THE THREE DENIALS,
Sunday Discourse By Dr. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
An Asalysls of a Child-Hearted, Wayward,
Oeneroui Biblical Character Lord
Awalta to Forgive and Forget.
New YonK Citt. The following reada
ble and helpful sermon is by tho lecv. Dr.
J Wilbur Chapman, the beat known evan
gelist in the country and one of the most
noniilar pulpit orators of New York, it
It entitled "Now, l'eter," and was
preached from the test: "Now l'eter sat
aithodt in the palace." Mutt xxvi: 69.
This is the master stroke of the great
artist in painting the picture of this child
hearted, wayward, generous, loviig man
whom we know a l'eter. it is one of the
ihadows in the picture, but the shadows
help us to appreciate the more the light.
It is a single sentence, and yet in it wt
find the secret of a soul's downfall, the
cause of the heartache of the Son of Ood,
and a note of warning for Clod's people
everywhere.
Peter was in a dangerous position, first
of all. because he sat in the presence of
the enemy. In the first l'salm the warning
is give", that, we should not "walk in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the
way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the
scornful," and this last is the most hurtful
position of nil. Poor l'eter was sitting
down. He also is to be pitied because he
at "without." There is a circle within
which eery child of Ood must keep if he
would have both peace and power. If in
imagination vc tnko a compass in our
hand and sot one point at the place whera
we would have the centre and with the
other point describe the circle, we have the
picture of the Christian life. The centre of
the circle is Christ, and the circle itself is
described by prayer nnd Bible study and
fellowship willi the saints. To keep within
this circle is to keep in touch with Christ.
To sit without is to be in danger, and poor
l'eter luid stepped outside.
With all my heart I love to study l'eter.
The sermon which has been greatly blessed
to the people throughout the country is the
one which bears the title, "And l'eter."
This one is sent forth that it may be a
companion of it, und carry the name of
"Now l'eter."
The first service thnt I can find that
Peter ever rendered unto Christ is record
ed in Luke, fifth chapter, and the third
verse: "And He entered into one of the
ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him
that he would thrust out a little from the
land. And He sat down and taught the
people out of tho ship." I like him for his
service. I have an idea that just the way
he pushed the boat out as the Master was
standing in it made Jesus understand that
there was something in him that would yet
go far toward moving tho world. Is it iiot
true that much of the great work that wo
find about us to-day begins in just so hum
ble a fashion as did the work of l'eter?
I like to study him in his writings. Some
parts of the Bible ought always to be rend
in the sunlight. Tho beautiful story of
Kuth, and the letter to the I'hilippianx n'e
examples of this. Others arc for tho dark
ness. Peter's epistles would thus head tho
list. It is when we stand on the seashore
at night that we see the phosphorescence)
of the waves, it is when we stand in the
darkness anil read IVtcr's precious words,
that we catch the best vision of the Unlit
which comes down from heaven and vests
upon men.
I like to study him in his preaching, for
it is just the kind that everybody ought to
he able to do. You may say that it was
simply a string of texts, that mighty ser
mon of his at Pentecost, hut if you should
say this was all that he said we could re
ply, as we have said in another place, it is
all that Peter said that the Holy Spirit
thought worth recording.
I like him for his sincerity. You can
read him at a glance. He could not be n
hypocrite. When once he tried no one
wouM believe him; ho generally thought
aloud. While men sometimes admired
him, frequently laughed nt him. generally
censured him, they always loved him.
I like Irm for his promptness, lie was
the first to enter the tomb that he might
see where the Lord lay.
I liked him for his courage. He was not
afraid to stand in the very midst of the
enemies of Christ.
I like him for his intensily. It is true
he made mistakes, but the pendulum swun,t
as far toward uprightness as it did toward
failure.
I.
My text is to be road in connection with
his denial, nnd thus we begin tho more to
appreciate the storv. Christ had given
him warning when He said, "Simon, Satan
hath desired thee that he may sift thee as
wheat," and again when He said, "This
night you shall be ashamed of Me," pnd
befoM the cock crow thou shalt deny Ma
thrice." He wai ns l, too.
Ike oak that goes down in the midst of
the storm doeB so because through the
long years its heart has been eaten awav
by the worm. The soul of the child of God
is never overthrown suddenly, and if it
goes down it is because it has steadily lost
ground in matters that were too trilling
to cause alarm. If you should fail to-morrow
vou will doubtless find the cause if
you look back on the history of to-dav.
1 he ucglocted Bible of to-dav, the nogler't
cd prayar of to-day, the neglected fellow
ship of to-day, meuus the denial of to-morrow.
It is not to be forgotten that there were
three denials. When Jesiu was taken
into the uresenre of those who were to con
demn Him Peter followed mid wanted to
go in, too. It is said in John's (iospel that
another diaciiilp. who was known unto the
nigh priest, had gone in with Jesus, ami
this, of course, must have been John; t.hcv
nouht ess knew him at the door and he
Passed through without question. When
he saw that Peter was not in he went to
ine door and secured his admission. I
unVi"1' """fin how Peter must have
iheu up uri(i dWn the court, now sitting,
now- Bu ying, now trembling for his salt
ej . ior in those days as to day, "conscience
makes cowards of us all."
i he hrst denial was at the wicket cute
JO "ttle girl that admitted him t
court he said
I iui Mill.
hack ,V"k i 'j"? tnkpn warning anil gone
nf ci !n(i hllt remembered the words
or e.iirist, for , .,. ;a, f ,., .,.... ,
l nnu 11 ... -i I
i ne!' I1 ine "i,lc ""'lll,t I"'ace nl the
Jl her side desnair.
