FREEDOM THROUGH CHRIST An Eloqueat Sunday Sermon By Maud Ballington' Booth. A Meisie of Liberty to Tbst Are Bound and Shackled. Hrooklyn. X. Y. The sontlng capac ity at tin Majestic Theatre was taxed to Its utmost Sunday afternoon at the mooting under the auspices of tho Y. M. C. A. and many were unable to de cure mluilKslon. At the close of Mrs. -Booth's nddres there was a most Im pressive sight. As she gave the Invita tion for men to definitely accept Christ, men all over the house stood with liendu ho wed nud after a moment of prayer the nudieiice was dismissed. Mrs. Booth said in the course of hcv address: I esteem It a great privilege to have the opportunity of bringing; a message from my heart to this great audienco this afternoon, and I am so glad that 1 pome to you merely as a messenger; that I have not to rise before this audience to exploit some bobby of my own; that I do not come to you with some theory, but that I realize as 1 stand up nud speak that m.v message is not only m.v own, but that I come to you as I went to my audience this morning with a message from One who oan follow the message with the divine touch. As I looked down upon and out upon this audience trying to gather something from the faces of thoso whom I was to address I saw arise be fore me again my audience of this morning, a very different one in one sense and very similar In another. It was an audience of men all men and an audience perhaps nearly as largo as the on which I address this afternoon, but. ah.;,wuat a difference. It was au audience behind prison walls. An an- V dlence ot men who have lost their ".' chance, au audience of men shut away from the world aud its sunlight and blessing!) and happiness ami freedom and Joy, ana who in the durkness of prison walls have learned to the full the bitterness of a life of sin, and yet As I rise to speak to this audience this afternoon my message will be very much the snme as my messnge to that audience this morning, for 1 come not here to speak to Christians this after noon. M.r message. Is a message to the captive, a message of liberty to those who are hound, and It does not take the walls of Sing Sing; it does not take those narrow cells to muke -bondage, but there are many who walk the streets of Brooklyn In tho sunshine to day and who boast that they are free citizens, who are shackled and bound liecansp they have not yet learned the freedom that the dcur Christ can bring. As I spoke to my boys this morning I quoted to tiiem two lines that some- - how or other came to my notice a - little while ago. and I told them that there were just two classes of prison ers before me lu that prison. Tho lines are these: "Two men looked out over prison bnr, One saw the mud, the other saw the stars." And I say to yon In this audience to day that there are just two classes of men in this great theatre. There ore those who are looking out upon life, looking down, living la touch with the world, v. 1th tho evil In it, with Its im purity, with Its doubt, with its sin. with its darkness,- -with those dread things that steal into the souls of men and drag them downward. And there are those who look up in hope and who keep their eyes upon God's love, and Ood's might aud God's power, and walk In the light of freedom and vic tory and power, who do not stand quivering at the thought of tho pitfalls in the way, but realize that they are led as truly by the Light from above as were those wise men and those shep herds of old by the rays of tho star io Bethlehem. And it is to those who are in darkuess or in doubt that I would speak this afternoon, and I would speak to you not only from my own experience but of the experience of many to whom God has sent me. There is a wondrous freedom, a won drous power, a wondrous exultation, wondrous strength in that dear Christ of Calvary, who is not a dead God ot the past, who 1 not a pure man. whon body was torn aud rent and who was cast out as u. martyr, but who is In deed a living personal power, anil some of us can see it not only In the pages of the sacred Bible that has lived when other books hnve gone out of memory, but we can see it because la our own. hearts we imve felt that cleansing touch: because in the dark ness we tan see tho hand of God, be cause with our own ears, spiritually, wo have lieord His whisper of pardon and peace and comfort, and because we stood back' awed, by the marvels of His force, when over and over agaiu wo have seen the leper brought to Him and heitli-d, we have seen the blind restored, we havo seen the uvtimed made to walk In straight paths, and we have seen ihe ones who had been bound to the evil things, to the mud and mire of this life, rise to go forth with the strengib given by the one Who loves us so supremely. It seems to nte that one of the most pathetic parti, of the life of the Christian is to deliver the messuge and see the crowd pass on. O, if we could stay their footsteps until we suw them safely nt the foot of the cross! O, if we could stop those who are rushing, down alter their own pursuits, those hurrying to make money and fame and fortune and position, aud we could show them how sweet we have found the other way. It Is so hard to stand' and see meu rushing on to ruin, Why is IcV I think one reason Is be cause there are so many people In this world who doubt the truth of the , message. Wo tell them ot Christ's love and they shrug their shoulders and say, "I don't know whether lie exists." We tell them of the joy and the happiness that comes to the'beart aud they say, "Well, that is your ex perience, but how do I know it is not the experience of one who has been carried nwuy by excitement?" And hey pass on until the