TAKE IIP YOUR CROSS
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon By the
Ber. T. Campbell Morgan, D. D.
Lifted le the CaU rf Cndst-Hs Will Brook
No DlvUloa tt Vestf Loyalty.
LojtnoN, Eiot.A5D. The following
lermon, entitled "The Attractiveness and
Exclusivencss of Jesus," was preacheil
lere on a recent Sunday by the Kev. T.
.Campbell Morgan, D. D. He took for his
felt: Then (aid Jesus unto Hi disciples,
if any roan wiU comt after Me let him
deny himself and take up hia cross and
follow Me.-St. Matthew 16:24.
There were two facta about Jesus Christ
which no one can read the Gospel re
cords without recogniringj facts which
appear to be contradictory, but which, aa
matter of fact, are complementary, and
the understanding of which reveals for
all time the method of the Matter in
dealing with men. I refer to facts of
the attractiveness - and exclusiveness of
Jeans.
There can be no question about the
former; there cancqually be no question
about the latter to those who have care
fully read the records and have seen the
methods ot jesus wnue lie was nere
among men. He was constantly drawing
people to Him, and He was perpetually
holding them aloof. By the very win
eomeness of His person, He was drawing
men and women of all sorts and condi
tions, at all times and in all places to
Himself, and yet by the uttering of words
ao severe, so searching, so drastic, making
us tremble even to-day, He held men
back from Him.
I venture to say that the words I read
to you this morning from the Gospel of
Luke come to those who are most familiar
with them bringing a sense of surprise.
We never read them without feeling more
or less startled by them '"Unless you
hate father and mother, husband ami wife,
parent and child, you cannot be My dis
ciple." We have attempted to account for
these words, but I do not hesitate to say
that in some senses they have staggered
the fiith of many, and yet there they
stand.
And not there only, but through all
His teaching there is evident the same
method of Christ, that of holding men
back just as they were approaching Him;
drawing them to Himself by multitudes
and then holding the crowd as t Im
pressed' upon Him, and sifting them with
such surprising words as these. Now there
must be a reason for this, and it is for
that reason that I want to look, with you,
a little this morning.
But first allow me to say a few words on
this fact of the attractiveness of Jesus,
because the more clearly we recognize and
understand that, the more clearly shall
we understand, as I think, tho other truth
of His perpetual method of holding men
back and excluding certain persons from
close companionship with Himself.
Take first, then, this great fact of His
attractiveness, the most fascinating sub
ject on which to speak. Remember, I
pray you, that if the Gospel records re
veal one thing more clearly than nnother
they reveal that Jesus was, somehow or
other, a Person that drew men to Him
irresistibly.
I go back to those silent years at Naza
reth concerning which we know so very
little. You will remember that on those
days Luke opens for us just a little won
dnw through which we look when he says,
"He was subject to His parents, and grew
in favor with God and with man." I do
not atop one moment to dwell on the
statement that He grew in favor with.
God, although it is a very interesting
statement, but just for a moment, for the
sake of our argument, listen to the other
part of it: "He grew in favor with man."
Take that as it is simply stated, and you
at once see a picture of the boy growing
up to be a youth, and passing from youth
into young manhood until He became the
Carpenter of Nazereth, known to -nil the
little town that nestled among the hills,
just removed from the highways of life.
This is alt the truth that is revealed. If 1
majr reverently put it, Jesus was a favorite
in Nazareth. I am not sure that that doesn't
almost startle you, because somehow or
other we have come to think that holiness
is almost always accompanied by angular
ity, and there is a popular idea that if a
man is good he never can be a favorite. It
is a great mistake. It is by the measure
in which a man lacks holiness that a man
is not in favor.
Here is a man living in Nazareth, and
He is a favorite. I do not want to lift
that into a super-spiritual realm, but it
you have no imagination yon can just go to
sleep for two minutes while I imagine I
look into that window and I sen the Car
penter at His work, and I tell you what I
see. He is a favorite. I see children tak
ing their toys to Him to be mended, and I
am quite sure He mended them. I see
young men going at eventide to take their
problems with them because they know
He is sane, honest and pure. I think I see
old men, upon whose brow already "sat
light that never was on land or sea, talk
ing to Him because He has such a wonder
ful way of talking about "My Father's
house" and "the many mansions;" a fuvor
, ite, sane and strong, and pure, and attract
ive as o personality.
I know full well that a little later on
these same men took Him to a hill and
tried to murder Him, but that was the re
sult of something else to be discovered
later. The pure, human, simple life of
Jesus was, in itself, attractive, and Luke
says, "He grew in favor."
Leave those hidden years and look at
Him just for one rapid moment as He
treads the pathway upon which a fiercer
light falls than ever fell upon a throne
the pathway of the public teacher, and if
you read these Gospel stories the one thing
that strikes you is the fact of the multi
tudes around about Jesus Christ. Wher
ever He went they followed Him. If He
went out into the city the country people
crowded the streets to be near Him; if He
went out into the country place the city
men and women flocked after Him, follow
ing Him so far that at times there was no
ehance for them to provide themselves
with food, and He had to feed them; for.
in their eagerness to follow they had for-
Sotten food and had forgotten distance,
md wherever He went they came after
Him.
I am not saying that these multitudes
crowned Him; that is not my point, but
He drew the people after Him. The one
thing they could not do with Jesus was to
let Him alone; they came, whether to crit
icise Him or crown Him is not now ths
question; the point is, that He drew men
and women after Him in all those days of
His earthly life. They came after Him, all
orts and conditions of men, the scholars
and the illiterate, the learned and the igno
rant, the debased, the depraved, they all
came. Of course, there were more poor
people cams than rich because there al
ways were more poor people than there are
rich, and, of course, there were more of
the illiterate than of the learned for the
elf-same reason, but I protest against this
Idea that Christ only attracted a class.
There is something about Him that at
tracts all kinds of men, and it is true in
those old days.
