1HE 'PUL'PIT. ' THE SUNDAY school. ' H DRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. T. H. WHITE. Subject : Preparing to Receive Riesling. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS rOB FEBRUARY 9. London. A very practical n ldreri I wag given at the opening of Keswick Convention. The sermon preached 1 by Dr. T. H. White befitted ao pre- I paratory a gathering. Attention wns directed to LUkc 22:11: "The Mas ter smith, Where Is the guest cham ber, that I may oat the passover with My disciples?" and with this DMMfC was coupled Rev. 3:20: "Behold, I I stand at the door and knock. If any j man hear My voire and open tho ! door, I will come In and sup with him, and he with Me." Our Lord was looking for tho I gnest chamber, and la seeking for It. j Will He find It In each of our hearts? The word translated "guest chnm ber" also occurs In the story of the nativity, Luke 2:7: "And she I brought forth her first born son. and I wrapped Him In swnddllng clothes, i and laid Mm In a manger, for there j was no room for Him In the inn." If ' your heart Is only as a'i inn, Christ Is seeking to make It a guest cham ber, whore He will be the Guest. He will only make your heart and mind the guest chamber on one condition He must b the only Quest, and must have the preparation of the 1 chamber In His own hands. A remarkable word appears in Prov. 4:23: "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out ot it are the Is sues of life." The heart of man la mentioned nearly,nlne hundred times i In God's Book, and chiefly In three 1 connections. First we have Gen. l:Sl "God : saw that the wickedness of man was great In the earth, and that every Imagination of the thougLt of his heart was only evil continually." In ! the New Testament the same thought occurs: "Mary Kept all these things and pondered tbem In her heart." (Luke 2:19.) In both these passages we have one fact emphasised the heart In connection with the Intellect of man. Turn to Deut. 8:5: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might;" and to 1 Pet. 1:22: "Love one another with a pure heart fervently" the heart In connection with the affections. Look at Dan. 1: 8: "But Daniel purposed In his heart that he would not defile blm aelf with the king's meat;" also Acts 11:23: "That with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord" the heart to cdnnectton with the will. It Is plain, therefore, that by "tho heart of man" we mean the place wber his Intellect, affections and will are focused; the centre of the intellectual, loving, purposeful self In every one. If we want a picture ot wti.it we are naturally, we have It here: "The heart Is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;" and "out of the heart pro ceed evil thoughts," etc. Yet what ever the condition of every heart, Christ is seeking to make It His guest chamber. Are we willing to allow Him to do this? Have we responded to the In vitation: "My aon, give Me thine heart" the heart looked at from the three standpoints we have no ticed? Have we surrendered our thinking, loving and purposing pow ers to Him? It may be that some one has come to Keswick with the desire to know what Is taught hepe, because you have an idea that it. does not fit In with your theological poBitloa. God wants yo'ir Intellect. Are you willing to give Mm your speculations, your criticisms of His word and Ms mes sengers? Arc you willing to make th confession of the Psalmist your own: "ISirJ, my heart Is not lifted up, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself In great matters or in flings too high for me?" Shall we not begin this convention right with God by yielding onr hearts that He may cleanse tho chamber an'l make it fit for Him to dwell in? Our Intellects, affections and wills r.iven to Illrn, tho lower we got be fore Him the deeper will be our union nnd eomniunlon with Him. Are we willing to do His will? If not are we willing to be made will in?? Running through the llf" of every child of God are two groat forces Dlv'no will and human will So Ion? as they are side by side, all Is well; but ofttimes your will ond the will of the Master cross, and then there is a stop, and this Is where you find it necessary to die to solf. Tho Chrls t'an life means the intellect, rffec tlons and will made r,er absolutely to the Master, that He may do what aeemeth Mm good. And what will He do" He will take full possession of the guest chamber, turning tbo searchlight of His Holy Spirit into every corner. But He does this, no? all tit once, but gradually, ns we are able to bear the light revealing the tinful thing, need ing the Blood that it may he removed. Then He takes His own wondrous Word and enlightens It by His Spirit; and we como to know what ta His will for