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ELEMENTS J)F RELIGION
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon by Rev.
Joliii M. Davidson.
Mao's Interest In the tncir.mtlon A Str king
Thought About the Divinity ot War.
Brooklyn. X. Y. In the. Fourth L'ni
lariuu Church, i-'lntb.ish, Sunday morning,
the pastor, the Hev. John M. Davidson,
preached on "Wlint Are the I'ei inuncDt
lileincnts of Religion?" He said:
In tin period of questioning, when old
truclures of religious luilli arc being torn
down and new ones are taking their places,
olien what seem the very ioiindntinn of
faith is reins; removed here and there to
Jiake way for new material, it is well
north our while to ask the question that
n consequent upon such a condition, What
Jlcnienti of our religion faith are perma
nent nnd n:r likely to resi.it the tendency
to change? Jt is a question that is agitat
ing more people than ever before in his
tory. We have been to'i that there is a
trowing indifference to re'.iaion. that men
ire abandoning the cliurch;s, that pagan
win has rc-a'.u-oi bed lnrje sections of the
roimtry. even I'miiaii New lmgland sliar
HZ in the general dissolution.
No one can deny that the influence of
'.lie church it nm as pelt as it was when
.'.most the on!y educated men were mill
Rters. We who occiipv tjie pulpits to
lay frankly nenznize the fact that the
cenpunt of the pews arc not only our
rqtia.s in intellect, but are capable of giv
jig us instruction in many departments of
ihnught wherein the minister of old time
ivas held to be supreme. The minister of
:o-dny must recognize his relatively
.lianitc.l condition. He addresses minds
it least as well informed and as bright nt
in own and on many subjects more so.
And he is woefully mistaken, and unalerc
,f ho does not welcome the change as an
idvantuge to himself and his work rather
ban a detriment. Nevertheless, for the
lime being, this condition tends to bring
down t lie church attendance figures and
to lessen th church's influence. It will
continue to do so until the church finds
men who are leaders lit not in intellect)
.n the effort for social amelioration. They
must be spceuili-ts and authorities in
iheir field, as the physicians and lawyers
sre in medicine unit jurisprudence.
, That the temporary falling off in the in
fluence of the church as an institution sr
;ues for an indifference to religion 1 do
not believe. The church has not yet
learned its work. It is still delving in
theologies and philosophies, when men
are no more interested in the one than
the other, lloth theology and philosophy
jre vital matters, but the old manner oi
ilist-ussing these subjects cannot now inter
est men who aro touched by the spirit
af the scientific afe. I'ntil science and the
ivhole new method of thought that fol
lows upon recent scientific discovery have
rnterc4 into and viviiicd theology mid phil
osophy, they will cease to interest or in
fluence man. They have no point of con
tact with his interests. But men are in
terested in religion. This very question
ing and unrest proves it. Kven the return
to paganism, as it has been called, that
trend, particularly noticeable in rural New
I'lngland, away from the formalism oi the
church and back to nature, it not so
alarming as appears at tirst glance. We
ire learning to see Unit, although for cen
turies we have called certain peoples "pa,
.ans," thinking to give them a bad name
and so to avoid more tedious investigation
into the character of these same pagans,
we have much to learn aboat religion, and
we may not seldom sit with profit at the
feet of many a pagan prophet. Men are
asking whether, after all. a comparatively
mall sect is right and all the rest wrong,
or whether there is not a bit of truth in
them all. Thev bo further. They ask
now whether that truth may not make all 1
peoples tree; they are wondering whether,
after nil, salvation is to be found with one
and universal destruction with the other,
whether the Creator of all nations is like
ly to make one of them His favorite, to
give that one a true and final revelation
and to withhold it from all others. Men
are going even further than this in trteir
questioning. They are putting the relig
ions side oy side for comparison. 1 hey
are inquiring whether or not the ftutn
that is in one may not be found occasion
ally in another, and they ara finding
through this comparative stutlY of relig
ions that, at bottom, all are aliRe. Great
areas of parallel beliefs and aspirations me
found making the claim of exclusive reve
lation ridiculous. In fact, when it is
found that every single form of rfligion
on the face of the earth lays elaiift to an
exclusive revelation of some sort, and we
find that the term "heretic" is merely an
expression if one man's, or group of men's,
point of view, we begin to open our eyes
to the fact that our own past claims rn the
matter may not carry so much, weight as
we had thought.
The discoveries that we have made dur
ing the last century about the habits of
life and the character of thought of the
other half of the world, the scientific meth
ods of investigation into the subject oi re-
. ligion, it origin.' rise and often its de
cay, into religious literatures, and among
them our own Bible, are broadening in
view, even while, and perhaps because,
they disturb our complacency. Beligiou is
given a new interest. We find that we
Christians are not the only members of
God's family, and that there are others
who tare for Him as much as we do and
whom He loves as greatly as Ho loves us.
I say that this is the tendency of men's
minds to-duy. Hardly do the most of us
admit the changed point of view us an
accompliaiicd fact, even to ourselves, and
in many localities the old exclusiveness is
as impenetrable as ever it was in the dark
ages. " Universally, where religious exclu
siveness is found it is accompanied, bred
and safeguarded by some form of claims to
final revelation or final authority for truth
some artificial guarantee that the doc
trine preached in that church in the be
ginning is now and ever shall bo preached
without change, world without end. That
such claim is manifestly impossible to sub
stantiate has never deterred the church
from making it. It is one recognition
though a weak one that absolute truth
is unchangeable, and every religion and
every church that claims to have a final
and true revelation must, of course, claim
to possess u knowledge of that "absolute"
which Spencer calls unknowable." Not
one such body could step forth boldly and
lay hold on the greai affirmation of to-day.
that the faith of to-day is hut the stepping
atone to the faith of to-morrow; that rev
elation is not tea lid; that truth is a liv
ing thing, growing as we grow; that man
kind is saved through perpetual evolu
tion from lower to higher, or, in other
words, by fulfilling one meted destiny of
becoming periect as the Father in Heaven
is perfect. Our business to-day is frankly
to admit that the final revelation is yet
far olf and that we have by no means
found the "absolute" truth. The knowl
edge of to-day is but a little section of that
absolute. The thing for us to remember,
and to take courage from remembering, is
that we sre here to culurge, i nd tlir.t we
re enlarging, that scrtieu of knowledge.
I have said that whatever religious ex
clusiveness is found it is accompanied by
some kind of authority purporting to guar
antee the permanency and integrity ot its
faith. The creed has been changed from
its original meaning "credo, I believe"
to an imperative "thou slialt believe."
From being a simple statement of an indi-
vidual faith it has become a formal state
ment n I' a svstem of domna to which all
who would he saved must subscribe.. No
latitude is allowed for individual inter
pretations or for the growth of religious
nd theological conceptions. The aim is
amiplv to lay down a body of dogma that
embodies fans) truth, and a confessiou to
which tin whole world must subscribe re
gardless of individual reason and unaf
fected by the growth of knowledge and
moral consciousness. The attempt hat al
ways failed. There is no creed that holds
the same meaning for us to-day which it
beld for mankind a century ago. If it it
not now actually changed in form, as in
)is case, of a notable number, it is changed
in content to the minds of its adherents.
