"JOHN WESLEY" it Eloquent Sunday Sermon By Presi dent Stryker, ot Hamilton. Tribal to John Wtsley and the Inllneoct ol HU Preaching Standi Ont Supreme Above An Mea ol Hit Age. J,"FW YonK ClTT. Union services of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian and Clinton Avenue Congrcgationnl churches hejAix Sunday morning in the edifice of the Jjr,t named. The Kev. Dr. M. W. Stryker, President of lntnilton College, Clinton. N. y spoke on "John Wesley, but used no text. An will be seen, he paid an eloquent tribute to the influence of hia preaching, pr. Strvker said: l"pon June 17, 1703, that ia, 200 yea. ism, was bom ot Kpworth, Lincolnshire 161) milea from London, and at about the out centre of England a man whose in fluence stands out supreme above nil the men of his uge. Eighty-eight years old, on the 2d of March, 1791, he died. Thus his life compassed nearly the whole of the liKhteenlh century, and under Ood it was the mot fertilizing and redeeming agency toward the moral forces and accomplish ments of the nineteenth. And still the 'world ia. debtor, and will ever be, to the convictions and consecrations, the energies inj the efficiency of that on man .John Wesley. A mighty impulse nnd a potent organization attested and attests his sin fular and recreative purpose ami achieve ment. We may well reckon with such a personality in considering the movement of the modern world. Even the barest outline records a wonder and furnishes a corrective to a hundred superficial philosophies and a thousand shallow neglects. While Wes jeyans and Methodists in all lnnds are recit ing that story, let us all, with them, who ihare a like precious faith recall and re joice, ponder and hope. For the elements of it are as deep ns the first principles of the Christian religion, and the fame and forces of it are the common possession of til who hail the kingdom of the Son of Go-1. This man was born into a home when life in an age that hated anything more thin formal religion was exceptional. The mother that nurtured him was that Susan nab Wesley of whom Adam Clark said that he never saw her equal. His ancestry was of that Puritan stock and stuff whose fiber of conscience had affirmed the real Eitg land; its vigors nnd rigors had been super ceded by the recrudescence of the livid Stuarts, hut, though ignored, it had not de parted, and in him and by him it spoke again nnd bore its second harvost. Wesley began his work in the Estab lished nnd Episcopal Church, and thouuh by it he was soon despised and rejected he loved it always and cherished its better part. For two years he wrought in Geor fia, but the Grand Jury of that colony in dicted him. There he uttered that notable word, "I hope to learn the senso of the gos pel hy preaching it." He came into close touch with Moravians here and in Eu rope. Had that little body done nothing else than directly to dec-nen and hy its re action to enlarge, John Wesley, it had done i mighty work. Hut their narrowness he Heaped, while retaining their intensity. Over the deep and criticnl experiences of his inner heart, with its unusual combina tion of sensitiveness and decision, we will not pause. They were basal. In them ho found the Light lie followed to the end. a See him nt Oxford. He was a student intensely so. Specially and always of logic tnd langunge. He found in these an ample discipline; for language is organized thought. An able master of five tongues, he learned compasa and discrimination. In hit life he wrote or edited 2o0 volumes. At Oxford he wai the centre of a little poup of which hia brother Charles, and soon Whitfield, were others. They began to live by rule and made their protest and example of a pure life. They served God by method nil of them at this time zealout and even ultra Episcopalians. Thev were called the "Godly Club" -Bible Moths" "Methodists." Opprcbrl-.m easily tinds de risive names, A hundred years, nnd more, earlier this same devotion had been called "Puritan." Consider that eighteenth century into which they came. It was a feculent nnd rowdy age. Read Thackeray's "Four Georges" read Lecky's ample treatment who says "all the dazzling episodes of the reign of George II. must yield in real im portance" to Methodism. Hear Bishop Butler (1738). "It is come to pass that ny assume Christianity to lie purely ficti tious and no longer a suhject of inmiiry." The general sentiment of the church was benumbed, torpid, stagnant drv essay ser mons were the vogue, a .anguid and luke warm moderation held sway, rendy to hate whatever molested its sodden indifferent urn. Look into the cartoons of Hogarth and tee if the times he pictured did not wd the winds of Ood! Consider the ve neers of Chesterfield and reckon if that tilled and padded nnd festering society did not demand the breath of reality! Tub ie life was debauched bv the coarse and frank corruption of the ministry of Robert "'pole. It was Wesley more than all others who roused a public conscience to ly about the stern and aggressive hon J'y of Pitt Pitt, who rescued India, and oermany, and America. It was Wesley no under God broke the moral drouth struck an artesian well far into the aub- i j "? benCBtn the morass of the desert r-led the great reaction which made possi ble the reform and the power of modern 'ngland ; made possible the revival of the runeteenth centurv Heber, and Martvn, and Kol.ltt - .1 t : .1 .1 ir.. u . : - ...., niiU mu(,u. flu ubluiiic an ill- jluenee so incalculably fertile and diffusive fcai to no other man of modern times save wither, to no other Englishman save Wy on. does the world owe so much. It peased Matthew Arnold, with an icv Phil minium, to fleer at Wesley and to dispar W him as "a third-class mind." But by Juat token this frosty estimate? In that Orunken, unclean, insolent century, Wes y is the brightest name, whether hit ?rk ' judged by its width or its depth, whether by its immediate or its permanent "suits. w hen conformity nnd nonconformity J7 'like moribund, he renewed the indi "ilnalitm of the gospel message, personal- appeal and rediscovered mankind! mij not '"rs"et that this starting point of rfm religious history was within the lls of college, and lay in the devoted ben re'c. e" aggressiveness of a few The work begun in the open air. Whit JfW. with hia lively and unselfish charau fJ Jd that wondrously emotional