"POVERTY AND VIETY."
ifmJmy Samoa By Rer. James Alexaa
tfer JenMtu.
FarifricMng Mercy of dod.
' New York City. "Poverty and Fiety'J
inn the subject of thin sermon delivered
by the Rev. James Alexander Jenkins,
pastor of Immanuel ConsTC-rational Church.
His text wax chosen from-Matthew zi: A:
"The poor bavt the gospel preached to
them."
The word a of our text conatitute part of
the reply of Jesua to John when He aent
two of His disciples with the anxious ques
lion, "Art Tbou He that ahould come or
do we look for another?" In thia reply
the Master aaaumes that John ia familiar
with the character of the work of the ex
pected One, ao He aets before the messen
gers Hia own work a meeting the require
menta. The blind aee, the lama walk, the
lepers are cleanaed, the deaf hear, the dead
are rained up, "the poor have the goapel
preached to them."
The preaching of the goapel to the poor
may be regarded a only an evidence of the
far reaching mercy of the great God, but
it may also be retarded aa testifying to the
preparation of the poor for receiving and
spreading the good news from God. If we
believe in the fitting of meant to enda in
the world of nature, if we are upholders
of the great law of deaign, may we not
with re won inaiat that the Father through
the course of the ages prepared certain of
the tuns of men for the reception of the
truth. If we concede thia we behold in the
preaching of the gospel to the poor an ar
rangement of providence, a far reaching
plan of God.
The panes of the gospels reveal Jeaus as
the preacher to the Door. The rich Ho re
s
tarded na neing tor some reason leaa ntted
o be chosen aa nioncers in the work of ea-
tablishing Hia kingdom. Of the rich men
of the New Testament, not Divea, not the
rich fool, but the young man who came to
.leans with eager inquiry, may be regarded
c.s typical in the mind of Jesua of the
hosta of the rich and powerful. Thinking
of him Jesua said: "It ia easier for a camel
to fo through the eye of a needle than for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom ol
G.-id." From this statement we naturally
infer that the nhsence of wealth or poverty
ia tnoat favorable to the reception of sav
ing truth, to the entering of the kingdom.
Jeaus Himself, coming as the founder ol
the kingdom of God, chose the material
nnon which that kingdom ahull be built.
He did not preach to the poor because oth
ers would not hear Him. The influential
Ho could have commanded, strength ol
arms He could have enlisted, wealth would
have served Him. But He chose, desired,
determined, to preach the gospel to the
poor. Rays Dr. Buahnell, speaking of the
character of the ministry of Jeaus: "H
adheres to the noor and makes them 1h
object of His miniatrv. And what ia mor
ncculiar, He visibly has a kind of interest
in their society, which is wanting in that
of the higher classes, perceiving, apparent
ly, that thev have a certain aptitude fot
receiving right impressions which the oth
ers Have rot. They are not the wise and
prudent, filled with the conceit of learning
and staMon, but they are the ingenuous
babes of poverty, open to conviction, pre
pared by their humble lot to receive
thoughts and doctrines in advance of theii
age." With equal acumen docs thia great
writer recognize the fundamental and dis
tinguishing nature of the choice of Jesus,
aa contrasted with the teachings of the
statesmen and nhilosophers vho had gons
before Him. They began at the top. He
began at the bottom, and so His work, be
cause it was true to nature, was lasting,
abiding, eternal.
The twentieth century finds society di
vided, as it has always been divided, into
two classes, the rich and the poor. Civili
zation has crept onward, changing many
things, but it has not removed the distinc
tion between wealth and poverty. The
distinction may be leas brutal, leas crude,
but it still exists, and the very refinement
of the classification of men is often the
cause of added bitterneaa. So to-day the
student of men and events, whether he be
sociologist, economist or preacher, is con
fronted by the diflicultv of adjusting one
part of society to another. We are con
stantly asking certain questions and claml
oring for a reply. Can the poor man se
cure a just share of the good things of
earth? Is it possible for him to get an ed
ucation? Will society receive him? And
now, it seems, another question presses
upon us. What is the relation between
poverty and piety?
It would seem that the world, in an
swering this question, has lost sight of the
teaching and practice of Jesua. for the con
clusion usually arrived at ia that the poor
man is at a disadvantage in his struggle
for the soul culture which every human
being should desire. Many, listening to
the reasoning of the world, have, because
of their poverty, surrendered their religion,
deserted the church and rejected the
Christ. To them the Christian worker has
come to seem the advocate of impostihili-.
ties, but this attitude of mind is not con
fined to the simple and unthinking, for we
are reminded that even thoughtful writers
seem to assume the existence of a natural
hostility between poverty and piety.
Let us keep in mind the attitude of the
Lord Jesus toward the poor as He deliv
ered Hia mes&age, and let us, remembering
that, ask ourselves what that piety is, the
relation of which to poverty we are to de
termine. Let us ask whether there is in
piety any element to the producing of
which poverty is hostile, and let us find,
on the other hand, whether it may not be
possible that poverty assists the soul in its
endeavor to become the possessor of true
piety.
Piety is not, primarily, something in the
atmosphere; it is the rather aomething in
the heart of man. Among the elements
which enter into it, a few of the principal
ones may be mentioned: Sensitiveness of
things true, beautiful, good; receptivity,
or the ability to appropriate the good that
appeals to the soul; power to apply the
principles of truth; recognition of love as
the great animating, sustaining, God
knowing principle. Let us see whether
poverty may not be an aid to the soul in
its development along the lines indicated.
VVe may, I think, claim with juatice that
poverty renders the soul supremely sensi
tive to the best things. Poverty is too fre
quently regarded as synonymous with pau
perism, and pauperism is the embodiment
of grim, unfeeling heedlessness. Pauper
ism is cold, indifferent, dead, but poverty
is warm, alert, alive. Poverty need its
v'r faculty, its every power. It must
tight battles and anticipate the onslaught
of unseen foes. It must read the signs ol
the morrow in the evening sky and adapt
Itself to su.i and shower and storm. "The
man with the hoe" ia not the poor man,
tor poverty neither deadens nor brutalizes.
