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SUNDAY SERMON
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Brooklyn, JJ, I. The Rer. O. George
Currle, D. D preached in Holy Trin
ity Church Sunday morning to the con
gregation of Holy Trinity and St.
Ann't. Dr. Currle'a subject ivoi
"Growth," and he selected for hla text
II. Corinthian, v:4: "Not for that we
would be unclothed, but clothed upon."
He duld:
These words of the epistle express
the important principle that wherever
there is vitality life not only adds to
Itself continually, but at the same time
never throws away, never entirely losea
the essential elements that it has once
succeeded in acquiring. That Is to soy,
that all the time that life Is putting on
raiment, ot it were, or being "clothed
upon" say, in the flowers, or bush or
insect or man, for that part all that
time It keeps the essentials of whatso
ever it has invested itself with. And
it is never perfectly unclothed of its
fundamental gains; "not unclothed but
clothed upon." These principle hold
good in relation to life of every kind
and under all conditions. It Is one of
the great keys of nature that have
been furnished to us, and its univer
sality springs from the fact that
the universe is fundamentally similar
In all Its parts. I mean to say that the
universe is constituted in such a man
ner that the different plans of being,
the physical, the intellectual, the moral,
the spiritual, all correspond to one an
other. So that whatsoever is true in
one is true in all of them. Mankind,
in fact, bas an instinct to that effect
Our ordinary words that wo use in
talking, for Instance, for physical
things are mostly the same as those
used for intellectual or spiritual things.
The word, "right" means straight, and
"straight" Is constantly used by us in
a moral sense; the word "wrong''
means twisted or corrupt, and "cor
rupt" often means dishonest. The
tilings that ore seen ore, that is to say,
divinely created pictures of the things
that are not seen; and it Is a great
satisfaction that we can have a trust
worthy picture of spiritual things that
wo can see. Our blessed Lord talked
in parables, not because parables are
simple, but because the truths ex
pressed by parables (as the loaf of
bread or the raiment or the water from
the well, or the sparrow having his
food prepared for him, or the lily get
ting Its raiment without worrying
about it) are not merely physical
truths you must not fall into that
blunder they are truths that reach all
the way up tarough ell the plans to
the eternal kingdom. Our Lord talked
in thnt way because Ho saw the whole
of the plan, from the top to the bot
tom, and He talked In no other way
to the people at large: "without a par
able spake He not unto them." The
plans, intellectual, moral and spiritual,
are represented In the physical, and all
of them ore fundamentally alike. That
Is why He talked in parables.
Now come back to the general prin
ciple before us, "not unclothed, but
clothed upon," and let us see to It that
, we have the physical and material idea
distinctly in our heads. Here, for in
stance. Is the stump of a tree with the
different rings of wood of which It Is
composed. Year by year the tree has
put on new growth, which you can see
In the successive rings. But all the
time that it has been putting on the
new rings it has never completely let.
go of the old ones, and the first ring of
nil is right in the centre all the time.
Let me give the little folk a simple Il
lustration, thnt they may take It away
with them. Children, you turn an ap
ple on Its side. Cut it down in the cen
tre through and through. Then you
have two halves, have you not? Well,
cut off from either half a slice, very
thin, the thinner you cut it the better.
Then hold the slice up to the light.
Now, what do you see? You see In the
centre, distinctly, the dark outline of
the original blossom thnt was on the
apple tree In the springtime.
Now, take some examples Of this
principle. There is the Bible, for in
stance. It Is a living book. I mean by
that it was not (lung down from the
sky, like a meteorite, so as to land like
Joseph Smith's Bible somewhere In a
valley oil made up and ready. It did
not come that way; but it grew in the
world like an oak or pine tree; and, ac
cording to what the Saviour says about
the Holy Ghost continually teaching In
the word In successive ages, the Bible,
Which is God's truth or the word of
God, is, In a manner, still growing. Do
you know thnt? It is coming out In
parts. It Is life from beginning to end.
It unfolds, not a single period of man's
history only, but successive stages in
the growth of the human mind. There
fore it contains, like a tree, successive
rings, as it were, greatly contrasted
one with another, widely differing one
from another. In one ring, so to speak,
it Is "an eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth." Literally, exact Justice. In
another ring it is, "If a man Btrlke thee
on the one cheek turn to him the other
also." In the one ring, vengeance; In
the other, no vengeance. The Bible, as
I said, thus unfolds to us successive
ages In the spiritual growth of man.
Home of its stages, or rings, such as
polygamy, we have left behind us long
ago; some we have not yet reached.
Tho Sermon on the Mount especially
stretches out and away to the future
perfection of the race, when a nation
like Russia will be an Impossibility.
'At the present time, you know, all na
tions take brute animals for their rep
resentative coat of arms, because they
all have the brute In them. The time
will come when the bear and the lion
and the bird of prey shall all be ground
out of humanity, and the work be ful
filled when he that Is struck on one
cheek will turn the other also, and tha
race will become, as It never has be
come, Christian. And yet whatsoever
bas been true remains true forever.
