"BROADMINDEDNESS" Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev. Dr. Henry C. Swcnlzcl. Contrasts the Church Wilh I he Narrow Gauj Avcrag Mnn One ol the Miseries ot Irrclifjlon Pointed Ont la Detail New Y'jkk City. Dr. Henry C. Swcnt tel. rector of St. Luke's Church, Clinton venue, nnr Fniton street, preached Sun shy on "The ISrnadmindcdhess of Chris tianity." He took his text from l'snlnu -xix:l: "Thy Commandment is exceeding triad." Dr. Swentcl said: The Son of Cod l.a called men into a rl.ire of libcrtv and has set their fect in a ir:e toitn. His -example. His teachings P'-il His who'e tone illustrate and prove His broadminiledticss, Xo one who rightly Appreciates the t!opcl ran well contend that it seeks to make human nature smaller find feebler than it is, or that it would loner the dignily and lessen the freedom nnd banish the opportunities of human life In the broadmimledness of .Tesus is "no of His most notable chat arteristies. He lived in the open, anil His every word indicates the comprehensiveness of His thinking nnd the perfect sanity of llii conditions. He is the broadest being who has trod this earth and He lias siren the broadest re'iuion that man has known, a religion which is not racial, national or provincial, but worldwide. 1' is intended to inspire the most liberal ideas and to make the i.iivst men. It is the cinhndi Trent of hroadmindcilncss in doctrine and idea', in its outlook, its estimate of (visi bilities, nnd its conceptions ot human des tinr. Kvcrv follower of Christ should divest linnelf as far as possible of narrownss and pettiness in living bis life ami doing his work, t.et him be thouzhtful and honest nnd industrious an I brave: let him be aane. broadminded in his ideas, generous in his principles and loyal in his conscience. He is not ea'led upon to emulate the paltry disposition of the rast, or to try t restore the regime of a bygone age or tc c'amor for the return of conditions which were v eil enough for a younger civilization, but which should not he installed in the twentieth century, llelifion is not super stition, faith is not bigotry, godliness it not into'erance. We all do well to take account of the Lord's admonition concerning the use ot langnnze. He has warned us that we must nns"er the Inst foe every idle word we speak. How many idle words arc used, nnd bow massive is human guilt in this particular. Kren thoe words which tiliould h prono inccd with reverence nre mixed with frio'ities. Other words which should be used always seriously and wilh the utmost nrriracy are connected with the nrononnmciit s of gin-ulous brains nnd flippant lips. "Ilreadth" is rue of the words against which people sin rami often. o that eari-st souls have almost reached tie Doint of su; eeting its tenor whenever they har it. In common parlance a "broad" 1'nmani-t is a Unman Catholic who cares litt'e or nothing for his church or for th" re!iio:i which it preaches. A ''broad" Christian is a man who. though be may not have brol-en with Christianity, has 10 de'inite religious nrincit)les. rio clear" v slated rules of rirlit ami wrong, nnd his no fault to tin 1 with a propaganda, the success of which would mean not only the overthrow of faith but the ruin of society. It is supposed to be "broad to be not too scrupulous about one's amuse ments, to encourage irreligion. t disregard the sanctitie of Sunday. It is supposed to be "broad" to sav nnd to do nothing that would indir-ate that one bas religious feelings, to put himelf in the altitude of evmpathv with bad things. It is supposed ta be "broad" to upset the Hiblc. to east discredit unon the church, to brand holy traditions as a nark of lies, to make the onel mean as litt'e as possible, to reduce religion, not to it lowest terms, but to no terms nt nil. Thus the noble word is clothed with a sene which it ought not to have. When people tell of a "broad state ment they mean a statement which is juspicious. if not inaccurate. When they fefer to a "broad story" thev mean a storv which is not nuite decent.' It were well to distinguish between a true breadth and a spunous bread'h. so that we might be spared from the ills that follow in the train of a mere ritch-.vnrd. nnd have the blessing and the power which arc imparted hv the breadtn of thought and sympathy which is one of the vi ry finest marks of a son of I lod. Krom whatever standpoint it is viewed the rehg.nn of .l,.is (liiit is characterized for its broadieindeilncss. It is to-day the s.rilv world religion, und the church looks i w.i i 10 t,l! t""1' n,len n'' tlie rieopln of aI the nitions will In-come the Lord's due; p es. An examination ot the theories or schemes whirli b ive been set up in opposition to or rivalry with the everlast ing gospel will disclose their essential nar row ne.. hiuh ns to ideas and Inc. In con tract with ih notions held by those who t,ind n ool from Christ, how broad and Tong is the p'aif.imi of Christian belief! In a. I toe word there is nn creed or con fess, on which i. ,r, nmn'e and liberal and coniiiiihetisive ns the Xieene creed. It is preat in what it says end in what it does rot s.iv, in what it defines and what it re fills to define. Its expressions and its reticjnce are sit-niiicant nnd imprssive. In It fcniiiral turns have been reduced to a minimum, nnd it stand as an unfailing source ot truth and aspiration which shall bless and ennch all classes of humanity un til the elo.e or the latest age. Jt proposes the divm.ty or the Trinity and the trinity of diviniiv. but not in the forms of phil osophy. It decVr-, tin.- fatherhood of (iod, the Snnship of Christ, the perpetual min istiy of the Holy (iho.t, but not in the e.alonte phrases of the theologian, it upho ds the virgin birth f .lesus. His wor.dwide nfT-e and His omnipotent en sleavors ' tor us men and for our salvation," but without the glosses r,f a mistaken slevoton It i.roil.inin continuity of the chore i of the anost'et. but without the specM'ntioiH nnd dicta nf if,- ecclesi ioait. It announce th- iie.iT- "i (jod's rhi.,!ren in ecrv world, and the Mcrsed Me of end'e.s felicity which av.ii's the sou. s that He hi redeemed 1 iv i.lhnut Joe fancies ami guesses and . j-ai ,h'ch bave vain.v tried to explore i. .-ea1'ler. these truths are not only re. iiV. ibl) in the manner of their statement .: ale- in tticmselvc. I hey are the foun.la'i-r on which e are asked to build wbi-c V.-e here, and the stru-ture of our li,o-..:s and monves and efforts should be v.i :ous accord, ng.y. What mi uns;ieakable crime it . o . tack such a belief on the score of -:j al leged rarrowne.s. It presents the lirgest Ideas that man has known, and it .