"GAMBLING" Sunday Sermon By Rev. Lyman, D. D. Albert J. Thcrt li No Such Tbinj ti Cbinc-AII Tbat There if. Is Snb)ectlv Uncertainty. ' Nrw Vohk city. At the soutb. con Credit t ion, 1 1 Church, Itrooklyn, the pastor the Uev. Albert J. Lyman, iJ. I)., prem he-d a sormon on "Common Ktliicnl lllusione CoTinrning the l'ractie-e ot Gambling." lit elected une of the Jen ('ninniiiniiinent i for his text: Kxodua 15; "i'liou (hull Lot steal." A direct pulpit .-idilrrM upon practical every day morality i exposed to one erf obvious eiiiliarr.isiiiu'iit. It is thin: Many persons leel, and with .1 great deal ot rea ;n, tha. r. .Miiulay M-rmoii, and especiull) in the motiuiiK ot the Ixird Day, ahould be a lir.iad selling forth ot religious truth in general term, elotlied in tonn suMi eieruiy el.i'ior.ite and autticieiitly artistic to he inteilretualiy nttraetive aside from tiny p.irtuuiui application. A most fitri Uinii lllusr rnt ion, perliips, of iiicli a sermon ilevoted to tlu exposition of one great phase of religions truth and of the divine tharactrr as thai delivered, as 1 gather, Irom .Ins pulpit last undav iiiorning, by our l'onoreii M'ihiilI, )r. lirrnele, ot Jlos ton. We roine to church, one might say. to uo.-Miip and to hear the Scripture ex plained, and e do not rare to hear out minister made a "dead set." as it might be railed, upon a certain foible r vice wliu-h we are almost all entirely against. My Keinig is that there is a deep propriety :n this sentiment. I'rr.uliing. like prayer, should be for all. Un the other hand, a Christian minister a Christian pastor who M pastor more than he is preacher n A watcher for souls, not in the mass, but for individual souls, lie stands as the trinitv of watcher.-, teacher, pastor, watch er f ii individual human lives. !St. Paul at Kphesus said he had warned every out mjht Rnd day with tears every one. 1 need make no apology lor continuing in the strain of ethical appeal taken up two weeks ego, for 1 have been asked and urged to do so by tome of our young men Within the last fortnight various eehocj linvc reached me of the addresa which tuil fiulpit ventured to make in favor of a ligh morality and especially moral free dom, which makes all-round preaching: the freedom to hold as well an the freedom to give way. Among those echoes there have been ionic references to the practice of gambling. Young men have said to mf that most people have no idea of the tx tent to which certain forma of gambling nre prevalent in this great city, extend ing all the way from the boyish practice ol matching pennies up to playing for higb strikes, in the gaming house. On the othei hand, others have said they did not see where the real wrong came in by buying rhanc?. on the races, for example, am" Stakes at card. All had an equal clianee. ill the same spirit, therefore, as that ir which i tried to spenk two weeks ago, trust ing to your h.vnipathy )ii my effort to react our young people, 1 wish to say a word oi two this morning on ethical illusions con sxrniniz gambling, i am most unxious ol all that whatever I say shall be said fairlj and not from a prejudiced or bigoted point of view. 1 do not wish to confuse tningi which in themselves differ or produce upor any young friend an impression of men intolerant antipathy. It may occasion aur prise that so severe a text has been chosen for you will say: "(Gambling is not steal ing," and yet 1 cannot help thinking unc the more 1 think about it the more con vinced I am that thu text does tit the sub ject. There aie some differences bctwecc gamlibng and stealing, nnd they ought tc lie admitted, but, at the heart the two an very much the same, very alike. Shall v then look at tirs matter, not in the way o' excited an t vehement denunciation, but it the sober, brotherly fashion as though wi w ere t liking at home? First, then, the difference between gam bling and stealing. Stealing is without th knowledge oi the person stolen from; gam bling i with the knowledge of both per tons, (inmbii.ig invokes the presence of I third party, namely, chance, whose pres snce is smiposrd to change the moral na ture of the transaction. On the othei hand, gambling resembles stealing b?caii-e it is taking something for which no return Is giv-n no return at all. In legitimate speculation the seder receives something which at the lime he believes to be the fpnvaieiit oi what lie sells. Otherwise the transaction is unjust, lint in gambling mnctviiin J men ell out to the hundredth man an I get nothing for w hat they sell. 1 have sometimes fancied that a moral paral '.el mav be run be ween gambling and duel ing. Oambling. like dueling, is a mora.' hybrid. That is. a cros between a cleat aruiig and what may be light, l'or ex smple. murder is wrong; war may be right '.iainb'.ing is a cross between murder and tvar. So stealing is a clear wrong and spec alation may be rn,lit. (lanihling is a crone betn-eea stealing anil speculation. Hul ooth gambling and dueling dwell in a mora twilight nnd are absolutely as immoral nnd dangerous to iciety ns tlio very li!acknes oi midnight iiself. Now. you "will notice that in hoth gambling and dueling a third factor is supposed to enter, which neutral ies the nioral wrong. In gambling the cle ment is chance; in dueling it is honor. If. howecr, we look at the matter we shall, 1 think, find out that chance in the one case ind honor in the other is not n reality but s chimera but an illusion. That is what I mean by the illusion of gambling. There is no iuch tlnng us chance, reulli, and that is where the illusion comes in Let u look at this. 