"AFTERWARD" A Brilliant Smday Sermon Cy Rev, J. H. Lockwood. Dtclsres that (hj Whole Knlfma of Lit it Solved at Ooc When Yob Hold the Keyword. BROOKLYN. V. Y. The Rev. .T. IT. T.nrk. rood, pastor of the Naugatuck (Conn.) M. 11, x. ,.., fll I AMILU UllllUaj' IIIUIIHIMt 111 Grace M. K. Church in the absence of the nastor, the P.ev. Dr. John E. Adams. Mr. lockwood is well and favorably known in Brooklyn and on Long Inland, where he has lie.d BFvernl nantorntea. lln wh hnrn and educated in Brooklyn and studied law before he entered the miniatry. He had the distinction of being last year the only clerical member of the Connecticut Leg islature. He took for the subject of his sermon. "Afterward." Ilia text was from Hebrews, xii:2: "Now no chastening, but the present seemeth to be jovous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yield eth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised therehv." Mr. Lockwood said: Let us consider the tingle word "After ward" Bl our text. If vou irraan that wnr.l and its rich content of comfort yon will nave caumit tne wnoie message of the scr 1.. on, and you will possess a most valuable solvent for life's perplexing, and often dis tressing, problems. Human lite is a mvsterious enir a that lias successfully baffled the efforts ner.ist- ently made bv the profoundest thinkers of our race for its solution. "What is life?" is the still puzzling question of questions. As the biologists and their fellow scientists have not succeeded in tellin us just what that elusive thine we call tihvalcal life is. neither have poets, prophets, philosophers, nor even philanthro--;ta been able to tell us adequately what real life is. Hero is tins strange thing we call life, with its many and varied phenomena, and the more profoundly and comprehensively we atudv it the more confused it leaves us. There are experiences positively joyous and experiences positively paintill, ana mere are experiences partially joyous and par- usiiy painiui, ana we loon at this great mass of life's complex drta and are quite baffled to know the meaning of it all. Still, with our hearts, at well as with our heads, we ask again the irrepressible interroga tive. "What is life?" Are we, indeed, only a lot if animals high class animals, to be snr;. but oniv ani ninls. nevertheless, sprune from the prime val mud and risen to our present intellect ual and moral exaltation and giorv bv painful step and slow, on'-- to br plowed under shortly in the great cosmis agricul ture to serve as soil for some future crop, a little finer grained than we? From mud to mud that is the program of evolution. Or, on the other hand, is it some splendid, sweening plan which we are in, working out for us, the immortal participants, a fnr more exceeding and eternal weight of glory that shall thrill the soul forever? Have ve been but blind and stuoid workers at the loom of time, weaving an imaginary fabric that really had no existence, even as "one that beateth the air." or are we act ually engaged in some real work of marvel ous design, whose pattern we see not clear ly and in nil its romnrehensive details, but which our Master Workman knnweth well? Let us lonlr at the three proffered exp'a nitios ,.f life. First, there is the doleful and distressing answer of philosnnhic pes simism which assures us that thinzs are surelv growing worse' all the time, the world is rolling down lull nid there are no brakes that can be apolied. The world now is better than it will ever be hereafter. If you like that view, accent it. No, we must not say it o. Xot, do you like it, but is it true? That is the way to p. '; it; for, pleasant or remiTnant. we must accept what is true. But this view cannot possi bly be true unless the proposition on which it. is based is a'so true, the proposition of the fool who said in bit heart, "There it no God.". And In the tccond place we have the an twer of philosophic optimism, which as serts that things are steadily getting bet ter; that, whereas life to-day is far better than it was 1000 or 10,000 vears ago, it will be far better 1000 or 10.000 years hence. But this prevalent theory ia scarcely any improvement on the other, except to the I aufici ml-uii iiiiiiHcr, mr 11, manes no provi sion for the perpetuation of personality. Where will you and I be when those far off imnrnve ments of our race arrive? This materialistic philoaonhy offers us of the present no immortality, and hence no op portunity for the adjustment of life's pres ent glaring injustices. I am glad to believe that the rece that shall he resident hero 1000 vears from now will be a better race. But I would like to he in existence some where, too. when the better day dawns. And even if I could vise to the superb un selfishness like unto that which noets some times ting when, temporarily, they happen to be in just that mood, and could tay I was content to live and die and cease t exist here or anywhere else if only, at a result of my having lived a while, future generations might h? lifted a little higher; still, one must feel that that pretty and, after all. rather morbidly sentimental scheme does not satisfy, the imperative de mands of our souls that wrongs shall be adenuately righted, that innocent sufferers shall be comuensated and that outraged helplessness shall be avenged. Now comes Christianity, with its ample answer. It admits all the facta, the ap. parent injustices of the present, the pros perity of the unrighteous, the triumnhing of the wicked, and, on the other hand, the suffering and the seeming defeats of God's heroes and saints in the fierce, hot contest of fe: and then t sneaks one blessed word, "Afterward!" and we can be pa tient. After wc have heard that divine word we can see the wicked suread himself like a green bay tree, and still we "rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him, and we refuse to fret ourselves because of him who prospereth in his wavs, because of the man who hringeth n icked devices to pass.'' The whole puzzling enigma of life is solved at once when you ho'd the keyword, and that word ia the tingle word of the text. "Afterward!" That is to say, you can get no satisfac tory explanation of this strange and some what feverish thing we call life, un'ess you, think of what is to follow. A noted Amer. ican orator, in a famous sentence of bis, has told us that we