"GOD'S PLAN FOR US."
Sunday Sermon By Rev. Dr. J. Wllbnr
Cbapman.
How the Belleven May Eiperlenca Both Joy'
and Ptace, Blessing and Power A High
Ideal lor Every Life.
New Yon Citt. The following sermon
! one of a aeries preached by the famous
rvangeiist. the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chap
man. It in entitled "Uod's Plan For Ue,"
ind was founded on the text: "Not ai
though I had already attained, either were
llready perfect, but I follow after, if that
( may apprehend that for which alio I ana
spprehended of Christ Jesus." Philip
Diana iii: 12.
God has a plan for every lifp, and when
this plan is realized there is always in the
experience of the believer both joy and
peace, blessing and power. If any one i
laving on up-and-down Christian expe
rience, hot to-day and cold to-morrow,
near enough to Christ to-day so that he
may almost touch mm, and so far away
to-morrow that he questions if he has ever
been saved, this is a certain evidence that
he has not allowed God to work out His
plan for him, and there is yet much work
to be oe-omnlished hy the Holy Spirit of
rod. An experience of unrest dishonors
God, and when you find a heart in which
there is this unrest and dissatisfaction you
always 6nd a life in which Ood has not
yet finished His work. "Peace I leave
with you: My neace I give unto you," was
written for such an one. and is his inherit
ance. While it would be a most difficult
thing to itehne peace, yet possibly the best
definition would be to take its opposite,
and so it would read like this: Peace is
the opposite of unrest, of confusion, of
strife. This blessing is for every one of
Cod's children, if they will but claim it.
It is no more disastrous for one's arm to
be out of its socket than for one s life to
run contrary to the plan of God. Paul
evidently had this in mind when he said:
"If I may apprehend that for which I am
also apprehended of Christ Jesus." It
would be no more disastrous for a planet
to go swinging out of its orbit than for a
life to run contrary to the plan of God.
The fact is our crosses in this world al
ways come to us when our wills run con
trary to the will of God. One piece of
wood placed over another and running in
the contrary direction always makes a
cross. Our peace and joy come, to us in
this life wlipn our wills run parallel to that
of God. Though we may be obliged to
live in poverty and meet with what this
world calls disaster and failure, if we are
perfectly sure we are doing according to
God's will we may say with the apostle:
".All things work together for good."
God has n high ideal for everv life, and
we have but to read the Scriptures to
find this to be true. We find in Romans
i: 7, that we are called "saints:" this is
our name. We lenrn in 1 Corinthians iii:
9. that we are "laborers together with
God." We are told in 1 Corinthians i:
9. that it is our privilege to be in fellow
ship with God's Son, and this word "fel
lowship" is literally "partnership." In
Revelation ii: '7. God promises to give to
us His own hidden manna to eat. Of this
the world knows nothing it can neither
give it nor take it away. In th 25th
Psalm. 14th verse, we have a pledge that
God will tell to us His secrets, but it is not
to be forgotten that we only tell secreti
to thoe who are near to us. God nevet
gives His secrets to thoe who are out o(
fellowship with Him, and every man is oul
of fellowship who has in his heart anr tin?
confessed or unforgiven sin. In Philin
pians iii: 21 the conversation of the child
of God is described. It is to he in heav
en, from whence also we look for the Sa
viour, the Lord Jesus Christ. In Enhe
sinns ii: 10 the whole of the Christian
character is described. We are told that
wo are His "workmanship," and the word
workmanship is literallv poem, so that in
God's plan we are all that is complete and
beautiful.
We are very sure that we have not at
tained unto this plan.
We are likewise confident that falling
short of it we are not satisfied, and out
cry is that of the apostle (Romans 7: 241.
"Oh, wretched man that 1 am, who shall
deliver me from the body of this death?"
We may have God's power. 2 Cor. xii: 9
-"My grace is sufficient for thee; for my
strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the power of Christ
may rest upon me." Let us therefore
cease to speak of the presence of the Holy
Ghost as an experience and talk about the
better Christian life as an "it:" let us'ru
member ever after this that Christ is the
power of God. To exalt Him. to follow
Him, to live His life, and to enthrone Him
in our lives, is power always, and never
can be anything else.
We may have God's rest. Hebrews iv:
1 to 3 "Let us therefore fear, lest, a
promise being left us of entering into Hi)
rest, any of you should seem to come
short of it. For unto us was the gospel
preached, as well as unto them.' but the
word preached did not profit them, not
being mixed with faith in them that heard
it. For we which have believed do entet
into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in
my wrath, if they shall enter into my
rest; although the works were finished
from the foundation of the world."
v It is most significant that in the tenth
verse of this fourth chanter of Hebrews
we read: "For he that has entered into
his rest, he also hath censed from his own
works, as God did from His." Oh, that we
might all of us learn that it is when we
cease to be self-centred and become Christ
centred, it is when we live lives of unsel
fishness and therefore for the glory of
Christ, it is when wo look up and not in
in a word, it is when we cease from our
own works that we enter into God's rest.
We mev have God's holiness. Hebrews
xii: 10 "For they verily for a few days
chastened us after their own pleasure, but
He for our profit, that we might bo par
takers of His holiness." Not infrequently
we find Christian people who are afraid of
the word holiness, and yet the Bible has
distinctly declared that without holiness
no man shall see God. If we are shutting
Him out of our lives then we are depriving
ourselves of our birthright as His children.
We might sum up God's plan for our
lives under three heads:
1. It is God's will that we should be re
generated. John i: 13, 14 "Which were
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, and we beheld His glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Fath
er, full of grace and truth "
Regeneration is not a working over ol
the old nature, for that which is born of
the flesh is flesh, and never can be any
thing else. It may be educated flesh, cul
tured flesh, but after all it is flesh, and is
displeasing to God. It does not come as
the result of reformation, for while re
formation may touch a man's present and
possibly his future, it has nothing to do
with his past sins, which are like the
sands of the sea in number. Environment
has nothing to do with our passing from
death unto life. If environment could
save the soul or keep it, Adam never would
nave fallen, for he dwelt in paradise. Lot
would have been a model citizen, for he
abode in the fairest city of the then known
world.
Regeneration is God's breathing into man
Jus own life it is literally being boru
from above.
2. It ii God'a will that we should be
sanctified.
1 Thes. iv: 3"For this Is the will ol
jod, even your sanctification."