Come, if you will, outside the Bible, and
from the day that this Man walked among
men in Judea until now there has never
been so attractive a personality in human
history as Jesus. And I want to say tbis
superlative thing about Christ. No cen
tury, whatever its peculiarity, or quality,
or quantity, has produced any person who
was so popular as Jesus Christ, lie has
always 'towered above His fellows, above
those historical personages that the centu-.
nes look back to. or to ttaose imaginative
personages that the centuries give to us in
literature. Jesus has been the most at
tractive personage always.
I come to tbis very hour. Who is the
most attractive personality in ths world si
this hour I.t ma taks a narrower eircle.
Who is the most attractive personality in
England at this hoar? I answer without
fear of contradictionJesus Christ.
I am not saying that the majority of
?eople have yet crowned Him. Let me
ak my illustration to the lowest level.
Can you think of any person in history,
dead or alive, or any person in imaginative
Jitarmtum that -.will ha talked of. and
thought of, and sung of. and discussed,
and criticised, and abused and crowned aa
Jesus Christ f There is not a single theatre
In. Manchester o London, that oaa. run
Phnkespesre'it" plays-continually. T anr
glad vou look Ignorant, and run insure you
I don't speak from any inside knowledge,
but every one knows it to be true. Thpre
is not a single theatre that can exist with
out variety. There mut be change; some
other genius tlinrs Shakespcnre must be
forthcoming. And yet, with all our wsil
about the decadence of the church and the
failure of Christianity, every Snndnv in
Manchester more people are gathered to
gether to sing the old hymns and hear the
old sermons t beg your pardon, to hear
sermons on the old texts and listen to
the old, eld story of the cross than for any
other purpose.
Let us benin with the last. When Christ
was as fond of a phrase as He evidently
was of that phrase "Follow Me." there
must be some deen signification in it. I
have been going through my New Testa
ment during the last few months, tracing
that phrase. It has been a very interest
ing study to see how constantly Christ
used it. Tt was the nlmost perpetual for
mula of His call to individual soul "Fol
low Me!"
Now what is It to follow Two things
are involved. Neither of them covers all
the ground, taken alone. Both are re
quired. First, to follow, I must trust. I shall
never follow any one I haven't confidence
in. I may trust and yet not follow.
Secondly, not only is trust necessary, but
obedience is necessary. Christ confronts
the individual soul, bringing that soul out
from the crowd, as He is calling some man
here this morning. He says, "Would you
trust Me? Then obey Me."
How am I going to do it? What does it
mean, this trusting and obeying? "Deny
yourself, take up the cross " It seems
to me that is the point which must be ob
served first, that to deny self is the only
wav in which you can follow Christ. Hnw
shall I follow Him? Deny thyself! The
two things are intimately related, and it
seems to me that everything is said when
"Follow Me" is said, and yet it is neces
sary to say the other in order to under
stand what He means bv following Him.
What is it Christ calls me to To deny
myself! Not to practice self-denial; that
is a very cheap business, but to deny self
a very costly matter. He says, "Deny
yourself. Listen no longer to the call of
your self, but listen to My call. Don't con
sider any more whether this thing will
minister to your pleasure or to your ag
grandizement, or answer the cry of your
nmbition. But Me first." Christ says,
"Denv yourself and follow Me. Tut Me on
the throne and dethrone yourself. Dnn't
let the question of the morning be, What
shall I like to do. but What will Christ
have me do: not ill tins pay nie, hut wi.l
it hasten the coming of the kingdom of
God. Don't let the underlying, mastering
passion of your life be vour own selfish
desire; crown Me, follow Me."
It is a superlative call, and the call of
Jesus is always imperial. He will brook no
division of your loyalty, and that is what
Ho means. "You must hate father, moth
er, wife, child. That means that when the
soul comes into contact with Me I must be
absolutely first." Let me stop here to say
that whenever a soul does that he get
back a hundredfold lands and fields und
mother and father and children. Jesus
Christ said He must be first, and He has
never lowered that standard, and the re
ligion that is simply an addendum is worth
nothing to Him.
Jesus Christ comes and says, "Deny
yourself," but there is the other word,
'"fake up the cross." Well, what is it'
Christ's cross? No. No man can cany
Christ's cross. What then? Your own.
What is this cross? 1 don't think that it
is ever the same in two persons. The
cross is that in your life which immediate
ly costs you something if you crown
Christ. There is a business man here this
morning who is saying in his heart, "Weil,
if that is Christianity, I will have to go
homo and change my method of business.'
That is your cross. There is a young man
here says that, "If that is Christianity, if
it means putting Christ first, then I will
have to go home and give up that compan
ionship. That is your cross. Some one
here savs, "If that is what Christ means,
that I am not to listen to the call of my
own life, I shall have to go home and say
I was wrdng und confess my wrong tr.
those to whom it is so hard to confess it.'
That is your cross.- And somebody else
says, "If that is Christianity I shall have
to go back on my history, throw up every
thing I am doing and go into the minis
try. That is your cross.
Vou know what your crossit. Don t let
nny one come and ask me. You know that
tiling which right in front of you this
morning challenges your allegiance to Jesus
Christ, You cannot play tricks with God.
You cannot deceive your own conscience
when you stand in the clear light of the
call of Christ. He says, "Deny yourself;
take up that cross (and you know what it
u) and follow Me."
But why are Christ's terms so drastic?
For two reasons. First, no man ever gets
to Christ but by the way of the enthrone
ment of Jesus Christ. It is possible to ad
mire and cheer Him, possible to patronize
Him and never to know Him. It is not
the crowd that gets to Him, but the cross
bearing soul. And if you-read on you will
say, "Whosoever would save his life shall
lost It; whosoever will lose his life for My
sake shall find it."
Christ confronts the soul and says virtu
ally this: "You don't understand your own
life, dear heart. You cannot realize your
own kingdom. You cannot build your own
character and carve out your own destiny,
tint- I cm Hn it. thauah I can only do it
when you have put Me absolutely on the
throne for your own life's life. For its
founding and ennobling and developing
you must come to Me, and by the way of
a whole-hearted surrender." .
