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SUNDAY'S SERMON
An Eloquent Discourse By the Rer. W.
S. Rainsford, D. D.
The Lv f Ood Tb Cbr'ilalo Church Is
Placed la Trust By Ood With Iht QospeL
Brooklyn, X. Y. The Rev. W. S.
ftainsford. D. I)., rector of St. George' P.
K. Church. Manhattan, preached at St.
Peter' Church, State and Bond streets,
in this borough, at the evening service Hun
day. Hia aubject was "The Love of God,"
and he aaid:
People are snying to-day that the church
doe Hot occupy aa important a place in
the thought of men that it had not aa in
fluential a place in our nation or in aociety
aa it used to have. I apeak, of course, of
the whole Christian church, and one thing
ia aure and that ia that the church cannot
hold her own by simply asserting, however
loudly or persistently, the greatnesa of her
deeds in the past. Whatever auccesa 01
shortcomings there mav have been in. an
cient times, one thing is certain, and that
it that we live in an age when men almost
violently are seeking the truth; when the
keenest aort of light ia turned in all direc
tions in search of the truth. When those
who have got anything to do can do it;
when those who have got anything to say
worth saying can say it, and when those
who have got anything to be San be it, but
there is no mercy for the sham. When, in
the future, they come to criticise our time
it will evidently be criticised as an age of
truth, and its spirit will be spoken of aa
the spirit of truth; it will be criticised
from all other agea as a time when men
made 'great sacritices for the truth and
when great glory waa gained in discover
ing and obeying the truth. There ia no
argument among thinkers whatsoever about
this.
.From this it follows that if we Chris
tians have not got something real to give
to the world, to aociety, to the United
States, at thia time we are really going to
loae our hold and position; and the ques
tion that we want to ask ourselves, indi
vidually and collectively, is this. What
have I got to give to the world? What is
it the church has got to give to the world?
I am inclined to think, if I were allowed
to see you, one by one, and ask you to put
down what it is on paper; What you aa an
individual and as a Christian hare got to
give to the world, and the church as a
community! there might be a great deal of
uncertainty. Tnat this question is one that
deserves a very clear answer there is no
doubt, and everybody ought to know what
that answer should be. There is no man
ner of doubt what the church has got to
ive to the world; what the individual
,'hristian has not to live to the world. I
want to talk aoout that to-night.
We, the Chriatian Church, are placed in
trust by God with the gospel. That is
what we have got to give to the world. If
we are Christians we believe the world
cannot get on without that gospel. We
use the word gospel in a very slipshod way.
If we are Christians we believe that not
only can not the world do without the gos
pel, but that business and politics and the
United States democracy in this Western
Hemisphere cannot do without the gospel.
A great many people believe that, but
when we ask them to put it into practice,
not only by going to church, not by putting
a trifle in the plate, not by repeating a
creed or two, but to go bacn to their work
and see if they cannot take the gospel
with them there. They say, "Business is
one thing, and religion is another." Men
that talk that way nave got to step aside;
they are no help either to the church or the
world. They are misleading; they are the
people that tend to make the whole thing
a sham, because the world won't tolerate,
and rightly so, a religion that can confine
itself to certain times and seasons and that
can satisfy itself by obedience to certain
consciences on Sunday, and perhaps once
a week thrown in. We have got a definite
charge for the world, and that is the gos
pel of Jesus Christ.
That being so, let me lead you to another
question, and as I put it I shall seek to
answer it: What is the gospel of Jesus
Christ? Again I think you will agree with
me, and perhaps more than before. If 1
were to be allowed to ask the question in
dividually, What is the gospel? and ask
for a definite reply, what a great variety
of answers would be given; and ninny
would hesitate. As Christians we certain
ly ought to be able to say what the thing
is we stand for, or we stand for nothing;
to say what we mean by the gospel, or the
world won't believe at all. In a church, if
we have one great thing in common which
we all bold, not because we are various
sects, but because we are Christians, we
have got to find out what that Christian
thing is.
One of the great difficulties one chief
difficulty is this: That men, from the
Lord's own day to the present, in the na
ture of things add their program to the
gospel tack on their programs. We are
all so madevthat we must have a program
I mean our own thinkings about the gos
pel. It is right that every believing man
should have his own thoughts and theory
as to the why, and the how, and the when
of the gospel. But my idea of why the gos
pel was given, my idea as to how the gos
pel is giten and my idea as to when the
gospel will be fulfilled is all right. I should
nave that right to think my own thoughts
about these three things, but if I am trying
to find light they will be unprofitable, and
it would be impossible to stand in the day
light and not answer the questions bow.
why and when. But my how, why ana
when, even if I were the most learned and
holy of men in the city of New York,
would not necessarily be the gospel ot
Jesus. The point for us to agree upon is
not the how and why and when, but. What
is the gospel? What is it we have distinct
ly in charge for men and have got to give
men, and about which it is legitimate that
we should say, how, why and when. As I
say, the tendency is rather to tack on our
pragram, and thut is where the difficulties
como in, for in the sge in which we live
people are rather given to finding out what
is gospel and what is program. Episcopa
lians do not believe in the gospel without a
bishop; the Presbyterians do not believe
in the gospel without the Presbytery; the
. Baptists do not believe in the gospel with
out baptism, even in the middle of winter
in frozen streets; the Methodists do not
believe without Methodism, and so on.
There is so much program that you can
scarcely see the gospel. Men say: "I do
not know which is gospel and which is
program." It is absolutely eaaential that
we are to give something to the world or
we won't amount to anything and the
world will push us aside. We must be
men and women proclaiming and trying to
live by the gospel.