us, and that the enlightened Word will fashion our lives. There Is no pattern In the Word of God for the child of God but the Son of God. What times we are living in! In our niorutng papers the first thing one notices seems some Indication of the coming of tbo Lord. And If He la coming Boon, what does He want from you and me? You recall His last recorded words: "Ye shall re ceive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you, and ye shall be My wltnessea." Never since that day has there been more need of wit nesses to Him than at the present time. He may have called you to Keswick to teach you hovr to bo a witness to Him. We shall be wit nesses unto Him exactly in propor tion as our hearts are the Master's guest chambers, for only as He lives In i mi can He work through us His wondrous, gracious, loving purpose. And what is that purpose? "Whom He did foreknow, He also did pre destinate to be conformed to the Image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many breth ren." As He dwells In you He will bine forth, and be through you a witness to Himself. So, being cleansed, sanctified, and Indwelt by (he Master, we shall be what He de sires we should be, witnesses unto Him. MRS. MARRYAT. "The average woman," said Orum ball. "has but on Idea, and that's dress." "Hun!" snorted starryat, "my wife usually has at least a doxen ilea, and they're dressea." Catholic Stan dard and Time. . . Subject: .Teu nnd the Womnn of Sniunria, John 4:142 Golden Text, John 7:87 Commit Yer-.ru 23, 21 Commentary. TIME. December, A. D. 27. PLACE. Svchar. EXPOSITION. I. Jesus rcvci.N Himself as the Sfes-I.ih to tlir woman of Snmnrln. 10-21. The woman of Samaria had said to Jesus, "Give me this water, 1. e., the living water (v. 15; cf. vs. 10, 13 nnd 14). Jesus will answer this prayer, but first the wom an must ho brought to realize that sho Is n sinner. Conviction of sin usuallv precedes the reception of the Holy Spirit. So Jesus aimed a sharp thrust at her conscience, "Go call thy husband" (v. 16). It was effective. Heart and life were lnld harp. Sho briefly answered, "I have ro hus band." But little did she know how Jesus would drive tho answer home to her own conscience (vs. 16-1 S). The woman tried to parry the thrust by engaging Jesus In n theological dis cussion. This Is a common method used by m?n when we try to drive home to thern a conviction of their own sin. They seok to case their conscience by drawing us into n dis cussion on some side theological Is sue. The woman failed In her at tempt. Jesus' answer to her question went even moro deeply to tho need of her soul. It was beginning to dawn upon tho woman that Jesus was a prophet Indeed. Ho had read her heart. Jesus showed her tho nttcr formality and worthlessne3s of all her worship of which sho had made ber boast. The standing controversy be tween tho Jews and tho Samaritans was whether they should worship it Mt. Zlon or aft Gerlzim (v. 20). Jesus shows to the woman that this Is not tho real question at issue. The question Is not where we shall wor ship, but how we shall worshln. These are strong words with which Jesus exposed the hollownoss of the worship of this woman and her follow Samaritans. "Yo worship ye know not what," but tho words are equally true of much modern so-called Chris tian worship. "Salvation Is from the Jews." To them were committed the orRClei of God (Bom. 3:2). Of them the Christ, the Saviour of the world, is born according to the flesh (Rom. 1:3). The Jews were tho first her alds of a crucified and rl--on Saviour, in whom salvation is offered to all men. The world owvg to the Jews a debt that it can never repay. But while salvation Is from the Jpws, the Jews as a people have rejected It. Tho Heavonly Father Is seeking wor shipers (v. 22, R. V.) God Is seeking not only those who will serve Mm and obey Him. but those who will worship Him. He do?s not find many worshipers, though He Is seeking them. Prayer is not worship. Thanks giving Is not worship. Worship Is bowing before God In adoring con templation of Himself. "In our pray ers we are taken up with our needs; In our thanksgiving we are taken up with our blessings; in our worship we are taken up with Himself," and He Is seeking worshipers. Does He find one In you? And Cod Is seeking only one kind of worshipers, those who worship in spirit, that Is, In the Holy Spirit, and In truth, that is, In reality, not In mere pretense (cf. Phil. 3:3, R. V.). The flesh seeks to intrude into every sphere and even into the sphere of worship. But the worship which the flesh prompts is not acceptable to God. We are absolutely dependent upon the Holy Spirit to teach us how to worship nnd to lead us Into accept able worship. God Is a spirit, not a mere outward form. Though God is