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THE NATURAL MAN
Strong Sunday Sermon Entitled: "Man's
Condition; Cod's Remedy."
D Ivtred at lbs Mlktmay Contereace By Sir
Robert Anderses, K. C. B.. L. t. D.
T.OXDOS, Esul.Asn. The following ad
dress, entitled, ' '.Man's Condition. Hod
Itemedy." nu delivered at the Mildmuy
Conference bv Sir Robert Anderson, K. C.
U.. IX. I). ', .
The spicinl subject nvngned to me is
The Spiritiml llelplesmieM of .Mm bv
Ki;M"e, and the New Ibrth From Above.
I hiii not here to defend the dovinas that
tlieo'.ofy h:i based upon this truth. U'lmt
c.it.ctm un in the tnilli itself. 1 My this
with emphasm, because of what ia paus
ing around us.
And this !iouid be our position in re
gard to all toe ureal doctrines of faith.
The age of needs is pushed. In days ol
rhivaliv, when men had respect for truth
and honor. creeds lmt out tho.e who
could not honest .y mcipt them. Hat now
thev avail nothing lo protect the gold
1ri!it "thieves and robber. Men will
iiiihtiily, and in the most solemn way,
pledge' their belief in every Christian
truth in order to gain oHiee in our
rlum'hea; and as soon as they secure the
prestitte nuil pav whii h tjlhce affords, lliey
use the pulpits' to attack the very truths
tliey are pledged and subsidized to defend.
'i his bciii so, lec us abandon the out
works of our creeds, and, falling buck
upon the llible, slr.nd four-square in its
defence. .
J n this spirit I approach iny subject. I
Bin not i'Jiioraul of what thruloy leaches
a'inii human depravity, nor of I lie con'ro
Vi'ris respectinn it which preceded :he
eolt'.iment of our creeds. Hut on tins
platform I will recognize no authority save
an open H:b!e. My reason for wiving tins
is beiansa here, as on many other iUs
tiniii, the opponents of the truth owe I heir
var'.nw ground to what is called Chris
tiuu doctrine on the subject. l''or the.
doctrine is iin'o'isieient with facts, where
as betBveiv truth and fact co.illict is mi-pos-ib'c.
A nat'tr.il nun. i. e., a man who Ins
fijt fiiperitneed t lie new birth, and who
Ims not the Spirit of lod, may live a
lira- of the hiah.sl morality and reditu If.
rWiptnre testifies that in these ipi.iiiiic
the Apostle l'uu! mnile no advance nficr
hi cenversion. It is no answer to this
to say that ill his unconverted day-, he
mme 'under the external influences of di
vine truth. The fact remains that thev
weie unconverted days, and thai with
such an environment he was able to main
tain such a life of purity anil piety and
real, albeit he wan spiritually dead in sins,
lie took to religion as another man might
take to pleasure, or to study, or to trade,
or to drink. But in this, ag he himself
declares, he was only following his natural
bent "the desires of the llivdi and of the
Wind.'
Neither is it an objection that auch a
case is exceptional. What man has done
rien may do. If the Kail made it impos
sible for men to live pure and upright
Jives, in would-be unjust in (Sod to judge
the'n for their vices.
There are two treat standards or prin
chiles of divine judgment. With those
who hear the lloepcl, the consequence of
accepting or rejecting Christ are final and
irreversible. As for the rest, men will he
judged by the law of their being, whether
as stamped on heart or conscience, or as
formulated in express commands at Sinai.
THE XAT'.'RAI. MAX.
The first three chapters of Konians claim
notice here. The fust chapter deMviho
the condition in which the mass of the
heathen world was sunk even in days
when the tide of human progress and cul
ture, was at the Hood, and when. more,
over, the great religious cults of classic
Paganism held up a standard of life a
li tub as any that apostate Christendom
presents cults of which one ut least had
such spiritual vitality that three centuries
afterwards it bid fair to supplant Chris
tianity as the religion (I am not speak
ing of the true Christianity of the true
Church of Hod) maintained its ascend
ancy, it was first by penal laws of ex
treme severity, and second by adopting
the chief characteristic rites and error
cf the Paganism which it thus persecuted.
These things need stating if we are to
understand aright the closing words of
the first chapter of Romans. 'I he vile
practices of the heathen world were not
due to ignorance. They knew that their
deeds were evil. They knew the judg
ment of God, that they who practiced such
things were worthy ol death, and yet they
practiced them.
But the case of Saul of Tarsus was
wholly different. If what men call con
science were the arbiter of human con
duct: if that were right which a man
honestly believed to be right, his was a
perfect life. As judged by any and every
Luinan standard, r'aul of Tarsus was a
pattern saint; but as judged by Clod he
Was a pattern sinner. And if you read
the middle verses of Romans 3 intelligent
ly, this ia the lesson you will learn I com
them: It ia God's estimate of the life
of the natural man at his best the life of
the upright, pious, zealous Jew under law.
"For that which is highly esteemed among
men is abomination in the sight of God.
The story is told of the first Duke of
Cambridge, that when, in the reading of
the Decalogue, the Seventh Commandment
was reached, instead of the orthodox re
sponse, he answered, in an aside, that was
Iilainly audible, "X never did that." Hut
ere was a man who could make a like
response to every commandment in the
Decalogue. "As touching the righteous
ness that is in the law, blameless." finch
Was his pround boast.
You will say, perhaps, that this onlv
proves that he was utterly blind and dead.
But that is precisely what 1 am insisting
on; that so far is it from the truth that
human nature ia hopelessly corrupt and
deDraved. as men iudge of corruption and
depravity, that a natural man may live a-
lite that woiilil put to stiaine halt the
saints in the calendar. By a course of un
christian asceticism and severe penances
for "punishing the body," these calendar
aints attained to what men deem saint
ship. But to this man saintship was as
natural as sin was to maujr of the saints
of the calendar.
One of the tests which people hold to be
final is that man shall "do his best."
What more can possibly be expected of
him? This man did bis best, and his
test was a "record" that has never been
beaten. What purity of life was his!
