1 "A THREE-FOLD CHORD Sunday Sermon by Dr. Chapman thf Noted Evangelist. Poloti Out Why Erefl Seemlnrlf Unforuinab Mortal) Have Belter Reaiont tor Thanks (trine Than Faultfinding. New York Citt. The t?ev. ftr.J. Wit bur Chapman has furnished to the press a most itriking nnit popular wrmon which it intended for all those who would rise to better things. It is entitled "A Three-Fold Cord," and was preached from the text, "A three fold cord is not quickly broken." Kt clesiaste 4: 12. Did yon ever atop to think how many things you have in your life for which you ought to bo grateful to Ood? Doubtless some of my readers may pause and aay ''I have very little for which I need to be thankful, ' and then, as a matter of fact, yre have had more of joy than of sorrow, more days of sunshine than of storm, and if we were honest we should be obliged to say that there is more reason for thanks giving than faultfinding. An old friend of mine, blind from'1 his birth, told me that ho hud never seen the sun rise and bad never looked upon his son's face, and then he said to me, "Have you ever thanked God for your eye sight," and I never had up to that time. In the city of Hartford, going through an insane hospital with the attending physician, I stopped with him at the door of a room mini. ;"'i Bid iiunm-flliy B.1IU, UOC' tor, I must have a breath of fresh air, for I nm being consumed with an inward fire." The doctor gently closed tho door and said, "Ibis has been her mnnia for a year," and then we entered a room where in close confinement was kept a man who was reckoned one of the most brilliant journalists in the city, who said, "These walls are coming nearer together, and the floor and ceiling are every dav approachmg each other, and mv enemies liavo kept me here until my life is to be crushed out." I doubt not but that he suffered as much as if it were an honest fact. I turned away from the hospital with a heavy heart, but eondenined, tio, because up to' that time I hid never thanked Ood for my reason. There are so many things for which we ought to be grateful, but most of all to my mind theri is cause for gratitude in the way God has sought for the lost world ever since men have begun to wander from Him. Adam no Roonrr sins than God seeks him in the garden nnd cries out. "Where nrt thou?" God will not unlock the foun tains of the dern and bring the flood until he sends Noah for 120 years as the preach er oi righteousness to warn the people, nor will He let odoin be destroved until the angel visitors take hold of Lot and drag him forth from the citv. nnd also strive in every way to bring the inhabitants forth to a place of safety. Kverv representative of a father in (he Old Testament is a pic ture of l. oil. Jacob's eo:iccrn for his chil dren: David, who stops nnd cries. "Oh, Absalom." are but bints ns to (tod's con cern for His own lost children, and He is in every way seeking them nnd rolling upon them to return. In the O'.l Testa ment He gives the law that they may be lio.d His nrccepts written upon' tables of stone, and when men will not heed His written word He opens the windows of heaven nnd with an angel choir sends His only Son and locates the place of His birth br the star of Hethlehein. nnd leads the shepherds to adore Him with sounds of angels music, and this Son of God. .lesus of Nazareth, went up and down the Innd teaching and preaching, but most of all liv ing in order that men might one day through Him come back to the Father, "lien the world became so skilled in wickedness that they would not have Him live in their'preseuce becutise their lives were a condemnation in themselves He made His way to Calvary and died upon the cross, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, and when He had been crucified, placed in the tomb and Iwd risen lie dwelt wilii them at Jerusa lem until they should be endowed with poner liom on high. They kept His com mands, nnd when the fulness of time had come with a ru-diitig sound us of u mighty wind the Holy Ghost came upon them, lliey were immediately changed men; they hegan to speak with other tonsites ns the Spirit gave them utterance. From that day to this the Holy Ghost has been in the Jioi.d, iU 80 ,lnt i, ,lft tr;itv 0f (!oii has been all but repelled in the interests ol inml rcan. The God of law. the God of grace, the God of powe; This three fold yiiion we have had of the Divine One nnd la every disposition He is seeking. Ttiis is a most Folcnin subject, because we arc liv m in the dispensation of the llolv Ghojt, tn last cord as it were of the trinity. (Mien the Oetii-c went down on tlie Erg lull coast, one boy. Stewart Holland, bv name, became n hero because while the passengers were frantic and iho other sea men r.ud officers were otherwise engaged lie broke into the powder magazine and again nnd again tired off the ship's cannon that he might arouse the life savero nnd let theni know t f tho perilous condition of ilio ship and her crew. It would seem to me that this is the timo when those who preach the gospel ought umplv to stand nd cry aloud, "Flee from the wrath tc tome, rice from the wrath to come," be Mine we are in the dispensation of the Holy Ghost. This is a so'.emn subject because of the peculiar kind of sin which may drive away '0d spirit. I the Old Testament the ;n ot the people was largely idolatry, they would not have (iod rule over them, am so they bowed down to gods of wood and stone . That is not our particular trouble today. In the New Testament envy and jealousy hounded Christ to the ero.j; men feared Him nnd because thev were jealous of Him thev hated Him, but i"t is not our special sin to-day. The sm ot tins present diy seems to be iutlif it n"' i " n dangerous sin because n r,v? from 01,r presence the llolv "' oi God who plcuds and waits for tin to turn. 1. : 1 nine uii 11(1 Id will 181 "0 is m ,llm.T ( gavjng it up t10 time and every timo he says no he but Hardens his heart the more, until at Inst uie verv nw.mi i. . : 11: ir i. (,,, f --.,,- ui uuu utilise. i vv loine of no cftect. - --. .... . IIUI.-I . In lt,a .1 t "' 1 ". wnen tlie piaguc swent ovci iioniton and funeral processions by th tli. 'c,uloJ tlie-ir wnv to the grave, nnd ton-Li'"4 Cr,',y home that was not Zt I f'li Wlt ' dcu. ministers, indeed, eric. 1 "". lyini ",en tn dying me. seem.,1 ,ml Hnd "n,u'eJ nnt- OM '"' the 1 !' 