A FORCEFUL SERMON
Democracy and Christianity" By Rev.
M. W. Stryker.
Brilliant Argamtot By tbt President ol llsav
lltao College, Clttitoo, N. Y.Peo- . ;
pls's Day Advance. '
Vf.W Yowc City. "Democrocynnd'
friatienitv" m the sub ire t of a forceful
rmon by the Rev. Dr. M W.. Strjrker,'.
President of Hamilton College, Clintou, N.r
V., in the Brick l'rebyterian Church, Bun
dy morning. Dr. Stryker said:
.It is not always remembered that, on its';
banian tide, Moaes founded a republican''
form of government. It was to be main-J
uined through popular representation. The
failure waa in Israel, not m the idea. When
Samuel anointed Haul lie did it under sol
ium protest. It was a relapse from privil
ege. King's were a makeshilt and it turned
out Dauiy. .
Seeking a sound philosophy of man. and,
his affairs, and distinguishing Humanity
from its utensils and furniture, I would.'
earnestly attempt the connotation of tile
two words which state each in its ownf
ray, but with the strongest mutual bear-j.
ing the whole hope of mankind: Democ-,
racy, Christianity. You may run out, in'
their reach and width, the many proposi
tions which I can now only utter, not am-'
nhfv. I have onlv time for the broadax
and the adz.
I used the word "mankind" that is,
man-kinned related, cousined, brothers.
When l'aul, the apostle, speaks (literally
of "the whole futherdom in heaven and
earth" he affirms the broad and elemen
tal gospel theorem of the common origin,'
the common opportunity, the common con-:
cern of all humanity. "God hath made of
one blood" "In one spirit all baptized
into one body" such phrases characterize
this whole new covenant and contemplate
the rearrangement of the world. . , I
A unity of privilege, duty, affectionr-a,
common derivation, development and goal
the doctrine of the essential solidarity of'
man. To affirm this is the instinct, the!
infrangible purpose of tho gospel. Either
this mutuality, this cohesive and integrat
ing impulse, working its way steadily, how
ever slow its stages, or at last a sterile race
nd a shattered star! ' t
Economics? It is the law of the world's
housekeeping. Politics it is man's com
mon citizenship. Philanthropy, equity, law,1'
ethics, religion these are the bonds that
transcend rajce and region and date. Be
fore their scope provincialism passes into
insignificance. History is the record oil
the painful but steady evolution of human'
unity homogeneity. Sociology is ethics. )
This is the "increasing purpose" of time.
Man's nature involves society. He is en
vironed by his fellows. He is born into'
and constructed for their close relation.'
This is his irrevocable constitution the!
means toward it, better or worse, are but
by-laws. The one inevitable, the others
provisional and tentative. These are
changed and Bhaken, that remains. The
definition and practical ordering of this
relation, whether by means better or 1
worse, the assertion of partnership and
federation, in whatever degree of wisdom
the assertion of a common weal (or woe)
this is government. ' i
However they have blundered, or stut
tered, or fumbled, the experiment toward
the organizing of human life and its activi
ties have been experiments in search of
fair and fruitful terms under which men
may live together. Perceived or unseen',
the ends of government are to secure the
well being of men ns men, and that must
be the best government which most ef
fectually seeks tho utmost welfare of all
within its control which seeks a right'
nd equitable society. As a means to this
end it is strong and sacred, as a means to
sny other ends it is Btultiiied.
It concerns us, then, at once to note tho
names and essentinl implications of the
several schemes and forms of government!
(or ways of getting on together) which,
men have attempted and exhibited. i
Autocracy the rule of one man, cen-
tering all power in his own person and
responsible only to himself. "L'etat e'est
moi." Absoluteism an imperfect roan,
cannot, a perfect man would not; for;
cither way individually is frustrated. Des
potism is misanthropic. I
Monarchy which ordinarily implies a
degree of consent and delegation of pow
er, and has wide limits according as thej
subjects have great or small influence.'
The .forms of monarchy are not inconsis
tent with real popular power, only then
their .terminology is nil anachronism and
their 'retention a superfluous and absurd
expense. ,',.
Plutocracy is tho rule of wealth the
power, of money holders as such. It is
subtle' and subversive of men. That it
goes by "community of interest." by siJ
lent arithmetic, does not indeed necessi
tate, but makes possible oppressions not
leas actual because insidious and una
vowed. It har ruined great peoples. For
"community of the interested" is widely,
diverse from the interest of the communi
ty. The peoples also "cannot serve God
and mammon." Plutocracy is not a com
monwealth. Weal itself is not mere
wealth. Tho word "wealth" begs ths
question. Pltitua waa blind!
Oligarchy, the "few" in power, wlr.'het
clique, a bureau, a "machine," or a ring,
and by whatsoever means installed and tol
rated. Its selectnesS' and separatenes
and virtual assumption is its odium. Its
irresponsibility is its vice. . Its selfish'
Bess is its defeat. It refuses to share.
Aristocracy, literally the rule by the
best, ideally an excellent term and thing,
practically, however, the selfsilected si
their own rating what one has called "the
line irony of an entailed nobility!" Here
ditary privilege tainted with pride and
superciliousness and snobbery and the dry
tot of these a non-sequitus, still exploit
log the many for the few, class preroga
tive and the non-human proscriptions of
caste. The "beat" should rule in the in-.
teresta of what is good, but th self-styled
beat, nursing their own exclusiveness, may
become the worst. i
Anarchy! contradiction in termsl una
w ot owlessness, the rule of caprics and ,
ill violence, denying authority in that !
license which is the parody and ruin of
lllf,a v . n l. , , 1, -J ... I
"uv uoeriyi rreeuom crusuea unaer we
tbeoluteism of the mob! I
Theocracy the rvian of GonV Actual
hile God is God, truly realized in univer-
(T.f . S li i- .'v. r """VP
m recognition oi mm tne nrei ana tne
ist and the living one:" but never dele-'
lated to any vicegerent, installed in the
cepimon consent of free consciences epd
hen usurped by kingcraft or priestcraft
tne basest perversion pf the highest truth;
Democracy: Self-government by the.
