9tStftffttttfftffffttSf g SUNDAY SERMON 3 5 A Scholarly Discourse) By g Rv. Dp. H. C. Swentzal. ctsssasasctsa3 Brooklyn, N. Y. For the first of a series of sermon on "The Bellglon of Jesus Christ," the Hev. Dr. Henry C. Swentzel, rector of St. Luke" Church, Clinton avenue, nenr Fulton street, preached Sunday on "The Divinity of Christianity." The text wns from I Timothy 1:11: "The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God." ,Dr. Bwentzel alrt In the course of his sermon: Christianity shows the credentials of divinity. It is not a set of doctrine and principles which men or even the best of them have Invented, but It professes to come directly from the In finite Jehovah Himself. It is not slnv ply one among the world's religions. It stands alone and is unique In the manner and method of Its origin. It was not whispered Into tho ear of a seer by the Almighty; It Is not the result of visions; It Is not the product or learning and piety. It comes direct ly from the Infinite God, who actually adopted human nature In order that He might talk with mankind face to face. It is Immeasurably more divine than the religion of Mosps and the prophets because it was delivered personally by the Incarnate Lord Himself. The themes of which He treats are ot such tremendous moment that any solution of them ought to be carefully scrutin ized. Who and what is God? Who and what Is man? What Is the true ldenl for the present? What is the outlook for the future? What of im mortality and heaven? To these in terrogatories the Lord speaks with tones of infallibility which popes and synods have not dured to initiate or even to claim. The author of the Ser mon on the Mount was the eternal Son of God and His religion is nothing less thnn "the glorious gospel of the blessed God." To say that Jesus of Nazareth it a divine .Being is not synonymous with the error which calls Him a divine mnn. There have been many divine men men who had a mission and a message from the Most High, men who were called to lead humanity to better and nobler things; sons of men who were filled with God's spirit, and souuted not their life dear If it were spent in His service, prophets of re form, prophets of liberty, prophets of philosophy or literature or art. In the hall of fame stand the images of the vast army of 'divine souls who ' have been the champions of God's cniiso and the captains of His hosts in every clime. In a far loftier sense. in a literal -Ben so which warrants no Jugglery of words and no legerdemain or metaphysics, was Jesus Christ, God's Son, His only Son. The Chris tian Scriptures propose this sublime truth which should be hailed with uni versal acclaim. It is constantly as sumed in the four gospels, even as it was Dy Himself, that, though He was born of the Virgin Mary, He was still, in the later language of the Nicene creed, "God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God." In one way or another Our Lord de clared His divinity time and again, i He made Himself God's equal with such plainness that even His enemies could not mistake It. They accused Him of sacrilege so strongly that they wrung from Him the well-remembered reply: "Say ye to Him whom the Fa ther hath sanctified and sent into the world, Ihou blasphemer, because I said I am the Son of God?" It is true that He loved to speak of Himself as "the Son of Man," but that title really wus His assertion of deity. He might have been a son of man without beinir a divine personage, but He could not be truly the son of man unless He were, more than all. the Son of God. It Is no wonder than when the people' ueueiu nu moral perfection and saw His works and listened to the truths as they seemed to come from the mouth of God, they asked, "Who is this Son of Man?" The record of the memorable interview, which has often been conspicuous in the church's re gard, should not lightly be put aside. The Lord said to His disciples, "Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? Whom say ye that I am?" Than It was that Simon Peter made the great confession, "Thou are the Christ, the Sou of the living God." In advance of His birth the archangel gave this as surance to the Virgin Mother 'That holy thing which shall be born'of thee shall be called the Son of God." And when the end came and Jesus had breathed out His life on the Calvary cross, the words of the Itoman Centu rion were a fitting finale for the record of His mortal career, "Truly this man was the Son of God." The divinity of the Founder of Chris tianity Justifies the certitude of Ills disciples. This absolute certitude should be appreciated. We should will ingly take the Lord at His word. And yet He does not demand that the dis ciples shall enslave themselves He who came to make them free, to give them "the liberty of the glory of the children of God." That liberty is sure ly not a dead letter. The Divine Mas ter would not put shackles on the human intellect. Ho does not dls courage the conservatism which dls duius to consider the present or to look for a golden age in the future. If He be heard aright He will stimu late thought and investigation. Bet ter than ourselves did He know that the real advancement of the multi tudes is in harmony with His plans and that the period of the finest piety will be a time of the greatest