1ay ,t0 tl,cm- "Strike now," and ire I l w'11' J'1"" demands to-day 1 " " as, rious. Men's hearts are more ! ni !ai',l0',c' ' their wil1" more Bni1 ,U, l'lorn. It is the timo to cry ua ,vitl o uncertain tone. but the?.?.''"11 eonl iannt nuieWy hroW untwist il " to lrek it easily; eiaratel -hoco.fl. "d break the strand prist ner L ni,d ,f vo" ar8 tn'l 'o -lay i, 'tb0. ,e, tJ"' "e'1'1 V;.11" wo''''l againsK'n i .i " v ,ill0",' We may sin Sivene's 11,0 Futller' nd there is for- Ntlau'0crolLn 11,0 "nt his .on ' earner 'ef . and when be graduated hut wifh V "u"1. !,n'y w't' "is diploma, fastened nn m i "1"'"' intemperance so ftherfg ZZ ,''mi";,t,1,e i"B''l li eart. and 7m i" "J r,,k,e '"other i ter. went f" " x ',' loveJ '" Mt thev me in The . lit"? Until one i"r made a re, ',.1, "Jf - nui w1""1 tlie ' 't granted ?.t i"1,'- f,,ther w,,icu WM oM father .ue';1"' the face. The arraige ami ,rV. . ' .then tepped into his IWV out to th V, . -i " nmdB '"'I down u on lT:i'lyLb,uyin ""0l", "' i'"in and agam k".ee" n,,d "rieked lie iafd S'him Shen." '"' m d broken 1 You lll,v disgrace! yo; now Vo,. ,Lart and 1 kvloved "inieit und u.nll .,1 . away, anil lie on outca,! i 1 d '''0ln father's house iod ha not , 'ul,lc'' dl this; "gainst Hi. u'.t d("'e it. We may sin we may ""! will forgive us, and He ha ,''o,n,Lu,r,t the Kon of Man and n do it u .f'givene.s. How men One of the m .nl mmit "lertand. me that I,, i, Tmb"r" of my church told '"ge manufac7 ' .il"',"'r;ted many of the u"t one dav h. . gu,,d",K Iiclnnd, out of line "w that one building w t , 1 1 iic ana stem,,,,,, i,i, i,. ..irj , ''Wing- toe.nt,1, V.tre ?vo'''n " cf ylier. tb ,., '..,"lde t'"' he might see f"d, a mai , J 0 Mi- "d '" y augnt him l . V r1-".' c" "" arms mm Jl. Lroka bin fall tluc hu wair ac.ireciy tnjm'eo- ar nir.- nnr InT owtt arms were driven into their sockets nnd his back was twisted out of shnpe. He never recovered, nnd was ever after that an object of pity as he made his way along the streets. The man who had been saved gave half of all he hnd to the man who had saved him. His wages were nlwavs divided with the one who suffered for him. and wo understand thin as being right and true, but when Christ suffers for 11s we do naught but reject Him, yet in the face ot' all this rejection God savs. "I will forgivr you, but if we sin aiainst the llolv Ghost there is no hope. We may snap the two c! - J l"c trinity, but when we snap the third by indifference and sin it ia a dan gerous thing. In the dsva nf thA'Ant,! nn 41. n m.: TJiver at that point, in the river where three bridges one nfter another span the river, when frequently men and women are seen drifting upon rafts and striving frantically to be saved, ropes are let down from these bridges in order that they may attempt to catch them. If thev miss the two bridges men stand upon the second bridge and shout after them as they go. There is but one more hridee, nnd as a rule it is their last chance. So it is with us, except that the statement of God's word is that if we sin ngainst the Holy Ghost there is no forgiveness. Our refusal may one day be accepted. III. We are not so familiar with the Ho Ghost as with the Son of (iod and with God Himself. Wc have learned concerning His personality, wc have had visions 01 His power, we read stories of His work, but it ought to be remembered that cverv impression we have toward good in these days comes from Him, for He talks of the things of Christ and shows them unto us. Sometimes His seekings have been in trouble, always in a revival. He calls sometimes by the ministry. There is n special call given to us frequently in God's providences; generally through our friends who are Christians lie speaks to ns the things of (iod. One of my friends took a seat in a railway train next to a man, and in his conversation learned that be had just become a Christian. He said that it was through a letter written him bv his mother. My friend asked to sec the letter which would mean the conversion of a man, and he answered, it is not so much in what she says, but it is the way she signs her name; you can see that her hand has trembled, nnd when I rend it I said, if she dies no one else will ever ask me to be a Christian ngain. This is true of the Holy Ghost. If we sin against Him there is no hope for us. A three fold cord is not quickly broken, but wo have, ns it were, snapped fwo of the strands nnd the third, is day by day swinging just to our bands. To say m once again may be to reject Hir.i forever. Self-Surreutler. There will come to every manly man limes in his life when he will sec that there is something which is legitimately his, f.niicthing which he has .1 right to, something which nobody can blame him if he takes nnd enjoys to the fullest, and yet 8omothipg by whose voluntary and inicnmpelled surrender he can help his fel low man nnd aid the work of Christ and make the world better. Then will come that man's trial. If he fails and cannot make the sacrifice, nobody will blame him; be will simply sink into the great multitude of honorable, respectable, self iiidubient people who take the comfort able things which everybody says they are entitled to, and live their easy life without a (juestion. Hut if he is of better stuff, and makes the renunciation of comfort for s higher work, then he goes up nnd stands humbly, but really, with Jesus Christ. He inters into the other range, that other Bort of life where Jesus Christ lived. He is perfectly satisfied with that higher life, lie does not envy, be does not grudge, tho self-indulgent lives which be has left be hind. He does not count tin what he has lost; he dues not ask whether he is hap pier or less happy than be would have been if he bad kept what everybody said be had a right to Keep. It is not a ques tion of happiness with him at all, but grad ually, without bis seeking it, be finds that the soul of the happiness which he has left behind him is in him still. Like foun tains of sweet wuter in the sen it rises up nnd keeps him a living soul. Ho has left the world's pleasures and its privileges only to draw nearer to its necessities, which nrc its real life. So what he gave he keeps a thousand fold in this present lime, nnd eternity is still before him. in the end everlasting life. Phillips Brooks. Sermons the Preacher's Deepest Thoughts "Almost no preacher to-day dwells ex clusively upon sin, salvation nnd the re lation of Christ to the