: SUNDAY SERMON 3
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2 A Scholarly Dltoouri Br 2
Kv. CharUa G. Araoa.
Boston, Maui. The following helpful
ernion win delivered Sunday by the
Kev. Charles O. Ames. It is entitled
"The Glory of Simple Rectitude." and
ai preached from the text, "Blessed
are they that hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they sbnll be filled."
Matt. v. 6.
"Blessed are they that hunger and
thirst after righteousness, for they
ahall be filled." The man -who aaya
that haa a claim on the reverent and
jrrateful attention of all mankind. lie
gives voice to the universal reason
and conscience; he Inspires the highest
and holiest hope. Heaven and earth
may pass away, but the words that
give life are themselves Immortal.
Like the utterances of the sibyl they
are "simple, unadorned, nnperfuraed,
and reaching through the ages, because
of God."
Here li one sign of truth. It affects
us like a part of the permanent order
of things: it la all of one stuff with
the word and with our own proper
nature. It haa the ring of reality.
Like sunlight It carries Its own evi
dence; and- to the sane mind It rec
ommends itself ns sunlight does to the
healthy eye; but It Is concealed from
our grossncss by Its own simplicity
anil transparency. Who rcnlizes this
splendid miracle of the common day?
In the same way we have become too
familiar with some of the most ob
vious and Important aspects of spirit
ual truth. These Beatitudes of Jesus
may seem to be worn smooth. We have
heard them from our intimacy: their
force and beauty appeal to unrespond
ing hearts.
If we could have stood, one day long
ago, among the Syrian peasants, on the
slope of a hill In Galilee, and listened
to these sayings as they fell fresh and
clear cut as newly minted gold from
the living Hps of the new prophet,
perhaps we, too, should have been
"astonlxhed at the doctrine," we should
have "wondered at the gracious words
that proceeded out of Hla mouth."
Did It not seem as If Nature herself
had at last found a voice, and as if
that voice were speaking straight to
her children, saying clearly and cheer
ily, yet soberly and solemnly, what ail
men vaguely think or feci, but can
rarely put Inlo words?
Yet these Beatitudes are remarkable
for what they do not say. The sen
tences of Jesus seldom run In the
grooves of old commonplace. He does
not sit there, like the scribe of the
synagogue, complacently reciting, In
tones that make men sleepy, the vir
tues nnd piety of a dead ancestry,
as If it were enough to have Abraham
for a father and Moses for a law
giver. He pronounces no blessing on
religious respectability, decorous con
formity, doctrinal soundness, loyalty to
the stnndnrd, fidelity to the traditions,
or even diligence to the routine of ob
servance and devotion. Any priest In
the audience must have felt that n
slight was pnt upon his great office, as
If the speaker had forgotten to do it
honor. The temple, the altar, and the
sacred books arc all mentioned with
respect, yet they somehow fall Into
the background. Humanity is brought
directly fronting Divinity, ns if the
pure heart might see God and the Im
pure might know the cause of their
blindness.
Many a man In that company must
have hung his hend as the rebuke
came home to htm. Oomplncent world
lings, men proud of their estates or
their learning doubtless stood there,
expecting that He would confirm the
world's vulgar Judgment which says,
"Blessed are the prosperous, the popu
lar, the cultivated and the comfort
able." But no. The lips that opened
In blessing mnde them shrink ns If He
had uttered a curse. Every world fell
like a blow on their idols. The vir
tues which had strutted so proudly
before God and man began to unmask
as ugly vices as He went on to say:
"Blessed are the men of humble mind,
the men of good will, the merciful, the
pure In heart. Yea, blessed are they
who hunger and thirst for righteous
ness, so that for the sake of being
right they dare anil bear all losses
and pains, and willingly let their
names be east out ns evil."
No comfort here for the self-righteous,
the self-satlsflpd, the self-willed
the self-seeking. But scattered through
the company were men nnd women
who felt their emptiness nnd poverty
vho took no credit for their ancestry'
their accomplishments or their soclni
standing, who hnrdly dared so much as
to lift up their eyes to heaven. Yet, as
they listened, all the world above,
around, within, seemed to chnnge
The awful Jehovah, whom thev Dad
thought of as throned afar in threat
ening majesty, seemed a smiling
Father who wished His children to be
near Him and to be as perfect as Him
self. They drew in deeper draughts
of the country air; their very emptiness
seemed to mnko so much more room
for God and goodness. Their cry of
Inward need changed into childlike
trust.
Here was indeed a messenger of
good tidings. Here was a doctrine
as worthy, of man as it was worthy of
God. And does not all the best
thought of our own time still travel
this way? Has the wearv search of
mankind through the ages found any
thing better than a righteousness
which is rooted in sonshlp to the
highest, and which blossoms into ser
vice to the lowest? Has not our clear
est conception of the divine ever been
an expansion and idealization of the
best qualities of the human? The one
fact which we most certainly know
Is our own existence; and that fact, if
we look deep enough aud honestly
enough, we shall find the revelation
and witness of God. For, when a man
has rightly reverenced the decrees of
conscience, he has heard the Voice;
i h i. really made acqualnta
" ,lu uwu nature, ne nas seen
the
There are times when I feel entirely
"aur" u uiis inward proof i
realities There are high momen
when there is need of no other e
dence of God than the fact that I a
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carries with it convlctinn
footstep
assur-
ance. Along with this feeling com
always the perception that goodness
is
what I am made for. Not even a voice
ui or tne sky could tell me
Plainly that the Holy Being wills
more
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with
rniirooi comes tue encourag
and alomr with hn im fifrtat film
agement.
right-
eousuess comes the promlso that
hunger shall h aatuanH
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To suppose the Creator Indifferent
: to
m moral cuaracter and welfare of
' His
crpuiurrs is essential atheism;
If not Indifferent Ha m.t i.o....
but,
vided all needed' helps to virtue,
must hava frivan IK- .
