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Indianapolis, Ind.-The Rev. E. E.
Ncwbert, of tills clt.v, thrilled mid do
lighted a large congregation last Sun
day with on eloquent sermon, entitled
"Reality In Religion." He took for
bis text: "The hour eometh. when
neither In this mountain, nor yet In
Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
The hour eometh, and now Is, when the
true worshipers shall worship the
Father in sj-lrit and truth." John lv.,
21, 23.
These are great words. I do not
come, however, to Interpret them. I
quote the text because of the spirit It
breathes. I quote It as protest
against the limltntlon of worship, as an
answer to the creeds of Christendom.
I quote It because It denies formal re
ligion, nnd places emphasis on truth
and life. It does us good to come upon
a thought like tills, maybe half for
cotton. And to flnd it, after having
been made to believe In the little words
of a sectarian faith. Is like coming out
of the fog of the lowland to the hills,
to find the sky clear nnd the sun shin
ing. Or It is like following a foul
stream to find Its source In a mountain
spring. Indeed, It Is refreshing to
throw off our load of belief and fear
and doubt, ond think for an bur of
life as it is. It is inspiring to tVnk of
religion as without hounds or liame or
division, just n splendid Ideal of life
and a daring thought of the eternities.
In passing, I think of n grent picture
nd its poor copy. I turn from the
topy, badly done, to the original. Its
letting is the quaint life and quiet
leencs of Galilee. At once we think
it the night prayer in the hills and the
teaching on the mount, the central
figure that of a man who speaks lo the
psople of the realities of life. But we
must not linger with the picture. It Is
enough to .catch Its spirit. Life Is
swift, and Its course Is onward. Re
ligion 13 n present reality. It Is every
where abroad In the life of the modern
world. In worship? Yes. In good
living? Yes. Hunt for religion In the
beliefs of men, and you lose It. Bind it
nnd hound It, and you have only husks.
Live It, and you know It for what It Is.
Go where life goes, go where the great
world's work is done, and you will find
real religion. Is the church its audible
voice? Then it should beur the live
coal upon its altars. It should be In
love with truth and in touch with life.
It should bo modern, with a message
to modern man. It should lead, com
mand, ndvnnce. It should worship the
living God, not learn ritual or mumble
over relics In the sepulchre of the dead.
So long poorly taught, we can hardly
think of religion apart from the church,
its rites nnd dogmas. Baptism, for In
stance, awaits us at the outer gate.
Shall It be the condition of our passing
through? Does the kingdom of God
wait for baptism? Is the rite a vital
part of religion? Men have been bap
tized; but what of humanity? What of
the round -world? Are the unbaptized
outside the gate? Baptism? Oh, go
out some summer morning, nnd stand
uncovered in the fields. Walt reverent
ly for the sunrise. Be tenderly nffec
tloned toward the world. Be thankful
for life nnd not afraid of death. Let
nature be to you a sanctuary, the world
a holy place. Invite the dew of the
morning to wet your head; and In that
hour of stillness, reverence and joy, you
will receive a baptism, the end of all
novitiate and probation.
Or what of the ordination of a min
ister of religion? Does the candidate
stand in the apostolic line? Has he
had the hands of a bishop on his head?
Has he been consecrated by a rite
which separates him from his fellows?
Is his office holy? Are such questions
of grave Importance? Or do they con
cern anybody in this busy world but
the ecclesiastic? Indeed, what Is n
minister of religion more than a man?
Or what can ceremony add to n man?
Not by any miracle can a priest bo
made a man If he be not first a man.
Fools and knaves have been ordained
to the priesthood, but neither bishop's
hands jior the most sacred rite can
make a fool learn wisdom, or teach a
clown to be serious, or put nn holiest
oul Into n knave.
And then there nre the apostolic peo
ple. These form an exclusive set in
the kingdom of God, a sort of chosen
people. They have gone through the
gate, nnd have shut the gate behind
them. Nothing of ceremonial or belief
has been left undone. They have taken
out insurance for eternity. But what
of humanity? What of the round
vorld? Where stand the majority of
men and women? In the winnowing of
souls, why go few grains of wheat? As
I try to answer, even in part, I think
of those who are doing the world's
work. I think of the men nnd women
who are fighting ' the world's battles
nnd winning its victories. I think of
the shoulders beneath the ponderous
wheel of progress, now rolling on, now
down to the hub in the mire. I think
of those who are lending a hr.nd in the
gigantic world struggle for the suprem
acy of righteousness. I think, of thoso
in tho vanguard who light watch-fires
on the hills, who are educating, buiunn
iztng, liberating. Or I think of the
gentle hands, the swift feet, the tender
hearts, the angels of mercy and peace,
in whom dwell sweetness and light.
Who are they? By what name are they
called? To what church, if any do
they belong? Idle the question,' im
possible the answer. Sufficient Is It
that they establish u Christian clvlllzn
tlou. No, not an exclusive set, not a
small division of humanity, but these
lovers and comrades and workers who
walk together, constitute the kingdom
of God. If this be not so, woe unto the
world, hopeless our human lot!