sinner," Bays the l ongiegationalist, of Doston und Chicago. "Important as these themes are, other as pects of the mission of Christ in the world and of the purpose of Christianity are being brought to the front. Wc regard this as extremely desirable. Preaching is something more than the reiteration of traditional truths in conventional ecclesi astical language. A sermon is tho embodi ment of u muu's deepest and most real thought, phrased in words which every body can understand and addressed to the real needs of real people. Jesus ( hrist was a popular preacher, lie employed parables and talked about the lilies and the clouds, the barrel of meal nnd the play of little children, nnd weighed carefully nil His words with a view to making the truth which filled and flooded His own soul plain, winsome and powerful in the eyes of others." - Ciod'a merer. Tho more we fear crosses the more re.t. son we have to think that we need them. Let us not bo discouraged when the haml of God lavcth heavy woes upon us. Wo ou?bt to judge of the violence of our dis enso by the violence of the remedies which our spiritual physician prescribes for us. It is a great argument for our own wretch edness and of God's mercy that, notwith standing the difficulty of our recovery He vouchsales to undertake our cure. Let us. then, draw from our afflictions a source of love, of comfort and trust in God, saying with His apostle: "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceediim and eternal !.. lit of glory." "Illessed are thev that mourn, and sow in tears, because they ahull reap with joy the harvest of eternal glory." vcnelon. Mother. God give us but one mother. Remember, tho has borne for you that which no other human being has or can. Itemember that in the natural course of events the grave will in a tew years, at most, close over her, leaving you behind. Kenieniber that, when she is gone, you will think of her faults and her failings with pitiful tender ness, and want to cover them from all hu man eyes. And remember, also, that the deepest sting which sorrow has for us is bidden in those soul harrowing words, "if 1 only had!" or "had not!" It would be blessed to live, no matter v-hr.t the provo cation, so that, standing nesido an open grave those words could have no sting for us.-Mra. U. R. Alden. Ostriches Live Sixty Years. , Ostrlcho8 live to the age of about sixty years; It has been found that the climate of the Pacific states south of Cape Concepcton Is admirably adapted to the African oBtrlch. The balmy 'climate of California pormlta the birds to remain In tbe open all the ye.tr round. The feathers are always in. demand and range In value from $10 to $100 a pound. No more easy occupation can be entered Into aud few more profitable iu tbe raising of live stock, than the ralulug ot the domesticated ostrich. On the nourish ing alfalfa that grows so readtl) and so plentifully in California, thf ostriches thrive; they will eat all kinds of grain and vegetables. Zulu In American University. Pixley Ka luaalta Berne, the first '.Zulu to enter an American university, 'has succeeded In passing tbe severe entrance examinations at Columbia, 'and has matriculated for an eight :years courue in medicine aud surgery, 'lie has been In this country since I8D8 land is 21 years old. Ills purpose is to practice medicine lu bis nuttve laud. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments Foi November 23. Subject: Woe to the Drunkards, Ha- mill., I 13 Golden Text, Isa. xxvlll., 7 Memory Verse, 7 Commentary on (he Dsy's Lesson. 1. "VToe." Grief, sorrow, micrv. a heavy calamity. "To the crown of pride." Hy the crown of pride the prophet refers to .Samaria, the beautiful capital of Israel. The citv was situated on the top of a round hill and surrounded by a rich valley. "The drunkards of Kphraim." Knhrnim. the leading tribe of the nation, had become le based in vice. They were n tribe of drrunk ards, and because of this the woo was niton tlietn. "A fading flower.". A very foreib'e figure. Their beauty nnd glory would fade as a flower. "The fat valleys." The val leys around Samaria were very fertile nnd beautiful. "Overcome with wine." AVine causes men to fall an easy victim to temp tation. Alcohol destroys the will ?ower. The drunkard has n bad character nnd (ten srnlly enters recklessly into the vi!ct sins. What is overcome? 1. ltenson. Intem perance makes fools of men. 2. Con science. The moral sense becomes dead ened. 3. Physical powers. The drunkard indulges in that which entirely unfits him to meet the obligations that are resting upon him. He incapacitates himself for any position of trust. The pennltv is lost manhood, social degradation, an imiTnver isbed nnd a desolate homo and eternal ban ishment from Ood. 't. "The Lord hath a strong one." This is a reference to the army of the Assyrians, which was soon to come upon them like n devastating storm. The destruction Would be complete, like a terrific hail storm or n great flood. 3. "Trodden under foot." Sbalmaneser, with the Assyrian host, invaded, overcame and carried tho people away, never to re turn. It is an unsolved problem to this day where the ten tribes are; whether thev continue to exist or are entirely extinct. All of this was because of sin, nnd espe cially the sin of drunkenness. 4. "As tho first ripe tig." As the first ripe fruit was eagerly seized by the fruit gatherer and hastily eaten, so Samaria would be n delicious morsel for the Assy rians. The image expresses in the strong est manner the great case with which the invaders would take the city and the whole kingdom of Israel, and the" eagerness with which thev would seise nnd consume tbe prey. It is still true that trouble and sor row like an invading nnny come upon and destroy tho.se who might have been happy and pronerous but for strong drink. 8. "Unto the residue." The prophet now turns from the ten tribes to the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, the rem nant of God's people, who were to continue a Kingdom tor mnro than Us) vcars after Israel was carried into captivity. .Indab was to be favored and blessed. Under Hezeltiah there was to he a revival of re ligion. So, to-day. .lehnvsh will be "n crown of glory," and "a, diadem of beauty" to those who trust His word. 6. "A sniHt of judtrment." A clear per ception of God's truth. A cles"- head is promised as well as glorv and beautv. "Turn the battle to the gate." Who pur sue the fleeing enemy even to the very gates of their own citv. We have a spirit ual warfare to wage (Enh. (1: 121. and we are pledged toconquer the world for Christ. Beware lest we render oii'selves unfit for military service by luxurious habits nnd sinful indulgences. The drunkards of Kphraim could do nothing to oppose tbe invaders. 