enlight enment. The divinity of Christ should not be treated as a brutum fllmen. Bather is it a truth a fact which should steady and hold Christian peo ple amid the growth of ideas and the struggle of theories. Whatever truths may be discovered, whatever thinkers may suy or print, whatever conclusions may ensue In the Intellectual world, the Christian religion is forever true, because it is nothing less than "the glorious gospel of the blessed God." It la on this basis that the honest doubter may take his stand. Doubts are not necessarily sinful. I'eople who never think will never doubt It could scarcely be expected that Christianity would not cause Intellect ual disturbances. It has to do largely with mysteries incomprehensible and unfathomable. It presents doctrines which it Is not always eusy to recon cile even with the best ideals of good men. Ordinarily people have poor training for such exalted spiritual con ceptions as are presented by the Bon of Mary, We are schooled to eurthly things, circumstances assign most of our time and energy to temporul occu pations; we live in a world of sense, v.nd the constant tendency la to say that the only things that are worth while uro the things which are seen. There are doubts which proceed from pride atd conceit; there are people who are convinced that it Is time to break away from a religion which was instituted nearly 1!0()0 yeurs ago! there are those who are seriously per suaded that tbex know entirely, tuo mlich Tor them to consent to accept the Gospel of Bethlehem and Calvary, the Holy Sepulchre and the Mount of Ol ives. Of course they deny our plat formthey say that. Jesus was not the Son of God. To us who believe in the Lord's divinity there is this sure refuge, tills safe hiding place from the storms. When doubts arise, although we should do our best to dispose of them, we should remember every mo ment in the face of mysteries and contradictions nnd of alleged offenses against the Intellect that the -Founder of Christianity could have made no mistake because He was the Son of God. Christianity is divine because of the divinity of the Founder, and it is be cause of this divinity that Christianity has endured thus long and all changes and connections and progress shall survive until the end of time. One of the many tokens of Its heavenly char acter Is that it has confronted all the powers of darkness and has carried the day In every struggle and on every Held. From the outset an effort has been made to banish It from the face of the earth. More than once has It appeared that "the glorious GosDel of the Blessed God" might possibly be oonteratert; Dut somehow after each battle the banners of the cross have waved' in triumph and God's truth has won. Does any one inquire respecting the outcome? does any one cry out "Watchman, what of the night?" The answer is. Victory, a better Christen dom, a nobler Church, a purer rellirlon Let. the winds blow nnd the waves roar; let the powers of evil and error do their worst; let the advance and achievements of the future surpass a inousanoioici tne Knowledge and con quests of the past. Christianity will abide with ever increasing glory, for ii is iounaea on a rock, and that rock is uie incarnate Son of God. Jnatlce Melg-ni Supreme. in this God's-world, with its wild- whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans. where men and nations perish as if without law, and Judgment for an un just thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is, therefore, no Jus tice r It is what the fool hath said in his heart. It is what the wise, in nil times. were wise because they denied, and Knew forever not to be. I tell thee again, there Is nothing else but Justice One strong thing I find here below: the Just thing, the true thing. My friend, if thou hadst all the artillery of Woolwich trundling at thy back in support or an unjust thing, nnd in finite bonfires visibly waiting ahead or tnee to blaze centuries long for thv victory on behalf of it, I would advise tnee to call halt, to fling down thy baton and say. "In God's name. No!" Thomas Carlyle. The Hidden Sin. A majestic tree fell at its prime fell on a calm evening, when there was scarcely a breath of air stirring. It had withstood a century of storms and now was broken off by a zephyr. The secret was disclosed at its fall ing. A boy's hatchet had been struck into it when it was a tender sapling. The wound had been grown over and hidden away under exuberant life, but it had never healed. There at the heart of the tree it stayed, a spot of decay, ever eating a little farther nnd deeper into the trunk, until at Inst the tree was rotted through and fell of Its own weight when it seemed to be at its best. So do many lives fall when they seem to bo at their strongest becnuse some sin or fault of youth has left its wounding and consequent weakness at the heart. Dr. J. It. Miller. God'e Doable Pnrpoie. God manifestly has a double purpose In view In bestowing blessings upon an individual, namely, the good of tue Individual and the larger and wider benefits that others may receive through the individual. To Abraham He said, "Blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." It is an experimental fact that men are enriched in the best things by im parting them to otlrer8. So