"THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD"
k Bright Suadaj Discourse Bj Ker.
llTingston L Taylor.
by Retlf lea la aa Affair ef th Soul
nd flod Sectarian, Dogmatic
Insistence li Perilous.
BnnoKT.ri., N. Y. Sunday evening, in
the Puritan Congregational Church, the
pastor, the Itcv. Livingston I,. Taylor, had
fur the subject of hi sermon. The
Knowledge of Hod." The text was from
Psalm Jxxxiv.-2: "My heart and my find
cneth put for the living Uod." Mi-. Tay
lor aid :
X come back to this pulpit in no uncer
tainty of mind with reference to what my
message should be. I know, at any rute,
where it must begin. Unless 1 mistake
the term of my commission, unless i mis
take the nature of the means placed at my
disposal, which are the Bible and the
church, unless I mistake the example of
my Master, it is my business to help men,
to tar a in me lies, to find Uod.
There is no mistaking my own mind,
nor what the aununrr has done to confirm
it in this conviction. To me, as to many
of you, the glory of the Lord has been re
vealed anew in earth and sky and ana. To
Hie. as to many of you, hag come the op
portunity to read and to think and to en
ter into the thoughts of other persons. We
have gone out ot doors with our religion.
.We have taken our idcaa of Hod nod life
way from home with us. We have trav
eled far afield with them in the books
which we have read, llow have they
fared?
h'nr tnVHlf T I... -. .
- .,.,. i.wv any mrttiu get
rid of Jeremiah a words by preaching on
them last bunday morning. They stay by
me, as they began to stay by me in the
earlv summer. "The coda that have not
made the heavens and the earth, these
hall perish from the- earth and from un
der the heavens." Heaven and earth bear
testimony against every inadequate idea of
God. We must have a Cod whom nothing
in heaven or on earth can dethrone. We
must have a (iod our faith in whom need
Dot be shaken by anything we may learn
bout nature, or about the Bible, or about
the liic of turn and nations. We must
have a God who will not break down and
perish out of our foil's in the hour of trial.
We must have a God who shall be God to
us, our God, even when we can only cry
with Job. "Oh, that I knew where 1
might hud Him!" We must have a God
to whom we may say, "Father, into Thy
bands I commend my spirit" in the very
tour in which we may have cried "Aly
God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken
hie? Such is the God and Father of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Such is
the God from whom nothing in the heights
or in the depths, nothing in the past, the
present or the future could detach the
faith of Paul. Such is the God our need of
whom may be revealed to us at any mo
ment by the lightning flash of some great
calamity. Such is the God our need ot
Whom will bear down upon our minds
more and more heavily as wo face more
nd more frankly the facts of life.
Here is a man who has been summoned
by a midnight message to the bedside of
his child. As he goes from ferry to ferry
to ascertain by what route he can rcaeli
her most quickly, every man he addresses
reads his secret and shows him kindness.
Connections are close. Over every signal
light that delays him the engineer sees a
night lamp in a sick room that tella him
every second lost must be made up. - The
conductor nervously hurries passengers off
and on the train at every stop. The race
ta won. The father standa beside bis child.
There are the doctors. There are the
nurses. There are friends. Everything
that human love and sympathy aud skill
can suggest is being done. Where is thy
God? I say, father, where is thy God?
Nature says to him, "I have cout'rived a
little sack in your child's body. I have
filled it with poison. Within twentv-i'our
tours I propose to break it. If X 'break
Jt your child will die. If you are willing
to take other chances, let the surgeons re
move it. Then 1 will do the best X can
for you."
Some men tell me that their God is na
ture. Does your God thus speak His whole
mind? Why. that room where a father is
making up his mind what answer to give
to natures ultimatum is flooded with pure
love. Everybody cares. Are vou ready to
say ("Evcryhody cares but God?" There is
a sick child there to be accounted for.
There is a harsh, ultimatum of nature to
be accounted for. But there are loving
hearts in that room to bo accounted for,
also. And there is a universal capacity for
ympathy and helpful action to be ac
counted for. It is a scene which fairly
represents the tragedy of the world pro
cess. In which aspects of it do you dis
cern the working of the higher law in the
merciless progress of the disease or in
.what is being done to save, to heal, to
comfort? If there is any purpose, or even
any tendency, to be discovered in such a
cene, is it the triumph of pain and the
perfecting of cruelty that ia being pro
moted? or i it the perfecting of faith and
love?
Christians should know where to look
for God in such ccne. They will find
Him in precisely the place in which they
would look for Jesus Christ. .Sometimes
we wonder why so many miracles of heal
ing are recorded in the gospel. Mav it
Hot be becaOse God wants us to know
'ji p'ace H'm when we ore confront
ed by the elemental questions which sick
Bens and pain and death are certain to
raise in our minds? It is the higher law
which should ever speak to us of God.
It it with life and healing, with love and
care, that we are taught to associate the
thought of God. In the midst of life's con
fusion! we know in part. When that
Which is perfect is come it will prove to
be love. We can even think of ourselves,
when it is alf over, looking back and say
ing: "With mercy and with judgment
My web of time He wove,
And aye the dews of sorrow
Were lustered with His love;
I II bless the hand that guided.
I'll hUu lh I.... .1.... -.!'..
- utDi. t.iuv planum,
When throned where glory dwclletb,
In Emmanuel's land."
T lilr. kinl. - ,L.
.. V" 7 4 ",e positive aspects oi
the rirstCommandment: "Thou ahalt have
no other God before Me." That means,
eta ted positively: Xhou shalt have God,
and thou shalt have Mo for thy God.
Hhou shalt have a God. it is the first law
of the soul's own life. Thou ahalt have
God whom nothing can ever make it un
reasonable for you to trust. It is the
soul law of self preservation. How do
,we know when we are going to be in criti
cal need of faith like Paul's of faith like
that of our dying Lord? Every man who
Buffers need it. Every man who thinks
needs it.
