TRAINING OFA WORKED A Brilliant Sunday Sermon Dy Rev. Dr. 0. F. Bsrlholow. Shawn tht Evil Retulti Thai Follow the Atro phy Which Hi Settled Over the Spir itual Thlnklni of Our Time. EW YotiK I'lTV. J Jr. U. K. Unrthoiow. pastor ot .lanes ii. K. Church, preached Sunday morning un "Clod's Training of a Worker." His text nun token from lixo lu, iv.: 1. 2. 3 anil 4: "And Motes an aimed and said, )lnt, behold, they would not believe me; nor hearken unto tny voice; for they will nay, The Lord hutii not uppcared unto thee. And the Lord laid unto him, W hat ia that in thine hand! And he mill, A rod. And the Lord said, Cast it ou the ground. And he cast it on the around audit became n serpent: and Closes tied from before it. And the Lord inid sinto Moses, I'm forth thine hand and take it by the tail. And Ije put forth his hand and caught it nnd it became a rod in hij band." Dr. ISnrtholow said: Our text presents Moses in what many nave considered an unfavorable light. Standing in the presence of the great (Jod, the recipient of a glorious revelation and u divine command with promise, he appear hesitating, uncertain nnd weak. A study of the occasion and ground of Moses' re luctance dissipates the unfavorable light and presents to us a study in human life under divine direction altogether true and common. The call of Hod to Moses was certain, clear and well attested. It came to a man relined nnd schooled by abundant experiences, to one who was "more than familiar with human nature in its relation to spiritual truth. The shepherd of Midian knew how dull, apathetic and incredulous toward Jehovah and His truth the children of Israel hid become in their base servitude to the Egyptian l'haraoh. Foreseeing the cruel skepticism and the all but universal leth argy of his people, Moses was for the mo ment blind to God's knowledge and power. Under the spell of fear he uttered the words, "Hut, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, the Lord hath not appeared unto thee." To Christian faith this may appear weak, but i; certainly is not unnatural. History affords us abundant illustrations of re formers, heroes and preachers hesitating and trembling, not because they doubted God, but because they feared the reception iod s truth would receive at the hands of His reputed friends. Jerome. Huss, Lutli er, Wesley, Savonarola, etc., had but little to fear from the world, but much to fear , from the church, and nt times they trem bled and were hesitant at the commands of Hod. (It takes grace to be wounded in the house of your friends). Hod's response to this tendency or im pulse of Moses' nature is full of interest and suggestion. It is a divine encourage ment to Christian daring nnd zeal. "And the Lord said unto him. What is th.it in thine hand ? And he said, A rod. And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he east it on the ground, and it became a serpent, nnd Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand and caught it and it be came a rod in his hand." Now, it is of no concern to us how this miracle was wrought, or whether magicians could sim ulate it or not. What we do desire to know is, What answer or revelation to the great hesitancy of Moses did Jehovah give in this peculiar work of power? To our mind three truths constitute that answer the first of which ia this: All the helps, gifts and attainments of the soul, disregarded and neglected, tend to become hostile. Moses was a gifted man, an ex perienced man. The shepherd's staff svm bolized him perfectly. As it was an instru ment of defense nnd rescue, so might Mo3es, by what he had done and what he could do, be an instrument in the hand of God to defend and rescue his people. Uod elected him to a mighty and glorious serv ice. He gave him a complete and adequate preparation, a clear mind, an indomitable r.ll. a spiritual and lofty nature. .Would Moses acoept the election? The significance of possible refusal was seen in the meaning miracle. The discarded staff became a serpent. It is the common teaching of the day that powers and gifts unused become atrophied, that men moy die to spiritual things through simple neg lect. This is correct teaching so far as it goes, but it does not compass the whole of the matter. Spiritual calls, gifts and pow ers cannot wholly die. They may be dis claimed or cast aside, as was Moses' rod, but they return with inherent life to sting and bite. As an example, the direction and commands of conscience mav be cast aside, the impulses of love and faith may be ignored, the direct calls of the Holy Spirit be unheeded and yet the soul have more conscious relation with these spiritual entities than ever before. John Newton, the hymn writer, tells us that there was a time in his life when he deliberately insulted and drove from his mind every holy thing of which he had knowledge, yet at times the moral judg ment and tho heart's love for eternal things would so torment him that life was full of misery. Those elements in his life designed for peace and joy be same the sources of unrest and unhuppiness; He morse is no more than the return of these apiritual powers crying night and day, in silence and in great commotions, "Alas, alas! It might have been." The doctrine of annihilation and atrophy has so settled over the spiritual thinking; of our time that the consequence of diso bedience to the equipments and purposei of life and to the voice of God are in cer tain quarters reduced to nere nothings. II is high time that the truth illustrated tc Moses become our truth, that we realize that there is no such thing as spiritual an: nihilation, even to the gifts and powers ol God, but that there is transference, trans formation the going (in a spiritual sense) from Mount Gerizion (blessing) to Mouul ilbal (cursing). Disobedience to God and His law is nol mere negation and the withdrawal of cer tain gifts, but it ia in a certain and awful sense an affirmation and a possession tlx serpent of menace rather than the support of life. God's rain upon the thirsty earth is in itself good that it be so for man de pends altogether how and for what pur poses he uses it. He may use it for tin ? rowing of food products ot for the produc ion of weeds. That the rain was made for man's blessing ia evident. That man may disregard and so riJnvert tho gift into foe is also evident. What the rain is to the earth so are the gifts, helps and ealli of God to man. For these things God shall