"DOES GOD CARE"
A C.llliant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
Robert MacDonald.
The flreatest Discovery ol the Twentieth Cen
tury Will Be the Discovery ol Ood.
linooKLYX. X. Y. 'Does flod Tare?"
ws t hp subject of the sermon Sunday
morning by the Hcv. Robert MacDonalti,
iiastor ol the Washington Avenue Llaptisl
.'htirch. He took hi text from I l'etet
v.": "Casting all your care upon Him, foi
H careth for you." Mr. MacDonald said:
"The (jreatest discovery of 'he twen
ticth century will be the discovery of (lid,
anil then it will be Kern thnt Uod tines not
erne." Mich in the Intent assumption ot
anient', ii a certain learned professor of
one ol oar largest universities i deemed a
trust on hy interpreter. He wisely diew
the line between Christianity and inHtlel
iry ait between believing that (tod cared
fur tut and that. He did not care, and
slated I hat the lending; scientists were in
fi lei.
I.est Mich statements upset or weaken
the tnilh of some of us, let ua aee wh.it the
weight ot prnh.ihility ia tor the realizing
ol thritc presumptive prophecies. Let it ut
t lie veiy atart be remembered that ani
mote definite scientific discovery of CoJ
than ve now have is unlikely. Anil thu
ijt iiid. not because we now possess so f
muth. but that we are possessed ot an lit
tie. Science will doubtless discover in ire
about Und. Shame upon our developing
intelligence if it does not. F.very discov
ery is that. Hut that ia a very dirlerent
thing from discovery of Ood. Ilia handi
work will bp more clearly traced, the
working of Hia purposes more definitel)
realized; but 1 think we can trut the hi
finite One to aa successfully outwit tin
scientific inquisitiveucs of the twentieth
century aa of any that haa aoul. 1 am
confident that 1IM) yeara hence the exe'a
niition tif the human mind will he about
as it is now "Who can by search. tig out
find (iod!" Due of infinite retreats is not
going to be taken by surprise. The secret
ot Ilia presence will ever elude the discov
cries of man. The mystery of His person
ImK . ..II remain inviolate.
Why do 1 speak as though God were an
tasro.nr.tic to human discovery? Hec.iuse
friends, this learned prophet whose state
im'tila we tire considering aeea tiie only
lack to the discovery of Ciod to be the
present incompleteness of human knowl
edge anil the present paucity of scientific
means, both of which will be remedied, he
is sure, before tiie present century clones
1 speak aa 1 do because I do not like to
have Him whom we honor as Creator and
Father atripped of Hia mystery and robbed
of His volitional powr and referred to a
you would to an impersonal, objective fact
of creation. We discover stars and conti
nents and aeas and laws and a good tinny
other things, hut it does seem to me tint
iod Himself will have something to say
about the discovery of Himself. More
over, I have no right to believe that Ciod
will ever be discovered by any man save
by Him whom Ood has discovered. 11
only finds (tod whom (iod has found. 1
a in striving to maintain the integrity ot
the divine revelation as over against that
ol human investigation. We must take
(iod on His own terms, rather than on
ours. Therefore, he only discovers (iod to
whom (iod has revealed Himself, to whom
Ctod permits such discovery. We need not
tear tint any future discovery of Ood will
negative the revelation we now have
through Jesus Christ. Science is mighty,
but not almighty. Not more mighty than
Ciod. We welcome it in the reaim of well
defined data, in the realm of demons! ra
tion und proof. But ita advocates need to
learn that the Eternal transcends its scru
tiny and the .Supernatural bends not to its
demands. lieassure your heart that if you
are so fortunate as to be a habitant of the
realm bounded by the Christian religion
the essence of your faith cannot be
liarmed. Faith's form, as also the form of
revelation, wilt be scientifically questioned
and repaired. Faith's content examined
and modified perchance, but its essence,
that spiritual thing we call the divine
grace, thnt precious consciousness of Hia
care lor you, and that you are living in the
light of Hia face is too sacred to ever bend
to scientific formula, and too mystical to
be expressed in the cold accuracy of scien
tific terms.
; There is, for instance, that stubborn
thing called conscience to be dealt with.
That stands out as a very Gibraltar of
protest against the assertion that Ood doe
not care. In all the history of niorta's
conscience has been regarded as Hod's
handwriting on the wall, telling man he
must do the right nnd must not do the
wrong. True, it docs not tell him what is
right und what is wrong. That is a tiling
ot fluctuating standard. Always dilVer
nce of opinion about that, because de
pendent upon the man's intelligence that
owns the conscience. And any certain
type of intelligence depends upon the age
and civilization in which he lives, circum
stances, moral and religious ideals. Thus
it is thnt the truest standard for the en- i
liglitenment of conscience is Christianity.
Christian ethics, springing from the Ser
mon on the Mount, is universally re -ionized
man's truest and highest standard
of enlightenment.
But on what higher authority rests this
sense of "oughtness" aa to the doing of
right and wrong? Ood demands it, we
ay. The Creator has a right to impose
terms upon His creation. We recognize
our obligation to Him. Yes, but because
the moral sense rests upon an intuition of
God's perfect morality. We could not feel
any obligation to Ood unless we felt Him
worthy of that obligation. We believe
Tlim to embody the ideal and perfect mor
ality. His sense of obligation to us, then,
is the sanction of our sense of obligation to
Him. Jt is precious to read that "we love
Jinn because He first loved us." It is as
true that we are under obligation to Him
because He is under obligation to us. We
never sneak of it that way. We seldom, if
ever, think of it that way. The more ex
pressive side of the divine nature occupies
our thought. God ia so pleased to do for
ut. His blessings are so much more truly
the manifests tian of His love than of any
other characteristic. But the divine ra
tionality expresses itself in justice and
morality as truly aa in love. We are con
scious ever of our demerit, insignificance,
dependence, see. all divine favor to be an
emanation of His love. The Creator must
make provision for His created. The ne
cessity of Hia own nature demands it. The
divine Father, as well as the human father,
must support His child. Conscience in us
is evidence of Ood's care. And it is evi
dence that can never be explained away.
