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Brooklyn. N. If. In tbe absence of
Dr. A. J. Lyman, the postor, the pulpit
' of South Congregational Church wos
occupied Sunday by Dean F. K. San
ders, D. D the head of the Divinity
School of Yale University. He took
for his subject "The Most Beautiful
Book In the World," and said:
My theme rest on the authority of
one renowned for his literary knowl
edge, Kenan, who Is deservedly famous
as a student of literature and of tbe
Bible. He declared thai the gospel of
Luke was the most beautiful book In
the world. No one can, of course, test
this statement who is not familiar
with the gospel. To the superficial
reader It Is only one of the stories of
the life of Jesus. The skill, the power,
the pathos and the sympathy of the
writer become clearer with every re
reading of the book. An early trndl-
tlon spoke of Luke the pnlnter, and
said ho had painted a portrait of the
Virgin. That tradition, whether true
or not, was not very far from right.
It may be said that he gave us, iu n
fashion, the most beautiful picture of
Mary of Nazareth; it stands out before
us with lively distinctness. Everything
goes to show that Luke was a Greek,
familiar with the best literature of his
day, a keen observer and cnreful inves
tigator. He seems to have had unu
suul opportunity for observing and de
scribing the life and personality of the
Lord. Among other things he gives
evidence of possessing the true historic
spirit. You will notice how he is Inter
ested in tracing the Lord's active min
istry from place to place. The story Is
told in an orderly fashion that helps
us to arrange the facts far better than
the other gospels could. You will no
tice also that Luke is fond of following
up the physical and moral growth of
our Lord. He is also careful to con
nect his story with the history of the
time with Homan and Syrian history.
He Is careful to place the life of Jesus
In its larger environment and to show
what Jesus was iu relation to the world
about him, and we shall sec why it wits
that that point of view laid such hold
upon him. This was natural to a cul
tured Greek, and it was necessary if
his purpose was to influence his cul
tured countrymen.
What is it, we may ask, that consti
tutes a beautiful book, and does this
third gospel possess those attributes in
a supreme degree? It would seem to
me that a beautiful book ought to have
in the first place a noble conception,
.which in some way awakens and dom
inates the soul, and it ought to hnve a
skillful, but simple plan of develop,
nient rightly grasped and enjoyed.
There must be good taste and right
Judgment in the choice of the material
which enables us to grasp details and
to see the gradual unfolding which the
writer would set forth. And there
should be felicitous expression of
everything which the writer seeks to
set forth. These are the fundamentals
of a beautiful book.
t. First, in its beautiful conception.
The, theme is the active life of Jesus,
and it is far more than that; it is the
broad life which He lived with others.
Luke loses no chance to show how out
siders sought opportunities to come in
contact with Jesus and always evoked
a response. We see His porents, disci
ples, friends and casual acquaintances
.with entire directness, and yet it was
not Jesus the man that Luke tells
about, but the Lord Jesus. Luke never
forgets that those to whom he refers
ore now the risen Lord and the apos
tles of the church. A famous critic
said: "Luke ever spares the twelve, es
pecially reter." He omits many little
details even regarding our Lord, such
as the agony in the garden, and many
about the apostles, especially refer,
which are given in Matthew and Mark.
Why? Apparently because he did not
think it was worth while. He was
studying the work of the Lord in rev
erent fashion. It was not his purpose
to simply put down facts, but to show
those facts which would bring out the
explanation of the fact that Jesus was
the risen Lord of humanity, and that
the twelve were the "glorious company
of the apostles." It was not even Just
that, but to show Jesus in all His pow
er, and greatneso, and holiness, and
grace, the friend of all who were in
any kind of need, the Saviour of hu
man kind, the one power to whom the
wholo world ought to bow. That seems
something like the thought that was in
the mind of Luke.
Hut to go to the plan of development.
It is extremely simple. Mark's gospci
consists of a series of scenes which
bring out the life of Jesus with start
ling realism. Luke and Matthew are
not like that. Luke seeks to give the
historical association, a plain and sim
ple view of the development of the life,
and it is unique In iu simplicity. He
has two chapters devoted to the in
fancy and boyhood of Jesus, and in
the last two verses he shows the thirty
years of growth of Jesus. Then two
chapters serve to bring us to the point.
wiien, in iuu maturity, and with abso
lute command over Himself and Ills
purposes, He was ready for the work
which opened before Him. So three or
four chapters give us the preparation
for this public ministry, tell us of John
the Baptist, how Jesus came to him.
the details of 4he baptism and temptn
tton; then follows the genealogy, and
we are prepared for the actual 'story
of tho aelivo work of Jesus. Then
comes tho story of His ministry, from
Galilee to Jerusalem, and then the lust
week in Jerusalem, tho Passion, und
lastly the resurrection, and ascension,
easy to follow and comprehensive!
Luke ndds six out of twenty miracles
and eighteen out of twenty-three poru
bles and a great deal of choice mate
rial. In the third place Is the exquisite
testo and sympathy. Luke's gospel is
a universal gospel. He emphasizes tho
fact that tho mlulstry of Christ waa
for all. Dante called Luke tho writer
of the story of the gentleness of Christ.