day comes when, swept away by the strong tide, tbey leuiize now weak lu truth tuey aiv. They doubt, they ure blind, they have not couio to the right point from which they can see tho reality of tho truths which, to us ure as pluln as the sun light, a clear as the stars, as true as any physical truth Is borno in upon us in this life. To those who have stepped into it the spiritual world Is lometuing even more vital than this life, but those who staud without all Is darknean. . There are lu this world many thou, sands of men who dare to judge of thn message. of salvation, who dare to stand up and criticise .lie story of the denr Christ, His ileuth nud passion. Ills life nnd power and strength for us. They stand outside ns critics nud then think they are lu a position to judge, Thorn is one ilnro troui which the man can daro to Judge Hint which is di vine uml lnilnlte, mid that is with the light of ti.ul upon it. Conn- t0 the foot of the croak! Come to tin; placu where, vinii' heart cries .out foe llglil ana God will give tt to yon. or when , we waut to know and when we want .to see then the light will come to us; n revelation will come and we shall learn iu truth the mesae of Christ, but we must leave our position as a cr'.lle nnd we must come down and ns n penitent sinner nt the foot of the cross nnd the light nnd glory of rev elation will stand behind that divine and beautiful figure of the loving, ten dor, compassionate Christ nud we shall see lllni, not a dead Saviour, not even n great and mighty judge of the world in the future, but our own tender, loving, personal friend. What Is the next, thing that seems to me the greatest hindrance of men who should swiftly run tho race, to the men who should bravely climb the hill! of power, to tho men who, with theli manhood and strength, should battle on the side of Christ? It Is one word and It is that word that has done more to till our State prisons than anything else. It is weakness. We are not ac customed when we speak of the human race to think of men as weak. Womau is always spoken of ns the weaker ves sel, but I speak not of comparison be tween men nnd women, but between tncu nnd men. It is weakness that has led men to go with the tide, in stead of lighting against it. It i weakness that has made them yield in the presence of evil companionship and do that which their manhood and conscience rose against. It is weakness that has made them seil their smile to drink. It is weakness :hat ha made them, instead of being the pro tectors of the weak, trample even women under their feet. It is weak ness that has made them hide thelt colors when the name of God is taken in vain or when ribald jokes nre made, when they should rise and proclaim their indignation nguinfit it, and. it you should ask we what keeps these men between prison walls, I should not answer- the desire for any of these things, but weakness.- And no man can have strength unless the spirit ot God is within him. It is weakness that drags hiui down aud strength that enables him to mount above, nud strength can only come from the touch of the hand divine. Perhaps you say lo me: "Do yon be lieve that all men are weak?" Indeed, t do not. I hnve known men. strong men, but I have known no man strong pnough. to be strong without the di vine Christ. I have known strong men who hnve said that they were strong enough to fight the evils of tills world nnd it has seemed that the grosser evils have passed them by because ot the strength and nobility of their char acter, but they needed 'something more than that. If they would be n bless ing to the world that needed more than their great, manly strength they need ed the strength divine. And even into theso very strong men's lives have come some one temptation stronger than themselves, and I hare known whnt it was to see the strong man de feated. And yet 1 have known what it was to see poor weak men. men whom I have seen wrestle in anguish over the past, men who have said to me: "I cannot live right. Look what the past has been a series of attempts to do right and nil have failed. I am too weak." And 1 have seen them In their helplessness cast themselves upon the strength of the divine heart. They have come to the end of their strength, they have acknowledged tbelr weakness, and God has stepped In and said: "You have come to the place where you need Me and I will help you." And I have seen these men go through life- far more able to tight their way than the strong man, and they have been able to see that through Christ their weakness has been turned to strength. There nre so many things thut I Would like to bring to this audience, but let me tell you that which 1 hnve sometimes told those to whom 1 go most often with the - message, that what wo desire to do nnd what we can. do is not through our own effort nor our determination nor our might, but It must be through that touch of Hod. There are many men who have staid to me, "I want to speak the right word and the evil words are there tip on my lips; I waut to do the right thing but In u moment the evil passion rises within me and defeats me. I nm u slave to the powers that bind me." Yes, you may be and many a man has found that however much he exercises his will he cannot throw away from him these evil things, but what your own efforts, what sorrow, whnt even the stern punishments of the law have tried to do uud failed to accomplish can be accomplished by nuother I'owcr, the strongest power on earth, the power of heaven. And the me fugc that I bring to you to-night, tho message to those who have tried to fight their evil temptations and have failed; the message to those who feel that a power stronger than their