"A CHANCED NAME" fia Eloquent Sermon by Rev. Wllbar Chapman. Dr. J. Some Contorting Lessons From the Story ot Hit Aofeland Jacob Every Act Shapes Oar Character and Name. Nkw York Citt. The following ser mon, entitled "A Changed Name, had hern furnished for publication by the dis' tinguished and eloquent evangeliat, the Hov. Dr. Wilbur Chapman. It wnf prenchrd from the text: "And lie anid unto him. What in thy name? And he laid Jsrah." Genesis .?.: 27. Thii i n angel's question to a man from whose embrace he was trying in every possible mnnner to break awny. Locked together after the manner of an cient wrestlers they bend first this way and then that, and the angel cries, "Let me go, for the day breaketh." Jacob re sponds, "f will not let. thee go except thou blrcw me," and then the word Of the text were KUen. "And he said unto hint, What is thy name? And he Puid .Jacob." Jacob might have answered the question in different way at different times. He mitfht well have said at oue time, my name ia Jacob, for he had deceived his father and supplanted his brother, but he might have anid at another time, my mime in He ve.iler. for he hna given us a vision of the noen heaven. In hi dream we have heard the voice of God. He might havo said on atill another oceuiion, my name ia Teacher, fnv under hia tuition we have made a pil grimage into the deep things of Ood, and lie could truly have said ns he came to the end of hia career, my linnie is laracl, for aa a prince he hud power with (rod nnd with men had prevailed. You will notice the divine older, power with (jod first and with men afterward. Oh that we might; mn lesrn that the way to inlluonce earth ia by the wav of heaven. It ia a singular question in the text, for in the olden ilnva a name wan given not merely to gratify the pausing whim of the parent, nor for the alike oi eunlioiiy. but becaiiae of charac ter; a man's character wan hia name and Ilia name wns hia character. A changed name indicates a changed churacter. Abrani in the Old Testament ia changed to Ahra haiu as he steps into closer fellowship with (lod. 8aul. of Tarsus, became Paul, the aoostlc. after the heavenly viaion. Thou ahalt cull 1 f in mime .leans liecause He iihutl aave His peonle from their niua. and He ia Iniinaniiel. which aigniliea (lod with ua. It is n most aingular question, "what ia thy name;" in the night of (iod. He certainly blows what it ia. It ia said that our nmnes are written on the palms of His hands; that thev are also wrilten in the 1. limb's Hook of Lite, but what name? Hardly the name given to you by your mother, but rather the name that you have made for yourself under the direction of (lod. by your patience, by your meek ness, your brotherly kindness. It ia a sol emn thought that everv act as. well ns every word in shaping the character and the name by which we shall be known throughout eternity. This story of the change of Jacob's name ia interesting. I do not forget that be lived ltfOO yeara before Christ, but atill it ia interesting for the reason that human ratine has always been the same. Inter esting, too, because he was a typical Jew. Hia life wan the life of Israel in epitome; that people found in every country and be longing to none; that people which have supplied to ua the livelier! religious litera ture nnd are themselves a byword, which have given to ua the liveliest ideals in life and are themselves an object of ridicule; that people which have supplied the ncrld's greatest characters, for Paul was a Jew and Jesus was a Jew. If you under stand Jucub you will understand the Jew alwavs. lint while he begun ns a supplanter hia character was purified at the last. The furnace was heated seven times hotter than it was wont to be heated, but he cornea purified. He is very much like ourselves, too, and for that reason is interesting. Abraham was a hero, Moses a great leader of men. Klijuh was a pronhet. David was a king. All of these men discourage us with their greatness, but Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents. We find our like ness in Peter in the New Testament, and in tins man Jacob in the Old Testament. Hi feelings anpeal to us, for whether we will acknowledge it or not his sins are in us in germ whether we ' have permitted them to devcloD or not; his saturations ap peal to us. Where is there the man who lias not hud his Bethel, giving him views ot lieuvcn nnd permitting hint to hear the voice of God. His sorrows appeal to us; in his limping awny from Jabbok's ford, in his sorrow at the lonely grave where his Moved Rachel was buried, and in his nigonv over his lost Joseph many of us have the deepest sympathy because we ourselves i have suffered, but it is a great comfort at the end to see him coming forth more than conqueror, which ieads me to say that there is hope ior every one. I. "What is thy name, and he said Jacob," Look at him by his father's side as he de ceives the old man in his blindness, telling him that he is Esau when he is Jacob, ami the old father saying to him the voice is the voice of Ksau, but the hands do not belong to him. How he must have trem bled. I can see his fuce get white and hear liis heart beat quickly. What if God should strike him dead as he stands in tho presence of the old patriarch? In this Part of his history I learn that one sin leads to another. We cannot commit a ingle sin and stop with thut. Mv. Spurgeon used to tell of the king who commanded his subject to make a chain of three liuks, and then told him to make it longer and still longer, nnd with the chain bound him nnd cast him into prison. How like unto Satan that is. (races and vice go with linked hands. No tice in Paul's Kpistle to the Galutians con cerning the works of the flesh, Unlatiam 5: 19-21, "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, for nication, uucleanness, laaciviouaness, idol atry, withcraft, hatred, variance, emula tions, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, en vyinga, murders, drunkenness, reveling and such like, of the which I tell you be fore, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of (iod.'1 And also notice his description of the fruit of the pint. Galatians 6: 22-23, "Hut the fruit of the (Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffer ing, gentleness, guodnetw, tiiith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. Vet this nmn w),a deceived his father and ivi"'1". n'8 brother liecamo a prince. hat i thy name? 1 put the question to yuu, and if you answer correctly some would say, "My name is impatience, or mine is iinkindness, or mine is selfishness, r nnue is pride, for these are the domin ?"t i '"IH oul" '"racter. 