THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. ROBERT J. KENT.
Thame : All PwUdcm tn Christ.
Brooklyn, N. Y. In tt e Lewi Ave
nue Congregational Church, Sunday
morning, the pastor, the Rev pr.
Robert 3. Kent, preached on "All
Fullness In Christ." The text wat
from Colosalans 1:19: "For It pleased
the Father that In Him should al'
fullness dwell." Dr. Kent said
Jesus Christ Is being better under
stood and btttCT appreciated all the
time. l'aul had a truer and more
glorious conception of Him thirty-five
years after the crucifixion than the
disciples who had lived in intimate
fellowship with Him during His min
istry. Under the tuition of the Spirit
the beauty and grandeur of His char
acter, the magnitude and Inestimable
value of His service to God and hu
manity grew upon men. The language
of eulogy Is taxed to Its uttermost In
describing the glory of His person
and position. In the four verses Im
mediately preceding the the text
three statements of sublime slgnifi
lance are mad He is the image ol
the invisible (Jod! The universe wat
sreated by film and for Him! He Is
the head of the church! Therefore
In all things Ho has pre-eminence.
That pre-eminence has not been
Shanked as the centuries have passed.
While doctrines and theologies have
held and lost the attention of men,
their interest has been Increasingly
sentred on the person of Jesus. Chi is
llan experience Is verifying the state
ment of the text that all fullness
dwells in Jesus Christ. Tho word
'fullness" by Itself Is an empty word;
the "fullness of God" is glorious, but
mUty. It Is when we take up one by
one Hie qualities with which Christ
Was so richly endowed by the Fathei
that we begin to appreciate the mean
ing of the text.
In Him is the fullness of power
It was the power of Christ that at
first gained the eager attention ol
men. We may not fully understand
.he mighty deeds He performed; In
:he confusion of thought at the pres
ent time regarding the miracles ol
the Gospels we may feel utterly per
plexed. But that a deep and abiding
Impression of power was made by the
Master on the people of His day there
cannot he the slightest doubt. That
Impression was voiced by the two sad
hearted disciples who journeyed to
Emmuus and when the unrecognized
Jesus asked them what things had
come to pass that so deeply moved
them replied: "Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth, which was a prophet
mighty In deed and word before God
and all ths people." The story that
Mark has written aims to present
Christ as the mighty worker; and
John tells us that his purpose In writ
ing was to picture Christ as the Son
of God.
The early Christian church was
conscious of the possession of power,
of power which It derived from its In
visible but ever-present Lord. It saw
It working In the regeneration of
men's hearts, in the reformation of
their lives, In the transformation of
communities. Christianity was not
merely a new philosophy, a new form
of worship; It was the power of God
unto salvation to every one who ac
cepted it. That power has not waned
during the centuries Christ has been
the conqueror. He has been the most
magnetic personality in the world's
history. Men of all classes and con
ditions, the rich and poor, the prince
and peasant, the learned and Illiter
ate, the saint and sinner, have been
drawn to Iilm. They have conse
crated heart and life to Him. In spite
of the most determined and malig
nant opposition, the gospel of His
kingdom has been preaehud through
out the world. Nothing could stop it.
He has erected His judgment seat
among men, and more and more the
words, thoughts, deeds, the lives nnd
characters of men and nations are
being brought to Judgment before
Christ. There was a time when men
supposed that by violence they could
stamp out Christianity; Herod tried
it and failed; the Jewish rulers tried
it when they crucified Jesus and
failed; Saul of Tarsus tried it and
failed. Who would dream that it
could be doue to-day? Surely the
years have demonstrated that the
fullness of power resides In Jesus.
There Is In Christ the fullness of
wisdom. We do not class Christ
amo.ig the learned men of the world.
He was not a writer of mat;y books.
He wrote nothing. We do not in
clude Him among the great philoso
phers of the ages. There is a phlloso.
phy of Christianity, but Christianity
Is not a philosophy. We do not find
a wonderful versatility of knowledge
in the discourses of Jesus. He did
not talk of many things, yet th.- m
of the early days, and the thoughtful
men of subsequent generations, have
been profoundly impressed with His
wisdom. He knew the things of
greatest concern to men; He knew
them with a clear, searching intui
tion. He knew God, lis character,
His purpose. His plans. The Fathet
had revealed Himself to His Son. He
knew man, his joys and sorrows, his
aspirations and temptations, his sin
fulness and his glorious possibilities.
He knew the secrets of peace, of Joy.
He knew the things that give deepest
and most enduring satisfaction; the
bread of life, and the water of life.
Jesus is the world's teacher. One
of His most precious titles is Master.
Not only in the truth He taught, but
In the way He taught it. He was peer
less. By precept and parable and ex
ample He had taught the principles
that He at the foundation of human
ity's progress. Men who want to
know what Is best for themselves
and for the world still sit revureutly
at Jesus' feet. In the discussion of
the vital problems of the present age,
men isk, What did Jesus say? For
He dealt with the things that most
concern the heart and life, and. there
tore, He dealt with the questions of
perennial luterest.