Ho long as humanity endures conscience
will advocate right and denounce wrong,
and just so long must man believe in Ood a
care. lioes Ood csre? Our very constitu
tion thunders Yes. No valid discovery of
Ood in the future can be expected to over
throw the overwhelming weight of this ev
idence. Verily. Ood hath not left Himself
without a witness. We need not fear any
future discovery, however supoaedly scien
tific, to offset this constitutional evidence.
Whatever the evidence that (iod does not
care we will match and outweigh it by tin
nearer, dearer, stronger evidence that He
does care. We have a Koland for their
Oliver.
Then there are man s religious instincts
to be accounted for. These are not so
quired. Neither civilization nor Chris
. tianitjr begot them. We are not arguing
within a circle in referring to these. All
races, white, yellow, red, brown, black, ig
Doraut or enlightened, superstitious or
sane, cruel or kind, instinctively feel that
God cares. Mind you, it is not that He it
propitious nuto them. Oftener that lie is
not. But the very fact of inventing all
conceivable means to placate Him, some ol
them barbarous and revolting, indicates
so strongly that it almost proves Ood s in
terest in mortals. It ia an evidence so
universal that it cannot easily be ex
plained away. Kvery fundamental need in
humanity has ita satisfaction existing
some here. Hunger presupposes food.
Thirst indicates the existence of water lot
its qiwuching. Nakeduem instinctively
leads to the necessary coverings for its
protection, ersn though beasts are slain,
cotton, flax and wool grown to accommo
a, date it. to with all the hungers of rational
being, social, iutellectual, nioial, rehgioua
They all are evidence ol reality some
' where answering to them. None of these
is more fundamental and imperative than
tu religious, that mliicU, tLiwAmU tul
ca"re. A" most pathetic manifesting of this
longing is idol worship. The heathen,
Ood's ignorant children, like ours, demand
object lessons that ran ,e apprehended by
the senses. To make Ood in their ima.ie
it the nenrest they can get to the sublime
consciousness thnt they are made in Hit.
Better, it seems to us. no Ood than
wooden one. A spirit of negation and in
di.Tercnce would save them so much use
less sacrifice nnd cruel practices and bar
barons acts of superstition by wnv of sup
posed atonement. Hut whether better ol
worse atheism is not a constituent chirac
teristic of man. Strange, is it not, that it
is never innate, but always an arqu.red ac
complishment, always the sad result ol
culture else of sin. By nature, nnd thai
means by right, Ood is always the rightful
occupant of the throne. But as our self
importance grows, aa we become con
sciously great in thought and achievement
we become nl .i great in arrogance, ns u
all science falsely so called, nnd the King
is asked to vacate the throne, and (iod i
not even bowed out of the universe, but
heartlessly banished. Oh, no. denial is not
better than affirmation of Ood, hnwevei
superstitiotisly thnt affirmation express it
self. It is evidence of Ood's care much
needed to offset a threatened evidence that
He has not interest in the human rice.
Notice the two possible results to which
these religious instincts lead. They are
the receptacle into which Christianity fits.
Without them the Gospel of .leans has lie
appeal. They cry nut for Ood. Chris
tianity introduces Ood to them. Tiny
want an assurance of Ood's care. Chris
tianity assures them Ood cares for men to
the uttermost, even enough to tlie fot
them. Creation thus prepares for reveln
linn, antl welcomes its benelicent approach.
There, is another result that shows the
helpfulness of the religious instinct univer
sal among men. It is the sorrow that pos
sesses ua when we nre told it is all a delu
sion. The moment you convince man there
is no Ood, or. if there is, that He is ind'f
ferent to man's welfare, that moment the
face loses its complacency, the heart its as
surance, the spirit its buoyancy, the mind
its sense of sntisfactio ,. Doubt, disap
pointment, despair set in. Little to live
for, nothing to tlie for is the cry that will
not be comforted. A stolid indifference
results thnt crushes out the heart's music
else wild despnir that dethrones reason
and inflicts self injury. Let me make a
prophecy more dismal in its out'o k than
that one we are considering of a future
discovery that Ood does not care, a p'-o
phecy that if ever that dark day darn
poor humanity in despair will in an li -ui
fall back from all hopeliilnt'ss. aspiiat on
joyousncss, nnd by one despairing plunge
reverse the life satisfactions of a thousand
years.
(ireatest of all these ia the presence nnil
worth of Christianity to be accounted for
Christianity ia a very unyielding fact. It
has become too deeply rooted in the earth
to be waived aside and crowded out by any
discovery, however authentic, that would
invalidate its claims. It has been con
fronted for centuries with conflicting be
liefs nnd scientific evidence against its in
tegrity. The more it is opposed the more
fearlessly it asserts itself, comforting the
heart, lighting the dark mind, inspiring
and reinforcing the spirit. A fact so help
ful to Immunity in every conceivable ne
cessity when sinning and needing forgive
ness, when weak and needing strength,
even when suffering martyrdom at the
stake, in tlie amphitheatre of wild beasts,
in heathen hinds, midst (lerseciitions too
numerous to be mentioned, but not too
many to be valiantly borne, mut be con
fronted with stronger, surer proof than is
at present conceivable that it rel'nquish
its hold upon men's esteem. Yield it liiu-t
if it. were even proven Ood did not caie;
for Christianity was rooted in Ood's es
teem before it found a place in man's.
