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INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
fright Sunday Sermon By Ret. John
D. Long.
Some Whokion Asvlcs About Presenl-Dsy
Problems Diicooteot tod Rtmedy.
BABVLO.t, L. I. In the old First I'res
byterian Church here, Sundiiy morning
the Kev. John D. Loin, pastor, jiresehcd
on "The Industrial Conflict." The text
wu from Kcclesiastes ii:J: "What hutb
a man (or all hia labor!" Mr. Long said:
The writer of this text was ankiiiR a tc
the rewards of life. Let us accnmniodati
it to the conflict now waglnq between cap
ital and labor. It is the old question ol
the laborer and his hire. What are th
teachings ol Holy Writ on the question?
Here, as elsewhere, wo believe that thi
'Gospel applies, for as Kuskin suggests, tin
(iospel bears upon life at every point, and
is either good for everything or good fot
nothing.
Civilization Is based upon labor human,
animal, mechanical. What we call capita!
f is at bottom only accumulated labor. Tin
day laborer lays brick in a wall; that il
labor. He raves up a part of his wage,
and that becomes capital. Mechanical la
bor. by which most of the world's work i)
now done, is human labor invested in ma
chinery, and working through the same.
Of eourne. money or capital is secured
not only through saving and invention,
but in many other ways; yet human effort
is back of it all, and it becomes a sort ol
call loan upon the bank of labor. Was it
not Kmerson who said, "He that hath a
, dollar is master of all to the extent of that
dollar?"
Vat fortunes have been piled up by
thoie who have invented machines by
which mechnnisin may take the plnce ol
human 'mucin. Thus tho inventor is en
abled to draw th wages of thousands. W
all know how largely the machine has su
perseded the nnkeit hand in the manufac
ture of a thousand and one articles ol
daily use. Take, lor example, pins and
needles and nails.
To be sure, many (rrcat fortunes hav
been made by other nuans thai, by ma
chinery, but in the main the wealth ol
modern times is founded upon mechanical
labor.
Before asking what the letter or spirit ol
the Bible teaches on the tabor question, let
us face the situation of to-day. Organixerf
labor and capital are in conflict. " 'flier
are strikes and rumors of irii;es. Kach
H ike is a battle in th-j war.
It may be well to observe that organized
labor has as yet oniy a fraction of the tuluf
labor army, but it ;s a fraction that is in
creasing. Why this warfare? Because labor on th
one hand is dissatisfied with its ajiic ol
the rewards of industry, and bemu e. or.
the other, capital eo:istant'y --'c';s to re
duce the cost 01 production by opsonins
the demands of labor.
()ther iaclors, however, enter into th
ituation. One arises from the d ve'iop
nient of the modern corporation Wli.-th
er corporations have nouls or not. tin y laci
in large meaiire the element of personality
and the personal touch. "Men who n-nr!.
for a corporation are working in the main
for an unknown entity. Now, e reincm
ber that among the o'.d-tmie Romans tin
word for utranger was also the word 101
enemy.
Further, there has been much dishonesty
In corporate dealings. Take such things ai
the corrupt purchase of public fiiuieiilsei
be.ow value, the increase in cost of certain
necessities of life by reason of unjust com
binations to keep up prices. These and
o'her similar crimes aguiust the commu
nity have done much to inflame not onlv
labor, but the general public agaiusl capi
tal. Also, the rising standard of life, bv which
the living wage gets further nnd further
from the meagre pittance that would iuf-"-e
to support the frugal Chinaman, lead
the laborer to constantly demand a more
and more generous wage.
Still other grounds of hostility might bo
referred to, such as the natural, though
sinful, envy of the rich by the poor; the
ostentatious luxury of the rich, the growth
of class distinctions between the poor and
the rich and the inequality of pecuniary
rewards. The men who discovered the
priceless boon of anesthesia who found
that surgery might be rendered painless by
the use ot such agents a chloroform and
ether gained but little money from their
discoveries. They doubtless might have
traded on the world's fear of pain, and by
using the patent laws and secrecy secured
wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, but
, to their honor they did not. On the other
band, the men who introduced such im-
, proved and cheapened methods as the Bes
seiner process of producing steel gained
money by the hundred millions. So peo
ple are tempted to as!t, "Have not some
men been rather selfish, to say the least,
in the acquisition of their wealth? .And
may they not have obtained a little more
than their share?"
Before we go further let us ask what it
to be the probable outcome of the war be
tween labor and capital? Is it an irrepres
sible conflict, or can the opposing interests
be reconciled? The answer is already be
ing given. Take such a situation as may
now be seen in the coal trade 01 Chicago.
After bitter fighting the dealers and the
teamttcrs have come toge ther to monopo
lize the coal trade of the city and keep out
all competition. Wages and pi oh is have
been put tip at the expense ot the outside
public. Ibis is likely to go on more and
more.
The ultimate outcome, unless the tend
ency is checked, will be organization all
along the line until we have collectivism a
vast organized machine, in which men will
be cogs and individual initiative and per
sonality will be restricted to an extent that
wi.l largely arrest the progress of civiliza
tion. But let us take a breath and turn to the
Bible. W hat are the teachings of the Bible
in regard to labor and wealth? The Old
-testament is plainly anti-capitalistic. In
lllm j,uu ,lave dui to read tne laws
regarding capital in the Book of Leviticus
--laws that, it enforced, would compel
.plain living aa surely at the iron coin oi
spuria. Hear what was laid down there.
Land wat allotted in small parcels to the
families of the tribes, and could not be
alienated except for the term of fifty years.
And ye .hall hallow thit fiftieth year,
and proclaim liberty throughout all the
u n Snt0 '! the inhabitants thereof; it
snail be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall
return eveiy man unto hit possession, and
ye shall return every man unto hit family."
(Leviticus xxv: 10). '
n'er."t -uld not be charged on loam.