own has got Ihcm in its grip; the message to those who waut to be what tbey would be. Is the message that the touch of a new life can be yours to-day; that Christ Is calling to yon; that His band is stretched out to touch that heart aud it can cast out the evil thing and put iu its plnce the new thing; an impure thought can be cast away and a sweet, pure thought has come to take Its place. You can become vo-day a uesv IU' in Christ. Accept Your I.ol. No restlessness or discontent can change your lot. Others may huvo other circumstances surrounding them, but here nre yours. You had better make up your rolinV to accept what you t-uuuot alter. You can live n beau tiful life in the midst ot your present circumstances J. I:, Miller, D.U. If Thou Ait tho Lily. If thou art the lliy and the wise of Christ, know that thy dwelling place 1s among thorns. Only take cure lest by thy inipntleuee, by the rash judg ments, and thy secret pride, thou dost not thylf become a thoru. Luther. Shoes $500 Each, tlit Latest. Probably th most leiitarliub'.e shoes ever produced wlthiu recent times were those worn at a t'utirtiuu iu Lon don the other day by a lady well known lu society. In koopira wit" gorgeous gown, which Is said to have cost a fubulotis sum. she wore a pair of shoes that were literally covered with ttniihlug jewels diamonds, nil bles uud pearls. Tho stylo ot decora Mou wui of a remurUubly stiiklns cburacler. Klvu huudred dollars was the price of each shoe. Such C'leoratlon of shoes Is a return to the fashion of the Middle Agas. when extravagance and gaudy display were the chief characteristics per taining to footwear, in common with other things. ! Lssson for Hen. A lady living at Hath, Me., who hoi small flock of hens has tried lo be guile them into laying by putting up a sign in the henhouse n folio we: "Dec. 22, 1)04. eggs 12 cents u dozen." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR . FEBRUARY 28- Iiili.l.rt: The Miracle ot Hi f.oat-es ami fishes, John l., J.I4-Jolln Tit. ,lohn l., fit Memory Varies, 11, 1J Commentary on tho Hay's Lesson. I. The gnt1nring multitude (vs. 1-4). 1, "After these thinm. " The events of tho econd year, but particularly the report of the twelve, the murder of John, snd the report that Herod was inquiring for him. 1 he twelve apostle who had been sent out over Galilee were preaching and htaliug the sick, when, suddenly, like a flash from far distant cloud, came the news that John the Buptist had been beheaded by Herod Antipas in Macherus rnstle. The iisolplrt hastened to Jcsut, probably at Capernaum, as chickens hasten to their mother when the hawk hovers near. "Over the sea." from Capernaum, where, the postles met Jesus on their return, by boat, privately, to escape the crowd (Mark 6:31, ail. They nil retired across the sea of Galilee to the lonely plain at the foot of the hills near Bethsaida. just out lido of the dominions of Herod Antip.is. l'hey needed thin retirement ID for phy.si ;al rent, (1!) for instruction. (U) for com munion with God. 2. "Multitude fol lowed." The people came from all direc tions, for at thi time the western and northern ahore were populous with cities nd villages. The preaching of the apostle? had stirred the whole country. ;i. "A mountain." The high ground near T)ethaid, which there closely ap proaches the lake. ".Sat with flue disci ples." Read Mark 0:.')0-U2. Here they could rest and report. 4. "The passover. But became of the reason mentioned in chapter 7: 1 Jesus did not attend. This was His third Passover, a year before His death. "Feast of the dews." This was stated for the beneGt of John's (Jentile readers. This gospel was written, in Asia Minor, among liomuu customs. "Wns nigh." The tuct that the i'aasover was nigh at hand, ao that many must have beon starting on their journey to Jerusalem around the laite and through Heron, partly account for the concourse of such multi tudes. II. Jesus confers with His disciples (vs. 5 9). fi. "Lifted up His eyes." This was in the afternoon, toward evening, "when the day liegun to wear away" (.like 9:121. The Jens had two evenings: the tint be gan at 3 o'clock, the second at C o'clock. "A great company." Ho was moved with compassion and walked among the people, teaching them many things and healing their sick. His disciples called His atten tion to tho fact that this was a desert place, and as the multitude had been there linre morning, it wa time to dismiss the congregation ."o the people could go nnd buv victuals, lest they faint bv t lie wav (Matt. 14:14. 1."I. ' He snith unto Phiiip." He waa probably the provider for the disci pin. us Judas win thn treasurer. "Whence are we to buy bread" (II. V.) Christ had fed their souls r.r.d healed their bodies, and no- lie proposes to feed their bodies, soil thus show that He is able to provide for all their riecensities. li. "To prove Him." I'hilip had known Jesus for more than two veiis. und it was time that he, and the rent ot the apostles, should begin to have wide contentions of Christ's abil ity. "Knew what lie would do." Christ proposed the question to test Philip's faith. ".' "Philip answered." Our-Lord snw thut His apostles needed lesions in faith, and this miracle was as much for their lienefit aa for the benelit of the hungry multitude. "Tivo hundred pennyworth. The penny was a silver coin nud was worth about sixteen rents. The value of the bread necesury would be, therefore, about .".2. Jesua said, ''(Jive ye them to eat" (Luke): the apostles then cked in dis may, Khali we go and buy this, ure.it amount of bread? Jesus aaUed how much they had (Mark), nnd Andrew said, Five loaves and two small lisiicj. 