"ULTIMATE AMERICA" in Eloquent Sunday Sermon By Rev. J. A. Jenkins. tbli Country tbt Spiritual Teicber of tb: Nitlonf Our Soclil Ideal. Unooi.LVX, X. V. In Temple Israel the I!ev. J. Alexander denkins, pastor of lm aianucl Congregational Church, delivered in address to a large audience on "Uiti niste America, the Spiritual Teacher ol Hie Nations." He said among other things: It is a commonplace of the newer think iiis that the evolutionary process culmin iii in the soul of man, the whole mightv movement being satisfactorily explained, iiwrding to the thinking of the theistic evolutionist when matter endowed with iff and perfected through countless gener it ions, has at last given to the mind of the human being the instrument for the ele nentnry exercises of its endless life. The H niggles of theageaare justiiicd in tiiesoul. I lie student of history is perplexed as he leais the groanings and witnesses the tra failings of the nations through the ccntur rs, and his natural and legitimate query, ik he beholds the rise and fall of nations, . Where lies the goal of the peoples and sliat justifies the toils and agonies of the sec? The answer to this inevitable ques tion is this: Almighty (rod leading the lations toward tiie goal of the highest life, md the struggles of the ages find justified hon in the birth of the wonld-soul. And if llic fa t that liod breathed into man' no '.till the breath of life, so that he became i living soul is suHieient recompense for the bloody brute battles of the world's tiv.y dawn, the thought that He will Snathe a soul into the nations should like-j.-ise he deemed ample compensation for ihc groping and grapplings of the aspir mis for national permanency and suprem acy. The American colonists were not the 3it men to tight for independence, but the unlives that produced the Declaration of Independence made their light epoch narking as no other fight had ever been. 'Jther nations had given up slavery, but no nation was ever oefure called upon to furnish so awful a proof of sincerity oi oiotive in striking the shackles from the bmb of the enslaved. Other nations have bad to deal with the problem of undesir tblc aliens, but no nation ever felt as feels America the imperativeness of a course of tction based upon righteousness and jus tice. Other nations have seized the terri tory of the weak and helpless, but none das felt such deep, unselfish solicitude for I dependent people as has characterized ur country in her dealings with a primi ;ivc people committed to her care ns the tmtrome of her intervention in tho inter fsts of humanity. Other nations have had to effect adjustments between employer Hid employe, but no nation has ever been sailed upon to effect such nn adjustment alien the conditions presented revealed ao lcai-ly the fact that a great principle uf Universal importance is involved. The set tlement pf the "labor problem" in demo iratic America means the setlement for the world, for here the employer of the high est type meets the worker of the highest type, and the final result will be in keep In with the character of the contestants. .So we are learning the lesson of deliher Iteness; and one of the most promising liens of the times is the tendency to deal tnlh great questions cautiously nnd calmly. The result of this course will be that what the new America settles will stay settled. She will settle, and that for all time, the question of the rights of inferior peoples, '.he question as to the character of the edu tation most to be desired, the question of the relation of employer to employed. America is to-day solving the accumulated problems of the ages. And God is willing that she should have time to complete her task. In view of what has been said, it will strike us as a fact of solemn import that Mir country is preparing for her yet lurger erviee through the alow, constant develop ment of her religions consciousness. The existence and growth of this consciousness the superficial observer of our life and in stitutions might feel inclined to denv. Ncveitheless, we are convinced thut this most necessary condition for present and future leadership exists. Where shall we seek for this religious tontciousness? Shall we look for it in the institutions set apart us avowedly relig ious? No man has the right to scoff at or ganized religion. Our schools, our churches, our synagogues nre, on the whole, true to fheir mission. Hut the truly effective re liuious consciousness must be found in tuner places as well in the editorial sanc tum, in the political gathering, in the mart tnd the busy street. It us find this con piousness in these places, no matter what its form, and we shall have as good a guar intee of the divine favor an though we had gazed upon overflowing houses of worship nd listened to the eloquence of the elect, lhe religious spirit which makes for Amer ican pre-eminence may be discerned in many phases of the national life, but it i strikingly evident in the new press, the hew politics and the new social ideal. J here are many, doubtless, who would not concede that the press of the country fur nishes an evidence of growing national righteousness, but the fact remains, that in the newspapers of our land there is a dis tinct trend toward righteousness and god liness. The truthfulness and force of our nre. fnt contention wilt aeem to many hard to TuCOIi?ile with tlie-well-known fact that in lhe United States the avowedly religious Journals are steadily losing ground. But even this fact, rightly interpreted, it not on evidence of national decay. The relig ious papers of to-day have a choice between degeneration and evolution. The signs of degeneration are stubborn adherence to de nominational shibboleths, tierce champion ship of exhausted dogmas and growing im patience with progressive interpretation of truth. The signs of evolution are the throwing overboard of useless issues, and the adoption of the leading features of the great "secular" papers. The great relig ious papers of the country to-day are such "J name only. Were the content of one of thes paper rearranged and printed in newspaper form it would pas as new I'aper, minus the newspaper' up-to-date