SffgSfffftf9ft.tttttfff s SUNDAY SERMON s 5 5 A Scholarly Di. court. By RT. Albert Jonoe Lord. Brooklyn, N. I. The Rev. Albert Jones ord, pastor of the First Congre gational Church, Merlden. Conn., preached In Plymouth Church Sunday morning In exchange with the assistant pastor, the Kev. Wlllard P. Harmon. Mr. Lord bad ft good audience, and preached an excellent sermon. His subject was "The Sacrament of Ser vice." The text was from Isnlah xll:6: "They helped every one his neighbor, and every one said to his brother. 'Be of good courage.'" Mr. Lord said: We have been passing rapidly in the last half century from an Individual istic to a social typo of civilization. Paul's words were never more true than to-day, when he said, "None of us lireth to himself, and no man (Hot li to. himself." All the forces and factors pertaining to human life mechanical, social and religious have been moving to sneb a degree toward each other that the twentieth century can say that the one word which will serve her best for a watchword Is "Together; togeth er." In the Industrial world the concen tration of forces Is most manifest. Dr. Joslab Strong calls to mind how that fifty years ago It wan the nge of home spun. Families could meet all the needs of their households, spinning, weaving and the making of garments. The fields about the home supplied the Inmates with the necessities of life. Then it was that the main force was the brawny arm. But to-dny manufac ture has forsaken the home for the mill and the factory, and steam and electricity are the regnant forces. Di vision of labor bns taken the place of the single hand. Then one man made many things: now many men make one thing. But as industrially, so socially arc we becoming more intimately related. A half century ago there were com munities, many but small In numbo:1 and limited in advantages, yet complete In themselves. Citizens seldom went beyond the borders of their respective towns. But gradually those communi ties have been grouped into towns, and the towns developed Into cities and the cities into greater cities. Whereas our fathers were independent of all the world, we are more or less dependent on the whole world. This made Robert Louis Stevenson exclaim, "It is really disheartening how we depend on other people in this life." This complex life has given rise to a great many social nnd fraternal or ganization. Men have banded them selves t. ..ether for mutual helpfulness. Fathers, working by the week nnd for small wages, having little cues de pending upoii them, have serious thoughts when they realize that sick ness may be lying in wait for them and abort hours muy be their lot. When the head of the family is sick and unable to work, the income ceases, but expenses Increase. To meet all these possibilities the various benevo lent societies and fraternal organiza tions have come into existence. It is every man's duty to consider not only the present demands of the fam ily, but its future welfare. It is a crime for a father to spend his money freehanded at the bar, or In hospitality at the club, or squander it in sports, when be has not, either in the savings bank or in insurance, made secure the future welfare of his family. It is every man's duty to endow the future with as good a livelihood for his fam ily as lies in his power. We heartily sympathize with frater nities and societies in their sick bene fits and care of widows and fatherless children. They have a mission in soci ety. But, however commendable they may be, they must not take the place of the two divine institutions the home and the church. There is but one place where Hod has set up the altar of domestic affection, where conjugal relations are sanctified by the presence of children, and that is the home; and there is but one institution which the Son of God ordained while upon earth, and that is the Christian church. Fra ternal organizations should be supple ments, but never attempt to be substi tutes for the home or the church. But we cannot say that because life Is becoming more highly organized it can be lived more easily. On the other' hand, we are Inclined to say that the closer men's relations are the greater the friction and the more difficult to have every event work good to every person. This kind of life, I repeat, is far better but more difficult to live lu all its relutlons. The tone of a three or five bank -organ Is much better, richer, more sympathetic and hurmonl oils than the tone, of a. cabinet organ. In the one there are few combinations, while in the other there are hundreds. An amateur can piuy the one, but only the master organist can play the otner satisfactorily. So in these times of highly developed social and religious life it is difficult to live a full, rouuded Christian life. A company of people spread over a large area can get along comfortably well, but crowded into a small inclosnro they will suffer em barrassment. They all have elbows, and where It Is ideal to march through life, touching elbow to elow, It Is not so comfortable when men ace cramped and their elbows touch one anothei under the arms. Our wholo social life is, therefore, n question of elbows. This leads us naturally to the ques tion, How can life be lived so us to f n. fill all these manifold relations The answer is found in the words of the text, "They helped every one his neigh bor and every one said to his brother, 'Be of good courage.' " I wish these words might be placed over the doors of every