I1,L , ul,t ,llo,t lliat aome ine who reads
.',M1,V',,',S passed tlwjli the
,i, T i K e' ,llrniK sway from a life ol
'", and possib'.y ,,., denied his
i f th. f . llf,!IBt time. 'rom the heart
in me. 8 h'"sl a cry goc,i out to "K'h
X ye' ar,n yp- for '' wi" ve die?"
he ,le,ml 1,1 the B''e, when
with an oath'.''' cnL'miea. aml he said
Ala.1!11 y""' 1 l"10 "'" ""I "
wicl'ct TV lmve Kne through tin
" ,Vof denial, and dare to-dav airline
rl.'8 enemies, hardlv knowing how wi
af Cod ll" ! ''?,lt,i."- To all such the cr,
then, ., eome out trom ainonc.
lwavs hi br "oP-rate." The world ha.
and h "i',0 e"e!"y of te on of God,
with it T .ia"Vw" l,i,n'ielf be in tou.il
h" , 'tlToX? de"y U" M'"ite,
Malcmi , wh"'"1 k0 ll" relative ol
uppowd ea!; J10 M cut ort' in hii
tack unon't""8, "J ''is Master. For tl.ii
'a i amen. .1 h, feIlow nian he was doubt
Joiui had ,tried ""'1 condemned V
ory of M,.h.,rplaced c"- The mem
gmable in hi?r the terror im
"h rd de? I ttnd ton he knew it th
' peated hi Upon "d witl
i(t d cursings he said:
I tell you that I know Him not."
mis is the denial that comes because of
uneonfossed aiu. Alas for the nn
T allows any m to go without iinma
Z cnffion. It will spring upon him
o'na day hke a tiger from the jungle, and
IT ',' Vver' row him before he can hava
lime to call fr help. Sin is alwsv down
aiaae m its tendencies, and he who denies
V,"r",tI.at the wicket guto will ore long
deny Hun face to face.
T,'1' text Is also to be used in connection
Willi the suffering of Jesus. It lnav lint
, . f""a to uivt a brief account ol ilia
trial,
rirst of all, Ho appeared before Annas,
o high priest, mi account of which we
-aa m Jortn viih lu U 2'i "Xhu bi-b
priest then asued jesns of rtls clfcfplt's',
and of His doctrine. Jesus onswersil him,
I spake openly to the world ; 1 ever tnueht
in the synagogue and in the temple, whith
er the Jews always resort, and in secret
have I said nothing. Why iike-t thou Me?
Ask them which heard Me what I have
said unto them: behold, they know what I
said. And when Ho had thus spoken one
of the oHicers which stood by struck Jesua
with the palm of hia hand, saving, An
swereat Thou the high priest so?"
It was an awful thing for this man with
open hand to strike Him in the face. To
strike Him, before Whom the angels veiled
their' faces; to strike Him before Whom
the archangel sang: "Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty!"
Hut do you notice that when they struck
Him Ho never shuddered? They could not
hurt Him with any such blows as this, but
when we read, "Now Simon l'eter stood
without and warmed himself," this is a
blow which makes the Son of God shudder
and His heart grow sick.
The second part of the trial was His ap
pearance before Caiaphas. Hore, although
false witnesses appeared against Him He
was perfectly silent. "Hut Jesus held His
peace. And the high priest answered and
saiil unto Him, I adjure Thee by the living
God that Thou tell us whether Thou be
the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said
unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I
say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see tho
Son of Man sitting on the right hand of
power and coming in the clouds of hea
ven." "And thev did spit in His face," lint lie
never saw them. His eyes were blinded to
His insults, but Peter in the presence of
His enemies was a blow at His very heart.
They smote Him until, if He had been only
man He would have staggered in His weak
ness, but they might as well have struck a
rock like Gibraltar nnd expected it to fall
as to move Him with their blows, but
when l'eter stood in the presence of those
who were against Him, like one of thorn
himself, it was a terrific blow at the Son
of God.
The third, part of the trial was before
the Sanhedrim, lie ia led out from the
court where He lias seen both Annas nnd
Cuiaphas, and passes through nn outer
court to another room where the Sanhe
drim is to meet. As lie pnsses, possibly
near enough to reach out His hand and
touch His diaciple, suddenly Ho hears
Peter say:
"I tell you I know Him not."
He could forget the spitting of His ene
mies, the blowi of those who hated Him,
nnd the rods that had fallen upon Him in
the hands of the angry multitude, but He
could not forget Peter.
That which hurts Him the most in these
days is not the sin of the unregenerate
this He must expect, but the sins of His
own people for whom Ho suffered and
died, nnd rose nunin.
Thero is nn inlinitn amount of pathos in
the words, '"Ho turned and looked at Pe
ter." No word of repronch foil from His
lilts, hut simply nn expression of sorrow
was there to be seen. Does Ho not look
upon you to-day. and does He not arouse
memories in your life vows that you have
broken pledges that you have never kept?
"Jesus, let Thy pitying eye call back the
wandering sheep.
False to Thee like Peter, I would fain
like Peter weep."
nr.
T!ut elo not be discouraged. Man's use
fulness not infrequently springs from his
recovery from some sin. Out of Peter's
fall came his Hrst epistle. The best glimpse
that I have of the Saviour's heart is that
which comes when I think of His personal
dealings with individuals. When 1 think
of the God of Abraham I think of one who
strengthens His child under trial. The
God of Jacob is my encouragement to be
lieve that my old nature may be con
quered, nnd my name changed from Jacob
to Israel, the prince of God. The God of
Klijah teaches me that praver must be an
swered. The Saviour of Thomas oncour
ages mc while in doubt; the Saviour of
Paul sustains me in my suffering, but the
Saviour of Peter is the restorer of the pen
itent. Peter ansl Jesus met after the Resurrec
tion on the shore of the lake. It is most
significant that when he denied Christ it
was in the presence of the fire of coals in
the court of the enemy. When the Son
of God met him on the shore of this lake
there was a tire of coals lurning there. 1
doubt not but that all the story of his de
nial came rushing upon him. What was
said at thnt interview we shall not know
until we hear it from Peter's own lips, but
it is safe to say that all his sins were for
given, and even the murks of his denial
wore taken away.
If you have denied this same Lord in
your business, in your home, or in society,
He waita to forgive and to forget, and lie)
"is the same yesterday, to-day and for
ever." Better Than Smashing;.