And If thy brother be waxen poor, and
fa Hen in decay with thee; then thou .halt
relieve him; yea, though h be a ttranger
?,r i0l'"fr; that he may live with
thee, lhou shalt not lend In in thy money
upon usury, nor lend bira thv victual for
"crease." (Leviticus xxv:33-).
finally, there was th ttatute of limita
tions with reference to loans. "At the end
of every seven years thou shalt make a re
lease. And thit it the manner of the re
lease; every creditor that lendeth augiit
unto bit neighbor thall release it." lLeu
teronomy xv:l-2).
The attitude of the Old-Tettament to
ward wealth is perhaps best reflected in
t.l"y,r .f Agur ''Giv me neither
poverty nor richct fcn I be full.
nd,d7;rh. d say, Who it the Lorflf
Slf-aoS1 Goi " Y,i0" (Proverb.
I need hardly remind yoo that the great
character dominating every page of tht
ew Tettament was a poor man, without
lousy or home. Hit attitude toward laboi
a tut one band and capital on the othas
may be imagined. It is well put by ui.
Heiiry J. Van Dyke:
"Never in a costly palace did I rest 01
golden bed,
Never in a hennit'i cavern have I eaten
idle bread.
Born within a lowly stable, where the cat-
tie round lie stood.
Trained a carpenter in Kuarctb, I have
toiled and found it (cod.
They who tread the path of labor follow
, where My feet have trod;
They who work without complaining do
the holy will of God.
Where the many toil together, there am I
among My owa;
Where the. tuvd. workman tleepeth, there
am t with him alone.
I, the ptwe that passeth knowledge, dwell
amid the daily strife.
I, the bread of heaven, am broken in the
sacrament of life. '
While there is never any bitterness in
the Master's utterance regarding wealth,
His views may be readily gathered from
such parables as that of Dives and Lazarus
(Luke xvi:1U).
Again, we have the same attitude in the
passage on the camel and the needle's eye
(Matthew xix:23).
Not only was the Lord poor, but His
apostles were all poor men, who placed no
value on wealth. Paul, the greatest of
apostolic preachers, supported liitncit" bv
manual labor, and taught "They that will
be rich fall into temptation and a snare,
and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction and per
dition. For the Irte of money is the root
of all evil" (I. Timothy vi:U-10). On the
whole, the attitude of the New Testament
is one of warning against the seductions of
wealth.
The evangelical churches stand upon the
word of Scripture, and so in svinp'-mv
with labor. In fact, of some 7.0JO.U0O of
male members in the evangelical churclict
of our land, not less than 6,UUv,UiX) are
wage earners or manual laborers. So that
the claim that the modern church lias de
parted from the position occupied by the
apostolic church is not well founded.
, What, then, from tlvj letter and spirit of
the Bible in connection with the teachings
of experience is to be suggested as a means
of curing the quarrel betweeu labor and
capital ?
First, let there be clo.'cr personal rela
tions between the rich and the poor. Let
them meet together in the fellowship of
Hod's house nnd the Divine Fatherhood.
Out of mutual acquaintance will come mu
tual respect, and a recognition oi u cjiu
mnn humanity.
You may ivmembcr Emerson's storv of
the quarrel between the mountain and tiie
squirrel, where he says:
"The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel,
And tiie former called the latter 'Little
prig.'
Hun replied,
'Vou are doubtless very b'j.
But all sorts of taings ami weather
Must be taken in togei.li?"
To make up a year
And a sphere
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I'm not ns lar-e as you,
Vou are not so small as i;
And not half so spry.
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel tracit.
I'alents differ, all is well and wisy put;
If 1 cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut."
Then there should be a deeper interest
taken by capital in the financial well-being
of labor. Such devices as profit sharing,
old age pensions and the like will give the
workman a sei-.se of greater security and
of partnership with capital.
Interest taken in the proper housing of
la'.ior, although not always appreciated, is
in the riht line. So, too, the introduction
of the social secretary as an intermediary
between the corporation and the employe.
Another thing needed, not so much in
the interests of labor or capital, but in the
interests of the innocent non-combatants,
is compulsory arbitration, applied at least
where the public sutlers intolerable incon-venknc-,
as in the case of a reihoad, tele
graph or coal strike. Compulsory arbitrn
tion may not always be satisfactory to the
combatants, but it is essential to the pjaue
and comfuit m those not involved in tho
controversy. This remedy, or military con
trol, as iu the recent railway strikes in
Holland and Austriu, should be used to
protect the public.
The sovereign remedy, however, must he
not by recourse to legal means, but by the
npp.ication of the royal law. James (ii:Hi,
after speaking ot the relations between the
rich and the poor, says: "If ve fulfill the
royal iaw according to the Scripture, thou
shalt love chy neighbor as thyself, ye do
well." This it the aqua regia, the roval
solvent, in which we may solve all tiie hard
asperities of conflicting interests.
Only as men come to know Cod through
Christ, whom He has sent, and so come to
love tiieir fellow men, will it be possible to
solve these quentions of controversy in a
way tiiat will insuro the permanent pro
gress of our civilization.
What we need, after all, is not measures,
but men.
"The world wanta men large hearted,
mai.ly men;
Men who shall join in chorus and prolong
The psalm of labor and of lve.
The age wants heroes heroes who shall
dare
To struggle in the solid ranks of truth;
To clutch the monster, ctror, by the
throat;
To bear opinion to a loftier seat;
To blot the error of oppression out,
Aud lead a universal freedom in."
Facet That Comfort One.
"I wish some people knew just how
much their facet can comfort one!" The
epeuker was a young woman who had
passed through deep sorrows; she was tell
ing a friend how muny people comforted
her, though they were unconscious of it.