What is the gospel? I am going to repeat
a verse that seems to embody tho spirit of
Jesus: "God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son. that whoso
ever believeth in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life." The man who
wrote the gospel of St. John (we do wit
know who be was) knew the very easenct
of the gospel, and I think everybody agrees
with bim the Presbyterian, the Baptist,
the Methodist, the Episopalian everybody
believes that it is the very heart of tho
gospel ot Jesus. That is the very essence
ot the dear Lord's love and life and teach
ing. It is what He began to preach, went
on to preach, died to preach ana rose
gain to preach.
..".'i verM ' three thing. First,
"God loved the world." You say: "I know
it." No, you don't know it. It is s tre
mendous thing to know. You say: "I be
lieve it." I hops so, but it is a very hard
thing to believe. "God loved the world."
That does not mean, God loves me; God
lore the United States (we American act
i as if that was what we prnioundly b
'lured). "God loved the world" does not
mean the elect, "me and my wife, my son
John snd his wife; we four, no more,
amen." Not the people we like, but the
lueathen Chinee. It does not mean simply
that God made this world that is wonder
fulbut the gospel says the world is not
simply a law world, but it is a love world.
ii any man says it is easy to believe, be
ao not know much about it. If you lose
on whom you lov better then your
self it is not easy to believe it ia a lov
iworld. When some bitter trouble comes,
'when pain rocks your body, when the one
(thing you lived fur is taken sway, in the
ihour of trouble and toil snd pain it is not
(easy to get up and say: "I will be a man
f'r. thsLbsarb at Jesus Christ, fur. I be
lieve that Ood loves the world; it'fs a love
world."
I do not believe there is one mother or
father that has had experience, who does
not know it is not easy to believe at times
that God loves the world. Hut it ia the
gospel, the great gospel of Jesus Christ.
The second thing is this: "God so loved
the world that He gave'' what ia the mes
aage of Jesus Christ about Ood giving? It
simply means that God docs not superin
tend the world at a distance, like the old
Greek idea of gods set up there in Olym
pus, where the waters are cool and the air
sweet, and there is shade from the burning
sun and all that the world needs to gratify
the senses. That is the Grecian idea of
God. It is not my idea of God at all. We
atill think of God on Hia throne, not
dwelling down here. Aa Tennyson says:
"A god into whose nostrils the strnm of
life hardly comes." God is not awny above
the world; not superintending the world
somewhere outside the world, but the idea
ia, God ia right there where His children
are. Where they suffer, God is; where
thev rejoice, God is; where life ia sweet,
God is: where love ia, God ia. "Ood so
loved the world that lie gave." Nothing
costs like giving. A mother gives her babo
life, hut it costs her much. We give our
children the best we have. We give them
our pain, the result of hours of toil; wo
give and are glad to give because we love
them. I sny: "What will you give for your
son?" You say: "I am not talking about
those things: it ia sacrilege; I will give all
for my son. There ia not a mother in
thia church who would not give her life for
her daughter. There is not a decent man
in thia church who would not give his last
dollar to save hia boy's life or honor he
would give his hand, hia life, to make the
boy what he ought to be. "Ood ao loved
the world that lie gave" How did God
give? I do not know. How could God feel
pain? I do not know. How could He en
dure? I do not know. But it ia the gospel
of Jesus Christ: "God so loved He gave."
Then I can go out into the world, and it is
not so hard to give. I do not want to suck
the world like an orange. I know every
now and then temptation says: "Get that
sweet thing. But lite is giving, not tak
ing." That means pain, toil, disappoint
ment it may be, death. "God so loved
that He gave." Then I begin to under
stand. If the God and Father of Jesus
C hrist ia giving, cannot 1 give? Cannot
that boy, who ia thinking only of a good
time, begin to give? I remember, long ago,
in the old study at home making up my
mind what my life was going to be. I
longed to be a soldier and follow in the
footsteps of my forbears, but it Hashed
upon me that I only wanted just to have a
flood time, and I praved God for grace to
ead a useful life. We have got to make
choice between giving life and getting life
one is the worlulv life and the other is the
Christian life. The whole purpose of God
comes out in giving. God Himself is a
giver: "God so loved the world that He
gave."
The third thought: First, the world ia a
love world; second, love ia not simply
aomething looking down, but something in
dwelling here with us, giving His only be
gotten Son. What is third? Love victor
ions. The love of God is not simply u beau
tiful, patient pain, a universal thing, but
an almighty . thing. Back of the love of
God ia all mighty, all wisdom, all resource.
God that made the world is the God that
aaya, "Shall not perish." He says whoso
ever believeth ahull not perish. Not the
hero, the great, the wise, the strong, but
the whole world of men. If there is any
thing in me that is worth living, God will
keep my life; if nothing, I do not want to
be kept alive. I can go on working, trying
to love, trying to be potient and true, and
at last I can go to sleep, for "God so loved
the world that He gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believeth in Him
might not perish, but have everlasting
life." Universal life. Now, that you have
got. It is the church's heritage for the
world. Let us try to give-it, for the world
wants it to-day jiist aa badly as it did nine
teen hundred years ago.
flood Home Mission Story.
A good story was told at the Bible
Christian missionary meeting held in Lon
don. A Salvation Army lass was beating a
drum in the market place of a certain vil
lage. The vicar came out and protested.
"Are you obliged to beat' that drum? It
makes such a horrid noise, and I do so dis
like it!" , ,
"Are you obliged to ring your church
bell on Sundays?" aked the girl. ("It
makes such a noise, and I don't like it. '
"Oh, but." he rejoined, "that's very dif
ferent: the bell see ma to say to the people:
,'Come! Come!' that's why I like it."
"Well, sir," the Salvation las rejoined,
"I like my drum, because it seems to be
saying about the people: 'Ketch 'em, fetch
'em!'" Home missions, said the speaker,
mean fetching the people who might never
come.
Clod's Work Goes On.