voice, the way among the colliers of Kings wood in Cornwall. England was full of pa- Poverty, and this new departure to aril l )e "submerged" and the forgotten '"i' human compulsion of a zeal that ate up n' 't embitterments, broke once Y. U with the traditions of apathy. Then Wesley stormed Bristol town. Little ia men know, little did these men know, "Ht a chord they had struck, as their in imitable fervor and unintermittent ag PMion hurled out of their way the things would have obstructed them and once r reached after the soul of the common Jr8- It was a radical return to the sim plicity of Christ, and it had to face the !"jwn and aeothngs of those who do alwaye "'. the spirit of what is real and uncom Fomiiing. The harvest was white and had ""' been unattempted. The work wai under the sky. baptized by the tears J the i lowly, hailed by the new songs ol ""J of thousands under the dome of God I ,'f went with Christ after the lost sheep, , VPt the very dust for the lost jewels. ' aid not reach dowa from an attitude ol u condescension and patronage, but out from the universal level ot itmn sympathy and childlike love. And ".proved by its errand and result that ha afifLTf nt eoula of men enough to go Tv 'm in Christ's way can have them, i'1.lVth method of the evangel for. """a the world ia aching and starring. la the idea ol service upon which (one rests the power of Christ. Friend of P "oners and of whom alwaya the common '"Pie hear gladly when He ia truly told. n indifference and tlie contempt of men Vrge for the church is at any given time e reflection of the indifference and con JJlt of the church for men at Urge. Tot A a th opostle is the sign of the sickle. ..And the other power was over and utb the intensity with which they J" t. the clearness) and directness of the r( itself. It uttered the two funds- ilk wor. repent" and "ueiieve, taui "I 1!cnt of imperativeness) thai tmM. , frivolity and inhuman euperfi th. I of.' Aln i transfigured wj ' possibilities of the lowlwet man. It hat many only thought and dared "uauiur iiftis. wwd. Xjt buauUM. td SonvfiTO fCiVSIand"lITat evcryTmtn had" 1 loul and that life was an immortal stair way, up or down! It taught of a living Qod and the powers of an endless life. It reviewed that standing article of the Ref ormation. "Justification by faith." It car ried the truth afield and again it lifted the cotters' roof till it touched the stars. It trod the bottom of human longing, and while it arraigned sin ,in fearful terms, it brought the news of hope and joy. Xo wonder that gusto came with the rain upon the barren land. No wonder that turbid motion accompanied the flood of feeling. Many things always are rent when Satan is east out. Alwaya such upheavals arry Hubble upon their currents such tides wing loose unanchored spirits. Hut par jily is a counting proof of power, and the forces of eternity were shaking a people to its centre. Much was unwelcome when all was unreadv. What real prophets have not met oppoai lion? These men were "shut out of the synagogues" of the establishment. Thev "faced a frowning world." They knew all indignities. Mobs led by squires and clergy men dragged them through horse ponds and howled against their lives. Nothing was too foul to Hing at them with hand and tongue. Not a man of all the bishops save Samuel Butler took their part. But despis ing hardships and dangers, thev grew, ana1 upon the church that disowned them they put an indellible mark. Being defamed, ihey entreated, and they lived to see opin ion change. What a diocese waited this apostolic man John Wesley! He touched two hemis pheres. Nay. all the ends of the earth, and his hand is stretched out still. In 1786 Methodism began in America. Wesley nt his death declnred, "The best of all. (Sod is with us." There were then 313 of his sreachers in England: in the United States, 108. Now in Great Britain there are 70, 500 communicants, in Canada 300.000. in the United States fl.OOO.OOO, who recur to thnt new Pentecost. At length in 1870 Dean Stanley unveiled in Westminster Abliey a tablet with the shining profiles of John Wesley and Charles. Tardily but nt last did a atato church which in their day "knew not the time of its visitation" at test the reflex intluence of its prophets and own a work so grandly done! In John Wesley tremendous toil and a rare gift for organization and order nnd the loftiest spiritual enthusiasm and a sim ple purpose to do one thing were united in the proportion of genius. Great he was hy any test. Time is a stern criterion and by that estimate Wesley survives as Paul does and Luther and Lnvola. He is of the few who make eras. He had large sense and system. Ho wrought witn. mighty industry for half a century. No moment was wasted. With a giant energy he preached Boll times a year for fifty years. And yet with this passion for work he had a pure and calm mind. Self-denying, rcfinpil, sweet tenniered, considerate, he had the scholar's vision and a saintly heart. "In seventy yenrs." he said, 'I have not lost a night's sleep." "I save nil I can ami give ill I get." "Make all you can bv industry, save all you can hy economy, give all you can by liberality." Thus he was rich "to ward God. Peculiarities he had; let small souls count them. Strifes there were, but who cares for the logical differences be tween Wesley nnd Whitfield, since both preached the evangel of a holy and imme diate decision. Thank God for that good home at Epworth and for that Susannah's ions! Let us all see that religion is not in ru bric and rite, but in devoted hearts and lives, unsophisticated by the bribes of cus tom, undaunted by the oppositions of hol low tradition, instant to serve, tireless to effect results, believing God! For one may have all the apparatus of regularity and die a starveling. Power is granted onlv to those who will pay its whole price! Love ia catholic when it is apostolic and can ut ter Wesley's "AH the world is my parish." The methodical in God's service are the conquerors. Oh, let me sav to you Wesley's great text. "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found; call ye upon Him while He is near!" ' Emulate such a man! And considering the issue of a totally surrendered life, imi tate its faith. It is success. It is triumph. It is attainable. Let me quote Wesley's hymn: "Give to the winds