TRIALS AND IEMPIA1IDNS A Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev. George P. Eckman. Differentiates Between Enticement to Evil toil Temptation In thi Scot o? ProviJrndal Trial. Rew YonK City. Tlie Rev. Oeorge P. Eckman, pnstor of St. Paul's M. K. Church. prMclied .Sunday morning on "Trial and 'j'emptitiona." He took hm text from .fames i: 12: "Hlessed is the mnn thnt en dureth temptation; for when he it tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hnth promised to them that love jinn." Mr. Kckman aaid: The beatitude clinaen for our text etnnd central to the discussion of temptation which Jnmes pursues in thin chapter. The milject ia considered under two aspect. The writer begins with temptation in the iene of providential trial, and concludes with temptation in the sense of seduction to evil. The one may he understood a proceeding from Ood, though it ii per mitted by Him in the process of human discipline. The one is hailed as an occasion of good. The other is denounced as the tnurce of injury, ilefore the one the au thor sounds a trumpet of gladness, lie fore the other he waves a signal of danger. Toward the one we should assume An atti tude of friendliness. Toward the other wo must maintain a hearing of humility. To the test of both phases of temptation we lire bound to he subjected. From the con test with each we may return triumphant. Over the victorious contestant in each ombat the author shouts, "Messed is the nun that endureth temptation." Ijet til t irn 1 1 the apostle's discussion of this ever important theme. ' Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations!" fie exclaims. Observe that these are providential troubles.' 'fhev are not self-inflicted. The sufferer has fallen into thorn. They nre unsought, unexpected nd unwelcome. They constitute what in worldly parlance are called calamities. Yet in the veiv midst of the maelstrom of mis fortune the Christian is urged to rejoice with exceeding great joy. Jubilant in trouble the thing is utterly preposterous to the mind which knows nothing higher than earthly philosophy. Wiall the merchant sing cheerily while his commercial structure is crashing in ruins shout him? Shall the youth smile serenely while the fondest ambitions of his life are being ruthlessly defeated? Shall the just man be exultant while society condemns him for his piety and godless men hnte him for his virtue? Yes, if he is a Christian, James would reply. Let him count it all joy when he fails into these dire straits. They are deeply significant of good to him, however dilhcult it may be to discover their vnlue. What madness this seems to the worldling! A moment's reflection will prove even to the children of this world that joyoucness in affliction which at the tirst appears to be n unnatural and superhuman temper un der the circumstances, is actually easier and more philosophic than mere resigna tion nnd fortitude, la it not better fur a man in the midst of a rushing stream to race the torrent, brenst the waves and stride up against the current than to turn his back upon the flood and try to stand erect where he is? Will he not be sure to fail to keep his feet in the latter instance? Will he not have immensely better chances to stem the tide in the other fashion? It is much the same with trouble. He who submits his back to the stroke of adversity and strives to bear a calm countenance nnd a brave heart while his head is bowed with grief, will succumb more easily to the sor rows of life than he who has a thankful joy in his heart born of the knowledge that to a Christian all the miseries for which he is not personally resnonsible are intended for his advantage. With such a fate the sufferer's face may shine, his heart may leap and he may assert himself with won drous aggressiveness. So he will stalk on gainst the current, throwing oft the bil lows as they pile upon him, and snouting for joy in the very mid-stream of affliction. There is something deeper in the philoso phy of James, however, than the mere of fering of a wise method of confronting trouble. He sees a close relation between trouble and a' triumphant life. "Count it all joy when ye fall into divers tempta tions (or troubles); knowing this, that the trving of your faith worketh patience. But let 'pntience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect nnd entire, wanting nothing." There is the formula for produc ing a strong and symmetrical character. It reminds one of Paul's statement, "We glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, nnd hope maketh not ashamed;" The person of pod character has no occasion for shame, being perfect and entire, wanting nothing. But such fulness of life can only be ob tained through ministry of trial. We can. nt least, measure some of tho effects of th i kind of discipline. The Irv ing of faith, the proving of one's confi dence in the invisible but eternal adminis tration of Ood is not the least of these re sults. Who will deny that without faith in the unseen it is initio sio!e to construct a great character? Said a distinguished teacher, "Otent imagination may make a great poet; great logical power a great philosopher; great faculty of observation great scientist, but nothing makes a great man but great faith." It is only mall people who insist on walking by iBht. The great souls dwell in the invisi ble. Tho cheap crowd call such persona dreamers. But these dreamcra alone attain eminence and power. It was the faith of Columbus which wung the Western Hemisphere out of ob livion into light. It was the faith of Luth er that rent asunder the papal domination ml civil and religions liberty to Kurope nq the wostern nations. It was the faith J)i Lincoln .that swept "the mm of all vil lainies from our borders and sent millions of ebon-faced men from chains to sover eignty." It is the faith of some va orons oil I that removes every mountain of diffi culty, straighten every crooked patli and o.ve every problem that balks the pro tress of truth. Tht list of faith's cham pions lengthen with each decade. JJrigh re the glories of those "who through faith iibtlued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of nous, quenched the violenac of fire, es caped the edge of tho aword, out of weak jjeas were made strong, waxed valiant in "(tnt, turned to flight the armies of the