; SUNDAY SERMON J
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J A Scholarly Dltcount By JJ
Bi.hop W. A. Lt.ena.rd. 2
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Brooklyn. N. Y.-At Holy Trinity
Church the lit, Jtev. Wllllnin A. Leon
ard, Bishop of Olilo, preached Sunday
morning on tlie subject. "Giving Free
ly." from the text Matthew x:8:
"freely ye lmve received, freely give."
Tlie prencber said:
"Our blessed Lord had Just endowed
Tils apostles with some of Ills power.
He hud granted them authority to
preach, to heal the nick, to baptise
converts and to lay the foundation of
His church. As all power In heaven
and on earth had been conferred upon
Him, so now He Imparts the tre
mendons donation to them. This Is
what Is meant by the divine origin
of the ministry. But this power and
those gifts must be utilised; they can
not be retained or burled; they must
lie dispersed abroad. They are glveu
only for service. 'Freely ye have re
ceived, freely give.' In some measure
we must generously give to tlie world.
"These words, however, may be ta
ken from their primary plnce. so that
they have a general reference and ap
plication for every child of the king
dom, and thus we use them to-day for
our instruction and guidance. Tills
text, 'Freely ye have received, freely
give,' Is classic In its clear expression
and In Its world-wide application to
literature, science, music In the art
of centuries; and many races find their
Ideal In tills fact, for Christ, tlie In
carnate, Is Himself God. Christ Is
here In our human nature since the
period of Ills Incarnation. You can
not drive Him forth, for He lias found
room for residence In the very lieart
of this old world. It is of this con
scious liberality of Cod to us that I
want to speak, and of the sincere and
willing response which we ought to
make to Ilim for His gifts to us: 'Free
ly ye have received, freely give.' The
gospel of our Father has this word
'give' written all through. Its first
letter Is the initial of His own name.
Its first Introduction In the Garden of
Eden and n picture of the Divine Pa
rent, whose hand Is ever outstretched
with loving Intention to us, and it is
His desire that we should realize this.
The Bible Is replete with the story of
His giving and our receiving. Read
your Bible this year with this thought
In your minds. Recall what God lios
given to His children, and you will be
amused at the snm: it will be such a
great one that at leas', you will lie
constrained to sing a benedleite, to
praise God for His goodness: you will
cordially begin to appreciate how 'free
ly ye have received.' Is it not well to
make some sort of n tally, to run tip
our account with God? We who take
so much for granted and simply accept
the blessings He gives us without a
word of thanks. We think if them
and use them as If they were ours
and are sometimes angry If we happen
to miss or lose them. 'We hnve re
ceived so much and so freely from
Him that we have' omitted Him and
His relatloiiHhtp from otir calculations.
Wc have credited Him only with our
spiritual blessings our religious priv
ileges, the church and sacraments, of
course, our salvation. Hut what nbout
the ordinary things that He never for
gets, that He never neglects? He
keeps Ills work going on every day In
the year, while we, like the children
of our modern time, nre satiated with
luxury. We are aroused sometimes,
as at Christmas time, to realize how
good God Is.
'"Freely ye have received, freely
give.' Tims lie gave out of Ills gen
erous heart the very creation Itself;
the world and oil In It. at the very
hour of Its conception, Its power of
production, teeming life, vegetable and
anlmnl. We take possession of It;
w-e bargain and barter Its fields and
Bocks and herds; we call It ours; we
call the land after our own name. But
these things are not ours. They are
His. He controls. He directs and per
mits; we are but the tenunts of His
Will.
"Then consider In the next place Ills
providence. That Is, the continuous
remembrance of our needs food, rai
ment, climate, and so on. The seasons
that God only swings round In their
course; the sunshine think of the sun
shine, that is God's gift. Suppose He
covers over the sun for one dny! Man
cannot, with all his genius, manufac
ture another. Suppose it stops shining
for twenty-four hours. Such a chill of
Ice would result that all life would
go out. Do you ever thank God for
the sunshine? No. We take It for
granted It belongs to us we consider
it our Inherent right.
"God gives us power as well as crea
tion to utilize. So lavishly spread
that all man has to do is to pluck the
fruits of it. We dig mines, sail ships,
write books, paint pictures; It Is only
the exercise of power which God
gives. Wealth, competency, wages, all
the capacity of power (Jod grants it
ail. He gives the brains, the ingenu
ity, the business, the opportunity for
every advancement and all you and I
have to do Is to utilize all the power
He gives us. Some other men uso
these nnd prosper; other men waste
them and are failures In life; but
those who are opportunists In the best
sense gain rewards. Do you ever real
ize that God could becloud nnd ob
scure your faculties of reason so that
you would become insane In a mo
ment? He might be excused from so
doing because of your ingratitude,
your neglect of Him, for all these
things you call yours are His. I often
wonder how many successful men can
retain their Belt respect, can make
their treatment of God agree with
their ethics. They never enter His
house to thank Him and yet He asks
thera to- do so. They are getting ou
without Him tlfey believe, but they
8i-e as helpless and powerless as the
weakest imaginable thing. They nro
absolutely His dependents' In wham
they, have their being. How long suf
fering and patient He Is. His only
rebuke seems to be found in His uu
falling love. He simply says, 'My son,
do not forsake' Me utterly; hear My
voice; come to Me; give Me thy heart,
for I love thee, I am thy Father. I
can afford to Ty.ait.'