spirit In His essential essence. He docs manifest Himself in visible form (Ex. 24:9, 10; 33:18, 23), and tho glad day Is coming when the pure in heart shall see Him (Matt. 5:8; 1 John 3:2). The woman knew that the Messiah was coming and was waiting until Ho came to tell her all things'. Ho, Indeed, is the one who docs tell us all thing.?, but He was already there. Jesus makes one of the clearest an.l most unmistaka ble declarations tiiat He Is the Mes siah to this outcast Samaritan wom an, "I that speak unto thee am He." II. The Samaritan woman becomes n witness for Ju l- new-found Saviour, 27, 21). The dl3dples were greatly surprised that He. talked with a wom an. Women are of no more account In the eyes of some men to-day than they were In the eyes of the disciples. The disciples ought not to have been surprised that Jesus talked with a woman, a Samaritan and a sinner, if they had only stopped to think that Ho had condescended to talk with them. The woman, however, doss not wait. She hurries into the city to t :1I others the good news. In her eagerness she even forgets to take her waterpot with her. She came out to get a waterpot full of water and she went back with a whole well in her heart (cf. v. 14). When one real ly finds Jesus he is willing to leave all that he may go and tell others about Jesus. Her message to the men of the city was the old gospel mes sage, "Come." And what were they to come and do? "See a man." That Is what we, most need -to see Jesus (cf. 1:2'S). She sums up what Jesus had done In a short sen'once, "He told nie all things that ever 1 did." And then asks tho question, "Is not this the Christ?" Could there be any belter proof that He was the Christ? She brought the whole town to the Saviour (vs. 40-42). LEADING QUESTIONS. What does this lesson teach us as to how to deal wl(h souls? What does it teacli us about JesuB? What does It teacb about God? What does It teach about worship? What does it teach about testimony? Ice Sailors li.e- a Wolf. Employes of the Government Indi an school have built two Ice boats and are learning to handle thean in a seamunllke manner. While one party was enjoying a sail they discovered a wolf and Imme diately gave chase. One of the run ners struck the wolf. It was stunned by tho blow and then easily killed by the sailors.--Fort Totten Corre spondence Minneapolis Journal. At the end of 1900 the Imperial Chinese Telegraph Administration had a system length of 22,419 miles, with 34,437 miles of wires and 946.11 nautical miles ot sub marine cables. Offices numbered 379, of which sixty-two were opea for day and night service and 317 for day service only. The number of Instru ment In actual use was 768. The staff of the bead office In Shanghai numbered alxty-aeren and the general staff 3175, whtla Inspoctors, linesmen, etc.. totalled 2400. New York City. Th loose box coat Is a pronounced favorite of the season and Is peculiarly woll adapted to fur and to the many fur plushes aro of tho fashionable threo-quartor I'-ngth and the coat Is to loose and ample that It can be slipped on and off with the greatest ease. Tho coat Is made with the loose that aro exceptionally beautiful this year, although Us usefnlnoss Is not to be confined, for It la also ndnptod to broadcloth and to all suitings as well as to tho various viker materials used for separate coats. In the Illus tration It Is made of broadtail plush with trimming of handsome buttons and with braid and la an exceeding ly amart llttlo garment that can be worn over any gown. The sleeves fronts and backs that can be mado with the seam at tho centre as Ulus '.rated or without, cut one ploce, as Iked, and Is finished with a wide roll yvor collar at tho nock. The sleevos iro mado In ono piece each, gathered Dresiry Evening Hats. For evening wear dressy hats of laco or mallne will be worn. Hunter's Oftm For Blouses. Piping of hunter's-green panne velvet follow the ed,ge of the tuck on a blouse of champagne pongee. New Whiffed Collar. An entirely now winged collar, with little round wings turning back from the centre of the front, Is among the newest of the neckwear. Yoke Gives Slendcrnoe. A too narrow square of contrasting material let Into the back of a walat, yoke fashion, has an odd Idbk like a j patch, but If It Is Just right glvee a j becoming slenderness to womon In- 1 cllned to stoutness. Waistcoat. The separate waistcoat Is not alone a fashionable feature of the eoaaon, It Is aUo an eminently prac tical one. Few, if any, of the coats are really sufficiently warm for actual cold weather, and this extra garment allows of varying the weight as the day demands. Velvet broadcloth, brocade, embroidery, all are called Into requisition. Broadcloth la used both plain and elaborately braided, velvet