bring us unto judgment, the judgment be gins with the obedience or disobedience. In our beloved Methodist church we nave a host of God placers at work. Peo ple who do not expect to meet God in new forms or expressions, wbo, Ilka Moses be fore his enlightenment, know or act as though they knew just how He would manifest Himself. That Christian joj and expectancy die in such Uvea ia natural; the glory of God is to conceal a thing, but these people will not have it ao. They art Perfectly aura God is in some particulat form of elass meeting, revival service or Christian experience. Another people of God thought thil thought ao intensely and held it so tcna ciously that they missed the glory of the Messiah when He came to walk tns fields nd streets of earth. He had "no form or comeliness that they desired or expected He came to His own and they recaired Him not." but iu His coming they had kingly and exulted forma which they were certain He would posses; they were sure of the order of Ilia coming. The rod out of the stem of Jesse they cast forth; they would have none of Him. Oh, the blind ness and dullness of the human heart. In that rod were the power, tha knowledge ad tha love of God; with it alone Israel eould bare overcome all oppression and nave reached the land of light and peace. Tk In- !.... it.. l lM also illustrates the ainiiucance of tha ttret truth: Christ was cast down, thrown aside of Israel. The results of that rejection are known to tha world. Tha suiritual hia was atrophied, but something mora than that "suited, la Me patn ot that people stood Christ in divine opposition to the fulfill ment nf tk.ir lti.k LnivM . VI. ka kala God, became to them, Sr, rather, to their position, a hostile power and must f remain until they reach forth then nands and accept Him. ! The third thought we would emphasise the teaching of tha miracle of tha rod that no ansa can be equipped to do great d trembling. Mo was afraid to do tha amliliaa-ftt 'nnil afraid sf tht aansntins tsi divine "message would receive"," fltrald of the conseouences to himself. The trans formed rod revealed the secret of his hesi tancy; he fled from before it: fenr was within his heart. God gsve him misterv over that weakness, He reached forth his hand and grasped the menacing serpent and it became a rod again. Moses was taught and, as his after life revealed, learned the lesson of fearlessness for God and His truth. "If (jod be for us who can be ngainst ns? The relation of fear to all life and truth is an interesting studv, one on which more light is now shed than nt nnv other time in the world's historv. I'eur is altogether detrimental to the health nnd growth of the physical body. Professor Sully tells us of children dwarfed and ruined in body and mind through the shock nnd power M simple fear. Physiologists tell lis, and we know from experience that fenr hinders dnestion. that it brings mental collapse. The changing of the color of the hair in 9tie night through the paralysis of tear is a well established fact. That which can so radically change the color of pigment must have an awful effect upon the more vital nd direct parts of the body. I'enr de stroys mental and spiritual development. Kvery book on pedagogy and t'.e spiritual training of children tio'v recognizes and mphasizes this truth. Dickens powerfully illustrated this truth to all Knttland in his 'Nicholas Nirlilpby." Kenr has worked havoc in the religions life; it has distorted the vision of God nnd frozen I he cenial mil natural etiircisions of worship. H has paralyzed nnd hampered the church in her triumphant march. It has transformed many of the messengers of God into poor whining nnd ineffective ntiologits. It is this fear in religion and for religion that vir God would have us overcome even ns lie had Moses overcome. A right concep tion of Ood is assurance that lie niu-t triumph in the work of His hands, that His kingdom must come nr-d His love and 'rnth prevail everywhere, (iod would have ftis children confident in the resence of difficulties, assured in tie presence of nerils, calm in tho mighty storms of preju lice nnd doubt, certain in the midst of un :ertainties. He would have us ohev Him is implicitly and lr.vingly ns the 'gentle -hild obevs the loving parent. In all this ITe would have us open eyed to dinger, direct in the meeting of it and sure in the mastery of it. To-day the church, as a wholp, is moro possessed of fear thnn we like to Acknowl edge. A dominant mate:ia!ism nnd world lines freeze the faith and hone of a great number evnngelicnl zeal nnd enthusiasm 're at a low "lib in these tremhling chil dren of the Most High. Critical scholar ship, with all the presup"ositions of the higher criticism, stands before the church. It must be met. Some t'e. that dire and dreadful result t to the cause of God mint ensue. The sciei fic spirit stalks abroad in the land nnd has seized the nop!c with a mighty grin. Vany a child of God. knowing that his most precious possessions have not and cannot, from their nature, :ome throned or be established hv such a spirit, but that they are the eifts of faith is fleeing with fear from before the imag ined terror, io ail sn"h fearful believers "od says even as to Moses in the miracle nf the rod 'meet the difficulties, seizo '.hem in their vitals nnd fear not." There can be but one result to the child of God. The Apostle Paul knew this when he wrote: "All things work together for rood to them that love God." There can he but one result to the Kingdom of God 'His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom." 411 things shall be put under His feet. In the preparation of His church our Saviour gave great attention to the eradica tion of the elements of religious fear. His jddresses to the seventy and the twelve S'ere supreme emphasis upon confidence n God ond fearlessness toward man nnd all things that were or mieht appear in op position to the work Divine. "Benold I rive unto you power to trend on serpents ind scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means lurt vou." In His relation to them on sea and land, ilone or with the multitudes, before and jfter death, there constantly appears di rectly or bv inference the injunction: "He not afraid." The Master would have His children joyfully expectant of His presence in every place and under all conditions and to realize that that Presence was the ultimate solution of everv problem, the resolution of every difficulty and the ful fillment of every promise; that the fearless challenge of the church should ever be: "If God be for us, who can be against Transmuting to Higher Forms. A gentleman on one occasion noticing the tCCuliarlv .unpleasant mini nf the streets of London, exclaimed: ' What Oirty, dreadful, disgusting stuff!" John Ruskin. overhearimr this pvrl.imn- tion on the part of his friend, said. "Hold, my friend, not so dreadful after nil. What are the elements of this mud : First, there 1 is sand, but when its pn.