tffiftffitfSttttffffttg t m JJ A Scholarly ft. court By JJ th A. H. C. Mora. Brooklyn, N. X.-Snndny morning, in Btron? IMnce Baptist Church, tho pas tor, the Rev. A. H. V,. Morse, hnd ns his subject. "Powerful Promises." The tesrt wan from II ivter 1:4: "Whereby re given unto lift exceeding great and precious promise; thnt by these we might be partaker of the divine nn. ture, having escapod the corruption which 1 in the world through lust." Mr. Morse said: At any rate tho Bible la frank. It ay the plainest things about man's sin. But It also holds before him n wonderful hope. To-dny he Is mired In corruption. To-morrow he may have escaped from this and become like Uod. The whole gospel Is found In these few words. We have here n statement of the fact of sin and Its origin. The fact Is "cor ruptlon" and the origin "through lust." 1 know thnt there are worldly-wise men who sneer at tho third chapter of Ucnesls. But this I have noticed, that they are uniformly unable to give us a simpler solution of the mystery of evil. Somewhere and at some time the race must have sinned. The stream of life has been poisoned, and this miiRt have taken plncn at Its fountain hend. for wo cannot ilnd any divisions which do not have the entire characteristics of the whole. The Bible says the event took place In tho tlrst man, before n single son was born, and he lusted af ter something which was forbidden to Jilni, and that by his disobedience he foil from a primal lnnocency, and lurched tho race, and entnlled a condi tion of corruption. And thnt we have aggravated this calamity by repenting sin and deepening the ruin. But I nm not so much concerned to dny about the origin of the condition. Wo can leave that with a single word. But there nre certain facts that cannot be brushed aside. A man may ques tion tho story ns it is written in Scrip ture, but he cannot deny It, for It does not come within the region of denial. Neither can he deny the storv ns It Is reproduced in life to-dny. Have you never plucked forbidden fruit? Have you never lusted for pleasure which has been distinctly forbidden? And as a consequence of transgression, have you never experienced a repulsive sick JieRS and nn intolerable loathing, so thnt you have known what is (he' meaning of this phrase, "the corrup tion which Is In tho world through lust?" Do you not know anything ut nil of the lashings of remorse? r,et nie ask you another question. How does it happen that the heart Is so constantly "running down?" Why must it be repeatedly wound up .mil fastened with ratchets? Why do we inve to make and renew resolves, and lash the will to the "sticking place?" Why Is It thnt a man never backslides into holiness? Why cannot we take off the brakes and Ilnd ourselves gilding into the highest moral living? Every thing, we are told, tends to move in the line of least resistance. Do wo find that we are drifting toward char ity and holiness and henevoienee and virtue? Nay. but to all of us these graces are the fruit or serious toll. They are ningnltleent possessions, more precious than gold nnd smirkling gems, but they are gotten only by struggle and privation and selt'-deulnl. And that word "sell'-deninl" contains n fos sil history of primal sin. It tells us of an evil s-elf that must be constantly de nied, because Us desires are wrong. But whence this evil self, nnd whence these wrong desires? But let us come n little closer to this subject. Let mo hint at the things Hint wo cannot spread Iieforo the public, our secret thoughts and 'faults which nre hidden. The thoughts that creep into the heart and nestle there. Can you tell nie whence they come? Tell nie. for instance, whence cnjiio the envy nnd jealousy nnd malice and evil de sire, and tho lust for gold that ninkes the thief, and the thirst for blood which crimsons the hand of murder? Do you not think these things arise In human life ns miliaria and pestilence from n death-dealing bog? Do they Jiot bespeak what this Scripture culls a "corruption which Is in the world through lust?" I suppose that the nn gels before the throne of (Sod would shirk from having their thoughts pro claimed with the trumpet of (Jnbrlel. I know that Jesus has torn open His lienrt nnd flung out a challenge which no man can accept. "Which or vou convinceth Mo or sin?" said lie. But we cannot do that. We hide our thoughts nnd cover our faults with n crimson blush, nnd walk among our nearest friends with n coward's st-p. But what has befallen mini? If God made him Innocent and nobody ques tions this something must have hap pened to corrupt his thoughts and make them so black thnt he stands' in dread or the day for which all other days were made, when this hidden his tory shn II be revealed. There is something pathetic In man's attempts to nstert his worth. We speak, for Instance, or tho "Majesty of conscience" ar.d the "Dlgnltv of hu man nature," and of tho "Fatherhood of Uod," and the -."Brotherhood or man'.' ns ir these terms were true nnd meaningful. Tuke the tlrst of these and scu what comfort there Is in it. "The majesty or conscience!" But do you not know that conscience almost always ppenki In Judgment? It seems to hnve lost its authority to command ir it ever possessed that authority. It cannot Insist upon obedience, but enu only raise Its voice In remonstrance. It can be easily overruled, and voted down, nnd then It can only record a minority vote, and lapse