it is that graces are enriched by leading others into gracious ways of living. So it is that character is improved by the work of character building in others; and truth more securely and deeply rooted la us by teaching it to others. To shut up one's gifts and hide one's light is to Impoverish and darken one's own squl, Examiner. Be In ICarneet There are many human forces that make for accomplishment, and the greatest of these is earnestness. Enthusiasm is the flash; earnestness the steady glow. L Is that quality which shines through and glorifies the simplest deeds and plainest words. Earnestness improves where all else is powerless. If you are in earnest, ideas will develop, plans and methods will suggest themselves and results will follow; No one can work earnestly unless he is a downright believer in the object for which he Is working, and willing to back It against the world. Selected and Adapted. The Way of Freedom. If you will let Him walk with yon in your streets and sit with you in your offices and be with you in your homes and teach you in your churches and abide with you as the Living Presence in your hearts, you, too, shall know what freedom is, and while you own yourselves the sons of men, know you are the sons of God. Phillips Brooks. Sacrlnoe. The candle Is consumed by Its own flame, but Its exhaustion gives light to the world. So Is he who lays him self on the altar of a noble self-sacrifice. United Presbyterian, Rare Old Tokay Wine. ', "I visited a cellar of Tokay last week," said a hotelkeeper. "Tokay is the only wine that keeps on Improv ing Indefinitely. There wag ' wine nearly 30 years old in the cellar. Its price on the market would he easily 30 a quart. "Th cellar was very carofully kept I seemed to inhale cool, velvety whiffs of rich fungus at every step. A slight haxe hung along the top of the pas sages a haze that seemed to be made of the vlclble aroma of rare wine. "I was surprised to see that the bot tles wore kept upright, and that the corks were very looBely Inserted. Old Tokay must be kept like that to main tain a perfect condition tor It, and, thanks to the loose corks, a sample, even ot the oldest vintage may be taken out and tasted at any moment. A bottle of Tokay may be shaken without turning turbid. , "Nobody knows why old Tokay Is so good. It Is no longer made Just as genuine Madeira is no longer made. The secret is lost, like the secrets ot Mio old Persian rugmakers." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 16. ottfecti The Sapper at Bethany. John XII., t-tl Golden Test, Mark ilv., 8 Memory Tertea, , S Commentary on the Day's Leinon. I. Jesus entertained at Bethany (vs. 1, 2). 1. "Six days before the pass over. 81. days before His crucifix ion. He probably reached Bethany about the beginning of the sabbath, as the Jews reckoned from sunset to sun set. "Bethany." Bethany means "House of Dates," or "House of Com fort." It was a village beautifully sit uated about two miles soutneast of Jerusalem on the eastern slope of the mount of Olives. It was often visited by Christ. "Where Lazarus was." It may have been In honor of his restora tion to life that this supper was given and in gratitude for it that our Lord was anointed. l. "Made Him a sup per." In the house of Simon the leper (Matt. 20:0). This man had evidently uvru a icper, anu una prooably been cured by Jesus. According to a tradi tion Simon was the father of Lazarus; according to others he was the husband of Martha, or Martha was his widow. "Martha served," etc. It is clear that the family of Bethany were in all re spects the central figure at this enter tainment. Martha seems to have had the entire supervision of the feast, nnd the risen Lazarus was almost us much an object of curiosity as Jesus Him self. In short, so many thronged to see Lazarus, that the miracle which had been performed on his behalf caused many to believe on Jesus. "Laz arus at the table." The supper was probably the next day after Jesus' or rival, after the close of the Jewish sabbath. II. Mary anoints the Savior (v. 3). 3. "A pound." This was a Roman pound of twelve ounces. "Ointment." By the ointment we are to understand rather a liquid perfume than what wo commonly know ns ointment. "Spike nard." A aromatic herb imported from Arabia and India. "Very costly." It was worth three hundred pence or denarii, silver coins worth fifteen to seventeen cents each; hence the oint ment was worth between forty-five and fifty dollars. This would bo equivalent to ten times that amount nt the present time. "Anointed the feet." The perfume was an alabaster bottle, or flask, which was made with a long narrow neck. Mark says "she brake the box." or the neck nt thn flask. The seal which kent thp nor. fume from evaporating had never been removed: it was on this occasion first opened. Matthew says she poured it on. His head. There is manifestly neither contradiction nor divergence here between the evangelists. Mary poured the ointment over Hl hnmt ni then over His feet. John notices the anointing of the feet, not only as the act Of tri'eatfiSt lllimllltv nnrt tho marlr of deepest veneration, but from its un usual character, while anointing the head waa not so uncommon. She who had so often sat at His feet now anoints them, nnd alike for l ovp rav. erence nnd fellowship of His suffer ings, will not wipe them but with her hair. The anointing shows her faith in Christ and her love for Christ. "Wiped His feet." She took "woman's chief ornament" and devoted it to wiping the travel-stained feet of her Lord. It was the utmost possible ex pression of her love and devotion. "House Was filled." Thp hoilao Ten a filled with the odor of the ointment, and to-doy the church and the world are filled with heavenly fragrance whenever loving deeds are performed for Christ. III. The hvDocrlsv of .Tiul.ts 1hiVmI (vs. 4-8). 