7. "But these also have erred" (R. V.) Jerusalem as well as Samaria has her ine briates and scenes of disgusting intoxica tion. Though her punishment is not as near as that of tbe northern kingdom, there are seen the marks of sure decline. Note the effects of strong drink portrayed in this verse: 1. Krring. wandering into hi oilmen wavs anri places. 2. Uvcn the religious teachers led astrav. 3. Wholly absorbed in appetite. 4. Ther cannot see things as they are, or judne correctly. 5. the whole life is perverted. God's minis ters need a pure heart, a clean life and a clear vision. 8. "There is no e'ean place." The liquor business is a filthy business, nnd every one who is engaged in it or has anything to do with it is made filthy by it. The bodv, mind and soul of the one connected with it become polluted and corrupt. 9. Id. "Whom shall be teach," ote. Many regard these verses as the words used by the scoffers as thev mocked tho prophet. They treat God's method of dealing with them nnd warning them by Ijia prophets with contempt and derision. Vhat. say they, doth He treat us as mere infants Just weaned? Doth He teach us like little children, constantly going over the same easy lessons. We must conceive verse 10 as spoken in mimicry, with a mo;'Kln motion of the head, and in a childish, stammering tone. 11. "Nav" (It. V.) The prophet's reply begtns with this verse. Isaiah attacks them with great force and severity, turning their own language, spoken in mockery, back upon themselves. Yes, it shall be as you say, ye shall be taught by a strange tongue and in a strange land, whither you will be earned into captivity. Then you will be lorced to learn like children. .12. "This is the rest," etc. God has given them repeated and faithful warnings pointing out to them the true rest and the way to obtain it, but they had closed their ears and "would not heur," and were going on in their fancied aeXurity to certain de etruction. , 1? "An' fa" bnckward," etc. They bad had great light, and this made them great sinners, and they deserved a terrible punishment. thoughts. The misery of this life cornea trom Satan. The way to keep out of sin is to resist temptation. Drunkenness is the means by which the devil drags down to perdition both young and old. Christians who follow the Uible will be total abstain ers. Ine priests were forbiJd.a to drink wine; we are priests (1 Pet. 2: 3), therefore e ought to avoid it. God's people are to come out from the world and be separate from sin and ainners. 2 Cor. 0: 14-18 . though His people are in the world, vet they are not of the world. John 17: 15 Our world is Btaggering under the awful curse of alcoholism. The liquor traffic is a cancer eating the very life out of society. It destroys the morals of the country and blights wherever it touches. Christians cannot oppose it too Btrongly. The sanction to the wholesale and retail murder of help ess human beings, through the licensed sa loon, is enough to brand us as hypocrites and bring upon us the judgments of an of fended God. The man who sanctions the traffic by bis vote is a purtaker of all its evil. HOW TO 8TOP BETTING. Practical Solution Offered by the Century Magazine. How was dueling stopped? Only by the evolution of a codo of public sentiment which made It a misde meanor to iiiBult one s fellows by word or deed, and removed tbe one ground upon which the men of honor bad rea son to defend the duel. How shall Udlscrlmlmte betting be stopped? It our parallel holds good, by the same means. We have done away with hab its of direct insult, let us tfo away also with that Indirect mode of Insult which arises from tbe bablt of gbirl ftcation of one's self at the expense of the earth lu general. We have learned to despise swagger whun It Is 'intended to give offense to an In dividual.' Let us carry our ethics farther, and despise it altogether. Many of us already do this In theory; let us have our condemnation felt In practice. If we have ouce readied tbe point of making it a part of our social code that bluff and brag and toud talk of every kind are unworthy of gentlomnn, the only present ju.stl Ucatlon for betting will fall to the ground. Tbe rest may be loft to take care of itself. Century aii!a.IUB. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Nov. U "Thanksgiving and Thankslng. Psa. cxvl. IM7; Jss. I. 27. tirrtptnro Versos-Psa. vl. C; xvlll. 49; xxli. 22. 25; ::xx. !. 12: xxxv. IS; xlvlll. ; lxlll. 3; lxv. 1; Ixxv. 1; c. t; clll, 1-5; Mntt. xl. 25; Marlt vlll. G; Horn. I. 8; 1, Cor. 1. 1. Lesson Thoughts. A Rrntltmlo that lasts only so Ion a there remains some hope of per sonal benefit, nnd in forgotten ns scon ns the benefit is received, is baso In gratitude. How long do wo remfrr, lirr God's dally providences with gratitude? The very reason why wo forget many of Ood'o Mossing Is really tho very reason why wo should re jiiombfr them with grati-ful hearts; l.amvly, because they cqiho so regu larly and unfailingly. Selections. Ah, I otd, bow carelessly wo go' Unmindful of thee a.nltc I'slnt: earn gracious sirtrfis thouyh It were our own by right. Yea, and with thankless murmuring For other boons denied, Donpising many a precious thing In blind and reckless pride. Give ns, O thou whose gltts aro fre. The grace to need thy call, That lu thy gifts we may find thes, ' The sweetest gift of all. A thankful spirit makes a happy life. Great blessings will not awaken areat gratitude unless there Is the habit ot being thankful for small Idessinirs. When the recog nition of God In all nature about us becomes a hahlt of tho mind, we are greatly blessed. God Is immanent In all his works. "O Lord how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast tliou made them all; the earth Is full of thy riebes;" and yet wo often for Ret thnt this is true when wo thlnis about natKro. The eternal ground of thanksgiv ing Is to bo found In the righteous ness of God. In tho consciousness that under all human life there is a foundation which no man can disturb, and that life Is so organized thai no mrtn ran bo happy, restful, or pros perous in doing evil; that at every turn he is smitten with penalties, and that real happiness and satisfaction are bound eternally to right thinking and right acting. Suggested Hymns. O worship the Kins. Wo praise thee, we bless thee. Come into his presence with singing. Come, thou Fount of every blessini;. Come, thou almighty King. I've learned to sing a glad new song. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. Nov. W Thanksgiving and Thankillvloj. Psa 116. I2-.7; James I. 27. The psalm from which (his lesson Is taken is a part of the "Hallel," or Old Testament Magnificat. It was sung at the great feasts, on tho eight days of the Feast of Dedication, but especially at the Passover. Used first, possibly, at the national thanksgiving after the return of the exiles, it becomes a fit ting selection for a thanksgiving ser vice. He gives the best thanks who gives tho most help. "Thank" and "think" are closely related both in language and In morals. A considera tion of our mercies will lead to thank fulness. The origin of Thanksgiving Is a nat ural expression of praise to God. The Jewish nation had its feast which was a close type of our national day of thanksgiving. The Pilgrim fatherB early set apart a day for tho purpose of public thanksgiving. The entire nation during the struggle of the civil war fell Into the custom of a national day of thanksgiving. It has thus be come a great national holiday and day of home-gathering. It finds its source in the natural instinct of the heart to thank Ood for blessings temporal and spiritual. Reasons for Thanksgiving are numerous and obvious. A sense of our dependence upon God. An ex pression of our love to him. The Joys of life, health, family, and friends, are sulllclent causes for thankfulness. Then It we add tho prosperity of tho nation, the church, and our spiritual gifts we have an overwhelming mass of reasons for thankfulness. Surely nono ho poor, so friendless, so circum stanced, as not to have abundant rea sons for a thanksgiving day. How best express our thankfulness. True thankfulness will express Itself in right living. Thanksgiving will re sult in thanksgiving. There will be first added devotion to God. Con secration and ncal will be witnesses to your thankfulness. Then there will be the extended hand of helpfulness to others. True piety is helping the fatherless and needy, and iu maintain ing an unspotted life. The measure nf our religion is the measure of our helpfulness to others. Feeding our solves, feed also tho hungry. Visiting our friends, visit also the friendless aud needy. A thankful heart will move a helping hand. A grateful sonl will send the feet on errands of mercy. Gratitude to God will always Inspire pity for others In need. De thankful, but be also helpful. Let thanksgiving blossom out into thanks-living. Thankful for life and health. Thank ful for home and church. Thankful for temporal prosperity. Thankful for provisions of grace and help. Thankful for salvation and victory over death. Thankful for spiritual de liverances from temptation. Thankful for all God has sent of joy or sorrow. No Questions to Be Asked. When J. P. Morgan was traveling for pleasure through rural Franco on one occasion, he engaged a local pho tographer to take and develop some views of interesting places.' The pho tographer, receiving nothing as a re tainer, did not begin the work until he had consulted with the manager ol the hotel where Morgan was stopping In the neighborhood, Yes the man ager knew Morgan, and thought Mor gan all right. "Hut, monsieur," said the photog rapher, "It Is such a large order! Can I safely trust this American for 300 francs?" "Mon Dleu! 300 france!" ex claimed the manager. "Trust him! yes;. for anything and everything un der heaven he my take It Into bis head to dream of! He U pre-eminently tllnbl man!" Record Head of Hair. A Mexican lady, by name Mercedes Lopez, claims to possess tbe longest Oiead 6f hair In tbe world. She Is only five feet In height, but when standing erect her tresses trail on the ground distance of four feet elfcht incbes. It Is, moreover, so think that she can hide herself in Its folds. So quickly does It grow that she Is able to cut off large tresaes aud sell them from time to tune, since her husband's position Is only that of a pjor shepherd. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICS OF INTEMPERANCE. Alrnhot Not n Mrillrln tr. Kellngi 1'nlnts Out ttis Results of Latest and llest Investigations Hanelul K,Trrt ot Alcoholic Meilleiitlon. Af thn meeting of the Medical Temper nice Association at Sarntna.i Dr. ,1. H. Kellofft? rend a paper entitled "The lliine fill Kffect of Alcoholic Medication as Shown bv Uecenl Kxperimental Observa tions." The bai of Dr. Kellogg's paper was the facts recent.lv presented in the New Vijice in th" artie'e. "Alcohol ns it 'train Killer" These fails Dr. Kelloitg developed anil demonstrated at lennth, citing the latest ind best scientitic author ities, and arrived at conclusions which he expressed as follows: "These observations certainly have a very practical hearing niton the question nf alcoholic medication. If it is true that alcohol, even in small doses, acts as nn an aesthetic by erinpling the neurons nt the centres of activity ami control, it is very evident that no positive good can he ex pected from its use. The same inlluence which, throuch narstviins the vnso-motor centres results in dilatation of the peri pheral vessels, thus lessening the work of the heart, at the saree time lowers vital tone and lessens vital resistance and im pairs every organic function through the toxic influence of alcohol upon the neu rons of the centres which control these functions. Alcohol promotes sleep simplv bv causing retroaction of the neurons of the anterior lobes of the brain through its toxic influence upon them, rather than by remov-ng the cause of the sleeplessnesn. which may be an excess of blood in the brain ir irritability of'the cerebral cells. "It is true that alcohol lessens the work of the heart but at the some time it di minishes the power of the heart to work, so that this miht easily be the source of more mischief than benefit. "Kleefeld's experiments show that the injurious effects of alcohol are immediate: that as soon as the noiaon enters the blood it. begins its mischievous work upon the