PRESENT-DAY INCARNATION, A Brllllan(Dadax Sermoo By Rev. C, R. McNally. Ores a Answer to lb Qsettloo, "What All Ik Chares" SIm Has Forgottta Her RmI Statu la the WtrM. New YonK ClTT. The Rev. Charle R. McNally, the paator of the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, preached hia first aerinon in hia new pulpit Sunday morning, ilia subject wa "Preaeni Day Incarnation." Ha took hia text from First Corinthiana jii:27: "We are the body of Christ and severally membera thereof." Mr. McNally aaid: - Throughout the land, witu aomewhat of a wail, the question ia being naked, "What ila the church? "That ahe ia aick aeem to he a foregone conclusion. The religiou periodical and some other are quick to give a diagnosi of the case. It ia because the pew has been elevated educationally. It is because the ministry has lost self-respect nnd prestige. It ia because men everywhere are too busy to attend to the concerns of the soul, or because Christian ity ia ao "other worldly" it rs not mitticient Iv practical for the practical life of to-day. Many other reason are given for why the church lack power. Ia thia charge agninst the church just? If statistics may be trusted, it is. The Inst religious returns for the nation disclose the lamentable fact that Christianity has made no gain that even her warmest friends can call proportionate to the increase of popu lation and the mighty development of com mercial interests. In the city aa well as in the rural districts, the preachers of the gos pel ar finding it hard to get enough peo ple to take a hold of church affnira to make the church live with a commanding intiu ence in the community. The land is full of reports of man' greed, hia tricks of trade and other disregard of sacred obliga tions. Men are looking to the church to stem the tide of moral recklessness. It must be frankly conceded that the churcli has seemed to be powerless to arrest thS drift. The mnssc of the people pass her doors or rarely enter. Her hold tipon pub lic morals doc not seem to he very strong. Her ability to mold the ethical life of the world does not seem to be adequate to the need. If the conditions are what they seem to be, if the church is really failing to enlighten the world by the ethical stand ards of Jesua Christ, aometliing is aurcly wrong, and the church should quickly awaken to a realization of her real condi tion, nnd take measures to strengthen her lin'd upon the life of the nation. Where does the difficulty lie? I believe ir this: The church has too much forgotten what her renl status in the world is. .She has in her effort to solve the minhty prob lems that the last few generations have presented to her. gone away from the sim ple teaching and simple method of Christ, her founder. The ministry has too much given itself to the work of education, of culture, of reform. The pew has too much demanded these things. The result is the hearts of men hive been spiritually starved. Many who would have waited on the min istrations of the church have forsaken her because their spiritual natures were not satisfied nnd developed. Education, esthet ics and reform they could olitain from the chool nnd the pnpers of the day. It must be remembered that Christ, while incarnate, gave Himself to none ol these things. He devoted His entire min istry to lodging in the minds of Hi disci ples the fact thnt He was in the world for one purpose nnd that to save men from sin. To the end that lie might save the sinner from hi sin He devoted all His time. He fave nil His eneriry. and sacrificed Hi life, he mission of Christ was primarily not a mission of education or reform, it was a mission of salvation. "I come to call sinr ncrs to repentance." ".The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." "This i a faithful aying and wor thy of all acceptation, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." When the church will concentrate her efforts upon this one thing the saving of (infill men and women from the power of ain the questions of education and reform will tako care of themselves. The status of the church in the world is pointed out by Paul in the word of our text. "Ye nre the body of Christ." and sev erally member thereof. If Christ gave Himself while in the flesh to saving men from sin bv manifesting to them the life of Ood, can that body the church in which He is willing to incarnate Himself, do hft ter that to devote it undivided attention nnd pnpririea to the salvation of men. bv the manifestation of the life and will of tiod? The church is the body of Christ. In it He has incarnated Himself. V hat Christ was in the world while in the flesh that the church mut be in the world to day. Whnt Christ did for the world while in the flesh that the church must do for the world to-day. "Ye," r a church and as individual member of the church, "nre the bodv of Christ." Ye must be Christ to the world. Kxcept the church n body and the several member thereof as inm viduol live ft Christ in the world, the world will never know Christ. Paul, the master mind, could use such a figure with such potent power. Of all hi figure there ia pernang no other more elab orately worked out or more caretuuv ap plied. The body is not one member, but many, and the man- members only one body. So ia it with the church, and the church is the body of Christ. Observe that this figure permit of a de tailed analysis.- While the church ia the body of Christ, it is only the hndy, that in which Christ haa incarnated Himself. I. Christ is the life of the church. II i the inner vitalising nirit which ani mate and direct. The church which rec ognize thi ha by thi very recognition mrvlbu!y vitalized itself. There are two kind of ch'irche the man-led and the Chrit-!ed. Tho man-led church give itself to hero wors'iip and leans on the arm of fleh. Th Christ-led church give itself to the worship o' Christ and lean hard on th arm of 'So I. You may be able from the history of your city to supply an illustration of the fact that ther have beon churches wher the preach er ha been the church. When the preach er ha gone th church haa gone. Mirk sunh n church one that ha been man led. The church has leoked to its pastot for vitality and to lead it. What the heart is to the body that is Jesus Christ to Hi church. From Him through the agency ol the Holy Spirit it receive th impu'se ol it