"RULES FOR SERVICE" Sunday Sermon By Rev. Dr. J. Wllbui Chapman. Wbtl W SkoaM De te Qel Oar Reward a) the Handa at Qod A Heart-Cry la the People. Nkw.Yomc Citt. The distinguished and well-known evangelist, the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, haj furnished for pub lication the following aermon entitled "Rules of Service." It waa preached from the text: "No man that warreth entang leth himself with the affairs of thia life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a aotdier. And if a man aUo atrive for masteries, vet is he not crowned, except he atrive lawfully." 2 Timothy, ii; 4, 8. It is not enough simply to perform what might be called good deeds, in the estima tion of the world, for one might receive the applause of men, and miss his reward at the hands of God. Neither is it enough that one should be so given to service that he might win the applause of people every where There is no special promise in God's word written for the man who is simply faithful in outward service. Paul must nave had this in mind when he said: "iet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully." It is a good thing for the Chris tian to square his life, both public and pri vate, bia innermost thoughts, and the hid den man of his heart, by the word of God, to see if in any point he is falling away from God's pljn and the Holy Ghost's guidance. When John, in Revelation, wrote, "Let no man take thy crown." he presented what to my mind is one of the most solemn subjects in all the Bible, namely, that one might be saved, have his sins forgiven, stand before God justified, be perfectly sure of being ultimately re ceived into His presence, and be saved throughout eternity, and yet miss his re ward and lose his crown. This chapter is a note of warning and a heart cry to people everywhere to search their lives, aided by the Spirit, to ask God to deal very thoroughly with them even though this dealing may mean the cutting off of some very much loved sin or the giv ing up of some long cherished plan. 1. All service must be prompted by right motives. It is not so much how the work appears outwardly that commends it to God in this His judgment is given differently from that of man, but it is altogether a question as to what, bock of it all, prompted the service. The giving of the widow's mite and its hearty acceptance bv our Master is an illustration of this fnet.'for in the de sire that prompted the gift was found that which was of ten thousand times more value than the gift itself. One might preach the gospel and win hundreds of souls for Christ, and the mo tive . that prompted the preaching be wrong. One might auperintend a Suiidsy school with much success, be a teacher of acknowledged ability, lead the young peo ple's work in the church, be a chosen lead er of the mission work, and upon all these positions have the seal of the approval of men and the plaudits of the multitude be cause of acknowledged success, and yet miserably fail at the great day of awards to receive one single crown for faithfulness simply because the work was born in sel fishness and carried on in pride. It was not done for the glory of God, but rather for the glory of man. One might build churches, and for his supposed generosity be highly esteemed of men, and yet re ceive a rebuke from the lips of the risen Christ. One might endow schools which God would use for the betterment of so city and for the accomplishment of His own purposes or the working of His own plans, and yet have no recognition on the great day of awards. One might givo his money to clothe the poor and feed the hun gry; he might be known wherever the English language is spoken, for his charit able works, and when the great dav of awards should come might hear the Mas ter say: "Depart, for I never knew you." His soul is saved, but his life is lost. All of these things are true, because, while outwardly the service was wonderful and the success great, the motive that prompt ed it all was selfish. ' Jesus Himself has said that there would be some who should say: "Lord, have we not prophe sied in Thy name, and in Thy name done many wonderful works?" Thus the teach ing becomes more intense and the lesson more startling, for one might even think that he was shaping hia life according to God's plan and yet most terribly miss the reward. When Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians he said: "For other founda tion can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man's work shall be burned he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." This is very clearly, to my mind, a lesson to Christian workers in general, but to ministers in particular. The foundation' is the same for us all Jesus Christ, but the superstructure may be very different. It is a most solemn thought one of the most solemn I know that when the great day of fire shall come every man's work shall be tried, of what sort it is. The min istry of the man whom the world honored shall be touched by fire. The service of the Christian worker, from the first effort made for Christ to the last, shall certainly be tested. The teaching of the Sunday school teacher, throughout his or her en tire Christian experience, shall be brought beneath the searching light of the Son of God. The. testimony of every Christian in every land shall be searched through and through. The life in the home, in the place of business, in the streets, at home or in foreign lands, by day and by night, shall be tested by the fire of God. If the work is burned, the man shall suffer loss, but he himself be saved, though as by fire. It is a tremendously solemn message. I might have all the experience God has given me, as preacher, teacher, evangelist, father, husband, friend, and then stand be fore God at the last with all my work wept away, going into His presence with the smell of fire upon my garments. God forbid. Paul had this fate in mind when he said (1 Cor. ix: 25, 27): "Every man . that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now, they do it to obtain a corniDtihla rrnn Hilt w, apA incnrriinti- ble. Bat I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any' means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway," or (as we nave already seen), "be disapproved." God keep ns from meeting such an ex-' perience ai this on that great day! j 2. We must