" A LADY FOREVER." BriDijnt Sermon By Rev. Dr. V. R. Huntington. Qescriset rider What Conditions It Is Pos sible lor Woman to Become Lady Forever. New You;; City.--The licv. Dr. Will lam II. Huntington, rector nt (liaco hiifch, preaeh.'d recently u scininn ti a. fashionable chiil lor girl wh'"li has attracted much at'cnlinn, ami In leiv.icst it w here giver. '1'iin ti'xt n chosen from Isninh xlvii: 7: "Tlion shidst, I shall be ; lady forever." Dr. Huntington said: 1 jnntp our prophet ill this ti Jstnirntary "ray tor tl sal.e m vivi'li.i-. The briefer hv text, the more lil;elv it is to lie re rr.emorrcd. Hut it. under present cirrum liirex, ( won'd do ju-ttirp lo the man ami to his tii'pi!',,t. some heed mint be -Hiven ' uhat h... unio iiei'M ami to v. hat follows. Taken by themselves tho words found a if liicy inni have been, i n t tie fir.l iiis'.anre. .idd'e.ed to a womnn, but. they were not. The nnirnnt niter on srverlnsting !.idy-iiip v.n l.o woman nt all, lint a ity an ant rent "ily . a city opulent, and superb. iah'ton ihe great. Kmhnluened hi;c nv.cient Home bv ir-i military loinni"- s, intoxicated like inedi srval enicp by its coalmen -al prospci tty, srontiilcnt like modern London in the pos rion oi it-sour.-r vhicli seem'! measure less this ly.iec.i city of I lui'drn ii.il eome io think oi itselt m invincible anil indes tructible. "House of Kternity" was the hahip it pave to one nt its temple. "l-'nuTi-tint inn stone ot heaven mi;, I earth" ran the vain-g'oi ions appellation of another, tiav slens anil park, the city had in abundant A miihtv briuje wiiuli crossed anil a tun ml tinvli unilvria'i the river Knphrate -were nn.nn; its enirinccnrg trmuuih. Thr -cireuit. oi the wall, loity a -id broad a mo .it hecond belief, was between titty and BiTty miles. itut there wan a man in .In; usa 1011 ivlvmi urine of these tilings greatly nio ed in the sense of stupefying or a',11 ini'vi hit!'. Tli" man's na'ne v-ns I-amli at.d his i.it'ier-. nsnip was Atd. Whi'n pe .pie eanii' t him with their panie tail; nhoiit the Ina ffietK of Pnhvlon and the ii'tleno-ei 01 Jcru--lotn. he "betrayed no appr.'heri-ooiis on lir -rontrarr. In- spo!;e ,.iu h aratm leil Jinby'.nn ivitli t.111 h pj.i i-nit1 of Mpeeeh. ".Sit I htm mlent."' lie rrt.'d. "and get thee into darkness. O Uf.'iiter of the (ha! -)eAns, for thou sluit no iaJie be called the lady of klte'doni. Thou aid-t I Sail be it ladv i irover -tin rcioro heat fhoii. thou that r.rt given to pleasure, "that (liveliest: e;i:e!c-siy these two thins hfll rcine ti fliee ia a rnonitiu. in one Hay. the loss of children and ivnlo'vhood. They sii;ti! t-onte noon th'.t in thvir perfec tion lor the nuiltituile toy so.vrte nnd for the tri.t. alui.id.uire of thine en cliantment.s." 'Hins isternlv, -tlr.ios firreel". Isaiah, fan f .tmDZ. addre-si's uiljlity llobylon. lie peak. of her as to a woman of rank whose pride and inibr-ility are presenile ti prove tier overthrow end to transform her plea--ant ptlnec into ruinous h"ap. Mie lean tipon her ndvatitHce of higli station all itn-flu-nre that the st.ilf 1 too buttle for titc veicht. Voretnil ci the ilmie. which eon vlition privih.'e. plie laiuirs tint old tunc firerorative and the accutnuhtted pretti;e of ir.nr.y pener.r.ii'r!. will be her a:ety. 4ii'l' (irophet iicteniiine to Hhake bet out of this illusion, to compel her to open lirr eye to the hard fact and lie docj it. u we have e.n, ' itli the text tun well in band, vre -proceed. L ndcr what conditionsi is it pos Hibie, either for a city or for a woman, to heroine, in very died and truth, a lady forever? This is the qi:etion to which I shall ask yon to bend votir thought to-nii(ht, and whether we lave respect to tiie week which ended yesterday or to the week which hai b:'cn entered upon to-day I 'annot but ajcoant the tof.ie a liineiy one. It rnay seem to be comparim; small thinx' with itreat to nafne the commencement Tr-k of a scuool for Kir! in the same linntli with the commemorative week of a city which has lived throttiih the fourth Hart of a thousand years, but, perhaps, tK-fore we are done, ray boldness in ven tnrinc, thus to Ci.aoie the two may be ior jyiven me. Oi the sorts of ladyship of which I have made mention, tint to which communities iani that to v.hicn individual may attain, lit will look at civic ladyship firjt. With ivir ladynhin we as-,osiato those qtialttits vhirh win for citle an admiring love. Thyslc.il titrviiifth, richex, commercial en terprise will give a city lordship. That i.' one thinx; hat ladyship i iputu another. 'or the coiiipellini; of renpettt lordship wist isuHiie j city, for the winning of at fcriinn xi.'itetiini of la, 'iihtp is essental. Jlo'.r about the J,a ly of the Hudson?' Ha he nay better uroitnd for eouniini! upon the perpituf.v of her ladyship than had th f.r.dv of ihe Iv.iiihrates? C an we trust tier nny ntore impiteitiy than Isaitth triut-i-d llsbvlnn wheo she says confidently "I ihsil be a la ly f,rfvcr. ' That depends ufxn the relitt.ve meamire of importance which the city, in tne Ions run, shall us oga I 1 the treasures of the market as yompareil with the treasures of the soul. 1 am u.-nijj the word "soul" in .1 Inrste nd -onifi;eoens:vo senre. liehgion and rplbjiou interests are of course foremost sa my thought, sitae, without a 'iue re Xrd to these no city can permanently live; but when I speak 01 the treasuies ol the soal in essential to the city that would adventure If'iy.hip I lmve in mind all of thow preeiutts things that go f make up the idealistn as contracted .with the ma twria.istie side oi human life Righteous 7iiws? Yes. V-nhip; Yes: but bestde the.e, poetry, letters and whatever else them may be that nn. listers beauty t the -ye of harmony ami melody to the car. 1 hrse Lot .-.re v. hat make the treasures oi the oul. These, -.iim'ed in due propor tion, jiive to a municipality what M.vcr And p.d r.nd i;-g n.a'oie securities of tiietn lelves can neve.- give that r.nlcs-.