Humanity has made many experi
ments, and from failure learned wis
dom. All that the ecclesiastic would
to-day teach has been tried, and It has
failed. At least for 1000 years the re
ligion of dogma and ceremonial ruled
the world. These ten centuries are dis
tinguishable by the supremacy of a
blind faith. For 1000 years men knelt
to the ecclesiastic, and in death turned
to him as the nrblter of their eternal
destiny. I do not forget that this ab
solutism of the church forbade prog
ress. I do not forget that It made
scholarship n dangerous calling, that it
set a price on high Intelligence, that it
stamped evry new thought as heresy,
that it burned the thinker and hated
the truth, And all this was done in
the name of religion. It was done in
defense of the faith. It was done for
holy church and God. The experiment,
however, whs a failure. The abso
lutism of the church was checked.
Humanity broke tho fetters that bound
it to little things, niid the awakening,
wondering world started for freedom,
o'e boast o modern age, wo talk of
leuioci-acy, we proclulm the rights of
lieu, because, In the bitter conflict,
nedlaevBllsin lost. It lost In art; it
jst In literature; It lost in scleuce; it
st In politics; it lost In religion. The
triumph was uot of a party; it was
triumph for humanity. The destiny of
tua jruund. world., was Involved. The
Old World principle was hurled back;
the New World principle appeared. The
mediaeval ages ended, the modern be
gan. The worst stage of religious
nightmare was lifted from the mind
and conscience of mankind. Yet think
of what might have bepn! Think what
might have been, had medlseviillsni
triumphed! Think what might have
been, had dogmas silenced reason!
Think what might have been, had the
absolutism of the church and the Old
World principle continued supreme!
Let him who easily forgets think
what might have been. Manhood suf
frage and manhood religion nre not
Idenls of tnedinevallsm. They lire
Ideals of freemen, wrung from tyranny
and paid for with a great price. Only
the man who forgets, values as n small
thing our heritage of religious liberty.
Only the innn who forgets Is Indifferent
to religious progress. Only the man
who forgets can receive unmoved the
suggestion of n revival of n dogmatic
faith and nn ecclesiastical absolutism
which ever has meant bondage. Ignor
ance, superstition, fear, nnd stagnation.
Only the man who forgets can be mis
led by the mockery of form or the
quackery of belief. Only the man who
forgets can deny the Ionic of the new
learning or turn his back on reason nnd
experience, his face toward the past.
As truth Is above price, as liberty Is
worth Its cost, as freedom Is precious
to every man. I urge on this generation
that It forget not. neither be Indifferent
to religious progress. In the name of
freedom, In the mime of truth, I plead
for manhood religion, for the simple
truth, for the honest thought, for the
supremacy of character. I plead for
the modern learning, which emanci
pates the world, which crowns every
man n king and anoints every man n
priest. I plead for the modern living,
sane nnd gladsome ami wholesome. 1
plead for the modern age. splendid in
nchevement. rich in promise. I plead
for modern man, who has come so far
nnd done so much. I plead for the
modern religious Iden whose support
Is the truth that mukps men free.
The Infallible Hands.
A lady, who had been three or four
years away from her childhood's home
and settled In one of her own, was
taken seriously 111. Her mother, with
all n mother's solicitude, was anxious
to bo with her daughter nt once, and
hastened to her bedside. She found
skilful physicians In attendance nnd u
trained nurse In charge; there was
really nothing for her to do nothing
that she could be permitted to do. Day
after day she made brief, silent visits
to the sick room, even her presence
could not bo allowed long, and went
away powerless to aid. The minister
ing was In wiser, more efficient hands
than hers, and she could not be trusted
wltii it would not have dared to trust
herself with It.
"But it seems strange," she said
sadly one day, "that even I, her mother,
can only stand aside uid do nothing.
There never before was a time when
'mother' wasn't the one to help nnd
comfort; It seems ns if It one-lit to be so
still, and yet I wouhl be afraid to do
anything but keep hands off and trust
to n knowledge and strength that is
greater than my own."
It Is the same In many ii spiritual
crisis through which we see our dear
ones pass. We long to shift the bur
den, to lighten the trials, to bestow the
coveted gift; but the Great Physician
holds the precious soul in His hands,
the hands that will make no mistake,
nnd we can only stand aside and trust
Him.
Lent to thii I.iml.
The Rev. George Gllfillan, the emi
nent divine, was distinguished for his
generosity and largeness of heart. On
one occasion he met a member of his
church whom he had not seen at wor
ship for a long time. Reminding him
of the fact, the minister asked what
was wrong.
"I did not like to come In a coat I
uni. ashamed of It is so bare," nn
gwered the man.
The minister instantly divested him
self of ills own coat, and handed It
to his distressed parishioner.
"There, my man, let me see my coat
every Sunday until it becomes bare,
and then call back."
The worthy divine then returned to
his studies in his shirt sleeves; and hie
wife, observing him, asked what he
had done with his coat.
"I have just lent it to the Lord!" was
GUllllan's noble answer.
