"TRIALS AND TRIUMPH"
I Brilliant Sunday Discourse By Rev.
Robert Mackenzie.
the Oalilde and lasldc Source of Strength
The Weakness ol This Present Day.
Bkooki.YN. N. Y. Dr. Holiprt Mac
kenzie, pastor of the Jt lit gen Presbyterian
fchurch, Manhattan, preached Monday on
The Trials and Triumph of Life." His
text was found in Acts xx:22-24: "And
pow, behold 1 go bound in the spirit into
Jerusalem, not knowing the things that
hall befall me there. Nive that the Holy
Ubost witnesseth in every city, saying
Sliat bonds and afflictions abide me. Hut
tone of these tilings move me, neither
count my life dear unto myself, ao that I
might finish my course with Joy, and the
giinistry which 1 have received of the
Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
trace of Hod." Dr. Mackenzie said:
Paul ieels himself set to a detinite pur
pose in life, something appointed of God
and worthy of himself. He ia determined
to finish hia course successfully. Kach of
na ia called of Hod to live aome definite
Curpose, to add by our lives to the sum of
le good in this world, to do something and
to be something for God. To accomplish
this purpose Paul saw that he bad to puss
through many trials, temptations, difficul
ties. He is looking back upon those
through which he has already come and
forward to those he saw lie must yet meet,
lie knew that bonds and afflictions await
ed him if he pursued his present purpose
further. He saw hia lite aa a very stormy
one. Hia friends sought to persuade him
to change hia course, to compromise a little
with his purpose, to adapt himself more
prudently to the ways of the world in
which ho found himself, to be less straight
forward, and so escape those bonds and
afflictions that threatened. He was not
indifferent either to the dangers of the way
or to the kindly interest of hia friends;
but he answers: "What mean ye to weep
and to break mine heart? For 1 am ready
Dot to be bound only, but also to dn for
the name of the Lord Jesus." Then the
calm conclusion of our text: "None of
these things move i..e." It ia difficult to
Set up to the level of Paul, he ia the most
eterinined, uncompromising straight-on
man in thia book of great characters. Yet
there are ordinary human steps leading
to this level; all who will can rise.
"These things" of our text have not
passed away with Paul. Trials are behind,
bonds and 'afflictions are before every man
that will make a worthy course across this
life. When you build a ..lip for the North
Atlantic you must taKo storms ana ice
bergs into account and build accordingly.
,When you would build a boy for business,
lor Honor, tor goodness, lor Christian ser
vice in this community, vou must take
"these things" into account. Last year's
icebergs have melted in summer seas, but
new ones have formed and will meet the
aailor of this year. The North Atlantic it
ever the same a scene of storm and ice.
The particular trials that overlook Paul
may not fall on any of us, but others will
come, bearing other names, equally disturb
ing to our souls. This world is ever the
name a scene of many trials. Only a few
re exempt, only a few are permitted to
atand with their hands at their back and
their backs to the tire looking out upon the,
storm. There are such people. We are
glad when old people can do this, but the
young people who can do it, or do do it,
are not to lie envied, but pitied. Most men
must go out and meet the storm of "these
things' opposition, competitions, disap
pointments, temptations meet them and
make their way through them, as best they
can, and become men, and all the better
men tor meeting them.
inese things move some men mightily;
they seek to edge their way out of the
torm, they change their course, compro
mise with their original purpose, choose
Rome less strenuous way through life.
Borne young men form a purpose to go to
college, when the bonds of mathematics
and afflictions of Cicero s orations come be
tween them and their purpose "these
things" move them out of their course.
They compromise with their purpose and
look for an easier wav. Some men ao fur
ther, they finish their preparation, lace
their profession, meet the ditliculties inci
dent to nny such beginning, complain,
flinch, fall out discouraged, despairing,
scarcely living, driftwood un the streets.
borne men, like Paul, are unduly moved
by these things. These are not spared
the storm nor does the storm beat less
bard upon them: yet they keep their faces
to it, keep to their purpose firmly, often
tent like trees, but like trees well rooted,
recover themselves; often like William Tell
going through a pass of his native Alps on
a narrow path cut in the face of the prect
pice, the mountain wind blowing a sale
against him; unable to make progress
against it, unable to stand against it, he
lay down in the path, but he lay with nil
face to his goal and crawled to it. Men
knowing their full share of the trials of
life are yet able to say, each in his own
measure. "None of these ttiinirs moved
me." Most of you here belong to that
number. Your life in youth was not cast
in easy places: your present life is not
spent in sheltered places. Most of you
were cast as young men into this, or some
miliar stormy community to in a lie your
own way. You have been met repeatedly
llV thf ilnrni n( "tUnaa ,!.;...," :.. I... i ........
in home and in your Christian life; yet you
are here to-duy with your faces to your
purpose, your purpose well in hand, able to
Bay alter as well as before the storm,
'None of these things move me."
How is this explained? Take the life ol
urn men as Job. aud Joseph and Daniel
and Paul men who have set before us ex
amples of how much the human heart can
bear and not break, what bonds and af
flictions it can endure and not be unduly
moved. Take the men and women of yout
own acquaintance and observation on
whom these tilings have brol.cn with full
force and yet they are cheerful, sunnv,
sympathetic people, reaching a middle hit
l igii nonor ana an old age ol charitj
and tnith and hope people' whom it ii
good to know, people who show into whal
rich coinage the rough ore of human natur
can be minted. How is their triumph ac
counted, for? By the fact that if life hai
its scenes of trial, life has also it sourcei
of strength in which to endure and triumph
over the trials.
After all, if you will think about it. this
fife is a scene of compensations. On the
whole, "these things are balanced bv
other thorns On tU u-kni l.,- ..... ...
bad as we were taught to expect it; the
tears of pessimism are not realized by
liealtny men; our young fears were larger
than the experienced facts. "Oh! Yes,"
said a colored woman, "I have had a great
many troubles in my life, most of which
never hannened." When ,t.. I... .......
we find that there have been compensating
preparations in which to meet thein. 1?