labor with clean hands. God never uses an unclean man. It is possible that one may be saved, and vet allow sin in some wav to control him, but! it is not possible for God to use that which is either common or unclean. "Come out' from among them and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing" from which command of the Scriptures we learn that if one is in the very slightest touch with' the world he is against God, and soon loses, bis power; he ia shorn of his testimony,' and God seta him aside. "Search me, oh; Bod, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts, and see if there be any1 wicked way in me," ought to be the cry of every Christian everywhere. ! The old law touching the priesthood is s good thing for us to remember (Leviticus' xxu: 1 to 3): "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Speak unto Aaron and to! in sous, that they separate themselves from the boly things of the children of iwxel, end that they profane not My holyt name in those things which they hallow unto Me: I am the Lord. Say unto them Whosoever he be of all your seed among, your generations, that goeth unto the holy' things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleannesa upon him, that soul shall be cut off from, Wy presence: I am the Lord." The doc-' trine nt stpo.-al.iOTi in the Old Testament for tb priests is for us in the New Testa ment, for Peter tells us that believers tire priests unto God, every one of us. The JJ.d Testament doctrine hits, however, been intensified by the teachiug and the touch of Jesus Christ. "And thou shalt put the mitre upon hi bead, and put the holy crown upon the "litre. Then thou shalt take the anointing oil and pour it upon his head and anoint uim." (Kxodus xxix: U, 7). The anointing oil put upon the head of the psiest was a go that he was separated from all world ly service' anil every selfish principle of ! Henceforth he was not h's own man, but Gid'. The oil iu the 01 1 Testament represents the Holy Ghost in the New, and whether we have recognized it or not, nevertheless it is true, iry the Spirit of lo4 have been regenerated, by that asme Spirit we have been quickened, and by the same Spirit have been sealed or anointed as God' own special treasure. If w have not allowed Him to use us we have robbed Him of Hia right, and nt the great day of awards shall be called to a strict account. - "And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon .whose head the anoint ing oil was poured, and that ia consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for hi mother; neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him; I am the Lord." (Leviticus xxi: 10-12). How close thin teaching is, and how completely many of us are con demned as we apply it to our own lives! And yet there is no reason for discour agement. In the olden times, when the priests or the peoolc were in touch with sin, the ashes of the red heifer were sprinkled upon them for cleansing, and immediately they stepped back into fel lowship, and God clothed them with pow er. In the New Testament a better provi sion is made Hebrews ix: 13, 14: "For if the blood of bulls and of go.it. and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot unto God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?" I have not been able to find in the New Testament, with the exception of th" Lord's Prayer, any place where it is said that the Christian must ask for forgiveness of sins, but I do lead in 1 John i: 7, S, 0: "If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that wo have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If wo confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un righteousness." I learn then that if I confess my sins He is faithful and just tn forgive them and cleanse me perfectly, and when He forgives sin He always forgets it. God Bees the Heat. God does not set the less against the greater, as we do: He sets the greater against the less: that is His way. Who will n,t say: Blessed be His love? Man being small, being petty at the kingliest, finds a flaw. Thus the wise fool talks: He is honest, he is wise, he is gifted; he is, on the whole, a man of notable intellectual stature and influence: but man thinks he is clever when he discovers a but. He Sathers himself up into Pharisaic perpen icularity and says: I discovered that, I pointed out that frailty, I saw it. There can be no pit deep enough for a wretch like that. How doth God speak? Thus, hear the music of infinite love: He has gone astray, be has been unfaithful, he has turned aside from Me a thousand times, he has done the things, he ouiiht not to have done; yet that icthe difference be tween human judgment and divine judg ment in relation to that greatest of all mysteries, human character. It is better to fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men. Your brethren like to speak against you, to have discovered a peccadillo, one little sin and to have fin gers dainty enough to pick out that little hair and to be able to say: "I've got it!" The Lord saith: "You have wounded Me and disappointed Me and gone away from Me, yet how can I give thee up? Re turn! That is the difference between your human theories and the gieat Di vine idea of redemption God alwnvs see ing' the best, fixing His eyes upon the sol vable points, looking to those elements that are still left out of which He can rear manhood. He will not quench the smoking flax. He will pot break the bruised reed. Joseph Parker, D. D. " Be Reminds He of Jesus." One familiar with the workings and every day life of James Chalmers, that great Scotch divine, relate a beautiful lit tle incident which came under hi observa tion, and which vividly portrays tho Christ like nature of this man of God. He says: "One day I went into a house where one of his. people was bedridden. She had been in great jiain for many years, and as I went in I thought she looked ever so bright. I said, 'You are better to-day?' 'Yes,' she aid, 'you know I have had Mr. Chalmers this afternoon, and, do you know, he never comes but when he is gone I think that is just how Jesus Christ would have come to see me. When he ait and looks at me I think that is how Jesus would have looked, and when he open hi mouth and speaks to me I think that i how Jesus would have spoken, and when he prays I can almost hear the verv voice of my Master praying for me, and he always asks for the things that I think Jesus above everything else would like me to have. He never goes but he leaves behind the impression that it has been like a visit from Jesus. Ho re mind me of Jesus." The Foe to Fear. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, in estimating what he deem to be our worst enemy in this life, says: "Dangerous as the devil is, dangerous a worldly amusements are. the most dangerous enemy that we often have to encounter wnlks in our own shoes. That cunning, artful, smooth tongued heart devil, self, is the foe that needs tiie most constant watching and subjects us to tho worst defeats. 'The flesh lusteth against the Spirit,' and the Spirit against tho flesh, and these are contrary the one to the other.' Paul had a tremendous battle along these lines, beating down his cernal nature by hard blows, and the old hero was able at lust to shout: 'I have fought a good fight; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness!' Whoever has, by God's help, laid his desires, his plan, his purposes, his property, and, above all, his own will at the feet of Jesus Christ, is already one of the overcomers. He already begins to wear clean raiment, and the omniscient eye of God discerns on his brow the first flashing of the victor's crown!" The Lord ia Good. The Lord ia good. Sometime we forget it. Sometime we feel it. Always we know it. Few men are really skeptical as to the goodness of the great God who is at the heart of the whole universe as its author and upholder. Wo pity the man, that rare man, who has lost all faith in goodness and all faith in God. The I-onl l good. The need is to translate that dec laration of Holy Writ into terms of a per sonal experience, to carry it with one as a daily conviction and comfort, and to, live in a 'constant atmosphere of praise and prayer in the spirit of tiie Psalmist, who declared: "I will bless tho Lord at all time." New York Observer. Our First Thought. - If on awakening ou. first involuntary thoughts are of God, or some sweet Scrip ture promise, we shall enter upou the du ties of the duy well. Admiral Jouett'e Experience. Admiral. Jouott, who la the jollies! old aea dog of all the retired officer of the navy, tells an amusing atorj of hia early daya aa a cadet. "I was a aoclable youngster," he says, "and when I went to my firyt assignment, the Independence, and saw the stair and atrlpea floating over It, I remem bered my mother bad taught me thai my first duty waa to the flag, so I attempted some conversation on thti line with, the executive officer, whe bad received me when I came on board, and who was one of the strict cat disciplinarians In the navy of that day. "Silence, air!' be roared at my first question, bis face red with anger. Silence, air! Who gave you pormla aion to apeak? Let me bear only all worda from you, air, senile you are on this ship: Fort, starboard, yes, sir, and no, sir.' And tbla waa my am discipline in the navy." Churehaa on Manhattan Island. Tbera are 8j places of worship on Manhattan Island. There la a. report ed membership, Protestant and Cath olic together, of 095,942. TOE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments February 15. For Subject: Carlstala Self-Ceatrel, I Co', rill., 4-18 Oolata Text, Rem. xlv 19 Memory Verses, 8, 9 Commentary en the Day'i Lesson. , Perplexing questions (vs. 4 8). 4. Unto idols." Those portions of the ani mal offered in sacrifice which were not laid on the altar, and which belonged part ly to those who had offered them. 'Ihes remnants were sometimes eaten at feast held in the temples (v. 10), or in privats houses (chap. 10: 27); sometimes sold in the markets by the priests, or by the poor. 'The question, was whether it was right for Christian to partake of food connected with idolatry. Such meat were forbidden by the council nt Jerusalem, seven years before, beranae the act was offensive to Jewish brethren (Act 13: 20, 21), but here in Corinth, s Gentile city, the ques tion needed to be settled on a new basis. 'Is nothing." Nothing but a enrved block of wood or stone, having no power over the meat or the eater. None in tho Corinthian church, whether Jews 'or Gentiles, be lieved that an idol wa anything. They all had knowledge alike that far. The ques tion was put upon another point, and for a settlement they appealed to Paul. "None other God but one. The Creator and sua tniner of all things. There is no represen tation of the true God in any of the idol gods. 15. "Called gods in heaven." As the sun, moon, planet, stars. "In earth." Dei fied kings, beasts, rivers, serpents, etc. The heathen had many imaginary gods. The people of Bengal acknowledged 330. 000,000. 0. "To us." Christians. "One God." All that i needed, for in Him dwells nil power ana love, "father. " The Chris tian s dearest word for God. He is the originating cause of all things. "Wo in Him." In His thought. His care. We were created for Him. and our highest happiness i in living in His glory. "One Lord Jcsut Christ.' The Father's Son, one with the rather, our Lord and Saviour, "through whose mediation are all things, including the natural and sniritunl creation." (John 1: 1-3; Kph. 3: 0). "Wc by Him." Re deemed by Him, and again by Him to be glnrined. II. Knowledge alono not sufficient (vs. 7, 8). "Howbeit," etc. The Corinthian ar gued that they all knew that nn idol wai nothing, but Paul replied that thia was not universally the case, that some were not vet entirely free from their heathen ideas. Manv were very ignorant, having just es caped from heathen idolatry, with but lit tle knowledge of the truth of the gospel. Old customs clung to their memory and attested them in many way. Knowledge alone could not settle thi question; our own liberty of action is not the standard. "Conscience of the idol." See R. V. Cus tom had wrought ir. them n reverence for the 'idol which Christianity had not yet entirelv cleared away. A reformed drunk ard walks past o saloon with different feel ing from one who has never known the taste for strong drink. "Conscience being weak. From want of knowledne. Not' strong enough to grasp firmly the great truth that an idol is nothing; only able to ee that the worship of idol is sin. A weak conscience is one which either re gards a wrong wnnt in fact is not so, or one which is not clear and decided in "it judgments, or