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Brooklyn. N. I. Sunday morning the
Rov. Joseph Dunn Burrell, paator of
the Clnsson Avenue ' Presbyterian
Church, preached nn Interesting ser
mon on the subject, "The Friend of
Ood." The text was from James 11:2:1:
"He wna called the Friend of God."
Mr. Burrell said:
The figure of Abraham Is one of the
most majestic spared to us by the past.
He standi before ns In singular dig
nity, serenity and power, and bis su
preme quality was that he was the
friend of God.
The phrase Is peculiar. It Is not said
that (lod was his friend, but that ho
"whs God's friend. There Is a differ
ence. We accept the friendship of
God as a matter of course, UUe the air
we breathe. Hut the thought that man
may ho a friend to God scarcely conies
to us at all.
There Is something deeply touching
about that thought. For we usually
look upon God ns sufficient unto Him
self. Yet In this other respect we see
Him longing for friends. That desire
is common among men, for there nre
many lonesome, misunderstood, hungry
for a friendly word of appreciation.
Now think of (Sod also ns misunder
stood, grieved by neglect, yearning to
be loved. Then think of Abraham as
giving God his henrt. You oo how
much It mount to God that Abraham
was his friend.
Ono is led to be the friend of another
by liking hlin. The reason why we
like him limy be Inexplicable to our
selves, for there Is no accounting for
tastes. All fruits are the gifts of God
to men, yet some we enjoy and others
we reject. All people are children of
God, and wo can love every one of
them In a disinterested and fraternal
way. But tills does not Interfere with
our liking some better than others.
Even our Saviour felt this human ten
dency and was drawn by It to a spe
cial intimacy with the apostle John.
I suppose there never was a person
about whom people differed more thnn
Charles Lamb. Home could not endure
his perpetual raillery, his bud puns,
Ills Rtninmer. Others know him to be
one of tlie rarest spirits, subtle In In
tellect, exquisite In taste and grandly
unselfish.
Now that liking which makes friend
ship between man nnd ninn makes it
between man and God. We can pic
ture Abraham at the close of the day,
when the tents had been pitched and
the evening meal eaten, going apart
from the camp for a little space that
lie might open his soul to God. We
can imagine David at night time while
the city slept, mounting to the roof ol
the palace and beneath the canopy ot
stars communing with the Most High.
We can see Christ escaping from the
crowds that thronged His steps nnd
eagerly hiding for a brief time in the
seclusion of some niountnln top that
He might be alone with His Father.
It was because all three of these liked
God.
It Is a question worth asking wheth
er we like God. I do not say reverence
nnd honor, I do not say submit to and
obey. Do we like God? It is a pecu
liar question. Perhaps asking it makes
us wonder whether our appreciation of
God does not lack something of the
vnrm throb of life.
Friendship also Involves similarity
of tastes. In fact, most of our friend
ships come about through our being
brought together in the pursuit of some
common interest, by an ocean voyage.
a golf club, a board of directors, n
Sunday-school class, for example. Peo
ple whoso chief Interests differ are not
likely to become friends: Emerson nnd
Bos Tweed, for example.
There Is no better held for studying
the laws of friendship than a college.
Young men or women who have known
each other pleasantly enter In the same
class, go together for n time, then
gradually, without any 111 feeling what
ever draw apart In order to form other
combinations. This shifting is gener
ally duo to the dominating power of
sonio common Interest French, boat
ing, editing a paper together, niember
Hhip lu the tamo fraternity nnd the
like.
The rnme principle, holds true in tlio
friendship between rann nnd God. It
Is brought about by similarity of tastes
and Interests. Supremo In God Is the
Bense of order, whose moral side Is
righteousness. How can llo linvo any
friendship with a man who lacks this
sense of order? Who does not mind
being n glutton or n drunkard or im
pure, or tolling a llo or taking what Is
not his? As Paul says, "what fellow
ulilp hath righteousness with unright
eousness?" And another characteris
tic of God Is His spirit of charity. But
tmppose a man Is Indifferent, hard nnd
selfish, prone to cherish grudges and to
do unklndnesses, iiow is friendship
possible between him and God? "He
that loveth not his brother whom he
liath seen, how enn be lovo God whom
lie lui tli not seen?"
It Is Important, then, for us to nsU If
we like what God likes. If we value
highly, as He does, the soul, the spirit
ual life, n character of purity und good
ness. These ore the foundations of
frlendsbip-botweon heaven and earth.
Again, part of friendship Is loyalty.
But loyalty how far? Through baa re
port as well as through good report?
Assuredly. The friendship that will
not endure strain is of little worth.
Twenty years ago a young man was
wept away by the excitement of gam
bling In Wall f-treet, and misused tho
funds of tlie bank of which be was
president. The deficit of millions was
made good. But, of course, the dis
grace was there. Yet to-day he bus
standing In a certain small social cir
cle. Ills friends, you si realized that
the man was not really Iclous at heart
and stood by him to help hi in make a
new life. How many n mail, who In
fact has done no wrong, but who has
had some Idle gossip raised about him,
bus found himself deserted In a minute
by thoso be counted up m as his
friends. There Is no social tragedy
more pitiful than this, and also none
more discreditable to human nnture.
To be a friend to God means to be
loyal to Him through storm a well ns
through sunshine. In the day not only
of prosperity, but nlso In thut of ad
versity, when tho skeptic says. "If God
Is good and Is your friend, how can He
permit tills trouble to fall upon you?"
