"A NARROW ESCAPE"
Sunday Discourse By Dr. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
Wonierful Indeed If tin Man ol Salvation For
Ibe Sinner, Yet Etceedingly Simple
Trust Him Who Promises to Save.
New York City. W following reada
wi and helpful aermon in by the Kev. Dr.
T Wilbur Chapman, the best known evan
gelist in the country and one of the most
oopular pulpit orator, of New York. It
f. entitled AA Narrow Escape." and was
preached from the text, "How .hall we
Scape, if we neglect ao great salvation?
Hebrews 2: 3. ,
The wonder of wonders in th worm ta
the plan of salvation for the sinner
through Jesus Christ. It is so wonderfal
that the man with the greatest mind the
world has ever known has never yet been
able to think his way through it, and at
the same time it is so simple that the
wnallpit child in your home can appreciate
enough of it to be saved.
The first chapter of Hebrews presents to
ns the dignity of Christ. He is at the right
hand of God; He is better than the an
gels; when the element have melted with
a fervent heat, He (till exists; when the
heavens have been rolled together as a
scroll, He shall still be the very power of
God. With such a description ns this in,
the first chapter we come naturally to the
first part of the second chapter. There
fore we ought to give the more earnest
heed to the things which we havo heard
lest at any time we should let them slip.
A Cunard steamer was making her way
across the Atlantic Ocean when the pas
senicrs were startled with a cry of "man
overboard." Immediately every one was
filled with excitement. One man sprang
to the edge of the vessel and shouted, "I
will give a thousand pounds to any one
who will save the man that is sinking, for
he is my brother." Kvcry sailor was ready
to throw himself Into the sea if only ho
could win the reward and save the man.
The captain manned the lifeboat, and soon
a cheer went, up because they had laid
hands upon the sinking one. lho lifeboat
came near the great steamer, ropes were
fastened around the man and the signal
was given to lift him up. Just as they
were reaching out their hands to make his
salvation sure the ropes slipped, and fall
ing he struck his head upon the lifeboat,
bounded into the sea and was gone for
ever. The writer of the Epistle to the He
brews must have had some such picture ns
this in his mind when he said, "Wo ought
to give the more earnest heed lest at any
time we Bhould let them slip." I have
known of people coming nearer to the
kingdom of God thnn that, just one step
and they would have been saved, but they
slipped away, and then gave up hope.
i'liero are three words around which my
thoughts would centre, Great, Escape and
Neglect.
I. It is a great salvation because it dis
closes to us a great Saviour, shows us how
we may be saved from great sin, and also
reveals how we may be restored to great
holiness and happiness.
First, it is great in its author. The nnma
of nn author will frequently sell a book,
and the name of the author of the plan ol
salvation ought to commend it to every
one. If Ho ih the author two things are
true. First that we need not be afraid of
Him, "For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son."
Luther tells us of the little girl, the child
of the man who printed his first Bible.
He was a member of the Church of Rome,
and the- child had been taught that God
could only be approached by means of pen
ance and fiacrihce. One dav in the nrint.
cr's ofiice she found a little crumpled piece
of paper which contained a part of this
verse, which Luther called the "Gospel in
a nutshell;" all she found was, "God so
loved the-world that Ho gave " It
produced a great impression upon her. One
day her mother heard her singing and
asked the secret of her happiness, blie an
swered by showing her the little piece of
paper, and her mother said, "What does it
mean?" for, she said, "it does not tell us
what He gave." The child's reply was,
"If Ho loved us well enough to give us
anything, we need not be afraid of Him."
Again, if God is the author, His is the
only way of salvation. Men decide to
come to God by the way of reformation, or
by the power of resolution, but this profits
nothing, for reformation may touch the
present, and may possibly avail for the fu
ture, but it cannot touch the past. If a
man is in your debt 81500 and comes to
tell you that he has decided never to go
into debt again, you may tell him that he
is making u fine resolution, but you will
not tell him that his good resolution pays
his indebtedness to you, for that is a trans
action of the past. The wonderful thing
about the plan of salvation is that it pro
vides an atonement touching the sins of
the present, makes provision for the fu
ture, and blotting out the transgressions
of the past. It is great also in its sacrifice.
The way back to God has always been
sprinkled with blood. Study tho Old Tes
tament and you will find this is true. Hut
when the sina of men became so great that
the blood of bulls and gouts would not
suffice then Christ died for our Bins, ac
cording to the Scriptures. I
It was my privilege some time ago to
preach to the convicts in the State peni
tentiary of Tennessee. I said to them I
can give you the secret of getting almost
any amount of money, and their faces in
stantly were a study, for the most of them
.were in prison for trying to get money in
their own way. But this is tho secret I
gave them. Take a piece of paper and
write down upon it the amount of money
you wont, tho length of time you want it,
sign your name to it and carry it to the
bank. But this will profit you nothing, be
cause you have not found the secret. It is
thus frequently that men stand before
God and ask to be saved. If you will take
that piece of paper to some one whoso
name stands for money, then have him
write his name upon the back of it and
carry it to the bank, you will be surprised
to see what a different position you have,
and you will receive the money, not bo
cause of what you are, but because of what
your security is. It is thus we have our
Btanding before God; our security is per
fect, and simple faith unites us to Him. 1
It is great also in its pardon and for
giveness. Pardon means more with God
than with men. With men u pardon may
open the prison doors and send the guilty
one back to his home, but if he is a mur
derer the chances are he will have a few
peaceful nights, and then in his dreams as
well as in his waking moments his sin will
ie oeiore him. This is becnuBe he is par
doned and not justified. When God par
dons us Ho justifies freely and forever.
