1 'MART FAILURE" A Brilllao: Sunday SermonJ By Dr. Howard Duffield. Tb Avlrblofraphjr ol Our Souls li Oltea Stained With (he Very Falthlestoeis Which Bloti the Memoirs of the Apostles. Nkw Youk CiTV.-Dr. Howard Dulliuld, raptor of the Old ! i rut I'resh.vicriati kunh, l iflh avenue nnd Twelfth meet, prcuchrd iind.iy morning on "Heart Fail ure." lie took hi U-xt frcim Mark xiv: 61): "And thev nil forxiuk Hun and fled." Dr. Duthcld mnl. What coward! dmir.ides of .lcus, liall a three ycirs' Iticudoliip with the M otor tome t siii-h nn end? Shall the intimacies cif man month go swirling like learn in the wind l)eiore a pnlt ol funic fear? Apostle of Jesus, whv will ye he pilloried for poltroonery? Vhen defeat brooded over the hills 'of (iilhoa and the remnants of the armies of Israel lay strewn through the Judean valley. Saul and Jonathan dieil together. When Socrates kept tryst with death the prison yard in which he aat hi.-c.inie like a hall of banqueting and ths jail stones echoed with the convi-i'c of devoted friend wistfiii ol sharinj with him the cup of heiuloek. When the sun of Austerlitz that Had bathed the earth in glory at iu rising. sanls eclipsed in blood behind ihe pla.n of Wat erloo, the hies of the uiMierial guard drew up as on parade and died beneath the Hag. But in the hour of fit eNtrcmest need the comrades of Christ "forsook Him and tied." Tlioite that had seen Him v.alk the storm awent lake; conquer .hsi-s.se with a finger-touch and dethrone death with a syllnnle, when a sound of hireling with word, and the riffraff of the eitv with atavca, came out to take Him. they ! Jiiojlt Him and He I. .Team walked the pathway of teirs. and no one kent sten with Him Tiie hour ha aounded for chivalry, and Ilia friend exhibited poltroonery. The rail was tor heroes, nnd thoe He loved allowed their back to '.'hriat. instead of their face to the foe. Occasion beat the long roll, but the battle line beanie a rout. Imagine that scene reversed. Imagine that cordon of apostle buttressing ( hritt against as aault as with a citadel of rock. We rati almost se them rooting themselves like atorm-defying oak, and opposing the nulal corslet n! Christ's foes with the breastplate of tneir invulnerable affection. Wo cm almost see them converting C-eth-aemane into a t.ibraltjr of affection, and ehatterinir the otiset of enihitlered pers? culioa upon the impregnable front of a devotion tlmt waa stronger than death. We ara well nigh envious of their oppor tunity of renown. The poksibihty of such loyalty has not yet pawed away, it has not yet become im possible for one to show a stalwart ulle. glance to Jesus Christ in the face of con einrit and antagonism. "Thev are not vet nead that seek the voting child'a life." Christ does not recede with the tbb of passing vears. The men of Ilia age are sleeping in their sepuli iiers. The tirat elemeiit of heart failure is (lis Rnt.oinunt nt. The a;iotle had a very well defined theory as to wha. hnst had come t-' do ."or them, hut they had thouglit '-cry little of what they were to do for Ilitii. Tlit-v Ind n clear conception of the prere quisite of discipleship. They were deeply concerned as to the pattern of their crowns. They knew to a nicety the comparative altitude of their thrones, and they were anxiously rarcclling out the cities over which thev wera to rule. With their feet treading the very ascent to Calvary they were badgering each other a to which of them should be greatest. Jesus had come to give them a life of ease and self-satis-faction. Xo more stormy nights out upon Genncsaret; no more tugging at the nets and pulling the wet cordage of their boats; no more weary days brawling in the Caoer naurn market place to get salt for their meat and butter for their bread. Christ had a whole cornucopia of splendors to empty into their lap kir.jship, and dig nities, and thrones, and scepter. When as with a lightning stroke? all these fond dreams went whistling down the wind,' and their cloud nalaces vanquished like mist at sunrise, disappointment thrust its iron into the soul, and away they went, purred by an imtmlse which for the mo ment was irresistible. Their thought had been centered on the good thev were to get. not upon tin- good lliey were to do. It is not impo-sib'e that vou and ( tlio.ild just n mtstul.e'ily interpret the pur.Ki.se of Christ's mission. In some piv otal moment the consciousness of sin un expectedly baps up ,;nd chill.-, us with it shadow. We are lah-d ty the acorpion whip of conscience. Wc shudder at the thought of death. The awe of eternity ove.-.lndows i . With timid finders we oiicn i lie Hook of Coil. V:ili ;,,...r ..v.. we scan the pge oi Scripture. . wondrous gospel salutes us. Clad tidings ring like music through ou:- hearts concerning One who lus a welcome for the outcast, who can whiten ti,? most soiled soul, who will uplift :ht f..!ii i ,nl recall the wandering, and who has i in ej Ids mighty heel upon the head of wl We kneel rejoicingly at the tool oi :he rosa. We surrender our life into the keem-.g of Jesus. We vield Hun the re.-dy h u igo of our hearts Then comes the i!v-c .- hour. Then we are is pern of thinking how much Christ haa to give, and too little of what He la training u to give. Then we are prone to dwell in imagination with the spirit of just men laade perfect, and the companies of the (lulling ones who wad; with Christ in glory, until we lose touch with the men and women who throng about us warped and atained with the s ri and aonow of the wor.d. We for-et that forgiveness is not the lat word but the first wonl of the (lospid. We forget that pardon U not ike last utterance but t e first utti-rw : h.t Jesus has spoken. e overlook the fact that there is a culture of character which demands the energy of a hero and the patience of a devotee, that ther; is a service of others that calls for the erii ifixio-i of self. Anothe- element of heart failure ia loubt. How was ft tio.saihle for the apos tles to recognize a Messiah under arrest? I w ,lle ulM'"'t of centuries of proph ecy? this the story that the messen gers of (.od had been telling of majesty and glory and of victory? Waa the I 'mice of the house of David to be drugged away in chains and the I.ion of Judah to be thrust into a cage? Clouded in their per ceptions, confused in their thought, con founded by the inrush of doubt. Jesus' discip.es hurried away beneath the ahad OW,j . nifht