tttffifttfff tttsstttf S SUNDAY SERMON J Eloquent Dlieouri by Dr. j T. L. Curler. J ssfssaa Brooklyn, N. Y. Tho Itov. Dr. Then lore L-. Cuylor occupied his old pulpit In Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Clinrcli, Lafayette arpnue and South Oxford street, fSundny morning. A rery large congregation was present. pr. Cuylor; who is now In bis eighty fourth year, preached with his old lime rigor on "The Aurhors of the foul." He took as his text Acts xxvll: IY: "Tbey east four anchors out of the Item and wished for the day," and laid: The account of Paul' voyage to Rome Is one of those graphic passages f the New Testament which never loses Its Interest. It not merely throws t strong light upon ancient navigation, but Is strong conllniiRtlon of the truth fulness of the Acts of the Apostles, for modern nautical service have estab lished every word of the narrative. The chief Interest to ns to-dny is Its Mch, practical, spiritual Instruction. The story of the storm and the ship wreck you have all been familiar with from childhood. For fourteen days the jblp had been In the clutch of a terrific blizzard," as we would call it, but which Is described In the narratlvo as I "eurocyldon." No sun or moon or stars appeared during that terrible fortnight. For safety much of the cargo was heaved overboard and they Wero obliged to bind around the crazy craft with hawsers in order to keep from fnnruWInir In lnld sen. Thev Imagined they were drawing nigh to the land, and heaving the lead it tells Off twenty fathoms. The next cast of the lead shows fifteen fathoms. They ire now close on the lee shore. Only one maneuver can save them. Tbey cast four anchors out of the stern, and It is a striking fact that pictures on the walls of llerculaneum and Pom pell depict the galleys anchored In that manner. What a long and dreary night was that to the drenched and weary voyagers, while they listened to the terrific thundering of the breakers on the shore. But Paul, Christ's pris oner, is on board, and he Is the real master of the situation. His precious life Is insured from heaven, for, re member until their work is done. It was part of God's wish that the an chors should preserve the most valu able life then on the globe until Paul's mighty mission was accomplished. Human life is a voyage, and nil of you now before me are bound on it for the Judgment seat and for eternity. It Is not a voyage over smooth seas and before soft, south winds. Everything under God depends on the compass and the anchors. You observe that the an chors are not attached to anything afloat, but they plunge through the waves and bite Into tho tenacious clay. And so it Is with our spiritual anchors. Make fast to God's immutable word and to the omnipotent Saviour, tho Lord Jesus Christ. An anchor, too, is unseen. And so It is with the inward union with the unseen Christ that keeps many a one safe in the hour of . temptation, and brings composure to those in tho depths of terrible trlnls. '.'When Martin Luther was struck with a heavy head sea he used to let slip the cable of the forty-sixth psalm and, throughout the voyage of life you and l nave vital need of the anchors which our divine Master, the Captain of our salvation, has provided for our safety. .What are the four anchors? The first and foremost anchor is faith. That is ofteu defined as trust in an unseen God. and we take God's word more implicitly than we tuke the notes issued by the Government, be cause tney near tne stamp of the Uni ted States with its vast resources be hind it. But the mightiest spiritual force for you nud me is the Christ faith. Now, that is a great deal more than a mere opinion. Faith is Infinite ly more than a sentiment or feeling or opinion. It is an net; it is the positive act of tho soul laying hold of Jesus Christ as our Saviour, Joining our weakness to His strength; our unwor thlness to His merits; our weak selves to His infinite and almighty Self. We are not commanded only to believe in Christ, we are commanded to believe on Christ, If wo would be saved. A friend of initio was staying at n hotel In Albany and noticed a rope in his room and had faith in it because ho saw it was a well-braided rope. At midnight he was aroused by a cry of "Fire!" On opening the door the smoke and flames burst In, and he grasped the rope and let himself down in safety to the sidewalk. Ho believed on the rope. That is saving faith when you rest on Christ, clinging fust to Christ, trusting in Him alone to up hold you to the end and assured of His promise. "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." Salvation of the soul Is an actual experience. It Is tho actual testing of Christ; the actual attach I ment to Christ, the actual love for Him i hid In the very depths of the soul. The British Government requires all its an chors to bo stumped. