9ttttttttnMMSttttt 5 SOAY SERUM 3 m Z J Sollrhr IHacourao By JJ Dr. Loot. A. Dtnhi. m Br6bkTyrNrTr. Dr. Louis "Albert Banks, Bt one time pastor of tbe Han on rince M. E. Church, where he was most successful, preached there Sun day morning on "The Christ Who Is Touched With the Feeling of Our In firmities." The text was from He brews lv:15. "We have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our luflrmltlcs, but was In all points tempted ns we are, yet .Without sin." Dr. Banks mi Id: "The last part of this text explains the first. Christ Is In sensitive touch iwlth us In the temptations and trials of life because He has personally ex perienced them. He Is not a stranger standing off on the ramparts of heav en, looking down, though it be ever so benevolently, npon sorrows and dif ficulties which He has never person ally known. Such compassion could not mean much to ns. But Jesus Christ perfected Himself ns the cap tain of our salvation through suffering. For three and thirty years He wore our flesh, and tasted our grief, and He Is touched with the feeling of our In firmities. How much that ought to mean to us. When we are In any trial or trouble, and we need comfort, it is not to the most joyous and happy, who have never known what sorrow was, to whom we go for sympathy. "Some years ago I was surprised to receive from a very rich man in a city .where I was then pastor a check for 0 large sum of money which he said he wished me to use among the poor in my part of the city, and especially among children who were having n hard time of it. I followed his direc tions and gave him an account of how portions of it were used. Still other sums followed until I was very much interested In the matter, and won dered not a little at the cause of It. 'After it had gone on for nearly a year 1 received n letter from him Inviting me to take lunch with him at a hotel. AVh en we met he said: 'I suppose you (have wondered at my sending this money to you, an entire stranger to me, and at my being so much interest ed in the children of the poor in your section of the city. But this is how It comes. My father died when I was a .very little boy. My mother was left a widow with a large family of chil dren, all of whom were too small to be of much help. She bad to work .very hard, but work as hard as she could, she was . unable to procure enough food and clothing to give us comfort all the time. For two or three years I knew what it was to be hungry. Many a night I huve cried myself to sleep in silence lest my mother should henr and it should make Iier feel bad, because I was so hungry. I could not keep back the tears, and" I knew she had no bread to give me. iYou would scarcely believe it,' con tinued the millionaire,' 'looking nt me now and knowing what you do of me that on more than one occasion I have run and snatched n crust of bread thrown away from a wagon v,where some teamster had eaten his Junch, and rescued It from a dog, and eat down and ate it gratefully, nnd washed it down with a drink from the town pump.' Then the tears came into the big man's eye and one rolled out on his cheek as he sold: 'Now you know why I hove so much sympathy for the poor children. It makes me shiver on a cold night when I think of the boys and girls who have not clothing enough to keep them warm. For I have been in their place, and I know how it feels. I know how a boy feels when he Is hungry and cold, and,' God helping me, I shall never lose a chance to help n boy or a girl that is In a hard place. "As I listened to this big-hearted man there came into my mind the Scripture we are studying. He was able to sympathize with and comfort others, because he had a fellow feel ing with their infirmities and their Borrows. "So, no one could be a Snvlor for tis who had not suffered. No one could have compassion on us in our weak nesses who had not himself been tempted and tried as by fire. Only n man who has been hungry, and has not known where to lay ids head at times, knows how to sympathize with others who are in similar experience. Only he who has been In the wilder ness with the devil, tempted on every side, struggling for his life, knows how to sympathize and have true com passion with tempted men and women to-day. Only He who has been crowned iwlth thorns, who has been suit unon end whipped with the scourge, whoi uus luintea under Ills cross, knows real compassion, knows how to be touched with the feeling of people who are lashed by cruel misfortune and who are fainting under burdens too heavy for their shoulders. But Jesus Christ meets all these requirements, lie knows all about it. "The incarnation of Jesus was no sham. He wore our humanity com pletely, and there never was a more perfectly sensitive human nature, one more tender and exquisite in human feelings than that of Jesus Christ. As has been well said. Christ affected none of that hard Indifference in which some ancient philosophers vain ly gloried. He felt as a man, nnd He sympathized with the. feelings of others. On different occasions we ore Informed that Ho was troubled In spirit, that Ho groaned, and that Ho wept. The story of His agony In the Harden of Gctbsemuno exhibits a striking picture of the 'ousatlona of innocent nature oppressed with an guish. It discovers all tho conflict be tween the dread of suffering or. the one hand, nnd the sense of duty on tho other; the man struggling for a while with human weakness, and