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to And the right way and strength
to
inni war Hilt vn If
were Indifferent, we cannot affordto
be so; for our highest Interest Is to be
found In seeking the completeness of
our own being in and the harmony or
Tightness of our relations with all other
beings and with the laws and forces
of the universe In which we find onr
place. Everything worth having or
worth desiring la Involved in charac
ter. In being simply and soundly right.
The world comes right when the man
comes right. What It Is to each one
of ns depends on what we are and how
we take It. We make our own hells,
we can make our own heavens.
"When the soul to sin hath died,
True and beautiful and sound
Then all earth is sanctified.
Upsprlngs paradise around."
A rough-cast man rose In a country
meeting-house to tell bis experience:
"It was In the north country, when
the snow lay deep on the ground, that
the Lord God found out Jonathan
Hinckley and converted his soul. And
the leafless trees gave praise to God."
Is there one among us who might not
report to himself something like this
happy convert's atory? Who has not
at some time felt sure of his place in
the great order, and seen all the world
irradiated with a light which really
shone from within the mind?
If a man has lost his faith In God
and still holds fast his own integrity,
well for the man. But, in this very
concern to be true to the highest lnw
he knows, he is unconsciously a wor
shiper. Blessed is the man who hun
gers and thirsts for righteousness, for
already he holds in his soul the richest
of all treasures. We who believe In
God need not be seriously troubled
about the fate or state of honet non
believers, for we may count their very
honesty as a sign of the real presence
nnd the finest Inspiration.
Once accept the principle of duty,
nnd all life becomes an honorable dis
cipline and a steady advance. There
is no higher rank on earth or in heaven
than the rank of personal goodness;
and he who loves It, seeks it, and
practices it for its own sake Is surely
moving, however slowly, toward the
perfect life.
Here also is the. cure, and the only
cure, for our restlessness mid self
dlssatisfaction. "No man can serve
two masters." But he who falls
heartily In love with virtue is no
longer distracted by a divided allegi
ance. He has nothing else to do but
to occupy himself with learning nnd
doing what is right and reasonable.
Having settled the central principle
and lending purpose of his life, every
step onward and upward makes the
next easier; and the law of habit con
tinually operates to confirm this deep
hearted choice. He Is no longer driven
by the lnsh of conscience; he is no
more a servant, but a son, and tho
Father's house Is his hnppy homo.
Here too is the secret of victory
over our trials and depressions. When
slinll we half realize the grandeur nnd
glory of simple, rectitude Let mo
again repeat a tale of real life. Years
ago, and far away, I knew a woman
of most fine and excellent qualities
whose deeply shadowed life was like
a long crucifixion and martyrdom. In
one of her letters she said, "My yonth
is gone, my hope is dead, nnd my heart
is heavy; but I neglect no duty." In
reply I sand: "If you could ask Ood
for Just one blessing, nnd could be
sure of that one nnd never of another,
would you dare pray that your youth
might come back, or that your earthly
hopes might bo renewed? Would you
not ask for a living principle within
yourself that would make you neglect
no duty? And can you not see that.
In giving you the love of righteousness,
He hns really given you the best thing
in all the universe?" In her next let
ter she wrote that this view of the
matter was new to her own mind, but
that she accepted it as true, and found
In it strength to take up her burden
a burden carried, as I believe, with
patience, courage, and constancy to
the end, which was not far away.
There is one thing more to be said.
Ho who really loves righteousness can
not love It for himself alone: he hun
gers for Its trlnmph over all the earth;
he longs for the banishment of every
wrong. Hence his zeal for Justice is
sweetened with good will to men, so
that righteousness becomes one form
of benevolence. The right is always
the good. Hence the ethical passion
kindled from the heart of Jesus hns
flamed out in nbhorrence of wrong,
and evil, nnd has lent support and
vigor to every movement for reform
and welfare. "It is a spurious: virtue
that can contentedly see vice thriving
by its side." The gospel is no gospel
if it does not turn the hearts of men
toward each other as well as toward
God. It is no gospel if It does not unite
all believers In wise, well-considered,
nnd earnest movements for the cleans
ing of the world and the better order
ing of all human life. Righteousness
is Tightness. To hunger and thirst for
righteousness therefore is all one with
the prayer that God's kingdom may
come, and that His will may be done
on earth as it Is in heaven.
"Nerer lUfuaad Ood Anything."