both of the plain and the fancy sorts Is well liked and, Indeed, almost every material of a similar sort Is used, and the garment oan be made plain or elaborate as the cos tume demands one sort or the other. This model la pocullarly.. desirable, as It allowe a choice of single or double breasted closing and of the regular or round collar. A third style also can bo evolved by using the single breasted model, omitting the collar and meeting, In place of lapping the front edges. In the Illustration the single breasted waistcoat Is made of broadcloth with trimming of sou--tache applique, while the double breasted one Is shown to the same material simply stitched with belding into bands to which the roll-over cuffs are attached. Tho quantity of material required for the medium size Is three and seven-eighth yards twunty-seven, two yards forty-four or ono and three quarter yards fifty-two inches wide. Protty Howl. The graceful burnoose, which is of Arabian origin. Is copied very carefully by some women's tailors of importance and worn by American society womon over their elegant evening gowns. The hood, which Is of an Integral part of the garment us worn by tho Arabs, Is convenient to draw on over tho hair without dis turbing the many puffs and curls of the evening coiffure. Honed Corset Waist, Thore are several varieties of the new boned corset waist on the mar ket. These sprang Into use with the popular princess and other tight dress forms, but they will not pass out with them, for, from overy point of view, whether of comfort, beauty or mere utility, they aro the most attractive form of underwear that has been recently devised. silk In tailor style. Both are closed with handsome buttons, however. The waistcoat is made with fronti ' and backs und tho front! are fitted by means of single darts. The slngU j breasted waistcoat Is simply under- i faced at the edges and finished with NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 4 SPREADS TERROR. Doyiestown (Special). Residents of Neshnminy, In Warrington Town ship, aro terrorized by an Incendiary who a few days ago burned ono barn nnd set Are to another. The last to lie burned was that of Joseph Stack houso, near the Cozens Memorial Chapel, In which there Is now a fac tional fight. Mr. Stnckbouse, who Is not n work er In the church. It was learned nftor the fire, had received warning lot tors. Neighbors were discussing In the Neshamlny store tho first fire nnd the letter which bad been scut to Charles Brannen, tho owner of the liuilding. when tho alarm came that tho ftnekhouse tarn was on flro. Voluiiteer firemen from Willow Groe with buckets and extinguishers, re sponded to the alarm and aided In saving the house. To add to the terror of the resi dents there is the fear that more flrei will take place, as George A. Rnghurst. who Is Interested In tho church fight, has tecolved warning that tho creamery In which he re sIiIob will be burned. Slnoo tho spilt In the congregation one fnctlon has been worshlnlne In this building. Japanese Lines. The Japanese bodice has not alto gether disappeared. It Is shown in many of the newest waist models. The long sloping shoulders of this type ot bodice are universally becom ing. Of the trimming for these waists braid and velvet are undoubt edly the most fashionable. a round collar, but tho double breast ed one shows a aeam at the centra front with the coat collar and lapel finishing the neck. The quantity of material required for the medium slxe Is one and one half yards twenty-seven or one yard forty-four or fifty-two Inches wide. TRUANT school. STARVING HIMSELF TO DEATH. Pottsvllle (Special). Charles Warzel, who Is awaiting execution In tho county Jail here for killing his swoetheart, Mattle Roland, Is making a desperate effort to cheat the gal lows by starving himself to death. He now takes only half a glass of milk dally and is coufldent that he will not live to be hung. Tho most tempting meals, placed In his cell, have not availed to break down War ners purpose, his fear of the gal lows overcoming his hunger. LIVES WITH IIHOKKN XECK. Lancaster (Special). William Habecker, of Brunncrville, Is a pa tient at St Joseph's Hospital with a broken nock nnd the entire staff of physicians are making a great fight to save lils ll'e. While driving a wagon loaded with wood. Habecker fell from the top of the pile. When picked up It was 'ound that his neck was broken. It !s believed thnt there Is chance for Ms recovery. AIDS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. Pittsburg (Special ) .At a meet ing of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, $25,000 was donated to tho widows ind children of tho 250 miners kill ed last month In the Dnrr Mine dis aster at Jacob's Oreok. Pa. Tho money