But there is another reason why Christ
makes' Hia terms drastic. He wants men
and women upon whom He can depend in
the day of battle. I am quite sure there
is nothing Jesus Christ wants at this mo
ment so much as men and women who will
go through darkness and death for Him.
You remember that picture of Jairua be
seeching Jesus to save his child who was
dying, and how, with the people thronging
about Him. the Master suddenly ex
claimed, "Who touched Me?"
Now don't let us be angry with the dis
ciples. We should have said the same
thing. "A hundred people have touched
you in the last five minutes. The multi
tude throng Thee and press Thee, and say
eat Thou, who touched Me?"
But Jesus Christ always knows the dif
ference between the crush of a curious
mob and the touch of a needy soul that
has come near Him. And this morning as
this service closes I hear His voice speak
ing once again ths attractive Christ that
has drawn this crowd this exclusive
Christ and He says: "Who touched Ms?"
We have all jostled Him this morning.
We have all looked into His face again.
We have all had a new consciousness of
the infinite music ot His voice, nave you
ot anything out of Him? Has any virtue
lealcd you this morning? If not, even
now stretch out your hand and touch Him.
And to do that you must deny yourself,
crucify your pride. Having done that, lis
ten to the cry of your own life, and listen
to His imperial call and crown Hun Lord
of all.
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The moat valuable aloes come from
the Island ot Sokotra, which lies Just
off the east African coast from Cape
Ouardaful. The drug Itself Is the bit
ter resinous Juice ot the leaves of the
aloe plant that has' been hardened In
the tun. These leaves are of a fibrous,
fleshy nature and. In addition to the
juice, the native make this fiber into
rope, many Insisting that It makes a
better rope than bump.
May Sit on Lever's Lap.
A Montgomery county, Pa.. Judge
bas rendered an Important decision
ot especial interest to girls. He bas
declared that It was not an offense
for girl to alt on ber lover's lap, and
In charging the Jury aald: "It every
girl In Montgomery county who alts
upon her lover's lap were to be Judged
ot ill repute, we should bave to blush
for our county." That judge is ail
right ....
THE SUNDAY SCIIOO,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER II.
Auli.tert: K1l.h TnVen fp Into ITem-en,
If KIiiim, 1.11;M.- Test, lien,
v., U4.Memory Verses, 0-1 1 I'omiiii n
tarr nn the lsy's Lesson,
t. Klijnh and Klih journeying tosjri li
er (vs. 1-NI. 1. "When Hie Lord wou'.d
take tip Klij.ih." A (irc.it truth i here
disclosed. Oar lives an- absolutely at
(iod's disposal. It hnd hen at least ten
or twelve years since Klijnh had inked
that he might die, and during all that time
he hnd been wielding a mighty inHuenre
for God. Hut now his work was ended
Although no mention of Kiisha us Kli
jnh's companion is given in tiie history
between the day of Klisha's call and the
tune of the events in this rhapter. vet
from 1 Kings 10: 21 and 2 Kings 3:' 11
we conclude that Klisha had pnt most
of his time with the aged prophet, min
istering to his necessities. "From Gil
gal." This was the Gilgal a few miles
northwest of Bethel, not the Gilgal neat
Jericho. A school of the prophets wis
located here as well as at Bethel and Jer1
elm. 2. "To Bethel." About nine miles
southeast of Gilgal. 4. "To Jericho."
About thirteen miles southeast of Bethel.
8. ".Sons of the prophets." That is, the
young men attending the theological sem
inaries, first organized by Samuel for the
preparation of religious teachers for the
people. . These ancient colleges were un
der tho superintendence of a recognizd
prophet, who was called the "father."
while the students were styled his chil
dren or sons. They were places of retire
ment, adapted for study and devotion.
The students were permitted to niarrv.
The subject of study at these institutions
was the law of Moses. Attention was giv
en to music and sacred poetry. "Know
est thou," etc. Not only was Klijnh him
self conscious of some great event at hand,
but Klisha and the bands of prophets in
Bethel and Jericho hnd an intimation that
the departure of Kiiiali was very near.
"From thy head." That is. from being
thy head; thy spiritual father, teacher,
leader and director. The expression,
which is literally "Taken from over thy
head," might also intimate the manner
of Klijah's removnl. "Yea. I know."
Klisha replies with solemnity and empha
sis. Literally, the Hebrew is. Of course
I know; hush. Klisha cannot bear the
;tic:ionin?. He iliink of his own weak
ness and of the great responsibilities
which will be upon him when left alone.
His soul is burdened.
B. "Tarry here." Elijah had made the
siinc request at Gilgal and Bethel.
Whether this was to try the strength of
Klisha's affection, or because under the
weight of thise hours he preferred retire
ment, or because he would utter words
which Klisha might not hear, or because
he thought God would have no one wit
ness his translation, we may not affirm.
"To Jordan." About live miles from Jeri
cho is a bend in the river Jordan where
the ascension of Klijah is supposed to have
taken place. "As the Lord liveth,'' etc.
This double oath, expressive of the most
intense earnestness, is repeated three
times (vs. 2. 4 1. The two c auses of it are
separately used with some frequency
(Judg. h: 19; Kuth 3: 13; 1 Sam. 1: Sri I,
but seldom united. "Will not leave." He
refused with gentle, respectful persis-.ence.
lie will not be dissuaded from hi pur
pose to remain with Klijah to the end.
7. "Fifty men." We see how large were
the prophetical schools of Jericho. How
surprising to come upon so large a body
of men devotiug themselves to a holy lire
while Ah.id's children were still on the
throne. "Stood to view." If forbidden
the gratification of personally accompany,
ing their master, they would nt least
watch his movements us long as possible.
What they saw we are not told. 8. "His
mantle." The shaggy garment which had
been so long his prophetical badge. It
was probably a sheepskin. The skins of
beasts dressed w,ith the hair on were worn
by prophets as an insignia of their ostiee.