church, Inscribed upon the walls of every place of worship and selected as n watchword for every charitable organization. What a changd world this would be If the sen timent of this text should go into effect lo-morrow morning. The words sug gest to us two ways by which we may administer the sacrament of service. Humanity is in constant need of help. The circle of suffering and misfortune is all the while changing, but It never happens to be empty, in spite of the fact that we are a rich country and are living in times of plenty, there are children in every city in need of bread, and elderly people iu need of support and comfort. It is no disgrace to be poor or to be sick If we have douo all In our power to drive away the wolf from the door and beat down the germs in our system. Jesus was poor, more so than the foxes and the birds; Paul was poor, having few or no pos sessions but "the cloak and the parch inent; Peter was poor, "Silver and gold have I none." Poverty is no dis grace, unless it be the dregs of a wasted life. Wherever there is hon ored poverty there should be generous benevolence. To pity distress is but human; To relieve it is tiod like. i . When Jesus was upon earth He said that f.very benefaction which was be stowed npon one of the Jeast of the brethren In n loving spirit was uccepta bin unto Illm. Inasmuch Is a word which is full of significance to nil char ity workers. "All the beautiful senti ments In the world will weigh less than a single lovely action." Many of the fraternal organizations miiiht teach us who are members of the church lessons In charity. A short time since I re ceived In my mall by mistake a postal sent by one member of a fraternal or ganization to another, asking him to call and assist sick brother. How often does our fellowship promnt ns to do this? Yet the Bible nys, "Do good unto nil men, especially unto those who are of the household of faith." No gift of means or might will ever fall to he thrice blest. Let the largest end of your generosity be beneath the surface If It chances so to be; lot the number of your benefactions be n secret If you will, but. whether secret or public, crowd your life with endless benefac tions nnd countless mercies. Edwin Markhaui has a beautiful poem entitled "Inasmuch." Ho pictures n watchman. I van by name, on Mos cow's castlpd height guarding the cit adel. The driving snow was heaping Itself against the citadel wall when a half bare beggar man tottered past. The watchman ran and threw his own coat around the half frozen beccar, but that very night died himself from ex posure: But vrnkinn in tlmt Bolter Lorn' Hint lies llevond the reaches of these oc iine skies. Behold the Lord came out to greet iiim home. Wearing the coat ha gave at Moscow's dome Wearing the heavy, liniry cout lie inve By Moscow's tower before he left the grave, "And where, dear Lord, found you t Ills coat of mine, A thing unfit for glory such as Tliinc?" Then the Lord answered with a look of light: "This roat. My son, you gave to Mo Inst night." But 'here Is another way to again offer the sacrament of service than by giving food to eat and raiment to put on: It is suggested by the last half of the text: "And every one said to his brother, 'Be of good courage.' " There are men and women in this world who need an encouraging word more than they need bread. Man docs not live by bread alone. There are men on our streets who have been unfortunate in their lives. They are pessimistic and discouraged and distrust all the world. There ore others who are In some vo cation which does not measure up to their ambition, and they need to have some one tap them on the shoulder nnd sny, "Be of good courage." There are n good many men who become discour aged before they become drunkards. There are others who lose their hope before they lose their good name. There are many who need to be met at the door of the factory at the close of the day's work und led beyond the saloon to the doors of their homes, that they may be saved to themselves and to their families. They need words of strength. Their wills are weak nnd must be reinforced. They need to be Inoculated with courage, and the power to resist evil. Very few of us realize how mti'!i help there is In a handshake when given in a brotherly way. One of Wel lington's officers when commanded to go on some perilous duty, lingered a moment, as If afraid, and then said: "Let me have one clasp of your nll couquerlng hand before I go. nnd then I cun do it." The majority of the needy ones of earth ask not for our money, but for our sympathy, and our sympathy we ought to give. "Some one ought to do it, but why should I?" should bo turned into the snetitklnl srniinieut, "Some one ought to do It, so why not IV" Frederick Douglass appreciated the uplift which Lincoln always gave him when they met. for Douglass said: "He is the only man who does not remind me that I am a negro." To say to a weak brother with all the meaning in your soul. "Be of good courage," will often make him a moral giant nnd suffer him to rise above his difficulties and his shortcom ings. There are very few persons wo do not need words of encouragement, who do not need to have some one sny to them, "Be of good courage." No one has ever been nble to speak this word with such pathos ns Jesus, and no heurts have ever been lifted into the presence of their best selves, as those to whom He spoke. When 'the woman was brought to Him taken in her sin, it was "Go sin no more." When others would