"GLORIFYING THE FATHER"
An Eloquent Sunday Sermon By Rsv.
Dr. Thomas B. Mcleod.
Ws Can Mok dod Kesl, Ws Can Make the
Oospel Sublime. ,
Ekooklys, N. Y. Upon hi return to
Ma pulpit fmm hid vacation, the Rev. Dr.
Thomas B. ItcLeod, pastor of the Clinton
Avenue Congregational Church, preached
an eloquent sermon Sunday morning on
"lilorifring the Father." The text was
chosen from John xv:8: "Herein io My
Father glorified that ye bear much fruit,
so nhall ye be My diaciples." Dr. McLeod
How vital, dear friend, are all Kew
Testament representations of religion!
Compare the New Testament with the eth
ical teaching, or religious teaching of all
other books in this respect, ami you are
imply astonished. There is nothing me
chanical in them, nothing formal, nothing
institutional every process is a process of
life It is no use for a man. or for men. to
claim that they have Abruhnm for their
father. Religion is not ft matter of who n
man's ancestors were; it is a matter of '
what a man himself is. Jesus has given us
in one pitliv sentence His estimate of the
worth of the claim that is based on de
scent, on heredity, on social prestige, when
If i- says that Uod could raise up, or make
children, unto Abraham out of the very
tones of the rondside. The concern that
interests Ood, when it comes to the matter
of religion, is whether a man is a living
plant or a dead stick. The hedge, though
it be a hedge of flowers or roses, in which
the stake occurs, does not make the stake
a living thing. The line of descent in
which u man stands, nor the social posi.
tion he 'occupies, nor the church of Thieh
he is an nttendant, or a member, ia noth
ing. The man may after all he nothing
better than a dead stake in a hedge.
There was a certain fine man, a tine man ,
socially, religiously, politically one of the'
best of men as men went came to Jesus
to make inquiry on the subject of religion.!
He was reverent and devout and respect
ful and courteous and cultured and learned, I
a leader and teacher of the people, a lec
turer on ethics, but when it came to reli-
ftion, Jesus said to that man, "Ye must be
torn again." The vitality of the represen
tation we find in the New Testament reli-
ion is ita life; "I have come that ye might;
iave life, and that ye might have it more
abundantly.
And o of tests. Not simply of the rep-'
rescutations or descriptions of religion, but
also of the tests, the New Testament tests:
of religion. How are we to know that we
are living Christians? How are we to
know that others are living Christiana?'
Why, the Kew Testament pushes us up to
the point of urgent belief, and insists on
it, that the test is fruit, not leaves, not
flowers, but fruit, and that fruitfulness ia
the only essential thing that shall triumph i
under the test. Jesua may endure barren-;
ness outside of the church, but He cannot'
endure it inside of the church. A bramble j
in the wooda ia bearable, but a bramble in
the orchard, that is intolerable, "By their
fruits ye shall know them. Men do not
gather figs of thistles or grapes of thorns."
The man of God is perfect, fruitful unto,
all good works."
How little stress Jesus lays upon those
tests that are so universally adopted and
applied, and admitted to be sufficiently ad
equate; attendance upon religious ordin
ances, subscription to creed and statement,
routine observance of rites and ceremonies;
He makes nothing of all that, and He
cornea to us, friends, just as He came to
the fruitless, leafy fig tree by the wayside,
searching for fruit, not for leaves, not for
blossoms, not for florescence, not. for es
thetic delight in aacred music, not for fond
ness of the literary side of religion, not for
a keen appetite for well digested and pre
sented truth, but for fruit fruit, and He
comes up closer to us, friends, than any
body else can come than our dearest and
nearest can come for, after all, these can
see only outside appearances. He sees real
ities. They see things that pass for good
works in us, born, it may be. of wicked
ambition or of self-conceit. He sees right
down into the centre of the soul, and He is
looking for fruit. What shall He find in
you and me? Fruit or leaves, or just bare
branches?
The test is fruitfulness. Now that ought
to be an easy test to apply, and it surely,
friends, is a safe test to apply for you and
me to apply to our own selves. But then,
some one may say, "Well, what constitutes
fruitfulness? I am ready now to lay bare
my soul before God; I am ready now to go
down on my face before God and apply the
test; I am ready now for heart-searching,
and to measure myself by this standard,
but I want to know what constitutes
fruitfulness." "What are the fruits that
Jesua expects and that I am to look for
and by which I am to measure myself?"
Why, the Bible is simply full of that. It
has set the whole thing ao plain, and so
fully, and so variously that a wayfaring
nan though a fool need not mistake as to
what fruitfulneaa in the Christian life is.
Jesifs says, "Blessed are the poor in apirit."
Come now, we are examining ourselves
about the fruits. "Blessed are the poor in
spirit; blessed are the meek; blessed are
the merciful (the good hearted); blessed
are the pure in heart; blessed are the
peacemakers; blessed, are they who have
not simply a relish now and then, but a
hunger and n thirst after righteousness
Tightness. These are the fruits that the
Christian man is expected to grow in his
character.
An apostle says, the fruits, or the fruit
of the spirit, is love, joy, long suffering,
Pktience, meekness, faith, temperance, The
fruit that the Christian is to develop, that
will be developed, that Jesus will expect if
there be life love the heart of all good
ness love to God and love to man. "Who
lovpth not bis brother whom ha linth seen.
how shall he love God how can he love
God whom be hath not seen?" Fruit; love
joy. Joy in fellowship with God; joy in
fellowship with believers; joy in service
and ministry. Love joy peace. Content
ment of mind under all circumstances; the
va.mnnM t f v. .,..!. an,t . f
fection. Long suffering patient endur
ance not only in affliction, but patient en
durance of wrong and provocation; and
meekness and temperance and all the rest.
What does fruitfulness mean? It means
imply the development or achievement of
character that will approve itself to God.