'J here is an amount of mental ini''inr- .i baze oier men's eyes, a witch's maze, in which the idea is that chance is an objec tive iV.et. Now there is no such thing. All that there is, is u subjective mice, taiuly no objective dunce at all. There is mi sue-li thing us chance. Once traveling lung the Connecticut Uiver Valley 1 risked a Ocrmaii who ai with me to tell me something abo.it Oernian metaphysics. He pointed to sine holes in the banks of the river, in which the ground swallows had built their nests, and said: "You see that bank?" "Yes." "You see those holes in which are the swallows' neat?" "Yes,' said 1. "Now," said he. "take away the bank and leave nothing but the holes and yot will have an exact definition of Oer man metaphysics." And so it is with till idea of chance; there is no such thing ol leetively as chance. One hundred men eacl have a chance. No such thing. The act ual fact is that just one man is certain tc get a prize if he is certain and the oth era a.e certain not to get it. Therefore t.iey have no chance. One man has a cer tai.it) and the others have no chance I hey all have simply uncertainty as tc which nian has a certainty. Suppose thai oine vidge who is distributing the prizei bad sufficient foresight to know c::actlj which way the ball would roll. He knowi that and the corresponding number in every man's hand. Science has thasec chance out of ths universe. To the evei of the intelligent chance has Teased to he There is no such thing in ull this world Ihere is what we call a law, but there ii no cbrnee in the case; it is all law. lJeside, taking your own ground, even i tb-re is such a thing, there is only om chance out of s whole hundred which wd become a certainty. "Well," you say, "ii is a good chance.1' Yei, that is a goot rhanee. "A's rhanrt is good, then' Yes. but It's chance is poor. In othei words, on man's chance neutralizes an other; therefore, there are no hundree chances. If you have bought one aooe rhsn.-e. then ninety nine have paid for I fwor ohaiiee. What equality is there it that? J bus, even on your own grounc there is no such thing as' chance. And from the high standard of science and act ual ftrt. there is no such thing in thu world, in ths entire universe, as chance Kinety-Bino have bought nothing, and voii have taken their money, ami it you don't feel mean in taking it you are meaner than I tnoiight r-m cere. What moral right, "",' K'1 to tblingf So nioral right alt N justice whatever. It is cltsr, jlean, absolute, unequivocal wrong. Noth ing is left but the excitement and the un certainty as who is the certainty and the rreiy bop of getting rich without paying :Ior it. and whoever entertains it is run ning against the everlasting laws, and you can dig his grave. ' finallv. I want to remind you where this mental jugglery ends. It ends as a poison ends. It is poison of ths mind, an liU'dUftual poison, .lust a poison enters Itbe tissues of the body ard ms upon the system, so it acts upon the intellect. At iurst it ti-'vs thee luUur.-a VMirtte. Than wore of the poison Is taken, with similar reactim, and again more is taken and more reaction. 8o, there is a constant play and interplay between taking more nnd more and more of the intellectual poison with the reaction, (iod help the man, for the undertow has got him! My dear friends, there is something to me absolutely appalling about getting un der the power without knowing it of that kind of intellectual poison. I speak ear nestly because I have known and loved gifted men who have yielded to it and gone down. The mental unreason that is in volved in gambling unhinges men's brains. Indulging in gambling becomes something that a man can hardly himself stop. You know men never stop doing a thing unless a motive comes which is stronger than the motive that leads them to do it. The mon goes on and goes on until the impulse and motive to do thp thing becomes stronger than the motive that comes in to stop it. Just the moment the impulse becomes stronger than the constraining motive then it is good-bye, it is good-bye! Hoys begin by betting on marbles or putting up stakes nt cards "just to make the game more in teresting. Jt makes the same more inter esting to the devil. Then comes the race track. The mnrp refined the man nnd the finer the intellect the more surely the dis ease. Nothing is so ghastlv as the craving for gambling which gets bold of a fine libered man. A few days ago n young man, n church worker, told me of n man who rnnfessed to him that he had crept un Hairs in the dead of winter to bis little sleeping girl and taken away the clothing that covered her and the shoes which she wore, nut them under his coat and slunk off and pawned Ihcm for rum the demon curse. Now, with gambling the frightful monomania is still worse. If there is any young man here this morning who has anv suspicion that the serpent is getting that coil around luin, then quick, quick, or you nre a lost man! You nre a lost bov! Quirk! (iet out of it uow'! Y'ou had bet ter lock yourself in your room and live on bread and water. You had better hold your hands in the fire until the veins burst than go on with the fiend of gambling. Am I too ii -gent? Forgetting the dignitv of the pulpit? Let the dignitv of the pulpit go. Go home, mothers, and look on your