And forgiveness means more with God
than with man. When we forgive we con
stantly remember the one who has sinned
against us, but God forgives and remem
bers against us our transgression no more
lorever. I
A distinguished minister, in preaching
?i men aP,ciully(. told the story of his own
me, how he had almost broken his moth
er s heart, made her hair grav before the
time, and made her blush to think that he
was her son. Then told bow God had for
givon turn, an when he made his appeal
the effect w. r,-,,f. .....,! u. r. u
eied around him to say kind words about
Amon- but whei they 'eft there came
form cWoman with fW hair and bent
inrf .Vfhrew her arm" bout hi neck
1;'' l1- why did you tell it: you
never was bad in all this woVl.l?" .ni thi.
jva nis mother. He had almost hroken
c. i uaa
-hi woS,"' iy
tur nt ? ". Alii wa a pic-
.ion. no our. tran.gre..
whTO r- Bcriptur'es8;
i?l?m? to.U " our tins are passed
ot the sea. Thi must be
iwnom uiey never can be found. They
ara coat behind God's back, so that now.
lie la hnlwaun l... : ' j
,r, um vinner ana ui in.
i!y tken fron him fr " the
" .fron the west, a distance which
Sri: muasurea.
"hold. H i. i;..
ft but th service had touched him
na he came to Christ. He became an
honored member of my own church. Ho
wa a profeMor ot mathematics, and had
pean slum by th power of strong drink.
uiy custom to hold service vary,
Jf3 ' mo"ing for men in that churoh.
juiirnug I uiauuam Uuu. Uud.AAd
in n . vpreae'J,n one dX Philadelphia,
h. n oun Men' Christian Association,
f ?! f ecreuirv told me of a man sitting in
The rear of tha imn, . ..i..i ii.:
caVt 'theiT-Hfis"a Tar" front mem as tlia"
east from the west. Then I turned to this
old professor and asked him if he could
tell me how far that was. He instinct
ively reached for hi pencil and his note
book, then suddenly burst into tears, say
ing, "It can't be measured. For it you
put your stake here with tho east before
you and the west behind you, you can go
around the world and come back again to
'the stake, and the east is still before you
and the west behind you." "Thank Gbd,"
aid he, "that is where my sin have gone."
' It has become somewhat unpopular in
these days to preach concerning the lost
world, but it is not what I think I must
preach, rather what the Bible states. "I
have an argument with you," said a man
who had listened to the minister preach
ing. "What is it!" said the minister. "I
do not believe what you said about the
lost world." "Oh," said the minister,
"you have an argument with God, not with
myself." And since it is truo, therefore,
that God speaks continually and warms
constantly, is it not right that I should
present the claim of the great salvation.
II. Neglect. '
-" It is possible for one to so constantly
neglect God's appeals that after a while
his heart will become like a stone. It is
said that the little birds that build their
nest in the Trinity steeple scarcely lift
their heads when the chimes ring out, be
cause they have become so accustomed to
the ringing of the bells. An one may be
come so accustomed to Christ and Hii
story that he may hear it with perfect in
difference. I am on the river in a boat
and the rapids are before me. I need only
neglect the oars to be lost. I am in a
burning building, and in order that I may
bo lost I need only neglect the fire escape.
I am a sinner, and if I am to be lost
finnlly it is only necessary that I should
.neglect Him who died that I might live.
In the city of Minneapolis I stood some
years ngo looking at tho ruins of the Min
neapolis Tribune building, and heard the
story of those men who perished because
they were on the upper floor gathering to
gether important papers and waited too
long to descend by the elevator, and even
too long to come down by the fire escape.
But at last they started, nine of them.
The last man could not hold on to the hot
iron of the fire escape, and in falling
struck those beneath him, nnd tho nine
perished, all because they neglected. ' ,
III. Escape.
How shall we escape? This is the im
portant question, and the an.wer is writ
ten in large letters throughout God's word.
First, stop trying to be a Christian and
trust Him, trust Him who promise to
save you.
When Mr. Moody wa going through nn
after meeting in Scotlandlie saw two girls
crying. Stopping to assist them if ho
could one of them said she wanted to be a
Christian, nnd taking out his Bible ha
asked her if she could receive God's prom
ise in John 5: 24. Verily, verily, I say
unto you, he that beareth My word nnd
belicveth on Him that sent Mo hath evcr:
lasting life and shall not conic into con
demnation, but is passed from death unto
life. She told him she could. Tho next
night he found them in the same pjace and
was curious to know if they were still in
the darkness. He heard tho girl of the
night before saying, "I say, lassie, do just
as I did, grasp a promise and hold on to it,
and lie will save you." And this is true
for us all.
Again, if we would have Christ save us
we must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
To believe in Him is not enough; to believe
on Him is to throw ourselves nt His feet,
by faith lay hold of Him. And having
done this, Ho will be truo to Hisword,
and your name shall bo writtc 'tiie
Lamb Book of Life.
t
1 Happiness.
Happiness! Oh, how we wnnt it. There
is not a man, woman or child that is not
seeking for it, and asking the question
"Where can it be found?" In the pur
suit of happiness men are running hither
and thither indulging in every form of
amusement and more often of vice, to
satisfy the cravings for it.
I rue, happiness is not to te tounu among
the fleeting things of earth, for God never
put it into them, and nothing is of inoro
value than He intended. The will of God
is the only thing in tho universe. Earth,
air, and water alike are controlled by it.
Every law of body, mind, and spirit is but
an expression of that will. All creation
but man obeys that will, which causes tho
only discordant note in creation. Hence,
out of harmony with the Divine will causes
the only unhappiness, and makes man the
only unhappy creature. God wants all of
us to be happy to enjoy this beautiful old
earth made for His creatures. And tho
only way to do it is to put yourself in har
mony with that will. Ihen wilt come the
peace and joy that passeth nil understand
ing to your heart and mind, and tho earth
will seem fairer than ever before. This is
no phanlasma, but a reality attested to in
every generation. W. H. Morehouse. .
6 pear l'oints. " '
Prayer is tho abiding background in tho
life of tho Christian.
Prayer is a holy art, in which the best
of us are but beginners.
When God plans our way, He will not
neglect to provide for our wants.