In the most disastrous periods of the
church there have always been aome (a
seven thousand, perhaps), who have not
bowed the knee to Baal. Ministers may
have become corrupt; churches mav have
been infected with unholy leaven; the
rich and the learned may have been unan
imous in their rejection of everything ex
cept the mere superficialities or religion;
and yet it will bo found that Ood, who
values the blood of His beloved Son too
highly to let it remain inoperative, has
raised His altar in individual hearts. In
the dwellings of the poor, in solitary
? laces, in the recesses or valleys and moun
ains, he has written His name upon re
generated minds; and the incense ot their
adoration, remote from public notice, has
gone silently up to heaven. T. C. Uphaus.
gecret or Her Power.
What was the secret of such a one's
power? What had she done? Absolutely
nothing, says Bain's Horn, but radiant
smiles, beaming good humor, the tact of
divining what every one felt and every one
wanted, told that she had got out of self
and learned to think of others, so that at
one time it showed itself by sweet words,
at another by smoothing an invalid's pil
low, at another by soothing a sobbing child.
None but she saw those things. None but
a loving heart could see them. That was
the secret of her heavenly power.
Level Bast an Unworthy Aim.
Only by getting above our uaual level can
we make the progress we ought. The roan
wlio merely maintains the level to which
bis life has hitherto risen is. at the best,
standing still and that means falling be
hind, says the Sunday-School Times. "I
did my level best," is not high enough.
Our average ought to be considerably high
er, and an average is never raised by being
merely equalled. Only by beating our av
erage can we raise our average. "Better
than my best" is a worthier standard than
"my level beat." i
True Happiness.
lT.nm'n... lnnM.ua nn tha nath l 1th
nf it is always advancing toward the perfect
(bliss. Arkansas Methodist.
Quaint Old Win Glass.
Congressman Frank C. Weber Is
the proud possessor of cut glass
wine glass from which on more than
on occasion, so tradition gays, Gen.
George Washington refreshed himself
In the days when he used to stop on
hia way from Mount Vernon to the
North at the home of the late Michael
Warner, on the. old Washington road.
The wine glass Is an old fashioned
one of comfortable size and weight,
an of la very much unlike anything Id
use . nowadays. Well authenticated
tradition baa It that Oen. Washington
waa frequently a guest at the borne of
Michael Warner, wbo was a well
known man In this section of the
country and was acquainted with
many prominent men of those davs.
It la known that Gen. Washington
stopped on more than one occasion
at the Warner house, as be did at the
old Carroll mansion, now in Carroll
Park, and partook of meals. Tbe
wine glasses were always used at
these meals and were retained as me
mentos of these visits. Baltimore
News
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON roM.VIENTS
FOR OCTOBERfi,
Sun.focti The Widow's Oil Increased, Tl
Klnas, It., 1-7-Oof.ten Text, Psalm
xxxtII., 8 Memory Veraea, B-7 Com
mentary on th Day'a Lesson,
I. A Widow in trouble (v. 1). 1, "A
certain woman." Josephna aiva thia
woman was the widow of Obadinh," Allah's
steward, and that the horrowed money
mentioned in the text had been expended
on the support of the hundred prophets
whom he hid and supported (1 Kings
18:5). "Of the wives," etc. It appear
from thia that the members of the colleges
of prophets did not withdraw themselves
from common domestic life altogether.
"Unto Elisha." Elisha made it hia home in
Samaria (2 Kings 2:2.1; 6:32). Thia appeal
shows that he waa looked upon as the lead
er among the prophets, He aeema to have
made journeys around the country for the
purpose of instructing the people. We
hear of him in various places. "The cred
itor." The man here apoken of had evi
dently been engaged in aome transaction
lor which money had been borrowed and
had died before it could be paid off. "To
be bondmen." The law of Moses provided
(Lev. 25:30 41) that in easce of poverty and
inability to pay hia debta a man and hia
children might be aold and remain in bond
age until the next year of jubilee. Mat
thew 18:23 ahowa that thia law waa atill in
force in our Lord'a time. Thia fact, thm
incidentally introduced in history of F.liaha
shows that in hia day the law of Moses
waa the baaia of judicial and civil proceed
ings in the kingdom of Israel. The terri
ble tyranny of debt may fasten upon those
who do their best to avoid ir. It ia more
keenly felt in proportion to the desire to
do everything in the fear of the Lord. It
often brings Buffering upon the family.
Grace cannot keep us from financial re
vevaas. II. The woman's poverty (v. 2). 2.
"What shall I do?" How shall I relieve
yon? The sons of the prophets were poor
and it would signify little to mnke a collec
tion for her among them. Elisha waa also
a poor man. "What hast thou?" The
Lord always delights to take the little we
have and increase it. He pursued thia
course in feeding the multitudes with a
little bread and fish. If she has a little
committed to her management, her need
must be supplied by His blessing and in
creasing that little. "Pot of oil." The
only thing she had in the house was a pot
of oil. "The word rendered 'pot' is from a
root meaning 'to anoint' and the clause
has been rendered, 'Save the oil with which
I shall anoint myself.' The word may be
noticed because it indicates the poverty of
the widow. It waa not the finest oil, aueh
as would be used for cooking food, that
she had, but the more common kind which
every Oriental makes use of after a bath."
Some think that this pot of oil was what
mis woman naa Kept lor her burial, r-ee
Matt. 20:12. Out of this last pot of oil
tho sign of her utmost poverty Elisha
furnished the source of her future oomfort
and happiness.