"Wrapped it." Tightly round and round,
as the word means, in the form ot a st iff. .
"Smote the waters." As if they were an
enemy in his way. Klijah's mantle was to
him at Jordan what the rod of God was
to Moses at the Bed Sea (Kxod. 14: 10,
21); and many thinrs in the lives of these
two prophets who should meet Christ on
the mount were parallel. "Were divid
ed." "On the one side rushing hastily on;
on the other, towering up like u wall of
crystal."
fl. Klisha's request (vs. 9, 10). 9. "Ask."
What is your last request? Klijah thinks
not of himself, but ofthe needs of the one
lie was .so eoon to leave behind him. The
test will show whether Klisha's aims uie
spiritual or material. How woAld we an
swer such a question? "Before 1 be tak
en." What Elijah does for Klisha must be
done before his departure, for there will
be no communication between them after
wards. There is no warrant in the Scrip
tures for the doctrine of the intercession
of the saints after they had left this world.
Christ is our advocate before the throne:
we need no other. "A double portion.
There is nothing here oi selfishness or
ambjtion.
ID. "A hard thing." It was hard (1) be
cause God and not Elijah must bestow
such A si it. and (2) because it depended
upon Klisha's fitness to receive it. "If
thou see me." It he was able to retain
to the end the same devoted persevereuce,
and keep hia eye set and steadfast on the
departing prophet, the gift would be his,
III. Klijah's transla ion (v. 11). II.
"Talked." We can understand how much
Kigali would find of exhortation and en
couragement to bestow as parting counsels
on his successor. What moments were
those! I: was a walking and talking on
the verne of heaven! "Chariot of lire,"
etc. We cmno, agree with those com
mentators who think this was merely a
"display of name and fire," "a fiery phe
nomenon," which appeared "as a chariot
of tire," etc. These were creations of the
spiritual world. This heavenly scene was
no hallucination, but the chariot und
horses of tire were a part of that vast h is:,
the sound of whose movements David
once heard over this mulberry trees 12
Sam. 5: 24), and who at a later time tilled
the mountains round about Klisha 2
Kings 8: 17). "Parted them," etc. The
fiery chariot separated the two propli-t.s.
"A wlnrlwinu. J. he text does not say
that Klijah went up in the chariot uf tire,
but he "went up by a whirlwind.'' It I as
been usually and very naturally assumed,
however, that the translated proul.et as
cended in the chariot, and that the chsr
iot was borne aloft on the wings of t'ie
wind. Compare I'sa. 1U4: 2. "Into heav
en." The anode of God's saints, who ivt
from their earthly labors. Klijah's trans
lation is a pro3f of the existence of a.io.li
er world beyond us. and that the soai
lives after it leaves this life. Nearly nine
centuries later we see Klijah on the Mount
of Transfiguration. Death does not end
all! it is the beginning of a new existence
which will never end.
TRAP TO CATCH MOSQUITOES.
Kentucklan Has a Oevlee He Thinks
Will Exterminate Paste.
Now that mosquito time Is here, a
description of a newly Invented mos
quito trap will be of Interest. A mos
quito trap Is a novelty In its way, It
being generally understood that hu
man Ingenuity did not reach the point
ot trapping this wily Insect. However,
such an Invention will probably soon
be placed on the market.
Tlw trap In question Is a box about
a foot square, and made ot plain wire
screening, latticed like a window
abutter. The merit ot the invention,
however, lies within, where there Is
a small automatic muslo box, which,
when' set In motion, makes a noise
similar to that made by a person
breathing In sleep. Around this box
Is a gummy substance, which Is calcu
lated to hold and poison the Insect the
moment It lights. The Invention Is
baaed on the theory that mosquitoes
are attracted to human beings by the
wheezing noise made when sleeping.
-Louisville Herald.
SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH.
"What the Bible Teaches Aboul
Heaven." John 14:1-3; Rev. 21:1-8.
Scripture Verses. John 14:2; Pa
17:13; lrt:ll; 65:4; 34:8, 9; 1 Cor.
13:12; 1 John 3:2; Rom. 8 ; IS. 19; 1
Cor. 15:34; Rev. 7:1. 17.
Lesson Thoughts.
Tho thought of dwelling with our
Savior should be the highest hope
held up before us for our heavenly
home.
All la perfect purity and holiness In
heaven; but we are by nature sinful
and Impure, and there shall In no
wise enter Into It anything that deflb
eth. Our only hope of entering heaven
then, la through Jesus; If we seek any
other entrance we shall lose our wav.
Selections.
"Jerusalem the Golden!
There all pur birds that flnw.
Our flowers but half unfolden,
Our pearls that turned to dew,
And all the glad life-music,
Now heard no longer here,
Shall come again to greet ua
As we are drawing near."
Upon the tombstone of a young wo
man, blind from her birth, stands the
single sentence, "There shall he no
night there." Thus heaven will be
to each aoul that for which that soul
baa the keenest and highest capacity
for enjoyment.
Far out of sight, while sorrow still
Infolds us,
Lies that fair country where our
hearts abide,
And of this bliss Is naught moro
wondrous told ua
Than these few words: "I shall bo
satisfied!"
Your heaven Is what In your heart
you desire most, and If It Is money,
or fame, or anything lower than
Christ, every step toward such a
heaven withdraws you from the true
one.
The angels from their throne on high
Look down on us with wondering eye,
That where we are but passing guests
We build our strong and solid nests;
But where we seek to dwell for aye
We scarce take heed a stone to lay.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH.
The Better Country John 14. 1-3;
Rev. 21. 1-8.
The few glimpses of heaven given
us In the Bible load the imagination to
paint a fairer landscape than earth
can present. IJow varied, how vivid,
how entrancing! What multitudes are
gathered there from all ages and
climes, surrounded by fairest forma,
regaled with choicest fragrance, and
enraptured by richest harmonies.
