J SUNDAY SERMON s w m J A Discourse By the rVv. JJ J Dr. NehemiaH Doynlon. J SSSSaSftSSaXStft Brooklyn, N. Y. A large audience greeted the Hev. Dr. Nchemlnh Boyn ton, tlie pastor-elect of the Clinton Ave nue Congrcgntlonallst Church, Sunday morning, to hear his first sermon In bis new pulpit. The subject of the sermon was: "Christian Service." The, text wns from Mark x:4H-44: "Whoso ever would become great among yon, shall, be yonr minister; and whosoever would be first among yon, shall be ser vnnt of nil." Dr. Boynton snM: Jesus never questioned the proposi tion that It was a tine thing to be grent. He hnd no small Jealousies to nurse. But He continually empha sized the declaration tbnt it wns a finer thing to be first, and, to His thinking, greatness and primacy were not syn onymous terms. In our clumsy Kngllsh it Is not easy to indicate the distinction In the text between the "minister," who aspires to be Brent, and the "servant of all." who becomes Prst; It Is vuo difference between the mere waiter, who serves with one eye on yonr need, the other on your tip, and the bodyguard, who has committed himself unreservedly to your interests and who Is happy alike in life or dentil If only, like the Japan ese, lie can have the honor of serving the Kmperor. So Christian service is the first thing in the world; it Is greater than the great thins. The outstanding characteristic of our nge lias been and Is the realization thnt the universe Is one; it Is God's world, it is Christ's world; that the spirit is one; it is God's spirit, it is Christ's spirit; that the Christian ser vice means nothing less or more than taking Christ's spirit out to Christ's world nnd installing It. All that is in volved in this mighty conception we do not yet comprehend, for "the new age stands, as yet, half built against the sky," but it is easy enough to see that the struggle of the day In pres ence of the mighty nnd impressive changes which are transforming mod ern life Is to match the growing world and the widening universe, with a gen uine, circumferential Christian spirit, putting the noblest Christian science in piny "far as the course Is found." Beyond this, it la equally evident thnt the supreme challenge to tho church is to accept and to appropriate, faithful ly and fearlessly, all revelations nnd revisions, which tho many sided truth of the unity of God's universe illu mines and installs, for the church will hnvo lost her mission and her intiuence when she is content to be a camp fol lower trailing along In the rear of tho advancing legions of the Lord of Hosts, The peril of sain 11 conceptions of tho superiority of Christian service is many times most imminent where Ills presence is least suspected. A brnvo and aspiring spirit will pray most ear nestly for deliverance from this pesti lence thnt walketh in darkness and destruction that wastoth at noonday. One's spiritual ability is bounded by Ills horizon and his service is inti mately related to his sight. The soul viwlilch has settled into the comfortable .conceit mat me rami nas once tor an been delivered to the saints, that spirit ual ministry for to-day is but a repro duction of tho type and method of yes terday, may Indeed be contented with Its conclusion, but its ability to min ister effectively to tho present day kingdom of God is shorn of adequacy. Llttlo conceptions make little Chris tinns; largo conceptions mnke large Christians. Dr. Penbody is voicing a ringing truth when ho declares thnt a grent heresy of modern Christendom Is la residence in the belief that life Is a ship composed of watertight eom pnrtments. In one of which we work, in another study. In another piny and In another worship. The grent in clusion of life, the permcntlng power of the divine spirit, the wldeness of God's mercy, the depth of His love, tho breadth of His Interest, the Inevlt ablcnecs of His will, the absoluteness of His law, these furnish n perspec tive for an attentive spirit, in tho vis Ion of which the meager and petty aro overlooked nnd the promised "won drous things of Thy law" gleam and glisten like the Hush of the linrhor light ngalnst the blackness of the night! Christian service needs the snap and stimulus of the grent idea of the unity of God's world to get it in possession of Its comprehensive chance, so that while we feel a kindling sympathy with the wide vlsloned martyr, pray ing as the flames licked his feet, "Lord, open Thou the King of England's eyes," it is in order for us to pray for ourselves the heroic petition, "Con sider nnd hear me, O Lord, my God; lighten mine eyes." If, however, the time of Christian service is related to smalt conceptions, tho prerogative of Christian service is certainly to introduce the same to great and masterful ones, and to teach it to find Its choicer fellowship as It does its mightier inspirations here. Pilate's question, "What is truth?" is pertinent to-day. Is It a mere cunning assembling and formulation of fncts? There it is a cold, inert, useless thing. Is It a glowing faith, a vital, personal, obsoluto experience? There It is warm with a divine lire and Instinct with a glowing anticipation. Henry Drummond marked that day with a red letter when he ceased to ignore truth as mere prepositional wis dom and began to realize it as per ceptive wisdom. Ho declares that he had almost finished his college course before lie had any other conception of Christ than that He was a theological conscience In tho interests of ths Trln. ity. But the dny caino