While the Bible gives us the story
of the Gospol, it continues to retain
the law in the Book of Deuteronomy.
alvary does not blot out Slnal. They
re related to one another. You must
know the law before you can know the
Gospel. You often hear of people bo
lug extremely willing to forgive. What
Is their forgiveness worth? It Is not
(worth anything, because they hare
never inffered from the indignant
wrath of a Just and noble anger. No.
forgiveness Is not worth anything ex
cept where the anger restrained la tha
ring inside of It. Another thing, God
coutluuu to clothe mankind, a He did
at the first. He clothes the human race
with Idea. Where do you think the
ideas come from? Did man produce
them? They come from outside, my
frluuuj. Or, rather, from the God, who
U within us, and Inspires the whole.
He clothes the human race with Ideas,
You open the wardrobe, os it were,
and there, hunglng up, so to speak, are
GeiiesU and Judges and Jeremiah and
isalah and the Gospels, the successive
garments for man's successive mental
purpose the child's clothing, the boy's
clothing, the yonng man's clothing, the
matured clothing, the purfectuees of
.tuo fulness of stature, as la the Bmitl-
tudes, here and there, in Epistles, In
the Apocalypse, but above all In the
deep mystical sense of the Bible all
through the true mystics, that we do
not get from hearsay, that we know by
intuition, but which, of course, to the
mnss of men are absolutely unknown
and invisible. So far as the Bible is
concerned the principle is true, "not
unclothed, but clothed upon?"
You cannot make anything grow that
has not roots. It is curious, but you
cannot. Whatsoever it is sooner or
later it will wither. In order to grow it
has got to grow out of something. Ideas
are precisely like plants. As I told yon,
all the plants of the universe are alike;
growing things ore all alike, whether
ideas or anything else. It is ot abso
lute necessity that they shall have
roots. Thus, for example, love, Joy,
peace, gentleness, goodness, truth are
ideas. Nobody can complain of them,
but of what conceivable use would It be
to stand on a pillar nnd call out to
mankind, "Be loving, be Joyous, be
peaceful, be gentle and good and true."
if yon had nothing more to say to them
than that? What conceivable purchase
would those principles have In the
world without the spiritual reasons out
of which they grow and on which they
depend, namely, the facts of living re
ligion? The blunder of planting Ideas
without roots is as old as the hills.
Every scholar, every student of his
tory, Is up to his knees, up to his chin,
in withered sects, withered religions,
withered kinks and notions of tills and
that sort, every one of which had a
good side to it, but all of which have
died for want of roots or continuous
power evolution. I do not like that
word, but we will use it now.
Now, as opposed to both of these peo
ple, those who give the world no new
truth and those who give the world
nothing but new truth. The Christian
church at large represents the latest
truths, as well as the first truths, and
the first as well as the last. There is
no fault to find with these new doc
trines. Of course not. On the con
trary. For instance, tho dynamic pow
erthat capital and most useful thing,
the dynamic power of the forces of
nature a prayerful desire for the heal
ing of the sick. AH right. The power
of altruism, sacrificed for the healing of
the sins of society. All right. My
good friends, tbey are plucked straight
from the branches of the tree of the
gospel. There Is no fault to find with
these. On the contrary, It is for the
sake of their production that we in
sist that they be taken In connection
with the tree that has grown them
Jesus Christ and His sacrifice from
which they sprang. Every Institution
springs from some root or other. There
is the font at tho door of the church.
Well, It represents baptism, and some
body says it Is a good thing to have
a conventional symbol of purity or im
provement. But do you suppose it
would be there nt all If It were only a
conventional symbol of purity or im
provement? Why, my friend, that
font reaches down and down' through
all the strata of history; through the
darkness of the Middle Ages, down to
the first Christian centuries; down to
Jewish rites; down to tho ancient
pagan and prophetic mysteries; all of
which had their thought, or what an
swers to It, under the direction of Him
who lighted, not merely Jews and
Christians, but "every man that Com
eth into the world."
This baptism is a reality in the uni
verse forever, because It lives by its
roots. I might prove the same thing,
if I had time, with regard to the cross
or the altar, which goes down through
the centuries, back to time and space
before the foundation of the world.
These, with other Christian doctrines,
illustrate the Dlvlno method, which is
continual progress without any loss.
In other words, as the apostle says,
"not unclothed, but clothed upon." The
principle Is equally truo of ourselves
and our whole existence, for apparent
ly there is never a real brenk in the
progress of humanity. The Christian
is never ripe, he is always ripening.
Uveii in the moment of death he is still
growing. Obscurely, but Just as stead
ily as when he was a babe. When
passing by death through the blessed
Kate like the new-born Infant he is be
ing "clothed upon" with new senses,
new power and understanding, new
ways of looking at things, so that hav
ing died, as we call It, he stretches out
the arms and limbs of his being and Is
"clothed upon" like a tree In spring
time. Life Is worth living. Aye, In
deed, it Is. Don't yon ever Imagine
for a minute that it Is not. Life is
worth living to a degree you liavo no
conception of because the glory tha: Is
coming upon us, that Is to be put upon
us, may be measured, by the highest
standard the world bas. ever Been, the
sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Nothing is ever lost; It would bo con
trary to tht laws of nnture to suppose
uch a thing, but It Is glorified to a de
gree that passes understanding to con
eelve: "Not unclothed, but clothed
upon."
