tftttSt9tttfft9tt9S9tfi 8 SUNDAY SERMON : s JJ A Scholarly Discourse Br J Rv. T. C. McCUlUnd. J ss 41 Brooklyn, N. i m Memorial Pres byterian Church Sunday morning tlie pastor, the liev. T. Cnlvln MeUlellnnd, Ph.D.. preached on "What Is Chris tianity?" The text was from Acts sis: 23: "And the same time there oecurrpd no sum II stir about that way." Dr. McClelland said: The name Christianity Is not In the Bible. Before the religion of Jeans was molded Into a creed or organized Into a church It was called simply the Way. That was the name Riven It by Its friends and its foes. After Jesus died the young men who had been His student were asked and they asked themselves what had Jesus given them? He had given them wonder ful words, but He bad done some thing more than set them to learn ing precepts to be repeated par-rot-llke. He had formed them Into u circle, but the irift He had left them was not a society. He had Riven them not something to believe nor something to Join, not a creed nor a church, but Jut a way of living. And so they called Christianity the Way. In a little book called the Acts of the Apostles we have pen pictures of the lives of these first Christians, and these pictures show a likeness in their Way of living, and that Way they had is marked by four characteristics: First. The first Christians lived as servants of Jesus. Second. Those first Christians lived by the strength of God. Third. Those first Christians lived In devotion to the common duties. Fourth. Those lirst Christians lived with men as brothers. Let us study those four points. The first Christians had a way of liv ing as servants of Jesus. That is, they took Jesus' word as law. They called themselves Ills slaves;" their favor ite name for Jesus was "Lord;" that means simply, master, director, chief. It was their passion for Jesus which won for them their first nickname. The heathen called them "Christians," that Is, the party controlled by Christ. This was not the name they gave them selves. Their common name for them selves was "The Brothers." But moro than their love for one another, their subjection to Christ impressed their pagan neighbors, and so they came to be called Christians. Why did they call Jesus? They had no theology of His person. You hunt the Acts of the Apostles from begin ning to end without finding any specu lation about the second person of the Trinity, or the deity of Jesus. These speculations came years after. At first Jesus was an absolute Master, and He was a Master, because though He had been crucified, He had risen from the dead. Jesus hud passed through death into life; they hud not expected It, and In their exuberance over it what was there to do bnt to make themselves slaves of the man who had given them this brand new reality? "He delivered them, who, through fear of death wero all their lifetime subject to bondage." And so they made that empty grave a throne and the risen Lord sat upon it. So the tlrst characteristic of the Christian way was It lived in subjec tion to Jesus. The second characteristic of the first Christians' way of living was, they be lieved they lived by the strength of God. They tnlked about themselves as being possessed of the spirit of God, the soul of God. The Holy Spirit, the Holy Soul, spake through their lips, moved in their hands, dwelt in their hearts. This was a remarkable con sciousness, this consciousness of God as being concerned in every detail of being and doing. The birth of this con sciousness, the descent of this Holy Soul, is placed in the opening of the story as the most memorable thing about the way. Every Individual, even the common people, who took Jesus for their Lord, felt that their life and God's were all of one piece. The work ing of this soul of God, this Holy Spirit, was felt everywhere and In everything. By His power they preached, taught, lieu lml and ordered their outward and Inward life. Every thing tliu tlrst Christians said or did was said or done by the strength of the Father-God. The third characteristic of the first Christians' way of living was, they laid emphasis on tlio common duties. The Immediate followers of Christ be lieved thut their tlrst business was to do their duty. "The fruit of the Spirit," they said, that is, tho Imme diate result of this subjection to Christ and this union with tho soul of Gcd, "Is lover joy, peace, long suffering, gen tleness, goodness, faith, meekness, ecK control." The lives that they llvrrj la subjection to Jesus und by the strength f God they lived In the midst of men. Now tills characteristic of thi lirot Christians' way of living Is nil the more remarkable when you remember that these men were for the most part Jews. They had been brought up to believe that religion waj tumr.iod u: in exact observance of ecclesiastical forms. A Jew'o religion consisted of the offering of certain prayers In n cer tain way, nt certain times cf the day. of various washings of tho hands, of prescribed visits to tho temple, with prescribed gifts for each visit. To per form these and a thousand other cer monies wus to be religious, and the performance of these) things took pre cedence of all else. For instance, it was granted by tho Jews that It was a duty to honor father and mother, but, since the commandment requiring this was the fifth, it ranked not so high us tho first, which required of man that he should