I If ws sre but willing to onen our eyes wt
ball find that there are hundreds oi mean
pf salvation, and each ma bod breed a
sect. But what does the method signify
beside the tremendous ultimata fact that
all tb world is looking for salvation!
(era is the universal and permanent thing,
la aenia war taw truth ha nercol.tcd
through every mind that we are put into
this world in order to grow. We are not
universally interested in speculations about
Nirvana, or about atonements, or about
I he "survival of the fittest," nor in the
di .i','in as to the proper aim. whether
f '1 n.ippihess or virtue. l'eihrip pvcry
one i interested in one or noo her of
thine means to the end. but we are nil In
terested in the outcome a!vntion for the
human race. Jt is a universal longing. It
is one of the permanent things of religion.
'J hen mankind has been universally in
terested in another thing the incarnation,
liver since man became mini and learned
Hint there was n power ounide of himseli
to which he was bound, be has thought of
this power as in some way entering into
and becoming the guiding power ot some
object of the visible world. At first it
whs a mere stick or stone, a tree or rivet
or wild beast that was the ehoen dwelling
place of deity. Then in good time the tee
ing grew that none but man would make a
suitable habitation for tit Creator; so wc
hear of the Greek heroes, "descendants of
the gods," of Drimlir ami Delphic oracles
and of prophets in all lands whose speech
was eonfrolled in an especial way by Deity.
We hear of a perfect incarnation of Deiiy
in Buddha, born of n virgin, with his di
vine parentage attested by miracles of va
rious kinds, and teaching that there are
many incarnations similar to his own;
that whenever the world has advanced to
a condition in which its needs are different
ii i mi the old, (iod incarnates Himself in a
mortal who thereupon becomes ft great
leader and pronlut. I tin minds, of coiiim1,
now revert to mini her incarnation, that of
God in ,iesu., who alo taught that there
are many incarnations; v ho prayed that
His disciples mijiht be one with God as He
Himself was one with Him. And main we
ee the tendency of men to obscure the
presl truth by the particular example. The
truth which has most obviously appealed
to men is the incarnation of God in a sin
gle man. or, ioruieriy. in a class of men,
a prophet or priests. The truth oi thai;
endures, and tnat has been pointed out
by ,leiiu and all th? greatest leaders of
men is that of perpetual and universal in
carnation. God has breuthed the breath of
life and lias lit the spar); of divinitv in
mankind, for we am His rhildren, nude in
His moral image, inheriiors ot His divinity
becauso we are natural sons and heirs.
This is the tremendous tint toward which
the world is groping, it explains the now
proven fact that mankind' trend is up
ward rather than downward. It gives us
the courage for going on. for keeping up
the struggle when to our restricted view
the obstacles seem iiisuticri' ble. ft com
pels us to believe that this world is found
ed upon good, that the good is "hastening
on toward iinrnoi falitv." whiie evil is sell
destruction. Jf "God's in His heaven."
God's in His world as well, the guarantor
oi its fundament il integrity, the iupircr
of every good thing in- the heart of man.
Do you not see how intimately connected
are the two ideas, the incarnation oi God
and the divinity of man? Both ideas are
everywhere recurrent in tliP theologies of
the world, though their particular expres
sion in one faith is utterly different from
that in another, and it is the difference in
the isolated expressions of the truth that
keeps men apart. The permanent thing,
the larger truih must wait upon our fur
ther enlightenment and broadening oi view
before it can bring us together. We are
learning, it is true. The existence of on
unwonted spirit of toleration and tinny in
religion, the modern urination of the
universality of spirit shows that we are
catching Home gliiup-e.s of the laricer truth
that lies behind our incarnations and
atonements, our theophanies and oracles,
our Biiddlias and ,lc.-u of past tune. If
we had heard the real message of Jesus and
the prophets and poeis we should long ago
have discovered this truth. To lie a man
is to be a descendant of God, to be a de
scendant of God is to he His prophet. His
incarnation, the inheritor of His divinity;
this is the larger permanent truth, one
which is prepared for by cvety religion
that tlie world has ever known.
After having agreed that to do riuht is
the cud of conduct, can we not take each
other by the hand in the fellowship of that
profession, even though we may uiltcr as
to the adoption of means to that end? If
we all recognize the fact that the salvation
of huir.anitv is the permanent object of all
religious effort, then our various methods;
of attaining salvation will soon take their
proper pluees as subordinate elements of
faith anil variable according as the needs
if men larv. The creed then will be not
a Shibboleth by which to save one nnd to
exclude another, but a covenant of kindred
minds bent upon a common object and
drawn together by the natural sympathy
of similar beliefs. Keligion will be no
longer made up of religions some fiilse,
some true but will be recognised as fun
damentally a unit wherever man has lifted
up his head and called on the power that
is above him. We shall see that the essen
tial elements of religion are not the differ
ences that divide, they are the permanent
and fundamental things upon which till
tonus ot religion are loiinilcd, nn. I wtiicii,
if we but let them, will unite men in the
sympathy of common aspirations and in
spirations. ,
Good Oat of r.luiMfers.
What we intend to do is an 4ndicat!on
of our spirit and purpose. We are rct-iijn
sible for our words and acts as we eudeavoi
to have them effective for good or ill. Jlul
God is ever working in love, lie often
brings good out of ill, or out of thought
and sneech beond the best motive ot a
speaker or doer. A co-worker in Christ (
service in Cuba notes the statement in
these column- thac Kmerson's search foi
truth made discoveries which are helpful
to tho.-o who think far more of Christ
than he did. Then she wisely adds: "Hots
t hu t is continually done in this world bar
been illustrated to me for years. One whe
makes a true picture of anything in th(
universe a leal or a ilower, a shell,
landscape, a cloud or a star, an agony, s
joy, or any such thing may and must re
veal to some others more than he himself
has seen. A child describing in a child
ish way some new flower might, without
knowing it, give valuable information to t
botanist." How good is God. to use foi
the welfare of others not only our bent
endeavors, but our very blunders uud out
poosest efforts!
The Alloy or Selr.
Achievement fused with self is too brittle
to stand the test of time. The secret ol
the success of one who had accomplished
much in many fields was well expressed
when it was said that he had learned te
concentrate his powers on the result, irre
spective of how that result would affect
himself. Kvery atom of force deflected
toward self becomes friction. Introspec
tion, self-consciousness and egotism are
ill synonyms for wasted energy. Are you
striving to rid yourself of this waste?
Example.
Tiie world, lying in sin and sorrow, with
a t'luds. t desires to be better, simply
calls to i - church for cxaaiplvs of those
who rise a ove evil and walk aud talk with
c..u.-- I'lii Key. Kay 1'aluiur.