-i il.ahie riialuy whuh I have ventured to tall ctv.e Xiiivsh,p. , 'ihe prevai in note iluri:ii the pat week his been tne no'e of seit-eouvratiiia-tioa. Whatever tl.tss and floweis could do to cotiMtiee people tiiroinfh the eye, cr siiieech and soag to persuade thein through the ear has been at'tmpte.l. it has been jubilate throughout, as ai proper enough a connection ivith birthday festivities., ml yet ther; is another ude to it ell. The utatiKtics of the city's trade are marvel iu, but mIijI of the inventory of its spiritual jio.ses.ions und the roster of its jtrcat men? How many poets and how sonny seers, how tinny composers and how niny artist, hoiv n-any sehoairs and ill 'inc, liow maiiv philosophers and states men ha this community produced m t lie urse uf its two hundred and titty years snf organized rtiittence? Nay, of those whom ve recall as having rome under one or another of these heads, how m my hive fcrvn f first rink, hoiv many even of sec--Bil rank, when the complete census ot -'tht jti'eat of old" is taken into account? Ths-sc-, perhaps, ure hiilnbling retle tions. html Ibn-y are wholeiome. It is by count f heroes, not by count of heads, that a seity's place in the final list of honors is to 4 ih-lermined. Whether this city of matt aiifieent opportunities is destined to acrun- Idiih ladyship remains to be seen. The mm nee trembles, la what sense it ia open to yoti girl sjrrailliates of this passing year, dreaming sur e.s'ly, dreams of what success in lite snny aitcnify, in what seme is it possible k'or you to attain ladyship forever? I'. fore uttempting to answer the ciuestion, let us stlnr our minds as completely as may bt of prejudice and misapprehension. 'I b word "lady has fallen 'of I-.j vears th mores the pity' somewhat into dis renute. CUimtd aa a right by the many, ths title has coma to be lightly esteemed as a privilege by ths few. In fact, no si fc cap ia it accounted nowadays that to discard it altogether, camuily avoiding the use of it in common ennvjrsatiou, is not seldom taken to be a mark ot good breeding. All do not go to this extreme ssiul. yet ths number ot those who would ssreer to he spuken of and addressed at ' women," rather than as "ladies," bat itrea steadily increasing for the past twen ty years, and this increase, I think 1 am sia in saying, list been in fixed ratio to ur progress as people in cultivation and refinement. 1 veulure to account this an susiartunata state of things, s.nea "lady'' as i word shicb ths language cinnot lost without sore impoverishment knd one iol sabu-lt ths vocabulary of every day iuicr svoiirs has no synonyms. Ldy," 1st it obssjrred, ts a title, got jpMMtrie word, Dtcesaari.y coy. ring til tht aiujw-'.srs oi one sex; aud s a title it be Jtuua ujly Ia taoM wlta hsvti: (jht u etam. it. Now, who arc they v.Mio, In point ot fact, have a righ; to claim it? In 111 on a re In a I countries there is no dilticitlty in finding nn answer to this oiiestion. In Knghintl, for example, the ileralds" Of lice, to which such matters are intrusted, can and will give you a iletinitinn in black 11 nd white, clear-cut ...id unmistakable. A "lady." by l.ngli.sii law, may be the wife of n man above the lank of knight and below that of duke. The title also belongs to thy daughters of noh.emeii not belcnv tne tank of carl and is Kiven by courtesy to the wives of knight. Let that pass f ir . ngland, hut what o! ladyship in America, wiieio no such sharp divisional line ar: drawn by the pencil ol authority? Here, thank (.od, we have .1 much worthier eielinition ot the void und more sutisi.uttoiy interpretation of ths thing. J.iuhslnp, under a ilemotiacy. mean nnd can mean only one thing, womanhood at it best. Not ail woman hood is womanhood at its best any more than all manhood is ma. ' o.id at its best svould that it were. And what are the haractei isttes of womanhood at it best? What ale the to'ien by which it is au thenticated? We cannot rcatiy dillcr ni opinion ttpon Hits point. Nirety of these characteristics dignity is oi:c, gentleness is iitio,hci-, fortitude is a third und hviii patliy completes the clu-ter. It were un reasonable, of course, to expect the full-nc-s ot each one ot these four trait in any single per niaiity, no matter how rielt ly endowed by inhci'tance or (aretully matured by training. .And yet it is beyond iptcsttou that idiiii: tincture ff rach nno liitist be found firestnt in n woman beforo, iniihr ilcmocrati,.- contiitions. her claim to ladvship tan be acc'itiiued valid. Dignity-there are a thousand imita tions 1" it. counterfeits beyond number, but hov wholly admirable is tlio genuinv article, v hat "an excellent thing in wom an!'' .ot by aping dignity do wc beconw dignified. Aloofness 1 not dignity, hnu tenr i not dignity, stilinos is not dignity, a p iti.pous inanner and a brocarled stvlc of speech these are not uigiilty. 'J rue ilig nitv i not of ice, it is of flame. A certain delicate and fiery nimbus which circles tin sanctuary of personality to mleguard it Iroiit intrusion and encroachment. "Their dignity," exclaims an old Hebrew pto pin t, giving us the whn'e thing in 11 nut hell, ''their dignity shti.l proceed of them selves." Dignity is reconcilable with a!i form of occupation, even the most men tal, ft consorts with niunv qualities, al though with vanity it is reluctant to will,-, and with immodesty it will have nothing to do. Immodesty is the sin against pro" portion, its very name s signifying, and as the philosophic emperor remarks in liii Meditations, "There in n proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the per formance of every act of life.'' Hence to do anvthin out of nicusure and in p.xcesf is nndignitied. Then ns to centimes, our second attri bute of womanhood at it 'jest, what shah' we say of gentienos? Can we sav any tiling better or truer than that it "is the child, the direct offspring oi dignity. The trulv dignified can scarcely be thought ol as the ungentle, for here again that ques tion of proportion conies in, und rough ways and boisterous talk stand self-condemned. Keiv things indeed can we so ill afford to spare out 01 the daiiy intercourse of life as woman's gentleness. And this is only the more true tiie noisier the world heconw. With life punctuated for us by the shrieks oi steam whistles, the rattle of the chariots of iron and the strokes ol nil manner of pings, ,w restful, how healthful, how leinvignratiini are the ac cents of gentleness! Ah. my dear young friends, whatever els; you forget to be remember to be gentle. An nnxiotis feat in the hearts of many thoughtful people, a fear which personally I do not share, but of which it is just as well to take note, is that out of nil this contemporary struggle of woman for a complete independence, this duplication 011 her part of ns much oi man's work as is imitab.e, there tnav corns eventually an impairment of the world' total titock of gentleness. Let us be mierr here. The tide of this swee t grace is never at the Hood. There