But this growth of character does not ex
haust the expectation of Christ concerning
us. It does not exhaust the fruit which
the Christian has to bear. There is other
fruit. You read that passage again and yon
will see that the tenor of it has to do with
fellowship fellowship with Jesus, fellow
ship in His purpose to redeem this world
from sin. Jesus is not thinking altogether
of the good Ilia disciples are to get through
fellowship with Him, hut Ho is thinking
also of the good which His disciples are to
do through fellowship with Him. Not alto
gether of what His diaciples are to receive,
but of what Ilia disciples are to achieve.
"Except the branch abide in the vine it
bringeth forth no fruit. If ye abide in Me
and My words abide in you, ye shall bring
forth much fruit."
Oh, friends, we limit the range of tba
Christian life, and our hearts and minds
are so set upon getting, getting, getting
enjoying, enjoying, enjoying that we are
deaf to the words of Christ concerning do
ing, doing, doing. Apart from the vine the
branch can bear no fruit; apart from the
branch the vine cannot bear fruit. And
bere, friends, we come up to something
that ought to bring yon and me very lowly
before God. Lowly, not ao much witb tba
sense of mortification and penitence, but
with a kind of exultant joy., It befits us to
oaf ess always our dependence upon Christ,
but here ws have Christ confessing His de
queues on us. Marvelous thing! "j he
ranch cannot bear of itself except it abide
in the vine," and the vine cannot bear
fruit without the branches. The Apostle
Paul puts that thought in another form
when he says: "Ye are the body of Christ,
and members -csch severallyr-members of
that body." Apart from the body the
members perish. There is no power in the
nana, no vision in the eye, no power in tne
ear to hear tha voice of God apart from
tha bodv. Wa in the bodv of Christ: we
are the organisation through which Christ
works; we are the oigauiiutiou by which
Christ builds up His kingdom on the earth.
We are the hands of Christ. Christ wants,
Christ desires to feed the hungry, and
clothe the naked, and visit the auk, ami
.build borne for ihn homeless, and open
prison noors tor tlioe in captivity, liuf
supposing the hands of the Lord be par
alyzed, how can He do these things We
are the voice of Christ. Christ wants to
publish abroad to the end of the earth the
message of God's love and the wav -of sal
vation, but if the voice be silent, how can
He do it?
We talk about the mercv of God having
no limitation. We talk about the bound
less pity of God. and we do well, but the
pity of Ood and the mercy of (iod have
their limitations. Not according to the dis
torted Calvinism which our fathers belicv
ed, God's mercy is infinite; God's pity is
boundless; His love extends, to all men
that we believe; in that declaration we
glory; we count it the very flower and cor
onation of our religion. And yet God'a
mercv is limited. His compassion is bound
ed, His pity is shortened by us by us. Ac
cording as we are willing or unwilling if
the limitlessness of the love of God.
Let us take a homely illustration. Here
la a friend a man whom you have always
known, u classmate it may be in school, an
associate in business nnd ho has fallen
upon evil times and everything that he
spent his life in accumulating is gone. You
are rich, you are perfectly, able to put that
man on his feet again: to give him a sec
ond chance and another start; you arc
God'a elected minister for that purpose.
Hut you don't do it. God is kindly dis
posed to that man; God would help that
man, and He has put vnu in a position to
help him. You are His hands; you are
find's ministering agency, but you limit
God's goodness, don't you?
God is very pitiful, very pitiful. Rich
men can feed poor men, but they don't do
it. No manna falls from heaven to feeil
those poor men. They starve. God is
wondrously pitiful, and there are strong
people who are perfectly nble to help and
romfort weak and sickly people, but these
sickly people die for lack of help. No min
istering angel comes down to cool their fe
ver and heal them. Don't you sec that we.
God's hand, God's voice, the branches and
twigs of the vine, limit the fruitfulness of
the vine, limit the power of the Almighty?'
"Herein is My Father glorified, that ye
benr much fruit, ao shall ye be My disci
pics." Friends, the thought is appnlling;
it oppresses me. When I look at that
from one side I am terrified to think that
the thing that God wanted done yesterday
is not done through my neglect.
And yet there is encouragement here for
ua all. Apart from the vine the branch
withers; it can do nothing. Abiding in the
vine, the branch bringeth forth much fruit,
nnd we may abide and we may glorify our
Father. Glorify Him. Make Him shinp
with radiance and beauty in the eyes of
man. Make God manifest. We can make
God real; we can make the gospel sublime
in the eyes of those who are living without
it. We can so tell the story; we ran so
live our religion; we can so manifest the
grace of God in our lives; we can so let
our light shine that others our neighbors
and friends, our children and relatives
shall glorify our Father in heaven.
Ood Only Is Perfect.
Perfection, in every absolute sense, can
not be found among men it abides only
with God. Man, at bia best, ia not free.
An kii. .1 ;mm..t,i;,.. l. ;
f into time. Candidate 'for sainthood, he
has a heritage of am and corruption from
the generations of the past. Called to do
all things through God strengthening him,
he finds that the spirit is willing but the
flesh is weak. Countless perils menace the
voyage of the perfectionist. Presumptuous
sins often have dominion over him, when
he thinks it ia not robbery to he equal
with God and share with the absolute the
attributes of divinity. Spiritual pride
leads him to moral ruin when he is per
suaded to forget the hour of prayer be
cause of his conceit that with nim every
breath is a prayer. The Man of Nazareth
was so far from this vanity that He spent
whole nights in communion with God on
the mountains and in solitary places apart
from His companions. The perfectionist,
again, ia deceived when he materializes the
things of God, by asserting for the saints
below an earthly empire over disease nnd
death and by claiming a part in the politi
cal rule of the quick-coming Christ in a
millenial reign at Jerusalem.
Increasing God's Opportunities,
Some one has said that "each human lire
is another opportunity for God to display
His grace and power." So it is, and the
thought will grow upon you ua you medi
tate upon it. Just think, "I am God's op
portunity!" Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it
dorious? When we look at others whom
jod his richly blessed and honored in ser
vice we can see how it is, but do we ever
think of ourselves as God's opportunity?