thy fears Hope nnd he undismayed; God bears thv sighs and counts thy tears God shall lift up thy head." Popular Gospel Is Wrong, The most popular gospel of. to-day is the isuef of "Don't worry.1' The calendars and gift books are full of daily mottoes to the general effect that one should cast off 1! care, fear nothing, live for to-day, let the other man do the worrying, and it will til be the same in a hundred years. But no great transforming movement haa ever been inaugurated an such a platform. There is nothing calculated to stir men deeply to action, to heroism, to sacrifice, in the announcement that their fears are groundless, and that all is well. Joined with the very tenderness of Jesus is ever the note wof warning, and Hia message is not complete without it. The old doctrine of hell was very crude and very false, and yet it was infinitely nearer the truth than this modern "Don't worry" philosophy, which ignores the real dangers that con front the human soul and tells us that evil is simply the result of our fears. It makes a world of difference to a man's religion whether he takes up with that smooth gos pel or whether he gives heed to Jesus Christ sneaking of the dangers of the hu man soul. -The degeneration of character which greed or jealousy, or cowardice, or duplicity, or cynicism, or sensuality, or any other violation of vital law brings is something whose seriousnesa becomes more tvident the closer we get to it. It is not a matter of faith, but of absolute knowl edge. The Rev. W. B. Thorp. The Making of Man. All life is varievated. It meana harmi- ness as well as sorrow. Mind as well as body needs change. A young man needs relaxation and recuperation. Bv it life gains elasticity. f - - 1 14 1 - il. L. i. vmisiiniuty wuirii 11 t-uuicra miv mg ucart f man does not drive the sunshine out. A man is not necessarily Christian because he looks consumptive. Pity with a long face and a deep cough is not Christ's idea of religion. There is nothing antagonistic in religion to the helpful influence of so ciety. . Society neing me ueai oi cnaraceer pos sesses molding power. It will minister to the lower or the huhej ideals of life; through it he will either serve God or the devil. If a man haa the vulture instinct which seeks the carrion he will find it. If he desires that vhich is noblest and purest and best he may posses it. The thing that makes the life of modem society so strenuous is the struggle to keep up appearances at whatever cost, and the idea that manv have that there can be no fun without tilth. The Rev. Dr. Fowler. Hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is contemptible In any walk of l:-. . :'n.. d.i ;n kA Al,..-..k Th 1I1V VHIJCCIUIIV M IV ."w viuii-m. Kev. (icanis Adams, Brooklyn, N. Y. Anchor Ha History. Lying amid a pile of iron chains, an :bors, cables, etc., Ia front cf a Daltl mora Junk shop is a great double Iroi anchor shacklo which baa an Interest ing history. It welgbs sevsral torn tnd is of unusually One forging. II was made la Russia for oae,ot th czar's battleships, and In 1876 wai sent to America as part of the P.ut slan exhibit at the centennial at Fhtla delphla. After the close of the ei.posl tlon it disappeared. Vain search wai made for It, and the Russian exhlbf - was sent hack without It. Years late It turned up with a lot of old iroi which a steamer landed at Baltimore and it haa been there ever since. Tht Russian naval authorities are probabl) sUll hunting for It. The Sooret Revealed. This ts the way the Sweet Things toore one another. "How many sea ions haa Edith been out? She says nly two." "Nonsense. She's the only firt In our set with her ears pierced tnd she spells her name with an I instead of a y those are both dead flveaways that riie's a back number." THE SABBATH SCHOOL Inlernatlonal Lesson Comments For August 2. Subject: Samuel Anoints. David, I Sam. xvl., 4-13-Ooldca Tcxf, I Sam. xvl., 7 Mem ory Verses, 11-13 Study Verses l-IJ Commentary on ibe Day's Lesion. I. Planning for a new king (vs. 1-5). Samuel's griet because of Sauls rejection was great. This showed his affection for Saul and his interest in the kingdom. But to continue long in such grief would hinder him in his public duties ns prophet and also dishonor God. it was Samuel's duty to recognize God's will as supreme nnd not continue to cling to Saul when God hod rejected him. The divine cure for grief is greater faith in God. 4. "Samuel came." The Lord told Samuel to go to Bethlehem nnd anoint, one of the sons of Je.ise. But Snmuel said, "How can I go? if Saul hear it he will kill me" (v. 2). The Lord then told Sam uel to take n heifer and go to Bethlehem and sacrifice unto the Lord. "The elders." Men who acted as civil magistrates. "Troubled." Some think that the breach between Snmuel nnd Saul was now r,o great that they feared the anger of Saii if they entertained the prophet; but it seems more probable that they fcare'l that hit coining was for the purpose oi punishing some sin among them, or of vronoiincing some judgment upon them. ''Peaceably. If he had come with no hostile purpose hit visit would be considered n blessing. 5. "Sanctify yourselves." Change your clothes, and wash your bodies in pure Wit ter, and prepare your minds by medita tion, reflection and prayer, that, being in the spirit of sacrifice, ve mav offer accept ably to the Lord. Sec Ex. 10:14, 13. "Jesse and his tons." Samuel himself took the greatest care in the sanctification ot Jesse's family. Some think the elder were invited only to join in the sacrifice, while the family of Jesse were invited by themselves to the subsequent feast. It ap- ieurs from chapter 20:27-29, that Jesse'e aniily were a devout religious family. Simnel instructed them in the nature of the sacred ordinance and by his counsels nnd prayers assisted them in preparing to attend to it acceptably nnd profitably. It is probable from the acts and words of Snmuel on this occasion that he privately informed Jesse of his purpose to anoint one of his sons, but it nowhere appears that Jesse was informed ns to the oliiect of t'nnt anointing. This was left for future developments to disclose. II. The Lord chooses David (vs. 0-12). 