irt-iines. In the secular press, on the other hand, there i steady progress and tnti-eaiing vitality.' The moral tone of the -American people is reflected in the new Journalism, aud the fact that the citixens of th republic desire righteousness is pat nt to all who seek the underlying motive of Journalistic enterprise of the highest type. And this fact is most significant when we remember that these great agen cies of publicity, free discussion and edu cation have a direct bearing upon the shap ing of the ideals of the inflowing millions of our population. The spirit of the -American journalism is communicated to the Americanized representatives of these loreign peoples, and they in turn give it to their dependent fellow through the col umn of their publication. We have no J'ght to assume that paper published in foreign tongue stand for Old World an archy; we should, the rather, heartily con cede the fact that these journals, printed in Italian, German, Hebrew, Welsh and other languages, constitute a great mis sionary agency for doing foundation work in Americanism and altruism. Indeed, the very fact that our citizens in th making eagerly grasp these informing agencies is a prophecy of great thing to tome. V have her no isolated, lethargic, self-satis-bed aggregation of human beings, but w fcr.yt million of men who are being in spired by the tir of a free country and by facr institutions. The newspapers in th band of these men are as banners waving encouragement to faraway nations lying in uuijcnes and distress. When wo come to speak of th new -American politics we invite the ridicule of those who see in American politics at its West only a crude "shirt-sleeve diplomacy." d at its worst a contemptible system of loot and graft. And th self-satisfied crit ics of our political life ignore their own in consistency in that they expect a govern Went wbich they take pains to tell us is only an experiment" to run with tho smoothness of an old governmental ma thin. The man who is content to liv in a primitive cabiu, subject to th limitations "f a semi-barbaric life, may have tranquil ity and pence of a certain kind, but he should lit th last person to scoff at th nan who is battling sgsinst heavy odd lur. better and wore adcu.us.te au;ojiiioiv ttbns. As a nation we -are minding the better house. We have found that it costs labor and blood to secure the site for our edilice, thnt our niaterinl, cut from the toreets of the Old World, is roiiuli and un seasoned: that sometimes our workers fail to entpr unselfishly into the spirit of the enterprise. We nt times discover, ton, that we hnvp not followed correctly the nlnn ot the great architect, and then it becomes necessary for us to humble ourselves liy tearing down part of the structure. But, alter nil, the building grows, and its pro portions already beuin to challense the nd miration of the world. The critic, as he sits at the cabin door of monnrrhy or aris tocracy, brain with vaiue alarm to con- last the cracked and crumbling walls and the leaking thatch of his abode with the rising mansion in the distance. V'hc nation s sociul ideal makes Inexor able demands iinoa. evzrr citizen of the re public, 'the world ot to-day mart-els at the matchless benefactions of our men of wealth, and the nations nre asking why it is that this unprecedented philanthropy is so peculiarly American. It is due to the imperative claims of our social ideal. Pub lic sentiment demands, and men of wealth recognize the demand as just, that private wealth should be spent for the good of the nation and for the good of the race. The educator feels the same pressure. He hears the voire of the people summoning him to a free search for truth. The true labor leader recognizes the same stern call to ser vice: so he becomes a mediator, an arbi trator between two great forces. The old story in the good Hook tells us that a Babel a mighty calamity befell the race that there the speech of mankind became confused. In this land of ours Babel is re versed. The nations nre here assembled to build the greater tower of truth, .and the confusion of the Babel tongues gives pi a co little by little to a new language, the language of love, spoken by the toiling millions, so that in a sweeter, grander sense thnn ever before it is to be true that the whole earth shall be "of one language and of one speech." Thalea of old. with so shadowy a con ception of (iod that we know not whether to classify him as atheist or as theist. yet strangely conceived of deity as creating the great world temple and so possessing it as to reveal in its every part the pres ence of the Creator. The world of our time may seem strangely indifferent to that presence of Jod which the seers of the race feel to be the most tremendous fact of life. But the world will not remain forever content with mere things. The time is to come when the nations must feel the Divine Presence. When that time comes the cry of the peoples will be, "Wherewith shall we come before the Lord?" God grant that in tlint solemn day of the world's supreme need it may bo granted unto us as the teacher of the na tions to shout the great reply: "He hath showed you, O nations, what is good; ami what doth the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your Clod." Iteststlng Power. When a physician is called to a case of severe illness, the first thing that he estimates is the resisting power of the pa tient. The chances for bis recovery nre in proportion to his vitality. If there be little of that at the outset there is small hope of overcoming the disease. The re sisting power of persons in full health is such that in an epidemic they throw oil the disease germs that, prostrate others. One cannot always tell from appearances just how much ability one has to withstand the inroads of n malady. Some who ap parently are robust almost immediately succumb, while othera who look frail re cover from violent attacks. Of course, dis sipation, unhygienic living, tinhenlthful surroundings sap one's resisting power, sn that when a virulent ailment makes an attack one has strength insufficient to fight it off. You see that it is not so much the ma lignancy of the