Every one that responds to God's call,
"Come!" gives God a larger place in the
World.
Every one who obeys God's command,
"Go!" sssists God in gaining a larger place
in the hearts of men. Every regenerated
heart, and life ia a new garden in which
God plants His seeds of love and grace; a
fountain out of which flow constant
streams of healing power.
Take it home, dear young friend, and
say to yourself, I am God'a opportuuity."
Be that and your life will become unutter
ably grand and your experience unspeak
ably sweet. A. W. Spooner, 1). D. .
One Thing We Can Do.
Each one in any given place has a r
sponsible share in every other's good work
in that place. In somo things we do our
part with our hands; in other mntters we
do our part with our hearts. What tha
Apostle John said about evil deeds is as
true of good deeds: "He that giveth him
Sreeting partaketh in his works."
y our well wishing we become partakers
in what others do. John said the same
thing in the next Epistle: "We ought
to welcome such, that we may be fellow
workers." What we speed on its way, and
what we welcome in our hearts when we
hear of it in all this we have a share.
How wide reaching, then, are the opportu
nities of even the most secluded! How
great is the work in which even the least
cun be engaged 1 As we hail any good in
coming, or speed any good outgoing, we
enter into the prophet s work, and shall
receive a prophet's reward. Let us take
heart and do our share.
Ever Onward and Upward.
We are commanded to be perfect, to
love God continually, to rejoice evermore,
and in everything to give thanks. And
reason is in accord with revelation in en
joining this duty. Man's pathway is ever
onward and upward. Larger and seeming
ly infinite possibilities of future achieve
ment invite nim to press on with unweary
ing footstep.
Those on Trial.
"Are these masterpieces?" asked a tour
ist in a Florentine gallery, adding, "I must
admit that I do not aee much in them my
self." "Thea,.- pictures, sir," waa the an
swer, "are not uu trial; it is the visitor
who are on trial." ! ; ia the critics who are
on trial, rot the bvriptures. New York
Observer.
Thlnrju Animal Know.
"It Is a queer thing the way animals
'earn the meaning of certain words,"
aid Mr. W. T. Reeves of Little Rock.
. "I remember a a boy a certain old
gray mare that belonged to our family,
wbicb one of my older brother bad
ridden the whole time of his service
in the confederate army. She wa a
magnificent saddle animal, and ordl-'
narlly a gentle as a lamb, but if any
one ventured to say, when on ber
back, ook out, the Yankee are com-'
lrg!' she would proceed to bolt at the
top of her , speed a though terror
stricken, and it was ft difficult thing
to quiet her down. I suppose tba
words bad jn some way been borne
In upon ber equlno Intelligence during
the conflict, an4 tbey must bare bad
some frightful meaning.
"Or.ce I addressed them to ber, to
my sorrow, for, suddenly wheeling,
she left tbe road and plunged Into a
thick piece of woodland, with tbe re
sult that a projecting limb knocked
me senseless to the ground. After
that, when astride tbe old rore, I
studiously avoided all reference to tba
Vsckees." Washington Post
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
' . FOR OCTOBER 30.
Subject! Kllshs at Unthan, II Kings, vl
8-93 Memory Verses, 18-17 Golden
Text, Psalm xxxlv., 7 Commentary
on the Day's Lesson,
I. Elisha assisting the King of Israel
(vs. 8-12). 8. "King of Syria." Benhadad
II., who sent the letter about Naaman
(2 Kings 8:5-7). A powerful king, bring
ing thirty-two vassal kings with htm to
the first siege of Samaria (1 Kings 20:1),
He was killed by Hazael (2 Kings 8:7-l.r).
"Warred." Not an open war but a de
lultory skirmishing. The plan of the Syr
Ian king was to set an ambush that would
tempt tne king of Israel to hia capture.
9. "Man of God." Jehovah rescued Is
rael not by kings, mighty armies or great
generals, but by the man of God, that it
might be seen that salvation was not a
work of human strength or wisdom, but
due to the God of Israel. "Beware." lie
Dn the lookout. "Are come down." "Are
Coming down." It. V. God knows nil
that the vicked are doing, and He will
employ this knowledge for the benefit of
the good. 10. "King of I.-racl sent."
A party of troops to pie-occupy the place;
and thus the Syrians found their designs
bad been detected. It is probable that
whenever the Syrians arrived at a point
elected for attack they found superior
Israelitisli forces already there. "Saved
himself." Those who carefully follow
God's directions will have no ditiiculty in
out-generaling the foe, "Not once nor
twice." This was done repeatedly.
II. "Sore troubled." A exed and cha
grined that all his plans were made known
to Israel, and that they could thus treat
all his stratagems with derision. "Shew
me." When his design was thus repeat
edly frustrated it was natural to think
of treachery among his own people. 1J.
"One of his servants." From some Israel
ite thus Syrian may have obtained his
knowledge. "Tel'.eth." A confession of
the boHndless knowledge, as, before, of the
boundless pon er, of Israel's God is ex
torted from the Syriuns. "In tliy bed
:liamber." In the greutest possiuic sc
Srecy. II. The Svrinns seek Elisha (vs. 13-13).
13. "Go ani spy." How blind to imagine
that He who could tell bis secret counsel
sould not also frustrate the movements ot
nis spies. "In Dothan." Dothnn means
'two wells" or "the double fountain." It
sas situated on the south side of the plain
f Jezreel.
14. "Horses and chariots." What tin
lonscious tributes bad men pay to good
nfluences! The king sent "horses and
lhariots ai.d a great host" to take a man
S'hose sword was the word of God, whose
lelmet was the defense of the Mont High,
shone breast-plate was righteousness!
