"A NOTE OF WARNING" Suaday Sermon By Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. Rejoice That lb Bible Give Instances o) Failure to Serve at an Inspiration How to Avoid Similar Mistakes ' New Tobk City. The following sermon entitled, "A Not of Warning." was preached by the great evangelist, the Rev; JJr. J. Wilbur Chapman. ; It Is to the praise of Clod that He has in His word given us repeated instances of men who nave fallen, that they might serve as a warning and their very failure be an inspiration to us to avoid similar mistakes. One ran not read the story of Adam and Eve without getting a glimpse1 both of the power of Satan in his over throw of our first parents and the tender nes of God as He cried out in the cool of the day: "Where art thou?" We can not study the life and character of Noah with out being impressed with the fact that a man might be used of God to-day, then to morrow wander away so far from Him as to make grievous mistakes. The whole of the Old Testament is a cry to those who have wandered awav from Uod to return. In their wanderings we get our lessons, and in God' cry we have certain evidence that though we may have sinned, yet He is always ready to put our sins away from Him and from us. One of tho best illustrations in the Old Testament, to my mind, is that of Saul. He made a splendid nppenrnnce ns a king. When the people demanded a king God sent Samuel to look one out, and he found Haul, whose appearance was kingly. If nothing else recommended him to the throne this did. The first thing Samuel did was to pour the anointing oil upon his head, which was an indication that God was taking him for His own, and thus separating mm from the world. A little later we read tbrat the Spirit of the Lord came upon Snul, and it looks as if he must have been filled with His presence, and must have fullillcd the highest expecta tions of the people. A little further on in his history the man of God appears to him, saying: "God is with thee, thou mighty man." And we have come to the conclusion, as we look upon him, that it is judeed true, and when the people cry out for the king and Saul is called forth, he stands head and shoulders above the men gathered about him, and involuntarily the people, when thev look upon him, are atirred to such enthusiasm that ther shout, "GOD SAVE THE KING." Afterward, when he went to Gibeah, there gathered around him "a band of men whose hearts God had touched." Thus the story goes on, with Saul rising ever higher and liigher in the popular es teem and favor. et in the end, and in the face of it all, he blackened the pages of the Old Testament, made the ruling of bis kingdom a failure, and died by his own hand really, in the sight of God, a mur derer. One cannot read such a story as this without trembling, and it is for' each one of us to-day that the Bible was written, that we might know God, and that wc might know ourselves. I have learned from this story of Saul, the king, that it is possible for one to be born of the Spirit, really to be saved, and to be saved forever, and yet MISERABLY FAIL in the sight of God. I remember preaching in one of the sities of Indiana. For four days the church was crowded, but a crowd is not an indi ;ation of a blessing. Not infrequently the presence of a crowd is an indication of defeat, for preachers are apt under such iircumstonces to put their confidence in men, rather than in God. During all the (our days not a hand was lifted for prayer, nor a single indication given that there might be an awakening on the part of the Christian people. The field I was next to labor in seemed quite ready for the har vest, and in the preparatory services many people were being saved. I called the min isters of the Indiana city together and asked them to give mo the privilege of closing my engagement with them, that there was some barrier in the way of the working of God's Spirit, and that I felt when I preached as if 1 was bound with chains. After a little conference one of the ministers requested that the decision be withheld for a little, that ha felt sure that he knew where the difficulty was. As the leader of our force of personal work ers we had one of the members of this ministers church, a man well known throughout his own State, and a judge of one of the highest courts. Somehow it seemed that when this man passed through the audience he sent a cold wave over the people. From the conference of ministers the pastor of this church went into the office of this old judge and said to bim: "I have been hearing rumors on the streets for a long time that your life is not slean, and I have come to say that if these rumor are untrue I desire to take some public stand with you to contradict them, but I have also come to say that if they are true I will stand nearer to you than a brother, and help you to get free from the power of your besetting sin." The old judge looked a moment at him, and then put bis head on his arms on the desk and sobbed out: "They are all true, and more." In a moment they were on their knees In prayer, and it was but a moment more before the old judgo rose a delivered man, free from the power of his sin. I was just lifting my hands to pronounce the benediction at the close of an afternoon service when the church door opened and the old judge came in. Having lifted his hand to ask permission to speak he made this statement: "My friends, I have been known for years as one of the members of the church and as an officer of the church, but for a long time my life has been robbed of its power and my soul of it peace. I have Inst my influence in my home, and I fear almost altogether in my citv. But I have gotten right with my minister, and right with God. and I have come to ask your for giveness." The confession was made with obs. here was no benediction pronounced that afternoon. The people all filed out one ay. Some took the hand of the judge to ay God bless you," some to say nothing, but to pas with tear-wet cheeks and burn ing Marts. But when the evening service came, and tho sermon had been preached taere was a remarkable change. The at mosphere seemed like heaven. Fully fifty people pressed their wav to the front to accept Christ as their Saviour. The first man to come was the old judgo, with his arm around a poor lost man, who was hopefully