when the eyes of his understanding were opened, and. ho came to know Christ. Not as ab stract but as concreto truth. Not ns related to Ufa phllocophlcnlly by a series of dreary propositions, but ns Implanted in his own life vitality by a personal friendship, which deepened with every trial, widened with every experience nnd heightened with every aspiration. Then ho was recognizing truth as n spirit thnt Drummond begun thoie tireless, fearless, spleiidld ser vices which made more than one dis criminating observer declare hlra tho towering and outstanding Christian of his generation. ' Nor will tho Christian service which incarnates the truth be long beyond the Quickening Influence of sympathy. No man llvcth unto himself and wbeu tho man tries to ho always makes a sorry job of his life. "I want to have some thing to do with the material world," exclaimed Hawthorne, when by the long and brilliant cultivation of bis Im agination he began to feel his isolation from humanity. "There is nothing so horrible," ho wrote to Longfellow, "In this world as to have no share tu its Joys and sorrows." The reason why the fingers of much that is called Chris tian service are all thumbs is because while much is given, little is shared! Sympathy always has something to di vide, not merely something to do. 1 Tim liv i'lcUlo had a struggle Id conscience between bin school books nnd bis fairy stories. It wns a grent dny for hlml Any boy's first struggle lsl But tho man In the boy won the fight nnd in order to establish himself beyond the possibility of a lapse, he threw his book of fairy stories Into the bronk. His fallicr, a precise, twining inntlve, dutiful soul, saw the beau tiful book floating awny nnd proceeded to thrash Ills conquering boy for his wanton destruction. That Is nbout all many fathers appear to know how to do effectively! What a wonder he did not spoil his boy! What a boon a bit of appreciation, of sympathy would have been to the suffering but victor ious lad. He needed bread and bis ob tuse father gnve him n stone! The fnther could do whnt he thought was his duty, but he had nothing to share with Ills boy. Ho wns a monumental parental failure! Large Christian service Is always in quest of the Joint of sympathy; it makes its alliance with what is, help ing It to what it ought to be. and avoids the folly of Inverting the divine order! This typo of helpfulness may be meager In its ability to do, but Is for ever finding to Its unspeakable Joy tbnt It has a boundless storo to divide! Phnrlng sympathy Is an Infinitely more roynl privilege than donating enst o!T clothing, cr stale food, for "If I bestow nil my goods to feed the poor, but hath not love it proflteth me nothing!" Synriuthy ns nn elective of Christian service forever pushes a soul on toward democracy. Surely one may confers with Iowoll that while his taster: are with tho aristocrats, his convictions nre with the people and yet, like Low ell, he forever morn and nor? pushed Into the very heart of humanity nnd glory In the push, too! The preacher who confessed to a friend that he loved to preach and who wns met by the stinging, search ing question, "Do you love the uren to whom yon prench ns well ns you love to prench?" felt the thrust of the sword between the Joints of his hnrnrss, which sent him to his study to fnll upon bis knees and passionately pray thnt he might b? delivered from his temptation to love bis sermons better than ho did souls, prenching better than persons. The appeal of humanity must outstrip that cf boi.illetlcs. Christian service to-c'ny must be im mersed in the ("jmoeratlc spirit: its mission Is to hnnianltv humanity as represented by Kills Island, also by Clinton nvonue: by Greater New York, nlso by the lumber camps of Michlgnn. Kvery man is n son of God. Every woman is a dnnghter of Cod. Go. llnd your ninn, and by the shining truth in your soul, by tho sympathy in your heart, by the humanity in your out stretched hand, mnke him believe that yon seek not his, but him. This this nlone Is Chrlstlnn service! Clirlstlnn service after this fashion be comes nt once nn Interpreter. It mnkes a Gibraltar out of a disadvantageous position; It transforms nn ordinary, commonplace ability into n shining angel of privilege nnd achievement. Everything counts: nil things work to pother. Because the world Is one nnd the kingdom one . nothing Is lost, noth ing trivial, nothing Inconsequential! It makes a man grow tall nnd strong and confident to really believe the constant nssurnnce of Christian service, that All men ignored in r.ic This was I worth to God Whose wheel the pitcher shaped. It Is to such r?rvlce. broad, true, sympathetic, humanitarian. Christian, thnt we commit ourselves to-day; It Is In such service that we expect to Unit our privilege nnd Joy, mid frcm such service thnt we hope to demonstrate the reasonableness of our united endeavor. Muto Testlinonls. A llttlo daughter of tho tenements, whoso mother wns done nt lust with tho work nnd worry thnt had killed her, was left nt fourteen years of nge with four younger ones to mother and nurse. And, faithful to he trust, she scrubbed nnd washed nnd cooked nnd mended, until tho Blender shoulders bent nnd the thin face grew white, nnd almost before nnyone noticed much the little broken life Iny waiting for re lense. "I haven't beeu able to do nny. llilng," she whispered to her favorite girl friend, who lived Just around tho corner. "I couldn't go to school be cause of tho work, or to Sunday-school