WIRELESS MESSAGE OF COD
Sunday Sermon By the Rev. David
James Burrcll, D. D., LLD.
A Man Who Would Heir In Ward Tbronfh
Ihe Scriplurct Mail Divest Himtell
ol Prejudice.
New Yor.K City. "The Wireless Mes
sages of God ' was the subject of the ser
mon prenched bv the Kev. Da' nl Jaine
Iturrel), 1). I)., I.I.H., in the Mirble Col
legiate Church. Sunday. He twk hi text
from I Corinthian 11 : 14: " J he natural man
receiveth not the tiling of the Spirit of
(Jod, for they nre foonshncs unto him;
neither can he know them, because they
ure spiritually discerned. " Dr. Hurrell Mid:
A gre.it principle i here laid down which
govern in the universal realm of truth,
to wit, the principle of mutual adjustment.
It you strike a tuning fork which 11 keyej
to middle C it will awaken a response in
another if kecd to the nine pitch, hut not
otherwise. Tin i thp basic f i'.t in wire
less telegraphy. On Cape Cod there is a
transmitting station. consisting of f.mr
steel towers with a hunch of wire suspend
ed from the top and meeting at a common
ioint like an inverted cone. If the power
e applied to the anex of tin cone, the
wires begin to tremlile, and this current,
oscillating at a rate of, ay, PiW.n-m vibra
tions per second, create a scric of corre
spin. ling vibrations in the surrou:idin i
ether; just as a stone cast into a "iinl
send out concentric circles of water. 'J'iii
ether wave spec! outward with incalcula
ble rapidity in search of its receiver. No v,
there is such a receiver rt I'd Dli'.i. in
Cornwall, and ths wins at l'ul Dim nre
precisely attuned to the transmitter, that
is, adjusted to an ocil!.itio:i of U:'i.o ) per
second, so that the menace sent from the
ration at Cape Cod meets no response un
til it linda its sympathetic st.-.tiun at I'ol
Dim, and this welcomes it.
The sytem of wireless telegnphy which
is justly credited to Marconi is njt an in
vention, but a dise.nery. lie has sir.iplv
lighted upon a process which has I n
going on perpetually in pjce. The still in
the ureut source and teiitre of energy in
our solar universe is constantly sending out
mes-a-je of light. It it .1 scientifically
demonstrated fa. t that a bcim ot light i
implv an electric message; that is, a vitiM'
tion of ether. And here t!ia principle holds
that no message cm be received except by
some oljject win -h is svpip ithct. rally at
tune I to welcome it. Let us suppose, ns
l'rotessor Pupin .U'i;ests. that a beam ol
li ill intended to c mvi y the color red if
tieut nut from liu sun. It i;es forth repre
senting a certain number of ether wive
per second and speeds through spars until
it reaches the earth, and here, intent upon
it eager iiuest. it passes u.tliitit pausing
thro-.iv'ii .'ill the meadows, hi no no grass
lihdo is adjusted to receive it; passe over
nil g:ir lens, no d.iii-v or buttercup, no mig
nonette or be'itroi .. lenii disposed to -vei-come
it. until it liivls a ne, and here it
i.ri.-e.s and tin;ls . -Iconic, bcrase til? roe
lis been precise. v -o-nrdina'ed witn it.
Let us go a btt'e further now, and we
shall :iiid a sn.riinal ana'ogv. for this
pro.-c --s. which his been discovered to be
so prevalent in nature, has infinite tied and
scope of operation in the province 01 spir
itual things. God, as the treat transmitter
of truth, bears to the stitrittial world a re
lation corresponding wi'h that of the nun
in the natural world. Let us fMumc that
there is a God. anil that we are cr.-a'ed in
111 image and after Hi likeness; it fol
lows, u an inevitable conclusion, that lie
will somehow reveal Himself to Hi chil
dren and holl converse with tiieni. 1'ut
here is the application of the principle re
ferred to. The man who would hear the
wireless messages of Go 1 m ist himself be
attuned, or adjusted to the nature and
character of God.
Let us Ix-gin with nature, for this is the
universal medium throuh wlii'-h God com-muni'-ates
wi;li the children 01 men. Now
there are some who look throu; 1 nature to
nature's God and hear Him aocaking in
everything about them, a it is written,
"There are so many voices and none of them
is without s ignincatio 1." Such per ma,
though they dwell in the desert of Mniiau.
find "everv common bus'11 afire with God."
At night the heaven declare His glorv to
them and the iinnament showeth His han
diwork. This was in Bryan;' mind w hen
he wrote:
"T.J him who in the love of nature hold
Communion with her visible fjrins, alio
speak
A variou langar."
Hut there nre other win hear no voice,
and he" nothing that is not visible to lltsliv
eyes, lil:c I'cter Hell, of whom Wordsworth
says:
" primrose by the river' brim
yellow primrose was t hint
And it wij nothing more."
Whence this cliiTcrence? It r.rise from
the fact thai ..ne soul are sympathetic
with God and otiiei are not. 1 here wan
Coleridge, who was so devout. y inclined,
no open to the reception of Mjintual truth,
that, walking in the vjie of Ch 1111 riiiix, he
l.eird tlie sumv ra-.ipcd mount.'.i:.s and ice
fails echoing His name:
"God! Let the torrents like a shout of
nations
Ans-wer. and let the ice plains ech". God!
God! Sing ye meadow stream with glad
some voice;
Ye pine groves with your soft and soul
iike sounds;
Ye living rionei that skirt tlio eternal
forest;
Ye wild goat3 sporting round the cajlc'f
net;
Ye eagle, playmates of the mountain
stream;
Y'e lightnings, the dread arro-v of the
winds:
Ye sounds and wonuVri of the e'eincnt
Liter forth iod, and til! the hill.- with
praise!"
The widest Man that ever lived sot le
sons m theology from t lie ravens, the lilie
of the !ieid. Uie glowing wheat. Uat, nlai!
there are those w ho b ive no car to hear
the sfing whiih 1. within the song of birds
und the visions win' ii are vithni ths beauty
if the r.i'.ursl w orld. J hey are b mnd down
to things nuilciial, flieanung no dream
and seeing no visions; of th- iar:h, earthy.