thn uut f"mtly suggest the dark nuestionings that must have shad owed their devoted hearts. Thia is an age of iiu':i. Demon whis pers are upon every breeze. Siren sung r t every, turn. Faiths are under the scalpel. Creeds are in the crucible. lie lief are unon the anvil. A searching and pitiless criticism is passing under its lens everything th-it men have counted helpful and holy ia the days gone bv. For one J . ' r'yr't Flame will never harm ?o,d. A file's tooth cannot bile a diamond, tut an age of doubt brings many a doubt ing day into the hearta of faithful and lov ing disciples. The champions of the faith had their doubting days, the record of which la written in the Scripture with a pen dipped in tears. There came a day when David loving, trusting, aspiring spirit that he waa, bemoaned the time when Ood'a face waa hidden. There came a day when F.iijah, that man with nerve of steel and heart of fire, lay setit and worn br the atreas of mental conflict undei the jumper tree in the desert. There came j f wn" JonB tiw Haptiat. that mount ed like an eagle to greet the dawn of truth, felt hm heart weaken and hia ev film. There cornea a (lethacmane to every one that u followinc Jeaua closely, a tune of darkness, of loneliness, of a wrestling in the night, when thou that love ua moat eem wrapped in deep, unable to cimpi-e-bend the conflict thai surges within our soul. Thera are doubting Jays in the ra! amdar of experience when the earth treuv blea beneath the feet, when the guiding tar of destiny ara veiled with a cloud, wheu the altar tiama of life burns into shea, when the eye of faith ate blinded with a mist of tears, and when hope bows iter serene bead and hide her radiant face. Another element of heart failure ia dan , ger. There wa an element of personal Kril that night which we must not forget introduce lota our analysis of the lea--pulse that drove the apostle away from Christ. In all likelihood the thouglit of danger little affected the comrade of Jesus. Wits im it apt to be the over ttatt"''"f ""flalfWmff" aueatiu annsttes were not so much atratd ot aom thinga as we are. We talk about a'isoiut monarchy. We relienrse stories of Siberian atrocity until the blood chills. There i but one absolute monarch the rar of hu man opinion, 'the nkae which he is-ues drags us all info a Siberia of me.i'ficss but faintly tipyfied by the degradation of those gloomy mine that burrow into the Asiatic mountains. The opinion of the world exiles finest feeling. It dungeon truest manhood. It rivets chain nnd ball on our loftiest aspiration-. It vetoes inde pendence. We dure not be free and nmily and genuine. It m.ike our feet fct in th' stocks of its whims. Wc me all the while asking which way the wclhrr-eo.-k points and we trim. We are diligent in imply ing how the current sets, and we veer, in steaj of asking whither the needle points, and setting our prow to tli? po'e s'ar; in stead of reading the chart and laughing t t scorn the fret and roar oi the billows. We serve Christ, by the world's permission. Whv should we be o ileierciti.il to th? world') opinion? If vm son. will the world help you up? If vou hate hot. oil the fair p.iKe of vour life, is the wor'd helning you to whiten it? It" you are sick, will the world plav physician? If you are struggling with all the energy that is in your soul to scale some storry heiaht ol purity and of nobility wul the world lend you a hand? When your path enters the vallev of the shadow will the world vail; beside yo-i on th.it lone'y and iiiyste.-io i way? When your stay here is tndej will the world spend one tiio.it lit upon vol. keep Hon era growing nn your grave or tear the lichens from your tombstone? There i one who loves vou. one who. whenever you slip, has an arm of love ready to cat di you: when vou fall has message's of hope ready to whisper in yo"r ear. lie will whiten vour soul. He will gird your weak ness. He will school your ignorance, lie will sh ire your sorrow. He will companion you as you cross the frontiers of time. He will introduce you into nn unclouded eternity beyond. Why caro very much fof the opinion of the world in which we are but a fraction now. and in which to-morrow we will be a cipher? Why not very keenly care for one whose love envelops our being as with an a'.tnospheie? Turn the nine and read the later store of apostolic loyalty. The aeipiel is dilfennl from the urefaee. Call tin. roll H.,t glorious company of the apostles and hr.u every compass point ring with lid.;litv m Jesus. Head how thev sowed the ciu-tli with Martyr blood from Ahvssinia to In dia. Ik-gin the chronicle with that tradi tion of Simon Peter, who wa led out to death in the liomau ainphithcati e while his wife was crowned with martyrdom before his eyes, to shake if possible the stanch rock of his bedded f.utii. And while she suffered he called her by name nnd addressed her in term of most endear ing affection and exhorted her to remem ber the love of the b!oscd l ord and to be firm until the very end. His turn came next. He had but a single favor to ask from God as he stood there in the old Jioman circus face to fnce with dtatli, and that was that he might remain firm for one more hour. He had but a single favor to ask from man. and that was that be might be crucified head downward, as it wus too ireat an honor for one who had deserted Jeans to stifler iu the same wav Jesus did. The whole company of the nnostles went sweeping home to their Mas-r in chariots of fire. They sealed their allccinnce to Him with their blood. Since the night of panic they had come to ace Jesus under a new astie'et. Thev hail known Him as a friend. He had n." place hi meir lame anu a voice in tlie Homo talk. He had a seat at their fireside and a share in their plans. Thev hid strolled together un and down the lield paths. They had paced side by aide through the citv streets. He had colored their sym pathies, molded their character, enriched their lives: but the bond of friendship broke in the hour of trial. They hail known Him as a teacher. Thev had been fascinated by the crvstal-clear form of Hn atntcmcnta. They bad thrilled to the searching and aubtle touch of Hia moun tain' aermon. They bad felt the aubtle charm of Hia parables, but the spell of His wisdom did not keep them true on the night of Hia betrayal. They hod eeen Him as a miracle worker. Thev had beheld the storm aleep like n child at Hia com