9. "A lad here." The multitude had not thought of their temporal necessities, so anxious were they to see and hear Jesus, nnd this lad, "who had charge of the pro vision of the company to which he be longed," had nil that could be found. "Loaves fishes." The loaves were round, flat cakes like large crackers. P.arley was their poorest food. The fish were small, dried or pickled, and were eaten with bread, like our sardines. III. The multitude fed (vs. 10. 11). 10. "Make the men sit." In orderly ranks for the convenient distribution of the food. Murk snvs they sat by hundreds nnd fifties. The men alone were arranged in companies and numbered, while the wom en and children were served separately, as Oriental custom required. "Much gias." The grass was ready for mowing at tliisi time of the year. "About live thousand." ltesides women and children (Matt. 14:21'. 'I here must have been 10,000 persons to feed. Jesus had arranged thciu so they could easily be counted. II. "Jesua took the loaves." Thus act ing like the master of a family among the Jews, who took the bread into his hands to giva thunks to God before any ac the table were permitted to eat. Jesus had one loaf for a thousand men, besides the women and children. We may have but little, but if we will givo the little we have to Jesus Ho will multiply it a thousand fold and pass it back to us, nnd grant us the orivileve of oassirut it out to the starv ing. ' sin-burdened multitudes.' '(iiveiw thanks." Jesus thus sets us sn example; we should never eat without Urst thank ing Hod for our food, mid acJiing His blessing upon it. "Distributed to the dii ciple.' There has been much discussion us to just how the miracle was performed. There is no doubt but. that the food multi plied all along the line. Jesus handed out to His disciples: it increased in their hands us' they handed out to the mult itude, nnd as it was passed from one to another the bread und hsh continued to swell in their hands until they all had enough and to spare. IV. The fragment gathered up (vs. 12, 12). 12. "When filled." Here is one miracle of our lined attested by at least GOoO (probably 10,000) persons. Sn one need ever leave Chrhit'a table hungry. He is able to satisfy every demand ot soul and body. lie. is the bread of life. Whether we demand "little or much" it is an easy matter for Christ- to iili us. There is n fulness in His mercy and love that only those who eat can understand. "Frag ments." "The broken pieces which remain over." 1!. V. "That nothing be lost." The design i to bring out the prccioiuness of the food which Jesiu had given. 1J. "Twelve baskets." The word translated "basket" means pocket or wallet. V. A testimony uiven (v. 14). 14. "Then those men." ' The people." K. V. "The miracle." Aii.nit which thore could be no doubt. "Truth." An expression rle noting certainty. "That prophet." All v.ho had seen this wonderful miracle were o profoundly impressed with it that they Raid there can be no doubt but this' jn'tliu Messiah the Prophet that should conic into i lie world, according to the prediction. Hen Cares for Young Kittens. ('ill.ei'H of McKeiule, Tenn., arc "iniiHi'd ut a strange display of affec tion displayed by an ordinary barn yard hen for u litter of newborn lilt toi s. At the home ot Sijulre N. W. JVi'UIiih the hen left her nest and on return found four Kitten:. Shu took churge or the nest, as though the kit tens were not there, evidently Imag ining the kittens were eggs. I-oter ou Mr. Perkins was attracted, to the gcena by a terrific fight being waged by the ben and tho mother ot the kit tens. The hen an holding posses sion of the nest when Perkins Inter fcred and restored the kittens to thelt mother. Chicken Haa Four Legs. W. H. Tarbox of Kast "Oreenwleh, H. I., is the posweaaor of a curiosity In the shape of a live four-legged chicken four months old. It hops nround with two of )t legs ns any chicken doetj. but uVagu the other two, which are clongtrted, useless p pondages. FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIXTH. "Heroes of Home Missions." Jer. 1:7-19. Scripture Verses. John -15: IS 20: Acts S:l;.Acts l!):2H-27; 1 Cor. 16: P: 2 Cor. 11:25-2S; Acts 2:41, 47; 11 22 21: 10:17-20; Phil. 1: 12, 13. Lesson Thoughts. What Is heroism? Is It readiness to meet danger, merely, without re gard to consequences? This is only recklessness. Heroism Is a willing response to the call ot duty even In tho face of known difficulties, dangers and possible death. The greatest inspiration to miss ionary heroism is the promise, "I am with thee to deliver thee," salth the Lord. Let opposition come; it can not, overwhelm. Selections. II. is affecting in ihe highest de greo to vend tho diary of David Drain erd. missionary to the American In dians. Here is a npeclmen. "Here 1 am, Lord, send me; nend mo to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savago pagans of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort in the earth; aend me even to death Itself if it be but in thy service anil to promote thy klng dom." Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesua Christ. (2 Tim. 2:3.) John Eliot, the apostle to the In (llatiR, says that he had considered these words, and his experiences show that ho obeyed them. No one can tell how much the nation 'owes to hia example of Consecration and zeal, which has stimulated others to missionary service. March 8 Whitman, whoso hazardous ride across the continent in 1842-3 did much to save Oregon to th American t'ulon, said, "My life is of little worth if I can save this country to the American people." Peter Cartwrlght was one of a larga class of early missionary heroes who endured Incredible hardship and op position in preaching the gospel. His harness was cut, his horse's mano and tali were shaved by ruffians, and ha was more than once threatened with horsewhlpplngs, nnd waylaid nt lone ly places in the woods. Nothing but the stanchest courage on tho part ot these pioneer preachers, nerves ot iron, and faith like that or the he roes mentioned in Hebrews, saved the cause of the gospel from defeat. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIXTH. Medical Mission. Matt. II. 2-5: Acts .'!. 1-8. Matthew declares that the message which Jesus sends to John Baptist us evidence of his Messiahshlp was that the blind received their sight, the lame walked, the lepers cleansed, and thHf. the dead were rained up. When one looks at it. it Is wonderful how the whole ministry of Jesus was largely u ministry of physical heal ing. Jesus was the first medical mis sionary. So la the apostolic church the very Ilrat. evidence they gave of divine power was the healing of thn lame man at the gate of the temple, us described In our lesson. How much the gospel now needs to be u physical ministry to the bodies of men hs a preparation lor spiritual heal ing. it the Cood Samarium had but dowu by the Hide of the wounded man und preached to him of his slus he might huve done him Utile good: but. when he bound up his wounds, took him to the Inn. hud cared for his physical need 'he became a true medical mis sionary. Medical inlssluus are the natural anil logical expression of Christianity. The gospel has u nieH sage to the body as well us to the soul. The deplorable physical condi tion of jnun.'.' heathen, the supersti tious und prejudice of the peoples concerning medicine und dlseuse, uiuke- this phase of missionary work doubly Important, lu many cases the body must, be doctored before the hoiiI .lan bo saved, lu muu.v more rases the healing of the body opens the way to the soul. In other instances tho inly form of missionary work- pos sible is medical work. fiencu thrt missionaries of all churches have round the medieul work the right hand :if evangelism. Much of our mission iry work, both by parent board und women's organizations, is by hospital uud disn&UHury. In Africa aud the Is lands of Hi- sea medical missions break the power and destroy the pres tige of the medicine man und the witch doctor. It takes no high cul ture to nee benelits of surgery and medicine. In China medical mission have been the open door through which the Gospel has reached thebet ter classes. In Mohammedan lauds they have disarmed fanaticism. Worldly people may look askance ut some forms of our missionary work, but they cannot help applaud our medical work. Fur out on the picket line of missions fearless men and wo men are doing the n-Mt heroic work of mlsslous In grappling with cholera, snmll-poK, plague, leprosy, diphtherlu, and other contusions and terrible dis eases. They are the heroes of c.o ! em missions. RAM'S HORN BLASTS ','HE atheist cannot nun - uou ioi- nm same reason thut the thief canuot' find tho policeman. Virtue Is the se cret of vigor. Faith alone can see His face. Men who think do not drink. (Jiving is love's wav of llvlntf. I T No deed ot love is ever small. An agnostic is one who does not know whether be knows or not. Some people Had the "church a good place iu which to shut out the needs ot the world. The religion that makes you feel like fighting your brother never came from your r'athor. Your foice depend -i tin the fervor of your faith rather than on the fervor of your feelings. Men who talk of worshiping Cod in nature are usuully found looking for Him with a gun or a rod. When a man's heart lu in Heaven it does not suffer frru palpi tat 1 n evi ry time It Bees tho collection coming- mm m reevJKI?&5t THE PRECEPTOR. KV I'MXTO SCOl.t.ASO. I "t my eves on the face of duty; "Master." I said, "let be! let be!' Life ill lose nil its golden bcautv fC l must follu'v then!" Mi. but thn viiys that wo trod neie wean-! Ah. but the paths that wc Followed long! ili-oiiry the span of tiie sky, mid err-e I he sound of over' song. And yet. ns though through some ohnsmie wonder, Vftec the lnpsnitr ot sunless days. The -n-im gray veil seemed to melt and sunder Like ihe rifted mornins; tu;:e. I'lirii I set my eves on the f icc of duly? ''Master." ( said, "at. last I see Th.it life has gained a more hallowed Vwanty Since f have foilon-ed thec!" Sunday -School Times. A Fnrf-otttll Heslnntlis;. The C hicago Association was holding ill annual session with one of the chunhes which had grown to strength in n dozen years, and vere happy iu the completion of its large neiv house of worship, la nnd out among the pastors and delegates of the hundred churches represented moved a little old lady in black. Kvery one knew her as the widow of u retired minister who had died a feu" months beiore. They two had regularly attended these gathering together: o couple short in stature, ami slender besides, whose artier work lay o mitiiy veara back that oulr the oldest of the delegates knew much m" it. There had been some little mention iu the papers of their golden wedding, and not Jong after ward there nail been obituary notice not lacking in sincere cordiality. Inn the old couple had gone in nud out hp'ouk a iter ation who had stnail oerwn il kuoiwi-dc of what their Jives had leo. At the noon inle''mis-ii.i h" " iu.vv m pronclied Ihe inoder.it or of lite mecriug and asked if there would l e tiny 'hue when she could reail before ihe 'iuiiieri'tit a iri'n lite lo the memory oi her hiishij-iit. It was an unusual thing P fisl. nud liie n'oie irattght with timer., lint i- became .ie asked for lift-'-en minutes and the fir ioi wa overloaded. Th'-re iva a i-oiisii!u,i nai. r -1 it was arranged thnr in i'-c iuiw'al Is t.veeu i iie rn'li'moon and tie- ec-ou a'--sions, iininciliiitelv after iiiric-. .ho sir u d have the time she d 'se-cd. and the -u.'