..mi? suiues i ne ior way and the Oregon
pine tree with its north winds it lays
. - ---- "- mat. mule OI till
tree. Jf nature allures the anin.,,1 ir. ,1,
Arctic it wraps and haps it in furs. Man
is not neglected in this distribution of
.Paiuii, uu inai nas overtaken you
more than is common to man. nn trial
put upon you more than you are able to
bear, with the trial there ia some way of
C.Pf' iof -omPont'n. Both God and
-.-" jr uuruens on us, ior nie is a dis
cipline for character in nnraaluu.
ice for others; but neither God nor nature
nas any pleasure in aeeinir our 1,1.
stoop too soon, or our hearts break nn-l
is possiDie ior us to bear these
things and not be moved, for Ood and na
ture have ordained sufficient sources of
strength to enable us to bear them.
, .Inert are outside sources; The young'
pear of wheat beginning to grow in the
leak winds of November or March finds
Itself supported by a little barrel of hour
In the grain out of which it springs. The
roung caterpillar waking up to begin its
no unus itseu proviuentiauy aepoeueci 07
Its wilnred mother on aome areen leaf on
vhich it can teed w bile yet too ws ik to for
tge for itself. Taks your own children, you
ian count up "these things" of trial that
Seaet the child to an extent that would
nake you sigh with uity. They have come
hito a world fraught with pain, privation,
augers to body and to mind. They are
wrapt in no furs, furnished with no
weapons, provided with no stored up food
In themselves. How can titer bear ''these
things" and not be moved? How ran they
beat theru sail ho luouvt Vat they rs
nnnv. Mrnrpplv Is tMitear dry Oil T lie
little face when the wreathed smile of an
ingel comes there. 1'or the child n.so
draws its first strength from outside
sources. "Ood hnth set the solitary in
families." Ood lets down on the child in
normal society the protection and pro
vision of home. This is the necessity and
anctitv of the home; not only that it is
Christian, law, not only that it is moral
w. but simply that it is natural law.
There Are insiite sources of strength.
Neither Ood nor nature snoils the child.
By 9 o'clock nature withdraw her mornina
dews leaving '.he growing things to find
new sources of strength in which to stand
innioved in the sultrv or thJ stormy noon.
Not now the outside dew. but the inside
lap. INature giving the sprouting gram an
outside supply for its first few days now
leaves It to SOnil US own nmia inn, nic
arth, its green leaves into the air, and by
.ts own inward activities irnnsinute tneni
nto life and growth, the tirst green leal
txhausted the caterpillar must now move
off to find a new leaf for itself. From the
hllilrpn if men. too. O01I withdraws the
early baptism. The youth must one day
leave home and its protection and pro
vision and by the exercise of his own pow
ers wring a living for himself. If now he
is to meet these things ami not ne iinuuiy
moved, if he is to meet them like a true
man with courage and strength ant tri
umph he must develop the sources of
strength within himself.
Here exactly is tne weagness 01 tins pres
ent day. Kvcrv ago has its own strength
and pre-eminence. The strength of our day
nas been tin.1 discovery ana application 01
the fnrcea of nature, bv art and science, to
our daily living in all its branches. We
have turned the diiiiock cart in;o me auio-
mobile, the lardy sickle into the ste.un
harvester, the nostman going three miles
nn hour with letters into the telegraph and
the telephone., let it is always true that
from the greatest strength falls a shallow
ing weakness. Our fathers had but few
outside forces or. which to rely. Not long
were they allowed to he in the cradle, not
long to play in the nursery. Nature was
rugged and rough with them. The o'.d
farm house stood far from its neighbor,
drifts of snow or swollen streams often lay
between. When the wintry night clnseJ
in there was no public place of amusement,
no stirring procession of multitudes under
the electric lights of the streets, hut moon
light and shadows on thp lonely country
road. If the family would pass a genial
evening they must develop the inside
sources of the home, of the hearthstone in
the log cabin, and find the comedies and
tragedies of life on the stage of their own
minds and hearts. -o newspaper or mag
azine allured them out ot themselves.
There, in their own little world, at theii
own fireside, they thought out their poli
tics, their literature and their theology. In
education the schools were poorly fur
nished, the teacher but poorly trained, the
text books but few and serving the suc
cessive members of the family in turn
If they were to he educated they must find
their education by the painful development
of their own powers of memory and retlec
tion. You have seen pictures of the poor
school house in which Daniel Wester ot
Henry Clay was trained, or. going a gen
eration further back, we may think of the
simple school in which George Washington
or Patrick Henry was educuted; yet out
of such school houses came leaders who
founded States, wrote constitutions, built
a republic, grappled with the diplomacy ol
Kurope; out of them came orators whose
eloquence, though dead on the printed
page, still thrill the reading soul. Gather
them out of this primitive school house,
closet them in the Colonial Congress in
Philadelphia to fashion out of their own
minds, their own destinies and that oi
their owu nation and what was the re
sult? 1
In religion the churches of yesterday
were bare and cold, no fresco on the wall,
no inward vision of spiritual things; no
organ rolled its music to lead their praise:
no gifted voices in a selected choir lifted
them out of themselves qu the waxen
wings of Icarus; no grace of rhetoric made
theology easy. They were left to the de
velopment of their own inward source ol
praise, of prayer and of thought. Aud
what Homeric characters they were! Jona
than Kdwards in barreu Stockbridge made
himself the first philosopher of his age.