one which has not power enough to restrain a person from doing the thing it condomns. "I defiled." Whether a thing be right or wrong he who in doing it goes against his conscience wrongs him self. This hardens the conscience, distorts it, weakens it, blinds it. 8. "But," etc. This verse is to be re garded as the view taken by the Corin thian in their letter to the apottle. Paul grant their position, but shows that there are other points to be considered. ' Com tnendeth us not." God does not think any more of us for eating, or for refraining from eating. It is our characters, our moral condition, our love, not some formal act of eatinj or fasting, for which He cares. The food itself was just the same whether it had ever been offered to idol-or not. Its having been in an idol temple did not in tho least affect it in any way. It is well to remember that education alone never makes a person better. A knowledgo of right and wrong, and the study of ethic will not eradicate vicioua propensities. That which commends us to God is a thor ough regeneration of heart, wherebv we are enabled to love God and our neighbor. III. The duty of guarding the weak (vs. 9-12). 9. "But toke heed." This verse is Paul's reply to the argument of the Corinthian in verse 8. Though you may be no better or worse for eating or not eating, yet if your conduct injures others and lead them into sin you should abstain entirely. It is far more important that your brother should not be led into sin than that yoa should partake of meat which you ac knowledge is in itself of no importance. Thia is a general principle which should regulate Christian conduct at all times. "This liberty." Though vou am delivered from superstitious notions, it is contrary to the spirit of love to hinder another who is not yet so far enlightened.- "A stum bling block." A means of confusion, which might lead to tho overthrow of faith.- 10. "If any man." If tho Christian who is ignorant, or the heathen seeking li?ht. "See theein the idol' temple." Somo went so far a not only to eat, but to eat in the precinct of the heathen temple. Tho arjoat'.ei being concerned now only with the point of eating, docs not rebuko this practice here, hut he does o fully in chan. 10: 14-22. "Be emboldened." Be built up, be confirmed in the belief that an idol ia something, and so be led to vio-i late hia conscience and become established in error. 11. "For whom Christ died." A pa thetic and forcible argument drawn from the depth) of Christian truth and feelin. Will you not suffer a privation in behalf of the oul for whom Christ died? 12. "Yo sin against Christ." "By injur ing His children, whose wrong lie feels a Hia own; by injuring Hia cause and de stroying the work He has come to do, and by misrepresenting His spirit." IV. The question spttled bv love (v. 13). 13. "Wherefore." This is the conclusion of the whole matter. "To offend." Cause him to stumble and fall into sin. "Will eat no flesh." In order to insure my avoid ing flesh offered tn idols I would abstain from all kind of flesh in order not to be a stumbling block. "Lest." etc. This is the-manifestation of tnio love. See v. 1. Love builds up the soul in God. Yet there is danger even here. We may by obeying another man's false conscience confirm his self-conceit, or establish a false morality. Against thi danger Paul specially pro vide. While he compile with the weak brother's error he openly proclaim that it is an error, and that hi complies not for truth, but from tenderness. He yield tn the unsound conscience, but nothing would induce hint to admit that the conscience was sound. unusual expedient Against Rats. A large London meat house which bad suffered severe loss through the devastations committed by rats bit upon a novel acheme to abate the nui sance. A regular system of kindness was practiced upon the rodenta. Food to their taste was left for them at regular Intervals. It waa given them to understand that the management considered It a great pleasure to have them about the premises. A!! cats were banished from the warehouse. At the end of atx months the rata be came quite tame and would eat out of the butchers' hands. The dainty meals reserved for human beings were henceforth left untouched, ro dent notions of honor being exceeding ly strict. The result la that, although the rat are dally on the increase, with no limit In alght, the Arm la many pounda ahead, and on the road to prosperit Proposal to Tax Foreigners Taxes on foreign visitors and resi dents are proposed to the Vaud can ton, Switzerland. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. ebrusry IS. -lessens From Bea-Hadad's Otf jal," I Kln't xx. 12-20. Temperance. Scripture Verses Rom. xll!. 14; 1 Cor. Ix. 25; Eph. vl. 11; Tit. II. 1, 5; 1 Peter II. 11. 12; 2 Peter I. ! 7; Prov. xx. 1; jtx.HI. 20, 21, 23. 30; a. v. 11, 12, .12; xxvlil. 7; 1 Cor. vl. 10. Lesson Thoughts, Life Is a constant strugile In which a temperate man has great afvantiijto, while tho lmtemperate man will work Lla sure rnln though he. may stait with every prospect of am-cess. The drinking man always overes timates hia powers; beginners do not expect ti bor-ome drunkards, until the appetite conquers. lnlotnperance weakens both the mlnrl and the bodv. "No man knorvu when he will need the utmost of hli powers." Temperance means readi ness. Selections. One of the most famous stories In Homer roprenonts Uiysses and hlj b:tnd as coming to the palace of Circe, full of delimits, and her table covered with delicious food, hut whoever ate the food immediately became a bnaot for the rest of his life. Just such t palace Is every Baloon. "Wine cannot be satlbfied." Givo It votir money, and It demands your wits, your wits, and It requires your ftron.iTth; your strength, and it will re quire vour virtue, your virtue and It gets your reputation; your reputation, nnd It felzts you;1 happiness. Overdoing in one direction means under-doing In all others, as you can not draw water out of a pond without lowering Its entire level. . A man Is not master of an automo bile If ho can steer It, but cannot con trcl the electricity or the gas that drives It. And In the same manner no man Is master of himself If he r.sn control his muscles and cannot control his temper, or If he can con trol his temper and cannot control his aprctito. i.et no one dare to be sat isfied so long as any part of hlrrtHel! In out. of his control. Suggested Hymns, Gird on the sword and armor. Jesus,- thou refuge of the soul. Swoet hour of prayer. Standing by a purpose true. Where is my wandeitinej boy to nlirht? Nothing hut loavaa. EPWORTi! LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. February 15. Selfish Ambition and Christ's Service (Mark 10. 