because it took all father could spare to keep the others In clothes. AVhen the minister came, to see me, he said I'd soon see Jesus, but I'm afraid I haven't done anything good, nnd I don't know anything to say to Him." "And you needn't try to say anything," fflld the other, "not a. slnglo word," kissing the pitiful llttlo face. "When you see Illin look at you, you Just show Mm your hands." Just ns We Are, We have read of an artist who saw In the streets of Rome a beggar so ut terly abject and forlorn that he hired hi in to git for bis picture, as a typical beggar. The next day he came to him, quite transformed. Ho had hired the clothes of n companion. In which to hnvo his portrait taken. The artist did not recognize him; and on learning that he was the beggar he had hired, he said: "No! I hired a beggar, and him Just as he was, or not nt nil." Christ, for a different reason, founded on the very constitution of our nature, wants us just as we are, without nny effort at self-transformation, that the new creation may be "to the praise of the glory of Ills grace." Tha Sabbath Essential. At a servlco held by the department of religion nt the World's Fair on a (Sunday in September a Chicago Jewish rabbi miido this statement: "The Sab bath is, and has been, the worktng muu's salvation. We may differ on the manner of its observance, but its es sential importance and its Divine mis sion In tho universal scheme C things cannot be ignored." Tho Bishop's Mistake. Bishop Johns was holding servlcb at a little log church in the mountains of the South. Two young mountain eers, proud parents of a lusty young ster, presented themselves before the bishop to have the child christened. The bishop asked: "What name?" The father of the child replied: "Beelzebub." ' "No?" exclaimed tho bishop, amazed that the Prluce of Darkness should be so honored. ' "No, we'll call tho child John. John Is a good name." Whereupon he continual rapidly with the "I baptize thee, John ." He signed with the Blgn of tho cross and dismissed the parents. They had become mora and mors confused under tho unwonted solem nity of the unfamiliar ritual. The father stood on one toot, shifting hi weight to the other; the mother was equally disturbed. When the two reached the door of the church the father turned, and at last finding his voice, called hack to ward the rude chancel: "Mister Bishop, dls bean's ft gal baby!" The Sunday Magazine. TliE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 2a SuTiJerl: Tin Crucifixion, John si., 17-30 Ooldrn Test, 1 Cor. v., a Mnnnrr Verse, n-U7 Commentary ' on the Day's Lniai, I. The Journey to Calvary (v. 17). 17. "Bearing His cross." All tho prep arations having been made the sad pro cession started. On the wny to the place of tho crucifixion It Is evident that Jesus became exhausted, because of what He had undergone during the night, nnd snnk under the weight of His cross which Ho was currying. Tho soldiers then compelled n ninn from Africa, .Simon, of Cyrene, who was coming Into the city, to assist Jesus. "Went forth." He now goes "even un to death" (Phil. 2:S). "A skull." A bold, round, skull-like hillock: probably the ordinary spot for executions. "Gol gotha." Golgotha is the Hebrew word and Calvary the Lntln word. II. The crucifixion (v. IS). IS. "They crucified lllm." It wns I) o'clock In the morning, the hour of the usual morning sacrifice ot which Jesus, the Lnnib of God, wns the great Antitype. .Vesus wns probably nailed to the cross Ispfore it was raised. The feet of the sufferer were only a foot or two nbovc tli ground a fact of some weight, ns showing thnt Jesus suffered in the midst of His persecutors. It was nt this time thnt they offered Christ "wine mingled Willi myrrh" with a view to producing stupefaction. He tasted it, but refused to drink, ns It would ob scure the clearness of His faculties (Mntt. !!7:.'!4. "Two others with Him." The two thieves crucified with Him mny have belonged to the band with Tlnrabhns. They evidently knew some thing nbout Christ One mocked, the other prnyed. III. The title of the cross (vs. I!)-".!!). II). "Pllnte wrote a title." It was the common custom to altlx n label to the cross giving a statement of the crime for which the person suITeml. In this ense I'ilatu Himself attended to the title. "King of the .lews." Although written by n wleUed Koiiiun ruler, probably as nn expression of contempt for the Jews If not tor Jesus, yet It told tho exact truth Jesus was "the King of kings." '20. "Written in He brew." For the Jews. "Greek." For the foreigners and visitors. Latin." For the Uomiins. Power, culture and piety In their noblest form pay hom age nt the feet of Jesus. '2. "Then said." The chief priests felt that they nnd their nation were being Insulted by tho Itoman governor. 22. "What I have written." The l!o mnn laws forbade the sentence to be altered when once pronounced. IV. "Christ's garments divided (vs. 23. 24). 23. "The soldiers." They were Itomans, four in number. They probably knew nothing nbout Jesus, nnd were acting merely ns execution ers. "Took His garments." The clothes of executed criminals were the perquisites of the soldiers on dutv. 24. "Bend." Which would, ol' course, ruin the garment. "Cast lots." Gambling wns u favorite pastime of Itoman soldiers. "The Scripture." The Scripture referred to is 1'sa. 22:1S. This is one of the seven .Messianic Psalms. "Fulfilled." What the sol diers did was ot their own free will, but In doing what they did they uncon sciously fulfilled the. Scriptures. God does not control free will, but He us 's It. There were seven sayings of Chrit siiokeii from the cross. His lirst say ing wns u prayer for His enemies (Luke 2:i:."ll). Ills second saying was spoken to the dying malefactor. V. Jesus provides for His mother (vs. 2.1-27). 