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Dr. "W. Y. Chapman.
flrooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Wlllinm Young
Chapman, pastor of the I.nfsyette Ave
nue Presbyterian Church, BufTnlo,
preached Sundiiy nt lioth services In
the Ontrnl Presbyterian Church. In
the morning he hnU ns his subject
"Churcligolng Abolished." The text
was from Hevelatlon ixl:22: "And 1
saw no temple therein." Dr. Chap
man said:
Among many things In this sublime
apocalypse of St. John hard to be un
derstood there Is one thing that stands
out with clearness and certainty, and
that Is the vision of the perfected
church, the Ideal society. It Is the
same church triumphant ami perfect
there that Is militant and defective
here. The same souls that struggle
and suffer here are they that walk In
white and wave palms of victory there.
Here we see ns In a glass darkly.
There they see face to face. Here wo
know In part, there they know as they
are known, .lohn had given to him a
divine horoscope, revealing the consum
mation and absolute perfection of the
essential characteristics of the kingdom
of God concentrated In the imperial
raprt-i of the universe the city of
God. By every sort of figure and sym
bol are Its glories set forth. And we
learn as much about It by what Is said
negatively as by what Is said positive
ly. Thus we are told It has streets of
gold and gates of pearl and a sea of
glass and all the most costly and beau
tiful things of this world, while nil
that Is disagreeable pain, sickness,
sorrow, sin, death Is wanting there.
There is nothing to hurt or annoy, no
night, no more sea, no temple. s
And It strikes us nt first thought as
very strange that there should be no
temple, no central place of worship In
a city which we are accustomed to
think is altogether devoted to religion.
And yet the text states a great truth
which I want to treat broadly, and I
believe the text contains easily the sub
ject by which I have chosen to entitle
tills discourse, "Churchgoing Abol
ished.!' The end being attained, the
means are discontinued. Hence there
are no more churches, no times, nor
places, nor forms; no liturgies, nor rit
uals; no ecclesiastical machinery such
as we know here.
And, surely, this must come as a wel
come announcement to mnny a tired
churchgoer In this world who finds his
religious duties more or less Irksome,
and to many a non-churchgoer, who
does not feel quite comfortable In his
neglect of formal religious exercises.
Many there are who Indulge an Indif
ferent hope of heaven as a sort of
Mohammedan paradise, where they
may enjoy an eternal holiday, basking
In the uncreated rays, drinking from
and bathing In the wi tors of the foun
tain of life, eating the twelve manner
of fruits nnd sailing on the glassy sea.
But they would hardly be attracted to
a place where this ceaseless round of
ecclesiastical duties should go on for
ever. Imnglne such n one enjoying the
delights of that glorious city, counting
the towers thereof, marking well her
bulwarks nnd admiring her founda
tions of Jasper and sapphire and chal
cedony nnd snrdius and emerald and
sardonyx and chrysolyte and beryl and
topass and chrysoprnsus and Jacinth
and amethyst, when suddenly there
comes a peal from the golden bells and
poor soul, he must take himself off to
prayers.
Let such a one be comforted, for
John says he saw no temple there, and
,we dare to Infer from that statement
that there Is no synagogue, nor meet
ing house, nor Sunday, nor formal re
ligious exercise, "for the Lord God Al
mighty and the Lamb are the temple
of it."
It becomes us to Inquire more closely
into the truth Involved here. And if
what John saw was the church trium
phant, if the conditions he saw were
the perfection of what Is rudimentary
here, if the Holy City, New Jerusalem,
is continually coming down from God
out of heaven, then we ought to be re
alizing more and more on earth that
heavenly condition.
I believe that condition is illustrated
by the progressive church of Christ on
earth. Think for a moment of tho ad
vantages we have over the ancient
Jewish worshiper. He had his central
pluce of worship. Three times a year
he must make his pilgrimage to Jeru
salem, from even tho remotest corner
of the land. Over many a rugged mile
he must travel with his family and his
sheep and oxen for sucrttlce and his
tent nnd provision for his Journey, iu
order to perform his religious duties.
There at Jerusalem was the temple.
There he expected to meet God. or at
least there God would be propitious.
There was the priest who could offer
his gacritlce and present his confession
t God. There wag the holy place and
the most holy place, the locus of the
Jewish worship. Even In far off lands,
when he worshiped he turned his face
towurd the temple, us If his heart were
there, in any case.
Then, too, his dally devotions found
expression In a most elubornre ceremo
nial. There w.re diver washings, as
there were multifarious causes of un
cleanness. There were tlthings and
manifold offerings. There were sin of
ferings and peace offerings, all asso
ciated with Infinite trouble to the wor
shiper. These minute requirements
were infinitely multiplied by the Jew
iu the time of Christ and His apostles,
ho that Peter spoke of it as a yoke
"which neither our fathers nor we
were able to be'ir."
Now It was Immunity from these In
tolerable burdens that was the first
great practical boon of Christianity.
Our Lord stated the precious truth to
the woman nt the well. Said she,
"Our fathers worshiped in this moun
tain (Terezlm), ana ye say that in Je
rusalem is the place where men ought
to worship." Jesus galth unto her,
"Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh
when ye shall neither in this mountain,
nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the
Father. But the hour cometh and now
is, when the true worshipers shall wor
ship the Father in spirit and in truth.
