J. '"" i ... .4 "CHRISTIANITY AND LOVE" ii Eloquent Sunday Discourse Bjr Bishop L 6. Andrews. MlaJslratleaa Sbeakl Be Dlrectes To wars Frcetaf the Hams Seal el Brooklyn, N. Y. Bishop E. O. An drews, of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, preached Sundav morning in the Central Congregational Church. His subject was: ('Christianity and Love." The text waa from I Timothy i:S: "Now the end of tha somraandment ia chnrity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned." ilinliop Andrew) said: Kvery careful reader of the Knglisli Bible takea knowledge of the fact that the Pngliah language, like every other living language, ii in process of change. Ha knows the significance of words, as well ia their form, and occasionally their order shanges. He reads, for instance, in the Psalms: "My heart is Used, oh God, my heart is fixed," and he remembers that that word "fixed" at the time our version was made had the meuning, which we still retain in our colloquial speech, "to be Sxed up," and so he reads: "My heart is prepared, oh God. my heart is prepared." He reads in the Epistle to the Thessaion lans that they which arc alive at the sec nd coming of Christ shall not prevent (hem that are asleep, and he remembers that the word "prevent" originally meant to precede simply, and came to have its present meaning because he that precedes notiier is likely to get in the way of that one and obstruct mother who follows, and K lie reads that at the second coining of Dhrict they that are alive shall not precede, or shall not have the advantage over them that sleep in C.irist, for both nlilta shall be called to meet their Lord in the air. So in this text wo hive the word "char ity," a word which to-day rijrniries cither tlmsgivinf; or kindly juJgnent of others, but in the time of our versioi it had the meaning to which the new reviser have returned, viz., 'love," or "benevolence." and in this passage wc read t'lis statement: The aim of the commandme.it ia benevo lence, good will, effective love, even as we peak of the love of man to God, then also to his fellow men. Another Bible criticism in 'worth our while. The word "commandment," like the word "law," may have either a narrow or a broad significance. The narrow sig nificance of that ia "particular precept" at tended hy "particular sanction. A broad er meaning is that of a "holy ordained in stitution and system," and that broader meaning evidently should be hers used be cause of the context. Wo come then to the entire statement: "The end, or aim, ol the wholo Christian institution is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned." it originated in a heart of boundless love toward man in an act of love unparalleled, we may suppose in all the ages of eternity even the gift of God's only Son. All its precepts turn in this direction. Church or ganizations and ministrations of every kind, if they be rightly directed, have sim ply this purpose to discharge the human soul of that selfishness that belongs to it by nature, and to enter into it all the love of God. Now all familiar with the New Testa ment know that this is no solitary utter anceit is but one of many broad and comprehensive statements. One came to the Master saying: "Which is the first and great commandment?" And He answered: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 11 thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first commandment, and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." In another passage St. Paul tells us that "Love is the fulfilling of the law." If there be any other command ment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." St. James calls this the "roval law." St. Paul tells us: "Above all things, have fervent charity one toward another. And St. John, in a memorable passage, in one of his epistlea, tells us that "God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him." Christ told the story of a man who went clown from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, aa one may nowadays do on that road. They robbed him, stripped him of his raiment, wounded him, and left hira half dead. Then came one of the chief representatives of the current religion, a priest, and passed by on the other side. Then there came down subordinate rep resentative of the current religion, a Le vite, and he came and looked and passed by on the other side. Thencame a heretic in religion, an alien in race, and, looking upon the wounded man, he was moved ' with compassion and dismounted and bound up his wounds, set the wounded man on his own beast, brought him to an inn and took cure of him for the night and paid the charges, leaving money for addi tional charges, saying to the inn keeper: "If it costs more I will repay when I come again." And that alien in race, that here tic in religion, the Lord Jesus presents be fore us as the one great example of our practical religion. Now be pleased to notice two facta in this natural love. In the first place, much of it is simply instinctive, a divine im plantation for high purposes, but because not founded in moral reason, divine reason, therefore without moral worth. It ia but part of that endowment of human nature ty which the propagation and the educa tion of the race u made possible, but it does not imply of necessity any high moral quality. The bear will rush on the point of the spear in the defense of its rubs. The wildcat will die for its young. The eagle, with unwearied patience, will teach the young eaglet to fly. Will you, therefore, say: Behold, what paragons of moral ex cellence?" Would you not say of them if they lacked parental and filial love: "Be hold what monsters?" In the second place, this natural love is marked by great limitations in its extent. It is laid upon one's family and one's friends, upon one's neighbors and. country, upon those who are of the same race, or it nay be of the same religious faith, or of the same political persuusion, and it is hemmed in by these limitations. How many a man goes to the market place and to the exchange with perfect indifference to the prosperity and happiness of his fel low man and wrestles with them in busi ness to return to his home to lavish gladly Upon his family all his ill-gotten gains. There are many generom men in all