The Kpworth Herald tells the story. "I
oflen ride down in the same street car
with your father, and it has been such a
help to me to sit next to him. There is
something to good and strong and kind
about bim, it has been a comfort just to
feel he was beside me. Sometimes, when
I have been utterly depressed and dis
couraged, he has seemed somehow ' to
know just the right word to say to me;
but, if he didn't talk, why I just looked
at his face, and that helped me. He prob
ably has not the least idea of it, for I
know him so slightly, and I don't suppose
people half realize, anyway, how much
they are helping or hindering others!"
There is a great deal of this unconscious
kindness in the world. Moses wist not
that his face shone. The best people are
not aware of their goodness. According
to the old legend, it was only when.it fell
behind him, where he coulil not see it,
that the saintly man's shadow healed the
tick. Thit is a parable. Goodnessthat i
aware of itself has lost much of its charm.
Kindnesses that are done unconsciously
mean the most.
Dseeptlon.
The one who successfully deceives an
other makes it hard for himself afterward
when the deception thall have been discov
eredat it it sure to be in time. He will
alwaya be distrusted, no matter whether
he it again attempting deception or not.
The only method that wins clear to the
end it honesty Wellspring.
The "Bant" rorblddtn.
We forbid the bant between rum, relig
ion and politic of whatever party aud
whatever sect, and in the name of God
and humanity, we proclaim a union holy
and indissoluble, of affection as well at ol
interest, between temperance, religion and
politics of eB7 party and every auct.
S'eal Deal.
Oddity of 8carlet Fever.
A singular case hag Just come to
light In Brooklyn. Two children in a
family had acarlet fever In IU most
virulent form, and sleeping In the
same bed with them during their 111
nBi was brother of two and half
years. This youngster was In nowise
affected. ''You should have isolated
the patients," someone said to the
father, who exclaimed; "Isolate! Iso
late! When all we live bad to live In
was two rooms!" One of the boys
who had the fever Is now so tender
skinned that the softest undershirt
causes great "pain, while the other Is
so tough that a leather s,trap can't
hurt him. .
Marked Turtle Recaptured.
George 8. Gillette of Mllford. Conn.,
anil tila inn AanturAft a turtle, and.
making a close examination, found 00
Its shell D. N. C, 1844 These are thelhe bankrupt and can Insist upon
.... ... 1 1 . n.wl I n rrm In r.uu hit hnllaVfiS
Initials or uavia n. uiar 01 tne same r cou i- - - -town,
an energetic old gentlemaa the bankruptcy was brougnt bdoui
now In UU 83d year. with dishonest InUnUons-
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL. LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUCUST 14.
Sntijertt Ohaillah anil Klijnli, t King.,
xvlll., 1-10-Oolileti Text, I Kltig-s.
xvlll., 19 Mmiiorv Verses, 3, o Com
mentary ou the, l)y'i Lesson.
I. Elijah goes to meet Ahab (vs. 1, 2)
I. "Many days." Tiie waiting time m.is:
haveseemed long to Elijah. "The thir J
year. It is sunnosed that hn ihi-lr hr
the Cherith about a year ami at Zar '
pnatn two years and six mouths. It was
now in the third year since he went to
arephath. "do." F.lijah made no move
only as he had directions from God. The
time had come when the people were in- a
state of mind to receive the benefit God
intended them to receive through the ter
rible calamity that btl.l rmni. ii-.tm llip-n
"L'nto Ahab." The King had' remained I
obdurate and unretornied. Anotiier op
portunity was to be given him of repent
aiice, and hlijah was scut in order to de
clare to him the cause of tho national
judgment and to promise him. on condi
tion of his removing it, the immediate
messing ot rain.
2. "hlijah went." A marvelous proof
of the natural intrepidity of this p:opliet.
or his moral courage and his unfaltering
confluence 111 the protecting care of Hod,
that he ventured to approach the presence
oi the raging lion. "Sore famine. While
it is clear, from chapter 17: 12-14. that the
famine extended oeyond the Kingdom of
Israel, it is still piouabl. that it was es
pccially oppressive in Samaria and the
provinces immediately adjacent. Corn
must have been obtained tor the people
from F.gypt or the adjoining countries,
else life could not have been sustained so
long.
II. Ahab and Obadiah searehirj for
food (vs. 3-6). 3. "Oiiaduih." There are
no less than twelve men by this mnic re
ferred to iu the Old Testament. The most
conspicuous among them was O'o.tdiaii. tiie
prophet. "Governor." lie was an otik-et
of high rank and great influence in Ahab'
court. "Feared the Lord." It is, indeed,
very remarkable that. Oliadiah, devout
worshiper of .lehovah, was allowed to re
tain his position when Jezebel was putting
forth every etfort to rid the country 01
, God's true followers. Xo doubt it was
because Obadiah could be trusted. He
was a man of integrity and industry just
the sort of a man that Ahab would wish
to appoint over his liuuseiio.il. It is not
uncommon to find wicked 1. en and hater
of Christianity employing Christians pre
ferably to others, simply because it is to
their interest to do so
4. "Cut off the prophets." The story of
Jezebel's slaughter of the prophet is not
given us, but it is referred to in this les
son aud in chapter 1'J: 1014. Not satis
tied in establishing the worship of Bial,
this wicked woman undertook to exter
minate tne prophets of the jxird. This
persecution she had probably ordered in
vengeance oecause hlijah could not be
found, and on suspicion that they were
privy to his concealment. Xo doubt the
larger number whom Jezebel cut olf were
sons of the prophets, those who belonged
to the schoo.s of the prophets, which we
learn from 2 Kings 2 were both numerous
and largely frequented. It was h of
these men whom Obadiah saved in the
time of persecution. "By fifty." That is,
he hid them ill two caves, fifty in each.
These were they of whom the world was
not worthy, mentioned in Hob. 11: 3S us
noble exemplars of faith. "Fed them."
