THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
REV. DR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS.
Theme: The Enrichment of I.lfr.
Brooklyn. N. Y. For the' last time
until tho fall the Rev. Dr Hawaii
Dwlght mills, pastor of riymonth
Church, preached Sunday morning.
His subject was "The Enrichment of
Life." The text was from John 9:
16: "I hve rome that yon may have
life, and that you may havr it more
abundantly." .
The time was when scientists be
lieved that life was spontaneous. It
Is forty years since Huxley published
his article on the Dnthybliis. The
scientist held that there was n gela
tinous substance In the bottom of
deep sea along tbc heat line of the
equator. This sheet of living matter
enveloping the earth held the proto
plasm that was the germ of all living
things that creep or walk or fly. The
union of th" earth and the deep sea
water and the tropic heat brought
forth the substance that mothered all
life. The theory was so novel that
the Challenger wns fitted out for deep
sea dredging. But the expedition
brought the keenest disappointment
to the scientist. The Investigators
found white sand at the bottom of
the tropic seas, and the Dathyblus be
came as mythical as the Trojan horse.
Then scientists set themselves about
the task of producing life by chemical
means. To make sure there were no
give Mfe.anil To give It more nhunrt
ntly. How do you explain the Ital- I
Ian Renaissance? There was a pow- 1
er In the world that made for beauty
and sweetness, that descended upon
the young scholar. How do yon ac
count for the German Reformation?
There waa a power In the universe
(hat made for faith, and character,
and self-surrend-r. And that power
descended on Martin Luther. Whence
came the Puritan Rgformatlin In
England? The ernlanatlon was not
In John Eliot, or Sir Harry Vane, or
John Pym. There was a power In
the world that made for the sense of
personal worth, Inspiring each man
to give an aero tint of himself to Ood,
challenging him to stand upon his
own feet and assert his manhood,
urging the sense of brothrhood, nnd
that unseen power flooded the souls
of the Pilgrim Father! and the Rnn-
llsh heroes, and changed the face of i
the whole world. Veil may the men
of every great era of outbreaking ge- 1
nlus eTrlaim: "We lift our eyes into
the hills from whence eometh our
help." "Our help cometh from the
Lord, who made heaven and earth."
Let us now praise famous men of
old, who have redeemed the peonle.
nut let us remember that Ood clothed
the knlirht with Ills shining armor,
that Ood pressed that blade with the
Jn ICHfllSTIfiN noil notes!
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
KKm FOB SEPTEMBER 0.
two edge Into the hero's hand: that
God lent the soldiers their pnens of
victory that thev sing beside the
camp fires; that Christ came to had
His followers forth to tbolr holv war,
giving them life, yea, life abundantly.
Tills principle also explains the se
cret of growth that begins with life
The old ld'a was that salvation was
by Intellectual culture. Christ's Idea
Is salvation by life throuith the new
pre-e-jsung germs mey oonea il(,.ri ri:,l,l IntMln.-in-lUm -nv. I
water roasted the earth, and cleaned ! .,H,pgged be wigdora.- Christ says,
the air and then sealed all three up, ..BlegBO(, fJ cnHrBrter.- Here ls
In Jars, which they kept at blood ttle cnll(J , hs gc,,n,hneBS he
heat, In the hope of developing spon- geUp, hIg B(tara mtletoy and breaks
"vy Fl I It Time and growth will increase
matter how low. For twenty years , tue nmoun, ot bla selfishness and
th-experiments were continued, with ( raakp nlm gfrkp hg own wlfp Bnd
tl result that all scientists agree , break ,,, heart of hg ule c,1(, for
that ire comes only from pre-exist- th lncrea9e3 tm? g!z0i ,,oe9 not
Ing llfo. If you want the living shoek Jg, tl, sort. Here Is the vouth
of corn you must begin with the lly- wfc .ow, W,M t$ Littls bv
ing seed thrust Into the ground. If ; u,p np , drnn,lni, nM the vital
you want the fig or the grape, you . (orMa The fa)gc frlrn;, gav8 ..non-,
must find the root or cutting. The , bp dlgcouraBPd; h will outgrow
babe s life comes from the mother i ,Mg.. Brt PVPrv farmer la ln terror
wuu lives ueiore u. r-ven cnarueier
comes from contact. Goodness ls an
Importation and salvation an exotic.