Itnatruinenta of God.
Evan Roberts, tho miner of only
twenty-six years of age, whom God
has been using so wonderfully In what
has come to be known as the "Welsh
Revival," Is a man of great simplicity
nnd modesty. At one large meeting
he went out because the expectancy
and curiosity hud become too great.
That meeting proved to be one of the
most mightily influential gatherings
of any held In the region. When Mr.
Roberts left, a young girl rose, and, as
if Inspired, demanded of the people:
"Whom are you after, Iivun Roberts, or
Jesus Christ?"
Who, after nil. Is Taul, or Peter, or
Apullos, or Augustine, or Luther, or
Wesley, or Moody, or Kvan Roberts,
but a minister by whom men believe?
ftocTl Doing
It Is not by regretting what Is Ir
reparable that true work Is to bo done,
but by making tlto best of what we
nre. It Is not by complaining that
we have not the right tools, but by
using well the tools wc have. What
we are, and where we nre, Is God's
providential arrangement God's do
ing, though it may be man's misdo
ing. F. W. Robertson.
Spiritual Life.
Hush thy complaints. Sweetness and
kindness are good when they bear thee
home to God. Cruelty and wrong are
good when they force thee to the bosom
of God. Evil is evil onto him who
duett' evil, but evil is good to then if
it unites theo with God the Beautiful.
Woman Sews with Her Mouth.
It would seem that the use of the
hands would be a necessity to a
seamstress, yet there is an expert
In needlecraft living in Sag Harbar,
L. I., who has no use of either bands
or feet. She does the most exquisite
work holding her needle in her mouth.
When she wants to thread a needle
she sticks it into the soft wood of
Ler work table with her mouth and
then, biting off the cotton the right
length, passes it through the eye with
hlv lips with more quickness and dex-.
terity than most nimble fingered wo
men show. She can tie knots In her
thread with her tongue and works
quite rapidly. One of the speoimens
of her skill Is a crazy quilt which
contains over 300 different fancy
Btliches. She is also an artist of soma
skill in the use of brush and crayon.
Good Work of Postoffles Men.
A postcard from New Zealand, ad
dressed to "Thomas R. Clemas, Eng
land, via 'Frisco,'" has been delivered
to a Telgnmouth tov.n official, for
vbim It was intended.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAT 21.
Subject! Jeint Before rilmte, John itIH.,
f.8-40 Golden Text, John HI 87
Meinory Vmn, 87, 3S Commentary
on tho lay't Loaaon.
I. The Jews accuse Jesus (vs. 28-32)
.28. "From Calaphas." The high priest
Jesus was taken from the garden
where He was arrested, first to Annas
ex-hlgh priest Annas sent Hlin to
Calaphas, where the Sanbcdrln, the
great Jewish council, was hastily
called together. Jesus was questioned
and it was decided that He was wor
thy of death. But the Sanhedria had
no authority to Investigate n capitol of
fense during the night, and so nn ad
Journment was taken till daybreak. II
was during the time of adjournment
that Jesus was mocked and maltreat
ed, and it was while these scenes wer
being enacted that Peter denied
Him. "Hall of Judgment." The
"Praetorliiiu" or palace. "It was
early." Probably about 0 o'clock. Th
Greek word rendered "early" Is n
technical word for the "fourth wntoli,"
the time between 3 and 0 o'clock In the
morning. Pilate had by request of the
chief priests ordered the band of sol
dlers to arrest Jesus In the garden, and
he had doubtless held himself In readi
ness all night to give their prisoner n
hearing. Roman courts frequently sal
at night. "Be defiled." If they entered
Pl'nte's palace they would be unfitted
for the rites of the Passover.
2X "Pilate." Pontius Pilate be
longed to an ancient and knightly Ro
man family. Of his early history noth
ing definite Is known. He went to ,Iu
den nbout A. D. 2d, and remained in
office about ten years. Ills capital was
at Caesarea Phillppl, but It was his
custom to go to Jerusalem at the great
festivals to secure order and safety in
the city. "Went out." Pllnte went
outside of the Judgment hall. "What
accusation?" He demands a formal
charge. 30. "If he were not," etc.
They did not wish Pilate to investigate
the case, and so they tried to bluff the
governor. They knew tlint their ac
tions would not stand rigid test.
31. "Judge Hlin." If He Is to puss
for a criminal simply In accordance
with your sentence, then execute Him
also according to your law. Pilate
meets fanatical presumption with fri
gid sarcasm. They could excommuni
cate Him and scourge Him, but not
put Him to death. 32. "The saving of
Jesus." See chapter 12:32. 33. and
Matt. 20:11), where Christ foretold His
crucifixion.