aens." liy faith the greatest achieve ments of the spiritual aa well as of the ma terial world ill won. Endurance ia the test of character. Is there any permanence in its liber? Mis fortune will answer the question, A great eonrlagration aweeps over, a city. Struct ures of wood are devoured with avidity, otone edifices resist the flames with some uccess, but they, too, crumble aod dissolve jnder the intense heat. The ateel safe drops from the counting house and ia rightfully bent aud blistej-cd. ut heaps f gold coin, now a mere molten mass, from nich image and superscription have en tirely faded, still reveal the quality of the Hlow metal. Society discloses in its ca tastrophes a similar test. Adversity aweeps a plague over the land. . Fortune are ft in the twinkling of an eye. Business unsettled from the Atlantic to the Pa 'inc. The foundation of commercial sta bility aeem to be shattered before the ad vancing tide of financial ruin. Then only V1 trong stand firm. The weak resort to sipation, to waste of body and soul, to crime. The pure become more pure.' The Wicked grow more vicious. And thus the 'vent which brings blessing to one brings curse to another. It is all a matter of per Jnl character, of moral fiber. "Blessed "the man that endureth temptation." temptation in the sense of enticement nu i totally different from temptation IB the Mns of providential trial. . If James jubilant over the advantage of the 1st- at is oo lea .ntense in His aonorrence of the former. The sorrows and misfor tunes of life may come in tbe order of di Tm providence to retine character. Yield- 'ng to sin ltfHiuu nt iklluraiiMtiit of evil Biust be traced to some other origin. James w'uiy declare that the lault tie in the rfupt human heart. u , will find objector to .hi doetrine. ?ne will Jay the charge of man' tempta tion to evil upon Uod Himself, who made "a with a disposition to lore sin and te pursu it. Ilut that cannot be true, if Ood r good. "Ever nod oift nd every dot- ' gift is from above and comet h down front the Father of light." It is sbsuid to i "wi ui enticing men 10 wicaeunraa. uwl cannot be tcmuted of evil, neither rPyf1.? any man." He would not be Ua-could.da.Uiui. -Kiuwould-beOUe deviT. IT la Illogical ToTairiTiin CTorPefeTi ral goodness and yet ascribe (eduction to Him. Tame holds up the lustful human heart and contends that no external circum stance constitute in themselves n'one 0 seduction to sin. They may provide the occasion for wrong doing. They may make a powerful appeal to the passions and ap petites of men. But they would be utterly futile to influence conduct nnd choice but for the corrupt longing of the heart. The trouble is this, James explains: "Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust nnd enticed. Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." But will you make no account of hered ity? Certainly, the children of the opium eater, the user of intoxiennts, the glutton ous, the lascivious, will bear in their en feebled wills, impaired nerve centres nnd scrofulous blood the foul taint of sinful parents. And may Ood pity tho progeny of the vicious! But shall the victim of n fathpr' sins yield weakly to the propensi ties he has inherited, and plunge, deeper into the turbid pool of iniquity? Will it excuse a man's bloodstained hand that he received a fiery temper from his ancestry, nd in a moment of ungovcrncd fury mur dered bis fellow? But will you mnke no account of envir onment? Certainly, the generations rising from the alum of the great cities can scarcely be expected to come naturally to the virtues of your clean-faced, church bred boy nnd girls. What, then shall the mill make no effort to rise superior to its mrroundings? Is there any environment in which allurements to evil will not exist? Do they not obtrude themselves tipon the scene of public worship and private devo tion? Is there exemption for any one? Surely not, but in the last analysis the lemptation is not in the enticements of nne' environment, but in a heart that lusts after evil, nnd which must be denied its desires, if good chnracter is to be made. Temptation to evil, then, is a matter in which our pereonnl moral fiber is in volved, just ns in trial through sutforing 3iir powers of endurance are tested. What is your attitude toward evil? Is it one of apology nnd condnnemcnt? How perilous! Is it one eav familiarity? Ood pitv vour weakness! We have a duty to ourselves. Luther used to say: "We cannot keep the birds from Hying around our heads, but we can prevent them from building their nests in our hair." We may not be able to keep temntation awnv, but we need not let it in the house. We should not expect Ood to lock the door nnd keep His hand upon it. We are the doorkeeper of our own souls. Naturalists tell us that th scorpion will never use Irs sting, of which lie is exceed ingly careful, unless he enn find a spot on the body of his desired victim auhVientiy oft to admit its insertion without funr of injury. Temptation never assails the soul ?xeept at vulnerable points. Our own lust determine the spots which the enemy trikes. But fortunately the whole burden of re listing temptation to evil docs not rest with us. Divine help is promised. "If nnv of you lack wisdom, let him ask Ood.1' Wisdom is called by a sound writer "the lit of Christian conduct." That art can be acquired of Christ Himself. He was tempted in nil poin'a as we arc, yet with out sin. He can and will imnart the power of successful resistance. Moreover, there is snecific promise in the premises. "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to men, but Ood is faithful, who will not suffer yon to be tempted above that ye nre able, but will also with the temptation mnke a wav to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." Tor him that endures there is the blessed recompense of the crown of life. What the culptor has wrought is not to be shattered bv the hammer of judgment. When the ship comes bounding over the stormy ea she is not to sink in view of the harbor. But after the struggles of this human life will come the felicities nnd fulness of the perfect life. May the victor' wreath be ours. " Home-Wellness.t' How often we hear it sud, "It is worth while to travel to have the joy of getting home again. One never realizes how good home is till one has been away