"Gre-it God, I'd rather be
A pami, suikled in a creed outworn;
&o might I, standing on thi pleasant lea,
Jlave flimpsvs lint would make me less
forlorn,
Have sight 01 l'roteu tising fnm the sea.
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed
horn!"
It ii the niisfortu-c of all mufortunet to
ht thus bond slave to the tive sense; to
ce nothing beyond th range of physical
vision and the circumspe-tion of the finger
till. Thi li to be anottics, indeed; to
have no clairvoyance, no spirit lal appre
hension, no second sight, no faith. It is
an eternal and immeasurea'ole calamity to
stand in the midst of a universo where the
ether is vibrant with message of truth and
lie so deeply absorbed in our lit.le plan
and pursuit and "physical sciences" that
we hear no voice of God.
Ij!t u turn now to the Scripture which
e.aim to be a divine revelation. There is
an attetnpt in some iiuarter to reduce
them to the level of other literature, and
those who approach them in thi attitude
wid find precisely what they find in other
Looks ana no more. Here, a elsewhere,
we lind what we are looking for, and hear
what we are listening for. The mere stu
dent of literature hud in the Uible myth
and parable, sung and chronicle of aur-
Iistsing beauty, but there are other win
uteu si at divine oracle and hear the vary
voice of God.
How are w to account for tJiis difference
of estimrte s to spiritual value and vera
cious integrity of the hcriptures It 11
du. a before, to a difference of relation
wuh God. In some esses men hold them
selves in readiness to hear, as Hsmuel did
in the esr.y vstchrs of tne morning, when,
in answer to the hsavenly voice he said.
"Speak, Lord, lor Thy servaot .lenreui.
Ia other cases they stand in critics! or
skeptical attitude, a Theodore 'irker did
wliea lie remarked, "I an not willing to re
ceivs this statement Uoa the authority of
auy such person a God." Thete 1 noth
ing in the world tint can so destroy the
receptivity of the soul as this pride of
worldly wisdom. So man ran hear a heav
enly nieauge who is uot instsuily wiiliu
io admit that God is wiser than h.
The fact that a msn is lijerslly educated
in certain directions does not argua that
be is competent to receive a divine cost
, muniration. In the middle of the seven
teentA century there were two men living
iu England who) mmes are equally his
toric ami illustrious for broid culture. I'm
f these wa tiir lasae Newtoa ad tin
other John Milton. Now it u a singulst
fact Uiat Jjir Isssil V'ta rnli ool ay
f-;rtaW ''itlrnise i,ost, - and equaTIy fh
(Hilar that -lohn Milton could see nothing
m "The l'rincipia." (ibviousiy this was nol
( j the discredit of cither "l'nindise Lost"
ar "The l'rineipin," nor wa it a relleclion
upon the learning of cither man. It sim
p.y indicate that in order to appieheud
truth in any quarter a man must be "vni
jiathetically disposed townrd rt. Milton
had no mind for mathematics, nor Newton
lo. iioetry. So the wisest of men, a .h
world hold wisdom, may come to tin
(scripture nnd tind nothing there; as tin
soldier of Titus, at the taking of derma
lem threw open the ark of the covenant
nnd found it empty. It i a proverb thai
none are so blind a those who will nol
see; wherefore n man who would hear Goif
speaking through the Scriptures must di
vest himself of prejudice and be willing tc
hear Him.
Amsat thi point, again, we discover why
Chrnt i so often rejected n the incar
nate "word." There are multitudes whn
ivgard Him a chiefest among ten thousand
nnd altogether lovelv, but mere nre man
others wno see in 1 Inn nothing but "a root
out of a iliy ground, who hath no toim not
comeliness that they should receive Hun,"
Why this wide difference of vitw.' 1". if
due to the same difference in receptivity.
There are some who profoundly Icel the
need of Christ; the sense of sin lie heav
ily upon them, und they would fain be de
livered troui it. They wait, like aged Sim
eon in the temple, for tiio rnming of the
mighty One, and. beholding Him, they in
stantly receive Him c the God-sent Word,
suing, "Now leticst Thou Thy servant de
part in peace, for mine eye have seen Thy
Mnation!" They welcome the message be
cause they were waiting for it. Others,
like Xithaniel, cry. "Can nny good thing
0 tiie out of Nazareth?'' Ami prejudice
mu-t be overcome before they can receive
linn. Thin it is written, "lie came uuti
Hi own, nnd Hi own received Him not:
but to as manv a received Him to them
gave He pow er to become the sons of Go.l."
l'reiiidice is grounded in pride of world!)
wisdom, nnd this is the great obstoele be
tween the soul and Christ as tiie "word"
or message from God.
Thus it has come to pass that some who
have been distinguished for their attain
ment in certain province of knowledge
have been jvliollv blind on the cod ward
aide. One cannot forjet bow ( harles Dar
win, after spending his life in experiment
ing along the lines of physical science, di'd
la men t in j that his spiritual nature liad
been starved. In hi childhood h? had
been deeply religious, n he said, but lie
had dwelt so long amid an environment ot
purely material things that (Jod and ilu
mortality had become emntv dream to
liiui. He called it "atrophy'' that is.
wasting away for want of nourishment.
All through his liie he had fostered tbl
natural man. or. ns Paul calls it. psuehi
koi, the psyeliie.il man. He could reason
indefinitely in the realm of material things,
but the suoernatiiral was wholly ruled out
And the princip'e referred to will an
rnunt, nlso, fcr tiie fact that tlie llolv
Ghost is rolhing to ina-iv men. And them
is inure skeptici-m at this pooit, I believe,
than anywhere e!s- in the-e days. art
living under tiie ilisiif-ii-.it;. in of the Holy
Ghost. He is now tlie executive of GoJ'i
kingdom oil earth, and those who are in
1'ie kingdom have to do ollic;iilly with Him
y.-t herc :tr3 many who charac:erizo tin
thud person n," the ?odhead by a neuter
pronoun nnd re;:ard llim nieraly a nn artlu
ep.ee or ctlluen.-c. bearins no vital or per
sural relation to them.