In heaven are many mansion's. Here
we have the Idea of ample home ac
commodations with sufficient variety
to suit aiid satlsiv every legitimate
longJng of every feart. The Imagery
is taken from thf se Immense oriental
palaces wherein Siot only the sovereign
dwelt, but with him were all his sons,
however numerous. For size we may
get a faint conception from the Vati
can In Rome. It is the pope's palace,
having over forty-four hundred rooms.
No lack of room In heaven.
Christ wii' away from this world
that he misfit prepare a better one
tor His children.
How It quiets and rests and satis
fies us In our weak efforts to picture
heaven, to settle down In the blessed
convlotlcn that Clirlst is there, that
He will have everything Just as It
ought to be.
There all things shall be made new
(iRev. 21. 5). Nothing will have the
appearance of wear and tear as do
some choice treasures here.
1. How cecure Is the timid dove
when In Its comfortable cote! Birds
are we preparing to take our flight.
Here it is often cold, dark, cheerless.
Yonder is our cote in the sunny land
of fiahtnens and bliss. Thitherward
we are looking. '
2. Some carrier pigeons were taken
to Alaska during the Klondike gold
excitement. Trie flr&t of these to
r-ach home alighted In Its cote at
Portland, Oregon, September 2, 1 897.
To Its leg was attached a slip of
paper containing this message: "On
the summit of Cr.'lkoot Pass. August
23. To Robert Uhlman, Portland:
We are all wcjl and In good spirits.
Tell everyone you know not to come
here this winter. Thomas . Cain."
More than a thousand miles had thi3
true pigeon flown. Over mountains
wild stretches of unexplored forests
escaping tho perils of eagles and
hawks. Tlrc-3 almost to exhaustion.
It reaches Jta ties' Inat'lon, to which It
had been drawn by th honl.i; in
stinct. Hominj Instinct! This we and
the birds have. Ours l. t'ie promise
of a heavenly home. Can any ob
stacle turn us back with s:rh a hope
la our hearts?
NEW TRICK ON "BARKEEPER.
King of Butter In the' Pitcher Keeps
ths Foam Down on the Beer.
The barkeeper stopped long enough
to fill a "growler," or glass pitcher,
with beer, looked at It suspiciously
and then swore. When his good na
ture returned be explained:
"Did you notice bow little toam
there was on that pitcher of beer?
Well, I got worked tor about twice
aa much as we usually sell for a
dime. The trick Is very simple. Be
fore those people sent In that pitcher
they drew a ring around the Inside
of It with butter or something of that
kind.
"What difference does that make?
Why, It acts this way: Most of the
growlers we send out of here are about
one-third beer and the rest loam, but,
with one of these greased pitchers
It Is all the other way.
"When you draw the beer Into one
of these ths stuff Data very quickly.
As the beer hits that ring It dropi
down. It doesn't spoil the beer,
either. When the beer is poured In
to glasses It will bave all the original
life lu It, Just as it fresh from tb
keg."
Ths Church Cats of Naples.
There exist In Naples cats which
live entirely In churches. They are
kept and fed by ths authorities on
purpose to eat the mice which Infest
all old buildings there. The animals
may often be seen walking about
among the congregation, or sitting
gravely before the altar duiing time
of mass.
HIE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Our Tlrlnlt mil la ftt,.11,inn,!i: On!j
For One Yar, or (li For F.acii Drink,
er T.nrrs Intrant In Consumption of
AlcohoHp UrTxrniiest
t"W-fourth of nil tho nsnnlc in the Tn
ted St.-ttP" drink alcoholic hpverasfs. The
s'vonnt of nvmi"- n(t in this way during
1A1 was t.V)l.mi..17!). or an avenue ex
penditure for "mh drirker of 2.1fl. All
tlii is. aeeordmn to the American On
cer's annual estimate of tlte nation's drink
bill, based upon official United States re
port and earofully eomniled statitics, snd
cot announced in the interests of the V.
C. T. t'.. or intended for anything but
cold, actual information, for the nation to
fa- ' and ponder upon.
These statistics show. also, thst every
fin in the t'nited States who d'inks at
all i'Hnks twice as much as his forefath
ers did or as h himself did if he wai
Ir nlfi-n tv.-entv-three year" a?o. For in
IS) th consumption of alcoholic drink
ncr emits was 111 ea'lons. To-day it if
IftOS gallons. AH of which (roes to prove
that nrospcritv leads to an increased use
of htimulants; that as the American peonle
grow buijer and richer they drink harder,
o- else, thv drink ha'dcr they grow
richer. Hut this is rejected by the White
Ribbon workers.
At anv rite, the fact remains that in the
last, twonly years the desire for strong
drink but particularly for beer has in
creased as steadily a the years have
passed, nml m.irn steadily and far more
rapidly than evn tne increase in popula
tion has justified .
The use of spirits is now more general
than e er hefore and, according to the re
port, if there was not a tax of SI. 10 per
Tallon on whiskv the nation would have
been debauched with cheap qualities of the
liouor vears ag. Thee have been 1323
illicit dis'illeries seiied during, the nast
venr and fid.lU gallons of moonshine
whisky reported for seizure. While, were
beer as cheap as its rivals, coffee and tea,
it is further determined it would be
nlaced at once as the king of American
beverics.
As it is. however, coffee js ill leads the
list. The I'nited States drinks more of it
than anv o'hr nation, using approximate
ly I.iW.iVin.iHin pounds of raw coffee every
year, nt a cost of ihout 1flo.0nA.00n, which
represents about 1.W6.W2.8U gallons.
Then comes beer, a strong second, with'
I.il0S7f.9."i2 gallon in 1I3, or an aver
aee for each father, mother and child of
about l.ft gallons annually. Of this
amount only 4.0O0.niVi gallons are of the
imported nualitv. The total expense to
tli nation for its beer alone last year was
$7?7 .042.24!.