Then when suspicion Is raised about
Uod, many who have called themselvei
His f rlonfij fall away from niro. Toe
true friend is lie who stands by God,
when strange and cruel things happen
that cannot be explained, who inula
tnlns commoner In the divine goodness
when others deny It. who defends
God's name when others Impugn It,
who says with Job. "though Ho slay
me, yet will I trust IUm." God will
never forgot stanchness like that.
Generosity Is ono of the lovely traits
of true friendship, it comes out In
feeling, In conduct nnd In special tok
ens In the form of gifts.
The ancients Illustrated this In the
story of Damon and Pythias. I'ythlas
wn" condemned to death; but bogged
leave to go home and arrange his nf
fairs. His friend Damon took bis place
In prison. In the end In the nick of
time, Prthlns returned and surrendered
himself. Because of tlie spectacle of
such a friendship he was pardoned,
lint tho interest of the story centres in
Dnmoii lying In prison whllo the days
of Pythias' absence lengthen and the
time of execution draws near. For not
only was Damon content to endure Im
prisonment for his friend, but far be
yond that he was prepnrcd to die in
his place.
Tho story Is no nonht a fairy tale,
hut Is gives us n true lesson, and hns
had Influence upon the civilized concep
tion of friendship. And ns applied to
our relationship to God It Is suggest
ive. If f'lir friendship to Hlin is genu
ine It will bear the mark nf generosity.
There have been not a few friends of
God ready to die, if need be, tor Him.
And yet there nre many who render
to God what they like rather than what
He likes. Sometimes presents are
given among us on tho same irrational
basis. You have seen a poor young
couple receive from some rich ac
quaintance nn absurd wedding present
of a costly piece of brlc-a-lirac which
would be utterly out of place In their
modest parlor, nnd would divert an
amount of money which would hnvo
been n great help In practical form.
The donor consulted his desire rather
than theirs.
So Is It often with men's gifts to
God; they give Him what they like
rather than what He likes. In Jere
miah's age they offered sacrifices of
bullocks nnd gonts. In Christ's day
they performed elaborate religions cer
emonies nnd wore phylacteries nnd
fringes. In medieval times they did
penance and paid money. To-day they
erect costly churches nnd endow col
leges. But if we would please God we
must consult His wishes In our gift
nnd not our own. And what does God
like best? A pure heart, n humble imrt
contrite spirit, days free from evil,
practical thoughts of kindness for oth
ers, homes of real devotion, sacrifices
of money from genuine love of His
work, words of honest testimony for
Him In public and private. These are
the things (iod likes, and thou who
lovo Him even offer them to Him.
In tho fourteenth century, when the
moral nnd spiritual state of Christen
dom was dark, n group of noble souls
banded thomselveH together to strive
after holiness. Their headquarters
were at Strasshurg and Cologne. Their
greatest member was John Taulor, tho
celebrated preacher, whose printed ser
mons made a deep impression on Lu
ther. The influence of thoso men was
performed and abides to this day. But
tho thing to notice especially about
them was their name: they called
themselves "The Friends of God."
Is there not n plaeo for such peoplo
In the life of to-day? Men nre apt to
become so absorbed In the concerns of
this life ns to neglect God altogether,
nnd when they do think of Him It is
often with the desire chletly to got
something from Him. How sordid nnd
unworthy this all is. We ought to
have our relationship on n higher level.
Is It not possible for us to appreciate
His grandeur and goodness for their
own excellence? Can we not like Him
for what Ho Is? As He looks down
upon a considerably Indifferent world,
can we not give Him the happiness of
letting Him seo that wo nro His
friends? And when trouble bewilders
us let us still believe In Him; when
His good nnnic Is assailed, lot us do
fend Him; when He wants some ono
to do His work, let us say, "Here am
I, send me."
We nro familiar enough with tho Idea
that (Jod is our friend. But the ques
tion is who nre willing to bo friends of
God?
Ponder This Fact.
"Take your Bible, and carefully
count, not only the chapters or tho
verses, but the letters from the be
ginning of Genesis 'to tho 'Amen' of
tho Itevelntlon; nnd when you have
nccouipllshed the task, go over It ngnln
and again ten times, twenty, forty
times nay, you must rend tho very
letters of your Bible eighty times over
before you have reached the requislto
sum. It would take something like tho
letters of eighty Bibles to represent tho
men, women and children of that old
nnd wondrous empire. Fourteen hun
dred of them havo sunk Into Christian
graves during this last hour; thirty
three thousund will puss to-day for
ever beyond your reach.
"Despntch your missionary to-morrow,
nnd one million and a qnnrter of
Immortal souls, for whom Christ died,
will have passed away to their final
account before be can reach their
shores. Whether such facts touch us
or rot, I think they ought to move our
hearts. It Is enough to make an nngel
weep." Itev. Silvester Whitehead.
Tho Natna of Jasus.
The Lord Is tho hearer of prayer.
There should bo waiting on Him, not
only in the assembly of His people, not
only with the attitude of reverent re
gard, in tho forms of religion, but us
the Psalmist puts.lt: "Truly my soul
wnltoth upon God." For salvation, for
protection, He is to be sought; and
whatever the trouble of our lives we
thus get stability.
What can we ask? The fulfilment of
the exceeding great and precious prom
ises. But what plea can we present.
wouU and sinful ns wo ore? The name
thut is above every came the numo of
Jesus. John Hall.