People. The dignity of tbs 'people is the
intention of their Creator. He who is the
source of this self-rule, is also its only se
curity. Each man with, not apart from,'
ery other, directly and jointly respond
kWi j -- -- , -r ;
tbsolved from all usurpations and, as a i
Si I ecue4 V Perfect freedom ef,
toe largest obedience. Democracy may bej
j name for the mere tyranny of the midtiJ
, . - ' - i
tiide-a subservient mass a prey topsasion ;
J'iT?" r ,U. IS
th. " " L'JT'. "rXA ""a
(he "rule1
"n means thwarted of his ends. Democ
rcy i ideal when it meets all the con
ditions of total responsibility to God1
uen in the btyh peerage of that loyalty
o creature to Creator all neighbors lovd
'l neighbors as on family of the highestl
"ve, vertical and lateral, is its law that
perfect law of liberty." i
Therefore, I hold both that Christianity
"tends democracy, and that only in its)
!lity can democracy thrive or endure,
Utner foundation it cannot lay. If the
ton of Man shall make the peoples free
Uwy shall be free indeed, ana not other
is. His autonomy is theirs. Ilia vahi
'on exalU them. His rights secure
tars. IU Him, who is all in all, the are
"uplete. - j
. A republic is democracy' convenient-;
'if its Mlf-rnla bv representatives who are)
r " agents. These are but trustees) and
stewards accountable to the people's I
regent will. Other, they are defaulters.
. ucuevins; mat unuer uou man amau nuv
; ."'il believe utterly in democracy as the
al experiment of time, up tp which all
' bera have led, Jf taia idea is bankrupted
i 11 loea duwn. Onlv as it reasons deaulv
. s to the source of its rights and the
" ""PS oi its duties shall it avert tailure
Sad natapl-m nw tit illllifl,!
ueueve in aemoaraey pecaiua a oom:
Mjat .man is not mechanism but a me-
nnic that every individual soul of the
fe is saursd, that the probation, of man-
md )ils in (he full consent to human1
, ""ality before God, and to ail ths equities'
l tint inyulvm.- Ihsjs I'.iv, Is LUV-'juiV
Bulwark against" tyranny. This" must M
the method, if there be sny, before which
a false subordination and a false insub
ordination are both to be banished. The
salvation of the peoples is in a divine hu
man society which at last bnl realize the
whole purpose of Jesus Chi'st. It lias
not yet been seen; but "to i ls bear all
the prophets witness" a sooie'.y feeling
all its common respcns'hilities, and "each
for all" fulfilling every relation this, and
because 1t is "ideal," is the finality. In
It democracy and i Christianity would
meet, ana righteousness wed peace!
To conquer this ideal into actuality is
the task and travail of time to doubt
that it can be is to surrender tne cause of
mankind.
There is now in some quarters a sickly
and sentimental dissent from the goal of
democracy, and a cowardly whispered
preference against the substantive claim'
of man as man. This reluctancy from the
burden of the problem and disregard of
the good of the manv is ordinarily tracea
ble to selfish and absentee spirit. It
Assumes to distrust what love of ease dis
likes, and what eomiortnblo and compla
cent apathy would postpone. Its invest
ments are all in the present, as it is, and
)t will take no stock in the future as it
phpuld.be. It interprets the major con
siderations of life by the minor. "The of
fense df the cross is not ceased." But it
s crucifixion that leads- to resurrection.
Away with this droning snd whining pes
iimisra! i And, on the other hand, there are those
who applotid democracy without reckoning
Its principles and its foundations. Be
tween it and absolutism there is, in time's
long run, no logical blf way. Can man
learn that democracy brings no one down,'
but every one up? Can man learn it
reciprocities and its emancipations? Will
man see the basilar doctrine of the in
herent value and birthright of each several
soul value to itself, to all others and to
the one God of all?
i If not, then all falls apart and a society
not made un of a bulk of subservient and
a few preferred creditors is a fatuitv ami
a dream, and the Natarene was a dreamer.
But that way lies the madness of anarchv.
Any government is, at a given time,
strong, as the ratio is of its people (or
parts) who bel'uve in it and are ready to
back that belief. Ultimately it is as
strong as it has principles worthy to be
believed in. The bottom idea of dem
ocracy is the utmost diffusion of two
things: (a) authority, (b) responsibility.
Both of these. Neither goes well or far,
or can stand fast, alone. These balanced
centrifugal and centripetrtl forces main
tain the orbit. All the phases and hopes
.of a genuine and rational democracy are
reducible to the balance of this double
idea. The duality is critical.
' By this as a definition I will stand
that true democracy is a government in
which every ; whole man, ana because a
man, counts one. Persons are the units,
and government of, by and for these is
the sum of all its parts. Its spirit is as
great as the number of spirits that share
it, and as good as the number of good
spirits that share it. Its division exactly
equals the dividend, and the quotient is
one.
: "Division of labor," which is mndo. to'
mean "you labor and I divide," is not
democracy. Since, in this long division
of "authority and responsibi.ily" every
man should be fitted to count one. Dem
ocracy menaces itself, denies its raison
d etre, when it for a moment neglects to
seek this fitness of its merits, Represen
tation is of these fit merits. The proxv
s valid -only in this. The ballot affirms'
the importance of each integer. Its qual
ified intelligence and its unmolested free
dom is its safety, that always it shall bo
'counted as one, 'and never more or less.
Lss or more is the suppression somewhere
,of manhood; less, it were tyrannized;
more, it were tyrannical. To corrupt, to
seduce, to intimidate or to suppress it is'
;to violate democracy. Democracy alone
causes the rights of a minority to fear a
.majority. For all and by all this recog
nition of man declares that because every
imarl should count one he shall! No other
.method of government declares this, or
attempts to realize it. Heating its case
;upon "the right assessment of what con
stitutes human value," it implies that,
rights and duties are striotly correlative
and reciprocal. It studies its rules in the
(daylight of its principles. Our Supremo'
Court is governed by this overruling equi
ty. Demoaracy is its test and its dictum.1
It is 'the ultimate national refugo of the;
people. It rives the higher law. -
The. distributive assignment of govern-;
jnent is the radical end of democracy, not
descending to man, but ascending with
him. It is not paternal, but fraternal. ;
' Human ethics rising from loyalty to
one mere tribe or clan Ishmaelitish!
rises toward the comprehension of man
right. The history of this growth of hu
man, institutions, making and remaking
themselves, discovers that they move with
the instinct of a generic human life. The,
impulse strengthens as if by hydrostatic;
pressure. That great democrat. Lincoln;
that splendid representative of the fine
old aristocratic family of man, said well;
in 1856, what has tne broadest possible
application: "They who . deny freedom
to others deserve it not for 'themselves,
and under the rule of a just God cannot
long retain it." The paramount doctrine
of equal rights is that each soul has a di
vine right, a kingly and knightly right,'
jtp all the liberty lie can use. and has the
right to stand un. jn his Maker's image,
Jt'o show what he can use. Its formative
proposition is that a, just society lies in
(the good of all its elements, and that this,
good lies in the removing, by pick or
powder, of ' all avoidable hindrances to
!the affirmation of social personality, lies'
in its enabling and ennobling (so far as
circumstances, can) eacn unitary being to
iiVe the fullest possible life. . .