.inj was awaited not wiiuoiii vote-'- tm .it''. MtC rose when the lime came, '"id ' ad Iter pnner in a voice '. hai wa. not -::o:i. but did not, tremble. There ivi-s u,, ;ti,,t-;il for syninathy o- liirustiiiK li her t-uinns upon others. She ave as The if sou t it a-iking the privilege Ihe fr.er ii"ii i'"f church -where the uneiiug "-as held was in tiie district where she nod her lte.W'd had snent six veal, hep mint, riiii-fy-rivc years before. She said: "This is counted a new tiit'iil in the city, but ii: was both new end old pv-ch thirty-live vears ago. An old snwe route ran out Milwaukee avenue, md there wu u small settlement here from early days. At thai time there was a movement ol population this way. anil we came toaetiiei to organize n church. Jlotii-ea ivce widely seattei-ed over the orairie, and Irorn two miles east the parish extended Jav out westward across tho lieids." Siie told how they succeeded in eyecr'ni" a church building, which was snecdilv wrecked by a tornado, and how in the ho' test of hot summers they v.ulked through shadeless streets, soliciting money lo re build it. After it. wag done the tide ol nopulutio.l turned in another direction The settlement lanaiiislicd and diminished, and after six years of fultlnid effort the work had to be given uo. Now, ail! years of waiting, the title had ret or tied, nnd with it the beauliiul chinch had come Into being. Simply but touching!)' she tool the story of those earlv beginnings, and tiie picture whicli she gave of iier husband, ami uncon sciously ot herself, awoke a thrill oi admir ation in all who heard her. She hud brought to men the knowledge of sit lor gotten years oi heroic service. Warm res olutions of thanks, of Kymonthv ami of af fectionate memory were adopted by the meeting, and the incident fastened itself upon the mind of every one present. Then it began to be whinfiered among the dele gates that she had just given lu.(nHi to various churitirs in memory of her hus band, for although his salary had never been large, his habits had been careful and his years had been many, but nil agreed that no other tribute could have been so beautiful as that whicli she read, of the record of fifty years which they hud (.pent together Itefore the servant of the Master went to his reward. Youth's Companion. How to Sav Voorsalf. To working to save others we do the most good to ourselves. An Engli-jiintan who was going to drown himseb found two sovereigns in his pocket, nnd thinking it was a pity to waste ho much gave them to a poor woman who was starving fir bread. When he saw how happv the nieces made the mother nud her children, he bethought himself of how much hairi ness he could occasion by all the hoards of gold and silver he had in his cellar. Me gave up the idea of suicide and devoted the rest of his lite to dointr good, l.y sav ing other he saved himself! 1,1k Pmiluoe 1.1k. All things develop according to ilte't own nature under the operation ot fixed laws, yet in ail things there is infinite va riety oi individual development. The acorn invnriably pruduces an oak; it rannoi Uy any chance produce a pine or a willow: yet no two oak trees are exactly alike, and it is even said that no two leaves on any tree are exactly alike. The invariability of nature's law does not, therefore, prevent, but necessitates n large measure of free dom of individual development, even iu the lower forms of orgauic. lite. OoJ Looked at th Heart. What a stress does the Itible lay every where upon the heart! li God would make His highest demand unon man it is this, "Hive Me thy heart!" (l'rov. 21: 26). If He asks our service it in service from the heart in singleness nnd sincerity of the heart. (F.iih. 6:8i. It He would condemn our worship it i when we draw nigh Him with our lips and honor Him with our mouth, but our heart are tar from Him. (Matt. 13:7, 8). And when He pronounces His greatest blessing, it is this: "Messed are the nure in heart, for they shall see Clod." iMutt. ."i:Si. H Nvr t'ora-ts Yes, things are hard sometimes. And we must live on and bear ( Soil's will, ile cuuse He make a plau for us, nud there will be always something coming, we can not tell, day by day, what may be, only He never forgets us or leaves anvthiog out. Mrs. A. I). T. Whitney. A CrlsU In Itcrraler. Greut occasions do not make berN- or cowards; they simply unveil them to tho eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sle.ep. we grow and wax strong, we grow and wax weak, and at last gome crisis shows us what we have Wcome. Canon Westcott. Jamaican Tea Becoming Popular. Tea has beeu grown at Jamaica with a good deal of success rerently. II has found a ready market in this coun try, and while uot as good as that grown In the far east, It la palatable enough to be popular. . New Yorkers Carry Pistols. . A single policeman in New Yorlt city, W. A Mlllor, has in two years' time turned over to the city 328 pis to) taken from the men who were illegally carrying' them. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Poem! He Ye Seller Tiie Wouls of Petition t'resenleil to tiie Ohio Legislature In IS art Are as ApfKult Now a Iliev Were Then. "He ye sober!" if ye covet Ilenlthy days nud peaceful nights. Strong drink wnrpeth those who love tt Into snd and fearful sights. "He ye sober!" cheeks grow haggard, Ryes turn dim, ami pulse tide Moot' Runs too fast, or crumbletu laggard When there's poison in the flood. Shun the "drum" that can lint darken When its vapor gleam has fled. Iteason says and ye must hntken "fesened drink brings doubled bread." Though your rulers may neglect T "He ye sober!" lu your strength! And they must and shall respect ye. , And the light shall dawn nt length. But let none cry out for freedom. With a loud and feverish breath. While they let a fool cup lead tbein To the slavery of death. KliJM Cook. What luttapranc Dos. intemperance cuts dowu youth In its vigor, manhood In Its streugth. and nRe In Its weakness. It breaks the father's heart.