This was done secretly, at his own ex
pense, and at the risk of losing his posi
tion and his life, and would, therefore,
be a strong proof that lie was a true wor
shiper of Jehovah. 3. "Go through the
land" (It. V.) It is said to be a custom
iu the Fast. when, a public calamity
reaches its highest point, for the King
himself and his chief minister to go forth
and seek relief. This shows further how
high was the position of Obailiah in the
service nnd conudence of the King.
I II. Elijah meets Obadiah (vs. 7-16) . 7.
"Met him." Deeming it imprudent to
rush without previous intimation into the
presence of Ahab. the prophet solicited
Obadiah to announce his return to the
King. "Knew him." The prophet's garb
would make him easy to recognize, and
he must have been seen more than once
in Samaria. "On his face." To Oba
diah hlijah was God's true representative.
By his actions Obadiah showed his pro-
...l B.l .1
"Is it thou?" (K. V.) His language and'
actions are full of emotion and surprise.
Is it thou, to find whom every royal de
vice has been exhausted; thou, Elijah, in
broad davlight, right here near the gates
of Samaria! 8. "Tell thy lord." It would
be news of great interest to the King.
9. "Wherein have 1 sinned" (K. V.)
Obadiah' fear is very natural. He is
asked to carry a message to Ahab, which
another disappearance of Elijah may seem
to make untrue, iu which case the wrath
of the King would fall upon him. "To
slay me." Thus we tee hdw Obadiah dis
trusted Ahab. 10. "No nation," etc. Of
course, Obadiah's words only apply to
those countries immediately around Israel
into which hlijah - could be supposed to
have fled for refuge. But he employs the
'language of Oriental hyperbole, so fre
quently found in the Old Testament.
I00K an oath. lie caused eacn nation ,
... uniu....K. i.i.. I fofmiilltr nlliriti nml su-enr '
that the prophet was not in their terri
tory. This shows tne influence Ahab
must have had over the surrounding na
tions. 12. "The tpirit shall ca.-ry
t..ee." Thit i..ay be an allusion to the
sudden disappearance of 1 lij.ih after he
announced the drought to Ahab. Evident
ly Obadiah regarded Khjah's concealment
as only possible through divine assistance.
"I fear the Lord." This and the
following verse was not spoken in a boast
ing spirit, but merely to disclose to the
prophet hi true character and thus mine
Elijah to spare him from what seemed to
him to be almost certain death. The true
worshipers had not all perished; there
were some who still held to the pure re
ligion of Jehovah. 13. "Was it not told."
Obadiah's thought seems to be that Elijah
-could believe nothing but evil of one who
was in the household of Ahab. 15, It).
After Elijah had dispelled all the appre
hensions of Obadiah and had positively as-
.aerted that he would show himself to
Ahab that day, Obadiah corn-eyed the
prophet t message to the King.
IV. Elijah meett Ahab (vs. 17-19). When
Elijah and Ahab met. the King said: "Are
thou he that troubleth Israel?" In thi
question he really charged hlijah with
bringing the famine upon the nation. Ahab
thought to awe him into submission, but
the proohet boldly told the King that the
cause of the national calamity was trace
able to hi own ungodly doing in forsak
ing the Lord and establishing Baal wor
ship in the land. He then demanded of
. Abab ti.at he gather all Israel and the &50
prophets of Baal and Asherah upon Mount
Camel. Inn Ahab proceeded to do.
Lives In a Tree.
Perched In a tree, from which he
declines to descend, day or night,
while any one Is in sight, E. L. Latch
well of Washington, D. C, Is puzzling
the people of Frederick's Hall, Louisa
county, Va.
Latchwell says that he was pur
sued by dogs, snakes and people un
til be deemed It advisable to get off
the earth. He chose a tree as the
most convenient method. As be de
clines to come down, the people bring
him food regularly and put It at the
foot of the tree, where be gets It
when the coast Is clear.
Good Bankruptcy Laws.
In Norway and Sweden the only
thing for a creditor to do Is to send In
tils claims and make sure that the
same are reoognlsel. After this has
been done be baa the right to refuse
tn accent the propositions offered by
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
AUGUST FOURTEENTH.
Obeying When Obedience It Hard
Gen. 22. 18.
Vhere pIsp Is there pictured such a
keen tent 01 obeillf n? It makes us
shudder td bhud that nobleman going
Into tho land of Monuh wlih his mm. A
tedious three-days' Journey It Is. What
a long, time In wlnc.i to woihIt at
God'H command! What a chance foi
Satan to get In his fierce temptations!
Think you the evil on.) was asleep
during those days of ugon'izing sus
pense? By no menus. But Abra
ham was proof against all nssault. In
his Inmost heart he was loyal. God
always defends Us trusting and obe
dient ones.
That was the perfection of trust and
confidence In God. At. this climax
his obedience wan as thoroughly test
ed as If he bad actually xacrnicfd bis
son.
"Lay not thine hatnl tipon the lad,"
was said only after the lust opportu
nlty for faltering was past, and Isaac
was saved to carry forward God's plan
for the development of the race.
Abraham drew aside the curtain of
the future and gave us a glimpse, of
the greatest events In hl.stoiy, though
he knew It not. "God will provide a
lamb." That was the revelation
Centuries roll away and on another
mount oven Mount Calvary the
Lamb provided from eternity Is sacrl
fled for the sins of a guilty world.
What an Impression the scene on
Mount Morlah must have made upon
Isaac! The p:lvllege of Impressing
the vital truth of atonement upon the
ages was awarded Abraham as a mer
It of obedience.
Men seek blessings In many ways,
but there is only one sure path to
them; that is the path of obedience.
Losses outside the path of duty are
real and often very disastrous. In
that path they are only apparent, and
Invariably Issue In gaun.
Obedience walks in a nn 1 row way,
but the way always leads upward tc
larger vision and grander experiences.
At first obedience Is uphill work,
but having persisted in It sutHclently
the gravity changes ami we ure
drawn upward as plainly as before we
were diawn downward.