The fullness of love is in Jesus.
Love divine is a tree that has many
branches. One is compassion, an
other pity, another patleuce, another
pardon, another sacrifice. The in
finite pity and compassion of God
looked out through the eyes of Jesus
Upon deformed and unfortunate men.
His heart went out to those who had
lost the sprijg and joy of life, or who
bed never known tbsm. H saw tbs
darkened home, the saddened heart,
and His tears of tender sympathy
flowed. A wise atul wUe-bcarted man
who Is constantly dealing with youth
ful culprits has said that hi own aim
'i to call forth what is best lu the
boys; to awaken a sense of honor,
'manliness, a uohle ambition In them.
TbU Is what Jesus did. Love divine
in Him reached down to sinful, bro
ke.! men in order to lift them up and
beal them. He awakened hope and
resolute endeavor. He made men
feel that they could be pardoned and
begin a new life. He took them by
the hand, as He did the girl who the
baeiehbors said was dead, byt Jesus
declared was asleep, and said,
"Arise " And this fullness of love
found Its crowning proof and glory in
the cross: so that, when you speak of
great love, you naturally point to
Calvary.
Now all these and many other qual
ities were united In Christ. Other
men have been great because of some
one rare quality of personality; Jesus
possessed them all. Therefore, He
has never ceased to Interest the world.
Fr 1 the day He returned after the
sou -struggle In the wilderness to the
banks of Jordan until He died on Cal
vary, He lived without seeking it In
the public eye. After His desth, in
stead of forgetting Him, men became
more Interested In Him. The eyes of
the world have never ceased to look
upon Him. Theologies have come
and gone; the church has had its ups
and downs: but Jesus Is always the
centre of Interest. There stand on
my library shelf two large volumes
fresh from the press. They are a
dictionary of Jesus, what He said and
did. And they happen to stand along
side of a volume on "Jesus Christ and
the Social Question." It suggests the
unfailing Interest of thoughtful men
In Jesus. They are never satisfied
1 with what has been said and written
regarding Him. There will be other
I dictionaries, other lives of Christ, in
j the coming years. And when great
social problems are discussed, the
question of the home, of work and
wages, of capital and labor, of human
brotherhood, men will turn as they
do now to the Gospels to study afresh
what Jesus said. Let there be dis
covered the merest fragment of some
ancient manuscript containing In mu
tilated form some saving of Jesus and
the news of the discovery is tele
graphed around the world, and the
fragment become:-- priceless. How are
tn nvi.lnd. tliic indvttio, Intorocf
I in Jesus? Not In any of the outward
I circumstances or conditions of Hll
life. How limited and meager It was!
j A life of poverty; g brief life: begin
j ning In a manger, ending on a cross
A life outside the circles of libraries
I and great thinkers, outside the circles
of wealth and social position. The
secret of Its unique command upon
the interest of men Is giveu in the
text: "It pleased the Father that Id
1 Him should all fullness dwell."
The hope of the world is in Him
I To Him we bring our burdens and
I perplexities. To Him we come foi
I comfort and strength. To be In vital
relation to Him is our highest privi
lege. Having Him as our personal
Lord and Master we have life's high
est prize. He Is'Ood's richest gift tt
i the world. He Is the clearest inter
i pretatlon to humanity of the iuflnUe
wealth of love and wisdom and powei
of God. The divine heart beats In the
I bosom of J. . the divine voicj
I speaks through His lips; the divine
help Is given through His service; the
divine life Is imparted through fel
I lowship with Him.
I The leadership of the world be
longs to Jesus. The fullness of God
dwells in Him to accomplish the eter
nal purpose of God; the establishment
of the kingdom of love In humur
hearts. He has been equipped for tiu
service of leadership. To Him ha
been given fullness of vision that H
may see the way: fullness of powei
that He may overcome every obstacle,
fullness of love that He may win men
and make them follow Him. lie Whc
died on the cross Will occupy the
throne: the despised and rejected ol
men will receive universal praise and
love. To hasten the day when all
shall know Him, when the eterna
purpose of redeeming love shall b:
fulfilled la the kingdom of Christ Is
our supreme duty. To that work
we should consecrate our lives, it
should kindle our enthusiasm. Jesus
should be supreme in our thought
aad speech, our affection and devo
tion. May He be our leader! May
we gladly, enthusiastically folio-
Him I
trill H LEAGUL LESSONS
SUNDAY, JULY 6.
Spiritual Vision and National Vitality
(Prov. 29: 18; Psa. 46.)