2."i. 'Ills mother." It Is generally supposed that she was a widow at this time. She was thcr" watching her Son and suffering wllh lllm. "Mother's sister," etc. It is un certain whether there are three or f.mr women referred to here. "Wife of Cleophas." Called also Alpliaeus. "Mary Magdalene." She was the first to see Jesus after His resurrection. lit I. "Saw Ills mother." He miw and recognized His mother nnd arranged for her future. "Disciple He loved." This was John, the author of this gos pel. "Woman." Tills was a customary form of address and was not spoken with any lack of love. "Thy Son." Accept from lllm the care nnd protec tion that a mother would expect from a son. 27. "Thy mother." Establish ing a sympathetic bond. This was Christ's third saying from the cross. VI. The closing sceno (vs. 28-:i0). 28. "After this." From the sixth hour (noon) there wns darkness over nil tho land until the ninth hour (.') o'clock). Toward tho close of tho darkness Jesus uttered His fourth saying from the cross: "My God, My God, why hnst Thou forsaken Me?" (Mutt. 27:411). "All things accomplished." He had tho full consciousness thnt His work wns completed, that the prophetic words were fulfilled, nnd thut Ho had now only to surrender His spirit to God the Father. "Fulfilled." "Connect this clause, not with "I thirst,' but with the first part of the verse." All that the Scriptures had foretold had been ac complished. "I thirst." Ills fifth ut terance from tho cross. Another evi dence of Ills humanity. 21). "Vlnegnr." Sour wine which vo are told was the common drink ot tlxo Konian soldiers. "Hyssop." The Sxiige was fastened on a hyssop stalk. 'M. "lteeelvcd tho vlnegnr." The first drink of vinegar ami gall Jesus re fused, but this, unmixed with nny drug was accepted. "It Is finished." The sixth Baying from tho cross. This is one word In the Greek nnd has been referred to as tho greatest single word ever uttered. Tim work which Christ had come to do was now complete. Im mediately after wurd enmo the seventh mid last utierance, "Father, Into Thy hands I commend My spirit!" "Gavo up tho ghost." "Ho dismissed Ills spirit." lie gavo up Ills own life. Wheat Stalk 6 Feet Lng. Georgo E. Brown, superintendent of irrigation for tha Indians, camo to town last night with a bundle of wheat which he had taken at random from a field of eight acres belonging to Ralph Blackwater, the miller at Sacaton. The field Is in tho Bait River reser vation about fifteen miles above the city. The stalks aro more than.elx feet In length. The heads aro corre spondingly large. They have not ye: come out in bloom so that it may bo reasonably expected that tho stalks will grow from six to eight Inches more. Arizona Republican. To Banish Seasickness. Bright red spectacles, accompanied by Internal doses ot calomel, torn new German specific against seasick ness. It la deducted from Epstein's investigations on the Influence of col or on the blood-vessels In tho brain. Seasickness Is due to lack of blood in the brain, while red sends blood to brain with a rush. By looking at one point for some time through the red glasses tbe patient is rapidly cured. !IST1E MAY TWENTY-EIGHTH. Micalona In Roman Catholic coun tries. Pa. 67: 1-7. One drawback In Roman Catholic countries is their Ignorance. God's way Is not know.i there, und of court. It is not followed. Tho "saving henlth" which tho Roman Catholic seeks, he seeks from Imnges and cercnionlcB, Instead of from the Grent Physician. In Roman Cnthollc. countries It Is not "the people" thnt worship, but the priests that worship for tnem or nro supposed tn. Righteous government is almost un known ,ln many Romnn Catholic hinds; witness the deplorable civic condition of South America. Missionary Heroes. Adam Erwln, a crlpplo and a dwarf, who, without support from any Hoard, tolled tilt tho age ol eighty In Colombia. Enilllo Sllvn Bryant, a poor laborer stricken with consumption, who got together tho first Protestant church In Venezuela. Francisco Penzottl, a poor' Itnllan carpenter, kept for eight months in a foul prison in Peru, because he preached the true gospel. Jose Monglnrdlno, the undair.ited colporteur, murdered by the Catholics In Bolivia, and hurled between tho graves of a murderer and a suicide. John F. Thompson of tho Argentine Republic, one of tho boldest dofruders of the faith thnt ever lived. W. B. Bagby, a pioneer hi Brazil, who wns knocked down by n mob whllo preaching, his preaching place stoned, while his converts wero driven from their homes. John Boles, eloquent French Hu guenot, kept for eight years In a Jesuit prison in Brazil, nnd then kill ed all because he preached Jesus Chdlst. Mary Hartninnn, who went, alone to labor hi the wilderness of Dutch Guiana, and nllowed herself to return to civilization for only a single day. Allen Gardiner, and his comrades, starved to death In Patagonia for the sake of the gospel. Melinda Rankin, the determined school teacher, who began missions In Mexico, and kept, up her work, rais ing money herself, for twenty years. Ieonnrd Dober, pioneer in tho West Indies, who lived on brend and water that he might teach the negro slnves. Jonas King, who did great work In Greece. Fifty men bound themselves to kill him. He wns put In a loath some dungeon. At ono time he was exiled. E SUNDAY, MAY 23. Missions Amcng Latin Peoples. 