-.rf.ents them in the largest (.ossible way. Its por t'aval of Jehovah is in harmony with His clivina nmji.ty; its account of .lesus has tue swetLness nnd reverence of tho gospel ceording to St. .bihuj it interpretation of tne Holy Spirit is a comforting and in tpiriiig doctrine for the needs and sorrows nnd possibilities of the present; its declara tion of the church marks it as a society nl irraee and blessing wljich was founded y the Lord. and. like a i-eautiful angel, jt points to "the life of the world to eouie." "These are the dearest of all doctrines, tha Lest and the brightest, the largest and tnost lioeral. Whatever else they are, they nre not contracted or paltry, but as eatb V.ic as (iod and as universal as man. In sleed. our religion is the only thing in the wor.d thst profeuea to desire the allegiance of everybody. It has the length and breadth sod depth and height of the lova of (iod in Jesus Christ our Lord. It doe not giva us views or conjectures, but only the commandment ol tiod which is "ex ceedinf broad." The clever pettifogger ran make it diffl mlt for us to defend anything, though wa may o infallibly sure of its truthfulness. 'iRj cross sisnnner may succeed as far as to brief us to tha verge of doubting I hi testimony ol our own seusea. Kven so ar sloubts easily possible concerning th mat tra of Christian belief. It is not the pur pose ef this discourse, however, to disviut the grounds of skepticism except in so lar , as they would impeach tha breadth ot Christianity. .Several forma of unbelief, or of indifference, which is in sen lb same thing logically, present a sorry spec tacle in tli presence of the inclusivanes of ths Ool. What ar tha truth fot which they stand, and how real ar (has truths? They talk perhaps of their Intel )- '.utility, but they should remember thai tha men vrsao are rsponibl for th kv eene Creed wer paitutaster as mia fihysic iami. Ihey refer to th. liberty t which tbey ar lb champion, but ttw ) hrty wltirb t'-tw siivasvJ-s i u. hmou the very aoctnne ot nihilists nnd anarch ists in society and politics. With blar of trumpet they herald their own broad mindedness, but if they had their way, nod if ti.cv could sweep religion from the face of the earth, burn up the Uibles, dynamite the churches, it requires no prophet to foretell what a dreadful situation would ensue, ns the result of their havoc. Th man who puts agnosticism against ths creed has nothing to give this world except what would make men more narrow than they nre, nnd would speedily plunge them into conditions first of civilized paganism a d a little later of rank barbarism. Ths skeptic is no more nn npostle of liberality than is the anarchist an apostle of liberty. With great regret it must be confessed that there are ami hare been multitude of narrow-minded Christians. Inasmuch as human nature finds it dillicult to attain unto bbetnlity, it is not to be wondered nt that so many fall short of the br.-ndtli of our holy religion. Christians have not onlv been performed, but they hare ac tually persecuted one another. be:'iuo ol differences of opinion. Oniy too fie.piently hare they failed to recognize tiie com prehensiveness of the (iospel. and thev prefer their confessions to the catholic faith nnd their sects to tne catholio church. It is simply impossible to apolo gize for them or to oiler any argument in extenuation ot their giierous nttencs n'ong this line. 'J'hev have restricted their uod and their llible nnd their creed, and have stood up stoutly to resist the large inindf dness of their Lord. Hit this does not really affect the issue which we have in hand. It does not nr nil impair our contention that the gospel of Christ itself --not lYotestantisni or Puritanism or ,!ediev.ii;sni. but the gospel contains the hr.rnlest doctrines, the broadest ideas of find and of man nnd of des'iny, and the hroidoit working principle of thought and t life. tio-l's 'commandment i exceeding broad" in its practical application to man's conditions. It preaches (lod's Fatherhood, which is a mighty foundation for ihe in tellectual life, nnd man's brotherhood, which makes the scope of moral obligation, "a l's re'ntion to us is most assuring, and mr relation to Him nnd to all our broth ers make the theatre of action nnd sets forth the sphere of conscience, sympathy in I endeavor. One of the miseries of ir religion is that it despoils humanity of all this. The heart which cares not tor tho doctrines of Christian belief is sadly im poverished nnd reduces this present exist ence to a small nffair, for it has nothing 0 sav of the higher tilings or of an eternity of blessedness, nnd nothing tbnt avails for the enlargement of aspiration and the re inforcement of energy. Christ trulv dis covered the individual. He argued tbnt a men's oul was more important than the zain f the wbolo world; He came ex pressly to lilt human nature out ot its neallne's and to p'aec it in an environment where the sons of Ool rightly he'ong; He reveale 1 the model which j' nothing less Him the cbnrneter of the King of kings, and ca'ied all the sons of men to a roval I'fe; He disc'osed n lnr;e meaning for du ties nnd "fiefs, pleasures nnd possibilities; He would have His neople stand on the Mo-.'nt of the Ascension whence thev can ee the piesent in it perspective, and havo in expansive outlook for the study of them elves nnd their lives. The broadminded l.o;-1 has given n broadreinde.1 religion for me i when thev pray nnd work nnd suffer, and He would inspire them to rise un to the eibIi-ntions nnd opportunities which .vcit upon them every hour in the day. How narrow is the average man! ' Alod "rn conditions are not nn unmixed boon '.o the masses. There have been many zains, but there have been manv losses lso. Among the losses in the world ns we know it today is the almost inevitable tendency of our way of living nnd our methods of business to curtail the individ aal in the livin-r of his life and the doing cf his work. More nnd more are the peo ple of the workaday world hampered nnd restricted hv the demand for specialization. 1 .e individual is being called upon to do lome one task and to do ic over and over l"ain three hundred days in the year, all f which is equivalent to shutting him within confines where he can scarcely hope to develop into his best self. This effect is one of the deplorab'e ills of the times. The rule of offices and factories nnd shoos which encourage evperts i ruinous to the individual who indeed learns to do one thing perfectly, bur who is thus hindered from knowing anything else outside of his daily task. Then. too. the spirit of the business mnn that makes him ambitious snd satisfied to beepp.,. a m,,r, nf business and thus reduce hi life to the level of n mere moncv.mnl.