P I tt tttff tttf ttt t s t 5 SUNDAY SERMON s S 3 2 A Scholarly Dltooun Dy J , &. C R. McNally. sisfsssccssssstS . Kew rorit Clty-Kunriay morning, In he Sixth Avenue Bnptlst Church. th nstor. the Rev. Charles II. McNnlly, preached on the subject, "The SplrH Ooil and Spiritual Worship." The test was from John iv:23-24: "The hour rometh and now Is when the trne worshipers shnll worship tho Father Jn spirit and In truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship Him." "God Is a spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him In spirit and In truth." Mr. McNnlly sold: These words might well lead Into the byways of philosophy. That, how ever, Is nn enjoyment which we do not now Intend to permit ourselves to indulge In. We might with profit point out from these words that the man of old did not think of himself Just as man thinks of himself to-day. He wns n unit, and thought of nothing outside of his immediate, environment, and of that chiefly from tho point of view of Its relation to his bodily needs. His mind did not grasp tho thought of the beyond or the hereafter. His dead companion was not thought of ns be ing essentially different from that which, he was in life. His horse, his tools, etc., were burled with bliu, with the belief that In some unseen but material paradise or hunting ground he would live as he had lived, needing and using the same things. Man docs not now so view himself.; He no longer thinks of himself as a unit. He Is divided. His body is one thing and his mind or soul is another.' Mn u still views himself as body and spirit. Deep within the inners of his own nature he feels that while they; are doubtless closely associated, his' body is one thing and his soul quite' another. This distinction did not ap-;' peal to the ancient. He knew nothing of" it. Ills wns the simple, unquestion ing life of a child. The religious Impulse, however, hns always been nn Integral part of humnn' life, and hns ever, In one form or an other, sought to express itself. Crudo though It may hnve been In its begin nings, tho consciousness of Clod has never been absent from tho human mind. When It first appears tt seems to have been materialistic, or anthro pomorphic In the grossest sense. Grad ually there was tho development of a tendency to look In upon himself and with this tendency mnn came into pos session of the lden of nn Inner thought self. Thus mind, or soul, was dis tinguished from the external or ma-, terlal, and a conception of God became both a possibility and reality. The de-; iVelopment of this distinction may be, clearly traced In the Old Testament.: For many centuries the mntermllstla .was the dominant one, but alongside' of it grew up a religion of the spirit.! The former finds its highest expression In the ornate formal worship of Juda- ism. Tho religion of the law with; all its material accompaniment was the effort of the human mind to grasp the thought of God in tho terms of Ithe material. Within Judnlsm there' vwas the development of the religion1 of the spirit. Tho prophets were its messengers, but the people persistently turned away from them, and from their message. : The conversation of Jesus with the Ionian at the wellslde is Interesting and instructive In many ways. She; was a woman and the strain of human nature was very marked In her life as is shown by the fact tlint when Jesus; had her cornered nnd face to face with! her slii she was like ninny who have; followed her, anxious to divert the con-; yersation from considerations of such' a personnl nature to a religious argu ment. Jesus using her own thought Imparts to her the deepest lesson that has ever been uttered In the realm of religion. When the woman would' have Him discuss the relative merits of formal Judaism, or formal Snninrl tanisui. He turned upon her the full, light of divine truth nnd declares what the world hns nil been too slow to learn, that Judaism and Samaritanlsui'; are nothing, but that the religion of the spirit alone Is essential religion.! God is spirit, and Is not to be won 8hlped by men's hands, or any ex-' ternal form whatsoever. He Is conJ fined to no mountain top, no temple; walls inclose Hlni. Immaterial and Imperceptible to the senses. He nils ' all things with His being. Ho knows,: feels, and wills. He seeks those to (whom Ho has given a nature fash-i loned in Ills own image to be His! (worshipers. Only those who have! learned to know Him as the Infinite! Mind or Supreme Spirit can hnve fel-; lowship with Iiiiu, and this because such worship alone corresponds with His nature. It takes the world n long time to outgrow its materialism, and to grow Into the thought of Christ. The path of history has kd Into deep valleys and oves the mountain peaks. There have been times when It seemed that the race was about to move out Into a more spiritual thought of God. Under the leadership of a Paul, nn Augustine, a Calvin, a Luther or a Wesley, tho dawn of a brighter day seemed at hand, but from tl-cs mountain penks tho pathway hrs Inviiihi bly led down into the low vnlos of tho material and sordidly earthly. Wo have bee:'. Indeed, wo now are, for tho dawn of tha brighter day has hardly