Were I to choose ray illustration of hon.-st
Poverty I should find it in th humble toil
ers of The Angelas." Clad in the rough
f"P workers in the fields, holding in
their hands the cumbrous instruments of
their daily toil, they are, nevertheless,
Keenly alive to the beautv tha nnetrv. tha
uggeativcneas of the sounds wafted Ioo
the gentiy stirring summer breezes. Truly
typical are they, as with bowed heads they
'na, of the succeeding generations ol
Uodf poo,, as, amid toif and tribulntion,
tmv seek to find the good, to know God.
lat sensitiveness of honest poverty! 1
see it in the little children of the rabble aa
they followed Jesus through the streets of
Jerusalem, and I see it in the children who
o-day clutcn the flowers carried into the
honies ot tbs poor by sweet charity. I see
2iCitfir,t.terduh,.0oP! message. Bn(J i
?! . lrfnthu,'m-of the multitudes
who caught the inspiration of the Kanais,
ance. I aaa ,t m the hces of the "common
"n U a Chrysostum or a Moody.
tuned0".' f h" U one U
Ve. 'V!'ji.th." .' sent from
"S dl 2"' th bear, o( Uod w1(lth
for a. ! m1,r,,'-, '"""ah the material
vid. i ' for " .Savonarola; it can but pro
IcUvit""' W,tb th ,U tor ubHin.
uK'?A !l "j M PPt that poverty
Um wZJy t understood poverty
man t. L' tlM' on. .nahlini
4 til iWU',uul, b.twMn ," ""id
or nSi "f,"6"-'- H able, its posaes
K' (" victim) to dsrvelop self rather
iaaiSfc? thi " H "We. him
- CJUaeae betwMB."biving" and
Tielng." Wenltfi" sHoutsT 'T iitfveV' but
poverty whispers, "I am." Poverty eoniei
to know that only spiritual appropriation
gives real ownership. Thia is one of tin
measagea of the old Eden atory of Genesis
for God placed Adam in the garden n a
poor worker. He was to till and to keen
the place and only to enjoy ao much of it
As he made his own. The supreme )ov nf
hia pnaition waa that through toil he 'was
able to look upon God and the good and
make them hia own. In hia sin he fillel
his heart with substitutes for God. anil
thua shut Him out of hia soul. The re'urn
to Eden is the return to simplicity and ip
ceptivity. It is the becoming sensitive
once more to the good and the takin? in f
truth, beauty, holiness.
It ia a false theory which assumes that
the activity of poverty ia due to reckless
ness, that the poor may choose anv course
of action, disregard anv existing order, be
cause they have "nothing to loe." Even
for the poor it ia true that "life ia more
than meat and the body than raiment." The
true cause for the activity of poverty is
found in the rugged strength developed l.y
adversity, in the constant need for adapta
tion to the demands of the passing dava.
and, finally, in the undying belief cherished
that there is "a good time coming" in the
golden future.
It is the tendency of wealth to he sat
isfied with things as thev are. industrially,
socially, morallv. Truth's cartoon. "An
English Board Meeting," ia startlinglv aug
geative when applied to mornla, aa well as
when applied to money. "Why." the aged
and wealthy dirertors of the great railway
are made to ask, "why must the public in
terfere with our business? Whv must in
ventors auggeat new devices? What's the
good of these innovations?"
The great labor saving ideas of Iho g
have come into the minds of the noor; the"
have been developed amid Buffering and
stress, and they have been forced upon a
reluctant world by men who cared lpnri
for progress than for case. So it is with
the men and women who. hungertn;! end
thirsting after righteousness, have become
possessed of great moral ideas. The gr.asp
of these ideas upon their own souls ven
ders them unreatingly eager to see them
enthroned in the heart of the race. They
are willing to fiht seemingly hopeless bat
ties, to champion despised principles, lc
advocate unwelcome truths. They know
what they have believed, and their know'.,
edge gives them willineness to utilize t'nei
hard earned strength for the education nm!
advancement of mankind, and these cham
pions nf the principles of niety have been
from the davs of Jeaus and from the apos.
tolic times the sons of poverty. When in
the days of primitive Christianity the gos
pel spread from .Temaalem, it was carried
by the poor; when it laid siege to hosti!
lands, poverty fought for it: when it grew
corrupt, through the machinations of e
wicked priesthood, poor men puriHed it
when in these last days it hna become
ready for world conqueat. humble servant
of the King have been called to carry it.
But we have said that piety has na one
of its important elements the reoogniliot
of love aa the ereat animating and sustain
ing principle: this recognition poverty glr.d
lv accords. When we are to'd in the text
that the poor had the gospel preached tc
them, we have, as has been anid. more Ihnr
a mere atatement of fact that Jesus do
livered aermons to multitudes of the
needy: we have the implied declaration o
a condition of undcratanding of avnipathv
between His soul and theirs. Men wht
were dominated hy selfish principles aii
not understand Him, for thev were incapa
ble of recognising love aa the supreme mo
tive of a soul. Action, for them, waa al
wavs dictated hy policy, and they suspected
a hidden motive behind the activity o'
Jesus.
The Master declared that for a rich rnaj
to enter the kingdom is difficult. What
did He mean? He doubtless considered th(
increasing dan"er of basing action upot
false motive. He knew that it ia the tend
ency of wealth to render action mechani
cal. carelcaa. and. too frequently, heart'es
that the rich men mav give his gold tt
"charity," while his heart is as flint; that
he mav support the gospel with hia moncj
while his heart feels no joy in its menage
But he knew that poverty rightly con
ceived tend to keep the life normal a"
true to the true aprings of netinn. Hi
knew that the poor w ho heard Him whet
thev gave their m'tea gave them hecausi
of love, for no other power could causi
that to be sacrificed which representee'
bread, shelter, life. He knew that, they
were familiar with the ministry o!
poverty to poverty, and that thej
were able to grasn the significant
of a ministry hasd unon simple, un
selfish love. go He preached to them,
unfolding His conception of the approach
ing Kingdom of God, the kingdom of love
Calmly He revealed to them n life wlii-i
needed for its realization neither m'trli:
nor money. Sweetly He diseourd to then;
of tlio inward nature of the kincdom. o'
the hunger, the thirat. the mecknea. th
poverty nccesarv in order that men initjU'
possess it, and they understood.