disease as it is the vital ity of the man that determines the re sult. Just so it is also in the moral world. There are some persons living lives so up right, so spiritually healthy, that they are practically immune from temptation. And when they are overcome, they soon dis cover themselves, for their power of resis tance is great. On the other hand, there nre those who after succumbing to one temptation are completely swept away by the power of evil. How can that be ac counted for? Obviously in the same way that the ability to resist physical disease is to be explained. There has been un wholesome moral living; the mind ha! been permitted to become familiar with evil thoughts; the soul has breathed in miasma and corruption until one has no ability to put away temptation. All this suggests the need of resisting power both against disease and against sin. A pure, clean, wholesome life, physi cal and moral, will make one seeuo against any barm that either can do. Always st Our Side. Sirs. Lucy Rider Meyer, tlie well-knowa deaconess and writer, says: "A busy woman entered her own room as twilight shades were falling went di rectly to her desk, turned on the gas. and began to write. Page after page she wrote The solitude became oppressive. flu wheeled her chair around and with a shock of joyful surprise looked squarely into tin face of her dearest friend, lying on th lounge at her side. "Why, I didn't know you were here!" she cried. "Why didn't you speak to me?" "Because you were si busy. You didn't speak to me." eio with Jesus here all the time. The room is full of Him, always ready to greet us with I smile but we are so busy. But when thi solitude grows oppressive we sudden!) turn, and lo. He is at our side. We speaV to Him and H sneaks to us, and the soul's deepest yearnings are satisfied." Men Wanted. There is nothing we are so much in tied of in our city and country as holy men When we think of tb "epidemic of crime' that alarms us. the social depravity tha' disgusts us, the commercial dishonest) that startles us, we wonder if with out opulence in. material resources and oui spread of educational advantages, .we an growing men, true men, as we ought. Kev. John Thompson, Methodist, Chicago Hi. t Joy That Helps. Christian joy is an experience of greal depth and solemnity. It never overlooki the sadness and sternness of life; it ii never shallow or unreflecting; it is re strained, tender, sympathetic, confident W know it when we see it in the face of any whom we love; it helps us. It. J Campbell. B at Your Best Always. God's will come to thee and me it daily circumstances, in little things equal ly as in great. Meet them bravely. H at your best always, though the occasioi be one of the very least. Dignify tin smallest summons by the greatness ot your response. F. B. Meyer. ELECTRICITY USEFUL. Even on Coal Dock Whin It It UtHU d for Motlv Power. Even on a coal dock, where saving fuel would seem to be as unnecessarj a anywhere on earth, electricity hat been adopted ai tbe Bole motive pow er (or tramway, hoist, and othei machinery. Tbla dock, with one mil of water front and 2,000,000 aquart feet of area, la at Dulutn, Minn. It li owned by the Pioneer Fuel Company, and la aald to be the moat perfectly equipped fuel dock In the country. Many other coal yard are plannlnf to adopt electrle motors In the aami way, for the convenient manner li wbich they can be distributed often advantagea that overbalance even thi conaldoratlon of a superabundance o fuel for steam power. The electrb drives are used for operating cars am derricks, and the other appliances foi loading and unloading the coal, ai well as to do all the repairing requti ei In fact, all the work that macbln ery does In the yard Is done by elec trlcity. . ; THE SUNDAY SCHOOL '.i TK. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY I. Subject: Prayer anil I'rmnlse, Luke xl.,1. 13-Oohlen Text, l.nke xl n-Memnry Verses, 11-13 Commentary dj the Day's Lesson. 1. Christ teaching His disciples lo pray !Vl-. .!' ."N "9 praying." It was the habit of Christ to pray. Many instances are referred to in the gospels ocsides tin; general statement in Ileb. ii: 7. "When He ceased." Perhaps lie was playing such s powerful prayer as to arouse the feeling that they knew not how to pray, and needed to be taught. "Teach us to prav." 1 hey knew that praer was important, and they had a desire for ability to pray aright. As John also taught." Kacli new dis pensation may not only have its new un folding of truths, but its new revelations may open new modes of access, and new topics of prayer and modes of worship. A different prayer was offered in the Mosaic ritual from the patriarchal form. John Jpened up a new scope of prayer; and this new dispensation requires of Jesus to set the range of prayer in accordance with tho new range of truth, and the new position )t man with iod. 2. "Say." The beauty and value of tho lessons in the Lord's prayer arise trom: I. The tone of holy confidence; it teaches us to approach God ns our Father tKom. s: l.i), in love as well as holv fear. 2. Its thsoiute unselfishness; it is offered for all the brotherhood of man. 3. Its entire spirituality; of its seven petitions, one only is for any earthly boon, and that only for the simplest. 4. Its brevity and ab sence of all vain repetitions (riecl. 5: 2). 5. Its simplicity, which requires not learn-, ing. but only holiness and sincerity for it universal comprehension. For these rea sons the Father called it the "epitome of the gospel" and "the pearl of prayers." "Our Father." An expression of love and :ondcrenaion. Here arc two grand ideas: I. That tender and respectful love which we should feel for liod, such as that which children feel for their fathers. 