-er. is likely to produce the same direful result. Xo one should williniely become n machine. In spite ol the advancement which is one of the won ders of the age. the people of the L'nitcd State are now face to face with a situation which sotelv requires a crusade in favor of broadmindedness a crusade that will ex hort the people, in spite of discourage ments to the contrary, to find leisure for considering tonics and resorting to occu pation in addition to those which belong to their daily enga-'ements. We must sim ply make time for thou.-lit and reading and reerention; we must rie to the glorious jiberty of the children of Ood: we must insist for ourselves that the most import ant things are not lee.t and drink, lint the kingdom of Ood and His righteousness. Wo need the broailnnni'edness of .lesti. We need His outlook. His doctrine. His model of thoucht and life. His symmetry of character. His proportion of manhood. The Saviour of mankind would save us from pettiness nnd illiperalitv. lie would have us accept (iod' largest estimate ot ourselves. He would ra'l ns to a life which will issue at Inst in the heavenly land. He would fill i. in mind and heart and soul with God's commandment which is so ex ceeding broad. Oor l'art Kssrlitlitl. Cod lias a place for each one of us and a y.orlt for each one of us. (iod does not ex pect us to till more than our own place, or to do mote than our own work, but each one of us is important in Ins or her own inhere. All the offerings of the wealthy in tho courts of the temple in Jerusalem were well in their time and amount. Hut the poor widow, who had only her two mites, should not have felt that her gift was unimportant. It seemed as if Jesus sat watching and waiting for that little of fering, and the story of her doing her part has lieen told the world over ill the centur ies since then, a a leaon, and ns an in spiration, Kven though our part is but a little one Ood, as it were, watches and waits for that. Shall it be lacking Superiority In Confeselon ot Wrong. A confession of wrong may be proof of .1 possession of superior ability. One who is making progress is likely to see truth in a new light to-day, and to perceive that he was not light in the light which he bad yesterday. Pope says truly, "A man should never be ashamed to say be hat been in the wrong, which is but saving in other words that lie is wiser to day than he was yesterday " Therefore it often require! more ability to admit having b.-en in the wrong than to stand by tho position winch oue maintained yesterday. Have you i ill pjvrtr to jtruw7 The Dog and tha Chickens. James V. Boll of Philadelphia owns a fine fox terrier named Lily, who has takou personal charge of a brood of chW'kens. The dog took a fancy to tho chicks when they wera hatched, and slnco then has not let them cui of her sight, and they have come ta regard hor as their protector. Nen Vork Commercial Advertiser. l"h Carder) Cat and th Gleaming. Now Is the station at hand when Ihe grown-up daughter of the house hold meanders down to the front gate In the gloaming aud looks wistful. Chicago News. The Chinese and Stone Floors, In China the dining rooms are nsr dljr floored with tiles or stone slabs. This Is because the household animals dogs and cats, are allowed to remain' In the roem at meal time to receive! whatever food the diners do not visa, s i His Bad Attacks When 'a young man gets rid of the Idea that he can write poetry he has a bad attack of going In for a publJe crw New York Prstsa. TIIE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments July 1 9. For Subjrct: SamuiTa I ertncll Addrsss, I Sam. xll IJ-25-GolJcn Text, I ism, xil , 21 M:mory Verses, 23-o'S-Comm:ntary on llu Day's Lesson. Connecting Links. The attempt of th Ammonites to avenge themselves on ac count of the defent they had suffered at the hand nf .leplithah (Jiid. 11:31!) gave to Saul an opportunity to secure for him self recognition. The army, flushed with the glory of their splendid triumph, highls extolled their king nnd actually proposed to put to death any who refused to recog nine bis authority. Samuel, who was witq the army (v. 7), deemed this a most op pnrtunj time to establish Saul in the gov ernment nnd secure for him national recog. nition. Accordingly he called the people together to (iilgal, nnd, with impressive ceremonies, ratitied the election at itir Peli nnd formally inaugurated Saul into liis regal olliee. It is quite probable that Saul was publicly anointed at this time. I. Samuel's integrity (vs. 1-S). Samuel, though ho was still to retain his influence and nu'.bority as prophet, now decides that the time has come for the public surrender of bis oliicc ns judge, or ruler. There mils have been a mighty struggle in bis bosom when he uttered this valedictory to the people whose interests had been tue bur den of bis heart nnd prayer for so many years. The nation bad now reached a new era in its development, nnd its fill nre weal or woe depended on the people's obedience to the commandments of God. This impressive truth the vonerab'a proph.'t seeks, throughout his entire nd dress, to tasten indelibly upon their minds. He begins by challenging them to impeach his otlicial parity and is answered by tin unanimous continuation of his integrity. It is not unlikely that n shadow had fallen over Samuel's career because of the per verse course bis sons had taken, and this naturally suggests the reason wiiy the aged .seer at this time si urgently calls upon them for a complete vindication of his private as well as Siis ollicinl life. II. Israel's ingratitude (vs. (j-12). In these verses Samuel "recalls Jehovah's pa it nr-rcies and upbraids- them with un nelicf and. in-ratitud? for demanding a king." He show th"m bow impious it was to establish a kingdom I'ke the heathen nations around them. "Jehovah had nsver failed tiicm when they olieyed His word and cried unto Him: whv. then, should they 'le.'iro a human king?" After refer' ring to the manner in which God bail de livered them from Kgyptian bondage. Sam uel calls attention to the "three chief on-prc-isors of Israel during the period of the judges: 1. The ( anaanites who were led tv Sis'.-ra, the p-eneral of the armv of Kitnj .labin (dud. 4:51. 2. The Philistines (dud. 3:31: l'l:7). 