nppenrr: In one of those ma terialistic sviiinris from' which arise tha miasma of fco-.'i'ihiuess, wovldllness and sin. That this is peculiarly ti'uo of America is not without cause und explanation. Never in the history of tho world hns It been given to u na tion to enter Into the rich heritage that has been ours. Tho pust hundred years has been a period of discovery and development. Discovery in, that America and tho world has become conscious of the almost Inexhaustible wealth unfolded within the bosom of her lakes and rivers, her forests and her fields and her deep hidden mines. .Wealth is the handmaid of comfort, of ease, of luxury and many other things, and these ore sweet to the human heart. There has been a mad rush to lay hold upon these ready-to-band sources of wealth. With feverish in tensity men have given their brain and brawn to the development of theso mighty resources and their labor has not been In vain. Wealth has been multiplied with a rapidity unprecedent ed iu the world's life. It has beeu a 'great gain. It also has entailed ft 'great loss. It has placed material good in the forefront, while the spirit of ;God and the spiritual life have been Irelegated to- a secondary place. The iresult has been both natural and In evitable. j Honor, virtue and all tho splrlhinl .graces have been readily sacrificed to the insatiable greed for gain,- but tho ;hnndwrltlng of God la upon the wall. "Be sure your sin will find you out" " 'In an old adage, but true. Man can not continue forever to disregard God without having ultimately to reckon .with Him on tho basis of the deeds done in the body. Borne instrument 19 dlvlne.l'rovldenca will JtlntUcale .tie requirement oTflie "spirit Ood'" and the spiritual life. When tho finger of Ood through some stalwart Nathan Is pointed at tho sinner, it matters not whether he is a king upon his throne, he must listen to the "Thou nrt the mnn," "wherefore hast thon despised the word of tho Lord to do that which Is evil In His sight?" and In deep con trltlon of soul he must cry out for mercy nnd confess, "I have sinned agnlnst the Lord." Not only hnve men as individuals been led to a false emphasis upon the material, and to blindness toward the spiritual, but the church herself has become too material In the expression which she has sought to give to the religion" Jmnnlse. - Too much, of stress B8sbe"cn nrTd ls lata upon rorra nnd organization nnd not enough upon the spirit. Not until the church conies again to the side of Jacob's well and hears afresh the sweet emphasis of the Man of Galilee upon the essential spirituality of God and the supremacy and priority of the spiritual can she ever enter into her full heritage of divine power. It Is high time that we should have done with tho be fogging and befooling effort to meet the requirements of that God who Is spirit, with substitutes that nre mere material foibles. It Is the lnncrs of tho soul that God desires and requires. It Is a damning folly to offer any sub stitute for that self which God hns destined for eternal fellowship with Himself. Goodness, not goods; char acter, not cash: piety, not pretense; sincerity, not shnm; these nre the sncrillces acceptable to that God who Is a spirit nnd who would bo wor shiped In spirit and with reality. , Another truth is placed beyond per ndventure by these words of Jesus. True worship Is not a matter of local ity or nationality or sect. Men love to distinguish themselves by some dis tinguishing mark nnd will congratulate and flatter themselves that it In some way makes them superior to tlrelr brother man. If he is white, hp con gratulates himself that he Is not blnck. If he is blnck, ho congrotulates him self that his eyes aro more shiny nnd his teeth whiter. Doubtless demon strations nnd sects hnve served some good ends, but if men hnd but learned to sweetly insist upon tho truth for truth's snke, instead of lining up agnlnst their fellows In wnr paint nnd with tomahnwk In hand, in utter dis regard of the truo spirit of the gospel, the millennium would be much nearer thnn It is to-dny. Argue ns best we mny. the essence of religion Is n spirit In harmony with the Infinite spirit; n spirit to which reality, fnct, truth, is the supreme consideration. To truly worship God Is to pny to Him the homage of reverent thought and feel ing, and of filial trust and love. The real temple of God Is a human heart wherein the spirit of n man meets in shekinah presence the Spirit of God. Such worship and such worshipers God Becks. Again, true worship is the great solvent of life's enigmas. In one of the psalms credited of Asnph he seeks to express tho doubt and difficulty thnt possessed his mind when he sought to explain tho prosperity of the wicked. It is surely a source of con stant question to a thoughtful mind tlint the wicked flourish while mnny righteous nre constrained to live in comparative If not quite penury. The question will nrlse, "How Is it that God's material good so constantly min isters to the wicked nnd unworthy?" In honest doubt many hearts have asked. "Why should I worship a God who so unequally distributes Ills bless ings?" This was the difficulty of the psalmist. He