1 bid you take hope this morning because vour name ny be changed. II. thy name? and he might have "itf lieveuler. I can see him as he hurries TM!"iyJrom n' od home when his mother i-i iif of the i"' "ger "f Esau, and I "liold him fleeing to the north. The night ome quu-kly uiion hwi, and he luudi I-"" certain place and tarries there all night, and this place is Hethel. It is bleak and barren. His only pillow is the stones u. , s ue mils upon me giounn ",TePf nd as he sleeps he dreams, and l2a;i. dream bholda the ladder which if ! ,u.y tht elto always d!.?n .T'1 to lie". "t with a golden cLi-e. 0;l.rav'lti'm as the scientist do tli'!,."" ""-""''ly. t before all ol incall, "n'lel in Him who became thin. ""f,11 ago. The interesting he wL ., . wn )u,t we are. It may erhfn. i ,iI,overt !"' Wy ' uttering, u . it'"air' th bddn is jus it V?nyu' burdena to the foot ,, 4D1 ascending angels beui sSi-'woy ",J th(!n wait until the do gliding angci, ,lri neavel,-, blessing va, uy,"U' X" notice that when ho heaven Vi- 1,8 "ia revelation of had e?ml i i ' weru elooed. his lever yau cooled, Ins ex,. t.oi.t I.. J h.idcH. uout ,lmi( d M hc failm n the uud t.elu.1 i Wor(, ll lt himself and then ha ihk e"vt'"- W1'' e lose ourselves Plmll ?? . busy, scU-lilo of ours. ii Tl. i..f" ground '?! ,in" when lt " 011 thB nt b... V1" ""ment it leaves the ground ings when it is on the it hat if i i i -1 """K' Dut J""' 11,8 instunt 1 1 2 earl 1 V1", '" il begin to drop to , " T1,1'' Ha bit us mount up this morn Mir i? M we. ,,"""t bit us rejoice that or si (V ' 1 "' l',e o"1,!n time stood uus una si '.U nmy stauJ for power nr. What is thy name? and lie might well have said Teacher, for he teaches what discipline really is, and the story of how this man was changed from Jacob to Israel is helpful to us all. It wns renl spiritual education, but education means to draw out, nnd you might draw out from some thing which bus been implanted, and (hit something must be the divine nature. Dis cipline for the man who ia not a Christian is a failure. You will remember when Jacob was at Hnran lie began to be discon tented with his lot. and the craftiness ot his nature was constantly growing, so (jod sent him away from the place. Ho hud everything a man could want, but he must become a wanderer if he would go on to the Israel nature. We doubtless all of us have learned that. that, which ia loss for us has been gain for Christ, and suf fering is a good thing, but-it ia comforting to know that the hand that stirs the nest is the hand of Christ and the hand that, leads out is the one that is pierced by the nails, while the one that poet before us is the good Shepherd Himself. He will not. lead us too far uor suffer us to be tempted almve that we are able to bear. The love of (jod often means discipline. People or dinarily have low fhnughts of love; they only count that love which caresses nnd sooths and makes of itself a shield that no rough wind may blow upon us. They havo no notion of a love that can any no, a love that can use the rod and the scourge and call the object of its power to pass through the tiro, and it. is interesting to hear the Scripture declare concerning God and Jacob. "Thou are Jacob whom I have loved," yet his life was one long struggle tilled with constant disappointment. How ever, it is true that every trial and everv disappointment wns a stcn nearer his princely nature. I myself would take every trial he had and every disappoint ment he met, would endure every heart ncho if only I might become a prince hav ing power with Cod and with men. IV. We arc ncoring the time when his name is to bo changed. Behind him is Lillian, before him Esau, for be is coming nearer to him constantly, nnd he is afraid. Above him is God. He hns come to Jabhok's ford, the loneliest place in the Holy Land. One could not easily remain there the night through. He has reached the loneliest hour of the night: ncross the Jabbok is his property, his children, his beloved I'achel. and Jacob was left alone. Around bim the profound silence of the desert place, beside him the murmur of the brook as it hurries on to the sea. above him the heavens studded with st.es. This is not. an illus tration of Jacob's earnestness in prayer, but rather the earnestness of the nngel of the Lord, who would take from Jacob that which is between him and power.- Notice first, how Jacob holds on to the nngel. It is a marvelous thing how long a man enn hold out against God. Sonic of us ba-e been doing it for years. Notice, second, flint the angel touched the hollow of his thigh. Whatever enables n soul to hold out against God He will touch. It may be pride, wcnlth. affect inn. it may be something natural, ns n sinew nnd as small as a sinew, but He will touch it. I can see Jacob struggle in the angel's embrace, and then I behold him coming nway with a new name; be is Israel, the prince. The way to nrineeliness is the way of sure surrender. Wo must yield ourselves to (Jod for power afterward. It in said he called the idacc Pcniel, for said he, "I have seen God face to face," and as he crossed over Jabbok the sun rase, Doubt less he felt as if ho had never seen it rise before. : My dear friend. Mr. S. H. Hadlcy. the morning after his conversion said as ha opened his eyes and looked out of the win dow, "Why, is this heaven? I have never seen the sun shine like this, and are those the trees of life? for I have never seen trees like these," and yet they were the same trees and it was the same sun that wns shining yesterday, but he was looking 'with the power of a new vision. Oh. may .