An estimable young married lady of a
Kansas village waited until the small hours
for her husband, and he came not. She
could tot stand it longer, and, rising, she
dressed herself, armed herself with a re
volver, and proceeded to a saloon in the
village, where her suspicions that her bus
band was there were found to be well
founded. The wayward husband had spent
the evening and night until 3 a. m. with
four or five companions in convivial pleas
ures in the saloon, and when the indignant
wife murched into tho place behind a
gleaming revolver barrel there was a star
tled party of tipplers indeed.. Straight
way she commanded her husband to leave
the saloon nnd go home. Then she turned
to a man in the party who had demurred
to leaving the place:
"You have a good wife at home, too,"
she remarked quietly but firmly. "Yrou
had better go home, and go right now."
He went.
"Now," said she, turning to tho proprie
tor, "you blow out your lights and lock
up this place. Eleven o'clock is lute
enough, and if the village authorities can
not enforce the law, 1 will," she said, as
the whole party left the place. The sa
loonkeeper closed his door, and they
wiilked away in the night, the woman with
her hand still firmly grasping the handle
of the revolver. She had closed a joint
without smashing it, and the best senti
ment in her own towu applauds her act.
Journal Press.
t Kindness.
Did it ever occur to you that "kindness"
was one of the elements of humility? In
deed, it is only the humble person that ia
in a condition to show kindness to others,
for the opposite of kindness is unkindness,
and there cane no humility where there
is unkindness. The unkind person is the
nno who is always demanding that others
serve him und bend to his wishes, and this
is an accentuated form of arrogance, or
"self-assertion." Kindness of heart and
Iiri.le o? manner never go together. l'res
lytcrian. Journal.
Wireless telegraphy is to be used on Ital
ian trains as a means of preventing rail
way accidents. '
Run-a-Milo.
In run-a-miie the boys count out
and "It" bides bla eyea. Ha is then
touched by one boy, who Immediately
conceals himself with the others.
When "it" has counted 100 or so he
starts out to find the "toucher.
Each player, when discovered, steps
fronr his biding place, but offers no
information as to the whereabouts;
of the "toucher" unless. Indeed, be
be that same, In which case the ex
citing race to home occurs, and It
"It" gets there first he may set any
task he pleases for the "toucher" to
perform, even to the running of a
mile. But it la safe to assume that
this penalty is seldom exacted or
paid.
An Eight-Legged Horse.
In a consignment ot Western range
horses from Colorado received ut the
stockyards at Bloux City there was a
curiosity In the shape of sorrel
gelding with olgit legs. The horse
Is owned by John Iluey and John,
Wen of Wh'.to Pine, Col., and they
bad raised him. They refured ll.ODOj
for bm. The animal t 6 years aletl
and welebl COO pounds. '.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
nlernalionnl Lesson Comments for
September 21.
Subject: The Death of Moses, Deal, xxxlv., 1-2-
Golden Text, Ex. xxxlll., II Memory
Vers:, 5-7 Commentary on Lesson.
1. "Plains of Moat." The level plain
east of the Jordan, where Israel was en
camped. "Nebo Pisgah." Pisgah was a
range ol the mountain system east oi me
Dead Sea and Jordan; Nebo was one of
the summits of this range. "Of Gilead
unto Dan." This was the land on the east
of the Jordan that was to be possessed by
tho tribes of Ken ben and Gad ana tire nan
tribca of Manaaseh.
!. "All Naohtali. ' Moses also vieweo
the land on the west of the Jordan. Naph-
tali was to have a possession on the north
ern border of Canaan, the possessions of
Kphraim and Manassch were in the cen
tre, while Judah was to occupy the south
ern part of the land. In Christ's time the
three grand divisions on tne west oi l aics
tine were Gn ilee on the north. Samaria in
the centre, and Judca on the south. "Un
to the utmost sea. Iho Mediterranean
Sea.
3. "Tho south." Probablv roferrinir to
the region south of Canaan proper, toward
the desert. "Valley of Jericho. His view
was from the southern slopes of Lebanon
southward, until his eye rested upon tho
city immediately before him. ".oar.
Not definitely located, but probably near
the southern extremity of the Dead Sea.
4. " Unto Abraham, etc. ten. 1.': 7!
20: 3, 4; 28: 13-13. "To see it." There was
no miraculous nower ot vision imparted to
Moses. That he should see all that is de
scribed is what any man could do if he at
tained sufficient elevation. The ntmos
phere of that country is free from vapor,
and the sight is carried a long distance.
He could not enter the promised land on
earth, but God eavohim a vision of its
glories trom Pisgah s top, snowing mm Uiat
lie had accomplished his work, that his life
had been successful, in is Bccne has ever
been a type of the visions of heaven, the
earnests and foretastes, tho heavenly ex
periences of the Christian's promised land,
wtiicn uoa gives to xiis people, ine set
ting day is radiant with cloud glories un
seen even at noonday. God's word has
open windows through which shine
glimpses of heaven and ideals of the
blessed life. But these visions come after
faithful service and tho rincniaa of the
character in love and trust. "Shalt not go
over. bee Jum. 20: 8-13. In Mcribah
when the people needed water the Lord
told Moses to spcale to tnc rocK, mit in
stead of doing as direcccd lie smote it
twice. He also spoke unadvisedly with
his lips, calling the people "rcbe's," nnd he
failed to acknowledge God in the miracle.
The Lord immediately to'.d Moses nnd
Aaron that thty wou;d .not be permitted to
enter Caiman.
5. "Servant of the Lord. This is a title
of great dignity; Mosea had been eminent
ly useful. It was more his honor to be tho
sen-ant of the Lord than to be kinz of
Jcshurun. No one can be called the serv
ant of the Lord who doas not conquer the
world, who is not able to overcome nil
things. "Died." There is a mystery in
connection with the death and burial of
Moses; there aro some who think lie was
immediately translated. "According to the
word." Literally, at tho mouth of Jeho
vah. Some of the rabbins interpret it, By
a kiss of Jehovah, The Jerusalem Targum
expressly explains it, according to the sen
tence ot tne decree ot Jcnovan. lnc great
est men are but instruments in God's
hands, and He can lay them .aside when
ever Ho chooses. None are indispensable
with ilim. Ihis should, 1. Cause us to see
our own littleness. 2. Dispel our fears for
the future of the church.
