ft "TRIBULATION" i Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev. L. H. Caswell. A Pitbetlc Flfurt la ths Shllly-SbtUy Youth Cuddled la Luxury and Shrinking From Lite's Comfort. rlnooKl.v, X. V. for his Ninnnv ser mon, in the Tabernacle M. H. Church, eireenpoint, the pastor, the Hcv. Lincoln llolliater Caswell, took as ti in subject "A Little Inquiry Into Tribulation. The text wan from Konians v: 3: "Hut we glory in tribiilntionn." Air. Caswell said: I'nto ench the ever recurring question mme. Whence the mission nf adversity? Why the existence of trouble? Do pain nn J pleasure proceed from kindred laws? How is it that while our earth in its orbit keeps symphony with the host of heaven, it yet bears the undertone of anguish in its bosom? ("noil we answer by impeaching Infinite justice, by declaring the tryrnnnv of pain, by asserting the bondage of suffering? iot so. But rather i- ....ie for the mission of trouble nnd learn the utility of adversi ty. It is clear to (he student of ethics that there is an tinkumrn quantity in the fin inula of suffering. In this question X equals life life of sprvice or of idleness: of tnrce or of weakness; or grand or of mean proportions. Adversity either makes or ruins a man. his individual character alone determining whether he shall be crushed or exalted. Opposing forces stim ulate to heroic action. A man may choose , to dwell in luxury, but he must do so at the expense of the stronger forces of char acter. It is hard to endure pain,' it is far harder to resist ease, but by resisting and by enduring are wrought out those prinrely qualities which are attributes of the ideal man. And so we are placed amid forces, rude and contrary, that we may gain the glory of breaking and bridling thrtii. If nature and environment should befriend and never oppose, gratify and never grieve, satisfy anil never smite, life would become immeasurably less noble. It is not uncommon to think that suf fering, as well as sin, comes fleet footed from Tartarus, whereas, suffering is not dependent upon sin. There is a ministry of suffering, but there can never be a min isliv of evil. Is hatred the cause of love; revenge of forgiveness; selfishness of gen erosity; vice of virtue? Humility is not the, daughter of pride, nor is error the propagator of truth. It Is not true for n man to hold that because he has sinned be is capable of reaching a higher holiness. fJivr not evil the credit of befriending hu manity. Sin alienates, debases, ruins. Ke loid how suffering rise, above evil! Evil is infamous; suffering may be glorious. Kvil merits antipathy; suffering often de-t-ei-ves praise. Kvil swears fealty to the infernal; suffering never, but repeatedly vows allegiance to the Infinite. To punisli ml is suffering's smallest province. It exihls for a higher purpose than retribu tion for a stimulating, educating, atoning purpose so that "afflictions are but the fchadowa of God's wings." t'pon material things a literature is written. Head it! It tells of strife, strug gle, contention. The law of dissolution co operates with the law of growth. The iwk dies that the vegetable may live; the plant withers that the animal may grow; the body decays that the spirit may ex pand eternally. Counter forces make the life of the universe. The meteor gleams because of resistance; the shimmering con - rtcllationa that glow upon the brow of night are but fire balls from the furnace of the sun; light itself, resplendent and vi talizing, conies from combustion, antag onism and chemical conflict. Adversity enters into the very nature of things. Karth'i living forms once slumbered in the granite rock, and would still have slum bered but for adverse forces active with in. Chemicals were there to disintegrate, earthquakes to shatter, tires to fuse, gin cirri) to grind. There were corroding, consumings, erosions, decayings. wither ing and washing until the solid granite unfolded its treasures to make possible organic life. What mean the expressions, "natural fielertion," "struggle for existence," "sur vival of the fittest?" They indicate that nil life is an extended conflict, where each order preys upon the next below and grap ples with the next above for mastery. The life of nations is no exception to i his law. Civilization mur boast of her at tainments, but revolt and revolution are t he arbiters for her progress. She may ex ult in the "evolution of government, but turmoil, violence, bloodshed cry out, "We are factors in thy prosperity." What people were more oppressed than the ancient Hebrews? itamescs enslaved them in Egypt, hariLhio harassed them in the wilderness; the Land of Promise pledged but little more than shock on nhock of battle. That was the nation buffeted, defeated, tried that became the sale depository of truth, and gave to the world as its consummate flower Diety In carnate. What lias been the discipline by which nur own nation has attained its present strength? It had indeed a wonderful pa rentage. The brave little Netherlander whom the Council of Blood, the Inquisi tion and the Holy See could not down; the glorious Huguenot fresh from hearing the blood cries of St. Bartholomew; the t.urdy, psalm-singing Puritan who wrung Magna Charta from John, who served Hampden to resist the king, who animated Cromwell and his Ironsides at Marston Mour and Xaseby, who taught Vane how to die, who struggled amid overwhelming forces for religious liberty; these, whom the American is proud to own as worthy ancestors, are all sons of hardship and en durance, conquerors in the nobler fields of Iiattle. Thus out of milleniums of struggle with the myriad-headed hydra of persecu tion arises the America of to-day. The na tion's birth was marked by pain. Speak, ye noble slain of, Hunker Hill! Ye patriots flashing arms with an alien foe! Shout, ye pallid lips of the blood stained snow of Valley Forge! And tell us that freedom is gained toy devotion to death; that liberty t ides triumphant over a road macadamized by the bones of its devotees; tell im that the advancing stages of national life are heralded by conflict and hastened by the presence of a martyr