sucrllleo to God. Theroforo, if one had only enough to buy the pro per sacrifice for God, he was war ranted in letting the parent sturve and to guln tlie templo offering. Now it was men brought up on this ideu of re ligion who suddenly turned tho tables and laid tlie emphasis on common duty. It were better to be charitable than to have the gift of prophecy, nyo, better than to have a faith that could remove mountains. When the fooling of tho lordship of Jesus and tho union with God's Spirit got on the nerves of the new converts and let them into extravagant other worldllness, word came from a great leuder warning them that pure religion end undetlled wus summed up in vis iting the fatherless and widows and In keeping themselves uurpottcd. This new way was one of life, of the otornal kind of life, but It was living the eter nal kind of life in the midst of time, living it lit subjection to Jesus by the strength of God. i The fourth characteristic of the first Christians' way of living was, they treated men as brothers. This was the one thing which, nest to their Cheerful aervltudo of Christ, most impressed the heathen world. "Behold," said the fciagau, "how these Christians love one smother." From tho verv first they (walked In the love way. They did not look upon other men as mere tools for elfish gratification, as more weans for one's owifcnds; they worked for others1 interests, they found Joy In their suc cesses and pain in their reverat s. The Curlttlnns' first aino for them selves was "Tho Brothers." And so full of this Iden of brotherhood were tliry that, first off, th-y went daft over It and thought It Involved communism. Knch man sold his possessions and pooled the proceeds and let the apostles distribute the fund as each brother had need. "Not one of them said that aught he possessed was his own. bnt they had all things In common." It did not take thru) long to find out that brotherhood Involves no senseless level ing down of everything and everybody, that It Involves elder md younger, stronger nnd weaker, larger mid smaller. But. thoueh they had abau doned"thlsexpor!nienf:, they consprved the fundamental principle of mutual service nnd brotherly jnlon. They lived n way which had as Its motto, "Bear ye one another's burdens." Christianity mrnnt walking in the "Koad of the Loving H nit." These, then, were the characteristics of tlie Christian way as t! first Chris, tians understood it It was n life of subjection to Jesus, n life lived by the strengtli of God, n life of devotion to duty, a life of love to brother man. And this Is Christianity, and it can be nothing else living your dally life at the call of duty In allegiance to the Lordship of Jesus, with n personal consciousness of God ;;s a Father and follow man as brother. A day came to Chrlithnlty when It meant more than this. 'Die day of in quiry cam?, when Christianity was brought Into conflict with other cults, and then Christianity got Itself a creed. The day of systematic rvnngelistation came, when Christianity hud lost her first leaders nnd had to make now ones out of tho raw material found among the new converts, nnd then Christianity got Itself energy and orgunized Itself Into the church. But first nnd funda mentally was what its Foamier left it, and what Its pathfinders made It a way of living thednlly life In allegiance to the Lordship cf tho risen Christ, with a personal consciousness of God ns a Father nnd one's fellows ns brothers. And this l;i the first nnd fundamental way In which Christianity must bo presented to nnd tin braced by every real life. If It Is to )o a real und vital religion. It must be, first of all, Just a way of living the dally life. A man begins to have It and con. 1 1 nnes to be a possessor of It when, in his home, In the street car, In the hotel and shop and legislative chamber he makes himself the subject of Jesus nnd feels himself to be the son of God and the brother of every last fol low mortal who has n claim on what God has given lilm of health, wealth, education, friendship and spiritual life. To every man who lives In this way there may come a creed. There conies n time to every mnn when he Inquires of the solemn face of life, and God nnd Christ what they are. And the answer which comes to his own Inmost soul through his personal experience will be this man's creed. And to every earnest soul who lives In the way there will come a church. As he seeks the conditions of his own best way of living, ns he reaches out to help his brothers in their pilgrimage, he will discover that there Is power In asso ciation, a dynamic In organized fellow ship nnd thus ho will rejoice in tho glorious company nnd will enter into operative fellowship with all who own the risen Lord. But with all the creed nnd In nil tho community with other believers, re ligion will still be this and this only living one's daily life of common dutj with Jesus ns n Master, with God as a Father and with men as brothers. The creed nnd tho church will be the out ward espression and tools of the thing, but not tho thing itself. The mnn who lives in the way will see how n man may be able to give assent to the creeds of Christendom nnd yet be out of tho way. He will realize that a man may bo baptized into the faith of Rome, or confirmed In the Kplscopnl denom ination, or received into tho Presby terian church, nnd yet be forowandered from