UNLOOKED-FOR INCREMENT
A Bright Sunday Sermon Bj Chaplain
Clark, of IheNaral Academy.
0r Me Ur tbt Moil Pari Hurt Bess
Slaplt-Heartrd at Solomss li Hia Prayer.
" Baltimore. Md.-The following brll
tant sermon was contributed to the
lunday Sun by the Rev. II. II. Clark,
b. P., chsplnin of the 1'nlted Stiite
K'aval Academy, at Animpolla. It la
latltlcd "The Unlooked-For lucre
pent," and wns preached from the
text:
"Behold, I hove done nceording to
"Thy words: I.o! I have Riven thee a
and understanding heart. And I
pave also given thee that which thou
hast not aked."-II Klugs. Hi.. 12-13.
-Solomon's request Is a surprise.
fttt to the prompting of ambition It
la Dot characteristic of men to ask for
simple gifts or few. The natural re
priest would have been for the things
pie King did not ask long lire, richea,
honor, victory over enemies. Instead
ike request wna simple and unselfish.
It wis. nuiV with most becoming
humility. It was for a wise and under,
landing; heart. This would be enough.
Then came the Jehovah'a answer: "I
pave-given thee a wise and understand
lag heart. And I have also Riven thee
that which thou hnst not asked." This
Hvas Increment, Increase, that Solomon
bad not counted on.
How much la Involved In doing the
tight thing lit the outset! Somehow
Brat things take hold on last things.
"The energy of the first block the child
pushes over in the row Is not expended
Ull the- Inst block Is down. The first
branches you bend and tie Into shape
make way for vlie beauty and sym
Cietry of the full grown tree. The
rhlpbullder can tell from the keel that
s laid the sort of ship that Is going to
lie' built. From the dimensions of
growing columns the architect tan
quickly estimate the weight of arches
or dome. So God rees in aome simple,
Loneat prayer we may offer the be
ginning of all we may ever achieve of
knowledge, goodness, aervice; sees in
It all our life shall ever mean to our
Selves and other fellow-men. Wonder
ful are the connections be.weeu tirst
things and last!
It Is, too, an Immeasurable satisfac
tion that when we have done the right
ct, said the right word, offered the
right prayer, put ourselves In the right
attitude In anything our responsibility
ceases. Then the way of Divine Provl
ttence 1 opened in our ltves. Solomon
tnndP-Just the right prayer: then God
fare him whnt he had not asked.
How this simplifies life: We have
only to do the right thing at the right
time; the rest takes care of Itself. In
ordinary circumstances we all know
well enough whnt the r;ght thing is.
In the Old Testament a well-known
ifharacter Bald: "I, being In the way.
the Lord led me." The secret of It
,wa. that Ellezer started on the right
road; then the Lord led him to the
(well. The happy outcome we all know.
iWhen our prayer Is: "Make me true
to this work, this demnnd, this occa
sion, this duty," using the light we get,
we need give ourselves no further trou.
tie. Results are not In our hands.
The disciples all began their careers
by the use of this method. Without
thought of what was to come, they
simply obeyed the Master's call. His
command was: "Follow Me!" and
straightway Simon and Andrew left
Ihe net they were casting luto the
lake, and James and John the net they
were mending In the boat, and followed
Illm. So with all the others. They
left what they were doing to do what
Christ told them to do. They had io
more conception of whnt was to follow
than the child Shnkespeare or the child
Milton had of what was to follow his
teaming of the nlphabet. In the sim
plest, bouestest manner the disciples
put themselves in right relations to
Christ, and their act changed the
course of history.
Admiral Farragut touched this truth
On another side. In the dnrkest days
of the Civil War the President called
tilm to Washington for consultation.
3'lie people were finding fault with this
General and that General, with the
I'resldent, with pretty much every
thing. One evening In a large com
Jinny the Admiral sat listening to the
complaints of the hearthstone warriors.
'At length he snld In quiet tones, but
with the strength of moving fleets In
them: "I have one great advantage
I have only to go where I am sent."
The thing in hand occupied him ab
sorbingly, wholly. What he sought
was the wise and understanding heart
for the present duty; the rest was in
the Almighty's hnnds.
Great men for the most part have
been as simple-hearted as Solomon in
tils prayer. They placed the emphasis
toot on what they wanted to do, but on
jwhat they wanted to be; not on dreams
of life, but on fitness for life. They
took the same ship, so to say, in the
beginning from which they disem
barked In the end, though they were as
Ignorant of the voyage before them as
Solomon was of the coming events of
bis reign.
There are many things we desire
ttbout which we need not much concern
ourselves if we make use of this prin
ciple. Solomon, for example, did not
ask for a long life; yet long life was
Involved in a wine and understanding
beart. The man who sets out to do bis
duty In all respects should not trouble
blmself about the number of his days.
' Let blin live the life, and, whether it
be long or short, it is a life. But the
chances are that it will be long. It has
been noted in armies that the men who
are fussiest about living are frequently
the men who do not pull through.
Xenophon noted this fact more than
2300 years ago. In the Anabasis, we
recollect, when Clcarchus and other
leading Greek Generals bad been Blaln
In the tent of Tlssophernes through the
bad faith of the Persians the Greek
army, In the beart of the enemy's
country, was greatly discouraged.
Then Xenophon addressed the army
in words like these: "I have observed
this, O men, that as many as desire
to live by all means In military af
fairs, these for the most part die cow
ardly and disgraced. But as many as
recognize that death is common and
necessary to all men, and strive to dl
honorably, I see these, by some meant
or other, arrive at old age, and while
Ithey live live successfully."