Even had it I -n possible to kiil Elishai
Sod could easily raise up and instruct
mother prophet. "By night." To take
she city by surprise and Elisha in it with
ut any warning or opportunity far es
)ape. 13. "Servant. "Or minister." R. V.,
Ttargin. "A special leivant, probably
hoson lrom one of the schools of the
jrophets." He had only been with him
lince Oehazi's dismissal, and had litt'.e ex
perience of his master's powers. His
:aith waa easily shaken, "Risen early."
fe mav have oeen aroused by the arrival
)f the Syrrns. "Alas." Contrast the ter
ror of the servant with the calmness of
the prophet. "How shall we do." The
worst of unbelief is, that it not only loses
sourage for itself, but assumes that all
ther Christiana are in the same plight.
HI. God delivers Elisha (vs. 18-1S).
10. "Fear not." Elisha sper.ks aa a mun
whose eyes are opened and who is sure of
God'a protection whether he beholds the
angelic host about him or not. He quiela
the fears of hia servant, 1. By showing
his own faith in (iod. 2. By causing the
young man to catch a glimpse of their
protectors. "Are more." The person who
has God with him has more than all that
can possibly be against him. One with
Uod is a majority.
17. "Open his eyes." His natural eyes
iro open and he sees the danger; now
open the eyes of his faith that he may
lee the protection. The greatest kind
ness we can do for the fearful and faint
hearted is to pray for them, nnd so to
recommend them to the mighty grace of
God. The opening of our eyes will silence
3ur fears; the clearer sight we have of
the power of heaven, the less we shall
fear the calamities of earth. "The Lord
opened." God opened his spiritual eyes,
unveiled his inner sense. "Mountain was
full." How thickly crowded the spirit
ual world must be when such a host could
be spared for Elisha alone. "Horses and
jhariots." Horses and chariots were there
to match horses and chariots of the Syriun
invader. When Judas came to (lethse
jiane with a detachment of the Roman
riard, Christ said. "Thinkest thou that
cannot beseech My Father, and He shall
sven now send Me more than twelve le
rions of angels?" The reserves were of
the same military order aa the foe. "Fire."
Ezckiel, Isaiah and John, when they de
leribe the divine equipage, represent it aa
l wheeled, hornessed conflagration. That
means purity, justice, chastisement, de
ivcranco through, burning escapes. Char
iot cf rescue? Yes, but chariot of fire.
18. "They." The Syrian army. "Came
lown." From the surrounding hills on
which they were encamped. "To him."
Elisha, to capture him, which was their
object in coming to Dothan. It was quite
in the character of Elisha ti go forth from
the city with his now courageous servant.
''Elisna prayed." He had prayed for his
lervant that he might see God's army.
Ho now prayed for his enemies that they
might be withheld from doing tlio evil
they designed to do. For the servant the
eyes of his understanding were cnliglit
ned: but for the Syrians their faculties
failed them. The- were so confused as
not to know tne place to be Dothan or to
recognize Elisha. They groped as in dark
ness. Thus protection came in answer to
frayer. God ia merciful to sinners when
le defeats their plans and saves them
from crime. "Smote with blindness."
Not tbe usual Hebrew word for blindness,
but a compound word meaning to blind,
to shine. The resulting idea would be
that of dazzling. This would denote hal
lucination ratner than total loss of sight.
IV. Elisha's treatment of his enemies
(vs. 10-23). 11). "He led them to Samaria."
There is a sort of irony in these words of
Elisha, which virtually treated tbe enemy
with derision.
20. "They saw." Elisha led them twelve
miles to Samaria and then their sight was
restored and tbey found themselves cap
tive. in the midst of their enemiea. 21.
When Jchoram, the king of Israel, saw
them be asked Elisha it he ahould kill
them. 22. Elisha strongly objected to
thia and ordered them to be well fed and
sent back to Benhadad. 23. The result
of Elisha's kindness was that the Syr
ians ceaseu this sort, of warfare against
Israel.
Pennsylvania Dog and Cow Story.
Ben Hecord owns a cow which be
believed to be one of tbe best milker
in all this country until a few weeks
ago, when she began to "fall off" sud
denly. ) The shortage became more
and more noticeable until tbe animal
developed into a third class "strip
per." Mr. Record also keeps a full-blooded
terrier pup. whose rapid growth rind
portly appearance bas occasioned re
mark, although tbe dog seldom ate
anything tbat was offered to him by
tbe family. Both mysteries were
cleared up tbe other evening, bow
ever, when Mrs. Record went to tbe
barn to milk, for there lay tbe cow
contentedly chewing ber cud, wblle
the terrier pup, bis feet spread far
apart, leisurely extracted tbe precious
lacteal fluid so much desired for mak
ing lee cream or constructing pump
kin pies. Slnco the discovery the cow
has become reinstated In the good
opinion of the family, but tbe terrier
takes bis milk after It bas been,
skluimed. runuutawncy Spirit.
OCTOBER THIRTIETH.
"How Giving Resets Upon Me."
Prov. 3:9, 10; 2 Cor. 9:6-11.
' Scripture Verses. Gen, 28:20-22;
Lev. 27:30; Prov. 23:28; Matt. 5:23,
24; 25:37, 40; 18:5; Mark. 9:41; 2
Cor. 8:f; Col. 3:17; 3 Peter 4:9, 19.
Lessor) Thoughts.
We hear It said that "it takes
money to make money"; In other
words, large Investments earn large
profits. This is even more certainly
true In the matter of Christian giv
ing, though It defeats Its own object
If the gift ia for gain.
Exercise, while it demands strength
from the muscles, at the same time
gives back to them more strength
than It takc9. So we grow rich by
riving.
Selections.
Addison once said that charity Is a
virtue of the heart and not of t!u
hands. That. Is true, and so we need
not worry If we have little to give,
provided we have a great will to give.
Some one has said tbat even a
drop of water, if It Is given In love
and unselfishness, will become for
the giver a living fountain In Para
dise. It Is certain that nothing we
do will bring us such precious and
eternal results as what we give.
There Is a capital story of a man
named Pyrrhus, who once found a
good man captive In a pirate ship.
He took compassion on him and
bought him, and with him bought al
so the old man's goods that had been
seized by the pirates, several barrels
of pitch. The old man saw that Py
rrhus had done this out of pure
philanthropy and goodness of heart,
and showed him a great treasure
hidden In the pitch, a treasure that
made Pyrrhus enormously wealthy.