Christ. And he will discover how, though a man be unable to sub scribe to any formula of faith, nnd though he be disallowed the privileges of church membership, If he followed la the way, if he live his dally life with Jesus as a Master, God ns.his Father nnd men as his brethren, ho Is sllll a friend of the risen Lord. What U a Christian? A man who doth the same things ns other good men, but with n different motive, a dif ferent method, n different aim. The motive is devotement to Christ. Tho method Is by tho strength of the im rianeut God. Tho aim is for tho love of brother man. For the Quiet Hoar. "If r.ny mini say that he has no sin, he decelveth himself and the truth is not lit him." Attachment to Christ Is tho only se cret of detachment from tho world. A. J. Gordon. It was the vision of the perfection of Christ which made me realize my own deep sinfulness. G. Campbell Morgan. Prayer wil! cause a man to cease from sinning even as sin will cause a man to cease from praying. Frauces IS. Wlllurd. One thing Is clear to me, that no In dulgence of passion destroys the splr Ituul nature so much as respectable selfishness. George Macdonald. No man ever lost anything In this world by attending properly to the next. Indeed, it is only by that means that wo can understand or see this world aright. Ja'nes Hinton. God tha Comforter. The only final comfort is God, nnd He relieved the soul always in its suf fering, not from its suffering nay, He relieves tho soul by Its Buffering, by tha new knowledge and possession of Himself which could only, come through that atmosphere of paiik Phillips Brooks. Tin Meltlnrj on a Card. are tempered yellow are much strong er. While you have your alcohol lamp burning take a piece ot metallic tin not tin plate and place it on an ordi nary playing card, first turning up the edges of the card, forming a sort of box Ud. Hold the card containing the tin over the flame and the card will not burn, but tha tin may be melted thus. The reason is that the tin Is so good conductor ot heat that it carries it away before the card has time to burn. . First New Hampshire Apples. The first apple trees thatj wer grafted in Dover, N. H., were In orchards on Dover Neck; the work was done In 1741 by Major Bamuel Hale, who was then a school teacher. The major graduated from Harvard College In 1740 and went there to teach In the fall ot that year; the fob lowing winter he cut scions from choice fruit trees In Boston and In the spring grafted them into trees. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY 9. 'object: Itcieklah'a Prayar, Im. izxtIII., 1-M Oolilen Text, Pl. alyi., 1 Mam. nrjr Vrrtrl, 4-0 Commentary on ih ltay's Lemon, 1. lsalnb warns Hezeklnh ot ap proaching death (v. 1). "In those days." This may only mean in the days of Hezekiab. That this was In the fourteenth year of his reign is evi dent when we consider that fifteen years were added to his life (v. 5), and yet he only reigned tWenty-nlne years (2 Kings 18: 2). It must have been be fore the Invasion by Sennacherib from the fact that God promised to deliver them out ot the hund of the King of Assyria and to defend Jerusalem. "Sick unto death." Sick of a malady which, in the natural course of things, would have proved fatal. From 2 Kings 20: 7 we lenru that the disease was probably n carbuncle. God sends Illness upon the good, not in punish ment for gins past, but as a trial of their faith nnd pntlence (Horn. 5: III. "Isaiah." Isaiah's character stands before us as one of almost superhuman elevation. "Came unto him." There Is no species of cruelty . greater than to suffer a friend to lie on a dying bed under a delusion. And there is evi dently no danger to be apprehended from communicating to the sick tholt true condition. It should be done ten derly and with affection, but It should be done faithfully. "Set thine house in order." Arrange your affairs so that they will go on without you; referring to his family, his plans, his successor and his kingdom. "Thou shnlt die." Death was the natural result of his sickness. II. Hezeklah prays In great distress (vs. 2, 3). 2. "Face toward tlie wall." He turned away from those who were present so thnt be might pray more freely and collectedly. 3. "Bemenibei now." The old covenant promised tem poral prosperity. Including length ot days, to the righteous. "Walked." Life Is a Journey; God's people walk with Him (Gen. 5- 24; 1 Kings 9: 4) "A perfect henrt." Literally, "with a whole heart," one absolutely devoted to Jehovah. The king pleads bis up rightness nnd holy conduct before God He could not have done this. In th) face of death, had he not felt In hl heart the truthfulness of his state, ments. His Influence bad been wholly on the side of true religion; he had not forsaken the ways of tlie Lord. "Wepl sore." Literally, "with a great weep ing." The great sorrow of Hezekial) at the approach of death was only nnt ural. The desire to live one's full term of years is right. Hezekiab felt thaf his work was unfinished. III. God's promises to Hezeklah (vs 4-0. 4. "Then enme," etc. God spak to Isalnh immediately (2 Kings 20:4). 