Tii'iio i o'jvious'y n great difference ol
opinion herj. Is the Holy Spirit the per
sonal director of our lite and servi'-e, or i
lie not "He" at all, but merely "it?" Jl
He sustain the former relation to u. it
i because our kouI are in harmony wit'i
Hii great purposes concerning u nnd ad
justed to receive communication from
Him. In this case we stand as Kiijah did
on Horeb, bis face wrapped in his mantle
w;hile h" barkened to "the still small
Voice." And living thus we follow His
guidame, a did Abraham on hi journey
from I'r of the Cbaldee along the wind
ings of the Great Kiver. ever heeding the
direction of th Voice, pitching hi tent 01
moving on an the - Spirit bade him. Other
wise we are like the multitude at l'ente
cost, who, despite the manifestation of di
vine power in the sound of the rushin?
mi'rhtv wind and the miracle of tongues,
looked on in doubt and bewilderment, say
ing; "These men are full of new wine."
In a recent book on religious cxperienro
the manifestations of pagan frenzv are col
lated with the feeling and convictions ol
I hnstian benevers. nnd all alike nre rub
jected to analysis by tho so-called "scien
tific method." Thus judged, there is noth
ing in regeneration, nothing in sanetilica
tio., nothing but infatuation in the uti
lifti"T and transporting influence of the
Spirit of God.
In view of such c.nidrrntions i it nol
apparent that tho onl is blind and deaf tt
heavenly vision and revelations, unle it
is attuned to them? And what solemn sig
nificance there i in the word of Jesus:
"He that bath ear to hear let him hear."
There are. indeed, "so nianv voice and
none of them without signification," but
the neonle st in. ling bv say: "It thunder
cth!" O for the hearing ear and the understanding-
heart! What avail it to rjll
a commission of blind men to pass juug
roent on the art of Titian or Kaphiel?
What avails it to bid a jury of deaf men
sit in judgment on thj oratorio of the
"f'r"atio:i." Thus when the philosopher!
if Athena heard I'.ml preaehing on Mar
Hill "some mocked and other said: We
will hear thee again concerning this mat
ter. " The gos-iel is "foolishness to tin
Greek, nnd to the Jew n Htmnbiing block,
but to them that are saved it i the wi
dom and nower of God." Men ait like
hlind Dertimaciii in tha Vnlhy of l'alms;
r.d its beauty is unknown to tlicm until
Ihe Lord of truth, naming bv, says: "lie
teive thy sight!" The five physical sense
re a live gate ooen to physical truth,
hut faith is the sixth gate, at which aloin
spiritual verities can enter. Wherefore it
i written: "Ho that cometh to God must
Relieve that He i and that He is a reward
ir of them that diligently seek Him." ,
The licit Vol to Come.
God's best gifts nre always before ,
never behind. Pleasures of memory are
lometimes delightful, but pleasures ot hope
arc ever yet richer und blighter, especially
to tho eye and thought of faith. Say ono
of Cod's dear one, referring to a fresh
Messing- from God: "This sudden column
of a long-expected blessing i the sweetest
thing t hut ever came into my life. How
eood God is and how tenderly He leads us!
He change always a great good into a
greater. I have been happy all along, but
now, since this experience, my heart keept
tinging:
Tlest, peace and life, tho flower of fade-
les bloom.
The Saviour gives us not beyond the
tomb,
But b's and now, on earth, some glimpse
is given
Of joys which wait us through the gates
of heaven."
And thus it ever is in youth, in maturity,
in age and yet beyond th best is yet to
come. Iet us look forward and upward,
nnd ever hope and trust and praise bun-iisv-School
Times.
Atk a Teacher to Explain This.
Get a tube of any lenth, tbrtj
sixteenths of an Inch In Internal dia
meter, and cut a round piece of card
board 2H Inches In diameter. Make
a bole In the center of tbe cardboard
and Insert one end of tbe tube In It,
but let the end ot the tube Just come to
tbe other aide of tbe cardboard and
not protrude beyond It.
Now cut a round piece of paper tbe
aarne size aa tbe cardboard, place It
on the cardboard and the other end
of the tube Id your mouth, and try to
blow the paper off the cardboard.
iou may safely offer a handsome re
ward to any one who will succeed In
doing It.
Toll your teacher about It, and ask
Mra or her to explain U to you.
j Must Use Home Products.
Recently Issued instructions pre
scribe that, In the garrison kitchens
and canteens ot tbe Oerwau army
home produce only shall be, so far a
'possible, used. American lard and fat
are not to be eaten. The use of for
tin jams and conserves la forbidden.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comment
July 5.
foi
Surdect: Israel Asking For a Kin;, I Sa
vill.. 1-I0-Oo!den Text, I Sam. vll., J
Stjdy Verses, 1-22 Memory Verses.
4-7 Commeofary aa the Day's
lessoa.
1. The Israelites desire a king (vs. 1-5).
1. "Samuel." Samuel was both a prophet
and a judge in Israel. He wa brought to
the tabernacle when very young and put
under the care of Eli, the hijih priest.
Samuel was the last and best of the He
brew judge. "When he assumed charge
of Israel, tne twelve tribe were in a low
condition both morally anil politically. He
induced them to abandon their idolatry,
freed them from the I'hilistine yoke, ad
ministered justice with vigor and impar
tiality, promoted education nnd true reli
gion (2 Chrnn. 3o: 18), united tlie tribe
nnd raised them higher in the scale of
civilization. "Was old." Hi age ha
been placed all the way from titty-four
to seventy year, but the consensus of
opinion is that he was not far from sixty
years old at this time. "Sons judges."
1'hey were not given authority eiual to
hi own, for Samuel wa the last judge
in Israel and he exercised hi office until
the day of hi death; but thev were his
nssistant who attended to judicial matters
in distant places.
2. ".Joel." The meaning of the names
of Samuel's sons may be taken as indica
tion of the father's pious feelings, .loci,
".lehovah is God." Abiah. "Jehovah 1
father." "llccr-shcba." "Their chief seat
wa there, a Samuel's wa nt Kamah.
I'robably the recovery under Samuel of
many cil.c from the I'hilistitiea (chap.
7 : 1 4 made it expedient to have some kind
of magistrates appointed in the southern
part ot the country."
3. "Not in his' wnvs." Samuel' son
did not follow in the footstep of their
godly faiber, but were bad men who dis
graced hi name by dishonest proceedings.
