"Wiio m SOS OF COD
Brilliant Sunday Sermon Ey Rev.
Robert A. MacFadden.
Four Sourtei ol Saccess art Blood, Will ol
tbc Flctb, Will ol Mad tod Ood.
BnootaTs, X. V. Vie Rev. Itoberl A.
MacFadden, of Danvers, Mass., preached
Sunday in the Lafayetts Aveiue Presby-.
terian Church. In the morning his subject
was "Who' Are tho Sona of God?" He
Mv subject is "Who Are the Sons of
Ood?" and my text John i: 13: "Which
were born not of blood, or of the will of
(be flesh or of the will of man but of Ood."
Here are forr sources of eueceos set in
oontrast blood, will of the flesh, will of
man and God. At first sight they are
equal; but a second sight reveals the war
fare that ever goes on between-heredity
and environment on the one hand and
faith in God on the other. This contrast
implies, though does not state, that tho
One true success is spiritual success, and
for this a secret power is to be furnished,
power in life means all the way through
to tbe final, a victory over difficulties, and
difficulties cannot be ultimately overc3ma
except through this secret power.
Every life lived and every work doao has
somewhere its sufficient explanation. Cod
has never yrt permitted an accident in
fclis world, cry deed has its pedigree.
Bo much producing energy in the causo
means so much enerjy in the effect. There
is no such tbimj as luck. Every life lias
its pedigree. Young men are so apt to
think chance plays the great part in lire,
to llicy wait lor their chance. They cce
loma one !o easily the t iing he under
takes, and they lean tt the belief that there
is some trick about it. ff they only had
the trick they could do it, ulao. Such
you men need to bi informed. Tbe nan
who succeeds to-day ij business, scholar
lun or politics ev.ccecds becauoo he knows
how, and he k-nowa how because he has
learned how. He who docs cot know how
is foreordained to failure. There ia no
mora innortnnt question the you.ig man
ran ask himself than how he can prepare
tor life as not to be a castaway; "not lost
t;ia next world, but shipwrecked ia
1im."
For t',ie ra.io between what nan is end
wbat he ran do ii a constant ratio. Every
ma 1 will have ull the power he earns, and
ithc power that be has will tell, not because
pcoplo like it or like him, but because it is
power, and ns such can keep itself erect
without being propped up by a labor union
or '.ic-Id in its piace because it is somebody's
01.
It follows, then, fiat the most import
ant thing a boy can do is to get ready. It
is inspiration to l;..o.v that every ounce of
encry put into work in the ear.y years is
o Much dir'.i.'.ct guarantee of usefulness in
the adult years. And next to getting
Tcady, the' father should tell his boy that
he r.-.i:st gee ready for rough weather. The
boy must learn to handle the boat of his
own experience if he is not to be driven
tipoi t it- flan, lows or into the breakers. As
lie Meets and masters the difficulties that
beait In n getting out of the harbor of the
big i Hchoci or the college, he is equipping
himself for the enemies that will assail
hi n on the high seas.
.lo'i.i, then, here points out the possible
ways of getting ready. He asserts that
jK'iriaiient success does not depend upon
blood, will of the flesh, or will of man,
but solely upon God. Let me translate
this into the four F's: Family, force, fur
lushing i, faith.
iiolin says tirst a man's success does not
depend upon his family. Dr. l.ymuii Ab
bott has developed this thought rational
ly: That no people are great or good sim--ply
because ol their ancestry. "The great
ness of America does not depend primari
ly upon its Pilgrim history." No one would
for a moment dispute this with him.. But
I desire to emphasize this from the domes
tic viewpoint. A m.'v 's spiritual success,
says John, does not impend upon his fam
ily. Then it makes no difference what the
family, the Bible lays no stress upon here
dity. He who says this does not know the
Bible. The Bible lays great stress upon
heredity. When it writes the life of a
?:reat man it begins with his parents. The
oundations of one generation are in all
respects laid in the antecedent generation.
In an important sense the boy begins to
live when his father begins to live. The
child is the parent continued down into a
new generation. This is science, and it ia
good science. But this ia Scripture, and it
is good Scripture. Scripture emphasized
heredity long before science was born.
Hannah, the mother of Moses; Elizabeth,
Mary, Lois and Eunice are all magnificent
monuments. The Christian women who
.would duplicate these glorious sons must
, first duplicate their matchless mothers.
As believers in the Bible we have an in-"
tercst in heredity. It is the Gospel expec
tation that the children grow up bearing
the physical features of tneir parents, so
in time they will come to embrace and ex
emplify the parents' faith. That's what
Timothy did, in whom the great apostle
rejoiced so much. Heredity is mighty, but
let us not think it is almighty. Heredity
gives us tendency, but it gives us noth
ing else. The children of good parents
take in goodness more easily than the chil
dren of bad parents. The children of edu
cated parents acquire ideas more easily
than those of ignorant parents. The fath
er, who for five and twenty years has been
aying: "Two times two are four, I guess
I'll make it five," gives to his baby child
the tendency to make the same multipli
cation, but the child must make the choice
before it becomes to him a sin. How I
wish that that great sermon of Henry
Ward Beeechcr on "Heredity Influence '
could be printed as a supplement to our
courses in ethics. That sermon makes
-men tremble at what they may bequeath
. to their children. But after all, the grace
of God is stronger than the sin of man.
What. a man is lie chooses to be. Weak
ness, tendency are handed down, but the
choice is made by the individual himself.
iYour spiritual success, young man, does
not depend upon your ancestry, your her
edity, your father's habits, or your family.
John says no man ia safe simply because
of his family.
But it docs not depend upon your per
sonal force, which is a free translation for
the New Testament word "flesh." It
tands for the animal man, not necessarily
the bad animal man. It means a strong,
vigorous force in the man himself. Now,
John says this strong, vigorous force will
never give a man his spiritual supremacy.