into silence But there I more In this scripture than n statement of the fact of sin. Here nre also "these great and pre cious promises whereby we may be como pnrukers of tho divine nature." That is, men may become as God. And the warrant for this promise Is found in U fact of correspondence between the divine aud the human. The nat ural man cannot discern spiritual things, and it is no use to talk to him about them, for Uiere is no correspond ence, 110 basis of atlinity, no ground of fellowship. But man was made In the image of (Jod, aud It was possible for Ood to take upon Himself man's na ture; nnd it is within the power of every man, by the grace of God, to tike on also the divine nature, to lie uiade like Uod, ' That is what Is said In the word be fore u. And this l done by a ilnglo act. Man fell, wo are told, by reach ing after tho divine attributes. "Y shall be a tied" was the lying promise of the tempter, and by listening to thnt we were cast to tho level of beasts. But now God returns to us with tho proolBo that after all wj shall bo as Himself, shurorj in Ills nature and conformed to His image, it seems strange to you that for u slngln slu so serious consequences should i he en tailed. This could only be because the stream was poisoned nt Its source and the race slimed n tg m-t man. But hero is suMea-lsa whirls cu:to us great. The Lord Ood Is malting to Himself a new creation. He has be gun It in one new Man, who kept His life without spot or blemish. And lu His life and federal headship we sltnre by a single act of faith. The conse quences of faith nre quite as great a the consequences of disobedience. "He that belleveth on Him bath everlasting life." And that does not mean that his life Is prolonged In endless time, but thnt it Is endowed with an Immor tal nature. It is received the Instant he believes, as by a new birth, and has passed from death unto life. He hntli been already delivered from the bond age and corruption of the kingdom of darkness nnd has been colonixed In the kingdom of His Son. He Is born of God, n son of the Most High, a citizen of heaven. A single sin has stained the race. We laid hold on death and spite of tears aud cries and struggle, we hnve not been able to loose the hand. One single net of faith takes bold on eternal life, nnd In spite of sins and falls and failure thnt prize can never be wrested from our grasp. And this is nil by faith. Men have said to me that the scheme of salvation is arbitrary. It is vain, they sny, to shut the world up to faith. But. my friend, do you not know that this entire universe Isnrbltrnry? There Is nothing more arbitrary than the laws of mathematics, or of health or of gravitation. It Is not strange that every son of Adam Is shut up to the multiplication tabic? Is it not strange that If a man wants to compute num bers In China be must use the Identical system thnt wo use? That three and two make live there ns they do here? No, there Is but one Inw for light or heat or electricity or numbers, or grav itation in all the earth. Aud there Is but one way of salvation for all Die earth. Here It is said "through these promises." which only means thnt n man believes in Christ. A promise Is nothing except for the value of the person who makes It. Some men may make their promises, nnd no man gives them heed. But if one promises whoso character you know, then you count on them ns you count upon the shining of the sun. We hear n good denl in these days about education Into the kingdom of God. about tho natural development of righteousness. But development is only unfolding, and that the race has been doing in all tho centuries, nnd each age surpasses the last In tho enormity of sin. Education Is drawing out, but how can you draw holiness from n heart that Is "deceitful above nil things nnd desperately wicked?" Education can never do the work. It Is llko putting a new bundle on the pump nnd leaving the dog in the well. You may wonder nt the fancy of bringing in a new and supernatural life by belief in precious promises. But all questions nre answered by the experiences of history. Great men have been regenerated by single words of Scripture. This was true of Augustine nnd Luther nnd Spurgeon and scores or others whom time fails nie to men tion. They were not only new men, but mighty sons of God. Wonderful was this? As great as the wonder of all forms of life. Look into the ncorn nnd tear its halves apart, nnd tell me If you can see therein the stalwart oak. Annlyze the seed of wheat and tell mo If you can see therein the waving fields of grain. "Well," said Jesus, "tho words which I speak unto you they aro spirit and they are life." Vou cunnot see tho spirit, you cannot see the life, but can you sny they nre not there? I hold up to you these great and precious promises, and there nre saints nnd mis sionaries and nnblo lives and giant charities and mighty revolutions there. There are heaven and an eternal weight of glory wrapped up In that. And our growth In grace nnd the like ness of God is not n process of mend ing and Improvement. But it Is n new creation by which wo become like God. And now I hnve finished. I know I hnve borno down hard on sin. I wish I did not linvo to do so. I wish with you that the word were not in the language because it was not in the benrt. If one of those phantom friends of the astronomers should come to this enrth nnd say to mo "I understand