There is more tea drinkinj. too. since
the duties were decreased. Tea comes
third on the list as far as the quantity
consumed is concerned, On.OilO.nofl pounds
being imnorted in 1!W. or about one-half
the amount of coffee ( 45.r..fxt gallons),
at a cost of about one-tenth. And last in
lunntity. but with a thump, comes the fiery
liquors and spirits thif make up the insid
ious cocktail a'd iridescent and potent
after-dinner cordials.
The year's consumption here is notable
for an increase oi one-tenth of one gallon
per capita, the largest increase for 'one
year since Columbus discovered America.
Summed up, the total represents 12V
Onn.nno gallons. lss than one-tenth the
amount of beer, but the money value is
manv times as much, the revenue of im
ported spirits aone amounting to nearly
S120.000.non, This shows in a relative es
timate that the average cost of coffee, tea
nrd cocoa per capita every year is 82.61,
while for spirits and liquors it is SI5.34,
or about seven times as much.
The report shows further that we are
drinking more imported wine and less do
mestic than we were two vears ago, the
ratio being about 30.nnil.000 gallons to
6.000,000, whi'e beer is turning just the
other wav, the United States exporting
"my gallons annually.
Rfnng to Dentil.
"At 1a it biteth like a serpent and
tinieth like an adder."
The Police court missionary in Birming
ham, Kngland. tells of a young married
woman, twenty-eight years of age, who
died a shocking death from drinking. Up
to the age of twenty-six she had been a
teetotaler, and did not know what the
taste of drink was. She was a leading
member of the Oosnel Temperance Mis
sion, and sang the solos at the meetings
Then she taken ill, the doctor ordered
brandy, and it proved like the first taste
of blond to a tame tiger. She could never
again he kept from it, and at last it killed
her. A craving was awakened which must
have been in the blood. The adder stung
her to death. Xational Advocate.
Queer Drunken Manias.
A sheriff who died some few years since
kept a record of thu curious caes of
drunkenness that came under his observa
tion. Seeral habitual cases had devel
oped odd mania. One woman who had
been arrested 107 times for drunkenness
in twenty-eight years had a mania for
breaking window when she was intoxi
cated. An old soldier suffering from a
wound in the head always stole Millies
when he was tipsy. Another man stole
nothing but spades, while one woman't
fancy ran to shawls ami another's to shoes.
A niun named Grubh was imprisoned
seven times for stealing tubs, although
there was nothing in his line of life to
'ake tub particularly desirable to hi to.
Irish Poverty.
The fiscal problem in Ireland is capable
of very simple demonstration. Last year
the population of the Sister Island had
dwindled down to about 4.413.600, yet the
amount spent on whisky and beer alone
in 11X13 reached the huge total of 11,000,
000. and the sum paid to the British Ex
chequer as excise duty exceeded 8,000,000
The expenditure upon intoxicating drinks
of all kinds during the year u estimated
at over - 1 1.OIW.OOO, which would mean
about 13 for each family of five persons
No wonder that poverty stalks through
the land in the presence of sued a self-un-posed
burden. London Christian.
A Kevelatlon,
The editor of the New York Voice, on
being asked if there was not some mistake
in its statements, replied: "No. We went
out," he aays, "our own private detective
to make investigations, and then em
ployed a good lawyer to go with us, and
together we examined the records, and to
our humiliation and the disgrace of the
city, ve found that some of the most in
famous dives in the city belong to men
who occupy high positions, and to whom
the people look as example of law abiding
aud honorable citizens.'
A Queer Project.',
The Russian Government will pay 50.009
ruble to any one who will indicate, before
July 1, ltWS, s method of "doctoring-" alco
hol in such a way that, while useful for
burning and other purpose, it will bave
such a bad taste that no one could possibly
drink it.
Italian A nny Temperate.
Alcoholism is extremely rate in the
Italian army. In the year 1901, the latest
for which ligures are svailahle, only twenty-five
case were admitted into the hospi
tals. ' Making; It Kaar to Do Right.
Tn Sweden the saloon are closed on pay
day, and the bank are kept open from
early morning until midnight. The Gov
ernment ia protecting the laboring mas
against the greedy, ruinous saloon traffic,
and encouraging them to put their money
in bank. It would be a commendatory act
if our Government would take an equal in
terest in ber subjects. Arkansas Search
light.
Ths Holland Society of Total Abstin
ence, in making some studies sbout the in
fluence of alcohol on the work of school
children, found that among 17K0 children,
seventy-five were steady users of ah-ohulu
beverage; 1262 used them occasionally,
aud 44$ wept total abstainer.
irvdsy
Enoch Walked With nod.
My God, how can I walk with Thccl
O, wilt Thou not to me rontide,
The secret of the Knoch life,
In Thy communion to abide?
Not for eternity alone,
To brighten hope and cancel fear; T
But, listening, Father, for to-day.
lo know ttie joy to teel lhee near. '
la skies and flowers and
d holy book j
apeak to me. I
in prayer.
At time I hear Thee peal
T i . 1. Tl ' ...
But, Father, do I walk with Thee?
Can I be walking with my God.
If, through some storm of selfish grief,
I shrink, and lie with sullen gloom
la some foul cave ot unbelief?
Or. if alternately within
Now reigns the good and now the ill?
Or. if my heart in changeful moods
Kebels against Thy holy will?
Come, Holy Spirit of the Lord,
Before whom chaos cannot be
To harmony bring all my soul.
That God may come and walk with ran.
Be near me. O Thou. Christ divine
Who art the life, the truth, the way,
Now let me closely follow Thee
Then shall I walk with God to-day.
J. Hunt Cooke, in Chicago Standard.
Terrible Conneiiuence.
Tesua pictures tho uivine view of sin in
Its terrible consequences. On which side
are the probabilities of a never ending suf
fering? They arc with .Jesus Christ. There
is a so-called larger hope that somehow
men in eternity will be brought back into
fellowship with God. Such a conception i
not biblical. Kxegesi has not established
such a hope. Men have swung away from
the view of a material hell. But that is
nijt the emphasis of Dante nor Christ.
Their emphasis is upon the surety of pen
ilty for wrong doing. The complete re
rolt against a literal hell has led many to
in attitude of absolute disbelief in hell.