3. The Moabites under K'tlon (luil. 3: 12-3HI. He then mntinns font deliverers of tho nation: I. Jerubbaal, ot Gideon (,Iu J. haps. 6-R). 2. Hedan nrolv ably Ilarak is meant (.lud. 4:81. 3. .leph thah. the Gi'caciito (,Tud. 11). 4. Samuel." III. Sunr-icl's words confirmed (vs. 13 181. 1315. "Yc have chosen." Though God chose Paul, yet the people nre said to choose him, cither because they chose that form of government, or because they con firmed God's choice. "If ye will fear." With whom or against whom is the hand of the Lord? The answer to this question depends on whether one has given him self to be the Lord's with hi whole heart nnd has submitted fully to the divine will. See ,Ier. 18:7-10. "Yc nnd nisi the king." There wn no necessary evil in their hav ing a king, nnd if both king und subjects reverence God. the nation shall " as prosperous and happy as ever. Some either form of government might have been bet ter, but if the king nnd pennle will meet the true conditions of national permanence, the monarchy shall be blessed and honored. A failure to recognize and observe tho commandments of God will sooner or later ruin any nation, no matter what its form of government. 10-18. "U'licnt harvest." That senson In Palestine occurs nt the end of June or the beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains and the skv is c'oudless. There could not, therefore, have been a stronger or more appropriate nroof of Samuel's divine mission than the phenomenon of rain ami thunder happening, without nny ajgii of its appioach. upon the mere lire diction of the prophet. "May ncrceive." Samuel was led to do this in order to im press upon them tho truthfulness of his utterances and arouse them to a conscious ness of their great wickedness. "Keurcd the Lord." The people regarded this as n miraculous display of divine nower. Tho elements are exclusively under the con. trol of the Creator, and He alone can say what shall be in relation to the clouds; jet for special ends generally moral ends they have occasionally been placed for season at the service of men. This in stance is a nnrallel to that which occurred in I'.gvpt (Kx. :2."l. IV. Israel comforted fvs. 19-2.';). 10-21. Tray that we die not." They felt that F i miter thoughts nnd feelings anil those nf Jehovuh were the same. .Jehovah's tec representative wns among them. ' Fear not." Do not be despondent as though there was no hone. "Turn ye not aside." Samuel warns them against turn ing aside to idols, as they had often done bfore, and ns they often did afterwnrd. "Vnin things." An idol is a mere nothing, having no influence or power. 22. "For Hi preat name's sake." .Te. hnvah is jealous of Hi glory: and all its sublime manifestations in defense of His 'people He could not well forget. "God forbid that I." The conduct of Samuel in tlii whole affair of the king's nnpointment show him to have been a great nnd good man who sank all private and personal considerations in disinterested zeal for his country's good; and whose last words in Public we-re to warn the people and their king nf the danger of nnostssy in di obedience to God. "To pray." Thot'.th rejected by this ungrateful ' nennle, the prophet considers that it would be a sin to cease praying for them. What excel lency of character and heart is revealed in this declaration! "I will teach you." Samuel do, not withdraw from public life; be rather promises the continuance of his intercession and prophetic lnbors in lesct to the whole people. It is well to notice that in some sense he also con tinued as iudge. for in chap. 7:15 we read that he "judged Israel all the davs nf hi life," and we know that repeatedlv be found it necessary to interfere with Saul's gov ernment. "Shall lie consumed." By dis obedience and sin even the Lord's anoint ed, a well a the chosen people, shall most certninlv perish. With this most impres sive warning the nrophct closed his last ' public address to the assembled nation. Barn Keeps Steadily Growing. Tan Crawley, a farmer of the Coral Hill country In Kentucky, had a novel experience. A few years ago he built a small barn, and In Its construo Hon used green willow pouts ut the corners and along the aides. For somo time nothing unusual was uo tlced, but after a year It was observed that where he had laid the floor ncai the ground It was three feet above the soil. He then discovered that the willow posts Instead of being dead wore alive and had taken root and were growing and that In their up ward movement they bad raised the barn. Last spring the barn waa on stilts nine feet high, and he put In a new floor and surrounded the posts with siding, thereby making a two- story affair. There Is now a space of twelve lncbea between the cew Door and the ground. Crawley ezpecti to have a tUftss-Story bare U eomrsa of time. Hew to Pronounce It. - Ask a friend to pronounce "jac-Vao he." apelllng it out ery alowly In tnree syllables. Moat people try to make it sound like Hindustani, oi something equally outlandish, and hv ara rather astonished when la i formed that It la Jam the simple little word "backache. JULY NINETEENTH itronrj Men and Women tne Nation's Hope. (Exod. 13. 21; Deut. 16. 10; Eph. 6. 10-18.) Taul, In hl3 picture of the Christian n full armor, makes plain the truth ;hat the Christian alone Is wholly pre wired for Mvlng. His equipment, of .ruth, goodness, alertness, faith, salva. Ion, and Intimate knowledge of God's will, makes him fit for ths work of the kingdom of Ood. Hut It also makes llm more valuable in the work of hla Darthly country. He alonj can fully leallste the Ideal of citizenship, whlcn 8 the cooperation of all for the com- aion good. Every nation la made up or Individ uals, but no two Individuals have tho same value to the nation. There nre good citizens and bad citizens. Thera are strong citizens and weak citizens. The really strong men and women are L' hr.lFtlnns, In spirit and Ideals, If not In name. Only true Christians can fully meet the nation's need of good citizenship. Tbey believe In God. That gives them strength, and keeps I hem from despair. No one who be lieves that God is, and that he Is a re- warder of the right, can ever lose heart, no matter what calamities be fall tho nation. They meet God's requirements for right living. They deal Justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before him. None but Christians can do that. It U never Uono without God's help. Hut when It is done It Is tho mark of a steady and forceful life. Such men and women are not always In the pub lic knowledge, but they are the Fait which preserves the nation. They have God's promise