5. "God of David thy father." God remembers the covennnt with the fath er to the children (Exod. 20-5). "Heard thy prnyer." God still hears prayer. It is His will that we pray (Matt. 7: 7 11; John 13: 7). Why then are there so many unanswered petitions? Because there Is so much aimless praying (James 4: 3). "Seen thy tears." Affec tionate prayers are especially pleasing to God. Cold, lifeless prayers are nol answered. David refers to his tears (Psa. St): 8) as though God bottled them and kept an exact account of them in His "book." "Add unto thy days." In Kings the promise Is, "I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord." Tho Lord still heals people, sometimes by directing the sufferer to the proper remedy and sometimes without the use of a rem edy. In this case (see 2 Kings 20: 7) the Lord told Hezeklnh to make a poul tice of figs nnd put it on the boll, or carbuncle. "Fifteen years." Hezekiab Is the only man who was ever informed of the term of his life. God In mercy has hidden the time of our death from our eyes. We should be always ready and should work as though each day was our lust. (I. "Will deliver." The Assyrians were a powerful enemy and were constantly to be feared. IV. The sign given Hezeklah (vs. 7, 8). 7. "A sign." Hezeklah asked for a sign (2 Kings 20: 8). Asking for a sign is n pious or a wicked act accord ing to tlie spirit In which it is done. Hezeklah is given his choice of two signs, and he chose what appeared to him to be the more difficult. 8. "Shadow of the degrees." "The shadow on the steps." It. V. Many opinions arc held with regard to this miracle. The older, commentators be 2eved that the earth's motion was" act ually reversed around its axis. It has been urged with a good deal of fore that the true cause of the phenomenon was a solur eclipse, in which the moon obscured the upper limb of the sun, which would have the effect of length-, enlng all shadows and thus causing the appearance of going backward on the dial of the stairs. But the opinion gen erally held at present Is that It was a miraculous use of the laws of refrac tion. "Dial of Ahaz." "Steps of Ahaz." H. V., margin. The dlul which Alias set up, and which he probably obtained from Babylon, for he appears to have been fond of foreign objects of art (2 Kings 16: 10). The Assyrians were the first to divide tho day into twenty-four hours. Herodotus stater that tho Greeks obtained their knowK edge of the dial and the division of the day into twelve parts from the Bnby louians, who were in constant inter course with the Assyrians, "lleturne ten stops" (It. V.) We must suppo-Stf thnt the "steps," whatever they were, could be seen from the sick chamber of Hezeklah, to whoso mind the sign was significant. The retreating shadow meant added years to his life. What kind ot apparatus is denoted by the 'steps of Ahaz" we have no menus of determlnl RAM'S HORN BLASTS HQ cause that has virtue does not need violence. When prejudice f lKWT obstinacy 'tis the i I irTSA beKlnnlng ot a long argument. He who rises against Ood is sure to tall. Great triumphs are the fruitage of many trials. Love's wealth costs least to get and lasts longest. Many a man bites off bis head to teed bis face. No worship ascends where nothing Is given up. . Few things are more precious than well-won praise. Obedience Is our obligation, the bless ing is His. Men who want to be spirit-filled must be self-emptied. Those who live with ui have the greatest power t9 lift ui. 8UNDAY, JULY 0. The Indwelling Christ. Col. 2; 610; 3: 8-16. For Christ to dwell In us means that much else must not dwell in us whatever would displace Christ. If we would receive the Christ, we must first receive the Bible through the Spirit, who will take these things of Christ and show them to us. There is no such thing as an In dwelling Christ without an out-welling Christ. Whatever you lack, whatever with a godly mind you want, you will find in Christ as certainly us you find oxy gen in fresh air. Suggestions. This one thought, fully appre hended and followed out, would make a perfect Christian: I must niuke my life fit for the Indwelling of Christ. If Christ lives in us, we shall be pleasant for others to live with. Let us make our hearts not only places whore Christ will endure to live, but places where He will de light to live. Do not try to understand how we can dwell In Christ and He In us. Live each truth out, and you will readily understand It. Illustrations. No king will remain In a house where he Is not the chief guest. And Christ is the King of kings. Some guests- are a constraint upon the household, but Christ in our hearts Introduces us to ourselves and to one another. We have "company behavior" and "home manners." Christ recognizes only the latter. Where heat Is, cold cannot dwell; where you would have Christ, you must banish sin. Out-Door Work. It Is a beautiful custom to hold an occasional prayer meeting out of doors. A sunrise or sunset meet ing on a hill-top Is especially Impres sive. Our societies do not as often as they should hold their social's out doors, with outdoor games. Some societies have organized En deavor cycle clubs, that travel on their wheels and hold evangelistic services In neglected places. Christian Endeavor flower gardens have been made In many places to furnish all the flowers needed for the church. An Endeavor field-day might be held once a year, with a series of athletic contests carefully planned and carried out with spirit. Fix It for some patriotic holiday. Christian Endeavor walking clubs will strengthen the body, develop de lightful companionships, and bring the society into all the