W'liit piety 1 What burning seal! What
elf-sacrificing devotion to what he be
lieved to be the cause of God! Hut looking
hack upon it all, he writes, "Who was be
fore a blasphemer." And what a blas
phemer! And so, when lie comes tinder the Divine
searchlight, he declares himself the chief
of sinners. Keauning the long line of all
the sinners of the race, he takes his place
t their bead, "of whom I am the first."
If these were iot the words of an in
irired Apostle in sn iiupired epistle, we
might suspect exaggeration. And yet they
only express the well recognized principle
that privilege increases responsibility end
responsibility deepens guilt. Of course he
knew no better. But. that only made his
rase the worse, for if ever there was a
man who ought to have known better it
was he. And so be takes his place as
"chief of sinners." And he humbly adds,
"1 obtained mercy.".
And he repeats this. For he was twice
tnercied. it is not God's way to put
blasphemers into the ministry. And so, as
he .thinks of the Lord's "exceeding abun
dant grace" in calling him to ,th apostle
hip, he says, "1 obtained mercy, because
I did it bjiorantly in belief.'' Rut for a
.lost, dead sinner a plea like this avails
absolutely nothing, For such, the one
'and only plea is that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners."
THE WORK OF REDKMPTXOX.
i The Kpistle to the Romans goea on to
tinfoia the doctrine oi aaivaiion. Din ar
raigns the sinner before the Divine judg
, fluent seat, and he stands there as guilty
nl dnmiiuil Salvation therefore can oulv
lbs ihroiiKh redemption, and redemption
must be by blood. But as we have seen,
lam lias another SHlmct: it corrupts Slid
deprnves the whole spiritual being. Hie
sinner men-lore litem a new niur. ic
union be bom agaiu, born from above,
fat time truths must never be aeparat
i. lusriti work deueuds uuaiu lU
work of Christ. Hence the' emphasis with
which we are told that Christ came by
water and blood; not by water nlone, but
by water nnd blood as the R. V. renders
it, 'by the water and the blood."
We all know what the blood means. W
are "redeemed by the precious blood of
Christ as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot." lint some of us are much
at sea about the water. The water and
the blood are figurative expressions. Hut
the figures are typical. And if we under
stand the types, both will turn our
thoughts to the sacrilice of Calvary. The
water was "the water of purification" of
Numbers IB. Water that owed its eeic
nionial efficacy to the sin offering. Hut
the sin offering was only for n redeemed
people; a people alreadv redeemed hy the
blood of the l'uchal Lamb. When the
Lord returns in blessing to Israel, then,
us Kzckiel .'Mi teaches us, lie will come "by
the water " Hill this is because His first
coming was not by the water only, but
by the water and the blood. The blood
has already lieen hed, redemption is ac
complished. The two, T repeat, must never be sepa
rated. And as redemption is altogether
Hod's work, so also is the new birth. Like
the Apostle's ministry flial. 1: I, It. V.),
it is "not from men, neither through
man." No ordinance or "sacrament" has
anything to do with it Men can tin time
ami place for ordinances, for ordinances
relate to earth: but the new birth is frnni
above. The Spirit breathes where He
Wilis.
It is to this thirty-sixth ehe.pter of Kze
ktel that these words of Christ refer.
Three elements in the new birth are speci
fied in the prophecy:
(I) "I will sprinkle clean waier upon
yon. and ye shall be c!ean." (v. il.i.)
121 "I will give von a new heart."
(v. 20.) '
("I "And T will pit My Spirit within
von." (v. 27.)
"THE WATKI! OF I i W ! K X E R AT I O S . "
In .Matt. 1!):2, the time of its fulfill
ment for the man is designated by the
Lord as "The Regeneration." And in the
only other passage in the Xew Testament
where that word occurs, it. is used in con
nection with "the water of purilieation"
and the Y..i kiel prophecy. I allude of
course to Titus :):.": "He saved us by
the wa.-I iiv of regeneration and renew
ing of toe Holy Ghost." The word here
Used is loiitr.ni. It is in--renilered
"washing." lor it is a noun substantive
i ml not a verb: and the R. V. gloss (mar
gin I is ini-.li n ling, for loulrou is never
ii-ed in th" Grief. Rible for "the laver."
Hut. in the Greek Version of Ki elns. ."4:2.1
il is ued for the vcs-cl whirls held "the
water of puriiieation."
Hut to return to the Divinely appointed
rile of the Jewish religion, What was the
symbolism of the water? Scripture itself
supplies the answer. The word loutron,
like the word "regeneration." occurs onlv
twice in the Xew Testament. I have al
ready spoken of Titus 3:5; the other pas
sage is Eph. .r) 2ll. Christ gave Himself
for the Church, "that He might sanctify
and cleanse it with the loutron of water
by the Word." In the. type the Israelite
reached the sacrilice by means of the wa
ter: in the antitype the believer reaches
the sacrifice by means of the Word. Hence
the language of Scripture, "the loutron of
water ill the Word. The water of puri
fication was, as we have seen, the water of
regeneration; and it is by the Word that
the sinner is born again to God. It haa
nothing to do with mystic arts or shib
boleths after the pattern of nncieiil Pa
ganism. "We are born again" (as the in
spired Apostle teaches) "by the Word of
God" "the living and eternally abiding
Word of God."
And to- guard against all possibility ot
error or misapprehension, it is added,
"And this is the Word which by the Gos
pel is preached unto you" preached, as
lie had already declared, "with the Holy
Ghost sent down from Heaven." Not
the Spirit without the Word, nor the
Word without the Spirit, but the Word
preached in the power of the Spirit.
In all this the truth of Christianity is
the counterpart and complement of the
teaching of the Old Testament. How can
sinners, helpless, hopeless, dead as dead
as dry bones scattered on the earth la
born again to God? "Can these bones
live? was the question which ten tne
prophet to cast himself on God. And the
37th chapter of Ezekiel gives the answer:
Preach to them. Call upon them to hear
the Word of the Lord. (v. 4). This is
man's part; or if anything more remains
it is ' Prophecy unto the breath" pray
that the Spirit mav breathe upon these
dead. The rest is God's work altogether.
For "the Spirit breathes when He wills."