God never makes us feel our weakness
except to lead us to seek strength from
Him. i
When we make all the centre ot life,
God becomes a mero point on a far-off
circumference.
The ground of tho Christian's hope is
God's word and God's oath, scaled by His
love.
If God put you in a dark place it may
he a compliment to the light that is ia
you. Rain' Horn.
" Trayed For Revival. . ,
It is said that in a certain town in TTew
York a good many years ago there occurred
a jrreat revival of religion, the work be
ginning without any known cause. The
inquiry was made, "Who is praying? Thi
work must be in answer to somebody's
prayers." It was afterwards learned that
two old church members, who lived one
mile apart, bad made arrangements to
meet half way between them in a piece of
thick buahes every evening at sundown to
pray God to revive His work". Their pray
ers were answered, nnd one hundred and
lifty were added, during the month of
July, August and September, to the
church.
The Pentecostal revival did not begin
with preaching, but with prayer. " "
Service.
The old idea of service was that It -auS
degrading. With Christ came the change.
And his announcement that the perfect
life is one of service for others has been
confirmed by nature. Not a muleculc ex.
ists for its own sake only, but for other
parts. The ideal is one of service. Tha
lie v. James Grant, Watcrtowa, Mass. .
Only six pounds out of every 100 pounds
of paper manufactured are used for mak
ing books. ' -.-j
Premiums on Cold Dollars.
The United States gold dollar if
bo scarce that dealers in old and rar
coins are-advertising everywhere for
thom, offering from $1.50 to $3 apiece
for as many aa they can get.
Since 1889 tho United States minU
have not coined any gold dollars.
Bince then their value has. Increased
steadily.
Iix tho mint lu Philadelphia, where
the dies for all United States cur
rency aro made, a reporter was given
the present value ot a gold dollar ol
1889.
Those marked C. (Carson City) are
worth from 11.70 to 2.B0. Thos
marked D. (Denver) are worth from
$2 to $2.50; those marked S. (San
Francisco) are worth from 2 to J
and those without any mark, indlcat
ing they were minted at Philadelphia
are worth from $1.50 to 11.70.
Tha Planet Vesta.
VU U the only one ot the mailer
planets which can be aeon with the
caked oye. Ita diameter la only three
hundred mllea and it whole surface
but one-olnth that of Europe,
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
Internationa! Lesson Comments foi
September 23.
Review of the Preceding Twelve Lesions o
the Third Quarter, Dcut. viil.,' 116
Golden Text, Deut. vlll., 18 In
troduction and Summary.
; Introduction. During tho past quarter
we have had several important lessons.
.The Lord certainly put forth every effort
in behalf of Hi people. Their temporal
and spiritual necessities were attended to.
Bread was provided, the commandment
fiven, idolatry punished, a house erected
or Jehovah, intemperance punished, the
f romised land viewed by chosen men, a
'rophct like Moses promised, and then,
finally, Moses, the great lawgiver, was
called to his reward without having en
tered upon his earthly inheritance.
(Summary. Lesson 1. Topic: Heavenly
bread. Places: Elim. The wilderness of
in. The Israelites journeyed from Elim to
the wilderness of sin; they murmured
against Moses and Aaron; they feared they
would atarve in the wilderness and longed
to be back in Egypt; the Lord promised to
rain bread from heaven; directions were
given regarding the gathering of tho
manna; the Sabbath was to be observed;
rlesh was to be given them, also; they were
murmuring against the Lord, not against
Mose anoVAaron.
II. Topic: God's covenant with man.
Place: Mount riinai. God spake to the
people with His own voice and gave them
the ten commandments. Thi lesson em
braces the first four. 1. Thou shalt have
no other gods before Me. 2. Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven image. 3.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain. 4. Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy.
III. Topic: The duties we owe to our
fellow-men. Place: Mount Sinai. This
lesson embraces the Inst six of tho ten
commandments. S. Honor thy father
nnd thv mother, that thy days may be long
upon the land. 0. Thou shalt not kill. 7.
Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8. Thou
shalt not steal. 9. Thou shjlt not bear false
witness. 10. Thou shalt .not covet. The
fifth is the only one with a specific promise
attached. Tho tenth deals wholly with the
inner life. Covetousness is the great -sin
of this age.
IV. Topic: Israel's idol worship. Tlnce:
Mount Sinai. After the ten command
ments were given to the children of Israel
the Lord called Moses up into the mount,
where he remained for forty days. The
Israelites persuaded Aaron to make a gold
en calf, which they worshiped. Mosea
came from the mount, broke the tables of
the law, called those who were on the
lord's Bide to come to him and punished
the people for their great sin.
V. Topic: Setting up the tabernacle.
Place: Mount Sinai. Moses commanded
that the tabernacle be set up; the ark and
the furniture was to be put in the tabpr
nacle; the altar of burnt offering and the
Invar were to be put in the court beforo
the tabernacle; Aaron and his sons to be
wnshed with water; Aaron was to be clod
with the holy garments, anointed nnd sanc
tified; all was done exactly as God com
manded. VI. Topic: The consequences of drunk
enness. Place: Mount Sinai. Nadab and
Abihu, Aaron's sons, put strange fire in
their censors and went in before the Lord;
the fire of the Lord devoured thein; Aaron
commanded not to drink wine or strong
drink. God puta a difference between the
holy and unholy, and between unclean and
clean.
VII. Topic: Leaving Sinai for Canann.
Places: Mount Sinai. I'nran. The cloud is
taken up from off tho tabernacle, and tha
children of Israel leave the wilderness of
Sinai and journey to Pnran. Moses invites
Hobab to Accompany them, but he refuses
to do so; some things indicate that he
changed his mind and went with them.
The Lord led His people by day and by
night.