No man can will himself Into gentle
ness. A profane man In his child's
presence can set a watch upon his
tongue, hut planting a Ud on Vesn
vlus does not put out the subterrtt'
when heeVlnds the wild oats growing
amidst the tame. The wild oats
drink up the rain, steal the richness
from the soil, starve the tame oats.
i And If they do this when the fnlse
oats are youne, time and growth sim
ply multiply the havoc. Time can do
tiotlilni- f,.r a VAMfttl who Id . , . u i i
?rP!!' ,TXr mR" "T r,estrain , wild oats save gather the harvest of
his hatred of the enemy but he can- , paIn d!saater and heartbreak. Time
not will himself into oving the false ran . ark ,nto COnflagratlon,
friend who stabbed him In the back. th ,.Hn turn ,ltt)e ,ak lnto
The selfish man compels himself to , arc onp ,at w, n,,n t,1P d;kp and
give but l.od a one can stir the gen- , lut)merge tB, land. GVP1) a rt!sease,
eroslty that makes giving a supreme, tlmp dp not rurp but onIv en.
Joy. Jalrus daughter cannot bid la rnd sprea(is the poisoned tls
herself to live: Christ standing above i r.i,-.n c.-.tfi1 ehlM eron th
her gives lite for death If you have , ,,. hm ,nt0 , n,onster. Glve an i
the living p ant the vital st.aik in , nvarlplolI8 cdi ttm, nn(l Rr0wth
the root v. Ill take up the dead soil ; produce a m),er Glven a tl.1(.kv and
ami nun ti. uir. - ... 11 iuu ' kutr
living Cnrlst in the heart the soul
uw is aeaa in (sinmnsn or usoonar t,in ,n,i AnMa T,,nn wu-t
or falsehood can live unto sympathy, j t)lp ,,!d ,norn nf,t,a, ls thp rlrh ,lfp
fe,Ue,J?ld lo.Ve- ChHst came t0 B1e I of a double rose grafted within. The
life. There fj no spontaneous good- , orohBrdst can use the wild not. hut
ness. W lift our eyes unto the life ( ho cut3 from tPstrd pparll or pllim
tor, the loy producer unto the a cltini! that turns the sour sap imo
Saviour of the soul sugar. It Is new life we need. Jesus'
Now, what all the world s a seek- , .., i.f .i,. t;a ,i,,,.,i .j,a .... !
Ing is life more life Growth? It ret ,1)p nPW hcart hnt hTna vlc.
ls a nuestion of vital force. Health? tory and ne&ce
It Is the overflowing, outbreaking vl- nisheartened and discouraged, tho
tallty of the body. Death? It ap- , wav lg not t0 flee from Cod, but to
proan.es w nen mere is noc me , flpp to Him. We live an 1 move nnd
cunning child, years end with a Ren
diet Armld or an Aaron Rurr. or a I
enough to take up the bread nnd
meat and turn it Into rich red blood.
A little life means little work can be
done. A little mind means that a
few hooks will suffice. A small na-
have our being In God, ns our world
floats in amethyst and ether, borrow
ing all its colors from the llaht that
surrounds It. We have our life from
rhplt no Die tree hnc la life In
ture means that It needs only two or , rlcn Jlli(.e8 of tllP sol, wnrela the
three friends. A great, royal, dlvin". ; ,ree ', rooted the stimulating at
unlversal soul, milsating. glowing moghere with which the boughs are
and throbbing with life, means vl- , sun.nunded. and fee all-embracing
tallzel Intellect. This Is an lntellec- , sunshine that lends warmth and
tual law. We speak of some young bf,au,v to t:,e gweet blossoms and the
peo lis as having hungry minds. The rpe frxftt.
