I "DAVID AS A RULER" A Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev. Dr. Edward D. Thurber. fcicrltlof lb Lift ol the Psalmist Froa Sheepcote to Tbroo. ' Paris. The Rev. Dr. Edward B. Thur ber preached n sermon in the American church here which has attracted consider- ible attention, llm subject wns "David n a Kulcr; or. From Sheepcote to Throne." The text was taken from I Chronicle xvii :7 : "Tlnia eaith the Lord of Hosts, 'I took thee from tha sheepcote, even from following the ahcep. thnt thou houldst be ruler over My people Israel.' " Dr. Thur ber aaid: What a Brent distance from the pasture! in Bethlehem to the throne in Jerusalem. The rontrnat between the shepherd bo ind the King ot Isriicl la one of the mar rcla which human history Dreaenta tia. It is certnin thnt no one ia able to bridge such distances without the intervention ol assisting ronditiona and forcea. There must be acting factor in the life if th great results arc secured. A man becomes a debtor to ao much, to his environment, to favoring conditions, to friendlv agencies, and sometimes to seemingly adverse cir cumstances. His own powers are stimu lated,, directed and assisted toward the good that is to be reached. . The American ' Revolution had aome tiling to do in advancing Washington to hi position in h'story: his enrlv educa tion, his nncestrv, his religioua feeling, the people nmong whom hi lot was enst. were all factors in his career. The French Rev olution was the great opnortimity which the genius of Napoleon could seize and util ize. Many a man fnils to come conspicu ously to the front because Ihe times are not ripe for a dramatic career. The wise man atudica and understands how varying factors may be made to con tribute to hia progress nnd welfare. He dimes to know how much depends upon the interest and services of one whom he mav seek and serve, and-who may seek and serve him. David's onen soul cnlted a multitude of aiencies into service, for his career and their employment, made hia history possi ble, and rave to it that peculiar color and vc-'ety which charm us. The star snoke to him. nnd through )in they spenk to us. as hia thought and fee'ings are renorted in the music of the ,nlm. which have been such a solace nnd inspiration to multitudes since his time. Th fields, flowers and forests, the streams and scenes of nature, bird and beast, had their part in the poetry he felt, nnd ex pressed in n literature that will Inst as long as language endure. His friendsliins, that ideal one with .Tonnthnn, h's associn tions with all classes and conditions of men. e-ive us a unique nnd interesting per sonality. Yon cannot understand David until you take into consideration the nature of the tendencies within him. antl measure the dettree of the influences which entered into the formation of his chnrneter nnd career. There is a li-vre mivture of con matin" and contradicting tendencies n him. These are manifested ''rough he years of hia eventful hi"torv. TTe was like a citv that is being builded. The origins' low. marshy plncea must be drained nnd filled un. vouch raths must give n'nee to well nn'-ed stre-ts, rude huts will be su perseded bv well rcntriicted houses, pa' aces and public building: the crude nnd inartistic will be renlaced bv the work of architects nnd artists. beWe the city can become h"aut;ftil and hs'thful. Through all the period of construction here "'ill be nresent the contrasts p-d contradictiona that "-sr and mialifv the glory of ! city. There nre t"-o thi"es hat would be annnrent to a candid crit': hat progress is boir made, nnd that the issue of endeavor will be sure and satis factory. This contrast is presented through the eourse of David's life. If we look at some feature which come before us conspicu ously we will judge him severely; if we I. ok at others we will sny how ndmirnble! and at tl e same time we will perceive that his way ia onward from the aheepeote to the throne. At times David is as humble as a child that fee's his weakness nnd need, nnd yet stands before his father, thnt he may he taught nnd led, and neain he is as haughty as a man who counts no one his superior. He unbolds truth and right eousness us essential to m.nhood, a"d then under the influence of fear he decei'-" King Achish, who has befriended him. lie hows n wonderful spirit of forbearance and forgiveness toward his enemy, Saul, and then he nuts his frend Iiih to the peril of certnin death. His love for Jona than is wonderful and idal, nnd then 'e yields himself to degrading loves. He needed to be taken out of the conditions of selfishness, sensuality, pride and the evil of wrong life, if he was to become " man after God's own heart." We would "lis all. however, unless we knew about the sovereign influence which rrvaded. arranged, emnloyed and directed all factor and conditions whi"h entered into and contributed toward Da-id's ca reer. Without this do-nmating influence Ter-iselem would fever have been related with Bethlehem. We must also rememb"" that the fruition of a great character would have been 'mnossib'e without the presence of God. While all this 's true we mst bear in m'"d even the di"ine nower did Pot contradict the choice of David or force his voluntary action. God dealt with him as a free and intelligent soul. He was ealled to enter into partnership with God, and he in t"rn praved that God would hs with him. He cried out for the living (?nd, as the thirsty land cries out for the life giving water, that it may blossom as the rose and reioice in the beauty and bounty of fruitfumess. It ' with such an interpretation and uialification that we listened to. and un derstand, what is intended when God is represented as saving. "I took thee from the sheencnte, even from fo'lowing the sheen, that thou shonldst be ruler over My People Is'ssl." God nted Mo and in terested Himself in David's life, even as He would in our lives. God directed nnd utilized circumstances, made use of envi ronment, employed the stars that spoke to David's soul, was in the blue sky of Pal estine, and amid the clou Is that at times Jsrltened the heavens and pervaded with Hia purpose and power all the forma of nature in Bethlehem that spoke so insnir inelv to the soul of the young man. God utilised the strength of bodv snd sou!, em Ploying all tl.e power and faculties and opportunities in the interests of hia pro gress. He