is no peril of any over flow. We need to treasure every drop there, is. As to fortitude, T ehoc thf word with care, wishing to n ark oil' from courage in general tluil special form of thi, virtue which hns found frequent nnd splendid il lustration in the annals of womanhood. Courage of the sort which qualities one "to drink delight of battle," to head storming names and to volunteer on forlorn hopes is not expected of women, and, for that matter, is not so common among men as men would like to have it thought, nut ol that other and more praiseworthy fearless res, which, without the excitement of con flict, is able patiently to suffer, persistent ly to endure, in this Christlike virtue, it is possible it has ten thousand times been shown to be possible that women aho-ld excel. With the aroma of this virtue wholly absent no woman's character even so much us approximates peKection. Ilut it is not enough to be able tincom plainitigly to suffer have we learned to suffer with? That is what sympathy means "suffering with" remember that svmpa thy won the lust of the four blossoms We set out to twine into our wreath. It does not matter how well bred a woman may ho in other respects, it does not matter how varied her accomplishments, intellect ual or nrtistic, if tender heartedness, the f ower to enter quickly and deeply into the fceline- of others, if this bo wholly absent, it is idle to talk about "charm," it simply is not there. It is this insistence upon sympathy, as a necessary ingredient oi true womanhood that renders the Chris tian type so infinitely superior to the old classic type whether or maid or matron. That n woman can look on composedly at a bull fight is the opprobrium of Spanish civilization, but there was a time when not in one comer of the Mediterranean exclusively, hut all over the Latin world women culled ladies could both tolerate and even liereelv delight in the shedding of innocent blood. What has changed all this? Only one answer to that question is possible. Jesus Christ lies changed all this. To Him we owe it that today not only dignity and fortitude (stoic virtues as well as Chris tian! not only dignity and lortitude, but also gentleness and sympathy are recog nized as necessary features of all true ladyship. lint who is sufficient for these things? With the standard set so high, the testa made so severe, who shall pass? Ah, my young friends, how glad I am that this is Whitsuudav, the feast day of the Holy (ihost, for Whitsunday points us to the secret of power, and hands over to us the talisman of success. It is by the strength of God that womanhood struggles Upward to its perfection. The ages of chivalry gnve to the Virgin Mary the title of "our lady." Judged by some standards of ladyship nothing could seem more 111 apiuoprmte, but iudged by the true stand unl nothing could be more just. "And Mary said, Heboid the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to 'J by word." Catch that spirit, and it snail be granted unto each one of you, young women, to bccuine "a lucly forever, yes, (ortver ond ever. PIG3 MADE TO WORK. In Franca They Root Out Truffles for the Gardener. All boyt know that a dog Is a crcal aid to the sportsman, but not many of them would think that a pig could bo of much use In hunting. Yet In Prance pigs are ueed In hunting truffles, a delicacy for the table wnlcb Is found at tbe roots of oak trees. When a farmer decides to go hunt lr.g for truffles be takes bis pig and plggle goes sniffing about with bis nose to the ground Just as a dog doos when bo follows tlio scent. When hi finds a truffle be begins to burrow In tbe loose soil with bis snout. Deforo bo can take the truffle, however, tbe farmer pulls him away, but gives him few acorns by way of compunsatlon As soon as be has eaten the acorns Mr. fig goes to work bunting more truffles. Bometlrues he will find sev eral pounds of them beneath a tee, Plausible Definition. "Say, pa." queried little Johnny DumpernicKle, "what's a possibility 7" "A possibility, my boy," replied tbe old man, "Is something a man want to happen, tut which refuses to do no." THE SABBATH SCHOOL Intcrnntinnnl Lesson Comments For June 21. Suhj;ct: Paul's Charge to Timothy, 2 Tim. III., 11 to lv 8-Oolden Text. 2 Tim. Iv 8 Memory Verses, U-16 Comacat sry on Iht Day's Lest on. Timothy exhorted to remain firm in the Scriptures (vs. 1417). 14. "Hut nhide thou." In the first part of the chapter the apostle has been speaking of the terrible apostasy that was to take place both in practice nnd in doctrine, and now he warns Timothy against this and urges him to re main firm in his early training in the Scripture. "Things 'earned." He had learned thein not inly from his grand mother I.ois and mother Kunice, but from l'aul, through lotuj companionship with him, lo. "Krnm n balie." From his infancy, or th" period of hi earliest recollection. It is impossible to begin too early to teach the children the truths oi (bid's word "The holy 5-riptures." That i. the Old Testament, for the Nev Test uncut wn not then written. "Wic." Wise in seek ing aud oblainin salvation and in leading others to obtain it. "Through faith." etc. Tiie Old Testament Scrip' ure, which Tim othy learned in hi godly home, bv its type. l istorv. prooheev and symbol. Pointed to Chrisl. The ivav of salvation by the Scrintiire-j. for Timothy and nil men, i faith in the Saviour whom the Serioture reveal. 10. "Hy in-i'iration." The reference here i to the OmI Testament Scripture. The proof are found in it history, mira cles, prophecy, diversity with unity, iircer vati in and its effect. "Doctrine. The truth nnd precepts of revealed religion. To tcn'di the wiil of Cod. and to point oi-t li'sus Christ till He should come. A.I the great and important doctrine of religion necessary to be known in order to salvation nre there taught, and that mi1-" clearly a id itii'y than ebewhere, and with nn au thority and intluepee to be found in no oilnr writing. "I'or reproof," Here meaning not only the rebuke of conduct, but ft'so th? vefuation of error. "Correc tion." Correcting false notions ntid mis taken views: amendment in the deport ment. "Instruction in riyhteousnes. Tr"ni-t". or buiiding up. in this principle. 