I,,4y..,m,t ever'r n,an wll thinks needs
God. We are thinking here to-night. We
nave been thinking some of ilia very
thoughts which have stolen away the faith
of many a man and many woman. We
have been facing facts which throw the
mind into an agony. We have been dealing
with conditions which faith baa to reckon
isrith. 1 have talked with men. the tumult
of whose minds made me think of the
north coast waves, as Robert Louis Ste
venson describes tbtm, in all the terror of
them, in all the power of them to wreck
the frail barks in which men voyage. There
may be minds incapable of tumult. There
tny be people who cannot understand
tow any-question relating to religion can
o stir; the mind. A young man who
think and who knows bow to think said
to me not long ago: "I am (wimming for
tny life." And he reproached Christian
minister for their aparcnt failure to real
ise that there are multitudes like himself,
who are wrestling with the great underly
ing questions of God or ti God, soul or no
oul, immortality or annihilation, liberty
or necessity.
Hutti a man wrote a lime wuiie ago in
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mum nmi ia.i( ii wouiu uu n.r iw
reason witn nun. vui wnst wouiu ue
ia not alwuvs sure to be what would b
, fair and right. Faith has sometime had
tun great a fondues for "Easy Method
iVVith Doubters." This man say: "Moat
pi the reliidoo dvn-usaton that 1 bear or
oe cuuor ii
were the subjects in thinking about which
lie had become bewildered. He culls Hud
lly fur help. It would be easy to aay that
rii bad ainiplv got himself into "a state of
read seem to me to (Teal wtth mere side it
sues why young men don't attend church
how. to reach the masses while I want
to hear (and never do hear) about tho
fundamental, elementary principles of re.
bginn. Is man immortal? Is there a God,
and if so, why does He leave Us in doubt?
Whnt is the Christian religion reduced to
its simplest expression? I am sick of plati
tudes, evasions and glittering generalities.
I want to be treated with sincerity. I
want to hear the simple truth, not "as to A
little child," but as to a grown man, who
must reason ns well as feel, a man who
has sinned and suffered mid now fain
would find a safe anchorage for his soul
in this sea of doubt and trouble."
The editorial article written in answer
to this communication breathes the spirit
of Him who went to His disciples in the
storm with which thev were battling on
Galilee. It says very little about the
trodli.esoine niicstinoM th. n..,n I
i It takes God and the soul for granted. It
j.ui. ,-, religion io us simplest terms and
lets it go at that for the present. Whether
it has accomplished anything for tho
storm-tossed correspondent I do not know.
But I do know some whom it hi. Iw.lnn.l
j and others whom it is likely to help. Men
..sC BfuiiMui vH-iflsiiunes i nave some
knowledge have spoken of it with grati
tude. The narrower method of sectarian, dog
matic insistence is perilous. The existence
of a dex.oiuinatKm may depend upon the
observance of the seventh day of the week
as the Sabbath. But it is a ruinous thing
for a young person to gt the idea that the
existence of (iod ia wrapped up in that
dogma and that he mif,ht as well abandon
the religious life altogether as to let that
dogma go. It has been an element of de
nominational strength to have certain fixed
ideas with reference to the proper mode
and subject of baptism. But it is a spirit
ual misfortune if a young Baptist has not
a pastor wise enough to tell him. if he let
go this doctrine, that i-olinious life is (initA
possible without it. It is possible to cher
ish and to insist on views of the Bible, the
modification of which seems to some, when
they find it necessary, to threaten -the very
foundations of their faith in God.
Heligion is an affair of the soul and God.
The Bible, the church, the creeds, the sac
raments are desinned to serve the soul and
God in this high and holy relationship.
God has a life in the souls of men which
these means are meant to promote and
never to hinder. They do not come be
tween the soul and God. Some sweet old
mystic lias said: "The eye by which I see
God is the same eye by which He sees me."
And we may wiv, also: "The longing with
which we long for God ia the longing with
which He longs for us. The love with
which we love Him is from the fountain of
His love for us." In a relationship which
is the sharing, the identity of life, what
room is there for intermediary means and
ministeries? We have precious document,
precious doctrines, precious sacraments anil
ordinances. But it is not they that give
life to the soul. They do minister richly
tO that life, but it is. .IS it u-prp from
without that they minister. If the soul !
ever really knows God at all. it knows Him
as it knows itself. The soul is sure of it
self. By the same sort of certitude it i
sure of God.
Don't get the idea that you can prove
the existence of God. Some day you mav
fall in with a man who is a better reason r
who will take tho other side. Then, if vou
really think you believe in God because
you can prove that He exist, you mav find
your faith badly shaken. "Every one that
loveth is begotten of God ond knoweth
God. He that loveth not, knoweth not
flod: for God is love." We know ('.ml with
that immediate kind of knowledge with i
which we know the feelings of our own i
hearts. If it ia possible for us to love, it is
possible for us to know God and to know i
that we know Him. And John tells ns i
that the proof there is a God and to be '
known and that we know Him, ia the same 1
iwuu ui piuui. mi. very same proot, tliuc
we must give, if we say that we love.
Lnko tells us how .Testis sent out seventy
of His disciples to do in all the towns of
Galilee as they had seen Him do. Thev
healed the sick. They preached the gospel
of the kingdom. Men and devil gave heed
to them. They returned to Him with
great joy to tell Him all. As He listened
to them, as He looked into their faces, He
rejoiced. Thev had understood Ilim. Jt
was then that He said: "I thank Thee. O
Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that
Thou didst hide t!iee things from the
wise and prudent and didst reveal them
unto babes." Tie has succeeded. Plain
men. seventy of them, had come to know
God tlirougrh Him.
To every minister of ITis. to every fol
lower, Jesus is saying: "Enter into this su
preme joy of thy Lord. This is the joy for
you to seek; this is the success for which
you should work and prav: that through
you men may come to know God." It wa
lor uns very -mug mat lie gave thanks
the nielil before He died. To some He
knew He had given eternal life. And what
could He aay in His thanksgiving that
would be more pleasing to His Father than
what He did soy? "And this is life eter
nal, that, they might know Thee, the only
true God. and Jesus Christ, whom Thou
hast sent."