Men preach; the Spirit breathes; and
the dry bones live. Thus it is that sinners
are born again. -London Christian.
Look Aliead.
There is glory for the time to come. A
great many people aeem to forget that the
best is 'before us. Dr. Bonar once said
that everything before the true believer is
"glorious." This thought took hold on
my soul, and I began to look the matter
up and see what 1 could find in Scripture
that was glorious hereafter.
I found that the kingdom we are going
to inherit is glorious; our crown is to be a
"crown of glory;" the city we are going to
inhabit is the city of the glorified; the
songs we are going to sing are the songs of
the glorified; we are to wear garments of
"glory and beauty;" our society will be
the society of the glorified; our rest is to
be. "glorious;" the country to which we
are going is to be full of the glory of God
ana ot tne lsjuio.
There are many who are always looking
on the backward path and mourning ovet
the troubles through which they have
passed; they keep lugging the cares and
anxieties they have been called on to bear
and are forever looking at them. Why
should we go reeling and ataggering tinder
the burdens and tares of life when we have
such glorious prospects before ua?--D. L.
Moody.
The Opposer of Christ.
An unloving spirit is ihe worst treachery
to Christ that we can offer. How often dc.
those who are full of good works for tilt
Lord stoii to think of this? The harsh
word spoken by the busy teacher or super
intendent or pastor is a travesty on tht
profession audi a one makes. For Chris)
is one with God, and God is love. Unlove
is anti-Christ. We cannot serve Christ
while unlove for any child of His is in out
hearts or words. "And if I have the gill
of prophi.Vv, and know all mysteries anr
all knowledge; and if I have all' faith, sc
as to remove mountains, but have not love
1 am nothing. And if 1 bestow all mj
goods to feed the poor, and if 1 give ni)
body to lie burned, but have not line, i
profiteth me nothing." "This is My com
mandiuent, that ye love one another."
Fray For Holiness. .
Let our prayer he ever for more holinesi
and more fitness for the kingdom. Thci
shall the tabernac le of God be with men
and we shall be His people, and God Hun
sell shall be with us.
Oil Tree of China.
Five years ago ,the attention of
American Importers was called to tho
voIiia aa an flfllrlncfnl Anrl flrler In
varnish,, for the finer kinds of furni-
tu re, of the product of the Chinese
wood oil tree.
Since then two American firm' have
established branches at Hankow,
China, for the exportation of the oil,
and one of them has shipped pearly
200,000 gallons since last fall. Be
cause of' the fact that no barrels are
manufactured In' the province where
the oil tree grows, a Hankow firm has
Imported from New York shocks for
5,000 barrels and machinery for set
ting tbem up. About a thousand
seeds of the oil tree have been
planted in California and are doing
well. Manufacturers' Record.
Studying Philippine Problem.
Alleyne Neland, the British traveler
and author, baa arrived In Boston. He
Is the British authority on tropical
colonization and has been studying the
prospects of the United States for Im
proving the Philippines aa Ui British
nave done In India.
THESUNDAY JSCH00L
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR NOVEMBER 6.
Snhjecl: Jonah, Ihe Hoy King, It Kings
St., 1-18 Uolilen Text, Prov. xxli., X
Memory Verses, 10-19 Commentary
on the lays Lesson.
Introduction. Our lessons now return
to the kingdom of Judah. Last quarter we
saw how Jehoshnphat, in his desire to
deep peace with the northern kingdom,
maile the fatal mistake of uniting his on
Jehoram to Athahah, the dauglitei of
Ahab and Jezebel. Athallali was the
image of her heathen mother, and thf
union was disatrous in the extreme to the
kingdom of .IuiIhIi. Jehoram was weak as
well as wicked, and was wholly under the
influence of his heathen queen, and the
licentious worship of Haul was soon in
t.oduecd into Jerusalem and established
over the country.
Commentary. I. Athaliah usurps the
throne (vs. 1-3). 1. "Athaliah." As soon
as Athaliah, Jehoram's widow, knew that
her son Ahaziuh was dead, she at once
took steps to aeat herselt on the throne.
She was wicked and unscrupulous and en
deavored to make her title to the throne
ferine by ordering all of the male members
of the royal family to be put to death.
2. ".lehosheba." She was probably a halt
sister of Alia.iali and a step-daughter of
Athaliah, being the daughter ot Joram
bv another wile. She was the wife of
Jehoiuda.' the priest (2 Chron. 22:11),
which explains the euse with which she
i mild arrange for hiding .loath in the
temple, "look Joas'.i." He was an in
fant at this time, not a year old. "The
bedchamber." The original words signify
a chamber of beds. Not a regular sleep
j ig apartment, for Athaliah would leave
no such place unsearched, but a place
where beds were stowed away, 3. "Was
with her." That is, his nurse. "Hid
"nx years." He was concealed in one of
Die chatnliers which ran around the temple
on two sides and one end und which were
"variously uicd as wardrobes or as dwell
ing rooms." We may safely conclude that
thev were under the control of the high
priisl, Jehoiada. ' 'I his would be a safe
hiding place, lor Athaliah probably never
visited the temple, which, under her reign,
:'el! into neglect and disrepute.
II. The plan to muke Joash king (vs.
4-111. 4. "ihe seventh year. me sev
enth year of Joash s age. See V. 21.
Jehoiuda." The high priest. He was
brother-in-law to Ahaziuh, and therefore
uncle to Joash. In the revolution which
1 e planned he showed great tact and abil
ity. Always loyal to Jehovah, he was a
safe and wise counselor. "Captains over
hundreds'' (R. X.). Their names are given
in 2 Chron. 23:1, 2. They were piobably
itinera of the army, having charge of a
hundred men. "Carites" (R. V.). The
men ol ( aria, in Asia Minor. "Guard."
The word rendered "guard" is literally
"runners" und applies to the royal body
guard; the "Caritea'' are thought to be a
timiiar class. These officers were strictly
military. "Made u covenant," etc. He
made a covenant with the five captains
whom he had taken into his confidence
and bound them under a solemn oath to
assist him in carrying out his plans.
.5. "He commanded them.' The de
scription of the arrangement of the Levite
guards in the verses, which follow is ob
scure. The dillicully comes from our ig
norance of some of the terms employed.