4. JUdaS Ismrlot." .Tnilna luurnn to find fault at what he cnlle.1 n w nut-.t His mutterings .convinced some of the other disciples, so thnt they Joined wuu mm in ine condemnation of tho act. Whenever there, In nn nt f splendid self-forgetfulness there is al ways u juuus io sneer nna murmur nt it. 5. "Given to th rnuir " Arnt-L- says they murmured aealnst the wom an, and their words and manner were uiso u renecuon on Christ Himself, because He had permitted It to occur. 6. "A thlpf." .Tiulna tirii l.a.l . heart: he was nlnvinir the h xue oag. ine casn-uox in which the funds of the small company were kept. "And bare." etc. Not- hnvo it ntr h theft, though that he did; but simply uuu cnarge oi its contents as treas urer. 7. "Let her alone." Christ wag indignant at the hvnocrlsv which mnrio a pretended consideration of the poor nn excuse ior aitacKing and condemn ing an act of love toward Himself. "AorfHnQt tlia tflntf r.t fv t..... I it it Is not for nothing, as your reproaches suggest, mac sue nns poured forth this perfume. She hag embalmed Me beforehand. 8. "The Door alwnva." Thi eef Mary's will not interfere with vnnr care for the poor. You can do good to them at anv time. "Mnntniwnv" Christ's bodily presence was about to on removeu irom mem. what they did tor Him must be done quickly. IV. Curiosity and consnlracv (vm. 9-11). 0. "Of the Jews." John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants Of Jerusalem. "Knew that Vfa nna there." Large caravans would be com ing up ror tne Passover from all por tions of the country, and the news WOUld Snread Olllcklv thrmitrh thn shifting crowds that Jesus and Laz arus were in Bethany. The result was mar many or them believed. 10. "LnznrtlH nlark trt Haatti I' km lftn tun it n r) he lived, they saw an IncontestabU iirooi ot tue aivuie power or Christ. 11. "Believed." The resurrection or Lazarus convinced mativ that loam wag the Messiah. Charge as Ha Remembered It .Tories Brady had a colored man be fore him in police court and he asked him when he bad been arrested be fore. The fellow scratched his head, thought a moment. uu men nam: Ah think It waa about a year ago. Jede." "What was the charger' asked the Court After thinking a while the prisoner looked up and said: "Ah'm not quite shuah, but Ah t'lnlc it was tree dol- lahs, yer Honor." He was discharged. Aioany jour nal. Effective Tobacco Cure. A Caribou, Me., woman who acci dentally used fine cut tobacco Instead of tea in making the morning bever age for her family, claims to have succeeded in finding an effect! v to bacco cune for her husband. Killed Thirty Thousand 8parrows. m a competitive six-day sparrow hunt in Amwell township, Pa., be tween two bands of ten men each, 29.099 birds were killed. The birds were a pest in the district. . APRIL 8IXTEENTH. Glorifying God In Our Recreations. 1 Cor. 10:31; Ps. 16:5-11. Bible Hints. It Is precisely as necessary to play "to the glory of God" as to work for His glory (lCor. 10:31). It is not a favored few whose lines are fallen In pleasant places, but all Christians can say that, in whatever place they may be (Ps. 16:6). The secret of a glad heart (Ps. 16: 9) Is a present God (Pa. 16:8). .There is no other secret. la God's presence Is fulness of Joy. Absolutely no true pleasure is omitted from the Christian life (Ps. 16:11.) Suggestions. God Is the Creator; of course he takes an Interest In our re-creations. It is not a re-creation unless it re creates us restores our energy, our health of Vody and of mind. The test of any sport, and a suffic ient test, is this: can I readily think of Jesus as engaging in it with me? If our sports, are to re-create us, we must plan them as carefully and as prayerfully as our work. Illustrations. As the best rest of one set of muscles Is often to use another set of muscles, so often the best rest from one kind of work is to turn to another and very different kind. Are our recreations the high lights In our life pictures? There Is "noth ing that the painter so carefully studies as the high lights. We can learn many lessons from what we may reverently call God's recreations In nature the colors of flowers, the songs of birds, the splendors of sunsets. Hearty laughter at one's mcnls will do more to ward off dyspepsia than all the doctor's pills; It. is as good a specific against spiritual dyspepsia. Am I taking my recreations at hap hazard? Am I selfish In my sports, or do I play for God's glory? What Is tho unconscious aim of my sports? Quotations. Oh, there Ib a thrill In the Joy of doing good. It is the most mugnlfl cent recreation to which a man can ever put his bund, his head, or his heart. Talmage. John Wesley's mother once wrote to him in college: "Would yoti Judge of the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of a pleasure, take this rule: what ever weakens your reason, Impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; whatever Increases the authority of your body over your mind that thing to you Is sin." Christians can sometimes do more by shining for God than by speaking for Him. Andrew Bonar. emTlmTessis APRIL 8IXTEENTH. Glorifying God In Our Recreations. Psa. 16. 