says; "Then thought I to understand this, but It was too hard for me; until I went into the sanc tuary of God, then understood I the end of these men." When the psalm ist entered Into spiritual fellowship with God and saw .the glory of that God In all His spiritual beauty there dawned upon his soul the reality of tho larger truth, that God's greatest good is not material good. His rich est gifts are not houses, or lands, or mines, or stocks. His richest gifts are those which bring tho Inner spirit of a man Into perfect harmony with di vine heart. No wealth or pelf can ease a restless conscience or lift the burden from u bereavid heart. Only God can till to overflowing the human soul with that quiet and calm, that peacefuluess which makes all life a song. Does your heart cry out for God? Would yon know that pence which passeth knowledge? Then bo assured that these blessings can come to your life only as you recognize the eternal reality of the spiritual nnd placing the first emphasis upon the kingdom of God and the spiritual life seeks to live in perfect harmony with the divine mind. Tho Surprlaei of Idle. The surprise of life always conies in finding how we have missed the things that have lnin nearest to ns; how w hnve gono far away to seek that which was close by our side all the time. Men who live best and longest are apt to come, as the result of their living, to the conviction that life Is not only rich er but simpler than it seemed to them at first. Men go to vast labor seeking after peace and happiness. It seems to them ns If it were far away from them, as If they must go through vast and strange regions to get it. They must pllo up wealth, they must see evtry possible danger of mishap guard ed against, before they can have peace. Upon how many old men has it come with a strange surprise that peaeo should come to rich or poor only with contentment, and that they might ns well have been content nt tho very end of life! They have made a long Jour ney for their treasure, and when at last they stoop to pick It ui, lo! It Is shin ing close beside the footprint which they left when they set out to travel in circle. Phllllr s Btooks. .aC15 WUKin KEMKMBERINU. Oregon is larger than New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together. Near the Panama Canal exist gold mines abandoned by Spain centuries ago. The will soon be reopened. The old "Oregon country" includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and a small portion of Montana and Wyoming. Part of the cargo of the steamship Korea, which arrived at San Francisco on July II was $344.5) worth of opium. America makes more barrels than any other country. The annual production is 300,000,000 barrels and circular packages. Dunnite, invented by Col. Beverly W. Dunn, of the Sandy Hook Station, is said to be the most powerful explosive known. Introduction of American vines in French vinevards has increased the yield from 16 to 22 barrels per acre to from 38 to 48 barrels. A sliotgim recently manufactured by a Connecticut firm was a special order for a man who uses his' left eye to aim with, the right eye being sightless. , The stock and lower frame of the gun were twisted so that he may shoot without discomtort. iTiic gun is the third made for this man in U15 last 25 year. flood llreedi In Swine. Too many farmers work on the plan that a pig is a pig regardless of breed and as a result they continue line breeding until they have little left In the pig except the form. They mny bo right and doubtless are, but the farmer who raises pigs for what he can get out of them In their gross weight at market prices cares little about the scientific breeding. It Is admitted that It would be better if he cared more, but If he will take pains to make the necessary changes in line at frequent Intervals he need not worry about the intricacies of cross or line breeding. Yet from his very indifference to these things may come his indifference to the more essential points, nnd mnlnly the one point of raising the standard of his herd. With high-grade swine properly bred, given food, pasture, sunshine, pure air and water and variety of feed hotter results nre obtained by far than with scrub stock. If one has a fair lot of females it would be n good Investment to raise the standard of the herd by obtaining the services of a grade boar. Grade up the pigs as you would the cows composing the dairy and you'll And It will pay in the long run. A Now Fred ling For Dobbin. The driver of every team should be supplied with n bag of some kind for holding feed for his horses, ns he sel dom Is sure where he will be when feeding time comes. Some drivers are very careful In this respect, while others make use of anything thnt Is available. Quite a large number of feed bngs nre In use. the majority being constructed so that they can be attached nnd suspended to the side of the horse's head. This docs not give the horse any freedom to move his head without moving the bag nlso. A Philadelphia mnn has patented an exceedingly simple feed bug which overcomes this fault. The bottom and sides nre made of canvas or other flex ible material, while tho top consists of a circular frame divided into two sections, which are connected by small hoops. Supporting the bug are two metal rods, one on each side, having A, FEED 13AG TOIt H0R: E-1. books at the end, which fit Into the loops In the fVanie. In -the centre nnd at the other end of the mils Inr hoops, which nre shaped to lit over the shaft of the vehicle. It can ca.