"A third part," etc. The guards were di
vided into live companies. "On the Sab
bath." A large Mitubcr of Levites were
(instantly employed about the temple, and
they relieved each other by turns, making
their shifts on the Sabbath. Jehoiadu's
plan was to enlist the services of those who
were retiring from duty as well as those
who were entering upon duty. "The king's
house." One-third of those who were
entering upon duty were to remain out-
Side, instead ot entering tne lemp.e, as
usual, and guard the passngewuy leading
to the rnval residence.
0. "Gate of Sur." A third part were to
guard the gate Sur, which wus probably
"the main entrance into the inner court
of the temple." "Gate behind the guard.'
A third part were to guard this gate,
which waa evidently "some well known
side or rear entrance into the court of
the temple, from which an attack might be
xpected." "Be a barrier" (R. V.). In
this wuy the Lcviles were to guard the
approaches to the temple and be a barrier
or defense.
7. "That go forth." Those relieved
from duty on the Sabbath instead of re
turning home were to form themselves
into two divisions and act as the imme
diate bodyguurd of the youthful king.
Their particular duty is more fully given in
verse 8. 8. "Within the ranges." "With
in the ranks" (R. V.). U. "Kvery man his
men." That is, each of the five captains
took immediate charge of the company of
men put under him. , . , , m,
10. "David's spears and shields. Ihe
trophies of David's many wars, stored
probably in some of the chambers sur
rounding the temple. It would have ex
cited suspicion if the captains and the
Invites had entered the temple armed. 11.
"The guard stood," etc. J rom each cor
ner of the porch, on the right and left,
the men were ranged in lines between the
temple and the altar which stood in front
of the porch, so that when the king came
forth he could advance between the lines
and be brought into the space encioseu
by them.
III. The boy king crowned (v. 12). 12.
"He brought forth. Jehoiada, who had
charge of Joash, brought him out and
officiated in the ceremony that followed.
"The testimony." As a part of the coro
nation ceremony the high priest gave
Joash a copy of the law of Moses. See
Deut. 17:18, 19. "They made him king.
The people appear to have all been of one
mind and rejoiee greatly that the reign
of the wicked Athaliah was ended.
IV. Athaliah slain (vs. 13-10). 13.
"When Athaliah heard the noise.' The
arrangements had been made with such
secrecy that Athaliah knew nothing of
what was going on. When she heard the
noise she hurried into the temple to as
certain the cause of the tumult. 14. "The
king stood by the pillar" (R. v.). Some
spot is here clearly designated which was
the special position of the king on auch
occasions. We see that Athaliah took in
the whole scene at a glance and knew
orifhnut. Kinu told what was going on.
in Tl, hiili i.rieat commanded that she
he taken without the temple, so that the
Z& &U M not be stained
with human Diooa. m biso corumanueu
that any one wno migut auuentu w
fend her should be instantly killed. 18.
Athaliah was slain.
DIG GOLD DESPITE THE WAR.
Americans In Korea 8ald to Be Pros
pering In Their Operations.
According to a report received by
the state department from tne Ameri
can logation at beoul, Korea, the Ko
rean gold mines controlled by the
uriental Consolidated Mining coin-
pany are prospering wonderfully,
in
spite of their being In the center of
the war cone.
A few weeks ago J. Bloat Fassett
and H. D. Perkins of New. York, and
Leigh Hunt, formerly of Portland,
Ore., applied to the United States
government for protection for theli
property and employes in Korea. In
answer to the representations made
by the state department the govern
ment was assured by both belliger
ents that the property was safe from
molestation.
The report received from the
American legation gives some figuref
from the annual report of the Orien
tal company. It shows that the com
pany controls COO square miles of rich
territory In northwest Korea under a
concession obtained from the emperor
by Leigh Hunt. They are operating
eight mines, besides a number of tri
butary mine worked by Koreans.
The total operating profit for HI03
was $702,315.K.
FPWOBTH LEAEUE LESSONS
NOVEMBER SIXTH.
The Study of Missions Mlsolon
Study Rally Day. (Isa. 60. 1-9.)
The phrase World Evangelism has
in it the startle and sUr of a bugle
blnHt. Thin new department, of Leag
ue activity Ir Indlmtlve of virility
ftnd an evidence of red-blooded, ting
ling life In our young people's truly
great organization. Expansion has
derived new meaning from modern
movements. ETxpannlon ahould be the
aim of nations, churches, Individuals
There is no study in all the range
of literature more conducive to the
wise and sane and symmetrical expan
sion of personality than the syste
matic sfmly of missions.
Forward! This is thp suggestive
word that starts the beating pulse and
marching feet on a campaign of con
quest. Forward! This is the strong
word that characterizes the aim of
our work. Livingstone, from the
heart of lonely Africa, put n new
power Into th.ls word when be cried.
"Anywhere, provided It be forward!''
Catching It, from his dying Hps, out
secretaries have seized It and placed
It where it must be of much service.
They now summon us fo take up For
ward Mission Study Courses.
Interest In these courses Is .Inten
sified by the united pursuit of theso
studies by both Epworth Leaguers
and Christian Endeavorers. Hosts
or young Christians from these two
giant organizations are formed Into
classes for the study of these same
valuable and entertaining works. It
would be difficult Indeed to find two
men so well qualified for this high
task as Professor A mo R. Wells,
editor of the Christian Endeavor
World, and Mr. S. Karl Taylor, out
Field Secretary for Young People's
Work. These two finely equipped
men are the ofllciul representatives
of fifteen denominational Missionary
Boards. What stronger Indorsement
could be desired?
How can our work be done more
effectually than by a Mission Study
Rally Sunday? Why could there not.
be such a rally In every Methodist
Episcopal church on t tits continent?
It could be If only a few live Epworth
lans In each society would determine
to have It so. What grand results
would flow from a Mission Study
class In every chapter? Millions of
money In a very few years, thousand:
of new missionaries, and increased
missionary enthusiasm in all tho
home churches. It oui;ht to be.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
HE clouds do not
make the night.
The affected is
never effective.