The same truth applies to happiness.
Counters aud shelves are crowded wits
books on happiness: "The Art of Hap.
fitness," "Flow To Be Happy" r-ouutr
less titles, ringing the changes ou hop
plness. The pursuit of happiness Is the
quest of the dny. Mnny people are
pounding the drum of happiness so
. hurd as to smash the drum. The trulh
Is, only fitness for happiness brings It,
A mun never caught It by running after
It. It la a rainbow, with its pot of gold,
that must come to us. and come when
we are not expecting It. The happiness
teekers are the happiness :osers. The
man who achieves happiness Is tha
man who has aimed for something
higher. Think nothing about hnppl-Ccaa-
onlv put your bent Into each
any of life.
The same thing holds true of repu
tation. One of the things Solomon did
not ask was honor. It waa enough for
him to be wise and Just. Wisdom and
Justice were the highest somees of his
honor. For wisdom and Justice he Is
repuled above all else. If dny by dny
we strive for the Inward things from
which reputation takes substance and
shapeilucss. we need give ourselves no
further thought about the matter
Whnt men think of us will tnke enre of
Itself. Growing plnnts do not give
themselves concern over summer: they
ore the gift of spring to summer, mid
summer will tnke enre of tlieni. Ho,
living na we ought, we commit our rep
nlntlon to God. whose presence and
whose enre nre the real summer of nil
good things among men.
If Solomon Informed his court iers of
Ma request to Heaven they prnhiihly
told him that he had mUsed a great
opportunity. They might easily Imve
nld: "Why did you not nsk for riches,
for vastly extended power and do
million? How much better they would
have been than wisdom? We could
have furnished the wisdom." Hut the
prnyer was of the right sort. Jehovah
wns pleased with Its modesty: and the
things that were not asked for were in
due time given. The surprise of life
jften Ilea In the Insignificance of the
means to some grent end. People In
the nnvy know thnt the smallest thine
connected with a grent gun is the most
Indispensable the firing pin. Thnt
gone, and the gun. so to sny. Is on the
shelf. In the army one of the smallest
iluties of th eanlrymnn la the caring-
for Ills, horse. There Is nil Instance
In history where cnvnlr.v tlmt did this
duty well and cavalry that did It III,
otherwise equnlly matched, fought n
battle. In which those who neglected
their horses were cut down almost to
a ninn. Doors to great events swing
outward on little hinges. Art and reli
gion and education and war abound
with decisions and nets nnd incidents,
sniiill iu themselves ns mustard seeds,
yet so growthful that grent events nnd
great deeds hnve come and lodged in
the branches thereof.
Let tis also treasure the words of the
.Master In direct line with the truth we
have been considering: "Seek ye first
the kingdom of God nnd His righteous
ness, and all these things shall be
added unlo you."
Tha Poverty of Christ.
la a man poor! Let him remember
Christ's knowledge of his poverty. It
Is no light thing to be poverty-stricken
in the midst of wealth. To see loved
Dues denied comforts mhI even ne
cessities merely through luck of a few
pieces of glittering metal; to have
growing sons and daughters deprived
of an education; to sec suffering ones
unrelieved; to have no opportunities
to increase one's usefulness; to expose
Jiie's family to moral degradation be
cause of lnek of a competence these
tre but a few of the evils of poverty.
To men in such circumstances. Christ
aid, "I know thy poverty." Who bet
ter could understand? Had He not
is an eldest sou seen something of
sordid economies hi that carpenter's
home at Nazareth? Hnd He not ns a
widow's main support suffered In the
harsh limitations ol n Gnlllenn pens
ant's lot? Hnd He not at times been
ieprlved of a place to lay His head?
It was for your sake He became pu'
-Paclllc Baptist.
"V Stint! Know Hereafter."
What Is approved by God hono-a
dim. resembles Him must be mads
successful, triumphant and predom
inant, In His empire. He will not for
sver suffer the enemy's camp ou His
grand field. The nwhil mystery, why
this trumphant ascendancy is so slowly
ichieved, so long delayed In this world,
will, it Is reasonable to believe, be one
f the subjects for Illumination in a
higher state of existence, where en
larging faculties will have entiles
duration for their exercise. It may
theu be seen that the whole course of
this world, from the beginning to the
Bud, was "a day of small things," as
compared with the sequel only as a
brief introduction to an Immense uud
endless economy. John Foster.
How Prayer Help.
We all know that a good life and a
bumble testimony to the goodness and
faithfulness of God have a very great
influence for good ou the minds of all
who see and hear; but uow does prayer
help? Iu the first place, prayer. If It be
true prayer on earnest uiiii confident
appeal to God for the blessing sought
bus a wonderful effect upon the dun no.
ter of the person who oilers It. Such
prayer brings the petitioner into close
fellowship with God and opens his
whole nature to the Influence of the
Spirit of God; and by so doing fits him
to become a zeulous and effective wit
ness for God.
Id On Single Hour.
In that single hour when he brought
Peter to Christ, Andrew accomplished
more for the world than in all his life
besides. It may easily be so with us.
Business men are satisfied to get ten,
Ave, or even two per cent, returns from
the capital, but no Investment equals
In returns the investment of a little
time and courage iu soul-saving. The
Interest is literally millions per cent.
Indeed, if you remember the endless
reaches of eternity, the Interest is In
finite. TJse Poeltlv Argument!.