Let me illustrate, rather than debate, the
proposition. Noah must have bad atrong
ad. vigorous will, but it did not insure
him against drunkenness. Hamsun had a
mighty will, but it was no match for the
dark eyes of Delilah. David, what glor
ious career in overcoming obstacles!. What
vigor! What power! But iu the presence
of hit guilty love be was weak and
wretched. The Iter. Arthur Diinmerdate,
in that greatest American novel, "The
Scarlet Letter," had a mighty will, but he
was lost in the presence of Hester Prynne.
That great Irishman, greater than any
other, who ruled with a rod of iron; who
took the miserably misunderstood prob
lem of home rule and lifted it into a cen
tral place in the world's thought; who
thrashed the London Times: who wrought
miracles in the House of Commons, and
who lifted William K. Gladstone into the
office of Prime Minister for the fourth
time; that man, at the zenith of his p ur
er, was discovered to have invaded another
man's home and waa living in a hidden and
illicit way. The people of Great Britain
tore him from hw throne, trampled his
name in tbe dust, and wit'in three munths
lie was laid away in his grave with a brok
en heart. As the traveler to-day wu'ks bv
an unmarked grave In the Mt. Joy Ceme
tery of Dublin, he says: "No, Mr. Par
iiell, a mighty will does not make every
ft eat man safe." What ahull fathers tell
heir boys? That a weak will is the better
for them? Nay, verily. Great force is to
the boy what momentum is to tbe rifle
ball. A boy without will cannot live. He
needs every ounce he ran acquire, but this
alone will not make him morally safe or
spiritually atrong. The hope of a man is
not in his family, not in his force, nor yet
is it in hie furnishings, which I use a the
equivalent for the will of man. John says
neither the individual nor the world will
be saved by its furnishings. When Jonah
went to Nineveh, one of tbe reasons for
his going wss that 123,000 people needed
d'Jtatiou " ht eould ant tell their riant
hand fror.i their" left." That same cry goes
u; to-day. Only educate and train; that
is sul'i'-en4. Your section is not so white
washed Willi this sy.slcri of ethical culture
as snm? others I k-.tow. Hut we never can
enp'iasi-e too often or ton positively tho
tixi.il tenet of Christ's errsd that what a
ir.im nc.L-ds primarily is r.ot accession of
brain, but n fresh heart; not illumination,
htt reconstruction, the establishment in
him by grace of something that is not in
hill ly nature, lihr.iiniition of the brain
is nevir clari.ication of the heart. There
was a man in oiii- American life who was
bom of the best family, with a personal
forte that commanded ncn and captivated
women, who::o furnishings could scarcely
be surpassed, and yet theie has not walked
serous t ie pages of American history a
blacker hearted villinn than Aaron Burr.
I an ns far ns possible from saying that
kmwlei'go nnkes a man worse; my only
contention is that it has not in it"lf tho
nnwrr of riakinj ncn better. Ideas, edit
cilion alone, tan neither reconstruct the
life nor recreate the heart.
This ia a thoughtf-il age; men are
br.ii iv; all about us there is n pansion for
new ideas; but our most urgent necessity
is not of idea but of power. What we
need most of all is not schooling but bap
ti.'Hi. and that is to come through faith.
What is this faith that is to give us the
supreme victory and insure our safety? It
i3 r.t this distinct point that we begin to
learn the real meaning and purpose of
faith. Every little while I am told by one
and another that he would like to have
faith in this particular matter in regard to
the Bible, or in regard to Christ in the fu
ture life as though if his mind could only
be brought intellectually to consent to it,
the consummation would be reached and a
. .......it. Ank.ut.ail Ttnini- nrfiappH 1,1
assent to this or that particular statement
in re-ard to Christ, for examole. is a very
distinct thing from faith. Faith is per
sonal attitude, personal relationship. Faith
is such a personal yielding of ourselves to
another as brings us into living contact
with that other and so makes us recipient
of what it lies in that other to confer. 'I he
child becomes like his father by faith in
his father, because his faith is that inwurd
surrender that makes him susceptible to
everv impression that goes forth from Ilia
father. A child's faith toward his mother
is not faith that what his mother says is
true; it is faith in his mother, the hiding of
himself in the one life that enwraps them
both, so that he lives in the sweep of her
inspiration and grows up toward manhood
by the appropriation of personal vigor, wis
dom and sweetness hourly made over him.
And that is cast in the same mold as Gos
pel faith, which is as a cord by which the
living Christ holds the believer to Him
self. Faith is not a condition wherein we
hold to something or somebody, as that in
which we are held by something or some
bodv. It is not holding a doctrine, but be
ing'held b? a person. "I know whom I
have believed." The iron filings stick to
the magnet, not because they try so hard
to stick, but because they are mastered
bv the magnet.
'Faith, then, has for its very essence a
personal self-commitment, one ounce of
which is worth a whole ton of intellectual
affirmation. It is this sense of being heid
by God that makes a man safe and secure.
I' do not know how the grace of God can
take a man like Saul of Tarsus and make
him Paul the Apostle; but no man will
question hits knowledie when he says: "I
live, vet not I, but Christ liveth m me.
That 'is exactly what John B. (io-.igh cried
as he went like a flaming torch binzing the
way for a multitude of hopeless drunk
ards. The hope, and tbe only hope, for
us all is in the grace of God. If I were to
strike a tuning fork on this desk and ho.d
it to my ear not one in this room cou.d
hear the sound thereof, but I could hear
it and tune mv violin. Strike it again and
instead of holding it to my ear, set it up
on this desk. Instantly the sound would
be heard everywhere. But what do you
hear? Not the tuning fork, for the tuning;
fork makes no louder sound the second
time than it did the first. What do you
hear? You hear this hard wood desk,
which has no music in itself, but just as
soon as it comes in contact with a musical
instrument it itself becomes musical and
delights every one that baa music in bis
'"'The individual life may be insignificant
alone by itself; it may come from a good
familv or a bad: it may have great force
or little; it may have choice furnishings or
not; but the safety and security ot all will
depend upon the personal self surrender
to the Son of God, who alone has the pow
er to make them Sons of God, which are
born not of a family or of force or of fur
nishings, but of faith.