host! Passing into the realm of the intellec tual it is found that the power of incisive intellect is purchased with the hard coin of struggle. The product ot genius is ilrarly bought. No pioneer of philosophy, ir science, or religion ever blazed his way through untrod forests who was not con fronted by poverty, prejudice or J irdshipi innumerable. Not in courts of ease; not in lich classic halls; not in the midst ol fame and loud huzzas are deepest emotion engendered, rarest truths found nor sub Jimest conceptions begotten. From a cup of hemlock in Athens; from the cross in Jerusalem; from an apostle's dungeon at Home; from the chamber of a blind bard in London have come the thoughts that liave swayed the world. Why is the sacred page so filled with tenderness, pathos and comfort? It was not written with a golden pen in an easv hair, in a scholastic library. For ink, there were tears of a multitude of weepers, ror pens, there were fishermen, shep herds, bedouins of the desert, slaves, con victs and martyrs. For libraries, there were desolate rocks, caverns, mountain sides, sea shores and prison walls. Out of such, harsh and unfavorable conditions esme the volumn which through all the years has been coveted by the bereaved, sought by the lonely, loved by the trou bled. Excellence of thought comes by way of toil, endurance, denial. Hind, capable of Infinite thoughts, has u Guldens of Uethsemane. Mind wears the crown 01 thorns in the very Lour of lofty achievement. It Is said that Ole Bull ascended the rough mountains of Norway, tlie.e he saw the majestic storm, heard the weird vail of the pines, listened to the roar of the cascades, and from these he caught those rapturous tones with which he charmed the heart nf tho world.' Thus it i be-i-uuse men have climlied some craggy Mat ter horn of chilling adversity, descended in to sonio vale of shaduwa, in tered by some wave battered cliff; because thev have braved opuositiuu and hardship; because Ihey have had passages in thuir lives where thry have experienced the extremities of anguish and (isolation that they have be conn heralds of truth, bve marked the Jii'.ejiLviivi!tfiiUon.- Lave Jutd. hiih priests of'scWnce, Tenners' ot society, re formers of faith. What is it that places this premium on grief? Why are the great doers also the great suffers? What is it that vit.-.iizes pain, glorifies sorrow, and makes dead men's bones' wall; the earth rlothed with tremendous influence? Let Aloses answer from the mount nf immeasurable glory: "I rejected a regal palace and the treas ures of Kgmt, choosing rather to suffer afflictioi with the people of Cod that I might be a statesman for the oppressed, liberate a nation of slaves, endure to he vexed, tried a-id discouraged through forty weary years that at list I might stand il lumined in the transfiguration of the Son of Cod." Let Pivid answer with his wail of anguish: "O. my son Ab-lnm! mv son. n-y son Ah'a'om! would Cod I had died for thee, O Absalom, mv son, my son!" It was in the depth of his mourn ing that he sung those poems which have comforted the aching heart for ages. Let Joseph and Daniel answer as from a oris on nnd a d"n tnc ascend the steps to royalty and fame. Let Savonarolo anwci loving the red hot iron of rnartvrdom more than the rd hat of a cardinal. Let Itruno enswer, let Galb'eo. let Newton. Let Luther nnswer. and W'ckliff nnd .fohn Huss. and Wesley, nnd Francis Asbury. It is n noble company. But there are some whom reverses have ruined, whom af flictions have spoi'ed. who refuse to be sublimated by suffering or ennobled by calamitv. I sec yonder a Napoleon, nf surpassing genius, the world's autocrat He builds a throne of steel only to see it rust and crumble e'er he dies. From his pinnacle of power he falls and lies pros trate in defeat. His failure is ignominious because his spirit is ignoble. L'pnn the barren rock of St. Helena he wanders, a lion at bay. a soul cowed, a tihocnix life in hopeless despair. Ky his side and tow ering above him rises Washington. He comes to the government when there is nothing to govern. He berimes command' er of the American Armv when it is small and defeated. Without navv. without monev. without munitions, with traitors and Tories abundant, with generals con nivinir fo'- position and grossly slander ing his character, he meets and defeats the most thoroughly equipped and ap pointed government of he world; and then, notwithstanding the importunities of a people he has freed, he refuse a royal orown and pisses into history an embodiment of unselfish service. Far in the past 1 see corrupt Nero loll ing in his chariot of regal magnificence; dving by inches a loathsome death, a vic tim of the verv luxurv and extravagance in which he delights. Rolling over the An nian way on toward the city, he passes the Roman guard leading a prisoner to exe cution. Unto the prisoner the Emnerof gives but a contemptuous glance. That is all and yet not all. Th.'.t captive com mands the gaze of mankind. The name of Nero is a synonym for vice nnd shameless ness. while the name of Paul wields a mightier influenc" with each succeeding century. Paul still lives! Die he cannot! Tt is true that for this purpose Nero led him forth from prison. But s.e! Ooes he tremble? Does be t-hrink from his last enemy? Does this spiritual hero who fought with beasts, struggled with waves, was scarred by the lash, incarcerated, smitten, stoned and left for dead, does he who, when each stroke of the "tribulum" fell upon him, shouted, "None nf these things move," does he now flinch? The block is there. The blade is ready. The headsman speaks, "Prepare!" Where is the tremor in the aged form? With ra diant brow and stately mien rmmortal he stands. With eve flashing in hope, with voice strong and confident, hear him de clare, "I am now ready to be offered: the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight. I have finished mv course. I have kent the faith." Nero's axe cleaves his heed and Paul, the hero, if crowned with the abundant life. How has the ministry of the Christ been wrought out? In all the centuries of sor row whose grief compares