Florence Nightingale said: "If I
could give you information of my life,
It would be to show how a woman of
very ordinary ability has been led by
God in strango and unaccustomed
paths to do In Ills service what He
has done In her. And If I could tell
you all, you would see how God has
done all, and I notiilng. I have worked
hard, very hard, that is all; and I have
never refused God auythiug."
Do Mot Ualay.
To-day Is a good time to mend your
life where It has need of it. Take the
step Into your Father's service. Do it
In genuine honesty and faith. Don't
quibble with your doubts. Don't mis
trust yourself. Don't forget that Jesus
Is looking on. Don't wait any longer.
The door Is open. You can enter. You
can do It uow. To-morrow may be too
late. Rev. L Meuch Chambers,
INE CROWN FOR STATUE,
Gift of Royalty and Aristocracy of
Spain.
The 30,000 crown presented . by
the Queen-mother and the ladles ol
the Marld aristocracy has been
solemnly placed on the head of the
Image of the Virgin of the Pillar in
the CathedraJ of Saragossa. Festivo
masses were said at twenty-two dif
ferent altars, and the ceremonies
lasted without Intermission for seven
teen hours. The fact of the corona
tion, which was carried out with great
solemnity by the Archbishop of Sara
gossa, was Immediately followed by
salvos of artillery from the fort and
the simultaneous playing of the Royal
march by the military band. At the
conclusion of the festivities the Jota,
the famous Spanish national dance,
was performed In the market-place.
When Japanese Boys Art Namsd.
I i Japan every boy up to the age
of 13 is known In his own family by
a child-name ("Osana-na"), which ha
then exchanges for the appellation Xm
be borne through life.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 6.
SnhjMti Joalah't Good stolen, II. Chrnn.
iiiIt., 1-13 Oolilen fait, Ecel. sit.,
Im .Memory Vrnai, 13 Commentary
on tho Day's Umoo,
I. Joslah's character (vs. 1, 2). 1.
"Joslah." The fifteenth king of Juduh
(not counting Atlinlinh, the usurper),
son of Amon and Jedldah. He was
married at the age of thirteen to Ze
budah. 2. "Did right." He grew up
into a noble life In spite of the worst
influences of an Immoral and Idola
trous court and the example of an Idol
atrous father. "In the sight," etc. He
was right not only outwardly before
men, but In bis heart before God.
"Ways of David." The character of
David was the Btnndard by which the
sacred historians were in the habit of
trying bis successors (1 Kings 11: 4; 2
Kings 14: 3; 18: 3; 2 Chron. 28: 1; 21):
2). Dnvid was regarded as the model
king (1 King 11: 8; 13: 6). "The ways
of David," which are here particularly
referred to were those into which he
was led by his religious character and
zenl. "His father." His ancestor.
"Turued not aside" (R. V.) This
phrast Implies an umleviating obe
dience to all the commandments.
II. Idolatrous Images destroyed (vs.
3-7l.
3. "Eighth year." When he was
sixteen years old. "Began to seek."
It la quite wonderful to see this young
man in tho midst of the temptations of
an idolatrous and corrupt court, begin,
at the first dawning of his manhood,
to serve the Lord with all his heart
Those dwelling under unfavorable In
fluences should take courage. "Began
to purge." The condition of things in
.Tudah nnd Jerusalem at the time of
Joslah's conversion was most deplor
able. For nearly seventy years Idol
atry had prevailed. In the twelfth
year of his rolgn, nnd the twentieth
year of his age, Joslah set out In ear
nest to destroy the Idolatry of his king
dom. In 2 Kings 22: 3 tho date given
is the eighteenth year of his reign.
"High places." It was the practice of
the heathen to erect altars for their
idolatrous worship on the tops of hills
or mountains, supposing they were
nearer heaven. "Grooves." "The Ash
erim." 4. "They brake down," etc. The
temple wus cleansed of Idols, the mol
ten Images, Idol altars and Asherlm
were ground to powder and their dust
sprinkled on the graves of their wor
Bhlpers In the king's presence. 5.
"Burnt the bones." This was predict
ed of Joslah more than "H years be
fore this time (1 Kings 13: 1. 2i. The
Iioncs of the idolatrous priests, with
the one exception of the propJiet of
Bethel (see 1 Kings 13: 1, 30; 2 Kings
23: 15-18), were disentombed and
burned upon their own altnrs.
0. "In the cities," etc. The northern
kingdom was now under the Assyrian
government, but the remnant of Israel
maintained close relntions with .Tudah
and looked to them as their natural
protectors. Josiuli used his Influence
and what power he had in removing
the idols from tho land of Israel. The
Assyrians probably did not trouble
themselves about his religious proceed
ings. Assur-bani-pnl, King of Assyria,
left his kingdom In such a disturbed
state that his hold on Palestine re
laxed, and thus opportunity was given
to Josinh for his reforms. "With their
mattocks:" "In their ruins." R. V.
Joslah overthrew idolatry In tho cities
named, which were many of them in
ruins.
III. The temple repaired (vs. 8-13).
8. "Eighteenth year." When he was
twenty-six years old. This was the
year in which the great work begun
six years before was carried fully out.
"Purged." The purging of the temple
had prouably been the first work. From
purging ho proceeded to repairs, and
these had evidently been carried on
for some considerable time before this
particular occasion. "Shnphan."