most beauti ful and Interesting spots of the com munity. EP1RTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, JULY, NINTH. The Indwelling Christ: Col, 2; 6-10; 3: 8-16. In this lesson Paul exhorts t.h Colossiuu Christians to stalwart liv ing, based upon their experience of salvation. As they had received Christ so they were to walk, to be rooted, to grow; and to be built up. They were to avoid being "spoiled" by worldly philosophy. This they were to do by being possessed by the "Indwelling Christ," who was the Godhead. Possnsed by him, they were to be complete in nil the plent'i tude of his gracious gifts. In the sec ond selection from the same epistle they were to demonstrate this "com pleteness" by putting away certain sins very common at that day. The fuct of an Indwelling Christ was to be evidenced by the putting off ol the old man and the putting on ol the new. And this new man was to be a renewed man bearing the Image of Christ. The Christian Is to in carnnte Christ, even as he Incarnat ed the Father. Jesus taught thut the kingdom of God was within us; that It was a subjective kingdom of righteousness peace, nnd joy in the Holy Ghost. The kingdom set up In the heart of man Is a personal Indwelling of s personal Christ. Christ is "formed In us the hope of glory." He abides in us and we are one with him. Other systems of religion are con tent to preach precepts; but Chrlst lnslsts that we possess his life and spirit. No man Is a "Christian" in the scriptural sense until he Incarn ates the spirit and life of Jesus, The tongue is an Index of the henrt. The spech manifests the spirit. Lying is to give place to truthfulness, filthy communications to cleanliness and purity, blasphemy to prayer, and anger to kindness and charity. The most careful watchful ness of our language will be one characteristic of a new heart. There will be a radical change In the life of a man who has been con verted. He will . go to different places; he will asoclate in different company; he breaks off some habltf and forms others. He ceases to do evil and learns to do well. Ho Is not only negatively one who does not dc evil things, but he is positively one who does good. He Imitates hit Master In going about doing good He is not content to stop sinning; hi begins to perform good works. Behind the words and actions ile the motives, the spirit of the '.lfo Here will the Indwelling Chr!t manifest his presence. The spirit will become gentle and sweet and pure. The unseen influence of th life will be wholesome and healthful. Constant companionship with the Christ within will transform the mar Into Chrlstlikeness of spirit. Others will be Impressed 'With tho fact that he has been with Jesus and learned of him. This blessed presence anij indwelling Is the prlvilogo ar.d duty of every soul. Truly Remarkable Hen, Mrs. Lucy Seymour of Great Bar rlngtoB, Mass., has a hen which lays eggs with a rough shell. The letters M and W are plainly noticeable on each egg. Every time this remarkable hen lays an egg It pecks on the win dow until Mrs. Seymour goes out and gets the egg. Telephones for Guam. A Merlden, Conn., concern has Just shipped 100 telephones to the Island of Guam. PEA Cg; Peace, perfect peace in this dark world of sin! The blood ot Jesus whispers peace within. Peace, perfect peace with thronging duties prewed. To do the will of Jesus, this ii rest. Pen, perfect peace with sorrow surging round! On Jesus' bosom naught but calm is found. Peace, perfect peace, with loved one far away? in Jeans' keeping we are safe and they. Peace, perfect peace, our future bere un known! Jesus we know, and He is on the throne. Peace, perfect peace, death shnriowing us ami ours, Jcimis has vuuqiushed death and all its powers. It is enough, earth's struggles soon will And Jesus call to heaven's perfect peace. Uickerstutb. A Lay Harmon. In the remarkable discussion on relig ious problems now being held in The Sun nothing Is more noticeable than the entire absence of bitter criticism and Intolerance. Your correspondents who nre perplexed with doubts in trying to solve the problem of tlie uni verse are anxious, not scornful. Giving expression to questionings does not mean that the si-archer after truth has lost bis faith in Coil ir his belief in immortality, but It does mean that the spread of free inquiry has unshackled bis mind from traditional errors which have bred bitter contro versies In tho past. Many of your read ers of older years will remember the narrow-spirited bigotry of selfishness exhibited iu many a country town by overzealous members of tlie several churches there end tlie utter absence of that spirit ot charity und brother hood which happily is on the Increase these days. The search for tlie unknowable will continue as long as the human mind endures, but alter all what does it profit a man? The old question by the patriarch Job. "Canst thou by searching find out the Almighty?" up-, plies to-day as of yore; and our sight will always be hid by a cloud. Still, the plant grows iu the mist and under the clouds as truly as under sunshine. Call religion mere sentiment, super stition or an illusion, still the fact re mains that It is the bulwark of our nation, the foundation of the American home. It teaches respect for old age, reverence for womanhood, considera tion for children; it builds hospitals and asylums for the afflicted, erects