Power of an Ideal.
A beautiful statue once stood In fne
market place of an Italian city. It was the
statue of a Greek slave girl. It represented
the alave as tidy, well dressed and hand
some. A ragged, unkempt, forlorn street
child, coming across the statue in her
play, stopped and gazed at it in admira
tion. She was entranced and captivated
by it. She gazed long and admiringly.
Moved by a sudden impulse, she went
home and washed hex face and combed her
hair. Another day she stopped again be-,
fore the same statue and admired it, and
received new inspiration. Next day her
tattered clothes were washed and mended.
Each time she looked at the atatue she
f'und aomething in its beauties until she
was a transformed child. Treasury of Jia
ligious Thought.
Wanted: "A Positive Gospel.
It is the preacher of positive faith end
conviction who most deeply impresses a
congregation and who has the greatest
staying power among a people. Nebulosity
of belief and statement does not commend
him 'to the public. A firm grip of truth
mak.-J him stong and vigorous in preach
ino ami influential in and uersuasive ill
spirit and activity. The more clear cut he
is in bis views ol Bible doctrine and piae
tice, the more ready are choice ami in
telligent souls to accept him us their re
ligious guide, and the greater then com
bined influence in the community in which
it is centered. A larger enthusiasm is
quickened among its adherents, and a
growing increase in the number of recruits
u sure to follow his faithful and atsalou
ministry. The Presbyterian.
The first Result of Effort.
Every real and searching effort of elf
Improvement ia of itself a lesson of pro
found humility. For we cannot move a
step without learning and feeling the way
wardness, the weakness, the vacillation
( our movements or without desirisw to
be set upon the Rock that is higher tWn
ourselves. William Kwart Gladstone
Kxalt Oar Lives.
We reduce life to the pettiness of our
daily living; we should exalt our living to
the grandeur of life. Phillips Brooks.
The help of Ood ia the only hop of
Dog Chawed Up Two Dozen Bible.
A dog with n appetite for sacred
things chewed up twenty-four Bible.
in Morton Chapel Methodist Episcopal
church In Jeffersonvtlle, and George
Yester waa forced lately to purchase
new outfit for hie Bible class.
Children'! day waa observed at the
chapel, and during the exercises a dog
followed one of the children Into the
place of worship. When tbe meeting
closed the canine was asleep and tbe
sexton locked the doors, not knowing
of Its existence. Tbe building re
mained closed until the next day, and
when tbe sexton opened the door, the
dog was occupying the pulpit, souud
asleep.
Pieces of paper were scattered all
over the auditorium and an Investiga
tion showed that twenty-four Bibles
belonging to George Yester's class bad
been torn Into fragmeuts. Tbe jani
tor Is of a religious turn of mind, but
he came near forgetting that fact and
w . a ... tho. vwilnt nt Bavins thlnva
' when be remembered where be was.
Louisville Herald.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUCUST 23.
Su1JeMi F.IIJah IMsconrsgeit, I Kings,
sis., 1-H (loiiicn Text, I'm. css.,1
Memory Verses, 3, 4 .Cnimnentnry on
the Day's Lesson.
T. The flight nf Klijah fvs. in). 1.
"Told Jezebel." She was not affected by
the story as she would have been by the
nctual events. "Klijah had done." Alialt
did not appear to recognize the hand of
God in the affair There are eyes so blind
ed (2 Cor. 4:4) and hearts so steeled
against the truth that no evidence can
reach then. "Had slain." The slaughter
of the prophets of Baal, who were prob
ably of the same foreign nature as the
queen, was whut stirred all the fierceness
of her nature. As she listens to the story
her one thought is revenge.
2. "Sent a messenger." ller-t was lack
of shrew ' "s and forethought, if she
really wishcn -id designed to eairy out
her threat, for such an announcement of
her purpose gave Klijah full opportunity
to escape her, or prepare to meet her op
position. But it is possible that her ob
ject was to terrify him snd drive him
away from her city, and that she feared to
cope with him otherwise, lest her own fate
should be like that of the false prophets.
Some have thought that the exact time
which was given him "by tomorrow
about this time" is a proof that het
threat "was intended and understood us a
sentence of banishment on pain of death."
"Unto Klijah " The prophet did not ven
ture into the city, and thus put himself in
her power, but waited to sec how she
would receive the news. It is not the duty
of even God's prophets to rush heedlessly
into the lion's den unless directly com
manded to do so. He used good judgment
in this matter. "I-et the gods." One ot
the most tremendous vows which mark the
history of the Semitic race, both within
and without the Jewish pule. This was
the most terrible osth she could use. It
meant that if she did not slay Klijah then
let the gods slay het
3. "When he saw." When he hrarJ of
the rage of Jezebel, and saw the storm
that was coming on him. "Went for Ins
life." He knew Ahab's weakness and lack
of courage and the instability of public
sentiment. It seemed to him that his ef
forts had been in vain, thit the bria-ht
prospects on C'arniel had resulted in no
permanent good, and that God's cause
was utterly lost. Jehovah seems to have
left him for a season to himself. IVriuiMs
there was danner that, like the apostle, he
might be exalted ahove measure bv tho
abundance of revelations and nf power
which were manifested through him (2
Cor. 12: 7), and it was needful to remind
him by an impressive experience that he
was still a man encompassed with human
passions and infirmities. To many it may
seem that a great onportunity to ret'o-m
the worship of the kingdom was lot by
Elijah's flight. The people were con
vinced, and it would have been an ej'sv
matter for Pi.i to hive removed Jezeoel
and the remaining false prophets, rtut
there is a point beyond which il;vin pmv
er will not multiply miracles, and the turn
ing point here was the instability of A hah.
' "Beer-sheha." At the extreme southern
limit of Palestine, and about ninety-five-miles
from Jezreel. Beer-sheha was om
inallv assigned to the trine of Simeon
(Josh. 19: 2). though in Josh. I.k l'S it ;s
included among the uttermost cities nf
Judah. Tt appears that the tribe of Si.
meon had now become larirely absorbed i i
the tribe of Jud.ih. "Left hisvervaut."