-ticles are crystal ized according to the law of its nature. what is nicer than clean, v. hite sand? And when that which enters into it is ar ranged according to u still higher law, we have the matchless opal. What else have we in this mud? Clay. And the materials of clav, when the particles are arranged according to their higher laws, make the brilliant sapphire. What other' ingrelients enter into London mud? Soot. And soot in its crystalized perfection forms the per fect diamond. 1 here is but one other water. Anu water, when distilled accord ing to the higher law of its nature, forms the dew-drop resting in exquisite perfec tion in the heart of the rose. "So, in the muddy, lost soul of man is hidden the image of his Creator; and tiod will do His best to find His opals. His sapphires. His diamonds and dewd.-ops." "Who Are the Praying Ones?" It is said of Charles G. Finnev. the irreat evangelist and preacher, that he always in sisted on the spirit of prayer, power to prevail with God. as absolutely mdianens- able in a successful Christian worker. The fact was very marked in all the powerful revivals where .dr. Finnev labored. Per haps not the many were led in this way, for as in our day. only the few hidden ones got down into the deen places with God, but there were always those who learn the secret of the Lord as He loves to reveal it to the willing and obedient; and these Mr. Finney considered as mci -. important allies in carrying on a revival. ills question on entering a place to begin meetings, was, not who will help in the preaching, but who are the praying ones. Has there been a en., it of braver noured out upon any in the community? Who are standing upon the watch tower," waning iur me vision; Ana ir ne louna but one or two who re:..- took hold on God with conscious nnwer. his heart was encouraged, and he tork up bia labors with renewed energy. - Purpose of Worship. Until of late all the moat glorious build ings that our race has reared beneath tha sun have been erected to aerva tha nur. poses of worship. Man does not live by bread alone. The Rev. Dr., Utter, Units- : T ' ,. 1 Soma Cdd Resemblances. Odd resemblances to various objects, which can only be regarded as acci dental coincidences, are presented by a number of fungi, says the Rev. A. S. Wilson, In Knowledge. There Is the jewsear fungus, which grows on stumps of the elder, and Is so named' from its unmistakable likeness to a human ear. The geasters are curious ly like a starfish; aserbe bas an exj (.'inordinary resemblance both In form" and color to a sea anemone; equally remarkable Is the likeness to a bird's aest teen In species of cruclbulum, syatbui and nldularla. The most ot these are too small to impose on one; (be resemblance la singularly exact, and a large specimen might pass for the nest ot some small bird, the eggs being admirably represented by the little oval fruits of the fungus. Cause of Dyspepsia. Food eaten without appetite always sanses gastric disturbances, because in lass the secretory glands of tba stomach axe stimulated by a desire tor food, bo digestif Juices are exuded lata the stomach. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For July 26. Subject: Saul Rejected ss Klnr, I Sam. xv., -. 13-23 Oolden Text, I Sam. xv., 22 Mem ery Vents, 20-22 Commentary on lbs Dsy't Lesson. Connecting Links. After Samuel had made his farewell address to the people at Gilgal, Null quietiy asumcd the Moris of king of Israel. His reign perms to hava been una ol almost constant wartare. Chapters 13-13 of 1 Samuel contain a de tailed iccord of three great errors of this lirst kin of Israel; 1. His disobedience in tailing to wait at Gilgal. for the coming of Samuel to otl'r huml offerings; una there, where he had been eonlirmed in the kiiijdom, it was koleiunly declared to him thut his kingdom would not be per petuated iu his own posterity (1 .Sun. Ill: II), 14), 2. His rash and foolish vow, which he was unable to luitiil, but which "brought great AulVering to the peop.e anil well-nigh cost the life of Jonathan his son (1 .Sun. 14:24 4)1. 'A. His failure to execute the divine judgment on tin; Amalekiles as deliovah commanded, the details of which are given in this lifteenUi chapter. All the subsequent misfortunes of Siul nnd his in-inne pursuit of David were fruits ot judicial blindness, the penal conaccpicuccs of these three- fatal errors. I. Saul's act of disnbedier.ee (vs. 10-14). The tnmmund was to litter y destroy the Amalekites and their pixsessione; but the great wealth which tiny iio.seed was a otrong temptation to fan I and his army, and tne command no doubt appears un reasonable to them. Then it was that they yielded to the temptation to appropriate to themselves the riches nf their con quered foe, and with Saul's eonent the people brought home tho best of the rim-ka mid herds mivo for their farms, destroying only the poor nnd worthless. This re. veiled their coveto-.isncss and their dispo. sition to satisfy themselves rather than obey God's plain command. 13, 14. "Samuel came." The Lord in formed .Samuel of Saul's disobedience, and faniucl was grieved ami spent the whole ni-jht crying to God. His great soul was stirred to its profoundest ilegiths. 1. He was disappointed in Saul. 'J. He saw the evil effect Saul's act would have on the morals of the people. 3. He saw that this rejection of Saul would result in greet ea. amity to the new government and to the prosperity of the country, lie prnved, no doubt, that the kins might be forgiven nnd the threatened calamity averted. "Saul said." Saul was either blinded by a partial nnd delus-ive self-love, or he was in his declaration to Samuel acting the part of a bold nnd artful hvpoirice. Perhaps Saul tried to persuade ium?elf to believe that because he had gained a victory he wouM not be brought to a strict account for his actions: but success will not take tho place of obedience; neither will a p.trt.al obedience answer. "Samuel said." Sumuel had n. very ur.