THE VALUE OF OBEDIENCE
1 Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
Joseph Dunn Barred.
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BnooKl.T!, N. Y. In the Clnnon Ave
nue Presbyterian Church the pastor, the
Bev. Joseph Dunn Burrell, preached Sun
day morning on "The Value of Obedience."
The text was from Philippians, ii:8, 9:
"He humbled Himself ana became obe
dient unto death, even the death of the
cross. Wherefore God alao hath highly
exalted Him and given Him a name which
ii above every name." Mr. Burrell snid:
From this pannage we learn that, through
obedience, our Lord Jeaua Christ attained
His surpassing glory. He won Hia exalta
tion not by exploiting Hit
'is own will, but by
ubmitting to the will of God.
On thii noint He ia reoreaentative of hu
manity. For all men everywhere to obey
is the way to rule. "Whosoever will be
chief among you, let him be your servant."
Obedience thus becomes a moat easential
part of education, whether in the home or
the school. There ia aomething disreputa
ble about the household where the children
do not mind, or the lecture hall, where the
instruetor haa no control. It ia a healthy
discipline for us to have to submit our will
to another's. Such ia the Biblical concep
tion of home training. Such was the
method of Christ's bringing up.
I'rofeasor Huxley had great influence
upon current ideas of education and, per
haps, the moat eloquent words he ever
wrote were those in which he set forth
this idea, that the gist of education is to
learn how to obey. "That man," he sayg,
"haa had a liberal education, who has been
so trained in youth that his body ia the
ready servant of his will, and does with
ease and pleasure all the work that, as a
mechanism, it is capable of, whose intellect
ia a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its
parts of equal strength, and in smooth
working order; ready, like a steam engine,
to be turned to any kind of work, and apin
the gossamers, aa well aa forge the anchors
of the mind; whose mind is stored with a
knowledge of the great and fundamental
truths of nature and of the laws of her op
erations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is
full of life and tire, but whose passions are
trained to come to heel by a vigorous will,
the servant of a tender conscience: who
has learned to love all beauty, whether of
nature or of art, to hate all vilencss, and
to respect others as himself. Such an one
and no other, I conceive, has had a liberal
education, for he is, as completely as a
man can be, in harmony with nature. Pie
will make the best of her, and she of him.
They will get on together rarely; she as
his ever-beneficent mother; he as her
mouthpiece, her conscious self, her minis
ter and interpreter."
But it is not enough to learn obedience
theoretically in one period of education;
we must perpetuate it as a habit all through
our years, for it is the only way to success
in life. Obedience is not for its own sake,
but in order that through it we may come
to be our best selves. We accept law aa
the predetermined condition of life, sur
render ourselves to it, and by yielding win
true liberty.
Ageailaus of Sparta knew how to govern
because he bad first learned bow to obey,
according to the old aaying. The present
Emperor of Germany and King of Italy,
brilliant examples of successful monarchs,
were trained with a severity that some of
our boys would think cruel. There was
once a hard worked employe of the New
xork street car system; he is now its head.
There was once a Drivate soldier who had
to submit to all the narrow restrictions of
the most subordinate.rank in the army; be
ia now our commander in the Philippines.
We take away harmful things from our
children that later on they may know
enough to deprive themselves of them. They
are made to take care of their bodies that
they may keep the laws of health when
they need it for life's work. They are
given good books to read that they may
prefer such when they are free to read
what they will. They are shielded from
bad associations and thrown into the com
pany of clean, true, honorable boys and
girls so that when they are out in the
world fighting their own battles they may
cnoose tnc lrienuship ot the good and shun
that of the base.
Some parents are afraid to have their
children arrive at the age of self control.
Yet what is the good of education. "The
aim of your discipline," said Herbert
Spencer, ''should be to produce a self-governing
being; not to produce a being to be
governed by others. It is a joy to have
obedient children, hut it ought to be a
greater joy when they are become true
hearted men and women, and are out in
the world carrying on the business of life.
Then the object of education is secured
and the condition of success is satisfied.
On the other hand, mora failure is due
to not having learned how, to obey, and so
not knowing how to rule.
When a girl says to herself, "When I
have a borne of my own yon will see how
differently I shall do things." When a boy
thinks, "Just wait until -I am twenty-one
and I will see life for myself;" you may
know that the seed of the Dead Sea fruit
is already aown.
A woman whnae family were in want was
given $25 by a friend. Instead of purchas
ing necessities with this providential pres
ent she used it in having the photographs
of the entire household taken. There was
an example of one who did not deserve to
be grown up. She did not know how to
control her own life. She had never
learned that the only way to live worthily
is to obey the great principles of duty. She
merely followed her whims.
I heard this summer of a young man who
a year ago was flying around tang Island
in bis automobile, dazzling the natives with
his reckless expenditure of a newly ac
quired fortune. To-day he is said to be
clerking in a store. He did not know how
to be rich; he had not learned self-control.
Quite rightly he has been set back again in
bis proper place.
Oscar Wilde was a young scholar of ex
traordinary brilliance. His essay on "The
Decay of Lying," for example, waa marvel
lously suggestive. But he never learned
to obey, to control himself, to love the
right; on the contrary, by following hia
own will and seeking pleasure without re
gard to duty he made of himself a social
outcast and died a beggar's death in Paris.
It makes no difference what ability, posi
tion or opportunity one has, if he does not
know how to obey he is on the road to ruin.