own poy'3 face nnd thank (Jod that your boy is safe. Then pray for another whose boy is gone, or whom she thinks is gone. God's grace is great nnd she has come to her pas tor and spoken of this matter. lly your kind indulgence I want to refer to just one more point. It is sometimes said that gambling is the product of husU ncis speculation. I do not believe it. Spec ulation, as its Lntin origin implies, is es sentially a foresight. It is nn endeavor to look nhend nnd determine values. It is not an appeal to chance. We see the same root to the word inspection, or the word re snectable or the noun specular, which it the same Latin word. Some forms of busi ness speculation nre. of course, unfair, but in n large business sense speculation is not guessing in advance, but looking in advance nnd I do not believe the two go together. In new. strong countries speculation is al most always the accompaniment of busi neis opportunity. Hut in dead countries, such as Snain was fifteen years ago. I have poticcd that, while business speculation is nhnost (lead, gambling is far more preva lent even thnn here. See the higher Kng lish society in Queen Anne's time, minis ters, everybody gambled, but there was not much business speculation. No. my friends, it is idleness craving for excitement, illu sion, bod comnany, corrupting morals. These nre the forces that lead men into gambling. All gambling, even the least, un der all circumstances, is like seduction nnd slavery eternnlly unjust ami eternally wronp. It is tjking something for nothing. H makes everv man his neighbor's foe. It corrupts socitv and undermines the fab ric of the American state. It is unpatriotic and ngninst the eternal Sinai. It divorces contract and its equivalent. Is there one here this inornimr, I wonder, who wants bij dearest friend, his young brother, to stop gambling If so, i'u God's name, let him stop himself. A Common Cruelty. If accused of cruelly in daily life we should probably resent it indignantly, yet every time a person inflicts an evil 'mood upon his household or upon his fellow workers be is treating them cruelly. Most of us are guilty at times, and we never stop to think that our innocent victims nre utterly defenseless. Consider how quickly nil members of the family suffer when one brings his detiression to the breakfast, table; liow ensily good spirits are quenched by one person'i moroseness; how readily an atmosphere of nervousness, of il'-nature, or physical pain mnkes itself felt when there is no effort nt splf-eontrol. No one has a right to inflict his bad feelings upon others, nnd we realize this when w'e are the victims. But if we have not slept well, or if w had a headache nftcr n wearisome day, or if some business matter has gone wrong, where is our own cheerfulness? Our shortcomings should help us to make ex cuses for other people's temners, bur on -sufferings should teach us the cruelly of self-indulgence. -Congregationalist. AfToetlons nt Home. If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to home may be forged on earth, hut thoja which link the poor man to his humble hearth are of the tn.e metal, and bear the stamp of heaven. The man ol high descent may love the halls nnd lands of his inheritance as a part of himself, as tropluee of his birth and power; the pooi ma's attachment to the tenement he holds which strangers have held before, and may to-morrow occupy agnin, has a worthiet root, struck deep into purer soil. His household (tods are of flesh and blood, with no alic.y of silver, gold or precious stones; be has nn property but in the affections of bis own hear!, and when they endear bare floors and walls, despite of toil and scanty meals, that mr.n has his love of home from God, and his rude hut becomes a solemu place. Charles Dickens. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. HE broad mind will not have the big bead. The) true man sees la difficulty a call to endeavor. Naturalism la un natural to the spir itual man. Stolen fruits are sweet only to a de ranged tppetlte. To pander to the lower faculties It to paralyze the higher. Every cruel blow sears the striker's heart. The Indulgence of the flesh dwarfs the spirit. The man who never begins never bas to break off. It Is easy to mistake high spirits for the Holy Spirit. External forms of religion often mark Its extinct fires. What we gain In form we may lose In force. Misfortunes are God's cull to new ministries. Some people are planning already to move for a change ot administration when they get to heaven. Earth weeps when the plough cuts her bosom In the spring, but she smiles when the resultant harvest k gathered In. Pleasant circumstances may not be ours, but we can have sunny souls. It Is easier to sweep off the snow of an act than to break the tee of habits. Many put sero Into the collection and then complain that the church Is cold. The pedestal ot professionalism will not give the preacher much leverage with the people. The world loses faith In the church when the Christian treats It as a fad. Solitude la as neseccary to the aoul a.companjonshlp Is to the character. i I THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments March 22. for Svbject: Psul's Message to the Epheflatis, Epb.,11., Mt-Ooldea Text, Epb.ll.,3 Memory Verses, 4-7 Cemmenlsry so the Day's Lenoa. I. The children of wrath (vs. 1-3). 