saved. In lex than six davs more than 600 people came pressing their wav into the kingdom. There were several reasons why Saul fell. In the first place, ha was jealous of Da vid; it aroused all the hatred in his sou) to see David beloved and honored, while these things had been denied to him. But it is not the end of his sin. It really seems J if jealousy must have been born in bell; if one lias the seed of it in his na ture he i somehow compelled by a force tie can hardly resist to go deeper into the evil. In the second place we find Saul destroy ing the Iord's truest friend. How true it is that when we have committed one sin and failed to make tliat one right, the rest become easy, not infrequently almost a delight. In the third place we find him sparing Agag and the part of his flock. He the king with lying upon hi lips) This sin becomes very easy. If we allow the corrup tion of two or three days to lie in our souls without being cleansed how sad the results! No one ought to close his eye at night until be has absolutely msde certain that all of the sin of the day have been washed away in the precious blood of Christ. ' The last we e of Saul is wnen be tall 'upon hi sword und take hi own life a 'murderer in the sight of God and in the ight of man. Sin is awful. . In th very beginning of it jrou seem to get th hiss of the erneut a Hi trail through the Garden of Eden. It breaks up borne, drag multitude away ifrom God and down to bell. But th warning cry i given here that we must Iforuke th small sine if w would not be loverpowercd by the grestar one. W Imiut be cleansed from little trausgrea ion if w would not finally be lost. 11 lay on should ask the secret of failure, jtli reason why at last th crown, should lost, it could all be ummt up la tore MterasrSUtM " " THEtf COMETH THE END. The day of awards is a great day. It Is really the judgment seat of Christ, when we are to receive the reward of the deeds done through the body. It is not a time when we are judged for sin, for the sin question was all settled at the cross for those who accept .testis Christ. It is not to be confused with the dny of judgment spo ken of in the twenty-fifth chapter of Mat thew; and certainly it is not identical with the great white throne judgment presented in the twentieth chapter of Revelation. It is simply the day when the Master, before whom the records of our lives are laid bare, shall give to ns the reward for our faithfulness, or express His estimate of our faithlessness. I csn see the Master, with His people gathered before Him. A name is called that is familiar, and I see that one stand ing before Him with great expectancy. Then the Master speaks with that voice that John tells us sounds like the flow of many waters, that voice that stilled the tempest tossed sea, and caused Lazarus to break the bonds of death. I hear Him speak. The crowns are being lifted up, and the first one is the crown of life. I hear Him say: "This is given to the one who has done little things well for My glory, or to the one who has suffered for My sake. You might have had it, but you failed in your own home. You had no testimony for your own circle of friend. A kind word you might have spoken, but you left it unsaid. The cup of cold water was never given. You might have had the crown of life, but it has been taken by another." , I see Him hold aloft the second crown. "This," He says, "is given to the one who hss done hard work for Me. I suf fered the pain of Gethsemane and the mockings of the crowd, and the stripes of the Koman flagellator. and the pains of hell upon the cross. This crown is for the one who has endured all tilings if only My cause might have been advanced. But alas! when there came a time when the church seemed ahout to move forward you opposed it. When thousands of souls might have been converted your prejudice against the work of the Holv Ghost BLOCKED THE BLESSING. You might have had the crown, but an other has taken it." - I see Him hold aloft the third crown, resplendent with jewels. All the angelu shout aloud: "This is the soul-winner's crown." There has always been joy in the pres ence of the angels of God over those re deemed from sin. "You might have had this crown, but alas! your culture, your intellectual strength and your social position never won a soul for Me. The members of your own household wero led into My kingdom by others. The people in your own store did not know you were Mine." I remember once holding a scries of meetings in Paris, Illinois. In walking down t lie street with one of my assistants I heard him talking with a young man, asking him to be a Christian, but he made no impression upon him. I heard him say, "Your mother wants you to become a Christian, does she not?" And the young man began to cry. Then I beard him ask, "Your father wants you to become a Christian, does he not?" And there was no answer. But soon I heard him make this statement: "My father is an officer in the church and my mother is n leader in the work of the women's society in the church, but neither of them has ever spo ken to me about my soul." I believe many a father and mother will stand before the Judge on the great day of awards and hear the words:, "You are crownless. Your children were not'saved, or if they were, in their salva tion you have had no part. You might have had this crown, but another has taken it." I can see Him holding aloft the fourth crown, the crown of glory. I con hear Him picture how one came into the church from great depths of sin; how his constitu tion had been undermined by the power of on evil life; how he had been saved by the power of God and cheered by the warm hand clasp and the sympathizing word, and a brother's sympathy to hold nut to the end. And 1 can almost hear Him say: "Such an one sat beside you in church and walked with you in the streets, or in the store, or possibly lived with you in your home, and you said never a word. You let him slip away from fellowship with Christ and when he wandered you exclaimed in surprise: 'I expected no more.' " I can catch the tones of His voice, as He says: "You might have had this crown, but another has taken it." I see Him hold aloft the fifth and last crown the crown of righteousness. I bear Him say: "Did I not promise that I would come again? Had not I written it over and over