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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
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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-
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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
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