young srholar devours farts, conver- '
satiou. the statements of books, and BpifitM Religion.
frieiMls. He vitalizes everything he , lr 0.,r religion Is to b? real and
touches. - The events go into his in- tru!v lprtuaX it must be rooted a;:d
tellect In the morning as raw mate- , RroUnded In brotherlv love. "He that
rial, rags and wood pulp. The hateth h s brother cannot know Ood "
Knowienze ooinai otu or nis inieneci
at night in the form of literature. He
has a vitalized mind. He possesses
life, creative. If he ls a poet, give
ilm the great authors, the great sing
rs. and he will extrart their mes
lages. Witness the way Schiller di
gested the books of Goethe. Witness
Millet's mastery of the old teachers.
Witness Mozart's swift progress ln
music. No Imitators these men.
(.very pnge is stamped witn in.llvm-, ception of the good concealed within
nor can he know man. The precious
Christian quality of love will open !
the eyes of our spirits to the abiding i
b.'auty of every human soul, to the .
tmptatlons resisted as well as to
those which have conquered, to the
aspiration after something higher '
struggling like a plant in n dark dun- '
geon towards the light, to the glorious ,
possibilities hidden ln the balng cf
every child of God. That clear per
jullty. What is the secret of their, our brothers and sisters will help us
success? Plainly, fulness of life. t0 caloi, 80me bright glimpses of out
Without this abundant life all strug. father in Heaven. It Is human
gle Is failure. This one youth has no , 3e:fi3hne8s, which hides the tru- na
gift with the brush: he may break turP of Gnd g children, however de
his heart, but he will die a paint gmJad they mav hava become bj
grinder Another toils over his , their own fault or the fault of others,
rhymes, but the Inspiration will not I from oul. gt; it is the tame deep,
come. The advocate stumbles on j(,adly shadow which dark-ns our
seeking after the necessarv word, if 1 1wn perception of God. Through
""i"' "," "le ,ur"' , brotherly love filial affection to God
each la turn ends the struggle In de
spalr. What does he ned? I,lfe.
More life for the Intellect, as writer;
more Ufi for the imagination as art
ist; more life and passion as reform
er and orator, more life as a Balnt.
Men need moral talent for prayer,
spiritual genius for purity and peace.
For all talent ls a gift and unlqtx
supremacy is an endowment from
God. The unseen Father o.dalns th
bom ln human hearts, nnd when
;hat sacred emotion has one; filled
iur whole being, spiritual religion Is
known and loved. Arthur W. Fox.
The Cause of Mm h Trouble.
All kinds of doubts, disappoint
ments, vexations and sins coup- to '.he
professing Christian who makes till
religion secondary. If his main con-
tepr. la ..., n I .. 1. .. . I 1
parents to hand forward their tlftl I ... i. bu. 1" I "V ;
time, to Indulge a taste or Incllna
BO to the children. Remember that
Christ has come to give life and tc
give it abundantly.
In these college commenremeni
days our Illustrations should come
from the realm of education. Her
and now we recall Matthew Arnold'i
definition of culture a familiarity
with the best that has been done, 01
thought or Haid. And to this senti
ment let us add his other word:
"There Is a power in the universe:
tlon, then c:inie In a troop the thing!
which chaai away sleep and plerci
with anxieties and doubts.
Our usefulness, our happiness, oui
jrowth, our triumph, are to come, li
they come at all, as the result of giv
ing the accent of our lives to our spir
itual Interests. Let us bo Christian!
ind make first things or stop inn,.
