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J A Scholarly Discourse Dy J
Rev. Howard Melish.
Brooklyn. . Y.-Whcn St. T.uke'l
Church celebrated this year (lie feg
tivnl of Its pa I run saint, the Hov. How
ii ril Melish. of tho Church of tlio Holy
Trinity, preached mi Instructive sor
Uiin. Mr. Melish's subject w "The
Gospel of Love," mill the text, St.
John xv:12: ''This la My command
uient, That ye love one Knottier, at I
have loved yon." Mr. Melish Mid:
What impressed tho world. when
Cbiistlanlty was first preached, win
Ctrlstlnn love. Tho world linil known
patriotism, family n flection, rlsn loy
ally. Hut Interest in mid sacrifices
for ineu outside your fmnlly clnn.
country, were new. The outpouring of
money to relieve the distress of Gal
veMoii, Mnrtiniiiie. Armenia, is indi
cative, we ray, of our common broth
erhood to-dny. Think of the effect on
ii world which 1 1 it 1 1 never experienced
stub deed of the sacrifices Christian
people of Macedonia mid Aehala mude
In (.end help to the 'poor saints of
.lei usnlein," lit ii time, too, when for
yci.rs the Jew was the most, detested
of ;ill Mediterranean peoples. The
licnUien poel Luolan. in his comments
'on tlio new religion was especially
klriick by tli in. "Their original law
ler," lie wrole. hud taught them
flint thry were all lirethern, one. an
other. They becomo Incredi
bly alert wnou disaster occurs that
affects their common Interests. On
mu li occasions no pxpctiNO la grudged."
Ami one of the ablest of the early
Christian apologists. Terlulllnn, ob
serves: "It Is our care for the helpless,
our practice of loving kindness, that
lira lids lis in the eyes of many of our
opponents." '
Professor Hurnnck has a most inter
elit.g chapter on the gospel of love
ami charity In his new book, "The Ex
pansion of Christianity.''. Ho shows
ll.iii during all those years of expan
k;n the Christian people were busy
wi'.b the support of widows and or
phans, the sick, the" tntlrm, and the
itisblid, the care of prisoners mid
people languishing in the mines, the
cine of poor people needing burial, the
cue of slaves, of those visited by
great calamities, of brethren on a
journey, and of churches In poverty or
any peril. The churches also furnished
work and Insisted on work. It was
such love that called fort ii from the
heathen world the exclamation of sur
prise and deep interest, 'Behold how
1hne Christians love one another."
'J'iic- Christian church, ns at present
organized, no longer Impresses the
world In this way. Onep the church
maintained the hospitals and asylums;
to day the State N the great cluiritablo
agency, as It Is the great educator.
Compared with Brooklyn's public
schools and charities our Church Char
ily Foundation and schools at Oardeti
City are mere playthings. The labor
mi cas, not the churches, support their
hrolhren who are thrown out of work.
.Not only do they contribute heavily
to ihelr fellows during strikes, but by
means of sick bciiciit and death pay
ments they maintain their members
during sickness, give them decent bur-
Inl and care for the widows and or
phans. Thn Itomaii Catholic church
nill maintains parochial schools, so
dalities, asylums, hospitals In a great
and useful way. because it has the
support of meu.bers and concentrates
it resources. The Protestant church,
though it outnumbers the Catholic
church, Is divided Into eight princi
pal camps. Each is too weak to make
iin.ru of an impress upon the world,
and. ko far, they have not learned
how to unite in a common service.
Members of Trot esta nr churches are
lenders in every educational and cbar
lluble cause, but tiiey count there as
Individuals and only in the moHt In
direct way as church people. The
Young Men's and Young Women-
, Christian Associations are the only
great union movements In which the
Protestant churches have taken nctlvo
part. But have Ihoso impressed the
eimiuiuiiity as an expression of tho
love- of the Christian church? It is
the opinion of some workers in the
Young Mens Christian Association,
mat of many clergymen, that the asso
ciation lias become another church. It
does a splendid work for young men,
and every cent given to it is well
spent, but It does not make the Chris
tian church stronger except as all tibl
lnntkroplc work outside the church
plcws the field and makes it ready for
the sowing. Since It was titarted there
are no more young men in the churches
Hutu before. On the contrary, from
every church, rrotcslaut and Catho
lic, comes the common cry that thn
lucii are leaving the churches for the
nssoclatlons, for lodges, lor the clubs,
for the labor unions. The churches,
among the working classes and the so
enlied upper classes, are attended and
supported largely by women . With the
extension of thv trade union movement
among working women, and clubs
among other women, the future alone
can tell what the falling off here may
lie. There are now over a million pco.
pie in New York City alone outside thn
chu-ches, while Protestantism has in
the lust year actually shrunk lit num
ber It Is easy t.i see why thousands
should be out. All snifters, all dis
honest Insurance officials, all gamblers,
"all lovers of pleasure, more than lov
ers of God," nil Indifferent people, ami
a hundred clarses more, naturally stay
away from a place where every word
and look and sign disturbs the con
science if If. Is not dead, and bids men
live for others. I wish all these wre
In Itie church as 1 wish all the sick
veto in the hospitals and tin- ship
wrorked safe on land. Hut when we
have subtracted from one million the
themsnuds who can have nothing in
common with the Christian church
th-to remain the many thousands who
muy and ought to he withlu the church.