The Croi.
Was It not Tyndall who said he
would go insane in on hour if he were
not assured of the existence of a wise,
over-ruling Power In the universe?
How Immeasurably more steadying is
the assurance of the Christian that the
cross of Christ reveals the mind of
God! Life is , Inexplicable, If only
power rules.
One of England's chapels Is on archi
tectural blur when one first enters it
But a verger soon tells the visitor to
take bis stand on a blood-red cross that
is in the centre, and looking down this
arm of the cross he sees a beautiful
picture, and down that still another
bit of harmony. The four arms point
to wonderful representations of events
in the life of the Son of Man. Only
from that cross may the picture be
seen in their true perspective. Only a
Ohristo-centrtc faith can see life as a
plan and solve its enigma. Pacific
Baptist.
8NAK WAS TOO FRIENDLY.
Reptile Crawled Over Young Farmer
Without Hurting Him.
Odh day latit week Aaron Hoffman
had an experience with a rattler which
he will not soon forgot. While sprout
ing potatoes in the bin near the bouse
ho was conscious of somuthlug rub
bing against his back, and, glancing
over his shoulder found that nil Im
mense rattlesnake had raised Us bend
and was In the act of crawling un on
his back.
The sight froze tho blood In his
veins, and he was too paralyzed with
fear to move, and while he sat there
the snake crawled over his ahouldor
and across hla kiuie and Into his hid
ing place. When young Hoffman did
recover his powers of locomotion be
ran Into the house, but the reaction
from the torrlhlo fright completely
prostrated him and be was unablo for
some little time to tell bis mother the
causa of the fright
It is a well known fact that tho rat
tlesnake, unless disturbed, will not
strike, but even this fact does not
make him a neighbor to be enjoyed.
Madrt.s Pioneer.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER 24.
Review of the Lessons For the Third
Qnarter of the Tver Read F. xiiIt.,
ll.SS.Onlflea Text, Pea. cxxl., S The
Summaries.
Lesson I. Topic: God's protection of
His people. Place: Jerusalem and the
Assyrian camp. Hezeklnh was King
of Judah and Sennacherib of Assyria.
At this time Assyria was a great and
powerful country, and nt the height of
Its power. It was a mighty nation of
warrior. . Nothing could stand before
the Assyrian host. Tbey swept over
the country leaving desolation and
death behind them, Their king sent
abusive letters to Hexeklnb to affright
him. Hezeklah and the prophet Isaiah
prayed and God destroyed their ene
mies. II. Topic: Study of an Old Testa
ment prayer. Place: Jerusalem. Great
suffering and sickness came upon Hez
ekinh, King of Judah. The prophet
Isaiah saw that death was the inevit
able result of such sickness only as
God Interposed. Then It was "that
Hezekiah asked for added years, and
received promise of fifteen years more.
III. Topic: The suffering, ntonlng
Saviour. Place: Jerusalem, the pro
phet Isaiah's home. This Is the deep
est nnd loftiest of the Old Testament
prophiclPS, and points elenrly and defi
nitely to the atonement. The life nnd
mission of Christ Is related In few
words embracing humiliation, suffer
ing, atonement and exaltation. The
main thought is that the Servant is to
be the Instrument In establishing the
true religion, by removing the burden
of guilt and bringing many to right
eousness. IV. Topic: The gospel's gracious call.
Place: Jerusalem. Regardless of the
mean opinions of men and their lack
of faith in the Saviour n magnificent
kingdom was founded, and to it invita
tion and Joyous welcome Is extended.
Jehovah's thoughts transcend those of
man as much ns the heaven Is higher
than the earth. The thoughts und
ways of Jehovah are His purposes of
redemption.
V. Topic: Chapters In a sinful life.
Place: The kingdom of Judah, particu
larly the capital, Jerusalem. The
fnlthf ill Hezekiah closed his life, leav
ing his son Mannsseh to reign In Judah.
By him the good work of reform was
worse than undone: the people wont
Into the lowest depths of wickedness.
In his mature years Mnnasseh was
made to feel the rod of afUlctlon which
led him to repentance. Then he sought
to repair some of the evils.
VI. Topic: Vital factors In a success
ful life. Place: 'Jerusalem nnd Judah.
Manasseh's effort to reform his king
dom did not produce much fruit. His
son Amon disregarded this effort on
the part of his father, and led people
on in idolatry for two years, when he
was slain by his servants in his own
house. Then his youthful son Josinh
came .to the throne. He made earnest
work of destroying idol worship and
Of repairing the house of the Lord.
