"FADED LEAVES" A Brilliant Sunday Sermon ty Rev W. T. Best All Mul Sin the Storms of IK Allk mi Co mi to the Same End. Chasm Falis, N. Y. The following sermon, entitled "Kaded Leaves," wit preached here by the Rev. William T. Heat. He took a hia text "We all do fade a a leaf." Iaa. 04:8. V a til tiaa Ann. m a a (mail A l.itAtiaJ " vik.v muir ifrt-ii u mi iiuru of her green foliage, "and the Stork i in ttie Heaven knoweth her appointed time and the Turtle and the Crane tnd the Swallow" have gone to a warmer region. While looking from my itudy window, I noticed the leaves falling and the children playing among the dead leaves that lay upon the ground. I then began to think of the punt year. I re membered distinctly it birth when we knelt together in the Watch-meeting and reconsecrated ourselves to the Master. The thought of ita youth revived thoae pleasant memories that can be appreciated only by one living in the Adirondacka. But, oh, how changed everything appears to day I The same river glides by the door and the same mountains are on either side of the house, yet a cloud of adnees hovers o'er me as I watch the leaves fall from the trees. "Ah! these are harbingers of approaching storms; the indication that another summer's warmth and beauty is about to be succeeded by the chill desolation of winter." It is so difficult for us to understand re ligious truths that God was obliged to draw them out in diagram upon the natu ral world. Therefore a minister may go to almost any branch of nature and find a sermon. "Go to the .nt," says the wiae man Solomon. Consider the "Lillies of the field," says Christ. Bush and brook, beast and bird, day and night, the chang ing seasons; all abound with spiritual lessons, and the faded leaves, blown wildly about by he wilder winds of autumn, whirl up in our faces, and before our doors, seeming to iay. "What about us?" God has commissioned us to carry a met age to man, and mingling with the dirge of autumn, comes the sadder dirge of toe Prophet Isaiah, "We all do fade a a leaf." I. The Endless Variety of Leaves. Thouorh them are mn trninv rliffet-ant kinds of leaves in the world it is doubtful if there are two leaves of any class ex actly alike. Then all specie of leaves are Dot found on one tree. The king of white oaks may witness 600 years of Canadian history; the Californian pine may have existed centuries before "Leif the Lucky" discovered Vinland; the Parliament Oak has sen 1500 years of European progress; the cedars of Lebanon date their birth from the time of the flood and the Boa ban of Senegal claim to be over 5000 y-nrs old; yet the leaves they -ave scattered are but aa a drop to the ocean compared to the number that have fallen to the earth. "God hath made of one blood all na tions of men," and though there are so many different races of mankind it is doubtful if there could be found two men of any race exactly alike. They differ as do the leaves. Especially is this true from a religious standpoint for all men do not hold the same religious belief. The main thing, however, is for all to be long to Christ. Let the fig leaf utter its voice of warning, the maple suggest it aweetness and the olive bring its message of peace; yet there are timt . in every life when naught can be found but the weep ing willow. PovUhing, perishing! Hark, how they call us; Bring us your Saviour, oh, tell us of Him! We are so weary, to heavily laden, And with long weeping our eyes have grown dim. "Go ye into all the world, nd preach the gospel to every creature." II. Some Leaves Are Higher Up in This World Than Others, But All Must . Stand the Storms of Life Alike and ' Come to the Same End. Borne people are determined to go up in this world, even if they go down in the next. Men lose their health trying to get wealth, and then lose their wealth trying get health. God ha a place for every man in this world, whether it be in the minis try, at the work bench, or following the plow. Let each man find his right place and there be at bis best for God. It is useless i:c a leaf at the lower part ot the tree to le trying to get to the top, but . in each leaf in its proper place goes to make a perfect tree. ' For as we have many members in one body, and all mem bers have not the same office; so we, being many; are one body in Christ." Let Us learn, therefore, in "whatsoever state we are therewith to be content," "run ning with l-atience the race set before us," and we shall as surely hear the "well done" aa the man with the greatest num ber of talents. The millionaire can wear but one suit of clothes, sleep in one bed and eat but one meal at a time. In many .respects bis; riches only increase his troubles, and it is a mistake to suppose that he is not subject to many of the disappointments common to men. On the other hand, let us not try to throw a romance about the poor man's lot. Poverty is hard, cruel, unrelenting. But as surely as the different kinds of weather are a necessity to the leaves, so surely art the storms of life necessary to our highest good; for "If all were easy, if all were bright, Where would the cross be? Where would the night? But in the hardness, God gives to yon. Chances of proving that you are true." Death places the leaves all on the samf level. Said a widowed lady, whose hue band fills a drunkard's grave, as she stooc" by the grave of the wealthy saloon keepei who had taken hia money: "Ah! you art on a level with my husband now." Yea death places us all on a level. Where a if now the vast armies of the Assyrians, Grecians, Persians, Romans? Aa with tht warrior so with the peaceful, u with tht rich so with the poor. Millions have gone, million more are on their journey. "The boast of heraldry, the pomp ol power. And all that beauty, all that wealth r gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave." III. The Decay of tbs Leaf is Sometimes Hastened by External Circum stances. v It may be