Some people feel much prejudiced against
the idta of sanctification, but it is in God's
Word, and it wmil.l wtl tn. n .....l..
it and realise it in our experience. To be
sanctified is to be separated, and it is cer
tainly the plan of God that His people
hall be a separated: people. While they
art "ji, the world" they are to be in no
ense "of the world." They are com
manded even not to touch that which ia
unclean, and all the old law respecting the
Aaurite is a law for the Christian, ex
pt that in the New Testament times that
-jaw his been intensified by the touch of
the living and risen Christ.
If your life ia not uiutified you will lira
contrary to the will of God.
3, It is God's will that we should be til.
timateiy glorified. 1 Peter v: 10 "But the
! of all grace, who hath called us unto
His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that y have suffered awhile, make von
Perfect, stablish, streugthen, settle you.1'
John avii: 24 "Father. I will that they
'o, whom Thou hast given Me. be with,
ale where I am; that they mav behold My
,K3UjrhicjlXjaicxaMil-. J.
" lTlf T good thing To turn" again and
again in this way to the Scriptures to find
what is the plan God has marked out for
us, and then to square our lives according
to this plan, to see wherein we have fol
lowed it or have failed. If the failure has
been grievous it is not necessary that wo
should go in mourning nil the day long,
for, just as a mother forgives the weakness
of her child and forgets the many short
comings, so God has promised again and
again in His Word to blot out all our trans
greisions and to remember them no more
against us forever.
It is not therefore a nucstion as to
whether we can keep from sinning our-seh-es
we know that we can not, but it is
altogether a ouestion as to whether Christ
can keep us if we will but give Him tb
right to do so. T have no question hut
that oue could wslk from on corner of the
street to the other with Christ so con
stantly before him that, in his own judg
ment at least, he would b" overcoming
sin. I n" perfectly clear that be could
increase his journey by many miles and
still be more than conqueror. I am abso
lutely confident that one could walk the
whole day with Christ so vividly before
him that it would le pence and joy. And
what rould be nccamirlished in one dav
could be made the ni'.e of a man's entire
life.
After the return of Christ for Ills clinch
there is to be a rrcat dav of awards, when
those who have been faithful shall rceivu
recognition at the hands of the Lord Him
self, in the nresep"" of the assembled
hosts' in the skies. We can tell just what
this reward is to be, and ypt this needs a
word of explanation. We can not give th
exact description of the crowns we shall
wcer, por can we estimuto in human lan
ihiage their value in the opinion of men.
But we know, after studying th New
Testament, that it is to be according to
bur faith and in proportion to our faithful
ness, ft is in this way that every child
of God may confidently r.v: "I know what
mv award is to be." He measured it him
eelf. It is very true that one mnv sfnnd
before God nnd rceive from Tlim only a
measure of reward, and it is likewise true
that he might hive greater blessing from
the hands of his Master. John sneaks
about "a full reword." as if there might be
a reward that is not complete. Alas, this
is only too true! But the opposite is a'sn
true, that one tray hive at that (treat dav
at the hands of God TTirri-elf a full reward.
And the purpoje of this bonk is to induce
us to lay hold of the promises of God. so
that our lives may he so shooed according
to His will that when that dav comes we
shall stand before Him with rejoicing and
not with sorrow.
A crown is always n symbol of reward.
K:;pressions containing the word are manv
times used in the New Testament. Tt is
sometimes a "crown of life," again a
"crown that is incorruptible." a "crown of
rejoicing." n "crown of righteousness."
and "a crown of glory." Put these names
are given not simply for the sake of cm
phais. as the change of a name might bo
emphatic, but because ach crown rcnus a
certain kind of reward. So far as I have
been ab' to see there a-e but five crowns
in the New Tctamont Scriptures, livery
Christian may have one. but oh. the iov
of it! every Christian may have five. Put
the messape is still sweeter, for if wo
shon'd receive from the hands of our irlori
tied Lord the crowns there would still be
something in reserve.
Naturally the crown that should come
first in order won'd be the one mentioned
in James i: 12 "Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation: for when he is tried
lie shall receive the crown of life, which
the Lord hath promised to them that love
Him." This crown is also mentioned in
Revelation ii: 10 "P,c thou faithful unto
death, and I will give thee a crown of
life."
It was to be given to the Church of
Smyrna that suffered the most. I used to
read the text "Be thou faithful until
death," and I supposed it meant simnlv
that wo needed to be faithful during life
ana that when death came our responsi
bility was at sn end. but the word is
"unto." and means not simply that one
should be faithful and willing to suffer for
the Master, but to suffer snd to die.
This leads me to say that the crown of
life is undoubtedly the one to be given to
the tnartvr not simplv the one who has
died at the stake, or the woman who has
been thrown to the wild beasts that thev
might devour her. but the one who has suf
fered in body and mind unknown to fame,
but suffered nevertheless, and suffered for
the glory of God.
It is likewise the crown that is to be
given to the one who is able to do only
little things for Christ. So manv seem to
think that thev can do but little fnr Christ
nnd therefore leave that little undone. This
is a most serious error. "Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the lens of thee ye
have done it unto Me." iid Christ. A ciui
of cold water given in His name, a word of
cheer spoken for H's glow, a warm hand
clasp that He may be exalted in the opin
ion of men these little things win the
eternal reward.
So manv people are askin-r: "What can I
do to help on the cause of Christ, to assist
my minister, or to help the church?" If I
were to suggest one thing that would be
most helpful it would be the offering of
unceasing praver for the spread of Christ's
kingdom, and for the outpouring of the
Holy Ghost upon the man who preaches
Christ at the sacred desk. I remember
very well when I- first became pastor ol
the church to which I now minister. Af
ter I had prnn' 'ted mv first sermon and
the people had presented themselves to
say words of cheer, on old man came walk
ing down the aisle, leaning upon his stall
because of his aae, and ha said to me:
I am afraid you will iiiuke it a failure.
I did not consider that riueh of a word
of cheer, and heartily wished he could
have given it to me at another lime.
Then, looking about the church, he
added: "We have always had a man of
large experience, and the church is Inge."
Then he came nearer and said: "lint 1
have made up my mind to help vou." I
wondered in mv own mind what he could
do. Ho added: "I have determined to
pray for vou every duv that vou are nu-
tor of this church, and I have covenanted
with two other men to pray for you."