All "liberty" has social limitations, and
its problem is to, reduce these limitations
to tne lowest terms necessary to and con
sistent with . its oWn utmost diffusion.'
Freedom also is law.
I It is not the commercial, the strategic,1
bearings of tlis -Monroe, doctrine that
makes it strong in our American hearts
and determination, but its immense moral
meaning that democracy shall not have its
providential arena narrowed, nor its scope
thwarted by the imposition of another
itneory of the . people. America (noble
Umerical is the veAtnmi ind and iW
I (Oiuwarn oi popular tree government, and,
'to- maintain this high theory of man un-
I jfcndangescd,' ws will tight if need be1
(though God forbid- the need) if all the'
r . ' . . . " o T
Uous instinct ra which, in one of themoJ
blest wars of time, we rose up to lift Cuba
Irom under the bloody beel of the line of
Philip II. and of Alva. The people's dayj
advances. . , . ,
i I come, therefore, to assert thst which'
1 have tried to approach, and this it ia:(
That the aim of a true democracy is in
, the moat complete accord with the aims'
' of the gospel... . Both are emancipative.
Their implications are mutual. They alike
suind or laii upon tne proposition ot tne
universal spirivuai ngnn oi an men as men.)
eh y,, dow all , "middle wall ofl
partition." and unlooses "the yoks- ofl
bonaage '. open the gates of dav to!
"every creature under heaven!" Each'
, every creaiure unuer nraven: r.acn
fceeks the greatest Quantity of the highest
oualttr. , hr,.t..n,ty. truly msas-red.
come..(i the strong word. 'of Henry
Nesh, in that splendid little volume, "The
Genesis of the Social Conscience"): "To
maks the best the world know native to
tbs humu.eet. .
"In His nsme"SoB of Man" the srest
Emancipator has "authority to execute
judgment",, upon all onpressions. He is
man's Man! His authority intends the
commonalty of all souls yielding to Him
a supreme lovultv. His church, is the,
democracy of freed men. Abolishing bar
riers, rdin divisive artihcisiities, level
ing up, not down. - He introduces the au
tonomy of those He redeems from every
inhuman 'bondage, ad recalls ever child
of Adam, tvery "prisoner of hope, he
fa his. true ' birthright a, prince and
priest- AU for each an4 each for all. is
iim 'tiM Vtetttitiful' ehartM- tA which
Lllis 'signature is given, and which is sealed
witn tne sign oi n rmi uuaer iv sut
"suffer and rejoice together." ,
Democrary is not. the multitude in
power, 'with wo- adequate ideal to elevate
(nd to guide;- for'thaf is not- rule; but
it is the people, bound in fraternity, aq
equity, a unity,' in which all are eommou
shareholders lit ail uplifted and celestial
ued manhood. .' -.. .
J?euttreey, . Justly eeneeived,. H indi
givw U i CVistianjty ChrutiaAi(y un
plirs deiuocrscy and nothing, short of it,
Ie penile n oa (upon Uod) : independency
(of all insanitary 4ureas); interdepend
tnos (a numbers of no great huinasj
tiody); llitse are tho three august watch
words of what the Ron of Man prepares
e-il n i'l T-erf.Tm Tl-m ars. iri',:tial .Ml
temporlzlnj expedients will fall. Tney
are dozv and brittle. Paresis stamps
them. They are judged.
' All the real progress in tho Ides of what
A genuine democracy includes, and what
excludes, has been, consciously or not,
an appreciation and incorporation of
Christ's ideas of man. It nns been a
painful process, slowly penetrating; the
intricate processes and sodden politics of
the world, attended by harsh parodies and
bitter failures; but it has been continuous
and culminating, and at last it will con
quer. The errors and follies of men in the sa
cred name of mankind have been appalling.
Liberty has been declaimed l ' those who
were "themselves the servants of corrup
tion," but the very ciirrcev of the coun
terfeit is a testimony to the value of the
true coin.
Timid souls shrink back from the birth
pongs of change. The near-sighted and
'.ease-loving refuse to think large enough
to see what lies in that proposition, lit
which the evangel is cognnte with the law
of liberty that every man is a man. But
the virgin's magnificat is the ennunciation
of a new society. It is a propbecv. An
apocalypse is folded in it. "He hath put
down the miehty from their scats and ex
alted them of low degree."
I That cause of the people, which by the
utmost widening of responsibility ensures
and educates the largest number, grows
with each latest day. Before its "awful
roso of dawn" the lanterns of groping
years are superseded. The law of the
spirit of life, as Christ, the people's Man,
interprets it, making all classes "danger
ous classes," and those the most so who
must absent themselves from the concerns
of men at large; it instills the conviction
that an actually human relationship yields
,to no "adverse possession" of privilege,
.and that the dynasty of tne minority
must pnss.
i For democracy America stands. To it
wo are shut up. This is the people's land.
By Christianity democracy shall stand
and by naught else. If it denies the Inw
jof Christ, it denies thnt which begat it.
A divinely human society, from God and
through men, with the two great and Inst
.commandments as its pillars, is that to
Which wo are summoneil if we are to
keen faith with men and God.
! Signally, before the envious nations, we
are to chnsten, uphold, defend that idea,
wide as the earth is. We cannot evade
the duiy, and we must not sell the bless
ing. To retreat or to retract would be to
relinquish that opportunity of which
America is the trustee not to exploit a
continent, but to upload n world. New
and -emohntic providences thrust this dou
ble faith upon ns.
I The cause of the peoples of all the peo
ple, the came of mankind and of every
man, specially the lowest and the least
is the conse and the only cause of democracy,-
and it also 1s the cause of Him
whose errand was liberation, and who. as
the eternal deliverer, lives to accomplish
all His invincible decree.
: Hail, Thou Son of Man! Let all the
people praise Thee! Then shall the earth
yield her increase! The enlargement of
all the sons of men is Thy supreme ar
gument nnd evidence. They shall walk at
-liberty because they seek Thy precepts.