Prov. 29: 18. The difference In the
rendering of this passage In the Re
vised Version is significant. InsteAd
of "the people perish," It reads, "the
people cast off restraint." It is with
nations as with Individuals. The ab
sence of spiritual vision, of high pur
pose to be realized and lofty goal to
be attained, removes all motive for
self-control, loosens all restraint, and
so makes life nothing but the satis
faction of present desires, which In
volves dissipation of Its energies and
degenerntlon of Its powers.
Just as the selfcontrol of the ath
lete. Inspired by the vision of the
goal he would attain, results In the
Increase of his vitality, so the re
straint of self-control Imposed upon
a nation by itself. In the effort to at
tain unto the vision of the highest
possible national life and character,
makes for nations! health and vi
tality. The lawlessness which has dtsgrnc-
I il our national Ufa of recent years
Is a Flgn of national weakness, and
Is undoubtedly due to the lack of
rlllOD of a spiritual goal for our na
tional life, to the absence of moral
Issues In our national affairs, to the
open proclamation by a few and the
tacit approval by the many of the
doctrine that the main object of gov
ernment Is the protection and promo
tion of business, and commercial
prosperity the goal of national en
denvor. Pan, 46. The occasion of this p.-nlm
II probably the destruction of Sonnn
cherfb'l army when It threatened the
existence of Israel as an independent
nation. Its central thought is "that
God's presence Is safety and peace,
whatever storms may roar." In the
flr?t strophe (verses l-:i) It sets forth
that though the land may rock and
reel with the convulsions of nature,
still the nation is safe while it real
izes the nearness of Jehovah as a re
fuge. The second strophe (verses 4
T) sings that even though the hostile
nations combine in their might
ngain't Jerusalem, she has a sure de
fense as long as she realizes the In
timate presi are of her God. In the
third strophe (verses 8-11) men are
called to wonder nnd to praise at the
recent "deeds of Jehovah" in scatter,
ing the hostile nrmy. and those who
would war ngalnst him are warned to
dealst, for "I will be exalted in tho
nations."
Thus In lofty strains the poet sings
the great truth that the vision of Je
hovah in the midst of a nation Is a
guaranty of safety In Its hour of peril.
&unfcaij-&cftoof J
.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
M MTU Kill JULY 8.
JULY FIFTH.
I "The Men Did the Work Faithfully."
You cannot set the world right, or
the times, hut you can do something
for the truth, and all you can do will
I certainly tell if the work you do Is
I for tn i Master, who gives you your
I snare. And so the burden of respou
i sibillty is lifted.
This assurance makes peace, satls
I faction and repose possible, even in
i the partial work done upon earth. Go
j to the man who is carving a stone for
! a building. Ask him where that
stone is going, to what part of the
! temple, and how he is going to get It
I into place, and what does he do? He
points you to the builder's plans,
j This Is only one stone of many. So,
. when men shall ask where and how
your little achievement is going Into
I (li d's plan, point them to your Mas
) ter, who keeps the plans, and then gj
: on doing your little service as faltn-
fully as if the whole temple were
yours to build. Phillips Brooks.
God Watches I n Lovingly.
The thought of God's eye upon its
,s usually looked upon as a thought j
to strain and bridle us in the hour of
temptation nnd carelessness; and so I
tt is. But with our selfish love of I
forbidden things we miss what is I
meant not merely to restrain us, but
to be the greatest and most unfailing
of our comforts. The ttiought that
God sees us always Is His great en- I
couragement and help to His children
In doing right. His eye is not the eye
of a Judge and ruler only, but of a
shepherd and father, the lover of the
souls of men, these poor souls of ours
and of our brethren, not sparing even
His own Son for them. We are being
watched by an eye of tenderness und
sympathy deeper and truer than even
that of any man on earth for his au'
ferlng friend. Church.
Sengs of the Heart. VII. Longings
and Satisfactions. Ps. 63.
(Consecration Meeting.)
Longing for purity. Rom. 7: 24, 25.
Longing for perfection. Eph. 4: 8-13.
Christ's lunging for us. Heb. 13:
12-21.
Ixinglng for God. Ps. 18: 28-3C.
Satisfied In Hlai. Ps. 37: 1-11.
Kept by Him. Isa. 41: 8-14.
The longings of a man show what
he is; yet men foolishly treat their
desires ns beyond their control.
He is a hnppy man who learns ear
lv what is the one source of satisfac
tion, nnd does not waste life In the
pursuit of false pleasures.
We must follow hard after God,
close nnd cnger: no half-hearted fol
owlng will reach Him.
If our desires test us. so does our
ejolcing. In what do we glory? That
Is the other side of our desires.
Suggestions.
Every desire Is a prayer: every
prayer Is a confession of character.
When we long for that for which
God longs, then we enn receive that
which God longs to give.
Ixinglngs for high things lift us;
longlncs for low things drag us down.
To be perfectly satisfied Is every
man's right, and therefore every
man's possibility.
Illustrations.
God gives His children blank
checks, signed.
Worldly pleasures are like alcohol,
that merely feeds the fire of appetite;
but heavenly pleasures nre like true
food, that satisfies.
