"CHRISTIAN CERTAINTY" l Brilliant Sunday Sermon by Rev. Regi nald J. Campbell. J l,IH la Beautiful Languors of lh Altar net of Devin Mercy Which Baoy the Hearti el Believers. .c filled the Auditorium here Sunday corning to listen to the Rev. Reginald John Campbell, piuitor of tne City Tern J London. Hid subject was "The Ground i Christian Certainty." He said: yr text, or rather, my two texts, will bo found, one in the third chapter and four nnth verse and the other in the fourth thipter and nineteenth Torse of the First Epistle of St. John: "We know that we bive pued from death unto life, because it love the brethren. He that lovetb not Kit brother ahideth for death." "We love Him because He hrat loved u." The thought is not one of simple grati tude. The text leaches us .hat the power il loving comes from the fact that God is love. The writer of the fourth gospel, whether he was or . was not the Apoxtle John, was prohcolv one of the greatest theologians that ever lived, because his ipiritiml insight is so proi -und, and the inwardness of his master mind so com pte. The writer of the Fourth Gospel is nl.nnlv the writer of these epistles. Ha wan undoubtedly John the Divine, lie never refers to himself by name, but only u the disciple whf,m Jesus loved. None of u Mould he willing to snare out of our Christinh experience the fourteenth chap ter nf St. John. In this the disciple sets forth what we believe to be the profound Mt and most beautiful truth concerning the relationship of the sanctified soul to the Redeemer. What a beautiful phraRe ii this: "The disciple whom Jesus loved." This man of wonderf..! ability, who re members ail tnat ,leius sain and writes it down for our benefit. By that he did not mean that he was the onlv liacinle whom Jetus loved, but he meant to any that he lot his own spiritual experience from the lame foundation that we get ours. There are signs in the New Testament tint the disciple whom Jesus loved was at one time a passionate, ambitious mi-.i. Mark that occasion when Jnmes and John were called the Sons of Thunder: when they came to Christ and said. "Master, shall we command fire to come down from heaven and consume these adversaries: tours and ours?" And Christ replied, ''Ye know not yet whot spirit ye are of." Again, the mother of James and John comes to the Mn- :er and says. "Master, front that these, niv two sons, may sit the one on Thy right hand and the other on Thy left, when Thou comest into Thy kingdom." She thought, and tney thought, and they all thought that the kingdom was to be an earthly one; that Christ was to grasp the sceptre of the Caesars and rule over the world, and that those who tood nearest Him would occupy the places oi greatest nonor in Mis kingdom. Without rebuking them the Mister turned to the two men nnd said: "Are you able . drink nf tho cup whereof I shall drink, and to be baptized with the baptism whereof I am baptized?" And they an wered eagerly nnd with confidence, "We are." Then said the Master. "Ye shall in deed drink of M- cup, and be baotired with the baptism whereof I am bnpti7.ed." The other disciphs were mucu displeased with James nnd John. Th.y eould have pared themselves the trouble. The Master knew at once coming as a Master of the truth He very well knew what was in their hearts. The one was seeking the crown that was corruptible, and that fad Ith away; the other was to live in history ss the apostle of love. What a long way John must have traveled before this pas lionate, ambitious man was ab!e to de serve this title, "the Apostle of Love." John gave the greater part of his voting lift to the preaching of the gospel of love. Toward the close ot that long and wonder ful career the beloved disciple was carried tne Sunday morning to the congregation of the faithful. It was his last appearance ft any earthly gathering. His parting benediction to tl.e little flock comes down to us through the history of the ages: "Little children, love one another." We know that often the words of our text were on the lips of tne Apostle John: "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." And again, the higher exper ience Whic.i makes possible the oth?r, "we love the brethren uecause Christ first loved us." This is not the only experience of tho kind. Some of you might he inclined to say: "This is all well enough in its place to talk about the Apostle John as being the anostle of love." But we are not John. There are some other people who deservo the title. What about Peter, the impul sive fisherman? Peter was undoubtedly impulsive and selfish and no without his ambition, too. Listen to the conversation in the upper room, lifter the Master has performed the foot washing He begins to prepare His disciples for His coming in. Hs says: "Ye shall all be confounded be cause of Me this night." And Peter re plies: "Though all should betray Thee, ynt will not 1." What he meant to say was this: "You have made a great deal of this man, who is allowed to lie on Your breast. Perhaps if a crisis came he might not be as much use ns I would. If these should betray Thee, yet will not I." The time came when John admitted Peter to Pilate's hall. John stood silently by, ready perhaps to die for his Master. Peter u hiding somewhere in terror because of the Jews and Christ was dying. And then after tha resurrection Christ came to him in secret. ' Peter wept out his penitence and the Master lifted him up again. Three times he was asked, "Simon, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thon Mm? Peter an "wered, "Lord, Thou knowest that I love ' Thee." The last time, grieved became of the question, he replied, with deep eirn. 