Ssrsnlty of Chnrnctar.
Who docs not love a tranquil heart, I
sweet-tempered, balanced lii'e? It does not
matter whether it rains or shines, or what
misfortunes come to those possessing thesi
blessinirs, for they are always sweet, sereni
and calm. That exquisite paiso of charac
ter which we call serenity is the last lea
son of culture; it is the flowering of life
the fruitage of the soul.. It is precious ai
wisdomt mors to be desired than gold
yea, than even fine gold. How contempt;
ble mere money-wealth looks in compari
son with a serene life a life which dwelli
in the ocean of truth, beneath the waves
bevond the reach of tempests, in the eter
nal calm! How many people we know whi
sour their lives: who ruin nil thnt ia sweet
and beautiful by explosive tempera. wh(
destroy their poise of character bv bac
blood! In fact, it is a question whet he
the great majority of people do not mil
their lives and mar their happinea In
lack of self-control. How few pconlo wi
meet in life who are well balanced, wlu
have that exquisite poise which is charac
teristtc of the finished character'.
BlghteouBDess Creates Happiness.
A life of unselfish devotion to God anl
to righteousness is the unfailing secret o:
happiness. He who lives for himself aloni
will dwindle into miserable and petty in
significance. He who lives to glorify Got
and to make the world better and happioi
ia sure to be happy. No one can prevenl
it. Ubefulnest is true greatness and trui
gladness. If we wish this to bo a happ)
year we must love God and work His ho!;
will.
Think ttsfors We Speak.
Let us think before we speak, since tlu
words we must speak must enter into the
life of the world and nuke it worse ot
better, and if wo err on either side, -ri
in gentleness and tenderness and love.
The Rv. Dr. Savage.
HapplDsss Lasts.
, Misery will not lost happiness will, II
only in remembrance. No pure joy, bow
ever fleeting, contains any real bitterueas,
veu when it is gone by. D. M. Craik.
8om Odd Resemblanoei. V.
Odd resemblances to various ob
jects, which can only be regarded ai
accidental coincidences, are presented
by a number of fungi, says the Rev.
A. 8. Wilson In Knowledge. There Is
the Jew's-ear fungus, wnlch grows on
stumps, of the elder, and Is so named
from Its unmistakable likeness to a
human ear. The geasters are curious
ly like starfish; aserbo has an ex
traordinary resemblance both In form
and color .to a sea anemone; equally
remarkable Is the likeness to a bird'
nest seen In species of cruclbulum,
cyathus and nidularla. The most of
these are too small to Impose on one;
the resemblance la singularly exact,
and a large specimen might almost
pass for the nest of soma small bird,
tbe eggs being admirably represented
by tbe little oval fruits ol tbe fungua
Pays High Pries for Beauty.
I well-known English woman pays
14,000 a year to be made beautiful.
Her treatment lasts from all to seven
hours avery day. Bhe la kept la
bath for one hour, and a dark room
(or tour, and for tha remainder 1
Bandaged from head to toot la cbem
cal ravaraUoaa.
rilE SABBATH SCHOOL
International
Lcsgoa Comments
Marco 8.
For
Subiecl: Paul st Epbcsut, Ads xlx, 1120
Goldea Text. Acts six., 17 Memory
Verses, 18-20 Commentary on
tbe Dsy's Leitod.
t y agalmnd Jews defeated (vs. 1.117). 13.
'Vagabond strolling." they were similar
to modern gypsies and fortune tellers.
Certain Jews who went about trom place
to plare, professing by charma and spells to
euro diaeaaea. "fcxorcists." Men who, by
the authority of the name of some power
ful being solemnly assumed to require the
demon to depart so effectively as to be
obeyed. "Call over them." Knowing that
l'aul cast out demons through the name of
Jesus, they thought that by using the same
name they could produce the same effects.
"Adjure you." We bind you by an oath;
we command you as under the solemnity
of an oath. "Whom Paul preachcth."
doubt they had often heard l'aul proclaim
the divinity of Christ in the hall of Tyran
mis. 14. A chief prieat " Chief priest in the
New Teatament usually refers to men of
the priestly order who were alao rulers in
the Sanhedrin. This man was a Jewish
chief prieat of distinction, and had held
the oflice of a ruler.
15. "Evil spirit answered." The evil
spirit in the man spoke through the man.
Compare Mark 3: 11. "Jesua, 1 know,"
etc. That is, I know His power and atv
tliority and I know Paul as His servant.
" ho are ye?" You have no power or au
thority, you are not His followers and so
only pretenders in the use of Ilia name.
1U. "Both of them." Jt appears thai
only two of the seven sons were present
on this occasion. "Prevailed." The man
in whom the demon waa raging tore off
their clothing and wounded their bodies,
so that they fled in disgrace from His pres
ence. Several similar instances are re
cordedv See Mark 5: 3; 9: 17-20; Lnko 0:
42. "Xaked." Thia need not be taken in
its strict scp.se. It could be applied tc
those stripped partially of their raiment.
17. "This became known." Gradually
the news was spread abroad. "Fear fell.''
This occurrence caused a great sensation,
and produced a fear of that mysterious
power which was ascribed to the name ot
Jesua. The Kpheaians were so bound up
in belief in magic that it seemed necessary
to show that the gospel was mightier than
these other powers, which came from Sa
tan, the father of deceit. "Was magni
fied. ' The transaction showed that the
miracles performed in the name of the
Lord Jesus by Paul were real and proved
the doctrine he taught. Impostors could
not work such miracles, and those who
pretended to do ao only expoaed them
selves to the rage of the evil spirits. It was
thus shown that there was a real, vital dif
ference between Paul and these impostors,
and their failure only served to extend hi
reputation and the power of the gospel.
J.ven demons are compelled to glorify
Christ when God so wills it. The name of
Jesus is glorified. 1. In His servants by
their victories. 2. In His enemies by their
defeat.
Many converted s. 18-20). 18. "Thai
hud believed." These were either professed
Christians whose conversion bad not been
genuine, and whose consciences were now
so powerfully wrought upon that they were
led to confess their sins, or new converts
to Christianity who, before this time, had
not received the light on these things.
"Came and confessed." When the con
science ia truly awakened there will always
be a humble confession of sins committed.