6. He buried hun. That is, God bur
ied him. This is an honor no human being
ev'er received besides him. From Judo 1)
it appears that Michael, the archangel was
employed on this occasion, and that batan
aisputea tne matter witn mm. ivny urn
the Lord bury Moses? It hardly seems
probable that the object was to keep the
Israelites from making his tomb an object
of idolatroua worship. Tho tomb of the pa
triarchs waa known, and the bones of
Joseph were then in camp on their way to
burial, yet neither tombs nor bones were
worshiped. The following view of Kurt,
is worth considering: Jehovah did not in
tend to leave the body of Moses to corrup
tion, but at the very time of his burial
communicated tome virtue by His own
hand which saved the body trom corrup
tion, and prepnred for the patriarch a
transition into the same state of existence
into which Enoch and Llijah were ad
mitted without either death or burial. As
an example of justice Jehovah caused him
to die before tne people entered the land
cf rest and promise, but as an example of
trace He prepared him an entrance into an
other land of promise and rest. This view
is also hold by the Homiletic Commentary,
and by the Speaker's and Whcdon'a com
mentaries. 7. "An hundred and twenty." The life
Df Moses .was divided into three periods of
forty years each. 1. He was in Egypt
forty years, during which time he was
trained, first in his own home, and after,
ward in the household of Pharaoh. 2.
Ho was in Midian forty years, caring for
the aheep of bis father-in-law, in the very
wilderness where he was to lead forth the
children of Israel. 3. The first eighty
years of his life was only a preparation for
his life work, which was the deliverance of
Israel. For forty years he led the people
of God in their wanderings, as they jour
neyed toward Canaan. "Not dim." Moses
did not die of disease. He was young even
in old age.
8. "Thirty days." The usual time of
mourning for persons of position and emi
nence. See Num. 20: 29.
9. "Spirit of wisdom." He possessed
other gifts and graces also, but wisdom is
mentioned as being most necessary for the
government to which he was now called.
r'Laid his hands." . See Num. 27: 18-23.
The Lord had directed Mo.es to invest
Joshua with authority. In chapter 31: 7,
8. Mosea gives him a brief and impressive
charge. "Hurkened." They submitted
themselvet respectfully to Joshua, because
God had appointed him as their leader by
the hand of Moses.
10-12. "Not like onto Moses." Joshua
was filled with the spirit of practical wis
dom, but was not like Moses, gifted with
power to work signs and miracles, to found
a kingdom and create a nation. None, ex
cept Jcus, equalled Mosea in official dig
nity, holy character and intimate friend
ship with God. Moses knew God and free
ly and familiarly conversed with Hiri. In
whatever light we view this extraordinary
man the eulogy pronounced in these in
spired verses will appear just.
As to Users of Tobacco.
'Nine years ago we commenced to
keep a record on this subject," says
Dr. Flah, an eminent eastern educa
tor, "and we have found that the boy
who falls usually uses tobacco.
When asked to sign our pledge the
pupil usually answers that ho does not
ise very much, but we find that ho
suntinues to fail In his studies. On
it the questions submitted in our reo
)rd blank Is whether or not the pupil
'.hlnlia the use of tobacco Is necessary
to bis success. I must admit that
nany answer this question in the at
Irmatlve. In our chapel we frequent
ly ask all those who have not had to
tacco In their mouths for twelve
uontb to ariue and be counted. The
iverage varies from 8I to 70 per
nt"
Boy Was Enameled Green.
Thomas Scanlon, aged 12 years, fell
Into a vat of liquid green enamel at
manufactory at Beaver Falls, Pa.,
and when flabed out was found to be
enameled a bright groen from bead
to feet, the stuff soaking through the
boy's clothing.
The enamel hardened quickly when
exposed to air, and had to be chipped
and scraped from the boy's body. He
Is none the worse for the mishap.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
September 21. "The Fullness of Ood: How
Secured." F.pli. 111. 14-21.
SCRIPTURE VErSES. John xlv.
li,-17; Eph. II. 19-22; vi. 10; Col. 1.9-12;
John xv. 4-6; 2 Ccr. xil. 9; Gal. 11. 20;
Col. 1. 27-29.
Lesson Thoughts.
Love la the means by or through
which Ood will communicate ot bis
fulness to us. It Is the root through
which the tree draws Its sustenance;
It Is the foundation upon which must
be firmly grounded the temple for the
Spirit's indwelling.
The love of Ood our Savior Is in
deed an Illimitable ocean. We can
not hope fully to fathom it In this
world. But we may know more of It
than we do, and we can attain enough
to reward all our efforts to under
Bland It.
Selections.
Make me, pure One, as thou art.
Pure In soul and mind and heart;
Never satisfied with less
Than thy perfect holiness.
How anxious we are so to llvi that
we may not grieve away our friends
from our dwellings! Should an 11
lustrous guests become an Inmate Id
our abode, how anxious Bhould we
be to do all that we can to please
him, and to retain him with us!
Iiow much more anxious should we
be to secure the Indwelling of the
eternal. Spirit! How desirous that he
should 'make our hearts and the church
bis constant abode!
If thou, . then wouldst have tho
soul surcharged with the Are of Ood,
so that those who come nigh to thee
shall feel some mysterious Influence
proceeding out from thee, thou must
draw nigh to the source of that fire,
to the throne of God and of the Lamb,
and shut tay-Helf out from the world
that cold world, which so swiftly steals
our fire awav.
Divine grace, even In the heart of
weak and sinful man. Is Invincible.
Drown it In tho waters of adversity,
It rises more beautiful, as not being
drowned indeed, but only waatiea;
throw It Into the furnace of fiery
trials, it comes out purer, and loses
nothing but the dross.