"After lucre, etc. "The three evils here
mentioned cannot be too strongly repro
bated in a judge. The Hebrew word trans
lated lucre, means properly ill-gotten gain
that which ia obtained by violence nr
fraud. The judge who covetously put
hi hand on ill-gotten (.ain will be easily
overcome with bribery, and he who take
bribes vill necessarily pervert judgment
nnd truth."
4. "KIder of Israel." Before the c
odu Israel possessed an organization of
elder to whom Mosc wa directed to de
liver hi message ( Hx. 3:101. The title
gradually acquired nn official signification;
in th? wilderne?' Moc appointed a coun
cil of seventy to represent the whole body.
After the o'-eupation of Canaan we find
mcntivi of 111 elders of cities, who acted
n civil magistrates; (21 elders of tribes,
or districts; (:l) the elders of Israel, oi'
united body of the elders of the tribe.
5. "Thou art old." Although not so
greatly advanced in years, yet Samuel ap
pear to have been worn out, having pent
bi slrmgth in tho cares nnd Irirde" of
public business. "M ike u a king." What
higher tribute of esteem nnd confidence
could a peop'e show their governor than
to submit entirely to hi hands the reor
ganization of their government, nnd tho
slection and appointment of a king? Hut
thi action seem to have been attended
with a clapioroua and mandatory pirit
which wa disnleasing in the ight of God
nnd of Samuel. "Like all the nation.-"
Hut God hail cautioned them against fol
lowing the example of other nations, nnd
this was a bold step in the wrong direction.
This should be a warning to the church
nt the tircsent time. When God' people
undertake to blend with worldlings nnd
thu lose their distinctive chara'-teristie
a true Christian they will invariably lose
their spiritual life and power. Whi.c tho
effort with 11 should not be to he unlike
others merely for the sake of being pe
culiar, vet the saint of God live a separ
ated life, unlike the world, forsaking all
it custom to a great extent and opposing
it sinful and selfish practice. The Chris
tian conforms hi life to the life of Christ.
If. God's answer to the request (vs.
B-9). 0. "Displeased Samuel." Hceause,
1. Samuel saw that they were about to
reject the divine government ot turn. J.
It wa nn affront to Samuel, their atred
leader, who bad spent his life in tintinns;
devoticm to their interests. 3. It wn a
disappointment to Samuel that the people
should reiect God nnd choose another
lead'-r. The demand for a king wa the
direct outcome of faithlessness. It wa
a defection from God. "frayed." Samuel
knew where to go for direction. He did
not let hi own Personal feeling dc-ide,
but he wished to know the mind of God
in the matter.
7. "Hearken." God wr. displeased with
tiiom, but allowed Jiem to have thir way.
God grant that in His displeasure which
He withhold in lfi mercy. "Not rejected
thee. Irom this we juck-o that Samuel
in hi prayer "had complained that the peo
ple had rejected him and were dissatisfied
with hi administration. 'T,ul m." They
had not merely rejected Samuel, but they
had rejected God n their ruler. They
failed to ce that their misfortune came
not from lack of care nn the part of .Te
hnvah, but because of their own sin,
llad they humbly and devoutly inriiired
the will of God in the matter, and asked
for a Governor after His own heart, and
not after the model of the heathen power,
a most propitious change might have been
effected in their form of government.
8,9. "Have forsaken Me." All the sins
they had commit t. sitjee they 'ett I'lgypt
were against God. "I'nto thee." Samuel
was faring no worse than Gad Himself.
Thi He speak for the purpose of comfort
ing and vindicating Samuel. "Protest
solemnly." If they persisted in their re
bellious course they must do so with their
eye wide open to the consequences. God
utill warn sinner, but thev have it in
their power to persist in their wickcdne.i
and go to destruction. "Manner of the
king. Show them what they may expect
from nn earthly king. It whs a great mis
take for the ueon'e to forsake God and
choose another king: but many to-day
with much greater ight than Israel Had
nre making the same mistake. Such for
get that the service of God is the easiest
and licit to be found.
111. Tho rights of a king fv. 1018).
JO. "Word of the Lord." Samuel did not
speak his own word or give hi own opin
ion, lie told the people p.ainly what they
might expect if they persisted in their
determination to have a king similar to
the nation around them.
IV, Tbe reply of the people fv. 19-22).
The peop'e refused to listen to the voice
of Samuel. They were determined to be
like the nation around them, and were
willing to submit to the demand which a
king might make upon them. Samuel then
took the matter again to the Lord, after
which "he orrowfully dismissed them to
their home, that he might have time to
take the necessary measure for effecting
this great change." God still lets people
have their own way and permits them to
lean to their own undemanding; but not
until He has warned them of the great
danger of taking sach a course.
MODEL FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Mansion of Chief Executive a Copy ol
Montlcello.
Ex-Repretentatlve Jefferson . M.
Levy of New York, who owna Jeffer
ion's old home near Charlottesville,
Va., aaya that the white bouse !
getting to lcok more and more like
Montlcello. The architects who re
modeled the executive mansion recent
ly asked blm if the mirrors In the
salon ot Montlcello cauld be bought
tor the white house, and be wrote
that while he did not feel like selling
them be was willing they should be
?oplod. This will be done. Tbe mlr
rors In question were purchased lo
France by Jefferson.
Municipal Development Pay.
Municipal development ot water,
gas, electricity, street railways, mar
keti, baths and cemeteries In Nottlng
ham, England, bas showed an average
annual net profit of 1158,000 for the
last four year. The money la applied
to the reduction ot Uxesv
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
luly $. Cndeavoreri la Training for Publlr
Life. Oca. xlL JM2; Acts vIL 35. 36.
Dsn. vL 1-4.
8crlpture Verses Ps. lxxvlll. 4-7;
Prov. xl. II; 1 Tim. II. I, 2; Dent. v.l.
4-7; Ps. xxxlll. 12; Ex. xix. 3-6; Deut.
Iv. 7-9; vll. 611; Pa. cxllv. 8-15.
Lesson Thoughts,
God trains men for emergencies.
Mohps was forty years In training for
l:Js work;' Joseph grew Into the posi
tion of uacfiilnoas that was waiting
for him In Egypt; evtn our Savior was
thirty years growing In wisdom and
stature and favor before he entered
upon his public ministry. It us tnako
good use of our training time.
In time of our country's need, merit
and efficiency will tie recognized. It
la our duty to be prepared for call to
patriotic service, and leave tho call to
God.