35-45; Malt. 16, 24-26.) A man without ambition is not like ly to achieve very much. Many of the wheels of the world's activity would Btop if ambition were taken out of It. And so we are Inclined to glory in our ambition, and have an eager pride In it. Then our ambition and our Chris tianity meet and what are we going to do about It? This is a vital enough question In our age, and to our lives. Is our ambition to be given up? Are we to do without the fine Impetus it gives us? Are we to turn from the added color it gives to life? The answer it we understand It will mean much for us. Ambition la not to be given up. It Is to be related to our Christian mo tive, that it may help in. Its realiza tion. All the warmth and energy and fire which our ambition has given us is to be kept, but It Is to become Christian ambition, not selfish ambi tion. A man Is not to have his blood made colorless because he Is a Cb Na tion; he Is to keep the fire of life, but to burn it upon a new altar. Once it burned upon the altar of self, now it Is to burn upon the altar of the Lord Christ. Ambition! We cannot have too much of It live, eager, enthusiastic ambition to be and do the most for Jesus Christ, and the children of men whom he loves. Becoming Christiana is not to mean laying our powers or our energies away to be Idle. But what does It mean, this change of cen ter, this change of seiflsh ambition to Christian ambition? It means a new emphasis upon service. Service be comes larger than self. The goal of our ambition la effective work in His kingdom; to serve Is our glory; to serve is our dignity; service Itself a crown. To do the thing la more em phasized than to receive the reward. Having caught the viBlon of this higher ambition, the young man finds new meaning In tho momentary touch ing with many human lives, and by gentle courtesy tries to make his little contribution to them. When Christianity finds an ambi tious young man In the home. In col lego, at business, or on the farm, It would not take the ambition away but would give It a soul the Christ mo tive, the Christ love. With that am bition there are many worlds to con quer, worlds of commerce, worlds of thought, worlds of thronging human lives. With the 3'jnsecrated ambition of youth and talent there- shall be mighty conquests, and in these con quests we may have a part. May our ambition be touched with the Are from off tho altar that Ills it for His ser vice. England's Ugliest Man. Two little American girls went Inte tho drawing room while an English man of astounding ugliness was call ing upon their mother. They advanced hand in hand and stood regarding the visitor with an expression of mute astonishment. "Come here, children," said the mother, "and let me present you to Mr. Jones." The children did not budge. Instead, one of them exclaimed: "No, we don't want to meet Mr Jonea. He la the ugliest man we have ever Been." Having delivered this opinion, the child turned and, dragging ber alstei after her, ran from the room. The Englishman' remained calm, whllo the children'a mother, endeavoring to overcome her embarrassment, said: "O, Mr. Jonea, they did not mean It the way you thought they did." "O, yes, they did," retorted Mr Jones, bursting Into a hearty laugh. "I am the ugliest person that Qod ever allowed to be made." New York Bun. Gtrasburg to Honor Goethe. Etrasburg is about to erect a monu ment to Goethe. The German poet passed some of the best years of bis youth In the Alsatian town and re ferred to It frequently with words of dmlrlng affection , lu hia memoirs The design for the statue has not yet been selected, but no attempt will be spared to make It worthy of tba great name which It la to commemorate. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, Pacts on Inebriety Alarming Statistic Compiled by Dr. Charles L. Dana Indoor Worker Ureatest Alcoholic Victims Habit Acq ill red In Voutb. In view of the perennial and world-wide interest in the subject of intemperance nnd nil that pertains to it the facts and figures presented in n paper on the causes, duration and management of inebriety contributed to the Medical Record by Dr. thar.es L. Dana, ot New York, nre wor thy of review in these columns for the ben elit of non-prnfesional readers. Dr. Dana has been a visiting physician nt Bellevue Hospital for many years, nnd has had va ried experience in tho treatment of alco holic cases. In a single year he studied 3.50 such cases, and his average of later years was even larger. His evidence on the subject of heredity and alcoholism is startling. Among :!." tatients whom lie questioned on this topic ic found t hut drink habit existed in one or both parents in nil but ten (07.5 per cent). The father was usually the drinker. Among thirty periodical inebriates two thirds had the hereditary factor counting against fiem; in fourteen cases the father drank; in eight both parents drank. Not withstanding these tacts Dr. Dana ex prcse the opinion that "drinking is large ly a n.alter of habit and environment." Chisjilied a to occupation, Dr. Dana found tii.it it was not the day laborers, the mechanics, artisans and small tradesmen that iiirnMhed the largest proportion ot ilcnhrlii! victims, indoor workers generally leading all others. In a total of laWI cae studieil the tradesmen numbered 3S7, clerk and salesmen U'3J and professional men only 64. The impression given out by some writ ers that drunkenness has increased to an alarming extent among American women is not borne out by Dr. Dana's investiga tions. In tho total of admissions at Dcllc vue in tho years 18s7, 1S8S, ISmsi and 18!)3 there were 10,470 men and 3000 women, f living a proportion of 37 per cent., or a ittle over one-third, women. In 1S87 the percentage of women ivni :iJ, and in 1905, eight years later, it was 34, an increase oi only two points. At to the age ot which the drinking 1. n bit is generally formed Dr Dana has some suggestive iigures to oiler. Among thirty periodical inebriates two-thirds be gan drinking beforo twenty, and