"So with our virtues, they are all
Inbreathtngs of the Holy Spirit; every
man, no matter how depraved, will
have some spark of good that God put
there to b fanned into burning heat.
They do not gvow there, they were
given and are intended to mold and
model us Into n iiearer semblance to
Ills linage. Your capacity of Joy And
lovo are from III in. You could not
lii id happiness or gladness or any kind
ot pleasure In the material, intellectual
or moritl sphereB unless uie Holy
Ghost permitted it. You could not
love your wife, your child, your pnrent,
your friend, without Hint. You Chris
tians, you could not have happiness oi
lova for God uuless He gruntu you the
power. Stones and earth have them
not, Animals only huve as much In
stinct as He gives them, but you and
I huve received more thou this. We
huve received inspirations and aspira
tion that reach from soul to soul unJ
heart to heart.' ' Thore Is a bedutlfril
prayer In the prayer book. I do not
consider it in exactly the light In
which I nm presenting this truth. 'Oh,
God,' It says, 'pour Into our hearts
such love for Thee that we loving
Thee Above nil things may at hist at
tain Thy gracious promises. We can
not love God 'unless the power be
given lis; we have not the capacity
ourselves.
"Now, the greatest gift of all; the
gift of His dear Son. Creation, provi
dence, power nnd faculties, can have
n reason or right of operating unless
Interpreted y the coming of Jesus
Christ to earth for yon nnd me. This
incarnation Is the key to unlock the
cause of our being. His birth Is the
solution of each man's existence. He
Is In this sense 'The Light of the
World.' Now God gnve the best that
He .hud, the very best that He was
capable, of bestowing His only begot
ten Son. Nay, more. His Son Is God
He gave Himself. Wc shall not try
to explain Its mysteries; It is ttnsolv
able. It Is an Illustration of what we
may do In small matters. It means
sacrifice and surrender and unselfish
giving, for He enme to do God's will,
That will was to save us from our
sins. God gave up Ills liest and left
the joy and sanctity of Heaven to
clothe Himself with our broken hu
manity Hint we might see the godhead
bodily, touch Him with our hands and
go to II I in with our sins nnd knowing
Hiin might accept Him as our Savior.
He folded His eternal nature around
His person and lie led It forth to sac
rifice, so that His earthly life was a
long series of siicriticlal acts. When
He lay in the manger this life of sac
rifice had begun; when He hung npon
the cross It was the continuation of it.
In the last moment of agony nnd
shame He was controlling forces thai
seemed to be mastering Him. He was
the priest upon the cross; He was III!
own victim. Ills life was not wrunu
out of Him; He, Himself, pronounced
its dismissal. lie gave It up to Him
whose It was, saying: 'Father, into
Thy hands 1 commend my spirit.' All
this for our redemption, for our rescue
nnd that we might have peace In be
lieving and serving and following, fot
our eternal Joy and peace hereafter in
the Divine comradeship. Now, will yt
'freely give''
"Tills Is our practical issue:, the
question of our life experience. Dc
we give, nnd what, nnd when? But
try and consider the paradox of out
lives. What do we give? When do
we give? Do we give ourselves? Yes
hut how? Is It unreservedly? Is It
bountifully? Yes, we give something
sometimes some prayer, some wor
ship, some money. Is it enthusiastic?
At the price of sacrifice? Does it real
ly cost us much? We give ourselves
to this world our time nnd ability,
with zeal and zest In business affairs.
That Is right. Christ does not tell us
to be sluggards In business. But He
does tell us to give In the same meas
ure of earnest Interest to Him some
measure of earnest Interest to Him. I
mean no standard of gold. I am not
talking nbout gold to-day. I mean no
measure of payment. I mean the full
and long living surrender, of every
thing to His will. I mean the conse
cration of each stroke of the laborer's
brawny arm, of euch device of the In
rentor's power, tlie consecration of our
whole being and service to the su
preme Master of our destiny. Such a
consecration makes life beautiful. It
snnctlfies labor, trade and business: it
lifts every project of human ambition
up to a level on which angels trend
und where we may talk to God Him
self. It tires itself out In Its arms for
the redeeming of the world. It sees
Jesus walking up nnd down In the
earth and It must Impel every human
being to follow Him. It Impels men
to go forth Into tlie world to others.
The saint leaves his closet and goes
abroad Instead of pondering by him
self homeless that he may carry the
Gospel, that he may lift tlie cover off
Ignorance for some benighted soul; the
missionary makes himself homeless
that he may carry the Gospel to the
heathen. Where we do the service and
will of Jesus Is our free giving In re
turn for what He has given us. Then,
and only then, do we amend the con
tradiction. There Is the soul nnd spirit
of the Incarnation. 'Freely give.' is
the word. Really that means fully
fully give. It requires us to say. 'Here
Lord ami. I have no reservation, no
propect, no duty, no joy that I will
place between Thee and mei I yield
myself absolutely to every manifesta
tion of Thy will. I nm all the time
eager to know whnt Thy will Is. This
Is my duty; show me whnt Thou
. wouldst have me to do nnd give.' The
snlnt of old said: 'Master, show me
Thyself and then show me myself.'