again in the book? Was not line added to line, statement added to statement, that in like manner as I went away I should come back? Were not all the prophecies of My coming fulfilled, even to the last de tails of Mv life. My suffering and My death? Did you not have faith that if one prophecy was fulfilled the others might have been fulfilled also?" And then that crown, which is to me the most beautiful, the brightest and the best, is held aloft for a moment, dazzling in its glory, nnd I hear Him say: "You might have had this crown, but another has taken it." We may miss the five crowns by our un faithfulness, yet we may be saved, "so as by fire." But one thing must be: wc must see Him face to face. In the city of Indianapolis a celebrated Quaker minister told mc of n friend whose child had been born blind. He was brought to Indianapolis, nnd this Quaker was asked to find a specialist who would successfully treat him. Such an one was found. When the. operation had been finished he announced that the boy would certainly see, and sure enough he opened bis eye. Hi first glance rested upon his mother, whom he had never known but by hngei touch. The mother bent down to see if she was to be recognized, crying out : "Oh, my son! my son!" The boy gazed at his mother, and when be knew lier. -ried out: "OH, MOTHER, IS THIS HEAVEN?" It shall be heaven for us when the scales hall be taken from our eves and the veil that dims our vision shall be removed, and we (halt ee Him face to face. We may miss every crown mentioned in the New Testament, but we cannot fail to see Him. I do not know if there can be sadness in heaven, but what feeling will it be that will take possession of us when we hear Him say: "You might have had the crown, but another has taken it?" What feeling will it be that shall posses us when we hear Him any: "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord," and we shall have the five crowns, and A GLIMPSE OF HIS FACE! Dowaward. The man who continues downward only accelerates his own movement and return becomes more and more difficult. Th Rev. J. C. Smith. Arabian CofT. Th Arabian coffee-maker, having prepared bin Ore of charcoal, and placed it near a huge pot containing, water, take a few handful of green coffee berries, carefully cullg out all Imperfect berries and foreign sub stances, and then placet the best of the berries In an Iron ladle held over the lira. The berrlet are permitted to roast until they begin to amoke and are then, while atlll uncbarred, placed In a small mortar and carefully brayed with a pestle closely fitting the cup of the mortar. The berries are not. however, reduced to a dust. While this process has been going on a small pot has been half filled with pld water from the large pot and placed over the fire. When the water In the small pot has begun to boll the broken coffee berries are thrown In and the boiling la permitted to go on for a short time, the decoction being stirred with a spoon when It abows algna of boiling over. The coffee It then served la small cups without cream or sugar. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL International Lesson Comments h'or January 25. Subject. Paul's Counsel to the Thes islontaos, I Thett. v., U-28-Oolden Text, I These, v., 21 Memory Veriet, 16-18 Commentary on the Day's Lesion, I. Christ's second coming (v. 1-11). The first part of this chapter stand in close connection with the last six verses of chapter 4. The twjo paragraphs touch upon two different aspects of our Lord's coming, viewed first as it concerns depart ed Christians, and then in its relation to men living upon the earth. The former passage supplies comfort respecting the dead in Christ, the latter enjoins watchful ness and preparedness upon the living. Paul's teaching concerning the return of the Lord Jesus from heaven had very deeply impressed the Thessalonians, but his views had been greatly misunderstood. The day of the Lord's coming (v. 2) no doubt includes not only His coming at the end of the world, but all the special manifestations of that coming, as at the day of death and thp destruction of Jeru salem (see Matt. 24)." II. Rules for the sanctified life (vs. 12 22). In verses 12 and 13 he urges them to rroperly love and esteem their ministers. 4. "Brethren." This exhortation applies to ministers and laymen alike. "The weak." A man may be weak in his judg ment or in his character. There mny be n lack of information or a lack of capacity to understand the truth. Such people need the assistance of those who are strong. We can "support" others with (1) our sympathy, (2) our prayers, (3) our example and (4) our counsel. 15. "See that none," etc. Some one has said, "Evil for evil is beast like; evil for good is devil like; good for good is manlike; good for evil is godlike." Retal iation betrays a weak, ignoble and cruel disposition. "He is below himself who is not above an injury." "Small souls nlono hold grudges." "But ever follow," etc. The true Christian always renders good for evil. The line of conduct here out lined is to be pursued both within and without the church. No follower of Christ will intentionally harm any man. 10, 17. "Rejoice nlwny. He who would always rejoice must pray without ceasing. Paul had learned the secret that "in sor row endured for Christ's toake there i hid den anew spring of joy. See Rom. 5: 3 5: 2 Cor. 12: 10, and the words of Christ in Matt. 6: 10-12. To rejoice is not only a duty, but a privilege. The Christian has the fountain of joy within him. "Pray." True prayer springs from the heart. It includes (1) an acknowlcd?mcnt of God, i'2) thankfulness, (3) confession, (4) en treaty. It is our duty to pray because (1) it is commanded, (2) because it tcads to impress us with a sense of our dependence upon God, (3) because it is the means by which we commune with God, (4) because it is made the condition of our receiving from God. Prevailing prayer (1) springs from a sense of real need. (2) is earnest, (3) is humble, (4) is importunate, (5) is of fered for specific blessings, (6) pleads the promises nnd rests in them as tho ground of all faith. 