:o deceive ourselves and others by
ilalmlug to be Christians wueu w-
""l .,UK. " lor riglll- ,ra .., Hnulut Are-.i.
eoiisnesB. What ls culture for th '
scholar? There is something in ths
books of great men in the saaa wbr LED INTO TEMPTATION
Subject: Saul and Jonathan Slain In
Battle, t 8am. 31 Golden Tevt,
Amos 4:12 Commit Verse 0
Bead 1 Sam. 27; 3 Sam. 1.
T1MK. 1056 B. C. PLACE.
3I1DM.
EXPOSITION. I. The Bcath of
Saul nnd Ills Sons, 1-0. With this
lesson we come to the end of Saul's
:areer, so promising In Us beginning,
io gloomy In Its ending. It Is sadly
nd solemnly Instructive, as showing
how much a man may have and yet
his life prove an utter failure after
ill. He was a goodly young man
'there was not among the children of
Israel a goodlier person than he" (1
Sam. 9:2). His father was a
'mighty man of valor" (1 Bam.
9:1). He was humble (1 Sam.
10:22), and considerate of others
(ch. 9:5). Rut we find him later In
life a monster of pride, arrogance
and self-will (ch. 18:7-11; 19:10;
20:80-33; 22:9-19). Here we have
a lesson of how little real worth there
is ln merely natural virtue and how
easily it ls transformed Into devilish
sin. But there was promise In the
life of Saul for other reasons. God's
grace was manifested to him (ch.
10:7-9), the Spirit of God came upon
him (ch. 10:10; 11:6), he undertook
valiant battle against the enemies of
the Lord, and won a great victory
(ch. 11). So we see that a man may
know something of the power of the
Spirit, can war to a certain extent ln
tho energy of the Spirit, and win vic
tories for God, and yet after all, be
come an r.postate and his earthly life
i . i - . on
. I lUHti ill le'.e nun i .hum. i
' 23). Saul seems to have been a strik
ing Illustration of such an one. His
decline was step by Btep (ch. 13:8
14; cf. 14:18-20). His loss of the
kingdom w-as foretold ai this first
step away from God. He takes a long
step further downward by positive
f.lsobsdlence (ch. 15:19-23). With
this false step hla rejection from the
kingdom Is declared In no uncertain
terms. Finally, falling to get any
answer from tho Lord about the bat
tle with the PhillstineB, he turns to
the devil (ch. 28:6, 7), and this
crowning net of apostasy leads to the
nwful judgment and ruin of our les
sou (1 Ch. 10:13, 14). No matter
how often or how completely Israel
routs the Philistines, the Philistines
nro always sure to gather strength
nnd renew the attack (v. 1). The
Philistines had been effectually sub
dued In the days of Samuel (ch.
7:13). There was a great victory
under Jonathan (ch. 14). David wins
a great victory (ch. 17:52), but in our
lesson the liilllstlnes renc-w the war.
"And the men ot Israel fled." Here
we see a change from the days of
Samuel and Saul s early days. Then
tho enemies of the Lord fled (ch.
7:10; 11:11). There ls a return to
the days of Hophnl nnd Phlnehas (ch.
4:10). The explanation is simple.
Saul had disobeyed the Lord; and the
Lord had forsaken Saul (ch. 18:12;
2S:15-19). However mightily the
Lord might have heli jd us In times
past, if we disobey Him nnd He for
sake us, our power will be gone and
defeat nnd shame Otrtaln, It seems
very sad to think of the noble hearted
Jonathan r.s Involved In the over
throw of bll father. Kut parents ai
vays involve their children In the
consequences of thair transgressions.
Th? question arises whether Jonathan
for all his generous friendship for
David and all hi3 faith (ch. 14:6)
was faultless In the matter. He knew
that his fathar was rejected and
David chosen of the Lord (ch. 23:17)
Ought he net to have broken with
Saul and gone to David "without tho
camp bearing his reproach?" Heb.
13:13). He caraa to David as Nlco
demu3 to Jesus, under the cover of
secrecy (ch. 23: IS). So he lost his
place of service, as the secret disciple,
however loyal he may be at heart,
always doe3 (2 Cor. C.15-18). What
an inglorious ending to what might
have been a glorious life (v. 4).