was turned over to tho Darr Mine Felief Committee in this city to ho distributed as conditions warrant. P1TTSBTJRG WORKMEN SUE. Pittsburg (Speolal). The Iron City Trades Council, with fifty-eight local unions, representing 83,000 skilled worknven, filed a suit In Com mon Pleas Court against the offi cials of the Allegheny County work house. The complainants allege a violation Of the act of June 13, 1888. by hir ing; out and letting bv contract the labor nnd services of tho inmates. HwilllMII To Run For Senator. Coatesvllle (Special). W. A. P. Thompson, who has been prominently mentioned as a candidate for State Senator from Chester County, In a statement made public, declines, on account of business Interests, to bo a candldnte at this time. Friends of ex-Burgess E. D. Baldwin aro urging hli:i to bo a candidate for the office. items in Kit n r. When a water back attached to the kitchen range In the home of W. H. Snyder, of Windsor, exploded and Mrs. Snyder was severely scalded about the face and body. Her condi tion Is serious. In paying for liquor licenses Uchuylklll County saloon keepers gave up $20,000 In gold :oin, which they bad hoarded. Tho Methodist Church of Ccntralla Une received a check for $300 from Andrew Carnegie to aid in paying for now pipe organ. The family of William Ruch, at Klicksvllle, wore overcome by coal gas from a stove ut their home. Mrs. Knch aroso at 5 o'clock and fell In a taint to the floor. One child, un lu raut, 2 weeks old, Is In u serious way. In the northern end of Columbia bounty the work of lumbering Is be ng carried on with a rush never be loie equaled. All conditions are fa rorable for getting tbe logs out of '.he woods and three trains are busy lay and night hauling the logs to .ho mills at Jamison City. The country home of J. H. Snyder, a Reading Jeweler, was robbed of illvorwure and provisions during the night. Four coal offices In one neigh borhood were also entered and looted. The most Interesting development of the recent primary election In Slatlngton is the tie vote in the con test for councllmanlc nomination be tween John P. Gordan and R. P. Hutchison, of the Third Ward. The residents of Sanatoga and Lower Pottsgrove Township have or ganized n. fire company, with the fol lowing officers: Prosldent, 8. J. Kurtz; vice president, E. Harten stlne; recording secretary, John K. Bucher; financial secretary, J. M. Yerger; treasurer, P. Schock. The theft of a lighted lamp from the parlor of Nicholas Blanohe's home, In Consbohocken, was the strange act of a thief for whom the police are aeeklng. Tbe thief, with out even turning out the light, boldly walked out of the bouse with the blazing lamp In his hand. Frank H. Frederick waa elected treasurer of the Allentown Poultry Fanciers' Association, to succeed tbe lute UeorKe W. Kckert. Mrs. Bmellne Helffensteln, mother or former Register of Wills Albert Helffensteln, and the Oldest woman In Norrlstown, died at ber home, aged 96 years. Eleven of a herd of twenty-two nairy cows neionging to w. F. MoCov residing at McCoy's Fording, four mile west or wiiowb, were killed on account of being afflicted with lu- ourcuiosis. mr. Mct.oy served a milk route In Lewlstown. linrrlsburg (Special). Superin tendent of Public Instruction Schaef tor wns questioned regarding the bill In Congress to have tho Carlisle In dian School presented to Pennsyl vania by the federal government. "1 cannot say very much," said Dr. Schaeffer. "I understand that the bill provides the Indians must be admitted to the school. If the gilt is made, ns woll as whites. I do not know Just why Pennsylvania should take up such a burden as that. We have only tho one small tribe of In dlaiis up In Warren County nnd the State does not need an Indian school. "If the State can get the school free of Incumbrance or embarrassing conditions It should take It," con tinued Dr. Schaeffer. "A fine Indus trial school could be maintained there for boys and girls, or both, and I think it would be an excel lent Idea to make one division of this school, a division to which Incorri gible could bo sent, boys and girls who have done nothing wrong for which they could and should be sent to a reformltory. but children who have got beyond the control of their parents. RUNNING TRAINS HY 'PHONE. Danville (Special). A large num ber of telegraph operators on the Reading Railway will be laid off In the near future when that company puts Into operation a complete sys tem of telephones to be used for train despatching. The Reading Is taking this step fol lowing closely upon the enforcement of the new federal eight-hour law for operators. The telephone system will first be given a trial on the Cata wissa division, running from West Milton to East Mahanoy Junction. Telegraph offices