life.. The quickening, vitalizing power can no more be imparted to the heart ol nan by the visiting physician, Christ is that inner muscle at who's every pulsation the life blood of sniritusl power is made to seme throuch the body. , 'lo it Christ and Christ only can give life, color and heaulv. Thia should be a self-evident fact. The fact is. bo-ever, that it i not so self evident a it ought to be. Never has there been a time when the churches set so much store by th man, their leader, a to-day. Hero worship runs rampant. The church when it seeks a leader searches for the orator, th achol' ar, the mnn of executive part, and upon the man they depend. Many a church get all these, but doe not c,et any rioncraiic -. of it life. The reason l clear. They have looked to the wrong aourc for life-giving Power. Christ aione can givo it. Upon Christ, church and minister alilf ar de pendent for their spiritual vitality. It i only a tney are together animated by the warm impulse of Hi life that I. live at all. When th church will look to the Lord of Life for i! life, then, and not un til then, will it throb from head to foot with real life and power. Not only i ChrUt the heart of th church, He is ita head. We read that Ha was given to be head over all thiug to Hi church, lis is the head of th spiritual body the head is th governing or organ ising power of th body. From tbo head tome the purpose that giv direction to th lif. The will way and ,rect all. Th government and organization ol a church ar only th es essioii of th will uf H.m .I., kui and direct it. Uhu sug gests ( criterion by which w may judg the church. Jesus Christ his made Hi Will cunrttrn in the bodv of disciple v.'ry clear. The sole object for it exfetenc I that through it Hi kingdom may b ad vanced: i. ., tbt through it men my be ted to abandon to Uf of iu and cleave to the. promise o alvatioa in and through Chriai th Saviour. Vben thi rult wing accomplished here Christ ha been uirecimg tba work ana too iurmui -aaouioualw dolus Hia bidding. Thi t..t ... I aniilied to T Or Cauiiatiun. ceaaovUd witli to cluircjj. Doe it directly accomplish this end? roe It nualify men and women in hrin" ng to pas thi desired result! If so it is of Christ and ha n 'egitimate place ii the c'i -rch. The thing the church ho'i I do at a" times in all its nart is lo dinciver t!.e 1 lionaht of the head. That i tlie most perfect bodv which most perfectly responds to the direction of the rain. That is the best church which set its If most assiduous. y to know the ihoujiht and purpose Christ, and which most proinptl responds lo thnt thought and purpose. No man. minister, deacon or any other has anv authority to be head of the church. Christ is the head. The chief business of the church i to know the mind of the Master. Let a church recognize it vital conneiv tion with Jesus Christ as ita heart, its head, it life giving and directing power, nnd it success a an agency in extending the kingdom i already assured. Such a church will be found much in prayer seek ing to know the will of its Lord at every point. It will not be content with lealting itself in softlv cushioned pews once a week with the feeling that it has fulfilled its re ligious obligations. On the contrary, yon will find it seven days in every week out searching the highway and hedges trying to inoculate the life of the Lord into a sin- ick world. A the growing lad cannot nut express the uperabounding life leaping through hi veins, no more can a church, tingling with the superabouniling spiritual life of Christ fail to give expression to it power. But thnt church hn recognized only half the truth when it has come to know thnt Christ is the life of the church. The other half i that while Christ is the heart and the head we are the body. II. The church is the body of Christ. Why the Creator aw fit to confine these spirit of ours in a mnterinl body we can not know. The fact remains that the soul must work through the body to find ex pression. Why (od was pleased to giv expression to Hi spirit through the church or Hi body we cannot snv. He has done it. We nre the body of Christ. That organism through which He works, bv means of which He finds expression to the world. Christ exalted is seated at the riulit nnnd of find, hut Christ incarnate is in the world to-dav. He lives in and works through His body the church. This should be a deeply solemn nnd impressive thought to everv "church of the I!idecmer. Cod also manifested Himself in Christ, is mani fest to-dnv only through the church His body. This is why the church fail in her mission nnd lacks power. She has failed to realized her totu in the world. She has not sufficiently appreciated her respon sibility and the divine dignity which is hrs. ' Think of it! You nre a hand to do His bidding, feet to fulfill His missions, eves to look to Hi interests, ears to hear His truth, tongues to sound forth th.it truth nnd utter His prnise. Christ lias in carnnted Himself in you. Through you men must come to know Him. Kxcept the church manifests the life, of Christ it is no true church, except it p"r forms His mission it is not n church of the redeemer. As the bodv is one nnd linth many members, nnd nil the members of Hie body, being mnnv, are one bodv. so also is the churcli. Th" fcn.iy of Christ one though many, unity in diversity. All tjic members are npcessary in order that Hie eymmetry may be complete, and its useful ness unimpaired. Independence is the cry of our time in dependence of the nation, independence of the individual. This spirit seen everywhere has found a large place in the church. Within limits this is well. Within limits, I say, for just as aoon as individuality be comes obtrusive or obstinate, it has passed the limit where it can be of the most use to the world. Within the church this is, especially true. It is one body it it Christ in the world, each port must be in closest union with every other port. More and more the church must work together, more and more the denomination must work a one in manifesting the life of Cod to the world in the transformation nnd sal vation of men. You hnve before now seen n couple ol nuns mt a hold of an old rone nnd then, as though life depended on the process, one pull one wny while the other tU'iged the other. I have seen churches whose condition would rot be unaptly illustrated bv