He alone tells the stories of the good
Samaritan, the prodigal son, the great
supper, tho Pharisee and the publican,
the dinner In the house of Simon, and,
lastly, the story of tho repentant rob
ber. All .Is a part of his great theme.
Nor wus it accidental that Luke shows
us so many types of women and gives
them honor, a strange thing In his day,
' Ills remarkable Uellnuutlon of Mury,"
'the mother of Jesus, with her strong,
deep womanliness, gentle, trustful and
pure, resolute and self-controlled; how
Is it done? Just a word here and
there. Truly we call his the gospci of
womanhood, but it Is only n part of
that broader vision of the true pur
poses of Jesut and Ills work.
l'erhaps the most direct proof of the
quality of Luke's gospel Is in IU charm
of expression. Where can you find
anything more exquisite than the story
of the birth at Bethlehem, or of the
scene In the synagoguo at Nazareth, or
than the pathotlc story of the widow's
sou, or of the woman "that was a sin
ner?" We should need to take a whole
bonk to lookd aueh orutnuiid luiur fis
sions. The stories of Mary and Mar
tha and of Zachcus of that walk to
Kmmatis-how impossible to read it
without having our henrts burn within
us also! Luke was truly n portrait
painter. An ancient legend said Luke
was the founder of Christian art.
Now the Inst ami finest test of per
fection Is unity. Passages In the book
of Luke are like gems In a royal crown.
The book is a tribute of a reverent dls
clplo to the Lord Christ, showing His
relationship to man and striving to
convey the impression of His personal
ity. As if Luke should say: "Connot
you see that He embodied the univer
sal ideal of a perfectly God-like life:
that ne over-passed human possibility
and gave in His life the evidence of be
Ing divine?" To be appreciated the
book must be constantly and reverent
ly read until it Is fixed In the memory.
Then it will do its constructive work in
our souls. It will encourage us, that
gospel of Luke, to let the whole Bible
have its right of way In our lives, and
It will suggest the way in which the
Bible can become, In our hearts, the
source of genuine and constant un
building. - 1
The Palptt Vltallind.
Pulpit power, which for a time
seemed to bo on tbe wane, fj return
ing, and it is largely because the
preaching Is less of a literary charac
ter, less of finished essays and topical
discussions, semi-secular. It Is now
more vitalized and energized with the
Spirit's power. Those who heard some
Of our most fnmnMemn,.l,,., ..... ..
ago would scarcely believe they were
...c mine men speaKing If heard to-day.
Dr. GunsRulus, who used to deliver
those polished sermons in Plymouth
Church, Chicago, ten years ngo. could
not hold tlln r-1'..nf i
Clown-town aililiturlnm i. a
dresses now if ho used those old-time
sermons, or Better ones of the same or
der. Something seemed to come Into
this fine mnn'i Ufa n taw
which admonished him that nothing
imt me power or God could make n
sermon great, and he has been preach
ing great normntie ilnna hn .!... r
Hlllis used tocbarm a literary audience
i vmrai music Hall with an essay
which glittered like a newly cut stone
from the hands of a lapidary, but If re.
ports are true, that Is not the kind of
sermons that Dr. HIIlls is preaching
now. Indeed, hn himself la n..t.i
ceutly as saying that oratorical pulpit
uiKiiis are me Dane of preaching, and
that clergy and laity shared an equal
responsibility In tha on vino t .n.,i
"The preacher," said Dr. Hillls, "must
not treat on topical subjects Sunday
after Sunday, but must preach the gos-
ui jcsus jurist. The church Is not
the preacher's Hold' it la hu tnrm o.i
it is the man who hna Tint iman.i i.
Church S threshold fnr man
whom you have a claim." It is that
possioiiiiy which mnkes a preacher's
work inspiring, but also tremendously
responsible. Whnt Snhiiat). , ,
not have among his hearers a soul that
j nungering ana thirsting for the
bread and the water of life? What an
infinite prima trt arlva htm n BtAnA A-
v B. . w ...IU U OLUIItT, U
quite as bad, a handful of artltlclal
uowers.
Ba Good For Something;.
The highest virtue consist nt morn
than merely being good. It is being
kju ior somouung; and good for some-
timig not 10 one's self alone, but to
others and to God. Tii lit iiniriitlvn
self-complacent virtue which Is only
a strict abstention from evil, is of a
quality far inferior to the virtue which
Kupprcsses evil or helps nnother to re
sist it. Virtue, in the old Latin sense,
Is synonymous with vnlor. It Implies
not only an espousal, but a champion
ship, and. if nocessni-v n flight Vli-tim
Is not only being good, but doing good,
aim me oeuer we are the more we
Jtight to do. We believe in these
words of R. It. Bowker:
It is bad for the lo-nnrnnr nnrl tln
vicious to do ill. It u
educuted and honest to do nothing."'
Disloyalty.