condemn tho wom an who stole her way Into the house of Slnon the leper to anoint Jesus' feet Ha said: "Sbo hath done what she could." When Mary nnd Martha were mourning the loss of a brother it was, "Thy brother shall rise again." When the thief on the cross threw himself upon Jesus' compassion, the Muster said, "To-day thou shalt be next Me in Paradise." Homethlng Kxtrn. It Is not enough, according to Chris tianity, to be as good as the average, yet many seem to think so. It is hurd te overcome the childish habit of com. paring ourselves with others, and tak ing what comfort we can from the thought that we aro not any worse than they. Jesus said: "What do ye more than others?" Chrlstiunlty, if It is anything new at all. Is something extra. It dne not say that the old religions are alto gether wrong. No, It says that they are inadequate. Christ came to fulfil, not to destroy. The bruised reed He does not break, the smoking flax He does not quench. The first He seeks to bind up, that it muy become Just as strong ns possible; the second Ho funs into a flame. Christ says to all men: "You are My disciples Indeed when you become nil thut God intended you to be. Do not remain in the lowlands. Do not be contented with a common place life. Come upon tho mount with Me. Live the separated life. Be some, thing extru." Northwestern Chris:lan Advocate. RAM'S HORN BLASTS rr JIE worst prido is I boast of our uu- muity. Most people are repentant soon af ter the (rreen ap ples are eaten. What you give gladly Ood can use gloriously. Souls cannot grow iu the shadow of the saloon. down a revival. They who take Iliin for a guard find Him a guide. Nothing soothes tho sorrowing bet ter than service for others. When a man knows liis own great ness he nun not sco that of another. A ninn does not domnstfato liis re ligion by his dolleiuncy iu reason. You cannot talk aright of the cross until you walk the way of the cross. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 10- I Snbjeeti The I.lfe CI I ring fttrrain, Ktftk. xlvll., 8-B Golden Tut, It Mr. nil., 17 Memory Versa, 8-5 Commentary on th Day's Lesson. t 1. Tho source and progress of tho gospel (vs. 1-5). 1. "Again." Now follows another vision to Inspire hope and faith In the exiles, to lead them to prepare bja right life for their return, attracted by the blessings yet to come upon tho Innd. contrasted with their sad condition in exile. "The house." The temple. "Tho waters," etc. The natural fact on which this conception rests is this, that there was a fountain connected with the temple hill, the waters of which fell Into the valley east of the city, and made their way toward tho sea. This was the only natural fountain stream flowing from Jerusalem. It was n small stream, whose soft-flowing waters were al ready regarded as a symbol of the si lent and unobtrusive Influence of the divine presence In Israel dsn. 8:iii. The waters of this stream flowed east ward, but they were too scanty to have any appreciable effect on the fertility of the region through which they passed. "South side of the altar." The stream flowed not only from the tem ple, but apparently from the holy of holies, ami flowed close by the altar of sacrifice. 2. "Kan out," etc. This stream is u symbol of the miraculous transforma tion which the land of Canaan is to undergo lu order to tit it for the habita tion of Jehovah's ransomed people. The waters did not come to the tem ple, as if intended for the purpose of wnshlng the sacrifices, but they Issued from It, and proceeded to refresh and fertilize other places. 8, 4. "The man." The angel de scribed lu chapter 40:3. "Measured." etc. There Is no special significance to the exact distance, but only to the fact that gradually the river broadened and deepened as it flowed toward the sea. "Ancles knees," etc. This may be applied to the gradual discoveries of the plan of salvation. 1. In the pa triarchal ages. '1. In the giving of the law. "A. In the ministry of John the Baptist. 4. In the full manifestation of Christ by the Holy Ghost. Or this vision muy be applied to the growth of il beilever In the grace nnd knowledge of God: or to the discoveries a penitent beilever receives of the mercy of God In his salvation: it Is nlso n type of the progress of Christianity. S. "Waters to swim In." The small rill, starting from the temple, Is a type of the gos pel as it spreads and deepens among nil the nations of the earth, transform ing the desert Into n Garden of Eden. 11. The power and efficacy of the gospel (vs. (1-121. 7. "Many trees." So long ns the beholder, the prophet, followed the measurer, the angel, he saw nothing of the tr?es on the bank. The looking forward gave Kzcklel the knowledge )t the progressive fulness and depth of the waters; not until he looks buck does he come to know the fertilizing, enlivening effect of those waters. 