8-11 1 1 Cor. 10. 31. This psalm Is a beautiful psalm of trust and confidence in God, express ing the delights and pleasure of re ligion. The "lines had fallen In pleas ant places," the place In which he lived was "a godly heritage." His heart was "glad," his glory "re Jolood." In God's presence was "ful ness of Joy" and "pleasures for ever more." Even to the Old Testament saint there was nothing gloomy or sad about religion. He found Joy and gladness in the service of God. His recreation was In new and diversi fied service for Jehovah, 'ine verso from Corinthians is a summary of duties from the preceding verses which ought to be read in connection with this one, a principle which will guide rightly our pleasures and rec reations; to make eating, drinking, playing, and vacation all glorify God and honor our piety. Tested by this standard we can easily determine what is right or wrong in our amuse ments. Nothing Is more abused than the word 'recreation." Becreatlon Is re creation. To call sports that kill, and amusements .that degrade and alien ate from Christ, recreation, is a misnomer and a He, Nothing is "recreation" that does not rest and re-create and quicken body and mind. Those things which defile and fag mind and body are injurious and not recreative. Vacation should be help ful and bring one back to better work. Only that kind can glorify God. Va cation is not a release from Christian responsibility. Play, fun, and frolic are designated to help and not hind er. These things may be made to glorify God as well as praying and singing hymns. There is nothing in real recreation but what will be hon orable and helpful to the saint. What are the conditions of glorifying God In our recreations? That They Be Clean. There are taints upon some sports which render them dangerous and questionable. There are others which give life to the body and rest to the mind. John Wesley's mother wrote him when in school: "Would you Judge the lawful ness or unlawfulness ot any pleasure? Whatever weakens your reason, Im pairs the tenderness of your consci ence, obscures your sense ot God, or takes away your relish of spiritual things, is sin to you, however Inno cent It may be to others." Select those recreations that are clean and pure If you would glorify God. Dog Lives After Being Burled. After belntr buried of a seven-story building twenty-one days, in which time she was almost starved to death. Chief, a beautiful water spaniel, has been rescued and Is well on the road to recovery. She came out of her prison resembling a mad animal, but careful nursing has brought her back to her former gentle ways. Chief was In the basement of a cot tage in West Van Buren street at the time of the fire in the home of the Cash Buyers' Union, and when the walls of the building for they crushed the frail structure and made the dog a prisoner. She had lain there many days when the wreckers found her. Tbey fed her through a small opening some time before they were able to release her. Medical men say a man could not live longer than six days under like circumstances. Chicago Record Herald. The Tarahle of the Corn, , There Is life In the dry grain of corn as certnlnly as In the growing stalk. But In the former we see no life, not even the evidence of it. We may put it under the microscope, but we dis cover no life. We may shove It down, flake by flake, but we cannot see it nor tell where it has gone. But the life is there notwithstanding our fail ure. Only by adversity can It be made to reveal Itself; and Its highest mani festation can come only through death and dissolution. Heat and moisture will call forth the latent life, but not until that yellow tabernacle Is placed in the earth does the matured possibil ity of the seed manifest iself. Have we not here a parable? Man has a soul, hut who has seen It, or felt it, or touched it? fan we, by any known process, lay that soul bare that we may look upon it with our mortal eyes? Will our most powerful micro, scopes magnify it? Will our X-ray dis close it? You may take this body down, part by part. You may dissever every member from Its fellow. You may uncover every ligament and nerve nnd artery. Can the scalpel uncover the soul? Has the operator ever seen It as he laid open the body? Has the young physician In the dissecting rooms ever found It? But the soul is in the body as truly as life is lu the grain of corn. Both nre invisible by any known device of mnn. We may see the evidence of growth in the soul as we may see It In the seed. In both cases the life is revealed mainly by sacrifice and surrender. In both the fullest glory comes after death, and neither the seed on the one hand nor the body on the other ever beholds the highest development of Its own Inherent life. Thnt lies beyond the dissolution. And will not our post mortem life be as much greater nnd grander than this life as the maturing