Called scribe in 2 Kings 22: 3. "Mna
selah." Not elsewhere mentioned.
"Recorder." An officer of high rank in
the Jewish state, exercising the func
tions not simply of nn annalist, or
maker of records, but of chancellor or
president of the privy council, nis
title hns reference to his office as ad
viser of the king. "Repair the house."
The first work was to clear away the
Impediments and purge out the evils
that had gathered in nnd about the
house of the Lord. 0. "Hllklah." Son
of Shnllum and grandson of Zadok (1
Chron. 0: 12. 13). "Delivered the
money." The temple had not been re
paired since the time of Jonsh, 200 or
more years before this, and it was no
doubt In a bad condition. The arrange
ment for receiving money appears to
have been the snme as that adopted by
Joash (2 Kings 12: 9-12), when a chest
was placed In the temple Into which
tho people put their offerings. "Le
vites had gathered." The money was
collected, not merely at the temple, but
also by collectors who visited all parts
of .Tudah and Israel for the purpose of
soliciting contributions. This work ap
pears to have been done well and thor
oughly. 10. The money wns placed in
the bands of the overseers and they
paid it to the workmen.
11. "To floor the houses." "To make
beams for the bouses." K. V. By "the
houses" we are to understand the
houses and chambers of the priests in
the temple and Its courts.
13. In tfcls verse we are told "of the
Levites there were scribes, and offi
cers, and porter." Here we have come
to a new order of things. An order of
scribes, forming a distinct division of
the Levi t lea I body, has been instituted.
When Hezi'klnh employed men to copy
the uncollected proverbs of Solomon
H'rov. 23: 1). a class of scribes must
have been Instituted. It Is probably to
the rise of this clnss that we are In
debted for the preservation of so many
prophecies of Uezeklali'8 time.
Latest Physical Culture Fad.
Recently an Americaa visitor in
London complained In the press that
English people blew their noses with
singular freedom In restraurants and
Jther public places. . Thereupon one
f the newspapers said: "The Ameri
can visitor who la astonished at the
Englishman's performance with the
pocket handkerchief Is evidently un
aware that this very performance Is
the latest thing In physical culture.
Adenoids, the fashionable malady of
the twentieth century nursery. Is now
aid by many experts' to be largely
caused by Insufficient blowing of the
baby nose, and nose blowing forms
class exercise In most , enlightened
systems of drill. That American visit
or should attend one of Frauletn
Wllke's classes at the Southwestern
Polytechnic, Chelsea, to see the 'trom
bone blast' being done ts elegantly M
It can be done. He would be greatly
edlfled by the spectacle of thirty or
forty ladies In gymnastlo costume all
blowing their nodes at the word of
command."
SUNDAY, AUGUST SIXTH.
First Fruits for God.Lev.23: 9-14 J
Oeut. 16: 8-12. (Consecration
Meeting.)
Ood wants us to give Him some
thing that has cost us something, the
result of our planting and reaping;
and what we give God must be with
out blemish, and there is no blemish
so great as self-seeking.
t.et our gifts keep paco with our
blessings, and it will do no harm If
they even exceed them.
All gifts to God are to be offered
with Joy; Indeed, the Joy is Itself a
gift.
Ood la always giving us His first
and beat; should we not do as much
for Him?
We are not to give with this In
view, but It is a fact that gifts to
Cod always recaive many fold in re
turn. Illustrations.
How eager Is a child to bring his
first, achievement to father and
mother! Let us keep the child heart.
The farmer expends only about five
per cnt. of the nctmil power used
in growing his crops. The rest la
power exerted by the sun and the
rain.
When you are using borrowed capi
tal, tho returns are not yours until
you have paid the Interest on your
debt.
When a workman haa made wares
nil day, and his employer come3 at
night, he wants his employer to take
the best of the lot as a sample of his
work.
Questions. ,
What per cent of your earnings are
you devoting to Christian work?
Will God continue to bless you un
less you use His blosslngs in the best
way?
Training Givers.
Every consecration meeting should
be closed with a collection.
The best way to raise money is by
the plan of pledges, each Endeavorer
being given a slip of paper with a list
of Bums from one cent a month up.
He will check the sum he is willing
to pay each month, and will then be
given twelve little envelopes, In which
to place his contribution, the en
velopes bearing his number so that
the record can bo kept by the trcu-
EP1HTH LEAGUE LESSONS
8UNDAY, AUGUST SIXTH.
The First Fruits for God. Lev. 23.
9-14; Deut. 1G. 9-12.
Our lessons are from the old Jewish
law, and the special section we study
is that which refers to the offering
of the first fruits to God. The sheaf
was only a representative of the first
fruits of every kind. The pious He
brew could not relish anything that
he had not shared with the Lord.
The Lord's portion must first be offer
ed, then tho rest might be enjoyed.
How this rebukes the offerings pro
feslng Christians often make! The
second selection is an account of the
institution of the Feast of Taber
nacles, the great harvest festival of
the year. It was at this feast that
Jesus stood and cried, "If any man
thirst, let him come to me and drink."
The real test of a Christian Ilfo
Is the attitude we assume toward
God. If that attitude be one of re
luctant service, of compulsion In do
ing and giving; if we put our own in
terests paramount to any other, how
can we profess to serve God at all?