'ion, expressive only of the love in Ii heart, "Lord, Thou knowest all thing-, Thou knowest that I love Thee." Who was given to this fisherman tho grand promise, "Ye are of Christ." And the an swer of Christ was, "If I will that ye strive and achieve and he stand and wait. Jhat is that to thee, follow thou Me." inure two men, not long since rivals, came together to witness for the Master. Peter the talking and John is silent. Both ire prepared to suffer in the name of Jesus Christ of ..azareth. The grand certainty in the heart of every one of these men was that they had pained from death unto life, through being niade capable of loving. And they were capable of loving because they loved the brethren. Now, brethren, i.i every aae, ince John wrote these words for lis, the Mine thing has he'd true. The ground of Christian certainty has been through thr love of God. Thero is no other ground of teriainly to-day. And tne witness of 'ho spirit is seen in nothing more than this: that those who are the sons of God show it in their do Oienuor. The love of Jesus, what it is, none hut Ijia loved ones know, and your American " hittier, writing yesterday, as it wore, ya for us this morning: "Immortal love lorever; full forever, nowing free." But, brethren, John Wesley was one of the greatest preachers the world has ever known: the greatest preacher of the cross since the Apostle Peter, There never was a man fuller of love for tbe Master, fuller f inspiration than John Wesley. How is Jt with Methodism to-day? We will make the question bigger. How is it with the church of Christ to-day? What is our on swer to be? To-day I notice, or seem to notice, two tendencies at work in the World, Ry the world J mean the world U yon and I know it the English speak H world. One tendency the new, eager and ever wistful doubt in Jesus Christ, the Christ that was: on the other hand, a auposition to question tha Gospel of Jesus and suggest that eveu tie liiuucli might "re been wrong. On this side of the water la a well-knowd writer. Dr. Sheldon, who ha given na a efuk which has been sold on my siiio of ' water, entitled, "What '.ould Jesus r- I have known many men in Iou a i who would vot enter a tenures nor ?d a religious book, but were drawn to work, not because it was cleverly fritten, but on account of the words on he title para, "What Would Jesus Do?" i"T heard Christ cheered in a working JH meeting because He waa referred 1 s the first great Socialist, also re erred to as an example in economics. , u oar literature of to-day there ie wist 5j emphasis laid upon the meaning oi higher than mere artoraKon, Tut admira tion is not adoration. Men might say all these about the Christ and vet. misjudge what the Christ meant to bring to the hearts of men. Men are questioning the assuranoe of the love of God. Where snail we look for certainty if not to ,)eus? There is an cptitnis'n in A,, erican char tcter which tends toward contentment with this present world. I have re marked it in my travels from east to west. A readiness to take things as they come ind be satisfied with them. In this assembly, as large "s it is, a holi day assembly, too. there aro undoubtedly men who have some great sorrow, nnd diere are times when many of us have felt lome great sorrow. I have found hero and there we come r.?ros silent men, who have been beaten in the battle of life, nnd who have no part in this general optimism. The world ns God has made it is one of beauty. This morning, for example, the lun is shining around us every whore; we re tlad to meet its beams; the very brightness affects our spirit, and helps us to look forward with hope into the future. Cut do you realize that there is a tragedy under every green leaf? Hear the waves breaking upon the seashore! Do you real ize that the smiling sea surrounding us yesterday strangled some mother's son? Here are we meeting in brightness and gladness. Do you reilize that the same iin shining upon us is taking the I if'.' ol some one in somo part of this continent to-day? Have you never felt, i-r'thren, some :ime that you cou'd improve on life if yon had the power thai is in the hands' of Hod? "Oil, love, could you mil 1 with l!iiu con spire, To grasp this sorry stliem-s oi thing" en tire; Would not wo shatter it to bits Md thn Ko-moM it nenrer to tho heart's dcsiv." It is because of this mood that t have found in America and Kn.'iland that people have asl-ed the nm-stiuti. How shall v.u be jure of God? Where is spiritual certain ty? One man once said to nie, "If you acre master of the community, I tuink 1 Jould trust you. I dnn't think you could wish me harm. Can't you mako mo vure af the love of God. Oh, niuke me sure of the victory nf Christ!-" iow. Dretnreti, listen to me: first of nil, ;lejr the ground by this reflection, that the only real communion, the only spirit ual experience that is worth having is not that which can he set forth in terms ol mind; it is not that which can be demon strated by figures, nnd you will have to begin where tney did in the upper room. A man must find Chris for himself. Your nul should be the rejection of the mind jf the Master. The only .real communion, even here, is that which cannot be demon strated. For example, suppose the bishop, here, tvas called to his reward, and while I nm peaking to you some one should say. "He is gone." l!nt all that vou can now see. his venerable body, would still be bcre, and yet you would sav, "He is gone." Yes, it would be his soul that had gone to make oerfect the union with Christ. Brethren, take the Christ out of my piritnal firmament and the world would lie dark and cold to me. Thero never was l time when the world's people were in uch demand of a Christ as to-dav. No, never! If you could take the Christ cut of historv, if you could suppose the world to he as it is men would still be asking for some ono to save them, and the conquer ing love would be craved for by them, cvi'i if they did not know it. Now, brethren, let its go back to the Christ by all means, but let ij be the Christ of experience, not simply the Christ of historv. Christ went nwav o come nearer. He went to His own and Ho never left them. It is by no means God's purpose that any man should remain in the house of mourn ing. On the throne of the universe sits one with the heart of a child. No stran rcr cries but whose voice is beard by the One whom Paul preached, whom John loved the same, who in the far off dnvs of julilcc walked irorni the hillsides doing jood. He is on the tVone now. Mr. Moody once told a atorv in Englnnd (nncerning the first evoni-Hical mission there. Ho was naked to call upon a poor man in Dundee who had been bedridden !o- a long time. Mr. Moody went to take blessing, but instead got one. The man had been standing under the blessing of Palvarv; it was no shock lo him to b told that the world seemed to be upside down, nd the man would have hnd a pnor time nf it if tliev had spoken to him of his suf ferings. Whnn Mr. Moody left the cham ber h said: "1 guess when the angels pass over Dundee, thev will stop at that house for refreshmentn." Do you see, brethren? ui vou see r