A Wonderful Tree.
The royal oak ot Kppulbarn, Eng..
Is so large that a hall has boon built
In It which will hold more than 400
people at one time. Its age, too, 1
very groat, scientists agreeing that If
must have been growing for several
hundred years. At the top are four
small cannon, from which shots are
fired on holiduyu or solemn occasions.
The man who Is responsible for the
scheme has taken out a patent for it
on the ground that It U an Institution
for the fresh air cura.
Water of Varied Hue.
In the valley ot Aonta, near SL
Marcel, Italy, serins of springs ba
been found In each of which the water
has a different color, and all are of the
most beautiful tints. Prof. Vaccarl of
the Tlvoll Institute made an examina
tion and discovered that the water If
pure, but that minerals deposited on
the bottom of the springs lend to the
water the varying tints. Carbonate ol
cupper I responsible (or the azure
tint of on spring, bydrate of Iron foi
the yellow, and uilxtur-j of both foi
tb ft-reeo.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 28.
iil,ectt llem-cra ami liners of the Word,
Matt, vll., 31-ltl noliti-n Text, .lames
I.. rl'l-Meinnry Verses, at-'J5 Com
inentiiry on the Hay.s I.usson,
I. Mere profession not sufficient (r. 21
2.11. 21. "Not every one.'' Christ is here
laying down the true test oi admittance
into the kingdom of God. He has just told
them that they must enter in through u
narrow gate and walk a narrow way, and
now He intimates that many will seek to
gain admittance on the ground of mere
profession. "That saith Lord, Lord."
fine religion is morn than a profession.
We mav acknowledge the authority of
Christ, believe in His divinity and accept
His teachings as truth, anil still without
the love ot God in the heart wo will be
shut out of the kingdom. "Kingdom of
heaven." Defined by I'aul as being "right
eouMess. and peace, uud joy in the Holy
Ghost" (Kom. 14: 17). It has reference to
that spiritual kingdom which Christ acts
up in the hearts of His followers. It is
true religion. Hut why tailed a kingdom?
I. liocau-u it has its laws the precepts of
the gospel. 'J. Ha subjects nil who be
lieve in Jesus Christ. .1. Its King tho
.sovereign of heaven and earth. "He that
doeth." Christ's followers are "doers of
tiie word and not. hearers onlv" (.fames 1;
JJI. ' See liev. "J2: II. "The will." etc.
That is, the one enters into the kingdom
who obeys the gospel and keens the com
mandments of God. It is His will even
our sanctilication. and that we should
pray ulways. Jt is our duty to follow its
precepts fully. "My Father." Christ does
not refer to 'God as a nern judge ready to
condemn, but u.s a loving lather who is
leady to lik-a and help His children. Th:s
wa a truth hitherto unknown.
"Many." Not merely an occasional
one, but the number will be astonishingly
large. "Ill that day." The judgment day.
The day when the final accounts shall be
brought in. and when each shall receive
bin just desert, toe Acts 1": 31; lloin. 14:
10; -2 Cor. 5: In. "Prophesied." As the
whole gospel is a real prophecy, foretelling
the vast lulure of the li it man race death,
judgment nnd eternity, so every preacher
is u prophet. Here, then, are preacher
who plead their ministry in vain in that
day. See Paul's delinition in 1 Cor. 14: 3.
"Cast out devils." Through their preach
ing souls Uad been converted and devils
hud actually been cast out of men's hearts.
"Wonderful worl:." There have been
great revivals of religion and great manifes
tations ol divine power. 'J he truth has
been preached and God has blessed it.
'.'II. "I never knew you." How sad!
From this wo see how easy it is to be de
ceiled. Many trusting ill the cii::rcli. their
good name, their generosity, their great
gifts, their employment in the ministry,
their (clf-jucriiice, their devotion to the
tatiaC. etc., etc., while at heart they are
not rirlit with God and at the last great
day will bo cast to the left hand. "De
part." Such belong at the left hand.
"From Me." What could be woiie than
banishment from God?
II. liu- wise builder (vs. 24. 0"). 24.
"'1 hen-fore." Jesus now proceeds to im
press the truth by the use of a very sti ik
ing illustration. "Whosoever bcareth."
See 11. V. Itoth c!asts ol men hear tho
word, tin l,ir they are alike. The two
lioi-cs have externally the mil' appear-
a o e. tan. the great nay ol trial thows tlte
diliiieiice. "Will liken him." St. Mat
thew, who living near the like had ni':en
witnessed suvh sudden floods c.s tire de-
hci'tbed,. uses vigorous language And draws
the picture vividly. Palestine was lo at
sidcrable extent a land of hills and mount
ains. "A wise man." The truly wi-e man
pays utteiition to spiritual and eternal
things. He is a prudent man, a man of
understanding, vhu looks ahead and sec
the danger and makes use of the best
means in avoiding it. The wise builder is
the one who hears and obeys tho words of
Christ, "iiuilt bis house." His character;
bis soul's interests. Kach man posscs-.es a
house which is his absolutely, and tor
which he ulone is responsible. "L'pon a
rock." Our lock is Jesus Christ (Psa. 118:
2-': Isa. 28: Id; 1 Cor. 3: 111. He u the
sure foundation. As we centre our f tilli
in Him, and build according to the max
ims which Ho has laid down, wc will ba
sale. 25. "The rain beat." So tempests
and storms of alllictions, persecutions,
temptations nnd all sorts ot trials beat
against the soul. Suddenly, when we think
we are safe, the calamity conies upon us.
How important in that hour to be pos
sessed of something the tempest cannot
destroy. "It fell not." The religion of
Jesus Christ in the soul will stand every
teat. The emblem of a house to represent
the religious life is specially appropriate:
1. A bouse is for rest. 2. A liou-c is for
shelter. 3. A bouse is for comfort. In
like manner true religion is tho rest, pro
tection uud comfort ot the soul.
111. The foolish builder (vs. 20, 27). 28.
"Doeth them not." The fooiis'i man is
one who fails to do what he knows ho
ought to do. He hears, but is disobedient..
"'I lie taud." The foundation is the prin
cipal thins. The house on the rod; utood,
l ut tliu nti-itctiire on the sand was soon
undermined. The one who says, Lord,
Lord, but whosa h'art is not rig'nt. Is ou
li.v and. 27. "It fell." So fa. Is tl.e sin
n,. r. Tho floods arc wearing away his
Kandy foundation, nnd i.oon one tremen
dous storm shall brat upo;i him and he and
h:r hopes .shall forever tail. Perhaps ho
lias heard tho words of L luist from child
hood, und lie may ivcn have taught lljeui
lo r.chers, and yet lie his failed to lay a
solid foundation lor himself. Notice two
poinis of difference between the wise und
the foolish: I. The wise builder has a re
paid lor the future; the ioolUli builder
thinks only of the preacnt. 2. The wise
looks to the solidity and durability of his
struitute rather than to the appearance;
the foolish tares for the appearand) only.