17. "Mat) of (,od." The Christian min ister. Timothy, as pastor in Kphesu, es P"clally meant. It Means, also, all persons who are "ealo-u of yood works." "Mav be perfect." May possess a full-miied, symmetrical Christian character I Knli. 4: 13; .fame. 1: 4; Col. 4: l'JI. "Thot-ou.hlv furnished." ConipYtely equipjied in every part en the Christian life, and for every kind n' Christian service (2 Tim. 2: 211. I'nui's final charge (vs. 1. "I iluiree thee." This i my dying request. "IJefore God." Thi charge i nut in a most solemn form. Cod and Christ were looVing at htm. "The quick and the dead." The idea is tint Christ would be alike the .Indge of all who were n'ive when Me should come find of all who had died. "At Hi appea--ing." When Christ comes the second time He vill judge the world and then cn'er upon Hi completed kingdom, in which His people shall reign with Him. 2. "l'r-ach the word." Proclaim, n a herald, the glad tidin ; of salvation a dis closed in the word of God. "He instant." lie constantly 0.1 dut"; be urgent. "It season, out of season." It is not meant that the urgency should he rude, or in any wise unfitting as to time and circumstance. Paul was alwavs courteous; he timed and suited his words most wio!v, "Ueprove." Or convince; show them their errors. "I btike." Show thm th"ir sins. "Kxhort." Appeal to men. Show the truth as opposed to their error, the right a opoo-ed to th?ir sin. "Long suffering." Have pa tience nnd perseverance, for the work ol bringing men to God is sometimes slow ard liscouraging. "Doctrine tcachin." The word dot-trine here, and in other nlaces in the New Testament, docs not mean a creed, lutt fuelling the truth. ". "Time will come." Tn the third and fourth verses the necessity is shown for this faithful ministry. It is one that ha always been in force, since human nature the same in all age. "Not endure. Thcv will not listen to healthful teaching that is calculated to lead the soul away from siti to holiness, but they procure Ica-hers who will Hatter them while in their sins end carnal pleasures. "Itching ears." It is the listeners who have the- itching ears curs which desire to hear some picasing thing, with no reterene? to their vices. 4. 5. "I urn awav. Because sound and salutary teaching about their own errors and sins is abasing to the pride of men it will not be endured. Yet their moral na tures demand some opiate; hence they will resort to various so-called teachers in order to obtain rules of life that suit their native tastes. Watch. lie vigilant against er ror and against sin, and faithful in the per formance ot duty. r.ntlure afflictions. 1 liw verse sniniH like a review of l'aul s life. He is charging Tiinothv to follow on in his -fo otsttps. "Kvainre'.ist." Much the same 11s n preacher or missionary. In the apo'to.ie age persons recognized as evan gelists seem to have occupied n position be tween apost.es and pastor, unit to have stood in a certain relation to the former witn regard to the diffusion of the gosne nnd tne p. anting of churches, rull proof. Leave notoini: undone that it is nosrih e to do for God. P. u. s triumphal anticipation of martyr dom (vs. 0-81. 0. "ItPady to be offered." 1 am already btMng ohered. 11. . lne allusion here is to the custom which pre-. vaneu among tiie heathen 01 pouring wine and oil on the head of n victim when it was about to be offered in sacrifice. The Apostle was in the condition of the victim on whose head the wine nnd oil had been ilrraily poured, nnd which was just about to be a siKTilice; it is that his death was about to occur. Probably there were ovo-.its occurring in ltonie which made it morally certain that though lie Hint once hee.i acquitted he could not now escape. "Departure." The verb from which the noun translated "departure" is derived means in Greek to loo.--eti again; to undo. It is nnnlied to the act of looting or eastins off the fastenings of a ship preparatory to a departure. 7. 0. Ilia good hgnt. Against Satan. sin nnd error. The enemies and the armor are described 1:1 r.ph. 0: 11-17. finished. Most nip's in his nosition won d have thought tlio greatest struggle just before them, but Paul counted death as nothing. "My course." He compares his Christian lite to a race which u hnished now that he sees the goal so near him. "Kent the faith." The truth of the gospel. Paul had not turned aside on any account, or im bibed a siti.e error. "A' crown." Won in the cause of righteousness. It was not the crown of ambition, or a garland won in the struggle for worldiv distinction. See .las. 1: 12: 1 Pet. 5: 4. "At that .lav." The day of judgment; the morning of the resurrection. Easy Divorce In Old Times. The code of King Kbamraurabl r Assyria, whose date Is approximate 220g U. C, which has been decipher frr.m a pillar discovered a year or tw ago at Susa, deals exhaustively wit tho subject of divorce. One of tfc niott Interesting clauses Is the follow ing: "If the wife of a man who dwell In the house cf that man has set h face to go forth, and has acted tb lool, and wasted his bouse, and Impoi. erlahed his homo, they shall call hi to account. U the husband shall sa; I put her away, bo shall put ber awaf She shall go her way; for her dlvor be shall give her nothing." Tree Thirteen Csnturles Old. A tree's ago Is determined by tfc number of rings of wood Its trunk col tains. Tbe woody fiber Is slower I growing In winter than In summer an consequently distinct rings are torn ed, each representing ft year. B means of these rings tbe glgantl cross suction ot California tn 1.841 years old ts used at tb Ne York Museum of Natural History t history chart and as such It show in covel way the sequence of eveut In the last thousand years. , CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. June 21 "How Wt May Learn to list Ou, Sword." Eph. 6: 17; Heb, 4: 12, 13; 2 Tim. 2: 15. Scripture Verses. Luke 1:1-4; 21; 33; 24:25-27; John 5:39, 40, 47; 21:24; Eph. 6:17; 2 Tim. 3:10, 17; Hsb. 4:12; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 1: 1-3. Lesson Thoughts. W do not follow tln n Iv1-- r ct? 