our communities, but they may be also men de sirous of having their generosity duly ac knowledged and trumpeted abroad through out the world, and it they fail of that ac knowledgment somehow their charity seems to sour upon them, and they feel that they are not recognized aa they ex pected to be. Benedict Arnold waa au em inently brave and skillful soldier, and so far as we know a true patriot, but he was a ependthrift, and when Congress censured turn in various ways he at length became (Benedict Arnold the traitor. The truth ia that it ia very easy to overload all the Joists and timbers of our soul with these defects, and we may notice in passing that great deal that passes for chanty is of tentimes a thin veneer over unmeasured masses of selfishness, and we may further notice that sometimes we have credited ourselves with very great tenderness and good will toward men, because, for in stance, we wept over the griefs and woes of the heroes aad heroines of fiction, and yet find ourselves (such is the inertia of our nature) never so much as lifting up our bands to relieve the unutterable woes that crowd in human souls all around us. t Another defect of the natural love ia that H ia simply an unrighteous love; I meaa it lacks tha quality ol righteousness in tint it is a mere kindly enaction and desire to do tiud things to those who are objocts of our ve, while at the same time there ie no recognition of that foundation which up holds the whole process of human life, that fundamental truth which only can couftr any large and peimaneut well being. - Finally, this natural love is oftentimes ungodly. That ia to say, it is the rec-oani-tiou in man (the children of God) of this r that scintillation of the infinite good ness, while it withholds from Him who Sataers unto Himself all conceivable e silences, all truth, patience, generosity, teutleruefl, temperance, long suffering, all purity while it withhulds from llim th Leer IT J Lnm I'ovultv. " that this, asiive r natural love of whicn we speait is indeed jfaentime a very faint reflection and iin ige of that perfect love toward which Christianity cnlls lis. And so we turn buck to the text, and hear the words that St. Paul said: "The nim of the command ment, the wholo aim of the Christian in ititution, is love out of a pure he.irc, und jut of a good conscience and out of f.n'.b anfeijned." First In this matter of Christianity wa have to do with such divine forces in theii operation upon humnn nature as yisdd hopes of even this grent' result. It is not that we expect ourselves to attain any such goodness, but is it not possible thai He who made this thing wo cull the human soul with all its varied powers ol observa tion, reason, imagination, fancy und mem ory, conscience and will. He who mail this strange, subtle, intangible thinj Wo call the human soul, may not. Ho remake the soul, enter into its profoundest depths, so reconstruct, reorder and inspire it that it may shine in all the likeness of God? Is it not said, "Ho will do for tis far more ex ceedingly than we can ask or think?' And that is the warrant in this Christian church, and in all thess Christian churches for the hi?h aspiration toward which Christianity points us. And the other thing to be said is this, that however true it is that most of in who profess and call ourselves Christian come far very far, short of this higli ideal of character; however true, it is that with many of us our Christianity is simply, a it were, an attempt to secure seif-v ell-he ing in the long reaching future alai! that it is such a narrow form of Christianity as that however true that may be, neverthe less I take it for granted that perhaps every one present has during some time 111 his experience come in contact with some soul, lias become intimate perh,ip. wi'.h some life, upon whom the divine truth, the divine providence and the divine inspira tion has so operated in transforming power that the soul seems to have entered into the very fellowship of God, even has he come radiant with divine life, the feature have been chiseled by the soul within, the eye has looked tenderly out toward all men whom it has met, and now and then tho very habitation and habit of such s person becomes unspeakably endearing, be cause of this dwelling of the Lord Christ within. Second The aim of Christianity is love not only out of a pure heart, but also out of a good conscience. That is to say, its aim ia not a mere sentimental overflow of tears and pity; it shall he a living and mighty engine within, under the guidance of God, as to method, and as to measures, of a widely instructed moral sense. Chris tianity is something beside mere happiness. It aims at the great soul of life under the guidance and shaping of an instructed moral nature. And finally the love at which Christian ity aims is a' love out of faith unfeigned. Let faith return. Bring back your Bible. Behold one living and eternal God. Ho is love, and He has loved this poor world so that He has effected redemption for man kind and lifted them across the heavens Has thrown His arms around man, in or der that He might lift him up by His Holy Spirit. Prayer, so that the broken hearted and the sufferer and desolate may go apart from the eves of man and pour out theii hearts to God, whose ear can catch theit faintest sigh, and whose eye beholds thr falling tear. Providence. No sparrow falls to the ground without His knowledge, and the very hairs of your head are numbered Death; transformation. Life here; intro duction to the life eternal. Let thesr truths enter and live within human souls, and somehow the human race has become transformed by these facts. I cannot meel a man, woman or child, but at once I know there m one whom God loves. Why should I noi love that one? And so it comes to piss that wherever Christianity ia there ii still love where it was not. Two inferences are interesting. There may seem to you to be various defects it the historical parts of the Bible, but if yon will only tell me where there is a systeit whose breath is love, whose inspiration ii love, which makes this earth a paradise and a very heaven of love. If you tell me where that comes from I am sure I shafl know how God comes down to our world in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Second. How