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is tho Holy Spir it's record of the stamps on the anchor of faith.. .My mother's Bible was marked all through with penciling. on the margin, proving how these various promises had been tested, and the an chor never drugged. The second anchor is loyalty to Christ and obedience to His commandments. Kvery duy I attach less importance to tt religion of mere emotion. It is very pleasant to sing and sometimes to shout on the mountain tops, but a religion of uiero emotion is subject to Its ebbs and flows and is not reliable in the strain and stress of temptation. Loy alty to the teachings of Christ, loyalty to the everlasting right must be im bedded in the conscience It you and I are not to drift upon the rocks. Kven fulth without good works would be dead. It has been this lack of loyalty of conscience to the truth, integrity anil right which has strewed the beach with so many pitiable and disgraceful wrecks. The great demand in these days is conscience; the greut demand in politics Is conscience, and no man is safe under the temptations of com merce or of public life when his con science is loosened from God's com mandments. God never insures a man, even in the church, except wbllo his anchor 1s fastened to the divine princi ples of right with the cable of obe dience to the Master. I would say to them dear young friends, beware of the first false step; keep off dangerous ground. In Switzerland I saw tho 'Mortonharsh glacier, where 'l'yndall liad such a perilous experience. He and a companion were lashed to a guide. They began to descend on the rough rocks and the compuulou sug gested that they should walk on the snow alongside. They did so and their .weight disturbed tho equilibrium of the whole body and sent them down as an nvulunche. Just before the" reachel the precipice the guide thrust his iron shod boot against a projecting rock and shouted, "In the name of Uod, halt!" They wore drawn up when there wiinUut a tpouieut between them ana eternity, t would say to every one of yon, dear young men, If you find yourselves being carried away by your social surroundings or influ ences toward the precipice of ruln( plant your feet firmly agnltiRt God's truth and God's right ere you ar swept away. The third anchor Is patience. That was a tedious night of peril and gloom which laid upon Paul and his ship mates, but they held out and waited for the day. Patience Is Mint staying power in the will which Paul in his epistle calls longmlndedness. It Is the power to endure a continued strain without flinching; it is the staying power thot wins tho prize. Mark how much of the Old Testament makes of waiting patiently upon God. In the New Testament the word often, is eti dures, and I would say to all those dear young friends, who have lately been united with this church, that the start Is not sufficient, "he that endur eth shall be saved." This patient waiting Is opposed to every anxiety and the worry that frit ters away strength and produces no result. 1 will give you three simple rules to put Into practice. First, take short views; never cross a bridge until you come to it; never fight the battlo until tho evening is in sight. Second, discharge the duty that comes next to your hands; take the step that God points out immediately before you. If In ascending a mountain you look up you may grow weary, and If you look down you may grow dizzy. One step at a time is the secret of the successful climb, and there is iiootio with strength enough to bear to-dny's duties with the worries and interests of to-morrow piled on top of them. Third, never yield to the demon of discouragement. You parents have need of patience with your children to encourage everything that Is good, to bear with pervorseness until you fan correct it, instead of only increasing It by irritation. "Why do you tell that boy twenty times?" said the father of John Wesley to his broth er. "Because," replied the wise man, "nineteen times go for naught and I shall not gain my point without the twentieth." Wise Susanna Wesley trained the founder of Methodism. God's delays are sometimes a test of faith. Look at that Syrophoeniclan woman plucking the garment of Christ. She persists, and clings to Him, until He says; "Oh, woman! great is thy faith," etc. During the first charge of my ministry 1 grew so discouraged that I was about to give up when my Master headed nie off with one of the most powerful revivals I have known. The darkest hour was Just before the dawn. Here in Brooklyn to-day God's voice to tne churches evidently is to do their utmost work, to pour forth the most fervent prayer, to engage in the most personal effort and trust to Him for the blessing. 'The best enter prises In this world have had their pe riods of discouragement, when pa tience was the vital grace that won tha day. That glorious old missionary, Judson, worked for Ave years In Bur mah without a convert. Then the cloud burst and the great and permanent Burmah mission resulted. The lesson to-day, beloved members of this church, is: stand by the pastor, assist him in every movement, echo his every exhortation and, with united pastor and people, let us move on to spiritual harvestings and victory. The fourth anchor is that beautiful word, hope. That is not the possession of, good things; It is rattier the confi dent expectation of good things thut are assuredly in store for us. "We are saved by hope." In our spiritual life hope Is vitally Important. I thank God that throughout my life He bus en abled me to be an inveterate lioper. The word, however, in the New Testa ment has sometimes a peculiar mean ing in describing the Christian. The apostle, in speaking of the hope of sal vation, calls it "on anchor sure nud steadfast holding to that within the vale." Let nie nsk each one of you this morning, Where Is your hope? On what are you resting for this world and the next? Is your hope an anchor fastened to the Lord Jesus, or is It only a mere cable attached to Band? That great Christian, Harmon Page, who made it a rule never to be with any one ten minutes without saying some thing good. He went into his Sunday school with a note