At this my heart was filled with ior,
and I thanked God nnd took courage, feel
ing confident from the beginning that He
had given me the victory. The three men
soon grew to ten, and tho ten to fifty, and
the fifty to 200, until in these days from
350 to 600 consecrated men bor theii
heads in praver with me every Sunday
iiiuming at w.so, praying nous uie.-iing
upon me as I Drench, and unon the nennls
as they listen. The most wonderful plocg
in all the woild ty preach in is a church
where the atmosphere is permeated wiih
the petitions of faithful Christians tor
God's blessing unim His ministers. 'And
these are tney who, upon the great i'av ol
awards, shall reciive the crown of life
Thev do little thit cs well, to the glory of
Ood. -
San Francisco is t (-edited with having one
laloon fur every twenty-two adult mala in
habitant. Petrified Stump of Redwood.
One of Colorado'! greatest curiosi
ties la the petrified atump of a gigantlo
redwood tree. This atump, which la
In an almost perfect state of petrifica
tion, la located at Florrissant, not far
from the great gold-producing region
of Cripple Creek, Colorado, Although
ever since the first exploration of Col
orado numberless people have taken
apeclmena from this stump aggregat
ing many tons, It Is still estimated to
weigh U tous. To give a better Idea
of Its size It may be well to state that
It la 20 feet In diameter and 10 feet
high. Thero have been many attempts
to dig It up and place It on exhibition.
Owing to lta great weight, however,
this had to be abandoned, and It attll
Ilea half-burled In the ground at
Florrlsaant, aa there are no railway
cars capable of carrying anything near
Its weight What, perbapa, makea It
more of curoslty Is the fact that
thla Rocky Mountain region la a coun
try of small treea, and that there are
no giant redwoods within a thousand
miles of this stump which goes to
show that Nature baa changed the en
tire vegetable growth of thla section,'
aa nothing requiring the semi-tropical
heat of a redwood tree would grow at'
thla altitude now.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Commend
February 22.
For
Subject; Christian Love, I Cor. 13 Ooldeo
Test, I Cor. Kill., IJ-Memory Verses
I-J -Condensed Commentary on
the Day's Lessee.
-h Lov uPer,'or to gifts (vs. 1-3).- 1
1 hough I speak." The objector insisti
that the cases cited in this and the twt
lollowing verses could never occur, but thii
lias nothing to do with the apostle's argu
ment. He does not stop to discuss whether
l. .would or would not bo possible for thest
things to actually take place, but even if il
Were possible, yet without charity then
v.ould be np profit. "Tongues," etc. Thai
u, though I were able to speak all tho Ian
fcuage.i spoken upon earth, and with tin
eloquence of ongols, and though I have tin
gift of tongues bestowed by the .Spirit al
lentecost. "Hut have not love.'' Thai
love to God and man which is shed abioac
in the regenerated nnd sanctified soul bj
the Ho,y Ghost (itom. fi: fi;. Jove is t
word as impossible to define as it is impo
siole i to define life. "As sounding brass.'
iNo better than the sounding instrument
pt bra,, use(j ln the wor,hip 0f ,0Ine of t
heathen gods, "Tinkling cymbal." Th
cymbals were two pieces of hollow brass,
winch, being struck together made a tink
ling but with very little variety of sound
bo the highest eloquence even about tin
gospel is but an empty sound without tin
love of God in the heart.
2. "Gil"!: nt irl...!. " ti i 1 I .
. , , i l . l.nowieugf
of future events, and also ability to speak
God s word (chap. 14: U). "All myster
ks. Ihoujh 1 understand the meaning
of all the types and figures of the Old Tes
tament, ami all the secrets of nature, nnd
the d,rk things in God's providences. "Al!
....unicugc. j-.very Human art nnd
science. Mysteries refer to tho deep coun
sels of God heretofore secret, but now re
venled to his saints. Knowledge refers ta
truths long known. "Heinove mountains.''
bee Matt. 1: 20; 21: 21. Hcmoving mount
Bins is a phrase used to signily the re
moving or conquering great dillicultics, get
ting through perplexities, Though I had
the highest kind of faith and could accom
plish the greatest possible results. "Hut
have not love." Notice that Paul does nol
assert that one could have these thing
without love, but says "if" he could. "J
nm nothing.' Nothing in mvselt, nothing
in the sigiit of God, nothing ln the churcl:
and good lor nothing to mankind.
.X "All my gojds. ' Though 1 distribute
them piece by piece with the greatest care
Hudy to bo burned." Men will tight loi
Christianity, or die for I hristanitv, who
will not hvu its spirit, which is love' With
out the soul God reject i nil else, and so
rejects the man, who u therefore profited
nothing.
II. ;;rhe qualities of love (vs. 4-7). 4
'Love. Fifteen characteristics arc here
pointed out. It cannot be defined. The
greatest minds can only describe it by its
qualities and results. "SulVercth long.''
Ibis w the negative side of love, it suffers
nil tho weakness, ignorance, errors and in
firmities of the childici of God, and all
the malice nnd wickedness of the children
of the wor.d, not only for a time, but tc
the end. "Is kind." This is the positive
side. It is mild, gentle, inspiring the suf
ferer at once with the most unliable sweet
ness and the must fervent and tender af
fection. "Kiivietli not." Has nr. ill will;
does not partake of that disposition which
is a mingling of hatred and jealousy and
covetousness. Love envies not the advan
tages, giits or graces which others possess,
but rather takes pleasure in them, and en
joys or shares them as its own.
i S" '"yee"ily" Unbecomingly, haught
ily. .Sec-keth not her own." Lovo is un
utter enemy to selfishness. Charity never
seeks, its own to the hurt of others, or
wim me neglect ot others, but prefers
their welfare to its own. "Is not easily
provoked." But "easily" does not appear
m the Revised Version. It is not in the
original. True love "is not provoked."
Is ndt irritated or made sour or bitter,
lhero is power in the blood of Christ to
cleanse the heart of all unholy tempers.
" llimketh. no evil." "Takctli not account
of evil."
0. "Rejoiceth not in unrighteousness."
It is not love, but its opposite, that rejoio
etn m the downfall or injury or disgrace
of others, and in the triumph of wicked
ness, "lint in the truth." In the victory
of truth in the earth. "The truth" fre
quently means "the gospel." Love joys in
the triumph of virtue and is glad when the
gospel is extended, even though it be
through rivals or enemies, t-eo Phil. 1:
I5-1S,
7. "Beareth." Reproaches and hard,
ships; or covereth tho failings of others.