Moreover, this condition of obedience is
the permanent law of life. Neither in this
nor any other world is it abolished. The
mother warns her baby not to touch the
stove. The little one disobeys and ia
burned. He grows to be a man. Ha
emerges from his mother's eontrol. No
one advises him now to keep away from
the atove. He csn put his finger on it if he
will. But if he does ha will be burned
again.
So it is in tha moral life. As children
we were restricted by others from wrong
doing, and if we persisted in seeking to ac
complish it we suffered. Now wa are grown
and no one hinders us. We can sin if wa
choose. But if we do wa shall have to bear
the consequences now as then..
The choice given us is not whether wa
shall be under God's law or not, but only
whether we shall obey them or not, in
either case receiving the results of our de
cision. For "whatsoever a man sowetli,
that shall ba alao reap." '
The man who abandons himself to the in
dulgence of appetite, violating the lawa of
nature, ahortens his life. His indulgence
defeats itself. While be obeys God's laws
finds them his servants, ministers of health,
prosperity and usefulness.
Nor is litis state of things different !
heaven. There it i said "His servsnts
shall serve Him." There the law of Clod
is perfectly fulfilled. There the heavenly
host sing forever, according to Dautes
dream,
"In His will is our delight."
Go forever and forever obedience remslna
the law of life.
William Tyndale, who translated the Bi
ble iuto English, wrote a book entitled
"The Oliedieuce of a Christian Mun." The
gist of it is this: That the Bible reveals
ins way of salvation through Jesirj Christ,
laud aUo the way in which a used man
lought to live. Few books have hail a wider
jinnuenre. One martyr at least is known to
jhavo gone te (he stake carrying a copy ef
jt id hia bio J. For it acmuled tit tk son.
science of man, it showed Christian believ
ers that the salvation of Christ, instead of
releasing from moral obligations, is on the
contrary, precisely an emblement of power
to perform it. Instead of abolishing the
law Christ fulfills it. anil if there is any
one in the world who ought to be the shin
ing exatnplar of obedience to the will of
Uod. it is the Christian man.
Christ Himself is our great pattern in
this regard. He was an obedient Son. It
was His meat and drink. He said, to do
His Father's will. But He is more than
our pattern. He is our Saviour, nd ai
such enables us to reproduce the pattern.
He presents an ideal and also the dynamic
for its realisation. This is why there is a
place for Him in every heart. This is why
we all need Him. If we live in fellowship
with Christ, trusting Him in utter faith,
the law of God instead of being something
hnstr'i to our spirit is our very life, ana
we t)nn to be able to sbv with Him, "I
delight to do Thy will, 0, my God."
The Kf-llglnn That Makes One Faithful.
The railway superintendent rame down
to his office on Monday morning, sat down
at his desk and began to open his mail.
The first letter was from the wife ot a
discharged conductor, which said:
"I take this opportunity to write while
my husband is at church. He has been
foing regularly the lust three Sundays.
1c has been to see the minister, and
the minister gave him good advice and
drew up a pledge, and he signed it, and
every morning and night he asks God to
help him keep it. I am sure be will never
drink again. We have only seven dollars
in the house. I am doing my own work,
though I am not strong enough to do it.
The baby is sick, and I do not know bow
wo are to live when the little money we
now have is gone. For God's sake, pity
us and give my husband his train again,
and I am sure he will never drink another
drop!"
The superintendent read the letter and
handed it across the desk to a friend who
had entered. "Bead that," said he, "and
tell mo what to do."
"What has been his record?" asked the
friend.
"This is the third time he has been
found drunk on dutv. Each time I warned
him, nnd the second time I suspended him.
This time I discharged him for good. I
can't place human lives in the care of a
man who can't be trusted. If 1 take him
back it won't be three weeks before he
is drinking a little on the sly, and within
three years he will wreck a train, as sum
as the sun rises to-morrow."
"lluve you another place where you could
use him, some place involving less re
sponsibility?" "No, he is physically unable to do hard
work, and there is no other kind at which
I can put a man of that sort. I don't
dote set. him even w. tching a crossing. In
fact, there is no position on a railroad fot
a mnn who can t be trusted to do his
duty."
Later in the day the conductor himself
came in. The superintendent received
him kindly, but with no encouragement in
his manner.
"I knew yon would come," he said,
"and I must be frank und say that I
should have thought more of you had you
stayed at home and helped your wife with
the housework, instead of going to church
to that she could write me about it."
"But," said the conductor, "she wanted
mc to go, and I did not. know about the
letter until she told me afterward, and
really, I am sure I shall never fall again.
I have asked God to help me. Trmt me
once more and have pitv for my family."
The superintendent shook his head sad
ly. "You want me to pity your family,"
he said, "but you didn't pity them your
self, and you never thought about asking
God to help you, except to help you out
of a scrape. You have got your religion
too Inte so far as this office is concerned.
It will help you to forgiveness to your
sins, and I hope will make a better man
of you, but it is too late for a job of run
ning n train. That kind of religion that
we have to insist on in this ollice isn't the
kinds that helps a man to get a job back;
it is the kind that makes linn keep it. I
believe in religion, and wish every man in
the company's employ was a religious mun;
but the kind of religion this company
needs is the kind thut makes men faithful
to their work."
The discharged man went out and the
mperintendent's stern face relaxed. "I
im sorry for that wife and the sick baby,"
he said, "but I can't trust human lives
to a man who gets his religion so late."
The true faith is the faith which makes
faithful. It is never too late to look to
God for forgiveness, but penitence some
times comes too late to restore a lost op
portunity. Youth's Companion.
nod Speaking to the Soul.