Such n prayer should be offered from
hour to hour, nnd then nt last there
will bo the gradual glad consciousness
coining to us that we have rroely re
turned to God a thank offering.
"Then the giving of our time to His
service nnd to other people will he so
' natural that we shall do It sontan
eously. It will be so easy to offer
money and heart nnd Interest to
Christ's service that It will be second
nature."
Love Lends to BerYloe. ,
A loving heart nnd ifn obedient life
are inseparable. The one cannot ex
ist without the other. As soon ne
a man loves God, he has the spirit of
consecration, the spirit of obedience,
tho spirit of service; nnd while love
continues to dominate the lieart. that
spirit of service manifests Itself in the
life. It is true that "love Is the ful
filling of the law." Heurt religion Is
the only kind of religion worth having.
It is the pure in lieart who shall see
God. Methodist Itecorder.
Yon Will (let It.
Look, expect, watch; look as If you
wanted the blessing, and you will get
It. Joseph I'urker.
How Bees Embalm.
Bees, says Horbls, can embalm as
successfully aa could .the ancient
Egyptians. It often happens In damp
weather that a slug or snail will en
ter a beehive. 'This is, of course, to
the unprotected Blug a case of sudden
death. The bees fall upon him and
sting blm to death at once. But what
to do with the carcass becomes a vital
question. , If left where It Is, it will
breed a regular pestilence. Now
conies In the cleverness of the Insects
They Bet to work and cover It with
wax, and there you may see It lying
embalmed just as the nations of old
embalmed their dead. When It Is a
-snail that la the Intruder, he Is, ot
course, Impenetrable to their sting; so
they calmly cement his shell with wax
to the bottom of the hive.. Imprison
ment for llfo, with no hope of pardon!
Cyclists Polloameti,
In order to aid the police In main,
tainlng order on the occasion of a re
cent motor race, the authorities of the
town of Rozomburg, Germany, com
pelled all local cyclists to enroll them
selves among the police.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR OCTOBER 29.
aldectt Powrr Through God's Spirit,
, Zfteh, It., 1-10 Oolrton Tt, Zech. lr
O Memory Vereaa, 8-10 Commentary
on the Day's Leaaon.
I. Zeoharlab's vision (ts. 1-6). 1.
"The angel." The same Migol who
had shown Zecharlah his other visions
"came again." '-.'Waked me." The
prophet had slept after the first series
of visions, and he Is now aroused to bo
Instructed further. 2. "Behold a can
dlestick." This was ho doubt similar
to the seven-branched candlestick of
Solomon's temple, although lhe bowl,
the pipes and the two olive trees were
pecullur to this vision. The candle
stick was, 1. A type of the Jewish na
tion. God's chosen people to shed light
to the Gentiles. If they were witling
to carry out God's purpose they could
not fall. 2. A tvpe of the Christian
church (ltev. 1:201. (1) Its purpose
was to give light. I'Ji Its material
was precious nnd costly, showing the
preclonsness of the church, (.'il Its
seven lamps in one denote tlie unity, of
God's people. (! There was a con
stant supply of oil. so the Holy Spirit
supplies the church with the grace of
God. (5) The candlestick was not
the light, hut held the light: It is the
work of the Christian to hold up the
true light, which Is Christ. "All of
gold." Pure In doctrine and practice
nnd Indestructible the true Ideal of
the church. "A bowl." The fountain
of supply of oil to the lamps. This is
the emblem of Christ, through w.ioni
the Spirit is given.. "Seven lamps."
There was only one lamp stand, de
noting the unity of God's people, but
It had vnrlous branches nnd lamps,
denoting their multiplicity In unity,
nnd the number was seven, the symbol
of their completeness. "Seven pipes."
See 11. V. Each lamp had seven pipes
connected with the bowl.
3. "Two olive trees." The oil usu
ally burned In the la tups was olive oil.
pressed from the fruit of. tlie olive
tree. The olive trees, one on each side
of the lump stand, express the source
of supply. The bowl of oil would soon
le exhnusted unless n continual supply
flowed Into It. The trees represent nn
inexhaustible fountain connected with
the very nnture of tho Creator. The
supply of power does not come through
human ministrations, but directly from
God. 4. "Whnt nre these." Kven In
spired men do not always understand
divine teachings. It Is sometimes wise
to ask questions. 5. "No, my lord."
If we would receive Instruction we
must be ready to acknowledge our Ig
norance. II. The interpretation (vs. 0-14). 0.
"Word unto Zerubbnbel." This vis
Ion was to Inspire the people with con
fidence In their lenders ns divinely sus
tained, nnd the leaders with confidence
in their divine appointment to the
work, and to lead ull to the true source
of strength nnd success. "Not by
might." Of thy own. Not by their ar
mies, for they bad none. "Nor by
power." Authority from others. "But
by My spirit." The providence, au
thority, power nnd energy of the Most
High. No secular arm, no human pru
dence, no earthly policy, no suits nt
low, shall ever be used for the found
ing, extension and preservation of My
church.
7. "O great mountain." This was a
figure suggesting the great work to be
accomplished nnd the many difficulties
in the way. Tlie opposition from his
enemies and the lack of zeal among
his own people had tended to discour
age Zerubbabel. "Become n plain."