Men like Peter nnd John who have been admitted to the fellowship of the srnss do not doubt the love of God. Peace and pain, joy and sorrow, are not exclus ive. Tho latter prepnrca tbe way for tho former. I once heard "Gvpsy" Smith tell a story ibout his own little sons who bad played truant, and in trving to be stern he hod aent them to bed. and they were not to liavo any simper, if you nlease. He passed the rest of the evening tiptoeing about lis tening and wonderintr what the effect of the punishment wo.ild be. Finally, not hearing any sound, be made his way to the bed chamber. As he leaned over the hed one of the little fellows said, "Is that fou, father?" I juet went for him and Jrew him iu and the little fellow so'ibed nit, "Father, will vou forgive me?" "Yes, my son; yes. vs. I will forgive you, for 1 love you." "Then, father, take me down to supper." We know the great Father because we have looked into tbe fane of tho Son. The Life That Counts. The life that counts is a lifo on a high level, yet full nf helpful healing sympathy for all lite on its lowest levels. It is the first debt which we uwe to our fellow men in this age: ' The man who has faith ac cepts tho uncertainty of life at tho conse quence of its larger significance; he can not interpret it, because it means so much; he cannot trace its lines i-irough to the end, because it has no end; it runs into ulod's eternity. Something better is com in; nut of it than worldly fame or wealth 3Y power. Ho is not making himself. God is making him, and that after a model ivhicli oye hath not seen. Ho can toil -way at his work, not knowing whether ho is to sea its results now or not. but knowing that God will not let it be wasted. There if a natisfaction in being appreciated, in feeling that other. ac knowledge our worth or our power, nnd in gaining tna. praise from the world that is food to so many of us. But the man it woman whoso lives are not m tho high est plane are those who take m tioir bur dens without flinching, or without pim ped of reward, wh.i uo not look for the plaudits oi pit and gnlliry; ure uncon cerned as to the audience so long ns they p!av their part up 1, and in i'ailh and patience, live the life where they belong even theugb tbeir heavens full. Annie I Jack. The mind will be like the stuff it feeds on. United l re.bj teriuu. A Natural Curloalty, A Brunswick, Me., nan dliplaya a curious growth found by him on a tree In that town which, thua far, no one baa been able to classify. It consists of a hollow, egg-shaped piece of wood about the size of a football and of wood one-fourth of on Inch thick. It formation on a tree In such a peculla shape la a matter of much oomment by all who hay seen it. Coins Many Centuries Old. J. P. Bruce of BUlerlca, Mass., baa juat received from a missionary whs Is principal of an academy In Ku chlng, China, eight hlatorlo old coins The oldest of ths coins beara the dati of 221 B. C. while to others rang botwsen 75 A. P. and 1270 JL D. n Discovery. King Edward appears to bay dis covered that hs has missed a lot by not going to Ireland oftsnsr. Tor that reason bo baa promised to go again. A llttls friendliness counts a good deal with tbs Ulab Bsofil. Cleveland THE SABBATH SCHOOL , ,. . , T" , . a , I latcraatlcnal Lesson Commcnls for Odo-, bcr 4. Sub)cc'i David Crlntt I'p the Ark, 2 Sam. H, 1-12 Ooldea Text, Psa. 84-4 Memory Verses, II, 13 Commentary oa lbs Day's Lessee, I. The Joyful procession (vs. 1-51 . I, 'i. "Again." A former gathering was at lie bron when David was anointed king. , "Thirty thousand." Representatives of the whole people. David called for the chief men and sent notice throughout the whole land to the inhabitants everywhere, espc ciallv to the priests and I.evites, to as semble together to assist in this important work. Kead 1 Chron. 13. "Ark of God." Notice the deep reverence in this phrase. The ark did not belong to David or Israel: it was God's. "Whos name is called. Hotter, as in R. V., "Which is called by the Name, even the name of the Lord of hosts." "Dwolleth between the cherub ims." "That sitieth upon the cherubim." R. V. "Cherubim" is the Hebrew plural form of cherub. The cherubs represented God's presence. 3-5. "Thev set the nrk of Ood upon n new cart." This was contrary to the legal requirement (Num. 7:0), according to which it was always to be carried by the Lovites und veiled or covered from sight. In this case Israel probably imitated the Phoenician or Philistine custom. In this manner they sent the nrk from their bor ders. The Phoenicians had sacred carts on which they carried their gods about, and the oxen were secured to Baal. "Gib eah." A hill nf Kirjath-ienrim cslled by that name. "Uznh and Ahio." Probably tho grandsons of EleaJ.ir, the son of Abina da', who were set nnart to keep the ark. "Went before." While Uamh walked nt the side, Ahio went before the oxen to guide and manage them, as the liasqr.es may he seen at the present dav doing in the south of France. "Before the Lord." The nrk symbolized God's presence, and those who went before the ark arc referred to as going before the Lord. "Instru. ments." The whole procession, David nt the head, moved forward with music, song and dance (1 Chron. 13:8). II. Uzzah's error (vs. 6-fl). 6, 7. "Threshing-floor." A fixed threshing-floor, which did not change its place like the summer floor (Dan. 2:35); and therefore prohablv had a roof and n stock of fodder. "Uarah . . . took .hold." His condu'fc indicated irreverence and presumntion. The Levites were forbidden to touch the nrk on Pain of death (Num. 4:15-20). "Oxen stum bled." The roads nre very rough in Pal estine, and the nrk was evidently nhorit to be thrown from the cart when Uzr.nh took hold of it. "Anger of tbe Lord." Not passion, but rather indignation that: feeling which makes Him hat sin and compels Him to punish it. "For his error." The error consisted in touching the ark, which, as the symbol of God's presence (1 fiam. 4:7). none could look into (Num. 4:20; 1 Sam. 6:101, much less lay hold of without peril of life. For transportation purposes it was first covered no by the Lcvitcs to whom it was committed, and thnt with faces covered (Num. 4:15, 20). and carried on staves. But sunposing thnt it had been overturned, would not Uzzah have been as liable to punishment for suf fering that as for taking forbidden means of preventing it? Surely not. He might