8. "Into the desert." The Arabtih. the valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea extending south to the lted Sen. The country between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea is the most desolate nnd Inhospitable tract in the whole coun try. "Into the sea." The Dead Sea, the waters of which are so Impreg nated with various salts that no tlsli or animal can live in them. "Waters shall be healed." i:stored to the pro per condition, made healthful. This is typical of the work of the Holy Spirit. I). "Everything shall live." Life and salvation shall continually accom pany the preaching of the gospel: the .death of sin being removed, the life of 'righteousness shall be brought In. "Multitude of fish." The Dead Sea has become a sea of life. Out of death there arises, by the grace of God. a rich life. The sea is a symbol of the world; accordingly men appear as the living creatures in the sen. as the fishes. Hitherto they were only dead fishes, unspiritual, unsaved men. 10. In this verse we are told that the fishers shall stand from one end of the sea to the other nnd catch many fish. 11. The nilry places and marshes shall not be healed, but shall be given to Bait. Those not reached by the healing waters of the gospel through their sloth and earthly-mindedness are given over to their own bitterness and bar renness. The gospt-1 Is the only heal ing medicine for the disorders of our fallen nature, nnd they who will not receive it in the love of It remain In curable and are abandoned to linal ruin. The salt comes Into considera tion here, not as seasoning, but ns the foe of fertility, life and prosierlty. The thought is this: Only those who bar themselves against the gracious stream of divine love and are unwill ing to regain health are henceforth to be glveu over to tho curse, continuing to exist as monuments thereof. Around the eea of death there lingers on a death unto death. 12. "Trees for meat." Salvation must present Itself for the terribly sick heathen world, above all, in the form of saving grace. Besides the nourish ing fruits, therefore, are named also the healing leaves. The figure of the tlshes refers to the extent, the great ness of the community; this figure of the trees to Its nature, iu so far as the divine grace transforms It into truly living members, who themselves bear rich fruit und thereby become a means of life and recovery to others also. "Fruit according to bis months." This signifies a constant disposition, desire, resolution and endeuvor to bear fruit, not In their own wisdom, power or goodness, or any goodness In them selves, but by the continual supplies of divine grace. Whoever may be tho instrument of planting them, it 1? di vine grace which gives the Increase. Child Lay Safely Under Train. A little gl'l of one and a half years has Just had' a wonderful escape from death near Cardroas, England. While she was at play she wandered upon the railway track and sat down between the rails. A freight train traveling at high speed came along, and although the driver applied tho brakes, the whole train passed over the child be fore It could be brought to a stop. It was then found that with the exception of a cut in the face the little one was uninjured. Such au escape would be impossible lu this country, but in Great BrlUIn the engines have no cowcatchers, nnd the fireboxes are much farther from the ground than here. Threw Rock Too Far. As John Jones of Goshen, Vt i tempted to remove a .rock from his yard with dynamite recently, the rock was thrown to the roof of a cow stable near by, crushing through the roof to the floor and nearly killing some alvw which were in the stable. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES SEPTEMBER TENTH. What la Practical Christianity? Jaa. 2: 14-26. If. Is not enough to say even to one's self that one has a certain vir tue. The only proof is the doing of the' deeds appropriate to that virtue. Words of sympathy are as good a 3 deeds, but not unless the deeds go with them. Faith and works are like two hu man beings born so closely Joined to gether, like the Siamese twins, that either of them would be dead If seper ated from the other. It Is easy to rest in belief, as if that were a virtue. There Is no virtue In mere belief, any more than there Is a house In a foundation. Suggestions. There Is nothing more practical thnn true religions meditation and prayer, because they always lead to deeds. We arc proud of those whom we coll "practical men," but often their practice is confined to the things that perish like a bubble, while the Chris tian labors with eternal things. Illustrations. As tho bicycle rider completes his practice only when he can ride uncon sciously, so the Christian must prac tice his work for Christ until It be comes Instinctive. Treat Christ's life as your copy. The Hcholar does not ask the teacher why such and such letters appear In the copy, but repeats them over and over till they are learned. Practical Chrlstlonlty may be as beautiful as theoretical religion; the water in a mill-race Is as lovely as the water In a pond. More than twenty of our State pris ons and a number of Jails now have large and active Christian Endeavor societies. Both wardens and chap lains testify to the noble results of this work. The Prison Endeavorers, when released, do not get back again Into prison, as do the largo majority of other prisoners. A prison society must have the con stant guidance and encouragement of outside Endeavorers. First, with the approval and aid of the prison offi cers, start the society. Make the rules strict and vigorously enforce them, however small you make your society. Write Christian letters to the prisoners, visit them often, and Join In their meetings. 