Suggested Hymns.
Holy Ghost, with light divine.
Take time to be holy.
Search me, O Lord, and try this heart
of mine.
As lives the flower within the seed.
Blessed Savior, ever nearer.
Nearer, My Ood, to thee.
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETINQ TOPICS,
September 21. The Fullness of Ood, How Se
cured. Eph. 3. 14-21.
It Is Impossible for us to compre
hend the entire fullness of God. Of
sourse the finite cannot surround the
Infinite. But we may apprehend Ood
and know certainly something ot him
There are certain lines we may follow
to the extent of our limited abilities.
Creation stands before us as an un
mistakable evidence of his omnipo
tence. "He hath made us, and not we
ourselves. Having been created by
him and In his Image, and voluntarily
falling so beneath his design In our
creation, we wonder that he has not
?ut man off from the earth. That he
has borne with such a wayward and
rebellious race Is a demonstration of
his infinite, exhaustless patience.
Such long-suffering patience must
be the outgrowth of his great sym
pathy with us. We know a little about
human sympathy, but this measuring
line Is very short In comparison with
Infinitude. Only this is so small com
pared with God's sympathy. His mak
ing us In his own likeness, his won
dorful patience, and his fathomless
sympathy have all sprung from his
goodness. To benefit the universe, to
increase the sum total of Its real
wealth and Its true blessedness, must
have been his design in our creation.
Now he 1b doing all he can to bring
us into cooperation with himself In
achtovlng the consummation of bis
wise plans. How grand is the end
contemplated! Does it not give to
lite a surpassing grandeur? How long
must be the line that would measure
his goodness:
His omnipresence Is marvelous.
Think of him In the completeness of
his Personality being present every
where every Instant! Thought wearies
In trying to grasp so broad a truth.
Faith comos to our rescue, and we be
lieve much that intellect fails to ex
plain. His omniscience is another es
sential of his perfectness. Ho knows
all that can be known i'rem tho begin
ning to the end of time, and even
reads like an open book the wonders
of eternity. His word affirms that
from him "no Becrets are hid." When
our knowledge is so limited our brains
whirl In striving to imagine the bound
less extent of bin omniscience. Again
faith comes to assure us of the Incom
prehensible. Looking only at these
majostlc elements of divine periection,
wej stand in awe oi God, do wo not?
So very insignificant are wo in con
trast with him, It seems scarcely pos
sible that we can bo of any value to
the mighty Jehovah. But Jr.nt hero he
cornea to lift up our heads wulle hi
points to tho crosa of Calvary. For
"God so loved' us. Loved ua Yes!
How glorious! Every heart that really
knows this must oe overjoyed. How
It leaps and bound3 with delight!
Praises fill our whole being. Hallelujah
to our King. Beautiful as heaven it
self Is It to know the lovo of God!
Played Joke on Kitchener.
Years ago Kitchener was In com
mand of raw Arab troops at Korosko,
on the Nile. There with a few other
English officers he schooled in civil
ized warfare Sheik Arnold and bis
wild tribesmen throughout the long
summer months. And during tho
schooling some one put up a Joke
upon the Arab chieftain and taught
him and all his men to heave a barm-
less and unwitting Insult at their dis
tinguished leader. The whole band.
yelling wildly, used to dash down to
ward the Nile bank, on which was
Kitchener's tent, and halting sudden
ly jjsed to salute in these words:
"Kitchener damfool! Kitchener muf
fin man." It was a harmless Imbecil
ity, and Its object was as much
amused by It as any one, though, of
course, the salute bad to be altered.
We ought to be grateful flrHt of all
tni with the daepest gratitude that
God does not guide us according to our
own plans or send us thoae experiences
which we crave.
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Poem: fshut In With Ood-Ths If orrors of
a Ooilloss Life at on Ara Not Saved b
Their Wonls About Heaven But bj
Thfflr Ifls.
Shut in with God alone
I spend the quiet hour;
His mercy and His love I own,
And seek His saving power.
Shut In with God alone,
In meditation sweet
My spirit waits before the throne,
jQowed low at Jesus feet.
Shut in with God alone,
I praise His holy name,
Who gave the Saviour to atone
For all my ain and shame.
Shut in with God alone.
And yet I have no fear;
I rest beneath the cleansing blood,
. And perfect love is here.
London Commonwealth.
Walking In thn Mailt.
"Ood is light, and in Ilim is no darkness
at all." I John 1:0. A Godless life is
worse off than a sunless world: better to
miss the light of day than the light of all
life. Yet men will suppose that the only
way to live the light and happy life is to
get ns far nway from even the thought of
the God of all liaht, sunshine and bright
ness ns they possibly can. We wnit till tho
cloudy days are past before we go out on
our search for recreation and enjoyment,
but many feel they must wait till God, the
Sun of life, has set to their view before
they can hope to find happiness. There can
no more be happiness without God than
there can be flowers without the sun. Men
ought, to feel and do feel, when their hearts
nre right, the same joy at the thought of
Him as we feel when we step out on n
bright summer's morn for a whole day of
backing in its warmth.
Where darkness is He cannot be. tf you
are hiding yourself under the shadow of
some ureat sorrow you are but dwarfing
your life, chilling your heart and secreting
yourself from the only power able to make
the light shine in the darkness of despair.
What is the cause of dark days but the
hiding of part of the interests of the life
from the Lord? As soon as you shut the
light out you shut the darkness in, to shut
God out is to shut the devil in.
And how can we who walk in the liahl
live with faces eclipsed? These brief afflic
tions are but the vanors that rise from tho
soil: they ennnot shut out the sun over
head. In fact, God is not only a light
nbove. He is a light within; no matter
how heavily roll these mists and fogs they
cannot make it dark where He is shining in
the hsart. Men do not fear afflictions so
long as they are in fellowship with unfail
ing love. Before the clear shining of that
eternal goodness our fenrs flee liko thone
of children when the light is turned on in
the dark room and they see the mother's
face. His perfect lifrht casts out fear be
cause it is the light of a perfect love.
