"INTEREST .IN CHRIST" Ao Eloquent Sondaj Sermoo By Rev. Dr. G. B. McAfee. Jesus Owi Character With Its Slriklaf Syav awtry It Completely Ceavlnclnr. BrookI-TX. Dr. Cleland lloyd McAfee, pastor-elect of the l.nfayette Avenue Pres byterian Church, 'preached there Sunday. His subject was "The World's Interest in thr Success of Christ." The, text wu from John xii:B: "Much people of the Jews, therefore, knew thnt He wns there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, hut thnt tbey might see LoKatii also, whom Hs lis 1 raised from the dead." Or. McAfee aid : This is nt least candid. There was no manic magnetism about Jesus. He drew men to Him in no subtle, indefinable way. He drew them by whnt they saw Him do, by what they saw Him to be. Here was a crowd drawn to Jesus by the effect He had iiad on a man. That is the sermon of the morning in a sentence. The best argu ment for Jesus is the effect He h.-s on men. 1 call it best, not as most philo sophical or profound, and not as bearing logical tests better than others. It is te?t because we can all see it and feel the for. e of it. , I nuked a wise man once what lie count ed the best argument in behalf of Christ. He replied, "Christian." And whnt is the best argument against Christ? Instantly lie replied again. "Christian." Kroadcn it. What is the best argument for Christ, and His cosnel? The Christendom of to-day ISel Christendom over against heathenism and see what Christ can do with men. Set it over against the Christendom that should be and see what Christ bas still tc do. Now all that is very simple, and it is at uch simple points in our lives that Christ comes into closest contact with us. The only claim He makes to Kingship is based on the fact that He is one who can. He can bring things to pius. He can ac complish. He can achieve. You remem ber bow constant His fame ran ahead of Him in His journeying. He healed some and they told it. He taught others and they announced it. He fed a multitude ana they clung to Him. I am not suppos ing that the crowd really believed in Jesus for what He claimed to be, but the crowd was drawn to Him by the effect He bad had on men, and thus was brought tinder His spell. Anil no man will ever believe in Jesus on the mere evidence of lives about Him. He must accept Him for Him self. But the effect He has on lives will have its part to-day as then in turning men to Him. The unchanged life does not draw. The thoroughly changed life is His ber argument. You remember I have already said that there are better arguments for Christ thnu the lives of His followers better philo sophically and logically. He ia Himself His best argument. Just a careful, candid study of His own character with its pe culiar balance of traits, with its striking symmetry- thnt would be very convinc ing. For my part I enjoy the so-called metaphysical arguments, even some which are not popular in the philosophical facul ties nowadays. There are very profound ' bonks written which men might read with profit. Hut we are just common men, and wo do very little profound thinking, almost no abstract thinking, and we are reached souner and most effectively by the argu ment of results. There are men, of course, not so bright as ourselves, who would be hard pressed just to read the books which present these obstruse arguments. In my reading, the other day, I ran across a sen tence from one of these profound writers which will interest you, just by way of illustration. It is a definition of religion and runs this way: "Religion is the ulti mate and vital apprehension by the indi vidual of what is conceived to 'e reality in its fullest sense, the inner truth of things; .whether audi reality be regarded as co extensive with, as included in, or as dis tinct from the -world of natural phenom ena, it always, however,' being -regarded at in some way related to the individual him self; any such apprehension embracing be lief, emotional response and the determin ation of conduct, in so far as conduct is supposed to have a bearing on the con Hi' lion of the individual with such real , ity." Now that is not a very bad way ol stating certain fucts about religion, and yet 1 doubt if some ol us would care to go fur in books worded that wny. Some of you have been under the influence of re Jjuion a good many years, but have nevei Worded it just that way. There are, easier wuys of wording the prolo'.md truth of Christianity. I wish it seemed possible, for example, to get a wide reading for the two-year-old book liv Principal Fairbairn of Oxford, Mansfield College. He has called it. "The Philosophy of the Clyist inn Keligion." The book gioiv out of l'rincipal 1-aitbairn's appoint-mi-lit as Haskell lecturer in India, lie had tlin sacred books of Hinduism and felt that he knew how to meet jU positions with sympathetic understanding. When he reached India, however, he found Hindu Urn a very different thing in practice. That turned him , back upon a candid study of bis own faith, to see whether and wherein it might differ in present practice from its .original form. Such a study was certain to result profoundly, and it is a profound book. I wish nil of us Christians might follow an argument which results in such sentences as these: "The Son of Ciod holds in His pierced hands the keys of all re ligions, explains all the factors of their being and all the persons through whom they have been realized." "The Incarna tion is the very truth which turns nature ind man, history and religion into the luminous dwelling place of God." I think I shall not forget that phrase that the In carnation turned the world into the turn inous dwelling place of (iod, that, Jesus, jnce born into manhood, has never died Jul of manhood, and shall instead draw luunbnod into His own fellowship and likeness. We shall be able to feci the personal meaning of all this when we stop to nam 3 over some of the traits w. ich mark the thanged life. It is a life of faith of quiet confidence in (iod. There is no idleness uor lazy trusting that things will come tut right by some mysteiioa method. It Is the life of belief that wc are in a Fa ther's world, making our wsy to Fa ther's house. Ths, faith