-!e.inut duty to perform, but niter praying all night he wis Tully prepared for it. Saul is ro:ivicted o. false hood by the voices of. the anim.i'.s which he has spared contrary to (iod's cumman 1. His eagerness to declare his obedience was evidently an effort to quiet bis conscience and cover his sin. If. Saul's vain excuses (vs. 13-21 ). 13 "Saul fcaid." After distinctly stating that ha had performed the commandment of tiio Lord he now proceeds to make three ex cuses for not having performed it: 1. The people v ere to blame. 2. Only the best had been spared. 3. They disobeyed for the Lord's sake. "The people spared." This was a shameful excuse for a strong king like Saul. Had his people overruled him and spared these animals, then he would have had cause to plead bis sorrow to Samuel, when they niet. "To sacrifice." What goodne eould they claim by such an act? Hod appointed these animals to bo sacrificed to Him i:i the field, nnd there fore will give no thanks to those who bring them to be sacrificed at His altar. A good intention will not justify a bad action. God h.itcs robbery for burnt offerings. 10-18. "Stny." Stop these shallow nnd false pretenses. "Will tell thee." Here follows an oracle of prophecy as direct, fearless and powerful as any in the llible, "Lord liuth said." Samuel carefully avoids further reasoning, until he should let Saul hear Clod's message about the matter. Ho had not come against him to set forth bis own opinions, but only offered Hod's word. "Wast little." It would help Saul to look back to the time when Samuel had anointed him, and when the people had chosen him for their king, nnd to remem ber his modesty and humility at that time. He would more quickly see the contrast. "On a journey." The work which 'iod had assigned to Saul would have been more like a prosperous journey than a . war, had he gone in the strength nf the Lord. God would have so abundantly supplied his needs, that there would have been no call to spare anv of the enemies' Bpoil. "The sinners." Here we see tho real reason why tho Amulckites were to be destroyed. 19-21. "Hut didst fly." With great srreediness, ns a hungry bird or beast upon its prey. "Didst evil." Disobedience is tho ureat sin in God's sight. Such a dis position will include all forms of sin. "I have obeyed." Saul still contends for his uprightness. He had gone against the Amalekites, and so far be obeyed, and hu will not accept the charge offered against him. "Have brought Agag." (od bude him kill all, and vet he nuts in among tho instances of his disobedience, thut he hud brought Agag alive, which he thought was as good as if lie had killed him. He in sists that he had utterly destroyed tha Amalekites themselves, which was the main thing intended. Agag was probably nn official title like "pharaoh" among the Mzyutians and like "president" among us. "Which should have been." Here Saul admits his knowledge of God's command ment in telling what should have been destroyed. III. Saul condemned and rejected (vs. C2-31). 22. "As great delight." Nothing can take the place of obedience. Greater zeal, obeying outward ordinances, many prayers, greater generosity none of these things will answer. Outward forms are nothing if the heart is not moved; Hod wants our love, our trust, our life. "To obey is bet ter." For because of disobedience is the very reason why sacrifices are required. It is much better not to take poison and then be obliged to call the physician and take his remedies. 23. "Rebellion witchcraft." The mean ing is that Saul's rebellious and stubborn opposition to (bid was as bad aa witch craft nnd idolatry, A witch was liable to be put to death according to law (Kx. 22:18: Lev. 19:26. 31: IJeut. 18:10). "Ter- anhim." These were small household gods. Hath also rejected. A man dis obedient to Ood is untit to govern bia peonle. Br disobedience, Saul turned him. If out of office. Hod would not subject His people to the rule of a man who re jected God's rule over hm. How to Play With Pins. Stick pin Place a plnchushlon on a table or a chair at the far end ot the room and give each player a pin. Each player Is blindfolded In turn and told to stick bis pin In the cush ion. As be is bandaged at the end of the room most distant from the pin cushion, and Is not guided Id any way toward the goal, thli will prove to te no easy matter. Pin point For this game use a bas ket of apples, bananas, peanuts or bon bots. The starting point Is marked by the basket and the goal by a book r anything that happens to bo handy. See that each pers-.n present has a Mean, new pin. Every player bas three minutes In which to get apples r other trophies out of tha basket ind run around the room with them. The fruit is, of course, speared and neld on the pin. The young person who in three minutes' time lands most tpples at the goal Is. winner In the contest Dollar of Little Value. Two thousand Colombian papc dol lars are of Just the value of a nouns' of coffee. Thirty-three cents In Amaxi MB money would Uka than. JULY TWENTY-SIXTH. "A Mleslon Study of South America." Luke II. 25-32. Ctrlpture Verses Pa. 11. 6-8; Isa. x'.v. 22, 23; Dan. 11. 41; vll. 13; xlv. 27; Malt. xlll. 31, 32; Luke 1. 32, 23; xlil. 2D, 21; Phil. 11. I' ll. Lesson Thoughts. Xn great missionary work was ever tloiie except by great believers. Missions ore Christ at work in the world. They have power, because he In power. South America. South America bas hi?Fn called "The Neglected Continent" because the at tention of Protestant churches and Missionary sock-ties In North America ha.s so generally s-eemed to pass over from this field ns we often overlook what Is nearest to us to countries thnt are more remote. One reason for the; general Inatten tion to the needs of South America doubtless is the fact that like all Span IfIi America the continent has been pnrvad'pd by the activities of the Ro nilh Church and the impression con sequently prevails that It Is adequately Christianized. The one who has been called South America's apostle Is Captain Allen Lardlner whose claim to distinction resU on his sufferings and death In the attempt to reach and evangelize the Inhabitants ot Tlerra del Ftiego. The population of South America Is about 37,1100,000, of which less than 1,000.000 have been reached by the gospel. Only tha edge of South America has besn touched by missionary effort. Mlss-.lon stations are to be found In Guiana, on the coast of Brazil, and in Chill and Argentina. There are very tow elsewhere. South America has not quite 400 Christian workers about one to every 400,(!i0 souls. No wonder It has been called "The Neglected Continent." If Christians like their Lord will bo. All men will logo their doubts, and see How real Is Christianity. What do they see in you and me? . Suggested Hymns. Great Jehovah, Mighty Lord. Stand up, stand up for Jesus. The morning light is breaking. Conquering now, and still to conquer. Speed away, speed away. Onward, Christian soldiers. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Iuly26 MA Mission StuJy of South America.' Luke II. 25-32. ' Scripture Verses Ps. II. G-S; Isa. xlv. 22, 23; Dan. ii. 44 ; vll. 13; xiv. 27; Matt. xlil. 31. 32; Luke i. 22, 33; xlil. 20, 21; Phil. 11. 9-11. Lesson Thoughts. No great missionary work was ever done except by great believers. Missions are Christ at work in the world. They have power, because be Is power. South America. South America hns been called "The Neglected Continent-' because the at tention of Protestant churches and Missionary societies In North America has so generally seemed to pass over from this field us we often overlook what is nearest !to us to countries that are mqre remote. Otie reason for the general Inatten tion to the nseds of South America doubtless Is the fact that like all Span ish America the continent has been pervaded by the actlvt-les of the Ro mish Church and the Impression con sequently prevails that It Is adequately Christianized. Tho one who has been called South America's apostle Is Captalu Allen Lardlner whose claim to distinction rests on his sufferings and death in the attompt to reach and evangelize the Inhabitants cf Tlerra del Fuego. The population of South America Is about 37.000.uoo. f which less than 1,000,000 have been reached by the gospel: Only the edge of South America has been touched by missionary effort. Mission stations are to be found In Suiana, on the coast of Hrazll, and In I'hlll and Argentina. There are very l'3w olsewhena. South America has not quite 400 Christian workers about one to every (00.000 souls. No wonder It has been sailed "The Neglected Continent." If Christians like their Lord will be. All men will lose their doubts, and see Tlnw real Is Christianity. What do they see In you and me? Suggested Hymns. Great Jehovah, Mighty Lord. Stand up. Etand up Tor Jesus. The morning light Is breaking. Conquering now. and still to conquer. Speed away, speed away. Onward, Christian soldiers. N-ivelties for a Fair. Key and Button Hook Rack First rcu must gild a ball, and then around 'ho middle at regular Intervals insert tome brass hooks. A yellow ribbon ni bow tacked on the top with small tacks will serve to suspend It by and '.h.j completes the rack. With the tilt left from gliding the ball, and a piece of bright ribbon, you can make a Paperweight Of six of the large oallsv Ollt each nail separately, let them dry, and then tie them socuroly together with a piece of ribbon. Ragballt Prepare a number of car P't rag balls with a small gift in the center cf each one. These sell rapidly and It Is aniuflnj to see the buyers unwinding their balls to discover the contents, which may prove to b a thimble, a bundle of Jarkstraws, a Japanese top, or any little comical con ceit. The same ldoa might be applied to the always pleasing popcorn balls; then the knick-knacks must be first wrapped In soft paper to protsct them from the candy used in making these balls. PUasant mysteries and sur prises are always popular at fairs and tho mors tbat csai be Invent! the better. Trees In Moslem Graves. When one nlled la Moslem grevs Is never reopened on any account To remove the faintest chance of It thus being denied, a cypress tree U planted after every Interment, so thai the cemeteries resemble forests mors than anything slse. ME RELIGIOUS LIFE eiADINC FOR THE QUIST HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poem: How Atioiit It Noir? Trne Sue ress ns Iperileil liy the f.ntc Itpv. Ilr Ofirjp II. Hcpworth In the New York Ifcrnhr Kditm-liil ftumlny Sermon. Vom intend to do so mnnv tilings Sometime j o-i will endow The needy, with your silts and dcc lj, liut how nbout it now? You expect to help the poor, di'trcscd. Yon nr J debating how To Lest nmt ami sivc nnd b'esa. Hut how about it now? Yn.i're aoing to cue the breaking forms Tha: low with burdens bow. Eernusf of envy's grnpintf grecJ, llut how a'.-vt it n-jw? You're going to do. expect, intend, Wili t)i it the Christ nilow? What will you say when lie shall ask llut how nbout it now? Willis Drown. ltcllfflnn's Kssentlnl Klemrnt. There is nn old saw which tclis us thnt nothing succeeds like success, which is an other way nf saying that success vindicates its own methods. The statement is false ami misleading, nnd ns an incentive to youth it is wholly disastrous. To put n disregard of the means employed into a young man's mind ami so convince him that if he accomplishes his purpose the world will ask nothing more, is to wound him as fatally as though you drove a knife into his heart. In very truth, there is a kind of up parent success which spells detent, nnd fl kind of apparent failure, which is reckoned success iu Heaven. Ill other words, the best thing for a man is to be manly nhvays. A lip is apt to come home to sleep nnd brinui with it a large brood of unpleasant mem-' ories, and the man who cheats cheats him self out of more than he cheats his sicinh bor. To he ntraignt forward is worth Home thing, and especially in tunes when temp tations are both many nnd strong. It is a beautiful world and at the sai.ic time an almost cruel woric'.. That is tc cay, it is goNci'iied by law, and tl.e law it inexorable. There are no circumstance under which yo.i can gather tigs from this tles. The i.uiverse is built oi the basis of honesty, and dishonesty finds no nook or corner iu which to hide itself. Vou may demur at this and tell me that mnnv a rogue is happy, tint many a man deal in crooked measures mid has the respect of the community. 