from it for some time." How seldom we comprehend the disgrace involved in that remark! For it is our business to understand the joys of borne. It is our business to appreciate it while we are at home, and while our appre ciation can do our dear ones and the pre cious home life some good, and not wait till we go away or till some confused re turn, whose transient .emotions are so speedily forgotten. Home-wellness think every morning as we rise: "How good it is to be a member of this household! How blithely the sun shines in at my window! How I bless God for this good home!" Home-wellnesS looks around nt the break fast toble upon all the dear one there, and shine out its gratitude from beaming eyes, and carols it out with cheery laugh and loving praises. Home-wellness goes through the entire day with a song in the heart. It irradiates the whole family with its satisfaction, for home-wellness is very contagions. It make every one work bet ter nnd play better. And when the even ing comes, and the sacred night takes the home in its keeping, it is a home of thanks giving and peace that it broods under it ebnn wings. Homesickness is said to pro duce, very often, physical results as serious as a genuine disease; imleed, it deserves to be ranked with the diseases of the bodv na well a the maladie of the soul. But home-well nens is the opposite of disease; it is the honsehold health. Christian En deavor World. A True Christian, Children enjoy 'music long before they understand the color, scale and the luwa of harmony. Indeed, millions go through life enjoying the beautiful iu natuio and f.rt without ever knowing anything about I he law by which color complement each other. Also million go through life a Christian without ever stopping to work Out philosophically their ideas about the Bible or the church or the creed. And yet thev are Christians, because they aro loval to Christ. History tells of a young pui'nt grinder in the studio of Italy's great mas ter w;ho develoued striking evidence of artistic skill. When an enemy of the great teacher came to the boy and urged him to found a school of his own. saying that wealth and honors and invitations to kings' palace might be his, the youth answered in effect: "I am not ambitioua to found a school or dwell in a palace, but I am am bitious to catch Raphael's spirit and repro duce in mvself hi idea!." Now, that sim ple thought condense in a word the es sence of the Christian life. It is an ambi tion to rise to the level of Christ' thoughts, to feel His throb of sympathy toward the poor and weak, to abhor evil a He abhorred it, to hunger for righteous ness a He hungered for it and to walk with our Father aa Christ walked with Hi. He is a Christian' who is loval to Christ in thoughts, sympathies, friend ships, purpose and ideal. Newell Dwight Hiflis. The Power or Papa. The little girl's father Is on ot thou city officials whose duty it is to put undesirable tenants out of houses. The other day some one said in the child' presence: ''Man proposes, but Got) disposes." Here tbe boastfulness ol Immaturity asserted iUelf, for the small maiden looked up at her elder and exclaimed: , - "Humph! My papa does more that that. He dlsposesses," dwelling o the final sylables as If they contained proof of her parent's might power. New York Times. Apple Crop of America. It Is estimated that there are about (00,000,000 apple trees, Iu the United States and that the average crof amount to about 175,000,000 bushels Apples can be grown anywhere ia tht Ualted States except where It Is vsrj cold or very hot. At present slxtoer states produce most of tbe apples, with New York In the lead. Tbe wes s coming forward rapidly as an ap pie-producing region, some line fruit being produced In Kansas. ME SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For August 30. Subject: Bavld Spares Saul, I Sam. xxvl. 5-12 21-25-Ooldea Text, Luke vl., 27 Mem ory Veries, 21 Study Verse. 1-25 Commentary on the Day's Lesson. I. David In exile. These long years of exile must have been lianUndccd for David to bear, and vet they were important years in his life. The Lord lias frequently seen tit to give those whom He has intended to perform some importnnt work just such n severe training. Muses was forty years in the desert and I'aul was three years in Arabia. These yean with David were must fruitful "as his apprenticeship for the kingdom, ns It is schools nnd school m.nters: " (1) By his exile among other nations he learned their characteristic nnd how best to deal with them. I 'J I Ho could contrast the effects of their religion with those of the religion of Jehovah, and thus become confirmed in true religion and patriotism. This led to the marvelous deve.opinent of religious institutions nnd of the service of song under his adminis tration. (:ll The exile experience pre served him from the dangers o which his sudden elevation to power and popularity would expose him. He learned his weak ness and his need of divine help. (4) He bid the best of opportunities for becom ing acquainted with t tie people, their griev ances under Saul, their needs, their dis positions nnd tendencies. He understood their spiritual as well as their temporal wants, (j) He had practice in the art of governing. (0) Ho gained experience in war. (7). He obtained a knowledge ol the country. (8) In this school of fighting men were trained those generals and wiu strategists who in the golden days of David s rule commanded his armies, r.nd raised Israel from the obscurity oi an "Arab" tribe, who with difficulty bold their own nmong the undent Cnnanuitcs, to the position ot one of the great nations of the old Eastern world. (!)) He had around him a trained baud, like "the 1)1 J tiuarJ," which enabled him to take imme diate possession of the kingdom when the time came. (10) Many of his sweetest songs we're wrought out by this long and had experience, for the comfort and hope not only of his own people, bat for Cod's children in nil nges. till In spite of his few lapses ttom faith and perfect trtttli, he grew in character and manhood, be be- .came strong in faith nnd virtue, large hearted. wie. noble, consecrated to Ood. II. Saul's life iu David's power (vs. o 12). David, with six bundled men, ivai secluded in the hill of Hachilah. The Zip bites informed Saul as to David's where