Every loveless
day Is worse than
lost.
Working is the
best way of watch
ing. Most of our "can
nots" are "will
nots." Prayerless preach
ing will be power-
less.
True watch dogs do not waste their
breath barking at flies.
Loss of revenue accounts for much
loathing of righteousness.
There's a lot more light in a tallow
dip saint than In many a star preacher.
The devil always endorses the man
who doesn't need to go to Sunday
school.
You may have peace from the devil
when you are wholly possessed by the
devil.
The best way to drive your children
to sin is to keep your religion for com
pany. There's a good deal of difference be
tween the charity that shines like a
lighthouse and that which glares like
a billboard.
Holiness Is the only livery of heav
enliness. A man shows his real self In the way
he treats a child.
Only the devil can make a dime look
like a dollar.
Iron character does not come from
easy circumstances.
Nature reproves with death that
which doea not Improve.
The pessimist should never go Into
politics; he starts out with too much
truth In bis pack.
Wonderful Echoes.
One of the finest echoes of which
we have record Is mentioned by
Barthius, in his notes on the Thebais
of SUtius. This was on the banks of
the Nubu, between Coblenz and Bin
gen, where an original sound was re
peated seventeen times.
At Milan Is an echo which reiter
ates the report of a pistol from fifty
to sixty times. In a cave of the
Panthbon it la said that the guide, by
flapping his coat, makes a noise equal
I to the report of a twelve-pounder
. jmy speaKS oi "-
where a stone tossed In would raise a
peVfect storm.
The sweetest echo in all the world
answers a call at the Bide of the tomb
of Nur-Mabal dud Jebanhglrn, at Agra
The guide raises the cry: "Great is
God aud Mohammed la his Prophet
Allah! Allah"! At first three distinct
musical notes are heard In the echo,
which reverberate round the dome,
and ascend until they reach the small
er dome, where they re unite, and e
cape from the temple as one tone.
Odd Relics Are Unearthed.
Since so much excavation has been
done in New York of late, particular
ly for the subway and other railroad
tunnels, a great number of historic
relics have been discovered by labor
ers. The most recent find was a
medal for bravery presented to one
Thomas Sampson, who was a membet
of the metropolitan police force fif
ty yiars ago, and a famous federal
apy during the civil war. The medal,
which is a gold one, was given to the
officer for life-saving heroism. This
fact is stated on one aide of the medal
while on the other la the figure of
ship In distress and on the shore two
men are attempting to throw a lit
line to the wrecked mariners. Samp
son was oue ot the body guards tc
Lincoln during his first Inauguration
and took part In the search for the
plotters who were responsible for ulf
assassination.
A Prayer of Ihe Hill Country.
"And the strength of the hills is His olso.
Lift me. O Lord, above the level plain,
Reyond tho cities where life throbs and
thrills,
And in the cool airs let my spirit gain
The stable strength and com age of Thy
inns.
They are Thy secret dwelling places Lord!
Like Thy majestic prophets, old aud
hoar.
They stand assembled in divine accord,
Thy sign of established power forever
more.
Ilerc pence finds refuge from ignoble wars.
Ami faith, triumphant, builds in anow
and rime,
Near the broad highways of the gre.itct
stars.
Above the tide line of the seas of time.
Lead me yet further. Lord, to peaks more
clear
t'ntil the clouds likeshining meadows lie
Where through the deeps of silence I may
hear
The thunder of Thy legions marching by
Meredith Nicholson, in American Culti
vator. Fall of Troubles.
Men and women must bend (heir backs
and load up with tlio troubles of life. It
always was so and always, no doubt, will
be so.
The last trouble we have on earth is
while we are getting out of it. If we die
as we should we will have no more trouble.
If we die as we should not our troubles will
have only juxt begun.
Why some of my renders should have
pilch terrible troubles I do not know. Per
haps some of them are of the kind Unit
have worried me more in thought than in
reality.
Little troubles are sometimes a nuisance.
Kot large enough to weigh us down, but
just large enough to spoil the day ami rob
us of sleep at night.
A few nights since I was troubled about
almost nothing, but it would not leave me
and was strong enough to toss me about
on my bed. Rut sleep had its way, and
the next morning I could not help smiling
at myself for being so foolish as In let such
a little bit of a I long trouble me.
Rear your burdens as lightly as you can.
Do not pet or hug them, hut give them to
understand that you have something bet
1er on hand than to be a cultivator of
troubles.
The truth is that many of our troubles
are brought about by our own foolishness.
A gentleman came to me with his financial
troubles, and was frank cnoujh to say
that they were the result of his having
pent or allowed his family to spend over
Jr.'OOO a year, while bis salary was ifHOil.
The condition he found himself in was
that he had $'IOil worth of trouble during
the p.it year and had very little comfort.
Troubles brought about by sickness are
of a very serious kind and cannot be al
ways helped.
The daughter of a friend of mine was
taken to a hospilal in Nassau County. X.
V., to tie operated on for the third time
last week. As her father was relating to
me what Hie young girl had to go through
toy he.'irt ached for him and his whole
family, and especially for the young girl.
There are troubles that make one feel
Ihut this is a bard world to live in. So
far in life grace has been given too to bear
up under all the ills of life that it lias been
me lot lo encounter.
To do all you can to bear the burdens of
others is a good way to bear your own bur
dens c.-mily. Take my word for it, for I
have often found it to be so.
f met an old lady in a village where 1
nnce resided who was so troubled with the
backache t lint 6he was going to help an
ather old lady who was in the same condi
tion. Her idea was that while helping
her friend in her troubles she would for
get her own. It is sometimes ijond policy
to be your own doctor in this way.
Troubles! Don't stop to count' I hem, for
if you do they will grow about as fast as
you ran ciinmerale them.
The religion you profess is yours for the
purpose of enabling you to beat down your
sorrows, no matter what thev may be. You
must do your best and trust the rest to
fjod.
It is not pleasant to be poor: it is not
cheerful to be sick, and there is no com
fort in being despised and unkindly treated
by others. Rut if it is your lot to be thus
afflicted keep on thinking and hoping that
there will soon come a change for the bet
ter. If the change never comes you will be
no worse off for your thoughts.