18. "Give thanks." Even in persecution we should thank God that we ore consid ered worthy to suffer for Christ. "Prayer and thnnksgiVfng are the two winrs of tho soul bv which it rises unward to God." 19, 20. "Quench not." Since the Spirit may be quenched he is a fire, as appeared on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 3). This emblem sets forth tho sudden and vehe ment activities of the Holv Spirit, with Hia gifts of warmth for the heart and light for the mind, and His power to kindle the human spirit. "The gift of the Spirit was then existing, deep and powerful, in the young Thessalonian church," and they were here commanded not to forbid those who under divine inspiration stood up to reveal mysteries or speak with tongues. But the command is universal. Whatever hinders the work of the Spirit in ourselves or others is here forbidden. The Spirit is quenched bv depreciation, neglect or sin. 21, 22. "Prove." On the other hand, do not accept as genuine all that may claim to be genuine. It is our duty to probe, test, try all such manifestations and "hold fast" only the good. But the exhortation tore is capable of the widest application. We are to discern between truth and er ror, and sift the chaff from the wheat. "Hold fast." We should never allow the good to alin from us. "Buv the truth and sell it not." To do this will take n strong effort on our part. "Abstain." Not only hold fast the good.' but abstain from and renounce the evil which may have been de tected as a result of proving all things. III. Sanctification promised (vs. 23, 24). 23. "God of peace." "Peace is .the sum of all spiritual blessings t'lat man re ceives and experiences." The apostle prays that the God of peace might sanc tify them wholly. The Thessalonian Chris tians were truly regenerated; they had had a genuine conversion (see chap. 1). nnd yet they needed entire sanctification. "Sanctify you wholly." The work of sanc tification was begun in conversion, nnd now it was their privilege to be made com-plote-to be sanctified wholly. Sanctifica tion signifies, 1. Separation from sin. 2. Consecration to God the setting apart from a common to a holy use. 3. "It is the act or process of making holy." 4. "It denotes the result ' this process the state of one who is made holv." "Spirit soul body." That is, the whole man. "It in net necessary to regard spirit and oul and body a three distinct logical divisions of man's nature." But if it seems, desirable to distinguish between soul and spirit, then the spirit must be regarded as the highest part of man, by which alone man possesses intelligence and is enabled to apprehend God, and the soul a the .seat of the affec tion passions and appetites. "Yet we are to conceive of them as one indivisible and spiritual being, called also (he mind and tho heart, but, usually designated as the oul." '"Be preserved." etc. From this we see that this experience of entire anctification i for this life. 24. "Will do it." This settle the mat ter. The God who ha faithfully called us to holiness is ready to make us holy, and Peter in Acts IS: 0 tells how the expe rience was obtained by both Jew and Gen tile. He says their heart were purified "bv faith." IV. Concluding word (v. 23-28). 25, 28. "Pray for us." St. Paul frequently made this request. If he, in all the strength of hi gift and hi office, felt hi dependence on the prayers of the church, how much should we? "Kiss." This, the usual sign of affection between kindred and near friends, appear to have been quite universal in the primitive church, but the custom gradually died out during the Middle Ages. To-day we have the "handshake," which answers all purposes. 27, 28. "Adjure you." Literally, I put you upon oath to do this. "The griwe,". etc. This 1 St. Paul'a usual form of final benediction. "It contain all ipiritual good that one Christian can wish another." Fisherman's Strange Cateh. ' While trolling for bass the other afternoon, near Baa Francisco, J. Brunt felt a tug at his line and squar ed himself for a battle with his finny prisoner. The struggle was a royal one, and Brum sighed with relief when be was finally able to haul In the line and bring the flab alongside the boat. As It came- to the surface, however, the start which he experi enced nearly caused him to let go the line and anatcb at an oar In self defense. In weight the fish tipped the scale at five pounds. The body Dm and tall were those of a striped Utss, but the bead resembled that of a soat. with an under Jaw projecting la front at least an Inch beyond the tipper. Brunt has been an enthusiastic flatter , man for years and has seen all forma of denixena of water, both fresh and salt. He and hit associate assert that It haa never been their misfor tune to book such a monstrosity hith erto. The gummer girl who falla In love thinks ahe la having a waits tlmsv CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. January 2i. "An Evening With Chinese MU Ions." Acts xvll. 24-32. Scrfpttire Verse Isa. slv. 22, 2?.; TJnn. II. 44; vll. 13, 14. 13, 27; Matt, xlil. 31, 32; Luke I. 32. 33; xf II. 20, 21; Phil. II. 9-11: Rov. xil, 10, II. Tho United Society has proparod a snrles cf excellent mission studies for this year, one for the last meet Inst of each month, and a special pro gram has been prepared for each uhjert. We print from tho "Evening with Chines Missions" the following Interesting Selections. The Chinese are unquestionably tho oldest nation In the world, their history going bock to a pertod to which no prudent historian will at tempt to give a preclno date. This much we can say, however, that It hns a history covering a period of inoro than 4,600 years without a break In Its continuity. A Btrlklng nnd peculiar feature nbout China Is the small amount, of Influence that the rest of tho world lias exercised upon It. In fact, it U only during the present century that that Influence can be nald to have existed at oil. At one time It Is supposed fhat the people of Chlnn had really a knowledge of the true God, and that they worshipped. In much tho same manner as did the patrlnrchs, him whom they called "Wangteen," or "Shang-tl." which means Supremo Ruler. They worshipped God; but mlxlag this with an 'idolatrous wor ship of departed ancestors, they? nearly lost sight of the Supreme Ruler, the Jealous God. A little more than three hundred years ago. Francis Xavier waited out ride the wall of tho Middle Kingdom, vainly seeking admission. It seemed to the devoted Jesuit that It was sur rounded by a wall of exclusion