"Great was the fall." How great is the
loss of the soul! What a terrible fall for a
soul created in the image of God, and with
all the glorious possibilities before it of a
iile of biiss forever with Christ, to bo cast
to the lett bund at the la.t day.
1". An astonirfhed people (vs. SS, 29).
28. "These sayings." The sermon just
preached. "Astonished." Ths tcuchings
of Jesus all through His life excited -admiration,
wonder aud umaicment. They
were astonished, 1. At Chris-' elaims. 2.
At His manifest power. "His doctrine."
The Sermon on the Mount content a ;ic
niary of all the great moral i i iti-:i;i!ts and
cardinal doctrines of the cowl, cut-cut tho
atonement. 20. "Having rtthort. Ill
power lay in Himself cud in Jii.i inc. "The
scribes." He did nut speak lil-o a com:. ion
interpreter of the law, ronlnm n,' Ills doc
trine as the Jewish doctoij usually did, by
the authority of their Itai-md iiic-., but
with the air and ouihoritr of n prophet,
and by that authority took uioi Him to
even correct tho do. trmo oil the venucf
tud Pharisees thciaieivv.
ANVIL MARKS HIS TOMB.
Bl.-cksmlth Fastens Implements to
Marble and Awaits Death.
Thoughts of death or of tho grave
do not cppresii John G. Acst'lo, a
blacksmith at Pocomoke City, eastern
shore of Maryland, who Is hale and
hearty at tho ags of 8 years. Hut,
realizing that the length of bis years
cannot bo much lotmur extended, ho
has made provision for the disposal
of bis remains In a manner at once
unique and In accord with his trade.
With his own hands he has fashioned
a tomb. The most notable features
of it are the anvil and hammer which
be used during his apprenticeship
and with which be has worked for
over sixty years.
The hammer and handle are riveted
to the anvil, which in turn Is fastened
to a marble base and set up at the
pot wber he. will rest after death.
Senator Never 8navd.
In one respect Senator Stewart ol
Nuvada Is a remarkable man. He has
nisver been shaved. At the age of It
his beard began to grow, and ha
been growing for sixty years.
F23RUARY TWEMTY-EI CHT.
''Heroisrd and Other Lejsona From
China." Acts 14:1923.
Scripture Verses. Matt. r,:',o.i;
John 1.1:21'; 17:11: 2 for. 12: In; 2
Tim. :i:12: Ps. .17:21-21; Mic, 7:S;
Arts 20:22-24; Hum. 8:H.1';7; 2 l':ir.
4:."-l'i.
Lesson Thoughts.
Paul's pemecittors "supposi',1 h" bad
been dead." Kven if bo had been,
tho atite he? represented would not
have been killed, anil the sincere
Christian ran endure petsonal RttfT't'
Iiiks for Christ's sake In the knowl
edso that Christianity tannut l.e de
stroyed or Injured by it.
"Tribulation Kingdom of God:" we
can make either one to shut out the
other. He who magnifies) th "tribu
lations", blinds hlmselr to the glories
of the "kingdom;" he who looks up to
th" btightness of the kingdom" can
even "glory In trllmla' lor.s also."
Selections.
After the Itoxer rnassai t e a mis
sionary who had passed through them
fenltl, "We know God now as we did
not before this fiery trial. Wo know
His power. His fait!mi!ti"-.i. His
love."
A Chinaman, whone name is Tang,
was recently seized by Chinese sol
diers and bound. A sword wa3 held
to his throat and lie was asked.
"Are you a believer in Jesus Christ?"
He answered, "Yes, I am a Chri?tinn."
He escaped death, and when after
ward he was asked how h" ronld wit
ness so boldly when his rp was
threatened, he said, "I have ju-it l,pen
reading how Peter denied his Master
and afterward went out and wept bit
terly; and how could I deny my
Lord?" And yet some claim that
tlvere are no genuine Chinese con
verts. One effect of the tetrlble massacres
tinting the Iloxer outbreaks was to
call attention to Christianity and to
the Chrkitian Scriptures. An Increas
ed demand for Hibles was exported,
aud the American Hible Society
thought that It was providing for It.
Hut the supply that it was supposed
would be enough foi six months was
gone In six weeks.
"Mr. Morrison," said the owner of
the vessel, as tho great missionary
set tail for China, "do you really ex
pect to make an Impression on Mte
idolatry of the great Chinese empire?"
"No," was the answer, "bu. I t-.p -e'
that God will."
Prayer. Thou art the God of all
nations. Oh. our heavenly Father; and
the souls of all men are dear unto
Thee. Hless. we beseech Thee, the
heroism of Thy missionary servants
ami the bravery of the heathen con
verts, for the further promotion of
Thy kingdom and the liealing of the
nations. Iti His name we pray. Amen.
I TP,
FEfJRUARV 2i.
"Princely Men in the Heavenly King
dom"lActs 13. 1A)
In Antioelt. the heathen tpeen of
the "i:t. Harnabas and Saul had la
borer a whole year. The Church had
prospered. The disciples of .lesm
had ivcehed. perhaps In mockery
tha name which Is their lr?hosl
tip(S of honor. Christians. Now t
i'lnnientous step is about to be taken
llithetto all missionary work hue
'Seen done in a ni;ontaneoiis. hide,
n -tident. Individual way. Christians
H'llng hither and thither on business
or pleasure, or to rscape persecution,
imd witnessed to Jesus. The chance
s"od thus scattered had sprung up
P'tt now the Church deliberately
r-'.ans missionary work and sends the
workers forth.
The scene is instructive. Lending
Christians tire worshiping together
They are lifted into closer and closer
fi-'lowship with Christ. They reel. 08
It wvre. the throbblngs of his bean
No. In some way. the Holy Ghost
speak to the worshiping company.
The remmand. "Go ye Into all the
world." is reechoed in their h;-arts by
the Divine Spiiit. Led by him, they
ret ttpiitl two of their number, uot the
least able nnd most ouwenre. but lead
ers, for missionary labor. Anotler
religious "alemnity. a simple ordina
tion for their mission, and the two go
forth, sent by the Church upon their
momentous tour. Here Is the flVst
missionary society; here are tin; f'st
foreign . missionaries.
No. ice that It was when the CiitiTch
was in closest fellowship with Christ
that It heard Ills call to missionary
service. The missionary spirit is al
ways kindled when devotion to the
tledeenier becomes intense. Not
when the blinding mists of formalism
tnwra-. t' j soul do men discern most
rl.'arly the mind of the Master and see
his conimand-'ng finger pointing to
their benighted brothers. Not when
the drums and gongs of worldliuess
beat la their ears do men hear most
distinctly ti.e missionary command of
tin? ascended Saviour.
' Whenever tin Church has been most
tremendously in earnest about sinners
at Iut doors she has always seen with
unspeakable pity the millions ly
ing In the shadow of death abroad. So
u.-iih itiiiu-ldiials. Tho creat mission
aries havie all bren men of deep spir
itual lire, or intense mve ior i-imsi.