The moment our lines are given to
God In uncompromising obedience
there comes to us a strength dJvlne
which overcomes all foes.
The high value of simple obedience
Is Illustrated In the case of a French
soldier who mounted the battlements
of a besieged town without orders,
which resulted in its capture. For his
biavery he was made a knight, and
then hung for disobedience.
When any plain command Is glvn
It is not ours to question, to reason,
to wonder. It Is ours Just to obey.
It is ours to do as ordered by Him who
has a light to command. Duty Is
ours. Results are God's. How grand
the life of habitual, tinaestionlug obe
dience! AUGUST FOURTEENTH.
"Obeying When Obedience is Hard."
Gen. 22:1-8.
Scripture Verses. Lev. 20:3-12;
Deut. 6:17,18,21,25; 30:9,10; Ps. 1:1-3;
25:1-5; 19:7-14; 24:3-5; 119; 1,2,6,45.72,
97-104,105; Prov. 3:1-4; Isa. 48:18; Jer.
17:5-8.
Letson Thoughts.
Mere promises, wltnout action, do
not constitute obedience. The rainbow
Is beautiful, but we value It most be
cause God has fulfilled the promise
which it represents. So any promise
of obedience, however beautiful in
itself, needs fulfillment to give it value
with God.
We cannot obey God unless we know
what his will is. If we wish to obey
we will seek to know his will.
Selections.
If the little things have a right to
your obedience there is as great glory
In obeying them as In obeying greater
things. A ship that disregards Its rud
der because the rudder is a slight
thing, would soon come to ruin. Heed
the smallest hint of conscience.
He who has followed God's messages
on earth has at last another message
to follow, and according to the faith
fulness with which he has heard and
obeyed here will be the confidence
and gladness with which he will follow
the last. God help us so to
follow every voice of his providence
which leads us to his service here,
that when the last voice comes, before
which tlw human spirit naturally
shrinks and sinks, we will rise up and
follow, doubting nothing, and swiftly
go up, clasping the hand of the angel
until we clasp the hand of Christ him
self. Obedience Implies that some one
else Is In charge. Then some one else
Is responsible for the results. It may
look to us as If a given course would
mean failure, but tue outcome rests
with the one that makes the plan and
marks out our 'part In It. If God's
ways are ways of wisdom, then there
Is no cause for us to worry about
what will happen It we follow bis clear
leading. His leadership insures suc
cess, and our safety is in following.
Marie Antoinette's Parasol.
A parasol used by Queen Marie An
tolnette has recently been sent to a
London house to be brought up to date
The stick, which, after tho fashion of
those primitive sunshades, doubles up
Is of Ivory, but almost covered with
beautifully chased gold, studded with
turquoises, pearls and diamonds. The
handle, where it Joins the stick, rep
resents a tiny gold kennel with a
microscopic dog at the far end, and on
the top, above the silk, Is a carved
gold ball wirniounted by a figure not
uire than an inch high. The parasol
was covered with gobelin blue silk,
lined with pink, edfed with a frayed
out pinked ruche and a bow outside.
Lattoed His Big Catch.
Frank Rogers of South Orrlngton
has quite a fish tied up at bis wharf
on the river shore. He caught a ttur
geon 8 feet long, weighing 250 pouuds,
in bis salmon nut, and baa him fast
ened by a rope so tuat he can swim
around In the creek. People who
wish to see him pull bira ashore, and
after the Inspection the bg sturgeon
wiggle.) back into deep water. The
sight Is quite a treat to those who
have never seen quite so large a Bsb,
any manytembrace the opportunity.
Kennebec Journal.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOMfi STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
"I nro IVer" A KeinarkaMn Parody rtr
Longfellow's Hiawatha Which I Es
perlnlly Appllrnhln to the pTMenl
SituationPoverty In lluinprr.
Like the strokes of heavy hammers
On the solid rocky pavements.
Kali the iron-circled hoof-brats
Oi the brtwcr'e mighty C'ydcsda'eg.
With the jnnnliuit of the harness,
And the crushing, grinding thunder
Of the JiiKgernaut behind them,
Hushing from the lofty portal
Wide and solid, high-arched portal
Of the brewer's gloomy castle,
Huilt with dead walls far extended
Khn-h along the public footway
Mined beneath tne reeking dungeons,
Kat-infested reeking caverns
nw i.r,..i i,,i ..-..i, i:..
Drives the monster wain deep-loaded.
Wide and high and strangely freighted!
W ho so comes with bursting thunder?
What so ponderous encumbers
Maosive car and street and city
Till the stagnant air mint shudder;
Window, pave and spire all shudder!
And a voice from out the black vaults
Hollow HouncU, but dread and near;
"I am lieer'."
O'er dull piles of brick and mortar
Far and broad and blankly ranging
lli-c like towers black-throated chllnlii-J
From the modern feudal c-axtlcs
Of the modern inaister barons.
Mender, tall, cloud belching chimneys,
N'uht and day belch brooding shadows.
O'er the towns still brood their shadow!
In the wide and dim recesses
'Mid the grinding ami the splashing,
'.Mid the steaming and the stirring,
'.Mid the soaring and the rotting,
Oiant arms ply in the mash tubs.
Men like solemn ghosts are walking
'.Mid the monster vats and watching
All the mixing and the fuming,
All the frothing and the stinking
Ot the yeasty witch-broth making,
Which for turning sense sodden
Claims the price of half the comfort
Of the home-life of the humble.
Who has built this pile so sombre?
Who beclouds the town and city?
Who no tricks the stupid workman
Of the weal of wife and children;
From the wide and dim recesses
Louies a thick and drowsy murmur:
"leh va Bier!"
Mirk the vicious, hissing faucet,
Like the serpent tongue of Helen!
!See the mighty foaming beakers.
Like the deadly foam-capped surges
See the mighty foaming beakers.
