-CHURCH AND CHILDREN"
i Brilliant Sunday Discourse By Rer.
Coward IHdish.
The PronlM el Zachiriih to Hit Dlicotnged
Countrymen.
BnonKT.T, V. V. "Wht the Church
Owe the Children" wa the subject of a
strong sermon preached by the Key. How
ard Melish, rector of the Churrh of the
Holy Trinity. A number of request for
tin publication have been received and it ta
tierewith given. The text was from Zeeha
riah v 1 1 i : o : "The street of the city ahull
be full of boya anil girl playing in the
itreet thereof." Mr. Melish mid:
Zechariah gave this promise as a word of
encouragement to bis discouraged country
men when on their return from their exile
they were trying in the lace of eneniie
and great obstacle o rebuild Jerusalem.
The time will surely come, he bade them
believe, when the city ahall stand once
mure on .Mount Ziou In all ita former
atrength and aplendnr, blessed with that
greatest of all life'a benediction children
at play, "" he treetn of the city shall be
nil of boy and girl playing in the atreetf
thereof."
One of the wonderful stories which our
last census told Ha the phenomenal
growth of the American oil y. Hriefiy, the
story ia thin: While the population of the
country in the nineteenth century was
multiplying itself litteen times the popu
lation (if the cities and towns was tuiiiti
jl :ng itself 150 times. Whereas tho popu
lation of the farming community has been
multiplied by two in titty yearn, Unit ol
cities has been multiplied by ten; in ltfW
one man in every twenty-live lived in a
city. To-day it ia one man in every three
The tremendous concentration ot men.
women and children in our cities is one of
the moot significant and startling facts of J
our limes.
The city is built! The prophet's p.-omise
has been fullilled-'-the sticcls are lull of
boys uml girls. Hut what a fuliiliinent!
They are p.uying in our streets hc-aiisc. M
have built our cities in such a way that
there is no other place for them to play.
n our tenement districts especially the
house stand so cloudy together that, there
is seaicely space for light and air to enter
rooms, not to mention courts, bad; yards,
play grounds and small parks. Within it
short walk of where we are to-d.iy are
hundreds of families living in one or two
funall rooms to a family, rooms often
gloomy at mid day. Of course, the chil
dren arc in the streets.
And what places the streets are for these
little ones! Look over the page of ovr
paper day b.' day with the children in
mind and you read the sad story of this
little child crushed by a car, of that one
maimed for life by some wagon, (to into
the Children's Court and see boys ol
twelve and fourteen arrested for crimes
which would send men to the penitentiary
for a long period of years, lietween the
crowded tenements and Lhcse injuries,
deaths and rrintes. there is the relation ot
cause and effect. The tenements drive the
boys into the streets, and there they are
forbidden by the police and "prevented bv
traitic to play games which kept m? an I
my boy friends from going to the devil.
Jo! 1 don't mean that insinuation. The
ood God won't let the devil have those
toys. They may become impertinent
criminals, and die like the hardened thief
on the cross, but conditions shaped them,
and Uod will give '.hem, in my heart ol
hearts, 1 believe, a new chance to become
Jil; Him in tha: new city, Jerusaleaa,
which is not Diiilt by men's hands. Ami
yet true it is that in our cities boya who
are denied tne healthy amusements of boy
life drift into the crap games and form
treet gangs which terrify neighborhoods
and brutalize ooys and turn the spirit of
mischief into the demon of crime, Jacob
Kns has told us that between the tenement
and the penitentiary l.e has found a beaten
mull, traveled by the feet of hundreds of
our hoys every year. '
It is about this somewhat new and very
serious situation of the children of our
streets that I want you to think with me
this morning.
It is often said, as an argument against
tho church assuming this responsibility,
that the church's one mission is to preach
the gospel, and I want to say at the start
that the purpose of the church has never
been more correctly defined. The gospel
ia the message of the good tidings that
Ood cares for r.'.en, that tiod is love. Once
let a man accept that niessage and let it
ink into bin soul that it becomes the prin
ciple of his life, and even .though he lives
in a badly ven ilated house in a crowded
district, surrounded by evil influences, yet
be will be a good citizen, son, father, hus
band and friend. Yea, and once let a land
lord receive the gospel in his heart and he
will transform his tenement into decent
biding places if it t. -s him half his in
come. For the gospel of the Son of God it
the regenerating power in the world which
makes all things new. To preach it clear
ly, with consecration and power, is the su
preme, all important, never-to-be-forgotten
mission of the church of Clirist.
But how ; the gospel to be preached in
our crowded cities to-dny? It is as im-
? octant to know the way at the destina
ion when one is trying to reach a definite
point in the world. Some men fancy that
the city needs nothing more than a coun
try village t. preacher and a building to
have the gospel preached with power.
There was a famous test case of that
preaching on the Fast Side in Manhattan.
A man of ability determined to preach the
gospel every Sunday and do nothing else,
relieving that people would come as they
did before the city became what it is to
day. After several yeara he gave up the
work as a proved failure. He was a John
the Baptist crying in the city wilderness,
but unlike John's experience the people
did not come out to listen to the voice.
'And I believe it is because they were wait
ing for the Christ. Not the voice in tha
Wilderness, but the man to go about doing
good, healing, strengthening, encouraging,
inspiring. .Sermons, services anil prayer
meetings are preaching the gospel and do
good. Many of us could not live without
jthein. But they do not monopolize preach
ing the gospel. Did Jesus do nothing but
I treach and teach: The church needs to
earn anew the message of the incarnation,
the truth thut life is imparted only through
life. We are Christ's body. May we
prove it by going, as He went, into the
tiighway and back alleys, doing good,
bringing hope to the discouraged, lifting
up the fallen, taking little children into
our arms, and so assuring them aa Christ
sutured the world that love reignt en
throned above this world of pain, sorrow
ml hardship. When the church ia a man
ifestation ot Christ among men, as Jesus
was of God, not merely by speaking and
tinging and communion, but by living.
Working, helping in the world the gospel
Of Christ will bo truly preached.