1. "And you." As Christ tills the whole body of Christian believers with His fulness (clnp. 1: 23). so had He dealt with the eon verted Kphesians who before were dead in trespasses nnd sins. "Quickened." Made alive spiritually. "Dead. ' Nee Col. 2:13 Death is often used by all writers und in nil nations to express a slate of extreme mis ery. The Kphesians by trespassing nnd sinning hnd brought themselves into n state of deplorable wretchedness, ns had all the heathen nntions. nnd hnvtng thus sinned against (iod they were condemned by Him and might be considered ns "dead in law." They were incnpable of perform ing any legal act anil were ulwavs liable to the punishment of death which thev had deserved nnd which was ready to be in flicted upon them. They were incapable ol performing n holy net. Their bodies were the living collins in which their dead souls were buried. "Trespasses nnd sins." Trespasses may signify the slightest devia tions from the right; sins more habitual nnd daring transgressions, but the terms run together in meaning. 2. "Ye walked " They hnd sinned eon tinunlly, not merely occasionally. They lived in sin nnd followed the evil practices of the heathen world. True Christians separate themselves from the world (Horn. 12: 2; 2 Cor. 0: 14-18) nnd do not conform to its sinful customs nnd practices, "l'rince -air." This has reterence to Satan, the prince of devils. He is also "the god ol this world" (2 Cor. 4: 4). The air is repre sented as the seat of hi kingdom, i'he devil seems to have some power in the lower region of the air; he is at hand to tempt men and to do ns much mischief to the world as ho can. We live in an atmos phere poisonous nnd impregnated with deadly elements. "Of the spirit " As the Holy Spirit works that which is good in obedient souls so Satan works that which is evil in wicked hearts. He is prince of the spirit that, not only in Paul's dsv but even now, "worketh in the sons of disobe dience." 3. "We also." Paul here changes from the second to the first person, putting him self in with those whom he has just de scribed. "All." Jews and (Jennies nlike. "Once lived." The R. V. brings out the mejning. The word "conversation" is mis leading. The whole course of the life was wrong. They lived in sin nnd walked in sin. and sin was interwoven in their verv being. "It tinged every temper, polluted every faculty, and perverted every transac tion of life." "Lusts." The evil." irregular nnd corrupt affections of the heart. "Flesh." The carnal, corrupt nature. "Fulfilling," etc. They lived in the actual commission of nil those sins which their corrupt natures inclined them to clJmmit. "Mind." Thoughts; mental suggestions and purposes as distinguished from the blind impulses of the flesh. "By nature." Nature, in Ureek, implies that which hni grown in us as the peculiarity of our being, as distinguished from that which has been wrought in us by mere external influ ences. Here is an incidental proof of the doctrine of original sin. "Of wrath." The child of anvtliing is one connected with, partaking of, or exposed to anything. The children of wrath nre those who livo in open disobedience (v. 2) nnd nre thus ex posed to the wrath of Ood. See Horn. 2: 5-9. TI. Salvation nn act of divine mercy (vs. 4 0). 4. fi. "But Ood." The npostle now shows the glorious change that had been wrought in them through the gospel. Three words are especially emphasized (iod. mercy, grace, "ltieh in mercy." (ind is rich in manv things besides mercy. He ie rich in worlds; lie owns the gold nnd sil ver in n thousand hills, ns well as the cat tle on them. Hut while a knowledge of these riches is not necessary to our salva tion, it is necessary that we know about the riches of His mercv. See Ex. 33: lfl; I'sn. 85: 10; Isa. 6o: 7 and many other Scriptures. Ood is rich in pitv and com passion for the sinner, "(ireat love." His infinite love for us is the ground of our sal vation. He loved us nnd died for us while we were vet sinners. "Together with Christ." God has given us us complete a resurrection from the death of sin to a life of righteousness as the body of Christ has had from the grave. See Horn. 8: 11. "Grace." Vnmerited favor. Their salva tion was not of themselves (v. 8) "not the mere product of nny natural abilities or any merit of their own," neither wns it by works (v. 9), but it was through the love, mercv nnd grace of (iod. "Saved." Not merer' saved from sin justified nnd snnr tified but gloriously saved from death, the devil nnd hell; saved to resurrection. Christ and glory, in the full view of the endless ages to come. These people were saved at this time, and so we see there is such a thing as salvation from sin in this life. 6. "lUised sit." Believers are citizens af heaven nnd have their places assigned there, which thev will soon take possession of (Phil. 3: 20. 21). Hut this may be un derstood as referring to sanctified souls in this lite Having been raised from the death of sin. we enter into a heavenly union with Christ, and the soul is inde scribably happy in His love. It is heaven begun below. 7-9. "Ages to come," etc. What God had done for the sinners at Kphesus would be proof of His great goodness nnd mercy and serve as nn encouragement to sinners in all ages of the world. "Through faith " Faith is, 1. The condition upon which we are saved. 2. Tke instrument in God's hands by which we are saved. 