stalk with its green leaves, its pink plumes on the end of the ripening ears, and its bending tassels. Is greater and grander than the little yellow cres cent of corn which was dropped Into the earth? . "" Ills Flret Convert. Rev. J. J. Brokenshlre, in telliiiR how to win boys, recently told of Ills' first convert, He said: "I was preaching my first sermon and had a hard time. It was n country town and I was being entertained nt the parsonage. After the evening ser vice the little boy of tho home was npKlnted to conduct me to my room. We stopped at the hall window on top of the stairs. Just to look out for a moment into the moonlight. "'Tommy,' I said, 'have you ever really accepted Christ ns your Sav iour?' Some earnest words followed, and then we kneeled beside the little hall table, and my young companion gave himself to God. "It was the first seal upon my minis try. A month later a revival broke out in the town and over a hundrad professed Christ. The minister wrote me a letter full of Joy and gratitude. The revival was In a great measure the result of Tommy's conversion." The Barn's Horn. Not Peculiar to Kellclon. No truth Is peculiar to religion. l"on can translate every virtue of piety into other terms and find them Just as indispensable In education or art -or literature or business. "Art for nrt's sake," is a true phrase; for art nor piety nor honesty nor any kind of work or virtue ministers to life except It be loved and followed for Its own sake. When a mnn delivers his own soul he has delivered the universe. A new heaven nnd a new earth, seen with the same old heart and eyes, would soon fade into the same old weariness. From sermon on "The Grasp of God." In Union Church, Worcester, Mass., yesterday. FrnltlfM Toll. The disciples had toiled nil night, and had taken nothing. At the break of day Jesus bade them cast their nets on the right side of tho boat, nnd there they found. We, too, have tolled nnd caught nothing. It was good for us to lenrn the lesson of fruitless toll apart from the direction of the Lord we shall accomplish nothing. What we bring to pass must come through listening to His word. One hour of work guided by the wisdom of the In finite shall outweigh a yenr of toil by an unaided man. Prove It this day, Pacific Baptist. llellftlotie Independence. It Is the right of every man to form his own conception of life, nnd In faith or religion every mnn has the right of secession. With what right is the insistence that a man shall not depart from the views of his father or his ancestors, which were formed before he came upon the earth? Ju--dnlsm is not a religion, the expound ings of certain great teachers and scholars to the contrary notwithstand ing. No Jew may tell another what to believe or excommunicate nnother for not believing ns the first would desire him. Dr. E. G. Illrsch. The Ilvlne Klement. True sympathy Is the divine element in man. A purer eympathy, large hearted and sincere, would make the world a nobler world, and the man who owned it but little lower than the angels ot God, for It is the off spring of the deepest love, and this commandment have we from Him, "That ho who loveth God love his brother also." Scottish Reformer. Cultivate Joyoutneu. Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let a hard place here and there in- your bed destroy your rest. Seek, as 'a plain duty, to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your dally life. Alexander Maclaren. Polity of Heart. Purity of heart is that quick and sensitive delicacy to which even the conception of siu Is offensive. Chalm ers. Passing of Old Vermont Stock. "There were three marriages, sl birth and twenty-two death? in town last year. A gloomy look, certainly." So says the newspaper correspond ence of one of our Vermont towns. It Is, Indeed, a "gloomy look." Not only is the old stock dying out, but there is no infusion of new. Think of the proportion of births to deaths. Where tine child Is born in this Ver mont community there are four deaths. Little wonder that tho State's populatloh Is practically at a stand still. Barre Times, TUE (J1USAT UESiliUKJSU SOME 1 STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE; A New York Ma:i Sent tn Prleon For IHln llor Hn Klnt Drink He lena nt a Cate That Ilai Attract ed Wlile Attention. Justice W. F. Wnk"field. of Port Chester, N. Y.. has sentenced Charles Crews, aged twenty-five years, o serve three months In the Kings County Penitentiary for enticing nnd getting u youth seventeen years of age to drink Intoxicating liquor for the first time. This case is nttrnctln. wide atten tion, owing to its being the first of the kind befje -i 'ourls of West chester County. The records In Jus tice Wakefield's court show thnt the convicted mnn was driver for a bait ing company In Port Chester, by which the youth in question, Albert Dletz, was nlso employed. Crews, the convicted man, coir allied that he wns feeling III, nnd asked Mint young Dletz be allowed to vccompai him In the wagon ..round his delivery route. Consent was given nnd the boy went along. They had not gone long before Crews took from his eont pocket a flnsk of of whisky nnd asked the boy to drink with him. The latter declined, saying that he hud never taken whisky or any other kind of liquor. Crews got ugly and