The Way Wi Uu Things.
Rev. F. B. Meyer says: "Knitting
needles nre cheap and common enough,
but on them may be wrought tho fair
est designs in tho richest wools. So
the Incidents of dally life may be com
monpluco In the extreme, but on them
as the material foundation we muy
build the unseen but everlasting fabric
of a noblo und beautiful character. It
does not so much uintter what we do.
but the way in which we do it matter
grea tly."
80LIO BODY OF FISH.
Pennsylvania Lake Hat Too Many of
the Finny Tribe.
Lying between two hills not far
from Hnghesvtlle Is a email body of
water known as "Converse's Ice dam,"
or "fish dam," that la so full of tie
tinny tribe that apparently It Is Im
possible for a fish five Inches long to
swim straight. The small fish are on
top and the large oues below, and In
ordvr for a fisherman or flsherwonian
to get the bait down to the big follows
It Is necessary to make a hole In the
water and carefully drop the hook
down through the wriggling mass. On
Juno 1 Mrs. Irvtn Converse and Miss
Gladys Koch were at the dam making
determined efforts to hook somo of
the under ones. The little follows on
top, however, made such fierce at
tacks on the bait that their hoo',;s,
time after time, were Instantly cleared
as soon as they touched the water.
Many of the little fellows were pullet:
out In order to make room for the
hooks, but the task had not been ac
complished when the reporter left tho
scene. Wllllarnsport Sun.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 20.
Bolijecti ,Tholaklm Koran tha Woril nf
Uod, Jar. iitI Bl-saflolrian Text,
Jar. aiTl., 13 Memory Varan, a 34
Commentary on tha Day' Leaaon.
I. Jeholnkim's great sin (vs. 21-21).
21. "King sent." So thnt bo might
hear the roll read and not be obliged
to learn Its contents through second
hand reports. "Took It out," etc. The
princes hnd filed the roll among tho
public records (v. 20) for safe keeping.
"Jehudl." An under olfloer, descend
ant of a noble house, the one the
princes had had sent to Itaruch to got
hlin to read the roll to them. "Princes
stood." The king sat on n rug and
the princes stood respectfully about.
22. "Wlnterhouse." Great men had
distinct houses or apartments, fitted
for tlie different ceiisons of the year
(Amos 3: 15). "Ninth month." Our
December. The cold, rainy season.
"Fire on the hearth." Fire In a bra
zier, n pot made of earthenware, in the
form of n pitcher, placed In a hollow
In the middle of the room.
-'.'!. "Four leaves." "Columns." 11.
V.. margin. The roll was of parch
ment attached to a roller of wood at
one or both ends. Our word volume,
"that which Is rolled up," points by Its
derivation to this older form of book.
"Cnt It." He could not tear parchment
so he cut it. "Penknife." Scribe's
knife. Used to shape the reed em
ployed for writing, and to make eras
ures In the parchment. "He" refers to
king (v. 'J'Ji. As often as Jehudl road
three or four columns he cut them out
and burned them. "All theso words"
(v. 24) Imply thnt the whole volume
was read through. "Till all the roll
was consumed" Implies a gradual pro
cess. 24. "Not nfrnld." Contrast the hum
ble fear of Joshih at the rending of the
law (2 Kings 22: 11). Josinli rent his
garments In grief that the book had
been lost, his son cuts God's book and
burns It. Throwing tlie fragments of
the roll on the tire, he puts therc. In
symbol, his royal house, his doomed
city, the temple and the people of tlie
hind. "His servants." His immediate
personal attendants who diil not share
the reverences of the princes (v. Kb.
25. "Nevertheless." This aggravates
tlie king's sin. "Kltiutlmn." A man of
first rank and father-in-law of the king
(2 Kings 24: 8). "Delulah." Of this
prince nothing more Is known. "Go
niarlah." A scribe of the temple, n
man of noble blood. From a window
lu his official chamber Bnrucli road
aloud the prophecies of Jeremiah, and
Gemurlah's son Mlolialnh, reported this
to him (vs. 112). ".Made Interces
sion." Tliv.se princes would have aided
the king In following his father's steps.
Wo lenm tho same from the basket of
figs (Jor. 24: 1). It Is the more reinnrk
uble to find Kln.ithun thus Interceding
after the office he had performed lu
Jer. 20: 22.
2H. "King commanded." He was
not satisfied with burning tlie prophe
cy, but now desired to kill Jeremiah
and his faithful scribe. Ho. hoped to
put an end to such prophecies. "Lord
hid them." Th y had at the counsel of
the princes Sudden themselves (v. lib.
No though a diligent search wns
made, the Lord did not permit them to
be found.
II. Jeremiah restores the word of
God (vs.. 27-:!2). 27. "Word came."
That word was not burned, neither
was Jeremiah hidden from the eyes of
the Lord. 2S. "Another roll." The
entire book was rewritten, and this
second manuscript, so far as can be
known now, Is the oi.e we have to-day.
Disaster Is not necessarily defeat. The
destruction of this book was a great
disaster. No copy existed, and no hu
man memory could produce It. But
God re-Inspired the prophet, and the
second edition was fuller than the tlrst.
2!). "Concerning Jeholakini say" lit.
V). It Is doubtful whether Jeremiah
and the king again mot. Note the con
trast between this morally hardened,
impious king, boiling with wrath
against God nnd His prophet, and the
heroic man of God who does not
shrink, but firmly speaks the words of
Jehovah even lu the face of death.