will be closed at all the stations along the line except at East Mahanoy Junction, West Mil ton, Catawlssa and Danville The telephone will be operated on a priv ate branch exchange now being In stalled at Quakake and the trainmen themselves will have access to the Instruments. LOST WIFE'S LOVE. Reading (Special). Alleging that the affections of his wife were alien ated by W. Morris Delsher, a promi nent Insurance man of this city, Oscar F. Metcalf, of Balntree, Mass., instituted suit against the former to recover $20,000 damages. Tho Metcalfs were married In 1901. Up to June, 1096, Mr. Met calf, alleges, thoy lived together hap pily. At that tlmo Mr. Dolsher Is said to have become acquatntod with Mrs. Metcalf. The latter recently In stituted suit for divorce. Mrs. Metcalf was, until lately, em ployed by a Reading medical com pany In which Mr. Delsher was a stockholder and officer. Money Fed To The Flames. Darby (Special). Tho members of the Darby Fire Company, No. 1, made a record-breaking run of half a mile up hill, when children play ing with matches set fire to the apartment house of Simon Drew, Ninth and Cedar Streets, and Imperil ed the lives of several occupants of the house who wero rescued. One hundred dollars In greenbacks was dstroyed In the blaze. House Filled With Stolen Goods. Danville (Special). The police ol Danville raided the Temple homo and took Into custody the throe Temple brothers, tbe oldest of whom Is not over 20 years of ago, and secured enough merchandise to stock a good sized store. They are accused of robbing tho store of lr. G. Boyer. at Muncy, on the night of January 21, but It Is thought that they will be implicated In a number of other rob beries. They confessed and were lodged in Jail to await trial. New Trolley Lino Opened. Pottsvllle (Special). Working all winter the Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Company has completed the new eight-mile trolley link, between Mlddleport and Tamaqua. With this connecting link, trolley cars will now be run from Pottsvllle to Mauch Chunk, through the most populous part of the anthracite regions.. Samuel Graflln, a son of the late Charlos Graflln, for many years post master of Catasauqua, received notlco of his appointment as postmaster at that place. ODDS AND ENDS. Tbe annual profit at Monte Carlo amount! to $5,000,Q00. The bone frame of the average whale weighs about 45 tons. The human eyes are rarely of equal power In the same person. It Is estimated that Immigrants re turning homo took out of tbe United States lust year $110,000,000. Washington now has 78 public statues. New York 76, Boston 36, Philadelphia 33 and Chicago about 20. The city of Philadelphia has paid for a strip of land 1 Inch by 175 feet at Broad and Walnut Streets $32,- 600. A fashion article on bridal veils re lated that a recent bride wore her face covered on the way to the altar. At Bay City, Mich., there I a pile of sugar beets consisting of 390 tons, worth $47,000. The pile Is 700 feet long and 1 7 feet "Sigh. A careful estimate shows that the building and land on Manhattan Is land from the Battery to Central Park are worth $2,900,000,000. There I one American book which should be counted among the best seller. Over 3,000,000 copies have ii sold. It Is "Tbe Horse Book," Issued by the government. Australia 1 26 times larger than the British Isles. A Danish scientist named Poulson has perfected his apparatus for wire less telephony, so that he can talk ami be heard distinctly from Copen hagen to Berlin, some 240 mile. A royal decree has Just been Issued In Holland abolishing the rule pro mulgated three years ago which for bade women employed In the postal and telegraph unices to marry. Tbe next census will snow that Pennsylvania baa two cities each with a population of 500,000, a distinction which no other state In the Union will possess. Philadelphia Press. FEBRUARY NINTH. Ministering to Strangers snd the Sick. Mstt. 25: 31-46. Loving the Btrnnger. Deut. 10: 18-19. Hospitality. I Tim. 6: 110. Brotherly love. Heb. 13: 1-3. Jesus and the sick. Luke 4: 38-41. Tho c:tlllng committee. Jas. 5: 13-15. Christ's command. Matt. 10: B-15 Christianity is a glorious thing now; but Its present glory Is only a shadow of what It will be (v. 31). There Is something of the sheep and something of the goat In each of us, and wo cannot divide them; only Omniscience can strike the Just blow (v. 32). x The Kingdom is not earned by us, but inherited; not prepared by us, but prepared from the beginning (v. 34). Christ's Identification with the needy is not a figure of speech; he Is In thorn (v. 35). Suggestions. Is hospitality a lost art with us? If so, with It we have lost much of Christ. Each of us Is Bome time to be sick, und to know in our own experience