have been punishable for adonting a mode of conveyance wbich exposed the ark to such an accident, but hot for omitting what he was forbidden to do in order ifi prevent that accident. "There he died." The reasons for thia severity were: (1) That it grew out of a procedure which was in direct violation of an express statute (Num. 4:15; 7:0) which required that the ark should be carried by Levites. David nnd those in care of the ark should have known this law. It is quite possible that in his delight in restoring the ancient religion, he forgot the law, and felt that the work itself was so good and glorious as to make amends for nnv neglect as to the way of doing it. (2) Uzzah, who had long had charge of the ark. should have been familiar with the law forbidding him to touch it. Possibly long familiarity with the nrk had bred carelessness and irrever ence for the sacred svmbol. (3) Unah stood in a representative position. What he did was public, in the sight of nil the people. It was a flagrant violation of God's command. It waa needful at the outset to prove to tho people the necessity of exact obedience, nnd hence of careful study of God's law. A neglect now would lead to greater neglects, to any changes individuals might be inclined to make, nnd thus the sacredness nnd teachings nf the divine in stitutions of religion would be lost. 8. 9. "Disuleased." He was mortified and chagrined at. the sudden and unhanpy interruption of tho triumphal procession. He was not angry against God. but with himself for neglect and carelessness in al lowing the ark to be removed in this wav. "Made a breach." Violently interposed in a sudden stroke of divir.o judgment. "Pe-rez-uzzah." The word "Perez," or "breach," conveyed to the Hebrews tho Idea of a great calamity. "Afraid." Fear or terror followed his anger, lest the judg ments of God were not yet ended and would be extended to himself and people. Ho saw that he hnd not followed the direc tions of the law nnd prepared his peonle for the solemn nr-dertaking. "How shall." etc. Had David asked this question sooner it would have been better. He now ex hibits humility and admits his guilt. Ha sees the necessity of reverence and devo tion in his conduct. III. The blessed household (vs. 10-12). 10-12. "Would not remove." Not for the present, fearing he might make some ether, mistake. "House of Obed-edom." Very i rear the citv. He was a Levite of the atock of the Korahitrs, which was a branch j of the family of Kohath. "The Lord blessed," etc. Josephus asserts that during I this interval Obed-edom passed from pov ; erty to wedth, and that all who saw his ; household, or heard the report of his . wealth, were agreed in considering him I specially favored by the Lord. "David : went." Read 1 Chron. chapters 15. 16. I David had taken three months to study 1 the law, and now be was prepared to bring the ark to Jerusalem in-a proper manner. IV. Tho ark enters Jerusalem (vs. 1.1 ' 10), This was the greatest day in David's life. It was a turning point in the history of the nntion. At every few rods of tho march the procession would halt, nnd here wero religious sacrifices at every - halt. "The ark advanced like the chariot of a front conqueror, ascending the sacred hill of triumph." There were sui'imoncd to assist at this ceremonv the high priests Zadnk and Abiatbar. the heads of the six Levitical families, with a large company nf their relatives, and many from all tbe tribes of Israel. There were musin and siDging, and David himself' changed his kingly garb for the priestly cphod and joined, heartily in the music. Psalm 24 is supposed to have been sur.g vhea the pro cession was entering Jerusalem. Had Company In Hla Misery. Miss Cynthia Roche, one of the most beautiful girls at Newport, the othe i nay iook a long ride with friends j through .the country on a motor car I Us occupants becoming thirsty, the car was stoppod at a little farmhouse, . and there the old farmer was very gal lant. He led Miss Roche on a little four of the estate. Among other Inter esting nuns no showed the youpg Kill a tremendous potato patch. Over this patch he shook his head gravely. He said that ell the vlnoa In It bad boon ruined by a parasite. Miss Roche ympathized with the old man and murmured: "I am aorry to see this fine Held of potatoes so seriously dlseaaed." "Yes," said tbe farmer; "it Is great pity. I have only one comfort." "What Is that?" Miss Roche asked. "Why, Thomson's field, eaat thers, and Shanuon's, on the south, ar as bad, If not worse, than mine." Womsn Barred1 for Centuries. No woman baa entered ths convent of St. Catherine, en Mt, BlnaL for .4X years, u , EPWORTH LEAGUE MEET! NO TCPICS October 4 Know and Obey lb word ot . .... .n,-.,. . .. UUUi list 17 lie SJslUICSl Ittli-asJi W 119:9, 18. "If thou wilt enter Into life, keep the commandments." This Jesus said to the one who came asking what good thing h should do that he might have eternal life. There ts only one way to Ood the way of obedience. But how can he obey who knows not the law? "Ye search the Scriptures," said Jsua'at another time. It they had searched without prejudice and with Intelligent reverence they would hare found there a picture ot the Christ, "for they testify of me." James put emphasis on doing. Ho assumes that all have access to the word; that all understand It; but ha Insists that one other thing Is nec essary. Hearing and understanding must end in doing, or they are worse than useless. The mirror of tire word shows us as we are, but unlets the vision Impels us to action there is no gain in seeing it. The psalmist asks: "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way!" By what means shall life bo reformed, and the heart renewed? How shall young man maintain a good conscience and a good namo? There Is one suffi cient answer. Llf must foe lived ac cording to the will of God. If wo Ig nore it or disobey it we must pay a fearful penalty our lives, without God, will be to all eternity, uncleansed, disorganized, demoralized, lost! The Christian has a book. In which, together with many valuable but Pass Important things, he may find all he needs concerning the great work of h.ts salvation. Here la all the Infor mation which he requires in order to accept, to understand, and to tell to Dthors th9 whole work of Ood In re deeming man from destruction. It gives the history of redemption, the practical teaching of redemption, and tno laws of life which govern those who accept redemption. If our re lation toward God and toward right eousness Is the' supreme concern of life the Bible becomes a book we dare not neglect There are three great subjects the Christian needs to study: First, the historic facts of redemption. Second, the practical meaning of the teach ings contained In God's plan. What aught a Christian to be? This sub led also covers a wide territory to study. It requires the Old Testament is well as the New. It takes the whole Bible to make a whole Chris :lan. Third, the ruling principles of Christian conduct. What ought a Christian to do? And here you have the whole range of Christian activity and life. It Includes every form of Evangelization, citizenship, and philan thropy, every principle of business and social life. Missions, reforms, pol itics, worship, are all here. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Octsber 4 "Qreat Men of tbe Bible: Whit Abraham Teaches ui" Geo. 12:1-3; Heb. 7:1-10; Rom. 4:1-9. Scripture Veraea. God's call to us Prom what 2 Cor. 6:14-17; 1 Peter 2:9; To what? 1 Cor. 1:9; Gal. 1:6; 5-13; Eph. 3:1C-19; 1 Poter 1:3,4; By what? Rom. 1:6; Rev. 22; 17; 2 Cor. 5:20; Ood's promises to us. Matt. 19:29; 1 Tim. 1:8. - Lesson Thoughts. Our lives are gradually unfolded eb fore us. No one knows beforehand the way in which God will lead htm; but he who obeys God's call must know that blessings will shine upon blm all the way and that he goes to a land overflowing with good things. Fatth in any cause or in any person will make willing sacrifices; it is not tru3 faith if it is not willing to do so. God's blessing upon a life consecrat ed to him will make any life noble and groat and useful. Selections. Ood V3ad3 us onward, day by day. From scenes we love mere types away; And farewells bring us sorrow. But when we reach the rolling sea, Bright, endless, blest eternity, We'll find a glad to-morrow. Merely to believe that there Is one God 1b a dead faith, wbich will never be counted for righteousness, because It will never make a man righteous, ! doing righteous and good deed I a Abraham did. Abraham's faith was counted to htm for rlghteous I neas because it was righteousness, and j made him do righteous deeds. Abraham's great trial of faith was i for the purpose of Increasing bis con fidence in God. "The meaning ot trial Is not only to test worthiness but to lncreaso it, as thr- oak tree Is not only tested by storms, but toughened by them. The fire doth not only discover what is true gold, but makes tho true gold more pure. The issue ot a true faith la always blessed. There is a legend that Nlm rod took Abraham and cast btm into a furnace of fire because he would not worship idols, but God changed the coals into a bed of roses. So it will ever be. Tbe obedience that leadest to the furnace of fire will find In tbe end that It Is a bed of roses. Suggested Hymns. I am trusting thee, Lord Jesus. Trav'ling to the better land. Encamped along the hills of light. Press on, press on. O pilgrim. My bops is built on nothing less. How firm a foundation. Cigars at $4 Apiece. Those who have attended the big banquets at Delmonlco's, such, for Instance, as' tbe ono given to Cyrus Field upon the completion ot the At lantic cable, and which cost $&0 a plate, had tbe prlvllego of smoking the choicest Havana cigars, costing perhaps n.'.y cents apiece. But what would the dinner cost with cigars al $4 each? Yet there aro such cigars being made In Havana to-day, and some have arrived In New York. Fran cisco E. Fonsoca, a friend ot President Pal ma, and who was born near where he lived In Cuba, received one of these a few days sgo. It waa wrapped In s piece of Imported Japanese rice paper and Inclosed In a handsomely decorat ed box. In fact, only one comes In s bos, and each Is sixteen Inches long and an Inch and a quarter In diameter at the middle. It is said that tbe to bacco can only be grown on one plan tation In Cuba, and the duty on each Is slxty-elghi cents. Ilk From Wood. The threads of silk made from wood la Germany have eighteen strands, a single one of which la hardly visible to tbe naked eye. Heal sli Is two- thirds stronger. .. j THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. fnein- The t-nst VoyaseThe Allied Forces of lllKtite,nnes We Need Some Paul Arnnml to Hrlng te to Our Senses With Keen Snrcnsin. My work on earth is well nigh dene, 1 Wait the setting of the sun. I hear the surging ot tne sea e pea y. ', , realm, mbling helm. J Jhat heats upon eternity I see far off the shadowy And thither turn the trembling The winds .that blow so cold and drear Grow softer as the end draws nearl .. The distant gleams of silver light . 1 Relieve the darkness of the night. There stands upon the misty shore, Faint forms of loved ones gone before! Thr voice that once slid "Peace, bo still," Now whispers softly "Fear no ill." I sail alone, yet not alone, The Saviour takes me fur His own. I wait His greeting when I land, I wait the grasp of Christ's blessed hand. Bishop Clarke. Snlflslinetts In Religion. In this age of evangelization, when, all the signs ot the times arc looking toward the widening of Christ's kingdom prepara tory to His coining, it is precious to read this tender prayer oi Jesus for us fJohn xvii and 1 Corinthians i. Sent down through the ages it rings as clearly to our hearts as if we had stood with linn beside the Sea of Galilee or walked with Him in the gar den ourselves. "Neither pray 1 for these alone, but for them also which shall be lieve on Me." Thut means us. -Shall we not listen eagerly now to this prayer which was His longing for you and me? "That t . -y all may be one." We draw back at this and look sorrow ful. There is that woman in the same church with us with whom we will not speak. There is that man of our own fam-i-v with whom we have a bitter contention. Oh, yes; he is a Christian, too. but a mighty poor one, we think. What's that? This prayer for him also? And that dis agreeable girl who got your Sunday-school class away from you and only wanted to flirt with the boys and show her pretty hats, and can't teach, anyway? Yes, and that fellow member of your own commit tee who insists on doing everything in the wrong way so that you have given up going to the committee meetings and are thinking of handing in your resignation! Ope. Jesus ' wanted you to be one with every one of these, because lie loved them, too. Ah! we are no' doing our best to answer thai prayer, are wo? And how intensely one He wanted us to be with all His own; "As Thou, Father, art in Me and I in Thee." The oneness that was one even to suffering and dying, 'ihe oneness that wus so perfect that even the world could rind no difference the curious, prying, sneering world. Ah. yes, the world does sneer. When a church has a doctrinal quarrel, .who rises up to point it out quicker than the world, and when a man who bears the name of Christian goes wrong, the world claps its hands in joy and says, "The church has fallen, the beautiful church, and her shame is her boast und pride." And no bit of re ligious gossip is more eageny snatched up and bluzom.