Medievalism had its faults and its virtues.
Men to-day need to turn back nml study
that medieval period. It has a message
:or this age. What this age needs is the
nessage of Christ. It needs a vivid reali
cation of the consequences of sin. Would
chat we might be permitted to look into
the soul of the evil doer in public and pri
rate life who has been brought to justice.
The mental agony beheld would warn
roung America from sin. What this age
aeeds is the mind ot Christ. Material
forces are mighty. Cantilever bridges, '
jiant iron horses and ocean greyhounds
bear the trarhc of the world. We are
thrilled with the advancement of the age.
We admire great steel structures, massive
buildings and splendid granite walls. Vet
that which builds is greater than that
which is built. Nimbler and swifter than
the arms and the muscles was the invisible
-.hought which wrought through them. We
do not read of Jesus Christ as a man with
i giant arm and a mighty shoulder. But
ho can measure the length and breadth,
ind depth of power of that magnificent
nersonality? He was bone, Hesh anil
linew. Vet in Him was good. He re
pealed the power of God and sent it down
the ages, lie revealed the power of God
iguinst sin. Let this mind be in you which
nas also in Christ Jesus. From sermon
5n "Hell" by the Rev. H. K. R iot, in the
Third Congregational Church, Waterbuiy,
Perilous Tendencies.
There are three "mischievous and peril
us tendencies" in our modern world,
id. Is Dr. Vin Dyke, against which the
ipirit of Christianity, embodied in "a sane
ind virile and lovable literature," can do
xiuch to guard us. Tho tirsc is the grow
.ng idolatry of military glory and con
juest. "A literature that is Christian
must exalt love, nut only as the greatest,
nit as the strongest, tiling in t'ie world "
The second is the growing idolatry of
se.ilth. "A noble literature, truly in liar
nonv with the spirit of Christ, will reit
;rate in a hundred f irms nr beauty and
sower His teaching that a man's lite con
listentli not in the abundance of the things
which lie posscseth.' " The 'bird is. the
rowing spirit of frivolitv. "One of the
rieiitcst services that Christianity can ren
ler to current literature is to inspire it
s-ith a nobh-r ambition and lift it to a
Jigher level." Dr. Van Dyke concludes:
"1 remember an old woodsman in the
Vlii'ondiu-k forest who used t say that he
vanted to go to the top of a certain moun
tain as often as Ins legs would cany him
leciuse it give him such a feeling of
lie lven up lii-te dnes.' That is an un
louth, humble, eloquent phrase to describe
.he function of a great literature
''I'nless above himself he can
Kreut himself, how mean a thing is man!"
want the books that help nie out of the
pacancv und despair of a frivolous mind,
out of the tangle and confusion of a society
that is busied in bric-a-brac, out of the
meanness of unfeeling mockery and the
heaviness of incessant mirth, into a loftier
ind seiencr region, where through the
clear air of serious thoughts I can learn to
look suberlv and bravely upon the mingled
misery and splendor of human existence,
and then go down with a cheerful courage
to plav a man's part in the life winch
Christ has forever ennobled by His divme
ireieuce."
'Trsinl Lives."
A wnter in The O'.nerver has this to
tav:
"It is unpleasant to see anything, even a
vegetable, growing in such crimped quar
ter that it cannot espmd and become
symmetrical; when we cither it, we can
but think how it would have been coul l it
have had room to come to perfection. Vet
I ht re are thousands of people growing in
just this way, passing tin ir davs in such
narrow, crannied spheres that thev cannot
round out into complete lives, an-1 death
gainer them in without the possible per
lection which, in all justice, should have
been theirs. There is much said concern
ing th? dignity of labor, and in labor lie
the only true dignity possible for man or
woman to retain; biit it is a duty we all
owe to ourselves and our Creator to choose
the path in life where highest usefulness
and greatest development ore to be found.
We should make the most of ourselves,
and he or she is a coward who shrinks
from doing so for fear of the senseless con
demnation of those who know little and
care less what our struggle against envi
ronment and hereditary mean. O, the bui
ied millions, and the grand posnbilities
buried with them."
Tha Hlniln IriMt' Answer.
Many of the priests in India go through
the ceremonies a meaningless rile, which
hold no solemnity for them.
One priest gave this sinking and per
chance prophetic answer to llishop Foster,
who, in company with Bishop Thoburn,
visited the temple. The bishop asked bim,
"How long has all this worship been going
on here?" "For thousands of year,' wa
the reply. "And how long will it last!'
the bthop inquired. "Not long," tn
young priest replied. "And whv?" con tin
ued the bishop. The Hindu hesitated, but
raising his hand and pointing with hi
linger he swept the line of the horizon and
simply said, Jesus." Mosaics From India.
Thsy Even Hold Up Trains.
The Klondyke mosquito is said to be
the worst on earth, but here comes a
Siberian traveler, Mr. Dobble, who In
sists that the venomous mid-Asian
variety la bard to beat. Residents
along the line of the Siberian road
never seom to stray abroad without
enveloping their bands and faces in
thick green veils. Whenever a bios
qulto enters a railroad car all the pas
sengers with one accord make for It,
and period ot restlessness and un
usual activity supervenes until ths
tormecter Is dead.
COMMERCIAL ktVIEW.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review'
of Trade" says:
Trade has Improved somewhat,
chieriy because of better crop pros
pects and the fact that last week's
variations in prices of steel products
failed to demoralize bliat industry.
The industrial atmosphere is still dis
turbed by labor controversies, bow
ever, and it will be impossible to fully
restore rational prosperity until the
proportion of voluntarily unemployed
wage-earners is greatly reduced. De
spatches from leading cities indicate
irregular conditions, but there is in
creasing confidence in the future.
Prospects are considered bright on ths
Pacific Coast, because of the high
prices paid for farm products. For
eign commerce at this port for ths
last week was unfavorable, exports
showing a loss of $1,091,003, as com
pared with the same week last year,
while imports decreased $2,267,773.