nbouts, whereupon Saul took three thou sand chosen men his select standing ninij and wen in search of David. Whet David heard of Saul's approach he sent out spies to make sure that such was the case. A mo.t wily chieftain was David, and not to be taken unawares by Saul, or any other foe. 5. "David arose." Probably soon aftet dark. "Cuinc to the place." David was not content with the report of bis men; he wished to survey the situation with hi own eyes. "The trench." "The place ol the w.izons." K. Y. The word may mean either (1) the circular rampart round the camp; or (2) n barrier formed by the bag gage wagons round the camp; or (3) the pluee where the baggage wagons of the army were kept. t)-S. "Abishai Joab." These men were brothers, David's nephews, sons of Zeruinh, David's sister. Abishai distinguished him self by saving David's life in one of bis 1'hilistine wars (2 Sam. 21:17). Joab was put to death bv Solomon's order (1 Kingi 2:28-;i4). "His spear." When David and Abishai reached Saul's camp they saw Saul's I) ear stuck in the uround at his head: It was the custom for a king to al ways have his spear with him. The Arabj . still have the same practice. "Let me smite mm. ADishai asked permission ot David to smith the king, and promised that the execution would be complete ut the first stroke, that there would be no need of smiting him the second time. 9. "Destroy him not." Saul had been in -David's power on a previous occasiou (1 Sum. 24:1-7), and David would not in jure him. "The Lord's anointed." Saul having been made king by Hod's special appointment. David looked upon it ns a high crime to otter any violence to him. David's heart smote him before when he merely cut of! the skirt of Saul's robe (chap. 24:4. 5). M-12. "The Lord shall smite him." He shall dia by a stroke of the divine judg ment, or lie ahall die a natural death, which in the course of nature will be be fore mine, or he shall fall in battle by the enemies of his country. "Cruse of water." A small jar or flask. It resembled in some measure the canteens of our soldiers. Tho erase of water nt Saul' head is in exact accordance with tho customs of the people at thi day. No one ventures ti travel over these deserts without his crusa of water, and it is very common to piece one nt the bolster, so that the owner can reach it durum the nizht. "Deen s'.ccii from tho Lord." The word used here is I the same as that used m 0n. 2:21 to de scribe the sleep which Ood caused to fall ttnon Adam, when he formed Kvo out of his side. Thus we see that divine provi dence favored David in this daring enter prise. HI. .V conversation between Paul and David (v. 13-2.1). It was probably early tho next morning that David took his Iiosition on a hill so a valley would be be ween them, nnd called to Saul. The peo ple in these mountainous countries are able from long practice ao to pitch their voices as to be heard distinctly at distances al most incredible. David expostulates with Saul nnd refer the whole matter lo Ood as the vindicator of the oppressed. 21-21. "I have einned." David's word had a good effect on Saul. The king saw his wicked course and admitted that he hnd sinned; but this did not pirlon rmst offenses or cause him to live rilit in the future. Saul needed what every sinner needs a new heart, "l'lnyed the fcjl." Saul humble himself exceedingly. "Tho lxrd render," etc. David here refer to himself. Ho ia not sounding his own praises, but, as before (chap, 24:12), is declaring hi confidence that Ocd will eventually recompense him for Ms upright behavior. "So let my life." He prav that Ood would allow mercy on him and spare hi life as he had spared Saul's. "Blessed be thou." Saul perceived that it was use less to contend longer against David, whom he saw Clod intended for "great things." "To hi place." To hi houis in Oibenh. They never me 1 again. Fish Skin Clothes. Until recently few people thought of utilizing as a sutmltuto tbe ma terlal to be gained from water ani mals. The United States Fish Com mission has taken up tbe question, and already proved that several kind of fish have skins that make excel lont leather for gone purposes Salmon hide Is found not only ter vlceable for boots, but among the Esquimaux It has been used for gou pratlons In making waterproof clothes. Tbe people of tho very rai north also use ccdllah skins foi Jackets. The different skins whlcfc the Fish Commission has found tr bo most practical aud durable an whale skins, porpoise skins, and sea leather, whlcu dye lu moat cxqulslt? colors. Long Trsssss. The woman who possesses the long est bead of hair In tbe world It said to be Mercedes Lopez, a Mexican Her height Is t feet, and when sh stands erect her balr trails oa tht rround 4 feet. Incbos. Tbe ball Is so thick that she can completely bide herself In It. 8he has it cut vory frequently, as It grows so quick ly, enabling ber to sell large tressei to balr dealers every month. She if tbe wife of a poor shoep herder. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS, Auzust 30 "Our Duty to the Stranger." Oeut. 7; 7, 8; 2 Chron. 6: 32, Si. (Home Missions.) Cerlpture Verses Ps. 68:11; Jer. 23; 28; Kzek. 3:17-21; Matt. 10:5-7; 28:18 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:43-48; Acts 1:8; 10:42; 23:11. Lesson Thoughts. Our land, from tho very beginning of Its history, has been the refuge for the stranger; to-day the stranger con Unties to corr3 in undiminished num bers to our shores. It Is our pre-iemln-ent duty to make America a Christian refuge. Here more than In any other land, perhaps, home mission work pays large cMvldends to the general causvj of Christ. Every stranger won to Chris tianity becomes hlmeelf an earnest missionary to his own home land. Selections, Our country's voice Is pleading, Ye men of God, arise. His providence is leading, The land before you lies; Day-gleams are o'er it brightening, And promise clothes the soil; Wide field, for harvest, whitening, Invites the reaper's toll. If the Chinese that are In New York or San Francisco had stayed at home, we should have felt it our duty to send tho gospel to them. How much easier It Is to give tlrem the gospel now they have come to us! And Is It not quite as Important? There Is hardly a country of the globe that is not represented in this land of ours, and whose representa tlves may not be reached by earnest, loving, consecrated Christian workers. It Is surely no longer necessary for us to go away from our own land to be come essentially foreign missionaries. "Our land for ChrlBt," we cry, We lift this banner high; In God our strength. Oh. that his story, told By champions firm and bold. Would bring within the fold All lands at length. Suggested Hymns. Jesus saves! O blessed story. Ho! reapers of life's harvest. Sowing In the morning. My country, 'tlB of thee. Stand up, stand up for Jesus. Work, for the night is coming. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS. August 30 The Latest News From Chios, The depravity and lostness of China are far beyond any civilized hu man conception. Unaided by the Lord no human faith and ability could handle such a problem. Uut God's ways are not like our ways. God Almighty has struck the world with the hammer of his eternal pur pose, to awaken us from our lethargy. He is saying, 'Awake, thou that sleep est, and see your task, your burden, your opportunity, and your posslbU glory.' If any event or series of events In known history may be regarded as providential, we are safe in so regard ing the recent events in China. Let China secure Che colossal power of Western civilization, untempered nd uncontrolled by tho vital prin ciples of Christianity, nd she becomes "The Yellow Peril" that has haunted tha dream of Europe for a generation. Hence the supreme need of seizing upon China's eager desire for West ern learning as affording a wide-open door to plant and multiply positively Christian schools of the best quality; so that with the consciousness of pow er China will have also the conscious ness of love and obligation, to bind her In friendly Intercourse with the people of tbe world. China Is now open for cvangellatlo work everywhere. Even In the prov ince of Szechuen, which scorns to be the storm center, our ministers and native pastors are going up and down preaching Christ, and at times to those who have fled for refuse Into the cities. They arc compelled now and then, as lately In the city of Tslchott, to take up arms to reinforce inadequate gar risons, and to help drlvn o!T the Boxer hordes that lay sieg-e to the defenses. But tho power of the government is now on the side or religious toleration. It is no longer behind and supporting these Boxer movements. The Boxers are outlaws, and every magistrate in the empire who fs.!ls to' the utmost of hl3 ability to uiei-t and resist all endeavors to reopen the la mrntalile troubles erf tho past is promptly removed from his office,, and If his oftense Is glaring his head is re moved from his shoulders. Mr. Chen Wei Chen?, at the Cleve land Convention, said: "There are millions of young men 4n China who are not educated or who have received a secular education. What we want is a Christian education. We would like to have men and women to como over and help U9. I have been asked many a time, during my travels in this country, whether China ts safe enough for missionaries to go there. Lot those questions, Is It safe? Is it politic? Is It dangerous? let those questions never be asked, because to aek thesxj ques tions Is to doubt our Lord's wisdom and his presence and his power." RAM'S HORN BLASTS. 4rf& T S?, nJ? .yA f A3"" bad thing la to abol- Vr yrtK n tBh it. Wrong has v3ted rights. Character rests upon choice. Sin sows the socd of sarrow. ivr 1 A Character U never ffV itiswi ,)0rn ful1 srown. FYvVv " There is a groat illTerence between the simple gospel and tbe shallow gos pel. The highest glory of Christ Is tho simple goodness of His character. Greater the motherhood of the ctadle than the monarchy of the king. Tho trouble with nutsholl-wlsdom is that it is easier to got in than to take out. Tbe gods that men make are always less than the men that God makes. There la a difference between the de serving poor and tbe deservedly poor. tf we took as much pains to keep tbe tender lambs aa we do to convert tbe tough old wolves the latter would oou die of starvation. Thinks Women Are to Blarr.e. A Now Ycrk magistrate who wai asked to sentence a boy for snatchlns a woman's chatelaine bag delivered lecture to tbe complainant In which he aid that women ought to have pock et even If these did affect tho sUJ of their garments. THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. "omii A 1'nllli Mnna, ty Krnest O. Wetles lj -Wesley Tlifre Is Nolliina So I'n. Iiivety ns it Hi lllsti, Isolated Life The Nervsslty nf Ifitfr-l'i'n1etirea Mv path He knows, one stt'p asido My feet shall never stray. ; ills voice I hear who is my guide, ' I follow in His nay. And as I sti-p where He doth load, Supply doth lie my every need; lie keeps me day by day. My path He knows; each step is bright With love and linht divine; Ily faith walk 1. and not by sight, 1 on His arm recline; Sustained inn i: bv His ercat miilit He Kiiards mo in the darkest niuht; Ho whispers, "Thou art Mine." Mv path He knows, my heart must sing; Xo foe my life shall fear. Jvich hour to me rich joys doth bring, Since He, my Lord, is mar. Jlu will not suffer me to fall: On Him in every doubt 1 call, He never fails to hear. My path He knows; I do not SCO line step before 1 tread; lint sure am 1 it safe tiui-t be To follow where I'm led. Some day, but when I do not Unon-, Some day my Lord will surely show - How senseless human dirad. Ham's Horn, The Art of Life. "The Art of Life" was the subject of a recent sermon by the I'.ev. .John White I'hadwicli, minister of the Second Unitar ian Church. He began with a definition of the artit spirit as that which seeks and strives to make one's work ns excellent as possible, apart from the concrete reward. Incidentally, ho considered the deprecia tion of our own time as failing arossly on the siilc of art. and repudiated the charge. He then proceeded to ask: How is it with the art of life among us, tho spirit nnd re solve lo make life as excellent ns possible, let come what will? Continuing, he said: "Consider life ns a tine art nnd see what conies of such an attitude of mind. The artistic spirit is the spirit which compels a man to do his best for best's sake. The shoemaker 1 begin where 1 beganworks in this spirit when he works up to his ideal of a good shoe, not down to his half pay. I dare believe that my dear father and 1 worked in that spirit