"Saying, Why," etc. This was no
doubt an actual message which the
king had sent to Jeremiah to frighten
hlin. "King of Babylon." Nebuchad
nezzar, who had been once und collect
ed tribute anil gone. He should return
nnd destroy the hind. Nothing but the
repentance of Jeholaklm und his peo
ple could prevent it. 80. "None
throne." H1h son, Jelioiachln, attempt
ed It for three mouths, but the land
was occupied by Nebuchadnezzar's
army, and Jerusalem was In a state of
siege, and he was tuken captive 12
Kings 24: 8-17'. No child of Jelioia
chln succeeded to the throne. "Body
cast out." A repetition of the pro
phecy of Jor. 22: l!l. Of Its fulfilment
nothing Is known. The phrase, "ho
slept with his fathers," means that be
died (2 Kings 24: C;. He was fettered
by Nobuchudiiczzar (2 Chron. 30: lb
"Day night." In the Fast tho ther
mometer often falls suddenly after
sundown (Gen. ,')!: 40). Plumptre
thinks It prolmblo that the king, who
was being taken to Babylon in chains
with the other captives, died on tho
Journey, and that his body was left be
hind unburled as the army marched.
31. "I will punish him." He was
slain, his kingdom destroyed and his
son carried In chains to Babylon. Tlie
Inhabitants of Jerusalem were not pun
ished for the king's crimes, but for
their own sins. "They hearkened not."
They might have been saved from the
threatened evil If they had repented,
threatened evil if they had repented.
;I2. "Added many like words."
Many more tlireatenlngs of wrath nnd
vengeance were added In tho second
roll which were not in the first, for,
since they will yet walk contrary to
God, Ho will heat thu furnace soveu
times hotter.
Aarobatio Rat.
Eir Godfrey Lagdon, having found
lis stables in Johannesburg overrun
with rats, had great difficulty In put
ting down the pest. -They lay quiet
by day, did great mischief at night,
and wouldn't look near a trap. How
ever, he killed a good many by ono
"ian. He placed a square box, two
uet deep, lined with tin. In a room,
and Inside the box put aome burnt
rhoese. No self-respecting rat can ro
fist toasted cheese; but, having got
Ir.sldo the box (which was easy), It
was quite another thing to climb up
the allppory sides, and so several rats
porlshod. One morning Sir Godfrey's
children found a rat In the box, and
placed their cat an excelllent ratter
beside It for company, But the two
animals chummed up In the frlendll-"
est way, and the cat at last Jumped
out. Them a dasctnmd was Introduc
ed. The dog showed fight at once,
but the rat dodged It cleverly round
and round, and finally climbing on
the dog's hack, leaped out at the box
and escaped.
SUNDAY, AUCUST TVENTIETH.
The Duty of Wlntomoneti. Prov. ii.
13-15; 17: 22; 1 Cor. 8: 19-22.
It Is useless to try to put Into tha
face what Is not In the heart, or to
koip out of the race what Is In the
heart.
The physicians are beginning to find
out tha powerful influences of the
mind upon the body. A hearty laugh
Is an actual tonic.
The winsome person Is never servile,
but always serving; there is a great
difference.
Suggestions.
Wlnsomoness Is based on aympathy
with others, and sympathy with others
Is based on know lodge of them.
WlnsomenoHs Is fortunate if It Is
natural, blessed and praiseworthy if it
Is acquired.
It Is Christ lifted up that Is to draw
all men to Himself; It is not we.
A winsome soul-winner must be un
conscious of himself; be must bo
doubly conscious of Christ.
Illustrations.
Wlnsomeness Is a matter of the
heart, not of the face, Just as two
pb'ceH of iron may look alike, and
only one of them be a magnet.
As tho power of gravity is to be
utilized anywhere and at any time, so
Is tho power of Christ's attractive
uess. As tho power of attraction Increases
as bodies come closer together, nnd
Inversely as tho square of the dls
tuno' so if you would win men, you
must got close to them.
If a merchant wants to draw people
to bis store, he offers for sain not
tlm kind of goods he fancies, but the
kinds peoplo like.
Is there any particular person
whom you are trying to win for
Christ?
Men ought to prize the reputation
of knowing how to win young men
and clear away their trouble:!. It Is
tho greatest, honor you and I can en
joy. Moody.
Divide the society Into fourths,
each fourth to take some part In one
of the church prayer meetings.
Find some definite work to do for
tho church. Do It. and then find
something else to do for It.
EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH.
The Duty of Winaomenest. Prov.
15. 13-15; 17, 22; I Cor. 9. 19-22.
"A merry (Joyful) hcirt mnketh a
chefrfui countenance" literally, docs
good co the face; makes It comely,
attractive. The secret of real win
fiOineness Is a good heart. A good
heart has a "continual feast." The man
with a good heart and a good con
science has a winning way. He Is tlie
winner. Further, It makes a good
medicine. Thl9 Is an early recogni
tion of that well-known psychological
fact that a happy frame of mind gives
health to the body; and nothing hurts
it more than grief, anxiety, and a bad
temper. Paul's law of becoming nil
things to all men spems to mean tho
cheerful and glad a luptation of one's
own ways to the needs of another to
'win him to Christ." Only the hap
py, cheerful, and optimistic man can
do this.