(iod help us to come to the same expe rience, lo-dav. V. And Jacob went down and met Esau, nnd then we are told he went over to She chem. Somebody has said thut douhlless his wife might havo said to him, "It is far better for us to live in the city rather thun the plain; it will he bitter for our chil- dren. they will become more cultured," and they went to Sh-'cliem only to make the greatest shinwreck of their home, and they turned away from it after a while with broken hearts, and God said 'o him, "Arise, nnd go up to Hethel and dwell ; I here." Christians suff er spiritual declina tion for very many reasons, but in this ex 'pressioii to-dny I have the secret of a re newed consecration. It is necessary in these days if Christians are to be as they would like to be for them to pray as they 'Uied to pray, reid the Bible as they used to read it, yield themselves to God as thev did in former times and the old joy will come back with increasing force. If we are to have times of blessing in the days to come the individual who is the leader of a home must go back to Hethel and live in .his home as lie used to live, nnd the church must go back to Bethel and be tilled with 'the Spirit of God as she was in other days. Put the end has come at last, the scaffolding is taken down from about this I wonderful character, life has been a long 'struggle with him. the last word is snoken, the last command is given, the Jacob look is leaving his face, the Israel nature hns gained control. He was a prince indeed, A Discovery Worth Making. A prisoner in one of our State peniten tiaries writes that he "thoroughly compre hends the kindness of bis unkind condi tion." He has learned to trust "the light against inhospitable surroundings" to be the means of developing in him power to resist the adversities which he is likely to encounter after he is released. How for tunate would the world be if all men could learn to see the kindness in unkind ness. Not only would the rigor of the law then always work out its purposed object nf reclamation and restoration, as it seems 'to be doing in this case, but under the infi nitely juster government of God sinners would always turn back to Him from Hia lieueficent punishments. Yea, even Chris tians would forbear to murmur at afflic tions and necessities until they saw what quality of character their Lord desired to strengthen in them by His loving disci plineChicago Interior. Energy Is Eternal. Who is there who dures to say that when old age is reached there is not as much laid by in that soul wrapped in its weary body as there was in the infant full of lat ent power? We know not where the in fant a forces come from, uor where the 'dying man's energy goes to, but if nature 'leaches us anything it teaches us that forces such as these are eternal in the same sense that matter is eternal and space end less. Frank Dullen. Tha Needed Guide. Christ is the needed guide through the devious paths and temptations of this lite. tile i it king in the purest and best sense, to whom we can wifti gladness yield our selves, lie is the hope of glory for the plain man, and he who possesses that hope , is the strong man. Key. M. t Johnson. Peculiar Fraak of Wind. One ot the most peculiar freaki that the wind played recently was ov the Presbyterlnu church at New Hart ford, Eng. lt blew tho aleeple, above the belfry, out of plumb about twenty five degrees, bo that the sph'O point ed in' a northwesterly direction, and it was feared that it might (all. When, the next morning, a number of men were engaged in utialghtonlng it and strengthening the supports, the wind veered round and blow lt back almost to 1U original puaUion. People Who Eat Clover. Some of the Indiana in Mendocino County, California, use clover as an article of food. They eat it, as ani mals do, leavea, stems, flower beads and all. They can be seen in the clover fields eating the fragrant grass by handfuls. They also make uae of many plants, such as seaweeds, fungi, lichens, ferns uud conifers, that white people neglect, employing some for their fibers, others for their medicinal properties, and others for the nutri tious value of tbolr seeds. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For December 7. ; Subject: Ruth and Naomi, Ruth 1, 16-22-Gold-ca Text, Rom. ll 10-Memory Verses. 16, 17 Commentary en the Day's Lesson. 18. "And Uuth said." After Orpah had returned Naomi again put the test upon Ruth. Naomi would have her know and realize fully the importance of her decision, and urge upon her tj decide it for (bid. This also would help her to contrast the difference between a heathen woman and an Israelite, The question would then be settled upon the side of religion, lt wits homeland with its comfort and familiari ties and idols, or it was a strange land. , among strangers, in the service of Israel's Ood. lt was a separation from all her for mer life to go with Naomi. "Intreut roe not to leave thee." Here came the answer from the heurt. At this great crisis in her life Ruth kept close company with one who served the Ood whom she now chose. Hhe plend for the personal help tind fellow ship of Naomi. She desired that she would not refer to her idols, relatives and home, while she was in such a trying position. At once she decided on her associate, and broke away from every opposing influence. "Whither thou goest I will go." Thus Kuth ends the debate. Nothing could be more decisive or brave than this; she seems to have had another spirit and another speech, now her sister was gone, and it is an in stance of the grace of God inclining the aoul to the resolute choice of the better part. Though to a country unknown to tier and one of which she had been trained to have n low opinion she would travel there with Naomi. ' Where thou lodgest, I will lodge." lly her firm resolutions she declared her purpose to be one with Nao mi's people. Though Naomi was under af fliction, nnd returning to her own country in humility, Ruth was firm in her purpose to share in her lot. "Thy people shall be my people." Thus she would renounce all her connections and prospects in the land of Moab, and live according to all the rules of Naomi's people in Canaan. "And thy Ood my Uod." I will adore the (iod of Israel, the only living and true Ood, trust in Him alone, serve Him. and in every thing be ruled bv Ilim. 17. "Will I die." Ruth made this her lifetime choice. ' There will I be buried." Not desiring to have so much us her dead body carried back to the country of Moub, in token nf any remaining kindness for it. She would, by this choice, desire to forget all relationship with her own people or their religion. She was ready to make the change with all it meant. "The I.nrd do so." etc. To prove her sincerity in this matter Ruth culled (iod to witness, and asked Him to multiply her troubles i.f she did not keep true to this solemn vow.' Her words were an ancient form of an o:tth. lly thus culling Ood to witness she would fix a lasting obligation upon herself never to leave this way. it came to puss, even ns they desire, for when Naomi became old she lived with Ruth anil Boar, and was the nurse of their son (Ihed. ( hap. 4: l.i. 10. 