this Is n beautiful place, but for one thing. I understand It Is filled with sin nnd rebellion ngnlnst the rule of God." I wish I could say to him, "My friend, you hnve been misinformed. There is no sin." But I tell you frankly, I could not say that to him. I would lia've to say to lit in r "Alas' 'tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis, 'tis true." But I could also say to him that sin cannot hold us In its cruel grasp. I would point him yonder, nnd sny, "Do you see that gol--den splendor? Thnt Is the gospel of Jesus. It is filled with sweetness, and by that we nre restored and have be come partakers of tho divine nature." And Isn't' that more than tho fact of sin? God's Wny. God's promises aro ever on the ns ceudlng scale. One leads up to anoth er fuller and more blessed than Itself. In Mesopotamia God said: "I will show thee tho land." In Canaan: "I will give thee nil the land, and children in numerable as the grains of sand." It is thus that God allures us to snlntllness. Not giving us anything till we have dared to act, that He muy test us. Not giving everything at tlrst, that He may overwhelm us. and al ways keeping in hand on Infinite re serve of blessing. Oh, the unexplored remainders of God! Who ever saw His last star?-Itev. F. B. Meyer. What Christianity Is. Christianity is that historic religion founded by Jesus of Nazareth, mid having its bond of union in tho re demption mediated by Him, in which tho true relntlon between God and man has for the first time found completo nnd adequate expression, and which, throughout nil tho changes of intellect ual and social environment which the centuries bnvo brought, still continues to maintain itself as the religion best worthy of the allegiance of thoughtful and worthy men. SeUlelerniucuer. Dog Captured Murderer. The monks of the Great St. Ber nard had, some tlma ago, a dog which actually captured a murderer. A trav eler on the famous pass was mur dered In the snow by an Italian navvy. One of the dogs sent out for tho pur pose of succoring snowbound way farers came upon the corpse. Inhtead of returning to the hospice, he pur sued the assHHSln several miles along the road, and biting his leg, lamed hi in so badly that he was unablo to proceed. The St. Bernard mounted guard over him, and waited until the villager came up and arrested the assassin, the corpse having meantime been discovered. Conundrum. Wfcen Is a man ilka breakfast bread? When toasted. When are criminals like unsafe houses? When condemned. Why are great men like street brass bands? They have many followers. When is a politician like a whale? When epoutlrg. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS . FOR AUGUST 27. tahjceti Jeremiah In the Dnnft-aon. J. xxxtIII., 1-13OoMaa Tmxt, Matt, sr., lO -Memory VtfMi, 8-10 Commen tary on th Hay's teuton. t. Jeremiah's enemies (vs. 1-4). 1. "Then." After the events referred to In chapter 37, where Jeremiah was de livered from the dungeon. "Shephn tlnh," etc. gome of Jeremiah' enemlet who were seeking his life. "All th people." They had free access to hlro In the court of the prison. 2. "Life fot a prey." A proverbial expression. To make one's escape with life like a valu able spoil or prey that one carries off; the narrowness of the escape, and th joy felt at It are Included In the idea. He shall carry off his life as his gain, saved by his going over to tho Chal deans. Ilnd Jeremiah not hnd a dlvln commission he might Justly have been accused of treason, but having one which made the result of the siege cer tain he acted humanely ns interpreter of God's will under the theocracy In advising surrender. 3. "Sirrely be given." This was a testimony Hint he constantly bore; he had the uuthorlty of God for it Ho knew It was true and he never wnvered or equlvoentcd. 4. "The princes said." Their reasons were plnln enough, but the proof was wanting. "Seeketh . . . the hurt." An unjust mslnuntlon, for no man had done more for this people than had Jeremiah. His preaching wns calcu lated to arouse them to a sense of their sins nnd cause them to turn to God. One of the commonest ways of Injuring others is to misunderstand Hnd misin terpret their motives, ns Jeremiah's motives were maligned because it was possible for him to huve done what he did with bad motives. When there nre two possible motives for the conduct of nnotber, it is not only a more char itable, but probably a more truthful Judgment to Impute the better motives. "Judge not thnt ye be not Judged," should be written In capital letters, yen, in flaming letters, before us all. II. Jeremiah In the dungeon (vs. B, 0). 5. "King Is not he." edeklnh was a weak king. He had ft coifvictlon that Jeremiah was a phophet of the Lord, and yet he dared not oppose his states men, but yielded to their will without a question. An innocent mnn was thus sacrificed to their malice. These princes were wroth with Jeremiah (chapter 37: 15); "bo bad compared them to rotten tigs" (chapter 24). But for him they would have bad affairs nil their own way, they were nnxlous to be rid of him. I. "Then took they Jeremlnb." Jere miah was tho butt of ridicule and scorn. He wns put In the stocks, was publicly whipped, was misrepresented as on enemy, was imprisoned several times, but ho kept right on. "The dun geon." Llternlly "the cistern." It was not a subterranean prison ns that in Jonathan's bouse (chapter 37: lBi, but a pit or cistern, which had been full of water, but was emptied of It during the slego so that only mire remained. Such empty clsters were often used as prisons (Zneh. 0: 11); the depth forbade hope of escape. "Sunk In the mire." They evidently expected that he would die In that place. III. Jeremiah's friend (vs. 7-0). 