of favor. He would havo saved Sodom If only a handful of righteous folk had been found there. There is more than a handful In this land, thank God! In spite of all th-j Inconsistency nnd hypocrisy which Christians can see In their associates, quite as clearly as the critics see theso flaws, there is a mJghty host of truly Christian men and women in our coun try. And for their sakes, because of their prayers and toll. God will not wipe out this nation for lt3 wickedness. '.Ie v.ill save it, because strong Chrls llana are hastening Its final regenera tion by their holy, earnest lives. The nation may have hope In its Christian citizens because they aro fighting a winning battle. They are part of the kingdom. No weapon that Is formed against them shall prosper. They have the secret of conquest. They have a first lien on the future. They Inspire others. One of the most sig nificant signs of vitality In tho church ea Is their unconquerable persistence. Here and there a little company may be beaten back. But the main army moves ieolstlesaly forward. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. luly 19. "Rellg'oa Iklweeo Sundays." Acts !L 42-17. Scripture Verses Ex. xlll. 21, 22; xvl. 12. 33; Deut. xxxlll. 12, 25; Pa. exxi. 1-8; Luke xl. 3; 2 Cor. lv. 1G; xil. 9; Vhll. lv. 13, 19; Heh. xlll. 8. Lesson Thoughts. All through the Bible records dally toil is regarded with honor, and even Jesus himself was known as "the car penter's son." We can therefore with perfect right ask God's blessing upon our honest labors, and while we are fervent In spirit, s'erving tho Lord, we may at the same time be diligent in business. Religion between Sundays means do ing all things as tinder the eye of tho Lord. It will add vnergy to our ef forts, cheerfulness to our labors, hon esty to out principles, and put charity iu all our dealings. Selections, The busy fingers fly, the eyes may see Only the glancing needle which they hold; Cut all my life Is blossoming Inwardly, And every breath is like a lltaiiy, W hllo through each labor, like a thread of gold. Is woven the sweet consciousness of thee. In one of Murlllo's pictures In the Louvre he shows us the Interior of a convent kitchen, but doing the work there a:'e not mortals in old dresses, but beautiful white-winged angels. One serenely puts the kettle on the fire to boll, and one Is lifting up a pall of water w.ith heavenly grace, and one Is at the kitchen dresser reaching for plates . . ; What the old monkish legend that is represented is, I don't know. Hut as the painter puts it to you on his canvas, all are so busy, and wot king with such a will, and so re fining the work as they do It, that somehow you forget that pans are pant and pots are pots, and only think of the angels, and how very natural and beautiful kitchen work Is. Just what the angels would do, of course. It is the angel aim and standard In an act that consecrates It. Sundays are for spiritual food, and the other days are for spiritual exer cise, and feeding without working 19 certain to bring on disease. Suggested Hymns. The Lord is coming by and by. TUest Jesus, grant us strength. Table my life and let it be. Lord, for to-morrow and its needs. Let us endeavor to speak for the Master. Take time to be holy, Making Sltpeter fiom Air. For ages whenever persons wished to make a particularly strong state ment about the impossibility of doing anything, they were more likely than not to say, "I can't pull it out of the air, can I?" 'Now Profostfor Muthmann, of tho Polytechnlcal Academy in Munich, has found a way by which things can be pulled out of the air. He bas demonstrated that by passing blgb electric currents through moist alt from one plajlnum point to another, nitric acid Is formed and can be gath ered by the use of suitable apparatus He has shown that saltpeter can ba "pulled out of the air" at less than one-fourth of Its present cost. Lord Kelvin a Qreat Scientist Lord Kelvin, who has come before tbe public, again lu connection with some scientific discussions In London, lias been called "the greatest all round man of science living," He took bis college degree In bis early teens, and although be is. now nearly 80 years old Is recognised by scientists to be la bis Intellectual prima. HIE RELIGIOUS LIFE 1EADING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Pnemt Sinner of To-tny The' Vlrtne nf Hsvlnc Left All to Follow Chrlsi Why Unit Often Is Oullneil to Feed Ills ttilb ilren I'rospeilty In Munll spoonfuls. Oil! Sinner of to day', this glorious hour Is nil for von anil inc what shall it give To us, and ask of fate what splendid power In bra in and hand, what glorious right t -i live Amnti our fellows, and to war with sin r What quickening of the pulse as we as pire To claim our rilit. and risk earth s joys to win, To conquer self, and Lirco it through the fire! Give us this force, dear God, and ever more Give us a deepening love of all our fellow men ; Give ns new insiirbt courauc to explore With all the tenderness of human ken. The loveliest heart that bents in human kind. Its alory and its sniil to seek nnd find! William Ordway Partridge, in The Out look. Oolil nr find? V."e all of tis are familiar with Hoffman's wonderful painting of Christ nnd the y.miig ruler. M my of ns have framed in our homes the head of Christ taken from it, nnd we know the power oT those pic tured eyes, the v.-o'idcriul drawing quality that the artist has nut into that face. Wo k'low what an inlluence that pitliire ha'. been in our own lives. And if a mere man's ideal of that divine ! personality can be so irreat. what niusl have bepii the strenath of the tie which drew nnd tried to bind the heart of the young ruler to the man Christ -lesus! Tin yearning of Christ's love to him met nr nnsweriii!; longing in bis own soul. Rich ns be wns. he was not wholly happy, no', satisfied with mere luxurious existence. .lesus had called '.he young man in spirit if not by words but he hesitalco perhaps to join himself wilh this crowd of fisher folk and humble followers of Chiist .Tesus saw through the hesitancy at once, ns He sees through yours and mine some times, when lie hns called us to a worl, for Him and we ilraw back. He answerec1 bv a sad searching itttcsuon, ' Why do you call Me good? There is none good but God.' Did Jesus wish to nmke this wealthy vniuij man commit himself by ssying that he lie lieved thai. Jesus was the .Son of Gnd' Did lie mean, too, to make him under stand that in leaving all to follow the Sor. of God even be, rich and honored us In wn. would lose nothing? Then He reminded