made use of discipline, disan pointmenta and apparent failures, of his sjns and errors; in no way condoning them, hut with a purpose to "-oke them erve Him and work for David' promo tion. Life takes on larger meaning. , nnd that Weaning is better, understood when God M in our life. The little fountain up the slope of some Alpine peak has it significance, but when e connect its ceaseless flow and' contribu tion with the Rhine, which give a water way to a large country, it seems more im Pnrant to us. When the Rhine flow onward, bearing he contribution of a multitude of rivulets id river through a wide domain, and give it varied service o the wealth and Welfare of an empire, we give the noble river larger consideration. It means much fiore to us. The coming of the King of Italy to Franca and Paris is something more than a personal visit. The King brings the good will of a kingdom. - He represent the desire of raoprochment of two ostion into reconciliation and friend ship. The decoration of a city, the sulen Jor of illumination, the march of soldiers, the manifested good will of a people, are emphatic expression of tl. value of fraleruitv between nation. These and recent rivemcnts of a similar kiud are the utterances of that longing lor th federation of nation in a srmit ol ad juatment which will make for the prosper ity and progress of all people. The move KienU iu themselves may seem simple, bul hey are not child' play, when w recog m what larao designs and hope they cx pre. 'this Uttle life of our take on mat nes nd grandeur when we recognis that God nUr Into it, with Hia wisdom. Hi love, purpose and Hi power, David wa to carry all these with hint through tha long and trying way that led from th cpcoto to the throne of Israel. That !" bis with tha plan and power oi i in it. It had all tha meaning and dif P"y whico th factor could civ ii. 11 , '" eomprahanaivo look w il act that the expansion of Christianity 3WicUd, mtk. tA&aaacDcoti. it was this fnct ".no Scfrse nr the Divine Presence that brought to David Inspiration and strength. Wc take our inspiration partly from ideals, but also from co-operative agencies that help us to trnnslnte Ideals into life. God took Dnvid from humble bcglnnincs and led him nwny, lit t 'o by little, from the sheepcote toward the throne. The boy wns to come into posses sion of thoughts, idcnls nnd purposes thnt would force him onwnrd from point to point; so many things nre to be expected from the compnnv a mnn keeps, the friends he chooses, the great souls lie per mits to influence and help him. Dnvid chose God, God chose hi: , and a fellowship was formed that determined A career. How much is to be expected from uch an association! This was a Ten! presence. It is a real presence which God desires us to know nnd realize. One snys of a grent statesman: "He habitually practices the presence of Hod and lives under Him to Christ.'' The doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit is n teaching; about the real presence of find with man. The word of our Lord in the parnble of the vine anil the brnncbes ren resents the relation between Him and Hi followers. It is more than any earthly love, fellowship or friendly relation. How much these contribute to mnke our live purer, better nnd longer. You and I ever more think we rould have been, becauso we have had those who loved us, and cave to us the ministry of their love. How much it means when the soul is re'nted with God bv His abiding presence! How muelmore comes out of our lives hecuse of this union! Mr. Hurley is ouoted ns saving of M"-. Gladstone in his rrnmrk:il biogrnphy: "Life is a grent mid nnhle rill ing; not a menn and groveling thing thnt W" are to shuffle through as we can. hut nil elevated nnd lofty deetinv." The mnn be gin more fully to understand himself nnd the pood lie shou'd strive to reach when he admits to his mind ard heart a stream of new percentions, feelings and influences which must con-e. when he allows God to take him out of the mule, the sinful nnd lend him forward. Thin God shapes life an'' destiny. The great poet rsnresct Hnmlet as tnking in this thought and saving: "Let I know, our indiscretion" somtimes serve us well, when our deep plot do pall; and thnt should tench us. There's a divinitv thnt shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will." Vcre it not for the intervention of tha divine wisdom and will how all of our plans nnd purposes would fail, just for the lack of the wisdom, goodness and power which they require! David was onlv rich and sure of the best, ns God was with him; this presence in volved a glory, blessedness and fruition be yond the measure of man's mind. The shepherd bow, with all his limitations, is so reinforced by (Ind that he come to rovil position and power. This divine presence is pot onlv with David at the aheepeote. but continues through the long way of his entire and checkered career, townrd t'e good which is in God's thought. The Heavenly Father never left or forsook him. There were grent dif . nlties to face, sue i as he'ong to every strenuous, religious l'f. and they needed to he surmounted. Man" a Innn may stand before a mountain, hut one must climb the steep ascent and make use of the menn thnt are o be taken if he reaches the height and the other side. The difficulties which David must meet and master are grent. There were enisodes and experiences in his life which to human view seemed to say: "Give un expectation nnd endeivnr. for vou ennnot win th crown." D is true th-t b' bad been clled of God nnd anointed bv the Tophet Sam uel when he was a lad. but he afterward left the sheencote. so that he became a. fried nnd successful soldier; the plaudits "f the multitude had rii"g n his enrs, but hi apparent su-eess ereited the anper and envy of Snn'. Dnvid beceme an onll"w. a hunted ''unlive, and bis life was in di'ect peril. Hov- "oi'd he become a king! Yet God was with him; this wns his assuring of succe.s. God was with him in his da-best nicht. in bis deenest distress, in his most difficult nnd danceroua experience, when friends were hopeless and no words of assurance nnd cher eam from any hu man source, but amid all this h was milk ing progress, ".mid the labrvinth of a mvs terious providence, toward the throne ho wss to occupy. This. then, is the -nvd fv- us to-dar. The God of Dav'd will be with r--rv o-n n-ho consents nnd envennnta with H;'n. Tn. His wisdom we ehnll be wise; i't His strer-rth we shnll be strong. In ITi, love w lia" find our loe will l!