VIII. Topic: The land of Canaan.
Place: Kadesh Barnea. One man from each
tribe was sent to search the land of Ca
naan; they were gone forty days; they,
brought back some of the fruit of the land;
they reported that tho lund was good, but
that the neoole were eiants. and that tho
cities were walled; only Caleb and Joshua
thought they were able to go up ana pos
sess the land.
IX. Topic: Saving Israel from a just
rmnishment. Place: the valley ot Arabah.
The Israelites are obliged to go to war;
Rome of tho Israelites were taken prison'
crs; they vow to the Lord; the Canannitei
lire delivered into their hands; journeying
from Mount Hor; tho people are discoiir
jjged; they murmur against Moses; tha
Lord punishes them by sending iiery ser
hents nmong them; the peoplo come to
Moses for help; Moses goes to God, nnd is
I'.irectod to make a serpent and put it on a
.iole, nnd "every 'one that is bitten, when
lie looketh upon it, shall live."
X. Topic: True and false worship,
place: East of the Jordan, opposite Jeri
Ichb. The abominations of the heathen
ire enumerated and positively forbidden
hv tho Almighty. The Lord promises to
laise up a Prophet from their midst, unto
whom they should harken. The Lord warns
Julse prophets.
XI. Topic: The blessing and the curae,
Place: East of the Jordan, opposite .Ten
tho. God's commandments are not hidden,
Ind nre not afar off; before every one is
et lite ana good, and death ana evil;
he commandment is given to love God
i nn walk in liis ways; a blessing is prom
wed to those who do. but a curse is pro-
bounced upon those who worship other
j:oUs and serve them; all are urgea to
thooso life.
i XII. Tone: Closing scenes in the life of
Moses. Place: Mount Pistrab. Moses goes
up from the plains of Moab to the top of
Pisgah; the Lord showed him the land of
promise, but told him that he should not
q over. JMoses died and the Ijord tinned
iim. Moses was 120 venrs old when ho
died: the children of Israel wept for him
thirty days. Moses for forty years in the
Wilderness had borno great responsibilities,
suffered and endured many privations, and
Hied just betore Israel entered the prom
ised possessions. God's ministers and peo
nle mav spend many weary years in self-
sacrificing labors to accomplish a glorious
work, and die in run view ot its compic
tiqn. Death does not end their work
Joshuas who are "full of the spirit of wis
dom, are raised up by tne i.orn, nnu sec
apart by Him to complete the unfinished
worn oi ms aeparica servants. ,
Goose With Arrow In Breast.
An Esquimaux arrow of walrus
Ivory, found Imbedded deep in the
breast of a Canadian gray goose, is ou
exhibition In a gun store at Spokane.
Tho goose was shot a few days ago by
John Cochran near Liberty Lake. As
he picked up the big honker, weigh
Inz fourteen pounds, he was surprised
to see a little piece of ivory sticking
from Its breast for two Inches.
With difficulty he pulled It out, for
the flesh had grown around the arrow.
Then he saw that It was an arrow
eight inches long and about as thick
aa a lead pencil, The carvings on
the stem where It was tied to the ar
row Btlck are still visible.'
No arrow of the sort was ever seen
here before. The bird evidently car
ried It thousands upon thousands of
miles from the far north, where It
was shot by some Esquimaux. Spo
kane Spokesman-Review.
! Specimen of Georgia Wit.
Recent earthquakes In the west re-
1 call the fact that on tho night of the
; seismic disturbances ot 1888 in Geor
igla the Macon city council was In
session. The city hall was ' shaken
' from basement to attlo and the conn
cilmen ran for their lives. Later th
: wag who kept the minutes of the meet-
j Ing closed bla report In this way: "On
; motion of the city ball the council aa-
! Journed."
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
September 2b "Missions: Missionary Heroes
Cheerful Amid Adversity." Acts.
mvU. 22-26.
SCRIPTURE VERSES Acts lv. 1-
; V. 17, 18, 40, 41; vl. &-13; Ix. 22-25;
xll. 1-6; xlll. 50; xlv. 19; xvl. 19-24: xix.
20; xx. 22-21; xxl. 30-33; xxlll. 12-15; 1
Cor. Iv. 9-13.
Lesson Thoughts.
When our Christian service seems)
to lead us Into great privations and
self-sacrifice and hardships, It will
make our burdens light to remember
that Jesus suffered Infinitely more for
us, and that he is ablo and willing to
give us the same strength for endur
ance that he had. The horo of mis-
Ions Is a hero of faith. Heathen lands
In themselves offer very little proepect
of success; but In the face of heathen
opposition he goes ahead, looking to
God in faith for guidance and success.
Selections.
I dare not work my soul to save
That work my Lord has done;
But I will -work like any slave
For love of God's dear Son.
Difncultles are no proof In them
selves that one Is on the wrong road.
Not only hardships, but discourage
ments In Christian work, have been
the lot of many that were unquestion
ably answering the call of duty. The
lives of Carey and Moffat and scores
of other missionary pioneers aro full
of Illustrations. It is not to be thought
strange, then, If like the surprises
come Into the life of overy follower of
Christ.
We cannot have tho graces of
Christian life without the means that
go to the making of those graces.
We never shall have faith that Is
stronat if wo can always see every
step ahead; It Is of littlo use to pray
for patience, and then chafe under
each trial of patience; we never learn
the depth of love when our love has
no occasion to reach out to those that
do not love us.
Suggested Hymns.
Conquering now and still to conq.n)'.
Young men In Christ the Lord.
Speed away, speed away.
Onward, Christian soldiers.
Tnrow out the Ufa lino.
Am I a soldier of the cross?
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
September 28 Cheerful and Adversity.
Acts 27. 22 36.
The BIblo gives account of tv,-o nreat
storms at sea. Tho one narrates
Jonah's experience, so familiar to all
students of Scripture. Jonnh'a
troubles verc of hla own procuring,
md after a time ho learned obedience
out of his afflictions. Paul was on a
mission divinely assigned him, anu
iheerfully accepted whatever might be
accompaniments along the way. lie
was sure that God knew what waa
best to order. This unfaltering trust
gave him calmness and even cheerful
ness In the raging storm. He counted
such experiences only "light afflic
tions" after all.