If, on the other hand, we put Christ
and the church first, and let self
interest be a secondary consideration
do we not place ourselves on the aamo
piano as the Jew was put by the
Lord In our lesson? That the Jew be
came a tlmoserver and a formalist Is
no reason why we may not see tho
justice and beauty of the original law
In its intent and design. The spirit
of this law haa passed over to the
Christian law of consecration, and
rests upon us to-day.
We are greatly tempted In this aga
of worUlllneas and prosperity to put
our pleasures, our Interests first. We
catch the spirit of gain and competi
tion and forget to bring the first rruita
of every toll to God. Instead, we
compromise by giving a spare margin
of the left-over portions, If Indeed
wo do not sometimes forget to give
anything at all. We not only full to
"tithe" our money, our time, and
our possessions, but we fall to give
any systematic proportion to him.
We Bee the cause of Ood suffer and
need help, while we have been rob
bing God of our offerings. Not only
do we thus aln against him, but we
miss all the Joy and delight of shar
ing our harvests and our gains with
our Master.
If the choice must, be made be
tween pleasure and the Interests of
the church, choose God's Interests.
If sacrifice is demanded to choose
Christ, make the sacrifice and choose
him. Put God first in the choices of
your life.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
HE fight In the
church is the devil's
feaat.
Often the most
conceited expression
is found at the foot
of the class.
Every true friend
is a gift from the
best Friend.
When sorrow casts
f sOs. lU shadow look for
1 It takes more
than ginger to make tbo Gospel go.
It Is a sad day when Juda makes you
forget Jesus.
It Is often easier to be respectable
than it is to be right.
In the language of a life Jesus shows
us what God Is like.
A rleh church often meant the pov
erty of the Kingdom.
It Is the yielding and not the tempta
tion that makes the sin.
There Is no com in nolo n with God
without sympathy with man. -
Men who live by their wits die ot
their tricks.
The only way to pray always la to
pray all over.
There are few things less secur than
Securities
L''iri MSB?
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.'
What Homo Footilo day Ktrtlnmd to an
Abtanllty If Alcohol aim mronath
Why lo Athlnto Abstain VThllo la
Training T Upiwts Body attd Mind.
Some say alcohol gives strength. If
so. why do athletes abstain while
training for a race or other contests
requiring special strength?
Home say alcohol gives endurance.
If so, why do great employers of labor
cut off the supply of drink when work
of an especially arduous nature Is re
quired? Home say alcohol sustains the health.
If so, why do Insurance companies
take total abstainers at a lower pre
mium or give them larger bonuses
than others?
Home say that alcohol Is good as a
stimulant for brain workers. If this
is a fact, then all physiologists aro
wrong, as they unanimously agree that
the smallest quantity of alcohol upsets
the balance of the mind, and Dr. Shep
pard, of Iondon. and many other au
thorities state that about forty per
cent, of the cases of Insanity are
caused by Its use.
Home say It Is dangerous to give up
the use of alcohol suddenly. If so,
why do prisoners, all of whom are
obliged to abstain suddenly when com
mitted to Jail, Improve In health?
Home say why did God mnko such
things if they wore not to he used?
God never made alcohol. It Is not
found anywhere in nature, but is a poi
son manufactured from rotten and de
cayed vegetable matter.
Home say our Lord made wine, and
therefore It must be good, nnd must
be meant for use. No doubt all total
abstainers would be prepared to drink
wine- as our Lord made It, from pure
water. It Is wine made from ferment
ed grapes and putrifled grain which
contains the deadly poison called alco
hol, to which they object.
Home say a little alcohol Is a good
thing to take when weak nnd fagged.
As alcohol contains no food property
whatever Is not this absolutely n wrong
conclusion? I; only acts ns a whip to
the tired horse, which draws out a lit
tle more of its exhausted strength, but
puts nothing in Its place. A glass of
warm milk will givo the same feeling
of relief, and at the same time make
the body and mind stronger.
The liquor traffic is n destroying
monster, which only continues to live
because It Is fed by tho moderate
drinkers. Thousands of drunkards
perish every year, nnd the ghastly
army is daily recruited from the ranks
of the moderate drinkers.
Count up your friends who were
once moderate drinkers, but have been
ruined by strong drink. Think of the
danger of your loved ones, nnd remem
ber that their safety may depend upon
your example.
It takes courage and unselfishness to
abstain, but face the facts and ask
yourself
What is my duty?
Twenty Keaon For Opposing the Saloon
1. It never builds up manhood, but
tears it down.
2. It never beautifies the home, but
often wrecks it. .
3. It never increases one's useful
ness, but often lessens it.
4. It never allays the passions, but
inflames them.
5. It never stills tho tongue of slan
der, but loosens It. .
(J. It never promotes purity of
thought, but poisons it.
7. It never empties almshouses nnd
prisons, but fills them.
8. It never protects the ballot box,
but defiles it.
1). It never makes happy families,
but miserable ones.
10. It never prompts to right doing
in anything, but to wrong.
11. It never prepares one for heaven,
but for hell.
12. It never diminishes taxes (with
all its revenue), but increases them.