Be wholly removed. At that very tlmo
God was influencing Darius to refuse
the desires of the Samaritans and give
his favor to Jerusalem (Ezra fi).
"Headstone." As he had laid the foun
dation stone, so shrtll he put up the
headstone; as he has begun the build
ing, so shall he finish It. "With shout
ings." .Tovful acclamations.
1). "Shall also finish." An encour
aging assurance to the prince of Jiulah.
10. "Day of small things." Zerubba
bel belonged to the dny of small things.
He did not nppenr like Solomon In all
his glory, but more like a common man
than a great ruler. He seemed infer
ior to the governor of Snmnrln. and
was subject to the King of Fersln.
We people the past with heroes. Wo
dream of a future full of heroes. But
how blind we are to tho heroes of our
own day and our own timet This is a
universal error. "Shall see tho plum
met." The perpendicular line with
which ho should try the finished work.
He Is master builder, under God, the
great Architect. "With those seven."
Referring to chapter 3:9. "They are
the eyes of the Lord." In contrast
with those who might be despising the
dny of small things, tho eyes of tho
Lord were beholding with Joy tho work
in the hand of Zerubbabel. Tho Jews
themselves despised the foundntlon of
the second temple because It was likely
to bo so far inferior to the first (Ezra
3:12). Their enemies despised the wall
when it wns in process of building
(Neh. 2:19: 4:2. 3). "To nnd fro." A
benutlful figure of God's oversight
over tlie whole earth.
11-14. Three times Zechsrlah (vs. 4,
11, 121 asked as to the two olives before
h got an answer; the question be
comes more miiiuto each tlmo. What
he nt first calls two olive "trees" ho
afterward calls "branches," ns on
closer looking lie observes that the
branches of tho trvos nre channels
through which n continual flow of oil
dropped Into the bowl of tho lamps;
and that this Is tho pnrposo for which
the two olive trees stand beside the
candlestick. Primarily the "two" re
fer to Joshua and Zerubbabel. Zerub
bnlicl nnd .les.iun typified Christ ni
nuolutcd with the Holy Spirit without
measure, to be King and High. Priest
of the church, nnd to build, Illuminate
nnd ' sanctify tho spiritual temple.
Many Ways to Take Tea.
"Pickled tea is a Burmese delicacy,"
said the Bailor. "A Burmah girl once
gave me some. It wasn't bad. Sweet
ish and spiced. A cross between pick
les and preserves.
"Tea ain't only drunk. Down Slam
way thoy chew It. It Is stuck together
with melted sugar Into little cakes
and every Siamese carries one of them
cakes in his pocket. A plug o' tea
you might Bay a plug o' chewln' tea.
"Some folks smoke It. An English
girl once gave me a tea cigarette. I
finished It, but such a headache.
"Stewed tea la the national dish of
the Tibetans. Tea, fat, salt, flour and
VmllK are COUKeu up lUKCiuor iu in
thickness nf oatmeal aud eaten cold.'
Fisherman Gives In.
W. H. Rothermol of Wllkesbarre,
Pa., who baa been contesting In the
courts since August, 1303, the right of
the state of Pennsylvania tostop fish
ing on the Sabbath, haa conceded the
point and paid the long-pending fine.
! The Quaker state was bound to 'sua
I tain tho principle Involved. Fishing
Gazette.
EflDE,
OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH.
The Foreign-Mission Work of
Denomination. Dan. 2:31 45.
Oui
The stone was cut out of, the moun
tain without hHmis. Missions need
our hands, but they are powerless un
til God tuts set Ilia baud to tbu
task.
Thre is not an evil on tho earth
but the spirit of Christian missions
will smite to Its doom and this not
only In distant countries, but In our
own land.
The world has seen nothing so
small grow to anything so big aa the
beginnings of Christian missions
compared with their present stupen
dous size.
If mere men had to do the work
that Ties before missions, they might
well bo staggered: but it is God's
kingdom, and God Himself Is setting
It up.
A Programme for the Meeting.
While the missionary committee
should oversee this work, plunnlng
fcr It long In advance, yet thoy
should get all tho society to take part
In the meeting, bo far ns possible, as
Signing the (llfTcrent parts to differ;
ent Endeavorers. The missionary
Boards and the pastors will direct
you to full sources of Information.
Alt Endeavorers Should Know.
There nre some things that every
Endeavorer should know about the
foreign missions of his denomination;
Just what fields are occupied; how
they are occupied, whether exclusively
or with other denominations; where
the princlpnl living missionaries are
at work; the names of the greatest
missionaries of the past, and what,
they did; the characteristics of tho
missionary work of his own denomi
nation; the Boards, and periodicals,
and other means by which mission
ary work is pushed among the
churches; the present condition of tho
work abroad, at least In outline. How
many of these things do you know?
To Think About.
Is there any one foreign missionary
for whom I pray dally?
Do I long for the spread of the gos
pel over the earth?
What are my direct contributions
to foreign missions?
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29.
African Missions. . Paa. 68. 31; Isa.
9. 2; 45. 14.