It may well be feared that the church ol
to-day is doing for the young people just
what the schools are doing for them, sur
rounding them with ever increasing outside
religious props and stays societies, clubs,
brotherhoods, guilds, and now. to add to
this, comes the threatening addition of a
"scientific pedagogy" for the simplicity ol
the Sunday-school. Some of you were
brought up in a Sunday-school where there
were just two outside sources to help, the
Bible and a question book without an
swers. You learned to know your Bible,
you came out of that school into the
church and into a Christian service that
has filled the world with Christian philan
thropy. The Sunday-schools of our chil
dren are furnished with a Yallombrosa of
lesson leaves primary, intermediate, quar
terly, and the teachers with a variety of
helps, ready made expositions, to be famil
iarized in the hour between breakfast and
Sunday-school . Ask the average scholar tj
turn to the second chapter of Zcphuniab
or of Titus, and see the vain turning over
of unfamiliar pages. What cun you ex
pect? How should they cultivate the in
ward sources of memory and reflection
when you have excused them by supplying
them with all conceivable outside suj port
that make memory and reflection super
fluous. Do you remember that solem:i
parable of the seed falling 011 stony ground,
quickly growing on the shallow soil and a
auickly withering before the heat and the
rouglit of the growing day? because hav
ing exhausted the supply of the outside
source, "it shad no root in itself." A
Christian men, let us lean less and less on
these temporary and childish outside sup
ports and develop these inward sources
of thought, of reflection, of conscience, of
high duty with which Ood lias endowed us,
that amid all "these things" of task and of
trial we may rise as the sea gull rises
against drowning wave, blinding spray,
ballling wind, rises into the culm ol the
upper air by means of its own well disci
plined wings.
W hen Welteturn to Uoil.
Yon have seen the heavens gray with
dull and leaden colored clouds, you have
seen the earth chilly and comfoi ties; un
der its drifts of unmelting snow; but let
the sun shine, and then how rapidly does
the sky resume its radir.nt blue, ."lid the
fields laugh with green grass and vernal
flower.
So will it be even with a withered and
a wasted life when we return to Oud unci
suffer Him to send His bright beams of
light upon our heart. 1 do not mean that
the pain or misery under which we are
autTering will necessarily be removed
evt'ii for Christ it was not so; but peace
will come nnd strength will come, and res
ignation will come, and hope will come
aud we shall f el able to bear anything
which God shall send, and though He slay
us we still shall seek Him, and eveu if the
blackest cloud of anguish seems to shroud
His face from us, even on that cloud shall
the rainbow some.!', W. is r rat,
QUEER TRICK 0 LIGHTNING.
Photojjraph of Steairdoat on Plata
Glass Mirror.
Among the queer tricks played by
.flashes or lightning la that of photo,
graphing a steamboat on a plate glass
mirror. The mirror was aent from
Chattanooga. Tenn.. to Decatur, Ala,,
by way of a Tennessee river boat,
and during the night a heavy thunder
shower came up. While the storm waa
at lta height, another steamboat
passed the first, and It was observed
that the second boat was reflected In
this mirror, which was on the lower
deck of the Crst boat, facing the
water.
No particular attention was paid to
the incident until a few days ago,
when the owner, standing almost par
Mel with the mirror, happened to
glance across Its surface. There he
saw a perfect photograph of the river
craft. It was found upon Investlga
tion that the likeness could not be
removed, and could be seen only
from one angle-
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 8.
8uhjert: Watchfulness, I.nke xtl.. 3.V4S
Oolilen Test. I. like nil., il? ll einni
Verses, 3A-al Commentary on the
Day's Lesson,
I. The duty of watchfulness (vs. 53 40),
33. "Girded about." ' This is an allusion
to the long robes of the Kast, which thos;
who wear must bind up before they en
gage in any active employment." '.lesus
had just admonished tliem against undue
anxiety about temporal ntfuirs (vs.
and now He gives an admonition to watch
fulness. He active, diligent, determined,
reaily; let all hindrances be taken out ot
the way. "Lights burning." The Master
was likely to return at any hour of the
night, and in order to be ready to receive
Him their lights must he burning. HH.
"From the wedding." The Jewish wed
dings were conducted with great pomp.
The ceremony was usually performed in the
night. The festivities lusted from three to
seven days. "That when He rometh." As
these servants waited, with giril"d loins
and burning lights, already to meet their
muster and run at his bidding us soon as
he approached, so we are to wait for the
coming of our Master. Wait (l) with ea
ger lougimr, and 12) with joyous expec
tation. "May open; immediately." Few
will thus "open immediately." They will
have something to do first will have to
get re.ulv. They will need time to collect
themselves.
S7. "Blessed." Those who are ready are
blessed and are highly honored by their
Master. "When He cometh." Christ wiil
return to nil from the heavenly wedding
at the end of the world, when lie has tak
en to Himself His bride, the church; to
each individual He conies when He stands
suddenly before a man at the hour of
death. "Shall find watching." We are
to watch against temptations from within
and without. "Gird himself; serve them."
"Whatever we do tor God He will do in
return for us. It is unusual for masters
to wait upon their servants, but "Jesus
Christ was among His disciples as one that
served. See John 13: 4, 5. This also sig
nifies the joy with which they shall he re
ceived into the other world by the Lord
Jesus, who has gone before to prepare for
them, and has told them that His Father
will honor them (John 12: 26). 3S. "The
second or third watch." The Jews had
ndopted the Roman custom of dividing
the mgnt into iour waicnes. 1 ne nisi
watch was from 8 to 9, the second from
J to 12, the third from 12 to 3. the fourth
from 3 to 0. .. .. .
SB. "Had known what hour. J he house
holder's ignorance of the time when the
thief would come is the reason why he
docs not watch. He cannot always keep
iwake, so he has to go to sleep and is
robbed. lilt our ignorance is the reason
for wakefulness, because we can keep spir
itually awake all through lite. J.110 House
holder watches to prevent, but we to share
in that for which the watch is kept.