3. The means by which we continue saved. "Gift." That is. salvation is the free gift of (iod. "Boast." We could not purchase salva tion, we did not merit it. and good works could not save us; therefore it is not of ourselves, and there is no room for boast ing. "So completely is salvation a divine let that the man who refuses to accept it on God's terms must perish; there is no ther wav." III. The Christian life a divine creation (v. 10). 10. "His workmanship." Instead of our being the workers, God is the work er and we are the workmanship the fact iccomplished. "Created." The saved soul Is created anew a new creation (2 Cor. 8 17; Gal.-8: 15; Kph. 4: 24). "Unto good works." "Though we are not saved for jur good works, yet we are ssveil that we mav perform good works to the glory of Uod and the benefit of man." Good works ire the fruit of fnith. "Ordained pre pared." God has not only created us anew ind given us a love for good works, but He has actually "nrenared" the works for us to perform. "Walk in them." To do good works will be the established order of our iives. Realizing Country's Greatness. Ex-Representative P. J. McDonald, who served for three years In the House, returned the other day from a, six week's trip throughout the coun try, in company with M. C. Keefe. "You really don't know what this country Is until you look it over," says Mr. McDonald. "We were gono six weeks and went through every state In the Union, cov ering something like 13,000 miles In all. Talk about the recent visits of royal and other personages, who make a flying trip across the country! What can they know about It? "Why, nothing or next to It. The only way to see the country and the people is to take things leisurely, as we did. In some cities we weuld spend two or three days. The two or three days gave us an opportunity to meet and exchange Ideas. "Yes, sir, this is a great country a wonderful country!" Boston Journal. Smallest American Church. The Rev. Louis E. Durr Is rector of the Episcopal church at Zanesvllle. Ohio, said to be the smallest church in the United States, being twenty four feet wide and forty-eight feet lnK' CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. March 22 Wbst Christ Teaches About Others. Matt, vll, l-S. Scripture Verses 2 Cor. v. 10; Matt, xxv. 31-46; Gal. vl. 2; Jer. xvll. 10; Rom. 11. 1; Jas. iv. 11, 12; 1 Cor. xl. 31; 1 John I. 9; Rom. xlv. 13; Psa. xxv. 7. Lesson Thoughts. Whpn we condemn In others the sins that we ourselves commit we con demn oursctves most severely. Men will naturally return the same kind of Judgment which you give to them. Harsh nnd unkind Judgment and severe crltlslm awaken the same in othx-rs. There Is no such way to teach us charity in Judging others as to ex ercise severity in Judging ourselves Selections, Illustrations The well-known story of the boy and the echo bearing bac!; the words that he uttered. Also, the fable of Apollo and the critic. Ha man was hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecal. "He that dlgireth a pit shall fall Into It." Eccl. x. 8. Thnlr own defects, Invisible to them. Seen In another, they at once condemn, And thro' self-Idolized In every case,' Hate their own likeness In a brother's face, Hright Sayings (1) Ten thousand of the greatest faults In our neighbors are of less consequence to us than one of the smallest In ourselves. Alop. ' Wheatly. (2) To pardon those absurdities In ourselves which we can not Buffer In ethers Is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so. Dean Swift. (3) Men are more apt to use spectacles tlian looklng glagses, spectacles to behold other men's faults rather than looking glasses to behold their own. Trapp. O wad some power the glfttle gle us To see ouresls as others see us! It wad frae monle a blunder free us And foolish notion. While we are blind with self-deceit, we are but bunglers In the work of dealing with the faults ot others. When we have wrestled with and over come- our own besetting sins, then, and not till then, shall wo be able with the Insight and tact which the work demands, to help others to over come theirs. Suggested Hymns. Search me, O Lord. Blest be the tie. Empty me of Belf, dear Savior. I bring to thee, O Master. Christ recelveth sinful men. Tho Lord keep watch between na. EPWORTH LEAOtt MEbllNG TOPICS March 22 Chrlstlio Education. I Tim. 6. 3-9; 2. Tim. 2. IS, 23. Being a Christian does not make a man stop wanting to bo the best. It just rnakei him stop wanting to be the best merely for himself. He wants to be the best for Jesus Christ. As a man begins to feel the thtob of an am bition to have h's life count In the ser vice of his Master he feels the need of training that l.e may be of the most possible value. Christian education Is to supply this need. Stop and consider for a while what a thorough training one can obtain in a Christian college. There are sev eral points of emphasis one will find In a ChiUtlan college. The first Is an, emphasis on character. One is helped to feel that what be Is. He is made to feci that his education is to help him to be a man of truer stuff, of finer grain. The thought of development is held before him. He learns to feel, as he had not felt before, that he was meant to grow, and to keep on grow ing. Tho duty of growing gets into his Inner feeling about life. Then .the privilege of service is a thought he .breathes In, until It gives life a new dignity. If the thought had not come to him before. If he had cherished it as an ideal, the Ideal Is confirmed and strengthened In him. The dleciplo, the course of study