Solomon assures us that "A merry
heart dooth good like a medicine."
Nothing right is Impossible to him
who really believes that all things not
absurd are possible with God. Wo
must bold up Christ, not ourselves, to
the wall If wo would be happy. Aa
sunshlno is the source cf nearly all
power in the physical world so is good
pheer the cst-entlal clement of most
?fticlent effort In spiritual undertak
ings. Cheerfulness Is conducive to
self-reliance, and Bolt-reliance is In
stlnctlvo. It Is this trait that makes
heroism attractive. Heroism Is not
heroism unless It go Inspires othors
that they will bo Inclined to lmitato
It.
Adverse condition" every life has,
but O, how grand to make ore's way
through the years with head erect and
word of cheer for others at every
turn. A noble missionary In Turkey
taught her children to look on the
bright side, saying to them, "If ttiere
Is no bright side polish up tha dark
3ide till It Is bright." The Chinese
have a proverb that wo may all heed
ometimes to advantage. It Is to the
?ftect that "You cannot prevent tho
birds of sadness from flying over your
headB, but you can prevent them from
building nests In your hair." Tho con
tinual flow of cheerful spirits wilt af
ter a time form for one the habit of
spontaneously finding noma delight In
9very condition of lire, no matter how
adverse.
"There stood by mo this night tha
a.ngel of God, whoso I am and whom 1
serve." How supporting! How wond
erfully cheering! With such personal
recognition frftm heaven why should
r.ot Paul have been tranquil while all
others on board were In consterna
tion? Surely he had no need to fear.
Nor have we, no matter how alarming
outside conditions appear, if wo are as
fully centered In God. When a friend
visited Benjamin Parson In his last
Illness, which was one of excruciating
pain, he said to him, "How are you to
day, my friend?" His reply waa, "Jly
head Is resting very sweetly on three
pillows Inflnlto power. Infinite wis
dom, and infinite love."
Urn Knew tha Family.
Col. M. H. Welsh, of Lancaster, once
i arrived lu Steolton, Fa., early in the
morning to make arrangements for a
circus performance at that place. To
obtain his license It was necessary to
,see the BurgesB of the town.
The flint person be met was a large,
burly Virginia negro, who was on his
way to .work at the steel works.
Colonel Welsh approached the fellow
and said:
"Captain, can you tell me where I
can find the Burgeu of Steelton?"
"Say, boss, I is a stranger around
here myself, and all I can say la keep
away from dera Burgesses. I was en
gaged to be mahrled one time to Mary
jEllzabeta Burgess and dey Is a pesky
lot of niggers."
A Boy ef Promise.
: Robert Louis Stevenson's ward and
step-grandson, Austin Strong, is turn
ling aut to De a boy of genius: A
uoy Just out of school, he has come
to the front of hla profession, that ot
landscape architect, bjr laying out
one of the greatest public gardens In
itlra world Cromwell park, in Auck
land, New Zealand. He was 20 years
ot age when be accepted the commis
sion. His father was J. D. Strong, one
of the foremost artists ot the older
ischool in San Francisco, and his
'mother, Isobel Strong, writes and il
lustrates tor the leading magaxluea.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
the Vice of intemperance.
Poemi A Tumbler of Claret A Story That
Woutit Fitly Atlom iemprii
I.ectnre The Method ly Which a lift
Wm Reformed.
"A friend" in the loneliest hours, "a com
panion icanen me ru nun-.
And sometimes I poetized slightly and
called it "a nectar divine,'
But to-dav as I gaacd on the claret that
sparkled and glowed in the sun,
I asked it: "What have you done for me
that any true incna wouiu. imvo
done?
"You have given me some pleasant feel
ings, nut they always were louoweu
l.. .nin.
You have given me hundreds of head
aches and nre ready to do it annin;
You sat my blood leaping and boundmi,
which, though pleasant, was nuriiui,
And if I keep up the acquaintance I am
sure you will give me the gout.
"I remember a certain occasion when you
caused me to act like a fool,
And, yes, I remember another when you
marie me inn into n pool.
And where is Tom Smither? You killed
him! ill Howard you made a poor
knave :
Both my friends, nnd I might count a
dozen, you have sent to prison or
grave.
Is this a loyal friend's treatment, nnd are
vou deservintr the name?
Say, what do you give those who love you
nut poverty, sorrow ana snanier
A few paltry moments of pleasure, an
nee of trouble nnd Brief.
Xo wonder you blush in the sunlight, you
robber, you liar, you thiol!
I'll have nothing more to do with you
fvom this moment, this hour, this
dnv.
To send vou ndrift bag nnd baggage I know-
is the only sate way.
And I poured out that tumbler of claret
poured it out and not down on the
spot, v
And all this, you sec, was accomplished by
just a few moments of thought.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Black llottle.
The Macon (Gn.) Telegraph tells the fol
lowing true story that "would fitly adorn a
temperance lecture." Happening into a
millinery store the reporter noticed n lady
who was buying a hat tor ner utile gin.
The child made herself sociable with him,
anil remarked, prattling artlessly, "We dot
lotn o' money now."
"Where did you get it, my little girl?"
"Papa broke de bottle."
This called for nn explanation on the
mother's part, nnd she finally related how
her intemperate husband had been re
formed live years before, at the time their
oldest boy had died. This is the talc she
told, beginning ns the story of many a re
formed life has begun at a loved one's
death bed.
The little fellow slowly turned his eyes
toward his father and said: "I'm going to
die, p.ipa, for I sec the angels beckoning
me to coine. This is Christmas morning,
papa; please let me see what Santa Claus
put in my stocking."