'vliuin we do not trust aud love, bo If we would mnke the P.lble a book ol practical guidance, we must first accept It ns tlio tnip nnd faithful word of God, and feel, with the Psalmist, "O how love I thy law! It 1 my meditation all Ihe day." t There could be no more practical book than the ISlido; It meets every do aiand that can be made upon It for good. In It we find wisdom, warning, ximfort, guidance, life. Selections. Word of the everlasting; God, Will of his glorious Son, Without thee how could earth bo trod. Or heaven luelf be won? Vet to unfold thy hidden worth, Thy mysteries to reveal. That Spirit which first gave theo fsrtb Thy volumes must unseal. nd we. If we aright would learn Tho wisdom It Imparts, Must to Its heavenly teaching; turn, And seek with all our hearts. We never get to understand tho Et Me merely by studying; It. It will not reveal Itself to us until we begin to do hat It teaches. He that seeks to obey t shall know It. Many people have tha mpresBlon that there Is something oc Milt and mysterious about the word9 Jf the Scriptures. Cut this Impression tar.lshes If they accept the divine teachings, and begin to fashion their lives according to them. Superstitious persons carry amulets xtetnally on their breasts; carry you 1 selert store of holy texts within, and you will be much more effectively nrm id against the powers of evil than any most absolute monarrh behind a s,.i( ..;ng; bin. j guard. Words fall to tell how plttd, how strong;, how useful, shall be the .aily life of those who can say with the prophet, "Thy words were found, and I -1ld tat them; and thy word was unto tne tho joy an 1 rejoicing of my heart." Suggested Hymns. Eternal life God's word proclaims. Hew linn a foundation. We gather again In the name of our Lord. Take time to be holy. O Christian youth, arise. Trusting In tho Lord, thy God. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. June 21. Be Loyal to the King and Klnjdoai, (Jab IX 15; Dan. 6. 4-10.) Loyalty lg a noblo and greatly hon ored virtue, though It may be carried to excess, as In the maxim, "My coun try rlgnt or wrong," and 4n the require ment of unqualified loyalty to Imper fect and sometime shallow and despic able parties, croed3 and organizations, lint with Christ our King and his king dom, there 13 110 need of reserve or qualification. If other kings are sel fish and base he Is magnanimous and of fleckless Jntegrlty; If other king doms are weak or wicked his kingdom is of adamantine firmness aud inex haustible beneficence. "Ho planted his cross In the midst of the mad and roaring current of sel fishness. From that moment a current deeper and broader and mightier be gan to set heavenward." (Mark Hop kins.) "But thee, O man's best Man, O love's best Love, O perfect life In perfect labor with, What leaat defect or shadow of de fect, Even In torture's grasp, or sleep's, or death's, O what amiss may I forg-tve In thee, Jesus, good Paragon, thou Crystal Christ?" Loyalty to tha King and the king dom Is something more than loyalty to the Church. The Church Is a more specialised embodiment of God's re demptive agencies, and Just because chosen out of the mass sometimes tends to become too much centered In itself. If It Is "an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of God's own po3e8fJou," It is that It may show forth the excellencies" of him who calleth It out of darkness unto hh) marvelous light (2 Pet. 2. 9); and if it fails to do this men must sometimes be loyal to Christ's larger ideal In tho kingdom, till they can bring the Church to become more In clusive of all that Christ ia seeking to do for men and more devoted to the neods of humanity. The highest loyalty may sometimes lead one out tn advance of bis gen eration, as It Is said a color-bearer In the civil war once pressed on beyond the lines, and when shouted at to bring the flag back to the lines, shout ed in response to bring the lines up to the colors. So It may be found that, as Wesley and his coworkers bore the Hag to a position In advanco of the lines In the eighteenth century, Wil liam Booth and his helpers bore It In the nineteenth. Is there some point at which you or I should carry It a step onward? The mea question Is . to know truly that Christ leads, and then to follow, to have tho spirit and the faith. CHEMICAL ALCOHOL 13 CHEAP. New Process Which Decreases Great ly the Cost of Production. Advices rocelved by the State De partment at Washington from United States Consul Haynes at Rouen, France, throw more light on the new process that has beou discovered by which alcohol may be produced by chemical synthesis. It Is predicted that the cost of such production can be reduced to less than 10 cents gal 1c . Thus far the cheapest alcohol produced has cost nearly 20 costs gallon. At this price Germany pro duces quantities cf alcohol, potatoes bolng used as the vegetable base. By tho French process no vegetable mat ter Is employed. From Carburet of calcium a direct combination of car bon and hydrogen In tho electric arc aotylene is obtained. Bufilclont hydrogen then Is added to produce ethylene, and by combining water with ethylene alcohol Is obtained. Wbile the cost of alcohol by the new process bas not yet been reduced much below Its ccst as produced from vegetable matter. It ts predicted with confidence) by eminent French chem lata tbat In the near future It may be produced by tho new process at cost of about half tbat which Germany pays to obtain It from potatoes. l'hllidolphla Itixord. ME RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. I'or mi In Coil's Kirnlng Why Zncphsnt Was Truly tllrssril Ha Is Oim of the t rw I'orsnns of Whose Halvatlon 1'osU tlv Antrmntlou Is Mmlr, I see not n step before me As I npproach another yenri Hut the jinst is in (lod's keciiinc. The future His n.ercy shall elenr. And what limits elnrk in the distance M.iy brighten ns I draw near. Whit Karrhftun's Story Trnrlms, If one of our politicians whose shady in teerity is nn ojien secret should one day lmplien to go nbrond where some followers of .Irs'is were holding nn open-air service, nnd sli'iu'd idly stop nnd listen, nnd there in the press of the Toivd should come fnce to face with the Mister, nnd should hear with startled surprise tho voice of his Lord spenkinir to him alone out of nil that crowd ns many n heart does to-day feel the Lord's call and should nnswer Him with a iilad thrill of joyful welcome, nnd should come down surprised nnd willinii from his tree e-f curiosity to the act unl t.ikim; of Jesus into bis home nnd life, he would be riiiifronted with much such s problem us Zacclieus had to face. In the first place, Z.teehem's business was ne.iinst him. lie wan n publican. And a tux collector in those days was ns shrewd mid unscninulous as any city nni. Dis tricts were farmed out or sold to the high est bidder, and everything flint could be collected nbove the required amount for tbe Rovcrnment went into the pocket ol the tax collector. The temptation, there fore, to extort'on was n'mnst irresistible. All appeals h id to be mnde to the Itoman courts. The publicans hud the