-ily be s.'cn how easily this -oulil be done. tne lias always .remaining In position where the horse can conveniently reach the feed, nt the same time being able to move his lieml fi,.iv tmu- feed bag has the additional lulvui.tage that It can be folded tilt when tnt In use. Philadelphia liocord. . l'onltry mid V.SB Vny. Every year demonstrates that the egg market is never fully supplied. We nre compelled to Import eggs to keep 'puce with tile demand, and if the Western farmers are unable to make poultry pay. because of the dis advantages of location and markets, there Is nothing In the way of the farmer who has markets nil around him. It Is creditable to fanners that they mny produc u hirg.' proportion of the poultry nnd eggs that are sold In the large cities, but there Is room for more production. The obstacle In the way of success Is thnt the poultry does not receive the care bestowed on larger stock. In all experiments made with cows and poultry, on the fame proportion of land, the poultry gave the greater profit, and yet I he profits could be made larger. Fifty hens nr? 'not too many on one acre of ground, and the average profit should be one dollar per hen 11 year. This Is fifty dollars per acre protit. The cow will not give Mii'Ii a large nvor.ig.' In proportion. A thick or good Mens, however. If well ninna-d, should nv eras'. more than a '.oHar cadi. More eggs should be obia Inert In winter. If each lieu produced only o.ie dozen eggs additional during the whole win ter, it would mal;e a hug' dinVr.-nco In tho prc.'IN. The point is to deter mine to secure tills addition, and to do so tho. farmer should be willing to give his whole ntlentlon to n large nock, If he can do so by disposing of some stock that may be uiiproMtable. It menus a different system from giv ing the poultry over to women to man age. Tho way to make poultry pay is for the farmer lo take hold, and when Ibo snow covers the ground, to do for the hens the same ns for the animals. Farmers' Home Journal. Lambt In Hie Winter. The plan has been adopted by eer tulu Michigan feeders during recent years of purchasing lambs in the au tumn and currying them through the winter on rough feed with a moderate allowance of grain nnd then fattening them and selling them In the spring after having removed the wool. The plan seems to work well. It Is claimed thut lumbs thus handled have brought tho moat money during recent years. With reference to the outcome, how. ever, we think much will depend up on tho condition ofthe lambs, at the time of purchase, says The Farmer. When they tire to be handled tltus it Is better to purchase lambs some what young and not carrying too much flesh, especially if they are bought by the pound. Such lambs will make more pounds of increase than heavy lambs purchased at the same season. They can nlso bo brought Into the market iu a proper condition, of finish ot the season named better than larger and more fleshy lambs which would naturally become high conditioned at an earlier season. In all the States of the Northwest lambs could be fed nnd managed thus. If those sufficiently light could not be abstained for feeding It would bo better to take heavier lambs thnn to take none nt all, providing the farmer Is prepared to handle lambs thus. Good money can sometimes be made on old ewes when they are purchased with due thought and care. Horae Breading Abroad, Something of the extent of horse breeding by public authority and un der public supervision, referred to by a horse-breeding paper, Is to the effect that the French authorities own some, thing like three thousand stallions, half being of the high-stepping nnd coaching type, the others being thor oughbred and draft horses. Farmers breed to these stallions about a quar ter of n million mares at very small fees nnd receive premiums nt locnl fairs, etc., for showing high-class foals. The French Government annually dis tributes over three millions of dollars to encourage the breeders, and a farmer has the Government for a reg ular customer for the best of the horses he raises. When such a happy condition of af fairs obtains here. If It ever does, horc breedlng In this country will become an. exact science and a highly remunera tive national enterprise. If we have to wait ten years for the United States Government to show results from the effort It Is now putting forth, It will take a quarter of n century at least to get the bulk of the breeders In this broad land Interested In the plan, and returns from money and time Invested will have to be left to posterity, as few now living and Involved deeply In horse breeding will be on top of the earth to reap any benefit. When the good time conies, however, there will be such high-class material pro duced here, and such unique facilities for Its rapid transportation through out the world, that