III. The prophet's ad vice (vs. 3, 4). 3.
"Borrow empty vessels." But why did
not the Lord supply the vessels as lie did
the oil? Simply because she had the abil
ity to obtain the vessels. Those who think
it cripples their faith to help themselves
should remember that the exact opposite
ia the case. What right have I to expect
God to undertake my case when I have
not done what I can to help myself? "Not
a few." This method of aid was a test of
her faith and an aid to her faith. The as
sistance was given in a way to benefit her
and her sons in character and spiritual
life.
4. "Shut the door." So as not to draw
a crowd of curious spectators round, or
make a vain and needless displav of tho
miracle. Some miracles God works in se
cret for a chosen few. The work was to be
done in miiet, without display, and where
the moral influences might have their per
fect work. It was like praving in secret
(Matt. 0:6). It is not in the crowd that
God works Hia wonders in nature and
grace; it is in the lonely place, to the soli
tary individual. The one who would see
the grander revelations of God must turn
his back on the human multitude. "Pour
out." God would supply the oil; from a
human standpoint there waa nothing much
to pour out.
IV. The sunply of oil (va. 5-7). 5. "So
she went." Tho widow might well have
been astonished at aueh a peculiar com
mand; "but aa the wife of a prophet who
had been a aervant of the Lord she had
learned whence help could be sought when
every other source had failed." In spite of
all the objectiona which might have been
suggested to her she hastened to obey the
prophet.
0. "Were full." Out of one small jar
was poured out so much oil as by a mirac
ulous multiplication rilled all these empty
casks. Scare had that pot any bottom, at
least the bottom that it had waa to be
measured by the brims of all those vessels:
could they have held more the oil would
not have ceased flowing. Even so the
bounty of our God give grace and glory
according to the capacity of the receiver.
Could we hold more, 0 God, Thou wouldst
give more; if there he any defect, it is in
our vessels, not in Thy beneficence. "Not
a vessel more.' This is a good emblem of
the grace of God. While there ia an empty,
longing heart, there is a continual over
flowing fountain of salvation. If the oil
ceases to flow it is becauue there are no
empty vessels there no souls hungering
and thirsflng for righteousness. The re
sults were according to her faith. Every
vessel she borrowed was filled with the
miraculous oil. Then the flow stopped.
She put her own limit to the amount she
received. "The oil Btayed." That is, it
ceased to flow longer.
7. "Came and told." Feeling that the
disposal of the oil should be made accord
ing to the direction of Him who had told
her what to do. It would seem to her that
the unexpected supply could not be re
garded as her own property. "Sell pay
thy debt." How calmly the prophet re
ceived her. He knew what would happen.
And does not this show a wonderful
amount of faith and confidence in God on
the part of Elisha? If means are given
thee to satisfy thy creditor let it be thy
first duty to pay him . efore thou careat
for thyself. He who can pay hia debta and
will not takea what does nci belong to
him, and breaks the eighth commandment.
When the Lord gives there is always some
thing left over and above. He never
merely takes away distress: He gives a
blessing besides. Live of the rest." The
oil waa all to be sold, and the money that
was over, when the debt was paid, would
be a means ot support till the sons might
find a way to earn a living. The miracle
oe no further than ia absolutely neces-
aary. It dyes not permanently enrich the'
- , WMV u.wv.wv Ulllj ,U KUIUUIUT II IT
cessity. How strikingly does this incident
how that we must in fellow-workers with
God throughout, from first to last, in our
own deliverance.
Tragndy of a Pet Rat
I once had for a pet a white rat
which was very cunning and mischiev
ous. One day, when papa, and I were
going to town, we stopped at a neigh
bor's on buslneus.
Mr. 8. and .papa were discussing
their business affairs when Mr. 8. be
gan laughing and asked papa: "What
is that thing." Papa looked around,
and there was that rat sitting on the
seat beside bim, as contented as could
be. It bad been In papa's pocket. I
had to carry It to town and get box
to bring it home In.
I kept the rat In a cage, but It al
ways managed to get out and gnaw
the clothing. One day my slater and
I were driving, when I felt something
In my sleev. It kept running up and
down my sleeve, and frightened me
so that I slipped off my Jacket, and
out jumped tbe rat and ran under the
wbeel and was killed instantly. How
It got Into my Jacket and remained
there so long without my knowing it
Is a mystery to this day. Christian
Endeavor World.
OCTOBER NINTH.
"Hsjlplng One Another."R0m. 15:1
7. (Honorary Members' Meeting.)
Scripture Verses. Esther 4:13-16;
John 15:13; Rom. 16:3,4; Phil. 2:8-8;
Heb. 13:12, 13; I. John 3:1B-18; 4:11,
20, 21; Matt. 5:42; 7:12; -j: 34-30.
Lesson Thoughts.
To help one another Is an obligation
that rests upon every Christian, even
If the helping be at the expense of his
own pleasure; tor even Christ pleased
not himself.
Llkemlndedness Is often great help
fulness. When another does wnat you
regard as a good thing, tell him so
and help him by your expression of
approval.
Selections.
If you were tolling up a weary hill.
Bearing a load beyond your strength
to bear,
Straining each nerve untiringly, and
still
Stumbling and losing foothold hero
and there,
And each one passing by would do so
much
As give one upward lift and go his
way,
Would not each slight reiterated touch
Of help and kindness ligmon all the
rlav?
Once when Dr. William M. Taylor
opened a prayer meeting at his church
he said: "Brethren, I am tired, tired
out, anl I want you to carry on nils
service and thus refit me." The peo
ple responded heartily, and as one
and another spoke, they all took oc
casion to refer to some word or deed
of their pastor that had helpeu some
body, and the tired look passed from
his face, and tears came Into bis eyes
as his church members helped him
by showing how he bad been helping
them.
There is an old story about a trump
eter who was captured. He pleaded
with his enemies that he nad no wea
pons and had not been fighting. They
answered that he had been urging on
his troops with his trumpet, and so
had done more than many fighting
men. That is true of all cheerful men
In the battle for life; they win vic
tories for themselves and oti.ers, Just
by their good cheer.