much Christianity have you? Not how much religion. The Brah min, the Mahommedan have religion; thai is common to all nations, but how mucl Christianity have you? There is one an swer. So much Christianity as' we have self-forgetfulness, self-sacrifice, charity; si much and no more. May God help us. There ia infinite resourcea for us. Let 11 look to heaven, and let us look to earth, and do the little things at hand in oris: that when the opportunity may come w may nourish within ourselves the victor ions forces of helpfulness until at length if it please God, we shall be like our Lore Jesus Christ, who was the very fulness of love toward man. Life Without Any Waste. In the Rocky Mountain gold fields is f mine without a dump, writes Rev. R Scott Stevenson, in the New York Obser ver. Father and son opened a vein of ore and with some reward for their labors fol lowed it back into the mountain until a the end of sixty feet the ore failed. On day when they were looking over the deso late place that once promised to produce 1 fortune the son said to his father: - "Well try again. It looks like fire hat burned off a great pillar of gold, and whei it fell it broke in two, and what we'vi dug out was the upper end shoved dowi the mountain side." They climbed up 200 feet further, dui down and found the original vein, whici proved so rich and pure that no dump wi needed, for there was no waste. A life o consecration is a life without waste. Got can use all such a life brings to Him Every word spoken in His fear, every ao performed in the consciousness of His ey upon you, every service rendered willing ly. He treasures and rewards. A life o real consecration is so near to God it find and brings to Him only such gifts and ser vices aa He if willing to receive and bless. What to Pnch. Dr. Theodore Cu'yler tells us that h never preached a sermon in defense oi tlr Scriptures. He preached the Scripture themselves- and they proved to lie "th power of God unto salvation." We hav forty new books upon "The Changin) Viewpoint," where we need a hundred upon "Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday To-day, and Forever." The apostle tol us, many centuries ago, that there would b things to "be shaken:" but he also assurei, us that there would be "things that re main." Whoever devotes his attention te the shaken instead of to the firm has mis taken his call if he remains in the min istry. "What the world needs." said Dr, Van Dyke, "is not a new Gospel, but mors Gopel!" ' '.that hits the nail on the head. The Duty of To-Iay. Let it be our happiness this day to add to the bappinos of those around us, to comfort some sonow, to relieve some want, to add some strmgth to our neighbors virtue. Chaunljg. Via jug Repaired a Church. A church-warden of West Mailing, Kent, (Eng.) parish church discovered In a lumber-room soma time ago a peculiarly-shaped jug, which was sub sequently Identified aa a rare old Elizabethan stoup. An offer ot $125 for It was refused, and the church authorities decided to send It to Christie's, where it was sold for I5, 700. With the proceeds the authori ties have Just completed several im portant improvements In the fine old church. Parti of the fabric, have been restored, a, new porch has been erect ed, and the seating accommodation baa been greatly improved. Spanish Professional Beggars. There are 10,27 professional beg gars tn Spain. In some of the cities beggar are licensed to carry on their trade. Seeking alma is recognised aa legitimate business, and the munici pality demands a percentage upon the collections. Seville is the only city in th kingdom which forbids WMlM U the straeta. THE SFiNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUGUST 7. Subject: flod Taking Care of Klljatt. 1 Kings, Tll., l-UI Oolilrn Teal, 1 1'et. V,, 7 Memory Verses, 13, 14 Coin, mentary on the Day's Lesson. , I- Klijah and his message (v. 1). 1. hlijah." This prophet conies sujdonlj upon the scene. The schools of the pro phets seem to have had their origin in Samuel's day, and were founded in vnri out parts of the land and in connection with them Elijah appears. I. His mime means "My God is Jehovah." 2. He wa born at Thisbe. in the tribe of Naphtali. and was therefore called the Tishliite. 3. iradition tells us that in appearance he was a man of short statue anil rugied countenance. Of Gilead." The on.y lliisbe mentioned in history in Galilee, hence we conclude that although a native of the tr.be of Naphtali in Galilee, he had become a citizen of Gilead east of the Jor dan. "Unto Ahah." Probably in the pal ace in Samaria. What courage ami faith this must have taken! "As the Lord liveth." As Jehovah liveth. Klijah begins by giving the authority fot his mediae. As sure as God lives, so cer tain it will be that the prediction I nm about to make will take place. "I stand." As a servant or ambassador. Klijah was accountable directly to God. "Dew nor rain. ' A terrible threat for a country an nually parched by six months' drought, and only saved from utter barrenness bv the early rains of autumn. "These years.'' rrom I.uke 4: 2T, and James 8: '17, we earn that the famine lasted three and a half years. From 1 Kings 10: 1 we learn that, the famine ended in the third veur, "which means, perhaps, the third year of r. ijah s stay in Zarephath." ' Jiv word." lliat is, ns the Lord should proclaim His will through Klijah. The famine was the necessary preparation for Elijah's reform. It was a direct attack upon Baal, who was regarded as the god of all natural forces and the test would show lib. impotency. II- Knjah fed by ravens (vs. 2-7). 2. Came. How, ,e know not. God's ob ject was to protect Elijah from the rage ot Ahab and Jezebel. 3. Leave iSamuna find "withdrew from the haunts of men." 'Hide thyself." For the king that sent to every land to find him (1 Kings 18: 10) wou.d take every possible .neans to com pel him to speak the word of power tliut woiiid bring rain. When God intended tc send ram IU bade Elijah to show himself to Ahab (chapter 18: 1). "Brook Cherith." A torrent bed. a deep ravine, down which in rainy times a strung streum flowed. The situation of Cherith has not been identi fied. It is probable that Cherith was east Oi the Jordan. Kusebius und Jerome place it there. 