with that of Him who is at once the Author and Sa viour of mortal man? With uncovered bead bow we before the sublime sufferer Behold! Out of the anguish of the garden, out of the eloom of the tomb He of ths riven side, He of the thorn crowned head, He of the broken heart walks down the ages elevating sorrow until it grows with a heavenly hallow, lifting the burden ot woe from" bruised and staggering human itv. This is He who exalts the lowly and raises toil to nobility, declaring that pain shall no longer be accursed, but that life shall be triumphant in adversity. Is this our life? Not vacilloting. meagre, indo lent, but sturdv, unflinching, enduring, overcoming, decisive a triumphant lite? This only is life with deathless possibili ties, and he only who lives for the future catches the secret of the present, and its trials. Look we beyond diurnal revolu tion gauging the sweep of the planet in its oourae around the sun. Trials and teats, slanders and betrayals, desertion and opposition are for to-day; character for eternity. If man in the future ex pects to rest upon his knowledge of truth, he must find some trial to. test it now. If character is to count forever, some sharp and merciless criticism must prove its integrity now. There is no more pathetic figure in tin world of to-day than the shilly-shally youth cuddling in the lap of wealth and shrinking from life's combat. We arc not wooden dummies, but must be men ol granite, against whom the leaping waves and mountainous surges shall beat only to recoil in impotent fury. The need of this hour is strong manhood. Perseverance is the characteristic that wins. Exnect not to glide through easy seas, with silken sails tense in the breeze of favor. You must steer through narrow straits; here a whirlpool of doubt, there a hidden rock of skepticism, where adverse currents would strand the bark high on the barren beach of despair. You must sail by ths Siren Isle of insinuating desire; must re sist enchantments which lull to the sleep of voluptuous death; must feel the grip ol eternal realities; must move on and out to the unfoldment of the soul with an iron determination to wrest victory out of de feat, and weave a garland of praise out of the failure of friends, the malice of ene mies, the contempt of rivals and the hard ship of life. The Treasure of Kindness. Guard within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesi tation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. Know how to replace in your heart by the happiness of those you love, the happiness that may be wanting in yourself. F. W. Faber. The Only Safe Road. i Accident does very little toward the pro. duction of any great result in life. Though sometimes what is called "a happy hit" may be made by a bold venture, the com mon highway of steady industry and ap plication is the ouly safe road to travel.- Samuel Smiles. A Land of Little Soap. It la gratifying to learn that tae consumption of soap In China, accord ing to official statistics, has Increased over 100 per cent of recent years In this connection It is rather a curious fact that If a Japanese eml grates It Is specified in bis contract that be Is to be furnished dally wltb so many gallons of bot water, in which be may, according to custom, parboil himself, The Chinese as a rule never bother tbelr beads about sucfc a detail, nnd though at home they have tbelr bathing bouses, the greatei part of the people never go near thorn, nor Indeed ever see the Inside of one. "Do you wash your child every day?' asked a foreigner of a Chinese woman who was seen throwing shovels full of dust over her progeny, and then wiping it off with an old broom. "Wash blm every day," was the Indignant response; 'bo has never been washed since ho -was born!'' To the Chinese generally tbe motto could never be made Intelligible which was put lu his window by a dealer In soap, "Cheaper Chan dirt." THE SUNDAY SCII00I INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 24. " Subject! The Mission of the Seventy, T.nke l-IO ftnlilen Text, l.uke x.. ! Memnry Verses, 1, :l Commentary ot the Hay's Lesson. I. The seventy sent forth (vs. 1-3). 1. "After these things." Alter Christ and His disciples made their final ileparlure from Galilee. According to Andrews this took place early in November. Thev are then supposed to have journcved along the borders between Nnniaiia ami Galilee east ward to the River Jordan. They crossed over into I'erea anil then turned south toward Jerusalem.- "The Lord appointed.'' This appointment was temporary and not permanent like the appointment of the twelve apostles. ".Seventy ethers" (It. V.) The twelve apostles hail been commissioned end sent out about a year before this. A" the number of apostles had reference to tho number of the tribes of Israel, so the seventy disciples sent out call to mind the number of elders who were chosen to as list Moses in governing the people. The number also corresponds to the number .if members of the Sanbeilrin. "And sent them." The chief purpi.se of this sending was not to train these messenger for a later independent mission, but it was a new attempt to influence to decision at least a part of the people, and by word jnd deed to prepare the coming of the kingdom of God in the midst of them. 'Two and two." The same maimer in which He sent out the apostles. This was ione: 1. To teach them the necessity of ,'oncord among the ministers of righteous ness. 2. That in the moutli of two wit nesses everything might bo established. 3. That they might comfort and support each Jther in their difficult labor. "Hefore His face." They were to visit tho.'O cities nnd places that He intended soon to visit. 1. "Harvest truly is great." The har dest is plenteous, the grain is ripe and ipoiling and must be garnered immediate y or it will be lost. I'here was need for i'ucIi a mission as the district in I'erea iad been little visited by. Jean. There sere multitudes who had not yet heard )f the coming of "the kingdom of God." 