
year.
Put to Uooil Use.
Ahnham Lincoln's old Lome in Ken
tucky it to be used at a reeou for tho cum
at the intemperate.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS,
HERE Is a sectarian
human spirit but no
sectarian Holy Spir
it, Love must be loy
al. Anxiety may be
hut theism.
Shadows do not
stop the sun.
Sincere consecra
tion never produces
aelf-eomplacency.
Life cannot be all
sunshine If It would be of any service.
God lifts up the heavy-hearted by
means ot human hands.
It is no proof of courage to dig up a
dead heresy so as to kill it again.
Active service saves many a man
from foolish fears and speculations.
When Christ comes, tho first Jericho
to fall may be an ecclesiastical one.
The noblest worker is he who does
the lowest work In the loftiest spirit.
IfChrt8t alone did so much what
might He not do multiplied in the mil
lions ot Christians?
The Holy Spirit has not delegated
His work of sending forth laborers to
any Seminary or University.
No one can wound the Father like
the child.
The living creed grows out of the liv
ing Christ.
Man cannot be renovated; he must
be regenerated.
You cannot judge the hotrce by one
sheet of its pluns.
Evil is real, but temporal; good Is
real, b-,-t eternal.
The greatest truths are powerless
without tho living teacher.
He cannot be destitute who has the
Divine.
No words are great unless they have
been deeds.
The best Church-trust 13 trust In the
Lord.
The brightest lives shine out of dark
est troubles.
The price of Bin is always greater
than Its profit.
The best denial of a lie is the doing
of the truth
MA? OF THE PRESIDENT.
How He Located a Soldier With It
for the Man's Friend.
School boys may well envy President
Roosevelt a map which makes thf
study of geography a Joy. Twenty feet
long and eight feet high, It covers ar
entire wall In a White House office,
and represents the entire worjd. Dif
ferent colors Bhow at a glance the pos
sessions of the twelve powers, with
a character of their principle cities
Submarine cables, railroads, steamship
lines, mail routes, are all distinctly
traceable.
The naval and military forces of all
nations are Indicated by miniature
flags. Those representing the United
States bear tho names of commanders,
and are readily shifted as the forces
move from place to place. The cavalry,
artillery and Infantry are represented
by flags of their rospectlvo colors, yel
low, red and white, giving the number
of the regiment and tho letter of the
troop, battery or company. Even the
smallest hospital corps Is marked by
a tiny red cross. Ships of every class
are shown by red, white and blue flags
bearing the name of each, and tho
number of hor guns.
Tbe week after President McKinley's
death a clerk was explaining the great
map to President Roosevelt and 8
guest. Thi visitor suggested:
"Can you find tho son of my old
cook? I know his name, because I
cash tho checks he sends his mother."
Tha president stepped forward.
"Lut me find him," he said, and be
gan under the clerk's guidance to con
sult the records and examine the lit
tle markers.
"There is Mb company," he soon
said, touching a white flag In a small
Island of the Philippines. "Tell his
old mother I am keeping an eye on
her soldier boy."
"Bress de Lor'!" was her exclama
tion on hearing the story. "My name
and Jack's been epoka in de White
House."
REMARKS ABOUT $30,000 CASH.
To See It Lying In a Window Losing
Interest Grieves One Practical Spirit.
The Italian baukers of Elizabeth
and Mulberry streets are filling their
show windows with greenbacks In an
effort to attract trade and convince
the public that one has more money
than the other. In the window of ono
banker, Paul's place la Elizabeth
street, $30,000 was on exhibition yes
terday. Bills of all denominations
were strewn carelessly around the
window, attracting crowds.
"Them ain't all real money," re
marked one woman; "them'a Imita
tion." "Yes," replied a man In the crowd,
"that's the genuine long green we all
struggle for."
"I never" fought dere was dat 'much
moDey lu de world," chimed In a rag
ged boy.
Two Italian laborers got Into an ar
gument as to the amouut of cash In
the window. One thought there must
have been at. li-ast $1,000,000.