In tho end rising superior nnd winning victory. We hear the Sartor say, 'Father, if it be possible, let this ?up pass from Me." Thero is the dread of suffering natural on ail our Hps, but the next moment we hear Christ saylug, 'Nev ertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt. Thy will be done.' So out Sartor was touched with the feeling of our Infirmities. Ho was a man of sorrows, nnd acquainted with grief. Ilia whole Hfo was an experience of the ordinary trials and provocations that lead to evil, nud theso vere some times aggravated into the most in tense temptations. He was made the target of all the arrows of Satan. But though He was tempted in all points like as we are, He came off victorious and without sin. "These reflections bring us to ap preciate the fact that Christ is ideally perfect as a friend and Savior for us In the weaknesses nnd infirmities with which our lives in this world nre fa m liar. We mny comfort ourselve. with the assurance of several very inspiring reflections. "First-Christ, being touched with the feeling of our infirmities, will make a distinction between what is weak and what Is willfully wrong In us. Jesus Blvs us a verx b.'iuUUCul HhistraHon 6T this In nistFeateT?firof the disciples, those three close friends, Peter and James and John, whom He took with Him Into the Garden of Gethsemane on the nlht of His be trayal. He said to them as the bur den of sorrow pressed upon Him: 'My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with Me.' And then He went away tt lit tle by Himself and fell on His face in prayer, nnd after n time He came back wishing tbe comfort of the association with His friends. And behold, they were all asleep. They aroused at His step, nnd Jesus said to Peter, 'What! could ye not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not Into temptation.' Then Jesus, lu the ten derness of His great heart, feeling sympathy and compassion toward them, begins to apologize for them and explain to them their weakness. 'The spirit Indeed Is willing,' He says. 'Itut the flesh Is weak.' Was there ever greater tenderness than that? One can easily Imagine the sarcasm of Na poleon or Frederick the Great on an occasion like that. But could any thing more clearly Illustrate tho ten derness of CLrlst in distinguishing be tween our weakness and willful wrong doing? We may be sure that Christ will never misjudge us if we are do ing the best we can. He knows it and appreciates it to its full value. He sees every battle we make, even when we are defeated, and knows the motive behind every blow that is struck in His name. He will never reject or look with Indifference or con tempt on any effort we make to serve Him because of our Infirmities which make us to blush. What we speak In words ore not the only prayers Christ hears, but every secret aspiration nnd longing for goodness or for helpful service is a prayer which He hears and answers. There is no eloquence of human Hps that can compare with the penitential tears shed In secret, spring ing from sincere meditation upon our duty to God, and heartfelt longing that wo mny render Him truer service. "Second Jesus, knowing our Infirm ities, will not allow us to be burdened heavier than we are able to bear. He will not allow us to be tempted in such a way that there Is no escape for us. He will not permit us to be load ed, unless we bring it on ourselves by our own sin, with unnecessary trou bles. His measure about burdens Is infinitely tender: 'Come unto Me all ye that labor, and nre heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek nnd lowly In heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, nnd My burden is light.' "And In regard to temptation, we have the direct promise that Ills grace shall be sufficient for us. and that in every temptation He will make a way for our escape, so that both In our sorrows nnd In our danger Christ, touched with the feeling of our Infirmities, stands ready to com fort and defend us. We shall go no path so lonely or uncertain but we may find marks to show us. If we really seek for them, that Christ has been over the way first. Alexander Maclareu recalls the customs of pio neers lu trackless lands, bow when one frlpnd passes through pathless forests he breaks a branch ever nnd anon as he goes, that those who come after may see tho traces of his hav ing been there, and may know that they have not lost the trnil. So wheu we nre Journeying through the murky nlKht, nnd the dark woods of affliction and sorrow, it is a precious thing to find here and there n broken branch or n leafy stem bent down with the tread of Christ's foot and the kindly thoughtfulness of His hand ns-He passed, and to remember that the pnth Ho trod He has hallowed, and that there are lingering fragrances and hidden strengths in the remembrance that He was tempted in nil points like as we nre, bearing grief for us, bear ing grief with us, bearing grief like us. "Third As angels comforted Jesus In His sorrows, so He will succor us In our trials and weaknesses. How tenderly Jesus prayed for us before He offered Himself upon the cross ns an atonement for our sins! In that tender prayer lu which He expressly states that it was not only for His dis ciples, but for all who should believe on Illm through their words to the end f the world, and therefore in cludes us, the Savior prays: 'Now I am no more. In the world; but these nre In the