1 doubt both proposi tions. Men are measured prett accurate ly in the long run, and a in: i is not likely to wear his heart on his sleeve and pro claim his regrets. The world has not yet been turned upside down. Kvcry man loses unless his hie is square, internal logic run.! in that direction. Wrong is al ways wrong and riht is always nulu. 11 you look at life from that standpoint you are sate; if not, you arc in danger. liencaib u man's reputation, which i? sometimes a mere mask with false features, is his character, his real self. If that u not upright he has a hornets' nest in ilia soul and he is being stung to death. He u not at peace with himself is not content, ii not happy, and cannot be happy. If this ii not true, then we have made a mistake in our conception of Hod. I dj not care foi what that man seems to be, nor for what he poses ns being, nor yet fo: what tht people say he is ne has trampled on his immortal nature, has misdirected his cner- flics, and until you can lind tigs on thistles le will not be satisfied with himself. A far as the cast is from the west, so tar I) he from what Llud and nature inteude-i him to be. Strip oil his wealth, tear down his social nnd commercial position, lay bare his in most soul, and what do you hnd? Any ma terial on which to build a character tit fot Heaven? And yet unless a man lives for Heaven he does not live at all. This little lite, a mere hand's breadth of time, is is nothing. It is the eternity ahead ot us that gives significance to the present, and it is a man's titness for Heaven which stamps him as real gold or counterfeit coin, it is not '.vhnt we appear to be here, but what we shall honestly be when we get there, that counts. The day after death, when we leave all these trappings behind us, life's falsities and wrongs will tell the story. Karth fading away in the distance, immortality looking us in the face, asking us who we are and what we are then we shall step on the scales and be weighed. If we are found to be just and true and loyal the angels will be glad to welcome lis, but if we bring nothing but our misdeeds we shall be pitied because of the great mis take we have made. God's blessing on a man's honest life will be worth more than the whole world s wealth. The tirst thing for a reasonable human being to do, therefore, is to get into har mony with the universe, and the second is to stay there. In that statement is in cluded the essential element of religion. It marks an ascending grrde from the lower to the higher altitude of mind, until at last we step across the grave into Heaven. Nothing euuals in value a noble life. Live well, then, live nobly: live tor others, as the blessed Christ did. When you go leave this old earth a little better tor your having been in it. Guard your peace of mind, which is the best of all treasures; walk humbly doing the Lord's will, und you will have nothing to complain of here or hereafter. There you have your creed, a short one, indeed, but quite long enough for your purpose. (icorge II. Hep uuitn, in the New York Herald. Tho (star or 1'rosress. Self-complacency permits no progress That indefatigable Sunday-school i'ieid Worker, the lamented U iliiam lleynoMs, used to say that it was his business to Travel all over -he country to make neoplt dissutb.icd with themselves, i)ut he was not therefore a cynic nor a destructive critic, tor he held up an ideal to strive for Churches ns well as individuals sometimes become dangerously self-eompiaecnt. It is a good thing to smile, to look on the blight side, and to praise elfort. lint it is ruinous to be aiwuya priising one's self. An institution has n personality as truly as ha the individual, and one as much as the other may retrograde through self-satisfaction. A college, hospital, a church, a Sunday-school, a nation, a uu ' each, "hitch your wagon to a star," Tha Itewsril nf Faith, The reward of faith will be in proportion to the tests which it has successfully en dured. The promises of God were enlarged to Abraham alter he went from his country and his kindred, no: knowing whither he went. They were enlarged again after he had offered Isaac upon the altar. So will it be with every one. As the Held of prom ise cn arges so will be the blessed reward to the believer when be shall experience in the filiate the blessed results of bis laith in the promises fulfilled to him. living Itrudy. Character must be well equipped. Jesus meant us to learn that lesson when lie spoke the parable of the king who would not make war until he hail first sat down and taken counsel as to his preparations. Shu!) we hope to spsak the forceful word without the steady discipline of earnest thinking? Shall we teach without prepar ing? Shall our faith be firm in the day of need if we have not laid its foundations ilil. in titm riav a! ,.... . ... ...v h.., ... tunny ,- n jut as rash to sing "Onward. Christian Sol- iuii yujr pic(iarauoQ, as It Would be to elm rue a fort with broomsticks in stead of hells. Stlf-Saorlflcs Extraordinary. Two rlogantly-dreased men, who have long been wanted on a charge of burglary at Mayonce, Germany, were arrested there the other day while In the act of committing rob bery. They were taken to the police station and confined In separata cells. While one of the men was being ex amined the othor committed sulcldS by cutting his throat, and during the confusion caused by the suicide the other prisoner availed hlmsolf of the ow jrtunlty to eac&.is. ME GREAT DESTROY EI! SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT ' THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. tVhy tlrunknril Makers Arp 'nt Kntltlco to thp 1lespiM-t or erpnt IVoplevA 1'rayer That Some Day tho Voters Will Mi Hum Nelllint. T have heard nil I wnnt to hear nlio.it regulating the liquor trattic. To my posi tive knowledge the ( rnp'.e have been trying to regulate the liquor business in this coun try since 1S4S. What has been the result? Laws to regulate it have only had the eflect of intrenching still more strongly the hold of the devilish institutions. The Nation nnd most of the Slatci per mit the tratlic to go on providing it is will ing to pa-- a certain price. 'I hat means hell for revenue only. I would be willing to act up bclore i ny r.udience in America aiidplend for prohibition but n-vcr for the license system. ''To license tile liquor tratlic is a sin," and 1 do -lot propose to be one of the sinners who favor it. If pro hibition is unattainable, lie next best sys tem is free liquor. No other crime against the people is license. 