F"or Columbia sixteen gallons
To each soul of seventy millions!
O (iambrinus, in Valhalla,
How much tills a .Sixou pirate?
Four and fifty for Bavaria!
F'or Britannia seven and thirty!
Seven and thirty for each ini'ant,
Thirsty father, youth and mother,
From the wage one hundred dollars
Lost to every beery household!
Oh! the long and cruel winter!
Oil ! the famine and the fever!
Who brings poverty in bumpers.'
Itolis the man and loots the cottage? '
Builds great paunches, weak and slushy?
Lays pink skins on mucles flabby?
(living stupor for ambition?
Making mothers harsh and bleary,
Whiles embruting sons and fathers?
Who debars the weary soldier
From the health in God-made nectar?
Who serves every vicious contact,
Stirring up the human ferment '
From the "bureau oi statistics,"
FVom the canteen nnd the barracks,
l'rom the hovel and the revel,
"Midways" of the world and "Plazas,"
F'rom the gaudy corner taproom.
From the reeking, tilthy basement,
And the foulness of the brothel
From each cursed trap and vice den
All may hear:
Voiced iu multitudinous concert,
"I am beer!"
fn the halls of legislation
Sits the bloated god of Mashpot,
And the courtiers pale before him
When the pri thood call and beckon
Pushing pursy powerful lobbies!
The He-public's pliant consuls,
Delve in foreign lands and cities
Seeking channels of new trattie,
Laying far worlds under tribute
F'or the overflow of maelstroms,
F'roth of maelstroms ever whirling,
Swirling, seething, weltering, steaming,
In the bowels of the castles
I'ndcr pressure 1 id eruptive
Like the waters of Mont Pelee.
In the heavens appeared a wonder
(in the heaven nr. somewhat under.)
I Men who loved to pay high taxes!
I'll, cue wonoer 01 excises:
Oh, the dragor.s of the cities!
Oh, the Mayors and the council! t
Oh, the constables and sheriffs!
Oil, the wonder of the people!
F'or the beast, that often wounded,
Lived, and still "spake as a dragon:"
"While you make our htisinc legal
Tax us, tax us; we enjoy it!
We will make you roads and bridgis.
Pave the streets and lay the gutters,
Build poor houses and asylum;
High or low, still issue license,
And in any way 'restrict' us;
Let us live, and name your contract!"
''Fairly spoken," shout the -apers,
"Fairly spoken." said our statesmen;
"Fairly spoken," echoed people;
Politician all applauded.
Village papers, and great dailies!
"Free pre" of a Christian country!
Who to Cabinet and Congress
Comes with nower and ready acc-es?
Who enthrones the soulless Mammon,
Lord of "Christian" town and cities?
Who, alas! herd Christian voters
With the banded rogue and robbers,
All the trucklers and the jobbers,
After seneuies at best "commercial?"
Gunned the beast and with a leer:
"Find the name marked in their fore
heads. Every man as he hat voted,"
uid the dragon:
."I am Peer!"
Leaning from the walls of jasper
All the angels blushed and whmpercd;
"Ah, ala! what do men worship
When they look and act to queer?"
But the ancient time-win Devil,
With derisive blink and sneer.
Laughed outright; the vhiles tl.e dragon
shouted:
"I am Beer!"
--A. E. Allaben, in The Xcw Voice.
The Crutada In llrlef.
The Oakland City (Ind.) temperance
people are gaining in their fight against
the saloon. The colored people are tailing
iu line for the Anti-Saloon League.
The alcoholic subject has become to
prominent a part of the evila of the world
that clergymen must be trained to meet
aud teach the public it extent and how
to remove it.
Of the 22.153 persons arrested in New
York City charged with olfensrs of disor
derly conduct, 1M,770 admitted being intox
icated. Of the balance over 2miu were ob
viously drinking at the time of arret. and
were inebriate.
The saloon business in St. Louis, it is
said, ia almost entirely in the baud of the
Germ a and the Italian.
The jail iu thirty seven Kansas coun
ties are without a tingle inmate. Prohi
bition in Kansas prohibit more than
ninety-five per cent.
Every Sunday-achool thould have a
temperance library, at least torn tem
perance book 10 the i.jrary. The tiae of
tht library it of lest couaetmenre than the
quality of the book.
A theological seminary of (he Free Lu
theran Church in Minnesota hat taken up
the subject of "Alcohol and the Drink
Evil," A course of lecture hat been liv
en to iU students, to which clergymen and
lecturer of all the Norwegian teinperaaee
aatocutions have been invited
mw
Lire's Weaving-.
We are weaving the thread of our life
web,
Day by day;
And it colors are sometimes somW,
Somi times gay,
For we dye with every passing thought,
And with words and deeds is the pattern
wrought.
The pattern will grow into likenr
Of our creed.
If the thought be loving and tender,
Fair the deed.
It glows with a beauty rich and rare,
And its fadeless colors arc passing fair.
Hut, alas! it is interwoven
Oft with sin.
And the somber thread of an evil thought
Is woven in.
The pattern is n. aired as the shuttles fly
And the colors fade as the days go by.
We are weaving our webs for eternity,
Day by day.
If we make the pattern beautiful
As we may
The Master-weaver will, one by one,
'lust the glowing colors anl sav, "Well
done!"
Our weaving days will be orc
liy and by.
And the busy shuttles motionless
And silent be.
God grant that each weaver may do hit
Vhat his finished fabric may stand the
lest .
Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
Runstilne In the Bout.
A little church in Connecticut was hold
ing special services, having an evangelist
nnd a singer of some note as assistant to
the pastor.
'T want you to make a visit with me
this afternoon," said the minister to his
helpers.
Vou want us both;-" asked the sinscr.