affected by insects, excessive moisture, excessive cold, etc., etc. Then often the leaf is plucked from the tree while in full bloom. "The wicked shall not live out half their days." God gives every man so long to live, if he takes car of hia body (which ia the temple of the Holy Ghost) he wiD probably liv out his appointed days. Yet bow often we see people called from time into eternity just at the moment wbeo their brightest hope are about to be realised. Mosea has led Israel through the wilderness. He has born up under their murmuring and backslidings, and ft time he ha had to stand alon when t teemed aa though hia sbouldora could , not carry the car and responsibility placed upon them. Yet h has looked for ward to this glad moment as the time when hia character ahall be vindicated and be shall lead th people, triumphantly jead th people into to Promised Land. But now lib command comet ftam heaven, "Hoses, ascend Nebo to die!' Ah! this rl tragedy surpassing anything Shakes pearean, yet it occur almost everv dsy, A vessel 1. wrecked at tea, a train hat jumped th track, a hotel has taken fir and men and women just on th evt of realizing their highest ambition! art matched from this into another world. IV. Th Leaves Fide in Concert Though They Fall On by On. "On cannot count th number of plume which thos frosts ar plucking from th bills." Th aisle of the wood will b evrtd with a beautiful carpet of many colors. Th imagination can scarcely coin . prelumd th number of leave that ere falling. Th grav ia th great city. It has tbt laregat population, th longest street, th greatest number of hands, billions of eye, though they te not. blind sod. gussa. au tftota- oxaUiri. statesmen; rea, men oreveryTSnk amTcoli dition, yetit is the great city of silence. Keither work, nor device, nor knowledge, j nor wisdom are there. The multitude of the dying and the dead are as the autum- ' nal leaves drifting under our feet to day. : "One h" one. one by , we shall soon, yes soon be there." V. Let Us Proceed to Inquire, How Do the Leaves rade: 1. They fade naturally. It fs what eon ifnntlv occurs. After the summer is gone and the fruits are fully ripe, they change their color, lose their interesting hue and iron in rnnid succession to the around. "Man that ia born of a woman hath but I a short time to live, and is full of misery, b cometh up, ami is cut down like a flower; he fleet li as it were a shadow, nnd never eontinueth in one stny. In the mids. of life we are in death." and science teaches that we are more apt to ' e than to live, all our tendencies are toward death, and it is one contin ial struggle to keep soul .nd body together. Where are now the btiilders of Babel? Abraham and his seed? David and Solomon? Daniel, the prophets, the apostles and the great men of the past? Only remembered by what thev have done. They beir.g dead are till speaking. The serpent comes to the inner, coils about his body, presses his heart tightly, and then comes the awful sting. The same serpent comes to the Christian. But oh, how changed! The Christian, as he looks him in the eyes, :an cry out: "Oh, death, where is thy sting? "I have been dying for many years, now I shall begin to live." 2. They Fade Gradually. The different periods of life are com. pared to the revolving seasons of the year. Childhood and. youth when life is all expectation and hope, are like a beauti ful Hay morning when the sun shines brightly, and the dew ia upon the flowers, and everything is beautiful and lovely. Nature is bursting her bars and is giving promise of the unfolded splendors of a summer's glory yet to come. But oh, how quickly time passe bv! Th: boys and girls of yesterday are the men and women of to-day. Then, for none of us is there such a thing as an ever-enduring man hood, we pursue our course, trom child hood, with its vigor and beauty, to age with ita feebleness and decay, with the unfailing continuance of the rounding sea sons. Our march is an uninterrupted one from the cradle to the grave." But, oh, how we shrink at the thought of going down the western horizon of our pn.vsi cial strength! The leaves, which a tew days ago felt the first touch of the frost have day by day been changing in tint. The work was not completed in a day. No, it has been going on gradually and after awhile, leaf after leaf, they will fall to the ground. So with you and me. From ciy to day we hardly notice the change, but the frosts have touched us. VI. There is a Greater Beauty and Glory Attached to the Leaf in Its Fading and Dying Condition Than at Any Time in Its Life. Along the lake shores and river banks, and up the slopes of the mountains, "there is an indescribable mingling of gold, and orange, and crimson, and saffron, now so bering into drab and maroon, now flaming into solferino and scarlet." In the morn ing the forests look as if they were trans figured, "and in the evening hour .... as i. the aunset had burst and dropped upon the leaves." Some of the mountains appear to be all on fire, as if they were submerged in ihe glory of the Lord. Said Kev. C. C. Townsend, as he stood by the parsonage gate and looked upon the scene: Isn't that beautiful? I must bring my wife up ere to see that foliage." How often while driving along the road we no tice a tre where the leaves have fadei at the first touch of the frost, all turning a russet brown. "No one stops .o study then:. They are gathered in no vase. They are hung on no wall." No one cares anything at all about them. Such is the death of the wicked. They do not live out half their days, but pass away into blackness, and darkness, and despair with out a ray of light cheer the gloom. But, thank God, such is not the death of the Christian, for, "the path of the just is as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day." What a beautiful sight it is behold a father and mother in Israel who have spent their lives in the service of Christ come down to cross the river. Oh, what halo of glory there is about them! What words of peace and joy and comfort proceed from their lips, and how strangely near the Holy Spirit is as the Angel gently loose the silver cord. fade, tade, each earthly joy, UL'gus is mine. . And the fading body flutters and falls downward as the leaf, while "the spirit returns to God who gave it." Oh, that in this sense, too, we may all fade with the beauty and glory of the leaf. VII. The Leaves Fall Only to Rise Again. It is one of tha laws of nature that nothing is really lost. Things change their condition, but exist in another form. In the juice and sap and life of the tree th leaves will come up again. Next May the South wind will blow the resurrection "trumpet and they will rise." So with our loved ones who sleep in Jesus. They shall not all sleep, but they shall be changed. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God. bring with Him. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we whio). are alive and remain ahall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. and so shall we ever he with the Lord. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! VIII. 'In the Heavenly Jerusalem the Leave Shall Never Fade. "Soon will the shadow of earth's life be past, Sorrow and partings be over at last; Soon shall we meet in the 'Mansion of Day,' Meet where our loved one can ne'er fad away." When Kzekiel foretold th blessings of the Messiah's kingdom he spoke of them under the figure of tree growing on a bank whose leave should not wither, but be for mediciua. When John saw in apo calyptio vision the heaven opened, and the new Jerusalem descending; down from God out of heaven. He saw in the midst of the street and on either aide of the river, the tret of life, and the leaves of tha tree were for tit healing of the na tion. "There tha sun never acta and tha leave never fade, There the righteous forever ahall shin lik th stars, In that Itautiful city at gold. Alcoholism ia extremely rare in tht Ital ian army. In 1001, tht latest for which figure si available, only twenty-uvt cue wort admitted to tha hospital, V. M. C. A. In Jail. Tread well Island, Alaska, Young Men'a Christian Association lost it building by Are a -few week ago, but Is now occupying the jail for tem porary quarters. Since the association was organized a year or more age and every one of the miners In the pa; roll of the company (some 2U0) be came members, the saloons und gambling bouses have lost their busl nnss, and the jail has bad but one oi two occupants. During tbe conflagration, In w.hlch several buildings were burned and the destruction it the entire town was threatened, there was a scarcity ot water, but tbe bucket brigade used tb beer to stay the flames In one of the bfg saloons on the edge of the town 1 Canadian Wood Buffalo. The woods of northern British America art) still Infested by hun dreds of queer species of bison known as the, woods buffalo. Ha la much larger than tha bison ot the plains, whleh formerly abounded la such numbers. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT FOR JULY 10. flalilect: Jeroboam' Iilolatrv, 1 Ring ail. i .VH3 Onlilen Text, 1 John, v. tl Memory Verses, H-30 Coinmen tary on the Day's Lesson. I. Improvements mads (v. 2"). 2.1. "Then Jeroboam built." After he wai made king Jeroboam immediately took measures to establish himself in his king dom. There were bright prospects before him. "Sherhem." This cit- was enlarged nnd fortified and thus made fit to be the royal residence. But he soon removed li if capital to Tiritah, a few mile north (1 Kings 14:17; 1.1, 21), and this remained the capital until Oinri removed it to Samaria "Mount Kphraim." See R. V. Not a sin- ?l mountain, but the hill country of l.ihraim, extending from Bethel to the plains of Jezreel. It is the richest anil most beautiful part of the land. "Went out from thence." Shechein was the hast of operations in the building and fortifying other cities. "Penuel." The place east of the Jordan, near the fords of Jabbolt, where Jacob wrestled with the -ngel (Gen. 32:$)), and whose tower an i inhabitant in the time of the Judges Gideon had de stroyed (.iudg. 8:17). Jeroboam probably regarded it o an important position, com manding the great c-'avan road to the farther Kast, and accordingly fortified it. II. Idolatrous worship established (vs. 20-31 ). 26 ".Said in his heart." lie did not speak out his real motives. He would have been ashamed to have dune that, and it would have been poor policy. His real reasons were in -: heart, but he used an other argument to the people. "Return to David." Jeroboam was exalting policy above principle. Josepnu uvi the idea was forced on the king's mind by the ap proach ot the least ot lariernacies, ar which time it had been usual for the peo- I tie to go up in great numbers to Jerusa em, and to live there for some days. 27. "To offer sacrifices" (R. V). His keen eye saw at once that the reliiriom element in man's nature is a great po.ver '.o be taken into account in politics. lltin.anly apeak ing, Jeroboam's fear was, it must be con fessed, well founded. "Shall kill me.'' When they .ve had time to repent of the step taken. Such revulsion ot feeling is not uncommon. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Jeroboam had for tified himself so he did not fear war, but now another danger seems to arise which throws a gloom over his prospects. In re ality, however, there was no such danger, for God had promised to establish hit kingdom on condition that he would serve Him (1 Kings 11:33), und Grd's promise was sure. 28. "Took counsel." With his counsel lors, or the heads of the nation who had helped him to tne throne. They were evi dently like the king in worldly policy and plans. "Made two calves." Jeroboam's residence in Kgypt had made him familiar with the calf worship so largely practiced there, and this, doubtless, had much to do with the erection of these golden shrines; besides, the people had alreally become ac customed to the sight of the figures of oxen in their religious ceremonial by theii presence as supporter of the molten sea at the temple in Jerusalem. These calves were not set up to be worshiped as idoli any more than were the ark nnd other sa cred shrines at Jerusalem, but Jeroboam saw that he must provide for the religiour instinct of his people, and at once intro duced a system of his own creation. Al though he did not design to lead the peo ple into idolatry, yet he deliberately broke the second commandment, and "from wor shiping God under a false and unauthor ized form, the people gradually learned tc worship other gods altogether, and the sanctuaries at Bethel and D.in prepared the way for the temples of Ashtaroth and Haul at Samaria and Jezreel." "Of gold.' It was probably overlaid with gfld. "Too much." .The sense intended is probably given in the margin of the Revised Ver sion. "Ye have none uo loniz enough." Je roboam's argument was, "You huve chosen a new king, choose also new places for worship. i. hia w; vas an appeal to the flesh- Iv love of ease 29. "Bethel." A citv in the extreme southern part of the new kingdom. "Dan.'' Formerly called Laish, situated in the northern part of the kingdom. There was fiolicy in choosing these places, as they ad been associated with religious worship in ancient times. See Gen. 12:8; 28:11-22; 1 Sam. 10:3; Judg. 18:). 30. "Became a sin." The first and second commandment! were both broken; the service of God was degraded, and the people were led intc idolatry, including the obscene rites prac ticed at idol shrines. "Kven unto Dan." There are different views as to the mean ing here. (I) It may mean that the people went there to worship at once; or (2) it may be intended to snow that the people preferred to turn from all associations with Jerusalem and therefore went to far away Dan on the northern frontier. 31. "Made an house." He built a temple or sanctuary at each of the two cities where the calves were set up. "Of high places." Houses of worship were originally built on high places and in groves on hill tops. "Made priests, "etc. SeeK-V. Jereoboam'ssm was not that he selected persons of low birth or bad character to act as priests, but that he selected them from among the people without reference to tribes, thereby an nulling the divine plan that they should bt of the tribe of Levi. "Sons of Levi." Jer oboam would no doubt have been glad to have retained the Levitical priests, but they probably opposed hia devices, for, evidently banished by Jeroboam, they went over in a body to Rehohoam. III. A feast instituted (vs. 32, 3-'i)- 32. "In the eighth month." November. This was to take the place of the feast of Taber nacles, one of the three great Jewish feasts which, by divine appointment, was held oa the 15th of the seventh month in Jerusa lem. Had Jeroboam provided no counter attraction many of his subjects would have visited Itehoboam's capital at this time. The reason generally given for changing, the time from the aeventh to the eighth month, in defiance of the law (Lev. 23:34, 3D, 41), ia that "in the northern districts of his kingdom the grain ripened at least a month later than in .southern Judah, and this festival was to be kept at the mother ing of the fruit of the land." "He offered," etc. "He went up into the altar." R. V, Altars were sscended either by steps or an inclined plane. The king assisted in the dedication, thus imitating Solomon at th dedication of the temple. 33. "He had de vised." Tho entire system of Jeroboam receives ita condemnation in these words. His main, fault was that he left a ritual and a worship where all was divinely au thorized for ceremonies and services which were wholly of his own devising. He was placed in difficult circumstances, but h met them with the arts of a politician, net wuu tht tingle-uiindedness of a saint. Why the House Fell Down. An English traveler on bis way trom Morocco tells of a curious expe rience be bad while making a trip by ;amel Inland from Mogador. "We bad built a but of wattle branches to shelter us from tbe wind. In the middle of tbe night I dreamed that I was shooting rabbits In the bracken of Essex, and suddenly iwoke to And myself covered with vegetable matter. Everyone has ex perienced the curious feeling of hope less bewilderment which comes over a man when he wakes In the dark found that one of our camels bad liter illy eaten us out of bouse and borne, (or be bad broken bis tether In the sight, walked over and devoured the wattled branches of our but to such in extent that tbe sides and roof col 'apsed upon our sleeping forms." Italy and Spain bare fewer houses In proportion to their population than any otbur country In tha world: the Argentina Republic and Uruguay hsrve ta humI ... ... .. SUNDAY, JULY TENTH. "Soma Modern Idols and How to Over throw Them." Luke 12:15-21; Phil. 3:17-19. 8crlptur Verses Josh. 24:15; Prov 22:1; Isa. 66:3, 4; Matt. 13:44-46 Mark 10:21-23; Luke 10:38-42; 12:15 21; I Tim. 6:6-12; Jas. 4:4. Lesson Thoughts. Anything that we allow to Interfert with our love and service to God I'J our Idol, whether It be wood or ston or precious metal, whether It be sun, moon or stars, or any of the works of nature; whether It be selfish greed, personal Indulgence, or petulent tem per; all these Ood forbids us to serve We make a grand mistake when they choose to serve mammon .Instead of God. Godliness has tbe promise ol this world and if that which Is tc come. "Seek first the kingdom ol God, and all these things shall be add ed unto you." But seek first the pleas ures and profits of th.ls world, and even If you secure some of them the pro fits end there, and the kingdom of heaven U lost. Selections. "This Is always true that the people who do not make worldly good theli first object are the