(Jod is a spirit, and they that worship
Him must worship Him in spirit and
In truth." It was one of the first mean
ings of Christ's sacrifice, to abolish the
temple. When lie bowed Ills head iu
death on Calvary and said "It la fin
ished," "the veil of the temple was rent'
la twain from the top to the bottom,
ind the whole significance of the tern
pie service passed away, The temple
Itself did not long survive the death of
Christ, and the ecclesiastical capital
was soon destroyed. Henceforth the
Church of God iu the world was on a
different basis. Henceforth God be
came . accessible without offering or
ttrlest, without temple or altar, and ir
Respective of locality. We are enjoying
to a measure that rest which Christ
eame to give rest from ceremonial
burden. We are living in the dispen
sation of the spirit, and the church 1
wherever the spirit moves men to wor
ship. Wherever the Holy Spirit has
oue. aud. planted the gospel of Christ
ffi The lieafW of Inert," Turning "their j
thoughts and affections to God, there is
the cimrch. It matters not whether it
ae in Greenland's Icy mountains or In
dia's coral strand. It matters not
Whether It be In gorgeous cathedral or
in mountain cave. It matters not
whether the worshiper be white or
ilack, whether he worship on his knees
r on his feet or on his back, so long ns
be worship In spirit nnd In truth.
Christianity so far as it consists of n
risible performance nt all Is the most
natural and spontaneous outgo of the
religious Instincts to God, and religious
worship is essentially a personal com
munion with God. and in such form
and place as Is best suited to the wor
shiper and most In accordance with the
will of God.
Hence, you will see, one of the prime
characteristics of the church triumph
ant Is perfect liberty. "Get religion,"
said Augustine, "nnd do ns you please."
By which he meant If you truly get re
ligion you will always please to do
right. Paul means the same thing
when he says. "If ye be In the spirit
ye are not under the law." And Jesus
meant the same when He said. "Make
the tree good and his fruit will be
good." And hence, the Ideal Chrlstlnn
life Is perfectly -potitaneotis. Obe
iience is not by compulsion of law. but
by Impulsion of love. "All the law Is
fulfilled in one word, 'Thou shalt
love. "
We have heard not a little about
'the consent of the governed." and we
ire likely to hear more. The state
ment as It stands In that famous docu
ment will not bear a literal application.
Hut there Is good reason to believe
that our fathers knew whnt they were
talking about. If they had said, "gov
rninent derives Its potency from the
consent of the governed" they would
have been uttering the exact truth.
Statutes are inoperative until the sub
jects consent. Perfect society Implies
perfect acquiescence In the will of the
superior or law making power. The
more society progresses toward unity,
the simpler and more equable will gov
ernment become, because the more gen
eral will be the consent or acqulesenc
i In the government. Paul says, "I con
! sent unto the law that it Is good," and
! In the perfect society of John's vision
1 each man enjoys perfect liberty be-
cause the will of the governor and the
I governed are in perfect correspond
' ence. Each Individual does as he
pleases and at the same time does as
lie pleases.
In some such way the perfect com
j munlty Is characterized by perfect
I unity without uniformity. Each per
forms his own duty in his own way,
but is nil the while In perfect har
mony with his neighbor. Again, in the
perfected society there is no distinc
tion between the religious and the sec
ular. Here we have our times, and
places of religion. We gather here In
this house of prayer, believing that
God is present here as He is not in
other places, ns, Indeed, He has prom
ised to be. It Is God's concession to
our limitations and Infirmities. But
It is far from the ideal. We are apt
to Identify religion with the means of
religion, rather than religion itself.
We get grace by our religious exercises
to keep God's commandments in all
our walks of life, and that Is religion.
The members of the church triumph
ant are equally religious every day of
the week and every hour of the dny,
and henc?, church-going In our sense
of the word, Is forever abolished. In
that society, one does not need to say
to his brother, "Know the Lord," for
all shall know Him from the least to
the greatest. There Is no more preach
ing, "no temple therein."
Once more; it is obvious that th
more faithful and devoted we are to
the means of religion here the sooner
we shall be fitted to do without them.
Your child, learning to play the piano,
finds It hard labor to spell out note by
note, conforming to the rules nnd rudi
ments of practice. By nnd by she will
go beyond- the rules. She will acquire
the genius of the skilled performer.
And the more diligently we observe
our religious duties here the sooner
we shall get beyond them. The more
faithful we are now to the times and
places of religious worship the sooner
shall we be ready for that society
where all life Is religious.
Znchnrlah had that vision nges be
fore John had It, when he saw "Holi
ness to the Lord" Inscribed on the
bells of the horses and the pots in
the Lord's house, as sacred as the
bowls of the altar; yea, and every pot
In Jerusalem as holy as the vessels of
the sanctuary. That was nt lenst a
glimpse of the templeless city of God.
; And now shall we not keep before
us that ideal? Let us not ne uiscour
nged by the great disparity between
that far-off perfection and present
reality. The poet well expresses our
feeling:
Oh, Land of Promise, from what Pis
gnh's height
Can I behold thy stretch pf peaceful
bowers.