As we begin our work, the words of tho
beautiful old prayer ring in my ears: "O
God, from whom all boly desires, all good
counsel and all just works do proceed."
We want our fellowship in service to be
prompted and accompanied by holy desires,
guided by good counsels and abounding in
just works. The desire to know God is
the holiest of all desires, the deepest foun
tain of good counsel, the most effective in
spiration of just works. May it be tbe
honest and the constant desire of our
hearts!
Knew Bow. a
All wa quiet in the invalid' room, nn-
ti! a step wa heard coming up the atuirs.
Then a faint voice called:
"Alfred, is it you?"
"No," answered another member of the
family, looking in and then approaching
the bed. "But what is it you are want
ing? Cannot I do it?"
I only wanted to be lifted and turned a
little," was the reply. "I think I'll wait a
lew minutes for Alfred to come. He know !
just how.
Alfred wa only a boy, a merry, healthy
young fellow of eighteen or twenty, full of J
in eiuuiea ana out-uoor pursuits, wan tea
on the cricket field and in all parties of
young friends, tut he was no stranger in
that sick room. He had thought it worth
while to learn "just how" to minister to
the sufferer, ajid his strong, young arms
were the chonen ones to lift the grand
mother's wasted, pain-racked form many
time daily. Wa not that tender little
aervice the very crown of manliness?
It wa Bayard Taylor who wrote: "The
bravest are the tenderest." Young I'co
pie a Paper.
Oar Weakness.
God never makes us sensible of out
weakness, except to give us of His strength.
We must be disturbed by what is involun
tary. The great point is, never to act in
opposition to the iuwaid light, and to b
uiilinz to go as far God would bavi u.
Feueloa.
Hat Learned Much of Africa.
A recent statement In tbe Scientific
American say tbat M. Chevalier, tbe
noted French explorer, baa uxt re
turned from a prolonged trip through
Central Africa, where be secured
valuable collection of Interesting doc
uments acd photographs of tbe coun
try and its people. A phonograph,
which ha took with him was the me
dium for obtaining records of the
languages of the various natives In
the region which he explored. In a
course of lectures which M. Cheva
lier Is to deliver he Intends to reprn"
dure Mies records.
River of Natural Ink.
There Is such a river In Algeria. It
Is caused by tbe Junction of two
streams one of which drains a re
gion strongly Impregnated with Iron,
while tbe other flows from a peat bog,',
and holds a large quantity ot calllo
acid In solution. Thus the union of
tho two streams causes tbe Iron and
tho calllo acid to combine, this actios'
producing natuea '
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR NOVEMBER 27.
World's Temperance Lesson, Tsst. vl!.,
1-13 Oolilnn Text, Is, xxvlll., 7
Memory Verses, 8, 4 Commentary on
the Day's Lesaon.
Introduction. This prophecy, like near'y
all of Isaiah's prophecies, was'prohali'.v de
livered in Jeruaa!. m. Hut while spoken to
the people of Judah it dealt largely with
the neighboring kingdom of Israel and the
calamities nbout to come upon that natio:i.
Tho people had forgotten the claims of Je
hovah and had forsaken His worship. The
nation had plunged luadloni into sin of
every description and especially into the
sin of intemperance, until the land was
filled with drunkards.
Commentary. i. The crown that fad
eth (vs. 1-4). 1. "Woe." Grief, sorrow,
misery, n heavy calamity, a curse. "To the
crown of pride." By the crown of pride
the prophet refers to Samaria, the beauti
ful capital of Israel. The city was situated
on the top of a round hill and surrounded
by a rich valley. "The drunkards ol
I'.phraim. Kphiaini, the leading tribe of
the nation, had become debased in vice
They were a tribe of drunkards, and be
cause of this the woe was upon them. ' A
fading flower." A very iorcihle figure.
Their beauty and g'ory would fado .is a
flower. They did not have the riches anil
beauty that endure. "The fat valleys."
The valleys around Samaria were verv fer
tile and beautiful. "Overcome with wine."
Wine cause men to f ill an eusv vi. tin: to
temptation. Alcohol destroys the will pow
er. The drunkard has a bad character and
generally enters recklessly into the viiest
sins. What is overcome? 1. Beason. In
temperance makes fools of men. 2. Con
science. The moral sense becomes ib ad
ened. 3. Physical powers. The drunkard
indulges in that which entirely iinrits nim
to meet the obligations that are resting
upon him. He incapacitates himself for
any position of trust. Tho penalty is Inst
manhood, social degradation, an impo cr
ashed and a desolate home and eternal ban
ishment from God.
2. "The Lord hath a strong one." This
in a reference to the army of Assyrians,
which was soon to cme upon them like a
devastating storm. The destruction would
be complete, like a terrific hailstorm c r a
great flood. It is almost impossible for us
to realize the devastation that would
come as the half savage bodes swept over
the country, ravaging villages and mur
dering women and children.
.'1. "Trodden under foot." Shalmaneser,
with the Assyrian host, invaded, over
came and carried the people away, never
to return. It is an unsolved prob'epi to
this day where the ten tribes are-, wlu-tliei
they continue to exist or arc entirely ex
tinct. All of this was because of sin' and
especially the sin of drunkenness.
4. "As the first ripe tig" (K. V.) As
the first ripe fruit was eagerly seized by
the fruit gatherer and hastily eaten, so
Samaria would bo a delicious morsel for
the Assyrians. The image expresses in the
strongest manner the great ease with
which the invaders would take the cuv
and the whole kingdom of Israel, and the
eagerness with which tlu-y would se.ze rind
consume the ptey. It is still tit's tli.-t
trouble and sorrow like an invading a: sin
come upon and destroy those who' might
have been happy and prosperous but for
strong drink.