0. "When they were come." After the public sacrifice there wns the sacrificial feast, and in order to nartako of this least Samuel went to the home of Jesse. Be tween the sacrifice nnd the feast several hours would necessarily elapse as the vic tim would have to be prepared and cooked. During this interval the sons of Jesse wcr made to pass before Samuel, for it appear from verse 11 that David wag sent for be fore they partook of the meal. "Eliab.'' Jcfse's oldest son. one of Saul's army in the Palestine war (1 Sam. 17:13). "nnd afterwards the ruler of Judah tinder David, In 1 Chron. 27:18 he is called Elihu. We have an exhibition of his rude and over bearing temper in 1 Sam. 17:2S. "Surely.'' etc. "Samuel was impressed with his stature and beauty and remembered that Saul had been similarly recommended (I Sam. 10:24). But the day was past when kings were chosen because they were head and shoulders above the rest." 7. "Look not," etc. Even Samuel wai still judging from outward appearances. "Thnt which chiefly recommended Saul tc the favor of Israel was hia size and beauty, hut now in selecting a man after his own heart Jehovah shows that his divine judg ment is based not on external form oi comeliness, but on the inner life. David n!so, however, was of a goodly appearance" (v. 12). "On the heart." God does not look at one's earthly possession, or social rank, or family historv, or literary attain ments, or natural ability, for He docs not judge from apnearances, not even from religious manifestations such as mans tears, many prapers, a serious deportment, n solemn tone to the voice, etc.; hut God looks on the heart, the inner life, the char actcr, and judges accordingly. 8-10. "Abinadab Shamiiiah." These two, with Eliab, were the sons of Jesse sent bv war ngainst the Philistines (chap. 17:1.1). "Again." Jesse, no doubt, brought, his sons before Samuel in the order in which he considered them to rank, bringing the most likely first. "Not chosen these." David's seven brothers had passed before Samuel and the Lord had refused them all. This expression implies that Samuel had already privately informed Jesse of the object of his coming. 11. "Are here all." Samuel was not ready to give up. He quickly surmised that there might he one overlooked or counted unfit by the father. Jesse had offered all of his sons, whom he supposed were at nil likely to suit. But the Lord had sent Samuel, and the errand could not be in voin. "The youngest." Jesse having evidently no idea of David's wis dom and bravery, swoke of him as tht most unfit. God in His providence ro or dered it, that the appointment of David might the mora clearly appear to be a divine purpose and not the design either of Samuel or Jesse. Hi name signifies "beloved," and he was an eminent type oi me ueiovea son ot uoa. sit aown. The wird thus rendered means "to sur round," and here suggests the sitting down or reclining around a table. Snmuel did not propose to have that family eathei round the table of the peace offerings with one of the sons absent. Here a lesson bearing on family worship may he learned. 12. "Ruddy. The word denotes the red hair and fair skin which are regarded as a mark of beauty in southern countries; where the hair nnd complexion ai-o gen erally dark. "Beautiful countenance." Literally, of beautiful eyes. This indicates that his eyes were keen and penetrating, enlivened by the fires of genius, and beam ing with a generous warmth. David was evidently a beautiful young man as he stood there liefre Samuel. "'This is he." Una was Uod s choice and Samuel was commanded to anoint him at once. We can see here how little stress the Lord really puta on outward forms and cere monies', for David was not present when Samuel sanctified Jesse's sons with such great care. HI. David set apart for his work (v, 13). 13. "Anointed him." David was anointed in the presence of his brethren, though it is not at all likely that they un derstood at this time to what position he was being called. It is extremely doubtful if David understood the meaning of tho act. "Spirit came mightily." Such a set ting apart would have a mighty intluence upon his life. The anointing waa not an empty ceremony, but a divine power at tended it, so that David waa inwardly advanced in wisdom and courage and con cern for the public, -with all the qualifica tions of s prince, though not at all ad vanced in his outward circumstances. The Cift of the Holy Svirit is the greatest and est gift of God to man. The Two Dogs. Two dogs having to choose their masters, one chose a king and the other a bejegar. "Why did you choose a beggar?" asked the first, "when you might be the dog of a king?" 'Be cause." answered the other, "a king will take less care of a dog than a beggar will. The beggar's dog ha alwaya the company of hia master, and la treated like the master him self, while the klnr, who Is busied with state affairs, has not the time to look after a dog, and for ay part I would rather be loved hy a beggar than neglected by a king." St. Nich olas. Apes a Diviners. It may not be generally known that In South Africa ape are often em ployed as geologists and engineers. Tbey are tralued to explore mining re gions, having marvelous scent for discovering springs of water, even If underground. A good many have been used tor this purpose on the Cape to Cairo railway. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Aujust Second "Lessooi From Paul: How Ws May Overcome Our Hindrances." 2 Cor. 12: 7.:0; 10:10. Scripture Verses To him that over comsth." Matt. 10:22; 24:12 13; 2 Co. 4:16, 17; Oal. 6:9; Rev. 2:7, 10, 1L 17, 26-28; 3:5, 12. 