They are outside the church, but they
are Interested iu the Chrlstlau religion.
1 have been deedy impressed this
summer with the desire and eagerness
of men to bear the Gospel. When two
or three hundred men, working at the
navy yard, will stand In the sun at
noon during the hottest days of July
to hear a man speak about the Joy and
peace and strength of n religious faith,
wlie.ii you can speak on the corner to
us many men as can hear you above
Hie roar of the streets, when a vasA
crowd, mostly nun, will aiientUci.v
listen to religion for nearly an hour
on the rands at Coney islund there is
proof that religion is not dead. The
Christian religion is not tlead, but men
are not going to the churches for it.
I'ul lt'lu Looks, and men will rend
11; preach It iu theatres, and a crowd
will dock In; practice it In a social set
tlement, a labor union, a hospital, asy
lums, and waiting lists are needed.
What is the matter with the Chris
tinu church that it does not Impress
the world as It once did? Labor load
ei will tell you that It is a class affair
find belongs to the employers. Hoclal
ists answer that it Is the bulwark of
(lie modern capliallsilc omuizatlon uf
society -With which they are at war.
Scientific men reply that It has no love
of truth for truth's sake. While the
great moss of men outside will tell you
that they are not Interested. This hour
and a half each wppk of hymns and
prayer and sermon does not seem to
them to be a vllal 11. lug. To bear some
speaker who can tnu h the heart or
head they will coin but not for tho
church ns church.
If the church Is n class organization
Its love Is not Christian, for Christ's
love knows no distinction'". If the
church, ns socialists claim. Is merely
poulticing wooden legs In Its chnrity,
then It has no Iovp of fundamental
Christlsn brotherhood. It the love of
truth Is wanting its love of God Is ft
shmn. What the church needs. If
there Is much or little In this criticism,
ts not multiplication of Us phllnnlhrop.
let, nor concentration of them Inlo a
few that would compete with the state
nd stamp their character more firmly
on the world, but filling of the church
Itself, of you anil Hie who do spend
this hour here on Sunday and have as
sumed membership In tlio church with
th love of Christ.
I,et me try to tell you what that
love is. A man once went to Christ
with the question, who is my neigh
bor? But the Master gave no answer.
He was lot Interested In knowing or
showing who our nelglSors are. What
He showed that mini was how he
might become n neighbor. He told
that mnn the story of the good Sa
maritan ami said to him anil to us
"Go thou and do likewise. Do not
stand there asking who Is thy neigh
bors. Be on the lookout for some one
to whom thou canst, show mercy ami
goodness and so become n neighbor."
You can put no man outside the Held
of your mercy. Even though a man
mRy hate you, and be your enemy,
.lesus says .the great duly for you li
to seek him and do him good. If h
rejects you and will have none of
your mercy and goodness, your efforts
should not end. You can at least pray
for those who despltefully use you
nnd persecute you.
A member of a certafu piirlsh once
told me that while he wanted the
church to reach the poor, be' did not
want. the poor to attend the same serv
ice that he attended or Pit in the same
service that he attended or sit in the
same seat because they were too odor
iferous. I suppose this person slandH
iu his modern temple and exclaims:
"God, I thank Thee that I am not ns
other men are unlaundered anil un
washed, even as that poor man yonder.
I bathe every morning. I wear two
collars n day and use patent prepara
tion for my teeth anil face." St.cb
cleanliness is as near godliness as the
rhnrlsee in the Master's story of the
publican was near the kingdom of
(oil. Suppose that, man is unwashed
nnd his presence is disagreenble, the
thing for you to consider Is not what
lie is, but how you may become neigh
bors to him. Introduce yourself. Be
come his friend. Show him the ex
ample of cleanliness and godliness, and
tho time will come when you can make
him clean and Godlike.
On the night nefore He died He laid
aside His robes and washed .he apos
tles' feet, to show men that the great
est Is he who serves the most, and
that no service, however menial, is
too low for even divinity. Whom do
you and I love to honor? Tho man
who serves or the man who rules?
Whom do we Imitate? Those who
lend In business and society or
those who serve? Until the men nnd
women in our churches honor the
Christ as He who serveth, not by
singing hymns anil saying creeds, but
giving nnd doing likewise, the church
may give money generously nnd em
ploy costly choirs and pulpit orators,
but It will not impress the world.
And then for those without, there
must be goodness of heart. That the
Christian church is undergoing the
severest fire of criticism' since the
early days is mnnlfest to anyone -who
reads. Much of the criticism is just
but much of it Is unfair and one
sided. Some requires that the church
should listen patiently and acknowl
edge what Is Just, and to Ihote who
hate her should she return good for
evil, bleBSlng for cursing, beneficence
and intercession for persecution. No
heart that is susceptible to the divine
can long withstand the love that seek
cth not her own.