If Thou shalt make ns free we shall bo
free indeed. Love is Thy law and the fel
lowship of love its answer. Unto Thyself
save Thou this America.
: Well did Grnver Cleveland any this
sprin g at St. Louis: "It is a solemn
thing to belong to a people favored of
God."
They Trusted Coil.
There was a knock at the door of Aunt
Fanny's pleasant kitchen one morning,
and on the steps stood a little girl with
a basket on her arm.
, "Don't you want to buy something?"
she asked as she came in. "Here are some
nice home-knit stockings."
i ''Surely you did not knit these stock
ings yourself, little girr?" said Aunt
Fanny.
"'So, ma'am; but grandma did. She is
Tame, and so she' sits still and knits tho
things, nnd I run about to sell them;
that s the way we get along. She says
!we are partners and so I wrote out a
aign and put it over the fireplace: 'Grand
ma ft Maegie.' "
i Aunt Fanny laughed and bought tho
stockings, and as she counted out the
money to pay for them Maggie said: "This
will buy the bread and butter for supper."
"What if you had not sold anything?"
aaked Aunt r'nnny.
"You see, we prayed, 'Give us this day
our daily bread, and God has promised
jto hear .when folks pray; so I guess there
wasn't any 'if about it. When He Buys
things, they're sure and certain."
I
Happiness In Work.
Some people dream of happiness as
.something they will come to by and by,
at the end of a course of toil and struggle.
But the true way to find happiness is as
we go on in our work. Kvery day has its
'.own cup of sweetness. In every duty is
'a pot of hidden manna. In every sorrow
is a blessinv of comfort. In every burden
is rolled up a gift of God. In all life
Christ is with us, if we are true to Him?
Jf we nave learned this secret, even the
things that seem unpleasant and disagree
able yield joy in the doing. A traveler in
South Africa saw some boys playing mar
bles, using pebbles. One of these rolled
to the traveler's feet, and, picking it up,
it seemed to him only a rough stone,
without beauty or worth. But as Tie turned
;it over a gleam of light flashed from one
spot of it. It was a diamond. Duties
seem dull and dreary to us, unattractive,
hard, but they infold secrets of happiness
which we find when we accept them with
love and do them cheerfully. Rev, J. K.
Miller.
' A New Note.
' Make up your minds that definite and
settled opinions ia theology, if not within
easy reach, are possible, are desirable, are
worthy of intense inquiry. Shake off this
lethargy which allows you to remain in
eternal suspense, this indifference which
you call liberality, inis apathy you name
candor. ' It needs, I doubt not, some finer
and more generous statement to win the
ear and heart of Christendom, but I feel a
mightv confidence that, the first time now
that Christian theology clears her trumpet
and utters a not uncertain note, the voice
of Channing will be the dominant of the
strain. Heurv W. Bellows.
Cut Hair wnllo Asleep.
Miss 'Blanche Pacettl. a pretty girl
of Savannah.' Ga.. la In hysterics over
the loss of her hatr, which, It Is said,
was the' moat beautiful la the state.
While In a somnambulistic- trance the
other night Miss Pacettl sheared away
tier tresses. Her hair reached to her
feet 'and was of fine color' and silky
texture and was the pride of herself
and her parents. ' '
She retired In the evening In perfect
health. She hat not been somnambu
listic and she knows no reason why
she ebquld have arisen In the night.
While asleep she walked to a table,
got her 'mother's scissors and cut oft
her hair close to her head, leaving tho
coll 'on 'tho table, ' The scissors sho
took with her and placed them on thr
l!oor by the bedside. '
When Miss Pacettl awoko In the
mornlns she noticed a strange light
ness about her bead. She raised her
hando and was horrified to dlssover
the had lost her hair.
"Conscience Corporation."
One of the corporations lately or
ganized under the laws of Maine is
known as The Conscience Law Cor
poration, and Its purpose la to provide
a transportation medium for con
science money or conscience proper
ty, real or personal. Ita letter head
bears the balance scale of Justice,
with "conscience law" In. the lower
balance and "Legal Law" in th upper.
Along the aide of the sheet are these
mottoes: "The foundation of true
success In life la revealed In the Holy
Bible and In no other book;" "Do unto
others an you wish theui to do unto
you," and "As you sow, go shell yea
reap."
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments
November IS.
For
Subject: DarM'i Trust In Ood, Psalm li
Oolaeo Text, Pis. 23, 1 Memory Verses,
M Coameaiary on Dsy't Lesson.
1. The Shepherd and His sheep (vs. 1-4).
1. "My Shepherd." Christ is the great
Shepherd nnd His followers are the sheep.
As a shepherd, 1. Christ leads the sheep.
2. Supplies every lack. 3. Guards and
keeps them. 4. Supports them in times ol
trouble. Jehovah is often spoken of as the
Shepherd of Israel, and Israel as His flock.
Tho title of shepherd is also applied to
rulers, and in particular to David. Christ
applies the title to Himself (John 10: 1;
compare Heb. 13: 20; 1 Bet. 2: 2."). To ap
preciate the force of the image it is neces
sary to understand the difference between
the modern shepherd and the Oriental
shepherd of olden times. In that l:nd
there is a strong attachment between the
shepherd and his flock. Equally tender re
lations eist between the good Shepherd
and His flock. On the other hand th-.re it
an unfathomable affection, and on the
other a enlm, unlimited confidence. "Shall
not want." The language is partly of ex
peiience in the present and partly of con
fidence for the future. So of Iirael, look
ing back on the wandering in the wilder
ness they had lacked nothing (Dent. 2: 7),
and looking forward to the promised land
the promise was that they would lack
nothing (Deut. 8: 0). AVitli Jehovah for
my shepherd and guardian, whoso hand
rests on sH the sources of supply, I can
lack no temporal or spiritual good. When
John Fletcher was asked by George III. if
he would accept preferment in the church
as an acknowledgement for an nble and
timely paper he had written on American
affairs, tic returned the respectful but char
acteristic reply, "tire, I want nothing but
more grace.
2. To lie down." The divine Shepherd
gives rcrtt, to tho weary. The wicked are
filled with unrest (Isa. 87: 20, 21), but
Christ promises soul rest to those who
come to Him (Malt. 11: 2S-30). "Green
pastures." Pastures of budd;ng or tender
grass. The original word denotes the ten
der shoots (Deut. 32: 2) as distinguished
from the ripe grass, whirl ia expressed by
another word. Hence, this grass afforded
delicious and luxuriant pasture. From this
wa see that soul satisfaction is promised
the one who follows the divine guide (Isa.