It has been remarked that "the subject
if the first chapter of uenesis is not the
creation, but the Creator; what it gives us
is, not n world, but a God."
Let those who will search the Scriptures
for the light they shed on past concep
tions of science and upon the history of a
unique race in the annals of the world.
Let them study their literary development,
and seek thus a keener appreciation of the
men who wrote them. They cannot fail
to be enlightened and interested. But the
sincere Christian approaches the Scrip
tures with a different interest and purpose.
He passes over the historical, the literary
and the scientific features of the Bible
with small attention to hia passionate
search for that which the Scriptures are
designed to reveal namely, the person,
will and work of God, and the nature and
relationships of man. From Genesis to
Revelation in history, in law, in psalm
and prophecy, in parable and epistle and
Apocalypse, on every page, God speaks to
the human soul. Key. George E. Bates.
God's Bast Gift.
Wa have but a narrow and unworthy
conception of prayer if our only thought
of it ia miking requests of God. In human
friendship it would be very strange it
there were never fellowship save when
there were favors to ask the one of the
other. Love's sweetest hours are those in
which two hearts commune on themes
dear to both, but in which neither has auy
request to make.
The truest, loftiest prayer is one of com
munion when we speak to God and He
speaks to us. The deepest answer we can
have to our praying is not God's g'Jts,
however precious these may be, but God
Himself, His love, His grace. The proyer
that rises highest and is divinest is that
in which we lose ourself in God, when God
Himself is all about us, filling us, inspir
ing our dull life with His own infiuite
blessedness. J. It. Miller.
The Ravins Of the Soul,
Every provision in tie divine plan of sal
vation is to pro' oct and increase tha high
est life in man, mid that bfe is the spirit
sml life. This is what ia meant by the pri
ority of life. Thi is what is meant by tha
saving of the soul.
' Rusalana Evade Military 6ervloe.
In the town of Yurteff, Russia, tha
wine and spirit stores were recently
closed on the occasion of the assembly
of the soldiers called upon to join the
aroay by a mobilization order. The
apothecaries' establishments, however,
remained open, nd from these the
soldiers obtained quantities of balsam,
which they consumed. As a conse
quence thirteen of their number died,
and many more are seriously 111. The
Journal that fives publicity to the) In.
cldent state that many soldiers art
drinking the poisoned liquid In ordei
that they may escape military serr
Ice.
fish Story From Massachusetts.
A halibut estimated to be fifteen
feet In length was seen in the Placa
taa.ua river near Dover point, recently,
ay a number of Dover people. The
fish was teen to Jump out of the wa
ter several times, and on every ocoa
ate made a roaring noise which could
ha heard s considerable distance.-
Boston Glob.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR OCTOBER 23.
otdscti Rllaha nnd Naaman, tl R Inert
v., l-l-lolten Text, Jer. xvll., 14.
Memory Verses, S-10 Commentary uo
the Day's Lesson.
I. Naaman's sad ,cot.dition (v. 1). 1.
Naaman." Naaman means "beautiful" ot
"pleasant to look upon." "Captain,'' etc.
He was commander-in-chief of the Syrian
army. He had great ability, power and in
fluence. He bad done much or his king,
and in some famous exploit had won a
memorable victory for the S-rian. Ac
cording to tradition he waa the nran who
drew the bow at a venture and killed
Ahab, King of Israel (1 Kings 22:3-1). "The
Lord had given." The scriptural explana
tion of Naaman' greatness is that the
Lord had given him the victory and made
him great. "But." This was the Haw in
the crystal of his prosperity, the fly in the
ointment of his triumph, the shadow that
clouded his glory, the hateful presence tint
followed him everywhere, the bitter dreg
in his cup of joy. ''A leper." Leprosy was
supposed to be inflicted for the punish
ment of some particular sin, and to be,
more than other diseases, a mark of God's
displeasure.
II. The captive's story (vs. 2-4. 2. "By
companies." In plundering parties who
made forays upon the neighboring Israel
ites. "A little maid," A young girl. She
was regarded by her captors as a chattel
and valued for her service like beasts. If
one doubts the aieady progress of the
world in virtue and humanity it is only
necessary to spend an hour with history,
sacred or profane. The horrors of antique
war were indescribable, and immeasur
ably worse than the worse brutality of
modern times. 3. hhe said. Like Jos
eph in Egypt and Daniel in Babylon this
captive girl becomes the instrument of
making Jehovah known among the heath-
en. Notice. 1. Her foraivimt snirit and
generosity toward those who had wronged
her. 2. Her fidelity. 3. Her sympathy, the
most Christlike of virtues. 4. Her simple
faith. "Would God." A better trans
lation would be, "Oh. that!" "Recover
him." Literally, "gather" him from his
leprosy. An illusion to the Israeiitisli
custom of shutting lepers out of the cainp
and then gathering them in after the lep
rosy was healed. This child must have
been familiar with the miracles of heal
ing wrought by the prophet Elisha.
III. Naaman seeking health (vs. 5-9).
5. "Go to, go." That is, set out at once;
let no time be lost. "A letter." licnha
dad very naturally supposes that the ser
vices of such a man would be at the com
mand of the king. "Took with him," etc.
He took a present to Jehorom. We can
not estimate the value accurately. The
money was probably weighed, and "tal
ents" and "pieces," or shekels, were
standards of weight. A silver talent was
worth $1944, in all $19.44n. A gold shekel
was worth $9.75, in all ?o8,500. According
to this Naaman took with him $77,940, a
princely present. "Raiment." Costly
robes.
