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S SUNDAY SERMON
J Eloquent Dlieouri by Dr. j
T. L. Curler. J
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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.
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