II. The crown of glory (vs. B. 0). .".
"L'nto the residue." The prophet now
turns from the ten tribes to the two tribes
of Judah and Benjamin, the remnant of
God's people, who were to co.itinue a king
dom for more than 100 yean ul'ter I-r.'.el
wus carried into captivity, .fndaii " as to
be favored and blessed. I'nilcr If-.zckiah
mere was to be a revival oi i ciigion.
6. "A spirit of judgment." A clear per
ception of God' truth. A clear head is
promised as well as glory and beauty.
Turn the battle to the gate." Who pur
ine tha Heeing enemy even to the very iiaLes
of their own city. We have n spiritual war
fare to wage (Kph. 6:12", and we arc
pledged to conquer the world for Christ.
Beware lest we render ourselves unlit for
military service by luxurious habits and
sinful indulgences. The drunkards ol
Kphraim could do nothing to oppose the
invaders of their country.
III. Lviu of strong drink (vs. 7, 8). 7.
"But these also have erred'' (P.. V.) "Je
rusalem as well as Samaria has her ine
briates and Rcenes of disgusting intoxica
tion. Though her punishment is not as
near as that of the northern kingdom,
there are seen the marks of sure decline.
Note the effect of strong drink portrayed
in this verse: 1, ICrring, wandering into
forbidden wava and places. 2. Keen the
religious teachers led astray. 3. Wholly
absorbed in appetite. 4. They cannot see
things as they are, or judge correctly. 5.
The whole life is perverted. God's minis
ters need a pure heart, a clean life and a
clear vision.
8. "There is no place clean." The
liquor business is a filthy business, and
every one who is engaged in it or has any
thing to do with it is made filthy by it. It
ia the parent of uncleanness. The body,
mind and soul of the one connected with
it become polluted and corrupt.
IV. Precept upoi precept (v. 9-13). 9,
10. "Whom shall He teach,'' etc. Many
regard these verses as the words used by
tho (coffer a tbey mocked the prophet.
They treat God' method of dealing with
them and warning them by. His prophet
with contemnt and derision. Whot, ay
tbey, doth He treat us as mere infants
just weaned? Doth He teach us like little,
children, constantly going over the same
easy lessons? We must conceive verse 10
as spoken in mimicry with a mocking mo
tion of tho bead, and in a childish, stam
mering tone.
11. "Nay" (R. V.) The prophet's reply
begin! with this verse. Isaiah attack
them with great force end rcverily, turn
ing their own language, spoken in mockery,
back upon themselves; yes, it shall be a
you aay, ye shall bo taught by a strange
tongue, and in a strange land, whither you
will be carried into captivity. Thea you
will be forced to learn like children. 12.
"This ia the rest," etc. Gcl had given
them repeated and faithful warnings,
pointing out to them the true rest and the
way to obtain it, but they had closed their
ears and "would not near," and were
going on io their fancied cecurity to cer
tain destruction. 13. "And fall back
ward," etc. They bad lad great light, and
this made them great (inner, and they de
served a terrible punishment. We cannot
violate God's law with iripunity. Those
who, persist in their wickedness and spurn
Hi offer of mercy will ultimately bt east
(ton Hi presence.
UNKNOWN 80URCE OF SOUND.
Curious Phenomenon on the Borders
of the Red Sea.
A singular phenomenon occurs on
the borders of the Red sea at a place
called NakoiiH, where Intermittent un
derground sounds have been board for
an unknown number of centuries. It
Is situated at about balf a mile dis
tant from the shore, whence a long
reucb of sand ascends rapidly to a
height of 300 feet. This reach Is
about 800 feet wide, and resembles an
amphitheater, being walled by low
rocks. The sounds coming up from
the ground at this place recur at in
tervals of about an 'hour. They al
first resemble a low murmur, but ere
long there Is heard a loud knocl.Ing
sCinewhat like the strokes of a bell,
and which at the end of about five
minutes becomes so strong as to agi
tate the sand. The explanation of this
curious phenomenon given by tho
Arabs Is that there Is a convent un
der the ground, here, and that thene
monks ring for prayers. Bu tbey call
It Nakoua, which means a bell. The
Arabs affirm that tbe noise so fright
ens their camels wbon tbey hear it as
to render thea furious. Philosophers
attribute tbe , Bound to suppressed
volcanic action probably to tbe bub
Ung ot gas or vapor underground.
NOVEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
"How Intemperance Hinders Mia
slons." Rom. 14:13-21.
Scripture Verses. Prov. HI;"; Lnko
21:3(5; Rom. 8:18, 28; M:X; 2 Cor.
10:5; Eph. 6:10. 11; 1 Th.-sa. 0:15:
1 Tim. 4:8; Tltui 2:11, 12; 1 Piter
3:13.
Lesson Thoughts,
The worst thing ahout t'oninmrco
In Intoxicants Is that nun are will
ing to destroy the souls of the honth
en for the sordid return of a llttlo
money profit.
The work of foreign missions 1?
difficult enough without any outside
hindrances: but the liquor selling by
Christian nations to heathen people
more than doubles the difficulty by
: tins, our "gooa is evil spoken of."
I Selections,
j The greed of Christian nations ha?
' turned the entire West Coast of
I Africa Into one long bar-room from
I which no fewer than two million
Ravages go forth to die every year
as a result of the traffic. Morris.
Other vires make their own way:
this makes way for all vices. He that
Is a drunkard Is qunllfled for all
vice.
Intemperance wipes out God's
Image and stamps It with the counter
feit die of the devil.
"If strong drink were driven from
this nation, nearly all the prisons
might be -closed, and the almshouses,
and Idiot asylums, and Insane asy
lums, the city missions, the public
charities, the orphans' homes. We
could dismiss most of our pollremen,
we could pay our public debts, we
could purify our mun'lclpnl politics,
we could have twice as many happy
homes. The liquor question is great
er than all other national questions
put together." If such are the effects
of Intemperance upon the morals and
Institutions of a Christian land, what
must be its demoralizing Influence
upon a heathen people, and Its hin
drance to the work of Christian
missions?
EFWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
NOVEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
An Inspiring Outlook In India. Matt.
9. 36-38; Matt. 10. 1-7; Matt. 9.
36 to 10. 7.
Measured by spiritual destitution.
by responsiveness, or by success,
j southern Asia Is our greatest mission
liem to-day. India includes more
than 1,300,000 square miles. It
shores are washed by tbe Bay of
Bengal and the Indian Ocean.
Through it runs tho filthiest of rivers,
the Ganges, whose waters are re
garded as sacred and healing to
body and soul. Its mountain range,
tho Himalayas, surpasses all others
In the height of its peaks. It is a
vast country with inexhaustible ma
terial resources.
Nearly three hundred millions of
people inhabit that beautiful land,
most of them living In abject poven
ty. But so girted are they that
India has been called the mother of
religions. Bdence, mathematics, and
phJlosophy. Many of her men aro
keen metaphysicians. Bishop Warne
affirms that India has had the high
est civilization, architecture, and art
ever reached outside a Christian
land.
The Rev. William Butler, laid the
Mission foundations In 1850 at
Earellly; but the dreadful Sepoy re
bellion in 1857 utterly destroyed them.
The next year he began anew In
Nalnl Tal, sixty-two hundred feet up
the Himalayas. Here he "stretched
forth the rod of faith and smote tbe
rock, and, lo! India Methodism."
Among the greatest and most sue
cessful of these Is our. magnetic Splr-it-fllled,
practical, deeply devoted
Bishop Thoburn.
We now have three Annual Confer
ences there: the North, the North
west, and tbe South IndJa Confer
ences, all growing with rapid strides.
A publishing house at Lucknow and
another at Madras, a number of col
lege, a theological seminary, mis
sionary and deaconess training
school, girl's and boys' boarding
.schools and high schools, orphanages,
aud hospitals.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
H.KE'can bo no
iA" here tnere 18 ,u
fTZ) If God bus a work
for every man rie
has a man for every
work.
Heavenly music is
set for a congrega
tion rather than a
choir.
A man has to for
get his name before
f If, he finds true fame.
Gourmands are seldom giants.
Keen thought need not be cutting.
The graveyard is a great place for
uniformity.
Our own acts permanently seal our
hearts.
Aping the rich brings nothing but
pain to tbe poor.
None smile In summer like those who
wept In winter.
Persistency In prayer Is one secret of
consistency In practice.
The church loses her grip as soon aa
she gets a cold In the heart
It's hard for a man with corna to feel
gure of hit consecration.
It'e a poor collection that baa to be
taken with, a corkscrew.
The church that lives for figures la
apt to have a figurative faith.
Maxim's First Inventions.
Sir Hiram Maxim began to Invent
almost aa soon as he could Hap. When
but a small boy be Invented a sort of
extant made of wood, with alghts, a
piece of thread with a bullet at tbe
end, and an Indicator for the thread
to awing along. On a dark night he
took his Instrument outside, and while
he sighted It to tbe North Star hit
little ttster read the Indicator. "Forty-five.
Hiram," she called out Thlt
meant they were living In forty-five
degrees north latitude. Tbe observa
tion proved to be perfectly accural
svr. w vuisf'
r isV it
"In Cfirlst."
ST C. IUI RATTFRSBT.
Cal. 2:'J0; Horn. 0:4. 5; Kph. 2:0; John
7:30.
We died with Thee upon the cross,
'We live because Thou livest still.
How can we shrink from scorn and loss
Who watched on Calvary's solemn hill
In crucifixion's owful hour.
When weakness was transformed lo power
We lay with Thee within the tomb.
The door was closed and closed our
eyes ;
Oh. surely, 'twas a narrow room
From whence the Lord of Life should
rise!
The stone moved back. The angels shy
Their glory bade the night begone.
We rose with Thee. O glorious King.
And cast our gravp-elnlhes all away.
The women ran such news to bring.
And some believed, while some sairt
"Xny"-
(And some still ask. Can death depart?
Can grace renew a buried heart!1)
And now We take the Spirit's fire.
Wo draw from Thee, Salvation's Well!
We go wher'er Thou dost desire,
The story of Thv love to tell:
Tour out on us Thv richest store
That we may drink and thirst no more.
London Christian.
The Power of Personal Influrnee.
Spurgeon u.-ed to tell of a man in Scot
land who had come under the terrible pow
er of strong drink. One dav ho went lo
the tavern, and took his little girl with
him to lead him home after he had become
drunk. He carried her on his shoulder.
The poor child, as thev approached the
tavern, heard from within the sound of
shouting and fighting, and begged her
father not to go in. As she pleaded, n
tear from her eye fell on the man's cheek,
llig man as he was. the influence of that lit
tle tear saved him to a tenipcral" life, and
he became one ,f the engineers of the crreat
railroad bridge across the Firth at Kdin
burgh. One of the tuna delightful of our iludies
Up in heaven. I fancy, will be the hitorv
nf the influence of little words and dced.
We shall find the progress of Hie world
has depended on these far more than on
what the world thinks great. How inter
esting will be the revised histories in the
libraries of heaven!
It is literally true that every wo'-d we ay
sets in motion vibrations of ether that
widen out nnd go on healing forever. J
the same way every act of ours, though
done in spcret. makes an imnreion that
nothing can efface. Somewhere there is
ringing every sentence that fell from the
lips of our Lord: somewhere there are im
pressions of every act of .ludas.
Now if this is literally true, as everv
student of physics knows, of our words and
deeds, it is true also of the snri:nal result
of whatever we do nnd say. Kvery n -t him
some influence, for good or evil, ard it is
an unending influence. As Henrv liurion
sung:
' Never a word is said
Hut it trembles in the air.