'Laborers are lew." True workers have ilways been hard to find. This is the jreatcsl calling in the world, and yer there ire so few who are ready to make the imall. temporary self-denial that is neccs lary in order to see success in Christian oi'k. "Pray ye therefore." They must let out with prayer, and have a deep con :cm for precious souls. II. Various instructions given fvs. 4111. The instructions given them were distinct !rom and yet similar to the instructions jiven the twelve apostles. The twelve had jreater authority to work miracles, and they were to receive persecutions which ire not mentioned with reference to the leventy. 4. "Carry neither purse, etc." Trust 'God for your support. The purse .vas a small leather bag for carrying money, l'ho scrip was a traveling bag used for jarrying provisions when traveling. "Nor ihoes." The shoes were made tor use in the house. They did not need these; the landals they were wearing would be stif Scient. In 'fact, they were to take noth ing not absolutely necessary for their jour ley. 8. "Son of peace. Any truly pious nan who is worthy of such a blessing. 7. "In the same house remain." Their itay was to be short. They were not to :hoose the best places and neglect the poor, and were not to spend time gnuitf from house to house in search of better sceominodations. "Is worthy." The one who really labors is worthy of being sup ported, but drones need not expect the workers to feed them very long. 8. "As are set before you." Piobab.y Christ here refers to the traditions of the Idem about their meat. They were ex tremely critical, and a dish of meat could hardly be set before them but thei-J was iome scruple concerning it. Christ wou.d not have them regard those things but at what was set before them. !. "Ileal: and saw" Their mission was twofold: 1. Thev were to gain the attention of the people bv healing their bodies. 2. '1 he im portant part ot their work wis to pieai u the gospel of the kingdom. 10. "Receive you not." Do not receive you kindly und accent your message. "Gn your wavs." You have no time to con tend with them. Do not cast your "pear.a before swine." "Into the streets. J In most public place. Let every one see the reult of rejecting the truths concerning the kingdom of God. II. "Wipe off against voti." The Jews considered tneni selves defiled with the dust of heathen countries, and the action here enjoined did not express anger, but a warning. It s.g nified that these Jews were ho.y no longer, and was, in reality, plaeing them o;i a level with the heathen. "He ye sttrc-. llio message was ngain to be repeated, it. per chance, sonic might hear at the last mo ment. III. Impenitent cities upbraided I vs. 12 i. 12. "In that clay." In the judgment iv. "Sodom." See Gen. ltl. This was one ol tne cmcs oi wiu imui mi "" destroyed by God with fire because of its great wickedness, tt was situated in tne fertile plain of Jordan, but its exact loci; tion is not known. "Than for that city. Our Lord is here threatening the guilty in habitants of the cities who reject His gos pel, and from His words we learn: 1. That there is a future day in which tne inhabitants of the earth are to stand be fore the judgment seat of God and receive their sentence. 2. The degree of punish ment will be measured according to the privileges enjoyed and the guilt inclined. 3. Acceptance of tho message of God is the only method of escape and the omy means of salvation. 13. "Woe unto thee." "Alas for thee! This is an exclamation of pity, nnd it is evident that our Lord used the words in this sense. "Chorazin." A town on tha northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, its location is not definitely known, but it was near Capernaum. "Ilethsaida. On the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, north of Capernaum, tt was the birtu place of Philip. Andrew and Peter. "Miglitv works." The great miracles. A miracle is a sign, a wonder, and a mighty deed (Acts 2: 22: 2 Cor. 12: 12; Heb. 2: 4.) 14. "More tolerable." The degree of your misery will be greater than even that nf Tyre and Sidon. "At the judgment." The final judgment. IS. "Kxaltcd to heaven." A Hebrew metaphor, expressive if the utmost prosperity, and the enjoy ment of the greatest privileges. "Down to hell." Capernaum was to be brought down to a state nf utter ruin and desolation. This prediction was literally fulfilled suon after this in the wars lietween the Jews and the Romans, ltl. "Heareth; despis eth." He that welcomes the apostles and listens to them is listening to the voice ot Jesus Christ and of God Himself, while the one who despiseth the apostles and will not listen to the message they bring Is really despising and rejecting Jesus ('hrist and God the Father who sent Him. t was not long before the seventy rr turned with joy because of teeir succe. A Record Moose. Probably the Urgent moose ever killed was shot In Alaska last sum mer by I-ord Alpblnntone and party In the Kenal peninsula. This moose weighed 1,576 pounds and measured seven and one-half feet to the top of his shoulders. Tbe skull and horns weighed seventy-five pounds, but the spread of the antlers Is not known definitely. The noxt largest moose on the coast is one In the Parliament Building at Victoria. B. C, which measures seven feet three inches to height. The party are very well sat Istled with tbelr bunt, and brought out quite a number of trophies, whlcr they prize very highly. The Engllsb party was beaten to Boldovla bj Baron Paul Naldlck, who paid th agent of the steamer Nome City $1.60( to be landed at Seldovla, where hi could secure the services of John Gil patrlck ahead ot tbe English party. Ht won the race -to tbe north, but tb Alphlnstone party got the game. field and Stream. APRIL TWENTY-FOURTH. What Christ Can De for 'Darkest Af rica.' " Isa. 45:11-19. Scirpture Versos Rom. 1 n : l - ; John 17:3: Mark 10:15; John 8:12; 12:4ti; Matt. IS: 12,20. Lesson Thoughts. "God did not tipcak originally 'In a dark place of the earth' (v. 1); but now that he has spoken, all dark places shall hear it. "God did not make the parth In vain 'v. 19). In the knowledge that God will care for his own honor, is com fort for nil that, work to uplift man-klnd."