A picture has been on exhibition In
Englatid and has strongly appealed
to the imagination of men. it Is on
titled,' "Is it nothing to yon, all ye
that pass by?" Christ stands on u ped
estal before St. Paul's, ns he stood
before Pilate's palace, with hands tied
over head crowned with thorns. While
tho crowd that passes by, absorbed iu
Its work or pleasure. Is you, worklug
man, lawyer, doctor, men of affairs,
vou women of society, working women
and boys, and I, priest of His church,
with never n glance to Him who died
because He loved, or to the P"or
mother and her child who have taken
refuge from us at His feet. While the
motto on the pedestal before His ca
thedral. His people, His city is, to tho
unknown God. Oh, men and women,
Is that pi' 'ire true of you?
Coodneu and Mercy Follow V.
Some people can see providence In
their past lives, and hope for them is
their future lives, but never trust en
tirely In their being there In the pres
ent. Yet God Is as truly working out
His plans for Ills children In each hour
to-day as at any time iu their lives.
Goodness and mercy follow us all the
days of our lives if they follow us at
nil. The present trial, the present
di'udgery, are put there to work out
good for us, and more than good
grace and glory, too. J. R. Miller.
Yulue of fctirrander. .
Only In proportion ns our own will Is
surrendered, are we able to discern tho
splendors ef God's will.--Presbyterian.
' Odd Places to Hide Liquor.
The sanitarium aH for women only
women dipsomaniacs. A luxurious
place, the rate waB 12j a well.
"This," said the superintendent, "Is
our museum. Odd, grotesque, eh?"
The museum was a collection of In
struments for secret drinking that had
beeu taken from femalo dipsomaniacs.
lloro was a carrlaRe clock with a
fultse back that would hold a half-pint
of whisky.
Here was a mutr with a round flusli
of India rubber In Its hollow Inside. A
mouthpiece, like that on a baby's bot-
Crsb Caught Sparrow.
On the sands near V Yke-by-tho-Sea,
Yorkshire, England, a large crab
was seen running along tho beach
with a sparrow In his clawi. The cra
had caught the bird by Ita legs and
so much was It struggling to get frea
that once it lifted the crab aeveral
Inches off tho ground. The crab
eventually let the bird go and ran
way.
Apple roinare.
Apple pomace, placed In a slio like
;orn ensilage. Is said to be easily kept
in good condition, nnd may be red
;o cattle In connection Willi other foods
to advantage. Ten pounds of the apple
pomnee is considered sufficient for n
?ow one day, as an addition to the
usual ration, nnd they relish It very
highly. The silo also affords n method
or saving apple pomace which other
wise would be wasted.
t'lr.t Cliu Milk,
The man who produces a really first
.-lass milk should have a better price
for it when sold, and hero is where
lie needs to be up to date In business
rules and requirements, as well as n
jalesman. A neat, clean wagon, well
painted and well washed, as an adver
tising Investment, is: I think, a paying
proposition. Tlie driver should nlways
lave a pleasant smile nnd dress accord
ing to the class of trade he Is cult ring
In. I have great respect ami adinlrn
n for the man who does not know
Kuw, but Is -trying to learn nnd, iui
'irove, especially in the handling of a
nroduct so delicate and easily spoiled
ns milk, but I have no use for the man
ivho says that anything is good enough,
jnd distributes a milk that is liable
o cause sickness nnd death to little
ones that are obliged to take what Is
given tlieni. Weekly Witness.
A Wlnlr Wlinelliarrow.
A very convenient and useful wheel
larrnw sled may be constructed as
follows, says Farm and Home: From
t piece of two-iurh plunk cut a runner.
VIIK WINTEIS WHEF.I B.U'.ISOW.
a. Then make two rear rumu rs. b, of
brace iron or wooden wagon felloes.
Frame these together nnd attach to
trout runner by the bod pieces, c, which
are two ami one-half inches wide, one
Inch thick, three and one-half feet long.
Put in the rocking pin, e. us long as
the width of the bed. Attach it to the
hod pieces, c. by a piece of hard wood,
d. This should lit tightly through the
upright part of the runner, a.
'I'lK Pointer."
Tlon't keep breeding slock overf.it.
Give the pigs a creep where they
can get feed apart from the sows.
Pumpkins are an ideal regulator and
will beat many "crack" .stock foods.
Don't walk among dead ami diseased
swine arid then let your own snuff your
germ laden boots and clothing.
A pedigree is of small value when
Attached to a scrub.
Provide plenty of shade and pure
drinking watr in hot weather, but let
the pigs have sunshine if they wish it.
Scours iu little pigs seldom occur
where the sow Is properly fed and
loused; heating food and filthy quur
.ers are the cause.
Growing slock ami breeding slock
require plenty of exercise, causing
strength and good appetite.
The man who gives his swine the
manure pile as their ration is hatching
oul trouble iu the way of cholera.
Ulicuuintism is generally caused bj
damp sleeping quarters. Provide a
tlrv. clean bed always. There is also
danger in the sour swill barrel
Tribune Fanner.