Our dally readings Illustrate tho
various phases of this wonderful fa
culty or grace. Nothing Is qr.lto so
popular as a "winsome" person. lie
need not be handsome or rich, but It
he Is of a glad heart ho In attractive.
The elements of wlnsomenoss are
enumerated by Paul as long-suffering,
kind, unselfish, not boosting nor ego
tistic, unruffled in temper and pure in
thought. It. is gentlemanly, "behav
ing itself seemly," anil puts the bet
construction possible to any action.
It Is patient and full ot faith and
hope.
Paul and Barnabas arc Rood exam
ples of wlnsomeness. They eaii-sod
"Joy" in going through a community,
and at the council giving their ex
perience and telling of God's dealing
with them won the council to their
views. The motive to all this is tho
love of God shed forth in the heart,
malting a glad and happy heart God's
love to us Is the impelling cause of
our love to other:-.
The very grace of wlnsomeness will
give compassion and pity, it will Me
our letter of recommendation to oth
ers. It will give us access to tin
hearts of men. It will change us iu'o
the Image of our Master. It will glvn
us health and long life. It will brim;
recompense on earth and rewurd In
heaven. Every good promise Is io
him who has the real wlnsomeness of
a Christian heart and life.
FLYINQ SNAKE IN VIRGINIA.
Reptile With Wing, That Fed on
Birds, Killed in King George.
A most remarkable and uncommon
"flying snake" that was captured and
killed at "Berry Plain," the home of
John S. Dickinson, a few daya ago, haa
attracted wide attention.
The curious reptile was first noticed
flying about In tho air, presenting the
appearance of an ordinary snake at
tached to a strange looking bird.
As far as Is known, It never once de
scended to the earth and crawled on
the ground, after the manner of
snakes, but it would occasionally
alight In trees and catch such birds as
best suited Its fancy.
It was finally killed and proved to
bo Ave feet long and about one Inch
In diameter of body. It had wings ot
good Bi.e, covered with feathers.
"Berry I'laln," where the curious
thing mado U;i advent and met its un
timely end, is one of the finest planta
tions in King George, being situuted
on the banks nf the Rappahannock. It
Is conjectured by some that the "flying
snako" may l.ave come from an im
penetrable marsh of the river or some
neighboring creek. New York Herald.
Impossible.
Doctor Don't spend any more mon
ey on medicine! The quicker way for
you to get fat Is to have a contented
mind.
The Patient That may all be, bul
nedlclnea are cheaper. I couldn't get
a contented mind for less than mil
lion dollars, and, I haven't sot tho
crlee. Detroit Free press.
Chapel en Whole,
Rhode Island has a wheeled chapel
used by the Episcopal mission, cap
able of being moved from place to
place on Its own running gear.
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IN LOVE WITH JESUS.
My heatt to Thee I give for aye,
O .Trauin, swpetest, brut;
Thy heart to me give Thou, I pray,
O Jt'MM, loveliest.
Our hearts alone Thou dost require.
Our hearts alone Thou doat desire;
Make me love Tlice an Thou doat me,
O Jesus, Fount of charity.
Wht lor Thy grace can 1 repay,
God, who for inn wast born?
What for Thy love before Thee lay,
Man who didst mifTor acorn?
"Thy heart," Thou aayeal, "give Me here;"
Take Thou my heart, O Jemia dear.
Make trie love Tliec aa Thnu didst me,
(I Jvaua, Fount of chanty.
Cop me Thy heart ia opened wide.
That I may entrance lind.
And there my own life within it hide,
And doae in union hind.
Thou, .leans bleat, by love potest,
Tliyaeh' iliilat Rive, that I miulit live;
Make me love Thee a Thou doat me,
() .loam, Fount of chanty.
Here ia the heart's true bulwark found,
And here ia rest secure.
And here is love's most, certain ground,
And hen; salvation sure.
Ill litis eleft liocU, once rent tor all.
And in I hi heart's prniccliug wall,
M.iv I confide, may I abide.
O Jesus, Saviour glorified.
- Latin hymn of the ninth century trans
lated by the l.'ov. I!. !'. Littlcdale.
'J'ha Heat 'eralnn.
In a Bible class recently the teacher
was telling of the various translations
of the Bible and their different excel
lences. He spoke of Jerome's Vulgate,
of Luther's Gorman Bible, nf our own
King .lames version, and of the Re
vised Version, und how It was made.
The class was much interested, nnd
one of the young men that evening
was talking to n friend about it.
"1 think I prefer the King James
version lor my part," he said, "though,
of course, t.be Revised is more schol
arly." His friend smiled.
"1 prefer my mother's translation or
the Bible myself to any other version,"
lie said.
'your mother's'" cried the first
young man, thinking his companion
had suddenly gone crazy. "Wh.it do
you mean. I'redV '
"1 mean that my mother has trans
lated tlie Bible into the language of
daily li!V for me ever since I wns old
enough to understand it," said Prod,
"alio translates It straight, too, and
gives It full meaning. There hns never
been any obscurity about her version.
Her everyday life Is a translation of
God's Word that u child can read, and
thnt St. Jerome could not better. What
ever printed version of the Bible I may
study, my mother's Is always the one
that clears up my difficulties."
Happy the young man whose moth
er's life is such u transcript a "living
epistle, known and read of all men."
Tlin I'arfeet ninn.