ALout noon two men with long
whiskers stopped tholr vending wag
ons in front ot the place. They had
come over from the east side of town,
Vhat? Tirty thousand dollar in
dot vlndow all dor time!" exclaimed
ore.
"Dot la It," replied the other. "It
ain't too mucn for a bank, vhat?"
"No; but look at der Interest vhlcb
It Is losing every minute. Vhat
shamefulnesa! Interest! Lost Inter
est twelv hundred dollar a year."
Plugged Teeth With Brass.
Two young men, giving the natno
of Drs. George N. Wyman nnd A. J
McGluply, opened a dentist's office
here six weeks ago. They advertlseJ
to do work cheaper than tbe local
dentists, and did a lucrative business.
Yesterday they disappeared, leaving
numerous unpaid bills. They sent to
the Central Hotel for their trunks,
but the proprietor insisted on col
lecting before releasing the baggage.
All day yesterday and to-day people
whom they did work for have been
looking fur them, some with fire lit
their oyes. The Qlliuga in their teeth
were brass and were falling out.
Cluciunatl Cm-merclal-Trlbuue.
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READINC FOR THE QUIET HOW
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.'
Poem) My Faith Three Bible oH Cn
nerted With Oardrns Which rind M
Krho ! the Kxperlenn of J5ttj BomM
-The Joy of God'a Elect '
Of creeds and forms the schoolmen taflt
I am not skilled to understand;
I only l;uow I daily walk
Fast clinin(t to an L'nsern Hand.
And that a Presence, (inind and sweet,
Kach morn and eve 1 go to meet.
I know but this that "all the days"
A Form Divine is hovering nenr
And when, at parting of the ways,
1 sometimes shrink, that every fear
Is stilled I cannot tell thee how
Aud cnlm as a Implied child 1 bow.
I will not arstuc with the wise;
How can 1, knowina 'naunht they mean?
Hut nil around my pathway lies
A light beyond the morning's sheen!
Content am 1 unlearned to be,
While Christ, God'a Wisdom, dwells with'
inc.
Elizabeth Fcnner Baker.
The dardens.
Tt is a plc.isnnt thing to care for a (Tar
den to spend one's leisure in the eultiv.
tion of flowers. And if you have no leisure
and your general lot is cast where the gar
dens do not bloom, still in summer time
you sometimes sec their beauty; let them
remind you of three ltihle stories connect
ed with gardens, which find an echo in the
experience of every soul.
I see in a garden salvation required. The
Tolde pictures a man and woman tremb
ling, fearful. There is a sound that ia not
tho sound of the wind nor of the murmur
ing trees a movement that is not the stir
ring of the leaves; nay, oh trembling sin
ner, well tr.ayest thou hide thyself; this ia
the voice of the Lord. "The voice of tho
Lord sliaketli the cednr-trces" well may
it shake thee! It speaks the sentence of
exile, condemnation, death. Go forth; hu
man nature is utterly fallen; we have no
spark of goodness left whereby we may
claim to enter into the presence of the
Lord.
Ah. that curse of the race is on all of us.
All inherit sin; all are conscious of vile
ness within. Y'ou are kind, charitable, re
spectable, you do your duty; but it matters
not the taint is on thee, the trail of the
serpent is over it all: you need a Saviour!
And you remember the day when first yon
realized it, and cried to God .to reveal Ilia
Christ to your soul.
Again. 1 look at a garden, and I see sal
vation beins wrought out. It is night in a
garden now. Palo night has come, the
trees east long shadows, and the shrubs
take fantastic shapes, and the night has
many voices, but the birds and flowers are
asleep and heed not the marvels of dark
ness; and not only the flowers, but there
nre weary n.en there, sleeping for sorrow.
One only wakes, ngonizes. cries nut in an
guish of spirit. Who is this? Oh, prom
ised Seed, oh. Star of Jacob, oh, bringer
of Thy people home, it is Thou! Thou, ou
Saviour, arc agonizing for the sins of man.
"Great High Priest, we view Tlice stoop
ing, .Vith our names upon Thy breast,
In the garden, gioaning, drooping, '
To the ground with horror pressed.