people who can be most safely trusted with It, and who get most enjoyment out of It All earthly good Is exalted by being put second, and degraded as well as corrupted by being put first. The water lapped up in the palm, as tbe soldier marches, Is sweeter than the abundant draughts swilled down by self-Indulgence. Saul of Tarsus once had all his cap ital Invested In time stocks. They paid well In earthly dividends. He was that young, brilliant, promising rabbi. Men praised him, bis repu tation In Pharisaic circles was well established. He had many earthl treasures. But he one day saw that Jssus of Nazareth was Loid of heaven and earth; Immediately ue threw away his time stocks, never drew an other dividend on them, and put the rent of his capital Into guaranteed stocks of heaven. He often gave tes timony to their value. Just before his departure, he said, "Henceforth there Is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS JULY TENTH. Modern Idols and Their Overthrow. Luke 12. 15-21; Phil. 3. 17-13. Idols are things that take Gods place in our thoughts and hearts. Strange that there should be such a strong tendency in human nature to ward Idolatry. Whenever we regu late our lives with teierence to win ning pleasure, popularity, material riches, or anything else, and not with reference to pleasing God, we becomo idolaters. Not only did the Israelites at Sinai worship a golden calf, dui multitudes to-day worship at the shrine of Mammon. Love of money. Mammon en throned on the heart! How Incon gruous! Shall he remain there or shall Imperishable riches have the rule of Ctte inner man? Love of amusement. "A good time" this is the watchword of many a youth. The worship of pleasure is chatarterlstic of our day. Too often It Is Satan's kiss that lures Its victim toward promised bliss, but later lashes him Into fury. It is that "peace which the world c-innot give" God's peace, Christ s Joy that alone can drive out this idol, so strongly In trenched. Love of Fame. Not the lazy does this god seek out; not the listless and Indifferent. Rather It singles out the asplilng, the energetic, the pushing. A towering, vaulting ambition fur nishes a pedestal for his dignity's high behest. An Array of Idals. These are the ap petites and lower passions. If any one of these rules you it becomes your god (Phil. 3, 19). Think what a host ot these petty Idols aaa'l us from within and from without. Foods thai are up wholesome, drinks that are ruinous, clothing that burdens and pampers prl le, ornaments that unduly tax time and strength and disposition, hours ot revelry, companionships that corrupt the soul these hosts of Idols and their allies may well alarm us and drive ub toward our tower of eatery. Through the centuries comes Solomon's injunc tion, "He that ruleth his own spirit Is greater man he that taketh a city." What a ne.d for conquest Is this! 8AW REAL SEA SERPENT. 'ranch Sailors Declare Thty Met Gunuine Oetan Monsttr. The commander of th French gun boat Decldee reports to Ms admlra In the far east that he and bis officer and crew have seen a genuine ser rerpont In the Bay of Along, neai Haiphong, In Tonkin. About 400 yardf beyond the vessel, and on the port side, large, round, black- mass wai suddenly observed, and those on boarc the gunboat took It for a rock. I-atei on tbe supposed rock moved, and wat taken to be a colossal turtle. Ther the mass stretched out in vertical un dulatlons, and what appeared to be s flattened serpent thirty meters, oi ninety-eight feet, long, was plalnl) visible. The serpent dived twlcs before the eyes of all on board. Onc It went right under the gunboat, and came up so near that the doctor, th boatswain, and soveral others, werf able, by bending over the gunwale, tc get a good view of the monster. i was seen that the bead and neck wer turtle-like and iTiat 'the skin was darV brown, with rings or patches of yel low. It emitted Jets of vapory watot and afterward disappeared in the di Byond Knowledge of Scltnce. Little Boy I wUh 1 was great pttlosopher like you. Great Scientist And why, my aonl '"Cause you know everything, and there's some things I can't understand, but If I was like you I could." "Tell me one of them." "Well, for on thing, I'd like to know why photographers can tak pictures ot comets an' meteors, an' flying oannon balls, an' lightning flashes, and yet they can't photograph a boy without squashing bis bead In a pair ot placers." Stray Stories Oat of Tonrh, Only a smile, yes, only a smile That a woman o'er burdened with grief Expected from you; 'twould have given re lief, For her sieart ached sore the whilf; But weary and cheerless she went away, llecause, as it happened, that very Jay You were "out ot touch" with your Lord Only a word, yes, only a word,' That the Hpirit's small voice whispered "Speak; ' But the worker passed onward unblessed and weak. Whom you meant to liave stirred To courage, devotion and love anew, Because when the message came to you, You were "out of touch" with your Lofd Only a note, yes, only a note To a friend in a distant land; The Spirit said ' Write;" but then you had planned Some different work, and you thought It mattered little. You did not know 'T would have saved a aoul from sin and woe Y'ou were "out of touch" with your Lord Only a song, yes, only a song That the Spirit said: "Sing to-night, Thy voice is thy Master by purchased right;" But you thought: " 'Mid this motley throng, I care not to sing of the city of gold" And the hearts that your words might have reached grew cold; Y'ou were "out of touch" with your Lord Only a day, yes, only a day, But, oh! can you guess, my friend, Where the influence reaches, and where it will end. Of those hours that you frittered away? The Master's command is: "Abide in Me:'' And fruitless and vain will vour service be If "out of touch" with your Lord. Young People's I'apei Th Ten Commandments, A certain rich young man who had ob served all the commandments from his youth evidently thought that his chances for inheriting eternal life were very good. "What lack 1 yet!'" he asked of Jesus, put ting the question as though it wire scarce ly possible that he lacked anything The Saviour showed to him, says W'elTspring, that instead of having an indisputable title to eternal life he had none at all. There is a vast number who. like that wealthy young ruler, over-exalt the ten commandments. If one will carefully go through und weigh them he will see that they do not present u high moral stand ard. The Hebrew race, anil mu ll !es the world, was not realy at the tune of their promulgation for he revelation of high ideals. To the litt:.