as "high os heaven and as hard as ada mant.;" and In the agony of his soul he cried out. "O Rock. Rock! when wilt thou open to my Master?" When the pioneer missionary, Rob ert Morrison, arrived alone In Ofclna In 1S07, his enterprise was sneered at, and he was pityingly asked, "Do you really expect, Mr. Morrison, to convert thp Chinese." "No, I do not." was the reply; "but I expect that God will do so.' EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. January 25. Christian Stewardship. Matt 6, 19, 34; Acts 20, 35;2 Cor, 9, 7: I John 3, 17, 18. There have lived men who could net find too strong lanigugage In which to express thoir submission to Jesus Christ. Paul was a masterful man, but after the Journey to Damas cus he was a mastered man, and seemed to delight In the fact that Jesus Christ was his Lord that h? was his bondservant. When conse cration becomes vital tho realization of Christian stewardship comes with a new force. To a man like Paul all he was and all he had was n trust from Jesus Christ In the first place tt moans that a man Is a steward of himself. The Inside man,- tho "I," be longs to God and Is to be used for him. The personal weight of a man Is to be placed always where It will count for God. A young man who Is a really great Christian chooses hl profession and his place of work In the light of this sense of belonging to God. Then a man is just the stew ard of his abilities. The army of sturdy, muscular strength, the alert ulnd, the quick, vivid imagination, the power to lead others and to or ganize movements, whatever bo one's ability, be Is to learn that this, too, belong to God. He is to use it for him, and In the way that will count most for him. Then a man's possessions we all understand that be Is steward of them, and we sometimes talk as If he was steward of them alone. There Is a wonderful thing about money it can be transmuted into a living spiritual power. When a man gives to support a work carried ou by earnest, vigorous Christ-Inspired pen. plo, he sees his money transformed by the touch of their personality Into actunl power. And a man is to use nil his possessions as a trust. Can he be willing that less of It than one terth go to be used for unselfish and benevolent purposes, especially for the work of God? And as wealth In creases it will be many times a tenth that the greatest Christian man will want to see working thus. Not the tenth, but all of it, Is Ood's-lent the man In trust. And alter he has used for his own life what he thinks God would approve, the rest Is handled In special manner for the helping on of God's purpose In the world. And even what is used for self is used tcr help the world, too, for all that Is taken into a man's own life Is to bo given out again In some way In ser vice. Christian stewardship! Yes, stew ards of self, of talent, of attractions, and possessions, for the accomplish ment of God's purpose in the world. And that purpose the flooding of the whole world with Gospel truth and Gospel living the enriching of the whole world's life by the Infusion of tho Christ atmosphere, Christ power, and loyalty to Christ a man receives back far snore than lie gives In thla stewardship. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. THE footprints on the tand of time all cad at last to the sreat White Throne beside tho tldelet tea. Uodo gifts are for thoae who give. Old age baa It tunrlsc at well at aunset. Self In the ser mon la like sand In be teed. Christ brings man to Ood by bring ing God to man. He who lean false wttneat againtt bit neighbor bear true witneaa against himself. f though that It will greatly concern the rowt; you will alwaya find enough when you need them. A tlren't vole In the choir cannot cover a slnner'a voice. He will thow the grace of Ood who knows the God of grace. ' He haa a beggarly Idea of prayer to whom It la paly begging. Ood will alwayt tot the picture of character In a worthy chamber. THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF; oemi Klglit .Your Heart In Tonr Band Far Mor Than Ton Think Tonr LIT Leave It Imprint on th fools of Others Value of Cheery Words. Light after darkness, Gain after loss. Strength nfter suffering, ' Crown after cross. Sweet after bitter, Song nfter sigh, . . Home after wandering, l'raise after cry. Sheaves after sowing, , Sun nfter rain. Sigh after mystery, Peace after paiti. Joy after sorrow, i Calm after blunt. -tg Rest after weariness, , Sweet rest at last. Near after distant. Gleam after gloom; Love after loneliness, Life after tomb. After long ngony, Rupture of bliss. , Iiicht wns the pathway, ' Leading to this! I'. R. Ilnvergal. On Shaking Hand. How much there is of self in the way wc shake hands. One man takes your hand as if he hnd neither life nor time to spare in such foolish operations as shaking hands. He gives your hand a feeble touch, drops it quickly, and is gone, leaving you sick and sore nt heart. Another meets you. says Philadelphia Young People, with a kindly smile in his face, looks you squarely in the eye, and puts his wholesoul into the warm grasp of his hand. You know he loves vou; he is a friend to all mankind. Your heart is warmed and helped for all the rest of the day. For think of the words of the preacher of old where he says: "A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left." So many men have their hearts nt their left hand and you never have a chance to get at it. What is the use of hiding the heart away where no one can sec or know what is going on there? I am afraid of the man who shuts himself up so that nobody can bv the most strenuous effort break through the shell and reach his heart. I do not know what to do with the person who says to me. if not by words at least just as plainly bv actions: ".Keep away from me. I am in here, wrapped in this little crust I have built nbout me; but don't touch the covering. It will break very easily, and I must have it to hide mvself from you. Go away and stand there. Look at inc. if you will, but don't try to get into mv heart." We all like the frank, outspoken man or woman. This does not mean the one who prides himself on saying what he hns a mind to on every occasion, no matter whom it hurls or helps. This is a weak kind of egotism. The man who fires away at everybody right and left is as danger ous ns a gatiing gun