- around than the details of a church tight. How pitifully docs this show forth that we, Christ's children, have lost sight of the object of our being Christians in this world, "that the world may believe that Ihou has sent Me." And we care mora about proving that our individual opinion or way is right, or asserting our own petty authority somewhere, and living by the more strict and formal rules of etiquette, than for showing the world that Christ was God-sent. "I in them, and Thou in Me." Does it not seem as if we might be perfect with a Tod-lilled Christ in us? Actually in us, living our lives for us, for that is what Jesus will do if we let Him. Do you fancy for one minute that Jesus, were He now in your place, would carry that grudge or look askance at that girl who has slighted you. or hold bitterness toward any man? And yet you excuse yourself for doing it, and see not that, so long as you allow such feelings to rule your life Christ is not one with you. Thank God that the denominational con tentions are not so bitter as they used to be a few years ago. Bishop Vincent, in a memorable sermon at Chautauqua years ago, described the different denominations as vast arches of one perfect temple de signed by (Jod, and more and more do they neem to be forgetting their individual stones and curves, which are so necessary to their individual completion and to be thinking of their unity with all the other nrches. and how they are meant to form up abiding place for the living God. We need some Paul around to-day to bring us to our senses with the keen ear. rasm. "Is Christ divided? Was Paul cru cified for you?" After all, why do you and I care so mightily for t.ie opinions we hold, and the neople we like and the things we ourselves have planned. Have any of them ever been so much to us as Chribt would be if we would lot Him? The thinkers of to-day are most of them agreed that the signs of the coming of the Lord have been or are being fulfilled now. The kingdom might come at any time. What is hindering it? Can it b that one thing is the contentious spirit ic tho churches the heedlessness of Christ't own. who have forgotten this His praver for them that they might be one with lino and His Father? It is a wonderful thought that in our work you and I may have the strong armi of God and Christ to rely upon when w are hard pressed. With God for us al! things are possible. Grace Livingston Hill, in tho New York Mail and Express. Insratllndn . We live in God's world. He hath fittee up this world house as no prince hatt ever fitted up the halls of a palace. W breathe His air, are warmed by His sum mers, we feed upon II is harvests, we ar pilgrims who stoop and drink at His foun tains. The angel of His providence goe before us to prepare life's way; the ange! of His mercy follows after us to recovet us from transgressions. And how shall men meet such overflowing generosity save with instant obedience? What mark across the page or memory so black as the mark of ingratitude. Newell Dwight Hillis. Malts- It Square First. "I dnn't think I can be a Christian,' nid one of my little Sabbath-school class, "because it's so hard. You have to thins rielit things, and to do right things." "It may bo hard," said the boy sitting next to him; "but how about meeting God some day without " being a Christian' You've got to answer Him for all thos wrong words and things, and it's going to be a heap harder than if you haven't niadt it square first." Hllmit Threads of fluid. Little self-dcnisls, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little name less acts of kindness, little silent virtoriet over favorite temptations these are tl s:ient threads of gold, which, when woven together, fleam out so brightly in the pat, tern of life that God approves. Dean l'arrar. Kvt-ry lmy Sue red. Every day hould be sacred- Thers should be no break betwten Hsbhsths. Tin cable of divinu motive should stretck through seven days, touching with ill sanctifying power every hour of everj day. Bishop Vincent. Must Pay for Their Outing. Capt. Miles O'Reilly, a New York police officer, who has distinguished himself more than once la bis chosec profession, has laid down a .new rule of conduct for his men. He says that they can bare a big outing they have planned providing they reach Into tbelr own pockets and pay the ex penae. But he aaya they must not sell tickets to saloon keepers, .mer chants and others, who might expect returns that the officers could not properly give. HAND HOLDING IN KANSAS.' The Etiquette of the Evening Call Laid Down In Emporia. An Important question was up for discussion Inst night nt the rrgular meeting; of the Amalgamated land holders' Union. liny Wltherlnirton, who holds a high office In the nntlounl organisation, was accused by n certain west side girl of being "Mow." that be bad called at her house n few evenings ago, and nfter making a few shy at tempts at holding tier hiind had given up, and hadn't done a thing but talk tho remainder of the evening, and that In her opinion lie wasn't a nt or com petent person to hold the place he did in the Handliolders' Union. The story reached the enrs of With erlngtoii's enemies In the union, and they at once brought charges of "In competency" before the "exalted strangleholder," who decided to In vestigate the charges. Wltherlngtoii was called before this ofllclnl and told his "side." He said that be bad innilc n conscientious effort to hold this girl's hand, nnd when she refused tbe ttlxth time and had threatened to call bet father, hp had desisted, thnt furtliei effort would be rude anil ungentle manly. Tbe west