8, "Recover him." Doubtless Benha
dad had magicians drawing rich salaries
at his court, and in their supernatural
power he had a good deal of superstitious
faith. But they were not able to heal
Naaman. His rival king, Jehoram, was
lucky enough to have a magician able
to perform this cure, nnd as lienhadad's
prophets did as he ordered them it was
supposable that Klisha would obey Je
horam's orders. It was courtesy to Jeho
ram not to mention Elisha's name; but
poor Jehoram had himself so little prac
tical faith in Klisha that when he read
the letter he did not even think of hiin.
7. "Rent his clothes." A sign here of
terror and alarm. Rending the garments
. was lomeumci an expression ot gr'ct.
"Am I God." As much as to sav, Who
Dut Ooa can cure the leprosv? Who but
the one who is ablo to kill and make
alive? "A quarrel." Jehoram lived in
perpetual terror of his powerful and en
croaching neighbor. He feared this was a
pretext for again invading his country.
8. "Klisha heard." No doubt the com
ing of the Syrian general with his retinue,
and the fact that the king had rent his
clothes, caused a sensation in Samaria,
and the news came speedily to Klisha,
who appears to have had his home in the
capital city. "Wherefore etc. Have you
forgotten that there is a God in Israel,
and that His prophet is near at hand?
"He shall know." It would be a great
injury to true religion to have Naaman
return with false impressions of the true
God; then, too, probably Jehoram needed
to be reminded of his obligations to God
and His prophet. 9. "Stood at the door."
He came with great pomp, with horses
and "chariots" (R- V.) and with money
to richly reward his benefactor.
IV. Elisha's messiiffe and Naaman's
rage (vs. 1012). 10. "Sent a messenger.'"
Not that he was wanting in politeness,
or influenced by priestly pride, or feared
the leprosy, or avoided intercourse with a
leper in obedience to the law; but Naa
man was to understand that he was healed
by the graco nnd power of God, at the
prayer of the prophet. "Wash in Jordan."
This would humble him nnd test his obe
diance. It was so simple nnd easy that
there was no excuse for refusal. "Seven
times." The sacred number which rep
resents Lie union of the finite and infinite,
and "any transaction or covenant in which
both God and man arc engaged."
11. "Was wroth." The plan was too
simple. So the very aimplicity of tho gos
pel is a stumbling block to the proud.
How was he to tell that Elisha did not
design to mock him by sending him on a
fool s errand, so that he would come back
as a laughing stock both to the Israelites
and his own people? Some think Elisha
was disrespectful, but ho knet.- what was
best for Naaman. "I thought." Per
sonal pride and heathen magic formed
this fanciful picture. No wonder it proved
a delusive dream.
12. "Abana and Pharpar." The modern
Barada and Awaj. Abana signifies "cool"
in Arabic and "clean" in Hebrew. Called
by the Greeks, "The golden flowing."
"Better." Certainly from his point of
view the waters of his own country were
better than the Jordan, for the Syrian
waters were salubrious and 'invigorating,
and the Jordan was a deep, sluggish, dis
colored stream. But Naaman judged ac
cording to appearances and not according
to faith. "May I not wash in them nnd
be clean." No, for Cod has directed theo
to Jordan, and by ita waters or nono shalt
tbou be cleansed.
V. Naaman accepts God'a way (vs. 13,
M). 13. "Servants." Naaman had ad
mirable servants. They were wise and
lenerous. "My father." There is no
Jther instance were servants thus ad
Iress their master. It indieatca the af
fectionate relation between Naaman and
those about iiim. 14. "Then went ha
jown," etc. He submitted and obeyed
the worda of tho prophet. Ilia cure was
ecrfect. (
Work on Slmplon Tunnel.
The Jungfrau boring, which may
fairly be said to rival the Slmplon tun
nel, is approaching completion. In
this case, however, the boring Is up,
Instead of through the mountain. A
height of 1,100 yards has already been
reached, and there still remains about
T20 yards to bore. The aim Is to get,
by a funicular line, to the Mer de
Glace, which offers one of the finest
panoramas of scenery In the world.
The boring, which will be the highest
In Europe, will be finished In time for
the ratlway to be opened at the end
of 1905. Contrary to medical anticipa
tions, .the men enjoy splendid health
working at the present great eltva
tloa.
Boy Knocks Out Bear.
Homer Hill, a lty ear-old boy, waa
attacked by a large black bear neai
his home at Waterjord, Vt., a few
days ago. The boy got away from the
animal and threw a cobblestone,
striking the bear In the bead with
auck force that the latter Ml to the
ground aad the lad escaped. '" "
OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD.
"How Can We Enlarge and Improve
Our Work?" Matt. 21:17-22;
laa. 64:2.
Scripture Verses. 2 Cor. 6:1; Phil.
2:14, 15; Rom. 12:1, 2; 1 Cor. 14:40;
Prov. 4:18; Matt. 25:35; Luke 12:48;
, John 15:2, 16; Luke 19:13.
Lesson Thoughts.
m With God strength does not consist
in mere numbers. A small roll ot
membership Is no reason for discour
agement, for the society that Is weak
est numerically may yet be mighty
If only the Spirit of God be In tho
midst.
God will not tolerate any self-ex-altatlon.
Whatever we may accom
pllsh la surely not of ourselves, but
of God; and we have no more reason
for pride than has a beautiful tree on
account of the luxuriance of Its foli
age or the mellowness of Its fruit.
Selections.
Great duties are upon me, and great
songs;
And, whether crowned or crown
less when I fall,
It matters not. So us God's work Is
done.