world. Holy Father! Thine thev were, and Thou gnvest them Me. Keep them through Thine own name. Sanctify them through Thy truth. Keep them from tho evil one, that they may be where I nm, and may beholil the glory which Thou hast given Me.' How tender Christ was to people In hard places during His earthly min istry! Kecnll His journey to visit Martha and Mary when their brother Lazarus was dead. Itemember tho kindness to the poor woman who touched His garments as the crowd pressed about Him. Itemember the woman who brought her box of precious ointment us lie sat at the feast in the house of Slmou, who wet His feet with her tears and wiped them with the hnlrs of her head. In all these, and In multitudes of other cases how conspicuous the tenderness and sensitive compassion of Jesus Christ in comforting those who are tried and troubled. Surely there could be nothing more attractive to us. Nothing which could more perfectly appeal to our confidence and to our faith than the character and the story of Jesus our Snvlor as set forth la the Word of God." Narrow War Caeieet. It Is easier to take the narrow than the broad way. If you go to destruc tion you roust leap over the Bible, over the Church of Christ, over the prayers of parents and friends. You 'must leap over the love of tbe Savior lHlinself.--Evan Huberts. No vi da Town Obliterated. Files of the Nevada Transcript of 1860 tell of the visit of a theatrical company to the mining town of Red Dog. The company, headed by Me Kean Buchanan, Virginia Buchanan, Frank Mayo, Charles Wheatletgh and Elizabeth Saunders, all of whim occu py prominent places in tho history of the American stage, played three nights in Red Dog to an average busi ness ot 1,200 a sight. The plays pro duced were "Camllle," "Tho Robbers" and "The Octoroon." To-day not a vestige ot a house is to be found or the former site of Red Dog, which was about nine miles from Nevada City. "Thsy" Were Plentiful. Planeley Yes, I've been there. Ot course, It's a quaint Utile country hotel, but" Romans Isn't It, though? I was there in June and the place was just full of crimson ramblers Planeley Hat Ha! That's a good name for them. I think there must have been a thousand of them In my bed the night I stopped there. Catho lic Standard aud Tiroes. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER IS. altjael! Returning Prom Captivity, Kira l.i 1-11 Golden To it. Pea. cxnr., 3 Memory Vargas, S. 0 Comuiatilary on tba lays Leeion. 1. The proclamation of King Cyrus to return (vs. 1-41. 1. "First year of Cyrus." That Is his first year as sole king at Babylon. He was king, twenty years before this, of Elam and gradu ally extended his empire over the Per sians and Medes, Babylonians nnd Chaldeans. For two years after the capture of Babylon Dnrlus was king of Babylon under Cyrus. Now Cyrus reigned at Babylon. "Word ot the Lord." See Jer. 25:12; 2I):10. The promise was that after seventy years the Lord would bring His people again to Palestine. "Stirred up Cy rus." There Is good reason to accept the Jewish tradition according to Jo sephus, that Daniel, occupying n blah position in the court of Cyrus, brought to his attention the prophecies of Isaiah, which name Cyrus as God's servant (Isa. 44:20-28; 45:1-4), and per haps, also, the prophecies of Jeremiah, showing that God had for this purpose given Babylon Into the hands of Cyrus. "Made a proclamation." See chapter 0. "In writing." To prevent any mis take or reversal. 2. "God of heaven." nence the Con troller of all men and affairs. "God of heaven" seems to have been a usual title of tho Supreme Being nmong the Persians. At this time the Medo-Per-slan empire was very extensive, ex tending on the east to the Bed Sea. on the north to the Black Sea, on the west to the Island of Cyprus nnd F.gypt and on the south to Ethopla. "Hath charged me," etc. Cyrus probably ac cepted the prophecy of Isaiah as n charge to build the temple. "The ex istence of predictions In which, 200 yenrs before he was born, his victor ious career and the Important services he should render to the Jews were foretold, led him to acknowledge that all his kingdoms were gifts bestowed on him by 'the Lord God of heaven.' and prompted him to fulfill t!ie duty which had bepn laid upon blui long before his birth. This was the source and origin of the great favor he showed to the Jews." 3. "Who Is there among yon." The return was to be a volunteer movement. "His God be with him." A pious wish, indicat ing the deep religious feeling and good ness of heart which characterized Cy rus alone of Persian monarohs. He ruled his subjects like a father. No nobler chnracter appears in ancient history. "Let him go." As the carry ing away of the Hebrews hud taken place nt Intervals of from seventy to fifty yenrs before, there were but few of the original exiles remaining, and it is somewhat remarkable that so ninny of their descendants, nearly 50.000 In all, should be willing to go to a coun try they had never seen. "Build the house." This was their great errand, not to build their own houses, but the house of God. "He Is the God." Wo can understand this great truth far more clearly than could Cyrus. Let us see to It that we live out the knowledge .which we possess. 