--Endeavorer's Dnily Com p. Selections. David Livingstone's last words are engraved on his tomb In Westminster Abbex: "May God's rich blessing come down on every one, American, Engllsb. or Turk, who will lap to heal this open sore of the world!" There are now In Uganda more than thirty-five thousand native Christians, an.l there are eeven hundred native churches and schools, all carried on by native money. I know that treasure must bo ex panded and lives sacrificed If this re gion Is to be evangelized. But with the difficulties and perplexities In full view, I urge that we take up the work. Good, a missionary to Africa. It is said that only two million out of Africa's nearly 200,000,000 people have ever heard the gospel. "Think," says Dr. Plerson, "of the ninety mil lion In the Soudan region without a olngle evagellcal witness, and the forty million in the Central African lake dis tricts sitting in heathen darkness!" Stanley's Journey across Africa occu pied a thousand days, and had a length ot seven thousand miles. In all he saw not a single Christian. We have the assurance that the Ird's people will be brought "out of great tribulation." We therefore cannot take it to be his will that they will be forever left In trouble. Mac kay. a missionary to Afrira. Prayer The commission to go Into all the world and preach thy blessed goppel to every creature thou hast entrusted to us. O our Father; may we accept the commission as a glor ious privilege a3 well as a responsi bility. Thou hast blessed us with the light of thy saving truth; filled with thy love may we be actively and pray erfully Interested In tending it to those that sit in darkness. Especially we pray that success may attend the missionary efforts in the .lark conti nent or Africa. Scatter their heathen darkness with thy gospel light, for Jesus' sake. Amen. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS APRIL TWENTY-FOURTH. Christian Education in Missionary Lands Classes, Teachers, Pupils, Etc. Matt. 4. 13-17. The prophecy of which the lesson Is an extract extends through the eighth chapter of Isaiah, and Into the ninth chapter to verse 7. The prophet pre diets tho overthrow of Syria and tho northern tribes of Israel by the great Aisyrian power. On the background Is the terrible picture of Assyrian con quest and desolation, but In the foro ground now is painted the glories of the kingdom of Christ. The territories of Zebulun and Naphtali were the first to feel the edge of the Assyrian sword, and they shall also be very early. If not first, to see the sweet light of tho Messianic conquest. The ancient "expected that the coming of the Mes siah would be In theBe regions. One of would be In these regions. One ot their books, called tho Sohar, has this declaration: 'The Messiah shall b6 revealed In the land of Galilee.' Gall lee U called 'of the Gentiles' because, from various circumstances, a Gentile population had largely Intermingled with the Jewish. This had corrupted their religion, debased their character, and produced much of the darkness which had deepened Into 'the shadow of death. ' All the heathen missionary lands, and most of them In a very emphatic sense, are in a moral darkness which may well be described as "in the re glou and shadow of death." Looking at the bad conditions still prevailing In Christian countries, in even our own favored and most Chris tian land, people sometimes become discouraged and begin to wonder it, after all, Jesus Is really to conquer tho world. But a gllmpso of the contrast between Christian peoples and those where Christ is not known, or but lit tle known, suffices to euro this pessim ism. The uplift of the former is seen to be so great that the heart takes on hope and faith, and demands. "If this has been done for us, then why may It not be done for other peoples as well?" Take a glance at the situation In certain of the chief missionary fields and a glance only Is possible, and at two or three of the largest fields. China. We ought to know somewhat of the vast extent and the population of China. To themselves the land is "The Middle Kingdom," "The Flow cry Kingdom," while In Scripture It Is "Tho Land if SInim," ?) and p.etry sings of It as "Far Cathay," perhaps derived from the Tartar arpeilui'.t.n, Kh'itol. This nnme, however, was applied by the Tartars to their own country, but Europeans first entered China by way of Tartary. und eo they came to speak of the whole vast and vague region as Cathay. The ffand st.'H chatactcr of the Eastern world was crystallized by Tennyson when he vroU, In "Locksley Hull." "Better fifty years of Europe than a cyrli; cf Cathay. Rapid Typewriting. John Luther Long, when composing, writes 7,000 an hour on a typewriter by abbreviating wordB. An official stenographer, Demlng, at Albany, years ago reported court proceedings on a typewriter at the rate of ISO to 170 words a minute. He eliminated the vowels, using consonants only, with a dot to separate words. His typewriter was Incased In glass to deaden the noise. The paper was run Into the machine from a roll. Lawyers could read bia notes. Had HI Wife's Skirt. A Putnam, Conn., man went to church the other evening, carrying on his arm what he thought was bis overcoat. When ho started to bang it over the back of bis seat he was somewhat disconcerted to discover that bis wrap was one of hla wife's black skins. irGfvKl&LtSl ItarasYfiSi At Mailt Time. t am so tired. Lord. I want to rest. Th" swift days weary in With life's grave quest, nd I nm weak, dear Lord, So weak anil small ; t me hold fast Thy hand . Or else I fall. I know so little. Lord, Teach me Thy will. My heart of emptied snlf With wisdom till. And I am lonesome, Lord. Dear ones have gone And through the unknown future, I Must go alone. jive me my rest, O Cod My proniised rest ; ?how me the shining goal That ends life's quesi. CJrant me a shining light To flood my way: Let me see into heaven Itight now to-day. ' Whose ! the voice Ilia! speaks V'nto my soul And stills the lonesome waic.s That fret and roll? ' -""' 'He brave." it savs. "have faith, and keep Thee to the right. Then look in thine own heart and find -t, and the light." Kam's