the dogs. Lack of unity in nim nnd ef fort is a reat source of weakness to the church. The spirit of independence, cood in itself, rune riot, until concerted action to a definite end is impossible. When in dependence thus errs acainst iinitv it is n curso rather than a blessing. All the inem bers of the bodv must Work together, vital ized bv the heart, directed bv the head. One of the most beautiful siuhts in the world i a symmetri"al nnd resnnnsivo hu man bodv. One of the most beautiful sights to the spiritual eye is the body of Christ the church harmoniously respon sive to His -thought and purnose. In Hie light of Christ' mission while incarnate in the flesh the church can make no mistake as to her mission. She must save aouls. In the light rf this purpose every pettv difference s lould dion out of sight and the whole Christian bodv be come one mind in recard to the chief nim of their existence. Tha educator will take csre of the education of the community, th aesthetic will look after the culture, the reformer will lead reform3.' but the church must save men from sin nnd mani fest the life of Ood to the world. I have een in one of the grenMnills of our country two great wheels. Note one nnint. their fit efh other. Moving in reaselpss unison. If a single point be bro ken off the machinery crates, if a number be broken the wheel aims and the who e network of machinery is he!p'es. Jvich members of the church has his nlace. If ho fail the body ia hampered in its efficiency. But while there ia to be union in diver sity, there ia nlso to be diversity in unity. Individuality is not effaced bv the o-"el of Christ. Thi give the widest possih'e cone to the ohurche' ties which may be included within the church. There is n nlce of usefulness for. all. Kach one is to find hia or her niece and then in union with the whole body work for its highest efficiency. When the church of Christ awakena to a full consciousness nf it ststns in the world, no longer will men call her sick. Within her borders there will be dies of joy over many sinners that have repented end teted the power of Christ to save. Thi church will realize her highest useful ness when ahe writes over her activitii-s, "V are the body of Christ Christ incar nate in the present day and overully we are members thereof." . Weakness and Slrangtli. It become us to know our weaknes at well aa our strengili. The man who fee'. that he can do more than he has the strength to do often fail. Ha we seo the necessity of preparing ourselves in our special weaknesses. In order to acconi p'.iah anything in life we must exert our sfength, but we must not overestimate it. Ve must lie true to ourselves to accom plish all the tusk before u. The Key. U. L Miller. l'arsntal Love. Cod love you not because you nre clever, not because you ore good, but be cause lie is your lather. Andrew Mur ray. BREAK IN THE SOLEMNITY. Little Maine Girl Enlivens the Pro- cesdlngs of Hr Sunday School. This "true story" comes from Water- vllle. It occurred at a meeting of tbe Sunday school la one of the Water vllle churches. Just before tbe classes were to be excused tbe superintend- ent asked tf tner was any one present who would like to make any remarks or ask any questions. All was still for a moment, ana inon a nine u m m . ...... . a years said: "I'd like to apeak a little piece." The little girl walked slowly down th aisle, and, taking a posi tion directly In front ot the altar made a seat bow and said; Thar u a Jolly wobbtn who kept hi hn a-fcobbln' As ha gobbled up a big rat worm: And b Mid: "I'v eat forty-two. brothers and halt a dosan other. Ana folly, bow It lickiM wka they squirm! Tha little girl bowed, and amid laughter and applaete returned to a eat bealde ber mother. Lewlston (Me.) JonrnaL THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments August 23. For Subc t Devld and Jonalhsa, I Sam. IX. 12-2J-Goldea Text, Prov. xvllL, 21. Mem ory Verse i, H-17 Study Vrsis, 1-42 Commentary ea lb Day' Uion. 11. The covenant renewed (va. Vb-Vi). 12. "Jonathan aaid." The Revised Ver ion give the meaning here. Jonathan call God to witness that h would amtat David by letting him know exactly what Saul' purpose was concerning him. "Sounded my father." That is, when h had questioned his father. "If there be f;ood, etc. The private dialogue which i i ere detailed at full length present a most beautiful exhibition of these two amiable and noble-minded friends. Jonathan was led, in tbe circumstances, to be the chief speaker. The strength of hia attachment, his pure disinterestedness, his warm piety hi invocation to Uod consisting of a pruyer and a solemn oath combined the calm and full expression he gave to hi conviction that hi own family were by the divine will to be disinherited and David elevated to the possession of the throne; the covenant entered into with David on behalf of bis descendants, and the imprecation (v. 1(1) denounced on any of them who should violate his part of the conditions; the reiteration of this covenant on both sides (v. 17) to make it indis soluble; all thi indicates such a power of mutual affection: such magnetic attract iveness in the cnanicter ot David: uch susceptibility and elevation of feeling in the heart of Jonathan, thnt this interview for dramatic interest and moral beauty i unrivaled in the record of human friead- ' 13.' "The Lord be with thee," etc. These words how that Jonathan expected David to occupy the throne of Israel. No doubt Paul had now fully made up his mind that David was hi rivnl for the throne; that he was the man after God' own heart of whom Snul had told hiin; and perhap the fact that 6amucl had anointed him was now generally known. Jonathan had all these fact before him and yet he had no jealousy, but loved hia rival a hi own soul. 14, 1.". "That I die not," etc. Convinced that David will succeed to the kingdom, Jonathan exact a promise from him to show kindness to his posterity after hi death ns well as to himself during his life time. Hia words, like Saul's in chapter 24:21. are prompted by a fear lest even Pavid should conform to the barbarou Oriental custom by which the first king of n new dvnasty often tried to secure him elf on the tlirone by murdering his pre decessors family. David fuilil'ed his prom ise bv showing kindness to Mephiboshcth. See 2 Sam. 0:1-13:31:7. 16. 