, Let me specify. One man may stand in
pulpit by telling of God's love, give hop
to some poor mother who is almost in do
pair over "i.er boy; Another man, ani
mated ty GoU't ove m"y urn"'1' t.lub
room where young men may spend their
evenings apart from the dangers of the sa
loon, and by so doing give hope to the
mother wliose uoy goes mci. u;n i"----the
gospel of hope, one in words and the
other in deeds. A preacher gives a strong
armon against the saloon and hia hearers
tay he u preaching the gospel. A man
tarts a cooking class where women learn
to make food so wholesome that their bus
bands and sons do not longer have the de
ir for drink. Are not both preaching the
osnel of the more abundant life? You
Jee what tlii mean. The church u
preaching the good tidings of love through
every agency which give hope to men, aud
make thei . feel their brotherhood among
men and the Fatherhood in God.
You know the way the churche have
hirked responsibility for tin kind of
reaching, the kind that ia effective in our
crowded district. It ia one of the adue
ehapter in the history of Chnatianity.
Churches among our tenement, with lew
plendid exception, have told out and
moved up town, with their wealthier mem
ber leaving their poorer menilwr he'P
without shepherd in tha "city wilder
' ." One will hunt far befor finding
more un-Christian spectacle than the exo
dus of the I hristian churche from th ten
ement district where th harvest I ready.
The reason usually given i the removal ol
th rich to the suburb and th failure ot
iuo-poor ta awaUibU. UbwaJy. bo tin
poor are oiamerrtor trie church ) Inrldehfv
The church ought to be on the firing lin
where th need; in irreatest. Instead it i
too often found in the mar, raring for the
wounded, no d'l .lit, aud occasionally urg
ing hack the frightened or forward the
stragglers. The lerowded districts where
the streets are full of ho. i and girls are
the church's responsibility. To betake it
self to the suburbs and leave these children
in the street, saloon and tenements is to
offend God's little ones. And the Master
said about such a one thnt it i- betti that
a millstone were hanged nboiit his neck
and he was drowned in the deptn of the
sea.
The second Ihing 1 "rant n think aboul
this morning with yon is the church's op
portunity to help the children of out
afreets.
This opportimify is orly limited by the
number of men and women who are will
ing to take A real interest in thp rundrcn,
and by the spine you hnve to use. Give
these children a chance to get on. of the
streets and away from the bad influences
into a wholesome environment of real
warm-blooded people anil good hooka and
nnnnemcnt and fun giving recreation
ond the- will come to the church in
stampede. Their hunger for ennobling
friendship is one of the most pathetic
things I have found in my ministry, and
also one of thp most inspiring.
Oh! the splendid opportunity for you all
to fulfill your responsibility for these bovs
and girls of our streets is here. In the
bovs' clubs is the chance for vou voung
men to rircui h tiie gospel to our lads, not
by speaking sermons, but bv manifesting
to iem tliinti'h your manly sympathy
ni l interest, your rnurnge and your truth
fulness, your honor a-id your uprightness
the Christ you love mid follow. Christ
may be pr-a-lied to thes" hnYs with the
boxing gloves, and the fencing foils, the
carpenter' tools and the football team
with more power tlrin bv sermons from a
pulpit. In the sewing school is the chance
f ir you voung women to preach Christ, not
by words of rei;gion. hut by your beautiful
friendship for the lilt o ''.' who come in
caner to receive that v.ii.ci their homes
are unable to give them. .i the Sunday
school is the chance for you vo'ung men
and young women, and older ones, too. to
gather once a week a little group about
you and lead them through the wonderful
story of Him who came to earth to be our
servant anil yet was King Kternal, and
then through the alchemy of the influence
of your lire move them to love honesty,
purity, goodness, man. Christ, and God.
Nor will I admit the o'der people's chance
to peach the living Christ. There comes
before me the picture of a scene in A men's
club in a -crlain parish hmi.su where a
professor of political economy met ill a
perfectly natural way a brakeman on the
Pennsylvania road, and both men came to
see that great labor problem more clearly,
and had more of tho Christ tolerance than
ever before. And I know of women who
have found through the Girls' Friendly So
ciely the chance to preach the living Christ
so effectively that girls have risen up and
called them "blessed among women."
The few hours given to such work in a
single year seem very powerless beside the
powers of darkness which walk our streets
both day and night, week in and week out,
in vacations as in working or school days.
Hut. thank God, a man's life ia not an
equilibrium of forces, a resultant of houses
and environments. In every soul is the
thirst for righteousness which con bo
aroused by nringing it face to face with a
righteous life. There is a contagion in
goodness as there is in badness. Arouse
those dormant faculties in every soul, and
they, with Christ' help, will ' counteract
all the influence of douse and afreet.
This is the opportunity of the church to
day in our crowded cities. Bv meeting it
the church will find, what every individual
who has so met opportunity finds, that it
gets by giving and lias a firmer hold than
ever on the realities of truth and life.
Call uch service what you will though
I personally hate the trite phrase institu
tional, for I am pleading tor a work alto
aether personal, the touch .of life on life
but you must believe that the church
which assume this responsibility and
meets this opportunity is following the ex
ample of the Master. When Christ came
to earth to lift men up to God lie took tho
form of a common man. He might, wa
say, have gathered the Jewish nation intsj
some great plain and revealed Hia mission
in the sight of all with such glory that all
must bow the knee before Him. He might
nave come with angels straight from heav
en and swept men irresistibly into His
truin. What He did resembled neither of
these, but fioit ts the way for us to tollow.
He was among men as a servant. By His
life of service, now with sermons, now
with deeds, but always with a life spread
ing a contagion of love, courage, hope,
manliness, sincerity, He, tho aervant. so
profoundly touched the hearts of men that
men have risen up and crowned Hun Kiuj
of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Tile Power of a Uoilly Life.
In a recent article, the Key. Dr.
Schaufiler incidentally said: I had
teacher in our school who used to be a
sailor a godly man. He knew little of
history, and nothing of science; but he
knew Jesus. He so taught hi class that
everyone found th Savior, and made
public confession. By and by -he came to
me and said: 'Take my class away. I
am uneducated. I can't lead them any
higher; but I hive led them to Christ.