Alas, the hidden and dark places; they
make our cloudy days and they form the
black spots on our professions. They are
the recesses where sin is conceived and
cultured; they are silent yet eloquent ar
guments that make all our verbal testi
mony vain and void.
If we turned our calendars upside down
it would make no difference to the year; if
we called the nights day they would be
just ns dark. A iife is known by the way
it lends and not by its label. A false life ia
a lie in itself. Men aro not saved by their
words about heaven, but by their walk to
ward heaven. The world is convinced by
the logic of lives lived in the light, where
the finest language fails. Men may know
little of theology, but they are quick to
recognize the shining of the divine in your
life. The only hope of this poor world is
the light of God shining in the hearts and
faces of men, nnd its greatest danger is
that those who profeirs to have this light
should be but empty and dead lamps, walk
ing in the darkness nnd leading others
deeper in. Ram's Horn.
Spear Points.
True humility does good and is silent.
God's sympathy is not exhausted in sighs.
"Father" ia the keyword to all true
praver.
The light from heaven can never lead
astray.
When God closes ono door, He opens an
other. Praver is the anchor that holds us fast
to God.
nonor looks better on a background of
humility.
God puts consolation only where He has
first put pnin.
The ahadow may be the price we pay for
the sunshine.
God's patience with the sinner does not
npnroe the sin.
There enn be no Christian meeting with
out Christ in the midst.
If the King is indeed near kin to us the
roval likeness will be recognizable.
We know not a millionth part of what
Christ is to us, but perhaps we even leas
know what we are to Him.
Steadfastness.
We need stability as regards the tmth,
as well as loyalty to service. It is my con
viction that much of the looseness of living
and the barrenness of Christian work is
due to lack of conviction. It is also true
that loyalty of service and lovaltv of lifo
must depend upon loyalty to conviction.
The Rev. It. Bugnell, New York.
Klteial. ,
A man is greater than any form of rit
ual The tumolo itself was not the link
between God and man, but only the symbol
ot tne ling. Lhrnt is not merely one who
symbolizes, but one who is. Right where
you are, on the mountain or in the vulley,
is the nlace for you to worship. The Rev.
Cj. C. Morgan, New York.
At Home With God.
Loosed from other things the thoughts
go home to rent. In God the blessed man
finds the love that welcomes; there is the
sunny place, there care is loosed and toil
forgotten, there is the jovous freedom, the
happy cairn, the rest and renewing of our
strength at home with God. Mark Guy
Peurse.
entlal Elements.
The esrentiul elements of spiritual mind
edness aro to concede to yourself all the
powers nnd purposes of God and then to
actualize them by demonstrating God in
your life. The Uev. F. E. Masou, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Tile Commandments.
Christ lived up to the commandments,
hence His power, and men who have lived
up to them have led powerful lives. The
Rev. Dr. Van Dyke.
Tne Greater Gift.
Be sure of this, the more a nun giveth
himself to hatred in this world, the more
will he find to hate. Hut let us rather give
ourselves to charity, and if we have ene
mies, and what hunest man hath them not?
let them be ours, since they must, but let
us not be theirs, unco we know better.
Henry Van Dyke,
Trne Laws,
The true laws of Christian growth ia to
look right forward doing the duties of to
day in the light of conscience and plan
better things for the future. The Rev.
Dr. Hums.
How Old Is the Earth?
Sir Archibald Gelkle, In a recent
address In London, said thai figuring
from the stratified rocks of the earth'i
er.it mav range from a minimum ol
73 000.000 years up to a maximum of
680,000,000 years. Dana on the sawo
basis figures that the earth's crust
Is 48,000,000 years while Alfred Rus
M Wallace figures that the earth's
cruBt has been forming for 28,000,000
years.
No man
tiurse.
fa k hero to bis trainee!
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.
Bradstrect's say:
All available data confirm reports ol
past good trade and foreshadow as good
or better yet to come. It has been es
sentially a week of active buying in dis
tributive trade, and sellers have occu
pied an enviable position. Reports a
to August trade have been almost uni
formly favorable, and the records ol
failures show business mortality to have
been confined to a low Summer mini
mum. Prices show persistent strength
despite the fact that agricultural pro
ducts, except corn and prime cattle,
tend lower, owing to the growing
strength of raw textiles and other ma
terials for manufacture. Corn is nol
yet out of danger from frost in the
northern half of the belt, and this, cou
pled with short supplies, imparts
strength to cereals generally. Reports
of cotton crop deterioration, caused by
hot, dry weather, have scared shorts
and stiffened values of raw and manu
factured cotton, but there is a feeling
that the crop damage talk has been
overdone and that a liberal yield is still
possible, though active trade is expect
ed to demand all available supplies ol
the South's leading product. Rather
less disturbance is noted in labor mat
ters, some strikes having been declared
off. The anthracite trouble still hangs
over the situation, but the volume ol
coal shipments is slowly and steadily
increasing. Some wage advances are
noted in widely separated lines. Col
lections are uniformly good.
Jobbing activity is undiminished
Dry goods, shoes, millinery, drugs,
hardware, groceries, clothing and lum
ber figure actively in demand.
Leather sales are large at the West,
but high-tide prices discourage tanning.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week -aggregate 6,276,299 bushels,
against 5,4.16,530 last week. 4.406,064 in
this week last year and 3.373.100 in 1900.
Wheat exports since July I aggregate
44.657,596 bushels, against 61.692.66j
last season and 30,317,851 in 1900. Corn
exports aggregate 21,196 bushels
against 115,150 last week, 550,876 last
year and 3,162,271 in 1000.
Business failures for the week ending
September 4 number 133, as against 140
last week, 169 in this week last year.
In Canada for the week there were 14,
as against 20 last week.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $3 10u3.30; best
Patent, 14.50; ohoioe Family, 13.75.
Wheat New York No. 2. 7Gc;
Philadelphia No 2, 73a73,'c; Baltimore
No 2, 72o.