When n Phrlutlnn la at noon .uh
any tin in bis own life, when he is
reconciled to any evil habit, or be
comes indifferent to anything in his
own character which renders him un-
nue (jurist, ne is disloyal to his -Master.
Ill lilfp ninniWM. ii-linn n '.IHnn
of tho Kingdom of God is at peace
mm any stu ol society, uecomes rec
onciled to in iv nvii imiiitu of tiw ..im
munity or indifferent to anything that
is inconsistent witn the run coming
of God's Kingdom on earth, he is dis
loyal to the klninloin .tnsil ili Ktwmn-
D. D.
Opim tha Doors.
You close your doors and brood over
your owu miseries and tho wrongs
people have done you; whereas, if you
would but open those doors, you might
come out into the light of God's truth,
and we that Ills heart is as clear as
sunlight toward you. If yoa would but
let Him teach you. you would find
your perplexities melt away like tl;o
uie spring mi you could hard
ly believe you ever felt thorn. George
.uacuonnld.
Christ 'Walks on Our Feot.
Christ would still ar.a- tha u h.,f
lie must do it now on our feet; He
would still minister, but He must do
It with our hands; He would still
warm and comfort and encourage and
instruct, but He must do It with our
Ill's. If we refuse to perform these
olllces for Him, what right have we
to call ourselves members of His body
In vital union with Him? Joslah
Strong.
A Wonderful I.leht.
If you are willing to choose tho seem
lng darkness of faith Instead of the
Illumination of reason, wonderful light
will breuk upon you from the Word
of God. A. J. Gordon..
A True Snake 8tory.
"The affair happened on Saturday
night," says tbe Bulawago Chronicle,
"In a room on the outskirts of Rayl
ton. Four card players were intent
on game of whist and tha window
waa open to allow of some fresh air.
Suddenly,, out of the darknesB, Ave
feet of black mamba hurled itself
through the open window Into the
room. For a moment every one was
paralyzed, and then one of the occu
pants seized hold of the most handy
weapon and flung it at the intruder.
It happened to be a water bag and
the snake received a cold douche,
which was evidently not to its liking,
for it vanished Just as suddenly as it
had come, by the same route. A
search of the premises discovered
the creature In an adjoining room
but It again made its escape, and, as
the police would say, is 'still at
large.' "
Ox Hltohad to Sleigh.
The novel spectacle of an ox
hitched to a sleigh was seen on the
streets of Westminster, Vt., during
the winter. Mr, Fnrnham of the south
district was the driver.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR APRIL 30.
Subject t Jesus Washing- the Disciples'
Feot, John 1ll 1-14-Onlden Text.
Oml. v., 18 Memory Verses, IS, 18
Commentary on tn. iei,lin,
1. At the supper tablo (vs. 1-3). 1.
"The Pnssover." This wos one of the
three great Jewish feasts and was also
called the feast of "unleavened bread,"
because only unleavened bread was
allowed. "Hour was come." Ills ap
proaching agony and death. There
was no uncertainty with Him. So
perfectly did He work with the Father
that He knew when He had come to
the close of His earthly labors. "De
part unto the Father." Ills rntlre
passion and ascension are included in
this departure, as taking ptace in this
one hour. "His own." His disciples.
"Which were In the world." Who were
to continue longer In its troubles and
difficulties. "Loved them unto the
end." 1. To the uttermost limit of
love (margin of It. V.). 2. With a love
without end.
2. "Supper being ended." Rather,
the meal' having begun that Is, they
had already reclined. It appears from
Luke's account that as they took their
reclining couches at the table, a strife
arose for precedency; and by this is
explained the washing of the apostles'
feet by Jesus a reproof and a lesson
on humility and peace. "Devil having
now put." Judas formed his plot six
days before this, on the occasion of
what happened at the house of Simon,
the leper; see Matt. 2B:14. 3. "Jesus
knowing." This verse is sublime. An
unclouded perception of His relation to
the Father, the commission He held
from Him, and His approaching return
to Him, possessed His sou! By Ills
incarnation Jesus came from God; by
His death and resurrection He went
to God. Christ enme from heaven to
bring God to us. Ho went to heaven
to bring us to God.
II. Jesus washes tho disciples' feet
(vs. 4, 15).
4. "RIseth from supper." Soon af
ter they had taken their places at the
table. The washing should have taken
place before the supper. "Laid aside
His garments." Ills outer mantle, a
cloak which would Impede Ills action,
leaving the tunic, which was tho or
dinary dress of a servant. "Girded
Himself." The girdle represents a
readiness for service. The towel was
to complete the full dress of a servant
or slave. A bold contract between the
Master, who was about to enter into
glory, and the aspiring disciples, who
were too lofty to wash each others'
feet, and were anxious about their
stations in life. 5. "Began to wash."
We hnve a very erroneous idea of the
moaning of this action if wo imagine
that it was performed for a mere ex
ample of humility, or even as nn Illus
tration. It was simply a humble,
menial service that ought to have been
done by the disciples, but which they
refused or neglected to do. Then Ho
arose and performed tho menial ser
vice Himself. No wonder that the
conscience-smitten disciples were
amazed, and that Peter felt that Jesus
must not wash his feet.