mand. They had witnessed leprosy con verted into purity at Hia touch. They had seen the winter of the sepulcher bloom into the spring when His sandals toucned the lintel of the tomb, but the power ol Jesus did not armor them to look upon the face of fear. Itut since that hnt.r t heart failure they had come to know Him- as tneir Saviour, lliey had seen Jesus fjie for them. They had felt the touch of love that death could not quench. Thev had been beneath the arms of the cross out stretched to shelter them. They had caught the accent of His parting praver, "Father, forgive." They had heard His triumph shout, "It is finished." As their Re deemer Jtsus riveted them to Himself with hooka of steel. In this day of force worship it is timelv to uplift Christ as the vitalizing energy of humanity. It ia pertinent to emphasize the deatble.se power that residea in C'bria tianitv. It is interesting to watch it soar ing like a phoenix from the ashes of Jeru salem, smiting like a mailed giant the forces of the Graeco-Koman civilization, sweeping like a white-winged angel of mercy beyond the Alps and the Kliine, and scattering glorious benedictions upon Scandinavian, Celt and Saxon; to watch it as it carries the same beneficent potencies to the dark continents and hermit nations of our own time, and blessing with its exhaustless botuity attic and cellar, avenue and alley, and parlor and schoolroom, and market place of Utter day civilization. In this hour of culture craze it ia timely to mark the unique wisdom of the Christ and to note that through all the ages a train of gifted mind has brought the treasures of their life and laid them at the feet of Him who was crudled in the Bethlehem manger; to observe the masters of human thought bowing with wondering homage before the aweet and the clarity of Chriat'a insight; to remark how the boldest of the skeptics become deferential and uniandal when they iass within the charmed circle of this singular personality. Hut when I see one who dwelt in the light of the face of Cod hastening down into the shadows and mis eries of thia (tricken earth; when I behold Him etripping Himself of those robes of divine majesty which He wore before the world began and appareling Himself with that lad-hued vesture which we mortals wear, stained with woe and broidered with tears; when I la-hold Him who was the centre of angelic adoration, in pathetic loneliness, becoming a target for the scorn of the world, despised and rejected of all men, spurned by bigots in the tribunal of His people and buffeted by brute in the guardroom of the Koman; when I mark the bolt of doom that waa whistling in its flight toward my heart bury itself in the bosom of His love, and all this for me, for me, a sinner, then I am His. Then, if ever, the elemental depths of being are stirred and a loyalty of affection is enkin dled that knows no awerving. A woman is never so lonely as when she knows a secret and baa po one to tell it to. Wolves Afraid of Music. An Incident Just reported from 3iva via Constantinople proves thai muiic frightens wolves. The musl :iaos returning to their village from a wedding party were overtaken by a snowstorm, and sought refuge In Jeaerted mill. Tbey were Just get ting comfortable when they saw a number of wolves run In their dlreo lou. For a mode of defense one ot the men began playing on bis instru ment, and tbe others Joined bim. The music so terrified the animals that '.bey attempted to run away, and as tbe door was closed tbey began fight 'Dg. Several of them were torn to pieces, tbe survivors eventually escap !ng through bole In the wall. Tb incident is vouched for by tbe Gov ernment Oazetta of Blvas Proaldant't Children Awheel. President Roosevelt baa never rid den a bicycle) since be baa risen to bl present blgb station, but all of bit children ride, and ara often sees awbeeL ' Tbey are familiar wit all the good rldea around Washington and naturally attract much attention. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments Por June 14. Subject: Paul at Rome, Acts xxvlil., 16-24 30, 3l-0oldeo Text, Rom. L, 16 Mem mory Verses, 23, 24 Study Vent, 16-31 Commentary on the Day's Lestoo. Taul enters Home (v. 10). IU. "l ame to lioine." Koine is reached ot last and the long jourmy is at an end. At this time the city of Koine waa ut the height of its g.ot v. It held swav over nearly the entire known world. Within a. circuit of little more than twelve miles more than 2,0Ht,lW of inhabitants were crowded, of whom about 1.000.1)00 were slaves. "Hut 1'aul." Nero, the emperor to whom 1'aul had an- Pca.ed. was too much engaged in ins d'e . bi'ichcries and pleasures to care much for auen u man a 1'aul or such accusations a were made against bim by the Jews. "Hy himself.'' This lenity wa probably due to im- comnicnuation ol the centurion Julius. "With n aoldier." The custom was to 'nun the prisoner by one band to th guard, lo this chain the apost.e frequent ly makes allusion in the epistles to tlie l.pnesians, l'hilippians and Colossians nnd in his friendly note to Philemon, nil of which were wruten dtinug this imprison ment. Ste Kph. 3:1; 4: I; l'lul. 1: II), 1U; Col. 4: s. I'hilem. 1: 9, 10. The first interview with the Jews fvs. 17-321. 17. "After three .lavs." Three day after Paul's arrival at Konic he in vited those who presided over the Jewish community to visit him. His first step on passing beyond the narrow circle of those already converts were directed, in accord ance with his established principle, toward Israel. And as his circumstances did not illow him to seek the Jews, as he had done in other places, he requested the represen tatives of the Jewish congregation to come to nis lodging. "Men and brethren." This address to the assembled Jews is of a per sonal nature., and is intended to counteract .eriain prejudices which the Koman Jew I might entertain. "Delivered prisoner." Iu as mi.n terms as posunic he recounts his uncalled for accusation bv the Jews in Je rusalem, who delivered him into the hands of the Koman. IS. 19. "Let me go." He narrates briefly the events given in chapters L't to 20. The Koman olficiala repeatedly failed to find ca-jje of offense in him. "To appeal." Puul declared that his appeal to the em-, perjr had become indispensably necessary, bee-nine the Jews opposed his 'acquittal to which the Koman authorities judged him to be entitled. He state that it had not been his intention to bring any accusation against his people before the emperor. 