4. "Whosoever remalneth." Some persons of true and eminent piety so situated that they did not deem it their duty to go, as Daniel In the court of Cyrus; others were hindered by old age. Many more returned than we rend of being carried nway captive. "Let the men help him." Let the heathen population help him. "Free will offering." Probably that made by Cyrus himself. II. The captives make preparations for the return (vs. 5-11). 5. "Chief of the fathers." Venernble men, beads of families, some of whom had seen the first temple. "Judah nnd Benjamin." These tribes, last exiled, were tho first to return. But that there were many from the other tribes also who returned appears from mnny other passages. (5. "Strengthened their bunds." Their neighbors helped them nnd contrib uted liberally. 7. "Cyrus brought forth," etc. Nebuchadnezzar little thought that he was unconsciously pre serving the sacred vessels of Israel In n safe and inviolable stronghold, till the day when Jchovuh would bring onout their restoration to His people. 8. "Sheshbazzar." The Chaldee or Persian name of Zerubhabel, given him at court as other names were' given to Daniel and his friends. Born in Babylon and named by ills friends ZeruMmbel (exile in Babylon). Ho was recognized as hereditary prince of Judah; was leader of the urst company of exiles and director of the rebuilding ft the temple. 11. "All the vessels," etc. This num ber, 5400, is more than doublo the sum of verses 0 nnd 10, which was 210!). It is probable that only this larger or more costly vessels were numbered In detail, and the 5400 includes a great number of smaller and less costly ones. So they nre reckoned by Jose phus. In the history of the restoration of the Jews to their country, the names of three Jewish leaders and of three Persians are prominent. The first Jewish leader, was Zerubhabel, who left Babylon under this prpclnniation of Cyrus, B. C. 53U, seventy years after the first captivity. After an Interval of about twenty yenrs he was enabled to complete the rebuilding of the tem ple, in tho reign of Purius Hystaspes, seventy years after the destruction of the temple. The second Jewish leader was Ezra, who went up from Babylon about, eighty years after Zerubhabel. in the seventh year of Artaxerxes Longlmanus. He labored chiefly to restore the Institutions of Moses. The third Jewish leader was Nehemlnb, who went up from Suss, or Shushan, in the twentieth year of the same Ar taxerxes. He rebuilt the wall and set up the gates of Jerusalem nud pro moted many reforms. How Fishes Defend Themselves. The Australian leatberjacket will swim up with the hook In its Hp and With Its sharp teeth sever the slack line above. The pollack will plunge headlong to the rocks and fray, the line against some handy shell of mus sel or -oyster. The blue shark twists In the water with such rapidity as to test the bravest gear. Tbe sharks and rays have obvious ly less to fear than the herring or mackerel. The fishes which live on the bottom can clearly disregard the attacks of such marauding fowl as the gull and gunnet, while over the cormorant and diver do not, as a rule, seek their prey far beneath the sur face water. The typical ground dwellers of our seas, moreover, the flatfish, are so formed that, save when extremely small, they would In al probability choke any fowl so ill-advised as to try to swallow them whole. The scales of fishes are ot little use as armor. In the case of crabs, lob sters aud other "shell fish," however, their coverings are sure defenders, and they would seldom die except from otd age. EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13. Better Work Our Chapter Should Do, Heb. 6. M2; 13. 20, 21. The author of Hebrews shows, In our first selection, the difference be tween two soils, one fruitful and the othor barren. The fruitful is blessed, but the thorny ground is cursed. But the better of tho two is the thing that is hoped for concerning those written to. The application Is obvious. Bet ter work and better results are to ba expected from thfl League. God will faithfully do his purt; now the ex hortation Is that we do ours. It Is an Individual matter. If each mem ber of the Epworth League will do better, the organization will. But It all rests at last upon the individual member. The second selection la a prayer that this may be accomplished, and we thus become "perfect" that Is, symmetrical and complete, in every good work. And it will be a wise study for each chapter to see how and where they can do better work for Christ. The Epworth League that Is con tent to just keep up the organization, to hold its meetings and fill its of fices, is no help to the church. That League only which Is studying to do better to Improve In all Its depart ments, is the growing and profitable chapter. There are many reasons for this: No Growth Means Decay. We can not stand still. We grow or die. We are doing better or we are not doing so well. We are demoralized it we are not getting better. True in the experience of the Individual, it Is true of societies. We only maintain our ground by getting on to higher ground, If the League has been helpful In the past it ought to be more help ful In the future. New departments and new methods mean new spheres of usefulness. The devotional meet ing, once the only service held, has now led to the Bible study class, the mission study class, the Morning Watch, the multiplied local guilds and forms of service In each community. But Is this the best? By no means. We are to study how better to reach and save the "boys," the "lapsed classes," the unreached and un churched masses