Africa is the oldest field in the
foreign work of our church, and was
begun In 1S33. The first missionary
was Melville B. Cox, who went to
Liberia. His famous utterance,
"Though a thousand fall let Africa
be redeemed," was a potent factor In
arousing the church to missionary en
thusiasm. Wo have three ' distinct
mission fields here the Liberia Con
ference, the West Central Africa Mis
sion Conference, und the East Central
Africa Conference. Africa Is an im
mense continent embracing 12,000,000
square miles, with a population of
about 150,000,000. There are only
some 3,000 missionary workers of all
kinds in Africa. Our church has
about CO altogether. The eupeiin
tendoncy of our Bishops Hartzell and
Scott Is rapidly ' strengthening the
work 1n Africa, and the Increase of
colored missionaries will, In tho be
lief of many, solve the problem of
Africa's redemption.
Liberia was born In a mistaken
zeal to colonize the colored man in
Africa. We have had varied success
In thla oldest mission. But the out
look is more hopeful In recent years
We have a strong church in Monro
via, the capital. It is not only self-
supporting, but gives much money to
the college work of the mission. We
have our college in Monrovia and
nbout thirty other schools In differ
ent parts of the republic. We also
have a printing Jress which scatters
good literature over Africa. Tho In
dustrial schools are giving new hope
to the natives. New churches are
being erected In this mission. Bish
op Scott, the new Bishop elected by
the Inst General Conference, resides
In Llbrlu. There are three presiding
elders' districts and a membership of
about 3.000 In this Conference,
West Central Africa field includes
the work on the West Coast south of
the oouator. and has a line ot mis
slons extending from Saint Paul de
Loanda about 350 miles Into the ter
ritory of Angola, which Is undor the
Portueuese uovernment. It also In
cludes our work In the
lands. Our work began
Bishop Taylor in 18S5.
Centrul Africa Mission
was organized In 1902
Madeira Is
here under
The West
.Conference
by Bishop
Hartztll. Over 20 missionaries
neurly 1,000 members are in
and
thts
field. We own fine property at Loan,
da.
East Central Africa Mission in
cludes our work on the East Coast
and lies south of the equator. The
mission was organized at Umtall
Rhodesia, in 1901. We huvo two cen
tors of mission work one at Umtall
and tho other at Inhambane. The
Umtall Academy la doing a good
work. This Is our newest and In
some sense our moBt primitive field
In the character of the Inhabitants
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
RUTH is a matter
of more than the
tongue.
Reason always
balks - when you
try to drive it into
the belief that
things just hap
pen. No sorrow waj
ever sweetenod by
scowling'.'
A pulpit gas
light ma v be a Door
headlight.
Tho light heart nevor makes light
of holy things.
Clod is not eliminated by calling
Ilim nature.
Truth is a matter of more than the
tongue.
No man is right nt heart until he
is rifrht ull over.
There is no- rest without the pros
pect of renewed toil.
Working the church is far from do
in;r church work.
T7 rT
'IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE HE SHALL
HIDE ME."
Lay not, my soul, thy griel too much to
heart;
When God doth empty thee He doth im
part Himself, in place of earthly joys removed;
When tie thy love and truat in Him hatli
proved.
Lie still, my soul, nor dare to think Ilim
hard.
Lest thou, by murmuring, His work retard.
Think'st thou thv God can ever make mis
take? Or cause thee needless sorrow to partalte?
la this thy Father's love, which once did
irive .
His Son to die, that thou in Him might'at
live?
He only seeks to burn thy drosa away.
Return, my aoiil, "return unto thy rest,"
And trust thy (Jod to order what? is best;
To Ilia kind arms thy welcome is most
sure,
His heart of love hnth solace firm and
pure;
Therein, e'en now, thy faith can surely
read
In "paths of righteousness" thy God doth
lead.
And when thou knowest as thou here art
known.
In deep humility thou then ahalt own
That what in time wns grievous unto thec
Kxeeeding gain hath wrounht eternally.
Then rest thee in thy fathers cnoice to
day. To guide thy ateps in IIU appointed way.
Faith nnd lhe HIble.
Ti e word of the Lord endurcth for
ever. I. Peter. I.. 25.
Pcrhnps the words of the Irish hymn
writer voice the deepest religious feel
ings of to-dny:
Change nnd decay In all around I see;
O Thou who changost not, nbide with
me."
There has been a change in mental
attitude toward all things thnt pertain
to religion. Vhe doctrine of evolution
lias unveiled a new world. And yet It
is the same old world; we Lave simply
revised our opinions about It. The uni
verse did not brenk tip Into chaos with
the downfall of the Ptolemaic system
of astronomy. We simply awoke one
day to find thnt In reality the earth, in
stead of sitting on a throne receiving
the adoration of the sun and stars, It
self paid homage and In rotation nnd
revolution besought the sun's light and
heat and was content with the worship
of one little burnt up cinder. Simi
larly, though Charles Darwin has
changed men's views of science nnd
history and of nil human speculation,
the facts of life remain the same.
Now some lament that their religion
Is being taken away; that the Bible
Is being destroyed as God's word to
man and Its position of authority un
dermined; that tho Church, the sacre
ments. the creeds, the ministry no long
er hold the attention and reverence of
men. and thut all authority for faith
itself is shattered. They look back
.with longing to the days when there
was no higher criticism, when there
was no questioning of the dogmas of
religion, when men believed their the
ologies as they did the multiplication
table.