Horn. T.eadlng I'rayer Meetings. It is very much like being. hostcss at tin head of a table full of guests. There art the good things to he provided by previotn thought and work, and the invitations to be sent out. Hut it is at the table itaell that the finest qualities need to be dis played. If anything goes wrong thp hosted must never show any annoyance, but rath er turn the mistake to good account. II any important guest fails to come or it late, she must blandly smile nnd make such adjustments as are possible. Evert one must be made to feel at home. Th bashful and timid young man, while not having any important remark aimed squarely at hiin, will be drawn into con versation unawares. People will be set tf conversing in a most interesting way whe were never suspected of having anything interesting about lliein. Occasionally 4 learned guest will be kept talking quite bv himself when he has struck on a line ol personal information or experience of pe culiar value, hut most likely the conversa tion is general, darting back and forth in delightful play of mind on mind. The gam between tne courses the wise hostess filli herself with little observations which seen; ?uite unpremeditated, but in reality com rom a careful study of her company be forehand. Every ready, ever good natured ever feeling that the pleasure of her com pany is in her hands, she yel succeeds in making the guests provide most of tho in tcllectual feast. When you are called upon to lead I prayer meeting it will be well to give Hf the old notion of presiding at a piiblit function, and adopt the idea of a hostcsi among her guests. If you do, when thtj ?o home they will be likely to thank you or the delightful hospitality you havj shown and secretly desire to come again. The I.eaners and the Utters. As there are two sorts of hindrances, so there are just two sorts of people in thil world. Kila Wheeler Wilcox lias called them "the leaners and the lifters." and it is just the way we meet our hindrances, our trials, that make us so. Those whe fail to see the hidden purpose of these heavy trials --ad mil under the weight ol shift it to ot i.-r shoulders are the leaners. And the.-e ar-- they who have not learneu tiic trui- soin-e fit sirengtli. Depending on human !ri-ngth, wlin li is soon exhatir-t. ed, they falter and fall and become tin world's burden, instead of the world's bur den bearer. But to those whose far-sceinj eyes have read God's message to a wear) world, these same hindrances are but the source of an iiipouiing of Divine power, nnd casting their bunion on the Lord, knowing He cireth for t.iem. they can bear the burdens of their weaker breth ren. Which will you be. "a leaner or i lifter?" It all ilenends uiion your attitude toward God. "He is willing to aid you.' Seek Him for strength. "They that wail upon the Lord shall renew their sirengllil they shall mount up with win as eagles', they shall run and not be weary; then shall walk and not faint." The Making of a Man. All life is variegated. If means happl ness as well as sorrow. Mind as well ai body needs change. A young man needi relaxation and recuperation. l!y it life gains elasticity. Christianity when il comet into the heart of man does not drive the su'ishine out. A man is not neces sarily ft Christian because he looks con. sumptive. I'iiy with a long face and V deep cough is not Christ's idea of religion. There is nothing antagonistic in religion to the helpful influence of society. Socie ty being the but of character possessei molding power. It will minister to the lower or the higher ideals of life: througb it he will either eive God or the devil. If a man has the I'u'jiire instinct which seeks the carrion he wifi find it. If he de sires that which is not blist and purest and best he mav posses it The ihini; that makes tne life of inodert. society sc strenuous is the struggle to keep up, pearanecs at whatever cost, and the idea that they may have that there can be us fun without tilth. v ,c Nharlna Ourselves. !f .lis was alwava ready to give Hiinsell r c s.i ifi-.i- ii.. ... ii.. O tuiiciN. it inn lie linen msiui iiii 4" J-it apart with God and had Ilia houre yJ-.en He hid away from men, yet He. went among the people freely, and was a won derful dispenser oi cheer, comfort and kindness. We should train ourselves to be in the world is He was. We should not selllslilv withhold our life from those whe need it. We should carry out to other! the blessing and the good we get for our selves in the quiet of our study or in the sweetness of our home fellowships. Wt are to be dispensers of God's good gifts. What we receive and would keep I'm ourselves onlv will not avail for good even to us, for we really have only what we give. Keeping for ourselves only is los ing. Hence, no young person should be recluse, shutting himself away from oth ers, on the ground that he must devote all his time to self improvement. Ho owe a debt to others which he can pay ouly by going among others. !o Your llesr. Do your best loyally and cheerfully and suffer yourself to feel no anxiety or fear, Your times are in God's hands. He hsi assigned you your place. He will direct your paths. He will accept your efforts ii they tie faithful. He will bless your aims if they be for your soul's good. Frederick W. Farrar. w. Flowers of Spiritual Love, The lilies of jieaco cover the terrible ields of Waterloo, and out of the graves of our dear ones there spring up such Dowers of spiritual loveliness as you aud I had never known. Theodore Parker. Qulta Business at 112. Dolores Bolnasla, the oldest man In Los Angeles county, and probably tbe oldest Mexican In California, has de cided to retire from active life. Re cently bo refused his annual job ol chopping and hauling wood for the people ot Acton. Ikjlores Is 113 years of age, and has for E0 years past lived tbe life of a recluse In a small, rudely constructed shack near tbe outskirts of that town. New York Journal. ME GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poem t The Potential Dion A f.lne of Prevention Is Woitli Mors Tlmn Hawser nt Kesriie llest Hope Factors Is the llonir. A lilllp drop