2. That jtrong confidence in Cod's love to us, such us fathers have for their children. This relation dictates to us reverence for His person, xcal for His honor, obedience to His will, submission to His dispensations md chastisements, and resemblance to His nature. "Which art iu heaven." In the former clause we express His nearness to us, in this His distance from u. In this ive contrast linn with the fathers we have here below, and so raise our souls to that 'heaven" where He dwells, and that ma jesty and glory which are there, as i: their uropcr homo. ive us." The good things of this life are the gifts of tlod. This teaches us our dependence upon Him, nnd is a lesson oi contentment, frugality and pa tient labor, moderation, benevolence and faith. "Day by day." In the order in whicl our needs aire felt. '"Our daily tiread." Life's most common necessity. Strength to gain it. skill to earn it, power to cat it uli are from liod. From Him the oil, the seed, the mm, the harvest. .This includes a prayer for tiie instruction of Uod's word, which is often compared to food (Joo 2.'!: 12; 1 Tim. 4: tl). und for the ssistance und support of His grace, for jtrcnuth to do His will, for that bread which endurrtii unto eveiiasting life. 4. "Forgive us our sins." .Sin is here represented us a debt. Man has nothing to pay; if his debts are not forgiven they must stand charged against him forever. ?in is nn old debt, a just debt, a great and rowing debt. "We ulso forgive." Klse how could we entreat Thee for pardon? 'Not into temptation." As the prayer for daily bread raises us ubove care tor to-day, slid the prayer for the forgiveness of sins is meant lo quiet us concerning the past, o is the prayer against temptation n weapon for the uncertain future, that we may not fall again under the might of evil. "Deliver, us from evil." From ail the wicked fascination and miserable re sults of sin. II. The parable of the importunate bor rower (vs. 5-8). 5. "He said." Although idle repetitions in prayer lire forbidden, yet persistency and importunity in prayer, wrestling with Cod and not letting Him go until He has blessed us, are here dis tinctly taught. See Luke 18: 1-8. "Mid night." in those hot countries it is com mon, where it can be done safely, to travel in the night. "Lend me." It was usual with the Jews to borrow bread from one another; and certain rules arc laid down when and upon what condition this is to be done. 0. "Friend; is come." Be nighted, belated, and who has lost his way. A strong reason why he should have prompt relief. 7. "Trouble me not." The trouble made him insensible both of the urgency of the case und the claims of friendship. "In bed." We learn from travelers that it is usual in the Fast for a whole family to sleep in the same room, each laying his mattress on the floor. "I cannot. With out exertion, which was equal to "I will not." 8. "His importunity." Literally, bis shamelessness; that is, his unblushing persistence. His perseverance in asking and stuting his own inability to supply a friend. "As many." His reluctance once overcome, all tho claims of friendship and necessity are felt to the full. III. The disciples used to persistency in prayer (v. 0-13). 0. "I say unto you." We have it from Christ's own mouth, who knows His Father's mind, and in whom all promises are yea and amen. "Ask, seek, knock." This verse contains very import ant directions. In everything, by prayer and supplication, we are to make our re quests known unto Cod; then we are to seek," continue to ask and knock at the door of Hi mercy, Our approaches to God should be with earnestness aud in sincerity. These three words include the ideas of want and loss. We are destitute of all spiritual good, and have lost Cod, and are in danger of losing eternal life; be in earnest; be importunate; ask with con fidence and humility; seek with care and application; knock loudly and long. ID. "r.very one receiveth, etc." Christ bind Himself to hear and answer. Xo soul can pray in vain that prays as God has direct ed. But our asking must be in harmony with the will of God, and in faith (James 4:2,31. 11, 12. "If a son shall ask, etc." From that which the friend will do, the discourse of the Saviour rises even to that which one could expect of a "father;" and from that which an imperfect earthly father doe even to that which the perfect Father in heaven bestows. Tbe stone rep resent to u useless gifts, the serpent and the scorpion things which are really harm ful. If human father would not give either one or the other to their children, then it ia impossible that our father in heaven will mock the prayer of Hi chil dren who call upon Him. 13. "Being evil." Sinful people are ready and anxious to give good gifts to their children. From natural affection they are ready to pro vide everything necessary to their sup port and comfort. John L. Wii Too Strenuou. John L. Sullivan was one day asked why ' he never had taken to giving boxing lessons. He replied: "Well, son, I did try that once. A husky boy was my first and last pupil. He took one lesson from me and went home afterward a little the worse for wear. When he turned up for the next lesson he said: "'Mr. Sullivan, It was my Idea to learn enough pugilism from you to be able to lick a certain young man that I dislike. But I've changed my mind now. If It's all the same to you I'll send this young man down here to take tbe rest of my lessons for me.' "I," the pugilist concluded, "was a little too rough to teach boxing." i Tha Money Was Recovered. - Fireman Thomas Callahan's goat ate the pocket off a pair of trousers belonging to another fireman .that bad ' kum Asralaiftlv thrnwn Hnwn In tha engine house in Louisville Ky., a few days ago. Ia the pocket were twelve silver dollars. The goat did not have time to die of Indigestion, as he was put to death with force and violence, and the twelve silver foliar s were recovered: MAY FIR3T. 'Answered Prayera." Acta 4:23-31. Scripture Verses. Ps. 37:5: 62:8; Watt. 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 15:7; !p1). 