It would be simple truth to observe
that those days never existed; they
nre part of an Ideal Imagination. There
has always been septielsiu; there have
always been questionings. "All Is
vanity nnd vexatlou of spirit" is only
one ancient testimony.
Then what must be the attitude of
the religious mind to-day? Simply to
assert more vigorously the old doctrine
of inspiration, to proclaim with more
defiance the old formularies? If there
is nothing better, nothing surer, tho
voice must grow fainter nnd weaker
until finally it shall die away entirely.
For even tlie supposed days of simple
faith and the unquestioning mind can
never return. You have some time,
possibly to-dny, engaged In worship, in
praise nnd prayer, and now you are
reading this. Why? Because of some
thing alien to your nature thnt has
been imposed upon you by some liook,
some church, some creed? No, but be
cause of some unmistakable fact of
your Inmost being, some part of your
own nnture, that finds no satisfying nf
finlty with nny of the transitory things
oiLeurth. and from its depths cries out.
"O Thou who chnngest not. nbldi with
me;" some hunger of the soul that dis
covers no sustenance for Its life ex
cept In communion with God.
This is the foundation of your relig
ion, your deepest faith. No science,
no criticism, no philosophy can shako
it. Without it no religion would be
possible, no Bible, no church, no wor
ship. Because it is there all forms of
expression nre possible, yes, inevit
able. As one of these forms consider
briefly the Bible. The muln truth is
that the Elble did not precede this
foundation faith wo huve Just men
tioned, but blossomed from it. Iu tho
words of one New Testament writer,
"Men spake from God, being moved by
the Holy Spirit" As their nature,
their generation, their habits ot
thought per nitted them to be moved,
so they were moved. And whnt they
snake is of value to us not ns an In
fallible rule of faith aud practice, but
as an actual religious experience of
men of tleBh nnd blood alike our own.
Much we can appropriate and make
our own becauso our own religious
natures respond to It. Much we can
enlov and feed ou because It actually
does nourish. It goes straight to the
heart without the aid of uny theory or
inspiration. Romllly J Humphries,
Hector of Trinity Church. South Nor-
walk, Conn., In the New Yory (Sunday
Ilcrald.
A Saruaon to Self.
To work fearlessly, to follow earn
estly after truth, to rest with a child
like confidence in God's guidance, to
leave one's lot willingly aud heartily
to Him this Is my sermon to myself.
If we could live more within sight of
Heaven, we should enre less for the
turmoil ot earth. John Richard
Green.
Two An Antaajontatlo,
He that hath slight thought of sin
never has great thoughts of Ood.
D.wen.
Monstrosities of Goldfish.
The goldfish, zoologically speaking,
appears to be an exceptionally "plas
tic" animal. By skilled breeding al
most anything can be done with it,
and one varloty recently evolved In
China has huge eyeballs, which pro
trude sideways from the head. This
varley, called the "telescope fish," Is
surpassed In point of queerness, how
ever, by another, likewise ot Chinese
origin whose eyes have not only start
ed out ot Us head, but have turned up
ward ninety degrees, so that the piir
pls Took directly skyward. Is notb,
ipg less than a niouauvavr.
THIS MEAT1 DESTKOMU
SOME STARTLING FACT3 ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. "
Tha RT. Ttiomu B. Oreory Talla In the
Maw York American What MniteraM
Jrinklnff la Doln For Frnnea A Tnr
rlbl Kneiny la Perannal Hmlth.
The French Government Is face to
face with the most serious problem It
ever hod to deal with.
France is dying from "alcoholism,"
or will be pretty soon unless something
Is done to prevent it, nnd that some
thing the authorities are trying hard
to do.
All France Is being placarded with
large posters describing tlie evils of al
coholism, and Imploring the people to
refrain from the use of all alcoholic
liquors.
Tracts upon the blessings of temper
ance and the evils of the drink hsbtt
are lielng scattered throughout the Be.
public; the clergy are preaching upon
the ravages thnt alcoholism Is working
among the people, and the whole force
of the Government Is being centred In
the one grand effort to save the nntlon
from the destruction with which It i
threatened.
Let it be said Just here that the trou.
ble In France Is not that of drunk
enness, ns that term Is generally un
derstood. The claim, long made with
pride by the French people that they
nre a nation of "moderate drinkers'" Is
a perfectly correct,one.
It is this "moderate drinking" not
drunkenness, but continuous, respect
able alcoholism, the screwing up of
nerves and heating of blood, day and
night, year In nnd year out that Is to.
day threatening the very existence of
the French nation!
A drunken man, other than a for
eigner. Is a rare sight In France, and
yet while very few Frenchmen drink
excessively, nenrly all Frenchmen
"drink moderately" with the result
that they ?re being actually threatened
with national extinction!
It is an open secret that, for ft gener
ation or more, France has been losing
Its vltal'.ty. It was only a little while
ago that the fact nppeared that the de
creased vitality was due to nlcoholism,
-the poisoning and weakening and gen
eral demoralization of the system by
the steady, though moderate, use of
spirituous liquors.
That France Is in n most dangerous
way is clenrly shown by the statistics
gathered by her own Government offi
cials. Suicide, insanity, tuberculosis, dia
betes, Brlght's disease, epilepsy and
idiocy are alarmingly on the Increase.
The physique of the French people
is being undermined. Their blood is
turning white. Moderate drinking is
killing them.