-e nnd grow. When Tro is our life wo will know how much life mt ana. In the otitW- "'hich Jesus Christ presents to us we will know that we s-e poing forward to a wisdom, lo'-e end life that are immortel. God waits to mn'- Hirnqi-lf I own in nil of the re'ations of life whe-e TT; err-e can be of service. That of which He de sires of even- one of r is a more unre stricted yielding to His presence and power. Pride vs. Progress. Without humility religious progress i impossible, l'ride is the destruction ol the principle of progress; it whispers tc us continually that we are nil that could be desired, or it points our attention tj high positions and ambitious effort be yond the scope of other men. Yet the true growth of the soul i not to be measured by our attempting many extraordinary duties, but by our power of dump simple duties well, and humility, when it reigns in the soul, carries this principle into prac tice. It bids us hallow our work, espe cially whatever may be to us hard or dis tasteful work, by doing it as a mutter of principle. It enriches common acts of neighborly and social kindness with that intensity of moral effort which is due to every act of whk'h the deepest moving power is the love of God. F. D. Hunting ton, D. D. Honoring th Father. I aw a beautiful thing not long ago. It wa a brilliant, successful man, widely known, paying honor and giving loving at tention to hia father. The father had al ways been a roan of humble parts; he had never been known a a brilliant or partic ularly successful man. But he has been a good man, and a good father, and, now that the son ha come to honor, there is nothing that he can do too good to show his gratitude to and respect for hia father. It is a beautiful sight. Sunduj School Time. " Keeping Still." Many a man whose life ha had in H a food deal of trouble and opposition would lave saved much if he had learned in his :hilduood the lesson of "keeui.ig still." If the hard word hurt it will not make it easier to make an angry reply. If you do not answer at all, it stops right there; if four tongue cannot be restrained nobody know what the result may be. Patience sometime serves a man better than cour sge. You will find again and again that the way to keep out of trouble is to ketD ltill.-Ih Christian. " Tha Palace of th Shah, The palace of the Shah of Persia, according to Donald Stuart, In "The Struggle for Persia," U an appalling combination of dlnglneai and splen dor, of iqualor and luxury. One of the most Interesting rooms is that filled with portraits of all the mon arch of Europe. In the next room Is bis majesty's writing apparatus. Hera ; stands a globe, such as may be seen In . a schoolroom, except that the conti nents are mado with genjs of different bUllil .111. . UNtu.wsi OtMlt IITVIISIS marked In diamonds. On the walls a painting by an old master Is framed aeit to a highly colored advertisement of a dealer In fish books. Tha tbrona Itself is a sort of wooden bed, about nine feet by six, the woodwork cov ered with diamond, emeralds, rubtea and sapphires, aome an inch long. Tha value of the whole is estimated rough ly at 15,000,000 or f t.000,000. On tb floor of the throne is a carpet so thick with pearls that the texture of the cloth is .hardly visible, - while a huge vase, set with turquoises and pearls, stands aide by aid with a cheap painted rn, such as ia some time aeea at country fairs. THE S4BBATH SCHOOL Inlern.V.fnal Lesson Comm. ills for December 6. Sub:C: Solomon's W"j Choice, I Kings III., 4-1 J Oolden Tex', Prov. Ix , 10 Memory - Verses, 12, U Commentary on the Day's Lesson. T. The festival nt Gilieon (vs. 14). 4. "Went to Ciheon." The first work of Sol omon was to hold a nntionnl festival at (iiheon. This was the "grent high plnre" till the te.nnle wns built. The chronicler informs lis that Solomon aseniblrd A great congregation with him. nnd that the brazen nltnr made in the days of Moses by Heza leel nnil the old "tabernacle of the congre gation" were still existing nt thnt place. See 2 Chron. 1:1-8. The object of this great assembly wns to unify the people under Solomon, to show the nation thnt he stood by the religion and the God of his fathers, to extend the influence of religion over the nation, and to bring all into harmony, IT. Solomon's renuest (vs. 5-fl). B. "'I he Lord appeared." At the close of this scnon of worship, when his mind wns uplifted to God. "In A d renin." God frequently nppenred to men in drenms in Rib.e times. "Ak." etc. As there is no limit fixed, an absolutely unlimited rnngn oi choice is hrrc plinc.l before Solomon. This would revcnl v lint it was that was really uppermost in his desires. fi. "Solomon said." Solomon, before de riding what to choose, carefully considered hii circumstances nnd needs, thus showing that well-balnncrd mind on which it wa possible to bestow the gift of wisdom. shrewd . . . mercy." Kour consid. eratinns moved Sn!rmon to make the choim he did. First, God had shown mercy tn Dnvid, his father. He spoke honorably of his father's piety, concealing his fniilts, and then introduces himself ns the prom ised great kindness thnt God hnd given to David in his family. "Truth . . . right eousness . . . uprightness." Truth her contains nil duties to God; righteousness the duties to men, nnd uprightness th right manner of performing both. Such grateful humility nnd such high nnprccia tion of moral excel'ence nre qunlities of heart favorable to the reception of God's best gifts. 7. "Thy servant king." The second con sideration was because he wns king. Al though Solomon recognized the fact that God and not man had placed him upon the throne, vet lie needed divine assistance. in bis work. It ii a source of grent strength and blessing to he in the position and doing the work to which we are con scious that God has appointed us. This is a strong reason for asking an 1 expecting God's b'essing upon us. "A little child. The third consideration w-m hia youth nod lack of experience. His e:;not nr8 at this time is unknown, but he wns proh ahlv nineteen or twenty. 'I his devout con sciousness of his own weakness was really fcioonio-i's best nualificntion as a ruler. 