7. "Ebedmolech." The servnnt of tho king. He probnbly was keeper of the royal harem, and so had private ac cess to the king. Alrendy even nt this early time, God wished to show what good reason there was for calling the Gentiles to salvation. An Ethiopian stranger saves the prophet whom his own countrymen, the Jews, tried to destroy. So the Gentiles believed In Christ whom tho Jews crucified, nnd Ethiopians were ninon-i the earliest converts (Acts 'J: 10; S: liT-.T.l). "Sitting in the gate." The gates of cities were tho places where justice wns admin istered. 8 "Went forth." The servant went Immediately to the king. There wns no time to lose, for If he delayed the prophet might perish. What, n bold, courageous act this wns. It ought to put many of us to shame. 1). "These men," etc. He must linvo been In the king's conllilence or lie would not linvo flared raise his voice ngnlnst the action of. the princes. The Lord can raise up friends for His peo ple where they aro least expected. "No more bread." Thnt is, no more bread left of the public store In the city (chapter 37: 21); or, nil but no bread left anywhere. This shows to what straits tho city was reduced. IV. Jeremiuii rescued (vs. 10-13). 10. "King commanded." Zedoklnh's better nature was stirred. "Thirty men." Not merely to draw up Jeremiah, but to guard Ebed-melech If the princes should oppose hiin. The king was de termined that he should be rescued by force If necessary. Ebed-melech was rewarded for ills faith, love and eour nge. exhibited at a time when ho might well fear the wrath of tho princes. 11-13. Ebed-melech took the men ns the king hud commanded nnd rescued Jeremiah. He let down into the pit some torn clothes aud worn ont gar ments and Instructed Jeremiah to roll them around the ropes nnd place them under ids nrinplts, so as not to suffer Injury from tho ropes when ho was drawn up. Although Jeremiah wns thus rescued from a terrible death, he was not set nt liberty, but remained in the court of the prison. He was still In prison when the armies of Babylon took Jerusalem. He was found In chains and carried with other captives on the wny to Babylon, but was re leased at Itaniah, six miles from Jeru salem. Thus ended the prison life of the prophet. How long he was in prison it is difficult to determine, prob ably for yeurs. The Lamentations which ho wrote nfter the destruction of Jerusalem must have been his frequent meditation while in confinement. There are two cinnamon harvests sunni ly in Ceylon. RAM'S H0RNB LASTS UK sin-problem is the secret of all problems. Kilucutors who feel suro that the taint will eomo oil of niony mulct their li a lulling, vhould take cum that it docs not come oil on their hnn Is. l,ove for the law is tho safeguard of liberty. Prosperity is not synonymous with Provideuco. The word of salvution is always in season. ' Tho fenr of tho Ioril secures the flight of tho devil. . The lowi-rin.j brow docs not prove the heavy brain. Wnlking worthily means moro than walking wearily. AUGUST TWENTY-SEVENTH. Mission Work Among Women. Act 16: 13-18; Tit 2: 3-9. (Horn and Foreign Fields.) 8om Bible Hint. Tho chief difficulty of missionaries In the Orient Is to reach the women, secluded as they are In harems; and this seclusion dwarfs their minds as much as It ' confines their bodies. The winning of the women means the winning of the children, the ser vants, and often of the men, so that work for women Is especially Import ant. In pagan superstition the women are the bouI of conservatism, and often bitterly oppose any change on the part of the men. They must be won tlrst. Women hnve shone everywhere on the mission fields, and especially in the schools, where they have been In deed "teachers of good things." Mission Note Concerning Women. A Chrlstlnn woman went to work In a negro settlement In the Indian Ter ritory appropriately named Sodom, so vile was It. In less than a year the men had built a school house and church, and now the place is called appropriately, "Pleasant Grove." In heathen lands the suffering caused women by tho ignorance and superstition of the native doctors Is unequalled among the world's tor tures, and the woman medical mis sionary winds the endless gratitude of the womep whom she frees from these agonies. Dr. Clara Swain was the first won man medical missionary. She went to North India In January, 1870. When the medical missionary at tended in her severe illness tho wife of tho Chins prime minister, LI Hung Chang, the great man's Influence wns won for missions. A mission school-toncher In a Mor mon village was tormented by a rab ble of boys, who stoned the school house and tried to drive her out of town; but one day she called In tho leader and got him to help her to put up a fallen stove pipe, sa winning him that he became one of tho most suc cessful pastors In T'tah. A mission teacher In New Mexico was thwarted at every turn by a Ca tholic priest, but she ministered to the sick during a terrible scourge of diphtheria and smallpox, and after wards all doors were open to her. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS AUGUST TWENTY-SEVENTH. Women Work for Mlsslon.