of drink May make bright eyes grow dim; A little drop of drink Takes the manhood out of him; A little drop of drink ilrings ' the wolf" to many a door' A little drop of drink Makes bare the cottage floor; A little drop of drink Takes the money from the bank1 A little drop of drink Ilrings down the highest rank; A littie drop of drink tinks the man below the brute; A little drop of drink Ilrings forth but sorry fruit; A little drop of drink l'onder it. neighbor, well A little drop of drink Can bring a soul to hell! Temperance Advocate. Lessons Troin a Hope Manufactory. Some years ago the writer visited a rope manufactory, and was amazed to discover the wonderful machinery by which mate rial could he twisted so solidly and the finished product wound upon a large reel. There were different sizes of rones; some to make ladders, up which on tallest masts nimble sailors could climb; some for huge anchors, and others for towing heavily laden barges. In that shop I wes confronted with an eloquent sermon. The task of the opera tor, while twisting both small and heavy ropes, seemed to n superficial mind dull and monotonous, but when the service ren dered to commerce and humanity was con sidered his occupation increased in impor tance. .Supplied with ropes he made was the vessel tossed up and down upon the billowy deep, with her captain standing near upon the storm-swept bridge giving orders to cast out the anchors. How anx ious that crew lest the boiling surf and the tremendous strain should break the cables. What if the rones should part? What if a single strain! should yield? What il there should be some delect in tiie hemp grown on the farmer's land? What if in the intricate processes the sharp knives ot the machinery had cut the raw product? How glad when the hawser proved its power to resist the rough elements, and extolled the virtues of the operator 3001) miles distant still twisting his ropes. Here is a rope which is probably des tined to go to the life-saving station to be come attached to the bomb, shot from pneumatic gun and carry its life-line fu tile hand of some shipwrecked sailor. That line is fastened to a strong oaken timhet nnd the mariners eagerly haul through the yeasty waters a surf boat or breeches buoy, into which they step and arc drawn ashore The ropemaker went home from the shop with aching back and weary frame, but in the morning, when he read that the life line he had twisted had rescued 101) noble souls from a terrible fate, he forgot his cramped sphere and humble employ ment and was amply repaid. The ropes spoke to me not only of the rescue of imperilled seamen as they coasted along the 10,000 miles of shores and inden tations, but they showed that there were ropes of prevention to keep the vessel in port safely anchored, while the storm roared outside the bar. How sad to con template that the cemeteries have prema ture burials and chiseled monuments, which ought never to have been dug by upade or smoothed by chisel. If a rope of moral prevention hail been invited. 00,000 inebriates would have been spared from tumbling with swift and awful descent into D.uitc's infeino, and instead miht lime been e-l icatini their -hildicn. providing for thi'i- families ,iud cheering their wives, whom thev vowed to protect and inspire. A line oi prevention worth more than a hawser of rescue. Transform the cliar acter of the saloon's expected crop of boys by helping them acquire an appetite for such kinds of food and drink as made Dan iel immortal, and the signs over the "houses of death" will be supplanted for signs of grocer, baker, butcher, merchant aud other honorable callings. As of the saloon so of other gigantic iniquities. Prevention will kill them last and sure. The best rope fiutoty is th home, where family altars rise aud CI. tian devotion is sustained. Ham's Horn. Itecognlzes Their Worst Foe. An incident recently occurred at a labor union meeting in Indianapolis that shows in what light many laboring men view the saloon, "the poor man's club." Prior to the recent State election ill In dianapolis at a meeting of the Central La bor In ion a committee appeared from the Knights of Kidelitv, the saloonkeepers' or ganization, and asked the members of tho Central Labor L'nion not to sign remon strances against the wanting of licenses, and to pass a resolution or motion advis ing all union men to assume such position. The committee had respectful hearing. anil two members spoke favorably to their i, . ' , ... .i.. ,. request, men iaviu nn-v-iure. fii wir ui penters' l'nion, got tho Moor and said "I think it is a shame that uny one should get up to attempt to bind the mem bers of organized labor from siuning these remonstrances against the hell holes in this town. Liquor drinking rs a curse to many laborimi nieu, and you all know it. It should be left to a man's own conscience wliethei lu sia'x one of these petitions or pi Aitrr ti -n i raiding replv as this it did not t.ike the iniv.-.'-.s. i In- utii'.n long to fh i-idi- not to entertain ili. motion and thus leave each man to decide tor 'i.nself. In many other unions ot liio -ring non there are those who realize that in the liquor traflie they have the worst loe to their advancement and the welfare of their -'ilics. Drinking 1'iiuiitalns. John Fitzpatriek, organizer of the Fed eration of Ijibor, calls attention to the need of drinking fountains for men in Chi cago in order that it will not m necessary for them to enter saloons to quench their thirst. He declares that drink is the curse of the working man, and that the com plaints of the wive and the pleading of children of workingmen have made such an inqiression upon him that while not desiring to pose as a temperance reformer he would like to do something to abate the drink craze among the laboring popula tion. "The City Council of Chicago could not do better,'' says a leading Chicago paper ill this connection, "than to put a drinking fountain in front of every saloon." An Intereatlns War. The war on alcohol in France is very in teresting. Increasing use of strong drink has affected the growth of Frenchmen so that the army is