1 except the crime aaainst God and man of iminuMrturiii nnd selling for .leverage purposes spirituous und malt liquors. It is wrong to steal, wrong to commit arson, wrong to inurder. and the laws say so. No one proposes to license cither of the above crimes. Why should not the law say it is wrong to poion the bodies and the morals of the people and ceasit to grant some men the privi.cge of making money hy so doing. Low-license is Pad nnd high-license is even worse, .hulas Iscariut would not have made his case any better if he had taken sixty pieces of silver instead of thirty pieces of silver for betraving his Lrrl. There is not enuigh nioncv in America to justify the sale of intoxicants to the people as a beverage. The greater tho amount mi received the more hellish th liquid tratlic becomes. Men in the nln i'i business are nut in it for fun. tlinji them fOil lor liie p-viie iri-l tlicv ile tnand our hois to get square with Make the sum Ifl'in) and they v.aut o;:t girls thrown in. Never in the history of the Stnte of Neu York was so much revenue obtained from the liquor trallic as at the present time Why? The llaines law has brought about a combination between drunkenness anil prostitution that is what has resulted from the existence of Haines law hotels, which were started tor the purpose of po litieal revenue. Drunkard makers are not entitled to the respect of decent people. They are in a wicked business. Saloons arc an insult tc the Holy Trinity: ti.ey are the foes oj womanhood and clniilho'i'l. I h;-.ve no p.i tience with those win have a goj I word to say in favor of distillei ies, Im-weiies oi saloons. They lire a te:ieh in the I. mil They crucify nur Lord afresh every day, including Sundays. The only fear tint thoic cnxwed in tilt liquor traliic- have is that prohibition may come to power with men behind the princi ple vho will enforce it. For tli.it reason 11 for no other 1 am in favor of ever; Slate in this country parsing prohiiiitior legislation and of .he people electing met who lavor such legislation to make tin principle mean exactly what it ought tj mean. While I ask the miserable drunkard tc stop drinking I call upon the people tr. do something better than to elect tlio.t for oilice who v ill grant those in tin liquor, trallic anything they want if they will only divide up the tillhy lucre thus obtained. Years ago I heard a gentleman named Smith n noted auctioneer make a speech in Newark, X. J., in which he said that in n dream he had a conversation with tin Devil on the license question; nnd he gave the Devil credit for saying that he was not so mean ns to grant a few devils the right to sell certain drinks and then punish othei devils for drinking them, or because the) could not stand the effects. The liquor traflic is not tit for the region of perdition, to say nothing about this country. I hate the whole liquor business, and my prayer is that some day the people will pulverize it. George 1!. Scott, iu the New York Witness. WIimI the Hnlnon Is. Some reformers go out of their way to pay special compliments to the saloon ns an American institution. They tell us the saloon is the poor man's club, his haven ot lest after a day's laborious toil. Why not continue the eulogy nnd recom mend tiie nloon as the poor man's bank? Why not call it the toiler's refuge in sick ness? Why not stvle the saloonkeeper the workingimin's good snmnritan in ntlliction, his supporter and friend in misfortune and poverty? 1 have no patience with people who go out of their way to excuse the exist ence of the lawless and povertv-breeding saloon, and who are always seekinn an op portunity to pat the saloonkeeper on the back for his many noble acts of charity and benevolence. We know all that the saloon is, if we Want to tell the truth. It is the highway robber of the poor and helpless: it is the wrecker and destroyer of thousands of hnppv, comfortable homes; it ii the de baucher of the young nnd innocent, through its wine rooms and other pest-breeding an nexes; it is. in line, the vicious and con taminating influence that produces most of our political rottenness. We have permitted this vile reptile to entwine itself about our municipal. State and Federal politics until it Ins crushed out all decency nnd honesty, nnd lefi us nothing but the shell of mil- boasted lib erty. The Hev. Jamu I. Coffey, St. Louis Impoverishes the Wane-Worker. It is estimated that nf everv 10 spent for intoxicating liquors only tliirtv-Kve cents goes into the pocket of the wage worker and ninety-six cents is spent for the raw material. The rest of the ll). SS.T5, goes into the pockets nf thp liquor dealers. If this same 10 ha 1 been spent for the ordinary comforts of life the wage winker Would have received 10 of it, while I'm-ie who raised the raw material would hive had 4.) of it. Thus the laborer gets on'v thirtv-eiiht cents of the ln if iei.t for liquor that weakens him in body and mind. This is the lirst blow which the saloon gives the laborer. It next robs him of the ll). Ins week's wages, nnd sends him home drunk to Ins suffering family. Then it un dermines his health and incapacitates him from doing hard labor, if it does not per manently put him on the sick list. It nUn dooeis him to perform the most menial Kind of drudgery nt low wages became his Inn king has paralyzed his mental fseu'ties so that ne is no hmger able to da skilled Work, Hut ths hardest b'ow the sa oon gives bim is wh"n it digs for him a drunkard's praye. nnd tumbles him into It without God or hope in this world or the next. t'ortic. brothe- toiler, be good to yourself end fanul.-. !lnd touch not, tsi not h in d e not the unclean thing. Dial of Pro gress. Tha CrusaiU In rirUr. Li the strength of its temperance srntt ment America leads the world. The children of drnnkmds are verv linh'e to he epileptic and idiotic, aa well ns crim inal. Kverv s-ibjeet of chronic n'.rohili.m i. le facto, if i,t ,! .,lr. inan.j ,, ,mll!l he confined in au institution fjr treat ment. William Onion whose name hns so often hgured in the London police court ne-ys, ami who has now been a total ( stsinei- for four vears. Ins just ennirivr a series of nrticles entitled "The Storv ol a Mis-spent Life." Five hundred boys at ths St. Mi-v's Industrial School promised Cardinal Gib hone latelv that they would not touch liquor until tbey were twenty-one years ol age. The new Prussian Minister for Works an ! Kailweya Ins instructed the chief of ncisls of the lVussian Stale Ksilwsvs In take every opportunity ti insert ins i-i all contracts for building clauses ralcn'nteil to diminish tha consumption of spirit bv tha workmen. It ia a well-attested