Thy golden harvest flowing out of
sight,
The nestled homes and sun-lllumlned
towers?
Gazing upon the sunset's high-heaped
gold,
Its crags of opal and of chrysolite,
Its deeps on deeps of glory, that un
fold, Still brightening abysses.
And blazing precipices,
Whence but a scanty leap It seems to
heaven.
Sometimes a glimpse is given
Of thy gorgeous realm, thy more un
stunted blisses.
Gazing upon that vision, let us be
faithful to our temple duties here that
we may be fitted for that city where
there Is no temple, "for tho Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple
of it."
No troubles are so great that they
'cannot be built Into the steps of the
; staircase, by which souls mount up to
heaven. Canon Lldiloo.
. ' Naturally.
Lillian Russell in the dining roon.
of a Chicago hotel was startled by a
man who stopped squurcly In front of
her.
"I beg your pardon," he began nerv
ously. "I am sure that we are old ac
quaintances. You are my old play
mate of many years ago. I have not
seen you since you were ten years
old."
"Indeed?"
EmSarrasament seized the stranger
after tho first rush of recognition In
his memory. He struggled to relieve
it.
"Why, how stout you've grown," he
said New York Times.
Drove Into Swarm of Bare.
Joshua Wtllltts, mall carrier be
tween Wrlgbtstown and Bordentown,
one afternoon, near Chesterfield,
drove Into a swarm of bees.
The horse, wagon and the driver
were literally covered with bees, and
Willltts thinks it was nothing short of
a miracle that himself and horse were
not stung to death. Bordentown cor
respondence Philadelphia Telegraph,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY 23.
0n1jct: The Gracious Invitation, Ira.
1-13 Golilan Trxt, la. !v., O M in
ert Vmnmn, 6-S Commentary on th
' Day's I.ou.
I. An Invitation to the bleslngs of
the Gospf I (vs. 1-5). 1. "Ho." A word
calling immediate nnd earnest atten
tion to what Is to follow. "Every one."
The Invitation Is unlimited. "That
thlrsteth." Every one who has a keen
sense of need and an Intense desire for
those tilings (see Matt. 5: 6i. "Wine
and milk." These were regarded
by the Jews t the very choicest ar
ticles of diet. "Without price." The
freeness of the offer Is again repeated
that there may be no mistake and the
poorest and most necdv may feel sure
Ul R fit IMIItT.
2. "Wherefore." There is a remon
strance here against enrthllncss;
against making much of that which is
of the least importance. "Not bread.''
Contrast the "bread of deceit" (Prov.
20: 17) with the "brend of life" (John
0: 'XI, .Vi i. "iJntlxtleth not." Nothing
but God can meet the boundless desires
of the soul. "In fatness." This expres
sion pictures to us the choicest bless
ings that God has. Ills provisions are
ample and satisfying (1 Cor. 2: !), 10;
Psa. 3d: 8; IS3: !). 3. "Incline yotir
ear." Pay attention. "Soul shall live."
Life Is more than mere existence. Ileal
life Is spiritual llfe-n life In Christ
and given by Christ (.lohn 14: 0). "Ev
erlasting covenant." The covenant
made tlrst with Abraham and renewed
with David; the covenant promised of
Christ In Ills humiliation ami ending
with a crowned Christ, exulting In
royal victories nnd a redeemed church.
"Sure mercies." That Is, 'he mercies
promised to Dnvlil and his house (see
i Sam. 7: 8-Ki, 23-3i.
4. "Given Him." God continues call
ing attention to the great Messiah, lie
Is the central figure of these three
chapters. David was the type and
Christ the antitype: David In supremo
royalty, king over all foes and friends;
Christ In ascended majesty, but dispen
sing His rich blessings which He has
provided In His redemptive work to all
who will receive them. "A witness."
He bore witness even unto death for
God, to His law, to His claims nnd to
His plan of redeeming love. "Lender,"
etc. He was the great Lawgiver, orlg
Inatitig laws and Institutions for His
people. "People." "Peoples." R. V.
We must keep in mind that no race dis
tinctions are nllowed. All the peoples
and nations of the world are Included.
5. "Call a nation." The Christian
?hurch, n holy nation, n peculiar people.
"Knowest not." The Gentile world
whom He hnd hitherto not distin
guished by covenants and blessings.
"Know ye not," etc. The Gentile na
tion wns to become one with the people
of God (see Eph. 2: 11-1.'!).
II. Conditions of accepting the Invi
tation (vs. (I, 7). !. ' Seek." The only
way to find God is to seek Him; but
how? By repenting of and forsaking
sin. "May be found." This Implies
that there will be a time when we can
not find Him. 7. "Wicked . . . un
righteous." The wicked man sins more
openly in "his way." The unrighteous
refers to the more subtle workings of
sin "In the thoughts." All are guilty
In the latter respect, though many
fancy themselves safe because not
openly wicked In their ways. "For
sake . . '. return." He who would find
God "must first forsake his sins. Yet
this Is not sufficient; he must actually
come to God. Repentance therefore
implies both the negative and the posi
tive duty. "Will have mercy." How
ever far away the sinner may have
gone yet when he returns with his
whole heart God will not reject him.