deteriorating. The men of Normandy, once the most stalwart, are now becoming degenerate. The sale of dis tilled liquors is forbidden to soldiers, and the men are severely punished fur druukeu ness. Food For Thought. It is reported that Andrew Carnegie has offered to add ten per cent, to the wages of all the employes on his estates in Kcot land who will abstain from use of alcoholic liquors. This he can well sfTord to do. A Congregation's Pledges The entire congregation, 1300 iu number, of the Holy Saviour Kouian Catholic Church, of Wilkesbarre. Vs., took the total abstinence pledge for one year after a re cent Sunday service. Last yeur lots) pledged themselves, aud it is said all kept the pledge faithfully. CniVruieutsd Wine, The I'reshytery of Kalaeiszoo, Mkh., at its auuual luetting adopted alruug resolu tions urging the use of unlet nienied wine at communions, and asking the Grueml Assembly of the Fresbyterinn Church to include a temeranca deparlaisnt in every riuuday r-hojl ps.per published by ths de 1 f T' . ... rWt""t. I CI i Cuplils. Fill glasses two-thinls full of red raspberry Juice; the K.vrup from horn canned goods Is best. Bury the glnRsc tip to tbe bowls In ice nnd salt anel when frozen remove the salt; win clean: phico n spoonful of Philadel phia Ice cream on top; scatter hearts), cut &oin candied cherries, over; thrttrt a little metal arrows In each and serve with heart-shaped cakc iced In pink. What to Eat. Lemon Cake, One cup of butter, three enps of mi gar, four, cups of flour, one cup ot milk, five eggs, Juice and grated rind of one lemon, one small tea spoon fill of Kotln. Bent the eggs separately, cream the butter, and add the .ugar nnd yolks of 'he eggs. I cat well, add the milk nnd flour, then the lemon. Dissolve the soda In part of the iniilc and ndtl -t nfter the flour has bifti boa ton In. Last of all, beat In the whiles of the eggs. Potato Mutton Chops Chit some nice chops or steak frota the best part of the neck of mutton. The loin will be oetter still. Trim all the fat, but leave a sinaa part of the bone visible, nicely scraped. Sen hod with pepper and salt and fry In drip ping?. Have rendy plenty of niasbed potato, with which cover the chop separately, so that they will be com pletely wrapped In the potato. CL-ikc with beaten egg and brown with a salamander, or, lacking the salauiaiv dor, brown lightly In the oven. Stewed (steak. Stewed steak requires to be very slowly cooked; for this reason put il in a covered Jar In the oven, on in saucepan of boiling water. Do not fer thp water boil fast after the first twenty minutes, for the contents of ths J.tr must only simmer. Take n good steak for the purpose, cut It into con venient sliced pieces nnd fry It In hot butter to a good brown. Set It in ths Jar; fry nn onion, herbs nnd a tomato lu the butter, dredge flour In thickly, nnd add sufficient cold water or stock; for tho gravy. 8Ur with a wooden spoon wiille all boils. Season to taste; color the gravy and then strain la Into tho Jar. Cook for two hours. After washing lace, says an expert, do not starch It and do not nllow It to dry before Ironing. Iron first under a cloth, finishing with the Iron directly on tbe luec. It will be quite stiff enough If treated in this way. "College girl shortcake" Is not such a bud affair for an emergency. It earned its name by being about the only muke available for the "spread on the quiet." Plain baking powder biscuit arc bought at the Imkeshnp, heated In oven or even chafing dish, split twice and the sugared fruit spread thickly between. The result Is really more et.joyable than anything of the name purchasable In the ordln ary restaurant for treble the cost, and with the addition ot sweetened and flavored whipped cream it Is really delightful dessert. For the unexpected guest little cakes) with a cup of tea or chocolate will do lull duty, and they are delicious also to serve with Ices nt tbe luncheon or dinner table. For these light cakes, baked In small pans, an even, steady bent is wanted; never attempt to bake them with a freshly built coal fire, or with n tire from which the life bas largely died out; It should be In sucb. condition that It may be regulated eas ily, and lust through the baking with, mtt bi-lnir replenished. In flavoring these little i-ukcs. do not use lemon Juice if n lieu rnke- is wanted. Th ucld in lemon Jiie sets free carbon dioxide In n laruc t. ensure, upon con tact with the soda In he baking pow der. It Is best to restPet Its use to cakes In which a close tfture Is de sirable. Bear In mind also Jiat cakes In which the yolks of eggs are used re quire less heat than cakes made v'.-.hj the whites of t-ggs, as the yolks of eggis are so rich In fat they burn quickly. What to Eat. Meat soille may serve as the piece da resistance of the luncheon. Since, as a rule, this and similar mixtures are well seasoned, one meat is about as good as another for a foundation, un less chicken Is used. The odds and end of the roast, or of steak or chops, or even soup meat, should be run through, tho incut chopper with a thin slice or two of boiled hum, one of boiled tongue and one or two of bologna sausage. Tho last can be obtained from a nearby, butcher. If they cannot be bad a lit tle home-mud sausage and a thin slice of bam. tie latter boiled for a fewi minutes, will work wonders. Grind these wltb the meat fine. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, a llttla chopped parsley and. If It Is wanted, with a little onion juice. Add enough bread crumbs to make sufficient quan tity. The usual proportion for a souf fle Is two cupf tils of meat to one cupful of bread crumbs. To two cupfuls ef meat and bread crumbs add a cupful of white sauce and tbe yolks of two rs-'gs. Fold In tbe stiffly beaten whites ' of the eggs, fill tbe buttered ramekins half full of the mixture, sprinkle with buttered crumbs and bake In a quick oven. Serve as soon as they come from tbe fire, or they will fell. The white sauce Is made of one cupful of milk and a tablespooaful each of but ter and flour. Salt and pepper or aded to taste.
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