If we had no trouble in this world we
would be very loth to leave il. While I
wa? looking at a dving man he suddenly
opened his eyes and said, "IJeorge, I have
had enough of the troubles of this life and
Jesus will soon take tne home. "Soon
proved to be inside of ten minutes. When
Ihe doctor pronounced the iinod man dead
Cieorge softly responded "llod is good."
Surely none of you have forgotten that
there is a great burden bearer, who ij ever
ready to help von in everv time of need
not necasionalli , but all the time. Oeorge
It. Scott, in Sihbath Reading.
The Need ami Supply ot Ihe Church.
What Christ said to those men can be
said truthfully of any people in this day.
If we would do siiccestfiil work for our
Ma-ter, in a special line of work, making
the most of our-eives, let us remember that
when we have done all we can there still
exists nerds that only- the spirit of tiod
can supply. It is true that every Christian
lias the spirit, of tiod. These men lo whom
( liri.it was speaking had known what it
wa to possess power. You remember they
were commissioned and sent out two tiv
two into every city, and they came hack
rejoicing that even the demons had been
subject to thctn, and rejoicing in possession
of power. What we need to-day is bold
ness. Not a braggadocio spirit, but such a
confidence in the Master, such a devotion
that they are not willing that tiny should
question whether they belong to Him or
not. My dear brothers in Christ, if we
want this Central Uuptist Church to be a
power in this city, we need to be tilled
with the spirit of (iod Shall we seek until
we obtain it? r-hall we hear the word: "If
ye then, being evil, know how to give gifts
unto your children, how much more, then,
will He give the Holy (spirit to them that
ask il?" It is for this that I long. It is
for a people tilled with the spirit of (iod.
1 will risk everything else in the way of
difficulties if once we have Him. Mia II mui
eeck Him until we obtain 1 1 1 in ? -1 roul
bcriuon by the llev. L. M. Cite.
. Try rioirs Way.
After Ills "iceb'e fumbling" at schemes
for so.-ial bet lei men I the hern in Mrs.
lirowning's "Am oi a Leigh" is led to say
that al last he
"Crew willing, having tried all other ways,
To Iry just (iod's."
Perhaps after a few more years of exieri
luent iu endeavors lo reach "the maM-s"
by catering first of all to the needs of
adult our church will decide "to try just
God's" way and begin with the children.
1'ilgrira Teacher.
Some of Ihe clairvoyants
arii up to f luu a day.
London
New Scheme' In Buslnesa.
A novel scheme for getting orders
is to be tried by a Salem provision
dealer. He bas announced that ho
will dispense with order wagons,
drivers of which have gone about
town getting orders for provisions
every morning, and that he will sup
ply houHukoepers with postal cards,
upon which these orders may be writ
tin, and if mailed at night will be
Oiled early thu not uiorulug.
THE (JIMAT Ditfi'lWKlSK
oOME STARTLING FACT3 ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
The Knormoni Pront ol the Liquor final,
ness and How Its Mnnnfsrinrers Are
V.nalileit lo l.lve on lnroine Derived
From Its Rale Men In the Traile.
In f irmer Oovernor of Illinois .lohn P.
Altgeld's new book jut published. "The
(lost of romething For Nothing," o-cur, a
pan:;c concerning the lienor tr.iftic which
niiidit- have been written by one of out
own relormers.
"In America the liquor traffic has v:eld
ed great profit both in manufacturing and
in trailing, and men engaged in this busi
ness show, for a time, evi'len'-e of prosper
ilv. Some of the most paU';u! homes in
this country belong to Iucwcm and distil
Irrs. thftir n,uipages are the b"t, and their
msnner of living is sumptuous.
"One generation of brewer and distiller
in America has pased a v. ay. and we can
study their lives and pns judgment on
their work. The moat imnressive thing
tkst strikes the observer of ter men is
the universality of their moral ruin.
"Personally, mnnv of the tutn rn'nred
In this business are not onlv r-en of -bil
it v. shrewdness and enlei pt i- h'it ,'hey
nre men of kindly impulses a-d inclined
bv nature to be gr-nerous. .1 some of
them noe a consider. dle i 'inc.
"Why should a blicht ban ever them!
It is a moial taint, in t'ic i.;is!nrss that
corps, home to them.'.viMi i: "rail of d.-a'h
"Whv sav moral tain'? litcausc the cf
feet of the whole hu'.iic-. es now cor.
ducted, is to enter to t in- v.f,iktic-cs. to de
stroy the character and lower the som
status of men and of communities, and
this demoralization nnd ruin reaches back
to the source from which it s-.rang.
"Vibrations in the atmosphere move in
a circle in all directions from thr point oi
disturbance, and all that emre within that
circle feel more or less of the shook. In
the traffic in linuor. both the hand that de
livers and the hand thai receives the lapior
becomes palsied.
"ff lirinors were rmde and snM n it-".-,
nnd groceries are sold, the ef1-" t rvnul.t 1 c
different. If men took them n.s tliev 1n'.;e
drug and food, n small i"T ecru, wo-tld
used, and the demor.-ili.i: ;oo f.Ilowin,7
Wouhl be coiiipnrativc'y small.
"f'ut the manufacturers ot lioiinr vri-il tr
make money, and tliey endi .iv ir to swe'l
their sales. For thi- porno-.- tliey entour
age the opening of nloon.
"These saloons become Imininrr vVi-r-s,
where characters and liahiu- of inl-i-trv
are destroyed, where Imliii s of I'rinkiti'.: nnd
carousing are formed that tmll down t-ot
only the individual but hi f.invlv. an I
every time the drunkard and l-i- fnni'v
sink a notch lower, the moi d fffoe- to-' I
to blight the family of tlie saloonkeeper
the brewer and the distiller, who created
the conditions from which this ruin pro
ceeds. If is the reactionary efi'ect of liu
man conduct. The microbe of nior il degra
dation works backward as well as lor
ward."
Old Unities.