have no lamp with which to guide our fret in the future ex cept the experience of the paat. He con tended, and rightly, too. that we cannot properly estimate the future unless wo bass our judgment on the experience of the past. Now we may go on and supp'e ment Patrick Henry's familiar dictum by laying that we have no lamp to reveal tbe meaning of the present, except the light of the future. "Afterward" ia the word that explains the mysterious disciplinings and chaateningt of the present. If you will grasp that word with firm, athletic grip, il will settle for ycu kll these difficult prob lems that to frequently confront your toul and disturb your heart. , When you come to tome terrtfio exper ience in life that all but thatteri the very , foundationi of faith when your toul falls stricken and wounded on life's cruel bat tlefielda thousand arrows of temptalion piercing the spirit and many a sword of' sorrow thrust through the heart so that all you can do is to cry in agony and terror, "Mv God, my God, hast Thou forsaken me!" Then above the tumult of grief and the roar of the black billows, may God tend some ministering angel of memory to whisper with soothing voice this one word, afterward;" and the soft, tweet beauty of t shall solace your aching heart and ihs peace cf God thall once more flood your 011 1. If you look at the lives of the great and real heroes of our race you will find they gained mighty power from the inspiration of the future. They kent one eyo on the 'flernord." Motet, "had respect unto the recompense of tho reward. 1'aul oould calmly lay that wonderful head of h.' on the block and pour out hit life on the high altar of martyrdom because of the power of the "afterward" in bit toul. tven Jesut "endured the cross and de spised the shame fur the joy that wat set Wore Him." And. my brethren, if we run with patience the race that it set be fore us, wo must keep' looking forward, looking unto Jesus, the Captain of our aalvation, who wat made perfect through tuflering. This stems to be the diviue order-erst the dark, then the light; brat the cross, then tbe crown. And that erota temporary, the crown it eternal. His late Dr. Maltbie Babcock said, somewhat ingeniously, but ery helpfully, .. ' vou take the) sharp, severe word. discipline." a .id discard tho fll "e,'' XlWih. ia.of liuk or iitt.vliif.ktart1.nj substitute a nnii ." vou nave ins tern der and gentle word "ditcipling." That it really what the present chastenings mean you are being made a disciple vou are taking Christ's yoke uon you and learning of Him as He has invited yon to do. Vou nre entering into the fellowship of His suf ferings. But. "beloved, if we suffer with Him. we shall also reign with Him after ward!" After all, how blank and dull, and sadly monotonous life would be without its crises of pain. The problem of nain- how it has vexed us and how pain has pained 11s, and yet how it has enriched us! As many a spice plant gives forth its most fra grant perfume only when bruised and crushed, to a human heart doea its best for other human hearts after some soften ing grief hat visited it. Martineau said: A world without a contingency or an arnny could have no hero and no taint. There is no epic of the cc.-taintics and no Ivric without the surmise of sorrow and the sigh of fear. Whatever touches and ennobles us in ti e lives and voices of the past is a divine birth from human doubt and pain." The sculptors have a maxim to the ef fect that "all that is not statue must be hewn away." At first our lives are like a rough and quite meaningless block nf mar ble, with many a ton sharp angle and many a blemiah. And as Michael Angelo said of tne stone thrown on the rubbish hesp: "I see an angel there ana I must get him out," so God sees the best there is in you and He is determined to bring i; out, even if He must needs use chisel and mallet. Ana now the blowt are itrnck, the chisel cuts deep, the chips fly. "The more tho marble wastes the more the statue grows." Thus continues the divine sculptor Hit work and labor of love, until there stands forth, afterward, n rlorious soul of majes tic dimensions and Christlike beauty. "'Tit the Master who holds the chisel, and day by day He It chinning whatever environ! the form away. That under Hit skilful cutting tho form may he Wroupht silently out into beauty, of tucli degree Of faultiest anil full perfection, that angel eyes Shall gaze en the finished product with' new mrnrise, That even His matchless patience could grave His own Features upon auch fractured and ttubborn atone." There is, unfortunately, another side fn this proposition. For the wicked as well as for the righteous there is an "after ward." Over that melancholy scene I would gladly draw the curtain of complete silence. I would fain hold niv peace and sneak not at all of the wretched sequel which in the very nature of things must be theirs who hurl defiance at God't be nevolent laws for the souls of men. Just as the tears of the righteous now shall afterward be transmuted into eternal gems, sparkling forever in the light of heaven, so the very perns of the wicked, the tawdry tinsel and trinkets and toys that now seem so bright and attractive, will be found, afterward, to be but the perishable accessories of a mad niuhtmare of revelry and rioting. The emptv. idle fallacies with which they sported here. Kilim? time ann Killing soma, sha.i after word become whins that 'ash them forever, scorpions whose sting is eternal, tears that are never wiDcd uwav, but which unceas ingly aca'd and scarify the soul like biting acids e"tin? the heart forever. For the devil's dune the inevitable order is just that now n little temporary p'eiis ltre, just enough to bait, the soul success fully; and afterward, desolation and an guish indescribable. So, to sum it all up what kind of an nf teiward are you going to have? That de pends on 'hat kind of a present you are having. Would ymi not prefer to suffer afflictions with God's neonle and afterward have glory unsneokable than to enjoy tho pleasures of sin for n season, and after ward fuller the inevitable aftermath of despair? Pay "vea" to that proposition, and I will say "Amen." Reelng the Beauty. Some persons are always looking for the dark things of life, and of course they tind what thev are looking for. Others arc al ways looking for the bright things, and