Do not dare to live without some
clear intention toward which your liv
ing shall be bent. Moan to be some
thing with all your might. Do not
add act to act and day to day in per
fect thoughtlessness, never asking
yourself whither the growing time is
leading. But at tlie same time, do not
dure to be so absorbed In your own
life, so wrapped up In listening to the
sound of your own hurrying wheels,
that all tills vast pathetic music made
up of the mingled Joy and sorrow of
your fellowmen. shall not Hnd out your
heart and claim it. and make you re
joice to give yourself up for them.
And yet. all the while keep the upward
windows open. Do not dare to think
thnt a child of God can worthily work
out bis career or worthily servo God's
other children unless he does both lu
ho love and fear of God their Father.
P.e sure that ambition and charity wil!
both grow mean unless they nre both
inspired and exalted by religion. En
ergy, lovo and faith chose make tho
perfect man. And Christ, who Is tho
perfectnoss of nil of them, gives them
all three to any young man who, at the
very outset of his life, gives himself
to Him. If there is any young man
who generously wants to live a whole
life, wants to complete himself on
every side, to 1 1 i m Christ the Lord
stands ready to give those throe en
ergy, iovu and faith and to train them
In film nltogother'tiirthey mnktOiIm
tho perfect man. Phillips Brooks.
Iower of tha Personal T,iih-I.
I am not sure but that wo are more
In need of those who can talk about re
ligion than of those who can preach
ulwHit It. James Stalker.
God's business is not to be done
wholesale. Christ's greatest utterances
were delivercMl to congregations of one
or two. Dwight L. Moody.
Tho longer I live the more I value
those sermons whore one man Is tho
mlnlsler nnd one man Is the congrega
tion: whore there can bo no doubt as
to who Is meant when the preacher
says: "Thou art the man." Henry
Ward Beocher.
If the kingdom Is ever to come to
our Lord-and come it will it never
will come through a few ministers,
missionaries or evangelists preaching
the gospel. It must come through
every one of you preuchlng it In the
shop and by the fireside, when walking
abroad and when sitting in the cham
ber. Von must all of you be always
'endeavoring to "save some." Charles
Spurgeon.
Holy Simplicity nf Mlnil.
Maintain n holy simplicity of mind
ami do not smother yourself with a
host of cares, wishes or longings, un
der aiiy pretext. Krunels du Sules.
No Itarra.i anil.
(led bus placed no being lu a barren
soil, no one where be may not find
tlie elements of immortal life, none
where, through perfect fidelity to its
conditions. Its roots may not reach
out to embrace the earth, ami proad
out branches and loaves to heal and
overshadow It. N. A. Staples.
Joy la a neqaono.
Joy does not lui. :nu. It Is the Inev
itable result of pertain lines followed
nnd laws obeyed, and so a mutter of
character. Multbio D. Uubeoek.
Rose Bush Eleven Feet High,
V. K. Strode has at his rojlilence,
867 Kelly street, In fi.iuth Port'.and,
what Is probably tho oldest and larg
est rose tree in tho state and perhaps
In the northwest.
The tree stands 11 feet 3 lnrhes In
height, l:us a Fpread across Its boughs
of 10 feet 10 lnc'.;es and measures jo',i
Inches around the trunk below the
first branch. The first bough Is 3 feet
6 Inches ffrom tho ground end the troe
Is 17 yeqrs or mors of as. having
been planted In Us presont pcsltlon
for more ihar. fifteen years.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME 8TARTLINC FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE;
Porim Tlie Wondera nf llerr The New
Cnteclilain A Hiring of Mnmentona
Qneatfmit anf! tlia Anawrr to ICvery
Ona la "The Har-ltnoin.
In the midat of a small village urecn
A apeaker alnod up on a chair.
Talking temperance truth to the grown-up
youth,
And he bade them of liquor beware;
He told of the evila of drink,
Jor it made people aorrow and moan.
Not for work or lor play was it good
anyway!
So they'd far better leave it alone.
Now juat at the edge of the green
Was a drunken man perched on a fence;
And he would have hit any, and was hoot
ing away,
For the drink had bereft him of ene.
And he cried. "What you nay in all atuff!
Yon aay beer ia no good? Why" said
he
"A poor fellow would sink if he hadn't a
drink;
Why it's meat, drink and clothing to
me!"
Aa he waved hia hand over hia head.
Ilia balance waa Int in a flaah,
And he fell in a ditch full of water and
aquitch
And how he did flounder and aplaah;
And the lecturer quaintly remarked,
"In future, my friend, you can tell
That the beer you auppoae ia your meat,
drink and clothes,
Finda von lodgings and waahinga at
M'ftll I "
J. Malins.
Tha New Cnteehlam.
What Is the chief law breaker of the
land?
The bar-room.
Where nre the schemes hatched
which promote civic corruption?
In tho bar-room.
Where does the midnight assassin
go to prepare for his murderous work?
To the bnr-room.
Where do the police go In senrch of
the skulking thief or murderer?
To the bnr-room.
What lays Its hands upon political
parties and dicta ten who shall be nom
inated nnd elected?
The bnr-room.
What Impoverishes the Industrious
workman and fills him with the spirit
of discontent?
The bar-room.
What takes the bread from the
months of starving children?
The bar-room.
What clothes with rng women
raised In refinement and affluence?
The bar-room.
What despoils young manhood nnd
sends It reeling and staggering down
the street?
The bar-room.
What crowds our prisons to their ut
most limit?
The hnr-room.
Whnt peoples almshouses and insane
asylums with pitiable objects?