Smaltness of talents Is no good
reason for discouragement, nor excuse
for negligence; for the value of our
service Is not measured by Us
amount, but by our ability. Jesus
set this mark In his commendation
of Mary: "She hath done what she
could," and In His approval of tho
widow's offering: '.'Of a truth I say
unto you, that this poor widow hath
cast In more than they all: for all
these have of their abundance cast
In unto the offerings of God; but. sho
of her penury bath cast In all that sho
had."
It was the advice of Seneca to Wn
friend, Luclllus, In order the more
diligently to keep himself tip to his
full duty, to Imagine some great man,
somo strict, quIck-B'ighvfM, clear
brained man, such aa Cato. continu
ally looking upon him. So '.he Chris
tian who would labor earnestly and
successfully must walk with Jesus
must feel that he Is ever by his side,
noting all he does. Then will every
thing that he doc3 be dono "as unto
the Lord."
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD.
How Can We Enlarge and Improve
Our Work? Matt. 21. 17-22;
Isa. 54. 2.
Fig trees represent many people.
They are rooted. Having grown up,
they have branched out In all direc
tions. Rich and plentiful Is their garb
of leaves. They make a good appear
ance In society and at church Sunday
mornings. They are admired by others
spoken of as "so pleasant." But
where is the fruit? Where Is their
unselfish toll for others? Where is
the self-sacrifice, so essential to the
enlargement of Christian work?
What do such know of denying them
selves, taking up the cross daily and
following in the footsteps of Him who
went about doing good? A great
Bhowins of leaves might answer, If
the tree were not designed and con
structed for frult-bearlng. This
teaches that God expects us to carry
out the plan be has decided upon for
every life.
Christians who are typified by the
fig tree are those who fall to utilize
their powers for personal development
and consequently do not bring forth
the fruit that they should for others.
The fig tree had gone far enough to
have a large supply of leaves, but It
was seriously lacking in completeness.
With people as with the tree, the pen
alty for not bearing fruit is loss of
capacity for fruit-bearing. Charles
Dickens describes a visit to what be
calls Skltzland. A man digging a hole
In the earth broke through the crust
and fell Into the Interior. Here he
found a strange world. ' It had one
striking peculiarity. For example,
their children at a certain age, how
ever perfect In body previously, found
that the parts of the body not exorcis
ed became incapable of use at all,
leaving only datigllng bones. A
coachman, for Instance, had only
stomach and hands. A lawyer had no
use of his legs, but protruded an Im
mense jaw. The butterflies of fash
Ion were only a bundle of nerves,
with bewitching eyes ever In motion.
Unused powers become atrophied.
Fig trees that bear no fruit dry up at
the roots.
Nearly all our finest-flavored domes
tic fruits hare been developed from
very Inferior wild ones. Every com
mon virtue of tho natural, unregener
abed man may be greatly Improved by
the touch of Christ. By the real work:
of the Holy Spirit every grace of the
aoul Is lifted to higher efficiency and
greater beauty and richer flavor.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
HE grumbler denies
t-TM I gratitude.
TBr' Perplexities pro-
tV 1 t fl voke progress.
f ftP wobrwor-ks!0
I llrTvJv When God haa
given greatness He
deserves gratitude.
A man ia not li
beral mimieU be
cause he Is free to
give his opinion.
The faltb that be
lieves in things un
seen soon sees the things unknown.
The name of the Lord la a splendid
foundation for the fame of a man.
.It la while we are winking at one sin
that the devil shovels In a peek of
others.
The only things that give us happi
ness are those Into which us put our
hearts. , ,
It takes a very little of the world to
satisfy the man who la satisfied with
God.
The character of the world without
depends on the work ot character with
in The devil Is always willing 'you
should hold the lines If he may choose
the road. , , . t , , v, .
' Pride makes the cross a crushing
weight. " .
V Youthful Traveler. ' 1
. One of the youngest travelers la
Maine la Harry Marr, aged 9, who tor
tore than a year has accompanied his
father, warren Marr, a commercial
drummer, oa hia trips thrrafh tha
iataJ' '
"For My Sake."
Three little words, but full of tendcrest
meaning
Three little words the heart can scarcely
hold
Three little words, but on their import
dwelling.
What wealth of love their syllables un
fold! " 'For My sake' cheer the suffering, help
the needy,
On earth this was My work; I give it
thee.
If thou wouldst follow in thy Master's
. footsteps,
Take up thy cross and come and learn
of Me.
44 'For My sake' press with steadfast pa
tience onward,
Although the race be hard, the battle
WithinlS'y Father's house art many man
sions, There thou shalt rest and join the vic
tor's song.
"And if m coming days the world revile
thee,
Jf 'for My sake' thou suffer pain and
loss.
Bear on, faint heart, thy Master went be
fore thee,
They only wear His crown who share
His cross."
"Keep Vaur Lantern by Yon."
The words were somewhat sharply sp(.'
ken by the conductor of an evening train.
"Keep your lantern by you. If anything
should happen, you may be at one end of
the car and your lantern at the other."
The brakeman was a new hand, who had
just come on duty. The conductor met
him at the rear end of the lust car, and
the above words were spoken. We glanced
forward as the brakeman passed toward
tho front end; there, to our surprise, wo
saw his lantern hung up in a corner.
While he was taking it down and sus
pending it from his arm, instead of from
the hook in the corner, we began to think.
We thought of others besides inexperienced
hruUenieii who sometimes put their lamps
where they would be of little use in an
emergency.