CS: 11). "Ho leadeth me." The Oriental
shepherd never drives his flock as we do,
but goes before them. Jc3iia never asks
us to go where He does not go, or ro do or
to suffer anything He has not done or suf
fered. 11c is the perfect example. Ilia
going before means ever better things.
"Still waters." Literally, waters of rest;
not gently flowing streams, but streams
where rest and refreshment may be found
(Isa. 32: 18). But others think it has ref
erence to the quietness of the waters. In
either case the figure is most beautiful and
suggests the quiet and peacefulness with
which the soul is filled when it enters into
communion with God.
3. "Bestoreth my soul," He bringeth
back mv soul, as a sheep that bad Btravcd
(Matt. 18: 12. 13; 1 Bet. 2: 23).. The word
for "restoreth" means "to return." "bring
back," or, figuratively, "convert." Of all
animals the sheep is least able to defend it
self, either by resistance or flight; is most
given to wander away, nnd has the least
sagacity in finding its way back to the fold.
"Paths of righteousness." llight paths are
opposed to intricate and unsafe ways, and
to ways of dinl)edience and perversity
(Pea. 125: 6). "For His name's sake." To
display the glory of His grace, and not on
account of any merit in me.
4. "Shadow of death." Being so near to
death that its shadow falls over him, for
he is not far from the substance that has
come up with the shadow. The "valley of
the shadow of death" seems to have been
suggested by those deep mountain gorges
through which David was sometimes
obliged to lead his flocks, though at the
hazard of death from the wild beasts.
When the walks of duty lie in the midst of
dangers which fall around like shadows,
then, says the psalmist, I will fear no evil.
Such confidence has he in his Shepherd.
"Fear no evil." ' The soul fears not to en
ter the sunless gulfs of sorrow when as
sured of the supporting presence snd pro
tecting care of the good Shepherd. The
darkness of death is but a shadow, after
all. The trusting soul enters the gloomy
gorge only to emerge into the brighter day
of immortality. The Christian knows that
the hand which guides us into the dark
valley will guide up through it and up out
of it. "Kod and staff." The emblems of
the office of the shepherd nud his protec
tion of the sheep. The rod snd staff seem
to be two names for one instrument, which
was used to drive away wild animals, to
direct the sheep, and for the purpose of a
stuff on which to lean. The shepherd
walked before his flock, ready to protect
them from assault, and they followed
gladi'y and fearlculy wherever he led.
II. 'The Host ana His guest (vs. 5, 0). S.
''Prcparest a table." The figure is chunged.
Jehovah is now described as the host who
bountifully entertains the psalmist at His
table, ana provides him a lodging in His
own house, as Oriental monarchs enter
tained those to whom they wished to show
special favor. Although the image is
changed, vet we have substantially the
Mime ideas as those given in the earlier
portion of the psalm, .Mine enemies." Je-'
Dovan naa prepares tins Banquet tor uavui
is a mark of special honor and favor, and
this jn the presence of his enemies, who
looked on, but were not invited to partake,
't his was David's answer to those who in
his affliction had said. "There is no help
for him in Godj" "God hath forsaken him. '
"Anointest." The reference ia to the an
ointings which were the regular accom
paniment of an Oriental banquet, not to
the kingly anointing for which a different
word is useI, Anointing with oil was an
emblem of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
"Cup runneth over." The overflowing cup
suggests a fulness of blessing. Jehovah is
a bountiful provider and ia able to abund
antly satisfy.
6. "Surely." "Only." R. V., margin.
"Nothing but goodness and mercy shall
pursue me. What a contrast to the let of
the wicked man, pursued by the angel of
judgment (Psa, 35: 0), hunted by calam
ity" (140: 11). "Goodness snd mercy."
Goodness 'and mercy are the staple viands
of the feast, and give a flavor and virtue to
all the rest. Man needs goodness to sup
ply sll his waats and mercy to cancel all
his sins. "Will dwell." These words are
to be understood figuratively. The psalm
ist expected to dwell in God's immediate
preseneo forever. "Forever." Here ia a
suggestion of the closest intimacy with
God and the ceaseless enjoyment of His fa
vor. The Hen.
This gamo can bo played by ny
number of persons, who ait In a row.
Thj leader, who Is at the end, Bays
to hl3 neighbor, "I have a hen," and
each In turn must repeat the words
to his noarest neighbor. When they
have reached the farthor end of the
line the player at that end asks of
tho one next him, "Has she feathers?"
And when this question haa traveled
back to the leader, he returns the an
swer, "She has feathers.-' Then fol-
low In liko manner the questions and
answers, "Can she walk?" "the can
walk." "How does she walUT" "Wig-gledy-waggledy,
wlgglody-waggledy."
As eacU player says this ho imitates
the walk of a chicken with bis bands.
"Can she crow ?" f'Sha a cror."
"How does she crowT". - (Each then
Imltatos the crowing of a rooster.)
The object of this game Is to keep
from laughing, which is usually diffi
cult. Any one who laughs' or makes
a mUtak In repeating the questions
and aaswori must pay a forrelt. , .
Celery and Lettuce 'arm. -Orange
Farm station, four miles
south of Gosheu; N. Y has the largest
celery and lettuce patches In the state
The celery ptitch, oovors twenty-sU
acres and la Hied with straight rows
ooao of them a quarter of a mile long
The lettuce bod comprises twelve
acres.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
November IS" How My W Help Abolish
lbs Salooo?" Eph-6:10-13. (Tempersace.)
8crlpture Verse. Evils ol In
temperance. Prov, 20:1; 21:17; 23:29
22; 31:4, 6; Isa. 6:11, 12, 22; 28:7;
Dan. 6:1-5, 30; Rom. 14-21. Effects
of Intemperance. Lev, 10:8-11; Dan.
1:8, 15-17; 1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 8:13; 9:23
27; Gal. 6:22-24; Eph. 6:18.
Lesson Thoughts,
"King Alcohol!" What a jl'isgraci.
to the faith of Christianity that thJi
should ever be said! "Strong In the
Lord, and In the power of his might,"
we should never allow any of the pow
ers of darkness to gain the throne.
Behind the saloon that we see Is ths
"spiritual wickedness" that promptl
tt; we cannot therefore successfully
oppoe It by political means, we need
the whole spiritual armor of Ood.
"In the name of God as King, the
saloon muBt go."
' Selections.