"MilM ttfl Vigorous.'
Wherever i have been among the
farms of different States there secim
to be a failure to appreciate tho differ
once between fowls of fine constitution
anil those of a little less than average
vigor. Xo doubt this is because the
conditions in general assume a fairly
good average constitution. The fact
that birds running at large are not li!;e.
!y to be so closely observed as those iu
confinement also plays a part.
One wliu raises fancy stock soon
lenrus to rale n good constitution high
or than any other one feature, except
iu the case of line exhibition birds. If
be wants to buy n bird for n breeder.
one of bis requirements particularly
noted Is sure to be, "Must be vigor
ous." Sometimes it will rend. "Must
bo exceptionally vigorous;" anil at this
time of the year, when the culling of
tin: flocks practically decides the
amount of success that is to follow the
next season's operations. It is well for
cverv one who handles domestic fowl
either for utllily only or as extra fancy
stock, to leant not only to distinguish
between the bird of fine constitution
and the one with a weak hold on life,
but also to harden his heart against
giving the latter "the benefit of the
doubt."- C. S. Valentine, lu Tribune
Farmer.
Keen Ilia Onion I'lelil tleiin
I e'a:i bear witness that it Is neces
sary to keep the onion Held clean It u
good crop is to be expected. Onions
do not cover the ground as completely
Willi their tops as do some other plants,
and it i therefore net essary that more
work be done with hoe anil cultivator.
The corn crop, the potato crop, tlio
beau crop, all shade the ground will:
their tops and help to keep down
weeds, hut we have very little help of
that kind from the onion.
I remember the Held of n neighbor
of mine that I in.ed to see every day
during one summer. He gut behind
with his work and paid more atten
tion to his corn tliuu he did to his
onion field, which covered several
acres. The weeds came up thickly,
and it was not many weeks before
their roots formed almost u complete
mat lu the toil ami checked the growth
of the onions. WUen the man got
uround to ouHkutUig that field ho de
clared that it w.ir useless to attempt
to get the weeds down, us they were
thriftier than the onions. The onions
hud been dwarfed, and tho work of
cleaning out the weeds would not lie
paid fur by tho onion crop now already
stunted and cut short, in spite of any
thing that could be done.
It will not pay to put on pttrn help
for a few dny if the onions need to be
cultivated, especially when the weath
er Is wet uud the plauls und weed are
growing rapidly. After, the growing
season Is largely over It Is not u mat
it": of sim uiouiont, oi' not so .rent
It was earlier. But now for the next
few weeks no time should be lost in.
attacking the weeds In the onion fields
and the smaller they are nt the time
of ls'lng disturbed tho better for the
crop. John Axtnlnster, In Fanners'
ltevlew.
Feeding t.amtis.
W. B. Y., Hcott's Blutr County, Neb.,
wishes to know how we fed the lambs
this year on Woodland Fnrm, how
much corn, hay nnd silage, and what
gain fhey made.
AVe do not know. A few years ago
we kept quite nn accurate nc?ount of
what the lambs ate, for then It was
essentia! that we should, for we were
treading on uncertain ground. Of late
we have not kept so accurate an ac
count of things. Here, roughly, is
what we have done. The lambs were
bought in November on the Chicago
market. There were two lots; one
weighed forly seven and n half nnd
the other lll'ty-four pounds on the nv
enige. We put them on feed as usual
In the sheds, giving alfalfa hay alone
for some days, then alfalfa hay with
a little corn silnge added. The corn
silage was made from well ripened
corn, so that it had on it a good deal
of grain and was not much acid. The
corn silage and alfalfa buy formed the
main ration until about Christmas,
when they were carefully introduced
to ear corn. We never shell corn for
Iambs, but break the ears Into short
lengths right nt first.
About January 1 the 10K) lnmbs were
eating 1!mki pounds of alfalfa hay per
day with USOO pounds of silage. They
were getting hardly any other grain
at that time, but later it was slowly In
creased iu amount. We fed the 1000
lambs nearly all the silage that two
silos held, th,; silos being sixteen by
thirty-two feet and filled twice that Is,
allowed to settle, then filled again per
hups Uimi tons of It. They consumed
much less corn than any lambs we had
over Ik fore. They gained well nnd the
death loss was light. We sheared
them early in April ami shipped them
May 12. when they weighed clipped
eighty-eight and one-half pounds. We
see d never to be able to make tbetn
double in weight of lute years. They
all ran in two lots.
We like silage, made as we make It,
of o-.'diuary corn that matures In our
iimtry anil allowed to ripen well be
fore being cu;. These lambs made us
a fair profit, though we sold them for
XI per hundredweight less than we
were offered a month earlier. Joseph
Vlng. iu the Breeders' Gazette.
Snillnr Dairy Coin,
Soiling is that system of feeding
cattle in which the animals are de
prived of pasturage and kept in small
Inclosures. fopd of every kind being
brought to them. It especially applies
to the system of .cutting and bringing
to cattle roughage in n green state.