The fame heart which sends the blood
to one tide -f the body wJII send II
) l.nlh ami in the I-xtremitles. The
one electric fire will Illumine the pow
er hoiii-e end tho city. So the satire
faith In Chri't and love of him will
Impel meu to s.'k tl-.e silvar'in
Heir n-'-;lil)'j?s t homo a;ui their
tieitUbJ-is abroad.
rats'horn blasts.
THEK
livltii
wlthr
HERE can be no
living Christianity
tut a living
Christ.
Worklnir la vain
f hi(r without waiting.
on every license.
A big head has no
show against a big
heart.
Ma ask for ad
vice when they sec It
approval.
An absorbing Interest Is the secret
of happiness.
Love never Joins In tho chorus when
malice sing.
You cannot do God's work with tho
devil's wages.
A variety-show church U apt to
show a pad variety of fruits.
l.ff'l is l.nin.
?r.-crl nn l !. -ue! ,l;i,l fur, coni"a a
nuu ,-t eventide.
5 wert end low. mvcci mil low, tones in
Kent le i .ideio e ulide;
Soft nnd low. soil ;ind loi . :is the dews of
evening bill.
"God is love." s.itini, '-tlii-l is love," and
His cu e is o i r nil.
1 In we know, this we kiem-. whcreoevet
we in. iv move.
.Mveet mi. 1 low. mvert .ind l.nv, conies thf
nic-nue. tiod t love;
To .-tud tro. sweet nn-l .iw , we m.iy heat
il tfhoes fall.
Cod i love, s;iyiug. God is love, nnd Ilia)
litre is over nil,
A. A. Pnvne.
C'lmrltv TlimhHIi o Kvll."
Tiie iniiii-ier Wit con-fi-tus of the de-in-e-.si,iii
, 1 1' Moodily inoiniiut a be i-.it
looknu oyer the unnimvereil letters r.f the
ht lu-o d,is. Me wiinied money not
n.iich. I -,H .t little -nnd he e.nild r.nt sli ike
o'T the l;e!p!e-ne v. hvh tlmt wint
bioiuth' vith it. "I hiiven'i. a fi lend in the
world ei' whom I siiould be villnm to ;ik
the Ion of Soo," be bitterly refl-i-ied.
"l-'ricnd-liiit i-n't worth intn-h in dollitis
Slid i-enls."
The money w.i needed to p,iy s sm.ill
d.wior's bill for the b.iliy's illne lot- the
minister lutd nev r been able to brin- liim
n'li lo nerepl the elerieal immunity from
doctor's ch.irye--. lie wanted, too, wit li an
unreasonable ee;ertie. to buy h set ol
liiiip for the Sunday-ieliool. or which ti
Minnie lav on the -ludy llooi . He wanted
Ins wiie lo keep her nltr-e ma e another
ii ouih, l-'jfly dollars Mould do the whole
thinu-but it might in well have been .riUU
so 111- a- he wa concerned .
-lust then hi morning mail wa lo-oiiy-ht
in. A letter announced the death oi an
old friend - s woman whom he had met in
a Minitnei vacation veins before, anil who
had never forgotten the young preacher.
She was a spinster of moderate men its. but
liirge and hopii,ible heart, nnd there Mas
always a welcome and n comfortable meal
in her home tor him whenever lie paid
throouh her tity. Now he was de:u. and
lie hid expressed a wih tii.it h" .-lioitld
ait her own mitii'tcr in tie- service at
her funeral. He uloomily ilioolii : ii.it he
could hardly all'ord to no. The s"i Mr Ins
fare looked la;-gc to htm. It wonl-I until. i-le-
be a labor et love, a. id j';-l no v lie
'lid Hot love I he l,-luo-.
Mill lie went, and h.? ri.nl toe imiilc
word of i. Paul on dceih ami the lesur
rection with an ;i w .ikeiuiiii sen-,. (,i their
depth and beam v. As he w.i- Ir.ivma the
o!i-filllioned hoee. now e-iiot v el I tei
une-ions (iiesrnie v hieh bad n a le n
liiantlies pieii.-aiil ti him. the -c ,inf
handed him a iern r. li ua in tie- li in !
writing ot' hi i!c-i'' mend. I ! n ei- ight
oi il wrung hi. hear1 .
A he line it Di-en a !'' hill 3 1 -. ; 1
into hi band. ai-.J he re... I. '!',. n d- .1
friend, in ini-.r.ei'. oi ,le- main hoie - alien
he has lene-acd my I. .-bet thai x miiIi ni iv
h ive a dtvp r:':ii d for .u--. te-.i t , m
fricmUhip e.'kctli r.or it,- own. an. I tiia,
Clin-t rule :i: mm. v a human h:e."
He read lile wold a i.i a dream. l,;d
lie, in spite ei In ti'niMoni !.ipe into i ni
i i-m and doubt ol human kimlue. had he
helped lbi llon;. oii.el uoir.an to lailli
in human virint : He had alway been a'
hi bet wilh her. All, t ii.it was it Sud
denly, a in a viion. be saw tliat'iie w:i
forever bound by In lni. lomml.u 1 to
it. judged by il .
In one sense llie revelation wa wel
come, in another ene uu-.veli one-. ,iu'
here it was. Iiinughi by the an! ir-nn the
dead hand. It had not come it an anw---i-to
prayer, lo relieve diue.. or lo ciab
lisli his laith in a special proyiiiencc. but
it had come to convince him of In i.itilt
for 1 1 i.i t ea.v. Monday nioi-uinu pe.!!!!.!!!
which had ctn .lpencd ail human love, and
for the moment had credited the di-i!'s
doctrine that every man is for hii,ieli.
Hi sermon tiie nexi Sunday was on the
text. "Charity thinkcth no evil." and his
congregation went away Willi a noole a
Miranee oi the dominion oi eoodne-s in
this world. --Youth's 'ompauion.
Your lti-NioiiHibllii.v.
T!epei t your individuality. iv lie;-. W.
I,. Watkinson. It is a good tiling to rr-
that we stand alone, that we .ire iusitk'tcd
from our fellows, that each of us stand
out distinctly betore Hod a if there wero
not another being on the planet. Itcalie
this contantly. Ho not cout'oiind yourelf
with other people, do not lean upon other
people; stand on your feel.
We saw an nrticle the o'lier day in whii h
the writer insisted that roses ouuht to lie
grown on their own roms; l.e said uch
roses were stronger aud i-aier, and that
they thus came to the titmosl perfection
o: iheir splendid nature. Il i the same
V. th men. Keep on defining your individ
uality, bold personal fellowship with tiod,
grow on your own roots, grow for eternity.
llealie your responsibility. Never at
tempt to limit it or to escape it; it i. your
glory; it alone di.stiugui-hcsyoii from things
uud brutes.