Th3 servant must have attended him from
Carmel to Jezreel and from thence to the
south of Judah. The prophet now desires
solitude. In the need of spiritual commu
nion with Ood no comnanion is desired.
Kven Jesus Himself said to His disciples.
"Sit ye here, while I go and prav yonder"
((Matt. 26 : 361. Jewish tradit on sars the
servant was the son of the widow of Zare
phath. and no less a person than tiie pro
phet Jonah.
II. Klijah in despair (v. 4). 4. "Into
the wilderness." The wilderness here spo
ken of is the desert of Paran, through
which the Israelites had of old wandered
from Kgypt toward the promised land.
He did not feel himself safe until he was
bevond the territory of both Ahab -md
Jehoshaphat. He is now led down into
the dark depths of temptation. "Juniper
tree." The Hebrew says, literally, one ju
niper tree, or hroom, shrub, and thus de
picts the desolation of the country. It
was stout enough to be used for fuel (Psa.
120:4), and in time of famine its roots
could be eaten (Job 3n:3, 4). "That lie
might die." The prophet's depression had
reaehed its lowest point. "Not better."
etc. His life seemed like a great failure.
In moments of despondency even Shakes
peare thought himself no poet, and Ra
phael doubted his right to be called a
painter,
III. Klijah fed by angels (vs. .1-8). 5.
"Lay and slept." Klijah was physically
exhausted. It was the reaction after the
intense nervous strain on Carmel. First of
all God supplied his physical necessities.
He giveth His beloved sleen. "An angel."
We hear little of these heavenly minis
trants during the great period of prophetic
activity. The mediation of angels was
largely supplanted by that of inspired
men. But at times they appear to remind
us that they ever encamp around God's
servants. "Arise and eat." Food was
provided for him. Jehovah is not yet
done with him, and He miraculously cares
for him as He did for Jonah when he fled
6. "Cake." A round, flat cake put be
tween hot stones laid in embers of a char
coal fire, but he is too weary to eat a suffi
ciency and so falls to sleep again. This is
not the first time that God had given an
gels' food in the desert (Psa. 78:25; Neh.
9:21; Deut. 8:16). "A cruse." A bottle or
jar. 7. "Angel came again." It is well
to note the fact that Elijah's physical
needs were fully met before any effort was
made to encourage his drooping spirit.
"Our-sbodies are the temples of the Holy
Ghost and we must keep those temples in
repair." "Journey great." The journey
he had already taken and that which was
yet before him.
8. "Went forty days." He was mirac
ulously sustained. On the same mountain
Moses had twice fasted this same length
of time (Exod. 24:18, 34:28), and in an
other wilderness Jesus did the same
(Matt. 4:2). "Horeb." This U the same
as Mount Sinai the mount at which the
law was given. Tbe distance from Beer
sheba to Horeb ia not over 200 miles. Eli
jah waa probably wandering in despond
ency and seeking to bid himself. The
time spent waa not wbat was required for
the journey only, but far more in medita
tion and prayer, and seeking from God
reason why all the toiling and testimony,
which the prophet had bestowed, had
proved so unproductive. The spiritual
conflict of Elijah prefigures the spiritual
conflict of Jesus. "Mount of God." bo
called because God here revealed His maj
esty and glory and gave the law to Moses.
Made Temporary Truce.
James VI of Scotland afterward
James I. of England In 1587, belDg
much prturbed by the constant quar
rels among his noblos, determined to
end all disputes bj a summary process
jf reconciliation. Accordingly, having
assembled the nobles on Sunday, May
14. at Holyrood, In the loUalng of Bir
lames Maltland of Thlrlstane.be drank
to them and caused them all to shake
hands. On the following day, after
banqueting them In Holyrood, be
caused the earls of Angus, Montrose,
Mar and GWncalrn, also the master ot
Glamuils, and many others all deadly
enemies to one another to march
hand in band two abreast from the
abbey to Holyrood along the Canon
gate and High street of Edinburgh to
tbe town croes, where the provest and
bailies had a table spread with wines
and sweetmeats. Here the company
once more drank to their eternal
amity and separated. But a few weeks
later they were lying In wait, as ot
old, to 1:111 oce another.
EPWQRTH LOGUE LESSONS
i AUGUST TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Church Benevolences 2 Corinthiana.
9. 6-9.
Who ever hoard of a church that
pliH'il away and perished because it
gave luo much toward benevolences?
No such case can be found. The col-
ort'd preacher was quite right who
I said, "Brethren, If you will find me a
I church that died fioni giving too gen
! eroiisly I will go to that church and In
the light of the moon will cntnb up to
Its moss-covered roof and there with
my hands spread In the attitude ol
benediction will exc-lalm, 'Blessed am
de dead dat die In de Lord!'" No!
"Giving Is the soul of living." Tho
most, prosperous churchpg ars tho
most generous. Withholding Impov
erishes. Giving enriches.
In the natural woi Id the miser
method has been demonstrated to the
entire satisfaction of all experiment
ers. Not a whit less clearly has It
been proved In the spiritual realm.
A church once being In debt voted
to turn all its coiitnlbutlons toward
the liquidation of their Indebtedness
until the whole was wiped out. But
the contributions grew smaller, but
the debt did not decrease. Afterward
wiser counsels prevailed. They de
termined to do their duty by all the
causes that had legitimate claim upon
them. Then they prospered. The debt
was liquidated, the mortgage burned,
and a Jubilee of rejoicing was enjoyed.
God blessed them as never before.
One time the Massachusetts Legis
lature was discussing a proposition to
grant an act ot Incorporation to a mis
sionary society. With more wit than
Judgment a certain member objected
on the ground that It was not wise to
export religion when we had none to
spare. Readily came the sound an
swer that religion is a commodity ot
which the more we exported the more
we had left. This has been our ex
perience. Sending the Gospel to
heathen peoples has opened up mar
kets for Christian lands, such as have
turned streams of material wealth
into their coffers. Mission work In
distant mission fields Improves the
spiritual strength anrl efficiency of
home churches.