hacking ol the Kovernnir-nt. Circumstance laid n bar rier wide ur.d hiii across tiie path if hon est v. t Then the star.dard of right nnd wronc in li;s bim'rpss world was lamentably low. If a pnblii-m cheated a man he unified his rn-isvicnee by .is-.urincy himself that it was nI in the way of business. We arc helped or hindered rvore than we know by the moral lfniosidicre that we breathe. It is a 'latfniiy hard thing f ir a man to be (rood I'bcii lie knows that everybody sets him, down as n ras.'al. ,'a-;Iicus had no repu ration to sustain, lie was not expected to be a 70jJ man, an honest man or 0 Clirif tiin. .Yet 7-i-eheu had heard the Saviour's c.i'l nnd his own he.Tt was set vibrating ivith an nnsiverint welcome. The clear lisht of the eyes of tho onlv Perfect Man sbijne into his. and he saw his own life in all its deformity of sin. Intnntly a new honesty i horn within him. He does not hasten inn bis rooms nhead of the Master t i hide nil traces of his business, hoping thus to escape censure for liis wrongdoing, but nt the verv thrc-hold. before the Lord enters, lie confesses his own shaky charac ter and n' once promises a new order of things. JJae --hens' surrender of himself is entire. Me withholds no corner of his heart frr hi"'self and his future occupa tion. It is all given up to his new guest. And it is not only "to dav" one feels sure that Jesus diode with Zacclieus. but nl) the- rest of the days of his life. There are fen and women to-day to whom Jesus offers His fricmlshin just, as freely ns He offered it to Zacclieus that d ly hrnving public opinion which said that n Jew should not visit nor eat with a publican nnd sinner to whom He would come as freely, but they havo not Zac cheus's answering chord of welcome in their hearts when they hear the unexpect ed call. Some of tliem are nfraid to get up into the sveamore tree even for curi osity's sake, lest they will he Inughed nt. Zac'heus vas seeking Jesus just out ol curiosity, to see what He was like, hut even io much of n turnini toward Him ('od honors. Jesus met this seeking bit looking straight lip into hi face nnd of fering him a persotinl friendship. It 11 but another proof of the promise, "If ye seek Him He will be found of thee." There is something for us to note here, if we nre trying to walk in Jesus's foot steps nnd win hack some soul to Him. .Tesim ofTcred the man His friendship at once., rich and full and free. He did not sneak of his in. hut said, "Come down, for I am going home with you." "To my bouse? What! 'Me. n sinner!" might nnv Zacclieus exclaim. "Yes," you, if von will have Him. If ZaccheiiR had been sick I presume there were those among his Jewish friends, even tim ing his l'harisee neighbors, who would have gone for the doctor. If he had been a beggar they would have thrown him some money or some food. Hut gone to his house, not much! They would not have lost an opportunity to talk to him about his sin. but they would have had nhing to do with him. We sometimes make that mistake. We try to reach the inner before we recognize the man. And one touch of Jesus's hand opened the man's heart and made him eager to put away his sin. Mark this: It was before Zacclieus made any offer of restitution that Jesuj told him He would go home with him. Zacclieus is one of the few persons of whose a'valiin nositive affirmation is made. "This day is salvation eonie to this house," That was Zacclieus' blessing. This lesson throbs with the meaning ol Christ' lifework. to seek and save the lost. They must ho saved, for Jesus loves them. Orace Livingston Hill, in the New York Mail and Kxprcss. Doloc More Than Is Dzpecteil of Us. Christ laid on His followers the duty ol doing more than their share. He tool: up on Himself the same duly. He always went more than half wav'to meet a soul thit would meet Him. We re too apt to think we are doing well if we consent to do our share: the Christian spirit is readiness to do all we can, even if it is more than our share. If a man would have us go with him a mile, go with him twain; if our share would bo to give him our coat in his dav of great need, give him our cloak also. That is what Christ set forth us the divine snirit. In the same manner, the Apostle l'aul wrote, saying: 'Lnto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, . . unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus." That is the way we have been ministered unto good measure, pressed down and running over. So let us minister unto others. - Itn Sincere With Cod. Cod et-.joys flattery as little as men do. l!8 "?a"I"''t '""1 t,lat trulh on our hearts when he said ".Sing ye praises with under standing." We despise folks who are smooth ond pleasant to our face and then sny bitter things behind our back. We dislike their praise even, because it is in sincere, lint whnt el so is it when We praise Cod loudly in the church, and nre grumblers in our homo or business!1 It is gonil to make a joyful noise unto the Lord; but it is neiesarv. if we do that, that we also hve a joyful life before tho Lord. Faltii Is Limitless. Mv faith is that there is a far greater amount of revelation given to guide each "":! lv tho principles laid down in the rhb.e, by conscience and by providence, tun most men are aware of. It is not the lupit which is defective, it is au eye to see t. orman Macleod. Tlia Most Pirnlcloua Tnflaeneo. A h.ul man can do an immense amount of harm by simply doins? bad things. A bad man, with had motives, doing what seem to be ko:vI, m tl, most pernicious and de grading influence that 1 kuow of.' Xh ..by. it. L. 1'addocU Ever-Growing Teeth. Certain animals have teeth which grow all tbolr Uvea. The rat and tbe squirrel are examples of this. Human teeth are developed from pulps, wblcb aro absorbed and disappear after the teeth are grown; but In the case of rat the tooth pulp Is perpetual, and Is continually secreting material bj wblcb It gains length. Therefore th anlmat Is obliged to gnaw all the tlm to keep tbe tooth down to it proper length. It Is commonly believed that rats keep gnawing out of pure nils ctilef, but such Is not tbe case. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poetnt Tlie f.iiTer's Address tn HI K. loved A I'ltlatile Tutu of a Format Kansas Man. One a Prosperous Law yer, Who la Now a Vagrant. Whisky bottle, how I love tl.ee. Dear delight beyond compare: Thou to heights of bliss doth lift me, , 'Hove the mists of earthly carcl Let me clasp thy form symmetric, Let me touch thy lip divine. Whence there Hows nromn subtle, .Sift, exquisite, rich and line! In n draught of joy ecstatic Let me drain thy sweetness deep, Then to nil the world oblivious 1 will lay me down to sleep. Oh, the visions of softly sailing Down full streams of fragrant wins Unto shoreless seas of whisky, Sniojth, and soft, and oily line! Would I pawn my hooks, my treasurer, I'ah! a sacrifice too lame; For thy company I'd barter Health, and wealth, nnd iriendj nnd fame! Ilenrt. forsooth, were mnde for brenking, Why not break lliein. sweet, lor thee? ' (.'old and silver made for s-i nding, V. hy iiol spend lliotn merrily? As for health, when death doth beckon Willi his cold and bony hand Toward the darksome lonely valley, Toward the rive r's chilly utratid," Wc wit pledge him in n bumper, Thou nnd I. my whisky sprite. Ah, hut heaven, what is this vision. All these forms n grim as night T Writhing, coiling, creeping, glaring, Ah, they drag me to the brink! (tod, oh, Uod, thcv pull me downward. Whisky, help! 1 sink! I sink! Frank A. Frost, in Tlie Advocate. A Bad Downfall. The Ottawa (iiinrdinn quotes from a Tn coma (VVaslt.) paper a pitiable talc of n former Kan.sas man, once u prosperous and pi.iiniuciit lawyer, who was given a three months' sentence tor vugrauvy by a Wash ington court: "Though yet in middle life nnd bearing evidence ot the once tall and powerful frame and imposing presence, tlie shuttered body seemed on the point of utter collapse ns he sat with bowed head supported irt li is trembling hands awaiting for the summons of the court the summons to make hi plea to the charge of vagrancy. And what other plea was there for him without home, hope, health or money, with nothing in the world but a ruined constitution and a consuming thirst for liery honor, than that of guilty. Yet ip years past he had been known as one ot the best brief lawyer iu the State. "L'nable. nt the call of the jude, to re main standing more than a few moments, he sank, half fainting, into a chair, as he waited the decision of the court. Several times before he had faced the same court on the same charge, or thnt of intoxication, and had been given light sentences in the hope that he might taste of tho bitterness of life sufficiently with the burning liquor to throw the damning glass away. But there had been no halting place for him on the downward path, though the dregs oi failure's wor.st compounds were drained to the las', drop.;, 'lo the court it seemed needful for enforced nhatinency to prevent death, perhaps, to give the broken lawyei three months as a common vag. "Whether the word meant little or much to the suffering man was not expressed in his listless, hopelesi face, and with drag ging step and trembling limbs he shutiled from the court room, assisted bv two boot blacks, also v.ijgers iike himself, but with few days of imprisonment nnd long years of life bei'ore them, nnd still full oi sympathy that youth gives to the unfortunate." Tlio Hum Business Dcltncd. It is a business which should be opposed by every eicr"i'iiiaii in the country. It is a business which every merchant aud business man should hate aiid detest. It is a business which is the standing dread of every true mother. It is a business which is tha constant fear of every thoughtful father. It is a business which is the horror ol every life. It is the busir.css which makes ninety per cent, of the business of the iriinitial courts. It is the business which makes ninety per cent, of the pauperism for which the taxpayer has to pay. It is a business which keeps employed an army of police in tho cities. It is a business which put out the Tire on tho hearth, and condemns wives and chil dren to hunger, eold and rags. It is the business which fosters vice for profit, nnd educates in wickedness for gain. Drunkenness comprises all other vices. It is the dictionary of vice, for it includes every vice. Drunkenness means peculation, theft, robbery, arson, forgery, murder, for it leads to all these crimes. Religious Intelli gencer. A Drnnkon Woman's Deipnlr. There is something terribly pathetic h the statement made by Matron 8climed ding nt the Wayne County jail, Detroit, the other day. rtpeuking ot woman drunk ards fin said: "When a woman hears the cell door clang behind her because of drunkcnnesi, the chances nre overwhelming that she will come back rather than reform. "The unhappy woman who com en here through other causes rnay weep softly, vow to live bettor, and on her release go awav to a life thereafter free from sin, hut for her enslaved through drink there is little hope. "tihe may spend her durance behind iron bar in cursing the demon that mustered her and vowing to shake off iu hold, but, once free, her troubles lead her to the bot tle again and again, and we become famil iar with her face as a regular time-server, until one day the ambulance instead of the patrol wagon answers the odicer's sum mons, and she goes to fill a nauper's grave." Yet all indications point to an increase of intemperance among women. Ssdile.t of Hliihts. Elizabeth L. Banks, the American girl who writes of London as she sacs it by day and by night, save that the saddest sight ono sees from the tops of the Loudon 'buses in the evening is that of the women in the public houses. Through the city these women may be counted by dozens and hundreds, and often as they stand hy the bar babies in arms are to be seen. The seriousness of the drink evil anion; Lon don's working classes was horrifying tn thi American woman, as she taw it for the first time. The Crusade la Brief. The furtbe. down you can drive the si loon, "the further away you remove tempta tion. It is said that 878 out of the 100? news paiers in Kansas will not accept a liquor advertisement. Saloon licenses In Minneapolis, Minn., cost fcdtWO. The laws of Minnesota allow 110 scat or tables in saloons and co treat ing. The liquor dealers of New Zealand seeing in the votes at the last election the baud writing on the wall, have resolved on re forming their ways, so fur as obedience to the laws is coucerncd. ( There is one liquor shop for every sev enty inhabitants in Normandy. Taking ac count of children and abstinent women and nien it may be said that every liquor dealer is aupported by twenty-three people. Of 325 Presbyterian ministers, S47 are ab stainers. Also out of oUJet minister ami lo cal preacher among the Free Methodist. Methodist New Connexion and liible Chris tian, 5(103 are abstainers, aud so ar all tho student. 