It Is necessary to lay stress upon the
fallacy of the negative attitude towards
truth, because that attitude Is one of
the chief obstacles la the way of win
ning souls for Christ. If we would be
soul-winners we must first of all get
rid of any tendencies we may have to
look upon things negatively and to pre
sent them negatively to others, and
then we must help those we would
save to develop a desire for positive
truth.
The Polar Bear's Bath.
Polar bears enjoy a bath for the
sake of cleanliness as well as fot
swimming and as a hunting ground. At
a certain goological garden when the
old polar bear's bath was being filled
with fresh water It would stand with
its mouth open, letting the water run
through Its paws, and when the bath
was full would play all kinds of tricks,
reveling in the water. One of its an
tics was to float on Its back In the
water and then catch hold of its heels
with its forepawe and roll over back
ward on the edge and fall in with a
resounding splash. Detroit Free
Press.
Monkeys and Magpies.
Monkeys and magpies are bad math
ematicians. Neither can count beyond
four, and the men who make it thoir
business to catch them profit by this
knowlodgo. Five or six men march
openly toward the animal and then
hide themselves. A short time after
four men come out Into the open and
go away. The animals, believing all
have gone, are readily caught by those
who remain.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL'
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY 5.
Sulijertl ,1u at Jacob's Well, John It,,
5-14 (lolilt-n Text, Itev. axil., 17
Metnory Verses. 13, 14 Commentary
on the Hay's Lemon.
I. Jesus at the well (vs. B 8). 5. "Then
Cometh lie." Our Lord's route lay
tlirotigh historic ground, lie, duubtless.
passed tin. nigh (iilicuh, the ancient capital
of the kinirilinn of Saul: tlu-ouuh Bethel.
where Jacob had his dream of the ladder .
and the angels; near Miilnli, the tirt i
dwelling place of t tie tabernacle, and the
ark in C anaan, and the scene ot the down
fall of the house of Kli. At the end of
that journey three objects of special inter
est occur in succession: Jacob'a well.
Joseph's tomb and the ancient city ol
Shechem, between the mountains of Uei-i-rini
and Kiwi. "Sychnr." Formerly She
chem, at the foot of Mount Gerizim, be
tween Gerizim and Kbal. It is noted in
the Scriptures as the place where Abraham
first stopped on his coming from liaran to
Canaan; where God appeared to him and
promised to give the laud to hia seed, and
where he first built an altar to the Lord.
In the fourth century, about II. C. X',2,
Sanballat erected a temple on Uerizim in
opposition to the Jewish temple. "Parcel
ot ground." Purchased of the children of
If amor (Gen. 33: ID), and given to Joacph
(Gea. 48:22).
6. "Jacob'a well." The well Jacob dug.
The word for well in the Greek means
fountain. The well has been filled with
rubbish until it ia omy about seventy live
feet deep. Formerly it was thirty feet
deeper, it is about eight or nine tect in
diameter und is walled with masonry.
"Jesus being wearied." He waa a man,
aa well as God, and became weary and
hungry, lie journeyed on foot, sharing
with ilia disciples the fatigues and hard
ships of the way. "Sixth hour." There ia
a difference of opinion here. According to
the Jewish reckoning this would be noon,
but many learned men think John used a
Koman method of reckoning and that it
waa 6 p. m.
7. "Of Samaria." She waa not fjnm the
city of Samaria, aeven milea away, but
from the country of Samaria; one of Sa
maritan race and religion. "To draw
water." Site probably brought her line
and bucket (leathern or crockery), for
Orient wella are not provided with these.
Note how our Lord's choice of & hearer
breaka down rabbinic prejudice all around.
"Give Me to drink." Jesus used Hia thirst
aa a means of approach to the woman's
heart, and turned the conversation from
the living waters of Jacob'a well to the liv
ing waters of salvation. Let ua follow our
Saviour'a example by doing good in our
hours of relaxation. 8. "Disciples
gone." The story throughout reads so
much like the words of an eyewitness that
aome have thought John remained with
the Saviour while the rest went to the vil
lage. "Meat." Food, not necessarily fish.
II. 'The Samaritan woman (v. 9). 9.
"How ia it," etc. In Oriental manners
there were many strict regulationa against
women conversing with men, especially
stranger. Hut these restrictions were leas
regarded at the wella and fountains than
in other public places (Gen. 24:13-24;
Kxod. 2:10, 17). Jesus rejected all re
straints of caste. His disciples were them
selves surprised that He should converse
with the woman, but they did not feel at
liberty to object to it (v. 27). How did
she know He waa a Jew? By Ilia dresa
and by Hia dialect. The word "Jew" ia
here used broadly to describe the race
which filled both Judea and Galilee. She
probably recognized Him as a Galilean
also. "No dealings." A remark thrown in
by the writer to give the reason for her
surprise. They have no dealings of friend
ly intercourse. This ill will, however, did
not extend beyond familiar intercourse, for
in such matters aa buying and selling inter
course waa allowed. They were excluded
by the Jewa from the temple at Jerusalem.
"The Samaritans." The Samaritana were
the descendants of the Kthiopian and
Babylonish colonists upon whom the Assy
rian conqueror of the ten tribea bestowed
the lands of the captive Israelites (see 2
Kings 17:24-33). Although of purely heath
en origin, they united the worship of Jeho
vah with their own idolatries. They built
a temple on Mount Gerizim.
III. Divine truth imparted (vs. 10-14).
10. "The gift of God.'1 See John 3:10.