When Tennyson wrote Kipling a
note of praise, Kipling replied: "When
a private in the ranks to praised by
the general, he cannot presume to
thank him, but he flght3 better the
next day."
EPlBrESSOflS
OCTOBER NINTH.
Helping One Another Ron. 15.
1-7.
Many a sorrow could bo borne with
compai alive ease were it uot. lor the
sense ot luiluie In many Ins uncus
when opportunities for hulp.uiiiess
were ottered. Thut great niun who
wrote so grandly of uoing the duty
"which waa nearest'' failed to practice
his own precepts. When, ut last,
Curlyle awoke to the realization tnat
he had sacrificed his w ile's heal. h und
happiness .In his unintentional absorp
tion in his personal ambitions he was
heartbroken. For many yours alter
she dropped from his side, us he would
pass the spot where he last saw her
alive, he would bare his head In all
weathers, nis features wrung with un
utterable sorrow.
Indifference Is a bitter Ingredient In
the cup of remorse! It. Is almost
impossible to analyze Jt. Somehow
It was instilled through the years of
circumstances which too easily con
trolled us instead of our mastering
them. We may have been tired, or
not feeling well as usual, or we want
ed to read some iusclua 4ng book. -So
we grew indifferent to tho Just claims
of our friend. That wus all. We
did not mean to be so. Yes, very
true, but that was enough to form
bitter crystals In our cup of bereave
ment when death stole away a loved
one.
Neglect. The former leads to this,
but we think of neglect as more pro
nounced. Indifference is carelessness
without any positive intention of being
remiss. But neglect Is actual, con
scious failure to meet the demands of
loyalty. We recognize It and intend
to do better, but go on Just the sumo
may until some unplanned-for crisis
tells us plainly that we have been con
densing dregs fur our cup of regret.
Frowns. A frown! What a horri
ble facial disfiguration: And yet
who Is not guilty of this offense
against peace and home harmony!
How snarly mijnt be the soul when the
face Is forced into such repellent ex
pression! And then usually these
frowns are not for strangers, not for
enemies, but for our neurest and dear
est. What wonder, then, that snarl
dregs and frown-dregs make our cup
of remorse titter as gall? And we
must drink It however unpalatable. It
Is In lie very texture of the universe
that "as a man soweth, so shall he
reap."
TjIs Is the cup of unselfishness. It
Is like a spring all the while running
over and yet ever full. A mystery it
Is, yet a perpetual delight. So full
of life and so life-giving is that it Is
impossible for any dregs to gather at
the bottom. Hence it Is never bit
ter. It blesses the owner and helps
all who partake of Its over-flowing
benefits. Joy like grain Increases
as It Is scattered in fertile soil. The
philosophy of helpfulness Is the sound
est philosophy.
8panlsh Women In Suicide Club.
Tbe police at Lerlda, Spain, have
raidod what Is believed to be a wom
en's suicide-club, snd have made sev
sral arrests. Recently a young lady
oamed Isabel Rodriguei. belonging to
I well-to-do family, was found wander
Ing about tbe streets at night In
itate of groat excitement. When ques
tioned by a policeman she stated thai
she bad drawn number at the club
which, according to the rules, bound
ber to commit suicide. She added
that at tbe Inst moment ber courage
bad tailed ber. Acting on this Infer
malion the police watched tbe prem
ises used as club house. Tbey found
It was attended by well-dressed ladles,
who mot ostensibly for social pur
poses. Busy Corner of New York.
Some on stood on one of tbe busy
corners of New York city last week
counting automobiles and carriages
which passed and found that between
I a. m. and 4 p. m. 622 autom)l!es
and 8.C43 other vehicle went by.
MY ALL FOR THEE.
HV W. L. WAHDELL
Lord, help me bring my all to Thee,
iloth good and poor and amall;
Aot only my adversity.
But my successes all.
Shall I breathe to Thee a broken sighr
And not to Thre a aong:
o.iail I raise to Thee a feeble cry,
And not an anthem atrong?
Shall I bring to Thee my grief and pairi.
Sly sins and faults and fears?
AIv degradation and my shame,
My sorrows and my tears;
And never tell Thee of mv jov,
My blessings and mv hope? ,
Ah. shall I l,ring the weeds of life,
But offer Thee no fruit?
We sometimes nk Thee, LorJ, to com
Into a broken heart.
Or in a sad, grief-stricken home,
here death has hurled his dart.
But when the home is full and blest
With plenty and with health.
Do we ask Thee, then, to be our guest,
lo share with us our wealth?
Forbid it. Lord, that I should beg
forever from Thv store;
Always mini oil that's sent
And always wishing more;
Bur mav I wish Thee have. 0 Lord,
My gifts as I have Thine:
lou gave Thy life for me, dear Lor(
Help me to give Thee mine.
Lord, as I bring to Thee mv care,
Help me my song to raise.
And it I feel tho need of prayer
May I feel the wish to praise.
How Die World Is Growing- lletter.
One proof that the world is growing bet
ter Is this Christian Endeavor Society ol
oura, with its more than 3,800.0io mem
bers, in all countries under the sun. What
would have been said, even a quarter of a
century bko. if one had prophesied that sr
many young people would band themselves
together for Christ and the church, pledg
ing themselves to daily player and liiiile
reading, and to constant open testimony
for Christ?
Another uronf lhn tl.n ,,-r.p'il
Ing from the darkness is the existence of
Ihe Hague Arbitration Tribunal. Thisgre.it
institution, by far the greatest and most
( hristian product of the nineteenth cen
tury, means much more than that the
leading nations of the world have agreed
to arbitrate such iiuestinns as seals' and
boundaries and church funds and claims
for debt. It means that we are coming to
see the sinfulness and fully of war, ami
are rapidly approaching the parliament of
man, "the federation of the world.''