there will certainly not exist n shadow of discontent on the part of breeder or consumer. In diana Farmer. now to Fatten Chickens. The fowls that are to be fattened should be shut up; the pen or coop should not be too large, and it should not be too tight nnd close. For a dozen fowls, a coop three feet wide or deep, four feet long, and two and n half feet high, is large enough. The whole coop mny properly1 be made of slats, ex cept the roof. The floor should be made so as to allow the droppings to full through. Only fowls that will agree peaceably should be kept In the same coop. If one Is cross or master ful, turn It out and keep the fattening ones quiet. Give as much food as they will eat up clean, iu n trough or basket, In front of the coop and give water afw ter the food Is eaten. Keep the coop In an niry place, but not where tho wind will blow through it. Feed rather sparingly thnn otherwise the first two or three days; afterward give as much ns they will ent. This continued for twoweeks should give good, fat fowls; If they are not fat, something Is wrong nnd they should be let out. Their prin cipal diet should be corn, but this should be varied occasionally with wheat screenings, ground oats, barley or buckwheat. Thomas W. Lloyd, iu Tribune Farmer. A Frnc'lcal Farm Itrldga. , On the majority of farms there is wed for one or more bridges. Too often they are poorly constructed and not kept In repair. Resulting from such neglect, a horse, the best one al ways, goes through and breaks a leg, or a loaded wagon breaks through with much loss and then after the damage has been done the farmer attempts to repair the old or build a now bridge. The general topography as well as numerous streams on my farm makes It necessary to have a number of bridges. After planning all manner of cross-over arrangements adopted the one shown In the Illustra tion and when built of good timber it is a very lasting and serviceable af fair. It Is especially valuable where a single log can not bo used as a stringer. The stringer pieces (a) should be of nothing but good timber nnd of such size as is required to sustain the weight which the bridge will be called upon to bear. Hubert Worden, In The F.pltoiulst. W'Ur Mr. I'lnaro U Not an Actor. That Mr. Arthur Plnero was once an actor Is recalled by the death of Henry Irving, relates Life. The dramatist's venfuro was made under lrvlng's stage niiiniigemenr. Ho was assigned a part In one of tho early productions with only two lines to speak. Irving heard lilm go over them several times, but was not pleased with their reading. "Suppose you try them sitting down," suggested the manager. Mr. Plnero sat down and repeutcd the speech. "Now let us try them standing up," said Mr. Irvine;. Mr. Pinero repeated them standing up. "Now walk about whllo you are speaking." Mr. Plnero went over the lines again, meanwhile walking about. "Il'in," muttered the munager, "that will do for the present." At the nejet rehearsal Mr. Plnero was notified that his part had been cut out. Which may account for the fact that Mr. Plnero becume a dramatist instead of an actor. Big Blaeberry I'ack. The blueberry canning factory at Island Poiid, Vc., has Just shut down after cinlng 800,000 gallons of prod uct. Over 1,500,000 pounds of berries have been used, and seven carloads of lumber were required to box the goods for shipment, New England Grocev. . . I finally It la a remarkable fnct that blind horses never make a mistake lu choos lug their diet when grazing. Trofessor Cook, of Northwestern uni versity, has shown thnt there Is snHl clent radium In pitchblende to make it possible for a photograph to be taksu by it directly. Why caves whose average annunl temperature is above the freezing point so frequently contain Ice the year round has been the subject of In vestigation by a German scientist, Trofessor B. Schwalbe. He finds this to be due to the refrigeration of watuB seeping through porous strata. Superheating Is being loreed to "A deg. F. on the Prussian State rail roads. When steam Is superheated to rtiO deg. F n saving of 10 per cent. In steam ami 12 per cent. In fuel can be obtained, ns conipnred with similar lo comotives nslng saturated steam, the greater saving In water than In fuel being due mostly to the prevention of losses caused by condensation. The alligator cannot long escape practical extermination. Already they nre becoming' scarce and the price of bides bus gone up enormously In the last few years. The nlllgntor Is char acteristic of the niistroriparlan region, ranging from North Carolina to the Illo Grande of Texas. It has never been seen In the Mississippi Itlver north of Rodney, Miss., which Is about latitude ;!'