delicate protoplasmic structures of the body which are bathed bv the blood and lymph. That most baneful effects are not immediately observed is flue, ns has hppn shown above, to the remarkable power of resistance ot the neurons ot tlie automatic centres, which yield only verv slowly to the influence of alcohol, a fact which is equally true of other poisons as well. "Progressive medical men cannot close their eves to the exnerimental facts which scientific research has brought out and which speak in-unmistskablc terms of the toxicity of alcohol nnd it uselessness in cverv form and in all conditions to which the human body is subject in health and disease. After centuries of devotion to the use of this baneful BTcnt. which perhaps has been more extensively employed than any other drug, the medical profession is at last eominir to recognize thnt alcohol is nnt nn elixir of life as supposed bv the ouack ish Paracelsus, its promoter, but rather a death-dealing product nf micronic acti'-itv. differing in no essential particular from other toxic substances secreted or other wise formed by micro-nrarnnisms. Thev are slowly learning that vital energy is to be derived only from food, and thnt we can only nid nature in her work of cure, as well ns in the maintenance of normal life, by the employment of those nhvaioloeieal agents which promote vitil activity and in crease vital resistance. Curative power is not to he found in champagne bottles or brandy flasks: henltb-tiving nower is in the bodv itself, in the blood, in the tissues. Said Dietl. the pupil of the ureal Ffokitan sky. a hnlf century neo: "Nature alone can cure; this is the hitthest law nf prnctienl medicine nnd the one to which we must adhere. Nature creates nnd maintains; she must therefore be able to cure." Roclotr Tipplers Tienonneml, Tn the course of his address to the dele gates nt the thirty-third annual convention nf the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Connecticut the l'ev. Walter ,T, Shannon, President of the Nationnl Union, nnd re tiring President of the State Union, bad the following to say: "The drink evil, harmful as it is to its victim, is more disastrous in its effects on society. Scandal, infidelity, divorce, nre its fruits. It is working havoc to-day in the highest grades of society, and, unfortu nately, amouc those who by social position, education and refined association, ought to be the cream of the cream. No one who has any reirard for truth can deny that there is to-day gross intemperance in high society nnd even among women of the highest grades nf society. Intemperance among men is bad, among women it is worse, nnd among women of high social po sition it is one of the worst evils that af flict humanity. Its influence is far reach ing into all grades of society, blighting the good that domestic life should bring to the community and the nation and sowing the seeds of moral deformity and manifold im morality. The woman, ns queen of the domestic kingdom, should give character and virtue 'to the family in the home. If she is a slave to intoxicants her realm ia n hotbed of disorder, vice and misery, nnd the State infallibly reaps disastrous re sults." Tlie Swine's Brother. Did you you ever see a pig in an orchard with his whole intellect bent on getting an other apple into his stomach? His round, shrewd, greedy little eves scrutinize the earth in all directions. His ear twitches quickly to catch the sound of an applo as it falls, and his fat body, with amazing speed, obeys the message of the car and rushes to get tho apple. Hut in all bis wanderiniis through the or cnard that pig never looks upward, never thinks of the source of the apples that fall near him. His mind is never raised above the ground on which ho walks. The ap ples on the low-hanging boughs almost brush against bis bristles, but his eyes do not sec them. The pig's sight and mind and concen trated attention are all turned downwurd. He is incapable of so much as an upward glance. And the pie. voted the lowest of tho animals by public opinion's just decree, is typical of the man whom whisky is gradu ally depriving of lib manhood, changing him into a swine or a swine's brother. New York American. Seems Sminil nnd I.oiclral. The general assumption is that men re sort to alcoholic stimulation to make them feel happier than their normal condition would justify. They drink to drive away the "blue" and to induce n feeling of tem porary mental elution. If this feeling of mental buoyancy and cheerfulness can be induced by some other means than alco holic stimulants, it is clear that the desire for intoxicants will he lessened. This is tho argument of Professor Guthrie nnd if. conn sound and logical. The Crusade In llrlof. A man's thinkinir Powers will be in in. verse ratio to his drinking powers. Physiological moderation then, from the very nature of alcohol, is practically im. possible. The President of the Canadian Dominion Alliance for the Total Siionrcusinn nf tli Liquor Traffic considers the inauguration of a great pledge-signing campaign most important. Good fun and ttood cookery I lis one in occupy the depressed limit's mind and the other to steady bia nerves might be made to do a great deal toward suppressing the liquor evil. The Anti-Saloon Leao-ue of Pennavlrimin is very active in law enforcement. It ), recently employed detectives to gather evi dence in Dlairsville. Indiana, Homer City, bialtsburg and other places. The Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus, one of the atrongest Catholic uaiei-nui insurance societies in tlie coun try, has reported adversely nn tl. I of seventy -Ave liquor dealers who had been expelled, from local councils. At the seventh anniversary n tl, T.... perance Association of the Flintshire Cul vmistic Methodist Monthly Meeting of Wales, held recently, tliu statement was made that seven veins imi t 6000 pledged abstainers within the borders pi tue Mommy (Meeting. .uw their num ber ii ml. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Central Trade Conditions. R. G. Dun & Company's "Weekly Review of Trade" says: "Trade and industry are making steady progress, reports from all sec tions of the country containing evi dences nf wholesome development. An unusually large fall distribution oc curred nnd current transactions in heavier goods are liberal considering the mildness of the season. "Hie only development of note in the iron and steel market lias been tbe to per cent, reduction in price of tin plates to take effect December I. While some change was anticipated, the trade was not prepared for so large a cut. If the recent lowering of price lists in certain sections of the market should stimulate foreign trade, there will be occasion for gratification, as sonic exceptional export movement is needed to offset the heavy imports ot pig iron and biilcts. "Contracts run far into the future in structural material for bridges and buildings, while plates are sought by car works and shipyards. High pre miums arc still paid for prompt deliv ery, but ost shipments are on old contracts placed at regular list prices. "Jobbing trade is comparatively quiet, except in Pennsylvania, and mild weather has restricted retail sales. "Some decline in the raw material did not produce any lower offering prices for cotton goods, although it made buyers all the more anxious to delay placing contracts. Reorder bus iness in woolens is light. Quotations are fully maintained for woolens and worsteds, as might be expected in view of the continued strength of wool Failures not noted." LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring cloar, $3.10n3..10; hn Patent, $4.50; choice, Family, $3.75. Vhent New York No. 2. 7G,Vo. Philadelphia No 2, 73?iV74o: Biltimore No 2, 71o. Corn New York No. 3, Gfle; Phila aelphia No. 2. 69a69H; Baltimore No. 2, 03o. Oata New York No. 3.3-lcj Phila delphia No. 2, 38c; Baltimore No 2, SCo. Hay No. 1 timothy, $17.00nl7..r0: No. 2 timothy. $lfi.00alb.r0: No. 3 tim othy$14.00ai5.50 Green Fruits and Vegetables Apples perbrl, fancy $1 50-ai2 75; fair to "ood per brl, 1 2?)c$2 00; Boots, natlveer bunch lclJc; Cabbages, native, flat dutch, per 100, 75o$l 25; Colery, per doz. 25c40c; Eggplants, native, per 100, $100 125; Grapes, basket, 10al2o Lettuce, native, per bu box. 2.r)c335o. Limn beans, native, per bu box, 80 a) 90c; Onions, Maryland and Pennsylva nia yellow, per bu, 75c80o. Potatoes, White, per buG0aG5c; Mary, land and Penusylvunia, per bu U0nG5c; New York, per bu 50a53; sweets, pet brl 1 25a$l 50. Butter, Separator, 2Ga27c; Gathered Bream, 2 ta25o; prints, 1-lb 27a28o: Bolls, fc-lb, 20a27j Dairy pts. Mil., Pa., Va , ?5u2tic. Egtrs, Frosh-laid eggs, per dozen, 23n'.'4o Checao, Large, 60-lb, l.'lnt3,Vc; me. dium, 3tJ-lb, 13al3, picnics, 23-lb 13.Val3o. Live Poultry. Hons, 10al0-o; old roosters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 10al0.!s Ducks, HKal2 Hides, Hoavy steers, association and salters, late kill, GO-lbs uud up, close se lection, 12)nl3)Vc; cows aud light steers 9sal0.'i,'o. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk clear rib sides, 12o; bulk shoulders, 12?c; bulk bellies, 13o; bulk ham butts, 10'c; bacon oloar rib sides, 13o; bacon shoulders, 12c; sugur-curud brousts, 15,H'o; sugnr-cured shoulders, 12c; sugnroured California bams, 10c; bamscanvused or uucanvased, 12 lbs. aud over, 14o; refined lard tierces, brls and50 lb onus, gross, llc; refined lurd, second-hand tubs, 11,'c; refinod lard, bulf-burrols and new tubs, llH'u. Live Stock. Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10at5o lower, good to prime steers $tj 50a7 40; medium 3 SOafJ 25; stockers and feeders $2 50 a4 75; cows, $1 4'Ju4 50; heifors $J 00a 5 00; Texas-fqd steers $2 00a2 50. Hon-s, Mixed and butchers $li 40-ib' HO; good "to choico, heavy $G GOuG 85; Sheep, shoep nnd lambs slow to lower; good to choice whotbors $3 50a4 0O; Westoru sheen $3 60a525. v East Liberty, Cattle sternly; choice $0 50a6 70; prime $ii 5.'uG 70. Hogs, prime heavy $7 25a7 35, mediums $lj 05; heavy Yorkers $6 40a6 45. Sheep steady, Best wethers $3 60o3 85 culls and coin mon $1 50'-J 00; choico lambs $5 10a5 30. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Skilled labor is in great demand at Kansas City, Mo. Metal spinners throughout Connecti cut are organizing. Birmingham (Ala.) trades unions will erect a labor temple. Standard wages for painters in Eng land are $0 a week. Policemen at Omati.i. Neb., have se cured an eight-hour day. Commercial telegraphers at Colum bus, Ohio, have formed a union. Einbalmcrs and funeral directors at Chicago have formed a union. Ironmolders at Beaumont, Texas, have asked for an increase of 25 cents a day. There are about 300,000 members ol the Miners' Federation of Great Bri tain. Port Huron (Midi.) Trades and La bor Assembly will establish a labor library. Union paperhangers at Cincinnati will ask for a 20 per cent, increase in wages. An amicable adjustment of the tail ors' strike at New Haven, Conn., has been reached. Of over 800,000 women employed in the German industries less than 25,000 are organized. Carpenters and joiners of Brecoui, England, have received an advance oi 1-20. an hour. Grocery clerks at Richmond. Va,. will organize with the intention of de manding shorter hours. The Union Labor party of Queens land, Australia, has elected 24 mem bers to the Legislature. Two thousand spinners are on strike at the textile mills neat Ncwry, Ireland, for an incrcaie in wucs. - TIIE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poem: "If "Ws Only" One Cannot Con tliier Ottiers When lie la Not Mastov nt Hlmafiir II Is Dancitrons to Fl With AnytHlnE Bo rowrrfnl as Hla. If wc only, each one. would remember I'hc lesson of patience and love Not to judge -just to look on the bright side. Lit up by the light from above. If our own faults we onlv saw plainer Thun those of our weak fcllow-mcn; jt we only wount no unto others As wc would they'd do to us aain; Tf intn-l1 n( lit, a, .nop .