III. A conversation with Peter (vs.
6-11). 0. "Then oometh he." When
it was Peter's turn to be washed.
Lord, dost Thou." Dost Thou, the Son
of God. the Messiah, perform this hiuii
ble oilice of a servant toward me?
Peter had often seen the humility of
his Lord, but never as In this Instance,
and he recoiled with an unutterable
sense of shame and astonishment. Tho
other disciples seem to have allowed
Jesus to wash their feet in silence.
7. "Knowest not now." You do not
soo that it is a visible expression of
My whole mission. In which I laid
aside -My glory with the Father and
took upon Myself the forln of a ser
vant. "Shalt know hereafter." A
little better understanding wns gained
In tho .Master's words in verses 13 and
14; a still clearer understanding after
the crucifixion; better still after Ton
tecost; n full knowledge of all that
Jesus did for His own was to be gained
in eternity.
8. "Shult never." Not to all eter
nity shalt Thou wash my feet. "Wash
Thee not." With the higher washing
of which this Is only a type. If thou
wilt not submit to this thou wilt object
to that. "No part with Me." Because,
1. The first condition of discipleshlp
was submission to Christ. 2. This
washing was a symbol of spiritual
cleansing, and so Peter understood
Christ's words (v. !)). 1). "Not my feet
only." Ho goes from one extreme to
tho other. 10. "He that is washed."
Bathed; for it was the custom of the
Jews to bathe twice, in preparing
themselves for the paschal solemnity.
"Ye are clean." You are upright and
sincere. Jesus did not mean that their
hearts were cleansed from all sin, for
that did not take place till Pentecost,
"But not all." This -was a rebuke
which only Judas could understand.
IV. Christ teaches humility (vs. 12
14). 12. "Know yo what I have
done." Consider what I have done
the meaning and significance of It.
That He Intended His disciples to get
the spiritual meaning of this act is
seen from what follows. 13. "Master
and Lord." One who has authority,
whose example should be followed,
and whose commands obeyed. 14.
"If I then." The Master lost no dig
nity, authorlrv r nnwop ht, tti
descending love. He was truly great.
in tnat He stooped to necessary hum
blo work when others refused to do it
"Ye also Ollirht." Tho aurnant. la
greater than his master, and you will
do well to imitate Mo. If this lesson
has entered your understanding, cease
all a Ivl I.I . .
m..A outits lur uuHiiiuii. ann nil I v aiirnaaa
In service to each other.
Clear Peanut Candy.
Place over the fire In a granite
saucepan two cups of granulated su
gar, one cup of boiling water and a
level teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
Let these boll rapidly, without stir
ring, until It will "snap" v.hen tried
in Ice water. Have ready a small
square pan, greased, in which you
have spread out evenly two cups of
shellod and skinned peanuts. When
the candy Is done, pour It carefully
over tbe nuts, and when partly cold
mark and cut Into bars. Ho careful
not to scrape the kettle when pouring
the candy out. Any other nut may be
used Instead of peanuts, and a mix
ture will be found a pleading variety.
Montreal Herald.
Subject to Approval,
Wiillara V. King of tho Merchants
association tolls a story of a boy who
had a faculty of losing one Job and
getting another almost simultaneously.
Meeting him on the street one day, a
trlend said to him: "Well, Jack, who
aro you with nowT"
"I'm with John Smith & Co."
"Is this a permanent connection at
InslT" asked the friend.
"I can't tell about that yet," replied
Jack. "I'm only there on memoran
dum, you see." New York Times.
APRIL THIRTIETH.
Pryar for Missions, at Home and
Abroad. I Tim. 2: 1-8.
Bible Hints.
"Giving of thanks" for missionary
triumphs is required In the same
sentence that calls upon us to pray
for them.
Our missionary prayers must be in
clusive "for all men"; they must be
continual, "In every place."
Our missionary prayers, like all
othera, are worthless uuless they
start from the vantage ground of a
pure life; "holy hands" alone obtain
anything from a holy God.
Missionary prayers have power In
proportion as they Beek definite re
sults, and seek them "without doubt
ing" Suggestions.
Praying for missions Is fruitless
without giving and going, and giving
and going are fruitless without pray
ing. There Is no "mission field" but the
entire world.
Study Christ's prayers; there Is no
missionary section in them, for they
ore fill missions.
Tho missionaries themselves, who
ought to know, sometimes ask for
more men and money, but always ask
for more, and more earnest, prayers.
Illustrations.
We can send money by cable to the
missionaries, but our prayers help
them even more swiftly.
When a nation goes to war, It care
fully estimates the weight of Its al
lies. In our spiritual warfare we have
on our side the infinite armies of
heaven.
What parent would wish to have a
child that did not outgrow his
clothes? So let us rejoice In mission
boards that constantly call upon the
churches for larger gifts.
A pile of sample periodicals is
labeled, "Take One." The kind of
prayer that is appropriate there is the
stretehed-out hand. So when we
pray for missions, we are sure of
God's eagerness to give.