--MarU H. 3-9; Acts 9. ;',6; Rom. ID. 1. 2 The woman who anointed Jesus; the patron saint of all Ladies' Aid Societies, Dorcas; and l'hebn, the "succorer of many," furnish us our lesson basis. These all were noble women who poured forth their luve to Christ In help to others. They are worthy types cf those noble bands of Christian women who in our day have banded themselves together to carry the gosptl to the neglected and e ( laded women of ht-uthen lands, it has crystallized Itself into the Wo man's Foreign unit the Womun'ti Home Missionary Societies. Ninety days utter the organization of our Parent Missionary Society in 1S1U a "Woman's Auxiliary" was or ganized in New York by Dr. Nathan Hangs and others. An address was Issued to the "female Members of the Methodist Eplscopil Church." But In time the society became almost inac tive and crowded out by tint organi zation of other societies. It lias been estimated, however, that they con tributed at len.-.t L'u,i)iii) to the I'arent Society. Wnen the China Mission was planted in 1S47 a society of women in Baltimore was organized as the "La dles' China MUsionary Society." For some twenty years this did a noble work. It Riunt"d ?.",0iii) for a "female Academy" in Foot-how, and gave tor ten years $::uu per year to the Purent Society. The Union Woman's Mis sionary Society was organized In New York in 1 SCO, and many of our church women were active In It until the or ganization of our own Woman's fo reign Missionary Society. The organization of this society was effected In Boston in ISO! by a .'ew elect ladies, some of whom are still living. They rapidly grew in numbers and in favor with the church. Tho present work of the society Is import ant, and growing rapidly. Their In come is about $5110,000 u year. They support missionaries in nil our foreign fields. About 250 are now at work under their direction. Some 6,000 auxiliaries at home with nearly 150, 000 members Insure a still larger ad vance in the future. Twenty-five thousand copies of the Woman's Mis sionary friend go into the homes of our people. In common with other church boards of Woman's Societies they are taking a systematic study of missions from text-books prepared for the purpose. This society Is only one of many other church societies of women who are sending the gospel to the heathen women who are inac cessible save through Christian women. The Quarter Test. Hand a silver quarter to each play er, together with a sheet of paper, on which ho should ae asked to wrlto his answers to ha following ques tions, all bearing on things that can be found on a silver quarter: Name part of a river Mouth. A hunted animal Hare (hair). An outline Profile. An Eastern fruit Pate. Dutch flowers Tulips (two lips). Edge of a hill Brow. Center of crime I (eye). Twinkling lights Stars. Impudence Cheek. Meaning of "understands" Knows (nose). Tho greatest country in the world The United States of America. An American colu Quarter dollar. A large bird Eaglo. Part of sentence Clause (claws). What angels have Wings. One out of many E plurlbus ur.um. What American citizen enjoy Liberty. Part of the human face Eix. Indian weapons Arrows. Clrl 8uffer for Father. A six-year-old girl, the daughter of a itage manager, failed to obtain ad mission to a Munich girls' school, be cause her father' irofesilon 1 con sidered "Immoral." THE PARK FIRST- Not flrnt the glad and then the sorrowful But first the sorrowful, and then the find ; Tears for a day for earth of tears is full; Ihen we forget that we were ever sad. Not first the bright, and after that th dark But first the dark, and after that the bright; i irt the thick cloud, and then the rain bow' arc; .''irst the dark grave, then resurrection light. Horatiua Bonar. THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PRAYER. BY A. S. WORRKI.L. "Praying in the Holy Spirit:" "The Spirit nlso belpeth our Infirmity; for we know not how to prnv as we ought; but the Spirit Himself ninkelli Inter cession for us with gronnings thnt can. not be ottered; nnd He that senrcheth the hearts knoweth what Is the mind of the Spirit, because He innkelii In tercession for the saints nccnrdlng to Cod." iSee In order Judo 21; Horn. H:2i, 27.1 We have nil lenrnd the place the father and iho Son occupy lu the prayers of find's people, vlr... that prayer should be offered to the Father in the name of tho Son; but compara tively few seem to know the place of the Spirit. To Ignore the Spirit's place in our prayer-life, or to remain ignorant of It, Is to grieve the Spirit, and greatly hinder His work In ns. How Import ant It is, therefore, thnt we learn our dependence upon the Holy Spirit; nnd, to do this, let us glance nt the mighty part thnt Is assigned to IHm in the working out of human redemption. The Spirit Is the one who convicts the sinner (John 10:8) : He is the agent of regeneration (John i:si: He strengthens the Inner man, or new nn ture. to the end that the believer may enthrone Christ In his heart by faith (Kph. 2:in, 17;. John 14:17-20): He Is the bnilder-up of the Chrlst-llfe In the fully surrendered nnd obedient believer fi'inl. 5:22, 2:t: 2 Cor. 3:18); He becomes, ns His presence Is welcomed within, the tencher of the true believer (John 14: 2!i. and his guide Into nil truth (John lti:lS. 14): nnd He is the Insplrer of true prayer, bring the bestower of the spirit of