they find them. Bishop Nicholson, of Mil waukee, relates that during the first years 01 hit ministry parish matters, social find financial, were in a bad way. and straight ening them out was slow work. He was mudi discouraged one day when, having gone to New York on business, he stopped to look at the Brooklyn Bridge, then building. A man, covered with dirt, was working on the abutments. "That's pretty dirty work you are engaged in." said the hiahop. "Well, yes," answered the laborer, "but somehow we don't think of the dirt, but of the beauty which ia to come out of our work." "It was the lesson I needed." savs the bishop, "and I went back to Phil adelphia the better for it." It ia a lesson which we all need. Happy, indeed, will he those who learn and apply it. . W. Christian Advocate. - Our Part Essentia'.. God hat a place for each one of ut, and a work for each one of ut. God doet not expect ut to till more than our own place, or to do more than our own work; but each one of ut. it important in hit or her own tphere. All the offerings of 0. wealthy in the courts of the temple nf Jerusalem were well in their time and amount. Bui the poor widow, who had only her two mitea, should not have felt that her gift was unimportant. It seemed as if Jesus sat watching and waiting for that little off :ring; and the story of her doing her part has been told the world over in the centuries aince then, at a les son and at an inspiration. F.ven though our part it but a little ope, God, at it were, watches and waits for tn-t.Suoday School Timet. , The Larger Life. I am quite clear that one of our worst failures is at the point where, having re solved like angels, we drop back into the old matter-of-fact life nnd do just what wo aid before, because we have always' done it, and because everybody does it, and be cause our fathers and mothers did it, all of which may be the very rer on why we should not do it. There is no station of Hie, and no place of one's home, where, if he want to enlarge hit life in caring for people outside himself, he may not start on a career of enlargement which shall ex tend indefinitely. And we shall rind the answer to our question to bs that the man who enter upon infinite purposes livet the infinite life. He enlarges his life by every upeiience of life. Phillips Brooks. Dally Duties. I cannot tay that the true part of a man, in relation to God, seemt to me to be. to give all that it claimed, and claim nothing that it not given. And I pro foundly believe that whoever will cheer fully surrender himself to the daily duty and the prayer of faith, will not long be left in the shadows, but will emerge into k light which be knowa to be divine. James Martineau. Sharpening Her Teeth. . Mra. ' Samuel Sloane Cpauncey, whose engagement to Lord Roaebery ia rumored, waa Mlaa Alice Carr of Louisville In her youth. Her slater, who waa MIbb Grace Carr, la married to Lord Newborough. Lady Newborough sometimes tella story About a Louisville maid ser vant employed by her family In her childhood. Tbe maid, fresh from the old couutry, waa very green. One day a gueat of tbe family, a young wom an, waa late for dinner, yet she waa in her room. "Go to her room," someone said to tbe inaid, "knock at her door, and And out why she doesn't come down atalra." The maid departed, and in a little while returned. ".The lady'U be down in a .moment, ma'm. She'a Just sharp en In' her teeth," abe said. Not Worried About Wall Street With aixty-Ove buahela of oata and flftrflve buahela of barley to the acre, wheat aa high as a man'a head and oo rn ailklng out tbe last of July, no one need have any kick coming on Bouts Dakota. Huron (S. D.) Jour nal World. THE SABBATH SCHOOL loiernatlonal Leaaao Comments November 29. for SubJ-ctt David's Chart to Solomon, I Cfaroa. xxvliL, 1.10-Ooldea Teat, Pror. Ill, 8 Memory Vtitei, 9, 10 Commentary ea tht Day's Lesson, 1. The assembly of pr!.irs (vs. 1-4) J. z. And jJaviu assemb.eel, etc. Hits re' fert to the persons whose names and ollices ore mentioned in the preceding chapter. An assembly convened consisting of the princes of tribes, captains and suhnrdinata officers of the armv. stewardie of the royal household nnd nobles of the land. The na tion was well represented, and the occasion was solemn nnd important. "Stood up." He was now very old and chiefly confined to his bed, and while he was addressing his ton Solomon he continued on the bed, but when all the principal nobles of his kingdom came before him he received strength to arise and address them stand ing. "My brethren." Although David is their superior and speaks with dignity and authority, yet his spirit is humble and af fectionate. "I had in mine heart." David had intended to build the temple, until God denied him the privilege nnd promised him a son who should build it. "To build an house." David had accomplished nearly all of his heart's desire as to his kingdom. He had found it small and left it great. He found it chao.. and left it tinelv organ ized. He found religion at n low ebb, and left it earnest, active, organized for work But there was one great work on whipli he had set his heart which he could not ac complish, anil that was the rearing of a temple worthy of the religion of the true God and which should ho'd up tho name of the true Cod before the nations, and make permanent in his own nation the principles and teachings of the divine re ligion. 3, 4. "A man of war." The wars ot David were not carried on aqainst God's will. In many cases they were expressly ordered bv Jehovah, and often called th'i "wars of the Lord." In order to establish Israel in Canaan, wars and bloodshed could not be avoided. Yet this was not in har mony with the symbolism of peace and quiet which were to be embodied in tha house of .Teho'-ah. Hence it could not be done by David in his time. "David is not Warned for his great wars. They were necessary wars, not wars of aigresnion. but defensive wars, to keep the enemies ol true religion from destroying the nation and the religion it reprentcd; or the; were executive wars for the neccosarv Pun ishment and restraint of crime. 1. 'These wars took up his time, so that he eoi'M not do well the other task, for which his victories prepa-ed the wav. 2. They un fitted him for the best doing of the great work of peace. This required a different kind of ability and a different training. 