Quotations.
Your Christianity Is nothing if It is
not missionary. Broadus.
My plea is not, save America for
America's sake, but save America for
the world's saks. Joslah Strong.
I have found in my own life that
there is a very close proportion be
tween the time I spend in communion
with God and the amount of power
that I have in dealing with men.
Torrey.
Faith is the golden key that unlocks
the doors of heaven. Moody.
EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
APRIL THIRTIETH.
Prayer For Missions and Missionar
ies. John 17. 18 21; Acts 13. 1-3.
In our selection from John we have
the prayer of the Master for his dis
ciples. His prayer is for unity among
his disciples and for success to his
kingdom. Christ was sent from God,
and all true ministers and missionar
ies are sent from him. Not the dis
ciples alone, but all those who were
to believe through their labors, are
embraced in this prayer. The prayer
of Jesus takes In the whole world
who are yet to believe in him through
the missionary zeal of the church.
The account we have from the Acts
is of the first missionary enterprise
of the early church. The "laying ,on
of hands" was not an ordination to
an ofilce, but a solemn assignment to
missionary work. They were set
apart and then followed by the pray
ers of the church. So we do to-day.
But do we remember In our prayers
as we ought the missions and mission
aries of the church?
The whole missionary question has
been too Intimately related to giving
rather than to praying. We must
give. The work is suffering from a
niggardly and parsimonious giving.
But our giving ought to bo accom
panied by our prayers. We need
more praying as well as more giving.
And wo will have larger giving only
as wo get more prayer from Interest
ed hearts. Let us remember that
Prayer Inspires the Gift. Nearly all
missionaries have given themselves
In answer to the prayer of their own
heart. Judson, Livingstone, Ptton,
the haystack heroes, and many of
our men in the field, were called to
the work when in prayer. Prayer In
the Epworth League will lead some
of our consecrated youth to go them
selves and thus answer their prayers.
So, too, prayer will Inspire the giving
of money. In emergencies our mis
sion boards have received great gifts
after great prayer has been offered to
God.
Prayer will Perpetuate the Gift.
The need of modern missions is not
spasmodic giving, but a steudy stream
of unceasing benevolence. A man
may give for missions because he is
stirred by a passionate appeal. But
he will perpetuate his gift only when
he follows his dollars with his desires
his property with his prayers. Prayer
will not only increase the giving of
the church, but it will make It per
manent and steady. The enterprises
or tne mission field are too vast to
rest on the vacillating contributions
of a careless coustltuency.
Prayer enriches the Giver and Hon
ors Our Christ. God has promised
great things. But they are all con
ditioned. Prayer is an important con
dltion cf many of the missionary
promises.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
" HE fruit of fortune
irJAJ I never falls
on
for snoring nose,
Greed never
brought gladness.
Love turns labor
into privilege.
Some mistake
gushing for giving.
Sand makes more
of a saint tliun soft
soap,
His purposes are better than our best
plans.
The fruit of fortune uever falls on a
snoring nose.
They give Him nothing who have not
given Him themselves.
When the Word Is hidden In the
heart It is seen in the life.
How Uood Is Oott
I threw myself in ongtiili on my conch,
My soul went out in one great agonizing
cry:
I pleaded hard with God:
"The wicked who forget Thee havo their
wiah;
I have been striving faithfully to do Thy
will,
Yet I am still unheard."
And then onto my oul there spake a Toice,
An audible aa to the outward ear:
"Your wish may now be yours if you the
case
Will take in your own hands and out of
God's."
Reluctantly I said:
"Give what Tnoa wilt, only be Thou my
guide."
My mure great longing cry waa still rc
f lined.
Time passed. And 7 look back with clearer
Ken;
I shudder at what would have been had I
Been heard. He led me in a better war.
And I have lenrned to fear to walk nlnne.
To take His hand, and plead: "Led Tbuu
me on."
My soul goes out again in one great cry,
Hut it ,ono f praise "llow good is
Die Kcv. Edwin II. liurgest, in the New
York Observer.
fiooilneai and Ten Tliounnnd a Tear.
The Atchison (Kan.) Globe has an
appeal to men to be good, first, be
cause it pays to be good, and second.
because "it Is easier to bo a good man
than it is to be a bad one." "You
must live." It adds; then why not live
in tho easiest way.
The Globe defines a good man rs one
who Is "Indnstrlous, loyal, intelligent
and well behaved." And it tells a story
of such a man who formerly worked In
Atchison for 100 a month, and Is now
receiving a salary of J10.0D0 a year to
illustrate its argument that goodness
pays, "and those who ore patient-'and
work away the best they can are ol
ways recognized and substantially re
warded." There has been a great deal of that
sort of talk in some of the magazines,
and in the interviews with successful
men published in the newspapers. It
is talk that gives a very erroneous Im
pression in regard to the fact The
vast majority of our citizens are In
dustrious, loyal, intelligent and well
behoved, and yet a very large propor
tion of thnt majority have not made
and aro not likely to inuke any great
headway in the direction of a 10,(KI0-a-year
income.