stands over isainst the doubt and fear snd anxiety of the unchanged life. And because it is faith in Ciod it accomplishes faithfulness . to men and our duties. And this is whnt ' the world sees. K cannot sea faith in Cod. tr can see only the faithfulness in the life r.e live. From gross dishonesty on up to anreliuhility, at whatever stage it appears, unfaithfulness prevents an argument for Christ. This is the argument of the changed liie. And I cannot minluke that it is itii'h argument which Christ Hiin.cH most prize und which the world most needs needs not in these Uig i- ways uud places slnnc, there so much as iu the men with whom it must deal most cloudy. My brat hern, it ia the argument of ur own thanged, Christianized lives that is must needed. The books are stiiing and un read. Tho uncommon, marked ces are many and unobserved. ')ur lives ere daily before our fellows, closely redd, con stantly observed. - These are the worlds aiguuients. And what i sought is uot kinue impossible perfection. Many of our fellows are not unreasonable. No, but there is wanted an alignment tclwcen our professions snd uur actions that shall indi cate that something higher und better bas actually taken hold of us. We claim to be vetvanU ol the best Master; uiu uot faultless servants; we do not claim to ' tie do nt claim to he better than other people. We claim only tins, as Christians, that we are seeking to do us Christ up proves, that we .re seeking to like ths kind ef life He lays out f'r us. The practi cal James iu his New Testumeut epistls ' inns it in s succinct way: You say you uic honest; very well; show me your Don cty without paying your debts and 1 will pay my debts to show inv honesty. U la the practical outworking which convinces other men. Man are saved by their jun in Clu-u-l. Jlut' other men know that lht-y are aaved by ths way they act. Argument resulting so is worthy M s'ud.y. lut it would be so wild as to b l.. j to cl men who look.. uu the ligion of Christ tor tn? outswc to lauot over OHO pages of profound work. We ere .turned back attain to the easier argument In Christ's behalf the visible effect He has on life around. It was possible to study Jesus in His own rhnraetrr. The crowd came that d.iv to see linn and to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dend. Indeed. Lazarus, changed into new life, was so strong an argument that his enemies would have killed him to silence him. And it is still the commonest method to exnlain awav or to denv the effects of Je- sits in the world. If He has Inid hold on s people, we must find out how climate and ancestry and customs have been the reul uplifting agencies. If He -mikes n charac ter attractive and winsome, we tnli: about disposition nnd training. That is, we want Lazarus explained awny unless mean to acknowledge, the power of Christ. The changed life is the argument which the world finds most, forceful. The world is interested, nut in Christ's theory, bub in His success. That nrnunirnt ran be made in a large way. Ilia inllitcnce enn be traced through the long streteh of years. Our own race and nation could be mnde nn illustration. Or the minds of men could be pointed to peoples only yesterday in savagery nnd now lilted into a .well begun civilization. 1 read . recently the life ol James Chalmers, the missionary in the Mouth 8en. .lust alter he bcenmc ac- ?iiainted with the people one of his wile's riends. ns a mnrk of respect anil affection, brought her n piece of human flesh, nicely cooked, as dainty for her own table. They were often invited to cannibal feasts. On a new island, only four years ugo, Chalmers was killed and his body eaten. And the gospel of Christ, with the arts of civilization, has taken bold upon such peo ple and make them fraternal and safe nnd helpful. There is no Christian island in the South Sens where n voyager is not onTn. V,itx, M. . tin .1 ' 1 1 r if I i .1 n iul,m,l tvlm,'. 1 It is a life of hope. It has not yet re ceived its best things. The best times are not past nor present, however glad they may be. There are better things to come out of the Father's love as we po on in the Father's world. And this hope works into the sight of men in the form of cheer, of brightness, of encouragement. Some one asked the other day what 1 thought of laughing Christians. It was a new phrase to me. We do not think much of silly Christians, I suppose, oi shallow Chris tians, whose joy compares with real joy as a giggle compares with a lauch. Hut what can one think of n Christian life whose hope never comes out into the cheer nnd brightness of a joyous life? I heard a child say a little piece once, in which was explained that one day in heaven. lod be came weary of the dinging of the harps nnd the singing of the aneels. so He si lenced them nil and sang a strain of music Himself, and ere it had died awny He caught it, threw about it n beautiful plu mage and cast it into the air, and so the songbirds came to earth. They nre Cod's music sent into life. And nre we other? Who so well as we may catch the glad strain of joy and ninke our lives a gladden ing influence in the world? And if instead we droop nnd pine, and will not benr the sorrows as though they were charged witli glad meaning from our Father, ami will not cast a radiance of joy into other lives, whero is the changed life? The Kings of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned with a triple crown, in one of which wns a nai! of the true cross. And in the triple crowning which marks the changed life, one bears tho nail of the cro. For supremely thu changed life is the life-of love, and love means sacrifice, love means service, love menus helpful ness. No man can sec another's love save as it shows itself in the service of helpful ness it renders. When men seek the su preme example of love they look upon n figure which gloritied the cross, which had the pierced hands nnd feet and side n figure of One who caine ns a . e:enses of glad tiding of peace-Ilia feet beautiful upon the ' mountains, but bloodstained. And love is the hid fact of that best life, coming into sicrht of others ns helpfulness and service. This is the supreme mark