There are people who make a profesiion
of religion who seem like shining lights in
the church, hut who do not take their re
ligion with them in their daily life. They
leave the lantern hung up somewhere
where it can do them little good in a spe
cial hour. There are young people who go
to places where where they cannot take
their religion with them. And then, how
shall they be prepared to help others who
are in dangpr: How shall they give them
light to guide them or help them out of
trouble, if their light is away in some
other place when the emergency arises?
"Ye are the light of the world," Jesus
said to His disciples, but they who are to
give light to the world must bear their
light about with them. "Let your light so
shine before Mc," again said the .Saviour,
"that they, seeing your good works, may
glorify your Father, which is in heaven."
Do not forget that if we neglect to let
our lights shine brightly they are in danger
of being put out entirely, and other light
bearers put into our places. Northern Ad
vocate. Things That Cannot Be Sliaken.
It may be said that modern theology lias
brought us never before (except in the
early church) to the minds of men the per
son of Jesus Christ. It has made Christ so
living, so real, so potent an influence in
the history of men that reasonable men no
longer doubt that influence, nor deny tho
divinely mysterious power which has ema
nated und does still emanate from that
wondrous personality. We do not have to
believe in the thirty-nine articles of tho
Anglican Church, the Westminster Con
fession of the Presbyterian, the Heidel
berg catechism of the German Itefnrmed,
nor in the theology of Wesley. No, but in
a living Christ. Our human theologies aro
easily shaken becau.se they are hut human
interpretation of the divine Scriptures.
But the Gospel of the Son of God stands
firm and immovable as the everlastiug
hills. Your theologies appeal only to a
part of the race. Christianity appeals to
oil. And Christianity is so universal in its
spirit, because it is go eternal in its power.
It cannot be shaken, because the spirit of
Christ is resident within it. Our creeds
then may vanish and will vanish; our in
terpretations of Christ may pass uway be
cause, like everything human, they are
easily shaken; but never tear, they simply
give place to One long hidden from us,
whose divine human face looks out, not
only on the history of the race, but also on
our own individual history, to tell us that
amid the wreckage of creeds, the destruc
tion of sects, the scattering of our own
petty, if cherished, opinions, there still re
mains the unshaken, the unchanging One.
From a Sermon by the Kev. J. W. Mc
Combe. What Cod Ia.J
Home is the first school. There is no
education like that which it can give.
There is no influence such as it may exert.
It has its elements of authority. It carries
its splendid sovereignty throughout its en
tire domain. But such authority and sov
ereignty! Would it not have been better
if the authority and sovereignty ot God
had always been interpreted and illumin
ated by this supreme thought of home?
Was it not a mistake to abandon thia most
precious of our earthly relationships and
seek instead to understand our Heavenly
Father by means of earthly monarchs and
earthly courts of law? Instead of taking
the beat in human life as s means of inter
. preting God's character, have we not often
taken the second best? Can we ever exag-
ferate what God is? Can we ever make
lira seem too good? Bather, is it not our
danger that we shall make iiim too mea
gre and impoverished and inglorious?
Charming Lire ot the Zealot.
How charming is the life of the xealot
and mystic who simply believes and takes
God at His word? Out of the world of
strife and failure,, through with struggles
and temptations, with no ambition to rule
or accumulate, with life necessities few
and those well met, in the Beulah land of
the pilgrimage, with visions of heaven
from the Delectable Mountains, how se
rene and lovely is the exiierience of the
saint! And how almost perfect it is! So
much so that it is easy and natural to call
thia state of grace entire satisfaction, holi
ness and perfect love,
Christ's Kegacy.
The very fact that you have troubles is
a proof of His faithfulness; for you have
Sot one-half of His legacy and you will
ave the other half. You know that
Christ's Isat will and testament has two
Eortions to it. "In this world ye shall
ava tribulation;" you have got that. The
next clause is: "In Me ye shell bavs
peace." You have that, too. "Be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world." That
is yours also. Christian Home.
If Satan was dangerous when Paul wrote
bis epistles, how mui.ii more dangerous
must he be now, for he has so much more
experience! Andrew A. Bona
Baptised In the Sea.
An unusual spectacle was provided
for Blackpool visitors on a recent Sat
urday afternoon, when threa members
of tba Baptist chapel were baptised
In the sea, in the hay between tha
North Pier and the Hotel Metropole.
An enormous crowd assembled on tha
promenade, beach, and tha North Pint
to witness tha interesting ceremony,
which was conducted by the Rev. H
C. "a'aynell, the pastor. London Answers.
THE GREAT DESTHUTER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Who Was the MurilererT Who Htew flat
lant Klnhanl Yatn, Who Hlew Kilgnr
Allan Poe, Who Hlsw a President'
Kldeot Horn?
Who slew ex-Governor Yates, of Illinois?
Gallant Richard Yates, whom the people
of the great Northwest once idolized? Bv
his rharming eloquence, his wondrous en
thusiasm, his personal maitnetism and his
terrible energy, he aroused the people of
his own and other States and swayed them
as he would. He was a giant in those ter
rible days of war which tested men's pow
ers to the uttermost. Only for a brief
time, however, did he live to bask in the
smiles of popularity. He died; of what?