21. Lesson Thoughts. Our success In God's service does not depend upon our human strength. He can , accomplish grand results through very feeblo Instruments. Our very weakness may be transformed Into almighty strength. God does not guarantee freedom from hindrances In His service; He expects us to rise above them .to suc ceed In Bplte of them If not by means of them, even to glory In our Infirmi ties, that the power of Christ may res) upon us. Selections. The tiniest daisy that smiles so sweetly at our feet owes Its existence to the patient pushing upward of the small germ against all the obstacles of sell and stones; nnd were It con scious It might tell a tale of dally dJfnculty and danger sturdily met and bravely overcome. So in humanity Itself all that is finest nnd most beau tiful i intertwined with difficulty. Phillips Brooks once said that he could go through the crowded streets of heaven, and that we would look in vain for any soul that did not get there through a struggle. On the earth tach soul was a weak man, who became strong through Christ, nnd In spite of Ws lowerself. A strong man not only carries' a heavy burden, but he carrleB it In the best way, the most easy and graceful way. Thus also you can Judge a man's spiritual strength, by noting not only what work he does for God, but the manner In which he does it. In the time of Jesus the Mount of Transfiguration was on the way to the cross. In our day the Cross Is on the way to the Mount of Transfiguration. If you would be on the mountain, you must consent to pass over the road to It. Suggested Hymns. Holy Spirit. Teacher thou. Take t.'me to bo holy. Lord. I hear of showers of blessing. Conquering now and still to conquer. True-hearted, whole hearted. Come, thou almighty King. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. August Second Remember Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 23, R. V.) From the preaching of the apostles until now the message of the resurrec tion has been that the risen Christ Is Saviour, to give repentance and for giveness of sins. And the message has been enforced by the personal testi mony of the messengers: "We are witnesses of these things." Remem ber that the on excuse for the perpet ual telling of the resurrection story is that it is a story of salvation. As long as there are sinners this must be the message of the Christian's life: "Jesus Christ rose from the dead to be a Saviour from death, and the proof is that he has saved me!" That must be in every sermon, In every con fession of Christ. It must be Implied in every Christian life. And to it must be added, for the sake of the unsaved, "What he has done for me ho can do for you." The result of the resurrection Is more than a rescue of penitent sinners from punishment. It Is salvation from death, unto life. It is Infinitely rhore than a way of escape from hell. It Is life eternal, whose powers and Joys and privileges ana offered now to those who are under the power and pain of moral death. Properly to declare that is to preach a Gospel that on every ac count Is worthy of all acceptation. It Is a wonderful salvation, that of the risen Christ. By its power we too are raised from the dead, and our new life Is drawn from the same source, the Spirit of God. We were dead; we live, If so bo that the Spirit of Christ dwells In us. "Not I but Christ," Is at once the humility and exaltation of the new life. "I can do all things." "All things are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's." The normal ambition of the young Christian Is to know Christ, to come Into close and tender relation to him. Often enough this ambition Is checked, by cares, or by temptations too feebly resisted, or by the example of Indiffer ent professors of the Christian faith. But the healthy convert begins by be ing loyal to Christ, and ends by doing all for love of him. To know Christ, to feel the power which his resurrec tion gives over death, and to toear suf fering for the sake of others this is the right ambition of every child of God. It Is aspiration after tlra llfo that Is life Indeed. The resurrection of Jesus Christ means that every Christian's life be longs to his Lord. Ho died for all, be cause all were dead. They which now have life received It from him. But not without conditions. They must era play the Christ-given life as his ser vants. They live now "unto Christ." "Not my own" is no mere -poetic exag geration. It is the simple truth, as ever7 true Christian is glad to confess. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. HE prayer with out the heart can never reach heav en. It Is easier to be forgotten than to forget. Church member, ship Is not an ele vator Into heaven. We are only good nlian urn ara ennri J2 for something. It is always iu draw money out of a lean purse than our of a tat one. The most striking aermon Is usually the one that bits the man who Is not there. Duty la the name we give to what God calls apportunlty. There is more In an ice-berg than In a fire-cracker. God will preserve the way of the church that observca the way ot the church that observers Hia will. Culture baa never been much of a uccesa as a means of consecration. Men would have more faith In God If they saw more works In men. Some man seek a clear track by de stroying the signals of conscience. It will not do to promise God the faded flower when He asks for the bud. The fruits of love do not grow from the roots of lust Gravestones do not represent reserv ed seats in glory. A man haa no more religion la him than comes out ot him.. is? THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Ttnml to a Drunkard's flravr Is a Hard One to Travel The Average Inebrlnte is Devoid of Mimhnnil, a Ntrnnirer to Truth and Full of Deception. Shall I nsk to be excused for once ixn'm writing on a suhject that I have written upon scores of scores of times be fore? No! It is my mission to call upon the drunknrd to renent of his wave and cease to get di-unk, and also to call upon the drunkard makers to cease to do evil anil lenrn to do well. For some reason God will not let tne nlnne when I am slow to cull attention to the evils of the liquor trallic. He brings about worrimcnt. nnd sometimes I am brought into contact with events that mnkc my blond boil with indignation. Then I am willing to write my hatred of the tmflic and toil the whole truth con ccrnina it. I want all mankind to he persuaded to let intoxicant i alone; and if I had the power 1 would compel every inhabitant ot this globe by law to do wlint they cannot he persuaded to do. My doctrine is, total abstinence for the individual and prohibition for the States nnd Nations. The drunkard is to be pitied; for be is a slave to the drink habit and suffers the panirs of hell. He is bound in chains that bold him in bonilaue even when he calls upon God and his friends to believe him when he savs, "Let these bonds be loosed!" I have seen the drunkard when he looked ns pale ns deith, when he realized that he was going from bad to worse as fast as possible, when he felt that he wai forsnkon nnd despised by all his friends, nnd when even his own mother hnd ceased to nk his father to forgive him.' The drunkard's lot is a fearful