II. Pilate confers witt Jesus (vs. 33
37). 33. "Then." Affr the Jewish
authorities hud brought, their accusa
tions. "Called Jesus." Before the
Judgment seat for u prrvate investiga
tion. "Art Thou?" Thou, so humbled,
despised without a single follower,
without weapons or wealth, handed
over to me as a malefactor art Thou
the King of the Jews? An ambiguous
charge, forged out of Jesus' avowal
that He was the Messiah. 34. "Of
thyself." As governor, lust thou any
information tliut leads thee to suspect
Me of rebellion against the Roman au
thority? 35. "Am I a Jew?" Have I any in
terest In a Jew's religious hopes of a
Messiah or king, or any knowledge
about them? "Thine own nation." If
the charge had been preferred by a Roman-
centurion it would have been
worthy of examination. But when was
it ever known that the Jewish priest
hood complained of one who sought the
political emancipation of the nation?
None' knew better than Pilate how nn
easy were the people under the Roman
yoke. Had there been any danger of
sedition from the teaching of Jesus
the Romans were the proper parties to
interfere. "What hast Thou done?"
Let me have Thine own account, that
1 may nt least know something definite
of the case. 3(5. "Not of this world."
Yet In this world nnd over this world.
Therefore not In rivalry with the Ro
man Government. "Servants fight." I
have servants, but not one makes the
slightest attempt at My liberation;
this, to rilute, who was acquainted
with the nature of the disturbance,
contains a striking proof of Jesus' in
nocence. 37. "Art Thou a king?" Are
you In. nuy sense a king? "Was I
born." I was born into the world that
I might set up and maintain a spiritual
government, but this government is es
tablished In and by truth. All that love
truth hear My voice and attend to tho
spiritual doctrines I preach. It Is by
truth aloue that I influence the minds
and govern the manners of My sub
jects. Then Pilate asked, "What is
truth?" (v. 38). Pllure asked tho ques
tion of questions which the best minds
of every age have asked.
III. Pilate confers with the Jews
(vs. 38, 3!)). 38. "Went out again."
The Jewish prejudices prevented their
entering the Judgment hall. "I find
no fault." This was a wonderful testi
niouy in Jesus' favor and from the gov
ernor himself. Pilate understood our
Lord's words sufficiently to see that He
did not claim to be nn earthly king and
was uot in any way opposing tho Ro
man Government.
3'.). "Ye have a custom." The cus
tom of releasing a prisoner nt this
feust, however it originated, was so
completely established that Pilate was
obliged to attend to it (Mark 15:8).
Here the cowardly, weak, double-minded
character of Pilate is seen. He
knows Jesus is Innocent and that he
ought to free Him, but he fears to of
fend the Jews.
IV. The Jews call for Barabbas (v.
40). 40. "Not this man." Pilate "knew
that the chief priests had delivered
Him for envy," and yet he is about to
submit to their murderous demands.
Although He had not been, found guil
ty, yet they considered Him a criminal,
aud gained their end by starting a tu
mult (Mark 15:10, 11). "Barubbas."
An insurrectionist, a robber aud a mur
derer. Ancient Bedchamoers.
In the seventeenth century English
men thought it injurious to Bleep in
rooms facing the sun, so most of the
rooms faced north and east, opening
off a passage or else out of each
other. At the head ot the stairs slept
the master and his wife, and all the
rooms tenanted by the rest of the
household were accessible only
through that. Tho daughters of the
bouse and maid servants lay In rooms
on one side, say the right, with the
maids in those most distant; those ot
the men lay on the left, the sons ot
the house nearest the chamber of the
master and the serving men farthest
away,
Snail's 8enss of 8mell.
The snail's sente ot smell has been
located la the horns by some observ
ers, but authorities quite as good
have regarded this conclusion as in
correct. M. Young, who has keen mak
ing experiments to settle the matter,
now claims to have proven that ths
snail's nose la distributed over the a
tlx body.
MAY TWENTY-FIRST.
Growing up for God. Eph. 4: 11-18.
(Union meeting with the Juniors.)
We are growing all the time grow
ing In evil or growing In good. The
question of questions Is the direction
of our growth.
It Is not enough to grow partly to
ward Christ and partly toward the
world. The result Is that we never
reach Christ at all, whllo the world
Is reached all too easily.
Suggestions.
Change Is one of the laws of life.
If you are not growing in one direc
tion or another you are dead.
Whence, but from God, came our
marvellous possibilities of develop
ment? Then we should use them for
God.
Everything lr, prized aeordlng to Its
associations. You would value any
trivial object If It had belonged to
John Milton or George Washington.
So a very small life Is grcut If It be
longs to God.
Unless your life Is given to God.
how ca-.i you expect God to give His
life for you?
Illustrations.
It is nn old, unbased Idea that a
growing child has "growing pains."
Right growth Is easy nnd delightful,
whether of the body or the soul.
God would be a very unkind gard
ener If He never pruned His trees, or
tied His vines to restraining stakes. ,
A building grows up by first grow
ing down. There Is no true growth
without deep foundations.
The gardener sets his flowers In
an attractive pattern. If a single
flower falls to grow, the pattern is
spoiled. Every little child Is such a
flower la God's garden.
Questions.
Am I really growing more Christ
like every day?
Does my Inspiration to growth
come from the highest sources?
Am I satisfied with less than the
best things possible for me?