working with a spring and left with no one to regulate its notion. Hut the frank man carries his heart always in his right hand. You know he is all purity within. He thinks the world is doing the best it can. He wants to see things go well, and by every word he speaks and every action of his life he tries to help them along, lie has secrets; who of us hns not? Hut he makes us think he has none, which is a sure sign of greatness. We feel like sitting down and telling such a man all about our little cares and asking his advice about a thousand and one things we never would for a moment think of talking over with a man with the shut-up-heart. This world has enough and more than enough to keep it looking blue and dis couraged if we nut as much of ourselves into our everyday lives os we can. Hedges of cross purposes, barbed wire fences of trial and temptation reach nut after us everywhere we go, tearing us and pulling us hack. Sharp thorn trees of trouble nnd genuine heart sorrows do their best to make us think there is little of real worth in life, but God bless the man whose cheery words and brave, inspiring ways help us to forget for a little while all these miserable beset mcnts, nnd who says always: "This is a pretty good old world of ours. We shall never hnd a beter one this side of the pearly gates. The more of blessing we get out of this the better wc will be off when the door swings inward' for us nnd we get up to there where He will tell us what this dream is all nbout. Cheer up! I'll' go with you n little way. We will walk hand in hand and heart to heart for a few momenta and we will tell each other how we have been blessed." How much of good cheer we bring into the lives of those wc meet from day to day! What kind of an idea do they get from our way of living? Do we make others think of heaven nnd better things as we speak with them by the wav? Do we rest them with our strong, manly way of looking at things? Or are we always pulling down nnd depressing our friends ot the earthly pilgrimage? It really is worth while to think of this honestly. Far more than we sometimes think our lives lev their imprint on the souls of others. Tell me now, truly, is your heart in your right hand? Work. Work is given to men not onlv, nor so much, perhaps, because the world needs it. Men make work, but work makes men. An olticc is not a placo for muking money; it is a placo for making men. A workshop is not a place for making machinery, for fit ting engines and turning cylinders; it is a place for making souls, for fitting out hon est, modest, whole natured men. For providence cares less for winning causes than that men, whether losing or winning, should be great and true: cares nothing that reforms should drag their cause from year to year bewildcringlv. but that men and nations, in carrying them out, should find there education, discipline, unselfish ness and growth in grace. Henry Drum mond. lrllii- th Fntare. The most of our trouble is caused hy dread of coming ills. Many of them never come at all. or rather when the trial that we have been dreading does come it proves to lie far more easy to bear than wc ex pected. In fact, wo are almost disappoint ed when we get over some long expected trouble so easy, and immediately look for something else to worrv over. We have abundant grace given for everv need to day; let us thankfully receive the blessing and leave to-morrow, with all it may bring, in His care. After all. what He 'expect of you and me is faithful trust in Him. a trust thut remains firm in the face of every possible calamity. Such faith as this if the rightful heritage of every saved soul. Presbyterian Journal. Glorious Cartalntl. Tt matters not how faith comes, whether through the intellect, as in the case of St. Thomas, or in the heart, as in the case of St. John, or as the result of long edifi cation, as in the ease of St. Peter. 4 tod has many ways of bringing different char acters to faith, but that blessed thing which the Hible calls faith is a state of soul in which the things of (lod become glorious certainties. F. W. Robertson. Th Snpram Light. There is one supreme light on the fire of lite; t is the light of eternity. Th llev. Dr. West. Wa from Treea. Tba was palm 0f the Andet la vegetable wonder. It growt to a belgbt of nearly 200 feet and thrlvet not only on the plaint but the moun tains. The wood It tough and durable and It employed In carpentry. The wax comet from the pltt between the trunk and frond. It It yellow or grayish white. It at pure at beeswax, and la used for making candles. A "peon" climbing the tree can gather from 20 pound to 30 pounds from e.-.ri. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trad Conditions. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Collections are notably prompt at all leading centers, bearing testimony to the strong financial posi tion of the nation's industries at the opening of the year. Distributing of merchandise is heavy, and manufactur ers are pressed for prompt delivery. Order fqr spring goods come forward !recly, and in many lines there is more llian a sample business in fall weights. The fuel situation is still the one seri usly disturbing element, rendering ab aormally high the cost of manufactur ing and rcstrictiwja; the purchasing power of almost tTie entire population. Fortunately, this comes at a time of txceptional prosperity. Railway freight rates were advanced, and one result will be a loss of exportation from Eastern cities, the traffic being deflected to New Orleans. In the iron ami cIaI most significant event of the week was the discussion regarding the profit shar ing proposal by the leading producer. iiducquaic supplies ot coke are still re stricting operations. Contracts for the new year were made at $4 a ion, but prompt deliveries often commanded .$6 or $7, and at Chicago sales were re ported at $10. Pig iron continue! scarce, prices generally advancing dur jing the past week, and the expected ad Ivance of $1 a ton was made in wire products. There is a vigorous demand for structural material to hst used in bridge work and car shops. Another .year, of unprecedented activity in this industry is confidently expected. 