"Abundantly pardon." God's pardon
Is full nnd free. The margin renders It
"multiply to pardon."
III. Reasons for accepting the Invi
tation (vs. 8-13). 8. "My thoughts."
Jehovah's thoughts transcend those of
man as much as the heaven Is higher
thau the earth. The thoughts nnd
ways of Jehovah are His purposes of
redemption. Thus we have not only
a motive for repentance, but nlso for
eager, expectant hope.
9. "My ways higher," etc. This is
a natural aud beautiful Illustration of
the previous verse. Our fellow men
might not be willing to forgive, but
God Is always ready to pardon the true
penitent.
10. "Rain . . snow," etc. By quick
association of the Ideas mentioned in
verse I), there Is n comparison here
made. Itnln and snow fall from heaven
to water the eurth and so prepare It for
its annual growths to feed the bodies
of men and beasts. Just as God's word
falls from heaven to produce fruit of
righteousness among the millions of
Israel and of outlying peoples, nnd it
shall not be void, for every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God
Is bread (Dent. 8: 3). 11. "So," etc.
So every word thnt God utters shall be
made a blessing to man. The Gospel
promises and commandments nre all
Important and beneficial. "Not return
, . . void." It shall not return without
results. God's purposes shall be real
ized. The full accomplishment of this
verse and verses 12 and 13 Is to be at
the Jews' final restoration, and the con
version of the world. 12. "Go out
with Joy," etc. The words are used as
Illustrative of the people of God from
the Mosaic dispensation and brought
into Gospel privileges under the Christ.
They go forth bounding with Joy for
the conquest of the whole world for
Christ, and all nature the mountains,
the bills and the trees take on the
happy spirit of the church. Tho result
shall be the world's renewal. 13. "In
stead of the thorn," etc. Christ's work
in the world is to remove the useless
and the injurious, and to plant the good
and the helpful. Where the Gospel
goes sin must give way to holiness.
"For a name." That Is, "for a memorial
to His praise" (Jor. 13: 11).
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
t HERE Is no refuge
in retreating from
God.
God heeds the cry
of thOHe whe heed
Ills commands.
A head full of
fashion never made
a lifo full of forco.
Tho best pulpit
gown Is the robe of
righteousness.
When a man la
true to God he Is
never blue himself.
Thore Is no bettr proof of genius
than to he able to create gladness.
No man chooses to live with a' saloon
on one side of him and the Savior un
the other.
Every time a preacher asks tor a dl
count the world discounts the profe
slon of bis people.
Shreddod Bible makes poor food for
any meal.
The Master's yoke will be lure to
chafe a stiff neck.
SUNDAY, JULY 23.
Preparing for Our Heavenly Horns,
Phil. 3: 20, 21: Heb. 11:
8-10, 13-1.
The best way to prepare for heaven
Is to be In Heaven, to walk, and talk,
and act In heaven now.
If we would have bodies fashioned
after the divine body, we must not
allow the bodies to do anything that
Is not divine.
One of the chief Joys of the heaven
ly city is that it has foundations
everything In It is founded. Is per
manent. If you want the best description of
heaven that has been revealed to
men, think of the best country on
earth, and say of heaven, "It Is bet
ter still."
Suggestions.
There Is no better way to prepare
for your heavenly home than to
make your earthly home a heavenly
pluce. '
Christ has prepared our heavenly
home; we need only prepare for It.
The preparation needed for heaven
is the preparation of desire to want
the things that God wants, for those
things nre what we shall have there.
There would be no use sending the
unheavenly to heaven, for it would
be unheavenly to them.
Illustrations.
If you were going to France to
live forever, would you not, learn the
French language? Then learn the
language of heaven.
When one moves Into a new home,
there Is always the work of discard
ing old possessions: Why not begin
nt once to throw nway the things we
cannot take to heaven?
When we move into a new house,
what a fitting over of old carpets
there Is! But In heaven everything
Is new.
If you are removing to a new
place, how much more Joyous It Is If
you have friends there! Make friends
on earth of the heavenly-minded peo
ple. Quotations.
Some men talk about entering Into
rest, but whnt are they going to
rest from? A. .1. Gordon.
One should go to sleep at night as
homesick passengers do, saying,
"Perhaps In the morning we sha.ll see
the shore." Beecher.
Heaven's gates are not so highly
arched as princes' palaces; they that
enter there must go upon their knees.
Webster.
He who seldom thinks of heaven Is
not likely to get thither; as the only
way to hit the mark Is to keep the
eye fixed upon It. Bishop Home.
Every Endeavorer must have his
own conscience in prayerful exercise,
but the lookout committee is to help
him keep his conscience In working
order.
Whatever form of pledge your so
ciety adopts, the committee should
see to It that no one joins the so
ciety without an earnest determina
tion to live up to the pledge In letter
and In spirit.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JULY TWENTY-THIRD.
Preparing for Our Heavenly Home.-
Phil. 3. 20, 21 ; Heb. 11. 8-10, 13-16..