Corn New York No. 2, 68c; Phila
delphia No. 2. 69ati0; Baltimore No. 2,
l)9o.
Oats Now York No. 2. 34cj Philo
delphla No. 2, 3 'Jo; Bultiinoro No 2,
32o.
Hay No. 1 timothy, $17.00al7.50;
No. 2 timothy, $16.00alG.50; No. 3 tint-
othy $14.0015.00
Oreen Fr
ruitsand VogotableB Apples
per brl, fancy 75ctl 00; fair to good
per brl, 50cSG5c; Ileota, native, per
bunch lXcSSc; Cabbages, native, flat
dutch, per 100,- $1 b0'a$i 00; Canta
loupes, Anne Arundel Gems, per basket
ripe, 40c250o; Celery, New York, per
doz. ,15c40c; Eggplants, native, per
100, (j0ca75c; Grapes, Rappahannock,
per 10-Ib basket, 9cS10o, do, Western
Maryland, per 6-It basket, 9c10o;
Lettuce, native, per bu box, 20cS30o.
Lima beans, native, per bu box, b0c3
COo; Onions, Maryland nnd Pennsylva
nia yellow, por bu, 70c75c; Pumpkins,
native," each, 4ca5o; Squash, Anne
Arundel, per basket, 10c2i15c; String
beans, Dative, per bu, green, Zoc3d'jc;
Tomatoes, Potomao, per peach -basket,
SOcw'd'iXo. Rappahannock, br bu box,
50cG0o; Watermelons, Selects, per
100, 13 oo14 00; primos, per 100,
$6 OO 00; seconds, per 100 t4 00
5 00; culls, per 100, $2 003 00.
Potatoes, Potomao, per brl, No 1,
$1 OOal 25; do, seconds, 75n80c; do,
culls, 50a60e; do, Eastern Shore, per
brl, No 1, $1 OOal 25.
Butter, Separator, 21a22o; Gathered
cream. 20a21e: prints. 1-lb '.'5a26o: Rolls,
2-lb, 25a2G; buiry pts. Md., Pa., Va.,
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, por dozen,
lOKaiOo
Cheese, Large, CO-IS, lOvalOvo; ma-
dium, 3G-lb, lOValOw; pionics, 22-lb
ll'iallo.
Live Poultry, Hens, HXal2o; old
roostors, oach 25a30c; spring chickens,
l'ial3Ho, young stags, llS'uliu. Ducks
lOallo.
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
suiters, late kill, 00-lbs uud up, olose se
lection, 12Jal3?i'c; cows and light steers
9,"al04o.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, 12i'o; bulk shoulders,
10,Vc; bulk bellies, 13c; bulk ham butts,
lOJio; baoon clear rib sides, l'-o; baoon
shoulders, HKc; sugar-cured breasts,
llHo; sugar-cured shoulders; HXc;
sugar-oured California hums, 10io;
buins canvosed or uucanvasod, 12 lbs.
and over, 14Mc; refined lard tierces, brls
and 50 lb cans, gross, 1 1 i c ; refined lard,
saooiid-liund tubs, llic; rofined lari,
half-barrols and now tubs 11,40.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10nl5c lowor,
good to priino steers S 0;)un 0.); medium
$4 75a7 50; stackers aud teeders f ! n
a5 25; cows, f l 00a3 )!.; heifers Dlla
6 00; Texas-fed stoors $:) 00u4 50. Hogs,
Mixod and butchers $7 30a7 50; good to
choice, heavy $7 45a7 75; Sheop, Bheep
and lambs slow to lower; good to ohoioe
wbethers .3 50u3 75; Western sheep
50a3 50.
East Liborty, Cattle ste-ady; choioe
$7 40u7 DO; iirimo $G 50a7 00. Hogs,
prime heavy 7 7.)u7 80, mediums ooj
heavy Yejrkers 7 00a7 !. sueep stouuy
Best wethers 13 70u3 85 culls nnd 00m
inon $1 50a2 00; choice lambs $5 25a5 50.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Expressmen at San Francisco have
organized.
Norfolk (Va.) street railway men an
taking steps to organize.
Omaha (Neb.) street railway men
haw recently organized a union.
About l.ooo diamond workers in Am
sterdam. Holland, are out of work.
The Scattlej (Wash.) Central Labo:
Union has secured the necessary fund:
to build a labor temple.
At Sacramento, Cat., 100 women wen
recently initiated as members of tin
Retail Clerks' Union.
Mexican labor is so scarce as o ne
cesitate sending for negroes from Ja
maica. The latter are guaranteed em
ployment for a year,
In waves alone $100,000,000 is .mint
allv xuendod by the United Statcl
Steel Corporation, better known as tin
Steel Trust.
The Bank of England employs abotv
1.000 people, pays a quarter of a mil
lion a year in wages and .15,000 a ycai
in pensions.
Journeymen tailors of Nov I la
Conn., will organize and asain demani
an increase in waes. 'Hie last move o
the workmen in the lat'.er direction wu
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poemi How the Uny Went !)-Th
Kalnon Is a Bad Institution, Polna- a
a r.ibllo Benefaetor In Order to Ila
Kii Ise It Foulness.
It waa not on the field of battle,
It was not with a ship at sea;
But a fate far worse than either
That stole him away from me.
'Twos the death in the ruby wine cup, 1
That the reason and senses drown; i
He drank the alluring poison.
And thus my boy went down.
Went down from the height of manhood
To the depths of disgrace and ain,
Down to a worthless being.
From the hope of what might have been.
It was only the same old story
That mothers so ftcn'tell.
With accents of infinite sadnesil
Like the tones of a funeral bell.
Oh. can nothing destroy this evil?
No bar in their pathway be thrown?
To wave from the terrible maelstrom
The thousands of boys going down?
The Saloon's Real Character.