Quotations.
If the amount of energy lost In try
ing to grow were spent la fulfilling
rather the conditions of growth, we
should have many more cubits to
show for our stature. Drummond.
Looking forward every day,
Sunshine on our faces;
Pressing onward every day
Toward the heavenly places.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MAY 21.
Growing Up For God. Eph. 4:11-10,
Union meeting with the Juniors.
In our Scripture Paul does not
make the gifts consist of offices be
stowed, but of tho officors themselves.
Men are more than positions. One of
the best gifts the Master ca-a give the
church is Inspired officers and lead
ers. Apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors, teachers, are all necessary for
tho perfecting of the church. So we
might say of Sunday school superin
tendents, Epworth League presidents,
and Junior superintendents, as no
doubt Paul would have mentioned
thorn If they had existed In his day.
Then Paul goes c i to picture a
growth Into churr' '; manhood con
trasted In the next verse by a picture
of doctrinal childhood. The Junior de
veloplng Into the Senior Leaguer, and
the Leaguer coming into full-fledged
official church responsibility, is the
thing typified in our lesson. And 'It
will be well to emphasize the fact
that neglect of Junior work will be
felt In League and church life.
Every Christian ought to recognize
thut there must be a growth or death.
There is no standing still In morals.
We are growing In grace or declining
In spiritual life. It is grow or die.
And what is true In the personal
life la true in the church. We must
be growing up the material for future
leaders. There Is no place better
adapted to this than In the Junior
League.
We can- never grow Into grace; we
must grow when in grace. It Is not
religion by development, but the de
velopment of religion. It is becoming
piore Christlike, more teachable, more
effective In service, and better ac
quainted with God. It is a natural
process first the blade, then the our,
then the full corn In tho ear. It Is
becoming proficient In the church Just
as men become proficient In trade, in
profession or in business. It la the
development of Christian work nnd of
Christian workers.
There must be certain conditions
met in grace ns in nature. There
must be soil, food, air, and sunshine
In nature. So In religion. Environ
ment has something to do with the
problem.
Just as In the physical growth there
are seen Increase height, maturity
of Judgment, a healthy appetite and
strength for greater duties, bo In the
religious life there will be certain
marks of growth. More helpfulness
to others and more earnest efforts for
personal holiness will be the result of
growth. We will become willing
workers and church burden-bearers if
we are really growing in grace.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
HERE are no dis
ciples without dis
cipline. You cannot thrill
until He shall fill.
It Is eaay for the
lamb to forgive the
Hon.
You cannot pro
tect your own llber-
X1 1 A ty unless yoa re
IrSw JjS'tX sllect tKat of others.
MvV7' To roany lblnk
t t that tho church Is
only a ulcliel-in-the slot elevator,
Self-canonlzatlon cannot make tho
saint.
Misfortune Is hardest on the man
who sets his heart on fortune.
They only are satisfied with this
world who are Insonalble to any other.
There's little to choose between an
irreligious pig and a religious prig.
It's a good deal easier to make maps
of Heaven than to make tracks there.
It would be better to suffer forever
than never to know how to suffer at
all.
ME GREAT UESl'KUYEHi
SOMfi STARTLING FACT3 ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poetm Tie Never tilatnert the Rons
National Temperance Movement la
I.amicln.,1 In Kranea Tbinklns
frenchmen Alarmed,
He took a bottle up to bed.
Drnnk whisky hot each nutit;
Drunk cocktails in the morning,
But never could get t.iht
He shivered in the evening.
And always lind the bines.
Lntil ho took n bond or two
But he never blamed the booze.
Jl' Joints were dill ot rhntmatiz;
Hie appetite was slack:
lie bud pains hptt'-ccn his shoulders,
Chills ran down his hick;
He suffered with insomnia.
At ninht. lie couldn't snnnj-.e;
He Mid it wan the. climate
But he never blamed the boozt,.
His constitution was run down.
It was overwork. Iia said:
His lens were sueiicd en, h mirning,
And he often had swelled head.
Tie Inekled beer. wine, whiiky;
And if I hey didn't fi.".
He blamed il on dvp"p.!a
Itut lie never blamed l!ip hoore.
He claimed he enmdn't ieep at night,
And nlwav had bad dreams;
He claimed he always laid awake,
'Till earlv sunrifo beams.
He tlioimht it was malaria;
Alas! 'twaa bt-.t a riiee:
ITe blamed it on to evervUnnc
But 1k never blamed tiie bo-izc.
His liver needed H-Tanintf.
And bis 'ni'lncv had the aout;
He swallowed lots of hitlers.
'Till at Inst he e'ened th-tn o'lt.
His leas were swelled with dropsy,
'Till lie hail to cut Ins sines;
lie blamed it on the do"tor
But he never blamed the bonze.
Then lie had Hie tremens.
And he tarkli-.l ral and snakes;
Firt he had the fever.
Then be had the shakes.
At last he had a funeral.
And the mourners h;id the l!ii"s;
And the cpitardi carved tor hint wag
"He never blamed the booze "
J. llyan E. Earle. in NewspaperdoiT:.
Ttrnnketinesa In l-'raitce.