The process began in Europe, and had
a very natural development. First the
cattle were tethered and allowed to
pasture within a certain circle indi
cated by the rope that held them. As
they devoured the green herbage grow
ing within this circle, the herdsman cut
and brought to them grass and other
food plants from fields lu which the
cattle would not be allowed to gei. The
I.uropeans early conceived the idea
that on tlie recently tilled soils produc
ing grass, and a heavy growth of It,
tin? tramping of tlie cattle would com
pact the soil and make It unproductive
by causing the soil particles to pack
so closely together that no air could
be admitted. The land had bv that
time become so valuable and the hold
ings of the farmers so small that tltey
could not afford to lose the use of a sin
gle foot of It. The European herdsman
iu the best tilled portions of Europe
learned from experience that he could
raise more grass on a piece of land-
by keeping it iu meadow than by al
lowing It to bo used as pasture. This
was in part due to the fact that he
would not cut his grass until it wns
nt a height where It would produce the
best weight per acre. The roots of
such grass struck deeply ami drew
nourishment from a thicker layer of
soil than tho pasture grasses that were
kept fed close to the ground. , It will
thus be seen Unit the soiling system
has developed as n natural result of
the Increased value of land.
The practice Is old in Europe, but It
Is new In tho United States, especially
iu the West. Only on our most In
tensively cultivated farms Is it being
used to-dny. Generally It is Introduced
lor the purpose of relieving the pas
ture laud from useless pasturage and
adding to the amount of land than tun
be tilled. Iu some cases It Is employed
because' the pastures are too far from
the barns to make pasturing advisable.
I noticed that this was the case at
Billmore, N. C, where Mr. Yunderbllt
has n herd of 100 Jerseys. At the
lime of my visit the pastures were lo
cated so fur from the barns that It
was not advisable to use them. There
fore, green ; rasa was dully fed to the
cows lit their stalls. Soiling Is a profit
able operation If it Is propony conduct
ed. It Is very easy, however, to make
a great mistake in the feeding of cattle
being tolled. This mistake Is In sup
posing that ennstaiks can take the
place of ordinary pasture grass. The
cow, if left to herself on . the' pasture,
will generally Hud nil the protein food
she needs, because many of our pas
ture grasses, especially Kentucky blue
grass and Caiiuillat blue grass, are
rich In protein; ami these kinds
of grasses should be cut and fed
iu preference ' to cornstalk. Corn-
stalks are, however, a very good part
of the green ration, provided they are
not the wholo of It. The most desira
ble feeds for cattle being so handled
aro e'orustnlks, grass, clover, alfalfa,
and, to some, extent, roots, Including
beets, carrots and turnips. Soiling
will continue to Increase with the ad
vance In the price of laud. It is only
one phasi) of Intensive funning.--M. G.
Thurston, In -Tribune Farmer.
htnto Mall lls.
The Belgian Government dlseo civd,
some time ago, that the leather bagj
used for tho mails iu the Congo Frei;
State were often stolen, liuvestigatiotn
proved that natives lu the postal ser-
vice took them, cut out the buttoui-,
nnd gave them to then' wjves to bt
ns I worn a clothing.
$H j SCIENCE '
One of the machines exhibited st
the dairy show recently held In Lon
don was n nest contrivance by which
butter could be made out of fresh milk
In sixty seconds at the ten table.
A 'J2.000 pound blast of dynamite
was exploded t the Cherokee mine,
near Chleo, Cal.. nnd blew down s
rocky precipice 400 feet high. This
wns done to expose pay dirt behind
the rock.
Trnvrllng kitchens, which bnve long
been In use In the Kussinti Army nnd
which did much to Increase the com
fort of tho soldiers during tho Ions
battles of the recent war, tire now be
ing tried In the French miinenvres
with n view to their in! rod ltd Ion Into
the French Army.
Attention has once more been called
to the geological Indications that diu
montl drirts may exist In the northern
part of Canada. This Idea, to which
Dr. Ami. of the Canadian Goologlcu'
Survey, reli-rred iu n recent lecture.
is based upon the known discovery ol
eight tliamoi'ils in the glacial deposits
of WlHcimsiil, Illinois and Michigan
The glacial drift In which the dia
monds were l'tuind Is believed to have
been carried ('own from Car.adiau ter
rilnry lu tint !ce age.
If electric flienomenn are different
from gravilallve or thermal or lumin
ous pheliomonu It. does not follow thai
electricity is ullrnciilons or that It is
a substance. We know pretty thor
oughly what to expect from It. for it h
as quantitatively related to mechanical
anil thermal nnd luminous phenomena
as they are to each other; so if they
are conditions of matter, the presiimp
tlon would be strongly in favor of elec
triclty being a condition or property ol
nintter. and the question. "What if
electricity?" would then be answered
iu a way by saying so, but such tiu an
swer would not be the answer appar
ently expected to the question.
A LIVING OR A LIFE
lifrerencn Itelwmn Mafcin
.! t llelng.
unit
There's a mighty big difference be
tween mukinir a living and making a
life.
Almost any one can make n living.
Not every out; can make a life.
in making a living one may or may
not have to work hard. In niuklug u
life building character one must do
the hardest kind of work.'