We may not put our burden ou our
brother, but we may lean on tied. He
knows us personally. He does not know'
the ocean only, but the droii; not the
milky way, but the star; not tne meadow,
but the flower: not the mass, but the atom;
not the million, but the man. He knowi
you and knows you altogether. And 1U
can bear your burden. U would crush
your neighbor, but it will not crush Him.
He can bear it as easily as the Atlantic
bears a bubble, easily as Mont Hlane a
snowllake. Cast "all your care upon Him
for He carcth fur you. '
The Perseverance of God,
Cod is the one who does the persevering,
even in saints. "lie giveth power to tb
faint." When men hold out unto the end
they feel, ns I'aul did that it is not they.
but "God who worketh in them," 11
there were no divine voice saying, "I sin
with you until the end," there would he
no perseverance uiiio the end. Well, w
know how journeys tend to drag and gro
weary at the last. Who of us lias not at
some time had the pleasant relief of
friend coming into the train at the end ol
a tedious day's travel, the passing away
quickly in interest of conversation th
weary finish of the .journey? l'erhaps that
is why the Ilible is so full of promise!
about the end of life's journey. God seenn
to make it clear that lie is going to meet
Us and go with n even more t nil v uun
personally there. God will make Himself
in closer fellowship the companion of that
"ioiiu last mile."
Do iiliitll lle Sln-iiulli lie.
Kvery man shall receive his own reward
According to his own labor. Not iircordinf
to his tali-ills and opportunities, but U
the use made of them; not to the halves1
that is reaped, but to the seed sown: not
according to his gifts, not according to hi!
successes, nut. according to the Morally np
Iilause he msv have wen, but actor. ling U
ns labor. This meets the case ot i-ietj
disciple, ns well tho puniest as the liihcsi
ns well the obscurest as the urctittsl, m
well the servant wit h one talent ns tin
servant with five. Only be faithful to youi
trust, ami when the labor oi the day li
over, and you go up to the great harvitl
home, you will be "satisfied
Held Prisoner by Frost.
A Westboro, Mass., man went to the
barn early one morning to care for
the horses. As the keyhole wa ob
structed by Ice he put his mouth
cIoho to It and tried to thaw It out by
breathing on the Ice. Ha kept It up
awhile and 'when he had accom
plished his purpose he drew his head
away, but was brought up with a
yank. His mustache had frozen fast
to the metal aud beld him to the spot.
It took bo rue time for him to loosen
tbe hairs from tholr moorings and
get a release from hi Imprison went.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THZ VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
1 1n lliufl Vor Itir llrlnlt )lfiufrf
M n.' lict I nt i Mom' llrnr! nml
1'iiri' Tli-ni of Hit lifit.Ho For ltn
tout l -Tlil Only M ill itrli -titv-V.vll
Wiii'f tin wm'M !f.!s, or until S tt.i : i
t'i'.iiin'il. ji is prnli;il lli.il M.onn. it.
we kiiov- it in th" I Hit"-! Mfiti-. v ill ir
ninin. T'rii i t-urn, vnipty rM-caii-i- if
lu-' iHVitine cm' tl (ho 11101 i-fV.Ttivc cl'ti"
"f Siii.'iii ' invention. nn! ns ii is rfrt.iin
lli.it tll tin fin-v ni' hfll will lir brutish! to
h' .-i' in thr InitiM1 whoii I hf dfvil to
llui' liu lime n lioi t in w hirfi !
in.v wiiru. w .luniid hf p;t.- I i vvk
'.livon'ili t h'1 (n!!on '.'
.p, n1-,.. it 1'ihif r. tin-CP nn- wifliPt!
ami nu-ii in thr world, it t ir-ftstin
hif t' lirhevo llt.ii thp saloon w:ll !m- licit.
;oo. IVrlmi tin- imptif ton i-unlv tint
jvpi y f)!oon krcji'i i a '.i ii lvi-d. "
unn. Wli.it wc iiMMii. hoivr-vrr. ? th.ir
me ran not i-ii nny m"iM o! 'virpdm1
.vlii-ve the ;i!noj is imi innm). The si.oon
.vn'li hnnd in 'i.iimI wit!i tne devil. -t
;liis tlietP t. no donii'. There nny hf "me
'i rwjM-el a Me" fa loon with "re-ppctn Ire"
rnniineloi v lln'V .ire te . ami a iirre
A" do find them een they do nut lifed
f I M'f i a, 1 n ! 1 1 y . Miit m' the miiri p-lm-ou-
thinker 01 the f; nr )ei,tive that
t any m.m I, a- tie- will o; fill at wiiat
ver cost he wi'l never find .hat (iod'- y
mmoii tor hor. i to he a saloon Ue'M"'.
We ran"t a'ioish the -aln ni hy dtrnr
" individual p incest ot lui-diies-., although
1 1 wa- in' ten a au.-e ot' rejoicing nmaiiu
nany laiuiHc where certain TiPiiihh'iriinnd
Tave heen relieved hy a oontlaurat ion. Hut
tve have to 10 deeper than the saloon-
I hi'in-elve. We tnu-t delvp into men'
eart and find win there i neh a demand
for alooii. In thi wav it r-olve: it-el.'
'Tito an e oiKun.e fine-it ion. neefe.'.( t he
iemand ami tin- i-npply will dee reae.
'l ie- nio-l elltvlive method of decreaiiii
'he demand tor the saloon is to -trive for
the reformation oi the d nml. art. ;mit
him in hi- ;"sire to lie cured of hi appetite
for -tron drink. True reformation fol
low. i- daily sinus morally, spiritually,
mentidlv ;:nd pliv-ir ally better and preatcr
-n pveiy wav. TIim. ami onlv thus, can
the demand he decreased. And. a hkdit
follow dav, i he -iijiplv will surely decmine.
W an MoitiTfite liinlit-r.
The American I -ne ;y -: Oni oi t lie
Zl'enteM obstaeh to I he development of
iemperaiue rei-um i- tne moderate drink
?t ami hi- argument that there ate no ill
resulting from tiie limpetate n-a- of inl.
icaim luiuat. A ti'!eizr;m -t-nt out fiom
New Yo-U. da'ed December prove ; he
Ullaey of -mil aruunieiit m one ia-e at
leat : and it Mi h an ending i- i.--ibV in
"me cae. whv not in main ot Aner
sntmc;il opera i ion . (ifuir Tamer w a
suddenly stiieken down .tud v.a- : tken to
Uelle ne liipi(al. where lie (led in t tie
ileoholie ward from what the dos..r de.
blared wa-; dehrinm tr-'mci. Hi- wih.
rt'ith whom he hid lived happily foi thntv
rears, and aIo hi ma-t Hit im i le friend-,
to all of whom he w.i- always known i a
man of very temperate habit-, relented i he
-talepient made by tie dot-tot-, .ni l be
lieving that t lit v had blundered .hntnd
an iuvc-t i.i I ion. Alter ti.. autop-v
Tin! statement from a t tenda:it t )v i oi -nner
and phy.-ieian- deeiaied Turrei'
death wa due to lelined aienhob-m. lie
toiind that the victim hid bten -nllenii'j
trom chrome mcnitimt i and sot ' -MiiCi ; i
(he brain, with otle-r ma'ade :' a i.--er
nature. The ad ve-if or the '. !; i-. ai'er i
all. tne only -a.ie cm.--': "Ion a
vate not, handle tioi.