4. "Com...anded the ra vena. This plain, positive statement de fies all attempts to explain the facts stat ed in verse six on rational or natural prin ciple. 5. "Did according." He took the word 31 'l,e .""'u ' the hand of faith, as the staff of his pilgrimage, und journeyed for ward; and, whenever he grew weary, he leaned upon his staff, and his strength revived; and when danger threatened him by the way. in view of this staff he was not afraid. 6. "Havens brought him." The bringing to Klijah of suitable food was evidently miracu.ous. "Bread and flesh." Ravens feed on insects and carrion them selves, yet they brought the prophet man s meat and wholesome food. As this was the food uppointed by the Lord for the prophet, we may conjecture that it was the food of the people. 7. "After a while." Probably about a veur. "Brook dried up." If this stream had not dried up crowds of people would have been brought thither for water, and thus his retreat would have been discovered. III. Klijah at Zarephath (vs. 8-111). 9. "Zarephath." The Sareptti of Luke 4: 20. It was a city of Zidon in the dominions of Ethbaal, Jezebel's father. It was veiy much as if one Hying from a lion was di rected to seek refuge in a lion's den. "A widow woman." The condition of the widows in the East is helpless in the ex treme, so that to receive support from such a cource would be another trial to Elijah's faith. It was like leaning his weight on a support as frail as a spider's web. 10. "He arose." His course was not to reason and to speculate, but to hear and obey. "Gate." The ubject poverty of the widow ia seen from her coming forth to pick up chance bits of wood which might have fallen from the trees outside the city walls. "The widow." A widow. H. V. It was "the" widow whom God had commanded, but Klijah at first saw only "a" widow, not then knowing this was the one God had designated. "A little wa ter." His first need after his long jour ney through famine stricken Israel would be water. The gift of wtter to the thirsty is always regarded as a sacred duty in the East. Then, too, aa Guthrie says, this test would let Elijah know whether he had found the one to whom he had been sent. 11. "As she was going." She readily Went at the first word, she objected not at the present scarcity, nor asked what he would give for a draught, nor hinted he was a stranger, but left gathering sticks for herself to fetch water for him. "Mor sel of bread." No doubt the prophet wus sadly in need of it; doubtless, too, he waa listening for divine directions. l'J. "Thy God liveth." She recognized Elijah aa a worshiper of Jehovah, and her words in dicated a reverence for God and some knowledge of His ways. "Cake." The smallest kind of bread. A flat, oval cake of unleavened dough about ten inches in diameter. "Meal. Wheat, ground in a hand mill. "Barrel." An earthen jar. "Oil." Olive oil. To eat with bread as we do butter. "Cruse." A flask for li quids. "Two sticks." As among the Ger mans at this day "two was then equiva lent to a few. "Eat it, and die." The famine prevailed there, and she was in the hut extremity. 13. "Fear not." Have no fears about the future; trust God. "First." 'ibis was a test of her faith in God, and would show whether she was worthy of the help Kli jah offered. It was necessary in order to make the provision for her wants a real blessing. Here is a faith manifested by thbt poor heathen woman such as was not found in Israel. Jesus found a similar faith in a woman of tlas same land (Matt. 15: 28). 14. "Barrel not waste, etc." A special miracle, but God's com mon way of providing for man's common wants is a wonder daily repeated. The teeming earth ia like one vast granary which God keeps ever full. "Until the day." It ia supposed that he waa in Zare phath about two and a half yeaia. l.V Went and did." The increase of this widow's faith was aa great a miracle in the kingdom of grace as the increase oi her oil in the kingdom of providence. 18. "Wasted not." Here was an exhibi tion of that same divine power that in the person of Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes. World's Oldest Man. In Germany there are 778 persotv who claim to be 100 years old or mors In France there are 213, in Englan 146, in Scotland 46, In Norway 23, 1' Sweden 10. in Belgium 6, and Der mark 2. In Switzerland there Is no one centenarian, but on the otbe band, there are 401 In Spain, and at many as 675 in Servla, , The oldest man In the world I aid to be Bruno Cotrim of Rio Ja neiro, authentic documents showlni that ho ia now in his 150th rear. Oser Had Free Winter's Fodder. C. H. Greene of White River June tlon, Vt., had several tons of ha; itored in a barn in a thinly settle' part of East Plalnfleld. N. H. One o the doors would not close. ' An en ploye of Mr. Oreene 's visited the ban not long ago and two deer in good cos 41 tlon bounded out of the door an made tor th woods. There were I dlcatlons that they had lodged thee furtng th winter and fed upon th iar- AUGUST SEVENTH "God' Guiding Hand In Our Lives." 1 Chron. 29:10-12; Luke 12:17. (Experience Meeting,) Scripture Verses Ps. 32:8; 107:4-7; Iaa. 30:21; 48:17; Ps. 34:7; 78:52,33; 91:11; 121:5-8; 16:11; John 10:9; 14:2-8; Acta 2:23. Lesson Thoughts. An all-important qualification for a guide la that he shall have ability wisdom, experience, strength. Our Guide Is Kble to lead and to defend us. Let u make this subject personal; Gods guiding hand in my life. He cares for each one, not merely for his people as a body. Selections. It has been truly said that Dr. Sam uel F. Smith, in writing "America," added vastly to Its power and popu larity as a national anthem by ualng the personal and singular pronoun In stead of the collective and plural. "My country, 'tis of thee," Is much more effective than "Our country, 'tis of thee." The hymn becomes an experience hymn of love and praise and confi dence In God's continued loading to every one who sings It wltu his heart as well as with his lips. The Gulf Stream Is flowing constant ly, and whenever a vessel trusts her self to it she may be certain of being carried along upon Its surface. So God's leading Is always awaiting us, if we will only be led. Unless you obtain God's leading for all the little things of life, you are not likely to obtain It for the great trials when they come. It Is the path that you tread often In the sunshine that you speed to In the storm. Cling fast to the Hand that Is lead ing you, though it be In darkness, though it be In deep waters you know whom you have believed. Infinite love, Joined to infinite skill, shall pilot the way through every strait and tempta tion. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS AUGUST SEVENTK. God's Guiding Hand In Our Lives 1 Chron. 29, 10-12; Luke 12, 1-7. To give' us confidence In God's guidance David exultantly enumerates his "greatness," and "power," and ' glory," and "victory" and "majesty" (1 Chron. 23. 11), showing that he Is 'head above all." Modern science revealed to us God's Infinite care for the small and helpless In nature! Of course God's love for his chil dren is greater than for the birds. This is p:oved In that he has given us the ability to rare for ourselves much better than they. 1. In the dark places ot life, when God's guiding hand cannot be seen, even then may we hear his voice In the precious promises of his word. So strange and mysterious are his lead ings sometimes that we wonder if he has not forgotten us. Banish the doubt, for he never forgets his own. 2. God deals with us when neces sary as the aged artist dealt with his young pupil. This learner had pro duced a painting' of much merit, great ly adm-lred by all beholders. His pa lette and pencil he laid aside and daily sat before the easel admiring the product of his genius. One morning he found bis Idol expunged Ifom the canvas. It nearly broke his heart, and he wept aloud. Ills master, en tering the stiiilJo, said: "I have done this for your benefit. The picture was rti.ning you." "How so?" demanded the exasperated pupil. "Because In your admiration of your own talents you were losing your love for the art Itself. Take your b.ush and try again." The youth dried his tears, seized his brush with new enthusiasm an.l produced a masterpiece which, had It not been for his sore disappoint ment, could never have been created. Through midnight darkness came a voice that led htm to a brighter day. 3. There is a charming little poem whJch tells the story of a child who plucked some beautiful roses only to see them wilt and die. This was a sad mystery to the child. The roses were so sweet and lovely. Why should they fade, and rob her of the Joy they had given? In her childish sorrow she asks: "Why do roses die?" This was her wall in the night of grief. Time speeds on. She grows to womanhood. God's guiding hand in national af fairs was never more visible than In recent years. Behold It In our war with Spain, In the Boxer uprising, and now in the Russia-Japanese struggle. Interred at Night by Light of Torch A funeral attended by unusual cir cumstances took place at Mount Heb ron cemetery, Winchester, Va., at 1 o'clock one night recently, when th body of David A. Pries, whose deatt resulted from exposure in a storm, wa: laid to rest. Mr, Fries was one of the foremosf men of the county. He left dlrertioni that no minister should officiate at hii funeral, nor should any religious ritei be held. Hundreds of bis frlendi waited at the house several hours an' then accompanied the body to thlt city. At the cemetery gate they wen Informed that the burial would no take place until late at night. Tb body was placed in tbe mortuarj chapel, and at tbe appointed hour th pallbearers, carrying the corpse, wend ed their way through the cemetery an silently Interred tbe body by tbe Ugh' of a torch. A Remarkable Operation. ( The left arm of Thomas Shay Jr., which bad been shattered with bird shot, was saved by forcing tbe Im poverished limb into bis stomach for nourishment. The operation ranks among the most skilful surgical feats performed t the New Orleans Charity HospltaL By nourishing tbe arm In the abdom inal region tbe torn ligaments became reunited, a complete new skin grew, nd after the parts had grown suffi ciently the arm was removed from the stomach almost intact. . The operation obviated the neces sity ot amputation, and soon Shay will be able to use the arm. New Or leans correspondence Philadelphia Press. re&JKf&;.5l Nnnnttff. The high stars above at night, Are under at noon; And n young soul's vision of heaven Passes, how soon! He climbs, and the clear-seen goal Is gone ah. where? j Whispers a voice from the Infinite. 1 Climb! I am there! London Spectator. Present-Day Problems. There is a world of ideas and ideals ano" grent principles, as well u a world of facts and dollars. Let it have the supreme claim upon you. The world is needing your ed ucated. cultured lives to give it balance, strength and uniift. It doe i.nt need you so much to add to its wealth i to aM to its ideals, its principles, its great, deep, heartfelt ronvictions of what is right, true, nohle and grandly inspirational. You need, then, students and graduates, a clean-cut theory of work and a clean rut theory of hie, and your great aim will then be to brinj these two in'o a true re lationship with each other. You need tc have some definite aim to give all your work unity and you need t have a definite aim to give all your life unity. You mint be careful not to think you have reached a poaition where yon are escaping from a verv disagreeable, irkrome life of study, or that you have re ceived something by which you are t make tnonev and have great material stir reus. You have received an education for service, a culture for others. Education is not a certain amount of raw knowledge which viu have been enabled to stow away. There arc many men full of facts, who, in a moment's conversation, show they are without an education. True ed ucation 'a the awakening of the mind to see and enjoy; it is giving it wings by which to mount higher, see more clearly and enjoy more fully; and culture i" the graceful way in which you place nil these at the service of others. And this can only be in so far as your whole emotional life has been lifted up. purified and strengthened equally with, or even a lit tle more than, the culture of vour mind and. body. Yon have a spirit life as well ns a physical life and a mental life; your culture and the value of your education will be seen only as each of these is kept on the highest level of