'When they come out, help them to honest employ ment, and be their friends. EPIfVflRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. What is Practical Christianity? James 2: 1426. Tho Epistle of James is the most practical book In the Bible. It is a twentieth century epistle. This man Jumes was the Lord's brother, nnd seems to have imbibed the spirit of Jesus more than some of the disci ples. He was a just and hply man, and Josephus attributed the destruc tion of Jerusalem to the fa:ct that the Jews put to death such a holy man. All the doctrines of this book center around tho thought of a "practical" religion. Religion according to James Is doing and not hearing nor saying. Some very practical duties are en joined In our lesson which are as much needed to-day as when James wrote. A workless faith Is as use less now as then. True faith Is shown by Its works. James Is the man of to-day in teaching and practice. We need a new evangelism of the Gospel of Works. In spite of all tho teaching of the Word many are trusting In a "dead faith." So many are now hearing but not doing. Many modern church members are orthodox In faith but heterodox In life. Many a rich man sees poverty about him but Boeks not to relieve It; sees the world crying for the gospel but ives only pittance to save it. Practical Christianity is faith at work. It is the application of religion to the needs of this world. Faith will not clothe the naked nor feed the hungry. A dead faith Is of the intellect only; a living and work ing faith is of the heart. We may be said to be Raved by faith, but kept saved by works. Works are the ex pression of our faith. But- a dead, that is, a non-working, faith is only indicative of death. Works are indicative of a living faith. The only way. indeed, to show forth that we have fulth in Christ Is to do something that he has told us to do. To obey Christ in a practical way Is to prove to others that wo really believe in him. To say that we are Christians and fall to do what the Master has commanded us to do Is to lie to God. The world Is wait ing not for a new Bible, nor a new creed, nor a new church, but for the practlcul application to our lives of what we profess to believe. This is practical Christianity helping and healing the world of temporal, social and moral evils. Hospitals and asy lums are pulpits preaching to multi tudes that tho pastor cannot reach. A man fed and clothed nnd helped Is prepared for a sermon. We need the gospel applied to every condition of our country's social life. Faith and works are real Chris tianity. I would not inculcate care lessness in faith, but would empha size carefulness In living; not. that hearing and believing, and exercising faith are unimportant, but thot doino and working and practicing Chrrls tlanity are more important. Game of Noted Men. The hostess begins by saying: "I know a celebrated poet, the first part of whose name is very black, and the last is an elevation." The player, responding "Coleridge," in turn describes the name of some other noted person. For Instance, "Shakespeare," saying: "I know a noted author and poet, the first part of whose name people do when cold; the last part is a weapon of warfare." Only give the profession, nothing else. The following names readily lend themselves to this simple but In structive little game: Words-worth, Shell-ey (Shelllea). Church-hill. Web-stor. Wal-pole. Washing-ton. Long-fellow. Blackstono. Isaac Walton (l"-sackwaU-ton). THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. " Social Drlnttlntr unit Inebriety II le Only a Little War from the "ttooil Follow" With Heat of F lends to the BmMen Drunkard With No friend . Personal opinion Is largely a matter of education and environment. No where, perhnps, is this fact more strongly emphasized thnn In the con flicting beliefs regarding the liquor question. In a broad and general manner It must be conceded Hiat all respectable people do not see the importance of total abstinence. Those who have been reared In homes where wine is served as a mat ter of ordinary hospitality, see nothing objectionable in such a practice; or. If they do, It has too many adherents among the rich and powerful to oc casion much criticism. The thing we are accustomed to we accept without argument. The custom that Is sanc tioned by social usage is too often adopted without question. All this, of course, refers to drinking In a so-called moderate and harmless way. Wine is thought by many to give a dash of brilliance and Old World splendor to ft festive occasion. It Is expected to promote sociability nnd provide an element of wit nnd sparkle. But the hostess who serves It does not expect her guests to use her hospitality as an excuse for inebriety. She may consider a young man weak If he can not drink lu moderation, but she cer tainly despises him If he drinks to ex cess. There mny be a touch of incongruity about the method that sets a ball roll ing, and then cavils because It keeps on till it gets to the bottom of the hill. But it Illustrates even more strongly one great fact of these strenu. ous times, that sobriety Is a necessity. It is not only a duty, in the broadest and most comprehensive sense, but It Is an absolute necessity, if one would reach anything like the best results of which he is capable. Business re quirements demand It, and social po sition echoes the demand: for those who are most lavish with wines at their own table are often the first to ostracize an offender. - Sometimes tho offender Is one of the most brilliant members of some exclu sive circle. Alcohol is a great con noisseur where victims are concerned. It chooses the brightest nnd best. And many a woman who unwittingly hns helped to cause some other mother's sorrow sits in loneliness and suffers the agony of a heartbreaking grief because her own gifted boy is a drunkard. No one starts