Some men have their living made
for them. But their lives cannot be
made for them.
Ho whose living is made for him by
another usually makes a poor business
nt making a life. He is not used to
working nt anything.
Tlie canoeist must paddle lard go
ing up stream. He can drift down
stream.
So it Is easy to drift along making a
living and failing to make a life. It is
easy to lie and to deceive. It is easy
to go, with the current. It is' easy to
give way to temptation. It takes
moral fibre to tell the truth and to
turn down temptation.
Take lying, for Instance.
A man can make himself believe
that a lie can be told with good inten
tions, that there Is such n thing as a
"He of necessity." Once a man ad
mits that to himself he is subtly,
poisononsly deceived. The belief gets
into practice. And the practice Is a
lioomerang. It reacts on the man's life.
It weakens his character. Someliody
has said that even God cannot afford
to lie In order that good muy come.
And. what God Almighty cannot do a
mini had better not try.
A man deserves no credit Tor making
a living. He deserve i great credit for
making a life.
The only thins on earth any man
has a right to be proud of Is his char
acter. It represents something. It
Stands for striving, derivation,
clenched teeth, will power the labor
or Hercules. Milwaukee Journal.
Hnnlharn Hoiiltilli.y.
Sonic years ago one B , of Keokuk
County, lowit, made n wagon trip
through adjacent Southern States. On
his return he recounted to his friends
his impressions of his journey.
"Now, for instance," said he. "I went
to a farmer to usk him tlie way to the
nearest towu. It was about 11.30 u.
in., and I wanted to push on; but these
here Southern follows is so hospitable
he would not let me. He says, .' 'Light,
stranger, an' come to dinner.' So I 'lit.'
"They had n great big dish of fried
potatoes in the middle of the table.
The host pushed the dish towards me
an' says, 'Have some, stranger.' I
took a spoonful an' pushed 'em back.
He pushed 'em over again an' suys,
'Have some more, stranger.' I took
(mother spoonful an' pushed 'em back.
He says, "Take a whole lot, stranger.'
So I took another spoonful an' pushed
'em buck. Then he pushed 'cm over
again, an' says, 'Take nearly all of 'em,
stranger.' ' Harper's Weekly.
lllht I'lnlltrn li FhkIiIoii,
"Sllmness Is the effect that our r.ew
fall and winter fashions aim at." said
the tailor. "Tight clothes for women
and tight clothes for men prevail. A
woman lu a sack-like suit, a man Iu
bags when you s"t such persons je
sure thut they are heckers, pikers,
scads.
"Women must now go well-corseted
and their bodices must lit like a good
j wall-paper. Men must hold themselves
erect, with the stoniacn in, nun woo
single-breasted coats must stick to
them like n plaster, buttoning only at
one button, '.he second, and showing a
high-cut waistcoat of flaunt I.
"Women's skirts must be plain. Willi
long, revere lines. Men's trousers must
be tight enough almost to cause the
revival of tho old Joke ubout melting
and pouring the owner lu." New York
Press.
1!U IlulT l'oiie.
A British army officer in India wns
nwuxeued one morning by feeling the
native servant of a brother oillcer pui:
jUJ ut hlu foot. "Sahib," whispered
the man, "sahib, what am I lo do?
m.t master told mo to wako him at i
huff-past six, but U til l not go to bed
iuj u;ven."
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6UNDAY, DECEMBER 3.
Our One Excuse, Rom. 14. 1-12.
Our lesson Is taken from Paul's ar
gument as to tho treatment by the
church of those weak In the faith.
He speaks here of certnln weak mem
bers of his day. One class were pe
culiar as to their diet; they were vege
tarians. The other class had trouble
about the Sabbath; they were pver
sabbatsrtan. They had morbid con
sciences. But Paul exhorfeit that
they be received kindly; not to a crit
ical censorship. Paul Impressively
dissuades both parties from Judging
each other by the fact that they were
both au'Pnduhle to God only. Our
lei)H Is entitled "Our One Hxotie."
The theme seem to be from the Scrip
ture we have, "Personal Conscience!
the Only Guide." Wc cannot do or
fall to do simply because others do
or do not. We must, "be fully persu
aded in our own mind." We are not
to be Indifferent to what others think,
for "none of us llveth unto himself."
We are te recognize the duly of selr
dpnlal for others: yet at the same
time "our one excuse" at Judgment
will be that we did that which our
own conscience led lis to fee we should
do.
. The one exetiKP we can offer at judg
ment is that which Paul offers in one
of his testimonies: "I have lived In
all good conscience to this day." We
are not to set up our peculiar notions
about, minor mutters as a gqldo for
others; nor are we to excuse our
selves, on the other hand, from duty
because others do not see that partic
ular thing as a duty. We are to fol
low our own conscience as a guide In
life'. Men sny, "Whnt am 1 to Ip
lleve amid nil the difference In doc
trinal teaching and belief?" "What
am I to do amid all the differences of
conception about duty?" The answer
is plain from our lesson this week.