VII. Topic: Purpose and mission of
the Bible. Place: Jerusalem. With
the neglect of the temple the people
had been without the book of the law.
In repairing the temple this book was
found and brought before the king.
He was greatly moved because of thn
fearful disobedience of the people, and
the awful curse of God which was
pronounced upon the very sins Judah
had committed. Ho at once sought to
know what the Lord would say unto
them. The promise to him was that
the curse should not come upon the
people during his life.
VIII. Topic: Trying to destroy God's
word. Place: Jerusalem. At the death
of Josinh hl9 son, Jehoahnz reigned
three months in Judah. He was taken
by Necho to Egypt, nnd his brother
Jeholakim was made king. He reigned
eleven years nnd did evil in the sight
of the Lord. In tho fourth year of his
reign he burned the Book of the Law.
The Lord directed tho prophet Jere
miah to write another. In this were
more wnrnings to the people. The
king was slain, his kingdom destroyed
and his son carried lu chains into
Babylon.
IX. Topic: Persecution of the right
eous. Place: Jerusalem. Tho kingdom
of Judah was fast hastening to its
end. The Judgments of God were
about to fall upon the people. Jere
miah, the prophet, was almost alone In
standing for tho right, and bis life was
in constant danger. His was a mission
requiring courage, faith, strength, will.
X. Topic: Decline and fall of the
kingdom. Place: Jerusalem. Zedeklah
was the twentieth and last King of
Judah. He took no warnings from tho
Judgments of God which had fallen
upon the people before his reign. He
despised the warnings of the prophet
Jeremiah, and mocked the messengers
of God. Then tho city was taken by
the Babylonians. The house of God
was burned, the wall about the City
broken down, the palaces were burned
nnd the vessels from the temple were
carried to Babylon. The sons of Zede
klah were slain before his eyes, and
then his own eyes were put out, nnd
ho was carried captive to Babylon.
XI. Topic: Vision of the glorious
gospel. Place: Babylon. Ezeklcl was
among the captives carried to Babylon
In the second siege against Jerusalem.
But God gave him vision of the fu
ture and how He would bless His peo
ple. Ezeklcl prophesied for twenty
two years. Ill prophecies were a
great encouragement.
XII. Topic: The study ot a godly
young man. Place: Babylon. Here
we learu of the beginning of the cap
tivity of Judah. Babylon was at this
time in the zenith of its power, ruling
nil Western Asia and extending Its au
thority to the river of Egypt. Daniel
was among the captives of the first
siege against Jerusalem. He was then
about twelve years old. He lived
through the seventy year of -captivity.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
3E trouble with
many b u sines
men is that they
are mistaking le
gality ".ot right
eousness. We go from
strength to
strength because
we go from strug
gle to struggle.
If you aregoing
to be happy in
Huaven you had better practice be
fore you go. -
Many a man who would be a- vary
patient monk mukes but a patulant
merchant.
The friend of sinners suffers most
of all when sinners turn their bucks
oa Ilim.
A man has to learn to see God in
little things before He shows Ilia
greatness.
SEPTEM3En TWSNTY-rOURTH
The Horn Mlcilon Werk of Our De
nomination. Matt. 9: 33-33;
1C: 1-13.
It would have been easier for Jesus
to have stayed in Capernaum or Jeru
salem, and established a synagogue;
and if even He could not draw men to
Himself, but must go to them, how
much more must we!
Compassion is the basis of all homo
mission work Christ's love for suffer
ing men.
The fact that the sheep want no
shepherd, that perhaps they have
gone oway on purpose from all shep
herdly care, makes no difference to
our Lord.
In material husbandry the harvest
Is plenteous where the soli Is rich and
the tilling easy, but In spiritual hus
bandry the harvest Is plenteous where
the soil is poor and tho tilling dim
cult. Suggestions.
The old Puritan State of Massachu
setts illustrates the need of home mis
sions, for one-fifth of its population la
made up of recently-arrived Armen
ians, Finns, French, German, Greeks,
Swedes, Norwegians, Poles and Syr
ians. In Utah there are in all only about
5.300 Christians, but there are about
220,000 Mormons.
There are about 200,000 Indians In
the United States, and happily, by the
allotment of their land in severalty,
these are rapidly becoming merged In
the body of our citizens.
In Cuba, at the close of the fourth
year's work of American missionaries,
there were 100 churches and preach
ing stations, 150 pastor and preach
ers, 3,000 church members, 000 candi
dates for membership, and 4,000 schol
ars In the Sunday schools.
Illustration.
The Christian women among the
Sioux Indians give to missions more
thnn one dollar each every year.
In New York recently they sold a
fine church building In the upper part
of the city because there were too
many foreigners In the neighborhood.
Then they sent the money to the board
of foreign missions.
Love of God and love of country are
the two noblest passions in a human
heart; and these two unite In home
missions. 'A man without a country I
an exile in the world, and n man
without Cod is an orphan in eternity.
Henry Van Dyke. D. D.
Pulling Together.