of our cities and larger towns. The Epworth League has not yet begun to measure up to the possibilities of Its usefulness. In the hands of the young people rests very largely the future of our church. Can the church meet the de mands of a changing future? Yes, if the Epworth League will learn to do better work. OCTOBER FIFTEENTH. Better Work Our Society Should Oo. Heb. 6:7-12; 13:20, 21. Every noble endeavor of yours has stored up a happy thought of you, a. pleasant memory, in the mind of God. Two qualities above all others the Christian worker needs for the fu ture, faith, and for the present, pa tience. We are not to make ourselves per fect but the Perfect One is to make us perfect Let us have only one test of our work not what men think of It, nor even what we ourselves think of It, but whether it Is well pleasing In the sight of God. Suggestions. If the society's work Is not grow ing better all the time, it is growing worse. Hunt new tasks; they will give new zest for the old tasks. No society can hope to do much better unless It learns from societies that are doing better. Have a wide awake Information committee. Better wor of the society means better work of the individual mem bers of me. A Few Illustrations. No merchant can know whether his business is succeeding or failing un less he keeps accounts. The young poet thinks his first draft of a poem is perfect. Tenny son polished his poems with each new edition till his death. Who get promoted in a store? Those that do better work. It Is thus In our Father's business. "Something to 6ay." Do not expect something to say In the prayer meeting without, taking some time to think before the meet ing. Though you give another's thought In the meeting, make It your own by prayerful meditation, and say It In your own words. Carry with you a rayer-meetlng note-book, with the topics for six months ahead, and spaces for writing down the thoughts und Illustrations that will come to you if you watch for them. The book will soon be full. A reference Bible will ulwaya help you to "something to- say." for the best commentary on Scripture U Scripture. The best time to get something to say on next Sunday Is this 'Monday. The bHt way to get something to say Is to try living out the Bible por tion, I nil report t he result. RAM'S HORN BLASTS HE fever of lust takes away the appetite lor the food of love. He need never despair who faces difficulty under Divine direction. Borne o fthe ' chaps who don't go home till morn inn, cause mourn ing when they do go homo. It takes more than a love of beau tiful to muke the bautiful life. Many a chronic sickness is only an habitual bid for more coddling. The man who voluntarily Las noth ing is seldom the one who is nothing. Some are afraid to eat peaches lest they lose their nppcite fur prunes. A man's knowledge of doctrine counts for nothing if he uelects duty. ...... uvdsy if&sjd&sr TWILICHT BEU.3. There has come to my mind a legend, A thing I had half forgot; And whether I read it or dreamed it, Ah, well it mattered not: It ia aaid that in Heaven at twilight, A great bell softly swing. And man may liaten and hearken, To tho wonderful mimic that ring. If ho puts from his heart's inner chamber All the nanftinn. nnin nnrl strife Heartache and weary longing. That throb in the pula of life If he thrusta from his soul all hatred. All thoughts of wicked things. He can hear in the holy twilight How the bell of the angel rings. And I think there ia in this legend, If we open our eyes to see, Somewhat of nn inner meaning, My friend, to you and me. Let us look in our hearts and question. Can pure thoughts enter in To a soul if it be already , The dwelling of thoughts of sin? ' So, then, let us ponder a little; Let us look in our hearts and see If the twilight bells of the angela Could ring for u you and me. Beauty of Life of Serrlra. ' No, Indeed, there is no wonder that God loved the world. There Is no won der that Christ, tho Son of God, at any sacrifice, undertook to savo the world. The wonder would have been If God, sitting In His heaven the wonder would have been if Jesus, ready to come here to the earth, and seeing how It was possible to save man from sin by suffering, had not suffered. Do you wonder at the mother when she gives her life without hesitation or a cry, for her child, counting It her privilege? There Is one word of Jesus which al ways comes back to me as about the noblest thing that human lips have ever said upon our earth. When He wns sitting with His disciples at the lust supper, how He lifted up His voice and prayed, and In the midst of His prayer there came the wondrous words: "For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sancti fied." The whole of a human life Is there. Shall a man cultivate himself! No, not primarily. Shall a man serve the world; strive to Increase the king dom of God In the world? Yes, Indeed, he shall. How shall he do It? By cul tivating himself, and Instantly he Is thrown back upon his own life. "For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified." I am my best, not simply for myself, but for the world. That Is the law of my exist ence." You can help your fellow-men; you must help your fellow-men; but the only way you can help them is by be ins the noblest and the best man that It Is possible for you to be. I watch the workman build upon the building which, by and by, is to soar Into the skies, to toss Its pinnacle