The universal Instinct Is for one
to better his condition. That ex
plains the successive migrations which
have populated the earth. The Old
Testament worthies felt thnt they
were "strangers and pilgrims" here,
that their home was In heaven. They
inherited a land of milk and honey,
yet felt that they were destined to
abide here only a brief time and then
go "home."
What is there In the heavenly land
which should cause these old heroes
to "desire it1'? Why should we, to
day, have a thought and care for that
heavenly home?
Because It Is a better country. We
live In an age when the temporal Is
exalted. The conditions of life are
often so happy and pleasant that we
are In danger of forgetting this great
fact. Heaven Is a better country than
this. It is the abode of satisfaction.
We are too big for this world. We
are never satisfied here, nor ought we
to be. We will be satisfied when we
awake In His likeness. It Is the asy
lum of fife. Death reigns here, but
not there. It Is the sent of rest.
Restless here, there we shftll have
eternal rest.
Now, our lesson represents a desire
for heaven an Index of character and
pleasing to God. Why? Surely all
men desire heaven. Yes, In a sense,
but not In the sense meant here.
What are the characteristics of a
true desire and preparation for heav
en? A desire for that which Is supreme
In heaven. This Is a holy character.
We are to desire heaven not for Its
rest, Its happiness, its pleasures; but
for Its holiness and purity. The ob
ject of desire Is always a touchstone
of character. Why do you desire
wealth, knowlodge, power? Tell me
why, and I will tell you your charac
ter. Why do you seek heaven? If a
true child of God It Is because there
you Will be like Jesus. A Godlike
character is the real object of the
Christian.
An Intense desire is necessary. Not
the man who has a lazy, lanquid wish
for heaven Is commended to God, but
the man who earnestly strives for It.
Onlv the man who really longs for
wealth, knowledge, or fame guts It.
Only the Christian who is ready to
sacrifice everything for heaven and
holiness secures these.
It must be also an unselfish desire.
Wa are to seek heaven not simply
to enjoy it, but to realize Its charac
ter. Not to sit down and be happy
only, but to be prepared for heavenly
service, la to be the thought of the
Christian. A preparation for heaven
Is to be had with the thought that
all eternity Is to be filled with ser
vice for God.
Mr. Jung's Rooeter.
William Jung of Liberty recently
purchased a rooster of dealers In thor
oughbred poultry. A few days after
Mr. Jung became the owner of tie
rooster he discovered an egg Jn the
coop where the fowl was confined, as
as it had no companions It must have
deposited the egg Itself. Mr. Jung saya
he la getting eggs right along. -Kingston
Dally Leader.
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THE WONDROUS CROSS.'
When I survey the wondrous cross.
On whirh the Prince of glory died.
My richest gain I count but lost,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Hnve in the death of Christ, my God;
All the vain things thnt charm me most
I aucritice them to II is blood.
Bee, from His head, His hands His feet,
Sorrow nnd love flow mingled down;
Dili e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Ilis dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o'er Ilis body on the tree;
Then I did dead to all the globe.
And all the globe is dead to me.
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
Thnt were a present fur too small;
Love so amasing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all
Clod and llumitn Progress.
This Is, Indeed, an nge of progress,
but let us give God the glory. Man
does not develop himself apart from
God nnd the knowledge of God. If
present progress In nny heathen land
bo traced to Its source. It will be found
that Christianity Is the moving cause.
There Is no such thing as developing
one's self apart from any outside lnflu
ence. Men speak of the wonderful Im
provement In the speed of fast horses.
The horse has not developed Its own
speed. 'Intelligent men have done It
for him. We are having larger straw
berries nnd finer apples to-dny than
ever before.. We have marvelous de
velopment In roses. But this is not
because strawberries, . left to them
selves, have seen fit to Increase their
size nnd Improve their flavor. It Is not
because the apples hnve encouraged
one another, to the end that all have
Improved. It is not because the roses
hnve formed n mutunl improvement
society. It Is because man. made in
the Image of God. has seen tit to exer
cise his wisdom and exert his Influence
upon animal and vegetable life round
about him.
And so. where man hlmsi If has been
developed. It Is because Cod has taken
hold upon him. Where there Is no
knowledge of God, or no true concep
tion of his character, there can he no
development of the best that Is in man,
except it be by contact with other
men who themselves have been In
touch with God. Infidels there nre,
and agnostics nnd men who nre with
out (Sod and without hope In the world,
wno are nevertheless gentle nnd re
fined and intelligent, but that Is be
cause they have been so blessed ns to
be permitted to live their lives anions
people who worship God.
Ihe knowledge of God Is necessarv
to human progress. James Russell
Lowell said years ago. "There nre not
ten spare miles of territory In this
world governed by Infidels." Only God
can lift us up. The result of ignoring
Him is always degeneration. He Is a
fool who snys In his heart that this
world could be better without Him.
Daly of Ihe Gliarch.
'Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale,
snys: Here Is the great vital wed
for the church: Not to make the
American people law-abiding and in
telligentthat it is already; not even
to make it kindly and courteous and
industrious these virtues we have, If
not in ideal measure, at uny rate suf
ficiently for many of the practical pur
poses of life; but to tight with nil its
heart nnd with all its soul that danger
ous spirit of seltlsh isolation which en
courages n man to take whatever the
law allows and most approves the man
Who has taken most.