11:6; Jamos 1:, 6; Ps. 119:58, '70; 142:6; 143:9. Lesson Thoughts. God 4s able to answer our prayers, 'f he had power to make heaven and arth and the sea, surely nothing we :an ask Is beyond his power to grant. The spirit of our prayer should be inselflnh; for blessings upon others is well as upon ourselves, and for '.he glory of God. Selections. Our .prayer) are not unanswered when what we ask Is refused, God's gifts are always better than our re quests, never a stone for bread, or a corplon for an egg. Whatsoever we beg of God, let us 1ho work for It. Prayer Is the bow, promise is the srrow, faith Is the hand which draws the bow and sends the arrow with the heart's message to heaven. Answers to prayer are promised only when the prayer Is offered "In His name"; that is. In accordance with Christ's spirit. To pray the prayer that avails, then, wo must live pure lives, obedient lives, lives close to Christ. The grain of faith as small as a mus tard seed can remove mountains but only when God wants the mountains removed. If I lowly fall, And thus In faith I call, "Through Christ, O Lord, I pray Thee to give to mo Not what I would, but what seems to Thoe, OC life, of health, of service, and of (strength! Until to Thy full Joy I come at length." My prayer shall then avail. The blessing shall not fall. Prayer. Our Father In heaven, we thank Thee that Thou art a hearot and answerer ot prayer. We are In daily, hourly need of thy blessings; give unto us according to our needs. Give its grace to acknowledge Thee as the source of all our blessings; and appreciate the privilege ot offering our petition to Thee. All we ask Is in Jesus' name. Amen. FIRTH LEAGUE LESSONS MAY FIRST. Answered Prayers. Acts 4. 23-31. Our lesson Is in The Acts of the Apostles. It Is a partial record of the ioings cf certain of tho apostles un ler the Pentecostal baptism whic h inhered In the dispensation of the ioly Ghost. In the early portion of he Acts Peter Is the conspicuous fig ire, while in the later part Paul's per onallty is the all-dominating one. Peter and John, perhaps the oldest .nd the youngest of the apon lea, went up to the templet at he afternoon' hour of prayer and acriflce. As they came near the :ate called "Beautiful" they be eld a poor cripple who had been car led there. Drawing the gaze or the ame man, Peter said, "Silver and gold lave I none; but such as I have give thee: In the name of Jesus ol iazareth rise up and walk." There vas some things better than silver and fold. A millionaire recently offered i large sum of money for a .cure fot lis baldness. Just lately another rich uan paid five thousand dollars for a iiiman ear to replace his own which vas lost. "What shall it profit a man, f he Bhall gain the whole world, and ose his own soul?" Treasure in leaven is better than treasure or arth. And so the lame man was made ich by what the apostles had to give ilm. Leaping and praising God, a irowd was soon surging about him ind the apostles, and then Petet ireached a sermon that converted nany. Tho rulers were angry, par .leularly the Sadducees, because "he aught tho people and preached .h rough Jesus the resurrection of tho lead." They hated the doctrine of he future lite. Wicked people usually lo. Into prison went the two preachi irs. Next day the Sanhedrln was con i-ened the Jewish high court. The" tpostles were arranged before the tame judges as was their Lord about ,wo months be-fore. "By what power ir by what name have ye done this?" laid the court. And Peter, with a lew access of the Holy Ghost, again ireached Jesus with great boldness, vlnding up with: "Neither is there talvatlon In any other: for there is lone other name under heaven given tmong men, whereby we must be laved." Of course, those judges wer ingry. Had they not but a little time jefore this set at naught and sold, and 'killed," as Peter declared, this same fesus? And now must they have this :ruclfled malefactor flung In thelt faces In this way! But what could :hey do? There was the well-known tame man leaping about In the streets tnd publishing everywhere the won lerful story of his cure; and there were the enthusiastic people. They srawled into a small place saying to .he apostles that "they should speak 30 more in the name of Jesus." Old Smallpox Germs. A peculiar case recently came t light at the McKlnley Wood rancb southwest of Big Horn, In Wyoming A member of the Matlock family, whi reside at the Wood ranch, was strlck en with smallpox. The ranch wai quarantined and tbe patient recovered For a time the physicians were at I loss to know where the patient con tracted the disease, for he bad no been away from the ranch for man; months. The fact finally came ti light that McKlnley Wood, format owner of the place, died of smallpo; seven years ago. Evidently the germ; were not completely eradicated, am after a lapse of seven years Infectef the present sufferer. The doctors sa this case Is almost without a paralle In the history of this disease. Capturing a 8a . Royal Bllven ot Pleasant View, R. I., saptured a 04 -pound striped sea basi s few days ago on the beach. Mr Bllven was walking along tbe beach when be saw tbe fish floundering In tbe shallow water and succeeded in landing It on the sand. The striped tea bass la not uncommon on tbe New England coast In the fall, but are txtrcmely rare at this time of year (iort's t'nrlianglng Lots. Though darkness may gather and storm clouds appear. Though suffering and sorrow may cause thee to fear; The iromisp God gives us is a good promise yet; In the unrkness and storm He does not forget. Thy path may be stormy, and heavy thy load. And faint 'neath the burden, you may fall in the road; Though friends may forsake thee, and bitter tears wet The place of thy pillow, Cod cannot torct. In the midst of thy sorrow, thy faith may grow dim: For often, "ti true, we're unmindful of promise to Him; Then how precious His promise immu tably set: "I will not fnri..il;e thee; I cannot forget.'' O! how sweet i that promise! our love may grow cold ; But His is the Mine it was ever of old; No ehiuige can affect it, no hindrance no let! "I have said that I love the;, and I do not forjet." A mother may turn from the child of her love; And false to its pledges frail Xature may prove; The heart of the child miv prove false to its debt. But the promise CioJ give.) us, He'll never forget. God help lis rcmembir, "mid't storm cloud and gloom. His promise outlast e'en the night of the tomb; How bright i fulfilment, when in heaven we've met. To hear the glad welcome "I do not turret!" Ilev. Leonard Cox, A. M. The Countersign. The farm was a Incly one, and tho farmer's wife, a gentle, timid creature, lived in dread of tramps. Three times a year, when the ."armcr went to town for a day and a night, the night wan a Bleep less one for the poor little woman. They kept no hired man except in the haying season. "Nobody ever has come!" grumbled the farmer, when In.t wife poured forth her fears. "Xo, but some one might," she protest ed. And sure enough one evening the dreaded happened. It was late November, and cold. The ground was frozen, unJ the wind, as the farmer's wife expressed it, "was cruel." It wits seven o'clock at niht, the house was barred and bolted, the two children were getting ready for Iil-iI. There was a loud knock at tho door, fol lowed by a siicccssiiin uf bri.