"Yes, both, and you especially. There
is a young woman who has been ill for a
long time, ami who has been inti rested
in these meetings. I wish you to meet
her. Kvery day she inquire about the
work, and it will do her good for manv a
weary month to come if you will go with
me nnd say a word of comfort and sing
a hymn for her."
The three men went together, and to
gether they entered the sick chamber, a
little room not over twelve feet square,
in which the young woman had been ly
ing helpless for sixteen years. Stricken
down in the midst of a haopy girlhood,
she had spent the remaining years of
youth upon a bed of suffering, from which
she never rose. So had passed the dawn
and the morning of her young woman
hood. She hail entered early middle life
with the prospect of long years to live,
yet with no hope of improvement. She
was never free from pain, nnd as her suf
ferings increased her bodily powers were
failing one by cue. There remained only
the capacity to know and to sillier. Above
the bed was a mechanical contrivance bv
which she was daily lifted while the bed
was changed. It was a painful undertak
ing and not needlessly prolonged, and
when it had been completed there re
mained nothing more for the day but to
wait and bear the constant pain.
The hearts of the visitors sank as they
entered the room and learned the story
of the woman they had come to visit.
What word oi cheer coulil thev sav to lier,
what song of hope could they sing?
Hut the voice in which she spoke to
them was not the querulous voice of nn
invalid. The tone was one of habitual
patience, thrilling now with the joy of
this unexpected visit. It was not hard
to speak words of cheer to her. Indeed,
it was hardly possible to speak otherwise
in response to her own strong, confident
expressions of faith and trust.
"What shall we sini; to you?" inquired
the singer, alter a time.
"Sing ''I here Is Sunshine in Mv Soul,'"
the said.
The siin-.'er could hardly bring himself
to sing it, so strong was his own emotion.
But he found his voice at last, and sang:
"There's sunshine in my soul to day
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.
"Oh. there's sunshine, blessed sunshine,
When peaceful hanpy moments roll;
M hen .Jesus rhoivs His smiling face,
There is sunshine in the soul."
Both the words and melody mark this
(is a song for thoe to whom pain is un
lr i.i,l ..-I... .;..:.. j ' 1 i
u-. ,i7ju(.tT jii t-Auueriiuc
strength, let this song it was which ex-
firsi-u ine laiiu oi cue uopeiess HUllerer.
nn.l t..m , .1 .1 J l
...... ninny n,ia meieaiier sue soitjv
hummed it as she lay in her loneliness anil
pain.
Was she not right? The true sunshine
pf life is not that' of the world, which
brightens nnd grows dim, but that of the
Spirit of God within, which is constantly
1.1-1, .1,1 .....I u l 1 nu i. i .
iiiiii l- mm llioie uiltu
the perfect day. Youth's Companion.
Him! W ants Contrition.
The great thing is contrition, deep, god
ly sorrow and humiliation of heart be
cause of sin. If there is not true contri
tion, a man will turn right back into tho
old sin. That is the trouble with m.inv
Christians.
A man may get angry, and if there is
not much contrition," the next day he will
get angry again. A daughter may fay
mean, cutting things to her mother, and
then her conscience troubles her, aud he
tays:
'Mother, I'm sorry; forgive me."
But soon there I another outburst of
temper, because the contrition is not deen
and real. A husband speaks sharp words
to his wife, and then to ease hi conscience
he goes and buys her a bouquet of (low
ers. He will not go like a man and say
be has done wrong.
What God want ia contrition, and if
there is not contrition, there is not full
repentance. "The Lord is nigh to the
broken of heart, and saveth such as be
contrite of spirit." "A broken and a con
trite heart, O God, Thou wilt not de
spise," Manv sinner are sorry for their
tins, torry that they cannot continue in
tin; but they repent only with hearts t hat
are not broken. 1 don t think we know
how to repent nowadays. We need some
John the Baptist, wandering through the
land, crying: "Kepeut! repent!" D. L.
Moody,
Tout I' nto M,
Till t'.V l.nr.l..n il.. T I I
He will sustain thee burden and all.
"Thee" is the greatest burden that thou
hast! All other burdens are but slight.
uui una is a crutning uunten. But when
we come to the Lord with our burden.
Ill iiiMt lifla in, f, l.:i.l I.. .-.I..- I -II
i i e -'- .hiii, .'uiut.-u aiiu nu,
and bean him all the way home. Cliailc
A. Fox,
Orew In Uollna,
Tl Ii aiiiiKl in Kj. nnp ih.Iu.va. Ia mw.
quer ourselves, and daily to wax strong-
ir anil I n,nlr. . f, 1. I.,..-
neatv-Thomaa a Kem ui.
Ways of Lovely Women.
A Chicago woman mortgaged bei
freedom the other day by marriage to
a coavlct who Is beginning an impris
onment of fourteen years lor murder.
Jailers whistled a wedding inarch and
jailbirds Bung old shoes after the odd
ly mated couple. The husband went
back to his cell and the wife wandered
out Into the world and possibly to se
rious reflection. When will psycholo
gists give us stable basis upon
which to anticipate the results of the
relationship between a man and a
woman?