8. "In the midst." That is. Solomon i set over them ns king. The fourth consid eration was the greatness of the work In be done. All eyes are turned upon him, anil he is expected to rn'e and guide the people. They v.cie a turbulent people, o.'ten going as'ray, often contemlins with each other, with strouT wills and an im pulsive tonim-ramont. Prolmlily t!i--re was a strong partv opposed to him, and broth ers of full a;c ready ti lead it. "Thou hast chosen." It was not only a grent nation, but the nation chosen to represent God before the world, and carry out His kingdom, nnd tei?h tho world Hi truths. All this was a fur grcfiter responsibility thin the ruling of nn ordinary kingdom. "Cannot he numbered." There seems in be a reference in these words to the prom ises made bv God to Abi-n'iaiii, more es pecially to Genesis 13:1(1. This was n com mon and natural exorcssion for a Inrgo number. In such a kingdom it would be very difficult to get the a -tunl number of the people, l'roni the number of men given i'i2 Sam. "34:0 end 1 Chron. 21:3, fi, it is inferred that the population was about 0,o00,0:in. 9. "Give therefore." P.ccau'" of thes consideration. "An understanding heart." His r'nuest nc-onlcd with the exhorta tions David had given him. His petition was that the Lord wou'd enlarge nnl strengthen Irs intollcctu.il non-ers; give him a ready discernment, in sniritu il things, nnd a corresponding dispositions nnd f'ir ii'sh him with the peculiar talents nnd nl'ili'v for government, that be minht ad minister iustice and judgment rightly for the bci'e'it of the neonlc, nnd the Inuor of God. "To judee." Absalom wished to ba a judge' Solomon trembled at the mn!"r tnkinc. Solomon n':ed nothin merelv for himself, but everything was directed to ward the good of the peonle. His choice was uuselfi-Oi, noble and divine. III. God's nnswer (vs. 10-1-1). M, 11. "l'lcaed the Lord." Although this con versation is represented ns having taken piece in a ilreim, vet it expressed So'o mon's real desire during his waking po metits. Solomon had prayed the day be fore with great frequency, and desired of God the gift of wisdom. "Hast not asked." The greatness of Solomon's reoucst is esti mated by whnt he did not ask. He wa unse'tish. A weaker mnn wou'd hive de sired either (It long life; or (21 riches: or (3) the life of his enemies; that is, that God would take the life of his enemies, or nut it in hii power to Hestrov them. 12,13. "According to Thy words." Those are accepted of God who prefer spiritual b'essings to temporal, and are more de sirous to be found in the way of duty than preferment. Sn'omon' prnxer was a prevailing prayer. God gave nim riches nnd honor and long life without hi ask ing, and thus he received a double blessinc Hut although the Lord gave Solomon wis dom aid understanding, yet he doubtless studied and toiled like other Ir.en for hi acnuirments. 14, IS. "If thou wilt," etc. There is a moral hinge on which every blessing of God swings. Divine favor and promises release no ma:i from the obligations i f righteousness. So'omon never met these conditions fully. He received much, but he would have received much more had he been faithful to th grace given. "Came to Jerusalem." He had made hi prayer at Gibeon. and there God graciously met him; but he returned to the capital again where be might in holy adoration present him sal f before the sacred ark of the rove pant, which wa there in the citv of David, "Offered . . . offerings." Solemnly to praise God for ail Hi mereies, and espe cially for giving him miiet possession of the kingdom, and for Hi gloriou appear ance to him in the dream, and for tha prnmije mado to him, IV. Solomon' wisdom (chap. 4:29-34). In chapter 4:2"-28 we have an account of So'omon' wealth 'and worldly greatnesa and in verses 2t-4 of his wisdom. Hi wi--'.om took many direction. He wa wise as a iudge, ns an architect, a a states-ma-, in literature, in science. He had a com-rehensive, powerful mind capable of grasping the knowledge of many and dif ficult lubject. me Right f Way. It had been impressed on Edward and John by their mother that they should always give precedence to wom en, at no matter what cost to them selves. Now Edward and John and Margaret had been adjudged guilty of the kind of naughtiness that In the opinion of the presiding Judge, per sonated by their mother, needed the laying on of a slipper aa the best pun Ishment to fit the offense. She lined them up In front of bev and deftly re moved her little slipper. "Edward." aha said sternly, "coma here.". "You've forgotten Madge, mother," whimpered Edward. "Ladles first, yo know." i Home Made Tether Ball. This Is a good time of year to play tetber ball, and It is not hard to make all the things needed to play It with In case you have not got the money to buy tbea ready made. Even if you have. It's good thing to leaaa to make thinks once and a wbl't, (tut to know how. CHRISHA ENDEAVOR TOPICS. D.-cember 6 What th Htrocs of Paltb Teacb Us. Heb. 11:1-40. Scripture Verses. Dent. 33:27; John 14:1; 1 Tim. 4: If; 2 Tim. 1:12; 1 Cor. 15:57; Eph. 6:1113; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7-8; 1 John 6:4. Lesson Thoughts. We have much nued tor faith In this world, fcr there are very many things that we cannot understand fully; and to trust though cannot understand Is the exercise of faith. If you take God's promises aud act upon them; If you loam His "il and lo HJs commandments, you may be lure you have faith; for nothing else could lead you to do so. Faith grows by exercise; but we need more than merely our own ef forts. Selections. Faith Is learned, and the learning often costs. Walking by faith Is not walking by sight, and walking blind folded is not learned by walking with open eyes. It was through trial that Abraham beeam the father of the faithful, and Jt Is of no use for us to expect that our prayers for faith will be granted without trial. Phillips Drooks Bays that when men pray for more faith, what they really want is usually more faith, but more light What they want not trust and courage to bear their burden even In the dark, but !hey want the dark removed so thai, '.hey can see the good that will eomn Irom their burden-bearing. And this would be sight, and not faith at all. Dr. Henry Van Dykia urges us nev er to be so foolish as to think It makes no dJffrence whether we believe or not. Without faith, he says, our vir tue is like an empty alabaster box. faith Is the ointment that fill it, so that Its fragrance fills the whole house. Suggested Hymns. I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus. I bring to Thee, O Master. Encamped along the hills of light. She only touched the hem of Ills garment. Not saved are we by trying. My hepe Is built on nothing less. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING T0PICJ Decenbtr 6-Lost and Helpless A Mas Wliboul Christ, John 12, 37:13; Heb. 3. II They who have not heard of Christ l.now only that they are hrjlpless, groping 'in the dark. They were born blind. They have no lost vision of the Christ to fill them with remorse. They live In a world where helpless ness seems to be part of the order of things. But In a Christian laud there Is no sadder sight than that of a life which might have bten radiant with Christian hope, but 'instead is given over to despair. Without Christ, what Is there in our lives to oppose sin? We are hampered at the outset. There are glows of sin cere purpose, faint hints of righteous desire, feeble attempts at helpfulness. But without Christ even these are lost, sooner or later. There Is no center to tirem, no unifying personality, no lead ership, and no forgiveness. Without Christ every failure of the grod In us Is added strength for the bad. Every sin leaves us weaker. Every help refused leaves us harder. Every good spurned gives the evil firmer lodgment. By and by the heart lg hardened. The ear that refused to hear U now deaf and unresponsive; the life which loved darkness better than light is blind at noonday. Hardness of heart is a subtle disease tl.at destroys at the same time sensi bilizes and hopas. It takes away the pain-sense. Some men congratulate themselves that they are no longer foolishly sensitive to spiritual things. They make no effort to renew the old responsiveness. Almost without exception, he who ba.t put faith out of his heart has first put obedience out of his life. Few go the way of Robert Elsmere, living a blameless life and yet losing thedr hold on Christ. That book is not true to life. The process is ordinarily re versed. Motive and conduct change, then Christ la denied and then the dark! There are four things a man cannot believe, If he has given up Christ: Mercy, Justice, Immortality, Revela tion. "He will have mercy and abundantly pardon." That is the Bible's unbroken testimony, to God. But he who has turned away from Jesus Christ Is too busy to be pitiful. There Is nothing to check revenge and vindlctiveness. Tha world'a heart of pity beats but errat ically, save under the influence of the Compassionate One. "Ood Is Just." But they say. "He has no right to ask such sacrifice as his religion entails. It Js burdensome, ant I aaek for freedom." That Is to say, Ood Is unjust. But If Qod Is un just who shall say that man is Just? Heaven is the home land of tha Christian. "I go to prepare a placs for you." But that Is meaningless if one has rejected Christ. He is living f jr to-day, and heaven is not a delight soma vision. It condemns his life. So heaven becomes a poet's dream, or A disordered brain's Imagining. ONE WIFE AND THREE QUEENS. Little Came Got Married Man In a Lot of. Trouble. A atory is told on a Rochester down town man who loves a quiet game of draw poker. Being advised over tha 'phone the other afternoon that five of his friends were about to open a Jackpot, he 'phoned back: "How much will It cost mo to coma in? Seven dollars? All right; let soma one who Is not playing draw cards for me. I'll stand for It." ' Soon one of tha outsiders called him up and Informed blm that he bad three queens. Tha business man chuckled and waited for the betting to reach him, Tlnga-llng, rang tha telephone. "Well?" asked the wire player. "I called you" began a voice. "Sorry," cried the business man, "for I'va got three queens." "Why. Georgo, thla la Mary!" ex plained tha voice. It waa bis wife. Ha is now trying to explain away those throe queens. New York Times, , Raise Elactrlc Lights. A regulation bas ben made Vienna tbat all electric lights must b raised to sixteen feet above tha pave Bient, as otherwise they are calcu lated to injure tha eyesight of passe era. flinrlly. I Corinthians. 13 C'hnplor. Though I with angel's tongues should spenk nd be most lowly, just and meek. And have such faith thnt 1 could make The hugest mountains move and qunkc; And have not churity, nlas! I am become as sounding brass. Though T in mysteries be learned, And give my body to be burned. And all my goods to feed the poor, And trials patiently endure. And not in chnrity abound 1 am but aa cymbal's sound. Charity snfTercth long is kind V Of tenchahle and humble mind Vaunt not itself it envieth not llcbaveth seemly dmiheth naught ' Is not puffed up seeks not her own ' Not soon provoked offendeth none; llenreth. bclievoth. hopeth nil. hndureth, nnd shnll never fall: Knowledge may vanish, tongues may CCAso, Hut charity shall still increase And of Inith. hope nnd charity I'.vcr lie the greatest of the three. A. L. Hours, in Detroit Free Tic's. The Itnnil to Truth. "The end rf man." snys Carlvlc, "is an nction, not a thought." Thnt is not sny ing that thought is not a necessary part of all high nction, nt course. Hut tiiought that stops in itself is stopping on the road to truth. Action and nction alone, say l'liiladelnhia Young People, takes it for ward. I'rofessor dames, the noted psycho logist, has well represented thought as "only n nlace of transit, the bottom of a loop, both of whose ends have their point of application in the outer world." All that our eyes, our ears, our daily connec tion with the world and with others bring to us, must pass throuyh our minds anil souls, and return to the outside world again transmuted into action. "In plain Knglish perception and thinking are only there for behavior's sake." says the profes sor, and long before modern psychology came to the conclusion that the Hible summed up the same truth, "Faith, if it hnHi not works, is dead, being nlonc." For this reason truth can never be learned by mere argument. We do not really possess a truth until we have acted on it. and it takes cnntitiu.il action on it to make it pnrt of the tiher of our minds and souls. We can fail to make progress toward truth by refusing to act upon it. The young man who holds the gospel mes sage in his mind, but determines not to take any action on it at present, is losing ctcr perception of it, aed power of clear thought about it, daily. He may not think so, he may think instead thnt he is gaining an intellectual perception of its difficulties. Hut the fni-t is. that he is losing power to act by pot acting that is all. He has checked the advance of truth half wav, shutting it i") in thought when it ought to he set free in net. "If anv man will do H's will he shnll know of the doetrins whether it be of (imt." Thought nlonc is power'ess to know !od; feeling nlone ii powerless to love fJod. We must keep f.od's cnnvamlmetits. putting our emo tions nnd thoiu'h's into nets of obedience before we can abide in His love, and know H;-n whom to know aright is I'fe eternal. It is a vcrv sonple road, after all. To perceive, to think, to act surely anv one enn reach truth without trouble.