The Messiah, and the salvation He ia
bringing to man. "Thou wouldst have
asked." "Spiritually our positions are re
versed. It is thou who art weary and
footsore and parched, close to the well,
yet unable to drink; it ia I who can give
thee the water from the well and quench
thy thirst forever." "Living water. The
cift of the Holv Spirit (John 7:37-30): also
called "the water of life" (Rev. 21:8; 22:1,
17); "clean water" (K.ek. 30:2(1. 27). See
also Isa. 65:1; 58:11. It is received by
faith (John 6:35), abides eternally (v. 14),
I ia offered freely (ltev. 22:1, 17). Note 1.
i Its source (John 7:37). 2. its supply
i (Rev. 21:0). 3. Its freshness. 4. Its sat-
isfaction (Isa. 12:3).
11. "Sir." This might be read "My
Lord." It waa a title of respect, and
shows that the woman was reverent and
serious. "Nothing to draw with." The
well had, probably, no apparatus for
drawing water. This woman no doubt
carried her own line. "From whence,"
etc. The woman was quick in her com
prehension, and saw there waa aome truth
which she did not understand, to which
Jesus waa referring.
12. "Art Thou greater?" The question
proceeds from a feeling that Jesus as
sumed some extraordinary character, That
He claimed a spiritual power: perhaps
claimed to be a prophet like Moses, who
could make a fountain of water by mira
cle. "Our father Jacob." The Samarituna
Were living in the territory of Kphiuim
and Manaaseh, sons of Joseph, and grand
sons of Jacob, and although they were not
the descendants of Jacob, yet no doubt
some of the ancient blood ran ia their
veins,
13. "Shall thirst again." Jesus doea
not discuss the question of greatness, but
turns her thought toward spiritual truth,
as He did Nicoilumus. 14. "Shall never
thirst." He doea not mean that one
draught shall satisfy us, but thnt we shall
have in the soul a well of living water.
"Shall be in Him." The religion of Jesus
has to do with the inner life. Christ puts
new principles and affections within ua.
"A well of water." A fountain ef water.
The supply ia exhaustlesa. Here ia an un
failing fulness of love, joy, peace and spir
itual strength a full salvation. "Spring
ing up." Whoever has thia living water ia
the soul already has eternal life. Tha
water of life- 1. Is given by Jesus. 2.
It is pure. 3. It satisfies the soul. 4.
There ia a never failing supply. 5. It is
free. 6. It is for all who thirst. "Into
everlasting life." He that receivea the liv
ing water naa a fountain opened in his aoul
of spiritual satisfaction, which shall neith
er be dried up in thia life nor the life to
come, but shall flow oa to all eternity.
Mirror That Telia the Truth.
The latest mirror has a tiny electric
battery attached at the back and a
row of Incandescent lights extending
all the way around the frame. It la
being made for-an actress who wants
to see herself as others will see her
when she Is standing In the full glare
of the footlights. It Is not a bad idea,!
tor the girl who dresses in the dlm,
religious light ot a modern apartment!
and goes forth Into the searching light'
ot day knows not what a problem she
presents to the eves of tba world
Keep Tool Chest Shipshape.
Nothing that a boy has comes han
tier than a tool chest. It begins with
fits tun as a boy and keeps its useful
ness when be is a man. He shouM
construct a cabinet to hang against
the wall. Two doors are better, than
one. Cabinet hooks and pegs may be
arranged against the back for saws,
squares and other flat tools. On one
Fide of the floor of the cabled make
boxes for nails and screws. Always
it away your tools and neither bor
row nor lend.
FEBRUARY FIFTH.
''What I Owe to Christian Endeavor."
Ezek. 47:1-12; Ps. 36:8. (Chris
tian Endeavor Day.)
Scripture Verses. --For Christian
Living. Ps. 21:3-6; MIc. 08; Eph. 4:
23, 24; Col. 3:1-3; 1 Tim. 4.12; 1
Peter 1:15, 16. For Christian Fellow
ship. John 13:31, 35; Rom. 12:10;
I Cor. 13:1-7; Heb. 13:1; 1 Peter 1:
22; 3:8, 9.
Lesson Thoughts.
It Is well for us to stop and con
sider the blessings God has wrought
through the Christian Endeavor
movement. North, east, south and
west the tnfluence for good has gone,
forth, healing and blessing as the wa
ters of Easekiel's vision.
The waters of the vision grew
deeper by degrees: we, too, grow
deeper spiritually In the same way
but we grow. Every penny saved
Increases the accumulation, though It
might tnke a long time thus to save
a fortune.
Selections.
Why do they put soldiers through
the drill? Is It to make them strong
and athletic? The drill does that, but
that Is not the main purpose of the
drill. Soldiers are put through their
hard exercl.se In order that they may
be able to defend the nation in times
of danger. And so It Is with Chris
flan Endeavor. Our society is not
an end In Itself. It Is a training
school for the church. We are grow
ing strong In society work. Now
let us use our strength more and
more In the service of the church.
What gives a man u right to grow
older?. The use he bus made of the
years already given him. And If that
is true of a man, it is also true of a
society, or any Institution. This
Society of ours will deserve to be
continued only as it fills out every
twelve-month with noble deeds, buy
ing up the future with the past.
As we climb the hill ot Christian
experience, we see the ever-growing
horizon of the ocean of divine tend
erness; and we become ashamed even
to mention the pool of our love that
lies far away in the vale beneath.
Yon owe Christ your money, your
time, your abilities, your beauty,
your strength, your knowledge.
Give them to him. fully, gladly, and he
will give them back- to you increased
and magnified beyond your present
conception. Try It.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
FEBRUARY FIFTH.
The Enlarging Kingdom. Ezek. 47.
1-12.
In this chapter a stream Is repre
sented as flowing from underneath
tha sacred threshold ot the temple.