Ood not on.y cared, but so cared that Ut)
loved, e.se Cnristutnitv, tout superb b.o
som and fruitage of Christ's life and teach
ing and death, had never existed. Chi is
tianity not only embodies Ood's care, it
enshrines Ood's heart. And the siiicst
thing about it all is that we who have
yielded to Ood's word, cauuht the bless
ings of the revelation through .Fesus. have
all the evidence necessary for the reaiiiy
of Ood nnd His care What value is proof
against Ood's interest in us, howevct
scientific, to the man who has seen Ilia
Lord, whose sins are forgiven, upon whom
Ood is each tiny lifting up the light of His
face? When once the spiiitual life has en
tered the human heart, all cold, external
evidence is ignored, and wisely. Then,
again, the peace of mind that results from
belief that Ood cares for us enough to
share His eternal home with u by and by
is evidence that will tlie hard, if it ever
die nt all, before any external widen -e
that this worltl is nil, nnd that our brief,
storm-tossed existence is forever hushed in
death's long sleep. A man saiil to me dot
ing the week. "It pays to be religious, even
though it be discovered at the lust that
there is no eternal life." The id-it was
that present satisfactions are worth the
hnving, whatever the future may reveal.
When the divine spark that we call the
spiritual life once electrifies the heart,
stimulating new loves, imparting new
ideals, revealing Ood's love and Christ's
mastership, oil of which produce blessings
of satisfaction and joy unspeakable, all
external evidence to the contrary weight
little with that man's belief. And that is
exactly what Christianity docs. It im
parts life. As Harnack puts it, "It is
eternal life in the midst of time, under the
very eye, anil in the very strength of
Ood." As .Jesus puts it, "1 am come that
,ve might have life." I.iie is a difficult
thing to argue against, and even to prove
the fallacy of when men possess it and are
reaping manifold blessings from its pres
ence each day.
This is whv we affirmed that God must
be discovered through internal revelation,
rather than through external investigation.
The necessary approach, to be successful,
must come from Him to us, instead of
from us to Him. (iod must grapple with
mil subdue man before man tan reason
ably expect to grapple with and conquer
Ood. Man's attitude is. Let me under
ttand and I will reverence; let me know
nd I will love. Ood's attitude is, i ou,
must, reverence that you may understand;
you must love that you may know. Man's
tttitude is as yet in prospect, only the
dim hope of the scientilic few. Gods at
titude is daily being verified nnd proven te
the world's sin sick, sorrow filled niu.ti
tudes. AH' valid external discovery of the
future will, I think, be along the line ot
and in harmony with revelation, liven
now there are scientific evidences In this
direction. Immortality is being scientiri
callv proven, not the fallacy of it. Much
verification of Christianity's content and
assertions may be expected from scientilic
research. God's universe is one. His crea
tion unified and harmonious throughout,
ll true discovery must confirm this, that
consistency result. Apostolic testimony is
good enough and preferable to all pro
phetic scientific negation. We believe
J'eter knew whereof he spoke when he
said "God cares." So much does He cire
that you can well afford to cast all your
care uuon Him. tor Jie careth tor you.
Killed Trying to Drown Dog.
A curious but tragic story of an at
tempt to drown a dog suggests re
vision of Goldsmith's lines In the "El
egy on the Death of a Mad Dog." A
man named Webb, living at Abbey
Wood, England, took bis dog to the
River Thames at Crossness for tie
purpose of putting an end to Its life.
He tied a rope round Its neck, and,
weighting It, threw the dog from a
boat Into the water. But while en
deavoring to keep It under water wltb
a pole, be overbalanced himself, fell
overboard, and was drowned. The
dog escaped.
Chile and Her Nitrate.
It Is a queer state ot things that
the national existence of a country
should depend on one of that coun
try's products, but this Is the case In
Chile, where nitrate of soda consti
tutes three-fourths of the export trade.
An expert, In summing up the sltua
tlon, says that at the present rate
of consumption the supply of nitrate
will be exhausted in twenty years, and
that then Chile's life as a nation must
cease, unless something that Is now
unexpected should occur.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE 19.
Snnjoet; Christ Risen, Matt, xavlll., 1-lf
Onltlen Text, 1 Tor. t 90 Mem
ory Verses, 0, 10 CoitiinrntHry on the
May's Lesson,
1. The remrrection announced by the
angels (vs. 1-7). 1. "Knd of the Sab
bath." After She ,tewih Sibbath wus
pat. It closed on Saturday night nt sun
down. "To dawn." The women prohnbls
left their homes at different times. John
says, "When it was yet dark" comet h
Mary. Mark says tiicy came at the "ris
ing of the sun." "Hirst day of the week."
Christ was in the tomb part of Kriday, all
day Saturday and part of Sunday, which
was called three days according to Jewish
reckoning. "Miry .Magdalene. She was
a native of Magdala, a town dn the Sea of
Gnli'ee, and was torcmost among the hon
orable women who ministered unto Christ
and ltis rliaeiplae. being especially devoted
to Chi 1st for Hia mercy in casting out
from her seven evil spirits (Luke 8:i, 3).
There is no evidence that she waa ever a
bad character. "The other Mary." This
was Mary, the mother of James the Less,
and .loses (Mark 13:47); the same as Mary
of Cleopha. a sister of the blessed Virgin
(John llf:iil. To the women named here
Mark adds Salome, anil Luko adds Joanna
antl other women. Note the devotion of
t.liese women. They came not expecting
the resurrection, but bringing spices to
embalm Christ. ".Sepulchre." The tomb
wns cut in the side of a rock, like a cave,
large enough for several persons to enter.
2. "KarthouaUe." The earthquake and
the resurrection took place previous to the
arrival of the women. There was also an
earthquake nt the time of Christ's dentil
(Matt. 27:51). "Doth wvre given for the
s-Miie purpose, namely, to manifest to the
'senses' ot men the mighty operations that
were goingon beyond the reach ot 'sense.' "
"Angel of the Lord." Luke says "two
men!" John soys "two angels," while Mark
agreeing with Matthew as to the number
speaks of him hs a "young man." These
evangelists evidently speak only of the
one who did the speaking. "Rolled back."
Not that Jesus could not have burst the
barrier, but the ministry of angels was
necessary to give form to the transaction
to human conception.
X "Countenance." In the original this
word refers not only to the face, but to
the zeneial aspect, the general appearance.