17. "Made a covenant." Namely, by obtaining from David n promise to show kindness to himself nnd to his family for ever. "Shall require it," etc. There i much difference of opinion as to the mean ing of the second part of this verse. It. is generally understood to be a continuation of the historian' word, and that this is a mere statement of the fact thnt the Lord would require the fulfilment of the cove nant even nt the hand of David' enemies. Benson explnin it ns follow: If either Jonnthan or nnjf of hi house shall prove enemies to David or to bis house, let the Lord, the witness of the covenant, severely punish the violator of it. "To swear again." By this i meant that he again entered into a solemn covenant. "Because he loved him." His great love to David made him anxious to maintain friendly relations between their posterity. 18, ID. "Seat empty." It eems that there was one table for Saul, Jonathan. David nnd Abner; Saul having the chief .oiii- thai- next to the wall. "Staved three days." Either with your family in Bethle bem, or wherever vou find it convenient. "Go down quickly.'' "A quick movement would be necessary in order to avoid beiag detected. "The business," etc. Literally, "On the day of the business," referring either to tbe incident recorded in chapter 19:1-7, or to some unknown matter. "Ezel. The name of a stone near Gibeah, well known to Jonathan and David, but un known to us. 20-23. "And I will shoot." etc. Jona: than thus provides for informins David of Saul's designs without making a personal interview between them necessary, as it might be hazardous to attempt to meet ng.iin. Though Dnvid was the anointed king to reign after Saul, he had everything to fear from Saul, nnd therefore concluded it better to secure himself than to get into danger. He might have rallied an ormv in hi defense, but he had not (ought the kingdom, or public notice, and he chose to trust God to bring n'oout hi nffair in his own time and way. He who, even in God' wny, run before he ia cnt. run at random; run without light, nnd without divine strength, 'iod' children may suffer wrong, but while they keep true at heart, God will surely nttend to having them delivered without fail, tnougn they ure permitted to suffer some priva tion before reaching the place where God will honor theni. Read 2 Cor. 4:17, IS; 1 Pet. 3:13. The promises of God cannot fail. Faith and obedience secure their ful filment. "A touching the matter." This refer to the covenant just mado and the sign agreed upon. III. Saul' intention tested (v. 24-S4). Jonathan oon discovered that hi father wa very angry against David nnd had fatprmined uuon bjs death. Saul also be comes enraged against Jonathan and cast his javelin at him to smite him. Before this time Jonathan had not believed that hi father really intended to kill David, but now he know the truth. IV. The parting (va. 3M2). In the f norning, which would be the third day ince Jonathan left David, Jonathan took Ind and went into the field to carry out the plan arranged between them. After :he warning (ignal had been given David, fhe lad wae sent back to Gibeah, and find ing no one near Jonathan seized the op portunity for one more interview with !he ono he loved as hi own life. And they kissed one another, and wept ono with mother, until David exceeded. The sep iratinn of two uch faithful friend wa equally grievou to them both, but David a case was the more deplorable, for when Jonathan waa returning to hi family and friend. David wa leaving all hi coin fort,' even those of God' sanctuary, and therefore hia grief exceeded Jonathan'. At last Jonathan aid to David, "Go in peace." It was kindness in Jonathan to lid David depart, ince hi life was in imch danger. They referred to the cove taunt they had made with each other, to tie faithful and kind to each other from beneration to generation. They found tome comfort in thi way in the mournful I Reparation. "Nothing can be conceived . liore pathetic than thi parting; and we 1 tlo not find that they met more than one more in thi world. Tha Good Done by Birds. Not a bird that comes to the coun try but earns Its living from the people. In some way or another they earn their right to live. Most of the song birds are Insect eaters. It Is a question whether we could live on this earth tf insects were allowed to mul tiply In tbe numberless forms and myriads ot progeny that nature pro--vldee. Certainly man could not alone keep the Insects down without the h . f the blrdi Eveo the j,,,. Md owJa ve moMy on fleij mice and gophert ana Mr, Crow will eat almost any old thing, which, tf allowed to re main to pollute the air, moans dlsea and death. rrotaat Against Profanation. British residents of Oreece are much wrought up over tbe action of the gov eminent In accepting the offer of a foreign capitalist to erect a gambling fUiDa In the old British cemetery In Corfu. When the Ionian Islands ware ceded by England to Oreece In 1M4 It was specifically provided that tbe cemeteries would remain undisturbed. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. August H "Lesson from Paul: Hew lo Mk Our Lire Csunt Ltkt Hli." 2 Tim. 1)6-8; 2 Cor. II: 23-28. Scripture Vere laa. 4810; 1 Petef 1:7, 9; Rom. 8:28; 1 Cor. 3:8, 13; 2 Cor. 4:17; H?b. 12:11; 1 Thess. 1:3: Matt. 11:28; Pa. 1; Matt. 7:17. Lesson Thoughts. "The life of the strongest man, Intel lectually or physically, will count for nothing In God's estimation, except bb he uses his powers as a God-given trust. Llttte can be accomplished in any line of effort without struggle and' sometimes even suffering. We must not expect to count for much In the Christian service, if we merely Book our lease and comfort. Selections. Blersed are they who die for God, And win a martyr's crown of light; Yet ho who Uvea for God may be A greater conqueror in his sight When Morrison, pioneer mission ary to China, set sail In 1807, he was asked, "Do you really expect to make an Impression on the great Chinese empire?" "No," was the reply, "but I expect that God will." Great labor Is expended upon a farm, and great Is the disappointment when the crops are spoiled; but infinitely greater labor does God expend upon a man, and Infinite must be his sorrow when the man comes to naught. He falls, who climbs to power and place Upon the pathway of disgrace. He falls not he who stakes his all Upon the right, and