"Declaring their deeds." They told how
they had been connected with superstitious
practices, and had indulged in witchcraft
and sorcery which were not consistent with
Christianity.
19. "Curious arts." Arts or practices re
quiring skill and cunning, such as magic
and sleight of hand, which are practiced so
extensively in Eastern countries. Such arts
wero verv popular at Epheaus. The eele
prated "Kphesian letters were small slips
of parchment in silk bags, on which were
written strange words and sentences, and
were carried about on the person as charms
r amulets to shield from danger, "or to pro
cure good fortune. "Books." There were
no books then such as we have now; these
books were parchment rolls which con
tained their mysteries and described their
heathen practices. "Burned them," etc.
Confession is cheap, but reformation is of
ten coatly. A false penitence would have
sold these books, and kept hoth the money
and the credit for piety. Such a burning
pile must have attracted great attention
and caused a commotion in Ephesus. "Be
fore all men." Publicly. The course these
people pursued would, I. Show that they
renounced the sins of which they had been
guilty. 2. Show that they never expected
to return to them. 3. Remove the temp
tation to return. 4. Prevent others from
being injured by them. 5. Be a public tes
timony in favor of the truth. 8. Show
their joy in their conversion. "Fifty thou
sand pieces." The sacrifice was very great.
The 50,000 pieces of silver, if reckoned in
Jewish money (shekels) would be about
ts.U.000; if in Greek (drachmas), as is more
probable, about $9300. But thia gives no
idea of the purchasing power of the money.
A day's wages then waa only a penny, and
at the rate of wages here, the sum would
tmount to from 950,000 to $100,000.
20. "So." This word "so" is a divine
Amen, a testimony of approval coming
Irom heaven. "Mightily." With overpow
ering force and atrength which nothing
:ould resist. "Grew." The truth grew in
favor with the people, and there were
nany conversions and accessions to the
;hurch. The word of God grew in power
ind intensity and led to marvelous deeds
if self-renunciation aa well aa to the mani
'estation of great, solemnity and joy. "And
prevailed." It prevailed, I. Over the cor
uption of the natural heart leading those
who had heard the goapel to turn from
lead idols to serve the living God. 2.
5ver the opposition of the powers of evil-,
manifested in the exposure of Sceva's sons
ind the deliverance of the man possessed.
I. Over the beaetting sins of believers en
ibling those who bad received the word to
lhake themselves free from the love of
nagic and the fascinations of money. While
'.he church was being stirred to conkasion
ind reformation, a deep impression was
ilso being made upon the community, lead
Tig to fear and veneration, if not to convic
non and conversion. We should notice also
"the absolute excluaiveness of Christianity
srhich admits of no compromise." It can-
ot mix with other religions, but must pre
ail over them.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
HE Gospel In life
ill save the world
here the Gospel In
literature would
tail.
Any fool can And
faults, (be wise man
discovers virtues.
Every vice thick
ens tbe veil be
:ween ourselver
Kh ) fln virtue.
f5N 81nce nian ran
riv? p' manage matter how
i could matter make
man
' the beauty of our Uvea depends on
the clearness witb which God can shine
through them.
He who keeps tbe power of passion
In bis heart mu.-.t not be surprised if
thero is an explosion.
Tbe memory of blessings furnishes a
remedy for tbe blues.
Tbe sacrifice that Is not consumed
will soon become corrupt.
Doctrines found by dissection neces
sitate the death of truth.
What ia a gate to Imprisonment on
this side will prove the door ot release
on tbe other.
When you see sin ripening In your
neltt-bor's garden look out . for tbs
scvJs In your own.
Only tbe short-sighted egotist Is cap
able of mistaking bia little chip for tbt
whole mountain ot truth.
EPW0RTH LEAQUE MECTtNQ TOPICS.
March S The Snbbain Day tor Worship ai
Rett. Eiod.31, 15-17; Mark 2,27.
One of the things regarding which
It is Important that we have the right
bearing is the problem of Sunday. To
have the real Christian conception of
the day, to have It In thought, In feel
ing, and In deeds, would be a great
thing for our young people. The Sab
bath was made for man, and not man
for the Sabbath." Sunday, then, is
Ood's gift to man. It Is given for man
because he needs It. It has been
called "the Lord's Day," yet it Is pre
eminently man's day.
We should seek to make Sunday a
day In which we find some real re
pose. Then there Is the need of a
time when, apart from the stress of
our lives, we can look at them
thoughtfully, measure them, and see
what they really have been meaning.
Sunday gives a great chance for a man
to look himself In the face. Quiet,
honest self-examination Is another
thing Sunday should mean. Then
there is a third need worship. We
need Ood. We need the Great Com
panion. We need his friendship, his
fellowship, his power. And Sunday
stands for a special opportunity to
have this need supplied, by specially
opening our lives to blm and all that
will help us to come near to him. Man
was made with a hunger that only
God can satisfy. Sunday Is to be a
great lasting recognition of this fact.
And not only a recognition, but a
seeking and a receiving of help. And
just because humanity Is all tied to
gether, bound together by social In
stincts and ties, men need to worship
together.
Then Sunday gives a place not only
for rest, for meditation, and for wor
ship, hut there are thoughtful deeds
for which tt. e-lvpa a nnoclnl nnnnr.
tunlty. Some lonely home where j
thero is suffering may be brightened,
and the tunshlne of youth brought
to cheer some aged ones. This op
portunity of visiting tbe sick and the
aged comes as part of the day's priv
ilege. And then we are to take this day,
God's gift to us, and make tt also our
gift to him. In the outflow of our
gratitude and love to him, In the
great loyalty It Is made to express.
It Is to be our offering to the loving
Father.
Each Sunday we are to receive great
help and from It to go forth with new
earnestness to meet the days to come.
Sunday is robbed of somo of its rich
est meaning if it is not an ethical
push toward the truer life, and an
open window through which Heaven's
love shines out into the week.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPIC"
March 8 -"What Christ Teaches About Heart
Righteousness." Matt v. 20-43; vL 16. !i
Scripture Verses Josh. sxlv. 14;
Psa. 11. 17; Mlc. vl. 6. 8; Mat. vii. 12;
xxl. 28, SO; Rom. xlll. 8, 10; 1 Cor
xlll. 2; 2 Cor. 1. 12; 11. 17; vill. 8; Gal.
r. 6; Eph. 111. 17; vi. 24.