-k raps. "Who is there?" ouavered the farmer's wife, through the keyhole. "I want n bed lor the night," said a man's hoare voice. "Go away! Go away!" cried the farm er's wife, in terror. "You wouldn't turn a man off this kind of weather, I hope':" said the voice on tho other side of the door, and then the stranger coughed iiistrcssinlv. The farmer's wife looked to the chain on the door, drew the bolts, nnd opened the door the width of the chain. By the light of the lamp which she carried she saw that the stranger was roughly clad nnd unshaven. "I'm here alone with my children," she said, Krmlv, "and I'm not going to risk lotting any one in." The man hesitated a moment, then thrust his hand into his coat pocket, drew forth a little book and handed it to her. "For the sake of this won't you trust me?" he asked. She took the little booli. It was worn anil thumbed mid old. It was a Ilible. Without (i word she unuiitc.-icd the chain und let the strungcr in. The next moriiiuj, niter ho had helped her with the chores, he thanked her and bade her good-bye, and us tliey shook hands he Kiid: "1 might have been a had one, for sure, nnd only trying to blind you with my Bible." "I know. T thought of that," she an swered, calmly. "Hut you had the coun tersign. I had to trust to God that you had come by it honestly." louth's Con paniun. Affliction That rays. A psalmist once said: "It is good for me that I have been attlated; that 1 might learn Thy statutes." He might not have sought the ways of God had he not found his own ways hedged about him. His ex perience was that of a great number of men who discovered riches in affliction which wsre otherwise not to be found. Tho depth of human love and sympathy would never bo known if it were not for affliction. Through sorrow there has often poured a wealth of love and affection, mar velous in its sweetness and power. It was not until he was afflicted that the psalmist saw the glory of the holy law. It is in af fliction aiso that the glory of human love shines out. richex by far because it ia charged with the holy love of God. Yes, it is a dear price to pay, but in the after glow we shall be able to say that it was worth paying. Baptist Union. Bain's Horn Blasts. The Lord is not a refuge when religion is all repose. Tha church needs manhood more than machinery. A wide-open Bible never made a wide open town. There is nj -eatness in man without God's grace. You do not kill the tree of fin by picking all its fruits. The grace of a sermon is nothing unless it has a grip. Finding tha Gold. How fond we are of thinking about what wa have not, -instead of about what we have! It lias been well said that "some people's cast-off happiness, like their cast off clothes, would make some other people very happy." Tha cheeriest live are not those that have the mo,.t, but those that appreciate the most. Kvory one of u iias a gold mine of unworked joy close at hand. But gold needs searching for. Are you finding yours? Sunduy-School Time Doing Ou'i Duty. et us do our duty and pray that w may do our duty here, now, to-day; not in dreamy sweetness, but in active cnci-gy; not in the green oasis of the future, but in the dusty desert of the present; not in the imaginations of otherwncrc, but iu the realities of now. K. W. Farrar. Wall to Bear la llinil. That which is good to bs done cannot lit done too soon; and, if it is neglected to be done early, it will frequently banpen that it will not be done at all. Bishop Hunt. "A Tooth for a Tooth." Before artificial teeth were created deficiencies bad to be made good by tue real article, ao body snatchera rav aged tbe cemeteries at night, breaking np the jaws of the dead to extract their teeth to sell to dentists for Inser tion in live men's mouths. An army of these ghouls followed Wellington's army. They were licensed as sutlers, but once night tell, out came their nip pers and they prowled over the bat tletluld extracting tbe teeth ot tbe dead or dvlng. I'HE GREAT DESTR0YEP I0ME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. oetni The Snloon Bar An Interesting Mor? Aliont Alcoholism In Franre- The Government Is Not Strong Knnugh to Kestrlct th Bale or Intoxicants. A bar to heaven, a door to hell, Whoever named it, named it well, A bar to manliness and wealth, A door to want and broken health. A bar to honor, pride and fame, A door to sin and grief and shame A bar to hope, a bar to prayer, A door to darkness and despair, A bar to honored, useful life, A door to brawling, senseless strife; A bar to all that's trie and brave, A door to every drunkard' grave. A bar to joys that home imparts, A door to tears and aching hearts, A bar to heaven, a door to hell; Whoever named it, named it well. Alcoholism Among the Nations. A Paris correspondent of the New York Evening Past tells nn interesting story ibout alcoholism in France. The average consumption of alcohol at 100 degrees in France in 1830 was six and three-quarter litres to each inhabitant. It was then drunk chiefly in the form of wine. A litre is little more than a quart. The average ionsumption in 1900 was 18 1-5 litres, half in wine, a fourth beer or cider, and a fourth in spirits. As some districts in France are still reasonably abstemious, the consumption in other districts is much ibovo the average, Normandy and Brittany being especially drunken, and showing rery serious results from it. It is not that the people get violently drunk, but that they keep themselves constantly drugged with alcohol, with ominous results in the form of disease and degeneracy. The