dares to fait. There is a Chinese legend of a por ter who sought to make a beautiful vase for the emperor. He wrought with tireless ambition to make a piece of porcelain which would surpass any thing ever fashioned by human hand. All his efforts, however, seemed to fall. At length, when he had tried for the last time with exceeding pains to make the vase, and had his work al ready In the furnace, it appeared again to have failed. In his despair he flung hlmpelf Into the Are, and his own body was consumed In the flames of his fur nace, wnen the vase was taicen from i-o fire, It was found to be the most beautiful and wonderful piece of porce lain that had ever been produced. The tints and shading wiere perfect. ThuB It Is only when self is sacrificed upon the altar of consecration that our work for God becomes most beautiful and perfect and most acceptable to him. Suggested Hymns. True-hearted, whole-hearted. Work, for the tlnre Is flying. Hark! the voice of Jesus crying. Nothing but leaves. Ho! reapers of life's harvest. Work, for the night Is coming. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. Anrutt 23 Making Our Lives Count (2 Tim. 1 10-15; 2 Cor. II. 23 28. In writing to ttra Corinthians the great apostle Paul declares, with the intensity of an ardent soul Buffering under Ingratitude, the things he has borne In giving his life to the service of men. The vividness of the plcturo is increased because he Is hurt and In dignant, but we know the facts are not overstated. He claims distinction, not because of his position, or author Ity, or power of leadership, but because of his sufferings for his work's sake. He had not been a dead weight on the church at Corinth. He had supported himself, while his life had been con sumed by the hardest labor of all, the rare of all the churches. So when false apostles would deceive the Corin thians, he shows them what his life has been, not receiving, but giving; not commanding, but serving; not repose ful, but tireless In labor; not softness, but hardship, pain, and peril Incred ible. And these are the ways ho has made his life count. The greatest business In the world Is the service of God. And that does rot mean merely the doing of such things as are usually reckoned relig ious. We need the larger conception of service, which counts all unselfish living as successful service. Our re lation to one another, as well as to God. should teach us that the only way to make our lives count Is to Invest them In influence for good on others. There Is no complete disappointment possible In that sort of living. Even when those we serve ao not seem iu be helped", the service has enlarged our own lives. It has helped us to use our disabilities and limitations, so that the things we consider least profitable In ourselves have contributed some thing to the kingdom of God. The greatest tning in tne wona, is love. And tt Is surely invincime. xne love of God which Is shown in jesus Christ is a transforming and transfig uring power tn every life that possess es it. Nothing can make up tor us ao- sence; nothing can prevent it irom sweetening and strengthening the whole being of the believer, uniy ne must be a believer. He must reckon that the love of Christ Is too precious to lose, no matter what Is offered in Its stead. He must be unsnauen Dy the vision of coming pain, since It can not separate him from that love. He must be ready to sow and let another reap. He must know and lovingly obey his marching orders. And so be will make his life count. He will never die. And because he has spent him self and his all for God he will be rich beyond Imagining unto the ages of ases. Not Terrified by Nudity. At Bayport, U. L, the Crat bather of the season put tn an appearance about two weeks ago. As the regular bathing bouses were not open he sought a secluded spot and proceeded to alvest btmselt of his garments, all the while softly humming that classlo ditty: When Pop was a tittle boy i:ks m 11 went In swliiimln' wnut i.iv.m wa no wlmmln. He stopped suddenly at the clg' of an ancient dame sitting on a u.-. by heap cf stones. "I'm going to bathe, ma'am," 1. shouted by way of a gentle btnt. "Well, dear, I hope you'll ecjoy IL" she said, without moving, whereupon he said more emphatically, "I'm going In swimming! "Who's stopping you?" she retorted, settling herself Into a more comfort able position. "Sure, the wa'.c-'i tj free to you as tt Is to me!" Sam Hope. v7hltlng "Blnce my son bab been tt college tbe things he has learned Are perfectly marvellous." Biting "I've no doubt of k: but I wouldn't worry. He'll forget them all after a few years." THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUft WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Poem: The Hour With Ood Fear of Pun ishment For Our Kin Doe Not Have Large Kuoogh Part In Our Religion Affairs Blight That Kvll Brings. My God, is any hour o weet, From blush of morn to evening tar, As that which, calls me to Thy feet, That hour of prayer! Blest i that tranquil hour of morn, And blest that solemn hour of eve. When, on the wings of prayer upborne, The world we leave. Then is our strength by Thee renewed, Then are our sins by Thee forgiven, Then dost Thou cheer my solitude With hopes of heaven. Hushed in each doubt, gone every fear; Our spirit seems in heaven to atuy; And e'en the penitential tear Is wijied away. Lord, till we reach that blissful shore, No privilege so dear shall bo. And thus our inmost soul to pour In prayer to Thee. Our Young Folk. The Day of Judgment. In a recent sermon the Rev. F. M. Ben nett, of Lawrence, Kan., said: "I am not ure that fear of punishment for our sins ami evil has a large enough part in our re ligious life and our religious institutions. I think a little more fear of such things would be quite wholesome for it morally ind religiously not necessarily the old fear of the future punishment and the future hell, hut the four of present punishment and the present hell into which our ains at once plunge us. I think the fear of thi present hell is, in fact, a much more po tent influence to cause us to live righteous ly and religiously than was the old fear of future retribution. "For all souls truly wise, strong and pure the old fear has vanished, nnd the more potent fenr of the present judgment of evil has come to take it place. By no means is it yet strong nnd fearful enough for our good. We nre not enough afraid of the present judgment day because we have not yet awakened to its full signili rahce. Our perception of its meaning is dulled by the evil which we persistently harbor in our lives. When we are truly make we bIibII heed it, and more thorough ly amend our wavs, to escape the direful liiiigmeiil win cli it nnngs. '.'rcuple sometimes speak with n kind of rilli 'tiiiu tmrror, a far-off, disdainful pity in then 'ones, nf til? pictures of physical ind it u tl torture of the future' hell Which wcic druvn hy su, U men as the great Jonntiinu K lw.mU and ihe noted re rivalists of the past. I'enpli- .,ui'tiiiics jpcnk as if they wtiu ul.i.l n be reiea-ed from the old fear of tii'w thit.it-. nt wr realizing that the present he'.U into wlndi they plunge themselves by their i:i.