God does not always reward giving
In Just this way, but he always does
reward it In some way.
Who shuts his hand hath 103t his
gold,
Who opens It, hath It twice told.
Prayer. O thou who art the giver
of every good and perfect gift, teach
us how to give: not grudgingly, or of
necessity, for thou lovest a cheerful
giver. Help us to realize that we
are stewards of thy bounty, that what
we have is not our own, but Is given
to us in trust. Accept us first, we
beseech Thee; and bless us and all
that we give of Interest and activity,
of money and of mercy, in the love
of Jesus Christ who gave himself for
ua. Amen.
EPlli LEAGUE LESSONS
OCTOBER THIRTIETH.
Around the World: Our New Po
essions Hawaii, Alaska, Philip
pine Islands, Porto Rico.
Psa. 97. 1-12.
What expansive power has the Gos
pel or Christ! To-uay the sun is ever
bhlnlng somewhere on Christian fields
c victory. The nag o( this Christian
rejublie spruadj .its protecting foldj
over the cross of Christ In all parts
of the world, und In our own new is
land possessions the Gospel may rut
and be giciitltd with rare advantages.
Out oil tha Goiden Gale at San
FrancUco and a siiil of over two thous
and milcj west sutithwest, through the
briny deep, brings us to the famous
Hawaiian Islands. Once, they were
the home of fiercest cannibals. Bru
tality and tyranny were rampant.
The men said: "Our women would
never work if we did not beat them.
After we have killed two or three and
eaten them ths rest are quiet and
good for a time."
Strange indeed Is the story of an
early missionary there. Ho tells how
the wilo of one chief, during his ab
sence, murdered all his other wives.
Such were the deeds of blood and
terror prompted by their system of
polygamy and savaglsm.
How is It now? Missionaries no
longer needed? It scarcely seems
possible. No longer Is heard the wild
shout of the war dance, but their
grassy hillsides resound with earnest
prayers and sacred songs. These
transformed peoples are now sending
happy, self-sacrltlclng missionaries to
other Islands In that vast Soutb Sea.
In one glorious revival there Titus
Coan baptised seventeen hundred and
five natives of Hawaii In a single day
Some one said to him, "Titus Coan,
why didn't you put this excitement
down?" No which he replied, "I didn't
get It up." Evidently It was the genu
ine work of the Holy Spirit.
Alaska was once regarded as little
less than one Immense Iceberg. By
many its purchase by the United
States was regarded as a piece of
monumental folly. For It we paid
seven millions of dollars a very
moderate price In view of Its actual
worth. But what of Christ's kingdom
In this icy region.
It began with a native. Ho strayed
Into 'British America. There he waj
educated and brought to the Saviour
in a Methodist mission. Returning to
Fort Wrangel, be hired a dance hall,
changing it into a schoolroom and
preaching place. Seeing his Inspired
earnestness, a few white men and
wives of army officers rallied to bis
support. Not many converts were
won. but a standard was raised against
further' degradation.
As one reward for our humane de
liverance of Cuba from Spanish cruel
ty this tropical land gladly came under
the protecting folds of the Stars and
Stripes. She seems ripe for the Gos
pel. Its Joyous sound can reach every
inhabitant without serious opposition.
The Rev. Dr. Charles W. Drees bas
supervision there and reports the out
look as very hopeful.
No Doubt of Thief's Destination.
A London Joweler recently had
thermometer stolen from his shop,
and the next day he affixed the fol
lowing notice to bis door: "Will the
mlBguIdcd Individual who took the
thermometer without leave the other
day please return the same? He bas
made a mistake. It can be of no use
to him in tho place to which be is
going, as It only registers 125 degrees
of htat."
Remarkable Triplets.
Triplets were born recently to Mr.
and Mrs. I. Ooldfadcn of Cleveland.
A remarkable fact about tbe new!)
arrived. In addition to their ttnusuallf
great weight, Is I bat tbey divide up
14 pounds evenly among them, sacb
tipping the scales at exactly eight
pound. Two are boyi and one Is
girl. .
fuixffcy
ife'&Kfi&a
'TIS Ra1ly Sweet,
How sweet in life's weak, feeble breath,
To never fear the sting of death,
But silently swait the Power
That takes ua at the given hour,
And look to heaven, man's greatest prize,
Where teara can never dim the eyes.
How awcet to know that all is well.
When one can easily foretell
The joyous welcome that's in store
When landing on the other shore.
Here countless thousands gladly sing
Sweet praises to the Christ their King.
How sweet to think when suff'ing pain,
The soul is free from every stain,
That in the coming of the dawn,
You're nearer to the Master drawn.
Where sorrow shall forever cease.
And love reign out in perfect peace.
How sweet the though that night or d.'.v.
Whene'er we humbly choose to pray.'
That every honest spoken word
Is sympathetically heard.
So quickly does it reach the car
Of Him, whom mortals all should u.i
How sweet to kow that after ail.
i'he power of Satan can't enthrall
A single soul, who will but try
His wikcd wave to e'er defv.'
I Uu; l. tiis company vou keen.
i -. eternally to weep.
George McKcnzio
"Up To Vou.'-
i .-.pression "I'p to you'' is one of the
quaint terms that has taken hold of the
people, and which will not die out for
years. The people easily found out what
it meant to convey.
It is "up to you" to do almost every
thing that is calculated to do vou good und
make you a great blessing. Vou can claim
to be entitled to but very little. What you
don't have is oiten your own fault and
what you will have depends much upon
yourself.
There is much in the words "God helps
those who help themselves."
It is "up to you" to make yourself be
loved by those who surround you. "Know
thyself" is the first thing to be done before
you can get the constant love of others.
We all have our weak spots, and tiiey
should be attended to before we can be ti)
others what we would like to be.