He was murdered; by what means? The
rum demon seitsed upon him and slew him
in all the glory of his manhood, on the
threshold of the nation's capitol. But per
haps you say a man of such mighty powers
as Richard Yates possessed should have
been able to free himself from the toils of
the destroyer. Ah, you forget that Sam
son, shorn of his locks, was powerless in
the hands of the Philistines. Thus thii
highly gifted statesman, and hosts of oth
ers like him early sink into dishonored
graves under the powerful temptations bv
which they are surrounded. Thev meet
their arch enemy everywhere, at the bril
liant reception, in the gilded saloon, on
their routes of travel and in the family cir
cle, where men should be safe (if men call
be safe this side the pearly gates of glory),
fair hands press to their lips the glittering
wine glass and thus prove themselves de
stroying angels instead of angels of mercy.
Therefore men of great power (shorn of
their locks by the Delilah of strong dunk),
yield themselves to utter despair as this
strong Senator did and perish wretchedly.
Near the close of life a friend nlead with
him to reform. "Yates, for God's sake,
save yourself." The wretched man replied,
'I would if I could, but I cannot. There
is no hope for me or such as I am while the
traffic is sheltered in the bosom of respect
able society." And Richard Yates wai
right. There is no sufoty for any man
while the rum traffic exists. It must he
destroyed. We must stamp it out under
the iron heel.
Who slew Edgar Allen Poe. vhoe genius
so brightly shone for awhile in the galaxy
of American' poets? Who dragged him
down from thoe lofty heights, where his
fienius entitled him to dwell, down to tin
owest depths of degradation and to a dis
honored grave? Who is it that ha
quenched light after light of many a utii
in the literary heavens and dimmed the
lustre of many others? The rum fiend has
wrought all this sad ruin in literary eli
des! Who once entered the White House ami
seizing upon the cldet horn of one of our
Presidents, dragged him thence to a mad
house and from a lunatic's cell to an un
timely grave? Who in such a terrible man
ner slew that unfortunate young man n lu
stood upon the threshold of a brilliant ca
reer? The rum demon who will slay your
boys and mine, if he can, thus destroyed
the eldest son of one of the Chief Magis
trate of this Republic Christian Union
Herald.
' That Sobereil Me.
A gentleman high in commercial circlci
in a Western city was relating some of his
experiences to a group of friends.
I think," said he, "the most singular
thing that ever happened to me was in
Hawaii.
"My father was a missionary in thoso
islands, and I was born there. I came
away at an early nge, however, and most
of my life has been spent in this country,
but when I was a young man and a rath
er tough young man, too, I may say I
went back there on a visit.
"The first thing I did was to drink more
than I should have done. While I was in
this condition an old man, a native, per
suaded me to go home with him. He took
me into his house, bathed my head, gave
me some strong coffee and talked sooth:
ingly and kindly to me,
" 'Old man,' I said, 'what arc you doing
all this to me for?'
" 'Well,' he answered, 'I'll tell you. The
best friend I ever had was a white man, an
American. I was a poor drunkard. He
made a man of me, and I hope a God-fearing
one. All I am or ever hope to be I owe
to him. Whenever I see an American in
your condition I feel like doing all I can
for him on account of what that man did
for me.'
"This is a little better English than he
used, but it is the substance of it.
" 'What waa the name of tho man?' I
asked him.
" 'Mr. Blank, a missionary.'
" 'God of mercy!' I said. 'He was mv
father.'
"Gentlemen, that sobered me and, I
hope, made a man of me. It is certain
that whatever I am to-day I owe to that
poor old Sandwich Islander." Youth's
Companion.
Merely m Matter of Appetite.
Intemperance is a matter of uncontrolled
appetite. This fact was emphasized in a
conversation that occurred in a barber
ahop between the barber and a preacher,
both of them close friends of the writer.
The preacher took his place in the chair
for a shave. The potatory barber knew
that his breath was heavily laden with ths
odor of whisky, and felt that it was neces
sary for him to offer an apology. Tins ho
proceeded to do by saying he was bothered
with stomach trouble, which sometimes
assumed an acute form. At such times the
only remedy he could find was whwky. He
had just been suffering an attack, and had
been compelled to resort to the only
means of relief. He hoped the preacher
would not be offended, for whisky wss the
only thing that could give him any satis
faction. The preacher replied substan
tially as follows: "Certainly, Mr. , cer
tainly. I know just exactly how you feel,
and can heartily sympathize with you. The
fact of the business is, I have a similar
trouble. It is located in my stomach, and
bothers me every day. Sometimes it gets
so painful as to be unbearable. When
that occurs there is only one thing that
will afford any relief at all: there is just
one thing, and that is chicken." The
shaving was done 'in silence, but each man
did some deep thinking.
Halooa Limitation In Germany.
Increase ot alcoholism in Germany haa
led to a movement for the better control
of the liquor trade.
It will require saloonkeepers:
1. To keep for sale at all times food and
non-intoxicating drinks, especially lemon
ade, milk, coffee and tea.
2. That no liquor may be sold on credit,
and that the number of women attendants
shall be strictly limited to legitimate serv
ice. The Crasads la Brief,
Liverpool has closed one-third of its sa
loons during the last ten years, and so de
creased her police in consequence as to
have effected an economy of tu,M0 yearly.
When London has decided whether er
not it ests teu much, says tha Chicago Tri
bune, it will find it equally proliuble to
ask itself if it doesn't drink a little too
much.
A new (100.000 hotel, with 3(0 rooms es
pecially for the moral, religious traveling
public. Is one of the latest projects in In
dianapolis. It will be without bar or bil
liard room, and card playing will no be
allowed.
Is it right to license s man to sell drink
which will make people drunk, end then
fine men and women for getting drunk.
Is it right for people to wish the tern
persnce cause success, and at ths same
time continue to drink and support tha
liquor traffic?