1 Tim. 2:5; Hcb. 10:19-22. By the l.ntln peoples we mean thos-j itoman Catholic nations among which we have mission stations. They ure Italy, Mexico ir.id South America. This does not Include the Island populations which aro under Roman Catholic dominance, but they will be studied under another topic. The Held is a difficult one. Romanism throws every possible obstacle In the way of our success. And Roma'.ilsm is In trenched In wealth, social prestige nnd peculiar political power. As dif ficult us any heathen flc-ld, there are reasons why we believe that here we will soon see some of tho greatest triumphs of the cross of Christ. . Our Italian Mission was begun in 1-S71 by Rev. Lcroy M. Vernon, a scu-ln-luw of Dr. Charles Klllott, a former editor of tho Central Chris tian Advocate, und nn ardent, advo cate of missions to the Roman Ca tholic countries. We huve had great success in Rome when we consider tho obstacles we have encountered. In Rome we have both r.u American and an Italian church, besides a school which is reaching tho youth of tnut city. Dr. William Burt, who has been the successful superintendent of our Mission In Rome, has been elect ed a bishop and located In Europe, where he can overlook the work. Out side of Rome we have the Napels and Bologna Districts, largely manned by native preachers. Tho Mexican Mission Includes Mex ico, Lower California and Central America. Mexico is a republic, and the church is Independent of the state, securing toleration of all reli gions, while the Romnn Cnthollc is largely dominant. The population Is 13,000,000. Dr. William Butler found ed our Mission here In 1872. We have now In Mexico mi Annual Conference, with five presiding elders' districts, 5,000 members and probationers, be sides over 10,000 adherents. Nominally a Christian continent, South America has too largely been but "baptized henthenlsm." Method ism began her work here in 183(i, when Justin Spnulding wns sent to Rio do Janeiro nnd John Dempster to Luenos Ayres. The work has pro gressed with varying success until In 1S97 the work was divided Into the two Ce.iforences the South America, Including the east const; and the Wentern South America, including tho west coast. In the former wj have 17 missionaries and 3,rno members and probationers. In the latter we have some 3:1 missionaries nud about 2,000 members and prnlmtion-is. In both mission flcb's wo huvo u.auy schools of all grades. Fined for Not Cursing. "I am a member of the Froth Blow ers' Club," remarked Henry Dime, a Lambeth laborer of middle age, when charged at Westminster yesterday with Inebriety. Ho went on to explain that the mem bers met at a public bouse and thnt they were bound to curse and swear every time they went Into the "club," a shilling fine being Imposed in the al ternative. "I would like you to soe my card of membership," added Dime, whe seemed rather proud of his club. He handed up a printed card, which the Magistrate, Sir Albert de Rutzen, looked at. It boro the member's name end recorded the payment of several shillings. ' Without comment the stipendiary handod tho card back and mulcted th Froth Blower In 6 shillings. Rey nold's Newspaper. -Civ iree-xKi&Sl SANCTUARY. Low nt Thine nlUr. Lord most high, I claim the ancient right To lav mv battered harness by And trut Thv sacred mnilit: The foes, who follow on the truck r.. ....... : . tm.t iH Ifci ill irni no.; Hold from Thy ailcnt threshold back: (live Sanctuury, O God! Wounded nnd wenry to tho death I pass Thy temple doors. Behind niu murder pants for breath, The hum of battle roars; But where the peaceful candles shine And drowsy censors nod, Hero in the stillness of Thy shrino Give Sanctuary, O God! Within the shelter of Thy walls The tumult fades awny, The wonder of the Presence falls About oar hearts who pniy. Fniut ill the distance dies the din Of lejions iron shod; From vetiKeanre nt the heels of sin Give Sanctuary, O God! C. O. Einra, in The Pulif. The Humility of Fnllh. 'Lord. I am not. worthy that Thou sliouldest come under my roof; but only say tho word, nnd my servnnt shall be honied." The faith of which these words are tho utterance wns so great that the Lord wondered nt It, nnd exclaimed: "I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel." It mny be of service to those who desire to come to faith, or who long for n stronger faith than they huve hitherto had. to examlno carefully the faith of the centurion, and to observe the soil in which tbnt great faith struck lis roots. The soil is deep humility. This man who, nl though he belonged to the Gentiles, was praised by the Jewish elders ns worthy of the Lord's favor, and whose faitli surpassed nil that the Lord bad found In Israel this eminent man Is the only one of whom we read, dur ing Jesus' sojourn on enrth, that he did not consider himself worthy that Jesus should enter his house. Won derful humility In such a hero of faith. We learn from this the most momentous lesson that deep humility nnd strong faith are knit to one an other by the closest bonds. Out of humility springs faith. Then first, when the soul fully acknowledges that It has nothing, and Is nlso con tent to receive favor ns one thnt pos sesses nothing, does it cast Itself on the free grace of God. nnd receive it ns one thnt bellevelh. In the acknowl edgement of its nothingness It does not dare to contradict