'Would have watched." "In the Hast the
State punishes, but leaves the prevention
nd detection of theft and robbery to the
individual interested. Hence the watch
man is necessary and important eveiy
where." 40. "He ye therefore ready." Al
wnvs readv so he will never be taken un
twiircs. Watchfulness insure readiness;
readiness insures satcty. Indifference
niarki the way to sin nnd despair. A
n-riptural preparation includes repentance
tail conversion. "Cometh; when ye think
not." See 1 Th. 5: 2; 2 Pet. 3: 10. W,j
ihould resist the temptation to spiritual
jrv.'3:r.e,' Nothing is much worse than
1 s.ee'nv religion (Uev. 3: 10).
II. The faithful servant rewarded (vs.
11-11). 41. "Peter said." "This apostle
ivas the one who afterward most needed
the admonition (Matt. 20: 741, and in so
bad a manner forgot it. Those who stand
in most danger are often slowest to profit
by words of warning." "L'nto us, or even
to all." Is meant for us as thine apostles,
jr for all menj 1 i.Wi "-s '
42. "Faithful and wise steward. Too
steward was a middle person between the
master and slave, and had the care of the
whole household. It was a post of con
iidence in which faithfulness was required.
As the steward to the rest of the servants.
io should the apostles stand with refer
;nce to other believers. Faithful come?
before wise because the true wisdom ol the
heart conies from, faithfulness. "Shall
muke ruler." That one would be ruler whe
fiad previously proven himself faithful anil
wise, who attended to his duties during
lis master's absence with the same fidelity
'.hut he did when he was present. "Tc
rive; meat." As God's stewurds we should
e ready to give out to others what h
iilaces at our disposal.
4.1. "Blessed." He is blessed in his
Iced: lie rejoices because he is found io
:hc faithful performance of his duties bj
lis lord, and he is blessed with a higb
jromotion. "Shall find so doing." W
ice here what Christ means by watching;
'not gazing up into the heavens for signs,
but the faithful performance of duty." 14.
'Over all." So each saint owns all ol
3od's possessions, even now (1 Cor. 3: 21,
!2). "The reward is both outward anil nv
ward; more glories and blessing and joys,
mil larger capacities for usefulness and
injoyment." To him that hath shall b
riven.
III. The profligate servant punished (vs,
15-44). 45. "Say in his heart. If, instead
if being faithful, the servant begins to
)lan wickedness and to actually enter intc
lin. a different ' portion" will be appoint
sd him upon his ford's return. "Delayctli
His coming." The fact that Christ's coni
ng is delayed causes the love of many to
wax cold 12 Pet. 3: 3, 41. "To eat and
Irink." Pelf-indulgence is a very common
lin. "To be drunken." This was pot only
1 common and terribly destructive sin in
Christ s time, but it is the same to-day.
Id. "When he looketh not." The Lord
sill come suddenly and call every one ta
in account. "In sunder." Th.s was a
nost terrible method of executing crirn
nals, anciently. "With the unbelievers."
Read Kev. 21: 8. This verse shows the
iwhil doom of the ungodly. The worst
!orms of punishment are used to show the
(mnishment that will come to the unre
pentant sinner.
47. "Which knew." Kithcr actually,
"rom received informatios, or. virtually,
because the revelation was within reach.
Hod will hold us accountable not only for
shut we know, hut fur what we might
have known by putting forth a proper ef
fort. "Be beaten." This is a reference to
the Jewish custom of beating guilty par
lies. "Muny stripes." Shall be severely
Hid justly punished. Those who have
siany privileges, who are often warned,
who have clear gospel light, and yet do
Dot repent, shall be far more severely
punished than others. Kxceptional guilt
md punishment (Luke 10: 13; James 4:
17; 2 Pet. 2: 21). 43. "That knew not."
l'hat knew not fully, for there is no such
thing as absolute moral ignorance (Horn.
I: 2u; 2: 14. 15). The reference here is to
those who had comparatively little knowl
idge. -
Wisdom of the Barber.
"It always makes me tired," said
tho old barber, "when a man tells me
to quit wasting ao much time nibbing
In the lather and hurry along with bis
shave. If be only knew It. be Is lay
ing a sure foundation for a chapped
and sore face. The reason for using
soap In shaving Is to remove the
grease always close to the skin, and
on the surface of the beard. This can
not be done without rubbing It well In.
Many persons who shave themselves
do not understand this, and wonder
why they have sore faces. They
blame the bay rum, and change off to
wltcb hazel or something else. Rub
bing the soap In well makes the beard
soft and pliable. It also lessens the
chances of the razor, slipping. Al
ways rub the lather well In with the
fingers; never with the brush. What
must one- think ot a man who has not
time enough to let the barber shave
him properly, but who spends ten min
utes chatting with the girl at the cigar
counter, or with the manicure girl, '
bis way out of the shop?"
MAY EIGHTH..
'Crown Trodden Under Foot." ja.
23:1-7; Rev. 3:tt.
Scripture Verses KvIU or IntPm
porancp. Prov. 20:1; 21: IT; 23:29-32;
51:4. 5; Isa. 5:11. 12, 22: 2S:7; Dan.
5:1-5; 3D; Rom. 14:21. Effects of In
temperance. Lev, 10:811; Dan. l;,
15-17; 1 Cor. 3:16. 17: 8:1.1; 9:23-275
Gal. 5:22-24; Eph. 5:14; 1 Tim. 3:8.
Lesaon Thoughts.
The Intemperate gratlflcatJon of bod
ily appetite docs not pay for the tem
poral evils that follow, not to mention
the dregs that remain for the drunk
ard In his cup of eternal woe.
The greatest, danger from Intemper
ance Is that "at last It btteth like a
serpent and atingeth like an adder."
If only It did so at the first; hut alas,
the exhllerating pleasure of the first
glass blinds to the woes, sorrows, con
tentions, babblings and wounds, that
ara at the end.
Selections.
How little It takes to stain a char
acter. A single drop of Ink Is a very
small thing, yet. dlppd Into a tumbler
of clear water. It blackens the whole.
And so the first oath, the first lie, the
first glass of dnlnk, seem very small
things, yot leave a dark stain upon the
character.