Give me,' he said, 'a new class that doe
not know Christ, and I will try to lead
them to the Shepherd.' I gave him a new
class, and before he died everyone had
found the Savior. What wax the po
tency in that uneducated mm? Was it
not his humblu trust in Him who cau
sanctity whatever word is spoken!"
Our Keaponsiblllty,
"Other sin rarainst us and with in and
in spite of us, but none can sin for us.
Whenever that is done ve have to do it
ourselves." It vera well for the weak
one of earth, yea, and some who count
themselves strong, to ponder on this truth.
Men are prone to blame others for their
misdeeds. This one .emoted or the other
led astray. And so tne conscience i
soothed, the still, small voice quieted, i
inu consequence is mat tne experience, i
in all probability, is repeated in kind
when a little wholesome remorse for am,
a putting of the real blame where it be- 1
longs, would save much. o one can
mi for us. Whenever that is done w
have to do it ourselves. I'Uiladelphis
Young People.
His Father' Watchword.
The Kev. John .McNeill, the popular
evangelist, says:
"l owe more than I can tell to my fath
er. He hiid a habit of which lie never
jpoke to us, nor we to him. He was a
inanyiiiaii. and I often heard him go
lownsiana on dark mortiinai. Standing
iu the threshold before passing out hcl
would say aloud, 'I go to-day in God's
name.' 1 can rgever forget the impression
thu made upoai me, and thankfully say
to day, 'My Uttier't Uod is I ne.' "
Flvlna Machine.
A toy whli h I slightly built of
thin cane. Japanese papr, and elatlc
It in the forin of a butterfly, part of
which torvet la a propeller. It Is en
cloned In a ckrdboard envelope, and
the directions) are aa follows: "Hold
Flfll" by the bottom part of the body
In your Wt baud, and wind the tcrew
forty to fifty tlraat to the right
Afterward put 'Flffl' in the enrelope,
and by opening tame 'Flffl' will es
cape." She doot, and flutters prettily
across th room like a large, ileapf
moth.
New Rar Stamp Found.
Tha Paris postal authorities, in look
Ing oyer a mass of old stamps tha
other day, discovered tome curious
specimens of Napoleon III., dated
1867.
It la well known that the emperoi
wore only a mustache and Imperial
but by aonie error these stamps rep
resented blm with a full beard, whlcb
gave blm a worn and aged appear
tnce.
They were never put Into clrcula
tlon, but already eager collectors art
trying to net hold of them. Sketch
THE SUNDAY SCUOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
, FOR JUNE 12.
Subject) Christ frnrlflerf, Mark v., 11-.10
(lulilen Test, 1 tor. ir,, 0 Memory
Verses, IIA-'iT Commentary on the
lny' l.essnn.
I. The journey fo Calvary (v. 22). 22.
"They bring Him." Pilate's sentence i
supposed to have been given about 8
o'clock in the morning. The Jews must
have taken Jesus and started for the cross
almost, immediately. 'Golgotha." Gol
gotha is the Hebrew and Calvary the Latin
word with the same meaning.
II. "Scenes around the cross (vs. 23-28).
2-1. "Wine myrrh." it was a merciful
custom of the Jews to give those con
demned to crucifixion, with a view to pro
ducing attipehcHtinu, a strong aromatic
wine. This "thev nftered" ( K. V.) to
Christ; He tasted (Matt. 27:341, but re
fused to drink, as it would obscure the
clearness of Ilia faculties. There were
seven savings of Christ on the cross, all of
which express "some charai " ristic element
of His nature or His woiV. i The first was
a prayer for His muiderers: "Father, for
give them; for they know not what they
do" (Luke 2.'l:.'Hl. This was probably spo
ken in the height of the agony, when the
cross with the victim upon it was dropped
with a sudden wrench into its place in the
ground.
24. "Parted His garments." The four
soldiers divided aniong themselves His
outer robe, head-dress, girdle and sandals,
but for His "coat," that is, His tunic or
under garment, which was without scam
and which would have been ruined if di
vided, they cast lots (John IU:2u, 24 1.
"( listing lots." What a picture! Amid
the most solemn scene ol human history
the unconscious actors sit Jnwn to gam
ble. The legacy in worldly things left by
Jesus was very small. 2.i. "Third hour."
Nine o'clock in the morning. "They cruci
fied Him." His hands and feet were
nailed to the cross fl.uke 2I :!), 4u), and
then it was lifted and sunk into the
ground with a sudden shock, producing
great pain. The feet of the sufferer were
only a foot or two above the ground.
2d. "Superscription." The white tablet
nailed noon the cross above the head of
the victim, to declare the crime for which
He was crm ilicil. It was a common cus- I
to : n to ullix a label to the cross, giving a
statement of the crime for which the per
son suffered. "Was written." Pilate wrote
this superscription evidently in derision
(John l'.Mtt). It was written in Hebrew
for the Jews, in Greek for the foreigners
and visitors, in Latin for the Komans.
"King of the Jews." The words are some
what different in the different gospels,
probably because some of the writers cop
ied from one language and some from an
other. The truth was proclaimed in jest;
Jesus is in fact a "King with many
crowns." 27. "Two thieves." This was
probably done with the intention of giving
the people to think that Jesus was to be
classed with them. 2S. 'Scripture was ful
tilled." Isaiah 53:12. Omitted in K. V.
III. Christ mocked (vs. 29-32). 2!).
"Hailed on Hun." They utter taunts
founded on caluminoiis misrepresentations
of His words; they ridicule His kingship
and even His piety; they trample on His
pretences and exult over His weakness.