how Mused Is klndnesB then. Foreigners are strangers, and thiB lesson Is a home-mission plea for hos pltallty toward them. All our social committees should endeavor to turn our sociability where It is needed, toward- the strangers and the sick. Illustrations. Our homes are part of our Christian capital. Is It lying Idle? Sickness Is a Christian opportunity. Some are shut away from the world that Christ may come In to them Their feet are clogged that they may be blessedly caught. What If the size of our heavenly mansions depended upon the numbor of rooms In our earthly mansions used for Christ? No excursions so far as those one may take with "shut-Ins"! Stairways rise from sick rooms Into the unseen world. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNCAY, FEBRUARY 9. Holp and Deliverance in God. Isa. 29. 18,19; Psa. 146. 7-9. Southern Educational Work. The prophet looks forward to a day when the deaf, the blind, the poor, the meek, shall have their chance He was not thinking of the work of Southern education, but If he had been his words could not have been more to the point. The work our church and other churches are doing for whites and blacks In I ho South Is the Chrlstly work of opening the deaf ears and the blinded eyes to Christian truth, and of making the poor and the meek to rejoice. Nothing is surer than that tho work of Southern education U the Lord's work, so unselfish is It, so compas sionate, so brotherly, so truly redeem ing In Its nature. It has secured jus tice for those who know nothing but oppression, it has fed hungry minds, It has broken the prison bars of Ig norance, it has opened the blinded eyes of prejudice, It has lifted up Into self-respect the bowed-down, -and It has brought material, social and spiritual salvation to thousands of the fatherless und widowed of both races Read the literature of this work, and see If this Is not simple truth. This thome Is moant to have spe cial reference to our work in the South, which Is conducted In the schools and colleges controlled by the Board of Education, Froedmen's Aid and Sunday Schools. This work of the Board concerns It self with educational effort among both races, because the two races In the South aro interdependent, and the chlcfost foo of both is Ignorance, with Its resulting prejudlco, hatred and strife. Tho safety, not to say the prosperity and happiness, of each race depends, above everything else, on the fully-rounded Christian education of the other There Is abundant bone for perma nent success In this work. Tho South is belated, but not degenerate. Both races reached by our schools are rich in promise. Its white people are of purest American stock the stock from which Lincoln sprung. They are Protestants and patriots. Over one hundred and forty thousand mon from tbe mountains sprang to the defense of tbe Union. Behind Us black peo ple nre from live ten ten generations of American-born ancestry. In the slnglo generation since slavery they have clearly demonstrated their eager ness und capacity for education and tbe higher life. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Morris K. Jesup, phianthroplst, died at the age of seventy-eight years. Dr. Edward R. Taylor, recently olected Mayor of San Francisco, has several volumes of poems to his lit erary credit. E. A. MacDowell, regarded as fore most among American composers, died in New York City after an ill ness of two years. Captain "Ben" Parker, famouB yacht skipper, who twice came to America with Sir Thomas Llpton, died In Southampton. William R. Smith, a Scotchman by birth, is about to complete his fifty fifth year as Superintendent of the Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C. T. Tchigorln, the noted chesamas ter, died at St. Petersburg at the age of fifty-seven. He played In many national and International tourna ments. Senator Charles A. Culberson, of Texas, has been selocted by the Sen ate Democratic caucus as leader ot the minority In the upper house. He I fifty-two years old. Dr. Herman V. HUprecht, of Phila delphia, notod Assyrlologtst, whrio standing as a scholar and author has been questioned, say he will refuse to reopen the controversy. Grover Cleveland told the National Democratic Club the country needed conservatism, buoyant but safe Americanism and the reinstatement ot constitutional observance. Colonel Theodore A. Dodge, who has lived tor more than ten rears In Paris, while completing his "History ot N'aooleon." has lust been elected president ot the American Club In Parle. Baron Takahlra, Japanese Ambas sador to America, Is well known In both New York and Washington, through his former diplomatic and cousular service, and all that U kuowu of him 1 good.
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