Ood loveth a cheerrul giver. The
word translated "cheerful" Is In the
Greek "hllaron," from which Is de
rived our word "hilarious." Give with
a gusto, with a revel of delight and
gratitude.
El
AUGUST TWENTY-EIGHTH.
'National Missionary Heroes." Heb.
11:32-40.
Scripture Verses. Matt. 28: 18-20;
Mark 16:15-20; Luke 24:46-48; John
15:27; Acts 1:8; 2:32, 3:15; 5:31.32;
9:4,3, 26-38; 9:15,16; 13:2,3; 14:9,10;
22:12-15; 23:11; 26:15-20.
Lesson Thoughts.
The hero of missions Is a uero ot
faith. Heathen lands In themselves
offer very little prospect of success;
I but In the face of heathen opposition
he goes ahead, looking to God in faith
tor guidance and faith.
Opposition and persecution cannot
destroy tbe Joy that belongs to all
great missionaries. The holy spirit
within is the source of all courage and
Joy.
Selections.
Missionaries have always had hard
ships to face, as Paul bad, but the
hardships have made no difference to
them. Just as they made no difference
to Paul. The cold of Greenland could
not keep the Moravians away from
theJr noble work there. The heat and
fever of Africa did not daunt Living
stone. The dread of a living death
among the lepers was not enough to
hold Mary Reed in the home land.
John O. Paton, whose autobiography
Is the most widely read and tbe most
stirring of missionary volumes, had a
claim to $70,000 as royally on It, but
he refused the money, saying, "It la
God's. Pass on the- bread of life to
my brethren." That Is a notable ex
ample of genuine missionary henBsm.
What cause but Christianity would en
able a man to refuse In that way
$70,010?
Dr. Jowett of Englnd, at the close of
the Boer war, preached a sermon on
what he called "gray heroism" over
against "acarlet heroism." Soldiers In
"their bloody work may show scarlet
heroism, but missionaries show a gray,
or better a white herois-m that Is Just
as true and far more pleasing to the
Master.
Ons Millionar.e.
'He's a millionaire, that boy Is."
The boy I was walking with looked
across the way at the Ud of whom
my words were spoken. There was
certainly nothing about tbe latter to
suggest bis wealth.
"You don't say so! It can't really
be so, he looks almost shabby."
"No matter for that, I live In the
same block, and I know. But I did
not say that was worth a million of
money."
"Oh!"
The boy who waj listening looked
rather disappointed. Still, be waa
anxious to know what tbe other one
might have, ' anyhow, so he asked,
"What, then?"
"He Is wbat Is called a 'millionaire
of cheerfulness.' He Is merry and
bright the whole day long, not alone
when all Is sweetness and light, but
when tt Isn't. He has sue! pluck and
spirit, and such unfailing good na
ture, that he must have a million to
draw upon, though he pajst no taxes
upon his capital. You nev r see him
scowling or bear him whining. So
be scatters his fortune all about and
is a blessing, to the neighborhood. I
wish there were morn millionaires ot
cheerfulness. There might be, It
everybody gathered up all tbe sun
Bblne to be had and give it out as
royally as Rob, who goes whistling
yonder."
Then I went on, leaving Dick t
wonder whether he were aa rich as
Rob, and If not, why not.
Eggs Break Up Social,
An egg thrower caused a little com
motion at a church social held at Lit
tle Silver, a village near Red Bak,
N. J. Everything was going along
nicely when two ancient eggs cam
sailing Into the room. One of them
hit a guest squarely In tbe inoutf. and
'the other grazed the pastor's bead.
1 Tbe social broke up In confusion
and the men present hurried out tnd
bunted la vain tor tha a thmww.
?jMIfW
He Tliou Supreme.
Be Thou supreme. Lord Jesus Christ;
Thy love's constraint I feel;
I see Thy Cross, and mind and heart
Obey its mute appeal.
Be Thou supreme. Trd Jesus Christ
My inmost being fill.
So shall I think as Thou dost think,
And will as 'I lion dost will.
Be Thou Supreme, Lord .Testis Christ;
Thy life transfigure mine;
And through this veil of mortal flesh,
Lord, may Thy splendors shine.
Be Thou supreme, Lord Jesin Christ;
My soul exults in Thee:
To hear Thy voice, to know Thy will,
Is my felicity.
Be Thou supreme. Lord Jesus Christ-
Live o'er again in me.
That, filled with love, 1 may become
A Christ in my degree.
Be Thou supreme. Lord Jesus Christ;
And when this life is o'er.
Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
Like Thee forevermore
Prisoner or tbe Lord.
Paul often calls himself "the slave of
Jesus Christ." And if any man ever be
longed to another, bodv, soul and spirit,
Paul belonged to Jesus Christ. For Him
Paul lived and loved, wrought and wrote.
utiered and died. If those mute lips of
Ins moved at all after his bleeding head
dropped from the block it must have beeu
in last endeavor to utter the name of his
ieloved Lord.
Once Paul calls himself "the prisoner of
the Lord." And that was a true title, for
was he not in prison oft for the sake of
the testimony of the gospel! Nor did he
ever boast a prouder title than just this
the lirisnncr of f'.n l.r.l 1 l..,.n,.at .,.. .'no
I which others strove be absolutely dia
j .iained. This was his badge of honor, this
! his insignia of distinction. He gloried
ever in the cross of Christ and in the cross
he bori for Christ.
Paul was in good company when he was
in prison for the Lord. Count over the
names of those who have been banished
i from home, sold into cuptivity, immured
in dungeons and otherwise deprived of lib
j vrty for conscience's sake, and you have an
illustrious natiu.
There is Joseph, in jail, because of his
firm resolve to do no sin. There is Daniel,
cast into a wild beast's den. because he
would not dishonor God by deifying man.