threatened to put the boy out of the wagon nnd tell their employer that he ran away and would not work. Then he said the boy would lose his Job. Still the boy persisted In refusing to drink. Stopping In front of a saloon on Pearl street Crews told the hid he must go in the place with him. Here Crews, by threats, Induced the boy to drink a glass of beer, which he had doctored with whisky taken from his pocket. The mixed drink mude the boy paralyzed drunk. Crews took him out of the saloon and left him on the rondslde, where he wns found at night by his employer and searching friends. A physician was summoned nnd worked over the boy fully an hour before he was brought to consciousness. When able to appear In court, young Dletz lodged his com plaint with Justice Wakefield. When seen the Justice classified the case ns one of the most outrageous cases he was ever called upon to con sider. "I consider the act one of pure devll Islmess, inspired by the lowest deprav ity," be told nn Evening World re porter. "I wish I had the power to send the man to State's prison for a long term. Three months does not meet the requirement of the case." The senteirce was Imposed under Sec tion No. U75 of the Penal Code, which states that any person who wilfully nnd wrongfully injures the person or property or endangers the public pence or health or outrages public decency, Bhnll be liable to Imprisonment. Justice Wakefield does not ngree with the County Judge who decided thnt public intoxication Is not a crime. New York Evening World. F.t Tn, Wllhclmt The latest news from Germnny will cause consternation in the ranks of the nebulous German-American, beer canteen Alliance on this side of the water. Germany, the veritable beer-gnrden-of-Eden, the forever Illustrious nnd irrefutable argument of the drink maker to prove the health-giving ef fects of moderate Indulgence, the last resort of the personal-liberty cham pion, when the annoying facts of scien tific temperance Instruction are threat ening to curtail the dram seller's pre carious patronage to think that Ger many should cable cheer to the prohi bition fanatics of America In the name of Gambrlnus Bex, what is the world coming to, anyway? When Emperor William announced, in reply to an inquiry of a member of the army temperance society, that "no compulsion exists to partake of toasts in alcoholic drinks, and that it may be left to the movement now in progress to advance this Idea In nil circles," he struck away the basic support of social drinking In Its hitherto most impreg nable refuge. Less than a yenr ago King Edward made au almost identi cal declaration, thus officially sanc tioning the propriety of abstinence where alcohol once claimed unques tioned homage. Intemperate Jloctora. Under the law of Minnesota, if a physician or surgeon, being in a state of Intoxication, without a design to effect death, administers any poison, drug, or medicine, or does any other act as a physician or surgeon to any other person, which produces the let ter's death, he Is guilty of manslaugh ter In the second degree; nnd If, in a state of intoxication, he administers any poison, drug, or medicine, or does any other act as a physician or sur geon, to nny other person by which the bitter's life Is endangered or seriously affected, he Is guilty of a misdemeanor. Appeal For New Devotion Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, the beloved Presbyterian Nestor of Brooklyn, has issued to the churches nn appeal for new devotion to temperance endeavor. Me proposes the regular maintenance of monthly temperance meetings, ad dressed by the most effective speakers obtainable, uud enlivened by such lit erary nnd musical features as will be calculated to attract the Interest of the young people. He recommends in con nection with this, the organization of a Temperance League In each congre gation on the busts of a pledge against drink and kindred evils for all mem bers. No Ucenie In Quebec. Outsldo of tho large cities, Quebec has more than GOO municipalities in which no licenses are Issued, out of a total ot 1000. Revival In Ireland, Ireland is experiencing a revival of temperance work which recalls the days of Father Matthew. At a tem perance meeting in the prison of Dun dalk tho Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Boman Catholic chaplains, with severul local magistrates, took part and a deep impression on the prisoners was evident. Temperance Notes. Among the States, Pennsylvania ranks second lu the production of whisky. Mortality from cancer is very high In beer drinking districts of Germany, such as Bavaria and Salzburg. Adrian Iselln, a New York million aire, has purchased a road house neai Fort Slocuin ami turned It into a tem perance tavern to prevent the soldiers from spending their wages tov liquor. Statistics show that there nre 100,000 saloons in Belgium, making one to every thirty-six persons, and. this means one saloon for every twelve men above seventeen years of uge. Boston has fewer saloons than any of the large cities, according to popula tion. i household patters An "Anto" Dinner. For a dinner of automobile enthusi asts some novel dinner cards have been made. One of these is a smnll red face mnsk with huge goggles. Another is a tiny touring car, complete In every wny, with a