- bereave the doting mother, ex tinguishes natural affection, erases con jugal love, blols out tillal attachments, blights parental hope, nnd brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grnve. It produces weakness, not strength, sickness, not health: death, not life. It makes wives, widows; children, or phans; fathers, fiends; ami all of them, paupers and beggars. It hails fevers, feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes epldemie, in vites the cholera, imports pestilence, and embraces consumptions. It covers the lnnd with idleness, poverty, dis ease nml crime. It tills your .lulls, sup plies your almshouses and demands your asylums. It engenders contro versies, fosters quarrels and cherishes riots. It coiulemriB laws, spin ns order, and loves mobs. Ii crowds your peni tentiaries and furnishes victims tor your scaffolds. II Is the liti--liii-.il of the gambler, the aliment of the conn terleiter, the prop ot the highwayman, and the support of the midnight Incen diary. It countenances the liar, re spects the thief, and esteems the blas phemer. It violates obligation, rever ences fraud and honors infamy. It defames benevolence, hutes love, accuses virtue, anil slanders innocence. It Incites the father to butcher his off spring, helps the husband to massacre Ills wife, and aids the child to grind the parricidal nxe. It burns up men. consumes women. , detests life, curses Cod, nnd despises heaven, (t suborns witnesses, nurses perjury, do tiles the jury box. snd stains the judicial er mine. It bribes votes, disqualifies voters, corrupts elections, pollutes our institutions, and endangers our aovern nient. It degrades the citizen, debases the legislator, dishonors the. statesman, and disarms the patriot. It brings shame, not honor; terror, not safety; despair, not hope; misery, not happi ness; and now. as with the malevolence of a fiend, It calmly surveys its fright ful desolations, still insatiate with havoc; it poisons felicity, kills peoee. ruins reputations, and wipes out na tional honor, then curses the world and laughs at Its ruins. It does all that and more it murders the soul. It is the son of villainies, the father of all crimes, the mother of abominations, the devil's best friend, nnd Ood's worst enemy. ''etltiou by Ohio Legislature in ISM, 'What Kim WronaM. A carpenter earning $.' a day. father of three bright boys (between live und eight yearsi. living iu a home of his own in Buffalo. N". Y.. went on a strike with several hundred other carpenters. While banging about the saloons with others he began drinking. Two years later the family lived iu a vile howl not at to be cnlhxl home. The delicate little mother supported the family by working in a sweatshop. One morning she went to her work as usual, und wlthiu mi hour she was brought home dead--heart failure. The father sold all the furniture for drink, then stripped the loys of their clothing and left them in the bitter cold December weather naked. When he came home later lu the day nnd found them crying from the cold he tied bits of Iron into a rope aud beat them until a policeman broke in and ar restisl him. One ot the children was unconscious., neither of the others could Hand, nil of them had deep cuts and bruises all over their bodies. The arm of one had been broken by the iron. The judge, In sentencing the man, used these words: "You nro the most brutal, inhuman father I ever saw. You go down for ninety (lays."-ltara's Horn. Hr I. a or In Britain. What Is officially known as the "It censing act of llsH" and popularly known ns the "brewers' endowment bill," has passed the British. Parlia ment, and went Into effect January 1, lPlV.. The law was the result of a po lltlcnl "deal" between the brewers and the Government. It is universally de nounced as the most Infamous licens ing ineasuru ever pnssed by a British Parliament. Petitions numbering bit;!, containing 19,ll'J signatures, were pre sented ngainst it, IHW belug official po tions under seal. There were Just two petitions In Its favor, contalulntf '-o3 signatures. Temperance ots. Ireland consumes per head slightly more whisky than Kngland. unit tf.-ot-land nearly twice as touch. The law prohibiting saloons within ,"IM1 feet of it public park is being en forced against u number of places in Indianapolis. Speaking nt it temperance inceling at Norwich, Knglund, the Bishop of Ipswich suld that whatever legislation wns Joyously received by the truile niust be, front the temperance reform er's standpoint, nothing -nrt of a cal amity. The Chicago Tribune remarks t&nt the drinkers and drunkards ot Chicago are contributing the little sum of J5,(KXi to the City Hull to give them the privilege of spending money for whisky and bear during the coming year. An exhibit In the Transportation Building at the Mt. I'mls r'lilr fur nlslied a splendid Uliistiutlou of the ne cesity for "eternal vigilance." The Baptist Missionary (Society bad on ex hibition one ot their gospel cars, and by some Interesting coincident of fate or the Exposition uiitiiiigeuieut, imme diately joining the cav was a eat loud of beer. R. G. Dun & Co.' "Weekly VUiCatfr of Trade" says: Sonic disturbance has been caas6fy the dementi, but business conditions usjk otherwise unusually satisfactory tor sb