And this stream not only turns the
desert into a paradise, but sweetens
even the Dead Sea. This is a beauti
ful symbol of the influence of re
ligion on this world. It pictures the
result of the enlarging kingdom of
Christ. Read Isa. 35 In connection
with this lesson. The Increasing
depth ot the waters symbolizes the
increasing power of the gospel both
in Its personal experience and in its
world-wide blessedness. The main re
ligious teaching is that man's bless
lugs flow from the sanctuary of Jehovah.-
The "waters of life" sturt
from the dwelling place ot the "Au
thor ot life."
This beautiful figure of Ezcklel is a
fit symbol of the blessings of piety
aud religion. We have a fitting sym
bol of religion, and a striking illus
tration ot the enlarging and increas
lng power of the same both in Indi
vidual experience and lu the growth
of the klngdrm of God. "
The water which the prophet saw
was "flowing water." It is a type of
the living, flowing grace which comes
from the sanctuary of God. As water
to the Oriental wns a symbol of bless
ing, as it is to-day to the dweller
in an irrigated district, so the gospel
is as the water to the thirsty land
It brings life, growth, development,
and Joy. This prophecy has never
been literally fulfilled; yet it is hav
ing a beautiful fulfillment From the
throne of God, and the church of God,
the fertilizing stream has flowed.
Imperfect as the church has been, yet
from her gates has flowed the con
stantly Increasing stream of the river
ot Ufe.
Perhaps the most striking analogy
of our lesson Is In the effect of these
waters healing, restoring life, and fer
tilising the dry and desert places.
i This is a striking figure illustrating
the power and errect ot tne increasing
kingdom of Christ how Christianity
has swept out oyer the earth; how
It is to-day increasing through the
missionary operations of the church;
how, everywhere It goes, it blesses
and heals and causes "the desert to
blossom as the rose," The enlarging
kingdom la coming. We are rapidly
though often unconsciously, making
history. Never as now was the pray
er, "Thy klndom come," bo splendidly
and blessedly answered. Lift up your
eyes and see the enlarging kingdom!
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
HE Idle Invite In
iquity. Love lightens all
labor.
Faith cannot be
forced.
Quality make3
quantity.
The laggards lead
back. I
l h The finest frulta
Ct must be touched by I
j
men wou live iu
revelry get no revolutions.
You cannot lift the world until you
love it.
Eyes ot love always see something to
praise.
Real consecration Is a quick oure for
conceit.
The long on tongue are often short
in sympathy.
Evil imagination is & loug Btep to
wards evil action.
There Is always hone tor tho man
who honors bis mother.
God honors us for our service, not for
our number of servants.
Sharpers end by cutting a very poor
figure.
Substitution of the best Is the best
cure fur the bad.
A creed lu like a plate, to hold food
tut not to be euten.
iivdesy
Oar Dallr Thought.
Cive ns this day our daily bread, t e prnf ,
And give us likewise, Lord, our daily
thought.
That our poor touls may strengthen as
thy ought,
And starve not on the husks of yesterday.
Phillips Drooka.
It la Right at tha Knd.
Marl: Ouy Penrse in his hopeful vein
writes: "The little lad. reading aome story,
becomes enwrapped in the fortunes of hia
hero difficulties and dangers thicken about
him; his safety is threatened on all sides;
how shall it end? Excited and eager he
turns over the pages and looks further on.
It is all right; the hero lives and triumphs.
Now the lad breathes again, and with a
brave heart fires the course of the light
once more. We, like the little lad, have
sometimes trembled for the fortunes of our
King. Then it is good to skip the pages
of time, and to look at the end. It is all
right. "Alleluia, the Lord God Omnipo
tent reigneth!"
f.ovaNot an Rternal rrntrtor or Sinners
Love sometimes requires its possessor
to do and act apparently in a very unlovely
manner. During the past week a young
man of a most excellent character shot and
killed his mother's brother, to prevent him
in a fit of insanitv from killing the whole
family, The uncle had been insane and
under treatment, but was released aa
cured; he suddenly became violent. The
young man was at once acquitted. Ive
for the whole family requires that disci
pline be maintained; love for the whole
community thai criminals should be pun
ished, and love for the whole world re
quires the exclusion from heaven of those
who will not serve God. Chrutiau Advo
cate. Spiritual Lite.
The kingdom of heaven is heart recog
nition and heart obedience to a Father a
spirit living and ruling within our own.
John Hamilton Thoin.
All sad with teara may days be spent,
Till we for sin are penitent;
Hut soula grown white have kept God'l
Lent. William Brunton.
The craving for sympathy ia natural
enough, and it ought never to be treated
harshly, nor thought of ax a fault; but it
easily becomes ignoble and very morbid,
because very selfish. Charles G. Anici.
Make Somebody Happier.
Have you ever had your sad path sud
denly turn sunshiny because of a cheerful
word? Have you ever wondered if this
could be the same world, because some had
been unexpectedly kind to you? You can
make to-day the same for somebody. It ia
only a question of a little imagination, a
little time and trouble. Think now: What
can I do to-day to make some other happy
old persons, children, servants even a
bone for the dog or sugar for the bird!
Why not? Mtiltbie D. llabcock.
Cur Actions Live.
Silently tha work of our lives goes on.
It proceeds without intermission, and all
that has been done is the undcrstructure
for that which is done. Young man and
maiden, take heed to the work of your
hands. That which you are doing ia im
perishable. You do not leave it behind
you because you forget it. It passes away
from you apparently, but it doea not pass
away in reality. Every stroke, every sin
gle clemeut abides and there ia nothing
that grows so fust as character. Heioruied
Church Advocate.