13. It never renders the Habbath
quiet, but desecrates It.
14. It never protects our property
nor personal safety, but endangers
them.
15. It never helps one to get n good
Insurance iiolicy on his Ilfo, but mill
tabs against it.
1U. It never creates ambition and
thrift, but Invites laziness, profligacy,
poverty, Idleness und crime.
17. It never builds up the church,
but peoples the station houses, prisons
and chiiin sangs.
IS. It never refines character nor
promotes Christian grace, but is a de
stroyer of the soul.
10. It never teaches honesty and up
rightness, but invites the incendiary
to upply the midnight torch.
20. It never protects a man, but robs
him of bis money, his family happi
ness, lils good name, his hopes nnd all
endearments of life. American Issue.
I All This SoT
Thero is but one sure cure for the
drinking disease or habit, and that Is
the simplest of all. Tho cure constats
In eating fruits. That will euro the
worst case of Inebriety that ever in
flicted a person. It will entirely de
stroy the taste for lntoxlcnutt and will
make the drunkard return to the
thoughts and tastes of his childhood,
when he loved the luxuries nature bad
provided for him and wbeu his appe
tite bad not becomo contaminated by
false, cultivated tastes and attendant
false desires and imaginary pleasures.
No person ever saw n man or woman
who liked fruit nnd who had nn appe
tite for drink. No persons ever saw a
man or womnn with an appetite for
drink that liked fruit. The two tastes
are at deadly enmity with each other,
ami there Is no room for both of them
in the snme human constitution, fine
will certnlnly destroy tho other. What
to Eat.
Tmparauoa Nnt.
With the exception of Quebec every
province of Canada has now declared
for prohibition by a large majority.
No' Senator or member of the House
of Representatives can purchase a drop
of wipe or whisky or bee In Uncle
Ham's Parliament House.
The Massachusetts Breweries Com
pnny, known as the brewery trust,
owning and operating ten large plants,
has bteu indicted by the Grand Jury
for selling bottle ale containing sul
phuric acid.
It is a splendid fact that the pre
cincts of the Washington Cnpltol have
hem purified of the sale of liquor.
Thero is now not a single bur any
where In tho vast building.
We see la the Boston Evening Tran
script of April 20 that of sixty samples
of Boston whisky recently analysed by
the Htato Board of Health, only two
met the required standard of alcohol.-.
Ueo. T. Angell.
Intemperance alone, working mla
chlsf with, cumulative effects, would
destroy theVace in half a doaeu genera
tions If the cuock and balauce of torn
pursue and health did not more than
offset the ravages of vice.
I
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irecvKl&Si
WHERE DANCER LURKS.
The maty dance, with 'fatustlng whirl.
Unmindful all of honor and of right.
Allures the unauipecting, trunting girl,
To leave upon her life its withering blight,
Th gaming board, with fascinating power,
Lnanaring now the youth's unwary heart,
Lead on, till, in a bitter, fatal hour
It works destruction with it poiaoned dart
The race, the cup. and evil intcrrourie
These follow madly, growing awift apace,
Till, overwhelmed by ain'a resiitlemi force.
The life, once fair, lies blackened in dia
grace. Oh youth, oh maiden, keep your heart
from sin!
I pray ymi hun ita deadly, venomed
breath.
Lest these betrayeri, boldlv entering in,
Enchain your soula in misery and death.
-Emily Houseman Wataon, in Ham'i
Hum.
The Use ol Wealth.
Son, remember that thou in thv life
time received thy good things, nnd
likewise Lnzarus evil things, but now
he Is comforted nnd thou art torment
ed. Luke xvl., 2.".
The object of the parable of Lnzarus
and Dives Is not to fnch the doctrine
of the world to come, but to set forth
the evil doing of tho unnamed rich
man who was commonly designated ns
Dives, and incidentally the infinite
mercy nnd love of Go., which will not
suffer misery nnd wretchedness to con
tinue, but will grant to the sick benl
lng, to the hungry plenty and to the
friendless friends.
Now precisely what was the fault of
Dives,? Is it tbnt be wns rich and
therefore able to clothe himself finely
and live richly? In the heading of
this chapter. In the English translation
which we commonly use, the King
James version, this parable Is thus de
scribed: "The rich glutton and Laz
arus the beggar." But that is quite to
miss the point. Dives Is not represent
ed as a glutton; he Is not described r:
Intemperate In any manner, ns wo
odinarily consider intemperance. He
dressed handsomely, he fared well; so
much we are told and no more. And
Is there any reason why we should
assume more than that? The point of
the story Is missed if we find Dives'
Bin in his gluttony or intemperance.
At his door day by day lay the hick
beggar. That IMves was not uiwiiar
ltnble in the customary sense of the
word charitable Is clear from the fact
that It was at his door that Lazarus'
friends laid him. Such subsistence ns
he obtained was derived from Dives.
It wns that which fell from Dives'
table, what wns superfluous, what
Dives did not wish, which was given
to Lnzarus. Laznrus was not driver,
away or treated with cruelty, ns we
ordinnrily Interpret cruelty; day by day
he wns plnced nt the rich man's gate;
day by day the rich man's super
abundance so far provided for his
wants that be did not starve to death.