To-day, as well ns two thousand
years ago, we have our Pharisees and
other scribes, who rest contend with
the law and what it brings. To-day,
also, as two thousand years ago, we
have our false prophets, who seeks to
remedy the errors of a kingdom cf the
world by another kingdom of the
world, whose powers shall simply bo
transferred from the hands of the con
servatives to those of the radicals. It
sometimes seems ns though all efforts
at reform were reducing themselves to
an endless struggle between those who,
having more money thnn votes, nre
anxious to hnve the rights of property
maintained by the courts nnd those
who, having more votes than money,
are anxious to have those rights Im
paired by the Legislature or trans
ferred to the bands of elected magis
trates. From no such blind struggle can any
true reform come. There must be a
sense, both on the part of the business
man and the politician, on the part of
those who have and on the part of
those who desire to have, that power
Is a trust nnd not n privilege; that life
is to be valued not for what it enables
us to get out of the people, but for
what It enables us to give to the po
jile in the way of service. This was
Christ message nineteen centuries
ago. This is the message of every
true prophet. Independent.
Ha a True Man.
Only man can help man. Money
without man can do little or nothing,
more likely less thau nothing. As
our Lord redeemed the world by being
a man, the true Sou of the true Fa
ther, so the only way for a man to help
men is to be a true man to this neigh
bor and that George Macbonuld.
A HeiiMtrnl Sentiment.
Nothing good bursts forth all at once.
The lightning may dart out of a black
cloud; but the clay sends his blight
heralds before hi in to prepare the
.world for bis coming. Hare.
The Test.
Somo will mortify themselves In
many things aud do almost everything
In religion but one. Unfortunately, Hint
on Is the test of their obedience and
tho very thlug required of tbein.
LWatchword.
Noble Tasks Kor HulTeiing.
JFor every suffering heart there l
at hand or can be found some noble
task into tho energy necessary for ihe
doing of which it can transmute the
energy for its grief aud pain. John
White CUa'dwlck.
The fever of fear ta often mistaken
for the fervor of faith.
There Is always a good reason for the
other fellow's troubles.
A Scripture quotation may be a sa
tanlo argument when chosen with a
sinful motive. i
The trouble with a small man's
knowledge Is that ho always think he
Is a monopolist. ,
Science may show us the survival of
the fittest, but Christ show us the sal
vation of the failures.
TOE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACT3 A30UT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.'
Stadent Drinking Onsloras Relle of
Hsrh.rlum Idlotle rest arcs of the
Gertnun Beer CommersCovrsest and
Most Swinish Conduct Knind.
Dr. Fore!, nt tho last meeting of the
International Temperance Society, de
livered a powerful address, entitled
"Drinking Customs nnd Their Itela
tlon to the Academic Youth."
He begins by classifying student
drinking customs with other relics of
barbarism, such as torture, cannibalism
and slavery. Ho then describes Pro
fessor Demme's experiments with a
large number of school children from
ten to fifteen years carried through
many months of both cold nnd warm
seasons, first without alcohol, then
with very moderate amounts of wine
(one-third of a glass of light wine for
the younger, one-half glass for the
older, mixed with water and taken at
dinner and supper). The constant re
sult wns that during the time they
drank the wine these children were
more sleepy, less attentive, less capa
ble, and rather more nervous than dur
ing the time of abstinence. Then
comes some brllllnnt scientific exposi
tion nnd a reference to the economic
waste caused by alcoholism. Thus
Germany spends every three years for
poison the milliards received from
Franco as wnr Indemnity, employs an
nually nrnble land for its manufacture
equal In extent to the kingdom of Sax
ony, aud sets apart from first to Inst
one-tenth of the male population for
the prosecution of tills seml-crlmlunl
Industry. Finally Professor Forel
says:
"The role which alcohol plays in stu
dent life Is unfortunately one of the
darkest features of the dark alcohol
history. In Germany, In Switzerland,
I in Austria and even in France, a
j great part of the intellectual power of
I the academic youth Is drowned in beer,
! wine or absinthe. The ridiculous com-
pulsion and Idiotic features of the Ger-
man beer cummers belong without
doubt to the most hateful growths of
I our civilized time. They constitute a
I Testimonium pnupertntis, nn InteUec
! tunl vapidity of such n character that
' the academic youth who ought to con-
stltute the Intellectual hope of the na
! tlon could hardly invent anything more
stupid.
I "They name these customs Fidotltaet
! Yes, a beautiful Fidelituet with it gab-
blings, its fightings, its vomitings, its
I after-headaches. In which the most
colossal silliness is considered genial
and the coarsest and most swinish con
duct Is excusrd.
"How attractive might student asso
ciations and gntherlngs without drink
be niado devoted to Ideal Interests
music associations, art clubs, dramatic
societies, athletic, belletrlstlc fellow
ships. We wish to see no head-lung-lng
ascetics, but lively, fresh, active
youths who can sing, ride, box de
voted to higher hygienic and ethical
alms, freed from tho wretched drink
customs In which everything noble is
stifled, parnylzed, corrupted, made raw
and vulgar.