3. It was fitting that the tei i'c of the true CJod for a!) the world sho'i d be a tcmnle of reace. It was intended tn nroc'nini peace, to brini peace, to tea"h peace to individual and to nations. Its victoriei were to be victories of peace; into it va to come the Prince of l'cace, proclaiming 'peace on earth, food will to men.' "( hoae me." See 1 Sam. ir:l.3. Xotic the different steps mentioned here. David refers to the tribe, the fcniily ami the In dividual. O-ie after another was set aside and at last he wa chosen. TI. So.omo-i dec'ared ucc-"or fvs. -). 5.0. "M-ny sons." Sec elnin. 3:1-0. "Solomon." The meaning is "p acei'til." Tie was so called becn'ise his mien wis to be a peaceful one. nnd a'so bec v.iRC, being peculiarly associated in Prophecy with D.vid's greater Son in whom the throne of his kingdom should be established for ever. He was to be a fieure of that Mes siah who is the Ii i"ce of t'eacp. . "Cpon the throne." Note the nullifications need ed to successfully do God's work: 1. The presence and help of the T.ord. 2. A per fect heart fv. 9). 3. Peadines and ability to 'o tho Lord's work (v. 0). 4. Perfect obedience to God fv. 81. "Solomon . . . shall build." God had appointed So'omoh to do this work, and nothing cou'd en couraee him more than n knowledge of this fact. "Mv son." A most precious promise to David that his son should re ceive a father's care from the Lord, and a most cheering message to offer to Solo mon "His father." What a wonderful promise is this! And yet this same prom ise is made to every one who will turn to God and serve Him faithfully. An earthly father is expected to (1) rare for, (2) pro vide for, (3) - otect. and H) correct hit c.Jii'dren. God will do all of thia for His children. All we have comes from God. He has watohed over us during our entire lifetime, providing for us and protecting us from harm and danger. But the best of all is that He has promised to correct :iis. When wo do wrong and go astray He .follows us by (1) His Spirit. f2) bv His kirovidences, (3) bv the entreatie of our tfriends, (4) by the prayers of Christians, ini thus endeavors to win us back to the fight way. We should learn to love, trust pnd obey Him in all things. Those who sin this are saved from many dilllenlties. . 7. 8. "Wi'l establish." Added to Hit :emier rare shotilit be the strength, power .nd authority of the Lord. There could h io nation greater than Israel, for God wat heir Kiiff. "For ever." This nromtse far at Solomon is concerned, it made eon- utional on his obedience. I'e constant. It M tha constant, steady obedience that s pleasing to God. "To do," etc. 'Inere is o way to usct 'Jness and success in doing iod's work except by a careful obedience a Hit law. Kor that law will (1) show firni wnnt io an, give mm tne quaiitici pf mind and heart which bring tuceess, f.nd (3) enable him to work by example as veil as precept. "My possets." The l.ord designed and promised prosperity to Solomon, but it must, not be expected oii jtny other condition than ohodience to the vine laws of goernmcnt that had fixed the standard for others. The fundamental principles must be observed, else all the structure would bo lacking. . III. David's charge to Solomon (vs. 0, 10.) P. "Know thou." Beome thorough ly aenuninted with God. "Of thv Father." God had been true to David and sustained nd kept him for many years. "Serve plim," etc. We can serve God acceptably lunlv as we have a perfect heart and a E-villing mind. "Cast thee off." The Lord s no respector of persons, and Solomon . he king would have no favor shown him ft ha failed to obey the Lord. Ho would ifare no better than the poorest sublect in Jiis kingdom. "Take heed now." Notice. B. The anxiety of David for the moral and spiritual welfare of his ton. David cared first for eharaeter, and next for circum stances. He believed that if the heart were ri'jht with God things would of themselves co right with men. 3. The willingness of Sn'omon to receive such counsels. How different wat his spirit from that of Adoni. jah. (1 Kings 1-5). Though Toung, high spirited, of princely rank, aod already an ointed king, he bowa to listen to his aged father. Leasont of reverence for age and respect to parents are- to bo drawn from this. ALL DOUBTS CLEARED UP. Applicant's Command of Epithets Pro claimed Him a 8allor. As la generally known, "aeamen'i return" tlcketa are Issued by most railways at seaport towns to Bailors it reduced ratea; but when, the othei day, a somewhat stylishly-dressed young man demanded one to Blrmlcg bam, the booking-clerk at the South ern aeaport town demurred. "Seamen's returns are only Issuo to sailors," be snapped. "Well. I'm a sailor." waa the reply "I havo only your word for that,' cald the clerk: "How am I to know t la correct!" "How arc you to know it?" came the.answer "Why, you leather-necked, swivel-eyed son of a sea-cook, if you feel my atarboard boom running foul of your headlights, you'll know I'vs been doing more than alt on a atool and bleating all my. life, and you'L' haul in on your Jaw-tackle a bit". The statlonmaater had been stand ing near by. "Give him a ticket." he aald; "he a aallor." London Answers. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. November 29 "A Mlsslco Slaty ef India.' Z.-cb. 8:I-S. Dally Readings,. A land of famines. Joel 2: 18-20 ; A gracious prophecy. Micah 7:16-20; Return.na; to God, itooh. ,1:1-6; Pardon promised. Isa. 1:13-23; Plenty an J peace, Jer. 31:3 9; From tha east country. Matt. 2:1-12. Ti.jse mission subjects will yield ns the be3t profit If we give them care ful study. For this wo need literature, and it will be a .profitable Investment for every society to own at least the beginning of a good missionary li brary. The following list of standard works on India, and also the selected paragraphs are from "Evenings with Missions." a special program prepared for the United Society of C. 03. The Indian Empire, Sir W. W. Hun ler. Modern India. Sir Geo. Campbell. India, Sir John Strachey. A Brief History of the Indian Peoples, Hunter, India, Past and Present, J. Samuolson. The Parsis, Dhosabbhal. The Re ligions of India, Earth. Religious Thought and Life In India, Williams. Indian Caste, Wilson, Buddhism, Davids. A hand-book of India and BrltlHh Burma, Published by Phillips & Hunt, New York. India. Hunt & Baton, Publishers, al?o of Six Years In India ani The Conversion of India, The Country and Peoplo of India, Harpers, N. Y. "Thou3h some few of the Hill Tribes have adopted some of the Hindu gods, the religion of theso rude people continue In the main as It was ages ago. demonolatry. They havo no gods but worship evil spirits. The only motive for worship is fear, and the only god to worship Is one who la bent on theJr destruction." "Brahamanlsm Is the original re ligion of India. Brahm, after whom the religion is named, Is the chief god of all. Great as he is, the people do not pray to him, because he is in a deep sleep from which by end by he will awake and speak to his own peo ple." "The religion of Mohammed was In troduced 'into India by military force .At the present time there is about one Mohammedan to five Hin dus. There Js no harmony of feeling between the two great religions, and the more orthodox a Mohammedan be comes, the wider tho gulf becomes that separates him from every other form of Idolatrous worship. It Is far more difrk-ult to persuade a Mohammedan to give tip his reMglon than to per sade a Hindu to give up his; prob ably because there is so much that Is true mixed up with what Is false." "Dr. Pierson says in his Crisis of Missions that when God entered In dia with ChrlsUan mlsslnnB, h'i was driving an entering wedge Into the very heart of Oriental paganism." EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS November 29 Tbe Use ol Prayer. Luks 10. 2; Heb. 4. 16; James 4. 8; CoL L 9. Tho Scripture lessons here selected Illustrate four kinds of prayer: Con trition, Supplication, Coop-oration, In tercession. James would have the r.lnner trust God sufficiently to come near to him in penitence, with the as surance, "He will draw nigh to you." And it is usually an easy thing for tho sinner to be'.'.eve. If he has any confi dence whatever la tho Goepel he knows that all Its precisions are part of GcJ's effort to bring men to him self, and when Gad and a sinner meet,, there Is salvation. In the first plan of God there was no Intention of expecting man to meet God's requirements without divine help. Much less does our Father ex pect us now to sustain ourselves alone. Christ himself lived In an atmosphere of prayer. Tho day's needs and the day'a revelation of weakness drive us to the tli rone of grace, with confession of our need, and supplication for the help we cannot provide for ourselves. Jen us urges this form of prayer strong ly on his disciples. "Ask," "seek," "knock" "how much more shall your Father whl.h is In heaven give good things to them that ask him?" At first sight it seems strange that we should be asked to pray God to fur nish laborers for his own work. Will be not do it of Ills own accord? Sure ly, but he roust have our aid. The more we pray for laborers the more we shall be willing that our prayers shall be answered. Answer to such a prayer may mean a special call to us, or to our church, or to our frlenda. Our prayer provides in our hearts con genial soil In which Goi may plant the seedB, of bis purposes. He sends tbe laborers, and ho only. But our pray ers make the sending possible. We are but Just beginning to under stand the need and power of Interces sory prayer. And yet how much there is of It in tho New Testament! Christ prayed for Peter and for all the dis ciples. Stephen prayed for his mur derers. Paul's prayers for . his con verts, especially his great prayer, for the saints at Ephcsus, are rich mines of thought and faith and love. Inter cessory prayer is available to every one. It noeds neither strength, nor eloquence, nor epec'ial opportunity, nor genJus, nor learning. Only love and faith and strong desire;' and the hum blest can hare these qualifications. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. HQ rights of man have come because of the wrongs the Son of Man waa willing to Buffer. Stereotyped let ters addressed to Heaven must often go Into the waste basket. Manhood Is one of the things that lYISj. the man who la al- .Ji J ' ways on the make forgets to make. A man doea not have to go to Heaven by freight simply because he cannot express himself in meeting. Tbe preacher can never be sure of the attention of bla audience when he la uncertain ot bia own Intention. There are too many praying, "Lead ua not into temptation" while they are looking at the pictures In the devil's gallery. Tbe devil of drink Is having a bard time sitting up nights to think out new names and fetching advertisements for his goods. When tbe Christian rises above such small details aa telling tbe truth aud dealing honestly God la eo!d3 to let him drop hard. If Sunday does not open a door Into higher things it la apt to be a trap iuto lower. The cleareat thought In tbe pulpit will not cover up crookei traciia amongst tha people. 11? WO Tkere Is Jfo Unbelief. ' There is no unbelief: A iioevcr plants a seed beneath the sod And waits to see it push away the clod, Trusts he m God. There is no unbelief! 'Be patient, heart, light breikkcth by and Trusts the Most High. ' . There is no unbelief! nnever sees 'nenth winter's field of snow Hie silent harvest of the futuro grow, God's power must know. There is no unbelief! hoever lies down on his couch to sleep, Content to lin k each sense in slumber deep, Knows God will keep. There is no unbelief! Whoever snys: "To-morrow," "the un known," "The future,'' trusts that power alone He dures disown. There is no unbelief! The benrt that looks on when dear eye lids clone And dares to live when life has only woes, God's comfort knows. There is no unbelief! l or thus by day nnd nicht enconsciouslv, ihe heart lives by that faith the lips deny, Lizzie York Case, in Detroit Free Press. Ilo Calm. Does fretting maka us the least more prudent? Does anxiety make us the least more industrious? On the contrary, wrote I liorlea Kingsley, I know nothing which cripples a man more and hinders his work ing manfully than anxiety. Look at the worst case of all a man who is melan fliu.y and fancies that all is going wrong with him and that he must be ruined and lias a mind full of all sorts of dark and hopeless fancies. Does he work any the m"re or try to escape one of these dangers which he fancies are hanging over him? Sa fnr from it, he gives himself up to them without a struggle; he sits moping, help, less and useless and