book in hand and nsked each one, "Have you a hope of salvation?" Most of them gave hlni an affirmative answer. Ho canio to one man, a stranger, in the adult Blblo class, who shook his head and said, "I have none." Sagacious Mr. Page, instead of rebuking him, in a very pa thetic tone said, "Then I will put you down as having no hope." The gen tleman could not sleep that night He said, "Page has me down in his book as a hopeless man," and he laid hold of Christ and made his decision for tho Master, and the next time he met the superintendent he said. "Thank God for your plain, loving talk with' me, for I have a hope now like an anchor." I cite the case of that philanthropist who came to New York as a humble carpenter, and who wrought such a work that over 100 souls were con verted under him. Brother believers, let the storms of earth howl as loudly as they will, if wo have committed everything to Jesus all should be well, for so It came to pass that when the daylight broke, the tempest-tossed mar iners on tho shores of Melltu come safe to land. So it will be with us, through the night's darkness, through perilous voy ages we shall each huve our souls fust anchored to the universalizing Saviour, whom alone wo can trust for salvation. My last, loving counsel to every one of you before me, whom I am rejoiced to address once more from this dear old pulpit, is, make fast your anchors to the Lord Jesus Christ if at last you would llnd peace in the desired haven. . Th RtHon, Christ came into the world, not to tell us what Is lght, but to give to our light doing tho right flavor. Key. Frank Crane, PREFERS HADES TO POLITICS. Ex-Judg Emphatically ' Announces That He. Wants a Rest. Ex-Judge Samuel Miller, who has Just finished twenty years on the bench in Mercer, Pa., and who thinks a political' rest la due him, wrote a letter to the Western Press, a local paper, In which he says: "Every now and then some cuss uses your columns to mix me up in -politics. Tho last item was in last week's Press that I am opposing the election of Prof. Oherlng. ( have no more interest In the election or do feat of -the professor than I have In' the eclipse of the moon. I've had all the politics I want. Once United States District Attorney Oeorge Jenks, asking about moving to Wash ington, said it given a choice between Washington and hell he'd take hell, and so it I am given a choice be tween Pennsylvania politics and hell, I'll take the same choice Jenks did. "Of course, I'd want some reason able assurance that I'd be reprieved U the end of three months." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MARCH 26. Bavlew of tha Twolv Prnmillnc tMiwni For tha Firm Quarter Kril John l. 88-81 Guillen tnl, John li., 81 Summary. Lesson I. Topic: The wonderful divino Saviour. Place: Kphesus. John's gospel waa written between 80 and 90 A. IX John was the only apostle living at that time. He refers to Christ as the Word of God; all things were made by Him; lie was the life and the light of men; reference is made to John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ; He was "not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that Tight;". Jesus was the true light. II. " Topic: 'lhe believer's true attitude toward his Lord. Place: Bethabara. A crisis had arisen in John's ministry; the Snnhedrin sent deputation from Jerusa lem to ask John who he waa; John said ho was not the Christ, nor Eliaa, nor the pro- ihet about whom Moses had written, but ic waa merely a voice crying from the wil derness, "Make struight the way of the Lord." John baptized with water; Christ would baptize with the Holy Spirit; John testified concerning Jesus and called Him the Lamb of Uod; John did not know Christ until the time of his baptism when the Holy Ghost in . the form of a dove came upon him, and the Father said, "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." III. Topic: Jcaus wins His first disci- Sles. Place: Bcthabara. John pointed csus out to two disciples who followed Jesus; Jesus turned and said, "What seek ye?" They asked Christ where He dwelt: Jesus said, "Come and ace:" Andrew found his brother Simon and brought him to Jesus; it is supposed also that John found hi, brother James; Jesus found Philip: Philip found Natlianael; when Philip told Nnthanael that they had found1 the Mes- siab, .Nathanael raised an objection; Jsa thanoel was soon convinced that Jesus waa the Messiah. IV. Topic: Christ's first miracle. Place: Cana of Galilee. A wedding feast was be ing held; Christ's mother had been invited, and Christ and His disciples were invited; they needed wino at- the feast; Christ's mother called His attention to the fact; He instructed the servants to till six water pots with water; they were then told to draw out and bear to the governor of the feast; the governor praised the wine; in this miracle Christ showed forth His glorv; the disciples believed that He was the Messiah. V. Topic: Gateways into the kingdom of God. Place: Jerusalem. Nicodemus came to Jesus by night; the subject of mir acles was introduced: Jesus said. "Ye must be born again:" Nicodemus failed to understand; Christ brought an illustration of the wind; also referred to the serpent Moses made in the wilderness; said that the Son of Man must he lifted up that whosoever believeth in Him should have eternal life. VI. Topic: Vital laws of spiritual work. Place: At Jacob'a well in Samaria. Jesus goes through Samaria; stops at Jacob's well; meets a woman; asks a drink; she expresses surprise; Jesus