fact that tha regu'ar and immoderate consumption of alcohol acta a a virulent poison to the human vs tern. Its baneful affect ara eanevisliv manifest upon the brain and nervous sys tem, anil, sooner or later, if tba habit is persisted in to cwesa. It lead te jUI impairment. THE CHAIN WOMAN. Over 10.00 a Engaged In Work, 8oa Very Old. Topsy-ttirvoydom prcvnlls in the I'.lnr-k Country, not only In the reeling 1ioiipk, but lu the ilouicstlj arrange liii'iits, for there the poetical Idea. "Women of the lipnitb," hnsi nn Inter luvtiiilou Dot tout 1'iiiiilutecl by tbal poet. Thp "henrtb" is the tiny, often dilopU (luted home smith In which daughters wives, mothers nml even grandmothers) toll from morn to eve, bentfng, ham mering, Hliiiplug nml welding c'liulut links. I'l.'Htlinll.v nil the small chains' below tbree-elgblbs inch In thlckni'H lire inn ile by women, less thnn fifty men being employed on smiill sire, wherens the women multlis number iu thp Criidley district- alone nt least tliotlsiiinl. It Is n queer Industry, fof the most piu-t bidden lu out-of-the-way corners, the shops mixed up with prim. Itiv,. nml neglected out houses. Unless the constant ring of the anvil arotiseil. bis curiosity the unobservant visitor, nii-'lit, traverse the place nil the day without suspecting the existence ot tills really i-uormmis Industry. Yet he) could hardly enter n court or nlley In any direct Inn without stumbling upon n chain simp. In many of thee six to right women and girls nrc em ployed four or live Is n common nurn lief. In one yard alone, appropriately namul "Anvil Yard," there must tos forty or fifty people tit work when th place Is In full swing. In one shop s youth nnd n girl of fourteen to sixteen? will be found bending over separata? anvils and hammering nwny nt heuted chain links, while n few yards away giandl'athi f and grandmother nr performing exactly similar operntionsj, ns they have been nt almost any time iltiring the last half century. One couple, Joseph Pursuits nnd his wife, sire both over seventy. The hus band lias minle chains continuously for sixty yi ai's. His chief trouble Is that the prolonged use of the hammer bas so cramped ami distorted bis liqhC band that be can no longer wiebl It ns of old. It is a pathetic sight to se the old lady, silvery-haired and her tall liirure already bowed with age, stoop ing over the anvil. The old mnti ex plain that If be works n full weefc at nine hours a day be may possibly cleat- 12s. to l.'is. "(Meeds," the small cinder used for heating, as lie ex plains, are dear, and half a crown a wee!; bas to be deducted under this bead. Mr. Parsons lias several chil dren and grandchildren In the trade. The old couple have now only them selves to maintain, and out of their combined ciirulnirs can Just pay the rent of their little cottage fai-lni? tb smithy ami buy enough food. Lontiouv '.cailer. Whon the Prince Imperial Olesl. A strange story Is being told In im perial circles In Paris regarding tbe death of the late Prince Imperial. On the 1st of June, 1S7!, a lady who wa one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the Napoleonic regime gave a grand, fete lu honor of her birthday, nnd at the siune time of the Prince Imperial, who bad gone out to the Cape. After dinner there was a display of firework In the park, the principal set piece being the Napoleonic emblems sur mounted by Imperial crowns. Th fireworks went off with the greatest sucetss until it came to the lighting ol the Imperial crowns, when, to the gen eral horror, not one of them woulj take light In spite of every effort. All of tliem remained uullghted whJl nil the other designs went off perfect ly. The failure was looked upon as aa evil omen, und with reason, for two days later camp the news of the death, of the prince In Zululand. A calcula tion of the time was theu made accord ing to the difference of longitude, nnL It was discovered that nt the very mo ment when the Imperial crowns re fused to light the prince fell dead un der tho spears of the Zulus. There would, perhaps, have been les skiptielsm about this remarkable coin cidence if the story bad been pub lished Immediately after the event, and bad not been kept secret for near ly a quarter of a century. Vanity; l-'nlr. Urine I'uinpsd 'p Llka Oil. There are many salt deposits in tho country which are made available, not by mining, but the pumping of brin from their vicinity. Through n largo part of .Michigan, for Instnnce, ami from the central part of New York State, out us far ns lluflulo, there arw beds varying In thickness from 112 to Him feet, and lying from 000 to 200O feit below tl;o surface. All through, these two regions, as well as In North ern Ohio, wells have been sunk, ami the brine Is pumped up like oil. Fresh, water springs supply the water, na doubt, and this, flowing over anil through tiie solid salt, dissolves tha latter, and puts It within man's reach. In a few places there are salt springs, which eject their mineral-laden fluidsx without coaxing. Ambassador Choata'a IHiabta. Apropos of mistaken identities, those) who were nt a certain dinner given t Sir Henry Irving a few years ago wili recollect what happened ou that occa sion. Quite a number of ths guests who knew the American Ambassador by sight were startled to meet bins at the entrance to the reception room arrayed In a kind ot court suit, with at white waistcoat and knee breeches. At Hist tbey were Inclined to assumo that Ibis was the long-sntlcipateaL American diplomatic uniform. But the mystery was soon solved. The ap parition took their names and an nounced them. Then It began to dawsv upon them that they had mistaken tha usher nnd tosstniaster for Mr. Clioate, whom be so strongly resembled. I don Tatler. -Toosssm" OlxistMa. Herbert Gladstone Is still occasionsi ly greeted by the historic ulckavam which be bore so cheerfully at Etoav. Wbeu bis father added twopence tot his Income tax about thtrty-ave yearst ago Herbert, who was then a diminu tive lower-form boy. was promptly christened Tuppence," a name wealrav clung to him through the rema batter ot his school days. Mr. Gladstone la at. shortish, broad-shouldered man. great physical strength, and with that complexion of a Spaniard, He la a scat aa enthusiastic lover of golf that bss has built himself a house aear th links at Llttleatone, whcr-i he speasis (creral weeks of each vax TU-EJtav. ,
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