Strong drink, by whatever name the de
mon ia styled, in whatever way it presents
itself this prevents our success. Remove
this obstacle and oar course will be on
ward and our labors will be blessed. John
Bright.
By ths tsrms of tba new license Isw of
New Hampshire licensed saloon are tor
bidden to sell intoxicating liquors o Sun
days, election days and public boiidsys, but
licensed hotels are exempted from this re
striction . .
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3 HOUSEHOLD t
$ 9 9 9 MATTERS
5 V.WsFIMVAVWslWV'&l
A Dish Drainer,
A dish drainer that was thought out
by an invalid whose mind Is much!
stronger than m?r body. It waa m
cleverly thought out that It saves al
least one-third of the work the great;
great work of dish drying. The dishes)
are firmly held at their lower edges
nnd cannot slip because of curved raw
cesses In the bottom of the wlrei
basket. They are rinsed on both side
at the same time and do not steam.
There is a central basket which holds)
knives, forks and spoons upright, In
suring perfect drainage and prevent
lug soaking and loosening of knlfa
handles. No pretty finger tips arw
icatded In hot rinsing water.
To Iran 811k.
Commence, as In washing, with thai
white and light-colored silks. Smooth,
the silk out well on the Ironing table,
place an old naudkercblef or a piece
of thin muslin over It, and Iron with
moderately hot iron. When partially;
Jry remove the covering, iron the allk
with the bare iron, and in the case)
of a scarf or handkerchief, first on
ue side and then on the other to pro-,
duco n gloss. If the silk should feel
In the least stiff or hnrd, shake It oats
rub it between the buniln and Iron
again. When finished It should be aa
smooth and as soft as when new.
Some silks, such as 'ribbons and;
corded silks, are better kept coveretl
all the time, as the Iron gives then
a glnze which is not suitable; discre
tion must be used in this matter.
When ironing bright-colored silks put a
piece of muslin or old linen over tha
ironing sheet to prevent Us being
stained. ,
. V.
Some Wifely nints.
A delightful variety of green housa
furnishing pieces Is shown In the shops
nt present. These are valuable foe
their rettful qualities, during warns
weather especially, and Indicate tha
trend of popular taste towurd what Is
probutily the most satisfactory of all
color schemes.
That hot milk added to potatoes
when mashing them, will keep them
from being soggy or heavy.
That celery should lie at least an
hour in cold water or upon Ice before
being served In order to be firm and
crisp, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
That cheese may be kept moist bj
wrapping In cloth wrung out of vine
gar and hung np in a puper bag in a
cool place.
That a pinch of salt thrown Into the
coffee pot will improve the aroma
of the coffee.
That a piece of flannel dampened In
camphor Is nlc ivlth which to pollstt
millors. i
That the knife should be held per
pendicularly when cutting warm caka
or corn bread.
Baking Fowdor anil Soils.
We nro told not to combine baking
powder and soda in the same food.
In fact tho conibiuution often proves
most satisfactory.
Unking powder biscuits are as much
Improved by wetting tlieni with but
termilk sweetened by soda as can be
Imagined.
One great mistake made by veryt
many Is In using too much soda. Very,
little Is needed. A very scuut even
teaspoonful will sweeten a pint of
very sour milk or buttermilk. Some
one says pertinently, "Be sure you have
not enough soda and you will have It
Just right."
A good rule for baking powder bis
cuits Is a quurt of flour sifted well It
sifted two or three tlnres It Is better.1
Into the flour Incorporate two heaping
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a tea-,
spoon even full of suit, a very scant,
teaspoon ot soda, not even full. Mix
Into the flour, etc., a very large tabhs
spconful ot lard, and wet up with two
cupfuls of sour milk or buttermilk. If
the measuring has been correct the
milk will make the dough very soft
so soft it will seem impossible to
handle It By dredging the bread
board well with flour and sprinkling'
a little on top of the paste It can be
rolled out Into a sheet not more than1
half an inch In thickness, cut wlthf
small cutter, put In pans so they do not
touch and bake In very hot oven. Five
minutes will bake them. If liked
larger and thicker, more time must be
allowed, but oven must be hot for
good biscuits.
Doughnuts are much better made
with sour milk or cream and soda with
baking powder. Sour cream cake In
fact nearly everything In which these
thing are used where tenderness
rather than flaklness Is desired will be
found Improved by their combination.
-Kose Seelye-Miller, In What to Eat.
Mold of Mashed PotatoesCook the
potatoes In boiling water, mash fine
and season with salt, a little cream or
milk and butter. Itlnse a mold wltts
cold water and fill with the potato
pressing it In well. In a few minutes
turn out on to a tin plate or baking
dish that has been buttered. Brush
over with a beaten egg and set In the
oven to beat and to brown slightly.
Apricot Jelly Stone eighteen apri
cots, cut them Into slices, and place
them la a basin with tha Juice of tw
and a half lemons; then pour over thena
one and a half pints of boiling eyrop.
cover the baaln and leave the content
to cool. When almost cold, add one
and a bait ounces of gelatine; mis this
well In, strain Into a Jelly mould aad
leave to set. When set, serve on a dish,
garnished with thin strips of apricots.
Mutton and Tomato Pie Uutter
baking dlh and put in a liberal layer
of fins bread crumbs; follow It with
a layer ot cold cooked mutton sliced
very thia and another of canned toma
toes. Season with pepper, salt and
llttla butter, repeat the layers aO
cover tha top with crumbs. Bat
slowly half aa hour. If fresh tomato-
sre used allow three-quarters of t .
hour. This U a uvorx way. to t
cold meats
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