speaks of the gift of God living water; she desires it; Jesus asks her to call her husband; she says she has none; has had five; calls Jesus a pro phet: asks about place of worship; true Worship must be in spirit and in truth. VII. Topic: Christ's power, to restore to lifo. Place: Cana in fi:ililee. Tim finli. leans received Christ gladly. A nobleman of Capernaum heard that Jesus had come into Galilee and hastens to Him to en treat Him to come and heal his aon; Jexus told him to return and that his Bon was healed; the man believed Christ's words; the son began to recover at the very hour Jesus had said, "Thv son liveth." VIII. Topic: The Lordship of Jesus Christ. Place: Jesus went to Jerusalem to attend the feast of the Passover: Jesus saw an infirm man at the pool of Beth esda, who had been sick thirty-eight years; asked him if he desired to he made whole; the man replied that he had no one to put mm into the pool; .Jesus told him to rue, take up his bed and walk; the man did as he was commanded. IX. Topic: Jeaus supplying human need. Place: Near Bethsaida on the northeast shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus and His disciples went into a desert place to be alone; groat multitudes followed them; Jesus taught them and healed their sick; in the aftenoon the disciples suggested that the multitude should be sent away to buy food; Jesus decided to feed them there; a lad was found with five loaves and two fishes; five thousand men were fed besides women and children. X. Topic: Jesus proves Himself the God-Saviour. Place: Jerusalem. It wns the last day of the feast of the Taberna cles; there was a great ceremony in con nection with bringing water from the pool of Siloam; near the close of the ceremony Jesus cried. "If any man thirst, let him come unto Fe and drink;" Ho spake of the gift of the Holy Spirit. XI. Topic: Christ's teaching respecting sin. Place: Jerusalem. Jesus delivered four discourses during His stav in Jerusa lem at the timo of the feast of the Taber nacles; this discourse was delivered in the court of the women, nnd may he divided into two parts: 1. Christ is the Son of God. 2. He has supreme authority even above Abraham. Those who accept Jesus Christ will know tho truth, and the truth will make them free. The world-Saviour's doctrine respecting sin. 1. Sin leads to hypocrisy, deceives men, is slavery, is con trary to God. 2. It is cured bv the word of Chriat. by the truth of Christ, by the blood of Christ. XII. Topic: Jesus Christ the light of men. Place: Jerusalem. Jesus saw a blind man; the disciples asked Christ who had sinned, this man or his parents; Jesua re plied that neither this man nor his par ents had sinned: makes clay of spittle; anoints the blind man's eyes; commands the man to go to the pool of Siloam and wash: he obeys; comes back seeing; his neighbors are stirred; he gives an account of his healing; is taken to the" Pharisees; Jesus accused of desecrating the Sabbath. The world-SaViour is the life and light of men. The lesson shows that light (1) is needed. (2 is offered, (3) is received by some, (4) is rejected by some. (5) should be clearly reflected by those who have it. RAM'S HORN BLASTS HERE are no lease holders iu Heaven. 'o scrvlco with- sacrifice. . . Scolding the boy may our the man. V God's grace Is His greatest glory. . A child is Gods agent In the; homo. Tho emptiest lifo is tho one that is full of self. Belt throws sand Into the fine wheels of life. ' Fostering passion ia feeding the soul on poison. Judged by some families the world would not be much better it all men were brothers. The more law In u hind the fewer the laws. Liking is the effect and not tho cause of loving. Nothing enters the mind without leaving Its mark. Sometimes one sandwich la worth many a sermon. It takes the living Christ to make the live Christian. No man was ever pulled down by lift ing another up. A good many sins walk under "the name of "Circumstances." A man attracts by what Is In him more than by whut ho has on. A nlckle'a worth of roligon Is likely to be all used up before you get to the church door. The poorest life is the ouo without fileuds. . M V Its "WSJ. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH. "Christian Endeavor Comradeship: With Other Churches at Home ni with Distant Lands." Acts 17:24- 28; John 17:20, 21. Scripture Verses. Mai. 3 : 1 -, John 13:35; Acts 1:14;-2:1, 42; Gal. 0:10; Eph. 2:19; Phil. 2:3 0; 1 Thess. 6: 11-13; 2 Thess. 1:3; 2 Peter 1:1, 2. Lesson Thoughts. It Is an unnatural and an unfortu nate condition Whe,n there la lack of happy comradeship and sympathetic fellowship among members of one family; but God "hath made of ono blood all nations of men." What tie binds us more closely In family fellowship than that of de pendence upon and love for a com mon v parentage. In God we all live and move and have our being. Selection. No distance breaks the ties of blood; Brothers are brothers evermore; Nor wrong, nor wrath of deadliest mood That magic may o'erpower So la It with true Christian hearts; Their mutual share In Jesus' blood An everlasting bond Imparts Of holiest brotherhood. O might we all our lineage prove, Give and forgive do good and love, By soft endearments In kind strife Lightening the load of dally, life! John Kelbe. One of the most beautiful things about Frances Willard was her calm way of Ignoring differences of belief In all those that were working in any way for the good of the world. When some worker would differ from her she would say, "Never mind that, we can go a long way together." That would be a good motto for all Chris tians for their relations with one an other. Men never can be joined In broth erhood by good plana, nor can they be joined by a common gain they are seeking; they can be joined together only by having some common object of admiration and affection. It is those that love God and wonder at His gracious ' ways that love one an other. Klngsley. Bishop Hurst suggests that there can be true union only as each part that enters into the union is at Its best. The anchor Is not held by the chain, but by each link of the chain, and the anchor falls If a single link Is Itnuerfoct. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH. The Missionary Call. Matt. 28. 19; Acts 1. 8; 1 Cor. 16. 9. The work of the church Is not self Existence and perpetuation only, but world-wide conquest. The early church so understood It, and In the first century went out to the uttermost parts of the world as they knew It. The gospel belcags not to one rape, nor to any one nation, but to "all nations." In apostolic days they were witnesses "in Jerusalem, in all J',' dea, In Samaria,, and to the uttermo't parts of the. earth." The apostles literally and speedily obeyed the great commission. The last selection has reference to the open doors of opportunity, which were never so sig nally inviting as to-day. The whole world Is open now to the missionar ies. Not only does the miss', jnary call come to us from the Word, but Providence has opened every nation and laid on the Protestant church the responsibility of going to the ends of the earth as an evangel of Christ. But as In Paul's day there dre "many adversaries." Opposing forces face the church; but the promise of victory is with us. Let us hear and heed the missionary call! . Many in our modern churches have no vivid personal conception of the missionary cull. They do not believe that their duty Is to evangelize the world. They need missionary con viction. Bishop McCabe always in sisted when missionary secretary that everyone needed a second con version, a conversion to missions. Not only are. many unconvicted, but many actually oppose the work of missions. They need to Btudy this great commission. One imperative need in church and in League ia to get our people to really believe in the missionary idea, to hear the miss ionary call. There Is a pressing duty to get under ' the burden and to give some fairly creditable answer to this call. Instead of giving a thoughtless dollar and imagining our duty done, we need to give by tens and hundreds. In stead of playing at missions we need to get down to business and do some thing worthy of a great church of large ability. We would not depre cate what the church is doing, but surely we have not yet measured up to opportunity and ability. Thousands of our best young students ' need to be sent to the foreign field. Many churches could support alone a nils sionary In the field who re now giv ing only a few dollars. If we are to really obty this call we must multi ply by the ten, twenty, a'.id hundred told our offerings for missions. We must push this work. Organize mis sion study classes! Circulate mis sionary libraries and literature! Talk missions, think of missions, dream about them, got really in earnest, and then we hope to lend the church to obey the great com mission. We trust that this lesson may be a real inspiration to every chapter. Look at the open door. Consider your duty. Do It quickly. Chinese Soldiers in New York. New Yorkers will be inrprtoed In a month or so by the appearance upon Broadway of a Vattallon of Chinese soldiers, headed by a Chinese band. They will be armed with the latest Krag-Jorgensen rifles and will be uni formed In the latest western stylo for Infantrymen, even down to the so-called "monkey caps." The entire battal lou la to be recruited from Chinamen Uvlng In New York Arctic Owl belied Decoy Luck. Mr. Baumgartner of Newburyport waa watching his live duck decoys, which he bad set In tho river, when suddenly, a Urge white Arctlo owl dropped down and trlod to seize one it the decoys. Mr. Baumgartner fired twice, killing the owl Instantly. xti bid had a spread of wlnga of U fv.'t re&JKl&.st LATE KNOWLEDGE. Lifting mine eyes unto the hills from whence My help doth come through the long summer days; They throng enlolded with the silvery haze Which seems more spirit than a thing of sense ; And lo, a wonder! that they borrow thence Clearness of outline; not the day-star's rays, Illusion spoiling with their ruthless blaze, So .fix each hill, sharp, separate, immense. And, when to my death-hallowed friend there clinas A tender mist of unavailing tears. That tremhlin nj veil such revelation brings fc s full glare! straightway ap- As never 1 pears Divinely clear, seen in that softened light, What life's hard blaze had hidden from my sight. John White Chadwick, in Outlook. Whwe KljrtileousnAS Triumphed. A minister recently preached on a Sunday evening, In a distant city, on the "Greed of Gold," and -In the course of his sermon condemned the liquor trutHe. Early the next morning there enmc Into the minister's study n fine looking. Intelligent man, about forty yenrs old. "Is It better for a man to sell liquor or starve?" be nsked. This was his story: He was the traveling representative for a large city and he had gone to church with another commercial trav eler on Sunday evening, and the min ister's sermon hnd been an arrow from the quiver of God straight to