The Globe makes the point that its
typical good man who now gets $10,000
a year with less work than he did
when he wns pnly getting $100 a
month, is "no great genius." That Is
wry likely. The successful man is
very often a man of very moderate
mental capacity. But, unless his suc
cess has come through special influ
ence or through what Is commonly
culled good luck, be must have some
quality that fits him for special effect
iveness in the lino In which he has
achieved success.
The money making or success-producing
faculty is a tiling by Itself and
often manifests Itself In a very marked
degree In a man whom no one would
hnve picked as a winner before he
achieved his first well-defined success.
It is a mischievous delusion to teach
young men that they hove a right to
look for great success In life as the re
ward of simple goodness industry,
loyalty, intelligence ami good beha
vior. These things ore good In them
selves, and they will give a man a
very much better chance to get on In
the world than be could hnve without
them, but even with them the great
majority of men can only hope to make
n moderate living, and perhaps lay up
a little every year against u rainy day,
or for old age. or for those who shall
come after them.
Goodness does pay; It pays tremen
dous profits, but these profits are not
measured by dollnrs and cents. The
most valuable possession every mnii
bus Is himself, anil good conduct helps
lilin to make tho most and best of him
self. ;YrJ
That Is true even of the kind ' of
goodness described by the Globe; It is
infinitely more true of the kind of
gooilnrss which the Bible requires of
us. 'J'lie former is gondiie s In some of
our r.'litllons with other men; the lat
ter is goodness iu our relations with
God. This Includes the other, of
course. We cannot be right with God
unless we are trying to do our duty to
ward num. But there Is nil the infer
ence In the world between the loyalty
In our conduct toward oilier men that
springs only from a desire to win their
approval and that of our own con
sciences and that which springs from
love to God und love to man for God's
sake. This latter kind of goodness
seldom brings nny great reward In dol
lars and cents. It Is its own reward.
It liss "the promise of tho life which
now is and of that which is to come;"
it fulfils that promise by enriching life
and beautifying it. New York Wit
ness. A Fnthtr's Kznmple,
I remember once speaking to a friend
of mine lu Brighton who, giving mo his
experience of his own childhood, said:
"I can remember when my mother
cried when she cut the bread for our
breakfast, keeping none back for her
self, for It was the last crust that she
was dividing. I, the eldest born, in
quired the reason why this was done.
She said: '.My lad, your father has
been dismissed from his situation be
cause ho would not lie, and we have
come to the lust loaf, but I am proud
of your father, and you must grow up
like him, too.' And," said my friend,
"I have tried to do it." Itnm's Horn.
The Grant Diaelplea.
When Christ called His disciples to
follow Him, He did not have to call
twice. Not one of the twelve, so far
as we know, had to have tho invitation
repeated. The great disciples, through
all centuries, have been the obedient
disciples, loyally respoudlug to the first
claim made by Christ upon them, J,
n. Miller.
Purpoe ol tlte Churoli.
Bishop Llghtfoot says: "The Church
of Christ exists for the purpose of
handling unpleasant subjects."
Queer Find In Coal.
Fredonck Feller, welgbmaster ot
No. 11, found a rock In No. 11 mine
one day recently. Imbedded In a vein
of coal that was tbe exact reproduc
tion of a human foot and a portion of
the leg half way to the knee.
The ankle and heel were perfect,
but the toes had crumbled away. The
rock was of a dark brown color and
bad every appearance of having Been
hidden away in this vein of coal for
ages. Earlfncton Ba
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I
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poem I The BlR-Hearted Follow New
Tor Doclori Hold an Important 1I
rnaalon on Bnltjeet of Alcoliol One
or the Kvlla Threatening CI vllliatlon.
He dinf-s on rich dishes and wears the beat
clothes;
lie cares not for money he spends aa ha
goes;
He has a sweet partner and little ones fair,
And a home neat and tidy, but seldom
goes there;
He frequent the clubs and visit the play,
And he flirts with each coquette who falls
in his way,
The while his true wife . its at home in her
woe
But then he's a big-hearted fellow, you
know.
How awift flies tfce time when the cham
pagne he quafTs!
How ne jokes with the boya! How ha
nhouUi! How he laughs!
But when at his own hearth, how altered
hia tone!
If the children approach him he utters a
groan.
If hia wife even hints, while he pores o'er
the new,
Tlu.t the coh'i is all out, that the children
need "dn.'ea,
Ho raves like a madman and swears till
he's houme
But he's a bij hearted fellow, of course.
At leneth, whon hia nicana are exhausted,
lie trim
To borrow from others, less free, hut moi!
wine
Than himse'.f. Then he f.nda that there
isn't a friend.
Of all the gay throng, who has money to
lend.
So he live on "frcelunchc" and "jponges"
hia drinks,
Till, rum-aliun, he into a pauper's grave
slinks.
And leaves to his sad wife the record ho
bore
As a big-hearted fellow just this, and no
more.
Francis S. Smith.
A PhylclR.nfe ffympoalum.