out deliberately to be come an inebriate. It is always an ac cident. And the accident Is generally due to one of two causes. Either the liquor was takeu as a medicine, or It was taken as a social diversion, until finally It became a necessity. The advocates of social drinking ap parently do not realize its danger. The startling statistics and the sickening details of the drink curse either do not reach their knowledge, or else they are regarded as the baseless exaggera tions of temperance fanatics. This is not difficult to understand, for if one were to depend on public manifestations of inebriety for Infor mation along that line he would have but a faint conception of the true con dition. As a rule, drunkenness is not allowed to flount Itself In public places. Occasionally a drunken man scumbles onto a home-bound car in such a con dition that ho makes a sad appearance. Or gome one staggers through the streets or creates disturbance. But for the most part such spectacles are not as frequent ns might be supposed. But those who are close to the heart' of the temperance work know that It Is Impossible to exaggerate the horrors of the situation. They know that no pen can picture the ravages of the deadly stuff, and no imagination can fix a limit to its far-reaching effects. It Is only a littlo way from the "good fellow" who takes a social glass with his friends to tho poor drunkard who hns no friends or nt least none outside of his own family; for usually there is a faithful wife who is begging nnd pleading with him, or there Is 11 heart broken mother who is praying and hoping that some time the tide may turn; nnd often there are little children who faintly understand the blight on their young lives. Such devotion speaks well for what a man must have been before whisky gained control of his life. Whisky Is a great despoller. Those who see a man only after he has come under Its power have but a faint con ception of the changes it has wrought. Banner of Gold. A FIve-Aet Tragedy. Act the First A young man starting off from home; parents nnd sisters weeping to have hi in go. Wagon rising over the hill. Farewell kiss flung back. King the bell and lot the curtain fall. Act the Second The marriage altar. Music and the organ. Bright lights. Long white veil trailing down the aisle. Prayer nnd congratulation, and ex clamations of "How well she looks!" Act the Third A woman waiting for staggering steps. Old garments stuck In the broken window panes. Marks of hardship on her face. The biting of nails of bloodless fingers. Neglect, cm elty nnd despnir. King the bell and let the curtain drop. Act the Fourth-Three graves In a dark place grave of the child that died for lock of medicine, grave of the wife who died of a broken heart, grave of the man that died with dissipation. Ring the bell and let the curtain drop. Act the Fifth A destroyed soul's eternity. No light. No hope. I close my ears to this last net of the tragedy. Quick! quick! Iting the bell nnd let the curtain drop. Itev. T. Do Witt Tal ma ge. LlCf meTbe Price of Wood. The deriving of vast sums from the bitter sufferings and grinding pauper Ism of the people is a terrible offense. Ciiunn Wllberforce. I cannot conseut, as your Queen, to take revenue from that which destroys the souls nnd bodies of my subjects. Queen of Madagascar. To sell rum for a livelihood Is bad enough, but for a wliol; community to share the responsibility und guilt of such a traffic seems a worse bargain than that of Eve or Judas. Horace Greeley. Wanted a Gooil Saloonkeeper. The Oklahoma Pilot offers tlie fol lowing standing reward: "One hun dred dollars for a saloonkeeper who Is a good, 'moral man,' never violates the liquor laws, and is a good citizen, and who makes the world better for living in It, aud Is an elevating Influ ence in bis town nnd community." Throughout the centuries the drink shop has beeu the ante-chamber to the workhouse, the chapel of ease to the asylum, the recruiting station for the hospital, the rnndetvous for tho gambler, the gathering ground for the jail. John; Bums. BETTER THAN WE PRAY; Belter than we can Mk, 0 God, 1 Thou wdt, in love bestow. Withholding oft snine cherished good, Hedging the wy we go: But loving arms surround still, And wifdom ill Thy chastening fill. Better thnn we csn ask, O God, Thy love outspeeds the prayer; Returning day but proven nnrw, . A constant, watchful care. And thnt our steps may never stray Where love illumines not the way. Better than we can ask, dear Lord. As children oft we crv For dazzling toys thnt hurt and bruise ' Nor doubt tiny satisfy; But love divine withhold the prize, And, loving, pitying, denies. Better than we ran nsk, dear Lord Fur better than wc pray; For in the dark we grope along, Thou seest clear the wav. Where we are blind be Tho.: our sight. In doubt und darkness be the h(ht. Better than we can nsk. O Ood, Then tuny we cuhnly rent. As truatfully, when skies aro drear, As when gold paints the west. But whisper, with submission still. Not mine, 0 Father, but Thy will. Better than we can ask, dear Lord, When in dentil's valley drear The cold, dark shadows round us cresi, May we not shrink or fear. We shall not walk the vale alone, But rest our hands within Thine own. Marietta M. Elliott, in the Christian Register. The Kingdom of God. I soy unto you. Among them that are born of women there Is none greater than John; yet he ttiat is but little in the kingdom of Mod is greater than he. St. Luke, vll., 28. Our Lord once