"Alcohol which destroys, and degen
erates in the germ the generations com
iug after us is by far the worst enemy
of the future race. We must declare
ngalnst It a war of extermination and
not rest until we have definitely and
finally banished It to the chemical lab
oratory where it belongs with opium
nnd other poisons. For the attainment
of this end we need the help of the
more gifted spirits before all, of the
studying youth, who represent the in
tellectual capital of the future."
Tlia Cans AdTances.
Young men nre not so npt, ns they
were fifty years ngo, to weaken bod
ies and mluds by the use of liquor.
Brides are not so npt us they were to
celebrate their wedding so that one
In ten of the woung gentlemen who
meet at the wedding party shall be the
worse for coming. Public dinners do
not end in rewls which the public press
cannot report. Railroad companies,
though their directors all say they are
not prohibitionists. Insist upon it that
there shall be no liquor sold at their
stations, and that the men who drive
their engines shall all be total abstain
ers. No lobby in Washington is strong
enough to reduce the stiff excise which
wo place on the manufacture of spir'ts.
No habitual drunkard could be elected
to anv lrnno-ant nubile office. The
Salvation Army, if nobody oise, attends
to the rescue work; and many a poor
dog has been lifted out of the gutter,
aud is now living to the glory of God
and the happiness of his own home
who thanks the Salvation Army for
what they have dono In such on eater
prise. Every now and then you reat'. of
a spirited fellow who has refused c.
fabulous rent for his corner stor? be
cause ho will not have it lined for a
liquor saloon. All these? txvi oijens of
good.
We peoplo In Boston nv.ist live !n
the hone that the "cause," without n
lender and without partisanship, will
so work its way that the distribution
of political favors and tho establish
ment of local government r.iny not bo
ns largely ns it is iu the hunis of thos?
who sell liquor over the ?ot:nter, who
change good grain Into had hcr cr
worse whisky. F.dwurJ. E. llalc, in
the Christian Itcgister.
Do-n With College Drink.
At a recent meeting of the Executive
Committee of the General Alu'iini As
sociation of the University of Virginia,
President Alderman expressed himself
as unalterably opposed to wine being
served at' the annual alumni luncheon,
held during final week, or at any other
official function held hereafter on the
university grounds.
Tmpeaoea Notas
Iowa tries sending its persistent
drunkards to insane asylums a loiclcal
procedure and reported of some effect.
During the last thirty years there
died In Kurope alone of alcoholism a
total of 7,BOO,0(X people. That Is more
people than were killed in the wars of
the nineteenth century.
Tho Rev. Walter R. Davenport, of
Barre, Yt., has accepted the position of
field secretary of the Vermont Antl
Saloon League. A part of his duties
.will be editing the Vermont Issue.
What the drunkard needs more thnn
anything else outside of his own per
sonality is the presence and Influence
of a friend.
Alcohol, as thenewphyslology proves,
lias only one effect on the brain, and
that is a paralyzing one. It should be
hated and driven out as a common en
emy. Just as the various infectious dis
eases 'are.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has doue a wise thing in entering court
to remonstrate against granting liquor
licenses at certain places where It ha
a large number of employes. It knows
V. large UUIUUir Ul kiuihuj v ww m
the superior worth ot sober workman.
VltUbuxj ji'bruuaa Aavocaw.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
R. G. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Rvwr
of Trade" say: "In wholesale nd job
bing circles an unusually brisk duplicate
order business testifies to the fretdom
from accumulated stocks on the shelve
of interior dealers, where there is ao
abatement of confidence in the future.
"Structural steel and all form of rail
way equipment are the prominent fea
tures of the iron industry, but quiet con
ditions prevail at coke ovens and pi
iron furnaces.
"Widely varying reports are received
regarding the crop situation, prices ris
ing higher than would be the case if
manipulation were less vigorous, and ca
pons are adversely affected.
"Inventories show a good volume? ot
business for the first six months ol the
year, and still greater anxiety is ex
pected in the last half.
"Railway earnings in June were A5
per cent, larger than last year's, but for
eign commerce at this port lor the bisf
week shows a loss nf $4167 in export
and a decrease of $488,758 in imports,
as compared with 1904.
"Uncertainty in the markets for cot
ton goods has resulted from the rise in
the nw material, and it is almost im
possible to negotiate for future delivery.
"Failures this week in the Unit!
States are 160, against 249 last wetk,
195 the preceding week and 206 the cor
responding week last year."
"Bradstrcet'l says: "Wheat, includ
ing flour, exports for the week are t,
050,644 bushels, against 756,641 last
week, 878,910 this week last year, 2,380.
4to in 1903, and 4.404,115 in 190a. Corn ,
exports fur the week arc 932,225 buh
els, againn 1,266,364 last week, 613,124
a year ago, 1,525,084 In 1903, and 185,
Cjl in 1002."
wholesale" markets.
Baltimore. FLOUR Steady and un
changed; Teceipti, 3,m barrels; ex
ports, 291 barrels.