There is John the Baptist in Herod's dun-
f;eou because he rebuked wickedness in
ligli places. There is Peter, victim ot Her
od s cruelty, languishing in gloom. There
is John, to whom the island of l'atinos was
s roekhound, sea-girt prison. These are
all prisoners of the Lord. They share with
Paul the splendid fame of counting not
liberty dear unto them for the sake of
their loyalty to God.
John Kunyan was a prisoner of the Lord
when he wrote Ins immortal "Pilgrim
Dream." Mine. Guyon was a prisoner of
the Lord when she sang:
"A little bird 1 am.
Mint from the fields of air,
i And in my cage 1 sit and sing
To Him who placed mo there;
Well pleased a prisoner to be
Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee."
But not alone those who have worn lit
eral chains and suffered literal bondage,
for conscience's ke or duty's, are prison
srs of the Lord. Many an invalid, patient
and trustful, in spite of long helplessness
and pain; many a mother weary with the
care of household and children, yet brave
snd hopeful withal; many a man limited
to a narrow sphere by poverty, yet think
ing great thoughts and bearing his share
of the burdens of the kingdom of God:
many a self-exiled pioneer ot progress, mi!--sionary
or explorer, who prepares the way
for the gospel in heathen lands or in dis
tant parts of our own; many an humble
worker, who voluntarily limits Ins freedom
ami restricts bis leisure that he may "do
something for smuebody," is as surely a
prisoner ot the Lord as was the great upos
tie. ! And this is the comfort of every such
soul: The Lord is with His people in
Iirison. He gives their souls sweet liberty,
le rests t hem when they are weary, litis
I them uo when thev are laint and wiiisners
in every hour of darkness ami night of
pain: "rear not, tor 1 am with thee;
neither be tliou di.-mayed, lor 1 em thv
God; I will sirenulheu thee; yea, J will
heip thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the
right ha ml of My righteousness. " Phila
delphia LeJei.
The New Hell,
t'n.ler the title, "The New Hell," the
ExaiuiiiiT ill.iuiist) makes these remarks:
1 he punishment of the oersisteiitly im
penitent is, so f ir as our own ohcrvatiou
goes, seldom spoken of in the pi caching ot
to-day. Nor should we desire a restora
tion of the old way of presenting the doc
trine of future retrihul ion. It was not in
harmony with the spirit of the go-pel, as
we understand it. But, since the teaching
of the New Testament leaves us in no
doubt, unless .e juggie with words of most
solemn and awful import, that there is pun
ishment in store for tlmse who die in their
sins, and that it is as long hi duration as
the happiness of the a'ed, the preacher
fails in nrescntieg "the whole counsel of
God," woo neglects to warn sinners of the
corning wratL. The messenger of (tod Iris
no fii ietiou to perform inn to present tiie
mei.sa -e as he receives it. It is not for him
to limit or ignore it. Speculation as to the
number likely o be Ivst, as to the nature
of the punishment, as to the location ot
bell, and so on, is out of place, as I1 the
sentimental holding out of a hope which
t'e word of God dies not authorize. Dr.
I'airhairn's tymg, that "the loe if God
forbids endless puinshiuont," must be set
oer against the saying of Christ, "And
these shall go away into everlasting pun
ishment, but the righteous into everlast
ing life." It is not for us to determine
what God will do in nnv case. Our duty
is to proclaim what He tell us iu His
word, and there it ends.
Holy Living.
While high thinking does not always
prevent low living, it is also true that there
can be no hih and holy living without
high aud holy thinking. -Rev. James Mc
Leod. Thins Kternal.
The love of earthly things is only ex
pelled by a certain sweet experience of the
things eternal.--Augustine. '
Streams From Kvery Hutlttea Rack.
All along the line of life we must be pre
pared to erect altars on which we may
yield to God in sacrifice, habits, associa
tions, fascinations, which He has revealed !
1 . . . it Tl . "
a auva iu uur irue nvii uving. ne sum
that dares to live this life will hnd streams
flowing from every smitten rock. Rev. V,
B. Meyer.
The foundations.
Be sure of tbe foundation of your life
Know why you live as you do. lie ready
to give a reason for it. Do not, in such a
matter aa life, build on opinion or custom
or what you guess is true. Make it a mat
ter of certainly. Thomas tltair King.
In Chicago.
E-8enator "Billy" Mason says thai
a friend of bis in Chicago was recent
ly showing an acquaintance from the
East through his art gallery.
"You have some pretty fine paint
lngs here," rems.rl.ed the Eastern
man. "I especially like those old por
traits. I presume they were 'handed
down to you by your ancestors," he
added, by way of a gentla "J :I!y."
"Ancestors nothing!" exclaimed the
Chicago msn, taking the n etter sert
ou.ily; "thay wera fti.;! J3wa U'
me by 'aa au?f. i-- ir'." Juae Won:
aa's Home Companion.
THE WHEAT DESTROYER
S0VIS STARTLING FACTS ABOUT .
-Till" fa itiri'llflPBItlrF I
i nt viVsL ur irt i cnrirr.nnnwt
Tiie Tendency Tnwunl Tenipemnce A
ll msrkahle Killinrlal From I he New
York un-Itpstrnlnt nf Appetite tTnrtef
the InHnenre or (innil Sense.
It seems that a Inrge Knglish wine im
porting enmpanv reports a notable dimi
nution in its sales of wine during the last
year, more particularly champagne and
claret. This reduction is attributed to va
rious canses. It is said to be due to "the
shortness of monev. especially in the up
per middle classes.1' to the present fashion
of drinking whisky and soda at dinners
nil her than ehampagn", and to the decline
of claret in favor.