said of John that he undertook to take the kingdom of hea ven by violence. He was the expres sion of that method of making the world holy which our Lord condemns In the parable of the wheat and tares, where the muster Is made to tell his servants that It will not do to under take to pull up the tares when the do ing 90 is sure to destroy the wheat also. Let them both grow together nnd at the harvest they can readily be separated. John was one of those who would pull up tares nnd wheat togetiier In his eagerness to get rid of the evil lu the world. He saw wickedness about him in the ordinary everyday life of the people. In their business life, In every occupation of men. In the arrangement of society as a whole. Therefore he separated himself frou) them and re tired into the wilderness, engaging in no occupation and having no social re lations with his fellow men. He saw that men indulged their appetites in excessive drinking, in the indulgence in or over-enjoyment of good eating and the like. lie accordingly becomes an anchorite, giving up all those things which we call the natural Joys of ex istence, abstaining from wine com pletely, eating only what was absolute ly necessary to sustain life. Because evil has grown out of tho abuse of all these things thereforo lie will abolish these things. As over against this position, our Lord lives lu social Intercourse with those about Him, eating and drinking and making merry, blessing nnd sanc tifying all the family, social and busi ness relations of life. He goes to the marriage fenst at Cnnu of Galilee; Ho provides t lie guests with wino; lie goes to dinner parties at the houses of pub licans and Pharisees alike. He teaches us thut all these things are allowable in the kingdom of God. and that the kingdom of Cod does not consist in banishing these things from the earth, but in the proper use of them; that n man cannot be perfectly nnd truly In the stature of Mod unless he can with temperance and sobriety use and en joy nil the good things which God has created, and that pleasure is necessary to the perfection of the nature of man. John was Indeed a prophet and n mes senger sent to prepare the way for the coming of the kingdom of God by arousing men to see what was wrong and stirring their souls to repentance; but the kingdom of God could never come by such methods, but only by the natural, sweet living of the life of man. making use of the good things of God and learning and exemplifying the love of God by living In love with our fel low men. Kev. Dr. John F. Peters, St. Michael's Church, New York, in the New York Hernld. Itatl Thoughts l'oison the Wood. Professor Gates claims to have dis covered more than forty injurious prod ucts which are produced in tho blood by "bad emotions," such as envy, hatred, ete. These elements, he us serfs, are "life depressing nnd poison ous," but. on tile other hand, the oppo site feelings, which are evidenced In goodness and kindness, are equally prollllc In physical elements favorable to health. The professor has not hesi tated to affirm thut the physical conse quents and penalties of sin ore thus demonstrated by chemical science. It is very Interesting to find that science is thus able to demonsirafe not only the physical but also tli,.- moral ravages of sin. Penetrating deeper, there are divine laws which govern the hidden springs of life nnd denth. It remains and ever will remain true that file mau who "desireth life, and lovefh many days thnt he may see good," must "depart from evil and do good." Psulin 3-1 :11' H.-London Chris tian. 1 know of nothlug to give unfailing moral energy to the mind but a living fnlth In a being of lullnlte perfections, nnd who is always with us to aid, strengthen, reward, reprove, cbasieii, mid guide to Immortality.--William E. dimming. The soul is made for God. and never finds rest till it returns to Illm niniln. When God and the soul meet, there will follow contentment. God, simply considered, Is not nil our happiness, but Mod trusted In, and Christ ns we are mudo 0110 with Him. Slbbes, 'low l-'er to Old Hows. The retentivH powers of Hie rarrlei rlgeon rn wondnrful. Over yoat ago C H. Woodbury of Cornish, Me., purchased bird from a ir.ao In Wake Kcld. The bird was mated and seemed perfectly contented In his new home at Cornish and his owner fell confi dent thai bn would return, to bis loft when he was released a few imlloa from hom). The bird, however, flew straight to liln old boo, Id Wa):efleld, 150 miles wty. r THE . KEYSTONE STATE Latest Kewsol rennsjlvaaia TcU in Short Order. John Snyder, of Altootia, lias bren offered $100,000 for his patent on a sietl and concrete railroad tie, which he in vented some time ago. Despite the fact that he is a poor man, he has not yvt accepted the offer, for the reason that he believes that it will be worth while to consider another proposition. The Pennsylvania Railroad is to give the tie a test, and if it proves satisfactory will make an offer lor it. During a storm, Milton Green, a farm er, living near lltighesvillr, was struck by lightning and kilicd. The bolt struck the man on top of the. head and passed through liis body. li'iune Cupp, aged 24 years, a sou ot W. Scott Cupp, of Cassclnan, was in stantly killed on the narrow gauge. lum ber railroad of the Anderson Lumber Company, at "Markletun, while coupling the "dinkey" locomotive to a train load of g. One of the lugs on the first car projected too far forward and youn Cupp's head was crushed between