Lesson Thoughts.
There are many who profess Chris
tianity, who If they wero sincere with
themselves would have to confess that
tbey are not really Christ'a followers.
But such a service will profit them
nothing with God, who looketh upon
the hearts of men; though it may bring
them some worldly honor and respect
ability. Let us have our hearts right
with God.
Sincerity with God requires sincer
ity with ourselves, and with others.
"If a man say, I love God, and batetb
his brother, be Is a liar; for he that
loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he
bath not seen?"
Selections.
Let us walk onward softly, with our
hearts
As open as the leaves are to the sun.
And, like the leaves that, fluttering In
the wind.
Uplift, In turn, both fair sides to tbe
light,
Yet show us tints more delicate be
low, Because, perhaps, the dust, stirred
everywhere
By hurrying tread of toll or sin or
care.
Can find no little spot to cling to
there;
So let our Inner life a beauty know,
Not even dust-stained with' our strife
and pride,
And ever fairer on the bidden side.
Many Christians would truly say to
God, "Some of self and some of thee,"
and that is the reason why their lives
are so joyless and so powerless. But
when a Christian has reached the
stage when he can cay to bis Lord,
"None of self, but all of thee," then
tt Is that his soul will be flooded wilb
a Joy that Is unspeakable and full of
glory, and a divine power will be made
manifest in bis life to all those that
come Into contact with him.
Bo true to your manhood's convic
tion, and in the end you will not only
be respected by tbe world, but have
tbe approval of your own conscience.
If the heart of the tree is unsound,
It will not be long before the branches
and leaves will decay.
Tj exceed the righteousness of the
Pharisees, our righteousness must go
deeper than the outside, higher than
the earth, further than men's opinion
of ua (Matt. r. 20.)
Suggested Hymns.
I belong to Jesus.
Search me, O Lord, and try this heart.
Take my Ufa and let It be.
Am I a soldier of the cross?
Just as I am, without one plea.
True-hearted, whole-hearted.
A Cat'a Long Journay.
A family once left Swanley, Kent
and went to Dedham, near Col
Chester, Essex, taking with them twe
rats. A few days after their arrival
at Dedham one of the cats disappeared
and It was not seen again for six daya
v. hen It turned up at the old borne at
Swanley. Tbe distance from Dedham
to Swanley Is rbout eighty miles. How
the cat crosed tbe Thames la a mattei
still to be explained. "Pussy," be
yond being a good deal thinner, wai
none tbe worse for its long Journey.
London Answers.
New York In farming Business.
The city of New York does a llttls
in tbs agricultural Una occasionally.
Thus fllt.10 baa baen received fro is
tha nat proceeds of aa auction salt
ot apples bald oa th new Croton dan
division ol tha new aequeduct, II
aaa baan transralttad to tha city cham
berlain (or tha cradlt ot the vatat
fund.
THE OK EAT DESTROYER
S0M2 STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Tlie Trsns Itattlor nnd the Whisky Bor.
tic Wli.r One I'nlson Overeomes the
Otlmiwllft Who Drinks tio ICnin Will
Fnccreil l'.ctter In Life.
Those who imagine themselves to ba
Honda of whis'-.y are very fond oi iiuoting
he i'aet that wiiiky is used as nn antidote
to tli? bite of n rattlesnake. Perhaps it is
ofttn the be.t nccesHilile remedy. The
most effective remedy in the esse of en
overdose of morphine is a violent heating,
lit th.it does not make a violent beating
attractive in the eye of a aane man.
Certainly crude whisky ia a vcrv appro
priate remedy for the bite of a rattle
snake. The two go verv well together.
I'oth are venomous nnd dendlv. Hut fnr
the rattlesnake it may at crt be said
t'mt he gives his victims fair warning,
lie sounds his rattle, exhibits his fang
and makes no secret of the fact that he
jt"il:os to kill. Whisky works in a sly,
lying way. It lies so successfully that its
victim is often deceived to the very last
and. believing himself nerfectly safe, takes
no nrerniition to save himself.' while every
body else knows that he is done for.
The man bitten by a rattler has no false
ideas about the probable result. He knows
thnt he is in danger of hia lite. It is too
brid that the man bitten by the whisky
hnt'V could not. get aa nrompt and clear
in idea of his actual condition.
If n man jokingly praises whisky as a
tvneHcent asent because it overcomes the
effect of n snake's bite, tell him why the
whi-dcy offsets the rattler's poison.
Tim bite nf a ra'lesna!;e injects into the
blood a poison which deadens the heart's
let Ion, end v.-hifli under certain conditions
' interferes with the heart and the circu-IiiCo-i
ns to destroy life.
Whisky is unod for n rattlesnake bite
because whisky lashes the heart to desper
it" activitv.
If a rattlesnake bites you and you can
pot ?cnre the l-ln of a dort-r. 'nr aomp
sen.ih'e heart stimulant, by all means fill
vnurscif with whisky using one enemy to
kill oil another temporarily more danger-
ops.
Ittit dnn't you ace Hint the action which
m;i-cs the whisky useful in combination
itli n rnttiennke poison is destructive to
l,p heart and the brain under normal con
ditions? If you were pursued by a fero
cious animal you would lash your horse to
ii- highest speed, regardless of conse
quences. But what would become of your
hoi-se. how lone would it last, if lashed
s-d goaded to high speed every dav of its
life?
The man who habitual!' drinks whiskv,
or who drinks occasionally to excess, is
Is shin" his own heart, cthausting his own
vi'n'itv and drawing on his own future.
he A-ncri'-in supers especially from
thi whiskv habit, because he tnkea hia
ivhik'- crude, practically undiluted in
o-k tails or otherwise, and very often on
-n c-uity slomacl- thus sending the alco
'in' ilirn,,t'y '"to the heart nnd brain.
Let the whisky drinker take a mouthful
nf raw whisky and see how long he can
hold it in h:i nouth. T,et him look at the
second hand nf a vatch nnd see if he can
hold a mouthful of whisk) even for one
n'Tte.