up to the heavens, and I can see him looking up nnd wondering where those pinnacles are to be, thinking how high tlmy are to be, measuring the feet, wondering how they are to be built, and nil the time he Is cramming a rotten stone into the building just where he has set to work. Let him forget the pinnarles if he will, or hold only the floating image of them In his imagination for his Inspiration, but the thing he must do is to put a brave, strong soul, an honest and substantial life. Into the building Just where he Is now at work. Let yourselves free Into your religion and be unselfish. Claim your freedom in service. Phillips Brooks. Silent Suffering. This grace of silence under trial Is one of the most rare and difficult graces; but It is one of the most pleas ing to God, and most conducive to strength nnd beauty of Christian char acter. None of us loves to suffer, and we all shudder at the sight of the probe or the amputating knife. But when the Infinite Love is engaged in cutting out n selfish lust or cutting off a dis eased limb, our duty Is to submit. "Keep still, my friend," says the sur geon to the patient iu the hospital; "for restlessness may produce false cuts, and aggravate the process." If the brave fellow Is wise, he will say: "Doctor, go as deep as you choose; only be sure to fetch out the bullet." Ah, the battlefield often requires less courage than the hospital! The onset of service, with drums beating and bugles sounding, does not so test the mettle of our graces as to bo thrown down wounded, or to We commanded to lie still nnd suffer. To shout a battle cry at the mouth of a cannon Is easier than to put our hands on our mouths and be silent because God did it. If He Is silent as to explanations of try ing providences, let us be silent in our filial submission. God knows what Is best Tor us that Is enough. Theodore L. Cuyler D. D. The Price or Power. Power Is never a free gift. Tho po. sibllltles of power are about us on all sides, und within us: but harnessed power, power in a form to accomplish something at our bidding, must be bought, earned, won. Neither the power In a mill stream nor the power lu Niagara works for mau until man has worked for it. Aud when man would use the Niagara of God power that Is ut hand, there is one fixed price to pay. It has been well defined in the sentence: "Power to its last particle is duty." We should not be surprised to find ourselves lacking in the spiritual power that we long for If we have been shirking duty. Disobedience and power cannot live together. But God alone can give us tbe power to win power. Sunday-School Times. II la tha Soul. God Is known and seen and trusted by thousands of souls who need no other evidence of His being or His will than what Is directly revealed to their hearts. There Is thut within us more saoivd than cathedral altar or stained window or sacred writing. It is the soul Itself. Henry W. Bellows. Fallh Keeps You Sara. If your life Is dnrU. then walk by faith, and God Is pledged to keep you ns safo ns If you could understand everything. Bushuell. Teaching Blind Fish to Sea. In the hope of teaching blind fish to see, some interesting experiments are being carried out at the New York Aquarium. A large consignment of blind fish has just been received there from the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, tnd Mr. Spencer, director o( the aquarium fish hatchery, exneets that under his care, tho'DUnd fish will, In lime, evolve eyes and 3eH like other ash. The f sli are native of Echo river, the deepest subterranean stream in tne won THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE: Who Mardared Arndt ? Votera ora Great Stata and Membera ol tha Two Graat Parties Indicted For tha Crime Ter rible Arraignment by a Prohlbltlonlit Herman Arndt. a farmer, of Stock bridge, Wis., while on a business er rand, spent the day drinking in a li censed saloon. Attempting to drive nway, he fell from his wagon, the wheel crushing his skull so that the brains oozed from the opening. The wife, when Informed, went stark mad. Six innocent children are left father less, with on Insane mother. Who murdered Herman Arndt? Tbe Institution for his assassination was erected by the Democratic and Republican parties of Wisconsin, who had the mandate of the people to do It. The bands of every Wisconsin voter who had a part In electing the men who erected these laws are red with the blood of Herman Arndt. Voters of Wisconsin: Don't hide your hands In your pockets. Don't try to prove an alibi. Don't try to He out of it. Don't plead that you were insane. That saloon Is your saloon. You, the taxpayers, get more of the net proceeds than does Harrison. Harrison Is merely your agent. He has your written credentials to do this. He has your receipt for part of Arndt's money. You authorized this crime by your solemn votes, and you have got tho money in jour public treasury for it. Now, you guilty wretches, take some of the money that Harrison filched from Arndt for you and pay the expenses of keeping Arndt's in sane wife In nn nsylum and of educat ing the six chlldreu whose father you slaughtered. And then Go wash your hands not with soap and water, as that cannot wash out the guilt wash them at the ballot box at the next election. New Voice. A Plea For Sobriety. The work of to-day demands men of clear brains for Its performance. It matters not whether that work be in the office, the counting