side girl was then railed on tbe witness stand nnd asked to tes tlfy. She said that Hay bail tried six times, but thnt none of the girls In hot crowd thought of letting a young inai: hold her hand under eight trials. She Raid she bad henr of certain girls that did, but thnt she thought no lady who cared anything for her reputation would do a thing like that. She ad mltted having threatened to cull liei father, but that the young man ought to have had better sense than to think that she meant to do It. When her testimony was completed a long discussion arose ns to bow Ions a young man could persist In trying tc bold a young lady's bund without be lng considered rude and ungeiitletnan ly, and how soon a self-respecting young Indy could give tip without ac quiring the reputation of being "easy." It ended by the exalted strangleholdei giving his opinion that three attempt; were enough, nnd thut six was toe many, nnd that liny girls with a melt lng point cither above or below these figures was to bo boycotted by thf union. The question of how long a young gentleman should know n young lady before he held her hand was nlsc brought up for discussion. After con slderable debating and deliberating lij the officials It was decided that a young man ought to call on a girl at least twe times and not more than four times be fore be was entitled to t it In the bam mock with her and hold her hund. Einporla Gazette. A Turtle's S300 Breakfast. "If a cat worth twenty-five cent! swallows a canary worth $2.50, what If the vnluo of the resultant creature?" Is one of the problems in the Joker'f arithmetic. A goldfish farmer in Penn sylvania Is wrestling with a somewhat similar question. About 500 of hrs choicest goldfish, nnd some sllverfisb besides, were placed in a sma.l separ ate pond, that they might thrive and wax fat. The fish got on swimmingly until one night n week or so ago. Tbe proprietor visited his pond In the morn lug only to find some of his fish dead some wounded, nnd another large num ber unaccounted for. Yet In a moment they ceased to be unaccounted for, since on the bank n ten-pound snap ping turtle was sunning himself with an air that said: "Fate cannot touch mo. I have .dined to-duy." It has been computed thnt the very "fanciest" of the fancy goldfish, the "celestial telescopes" and their Ilk, nre worth something like $150 a pound. Iu this Instance the pond's roll of casualties showed thut tho turtle's late tuppei or early breukfast represented approxi mately $200, For that sum he could just as well have bad a bower of palms to cat In nnd an orchestra to play the while. It may bo doubted If even the celebrated banquet of the monkey at Newport cost 'any more. The turtle bad even been so fastidious ns to reject the sllverfisb, which were swimming about nnhormed nnd In undiminished numbers. The story teaches that the chicken farmer who dreams all night of hawks, foxes and defective Incu bators Is not the only fancier who has natural enemies to contend with, New York Evening Tost. Largest Auto In the World. The largest automobile ever built IJ a harvester and "auto" combined and Is used lu Southern California. It Is equul to sixty horses and goes at the rate of three and a half miles an hour mowing a swath thirty-six feet wide, putting up the grain In finished shape, threshing, etc. Tho machine Is sixty feet long nnd thirty . feet wide. The motive powet is furnished by oil. It Is such nn expensive "harvest hand" that one farmer cannot, of course, own it alone, but Is tho property of a company, and goes from one farm to another. Eight men are required to run it. As the machine starts off the grain begin falling In sacks on the opposite sldr from where it Is rut and the straw drops Into a cart behind. Three machines sent to Russia foi work on the steppes were delayed In China and ruptured by tlie Boxers. There they remained for u couple ol years, but they are now lu IUissln and considered nn American wonder. Washington Star. On Cash llaala Only. 'A very eminent physician bad cured a little child of a dangerous Illness The grateful mother turned her steps toward tbo bouse of her sou's suvlors. "Doctor." she suld. "there nre some services which cannot bo repaid. I really don't know bow to express my gratitude. I thought you would, per baps, be so kind as to accept this purso, embroidered by my own bands." "Madam," replied the doctor, coldly, "medicine Is no trivial affair, and out visits are only to be rewarded In money, finiail presents serve to sua tain friendships; but they do not bus tain our families." "But, doctor," wild the lady, alarincf and wouuded, "speak tell we tbo fee.'' "Two hundred dollars, madam." The lady opened the embroidered purse, took out Ove bank notes of $100 each, gave two to tbe doctor, put the remaining three back lu tbe purse, bowed coldly nnd departed. Philadel phia Ledger, THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Insanity From Alcohol Very VslnMs Testimony nn This 1'olnt Eonnil In Re port of Connecticut Asy.lnm Impor tance of Temperance Teaching;. Very valuable testimony on this point is. found in the seventy-ninth annual report of the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford. Conn. The Superintendent, I)r. Henry P. Stearns, in discussing the question, says: "You will further observe from the tables of statistics appended that in not less than twenty-nne of the admissions that is, in more than seventeen per cent, the insanity was thought to have been caused by the abuse of alcohol. This mjr he a higher per cent, nf such rases than exists in some State institutions, but it corresponds quite accurately with ou.