Aleolnille ormniol.
The pop'.'.'ation oi the live drp i r' nen t
of Normandy l- l.'dt.'ii ie-- than n .
tlpriy ycai.- a-;i. ami tiie dei -rea-e i ,it
trilmt.'d w'tiollv to the exet ie U-e t;
rdeohol. M. D b.e.e, the dean of the V.iyn
Kaculf.- of Medicine, show how tilcohol
operate in two direction toward the
iliniinution of the pupulat inn by r.u-ina
1 he average of mortality anil bv weaken
inc; the vitaliiv r tin' unjoin v that snr
vivp, There are p u-n 1:1 Nn nmiidy
where tlie cou-iimption of Iiiarply i more
than a iptart per dav per he;id of the
adult populai ion. A h-oliobm i- atd t)
have pot a torn bold on n lai-;e Tt.ut of
the female popniai nm. in the "fairly
temperate" canton of Tourouve the avei
ace we-l;Iy ouumpt ion of raw s-pirils I?
little oxer thrt ami a half quarts ior earl,
male adult ami admit two ounrt for
(inivwi ii women ami vomit children.
ImllmiH I fin I.hiior.
The chit f rxeeut ivc- ot the "Kin f'i i'
ied Triles" rc-ident in Indian Territory,
have recently held a con-ullatioii at Ku
tanla. and ibderiei'ie 1 on railing a p- neial
"lection in tlie ,'ive ni'lew to ehooc deb
yate; to an "internition.il" ro:ientiou,
whudt pliali frame a cim-i M litem for the
State of Jel'fcr- ip, ) ropo-eil to be formed
out f the p i ni I mil m Term ry. it
wa. rpeejlii allv aureed that the tlenetal
Council of each nation f-houid instruct
it ilelcja te to van' lor a M net eano
in tlie viid co'i-t it ut ion pro'tibitrnj tin-fait-
of iui oi( a t m;' Inpiots within the mw
Slate. The I mil in tit ien- d enounce the
pojuilar politi.-al plan oi i:;,ik'ut: one State
out of fmlian Terntoi'v nnd t lUali-mri com
bined, beeau-e such a State would inevit
ably be in bondage o t he imIooii, which
now li.'s a very diil lndfl on ilpmt.t.
Itiirtpbi Alrnut lf)t-'il.
Tlie Tlusian (iovernment is experiencing
jrreat ditlieulty in il cil'oriH to reftriet tht
almost univer-al e-e of lnjitor amoi thp
laboriiu eias-es. The Minister oi Finance
pays the (iovcrnmeut is aitxioe "to save
the population from the baneful influence
of the innkeeper, who in order to make
lai'u'f profit ailullerattd their spiritti with
iioniiiih and deleterious substum e which
were proving iiiitmu to tlie lower claMen.
The averantP peanant wa not content with
remain ma in u putilie lioue until he LaJ
Hpent bin la.t farthing, but often pawned
bin clothes, furniture nnd future crop.
The publie hoiMe were aeknowlrdirpd to he
the m out powerful nrfent of ruin and dis
organization in the economie life of the
Ku-ifiati people, and thieatencl the impov
erishment of tiie whole urieultural popu
lation." A lonstir I.imrull in Kill.
Tlie W. ('. T. V. reeotfiiizps ths fuel tlml
it cannot annihilate liipior in a ilay nor in
a (NMierniiui. It re.ilies that the monatcr
it has starteil out to romjuer is the most
ditiieult to kill of nil the uYoiirni Cleat
nres of the earth. 1 lie V, ('. T. I', knows
that the husifst mi'ii on the planet tire the
liipior men; that they work tl.iy and ni(lit
anil never sleep. To rouihat such an en
emy is indeed a diieoiiraKifijf task, and all
honor and respect is due to thete cour.i
t!auiN women who are litiihlinit up an or
ganization that is growing year hy year
with ever increasing power.
1 lie Crusnila lu llrlpf.
Ts it riuht to license a man to sell drink
wlinh will make people diunk, and then
fine men and women lor gettinn drunk?
Is it rmht to Iicenne a man to mitUe pau
per and ciimmuls, and then tax sober nml
virtuous people to pay rates to keep thenif
It is worse than irony to lie praying
"Thy kinitdom come,' while in the nation
we are turning out annually H7.riOO.0oo bar
rels of liquors. supiMirting 2iXi,iW0 prosti
tutes und Diki.ooO saloons.
The Danish (lovernnient, in fillinit po
sitions ou the State railways, will hence
forth prefer men who can prove by docu
mentary evidence that they liave been to
tal abstainers for at least one year past.
Is it riuht fur people to wish the tem
perance cause success, und at the same tuns
coiil'.iue to dunk and support the liquor
t rathe?
Whose wife and children do you want ti
to see ell diesaed this ear, your own or
the sulooukeeiier's? If vou help to cloths
Ins family hrst, you will uot have much
lett with which to clothe you own. If you
think liis family is belter tliun youis, give
il the preference
In the city of Minneapolis, Minn., there
are v-'I'JS saloons. These are confined to
an area of only one-twelfth ot the city,
in that district 147 policemen are required
to keep the peace. Ia the other eleven-tweliC--.
there are no sa'.oous, snd in that
vast disthut twenty-eight policsmeu are
considered sufficient.
LIGHTNING IN THE RCCKlES .
It I Otif onttnnon linixlliiK, Av
Intplrlnti IVrfornmncr.
(r the re.nlct of tlilH rjimbllnn Iptttr
liii never been in .1 mouptfilti thtin
delstfifiu t nti f'lovnlioii of 7tH0 foot
or iHort In li.if misso 1 r.11 oxpork'iK
I lint will ib mi lit less, nho-.tbl ho ever
puss f liropoii t, nd 1 fmvf-rnl Rr;r
luiirs to bis lieml. To nn n tin. tutor
t(nn buck V.it ludil no jtpeeUil tor
ors. nnd fpwpK-ntly t lmv bonr out h
ne n tloiiionsir.ttion without forlinn
my osprM l.tl uervottsiioss. t'p tioro otj
the llocky Momit:tinn tltitiss re dif
ferent, nnd I cm. f 00s unw to livo t
iwfttl terror nf :i thunderstni'm. I suf
fer this terror tiotwltlistundinu tlu fjictt
tlmt t-ii fur the storms hnvr in ovory
llistnnce exeept one puio n round of
beneath us witliotit oven ruining
ciioiti:li to vet tlx- uroiiud. Itllt It U
the "K'HUjx ntonnd und tiencntli tluit
ffels f 11 to my nerves. In tho firt
pl;tee, inmulne what it J to bo ony
nnd one b:ilf miles nearer t rip-nmrini;
thiinderstftrm than otio H nt Titt
i itrir. Ther. you liuve oi-rrthiotuit
tbi hos of liybtnini;: boro it is on
ron ti 111101 is. da '.liny. r. wednNplriliif
petfonnnneo. The liLrbluinir htrikov
loo, for it Is !tn tmrouitnon tiling lur
httf a storm to bear the rocks xplin
toriiisr ntul rnickin where ouo r
pee hilly vigorous bnlt h.'is htiitloil.