will train his mind so that It will be more reliable than It would have been, and will make possible a new firm ness of giasp and clearness of under standing. ' He will be helped to be, not simply one who knows, but one who thinks. Then in tho fields be passes over he will have the oppor tunity to find out his own aptitudes. Then there is the personal influence of the teachers. Perhaps there are few schools where there are not some teachers whose personality eurlches the life of all who feel Its Influences. Mark Hopkins bae- passed away, but a little-known teacher has something of his spirit and something or bis pow er. Thank God for them! They are a part of our country's treasure. The personal enthusiasm for learning, for high manhood and womanhood, with which they Infuse their students Is one of the great things which the col lege life gives. The influences of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Yotmg Women's Christian Association will infuse a wealth of freshness and vl.Tor Into the student's religious life. It is hard for "cant" to thrive in one of these associations. Then the world view of Christianity will be brought to the student of our Christian college. The sentence, "The world for Christ," will be flooded with a new meaning. Perhaps In this vis-' Ion his lire mission tray be revealed to him. Secrots of Plant Life. Plants have developed almost ay many dodges for perpetuating tbeti existence as animals, only we don't so easily recognize them. Every seed bulb or tuber is not merely a reser voir of material for the plant that it to grow out of it, but also a mass ol fuel for supplying heat necessary to the sprouting seedlet. More thanfhls It you look at the early spring budi and flowers you will notice that those which are likely to be exposed tc frost, such as catkins or willow and bazel, are well protected by a thick covering of aoft material. Politics Before Health. The slang phrase "up against It" ap pears to Ot the position In which Mayor Fagan ot Jersey City finds himself. He is In bad health and doctors bars ordered him to take im mediate rest at some place away from home. But Mr. Pagan la a Republican and It be leaves his office It will be 'filled by Alderman Block, a Democrat. Political lines are drawn tightly in 'jersey City, so there is no knowing what Acting Mayor Block might do. Therefor Mr. Fagan Is filling up with medicine and sticking to bis Job. Vhy He Died. He was n tramp compositor, down n his luck, and lie had not had a iquare meal for a fortnight. In dea Jcration he annlied for work on a 'ashion magazine, and was taken on. The copy with which he was furnished read something like this: "Turtle green 'with garnitures of cmon white lace and cliampagnc-col-3rcd velvet constituted the lovely gown we have illustrated above. "Brown bread is a fashionable color 'ft crepe, and harmonizes well with but-ler-colorcd lace. "A gown of tomato red was delight fully contrasted with the lettuce-green velvet and oyster-white applique. "Vegetable .silk braid is one of the new trimming). "A charming breakfast gown is shown in bect-red cashmere. "Kgg-blue and mclou-grccn are de lightful new tints. "Claret silk makes a charming blouse. "All shades of brown are popular, in cluding chocolate, chestnut and filbert, and the biscuit shades are also prom inent. "A rnffoe-rolored dinner gown had sleeves of cream niotissclinc in souffle style. "Prune color promises to have a great run. "Apricot, orange and banana arc the newest shades of yellow. "Almond-white galloon appears on a wine-colored broadcloth gown, and mi t it's of pistachc velvet were intro duced for contrast. Crushed straw berry lias given way to the grape shades, and mulberry to bonbon pink. "Tobacco is one of the most becom ing shades of brown." His follow printers noticed that he acted strangely and groaned at times, but before they became aware of the seriousness of the case he fell to the floor and expired. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of "acute dyspepsia superinduced by ovcr-cating." Very Irritating;. A man may without reproach refer to the excellence of his own work, but nt the same time it is never well to call attention to one's own skill by casting aspersions upon the ability of others. A piano-tuner had nearly fin ished his work on the piano when he locked up and said to the lady of the house: "Your instrument was in an awful condition. You ought to have sent for me sooner." "It was tuned only three months ago' "Then the man who did it was ig.io rant of his business." "I)o you think so?" "I'm .sure of it. ma'am. lie outrlit to be sawing wood or cleaning the streets instead of tuning pianos. A delicate instrument like a piano needs fingers equally delicate to handle it, and it needs an accurate ear, too. The person who attempted to tune this in strument last evidently had neither." Here the tuner regarded his own hands complacently, and then contin ued. "In fact. I am free to say," lie add ed, "that he did more harm than good." "I can hardly think it is so bad as that." "Well, he certainly didn't do it any gooel. May I ask who the man was?' "Certainly. It was yourself." "Madam, you arc mistaken. I never timed a piano in this house before." "Probably not: but you tuned that instrument nevertheless, or attempted to. It belonged to Mrs. Jones, of whom I bought it. She told me you had always tuned it and to send for you when it needed tuning again. On his