Whoever ventures to touch the wine
glass does so In spite of the warnings
given in all ages by the wise, who
have avoided Its snare, and by the
foolish, who gained their wisdom too
late by bitter experience. Other sins
may defile the life In one way, but the
evil of this Is that It touches every
part, and renders It Impure. It leaves
the brain, the tongue, and hand, the
whole body and soul, unfitted to do
the will of the Maker.
Railroad and Insurance companies
say that young men who drink are
weighted 4n the race for employment.
Latest scientific authorities say that
alcohol la not a food, but a poison, al
wnyg Injurious to the healthy body.
"Keep the soul on top," was the boy's
version of "Keep the body under." "I
buffet my body," not to maim It, but
to make It serve the soul.
Prayer. O how weak we are In our
selves. How we yield to temptations.
How we seek to gratify our physical
appetites. We beseech Thee, O God
give us of Thy strength, that we may
be temperate In all our doings; that
we may so wear our crown of Chris
tian manliness as not to lose the
crown of Immortal life. Answer our
prayer that we offer In Jesus' name.
Amen.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
MAY EIGHTH.
Crowns Trodden Under Foot.
Isa
28. 1-7; Rev. 3. 14.
The veisea (Isa. 2S. 1-7) are. some of
them, a little difficult to understand
Dr. Henry Cowles translates verse 1
is follows: "Woe to the lofty crown
jf the drunkards of Ephralm, and tc
the fading flower of his glorious
beauty which U on the head of tho
fat valleys or the wine-smitten.'
This "lofty crown" is the capital city
of Samaria, which was very beautiful
for Bltuatlon, being on a magnificent
hill, overlooking valleys of great fer
tility. Here we have In prophecy the
doom of the beautiful but morally ccr
rupt city. Probably the prediction
was uttered but a little before It was
fulfilled. In 721 or 722 B. C. the
Assyraln king, Shalmanezer, or his
successor, Sargon (the one began and
the other completed the work), de
stroyed the city and carried away the
Inhabitants Into captivity, according
to the cruel custom of the times. But
few of these ever returned to their na
tive land. They live In history as
The Ten Lost Tribes." Verse 2 pre
sents the Assyrian king as God'f
"mighty an.l strong one" coming like
a furious tempest of hail, and a flood
of mighty waters, to destroy the city
and the nation of drunkards. Verse 4
Is hard to understand, and so we have
recourse again to Dr. Cowles. who
gives It thus: "And the fading flowei
of his glorious beauty, which Is on the
head of the fat valley, shall be as the
figs ripe ere yet It la summer, which,
when one sees, while yet within hi?
hand, lie greedily devours." In Pale3
tine the early fig ripens in June, while
the main harvest of tigs Is from Aug
ust to November. So. naturally, tne
first ripe figs are snatched greedily:
no one thinks of laying them by tot
future use. As soon as he sees them
and has them In his hand, he uwal
lows them down. Like that, nays the
prophet, does the greedy, Impatient
conqppror do with the lusclotis liul;
now In hia hand. Samaria.
Then the prophet turns Joyously tc
the thought of tho residue and then
crown. There is always a "savlni?
remnant." ' In Israel there wen
"seven thousand who had not bowed
the knee to Baal" during that awful
lapse under Ahab and Jezebel. Th
Lord always has a "residue" some
where. "In the Church's long eclipse
"wheu the word of God was bound
hidden, hunted, burned, forbidden
and when an apostate Church hier
archy foisted all sorts of false anc"
fantastic doctrines upon the Ignor
ant people even then, amid the Alpine
valleys, and In other mountain fast
nessr.s. God had a "residue" of trm
conusors. Neither Tudor nor Stuar;
could destroy the last remnant o!
the Lollards the spiritual desoen
dants of Wycllf's "poor prlosts." whe
sowed England with seeds of libertj
and Protestantism In the fourteenth
century.
The Newest In Skirts.
For the benefit of the mere men, w
reproduce the explanation of a New
York dressmaker as to how women
will manage to walk in the now spring
suits, which are made as long In the
front as they are In the back and
that Is just five inches on the ground.
A circular flounce of canvas Is set all
round the bottom of the skirt Inside,
reaching up to the knees. "When In
repose," says the dressmaker, "the
skirt flares out around the feet, lying
about five Inches on the floor all
'round. Naturally, a step forward
without canvas and without a kick
would entangle the wearer In a mass
of frills and ruffles, but the canvas
and the kick save her. She gives the
cam sa Just the least little kick with
the toe ot her slipper, the canvas
bar kid ruffle swings out In advance
and anablea her to take a step with
out stepping on the skirt." How love
lyl 7
m i
Th ,loy of I.WIng.
Oh. give me the joy of living.
And some glorious work to do;
A spirit of thanksgiving, 1
ith loyal heart and true;
Some pathway to make brighter.
Where tind feet now si ray;
Some burden to make lighter,
While 'tis day. '
Oh, give me the joy of living.
In the world where God lives, too;
And the blessed power of giving.
Where men have so much to do;
Let me strive where men are striving,
And help them up the steep;
May the trees I plant be thriving
While I sleep.
On the field of the Mister gleaning.
May mv heart and hands he strong;
Let me sing life's sweetest song;
Let me know life's deepest meaning,
With some faithful hearts to love me,
fot me nobly do my best;
And, at Inst, with heaven before me,
Let me rest.
What Christianity Means.
If Christianity means anything al nil,
says Uev. Charles M. Sheldon, in the Bos
ton Congreg.itionalist, it must mean every
set of life governed by the samo ruling
personality. The curse of a misapplied
Christianity is a dual existence; a recogni
tion of God. of conscience, of righteous
ness, even ot salvation, on the part of a
man, in his home lite, in his church life
and his private life, and nn abandonment
of the same principles in business, in poli
tics, in amusements and so-called culture
tnd education.