Men become qualified for civil ser
vice best by qualifying first for God's
service.
Selections.
U true freedom but to brealt
Fetters for our own dear sake),
And with leathern hearts forget
That we owe mankind a debt?
No! true freedom Js to share
All ttje chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to make others free.
Lowell.
Christian patriotism must be lntei',1
Rent, trained by study of the past to
know to what the nation has owed Its
Rloty and Its shame, trained by study
of the present to know the needed
men and measures, trained by study of
(he future to know the Ideal that is to
La sought and the mUslon that God
has given one's own country.
The age calls for men who will place
righteousness and the public welfaro
above personal prosperity: If the evils
of the world are ever to be overcome,
they will be overcome by the selfish
n.?is and heroism of self-sacrificing
love on the part of all who call them
f.Mvcs followers of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Suggested Hyrrna.
My country, 'Us of thee.
Stand tip! stand up for Jesti3.
Onward. Christian soldiers.
Encamped. along the hills of faith.
Trti'-hearted. whole-hearted.
Am I a solcl.'.er of the cross?
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
HE rabble rule
only when the
righteous retire.
Reverence 1 s
the sign of re
ality in religion.
Great aspira
tions do not atone
for little actions.
What we call
sorrow God may
call strength.
God gives op-
V-CJJM portunity in an
1 I' swer to impor
tunity.
Individual righteousness will secure
universal reform.
Our duty to tho present Is paying
our debts to the past.
Word-energy 13 seldom work-energy.
The corrupt church breeds public
disease.
Life's little frets call for Its largest
faith. '
Morning prayer sets a picket for
the day.
Happiness can ony come in where
It got a out.
The heavy laden are likely to rise
the highest.
Love is the best leus with which to
view another.
Truth knows how to be tolerant
without truckling.
A sad world cannot be sweetened
by a sour religion.
The robe ot righteousness Is not a
cloak for the sores of elu.
The absence of sanity does
prove tbe presence of sanctity.
Don't buy your frills btfore
have paid for your foundation.
not
you
Time spent In courtesy Is never
wasted.
A hand-me-down faith Is always a
misfit.
Living with Christ makes the
Christian.
There Is no dotage to the Christian
life.
A creedless religion may easily be
deedless.
The waste of time sows the weeds
of eternity.
Patience and earnestness are pass
words to success.
HAD AN EXCELLENT REA80N
Youngster Telia Why He Thinks
Versifier Was Wrong.
Robert Is a bright little chap ol
five years. "We are the best of
friends," said a neighbor, "and hi
often runs in to see me. He likes tc
have me read to him and Is partlcu
larly fond ot Gelett Burgess's
rhymes.
"The other day I happened to run
across this little verse and took It to
bis home lo read to blm:
'I'd rather have Angers than toes,:
I'd rather have ears than a nose,
And as to my hair
I'm glad It's all there,
I'll ba awfully sad when It goes.'
"I read no further than the second
line 'I'd rather have ears than a'
isMe when Robert burst out with:
"1 wouldn't. I wouldn't rather have
ears than a noso.'
"Wondering what possible reason
this small critic could have for dlsa
greelng so emphatically with bis
friend Mr. Burgess, I ventured to
ask:
"Why Is It, Robert, that yov
wouldn't rather have ears than a
nose?'
""Cause they're harder to wash.
Feline Longevity.
Herr Pohl, preslont of the Qertnu
Society for the Protection of Cats,
bas Just published tho results of hll
Investigation in regard to the agf
which it Is possible tor these animal
to attain. Cats, be aaya, are like hu
man being In ono respect. Tbe more
peaceful and better regulated thelf
life Is, the longer they are likely to
live. Aa a proof ho polnta out that a
favorlt eat in tbe royal castle of
Nympnenburg baa Uved to be forty
two years old, and consequently may
fairly claim to be considered tho old
est cat In Germany. ,
THE GREAT DESTROYER I
SOME STARTLING FACT3 ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
l'oeim What Town Is T'lls? A nn Im
mrcllate anil i:sentlnl Influence 01
Crime, Drinking Exceeds Asr of th'
Other Recognised Canses.
What towns is this, with dirty lane;
With (trtes awry and fences' down;
L ununited home broken panes?
Why, this is known a Drunkard' Town
The men arc lazy nnd unclean;
The tavern door thev gather 'round;
Thev have no pride they have no shame;
Hut, then, they live in Drunkard' Town
The children of this wretched nl.ire
l oon the streets nre nlway found
With grimy hand nnd dirty face:
But they don't care in Drunkards' Town
The wife nt home ha nntuht to sp.tre,
They buy provision by the pound,
And e.ioh receive n scantv share
Ot clothes and food in Drunkard' Town
Thrv hive no chio! in this mem town,
They have no church no Sundav there
O! who would live in Drunkards' Town?
2ot I, for worlds, I do declare.
Stylus Penn.
Faience anil ths Tntnrierane Canne.
In the study of the "ethnic facior in the
population 01 IJoaton." by Dr. Frederick
II. lluher, drink i described ns a chief
cause of both poverty nnd crime, mure e
pocially among the Irish, Knglish, Scotch
und American.
A report of the proceedings nnd conclu
sion of the Sixth International Prison
Conirres. held nt llrusiel in AuRtiit, llW,
made by Mr. Samuel .1. Harrow, the Com
missioner for the United State, and just
published by order of our Conure, con
tain a debate on the relation of alcohol
ism to crime, which confirms the conclu
sion of Dr. liuther a to the evil potency
of drink. Dr. Mjoin, permanent Secret
tary of the Helnian Koyal Academy of Med
icine, opened the dial-union with n report
on the suiijtct. in which he pointed out
that statistic in different countries show
differences in the ratio of crime attributa
ble to alcoholic intenmerance, but that in
nil it i larjre. A an immediate nnd essen
tial influence on crime, drinking exceedi
nny of the other recoi;nized causes. Occa
sional intoxication i a preponderant cause,
more particularly in emotional crime and
misdemeanor and in those against morali
and offenies against the person, but, ob
viously, it is much les-i important a a stim
ulation to offense which re'iuira prepara
tion, such a theft, swindling, forgery and
embezzlement.