says: "There is no use in struggling. If it will come, it must come. He has lost fpirit for work, and t V,10 J"'ml for ,vor,;. too. His mind ii so full of these dark fenrs tlint ho rannnl mrn n to laying any prudent plnn to cs. cupe from tlic very thing he dreads. And so, in a less degree, with the peoplo who fret and are anxious. They mny be in a great bustle, but thev do not get their work done. They run hither and thither, trying this ami that, but leaving evervthinn half done to fly rff to something else. Ot (se thev spend time unprolitahly in dream ing and expecting nnd complaining which mi(,'ht be pent profitably in working. And t hey are always apt to luse their heads and their tempers just when tiny need them mo-it; to do in their hurry the very lust thing which they ought to' have done; to try no many roads that they cliDose thn wrong road from -mere confusion ami run with open cyc:i into the verv pit which they have been iifrr.ii! of falling into. As we sometime say, tiny will go nil tlirough the wood to cut a straight stick and bring out a crooked one at last. Kvcn in a mere world.y way, the men whom I have seen succeed best in life have ulways been cheerful nnd hopeful men. who went about their business with a smile on their faces and took the changes and chances of this mortal life like men. facing rough and smooth alike os it came, and so found the truth of this old proverb, that "good times and bad times nnd all times pass over." Nine-tenths of the mistakes wo make in life come from forgetting tli3 fear of God nnd the law of God and mying not: "I wi do what is right." hut "I will do what will profit me: 1 will do what I like." If wo would tay to ourselves manfully all our lives through, "I wjll learn the will of God and do it whatever it cost me," we should tind in our old ( that God's Holy Spirit was indeed a guide and a comforter, ab'e and willing to lead us into all truth which was needful for u. -We should find St. Paul had spoken the truth when he said that godliness has the tiromise of thia lifp. as well aa that which is to come. Klght Leading- anil night Following. If we set a good example we well may mutate it. Bui wo are not to be alwaye remembering what has been done success fully. What caa be done we should eon aider. God has set before us great princi ples for our imitation nnd guidance. Lord Bacon says: "Set it down to thyself, as 8 cfate Kd precedents as to follow them. It is well to tread in the steps of those who have gone the right way before u- L It '".'y" better to tread in tho way that shall lend others aright, as they are influenced ty- us. Are we leading aright, as we seek to tallow right precedents!: Sunday-School Times. Selr-Xeglect. Perhaps the most difficult problem we have to soive in our Christian living is how rigljt.y to correlate tho duty of self t.eveiopiaent and the duty of aelf-devotion. i j 'eId'nK to a strong impulse to self, development we too often forget to devote ourselves.- and when coming under the sway of sentiment of'self-devotion wc are ant to neg.ect our aelf-ileve'opincnt. But self-neyloet is not aelf-sncrifice; self-wastn n not self-devotion. The Great Benefac tor of mankind blessed the world not simp ly by laying down His life, but through the richness of the life He laid down. Ihomtis Anderson. Fulllt anil Faithfulness. Minings of words arc not accidental. Words, liko pebbles by the roadside, are histories in themselves. The words "faith" and "faithfulness" seem different at first, as if the added syllables had changed the meaning of the original word. Fuith is confidence in what cannot now be seen, faithfulness is constancy in the fulfillment of known duties. et what but faith -ran secure faithfulness? Being full of faith faith in God and faith in men makes it possib.o for us to be faithful in our daily Be Constant. Be constant, O happy soul, bo constant and of good courage: for, however intol crab.e tuou i art to thyself, yet thou wilt protected, enriched and beloved by that greatest God, as if He had nothing else to i " i1""." f ltai ,tn ,0 perfection bv the highest steps of love; and if thou dost not turn away, but perseverest constantly, know that thou efferent to God the most acceptable sacrifice. Miguel de Molinos. Thooahls For Me. L I must humbly repent of all my ains. 2. I must honestly confess my sins to Go'i. 3. I must ask the Lord to forgive mo ad r'nke me pure. 4. I must try to live a pure and ho'y life. . 8. I must do all I ran to lead others into the good aud right way. Spiritual Things Lag;. Spiritual interests have not kept pace with the rapid development of the mate rial, and things have been brought to higher perfection than have men The Key, George H. Combs. Female Financier. Tomdlt As a promoter Mrs. Catch em has that man Morgan beat a block Hojax Why, how'a that? Tomdlx Her daughter's hhsband la worth halt a mllllan. and the old lady arranged all tbe details of the merger. "a Wlao Teacher. At an examination of applicant's as teachers before U.e Minnesota state board, one ot tbem. when asked what country kangaroo leather came from anawered; "Kangaroo is produced la Kangaroo." THE GREAT DESTROYER salvia. STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poemi The Two masses Foe to the Ho man liaee Alcohol Has Curried on Its Work ThroUEhnut Centuries Wh i... cumings nro norn into tne World. There stood two glasses filled to the brim, On a rich man's table, rim to rim; One was. ruddy and red m blood. And one as clear us tho crystal Hood. ' 5-aid the fflnss nf u-ino tn tUtt r.ntn Let us tell the tales of the past to each UlUl'l T Clin tell nf bnnnitAf nnt mlaI -I-iU. - - - ."..-.., ui.ii icr, ai,u llllllll. And the proudest and grandest souls on earth Fell under my touch as though struck by There I u-i. lr!n T :n .w ....s n.i.H, a i mm in iiiiKui. rrom tlie heads of kings I have torn the vi un it, From the heights of fame I have hurled men down; I have blasted many an honored name, I have taken virtue and given shame; I have tempted tho youth with a sip, a taste Thnt htIS mndn hia fntiifA I....... .......... " -' ' " ' uill nil " .OIL I Or than any army beneath the sky, i-ar greater man any King am 1. I have made the arm of the driver fail And Sent the trnin frnm hn imn I have made good ships go down at sea sinix tne snrieits ot tlic lost were sweet to 1.