1 New England producers of footwear are busy on spring orders. Exceptional activity in rubber goods has reduced supplies to' an unusually low point. Some varieties of leather have advanced slightly. Exports of hemlock sole con tinue heavy. In dry goods the best event, as to cottons has been the continued buying for export, which has exceeded expec tations very largely. The print cloth market has been very firm. As to woolen goods, prices are fully maintain ed at the opening level of the season. Failures for the' week numbered 350 in the. United States, against 373 last year, and 24 in Canada, compared with rj a year ago. 1 LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, (3 2')a'.)Af; beat Patent. 4.fi5; choice Family, $3.90. Wheat New York No. 2. 79JiV, Philadelphia No 2, 77.Va77'c; Baltimore No 8 7Uc. Corn-New York No. 2, 57oj Phila aalphlo No. 2. &2u03c; Baltimore No. 2, 53c. Onts New York No. 6. 40c; Phila dolphin No. 2, 40u41c; Baltimore No 2, 4-'o. Hay No. 1 timothy. 18.00ol9.00; No. 2 timothy. 18.00al8.50; No. 8 Urn otbytlG.00al7.00 Fruit and Vegetable. White Pota toes With receipts less liberal and quite an improvement in the douiand, the market rules stendv and firm. Annies. all good to choice fruit trees of fungus are in good demand. Cabbage with quite a falling oil in the receipts, there is a much firmer feeling on all good to choice stock. Sweet potatoes are in ample supply for present needs; the market rules quiet but steady. We quote: Cabbage Dunish large, per ton tjti.00a9.00; domestic, per ton $G.50d7.50 Potutoea Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu ii3ai;5o; Eastern per bu ti2a Gijc; Eggplant, Florida, per orange box $1.00 al.2j. Unions yellow, per bu 70a75c; red, per bu OOuGoc. Celery, per dot 25a4l)c. Apples Eastern, good to choice, per brl $1.75a2.75; Western, do do do do do $l.UUa2.f0; No. 2 all kind tl.00al.25. Swnct Potatoes Potomao yellow, pe,rbrl $2.50n2 75; North Caro linn, yellow, $-.2;a2.f0; Eustern shore yellow, $2.00a2.2C. Yums, yellow, $1.00 1.65. Butter, Separator, 30aSlc; Gathered srcam,28a2yo;print8,l-lb 31o32c: Kolls, Mb, 30n31c; Uuiry pt. Md., Pa., Va., tn2tc. Kegs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozou, '.Sa.'yc. Cheese, Large, 60-lb, 14al4Jv'c; me. iluin, :tt-lb, li.'ialli picnic, 23-lb, '4al4.c. Llvo Poultry, Hon, llal2c; old posters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 14;il5c; Ducks. 12h13o Hide, Heavy steers, association and talters, late kill, GO-lbs and up, close sc. eotion, llal'Jc; cow and light stocrs Oi'a'Jo. Provisions aud Hog Products. Hulk dear rib side, 9;iic; bulk shoulders, l;c; bulk bellies, lOSc; bulk hnm butts, ,0c; buoon clear rib sides, lOH'c; bacon ihoulderi, 10),'o; sugar-cured breasts, I'.'H'c; ugur-cured shoulders, 10','c; lugar-curod California hums, lUc; tuin vanvased or uucanvased, 12 lbs. mil under, 14.Vc; re fii.ed lard tierces, brl indDO lb can, gross, lU,"4'c; retino.l lurd, uulf-burrel :11m new tub, lie. Live Stock. Chicago, Tattle, Mostly 15a'30o lower, good to prinio steer $ 40ub' 8D; medium f:l (X)u.'i '.); smoker aud foeders $i 00 a4 Go; cow, tt 25a4 50; hoifers $J O0j 4 80; Texas-fed steer f;l 75a4 .H5 Hogs, Mixed and butchers $ii :i0al C"; good to choice, heavy o 70uG 90; Sheep, sheep and lumbs slow to lower; good to choioj whether $4 "a4 "."; Western sboop t i 00a!) 90. East Liborty, Cuttlo sternly; choice t") 73a5 90; prime $" 40u5 GO. Hugs, prime heavy fG 70iG 80, inndium G 05; keavy Yorker G GOuG G.'. Slmop steady, Beat wether (4 0ul '.'.'1 culls nnd coin, inou $1 f0u'.' 00; choice lambs $ 7 .'('. (HI. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. i'cw York buys sausage casings in Armenia. Minneapolis is the second largest Scandinavian city. Tl-e American sewing machine is popular in Mesopotamia. A'uminum i superior to any stone or snarpiwng cjtiery. The MiuVhcad system of wirelcs ielffcraphy ha been operated satisfac torily across 300 miles. On the blufl back o( Cape Cod four sso-fot tower 'have been built for Marconi. The Northeastern Railway of Eng land hss ordered from New Yok twe autocars wiih Nap'cr petroleum ci Bines- Within twsnty years the South hai increased i .ailway mileage 6j pet cent, and ft espoits 15 per cent. Siberian Dtittcr maker are t navt instructors (or creameries, creamer .chools. crcanur '?Jiiizcr. and i dairy laboratories tt g j.crnincnt ex penbe. Qi th !"1 i' R'a. as shown b he Boscmmeni sitport ti nobilit; o wr 161,000 a-r tie merchant: 1.000.000 while ti pvattnts own bui .',3,000000 acre. fEE GREAT DESTROYER 50ME STARTLING FACTS j ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. 'mty Henry Somerset Make KomaStrlM Ins; Observations In Rogard to the Orowth of Temperance In th Valsasl - Ktk ms Social Drinking aa th Daellno' Ladv Henry Somerset is reported to have? Remarked during her month' visit to the) Jnited States her chief surprise had beer It the "general sobriety of the America eople," and she attributed to it theiat 'greater alertness and energy," a eon ared with the obviouslv more intemperate eople of her own country. Inasmuch as her associations here bad been almost wholly with women active inf '.he temperance movement, among whom ihe is herself one of the most conspicuous) Igures, her opportunities for observation is to popular habits may be said to bav) Deen partial and closely limited, but tho inclusion she reached is confirmed be ttatistics of the comparative consumption! alcoholic stimulants in tnis country ana England. Her observation as to the great r prevalence of sobrietv here is confirmed llso by travelers generally, in coming from :he one to the other country. The appall ni degradation due to gross intemperance 10 observable in Liverpool and London ami :he great towns of Knglnnd nnd Scotland renerally does not force itself on even the ;asual attention in America. Rags and latter and reeling drunl-enness of men ind women, so frequently seen there, are) lere almost unknown. New York may bs pcn to many accusations because of it def iciencies and demerits, due chieflv to itM (till pioneer state of development, but it is intahle among the capitals of the world 'or its comparative freedom from loath Kime nnd dehumanizing intoxication. A thoroughly drunken man is rarely en- lottntered in the streets of New York, and drunken woman so rarely that her an jearance gives a shock of surprie to the) jhservers. So far as the outside is con ierncd. the liquor simps are almost univar inllv decent and orderly. In the vast diss ority of them the consumption is of Inge! beer so mild in its intoxicating potency :hat Knglish brewers look on it as "mere) ilops." Of the "gin palaces." so frequenti ind conspicuous in English, cities, we have oractically none. Women of decent aso .'iations are numerous customers of sncht olaces in England at all hours, vieing with :he most inveterate of men toper in) '.heir craving for gin, but here women ar sever encountered nt liquor bars, though) Dossiblv representatives of the more diseoJ lute among them may be found in the Musion ot a back room at toe lamiiy n trance" of a corner saloon. 