Be fully persuaded In your own mind.
To yourself you stand or fall before
God. Do not despise the pninstaking
devotion of another, nor let another'!
Judgment move you from the fill" per
formance of your known duty. Let
your own conscience he the standard.
The only excuse for the neglect of any
prescribed form of duty Is that it does
not seem to us to be enjoined by the
Word of God. The service of Christ
Is a "reasonable" service. Any ques
tion of meats and drink, of days and
feaKts, of fastings and self-deniuls. of
methods and habits of Christian liv
ing must, lie settled by an appeal to
the Individual conscience. This Is
the standard of duty. The excuses
which others make for the neglect of
what to us is a plain duty will nut
avail for us.
DECEMBER THIRD.
Topic Our One Excuse. Rom. 14:
1-12, (Consecration Meeting.)
If our pledge were taken lu our own
strength, it would not be worth tak
ing; but "God Is able to make us
stand."
Our pledge is glveu not to the so
ciety but to the Lord. If we keep it,
we break It "unto the Lord."
No one can judge how hard au En
tleavorer Is trying to keep the pledge,
though he may seem not to be- keep
ing it at all: nnd so no one should
Judge an Endeavorer's pledge-keeping.
What the lookout committee should
do Is remind the tmtleuvorers of the
account they must -euch give to God,
and so quicken their consciences.
Suggestions.
Our pledge Is Just a promise to try
to do Christ's will, In general, and In
several particulars. We should be as
eager to do that without a pledge as
with one.
"Excuse" Is not a good word. We
are "excused" from doing what we
do not wnnt to do; we are "prevent
ed" from doing what we want to do.
You are not In the right attltuda
about any work for Christ until you
want to do it. and seek ways of doing
It rather than ways of avoiding it.
Duties never conflict. Christ wants
us to do only one thing at a time.
Success iu life consists in discovering
that one thing, and doing it.
Illustrations.
If a man has agreed to meet you und
give you a thousand dollurs, you seek
no excuse to avoid that meeting, and
you are grieved If you are prevented
from going. We are enriched far
more than that by every meeting with
Christ in the prayer meeting.
Quotations.
The only correct actions are those
which require no explanation and no
apology. Auerbach.
Be honest In copper, und In gold thy
honesty will ba sure. Joseph Parker
One of the sttblimcst things In the
world is plain truth. Bulwer Lytton
Our good-literature committees are
gathering up the fragments, that
nothing muy be lost.' It Is always a
sin to destroy good reading-matter,
while there are so many thut ure hun
gry for It and unable to got It. In
the lumber cnnips, the prisons, the
poorhotisus, iu ruilroud stations, lu
city parks, on the frontiers there ure
many places where good reading
matter would be a priceless boon.
It should alwuys be sent freight pre
paid. The good-literature comuilttoo
should gather It from all ho homes of
h congregation.
Something Every Day.
Every day u little knowledge one
fact In a duy. How small la one fact
onlv one. Ten years pass by. Three
thousand, six hundred and fifty tacts
are not a small thing. Every day a little
self-denial The thing thut is difficult
to do to-duy will bo an eusy thing "
do 800 days hence, If each day it shall
havo been repeated. What power or
self-niUBtery shall ho enjoy who seeks
every day to practice the grace he
prays for. Every day a little nuppi
itess. Wo live for the good of others,
If our living be In auy senue a time
living. It Is not In great deeds of
kindness only that the blessing Is
found. In "little deeds of kindness,"
reuented every day, we And true happlJ
ness. At home, at school, on the street VA,,v:o I; nd. of course, when Cm blood
at the neighbor's house, la tho pluj . iol8 jt acts lll e a stopper In u bottle,
ground, wo shall find an opportunity md eo the blood ceases to How.--Fr--every
day for usefulness. nr. p. e, walker's "lrlvHt Aid to 1
lujuitd," lo Bt. Nicholas,
THE HMVAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 3
ftuUldcti Heheinlnh KelmlliU tti tVa'ln of
laiumletn.Nrli. !., 7-SO flolrten 1it,
Matt, asvl., 41 Mniory Vwm, lt. so
:niinntiiry on the Day's ! on,
I. A conspiracy (vs. 7, 8).
7. "SsnlMilliit." An ottlcer of the
rerslsn Government, holding a mili
tary command at Snmiiiiii. lie was a
native of the hind of Monlt; therefore
his hatred to the Jews. "Toblah." A
descendant of the haled race of Am
monites. "Arabians." Headed prob
ably by Geshem, and In league with
the Samaritans against the Jews. Bend
0:0. The building of the wall was con
strued lulo n design to fo'-tlfy them
selves and then revolt nnd become au
independent State. "Ashdodites." In
habitants cf Ashdod. one of the great
cities of the Philistine plain. 8. "Con
spired." The enemies of the Jews were
so bitterly opposed to the rebuilding of
tlie walls llnrtv- thry employed every
form of opposltluu in their power.