pinee to write the guest's name on the side. Cleaning Carpets. Directions for cleaning carpets on the floor are given In the House Beautiful. The same method might be used to clean rugs: "Make a suds with good white soap and hot water and add fuller's earth to this until It Is of the conslstcnty of thin cream. Have plenty of clean drying cloths, A smnll scrub bing brush, a large sponge, nnd a pall of fresh water. Put some of the clean ing mixture in a bowl and dip the brush It It. Brush a small piece of the carpet with this, then wash with the sponge and cold water. Dry as much as possible with the sponge and finally rub dry with clean cloths. Con tlnue this until certain nil the carpet is cleaned, and then let dry." Houeerleanlne; at Kxerclae. Yon ce.n make work play or ploy work according to your temperament. You enn sweep yourself into an Invalid by doing It wrong, nnd yon can end a half-month's houseelennlng with rosy cheeks and a light heart If you have the right training nnd the spltit of hap piness In you. First of nil, practice breathing and walking correctly. It's Just hr.lf breath lug nnd wnlklng in a henp thnt wears out most women. It is not action. Stand straight, chest high (always high), shoulders low, spine erect, abdo mn drnwu back; stand tbla way, walk this wny nnd work this wny. Then breathe slowly, filling the lungs with nlr, expel it slowly nnd never let your chest sag. A chest out of plump means wenk lungs, round shoulders, anaemic bust nnd poor circulation, and equally important, a figure wholly de void of style. Next, dress sensibly. This doesn't mean to put on n fresh shirt wnlst nnd stiff linen collar nnd snowy apron, and be miserably nent nil day. It means to do your houseelennlng in bloomers, coming Just to the knees, loose and full nnd washable. Wear golf stockings; low, stout, com fortable shoes, nnd see whnt fnn yon enn get out of the March bugbear. One point more: To keep absolutely free from colds, to avoid the exhaust ing reaction that comes from a super abundance of unwonted physical exer tion, always end up the day's work with a quick both, preferably a cold plunge, though a lukewarm sponge Is very restful. Have your room warm and the water, without fail, soft. If you can't get rain water, soften tho ordinary well or city water with pure bornx. If yon put a teaspoonful of borax powder Into a tub of water, the water will feel to the skin as though it dripped to the eaves in n June shower. No matter whether your bath is warm or cold, soften the wnter with, borax to get the best effect. It not only softens the water, but gives it the power of cleaning nntlseptlcally and Is a stimulation to the skin, leaving it soft and white. Mary Ajinable Fan ton. tS iST RECIPES Baked Mushrooms A half pound of large mushrooms will be needed, wltlr a half teaspoonful of minced parsley, an ounce of bread crumbs, three ta blespoonfuls of ealad oil, salt, pepper nnd a little lemon Juice. Put half oil in the baking dish and sprinkle with half the bread crumbs, half the parsley and a squeeze of lemon. Lay half the mushrooms on tills and put on the rest of the oil, bread crumbs, seasoning and parsley. Bake half an hour, and Just before serving duBt with cayenne pepper. Almond Layer Cake An almond fill ing for layer cake Is a favorite In the Boston Cooking School. A quarter of a pound of almond paste is beaten with the yolk of an egg until smooth, then add, one after another, the yolks of four more eggs, beating thoroughly each time an egg yolk goes Into the hnixture. Two tablespoonfuls of but ter, two ounces of blanched almonds chopped fine, half a cupful ot sugar, and half a cupful of hot milk. Cook in a double boiler until, stirring con stantly, the mixture thickens. Flavor, when cold, with vanilla. Use this be tween the cake layers and ice the en tire cake, trimming it with blanched almonds. Hungarian Salad What to Ent rec ommends this Hungarian' salad: Cut two BpunisU onions in slices, putting them in a large bowl and pouring boil ing water over them, letting the onions remain In the water for Just one min ute. Drain and plunge into ice water, letting them remain for several hours. Prepare four long green cucumbers by paring and slicing and letting them remain In ice water for the same length ot time. Drain the onions and cucum bers and place them in a bowl, pour ing over them a French dressing. This quantity seems rather large. A Span ish onion sliced fills a great, deal of space. One onion to four cucumbers ought to be about right Chops en Casserole Crops In the cas scrolo are very good. One way of cook lug them is to remove all the fat and season with salt and pepper. In the casserole put a layer of sliced tomatoes, or, in winter, some well-drained canned tomatoes. Season the tomatoes with salt, pepper, a little chopped onion, and ever so little sugar. Lay several chops on the tomatoes, and add a fe'f mushrooms nnfl some diced raw pota toes. Add ihore tomatoes, then more chop, and have tomatoes for the top layer. Moisten with a cupful of stock, preferably chicken stock, sud cook slowly for two hours. A little kitchen bouquet Is an addition. . . In 1003 the enormous amount 11, 000,000 bushels of American and nudiau appler was sold In t- t. . ' market
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