room, the legis lative hall, the store, the shop, the field or the mine. The worker who each morning brings to his task a strong mind and a stendy nerve will always find his services In demand, while the one who allows himself to become the victim of an unbridled ap petite will soon discover that his place has been filled by one who can do the work better than he. Such nn address ns. that made by President Roosevelt Is always timely. While it is undoubt edly true that excesses in the use of liquor are not as common to-dny as they were a quarter or a half century ago, there is still vast Toom for im provement, and every effort In that di rection deserves the eueourageraent of nil who seek the elevation and better ment of their fellow-men. Baltimore American. Advertising Temperance. The town authorities of Camberwell, England, are trying a novel method of bringing the evils of intempernnce home to the people, by posting through out the place placards containing such arguments as tbe following: No one requires alcohol lu either food or tonic. Alcohol weakens a man's self-control while exciting his passions; hence the number of crimes committed under its Influence. Spirits rapidly produce alcoholism, but milder drinks, such as beer and cider, produce, after a time, alcoholic poisoning with equal certainty. The sins of alcoholic parents nre vis ited on their children; if the children snrvlve infuncy, they are threatened with idiocy or epilepsy, and many die from consumption. In short, alcoholism is the most terri ble enemy to personal health, to family happiness, and to national prosperity. I.oyal to King; Buna. A leading newspaper recently stated that people drink "because they like to." In the light of the remarks made by Sir Frederlsck Treves, -who assert ed that alcohol was a "virulent poi son," this is really the only excuse the moderate drinker has for continuing to Indulge In the use of stimulants. Sir Victor Horsley says that science is dead against the use of alcohol, and seeing that nine-tenths of the crimes committed in the United Kingdom are traced to strong drink, nnd that 32 per cent, of the lunacy of this coun try Is due to the same cause, one won ders why people still persist in their loyalty to King Bung. Belfast Wit ness. Temperate Man Wanted. Men who use Intoxicating liquors for any other than medicinal purposes need not apply for positions as guards at the Federal peutintlaries. The Civil Ser vice Commission so decided upon the request of Attorney-General Moody. The commlsHlon also directed that the papers of all persons now on the regis ter whose applications show that they use iutoxlcatiiig liquors us beverages should be canceled. Staggere tho Imagination. Canon Brlstow said reccutly that the trade of a licensed vlctualer is neces sary for tbe needs of the community, and efforts should be made to encour age men of high character and Chris tian life to engage in it. The reverend Canon should suggest this to a few of his good Christian friends, and hear what they have to say about it. Im agine a good Christian running a grop sliop! Teuiperanoe Notea. Leave alcohol absolutely out of your life. Why risk the Influence of drink when all men know that it renders those who take it aggressive aud reckless, and leads to untold mischief? A certain brand ot whisky has mndo Itself notorious for years by the publi cation ot testimonials bearing the names ot ministers and other reputa ble persons. It has been proved that many of the "testimonials" have been forgeries. Long age tt was said In tho Bible of strong drink: "Whosoever Is deceived thereby Is not wise." Positions of great public trust, po sitions Involving the safety of life and properly, require meu of the highest trustworthiness, and an absolute requi site to this is thti habit of perfect so briety. By the great railroads of the Uullod Stale total abstinence is required of their employe. What these railroad cur.'.pnules ".V to their employes In substance Is: "You can drluk It you will. Whether you tfrink or not is for you to de:vrinlnc. But ygu cannot (Ji li)k uud work tor us." TBE KEYSTONE STATE Tit Latest Pasnsylvsola News Tela hi Shaft' Ordtr. Became some one drank the evidence,' Alice Shannon Dowd was acquitted in Criminal Court at Norristown of selling liquor without a license. Detectives aU lege that they purchased a bottle of whisky from the defendant. When the bottle was produced in court the con tents had disappeared. The detectives denied that they drank the rum. ! Three men arc now in the Easton Jail and the mystery of many burglaries all through the Lehigh Valley, as well as in Bucks County, along the North Penil Road, is cleared up. The men are Ir vin Derr, William Bierman, arrested last week and William Leibcnsberger, captured at Allentown. Since the ar rest of Bierman, County Detective John-! son has been piling up evidence againft the men and they all confessed. They, committed siteen burglaries in all.' Leihensberg'er served in the Spanish American War and was at Sa Juan Hill . A negro woman giving her name as Elcnnre Hanks and her home, Wilming ton, N. C., has greatly excited the negro population of Chester by declaring that t he world will end in a few days. The private car used by General Man-, agcr W. W. Atterbury, of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, and which figured in thej Paoli wreck, was taken to Altoona for repairs. It was found to