And the truant voice has sped
To vibrate everywhere:
And perhaps far olf in etcr"a' re-
The echo may ring upon our cars ''
When we go to bed at night, do we think
of our day's wprk as done? li is never
dine: it has only begun. That ero.s v-nrd
is still at work, poisoning some lit'o while
we are asleep. That kind smile is still at
work, making soiup life sweeter, lliiniali
we have forgotten all about it.
Ho such thoughts make our lives tio
solemn? T)o you feel that you never ran
stop to think of the influence of vour every
word and deed ?
You need not. Only make dm lic.irt.
right and all your influence will b,. i iyht :
for 'out of t lie licai t arc the i,uc of
life "
The brook docs not need In p!;t.i nil lis
lovely curve, its dancing ripulc. i-- ji'.;i---ant
sonps ns it flows over its Mom- ln-d,
the drinks it gives m thirsty p-i.,'.!,.-,
the rontrlbut ions it makes lo (lie mill
wheel and the great river and the ocean.
The brook merely flows on, from a nine
source, and the rct lekes care of iUclr.
Hut if some one honld nut a packi'?e of
arsenic in the snorcp of the brook-, how
sadly ill this would be changed? Vet even
then the brook wou'd not titan the harm
it would do; it would onb- flow on. out of
an imoiire source. Amos I!, Wells, in .Sab
bath Heading.
What Is I lie Meaning of "I.nve
Love is Hie bst thing in the wor'd.
Love is abiul the worst thing in the
world. Love is of God. and !ovt is. in a
I scin.e. i.oUlike. I.ove again draws nin
) away from God and sets men against
Coil.
Love is a much misunderstood a"d
greatly misused term. Love is soiHtiines
used as if it were lust, or selfUh desire,
but re.il love has no con. lection with lust
or selfish desire.
There are two contradictory and incom
patible ideas ronne.-tcd with our Kngbsh,
word love. There should be two different
words in use to express those two ideas.
There are two Hebrew words, and there
are two Greek words. The misuse of the
two words in the Itihle both hi log trans
lated love is one cause of the l infusion
ill the common mind.
It is sometimes said that a 'oioit ir.m
kills a woman because be lovci her: but
a man who acts in that way never loved,
nor is be pe-hips, capable of lovinc. Tho
world would be a better world if man
kind learned the meaning of the word
love. It wou'd lie a gain to the be.t of
us to realize that meaning. Do we under
stand it? Sunday-School Times.
lenlm tha Heart.
There was a little boy whofc heart was
touched by a sermon on th" words. "He
hold. I stand at the door and knock. '
His mother said to him: "ltobcit, what
would you say to any one who knocked
at the door of your heart if you wished
him to come in" He answered: "I
would say, "Come in!"
She said to him: "Then say to the Lord
Jesus, 'Come in!' "
Next morning there was a brightness
and a joy about Hubert's face that made
bis father ask: "What makes you so
glad today?"
He replied: "I awoke in the night, and
I felt thut .lesiin was still knocking at tho
door of my heart and I said, "oid .lesus.
come in!' and I think He has come in. 1
feel happier this morning than 1 ever
wa before."
Soul Cultivation.
Thi new department is for every Sab
bath, for everybody, for eveiy denomina
tion and God-bke faith, (fur earnest de
ire ia to make thi column helpful and
uplifting to all, and we invite the co-operation
of our folks. Dricf, suitable con
tributions will be welcomed. Surely, dear
friends, soul cultivation is as importuut
a soil cultivation. Let us not forget.
Tr KM(loa.
True religion shows it influence in
every part of our ronduct; it is like the
ap of a living tree, which penetislv t list
most distaut Loughs,
Definition of Inctnac.
"Give a aentence containing a tyn
onyniout expression for 'Incense,'"
commended a Broklyn school teacher
to her class. It was a very hard ques
tion and If you don't believe It, you
bad better try to answer It yourself.
Tha resourcefulness of school chil
dren, howevw, It remarkable. The
toughest boy In tbe clans raised M
hand When called upon by the teach
er bis said:
"Holy smoke, what a acrap It was!
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Confession of Whisky Manufacturer
"Nnne or My Ktnployrs Drink th 8lufr
Tlirv Know It I Poison" Drunk,
arils Must. Find lalratlon Within.
The man who is a slave to physical
force ,.(Ters within himself. The blows
bio on him alone.
" is not so n-,tl. tt.o ..-1.:t... ir
snfW.. if is true, but he finds o-ensiona
, forget mines, and while his brain is
I "''owned lie has his moments of exaltation
. a' rcco-npense.
I " no u,h forgetfulncss for those
"fin- ,.,. And. when he l.i.nw, hinnelf.
' is horrified nn.l astn.ird because nf
' awful ;,rt in the n(T,. ings of those
i l li.n. not deserved it.
I he b'jws fall in, on his wife ami chit.
H,,,; ;.r,. fa...... dm.endcnt. badlv
! he,! l,s,.v ,e,I. ,,,.( , im ,v,Pn ,p
-r.es b.el- from the delirium nf whiskv
! lc;o r:-il life.
I The dis-ra-.. that f..'l- nnoo ,in. ;. felt
I , ow. Ul-PIll' lie . wit'.. :,! LI.. .1.11.1...-
o mnn Kpom-. (,e
i iiy.' es dr"n';.i (Is
.... h-t-ire ntvni-
.o"-.. he'. it,.,,.:, . I...
ami going
I' Ill's been s,i,l l,i. Iv ".-t t,e vii tijoiisj
Mian w i.i sees ,t ilrnnt;.,r,l f.,'!ituT into the
villi-!- "-is nrnV.LW- ,u,ve,. i li,-,, m!t,)0
i.s hp., I ;Wt I" b.'lter himself a,
11-' '.li,;,, ,-,1 1,.., p,,lr
Mln-l,v n-1 . ,,.,, ?TP .(rpjpp
Ihm th- initivi'liMl wil'-thnt is the story
-....I the will i attacked first of nil. '
II is c.y in criticise mi. I customary to
rte. ui.o the -'runl.-ird. T( is easy to pass
t'v on the other side nnd tool; down upon
t'," mnn whose weakness happens to be
d:oe:-'.nt fro.'i your own.