How often you hive braid people say
that they would think nunli of a certain
person if he or she would only no; I some
thing that make the one alluded to dis
agreeable. Reforms should always begin wit it our
selves. Such ,i course is up to u. without
doubt.
Some thintrs arc not up to us. bui are up
to others. Vou cannot do everything, but
must leave it to others to accomplish some
things. It is never up to me to sing, un
less I feel it my duty to punish somebody.
But it is up to me every day to d i some
little good act "Itig" deeds of kindness
are not to be despised, but. after nil. it is
the little deeds of kindness that r-.l;e us
useful nnd a blessing.
Yesterday 1 received a letter from a gen
tleman that made me feel certain that he
felt that it was up to him to write me one
of the kindest letters I ever received. The
cost of the letter was not much, hut what
doses of cheer it contained. I thank him
for that houquet of love that is now on my
icsk, for it is much better to have bimouets
thrown at you while alive than to have
them placed on your eoftm after you have
ceased to see or to be able to return thnnks.
It is up to yon to look after me. and up
to me to eare for you. Reciprocity is a
good doctrine.
How thankful you ouslit to be that you
ran do something to make others happy.
Deeds of love and kindness will stand you
well in hand when you come to be judged
according to the deeds done in the body.
Many of my readers will hear, in the great
heareafter, about a donation that they gave
while on earth to my "Hiack I-anili.-i." A
bleat from one of them in the better land
will siund like sweet music, especially
when the words "Inasmuch," tc. iviil be
heard from Him who once said, "Feed My
lambs."
It is up to you. my young readers, to he
even better and more useful than your
fathers and mothers, and that is asking
much of you.
This morning it struck me that 1 ought
to be a much better man than I am. The
mistakes of our lives are many, but that
is no reason whywe should keep on mak
ing mistakes all the time or part of the
time. Improvement is always in order
when we feel like it and when we do not.
For many of us are actuated by our feel
ings. We should be good even when we
do not feel like it, for that is the best
time to be good. Vou know that being
bad does not pay. A quarrel with your
neighbor early in the morning makes' you
miserable all day. If you must quarrel
don't begin until about live minutes to Y
o'clock midnight, and strive to get to sleep
as near 12 o'clock as possible.
It is "up to you" to love those whom
you despise. "Hard work," you say, but
that is the doctrine I am in duty bound
to preach and also to practice.
lie lively in doing what duty calls upon
you to do. Ask not otherj to perform
what you should be so willing to do. There
are awards for those who rignt good fights,
anil there are punishments ahead, for these
who neglect to come to time when called.
Ask not for a more convenient season,
for that time may never come, llow
mean you must feel if laziness has control
of you. Strike out and be men, women,
boys and girls in the great army of well
doers. The harvest fields are already ripe, wait
ing for you to take advantage of the oppor
tunity to reap and pluck that which muke
you more like Jesua.
The sun shinea so brightly to-day that it
is almost impossible to write about any
thing but the bright and pleasant sides of
life. Shine forth liko the sun! George R.
Scott, in Subbath Reading.
Oar Star ot Hops.
Those rash men, young and old, who call
on God and heaven to behold them holy
now, perfect and sinless, at the ultimate
point uf saintly experience, hov little in
the Bible and nothing in experience, to
justify their arrogant professions. The in
stincts of humlnity make us recoil with
horror from conditions that are fixed and
unyielding. The uncertainly of the future
is the slur of hope in human life. Who
can covet tl.o religious experiences of him
who stands still at the summit, simply
waiting, but not advancing, because pin
gress is iinpoisible?
The Inner WIInae.
We Christiana are mystics. We do not
bark back into an inner recess of our
aouls and then come forth and declure to
men that we have had revelations and in
spirations. We do say again and again
that God is our borne berue of this sense
of divine love and rare that has Iweii
aroused within us. We are ready to stake
all we are upon the validity of this inner
witness.
Abundant life and not abundant thought
is what ws ask for from the -putter and
conteut of Christianity T:e priority of
life and not of thought is the program uf
Jesua.
' An Enterprising llsuth.
A man who was "wanted" by tbe
police had been photographed In lx
different positions, and tbe pictures
were duly circulated among tbe police.
Tbe chief of police In a country town
wrote to police headquarters of the
city In search of the malefactor a
few days after the set of portraits bad
been Issued as follows:
"1 duly received the picture of the
all miscreants whose capture la de
sired. I bave arrested five of them,
and tbo sixth la under observation and
win be secured shortly.
TUE; GREAT DESTUOYEli
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICi OF INTEMPERANCE.
Come In anil I.ook-Yna Will Not Bn
Expected to liny Vrful Tales That
MrIcd No Impression nn the Llquot
Dealer Visions of Desolntlon.
Tn the front store window of n dealer in
wines and other intoxicating drinks I sev
eral times noticed during the past winter
placards displayed, upon winch were let
tered the words which form the cantion of
this article: "Come in and look! You will
not be expected to buv!" How like in
sentiment and accordant in rhyme. I
thought, to the familiar dity of mv child
hood: "Will vou walk into mv parlor, eaid
the snider to the flv?"
With no inclination whatever to arcept
the invitation to enter this death trap, I
could nevertheless, in imagination, look
around upon its brave array of bottles o
wine and demiiohns of whiskv, its flask
of gin and casks of brewed liquors, and
readily picture some scenes, which, al
though inseparably linked to this traffic, I
am sure that the dealer would have been
altogether unwilling to have enacted righ,
there in his presence.
Thus, I could bring before him the yotinj
washerwoman, who, with a babe at her
breast, and with a second little one just
able to walk, beside her, was at work at
Tny house only yesterdav. It might have
been well had this gieat'v wronged woman
stood in his presence, wliere he, too. could
have seen her wec-n bitter tears whilst sh
told how her husband had broken again
his good resolve bail snent all his week's
wages for the hateful liquor had lost an
excellent place, and finally, overcome with
remorse at his folly, had utterly descrtei
her and the children.