20. "Hone of Isr-iel " Tt.! Lnu. f Israel is the general expectation of the Messiah. In Jeus Paul believed that the expected Saviour had appeared, and for preaching this he had been attacked and made a prisoner. He held the same f nth as all the Jews, only going iu this m uter further than they, in thai he believed tlu? ancient pinmiae was now fulfilled. We can ee from the reply of the Jews that he un derstood their position ex-i.tlv. "This :hain." Koman chains, like our handcuffs, usually indicated crime, but Puul's chains stand for patriotism a:id the loftiest relig ious conception. 21. "Neither received letters." Why the Jews in Judea had not forwarded the accusation against Paul to their brethren in Home, that they might continue the prosecution before the emperor, is not known. It is probable that they regarded their eau-e as hopeless, and chose tu aban don the prosecution. Paul had been ac nuifted successively by Lysias, Felix, Pes tus and Agrippa. 22. "Desire to hear of thee." Thev im plied that they had heard of him by their request to know what he thought of this new sect. That they spoke so cautiously, and aubsequently made no demonstration of Iiosti.itv against Paul is readilv account ed for. The apostle was held in special favor by the chief officer of Nero's house hold, and the Jcwa of the synagogue were t hemaelvea subject to persecution so that thev were powerless to persecute the disci pit ot Christ. The second interview with the .Tewa fvs. 23-29). 23. "Came many." Thev came in greut numbers. Many accompanied the chief Jewa. "Knpounded." itc. Paul takes as hia theme that doctrine of the kingdom of Cod which was the central truth of the Old Testament und the New, that great disclosure of the prophets which was still, ns it hud been for centuries, the supreme thought and hope of the who'e Jewish people. Again 1'aul follows the very line of his risen Lord's exposition to th-J two disciples on the road to Kmmaus. Mises prophets." Beginning at Moses and all the prophets he showed that the predicted kingdom is not limited to one nation, but co-extensive with the world, lb! showed them that in Jesus of Nazareth all the conditions of the expected Messiah were fulfilled. "Morning until evening." I his shows the effort Puul put forth to save the Jews. 24. "Some believed." A few were won to faith in the Christ, but the many disbe lieved the teachings of their own Scrip turej, and rejected the suffering Messiuli. so n ainly disclosed. The seed of the word fell here, to some cases, bv the wavside; in others upon stony places, or among thorns; tiev-M-tneless, some full into good trround. 2o-2. "Spoken one word." With these ao.emn words of the llolv (5hot. spoken by Isaiah Christ had opened Hi teachings by parables (Matt. 13: 14. 15). and hud hnal.y closed His minstrv among the Jews (John 12: 40). And now Paul, as if himself commissioned by the Holy Ghost as a pro phet of the New Testament, sadly redeliv er the same message, enforced bv the aw ful emphasis of the Master' double utter anee. Thus the apostle, under divine di rection, formally and finally seals up the gosnel ofler to (Jod disobedient and re jecting people. In this fearful procens there are three distinguishable agencies ex pressly described: The ministerial agency of the prophet; the judicial agency of God, and the suicidal agency of the people them se.vos. "L'nto the Gentiles." Paul wa never discouraged. If the gospel was re jected bv one class of people he wa ready to offer it to another. Paul' residence and ministry in Rome fvs. 30. 31). 30. "Two whole vear." Why he was not prosecuted before the em fwror during this time ia not known. As there was no prosecution Paul was suffered to live in quietness and safety. Nothing certainly is known on the subject. It is evidont. from 2 Tim. 4: Hi, that he was at Rome time arraigned tiefore the emperor, but when, or what was the decision, or why be was at last set at liberty, are all in vo.ved in impenetrable obscurity. 31. "Preaching and teaching." Paul did a great work during these- two years in Rome: 1. He preached the gospel to all who came to him. 2. He wrote aeveral epistlea which were by far the moat impor tant part of Ui prison activity. Conundrums. Why la a flsb dealer never gener ous? Because hia business makes bim sell flan. How many aoft boiled eggs could tbe giant Oollatb eat on an empty atomacb? One. When Is a cow not a cow? When abe is turned Into a pasture. Wby is a fisb book like tbe lettet F? Because it will make an eel feel Wby Is a man taking a nap like man reading a paper? Because bo'i enjoying bis (s) nooze (news). What holds all tbe snuff in the world? No one nose. Wbat Is tbe difference between i bill and a pill? One Is bard to get u and tbe other s bard to get down. The Legs of the Tenor. i Alfred Ord writes a Cleveland paper Inquiring "Wby tenor singers are fat, knock-kneed and have legs ilka a pi ano?" Tba man In our town wbo used ito sing a blgb mosquito tenor way up 4a H used to have legs tbat would bave made a broomstick appear corpu lent He waa also thinner tban fath er's eiouse on lodge nigbt. Mllwau jkse Journal. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. June 14 "Oold cr fJod." Luke 18; W-39. Scripture Ve esa.-l sam. 2:7, 8; V.0,1--1-5:19: Luk9 16: !Mi-9; Matt. i. .a.21; l Tim. 6:17; Jan. Less.n Thoughts. Not outward things, but the Inward spirit; not posausalon, but character; lot what one has, but what be Is; not what he acquires, but what be be comes, la the real measure of a man's success in life. Wealth of any kind Is valuable only while It lasts. Worldly wealth has no sured endurance; Are may destroy It "oods may overwhelm It. death at any rtoment may aoparate from It. But he man who l.i rich toward God has possessions which moth and rust can lot corrupt, thieves cannot steal and ven death cannot deprive him of .hem, for they endure unto everlasting Selections. A man's living Is one thing; his life s another. Money may supply a llv K. but It can never tLJnlBter to life. Ihere is an Arabian tale of a ship vrecked sailor who was starving when '-e found a bag which seemed to con .un bread. What was his disappoint Hint when he found in it nothing but earls! What were pearls to him hen he was starving? No man can tell whether be Is rich r poor by turalng to his ledger. It la ihe heart that makes a man rich. He a ru n or poor according to wbat he is im according to what be has. Dean Trench, in one of his poems, ell t.'