Perhaps no one thing has really done
more damage to the church of Christ in all
ages than the sight of men who have called
themselves Christians, and have borne the
outward marks of Uiscipleship in the
church, the prayer meeting and the home,
and have not applied the teachings ot
Jesus to their money making, to their po
litical life, to their recreation! The heart
of Christianity itself is summed up in the
verse. "Whatsoever ye do, whether yc eat
or drink, do all to the glory of God."
It is the part application of the Sermon
nn the Mount; it is the partial attempt to
follow Christ in the world, which have
brought chaos and confusion into society.
If the teachings of Christ apply to the
home life or to the prayer meeting, they
apply no less directly to the store, to the
olfice, to the legislative hull. If the minis
ter is supposed to live according to the
Highest standard ot Christian living, no
less the bank president, the railroad direc
tor, the hotel keeper, the newspaper edi
tor. The Christianity which will not bear
the test of the market place or the amuse
ment hall is not worthy of the name.
There is no Christianity unless it is the
direct living every day of what Christ
taught, and if in answer to the question,
"What would Je-,Js do?" the business man
finds rj, would wreck his business then it
is, a Inisiness that ought to be wrecked!
I believe there is no douht that if the
disciples of .Icsus should follow Him as
they ought in their business and political
lives to-day. the result would materially he
a wrecking 61 Very Ri'TTclf 'ot the pr&ctTl
business and political life in the world.
But if our principle holds good, that to
follow Christ Himself is to follow Him re
gardless of results, then there is nothing
else for the Christian to do. It is not a
case of saving the life, it is a case of losing
it in order that the real life may be saved.
The world will never realize its millen
i 11 ill until the disciples nf Christ follow
linn nil the way, nut a part of the wav.
and follow Him in the aflairs of daily life,
as well as in the devotional and strictly
religious acts of Christian discipleship.
Practical I hristianity means that Christ
claims ownership and lordship of nil the
world, and He will never be satisfied with
that type of Christianity which is real only
in name, which denies His right to rule
over nil the nff.urs of the world, which fol
lows His standard of conduct where it is
easy, and abandons it when it becomes
difficult. This is not the Christianity of
Christ, it is simply the definition of it
which men have given. It will never sat
isfy Him. neither will it satisfy the world.
Pearls or Truth.
Kindness, gentleness, consideration for.
all with whom our earthly lot is cast these
form the practice ground for the ultimate
satisfactions of the communion of saints in
heaven.
lteligion is no haggard or stern mnnitress
waving you from enjoyment; she is a
strong angel leading you to noble joy. The
Bible is not a book of repressions and pro
hibitions; it is a book of kindling inspira
tion. Canon Farrar.
To be bright and cheerful often require
an effort. There is a certain art in Keep
ing ourselves happy. In this respect, as in
others, we require to watch over and man
age ourselves almost as if we were some
body else. Sir John Lubbock.
Reeds That Will firnw.
Fear nothing, blame nothing so much
os thy vices and thy sins. Thomas a Kern
pis. Grace is of a growing nature; in the wny
to Zion they go from strength to strength.
Thomas Boston.
What is being religious but always see
ing God's infinite love in everything and
loving Hun all the time. .1. F. Clarke.
A solid nnd substantial greatne of soul
looks down with neglect on the censures
and applauses of the multitude. Addison.
Only those temptations which we en
counter in the path of duty, in the path of
consecration, only those our Lord promised
us we should conquer. If you are in temp
tation' for temptation's sake, for no other
purpose beyond it, you are lost. 1'hiihps
Brooks.
Itellglou Trillin.
A man in rags is not half so pitiable, as a
character in rags. Wcllspring.
Prayer may not bring money, but it
brings us what no money can buy a power
to keep from sin and to be content with
(iod's will, whatever else He may send.
George Eliot.
"Let patience have her perfect work"
nnd bring forth celestial fruits. Trust to
God to weave your little thread into a
web, though the pattern show not yet.
George Mac-Donald.
The sins by which God's spirit is ordi
narily grieved are the sins of small things
laxities in keeping the temper, slight
neglect of duty, lightness, sharpness of
dealing. Horace Ru.hnell.
! .
Cultivate Bplrltnallty.
Now the barest thought possible con
cerning man is, that he has not spiritual
nature; and the foolish misunderstand
ing of him possible is, that he has or
should have, no animal nature. For his
nature ia nobly animal, nobly spiritual
coherently ana irrevocably so; neither
part of it may, but at its peril, expel, de
spise or defy the other. Kuskin.
The Federation of Labor is urging its
numbers to "avoid non-union whisky." It
would be still better if the advice were
amended by striking out the word "nou
union." Dog Had Done Him a Service.
There Is a resident of the Thirty
ninth ward who follows the business
of exterminating rats, and keeps dogs
as well ss ferrets. A neighbor living
opposite cam over to see him one day,
and pointing at one of the dogs, said:
'.'Do you know that dog hat bitten
my mother-in-law three times?"
"Well," asked the owner of the
vicious animal, "what are you Going
to do About it?"
"Why," roturned the other, "t came
ever to buy th dog." Philadelphia
.Ledger.
rUE UMAX DESTROYER
0ME
THE
STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
lcotio1lsin In FranrWIleprP4il Rn
iteavor In the Itrpnhllc la Check the
F.vtlMAntl-Aleohollr Congress Ailnpts
linsnlutlnns. ftu-ggestlng a Core.
Alarm conlinnps to he felt in France, re
ports 1'nited States Consul Atwell. from
llouhaix, France, over the steady itrnwth
n the consumption of alcohol in that re
public A congress was held in Paris in
"(ctoher to deliberate unon means to eradi
Mte the evil, eminent men of letters and
;lergv of various denominations joining
lands in n fight against the common foe.