"Wagging." An accompanying gesture
expressive of contempt. "Ah." An excla
mation of derision. "Destroyest the tem
ple." At the first, cleansing of the temple
Jesus bad said. "Destroy this temple and
in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:
111). They had never forgotten this. At
His trial before Caiaphas, the previous
night, they charged Him with saying that
He was able to destroy the temple and
build it in three days (Matt. 2H:ol). hut
this was a perversion of His words. What
He said was that if they destroyed it He
was able to "raise it up" or rebuild it in
three days. 3u. "Save Thyself." They
thought that if Jesus were the Messiah,
surely He could deliver Himself from the
Itnnian cross. "Come down." Let Him
show His power and save His own life. If
He does not then He is so far from being
the Messiah that He is justly crucified for
making such pretensions.
31. "Chief priests scribes." The digni
taries and members of the Sanhedrin, as
well as the ordinary bystanders, mocked,
for thev suppose they have gained a com
plete victory. 32. "They reviled." From
this it appears that at first both of the
thieves reproached Christ.
IV. Christ crucified (vs. 33 39). 33.
"Sixth hour." Noon. "Darkness.'' The
da.-kness contitui"d three hours, from noon
until three o'clock. "The ninth hour.''
The hour of the offering of the evening
surifice. 34. "Jesus cried." This was
Christ's fourth utterance on the cross,
and is the only one recorded by Mark.
It was spoken toward the close of tha
darkness. "Kloi. etc." Mark prese'ves
the Arumiac words exactly as they w-re
spoken by Jesus. The repetition, "My
God! My God!" gives a deeply pathetic
force. It is an expression of utter loneli
ness and desolation.
3o. "He calleth Elias." They either only
caught the first syllable, or misappre
hended the words, or, as some think, spoke
in wilful mockery and declared Ho called
not on "Kli," God, but on "Klias," whose
appearance was universally expected. 38.
" inegar." Burning; thirst is the most
painful aggravation ot death by crucifixion.
Christ now uttered His fifth saying on the
cross, "I thirst" (John l:28). This was
His only expression of bodily suffering. It
was then that a soldier ran and tilled a
sponge with vinegar, or "the sour wine and
water called posca, the ordinary drink of
the Roman soldiers." and offered Him to
drink. "On a reed." The short stem of a
hyssop plant. With this they were able
to reacn His mouth with the sponge.
"Gave Him." The first drink of vinegar A
and gall Jesus reiuseu, mil tins, unmixen
with any drug, was accepted. "Let alone,"
etc. This was probably uttered seriously.
37. "A loud voice." As it were the tri
umphant cry of a conqueror. He now ut
tered His sixth saying: "It is finished"
(John l'J:30). This is one word in the
Greek, and has been railed the greatest
single word ever uttered. What was
finished? His life's work, the cup of suf
fering, the atonement for the sins of the
world, the old era and dispensation. The
seventh saying was, "Father, into Thy
hands I commend My spirit" (Luke 23:
4ti). "Gave up the ghost." He dismissed
the spirit. He Himself willingly give up
Ijia own life.
38. "The veil was rent." The great
veil of the temple that hung between tha
holy place and the holy of holies, forty cu
bits (sixty feet) long and twenty cubits
(thirty feet) wide, of the thickness of the
palm of the hand, and wrought in seventy
two squares, which were joined together.
39. "The centurion." The Roman officer
who had charge of. the crucifixion. "Saw."
When he saw what was ijaine he acknowl
edged that God Himself was showing His
approval of Jesus (Luke 23:47). "bun of
God." What a testimony! and from a lto
luau officer.
Clever Sparrow.
One of the prettlPst sights as re
gards seamen's pets was afforded by
six sparrows which were tamed and
trained by an old bluejacket ou board
a coal barge. He bad trained thom
to such a degree that they would
march In regular military ordor,
"turning" and "wheollng" as desired
by merely moving his hand. On each
of their heads he had fastened a small
piece of scarlet cloth, cut so as to
form a cockscomb,' which gave the
birds a very saucy appearance a
they went through their varied evolu
tions. Oatt Growing on a Sheep.
Country parsons are often natural
ists and close observers. The Rev.
W. H. Jenoure, rector of Barwlck, Ye
ovil, England, describes a novel tight
which may be seen In his' parish. A
farmer bas been feeding bis sheep on
aats, and some of the grain fell on
the back of one of the animals. . It
hat taken root In the wo l and sprout
Id, and the young shoots may mq
(rowing on Its bark. ,
SUNDAY, JUNE TWELVE.
"What I Must Do to Become Christ's
Disciple." Matt. 16:24-26;
John 13:33-33.
Scripture Verses. Matt. 10:37-39;
Mark 8:65; Luke 14:25-33; John 1:53
42; Luke 6:40; John 5:51, 32; 13:35;
13:8; Acta 11:26; John 10:27, 28.
Lesson Thought.
Are you willing to be a disciple of
Christ? Jesus sayt, "If any man will
be my disciples." This is not a forced
following, nor even a merely voluntary
service. It meant a heartfelt desire
to go after him.
Remember, you are to he Christ's
disciple, not your own, you are to go
after him, not yourself. And to do
thlt you must dpny yourself your
self-will, self-indulgence, self-right-cousness.
Selection.
My -Ood, I love thee, not because
I hope for heaven thereby.
Nor yet because who love thee not
Must die eternally.
Not with the hope of gaining aught,
Not seeking a reward,
But as thysolf hast loved nio,
O ever-loving Lord:
Self uonlal is net the whole of reli
gion. No, It is only one aspect of It.
Suppose I should undertake to doscrlbe
a beautiful garden by saying that It la
a place fenced In. What Idea would
you have of the sweet flowers Insld?
the blnomina: rosea, tha lilnaun,inn
shrubs, the delicate Miles, the modest
pansles, and the fragrant air? Now,
If you regard rellRlon merely as self
denial, you see only the unattractive
fence and none of the beauties of tho
garden.
A disciple Is a learner, that Is tho
very meaning of the word Christ the
teacher, his disciples the pupils!
Christ's principal employment while
on earth was that of a teacher. And
how grandly he taught! Truly,
"never man spake as this man." And
who are his disciples? Why, those
who learn of him. Those whose high
est interest is In subjects of the Chris
tian religion, those whose controlling
motive Is to know more of the way of
salvation.