-'. THE SMOKE NUISANDE Itow tho American Citizen ltaa Kndtired ThU Abboretire For Yotri, The American citizen Is more toler ant of public nuisances than nny other civilized being. This mny be on ric count of the fact that he believes the constitution guarantees everyone the right to create a nuisance regardless of his neighbors, so long as he does not kill or rob or commit u similarly grievous crime. Whatever the cause the fact remains. We endure the tin horn, the factory whistle, the pushcart, the builders' dirt pile and the adver tising sign, or, at least, we feel that there lu no way of stopping them. Similar sentiments hnve left ns so long Inactive or, at least, unsuccess ful, In our sporadic activity concern ing the smoke nuisance. Everybody, It Is safe to sny, con cedes the smoky chimney to be a nuis ance, but the view Is a passive one. Formerly, and to some extent even to-dny, the argument wns: "We can't stop our chimney from smoking." The technical advance and commercial de velopment have made combustion a more mapngenble procedure, nnd to day the old argument Is replaced by "What are you going to do about It? You eun't expect me to spend a lot of mntiey putting in fancy devices to prevent smoke!" This latter argu ment can be met only by fact the fact that tho law says he must prevent smoke. Tills work, 11 function of mu nicipal governments, is In successful progress, and will ultimately lend to a general recognition that smoke Is not only not wanted, but also that It need not be suffered. A relatively few, but yet u slowly growing iiumbor of Am erican cities, have entered on a fight against smoke, nnd n far larger num ber of individuals nnd civic orgnnlza tlons are now engaged lu the struggle. Fiiilueeiing News. A Quaint Hath Character. I myself used often to meet In Bnth a little queer plinth of a man, whose nationality I could net make out, but every Inch of whose five feet was sug gestive of Dickens. His face, topped by a frowsy cap, was twisted In n sort of 11 grin, ond his eyes looked dif ferent ways, perhaps to prevent nny attempt of mine to escape him. Ho carried nt his tide n sninll wicker box, which he kept his hnnd on; and ns he drew near nnd hnlted, I heard n series of plaintive squeaks coming from it. "Make you perform the guinea pig?" he always asked, and before I could nnswer, ho dragged a remonstrating guinea pig from Its warm berth with in, and stretched It out on the cage, holding It down with both hands. "Johnny, die queek!" he commanded, and lifted his hands for the Instant in which Johnny was motlonlessly gath ering his forces for resuscitation. Then he called, "Hobby's coming!" nnd be fore the policeman was upon him, Johnny was hustled back Into his warm box. woefully murmuring to Its comfort of his hardship, and the queer littl. man smiled his triumph In every direction. The sigh of the brief drama always cost me u penny; perhaps I could have hud It for less; but I did not think n penny was too much. W. D. llowelln, iu Harper's Magazine, Hutter Mould r imblrna. "I see," said the man who goes to market frequently, "that the acorn is in style again ns a decoration for but ter molds. Last spring the Held daisy 1 was tile flower most frequently printed upon pats of butler. Rcfore that the chrysanthemum was the favorite, 1 never could inilerstand the necessity for changing the fashion In butter molds, but they do change with the seasons almost us regularly us women's clothes. Even big dairies that mar'.; nil rolls of butter with a special trade mark, vary tho floral trimming of their molds from time to time. Among the favorite decorations acorns and oak leaves have their inning most frequent ly. Chrysanthemums rank next In pop ularity. "Somo old-fashioned butter makers there are, however, who scorn the orna mental butter molds. The tip ot the ladle Is their Implement of nrt, and with that they curve figures on a roll of butter that make all floral and horti cultural designs look commonplace." New York Press. Odd Errors. An English druggist gives the follow ing list of blunders made by his poorer ctmlomvis: "Catch uu col," for cochl . netil; "prosperous paste," for phosphor ous paitc; "grease it," ?or creosote; "fishy water," for Vichy water; "gui tar," fijr catarrh; "everlustlug," for ef-fei'vt'Siiug. EfWdBTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10. The City of Ood. Rev. 22. 1 8. Our lesson Is from that wonderful description of the holy city, the New Jerusalem, which John saw In apo calyptic vision. The chapter preced ing should be read in connection with this lesson, as it is a part of the de scription. It Is sometimes asked. "Is this a true description of n-oaven?" What higher heaven can be conceived than the one plcturod here? We may well believe that this Is figurative language, but under these figures we may conceive of an exulted and spir itual existence that harmonizes with our partial knowledgo ot the celestial state. The river, the throne, tli street, the tree of life, and its fruitage may be but symbolical, yet It Is the symbol of something which could only bo thus pictured to our Imagination. The facts revealed are that heaven is a place as well as a state; that the Inhabitants enjoy a Halnbrluim and sinless Immortality; that they see the King In his beauty; und that, there Is "no night there." Tho city or God 1.1 the permanent abode of God's re deemed saints. We have had other lessons recently on heaven. The destiny ot tho Chris tian led us to Its glories. The prep arations for our heavenly home led us to study Its conditions. 