Price uncertainty still dominates
the iron and steel market. Various
constructions arc placed upon the re
cent reduction, but, whatever the ob
ject may have been, the result has cer
tainly militated against recovery at a
most critical time, and the hope that
still more attractive quotations may
prevail causes postponement in plac
ing contracts.
Failures this week numbered 205
in the United States, against 176 last
year, and in Canada jo, compared with
33 a year ago.
Bradstrect's says:
"Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending August 25 aggregate
1,084.33,3 bushels, against 1,703.047 last
week, 3.345,056 this week last year,
5430.530 in 1902 and 6,607,611 in toot.
From July I to date the exports ag
gregate 10,634.151 bushels, against 25,
078,289 last year, 36,777,207 in 1902 and
54,761,506 in loot. Corn exports for
the week aggregate 763.846 bushels,
against 520.362 last week, 866,320 a
year ago, 1 15.150 in 1902 and 441,918
in 1901. From July I to date the ex
ports of corn aggregate 4.563.319
bushels, against 8.325,295 in 1903, 754,
559 in 1902 and 8,609.021 in 1901.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
New York FLOUR Receipts, 13,
825 barrels; exports, 14.526 barrel.
Dull in view of high prices; winter
patents, 5 20W5 50; winter straights,
4.90''! 5.25; Minnesota patents, 0.00(3
6.35"
KV. FLOUR Strong; fair to good
4. 251 4 50.
BEEF Steady; beefliams, 24. 00
25 50.
COTTONSEED OIL Barely,
steady; prime vellow, iH'iH 2&'i.
POTATOES Eay; Long Island,
I.sorq t.62: Jersey and Southern. t.373
I.50; Southern sweets, 2.00 ii 2.75.
PEANUTS Steady; fancy hand
picked, 6'i; other domestic, 3 i6'j.
CABBAGES Quiet; Long Island
and New Jersey, per 100, i.8o'22.50;
per barrel, 251 50.
Baltimore FLOUR Firm and un
changed; receipts. 5.746 bushels; ex
ports. 7.30S bushels.
WHEAT Strong; spot contract
1.075405.1.0744; spot Ni. 2 red West
ern, 1 09' i'n 1 v)i ; August, t07?4
107)4; September, 107)4(1108; Octo
ber, 1.09'fj. l.og'4 ; December, 1.11(4:
steamer No. 2 red. i.oo'-j'ol.oo; re
ceipts, 25.6i,3 bushels; exports, 16,040
bushels; Southern, by sample, 70'Jl.oo;
Southern, on grade, 941 05.
CORN Dull; spot. 57'4'$374; Au
gust 57'-i'5i57-Vi;September, 5-'. year,
53"53r4l steamer mixed, 541'i'i54v4 ;
receipts, 643 bushels; Southern white
com, 63'i'0; Southern yellow corn, 63'
OATS Stea-ly; new N'o. 2 white,
j8'i j8'i; new No. 2 mixed, 36!; re
ceipts. nj.'s.'O bushels.
RYE 'Firmer 1 uptown); No. a
Western. 78; receipts, 2.4';2
BUTTER Strong and unchanged;
fancy imitation, I7'i 18; finy cream
cry. i9';T2o; fancy ladle, Mii.iS; store,
parked, to'a 12.
EGOS Steady and unchanged; 20.
CHEr?SE Strong and unchanged;
large, g'S'jf; medium, r)iii.l)i, small,
9ri1'9?a-
Live Stock.
New York BEEVES Good and
medium steers slow f 15c. lower:
common steers 25c. lower; bulls and
'.owj easy; common to choice steers,
4 05'5 0o; oxen, 4 5534-751 bulls, 270
'14 25; cows, i.6o'i3.4o. Cables steady.
Live cattle lo'S'Su per pound, dress
ed weight; refrigerated beef, lojifa;!!
per pound.
CALVES Steady, veals. 5-V27-35:
tops. 8 00; culls, 4.50; buttermilks, 3.75;
no Westerns. Dressed calves strong;
city dressed veats, 8fi2 per pound;
country dressed, 7jrt?ioJi; dressed
grassers and buttermilks, 57.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts,
2.209 head. Sheep steady; prime
l imbs, 10 a 15c. higher; others steady;
sheep, 2 504 00; lambs, 5 257-O0;
culls, 4 ooVi4 50.
HOGS Firm; heavy State hogs,
5.80.
Chicago CATTLE Good to prims
steers, $.2$'i6 10; poor to medium,
425I1515; stockers and feeders, 2 00
',iiim: cows. I.s0'r4 25; heifers, 2 OO
151500; canners, 1. 50260; bulls, 2 00
M 400: calves, 3.0014.2$.
" HOGS Market toe. higher. Mix
ed and butchers, 5.255.50; good to
choice heavy, 5 205 45: rough heavy,
50007320: light, 5 4a5 6o; bulk of
iales, S 5liS A0-
WORLD OF LABOR.
A school for cabmen is projected
in Austria.
There is a total to date of 120 lo
rals in the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employes.
St. Paul (Minn.) unions interested
in 4 metal trades council have affected
a permanent organization.
The headquarters of the Western
Federation of Miners, now in Denver,
Col , is to be removed to Lead, S. D.
New York, one of the last States
to organize 111 thi Cooks an! Waiters'
Alliance, now bas 76 locals in good
standing.
Union coal miners in Lancashire,
England, have protested against any
further reduction in wages. Many ol
the men are only earning $1 a day
and working but four days a week.
New York State Federation of
Labor has issued a call for the
eighth annual convention, to be held
in Elmita September I J
Boston (Mass.) Team Drivers' Un
ion No. 35 has 6,000 members.
This year's convention of the Jour
neyment Siorecutttirs' Union o
America will begin its first sess.on in
St. Louis next month.
The International Brotherhood of .
Railway Clerks has established lodg
es in Canada and Mexico. It is said
its roster will contain over 20,000 nam.
by the end of the year.