The bnr-room.
What destroys the respectability a id
Influence of men and sends them reel
ing to the drunkard's grave nnd to a
drunknrd's hell?
The bar-room.
. What destroys more homes nnd
causes more family trouble than any
thing else?
The bnr-room.
What is the greatest enemy ot the
church, the nation nnl the home?
The bar-room.
What is the greatest hindrance to
every reform?
The bar-room.
Can both the church and the liar
room prosper in the same territory?
-, No.
Can a man, knowing the fiwful work
of the bar-room, be a Christian and
sign bar-room petitions, rent property
for bnr-room purposes, or vote for men
committed to, and in favor of, the
liquor traffic?
This question we Ic..ve for each rend
er to answer for himself. In tho light
of experience and constant failure
along other lines, does not electoral
action present the common sense
method of destroying the bar-room?
S. S. Hardin, lu the Kano County
Lender.
What One Keg ot Beer Cott.
The saloonkeeper In whose possession
it wns said he paid $1.25 for it. A
couple of men came In and asked for
some beer. He drew them each a mug
full out of the keg and they paid ten
cents apiece. They liked It nnd called
lor another and another. After drink
ing three or four they began to get
drunk. They kept on and got thorough
ly Intoxicated. Then they began to
quarrel and finally one man killed the
other. It cost the county ot Los An
jelos, lu which tho event occurred,
$;12,000 to get the murderer arrested
and punished. So that one keg of beer
cost nt least the sum of $1.25, one life,
und $32,000. quite a sum to pay for
so small a thing. New Voice.
Juiliana Law Enforcement.
It Is safe to say that never in the
history of tho State of Indiana were
the laws so faithfully enforced ns at
the present. Liquor dealers are com
plaining that their business Is ruined.
Breweries and distilleries are com
plnining that they will bo compelled to
take n number of their traveling sales
men off the road If the preseut condi
tion continues.
Tha Greatest Kvll.
Brigadier-General W. V. Jenkins, of
tho Salvation Army, who has Ik en lo
cated at Minneapolis since l!o:t, In nn
interview lu tho Minneapolis Journal,
Juno 5, says: "My two years' experi
ence In rescue work In Minneapolis
would lead mo to say that the greatest
evil confronting social, moral and In
tellectual advancement Is the driuk
problem and Its comconiitunt evils."
Tamperanca Notes,
The more you use a suloon tho more
i. will ill-uso you.
Who would bo a man must steer
clear ot strong drink.
Oscar II., King of Sweden, has no
ceded to n petition of bis temperance
subjects to discontinue tho christening
of battleships with wine.
When I see it snake's bend coming
out of 11 hole, I don't stop to crgtify
with that there snake. 1 Just lilt It
with all my might. Don't argufy with
tho liquor trnttic Ai'tomiu Ward.
What the physician most fears In
alcohol Is chletly tue Injuries to tha
nervous system and the Intellectual
powers.
Wattl Holeulus, a member of the
faculty ot the University of Denmark,'
shows that la Denmark one out of
every seven men who dip between tho
ages of thirty-five und llfty-Hre Is a vic
tim ot alcoholism.
In New .eulnnd, where n three-flftlis
vote is required to Imperatively pro
hibit the liquor tiafiiic, the requisite
vote has been given In several distrl-ts:
while others have given h maturity.
but not a three-fifths majority, nnlnsf j
licensing.
COMMERCIAL RtVitW.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review -of
Trade" say:
"Business condilions continue to ex
pand in a wholesome manner that prom
ise well for the future. Reports from
the lending branches of manufacture
are unanimous in telling of an increas
ing volume of orders and the percentage
of idle machinery steadily diminishes.
Textile plants made the best returns,
:losely followed by footwear factories,
nid some divisions of the atccl industry
ire engaged so far ahead that capacity
s extended. Better prospects for the
:rops removes the only handicap that
mpeiled the revival of trade and fa
vorable weather fur a few weeks will
assure unprecedented production in the
aggregate, although the yield of cotton
will fall considerably behind last year's.
"The month of July made a most cn
:ouraging exhibit-in so far as statistics
are available, liabilities of failures be
ing smaller than in any month since
April, iqxji, and railway earnings sur
passing last year's by o.l per cent.
"Quiet conditions in the leading iron
and steel markets do not prevent activity
t the mills, which operate freely on old
contracts and are preparing for a vigor
ous Fall campaign.
"Failures this week in the United
States arc 2., against 214 last week,
iq.t the preceding week and 210 the cor
responding week last year, and in Can
ada 26, against 27 last week, 23 the pre
ceding week and 18 last year."
Bradstreet's says:
"Wheat, including flour, exports f r
the week are 1,041,696 bushels, against
72.1.314 (correct) last week, 1,375,108
this week last year, 3,040,62') in I903 and
4,244,363 in 1902. Corn exports for the
week are 1,013,675 bushels, against 773,
621 last week, 273.365 a year ago, 0U4,
428 in 1903 and 70,611 in 1902.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Baltimore, Md. FLOUR Dull and
unchanged; receipts, it,S63 barrels; ex
ports, 298 barrels.
WHEAT F.asier; spot, contract, 83
("S.VAl spot No. 2 Western, 84 Vj''' 84 'i ;
August, S.S.lJ-i; September, H,i'i(g)
834 ; December, 864tW,'86'Ml ; steamer
No. 2 red, 77(0775-4; receipts, 70,267
bushels; new Southern by sample, so(tj
81 ; new Southern on grade, 79'' 84!.