all began before thirty. The greater number of cases and of death from alcoholism were found between forty and fifty in men and between twenty and thirty in women. More interesting and remarkable per haps than any other disclosures made hy Dr. Dana are those relating to tho capacity of men for drink and the duration of life among habitual inebriates. On the latter point the conclusions reached are that in serious cases the duration of life is about fifteen years, the maximum being over forty years. In general it is said that hard drinking can rarely be carried on for more than twenty years, and it generally brings the victim to grief at about the age of forty. Referring to per.ions who drink most heavily and frequently it' is said that it takes ten or fifteen years to bring on de mentia or insanity, during which time it may be estimated that each inebriate con sumes about 20O0 cations of intoxicants. A man fifty-five years old confessed to Dr. Dana that he had been drunk twice a day for three years, making about 20iK intoxi cations. Another man of forty had been drunk weekly for twenty ve'ars, and a third, aged forty-three, had been drunk a thousand times in fifteen years. Two thou sand "drunks" nre set down as the maxi mum limit in any ordinary inebriate expe rience. The favorite combination for hard drink er was found to be beer and whisky, and beer alone came well up in the scale. Other beverages used by inebriates in cluded cocoa wine, Jamaica ginger, tinc ture of soap nnd a well-known proprietary "bitters." A remarkable absence of alco holism was found in wine drinkers. In the conclusion of his article Dr. Dana would teach, he saya, that "alcohol is al ways and absolutely a poison and a surely degenerating agent when used in excess, and that even when used in moderation it is equally pernicious to a rather large clasi of human beings." The Ctnr Interested. The Czar of Russia is said to be takings personal interest in the temperance reform in his country, and is lending his influence to modify and stay the injurious rcs-ilts of the dram hou and to provide counter re sortt;. I'nder hi favor the Government if co-operating with temperance reformers by supporting eating houses, coffee houses, reading rooms, and even public places ol amusement in all narts of the emnire. One of the most noteworthy resorts of this character is the irovernmental huilding in St. Pet"-abnrg. Some one in describing it says: "Here are numerous reading rooms, lecture rooms, and a splendid librarv. and in the garden outside any number of little pavilions, summer houses and places for rationo' names for grown people and ehil dren. Numerous bands plav select, music. The whole institution was planned bv the yoiin-. fVar. who v.-n- often visits it.' The establishment is a brilliant su"oes. and to visit it is a real p'casure. No liquor i sold, no intoxicated 'icrson is adnvttcd, r"t an indecent word is heard, and the whole place is filled with a happy, laughing, good n.-itured crowd, enjoving themselves as chilldren." Blacklisting nrnnkarils. fnder the new liiiuor law now in force In England the police mav arrest a drunk ard anywhere except in his own house, and whether disorderly or not. After convic tion the drunkard ia blacklisted in drink ing places for three years. If he attempts to get a drink he is liahle to a fine, and the caloonkeeper who sells him liquor may be fined MO the first time and 810ft the next. If this law is enforced the ingenu ity of drunkard mav be considerably taxed to get linuor. The nrinciolc of pur suing the drunkard as well as the idoon keeper ecms sound, and we shall be inter ested to learn how it works on applica tion. Life. An Important Decision. The Iowa Supreme Court has struck n hard blow at the liquor traffic through express agent by reversing two eai.es, one from Washington County against the United States Kxpress Company and the other from Tama County against the American. In both cases the express com panie had liquor in their possession, which they were delivering to purchaser for collect on delivery payments. The Crnsarta In llrlor. John Ilurns, M. P., says: "The liquor tratlic ia a degrading traffic which is being used to chloroform the workers into c (iiiiescence in their miserable condition o.' life." A thirty day' plcdce signing crusade ir plunned for the city of Chicago. Mr. France Holy, of Chicago, ha been given a judgment for $2300 against Mat thew J. Vila, a alnoii keeper, for clling intoxicants to her husband, causing h in to lose hi position, etc. T. B. Powderly, the great labor lender, says: "The experience of a lifetime har demonstrated that drunkenness is a curse It is the cause of more poverty than ony thing that can be named." The Itev. Francis E. Clark, while in Eu roie, called on King Oscar II.. of Stvedet and Norwav, in the interest of the move ment which aims at saving native races from the awful blight of the liquor traffic. A gospel settlement waa started om year ago in England, known a the Ked House Settlement, the aim of which is tc take the place of the gin palace. Statistic have been prepared by nglit insurance companies which indicate tha' between the agea of twenty-five and forty five the death rate of drink seller is, oo an average, double that of other people. It Will Warm the Heart. In all your works, either at home or at the place of your service, do not forgt that all your strength, your light and you) success are in Christ and Hi cro; there fore do not fail to call upon the lyoid bo fore beginuing any work, saying: "Jesus help me! Jesus enliuhten me!" Thiu your heart will be supported and warmed uy lively tuiin ana nope. Johu bergicff. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Geeersl Trade Cearfltioas. R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade," says: Domestic trade and industry continue to prosper, while the fuel situation haj grown less disturbing through special efforts of transporters, aided by mild weather. Distribution of other products has been restricted by discrimination in favor of coal. Clearance sales are about ended, leaving only small stocks ol winter Roods. Advance business in spring deliveries is very heavy, and fall contracts are also placed liberally. At tome points the harness season openj favorably. In most cae where there is no delay on fuel account, manufacturing plant arc busy, though cost of mate rial and labor is very high. Firm prn.es nir nnisiicci products are conse qtiently to be expected. Favorable re turns of railway earnings are constantly issued, showing an increase of 57 pc' cent, over last year and 17.9 per cent over 1901. Mile of loaded cars and thousands ol tons of coke piled in Conncllsville yards tell of conditions in the iron and steel industry. Furnaces are closing because of fuel shortage. By giving coal, live stock and perishable goods precedence over all otfier freight the railroad helped consumers everywhere, but a the expense of the leading manufactur ing industry. Many plants arc closed pr running part time, and few orderi for distant delivery arc sought or offer ed, owing to uncertainty as to when normal conditions will prevail. It is st-itcd that deliveries of pig iron to the leading consumer arc several months 'I'-hind. and Foof bnsppn-r has risen iharply, yet there is much irrejttl -ri y Js evidenced by the decline in cast pipe. Locomotives, arc being turned out ol ihops with record breaking rapidity, ind other railway equipment is in :qually good demand, while structural material is still a feature. Footwear is firm, with an advancing tendency. . Both sole and upper leather ire more active. A better inquiry is lotcd for cotton goods. A number of ines have advanced in price, the up vard movement of raw cotton having 1 natural effect. Men's wear, woolens uid worsteds, for fall, are now fully jpened, and buyers operate more freely. There is no evidence of speculative ac ivity, which emphasizes the wholesome :ondition of the market, and many lines lave been withdrawn. Failures for the veck number 243 in the United States igainst .101 last year, and 30 in Canada :ompared with 40 a year ago. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, fa 35a3.G5; best Pntent. 4.S0; choice Family, $4.05. Whent New York No. 2. 81Xcj Philadelphia No 2, 7Wa80c: Baltimore No 2 80c. Corn-New York No. 2, 59c; Phila lolphia No. 2. 54u:Vc; Baltimore No. 2, Wic. Onta New York No. 2. 4.3o; Phila hdphla No. 2, 42ul;lo; Baltimore No 2, t2o. Hay No. 1 tlmothv, I10.50a20.00; So. 2 timothy. flS.uOai'.i.OO: No. 3 tim thvlG.50al7.riO Fruits and Vegetables. White Poto wes With receipts less liberal and quite n Improvement in the demand, tha market rules steady Bnd firm. Apples ill good to choice fruit trees of fungus ire in good demand. Cabbage with quite a fulling oft' in the receipts, there Is n much firmer feeling on all good to :hoice stock. Sweet potatoes are in ltnple supply for present needs; tha irnrket rules quiet but steady. We quote; Cabbage Danish large, per ton N-OOoD.OO; domestic, per ton $ii.00a7.00 Potatoes Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu GjniiHo; Kustern per bu 65a 6Sc; Kggplant, Florida, per orange box I1.1HJ 1.25. Onion yellow, per bu 60a6fc; re-d. per bu 55aG0o. Celery, per doz 2.ria4Uc. Apples Eastern, good to choice, per brl $2.OOa3.0O; Western, do dodo do do $1.75ii2.fiO; No. 2 nil kinds fl.00al.25. Swoot Potatoes Potomac yellow, per brl f2.50a 2 75; North Caro lina, yellow, f2.25a2.R0; Eastern shore yellow, f 2.00u2.25. Yums, yellow, f 1.50 ul.75. Butter, Separator, 28u29c; Gathered cream, 27u28c; prints, l-lb .'i0u31c; Kolls, 2-lb. a0u31c; Duiry pts. Md., l'u Va., '.'Su-J'Jc. Egg, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen, 21u:J2o. Cheese, Largo, 60-lb, 14Val4s'cj me. dium, 3li-lb, 14.tal4; picnic, 231b, 14Hal4?c. Live Poultry, Hons, 12al2.','o; old roosters, each iia.'K'c; Turkeys, 16al7c; Ducks, llliiUu Hides, Heavy steers, association an s.ilters, lute kill, GO-lbs und up, close se lection, llal'Jc; cows aud light steers 8?ta'.)o. Provisions nasi Hog Product. Bulk clear rib sides, 'J'io; bulk shoulders, 9Hc; bulk bellies, 10! jc; bulk ham butts, 10c; bucon clour rib sides, lOMic; bacon shoulders, 103ic; sugar-cured breasts, 12'j'c; sugur-cured shoulders, 10;c; Bugur cured California hams, 10c; hums cuuvused or uucunvaaed, 12 lb, and under, 14 Vejruhncd bird tierces, brl b ml IK) lb cans, gross, lO.Ho; refined lard, Im'.f-burrel and uow tubs, Ho. Liv Stock. Chicago, Cattle, Mostly l.a20o lower, good to prime steers ft 50a 575; medium I K)0a4 50; stnukur and feeder $j 25 a4 40; cows, f I 40u4 40; heifor f 1 00 4 GO; Terns-fed steers f:l 50a4 .40 Hogs, Mixed und butcher G 50uG 75; good to choice, heuvy ft 8,iu7 00; Sliuep, sheep Slid lumbs alow to lower; good to choice wbt-thiirs f4 25uli)0; Western sheep $175uG 25. Fust Liberty, Cattle steady; clioica f5 2iu5 40; p'rime f ' 00a5 20. Hog, prime heavy fG 90uG 05, medium f G h.'i; heavy Yorker fG NluG 85. Sheep stoady, B.-st wolhers f 1 G5a4 80 cull und coin, uion ft 75a2 50; choice lumbs f j 75a5 .8.1 SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Seven hundred thousand British weal American shoes. A swallow, if in a hurry, travels uS miles an hour. The East. Indians called rock crysta'' in unripe diamond. An oil motor from Indianapolis it grinding wheat on Mount Lebanon. 'I he average factory hand gets $ 1.40 1 day and creates $3 75 worth. 'The savings bank deposits of th yJnited States equal the national drbi nultiplieu by three. In the common schools of Sweden. English is studied during lour hours each week. Anarchists are mainly responsible fot itne striKc wnicn nas paraiyzca an busi ness in Buenos Ayres. An Englishman has a contract for the buildinsT of 870 miles of railway in Por tuguese East Africa. The "famine bread," upon which 70, oojo persons in Northern Sweden are no'w subsisting is made from ground pine bark and Iceland moss. It is suggested in France that in cr,se ol population is encouraged by Raving government positions only ta 'men raving inrgc i.