when in the hard times of 18.17, month in ami month out, we made twenty-five pairs of good chil dren's ankle ties a day, nil for one dollar. The painter works in' this spirit when ho works up to his idea of a good picture, not down to Jones' commercial oiler, or to ISobinson's commercial taste. J. W. t'hampney. that blight, joyous spirit, who just slipped away so suddenly, said that ho would rather paint pictures for nothing than work a private mine of gold. The man whose private life appeals to him as a fine art will not work down to any praise of men or pay. to any standard' of the churches or of good society, so called, but up to his own personal ideal of justice, truth anil good. Ity this test we put to shame every system of religion which seeks to fasten a man's eye not on iiis work but on some reward which has no vital and generic relation thereunto. "The beauty of holiness, of wholeness, is not only the beauty of the wholeness of a man's nature in itself, each part consent ing with the rest; but also the wholeness of man with all his fellow men, white men and yellow, black men and brown; no lower aim than that of the Buddhist saint who said: "Never will I accept private in dividual salvation, never will I enter into final peace alone." There is nothing so unlovely as a sellisli, isolated life, because it is the fiindamentaj necessity of our so cial living that we should help' each other. The man who does not vield himself to this necessity makes himself a wart, a wen, a miserable excresencc on tho face of human life. My lady's charms may ravish every sensual eye, and to the eye of reason sho is naked to her bones just in proportion ns her life fails of obedience to its primary and contra! law." The Agnostic's nlleinnw. Mrs. Francis Darwin, writing in the In ternational Journal of Kthics. on the "He ligious Training of Children by Agnostics," savs: Manv agnostic fathers and mothers turn over the religious education of their chil dren to nurses or governesses or teachers. "We do not believe these things," thev tacitly say, "but we do not know what to teach you, so we will pass you to those who think they do." And fine work thev make of it! The jumble of half-hentheh nnd half-Christian notions which get into the mind of a child exposed to the tender mercies of nurse maids nnd volunteer roli rious teachers is something to make one alternately laugh and weep. Such abdi cation, by the wav. is not peculiar to ag nostic parents. Too many nominal be lievers allow ignorant or rash hands to sow nil manner of strange seeds in the soil of their children's minds, which they themselves lcavp religiously uncultivated. But the special disaster of the unbelieving father who surrenders his child's religious teaching to another is that a wholly un natural element is thereby brought into family life. Childhood reposes a touch ing and beautiful eontidence in the abso lute wisdom of parents. Therefore, for them to stand aside, in presence of the deepest things of life to say: "We can not talk to you about nil that; you must believe what so and so tells you. though we cannot" is to introduce rupture and self-repression into tho lives of children, most unwholesome!)'. "What h Lot I Have I.crt!" A poor fellow, a business man in New York City, after hard struggling was "dead broke," and with a heavy heart went ncross the river to his home in Brooklyn, it had been a terrible day for him. When he en tered his home they were quirk to discern the trouble. They saw things had gone wrong. Without touching thu meal that had been lirepared for him he flung himself down and said, "All is gone. The crash has come, and we have nothing left. Noth ing left." His little daughter, a wee, bright curly-headed thing, came along to the sofa and laid her head on her tried father' bosom nnd said: "Papa, I am left." Then the wife who had struggled bv his side a brave wives do in hours of darkness, came oyer and flung her arms round the man and the little child on his breast, and said, "John, I am left." And the old grand mother got up from her arm-chair by the hrc and tottered over and ns in day gone bv before worry and care were born, said, "Son. and the Lord and all His promises are. "My (Jod, forgive me." ex- clawed tho man, "what a lot I have left," and he started to'his feet to renew the bat tie and trust his way still through the crash. Secret of Nut-res. Earnestness of ptirpnte, expressed in manner nnd evidenced in deed, is the se cret of success in life' temporalities. The same characteristic manifested in Christian activity would lead up to fuller spiritual experience and be oroductive of a more abundant harvest. Presbyterian. Why There Mast lie Shadow. Loftier destinies compel some present darkness, just a mountain cssi a shadow. If life were never to go to a higher stage, always to stay on the present level, we might be able to see everything clearly, and understand everything perfectly even now. Puzzles for Little People. Why is the north shore of Long I land nolsyt Because of the sound which Is there. What Is it that pliys when It work and wcr'r when It playa? A fitintala. Why la the Inside of a watch mya ter'.ous? ilecause we can't make It out.. Why Is the King cf England's pat ,ce chesper than any other house T Became it wan built for a sovereign MACHINE LAY3nAILRDADS. Puts Down the Ties nmt Mnlln nt the lints of Three Miles n Day, At the nitp of three and n luilf miles tiny n peculiar piece of inccliiinlsm s li!yiu.ir the tracks of the Ciiii'iuniitl, Ptli'limoiid nml Miniclc H i ihoml. This .riicli-liivlnir ni.'U'liIiiciiutoiniit len Ily mid iccnriitcly lifts the tics ami mil Into position, the most drudging; labor in ill railroad rotiMtructloti, It nlso fur-iIsIh-k tlit motive power for its own onstnirtion train. There were stretches of roadbed over n'lilrh the construction train moved nt !lio rate of 1SHU feet nil hour. The inn .'blue utilized was one which differs in imiuy essentials, from that which lius Deep used west of the Mississippi Itiver. Due of t lie most liiteresiiiia features Is the manner iu which tbe material Is delivered to the roadbed, ami the comparatively few litcti re (tilrel for the dllTerelit operations, ns the ties and rails ate lifted ami moved from the curs on which they are c'liiiecl to the romllieil, lieim; connected and spiked while