Had the tears and wotul talc of thlj
woman made nn impression upon the re
spertnhle dealer m rum cordials, thert
might have been brought before him
were it not that she had lotclv been si
leneed by drink another one of whom I
had knowledge, who earned a livelihood by
washing. Most faithful and hardworking
was she in her sober moments, but con
stant was her craving for alcohol, and
dreadful to hear were her jeerings and im
precations when it mastered her. Over
come bv the habit, she had at last died
miserably in the forlorn room of the tene
ment where she lodged. The writer, being
called to the spot, beheld a loathsome ol
jcet, such as he hoped never again to sec,
yet, had he accepted the invitation of tlm
rumseller to "come in and look" upon
those demijohns of whiskv in the ware
house referred to. visions of desolation
verv like this must have risen to view.
Again: I might have brought T could
bring now into the presence of this deal
er a terribly besotted and bloated creature,
made so by tbe same maddening poison a
ia drawn from those casks. If there should
come with him, at the same time, the two
elder sons who are following hard in their
father's steps to ruin, and the nine otlier
children which would include the jabber
ing idiot boy and the babv and. finallv,
the mother herself, to tell of her husband's
nearly continuous drunken or half-drunken
condition, his frequent ravings and fnnm
ings when he dashes the scanty furniture
about and no one is safe in his presence,
his threatenings to kill her with tho knife
which ho uses in his shoemaker's craft,
and of her being driven screamimr into the
street even at midnight in the depths of
winter and with a single garment upon
her. I think, perhaps, the owner of the
casks and demiiohns miclit be convinced
of the reality of the suffering, thoush he
might still make denial of the iniquity of
the traffic by which he thrives.
I have here simnly spoken of three rases
of the drink evil, happening, within a
stone's throw of each other, in what is
spoken of as one of "tbe poorer localities"
of l'hiladelphia's inviting suburb of G .
Almost everv one who reads these lines
can cite somewhat similar instances; whilst
the cases which daily come before our
Quarter Sessions Court will furnish manv
others, of the harrowing details of which
the swiftest pen could not take full ac
count. Yet we are assured that none of
these things are unrecorded in "the book
of remembrance," none forgotten by Him
who hen re th the cry of all IIi creitures.
Would that all who accede to the alluring
invitation to "Come in and look." who
look aequicsctngly "unon the wine when it
is red." would consider the deadly peril of
thai adder's srtng ("at the Inst it stingeth
like an adder"), which is likelv to assail
them, remembering that drunkards and
the conscious makers of drunkards have
no inheritance with those who "mav enter
in through the gates into the citv." Ptill,
to th" tempted, the weary, nnd the heavy
laden, is ever extended the invitation, with
its promise of eternal rest: "Let him that
is athirst conic. And whosoever will, let
him take the water of life freely." Xo de
ception nor double dealing here. The word
is come nnd freely take, for assuredly you
will not be expected to buy. Josiah W,
Leeds, in the National Advocate.
Alcohol anil X-nnacy.
The municipal authorities of Glasgow re
cently appointed a commission to inquiro
into the alarming increase of insanity
caused by alcoholism in Scotland. The re
port of this commission brings to light
some striking statistic. In the case of
the Glasgow district asylums and the ob
servation wards of the poorhouse, of Soo
admissions during twelve months no fewer
than 2.i!l, or thirty-three per cent., were di
rectly traced to alcohol. In most of these
rases the patients bad been comparatively
well to do and prosperous, so that the dis
ease could not he ascribed to bad home
conditions or poverty. The reports of the
I'oyal lldinbiirgh Asylum show the same
alarming growth of alcoholic insanity. Sta
tistics for the whole of Scotland during
11X12 showed 10,C."iH insane persons, an in
crease of 370 over the preceding year. The
number of patients discharged as recov
ered during the year was In Argyll,
where the highest proportion of lunacy
prevails, there are 8U lunatics per l(W,ood
of the population.
:. I,f
To Business 5Ien.
If what you sell is for the good of the
community, why do you let others sell that
which harms the community?
The more decent all lines of trade are the
better for yours.
If ten decent business men allow one bad
business man to harm their trade, whose
fault s it?
Whose fault ia it if a aaloonkceper gets
flu out of a mechanic before he gets to
your store! He's broke. What do you
get?
Jf yon have dry goods or groceries or
boots and shoes to sell to wage earner-, and
the saloons of your town get. hold of these
wages first, where sre you?
Saloons cannot exuit if decent buiincss
men protest.
As decent business men, why doa't you
protest! Uial of l'rogrens.
Tha Crussds la Brier.
It is worse than irony to bo praying
"Thy kingdom come," while in the nation
we are turning out annually S.MM.OOO bar
rels of liquors, supporting 2iW,W0 prosti
tutes and 300,000 saloons.
Tha Danish Government, in filling posi
tions on the State railways, will henceforth
prefer men who can prove by documentary
evidence that they have been total abstamv
crs for at least one year past '
A prominent physician in France writes
tbat alcoholism is msking deplorsble rv.
ages, while tuberculosis carries off mora
than IAO.000 victims every year, and sapa
the strengl li of &H),0X in addition.
Is it right to license a man to make pau
pers and criminals, sud then tsx sober and
virtuous people to pay rates to keep them?
A circular has been issued by I'sris phy
siuiaua taking the radical ground tbat alco
hol is never and never, csn be of any use
whatever to tha orgauuuu.
In Itussia tha Minister of Finance has
issued sn order tbat hats must be doffed to
bartenders in whisky shops, as tbey are
Government ollicials. Tins is an noaor
tbat the American barkeeper does not re
Btive. According to the American Grocer's
compilation otte-fourth of all tbe pcoiiln of
ina untied msirs urinr, aiconoiic uever- i
ages, and the total drink bill of intoxicants I
(or ltw3 was Sl,4ol,ijo.'l,.17tl, or an suuual
Wttuliiwr. 1J tish drinker, y. WiM. .
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told if
Short Ord;r.