of the Christian life such a love as makes us helpful among men for Christ's sake. .It Is no mere pity of other nun's needs; it ia no shallow sentiment which cannot bear to see suffering. It is n far deeper thing than that. It is the commanding motive in nil life to serve. It means laying out our lives for that wherever they nre lived. Sometimes it demands largo things. Some times it comes out in the duily, common life. We may not do for men what they want, but wc learn to do for them in one measure what they need. And so life be comes a constant help to others. These are the plain marks of the changed life, which stands as argument for Christ. Faith, within which comes out in view as faithfulness everywhere. Hope, coming out into view as cheerful ness, encouragement, brightness. '-ove, breaking out into service. Is your life so trip v marked, not by foitumitc birth, not iu shallow ways, but deeply and because you have known Him? If it is, then you in your commonplace life arc lli daily argument, the Lazarus of the present day, drawing men to Him. . - Ths Highest Heroism. There is yet a harder nnd higher hero ism to live well in the quiet routine of life; to (ill a little space because (iod wills it; to go on cheerfully with a petty round of little duties, little occasions: to accept iinniurimuii gly a low position; to smile for the joys of others when the heart is aching: to banish all ambition, all pride and all restlessness in a single regard to our Saviour's work. Moreover, to do this for a lifetime is a stjill greater effort, and he who does this is a greater hero than he who for one hour storms a breach, or for -one day rushes onward undaunted in the ilumiiig front of shot ond shell. His works will follow him. He may not be a hero to the world, but 'm is one of (iod's heroes: and though the builders of Ninevah nnd Jluby Ion be forgotten ond unknown, his memory shall live and be blessed. Dean Furrar. Has We Ullls) rallht Are we to have so little faith in men that we must assume that great wealth will be to them a curse rather than a bless ing? Or does not there now come to ua, an a people, the call so to adjust our political methods by the highest statesmanship, our financial system by the greatest wisdom, und our character by the closest training, us to make this wealth uot a source of danger nd destruction, but of beneficent power? Bishop William Luwreuce, Uo tou. What is t-irT Our business is, not to build quickly, but to build irnou a right foundation uud in a right spirit. Lito is more than a mere competition as between man and man; it is uot who can bo done first, but who cau work best; not who can rise highest, but who is working most patient ly and lovi igly in-accordance with tU ds signs of God. Junepu Parker. How Boys Botanized Teacher's Hat Miss Johnson was ait excellent teacher, but her tasto In dress, espe dally headdress, wu hu peculiar that even her adoring; pupils could not fall to notice It. The verdure which ap peared upon Misa Johnson' hat one aeason was ko untidy Ibat several wundoilnn comment were made b) the buys. "I'm going to ask Iter what thai green stuff Is," said one boy, valiant ly, lo spite of the vigorous objections of his companions. "Hlie won't mind, and next nature study clan I'm Kolng to ask hpr, ond nee who's right." Ho, red In tho face, but stubborn, he rosi) at the end of a lesson on way side flowers. In response to Miss Johnson's general request for any questions which Might have come up sinco tho last 1skou. "I'd like to know about that green stuff nn your bat," he said, bluntly. "Johu Aktn, he says If beach grass, but I say It's onlou uptonta. "--Youth's Companion - THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JANUARY I. 8nMet: Christ tlm Life anil Mglit of Men, 'John, l 1.18-Oolden Text, John I., 4 Moinnrj Vnrsos, 1- Commentary , on the Day's I.ssson. 1. Christ's eternal existence (vs. I, 2). I. "In the beginning." Jtefore nil created things. Iu the ajjes of eternity when onlv tiod existed. "Was." Not became. He existed before nil creation. "He did not eome into being; He was." "The Word." I'he Greek term here translated "Word" is "Logus," which has the double mean- g of thought und speech. "With liod." 1 I closest communion, yet distinct from Him. "Was (iod. ' In substance and es sence (iod. The Father is (iod; the Son is Cod; the Holy Spirit is Cod; Uod is One. An unfathomiiable mystery I It is rashness to search too far into it. It is Piety to believe it. It is life eternal to know it. 2. "The same was in the beginning." God was eternally Triune, three in one. There was the (second Person in the Trinity be fore He wns manifested in the llcsh.'' He was not creuted Divine; lie existed l)i vine, was one with Cod. II. Christ the Creator (vs. 3 ,"). 3. "All things were made by Him." Terrestrial end celestial, visible nnd invisible, men. worlds and nugels. All things came into being through Him, bv His ngenev. He exists, but nil other things were made. 4. "In His was life." He was the well spring from which every form of life phy sical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, eternal flows. "The light of men." There is first life, then light. Dead eyes cannot see nor dead minds know. 5. "The light shineth." Christ has re vealed Himself constantly hy creation, by providence, by the strivings of the Kpirit, by the coure of events, by the revelations of the prophets and even by the dim intimations of heathen conscious ness. And the light still shineth, clearer and brighter than in the past, "in dark ness." J'he darkness of sin, ignorance and unbelief has enshrouded the world in all nges. "Comprehended it not." Did not receive it or prolit by it. Hut unothci translation in the innrt n of the K. V. changes the meaning "the darkness over came it not." III. The herald of Christ's coming (vs. (!!)). 0. "There was a man." (See K. V.) Lileially, "there becan to be a man," in contrast with the Word who had no be ginning. "Sent from tiod." Ood gave Him His minsion and His message, His credentials and His instructions. He was a messenger. "John." The Baptist. An account of His birth is given in Luke 1. 