him gently nf tin rules of rmht and wrong in which he hac been renred. nnd the voting man's answci showed that he knew he needed something beyond commandments, and gave pcrmis siou for Jesus to put His finger upon the Bor" point. Then sadlv and tenderly Jeui spoke the words, the thought of which wai in both their minds, nnd the young mar saw- that there wns a nower as strong oi stronger, maybe, drawing him away frorr Christ as that which drew him to Him His possessions! Alas! He is sorrowful! He turns awav erieved. He had hopet pclhnps that Christ would find some w.i for him to follow and vet keep his gold. God is often obliged for their own sake, to feed His children prosperity in vcrj SP'n'l spoonfuls. e are not told whether the voung mar 1 1 n t -i r ... , , Rold his all to follow- .fesus. l'robably not ' for beer and other alcoholic stimulants, r it wouM certninlv have been noisec I and there is a growing sentiment that that abr.nd. nnd tbe writer of this story wonlt is too much. It is not a new idea. Luther, have heard and recorded. Hut perhnpi Melanchthon, Yon Moltke, nnd even His (iod. in mercy, took his possessions a-vni marck had it. What is new in Germany from him in years after, nnd tenderW i is the disposition to restrain drinking l.mnlit I.;,,. tn v,.n,:,. I,;. n...i nn.m ... ...... ni. i 1 . .i. j:. io.is heart, nnd it may be we shall one day ... v . , in n iiiiini mr. i him in some humble corner of heav u"u in S'line nullum corner ot neav id that he hss won it at last, evet en. th.ivjli stripped of all that he once held oca;-. Kiir there seems to be hope for him it the very fact that lie was sorrowful abou' it. It shows that, after all. the drnwinj toward Jesus was powerful, and then seems, too, encouragement for this thouzti' i i Jesus' words, ''how hardly." showini t'-ut it would be through tribulation thai th" voting mnn would enter in. Thev stood, very likely, beside the grea' ellv rates as this talk was c-ning on. 1' tnav have been toward evening, and flu gates themselves were closed for the nk'ht and onlv the little cates or doors, so hint nn in the Iiii-lic gate that it was dillicul' for nnv hut foot nassenge-s to get throuith were still open. It was the custom to closi the large giles nt s"nset. leaving possibli entrance, only through these little doors, o ''needle's eves," ns tbey were called. Ti pet s camel tbroinrh these openings it war needful to take off all his tranpiugs. hit l"tny burdens and treasures of merchan ibse that he was carrving. and litcralli (I' m hini throuith. one foot lifted over at I time. Jr"s used always the illustratior l oi'ii His sermon that was nearest a' lianii a ii 1 1 hest understood. And the listen ers marveled as thev reflected how feu rich o:irs would be willing to divest them ... -.- U' HTI1 I I I'tlSlll t'. Tl'eii I'ct..- exiirr 'sed t'" thought of aV o. iliem. ' We. at leat. Mitr," he saiil 'l-ovo-rr rrany other fnuits we nnv have have 'eft all to follow Tl'." And nt onci th? M icer flashes them His confidence nne1 joy ml bV.intr in a nrnniise that ther shiil not have done this for nnihing; no no- c-en iu earthly rewards are counted nnd for tli0 heavenly the reward shall bt r.evci-.rndi"". Ann'-pd Trrths A shin laden v.ilh rich o' "i.l to'd drst wcnl down not long age ot t'-e Pacifio Const. There were t"en or bo-,r. vhn had given the best of their livei owsH winniri" that gold, had suffered ,"r. ""told, nnd were going borne tc the it- f.unilics or to their long nnticipated re-nis o' p'ea"re, with envr joy in tlieii pei-,-4 But when tb accident occurred c"d tbey knew that ic was n question ol life o" go'd. most of them unhesita'ingly a.iapd.i'ied their trensures and Hung them selves into th sea empty handed, glad t i escape with their lives. A few. however. gra"ed frantically all the gold they con', I possibly c-ry and attempted to swim wth it to th- shore, and one nfter anothet of the noor fellows clutching the gold were draoged do n w ith it into the deeu Grace lavinifston Hill, in the New York Mail and impress. A Primary Tearlier's Expedient. Small srhoo's -re often greatly hamp ered by lack of a separate room for the pri mat y class. A novel and vet sensible and pruticaole means of overcoming this ditfi cti.ty was s-ievcstcd at a State convention 'cent y "Why not use the porch or r...i-loi- or the house next to the church?" asked nne woman when the problem was heng CKci-sscd. It then developed that tins ii.ctliod had been tried and found em iiieiit.y satihfuctory. In anmnier tho pri mary c.is meets on a neighboring porch or lawn, und in winter in the parlor of a Trials Mode llleilnss. Trials rightly improved become blessings. ui ulK'tll'e'l become permanent gams. He wii j.se w nre and whom we proles to serve know this, and sees io it that we have no trials beyond what lie is able and reauy to he,p u to improve, and that we lose nothing that may not by grace be made ., real gain to us. 1'hillip Jlrooks says, it is the same Christ who has been making a ytct in us for the kingdom of uvie"' V ho " kit make a place in the kingdom of heaven for us." It is the same f, oil who. in all and through all, is working for His good pleasure and for our sternal profit, even when for the time He may sccin ta as to be. working sguuui us. Something Missing. Boarder This soup seems to bo rather weak. What kind is It, any wayT Landlady Chicken soup. I told tbe cook bow to prepare It, but she evidently failed to catch toy idea. Boarder Yes; or else she failed ta oatcb the oblckeu. North Carolina Apples, North Carolina's crop of apples ts estimated at 7.000.000 bushels. j TIIE GKEAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACT3 ABOUT THS VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Teaching of Tempcrnnre Mrs. nam's 1'Hper nt llremen Congress Knust edit u (Ireat Power to Defeat Alcohol Flea For Instruction In Vnbllc Schools At the International Anti-Alcohol Con press, iiremcn, Mrs. Mary M. Hunt, oi the Woman's Christian Temperance 1'nion, lioHton, Mass., delivered nn address on the significance of scientific temperance in struction in public schools ns a preventive of nlcoholisni, Mrs. Hunt said: The thraldom of alco holism can be overthrown only by making the masses intelligent in regard ti the true nature of nlcohol and its consequent ef fecta upon the human system. This re quires, lirst, thorough scientific invesliga tion of the alcohol problem, and second, the widest diffusion of truths thus le-arned. I he people of the Inited .States, believing that such diffusion could best be effected through public school