.t ancient story of the buuibUcj iltigs li.j a king learning, that at ouie time, as yet unknown, he would e banished to islands beyond the hor son of the sea, be sent , over there itastires, prepared bouses and gar. Uns for his future life, till ho looked a ith more Joy ' to the land where hia reasures were than the kingdom vhich he enjoyed. So may we lay up reuoures In heaven. Suggested Hymns. Empty me of self, dear Savior. Fade, fade, each earthly Joy. I do not ask for earthly store. Lord, for tomorrow and Its needs. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Is thy (.ruse-of comfort failing? EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETINQ TOPICS Jua: I4-Ui Every Opportunity. (2 T'o. 4. 2.) "Preach the word; be urgent .In sea son, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-Buffirlng and teaching" (2 Tim. 4. 2.) To use many of the opportunities that ara pre sented, the Christian disciple must rec ognize tbe value of work for individ uals. By far the larger number of op portunities are cf thJs kind. T here are some, and notably Dr. H. Clay Trum bul, editor of the Sunday School Times, who believes that this is tbe most valuable channel of effort In soul-winning. Dr. J. O. Peck, one of the most suc cessful revival pastors in the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, states that of the thousands of con verts very many were led to decision one by one in bis personal Interviews with them before they came to the public service. Mr. Moody's great ca reer as a soul-winner began in big early years In Chicago, when he cher ished a fixed purpose and habit to converse with at least one soul every day In the interests of that soul's sal vation. Who can measure the result? If all Christ's followers, young and old, men and women, were using the countless opportunities offered in the home, in school, In business, In pro fessional life, in social life. In travel, on the street, to win others to our Master. Much more use should be made, by lay members of the Church, of oppor tunlties to arrange and hold religious services, or to seek out and take part in those already held. Church broth erhoods are showing how such work is possible. The Christian traveling men, the "Gideons," furnish man7 an Inspiring example. The train carry Ing some of their delegates to the na tional convention at Cedar Rapids, Ia., was detained at a Junction. An open air meeting was held on the depot platform; and the conductor was con verted. Tbe Gideons undertook last winter revival work Jn a small church, and the first week had fifteen conversions Even the student pastor could be pres ent only a part of the time, but the work went on by the presence of these active volunteers. Again, a lew of their number at a hotel in an In terlor city Invited the other traveling men and the clerk to go with them to the Sunday evening preaching service. Their numbers were augmented at two other hotels on the way, so that sev enty men In a body were ushered into the church. The pastor laid aside bis sermon and addressed them, and then called out some from their own ranks, and a remarkable meeting resulted. Why should not hundreds of other men of the churches seize tbe abundant op portunities ever at hand for similar enterprise for Christ? A chief lesson to be learned Is tbat of tact and persistence. Another les son Is confidence In the help of the Holy Spirit. In tbe Spiritual hunger of souls, and that God can use what soever gift or talent Is brought to bim. "In tbe morning sow thy seed, and It the evening withhold not thy band; for thou knowest not which shall pro, per, whether this or tbat, or whether they both shall be alike good" (Eagles. IX- 6,i Th Climbing Perch. Very various contrivances are known by naturalists to exist In cer tain fishes for tbe purpose of enabling them to exist Independently of a con tinued residence In their native ele ment. One of tba most ' notable of these contrivances Is seen In a curious fish known as the "Climbing Perch" (Anabas scandens) found in Central Asia. Daldorf related tbat be cap tured one ot these fishes "In the act of climbing a palm tree that grew near a pond." Tbe average length of this aquatic tree-climber Is seven inches. Examination of the bead of the "Climbing Perch" shows that It pos sesses a very peculiar arrangement of tbln bony plates, so disposed as to form a highly Intricate kind of laby rinth, the obvious function of wblcb Is that of retaining a supply of mois ture, serving tba place of tba water In Wblcb tbe fisb normally Uvea. migration From Ireland. Ia 103 do fewer than 40,401 persons emigrated from Ireland, all of whom 'eioept lit wera natives. Since 1121 nearly 4.000.000 have left their Irish tomes for tb colaalaa or United IHE GREAT DESTROYER SOMF. STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. rerlfnnnt Artvtcs to Y.-om Msn-tmnnl rtrawn rrnm th Failure of Many Hrll llnnt Men to Attain tlie Positions to Which Their Talents ICntttle Them. Bome time ar-r in a prominent aoc-'a) !nb in nn adjoining city. 1 nttended a ilia tinEUlslied ittlicrini in rcleb-ntion of the twenty - Hfth annivcrsn-v of n political vent. During tbo evenirc n very well 'tnown United Stales Senator, r-eint called iron to apenk. bcpi'i by indultiig in rem iniscences of the time wh-i this lo'itical vent bid tnltf p". He reaped the icn who with hime!f bad entered public ife shortly before that time -pen of bril-i'-nt tnlerts nn l Hich education, some ol vbom had been c'nssmates with him In vOlcie, Pnnv pf vbom wre members ot list inzuished fami'ics. who lian with h'oh nrospects and noble ambitions, and then be anid, "Almost, alt these irn are trail, nnd the majority of tni died of Irink !" The remark w as mn'l" in o com nanv of iren who had b"cn d'-inl;inc. and tome of whom were drinking in tbe inter -r!s of the talk. Thre were a hundred .vine Klaes nrcipd h'm, nnd unless my memorv is at fu"lf, tl Pei'ttor bad a nine plass before him. if not in bis hand, when he said it. but it seemed to me that I bad never hea'd nn strong a temperance "cture a that. These voit" p"'i wpre the "iwer of the rnnimunit'-. the highest and 'be best according to all our standards of "'ection. fit to join in society and public ife. fit to be useful f-r th-ir fellow