These causes may have cintiibuted to
the result, but the niain and most poteut
cause is less drinking in the classe from
which especially comes the demand for ex
pensive wines. Dinners of the more elab
orate sort, which used to last for several
hours, with a long list of wines on the bill
of fare, have now been cut down to about
an hour only, and the quantity nf wines
consumed is reduced greatly. This change
nf custom has taken place both in Kngland
and this country, and its effects on the
wine tiade must have been very consider
able. It is a temperance movement of which
guud sense rather than any moral convic
tion is the impulse. It is a restraint of ap
pente under the influence of enlighten
ment, and of a better understanding of the
evil effects of gorging, either with food ot
with drink. Dinner tables are no lonzer
overloaded with food, and the guests are
treated a reasonable lieings who do not
want to be surfeited.
A like disposition to keep within the re
straints of temperance extends to all self
respecting men throughout society. Club
can no longer rely on profits from their
bars and wine rooms to pay a large part of
their expenses. An immoderate drinker
has become a marked man m a club.
Drunkenness is disreputable.
Wall Stree1. has the name nf being a spe
cial seat of demand for cocktails. Actu
ally it is a very temperate quarter. A bro
ker needs to keep his wits about him. He
cannot afford to fuddle his head with al
cohol. And so it is in business generally.
The strain of modern competition compels
sobriety in those who would stand up
against it. A reputation for sobriety is
necessary rapital for every man who ha
his living to make in any industry. Intem
perance is more than ever a bar to netting
and keeping employment, and there is less
tolerance for it.
It is true that the report of the Police
Department of New York for last year
shows that about thirty per cent, of tho
arrests were for intoxication; but the prob
able explanation is that the offence is
more sharply dealt with than formerly; it
stands out more conspicuously. In New
York it is tare to encounter a drunken
person in the streets a siht so frequent
in Knglish cities Neither do we see here
the ra-js and tatters which bear witness tu
the prevalence of sodden drunkenness in
those towns.
The present tendency is toward temper
ance; and the preachers who have broiuht
it to pass are not the prot'c-siunal temper
ance reformers, but guod sense aud the
better and more extensive reeounitmn by
the people of the fact that men must keep
sober to preserve the decent reputation
which is necessary to their getting along
in iife. New York Sun.
The Heritage of the Slums.
It is only just now that people are be
ginning to realize that hundreds of chil
dren are born every year who are denied
their birthright; children who are born
criminals, born drunkards, whose birth
riuht was stolen from them while they lay
asleep and helpless, when they should have
been most secure.
If you watch their games you will see
just tiow the children have learned to un
derstand amusement. One of their favor
ite games is called "Fathers and Moth
ers, and in this vou find the story of their
eVervday life. This game, as played by
the children of the slums, is one of the
saddest that I know.
This doorstep is a saloon, and the other
doorstep a saloon, and the children come
reeling out, the lather from one and the
mother from another. They will have a
desperate tight on the pavement, and then
the mother, pretending to be bruised and
bleeding, will come hack to her home,
which is the third doorstep, aiuid-t the
commiseration of the neighbors who sit
watching for her; or else a child will leave
the home doorstep and fetch her mother
from the saloon, reeling drunk, amidst
cheers and applause.
The child knows nothing but what it has
seen iu the slums. To it the world is
paved with gray, aud the sky is shut out
by tall, dark bouses, and the law of life is,
nobody cares. And yet they are so brave
anil patient.
These children, whose highest idea of
God was that He must be like tiie landlord
of the public house over the way, live lives
of the most heroic unseltishnt-ss. Tiny
would give their rairs off their own backs
to a child who had less than they, and I
have known a child to give up tea to a
neighbor, though she had been without
food all day herself. Lady Henry Soinci
set. Kood Valiie of Alcohol.
The French journal, Ahsineuer, publishes
an account of Dr. Atwater's visit to Paris
recentlv. M. Duclause and a small number
of physicians who had indorsed and de
fended his theory of the food value alcohol
welcomed him very warmly. In bis reply
to their personal compliments and praise
for the courage in staling facts that were
opposed by the public he snd: "The ele
mentary properties of alcohol are very cir
cumscribed, and that alcohol, after all,
was an evil ailment, and that it is difficult
to employ it without danger." Later in
his remarks he said: "We athrin that alco
hol is all ailment, but M. Duclause ami ins
that it is a good aliment, an excellent ali
ment, while 1 say it is an evil aliment, a
detestable aliment." His French defend
ers were shocked, and finally concluded
that he had been forced to retract ins for
mer statement. They have accepted anil
defended Ins brat conclusion as final, and
then to be told that alcohol was a detested
aliment destroyed their faith in American
science and American teachers. Journal
of Inebriety, T. D. Crothers, April, 1SW4.
The Question In New Zealand.
In New Zealand, where a three-fifthi
vote is required to imperatively prohibit
the liquor trathc, the requisite vote has
been given in several districts, while oth
ers have given a majority, but not a three
tiftbs majority, against licensing. In sev
eral of these latter districts the licensing
authorities have exercised their discretion
ary power by refusing to grant or renew
any liquor licenses on the ground that a
majority of the people are against their is
sue. The Crusade la Brief.
. The whole Stste of Tennessee is prohibi
tion except eiglit cities of 5000 and over.
In Kentucky, wonderful to say, total
prohibition is the law in forty-seven coun
ties. There are 300 prohibition towns and
cities in Wisconsin. Indiana has 140 pro
hibition towns.
North Dakota, Maine and Kansas sre
the only three Htates in the Union which
are entirely prohibition.
'l bs: profit made by the monks of Cbar
t reuse in one year by the minufacture ol
tluir famed but dangerous liquor amount
ed to o,u00.
The National Society for the Prevention
of Crueitv to Children estimate! that of
tin) 10.010 or 100,000 case that come un
der it notice yearly one hall are caused
directly by drunkeune aud consequent
neglect by parents.
A recent epidtmic of arsenical poisoning
in Yorkshire and Jinraaliire was due to
impure sulphuric acid used in making
biewing sugar, and there was euough sr
seme in the acid furnished one Insuring
firm to kill a milliou persons a week.
Ths effects ot alcohol are especially eeeu
in the case of mothers among the laboring
classes of England. Fifty-six per cent, of
the offspring of inebriate women die at
birth or under two years ot age, while ia
th case of . sober women only tweuty-sut
per cut. die.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Infect New nf Pennsylvania Told a
Short Order.