instruction, secured between the years 18S2-1IM)2 the passage of State nnd Nntionnl laws by which tho study of physiology nnd hygiene, including special instruction ns to 'the nature and ellccts of alcoholic drinks nnd other nar cotics, became mandatory for all pupils in all schools of the republic. Temperance physiology has thus been very generally taught for ten or fifteen years, and it is significant t'unt during this time the rate of iiuTca-tc in the per capiia consumption of alcoholic liquors bus diminished ma terially; also that there has been a irnin of four and one-tenth years in the average length of life. Thorough investigation in the most populous .state, New York, shows that the study is restraining children from forming alcoholic and other narcotic habits and inrluencins their narents acainst alco. liol nnd tohncco. The teachings that have secured these gratifying results are: first The nature ot alcohol nnd its ef fects upon the human economy; and, Second The physiological reasons fot obeying all laws of health, since unhygienic habits often cause a craving for narcotics. Careful grading shows that the subject can be adequately covered by a minimum of three oral lessons per week for ten weeks in each primary year, nnd four text book lessons per week' for ten weeks, in each nf the five grammar years nnd the lirst year of the hih school. Thus, with 3;0 lessons, a progressive development is attained without crowding other branches, during years in which the formation of habits is especially active. The text-books used by pupils of nil grades above the primary are supervised by a committee of physicians nnd educators. At the head quarters of the Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction, in lloston, are kept on file records of all scientific investi gation of the question, free of access to authors nnd others interested. Objection is sometimes made to scientific temperance instruction on the ground that by injuring the brewing traffic it will decrease the national revenue. Figures show, however, that every dollar of tax on fermented nnd distilled liquor paid into the national treasury costs thirty dollars in the cost of consequent crime and poverty. The same is doubtless true in other countries. This congress is to pass no resolutions, but there is nothing to prevent nny individual from personally resolving to use his ut most influence to secure for all the children of bin own country the blessings of a scientific education. Cnrlilng Ihe Oerir.nn Thirst, Cermanv is tiavinir 87."i(V0oTl OOfl n venr i iiiim , i-uniMm u.v- uuiiiiu:. me Billlie HIS' position that has broken out in Kngland, r ranee aim oilier parts oi J-.urope. JVlr. I Grierion, writing in the lloston -Transcript. tells about the international congress that was held in Berlin, nnd about whnt Ger many is doing for the promotion of tem perance. He finds in the mere fact that the congress was held in Berlin encourage ment for the belief that the old sentiment that no German could drink too much is weakening. Drunkenness in the German army nnd navy has been checked by strict regulations, and a beginning has been made of restrictive legislation, with more certain to follow. What is ns yet more im por;ant is the progress of the work of educating public opinion by temperance societies. The assurance that this work will go on, nnd that careful legislation will supplement it, appear in the convic tion of authorities high in power t hat i t is essential to Gerinnn prosperity thnt Ger man thirst should be kent within bounds. Here nt home, too, new experiments arc being tried. Pennsylvania has a law, never enforced, which forbids publicans to sell liquor to persons known to be given habitually to excessive indulgence in drink. The papers report that a burgess in West Chester is trying to bring about the en forcement of this very rensonnble lnw in bis district by furnishing the local saloon- kecperj with lists of persons to whom they must not sell. He savs it is the onlv wn to aet the law enforced, for a member of a drunkard's family who should wrive such information would find it (lifti?ult to live in the same house with the person corn iluincd of. Harper's Weekly. Pratt Pawn ami Destroy. To have "free and intelligent men" a country must grow iliem; und you can no more do that while' the men and boys aro exposed to tbe seducements of open saloons, nnd the devices resorted to by the liquor tiuilic to create appetite for strong drink, than you can rear and preserve the life of sheep when your (lock is exposed to shctp killing dogs and prow-ling wolves. The saloons and the legalized rum trade urc the dogs and prowling wolves of hell to drag down and destroy our innocent boy. and young men; and how effectually they do their work is seen in the records of our polico and criminal courts and in the many murder of helpless wives and children, killed by husbands and fathers while crazed with beer and whiskv, ns re ported in tho daily paper. Ituligiou T clcscone. An Abuse to Itaoaeily. The Citizen' League of Chicago has is sued an attractive folder, which is being sent to all the manufacturing firms in the city, urging employers to pay their em plovcs in cash instead of bank checks. We find." says the folder, "that the cus tom of paying your employes in checks is a serious cause of drunkenness. Large numbers of saloonkeepers, by cashing these checks, get your employe into their place and put them under obligation to patron ize their bar. Many men get trusted for drink until pay-day, bceuuse they agree to bring in their chciks nnd, after paying up the score, they begin to drink and siend all their money, going home cmptv handed to ubuse their families. Hundreds oi minors take their first glass when the saloonkeepers cash their check." Th Crusmle In lirlsf. The drink seller is ahvny shamed of the products of hia trade. Wine opens the damper to let all the fire i of evil in a man burn. The man who clothes the publican's wife in ailks and his own wile in rags i worse than a brute. The traffic in ardent spirit, to be used as s drink, i nioniliy wrong, and ought to be universally abandoned. Dr. David I'aulson, a prominent phy sician of Chicago, declare that th eating of pepper sauce and limburger cheese by boys create in them an appetite for cigar ette and whisky. Tbe first atep in the downward path to drunkenness has very often, indeed, been taken at tha dinner table, . Alcohol is perhaps more active than any other agent in producing degeneracy, and is on of the most direct and potent causes et 'criminality and