I3cioro 'he mi"ite i un his month will
V.irn md h v i'l svillow the whiskv "to
jet rid of it." M"l betfpr spit it nut and
nd the whisky drinking then and there.
'1 h" nerves of taste and smell nre so ad
instcd aa to nrotcct our stomachs against
dnrgerous food and drink. Hut the
whisk,- drin'ter tnses down his throat a
ni.ry concoction that would burn his mouth
if he held it. there for a minute, nnd as ho
toss-s back his head and swallows the poi
ton he riitnipai!y remarks:
"Here's luck." or "Hanpy daya."
Among all sayaings of men none is as
preposterously and pathetically untrue as
thoe which a-'-'ompany the drinking of
-rude whiskv. Many a poor creature takes
his drink with shiver, nnd mutters bis
''happy davs" while his wife and children
ire suffering at home, and while every
body knows that luckily for them hia mis
;rable davs are drawing to a close.
It is whisky and its fellows, gin, brandy
sod the rest, that make the drunkards.
We believe thnt the man that has the
trength of mind to drink nothing will auc
;ecd best, in thia world. We nil l:now
:hat in thia country, where whiskv drink
n prevails, the drinking nf milder nlco
nolic stimulant.' leads almost inevitably to
wl'ilty in the end.
Wp say to a young man: If you drink
whisky you carry a heavy handicap and
ou will probably fail and every man who
irinks whisky will tell you this, if he tells
cou the truth. Editorial in the New York
Evening Journal.
Blacklisting lirunkarils,
Tt isn't tho man who sella rum who
makes trouble, but the man who drinks it.
I'rovidcd the rumseller sells the right kind
sf rum to the right kind of people, his
business need not excite much comment.
It is with the man who drinks drinks to
lis own detriment and the public inconvc'
lience that the public has a bone to pick.
Heretofore laws for the diminution of
drunkenness have been concerned chiefly
with the sellers of liquor. American liquor
laws cither prohibit or restrict rum selling.
Few of them aim ut preventing or dimin
ishing drunkenness by punishing the
drunkard and depriving him of liquor,
r'ew of them discriminate between qualified
drinke-s and drinkers who are not quali
fied. The new British licensing act which
went into operation on January 1 aims to
make just that discrimination. Drunken
ness heretofore has been comparatively
pleasant for the drunkard, and very disa
greeable for sober people. This new'licens
ing act ia designed to make drunkenness
disagreeable to the drunkard. Heretofore
it has been the glad and lawful privilege
of a British subject to get drunk at any
time and anywhere. The police could not
touch him unless he was also disorderly.
The new act regards drunkenncs as itself
form of disorder, and provides -.hat any
Dne found drunk in a public place mav be
irreated, prosecuted and punished. Three
convict iuna within twelve mouths entitle
tho offender to bo rated as an habitual
jrunkaril. The orescrihed treatment is to
oen.l him to nrisoii fur n month, photo
graph him while there, n-'d to j;cnd n copy
of his photogni'ili to nil the licensed liquor
sell-'ra in hia d.itriit. with a notice not to
give or sell him any liquor for three years.
That ia called blacklisting the drunkard.
If a nuhliran ia caught serving liquor to a
blacklisted man it nun-cost him ten pounds
for the tirst I'lfrnae and twentv pounds for
the next. That tends to rinke the rum
jollers very rs-eful wbom tlicy sell liquor
lo. Harper's Weekly.
Orang-a Curs For Alriihnl.
When peo)!c crave for alcohol, the o:--nn-je
e ire ban been found tif se-vire. The
juice is pressed into a glass und should be
taken just as it is pure. The acid in it is
a remedy for the diseased bo-lily stati
which bus produced the crnvi:iK for drink.
Th Crusa.U In r.rlr.
There were six eopvict;nns for nurdc- in
the city of liuffalo, V. Y.. in 1001, and o
this number tive could be traced to the sa
loon and thro- of the murders iwcurred in
saloons. Of thirteen manslaughter case
ten were directly duo to into::ieution.
Look at the stars that have thus fallen
out of the intellectual and snint.iil firtun.
nient, morning stars that have to
gvther with strains that have held the
world in rapturous wonder, a-nl huw in
temperance h:is torn them from tixir
bright abodes and hurled them into the
darkness, and trampled them undir its
feet.
Horace Greeley said: "The citizen who
Indorses the liquor traffic by hit voto is the
destroyer of his country."
A new organization, formed upon a secret-society
plan and known us "The Tern
peranoe Volunteers." has been formed at
Three Rivers, Mich., with a number ol
strong and well-known men behind it, who
propose to enter upon en active propa
ganda According to statistics compiled and is
sued by the State temperance organization
of Kentucky, out of a total of lit) counties
forty-seven nave no saloons, thirty-five
have licensed bars in ouly one iustn each,
nineteen have saloons in two, seven couu
tie are "wet" or have saloons wherever
desired, and eleven bave licenses in various
srta, but bave also snore or less local op
on territory.
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.
Poeint Wo Thank Thee, O God I Even
Throngh So Common Thing as llread
Jesus Is Al'le to Manifest Himself
Living For Others.
We thank Thee, O Father, for all that Is
bright
The glenm of the day and the stars of the
night;
The flo-vers of our youth and the fruits of
our prime
And blessings that march down the path
way of time.
We thank Thee, O Father, for al! that is
drear
The sob of the tempest, the flow of the
tear :
For never in blindness and never in pain
Thy mercy permitted a sorrow or pain.
We thank Thee, O Father of all, for the
power
Of aiding each other in life's darkeat hour;
The generous heart and the bountiful hand,
And all the soul-help that sad souls under
stand. We thank Thee. O Father, for daya yet to
ne
For honea that our future will call us to
Thee;
For all our eternity form, through Thy
love.
One thanksgiving day in the mansions
above.
Will Carleton.
Jeans the Living Itread.
Tia the heavenly gr.icinusncas o: Jesus
that He did not destiisc the sordid souls,
as we perhaps should have done, who fol
lowed Him in throngs that day merely for
the loaves and fishes. He knew th.it they,
poor things, dwelt in bodies clamoring
daily for the wants thnt were ill-supplied.