mnn ind their rountrv. and with sincere pur pose to miiko the best of their o'.piirtvi'itv nd of thomnelvcs and te niajoHt" bad lied of drinV. Xot one f them had "'er contemplated or riramed of sr-h a tiiin .vbn tbey bn7an t!iM- enree-. Prohibit- il ich an endin bad ben b-l-l ut bcfn'-e licm they would have 'brunt; frnm it with lhe ntmost hnrro Tvn- opr of them A-ouid nave respntel witS 'ndin"'ation the uietinn that auch an e-vl could possibly 'on-n to bis carer. Tlut fbre "-as the nw I'll f ict. the majority of them had died of Irinlc. The lights bad "one nut. t'e dia monds had tiirncH to ashes. th usefulness o waste, th" brillinnt circus to dissi-ae, the bopes of tliem'-ivcs an1 their friends and ben ''estrnvrd, the talents and the "ducntion. tbe abi'it" ard the strength and the ma.ptiood h-d hrei overthrown, tuencbed in ever'nting dnr!tne-. and bur d out of s.pht.' The majority of tbcm had lied of .'rink. It was pot wlut the'- ex pected: it was not what he)r wished: it ivns -ot what thev Hemed p""ib!. But 'his ins:';ioua fr- ha"" deceived them, and the saving of tae wise man comes back -ith an awful im:fic!ipc. "Wim-op-T is tcceivcil tlmreby i not wise. ' By Hon. John I. Tlatt. Vine Is a Mocker. Tt is a well-kenw n fact tbat "'"n rlcn- hoi enters th" bn.-iv. one of tlie first or jans to feel its influence ia the organ of ihe mind, the bra'n. The perceptive hrv' y is beclouded, the reason ia dethroned, md the moderate drinker never knows he exact moment w'en th" scentT pai"s 'nto the hand of the nrch-deceivnr. In fict. such i tb" i"uive natcre of strain In'nk that til" drinker nffen im-"ines that i "proper and lc-jitiniate" uf of the same timulatos nnd hnrpon the intellect. Wc and amon" friends and sunnnrters of the Honor traffic vrv few- total abstainer. The moderate drinker on the other band 'a found characterizing linuor as n necen isry evil and apo'oiizini for tne saloon ns the poor man's club. whi"h goes to prove that even a "temperate" use of itit oxi dants is ant to be productive of ouoer fan lies and dap?erotis fallacies in the mind of even a good lawyer, a able editor or an wninent clerjyinan. Union Sigml. A Foe to Mlaaloua Everywhere. The Tev. Dr. Bi-ov-n. Secret-TV of For ign Mission of the Presbyterian Church, lavs: "Tn mr travels in foreign fiebls I learned that not only the custom of the people jinde missionary activities, but I found 'he alime of the pit as represented in the American saloon, had been transferred to tbo fields. "There is a bren-nrv in .T-'ifn1em. "There is a distillery on Mt. Lebanon. ' "There nre Amciicin saloons iu Dama Mis " The saloon is the church's greatest foe in its foreign nssinniry worK T"c mir, lionirv eoes tn Christianize, wbi'e the mm ihon follows in his steps tn Hestvnv his work "ven to hurl tbe people back into a ivorso than heathen darkness. The Ming ot Tonselenee. Tn an OJiio town, a saVanlcoccr was wsi.- bv a friend wnl'na- bn'k nnd forrh bcr"re his saloon as if in deep tho-.isht. T" friend asl-cd him what was the matter. He nwrcd : "Oh, nothing." The next day the friend saT bim walblnn Ihe same wav. and Aaain akked him what was the matter. Have the crusaders been nfter you? "No. but T have received a poa a1 sicnad by three ladiea. The husbend of tb first i one of my customers, and ia rapidly be coming a drunkard. A sou of the second one of mv enstnnier. and is mat starting in on a drunkard' course. The husband of the third wns one of mv ciistop"rs and Sied a flrnnkard. It cut close, and I can t Uand it." Gro- Evolution. ?ifr. TTeadlov. in his recent work on "Problems of Evolution." intimates "that jrunkennesa eventually imnrovea the nhv- iquiea of a nation bv weeding out all but liie moat robust drinkers." Commenting on thi the editor of the Pittsburg Press save: There ia food fcr a treat deal of controversy in this suTCstion and perhaps for some tbouebt. Hut if drunkenness weed out feeble drinker, doea it weed them out before Kiev have transmitted diseased wills and frail phv liquea to their dcacendnnts? And does it not, on the other hand, impair the phy sique of the hardiest? The moral and commercial sentiment against intemperance i everywhere on tbe increase, and the law ?an well afford to regard it with increasing evenly. Need nf an Aroused Conscience. . The Toronto Guardian, in summing no Lbe results of Ihe recent prohibition cam ;vun in Canada, among other things shvs: "The greatest need is an aroused Christian ?nncinre within the Christian churches. Alcoholic drink is not uecessary a a bev erage a.id it ia ruinous to health, home, business and ocietv. Tha traffic in alco holic drink i not necessary it. is the tourcu of the greatest, evils. I he Christian churches have had it in their power to ovDitlirow tbe traffic in alcobolie drink, anil tn thus prevent much of its evil eu'ect. Ihe ve:-y essence of Christianity is a self aori filing life for the good nf other for tin salvation of the imperiled and the lost. The Crusart In Brief. Tho Society of Friends, with 309 minis ters, returns 350 a abstainer. Out of 1000 newspaper in the Stale of Kansas, 787, it is said, will not pub'.ish a liquor advertisement at any price. The Frenah Chamber of Deputies has ap propriated :M0,000 over tho protest of the Minuter of War, for tho purpose of sup plying the troop with wine. . According to figure issued by the United Kingdom Alliance il appear that out ol 2bS7 Congregational ministers in that coun try 2551 are total abstainer, and of 320 itu dent for th ministry all but nineteen are teetotaler. In Liverpool 500 public houses are visited weekly by tbe Balvation Army, nnd a pub lican ba bceu induced to give up hi buai net. . Th fifty-sixth annual repnrt of the Penn sylvania ComniiaMonar on Lunacy show that th increase of iuwinity from intem perance U from 6.a per tent. in IWX) U XlA per cent, in 1902. The ratio of intemper ance to soy other cause iu given a five to an. As the immediate result ef the closing of the saloon in tianta Monica, Cal., which waa coomphshad last rear, her bank de posits have incrcaaed fritt.OOO duting a pe riod of three months, a against the aamo three month under license. Her arrest for di-uuktanus have (alien off eighty par geats . - " ' - 1 - - .. THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READINC FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Toemt Nothing ".halt aeparale fs Ttis Fine Art nf Charitableness -To B