1 Haverhill, Mass., under license, during th last five years, has gained in popula tion !!30. Urockion, under no-license, dur ing the same period has gained in popula tion S9t. The town otiiecrs of Brockton declare that its gain is largely owiug to its no-license policy attracting resident and manufacturers. . OYSTER SHELL "CULM HEAP." Croat Banks find Iteady Sale For Rev ral Fnrposes. The overage citizen may not know Hint oysters nre planted, rtiltivntod ami harvested like any other crop, n person who engnges In this Industry being- known ns nn oyster plntiter. Thousands of acres of oysters nre un der cultivation In Hampton Uomls, which, during the linrvestliiR sensnn, Is often liternlly nllvt with the rcnplna machines of the oystertnen. When the oysters nre from one nnd a linlf to two years old thpy nr.' tistiitlly Inrce enough to be sold, nnd, ns n rule, pit it of them lire sold nt this nge mid the bnlnniY" in the third or fourth yenr, nftcr which time the ground Is allowed to rest n year before belnji planted nnlu. Orent enre must be exercised In the selection of bottoms for oyster pltintltiff. If the planter would be llu.tn clnlly successful. The lm-jrest packer In Hampton opens from 100.000 to 200,000 limdiels of oys ters in n year. In this bouse, ns the men open the oyster. tlr?y drop the shells on nn Inclined plane from which they pllde Into n trough nnd nre carried along by scrapers attached to nn end less chain called a "shell conveyer," which takes them without further labor to the shell pile in the yard. When n shneker lias filled bis gallon mensnre be carries It to the strainer, where the oysters nre strained and- moosured. They nre then emptied luto large casks kept full of fresh water, by means of which any loose shell or grit is washed out. From these casks the oysters aro dipped Into n second nt miner, nnd when sepnroted from the water are ngnln measured nnd packed. The shells nre sold for from one to Hippo cents n bushel, nnd nre used p tenslvely by oyster planters for the propagation of oysters. They nre placed In small piles on grounds found suitable for tho purpose, where the spat or small oyster will attach itself to the shells. Th?y nre also used for making shell lime and for building the excellent shell roads found In some parts of the Virginia peninsula. Phila delphia North American. A Sidewalk Art. One of the joys of city life owes Its existence to nn Industry that hits rlsan nlmost to tho dignity of nn art without the" recognition usunlly occorded to art. The Joy is that of window guzlug, and the art Is thnt of window d.'coratlng. To look nt the modern shop windows is to look nt pictures thnt stimulate one's sense of the beautiful much ns the painted bits of ennvns do. Of course, real art Is disinterested, whereas the object of the window nrt Is to nrousj covetonsnesB lu the brensts of behold ers. But In a measure this nrt defeats Its own purpose, for many who gnze come to love nrt for art's sake nnd aro nble to eliminate their desire for pos session from their admiration. The shop window of the past revealed but nn incongruous group of crudely nr ranged articles, nnd the woman who beheld there the dress fabric that seemed best suited to her beauty had to exert Iter fnncy In sumniintr up a pic ture of herself nrrnyed in the coveted goods. But now the merchant supplies both fabric nnd fancy and Is able to bold a mirror up to feminine nature nnd to give to woman ilu gift of see ing herself ns others will see ber. Not enough praise has been bestowed upon the window artist, who. In his ability to hold the abstracted gaze and to di vert the cnre-lndt'n mind. Is really one of the forces that make for the better ment of the world. Cblcngo Tribune. Slse of Philadelphia. Pome Idea of the great size of riilla delphlH may be gathered from the figures in the department reports Just printed. There nre in tbe city 1447.71 miles of paved street, besides 412.2!) miles of unpaved roads in the suburbs. All but a small percentage of these strcJts have modern "Improved" pave ments, of asphalt, granite block or brick. The paved surface would mnko n continuous driveway thirty feet wldo from here to tbe Mississippi. There nre beneath these streets 051 miles of sewers. They would form a continuous water course ns long as the Ohio Klver. The streets, with 318 city bridges, are Ughttd by 0420 electric arc lights nnd 3:1,400 gas nnd gasoline lamps. Ono thousand four hundred and nineteen nnd tilx-teuths miles of water pip? con vey wutor to 242,500 premises. Only 11,738 premises nre not supplied with city water. There nre more than 800 mllps of conduits for electric wires, represent ing more than 5000 miles of ducts, r.ud ther-? nre still 18.1S9 miles of electric wires In the air, sustained on 61,1)31 poles. There are 435 miles of street railway track, enough to reach from tho Dela ware to Lake Erie. l'hlladtdphla Led ger. Naw Gralnfleld. Twenty years ago the fever of emi gration was kindled la the veins of the sturdy farmers of tbe Northwest by hr promises bold out by the fertile lauds of the lied River of tbe North, whose vnllfy lay ou either Ide be tween the States of Minnesota nnd the Dttkotas, sonk 300 miles west of the head of Luke Superior. Those prom l.ses have been richly fulfilled, and tbe valley bas been settled by substantial agriculturists, whoee uuuunl contribu tion to tlie food supply of the world baa esgeutlully Increased the export trade of the country nnd added still more to the Internal commerce. Now we are in a fair way to s-?o a still great er development of production to the northward In the valleys of the Saskat chewan aud Its tributaries, aud of the Asslnlbolu, rivers flowing east aud north Into Lnk Winnipeg, a territory embracing tbe three Canadian prov inces of Manitoba, AsslnlbolaSud Al berta. Immigration Is flowing jnto this region at a relatively rapid Tate, the addition to tho population for the past year being reckoned at 200,000. New York Times. , To Mali Trad. ' Tbe Idea tbat there Is Just so much trade bas been abandoned by expert tneed busluess men. They find tbat business may be created by advertising tbe people can be Induced to become buyer when tbey have bad no Inten tion to make purchases. ' By special Hale aud by couvluclug peoplo tbat 1' l to tbelr advantage to get things nor the merchants keep tbe wheel going. Persons la every Hue can do tbe same.
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