Those who are earnest students of
Ood'fl word, those who are faithful
and regular attendants at the serv
ices of Ood's house, whore Christ
teaches through his word and his sac
ramenta JUNE TWELFTH.
Conditions of Christian Oiscipleship.
Matt. 16. 24-26; John 13. 33-35.
One condition of Christian Disciple
ship is Ciofs-bearing.
Supreme Allegiance to God Substltu
ted tor the Service of Self, Love ror
UoU Vor Love for Self, the Denial of
Seir is No Longer Very Difficult.
Crucifixion Ib more than speaking In
meeting, or discharging some Christ
ian duty. Jesus stood facing the awful
death by the cross. There must be
In the heart of Christ's words the idea
of death to something. And to what?
Not tho body necessarily though that
also was Involved In soma cases, as In
Peter's. Haul elucidates the Idea. He
says it is "the old man," the "flesh,"
the "carnal nature." the "carnal
mind," that Is to be crucified.
The works of tha "old man" ara
bail, and he cannot be subdued and
subjected to the law of God. So, there
Is but one thing to do with this "old
mail," and that is to put him off, to
put him to death. No use trying to
doctor him up, or dose him with cord
ials or stimulants. Let him die. He
is alieady condemned; he Is a felon
In the cell since Christ became, in
men who believe, the power to "fulfill
thp righteousness of the law." (Rom.
8. 3; fi. 11). Let the sentence be exe
cuted on him, therefore (Gal. 5. 24;
2. 19, 20). And being put to death, let
him be burled (Rom. 6. 4). Who
would wish to have this "old man"
resurrected? An old lady said she
wished he devil were buried, and face
downward, so that if he should come
to life and begin to dig, the more he
dug the deeper down he would go.
Now. the great act of the, human
will Is this denial of the claims of the
natural, that Is, the unregenprated,
man, the renunciation of self, and the
choice of God's will as a program of
life; of Christ to bp the T-nly Saviour,
not also Maxtor. Having done this
which. Is not Pasy then claim by faith
that the "old man" Is dead, believing
that be Is faithful that hath promised
he also will do it (1 Thess. 5. 23, 24).
Thenceforward there will be dally
testings, self-denials, cross-hearings,
but they will appeur to be Incidental,
the victory will be so short and de
cisive. With perfect alb-giant'e to God. and
love for him being substituted for love
for the self, self-denial cannot be a
yoke of sorrow. It Is only because we
are not wholly submitted that the
commands of Or.l are irksome to us.
Mr. Spurgeon said that in northi n
Italy he had noticed that, when two
bullocks are yoked together, and are
of one mind, the yoke is always easy
to them both. This Illustrates, though
Imperfectly, the relationship between
the fully saved scut and Its Gr.l
Imperfectly because the human will
must be sunk In the divine. "Ye are
my friends, if ye do whatsoever 1
command vou "
Ancient Highland Custom.
In connection with the burial a
short time ago of tho late Canon Mc
Coll. Fort Williams, a curious old
highland custom was observed. When
the Interment was completed, the biei
on which the body hail been carried
was broken in pieces, so tbat It might
never be used again. The fragments
were scattered in all directions,
never again to be brought together
The custom Is akin to that which
used to be observed when the health
of the young heir was drunk, the
glass being broken as soon as th
health was pledged.
Rtlto Glvtn Flrtmtn.
Mrs. Rotwell Atkins, widow of tha
former Judge of probate at Bristol,
Conn., baa given the member of hose,
company No. 1 the bat that Judge!
Atkins wore when be waa foreman ofj
the company half century uo.
Mandolin an Ancient Instrument.
The mandolin was an old Instru
ment a couple of centuries ago, hay
Ing thon, after a long teriet of evolu
tions, reached Its pruaent shape at
Naples, whlcb city hat always claim
ed the honor nf It origin
uuoy
The Coming Brotherhood.
There shall come from out this noise ol
strife and groaning.
A broader and a juster brotherhood;
A deep equality of aim. postponing
All selfish seeking to the general good.
There shall nine a time when each shall
to another
f!o as Christ would have him brother un
lo brother.
There shall come a time when brotherhooj
grows stronger
Than the narrow bounds which now dis
tract the world; ,
Vi hen the cannons roar and trumpets
blare no longer.
And the ironclads rust, a. d battle flag
are fur'ed;
When the bus of creed and speech and
i.ice, which sever.
!?lia'.i be fused in one humanity forever.
Sir Lewis Morris.
A Word Almnt Sorrow.
nirssed are they that mourn, for they
h ill be coiuloi ted. Matt, v., 4.
Th.s d h i not menu th.it sorrow, in and
oi" itself, is a uo-id thing, and that we
should deliberately go about in search of it.
To ii'iite sue, construction unoii the
words would be to do the- . a violent in
justice.
There is no r. jon for believing that
Jesus ineint to spe.ik n beatitude for sor
row purely as sucn. The Son of Man was
not a glooniv iiiiii icd ascetic, a niter ol
hi iuiiii joy ami ghnincss: anil to hold that
He went ab. nit inviting men to wretched
ness would tie as unnecessary as it would
be iinrc.K nmiile and unwurriiiited.
Here, then. ,s the substance of the sec
ond h:itit', Ic: "If sorrow- comes, be not
ilbcnuraar-l by it; be hopeful, be brave,
fir ar'icr the. sorrow shall come the joy.
The -toi T.tv," is only one side of the shield;
Hold on in hop- unlil you see the other
side, nml then nil will h eiii;iined, and iv
the c;i.,nrKio,i .-. ou ahull rejoice."
In other words, .Ic-us here announce
the idea that tins strange old ife of man
lias a meaning, a larger, kindlier meaning
nun appears upon tne Mirtaee ol our hu
man experience, ami that tha'. meaning
finds its truest expression in the word love
infinite love.
Hehind the world and our life therein,
behind le sen i-comic drama of our hu
man existence, with its smiles and tears,
its laughter and a ony. its iinleser.bjble
rapture nnd its unlit ter able athos. stand
the love which never slumbers nor sleeps,
which never grows faint nor weary, which
in the "night-time of sorrow- and care" a
well as in the hcyd i.y ol gladnc.s and
mirth, is slowly but surely working out it;
beautiful purpose.