one. The tires of hell i urn within him. He oc casionally feels the need of positively giv ing up drinking; bi.t his npprtite stiHcs his good wishes. He drinks knowing its evil effects. While his eyes are weeping on account of his sorrows he pours down his throat the liquid damnation thnt is the enuse of his sorrows. The road to the drunk ird's grave is a hard one to travel. On each side are harp-shooters firing Harts at him. Every little while he is shot by them, and goes along limning from the wounds he hns re ceived, if it were not for the fnct that the poor drunkard must meet bis God un prepared in another world, it would be a mercy if he shoul l die to save him from more punishment on earth. The nverace drunkard is .'ovoid of man hood he is a stranger to the truth nnd full of deception. I'uder the mist solemn obligations to reform hn will pay no heed to them. What :e says is not worth tak ing any stock in. Ho will abuse the con fidence of his best friends nnd smite the hand thnt is exteuued toward him in friendship. His sweet wife has not the in fluence over him that one of his loafel companions in sin has. Drink has hard ened his heart, blasted his reputation nnd made him only a fit eompnnion of those who are as wicked as he is. He will smile at you one moment and threaten to whip you the next m-inent Of course there are exceptions to this description oi the chronic drunkard. How to deal with the drunkard is a hard problem to solve. A mixture ol kindness nnd nn iron hand is about the best application to be applied to sucii an one. Have you ever tried to subdue nnd train a drunkard to bclinve better? If you have not vou are not the one to properly hulge the best methods to improve him. Wlint the drunkard most needs is to hear the thunders of Mount Sinai and to feel tlio love of Him who died on Calvary. In other words. Law and Love. God gave to mnn Mount Sinai before Calvary. Why. it is not my business to trv to cxtilain. The Law was a schoolmaster to bring even Paul to Christ. While few men have n more tendet heart for the miserable drunkard, yet I must say that too often love is lost on him, for n is like casting pearls before swine. Young men. if - ou wan: to feel the tor ments of hell while on this earth, be a drunkard nnd you will . et your fid. Uetter for a m.m or woman not to bo born thnn to become nddicted to that which steals away the brains of its victims nnd gives onlv pain anil remorse in return George IJ. Scott, in the New York Wit ness. Pomn Striking- Words. Tn all parts of the citv of Paris, nmid the other official placards nnd notices (some of which nre gayly printed in red. white and blue) is a targe white poster with clear black type, hearing the striking words, "Alcoholism: Its Dangers." in glaring headlines. The wording of this unique placard is in nart ns follows: ' It is a mistake to say thnt alcohol is neces sary for workmen who engage in arduous labor, thnt it gives encouragement to the work, or thnt it huihis mi tlie forces; thn artificial stimulus that it brings about quickly gives place to nervous depression and weakness; in realitv, alcohol is useful to no one, it is harmuful to all. The hnhit of drinking brings in its train loss of affec tion for one's family, forgctfiilness of all socinl duties, distnste for work, misery, robbery, nnd crime. It leads, nt lenst, to the hospital; for alcoholism begets the most various and deadly mn'adis. With reference to the health of the individual, the existence of the family, nnd tho futuro of the country, alcoholism is one of tl" suost terrible scourgej." A nn1siniital Ottestlon. While the motives which influence per sons to become toial abstainers are various some renounce drink for its own sake, and some abstaining for the sake of others. fStill there is a fundamental question on which these motives depend. Why is it that "moderate drirking" so often leads tn drunkenness as to mnke it desirnhlo that the sober part of the community should nhstnin for the sake of their weaker brethren? 'Ih it the jurizes of our land at tribute thrce-fo-irths of the crime broupht before them to drink? That nosilion, edu cation, nay, even H'hH:nn itself, is no guar antee that he who dricks at all may not become a drunkard? The intoxicating cle ment in all fermented and distilled liquors, be they wine, beer, snirits or cider, is al cohol. Various ideas have prevailed nt dif ferent times ns to the mode of action of nlcoho', but the highest verdict is thnt it is poiaou. A flnnri Wtinn' ItrusR. M'-s. John A. Logan, soenkini of the drinking hnhits of women, in a recent arti cle says: "I do not li';e lo admit that any woman ever indulged in such lomentubie habits, but iru't succumb to the indubita ble evidence that is before us continually, nnd can on!y how my head for very iliamo for my spx, and priy 'l-'athe:-, forgive tliem for they know not what thty do.' " Tlio friisniln In HrUr. The devil ii de'iglited to see voung men spend their time i.i the grog shop. Liouoi- dealers and users of intoxicants are barred from holding oftcv in Ohio cities. The Rev. Francis K. Clark, in a com parison of America with o.lier countries along the line of temierance and other re forms, has a message of goad cheer for this country. Xever before in history as there been so ni lull agitation against the bunnesa, not only by the ever-present teinoeranre ag-ta-tor. hut by men nigh in public and profes sional life, who are known to 'jo men with liberal ideas. The soldier is engaged, educated and I laid for the performance of duties which is cannot perform if he undermines his health and strength by drink. In India and nther tropical clnoites. men who lose control of themselves through drink expose themselves to the hot ray of the noonday run and become prostrated, possibly to bt hoieleas imbe ciles for the rest of their wearisome dist ance. There arc no medical specifi.