A Christian's longings nre like the
hollows of the S'-ashore; and God's
grace is like the tide, sure to fill all
the hollows.
Some of our longings are not satis
fled because our hands are stretched
out palm downward, to grasp, and not
palm upward, to receive.
Quotations.
Happy the man who early learna
the wide chasm that lies between his
wishes and his powers! Goethe.
In moderating, not In satisfying de
sires, lies peace. Heber.
Desires nre the pulses of the soul.
As physicians Judge by the appetite,
so may you by desires. Mant'jn.
The Good Life.
A good life is impossible until one
knows that there Is ever something
more desirable than living.
THE BRAVE DOG.
One day u boy und his dog Ret
went fishing In u boat. They brought
their lunch, and after their lunch
-they start .'d again fishing. All at
once the boy got a bite. He pulled
It out; It wrs a big trout, lie was
glad he caught it. After a whlla he
got another bite, as he thought. He
was caught in a log and it pulled hlrn
Into the water.
As soon as the dog saw the boy in
the water he Jumped in after him,
and caught him and brought him to
the boat. The boy got In first and
the dog next.
When they got to the bonk they
hurried home, and the boy told his
mother. He was glad he was not
drowned.
After that they called the dog
"Brave Rex." Edward J. Nolau, in
the Brooklyn Eagle.
The great Oxford dictionary, which
naa been under way for a generation.
ha reached "are."
Instunres of Ai.iniu! Kagnclry.
One of the oust remarkable In
stances of animal sagacity that ever
came to light In this section Is re
lated by engineer JameB Purrott and
conductor Frank King.
When the southbound passenger
train was near Hallsburg a mare sud
denly dashed up the track right
toward the train, running swiftly.
It looked us If she would run right
into the engine, and the air brakes
were quickly applied, slowing the
train down to six or seven miles an
hour. Engineer Parrott thought the
mare was blinded by the headlight,
but the train was no sooner slowed
down than the mare turned about and
went from the train, keeping right
down the tracks and making It im
possible to run fast lest tho animal
he struck.
The mure went straight to a bridge
over a creek, und when within a short
distance of the bridge of the railway
it was discovered that the colt of the
mare had fallen with ull of its feet
through the bridge, placing It where
it would have been killed had not the
mare literally flagged the train. The j
mare stopped and began whinnying,
and the train stopped also. Engineer I
Parrott, the fireman and sorue of the !
passengers got off and, relieving the
colt, left the mare to trot oft with her
young as proud as a peacock. Tboee
who witnessed the occurrence say It
was wonderful. Houaton Chronlcla.
Subject: Israel Asks For a King, t
Ham. X rjaMea Text, Prov. s i ",
Commit Verses l, 20 Read
Dent. 17:14-20 Commentary.
VX POSITION I. Jehovah tell
the people the manner of the King
that shall reign over them, vs. 10-1S
The people were eager for a king, sc
eager that they brusquely and heart
lessly tell Samuel that he Is too old tc
he any 1. nger fit for the place of lead
ership (vs. l-r). If Samuel's feelings
were in th- way of their amoltlon.
they miiBt be trampled upon, that it
nil, no matter bow faithful a ruiet
Samuel had been (1 8am. 12:3-5).
Hut Samuei seems to have been reap
ing In part the result of his own folly.
His sons were utterly unfit to be
Judges, but he made them judges over
Israel. It Is God's business to appoint
judges, and not man's. The fact that
Samuel himself was a Judge by divine
appointment gave him no right to
make his sons Judges by his wn ap
pointment. Divine gifts and offices
are not trnnsmlssable from father to
son. It Is a grave mistake to sacrifice
the work of God for the Interests of
our children. Fatherly ambition for
his sons seems to have led Samuel
astray. ?veti with t ie awful example
Of Ell before his eyes I cf . ch. 2:12,
13; 3:11-14) Hundreds of years be
fore (Dent 17:14, 15) God had an
ticipated the day when His people
should request a king, but He was nri
pleased with the request when it was
made (ch. l'2:17). That illustrates
the difference between what God pre
dicts and what God desires. "The
thing displenssd Samuel" (v. 6). It
was right that It. should; for u dis
pleased the Li rd as well. But there
seems as if there was eomethitf of a
personal element, not unmixed zeal
for God's honor, in Samuel's dis
pleasure. But he did the wisest thing
there was to lie done under the cir
cumstances. "He prayed unto .the
Lord" (v. C; cf. Phil. 4:6. 7). Sam
uel dues not seem to have had a word
of reproach for the ingratitud- of the
elders until nfU.r h.- had talked it
over with the Lord. It was r.ot God's
first choice to give them a kli.g, but
God has a way of training His chil
dren by letting them have their own
way and so find out by bitter experi
ence how much better His way is (Ps.