The heart of the Interdenomination
al Christian Endeavor Society Is It
union work, and every Endeavorer
should contribute some thought and
energy to his local union.
See that committee conferences are
organized meetings of those that are
engaged in the same line of work
missionary work, for example, that
they may exchange methods, and re
ceive instruction fnm specialists.
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
Home Mission In Mountain and Plain.
Matt 9: 35-38; Luke 9: 1-6.
Jesus went to his own people with
his gospel, and sent out first his dis
ciples to their neighbors and country
men. This was eminently Wise and
practicable. There Is an element In
home missions that appeals to every
Christian. We have no sympathy with
that sentimental talk about home mis
sions that has no real interest In any
mission work. Some people excuse
themselves from all missionary work
on the plea thnt wo have "heathen at
home." But aside from all this there
la a special claim on us to consider
the spiritual needs and wants of our
neighbors and our own nation. The
Home Mission field is the United
States in all Its length and breadth.
What the Jews were to Jesus, and
what their countrymen were to the
first disciples, so the Inhabitants of
America are to uh. We must save
America In order to save the world.
The field is wide and difficult, but
hopeful and Inspiring. We hove gath
ered In our home field the cosmopoli
tan races of the world. We have In
our home missions the nucleus of mis
sions to all nations of the earth.
Methodist home missions may be
roughly divided into two classes, the
English-speaking nnd the non-English-speaking.
The EngllBh-speakIng em
brace all the work In our Annual Con
ferences which receive help as well as
tho mission work of the great North
west. The non-English-speaking in
clude the fourteen different nationali
ties to which we send missionaries in
our own lund. They are the Welsh,
Swedish, Norwegian. Danish, German,
French, Spanish, Chinese, Japonese,
Bohemian, Itallau, Portuguese, Finn
ish and American Indians. Besides
the hundreds of ministers helped by
the Missionary Socloty In Annual Con
ferences, we have about 350 mission
aries preaching to 25,000 members,
with between 450 and 600 churche
and Sunday schools In this field.
About one-half forty-live per cent
of all our collections for missions go
to this home field. Many of the peo
ple converted in these home mission
fields go back to their native land
bearing the seed of a now and better
faith. Thus the home work I a
valuable feedor, and sometimes the
founder, ot foreign missions. Nearly
all of our self-supporting work In the
West nnd Northwest was formerly
home mission territory. Methodist
homo missions have played an Import
ant part in the development of the
nation.
A Black Lily.
In the Island ot Luzon, one of the
Philippines, a Illy or tulip with a black
flower, eight or nine inches across, ha
been dlscoveied by an American. It
flowers before the leaves appear, and
has an odor of tainted flesh, which at
tract Insects to It for the purpose of
cross fertilization. It stand under a
foot high, and grows in the shade of
dense vegetation. Altogether It upset
our notions of the pure lily, and re
mind u ot the vulture among bird.
Petition Bin Mile Long.
Six miles Is the length of a petition)
promoted by the Brtlsb national ca
nine defense league in support of the
bill for tha prohibition of the vivisec
tion of dog9.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.-
Doe Moderate tr(ntttn Shorten Mfet
Statistics Which Show That the Total
Ahatalnera Win In the Longevity Race
Krlrtcnce Cathered by Actuaries.
Drunkenness Is universally con
demned, nnd all concede that Vim
drunkard's health suffers nnd bis life
Is shortened by his excesses. But
when seeking to nrrsunrie men to ab
stain entirely from alcoholic beverages,
we urge their hnbltual use Is Injurious
evpn In quantities so small as not to
produce Intoxication, our position Is
questioned by many. When we quote
the testimony of eminent scientific
men as to the ultimate baneful effect
even of moderate drinking on the va
rious vital organs, an answer Is often
made which to many, at first view,
seems quite conclusive. It Is to this
effect: "Whatever the doctors may sny,
we can point you to a man over eighty
years of age who. has always taken hla
dally dram." Of course, to thoughtful
minds tho fallacy in this answer will
be manifest. A generallsfntlou that
shall have any value must be made
from promises much more extensive.
Could reliable statistics be produced
showing the comparative longevity of
a great number of total abstainers and
of moderate drinkers, the conclusion
from such statistics would be Incon
testable. But whence shall such vital
statistics be secured? The committee
of Investigation which we have been
long but vainly asking from the United
States Congress might have done such
work. Were any temperance agency to
attempt tho task effort would, of
course, be made to discount their re
port on the ground of alleged partiality.
Most heart'.ly, therefore, will the
friends of temperance welcome the an
nouncement that this important inves
tigation has been made, and the re
suits published by one of the great life
assurance societies of Great Britain.
We are Indebted to Mr. Chos. W.
Scovcl, manager of tho Western Penn
sylvania agency of the Provident Pav
ings Life Assurance Society, of New
York, and Dr. Goo. P. Donchoo, super
intendent, for a booklet entitled. "How
Abstinence Pays: The Latest Word of
Science,' which presents some of the
results of the investigation of Mr. It.