18. "Then she left speaking." There could be no room to doubt bet- sincerity and true motive. Her vow was convincing. Since Ruth's purpose rcaijied beyond n mere impulse and family affection. Naomi was safe in allowing her to face ull the con sequences, with her. lit. "They two went." When they were both of the same mind they could walk lov ingly together. When they were pledged to be true to Ood they then could find abundance of love for euch other and fel lowship so dear. The journey could be made with joy, even though they keenly felt their loss nnd bereavement in their widowhood. "The city was moved." It appears that Naomi was not only well known but highly respected also ut Beth lehem; a proof that Elimelech was of high consideration in that place.. "Is this Nao mi?" Her friends had remembered her as they lust saw her. What their sorrow was at having to go into a heathen country wo do not read, but they eagerly met her. The change which affliction had wrought sur prised Naomi's friends. They probably were surprised nt her poverty, since she had left Canaan to escape the famine. 20. "Call me Mnra." Her former name was fitting in her former life, as Naomi means beautiful, pleasant, sweetness. Now that affliction had changed her lot niara, meaning bitterness, was a more suitable nume. They had known her young, happy and free from care. By this request in the chunge of her nuine Naomi showed her sub mission to her lonely lot, and also her pa tient spirit toward those who commented upon her affairs. "Tho Almighty hath dealt." Nhe acknowledges the hand of Ood, His mighty hand in the affliction. It was duly and her interest to submit to Him. She had not chosen the affliction. She felt the bitterness of her lonely life end circumstances, yet her heart yearned to serve Him among His people. 21. "Went out full." Having a husband nnd two sons. Her cup of joy was full. "Home again empty." The iJord spared her life and enabled her to return, but He hud taken all her family. "Testified against nio." Since Ood hud wrought the change in her life, according to His wis dom, she would not hold to the name that spoke contrary to His dealings. With her affliction there was humility. Ood'a rod of affliction was as His voicu. She humbly considered her affliction as coming from the Ixird's bund upon her and her family for sin. Perhaps she considered herself us guilty in not having left Moab immediately on the death of her husband. Yet we con clude that Naomi was receiving the peace able fruits of righteousness from her af fliction, since she held her integrity, and sought a humble place among God's peo ple, offering her humble confession to them. 2-.. "Barley harvest." Usually in the middle of April. The fuel of its being bur Icy harvest suggested to Ruth that she might go forth to glean. This right of gleaning was one of the legal provisions for the poor of Israel, and us the land holders were not subject to money taxes for the support of the poor, rhis claim was liber ally construed by thein. The part of the field to which (tilth wns providentially di rected belonged to iioaz, near kiusman of Naomi's lute husband. The remainder of the book of Ruth tells of her reward for the choice she had made. 1. She found a mean of supporting her mother-in-law. 2. She won the respect and favor of the people among whom she lived. 3. She gained a most excellent hus band and home. 4. Ruth had the honor of including among her descendants the great kings David and Solomon, and, above all, Jesus the Christ. Still we are to be careful not to confound outward reward with tho real reward of virtue. Horee Does a Watch-Dog Stunt. A prominent citizen of Orldley, Cat., ,haH a horse that does excellent ser vice as a watchdog. But for the won dorful intelligence and faithfulness ol the auiraal which occupies a corral next to the chicken house, a thlei would have made his escape with batch of valuable poultry. During the night the proprietor war awakened by a racket in the henyard, and, on taking a cautious look, saw In the dim light a marauder coming oul of the henhouse with a sack. At ttis .same tlmi the horse with a vicloui squeal, went toward the thief and, wheeling about began to kick at him, The thief dropped the sack of chick ens and ran, with the horse after him, the horse actually biting out a mouth ful of tho man's coattalls as he scaled the corral fence, The bag contained eight chickens. Famous Boer Scout Here. Capt. P. J. Vlseer, late chiot of the Boer scouts, has come to this country to live. He is 25 years old and stands six feet eight and a half inches in bis Blockings. He wants to go West and see the rough riders there, and thinks be has seen about as much rough rid ing as any man who ever straddled a burse. CHR,smN endeavor towcs D:c. 7 "Do I Discourage Others.' 46-52; Nam. xlil, 2-23. Mark I F-ripltire Wroco. IVtit. xx-l. 1-1 Josh. I. (, 7; x. 2Ii: 2 Sum. x. 8-12; J Chron. xlx. 11; Ezra x. 4; Pea. xxvil 11; Rom. xlv. 7. 8: 2 Cor. III. 2-5. Lesion Thoughts, i In a dark space even a little light Is very ronspbutous. Tho world if full of the dnrknun of sin ami sttfter Ini? and unklndncss; even the small st de'd of love can scatter much of the darkness around it. To withhold cheer I'rcm the cour fkpoiib is a sin of admlmtlon, but ic discourage one who 1s already wea'.' nnd fearful, is added wrong. "Over I raising may be an error, but under pmiHlng is a sin." No man has a burden that belong) exclusively to himself. Whntevei care your neighbor may have is yourt also to thnre with him by your sym path and support. ' Selections. How much we take, how little give! Yet over lii'e Is meant To help nil lives.; fn nian Hliniild live For all men's betterment. Life is hard for many people. anf wo have no right to withheld any lool or word or touch or act ot love whiel will lighten the load or cheer tin heart of any fellow striiRglcr. Tin best we can make ot our lU'e. is t llvo to that wo shall bo a benedirtlot tn every one we meet The look of sympathy, the g nt'.t word, S;;oken so low that only angelf heard ; The secret act of purs self-sa-riflce L'nseen by men. but marked b auc,eln' eyes, -Those are not lomt. Tho kindly plan devised for other' good, So seldom guessed, but little undr-r stood : The qul?t. steadfast love that strove to win Some wanderers