The New York County Medical So
ciety discussed the question of alcohol
in an important symposium held re
cently at the New York Academy of
Medicine.
Professor Chittenden, of Yale Univer
sity, took up the question of "Alcohol
in Health," nnd declared that alcohol
should not be used except under the
advice of physicians. Dr. Pen body. In
speaking of "Alcohol lu Disease."
showed that for a large number of ail
ments substitutes had been found less
injurious and more effective.
Mr. Atkinson, the chemist of the
New York Hoard of Health, pointed
out the dangers of "wood alcohol,"
showing Its poisonous effects on dogs.
This was apparent In tho profound
coma which it produced. He concluded
that it was oive of the most dangerous
of all the alcohols, and should be re
stricted and guarded In its use. The
New York State Deputy Commissioner
of Excise, Mr. Clement, of Albany,
spoke of the "Legislative Aspects of
Alcohol," indorsed the Haines law iind
argued from various statistics thnt It
had diminished crime and pauperism
throughout the State. "Substitutes for
Alcohol" was discussed by Dr. Fllz
patrlck. He claimed that pure water,
fresh air nnd Improved hygienic influ
ences would diminish the demand for
spirits, nud discussed nt some length
the various drugs which were superior
to alcohol as tonics and stimulants.
Professor Lusk, of Bellevue College,
in the discussion which followed, spoke
of the chemistry of alcohol.
Dr. T. I). Crutbers spoke of the In
difference of the profession toward the
subject of alcohol, and declared thnt it
was a medical topic, and yet less than
SJiM) physicians In the country had
taken-lJiluroit enough In the subject
to appear as teachers and ftudents.
while on the other hand over a miHion
persons were Joined in associations
nnd efforts to remedy and prevent the
evils from alcohol. He declared that
unless the subject wns taken up by
medical men ami discussed as any
other problem In science would be. lit
tie ndvance could be made.
Hon. De Lancy Nicholl, former Dis
trict Attorney of New York, spoke of
the Injurious cllects of alcoliol seen
from a legal standpoint, nnd dechircil
that no good work could he expected
from persons who dependiil on this
drug. Dr. L. D. Mason, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., discussed the economic side,
showing the tremendour: losses to so
ciety, to Individuals and others from
the use of this drug, and predicted
that tho time would come when alcohol
would be regarded by the medical pro
fession ns one of the most serious
threatening evils of civilization. He
urged the profession to take up this
subject nud teach the public tbe real
danger.
This symposium wns remarkable as
showing the changed sentiment nmong
physicians concerning alcohol. Kvi
dently the subject Is attracting aien
tion In the profession to a degree of
greater prominence than ever lafore.
None of the speakers, excepting Drs.
Crothers and Mason were known as
opponents of alcohol In their public)
writings, and yet all recognized the
evils and .n a way more or less timid
pointed out the possible means of es
cape. Tbe New Voice.
schoolboy Drunkurils.
Alarming revelations as to the con
sumption of alcoholic beverages among
tho young In Germany were made at a
meeting of the Teachers' Totul Absti
nence Society held at Bremen recently.
One of tho speukers stated that it was
a couiiiuinthiig for infants to be given
beer in their bottles, nnd that In the
nntlonnl schools in Dresden, Saxony,
there Is not, a si"ile child who has not
tasted alcohol. Out of forty-two boys
In one class at n Leipzig school, where
the ages of tho pupils are from seven
to eight, fourteen confessed to hawing
been drunk ou beer or glu. Lomlou
Mall.
Temperance Kntea.
The greater purt of Manitoba Is under i
prohibition.
The W. C. T. V. of Ireland will hold
n bosaar in Dublin to raise money with
which to curry on au aggressive tem
perance campaign.
Local option fr Kent County, Dela
ware, is tbe first of a number of pro
posed similar bills to Be presented to
tho Legislature of that State.
Archbishop Parley, of New York, hits
Just Issued u church order prohibiting
selling beer nt picnics, ns u menus ot
money raising lu Catholic put-lubes.
It Is Btuted that in Great Britain sev-euty-flve
per cent, of n 1! classes of
pauperism are due to drink, and lu Gcr
mnny ninety per cent. In Germany
drink leads to 1000 enses of suicide
every year and supplies the lunatic
asylums with something like :I0UU vic
tims. Concerts iu suloons In Milwaukee
mu.t stop. This Is Chief or Poth-u
Jnnssen's order. Neither male nor fe
male vucultets will be allowed In any
suloou. Many of the ko-ciiIIihI Ihent
llnAl turns In these concert saloons
were of a low order, nnd the wiloon
keepers took advantage of the concei ts
to conduct disorderly reaurta.
jj-ffousehold
JVjattcr
Milk Fnr an Emerareney.
Milk will immediately and effectually;
extinguish the flames from gasolene oc
any form of petroleum, since it forma
an emulsion with the oil, whereat
.water only spreads it
Baked Potatoes Dta-eetnM.