WHEAT rirmer. Spot contract,
oo!S; No. a red Western, July, 87V;
August, Ob'i ; September, 87 ; tamer
No. 2 red, 8iKj(8i; receipts, 39,74'
bushels ; Southern, by lample, new, 70h
90; Southern, on grade, new, ii'i'dso-
CORN Firmer. Spot, 6iKifgi;
July, 62I'62,Vj ; steamer mixed, 59(1
59J4; receipts, 12,103 bushels; Southern
white com, 58.fl.oiVi; Southern yellow
corn, 601.65.
OATS Firmer. No. a red white,
38 sales ; No. 2 mixed, 36V1 sale ; re
ceipts, 8,049 bushels.
RYE Steady. No. a Western, op
town, 84 'a 85.
HAY Steady and unchanged.
BUTTER Firm and unchanged.
Fancy imitation, 17l8; fancy cream
ery, 2lto2t!-i; fancy ladle, lOCdiiT, store
packed, 14115.
EOGS Firm, 17.
C H E E S E Firm and unchanged.
Large, 104 ; medium, loj4; small, 104.
S U G A R Steady and unchanged.
Coarse granulated, 5-55: 5-55-
New York. WHEAT No. a red,
t.06 asked elevator; No. a red, 1.0754
isked f. o. b. afloat; No. I Northern
Duluth, I.i9'i f. o. b. float; No. I hard
Manitoba, 1. 12 f. o. b. afloat
CORN Spot, firm; No. a, 63'! ele
vator and 63.'4 f. o. b. afloat ; No. a yel
low, 6-,; No. 2 white, 63. Option mar
ket was strong and higher, with the
West, and on a light interior movement,
closing V,z above Thursday. July, faV
(063, closed 624; September, biViii.
62'A, closed 62f4 ; December closed 58.
OATS Spot, steady; mixed, 26(232
pounds, 3j'i(? ifyi ; natural white, 30
3J pounds, "3738 ; clipped white,
35'n'40 pounds, 3141.
New York. FLOUR Receipts, 18,
763 barrels; exports, 2,661 barrel; quiet,
but steady.
POULTRY' Akive, irregular; West
ern spring chickens, I920; fowls, 13;
turkeys, l3'j. Dressed, irregular; West
ern broilers, iBCasi; fowls, 12J-I; tur
keys, I .Veil 7.
CUT V ON SEED OIL Easy; prime
yellow, jHii2S.
SUGAR Raw, unsettled; fair refin
ing, 3Vi centrifugal, 96 test, 4; mo
lasses sugar, 3 '4 I refined, quiet.
POTATOES Quiet; Southern, 8oS
I.25 ; Jersey sweets, I.oo2.25.
PEANUTS Weak; fancy hand-picked,
s!4: other domestic, 3'AS.syi-
CABBAGES Weak ; Southern, per
barrel, 50175.
Urs Slock,
Chicago. CATTLE Good to prime
steers, 5.5016.15; poor to medium, 3.6a
57o;. stockers and feeders, 2.5034.30;
cows, 2.8cii4.;o; heifers, a.5o5i5-00; can
ners, 1.5012.80; bulls a.oo4.oo; calve,
3.00 (16.75 T Texas-fed tecrs, 4-35?5-S-
HOGS Market 5c higher; mixed an!
butchers' 54O'y5 70; good to choice
heavy, 5.505.70; rough heavy,, 5-lo(S
5.40; light, 5.45ry.57o; bulk of sale, 5-53
SHEEP Sheep, steady; lambs, weak;
good 10 choice wethers, shorn, 4-7533
5.50; fair to choice mixed, shorn, 3 s
(U5.10; native lambs, shorn, 4.503.oo.
MLCtl IN LITTLE.
Lieut. Thomas Casey Callaghen, chief
scout of the Mikado's army in Manchur
ia, is a Canadian lieutenant who won hi
title in the Boer War.
The Belgian Parliament ha passed a
bill ordering seats to be placed at the
disposal of shopgirls when thry are ti
eniged during business hours.
The output of lace tulle from 65 fac
tories, having 2,200 machines and em
ploying 30,000 hands, at Calais, France,
amounted to $16,000,000 in 1904, of which,
nearly $5,000,000 worth went to the
United State,
Berlin has erected a huge building re
sembling a factory, where the unem
ployedwhole families are received an!
provided for. But no one must take
advantage of this hospitaliy more than
five times in three month.
The Zuni Indians will not eat bread
that has not been crushed and ground
up by stone implement, i hey say tnaf
the grain by itself denote goodness and
the stone means truth, so that it u
by a meeting of the two that the fullest
benefit comes.
There are about 25,000 persons em
ployed in the watch facttrie of Switzer
land, not including several inouaana
gaged in the "house industry." Th
I'lv-te
are 627 factories, 218 of which manu
facture complete watches, hands, spring-,
jewels, etc.
Owner of automobiles unprovided
with drip pan are being arrested ia
Washington, D. C, on the ground that
the oils dropped on the asphalt have a
deleterious effect. The automobiKata
have pointed out that the street car com
panies have long been notoriou offend
er in this respect.
The first turner societies in thhe United
State were founded in Philadelphia and
Cincinnati, in 1848, and hortly after the
New York Tiirnvercin had it start in
Hobpkcn. ay Ralph D. line, i Oafc
ing. Two year later 10 societies -
flourishing, and these were lonrr U 1
1 iruiisiima, '"
J national turner union.