Policeman Frank Skidinore was killJ
ed and Policeman John Atkinson
wounded in a tight with Rosewell
Waitc. The policeman had gone t
VVaitc's h'jfiic, at Croton, a suburb
of Newcastle, to arrot him on th'
complaint of his aged mother,
said her son had been abusing
lie was not at home but was lo
in a neighbor's house. Atkin
said that Sidmore and himself en
ed the house and found Waite sitt.
in the kitchen, and that without
word Waite whipped out a revolver
and shot, the first bullet striking
Skidniore directly under the heart.
The wounded officer fell to the floor,
while Atkinson jumped lor ward, seized
Wane's revolver in his left hand ai
attempted to club Waite with hi.
mace. Waite fired again, the ball
striking Atkinson on the inside of the
left calf. Both bones of the leg were
shattered. Atkinson dropped Waite's
revolver when he was shot but drew
his own and emptied every chamber
at the retreating man, who also fired;
as he ran. Atkinson fell when h
tried to follow Waite and one of the
latter's bullets passed through Atkins
son's helmet.
Not in many years, probably never
before, has Lancaster County suffered
so severe a lost from the ravages of
the elements as it did from the twj
storms that followed each other in
quick succession the other night. Tha
mot conservative estimates place the
losses sustained at $400,000. Hun.
dreds upon hundreds of acres of tobac
co were either riddled by hail or beat
en to the ground. Many fields must
be plowed under. The crop was the
finest in several years and grower
looked for big dividends.
The citizens of F.ssington held
public meeting for the purpose
taking steps toward suppressing Suu
day orgies. David Uoyd, presidenjV
ol Timctim Township School BoarsV
acted a eliairinan, and William Hunt,
was secretary. Harry T. oung, tai
collector, reterrcd to the disgraceful
conduct ot 300 or more persons jjiroro
Philadelphia alleging that basebaiji and
games ol chance, principally crap,lwcr
the main attractions. - ,.
Counsel fur ex-Clerk of the Court!
John T. Shoener has taken an appeal
tiom the Superior to the Supreme"
Court. His attorneys say that the lai
under which be was convict,ed o
illegally retaining $18,000 in fees if
unconstitutional Shoencr was sentenc
ed to three years' imprisonment, but
pending a decision 111 the appeal ha
retains his freedom.
L'. S. Grant Hreckcnridgc, has cora
growing upon his fields near Black
Horse, some of the stalks of which
measure over fourteen feet in height,
and many ears arc seventeen inches
long.
Robert Swcncy died in the hospital
at Coatcsville. He was admitted on
July 4, suffering severely from wounds
received in Parkeslmrg while giving
an exhibition. He had wrapped him
self in cotton and set it at'ire, alter"
saturating it with coal oil.
Mrs. Gilbert, widow of George Git .
bert, who was the founder and princi'
pal oi the Chester Academy, has pre
setvtcd the institution's library of 504
volumes to the Chester Youiijj Men'i
Christian Association.
The Montgomery County Coram
sioners awarded the contract for twd
and one-eighth miles of roadway in"
Worcester Township to C. N. Smith 9k
Co., of Philadelphia, for $ii,.Vi. Tha
road is to be built under the new gooj
roads law and work will bein at
once. This is the second contract
given out in the county under that law.
Smith & Co. were the lowest of si
bidders. The highest bid was $19.67
Kugene Crawford, a laborer, 3$
years of age, of Media, was taken
to the Chester Hospital, in a dy
ing condition as a result of an en
deavor to end bis lite by cutting his
throat. Shortly after noon Crawford
took out bis razor saying he was go
ing to shave. As soon as he finished
sharpening the razor Crawford rush
ed out of the lions.- to an outhouse and
cut his throat and his left wrist.
Dennis Ryan, of Chester, is suffering
from a sprained foot, the result of a
dream. Ryan thought that he was
in an argument with a footpad who
attempted to hoi 1 him up and
that he was kicking his way to free
dom. He awakened and found ha
had been trying to kick the wall out
of his room. His injuries are very
painful and it will be several days be
fore he can walk.
Miss F.thel Asby died at the Chester
Hospital from the effects of laudanum
poisoning. The authorities ascertained
that Miss Asby, who was p well- de
veloped, attractive girl, 15 years old,
swallowed the laudanum with suicidat
intent. Mrs. A.by, the girls mother,
told the hospital physicians that sho
has experienced some trouble with her
daughter of late on account of her
temper, which she seemed unable to
control.
"Xt biggest oil strike Venango
County has had in years was mada
on the Hunter Sr Smith Oil Company's
lease in Rockland Township. In
field that had been pronounced worth
less and abandoned this company
struck a welV that spouted a stream
of oil high over tne top of the der
rick and flooded the hillside on which
it is located for several hours beforej
it could be shut in. The company ia
composed of four Franklin and Rock
land Township men, who have a tease1
of 118 acres in the immediate vicinity
of the gusher.
As she knelt in prayer before retire
ing the other night Mrs. George Ail
can was taken ill and in her deliriun
knocked over a stand which held as)
oil lamp. The lamp exploded and set
lire to the carpet. Mrs. Ailcin feU
unconscious into the flames. Neigh
bors, seeing smoke issuing from ths
window, broke into the house and
dragged the woman from the burning
room. -
In a fit of despondency, Mrs. Har
vey Moyer, aged 4, attempted sui
cide by swallowing ioline, at ber
home in Rockdale.
After having related to a garnering
of mining friends a number of acci
dents through which he had passed.
George Peteroff, a miner employed
it I.ytle colliery, Pottsville, declared
he had a premonition that he would
never again come out of tha mines
alive, and then went down the slop)
to his work. A few hours later he
was killed by a premature explosion.
The Carbon Steel Works, in Pitts
burg, employing more than 1000 men,
has started up double turn in both
mills. Ons of the mills has not oper
sted double turn for more than a year.
Both mills have been running only
three days a veek for several months