his heart. He left the church, went back to the hotel, sent that very night a letter to the firm for which lie was traveling, nnd whose remuneration for his ser vices was generous, resigning his posi tion, and saying that he could no longer cnniiplpntiniiftl v ronrpsent them f "And." said the mnnlv man before he left the minister, , "Inst night I slept with a sense of pence nnd secur ity, such ns I have not enjoyed for years. I have no prospect for a new position, but upon this I am deter mined: I shall starve before I shall sell another drop of liquor. God help me!" At noon the next day the minister was In conversation with one of the leading business men of the church, to whom he told this story. Immediately upon hearing It, tho merchant said: "I am In need of just such a mar.." In less thnn twenty-four bonis ho was In mi honorable position at a good salary. Young Mn Wnntecl. Whether we will or not we are nil growing older each duy. Many, how ever, arc sensitive to the fact, nnd very few would appreciate that which the Lord spoke unto .Ionium cf old when He snld: 'Thou art old and stricken in yenrs." Never be n setting sun, for It Is fur bettor to retire In time than to go down under a cloud. Many really outlive their usefulness, and others would honor themselves and bless n great cause If they would but realize they are growing old and stricken in yenrs. They may have done most glorious works, but there remains yet much more to be done, and new life, new Ideas, now blood is essential for the proper accomplishment of the vic tories yet to be won. Young men are wanted, but the right kind of men lire needed to properly mini the posi tions. Men of courage, men of good judgment, men of perseverance, are needed; but buck of all thnt which duly qiiullllcK Hiicli men Is a strong moral character, for no employer wants a moral leper cither In his business or among his family. Many parents are pnrt billy to be blamed, for In too ninny homes there Is drinking )ml gambling ns tlio mornl foundation on which chil dren are building. Many parents neg lect worship on Sunday evenings for the curd table In their homes and then wonder why the children go astray. From good godly homos come forth the young men that are needed to till the more honorable and responsible places of trust. The Kev. Dr. L. M. 'Zimmer man, if Christ Lutheran Chinch, Bal timore. l:tiU of a Mlilnlglit Conference. Dr. Wnyhiiid Hoyt relates this per sonal experience: "Once, on a cold and snowy night, "about midnight. I had the strongest Impression that 1 ought to go then and see a gentleman for religions speech with him. I de buted with myself a good deal about the lateness of the hour, the cold of the night, the almost certainty that he would lie In bed. etc., but I went. And, on my ringing his door-bell, he opened the door, so troubled that he could not sleep; and so I struck the most propitious moment possible in which to preach Jesus to the man. He was so busy all the day through, there was no chance for speech with hlni. But there, after midnight, he nccoptpd The Christ In the wonderful opportunity thus given mo for a personal talk with him.",. Truth ICeveHls Ilsnlf, The most notlcpnli o quality of n truthful and truth-loving man Is the power to perceive truth; partial truth, surely, but truth and not shams. He may never be able to prove or explain or justify his knowledge, but a quibble or a fnlslly he will recognize when lie meets It, and Instinctively he will gr;iv Itnte toward those people nud those things which are In line with the in tegrity of the universe Harper's AVrck'ly. TTnw o Will th VVoil.1. . Dr. Scininlller pslliuntes thnt If only lO.oiHl.iHM) Christians would earnestly try ouch to save a soul, and each con vert be thus zealous, the entire world might be won to Christ in seven years Dr. Hale's beau'lfnl story, "Ten Times One Is Ten," shows how It Is to be done. KTerr Man lCnaimnaibl. God will hold every uiau responsible for bis best. Itiiphnel must not white wash cellar wulls for u living. Scot tish Itcformer, Monktys Cough to Get Wine, . An epidemic of colds- among the monkeys kept by the Pasteur inatl tute In Paris, France, Jor experiments has a remarkable cause. "Vlrglnle.',' a chimpanzee, having bad cough, was given a glass of negus, made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg and lemon Juice. She took a liking to this rem edy and coughed purposely "to pbtaln It. All .her companions followed the exaniplo, and when tne keeper appear! near the) cage the coughing is com enlng. IHE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. rorerlr. Illness, Ilrt nmt Worry Are Mainly nonllt for the Mnttn factor of Drunkards Incmtsneii Man's Prosperity nnd He Wilt Slop Drinking Every mnn has in his mind, In spite of all whisky's devilish work, the rpal desire to do good. If thnt determina tion can be brought suddenly to life by some powerful shock, some sudden awakening of conscience or will, a mnn In the last stages can bp saved. Hut, ns a general proposition, ser mons on alcohol do little good except when a man has ns yet had no real rea son to fear alcohol or know Its power. Kvery man In the I'nlted States should be an ndvocnte of teinperpnce. This newspaper does not ndvocnte pro hibition. We do not believe thnt tem perance Is really promoted by compul sion. We are not convinced that thP majority have the actual right to rule the minority In this respect, even for their own good. But this we do know: The mnn In the I'nlted Stntes who bts whisky