"Uelieveth." "Is ever ready to believe the
best of every person, and will credit no
evil of anv but on tho most positive cvi
dencc." "Hopeth." Hope is desire, mingled
with expectation. "Kndureth." Acceptj
everything as from the Lord; faithful un
der all circumstances.
HI. Love enduring and abiding (vs.
13). 8. -"Never failcth." It is eternal in
its very naturo and must enduro as long
as God endures, for God is love. "Prophe
cies." The gift of prophocy "shall be done
away. The revelation given bv God to
the church being completed the gifts of
prophecy will be no longer needed. Ami
then, too, the time will come when tin
prophecies will be "done away" because
fulfilled, and no longer of any value to us.
"Tongues." (1) Speaking with tongues
will be no longer necessary and will cease,
and (2) the many languages of earth wilt
be lose in tho one universal language of
heaven. "Knowledge." Khali be brought
to an end because but partial and incom
plete. 8-11. "In part." Cod reserves for His
rnildren a knowledge far superior to what
Hd has revealed to them here. Their
greatest discoveries in nature and grace
are only the beginning of better things.
"Perfect." Tho atate of eternal blessed
ness. "A child." "Paul uses this as an il
lustration. The present stuto is a state of
childhood: the future that of manhood.
Such is the difference between faith and
heaven.
12. "For now." In this present life.
"In a mirror, darkly." Ancient mirrors
were not made of glass, but of polished
metal, and the reflections were very ob
scure and imperfect. "Then." In tho
life to come. "Shall I know." That
is, there will be a thorough, complete
knowledge, as the original word signifies.
Mysteries will no longer trouble us. -
13. "Now obideth." Amid thiuga
changeable and perishing tho Christian re
tains these principal saving- graces both
here and hereafter. "Faith." "Tho vision
of tho unseen (Ileb. 11: 1). with its cone
quent trust in God." "Hope." The ex
pectation of future good. Faith and bono
will be stronger and more complete in the
next world than in this. "That our happy
state will continue forever we shall know
simply because God ha promised it, that
it, by a faith similar to our present belief
in the gospel." "Greatest is love." Great
est in extent, in endurance, in manifesta
tion. Greatest because withoij) love the
others would profit nothing.
Suggestion Not Well Received.
Champ Clark and a prohibitionist
orator met at a farm house in Missouri
last fall,, both being out vote-hunting
at the time. The farmer'a wife pro
pared a beautiful dinner for the trav
ilers. Champ delighted her by eating
Jke a hired man, but the prohibition
at was a dyspeptic and merely alpped
t cup of hot water. Tha host and host
ss urged him to try the chicken, a
piece of ham, or maybe he would like
a pork chop, but the guest said, "No.
thank you," to all Invltatlona. Finally
the young son of the houae leaned
over to his father and whispered
hoarsely: "Mayba the gent would suck
eeg, pap." Champ exploded, the
mother blushed, and the father looked
an Intimation of what waa going to
take place In the woodshed bv and by.
i Oldeat Living Confederate.
: Col, Henry D. Capers, a brother of
Gen. Ellison Capers, now Episcopal
bishop of South Carolina, is the oldest
living confederate and thla la shown
tr his commission.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
February 22. "An Eveolnf With
Millions." Acts L 6-8.
Hem
Scripture Verses 2 Kings vli. 8. ;
Psp.. evil. 1, 2; lsa. HI. 7; Matt. iv.
23. 24: xxvlil. o-8; I .like II. 10, 11,
Mirk x. 48-J9; I.r.lto I v. 10-21: vl I.
?S-9; John I. 40, 41, 4i; xl, 28; Acta
xxvill. 30, 31.
Lesson Thoughts,
Tho aerx-ire 1r ours; the power for
It if Grid's. While faithfully attend
ing to the duty, wo need not be con
cerned for tho results, they ore with
Cod.
Every circle tmv.t have a center.
I.ct the beginnlngR ot our missionary
effort be Just as we can find oppor
tunities nhoitt up,--at hunie, In our
town, :i our travic, "beginning at
J'.-rtisalcm."
Selections.
"Oil! Innd of Ohrlt." wo ery,
Wo lift this banister hlgli;
In God onr atrei.gth.
Oh, thnt H-.s s.'nry, told
My charnplnrs Prm and bnli!,
AVoulri bring within tho fold
All lamia tit leni;th.
Pitrinltifli calls or. every citizen to
stand between bis country nnd her
teen. Tho r.iost tlr.nserour foes to a
!it!on iro nin and ignorance. Tho
Clnls'.lan chvp.h nnd the Christian
cchocl aro tho bent dofenres against
these. Tho most vital question of tho
day nvo moial questions. Any lover
of his nativn land must see thtit tho
rcdou'i) welfare demands tho home
missionary.
Roael) tho man nearest you. See
the need. l'rty, net ns the redeemed
of the Lord. I.Kc Zlnzenriorf when
lie renounced h's estates and his rep.
tit.atlon and hid family, let us cay.
"Ucnchforth that country shall bo
my l'.nme where I shall have the great
est, opportunity of jirenclilng Christ to
the perlsbins."
On the highways. In the alleys,
In the busy mats of trade;
In the palace, In the cottage,
Thousands still the truth evade.
Those have all been fully purchased
l:y the Saviour's precious blood;
And shall not they all be rescued,
I-'rom the dark impending flood!
EPWORTH Lb AO It MtLlirtuS TOPICS
l ehruary 22 George Washington A Chris
tain Mao la Public Life (2 Cbroa. 17.
J, 4; 29, 20, 27,29; Ram. 13.3,4.
As a man In public llfo Georgo
Washington represented soma things
which ought to be typical of the Chris
tian man in his largest relations with
his fellow-men. It is good to think
of Washington as a Christian man,
and the thought of his praying, hU
checks wet with tears, during that ter
rible winter at Valley Forg, adds
something we would not like to lOBe
lrom our conception of him. There
are some things besides the expression
of religious faith and feeling we want
to And In a Christian who has entered
public life.
Washington held to his task through
dangers, sufferings, and calumny. Ho
saw his duty and was loyal to It What
an example this man, steadfast to his
purpose amid discouragements that
might have disheartened one of even
greater Btrength. Now we need, in our
national life, men who will hold on!
The men who aro faithful to their
tasks, when to be faithful means to
endure hardship, they are the strength
of a nation.