A combined mcetinu of tb tour chief
temp'-rance societies of Kranee, held
lately In Pails, and presided over by
no less a personage than M. Cnsiinir
Perler. shows how seriously tbinklns
Frenchmen are now Impressed with the
magnitude of the evil they have to
combat. We used to believe that hard
drinking was one of the ugly railings
or the Anglo-Saxon, but that it was
alien to the (Jallic genius. Frenchmen
have always prided themselves tin this
contention. But the facts no longer
bear it out.
Absinthe along the boulevard anil
cheap brandy among the workl.ir
classes have made a terrific record.
Absinthe has had its votaries or its
victims, as one may care to call them,
from Verlaine on down through the
lesser Iluhts of Bohemia to unrenietn
bered nobodies. Willi shaking lingers
but keen desires, tlit-y enjoyed the
"green hour" and passed. Meanwhile
tho deadly wit of French caricature
has found another subject in the hulk
ing figure and heavy features of the
laborer pushing ills coppers across the
wet zinc In return for liquid madness.
It we care for French drawing, we
may admire the artistic force, the sheer
naked power of It all. and overlook
the awful conditions which furnish the
motive. But French caricature, while
It respects nothing In the world, has
Its own merits as ,i danger signal.
Wherever it. is, we may know that
something is rotten. .Some time ago
the French prison authorities took up
the matter and Instituted lecture
courses to convicts on the effects of
alcohol. A recent picture In I.'Illus
tration nnd n ghastly picture it was
showed an amphitheatre where rows of
evil faces with closely cropped heads
looked out of coltin-likc boxes while n
prison doctor, with a model of the hu
man figure, demonstrated the working
of spirits.
The national temperance movement
now launched Is organized on tho
broadest lines. Catholic and Protest
nnt clergy, army surgeons and civilians
will share the work, sub-dividing their
investigations according to their op
portunities, and their combined report.
It is hoped, may furnish the basis for
aggressive action.
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Out of every 10(H) drinking
men there are:
Uiki habitual drinkers
jr,n criminals
in suicides
' 2 murderers
Hi! lunatics.
Aiiufngst these are 400 pau
pers and tramps.
The earlier in life you bugiu
the sooner your
troubles will
be over.
Chicago'! Thirst.
Chicago drank more liquor in 101)4
than In any other twelve months since
its foundation, with the possible excep
tion of World's Fair year, if figures
submitted by Acting City Collector Mc
carty to Mayor Harrison In relation to
S'.tloou licenses are a guide. There were
7S0t licensed saloons In the city iu the
year, or 731 more than iu 1UOX
Temperance yuta.
One of the good results of the revival
In Wales is the tlecisiiu recently taken
by the , Baptist Church at Cardiff to
subsiltute unfermeuted wluo for the
fermented wine heretofore used ill the
communion service.
German newspapers report that dur
ing the fiscal year eliding March 31,
1U04, Itrltlsh Kust India imported ,
otiO.UOO gallons of beer, of which y.
8ao,ooi) gallons canii! from England.
In addition to this the twenty-seven
browerljs in India produced 0,474,8(10
gallons.
Kvery saloonkeeper In Marlon, In
diana, was arrested recent y ou the
charge of violating the Nicholson law,
and the total uf their fines uud costs
amounted to $41S.".
An English lord, speaking of the In
fluence of drink upon his people, ays!
"I have watched the temperance reform
movement for tirty years, and but fot
it England would by this time have
been uninhabitable."
Indiana's Governor will not appoint
even moderate drinkers of Intoxicants
to ottlce. What Is a wise policy for
many present day business corpora
tions ho, holds io good policy for the
Slate lu', it busliieb.
reeeJifl.$t
Inasmuch!
r ssKefi for ii'.mn!
He flung a coin nt ma
Contemptuously.
Not witnotit sense of shnmS
1 stooped and nuked it up.
Does this fulfill
The Muster's will
To ivi? a cup
Of water in His Name?
I asked lor bread!
lie banded nut to me
Indifferently
A ticket lor ji food.
Was this the way
On that great dav
Christ stopped to feed
The hiinjiy multitude
When we eh.i il wait.
A Iter I les mortal strip?,
l-'.ternal hie.
And to His presence o
A suppliants indci:d,
Will il he thus
lie will oil 114
I ti our ire it peed ""
Hl.S J)l UX'lcUS gift IK'-tuW?
-The OutloaK.
Itlnldtip; a Christian; His Kxerrtae,
nv AM'.S it, W l.l.l.s.
The editor of the Kxnmiucr has writ
ten "A Word For Martha." Right
stoutly he defends this r-presontutivi'
of the active as over against til" con
tPinpliilive Christian life. There Is ab
solutely no reason for holding that
.lesus esteemed Mary above .Martha.