Among the conclusions adopted by the
Congret wa a suestion that "in differ
ent countries, making allowance for lati
tude, climate and tTipsramont, the max
imum decree of nlco'ml contained in fer
mented liiiuon should he asf-ertained with
a view to establishing a line of demarcation
between alcohol anil non-alcoholic drinks,
and to show tin relution between alcohol
ism nnd crinn nnd to furnUh a banis for
comparative statistic."
A third disctimion of the evil inflnencei
of alcoholic drinking, recently published
by Dr. lloherc Jotie, the medical superin
tendent of the C'layhury Lunatic Asyilim,
at London, i made the basis of an nrticle
by the Medical Kecord of New York, in
which ulcoholic intemperance as a cause ol
insanity is treated specifically. Dr. Jones
how from public statistic that of the
110.000 certified in.-ane persons now in Etui
land nnd Wale nlonc, alcohol i aijtncd
i the cause of the insanity in 21.6 per cent,
of the male and 9.3 per cent, of the fe
males. Of t!io$e remaining in the asylums
it the present time he believe that "at the
lowest computation there nre no It-ss than
10,900 male and 13800 female who are men
tally decrepit through the effects of alco
hol." Dr. .Tone find, n to nge. that "the pe
riod of greatest incidence to the pernicious
jffect of alcohol correspond closely with
that unon which fall the greatest mental
itrain," or, that men between twenty-five
nd thirty year, and, again, between thirty-live
and forty nre more susceptible to al
cohol than those of nnv other nite.
In commenting on the conchi-iions of the
F.nnlish insanity expert, the Medical Itec
jrd expresses the opinion that "perhap
the assertion that drink i the mo.t potent
:aiie of mental disorder would now pas
without cavil," fir nnuuestionnbly "the
brain is the orftan which is most disastrous
ly affected by excessive indulgence in alco
hol, although other organs nmv be serious
ly injured, the outcome of the habit if
tiiore frequently mental dissolution."
The necessity for severe measure for the
protection of society against ao potent an
svil i now recognized throughout civiliza
tion. "Almost everv country of the
world," says the Medical llerord, "is tak
ing up the drink question, alarmed at the
inroad which the unbridled consumption
5f alcohol ha made and i making into the
prosncriiy, health and moral of their peo
ple." "Alcohol," said Dr. do Hoeck, n Hcl
?;an insanity expert, to the Brussels Inter
national Prison Congress, "is a violent poi
son to the nervous eleeien'," "destroys
them when taken in large doses, or by n
slow death when taken in Fnis.il, but often
repeated eiuantities." nnd "tho onlv wav
di" lessening the freouence of crime and
misdemeanors engendered by nlcohol is to
forbid the sale of alcoholic drinks or to
raise the price to such an extent a to
n'aee thein hevond the reach of the musj
the people." New York Sun.
nrlnlt Weakens.
Xot onlv does examnle stimulate imita
tion, but strong drink weaken rapacity
for leadership. During our Civil War, on
both side battle were lost on account ol
intoxication of the commander. Ten vcar
Jgo the Uritisn war vessel Car.inerdown
nmnicd and sunk the battleship VLuonu.
It wa elone on a s-insiuny day. when the
sea was a calm a a 'like. Admiral Tryon,
the besi sailnr the sea lord. oi Kngland,
n on the Victoria, commanding the llect,
which wa steaming in two parallel lines.
Tryon ordered the line to wheel toward
ach other, and, turning, to steam right
tliout. 1 lie ice-AUmiral 0:1 the tamper-
down realized, aa he nfterward said at the
invetigation, that the turning distanco be
tween the line was too short for the evo
lution. He signally hi apprehension, but
the order wa curt'y reneated, and obeyed.
As a result tho Victoria was rammed and
1111k. The explanation was that Tryon.
tnoroughiv arcomn.isneil in naval matter,
the Von Mohke of the sea. was drunk, and
sll hi erreat knowledge ami exnerierrce wai
suspended by strong drink. Ho was so
bered by the shock, realized Ins awini er
ror, end deliberately went down with hi
vessel, staining the reputation of a lifdtime,
limning discredit nn his navy, responsible
for the death of 500 of hi men, and closing
hi lire in suicide,
Hxample 1 forceful in drinking, as in ah
tuiiiing. A drinking captain makes a
drunken private. If the Governor in
dulges, the member of the staff clink hit
wine glass. The habit of treating is re
sponsible for many drunkard...
Tbe CfasaiU In Urlsr.
Protect the home from the saloon or the
saloon will destroy the home.
Lut ;-ear the Governor of rte'.fat nnd
County Autrim prison, Ireland, affirmed
that of the hundred of prisoner under
hi care, with a probable exception ol
three or four, every one had become a crim
inal through drink.
Kitty temperance women of the north
and weat aides of Chicajo have organized
to open club room for street ear men.
with tuj idea of attracting employes from
the saloons. The plan is to rent roams in
the vicinity of each car barn, where the
ruilroid men can rest while oif duty.
There are 1SS parishes in Scotlund with
out a public house, also 700 congregation
in Scotland have discarded the ua-i of fer
mented wins at the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper.
The report from Pekin is that the Chi
nete authorities bsve ordered all foreign
saloonkeepers to close their saloons and tc
leave ths city within three days, thereby
removing from the city one disgrace tc
Western civilization and a hindrance to
mission work.
The new temperance blacklist law in
Kngland seems to be rigorously enforced
Over 100 inebriates have been blacklisted
in Londom A woman who is on the black
list haa been sent to prison f-r a month
for trying to obtain drink, and a (man and
woman were fined for obtaining liquor iur
drunken friends.
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
HEADINC FOR THE QUIET H0Uf
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF,
Poemi Only One Life We Are to Watch
For Hi Cmnlns; of ths Lord ami Hope
For That Coral nn In the Near Fatore
Let No Duty Its Undone.
Men may talk of the turf and the bowl;
Men may revel in song that are wild;
But when all ha been said, and sung, soul.
There is only one life reconciled.
When tlie battle are fought, and won,
man.
And riche come in with the tide,
Evpn then erie the heart in the van.
There is only one life, without pride.
Yo-i may boat of your fortune to-day.
You may travel to clime that delight.
But the scene that entrance plainly say,
There is only one life that is right.
In the midst of your pomp nnd your pride,
When the nation look on with dismay.