Oora the Beat Time.
f7a other period of Christendom cart
Compare with ours in the posnibilitiea
which are within our reach. No other
part of Christendom, as 1 firmly believe,
can do for the world what we, on either
side of the sea, can do, for it if we only
will. God give ns grace to answer to that
ins-iiring call. Most Rev. Thomas Ran
dall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury,
-t Washington, D. C.
T!io Worship of Brilliancy.
Tien bow before talent, even if unasso
riatcd with goodness, but between these
two we must make an everlasting distinc
tion. When once the idolatry of talent
enters, then farewell to spirituality; when
men ask their teachers, not for that which
will make them more humble and godlike,
Vut for the excitement of an intellectual
banquet, tlimt farewell to Christian pro
5re93. F. W. Kobcrtson.
Three II rlpful Truths,
There are three truths that are all the
better for knowing; thut cheerfulness can
rlmnge misfortune into love and friends;
that in ordering one's self aright one helps
others to do the same, and that the power
of finding beauty in the humblest things
nakes home happy and life lovely Ke
forucd Church Kccord.
Frsyar Bad Praise.
frayer, praise, the study of the IIo.
(Scriptures, Christian conversation and
Christian work of whatever kind all the
devotions and all the activities of a Chris
tian life become more and more delightful
as you go forward in the way of duty. Hy
exercise you acquire facility, skill, power,
delight.
In a Nutshell.
Tie who f illows in faith need fear na
failure.
Only a frozen piety can be bound down
to a form.
The sermon need not be silly ti be suited
to fie child.
God often says "Wait," but He never
says, "Worry."
When a man winks at himself the devel
nods with him.
Gazing at heaven keeps somo people
front going there.
Our mercy is good, but His tender mercy
Is many times better.
It is better to win man's condemnation
than the devil's commendation.
Christ is preparing a place for those who
are preparing s people tor Him.
Whipping the devil rouid the stump
only makes a deeper track for ain to travel
in.
Heaven will bo an uncomfortable place
to some people because they had nothing
to d'j with drawing the plana. Ham's
Uora, '
Aa n Mltlo Child.
Christ came to this world as a little child
and every one who would enter Hia king
dom mnst enter it aa a little child. Christ
is, in tact, born again in tha heart ol
every believer aa a little child,
Shaping Our Knvlronmant.
Surely, if God ia ruling our lives and ed
ucating ua for a purpose, He ia shaping
our present surrouudiuga and environment.
Kobert E. Speer.
Obedience To-day.
There ia nothina like an obedience to-dav
to reveal God's will tomorrow D. L
Moody.
When Boys Play MinsvretH.
When you boys want to blacken up
your faces for a mlnttrel play or any
other kind of fun, here iu a good way
for you to blacken up:
Take a few galls, bruise them to a
fine powder, and etrew the powder
nicely upon a towel; then put a little
ground ci-pperaa Into a basin of water,
whicl, will dlssnWo and leave the wat
er perfectly truntiparent. After any
person has wahcd in this water and
wiped with the towel on which the
ruIIb vlere strewed, his hands and fa?e
will liiiuiedNtelv become black.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
rsm A It riii-i For tha TunplKrt-Hon
It Itrcam I'nfashtnnablo to 8rs
Win lo Fashionable Socletf burin
tho Hayes Administration.
When temptations fierce aai1.
And I tremble on the brink;
When my will can not avail
'Gainst the craving for the drink
"JesiiH. lovpr of my soul,
Iet me to Thy bosom fly;
While the nearer waters roll.
While the tempest still is high."
When the foes beset me sore.
And I can no longer stand
'Gainst the drink shop's open door
That I see on every hand
"Other refuge have I none.
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah, leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me."
When T know that Thou art near
. Thnt Thou wilt not let me sink,
I shall have no cause to fear,
Thou wilt break the chains of drinl;
"All my trust on Thee is laid.
All my help from Thee I bring,
Cover my defenceless head
-AVith the shadow of Thy wine."
National Advocate.
Temperance Work ror Olrts.
J. G. Holland wrote in Mrs. Hayes' al
bum these words: "Women only ran make
wine drinking unfashionable and heal the
nation of this cur-e."
What did Dr. Holland mean by "women
only?" Is it true that only women can
mate wine drinking unfashionable and heal
this nation of this curse? You and I need
to know this first, because if only we wom
en can do this thing why it is an awful re
aponsihilitv upon us, each one of us. And
it somebody eUe can do it. we, like all oth
ers, would like to give that somebody ele
the job. Some years npi, at Washington.
Mrs. Hayes became mistress nt the White
House, and it wns for her. and no one cIkp.
to sav what the social atmosphere should
be which surrounded her guests, and how
they should be entertained at tier home.
Well, she did an unheard of thing. rhe
banished wine from all her entertainments,
with just one exception. Secretarv Eva i ts
made a fuss. He was mortified. He could
not endure to have Lord and Lady Eng
lish, Count and Countess French and
Baron and Baroness German come to the
White House dinners and have nothim fit
for them to drink not a nrop of poison.
It was too utterly queer, ho Mrs. Hayes
made one exception in favor of these for
eign highnesses and allowed wine upon her
table in their presence. Hut only for once.