insanity. If we put meat into spirits out of the body it hardens it, and prevents its decay ing or dissolving. la the same manner, if w take spirits into tbe stomach, a long as the spirit remain iu the stomach diges tion l arrested. The church "gathers the children of tneu in families," and protects them in said relation. The saloon destroys mure fiu ilie and lead to more divorce, and pro duces more paupers than all other evil Sgeucia coiubiuad, CANNON BALLS WERE COLD. They Were t'sed In India to Itepel an In. vailing Army, Not long ngo nn old peasant wan wandering In the jungle nbont half a mile from the city of Aliiiuiilnngur, In Iiulln, when ho found a round bnll of mctnl. It wns blnck and looked like nn old Iron round shot, but when the old inntt lifted It he wns struck with Its Immense weight. He carried it home nnd found, on scratching it, that It wns n lump of solid gold. It weighed right pounds, nnd Its sale made the Under rich for life. There nre many more of thrso enn non halls, each worth a smnll fortune, lying bid or burled In the recesses of this jungle, nnd their story Is a curi ous ont. At tho cud of thp sixteenth century Akbar, the grentest emperor Ilumliistnn ever saw. wns nt the height of his glory. At the head of hla conquering nrmy he summoned Ah mndnngnr to surrender. The city nnd Its rich treasure were then under the rule of the Princess Cnndo. Knowing that resistance could he but short, nnd In blttir rage ng.iiust the oppressor, she caused all the treasure of gold nnd silver to be melted down. She cast the mctnl into emmon balls nnd engraved upon each, maledictions ngulnst the conqueror. These were fired iuto the Jungle, nnd when Akbar entered tlia city, instead of the rich hoard ho had hoped to win, he found n treasury ab solutely empty. That this is not tho only occasion upon which cannon bnlls of gold have been cast Is proved by th; fact that in the treasury of the Phah of rersln there may be seen. In the same room where stands th? famous pencoclt throne, two small globular projectile of gold. They were estimated by a recent visitor to weigh nliottt thirty one pounds er.i 'i nr.d are ve:'y roughly made. Their oricln or purpose Is, hdw evpr, totally forgotten. It Is only known that they nre very old. Chief ' go Chronicle. Unique Oil Storage In Itussln. The following Is a description of n method of storing oil lu vogue In Itus. sla, taken from the National Oil He porter: "In Russia oil is stored In water. If there is no natural body of water at hand, nn excavation is made nnd filled with water. Iu the centre of this nrtb Belnl Inks they drive ft circular row of poles, from which is suspended a bottomless tank of thin sheet iron. This tank is or the thinnest possible material und could bo made as well a nny waterproof fabric. The top It kept n little above the surface of the water. Tho oil flows from a pipe to the centre of the tanked inclosure, and being lighter than water, floats on the top. As the oil flows lu, tho watet flows out of the bottom of the taulc. It Is a very simple arrangement. "As the pressure of the water from without is the same as the pressure of the oil from within, the tank lias tc stand no strain nnd can therefore be made of any material that will prevent the seepngo of oil. The sand and dirt thnt is pumped out of an oil well and that collects In the bottom of out tnuks is n never ending scource of trouble. By this arrangement th sand sinks to the bottom of tho lake and the oil purifies itself. Again, if a tnnk of oil gets on fire, they can save the oil by pumping It from the bottom. The oil burns only on the surface o' lie winter nnd the fire goes out." Chnrch Hell ltunir by Uglitnlnor. Lightning struck the steeple nnd rang the bell in tho tower of tho Diamond Street Baptist Church lu a receut storm. A portion of the steeple was split and the lightning rod was melted in parts. There was n brief pause following the descent of the electric bolt against the church, then came a crush of thunder that startled the neighborhood for two squares ou every side. Windows shivered, aud men aud women, believing their own homes had been struck, ruthed trembling Into the street. Those living in tho square where the church is situated heard a single nnd heavy stroke of the bell. The whole town quivered with the shock. On the Thirty-first street side of the edifice u shower of broken stones nnd mortar fell, terrorizing for tho luonipnt several pedestrians, who were hurrying homeward to get out of the raiu, which at that moment was coming doivu in torrents. Fer.sous who had seen the llghtnlug strike felt sure thnt the church was on fire, although uo blaze was discernible. The Impres sion grew among the spectators, and n little Inter the excitement wns Inten sified when fire engines, hose carts and hook nnd laddor trucks came dashing by, but none of these stopped nt the t-hurcb. A supertlclul examination of the church in the darkness did not ro veal nny great damage. Philadelphia 1'scns. . - ,, -S Caase of Defalcations. Nothing is more ominous than tha steady Increase In the number of defal cations and breaches of trust. There always come with changes anil altera' lions in the conditions of business. WbiMi expenses Increase faster than gross receipts end the margin of prof Its shrinks owners and mauugers in evitably begin to Investigate leaks, to look iuto the corners, to examine books and accounts and to find out Just how things nre. When this is done irregularities are sure to be un covered, dubious practices are laid bare and defaulters Und themselves suddenly discovered or so uear dis covery that they flee. A falling mar ket plays its part also at such a time. Speculation ecases to be profitable. Losses replace past profits. Men who huve risked their employers' money lose It or are tempted to pilfer ou a large scale or small to save some ven ture near collapse. These (yVnrlou causes are all now operative. I'ldla Uciphhl Tress. ti - t ; BUny Vasrstakla Cellars. The uuexplniuable fact that China men invariable open lnundrlus, Her maus grocery stores aud saloons, Irlsb saloons, Hebrews clothing stores, Freuch restaurants, and Italluu frtilt stands reminded u city statistician that the latter people have virtually estab lished a new Industry within tbe past year or'fwd lu vegetable cellars. On the east side of town, csiecially upper Third avenuo, there are three or four ou every block, and between One Uun tfrcd and Sixth and One Hundred and Vcutb streets by actual couut thirty- sli. New York TUuua.
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