7. "To bear witness of the light." Testi mony, stronger here than preaching, stronger, even, than prophecy as hitherto existing. John appeared first ns a preach er of repentence, but at the same time showed himself a prophet, who completed the Old Testament prophecy in testimony. His mission rose into the otliee of fore runner. "AH men believe." "In the di vine purpose John was to lead over ti'ie faith of Israel to Christ, though the Gos pel was not for the Jews alone, nor for a race or class but for all men, always und everywhere. 8. ".Nut that linht." John was not the source of light, but only a reflector of tile light, a lamp lighted. At this time some were still living w ho were inclined to place John the Haptist on an equality with Christ, hence this plain declination. John was, indeed, "a burning nnd a shining light." or literally, "lamp'' (John ft: to), but he camo oulv to herald "the true Light." . "That." Christ. "Was the true Light." Sat that John was a false light, hut Christ was the genuine, perfect light, the original source of light, and His messenger only carried rays of light from Him. "Which lightelh every man." Not "all men." The Light illumines each one singly, not all collectively, (iod dealt with men separately as individuals, not in masses. IV. Christ rejected bv men (vs. 10, 11). 10. "Was in the world." In all the past ages, in every manifestation oi God, in the history ot the chosen nation, but es pecially when He appeared as the man t hrist Jesus, the Saviour of the world. '1 his is one reason why the world should have received Him. "Was made by Him." Hu was their Creator, and they were His creatures, made in His image, and were thus under the deepest obligations to Him. This is another reason why the world should have received Him. "Knew Him nut." They did not recognize Him ns their Creator, Saviour. King. On the contrary, they crucified Him. 11. "I'nto His own." His own property or possessions. His own laud, city, tem ple, Messianic rights and possession. His own creation, own inheritance. Kefcriing lo all people, but with a special empha sis on tiie Jewish nation, He created, Ho redeemed. He preserved, 11a blessed, He loved. This is another reason why they should have received Him. He came to his oiui kindred. The human race de scended from Cod. Adam was a son of (iod. As the landlord comes to his own estates, but his. own tenants receive him not. so the Word came to His own world of things, and His own world of creatures lid not receive Him. "Receiveth His not." Neither by the world at large, nor , by the lenders of the temple, nor by the cit izens of Nazareth, were His claims allowed. V. The divine souship of bulievers (vs. 13, 13). 12. "As received Him." individuals, without distinction of race, nationality or condition. As mnnv as accepted Him as their Saviour and King acknowledged His claims, and yielded obedience to His teach ings. "Gave He power." "The right." (It. V.) The original word combines lioth ideas the right and power. Koth are true and both should be accepted. "Sous of (iod." (See K. V.) On the divine side, (ind adopts us ss children (Horn. 8: IU, J7), and makes us children bv imparting to us His own life (John 3: 3, S). On the human side we must be born again, from above (John 3: 3. 5), by believing. "That believe." Only thoe are children who receive the divine life and the divine na ture by true faith. 13. "Horn." Snirit l.al birth, regenerated. "Not of bloid," etc. No li iiiti.il descent introduces us into the family of (iod. VI. Christ's revelation of the Father (vs. 14 18). 14. "Was made flesh." As the human soul is united to the body, but not changed into the bodv. so the Kteinul Word took on flesh, but was not changed into it, or confused with it. "The only be gotten." We are children of God in s sense, but only Jesus Christ is His Son in this, highest and special meaning. "Grace and truth." These were His glory. Grace includes all mercy; truth, all justice." H was full of these. 16. "Bear witness," etc It seems probable that this verse described the usual character of John's testimony concerning Christ. .He was continual! , proclaiming viiiibi s suiiciioritjr i uiriMt-u CUSTOMS OF THE LASCARL Have Many Peculiarities, but Make Good Sailors. Some of the peculiar customs of the lust Indian coolies, called Lascars, ire very amusing to us. For Instance hey always eat their food In the open li. v. Itii tlit'lr faces toward the west; ind lire greatest Insult a white man r "Giaour" can offer them is to walk ':clween them and the sun while they na entlrg, causing his shadow to fall on I'aelr food, which Immediately be coniu.i ui'clcan. Their appearance Is rendered pecu Her' by tl-elr habit of shaving theli heads, leaving but one tuft at th aide for "the prophet", to drag then Into paradluq by. When married tbey wear a ring 01 their big, toe. They stand the coK remarkably well, and make good "all orsf being as active as monkeys. It running aloft they Ignore the ratlins and uki the backstays, a perpendscu lar liv rope, which they literally Tflk up. JANUARY FIRST. "Our goals for 1805." Mill. 3. 121C (Consecration meeting.) Scripture Verses. Isu. 1, IS, 19; Acts 2li, 19, 20; 2 Cor. lo, 5, 6; Hob. B, 8; Psa. 12G, 6, 6; Matt. 5, 11, 12: Luke 10, 17 20; Phil. 4. 