My husband went to the mantel nnd
took down the little stocking. It was
empty! He stood still and stared nt it
for a minute, nnd God only knows the
agony of his henrt in that short time. Ho
turrted to speak, but our boy would not
have heard him had the poor man's break
ing heart allowed him utterance. Our boy
wn dead!
The day before Xew Year's my husband
called for the whisky bottle. May God for
give my feelings at that minute, for I
washed that ho. too, were dead. I obeyed
him mechanically.
To my surprise he foolc the bottle in his
hand and, pouring the whisky on the
ground, said: "I will drink no more, and
the money I would spend for whisky we
will put in this bottle and all enjoy the
contents."
You can imagino how happv I was! Ho
had sworn off many times before, but I
knew ho was in earnest this time. Wo
made calculation and estimated that
whisky cost him 83 a week.
Well, it was decided to put S3 a week
in the bottle for five years, come what
would, the time was out last JNcw Years
Dav. and the big black bottle was broken
and it contained $10tK). But this was not
all. We saved enough in that time, out
side of the bottle to buy n little home.
"But are vou not afraid in brcakins the
bottle that your husband vill break his
resolution?"
"So: because we have started another
bottle bank," said the lady with a hanny
smile.
Tho husband is a Macon mechanic, well
known, nnd enjovs the respect nnd esteem
of nil. He says he never knew how much
genuine pleasure there was at home with
bis loved ones until he got sober enough
to appreciate it, and to fill instead of
empty tho fat bottle.
"Wnntoil, llartcnder."
The other day we picked up a newspaper
nnd p'ancing over tho advertisements for
heln vend as follows:
"Wanted a bartender. Miift be a total
abstainer. Apply, etc."
Is not that a curious advertisement:
What should we think of such nn adver
tisement in any other line of business?
How would an advertisement like this
look?
"Wanted, a barber who never has had
his hair cut. Apnly at the barber shop on
the corner," or this:
"Wanted, a salesman in a shoe store,
lie must go barefoot while on duty. Ap
ply at Blank's shoe store."
What other business finds it necessary
or desirable to advertise for help pledged
to make no use of the goods sold? Con it
be that the liquor traffic finds it has
wrought so great demoralization among its
followers that it is forced to draw upon
temperance, or total abstinence fanatics in
order to continue its business?
For some years many of the great rail
roads, banks and other corporations have
insisted upon partial abstinence from in
toxicating liquor by their employes, and
liquor dealers themselves are advertising
for total abstainers to sell their product,
thereby confessing the demoralization
wrought by it. Temperance Banner.
Ruined by Drunkfin Rioters.
The Board of Trustees of the Chicago
drainige canal has barred from the canal
all excursion boats that carry liquor. The
canal is a great object of curiosity to sight
seers. The excursion business was profit
able until it began to be ruined by drunken
rioters who got their liquor from the bars
on the boat. Then the trustees broke up
tho business.
A Home tor Inebriate Women.
The Canadian Government has been pe
titioned to establish cottage homes in Ot
tawa for inebriate women. The petition
states that in the city of Ottawa intemper
ance among women and girl prisoners has
increased to the alurming extent of seventy-live
per cent., nnd that women in many
pases of about the age of twenty have been
incarcerated for drunkenness or for
irimet committed while under tha influ
ence of drink. Imprisonment to check
this evil ha proved an utter failure, as
there are women in a brief life of forty
years who have spent twenty years in jail.
New York Medicul Journul.
..A-i
In Ohio.
Under the workings of the Beal law In
Ohio, during the last few months, fifty-four
towns have voted the saloon out, while
thirty have voted to retain tha saloons.
This is nearly two to one in favor of mo
rality and respectability. In the fifty-four
which have become temeranc towns
there were 17.1 saloons. This means that
level a 1 thousand families will have mora
noney to spend for the necessaries of life,
ind that several hundred saloonkeeper
-ill have to go to work in some reputable
way tu make a living and become produc
ers instead o( mere vampires. A great ad
vance has been made, even if there shall be
tome unrepressible infractions of the law
in thess towns. Journal and Mesaanawc. .
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trad Cosdltloos.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
Industrial activity is greater than at
any recent date. Many new factoriel
and mills have been added to the pro
ductive capacity, facilities are being in
creased at old plants and idle sliopi
resumed through the settlement of la
bor controversies.
A coke blockade still exists, the rail
ways being unable to handle the output,
which is above all records and in ur
gent request. Despite the rapid devel
opment of transportation facilities the
nation's needs have grown still faster
and the situation is distressing for ship
pers and consumers.
Retail trade is large, with a bright
outlook for the future in jobbing and
wholesale business. There an few of
the cancellations so numerous at this
time last year, while collections are im
proving. Although the weekly capacity of the
pig iron furnaces in blast on Septem
ber I was reported as 335. i8g tons by
the "Iron Age," it has since been ap
preciably curtailed by the inadequate
supply of fuel, on which account num
erous furnaces were blown out or at
least banked. As consumptive require
ments are increasing-, it is necessary to
place orders abroad m3re extensively.
and in some cases the entire output of
foreign plants has been secured. Not
only raw material, but billets and even
rails, arc sought in other markets, Ger
man mills offering the best terms in
most cases.
New England producers of boots and
shoes are insisting on full prices, and
some grades that were slow to respond
are now sharing the improvement. No
sign of weakness is seen in leather,
some selections rising still more, par
ticularly the better grades of sole and
belting butts. Slight reactions have oc
curred in some packer and country
hides, but most lines are still firmly
held. Liberal receipts have not de
pressed foreign dry hides.
Low stocks of wheat and poor grad
ing of receipts, together with fears of
frost in corn sections, sustained quota
tions when a decline would have been
imminent ii full confidence were placed
in official returns of condition.
Failures for the week numbered 20;
in the United States, against 193 last
year, and 22 in Canada, against 18 a
year ago.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, ,'J.10o3.30; best
Talent, f4.50; choico Family, 3.7'.
Wheat New York No. 2. 'IHc;
Philadelphia No 2, 73a73Kc; Baltimore
No 2, 7-.'o.