I'erhans the world would be hcHrr off
if more of us looked at the problem from
the ,f the ,;, WK, .li;,,!;,. ,,, t,.;C(
to help hiro instead nf telling bin, bow
lo'-- he has fallen.
flow can a man be freed from the clutch
of whishy?
Oi.'inuslv the shortest, sini'ilcit wnv
w..iibl be lo do for him in a ..o,l a-.rl he'n
fill wnv tha which wM-hv 'Vies for him
in n vile n-d destructive wnv.
Nine-tenths of all di in-lie,,. ...-.a is based
on poverty, worry, the nvntal weirines
that comes of hopeless stnile against
material conditions.
l-'ree the wor'd from r"'cviv .and von
will lessen the hold of whisky upon tnd
lior.. rorrunaieiv. T 1 1 a T Is lii" e'O'-oos w-oiV
W'hich a slowlv advaiiri
doing, and it can trnlv !
'' that (he
present day is temperance itseh coinp.ii'd
with the past.
Take awav wo-rv fro-o n.'n. .a-i 1 von
will lake the desire for drink from a
great majority of them.
Next in number to th-. .mi arret- of
drunkards who drink fo- (1... ot for
getfiilncfls are those who itri,,",- her.-'se
thev crave excitement and beem-e tbty
lark satisfactory mental oc'-imation.
Idleness accounts for much drunken
ness. This is proved by the .--,t nu'il ei- of
idlers, spending inherited money, that
drink to excess.
If tiie man that In.i it i,rd to resist
drinking. because life is iln'l ivoal.l force
himse'f into some kind of o.vu-'.tion
something to keep him aoin all i!,e time
he could forget the craving for ill ink
eventually.
Lack of excitement in life is one g.-cat
cause of drunkenness.
Take the nvera.re dru iknrd on ,aa expe
dition to the North l'ole. win re there
are danger and an option unity for indi
vidual achievement, nod that man. with
something worth while, snme-hini to
stimulate, to occupy him. would isive up
drink nnd become energetic.
The lack of rational amusements on Sun
day accounts for a great deal ..f drunk-
CtlllCsS.
In the big cities hundreds of thousands
of young men find themselves idle on one
day nf the week, with nothing really in
teresting to do. The saloon welcomes
them, and drunkenness begins with fri I-
ly conversation and Sunday talk close to
a whisky bottle.
The bicycle wa. a great piomot r of so
briety and health. A revival of its pop.
iilurity would be an excellent thing for
the country.
Wholesome Punday sports of nil kinds,
outdoor . occupations, and r specially op
tiortunities for rational M'ndav recreation
in the city, would lessen the hold of whis
ky t-onsidcrably.
Kvery drinking man who feels that
whi-kv is getting too strong for him
liould study his own individual case.
He should try especially to discover
substitute for the excitement of whisky
in other occupations.
When his nerves crave alcohol or when
be thinks that tbey crave ithe should
make up bis mind to give them something
ele.
If the man who feels that he must have
a drink in the morning will take two or
three glumes of hot milk, he will no long
er want to drink.
If the man who feels thnt lie must have
something to drink before he eats will
control that desire, eat his fo d slowly,
and eat plenty of it, he will d ..cover at
the end of the meal that the craving for
alcohol is gone.
Thousands of those who drink mistake
simple hunger for a desire to drink whis
ky. Postponing the dunk and satisfying
the hunger, in nine rases out of ten, will
diminish the whisky craving or destroy
it altogether,
The drinking man. as a matter of fact,
must find his salvation within himself
in bis own strength of character.
The moment a man really wants not
to drink, the moment he wills not to. he
stop.. But he must help the will intelli
gently.
The drinking mnn s.avs that life is dull.
Tie himself is all tli.it he knows of hie,
bis own existence is all that he poscses.
He would not think his hie dull if he
were in danger of losing it every minute
from the attack of some savage Indian or
Willi beast.
How can it be dull when he has con
stantly before him tin- danger of destruc
tion through an enemy inside of himself?
He ought to tind interesting occupation
in devuing plans to gel the better of
whisky.
He ought to find the excitement that
he lacks in making a successful fight
against the power that has destroyed
millions.
To young men we say: K-ep awsy from
whisky. Its friendships are false, its arti
ficial warmth ends in cold destruction.
It means failure, disgrace, shipwreck.
due of the greatest whisky manufac
turers in the world was asked if he had
any dlfilculty in keeping bis employes
from drinking whiskv. He owns one of
the most famous of the popular brands.
"No," he said: "there is no danger of
my people drinking whiskv they know
the stuff i poison." New Voik Evening
Journal.
The Crusade In llrlef.
Hotels and drug stores in Boston selling
liquor to women nave suffered the penalty
of withdrawal of their license.
The Birmingham corresiondent of th
Daily New says that seventy-live per cent.
oi the drinking which govs on in the many
fashionable restaurants in the heart of the
illy it indulged in by women.
The saloons of Sn Praniito cost the
taxpayers of that city 18.5O0.tl0t) k'- year.
The cily receive from the saloons ui li-cta.-ie
fciBO.OKU; or, if you please, the a-
hhjii. ui .--an rraiicuH-o cost the people
IH.:4.l.WX) year mure than they get out
in them.
The employment of barmaids iu Calcutta
is uott forbidden, and even in Budapest h,
tbe capita! ui Hungary, it is devreeu that
no woman under forty years of age shall be
employed in the cafe of that city.
Tbe need of mining town for relicious
aud temperance woik u very great. With
in iW mile of Chicago is a nuuing town of
liM pro pis without a church or uy kind
of s religious service. Another town near
by lis I'M) people, thirty-evu saloons,
but not a church.