4-7: Kom. 8, 37-::; l Cor. 15, B7; Gal. 6, 9; 2 Tim i, 6-3. Lesson Thoughts. Did you ever see a runner win a race with hln face to the rear? All that is behind Is forgotten In his enfrerneus and earnes'ness to reach that which ia before, nnd HiIh cannot be attained by running backwards. Tho Chriutlan race nniBt hnvo this same eager pursuit of "that which it before." To be satisfied Is lo gland still. Thorn is always something: more to be attained not in a tantalizing senae sot ltig the goal Just, ahead but never, reaching it; but as each higher point of view In the ascent of a mountain presents a grander and broader out look than the one jtiHt left behind. Selections. The prize of the upward calling Is attractive to thoHe alone who still cllml), and who, In doeper love with Christ, aspire to his nobler fellow ship, and to his more intimate com ptinioushlp. How fine this picture of Paul as the runner, bent on winning the Christian race! How fixed the forward look, how eager the forward poise! In such Intensity lies success. So all the lead ers have come to the fore, by spurn ing distractions and pressing to one chosen aim. Napoleon found an artist once paint ing a picture, and usked him, "What are you painting that for?" And he drawing himself up proudly, replied, "I am painting Is for immortality, sir." "How long will your canvas last?" asked the emperor. "It has been skilfully prepared; It will lusl at least a thousand years." . Napoleon shrugged his shoulders, "Now we see what au artist's idea of Immortality is." We see what St. Paul's idea of life and immortality is, when we hear hint saying, "I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus." The great thing In this world is not so much where we stand, us in what direction we are moving. Paul hadn't forty alms; It he had you would never have heard of him. He threw his whole life Into ouy chan tPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS JANUARY FIRST. Our Coals for 1905. Phil. 3. 12-1G. From the Roman prison tho apostle sends this love-letter, which should be read In Its entirety, for It Is u seamless composition. In the midst of it occurs our lesson. Paul does not here deny "Christ lun perfection," the perfection of verse 1.1, but does hold up as a goal the higher perfection of a greater attainment In the new days before them. He does one thing, and one only: he "presses on toward the murk for the prize." Note It is uot the prize that Paul Is after, but the "murk" for It; that is, he is not seek lug ho much the reward as u fitness I'ot the reward. Not Jieuvin and happl news, but character und holiness, wu the object of the constant und sit preme effort of the apostle. For al years and for all time this was the goul of Puiil. It muy wed be our su preme goul for 1!)05. Every profession and trade Is divid ed into special departments. Men are seeking thus perfection in one thing To be an expert who Is ume to du something better than anybody else can do it is the Ideal of the world. We should seek to be specialists in re Union; not hobbyists, but experts. "This one tiling" should be the aim ol the Leaguer. History Is crammed with illustrations to prove the powet of a concentrated purpose. Have a true ideal for 1905. Many professed Christians are drifters having no Ideal. Others are dreamers, impracti cal ldiallsts. Hut many there are who, having a true Ideal and ever keeping It In mind, are, like Paul, pressing toward the mark. The True Christian Ideal to Paul wus not happiness nor heaven, but Ill ness for heaven: not the prize, but the "murk" for the prize. The refer ence Is to the while line on the ground over which he who went first, won the prize. The "mark" for the Christian's prize is character. He who has this Ideal in life will manifest it. It will be obvious to all. It will harmonize the life. It will in spire to noble deeds. It will redeem from Indolence. It will cure snlf-coa-cell; for nothing humiliates more than contrasting what we are with what we should be In Christ. PhuI forgets the past; not the les sons of the past, but ceuses to dwell In the past. Forget the sins of the past; the mistakes, the failures, the discouragements of the past. Start for the goal. Press toward the mark. Be gin to-day. RAM'S HORN BUSTS HERE are no swordlcas ualnt3. No guise Is too good (ur sin to ap propriate. Prudery Is the foe of purity. Most medals are nade ot wood. Communion must go before a com mission. Theology bothers nobody but the theologians. A principle In the heavens Is a poor thing to pray to. Yesterday's remedies cannot work today's reforms. It Is the gifts we use and not the ones we have that mojte us. Gingerbread on the house is uot as good as coal in the furnace. When a man brags of his virtues the devil Is the Urst to applaud. David's brightest thoughts came to him in his darkest days. You might as well hope to live In the plans of a house as to satisfy the soul with outlines of theology. A man finds as much good In people as he looks for. When a man's gold breaks his buck it is uot likely to bless his heart. The man with a rrooked creed can )l v rit.i iiih but he iloesD't. lip! .. CHRIST OF THE ACES. O Christ of all the nges That have been or shall be, The church with exultation Sings praises unto Thee: Thine is the power and glory, And Thine the kingdom, too; The story of Thy Gospel Is old yet ever new. Our sins have lieen forgiven By Thee. O Lamb of (iod! The way from earth to heaveu Thy earthly feet have trod; Thv riches wc inherit. Thy throne and sceptre share Grant we may suffer with Thee, That we the crown may wear. O Son of God, we love Thee! Divine and sinless Thou: 0 Son of Man. w ho loved u. Our souls before Thee bow; The ages speak Thy glory. The ransomed Thee adore. The church with joy shall crowu Tlire, O King, forever more! -Hev. Charles M. Sheldon, in 'i he Chris tian Kndcavor W orld. flow diving- Iteaets on Me. KY SMOS R. WKI.LM. A rich woman dreamed she went te heaven and there she saw a splendid man sion being limit. "For whom is that?' she asked; and the answer was, "For your gardener." Then she went on and saw a tiny cot tage being built, and asked, "For whom is that?'' The answer was, "For you." The rich woman was tilled with dismay. " hy." she snid, "my gardener has al ways lived in a little cottage. He might have had a better house, but he gave away so much to miserable poor folks. Hut I am used to living in u muiisiou; I wouldn't know how to live in a cottage." Then came the niguific.int reply "The Master Hiiilder is doing Ills best with t tie material scut up." The efleet of giving upon ourselves, our character, our happiness, our prospects, is not, to he sure, a very lofty considera tion, but it i an important one, and very effective. It people know how much good it would do them to be liberal, they would give generottlv just to better their own condition, perhaps: but soon they would come to give for the love of others and of God. A banker gave his hoy half a dollar to I imesi as a lesmm in miines, telling linn . to put it out at interest, and if he did it ! wisely, his