M. Moore, nctuary, as reported to the
British Institute of Actuaries, to be
published In the official Journal of that
body. The United Kingdom Gcncro!
Provident Institute, of which Mr.
Moore Is actuary, supplies In Its con
tinuous records, which cover sixty-one
years, ull the required data for each of
about 12.,x individual cases, the ab
stainers having been kept separate
from non-abstainers. In the latter
class no drunkards have lieen included,
but only moderate drinkers, and not
the general run of moderate drinkers,
but selected "equal to the best accept
ed standard of assured life." After
eighteen months of special work, with
a corps of clerks canvassing these rec
ords, Mr. Moore has presented his olulv
orate tables, diagrams, etc.. which
prove that the entire working years of
life together, from the age of twenty
to seventy, there are among abstainers
l(U:t." deaths, while among moderate
drinkers the deaths numbered -111,03(1.
When tho fifty working years are di
vided Into decades nnd the compara
tive mortality In the two classes re
spectively for each decade computed,
the resultant figures should startle
n'.ldille-nged non-abstainers, for It Is
shown that between the ages of forty
nnd fifty the death rate among them
lacks only twenty-sis per cent, of be
ins double the death rate of abstainer
The Investigation which produced
these most valuable statistics was un
dertaken solely In the Interests of nn
insurance company. The service ren
dered to the cause of temperance Is
quite Incidental, but not on that ac
count less valuable, but rather more
so. The question ns to the effect of
moderate drinking on the duration ot
life is n question no more. Presbyter
ian Buiuier.
" Krlls ot Intemperance
Intemperance is the greatest enemy
of mankind. It is the one great sin
that underlies nearly all others. It Is
the devil's own pet vice with which he
afflicts the world; It Is tho whip of
scorpions with which he lashes the
human race. Poverty, crime and mad
ness would be almost banished from
the world If It were not for Intoxicants,
which poison nnd destroy the human
family. They beget Idiots in the moth
er's womb, and predestine men and
women to become maniacs. The curse
is universal. The knowledge of mak
ing intoxicating drink is the earliest
ovldoneo of mun's inventive genius.
There ore no people so barbarous, nor
so ignorant, that they have not some
device for distilling from roots, or
fruits, or grains. They nil know how
to make a drink that will Intoxicate.
There is no time, no historic era, in
which this knowledge was not abroad.
To-day, In this country, we know, and
everybody knows, that our prisons and
Jails, our houses of prostitution and
our hells of crime, our asylums deaf,
dumb nnd Insane and our hospitals
are tilled with peoplo because of this
traffic in alcoholic drink.
Molt Congested Ward.
In the alcoholic word the congestion
Is the greatest. The number of alco
holic patients is always greater In the
winter than in the summer; not that
there Is more drunkenness in the frigid
season, but because the inebriate who
is carried to Bellevue in the winter
might in the summer sleep off his de
bauch on a park bench. There are
twenty-nine beds in the alcoholic ward
for men. Frequently there have been
eighty patients at one time. In the
female alcoholic ward there are four
telle beds, and frequently the number
of patients is thirty-five. Leslie s
Weekly.
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Temperance Notes.
The Indianapolis News sny it Is esti
mated thnt one-half of all saloons in
that city are owned and controlled by
breweries.
Butto County, Cal., has had n long
siege of temperance ngltatlou. It has
filially agreed to submit the matter to
a vote of tho people nearly two year
hence.
The W. C. T. U., at nttsburg. Pa
has decided to place Bible and tracts
in nil the saloons In the Kast End Dis
trict. With one exception, the saloon
men have agreed to the proposition.
Whlteitone, Indiana, 1 without a
licensed saloon for tho first time lu over
forty year.
The Woman' Club, of Dubuque,
Iowa, hn Joined force with the teach
er ot the State lu a crusade against
clgurette.
Canadian patriots are deeply con
cerned over recent statistic which
show un increase both ot crime nnd
consumptnm of intoxicant in the Do
minion. Dominance of materialistic
Ideals, failure to use npprovtid nitttbud
of moral suasion in pledging youth to
teinperano, and scant temperance ed
ucational .work are some of the rea
sons given by the Protestant prvss.
CONSECRATION.
113 on Thine altar, O my Lord divine.
Accept my will thia day, for Jesus' sake.
I have no jewels to adorn Thy shrine,
Nor any world -proud sacrifice to make;
But here I bring, within my trembling
hand,
This will of mine a thing that scemeth
small
And Thou alone, O God, ranit understand
How, when 1 yeld Thee this, I yield mine
all!
Hidden thc.-ein, Thy searching gaze can
Struggles of passion, visions of delight,
All that I love, and am, and fain would
be
Deep loves, fond hopes and longings in
finite. It hath been wet with tears, and dimmed
with sighs,
Clenched in my grasp, till beauty hath
it none:
Now from Thy footstool, where it van
quished lies.
My prayer ascendeth, "May Thy will be
done."