- ,1 'I i ti , , , . . . joi mejr pain, uenoKi, now great you tie; lame, strength, wealth, genius before you lull, For VOUr nn'irht nnr! nstu-ar at-a aa all ' Ho! ho! pale brother," laughed the wine, Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?" Fnd the water-glass; "I cannot boast Of a king dethroned, or a murdered host; But I can tell of a heart once sad Bv my crystnl drops made light and glad. Of thirsts I've quenched, of brows I've 'laved ; Of hands I've cooled nnd souls I've saved; i nave leaped inrougn tne valley, (lashed down the tnnuntntn Flowed in the river and played in tho fountain. Slept in tPle sunshine and dropped from lllj! Buy, And everywhere gladdened the landscape and eye. I have eased the hot forehead of fever and nain: - I hava made the parched meadows grow fertile 'with grain. I can teH of the powerful wheel of the mill That ground out the flour and turned at mv will ; I can tell of mankind, debased by vou That I lifted up and crowned anew. i cneer. i ncip. i strengthen, nnd aid. t I g.addcn the heart nf mnn an, l-ntai. It ' I set the chained wine-captivo free. 1 And all arc better for knowing me." " These nre the talcs they told each other, The class of wine and paler brother. As they s.it together, filled to th brim, On tbe rich man's table, rim to rim. A Petnorallzer. The use of alcoholic beverages is ns old as civilization. The demoralization wrought by the beverage use uf alcohol i;i variouj drinks is beyond computation. Ju physio logical effects upon the human bony and the mind faculties nre a dccre.iseil, tissue resistance resulting. from alcoholic indiges tion. It prevents oxidation aud causes other nutritive disturbances. Though taken into the syetem in small quantities, it coagu.ates the pepsin and albumen ol the food and destroys the solvent powers of the gastric juice. It also decreases the motor and the absorbing power of the stomac.h. It profoundly nflects a'l the tis sues of the body, and especially tlioso which enter iuto the structure of the ner vous system. Alcohol excites the mucous membrane of the stomach. The first to suffer are the brain cells by thickening of the tissues. Alcohol acts upon the blood, destroying the. red corpuscles, or causing them to shrink. Healthy protoplasm is essential to healthy life, hut alcohol produces disease, lersons who take no alcohol live longer, an'l can work harder, than those who do. Alcoholic beverages produce disase and incite to crime. One form of heart disease is a result of a.coholism and produces ex haustion and irritation. Every vascular organ of the human body suffers from al coholic effects If the use is continued". The constant use of alcoholic beverages will finally overthrow the most brilliant mind ana all its power. and arouse all the lower and violent pas'jon's. The unquestionable consequences of al cohol seen m hereditary law should, alarm the physiological student o! to-day. fs'ta tisttcal evidence is abundant showing the blighting effects of alcoholism in parents upon their children. Lefus consider Mo- r i a n K r a. alMUlt. - - . , - w. at-wjiviiu nvuropmmc oegen ert'?n extending through four generations: first generation. immn-.liiv MlnkniiA excess Sod brutal degradation. Second generation, hereditary drunkenness, ma niacal attacks and general paralysis. Third generation, Iiypockondria, lypcmjd, mania cal attacks and general catalysis. Fourth firneration. f.hi 'M.a1Knnn attacks of mania." from a careful observation extending over many years we, believe this table of hereditary sequences to be approximately correct. A legacy of low and defective vi tality, feeble power of resistance and ina bility of adjustment follows. Cntold nilmnpra nf ithllnMn L-. - t- .....,(.., nlE ui'ii, nut, imp jne weaklings, arid go down under the fnseinat- ... ..t, .ii uiot-me inrotign lack ot phy sical, mentul and moral strength. Medical science true to its mission, rejects alco holic depressants as n remedial agent to day and treats the powerful destroyer as other dangerous poisons. If for the next four or five generations our race would be absolutely free from al cohol and tobacco, we should see men and women with superior bodies and minds, with an increased limit of life reo'hing lie. vond a centurv.-Char'es H. St. John, M. V., in Lmon Signal. . Irlnlt Changes Uomt Men Into Demons. It is a broad statement to make, but I nm fitlly convinced that tiinctv-iivc per cent, of the crime committed can b- traced to fondness for whisky. It leads men into all kinds of evil and changes a loving husband into a veritable demon. The cru sade against whisky is a crnsade for tho preservation of the home and the nation. Statement by Magistrate E. G.wton Hig ginbotham, Lee Avenue Court, Brooklyn. All Poverty la Don to I'slng Whisky, Whisky has ruined more good men, mechanics and skilled artisans, than the wor'd can ever dream of. All the poverty is due to whisky. It is only rarely that real case pf distress is caused by un controllable circumstance. Artisans and rich men alike would improve their con ditions if they could avoid the time, tnonev and energy thev waste on whis ky. Statement by Magistrate Tighe, But ler Street Court, Brooklyn. What It Does. The linunr traffic: Defies law. Wrecks lives. Kuins homes. N Divides families. . JX-stroys wealth, i Breeds criminals. Produces poverty. ' Increases taxation. -c Debauches politics. ' Disqualifies laborers. ' Depreciates property. Corrupts legis'atures. rroii.nes the t-ubhatb. V The traffic must be destroyed. v A multiplicity of Kalooat. Among a population of 7000 in a certain district in Birmingham, England, there are forty-five public houses, being one for very 155 persona (only righly-eight of whom are over eighteen years ol age), the ayerago for the city being one to CM. Of tha 7030. over 250O persons have wit'iin s year clsimnl the attention of the au thorities or charitable agenciis. roilrrhandetl Methods or Mqnor Mnn. PeporU come from n-any town in o!iio and Indiana, where caloons were recently rioted, that men nre secretly outds drunk create the iinpi-eraioii that mere linuo- ia ;iu wn tutiicu joosv in me atrrets ia ...