capital should be increased. the liov came across a poor Ind. who was ragged and hungry, and gave him the half dollar. When the banker heard of this he rebuked the hoy for his luck of business sense. "Hut." said he, "I II try you once more. Here is ,i dollar. See how well you imii invest it." The hov luiit out laughing. "My Snn day-school teachei told inc." he said, "that giving to the poor is lending to the Lord, and she said lie would return it double; but I didn't think He would do it so soon." Indeed, it U often literally true, as George Herbert wrote, that W ho ulnits his h.m I h.ith lost his gold; W ho opens it hath it twice told. Or. as W'liittier iiz iu the saint, .strain: Hands are ope but to receive Kniiity close: thev only live Iiichiy who cm richly give. And yet there is no immediate or nec essary connection between giving to the poor and the increase of our own wealth. It there were, men would all give from selfish motives, and there would be no real giving al all. I.e us thank God that 'here in not. Hut even when giving leaves ns poorer in worldlv j;'""'. it vastly enriches us in the goods ot heaven. It broadens our sympathies li wuh-us our experience. It blesses us with gr.ilinide. It bestowx on us the mind of the Mister. It gives us an insight into divine tilings. It com toil -i us when sorrows eome It wins the lot'E iestoi all honors, the praise of (iod. When it will do all this for us. nnd do it certainly and le.i.elesslv, is it not amaz ing that our ire so small, so incon stant and s , jrii,i-m? ( Crosftes tli-lnt- Ttielr fimces. The cros-vs of the present moment al ways bring their oivu special grace and consequent i import to them; we see the hand of Cod in them when it is laid upon us. Hut the crosnis ot anxious foreliod inus are seen out ot the dispensation of God: we see them without grace to bear thein: we sec tlicni indeed through a faithless spirit, which h.niishes grace, Su everyt hing iu them is loiter and unendur able: all seem., dark and helpless. Kenelon. riiire Yourself in (loil's Hands. Let the first net on waking be to place Vouiseli. your heart, your whole being, in God's hands. Ask Hun to lak entire pos session ot you. to he the guide of your soul, your hie, your wisdom, your strength. He wills that ive seek dlim in all our needs that we may both know Him truly, and draw closer and closer to Hiui, mid iu prayer ive gain an invisible force which will triumph owe Kecniiiiglv hopeless dif licliitics. H. K. Sidney Lear. A Thought For Preai-hars. Prof. V. It liotchkiss once said to us: "I should have lelt that I had defrauded my people, when iu the pastorate, it I did not :ive them at least one expository ser mon everv Sunday." Pastors who want their people lo grow in spiritual knowl edge must not neglect frequent exposition ot Scripture. It is because there is so little ol it that there is no little general acquaintance with the Word of God. Ksaminer. Music Prom Itie Hroken Cllortl. One Sunday the l!ev. K. U. Mever paused iu the middle ol his iiddre, and, stooping down to where the orchestra wus, lie picked up a piece of violin string thnt had been Hung down by a player. Holding it up he said: "There shall never any mure music come out of this, hut, though your heart be bro ken, nnd your lite be broken. God cull bring hariuon out of them again." B fallen! Willi Others. Kndcavor to be patient iu hearing (he detects and inlirniiiics of others, ol what sort soever they Iu?; for that in y sell hast also many tailings which must be home w ith by oihcts.- i'hoinas a Kclupis. A Word ur i liauks. 1 Lord of the harvest! 'I liee we hail; Thine ancient promise doth not fail: The varying seasons haste their round, Willi goodness nil our years are clowned; Our thanks we pay This holy day; O, let our hearts iu tune be found'. Christian land ird. Parlaershls) la trlr , You who duly it is to leinain st home are equally sharers with those who go into tb mission, fields iu their work; yours equally the resimusibihty ; yours equally to share the reward when Clilisl is florilivd. -Ktv, J. Mudum lav lor. Pigeon Chums with Cat The story cotnos from Newcastlo, England, that a plgeou became a groat friend ot a cat, and since the cat bas had a kitten bas transferred Its affec tions to the kitten and spends most ot Its time sluing on It and playing wltu It 1 Freak Turnip. A Saco. Me., man found a freak tur nip in his gardeu (he other day. It had. four distinct tops, yet It wan one turuip and was grown from a single seed. It weighed seven pouuds and thirteen ouueea. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE, The Saloon Is tlm Anleetiamlier of Hi Workhouse, Crlmpel of K'ase In (tin Asylum, llreriiltlug station to lh Hospital. Mr. John Hums. M. P., addressed a large meeting in Manchester Inst, night on "La bor and llrink." The lecture was one ol I lie Lee nnd linper Memorial lectures. Mr. Hums said that the drinking habits of the poorer t lases had contributed to their political dependence, industrial bond age, civic inferiority und domestic misery. As one bred almost, iu the slums, who had watched the matter as a county councillor and a legislator, he was convinced on the subject. He described the public hoime a the antechamber of the woikhoiise. the chape! of ease to the asylum, the recruit ing station to the hospital, the rendezvous lor the gambler and I he gathering ground for the jail. Thru- was no eompi nsitior in drink. Dealing with the figutes of the nionej spent iu drink, while deploring the im mense niiKMint spent, in everv. workiiu: lamily. he answered a recent critic It pnintiiig nut that, two-lhiids of the dnnlt bill was Npenl bv three quarters ol tin population, nnd only hall the amount pel head was taken by the working elas-cs a wns taken hv the clfsscs above them. Hut whether the c xpendit'ire was 1 pec fam ily or Cl" per family, wot king peon'i could not afford It As to drink nnd trade he said that tie " were promised from 'd. lo '."id. per fainilv per week It tiicv woiiltj tax lucid from abroad. Whv not mvc As per week bv leaving ofl beer? Our e-;pi u dp lire handicapped us in the trade Im:;I wiih Gcrin:iny nnd America. beemie nm larger con-uinjit ion prevented us tt-o-c spending as mm li mnitci per lie.ij n, nihei ilil'Cf-tlnns. unit esiieci.iliy on citile i! ion. lb- conclitdid a t-roroiii. tirade acnnsf i drink as the source in all cvi'.