Take it, O Father, ere mv courage fail;
And merge it so in Uhine own will,
that e en
If, in some detpcrate hours, my cries pre
vail, And Thou give back my will, it may
have been
So changed, so purified, so fair have
grown
So one with Thee, so filled with peace
divine
I may not see nor know it ns my own.
But saining back my will, may find it
Thine.
From a Book of Devotions.
Jeans Was Not a Socialist.
Dr. Marcus Dods, lecturing in Man
chester on "The Teaching of Jesus,"
referred to the Master's attitude to
ward Socialism. He said:
"But the method of Christ Is too slow
for many men to accept, and therefore
men often turn to some hasty dema
gogue. His answer to the inquiry of
John the Baptist Is His answer to all
who are offended nt His method. He
told John's messengers to Inform their
master what He was doing. It Implied
thnt He had no intention of altering
His method, and thnt His method Is to
deal with the Individual.
"Christ's leaven of spirit and principle
works slowly In the public mind, and
gradually brings about a new social
order, as In the case of slavery. It Is a
tedious process, but It Is sure, ami the
method of Jesus has won the approval
of practical men. Depsndence on State
activity may be sanctioned ns a tem
porary expedient, but Christianity re
lies on a new spirit In men. Rovoiu
tlon must be the spontaneous expres
sion of nn Inward growth In Justice
nnd unselfishness; if1 Imposed from
without on unchanged Individuals it
could never do the utmost good. The
only life which will permanently weld
men together Is the life and spirit of
Christ. It must be left to statesman
ship to devise practical measures.
Christ was not nn agitator, and It 111
becomes any ot His ministers to be bo.
Note the points, the Improvement of
society enn be effected only by the
regeneration of the Individuals coin
posing It. Modern non-Christian So
cialism seeks to force society Into cer
tain moulds by law. The Chrtst-meihod
is slow (as seen in the case of slavery),
but it is the only method that Is sure."
Belfust Wltmss.
The Love of Children.
Have yon considered the sweet thing
a child's love Is?
To enjoy In one's life the confiding
purity of a child's friendship Is to taste
a sweetness nothing else can bring.
You go through life and enjoy Its
pleasures, the praise of fellow-men, the
abiding Joy of ministerial duties, the
pride in applied craftsmanship, the
applause and adulation of the platform.
These things bring the flush of pleas
ure to your check and stimulate you
for further action; and very often your
best work Is done because of this; not
for pay, but for love.
But the friendship of a little child
brings a new Joy. It touches a chord
In your heart that lies silent under the
spell of all these other things.
That wee toddling lassie, as she run
to meet you with outstretched arms,
sparkling eyes, nnd rosy mouth puck
ered up for a kiss, appeals to you in a
language you can never use.
Her gesture, her prattle, all so con
fiding, so natural and tender, culmlnato
in tho expression of those magic words,
"I love you," stirring within you nil
that Is best and purest in your nature.
The little ones breathe a fragrance
not of the earth.
If it Is yours to enjoy the whole
hearted confidence ot n little child,
never by word or deed let that little
one lose Its faith lu you. Scottish
American.
Humbled Bat Mot Humiliated'.
We in our pride are apt to think
thtlt to humble ourselves Is to be forced
to on unwilling Hiirrender. a hnrd ne
cessity of submission. But with our
gracious Father, to humble la not to
humiliate. The true and best humility
is that which love wins from us as the
sunshine and soft breath of spring woo
the Bowers from the hedgerow. Of
old, when God would humble Israel,
He fed them with angels' food, or as
it Is rendered In the margin, "Every
one did eat the bread of the mighty."
(Ps. 78:25.) Mark Guy Pcarse.
A Great Loll.
You never miss an opportunity of giv
ing Innocent pleusure, or helping au
other soul on the path to God, but you
are taking away from yourselves for
ever what might have been n happy
memory, nnd leaving In Its place pain
or remoroe. Frances r. Cobbe.
fountain of Life and Love.
The Inward Influences nnd illumina
tions which come to us through those
who have loved us are deeper than any
that we can realize. They penetrate
all our life, and assure us that there
must be a fountain ot lite and love
from which they nnd we are continu
ally receiving strength to boar aud to
hope. F. D, Maurice.
Needed Every Hoar.
I can do nothing without the help of
God, and that even from moment to
moment. St. Athuuaaius.
Presidential Ticket of 1851.
to tearing down the old courthouse
at Lake Village, Ark., an. election tick
et used November 6, 1S61 was found.
The ticket reads: "For President, Jef
ferson Davis, of Mississippi; for vice
president, Alex H. Stephens, of Geor
gia; for elector, Edwar Cross, of
Hempstead; David Walk of Wash
ington; John R. Hamptou;fot Bradley;
W. C. Bevlns, of Independence; W. W,
Mansfield, of Franklin; for congress,
d district. A. H. Garland, of Pulaski."
Judge Mansfield, of Franklin is ald to
t,e the only survivor of 'hose named
with him on this ticket, 1
household
jftflatters
A Meaatlfat Mower Flee.