schools and colleges nnd feeds and clothes the poverty-stricken. To Its adherence to these principles does this great nation owe its progress nnd pre eminence, and to withdraw the re straining influence of the Gospel from the passions of nier. would prove dis astrous. Ask the devout churchman, be he a Catholic or a Protestant, us to the proofs of Christianity, nnd he will tell you thnt his religion is true because It satisfies the soul. As of old, the great body of workers "hunger and thirst after righteousness." Faith in God Is still a living force among men. If you do not believe it, look at the great number of communicants who go forth every Sunday morning to throng tlie aisles of every Catholic church iu your city; those who "labor and are heavy laden." No human agency, no gift of tongue, draws these tired people out of their beds so early on a cold, stormy day to worship. Is faith dead when a refined Christian woman will stand on a street corner by tiie hour on a bitter December day ringing a bell, asking alms to feed the poor, ns many a member of the Salvation Army docs yearly, "In Ills tinuie':" Never lias the church been presented with such magnificent opportunities for helping humanity as ut the present; but If ho people receive a stone when they crav. bread, they will seek right eousness from other und unexpected sources. The Christian Is not afraid of the truth, but Pilate's question, "What is truth?" und "Where is It to bo found?" is us uotent to-day ns ever. Contrndictor.v answers will confuse the seeker, who is sick of Insincerity and hypocrisy, but eventually he will come to his own. John M. Hoysrudt lu tho New York Sun. . $k fllHiice llnmoward. Father in Heaven, we thank Theo for the Homeland beyond the river. May the fact that we are Homeward bound fill us with joy, comfort us iu sorrow, Arm us for difficulties nnd purify our every thought, word and action. Let the prodigal feel that Thy great heart is still yearning and that he may yet return and sit down In the Father's House. Guide us step by step up the ladder of iight and at last admit us to the hospitality of Thy Light, for Jesus' sake, Amen. Secret of Courage. In the faith that, although life is a mystery, it is not a muddle, for God is lu His world bringing order out of ap parent cl.aos; In the reverence which trusts and obeys God, mingled with the affection which clings to Him and rejoices in Him; iu the will set to do God's will nnd have a little share iu God's work of healing, helping, con quering love, is found the secret of a courage wlilch no dangers can daunt, a patience which no delays can ex haunt, and a coutldencn which no dis appointments can destroy. Outlook Tlt Itewttrri, Happiness, content und right satis faction, all doubts answered, all dark places lighted up, heaven begun here this is the reward of loving God. In this world, tribulation; yes, but good cheer iu spite of that. George Hodges. D.D. Ha Will Minl. It Is when wo fejl all broken up and wasted, aud that we can only bring the bits to God, that He says, "Come." and He will take us and mend us and make us whole again. Mrs. A. D. X. Whit ney. Detects "Doctored" Maple Syrup, C. H. Jones, a Vermont chemist, has worked out a method whereby be ts able to tell when maple sugar ts adul terated by the addition of the cane va riety. The discovery Is said to be new and valuable to the chemists. The head of the Canadian revenue service has speit several days recently in Mr. Jones' laboratory, and as a result has several prosecutions under way against1 Canadian producers. THE GREAT DESTKOi'fiLi SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. An Object Mn From KnmiM lllrix. Ins Initcad of "Hatlneit ralamlty" Followed tha cloilns of Hnnrr Ltqnor Traffic KaatrleU Indnntrr. Walruff's brewery In Lawrence. Kan., was a valuable piece of property. Prohibition made It useless for that purpose, and the owner sold the build ing and left the State. This turned the twelve men he had employed out of that Into some other industry. Some people called It "a business cnlnmlty" to lose that brewery nnd the wages of the twelve men It had employed. But soon the big building was put to use again ns a shoe factory, nnd now, with about the same capital that the brew ery had, it employs one hundred sober operatives. Supposing the brewer's twelve men to have been oil sober citizens, let us compare the business record of the brewery and the shoe factory, allow ing that the men have the same wages, which wo will put at nn average of ten dollars a week. The brewer's men had their $120 a week, or J'Jo-lO a year to expend In bouse rent or homes, food, clothing and household needs. The one hun dred shoemakers have $llM n week, or $52.hH) a year to expend in the same way. The brewery men rented nt most twelve cottages. The factory men must have one hundred cottages or lodgings. tinder the new system the builders, bakers, grocers, clothiers, etc., or tlie town have one hundred customers gained In place of the twelve they have lost, besides n large amount of money from other customers that for merly went for beer. Moro thnn eighty times as much money goes, from that factory alone, into the tills of the trad ers nnd workers of that town as used to no there from the brewery. The shoes thnt ore turned out harm no one. They serve a useful purpose, preserve health, and give comfort and