season. Distribution of merchandise fc of liberal proportions and the new yaaojt it) fulfilling sanguine expectations. Lasts temperature and storms interrupted trsJ fic to some extent, but Accelerated bus- Manufacturing is still the best fea sliocs and fuel. -Manufacturing ii still the beast 1m turc. especially in the varimii depart ments of the iron and steel industry, while textile mills and shoe shops am well engaged. Som conservatism is noted i tikst placing of advance order, but this s favorable symptom, indicating tba sAV soer.ee of reckless operations that Bf ducc inflated prices and ultimately osum excessive accumulation of stocks, tal lowed by, the inevitable period ol rs trenclirtrenC " Favorable reports are received froo almost every department of the irou aasf iteel industry, even steel rails sharinc the better feeling, order on the betel: now exceeding a million tons. The ad vancing season it bringing out more de mand for structural shapes, while aoecv fications on contracts lor plates tears the mill busy. Failures for the week numbered as in the United States, against 2& last year and 37 in Canada, compared witi 25 a year ago. "Dradstreet''' says: Wheat, including flour, exports for the- week are 987,775 bushels, again 943.338 last week, 1,746,35s this vmels. last year, 2,856 in lxy and 3,173. 481 in 1903. Coin exports ior the week are 2448,436 bushels, sgsinst Sjee.seK last week, 589,362 a year ago, IjB.sev 170 in 1903, and 527,366 in igoo. WHOLESALE MAUET1 Baltimore. FLOUR Quiet aud -changed; receipts, 9,107 barrels; exports,. 8,761 barrel. WHEAT Strong; spot, contract, spot, No. a red, Western, lit M;4; February, l.l66il.i6'l; r.t;I l-17'A; May, I.i8s ; steamer Noi a resS. I.09l.oo,;$ ; receipts, C.665 bcislieU; Southern by ample, 1.01(041.05; South ern on grade, i.04'Si.i64. CORN Steady; spot and February. 49l449fs ; March, April 2nd May, 40,? G49'jI steamer mixed, 4747$i; re ceipts, 52,796 bushels; exports. i5.3eT.s bushels; Southern white and yrltow corn, 44'2'40. OATS-Easier; No. 2 white, j6'4 tale ; No. 2 mixed, 353ji ; receipts, 9,959 bushels. RYE Dull; No. 2 Western, uptown. 85 bid; receipts, 100 bushels. HAY Steady and unchanged. BUTTER Firm and unchanged; fancy imitation, 22(0523; fancy creamery. 30; fancy ladle, 19X&20; store packed, ici 18. EGOS Firm, 28. CHEESE Firm and unchanged; large, 12V1 ; medium, I24 ; small, ij. SUGAR Strong and unchanged ; coarse granulated and fine, 56--3- New York. FLOUR Winter straights, 5-255-35; winter extras, 3 4-30- BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-Quiet; P" 100 pounds, 2.oo(a 2.10. BUTTER Strong ; receipt-). 3J5 Street price, extra creamery. 3ofoai Officia! prices: Creamery, common t extra, 2i30 do. held, common to ex tra, 1 ', renovated, common to ca tra, 1724; Western factory, common to extra, 17823. CHEESE Firm and unchanged; re ceipts, 207. EGGS Strong; receipts, 4,5391 Staloi, Pennsylvania, and near-by fancy select ed white, 3j34; da choice, 31(0)3; mixed fancy, 32 ; Western firsts, 31 ; do-, seconds, 28(830; Southerns, 2430; re frigerated, 2161)26. HOPS Quiet. State, common to choice, 2935. Uvi Stock. New York. BEEVES Good sieera tteady; common and common slow to loc. -lower; bulls dull and Western bull 10c. off; cows steady; native steers, 3.5a lo 5.75; oxen and stags, 340 to 4.A0; bulls, 2.60 to 4.10; cows, 1.50 to 3.85. CALVES Barnyard calve steady; Western dull and weak; veals, 500 ta j.75; no very choice here; good barn yard calves, 4.00; Westerns, 3.25; dress td calves steady. SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep- in light supply and steady; lambs verj; dull, but hardly quotable lower; slteeg. j.oq to 5.50; lambs, 7.50 to 8L15; few fancy Jerseys, 8.75. HOGS-'-Prime State hogs, 5.3a Chicago. CATTLE Market stroas; tood to prime steers, 5.60J4A.25; poor ( jnedium, 3-65$5-45i stockers and feeders, 3.354-35! cws. IJ54-45; leifers, 2.00415.15; camiers, i-25fej.($s ; Mills 2.00(04.00; calves, 3.0TX&7.25. HOGS Market a shade higher: mix d and butchers, 4.65(014.85; g'SSd to :hoice heavy, 4.854.95; rough heavy, .(jf.i4.7o; light, 4.5510)4-80 ; bulk oi tales, 4.6S1S4.80. SHEEP Market stronger; bnr.S iveak; good to choice wethers, S.2W 5.65; fair to choice mixed, 4-5(i,l5,a; aative Iambs, 5-6o(317.75. WORLD OP LABOR. Coal miners in the Alberta (Canada district are on strike for recognition oi their union. Steam shovel and dredgemen are ar ranging for their 1905 wage scale, whic will be formulated at the convention this aionth. I The Massachusetts State Organic I ma r( A rwOitnictai It 1 U tni n rsnil a met vigorous campaign of organizing in every itction of the State. The Italian Government has dec iiirsf to open in all parts of Italy 3,450 event ing schools, exclusively for adults who cannot read or write. Pittsburg may have a co-operative: building trades corporations this year as a result of disagreement over tbe signing of the new wage tcale. It has been decided to remove the official journal of Bricklayers ami sons' International Union from New York city to Indianapolis. There are almost 386,000 larniderer and laundresses in the United States. Journeymen Confectioner ol Stock holm, Sweden, have succeeded tot gt ting the abolition of the living in ly-r tern granted by all the master bakers ami by about half the master cotifcctioncn. The Dutch Government has tutrodiuw il a bill providing for tiie compulsory in surance of Dutch tailor against t -. risks of accidents of their calling, - -cially in the North Sea. Owing to the increased cliii:s f of pig-irou, Mast furnacrmeu iv northeast of Ungland urc -nti;: i 1 advance oi 1 per ctnt. in . s ! ensuing qu inter.
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