development and influence. Make the God life the ideas, the truth, the purity and the presence of God the constant atmosphere of your spirit life and you will find yourselves fitted to take a leading place among the thousands of American youth who this week pnss out from our public schools to the higher privileges of American citizen ship. To this end let me remind you thai Christ's spirit is promised to enable vou to accomplish these "greater things." Ma He enable you amidst all your successes to "think on these things." Krom a bac ralaureate sermon by the Rev. John I!. Mackey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, at Glens Falls, X. Y. The Use or Tracts. A man stepped into a horse car in Xcw York, and before taking ins seat gave to each passenger a little card bearing the inscription, "Look to Jesus when tempted, when troubled, when dying." One of the passengers carefully read the card and put it in his pocket. As he left the car he said to the giver: ".Sir, when you gave me this card I was on my way to the ferry intending to jump from the boat and drown myself. The death of my wife and son had robbed me of all desire to live, but this card has persuaded me to begin life anew. Good-day, and God bless you!" We adore the kind Providence that led Philip to cross the path of the Ethiopian at the very moment wheu he was needed, but we forget that the like thing occurs every day. There is no such thing as chance in God's world, and those who seek to be led by the Spirit often find themselves messengers of mercy to some weary soul. A lady once traveled nearly 200 miles to tell a writer perHonally how a little leaflet that he hail given her the year be fore led to her conversion. By the use of a similar card a young man ' wae led to give his heart to the Lord, and through his influence both his father and mother were brought into the Master's service. A Christian worker in Nottingham, Eng land, tells the following incident: "I was cajled to see a dying woman. I found her rejoicing in Christ, and asked her how she found the Lord. 'Heading that,' she re- iilicd. handing me a torn piece of paper, looked at it. ami found that, it waa part of an American nrwtpapcr containing an extract from one of Spurgeon's sermons. 'Where did you find this newspaper?' I asked. She answered, 'It wit wrapped around a parcel sent me from Australia.' "Think of that! A sermon preached in London, conveyed to America, then to Australia, part of it torn off for the parcel despatched to England, and after all its wandering, giving the message of nalva turn to that woman's soul! Truly, liod's Word shall not return unto Hint void." Perchance in Heaven one day to me Some blevxcd saint will come and say, "All hail, beloved! but for thee My soul to death had fallen a prey!" And, oh! what rapture in the thought Uue soul to glory to have brought. Our Young Folks. "Too Late." Tliey grudged Christ the gift of Mary aa we grudge the frankness and tcnderiiens of affection to those we love when they are with us giving them scanty words and cold glances, and a little sympathy or con sideration until a day conies when all our words are spoken into deaf ears, and our tears full iruitlessly upon a frozen forehead, and our -kisses win no answei from the lips that death nas sealed. What would we give them for one hour, one mo ment of warm life, that we could hold to our breast the weary head; one briefest opportunity to show all that was hidden 111. our tnarts but it 1. too late. Too late; tears, regret, remorse, life long penitence can alter nothing. That which vaa so easy once has now become forevermore impossible. And that to the monpiiTH is the cruelest sting of death, the maddening horror or bereuvemeiit we grudge nothii.g to the dead, but we give nothing to the living. O, brother, ' it not till your ( lirist is dead to anoint Him anoint the living Christ give love while love is needed and welcomed do it aforehand to the biiiying. ltev. W. J, Dawsuii, :n "The iteproucu of Christ." The Method That Wins. The one who successfully deceives an other makes it hard for himself afterward when the deception shall have been dis covered aa it is sure to be m tune, lie will always be distrusted, no matter whether he is again attempting deception or not. The only method that wins clear to the end is honesty. Wellspring. Orcalest of Clod's Gifts. Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for Himself ia Love; and it is the greatest thing that we can give to God, for it will give ourselves and carry with it all that ia ours. Jeremy Taylor. Captured Slat Baby Foxes. Will Lemery, employed on tbe farm of Allen Flint in Bralntree, saw fos a tew days ago with a rabbit in Its mouth. He watched it disappear into a bole, and going back to tbe bouse persuaded Perkins Flint to Join biro in tbe bunt. They dug out the bole into which the rabbit was taken and brought to light a family of sis little foxes, which they are at present bring ing up by hand with gratifying suc cess, tbe old ones to all appearances having fled that part of the country. St. Jobnsburg Republican. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Washington's Miles of ftatonn Pront Lecturer Savs There Are Hnn1i t-lne Pennsylvania Avenne Herman C. MetealPs Address on I.lqnor. "The Liquor Traffic in Washington was the ihl"ct of an illustrated lecture delivered bv Mr. Herman C. Mctcalf at a recent mcMr-; of the District Christian Kndeavor Up'-vi. at Anih!v Preshvter in Church. Mr. Mctea'f took the position thit the advocates of th" abolition of the Moors were dreamer. hut he contended 'list their dreams plight be well rea'ize bv the snplicat'on of practical methods in tl'eir labors. TTe showed bv stereonticon nieters the nct"al conditions exitin? In the bar-oo.ns. of even' c!as. in he P:s t'ict. The church was well filled hv Fn ilenvorers and Mie lecture was enthusiast!