He is sore amazed, for He sees the sins
of all ITis children, their blackness, their
ingratitude; He is to bear it all, to bear all
the punishment that they may go free.
"If it he possible, let this cup pass from
Me." Nay. O Master, it is not possible;
Thou must drain that cup to the very
dregs that I may be pardoned nnd purified.
Christian, bus not the scene in that gar
den been often made precious to your sold?
And have you not known eomctiiing of
the nnguish and amazement, as you have
seen and realized the sin within vou that
sin wliich amazed the Christ? Have you
not known the agony, too, as salvation was
bcine: wrought out in you. as you did not
yet know that your calling and election
wns sure, as you cried for pardon, nnd it
was not vet vouchsafed to you? He, the
Sinless, cmercd into agony when He was
accomplishing salvation for us; we, the
sinful, must enter into agony, in a meas
ure, when salvation was being accomplished
in us.
''His way was much rougher and darker
than mine:
Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I
repine?"
I look at another garden, and I see sal
vation accomplished. It is the death-day
of .lesus. In darkness and pain the Lord
of Life has expired upon the cross. In the
place wher He was cmcilied there is a gar
den, and in the garden a scpulcher; there,
with weeping and ireurning, pious hands
have laid the body of Jesus to rest. Pale
and bathed in blood, wrapped in lin
en, in tha darkness of the tomb in that
garden-place, lies the body of the eternal
Son of (iod. Ho. has atoned for His peo
ple's sins now; they are all put away; they
owed to God a debt of unimaginable mag
nitude, but it ia all paid now, paid to the
utmost farthing there is nothing for tbem
to pay. No one can lay anything now to
the chnrge of God's elect. It is finished;
the little Cock need r.ot fear theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Christian, have you realized that that
final joy, the joy of knowing that the
atoning work was accomplished for vou
that vou are accepted in the Beloved?
The Kev. 11. C. Fillingham, in "The Gospel
in tho Fields."
Not According; to Our Desertu
How grateful we should be that God doet
not deal with us, either as individuals or
as a nation, according to our deserts! How
sadly we should fare if God did so! God
loved us w hile w e were sinners, and sought
to save us. Our hope of salvation is that
God saves sinners, not that Me saves Chris
tians, (iod docs not love us because we are
sinners, but Gud loves us in spite of the
tact tin t we are sinners. That is our hne.
As a nation we have been prospered of
(oil, no, beciiuso we have dealt fairly
with other needy peoples, but in spite of
the tact that we have ill-treated other peo
ples or races. We have ill-treated the In
dians, we have ill-treated the negroes we
have ill-treated the Chinese. We have a
sad cecord in cur long course with other
races which we call interior races. Yet
God dots not deal with us according to
our deserts. Whi.t a God we have, and
whai reason for rejoicing we have that God
docs not give us accoiding to our deserts!
hunday-Scliool Tunes.
Those Less Fortunate.
If pur sincere desire be to advance the
kingdom of righteousness upon the earth,
ought we riot to give ourselves more iieely
to share the culture uud refinements that
have graced our lives with those less fortu
nate, and, above all; to exert all the influ
ence in our power to win the shallow aud
seltish to a higher plane of living?
In the World to Come.
When the soul shall have understanding
to discern all the Stviour's gifts, wisdom
wherewith to estimate them, and time in
whkh to meditate upon them, such as the
world to come will afford us, we shall then
commune with Jesus in a nearer manner
than at present. Episcopal Recorder.
The Happiest People.
Kven in ordinary lifo the unselfish peo- '
pie are the happiest those who work to
make others happy and who forget them
selves. I he dissatisfied people are tlnwe
who are seeking happmew for thomselves
Airs JJesaut.
Ancient Deb?.'
The supreme court of Vienna has
decided that the imperial government
must pay a debt of 6 florins and 10 Hi
kreutzera aud Interest,- owing to the
little town of Frastanz, Tyrol, since
the year 13'JG. At that time tha
Vienna court borrowed this amount
from the town, pledging Us tax office
there as security. The pledge burnetl
down and tho government refused ta
pay. In 1S01 (he town brought S'ilt,
which dragv'd along until a niial da
clslou has now beeu reached.