- child wc have to say, 'Do not," and wait with what patience we may for the time when we can say "Do." The human race then was in the ''Do not" stage of development. All the commandments are "shall nots" save two, Take the two tables ami see how little they require. The hrst table does not suy that there is only one God, and that we should love Him with nil our heart and soul and mind und strength. Ail that it demands is that we shall have no other gods before Him, shall make no images fnr worship, shall not take His name in vain, and shall refrain from ull work upon the Sabbath, thus keenimt it holv. M.mv a ; man does this without nny thought of be ing particularly religious; lies just being decently civilized. So it is also with the second table. Who would set up a claim lor special respect be cause he has always honored his parents, never murdered or been unchaste, or stolen or borne fuUe witness, or coveted his neighbor's possessions as Ahab coveted Naboth's vineyard? There are men who truthfully can say that they have regarded all these commandments, and yet their neighbors would characterize them os "meaner than dirt." In order to be a good man one must do something, not merely refrain from doing something hurt ful. One can keep all the mandates of the econd table, and yet be stingy, cruel, op pressive and hateful. Taken all together, they do not sum up to the golden rule, which tells us to do unto others as we would have them do to us. "Thou shalt not"keeps the hands to the side; "Thou shalt" extend them in loving service. How is it that people have such an ex alted conception of the ten command ments It is because we have been read ing the gospel into them as we should do. Kver since .Jesus gave His answer to the lawyer, who asked Him, "Which is the greatest commandment in the law?" Christian people have been interpreting the first table of thp law as meaning, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, anil with all thy soul, and with all thy mind," and the se.-ond table as meaning, "Xhou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." And that is whit they should mean to lis. But, don't you see. that one must have a higher moral standard than the ten commandments, just as thev rend, in or der to be respectably good!1 Not that we should throw them aside, any mop; than we should throw aside the alphabet be cause w are reading tine literature, or the rules for addition, subtraction, multiplica tion and division because we are clo'na yuine in algebra. But no one should feel like congratulating himself if he sti'l were painfully putting the letters together to pell c-a-t or ba ker, or scratching his head over the question. "Seven times two are how many?'' "Wherefore," savs the wri ter to the Hebrews, "leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, iet- us press on unto perfection." Don't slay back near the starting point with the ten uiuandinents. Klncllln tho Plr. Theodore Cuyler found Mr. Moodv luhot Ing in a mission room in the citv of Brook lyn. With him was a handful of plain people. Dr. Cuyler whispered to ii.m, 'S.ow work this, is it not?" Mr. Moody looked at him and said, "Did vou evei light a fire. I am lighting my lire," and he kindled it to such good purpose that anou ' blazed over two continents. Higher and Lower 8Ir. Salvation is a process bv which man comes to the realisation of hi true self. It is a man living in his higher mind. But man alio has s lower self, which tights loi the supremscy, and it is sad fact that many live in this lower self and thus dwarl the higher nature. Kev. 1. A. King. Cleveluud, O. Fore ot th Sonl. Boat greatness has nothing to do with s man's sphere. It does not lie in the mag nitude of his outward agency in the ex tent uf the effects which be produces. The greatest men may do comparatively little broad. Perhaps the greatest in our city at this moment r buried in obscurity. Grandeur of chsrscter lies wholly in force of aoul; that ia, in the force of tluught, moral principle tnd love, tnd this may be found in the humblest coudition of life. W. K. t banning. There ire men who si waging for ievU to tell them to (tart to Ut-nvxi, Unoccupltd Land In Burma. It Is estimated that there are 1 16, 000,000 acres of tillable land In Bur ma, of which 8.500,000 acres are under cultivation. The remainder could aup port a population of 30,000,000 of the miserable ryots or peasants who are struggling for axlstence upon the over crowded farms of India. Here It a strange phenomenon. One province of the same empire crying for tattlers, while tha other provinces ar to over crowded that tha soli can scarcely support tba population. THE GREAT DESTROY Ett SOME STARTLING FACTS A80UT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Trne PsntlmftntOerman Scientists Advise Atrongl? Against the Tirlnkln; at Deer ly Htnrtents Krll KftVrts Ap psronl at a ftlnnr. Tfrof'ssor FMward Mever. one of the flfrmin savants of note who are studying educational conditions in the I'nited .States, while speaking before the 1'ntver sity of Chiran. took ocrision to sav that the ber drinking of German students is a good custom. It is verv gratifying. "v the I'nion .Si nal, that in order to offset this