God with its thoughts of unworthlness, with Its de sire still further to bring this or that to perfection. It feels thnt, since It has pleased such a great God to say that He is prepared to show compas sion to the poorest and most wretched, then nothing becomes it better than to be silent nnd suffer Him to manifest His love. It knows, moreover, tbnt it Is so deeply corrupt thnt it can never of Itself become better, nnd on this account Its faith Is just the best proof of Its humility; It is from the recognition of Its utter helplessness. from its knowledge of the fact that it can never become better, that it ensts itself on the will of God. This Is nn entirely different state of mind from that of all such as Imagine that humility comes oirt in not bellev ing; ns if there could be humility In waiting till something has beeu found in us that could make us more neoopt.- nlile to the Lord than we really are; as if there could bo humility In giving no obedience to the command of God actually to believe. Nay, verily. And just as perverse Is the Idea that faith will at any later period lead to pride. No; faith, as It springs from humility, will lii turn only Increase humility. It was because the centur ion by faith recognized Jesus as wield ing over nature a power which could not by nny circumstance be prevented from healing the sick by Ills mero word, that lie felt himself to be un worthy of having Him In his house. The more glorious the revelation and experience of the Lord's greatness and goodness which faitli enjoys, the nioro deeply does it sink in self-abasement and in lowly acknowledgment of tho condescension by which such a God un veils Himself to such a sinner. And thus it always continues to be: the deeper humility the more faith, and again, tho stronger faith the deeper humility. May the Lord fach us these truths that there Is no stronger proof of hu mility, and also no better means of Increasing It, than just faith: and thnt, whether we feci ourselves deeply bum bled or still desire to come to n deeper humility, the one ns well ns the other should only shut us up to faitli. Ami now, soul, why do you not be lieve? Are you still too unworthy? You dare not say so. The deeper your humility the stronger your reason and riirht for believing. Aro you still too proud? Ah, let it not be longer so. Only bring yourself to the acknowledg ment of your entire weakness, and confess that you are wholly lost; In tbe depths of your wretchedness you will see that there Is no other remedy than to let the Lord help you, and to commit yourself trustfully to the word of His grace. The ltev. Andrew Mur ray, in Consecrated Life. There Lies the Danger. William M. Taylor, speaking of what lie considers a hindrance to the prog ress of the church, says: "There nro worse things than persecution for righteousness' sake, und among these Is iho supple conformity to the world, the easy Indifference which bends to every Influence and has no principle of resistance In It. That way lies tho danger of the church to-day." Sunday School' Importance. Pastor Charles Wugner told the clergy of Philadelphia that the Sunday school is the most important part of tho church. "What happens to-day in tlio Sabbath-school," he said, "becoim s lo-morrow a part of tho church. It clergymen carried the simplicity of stylo nnd thought which they nro forced to use in tho Sunday-school into Ihelr preaching to adults it would bo uetter than the rhetorical style of preachlug so often heard 'J Timber Ribbons. Many ot the handsomest summer hats worn by women are literally made from wood "shavings." The finest examples of this Industry are produced in Japan, these wooden rib bons appearing in many forms, some of which have nlmoBt the dollcacy and sheen of satin, while others resemble soft and dainty crepes. Only about 15 per cent of the chip is being worked into what Is commercially known ts chip braid, which la em ployed In the same manner ai straw brald--thaii is, for hats, basketry and other tanoyi articles. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE; How John II. Ootidi, tho Orculeit ot Tempermic )rtor. Won a Hearing llpfnre the Ifmltle Rturiente of Oxford I nlvrrnllT A llrlght Ketjnrt Thnt Told John B. Gongh, the famous advo cate of temperance, went to Great Bri tain tu compliance with numerous de mands from press and public. When he appeared at Oxford the college stu dents undertook to hiss him off ths stage, so determined were they that temperance should not be preached there. After enduring their hisses nnd cnt-calls for nbout ten minutes ho star tled them all by snjdng: "I enn whip cvey one of you. one nt n time." Tnis statement wns cheered, nnd (hen the young men begnn calling one of their chums to go irp on tbe stage. Soon Gough saw n young giant coming toward him. As soon ns be wns in the centre of the stnge Gough shouted: "This Is to be nn Intellectual bnttle, anil not a physical one. Go on with your siH'Poh." This suited the college men. nnd they began calling on tbelr big fellow for a speech. He responded by quoting the epistle to Timothy, in which Paul rec ommends "a little wine for thy stom ach's sake;" and from this be deduced nn nrgunient In fnvor of the use (4 wine. When he lind finished Gough faced the nudlence nnd snld: "This Is not nn argument, but n farce. Ilece Is a young Kngllsh giant, weighing nl most 2iMI pounds, who hns never been Kick In his life, who eats five pounds of meat every day, and who can knock down a bullock with n blow of