- Hut that third step is where many voung people pause. It is easy to see the beaut v of holi ness, nnd easv to thi"k nhout it. Thoso two steos nre unnntieH. create no nntagon ism. make no costiv demands. Hut to act thnt means a arent deal, lletter wait for ft little more knowledge, a little more con sideration of the matter, whispers the en-en"- of sou's, nn't manv souls vielil to the whisner. And then, having blorl-ed tho road to truth, thev lose themselves in t"n"s of ''nib, nnd never get nnvwhere. Verlmns., litre I'ilat, who knew the riuht, '"' refi'sed to net i'"on it. thev end by fall'"? noon the philosophical re- -M-k: "What is tr- li ?" Ales! the reason IVnte ""-er rearhed en'- further neouaint nnce w:th truth wn thnt he would not net o-i tho l-n.owV'l-n of Christ ,ft,t n't-padv. The itvin" thief had not had half I'ilnte's on"-tunitiei. tint pe wns a man of action. n"d it sn'-ed him. For many of os to-dav snlvntion ban- noon nctoi.' Shall we net, li'e" or s. iM we pause in the bnrren"ess of thought and never reach saving truth? Tt1e Tims to Serve flnt. It is said of n certain railway engineer that his duties call him at a vcrv early hour 3 o'clock in the morning. He is a Christian, and, knowing full veil that soul life must utterly perish without reading a-id studv of the Hible and praverful devo t'on, he rises at 2 o'clock in the morning. Mi'-e than that, led by the Holy Spirit, without effort of affectation, he tinds manv an opportunity for pointing the wav back to the cross and sometime of exhorting ro'il hrarted Christiana upward to sunlit heights of the holy living and heavenly happiness. He is a .happy man. You may be so. too. Keligion is not a cunningly devised fable. O'n- Redeemer is mightv to save, strong to deliver, limit'ess in love, longing to make you haupv. Helieve Him now. Do like the enrly rising engineer take t!-ie to lie religious. Head and studv vour Hible evrv dn'-. T.i.'k to (iod every hour in the day. Helieve what He says. Do what He tells you to do. Tut at least ten names on your prayer list. A llftaiitlrul I'rayrr. O God, who art, and wast, and art to come, before wiicse face the generations rise and pass away, age ufter age the living seek Thee, and find that of Thy faithful ness there is no end. Our fathers in their pilgrimage walked by Thy guidance, and rested on Thy compassion; still to their children bv Thou the cloud by day, tho tire by night, In our manifold temptation ihou alone know est and art ever nigh. In sorrow Thy pity revive the fainting oul; in our prosperity and ease it is Thy spirit only that cau wean us from our pride and keep us low. () Thou sole source of peace and righteousness! take now the veil from every heart, and join us in one communion with Thy prophets and saint who have trusted in Thee, and were not ashamed. Not of our worthiness, but of Thy tender mercy, hear our prayer. Amen. Jame .Mil tinea u. Doubt Itrinorrd. We shall never tru'y honor Ood unless we can talk to Him about evcrvthing that concern us, without a cloud of doubt. II only we keep near to Him thus, who can tell what depths of teaching such intimacy of communion will opeu uur Episcopal Itccorder. Start Willi (loci. The early hour i the hour for prayer and the Bible. Start the day with tiod! We know not what the day mav bring in either trial or temptation. The most dangerous temptation are lue- unforeseen nnd unexpected. Theodore L. L'uyler, Answered Prayer. Therei no true prayer without some re pons. Invisible wire fi-i.m heaven to earth are ever vibrating with divine bless ings, and when prayer touches them tha electric stream of luv vutua the oul. Newuuu Hall. A Gama of Wow re and Treaa. A gama full of fun, although it la aid, is called "Flowers and Trees." Aa many as arb present can play. The Brat ono aaya, for Instance: "My Brat la a public bouse, tny second Is a state to which all must .come, my third is a command to depart; my all is a flower." Answer, "Indigo." Only a minute Is given for guessing, ind the one who guejet has a turn. K list of flowers and trees can be looked up before c'.aylng, unless on a (a fCulllar with a good many, ME GREAT DESTROYER iOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Monkey, Mini nnil WhiskyAn Incident In New Jersey Which 1'nrtliilly Troves the Theory of I'.voliillon Itiiin Means Failure, l'overly nnd Korrow, In the Ntnto of New Jersey, near the edge of the North ltiver, an unfortunate monkey got very i.Tiink. Some brutal nii.it. sup-ilm- to him in physical development and inferior in moral finalities, persuaded the poor brute to drink whisky. The monkey drank a great deal too much, was absolutely intoxicated, and his conduct was exactly iike that of a, man that is to say, of the average whiky drinking mnn. It would be pleasant to relate that the monkey tasted the whisky, felt it burn and refused to tom b nnv more of it. That un fortunately is not what happened. It would be creditnble to the monkey's wisdom if one could snv thnt while he made a mistake nnd drank too much whis ky once he could never be persunded to t-ueli it again. That is not true, cither. The poor monkey, tempted bv bis hu man half brothers, drank whisky, -ind he acted exactly as the average poor, foolish, feeble man act under the same circum stances. When they offered him the whisky first he didn't want to tnke it. They urged him and tinallv he took inst a little. It burned I'lin. made him cough, made his eves wnter Kven a monkey, you would think, ought tn have known enough