-, ie ilcn' i:e, that: poverty caused deinh its much n-. driel; . ,.,,D..i i i... .1....-...:.... i. dead ncnuist inuuieiMtlial ion as a teinedv It would cause drinkiim l. i.t i nie1 a eiu virtue anil to be regarded as Im .ii pie i ml im. Loudon Tunes. The Serpent of Drink. Whenever the serpent of sti-om iMnl coils itself around a man lie f loirc to u . if he does not stop short, late .illicit am' let it iilniic. About seventeen years ayo l hid I hp pleasure ol hcariicz Ccon.-e W. 11. en. o' Kentucky, lecture, and it chunked tin course ol my lit. 1 saw ii 1 ever had i home I inusi cut, out ti," drink. o I dol to save u little money. I thank inv lie !, stnr for a wnrning tit lime So I cien oii my brother; stop beloie it i too late. I read an account of a oiing m in somt years ago. who went from Kiij'.ind to tin junglcM of Africa with an i- nloil" ia:-ty and while there eaie-ht a youm; ho i eon stridor, and for aiitii-eineitt he used It spend his wpare time tcaeoiui: h;s snake w do many wouderml tricks. One was t. coil itself uliolll his lcel and atoned he body, and us it grew to full size m tea Iici nliove his head and would curve over am' kiss his face, und at a signal ivouM dioi to the ground. So. when lie returned. Iu used to ;:ive exhibit ions ami Iccime yen popular and made money, and "iiii th I formed the habit ol droil.:in,T. Il-o- mhl he was to give an exhibition m Man: lies ler. 'J'he siccne was set in an Aim an inn gle. A traveler came iu view from nm side of the stiiue and .stopped and listene.: and stood spellbound. Tin u a rustle ,e heard us of the stcalthv nioviie; ot soui' beavv object. Presently theie appeac-ri the head of a irieat snake with cm lik" balls of (ire; mid it crept softly ti the ten and wound itself about him. no and m cr and brought its head in line with its tire The man gave the sein.il, but the serp.-nt had him entirely in its power, an I t.ilh one lightening of its body etuslicd lb.- ;i;V out nf its victim. This illustrates the drink habit as v.el, ns uuytliing 1 ever heard oi. So I would say to yon Unit have never started, don't lietiiu, and lo those that have bciiu. siop before it is loo late. I'r.ir.l t'. ( oopi r. ii Mich. Christian Advocate. Th Cure hv If ypnotiMit-, That alcoholism in llussia i-, v- ' ' treated with success bv hypnotism is ns sorted bv the writer of a note in Co-o 'The method has been adonted iu Ion, -in ment institutions, bill it i- believed that the peculiar adanlahiliiy ot tin l'u-s;iii-to thin mnde of treat ment is lai .;, sponsible for its good elle.i- Si-s :! writer: "The cure of alcoholism by mean; of Ityptiot ism is tin- in dcr -oi i he div. I'1 -cently Dr. Lcgrain coiiiinuioe.-i'ed to lb. Society of lypno!ni:v and l,sviiot,v some very juiciest mil' intoi mat ion rcviacd ing the treatment of alcoholics by h poo tism in ltui-iii. In tin- run'- ot M. I'd. -i--. burg, Moscow, .l.irnslav. KietV. S,u al.lT and Astrakhan, then- have been elab lished for several v.irs. under f I ivi rumen! auspices, dispensaries to which the a'n r ers resort hy hundreds, and where livpim tism is the priueinal. it not the sole, the rapeutic agent. It is required of tiie alio holies that they desire sinecieiv to he cured, ami that they abstain Iroiu ail spir ituous honors during the period of treat ment. This s perlinp lo nsk of lliein a colossal erlorl. since their will power has generally been destroyed, bill thev nre obliged to accept a continual surveillance, and it is attemtitcd to ameliorate their conditions of hie ns much as possible, These means succeed ver we'l in liu---'a, but ns bas otten been remarked, the French drinker much k-s t no table, and coiiKequciilly the curt oi alcohol its in France is le.ueh more d.liirult and much less durable than iu llu--ia: wilii Us. in fact, the alcoholic poisons himself a-ith is sences an arioiis as thev art iiiiurioiiM and it is oul.i evceqtiniiallv thai he sub lulls to treatment for a long enough time to effect ,i lasting cure. It is none the les true that n1 the present lime hv lino' isn, is almost ihe sole mean of cure lot alco holic nianiu." Trani-latioii made for The Literal--, DigeM. I.lquor ami liivoics. f)ivorce lawyers and .iudgen of I he court that deeide divorce cases agree that drunk enness is responsible for lull hell the di vorce business. Wo Ix-lieve that still lap ger per cent, of these rasen might; liaht fully be charged lo drink, but time plopoi lion is enough to mouse lis to the lad I lint the honor t rathe must be put down if i are to drive the last growing divorce evil iroiu out .State. Our lawyer nay thu pool woman with a family to support whos husband comes home drunk, smashes the furniture, fiightens his lamily nearly to death, und does nothing for their support, oiighl to have a divorce. Hut would it not be vastlv belter to keep dunk awav from the husband, or pill him to work behind tiara, eat lung something lor the support ol hci.elf and family .-Indiana Farmer. A Coufalin. A ininistei once naked . saloonkeeper, says tho American Issue, if his coucicnr ever troubled him respecting , business The man said, "( nine inside, an." It wa ihe middle of the day There were none of the il sun I i-.isti .uein about. My friend walked iu. The grogscller went behind his bar. and, Iciiiug on it, mid. "Ur erend sir. there are limes wheu I stauJ behind Ibis bur and look at ll.e mer. who till this room. I hear their I hmphemv and lrd solids we tljeir ligotiug and mis conduct, and I ot'len say o.mysrli. II there is a picture ol hell oi rarili, it is iu pl.ui-s like this.' " (llasiow's Isle al llrunksrsi. The Glasgow Corporation is coiisideiin S sehiiuu under which Gliugnw's ihrouic inebriate .hall l banished to the I. let ol Hluiiki. one ol the Hebrides group. This islet is leased to a farmer, mid bus ln-cn practically lorgoiten by the Corpoi jumi ol Glasgow, who have owned it for a century. U M sandwiched between tin, youst of Al gyl'.iire and the Island of Liiiiid, and is oil.y lb res luile. iu length and abuul ball that extent in brendib. Tim ciiniale is de-sculn-l in Ihe coriHiiaiion reports sinii lui mi that.ol Jersey, ami those who are oigui-' that the islet .hoiild he used as au in. In iiiic' settlement point out that lbs i-'.ruler. would be radically sill supiioi,. iu.