Washington knew how to give for
his country. Servug practically with
out salary, risking a fortune In his
country's cause, giving out his own
strength and power, how much he laid
upou his country's altar! Then we
are glad to think that he believed
In his catieo because it was right, and
he trusted ln the Ood of right. Ho
was a man of faith In a righteous
cause. Such every State needs to
day. Such every city needs and such
we have. We welcome them, for we
know that the public service of our
country Is most truly high and hon
orable when men who are ready to
pledge loyalty to the seemingly Im
potent right, rather than the powerful
wrong, are In office.
And the thing about Washington
that makes his name a synonym for
the word "patriot," a thing which
ought to be ttue of every Christian
who goes Into public lllc, was that
his country's Interest was held above
his personal Interest. Washington
would not be made king.
What Is tho message of Washing
ton's life? If a man tried to Inter
pret Christian manhood In national af
fairs, from his deeds, what would they
say to him? This message: The no
bility of a patriotism that Bcorns sel
fishness, that believes in tho nation's
possibilities, that holds on to even the
forlorn hope of a righteous cause,
that can lose self in the thought of
the common good. A great message
and a great lefson for us to learn.
For men who have given their alle
giance to the "Man of Galilee," who
know how to sink self Into service,
the lesson ought not to be too hard to
learn.
$1,000 Bill In Rat Hole.
Charles H. Landed, a druggist of
Tayonne. N. J., received a $1,000 bill
one afternoon after the bank was
closed. He shoved It ln his vest
pocket and retired for the night.
When he arose he looked for the
bill, but It was gone. He went to the
storeroom for some bottles Just as a
rat dashed across the floor.
He waa Inserting a pleco of wood ln
the rathole when ho caught sight ot a
piece of green paper. He yanked It
out. It-was the missing $1,000 bill
Dogs Win Decorations.
An exhibition ot dogs trained for
war purposes was given at Frankfort,
Germany, the other day. The dogs
.were chosen from Prussian and Ba
varlan regiments. The animals were
-first tested ln speed, the winner of
the race receiving two stripes, whlcb
were sewn on hla collar. One dog,
which showed great Intelligence In
Ceding tho wounded, waa created a
'"sergeant," and will In future wear
tlira etrinoa nn its collar.
Woman In Self-Defense.
In hla volume, "The Kiss and Its
History," Dr. Christopher Nyror. of
tha University of Copenhagen reatea
that In England In 1837 Thomas Save
land brought an action against Miss
Caroline Newton, who bad bitten a
piece out ot hla nose for bis having
tried to kiss her by way of a Joke,
The defendant was acquitted, and the
judge laid It down that "when a man
kisses a woman agalnat her will she
la fully entitled to bite hit coso If the
ao pleases."
TflJS GREAT DESTROYED
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THS VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
roemi The Devil's Bnalness-A Cans of
Tnberi-nlosls Dr. Larsn, at Copcn
liaa-en, Declares That Alcohol Is Most
Active Aitent la Producing the Disease.
Invite the boys to take a drink,
Mix poison with their brains,
Ennnre their princely power to think,
In rum's debauching chains.
What though a mother's heart shall break
And earth be filled with filoom,
These arc the things which help to make
The devil's business boom.
Oh, who ahull heed a sister's tears.
Or, hear the monn of wife, ,
Or count the bleared and blasted years
' imt iiioi n (irunKnrn s lile:
What though childish heart must ache,
And shnnie a soul consume
Since these nre things which help to make
Iho devil's business boom.
Ycj. ask the boys to drink, for when '
Thev learn to drain the cup,
Tho' they attain the strength of men
Thev may not Rive it up.
And drug them so they may not wako
fo flee their final doom.
For hell itelf has planned to make
The devil's business boom.
Alcohol and Consumption.
Tn the -,-ecent discussions of the causes of
tuberculosis alcohol hits not been consid
ered as either an active or predisposing
cause requiring special mention. An ex
ception to this was noted in the London
congress for the study of tuberculosis, in
which one of the papers rend emphasized
the importance of alcohol ns a cause. In
other similar gatherings little or no refer
ence was mnde to nleoliol as an etiologic
factor of this disease. Kccently Dr. Lar
sen. of Copenhagen, has published a
pamphlet in which he describes alcohol as
one of the most prominent and active
causes of tuberculosis. He shows from re.
suits of modern research that alcohol is
one of the most dangerous poisons in com
mon use, not only by impairing oxidation
of the blood, but favoring nnd encouraging
fibroid, sclerotic nnd fnttv changes of cell
and tissue. Also it diminishes force, nerve
energy, und is a special protoplasmic
poison.
He asserts that its narcotic nnd anaes
thetic action diminishes metabolism and
lowers vitality. In this way it fnvors the
growth of the bacillus of consumption. He
also proves that all persons who use nleo
hoi have feeble powers of resistance with
increased susceptibility to the formation of
toxic stnte, nnd the encouragement of bac
terial growths. Dr. Little, ol l'nri. in a
paper read at a medical congress in Vienna
declared that the ue of alcohol was very
intimately associated with ami very fre
quently preceded tuhcrriilnai. He tie
chired nn axiom thnt nil che.t diseases
were curable when thev occurred in total
nbstniaers. but in alcoholics nnd moderate
drinkers they were prarticnllv fatal, lie
asserted that nearly all Parisian workmen
were alcoholics before they became tuber
culous, and that nlcobol always prepares
the way and makes the soil more fertile
for the growth of tuberculosis. He showed
from statistical studies that deaths from
alcoholism, both directly and indirectly,
far exceeded that of tuberculosis, and
urged that an r.nti-aleohobe movement was
far more practical than nn nnti-tuberculous
crusade. These and other papers less
prominent intimate a new field of causa
tion wnich deserves more active studv. ln
a recent examination of the histories of
100 fntal cases of tuberculosis the following
significant facts appeared: Forty-tour of
the 100 had been moderate or excessive
users of alcohol before tuberculosis ap
peared; thirty-nine of the 100 were de
scendants of inebrintc nm-esters. hence hnd
inherited n strong predisposition to ex
haustion with low resistant power; ten of
the 100 hnd received alcoholic treatment nt
the onset of the disca-e. which hnd in
creased its activity rather than diminished
it. F.om observations collected bv two
Italian authorities it .was found that occu
pation and professional work, in which al
coholism was common, had u very hiuh
mortality from tuberculosis. In another
study mnde in l'aris of 4"s) cases. 3J2
proved to be alcoholics. In this coun
try it appears that the descendants of al
coholic parents show nn excessive mortal
ity in which tuberculosis and menimtilis
is the most common form of disease. Tluve
are only hints and intimations of th? inti
mate association of alcohol in the produc
tion of tuberculosis. Clinical studies of
the previous habits of tuberculosis pa
tients, particularly concerning the use of
spirits among their ancestors, would throw
much light on this most interesting study.