"Lightning." In vivid and intense bright
ness. "White." Tins was heavenly ap
parel. This dazzling whiteness was the
symbol of jov, purity and glory. 4. "The
keepers." The lioman guard. "Did
shake." It was still night. The appear
ance was sudden and unexpected. "As
dead men." It is very probable thnt the
splendor of a glorified body is always suffi
cient to overwhelm the senses nnd pros
trate the strength of a living monal. fee
Dan. 8:27; Rev. 1:27. m
5. "Said unto the women." The angel
who sat upon the stone had entered the
tomb as the women drew near, and then
the women entered also, und the words of
tlie angel were spoken to them on the in
side (Mark lt):5; Luke 24:3). All appar
ently entered, but Mary Magdalene finding
the sepulchre empty hastened away to tell
I'etcr and John that Jesus was not there
(John 20:1, 2). "Hear ye not." The an
gel's message embraces the remainder of
this verse and verses 0 nnd 7. He spake
words of pence nnd comfort to these
r' 1. t !. "Vnl here "
Tombs antl Koman guards and seals could
not hold the I'rince of life. Wicked men
tried to keep the Saviour in the grave, and
for centuries infidelity has been dashing
its surging waves against the door of the
tomb, but they have fallen harmless, for
He is not there; "He is risen." "Is risen.
The manner of the reuniting of Christ's
soul and bodv in His resurrection is a mys
tery, one of the secret things that does not
belong to us. "As He said." See Mitt.
1(1:21; 17:23; Luke 11:22, 44, 43; lS:31-33.
"See the place." 1'ninting doubtless to
the particular call in the wall of the tomb.
This would be convincing evidence.
7. "Oo quicklv." The resurrection did
two things: 1. It revived the dead hopes
of the disciples. It was a time of gladness
nd brought (1) joy, (2) victory, (3.1 faith.
2. The resurrection brought hope to hu
manity. (1) It brought the hope of blessed
immortality. (2) It gives assurance of our
own resurrection with spiritual bodies like
His glorious body. (3) Christ is alive and
is thus able to make His promises good to
us; He is able to save unto the uttermost,
seeing He "ever liveth." (4) The risen
Christ is the remedy for every trouble. (5)
The fear of death and the grave is re
moved. In Christ dentil lies met its Mus
ter, and the grave can no lonyer claim to
be the victor. "Tell His disciples." In
stead of anointing Him as dead tin y may
rejoice in His being alive from the dead.
"Death hath no more dominion over
Him." "Into Onlilce." According to His
promise in Mutt. 26:32.
II. The appearance of Jeans to the
women (vs. 8-1(1). 8. "With fear." Fear
at what thev hail seen, joy at what toey
had heard. 9. "Jesus met them." lh;s
was the second appearance. The first ap
pearance was to Mary Magdalene lM.uk
10:9). It seems that when nhe told Peter
and John of the empty tomb they at once
ran to the sepulchre to see for themselves
(John 20:2-10), and she also returned at
once to the tomb. During her absence the
other women had received their commis
sion from the angel and had hurriedly left.
I'etcr and John soon left also, und Mi'.iy
remained alone nt the tomb wcepiuj. It
was then that. Jesus appeared unto her
(John 20:11-18). Later in the morning
Jesus met the other women who had gona
to toll the disciples, who were probably
scattered and niav have been some dis
tance awav. "Ail hud." Literally, re
joice; the Oreek salutation on meeting nnd
parting. 10. "Shall they sec Me." Tins
public appointment was ninde in order
that the whole body ni disciples nn'tht
meet the risen I-ord. Hive hundred wcro
present on a mountain in nii.ee.
III. The Koman guard bribed (vs. 11
15). 11. "The watch." We siioiiom t'le
quaternion or guard of four soldiers. 12.
'Taken counsel." Tiny probably had a
hurried, informal meeting to consider the
best course to pursue. "Large money." It
took a large bribe to induce them to thus
criminate themselves. 1.1. "While wc
slept." The absiirdiiy of this position is
apparent: "1. The disciples could not ha 2
atolen Jesus away had they attempted it.
8. The disciples were as much aina'.cd ut
the news gf the resurrection as were the
priests. S. The Koma: soldiers set to
watch Jeshs tomb would not all be n deen
at the same time. 4. The council cou'd
not have voted large sums of niouev nit rely
to have reported a truth. S. Slcepinv ajl
dicrs emild not know what took p.ai e.
Couidn t Let a Sparrow Surfer.
More Is the story of a sliiiplu, ever,
clay hero.
Stretching from a tall sycamore
tree to another tree In one of Phila
delphia's crowded sqimroa was a
tangled kite string.
Flying across it a sparrow had one
of Its wings caught, and the poor bird
fluttered in the air helploas and
screaming.
William Dayton, a sailor who had
Just come to port In a coast vessel,
was one of the sympathizing crowd
who watched the bird.
Then up the sycamore ho went,
easily and gracefully, although he
knew It was at the risk of his life. As
he reached the top, seventy-five feet
above the pavement, the branches
bent beneath bis weight. Crawling
cautiously on a limb he caught the
string and the sparrow was releasud.
The spectators cheered Dayton's
act and a collection was raised for
him. He was rewardeii also by the
Pennsylvania Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals. The ln
lured bird was cared for In the near
by police station until It wag able to
fly again. '
SUNDAY, JUNE NINETEEN.
'What Paul Teaches Me About Rising
Above Discouragement." 2 Cor.
4:7-18.
Scripture Verses. Ps. 23:1-6; 57:1,
2; lia;B7. 71; 138:7, 8; Liikr li..i2;
Rom. 8:28; 2 Cor. 4:17, 18; Heb. 12:10
11.
Lesson Thoughts.
Troubles, perplexities, persecutions
will surely ccme Into our lives. If we
attempt to meet them In our owu
strength, discouragement Is Inevitable,
but depending upon Ood's support, we
need not be distressed, In despair, or
destroyed.
Even afflictions that tend to dlnrour
age are sent for our good, just as the
opposing wind makes the kite soar
Higher.
Keep your eye on the eternal and the
Aifflculties of a day must be Insigni
ficant in comparison.
8electlonc.
vV'hen the task thou performe3t la Irk
some and long,
Or thy brain is perplexed by doubt
or by fear,
F'.lng open the window and let In th
song
Ood hath taught to the birds for thy
cheer.