- on history (seventy-nine years) in thia re qicct. "In fact, alcohol plays so important role in the production of insanity and. crime, especially in cities and large towns, that society should use every means to ed ucate the rising generation as to the dan gcr attemling its use ns a beverage. ''The effects of alcohol upon the ele ments of the nervous system are much t'rrater before twenty years of age than uftcrward. The brain is more sensitive to the effects nf all toxic influences during the? period of adolescence, and young pron icrpiirc linbits of using bnth alcohol ami tobacco much more readily than durinsr later periods of life. When once formed! luring this period they are much mnre likely to become incorporated with the de velopment nf the system and thus become permanent. "They may eventuate in some cases in s Hc-jcncration of the cells of the brain snd Ihe vasomotor portion of the nervous sys tem. In other cases, before such a s(jia i reached, there may result morbid chnncs in the mental activities of the in dividual, nttor-le,l by cravings which be come very diliicult, and in some cases im possible to resist. The will power be comes much impaired, nnd the higher ideals of the individuals are lost." In view of these facts we are prepared to find Dr. Stearns emphasizing the im portance of temperance teaching to chil dren and youth. He sriys: ' The importance, therefore, that some effective measures be ndopted. if those sde rcady in existence arc not adenuate. t have instruction niven to the pupi's of the public schools of the State regarding th nature and effects of alcohol when nsed as a beverage, can hardly be overestimated. Such a course should be continued if at tbe exMn of less important subjects of study." This enn be done more effectually than, elsewhere in the hinher grades of schools, and should be done mainly by means o conversations and oral instruction in the form nf ipiestions and answers by both, teacher and pupils, in this way and by illustrating examples and plates, piiniji will more readily become interested than by radini any amount of dry material which deals with physiology. Absinthe In France. As a result of an investigation set on. foot by tho Prime Minister of France. Dr. Labnrde has reported that nbsinthe i ruining both the souls and bodies of the French race. The Academy of Medicine has made a declaration against its manu facture and sale, and we see the prohibi tion question which many have though limited only to puritanical communities in the United States taken up by a KuropeAa. Government. One of the striking, and ios manv instances inspiring, characteristics of the French Government is that undee it prohibition prohibits. It docs not mat ter particularly what the thing prohibited? is, whether it is a bad hubit, a school sys tem, or the Motion Rouge, it goes. The French Government, whose mysteries are. past rinding nut, and which seems to be scries nf crises, with a knock down ami drag-out riot in the National Assembly ab often recurrent intervals, is very effective. We do not always admire its methods, buS we perceive thnt it always strikes twelves, It anpears to be hampered hy no noisy, sentiment about the rights of the people or "peuple" which seems to mean some thin" else when it is put in French, ('hear ing for the rights nf the "peimlc" is per mitted to go on uninterruptedly when the cheering is on the side of the Government; when it isn't, the "peuple'' are put in jail or chased off the boulevard I v the .lohn l)arms, as Hill Nye used to call '.hem. Ib is quite certain that if the French Govern ment determines to sunnrcssabsinthe there won't be a pale shade of green to be seem in any resort in l'aris or all France. -St-Louis Globe-Democrat. Alcohol and I.aAcy. Tbe municipal authorities of Claaco-si recently appointed a commission to inquire into the nlarming increase of insanity caused bv alcoholism in Scotland. The re port of this committee brings to light some striking statistics. In the case of the- Glasgow district asylums and the observa tion of wards of the poorhouse, of 565 aoV missions during twelve months no fewea than 259. or thirty-three per cent., were directly trared to alcohol, in most of these, cases the patients bad been comparatively well to do and prosperous, so that tbe disease could not he ascribed to bad home conditions or poverty. The reports of thai Royal Kdinburgh Asvlum show the same alarming growth of alcoholic insanity. Statistics for the whole of Scotland durinsj 1912 showed 10,6.S insane persons, an in crease of 370 over the nrecedinc year. The numiit-r oi paiienis aiscnarccd. as recov ered during the vcar waa 18JO. In Ami. where the highest proportion of lunar prevails, there are 842 lunatics per 100,000 of the population. Tho Doctor's llespanslblllry. Fhyicans know, or ought to know, thai diseases are produrcd or aggravated b the use of alcoholic beverages, and that the records of police courts demonstrate that the mass of criminals arrested ant hard drinkers. In the earlier vears of the republic it was estimated bv Thacher and others that s'ihx) people died drunkards every year. Now more than a hundred thousand graves are required annualir to hold the victims of alcoholic poisons. How many of these victims were started o their downward course by the prescrip tions of reputable medicine men may be known only by tho recording a.igcl. but we have reason to believe that everv weei if not every day there ia added to the list of physicians one at least who can truth fullv and Proudly answer the charge that doctors rrnlr drunkards: "Thou canst nut say I did it." To I'.nglanil's Kliame, One year's drink hill of tb frltrd King dom would nay the rent nf nil Ihe house 2.n''f"rn: " 'be kingdom, aav Lond.us 1 it-Bits. Ths Crusade In Rrlr. lietween the aves of thirty and f.wt where ten total abrtainers die, forty mod crate drinkers die. Between the apes of twen'v and thirty where ten total abstainers die, thirty-one moderate drinkers die. In Rutland, d.irinx the firs month's operation of the liquor license the rre-- for drunkenness Her sixiy-f )ur. as aainat four in the same month Inst year. Dr. H. If. Ilurgrn. a Practitioner if thirty-live years, in refutation of tht gr-n rally accented theory that bear is tli least harmful of all intoxicating drink, aavs: "1 think beer kit (juicier tnaa any other liquor. The anti-saloon league is p'aniilnc, nn air irrcasiva csmpsica in Kansas l ily. Mo, this summer. Tho co-opt rs.ion a' ilia po lice is promised and all vile pir.urca. wine roou-.a and other violation o cxwtias laws will be suppitmed. The Total Ahstinenre foritty sj ('.men bacen, Denmark, report! a Mt-nilK-rahiji u over 100,'XW, anion; whom ars thiriv-stre minister aai t3 ttaclieis. I,,t vcu.- tdj society ananged Itr .tM tfmnr..s lec tures at a cost of abiut S1T.09O. General Coiannac, Commor.uVr-m Hi! of tho Frvaeh troops ia Ini'.o-l'U.ia. making epeaU) efforts to suppress drunk nuetu anion the si.dler. He rxprusM his regret that war.naz concerning ism aerioua fiecis of drinkiiuj habits upaa la health ats nut heeded.
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