For a decade or so the birth rate has
been abnormally low, as compared with
the death rate. The "desire to live"
and to perpetuate one's self is losing
its hold upon the French mind.
Government, alarmed by the steadily
decreasing birth list, is obliged to offer
rewards for maternity!
There are here and there in France a
few spots that are unalcoholized, and
in those areas the human animal la
still strong and vigorous, as he was in
Caesar's day, as he was even so late as
the time of Napoleon the First.
In the unalcoholized departments
there are not only a great many more
children, but a mnch greater percent
age who reach the adult age.
The comparatively temperate depart
ment of Gers loses annually but nluety
one children in thetr first year; the
Nord. strongly alcoholized, loses 284
out of tlie same number; the Seine In
ferleure 250, nnd so on In proportion.
And so, it appenrs, the moderate
drinking of the great French people is
slowly but surely destroying them.
Brilliant, affable, generous, brave,
among the oldest of the friends of lib
erty and of man, with a. past that is
glorious to reticct upon, tho French
people must soon do one of two things
wipe out their alcoholism, or at Uie
hands of thnt alcoholism perish!
We of America would do well to
carefully note one of the posters that
nre now being placed throughout
France. It reads as follows:
'No one requires alcohol either as
food or tonic.
Alcohol weakens a mnn's self-con
trol while exciting his passions, hence
the number of crimes committed under
Its influence.
"Whisky rapidly produces alcohol
ism, but milder drinks, such as beer
and cldii nTOino" af's a- tlrr.o. alco
holic poisoning with equal certainty
'The sins of nlconoiic parents are vis
ited on their children. If the children
survive infancy they nre threatened
with idiocy, epilepsy and consumption.
'In short, alcoholism is the most ter
rible enemy to personnl health, to fam
ily happiness and to national prosper
ity. New York American.
Tha Fifth Vie.
"Four gTeat vices confront the United
States," said Dr. Lyman Abbott to the
students of Columbia University the
other Sunday. Then tho doctor gave a
list of the "vices," to-wlt: -Materialism.
Self-conceit.
Lawlessness.
Cnste.
While we are not disposed to deny
thnt these "vices" are more or less
ramniuit in the country, we are in
clined to suspect that the vice of drink
ing alcohol visits upon the country
nearly ns great a burden of distressing
results ns either "self-coucelt" or
"caste." New Voice.
Keep Them Out.
Moundsvllle. W. Va.. a prosperous
city of 70)O people, not counting the
penitentiary inmates, cnusea out uieir
sixteen saloons in their receui munici
pal election. Now keep 'em out ,
Damagea Awarded,
Mrs. W. K. llenner has obtained
verdict of 15000 against a brewery
company of Atchison, Kan. Her hus
band shot and killed two men, for
which he Is serving a life term In the
penitentiary. The shooting was the re
sult of trouble while the men were
drinking beer. Mrs. llenner alleged
that the beer came from the brewery,
that it led to the tragedy which caused
the Imprisonment of her husband, and
that she wns therefore deprived of his
support aud entitled to damages.
Maaona Shut Out Liquor Dealer.
The Masonic order of Iowa In Its re
cent annual gathering at Bloux City
pnssed a resolution debarring liquor
dealers from membership In that order
and making special provision surround
ing those who are now Masons and en
gaged in the liquor traffic. The same
order In Ueorgla a few months sines
passed a prohibitory clause, without
any limitations debarring liquor vend
ors and dealers from membership.
On the opening night of a temper
ance crusade in Melbourne, Australia,
father Hays' secured the pledges of
2200 people.
Commercial Revievr
R. G. Dun Si Co.' "Weekly Review
of Trade" says ;
Recent mild weather might have been
expected to retard busincsa, but freight
blockades and several similar conditions
testify to the contrary, and the last hall
of the week brought a seasonable (all in
temperature.
Higher rates for money tend lo pre
vent excesses in Wall street, yet there
is no difficulty in securing funds for
mercantile undertakings. At some cities
fall trade has become more quiet, first
necessities being covered, but supple
mentary orders are confidently awaited,
especially in dry goods, of which stocks
sre not burdensome at any point The
first interest in holiday trade is noted,
ind this element promises to supply un
precedented business this year.
Crops were not seriously injured by
'.he fro?t, -nd such a small percentage
af thenar's yield still remains exposed
to danger that agricultural results may
!e summed up as most favorable. It is
:o be hoped that large crops will restore
liberal exports, which have made very
joor comparisons of lale.
Failures this week numbered ai4 in
the United States, compared with 208 a
year ago, and 25 in Canada, against 24
last year.
Bradstrect's says:
Wheat, including flour exports for the
week ending October 12 are 8,774462
bushels, against 1,072,643 last week,
1.357,15 this week last year, 2,865,610 in
1003 and 5,240,088 in 1002. Corn exports
for the week are 962,474 bushels, against
t, 186,3X8 last week, 857,517 a year ago,
1410,412 in 1003 and 180,674 in 19x32.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Baltimore. FLOUR Firm and un
changed; receipts, 7,871 barrels; exports,
17; barrels.
WHEAT Steady. Spot contract, B4&S
$454; spot No. 2 red Western, 8s'4
-Yi : October. elifaeUH : December, SoM
B6J4; January, 87!4; steamer No. 2 red.
fa-roli ; receipts. 14,714 nusneis:
Southern, by sample, 658o; Southern,
on grade, 7S'2(ii&4'i.