The saloon is doomed as soon at
Christians touch elbows. As long af
A won't fight unless the army usei
swords, and B unless it uses lances
and C unlesB it uses muEkets, and E
unless It usrs pistols, the saloon
forces are happy and safe.
Many lines of business now shut
out from employment any men who
patronize the saloon. Intrenched II
may be now behind the ramparts ol
misguided customs and unnatural ap
petite, but when men see tt as it is.
distilling iniquity unceasingly, as the
hooded cobra secrets venom, then will
rlst) up and destroy it.
Every man Is owner and captain ol
his own citizenship. Hut God is man's
rightful pilot. The Baloon power Is
doomed, but that doom will bo written
on Its monument whenever the cltl
zens of this country take their orden
from their divine Pilot. Let men
"commit" their "way unto the Lord,"
and then, nnd, I think, not until then,
will He "bring it to pass."
In God's own might
We gird us for the coming fight.
And, Btrong In Him whosa cause 1
ours,
In conflict with unholy powers,
We graBp the weapons he has given
The light and truth and love of heaven.
If a man Is In chains and I hold tire
key of his padlock, who Is responsible
for his bondage? The key to the sa
loon Bituatlon Is held by the Chris
tians of America. If they should com
bine and work with earnestness, there
Is no doubt that they could annihilate
the drink traffic.
Suggested Hymns.
Gird on the sword nnd armor.
Throw out the life line.
En-camped along the hills of light.
Standing by a purpose true.
Onward, Christian soldiers.
Stand up! stand up for Jesus.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETINQ TOPICS.
November 15 Personal Work the Duly ol
Every Cbrlstlso, John I. 35-40, 45, 46;
Ads 8. 26; Acts 10.
There Is In the first chapter of
lohn gospel an abiding testimony to
:he value of personal work. Andrew
!ound Simon, Philip found NathanaeL
There was no great meeting, no mul
titude, no excitement. A man had made
a discovery of the utmost Importance
:o himself. But he felt that it was
juite as Important to others. So hd
went to the nearest man, and said, "I
have found the Christ. Come!"
In each case there was first a dis
covery. Every Jew knew of the Mes
sianic hope. So when Andrew and
Philip found by Jesus's revealing of
h'imstdf to them that this was Indeed
tho Christ, iliey did not hes'itate tc
make their discovery known. Before
that they could have said nothing
about Jesus that would have had
more than a passing Interest. But
Messiah! That was worth telling. He
who would win others to faith In the
Sent of God must himself first have
found him.
There Is no more striking illustra
tion in the New Testament of God's
use of two methods than In the story
of Philip the Evangelist. He had con
ducted a great revival In Samaria. The
peopl'e with one accord gave heed unto
the things be spoke, and tho work at
tracted so much attention that Peter
and John went down from Jerusalem
to take part In It. Then, on the heels
of that great awakening, Philip is Bent
to the high road from Jerusalem to
Africa, to meet one man and preach
to him. Philip's method with the
Hthopian eunuch was a model for per
sonal workers. He used the Word
He explained It. . He went from the
known to the unknown. He preached
unto him Jesus. And he won bis man.
The conversion of Cornelius Is a
type. Many a man Is ready to receive
the Gospel, who waits only the teach
ing that will show him what he needs.
There are Incidents of that sort In
nearly every revival. Not all the un
converted are defiant and deliberate
sinners. They desire better things,
They have long been anxious for 8
happier lire. And many a Christian
worker who has gone to such persons a
little unwillingly, like Peter, has been
ashemed by the remark, "I have been
hoping for a long tlmo that somebody
would speak to me about religion, but
nobody has ever seemed to cam."
BOLT SLAYS IN MINE.
Lightning Follows Wire 830 Feet and
Discharges a Dlast.
t was a peculiar freak of lightning
which sent Martin Stevens, a miner
at Franklin Furnace, N. J., to his
death. He was very much afraid of
lightning and said that be was glad
be worked underground -where the
lightning could not get at him.
It was his custom whenever a storm
came up to run Into the mine en
trance. He did not think that the
I'ghtnlng . would chase him under
ground and slay him there, but that Is
exaotly what tt did. .
Stevens was engaged In making a
blast ready for a charge, when sud
denly the lightning struck the electric
light wire outside and ran down tho
wire' 100 feet Into the mine, where It
crossed with the discharge wire which
Stevens was using. . , , .,
As a consequence the blast waa dis
charged while Stevens was working
ovvr.lt and be was blown to pieces.
New York. Horald, . , t -, . ...
" '' Cat 8vsd by Deck House,
v,. The, dock house of the barge Vol
unteer that foundered off Narragan
sett was seen the other evening drift
ing off the life-saving station, and
some ot the station crew put off In a
small boat'tti Inspect It; and found
upon Its root a live cat, which tbey
took ashore.
IflE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
A Mltln Mnrtyr to Drink How ths Minor
Trm Oeta In It Blown I'pon Tlm
Who Are I'erffrtly Innnrcnt or Ita Tne
Disproving a Time-M orn Kallnrv.
The following incidnnt ia n very "trikin?
Illuntrntinn of how the Imunr traffic nets
in ita blowa upon thoce who sre perfectly
innocent of the use of intoxicating; drink,
nnd proves the fallacy of the time-worn
injunction, ''lt liquor n'.one and it will
let you alone."
On onp of the eoldcat night of lat win
ter a policeman wna pnlroliiia; hia beat in
the tenement portion of one of our lavno
western citiea. At a. certain point sttnni
waa rontinimlly risine from around an
iron trap door in the utreet, tlirouuh
which the hcatinjr system of the city was
regulated. Kach time he paed this point
he would pause to warm his chilled feet
on the warm iron. But on one of his turns
he was eurprined to find some object upon
the lid. and when he drew nearer found i
little Rirl, not more than eight years old,
r-lad onlv in a thin night garment, crouch
ing on the warm iron, in a vain endeavor
to keep from fleering in the chill winter
hlaxts. She was alread" numb wilh cold
and unnble to utter a sound. The police
man rang for a patrol and hurried tier to
the station, where she was placed in the
care of the kind-henrted matron, but t h?
most etrenunus efforts were necessnrv to
revive the spark of life that burned ai
feebly in her frail body. She would have
been n pretty child hut for the starved ex
pression on her features and the long red
mark across one side of her face, where
she had evidently been struck a cruel blow.