He saw their need, though but of the phy
sical. And H' stooped to reach and save
them just ns He has had to stoop to the
lowest and weakest in yon and me in or
der to get us to come to Him.
Even though it be through so common a
thing hs bread Jesus is able to manifest
Himself. Hmher things do not appeal to
them. Bread they can understand. It is
neither too high nor too great for their
daily jse. Therefore about bread will
Jesus speak to them. He gave them bread
yesterday in plenty and without price.
For that they ore the more readv to listen
to Hi.n to-day. He says lle'ia bread.
Doea He inenn He will be like that to
them, nourishing, refreshing, revivifying,
becoming a part of their own selves aa ia
bread when taken un by their physical
system, always with them, to he partaken
oi? Is that what He means? Dimlv they
begin to perceive and feebly to feel after
the truth. Their minds go' back to their
tradit ons their fathers in the wilderness.
Can it be that more manna ia to fall for
them? Ah! that would be well to have
no more care for the morrow in things phy
sical unless, there was the trouble of gath
ering it tin.
Hut ouickly He shows them it is not
that. He reminds them that those fathers
are dead. The bread in the wilderness did
not keen tlietn alive forever. Il-.it the true
bread thnt He will give wonder of won
dersif they shall eat it. thev shall live for
ever! They are reached and understand at
last and cry out eagerly, "Lord, evermore
gi'-e us this bread," all shame for the low
motive which brought them to Him lost in
thiir eagerness to accent the great gift.
Jesjs is willing to be to us the supply
of our commonest daily need. This bread
must be taken as a gift, for it cannot be
bojght. As bread may lie on our tables
freely and yet do us no good because we
have no desire to eat it, so this Hread of
Heaven can not nourish us unless we take
it into our verv being.
Marcus Hods savs: "The figure of eat
ing reminds us that the acceptance nf
Chris; is an act which each man must do
for himself. Xo other man can eat for
me. It also reminds us that as the food
we eat is distributed, without our own
will or supervision, to every part of the
bodv, giving light to the eye and strength
to the arm, making bone or akin in one
tdace. nerve or blond vessel in another, so,
if only we make Christ our own, the life
that is in Him suftirca for nil the require
ments of human nature ami human dutv.
A poor Indian, too proud to ask for food,
was found in a starvin? condition when aid
was almost too late. Hut the saddest part
of his suffering was that about hia neck he
wore a coin, a testimonial of brave aerv
irca rendcreil to one high in authority dur
ing a time of war, which, had it been pre
sented to the Government, would have en
titled him to freelv receive all supplies he
con'd poKsildy need.
This figure of eating has many lessons
for us. AJ'nve all. it reminds lis of the
nonr anpelite wo have for spiritual nour
ishment. How thoroughly bv this process
of eating does the healthv body extract
from its foods every narticle of real nutri
ment. H- this prniess the food is made to
vield ill tlmt it contains of nouriahing sub
stance. Hut how far i this from represent
ing our treatment nf Christ. How much is
there in Him that it titled to vield comfort
rml hope, and yet to us it 'yields none.
How nun-h thor should fill us with assur
ance r.f God's love, yet how fearfully we
live. How much to n-altc us admire self
sacrifice and fill us with earnest purpose to
live for others, and vet how little of this
becomes in very deed our life. God sees in
Him all tint can make us complete, all
that, can till nnd gladden and suffice the
soul, and yet how bare and troubled nnd
defeated do v.'c live. New York Mail and
Kxprrs.
Io Not Itlnrk Another's Trocrrss.
A trolley car passenger was looking at a
massive ateel structure rapidly Hearing
completion on the most crowded' thorough-?"-'
of a city. "That's a wonderful build
'ng! remarked the car conductor, noticing
thu passenger's interest. "It is, indeed,
answered the lat'.er, thinking the reference
was to the magnitude and the r.ipiditv ol
the work. 'cs. it's a wonderful build
ing, went on the conductor "the most
wonderful I've ever seen. Whv, they've
been building that now for three months,
ami they've never once blocked the cars'"
Henry Clay Trumbull says: "The thought
underlying that keen observation might
well be brought to bear on all our activi
ties. It is this bo careful lest your work
interfeies with others as it progresses. Is
the work you are mapping out for yourself
to-day. to morrow, this winter, going to
I'lo.-k the tracks for other faithful toilers?
Have you tsken every possible precaution
to prevent such a blockade? If not, your
work will fail at ap important point."
No Bnalnoss With To-Morrow,
To-morrow you have no business with.
,ou steal if you touch to morrow. It is
God s. Kvery dav has in it enough to keep
any man occupied without concerning him
self with the things beyond. Henry Ward
Jlcecher. .
Troth In Small Compass.
To be manly and mannerly are synony
mous. I'nitcd I'resbyteriun.
Have a heart that never hardens, a tem
per that never tires and a touch that never
hurts. t harles Dickens.
Your affliction la very great, but there is
a corresponding greatness in your comfort
er. George Howen.
"Thank (iod that He who alone can
know our innermost longings nnd aspira
tions for the better life ia also the one who
can help ua in the struggle."
If I wero you I would not worrv. Just
muke up your mind to do better when you
get another chance, and be content with
that. Beatrice llarradeu.
Tha Latest In "Trusts."
The latest Is tbe "secretary trust."
Four wealthy Pennsylvania congress
menAdams, Morrell, Burk and Foer
derer are charged with having organ
ised It Labor unions In Philadelphia
declare that these four congressmen
bave pooled their issues. Instead of
each employing a secretary tbey em
ploy only one for tha four. Each rep
resentative la congraas la allowed II,
ZOO year for the b Ira of a secretary.
Tha combination aaa divide 1J,00
among them by tb "trust' plan.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.)
i
r f
Oesersl Trsde Ceadltioss
Bradstreet's says: Wintry weathea
has retarded but not checked spring
lobbing; trade, which is still far in ad
vance of a year ago. Retail busiris
lias been more noticeably affected. Thi
has also further accentuated the vcxc4
transportation problem. The favorable
side of the weather situation is unques
tionably the heavy snow which has cov
ered the entire surplus-producing win
ter wheat belt, putting that plant tem
porartly, at least, beyond danger froaaj
seasonal changes. Other development
of the week have been mostly favor
able. Xhe price situation, indeed, taken as
a whole, is a remarkable erne. Coun
try produce, particularly batter anal
eggs, have displayed exceptional
strength, while the great majority of
staples retain all their old steadiness)
except where further advances are not
ed, as in the case of cotton goods,
which are very strong at the highest
prices in years. Collections are rather
better as a whole, ranainsr from fair
to g6od the country over. Industry;
is active, limited only by transportation
facilities.