nnd all ardent spirits alone Is a fortu nate mnn. He Is the man thnt suc ceeds, he Is the mnn to be trusted, lie Is the mnn thnt Is wanted. The grent illflci'ltv with those that nrench moderation nnd temperance Is the fact that thev nre often absolutely Ignorniit of whnt they tnlk about. Nothing sounds more foolish to a drunkard than the nv.ernco tnlk of the teetotaler nt the mnn who has never known whisky's Influence. As Lecky long :ui snld. the reform er only too often arouses contempt In the mind of the man w.iom he seeks to cure. Nino times nut of ten the whisky victim knows perfectly well thnt the ninn who nrgues w' h hlni. talks with hlni. scolds him, begs birr to stop, really does not know anything about the force against which he fights. If you want to cum mnn of whisky try to put yourself In his place. Re member thnt you .ii nsklng hlni to do thnt which you. probably, could not possibly do If yon exchanged places with him. Remember that human beings nl ways obey their strongest Impulse, whntevor the strongest Impulse may be. Remember nlso f - dulnoss of life, the monotony which overwhelms the man that suddenly stops drinking, nnd which the ordinary i.inn ennnot un derstand. Don't try to mtik" a man-stop drink ing without glvlivjf him something else to think of, without niniui'iliig In soni" way to make It wortii Ills while to stop, by awakening his conscience, or appealing to th' remaining strength thnt Is In hlni. The most dllHcult thing, of cour-e, Is to make a start. The hard-drinking mnn, If wise, will put himself beyond the reach of temptation by voluntarily depriving himself of his liberty nnd the possibility of drinking for a cer tain length of time. Unfortunately, It Is very diltlcult for a mnn thnt Is poor and most drunk ards become poor to Interrupt bis work long enough to get rid of the whisky habit. The Government gladly locks up and puts nwny from the reach of whisky nnd of the world nil of Its criminals. If a man steals or kills, commits bur glary or forgery, the State will put hlin for a considerable time beyond the reach of temptation. In view of the fact that whisky sup plies practically nil of the criminals that are not made by the gambling fe ver, would It not be a good Idea If the Stnte would supply some refuge for the confirmed drunkard anxious to cure himself V Wouldn't It be better to give the drunkard a refuge from his whisky, to offer hlni nil asylum beyond the reach of temptation now, rather than hnve the expense of his burial, his maintenance In the hospital, the cure of his children later? This might be worth the thought of some of the well meaning Individuals continually look ing around for new laws to suggest. In the meanwhile, the liinln hope In the light against whisky is, first, the decency of character of the whisky drinker himself; nnd. secondly, the In creasing prosperity of the nut ion. Poverty, with its camp-followers. Ill ness, dirt and worry, is mainly re sponsible for the manufacture of drunkenness. Everything that tends to diminish poverty tends to diminish drunken ness. And, fortunately, in spite of the opposing views of the pessimists, the modern tendency is away from poverty nnd toward comfort more widespread. From an Editorial In the Kew York American. A Hoott Law. As n result of the four-mile Inw. of Tennessee, originally passed In 1877 and amended .n 1CN7, saloons were driven entirely out of the country dis tricts. Under the act of 18'J'J, extend ing the provisions of the lour-inlle law to towns of 2XH) Inhabitants, they were driven out of twenty-eight towns In which they then existed. Since the passage of the Adams law in HKia they have oeen lven out of forty other towns, leaving them now In only sev enteen cities and towns In the State eight over iiiMHl inhabitants which do not come under provisions of the law, and nine under 6lHH), which huve not yet taken advantage of it and leaving them in only twelve counties out of the ninety-six. iieiiltt Itm-r Drlnkara. The Germans are not the greatest beer drinkers, after nil. They average only 113.:: Hues per head a year, while tlie average In England Is 133.5 litres and III Belgium i'M.,). Vsrl of Oiuioll Work. Senator Henry Itlnir says, "Temper aiice must become us much a part of church's work us missions. It the pul pit, regardless of denominational dU tiuctious, would uulto for this great cause, would make It u piu't of Its pri mary work, would regularly present it, calling for contributions to its sup port until it Is as much a part of church work as Is the cause with mis sionary uud other causes, the future of the temperance work would be as sure as the triumph or the gospel by the same eternal word of God." 8nIoou Kut-pvra Llalil. The Illinois Appellate Court, In a lc clsion handed down, holds tlmt saloon keepers are liable for the death of their (nitrons who meet death while under the Influence ut liquor sold tliem by the defendants. The case was that tit Kate Algood, who was awurili'il y:itsit) damages a:ninst iVIiliiim Uol Willis, a saloonkeeper of Spiinglleld for tlio death of her husband, George Aigcod, who hud been drinking in tin saloun ut UoUvIiiIk, and who, while on Ins way home In a lnloxicaied condi tio.!, tell ttvmi his buggy a nil rcci'ceil t:i. nr.es wiii-u resulted Utaiiy. COMERUAL KEYIEW. R. G. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Review et Traded uys: Confidence has become more general through resumption of outdoor work, opening of Spring trade and expecta tion that the war will soon terminate. Weather conditions are favorable in most sections of the country, and there is little interruption because of labor controversies. The most gratifying news of the week emanates from the iron and steel indus try, where unprecedented output of pig iron is not productive of accumulated stocks. Other leading manufacturing operations are making steady progress, although larger orders would he wel comed by cotton mills and shoe shops. In those lines the buyers are exhibiting great caution, limiting purchases to im mediate netds. Commodities are in cood demand. Dun's index number advancing slightly to $101,0.32 on March t, against $ioi,- 042 a month previous, which indicate that the people are consuming freely. This is also shown by the large increase in merchandise imported of late, al though for the last week there was a de crease of $2,064,228, compared with last year. F.xports gained $2,071,013. lradc in woolen goods is quiet, but mills arc busy. Hides continue firm, considering the season. Leather is quiet and irregular. Bradstrcet's says: Wheat, including fiour, exports for the week are 1,285,956 bushels, against 907, 936 last week, 1,834,632 this week last year, 3.366,796 in 1003, and 3,906,250 in 1002. Corn exports for the week are i.756.7o6 bushels, against 4,17279 last week, 2,026.810 a year ago, 3,257,999 ia t903, and 183414 in 1902. WHOLESALE MARKETS Baltimore FLOUR Quiet and on changed; receipts, 7,951 barrels; exports 11,253 barrels. WHEAT Firm; spot, contract, 1.13 1.13'A; spot No. 2 red Western, 1.1454 (a.t.14!; March, i.ij54sli.I3J4 ; April, t.t4J4r?it.t454; May, t.15!; steamer No. 2 red, f.o6'(n;i.o6j4 ; receipts, 3,568 bushels; Southern by sample, 98(2.1.12; Squthern on grade, I.ott.t34. CORN Strong; spot, siVj; March, 5I; April, 5tg; May, 5'f452; steam er mixed, 4949?i; receipts, 48,825 bushels; exports, 200,114 bushels; South ern white corn, 5o54; Southern yellow corn, 5054. OATS Firmer; No. 2 white, 365(3 36$ ; No. 2 mixed, 36 bid ; receipts, 16, 939 bushels. RYE Firm (uptown) ; No. 2 West ern, 85(3.86; receipts, 2,307 bushels. HAY Firmer; No. I timothy, l4-503 15.00; No. I clovet mixed, I2.50i3.0a BUTTER Steady and unchanged; fancy imitation, 293o; fancy creamery, 340.35 ' fancy ladle, 23(0)25; store-packed, 221.23. , EGGS Firm, 30. CHEESE Firm and unchanged; large, i3i; medium, 13H; small, 14. SUGAR Strong and unchanged; coarse granulated, 6.15; fine, 6.15. New York FLOUR Receipts, 21,143 barrels; exports, 9,296 barrels. Steady, with light demand. BARLEY' Slow ; feeding, 44J4 cut New York. BUTTER Firm, unchanged; receipts, 5.46a CHEESE Steady, unchanged; re ceipts, 1,719. EGGS Easy; receipts, 2,250; State, Pennsylvania, and near-by fancy selected white, 36; do. choice, 35; do. mixed, fancy, 35; Westrn firsts, 33; do. sec onds, 32; Southerns, 30(0)33. POULTRY Alive, dull; Western chickens, 12; fowls, 14; turkeys, 15; dressed, weak ; Western chickens, 1313 14; fowls, I2I2!4; turkeys, I5fff20. PORK Steady; mess, 12.7513.5a TALLOW Dull. COTTONSEED OIL Steady; prime yellow, 2ifi2hVi. SUGAR Raw, quiet; fair refining, 4$i; centrifugal, 5; molasses sugar,' 45s ; refined, quiet. POTATOES Quiet; Long Island, f .50 2.00 ; State and Western, 1.25 1.4;; Jersev sweets, 2.oo475. PEANUTS Firm; fancy hand-picked, s'idfsVi; other domestic, 3i5. CABBAGES Steady; domestic, pef ton, 8.oo 12.00. Livs Stock. New York BEEVES Steers slow and 10 cents lower; bologna bulls firm; others steady; cows easier. Steers, 4.50 5.70; bulls, 3.254.25 ; cows, roo 3.70. Cables quoted live cattle steady at I0j4nl4 cents per pound; few tops, ta cents dressed weight; sheep, I2I3 cents dressed; refrigerator beef, 8(n8l4 cent per pound. CALVES Steady. Veals. 4.00(0:8.75; dressed calves steady; city dressed veals, 7(013 cents per pound; country dressed, 7(011 cents. SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep, quiet and steady; lambs, loI5 cents off. Sheep 4.CWV15.50; no good sheep here; lambs, 7xxxfi 8.37J4; yearlings, 7.1a MUCH IN LITTLE. In Manila most of the houses and offices have tiny window panes of trans lucent oyster shells, instead of glass. A French suggestion for preventing automobilists from "scorching" is to for bid the use of masks and goggles. Old Calabar, the headquarters ol th Southern Nigeria government, has just been. connected by telegraph with Eng land. United States Senator George S. Nix on, of Nevada, now many times a mil lionaire, was a telegraph operator 26 years ago. The children of the United States each year consume toys that cost at retail $45,ooo,ooa Of the 136,561 freight cars ordered fir American railroads last year 35,000 were of steel construction. The new railway station to be built at Leipsic, Germany, will, it U expected, cost $37,500,000, and be the largest in the world. . Diminution of glaciers within a half century has been noted in Spitsbergen Iceland, Central Asia, the Rockies and Alaska. Missouri has more live stork farmers than any other state in the Union, and the live stock on its farms is valued at over $20o,ooo,ooa Seventy-fiee.ysars ago the first regu lar news boat to intercept packet lups for foreign intelligence was put in com mission in New York. It is now thought that ebony will grow in California, and some trees are to be taken there from Mexico and an attempt made to grow them. Five citizens of th United States hsv become naturalized British subjects : ' the enactment of the Transvaal n'.rui-... ition ordinance in Deceml.r. t 1. 1
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