The nerriietencv with which the idea ia
being advocated that the first step of the
reform against the drink evil ougnt to ne
the establishment of a substitute for the
laloon indicates that the propagandists of
that idea have entirely overlooked one ol
the most patent of all facta bearing upon
the question: The saloon is not a good in-
jtitution with incidental features that ar
bad: it is a had institution that tries to
oose as a public benefactor for the purpose
jt disguising its badness.
Those features of the saloon system.
which we are told "minister to fundamen
tal needs of society, "lacilitate social ex
pression, etc., etc., are without exception
exaggerated in the presentation that is
given to the public. As a "poor man's
club" the saloon is a furce and a failure.
rruc, there are saloons where comforts ancj
luxuries can be found, but the saloons that
ire patronised by the men who are without
lomfo-ts in their homes are bare of com
fort, foul of air and dirty in every appoint
ment. There are very few homes, even in
the worst sections of American cities, that
re not cleaner and more comfortable than
the average poor man's saloon.
Hut even where the saloon may turnisn
lertain comforts and advantages, those
things are only incidental to the saloon
ousiness. the saloon exists tor tne purpose
of selling drink, and ia resorted to prima
rily for the purpose of drinking.
During tne discussion 01 nisnop rotters
outburst the early part of the year 189!,
the yew lork .telegraph, whicn is in no
way to be regarded as a temperance paper,
made an illuminating remark as follows:
J never had any use tor wnisicy except
to get drunk with it. It was a wise man
who said this. He had made a aoecialtv
of drinking for some years, and eventually.
seeing the futility ot his pursuit, naei
ceased, and was subsequently giving hia
opinion upon the value of whisky as an aid
to civilization, no mignt nave continued
with the cognate assertion that the only
use for a saloon is a place In wnicn to get
drunk. Whisky is made because
men wish to get drunk, and saloons are
maintained as convenient depots for the
distribution and dissemination of whisky.
Saloons are not poor men's clubs." New
V oice.
A Novelist's Opinion.
It is a dark and difficult problem, but
one thing I see clearly, namely, that drink
is the greatest and most baneful hypno
tist on the earth at present, and that its
influence is more awful than any plague,
more elevastating than any war. Looking
back from more than middle life. I can
hardly remember a case of wreck and ruin
that has not been, directly or indirectly,
the result of drink. It ia a terrible roll-
:all my memory goes through of men of
good and even brilliant opportunities, whe
iru dead or worse than dead, at the hands
31 the great hypnotist. Against that rec
ord I cannot recall n single case of a man
who, free from the tyranny of drink, has
been utterly destroyed by misfortune. The
hardest blows of fate seem powerless to
slay the man whom the great hypnotist
cannot subdue. And though I think in
temperance is often as much a consequence
as a cause, I truly believe that if drink
could be utterly wiped out of the world to
night, humanity would awake in the morn
ing with more than half its sorrows and
sufferings gone. Hall Caine, in Household
Words.
Onr Greatest Cone.
The saloon is the greatest curse of the
present day, the fountainhead from whence
flow streams of evil. It fills our prisons
with criminals, our insane asylums with
victims and our graveyards with paupers'
graves. It turns happy homes into barren
wastes. It debauches and ruins the hus
band, the son, the father; it destroys the
happiness of the wife, the mother, the
daughter. It clothes them in rags, starves
them and breaks their hearts. And for
what? That a few men may grow rich and
flourish on the burnt ashes of homes.
Every conscientious thinker admits that
all I have said is only the sad truth. Then
why allow this terrible cause of crime ana
wretchedness to go on? Why not inaugu
rate a war against it that would overthrow
it? If every good man should vote as his
better nature dictates this evil would be
abolished. Bo not say that it is hopeless
to war against it. that this foe is too
strongly intrenched in human hearts and
selfishness, for right will triumph in the
end. Josiah Allen's Wife, in the Woman's
Home Companion.
New lemperanee Saloon.
A "bar without beer" is soon to be
opened under the auspices of the Brown
ing (Settlement, Walworth, London. It
will be on the lines of the "lied House"
in East London. A building lias been
erected at the cornel of York road and
Walworth road, and .he aim of the set
tlement will be to supply wholesome food,
tea, coffee, cocoa, etc., at a price within
the means of the working classes. In the
same building a Robert Browning Club for
workmen will be established, and the Dr.
Dale Memorial Library will find a home
under the same roof. Membership of the
club will give free access to the library, nil-. -linrds,
bagatelle, ping-pong, unlimited- op
portunities for mental culture, cricket and
football.
Alcohol at All Times a Poison.
Pr. Thomas Bickerton, of Liverpool,
sneaking recently, said ho was convinced
that alcohol, which was at all time
poison, even when taken in the smallest
quantities, shortened a man's life. From
his hospital experience, he could say that
without alcohol we could close our hos
pitals, asylums and workhouses.
The Crusade In Brief.
More than 50,000 Americana die from al
coholic drink every year.
Moderate drinkers belong to the same
class as moderate stealers.
Earl Roberts comes before the British
public with a renewed appeal that the re
turning soldiers should not be led into
drunkenness by treating.
In the light of recent events in Mary
land the friends of temperance reform and
of good government have every reason to
be encouraged. Not only has the tendency
to rum rule been checked, but the tri
umph of civic righteousness ha been iu
part at least realised.
Dr. Henry, the American Speaker and or-'
t'aniicer, who began work 111 England a
year ugo, reports gratifying eultn, espe
cially 111 Scotland, where, drink brings a
degradation hardly heard of elaewhere.
A man may owe to drunken parents or
remoter ancestors a nervous system which
craves alcohol. Yet in all save one in
stance iu a thousand it is strictly true
thai it lies with the man hiiiinulf whether
or not he will submit to tho hereditary
predisposition and lirnik.
ill' Justice Emerson, one of the judges
of the buprrme Court ol Newfoundland,
lately congruUihited the prople of a lame
judicial eliMtiict on the uti.-r absence of
crime, wIul-1. he t-onsitu-i-ad was due in a
te-ut measure to ihn ti.r ttiuipcraoce
itgiolutiuii o lung iu luiiv.