-ra"'- nnrilauded. Tie lecfire wss p-edcd bv a meting nf the T'nion. at whic a new oranir. t'on to be kno-n as t'ie Cmcorda L" tltrnn Tnterircdia'e Society was ad "lit'ed to memlvrhin The Vo-ninating '"ommittee to select officers for the ensu ing year wm also e'-'cd 'in" p-nt'na ti.P:,jp(l n-er 'm- Mr. 0'r t Kellar. Prcsi'Wit of fl- IVion. n"l tl,r nrayT 'is nfcred b- P.rt''. Ccova Wils.in. In his 'ecrure. Mr. Metca'f said: "I never hive ben ah'e to see ot nur ctiie rrnM be advanced bv hud'o! eni- hrts at t'ie men who arc engaged in the linnc busi"es. Tley are. m a rule, hon orable in the'" business dealings, faithful i fieir friends, and affectionate to their farn'lirs. "T nm not here to heart ab"e unon the lesis of public officials. Neither do I be lieve we should unsnnHnaly condemn and bt"e the man -ho becomes the victim of his appetite. The soone.- we acknowl edge that the drunkard is th" vict m of ilivise a disease of body and n.ind and sou! anil seek to nnrilv a remedv, the soonr- may we look for more practical re sn't from our labors. "In 1W. the year before the T.eague was o"eanizcil, there were exactly Hi)0 li cencd 'il-x-es. Dcring the current license yar (17 licenses have hn issued, a net redi"-'iop in number of 47.1. "Allowing twent'- feet front to each licensed nlace, which wo-ild be a conserv ative esfi-njitc. the 1100 in lSHQ would, il p!-ced side bv side, nmke a row ove four miles long, half the distance frrtrp Wash ington to Alexandria. The n27 licensed places, over Tlo nf which are in full blast to-niiht, would hne Pennsylvania avenue solidly on both sides, and without leaving onenin- for cross 'rents, between the I'eace Mon"mert and the Treasury, and there would still remain ninc:v-nine sa loons wiih which to decorate some other tl""-ni'-'ifnre." Mr. Motrn'f "aid that it had been manv times su-'-ested to him in hi work with the Anti-Saloon League that Washington wis cVmer than most ereat cities, not onl of thi coot-trv, Ivit also oi Furone; but, he su'd, although he admitted tins to be so. Wr-hii.iton would never be clean enough for him unto the'e was not a li censed barroom here. Wellington Post l.lfiiinr anil Kfhelenry. The views on t-tal Mutinm j voiced hy Count von ITaese'er, of tbe German Army, are of considerable interest. The Count is himse'f a teetotaler and declares that the soldier who sustains altogether can march I -tier and is a better soldier than the man who drinks even moderately. "Strong drink tires and only increases the thiTst." he says, end recom,.iends instead "water, coffee and, above all. tea." Tn America, where the rificienry nf the oldier is not nuite so vital a question as it is in Germany, Count von Haeselerjs testimony is, nevertheless, important. We have our own rreat army of peace in which we ar all offi rs or enlisted men. If li quor ia bad for the German eoldier. if it reduces his efficiency menially and Tihv iicallv. how much more injurious is it t( the Ap'erjcan soldier in the army of busi ness? Manv of the effects of liquor niav he worker! off bv the German soldier with his hard physical work, his co. stant living in tin- open air. But the American soldier of business, with his comparatively seden tary life and his fierce and constant ner vous strain, must find in the use of liquor np'cti more injury than the stolid German private. Chicago Post. Misuse of Drfnfc. M. Thin-, Professor in the t'niversitv of Liege, has persuaded his Government to permit him to lecture in the prisons on ethics and the conduct of life, with snecial reference to the use and misuse of drink. 'Statistics from his town show that in cases of fighting and assault half of the offend ers are more or less intoxicated; among thieves nnd swindlers, thirty-four per cent, are habitual drinkers. Criminals are usu ally ignorant, and thev offend in their sins, as thev often offend in their living, throui'h lack nf enidance and understand ing. Professor Thiry had the opposition of the authorities, as all penologists have in respect to prison reform, there seeming to he a general view that the society should "take it out" of the convict to the uttermost, without regard to his personal ity, historv or the gravity of his offense. But, having obtained the required permis sion, he has talked on temperance and al lied subjects, and, as he reports, with the best results. The self-respect of the pris oner h.u been awakened. ffn Drinking Men as Elevator RnlMers. "I'll tell you what it is," said the old levator constructor, as he puffed remin iscently upon a short stemmed pipe, "if there ia ever a time when a man wants to keep a clear head and have his wits about him, it ia when he is working on an ele vator job in one of our modern skyscrap ers. "Not only would a single misstep cost him his life, but s weakened bolt, a mis placed acrew, or a defective bit of machin ery would imperil the lives of scores of men and women. So essential are steady hand and bright wits 111 our trade that under the rules of our union no drinking man ran stay in the organization. The 6rst time a memlier of the union goes on a job under the influence of liquor he is suspended for a month and lined. For the second offense he is summarily expelled, without hoe of reinstatement. It's pret ty drastic treatment, but we have found it the wisest wav to deal with the matter." Philadelphia Telegraph. Welcome News. An English magazine brings the welcome news to the Woman'a Christian Temper ince Union members that enthusiasm for temperance is overtaking the majority of fashionable women 111 England, and that, having found out that wines and spirits ire bud for the complexion, they are unuk uig lemon barley water , t luuiUeou. . Brewers as "Angels." A decision of the Supreme Court of Ne braska ia to the effect that breweries must aot tie allowed to take out barroom li senses, except in i.ieir own names. But what is there to prevent the brewers from icting a "angels" to use a theatrical term and furnishing capital to the appli cants for licenses while they protect their investments by mortgagee on the prop irties? It is known everywhere that a ystem of that sort, or aomewhat like it, is practised on a most extensive scale by '.he richest brewers in the Empire titate nd elsewhere. New York Tribuue. Canrer aad User. Aa inquiry by Dr. Alfred Wolff into the Siyaienous cause of cancer has yielded in unexpected conclusion which promises temperance advocates new and powerful trgument. lr. Wolff discoveos that all the districts of high cancer mortality are '.hose in which beer or cider is largely trunk. Bavaria, for instance, heads the list in Germany, and Salzburg ia Austria, both gnat btwr-dnnking provinces, la France