The progress ol" missions is a third evi
dence of human betterment. All i-orncrs
of the earth are now besieged hv the ho-ts
of King Kmanuel. The raniiih.il Fiji h; ve
become gentle and devout. The midnight
kraal is aglow with the light of -he v. oi'.d.
The stolid Oriental vies with the heroism
of Wickliff and Bunyan. Lives hv the
thousand and money by the nnllio-i arc
poured out eagerly in this new rruadt,
whose knights are found in every hu::ie
where there is a mite box.
A fourth token of the world's progress
is the rapidly growing spirit of union
among the denominations, a spirit which
our Christian Endeavor fellowship has
done so much to promote. Never before
have so many denominations been seeking
organic union with other denominations.
Never before have Christians been so ear
nest in the desire that the churches shall
stand together against the aggressive hosts
of evil.
Politic are growing purer: that is a fifth
token of the world's betterment, in na
tional and local governments our rulers
are coming more and more to recognize
the golden rule und the Sermon on the
Jlount. We are thinking more of the
character of candidates anil less of their
ability merely to draw votes. We are ex
amining measures less by the rushlight of
temporary expediency and more by the
long searchlight of God's eternal laws.
In the sixth place the welfare of the
masses is made, more than ever before,
the assidioua study of the wealthiest, most
jjunt-iiui, wisest ana dcsi ot men. Jlilf.
ions are lavished on popular education, on
free libraries and art galleries, on public
parks, on improved tenements, on sanita
tion. Cultured men and women are mak
ing their homes in the slums, to purify
them by personal contact. The principle
of temperance have never before been
pushed so urgently, and on the whole, sir
successfully. Man is learning how to be
his brother's keeper.
Many more evidences of progress might
he named, such as the growth of the Y.
M. C. A., the renewed interest in Bible
study and the vigor of the Sundav-achool.
Kverywhere the world is manifestly ami
gloriously on the up grade. And it is all
due, not to our poor human wisdom and
strength, but solely to the power and love
of our Lord Jesus Christ, blessedly work
ing through the lives of His obedient fol
ders. Sabbath Beading.
An Injustice In Onraelvra.
Why should we do ourselves the wrong
to live these ahahby lives? Cod meant us
to lie conformed to the image of His Son:
can we grasp the thought? Une Son of
Cod coming into the world, hungering and
thirsting to do the Father's will, has made
the world a different place to live in: what
if many sons should be tilled with His ful
ness here and now? Christ is not the door
into h small life. We have not di earned
of what would be accomplished hv the
church of Jesus Christ if one-hundredth
of its members lived up to their privileges.
Kyi hath not seen nor ear heard what
God hath prepared for them that grow up
in all things unto Him.
"(J that 1 may grow!
What though time cuts hia furrows in my
face.
My heart may ever add grace unto grace,
Urate- with added days still keeping pace.
O that 1 may grow!"
I'acilic Baptist.
Martyrdom of Discipline.
I do not know that martyrdom will prove
any harder than that discipline which ren
ders ua quick to forgive, which ran look
upon the auccesa of a rival with loving
!leaaure, which can 'maintain a guileless
utegrity in the minute transaction ot
hie. George Brown.
Trust and Try.
There are two little worda in our lan
guage which I alwaya admired "try" anil
r'trut." Until you try you know not
what you can or cannot effect; and if
you make your triala in the exercise oi
trust in God, mountains of imaginary
dilKcultiea will vanish at yuu approach
them, and facilities which you never an
ticipated will be afforded. John Williams.
I'p, and B Doing.
The day ia abort, the work great, the
workman lasy, the wagea high, the Master
urgetb; up, then, and be doing Scottish
lleiormer.
, nw Coin Trick.
Here Is a very simple little trick,
which looks not at all easy and quite
as If the performer must be very skill
ful Indeed.
Take a silver coin, a quarter or a
half dollar, and pick It up by placing
the points ot two pins one on either
side of the coin's edge. You may bold
the coin securely In this posit lou If
you press firmly with both pins.
Now, blow smartly against tbe up
per edge of the coin and it will fly
around and 'around, revolving with
great rapidity between the plus.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLINC FACTS A90UT!
"THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Dr. ftirnllotr ftlinwa liv n TtemarknMe
Grouping oT Facts the Tart Tlmt In.
toxicants Piny In the Dcgi-ailntlnn of
Lntinr Tntn! Coat of f.lqiinr Business.
The following article ia nn ejterrnt from
ftn address delivered by Dr. Swallow at
National I'ark. X. J., on Labor Day, Sep
tember S, 1904:
Abstinence from intoxicants, the use of
of which as a beverage has never helped
one human being, but has ruined millions,
for time and eternity, would go far toward
adjusting the difference between labor and
canital.
Wo now crave your Indulgenep while
we present a few figures culled from the
National Bureau of Statistics, at Washing
ton, showing the part that intoxicants play
in the degradation of labor. We think it
demonstrates the faet that labor's greatest
enemy is the Government-sharing and Government-protecting
liquor traffic.
In the manufacture and sale of liquor,
less money is paid for labor in proportion
to the cost to the consumer, than in the
manufacture and sale of any other com
modity. If a laboring man buys slno worth of
boots and sh
In buying HT0 worth of furniture he
buvs j:t.77 of labor.
In everv IU0 worth of hardware he buvs
$24.17 of labor.
In every SlnO worth of clothing he buva
$17.42 of labor.
In every !lon worth of cotton goods he
buvs $10.01 of labor.
In everv $1D0 worth of men' furnishing
goods he buys IS18.34 of labor.
In everv )im worth of worsted goods he
buvs J13.S3 of labor.