Journal of Inebriety.
nesrnre r tlie l'lrst Drink.
The real drunkard never knows that he
is drunk and never realizes that there is a
possibility ot getting drunk, for when he is
drunk he is in a state of oblivion that rec
ognizes no condition i. When he wakes up
be may have a suspicion that something
has happe-ied, nnd invariably be will re
bolve that that particular tiling -hall never
hnppcn ngnin, and yet. to the discredit of
his re.-oliuion it does li.ippen uain.
it is the fellow who believes that he can
not get drunk who i.s his own worst en
emy, and who generally is responsible lor
serious mishaps t-i liunsi-lf possibly to hu
manity within his immediate bailiwick.
if the man is a locomotive engineer, he
loves his engine. One drink makes him
think that his machine, next his wife, is
the sweetest thing on earth; two drinks
makes it altogether lovely; three drinks
leads him to believe that, in the matter of
iipeed. it is invincible, ami the fourth ami
last drink convinces him th.it the engine,
of which he holds the throttle, can fly, and
be lets it fly, not only to his own death,
but to the posniblc destruction of hundred,
nf passengers, who, comfortably .-.eateil in
the coaches following, are thinking ot
home and the loved ones who urc there
uw.iiting them.
The locomotive engineer is given only as
an example. Kxpcricnce involves men oi
nil trades, professions und classes, even to
the editorial writer on ii daily paper, who
carefully prepares his copy for the next
day's issue, but before placing it upon the
managing editor's desk, after taking the
fourth and last drink, concludes that hu
must revise the same. He does so. with
the result that he finds it on his desk next
morning marked "beware, there is a point
bevond which patience cannot endure.
It's the last drink that knocks the man
out: therefore, never tuke the first one.
tit. Louis Star,
Wanted Sobar Fir Fighters.
In Montreal the cfliciency of the Fire
Department has been raised by a ruling
that in the future only men of temperance
habits shall be taken nn the fire brigade.
Any employe now in the department will
be suspended for drunkenness and if re
ported a second time will not under any
circumstances be reinstated. This we note
as another encouraging item for temper
ance workers.
The Crusade In Brief,
Tlie only safe way of drinking is to
leave off before you begin. Canon Furrar.
For every dollar paid the school to culti
vate the intellect of this country $!) arc
paid the saloon to blight that intellect.
Cieorge W. iiain.
Winc drinking has not cured suicide in
France. From the years 1h:xi to 1XH3 the
number of suicides in wine drinking France
more than quadrupled.
The plcdgo did effective sen-ice in for
mer days, and we welcome its revival
Kecruits are needed to the cause of sobri
ety, ami we tfust many will be gathered
in by this me. aod.
It is said that there ire thirty-five
"drink shops" iu Xuzarcth sod 130 in Je
rusalem. Nothing impresses me so much about this
temperance reform as the eternity of it.
Elizabeth Htuart Phelps.
Colliugwood, a railroad suburb of Cleve
land, hu just voted out saloons on a pledge
from the Ijike (Shore management to lo
cate a million-dollar railroad shop in the
town. Thero is a strikingly practical tem
perance lecture in this.
At Berkeley, a town some twenty miles
from Kan Francisco, t'al., where ia situated
the University of California, in a popula
tion of about 30,000 people there is not a
single policeman employed. This state of
affairs, it is claimed, is due entirely to the
absence ol saloons within its border.
C0MMRClAL REVIEW.
Otaeral Trad Coadllloas.
R- G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
f I radc says:
"Vigorous vitality in conspicuous in
radc and industry, despite the handicap
"( overstrained and lamentably inade-'
Itiate facilities for transportation.
Every possible method is being adopt
id to improve conditions. Transatlan
tic vessels fail to leave on schedule
time and many manufacturing plants
arc closed in part or wholly.
"As the season advances there i.i
notable activity in building trades.
Wholesale and jobbing trade is steadily
improving. Foreign commerce is keep
ing pace with domestic trade.
"Railway earnings d-iring January
were E.6 per cent, larger than last year
and 17.7 per cent, in excess of loot.
"Cotton i.s strong. Coffee aroused
from its lethargy and advanced a small
fraction because the world's stocks de
creased much more tlnn anticipated.
"Conditions in the iron mil steel in.
dttstry are without essential alteration.
1-ar from catching up with its orders
the leading producer now reports over
five and a half million tons oi contracts
on hand. I r.itlic difficulties incrca-e,
deliveries of fuel and piii iron arc? un
certain and at Chicago coke is nomin
ally $10 a ton. while Cotinelisville ovens
produce freely, but Pittsburg supplies
are inadequate.
"Purchasers in some divisions of the
market still show an inclination to
postpone placing; contracts in exnec-
tation of better terms, but the Rcncral
icci 01 quotations docs not recede.
Plans for railway extension assure
much new business, while carriage and
iiipicmcnt makers are constantly in the
narkct for material.
"Distinct improvement ie nofeH in
iomcstic buying of cottons. In woolen
joods there is steady absorption, with
10 speculative activity. Staple lines of
Ircss goods are firm and moving brisk-
. i.arge consumption of raw mate
1:11 by the mills holds n-nol t.-,,!.r 01
lie recent advance.
'Failures this week in the United
states arc 214 against 24., Inst week, 26.
he preceding week nnd 261 the corre-
ponding week last year, and in Canada
U against 30 last week, 27 the prcccd
ng week and 25 last year.
LATEST QIOTATIONS.
Flour Spring cleur. if 3 arni3.fi.; heat
?ntcnt. fl.80; choice Family, $4.05.
Wheat Xcw York No'. 2. f2c;
Hiiindf Iphin No 2, "CuTDJic; H<imore
S'o. 2,H0Kc.
Corn New York No. 2, C2o; Fhiln-lelpl-.iu
No. 2. 53Hu.r)4c;altimoreNo. 2,
)2c.
Outs New York No. 5. 43c; Phi'.a.
lelphln No. 2, 43u43.'i;o: Baltimore Nn 2.
IlKc.
Hay No. 1 timothy, Sfin.nnnl9.r,n.