the iralii is hi motion. An endless elm lis earlier puts the ties In position, while a crane suspended upon n steel truss lowers the rails In advance of the construction train. In this manlier tiie eiij;;iiee.'s la chai-aii of the road hope to vn;i In to (inclmiatl many weeks earlier than they could otherwise have done. The machine weighs fifty tons, ami was made in Scaiiion, l'a. It Is the inly one of l,s kind in existence, tr.id Its Inventor. Mr. Hurley, who accoinp.'Kiii w the machine, spent te:i years In perfect ing it ami thousands of dollars on mod els before success crowned hi efforts The work done v.por the Cincinnati, Richmond ami Mitm-ic road tletin.u slrated that n force of about forty com petent men were all that were required to operate the machine lo its fullest capacity, and ihat when conditions arc favorable over three miles o." '.rack la u day of ten hours could lie put down without dilliculty, while a:i nveniuo oi over two and one-half miles could lie recorded. The gearing on which tlr material is conveyed fri'tn the platform through the machine can be oiieiatei! nt the Ki'itne rate of speed at wlilcli tiie I rain Is moved, or its speed i :t:i I doubled. The wciUir of the rails handled Inch do the heaviest used foi Ptnndard gauge tonstructlon, some of llieni averaging lull tons to the miie. 1'iiielunati l-lnquirer. WORDS OF WISDO.V. Language Is n solemn thing: It grown out of life out of lis agonies and ecsta elcs, its wants and Its weariness. Kvery language is a temple In which the soul of those who speak it Is enshrined. It is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself Is happiness, nnd Its f rust rations liowevf r frequent, arc yet less dreadful than its extinction. When yon find yours; If overpowered, ns It were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something kind to somebody. Young man, the world may possibly think less of you than you do of your self, but It cirtainly won't think more. The men called great who have risen to distinction are not always men ot brains; they nre men of aptitude. It Is better to sacrifice one's love of sarcasm than to Indulge it at tin- ex peuse of a friend. He nlono Is an acute observer who can observe mlnutj.v without being observed. The most completely lost of all days Is the' one o:i which we have not laughed. lie who will not take ndvlee pets knowledge wl:e:i trouble overtakes him. It is not your posterity, but your actions, that will perpetuate your mem ory. The more one speaks of himself, the less he likes to litiir another talked of. Selfishness Is poverty: It Is the most utter destitution of a human being. Failure Is success If there Is a grow ing luti Ulgence In i'.. More people try to learn by talking than by listening. He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over. What the fool cannot appreciate It Ue;rt elates. Hangers For Tllnltt ltners. If one were to study the subject and rigidly avoid eating all things that nre reputed to be bud for one's health In one way or another, it would proli nbly bo dltticult to keep starvation nt bay. The list of things which cannot be oaten with safety by those who have n tendency to appendicitis Is a very long one. Sir Frederick Treves de clares that one of the deadliest sweet meats is preserved ginger; but pine apple, fresh or preserved. Is almost MUiilly rl.-ky, while oranges, tigs, rasp, berries, lu fact, nil fruit with pips, nre also very dungerous eating. To still further limit our dietary, there nre number of other things which may not bo enten by those who fear typhoid fever. The oyster scare litis led t usplelon of all other shellfish, iot only loiisicrs and crabs, lint even the lilth prto considered harmless though neces sary shrimps and prawns. St. J nines' Gazette. A New Ileaillliiht. A recent Improvement In railroad lo comotive headlights Is to scud n bean nf light vertically from the locomotive, ns well us straight ahead. The Column oi light, rising from tho locomotive, can be seen from u great distance, even though n bill slnmld intervene ta hide tho ordinary headlight nnd dul the found of the whistle. Tho search light effect used aboard ships Is thus te (on e extent utilized. An uppronchiny locomotive with this device always slt uals its coming with u "pillar of tiro by uiglit, producing nu Impressive well as most useful result. Whtre Unttar 1 Made. TAs'.n. III., Is os noted for Its butter as foe its watches. I.nst year the lis trlct of whlcu It Is the centre produced io.l-.VM) pounds of bat tor, vulued a.' v'.t7.781, nnd Il.SlHttt pounds of v:eeie, vaU-.ed nt eii'.T.V-. lu the tuir ty-o;io years siueo tha Kljlu Hoard ot Tit!j whs orsajuiZcMl, tho district hai produced !jS7.USU,tM5 pouutls of buttu. iii.d ll'U.W.l.S.'il pounds of cheese, tha ciio'.o valued t S51-47.Stij.25L Mtt V j.'k Cpmmoi'clal Advertiser. TIIE GKEAT DESTR0YEK SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT" THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. I'oem: The .Tolly Distiller, by Mr, rnsk ' A. Hrvrh HswsH Honor II ftnye flta Temperance lleforra In si Triumphal Mitrt-h The Rlijr Mmt Willi ProaahwM. Oh, I am a jolly distiller; I'm rich and contcntH with life: My nose may be refl. but I am well And so are my children and wife. Yes. I am a iollv distilW. At morning, nt night and at noon; And I never hurry or get in a worrf cst folks should destroy the aalooii. fh, I m a jollv distiller. ror business is booming, yon ee; My gains are immense tat others' czpCTUUp. And that is convenient for iiu.'