In everv IKn) worth of woolen goods he
buvs $12.08 of labor.
In every $100 worth of liquors he buvs
$1.23 of labor.
If eight laboring men spend $S0O for
furniture, hardware, clothing, cotton,
worsted and woolen goods and men's fur
nishing goods, they contribute 147 4.1 to
labor, and at the same time thev bring
valuuble supplies to tlieir families, they
stimulate business and add to the demand
for labor.
If the S00 is spent in the saloon onlv
$9.84 goes for labor, the families are made
wretched, and the men themselves are
made worse physically, financially and
morally, tlieir jobs are imperiled and thev
have wasted their money. Liquor is labor's
worst enemy.
We quote from Rev. .Tames IT. M ohorter,
of Massachusetts, the following paragraph:
For every $1 we receive from the liquor
business we lose MH.SO. This is the kind
of economy for which the license parties
stand. The loss from the saloon business
is about as follows: Loss from drunken
ness is estimated at i"H) per cent, of the
cost of liouor: loss to sober men. 5 ner
I cent.; loss in pauperism. 1 per cent.; loss
in insanity aim iiisaoility, 'jjt per cent.;
in sickness, 14 per cent.; labor of liquor
makers. 40 ner cent.: total. 145.5 ner cent.
j Thus the indirect cost foots up about 145.5
per cent, nf the direct cost. The direct
i cost in 10s) was $1,172,403,000. This gives
I as the actual cost of the Nation's lniuor
business for 1!0 the enormous sum oi
$2,804,958,000. The revenue from the traffic
for the same year amounted to $700,000,000,
or just 81 out of every $10.50 cents of the
cost. If this is not business stupidity, will
not some one tell us what is? In 1900 the
city of Boston received $1,000,000 from the
liquor business, but it paid $22,000,000 to
maintain courts, police, hospitals and to
sustain its paupers. Why do we practice
such financial folly? In 'our attempts to
remedy the saloon ill by the license we get
the worst of the bargain.
In a government where the people rule,
a majority of them have a right to dissolve
the partnership existing between tho Gov
ernmentthat is, themselves and the
liquor tratlie. They have a right further,
to prohibit the manufacture, sale, impor
tation and exportation of all intoxicants
ior beverage purposes.
Progress In Temperance
Tolm Bull sober is the defense of London
Tid llits. It admits that John is no total
abstainer, buf it avers that he is not tho
champion guzzler of the world. He drink
an average of 500 glasses of beer a year,
but your Delgian drinks 710. For every
glass of wine he drinks, the Frenchman
drinks fifty-six. and for everv gallon of
spirits that John takes the Dane takes
seven. This is encouraging. It shows,
progress in sobriety since Shakespeare's
time. In "Othello" we have this:
"f'assio 'Fore God an excellent song!
'Tago I learned it ill F.ngland, where,
Indeed, they are most potent in potting:
Your Dane: Your German anil your swug
bellied Hollander (llelgian) are nothing to
your Knglish.
"Cassion fs jour Englishman so expert
in his drinking?
"Iago Why, he drinks j-ou, with facil
ity, vour Dane dead drunk: he sweats not
to nverthtow your Almain; he gives vuur
Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can
be filled."
This is good evidence, and had Tid Bits
used German instead of Frenchman in its
comparison, the parallel would have been
exact. As it is, it would aeeni that since
Iago beguiled poor Cassio and made him
lose his reputation, the Englishman has
become less potent in potting. It ia well
for him if it be so; for the measure of
drinking is no bad gauge of n nation's pro.
gress. It is well known that the decad
ence of Frame is intimately connected
with tho use of alcohol. Whether aa a
cause or effect, the increase of the eon.
sumption of alcohol in France goes with
the decline of physique and the dwindling
of stationary population. Improvement in
inflnnui-d n,.. I .............. I...: ,
. ............ n ul,u im n ant ill popuiailOU anq
the attainment of a higher standard ot
living keep pace with decrease in the mo
of alcohol.
How it may be in England wo do not
know, but in this country the cause of
temperance or total abstinence has com
I on a a matter of business. Large corpor.
I ations especially, where mlea It.iv-A i I,,.
somewhat sweeping anil oliedience rigor
ous, simply decree tem'rance of the most
temperate kind on te part of their em
ployea; the kind that ia no closely akin to
total abstinence aa to tijure the same in
the result. It ia not a moral question, and
(without wanting to discuss the question)
it may be said that thia ia the right way to
get at it. By saying it is not a moral ques
tion we mean that these prohibitions of
drinking by the general business standard
nf the time are put on bus in ess ground, aa
u ia may: ion may arms: water or wine
for your dinner, but it ia at your own ribk;
sobriety ia the rule of business." It it
thus that the world ia progressing along
the better ways and that men are becom
ing better, if on no higher ground than
that "honesty ia the best policy;" in other
worda, because it paya. Indianapolis News.
Tha Crnaaria In Brief.
From guzzling beer keep thyself clear.
Beer ia never ao flat aa those who drink
Strong support ia being given to a move
ment to close all the auloout in Ireland on
St. I'atrick'a Hay.
Habitual drunkards, after conviction In
Montreal, Canada, are now given the op.
porluuity of paying a tine, imprUonmcnt
or taking a cure.
Since the Knglish Government Intro
duced the iniquitous license bill, which ia
practically the brewers' endowment bill, it
has received aome stinging defeats in eon
tested electiona.
In a recant important diviaion In the
Britiah Hous of Commons on the Science
bill, in which tha Government had a ma.
jonty of thirty-eight, no fewer than fifty
who voted with the Government were per
sonally interested in tb liquor trade.