II. The Triumph of the Philistines,
7-lo. This Is what came of asking a
visible king instead of God (ch.
12:12). It was all very joyful at first
(ch. 11:11, 15), but the arm of flesh
soon failed them. It will always bo
thus. Those who look to man rather
than GjA for help, will always end by
being cursed (Jer. 17:5, C). God let
them have their king that they might
learn their folly by bitter experience.
"They cut off bis head, and stripped
off his armor, nnd they fastened his
body to the wall of Beth-shan." From
1 Chron. 10:10 wo learn further that
they "fastened hU at id ln the house
of Dagon." Indignity was added to
indignity. The world rejoices in noth
ing so much as In the downfall of
one who has been a servant of God
(cf. Ju. 16:21-25).
III. The Gratitude and Valor of
the Men of Jain -li-gllcud, 11-18.
Saul had rescued the men of Jabesu
gllead from terrible suffering and
shame (ch. 11:1-11), and they had
not forgotten it. There ls this one
bright spot ln the dark record of his
death. The one act to which the
Spirit of the Lord had inspired him
(ch. 11:6) brought Its reward even
In hla downfall, but that reward was
simply honor from man. That was
all he sought. That was all he got
(Matt. 6:2). Rut the most touching
and lasting tribute to the memory ol
Saul was that of David, whom he had
pursued with such relentless hate (2
Sam. 1:17-27). David baa nothing
but goad to say of bis fallen foa.
Topic 9ong of the Heart. IX A
Life Lived With God. Ps. 91.
God everywhere. Ps. 139: 1-10.
God working In us. 1 Cor. U: 4-11.
God dwelling in us. Johu 14: 15-18.
His fullness In us. Acta 0: 1-6.
His quickening. Rom. 8: 1-11.
Abiding forever. 1 John 2: 27-29.
The "secret place" Is easily found;
It Is an open secret to the pure In
heart.
Satan is the father of lies, but God's
truth Is a shield against them. Few
men reallzo the comfort and safety of
absolute sincerity.
Many that do not know God are
openly prosperous and do not seem
to have fallen; nor will they bo seen
ns fallen till we reach the land of
open vision.
The child of God Is kept ln all his
ways, ways secular as well as ways
religious.
Thoughts.
One great hindrance to living with
God Is subservience to the senses. If
we live to the spirit, we shall live with
God who Is a spirit.
Live with Ood, and there Is much
besides with which you will not care
to live, such as show, pomp, worldly
power, luxury.
If we expeot to spend elernlty with
God, we would surely better learn to
live with Him in time.
Seemingly the most Impossible
thing ln Christianity Is God's living
with men; Christ came to prove It
possible.
Illustrations.
God In your house makes It at the
same time the lordliest palnce and the
strongest fortress.
The Inmates of a house spend time
together. So we with God, If He Is
an Inmate of our house.
Those that live together come to be
like one another. So we, If we live
with God. come to be like Him.
It Is an old saying, "You cannot
know a person till you live with him."
Neither can you really know the full
blessedness of God till you live with
God.
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
thinks for us. the poet who signs for
us, the orator who pleads for us, the j
hero who dies for us and that wisdon;
beyond ourselves comes in, floods th j
scholar's sou' and transforms him.
And there ls a physical power in the
world, not ourselves, and that we In- j
voke for progress. Man's arm llfti J
100 pounds, but there ls a power In i
the steam, not ourselves, that llftr i
100 tous of rnolteu steel. Man's lei
runs four miles an hour, but there If '
a power In the flywheel of his englnr'
that will help bttn to run across tbi
sontlnent In four days without losing
oreatb or bringing tire. Man's voice
s no stronger than It was ln the days,
when Caesar made 10,000 soldiers
sear hU command, but now a power
aot In himself but ln electricity
makes for eloquence and speech
acr as a thousand miles of space, j
And how shall we explain the trans
formation of Impetuous Peter, and
passloniui David and this cold, craf
ty, ambitious, cruel rabbi, Saul, Into
Ibis gentle PaulT There Is a power
In the universe not David, or Peter,
nor Saul, that makes for righteous
d Christ descended uyou then to
"Didn't I see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Martha?"