pleasure. They ore among the neces sities of civilized life. It was not so with the beer. That hurt, more or less, all who used It. Every barrel had In It curses, blights, diseases, lies, abuse nnd crimes. It made bad debts, nnd soon or later created pauperism, filth nnd rags wher ever It went. It turned good citizens Into tramps and thieves, and made n business of seducing and debauching Innocent boys nnd girls. The brewery needed a Jail, a police court, poorbouse, lunatic asylum nnd watchmen. Not even twenty shoe fac tories would ever need any one of these where there Is no brewery nor grog shop. From official figures we lenrn that there ore in the United States 184r. breweries with 31.000 employes. If converted into factories they would probably give employment to ten times as many persons and would pay an nually in wages about ?,t80,ono,)00 to the $18,000,000 now paid by the brew eries. The liquor traffic restricts Industry and brings poverty. Temperance pro motes business nnd brings prosperity. .Which will you have? Drinking Man at a lUrount, "I will hazard tho statement," said President Joseph Ramsay, of the Wa bash Railroad, in an nddress recently, "that every railroad represented upon this platform has strict rules prohibit ing drinking on or off duty, nnd some forbid their train and engine men boarding In houses where liquor Is sold, nnd their rules nre enforced by the discharge of those violating them." Yet there are young men who say they see no harm in It. If they want to drink, they argue, what business Is it of anyone else? It is the most Im portant business of any Interest flint is imperiled. The young man who drinks makes himself unreliable. Society has n right to demand of him the most effi cient service he can render. He bns no right wilfully to diminish that effi ciency. Employers nre coming to realize thnt the public has n right to expect from them not merely good machinery but the service of good men. So the rail roads will not employ drinking men if they can help it. The banks want sober clerks. Great buildings exclude drinking julntors nnd elevator men. Even saloonkeepers prefer bartenders who do not drink. The young mnn who drinks Is di minishing his value to society. By the same course he is diminishing his mar ket value to himself. Forward. Connnmptton and Alcohol. Tho relationship of alcohol and con sumption was discussed at tho last meeting of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption, which took place in London. The be lief advanced by so ninny famous sur geons that Intemperance Is nn active agent iu the spread of consumption has found a powvrt'ul supporter In Sir Will iam Broadbent. He declared tha de ficient food, overwork, stuffy ro.uns nnd alcoholic excess were the principal factors in the progress of the disease. And then. In Impressive tones, he em phasized his belief that the greatest and most potent of these was ulcoholic excess. Expectoration, he continued, caused its spread more than anything. If the whole of the expectoration could be de stroyed t one moment the disease would bo stamped out. Spitting must be Btopped by public opinion and by punishment. Wherever enses of con sumption wore known the authorities should be notified and the dwellings dlslufoetod. Iu 1002. he said, tho disease claimed 50,000 victims, as against 57,000 In 1S02 aud t ..000 In 1SS3. This reduction had been brought about in spite of the increase in population and the over crowding lu cities. Tamparanra Notes. You cannot take the sting out of tho saloon by cutting off Its rattles. Ram's Horn. I can no more accept alcohol as food than I can chloroform or ether. James Edmunds, M. D. A little real resolution against evil would do much more good than many written resolutions. Rum's Horn. The issue ot brandy aud beer as part ot the army ration will, it is said, be abolished throughout the whole Ger man Empire In the near future. Statistics show that prohibition in Kansas is an annual saving to the peo ple of $0,000,000. Forty-four out of 105 counties aro without a pauper; and In thirty-seven counties there is not a single occupant in the jails. A remarkable feature of the New York Ghetto, one that puts to shame it he "Christianised" districts of the city, Is the paucity of saloons. No gaudy and enticing establishments for drink are found there, aud, although saloons do exist, they are far apurt and so poor in appearance as to Indicate that they have little or no custom. Even these saloous occur on streets where many people, other than Jews, pass. THfc KEYSKiNE STATE Latest Mens of Pennsylvania Told io Short Order. When the cue of A. Harncviou. charged with a violation of the pure food law, by the sale of catsup, wa placed on trial at Mercer, Judge Wil liams practically declared the law un constitutional and gave the jury binding instructions, which resulted in a ver diet of not guilty. C. M. IVhon, Slate agent, was required to pay the costs. United States Dcpniy Marshal P. I). Helms arreted Adam Huiiky, aged II years, and his brother, Michael, aged 12 years, and James Cuff, aged IJ years, on a charge of breaking otT tlie lock of a rural mail box in Kmgtnwn. Commis sioner Woitjen, of Pmt.sville, held Adam Hueisky and Cuff under bail for trial at the Philadelphia District Court next September. Adam I'.ueisky, it is said, wanted the, lock fur his rabbit pen. In trying tr avoid running over a child, Lyman Merger, driver for the Ma hanoy City link anil Ladder Company, wliiic r spondii-.n t J an alarm of fire, pulled the horses to one ,-ide and struck a telegraph pole. He wa thrown off, but was not hurt. The apparatus was damaged. L. W. Gcrbcr, a fireman on the Lack awanna express, was killed at Bell Bridge, near tlie Water Gap. At 1'ridge ville, thirty-live miles below Sirouds burg, the engineer noticed that steam had begun t' slacken and then for the, first time he missed Gcrb.