No. 2 timothv. 18.00ui8."M; No. 3 tim
othy fl5.COn.17.Ci
Fruits r.nd Yee;ofables. White. Pots,
mes With receipts less liberal and uuito
nn improvement in tho deinund,' the
iniukel lulus steady nnd firm. Appln
all good to choice fruit trees of fungus
ate in good demand. Cabbage witb
quite a falling off iu the receipts, there
Is a much firmer feeling on nil jjood to
choice stock. Sweet potatoes ure in
ample supply for present needs; the
mtirkct rules quiet but stcudy. We
quote: C'ahbagu iJnnii-h largo, per ton
$7.0(t8..ril); domestic, per ton f .YOOjIi.OO
Putubies Maryland, und lVniisylvUniu,
per bu ti:3iii'i"c: F-ustcrn per bu tin 07c;
L' 1. ... isi -i - , .. r
im'ii.oi, riorum, peromuge tmx tfl.utl
ai.2.r. Onions yellow, per bu fi'milic; I
red, per bu -lriuubc. Celcr, prr doz I
25u4Dc. Apples-Enstern, giiej to '
choice, per brl J.OOu.'l.liU; Western, do !
do do do do $1.75u2.f0; No. 2 ull kinds
rl-OOiil.2.'). Sweet Pot.it. ic.,P.itomuc '
-llow, per brl $2.50u2 "".: North Cum. I
Ii n. yellow, $2.2&u2.75; K .intern shore,
yellow, 2.2.jii2.uU. Yiiins, yellow, 451.75
al.H.i.
lluttcr. Separator, 27u28c; Gathered
'.ri-uin, 27n2c; prints, 1-lb 21'uljlic: lii.lia.
Mb, 2','tt,''-.-; Dairy Pts. Md.. Pu.. Va..
2Hu'J'Jc.
r-K!'. 1' rein-laid, oggs, por doznu,
iloJ2e.
Clu-eso, Wfro. C)-lb, 14Val l'-;c; inn.
liuin, :l:i-lb, ll:rtU.fj picnics, 2j-lb,
1 1 s 'ul-P'tC.
Livo Poultry, llns, p.'ali'sji-; old
rousters, eucli JjiiJUoj Turkeys, ioul'c:
Ducks. 12a 14o
Hides, Heavy s'e.jrs, asscirnati.'n and
f ilters, Into k-.il, 00-lbi i 11 t up closu s.
Ii-otii'ii, llul jc; cow mid li-jht ttwis
:'.iu'.ic.
Provisions and. Hog Products. Hulk
.dear lib sides, Due; hulk shoulders,
S'-i'c; bulk bi-liies, HI' jc; bulk hum butts,
lUc; bacon dunr rib soles, Iu?4c; bacon
llio'.i'iititis, l'Jc; suur-cure.l iin-usts,
12'ic; ii(;iir-c"Jied shoulders, Hi'.,'.",
mur cured California hams. lUc;
'jiiiiis rnuviiscd ar uiic'.invi.sed, 12 H.
jml under, 14 '.cjrctiiuxl lar I tierces, l.rls
Hid'iU lb emu, gross, Ki'v.-; Mlim-d lard,
liilt-l-uriuls uuu li-JW tubs, l(;u.
Lh Slock.
dik-age, Cattle, Mostly l.'i.rJOj lo'vor,
nod to prime sto-rs 1 !i0a 575; medium
jf:l 0()a4 fU; Mucker mi l feeders fi :io
i-i 5(i; cows, $1 40u4 V; hoi for $.'2")i
1 illi; TVxoH-lod steers : ,roa4 .25 llos,
Mixed und butchers $0 .Vlatj 'X; o to
choice, heavy i l,l'J;i7 It); Shcop, sheep
ind lamb slow to lower; good to choiorf
ivhotbont H 50u5 51); Western shutip
4 50uU 40.
Fast Liberty, Cuttlo steady; choioo
t't I5n5 25; prims $1 tlt)u5 U). Hogs,
priino heavy $7 tl5a7 15, mediums $7 15;
ittuvy Yorkers 7 05u7 10. Sheep steady,
liest wethers $4 '!5a4 cull olid con
-410U II 75u2 50; choice laiubs $0 15aU .10.
SCU-NCE AND INDUSTRY.
Colorado ii to have a $1,000,000 bect
tugar plant.
France exported automobiles worth
f5, 700,000 last year.
A recent important achievement is a
imokclos locomotive.
Hut ijoo miles of the Cape to Cairo
road are yet to be built.
In Manchuria Japanese merchants
outnumber the Russian ten to one.
Lake boats brotiRht 27.000,000 tons
nf ore from the Superior region in
10X12.
Texas leads in cotton ginning and
:hc manufacture of products from cot
ion seed.
A new trust is the Steel Tile and
'Metal Ceiling Company, capital $10,
100,000. Both gutta percha and rubber have
Seen found in large quantities in New
Ci-.rana..
The United States produces of manu
facurrs half at much at all of Europe
combined.
About one-half of the manufacture!
) the United States are turned out in
iir 100 largest cities. Thee contain
) per cent ol the population.
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET UoilW
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Psemi Ronihlna as Too Ir Oa-d'a Mdmf
cation of Man Tha ordinary Bssrt
With Its Routine ot Urodaerr, la taut
Time For Learning.
Oh, the world has need of sunshine as yoap
ao.
For we often see the tears of sorrow flow
You rsn haste thnt coming day
When they'll all be wiped oway
If you scatter blessed sunshine as you ps
You can labor for the Sf.ister you o;
Plant the precious seed, and lie will bid
it grow;
Toiling on what'er betide.
With the Pavinttr bv your side,
lou can scatter blessed sunshine as yon gov
You will meet with msny trials a yon go;
j here will be some self-denials here below;
Hut keep looking si ill above,
And remember find is love.
While vou scatter blessed sunshine as yo
go.
John M. liaker, in Philadelphia PuWic?
Ledger.
Requires Faith 11 ad niimllcnew.
food's fatherhood makes Him a teacher.
-Wan s childhood gives him n claim tn be
taught. For man is not n finished product
ot (iod's skill, but a product in the mak
ing. Our will, our thoughts, our knowl
edge, all need training. And because w
are f!od's children one praver we mav al
ways make with confidence is that of thai
Hebrew psalmist long ngo: "Teach me Thy
will: for Thou nrt mv (iod: Thv spirit is)
good: lend me in the land of uprightness."