from the ways ol r.ln These are not lost. No tervlee, however unimportant I: may . appear, is without value. I' was Moses who offered the fervent efTer-tual prayer that enabled Joshun to discomfit Aninlolt and his peotile v.'l'h the edge of the avos'iI, luit Aaron and Htir l.eii! up Moses'h hands while he prayrd: and Ood blessed the es change ot mutual helpfulness aiuonj them. Suggested Hymns. Brightly gleams our banner. Standing by a purpose true. Stand up! ot.and up for Jesuq. O for a heart to praise my God. Fading away like the atars ot the morning. Am I a soldier ot the croas? EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.' Dec. 7 People Acts 2, 17, 18-21; I Tim. 4J, 1216. The passage from the Acts em braces the prophecy of Joel quoted by Peter at Pentecost in explanation of the marvelous incidents of that day. The other, from Paul's letter to Timothy, indicates the privelege ot youth to be an example in all the no bler and better elements of character. There is no more pressing duty upon the Epworth league to-day than to stir up the indifferent and lukewarm in all our churches to the great op portunity and duty of Christian mis sions. One of the peculiar religious move ments of the present age Is the Young People's Movement. And In no direc tion has it had a more important and hopeful growth than in the direction of the study of missions. The Inter national Convention of the Students' Foreign Missionary Movement at To ronto was not only the largest gath ering of students ever held for the consideration of the evangelization of the world, but it makes a new depar ture, and brings into the field a new force for missions. It ds a promise and prophecy of tho evangelization of tho world in this generation and by the "new generation." The Movement started in 18S6 with the object to raise up In North Amer ica a sufficient number ot capable young missionaries to meet the re quirements of the various missionary societies of all the Churches. Its in fluence was immediately felt, and up to this year it has reached some 800 institutions ot learning, in which there are 325 mission study classes, having enrolled about 5,000 students. 2,000 had up to this year sailed to for eign fields as missionary workers. It has 8 secretaries, and has reached every Protestant country in the world. There is a prophecy of untold good in this movement. It means the better training and preparation of those who go out to the foreign field. It means the organization and study ot mis sions in all our Young People's So cieties. It means the revolution of the missionary interest and giving in all our churches. It means the rein carnation ot apostolic Christianity. This is peculiarly spiritual and evan gelistic. Its influence upon college life is great for good. It does untold good toward counteracting the preval ent epirlt of worldiness and material ism and in tltlollty. always pressing in upon our institutions ot learning. It gives a new uplift to the religious life and tone of all our colleges and universities. Its spirit will bring out other missionary workers not In our schools and reveal to them the necess ity for special training for the work, and it will multiply the offerings of all our churches. "There are Immense possibilities wrapped up In the Student Volunteer Movement. Its rallying cry, 'The Evangelization of the World in this Generation,' may seem extravagant to some. Nevertheless, the movement is destined to achieve great things for God and humanity, and all over the world there are those who fervently pray that it may continue to be wisely directed, so that, in larger measure than ever, the churches may be arous ed to a sense of their duty and re sponsibility toward the peoples that are in darkness, and that through the united efforts of the Churches the prophetic motto of the movement may be speedily realised." i A Qigantio Bible. The most costly book In the Royal library at Stockholm Is a Bible. It is ao wonder that it Is considered precious, for there is not another just like it In the world. In weight and size alone it is unique, lt is said that 1G0 asses' skins were used for Its parchment leaves. There are 809 pages ot writing and each page falls but one Inch short of being a yard In length. The width of the leaves is twenty larheB. Tho covers are solid plauks, four Inches thick. TIIE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF Poeini At His Feet How an tnusual Bur. len llravely Borne Besnlteil In the ftlesslnc of a Kaereil Memorv Oml (lives Grace After Sorrow. Lord, ainre I have not weatlli'a increase To make mv diadem, Take Thou the little gifts of peac And weave it out of them. The little chirping praise of birds That wakes me duv by day. The little laughing, friendly words That help me on my way. The little tasks Thou givest me Appointed hour by hour. The little gifts of love 1 see V In sun and breeze anil shower. The little self-denials dear In love and hope divine. The triumphs over faithless fesr Known to no eyes but Thine Weave them together, one by one, ; Hv Thy dear touch made sweet. And doilv, when the crown is done, I'll cast it at Thy feet. -Mabel Karl, in Christian Endeavor World. The Brighter Slile. "Misfortunes never come singly." it is said, nnd sometimes, double-yoked, they trend hard on the heels of our long-expected joys. Itessie Pierson hud returned from her wedding trip, established herself in her new home with tier nusbuml anu was get ling accustomed to her new name of Mrs. .lohn I. Sawyer when the misfortunes be gan. There were several minor ones, and then her father died, but this sorrow was followed by one even worse. Her mother suflcred a severe parnlytic stroke, from which it seemed at first she could not re cover. Her life was snved. but the mind was nearly gone. Jind HeRsie and her hus band had no alternative but to bring her to their own home, olready overshadowed bv a great sorrow, ond narrow their home life down to a care which would probably lust for years, and which it was certain that nothing but death could relieve. It is an old saying that n living sorrow is worc than a dead one. There is some real comfort in a grave which can be cov ered with flowers. It is the open grave that chills the heart. Hut in the great trouble which had come upon the young couple so soon after their rrinrriuge there was one great consolation, as Bessie said to her nearest friends, and John was tin wear ily