81:11, 12; Luke 15:12, 17. God
was their King. In asklrg a human
visible king, they had rejected thi di
vine invisible King. The real roi t of
their eror was essentially the same s
In making the golden calf. The desire
so common to-day for a visible human
priest and teacher to take the place
of the invisible Priest and Teacher,
Jesus, is of the same character. Th
unbelieving human heart cannot walk
ty faith. It wants sight. Israel's his
tory is all of a piece, a history of fail
ure and A pott any (v. S). The same is
true very largely of the history of the
professing church. God hearkened
unto their request (v. 9). The stern
est chastisement oftentimes that God
can send is just to let us have our
own way, but when God dies let His
willful children have their own way,
it is not without Bclemn protest
agulnst their folly (Matt. 23:37;
22:4; 11:16,17). When Israel chose
a king it was lu the face jf th full
revelation of what manner the kings
9hould be. Sc. men get their own
way to-day in the face of the
clear revelation of what that way
involves. Samuel waB in many re
spects a model preacher, h kept
silent until he got a message from the
Lord, and then he delivered It In full
(v. 10). He spoke only what the.
Lord gave him to speak and he spoke
all of that. It was not a very pleas
ant or a very welcome message, but it
was the one God gave him and he de
livered it all. They thought that they
might be very victorious ana joyous'
and glorious if they could only have a
king, but tney would find It quite dif
ferently (v. IS). He would bring
teats and not rejoicing. So it turned
out. What n curse to them, Israel's
kiugs taken as a whole, were. How
accurately God pictures the manner of
the coming klngB.
il. "Timt we uiso may be like ail
the nations" vs. 19-22. The people
were not at all moved by God's pic
ture of the woes the king woula bring
upon them. They refused to obey.
They hud made up their minds und
said, "We will," and that settled it.
When any man sets up his will against
Gcd's, then his ruin Is certain. Their
hearts were fully set within them to
do "Til, and their whole after history
showB the bitter consequences they
reaped. They desired a king only to
he like the surrounding natlonB (vs.
1W, 20), unu they made the wayward
ness of Samuel's sons the pretext for
demanding one. God had called them
to be a separate people (Ex. 33:16;
Lev. 20:24-26; Deut. 7:6). This was
a great honor (Ex. 19:5, 6; Deut.
26:18, 19), but Israel did not like the
1 lace of separation. They were daz
zled by the seen but temporal gl.ries
around then) and preferred them i
things uuBeen hut eternal (cf. 2 Cor.
4:18). It is just so with the church
t o-day. We are called to be a sep
arate people (2 Cor. 6:17; Rom.
12:2; 1 Pet. 2:9; Phil. 3:20). but the
church does not like the place of sep
aration. We want to "be like all the
nations." Samuel listened U all the
people had to say and then went and
poured It luto the bars of thi Lord.
It seems to have been Samuel's fixed
habit, when he was grieved,' to go off
and have a talk with God about it.
THOUGHTS Fofc TME:
O U I ET ROUH.
"JESUS ONLY."
(Matt. 17:8.)
N night that I do
Can my salvation win,
No strivings of my own
Can purge sway my sin:
But ".Tn only afied His blood for mt,
To wash away my ains and set me free.
No look within
To feelinn of mt own.
Cnn make salvation sure
Or for ray sins atone:
The Lord on Christ the aina of all hath
laid.
And "Jean only" hath atonement made.
No creed of mine.
HOWS ff correct it be.
Can save my soul and give
Eternal life to me;
Through "Jeaua only" comes the gift Di
vine. Through Him alone eternal life ia mine.
"n i,, 1 tn trnit'
E'en while I waiting standi
The years may pass.
And death be nigh at hand: I
Now. Saviour of the lost, I come to Thee,
WHO Jesus only tor my only pica.
W. D., in London Christian
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
TUE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
God's Work For Man.
What is written in the law? How
readest thou? Luke 10:26.
Macaulay in one of his revlewa
says. "The deeper and more complex
parts of human nature can be exhib
ited by means of words alone." To
many of us they nre mirrors, histo
ries. Every new Bcience adds many
new words to our language. Every
new discovery, every war adds a few
more. Each one of these new words
enlarges our knowledge.
But wordB do not increase our
knowledge of men morally or In the
language of the heart. Moral science
may have become more elaborate, but
the vital and Instinctive principles
which are for the guidance and de
velopment of manhood nnd character
have not been improved. All those
words called the Ten Commandments,
spoken at least 4000 years ago, de
scribe man just as fully and exhaust
ively to-day as they did then.
So also is this true of the laws of
the heart. If one of the Pharaohs
looked In upon us he would be bewil
dered at the multitudinous changes
in social, civic, commercial and indus
trial affairs ; yet what a gleam of In
telligent recognition and appreciation
would come Into his eyes the moment
he looked upon two lovers, or a moth
er nursing her baby, or into the faces
of sorrow by an open grave! These
are the same throughout all ages.