"Yes'm. Rut he ain't to blame,
ma'am. 'Twas the Iceman set him
the bad example." Cievulaud Plain
Dealer.
TOUCHY.
"Got a summer cold, I see."
"And your nett remark, I presume,
will be to the effect that they are the
worst kind."
"Ob, no; I think winter colds are
lust as bad." Pittsburg Post.
A PROTEST.
"Say, you umpire!"
"Well, what is it?"
"Cut out deni steam-roller decis
ions. DIs ain't no political conven
tion." Pittsburg Post.
HAVANAS.
"What was the feature of the Cu
ban campaign?"
"The cigars," replied the abseut
ailnded veteran, who was deeply ln
terestud In politics. Cleveland Presr
WOMEN PRECLUDED.
Lady Applicant "I see, sir, that
you advertise for a partner, and as
sex wasn't mentioned I called to"
Merchant "Pardon me, madam,
but I thought the question or lex was
quite covered. My advertisement
calls for a silent partner.'' Boston
Transcript.
The I.Iierary D.gest quotes an au
t.horlty in Cosmos to the effect that al
las', a msihod has been found to
make a much stronger and more
durable gas mantle by using an arti
ficial silk as tho fabric on which the
oxides are deposited. This silk li
made by the dissolution of Mlluloat
lti ammoniate of copper.
THE STREAK INSIDE.
"The cat sneaked beneath the
ujucb when I came ln; It must have
a yellow streak in Its make-up."
"It must have. I see the canary's
cage Is empty and here are aome
feathers " Houston Post.
Epworth League Rally Day Our
Charge 1 Tim. 4. 6-16;
Matt. 24. 45.51.
I Tim. 4. 6-16. The special strength
of this passage for our young people
may be found In the last five verses.
They contain vital exhortation. The
first part of the passage Is a stroke of
Paul's at a foolish custom many
limes populnr In religious exercises,
io called, wherein the body was sub
jected to severe discipline, believing
that therln lay great virtue. Paul
says to dlrlpline the body may be
good for something; but is not very
profitable. After all, the chief thing
la godliness. If I can make sure ot
g. dliness, the physical exercises of re
ttralnl must recognize In It at once
that there can be no limit set to Its
power.
Then appears the principle theme of
the passage, ln the tremendous claims
which are made for the practical ap
plication of godliness when once made
active and evident In the life of the
Christian. And the conclusion which
none can possible escape if he starts
this scripture with Paul. Is, that we
should meditate and give ourselves
whvlly to this truth and present to the
cause the profit which Is possible ln
our espousal, which means not only
our own salvation hut also that of
them that hear ua.
Matt. 24. 45-51. A very serious pass
age. "Who then U a faithful and
wise servant?" How that searches us!
My service to those to whom 1 can
come in blessing Is to spring from my
appreciation of the genius of u ser
vant. The warning that here runs so
seriously Into the hitter Judgment at
the end. ls for those who dnre to risk
their duty upon the lord's delay, as
though more time would Justify any
thing less than sincere service every
hour from a servant. Our service to
God and his cause ls In no manner re
lated to the length of Its privilege;
but only to the fact that we are srr
vants with a charge and dare not
even be false or negligent thereto.
ATTACKED RY AN EAGLE.
Discovering an eagle's nest In the
ace of the Lost Well Canyon Cliff,
rthur Williams, a Rlverton (Wyom
ng) rancher, got two companions to
isslst him In robbing the parent bird
)f her fledgelings.