In the famous- seulcncc, ".lesus loved
Martha, and her sister, and I.axarus,"
she is placed first, a ml Mary is not
even named. When l.nzarus died, it
was Manila and not Mary that
hastened to meet Jestia. "Christian
work in the world needs the devout and
stiidiotis.Mid.-inchtlion. but ;iot less the
robust and heroic Luther. The head
cannot say to the feet, 'I have no need
of you.' "
It is the fundamental weakness of
much of our Christian life that we
think ami talk so much moiv than we
do: our faith g?ls ahead of our works.
There is an old ballad that tells how
a man wandered into a chamber full of
enchanted kulghls. in complete armor,
but motionless. A sword and a horn
lay there, and the man was told to
choose one or the other, if he would
lead the army. lie look I he horn and
blew a mighty blast; but the knights
disappeared Iu an Instant and he found
himself back in common life with these
words ringing in his ears:
Cursed is tiie cow ard I hat ever was born.
Who did not draw the sword btfore be
blew the horn.
To be sure, a Christii.n life without
speech is in absolute defiance of our
Lord's command, for v,e are to let our
lights shine, and we arc to confess
Him before men. Also, a Christian
life without meditation will lack pur
pose nnd direction. Who among earth's
heroines labored more faithfully than
Elizabeth Fry? Yet during her last
illness she said to her daughter. 'T be
lieve I can truthfully say that, since
the agi of .seventeen, I have never
waked from sleep, iu sl-kucss or Iu
health, by day or by night, without
my first waking thoughts being how
1 might best serve the Lord."
Our Christian F.ndeavor Society roc
ogulzcs the necessity of quiet medita
tion, and wc have agreed to make it
our life rule to pray a ml rend the Bible
dally. It recognizes the duty of testi
mony, and by regular, pledged partici
pation in the prayer meeting we train
ourselves to use our tongues for Christ.
But we have also a glorious system of
committees, covering n wide rang of
Christian activities, and the young F.n
rteavorers learn to do by doing which
is the only way.
Some societies have the thorough
going custom of placing every member
upon some committee. In any event,
by the time the Knder.vorer has been
In the society tor years, he has been
trained In a wide variety of activities
in guiding business meetings, carrying
on socials, raising missionary money,
conducting committee work, bringing
others to face iheir duty, leading
prayer meetings, and the like prac
tically all the kinds of work he will
be called upon to do in the older por
tion of the church.
Let every society bear In mind Its
function as a training school. lo not
allow the committee to lag. Insist on
regular reports. Lcuru and use the
best methods. Employ all members.
Make of each .young Christian a work
man that "needeth not to be ashamed."
The Spirit's Touch.
francos Ridley liavergul received an
Aeolian harp with a letter of Instruc
tion how to use It to malic the best mu
sic. She read it hastily and tried the
harp with her lingers. It made only
ordinary mush-. She read again the
Instructions and noted that she must
place the harp in the window and let
the brcc7.es of God sweep its strings.
This she at once did. nnd sweeter music-
never tloatisj on the air. O, let
the Christian put Ills life In the win
dow of God's presence and let th; en
ergizing breezes of the Holy Spirit
sweep his soul; then he makes his own
little world vibrate with the music
of God the sweet notes of salvation
from God aud service to mai;.
A Lesson From the Firefly.
Dr. rarkliursf, in answer to the busy
man's pica that he has no time for
Christian work, well says that God's
work may lie done while we are per
forming our dally tasks. "The light
that Is run up on the masthead of a
steamer never has to slop In order to
shine. A Christian ought to lie like
n firefly, which lightens most when it
Is ou the wing."
The Manly Way.
Boys and young men often do evil
things because they are dured to do
them or Jeered it they don't. Wo
heard the late Senator Hour once ap
peal to young men with a ehallango
as to whether It was not as maulv for
a young man to seem to be as "good
as he was. as It was to alloy other
people to think thut he was more
wicked than ho was.-Chrlstiuu Reg
ister. Character Is the only cash that is
current in heaven.
It is better to fall at being an ouk
than to be satisfied with being a
squash.
The devil has a fellovz-feellng for any
man who thinks he can fool the Al
mighty. It Is better to learn how to accept
loss than how to make great gatns
selfishly.
There are no prizes for those who
will not pay for thorn with peristence.
Satan is quite willing you should be
'rich; his only fear Is lest you should
bo right.
mt ktVMUM STATE
Latest News of PennsvlTaaia Told i
Short Order.
Governor Pcnnypackcr has vetoed tht
act creating the Department of State
Charitable Institutions, which provides
for a commissioner with J 10,000 salary
and a number of assistants. In his
message the Governor sayj : "The pur
pose of this bill is to create a Depart
ment of State Charitable Institution,
and the system elaborated in it would
probably, if it became a law, be of bene
fit to the Commonwealth and enable the
Governor and the General Assembly to
secure much important information con
cerning the condition of the institutions
which the State either supports or to
which it makes appropriations. Unfor
tunately there is no provision in the
bill either for intrusting the work to
the Board of Public Charities or for
the repeal of the act creating that board,
and of th? sulHcjuent acts imposing
duties upon it. Should the present bill
become a law, the Commonwealth would
have a Department of State Charitable
Institutions and a Board of I'ubli-.