av erage consumption ot alcohol is estimated to be thirteen and a half litres in Switxer land, about ten in Belgium, Italy and Denmark, nootit nine in ticrmany, Eng land and Austria, six in Holland, five in the United States and two in Canada. The poorer classes are most affected in France. The middle and higher classes, as l rule, have intelligence enough to restrict their potations. Other countries have been as druuken as France and have reformed. In Sweden in 1823 the average annual al lowance to each inhabitant was twenty- three and a half litres ot pure alcohol. Now it is five litres. Finland between 1830 nd 1900 came down from twenty litres to two. r.ngland, where there is a special et fort now to restrict the indulgence of the drunken, has in twenty-five years reduced her annual per capita allowance from ten litres to nine. The great trouble at pres ent in France seems to be that the Gov ernment is not strong enough to restrict the manufacture and sale of liquors. Gov ernment in France needs votes. There arc very nearly half a million wine shops in France, and last year, in spite of repres sive legislation, there were 1.137.32S pri vate distillers who made alcohol or brandy from their own produce for their own use. This enormous prevalence of private stills seems appalling. Their number has in creased sevenfold since 187H. Government not only needs the votes of distillers ami wine sellers, but the revenue from alcohol is indispensable. So the problem is a hard one, but it must be solved, because to neg lect it means dcati uctiou. Harper's Weekly. Nancy's Temperance Lecture. "Y'ears ago I owned a horse named 01 Nancy. That was when 1 was consider ably younger than I am now, and I used to carry the mail from here to Jamestown. We had to drive ten miles for the mail in those days, before the railroad was put through. In summer time the ride was of ten a hot one, when the sun teat down unmercifully upon us. One day I was very warm and thirsty and thought I'd stop at the hotel and get a drink of root beer or tarsHparilla. "Nancy was very willing to stop and rest u bit when 1 drove up to the door. I did not like to get out and leave my mail in the wagon, so I beckoned to the land lord, who hurried out to see what he could do for me. I told him I should like a glass of root beer. He said he had no imi tation stuff on hand, but would bring out the genuine article. Before I couhf tell hiin that 1 never drank beer or ale be had disappeared in the bar room, but soon re pealed bringing a glass of foaming lager beer, which lie proffered to me. "Thank you much, sir," said I, "hut I have no use for that stuff, and will be grateful if you will bring me a glass of water. Perhaps Uld Nancy will drink the beer. Your signboard says 'Kiitertaiumcut for Man and Beast.' Try her. "I don't know whether Nancy heard me or not perhtia she did, and felt insulted. At any rate, when he put the beer under neath her nose she took that glass between her teeth with a strong push and threw the beer, glass and all, away out in the road. I couldn't help laughing, and told the man that was tho best place for the stuff, but I'd pay for the cost of the broken glass. When we came on we soon came to a watering trough, where 1 let the old girl have a good drink. 1 called that incident 'Nancy's Temperance. Lecture.' " (Having- Oft Utter Destrnctlnn. St. Louis Globe-Democrat's Houston, Texas, special correspondent: "There is a general movement among the saloon men of the State to obey th Sunday law. A year ago there was a con ference of wholesalers and brewery mana gers at Galveston, at which it was decided to the best interest of every one in the business to have all the laws obeyed strict ly, but this the retailers felt to be entirely too much to ask ot them. Since then the local option sentiment has continued to spread throughout tbe Stat at a rate thai was alarming to the liquor interests. Now the first-class saloonists in all of the cities have come to the conclusion that th wholesalers wero right, and they have de cided to aid the peace officers in enforcing the laws to the extent they think is de manded by local sentiment. In Waco th saloons are to be kept tightly closed dur ing the church hours and nominally sa during the rest of Sunday, and this rule is being adopted iu the other cities and larger towns." ' Opinions of Thru Jarts-M. Judge Charles, of Ottawa, 111., says' "The liquor habit is the proximate cause of more crime, pauperism , and misery than all other evils combined." Judge Thomas F. Tipton, of Blooming ton, 111., says: "I have sent 300 men tc the penitentiary, sn9 250 committed the offense from the use of liquor." Judge John C. Crahtree, of Dixon, III, says: "One-half of the divorce suit art traceable to the liquor habit." Mors Women Alcoholics. Statistics show that out oh the total of London's curable drunkards offend ers who have been convicted more than ten times 8UO0 ar women and 4300 bun dred men. In twenty years the death ol women from chronic alcholum iucraed over 143 per cent. Mississippi' Good Record. Reports show that the State of Muui sippi, which is on of th strongest pro hibition State in th Union, all but a few counties being by local option under pro hibition rule, had a surplus of l,000,0o6 ia it treasury lost Vr. Maw Moea la rraaaa, The teetotalers of France, common! kuown as the French Anti-Alcoholic As ocistion, have been holding a congress at Brest, in Franco, many persons of nott takiug activ part in the proceedings. Al this congress resolutions wsr carried csll ing on tii government (1) to direct thai th inspectors of elementary schools should put. at every sxsminstion of the children, at wast one question bearing on temper ance; and (2) to rescind the custom ol aerving a ration of brandy to tbe troop during the annual maneuvres; aud (31 to facilitate th employment of distilled spirit in msnufaciuring operations, as to enable thm to be utilised other wis than for, buwaa con.uuiituu THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest News of Pennsylvania Told ia Short Order. The worst injured man in the world, v.