There's a voice mint be heard at your side,
There is only one life, and this way:
You must all use your wealth r.nd your
mind.
In the service of Chrinl on earth:
For in doing God' will the soul finds.
There i only one life, a new birth.
Why Wa Are to Wateh,
Tin Jj-isy world divide it time between
pcttinj treasiir?! anil trying to keep them.
Alter a man ha gained a little wealth the
ilex.- thing is ta know where to put it that
it will be snf. If the inhabitants of the
town nhout Mont l'elee had known for a
vurety that there was to be a fatal eruption
nn 11 certain Hay they would not hnve put
their all, or kept their nil, in a position
where they would be sure to be destroyed,
liut so on had they watched the distant
incke curling from the crater and seen the
day go by sunny nnd undisturbed, nnd so
.-onifortahle were they there that they be
gin to think, n some Uible men of old
once did, "Kor since the fathers fell asleep
All thing have been a they were at the
beginning." and did not get ready for the
:oning of the danger which threatened.
We put our monev that wo have gained
i'lto real estate, which may burn up or
deprncinte in value; wo buy stocks and
bond, v.hic'i may tr.rn our. valueless; we
place it with trust companies, which mny
fail, md we nut our treasures In safe de
posit boxe which, with even the cunning
st devices ncainst burglars, ni.iv be taken
from n. All thi to provide for our old
age, which seem ti 11 an eternity. And
yet each one of u knows that we may be
rallea at anv moment to leave thi worm,
where gain netting seem to be the main
object, and to go into a world where such
treasure cannot be cartied and will credit
us noihing.
Kor year ha nton I th" warning to u
who .''ournev a'l unthinkingly to a coun
try whose border we may enter nt any
moment, that ve turn our treasure into
coin of that land, that we provide oi'relves
"bags which will not wan old" in which to
keep it.
But the Lord r'elayeth His eorring. We
have grown used to not expecting Him.
Death, common ns it i. seems but a
shadow in the dUtaT-e. and the coming of
the Lord Jesu Christ i not even believed
in by the many. Since the day 9I the apos
tle there have not been lacking In every
age men to confidently predict the imme
diate return of the Lord. Many persons
have been carried so far by the fears in
duced by these predict'-n as to part with
their property, turn their attention nlto
ee'licr away from secular to soiritual
things, jnd even gather white-robed at the
time nnd n'.acp n-mointed by the self-styled
prophet for tho Master's appearance. Tho
final effect of such upheaval ha nlway
been evil. A careful, prayerful study of
the spirit of Christ' words must have nre.
vented any such aeiion. We are indeed
enjoined lo wateh, but thi watching in
volve in it very osser.ee n constant dili
gence, n careful, unrelaxing attention that
no duly be If it undone, that no enemy gain
idmission. that no temptation take us un
iwnre. We are to w"teh for the coming
of the Lnrd. and even though the ages have
been rolling on since first this hope wa
r-iven. we yet have a distinct ripht to hone
fo" that coming in the nar future. Of
I lis co-ning we know no ' the dav nor the
hour, though we are nowhere to'd thnt wo
tray not search lo know it bv the sign of
the times and by the sign of nripheey. A
rreat blessing i promised those who nre
ilaiiv expecting Him. Whi knows what
that blessing mnv be? Blessed arc those
sen-ant whom the Lord when He cometh
l'iH find watching.
You all know now it is when vou nr ex
pecting home n long aoent loved one. How
the house from one end to the nhr i nut
in order, bow the tabV is set with the bst
dishe and the fine linen, and how the
breath of flowers is in everv room. Not a
corner of the house is left in disorder, for
all must breathe to the loved one if wel
come and hon-c and peace. And while we
wait at the wipilow nnd e'ance out to see
if the train i in yet, we look now about
the room, and casi our thount all over
the premises to es if aught there be that
yet need nttention, and wo stnnd in front
of the g!a to rtit un a strav lock ot hair
nnd straigh'.ei the co''nr that -e may look
o::r best 10 the lived eye. When Jesus
romes wi'l H find nnr corner of the earth
in order for Him? Will th" ne'furoe of the
incense- of prayer reach Him? Will the
round of nraise of redeemed souls ecreet
Him? Will there he no sin in vnur heart
to mnr the child Ho love? Will a'l the
soul about you know tlirt yon are His and
that you strive to follow ii Hi steps? And
even if it be that yon nrd I nre numbered
nmong those who "sleep" befo'e Hi com
ing, still will lie come to each at death,
and we mut be ready to say:
And coirs He soon o- 'ate,
The Lord of tbe estate
Shall find me w,t"h;ng still.
G'" Livingston Hill, ia tho Xew Yor
Mail and Express.
Coil's Promises Ftl-.
Go:l is eves better thnn we think. We nre
not so rendv to realize thnt God i sure to
make good His promises, a He is ready ta
remember His every assurance and to give
good gifts according to Hi children's
needs. One of God' loved and loving chil
dren. cxpreipg gratitude for the coming
of a longed-for b'.esiing, said: "God told me
long ago that some day this should come to
me, and I could not doubt His word.
When it came I was not aurnrised. only in
a way a the coining of the inevitable sur
prises u. Sometime, you know, we are
surprised to tee the sun rise or the tide
come in." Oh, that nil of us were a ready
to be a sure of God's word as of the ris
ing of the sun or the coming in of the tide!
Spiritual frna-ross.
EAry sincere wish and prayer fo" good
ne, every earnest attempt to fulfill diffi
cult duty is sure to help on our sniritual
progress, either directly or indirectly. By
one road or another every such effort
brings us nearer to God. James Freeman
Clarke.
rilnslng to the Worthies.
ft i not always the thing of value that
.we hold to. "A feeling of revenge is not
worth much, that you should care to keep
it," said Philip Wakem. And yet many a
man in a pitch of excitement would let go
a fortune rather than cast out a burden of
revenge from hie heart. No good can come
of hi horrid possession, yet how he hug
it! Men are not only wicked they seem
determined to be fooiisb. "It's poor fol
isiiness to run down your enemies." Ha
tred and revenge never harm any on so
much aa the baur, and still ha will not let
bis destroyer go. Oh, for a man who is
strong enough to part with his weakness!.
temper Sign Boards.