It is granted the Christian to t ome
aff more than conqueror In every
itruggle, not simply because everj
itrlfe adds to his powers, but because
he Is ever learning the power of hi?
Lord ready to be given to him, and every
Hfflculty furnishes a new proof of his
Master's love In setting the task bo
fore him for his good and In giving
the grace that wins the victory.
Difficulties are not proof In them
selves that one Is on the wrong road
Not only hardships, but discourage
ments In Christian work, have been
the lot of many that were unquestion
ably answering the rail of duty. Ths
lives of Carey and Moffat and score
of other missionary pioneers are full
of Illustrations. It is not to be
thought strange, then, If like sur
prises come into the life of every fol
lower of Christ.
Our dally life Is a constant struggle
against difficulties. To breathe thou
sands of germs of disease every day.
but a stronger life overcomes them.
The Christian's safety Is to be found
In the fulness of the life of God iu tUa
soul.
EPWQHTH LESEUE LESSONS
IIJNE NINETEENTH.
Rising Above Discouragement. 2 Cor,
4. 7-18.
Paul Is sometimes hard to under
stand so we venture to quote the pass
ai;e before its In the language of those
accredited translators, Messrs. Cony
beare and Howson tverae 7-18):
"Hut this treasure Is lodged In a
body of fragile clay, that so the sur
passing might which aids me should
be God's antl not my own. I am hard
pressed, yet not crushed; helpless, yet
not hopeless; persecuted, yet not for
saken; cast down, yet not destroyed.
I bear about continually In my body
the dying of Jesus, that the life also
of Jesus might Iu my bociv tie shown
forth. Kor I, In the midst of life, am
daily given over to death for the sake
of Jesus, that In my dying flesh the
lite whereby Jesus conquered death
might show forth ifs power.
"So then death, work'ns In me',
works life In jou. Yet, having f..o
same spirit wheieof it is written. '1
had faith, and therefore have I
spoken.' I also have faith and there
fore speak. For I know that he who
raised our Lord Jesus from the dead
shall raise me also, and shall call tun
Into his presence together with you;
for all my sufferings are on your be
half, that the mercy which has
al ounded above them all might ear.
forth your thankfulness; that so the
fuljness of praise might be poured
forth to God, not by myself alone, but
multiplied by many voices. Where
fore I faint not; but though my out
ward man decays, yet my inward man
Is renewed from day to day. Kor my
liht alllirtlons, which last but for a
moment, work for me a weight of
glory Immeasurable and eternal
Meanwhile I look not to the things
seen, but to things unseen: for the
things that are seen pass away; but
the things that are unseen endure for
ever." Does this not make Paul's meaning
clearer? And do not these sentences
linger In the memory like sweet mus
ic? Herodotus, the "father of history,"
says that the king of Persia melted
down the tribute which he received,
and. run It thus molten Into earthen
vessel, and these being afterward re
moved left the treasure In a solid
mass. The vessels might have to be
broken In order to get the contents
out; but what of that? What is the
poor old cheap antl shabby purse com
pared with the golden coins and price
less gems within, and glinting through
its worn and tawdry walls?
If we may conceive of the "vessel"
of which Paul speaks as comprehend
ing not only the frail mortal body, but
also the conditions and environment
of the body in this life, then it may.
perhaps, be not improper to present
Paul's thought In the form of a con
trast between the "vessel" and the
"treasure" the one frail and perish
ing, the other strong and enduring.
FOUGHT OVER 8AINT'S BODY.
Sacrilegious Act of Superstitious Ital
ian Peasants.
Half cf a saint WS3 carried
away by pious people from the Church
r.f Cosma Damlano, well known to
travelers as an enclosure In tho Tem
ple of UomuluB at Rome. During
alterations In the ancient' church, an
antique sarcophagus containing ' the
remains of the noted Franc'scan
monk was unearthed and temporarily
placed In a side chapel. This monk,
who died In 1724, was a celebrated
preacher, and the pious people ot the
district took it for granted that he
was also a saint, learning that the
corpse was remarkably well preserv
ed, a story of miracles was noised
about, and us a consequence the
church was mobbed by men, womon
and children, who crowded around
tho coffin. The crush was so great
that a company of soldiers was call
ed to clear the church. When ordei
was restored It- was seen that one
half of the alleged aalnt bad been
carried away by the superstitious peo
plo.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOWS STARTL'NQ FACTS ABOUT
THS VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
1'oein- Onlr n tfoinnn UrnnU Onci
Opinion nf So-Cllit I.lnuor Ctires
The tlrealeat or All C ures Is the Mirls!
ore Hua Cnrerl Tens of Tlloiisantla.
A cro'vd in the busy street,. a blot k in the
buatlinj wnv.
A p,vie fot the weary feet, that scarcely
hava time fo stay;
"What is the lentlir? Say! Someone to
earth has link.
Why do they atop the way?'' "It's only s
woman drunk!"
On'y a woman drunk! Look at her as she
lies.
With her fiice nl! mutt and dirt, and thnt
wild leer in her eyes.
Hark to the grating voice shouting in
drunken nice.
Would she could see with sober eyes her
own deep misery!
A woman, did you say? Woman was made
to bleaa.
To while our cares away, to comfort and
cares-.
Oil, who could love that face, begrimed by
dirt and drink!
Oh, who from tlmt embrace would not in
terror shrink?
Look nt her fmniiim lips, hark to the
niur teieil cur-e;
A drunk, ml i ,i fiend, but a woman oh.
'tis wnr-.e!
(loil siinc the maidens fair who gaze upon
her now,
Krom f illing in the snare of the fiend who
has hud her low.
Only a woman drunk! Oh, sons with
mothers dear.
Pass her not by with tearless eye, but for
her tirop a tear.
Husbands with loving wives, oh, guard
them well. 1 prav.
And save thrm from tlie foul drink fiend,
who does all virtue slay.