Charities, botli engaged in substantially
the same work and both exercising su
pervision and a certain control over the
charitable institutions. This state of
affairs would necessarily lead to ex
pense, trouble and confusion. Each is
required to make report to the Legis
lature and in all probability, at times,
their respective recommendations would
be in conllict. The institutions are re
quired to permit at all times an ex
amination of their bokks and records,
and a duplication of this visitoriat au
thority would impose unnecessary bur
dens upon them. The expenses attend
ant upon both would have to be provided
and at the present session of the Asscm-bK-
bills have been passed making ap
propriations to each of them. In addi
tion, under the terms of the joint reso
lution approved April 18, 1005, a com
mission was appointed 'to make a full
and complete investigation' into the con
dition of the various charitable institu
tions, and an appropriation has been
made for the purpose. There would
then be three different bodies authorized
to make like inquiries. The report of
the commission, when made, may fur
nish important information and enable
the General Assembly at a subsequent
session to create a Department of Chari
ties, having all the light that can be
thrown upon the subject."
A rumor is current in Chester to
the effect that Charles M. Schwab is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the Roach
Shipyard, to be used in connection with
the Tidewater Steel plant in the con
struction of ships for the Russian navy.
John B. Roach, president of the Dela
ware River Shipbuilding & Engineering
Company, said that he had not received
any offer from Schwab or any other
person for the sale of the yard. When
asked why general overhauling opera
tions were being made in the yard he
said: "We are simply gathering all
the unavailable material, which will be
sold as junk."
Hanover Borough oCuncil received a
communication from the State Monument
Commission asking permission to erect
the monument in commemoration of the
battle of Hanover on the site in Center
Square now occupied by the fountain.
After much discussion Council decided
to ask the commission whether Wirt
Park would not be an acceptable site
for the shaft.
Dr. E. C. Kitchen, of Amityville, was
arrested by County Detective Merkel,
charged with selling liquor without a
license. Dr. Kitchen conducts a sani
tarium and is said to have sold liquors
to farmers in the vicinity. The arrest
was ordered by the District Attorney.
A mad dog got into the kennels of
the Lima Fox Hunting Club, Media, and
bit fourteen fine hounds, valued at $500.
Two of the dogs were literally torn to
pieces. All the dogs that were bitten
had to be killed.
A lighted match thrown carelessly aside
started a tire in Solebury Township
which damaged more than fifty acres of
valuable timber. Neighbors, after hard
fighting, succeeded in extinguishing the
flames. The losers are William W.
Hurley, William L. Ely, Ridgeway Ely.
John S. Williams and Richard E. Ely.
Dr. A. W. Martin died at Allentown
after drinking large quantities of water
when greatly overheated by violent ex
ercise. He was 48 years old.
A conference of scientists, nurserymen
and fruit growers will be held in the
Governor's private office this week to
discuss ways and means for fighting the
San Jose scale and other fruit tree de
stroyers. The State has appropriated
$30,000 to fight the scale.
A company has been organized at
Conestoga Center that will construct a
trolley line from Lancaster to Safe Har
bor, along the Susquehanna. The route
proposed takes in New Danville, Cones
toga Center and other points having no
trolley communication at present.
Amandus Sampson, who operates ore
mines in Williams Township, sent his
wife to bank to cash a check for $1000
to pay dt his employees. Mrs. Samp
son drew the money and left it lying at
the postoftice. It was found an hour
afterwards by one of the clerks, who
returned it to the owner.
While Mrs. William Parson, of Lor.ih,
was in her garden she espied a black
snake about 5 feet long. Mrs. Parson
was so frightened that in her attempt to
get away she fell and her collar bone
was broken.
Mrs. Susan Levan, aged 80 years, of
Fricdensburg, fell down a" flight of stairs
and was kilted.
Henry Rothgaber, 8 years old, was kitt
ed on an elevator at a livery stable in
Lebanon. His father was recently killed
on the railroad at Altoona.
Awakened to the need of protection
from fire by a $30,000 blaze wuich threat
ened their town with destruction a few
weeks ago, residents of Avon have or
ganized a fire department and subscribed
money to purchase a full equipment.
The Village Improvement Association
of Doylestown celebrated its tenth anni- ,
versary. Mrs. Alfred Paschall, oi Phila
delphia, read an historical paper. A re
ception followed.
A runaway horse at Duncansville dash
ed into the open door of the Lutheran
Church, ruining the carpet and break
ing several pews.
Albert II. Doner, a young hardware
merchant of Lancaster, was riding down
a steep hill on his bicycl.- when a freight
train backed to the street crossing. He
endeavored to turn aside when he slip
ped under a car. His left leg was
crushed. '" ,
Joseph Kiris, of Greensburg, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the right breast. He and his
wife had quarreled and the husband
attempted to right matters by buying,
several kegs of beer and inviting his
neighbors to his home. The wife re-i,
fused to drink, and Kiris thru presto.'
a revolver to his breast and fired.