It is unthinkable that (iod our Father will
leave such n childlike, earnest nrayer un
answered. Yet sonic of us are like' foolish
chlldr-n who refuse to learn unless thev
can go to some famous school nnd listen tn
some well-known teacher. We forget that
the greatest instructor of nil dwells in
everv man who turns to Cod with true re
pentance nnd seeks His presence with at
childlike faith. "He shnll teach yon." said
the Master. The pi ice of teaching matters)
lit t 1st if we ha-e fSod's Spirit to assign
nnd follow un the lessons, nnd if we first
possess the scholar's willing heart.
It is, then, 111 the common circumstance
of our lives that we are to lenrn th- les
sons of (iod's school. I'nusunl conditions
unci experiences are like examinations
which test and declare wlmf we have?
learned. The ordinary day, with its rou
tine nf drudgery, is the time for leirnin.
lie who despises this common school of
me. with its little tasks anil oonortunities.
its freoucnt prrniexities nnd it reciirrine;
weariness, despises the plan of (iod for his
cnocation.
To recognize Cod's tearlih" in thesi. er
perictices of common b'e requires faith anrl
obedience. Cod's will for daily work is
plain cnounh in outline through' the reve
lation of the word nnd the long cxperiencn
f His children. If we ne our present
knowledi-e and listen for His voice in con
science, willing ever to carry out His will,
we shnll know of His teaching. A" Chris
tian experience is here nt one. He who
desires to do shnll know. It will not be
witiiout mistakes and disilhisionments. but
in experience with Him our growth in
knowledge shall proceed along with growth
in character toward n coniplet-.-d strength
in Christ. Boston Congregationalist.
CnlllTatn Christian VIrtne.
There is much in the world and in our
lives to make us sd and sorrowful be
times, but when we recall who nnd what
we are our tears should be dried and our
faces glisten with the joy of salvation.
Then, too, we are enjoined to cultivate a
spirit of unceasing devotion; not that wsjs
Miouid be always uttering prayers, but that
v.e should ever be in a prayerful spirit.
Moreover, it is enioined unon fhrittijiT
j people thut they cultivate a grateful dispo
; i-ition, a spirit of thanksgiving. Some may
find it hard "in everything to give thanks,'
, but, since there is no condition so bad but
I it niijlit be worse, there is sound philoso
phy at the bottom of the injunction, and,
I moreover, it is to be remembered that ii
1 the providence of Cod all things nre madts
; to work together for good to them that
; love Him. t heen'ulness. a prayerful spirit
1 11111I tiie spirit of thanksgiving are Christian
j virtues Cod would I ive us all cultivate,
and this for our own happ.ness as well asj
for His fclory. The oiiposite of these vir-
tues are very unlovely in any, but espe-
viuoj j.i 1. in is . ia ns .
Tim Trim nulile-Rnaril.
The story is relate, 1 of two men w!ia
were vaikiiic on the highway to a stranga
mv. One s.iid. "I like to see where I ant
pun;.. This faiih you Christians talk about
is uareisorinble and absurd." They cams
to 1 fork 111 the road. No one was in
sight. Neither of them knew the -. On
the guide-nost were the words. "To X
one mile. J he ( hnst.an said. "What
1 lln" we do?" The sinner answered. "Why
' 'rust the guide-board, of coarse." "Bus
wnnuln t that o walk hilt bv lail'i ios
what you criticise us Christians for doing?'
"No. for I see the guide-board." "Tnn,
r.nd we oi-r guide-hoard, the Hi hie. We
lead about the way to heaven, but we don'k
c heaven any more than you see X
from this fork in the road. Our faith int
the I'.ibli is just like yours in the guide
bari. We lake the testimony of that
wni'-li v c see iu regard to that which isin
v:s. ule."
I'.c Calm.
When the worries and cares of the day
f.vi you. and hcsjiii to wear 011 vou, anil
vo-a chafe under the friction lie calm.
ts:op, it i for a moment, and let calmness,
"ml p-ai-e a-- rt themselves. If you let
til; -a- irritation outside influences eet tha
I better of you. you a:-e confessing your in
tinoiitv to tlicm by permitting them t.
dominate you. Study the disturbing ele-
iiieiits. (.,1, in- it,elf, hrinst all the will
power ot your nature to hear upon them,
end you will find that they will, one by
one. melt into not limpness, like vapor
t.idniL' before the miii. The itlow of calm-i-e-s
that will then pervade your mind, tho
tmitluitf sensation of an inflow of newr
tri.isth inav be to you the beKimiing of.
1;n- revelation of the supreme calmnesa,
1 ia- is pjssiu.e lor you. 1 ham I iwin
J ji t
Watch Towers.
Inflections ami prayer are the watcK
toners of I'm- kou. From their height w
nee better what is around outside the city
ot Mansoul, and what is within oenly
walking for our aid or stealthily t-alini
for our hurt along the street. Ma,ny a
Miiritu.il warfare has been brave but inef
fective because it has nelected whak
nmtht be seen from these high places of
the faith. Whosoever thou mayest be
how wise, how strong, hnw ex!rienced
in that thou art a man thou ncedest Cos.
hosoever thou mayest lie how weak,
bow lowly, how hnnible in estate in that
thou art a man thou hast Hod. Sundajr
tivhool Times.
Tha Christian Lira.
The Christian life is a going; to the)
Father. Some travel swiftly, some are Ions'
unon the road. ome meet many pleasant
adventures bv the way, others pass throuirb
tire and tieril, hut thomth the path be short
or winding snd though the pace be quick
or slow, it is going to the Father. Profes
sor Drummond.
Trust aad Not Be Afraid.
A godly old couple were in trouble ami
sorrow. Said tho husband to the wife:
"M irv, I'm fain and Ud I can say. 'What
tiiee I am afraid 1 will trust in th Lord.' '
"Kh, John," said the wife, "Ah can beat
thee at that, fur I can ssv wi' a' ma heart.
'1 will trust and not be afraid.'
A Boy's Shnwdness.
A ataga coach full of passengers waa
bold up by robbers In the Indian ter
ritory. Every one was required ta
leave the vehicle and stand wttb
'.heir bands above their beads. A
boy among the number laugblngl
laid to the man who waa relieving the
Others of tbeir valuables:
"This Is a mighty high-banded piece
of business. I'm getting tired."
The robuer laugt ed and did not lav
festlgate the little mnn'a garment
-there there was $5,000 hidden away
-The Little Chronicle.