-ho lives to tell Iiis story, lives in Altoona. Iiis name is Alfred Camp bell, and lie supports a wife and four children. While at work in a mine, coal caved in on him, and the doctor diagnosed bis case thus: Back broken in three places, neocssitatiiiK removal of sixteen pieces of the vertebra; skull crushed in, neressitatitiK silver plat to protect brains; 1cks crushed and broken in three places: arms broken in three places; bands crushed; all ribs on left side broken; left shoulder blade broken in two places; feet man Kled and internal ornans injured, lid makes a living by selling; trinket along the street. While a twin infant of Mrs. John llarnliart, of York, was sleeping in a rnb a rat got into the crib and at tacked the child, biting it upon th fare and neck. The mother attracted by the baby's screams, went to its as sistance and found the little one bleeding profusely from its wounds, but the child may die from the los of blood. The incendiaries who set on fire the public school and the Uood Intent i' ire Company's building at Tottsvilla rrc believed to be the same personj who set lire to half a dozen building a Mincrsvillc. The llames spreaj with such rapidity that the whole town was threatened with destruc tion ,-md Pottsville and otlict neighboring towns were appealed to for assistance. Fortunately the flames from six different points eon verged toward each other and the town was saved. The eighth annual report of tho Hoard of Managers of the Pennsyl. yania Kpileptic Hospital and Colony i'arm, at Oakhotirne, has just been is sued, showing that there are forty eight patients at the hospital, with" Dr. J. Clifford Scott as superintend dent. Dr. Wharton Sinklcr. of Phila delphia, is president and Dr. Samuel W. Morton is secretary of the ISoard of Managers. Trie past year was one of unusual prosperity for the Colony Farm and more patients were cared tor than ever before. The patient! have improved greatly in health. Tbe Ladies' Aid Committee includes a number of women prominent in Phil adelphia society circles. More cot tages are needed, one for boys an J tie for girls. These cottages could c erected at a cost not exceeding ?to,ooo each, including furnishing. Rev. K. N. I.nharee, pastor of tlu Presbyterian Church, Doylcstown, as ottered his services to the Prcs ytcrian Hoard of l oreign Mission! o till the -dace in Persia held by hi irotlier, Kcv. I'.cuianiin I.abaree, Alio was a.ssinated several weeks ago, Mr. I.abaree informed the officers ol :c church of bis action. The matter jvill tirst have to be considered by lie missionaries in the field and it ap proved notice will be given the boar. I, u'ter which Mr. I.abaree will be or dered to Persia. Should bis service! ic accepted lie will leave to preach ta he Persians in about two months, 'le has not formally tendered bis res nation as pastor. His father is sta tioned in Persia as a missionary. K'.cvcn persons bitten by a mad dog nd a dog cha-e by a great crowd :hat ended in the death of the aniina! 'tirnislu-d excitement at Steclton t lis iither afternoon. The dog was first '.een in the lower end of Steeltoiv mapping at people on the sidewalk 4c was chased 1 1 ft the stret. but as lie vent be bit right and left, but missed llany victims. Health Officer Kbei 'jiitlcr aimed a vicious kik at the le g, but it sank its teeth in his leg and i-d. While Mr. l'utler was liavinu. Sis wounds drc-scd in a drug store JVC others arrived to have dog bitej cauterized. The crowd chased the dog for half a mile and finally killed t at the toll gate near llarrisbtirg. James F.. Roderick, chief of the State Hureau it Minc-t called on Governor Penny-packer and gave binr all of the particulars of the Harwich Mine disaster and the subsequent inquest which resulted in the finding pf charges of murder against Mini Inspector Cunningham aud Mine Su perintendent Sowden. Chief Roder ick impressed the Governor with th one-sided character of the inquest, and suggested that the Governor ap point a board of five experts to ex. amine into the cause ol the accident "The finding of the board." said Mr. Roderick to the Governor, "might leae to the recommending of such legisla' lion as will prevent accidents ot i imilar character in the future." Th Governor listened to the suggestion! without comment, and said he woul,' think it over before deciding what ac tion he will take. George Swcnk, aged 17 years, wat found guilty at Lancaster of setting f.re to the Lancaster Silver Plating Works. The tire caused a loss ol $100,000. An alleged accomplice, whf will be tried in Juvenile Court on ac. count of his tender years, turned State's evidence and swore that tht property was fired so that the boyf who worked at tbe place might liavt a holiday. Harry Burns, who war aiso indicted, was acquitted, but or dered to pay the costs. One hundred noodle and macaroni manufacturers met in Pittsburg ani organized a national association. TriJ jtar ago the product was entirely imported. Today 300 American fac torics are in operation, but are un pble to supply home consumption, an millions of dollars' worth of the edv ble are still imported from Italy an. iiually. The manufacturers deny thai u new trust is to be formed. . While fighting forest fires neaf Tumbling Run Michael Kelly war badly burned. Aris F. Byrnes, a well-to-do attor ney, of Pittsburg, who shot himself with suicidal intent, died from his in' jury. Guinani Bcllimo, a laborer in the Nixon Mine, of the Pittsburg CoaJ Company, at Heidelberg, near Car negie, is supposed to have dropped a light, which exploded a charge of powder in the mine. llellimo wai killed and nine other miners, all foreigners, were injured. While James M annum, of Conshc iiockcn, was bargaining with a second, hand dealer at Norristown for th sale of a revolver, he accidentally shot l-elix Thomas, a bystander, in the right arm. llannum was arrested and held to await Thomas' injuries. The II. S. Kerbaugh Company, which hat extensive contract for . Pennsylvania Railroad improvements, will build a $500,000 construction and repair plant at Enola, where dinkey engines, steam shovels and other rail road making apparatus will be manu factured. Over 15a mechanic will be employed. '
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