The policemen who were in the station
that night will never forget the sight thnt
met their eyes when the matron removed
the child's single garment and called them
in to see the condition oi her body. She
was literallv covered witn bruies, and
across her little h.-v-k were '.'eat purple
wells where she had been beaten with a
stick. Hardened to such things as tluy
were manv of the policemen wept ns they
saw the child's pitiful condition. She wm
soon raving in delirium, and the only in
telligible words they coild pet from her
were. "Papa wouldn't have done, it if he
hadn't been drinking."
Police invest Nation found her to be a
motherless waif, livinu with a drunken
father and an equally drunken stepmother
in n barren room of one of the tenement.
Whatever they earned was spent in tho
corner saloon, and the child was snt out
on the streets to beg for food for the fam
ily. On the day in onestin-i the weather
had been so terrible thnt she returned nt
night with frozen clothing nnd an almost,
emnty basket. There was no fire, so she
mit on the onlv other garment he cou'd
find and crawled into the bed. About mid
night the father came in half drunk, and
not finding the fond he expected dragged
the child from bed. beat her cruelly and
forced her out into the bitter cold night,
forbidding her to return until she could
secure food or monev. Knowing not where
to go she sought the only wm-m n'ne to
be found and couched upon the lid of the
stnni trap until found bv the noliceninn.
Tli best of treatment could not avail,
anil in less than a week the lilt'e "iiff,rer
passed away, and the lt words that
crossed her lins were. "Papa wouldn't
lm- done it if he hadn't been drinkim."
She vas hut one of thomnnds of little
ones who are innocent sufferers at the
hands of the ininuitntts drink traffic. Yet
the great mass of church membership ami
Christian voters who are in truth respon
sible for the existence of the saloon main
tain an attitude of the greatest indiffrr
ence. and refrain, when the power is
theirs, from dealing the institution a blow
which would forever destroy it. Yet the
One whom they nrofess to fo'low said
when Tie was on the earth, "Whoso shnll
offend one of these little ones it were bet
ter for him that a millstone were hanged
fibont h's neck nnd that he "-ere drowned
in the depth of the sea." rev. Clarence
S. Long.
Responsibility of the Mile Door.
Magistrate Peter T. Barlow, of Xew
York City, says the side door of the saloon
is responsible for the increase of drunken
ness among women of the noorer classes.
"It is true that drunkenness among
women is on the increase," he said, "but
the figures are not startling until they are
carefully considered. An increase of a,
thousand or two doea not mean much,
with the rapid growth of the city, until
you consider the classes that arc swelling
the total. There has been a marked fall
ing off in arrests of dissolute women on
the charge of intoxication. Their places in
the police courts have b"en more than
taken by women who belong to the re
spectable working clement of the city.
Tenderloin characters do not come before
us so often on chargea involving intnxra
tion. while women in the tenement dis
tricts arc before us every day.
"There is no doubt in my 'mind tint the
s'de door of the saloon is responsible for
the increase among the poorer women.
Tby cannot go to glittering eafea. They
"ill not go in by th front door. When
they get restless and seek diversion the
side door ia a temptation. It also involves
a lowering of the moral standard, liecnine
it entaila concealment. The woman knows
it is not resectable to go into n aaloon.
She soon alters her view to mean that it
is not respectable to be seen going into n
saloon; it ia all right so long as she is not
found out. I'nfortupately, manv if them
are f-nind out by being compelled to ap
pear in court."
A Destructive Agent.
The famous Dr. Wulfert has lately pub
lished a paper on the effect of slcoliol on
Europeans in tropical eountriea. It is
more dangerous, be says, than malaria or
climate fever, aa it st the same time af
fecU the digestive organs, the brain and
the nervous system. Kvery scientist who
haa spent some time in tropical countries
agrees with the opinion that the digestive
organa, the stomach snd the bowels easier
get out of order in hot than in cold cli
matea, and that the breaking-down effecta
of alcohol are considerably atronger in the
tropics than in more temperate climates.
A person addicted to the use of alcoholic
liquors will there have his stomach en
tirely out of order in two weeke.
It is the same way with the nervea. The
moderate use of alcohol continued with
the heat cauaes an intolerable somnolence,
weakness, heaviness in the limbs, difficulty
in working, and low spirits. The effecta
on the .brain show themselves bv dizzi
ness and in fits of bad temper that some
times cause real madness. These effecta
of the alcohol allow themselves especial
ly during ths rainy time, when the air
ia saturated with moisture. Aa a proof
that these troubles reauy come from alco
hol can be mentioned, that the Hollanders
in Iudia, who do not use alcoholic bever
ages, are able to work hard either at
mental or muscular work even during the
hottest times. B. K. Hockert.
The Germ or the Appetite.
The theory that germs of an appetite
for liquor sis imparted to babiea through
the medium of milk from cowa that eat
the refute from diatilleries haa auggeated
itself to Assistant State Food Iiihiiector
for Illinois, K. M. Patterson. Mr. Patter
son haa returned from Peoria, where he
found 150 distillery fed cowa whoso milk
had been regularly shipped to Chicago. He
enjoined the dairymen to sell no more
milk from these cattle. "I cannot asy I
saw any of the csttle under the influence
pf liquor," said Mr. Patterson, "but 1
know that ths corn mash haa a hem.iar
effect on them, and it is against ths law
to sell tbsir milk." ,
Taelaig Terrible Fart.
San Francisco has the terrible fact to
face that there are over 3000 saloons within
her city limits; one saloon to every 125 ol
per population, and what is ths worat
feature, many of the saloons have groceiy
stores in front, and children who go for
home supplies are only neparated from the
evils of the saloon by s swinging door, and
learn all manner of wicked neat irom their
earliest youth. Recently the Commission
ers of toe city have decided there shall be
on further increase in the ealoona, and.
Iso, that if any salooii goea out of exist
onts no other can resume business on that
site. Throtiiih thcao laavs ban Francikco
hopes to lime Iras than 30,000 arrctts year
ly, over half ot which arc tlirs-.-t ' as .-cunt-able
t tlu ii.iitt.-r U?.!tU-,
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR?
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.'
focm: Com and Dine Doohtleaa the CnU
godly Are Allowed to Prosper In Order
to Test nnd Trove the Hlgliteons Tfeelr
H access la Only Apparent.
What ia this form on the sandy beacba
Hiisy with wor: aublime? -Givin
- a hail in human speech,
liidding them come and diner
With erarred lands He gathers the woods
Honsting the fish in the sun.
Preparing for hungry men their food,
When toils of the aca arc done.
What are those marks on His manly feet?