Kind In n Kln.Ur Way I (Itrlst la.il time TTelt Worth Cultivating. From Thine eternal love. O! od. Nothing can separate Thv child- No fearful heii'it, no darkest depth. No pang, or Ueulh, or creature wild. Still on Thy love we rest and hope, Tho' threatened liv the heart's al.trr.is; For in the strain of grief and fear, We feel Thine everlasting nrms. n Thro' the fierce firea nf ceaseless pain, The furnace of nn agony. I St ill pear us wn'ka the Son of Ood. ( To damp the flame and set us free. V After the alnrms have waged aroimd, And niihts were dark and waves railed high; , - But beavenlr love across the sea. Sent the sweet message: "It is I!" " We falter sin, and wander far. Yet thia is atill our shield and sword: "Nothing sball separate ua from The !nve of God in Christ our Lord." Tbe Rev. Samuel .1. Fisher, in tbe New York Observer. The Art of Genaroalty. Some people think tbat all generosity is comprised in tho fact of giving, and net ac cordingly. Then they complain of the lack nf gratitude they are sure to find. Ara they reasonable? Should ore expect any thing from a gift when nothing has been nut into it but the bare, plain cash? (Jiv ing is a verv delicate business when we come to think about it. It is a sad thing that has two side?, not only the giver's side, but the receiver's. (3eneroity ia an art. not a haphazard flinging nf dimes and dollars. "Would you know how to give." saya the French epigram, "put yourself in the place of the one who receive." Thia rule, in the first place, sav Phila delphia Young People, makes giving unsel fish which it always ought to be. hut fre quently is not. We put a nickel in the col lection plate because we cannot nttend church without, givini? nt least that., and keep their self-respect. Po we think of the interest of the church, and put our selves in the place of the treasurer, bur dened with bills and short of a cash bal ance to pav them with? Not at nil. If we put onrselvea in his p'ace we would Tiromptiy search our pockets for - larger change, nnd replace the -nickel bv a quartet or a half dollar, if possible. If tbe collec tion is for missions, do we think of tho earnest b-borers in tbe heathen fields crip Pled for lack of funds, and put ourselves in the places nf the drkened souls that wait in vain for the light? No, we are considering how much we need, something we hnve set our heart upon, and deciding now little we can consenuently spare tot missions. Tberp ia no gpnerosttv in our thnughta at all if we regard ounolvas hon estly. But In these cases neither church treasu rer nor missionary are personally hurt or humiliated by nut- selfish attitude! Mtbnugh thev lose by it. In the cases, however, where our rude methods of mving bring us personally in contact with the receiver, we shall cpssp to wonder at hia or her lack ol gratitude if we put ourselves in his or her place. A gift can be as unpleasant as n Wow. if we fling it carelessly in a recip ient's face. Instead of gratitude an irre pressib'e though bidden resentment is the nati ral result. If we had to take frnm a careless or contemptuous giver, would we not fejl hurt and humiliated? Truly, un less love and sympathy go hand in hand with giving, we have no right to look for good feeling in return. The art of e-enerosity is a delicate art, only learned bv tact and Practice. Hut when it is learned, gratitude rewards it largely and always. "I have never met with a grteful person in all my expe rience," aaid a wealthy woman who diatrib uted large sums, but eared nothing for the people she helped.- "People are alwavs em barrassirgly grateful far more so than 1 deserve." aaid a woman of email means who put interest and sympathy into each small gift she gave. Which was right? One was nn artist, the othr n bungler. The joy of givinr-. tbe reward of giving, depends upon whether we learn the principles of the art of generosity or ignore its existence. Oat Will anil Onr Heller. Pelief and unbelief are not aimoly the ef feet of more o- less evidence presented t tbe Mind. If thv were no and the human mind acted in this uniform way upon evi dence we all would come to an agreement about thing "--cat as well as small, nnd that very nni"kly. But we see tha; the evidence which convincea ope man 'eave another untouched bv its force. While other elcmenta enter into the prob'.cn it ia not to be doubted that the choice of the will has much to do with our beliefs. We decide to believe or to diahlieve, accord ing to our notion of what will auit ua. Tha man who is following a course of conduct which must fall under the divine condem nation, ha a creat inducement to disbe lieve either God's xisence or Hie retribu tive justice. A Clough says: " 'There ia no Ogd.' the wicked saith. 'And. if so, it's n blessing; For what He might have dope with u It'e better only guessing " But ho wbo ia atriving toward a higher and purer life haa an enuallv great induce ment to believe that God ia, and i the helper and inanirer of all honest effort to ward thing above Him. Hi need make him welcome every disclosure God make of Himself aa the au-n of all perfections, nnd man's guide and support in seeking perfection. Tour Choice, Young Man. "Xear, so very near, to God, Nearer I cannot be: For in the person nf Hia Son, I am a near as lie." " Whom or what hould one in that faitb fear? Your choice, young man, is between hav ing no confidence and having all confi dence, between having fear ana being fear less, between being timid and being cour ageous, between being weak in sense of your unaided atrcngth, and being strong in tbe strength of faith, which confidently take bold of the eternal God, and of Hie unfailing power and promises. Therefore, in all your course in life, and ia every emergency, have the manly courage of faitb and in the strongth and cheer of that, "Write on your door the saying, wise and old, 'Be bold! be bold! and everywhere b bold: Be not too bold; yet better the excess Tban the defect; better the more than lew." .i.'