They are like the physical laws of
steam and of air and of electricity and
of motion; they are always there
man does not Invent them; he is their
discoverer.
Thus It is that man never pro
gresses by trying to Invent moral
truth. When he seeks to discover it,
follow It, live It, make It the supreme
object In life, then he finds himself
close to the divine. Presence, touch
ing the things of God, breathing the
spirit of God. And he needs not to
go far afield, for he finds it in himself,
In his relationship with his fellows,
and in God'a word.
It Is too often assumed that moral
laws are restrictions, fences, guards,
but the truth Is that it is sin that la
the restriction, It is sin that retards
manhood growth, it Is sin that causes
the retarding complications In life, it
is sin that perverts man's ambitions,
clouds his vision, dulls his ear, con
fuses and blights his affections.
Whereas his hearty, loyal response to
the moral and spiritual laws of God
gives him freedom. It is in them that
he finds his true self, his manhood,
the joy of living, calling Into play his
noblest powers.
The nation's laws are not restric
tions, fences curtailing personal lib
erty; they may be that to the crim
inal, but to the good citizen they are
the means by which he reaches his
beBt citizenship. We cannot Imagine
a citizenship without laws any more
than we can Imagine a manhood with
out laws, and so moral law Is an es
sential part of every human life. This
may be proved by looking upon man
hood's failures as well as upon man
hood's successes. They huve come, by
breaking through the provisions God
has provided.
Therefore Jesus did not merely ex
press a religious truth, but one of the
profoundest, deepest, furthest reach
ing of ull moral principles, when He
said to the young luwyer, "How read
est thou? This do and thou
shalt live." Through that doorway
he would find abundant life, he would
find his true self, for Just within it he
would find God the source of truth
and life, he would find Christ the
ldeul, the renewer, the pattern, the
Inspiration to the only life worth liv
ing the life of God in the human
soul. The Rev. John R. Mackay,
North Presbyterian Church, New
York, iu the Sunday Herald.
Germ of Divinity.
Every soul has in it the germ of di
vinity. This germ will develop as
sure as God Is God. for it is alwayB
brooded over by the Most High. That
weak, wicked, dissipated wretch will
disappear, and the Son of God will
appear. The sinner will become the
saint by the necessity of his own be
ing, which is from Qod. Ursula N.
Gestefeld.
Wake Up and Be Vaccinated.
Inspection still Is In progress at the
boundary to prevent cases of small
pox being brought into the country
from Minnesota. Owing to a protest
from Washington of rough usage of
people coming from tha south by the
Canadian medical Inspectors, changes
have been made In the regulations.
Under the new syBtem sleeping car
conductors receive certificates and
one is given to each passenger to fill
out. On that certificate thoy niUBt
state when they wero vaccinated, and
if it was successful. If not, the pas
senger must get up and undergo the
operation. These certificates are
handed to the Canadian officials ut
the border. Winnipeg Correspond
ence St. Paul Pioneer Press.
HORSE SENSE.
Joakloy "Now, he's got what I
reully call 'horse sense.' "
Coakley"How, for instance?"
Joakley "He never bets on oue -
Philadelphia Press.
Spiritual Life.
With no wide-reaching affection
and no uplifting ideal, we make of
our life a treadmill and of our duty
an unwelcome drudgery. We dis
claim the highest endowment of the
soul and deny our sonship to Qod.
Narrow faiths and narrow hopes put
fetters on the spirit, and small affec
tions keep small the heart. Philip
S. Moxom.
The Bible Never Misleads.
Of the profitableness ot the away
of tho Bible over individuals, myriads
have borne witness. "My heart has
deceived me a thousand times," said
Mr. Moody, "but that book has never
deceived me once."
Do Your Duty.
"To enjoy communion with God,
you must be found in the wuy of duty.
If you play the truant, no wonder
you are afraid ot being whipped."
Toplady,
The Ve.Iti(l Chirks.
Rifle, on her first visit to the coun
try, saw a number of chlckenr from
the front porch of a farmhouse. The
child watched the fowls for some
time as they industriously scratched
arouud. Finally she turned and ran
to her mother. "Oh, mother," she
cried, excitedly, "come out on the
porch sue" see the chickens wiping
their feet ou the grass." Harper'a
Weekly,
Rnflrnnds Forbid t'se of Intoxicant
Baltimore nnd Ohio Follow'
l.cml of other Roads hi Forbid
ding Liquor tn it Employes.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
put Into effect recently a new rule by
which men employed In the operation
of the road are prohibited from par
taking of Intoxicating liquors either
while they are on or off duty. Th
ru has been made a general one by
the Baltimore and Ohio, and men who
Indulge in Intoxicants will In the fut
ure be barred from that road's aerv
Ice. This action served to call public
attention to a movement among rail
road managers, which has been In
progress for some time past, looking
to the elimination from railroad serv
ice of men who nre known to Indulge
In Intoxicants.