-s for the cure of inebriety. The true and only rein, edy ia complete abstirence from the poison, and this can only he done by enforced disciplin) and treatment in an institution appointed for the purpose. Dr. Kusaell, on the Causes of luamty, in the Canada Practitioner. I THE RELIGIOUS LIFE 1EADINC FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Cor mi A Vision and Prayer, by 8. A, Dyke Wlint Christ Teaches About Judging Others The Critic Hhonlil Me Without Fault Comment Charitably, I stand upon the cliffs at night, And look nfar upon the sea. Rcvond the beacon's guiding light. Towards the haven yet to be. I see the silent ships pass on, With bending sail and pennon fair, With bounding hope as guerdon, With precious freight, with favoring air. The darkling waters roll beneath, The twinkling stars gleam high above, And whispering winds with gentle breath, Speak to my soul of life and love. this chnngeful life the rolling deep. Thy shining truth he beacon light, Mv yearning heart the freighted ship. Thy star lit throne the haven bright. 0 Ood. who ever dost revenl. To child-like henrt through mortal sight, The things not seen but yet most renl. Hear Thou my prayer to Thee this night. Wilt Thou not hear n cry to Thee, A humble cry in filinl fear. A creature's cry that asks to see Thy grace and glory now and here? 0 Lord, do Thou direct my course. In me reveal Thy only Son. Give peace within midst billows strife. By me. oh, may Thy will be done. Through daylight clear, through midnight dark, Ry breezes fair, by teninest wild. Oh guide Thee straight the trembling hark, That bears to Thee Thy wandering child. liam's Horn. On the JitdKlng of Others. Did you ever notice two people talking for any length of time and observe how much of the conversation is made up of reference to others, their acts nnd ways? And further, how much of that plentiful criticism is adverse? Go back over yesterday nnd trnce. if you cnn. the kind judgment you put upon record either in your own mind or in the minds of others concerning your fellow men nnd women. N'ow the natural ten dency when you have done this will be to Jt once defend yourself for the judgments you have made, and in many cases perhaps they would seem iulitiab!e but think! Are you willing to lie judged hv the samu judgment? To be Pleasured with ihc sanio measure with which you have condemned him? Perhaps even this you may say in vour righteous wrath you are willing to do. but think once more. Given that mnn'.i mrromidiins nnd circumst ances. his here ditary tendencies, his weaknesses, his tem perament, and, above all, his temptation:' leaving out. of course, all ndvantnges thnt vou have had and he has not then, would you be willing to be judged as se verely as you have judged him? And it may be true, if ull truth were known, that he deserves such judgment; but even so, Christ says, that judgment is not for us to give, but for Him. There nre two rensoins why this law of Christ's is right. The first is because it is not possible thnt we, so long as we dwell unnn this earth, should with our earthly vision nnd understanding, know all the circumstances of any man's acts but our own. There is one person whose judgment has been committed to our rare if we choose to look into it, and that is our own. There is no great danger that our judg ments of ourselves will be too severe. The second reason is that the judge should be without .-. fault. Can any one of us aspire to that position? And if we needed any more of Christ's words upon this subject, after the lesson that we have before us, we have thei.i in the chapter where the sinful woman was brought to Him, nnil Ho snid to her ac cusers: "He thnt is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." And yet to-day we cast our stones as eaylv as though they were not crushing the life from some heart for whom Christ died. Rut when you think of the long years of careful training your parents gave you, of your father's patience nnd your moth er's prayers, do you think it can be any greater in God's eyes than the way you lose your temper every day? You spoke roughly to your Mother this morning, or to your friend. Wait until a day comes when vou have not lost ycur temper, or vielded in the least to your besetting sin, before vou presume to judge your neigh bor. If this rule were c. inmon nmong Christians it would make a v.- t difference not only in our conversations, but in our feelings one toward another. Harsh judg ments, even though they may be true, often lead to misunderstandings and life long estrangements between people who were meant to be n help to one another. The time is coming when we shall have the right to judge; when we shall sit on thrones and judge. Rut it ia not yet. For in thnt day t e shall be washed white, from every spot and blemish. And it may lie tliu just the beam that is in our own eves is the very beam of not loving our neighbor. So, without love, how could we rightly judge? For our judg ments differ vastly when the case is our own. It is the old story of "whose ox is gored." It is the love that Christ bears to souls and His knowledge of their tempta tions that makes Him the righteous judge. And God has given judgment into His hands. Grace Livingston Hill, in the Nc; York Mail nnd Express. 'Must Kmlui-e tlie Polishing." In speaking of God's nlan for us ami His methods of dealing with us, His children, the Rev. K. R. Meyer says: "None of us can tell for what God is educating us. We fret and murmur at the narrow round and dnilv task of ordinary life, not realizing that it is only thus that we cnn be prepared f'r the high and holy ollice which awaits us. We must deicend before we can ascend. We mu t take the vin crucis (way of the cross) submissively and patiently if we would tread the via lueis I way ot light). We must endure tho polishing if we ould be shafts in the niiiver of Kinmnnuel. God's will comes to thee and me in daily circumstances, in little things equally as in great; meet them bravely; be at your best always, though the occasion he one of the very least; dig nify the smallest summons by the great ness of your response." Joy of l'rere. Peace is accord with God. One who i st variance with God's plnns for him. nnd ' with God's ordering of his surroundings, is at discord with all that is above him. nnd with all that ia about him. We can live in constant warfare with our fellows, and our suneriors. We ran, if we will, lie one with Christ who is at the centre of the universe, and who is at peace with all. The Law of Life. Every one who violates the kw o. gravi tation as seen in nature, or anv other natural law, must pay the ienalty. (So every one whp violates the law of life in the spirit must suffer likewise. The Rev. I W. Quillian, Episcopaliar, Atlanta, Ua. rallh. Faith