At a temperance meeting held s.imc vein,
since in the Stale of Aliihnnia. f'elonel l.e
bamowski. once a I'oli-li cunt, r.nd v In
had served many years in r.on.-tp.irU-'i ar
mies, addressed the meeting, lie arn-ie lie
fore a large audience, tall. '-e. t and vi'.-'!r-ous,
with the glow of health 'on :is f , e
and said: "You see before you n m tn m'V
enty-nine years old. I have ioutht 2" 1 t
ties, have fourteen wounds upon mv hodv,
have lived thirty days utini hni. tli.li
with the bark of trees for bread, snow and
ice for drink, the canopy of heaven fur mv
covering, without stockings or shoes on
my feet, and with only a few ras to cover
my bodv. In Kgypt I have marched for
days with the burning sun unon mv naked
head, feet blistered in the lint san 1. and
with eyes, nostrils and mouth filled with
dust, and thirst so tormenting that I have
torn open the veins in my arm ami
suekerl my own blood. l)o yon aU Imv.- I
could survive all these honors? I answer,
next to the kind providence of God. I owe
my preservation, my health, vigor, my all
to' this fact, that I never drank a dron ol
spirituous liquor in all my life." And In?
nibled: "Itaron Larrv. chief of the medical
staff of the French armv. has stated it a a
fact that the fiOOil survivors who safclv re.
turned from Kgvpt were all men n ho h.ol
alislalneil wholly from the 11-c of ardent
spirits."
Swallowing liiit.
Tliis Is by Hob Tturdette. 1 lie well known
liumoi i-l :
"Mv homeless friend with the chromatic
nose, while you ;:te stirrincr up the sirznr
in a ten-cent elass of ein, let n-e give vou a
fact to wash down wilh 11. Vou m.ny say
you have loiceil tor vears fur the free, in
dependent life of a f.iiiner, but yon h.ivj
never been ah'' to pet enoir-h money to
huv a farm. Hut there is where von ate
piist.iKcn. l'or some years you have been
drinking a good improved farm at the rale
of 1'SI square feet at a gulp. If you doubt
this s'atcoiont figure it out for yourself.
An acre of land contains sotisre feet.
I'.-t limiting, for convenience, the land at
Jtt.'l .ll) an acre, you will t e that it brings
the land just one mill i-r square font.
Now pour down the ficrv dose and imagine
you are swallowing a stra"'herry pitch.
Cull iu five of your friends end have them
help you gulp down that .TOO foot garden.
Oct 011 a prolonTod snree som" day and
see how long it will take to swu'low a pas
ture land to feed a cow. Put down that
glass of ein: there is dirt in it 300 f. et of
good, rich diit, worth HI 58 per aore."
Succeeded.
Many years ajo Mr. (Jladstone heard ol
two young men in the village who had be
come notorious for their drinking habits,
and he determined to make an cfTort to
save them lie invited them to see him
at Ihe castle, and there in "The Temple of
IVa -e." as Ins library was ed'ed. he im
pressively appealed to them to change tlieit j
ways, and then knelt with tln-m ami fer
vently asl;cd (toil to sustain and strengthen I
them i'i their resolve to abstain from that !
which had hitherto done them so much 1
harm. The seipud cannot be told better :
than in the laiiuae of one of the men I
concerned, who s.ns: "Never can 1 forget
the scene, ami so long as I live the memory I
of it will ie lad, -hMv impressed on my
mind. The (,r.nid Old Man was profound-
Jy moved liy Die intensity or his ao'ieila
lion. Mv companion is now a minister,
aud neither of us have touched a drop of
intoxicating diink since, nor are we ever
hkelv to violate an undertaking so impres
sively rititied in Mr. Gladstone', library,"
-National Advocate.
Convincing Testimony.
Ttithop MilUpaugli. of Kansas, says;
''The largest wholesale grocer in Kansas is
S prohibitionist, bat bimseli not a teetotal
er. He gives it as Ins judgmeut as a busi
ness man lliat there is twentv-tive per
rent, more business done by the grocery,
dry goods and hardware trades iu Kansas
than I lure was before prohibition wss es
tablished." The Crusade In flrler.
The consumption of lnjuor per capita is
now about twice what it wss twenty three
years agu.
The Kdiiibui'irh School Ttoird has de
cided Iu have the aleiiiotie leachniic ul
temperance in the schuuU under its juris
diction. The llohoken (X. .1.) Town Council lisve
ptoliiliitcd the employment ni wuiuen in
imliiiu bouse. 'fhe Uam.h authorities
nav. done the same.
There are many thinci lo be very thank
ful tor. 1 1 rent railroad coi potations have
rome lo the conclusion that solier lulu is
preterable to help addicted to drinking.
Thu temperance papers published in the
bermau languag have nisde qurte a gain
in numbers.
In Ccrniiny Count von Haesler is prob
ably the n-.oat coiupicuous totsl abstainer
among the aristocracy.
The ustion's annual drink bill used to
be just one billion dollars, now it approxi
mates a billion aud a half.
In almost all the great fraternal orders
being enuiied in the manufacture, or the
akile of iiituxicants is a bar to admission.
Aud we should all be glad that it is so.
The flood Templars of Xatsl hsvs built
a 111 ball at Durban, celling SJi.Oou, snd
111, mtinif club I'Wltn an-miinnu ntina I k.
bjildui, was opened by a Uistinsuished
souipauy oi adbvreuts ud sduiiuouUira
CCMMERUAL REVIEW.
R. C. Dun & Company's WeW
Review of Trade says:
"Trade reports are more encoaragw
in each week, while the feeling oil
optimism regarding the future is b-'
coming general. With ils customary
disposition to discount commercial
prosperity, Wall Street has lifted the?
average price of the sixty most active
railway share above par for the first
time since May of last year. Manu
facturing plants steadily increase out
put, a particularly gratifying feature
of the week being the large tonnage of
steel purchased by the railways and
the advanced prices for pig iron sn
gest that the depression in that indus
try has run its course.
"Textile nulls are doing more work,
even the New England cotton cen
ters reporting less procrastination
among buyers, which is the more note
worthy becaus-e the new contract
were placed at a time when the raw
material was declining. Shipyards are
more fully engaged and structural
work assumes more normal propor
tions. Retail distribution of merchan
dise is increasing. Payments are strll
somewhat irregular, yet there are
comparatively few complaints.