- ;m 1 evils nre. in fact, a thousnnd times iii.,r,- to he dreaded. "That old-time future hell was not com parable to the punishment which is actu ally given to the evil life now and here. A we sow, so do we reap, evil fruit for evil iced, nnd the crop is not long in growing. This is the fact which modern science i tontinually proclaiming. The hell of science is more sure and fearful than the old hell of thcolosry. The old theology said you will be damned for your sins. Modem icience says, Your sins not only have damned you, hut they kill you. body and loul. so that you may drag through thi world little beiter than a corpse, with not sven enough life to realize that you are practically dead. "Not only is this physical punishment for human evil n sure and established fact, hut the blight of mental and moral capac ity, tne perversion ot uesire anil motive, the blunting of the will to live and to work righteously which surely follow in the train of all physical sin or sloth, is the most fearful punishment. The destruction 3t" imaginative power, the death of the cre itive faculty of the human soul, the loss of power to enjoy the good, the true and the beautiful, the henumhing of the cnergv to sntcr into und be blessed by spiritual things these are the hells into which all jur evils immediately plunge us. so that we jo through the motions of this life go weak ened that we do not know that we are tpiritually blind nnd halt. "With heaven all around us to tempt ns lo fuller life, our hardened and gross souls blindly refuse it for the sake of the meaner emulation and the coarser enjoyment which our too keenly whetted sensual ap petites demand. Not only science, but jur common daily experience and observa- iion proclaim these truths. Indeed, our SonecienceS accuse US. Whn is thprn Amnnn us who has not injured the snirit through C . ,1 4 H-l J il . ...iv iui iii ui Bcunu.iiiHui .- it nu is mere or JS who does not know, nt least rfimlv that we dwell in hell therefor? Who will deny that he has fallen and thereby weakened his capacity for the fullest, richest life? He who has escaped such sin, let him Miaiik God for the heaven in which h dwell." Christian Register. Thoughts For tho Twilight. A word fitlv snoken is like untiles nf old in pictures of silver. Proverbs. no noes not care lor Ins character who not careful as tn his nnmnaninna Hum's Horn. A bravo man knows no malice: hut for. lets, in peace, the injuries of war. and givet his dearest foo a friend's embrace. Cow- l.ittle do ye know your own blessed ness, for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labor. Stevenson. Let us beware of losing our enthusiasm. Lot us ever glory in something; and strive to retain our admiration for all that would ennoble, and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our life. Phillip Brooks. To me it is the truest and most glorious ly beautiful solution of the riddle of the universe to believe that God has knit it to gether in the bonds of law, and breathed into it spiritual life to the end. Richard A. Armstrong. Measure ot Faithfulness. Not our particular position or sphere in life, but the suint in which we dn or bear what is set before us or is laid on us, measures our laithfnlness and our influ ence in the sight of our fellows, and in God's sight. Our opportunities, just where and as we are, may be the means of fitting us for highest good to those about us and for fullest appreciation and improve ment in our place in God's service. Secret at Life's Victory. Kot in careless icaure, but in watchful lo-" and trust of Co. I your Kathcr, in faii'iful und fervent desire to he His child, is t'.io secret of life' victory and of the vercoining of death by life. Stopfoid A. lliookc. Itellglune Truths. All God's paths lead onward and lead home. George Adam Smith. Now God be with you through this year! And please see the blue in the sky; there is always more tha:i we can see. Usnry Iruuiinond. Failure in life is impossible to him who ran say: "I can do all things through Christ whicli streinjilicncih mc." United J'resliyterian. Ho will not send thee into a wood to fell an ouk with a penknife. When He calls thee to work thou never didst. Ha will 3ive tli '5 the u'enlh thou never hdt. ohu Mutou. Has Outlived a Century. The oldest recorded minister of tbe Society ot Friends tn tbe world, Mrs. Pbocbe Ann Gilford, recently cele brated the 100th anniversary of ber llrth at ber home In Providence. A Itrge number of congratulatory rues l ages wre ro:'lved hy Mr. Gilford, who retains ber powers to a remark able dogree. Few Insane In Kgypt Egypt, with nearly tea million peo ple. ti csly oce luratlo asylum. CHiO TOWN'S TRAMP MAYOR; & Joke on Flection Day Turned Ont SerU onsly For Amesvllle. The politicians of AmeavlUe, Ohio, 'ennird thnt tt does not pay to indulge In practlonl Joke In the election of Mayor. They tried It, nnd ns a reault bo town litis for Mayor n mnn who known as a tramp, who hnd served time In the Cincinnati workhouse. The politicians thought It would be 1 good Joke to nominnte tbe trnmp for Mayor. The people thought the Joke so good thnt they followed the prcco lent and elected hlin. Then they nil turned to the Governor nnd petitioned blm to set aside the election on the ground thnt It was IllegaL The law yers and the best representatives of the town went to Columbus Inst week to tny their petition liefore the Governor, and nfter lienring them Governor Nnsh said he could see no cause for his In terference. Amesvllle Is In Athens County, and