A number of other roads have es
tablished In the recent past regula
tions In this respect similar to those
which are being put Into effect by the
Baltimore and Ohio. Inquiry made
last week among railroad officials re
vealed the fact that, while so far as
known the General Managers' Asso
ciation, which Is made up of the act
ive managers of most of the Impor
tant railroads, has taken no formal
action- in the matter, they have as a
result of exrhanges of views on this
subject come to the conclusion thnt
the course which is now being fol
lowed by the Baltimore and Ohio Is
the best both for the public and for
the railroads themselves.
Last year a similar rule was put
Into effect on the New York Central
lines. It applies not only to the Cen
tral Itself, but to Its numerous sub
sidiary roads, including such roads as
the Lake Shore, the Michigan Cen
tral, the Big Four, the Nickel Plate,
the Boston und Albany nnd others.
An official of the New York Cen
tral said last week that the policy of
the road was to be extremely strict In
the matter of Its men refraining from
the use of Intoxicants. The regula
tions In force on the New York Cen
tral. It appears, go to the length of
compelling the conductor of a train
to refuse to permit the train to start
If he learns that the engineer has in
dulged In Intoxicants before going to
duty. The ruleB compel the substitu
tion of another engineer In such a
case, and similarly an engineer is for
bidden to take out a train should it
happen that he knows that the con
ductor has taken an Intoxicant.
Commenting on these regulations,
this official said:
"We would sooner have a man In
the road's employ take money than
that he should Indulge tn intoxicants.
The damage that could result from
stealing would be trifling compared
with the trouble which might result
from a conductor or an engineer or
even a brakeman taking too freely of
intoxicants. One or the other would
be very apt to neglect orders and per
haps the neglect, might occur under
conditions which would lead to dis
aster." The advantage of minimizing the
use of Intoxicants among operating
employes has been recognized not
only by the railroads, but by large
Industrial establishments as well.
While the rules adopted by manufac
turing companies In respect to the
use of Intoxicants by their employes
are not understood to be as Btrlct as
those In force on the New York Cen
tral, on the Baltimore and Ohio, and
on other roads, the movement among I
manufacturing companies has been
gaining ground. Among the compa- j
nles which have taken steps in the .
direction of forbidding the use of In- !
toxicants by their employes are the !
International HarvesterCompany and
some of the companies controlled by
the United States Steel Corporation.
This movement on the pan of the
railroads and industrial concerns to ,
establish stricter regulations than
those which have been In force In the
past regarding the use of intoxicants '
by their employes Is particularly In
teresting at this time, owing to the
acknowledgment In brewery trade
circles that that trade Is being seri
ously hurt by the Prohibition move
ment. It happens that the purpose
of the railroads to surround the op
eration of their lines with all possible
safeguards has made them a powerful
ally ot the Prohibitionists. It Is said
that they recognize this fact, nnd that
they are giving all possible encour
agement to tho movement among the
railroads to prohibit the ubc of in
toxicants by their employes.
The desire of railroad managers to
abolish the use of intoxicants by op
erating employes Is in keeping with
the policy of eliminating as muny us
possible of the- factors which tend to
careless service. Despite all the safe
ty devices which have In recent years
been put into use In increasing num
bers, It remains true thut for the
safety of Its passengers as well as ot
Its freight Bervlce a railroadjB large
ly dependent upon the faithful per
formance of their duties by the men
who are directly charged with the
handling of the trains. Automatic
devices cannot, except to a limited
extent, take the place of intelligent
work by all classes of employes who
are engaged In the moving and dis
patching of trains and In the guard
lug of the line of road.
The present is regarded as a par
ticularly favorable time for putting
more stringent rules into effect. Tho
demand for railroad employes is, of
course, much less than it was when
traffic was so much heavier, and It Is
vastly easier now than it was a few
months aso to reolace men who nm
disposed to infringe the rules estab- I
llshed by the railroads. New York
Times.
Benbow City. 111., has eighteen Mt. i
ers and twenty-three saloonB.
WA SC'ENCE ,ff
An Italian proposes a tunnel to tap
Vesuvius, to avoid possible explosion
from on obstructed vent and to supply
molten lava for moulding into build
ing blocks.
Practically to pick a hundred thou
sand horse-power, off the tops of eight
roaring blast furnaces and to use It In
performing a hundred giant tasks, is
the purpose of colossal apparatus In
the wonderful steel plant building of
Gary, Ind.
8cience so far has failed to furnish
any explanation of the mystery of
seedless fruits. They are not the
outcome of the work of man. Man
perpetuates them; he does no more.
The seedless orange was found In a
state of seedlessness.
Anarchy Is a mark of disease In the
view of a Memphis physician. He
finds nnarchlstic Ideas conclusive evi
dence of insanity, and would commit
all anarchists as dangerous lunatics,
thus making them harmless and giv
ing them opportunity to gain nienta'
balance by education.