A rope was dropped from the top
5f the cliff and down this Williams
illd a distance of 200 feet until op
posite the nest. At that moment the
mother eagle appearod, and without
desitatlon attacked the man. Will
lams struck at her with a stick he
:arrled as a weapon and at the first
blow it was dashed from his hand by
the beating wings of the eagle. Peck
ing, clawing and striking stunning
blows with her wings, the eagle was
beating the man when one of Will
iams's companions dropped a heavy
stone on her and she fell Into the
canyon.
Although severely lacerated and
bruised, Williams nevertheless se
cured the nestlings nnd then de
scended to the floor of the canyon,
where he attempted to capture the
parent bird. As he grasped her, her
-vitality returned, and she beat blai
aff and soared away.
Williams' companions gave bis
wounds emergency attention, drawl
ing the torn flesh together and plas
tering It with postage stamps. He
was a dilapidated spectacle when he
returned to town, but bad not re
ceived uuy Injury of lasting consequence.
THE BEACH VARIETY.
"Do yon believe in long engage
ments?"
"Well, I think that good form de
mands at least a day." Louis Wl)
Courier-Journal, i
WOODS FULL OF 'EM.
"I'll brand bim as au lngrate."
"Haw; brand him as something
worth while'. lngrate doesn't mean
anything nowadays." Washington
Ueiald.
THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PHOOHI.SS MADE HY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE BUM DKMO.H.
Tlie Deriding Vote How n Mother's
Preyei-s nnd Confidence Bnd
Theii Decisive Influence In the
Making of a Mmw.
There lives In a Western State n
humble old lady whose Interest In
politics ls confined to the single fact
that her son was elected a number
of yearB ago a member ot the legis
lature, and has several times since
been re-elected. What he has actu
ally done In the legislature she does
not know. She hns no doubt that
he has done all that a good boy,
grown to be a great, man, ought to
have done or could do; and one good
thing, at least, he did to Justify her
confidence.
When the legislature assembled In
tho autumn of 1906, the son visited
his mother, and chlded her good
naturedly for not reading the speech
es he had sent her. She had saved
them all, end knew Just where they
were; but she confessed that she had
not been able to read them all, nor
to understand very well what she
had read.
"Hut you're going to make a
speech this year thnt I shall read,
every word," she said.
"Tell me which one that It, and
I'll be sure to make It," said he.
"It's the one on the anti-saloon
bill," said she.
"Oh, thnt one!" he said, somewhat
confusedly.
"Yea. I know It will bo a good
one. My boy, you know what liquor
did for our home years ago. I hnve
prayed all the years thnt my son
might grow up to save other boys
from his father's fate. And this Is
your opportunity. I know you will
be true to it."
"Well, mother," replied the son,
"I don't know that I have much con
fidence In these efforts to make men
good by legislation. You can't very
well do more than regulate the liquor
traffic. Tho attempt to prohibit It
altogether always falls. I don't know
that I can make a speech in favor of
that bill."
Hut these arguments Ml unheed
ed on her ears. She did not take
thorn seriously. She thought her
son joking, as wns his wont.
"Oh, I know you like to tease me,"
she said, "but I know you'll voto for
that hill .and speak for it. And I
shall read every word of your speech,
and I phall pray for you every day.
that God will bless that speech and
make It win the fight."
The son had. Indeed, expected to
speak on the bill, but on the other
side; and he never had doubted, nor
had his political friends, which way
he would vote. Hut the weeks went
by, nnrt the fate of the bill hung in
the balance, and he kent his own
counsel. It was assumed, however,
that he would vote against the hill
In tho end, and so his silence caused
no uneasiness to the liquor men.
"I know why you are waiting,"
wrote his mother. "You are waiting
to mnke your great speech when the
grept fight comes. God bless you. my
boy! I am praying for you. How
proud I am of you!"
It was that letter that put nil
doubt aside. When the lines began
to tighten and a deadlock was threat
ening, he first voted on an amend
ment which forecasted his final ac
tion. That vote brought, surprise to
the friends of the liquor cause.