kind and sympathetic. There was never n word of complaint from bim, and his bearing throughout was that nf a duti ful and loving son. Nevertheless the bur den pressed heavily on the shoulders of the young wife. For several weeks she had been unable to go to church. When she went she found a stranger in the pulpit. She was late nnd the prayer was just beginning. There was something in it that attracted her attention from the outset ond gave her a feeling of reverence and of comfort. The minister prayed for the congregation before him, and the homes from which the people came; for fathers and mothers nnd little children. And finally for those children who had reversed their own relations of youth and had become the guardians of the par ents who once had cured for them. It was a most unusual petition, llcssie did not remember ever to have heard such a one before. It was the very praver which she felt she hud need to offer. Her heart responded to it. and she went home comforted, cheered ond strengthened, to take up her burden with new and greater courage. The brighter side of hev task soon began to show itself. Changed as her mother was from what she had been she was still amiuble and sweet spirited, and there were times, when there shone through her men tal weakness some glow of former recollec tions. Two years later the transition came. Heath was kind, nnd the sufferer went smilingly nnd without nain. Above the coflin in which she lay with a look of neace on her face the young husband and his wife dronned tears, not of regret, but of genuine filial sorrow. When they returned from the grave the home was empty, ns if they had lost a little child. But they had the joy of a duty performed uncomplain ingly and in a spirit of love. There are many homes which have simi lar burdens, some of which must be borne without the knowledge of the world, lt is something to support such a burden to tlx end, but to those who will receive it (iod gives grace to make the sorrow a blessing and a sacred memory. Youth's (,'onipon ion. The One 1-esson. This is. after all. the first nnd last lesson for the Christian workers. He cleim, pure of heart and simple in motive. See to it that there is no friction between your will and Christ's. Be adjusted in gear, well set and jointed. Subdue your own activities as much as your own natural lethurgv. Stand atill till (iod imnels you. Wait till He works in you to will and to do nf Ilia pleasure. F.xercise faith that (lod should accomplish in you the greater results- pos sible to the capacity of your nature. Let there he no thought nf what you can do for (iod, but all thought of whnt (iod can do through you. Nothing will make you so intense and ceaseless in your activity as this. There will be an end of cowardice and of nridc. Of cowardice, because you will find yourself borne along by an irre sistible impulse. Of pride, because you will have no occasion to boast. As soon might Milton's pen have been proud of writing the "Paradise Lost" as you of what Christ may have done through you. Shall the axe lions I itself aiaiust him that heweth therewith? or ahull the saw mag nify itself avuinst him that shake! h it? Kcv. . n. Meyer. Itesponstblllty. No duty, however hard and perilous, should be fen red one-half so much as fail ure in the duty. People sometimes shrink from responsibility, saying they dare not accept it because it is so great. But in shrinking from duty tliey arc rca.lv en countering a far more serious condition than that which they evade. It is a great deal easier to do what, (iod gives us to do, no mutter how hard it is, than to fuce the responsibility of not doing it. Wo have abundant assurances that, we shall receive all the strength we need to perform any duty (iod allots to us, but if we fall out of tho line of obedience and refuse to do any thing which we ought to do, we find our selves at once out of harmony with (iod's law nnd God's providence, and cannot es cape the consequences of our failure. J. K. Miller. Tha Ut Way. The best way to Christianize people ia by our own Christian example, and show ing them love and helpfulness. Key. Mr, Baker. Learn to Praise. "We live by admiration, hope and love," Wordsworth tells us not, therefore, by contempt, despondency and hatred. These contract und narrow "the soul, us the oth ers enlarge it. The mora a man heartily admires, the more he lakes into bis nature the goodness and beauty which excite hia admiration. Ilia being grows up toward what thus evokes hia enthusiasm. And the habit of admiration is the outcome of a moral discipline which represses peevish and fault-finding dispositions and seeks the admirable in every situation and every per son that life brings to us., 'lie ye en larged" implies 'Ucuru to admire aud praise." Power of Shells. In 1870 a t ordinary ehell when fl burst broke into from nineteen to thir ty pieces. To-day it bursts Into 240, Shrapnel Are in 1870 scattered only thirty-seven death-dealing missiles. Now it scatters 840. A bomb weigh ing about 70 pounds thirty years ago would have burst Into forty-two frag ments. To-day when it is charged with poroxilone lt breaks up into 1.200 pieces, each ot which is burled with much greater velocity than the larger lumps which were scattered by a gun powder explosion. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Oeaersl Trade Condltlona. K. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review" lays: Voluntary increase in wages by some of the largest railway systems in the country bear eloquent testimony to the amount of business handled in the past and emphasize the confidence of officials in continued heavy traftic. Moreover, by this addition of large sums to the purchasing power of rail way employees there is assurance of a larger demand for all staple lines of merchandise. Temporarily, sales of seasonable lines of wearing apparel are retarded by mild weather, but this loss will be fully made up when low temper ature becomes general. Preparations for holiday trade are on an unprecedented scale, especially at interior points. There is no relief as to the congestion of railway traffic, nor any immediate prospect of free movements at the points of most seri ous blockade. Coal freight is steadily gaining, and all railway earnings thus far reported for November exceed last year's by 59 per cent, and those of 1900 by 15.9 per cent. Orders are now coming forward for iron and steel products that have been held back many months in expectation of an easier market. Instead of mak ing concessions, however, producers ask premiums for early delivery and Iiesitate to accept contracts where ma terial and fuel are not in sight. No relief is reported as to the movement of coke, nor is any anticipated for some time to come; in fact, one author ity suggests that the situation will not be normal before April. Imports re lieve some departments of the industry. Plans for constructive work are now increasing, and a very large tonnage of structural material will be required. As the present congestion is due to in adequate facilities the most important inquiry is for railway equipment. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring; clear, $:M0r3.30: best Patent. 4.50; choice Family, 13.75. Wheat New York No. 2. 78c; Philadelphia No 2, 7oa75fc: Baltimore No 2 75,'c; Corn-New York No. 2, 66c: Phils dolphia No. 2. 67n67X; Baltimore No. 2, ti'.'o. Oats Now York No. 2. 34o; Phlla deiphiu No. 2, Wic, Baltimore No 2, 3fic. Hay No. 1 timothy, 17.00al7.50; No. 2 timothy. flo.Mal6.00: No. 8 tint' othyfl3.50al5.00 Green Fruits and Vegetables Apples perbrl, fancy f 1 502 75; fair to ood per brl, 1 25cf3 00; Cabbages, "bo mestio, per ton. f l.50. Celery, per doz. 25c40c; Eggplants, native, per 100, fl 00 125; Grapes, besket, 10al2o Lettuce, native, per bu box, 25c:t5c. Lima benns, native, per bu box, 80 OOo; Onions, Maryland and Pennsylva nia yellow, per bu, 60cS75c. Potatoes, White, per bu 60a63c; Mary land and Pennsylvania, per bu 60ati3c; New York, per bu 60a 63: sweets, per brl 1 25uf 1 40. Butter, Separator, 26a27o; Gathered cream, 2ta25o; prints,l-lb 27tt28c; Bolls, 21b, 26a'.'7; Dairy pts. Md., Pa., Va.. 25n26c. Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen, "ia'ibo Cheese, Largo, 60-lb, 13al3.'o; me dium, 36-Ib; 13al3i; plonios, 23-lb ,13.!ittl3'c. Live Poultry, Hens, 9a9io; old roosters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 9,S,'alO Ducks, mux Hides, Heavy steers, association and suiters, late kill, 60-lba and up, close se leetionr I'.'Jiaia.'j'c; cows and light stoers Provisions and Hog Produots. Bulk clear rib sides, 12c; bulk shoulders, lWo; bulk bellies, 14o; bulk ham butts, j lie; bacon clear rib sides, 13o; bacon shoulders, 13c; augar-eured breasts, 'liVn'c; sugnr-oured ahoulders, 12c; sugar cured Uulifornia hams, 10tfc; hums canvascd or uncunvased, 12 lbs. and over, 14c; refined lard tierces, brls and 50 lb cans, gross, llJtc; refined lard, second-hand tubs, ll?c; refined lard, hulf-burrels and new tubs, UXo. Live Stock. Chicago, Cattlo, Mostly 10al5o lower, gond to prime steers f 6 OOatj 65; medium f 3 00a5 75; atockers and feeders f 2 00 04 65; cows, f I 40a4 50; heifers f il 00a 5 00; Texus-fed steers f 3 00a4 (X). Hogs, Mixed and butchers f j 958 85; good to choice, heavy f 6 20u6 42; Sheep, sheep aud lambs slaw to lower; good to eholoe whether f .' 50a4 00; Western sheep f3 50o500. Enst Liberty, Cattle steady; cbotoe fo 15u6 40; prime f 7 75a8 00. Hogs, prime heavy f 6 40a6 45, mediums f 6 40; heavy Yorkers f 6 40a6 45. Sheep steady, Beat wethers f J 00n3 85 culls and com mon f 1 50u2 00; choice lambs f 5 25a5 40. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Iron and steel workers at Wilming ton, Del., have organized a union. South Wales engineers have been conceded an advance of 3s. a week. Pittsburg (Pa.) river employes are to be combined in one big organiza tion. Cleveland (Eng.) miners have been granted an increase in wages of 3 per cent. The Russian government has insti tuted an eight-hour day in all the State workshops. Belgian miners have resolved to re commence an agitation for an advance of 15 per cent. The Brotherhood of Submarine Di vers of the United States and Canuda is a new organization. Engineers in South Africa average us. 4d. per day, and the hours of labor vary from 48 to 54 a week. Scotch coal miners have asked for an increase in wages and it is now being considered by the mine owners. Street-car employes at Rochester, N. V., will shortly demand recognition oi the union and an increase in pay. Striking Western Union messengei boys at Tcxarkana, Ark., returned to work ut an increase of $3 a month. Union iron molders of Indianapolis, Ind., have united in an effort to union ize all the "light-work" iron men ' in the city. Union delivery drivers at San Fran cisco will demasd a reduction of work ing hours to 10 a day and a continu ance of existing wages, to go into ef fect December 1, The General Federation of Trade Unions of Great Britain has 78 affili ated unions, with a total paying mem bership of 421,77a. The membership of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union throughout th country has doubled in the past six months. Carpenters in Atlanta, Ga., are dis cussing the eight-hour day propobitior aud devising plans for its introduction in that city. Portland (Maine) electric street rail way employes will form a -union o! those not hitherto organized, to b railed tlie 1-ocal Union of the Broth erhoud oi Portland. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poem: Spuraeon's Little Sons" A mmfhot Strong; Reaaana Why It la tslrst as Refrain From Drinking Aleoholie ers: Kscs ps tha Thraldom off Kasaas Ves, we'll rob the poor man of his beer. J And give him a coat instend; We'll put gond boots on his feet. And a hat on the top of his head. We'll rob him of rags and disgrace. Give him water that's sparkling aaJB clear: And he'll thank us with radiant face. Fir the water that'a bettor than beef. Thirteen Reasons For Total Ahstlnsnenj 1, Intoxicating beverages are unnerea- ssry. Many persons live in health and la bor in the hardest occupations without! them. 2. These liquors are dear. They are so in themselves, and in comparison witU other articles of diet. Ardent spirits ars destitute of nutritive finalities; while wiu, beer and cider contain an exceedingly, small portion of nourishment. In a galioni of ale there is nboul as much aa in a penny worth of bread. H. Intoxicating liquors weaken the mrai, They are enemies put into the mouth tbato steal away the brains. 