On!y a woman drunk! Once on a mother's
breast
That woman c!o-ed her baby eyes, and
sa'ik to peaceful ret ;
Ami when in maiden prime, a bashful
lover came.
And whispered words of tenderness, until
her cheek grew dame.
Only a woman drunk! That woman was a
wife,
And vowed to love and honor one, and
help hiin on tlirouli life.
And children round her knee once lisped
their evening prayer;
0 God! that ever she should lie and wal
low there!
There on the pavement stone, scoffed at by
passers by.
Singing in drunken tone, with that wild
leer in her eye:
Only a woman drunk! Hrothcr, go home
and think.
Think of your mother, sister, wife, and
save them from the drink.
W. A. Katon, iu the Natiotuil Advo
cate. ' The Christ Cute.
One can scarcely take up a paper to day
without noticing flaring advertisements
of Aii-callcd liipior cures. A linn will ad
vertise that if any drinking man would
send SI with name and address they would
send a never-failing prescription. I'pon re
ceipt of the order for M the firm would
send back the following: "Stop drinking."
A good cure, but a belter one is, "Never
begin."
A short time ago we saw an "ad" that
said for o a certain firm woultl cure a
man of the drink habit in less than five
days. Quick work antl cheap. Still more
recently we read the siatetncnt of a super
intendent of the Anti-Saloun League iu an
othcial organ of the League in which that
superintendent says he lias discovered "a
remedy which seems to be well nigh in
fallible." This remedy he will sell for the
low. price of So, and he appeals to Christian
workers to open their purses and provide
for the victims nf think a way of escnpe
when he says. "." is all that ia iieed 'd to
save a soul from euth a terrible destruc
tion." If this Anti-S.tloin Le.itrue superintend
ent, vho has the prefix liev. to his name,
has really discovered a cure for the think
habit, a remedy that will "save a soul
from such terrible destruction," whv not.
is a miniMer of the Gospel, make known
that remedy to the poor victims? Why let
them go down to death because they can
not hand over to linn $?
Further comment is unnecessary. To
nwr readers we commend a cure that has
never failed, and tins we offer without
-linrie. It i th- "Christ cure!" This will
.-ont the vieiiiii ic.-.a loan to or (1, and do
the work in less than five days or one
iay. Time to he effective ia just as many
seconds as it takes a man to surrender to
Hun. This in the cure that saved the
jrunken pirate. Jerry MeAuley. antl made
one of the greatest evangelists of light. It
is the cure that proved effective on John
K. (lough, and made him the greatest
temperance apostle of his age. It has
cured ten thousand thousands, and its
healing power is still effective. To the
drink victim we say: Mon where vou are
Dash that oottle to the ground. Iook to
Jesus in praver. He will deliver you.
Count that villain your worst eneinv who
offers you drink. Shun had companions
and tae work will lie done by the Christ
eure." National Advocate.
The Lltutir Kilueatltinal Campaign.
The Christian Herald IX. Y.I savs
"Such a campaign we can almost imagine
s being not unlike that waged by Diaholus
against the city of Mnusoul. when Kve-
(fate, Ear-Gate, Mouth-Gate and other
tates of the city had been closed against
'CI r .1.- t:
inn. x ntr i-uiii)iikii to inv nipjur men
must be one to 'educate' the neonle into a
love and admiration of all that degrades
and brutalizes man and effaces the image
of his Maker. A campaign it must he to
commend broken-hearted wives, ruined
homes, neglected children; to popularize
dishonor, bankruptcy and paiierism; to
uplioiii violence anil crime of every sort;
to take all that ia noble anil Dure and up
lifting away from life, and to substitute
the dust and ashes ot misery, remorse and
Hopeless despair.
Canada More Teinperatat
Perhaps no county within the past
nily years lis made more market! pro
gress in temperance matters than the Do
minion of l.aiinoU. the decresae in drink
ing is everywhere apparent. Since 1873
the tavern licenses line lieen reduced from
4!:l to 'JiV.ll: the shoo licenses from VM
to 3)i; the wholesale licenses from 51 to
21. and the IU vessel licenses have been
done away wuu altogether
Ths Crusitd In tlrlef.
When the church wakes up, the t'rluli
devil will go lilt ) mourning.
Temperance is not evert thing, but in
temperance mars everything.
The total abstinence p'tdge is bettci
than the pledge of the pawnbroker.
Charlotte, N. C, has organized a local
tnti-saloou league with 40M members.
The Northern Pacific I'ailway has been
added to the large number of corporation!
which prohibit the use of aliohohe lupiort
by their employes at all times. This is s
most effective form of lecture on the evili
of intemperance.
"Uuffalo Bill' is strict total nbs'ainer
whieh is doubtless the secret of his tiro
less energy slid splendid physique "l'w
got UtX) men here," said the Colonel re
cently in LaiiiIoii, and I abstain for tin
aake of example.
Ths Bureau of Temperance Reaearcu ii
a new organization established in lloaton
Its object, as explained by its Secretary
F. W. Clark, is to fuiiii.h to all inuuirert
any information, especially of 4 statistical
Datura, which may be sought.
Out ia Ohio the Ii .uor business is large!
in ths bauds of ths urewer. Vhe uiouri
paid by the brewers to one county eatP
year runs close to 75u,txji). The breweries
pratittcally capitalize tba saloons ot ttu
uUrt couutjf.
l&rctxKlc-Sl
Our Utile Mve..
Mi. patient Christ! when long n;t
O'er old Judea's nmged hiils
l'hv willing feet went to and fro.
To find and comfort human ills
l)itl once Thy tender, earnest eyes
l.ook down the anlemn centuries.
And aee the siuallne of our lives?
Poiils struggling for the victory,
And martyrs finding death a gain,
tfouls turning from the truth and Thee,
Anil falling deep in sin and pain
Great heights ami depths Mere surely
seen,
Tint oh. the dreary waste between
Small lives; not base, perhaps, bu'
mean;
Their selfish efforts for the rintif.
Or cowardice that keens from sin-
Content only to aee the height V
That nobler aouls wilt toil to win!