''hat was whit the Great Teacher said
that day in the long ago lo the people.
gathered about linn on the Mount, and
every one who knows what it is to sit in
the darkness with a mighty t-nef tugaiiu
away at, ins heart string thanl s the Mm
ter tor the comfort tini. His word brings.
We are ail human. No mutter how inc.. h
our creds may . Ifer; no ma' ter w hat
"log.ca!" hohln lior.-es wt. tint v lie in 'he
habit of riding, deep down in our hearts
is the huniinry tint v ill not ie lriiird,
and to everv one o us this se. ond h-vili-tude
i-onies with (Ir- joy and strength that
lift us un an-l give us courage.
Sometime, when our evil angel h ' tem
porary control of ns, we fe ! like crviru
out: "What, is the ue? 'I nis ol life is
nothing bin a iiirse. anvwav; so what's the
Use of trying to make anything nut of it?"
There is a gtea'. deal of hi-inau nature in
that awful cry and the liner and tenderer
the human nature the more liable it ia to
give ep in despair.
Human life looked at just as it is ian
affair wherein the shade vastly predomin
ates over the light. 'j'u. (.! uww .r.
fertly well whit he was .lomg when lie
sang that word about " i'l.e .:, sad mu
sic of liunianil v."
We have never yet dired to eonf.-s ta
ontelves the actual sadness of our life.
We must be dipiomitic and keep some
thing back, covering up with conioliuient
the cold, h.nd fact.
Mut into life's sad ucss the Master flings
the note of a ictori his hope!
Life, lie tells us, is not a "curs1." True,
there is sorrow m i'. but tha sorrow i
not the hnal thing. Sorrow, rightly borne,
sweetens, beautifies, si lengthens lis. Sor
row is the i.i Djlorosa iiiong which inli
nite love is leading us toward the character
which no "I'liiurose 111111" could ever de
velop in our souls.
Ami so. v. hcn all is said, this is the sign
by which ve con-pier:
"lllessed are thev that mourn, for they
shall he comforted." The Kev. J. II.
Gregory.
Time nml rrlHnilshf p.
"Few people give themselves time to be
friends," says one writer. l-Viciel-liip as
an ideal is always lovely ami atlractue,
but friendship in reality takes so much
time that we can hardly find room for it
in our busy lives of to day. It takes tune
for. parents aud children to understand
each other well enough to be friendly; tune
spent in the home circle is one thing neces
sary to genuine friendship between broth
ers and sisters; young people have all sorts
of social relations without that quiet
knowledge of one another which makes
for true friendship. And in the friendship
that helps and uplifts the element of time
is still more prominent. "What these peo
ple need is not money but personal influ
ence and helpful friendship, ' said an ear
nest worker among the millions of a great
city. Kven it we cast out everything that
is evil and worthless there are more de
mands upon our time than we ran respond
to. We must make a choice in study, 111
recreiuion and ill duly. Hut whatever
choice we make, if it is a wise choice it
will leave time to be friendly. Philadel
phia Voung I'eople.
Holier Tholiixlit.
VThen a man is tempted downward he
oug.n to stoji and think. If some ellisb
consideration entices him toward the iiliysi
he should wait for the sober second
thought, but when his nobler feelings are
aroused and the angels of God allure him
upward he ought to act with instant en
ergy. No man should think twice as to
whether or not ho should do a generous
deed or fulfill his higher convictions. To
Itcv. N. D. llillis.
Honest)-.
fTonestv is OCO of the til-st nrineinles nf
Christianity. It lies al the base and also
at the apex of Christian character. It
must, be tiie dominant toi-ce in all tra'lic
Tlui Kev. I'. 11. i'mdingtoii.
Help Other to lie Happy.
Whether at home or abroad the hanniesl
are those wiio have helped some one else
to be happy. Mach morning 1 etermine ta
he proliled tln.t day, and you will not be
disapnointcd, for "the will is muie tUuu
half the man."
TsfHt ol Teinftnttnn.
ft is while vou are tiatienllv oilinr t
the little tasks of life that the meaning
and shape of tiie great w holi of life daw ns
upon you. It is while you me resisting
little temptation that Jou ure growing
U'ouger.
Aged Pedestrian Seekt Rivals.
A place In the history of pedestri
anlsm will be made for the recent Jog
of the veteran walker, Dr. Delghton
over the classical road between th
two extremes of the British kingdom
Land's End and John o' Oroata. At
the age of 61 he has covered the dis
tance of over 1.000 milt's In twenty
four dayt and four hours, an average
petal of nearly two miles an hour, or
forty-two mile a day. Dr. Delghton
Intends to visit the Uulted States and
challenge any man of hit years to
walk across the continent from th
A'lantlc to the Paciac.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS A90UT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Foem: The )ong of tli Ornnfc Pnlnfnl
Parting nf Man anil Wife Whom
Liquor Had Separated Ttie PaeVet
That th Drunkard I.art.
With breath that smelted nf rnre,
With eyelids hevy and red.
A drunkard sat in unmanly plight.
Glancing around him with dread
Drink! drink! drink!
In drunkenness hopelessly sunk,
And still with the voice ol dolorous pitch
lie sang the "Song of the Druuk."
"Drink! drink! drink!
While the cock is crowing aloof!
And drink! drink! drink!
Till the stars shine through the rood
It's, oh! to he unbound,
And freed from the chain of drink,
And never again to hear tho sou. id
When glass and bottle clink!
"Drink! drink! '.rink!
Till the brain begins ti r,-i:n;
Drink! drink! drink!
Till the eyes are heavy and dil.i!
Hum, and w hisky, and gin,
(in, and whisky .and rum,
Till ov?r the glass I fall aslei.
And dream that Judgment iiaj comet
"Drink! drink! drink' '
-My g.i7hng ncccr Hags;
And what does it bring? A bed of straw
A crust of bread, ami rags.