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
R. C. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Re
view of Trade" says:
Confidence appears to be returning
despite a large addition to the army,
of unemployed. Labor disturbances
are the most unfavorable factors in
the industrial and commercial situate
tion at the present time, curtailing ther
output of a few much needed products
and reducing the demand for all com
modities. Aside from this adverse in
fluence, the situation has improved,
although progress is slow and fre
quently interrupted. Another week
has put much wheat and cotton be
yond danger and brought other crop
nearer maturity. Dealers are pro
viding for the future a little more free-i
ly, and in several important branched
of industry orders come forward in
greater bulk. Owing to special sons
ditions, the leading branches of mani).
facture do not make uniform progress,
complications as to supplies of raw!
material making the current situation,
particularly puzzling at the textile
nulls and shoe shops. Dry goods buy-
ers are still arriving at the principal
cities, and footwear purchasers haval
taken sample lines to an extent that
promises well for next Spring. Earn-)
iiigs of the railways thus far reported;
for July are only 27 per cent, less"
than' last year.
liradstreet's says: Wheat, includ
ing riotir, exports for the week end
ing July 2S aKtrregate 1.613.265 bush
els, against I.-Si.jot last week, 3.191.J
442 this week last year, 4.388,5.14 iro
1002, and 6,463,391 in 1001. 'From)
July 1 to date the exports aggregate
5,186,174 bushels, against 12,006,6241
last year, 16.549,840 in 1902, and 23A
6"5.946 in 1901. Corn exports for the
week aggregate 41 5,841 trishcls, against
700,047 last week, 928,839 a year agoJ
28.405 in 1902, and 563.604 in igorJ
From July 1 to date the exports op
corn aggregate 2,310,544 bushel,
against 5.377.665 in 1003, 423,726 ii
1002 and 6,233,699 in 1901.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Baltimore, Md. FLOUR Quieff
and unchanged; receipts, 3,40.3 barrels;
exports, 117 barrels.
WHEAT Easier; spot, contract;
&7WfiXkl "Pot No. 2 red Western,
7'A"7h; July, 87'o87!-i; August,
07'iaH7'2; September, 8884i
December, 89; steamer No. 2 red, Ho'm
CORN Easier; spot, 2'a52'4; July,
P'i52!4: August, 52'G.52'-; SeptemJ
her, 52:i(W.52;i; steamer mixed. 4954
(2 49f4-
OATS Firmer; No. 2 white, 47
4".'i; No. 2 mixed, 44'Vi 445,5..
RE Easier; No. 2 Western, 70.
BUTER Steady, unchanged; fancy,
imitation, 17(17 18; fancy creamery, 191
fancy ladel, M'2.15; store-packed, it
(il 12.
EGGS Firm, unchanged; i3.
CHEESE Cjuiet, unchanged; large.
8 14 & 9; medium, 9'aQJ4; small, 94(oJ
9)8
New York. WH EAT Receipt!
and exports none. Spot easy. lO. i
red nominal elevator; No. 2 red, tjoi
nominal t. o. b. atloat; No. 1 Northers
Duluth. I.09J.J f. o. b. afloat; No,
hard Manitoba nominal f. o. b. atloafc
CORN No. 2, 55 elevator and 54;
f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 56J4; Nov-,
2 white, 551,5. Options market wal
exceedingly dull all day, but rallied
near the close, and was finally HQ'i
net higher.
OATS Mixed oats, 26 to 32 poundsy
43'" 451 natural white 30 to 32 pounds
46(047; clipped white 30 to 40 pound
47.'-j'?.5'-
New York. FI.OL'R Receipts 174
259 barrels; exports, 18.817 barrels
Steady but inactive. Winter straights
4-50,4 75-
CL'T MEATS Firm. Tickled bel
lies, g'J io', ; pickled hams, lotffitiJi,
COTTONSEED OIL Steady
rime yellow, 2ii'i7i 282.
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, 150(2.00;
Jersey, prime, per barrel, 1.50)1.752
Noriclk, prune, per barrel, 1.502001
Southern sweets, per basket, 4,oo$43ov
CABBAGES Dull; Long Island
and Jersey, per 100, I oo(u 2.00; pes)
barrel, 25(0.50.
Live Stock.
C h i c a g o. CATTLE Good
prime bteers, 5 40'u035; poor
3
medium, 4 505.25; stookers and feed
ers, 2.0014.00; cows, 1.50(3.330; heif
ers, 2.00(11.5.50; canncrs,
icrs, 1.502601
ves, 250iS63
bulls, 2 001) 4. to; calv
Tcxas-tcd steers. 3oo'Vi4 75.
HOGS. Mixed and butchers', sr
ft 5-45 ; good to choice, heavy, 5.351X4
fti.5.45; toukIi heavy, 5.00&5.20; light.
5.1010.5 40; bulk of sales, 5 255-35- 1
SHE El' Good to choice wcthersu
4000425;; fair to choice mixed, 3JO&
1400; native lambs, 4 oofa 7.50.
New York. BEEVES Steers stow
and 10'n 15c lower; bulls, steady; beet)
cows, iofaijc lower; others, steady.
Steers sold at 4O0'n 5 85; extra, as
b.lo; oxen and stags, 3 Bo to 5.00.
CA LYES Choice veals 25c to 50c
higher; others steady Veals sold a '
400 to 7.00; buttermilks, 300 to 525;
city dressed veals slow, at 9'A'At29
per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Choice
fresh lambs about steady; other. $&
to 35c lower; sheep, 25c lower. Sheep1
sold at 250(114.25: common to print
lambs, 4.00 to 6.85; one car at 6.982
nothing very choice on sale.
- HOGS Prime State and Pennsyl
vania hogs selling at 500 to 6.00 pet
100 pound; mixed Western, at SS
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world of labor.
From July I salaries of all tninot
employes ot Mexico's State Govern
ment were increased.
All machinists' organizations wes
of the Mississippi will consolidate)
into one organization.
The F-rie Railroad is reducing ths
number of its- trackmen and switch
men all along the line.
It is said that the vessel owners ar
planning to fight for sn open shop onr
the Great Lakes next season. It lr
taid they will give the unions
recognition after the nesent season.
The TCnights of Lsbor, once sa
powerful, still exists, with a memoes
ship of sbout 40,000,
The Canadian Northern firenieej
have asked Manager Jones, of Win
nipeg, for revision of their wages)
iK'hedule.
Seven hundred coal miners in Sons
eitet, England, have stopped woc'j
rather than accept a reduction t
wages.
Buffalo (N. Y.) tilelayers art s'T
out and conditions are unsettled. 1J. -
trouble arises both on wages and o .
the desire on tht part of the empto--eri
to have a handv man on each k.
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