way home the man reflected solemnly on the irritating way some women have; of presenting facts. Cool and Impassive. Judge Johnson was hearing a case in criminal court. The prosecution was represented by the assistant district at torney, who thundered his arguments at the head of the prisoner and sent the circumambient air in surging waves up aain the four walls of the courtroom. At one of his most startling stages of oratory he discharged a volley of ac cusations with such force that the plas tering fell from one corner of the ceil ing. Judge Johnson remained cool and impassive as he sent out for the jani tor, to whom he pointed out the pile of debris. "Mr. Janitor," he said, "please take that court plaster-eiver to the jail hos pital, where they may need it. Now, Sir. Trcscott." s Our business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. ALL TIRED OUT. The weary, worn, ull-tlred-out feel ings come to ev erybody who tax the kidneys. When the kidneys are overworked they fall to perform tho duties nature bas provided for them to do. Whcu tbe kidneys fall dauger uus diseases quick ly follow, urinary disorders, diabetes, dropsy, rheuma tism, Brlghl's .dis ease, Dunn's Kidney kidney and bladder Ills. Pllb cure all Bead the tol- lowlug case: e Veteran Joshua Heller, ot 700 South Wttluut street, Urbnna, 111., says: "Iu tho full of 1SUU after getting Poau's Kidney Pills nt Cunningham Bros.' drug store In Champaign and tuklng a course of treatment I told tho readers of tho papers tbat they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my loins and be Lentil the shoulder bl.ide3. During tbe Interval which bud elapsed 1 have had octnalun to resort to Doau's Kidney Pills whcu I noticed warnings of at tack. On each und every oceusiou th results obtained vcro Just as satisfac tory as when the pills. were first brought to my notice. 1 Just as em phatically endorse the preparation to day as 1 did over two year ugo." A FiiKB Tbial of this great ktiney medicine which cured Mr Heller will bo mailed on nppllca'Jon to any part of the United Bt-.tes. Medical ad vies free; strictly confllentlul. Address Fostcr-MUburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by alt druggists, price 60 cents per box. The United States will this year pro duce more iron and steel thau fGrcat Britain, Russia. Germany, France and Spain combined. The total American output i'i estimated at 30,000,000 tons, of which at least 16,000,000 tons will be high grades ol steel products. Great Britain's output will be 8,000,000 tons, In the last two years one in eight of all deaths in Chicago have been from lung fever. B. B. B. SENT FREE. Cars Blood nit Skin Dlsossos, Csneors, Itching- Humors, Bona Fains, Botsnia Blood Balm (B. B. B.) cures Pimples, scabby, scaly, itching Eezetma, Ulcers, Eating Rores, Scrofula, Blood Poison, Bone Pains, Swellings, Kheuma tlsm, Cancer. Especially advised for chroolo cases that doctors, patent medloines and Hot Springs fail to cure or help. Strength ens weak kidneys. Druggists, 91 poi large bottle. To prove It cures B. B. B. sent fre by writing Blood Balk Co., 13 Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Oa. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in ssaled letter. Medicine sent at once, pre paid. All we ask Is that you will speak a good word for B. B, B. It is quite natural thst the man who in vents an airship should look down 00 the rest of us. M other (Irar'sSwret Powders For Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home In New York. Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor ders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 26e. Hhoiple mailed Fbes. Address Allnq 8. Olmsted, l.e Hoy, N. Y. Lots of fellows find it easier to moke excuses than to make a living. Deafness Cannot Be Cored by local applications as they cannot reaah the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition ot the mucous lining ot the Eustachian Tubo. When this tube is in flamed you have a rumbling sound orlmper leot hearing, and when It Is entirely closed Deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflam mation can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of teu are oaused by catarrh, which Is nothing but aa inflamed ooudition ot the mucous surface. We will give One Hundred Dollars tor any csso of Deafness (caused by catarrh) tbrtt cannot be oured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cir solars sent free. F.J.CHESET4Co.,Tolodo,U. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. It is better to have an impediment in your speech than in your conscience. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Korvcltestorer.tiitrialbottleand treatise fr3 Dr. B.H. Kliks, Ltd., Ml Arch St., Phlla., Pa, Tho chronic invalid is often suffering :rom fatty degeneration of the imagination. Mrs. Wlosiow's SoothlngSyrup tor ohlldraa teething, soften tbe gums, rsducos inflamma tlon.allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Some mothers spare the rod and spoil the slipper I'lso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used lor all affections ot throat and lungs. Ws, (). E.NDBLtT, Vanbureu, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Lots of men expect their wives to do all the economizing. Put am Fadeless Dyes are fast to light and washing. The people who cast reflections are nut tn-ays brilliant. Psoriasis, Scalled Head, Milk Crust, Tetter, Ringworm, etc. Speedily, .Permanently