statement we can qnot the words r.f another member of the same narty. l'rofessor Joseph Koh ler, who on the following dav spoke to the students of Northwestern l'niver'tv, said. "I take exception to 1'rnfessnr Mi"-er in his advice given yesterdnv; do not follow his advice: do not drink beer: leave all strong drink alone. Although drinking is more prevalent in the fatherland than i) your country, temneran'-i? is ahvavs urge! bv our best educators, leaders of the peo pie." Professor Knhlet- made tlr statement in the presence of Professor Mever. and it was received with applause . and Professor M'-yer did not take isMie with his compa triot. Professor Kohli-r is supported in his position bv many prominent Germans, among them Professor Vun Hartmau and Dr. Forel. Another German sHcntist writes: "S. far as pattiologiral lesions arc concernct no appreciable difference exists be' ween beer drinkers and those who are addii-ted to the stronger alcoholic honors. Further more, the idea that beer drinkinu would largely do away with the use of brandy, whisky, etc.. has proved fallacious so far as Germany i concerned." Professor Delbrueck has clso made some assertions concerning the use of beer which correspond with the belief of those in out own country who, from study and oliserva tion. havp gained correct knowledge of its harmful effects. Wc may well r,uote from a leading Chi cago daily which, in commenting upon this subject, says: "In a very large proportion of cases the evils of beer drinking are man ifest at the first glance. In the rest of the cases evil mav well be suspected. The Ameriran student may set it down that the less drinking he does the more be will profit by his college life." In our country the time certainly has gone by when beer drinking is commended, and this is especially true when taken in connection with the habits and welfare ot the students in schools or colleges. WhjrT Many people are asking whv. The qtics tion has troubled you not n little. Whv is the s;. loon sostrong'y entrenched'. Why are so many people in every com munity indifferent to its rava.es" Why i!o they not arise in righteous in ditrnation anil stamp it out? It is not because tne ravages of drink re unknown. It is not because the advantages of so briety are unfamiliar. It is not because the saloon pretends to be auvthinir but a lawless abomination. It is not because most persons in every community would not gladly be free from the ruin which it always promotes. Then why is it permitted to live It is because of the commercialism of the liquor trallic. Millions of dollars arc in vested in the business. The distiller and the brewer are interested. The ahou keeper is interested. The man who owns the saloon building is interested. The General Government is interested because of the tax money it collects. The corpor ation is interested because the license money helps to pay orlicials and build l'oada anil sidewalks. Worldly business men are interested because of the money which the brewers and saloonists spend. And many Christian business men fail to make war on the saloon because they know that such a war would alienate the brewet and the saloonist, and thus contract the volume of proiitable trade. Ye, sir: it is the money centred in the whiskv business which makes it so over whi'lininly influential. Take away the contm .'I'ciiil element und you rob it of its chief p.jwi r. Sotin? day we will see that the loss is grea:-!- than the ain. Then wiM come the beginning ol the end. Kpworth Herald. I'Ritperlsm In Sweden. According to recent investigations re garding the real cause ot pauperism in Sweden, ir is stated that fifty-two per cent, of the paupers in that country are habitual liruiili.irds; th.it in the case of thirty-nine per cent, of the children cared for in the almshouses anil asylums the father is or was a drunkard, and that ill a less iiiiinhiM- of lases both parents were victims of strong drink. ' trlt.tr A Bolil lllshop. Bishop Cosgrove, of the Catholic dio cese of Davenport, Iowa, ordered all Da venport priests to preach against wine rooms, gambling and all-night saloons, and as a result Davenport's vice is meeting with no little degree of opposition. As a further result, letters have been received threatening death to the Bishop, and de claring that within thirty day the home oi ull the priests would be blown up, ' Convicts Through Itrlnk. T?ev. George Warren, chaplain of the Mississippi Penitentiary, savs that out of the IT-Ty convicts in the prison at the tune he made an investigation, eighty-five per cent, of the entire number came di rectly through the influence of liquor, and that live per cent, oi tiie remainder came there indirectly from the same cause That is, 2000 of the convicts in the Mis souri Penitentiary are the result of the li censed liquor traffic lu that fctate. A Widow Guts Damages. . A widow recently gained a verdict in an action for damages against a saloon keep er for having caused the death of her hus band. She was awarded tJ.'MS) by th jury, aa having proved her case, and shown that her late husband was a well-known habitual drunkard, that the saloonist knew it, that he was warned not to supply the deceased with liquor, and yet had sup El led him with the drink that cause is death. Surely, the jury was right. Worn tad Win Rooms. The Pastors' Union, an organiution consisting of all the pastors of La Crosse, Wis., has appointed committee to look into the subject of intemperance among women of the city. This was brought bout by recent wine room raid by the police. The minister will, it i under stood, discourage the use of wines and in toxicants in th homes of tbe ultra lash ionable. Th Crasad la BrUr. i pas hatch mil Aiwtm Ik. - " " WW WUIII ,Uf saloon will benefit society. The MinneaHli Conference of W. C. T. ITliinna is Iwl it iiwii ni, tha .Ih.,1 ..:l... . .. ... .. - a - - liiiiwnj company to atop advertising liquors in