For a beautiful flower centrepiece flit
a glass bowl with carbonated water
and immediately arrange in It natm
tlums with plenty of leave. The flow
ers will soon be covered with sparkling
dew, presenting the coolest appearance.
Buttonholes That Last.
In making buttonholes in children',
underclothes, after getting the hole
ready fo be worked, place a cord (I
use fine bindinar twine) around the bole
with the part at the front (where the
wear of the button comes) and work
over It: the buttonhole will then out
wear the- garment. A. M. B., in The)
Home.
To lllp Broth.
To dip broth or soup from the kettle
when cooking, and the fat it on It,
draw the kettle forward to the hot
part of the range, making the soup boll
furiously. Thi raises a large bubble
in tie middle of the pot from which a
cupful ot soup at a time may be dipped
out that fat all goes to the aides of
the pot.
For Lannderln Woolens.
In the Ladies' Home Journal, we find
the following, which we give In answer
to query of Mr. E. G.: Dissolve white
oap; put about two pallfuls of warm
water In a tub, and add enough dis
solved soap to make a heavy suds.
Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of borax
In a quart of boiling water; pour half
of this Into the suds; shake the white
flannel free from dust and put them
In the uds; work the suds through
the article by lifting, squeezing and
kneading; never rub or twist woolen.
A washing machine is excellent for all
woolen fabrics. Squeeze the water
from the washed article; rinse In two
waters having about the same tem
perature a the washing suds; put a'
cupful of dissolve borax in each tins
ing water, and pas through the
wringer.
Bandar Nlht Supper.
1 wish I could head nn insurrection
against the Sunday night supper a it
Is usually met. It would be swept
out of existence with a celerity that
would be astonishing even in this day:
of rapid transit. Gone forever would
be the supper table of one section of
the country the plate of cold chopped
beef or dried codfish, the pile of whit
and brown bread, the little dishes of
apple sauce, the large ginger cookie.
Gone, too, would be that other variety
of supper table which thinks to make
up for Its lnek of savory dishes by its
much cake. I am afraid even baked
beans nnd brown bread, beloved at
they are by certain worthy beings,
might not stand against the bosom of
destruction.
Instead of any or nil of these the)
supper table that should supplant
them should be a board of surprises.
The Sunday night supper should be
the unexpected feast of the week. At
tht meal the family would never
know what to look for. One time the
repast would be hot and savory; the
next it would be cold, but no less
savory. New and startling salads
would make their first bow, so to
apeak, at the Sunday night supper
table, and It would be the housekeep.
er'B dissipation to devlss and search
out novelties for this meal. Here she
should give rein to any pioneering or
adventurous spirit she had In her and
train her family to equal daring. Har
pet's Bazar.
Peach Fritters Sift together one
cupful of flour, two level teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, and oue-fourth of a
teaspoonful ot salt; then pour over one
well-beaten egg and one-third ot a cup
ful of milk; then add three tablespoon
fula ot sugar, and four peaches
chopped in small pieces; drop big
spoonfuls into hot fat; drain them on
paper; sprlukle with powdered sugar;
serve hot.
Date Whip Wash and soak a pound
of dates, then put them iu water to
simmer on the stove until very soft.
Remove from the fire, drain, and rub
them through a sieve. And one-third
of a cupful of sugar and n spoonful ot
lemon juice, and whip in the unbeaten
whites of four eggs. Turn into a but
tered mold, set in n pan of hot water
and bake slowly until firm. When
cold, serve with whipped cream.
Gravled Cucumber Fry a sliced
OBlou in a little butter until partly
cooked, then add six cucumbers which
have been quartered lengthwise. .Cook
until the cucumbers are nicely
browned. Remove tho vegetables from
the frying pan carefully and add to the
butter left In it a pint of good soup
stock. Season to taste and thicken
slightly with flour a teaspoonful will
be sufficient. Put tho fried vegetable
into this preparation; cover closely and
cook until tender euough to serve.
Feanut Pudding Scald oue pint of
milk in a double boiler; beat the yolks
ot four eggs land four tublespooufuls
of brown sugar together, and stir in,
three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
made smooth with a little milk. Stir
thia mixture constantly until tt'fbJck
ena, then add oue cupful of peanut
paste and flavor with a tublenpoouful
of lemon Juice. Pour into a pudding
dish and cover with a meringue made
by beating tho whiles of four egg
with six tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar. Set In the oven to brown,
Tomato Waffle Pure six medium
slxed ripe tomatoes, chop very fine and
add one teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth
of a teaspoonful of pepper, one table
spoonful of butter, melted after tncui
urlng. Sift one-ba!f of a teaspoonful
of soda la a little flour; add three well
beaten rgjs, and now add sufficient
flour to make the mixture like a thiu
griddle cuko batter. Have your waffle
iron very hot, crease both upper and
under lids, place a small tubleKpoouful
of the batter luto each section, cla?
the ild upon It and bak at le t )
minute on each side. Vl:en f t
cut tho ectiuu aparl ' '
USS'llU.