n town of about 1000 Inhabitants. Last year's Mayor. Edward Chirk, was not exactly popular In Amesvllle, nnd his election against the strons candidate named to oppos him was Impossible. So his crowd hit upon a plan to keep him In office by nominating comr-hody as n "Joke," who should nf forward prove Ineligible and be removed, allow ing tho Incumbent to retain office for another lenr. At tho convention there was n prear ranged deadlock and as n compromise the nnme of one Alouzo It. Weed, n dwnrf trnmp. Just out of the Cincinnati workhouse, was offered, nnd he was al most unanimously chosen, and tils name went on the ticket. Weed, who Is known as "Midget" among the tour ist fraternity, was to receive n gallon Jug of the choicest rye whisky If ho would ngvee not to drink until niter election nnd until his case should be decided by Governor Nash, rending the decision be was to be kept In lux ury In a boarding house and wiis to be given clean lluen nnd new clothes. The compact was kept nnd Weed was elected ns n huge "Joke." Of course, the people generally didn't know of the deal t keep the old Mayor In office, but they were stampeded by what they considered a bui Joke, nnd simply voted Weed with the Idea that the op position candidate would easily get enough votes to lie elected. Hut the dwnrf tramp was elected and t hi-ii long list of "fearful" chart's win' tiii-d with Governor Nash. These wn,. .--!K-(t by Acting Mayor Clnrk. CuiiiiriliiMii Hi'iiry nnd Beasley, nnd Clerk McCtine, nml n-lated that Weed's habits wen- ijnile limit, fur such a 11 tiltled posltiou .Mayor nf Amesvllle. That he was a person of inti'iiiperute habits, nnd that his only claim to resi dence In Ohio was the fact thnt In- lutd Just spent fourteen mouths In the work house nt Clnclunntl. The Mayor's counsel admitted every specification In the complaint, but he held thnt they nil related to acts com mitted prior to the election nnd tho mu nicipal code recognized charges against n Mayor only such ns were committed while In office, nnd In this stand Gov ernor Nnsh fully concurred. Tho charges of Intemperance would not hold, because Imth sides admitted that while Weed had been bribed with a Jug of whisky to remain sober for n specified length of time, he tiad not touched liquor In nny form, and this one act set aside all claims ns to his Inability soberly to administer tho af fairs of the town. Governor Nash took the stand that ns this was the first case under the municipal law. lie would be compelled to establish n precedent, so he decided that Weed should be re Instated us Mayor. Indianapolis News. " Ills Time Was Not Up. A mnn of mercenary spirit had sev eral sons, one of whom was on the eve of his twenty-first birthday. The father had always lieen a strict dis ciplinarian, keeping his boys well un der parental charge, allowing them few liberties and maklug them work linvd. It was with n fepllng of considerable satisfaction that tbe young lima rose on tho morning of his birthday nnd began to collect his personal belong ings preparatory to starting out in the world. The farmer, seeing his son packing his trunk, which he rightly Judged to lie evidence of the early loss of a good farm-hand, stopped nt the door of tho young man's room nnd asked what ho was going to do. The boy very promptly reminded his father of the day of the month nnd the year, and declared bis Intention of striking out In the world on his own account. "Not much you won't," shouted the old man, "at least not for a while yet. You wasn't born until after twelve o'clock, to thnt you can Just take off them good clothes nnd tlx to give me another hnlf day's work down on the potato patch." Aflre With Thought. A recent book, "Out of the Tast," state Hint a lecture by Kmerson marked tho awakening of l'reslileiit Ourlleld's Intellectual life. He was a young man, and Emerson's personality no lee than his subtle thought affected Gartleld so powerful ly that when he came out of the room In which the lecture was delivered the whole mountain that rose over the town seemed to be on tire. Yet on being questioned as to whnt It wa till about Garfield, In telling the story year after, said that he was un able to recall more than a slugle sen tence: 'Mankind Is as Indolent ns It dares to be." He was not certain that he recalled that correctly. Youth's Companion. Mot Very rilling. Mrs. Andrews wns the ' most con scientious vlbllor of the district, but for various reasons she was not popu lar among the poor people whom she longed to help, "I don't want to see that peaked looking woman In my room agalu. not I won't!" said tbe grandmother of th Dine ragged I'u liner. "I read my Bible wld the liii o' folk," went ea tlie old Indy, "k'.iI t'.ierv'k time foi' lame things an' tlmri for o-.iier. an' that Andrews woman I without th sense to know tlio on from the other. Whnt was tlie uiolte she brought ns yesterday, nil in red nnd gold letters, and w with eiup'y stoiBHCbs? 'Be filled with rulthr" Youth's Cotupsulnn. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, Another In the Berles of Remarkable Tarns' peranee Editorial Which tha Mrs Vork American I Rnnolng Baflaetloaa Anent a Drunken Monkey. In the State of New Jersey, near that edge of the North Kiver, an unfortunate) monkey got very drunk. Some brutal men, superior to him w. physical development ana inferior in moral aualitie. persuaded the poor brute in rink whisky. The monkey drank a great deat too much, wa absolutely intoxicated, and his conduct was exactly like that of man that is to ay, of the average whisky drinking man. It would be pleasant to relate that th monkey tasted the whisky, felt it bum and refused to touch any more of it. Tnab unfortunately i not what happened. It would be creditable to the monkey's) wisdom if one could say that while no made a mistake, and drank too mneM whisky once, he could never be persnsdeoV to touch it again. That i not true, either.! The poor monkey, tempted by hi bun man half brothers, 'drank the whisky, andl he acted exactly aa the average poor, fool ish. feeble man act under the same cur cumstances. When thev offered him the whisky first he didn't want to take it. They urge him, and finally he took just a little. I, burned him, made him cough, made ni eves water. Even a monkey, you woukf think, ought to have known enough to let it alone. Hut he did