it cars. Til Ohio Snti.aalnnn naanla im .1 ... Stely in earnest. They include in their ran iuuui an in cniirca uie tubers ot law otate. A number of the most prominent women of 1'otUville, Pa., have engaged in s cru sade against granting additional liquor li censes.' Many French mother giv slcohnlio drink to their children in ti belief that it make them strong. Th issue of brandy and beer a part of th army ration will, it i said, b abol Uhed throughout th whole German em pire in th near future. Alcoholism it extremely rar in th Ital ian army. Iu ll, th latest for which figure r available, only twenty-hv case wer aduiitlad to th hospitals. Th Countess Adeline 8chimmlmno has opened in Kiel, Germany, lb brat autt alcoholic horn ou strictly Christian hue, a her own privat enterprise. Th Msyor of Lot Angeles, Ca.., has tp proved an ordintnc prohibiting th sal or tivinf twsy in drug stores of intoxicating .uor without a puysiutu'i preset ipuuu. Tomnto Kaaea, Tut one pint of toniatoec Into a ft-iiccpuii, with a slice of onion. Coolr five minutes, then strnin. Put one t blcspoonfiil of butter Into a pun, aildt one table-spoonful of flour; wher smootli add the tomatoes, stir until thick, utid season with salt and peppwe to la ti.-. When "aklng Un, ' All the teilhtw skimming and strain Ing of soup cnu be avoided If one takes the precaution to put In a small un pei-li'il onion at the very start and, pera niit It to remain until one Is reudv trs thicken the Roup. When lifted out let will he found that this vegetable ba served n a mugnet to draw to itselff nil the floating sediment, leaving- they broth ns clear as crystal, yet In no wi t-Vuirlng Its nourishing quality. Farmers' Fruit Caka. "V, On pound sour dried or evaporated? npples, soaked over night in wasm water. Dm I n off water and simroet? two hours in two cups molasses. One cup melted butter, half cup thick Bona cream, two teaspoonfuls soda, one coifs brown sugar, fonr eggs, four and a half? cups sifred flour, browned in the ov&v cassia, ginger, cloves,, nutmeg, lemon, rind grated. each one tenspoonfnl. Bales' Lu moderate oven. What To Eat. Curried Klra. Wash In several waters one enp Off rice; put It Into two quarts of boilinar water: ndd one tenspoonfnl of salt? when the rice Is pearly tender pour lit Into a strainer; put over the fire on cup of stock; add to It two teaspoon fuls of curry rubbed In a littlo coloV water; then add the rlee to this an conk until tender; serve In the central of a platter; pour tbe gravy over ltj squeeze the Juice of half a lemon ov nil nnd sprinkle over It a little chopped parsley. Strawberry Sherbet. Toil one pound granulated sngar andt one quart water together for seven minutes; add tbe juice of three sour oratures to one quart of strawberries; mash the latter and stund In tbe snnv one hour; when the syrup Is cold pone It over tbe strawberries, strain through n cheesecloth bag and freeze the samss as ice cream; add one tiiblespoonfiifi sugar and beat until white and stffTj remove tbe dasher, stir In this rae- rlngue. repack aud stand aside nntii waiitud. lloston Brown Itread. One even cup Indiau meal, two be.ipV lug cups rye meal, one teaspoonful salt one teaspoonful soda, one cup mo!-. ses; mix very thoroughly together tntf meal, salt anil soda; add one pint oB hot water to the molasses and stirj pour the molasses and water Into th middle of the meal and stir till a. smooth batter: put In a buttered tit, boiler, rover tightly and set In ewercdU Iron kettle to boll three hours, adding water as nwiy be necessary; when done, set the bread boiler lu the water for?, teu minutes. , t - Tomato Jelly. Tass the contents of a can of toma( foes through a sieve, rejecting nothlngk but seeds and coarse fibres (If any). Pu' two cups of this puree over the fUei with two slices of onion, two cloves a sprig ofpursley, a piece of bay leaf, four peppercorns, or a bit of green pepper, and two teaspoonfuls of tar ragon vinegar. Let simmer fiftmnv minutes, then skim out the vegetables,. etc., and add half a teaspoonful of salif and bulf a two-ounce package) of ire' aline, softened by standing some tlnreu In three-fourths a cup of cold water., Stir until the Kelutiue Is dissolved anili pour in moulds. swtwaVtaaar' til.&IS FOR, 7T11 HOUSEKEEPER. Cane chair seats become more elastic If washed ia hot water and soap. Drjy im-ui in i no sun aim air. t A piece of soft paper wet with ker-M sene oil will cleau an enamelled ball, tub or bow l that bas become dingy, i Dwellers who llv u apartmeoff bouses should know that turrwatiaW poured down the kitchen drain. plpeV will keep tiie water bugs away. I Lamp burners which are In ronstatrft use should be boiled occasional! law oda suds, then scrubbed and polishes with brick dust, when they will da aut good service as new ones. Save all your broken and eroobeut carpet tacks and keep them la a bout In the kitchen for cleaning bottle They are better thsn shot, for tbs harp edg-es scrape off all the stains. Kerosene added to boiling stare 1 tablespoonful to a quart will prems the smoothing Irons from sticking audi will give a gloss to tbe articles; thty acent will all evaporate In the drying. I When silver spoons bectnit diactUV red from eggs scour them with ant table salt Tula will remove tba tliaW coloration, which Is caused by tbe snu' phur In the egg, and not acratcb es wear tbe silver. ' ' For tomato fritter acald and pt. rlpe tomatoea and chop thetn One. 8aW aon wltb aalt aud pepper and atlr Isa enough flour to niske a tbla -batter.' With the flour mix about half a tat.' spoonful of soda. Fry lu deep fat ajut erve hot t' Nickel plating which bas spot at rust way be cleaned by coveting tx for a few days with tuutrta' taUw.s Follow this treatment with a hrtc:;' rubbing wltb powdered rotten atao' and then by a bath In strong a a rluslng In clear water aud polishing with 4rr. wuiung.
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