.i Sunday-School Times. The tilbl. From the apostolic age till the present hour have there ben attack made upon tbe Bible from every conceivable source. -Where are the men nnd the book which have attacked it? They are dead. The book on any science written fifty year ago is out of dure to-day. Meantime, what of the Bible? There ha not been taken from it one "jot or tittle." The presses of the world can hardly keen pace witb the mill ions of copies demanded yearly. Tbo Kev. V. A. Bartlett. ' , Prayers, breathe hope and prayer with out bop u sinful prayer. John Bcigiefl. . Match Bpark Blinded Him. Andrew Berankl of Homestead, Pa Us been made totally blind In a most aecifliar manner. Four years-age' blla be was beside bis brother Johr aa latter struck a match to lljjbt bit )lp, whtn a particle of tbe flame flew nto the left eye 'of Andrew and dt Uroyed tba sight Recently Berankl himself struck nab b to light a cigarette, when a- Pr Uele of tbe match flew Into bis right tgra and so affected tbat eye tbat It Is laid ha will ba totally blind, i -II IMMUNE TO BEE POISON. Aptnrists Get An Thev Don't Much Mind llelng etung Thnt n person who lins boon often tttiiia by bees becomes in time ltnnititiC :o tbo poison of thp sting Is na?rtpd by Dr. H. V. Pnikcr. He report thnl nbrii bp first lipgnn to keep lues he tvns frequently stuns, nnd thnt ench 4II113 was nlti'inlc'd with nettto pulp; but that ns tlmo went on tbe pnlti nnd swelling bfeatne less. In the follow Ing yenr, while transferrins; n hlvo 3f bees, bo hnd au experience which 'ie Huts rplntes: "Stlnj followed stlnsr In ftueeesslnn, 11 lee?, nrms, flnrrs. neck nnd fnep. Initisiuetl what a picture I would pre ?Piit closed i-.ves nnd swollen bands and ft-et. I worked on, nnd so did lbe bees. I eotibl feel the ltpedle-llke thrust, but then It illd nnt seem to pnln ns much, nnd nt Inst I finished Hie task. With aching head, slight tmiisen nnd vertigo slowly coming on I left my task with n sigh of relief for what wns accomplished and filled with wonderment ns to wbat my personal appearance would be. "Imagine my nstonlsbment to find merely slightly raised red spots, ilka little pimples, with the red sting in thp centre, ns the result of eaeh oik every sting. I must liavo bad some thing like forty of them on various parts of my body. My clothes were full of Ihem: but, tbey being so thick, did not nllow tbe sting to penetrate. The dizziness, nausea nnd headache left me aud 'Hlcbatd was himself 9-gnin.' "When I again visited my been I did not dreml tbe stinging properties any longer, nt least not ns much so ns for merly, nnd then, nnd ever since, 1 have found that when a bee does stlnj me the pain Is only sharp for nn In stnnt nnd tberp Is an absence of the flfter-swelllng. I have since been stung many more times than I was nt that time, and yet none of tho symptom above referred to have been repro iluced. Am I not. therefore. Immune of tbo poison of the honey bee, nt least to a certain extent? "All authorities on bee culture state the fact, ns n crumb of comfort to novices In beekeeping, that the poison of n be-? will produce less and less: ef fect upon their systems. 'Old beekpep. era,' It U said, 'like Mltbrldates, appear, almost to thrive on the poison Its:-lf. Iltilsb speaks of 'seeing tbe bald bead of Bonner, n celebrated practical oplar 1st, covered with stings, which seemed to produce upon him no unpleasant effect." Rev. Mr. Klelne advises be ginners to nllow themselves to be stttng frequeutly. assuring them that in two sensons their systems will become ac customed to tbe poison. In conclu sion, let me state that I firmly belleva that the beekeeper becomes inoculated with the poison of the bee, nnd usually becomes proof, or at least Immune, ngalust It, is no more to be doubted thnn the fact that vaccination Is n preventive against smallpox." Indian npolls Journal. The Two Thieve. A FABLE. A man wbo hud stolen a half million dollars once went to a lawyer for ad vice. "Where is the swag?" asked the law. yer. "Alas." said the thief, "I undertook to comer the onion market and it proved too strong for me. Tbo dough lg gone. I have Just $1.83 In my gar ments. I squandered the money a fast as I stole It, though my wife may have saved a couple of simoleons." "You are crazy, or else a fool," said the lawyer. "Or may be a lunatic. Perhaps all three. You certainly art not sane. But you have no money to hire experts, so you had better plead guilty nnd beg for mercy. You will pot off with a sentence of perhapil eighteen years In prison. Next time have sense enough to save what you steal." The noxt day another thief visited the lawyer. "I have grabbed off $S00, opo." be remarked cheerfully. "Where is It?" asked the attorney. "Buried." snld the thief. "Buried deep. But not so deep that It can ht dug up." "How much of It?" "All, and more, too. I Invested It so well tbat It has grown. Not a cen has been wasted. I lived on my salary and no one suspected I was becoming wealthy." "You are a genius," said the lawyer. "You certainly have the keenest Intel lect I ever encountered. Let me shak your hand. We will hire experts, prov that you are crazy, that you alwayf were non-compos, that every one knert It, nnd In a few months you will b out of legnl troubles." Moral: It sometimes takes money t prove a palpable fact. New York Sun- How She Oat Be Hods. The little woman had been standlo at tbe soda fountnia of one of tbe blf department stores for nearly tweutj minutes. She was thirsty, tired ant? beglnulug to be cross. One by one tb( clerks passed ber by ns tbey- serve their customers. "My goodness. If I'm not waited on l a few minutes I'll drop In my tracks," she murmured to the woman next t her. i "Won't you please wait on iue?".sbi walled again as a clerk took her neigh tor's order; but all to no purpose. Then she resolved to do or die. 8b bad been standing alongside one ol tbe fountains, and she reached up ant turned the handle. There was a spurt Ing of soda water tbat sprinkled every one within a radius of ten feet. Wonief screamed and there was a lot of cltement. The floor walker come rush Ing over, and the little woman plained. He evidently bad a sense 0: humor, for he laughed. Then be or dered that the little wqsan be serv nt once. ' " For the rest of the afternoon ll'-tll women In particular bad no difficult it being aerved. New York Press. i- The Advertising Bill. An advertising periodical asys thai when one bf two merchants la tbf same line of trade udvertlsea and other does not. tbe latter pays tbo rrt lain bill of the former in trade. This Is trne lu a measure: tbe gain of tbe advertiser la not " lted to tba trade which be wins ttoa tba other. Hia advertising i"' Irsd If Induces iwnnla til bU wIM would not otherwise (eel Impelled bay. , .
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