grace nnd or supplication (Zet-h. 12:10). The Spirit's work In the matter of practical redemption Is just as neces sary ns the vicarious sufferings of Christ on the cross; for, npart from the work of the Spirit, the death of Christ would have availed nothing In the way of human redemption. "He maketli Intercession for the saints." Ho Is "the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, father." He enable us to say. "Our father, who art In Henven." As we permit the Spirit to work In us, our prayers nnd our service be come acceptable to Ood our father, failure In prayer must come from a feeble spiritual life In us; and our spirltunl life is feeble, because we have not welcomed the Holy Spirit within ns, and trusted Him to do Ills blessed work In our being. Our prayer life is nn exact Index of the Spirit's work In us. If we take great, delight In prayer, and pray without censing, It Is because the Holy Spirit has been permitted to work freely In us. Do we really desire to be at our best for ("Sod and man in the prayer-life? There are certain steps that lead in that direction: and. If we would hnve glorious realizations growing out of tho prayer-life, we must take and maintain these steps: 1. We must, lu the spirit of unre served obedience, yield ourselves wholly to Ood. nnd Invite the Holy Spirit into our hearts and lives, to make us real Instruments of prayer, to the praise of the bless"d Cod. 2. We must, by faith, welcome the Holy Spirit Into our hearts, and believe Him present in us. whether we feel His presence or not. ".. Wo should trust the Spirit to brealhe Into our spirits, or hearts. Just the petitions that He knoweth the father would be pleased to grant. -!. We should trust Illm to impart the faith to neeept the answer to the petitions He lireatheth in us. r. We should trust the Spirit to un fold to us the Scriptures, to the end that our prayers may nil harmonize with the Word of (!ocl, and that our petitions may be co-extenslve with all the provisions or grace in Christ Jesus. (I. We should ever k-ep our minds, lirarts, and wills, centred in Jesus Christ, nticl see In Illm the meritorious ground upon which our petitions may br grunted by the father. 7. IT we evi l- exnect lo be success ful In the prayer-life, we must take time to pray; hnve our hours and places for prayer: ami make prayer one. nt least, of the principal businesses of life: permitting nothing to disturb It. Oh. beloved, let lis yield ourselves to Cod. that He may make us all that He wlsheth us to be: and. complying with the seven-conditions above named, our noiritual life will grow stronger as the days go by, and our etllclency ns instru ments of prayer will Increase accord Ingly. Cospel Witness. ConaolnHoii. There Is something beyond the phil osophies in the light, in the grass blades, the leaf, the grasshopper, the sparrow on the wall. Some day the great anil beautiful thought which hov ers on the confines of the mind will nt last alight. In that is hope, the whole sky Is full of abounding hopesoine tliing beyond the books that Is consu lt! Hon.-Itlchitl'd Jeffries. Malt Your Own Monument, Live for something. Do good, nnd leave behind you u monument of vir tue flint the storm of time can never destroy. Write your name by kind ness, love mill mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten. No. your name, your deeds, will be as legible on the hearts of those you leave behind i.s the stars on the brow of evening, (iood deeds will shine ns bright on the earth ns the star of lieu veil. Thoiuu Chalmers. Dog Exterminate Woodchuck. Elliot Hubbard, who resides neat Monterey, Mass., has a dog which he prizes highly as an exterminator cf woodchuck. Tho dog Is a rathot common appearing shepherd, but dur ing the past few months he has taken quite a fancy to woodchucks, and bt.s already killed twenty-two. The last one of "Sport's" victim wa Jet black. nV the dog carried him for several miles in order to exhibit hi prize lo hi master. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.' A Wife's Story Trll of th Hatband Tot rronltr (a fin- nnt Mil Three Small Children rood the Hntn tlgn rtt On, nnd Yet I Alwuy, Hungry. Six year ago I met Joseph Kenna. He was a good-looking young fellow. Often I watched him pass down the street on his Ice-wagon. Every night be came to see me. Money was noth ing to him then. He wn making 12 a week. He bought me everything. I wns hnppy. "Oh." I used to sny to him, "you're too good to me; I don't derve It. All 1 can do Is to love you." I did lovo blm with my whole soul. I thought of him all day. Such a fine fellow be wns! After a year he asked me to marry him. I was the happiest woman on tho Enst Side. I wns proud of Joe. So we were married, and for a short time things went well. Otip night Joe came home late. I thought be ncted uueer. He kissed me. His breath smollccl of beer. My heart turned sick. I felt whnt wns coming. True enough, I knew there would bo no rest for me after that. Joe didn't say much, and 1 didn't scold him. The next day lie told me he was sorry. I forgave him. I hoped once more. In n few nights he enme In again. It wns midnight. "Where's dinner?" he yelled, ills eyes were bloodshot nnd tierce. I wns sitting up for blm. "Here it is, Joe. dear," I said. He glared it me and swore n terrible oath. Then be dashed the dishes on the floor. I began to cry. "Shut up'." be shouted. "I'll choke you." I