Genera) Corronnat, conimonder-iu cuiel
of the French troop iu lndo t hins, is
making eiecial effort to suppress drunk
enness aoiang. the soldiers. lie express
hi. regret Hist warnings eoucerniug the
seiiou effect of drinking habit upvu tha
fetal i a art avt becdwi, .
i
i
household
patters
Hints For Housewives, I
A wouinn iimlorKoliig treatment fo
that most dixtressing of nil alliiientsw
ocrvous prostration, bns found help,
imong other remedies tried, In the use
Of salt water In her dully cold bath.
She sonks a rough washcloth In a
itrong solution of Bi-a-salt, tlrlex it, and
j tubs vigorously with It, every morning.
till the flesh is In n glow.
A delicious palad dressing li mad
with the yolks of throe liiinl-bnlleil
tjrss rubbed line, one tnblespoonful of?
)ll, tarragon vinegar to taste, nnd one)
Jtip of whipped cream, nnd will pleas
tome tastes better. Harper's llastar.
A (Sewing ltoorf, ; nnvenlenee.
No sewing room is complete, suggests
I'ogno, without one or more wooiler
lollies trees or costume banger,
jvhich can be bought very ronsonnbly;
it any furniture shop. On these may;
5P hung garments tbat are in process!
if making, or if tbe various garments)
!bat come from the laundry requiring
t few stitches or mending aro bung In
the sewing ro.im, It is an easy matter
:o drop In for an hour or so and mentt
:bein when one feels in the mood.
Treshly laundered garments are kept,
n a much better condition If while)
halting to be mended tbey are hung
m a clothes tree, than when they are
aid over chair backs or uut away lit
!bests aud drawers.
To rEeinove tstalns,
ff linen is badly stained with fruit;
:h or coffee, put plenty of w ater Into a
loller or other vessel, and when It bolls)
lard drop iu tbe stained nriiele. 8tbr
.'reiitiently, and after a few minute-
npid boiling tbe stain will disappear
iitu mo water oe colored, l.ye or
Wishing fluid may be used for clean
Jiff, but no soap, as that sets the stain,
t bad a tablet-loth half covered with a
)ml coffee stnln, and a few minutes
Soiling made It ns white as ever. Itloodl
! italns imiy be removed in the saun
' vny. if the article Is soaked a short
, tfine first in cold water. Cyanide ot
jotusslum In the proportion of on
i mnee to a quart of soft water, is a per
loot cleanser of badly oxidized silver.
Csed by dealers in cleansing wares.
f'repare a sufllelent amount so tbe art!"
I :le can be completely Immersed. Kx
, imine every few minutes, but retura
:o the bath until clean. Immediately
in final removal, rub dry with a sort
a-oolcn cloth, or the silver will loolc
itreaked. The preparation will not
3urt the hands, but it is a poison, anil
liust be kept carefully out of the way;
)f children. Philadelphia Inquirer.
To Do Little Things.
Always keep your celery roots and
try theui. They arc good for seasoning
loups and saip-es.
Table oilcloths or the linoleum on tha
! tlteben floor can be kept fresh aud
j Meaner wilb oil than with soap and
j iater.
I When weighing molasses sprinkle
j :be scale well wilb flour nnd then it
R ill slip off again quite easily without
! nicking'.
! A plain brown or green wall paper
; aiakcs an Ideal bai-kgroiind i'or pio
I ;uri s, mid the absence- of pattern on
aalls adds Initueiiic-ly to the apparent
llze of the room.
When tomatoes and nillk are to ba
put together, ns in a cream soup, have)
:be tomato juh-e nud milk of the saint
j temperature, thou beat vigorously a
UMe tomato is added, lilt.e by little.
A good general rule ulways to re
member In the use of gelatins Is tot
often the gelatin In cold water, them
j to dissolve in boiling water. Neglect
! )f either part of the process will causer
j trouble In making Jellies.
To save tbe knees of boys ribbed!
stockings one mother re-enforces tbem
by sewing a piece of strong black cloth)
aeblnd tbem before tbey are worn at
ill. It is remarkable bow much longer
toeklngs wear when treated In this)
way.
In banging a mirror choose a spot
where it will reflect tbe view from tha
wlntlow or something pretty; then It
will add to tbe beauty of the room, la
tny case, whether the object of that
mirror be decorative or merely useful,
do not place it anywhere where tliet
tun's rays will fall on it, for tbe sun
sets Injuriously ou tbe mercury audi
slouds tbe glass.
Steamed Pponge Pudding One cup
ful of light bread sponge or dough, one
tabu-spoonful of butter; mix well, and.
let to rise In a warm place; when light,
roll out tbln nnd spread with fresh
or cauned fruit. Jam, raisins or dried
cherries, or any oue kind of fruit de
sired; roll up Into a small loaf, place
In a buttered basin or tin and let rise
again; when light, steam one Uour and
a quarter.
Maple Buns To a pint of bread
sponge add one smull cupful of grated
niuple sugar, two large eggs (well
beaten), oue-half cupful of soft butter,
a little salt, aud flour to make a soft
dough. When light, shape into bun
and let rise again. Bake in a quick
syrup and sift grated maple augar and
cinnamon over tbem. Nice for the
children's lunch basket, and particu
larly good with cocoa or chocolate.
An Kasy Omelet This la made In an
uncovered casserole, the aort one buy
for tweuty cent at Italian groceries
In any city. Beat the yolk of tbe eggs
until they are light In color and quite
stiff. Beat tbe whites stiffly. Add te
the yolks grated cheese, chopped niusu
roouis, or whatever variation of the
omelet la required. Add salt aud pep
per, a cupful, more or less, of milk,
very gradually, aud fold in the whites
of the eggs. Turn iuto the buttered
casserole aud bake Iu a moderate oveu.
These little shallow casseroles, which
are to be had In several alses, are rath,
er fragile affairs, glased on the Insidt
only, aud soft' baked clay on the ouo
aidi. The have a abort handle, like
tbe old time porringer, aud are, alto
getbor, very pretty dishes. For a IUt
of baked macaroni, baked bean. R
corn bread or any vegetable aa fs
Un, tht I are rtcoiuniKUdes.
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