'I Lady Henry Somerset's suggestion thaC Ihe greater alertness nnd energy of tba American people are due to this greater obriety has very much of truth in it. But' the sobriety is both a cause and a conse quence for the requirement for those quali ties in the workers under the American in dustrial system and the whole system of American enterprise. Only a sober mart can keep up the pace; the intemperate ia lure to fall by the way. Accordingly, pru dence in alcoholic and other artificial and reacting stimulation is enforced here to a greater degree than anywhere else in th world. A man finds out that he must keep sll his wits about him if he expects to ruts with the machine. Sobriety is an absolute requisite in the mechanic, and throughout all trade intemperance acts ns an insuper s.ble bar to progress. Exactly- how great a) part of business failures arc due to habit) of intemperate indulgence, directly or in directly, may not be determinable, but it is, undoubtedly, a very great, probably th major part. Such habits nt once bring a man under suspicion and affect hia credit injuriously. We give all honor to the good women who are allied with Lady Henry Somerset in organized movements for the promotion of temperance. Doubtless their moral aua lion lias been potent to that end. Due tna great temperance movement of the present generation hns received its impulse from the common sense of men. fhey hava found out that it doesn't pay to get into the habit of giving a loose rein to their ap petite for strong drink. They have found nut that thev cannot afford to get drunk. And coincidently. social intolerance of drunkenness has increased. It is looked an no longer as nn amiable weakness, even a virtue to be celebrated in song, but aa a detestable exhibition, if not as a disease which excludes the victim from considers tion as a sane member of society and makes of him a character to be distrusted, As a consequence retreats, asylums and ref uges for the confinement nnd medical treat ment of inebriety as a disease are now bus morons and are filled with inmates. Mean time social drinking at hnrs. at dinner, at clubs and on all occasions of festivity ha diminished greatly. The American sobriety which LadyllenrJ Somerset has observed with so much ur prise and gratification is chiefly a conse quence of this common-sense attitude to ward drinkinit, under the compulsion oj present conditions of our life of organised activity. Sobriety has become a practical necessity, nnd under the circumstance de parture from it has come to be regarded a an evidence of insane folly. If people want to escape reproach, if they want to be in cluded among the sane, they must keep ro ller in the America of this time. Editorial iu the New York Sun. Carnegie on Keform. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in opening a new library nnd news room nt Liverpool res cenily. diverged from the special subject of the occasion and dwelt somewhat at length on the subject of temperance re form. He complimented Liverpool on leading in the van of progress along this line with sui-h energy that the (ilasgoi authorities had recently come to the Men sev for instruction. Mr. Carnegie emphaj sized the point that the great want of th toiling masses was comfortable homes, and he considered that the lack of a quiet room fur the husband to spend his evening i was one of the strongest roots from which, intemperance sprang. The best club in th world for any man was his own home, buf the public library, with its reading rooms should supply this want to many of th best of working men. Especially should the treasures of the library appeal to youns me:i as a substitute for the allurement oj tl.f public house. Aleobnl at All Tlinas ToIsob. Dr. Thomas Dickerton, of Liverpool, spval.ing recently, said he was convinces: thai alcohol, even when taken in th smallest quantities, shortened a man'l life. From his hospital experience ha could say that without nlcohol we coule close our hospitals, asylums and work) houses. Falonn Kprs 8ad. Mrs. J. P. Mclntyre, of Libertyville, III., hai bright suit for clO.OUO damages against li. 11. Anderly and James Triors, saloon keepers, of that place, for ss-llins intnxiennts to her husband which resuiUs) iu his death. " Th Crosail 1st Brief. Ov.r cuc9iiun. "What good doe th s loon do?" remains unanswered. The saloon fosters every crime known U society assassination, burglary, lust. oh. scenity, arson, profanity aud other evil. Drink entices, embraces, enthralls, par nlvies. Drink extract strength: abti Heme conserves it. Drink is defiance t nature's law; abstinence is compliance. In Missouri there i a most stringent law which compels every liquor dealer ones) ( year to se.-urc. through petition, a majority 01 the names of the property holder 10 hit block, school district, or township, befoe be csn enter on another year of business. If greater energyj were expended it teaching the principles of temperance t the youth in the school and in th boms there would be less demand for temper ance bus and fewer vittims to the drink habit. The American Tract Societv haa recent! publi.hed a tract bv E. V. Hammond, eta titled "Help for th Drunkard." whtet forcibly emphasize the power ot th aju pel to sustain th reoenting drunkard it ins struggle against th liquor appetite. Though there are udder sights perhaxie yet it is truly sad to see a strong, vurortusr man under th influence of drink. Man; of our best citizen are thus ru on t street every day. Of course it ia thev jiersnnal liberty to ct druuk. but it shook not ! th personal liberty of any nut U !! tlifiu th (tuff that make them druus. 1
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