In a Japanese temple there la fixed
a wooden frame filled In with nails
When a man Is vexed with anyone, in
stead of going to harm the person lie
pays the priest a certain sum of
money for a nail and drives It Into the
frame. In this way ho relieve bis
temper without doing much harm. II
would be a good Idea to have similar
frames fixed up In places here, ao
that when little boys and girls were In
clined to be a trifle naughty they
could take some nails aad baumei
them Into those frames UU all th bad
temper disappeared.
REINDEER MIGRATIONS.
Devouring Herds Which March Orse ths
Country.
During the course of n paper on the
"Mnniiiiuls of Mount Kntnhilln, Maine,"
rend recently nt Washington, I. c
Cnptnlu B. II. Putcher, of the t'nitpd
States Army, gave some Interesting
facts relative to the reinnrknble migra
tory ways of the reindeer. The caribou,
or reindeer. Is nn nnltnnl thnt belong
father north than the northernmost
point of Mnlne, that is given to migra
tions at Irregular Intervals, and within
the memory of peoplo living In the
Mount Kntnhilln neighborhood there
have been two such migrations within,
the Inst eighty yenrs.
In both Instances Mount Knlnlnllsj
has formed the southern terminus ot
the reindeer migration, the Immense
herd halting on reaching thnt point,
nnd, on the approach of spring, return
Ing northward to New Brunswick,
Canada and Labrador. The last ml.
gratlon of caribou within the memory
of the Mount Kntahdlu residents oc
curred late In the fall of 18!0, when s
herd of thousands of caribou thnt had
attracted attention by their migration
through Lnbrador, Canada nnd New
Brunswick suddenly nppenred In the
forests nbout the famous mountain.
All that winter the natives of ths
region feasted on Juicy reindeer steak,
but with the first signs of spring the
herd gathered together and left the
neighborhood as suddenly as they
came, returning to their homes lu bleak
nnd Inhospitable Labrador. Two elnysj
after the herd got under way there
was not a reindeer to be seen nor found
In the entire Mount Kntnbdln district,
nor have nny been seen there since.
This propensity of tho reindeer aud
denly to gather In large herds nnd
make long Journeys covering thousands
of miles is n phenomenon that has
long puzzled naturalists, nnd has never
been satisfactorily accounted for. L'n.
like the bison, or buffalo, which anlmul
migrates north In summer and south
in winter, the reindeer has no state,
time nor season for migrating, nor,
so far ns naturalists hnve been able to
discover, Is there nny good reason or
cause for such action on their part.
Xordcnskjold. during his famous voy.
nge nlong the Siberian const, from
Bergen, Norway, to Bering Strait, wit
nessed one of the largest reindeer mi
grations thnt, according to the Ya-.
kuts, S.inioyedes and Burlnts, had
taken place in Northern Siberia in two
centuries, there being nothing in the
native traditions covering that period
to Indicate a like migration. Accord
ing to Nordenskjold, the herd numbered
close to half a million, nnd the region
over which It passed was swept bare of
reindeer moss and other plants uuou
which these animals feed.
Thn Color at Ohots.
Gray, rather thnn black or white, ap
pears to bo the prevailing color worn
by the latter-day ghosts. Two houses,
one In England nnd the other lu Ire
land, are persistently haunted by what
are called "gray lauies." Tho Irish
spook of this category recently stood
in front of a bust of Shakespeare, bid
den by her form. A pair of shoes,
thrown nt her opaque substance, pene
trated It completely and crashed
against the marble bust. A third gray
ghost haunting the ancient dormitory
of nn English college is, on the other
hand, transparent. The panels of win
(lows can be seen through Its form. A
fourth gray ghost appears as a shadow,
singularly distinct nnd showing nil the
lines and features of a human being.
Still another spook, that of Coionel Av
Melnaudcr, seen In St. Petersburg, Is a
gray shadow. I11 fact, there are too
ninny gray ghost for enumeration. The
"sheeted dead" appear to be In a small
minority nowadays. Even black ghosts
seem to outnumber them. The black
shade of nn ancient clergyman often
seen In daylight upon nn English coun
try road sometimes wenrs a white film
of vapor enveloping his sable raiment.
The phantom of another clergyman,
teen In church. Is described as "a black,
clear mist with the outline of a man."
That of "a llttlo old woman In brown"
has long haunted the front yard of a
certain cottage, .while that of "nn old
lndy In green" bothers a minister of
the gospel. Washington Star.
Balloon vs. Antomoblls.
Eight automobile enthusiasts have
formed a volunteer corps to be used
by the Government in time of war for
carrying dispatches nnd bringing Into
commuiilention distant points not
reached by the railroads. Of late, M
pet themselves In training, they have
organized several balloon pursuits.
In these novel chases an aeronaut
starts Bkyward In a balloon, carrying
some dummy dispatches, while at tbe
same time the automobiles start In pur
suit of tbe huge gas bag on terra
flrma. If a good breeze Is blowing tbe
aeronaut gives the automobiles a lively
chase, while If he Is elded with clouds
la or above which to hide himself be
keeps the modern "knight of the road"'
guessing as to his whereabouts. The
one who reaches him first after his de
scent Is declared the winner of the
chase, .which is said to be much more
exciting than "hare and hounds" or a
fox hunt. Aeronautical World. '
The Goat of th Fuslllera.
In bis recent gift of a goat from the
royal herd to tbe Fusiliers King Ed
ward followed the example of his royal
mother, who at different times
this famous regiment a goat, tbe tlrst
being presented as far back as 184C.
On that occasion it was one of a mf
nlflcent Cashmere breed, then kept to
Wludsor Park, a herd of which w
sent to Queen Victoria by tbe then
Shah. This goat, as may be expected.'
was highly prized, and marched at the
head of the regiment during a cam
paign in Bulgaria, afterward accom
panying the Fusiliers to the Crimea.
Shortly after the battle of Alma tno
goat began to show symptoms of t
ness, and despite every care It fl"1
succumbed to the Inclement weather
on December SO. 1854, before Bebto
pol. A Cartoae A4dwt-
A curious accident la reported trow
Belleville, III. A woman was nuiog
in th creek which run through tw
place and her hook caught In
clothing of a man who had been mi
Ing for ome day. Tbe woman man
aged to get the body ashore, tnea
fainted, fell Into tbe creek nd wse
drowned. New York Commercial
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