Her conscience high-sonled woman that
he was smote her for that one little cow
ardly compromise with wrong. She could
better endure to have Secretary Evarts
and the Smith ashamed of her than to be
ashamed of herself. So she quietly and
forever prohibited wine from her table and
;heerfully endured the lifted eyebrows and
inrUBged shoulders of the diplomats, Brit
ish, French, Russian and all, and the short
lived hiss of "fashionable" society until
lhat hiss turned into a cheer, and fashion
able society turned round, like the spaniel
It ia, and trotted on behind its mistress. It
became unfashionable to aerye wine and to
nffcr wine in fashionable society while Mrs.
Haves was in the White House.
What Mrs. Hayea did in the White
House everv girl can do in her own home
If she will. Hose Elizabeth Cleveland, in
the National Advocate.
One'Olass Too'Mncli,
The Duke of Orleans was the eldest aon
t King Louis Philippe, and the inheriter
f whatever rights his father could trans
nit. He waa physically noble. His gener
ous qualities made him universally popular.
Dne morning he invited a few of his com-
anions to breakfast, as he was about to
epart from Paris to join his regiment,
(n the conviviality of the hour he drank a
tittle too much wine. He waa not in any
respect a dissipated man. But in that joy
)us hour he drank just one glass too much,
ind slightly lost the balance of his body
ind mind. Bidding adieu to hia compan
ions he entered the carriage, and presently
ilighting at his destination leapt from it
ind lost his balance. His head struck the
pavement. Senseless and bleeding he was
;arried into a beer-house close by and died.
That extra glass of wine overthrew the Or
leans dynasty nnd sent the whole famijy
;nto exile.
A Dangerous I'olson.
A discussion has taken place at the
Academic tie Medicine. Paris, as to the
poisonous qualities of absinthe, compound
ed as it is of essence of worrjwood, com
bined with that of aniseed, peppermint
nd other aromatics mixed with alcohol.
M. Laborde conclusively showed that the
issence of wormwood is, in itself, a dan
rerous poison, producing epilepsy or allied
ffects. The absinthe drinker not only has
:o contend, therefore, with the poisonous
effects of alcohol, but also with those of
the wormwood.
tilling; the Asylams.
Dr. B. H. Warren, Pure Food Commie
lioner of Pennsylvania, in an interview re
cently said: "jlost of the cheap whisky
told in Pennsylvania, I have discovered by
ana'.ysis, is manufactured from wood alco
hol and red or India pepper, the latter ele
ment giving the deadly dose the desired
'snap.' N'inetv-five per cent, of the sam
plea so far examined have shown the pres
ence of wood alcohol in poisonous quanti
tiea along with the pepper." "No won
der," continued the doctor, "that our asy
lums are full."
Deadly Absinthe.
Statistics show a steadily continuing In
crease in the consumption of absinthe n
('ranee. Between 18H5 and 1892 there waa
in increase of 85,000 hectoliters. From 1892
jnltr four years more were needed to add
,,,ntl,.r mono liters to the consumntion.
A recent experiment demonstrated that
ix drops of essence of absinthe in three
gilla of water were as daadly to fish life
as six drops of prussie acid in the same
quantity of water. London Globe.
Alcohol and ihe Stomach.
The action of alcohol on the stomach i
physiological, and well understood; if iu
large doses, muscular contractibility la ar
rested, flaccidity and dilation result. Di
gestion ia interfered with; the food i
passed on partially digested, and under
goes putrefactive decomposition. Sensation
is blunted and aatiety ia lost.
The Crosade In Brief.
To allow men crazed or stupefied b
liquor to convert automobiles into cars ot
juggernaut is intolerable.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union members said they would use (ov
ernment reports to prove that officers
drink excessively atUovernors island posta.
Selling liquor to one who ia operating or
about to operate an automobile should b
severely regulated. Thoae road enginea
are terrible euouith in tho most skillful
hands.
Since November 23, 1902, when the Na
tional Temperance Society instituted the
"World-wide Pledge-signing CruBade,"
nearly 4,000,000 of temperance pledget have
been aent out.
A drunken man's horse ia a pitiable ob
ject, which ought to run away, but ia gen
erally too weary to do anything but accept
uhiit.il in shrinking natieuce. Aa automo
bile, on tha other niinu. Knows no weak
ness. In a drunken nian'a hands it may
be as dungeroua as dynamite.
As a result of the combined frce
temperance workers in our country 30,000,
000 of our citizens are living under prohibi
tion, either in State prohibitory laws or
local option lawa. .... ' , .
Tho manufactories in Germany are work
ing in the cause of temperance reformers
for business reasonsMiaviug found that a
man who drinks beer is lea vaiuaole than
one who docs not.
Woe to the liquor power that recklessly
destroys 100,000 American lives every yearl
For the saving of life among our people
the downiad of the man-destroying saloon
is the supreme issue of to-day.
The averse saloon is an evil place.
There ia no dwbt about that. It ta.iea
tha bread out of the mouths of many
and childiBU. and tompe a them to live
under conditions unfit lor hiuuan beii-gs,
1H KEYSTONE STILT
Latest hews of Pennsjlratiia TcU fcv'
Short Order.