-r. Gerber, it is thought, was leattir.g out of the tender of the engine, when be was struck by the bridge and his body was thrown into the creek below. Robbers entered the clothing store of I. D. Bcneman, at Mt. Joy, and stole fifty suits ot clothing, valued at $500. Nathan W. Martz has been appointed postmaster at Chauncy. For the first time since grievances of anthracite miners which the concilia tion board could not adjust were re ferred fo an umpire Carroll D. Wright has not been appointed. The mine work ers and operators received word that Judge Gray, of Delaware, has named Commissioner of Labor Charles P. Neill as umpire for two grievances which the board wishes to present. This selection pleases the mine workers. Deputy Attorney General Flcitz ad vi'd Auditor General Snyder that $150, 000 appropriated by the legislature for loot for the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield to the memory of the soldiers of Pennsylvania who par ticipated in the Civil War is now avail able, providing the commission is ready to organize and do its work. The bill as passed in 1901 set aside $250,000 for the monuments, $50,000 for the two years beginning June I, IOOI ; io.ono for the next two years, and $150,000 for the two years beginning June I, 1905. When this bill went to Governor Stone he approved the $150,000 item and ve toed the other two. At the first election held by the Bor ough of Lemoync, Cumberland County, W. IL Whitman, Republican, was elect ed Chief Burgess by a majority of I. The School Board is tie and Council is Democratic by I majoriiy. Thieves entered the Brodhead Public School of Northampton Heights and stole a large lot of supplies. They de faced the furniture and, entering the room where the Town Council meets, scattered copies of the borough ordi nances over the floor and destroyed oth er documents. An effort to enter the Public Library of the place was frus trated by the police. Frank Hartmau, charged with a scries of horse thefts, in Dauphin County and in Virginia, refuses to eat at the county jail at Lebanon, and the authorities be lieve he is trying to starve himself to death, fearing rough treatment when he returns to his native State. Burglars broke into the residence of Mrs. William Fahey, at Inkerman. Mrs. Fahey's two stalwart sons caught them and, one using a poker and the other a chair, beat the thieves so badly thai they cried for mercy, and were then allowed to depart. Josiah P. Rice has been appointed postmaster at Oshanter. Charged with the murder of his 10-day-old child in the Fall of 1903, upon information furnished in an ante-mortem statement of his wife, John Sees, of Limestone Township, Montour Coun ty, had a hearing and was committed to jail without bail. Mrs. Sees, who is believed to be on her deathbed, says that when the child was ten days old her husband pressed its head between his knees and then threw it the length of the room. Dr. Mut'nVy. of Turbot vijle, testified to the healthy condition of the child when born, and an under taker who buried the child testified as to the marks upon the skull aud bruises on the body. As the result of a rush of coal in the Cameron Mine, Jacob Oliver and Frederick CristorYen lay buried under coal for twenty-four hours, until they were rescued alive by Superintendent Rhoads, George Keinhart and a force of miners. The two men, who were made prisoners, were almost smothered during their entombment. The finding of a human foot on the pavement in tront of the Berwick. Meth odist Church was the cause of consid erable excitement. A physician said that the foot had evidently been amputated by a surgeon, but there is no record of an operation of that kind having been performed recently. The foot was bu ried in the borough lot. George C. Buss, the oldest undertaker in the Lehigh Valley and a veteran of the Civil War, died of heat prostration in Kutztown, aged 81. The West Chester police are on the trail of a man who attempted to swindle several residents of this borough by pre senting fake telegrams, on which he as serted charges were due. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clark, of Paxmos, where the former is engaged in farming, left Shamokin for Dublin, Ireland, to obtain $Js,ooo, which a rela tive bequeathed to Mrs. Clark. Rev. Samuel Collins, of Allegheny, who died a widower without children, leaves a will giving bulk of an unesti mated estate to the United Presbyterian Women's Association, of which his wife was the first president. Mrs, Collins was one of the-temperance crusaders of the '70s' and was arrested mort than once for holding street meetings. A joint committee of the Swedish Parliament was appointed to consider the bill seeking authority for the Swedish government to negotiate with Norway for term of settlement as to the mtv ration.
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