-. . . i 1 , fniiMMl It we fought down I fie wrong with to riitht, If wc helped others on in life's pathway, Keeping always our Leader in sight. If we only would strive to be Christ-like- Do von ask. "What is all of it worth!'' Ah! lite would grow fairer and purer, And heaven seem nearer to earth. Cora S. Day tri''ak. - Setf-Mastary. the trouble with this temperance mieo tinn to day is that wc do nnt make it of enough importance. Whv, if any one ol us were getting up nn athletic contest, or indeed a contest of any kind, how eager we would he to make all necessary prepar ations, to "get into training," to leave noth ing undone that we might be sure of the winning. And that not because there wis intrinsic value in the little wreath of oliye that would fade, or the silver cup that will tarnish by and bv, but for the glory of tho achievement. Think how two contestants waited eagerly for the result of tho race be tween two yachts a little while ago; how; everything that could hinder or help was thought about and even the winds and waves watched and calculated with mathe matical precision. We all know how to go into things like that when it comes to things of this world. Why is it that in the race for the incorruptible crown we so of ten fail, so often nre lax, so often give in dulgences? Athletes have a trainer, one who drills them every day, and who decides what ia best for each to eat and to drink and to do. He studies his men and notes the effect of what each does upon his physical system, and gives his directions sreordinglv. Christians have a guide, a trainer, the Spirit. And in the Bible are set down our rule of living. Such things as we are to abstain from are there st down, although they are obviously- what a follower of Christ, an inheritor of eternity, should let alone that it scarcely seems necessary. Drunkenness is one. But who intends to get drunk! Surely no Christian! Not oven for once would he set out with that deliberate intention. Of course he might, when he felt he was getting on pretty welt in his practice, easily outstripping tho other competitors, indulge himself a little, just once or twice. It can do no harm to relax a trifle, he thinks, and just enjoy, for an hour the sensation of the stimulant. It's forbidden yes. of course but he is so strong it can do him no harm. And he for gets that while he is relaxing the other will be gaining upon him. and that in yielding tn himself he ia giving up that self control which only can make him sure of winning. One cannot conquer otliers when he in rot master of himself. Marctw Dods says: "Kverv man's body is his enemy when, in stead of being his servant, it becomes his master," , This mastery is shown first, perhaps, only in aching nerves, which, after you have let them have their own way with their desires for that which is not good for them, will turn upon you and make you suffer with them. By and bv the re sult grows greater and shows itself in your own weak will, which, through giving in to your desires, becomes unable after a little to resist, and though it looks an inevitable ruin, swift, coming in the face, has no pow er to snv "No." when it is seized bv the powerful call of self. There are many so-called temperance peiinlc who sav that tcmtieranre menns an ability to drink just a little, without drink iiur ton much, and always knowing just when to ston. There are two kinds of dis eases one that once having had. the dan ger of infection is destroyed; another that once having had the dancer of infection is doubled. Of this latter class is the disease of sin. Especially is this true of the sin of intemperance. Once break down the bars for the entrance of alcohol into the human system, and ns in the disease of ap pendicitis, its return is twice as easy, again and again, until the patient is beyond all human aid, even from a severe opera tion. ' If a man has control enough over hia body to render him able to be temnerate in what he drinks, he certainly ought to be able to master himself far enouch to keen entirely on the safe side and let it alone al together. We cannot afford to plav with anything so powerful ns this sin, for. to nuote once more from Marcus Dods- "He that treats sin as a weak or pretended an tagonist will shortly be dragged a mangled dUffrnce out of the arena." Therefore, let us keen ever before us the glory of the incorruntible crown nnd strive for self-mastery. New York Mail ind Kx prcss. Oettlng ftld ot Onr Hardens. ("letting rid of our load is getting rid of our burdensome selves. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee." "God shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." No wonder the Psalmist prompt ly responded: "I will trust in Thee." And why should we not trust Him, seeing He has promised to take and bear both our selves and our burdens. He never does anything by halves, but rather by double and multiples. It never takes long to cast anything off from ourselves onto another. Away with thy burden, this instant! Away with thy weary, burdened, disheartened, disconsolate, groaning, sinking self! And when thy burden and thyself consciously go over, to (iod be sure to leave both hence forth with Him. A great strong father ran e.-vsily and will gladly lift His little child and nil his bundles. Our Heavenly Fath er's arm is already lifting us. ltev. E. I, D. Pepper. To Glorify Uott. Many forget that "the chief end of man is to glorify Hod and enjoy Hiin forever." That grand end God always had in view, and Ho never loses sight of it. We Ibse sight of it often, and ao neither aim to glorify Him in our bodies nor spirits, and seek to enjoy everything else more than (iod. Thus we miss both the noblest em ployment in the world and the purest anil fullest happiness of living. There is no last ing enjoyment without God, in whom we live, move and have our being." The nearer we live to Him the more blessed will be our existence. A loving family are never happier than with their own parents. Christian Instructor. Stormy liays. Does It rain to-day! Is it dark and gloomy? That is all right; there must be some stormy days. To-morrow the cloud will have a silver lining or disappear entire ly. Does the sun shine? Knioy the sun shine. To-morrow may be bright also. Are you well? Enjoy your health and use it to the best advantage. Are you ill? Then it it day in which to be patient and endure cheerfully. Are you free from trouble? Then it is a thanksgiving day. Are you carrying heavy burdens for yourself or oth ers! Then it is day for the rolling off your burdens at the foot of the ctoas. . Louise ftcywood. . Student "Josh" Carrie Nation. Mrs. Carrie Nation went to New Ha ven to have "a heart to heart talk with tho Yale atudentii," as nho expressed It. She made her way to the campus, whr she found a number of young men. some amoklmt cigarettes. This wag enough for Canle. and ah pro ccedod to give the atudouU a acold lug, Thoy stood It good naturedly for a whllo, but Anally treated the saloon smasher toi n rotiu' of "Joshing" col lt'Ko yulls and thoruHes, aud Mrs. Na tion via:) f'-.r"id t b 'at a smnowitat undi.Ait IV. 1 !u.:et.
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