We are not to think of Lnzarus as
being an especially righteous man. It
Is not on this account that he is re
ceived Into the bosom of Abraham,
but because God is infinitely merciful,
tender and loving. He cannot tolerate
suffering and misery. His love goes
out to him who suffers nnd la In need;
but as in the natural world God works
through natural agencies, so He does
likewise In the world of socinl phe
nomena and social relations. God does
not Interpose by some miraculous
agency to relieve distress. This He
does through men and women here on
enrth; it is their part to act as the
agents or nlmoners of God; theirs to
feel and show forth the Infinite pity
and tenderness of God toward all tbnt
are in need or that suffer, and It is
precisely this which Dives falls to do.
There is none of the pity nnd tender
ness of God In bis dealing with the
beggar; he Is not n sharer with God;
his conception of his life nnd the obli
gations of that life Is not the Divine
conception. What lie hus is his to en
Joy; what Is Biiperfluous nnd he does
not need may fall to the poor, needy
man who lies at his gate.
In the parable God's purpose and
God's opinion are shown in the re
ceptlon of Lazanis into Abraham's
bosom If we may so state it. It was
Ood'sdesign that he' should have found
love and pity and tender brotherllnrss
at the hand of Dives, who had been
endowed with many good things that
he might have the supreme felicity of
blessing and helping those who were
needy. Dives had taken these boun
ties of God and used them for himself,
treated them as his own; conceived of
his life ns one to be lived for himself,
for his own nmusement and satisfac
tion; failed to grasp the glorious oppor
tunity of divine living which bad been
given him, and so had disowned God
and the divine in himself; cast him
self out from the company of God;
condemned himself, through his choice
of the lower course, his denial of the
divine within him. to the eternal es
trangement from God. to Hades nnd
torment, to use the Jewish phraseology
and picture of the life of the world tn
come. Rev. Dr. John P. Teters, St.
Michael's Church, N ,? York, In the
New York Herald.
rheer Your 8ul.
Chide your soul '.Ittle; cheer It much.
Cheer It with thoughts and words and
actions of a wise, humane, noble and
heavenly sort. Fret not against nor
brood over the limitations of your lot,
but consider its divine possibilities.
What you can do, let that have your
henrt and mind and strength. Nicho
las E. Boyd.
Tho Bliout of th ltantne!.
History tells us that one day the ar
mies of Xerxes shouted all at nee,
and the vociferation was so mighty
that the birds flying through the nlr
dropped as though they were dead.
Oh, what a about of triumph when nil
the armies of earth nnd all the armies
of heaven shall celebrate the victory
of our King all at once and all to
gether: "Hallelujah! for the Lord God
omnipotent relgneth. Hallelujah! for
tho kingdoms of this world have be
come the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus
Christ." Times of Refreshing.
A Curlouu Old Custom,
rn many rural parts of England, old
customs hold full sway. Recently, at
a fair in a small village, one of these
ancient customa was repeated.
Ths town crier, arrayed In a three
cornered hat, blue coat, trousers and
lay waistcoat, took bis place by the
market house, and bravely shoutoJ
the following announcement: "Oyex!
oyez! oys! The fair's betun. The
glova l vp. No man can be trrebted
until tha giov la i)nn." ,
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
R. C. Dun & Co.'i Weekly Review of
Trade says:
"Hot weather tended to retard activ
ity in many productive undertakings and
postponed forward business that could
lie delayed without loss, but accelerated
the consumption of seasonable merchan
dise and advanced the crops much near
er maturity. Confidence in the future
increases with each day favorable for
harvesting, and much of the Winter
wheat is now beyond danger, while late
co"1 ' .r,?Pid,y regaining lost ground.
''Inquiries indicate a general disposi
tion to provide for a large volume of
Fall and Winter business, clothing man
ufacturers receiving liberal .orders from
traveling salesman, while cancellations
are exceptionally few. Real estate trans
fers are large and building operations
numerous, often overtaxing facilities for
"W'very of lumber and other materials.
"There is comparatively little inter
ruption from labor disputes, and the net
result in all commercial and manufac
turing branches is exceptionally Mis
factory for this midsummer period, which
is usually the dullest of the year."
Bradjtrcet's says;
"Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending July 20, are -05.329
bushels, against 8-,2,oTx bushels last
week, 1,281,501 this week last year. 2,
781,088 in 1903, and 3.980,169 in 1902.
Corn exports for the week are 1,193470
bushels, against 834.772 last week, 7c),
647 a year ago, 1,501,338 in 1903, and
79,6n m 1002."
WHOLESALE MARKETS,
Baltimore. FLOUR Quiet and un
changed; receipts, 4,847 barrels; exports,
5,25 barrels.
WHEAT Unsettled; spot, contract,
87 01875; spot No. 2 red Western,
88141 WA; July, 86Jg asked; August,
SbynSb'i; September, 864(087; steam
er No. 2 red, 7S'A((V7S'A i receipts, 57,828
bushels ; exports, 28,000 bushels ; new
Southern by sample, 6389; new South
ern on grade, 82I189.