trembled with fenr. He fell on thnt lounge there nnd dropped to sleep. It made my benrt bleed to look nt blm. Oh, It was terrible! The next morn ing he wrnt nwny nnd never spoke to pie. It was the first time. After that it got worse. Little Joe wns born. His father cursed at hlra when he cried, nnd threatened to kill him. He never came In till Int nt night. All the neighbors were afraid of him. They wanted to help me, but they were scared. for five years night after night he enme home drunk. He would slap mo sometimes nnd strike the children. Put I loved him in spite of it all. Little Joe was five nnd Julia two years old when baby was born. She's thirteen months old now. from tkat time Joe went from bad to worse. He lost his position on the Ice wagon. He gave us nothing to eat. "I wish you were all dead," be would growl. How he got liquor. I don't know; but get It he did. One cold night there was no fire in the stove. I was freezing. I wrapped my one slinwl round the baby, nnd Julia huddled up near me on the bed. Little Joe came In. His hands were red with cold. "Mamma." he cried, "here's n quar ter a big mnn gave me." His father stood in the doorway. He saw the quarter. "Olve It here," be growled. "I won't," nnswered little Jo?, run ning to nie. His father picked up a chair and hit the boy bis own son. The quarter rolled on the floor. The little fellow did not move. "You've killed my darling!" I cried. He muttered out nn onth and slunk out. He always hnd a heavy whip. With this he beat me nnd his little ones. When they cried ho laughed. Poor little dears! When they hrnrd him coming their faces would go all white and they would tremble all over. Joe's clothes got all ragged. lie didn't enre. Whisky was all he want ed. At lust I got sick. I had to lie down. I wns trying to sleep on the sofn. not a month ago, when in stag gered u'oe. "Oct up." ho roared, nnd struck me with the butt of his whip. I shrunk a wny. "Stop hitting my mamma." I heard little Joe cry. He turned nronnd and threw the boy on the floor. Then bo struck the baby and stumbled out. My body was all black and blue where he'd hit me. I wns sore nil over. I hugged the poor baby. It kept looking at the door and s Teaming. Joe didn't coine back that evening. I kissed the children nnd tried to keep awake, but my eyelids were too henvy. Little Joe wns crying for something to ?nt. My head vas dizzy. There wns nothing In the room. I wns fulnt. I !rled to nurse baby in vnln. Then I tried to get up. I wns too weak nnd sore. I looked ut the picture 3f the Virgin there nnd prayed. I could not see clearly. I put my linnd over one eye. All was dark. My cup was full, but I hoped for the chil dren. I told them to be good nnd hon est nnd to love their poor mninmn. For five days I lay on tho bed. The loot children cried for food. Joe enme n once, "for (Soil's sake, denr," I said, 'light the fire and give the bnlrns iomethlng to cat." Ho scowled nt mo ind broke n rocking chair on the floor. I did not see blm ncain. finnlly a mini from some society ?nme In. lie took nip and enred for the hlldren. The next thing I knew I wns in Bellevne. Joe has gone now. I nm sorry for lilm. He in cant to kill rue. He tried 'o, but thnt was because be was drunk. Perhaps he'll reform and be good atter he gets out of Jail. Terhaps he'll be glad to see bis boy and girls growing up. I nm prnylng ho will. I must support them till they i get big somehow. ir only my eyesight would come d.ick to me. This Is the wny a New York dally naper winds up the trial of n man for cruelty to his wife and three smnll children: "Yet who cares; the rum tiger must bo fed." The National Ad vocate. Teinprrancv Nntet. Cheerfulness Is the bright wenther ot the heart; "strong drink" withers It. Given a sufficient motive, n drunkard can redeem himself, even when Iim is past middle age. The sale of heir has fallen oil gr-'nfly lu Incllii of late, owing, says an official report, to Vtbe spread of temperance principles lit the army." The Ilev. Harvey Wood tells (Venn Orovo that drunkenness among the women of America has Increased llfty per cent, within n few yenrs. for progress along local option lln's. Illinois bends thcllst. with nearly 7oo non-drinking communities. Sir Frederick Treves Is authority for the statement that the use of alcohol bus steadily decreased lu the medical profession during the last twi-uly-tlve yenrs. The statistics of beer cor.su. upi ion, which are available for only seven countries, show n total consumption of .ii()4.(HM).lHiO gallons annually. In !M1 Oermany consumed l,7f :1.ihh).ocH) the United Klng'.io.t,, 1,r01,KM.M0; , the United States. 1. II) l,(KS1.0c)li; Au:r!a, )S.OX ,); Franco. 