. For I am n jolly distiller. An' temperance people are fools; Hut I ain't afraid o' the rumpus thrjr'v made. For liquor is ting an' he rules. fill. I am a jolly distiller. Who knows his position is strontt; l'"or all the church ranks, 'cejiiiu' temper ance cranks. Arc votin' for u right along. Ram's Hera. Vlrtorle ot Itefonn. The temiierancp reformation is ntt a. we.iry journey to reach destination. Ir is a world wide conflict against world working sin, in which many p)en.i:.l triumphs are already won. Religiously, the church, as Rod's agn-y for reform, for some time right in iix "n o!utions," is now federating its forces and everywhere grappling the retail liquor trade. Legislatively, three States ontlati tlie saloon. In sixteen more, fraction ot the State as large as counties may, ami ira the majority of cases do, prohibit the bev erage sale. In eighteen others the unit of prohibition is as large as municipal corpor ation or fown. Ily the power of local pro hibition thus provided a majority of the cities and towns of Massachusetts, for ex ample, are free from saloons. Think arc Cambridge and Somerville. a solid area, containing lil,'H)0 souls, nnd no rum shops! Judicially, the trails in alcoholic drinks is in the utmost ill favor. The Supreme Court has said the business is so vile that the State m;:y restrict or utterly prohibit; that no man has any natural right to eii rum and that forced by public seniiirent out of business no coniensatinn may br clairned. On the other hand, where exit has been wrought by licpior vending; dam iges may be collected by tbe injured pu-ty. industrially, the man who drinks is market! and refused work by the railways an.I many other employers, and is les in favor ns an enmloye cveiTwhrre. even as bop tender. Socially, the saloonkeeper an I excessive drinker nre barred not only front the churches, but from all benevolent or ders. if these nre fairly some of tho great vic tories of the reform, the sky is red wit promise of still greater conquests in tha near future. Itadiant hope is enkmdivd by the federation of the forces now being-collected. The first fruits are already (r.ith ered. In Ohio. Indiana, Tennessee, Arkan sas, Tcxaa nnd many other State the sa loons are rapidly being driven out of busi ness by this combination of their foes. N'iS wonder tho hosts of ileelzehub are appre hensive.' "In the sight of all the heathen,' the unified workers have recently cleanse-I the parasites from the wings of the beauti ful national capital. No longer does l'nc)e Sam knock down the immigrant with beer mug upon his arrival. The saloon arc closed nt the army posts, and one o the best acts of the last Congress uai the granting of a cool million dollars for sub stitutes for the army saloon. In view of these recent achievements of unity, vihix may we not expect when Rod calls out Hie reserves nnd hurls against this great rnemv of His kingdom nil the troops of the line. J.et no man be discouraged. Trust thou in Rod. for we shall join yet more nnd man iu jubilnnt unisons of praise for His mightv salvation from tlje Satanic influence uf trong drink. Howard H. Russell. Animals ami DrankanlM. "I've worked around animals more or less all my life until the trolleys aid away with horses." said the lootornian. "and r have noticed particularly the effect that a Iron ken man has on them. A horse hues a man with n jair worse than the devi! hates holy water, but a dog seems to fe! that a drunk isn't responsible for himself, md acts accordingly. A dog, no matter huw tiercc he is, will never bite a drunken man. Me seems to know by instinct when a mart is miller the weather, nnd treat him as he would treat a child. Hut with a horse it's difTerent. A horse treats a drunken man with contempt doesn't want to have any thing to do with him. 1 here used to he ait old bum who loafed nround tbe car stable, snd who somehow or other always man igod to krep loaded lip to the nozzle. Some night he would creen into a stall ami go t sleep in the straw. The horses, when they linishpil tiie last run nt night, would al ways be reaily to drop in their stalla, but I never knew n horse that would altep with. I n kiim HiIKa.. l..n KA .1 .1 - 1-. .......... r . nitfiiH,uiT- Inm the horse would stand up all night." Philadelphia 1'rcss. A Mrnsre. When s great strike is on and there it reason to fear trouble from the idle men. the saloons are ordered to rinse, a at flinaha a short time since. When a great flood has inundated a part of a city, creat ing unusual conditions nnd storming busi ness, the saloon are ordered closed, a at Kansas City recenllv. When a mob form to storm a jail and a reign of terror en sues, the saloons are ordered closed, as at Kvansville. Why. what's the matter with the saloon the institution in control of men of proven "good moral character." the necessary "poor man' club," duiv bienel nnd permitted by law? Such instance aro an acknon 'rdginent thnt the saloon at auckt times is a menace to the public pence, .- constant danger, an inciter of mm' ha passions. a rendezvous for anarchy. It ia so nt all time nnd everywhere, and tha people ought to learn the louon. laduaav I'hulanx. Wlseaasln Good lUcsml. In Wisconsin' Legislature that ha jot closed some fifteen bill, all affecting the liquor question, were introduced. Sewn, of these created considerable discussion. J'wn in the honor interest were defeated, while five in the interests of tempetxataa Were adopted. Perhaps tha Hollar 'Way. A ril'ion gallons of whisky were rl. atroyed by fire in Rlasgosr Inst week, ansf on v aeven Uvea were loat. If the whisky had none in the nsual way the fntahtwta would have hern much heavier, with many other trouhVs thrown ia. ItochaaUsr IXiav ocrat and Chronicle. The rrmile la Bris-C Of 100 crime alcoholism is the enane r fifty in Krancc aud of forty-one in tier many. Mi HtVn l. Ilould is at present estab lishing a club for the younsj men of lring-ton-oe-tbe Hudson. In order to lien then out of the saloon she is erection S3V00 ciuhhoiu for their exclusive use. Beer drinking prodnrea rheumatism be producing chronic ronwstioa and urtiwah lv degeneration of the liver, (has uitre fering with it Innrtian by which t'sje loss! its elaborated and fitted for the anateaiaess of tbe body, and the refuse materia "a au dited and made soluble for ebminatioa. Ijrt tho Jiquor traffic be ltnowa aa a 4aa gerona trade ia itself. Let the- aaaxrn ajrecsr Ucom all-powerlul ia pVotica. Kvidenre has roiasj to light aha-artM that a very serious form ef intaxiratiaa m in di'el ia by man; boys ia rkiiaisrrptta, ns n at produced by ioJiaa gaaafea fume. Ijidr Nnmrrat-t. la rrfrrssBSF ta the quasa- or: 'WVst, on tbe whole, ia the he any ts drat With the &a"r trattu-7" aavac "By trying to indrca sssod, haneat. atranu; tssra to dissocial last aa oo hatcre: fraia Las-Wr pe-rr iu tavtsnMnent.'. Msjor-Ucnrral Davis. raaraiamTcao- a I diiiuftinee, directed vane id ins; stttiaeen to in 'TV cat an act prohibiting ass aale s4 i'ltoticalin; lie,!:-, kce- r wine ak a- u's-e -"renin two mi'rs of '.aid rsd fry IW. VuiuU ioilej uiiiiuf it-u-jsaansu
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