-imiucs. THE RELIGIOUS, LIFE 1 V READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR? WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF Poemt Live In the Sunshine The ) of telf-Pltr Hobs Life of Alt It ltv Isms RK-Dnlal Is the OppMlta aal Nobler Trait. Live in the sunshine, don't live in tbet gloom, Carry' some gladness the world to illume., Live in the brightness, and take thia ttai heart, The world will be gayer, if you'll do yotnr part. Live on the houstop. not down In the eeffji Open-air Christians live nobly and well. Live where the jovs are, and, scorning oTe feat. Have a good morrow for all whom yoit meet. Live a the victor, and triumphing go Through this queer world, beating downt every foe. Live in the sunshine, God meant it fotf you ! Lire as the robins, and sing the day' through. Margaret E. Sangster, . Pelf-Sympathy I I'aralyslna-. Pvmpathy is a very beautiful thing when kept where it belongs. We cannot hav too much sympathy with those who neeoT it. Hut there is one person whose need of it is more than doubtful, and that person is one's individual self. Pity is akin to love, and self-pity is so close a relative of self-love that we are wise if we definitely refuse to let it enter the doors of our souls. Yet at some time in every life it seeka entrance. There is no lot wheie. in youth even, there is not some opportunity for self-pity. "I am poor." "I am discour aged." "I am misunderstood." "I am alight ed." "I am overworked," there is no endi to the whispers that self-pity make isc our ears. If we yield to these suggestions however, we soon begin to feel that the sit uation gets worse everv day. We find our courage waning, our despondency growing;' and all possibility of cheer and victory re ceding in the distance. Sympathy for selE is a paralyzing and fatal 'sympathy. Un like the sympathy of a wise friend, ifr brings no new paint of view and suggest no fresh plan of campaign. A man who sympathizes with himself al wavs ha an over-production of grievance. If he undertook to explain some of his mi nor miseries to even his best friend they; might seem small, hut self treats them re spectfully and sympathizes unfailingly. It the habit of self-pity be once estab lished and happiness is gone forever and a day. The tiniest trouble becomes a thin;, to brood upon. Health of soul is gone andr soreness of spirit has taken its place, until at last the self-sympathizer becomes on of those miserable persons who proclaim, "Nobody has such a hard time as I have.' ' When we get to saying that we are downt in the nit of follv and selfishness indeed.. No soul that make that wail is brave or' nnble or deserving of much sympathy. When wc once truly look about us and sea or guess the crushing burdens other souks are bearing with patience and without: complaint, we shall be ashamed of such cowardly whining. Whatever lot we may have in life we do not know what its risibilities really ar until we have elieerfullv and courageously tried them. Self-pity blinds us tn the ail-, ver lining of the cloud, to the discipline hid under hardship, to the strength' brought by burden-bearing, "lllessed is he that overcometh." Shall we sigh because), we have a rhance to win a blessing? Shall we be caught in the snare of self-pity and, never get free? It is a snare that tangles many vnung feet, and the sooner we leant to avoid it the better. The brave life never sits down to broooV It pushes ahead, sharing its crust with an other's need, shitting its burden as well aa it can so as to lend a hand to a comrade') load, trndeing steadfastly forward through' rain nnd shine, and sure to get to tho goal, in the end. It takes self-denial, not self pity, as a guide, and for him who makes that choice there is no such word as failure thoueh all fate seems against him. Young People. The Morning's Awakening. Every morning's miracle is surely s pro phecy. "I laid me down and slept; I awaked: for Jehovah sustained me." Jesus so declared it to us when He said of the dead virgin. "Behold, she sleepeth." We remember the epitaph written on the tombstone of an honored American: "The pilgrim they laid in a large upper chamber. Whose window opened towards the sun rising: Tho name of the chamber was peace. T.iere he slept till break of day, and thcnl He awoke and sang." Oh. that we might learn nerfectly this. Christian confidence which, living or dy. ing, speaks of one another and to one an other as those who say. "Wc shall, mee again in the morning!" Sunday-School Tunes. Things to Toke With V. C'ea.i. good furniture for a new house, Beautiful hying for a new year. Of course, some old things are good. 'We must never give up inr duties. We mut keep on1 praving and reading our IMile. nnd loving? each other, and doing deeds of thoughtfuli kindness. All the right things we did lasO year we must continue to do this year.' We are to speak the truth. We are to) work diligently at oar common calling. Wc are to use words that will help ant cheer others. We are to he kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving any who) may wrong us, as Cod forgive us, Ilnppy Homes. rVime of the happiest and most Meal homes, where peace, contentment and har mony dwell, have been the abodes of poor neople. No rich carpet covered the floors, no costly paintings were on the walls, and there were no pianos, no worksi of art. but there were contented minds and unselfish and devoted lives. Each member of the family contributed as much a possi ble to the happiness of all, endeavoring to compensate by kindness and intelligence for the poverty of their surroundiugs.- Success. The Great Highway. Tf we would reassure our restless heart that our future is 111 the hands of tlod we have hut to scan our past. Can anv man, that w not altogether blind look over the way he has traversed without surprise and awe as he sees it marked everywhere br mysterious footprint other than his own even the footprint of the living God? We thought wo were going a way of our own and all the time we have been on the King's highway. J. E. McFadden. Our Thought. Cod doe not want and does not expect that our thoughts shall always be of Him. That were impossible, though many try to have it so. It is absurd to attempt it and hypocritical to say it can be done. Stilt you can have the consciousness of Uod a way in your heart and life, so that yoa will find it difficult to act ou; of harmony with Him and Hi law. The Key. Dr. Brady. Death of Self. The death of self is the life of the soul. Bam s Horn. . Modern Necessities. "What would you rather have." the young woman who aska abrupt 1 questions, "money or brains?" "Well," answerod Senator Sorghum, "there used to be a time when we were a simple and unpretentious peo ple, when mere money would aufflce to win success. But now poiittclana havt become ao wicked and alert that you've got to Keep your eyea open all the time to spend your money so that It will do you aome good. Take snr word for C, you're got to bar moner and brala?, two." . .A 1
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