CORN K.nicr; spot, 6ot;6o!4 ; Aug
ust, 6o4r6o!4 ; September, SO'A'i'.SoHl
year, 4)'.-'Sl4')l January, 4'CW'A '
steamer mixed, 57'ACg S'yy, receipts, 16,
045 bushels ; Southern white corn, 56Q
60; Southern yellow corn, SO$.l'A-
OATS Unsettled; old No. 2 white,
34'As34il old No. 2 mixed, 3I3
31)4; receipts, 19,035 bushels.
RYE Steady (uptown); No. 2 West
ern, 65'o66.
HAY Easier; old No. t timothy,
15.001? 1 5.50; old No. 1 clover mixed,
l2.oo(n tj.50.
BuTTER Steady, unchanged; fancy
imitation, 1718; fancy creamery, 21'A
Oi 22; fancy ladle, l6(j.i7; store-packed,
1415.
KC.CS Firm, 18.
CHEESE Firm, unchanged; large,
1 1 VI; medium, 1144; small, 12.
SUGAR Firm, unchanged; coarse
granulated, 5.45; fine, 5.45.
New York. RYE Dull ; No. a
Western, 7 1 asked c. i f. New York. .
WHEAT Receipts. 2,000 bushels.
Spot, easy ; No. 2 red, 88 elevator ; No.
2 red, f. o. b. alloat ; No. I North
ern Dulutli, 1.1-,'A I. o. b. afloat.
CORN Receipts, 58,125 bushels; ex
ports, 139.904 bushels. Spot, easy; No,
-, 6tJ4 elevator and 61 !4 f. o. b. alloat;
No. 2 yellow, 61; No. 2 while. (2.
OATS Receipts, 33,000 bushels; ex
ports, 1,095 bushels. Spot market, quiet;
mixed 0:11s, 26 la 32 pounds, .v'-Sdrji;
natural white, 30 to X2 pounds, 351)
36J4; clipped white, 36 to 40 pounds, 37
l" .VI.
BUTTER Easier; receipts, 9,466;
street price, extra creamery, 2iA!ii2li;
official prices unchanged.
CHEESE Quiet, unchanged; re
ceipts, 1,171; weekly exports, 2,02a
boxes.
EGGS Firml unchanged; receipts,
S.4W-
I'OULTRY Alive, quiet: Western
chickens, 14; fowls, 13; turkeys, 13;
dressed, easy; Western chickens, 14(3
16; fowls, 14; turkeys, 13117.
RY EFLOUR Steady ; fair to good,
4.i;tfi'4.so; choice to fancy, 4.50'a 4.85.
CORN MEAL Steady; tine while 'and
yellow, 1.30; coarse, l.Kirti.iS; kiln
dried, 3.20.
HAY Finn; shipping, 6065; good
to choice 8s90.
HIDES Firm; Galveston, 20; Califor
nia, 19; Texas, dry, I8J-J.
POTATOES Easy; Long Island,
l.62C",i-75; Southern, 1.00(3X50; Jersey
sweets, 2.2"''l 2.7v
PEANUTS Quiet; fancy hand-picked,
5'o?'i; other domestic, z(i$A.
CABBAGE Easy; Long Island, per
100, 5.0041.6.00.
Uv Stock.
New York BEEVES Dressed beef,
slow at 7(119. Exports, 930 head beeves
and 6,600 quarters of beef.
CALVES No trading of importance;
feeling steady; city dressed veals, slow
it Kvii2; country dressed, steady at 5
li'io'.J.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep dull
and I5rt.25c. lower; good lambs, about
steady; common and medium moving
more freely at a decline of 25'5?35c.
About all sold. Sheep sold at 3.00
4.50; culls, a.50; Iambs, 575'i7-'40 i
dressed mutton, weak at 6-i;7Q;,dresscd
lambs, lower at cVo M'A.
Chicago. CATTLE Market, steady ;
Rood to prime steers, S-iiOo; poof
to medium, 3.75(3.500 ; stockcrs and
feeders, 2.25(04.25 ; cows, 2.40';t.6o ;
heifers, 3.25(05.00; canners, 1.354? 4.40;
bulls, 3.40V4.00; calves, j.rxXci.oo;
Texas-fed leers, 3-oo(a4-75-
MUCH IN LITTLE.
There are more railway tunnels, via
ducts and railroad bridges in Switzer
land than in any other country in the
old world.
Owing to the rapid growth of, ,tlie
United States, the English language is
now spoken by more persons than use.
any other civilized tongue.
It is said that in Benton county, Ind.,
there are a million rods of tiling undet
tlie fields, making them fcrti'.e aid till
able. The land averages worth $113 to
Ji35 an acre
A new oil district has been struck
wiihin 30 miles of Pittsburg, nnd pros-,
pectors are rushing there in large num
bers. Uncle Sam's farm Is a good ',ro
dtieer, both on and under the surface.
Or, J. F. Kennedy, secretary of the
.Iowa State Board of Health, has ismcd
tin ultimatum to Iowa dortori and sur
geons to remove their beards, contend
nig they are unsanitary and carry dis
ease germs.
The united Hungarian societies of
Cleveland, where there arc over 30,000
Hungarians, have decided to prepare a
memorial letting forth what the re
parians luv contributed in ) i
irnship la this councy.