be so badly damaged that it wjs sent to the scrap heap and burned. Mentally unbalanced by reason of ner vous troubles, Thomas Emmit Dixon, a newspaper man of Altoona, shot him self through the heart at the home of his sister in that city. Anna Archer, of Coatesvillc, who wai found guilty on the charge of larceny and sentenced to serve one year in the Chestr County Jail, attempted to com mit suicide by hanging herself with a rope made out of the bed clothes in her cell. While gunning for squirrels Harry Roth, of Chestnut Hill, Lehigh county, was shot in the leg by his son and am putation will be necessary. Allentown's business men have organ ized a chamber of commerce with Daniel Walker as president, and will inaugurate a systematic plan to boom the mercan tile and industrial interests of the city. John Shick, aged 8o years, of Red Bank Township, Clarion County, while in attendance as a juror at a special term of cojrt, was stricken in the jury box and has been unconscious since. His recovery is doubtful. Una Leaman, of Lancaster, a track walker employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was struck by a train a mile east of that city and killed. While Patrick Gibbons and four as sistants were cribbing in a chamber at Indian Ridge Mine, near Shenandoah, a teuton rock skipped out of the top, cut the lamp 'from Gibbons' cap and caught Martin Klcnnovich under its weight, some loose rock preventing it from crush ing him to death. Clothes were torn from the other men. As a punishment for running away from his home in Mahanoy City and re maining on a farm for several days, Jo seph Zukaw, 9 years old, was led captive through the street by his father Thurs day. The father tied a rope around tho boy's waist and compelled him to walk behind a carriage. After being on strike just twenty-four hours the 500 or more employees of the Morea Colliery, near Pottsville, op erated by the Dodson Coal Company, re turned to work. The disputes which caused the strike were all satisfactorily adjusted. After a desperate fight along the canal, near Muncy, William Pursley and Ed ward Simmers, coal and iron policemen, of Shamokin, captured Martin Lawles and John Shultz, suspected of having robbed several stores in this place. Auditors George Moyer, D. W. Hughes and Charles Dunkelberger, of Mt. Carmel, have decided to bring suit against the school board because the latter refuses to pay them $11 apiece for auditing the accounts of the district. At a meeting of the vestry of St. Bar nabas' Episcopal Church, Reading, Rev. William Emory Henkell was unanimous ly elected rector. Mr. Henkell is un married, a native of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Lafayette College, Union Theological Seminary, New York Divin ity School and has just returned from a course of lectures at Oxford University, Efforts to find the grave of Mrs. John Casper Erb in the old cemetery of the Swamp Lutheran Church, at New Han over, resulted in Sexton John Schneider finding the burial place of Rev. John Frederick Geigcr, a former pastor, who was buried 114 years ago. Deputy Revenue Collector Charles E. Frias, of Norristown, served notices on the members of fourteen social clubs that they must obtain charters from the county courts and also take out internal revenue licenses if they want to avoid ar rest for llie sale of liquor. Hearing a noise in her chicken pen at night, Mrs. Fletcher Lyons, .i 70-year-old widow, living north of Itloomsburg, opened the rear door of her house to as certain the cause. Instantly there was a report of a gun and Mrs. Lyons fell to the floor with a load of shot in her face and neck. Her assailant disappeared in the darkness. The aged woman is suf fering severely from the wounds and shock, the latter making her recovery doubtful. Thieves displayed unusual' activity in different sections of Lancaster county the other night, as many as ten different houses being robbed. Near. Akron the residence of Ludwig Arnold was entered and two gold watches and $.16 in money taken. At Mountville and vicinity the residences of Frederick Copeland, A. B. Fisher, H. S. Binkley, J. M. Fridy, D. E. Copeland, C. H. Ileidler, John H. Carter and B. F. Hendricks were en tered, but little of value was secured. Kennett Odd Fellows' Lodge, of Ken nctt Square, has elected the following officers to serve for the year: Noble Grand, George Donaldson; vice-grand, Charles H. Pylc; treasurer, J. Pennell Taylor; recording secretary, Warren Kitts; trustee, William Montgomery; representative, Vernon T. Belby. Saturday half holidays have been abol ished at the Reading Railway shops in Reading. ..ev. B. B. B. Ferrer, of Reigelsville, for twenty-one years pastor of St. John's Reformed Church, has resigned the pas torate and will go to Philadelphia. Rev. Richard Radcliffe, for two years pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kennett Square, resigned to accept a call to the pastorate of the Church at Roxboro. . A big strike among the slate quarries in the vicinity of Bangor is now on, be cause of a wage cut. The operator say they were compelled to make the cut be cause of the lower marketable rate of slate. While crossing the Reading Railroad tracks west of Mt. Carmel, Simon Wolf gang's wagon was struck by a train, car ried fifty feet along the trjck and de molished. Mr. Wolfgang and his 7-year-olii son were slightly hurt.
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