On October 28 the Anti-Alcoholic Con
tress adopted the following resolutions:
"That the number of saloons shall be re.
itricted by law; debts for liquor sold by
:he glass shall not be legal; that the pro
prietor of it saloon shall be held responsi
lie for crimps committed by a person or
persons who have become intoxicated in
lis saloon; that the court shall declare the
Virfeitnre of paternal authority in all cases
.vhere habitual drunkenness shall have
leen proved: that prefects shall exercise
Hon' frequently the right conferred upon
hem bv the law of April 5, 1HS4. to close
uiloons."
A spur was doubtless given to the pres
?nl widespread endeavor to combat th"
ncrease of alcoholism by the fact that a
:ompany controlling unlimited capiial has
leen formed recently in France to furnish
to-called "aperitifs" at a price defying
;ompetition.
The feeling with rezard to the peril of
France was voice-l by Dr. Dchove, Dean of
'.he Medical 1'acultv, in his opening re
Harks before the National Ann-Alcoholic
League at a meeting held in Paris during
!h" latter part of October. He spoke as
'ollows:
"I gladly accept the honor o! presiding
iver your meeting. In th face of the peril
.vhich menaces us no one has a right to re
fuse his support, for we have the disgrace
f ranking tirst among alcoholic nations."
Official statistics bear witness to t lip un
fortunate truth of this statement. France
las 4l)4..i.i6 saloons to simply the wanls of
W.Ootl.Stki inhabitants. That is on? saloon
to eighty-three inhabitants, an 1 th num
ber is constantly increasing.
The following table, showing tie annual
quantities of alcohol consumed ;er capita
in the several countries, places Frj'irc at
!he head of the list:
Country.
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Italy
Denmark
Germany
tlngland
Austria
Holland
1'nited States
V or way
Finland
Canada.
Litres. Ca'lons.
..IS .21 4 SI
..l.'o :t.:t
..In. 4.' 2.T.1
. 10. -J:: 2.7
..10.21 -i.m
. . (I 2i 2. 44
.. s in ix
.. H..vt .'.
.. H.H 1.74
... 5.1) 1.37
.v. 2.8 .tifl
, .. 2. ."S
... l.t'l .07
During the past ten years the consump
tion of alcohol in Fiance has increased in
slarming proportions, v.liile K.iigiand and
the 1'nited States have progressed toward
temperance.
Liverpool has closed one-third 01 its
saloons during the p:it ten year;, aud so
decreased her police force in con-eqitcnce
as to have made an economy ot J4'J,iW
yearly.
fcwed.cn and Finland have also made
marked progress in temperance. In 1H2A
Sweden had one saloon to every I'M) in
habitants, utvJ the consumption of pure
spirits' was iO.S-'i liters (ti.17 gallons) per
capita; in lOiXI she had but one saloon to
51)00 inhabitants, and the consumption had
fallen to 4.71) liters tl.l'.l gallons! per cap
ita. In ISol Finland had one saloon to evorv
101) inhabitants, and consumed twenty li
ters (5.2S gallons) per capita: in lis) the
consumption was but two liters (a fraction
over half a gallon) per capita, and there
was but one saloon to every '.loon inhabi
tants. In order to compete with Sweden and
Finland, France will have to close nine
tenths of her saloon., and it is with this
end in view that the French press is ex
horting the nation to temperance.
The general abstemiousness ot the peo
ple is now regarded as one of the princi
pal causes ol the increasing commercial
supremacy of the United States. New
York Times. . .. .
' "",v4; 2.
Lunacy In Great Britain.
According to a London dispatch, the an
nual report of the lunacy commissioners
shows a great increase in insanity 111 Kng
land and Wales. In ls.i!) the number of
insane was 311,702. or a proportion of the
population of one in 5'M. There was a
steady increase from that time up to Janu
ary I. l!H).t, when the number of insane
was ll:t.9J4, or a proportion of one in
every 2w:t of population. The rate of in
crease since 1SU4 has been especially noted,
the increase being from fii.iW". One-fourth
of nil those admitted to the asylums are
found to have suicidal tendencies.
The increase is more marked in the
country than in the cities, yet in London
itself there is an average increase reach
ing the startling figure of 5D0 per cent.
It is pointed out, furthermore, by Dr.
E. W. White, who was recently elected
to the presidency of the Medical Psycho
logical Association, that during thirty
years past the rate of recovery has not
materially advanced, despite all the new
discoveries ami more rational methods of
treatment. He advocates governmental
regulations to prevent the marriage of
those tainted with insanity one great
rause of the increase and nisi the sale
of spirituous liquors. F.ngland's having be
come, within the past hall century, a
spirit drinking nation is regarded as an
other great cause of the increase in in
sanity, which is traced to the excessive
Use of hard liquors. Albany Aigus.
An Kplcleinlc of Crime.
As a contribution to the discu.-slon I t
tne press on the epidemic ot crime, the
Corner Stone says:
"Crime is 011 the increase because we
sell the right to carry on a crime-producing
business for money. In Ohio any man.
no matter what Ins character, may cuter
the bu-iucss of crime making for only
t'JM. He may carry on that business un
molested fur a whole year for that amount
of money. He may debauch and ruin as
many ot the boys and young men as he
can entice into his den for a whole year
for that amount of money. He may do
this as a regular business. This may be
with him just as much a regular business
as selling tea, coffee or sugar. So long
ss this condition of things prevails, of
course crime will increase.
It is the legalized saloon that is turn
ing loose upon the world an army of what
we call criminals. Tho fact is too evident
to need proof."
sS...
Army Sobriety Order.
The hereditary Prince of Saxe-Mcinin-gen,
commander of the sixth army corps,
who recently issued an order advising sol
diers to lodge complaints when they were
ill treated, lias issued another corps order
sgainst drunkenness. He points out to the
privates the damaging effects of slcohol on
the health and usefulness of men, snd di
rects the regimental doctors to demon
strata to the soldiers its evil effects, au
thoritatively and in a kindly manner.
About 1700 instances of drunkenness wero
punished in the sixth corps, numbering
23,000 nieu, Ust year.
A Near Mathest.