Lancashire (England) medical offi
cers are calling attention to the dan
ger of weavers In the cotton mills con
tracting Infectious diseases from the
practice known as "shuttle-kissing"
sucking the weft through the eye ol
the shuttle. Diphtheria, consump
tion and many other diseases are
spread by this custom.
By means of n galvanometer of re
markable sensitiveness Mr. Baines
has ascertained that all fruits, nutl
and vegetables are, while alive, stor
age batteries of electricity. When
they die or are killed by cooking the
Insulation between the negative and
positive systems Is destroyed. In an
orange, says Mr. Baines, each alter
nate section Is a charged cell, which
will cause the galvanometer to record
a current. These cells are Insulated
by their skins, and collectively they
constitute a battery which is insu
lated by the rind of the. fruit.
When the members ot the British
Institution of Electrical Engineers
pnld a visit of inspection to northern
Italy lately, they were Interested in a
device used to protect the overhead
transmission lines of an electric trac
tion system from lightning dis
charges. The device consists of jett
of water, which form a permanent
"earth" at the Monbegno generating
station on the Valtellina line. The
electric resistance of the jets was said
to be sufficient to prevent a serious
loss of current, while not too great to
enable them to serve for protectio
against lightning.
THE TALE OF CONNELLY.
The Man Who Was a Martyr For the
Sake of His Reer.
Among the many escapades ashore
there is oue that canonized Connelly
a martyr.
Doing garrison duty In the yard, a
consuming thirst drove a gang of us
out In search of beer, since water was
deadly, und as we wereBcurrylng back
with our prize, under the first dark
ness of the night, an officer discovered
us nnd culled, "Halt!" Too well we
know what the obeying of that order
would bring us, and, realizing that we
were not to be recognized, took to
our legs. To our astonishment the
valiant officer fired two shots after us.
One ot them hit Connelly In the leg,
and that's what made him a martyr.
It was a nasty wound. His shipmates
dressed it and antlseptlcally bandaged
It. They performed all of his tasks
that it Is possible for one man to do
for another, and although at times
the fellow suffered Intensely, he was
always at muster, and never with a
telltale limp.
The other side of the page is this:
The officer who fired at us followed
far enough to find a trail of blood on
the cement pavement. Then, going
out to the ship he warned them In
the sick-bay and dlspensury to look
out for a man who would come In to
report a shot In the leg. Unquestion
ably he felt valorous until Admiral
Dewey got nfter him. I heur he roast
ed him brown. ' Would you sljoot
your own men In time of war?" he
asked, and then showed him the
chances he was taking, for these are
the days when every man, from the
Admiral down, wears a 38-calibre
Colt's revolver at his side. From
"Three Years Behind the Guns,' Id
St. Nicholas.
Temperance Notes.
There is something wrong with the
man who cuu be satisfied while the
saloon remalnB.
The liquor traffic has had from the
days of Noah iu which to prove Itself
u good thing by actions. It can't hope
to do it now by words.
in Massachusetts ten uer cent, of
the licensed liquor dealers have gone
out of business, as the prohibition
law affects six cities, thirty-six towns
und 210 saloons, harrooms and gro- .
cerles.
"Keep the liquor question out of
politics," being Interpreted, simply
means, "Don't let It Interfere with ,
more Important matters."
The money you get from the drunk- 1
ard in whisky taxes as your Judaa' !
price of his rulu Is less than tho
money you would have had from him
In property taxes if whisky had been
taken from him.
The primate ot the Church of Eng
land has spoken In support of the
Government licensing bill, which,
strictly speaking, while not a tern- I
perance bill, will close, it Is stated,
30,000 public bouses or saloons in
Englaud.
Art and Geography.
Among the visitors at an art ex
hibition were two old ladles from the
country. They were examining with
great Interest a bas-relief of a young
Greek shepherd, beneath which were
inscribed the words: "Executed Id
terra cotta."
"I wonder where Terra Cotta is?'
ventured the elder of the two, turn
ing to her companion.
"Well, now, 1 ought to know," heBl
tated the other, "hut I can't seem to
place It just now."
"Ab, well," rejoined the first speak
of, aB they passed on, "It must be a
dreadful place If they execute harm
less youn,? boys like that there. "
The Youth's Companion.
A Frozen Law.
An American and a Scotsman .
speaking about the intense cold iu
the north of Scotland. "Why, It's
nothing at all compared to the cold
we have In the States," said the
American. "I can recollect oue win
ter when the sheep. Jumping from a
hillock into a field, became suddenly
frozen on the way and Btuck in the
air like a mass ot ice."
"But, good heavens, man," ex
claimed the Scotsman, "the law of
gravity would not allow that!"
"We don't do things by halves at
home," replied the other. "The law
of gravity was frozen, too!" Phila
delphia Ledger.
An average o! 800 persons ars
killed in 'ajie United Hcuics each year
by lightning. This means oue la
very 100,000.