CORN Dull; spot, 6i6i'A; July,
6l(a6lJ4; August, doVi(afiQyi steamer
mixed, 5S38J4; receipts, 11,922 bush
els; exports, 36 bushels; Southern white
torn, 6062; Southern yellow corn, 60
Steady; No. 2 white, 38 bid;
No. 2 mixed, 34! sales; receipts, 3.921
bushels; exports, 12 bushels.
RYE Dull (uptown); No. 2 West
ern, 7V578; receipts, 154 bushels.
HAY Strong and higher; No. t tim
othy, 15.50 16.00; No. 1 clover mixed,
12.00 12.50.
BUTTER Steady and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 1718; fancy creamery,
aifiraij-j; fancy ladle, i6i7; store
packed, 1415.
EGGS Steady and unchanged, 17.
CHEESE Firm and unchanged;
large, iof4 ; medium, 10 ; small, lof4.
SUGAR Steady and unchanged;
coarse granulated, 5.45; fine, 5.45.
New York. WHEAT Exports, 23,
J15 bushels ; sales, 5,600,000 bushels fu
tures; spot, firm; No. 2 red, nominal ele
vator and 99 f. o. b. afloat ; No. 1 North
ern Duluth, 1. 2iJ4 f- o. b. afloat; No. I
Northern Manitoba, 1.13 f. o. b. afloat.
CORN Receipts, 34400 bushels; ex
ports, 5,052 bushels; sales, 24,000 bushels ;
spot, firm ; No. 2, 63VS elevator and 63
f. o. b. afloat ; No. 2 yellow, 6354 ; No. 2
white, 6.iK".
OATS Receipts, 64.500 bushels; ex
ports, 9,575 bushels; spots, steady; mix
ed oats, 26 to 32 pounds, 35j(?36Ii ;
natural white, 30 to 32 pounds, Z7Vi
38-; ; clipped white, 36 to 40 pounds, 38
541.
FLOUR Receipts, 8,814 barrels; ex
ports, 15.834 barrels; sales, 4,100 pack
ages. Market firm, but dull.
CHEESE Strong; receipts, 3,576.
New State, full creams, small colored,
and white, fancy, 10c.
POULTRY Alive, quiet. Western
spring chickens, 15; fowls, V, ; tur
keys, 14'. Dressed steady; Western
broilers, I3!j(fil6; fowls, l&ctij'A; tur
keys, 1317.
HAY' Easy. Shipping, 55(360; good
to choice, 72,A(n'77'i.
COTTONSEED OIL Irregular.
Prime crude, nominal; do., yellow, 28'4
POTATOES Steady ; Long Island,
1.00(3.1.37; Southern, 75l.5o; Jersey
sweets, i.oc172.25.
PEANUTS Steady ; fancy hand
picked, 55'4; other domestic, 35?4.
CARBAGES Steady ; Long Island.
per 100, 2.oo(i3.oo.
Uvt Stock.
Vhicago, 111. CATTLE Market
steady; good to prime steers, S.S!S7S5
poor to medium, 3.6o5.is; stockers and
feeders, 2.104.40; cows, 2.404.40;
heifers, 2.2514.75; canners, 1.40(22.40;
bulls, 2.25'r 3.75 ; calves, 3.00(3:6.40; Tex
as fed steers, S.ooo.so.
HOGS Market 10c. lower; mixed and
butchers', 5.35'ri6.oo; good to choice
heavy, 5 75(S 5-9-'j : rough heavy, 5.30
5.60; light,, 5.50(16.00; bulk of sales,
5.65(35.95.
SHEEP Sheep steady; lambs weak;
good to choice wethers, 475''g,5.40; fair
to choice mixed, 3.5014.60; native lambs,
4.5C.77.50.
New York. BEEVES Market flat
and nearly half the cattle unsold; steers,
15c. to joc lower; fat and medium cows,
lower; thin cows, steady on light re
ceipts; bologna bulls about steady;
steers, 4.00115.35; bulls, 3.25((i4.ooj
cows, 2.oof7 3.70; exports tomorrow, 765
cattle and 6,570 quarters of beef.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Good handy
sheep, steady; lambs uneven and weak;
average sales lower: slice, .foorti "4.? ;
culls, 2.oo2.5o; lambs, 5.coS7-5o; culls,
4.00.
HOGS Market steady; good medium
State hogs, 6.40.
much in Lima
Nine men constitute a jury in Mexico,
and a majority gives the verdict. If the
jury is unanimous, there is no appeal.
The oldest known manuscript of the
Bible is now being exhibited at the
British Museum. It w;s made in the
ninth century.
Prof. George T. Ladd, of Yale, at, tho
close of the Japanese-Russian War, will
go to Japan for a term of two years un
dtr the auspices of the Imperial Edu
rjtion Society of that country to aid in
lhe development of the system of edu
cation. The world's peat center is not in Ire
landdespite its 3,000 square miles of
bog but in the North of Germany and
the adjacent parts of Denmark and Hol
land. Free lunch will be offered as an in
ducement to men tufomc to 1 serie ol
Saturday revival meetings at Moody Bi
ble Institute, Chicago.
Lady Helen Forbes, in an English
woman' periodical, hai been considering
"how superior a product the American
girl is to the American man" But, go
ing further, he spoils this statement by
adding that thi "praJuct i eJu..ateJ
for conquest." '
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