Tint shattered roof, and this naked floor,
A table, a broken chair.
And a wall so blank, my shadow I tjank
For sometimes falling there!
"Drink! drink! drink!
l-'roni weary chime to chime;
Drink! drink! drink!
It maddens every ti ne!
Gin, and whi.-ky, and rum.
Hum, and w hisky, and gin.
Till the heart is sick, and the head is thick.
And tlu wretch is otceped in ami"
With breath that smclled of rum,
With eyelids heavy ami red.
A drunkard sat in unmanly plight.
Glancing around him 111 dread
Drink! drink! drink!
In drunkenness Imiielpsalt.- atmlr
And still a th a voice that misery rnng
Would that its tone would teach (lie
young!
He sang this "Song of the Drunk!"
New York Weekly.
A Tragedy Through Una.
Two friends of mine, a couple who hn?
been married for twenty years, came to
the conclusion that marriage was a failure
for them.
Years before, the man had been well off,
but he had lost everything through specu
lation. He took to drink and soon degen
crated to a worthless burden upon the
wife, who supported the family by taking
boarders.
Kor ten years these two had lived to
gether in the same house, the estrange
ment widening as the husband' folly in
creased, until she could endure it no longer
The papers were made out, and the day
came when he was to leave the home he
had made so wretched.
I happened to be a witness to their part
ing, writes J. C. Siuilev. 111 The Oaks.
There was no one in the house at thu
tune but we th.ee.
She packed up his shirts and collars,
which she had that dav ironed with het
-n hands, and he stood on the threshold
with the parcel under his arm, beside a
trunk which contained hi other personal
belongings.
(scarce a word was spoken. Both seemed
to feel that a crisis in their lives hud
tame.
For twenty years these two had been
togetner, throught oglit and si.ade. in
good fortune and ill, ami now thev were
to part forever. Twenty years before,
buoyant with youth and hope and confi
dence in each other, t icse two had linked
their lives lo-gether. They had co .e to
look alike, so potent had beia thu foivj
of association.
V hat touching memories must have
surged through both their hearis as they
stood thus, she leaning again-t the sta r
way in the hail, and ne standing on inc.
doorstep with the dusky twilight cio-mg
111 about him as if to emph.isi :e thu dark
ucss of the future year.-..
The hour oeemeil strangely in kcepin-j
1 m mi.-, snaiige pa. ring, mere are mo-
menis o tragic m lit,, that sp It 14
d.i.mhiy lnaiieuu.ite. This was one of them.
Have- l--got everything -Autre?"
slow.y said, in a dazed way. as he turned
toward the do. r.
"All but this, Frank do you want it?"
ami she h.uuled him .1 packet oi 1.1. 1. -d let
ters tied with a crumpled ribbon.
He turned pale as a corpse, as if not un
til that instant realizing all tiie parting
meant. He looked at tne imkei .'..
untie.' thp ribbon and wound it an-mt hn
hand. Ins whole frame trembling violent'v
"Keep them Annie forme!' be sobbed,
r ude one convulsive step toward the
wo -.tan. then turned and walked out intj
tne i.ighi
And she?
Well, an uour later I stej ned softly iut'?
the hallway, alarmed at the dea'.lilv silence
Mill h-amng against the stairway she stood
the letters clutched tightly in her frigid
hands, her eyes strained out upon flu
night as if they saw the ghosts of bygone
d ays w hen 11 ti and happiness were hers"
rhat look will haunt me forever. -Hau'4
II int.
Temperance In T -nness-e.
Ther- are now 5.VM) towns and cities in
ennessej, ,md of this number tin- salom
has been suppressed 111 44"il. or 11 more
than loiir-iiftlis. The strong poiul of Ten-li--.ee's
liquor law is the "Four-mile Law."
which is not commonly understood out side
of the Suite. Tins law originated in the
heventie.. and has been strengthened and
unproved from tune to time. I'nder in
provisions the saloo.i wu prohibited with
ii four mih.-s ot lucoi-poravd insiimi ions
of learning, outside of municipalities. To, 11
the people began incorporating country
schools everywhere, making them prohibit,
orv ceniivs. They thus beia.ne the piolee.
tor us well a the educators 01 t m ,y,
Next the people amended the law so that
saloons were prohibited within four unit
of any si hool, whether incorporated tr not.
The result is keen above.
A Teetotal lletort.
Mr. F. X. Charrington, one of the Char
ringtous of brewery fame, but who some
years ago renounced all connection with
the firm, and devoted his life and money
to work among the poor ot Kast London,
has purchased a small island 011 the coast
of K.seti, forty-five miles from London,
which he purpose converting luto a tea
toial seaside resort.
Tha Crusade la llrlar.
Tieer. with a good head, make a gooj
held had.
Ileer or w hisky drinking never produce
clear thinking.
In the rural districts of Norway and,
Sweden there is but little drunkenness
and the people rank among tho most tu
ber nations of Clirntend jiu.
In 131 Sweden had one saloon to every
l'si inhabitants, and the consumption of
pure white spirits was 6.17 gallons per
capita; in 1!)00 she hud but one saloon to
flfsw inhabitants, and the consumption had
fallen to 1.3 gallon per capita.
If you don't wish to go to ruin, you bad
better not go to the grog shop.
Statistic show that half a barrel of
beer is produced annually for every man,
woman and child iu tin country. Tho
consolation U in knowing that the indi
vidual ia not compelled to wallow bis or
her thare.
The paper tell of a soldier in th Phil,
ippines who discourses upon a uew eura
for drunkenness among the soldier. "We
haw." he says, "t lot of native soldier en
luted here. When one of th white boy
pt drunk the captaiu put t native soldier
ver him, and th nativt puu on lots of
ur while marching lum tround. It grind
ih boy so that their wouldn't get Oiuai:
i wy could," " v
YOU KNOW HIM.
Ton (loubtless know the fellow; he
Is what you'd rail a social pest;
lie spoils the universal glee
And nullities the univeisal jest.