Tha American Friend aaya of tha situa
tion in Great Britain: "The real trouble
in Kngland appeara to b that tb frienda
ot tha liquor business are not afraid of
temperance force. We are in danger of
having the same thing happen bere.'f
The great brewerie of Kocheater, X. T .
have prohibited beer drinking duriuj
working hour. The boaae aav tha work
ingmeu have averuged about ten barrela of
Uer each per year, and hav become "dis
obedient, careles, indtffsrent atid incoai-
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Heady-Mail I.aliela.
The gummc-d flaps of unused envel
opes furnish hnmly strips to uiurr
Jolly, jam, etc., iilnlnly.
Cure of I'araanls.
Wlion putting pnrnsols awny they
should be left unrolled, and. In order
to prevent the silk from cutting, a
loose roll of tissue pnper should bo
placed between ench fold.
Care of Itug-a.
In ke-f.p rugs from turning; over,
miike at eni'h corner a sort of pntcb
pock.-t of giKxl stout diilllnsr nt the un
der side. Into this slip n lend weight.
This can be easily removed when tb
rug Is to be cleaned. In ense of extrit
large sixes one or more pockets may ber
put 111 between.
Making I'p Mnslln.
When making up muslin or any thfrs
material. It is a good plnn to stitol
down each seam a piece of narrow)
tape of tbe same color. This keeps?
them quite firm, and also prevents?
them from stretching when washed,
and docs away with the uneven ap
pearance which Is often the result "
Lamp Hints.
To keep lights bright soak lamp
wicks In vinegar before using thpru In
n lump. Wash snmke-stalned chimneys)
In warm water and soap, and ruby
while wet, Willi vinegar or dry salt
They can also bo cleaned, as may b
globes or gas fixtures, in warm watef
iind soda, and then in wurm water and
ammonia.
A Vso For an OPI Stair Carpet.
An old stair carpet can be turned t7
good account ns follows: First shake it
well and cut away the bad parts, and
with the best of it make puds fof
doubling short lengths and tacking
thorn nt the edge of each step, where
tho tread comes, before laying the new
carpet. This will make a new curpvt
wear twice as long, and also make it
very soft to walk upon.
To Test the Turlty or Mlllc. "" "I
A German paper gives a test fof
watered milk which is simplicity lt
self. A well polished knitting needU
is dipped into a deep vessel of milk
anil Immediately withdrawn in nn up
right position. If the sample is purf
some of the fluid will hang to tha
noodle, but if water has been added ta
the milk, even In small proportion, tli
fluid will not adhere to the needle.
To l'nllsh Linoleum.
Beeswax and turpentine polish fol
linoleum is hard to bent ns fur us itl
appearance is concerned, but it has on
defect. It causes slipperinoss, whiclf
may bo very dangerous to children and
old people. A polish which has no guctf
objection is made of equal parts of lin
seou oil and vinegar. Apply a little t9
a flannel cloth, rub It well on the lino
leum and polish with a clean, dry cloth.
Iron Wilxer.
The Iron waxcr means no more burnt
fingers from too flimsy a handle on th
cake of ironing wax. No more spontai
neons combustion when the wax melts
on tho hot Iron. It has a substantial
handle, safeguarded by a steel hladcy
so that it is Impossible for the fingers
to slip down upon tin- iron. The bind
serves also as a scraper and clenncr.
The stick of wax which Is Inserted lq
the hollow handle is protected from tha
groat heat by a piece of asbestos attbtf
point of contact. The wax is actuated:
by a spring and Is forced outward at
the exposed end melts away. The wax
Is a scleiitllio preparation, free from
chemicals.
Household Helps.
The oftcucr soup is steamed the)
clearer it becomes.
Slake jour Ironholder ot asbestos
Cloth.
To clean tinware, first wash the tin
thoroughly with hot soapsuds, wipe if
thoroughly dry and then scour with)
flour and well crumpled newspaper.
Pave all fruit stones during the stay
at tho summer cottage, drying them
thoroughly and during cool or rainy
days put a handful on the fire occa
slonnlly for tho bright flame and pleas
ant odor they will give.
If a bruise is Immediately bathed In
hot water there will be no discolora
tion and little swelling. If the brulsa
Is serious a flannel cloth wrung front
hot olive oil or lard will be helpful till
the physician arrives.
Ked Currant Syrup Ingredients: On
pound of sugar mtide Into syrup of
thirty-two degrees strength (tried wltlj
the succliaroiuet'T, or syrup gauge)
three gills of red currant Juice strained)
through a hair sieve. Slix these Ingre
dients cold, fill the bottles, cork and tl
down, six minutes' gentle ebullition,
tbe bottles to be put on lu cold water;
when cold, dip tho nozzles of the bot
tles In bottle wax and stack them la
the usual manner lu bins lu a cold cel.
lar.
Illce Meringue This Is a dish that
may be varied lu several ways. Cook
one-quarter of a pound of rice In neis)
milk till it swells, then flavor nicely
with vanilla, and stir lu the yolks of
two eggs. Lino a pie dish with thbt
mixture, and then place layer of
stewe4 fruit on It; whisk the whites of
the eggs to a froth to make a merlngust
on tho top. Bake In the oven till col
ored, Instead of using fruit or Jam th
Juice of a lemon may be stirred lnt
the rice, with sugar to tasts.
Johuny Cakes One cup of Indian
meal, a plncb of salt, butter Ui sine of
a walnut; pour over this enough boil
ing water to make a stiff batter, after
being well stirred. Set for thre oc
four minutes in a dish of boiling water;
then thin with sweet milk uutU th
baltsr drops easily from the spoon.
Put on a hot, buttered griddle In spoon
ful, and when brown turn them over
and brown tha other side. This will
mak six good sited cakes. Water may
be usd In placa of tb milk, but tk
cakes will not brown so nicely iu tbs4
case.
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