In a holograph will executed oar
August 21, loo,, the day after his sor
committed suicide, Colonel Jamef
lioyd, the laic Nestor of the Mont
Komcry County liar, bequeaths his ens
tire estate to his grandson, James S2
Hoyd, in trust, condition upon the;
payment of $.?oo annually to Colonel
11'iyd's sister, Mrs. Mary Pugh, of
Newtown, I'a. James S. Hoyd is the
executor and trustee. The will hat
been admitted to probate. At the
death of the grandson the will pro
yides that the estate shall be divided
in accordance with the interstate laws
then in force. Tlic estate is valued at
"$50,000 and upward," that bcini the)
Jimit of the fee bill in the State. Il
is considered to be worth many timet
that sum, although no definite eti
mate can be made now, as the estator
made distribution of much of his e
t.itc before death.
"There's a man on the other enil
of this rope," were the words of
note fastened to the anchor line of
a rowbat found by fishermen in the
middle nf l'rcsitic Isle Ray. The rope
was pt:l!cd up, and along with it the
dead body of Louis E. Thompson, a
painter. Xo cause for the suicide is
known.
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
Ancient Order United Workmen, ad
jotirncd at L'niontnwn after a three
days' session. The next biennia)
niei ting; will be in Cambridge Springs.
The title of past Krand master work
man was conferred on Dr. P. Y. Eis
cnl.cru, of Norristown, grand medical
examiner, for eleven years' continuout
service.
Addison Thompson r.ull.ick, of Me
riia, was arrested charged with sboof
ing blackbirds. Chief of Police Me
Kniff, who made the arrest, testified
that Iiullock killed three birds. But
lock was fined $.io and costs and in
default of this amount was sent t
jail for ten days.
Application was made to court irr
P .ttsville for a receiver for the Lytle
Coal Convpany. Tbe Philadelphia and
Heading and the Pennsylvania Coal
Company, with some individuals, are
interested in this colliery, but cannot
agree on an operating plan.
A controversy has arisen over the
site for the monument to be erected W
commemorate tbe battle of Hanover,
for which the last Legislature appro
printed $7000. The commission, com
posed of Governor Pcnnypacker, Col
onel John P. Nicholosn and Prof.
Daniel Kbcrly. decided to place the
monument inside the oval of Center
Square and excavations were begun.
A public meeting was held and Town
Council r-rdered the excavation stop
ped. The majority of the citizens de
sired the monument erected outside
the oval of Center Square, and if
necessary will appeal to the county
court for an injunction. Tbe monn
ment has been completed by a Boston
sculptor.
Bloodhounds were placed on the
trail of the negro who attacked and
robbed Miss Anna Love, sister ol
Judge John G. Love, of Bcllefonte,
near her home, at Tyrone, last night
The dogs apparently caught the scen
and followed it to the cell where Ed
ward Mills, a negro suspect, was con
fined in the Tyrone lockup. The ne
gro was confronted by Miss Love, bill
she was unable positively t identify
him. Mills was arrested while in bed,
Lewis Carnegie, with whom Mills
boarded, says Mills was out of the
house at the time of the as-ault. The
negro who robbed Miss Love knock
ed her senseless, and "-he lias not re
covered fr m her injuries.
Two masked men held up Edward
Johnson, chauffer in the employ of
Mrs. John Jane-way, of Oaks, while
be was returning from Norristown in
the family's automobile. The high
waymen bailed Johnson and asked for
a ride. Thinking it was two of his
friends, be stopped the machine. The
two men then jumped into tlic auto
mobile and relieved Johnson of hit
watch and $10, but returned the
watch before releasing Johnson.
Mrs. Sarah R. Leathennan and Wil
liam llarrold, of Doylcstown, were
married by Rev. E. Hoffman, of the
Bcckman Memorial Church. The
bridegroom is "7 years old and tha
bride is 06 years of age.
The Norristown Luthcrin Confer
ence, in session at Norristown, elect
ed these officers: President, Rev. P.
A. Laury, of Pcrkasic; recording sec
retary, Rev. N. E. Miller, of Phnneix
ville; treasurer, Rev. W. O. Waage,
of Peiinsburg.
Lancaster Classis of the Reformed
Church, at a meeting at Lancaster,
licensed Rev. John W. Ault, formerly
connected with the Church of God,
to preach in the Reformed Church,
and confirmed him as pastor of Zion
Church, Lancaster.
Burglars entered the residences of
Mrs. James Klhanan, Jonas Ctrl, W.
I-'. Ectzcr and p. G. I'lnkbiner. in
Parkerford. Sideboards and closet
nere searched by the intruders, who
were evidently in search of money,
but no articles of value were taken.
James S. Miller, of Sumneytown,
had erected a new oil mill, where lin
seed oil will be manufactured ac
cording to the old process of fifty
years ago, by which tbe seed is ground
between two large stones and the oil
pressed out between wedges. Michaer
Young, a pioneer oil mill operator,
will have charge of the mill.
Good grain and potato crops are
reported from all parts of Montgomery
County.
George Roop, of Custer Station,
was arrested and held for trial, charg.
ed with robbing the telephone cask
box and a chewing gum slot ma
chine at the IMel Montgomery. If
is alleged he secured a room at the
hotel, but arose about 4 o'clock A,
M., and after committing the theft!
distributed chewing gum liberally
among the hotel employees.
While Frank Reilley. aged ao years,
was directing the raising of a Hasj
pole for a political rally at Oak HilL
the pole fell on Reilley and one oJ
his legs was broken.
Mrs. Tacie Shaufner, of Doylet
town, who appeared in court against
ber bus'band. Charles Shaufner, charg
ing non-jupport, testified: "He
bought me one dress in sixteen years
and in a period of eight year but
one pair of shoes and a quart of milk.
She alo testified that since April.
100a, Shaufner had borrowed $450
from ber. The jury returned a ver
dict in her favor for $45.
In a fight in a hotel in Voganvilla
Frank Munkhaus and John Gorhant
were badlv cut and their alleged as-.
sailiant, Thomas Hasan, is a fugitive.