"Failures this week numbered aij
in the United .State, against 272 last
year, and 20 in Canada, compared
with 26 a year ago."
Htadstreet's says:
"Wheat, including; flour, exports for
the week ending October 20 aggregate
1,066,402 bushels, against 1.357,175 la
week, 4.865.0X0 this week last year,
7,060,137 in 1902, and 4,902,134 in iqoi.
Corn exports for the week aRnre
gate 797.898 bushels, against 857,517
last week, 1,809,X5 a year ago 84,
564 in 1902, and 1, 188,288 in 1901.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
P.ahimore, Md FLOUR Firm and
unchanged; receipts, 4,292 barrels; ex
ports, 148 barrels.
WHEAT Strong; spot, contract,
1 , 1 8 Vi, 1 . 1 8 J ; spot No. 2 red Western.
1.20(1. 1. 20)4; October, 1.1S rV i.i8j4;
November, 1.18)4 r", '-'9; December,
i.tyVira 120; May, 122'Vi 1.23; steam
er No. 2 red, 1.1303. 1.IJ'i ; receipts,
p.430 bushels; Southern by sample, 8u
(fil.10; Southern on grade, 1 0KWI.18
CORN Steady; year, 50V11 50ij.
January, 49-1-4 '3 50; February. 494o'So.
receipts, 100 bushel-; Southern white
corn, 55158; Southern yellow corn,
biro: 02.
OATS Quiet; No 2 white, 34
.14'-; No. i mixed, 33U bid; receipt.
IJ.O'jo bushels.
RYK Steady: No. 2 Western, 89;
receipts, 848 bu-l:c!s.
MUTTER Finn, unchanged; fan
cy imitation, 17'u 18; fancy creamery.
210:122; fancy ladle, 1401.15; store
packed, !2'i 13.
I.fjt r inn, unchanged; 21.
l(ii'2; medium, 1 1 ! i'o .1 1 1 j ;
small.
1 1 ' i'i) 11 1 i.
New York FOUR Receipts, 22,
521 barrels; exports, 8.121 barrels;
sales, ,1.800 packages. Market steady,
with fair demand.
LARD--Weak. Wctcrn steam, 7.70
FORK (Juiet. Family, lb.00; short
clear, 14.00'! 17.00; mes, u.jo'li tjoo,
COTTONSEED OIF Weak. Prime
crude, nominal: do., yellow. 27V12H
POTATOES -Finn. Long Island,
1.75(i2.00; State and Western, l.J5ff)
17s; Jersey sweets, 1.250-1 1 75.
PEANUTS Dull. Fancy hand
picked, s'zs'a'; other d mestic. .iW.ft'i.
CABBAGES Steady; per barrel,
3E VAPOR AT ED APPLES Flasy,
with outside figures rather extreme.
Common are fjiwted at 4'"4'i: prime,
at 4-iirtts; choice, at s'i'jO; fancy, at
bWal."
BUTTER Firm; receipts, 3.50
Street prices, extra creamery, 20)4.
Official prices, creamery common to
extra, I3'a20'j; State dairy, common
to extra, i.Vi ctVi.
CHEESE Quiet and unchanged!
receipts. 3.82L
EGGS Firm and unchanged; re
ceipts, 3,671.
POULTRY Alive, weak; Western
chickens, 13! i; fowls, 14; turkeys, 13
14. Dressed, irrcular; Western chick
ens. 120314; fowls, I3',S; turkeys, IJ
fi 16.
Live Slock.
Chicago. CATTLE Msrket 10c.
lower; good to prime steers, 5.70(2,6.70;
poor to medium, 3 50.5tx; stockera
and feeds, 2.251S400; cows, I.50S42';
heifers, 2.0003.5.00; canners, 1.5082.40;
bulls, 2O0(i435; calves, 3,oo5)7.00
Texas fed steers, 3 75S5 5; Western
steers, 3 oo(Ss 25.
HOGS 5c. to loc. lower; mixed
and btitch'eri', 5 '5573: 80d 8
choice heavy, 5-5(e 5 75: rough heavy.
5.000:15.25; light, 5'5oj3 65; bulk or
.ales, 5.3 ;i 5 55
SHEEP Sheep, strong; lambs,
weak; good to choice wethers, 3 50
4.20; fair to choice, mixed, 325(143.75;
lambs, 4 00'Vi5O0; Western lambs, 4.00
'it 5 ("3.
New York BEEVES Medium to
good steers, firm to 10c. higher; com
mon, more active, and firm; bulls,
strong; cows, steady to strong; native
steers, 400(11.5.50; halfbreeds and
Westerns, 3.00(44. 151 oxen, 3 0063 50
bulls, 2 50 Oi 3 40; cows, 3 15 CfQ 3.25;
dressed beef, steady; exports, 3 40t
quarters of beef; tomotrow, j 500 quar
ters of beef.
CALVES Veals, barely steady;
grassrrs, unchanged; Westerns, low
er; veals, 5 00(i8.5: no verv choice
here; grassers, 3.003.12; Westerns.
3 .cofil 4 00.
HOGS Market 10c. lower; prime
State and Pennsylvania hogs. 5.9
f6.oo.
WORLD OP L4B0R,
There are said to be over 300 suc
cessful co-operative stores in the
United States.
Printers in Marinette, Wis., and
Menominee, Mich., have secured an
increase in pay.
French trade unions include almost
one-sixth of all the workmen engaged
in French industries.
Efforts are being made 'to induce
the National Shorthand Reporters' As
sociation to affiliate with organised la
bor. A rigorous organizing campaign has
been decided upon by the district
bidees of machinists' unions ol Massa
chusetts. tit lust year's 9,840 casualties ia
railway accidents. J.606 were em
ployes and 355 wr Pi'r patrons
of the railroads.
The Printing Pressmen's Uniem will
probably locate the proposed interna
tional office and headquarters in Bos
ton, Mass-
Thomas I. Kiild, vice president I
,nnounced his decision to cctirsi
U-11 " -
ihe American fcaerauon 01 , uao-ir.
' from labor circle,