Oh. shame, to think Thine eyes ahouli?
aee
The aouls contented jni to he
The lives too small to take in Thee!
I.ord. let this thought awake our shime,
That blessed shame that stings to life;
House us to live for Thy dear name.
Arm ua with courage for the strife.
Oh, Christ! lie patient with us still:
Dear Christ : remember Calvary's hill
Our little lives with purpose till!
Margaret Dcland.
Perils That Will l.row.
Patience anil resignation are the piltarr
cf human peace on earth. Young.
No great destiny ever swings on the
pivot of irresolution L'nited Presbyter
ian. "A good life keeps off wrinkles."
There is only one way to have good
servants- that i to be worthy of being
well served. Ituskin.
Do not dare to live without some cleat
intention toward which your living shall
be bent. Mean to be something with all
your might. Phillips lirooks
Wherever life is simple and sane, true
pleasure accompanies it as fragrance
docs uncultivated (lowers Charles Wag
ner, in the Simple Life.
To conquer our own fancies, our own
lusts, and our ambition in the sacred
name of duty, this it is to be truly brave
and truly strong. Charles Kiugslev
How careful one ought to be to he kind
and thoughtful of one's old friends. It
is so soon too late to tie good to tnem.
anil then one is always so grieved. Sarah
Orne Jewett
The effective life ami the receptive life
are one. "No sweep of arm that does some
work for God hut harvests also some
more of the truth of God antl sweeps it
into the treasury of .tie life. Phillips
Urooka.
Nothing is too little to be ordered by
our rather: uolh.ng I o little iu which
to see Hia hand: nothing which touches
our souls too lii.e to aci -ant from Hun,
nothing too little to be done lor Him.
K. . Pu-ey.
Cheered by the presence f God. I will
do at the moment without anxiety, ac
cording to the strength which He shall
give me, the work that His providence as
eigi)s me. I will leave the rest ; It is not
my affair. Fenelon.
There is only one work on the evi
dences of Christianity thttt wholly satis
lies any one a work which defies the
most ingenious criticism and the most
akilful logic. It is said to be scarce, if not
indeed very scarce, but we have met with
it here and there. It is from five to sn
feet nf humanity living a Christiaulike
life. Mark Guy Pearse.
Hints That Will Help.
The art of saying appropriate words in a
kindly way is one that r.ever gets out of
fashion, never ceases to nlease i nd is with
in the reach of the humblest.
Occasionally we have an experience that
arouaea a suspicion in ui that- we really
haven't much lore sense than we used to
have, after all.
Write your name in Kindness, love and
mercy on the hearts of tnosc who come in
contact ith you. and you will never be
forgotten.
The wise w.iy ti benefit humanity is to
nttend to your own i.tTiiirs .m-l thus fpve
other people an opportunity to look after
theirs.
He that wrestle. with tis tren.rthcn
our nerves ami h.u peii!i our skill Our an
Mzon.Kt in our helper.
Tlie .mention paid to meonenuentiaI
tlniivr- cause ut to overlook many that are
HE rent.
!l)id it lieen wiih the heard th.it wisdom
dwelt, men would have- taken c Minel with
the no it.
A'i eneviy wtn hy love will be a friend
fur life. - l!;im' Horn.
l.attteil I.vr.
rhiirr.( te:- is tint di'terni'nc I hv ,1 Tnr'w
A'-l. hur hy h;ihiiii;il c nnliict fi i a tab
ric made up or thoumd" ol thread and
put together hy u,i-.nmied i' it lie-. Somt
rhanii'it'i's. are t"ut'v te. t-J; nthern nrf
otiv ba-ted. A hn-ttan oulit not only
to, 1 i.i ve hit .4piritu.il ariiii'iit- well eV"d,
but kept clean; iu i.it. a .1 represent. 1
tiM ot Jesii ( linM lie otuht to preterit
'i'h an attneli.-e appaiel before th
w-m .d thai other- fleiuld av ol him,
"W'hrre dnl vou net tilt's. want one juat
like it.',' - IL'N . T. L. I'uyier. 1. l.
An mtJiM'tlvr of I'mlTi.
A: y one V htVH, iutii t t-- is - r ti'i minite
ir- iooie deed- and helptiihu-!. ay a cm
te:n(Mrary. inm well ipif-tioti the ijuahty
(i. I. 1. ikIi "raitii without u ik. ' ay
.lii'." "11 dead, heuifi alone." The
y.1 1 I work 4 re to he t he n.it ural ul
unfile ot Ins daily Lie ol taitn. It i po
mli'i1 ior man m to -ure-iifthen liiiiiii. ll in
4ol th.it -puii'ia! iiiutt "ill low ax nat
u.a!!v trim the t mnt:nn ot in miuI ; it u
it'll. ll for water to rhrv d 11 hill. Hut
(a: .pi tvoiurt' tttui.r. aohbiift and ptr-e. 01
Li Ml til.
tealliii- a flntitl Natae.
Shame on tiie nun or woman who will
turner the hand into hi nt-ii;)ihori. breast
and drag from hia heart that which u the
most valuable, the ii.hext prized thing to
him his good iirtiue. tie u woi.e than the
murderer who slays a man in cold blood.
The ma 1 who detracts, cants aside every
thing taat is honorable, decent or respect
able iu him He can only be compared
with the stvuie which giovelt and digs nt
the tint for what is ugly and duty.--Mgr.
Denis O'Cullaghau, U iatou.
Llfa a Mail huliway llualt.
Life to ill. y is becoming a mad subway
mull underggrnuud, each mini for himself,
with no sunlit ideals to guide him. Tin
ambition to become the richest man in the
world or the city, or the most popular
man, is a low ideal, the resulting loss of
aoul, the impairment and iliaanangement
of mind and heart being incalculable. No
one covets power over others who does
not in the end ts it out of his best self,
leaving him tba poorer. Kev. Kit ward ).
Towle, Unitarian, ltrcokhne, Mass.
Faith la not a belief tnat we art saved,
but that wt are loved. Edward N Kirk.