and Economically Cured, whan All Else Fails, by The agonizing, itching, and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful scaling, as In psoriasis; the loss of hair, and crusting of the scalp, as in scalled head; the facial disfigurements, as in pimples and ringworm; the awful suffering of infants, and anxiety of worn-out parents, as in milk crust, tetter and salt rheum, all demand a remedv of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent are such stands proven beyond all doubt. No statement is I made regarding them that is not justified by the strongest' evidence. The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy have made them the standard skin cures, blood purifiers and humour remedies of the civilized world. Complete External and Internal Treatment Bathe the affected part with hot water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickeneU cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbin2, and apply Cuticura Ointment freely, to allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and, lastly, take Cuti cura Resolvent to cool and cleanse the blood. This complete treatment affords instant relief, permits rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other itching, burning, and scaly humours of the skin, scalp and blood, and points to a speedy, permanent and economical cure when all other remedies and the best physicians fail. As evidence of the wonderful curative properties of Cuticura Remedies and of their worW' wide sale, we quote from The Hon. Mr. Justice FMemore's Letter. "I desire to give my "voluntary testimony to the beneficial effects of your Cuticura Remedies. I have suffered for some time from an excess of uric acid in the blood ; and since the middle of last year, from a severe ' attack of Eczema, chiefly on the scalp, face, ears and neck, and on one limb. I was for several months under professional treatment, but the remedies prescribed were of no avail, and I was gradually becoming worse, my face was dreadfully disfigured, and I lost nearly all my hair. At last, my wife prevailed upon me to'try the Cuticura Remedies, and I gave them a thorough trial with the most satisfactory results. The disease soon began to dissappear, and my hair commenced to grow again. A fresh growth oi hair is covering my head, and my limb (although not yet quite cured) is gradually improving. My wife thinks so highly of your remedies that sha has been purchasing them in order to make presents to other persons suffering from similar complaints, and, as President of the Bible Women's, Society, has told the Bible women to report if any case should come under! her notice when a poor person is so afflicted, so that your remedies may be resorted to." ROBERT ISAAC FINNEMORE,- PMUrnurluburg, Nel, Oct, ), 1401. ' a CUT10UBA RJCMEWKS art sold throughout ths elrlllsad world. PBICES; Outlaws RmoI nt, Alia, ptr boMl (lit ths form of ChoooUt Co tod l'llii, Ka. xr sis) ot 00) OatlenrS Oiuttnmt, SOo. par bos,nd Cutlours, Hosp, Wa. pw Uklst. 8iid for ths grewt work, "Humour of ths Blood, Skin, Mid Sculp, And Mow to Ours Tbm," M pis, IU0 IMmu, with Illustrations. TastlmoiiUl And Mrsetloiu In all langusgas. Including JspansM sad Chlius. British Dpot S7-CfcartrtiouM Hq., London, K.C. PrsnvliItepot.lUusdslaPals, Parts. Australia Depot, B. Towns Co., Bjtxnj. POT! U VliVi AXD CUKM1C.AL COJU01UTlUtf. Sote Pro , Drletors, Boston, y, S. A. t f ' Health " For 25 years I hav never missed taking Ayer's Ssrsaparilla every spring. It cleanses my blood, makes me feel strong, and does me good In every way." John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.T. Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the body. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, steady,courageous. That's what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. SLMsfeottlt. AllsrnfTlits. Aa yonr doetor wtast he thinks ot Ayer's SsriApartllft. He knows nil about this srsnd old fsrallr medicine. Follow bis aarloe and ws will be satliflsd. J. u. atbb Co., Lowoll, Hass. "All SIGNS FAIL IN A DRY M THt 5WN Of THE HSH NEVER fAOS IN A WET TIME. . I Remember this whenou buy Wit Weather Clothing And look for the name TOWER on the buttons. . This stjn and this name hove stood 'for the BEST dunM sbctrrsevei ytus of incrtAsind sties. fOvur deder will not suppty wi write' for free catalogue of black or yellow water- Coof oiled coots, slkkers, suits, hats, and rse 0006 for &II kinds of wet work, t m. w. s wff ah v ft na - rfnvsjr oiroN.NASs.aS A. .SIGN t TOWER CANADIAN CO. - 5r5I IOSOWTO. CAM. frmiTSft MBJ, Genine stamped C C C. If ever sold In balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "toxething just t good." NEW PENSION LAW. Ao of Jan 97, ljpa lout iMtrtAiutfurt'ivorflitaJ tueUr widow otb fa. ' dltvii Wsvrs iroiu isii to li. W will jy i.N f if vmj Ruua uuu.nui uitMtu uuiurr situ ftOU AOV 0 July 1. ivji ptuiiiou iMrtala Midler who bad prior vouleavrftt rfio, 1m wuo auy if oiirg4 wttb Ooswrtlou. ISopcmtiua no itx. Air tee irtM. For blauktutltuiiiaruuiuua(k4drtiMtii W. tL TV till sVemtUun Agnjy, Will Uuiidiarf, U iatluuA Avt VVMhlugtuu, A. 0. l wQty y mm prtotiola WuU litf IUU. UopltM 1 ill UWI Milt ft UUt. RDHDCV HEW DISCOVERT; ft - V rOl qaiek rollof and nrM wont Bkk of tM.tnml.va and 10 laye' tr-Mra)m Wm r. K. a. EiuTf loas. Mx. Atlanta, Oty the greatest ol the Lurojifan countries, I
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