not know enough, he took a little more, then some more, and finally all that he could get. He went through the various stage or humiliating incapocity that mark a human being's transition from sober to drnnk. He hecame voluble at first, chattered. lumped about, showed many ign of friendliness apparently he wa a much ire proved monkey. Then he became foolish and unsteady on his legs. Finally he became brutal, want ing to bite, and at last sank into a stupor, just the equal of any dead-drunk man. Next day thi miserable monkey, Ini tiated into the result of the worst cere that afflict his superior brother, peristeo in his resemblance to a human being. Ha was shivering, nervous, without appetite, and evidently suffering physical if not men tal remorse. Hut he was just like n man, and gladly accepted the drink that was given him with the assurance that many other mon keys arc fooled by, "n little hair of th doa that bit you will set you right." If that monkey is saved from a drunk ard's grave, only the lack of whisky, not nnv wisdom or strength of will of hi own. will save him. If you ever want to argue with a man against whikv. the story of tho drunken monkev, intelligently presented, ought tn produce an impression. You might talk to any whisky-drinking man a follow: If you had scen that monkey, clear eyed, licalthv and vigorous, vou would have aiii to his keeper: "Don't let him touch whisky it will ruin the monkey" yet you drink whiky yourself. If you had seen the monkey take the 6rst glass you would have said to hi keepers "Don't let him take any more; the second glass will ruin him, give him a longing for alcohol. It will ruin your monkey" yet yon take the second glass yourself. If you had seen the monkey in his de sr.tding prosress from sober to drunk, loa t . In - fiiuilihrium, becoming tint maudlin and li.-n vic:ois, you would have (aid to i h- ; ,v ii- look at your monkey. . ,i, ni-w v . r he is; that is what wSi-rv .,wrtr- ii - villi monkey" ytA tli.it i ju-t Mt liisky di-.m with you, nil,! vim l- w i rhr eh.ince to do it. Y'ou mizni wi tu to your whisir drinking friends: The monkey most resemble the man that most resembles him, oi course. The man that acts with whisky aa the moukey. does is like the monkey. In the brain of a monkev a every child knows, the strongest instinct is that of im itation. The monkey will cut hi throat, trying to imitate a man shaving. No won der that he ruins his hca.th imitating m man drinking whisky. The monkev, ns he took that whisky, seemed foolish, especially after the first tnste, and if you had never drunk whisky yourself you would be justified in despising the monkey. Think how many excuses he ha that you who drink whisky have not. Y'ou know that whisky ha ruined mill ion of men and is still ruining million. The monkey know nothing about that. You know that nine-tenth nf the mur der nre based on whisky. The monkey. knew nothing about that. You know that whisky mean failure, poverty and abuse for children, abuse, pov erty and sorrow for mother. All of tnee things the monkey does not know. Yo are more toolisii tlian ha when you taks the whisky. Editorial in the New York American. -JtV Charles Dickens a Victim. "Tli? principal reason that Charles Dickens died ut the time he did wa that he wan in the ha bit of usim vast amount of alcoholic xtimulant to keep himself up. When lecturing in thi country he con tinued to drink the amount that he drank when in England, regardless of the differ ent clfects of the climate of the two) countries upon persona who use nlcoholkj liquors. He appeared to believe it waa necessary to take a certain amount with, his meals, and at other times, to maintain him. It wa a grievou mistake. W would not be understood a saying that he was a drunkard in the ordinary accepta tion of the term. If he had become drunk two or three times a month, he might have lived longer than he did, though thai moral consequences would have been,' worse. Whoever trie to keep himself up regularly by any stimulant, in the atweacsj of which lie would temporarily collapse, is nothing more than a moral and physical speculator; is like a concern that declare) a dividend out of the principal, or tha per son who keep up appearance of wealtnl by pawning their belonging and spending the proceed." Dr. Jame M. Buckley. - Tha Only Hale Rul. The Commoner, Mr. Bryan'a paper, in an editorial warning girl to "beware of thap young man who ues intoxicant, no mat ter how 'moderately,' " aaya: "The only safe rule is to let it fdrinkl' alone. If men will not drink there will be no urunxarus, nut u tney ao, beginning ever so lightl-- they will find it grow hard er and harder to subdue the craving, until appetite will rule to their destruction." Alcohol la Hear. Is beer not made from grain which ia highly nutritive? Uh, yes, but the nutri tive el-mcnt in the grain ia almost com pletely destroyed in it conversion intoi beer, so that it is practically robbed of it food properties, leaving the beer chiefly; wuter and alcohol. H. I). Monu, M. D. ' Tha Crasada la Brief. Alrouo.ic insanity u increasing wit great rupulity in ran. The chief danger of the drink habit liea in the insidious inroads which it makes) upon th mind of tho deluded victim. A temperance movement U now making headway in the universities of Southern France at Toulouse, Montpcllier, Aix and Bordeaux. One of th most conclusive signs of tbe rapidly increasing power of tha tempcranro forces in this couutry is tha unparalleled fear manifested in the rank of th foreaa of intemperance in different quarters of tho country. According to the report of tbe Philip pine ( omnuMion, 1090 place were licenaed for th sal of intoxicating drink but yea in Manila. A part of th warfare which ia being carried ou against intoxieant in franco. Prime Minister Combe baa inaugurated campaign against th common adulterant, which liip'or dealer use to cbeapea theur vurea and make tliaut more palatable t the popular last. , Tlie e.Tccu oi alcohol upon th elemrataefj th nervous nystuui are niuuh greater be fore twenty year of age thus afterward. 'in brain is moie sensitive ta the ffeta of all toxie influence during tha period ol ado'etccrc. r.nd yoiut iwrann acquire Inbi's of using both a.col.a) aad tabaoe laii.h mora r4ii.y thai during later per iod ot lif. -
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