On His brow, where the crown should
be?
A generous hail to the fishermen's fleet.
And a meal bv the side of the sea.
i
Wholesome fears on their souls were cast,
Heverent worship given.
A double meal, a sweet repast,
O rarest bread from heaven.
ISrcad for the body, bread for the sou?,
Hy resurrection power. '
A bond complete to make them whole?.
Crown of their lasting dower.
-The Kev. II. T. Miller, in New York
Observer.
Prosperity of the Tricked.
It ia true that some godlesa men and
women seem to be happv and prosperous,
and that some devoted disciples are irreat
Iv afflicted. Hut it is far from the natural
deduction of Scripture and experience that
all the godly are unsuccessful and tha
wicked prosperous; though we do ac
knowledge that the ancient sentiment of
the text is not without its modern appli
cation. We still wonder whv the un
righteoua prosper and the godly are af
flicted. We cannot deny that manv worldly pea
pie have an abundance of life's hlcainm
and that they appear to lie quite free front
adversity.
It is not uncommon for godlesa people)
to inherit property. Nor is it unusual for
unbelieving pnrenta to leave an inheritance
to their children. That, while there has
been utter indifference to Christianity.
there has heen no want of concern in tho
accumulation of wealth. And manv pos
sess a disinterested temperament that pro
tects them from needlesa care and anx-
letv.
Doubtless the ungodly are allowed to
prosper in order to test and prove the-
righteous. It is a test for the faithful, hut
yniortunate, to see some godless mortal
carried on the sea of prosperity. Hut i&
is a test that we arc abundantly able tut
sustain.
Having admitted that the ungodly often
enjoy temporal prosperity, it remaina to
acknowledge that the righteous are fre
quently subjected to the greatest snifter
ing of bodv and mind, and. if possible. to
ascertain the cause. Xot nil are greatly
afflicted, though it ia very likely that every
heart sustains some burden. Kven our
limited knowledge of the Scriptures and
imperfect religious experience enables ns
to understand whv helievere are often af
flicted. It seems aa if some were destined
to be unfortunnte. Kverything they un
dertake fai's. and the harder thev labor
the more they are disappointed. We ut
terly repudiate the doctrine of fate, but
find ourselves confronted with the fact
that soni" seem to be creatures of misfor
tu:X?. Manv of life's adversities art
brought upon themselves. We may ac
cuse others or even Ood. but in our inner
consciousness find ourselves confronted
with the conviction that we have been the
cause of our own suffering.
Some of life a adversities are brought
upon us by others. The social fabric ia so
closely woven that even one thread can
not be broken without wenkening the
whole. So we suffer for the deeds of
others. We believe that Ood sometimes
sends affliction to bring His children hack
to Himself. He takes away the idol ol
some heart that He may be the only ob
ject of adoration. He sweeps awav house
and lands to teach His people that they"
are dependent upon Him. One has ex
cruciating pain to teach him lue frailty o
the body and the certainty of its ulti
mate dissolution.
All ostensible prosperity is not true
prosperity. The prosperity of the world
is greatly overestimated. Some godless
men succeed in certain particulars, but
they have not that which is wo'th more
than the treasures nf Egypt. They are
poor spiritually. They cannot purchase;
at the market the one great need of th
aoul.
The adversity of the righteoua is shu
overestimated. They do suffer, thev es
pect to suffer and are willing- to suffer, if
auch suffering will contribute toward their
justification, liut it ia better to be in
moderate circumstances and lie in tho
kingdom with pain, than out of it with
out. There ia onlv one iust conclusion. Tt i
that the government of Ood ia nerfeetlir
just snd that we are safe in ita keeping.
a cniui once aani, i know mat tne crim
inal will obtain itlstice. because mv father)
is the judge. We know that we shall have
prosperity and adversity. We know wo
shall have iustice because our heavenly
rather is the jnde The Rev. C. Ij.
Palmer, Kingston, N. Y.
Morning I'rayer.
Orant unto us, Almighty God. in sll
time of sore distress, the comfort of the
forgiveness of our sins. In time of dsrk
ness give us blessed hope, in time of sick
ness of the bodv give ua quiet courage:
and when the beurt is boweu down, ami
the aoul is very heavy, and life ia a bur
den, and pleasure a weariness, and the aun
ia too bright, and life too mirthful, then
may that Spirit, the Spirit of the Com
forter, come upon us, and after our dark
nesa may there be the clear shining of
the heavenlv light; that ao. being uplifted
again by Thy mercy, we may rasa on
through this our mortal life with qniet
cuurage, patient bone, and unshaken
trust, hoping through Thy loving kindness,
and tender mercy to be delivered front
death into the large life nf the eternal
Sears. Hear ua of Thy mercy, through
esua Christ our Lord, amen. Congrega.
tionaliat. Sowing anil Keeping.
Yon may sometimes have been in per
plexity, and longed for some one to tell
you the right thing to do. Remember that
Ood knowa the end from the beginning,
and He knowa what you ought to do. If
you are in diatresa or in need, and era
willing to be guided, Ood will lead you in
the right direction. The great thing i
to recognize your need. If vou do thi
snd ak help of the Great Father, He will
do the beat that ran be done for you, and
will give you help in proportion as yon
recognize your need. We reap what we
sow. If we sow for righteousness and di
vine help, we shall get that very thing;
and we shall get all the help we are pre
pared, to receive. Dr. J. H. Kellogg. .
A Conceited Cooaclenee.
"There is nothing so unmanageable as
conceited conscience," aays Ueecber. The
I'hariaee had one, and he baa many suc
ceaaora. It exiats in s caae where self-approval
is so enormously inflated that tb
one entrenched behind it cannot see over;
to discover the disapproval of Ciod or aaaa
Philadelphia Young People.
Character Priceless Jewel.
Character poaaeaaes a charm for only
those who seek it. snd is the prieeteais
jewel of heroic souls, who esre for bo ap
probation but that of the law, consciences
anil Ood.-Xhs Rev. C. P. Smith. ,,
Trick With Egg and Glasses. .
To remove an egt from one wlno
flsss to anbthor without toaesdac
either, the egg or the sjlajsses: Place
two wlneglassea touching each oUter
and In a direct line from you, suid la
the one nearer to youj must be placed
an egg with fta smaller aud down
ward. Then blow with the mouth aud-
llenly and sharply and strongly against
tho aide of tiie ogg, but la a down
ward direction, and the egg will be
llftel up end rilll3 over vill lodsw