Schoolboy Year Ago.
Her is the account of a day of
German schoolboy of thirteen yearn,
forty yeara ago: "I get up at B. or even
earlier, and work till 7, go to achool,
play the violoncello at 11, the piano
at 12. then dinner, then school again,
then coffee and gymnastic exercises,
then work again till l can get fresh
sir In the garden, which Is Impossible
in this best during the day. I eat
only a roll from 6 In the morning till 1
j'clock, and drink no coffee early, and
l often (tfl rather faint." American
Bur-
fSJP
I'utMIng alnnce.
One tiotind nf stiuar, four ounce of
butter, oni'-lulf cup of water: boils'
flavor with clniiniiioii or vnnllln, nntl
Just before st'i vlms stir In the stiUlJ
benteii whiles of two or three egi3. "
I'leplant Ilessert.
Trim off the crust of ntnle breml. enf
It in tinners tuo-tliirdM of an Inchv
thick, illp each piece in uu'lU'd butteff
mid line t'le bottom and sides of small
buttered Guilds. Fill the centre with,
stewed and sweetened rliiilinrb nridf
cover the top with buttered Angers.
Hake In tno.l.-i ate oven thirty mil; lite 9
und serve with whipped eicatii.
dominie nnvarolse.
Tut one pint milk anil otie lmlf rti
miaar In n sinull boiler over the tire.
Melt one-fourth pound cliocoliite over
hot fire, mix Krudiinlly with the hotf
milk ntitl siu.ir. When well blentlt'tl'
add one-tlilril box celtititic sonked in
otiethlril cup cold water until soft;
sllr until dissolved: xtrnin, odd onu
teaspoon v.'itillla, and cool; when it be
Kins to thicken beat until nearly rondfl
to mold. tir up lightly one pint rreanr
whipped to a solid froth, turn Into a
serving dish, and set on Ice until tiuitT
cold.
Seed Tatty Cnkr.
Cream together one cup of stifrn r arnT
one-third cupful of butter. Add itlter
jiately one cupful of sour milk and tw
cttpfuls of sifted Hour. Add the bent'
en yolk of three vgiM. one tenpoon
fill each of caraway seed and vatiilU
extract. Fold in the stillly lieatea
whites of three ess, and. lastly, stir
in well one-half tcaspootfl'til ol so.lx
dissolved In 11 tablespoonftil of warm
wafer. If the batter runs front sponn,
add one-fUfii'ti't' cupful of flour: It
should drop nicely from spoon. Fill
pattypans si-ant half full and bake In
oven suitable for lireatl. These cakes
are very tender, and It Is a nice was;
to use tlie .sour milk.
I'eaeties Fur SliorlCHVe. ,
Cover one-half pound best drl'il
peaches wltb hot water and let st.-nnl'
an hour. Wash peaches and cut out
hard and Imperfect parts and strip off
skins. If peacliefi nre a good quality,
the Mtins'will come off easily. Wash'
nuaiti. cover with warm water nnd lt
stand over tiilit. Iu the morning put
on to cook Iu the water already over
them and simmer two hours, or until
perfectly tender. Add one and one-half
flips suji.ir and cook one-half hour
longer. This makes a rh h sauce.
When the shortcake Is made put tin
peaches back on the stove to reheat,
mash them and atld one-half cup inor
of suar. Shortcake, to be good, should
be served as soon as bilked. Spread
with the hot niasheil peaches. Servtt
with or without cream.
I'reaaett C'lilt-lten.
t'se the meat from half a liol!eil
rlil. ken; chop very tine nnd mix ir
with four skinned sausages; tin
should be chopped to a paste. 4 '.rate;
enough bread crumbs to make equal
bulk with the chicken meat and li.-iv
the sausage about equal also; that is
a third of each. .Mix well and atld pep,
per. salt and lemon Juice to taste, with
a pinch of crated nutmeg. r0er tin
chicken bones with lioilini; water, all
three cloves, half a dozen ulNph-e ani
n bit of garlic, boll about half an hour,
take some of it to moisten the past",
then niltl three well-beaten egy. A.'
square tin mold with straight side
should be used; line the siib-s and but
torn with strips of salt pork, coveriiuf
every imh; pour In the paste, put
more pork slices on top, tie a bttttereil
paper on top and bake about an bono
In a moderate oven. Set aside to cool,
turn out, remove the slices of pork amB
serve the loaf on a lte.1 of Jelly. Id
may hImi, after cooked antl cool, lit
molded in Jelly ami turned out. or ill
may be served plain.
CUNTS FOR, THE.!
MOUS EKE. EPErJ
1 'rot. nines nM, damasks tire much;
liked for bedrooms, the latter being oB
more generul usefulness.
Lettuce ami green peas cooked to
geilier make a dainty spring dish. Fei
people know that lettuce Is as g'xt
when cooked as splnacl . Holled witlt
young peas the flavor is delicious. Aums
It Is very wholesome.
There are magnificent Japanese em
broideries on satin for those who)
can afford them. These are used ott
ceilings especially, ratified with hard
wood they are splendid. They arsi
charming, too. In panels for side walla.
Tho secret of success in whipping;
cream lies mainly lu the coldness oi
everything employed in the process.
Chill the cream on Ice, and If you hsvf
a syllabub churn an upright class eg
beater will do the business it shonlil
be chilled before the cream Is put lata
it, and in warm weather, set lu a bowl
of Ice while being operated. Best
steadily, but not fast. Ilapld fc"utiu
uiakes the cream greasy. One cup of
cream will make a plut ot whlppej
cream.
I'alms will not do well onless they
are kept free from dust; they shoulj
be washed ns often aa ouce a wee
during the winter, and a sprinkling
wltb a hose every day in summer 1J
do them no barm. Set the pots con.
tabling palms In a deP dish and water
taein from tba bottom, placing the wa
ter in the tinder dish; this should b
supplied wltb water every day for
plants kept In the bouse during th
wiuter. The alui will drink a gri-ai
deal t water if It can get it aud will
tkrUt on cold water dint. -