4. They always endanger the chnraeter? and often ruin it. They inflame the iaa filiation, appetites and passions. Throsga' thru- influence multitudes have beent' pluniced into guilt snd eternal destruction, and even some wise ond good men have, for a season, been covered with shame anf defilement. Witness Noah and Lot. 5. lt enlarges and multiplies our jail poorhou8es, hospitals and lunatic asylums.; This is certified by our judges, magistrate,' physicians, chaplains of prisons and other competent and reliable authorities. It means a great extension of crime and mis ery, as well as a large augmentation ot taxes. 6. The genernl practice of temperance, would help to fill our schools and places of j woridiip. -Sobriety is likely to lead to thoiigbtfulness, mid that, in connection.' with better clothing and more comfortable homes, will result, by the Divine blowing,! in the attendance at the house of Uod of many who were formerly absentees. 1 7. Personal abstinence gives us mneS more influence over drunkards. They are-, far more likely to sign the pledge and keep it when advised by those 'a'ho, distinguished for sobriety and religion, have also aet the example of nephalism, or avoidance of strong drink. 1 8. It tends to fill the treasury of- thai Christian church and to raise its spiritual; character, in nearly all sectiona of it funds are constsntly wanted to carry on' the moral machinery, llackslidings and; expulsions, too, are continually occurring throughout Christendom owing to strong: drink. 9. As a pioneer, temnerance hastena tha! converaion of the world. Means sufticien for universal evangelization would be pis.' yided. the minds and hearts of Christian! improved, the number of earnest worker! multiplied, and in other ways the grand: consummation would he accelerated. ' 10. It will vastly aid in multiplying tba inhabitants of heaven. In the case of. many it has been and will be a stepping stone to Christ and eternal life. 11. It increases the joy of angels. The repentance of a ainner always swells their gladness, and the abandonment of strong drink is often the first stage of a prodigiouat reformation. I 12. It undermines the throne of SataaJ When delivered from the demon of intem-l perance, many escape altogether from the' thralldom of the great slave master of the universe. , 13. It glorifies ("iod. His honor is neces sarilv promoted by the diffusion of purity and happiness. - Drlnlt In, Clothes Out. On one of her recent trips to Edinburgh" a certain steamer carried a deck passenger! who retired at nightfall, having imbibed j more strong beverage than suited hia cnn-l stitution. liis mental confusion on rising, next morning was sadly intensified whent he made the unnleasant discovery that alt his personal clothing was missing. f The steward and his staff were promptly, summoned to his cabin, and were followed: in due course by the genial captain himself-J The mystery seemed to defy all conject ure until the captain asked the sufferer iflj he had anv remembrance of how he had disposed of his clothes over night. A sudden gleam of intelligence lighted.' the passenger's eye. and the mischief wa made apparent to all the onlookers when lie answered: "Why, of course! I remember now. B fore turning in I nut them all into that lit tle cunboard yonder." "Why, man!" roared the captain, "that, little cupboard as you call it ia the portal hole!" I Only one person on hoard failed to thor oughly appreciate the humor of the aitaa-i tion, and he it was who borrowed an outfit from the ateward, and abstained front) drinking whisky and like beveragea during the remainder of the voyage. A Drunkard's Last Will.' Only recently a young man, ruined hyt strong drink, committed suicide in a Naw-t York hotel. On his person was found at paper, entitled, "My last will and teatav ment," which read aa follows: "I leave to! , society a ruined character. I leave to my' father and mother aa much misery aa, in) their feeble state, they can bear. I leave! to my brothers and sisters the memory of my mis-spent life. I leave to my wile a broken heart, and to my children the mem-f ory that their father fills a drunkard' crave, and has gonu to a drunkard's hell." The fact that, through the legalized saloons: of this country, thousanda of our iunocent boys are lured away to a similar ead fat' "a drunkard's hell" each year pierces the hearts of thoughtful parents with pangs of indescribable pain. Tha Bltor Bit. A California aaloonist, who objected to the Salvation Army conducting open-air meetings outside his house, turned the uom upon the gathering, drenching not only the soldiers, but two bystanders who were warm friends of the army's work. The UjU ter entered into negotiations with the pro prietors of the block of buildings in which the public house was aituated. purchased it and subsequently ejected the publican, handing the projierty over to the army. Irlu k and Crime. Rev. George Warren, chaplain of the Missouri peuiteutiary, says that out of tko 2270 convicts in the prison at the time ho made an investigation eighty-five per cent, ot the entire number c.itne there' directly through the influence ot liquor, and that live per cent, of the remainder came fTiero indirectly from the same cause. Tht ia. 2000 of the convicts in the Missouri peni tentiary as the result of the licensed liquor traffic in tliat State. Tha Crouds In Brief. It is reported that the saloon men throughout the land are getting very much, stirred up on account of the wave of tem perance sentiment now aweeping over the country. About 200 young women of Waremme. in Uelgiuin, have formed a club known aa "The Bwallowa." Each member has givoat her word of honor neVer to marry a nun addicted to driuk. At the last session of the Methodist General Conference held in Winnipeg. Canada, a temperance secretary waa ap pointed from among their number to travel through tha county to arouse tcmperanoa aeutimeut aud to cryitalize it into action. It is stated by Mr. Pinhorn, of the lost- don Temperance Council, that, taking Lon don aa a whole, drink waa 0. direct came, at the very lowest estimate, of ,OUt deaths during luul. . A pressing present need of the country la a great teniperauce revival, reiving chiefly upon the pursoual anneal. Thous ands of pledj,'e-bigiicin would be it-sunwi horn driinkennaso and more tiiouoantW prevented from becoming drunkards. There is a atatule in Pennsylvania which provides that saloonkeeper shall be beiil responsible in damage lor injuries result ing fruiii their sale vf liipiors to intoxicated person, aud the Supreme Court of tha citato has lately wuda a decmion winch lUHluius tUu luv as coustitutionai aud equitable.
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