differs from knowledge, even from the dictates of reason, tense and even reason are fallible. There ia another way to receive knowledge. It ia given to u firmly and verified by those who have been witness. The Rev. Father Roardnan, U. C, ban Francisco. Cel. Application Filed. Brownstone Is your stenographer I member of th anion T Brickfront Not at present; but he's Osjaged to be married, I bo iler. Nearly Two Centuries te terv. Edward Williams,, a negro ot Hunt county, Teiaa. charged with attempted criminal assault on whit woman, was given a sentoaco of 198 years at hard labor In the penitentiary. IS IT CUPID OR HEREDITY 7 facts About Marriages Ret Forth by Ski deaf aloglst. "The mnrrlnges of a family nre as good guide to go by In determlnlnji Its chin aoterlHtlcs," suld n woman whoess busiiii'Hs Is to hunt up pedigrees. "8 ilKiuld warn any girl who has many shl mnld nuuts and bachelor uncles no to dully with her first proposal If shsj would not be an old mnld heraeltV Likewise I believe that a glrl'a chance for roninrrlage If widowed enrly can be J ml soil pretty accurately from the an mils of hrr fnnilly In this respect. "Just ns a certain sort of eyebrow or cheek or chin formation is to b& traced throughout nn entire family, the nttltudo of the family toward mar rlngp seems to be handed down. "When In the course of my work t nm In doubt nliont the Identity of a fiunll.v I am guided a good deal by th character of the marriages set down, for thi.-Ho Illustrate the dominant family traits which govern as much In lovs) mutters ns In other concerns of life. "In some families early miirrlagef prndoiiiliuite. The nun invariably marry before they nre twenty-five ami tlio women nt n correspondingly earl) age. Again lute luarriages will be tha rule with members of cither sex. "Some family trees show few second mnrrlnges and rarely a third marrUigq no matter how soon the married staU come to an end. Other records are re plete with second nnd third nnd evea fourth marriages on the port of widows and widowers. "Often It occurs that In families nine or more brothers and sisters, only two or three have married, and the da scetidauts of these two or three dis played similar proneness to bachelor hood and Kplnxterbood. " 'Our family ure not great on marryu lilt;,' n girl, one of four single sisters, remarked to me lately regarding the family likenesses she was showing all grouped together on one wall paneL "And I could not but feel that that array of contented-looking single enti? lies among her klnspeople must exerl nuine Influence on her own niatrlr lnoiii.il prospects. "Siime families display a marked tens dency to innrry their own kinsfolk, ot '.he connection of relatives of tbelr klns folk. Others again seem by common Impulse to have gone ns far from home quarters us possible In search oC mates." Indianapolis News. WORDS OF WISDOM.' Mind unemployed Is mind uncnjoyeit, Ilovee. Extravagance, the rich man's pitfall Tupper. Pity Is best taught by fellowship la woe. Coleridge. He Jests nt scars thnt never felt Si wound. Shakespeare. If a word be worth one shekel, al lenee Is worth two. Uabbl Hen AzsL When a foul hns made up his mini the market has gone by. Spanish prov erb. The only faith which saves ns ts that which enables us to save others. J. F. Clarke. What man can Judge his neighbor aright save ho whose love makes hlra refuse to judge him? George MacDon aid. Keep your hope In bad times. We) have the same sun und sky and stars, the same duties und the same helper. Hope thou In God. Dr. Goodell. The in-st perfection of a religion man Is to do common things In a per feet mimr.er. A constant fidelity ln small things is u great and heroic vlr t ue. Sa lut Honn venture. To be bright and cheerful often re quires an effort. There Is a certain art in keeping ourselves happy. In thla re spect, us In others, we require to watcls over mid manage ourselves almost aa If we were somebody else. Sir John Lubbock. Horse Miliaria and Mosquitoes). An Interesting report upon Cape horse sickness lias been published by Dr. Wntklns Pltcbford, the British. Government' bacteriologist at Natal. In some respects this disease resemble human malaria, for It especially atT tarks horses kept on low-lying, marshy ground, and these animals left to grsi till night. In affected districts horse may be moved during the day without contracting the disease. Dr. ritcbfordi now suggests that a mosquito, prob ably of Ibe genus Anopheles, Is re sponsible for the conveyance of tn Infection, lie lias stalled horses by night In stables protected by wlr gauze, or by n smoky atmosphere. In an Infected district, with the result that they all remained perfectly well, whereas horses kept around and s!m! larly treated, with the exception of th protection afforded by the wire gaus or smoke, succumbed. He, therefore believes that It Is established that horses protected from the attacks of winged Insects enjoy Immunity front horse sickness. - Where Our Testa Come From. A recent Issue of Psycho contains th full report of a lecture by Mr. F. K. Webster on the "diffusion" of Insect In North America. It is pointed out that this diffusion commenced far bade lu tho Tertiary period, nnd attention is directed to the Intimate connection between the insects of North America, Northern Asia and Europe which exist ed nt that period. Very remarkable 1 the fact that the modern Rbyncbophori of North America agree more doseljr with their European Tertiary repre sentatives than they do with those ot Ihelr owu country. All this Indicate tho probability of n former free inter course between America and Asia, a ad perbops also between America ndi Europe via the northeast. The line of insect diffusion on the American, Continent are treated lu some detail. Motor Car rr India. American motor cars arc finding si ready market in India. On American company rtceutly shluud forty petrol motor cars to Calcutta, and thla typ seems likely to become popular In that country. Even Ibe native are buying these care readily. The electric car I not likely to aell freely aa yet. owing ta the expense entailed In charging. A ltvyal frt e. The Austrlun Emperor U the great of royal sportsuieu. lU-tweea UOfl SimI IS1IT be killed 1243 deer and T30 cia inois. besides thousand of head c ? ' albt-r snme.
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