Reports from the shoe and leather
trade are rather irregular. Sugar baa
been unsettled, but the net change orJ
the week has been a slight advance onj
refined. Coffee remains steady at close'
to the lowest price on record.
Consumption still leads production itW
the cruder forms of iron and steeL
Finished materials are in sctive de-:
rnand, but general comJaint is that
four to six weeks is used up in making
deliveries instead of five to ten daya,1 .
the usual period in normal times. In
creased inquiry is reported by South'
em furnace interests and quickly avail
able iron finds a ready market, but the
scarcity of this article limits business.
Foreign holders of iron and steel are
rather firmer in their views. In finish
ed products, plates, bars and struc
tural material and pipe there is noted)
exceptional activity. The vexing
transportation problem, however, over
hangs the entire trade, and no really
new developments, certainly none in
the direction of lower prices, are pos
sible until this situation is improved.
Wool has been dull and firm on re
ports of active employment for mill
machinery and small available stocks of
the raw material.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring cloar, f.i 30a3.60; beet
Patent. 4.80; choice Family, 4.05.
Wheat New York No. 2. 81Xef
Philndelphia No 2, 78a"9Xc: Baltimore
No. 2, 80ic.
Corn-New York No. 2, 60o; Phils.
ielphia No. 2. 53Xu54c:Ba!timoreNo. .
54o.
Oats New York No. 2. 43Koj Phila
delphia No. 2, 43a43Xc: Baltimore No 2.
43c.
Hay No. 1 timothy, tl9 00al9.50;
No. 2 timothy, 17.50ai8.&0; No. 3 tim
othy tl5.00al7.0O
Iruitsand Vegetables. White Pota
toes Witb receipts less liberal and quite
an improvement in the demand, tho
market rules steady and firm. Apples)
all good to choice fruit trees of funrna
sre in good demand. Cabbage with
quite a tailing off in tbe receipts, there
fi a much firmer feeling on all good to
sboice atock. Sweet potatoes are ia
ample supply for present needs; tha
market rules quiet but steady. Ws
quote: Cabbage Danish large, per ton
M.50u9.00; domestic, per ton 5.00d6.0O
Potatoes Maryland aod Pennsylvania.
Ept bu COaO&c; Eastern per bu UOa 65c;
ggplants, Florida, per orange box $l.fiO
s'J.00. Onions yellow, per bu f0a6Oo;
rod. per bu 4joOOo. Celery, per dos
85a40o. Apples Eastern, good to
:hoice, per brl fl.75a3.0U; Western, do
do do do do f 1.75a2.fHi; No. 2 all kind
tl.OOal.25. .Sweet Potatoos Potomao
yellow, per brl f2.50a2 75; North Caro
lina, yellow, f 2.25a2.7S; Eastern shora
yellow, f2.25a'i.5u. Yams, yellow, tl.75
Butter, Separator, 27a28c; Gathered
rream,2Ga27c; prints, Mb 29a30c; Rolls.
2-lb, 2i'30c; Dairy pU. Md., Pa., Ve.
28n29o.
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, nor doaen.
lGH'al'c.
Cheese, Large, 60-lb, 14Val4Vo: roe.
dlum, 36-lb, 14liol4j picnics, 23-lb.
lsHoH'.c.
Lire Poultry, Hens, 13,al4o. oi
roosters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 17alBci
Ducks. 14al5o
Hides, Heavy steers, association anil
saltors, late kill, GO-Ibs and up, oloae a
leotion, llallHc; cows aud light ateera
Provisions and Hog Products. Balk
clear rib sides, She; hulk shoulders,
9c; bulk bellies, 10.Sc; bulk ham butts.
10c; bucon clear rib sides, 10?o; baooa
shoulders, 10c; augur-cured breast.
12'ic; sugar-cured sliouldt'rs, 10Ke;
sugar-cured California bams, 10c;
hums can rased or unennvased, 12 lb,
and under, H.Vc; refined lard tiercea.brls
and 50 lb cans, gross, loS'o; refined lord,
bulf-barrels and new tubs, 1050.
Live Stock.
Chi cago, Cuttlo, Mostly 15a?0o lower,
good to prime steers f5 5Ua 0OO; mediant
t'i 52u4 50; stinkers aud feeders $J 3j
vi 50; oows, f t 40u4 40; heifers I.' OOa
( GO; Texas-fed steers 3 5l)a4 .26 Hogs,
Miiud and butchers ft' K5a7 15; good to
choice, heavy fd l.5u7 20; Sheep, sheop
and lambs slow to lower; good to choioa
whether f5UOa5 75; Western sheep
14 75a5 10.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; ebole
15 15a5 25; prime ft 90u5 10. I logs,
rimo heavy f 7 40a7 45, mediums f 7 5Uj
leary Yorkers f 7 40a7 45. Sheep stead.
Best wothors f 4 i5u4 80 culls and com
mon f 2 00u3 00; choice lambs f 6 50aC 65.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Parisians kill .1,000,000 rats a year.
London's poor devils are cockneys;
ours are foreigners.
To paint a battleship requires 150
tons of paint.
The gold output of Nicaragua i
1902 was $l,3-'6,ox.
About 4000 persons are killed each
year in London's streets.
A church census in New York cky
shows 636,000 infidels.
The United States has 10,853,796 mcta
fit lor soldiers.
Two-thirds ot the world's corre
spondence is conducted in the English
language.
The Department of Agriculture will
have a building at a cost of $1,500.0001
The three largest locomotive works
of Great Britain have just formed a
trust.
Less than half the children in the
public schools attend Sunday-school.
The largest gold mine in Central
America, the Kosario, produced $1,000,
000 last year.
A beneficence to the unfortunate ia
German cities is the municipal pawnshop.