-, i . v. . . : miiu.i ii'iyi! II, D-OillCilni uiiilu- that ot lica.UL-. Xa.ioual Ati.o.ai. nder tV.i rciyii of o-oliikitloi tha'i COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Central Trade Caaailloaa R. C. Dun tt Company' "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Readjustment" of wages and abnormally warm weathc? are not calculated to stimulate distri bution of merchandise, especially wear ing apparel and fuel. Several other staple lines are quiet, as is usual al this season, yet the splendid profits ol agricultural communities cannot fail bs put large sums of money in circulation and provide a market for commodities. Prices of all staples are slightly higher than a month previous. Settlements t4 labor disputes in meat parking, litho graphing and several minor industries are offset by new struggles in thej building trades, street car lines an J coal mines, while the cut in wagci of iron workers and spinners may result in strikes. A hopeful event was Ida resumption of work at Montana copper mines, coke ovens and Western stoesi yards. Railway earnings for the first week of November were 4.8 per cent, larger than laa year. Bradstrcet's says: Wheat, includ ing flour, exports lor the week ending November 12 atrtrrri.ife t.fisnXu hnJi. els, against 4.340,281 last week, 4,440, 160 this week last year, 4.93734 in 190c and 4,062,020 in 1900. For nineteen, weeks of the cereal vcar thev aira-rrtrati 5'.OOl,7si bushels, against 09,979.654 irk 1902, 112,657,226 in 1901 and 67,446 25. in 1000. Corn exports for the week ag gregate 1,6X8,282 bushels against MW.- j.io last week, 281,001 a year ago, 621J. )24 in 1901 and 3,976.914 in toon. For nineteen weeks of the present cereal ear they aggregate 31,590,059 bushel-.-, igainst 2.144,799 in 1002. i6.;8.i.t:t in. tool and 61,031,701 in 1900, LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Flour Sorinir clear. liRcffli nc- ht! Patent $5.25; choice Family $4.35. Wheat New York Nn a. Rtc- Phil- fdclphia Ho. a, R3'A&3'Ac; Baltimore No. 2, 85c. Corn New York. Nn. a. ejr? Phila delphia No. 2, So'AQso'A; Baltimore No. 2, 54c. Oats New York No. iV4r Phila delphia No. 3, 4243; Baltimore No. . 4o54c. Green Fruits and Vecrtables. An- plcs Maryland and Virginia, per brl, fancy, $i.ooCi!.25: do. fair to eood. 75c(o$i.oo. Beets Native, per bunch. l!f2c. Cabbage Native, per ioo $2.oo(fi2.5o; do. New York State, per ton. $12.0013.00. Cauliflower New York, ncr brl or crate. $i.??j.2C. Cranberries Cape Cod. per brl 7.oo(4 8.00; do, per box $i75(?i2.oo. Celery New York State, per dozen 3o,soc; do, native, per bunch aYtHyi. Car rots Native, per bunch Kil l',. Grapes Concords, per 5-lb basket l.irtfJuc; do, Niagara, do, 1 5(" ' 7 ; do, Catawba, do. 131V1.14; do, New York Salems. per basket 14W13. Horseradish Native, per bushc! box $1.25(101.75. Lettuce Native, per bushel box 30'f76oc. Kxl Native, per bushel box I5t20c. Lima beans Native, per bushel box $1.251; I.50. Onions Maryland and Pennsyl vania, yellow, per bu 5o(6oc. Oranges Florida, per box, as to size, $2.2561 3 00. Pumpkins Native each 2'i(iC3iC. Quinces New York State, per brl $4.oofti5-co. String beans Anne Arun del, per bu, green, $l.ayI i 25. Spin achNative, per bushel box 3J4nc Tomatoes Anne Arundel, per bas ket 25W40C. Turnips Native, per bushel box 2CXS25C. Cheese Large, 60 lbs, I2y.7Sl2)lc; do, 36 lbs, 12VCi I2$: 24 lbs, 13:13'. Potatoes. White Native, per buwh el box 55(a6oc; do, Maryland and Penn sylvania, prime, per bu 6o(u63; do, do, seconds, per bu sotfi'ss; do. New York, prime, per bu 63165. Sweets Yellow Maryland and Virginia, per brl $i.on 61)1.25; do. do, per flour barrel $1.25(0 1-35: do, do, Anne Arundel, per brl $1.151.25. Yams Virginia, per brl 756100c: do, Potomac, Maryland, per brl 756V00. Live and Dicssed Pouliry. Turkeys, young, 7 pounds and over I3!46i)i4e; do old, do, do 126113; do small an poor lo6jlI. Chickens Hens, heavy to medium, lo6i1ioj4c; do, small and poor, 96jlo; old roosters, each, 25'ni 30; young, good to choice, Il(ii2; staggy io6i)io54; do, rough and poor, 619!. Ducks White I'ckings, 4 lb and over, I2l2.t4c; mongrels, 3 t 4 lbs, lii2. Geese Western and Southern, each, 50(070. Guinea fowls, each. 2o6i25c. Pigeons, old strong fly ers per pair, 2o6i,25c; do, young, Aa, do, 2o25. Dressed Poultry Turkeys, choice, 145415c; do, medium to goo. l2'i(g;t3'2. Ducks, good to cboire, la 6C13C. Chickens, young, good to choice I26i)I2Vc; mixed, old and young, 1061) 12; poor to medium 9lo. Geese, good to choice, gfri'uc. Kggs. Western Maryland and Penn sylvania, loss off, per dozen, 2fl ; Kastern Shore (Maryland and Vir ginia), do do, ((127; Virginia, do i. 6127; West Virginia, do do. 26 ; Western, do do, u27; Southern, di do, 246125; storage, laticy, at mark, d- do, 2 !'( 22; do, good to choice, ac mark, do do, 2061I21. Llvt Stic'i New York. Dressed beef steady; city dressed native sides, extreme range, 66Tjc per pound. Cables quot ed American steers at 1 1 'Ac, top prices, dressed weight; rclrigcrator beef at H'AGlU'A per pound; exports, 50 cat tle. Hogs Receipts. 1415 hed; slightly firmer; a bunch of rough mut ed Jersey sold at $5 per 100 pounds. Chicago. Cattle Good to prime steers, $56iN57o; poor to medium. $3.25 C'!475; stockers and feeders, $175 4 4.25; cows, $1.50614; heifers, $265; caa ners, $1.50612.40; bulls, $17534.25; calves, $26i,57o; Texas-fed steers, $2.75 (413 50; Western steers, $450. Hogs Receipts today, 10,000 head; tomor row, 18,000; opened steady; closed inc lower; mixed and butchers $4605.05; good to choice heavy, $465415; rough heavy. $4.20614 60; light, $4-4545; bulk of sales, $4.60(0)490. INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES. A child of nine should weigh aivty pounds. A heavy dw is the sign of a south erly wind. A big Amer 'can shoe store ia open ed in Vienna. Mexico produces more silver thara any other country. A high grade of paper ia nosr mads from cotton seeds. Chile exported 1,668,4.86 tons of ni trate ol soda last year. A number of steam wagons are iot use in London for heavy hauling. The sediment (mm strawboard milts kills fish by gluing up their gills. The average weight o( the rtrgrs brain is lour ounces less than tbe whe. The average Italian immigrant fcss $11 in his pocket; the average German $34- 'I he potato crop of Grrmmy t nearly ten times as great a tttat -? the United State. Veins of tin oxide have been rlisrov rred in the Tr.Misva.il which yiciW 4T per cent. tin. The imports in noiirry fnn-a Pji-p-la id 9r fallen in tru yiaj trs ia UilMI se-ir hi Z.itWM.
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