bis list, standing here nnd talking nbout the need of wine for his stomnch's sake. You'll have to send me another man." The boys cheered Gough. nnd then yelled for another man this time ft senior and their ablest debater. Ho went to the platform nnd culled ntten tion to the fact that Jesus turned water into wine and advocated the use of it. He delivered a speech which met with the approval of his fellow colleglnns, and they cheered him re peatedly. When he said he baxl fin ished, Gough snhi: "This Is Just the kind of nrgunient that I came here to deliver, and wns delivering when you Interrupted me. You may drink all the wine you enn hold, provided it Is made out of water, as that wine was." Cheer after cheer greeted GoukIi. nnd ho wns permitted to go on with his lecture. He said afterward that they gave him greater applause than he had ever received from an audience of young men. New York Tribune Maga zine. Only Strnlght-Lneeil Men, Employes of the operating ipart ment of the Alton road have been given to understand that Instant dis missal will be the penalty of their be ing caught or seen in any questionable place, or detected In nny questionable practice. The subject came up during n conference which the management recently bad with a committee of con ductors who complained of the dis charge of some men who were caught taking a drink In a dance hull. A re quest to reinstate the men met with determined refusal, nnd the manage ment took occasion to insist upon the employes lending a rigid moral life. The Alton's rules forbid n man en gaged In the operation r;f trains' to visit n race track, n dance hall, or my resort where liquor Is sold, or when there Is gambling or any Immoral or questionable practice permitted. None of the officials In the qperatiiig depart ment every carry intoxicating liquors oil their private cars when on Alton rails, nor do they enter saloons In towns nlong the Alton road. "The Alton management," said George Charlton, general passenger ngeut, "makes such rules, not because they nro trying to control the morals of men, but for the purpose of safer operation of trains. All the things which nre prohibited either tend to, or might tend, permanently or tempor arily to Impair a man's mental nnd physical powers. Itura Slnjrs Its Millions. Mattl Helemus, a member of the fac ulty of the University of Denmark, has made an exhaustive study of the statistics of alcoholism. He computes that during the last thirty years seven nnd n hnlf millions of people huve been victims of alcohol In Kurope. This menus thnt the drink demon hns killed more people In thirty years than have perished in all the wars of tbe nine teenth century. I.lqiinr In the Home. The Boston Transcript quotes n news paper nrtlcle which warns the Amer ican people that the drink habit Is In creasing among the clusses which do not frequent saloons, nnd thnt whisky threatens to do for this country what absinthe has done for France. Proof of this is furnished by statements of the nmount of advertising In reputable newspapers of liquor to be used in homes. Good or Henvy Tensities. Illicit liquor selling would speedily be stopped If nil courts were ns strict nbout applying the law as the one nt Huntington, W. Vn., where n ninn has been sentenced to Jfjixx) line or seven teen yenrs In Jail for sixty-nine offenses of this sort. This is one of the heav iest penalties on record in a c-aso of this kind. A lltff Issue Lnst year 8.'l,a."i),(MK) bushels of grain went Into tho manufacture of drink. If converted Into bread that amount would have supplied every family In the United States with 3tl."i loaves one for ench dny In the year. Not much of au issue, is it? Temperance Note. Dr. Albert Briinner, In his niinunl re port of the patients received in l'.Ht'J at the hospitals for tuberculosis nt Trieste, Austria, makes this statement: "Of fax! patients received during the year, 371 wero Inebriates, WVi moderate drinkers, nnd two total abstainers." Kvery province of the Dominion of Canada steadily Increases the restrlc tlveness ot its liquor laws. Nova Scotia makes the obtaining of a license so difficult that there nre only two coun ties In the whole province In which uny legal liquor selling Is permitted. Cawker City, Kansas, claims more happily married people than nny other town of laiK) people In the I'nlted States. There have been only three di vorce cases In fifteen years, and theso wero Kruuted on the grounds of lncoin- pr.tlbtllty. The absence of saloons is given us the reason tor the happiness , of the community. It Is significant of a growing public sentiment ngalnst liquor drinking that the use of intoxicants by railway em ployes is being more and mora strictly forbidden by the railway companies, Ono of the new rules promulunted by the New York Iiiterboroufh Company absolutely excludes front euiplovmeut any uiuu who drinks CUMLKCIAL khll IX. G. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Review o( Trade" says: Unsettled weather stilt retards retail trade, and uneven distri bution of moisture prevents crop pros pects from maintaining an ideal position, but the general result is better than normal and far more satisfactory than at this time in 1904. Mercantile payments are fairly prompt, money is easy and abundant, while con fidence in the future is the ruling senti ment. The decline in Wall Street to the lowest average for the sixty most active railway securities since last January has had no perceptible inllucnce on business, and railway earnings continue to make favorable comparisons with last year's figures, the early returns for April show ing a gain of 9.7 per cent. Manufacturing activity is unabated, the leading industries reporting a mini mum percentage of idle machinery, and pig ironf loductif-n is expected to estab lish a new record of over 2,000,000 tons for the current month. Real estate transfers arc very heavy in all parts of the country, and in addi tion to the large amount of building op erations in progress the number of new pcrmimts indicate that much more struc tural work is contemplated. Little in terruption from labor controversies is still cause for gratification. There is still great pressure for quick delivery of structural steel for bridges, buildings and cars, while practically all forms of railway equipment arc in larger demand than supply. Failures this week in the United States arc 197, against 212 last week, 204 the preceding week and 236 the correspond ing week last year. "Bradstreets says: Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending May 11, are 99,355 bushels, against 1,279,864 last week; 734,736 this week last year, 4,097,596 in 1903, and 5, 172,634 in 1902. Corn exports for the week arc 1,528,299 bushels, against 2.715, 676 last week, 120,156 a year ago, 1,431, 257 in 1903 and 82,795 in 1902. WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore. FLOUR Dull and un changed; receipts, 1,318 barrels; exports, 783 barrels. WHEAT Strong; spot contract, o-S'S) 98; spot No. 2 red Western. oS'-i-S 984; May, 98 98; 4 ; July, 84 &4!4; August, HzyiCaHa'j ; steamer No. 2 red, plfi9i;4; receipts, 6.000 bushels; South ern by sample, 80(97; Southern on grade, (VS'ctri. CORN Strong; spot, 54; May, 54; June, 53j; July, 528ST.52js; Septem ber, 53; steamer mixed, 50; receipt s, 6,174 bushels; exports, 650 bushels; Southern white corn, Sl(5l-J4 ! South ern yellow corn, 52'5"56J. OATS Quiet ; No" 2 white. ?6S36'4 ; No. 2 mixed, 34 sales ; receipts, 13,003 bushels; exports, 60 bushels. RYE Dull (uptown); No. 2 West ern, 83 asked. GRAIN FREIGHTS Easier; steam to Liverpool, per bushel, id. May; Cork for orders, per quarter, 2s. 4!d. May. BUTTER Steady; fancy imitation. 24(525; fancy creamery, 26127; fancy ladle, 22523; store packed, I9''20. EGGS -Weak and unchanged, 17. CHEESE Firm and unchanged; large, 1354; medium, 13 ; small, 14. New York. FLOUR Receipts, 13. 782 barrels; exports, 20,945 barrels; firm, with better inquiry; 4,25(2 '5.65 for pai cnts. POTATOES Irregular; Florida, new, 2.753.25; State and Western, 75 1. 12; Jersey sweets, 2.5Ci?4.oo. PEANUTS Steady ; fancy hand picked, 55454; other domestic, ZlAH CABBAGES Steady; Charleston, per barrel crate, sofa'l.25. LARD Steady; Western steamed, 7.25(07.45 ; refined, steady. COTTONSEED OIL Firm; yellow. 27(2714. TURPENTINE Firm, 6t?6i- SUGAR Raw, weak; fair refining, 31 3-16; centrifugal, 96 test, 4 7-16; mo lasses sugar, 3 9-16; refined, easy. Live Stock. New York. BEEVES Hulls and cows firm to 10c. higher. Steers, 5.25Q 6.30; bulls, 3.25U4.50; cows, i.ooso. Cables quoted live cattle selling at 13c. per pound; tops, I3!4c. dressed weight; sheep lower at I35-J&I4C dress ed weight ; refrigerator beef lower at 9!49VjC. per pound. Exports tomor row, 719 cattle, 45 sheep, and 6,150 quar ters of beef. CALVES 1,643; market 25 to 50c lower. Veals, 4.50(27.50; few choice and extra, 7.l2j47-25; culls, 4.00; dressej calves weak ; city dressed veals, 7tn'io'ic per pound; countrv dressed, 6(?lgi. SHEEP AND LAMBS Clipped sheep. 3.25I15.00; prime wooled do., 5 65! clip ped iambs, 6.25fci6.5o; no wolled lambs sold ; no spring lambs. HOGS Receipts, 4,220; market firm. State hogs, 6.0016.10. Chicago. CATTLE Good to prime steers, 5.oo'ft6.75; poor to medium, 450 (aS-jo; stockers and feeders, a."5'5-5; cows, 3-00'S5-25; heifers, 3.05.30; canners, 1.50W2.40; bulls, 2.75(375; calves, 3.oo'o6.75. HOGS Mixed and butchers, 5.35 5.60; good to choice heavy, 5.50.5.60; rough heavy, 5-2lD5-40; light, 5.3 )., 5.60; bulk of sales, 5.50jt5-uo. SHEEP Lambs 10 to 150. higher. Good to choice wethers, 4 75'i!N5.25 ; fair to choice mixed, 3.0034.40; Western sheep, 4.00(5)515; native lambs, '4.oo') 6.50; Western lambs. 5.0057.40. MUCH IN LIITLU. The municipality of The Hague proj ects the building of an iron bridge. It is stated that for tiie first lime in living memury every Turkish oliicial punctually received his full salary on April I. The nnmcipality of Vienna is about 10 order various machines for use in ihe workshops of the city's tramway 1. The London City Council doc not allow window cleaners to stand rn win dow sills - that are more than six feet from the ground. ' The assistant of a London dentin pulled the wrong tooth from a pmiu's jaw and a court has ordered the dciuit to pay the suffered About 17,000 automobiles are now reg istered in New York state, mid new licenses are being granted at the rait of over oo a week. In Denmark it is the law that all drunken persons shall be taken to tlwir homes in carriages provided at the ex pense of the publican who sold them the last glass. . At a wedding in Barstow, Cal th other day, esch of the guests was pre sented with a gold nugget from a uiiiu' which the bridegroom ' had bestowed upon the bride. Norway is famous for her many mile of excellent roads and the wonderful fests of engineering achieved that good, solid roads might be had with the lean possible gride over iiKuiiilains f c sidtral' a'-1'"j .
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