-jl, James' Gametic, THE WAY OF A MAN. tits Criticism nf Fair Women an- Own Tronbl. "What a lot of time and thought you women do give to your hair," said Mr. Blank, with goml-nallired raillery, tot his wife one uioru!iif wheu sho wa preparing to go downtown with hi in, iiinl was standing bcfnro the glass at tending to her "front hair." "I wou tier what would become of my bnst lies if I spent us much time over my? hnir ns you do ovct yours." An hour later Mr. l'.lank was sm veyinar himself anxiously in the mir ror before hlni as he sat In a chair, it bis barber's and the barber was? 'holding a mil-nil- hack of him, wliil Mr. P.laud said, "Yes, I guess that will do. You iidKht lake just the least lit tle bit oft the front purl of my hair ml clip off' a tritle mote Just abover my left ear. Seems to me you've lefa It u little longer there than It is abover my right ear. And I think I'll havsy you part uiy hair a little lower on tbej left -.lust ii lit lie'. No, not that low. little higher. That will do. No, Joii't comb it down intiic so flat, ami ortisli 11 back more nliove the ears. lli.it' better, but It's stii: too Hat ia front. Here: let me take the comb. See? I like It combed rather loosely. I.el me see how ii looks in the biicls j:,Min. .lust bold that band mirror iiiti'l; of me Uf-'nin. Imi'I there a hair )v two liiimer than the others: right jack of the left ear? Getting thinner ami thinner on top of my head. Isn't H v Dy Jove! I'd give ten tliousainl ilidlavs for hometiiiii!; that would kpef my bait- from falling out and leaving me bald! Couldn't you comli my hair somehow so that the bald spo wouldn't show iinlt so prominently T Yes. I've tried ii::; s.-i.'e tor it. Had my scalp iii:iiagcd an bout a day one for seven weeks, ami was balder when I K it off than when I began. Yen, yon inliiht powder my nei-k a little, ami Just twist the ends of my liiilst:lcbt into something of n curl. That will do. Now do I look all right? Good-day.'' -The Woman's Home Companion. WORDS OF WISDOM. No prayer, no praise. Worship tits for work. Sorrow is God's sieve. The Tiithcr of lights makes Ihe laiu ily of light. The steps of greed do not Ipad to tlia throne of grace. To laugh is proper to the man.- I'ratii is Kaiiclais. Nothing is given so profusely as ad vlee. La Koohcfoiicauld. God's angels nre never apparent left we should depend on tlicni, nor ever absent lest we should despair without them. Hungry Judges soon the sentence sign. And wretches die that jurymen niaj dine. , Alexander Tope. This Krl.l l's ol Iloll. I-'rain-t. which has always made fatu hiotis for the world, started the custom ol' sending a doll olf lo Vienna, tu Italy mid to Kugland. whenever a fresh fashion i.nne in. and the arrival of these grands cottniers tic la innda xvas an event of the iitmosl import, a nee. Kvcti when the Ileitis!! ports' were closed in war lime, special per mission was riven for the entrance ot this messenger from l-'rancc. Mervicr speaks thus humorously about it: "It is from Paris that the most Im portant inventions in fashion give thf law to the universe. The famous dell, that precious puppet, shows the latest modes, (me passes from Paris to Lon don every month, und from there goes! to expand grace to all the empire. Iff goes not-ill and south, it ponelrules to) ( 'oiistaiitiiioph- and to St. Petersburg, and the pleat which is made in Pari by a I-'reiii-h band Is repeated by every, nation who is a humble observer of lbs taste ot the live Sr. Ilotiore." Perhaps this is the custom reftecterl in Venice, where at the annual fair held In the Plaza of St. Mark on Asu-en-siiiu day. a doll is always exhibited whose dress and lures serve, as a models for the fashions of the year. The earliest dolls brought to Anwr ica from abroad undoubtedly caine a mere fashion plates, and only became playthings when they had served their first purpose. Nancy V. MeC'lollaiid, in Good Housekeeping. A Kins' I'mintsc. In Belgium there Is no capital pun ishment. The death sentence is often pronounced, but it is never executed. The statutes prescribe an extreme pen alty, but It is only carried out construe-, tlvely, the condemned person, beiin regarded In the eyes of the law as) dead, but Is permitted to live, serving out a life sentence In imprisonment. The reason for this strange state ot affairs is that King Leopold promised his mother when she was dying that he would never sign his name t a, death warrant. Peaih has been pro nounced upon many a criminal sine that time, but the death warrant ha remained unsigned by the King. A great many efforts huv been mude to persuade King Leopold to make an ex ception to his promise. This a es pecially urged upon lit lit iu the rasa of Hirer uiiHichlsts who had lcen con demned by the law to die. and al though petitions signed by thousands) of his subjects were presented. he would not yield, but remained falthfnl to the promise made to his dylnff mother. Medical Talk For the Home. A Man's Possibilities for Llsiag. Actuaries employed by iusurancs) companies adopt a standard met bod t computing prospective ages of risk. To ascertain how many years a person, of given age is ordinarily expected so live, the present age Is deducted fruit eighty, uud two thirds of the remain der will indicate the likely future spaa of life. Actuarial schedules are a ! Iu this system or calculation. Ib ill-. .ration of the above statement: Ago tweuty deducted frout eighty yeaa ' shows that forty years Is the allotmeut. while age sixty from eighty, ieavhag balance ot twenty, represents that thir teen years and throe mouths should, lb favorable routine, elapse before tke In sured Individual's life la rlassltied in . the past-tense columu. Thus it will hm observed that Insurance corporsntr" go the biblical allowance of :" v score and ten." teu years belter.-C -ago Journal.
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