tho statietics are still more strik ing. There is the most marked contrast wtween tha high cancer mortality in beer innking departments and the low death rate (rwa cancer else w here Loudon Tit ita. . . -- COMMERCIAL REVIEW. R. G. Dun 81 Company's Weekljr Review of Trade says: Encouraging factors predominate. Little definite increase is seen in tha distribution of merchandise, but de velopments of the past week promts better things in the near future. Tha most important influence for good ia the brighter crop prospect. For tha present the best news comes from tha large cities, where warm weather haa stimulated retail trade in light weight fabrics and jobbers report that order from agricultural communities are much better th in from manufacturing centers. There are still many com plaints of slow collections. It i gratifying to note in despatches from iron and steel-making centers that the decline in quotations has :eased and consumers are making in quiries which promise to result in con sidcrable business. insofar as ac tual contracts are concerned, the past A-eek was probably the dullest thus far '.his year, yet the tone appears to be distinctly better and signs of growing Mnfidence arc most encouraging after the long period in which caution anj conservatism were the chief senti ments. Moderate contracts fK rail way bridges anj other structural work ire beinn plnced, but merchant steel and kindred lines are very quiet. Failures for the week numbered ajr in the United States, against igr last year, and jo in Canada, compared with l'J a year aejo,. BraJstrect's says: Wheat, including flour exports for the week ending July 21 aggrcgrate i,28t,sor bushels, against 1,412,41)9 last week, 2,781,988 this week lajt year, .1,080,96a in 100. and 6,974,526 in loot. From July 1 t- date the exports ag gregate 3,572,009 bushels, againot 0,815,182 last year, I2.t6l,)f)6 in 190a and 17,212,355 in loot. Corn export lor the week aggregate 706,647 bush tU, against 574.029 last week, 1,501.. 338 a year ago, 79,611 in 1902 and 1,155.270 in 1901. From July 1 to date the exports of corn aggregated 1,894, 700 bushels, against 4,423.26 in 190. 393.321 in J902, and 5,670,085 in 1901. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore, Md. FLOUR Quief and unchanged; receipts, 3,403 barrels; exports, 117 barrels. WHEAT Easier; spot, contract, 87(387; spot No. 3 red Western, 7J;&7 hi July, 8787,; August, 7AS.&7lA; September, 88!4'o.88J6; December, 89; steamer No. 2 red, Soyi. CON Easier; spot, 52'52'4; July, $52Vi; August, 520.52; Scptem ber, 524j2j; steamer mixed. 49J4 349fc- OATS Firmer; No. 2 white, 47(g) 47.' ! No. 2 mixed, 44 44.. RYE Easier; No. 2 Western, 70. BUTER Steady, unchanged; fancy imitation, 17.18; fancy creamery, 19; fancy ladcl, 1413; store-packed, it (2 12. EGGS Firm, unchanged; t8. CHEESE Quiet, unchanged; large;, 84ri.9; medium, go'ii small, gjfg 9s- New York. WHEAT Receipts and exports none. Spot easy. No. a red nominal elevator; No. 2 red, t.07 nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, I.09J4 f. o. b. afloat; No. I hard Manitoba nominal f. o. b. afloat. CORN No. 2, 55 elevator and 54$ f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 56; No. a white, $i,. Options market was exceedingly dull all day, but rallied near the close, and was finally J54 net higher. OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 pounds, 43'?.45: natural white 30 to 32 pounds, 46'3.47; clipped white 36 to 40 pounds, 47 'if" 51. New York. FLOUR Receipts 17,. 259 barrels; exports, 18,807 barrels. Steady but inactive. Winter straights, 4-50&4 75. CUT MEATS Firm. Pickled bel lies, Qa lo'A; piekled hams, lo'ifriii',. COTTONSEED OIL Steady; prime yellow, ili'A'a.iii'i. BUTTER Steady and unchanged; receipts, 4,482. CHEESE Quiet and unchanged; receipts, 4,616. EGGS Quiet and unchanged; re ceipts, 8,192. POTATOES Firm; Long Island, in bulk, per 180 pounds, I 502 00; Jersey, prime, per bartel, I.50I75 Norfolk, prime, per barrel, t 502.00; Southern sweets, per basket, 4 00fil4 5o CABBAGES Dull; Long Island and Jersey, per 100, I.00S200; per barrel, 251V150. Live Stock. Chicago. CATTLE Good to prime steers, 540'36.35; poor to medium, 4.505.25; stockeri and feed ers, 2.00(04.00; cows, 1503.30; neit ers, 2.00(05.50; canners, 1.50260; bulls, 2 oo(&4. to; calves, 250(6.85; Texas-fed steers, 3.oo'ri475. HOGS. Mixed and butchers', 5.15 ?5 45; good to choice, heavy, 525 5.5.45; rough heavy, 5.oo52o; light, VI07V15.40; bulk of sales, 5 25(3)5.35. SHEEP Good to choice wethers, 400(04.25;; fair to choice mixed, 3.00 (400; native lambs. 4 00'(I7 50. New York. BEEVES Steers slow tnd I0('i isc lower; bulls, steady; beef :ows, 1011115c lower; others, steady, steers sold at 4.oof,?5 85; extra, at 1.10; oxen and stags, 3 80 to 500. CALVES Choice veals 25c to 50c sigher; others steady. VeaU sold at too to 700; buttermilks, 300 to 3.25; hty dressed veals blow, at o.'i'&ijc er pound. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice iresh lambs about steady; others, 25c :o 35c lower; sheep, 25c lower. Sheep told at 2.50(114.25: common to prime iambs, 400 to 6.85; one car at 6.90; nulling very choice on sale. HOGS Prime State and Pennsyt rania hogs selling at 590 to 6.00 por too pound; mixed Western, at 505 to V30- wORLO OP LIBOR. Railroad salaries in Japan sveragj about $12 50 month. Twenty-two Sacramento (Cal.) unions have joined the State Fed eration the past three weeks. Colliers are opposing the out-of-work fund in Rhondda (Wales) dis trict. . . Railroad Telegraphers' Union ini tiated 13,777 new members last month. The union label will now appear on all advertising issued by the But falo (N. Y.) office of the Grand Trunk. Danvtlle, (111.) carpenters baYe se cured a new working agreement . Present indications seem to point to the employment of the Southern negro on the Panama Canal work. A State Federation of Labor was lormeJ recently at Augusta, Maine, through a delegate convention. The Early-Closing-of-Shops Bill seems in a (air way to become a law at this se.aion of tbe British Parlia,- mThe Supreme Court of West Vir ginia has issued an injunction agamst the United Mine Workers of America, forbidding them from organiiing tha mine workers of that atate.
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