Whatever story you relate
And you may have an ample store
lie smiles and savs: "Yes, that's firal rat
But then 1 ve heard that tale bvfore.'V'
In some appreciative crowd
You essay your best bon mot;
You deem the laughter will be loud.
You're confident that it will go.
Then speaks that fiend in human shapeA
"You needn't tell us any more.
It's quite a venerable jape;
We ve often heard the thing before.-
He finishes himself sometime,
And yanks the laurels from one's browj
Men have been killed for lesser crimearsj
I'd like to kill him, anyhow.
It may sound sanguinary, still,
Fve suffered till I'm pretty sore,
He'll g-t it some day, surely, will
That man who's heard mv joke rtefosr
Chicago Nee
Mistress "Do you love bat)b7
Mnid-".ot at $.1 u we-k. U)Utu."-Da
trolt Free I'ress.
Hubby "ion spend half of your tlmf
before the gbiss." Wife "Hut I ilon'l
say 'Mere's looking at you; have aa
other.' "Chicago Daily News. ,
.Mistress "Did the tlslii riiiati wOi
Stoppoil here this morning; have frogs)
logs?" Nora "Sine ilium. 1 ilinnaw
Ho wore punts." Cornell Widow.
He who tights and runs away
From awful bittie scenes,'
May live to write them up some day
l'or all the magazines.
-Puck.
"When your father conies lioui t
sh.'ill tell It i tn to give you a whipping.1'
"Hold on. nut : Let p.-i remain neutral
don't drnij liiin Into this u(Iair."-
Judge.
"I hear the Japanese soldiers crenf
tickled to dentil when war was rliy
elured." "Yes. They went into trans
ports when the news arrived." Cornell
Widow. ;
"Hi! tliere!" sulil Joseph' to his brothi
ers. "What kind of a game are yotj
phiyiuji on 1110V" 'Til." (bey cried, a.
they pushed him over the edge. liar
varil Lampoon.
"Weill" be muttered, butting bit)
beuil 011 a landing as he foil down tb
elevator shaft. "As Mr. Kipling; would
say, 'That is another sl.iry.' " Harr
varil Lampoon.
IVdillor ito supposed servanti -"Can
I see the lady of the house?" Woman
of the llousi "Well, if you cati't, yoa
ought to go 11 ml see an eye doctor."-
Cb vcland Leader.
Heavy Tragedian "There's a tlicaO
riiul manager in Now York City Jusf.
crazy to have njo join his company."
Siiuhri'tti' -"I should ay lie is." tho
cago Daily News.
"I bad an awful time persuading th
landlord to paper our bouse." "Ar
you pleased with the result?" "Hard,
ly. I think It was put ou for revenge."
Detroit Free I'ress.
"What are you going- to do this sum
mer?" "Well, we buven't finite deciib
ed whether to go to St. Iiuis for tw
days or to the seashore for a month."
Chicago KveniliK I'o.st.
The war news jumps the open switch,
And scares the heathen jossky;
Dut I can't tell a fakenvitcli
i-'roiu a canatdovosky!
( tcveland J'lain Dealer. '
Clara ' Our club burs out jruiu chew
ing and slanr." Herfha "It floes?
Clara "Yes; women who chew gunj
i' ml talk slung oughtn't lo cut any le
in a literary club." Cincinnati Cou
uiercial-Tiibtine.
"What is th.it aiilomoliilist complain
Ing about?" "He says the laws art
wrong. He wants all pedestrians to
wear numbers and secure permits bar
fore lieing allowed to cross the streets."
Washington Star.
Distinguished Artist "IVrbans U
you came here you will get a bettet
light on the picture. This studio U
not nearly iarge enough." I-'uir Vlsfc
tor (desirous to understand! "Yes
yes; I know. One can't get far enougt
away from your pictures:" I'uih-U,
Ilni'linlog Birth Kate.
The con inued decline of the birtB
rate in Knglaml bus begun to srous
apprehension of the uutlon's futurt
In LSiiii tin birth rate was 3I.2 pel
HMN). Hy ihs) it bad fallen to 25).?,
uml by l'.mi to -'S,.j.
Attention was called to the mattet
in the Hegistrar-Geiieral'a last annual
report, Issued In June, UMKt. whlcl
pointed ,,ut that Hie birth rate wal
then the lowest on record, while li
faiitile mortality was startlingly high),
Dr. Shari'well. In a recent lecture al
Sinn College, showed that tile (liH'Unf)
especially pertained lo industrial cen
tres. In Ktigiand generally It Is among
the middle classes that the birth rati
shows tiie must serious decline. Io
Australia I lie working classes ure thf)
pioneers of restricted families.
lntnarj Marks Imaginary Troplr.
Het w ecu the) stations gf Catorce and
La Murona, In Mexico, Just mldwa
between the twenty-third and twenty
fourth ilcgret's of latitude, the Mexlcas
Central Itailway some time ago erected
an immense stone signpost. The nil
way hert crosses the Imaginary lin
that separates the temperate and th
torrid zones, and the stone, with It
wooden crow n and Index Augers, sbowl
where the Tropic of Cnucer would ru
if it were a tangible line. The tablet)
benrs ou the southern side the words)
"Tropico de Cancer. Zona Torrlda,"
aud on the northern side. "Tropic ol
Cancer, Temperate Zone."
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Animal Criminal.
As a species of burdened criminal!
among placid herbivorous animal!
none I worse than the bison or Amer
ican buffalo. Toward man and beast
and even i.tnong themselves these vlo
ious, vindictive aud agile brute
whose half brothers on the continent!
do not fear even the terrific onslaught
of liont and tiger, are In a atate of
almost continual warfare. They are
among tne wickedest rogue ever teea
lu a too. McClure't Magaslne.
Tho I'ropar ltauajy.
The recognition of the billboard at
public uulsauce Is general, aud pro
test) against It come from all sett lout
of the country. Only by the creation
of strong public sentiment can the
nntsance be abated, aud it Is gratifying
to note tbe growth of teutliueul lu Uii
eUrecUon- Duukli k Grape Belt,,