Add lo ibis nerve-t -.irkiiiu exhibit tlitt
most nwful detotintiotts of tlmndor
that you enn imagine nml a "straiuht
blowiim" wind that sometimes tniiko
the Maps of your lent play a niKtinu?
melody, find yon have ssoine bleu of a
mountain thunderstorm. The thunder
Is worse than the sound nf n mighty
battle. It banjjs up nu.iitist tho moutro
tain fddo and reverberates nml roll
oft' Into one rr -splitting "oiirussiott
lifter a not her ttnti you. lyinu; qiinkiii4
iu your tent, fully believe that th
next boom" will split mountain nnd
valley In twain and laud you in (hin.j
or Homo other seaport town.
I lay 0110 uUht and wi.h rhattorinjr
teeth rutin t -d live distinct thunder
storms come up t tho oiluo of th
plateau on which mv t--nt stands, and
omdi time ro tlirotii:)) an electrical per
formaip'e that would ylvo "Tom" Kilt
son a dumb au'tie. ami tbrottuh it. nil
not a cupful of wtiter fell on my tout.
Litter on in the tiiulit. when I had r
gained sonicthini; like my usual ma
jestic calm of mind, it Imsan to rain
steadily ami the thunder and liiituin
didn't even whisper, 'i'hoy b;ld ilotlbt
less tfuiio ofl' down 1I10 canon, urnrin
some other poor tenderfoot half out of
Ins wits. These electrical display OX
not seeiiiin'ly much dreaded by th
people wlio live in biuli altitudes. ThoJ
comfoi iiim'.v declare that a iornado op
cyclone is unkiiowii in iiie mountains.
Hut sometimes these mountain storms
uo olT through a eanoti to tho foot hi lit
end the plains. Then ttmro is sum
thitir doits-.;, tine sm-li destroyed ovo
Sliiii.niHi wotlh of pnt;erty in tho Tal-
b-V below its a few llislhi UL'o. Coh
rado l.etu r to tl.e rut-bur.: Chroniclis
'rclot:raph.
A (.rent l.ittli- 1 .1-111.1 Croup.
t'.i'niHiilii Is tin- Mr. IVi-wi'i- of rol
onii's. a mviit little isliuul triiup.
I'nltoil Stnii's Ciiiiu Cri-i-iii'. of
llitlliiltnli. l!iTllillit:t. cstilil.itrs in II
ifiiiiT tin- culliviiti'il iiri-ii of tin" Brr
niiiil.is ni ."imii mil's. Thr intnl siri-ii
nf tlif iMiimls i (inly ciiiliioc'ii Ht'iiiur.r
Iiiili".
Vrt tlio .".iiufi .uTi'". iiintc.'!i only for
filti'i'ii tuir l'.irin". In Now VorU. kpep
two lint's of sti-.iinris well liuiili'il with
nliioiis, lily luilifi nml curly vcmtiilile
in sc.iMiti. Of ilioc llihiis they exjiort
Sr.iMt.iMHi worth. The mix import a I.
liiot ;i thotisiiml ilollniV vorth of
Uoi.ils lor every cultivalile acri' to Ii
cxin t. .'J.il.".s lis iliifiiii; the iitt year
A very lai u'e share ol' tic S1..W..TI I
received from the I'tiileil States conn'
from New York iilunu: with the tourist,,
who cat ami otlu rwi.-c 11- th. sttiff.
Tliei re always al.out T,iW peo)lr
in r.ermitila cumei toil with the jrarri
sons an. I their families. In the season,
now at its hei-ht. the tourists liuniher,
perhaps. L'.'.iHi. Tlie entile population
of the iM.imN is only 17. "on. hut they
have inaile oi' a waterless .lesert H
Lar.leii spot such ;is i tail ofteu
CU.tl.ill. il.
Thackcrn v unit llie tloUe.
Ti" you read between the lines In In
stories lulil nf Th.iekeray. )oti will liiii!
that lie was always ti little uncertain
ubiiilt bis social position, find. :ippur
t'litly. cotilil never x"t over t!if IdtM
that he was Immensely privili'eil
tvlieiiever a nn uiber of the aristocracy
invited lilin to his table, or eveu ac
knowledged bis oxisteiici' by a nnd la
the street. 1 remeuiber well all !inf
.Into told of Thackeray lif one of hi
udinlrers. lie ami Thackeray were
wnlklni; tot'ctlier in tho park wlio'J
Thackeray uot n noil from some gentle,
man that was pussiuu by, Thackeray
tobl his frit-ml that the nnilder was no
less a persona t;e than n duke, nml with
the cumlof that was characteristic ol
the niu'i. confessed that the reconnltiou
nave lit it. pleasure. AYho reiiii'inlmr
the ilnke now, nml who cures one pit
whether he nodded to Thackeray t
tint except indeed to envy him that
ln lU'.l bad the privilege of Iieiii4
lirouTht close to ii ituortal senilis vei
to this cxtentV-M. A. I.
MUcil the t'anat..
'I suppose you have nolic-d til-" tin
tiny are bavins in Panama?" wiiil shi
sav.tivl.v. at the breakfast table.
'Yc-yes. ili'iir." be repli-.-d Imiubly.
'And all about an cbl canal:"
"Ye es. ile-ib'.ir."
' Well, the tioiihlo with you men I
that you do rt know half tlu time wu
oifre voting for:"
'Wli-why. dear. I-T-think"
'Well, don't think! 1 guess If Ui
women had the voti ? power we woulil
have looked Into that en nut aniendmenf
lutsincss before we'd liave voted f'M? 1
at the last, election :" Yonkers t;tute
i.ir.n. Work of Cold-Beaters.
fl.ni'.-beiiU'rK, by hammering, fin re
d ice Kohl loaves so thin that iSi.
must be laid upon ieli other to m
lim e the thickness of nn Inch, yet eaeb
lea." is t perfect nnd free from bolen
that one of them laid U' 'J' urfn,
ns lu RildiiiB. ives the npiienrauee of
sjII.I gold. Tliey are so thin that It
foni iHl Into n book i.'.'i'i would only
otv.tlf the wimee of a aliiicl leaf
cbininon paper, and nn octavo voluuna
of nn Im u thlek b oultl liava aa many
pages the oooka of a wellulooknf
library' 1500 voititues with 2W pe4
to ea.sh " . "
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