In raiding a supposed saloon in Lewis
ton, Me., the other day, siiecial liquor
deputies discovered a new method to sell
in violation of the law. It was in the
form of a gas jet. By climbing through a
scuttle to a place over th store, a board
partition was seen. This was broken and
found to contain a copper tank. The tank
was connected with the store by a tube,
which resembled a gae pipe. Hy turning
ou the gas jet whisky could be obtaiued.
Lord Kobarta 'lews.
In a recent interview Lord Roberts, ot
the British Army, insisted that nieaaura.
should be taken to prevent soldiers trout
dnukiDg intoxicating Uuir,
I'beesst Cnstard.
Grate three or four ounces of cheese,
eat three level tnblettpooufuls of
Sutter to a eren.ui, bent two eggs, mix
Jie cheese and butter together, then
Kill the beaten eggs and one table
spoonful of milk; beat these all tbor
ouyhly. then Into a buttered dish and
bake- In a quirk oven until tlrm In the
.nentre; serve as souti os removed
from the oven.
Cheese Kamaklns,
rut row VublesjKxwtfuls of bread
.'rutiitm over the tire In half a cupful
jf milk; let simmer until soft "ami rub
linooth; add two tublespooti fills of
jrnted cheese and two tHblespoonfuls
it butter melted: stir until well mixed;
lake from the fire, add the beaten
yolks of two eggs, salt and rod pepper
Io tuste: beat the whites of three exus
to a stiff froth and stir them carefully
Into the mixture; turn Into a greased
linking dish or Individual rases; balte
In a quirk oven over ten minutes;
serve as soon as baked.
Meat Snuffle.
Tut two level tablospoonfuls of but
ler In a frying pan; when It is hot add
swo tablespounfuls of flour; stir tbla
intil smooth; tlieu add gradually oud
?up of cold milk; stir this over th
3re until boiling; then add a table
ipoonful of salt, a little pepper and
one cup of any chopped cooked incut
or chicken, and the beaten yolk of
two eggs; let this cook for one minute;
put It uwny until cool; then Vat the
whites of the eggs nnd add them
carefully to the meat mixture; turn
this Into a buttered dish nnd bake In
u moderate oven twenty-five minutes;
If chicken Is used a little grated nut
meg is nn Improvement.
Devilled Salmon. '
From new canned sttknon remove
nil the skin and bones. Make 11 cream
sauce of one tablespuouful of butter,
one heaping taulespoouful of flour aud
a cupful of cream. Add to this sauce
half a teitspoonfiil of salt, a dash of
caycmieah3 a grating of nutmeg. Stir
It until smooth and thick. Draw to
ward the back of the stove nnd add
the yolks of tbr.-e bard boijed eggs),
tiiat Luve been well inasLcd. TaTie
frouj the lire und add me tjij,oonfuI
ST lo-njoii Juice, otw titbl"sp?;iiii'ul of
chopped' pTtToy, lulcl TTiTiT thtr tl-?
broken into small Hakes. Acid n little
more Hcnsoiiluir if desired (it should be
highly seusoned) and turn it into a
buttered baking dish or Into individual
shells. Sprinkle with buttered bread
crumbs and bake In a quirk oven
until quite brown. This fish rati h
served cold tvith n ruruinlier saiieo
made its follows: Grate a peeled cu
cumber after seraplns; out the seeds;
squeeze It In n cloth bag to strain out
nil the Juico possible. Theii mix tlie'
pulp .remaining with a cupful of may
9un7il.se. Tills should not be done until
Just before It Is served, or It will thin
the mayonnaise too much. Serve It In
a little gravy bjnvl with the fish.
Hints' rot the
i M "i r " r g c- ur ft rdct r-
1 1 W tw -J 1 .1X1 I I 1 I It
When making a pudding, don't for?et
to mnke a pleat in the cloth at the top
of your bain, so as to allow the pud
ding to swell.
When making soup or stew with old
vegetables, ndd one teaspoonful of
sugar, which will sweeten them and
make them taste lite new.
To clean tinware, first wash the tint
thoroughly with hot soapsuds, wipe It
thoroughly dry, and then scour wilt
Hour and well crumpled newspaper.
The bands can be cleaned better with,
warm water than with cold, but they,
Khniild always bo rinsed nfterwardsj
with cold water, ns this keeps them lu
n better condition.
A good polish for stoves -is made of
one tullesMi(inful of powdered nliiui
mixed with the stove polish. Thc
brilliance that this polish will give to
a stove will lust for n long time.
To keep sponges soft nnd whlta
wash tliem In water with a little tar
taric acid In it, then rinse in plenty of
com water, lake care not to put in,
too mttrli tartnric acid, or the sponges)
will be spoiled. 1
Stains may bo taken off nn en
nmeled bath If It is rubbed well wltl
rough sand moistened with vinegar.
This will nhvays clean enameled pota
nd pans, no matter how burnt or dis
colored they may bo.
When a ppoonful of borax is put
Into the last water In which white;
clothes are rinsed. It lias the effect ot
whitening them. Before It is added to
the rinsing water, the borax should be
dissolved In a little hot water.
Borax Is a useful thing to have la
the kitchen. Add a little to the water
When boiling out enameled saucepans,
tnd It will help to cleanse them. If
idded to the water dish cloths are
washed In it will help to keep them a
lice color. ,
reanuu, almonds, English walnut
r pecans may be used for these nut
bars. Irepare the nuts by removing
the Inner covering aud chopping them.
Breaso the bottom and sides of a broad
lhallow tin pan with fresh butter, and
nt the nuts Into it, spreadlug then
tvenly. Tut one pound of graunlated
lugar, with half a teacupful of water
tnd pinch of cream of tartar. Into at
kettle and boil until thick, but not toe)
krlttle. Tour the syrup over the nutsT
ind set aside to cool. When slightly,
ttlff mark off Into wide bars with
sharp knife, and let stand several'
flays, when It will become soft aJid aV
UcletisV. '