13 lit. now as a crowning lesson of all we look upon the city of God. It Is the 'closing message of the New Testament and the last vision of the Apocalypse. Let us group some of tho suggestions of the lesson: Heaven Is a City. The first para dise was a garden; but the ultimate heaven Is a city. This Implies that It Is a permanent, not a transitory, place. It also Implies that It has a social lite. It is not a place of solitude, but of re union and Intercourse of spirits. It Is not sparsely populated, but Inhabi ted by an Innumerable company. There are eleven things mentioned that can never get Into heaven: No sea, no tears, ,110 death-, no crying, no sorrow, no pain, no temple, no sun, no moon, no night, no curse. There will be no graves, no funerals, no Bin, no trouble In heaven. DECEMBER TENTH. Topic The City of God. Rev. 22: 1-8. Continual fruit fulness Is not this condition of lha trees lu heaven to bs also the condition of 'the people of heaven, always happily at work and always with blessed results? To see God's lace! Tho more vva know of God on tho earth, the nioro wa understand how that vision Is the climax of heaven. It Is to be God's city, and yet with in It is provided for each of us the authority thut Is so dear to every man ly soul. We are to reign, and for ever. The city of God comes quickly Heaven is born slowly -anough upon earth, but God Is mercifully swift In taking us to heaven. Suggestions. The best way to become a citizen of heaven is to try to make your own city a city of God. What your heaven Is you are. How nccassnry, thon, that you muko thu real heaven the heaven of your thought and longing. It will be heaven only not to have to fight sin, either In ourselves or in others. Heaven Is perfect service of God. You can get heaven anywhere and ut uny time If you will serve God per fectly. Rich men on earth pay taxes In many cities, but the citizens of haaven may have no divided Inter ests. The value of all that a city owns its parks, its schools, Its libraries, its expensive public buildings, and other belongings, is all a part of the prop erty of each citizen, und all citizens share alike. A man may be a citizen of Boston, yet n-aver vote in an election. No one can be a citizen of heaven with out taking nn eager part In all its affairs. Quotations. Heaven will be Inherited by every man who has heaven In bis soul UeeclKsr. Soma Pleasant Socials. A botunical social, with contests ln the Identification of conimoj plants and with A microscope exhibition a 11 J talk. A phonograph social, with an ex planation of tho machine, an. I with Il lustrations from previously prepared records and from Impromptrs. A puzzlo evening, puzzlas biin;", placed on small tables, n:id groups ol the Elideavorers being stnt from table to table at the tno of n bell. A recent-events e-wn'.ng, w:tl bright accounts of th: lcadins fia tures of recent history. HIGH LEVELS REACHED BY MAN. Heights That Necessitate Artificial Inhalation 0 Oxygen. The highest point at which moun tain climbers have stayed for any length of time 1b 20,992 feet on the Himalayas, where an exploring party painfully stayed for six weeks In 1302, Higher still at 21,910 feet is the ex treme point of Mrs. Bullock Work man's ascents, the greatest height reached by a woman. Mr. Bullock Workman kept on to a point 23,393 feet high, which Is the greatest height reached by any mountain climber. The altitudes reached by Mr. and Mrs. Bullock Workman were above those at which M. Btrson, the aero naut, began his artificial Inhalation of oxygen. At 20,240 feet the aeronauts "in general begin the continued Inspira tion of oxygen, and neglect of this procautlon wot responsible for the death of Croce, Eplnelll, and Sire! at 2.S.208 feet, their companion, TlBsan dlor, just escaping by a miracle. Mount Everest, the highest point ol tho globe, Is only some 700 feet higher, ?8.995 feel, and 3,000 feet above that begin tho cirrus clouds that aro "oi:ij;o?ed of spicules of Ice. At 33, 42-1 feet is the Idsl est point ever reached I y man. TMs Is the holght attained by M Kei on In his balloon on July 3L 001. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 10. Saljecri Reading and Obeying tha taw. Nab. vlll., 8-18 (lolrlen Text, 1 una sl 2 Memory Veraea, 17, 1 8 Com mentary on the Day'a I.eeeon, I. Studying God's word (vs. 1-8).' The people were gathered ln this great meeting from the surrounding country from ao.fHX) to fiO.noo In number. It was tho time of the feast of Trumpets. Trumpets were blown everywhere. They proclaimed a dny of rejoicing. The people called for Kzrn. the scribe, to bring out the book of the law and rend to them. Here Is the first men tion of Ezra's name In the book of- Ne hemlah. It is thought thnt he bad been absent during the past thirteen years, "perhaps working ns n scribe In copying nnd studying, und perhaps put ting in shape the book of the law. He seems to have returned nt the oppor tune moment. This grent conipnny had gathered on purpose to hear the words of the book ho had copied nnd probably edited." 