Corn-New York No. 2, 72c; Phila
delphia No. 2. ti9a(iO.V; Baltimore No. 2,
07c.
Oats Now York No. 2. 87c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 3Gc: Bultimoro No 2,
38o.
Hny No. 1 timothy, lJlG.50al7.00;
No. 2 timothv. $15.00aic.00; No. 3 tim
othy$U.00ai5.00 Green Fruits nud Vegetables Apples
perbrl, fancy T.Ka 00; fair to., good
per brl, bOcSO'ic; Beets, native, per
bunch lMcffi'ic; Cubbngog, nntivo, flat
dutch, per 100, $1 502 00; Canta
loupes, Anne Arundol Gems, per baskot
ripe, 25c 40c; Celery, Now York, per
doz. 25c240c; Eggplants, native, per
100, 50ca55c; Grapes, Rappahannock,
per 101b baskot, 9c310c, do, Western
Maryland, por 6-1B baskot, 9c10cj
Lettuce, native, por bu box, 20c 30o.
Lima boans, native, per bu box, 50c
60c; Onions, Maryland and Pennsylva
nia yellow, por bu, 75c80c; Pumpkins,
native, each, 4coc; Squash, Anne
Aiundul, per baskot, 10ca15c; String
beans, nntivo, per bu, green, 2.1cS3'Jc;
Tomatoes, Potomac, per peach basket,
15c2Hc, Rappuhunnock, bor bu box,
25c30c; Wutermelons, Solocts, per
100, f 13 oo14 00; primes, per 100,
10 009 00; seconds, per 100 fl 00
I j 00; culls, per 100, $2 00$3 00.
Potatoes, Primes, per brl, No.l,
?1 OOal 10; do, seconds, 75a80c; do,
culls, 50ai)l)c; do, Eastern Shore, por
brl, No 1, $1 OOal 25.
Butter, Separator, 21a22o; Gathered
cream, 20a21c; prints, 1-lb 25a2Go; Rolls,
21b, 25n2G; Dairy pts. Md., Pa., Va.,
23n24o.
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen,
21u22o
Cheese, Largo, 60-lb, lOKallc; me
dium, 3G-lb, ll'alli; pionios, 22-lb
lltj'nlljic.
Live Poultry, Hons, 13al2s'o; old
roosters, each 25a30o; spring chickens,
l:)al3Ho, young stags, 12al2Xo. Ducks
lOallo.
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
suiters, lute kill, GO-lbs and up, close se
lection, 124al3i.'4'c; cows and light steers
94ulOo.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, llii'c; bulk shouldors,
HH'o; bulk bollieg, 13c; bulk ham butts,
lOKo; bacon clear rib sides, 12c; baoon
shoulders, 10c; sugar-cured breasts,
Q sugar-cured shoulders, lOJ-fc;
sugar-cured California hams, lO.Vc;
hams canvnsod or unennvased, 12 lbs.
and over, 13?4c; refined lard tierces, brls
and 50 lb cans, gross, lLVc; refinod lard,
secnnd-hiind tubs, llH'c; refined lard,
half-barrels and new tubs, o.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10al5o lower,
good to prime steors 7 75a8 50; medium
f 4 25a7 25; Blockers and feeders i 50
u.r) 40; cows, $1 50a5 35; heifers i 50a
6 25; Texus-fod steers 3 00a4 50. Hogs,
Mixed and butchers $7 30a7 75; good to
choice, heavy $7 60u7 85; Sheep, sheop
and lambs slow to lower; good to choice
whethors f 3 25u3 85; Western sheop
$2 50a325.
East Liborty, Cattle steady; choice
$7 10a7 25; prime $G 25aG 75. Hogs,
prime heavy t7 90n7 95, mediums $7 75;
heavy Yorkers $7 80a7 85. Shoep steady,
Best wethors $3 80a4 00 culls und com
mon $1 50u2 00; choice luinbs 5 G0a5 80.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
The striking coopers at Nebraska
City. Neb., have returned to work.
Railroad graders at Lovcland, Col
have been granted a shorter work day
Steelworkers at Eston, England, tc
the number of 1,100, have been granted
an increase in pay. ,
Knoxville, (Tenn.) United Metal
Workers have been granted a conces
sion of a nine-hour day.
Orchestral players of Atlanta, Ga.
will organize and affiliate with the Fed
eration of Trades.
Labor unions t Raleigh, N. C, wili
build a labor temple.
Lanarkshire (Scotch) miners wili
contribute toward the relief of the
Pennsylvania anthracite strike.
The factory girls at Peekskill, N. Y.
have decided to improve their industrial
surroundings by forming a union.
Coal miner employed in the Mcr
thyr and Cyfarthfal (Wales) pits, whe
have been on a strike, havi resumed
work.
Railroads in this country em
ploy over 1,000,000 people, at sn annua'
cost for wages and salaries of ovtt
$600,000,000.
THE RELIGIOUS LIF
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUr!
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Poemt ror Jnst One Dw-CommsltS
With Ond Will Brlns- Aboot Liken
Dm to Ond Let V Look Wall "
Canntenaaeoa. .
If I could live to God for just one day, ,
One blesaed day, from rosy dawn of light
Till purple twilight deepened into night
A day of faith, unfaltering, trust com
pfete,
Of love unfeigned and perfect charity,
Of hope undimmed, of courage past dis
may, Of heavenly peace, patient humility
No hint of duty to constrain my feet.
No dreim of ease to lull to listlensness,
Within my lieart no root of bitterness.
No vielding to tetnptntion's subtle sway I
Methink, in that one day would so e
pand
My soul to meet such holy, high demanoT
That never, never more eould hold ma
bound 1
This shriveling husk of self that wrap
me round,
So might I henceforth live. to God alway. )
Suaau E. OsmmonC.