to let it alone. Hut le did not know enough; he took a litt'e more, then some more, nnd linally all that he could get. He went through the various stages ol humiliating incapacity thnt mark n human being's trnnsition from sober to drunk. He becnine voluble nt first, chattered about, showed many signs of friendliness apparently he was a much improved mon key. Then be became foolish nnd unsteady on jus legs. Finnllv he beenme brutal, want ing to bite, nnd nt Inst he sank into a stu por, just the equal of any dead-drunk man. man. Next day this miserable monkey, ini tiated into the results of the worst curse that afflicts his superior brothers, persisted in iiis resemblance to a human being. He was shivering, nervous, without appetite, nnd evidently suffering physical if not mental remorse. Hut he was just like a man. and gladly accepted the drink that w-as given him with the assurance that many other mon keys are fooled by "a little hair of the dog thnt hit you will set you right." If thnt monkey is saved from n monkey's rave only the Inck of whiskv. not any wis dom or strength of will of Iiis own, will save him. If you ever want to argue with a man against whisky the story of the drunken monkey, intelligently presented, oucht to produce an impression. You might talk to any whisky drinking man as follows: "If you had seen that monkey, clear eyed, healthy and vigorous, you would have saitl to his keeper: 'Don't let him touch whiskv it will ruin your monkey' yet vou drink whisky yourself. "If vou had seen the monkey take the first glass you would have sniil to his keep cr: 'Don't let him take any more; the sec ond "lass will ruin him. give him a longing lor alcohol. It will ruin vour monkey' yet you take the second glass yourself. "If you had seen the monkev in his de grading progress from sober to drunk, los ing his equilibrium, becoming first maudlin and then vicious, you would have said to his keeper: 'Now look at your monkey. You see how worthless he is; that is whnt whikv always does with a monkev' yet that is jut what whisky does with you, und you give it the chance to do it." You might also say this to your whisky drinking friends: "The monkey most resembles the man thnt most resembles him. of course. The man that acts with whisky as the monkey does is like the monkev. "In the brain of the monkev, as every child knows, the strongest i istinct is that of imitation. The monkey will rut hi throat Irving to imitate a man shaving. No wonder that he ruins his health imi tating a man drinking whiskv. "The monkey, as he took that whisky, seemed foolij.li, especially after the first taste, and if you hail never drank whisky yourself you would be justified in despis ,.ig the ino'ikcy. "Think how manv e-ccuscs he has that you who drink whisky h.1Vo not. ' You know tint whisky Ins ruined mill ions of men and is "till ruining millions. The monkev knows nothing about th.it. "You know that nine-tenths f the mur ders are hn-ed on whiskv. t'iie inoni.ey ;!"" nn'niug nhout that. "You know that whiskv mems failuie, poverty nnd abue fm- chi'dren, abuse, povertv nnd sorrow for mothers. All ol J'ese things the monkey do- not know. A "il nre more foolish dnm , ,v,Pn ,-ou take the whisky." National Advocate. A Frank Paloon Keeper. The Scottish Women's Temperance News Sa vs : "A publican has rccent'y been inter viewed by the Daily Kxprcss. ami his con tr hntion to tiie awful revelation of the drink evil among women and children is a fol.ows: The other day,' lie nid. 'I was summoned to an inoiiesi. There were six hoilies to view, and five of the six were I hose of babies who had been overlaid on the previous Saturday and Sunday nights. I won t have the women with children il I can help it. but I am not alwav in the bar. I got home at a quarter to twelve the other night and found six women in one bar. with as manv children. The poor little things were crying to go home; the remedy was n hard sma.-k. I told the women they ought to be ashsmed of them se.ves. Hieir nnswer wns in the form of inuring gin and water, and in some c.nse lieer, down the throats of the little ones, not p one of ),(,, wa4 ovcr cjglt Vcarf Decline In Drunkenness. Co-operation of the Iloston Press, the ohVials of the Huston elevated railway and the new head of the l'nlice Board of Iloston. has materially decreased the amount of drunkenness in the ntv, espe cially on Saturday nights. Suburbanite coming to Boston now find it far more nithrult to secure transportation home than they used to. Stringent orders have been issued to the police and to the mo tormen and conductors of the car to re fuse admittance to all men who are in the slightest degree under the influence ot liquor. National Advocate. An Knormttu Kspendlture. Bishop MeCabe says: "The laboring pcop.e of this country spend more money for whisky and beer than the entire banking capital of the nation. In three years, by saving what t.iry pour down their throats, they could have banks tunning in their interest with an aggregate capital of 3,?JO,ouo,t)00." The Oussule In llrlef. The Bev. Brooks Lawrence, of Ohio, ha taken charge of the anti-saloon crusado in H isconsin. 1-awrence. Mass.. i getting tired of Ii cense and there is a strong chance of Pro hibition winning at the next election. , A nineteen-year-old girl, who waa ad judged insane at the County Clerk' ofliea recently, was ruined in the wine i om ol lndianapoli. One of tho license petitioners in Larra bee, la has a brother in jail lor drunk rnnrw, and the wife and three small chil dren of th unfortunate aixt in the county poorhouse, William Orjtts. a bartender in Kcyea T?r'', 111- waa .hot and killed in cold blood by .lame bander, who wa drunk at the time. In sixty year the annual per capita con sumption of whisk, ha gradually de creased from '. o and a half to oue and a fourth gallon. In forty year the con sumption of beer ha increased from !es than two to mot than seventeen yY.ton per canita. A l'iii.burg jn who had bee in tha habit of drinking a Uirt of whisky ir day during the past fifty cais. dird re ctnit.y. He was over ei-.itv. and Ihe aii position is had he increased the dose ha might have held disth al, a decade ..r two longer. It is safe to aav. however, had he nevtv drank auy whisky he might b alive la-day. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Irad CoodlHoat. R. G. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Rcviewr of Trade" says: Labor organization nre accepting reductions in wages with out controversy, which removes ona threatening industrial factor, and ui tcv-e-nl branches of business order are more numerous, but in the slerl indus try lucre is little expectation of liberal buying until 1904. Construction work: is decreasing, despite optimistic report of more building permits issued last month than a year ago. There is ruj complaint of traffic congestion, that waa 80 frequent last year at this time, rail way earnings, 6.1 per cent, higher than in November to date in iojm, testify ing to the increase in facilities!. Failures this week were 249 in the? United States, against 366 last year an l 17 in Canada, compared with 24 a year ago. "Bradstrcet's" says: Wheat, includ ing flour, exports for the week aggre gate 2,974.277 bushels, against 3.by)StJ! bushels last week, 5,277,672 this wee's: last year, 5.517,930 in lyoi and 3.827,296 in lyoo. Corn exports for the week apKrcgate I ,.191.625 bushels, airiinft l,0NM,2K2 last week, 24.1. J.H I a year lg . 445.351 in 1901 and 5.2.15.568 in 1900. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring clear, $.1.854.05; ! Tatent $5.25; choice Family $435- Wheat New York Nr. 2, K7Vs: Philadelphia No. 2, 84i(&85c; Balti more No. a, 85c. Corn New York, No. 2. 53I1: Phila delphia No. i, ifiVte. 49c; Baltimore No. 2, 40c. Oats New York No. 2, 41c; Phila. dclphia No. 2, 416142c; Baltimore Nn 2. .l8c. Green Fruits and Vegetables. Ap ples Maryland and Virginia, per br,. fancy, $l.ocXo'l 25; do, lair to goji. 75cCg$i.oo. Beets Native, per bum 5c. i(utc. Cabbage Native, per ton $2.ooC'i?2.5o; do. New York State, pec ton, $l2.oXri3 00. Cauliflower Nev York, per brl or crate, $t.5o(fi2.25. Cranberries Cape Cod, per brl $7.cW') 8.00; do, per box $!. 75fa 2 00. Celery New York State, per doiten 3o(&3ocf do, native, per bunch 2'i(fi,3'1. Car rots Native, per bunch i(nili. Grape Concords, per 5-lb basket 130140; do, Niagara, do, 1517; do. Catawba, do, 13(114; do, New York Salems, ptr basket 1 4(Vi 5. Horseradish Native per bushel box $1,2501.75. Lettuce Native, per bushel box yitifioc. Ki's Native, per bushel box i5i'2oc. Lin: beans Native, per bushel box t3y-4 1.50. Onions Maryland and Pennsyl vania, yellow, per bu 5Xri6oc. Oranget Florida, per box, as to siie, $2.25'i 3.00. Pumpkins Native each aVifti!jVjc. Quinces New York State, per lr $4 cxxci 5.cx. String brans Anne Arnn clcl. per bu, green, $t.oooYi.25. Spin ach Native, per bushel box 3001401; Tomatoes Anne Arundel, per 4fc bas ket 25W40C. Turnips Native, pre bushel box mfiiisc. Cheese Large, 60 lbs, !2(?i2i; do, 36 lbs, I24'a I2fi: 24 lbs, lj'tf-ij'-V Potatoes. White Native, per bu-h-el box 55(ci6oc; do, Maryland and Penn sylvania, prime, per bu 600763; do, d, soconds, per bu sofa 55; do. New York, prime, per bu 63165. Sweets Yellow Maryland and Virginia, per brl $i.o ((ijl.25; do, do, per flour barrel (1 i't 1-35; do, do, Anne Arundel, per brl $.I51.25. Yams Virginia, per brt 7561900: do, Potomac, Maryland, per brl 75ffoo. Live and Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, young, 7 pounds and over I.i'irfrt4c; do old, do, do 1261.13; do small ani poor uyii. Chickens liens, heavy to medium, looYio'Jc ; do, small an'f poor, 9'jCti.io; old roosters, each, 25.V1J 30; young, good to choice, nVirtl;i2; staggy lofcfio'S; do, rough ani poor, (fi')Vi. Ducks White Pekings, 4 lbs and ovcr, 1261)120; mongrels, 3'i v 4 lbs, 1 1 (012. ticese Western anj Southern, each, 50(0:70. Guinea fowls, each, 2o(a'25C. Pigeons, old strong fit ;rs per pair, 206125c; do, young, d , Jo, 206(25. Dressed Poultry Turkeys, rhoice, 145415c; do, medium to goo-i, l2'Ail3'A. Ducks, good to choice. I J Ji 13c. Chickens, young, good to choi.e I26 l2c; mixed, old and young. itVoi 12; poor to medium 96110. isecsr, good to choice, 96VMC. F.ggs. Western Maryland and Pmtt tylvania. los off, per doren. c; Kastern Shore (Maryland and Vir ginia), do do, 6Y27; Virginia, do d . Gixj; West Virginia, do do. 2fr, ; Western, do do, --ii27; Southern, dj do, 246t"'25; storage, lancy, at mark, i J do, 2iJi('22; do. good to choice, at mark, do do, 20(1(21. Livi Msec New York. Dressed beef steady; :ity dressed native aide, extreme range, otffoe per pound. Cables ajiMt ;d American steers at 11 c, top prices, dressed weight; refrigerator beef at 3j4(ti84 per pound; exports, 50 cat le. Hogs Receipts. 1415 head; lightly firmer; a bunch of rough dux td Jersey sold at $5 per 100 poutdi. Chicago. Cattle Good to primn itcers, $561570; poor to medium, $3.2.3 K'4 75; stockers and feeders. $1.7514) 425; cows, $i.5A4; heilers, $2615; can ners. $150612.40; bulls, $1 75U4-15' calves, $261570; Texas led steers, $2.7; il.1 50; Western steers, $ I6V4 5 Hogr Receipts today, lo.oto head; tomjr row, 18.000; opened steady; closed to lower; mixed and butchers $4 0oitcKi good to choice heavy. $465615; roo heavy, $4.2061460; light, $45i'5. bul oi sales, $4.60(0,49. INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The average journey cl a too ai freight is 128 miles. There were 0700 Amerirao toinf in Switzerland last summer. Seven Kentucky leuds have result . in 250 mnrdrrs and but two hangings. Wireless communication has 1ee4 established between Japan aud For mosa. Ihe paper bill ol the United State printing office amount to $7501-0 a year. The capital of the railroad U aor hnn five times aa great as tfcat si ail the banks. There are nearly 6.000 ono firrrrt rt tat United States, the average i besaj; 140 acres. More than one-third K lbs innate of the Elmira, N. Y, Slate's priton ace well educated. In the Santa Clara Valley, California, five square miles are devoted to tbw raising ol onion seeds. Within fifty years Kuitia kas acstrr ed new territory which aa area as Urg-cc than the United States. A child ol tea years abomU weigh 66H1 pounds, have a height of & inches, and a chert mewtjuctaverst at jtL inches. The balance ol trasle in ocr fasrot nearly equals, and occasionally caeeeds, that ol all other favored uatian MttMs map, 1 he avenge wewliSi for tV ttewer.? '.Kipulmion o the Unite Srwe i JU36: that ol the 0a lha $11,500 per capita. Russia and France vadh lami-h-Crwtt Britain, amnlr vaorx trrsn no. mo.ooo poraia bater, avfelt ft? I'm i-i Stat fv4uskf twPbti ao.tb-
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