tin; cnl of the log and the locomotive ten der, causing almost instant death. He had been serving as a brnkenian since last Spring, but Thursday he told his mother: "This will be the lat day lor me on the 'dinkey' railroad." State Vh Commissioner Mechan re turned from ilie Wayne fish hatcheries with the information that the black bas crop this year is a total failure, and there will be none for free distribution for stocking the streams of the Slate. The cause of the failure is ascribed in the fact that I lie nine ponds nt the fish hatchery in Wayne (lid nil furnish suffi cient natural water food in which the young fish could feed. Sallic Zwillrr, of Reading, a 15-year-old factory girl, died of cholera morbus as the result of eating a green apple. Rev. Henry Seifert, 83 years old, a native of York county, died at the resi dence of his son-in-law, Rev. C. B. King, Allegheny. Seneca Hughes, of Raedcrsville, a well-known carpenter and bridge, build er, is dead of typhoid fever at the age of 36 years. Anthony Bistricham, an engineer at a mine at Plymouth, was so severely in jured by being caught in the machinery tint he died a few hours later. Frank Touch, of Wyoming, a driver boy in the Harry E. Colliery, was kicked by a male and so severely injured that he is not expected !o recover. George Ondko, of Kingston, claiininj that he was expelled from the St. Nich olas Society because he was sick, began suit against the society for $1000 dam ages. William Seniskey, of Pittston, acci dentally shot and fatally wounded 5-year-old Charles Trickdilch while exam ining a loaded rifle.. The ball passed through the child's body close to the heart. Jacob Bauglier, of Reading, former , clerk of Quarter Sessions of Berks coun ty, has sued Poor Director Jacob Hot lenbach for the recovery of $150 he al leges he advanced him during his cam paign. Daniel G. Marsh, of Milton, aged 76, one of the oldest business men of that town, is dead. He was actively engaged in business for more than fifty years, was a veteran of Civil War and an exten sive traveler. Jack Burns, formerly of Tyrone, was taken to jail after swearing at Judge Woods and a lawyer during a trial in which he was called to testify for a man who was convicted of assault and bat tery. Harry Seitz pleaded guilty at York to revolting crimes against his 13-year-otJ daughter, and was sentenced to six years in the Eastern Penitentiary. He made a plea for mercy, and was rtbuked by Judge llittcnger. Ex-County Commissioner John T. Poore, of Buckmanville, is dead. Be sides serving as Commissioner. Mr. Poore held several township others. John H. Rhodes, of Boswrll, has be gun suit for $i;.ooo damages against the Merchants' Coal Company, for injuries he claims to have received May 20 in riding on a car of the defendant com pany, by whom he was employed as a trip runner. When Detectives Ward and Lrbo. of Williamsport, attempted to nrrest a man stealing a ride on a freight train, the fellow drew a revolver and opened fire on the officers. The detectives returned the fire, but no fatalities resulted. The man was arrested. While Dr. William Howerter. of Kempton, and Charles ShallemVrger were out driving their horse was fright ened by a dog and ran away. The ani mal ran up a steep embankment and both occupants were thrown out of the vehicle and injured. The buggy' was demolished. A strike was declared at the colliery of tthe Falls Creek Mining Company, Dubois, affecting about 200 men. Ex Congressman Hopkins, of Lock Haven, and Charles McKee, of Pittsburg, are the principal owners of the plant. The men claim the Altoona scale, adopted last spring, has been ignored by the com pany. They demand a check weighman, an eight-hour day and the scale rate for mining and all other work. The representatives of Erie miners, in convention at Scranton, voted as sat isfactory the reply of General Superin tendent May to their grievances, and the trouble that has been brewing between the men and the company was amicably adjusted, a possible strike of 3000 min ers being thus prevented. Edward B. Coughlin, afted 53 years, a well-known musician and vocalist, of Shenandoah, was killed at William Prnn colliery by a heavy pipe falling upon him while he was superintending the placing of new columns. John Flaiiigan, of Reading, aged S3 years, died suddenly from heart disease in his room at the Hotel Coatesville. Andrew H. Hershey, Ezra M. Good and Christian H. Noll, of Lancaster, en tered suit against the H. S. Kcrbaugh Company, contractors, of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Railroad, to re cover $50,000 damages. The plaintiff ' own islands in the Susquehanna,. River along the line of the new low grade freight line, and they claim that by rea son of the heavy blasting done recently their properties nave been destroyed and imaged or materially decreased in value. Dr. Richard A. Ker, of New York, has been elected physical director of the Y. M. C. A., at Reading. V. G. Siubbs, aged 79 years, of Delta, York county, is dying from injuries re ceived when a horse knocked him down. David Ely, a. .wealthy contractor oi Passadena, California, is visiting the scenes of his childhood, near Hamburg for the first time in fifty-two J1 ears. George M. Uarrey was held up at Philipbiirg and rubbed of two watch's and a small sum of monuq. Ja.ncs Wil son and Jooseph Glint were nrrestttd, accused ol the robliery. u:v! sent 10 OilJe jonlc jail to tnv:'it trial It
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