Coramunloa With Ood. 1
Communion with God, as a natural re
sult, nrinas likenens to God. Godliness i
simply Godlikencss, the termination "ly"
being an abbreviation of the good old Anglo-Saxon
word "like." It is a curioust
psychological fact that long and intimate:
companionship will bring about a reenv
blam-e which is even sometimes striking.
Take, for instance, the case of twrj
brothers, not especially alike as boys, who
having lived together tor some sixty yeans
with hones ond aims and environmental
substantially tho same, to-day present
similarity of couree not so much of feat
ure as of expreNKion so remurkable as to)
puzzle the casual observer.
So communion with God will bring about
a likeness to God. You have seen mer
anil women, saint of Clod at whoae feet it
was a privilege to sit, as they discoursed of
the things of the kingdom, and their face
would shine with a light that was not ot
this world, even almost as shone the face
of Moses, when he had been with God.
Husbands and wives, if there be true
love between them, often through long1
years of walking together, grow to look
'alike, to think alike, to act alike. What
one wishes to do so does the other.
Through prayer and reading of the
Scriptures we can commune with God. but
it is a sad fact that there are many Chris
tians who faithfully labor through a chap
ter or so of Ilible each day and who regu
larly kneel at stated intervals and pray, of
think they pray, to whom this vision ot
God's glory, in their own faces reflected
is not granted. It was only after Moses
with repentance and deep grief, longed andt
besought for God's presence, which he
dreaded to have withdrawn, that he drewi
near enough to God to reflect His glory.
There are not many Christians now who)
need a veil to hide tne glory in their faces
lest others he afraid of tliem unless aa
has been said the veil was also that tho
gradual waning of the light during separa
tion from God, should not be visible to the
children of Israel. Then, in truth, it were
a good -thing that some of us could wear
one, lest any see how long it is since we
have talked with God, from the earth-look
on our faces.
There is one more thought to be noted
about Moses. "Moses wist not the skin'
of his face shone." The glory cf the Lord
which we bear is not seen on the self
righteous face. One who has talked withf
God face to face will be so filled with Hi
message nnd His greatness that he will not
be thinking of himself at all. And thus)
the transformation comes, softly, silently,
"from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit
of God." A surface laid over with self baa
no power to reflect God. ,
It is given to us to watch some Christ
tians, as it waa Israel to see Moses; aa!
Peter and James and John waking out ofi
their careless sleep beheld, wondering, the
fashion of Jesus' face alter and His raw
ment glow with light which was not ot
earth. Did it come into the heart of tha
three disciples to wonder if their faces'
might ever be so chnnged? Did they com-
prebend nt once that it was the commu
nion with His Father which brought about1
the change in Jeans? And did they in af-,'
ter years reflert that glory in some nieaa-J
ure for the sight of other trembling, ig-J
norant Christians? t
Let us look well to our countenances, it
haply they may grow more lovely and,
more like His image. New York Mail and'
Express.
Ilcr Secret of Youth.
"What a sweet face Jennie Mason ia
growing to have! I used to think her very
disagreeable in nppearance. She nlwaynl
looked either haughty or cross, and I told
a friend the last time I was in town that
she would soon be nn old woman, the
wrinkles were beginning to show already."
The other lady smiled and looked acrosa
the room to where a pretty young girl waa
stooping over to talk to a shv, quiet
woman. "Yes, there is a great change in
Jennie," she answered, "and I could give
you the secret of her renewed youth, I
think. She is happy now. Bhe gave her
self to Christ last winter, and ever since
she has been trying to live like Him. She
always used to be scolding and snapping;
at every one. Now she has a sweet word
and a smile, and as a consequence the ugly
lines that were beginning to show are
smoothing out. She is-really remarkable
for living in close daily communion with.
Jesus. You know there were some dis
ciples of whom it is said people 'took
knowledge of them that they had been
with Jesus.' It can surely be said of Jen
nie that Christ saved her from a homely
face and from permature old age. Per
haps that is what it means when it says,
'They that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength.' She is certainly trans
rmed." New York Mail and Expres
Throw Ofl tli Harneaa.
Throw off tho harness of your daily
lives, get from beneath the hammer that
beats the life from out your souls. Go to
the smiles of our great mother earth, and
up from them look for the smile of our
great Father God and the dull thud ot
your sluggish pulse will bound with new
life, and you will sec, not flower and sky,
not beauty and summer, but the great im
minent Spirit of them all Him in whom
you, as they, live, move and have your
being. J. F. W. Ware.
Tsur Claim.
rerhops you keep your claim upon reli
gion with much the foeling with which
many men pay the premiums upon their
insurance policies. Christianity is a re
serve for times of peril, nnd not a working
instrument of every-day life. There is no
aying grace in a religion of fear. Iova
knows no duty. The Kev. Dr. Peters -Baltimore,
Md.
Tha Mystary of Lire.
Constantly men and women of the most
serious nature and of the most devout
spirit are asking, "Who can solve for ua
the mystery of life?" Some killing 01-
Iierience comes into life; some sharp up
leaval of conditions unexpected; soma
sorrow we did not procure and so have no
means of knowing its remedy, because wa
had no preparation for its coming; soma
unnatural death. These are thing befora
which we stand, There is no explmatina.
The gate ia shut. And it ia wiae and good.
Such experiences of life are a part of the
discipline of life, in which wa gather powar
and strength, not to explore, but to be
lieve. The Kev, T. 11. blioer. New York. .
Peculiar Reservation of Pews.
Borne ot the leading mum In Plym
outh church, Brooklyn, have raised a
fund to set apart tor five years the
best pew In the church tor the Fjobj
llsh visitors who, Sunday by Sunday,
find their way to the scene of Henry
Ward Beecher's historic ministry. An
English flag has been placed under a
glass cover, and a plato bearing: ths
words, "Reserved for English Visit
ors," has been attached to the psw.
A pew in St. Margaret's, West minster.
Is thus reserved for American risltora.
"A