8. "So they rend." Ezra nnd thir teen representative men from Ji'rusa lem, standing upon an elevnted plat form, read the Scriptures, In turn, for six hours or more. "In the book." Books ln those days were wide strips of parchment rolled upon sticks, one at either end, so that one side was rolled up as the other was unrolled to rend. The writing wns lu parallel columns ncross the strip and rend from right to left. "Distinctly." Po tlint every Word could be distinctly heard. This was the first way ln which they caused the people to understand. "('avo the sense." The Israelites having been lately brought out of Babylonish cap tivity, in which they hnd continued seventy yenrs, were not only corrupt, but they had ln general lost the knowl edge of the ancient Hebrew to such a degree that when the book of the law wns read they did not understand It. Therefore the Levltes translated It Into the Chaldean dialect. "Caused them to understand." They gave both a translation of the Hebrew words into the Chnldee and nn exposition of the things contnlned in them, and of the duty Incumbent upon them. II. A day of rejoicing proclatuud (vs. 0-1). 1). "Xeheminh the Tlrshnthn." Hitherto Kehemlah has called himself pechah the ordinary word for "gov ernor." Now he is called Tlrshathu, a more honorable and reverential ti tle for governor. The new title is nmong the Indications that this por tion of the book Is written by an other. "This day is holy." Mourning wns unsuitable for a day of high fes tivity, the opening day of the civil year and of the sabbatical month, it self a sabbath or day of rest, and one to bo kept by blowing of trumpets (Lev. 23:24, 25; Num. 29:1-0). It ap pears that the people were not only ig norant of their ancient language, but nlso of the rites and ceremonies of their religion, not being permitted to observe them ln Babylon. "All the people wept." They realized how different their lives had been from the lives com manded by God. They hnd fulled In personal duty. They had failed ln tho public worship of God. They had failed as a nation. 10. "Eat and drink." Observe God's appointment. They should testify the genuineness of their repentance by the faithfulness with which they kept the feast. "Send portions." It wns an or dinance of God that In these feasts the poor should be specially and liberally provided for (Deut. 15:7-11; 10:11-15). "Neither be ye sorry." We must not be merry when God calls us to mourn ing. We must not nttilct ourselves when God hns given us occnslon to re joice. Even our sorrow for sinners must not hinder our Joy in God's ser vice. "Joy of the Lord." A conscious ness of God's favor, mercy and long suffering. 11. "Levltes stilled all the people." Hushed their loud lamentn tlon.' Emotion needs control when it is ln danger of running into mere phy sical excitement. 12. "Because they understood." They now knew God's will and tbelr nivn dnrv. which thev resolved to nrac- ! tice. This gave them ground of hope nnd trust in God's mercy, and there fore gave them great Joy. III. Directions concerning the feast of the tabernacles (vs. 13-18). During the reading of the law the people saw how they had neglected to keep the feasts as they ought and they Immedi ately proceeded to observe the feast of the tabernacles. 14. "Found written." See Lev. 23: 33-44. "Booths." The people were commanded to leave their houses and dwell ln tents or booths mude of the branches of "thick trees." "Seventh month." The month Tlshrl or Etha niin. This was the seventh month ln the sacred or ecclesiastical year and the first month ln the civil year. 15. "Should publish." The meaning here Is that they found it written that they should do the things mentioned in this verse. "The mount." The mount of Olives which was near by where were many olive trees nnd prob ably the other trees here mentioned. 1(1. "The roof." The roofs of the bouses were flat and easy of access. "In their courts," etc. There were booths everywhere; the city was filled with them. 17. "Sat under the booths." They were to dwell ln booths seven days, from the 15th to the 22d of the month. Their dwelling ln booths commemorated their forty years! so journ ln the wilderness when they had no fixed habitations. "Since the days." etc. The meaning cannot be that this feast had not been observed since the time of Joshua, for it was kept at their return from Babylon (Ezra 3:4), but since Joshua's time the Joy bad never been so great as now. Ill "Solemn assembly." The first and last days of the feast were kept as sabbaths. Frost Makes Fat Turkeys. "Cold weather makes fat turkeys," mid the poulterer, "because ln a warm fall the ground keeps soft, the vege tation lingers on and the fields are full of worms and bugs. What's the re mit? The turkeys from sunrise till dark tramp the tempting fields on long forages, eating the worms and bugs, which thin them, and walking all tbelr soft and fine flesh Into tough, stringy muscle. "A cold fall, with early frosts and Knows, freezes the ground and kilts the bugs. Then- the turkoys are not tempted to wander. They loaf ln the tarva yard, gorge an abundance ot f rain aud put on flesh like a mldd'.o aged woman at a seashore hotel. I : a warm fall, hunting the (rreslst: '-i lug. tho turkeys do their fifteen r twenty miles regularly every ( v r U come athletes. For at ' Jt litre Is no public !-
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