CORN Dull. Snot. 58(ffi584; Uc-
ober,soI4(& 58V$ ; year,50ji&sov4 ; Janu
ary, 49)aT.,40!-S ; February, 494f?4954;
March, 49;4494; May, 49!449H;
steamer mixed, 56"456JS ; receipts,
45,287 bushels; Southern white corn,
5658; Southern yellow corn, jcgjos.
OATS Firmer. No. 2 white, 34H
sales; No. 3 white, 3iM3il4; No.
mixed, 33 bid; receipts, 33,072 bushels.
RYE Quiet. No. 2 Western, 60 ex
port; 7l72 domestic; receipts, 8,699
bushels.
BUTTER Steady and unchanged.
Fancy imitation, 191320; fancy creamery,
Z222Yi fancy ladle, 18S19; store
packed, ii6.
fc.llj frirm and unchanged, 22.
CHEESE Easy and unchanged.
Large, 124; medium, liA small, 13.
JjUIjAK bteady and unchanged.
Coarse granulated, 5.00; fine, 5.00,
New York. BUTTER Steady, un
changed; receipts, 6,867.
CHEESE Firm, unchanged: receipts,
2,635-
EGGS Firm, unchanged; receipts,
8,236. ,
POULTRY Alive, steady; Western
chickens, 14; fowls, 15; turkeys, . 14.
Dressed weak; Western chickens, lifaJ
15; fowls, 12(9)13; turkeys, I4ia.
BEEF Steady; packet, 10.5oj3iII.0a
LARD Firm ; Western steamed, 7-6S
7-75; refined, steady; continent, 8.00.
SUGAR Raw, quiet; lair rehmng.
33-l6; centrifugal, 96 test, 3ftj
311-16; molasses sugar, 242 13-IOi
refined, quiet.
POTATOES Irish, steady; sweets,
dull; prices unchanged.
WHEAT No. 2 red, 80S4; elevator,
No. 2 red, 90? f. o. b. afloat ; No. I
Northern Duluth, f. o. b. afloat;
No. 1 Northern Manitoba, 0254 f. o. b.
illoat.
CORN Receipts, 19,825; exports,
10,076. Spot, steady ; No. 2, 62 nominal
tlevator, and 62 f. o. b. afloat; No.
frcllow, nominal; No. 2 white, nominal
Dption market was dull, but iairly
Mcady, closing net unchanged. January
rlosed, 51 $4; May closed, f.olA Decem
ber, 54s54J4, closed, 54'S.
OATS Receipts, 230,600 ; exports,
; 078 : snot, steadv : mixed oats. 26(0)11
jounds, 3334J natural white, 30(S)3a
pounds, 34W35; clipped white, 3640
jounds, 36ia39.
Uva Slock,
New York. BEEVES Common
Iteers, steady; others steady to loc
lower. Butls, steady; cows, steady to
Itrong. Native steers, 4-oo5.50; West
trns, 4.15; bulls, 2.753.oo; cows, I.4C3
CALVES Veals, firm; grassers, higli
;r; no Westerns; veals, 4-595:
5.50; grassers, I.5o375; fed . calves,
4.00; little calves, 3.oo4.oo. Dressed
ralves, steady; city dressed veals, d'iOft
(35 ic. per pound; country dressed, 75
'2SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep, firm;
lambs, steady; sheep, S-Jo'SS-So; culls,
8.50(3.25 ; lambs, 7.257.90; few choice
!o outside buyers a 8T50; culls, 5.00(3)
5 co; no Canada lambs.
HOGS Market weak; State and
Ptnnsylvania hogs, 5.801(16.00.
Chicago. CATTLE Market s:rdy;
demand light. Beef steers, 3.20.6.33;
?tockers and feeders, 2.251)3.85; cows
and canners, T.504-Oo; bulls, s.oo(3)
3.65; heifers, I.6jf(i4.25.
HOGS Market 5. 1 oc. ' lower. Ship
ping and selected, S4oy5..65 ; mixed and
heavy packing, 4-8.J5-37! : I'gbt, 5 2cx&)
5.50; pigs and'roush, l.sofif5-15-
SHEEP Market active and strong.
Sheep, 2.5o6.oo; lambs, 4.sp8.oa -
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
In the traveling circuses of France the
babies of the company are put to work
as clowns.
A trout was taken from the Thames,
near Hampton, with its head tightly,
fixed in an old meat can. '
The value of the Pennsylvania ferries
between Jersey City, New York, Brook
lyn and the. Bronx is $5,698,000,
Professor Reulaux, who died In Berlin
recently, is said to have originated the
phrase, "cheap and ugly," or, as It is
more commonly quoted in this country,
"cheap and nasty.
Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, who
died the other day, was the head of the
family that since 174 bai had the privi
lege of making banknote paper for lhe
Bank of England. The Portal wers a
Huguenot family. '
For the purpose of studying the kabits
of birds 'of passage a "vogelwarte" hsj
been established at Rossiten, in Eastern
Prussia, where birds are to be caif'
and liberated again after small r
have been attached to their f-t.
directors request that th feet i 1
ringed birds killed snywhert bt
them.