Allorncy General C'aron gave Stat
Highway Commissioner Hunter an opisv-
ion upon the question whether or noBr
the State h liable to pay any part !
the damages sustained by abtrttin;
property owners in the rcbttiling, reloca
tion or changing of grade of any bigtw
way, in accordance with the provisions"
of the act of April 15. nm,. The At
torney General sayn : "The legislative
::itent is clearly stated. It provider aw
I'gal method of ascer'ainitig the mra
tire of damnges ascertained and spee
ifics the parties thereto. Amotifr tlxnar
parties the Suite is not included, prt!
sumably for the reason that Ihe matteos.
is a local one, and, therefore, is to ta
dealt with by the local authorities, fctrtp
when such damages have been tfgalry"
ascertained and paid by the respective.
counties, wliich ahuie are liable for them,
it is the duty of the commissioner
highways to include such damages- ists
the total cost of the improvement aadL?
upon the completion of the road to ap
portion the total expenses as provita(
in Section 7." -
Charles Loekhart, a director of AsAa
Standard Oil Company and at one tirneh
president of the corporation, died at hi-aju.
residence in Pittsburg after an irindsSt-.
of several months, due to the infirmrtiesv .
of old age. Mr. Ix-kliart was one
the oil kings of the country, and withli
John D. Rockefeller. William G. War
den and Henry M. 1'laglcr laid the fom
dation for the Standard Oil Cormfly
He was also a director of the Western"'
Union Telegraph Company, president f.
the Pittsburg National Bank of Cora
merce, and was founder of the Inrca
national Navigation Company, svhkW
controls the Red Star Line of steamer
plying between New York and Engfaaati
His wealth was estimated at $75,000,000
to $100,01x1.000.
As a result of revelations in conneetkwr
with the failure of the Intcrnattonsti
Cream Separator Company, one of Lanv
caster's big industries, it is asserted thafi
loans were improperly made bv the Citot
Savings & Trust Co., which closeil itm
doors last week. The Separator Cosev
pany was indebted to the Tri st Compano?
for $80,000, more than half ol the latter1
capital stock. One of the trust
pany's directors said that the heavy lo;
were made altogether without than
knowledge of the Board of Director,.
Loans of this kind are usually an
nounced at the Board of Director'ar
meeting, the directors being required tm
investigate the safety of the propose
loans.
The village of Stockton was visitedT
by a destructive tire at an early honr thsr
other morning. About 1.30 A. M. firew
was discovered in the general store oft
A. I,. Davison and before any help conlafii
be obtained the entire building was. ete
stroyed. As there is no fire companies
in Stockton word was telephoned MR
La.Tibcrtville for assistance. The Colum
bia chemical engine responded, arriving
about 5 A. M., on a special train. At tha
time eight buildings had been destroyed,
Through the heroic clTorts of the fire
men the flames were gotten under con
trol. The loss, estimated between $w
and $40,000, is partly covered by insur
ance. The State Live Stock Breeders' As
sociation, at its annual meeting in Har
risburg, appointed a committee to e
operate with representatives of the dairi"
and agricultural interests of Pcnnsylvjo
nia to prevent the proposed repeal of that
Grout law taxing colored oleomargarine.
The following officers were electee
President, V. C. Norton, Aldenvifle-g
first vice-president, Lr. Leonard Pearson,
Philadelphia; second vice-president, w
P. Shoemaker, Greensburg; secretary
E. S. Bayard, Pittsburg; treasurer. ,
V. Lantz, Glenmorc.
The bill creating a department of pub
lic printing and authorizing the Gover
nor to appoint a superintendent for four
years at $jooo a year passctthe legisla
ture. The purpose of the bill is to tak
the place of the present obsolete lavr
governing the State printing, which tfoeai
not provide for the prcsent moderar
methods of type composition and print
ing. '
To induce the members of the gnia"
ating class of the Pottsville High St'-kooT
to wear caps and gowns when l(hjr
graduate next June a conference vva
held between Superintendent Rupert alntS
School Directors Wangcr and Wells, ant
the members of the class. Mr. Welt-
who originated the movement, urgei
the graduates to wear caps and gowns.
avtnnr ,t, nntiA Ka m.im (sir t, TSt.
young women asserted that caps and;
11 . L. r I ... I..
than $6, and refused to wear them unte-st.
they are furnished by the Scliocd Board.-.
They refused to wear caps and gowns-at
their class night exercises and resented
the attempts of the board to dictate tm
them the nature of the costumes they
should wear. The young women r
supported in their stand by the yormfj'-
and gowns. The movement was started
to prevent extravagance in dress at eon-.
mencemcnts, it being asserted that tW.
cost of the gowns prevented children.
persons in moderate circumstances fioraa.
graduating.
Robebrs visited the general merchan
dise store of Harry Lukens, in Edd ins
ton, three miles from Bristol, at 3 oVloctst
the other morning. They broke the pan
els in the doors and pned their way
into the store, making considerable tioisot,
In the meantime Mr. Lukens heard thar.
noise and fired at the robbers. The rub
bers exchanged many shots with Mri,
Lukens and his employees, but finally -fled.
The office of F. G. Stritzinger ft C.r
millers, Norristown, was wrecked bj than
explosion of nitro-glycerin, which rob
bers used to blow open the safe. Tlv
robbers did not secure any booty. Therm
was no money in the office and the out
side doors of the saife were not ave
locked. There was a placard on th '
safe door to that effect, but the thievs
are supposed to have b.own up the safar
out of spite. A railroad crossing watch
man about one spuarc distant and in
full view of the place heard the noiso
the explosion at 3 o'clock, but was tm-
able to locate the sound as a freight trai
The model tenements to be built i
Allegheny by Henry Thipps wilt CO;
$1,000,000, will be four stories high, an
the apartment will contain three to E
rooms with bath. The buildings will
of brick or concrete, lighted by e!r-ctri-city
and heated by steam. The tene
ments will' not rent for more than $18 ft
month, ami probably not less than tis
The tenements arc not to be construe'.4
especially for the very poor, but fof t
workingman who is willing to hr:
hit condition, provide,) he has
portunity to do so. The rem v
be sny higher than the woikir--pays.