Baked potatoes are supposed to be
TTy easily digested, and so they are,
when they are baked properly. A hot
oven is necessary, for a strong degree
of heat is required to turn the starch
of the potato to dextrine. Cooked In a
slow over,, a baked potato is no more
digestible tban boiled.
To Clean 6ttteena,
rtflteens, whether French or domestte,
may be cleaned by washing them in
soapsuds made of lukewarm water,
white soap and a cupful of salt. Rinse
in lukewarm water and salt, stiffen
with gum arable solution, and wrap In
a sheet. In two or three hours iron on.
tho wrong side. These garment
should net be hung out of doors at all.
denning Windows.
Kerosene is a splendid aid in the
elenning of wli.dows. Into a basin put
two tablespoonfuls of kerosene and two
of water. Take a soft cloth a little
larger than tbe hand, dip it in the
basin, half wring it and wash your
windows, both sush ami glass. Then
rub dry with a soft newspaper and
polish with a soft towel. This process
will aemove fly specks and dirt from
both glass and paint more quickly than
soap and water, and leaves the glass
with a better polish. The quantity,
given is sufficient for washing two or
dinary sized windows.
Bedroom Climate,
On the tombstone of tens of thoi
sands of those who havo died from
tuberculosis might appropriately be in
scribed: "Disease and death were in
vited and encouraged by a death deal
ing bedroom climate."
To show that this is no exaggeration
It is only necessary to call attention to
tbe fact that fully half the tubercular
patients placed in outdoor consump
tive hospitals make a satisfactory re
covery. If fresh air will cure the dis
ease, it is certainly a wonderful pre
ventive of It. Dr. David Paulson, la
Good Health.
Rome Made Rags.
There is the ordinary rag carpet
made of simple materials and In one or
two or many colors, and the more
elaborate one, made of fine materials.
Into the latter go velvets, silk dam
asks, tapestries and wools. Cretonnes
are woven Into others, combined with a
plain warp. A rag-style rug which Is
charming Is woven of Singapore lattice.
This is a curtain drapery a lattice
like material, as its name implies. It
comes in delightful soft, dull shndes
and when cut for weaving iu the rugs
the irregularities of the lattice work
form a thick nnp, -vhieh gives the rug
a rich warm effect. A rug of tho kind,
a beauty, has the tody of the rue In
a clear light gray, with stripes of pale
sea green, brought out with a bit of
deep green which lorm a border at
each end.
A Few Hints.
Wlilfe wool articles are thnrnne-Mv
cleansed by rubbing with dry flour.
enaue well afterwords.
It takes less sugar for fruits and
preserves If put iu after they are well
cooked.
A silver spoon, knife or fork put into
a gloss Jar or dish will temper it so
that it cuu be tilled with anything hot,
even to the boiling point.
A raw egg, swallowed, will usually
detach any foreign substance, like fish
bone, if lodged in the throat.
Ink spots on lineu can be removed by
dipping the articles iu pure melted tal
low. Wash out the tallow and the ink
will come with It.
A teaspoonful of ammonia in tho
water in which silver is washed will
keep it brilliantly bright.
Fresh hud will remove tor from
either hand or clothing. Wash with
soup and water afterwards.
Wet cooking soda, spread upon a thin
cloth nnd bound over a corn, will re
move It.
Breakfaat Hot llreaila.
Breakfast Gems Beat three eggs and
to them add one pint of milk, with one
teaspoonful of sugar and half a tea
spoonful of salt. Pour tbeso gradually
upon two cupfuls of sifted Hour anil
beut until smooth. Add one teaspoon
ful of melted butter. Butter gem pans,
put them In the oven until hot, then
till two-thirds with bntter. Bake twen
ty minutes in a quick oven.
Pancakes Have readv mired ami
sifted one-half cupful of ordinary
wneni nour, one-quarter cupful of gra
huin or wholo wheat flour, a soltspoon
ful of salt and a teaspoonful and a
half of baking powder. When ready
to bake add one egg (lightly beaten),
one cupful of milk and a teaspoonful
of melted butter. Have tbe gridiron
hot and well greased and drop the bat
ter from the tip of the spoon. Cook
until a nice brown on one side, then
turn on the other. Serve with maple
syrup. ,,
Klce Crumpets B -at three eggs un
til light nnd add one and a half cup
fuls of milk and one tnblespooiiful of
melted butter. Stir in one cupful of
boiled rice, one cupful of corn flour,
half a cupful of wheat flour, half a
teaspoonful of salt and a level tea
spoonful of baking powder, Hakj in
lurge crumpet rings on top of the stovo
or in greased gem pans in a quick
oven twenty minutes.
Glutt-n Gems-Two cupfuls of gltittn
flour, one pint -of milk, one egg, one
fourth of a teaspoonful of salt and two
tenspoonfuls of linking powder. Mix
the flour and suit, add tbe milk and (
stir Into the dry mixture. Add tbe
talking powder, beat well, fill greased
gem pans two-thirds full nuZ bake lu
a quick oven.
Londult'a new uiotfr fire eii'"!ne w"t
be able to truvel Hbout ti!itj-tv i
an hour at top speed.