II. Praying and watching (vs. tt-11).
H. "Nevertheless." Notwithstanding
the conspiracy and all other discour
agements. "Made our prayer." Nehe
miah was conscious that he was work
ing according to God's will, and he
knew the source of power. "Set a
watch." Opposite to tlie place where
they were encamped, probably on the
iionh side of the city. Faith and works
go together. Watching nnd praying,
weak when apart, a Gibraltar of
strength when united. 10. "Judali
said." That is, the returned captives,
most of whom were of tlie tribe of Ju
dali. This verse expresses the despair
of the little nation. Many of the peo
ple had no heart for the work: some- of
the nobles were in correspondence
with the enemies l(j:17-l!M. Even the
high priest had relationship with hos
tile foreigners (Ammonites Toblah and
bis son married Jewish women), anil
gave them favors, (i:t:4, fi. UXi.
"Strength decayed." From the ex
tent of the work, the fewness of the
laborers, and the exhaustion of their
physical powers they seemed unable
to "complete their tusk. "Not able."
Their statements were probably cor
rect, but their conclusion was wrong.
They were able to build the wall, and
they dill it. 11. "Adversaries said."
In this verse Neliemiah condenses tlie
hostile utterance's of their enemies.
This would cause a eointunt and dis
heartening fear.
III. Precautions taken (vs. Il'-IK
V2. "Jews which dwelt by them."
These who dwelt among the S.nnari
tarVand other enemies and found out
their evil disigns. They were anxious
to have their friends and kiusuien re
turn to their homes a. id families. "Ten
times." Equivalent to "again and
again." "Ye must return" (It. V.t
Leave the work anil go home because
of the threatened danger. i:i. "Lower
places." Within the wall where it was
not yet raised to its due lieignt, ami
therefore most liable to the enemies'
assault. "Higher places." Where the
wall wns finished and towers were set
from whent:e they might shoot arrows
or throw stones. This would show the
enemy that they were fully prepared
for their intended assault and would
give notice that their secret plan was
known. "After their families." In
fuuiily groups, so that the men that
guarded tho wall had their kinsmen
nearest them. Thus tlie soldiers need
not be distracted by anxiety for their
families, for those whom they desired
to defend were at band. 14. "Be not
ye afraid." The pagan allies had
Joined their forces: their army was ad
vancing and doubtless in signr, nuu au
attack impending, wheu Nehemlah
made this short, stirring appeal. No
conflict followed, for the enemy saw
from a distance that the whole people
awaited them lu perfect order nnd
equipment: so they lost heart and
turned back, "ltomember the Lord."
The best of all arguments for patriotic
courage.
IV. Working and watching (vs. 13
20). lo. "We returned, ull of us, to
the wall." Noble persistence In a good
purpose. The momentary withdrawal
from the work to be ready for the
Lord's battle had neither changed their
purpose nor dampened their ardor.
1(1. "My servants." Probably u spe
cial band of men given ns personal
guards, by either the King of Persia
or the people nt Jerusalem. "Half
wrought half hohl." This is no unu
sual thing, even In the present day in
Palestine; people sowing their seed are
ofttn attended by an urmed man. to
prevent the Arabs from rol.-ing them
of their seed, which they will not fail
to do if not protected. "Habergeons."
An old English word for coat-of-mail,
from "hulo" (neck) and "bergeu" (to
protect). "Uulers-behlnd." The chiefs
stood behind the laborers stationed nt
different places along the wall, direct
ing and encouraging them, ready to
lead on the armed force If an attack
was mode upon the laborers.
17. "They which builded." Masons,
bricklayers nnd the like. "They that
bare burdens." The carriers of mate
rial. 18. "That sounded the trumpet."
The workmen labored with a trowel in
one hand and a sword lit the other;
and as they were fur removed from
each other. NfcSemiub, who was night
uud day on the spot, kept n trumpeter
by his side, so that on nuy intelligence
of a surprise being brought to him au
alarm might be Immediately sounded
and assistance rendered to the most
distant detachment of their brethren.
11). 110. "And I said," etc. By these
vigilant precautions the counsels of the
enemy were defeated and tho work
was carried on. God, when He has ini.
portant public work, to do, never fails
to raise up Instruments for accomplish
ing It. The work was completed lu the
brief time of fifty-two days (tl-15), end
ing the last of September. The walls
must have been three or four miles
loug to reach around the city.
In Case of Bad Bleeding.
"I know one thing," aald John: "If
you cut an artery the blood la red ami
spurtB: and If you cut a vein the
blood Is bluer and flows."
That's right; but In real acctilentn
you generally have both; and so tfcero
Is a mixture of bluo and red blood.
If the bleeding Is very bad, tie a large
handkerchief around the Injured arm
or leg, with a knot over the artery
about an Inch above the cut. Slip a
i stick through the place where the
handkerchief is tied and twist it until
lhe knot pressed deeply against tho
ttrtery. It would be well to tie a
. st,.ng around tho arm over the other
end of the stick to prevent Its unwind
ing. In this way you compress ami
closo the walls of the artery cetween
tho cut end uud the heart, and thus
you stop the bleeding. Cold or heat
In any forj'u also helps to stop bleed-
e. for they, both help to clot li e