2V.,) nisi; Hi ti-fc-nry, 38S-'0.00(, and Italy, UJSo.Wkj COMMERCIAL KtVitW. R. G. Dun & Company'! "Weekly Re view of Trade" ayj : "Trade reports are less uniformly fa vorable, but adverse factori are of temporary nature, and the net result for the week i satisfactory. "Numerom atrikes have occurred, ex erting the customary pcrniciom influenc over business, and the epidemic of yel low fever is restricting Southern trade. On the other hand, thermal condition have facilitated retail trade, crop pros pects have greatly improved, and out-of-town buyers are numerous in all the leading markets. "Iron furnaces and steel mills make progress, but less rapidly. Lumber mills and dealers are having an exceptionally busy season. Railway earnings in July were 7-4 per cent, greater than in the same month last year. "Little change has occurred in the fi nancial situation, rates ruling easy, while prices of securities have risen close to the highest point on record. "Recovery in the iron and steel indus try comes more slowly than was antici pated, yet there are numerous indica tions of a better tone. "Raw materials of the footwear indus try continue strong, hides commanding the highest position since the Civil War and showing no indication of reaction. r allures this week numbered 222 in the United Statc3, compared with 222 a year ago, and 19 in Canada, against 33 last year." I'rachtrcct's says: "Wheat, including Hour, exports for the week are 85,002 bushels, agiinst IX4I,r) last week, 1,281,3c; this week last year, 3,413,191 in 1903, and 4,591, S03 in 1 002. Corn exports for the week arc 1,152,441 bushels, against 1,013,675 last week, 695,222 a year ago, 707,387 in lgt3, and 93,423 in 1902." WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore, Md. FLOUR Dull and unchanged; receipts, 11,868 barrels; ex ports, 298 barrels. WHEAT Easier; spot, contract, 83 (S83J4; spot No. 2 Western, 84)84!; August, 83'o83'4; September, Hj'M 34; December, 86(3.86 ; steamer No. 2 red, 77f177; receipts, 70,267 bushels; new Southern by sample, 50 81 ; new Southern on grade, 790184. CORN Easier; spot, 6ci6oJj ; Aug ust, 6oTo 6o!4; September, sg'i(fis)H ; year, 4gV2Cn 49 ; January, 40'"A')'A i steamer mixed, ST'jCn s?V receipts, 16, 345 bushels ; Southern white corn, 56(0; 60; Southern yellow corn, sofa 63 14. OATS Unsettled; old No. 2 white, 34'i'f!344 1 old No. 2 mixed, 3i 31)4; receipts, 19,035 bushels. RYE Steady (uptown) ; No. 2 West ern, 6506. HAY Easier; old No. I timothy, 15.0015.50; old No. 1 clover mixed, I2.oofo 12.50. BoTTER Steady, unchanged; fancv imitation, I7rtri8; fancy creamery, 21 'A ('122; fancy ladle, liT, store-packed, 141W1;. EGC.S Firm, 18. CHEESE Firm, unchanged; large, lV2; medium, nJi'; small, 12. SUGAR Firm, unchanged; coarse granulated, 5.45; fine, 5.45. New York. RYE Dull; No. a Western, 71 asked c i f. New Y'ork. . WHEAT Receipts, 2,000 bushels. Spot, easy; No. 2 red, 88 elevator; No. 2 red, 89 f. o. b. afloat; No. I North ern Dulutli. I.i5'4 f. o. b. afloat. CORN Receipts, 58,125 bushels; ex ports, 139.904 bushels. Spot, easy; No. 2, 6x14 elevator and 614 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 61; No. 2 white, 62. OATS Receipts, 33,000 bushels; ex ports, 1,095 bushels. Spot market, quiet; mixed oats, 26 to 32 pounds, 32!4(cj33; natural white, 30 to 32 pounds, 35'a; 36'; clipped white, 36 to 43 pounds, 37 BUTTER Easier; receipts, 9,466; street price, extra creamery, 2lj4(fi.2i)4 ; 0fliei.1l prices unchanged. CHEESE Quiet, unchanged; re ceipts, 1,171 ; weekly exports, 2,020 boxes. EGGS Firm unchanged; receipts, 3-1 99- POULTRY Alive, quiet; Western chickens, 14; fowls, 13; turkeys, 13; thessed, easy; Western chickens, 14(3 16; fowls, 14: turkeys, 13W17. RY EI-'LOUR Steady ; fair to good, 4.lVc?4.V; choice to fancy, 4.5otfi'4.85. CORN MEAL Steady; fine white and yellow, 1.30; coarse, I.t6rtri.i8; kiln dried. 3.20. HAY Firm; shipping, boitG$; good to choice 85190. HIDES Firm; Calveston, 20; Califor nia, ig; Texas, dry, 18J4. POTATOES Easy ; Long Island, 1.621.75; Southern, 1.00:1.50; Jersey sweets, 3.2;'?i2.75. PEANUTS Quiet; fancy hand-picked, 5'''5'4; other domestic, i'a.i'i. CABBAGE Easy ; Long Island, per 100. 5.oca6.od. Live Stock. New York BEEVES Dressed beef, slow at 7i 9. Exports, 930 head beeves and 6,600 quarters of beef. CALVES No trading of importance; feeling steady; city dressed veals, slow at 8';M2; country dressed, steady at S (cito'i. SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep dull and t5?Vi.35c. lower; good lambs, about steady; common and medium moving more freely at a decline of 25'$3Sc. About all sold Sheep sold at .voo-SJ 4.50; culls, 2.50; lambs, S.75c7-40; dressed mutton, weak at 6ji9J dressed lambs, lower at 8riV4. Chicago. CATTLE Market, steady ; pond to prime steers, 5.25(2)500; poor to medium, 3.755.00.; -stockers and feeders, 2.25(0,4.25; cows, 2.40'?? 4.60; heifers, 3.2512.5.00; canncrs, I.35'a2.40; bulls, 3.44114.00; calves, 3.0037.00; Texas-fed steers, 3.604.75. MUCH 1N"UTTLB. The "labor mafia" in Chicago has sent a death notice to Robert Noren, treas urer of the Chicago Federation of Labot Official statistics show that the area sown with wheat in Great Britain is 1,375,284 acres, the smallest area ever recorded. Pcriia has asked Russia 'to send sugar experts to examine the possibility of the cultivation of beet root in Persia, and of the: establishment of refineries there. A Russian commission will accordingly leave for Persia at the end of August. The very small proportion of owners to the total mur.lK-r of tillers of the. soil is generally believed to be Oiic of the Bluest drawbacks to the IJiUi-h agricultural industiy, and the extension o? the Irish land-purchase scheme M the other parts of the kingdom is uie 1 as a remedy by persons who h ive stud ic.! the suliicct. In a case coniinc? up on appeal, ttic Sr.j.r?:ne Court of the German Empire has decided that the use of fish Uiciiss dissolved in tnrlaric acid to clarity wum is not permissible nud is subject to penalty. Wine thus treated is to be con sidcred adulterated on omit of C acid added.
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