And when the bill came up on Its
third reading, he spoke. He did not
see the members of the House, but
he saw an old woman, reading hi?
speech through spectacles that re
quired frequent wiping, and It was
a sneech that carried convlctlop.
Thf vote was so close thnt any one
of a dozen things might hnve turned
the scale: hut among the stories told
In the committee-rnoms, after the
hill hecame a law under which sev
eral hrndrcd saloons were obliged to
close, ls that here related. It is the
true story of the way a mother's pray
ers and confidence had their decisive
Influence in the making of a law.
Youth's Companion.
TELL ALL VOIH TROUBLES TO
JEHUS.
Tell all yniir trnuMes to Jesus,
Bis Hvnipiithy reaches so wide;
He well umlcmtsndi without telling,
llul bleued it It to confide.
He heldcth yr,u close to His bosom,
And biddeth your Borrow to cerise;
He wiiispers of joy everlasting.
He whispers of comforting pence.
Tell all your trouble to .loses,
A wonderful .Vnvimir is lie;
lie went to the depths of all sorrow.
And linowrth the strength of your plea.
Oh, surely 'twill help you to tell Him,
And I tail on the arm ol Hi might j
lie promised Hia yoke should be eaav,
Ilia burden, He auid, should be light.
Tell nil your trou'olea to .Jnua,
Our pitiful Saviour ao strong.
Abundantly nbla to halp you,
And willing to baniah the wrong.
Oh. dec'ii noi that you nro forgotten.
Though Jratpittf your sight m-iy l eJim,
l.n: toll nil your trouble to .lnu.
Wot than
-Mi,:. Frank
l.'ercW.
'Oi,icaion wit'i Hon
A. Brack, in lO l.ur.tmn
Would Not Slight His Work.
A prominent Judge, living U3ar
Clndynatl, wishing to have a rough
fence built, sent lor a carpenter, and
said to him:
"I want this fence mended to keep
out the cattle. There are some un
planed boards use thorn. It Is out
of sight of the house, so you need
not take time to make It a nent Job.
I will only pay you $1.50."
Howewr, atterwurd, the Judge,
coming to look nt the work, found
that tho boards were planed and tho
fence finished with exceeding neat
ness. Supposing the young man had
done it lu order to mulct a costly Job
of It, he said, angrily:
"I told you this fence was to -hi
covered with vines. I do not care
how It looks."
"I do," said the carpenter.
"How much do you charge?"
asked the Judge.
"A dollar and a half," said the
man, shouldering his tools.
"Why (Ud you spend all that labor
on the Job, If not for nionc-y?"
"For the job, sir."
"Nobody would have seen the poor
work on it."
"Hut I should have known It was
there. No; I'll take only one dollar
and a half." And he took that and
went away. s
Ten years -nfterward the Judge hid
a contract to give for the building ol
certain public buildings. There were
mpnv applicants among master
buliders, but one face attracted at
tention. It wps thnt of the man who
bad built the fence.
"I knew," said the Judgo, after
ward telling the story, "we should
have only gocd, genuine work from
him. I gave him the contract, and
it made a rich ninn or bim." Home
Herald.
What Is Pe-ru-na.
Are we claiming too mnrh for Pernna
When we claim it to bo an effective
remedy for cbronlo cajtarrbf Have we
abundant proof that Pernna ls ln real
ity snch a estarrh remedy? Let ns see
What the United States Dispensatory
says of the principal Ingredient of
Pernna.
Take, for Instance, the Ingredient
hydraatlo canadensis, or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
of this herbal remedy, that it is largely
employed in tbe treatment of depraved
mncous membranes lining various
organs of tho human body.
Another Ingredient of Pernna, cory
dalls formosa, ls classed in the United
States Dispensatory as a tonic.
Cedron seeds Is another Ingredient of
Pernna. The United States Dispensa
tory says of the action of cedron that
It Is used as a bitter tonic and ln tho
treatmont of dysentery, and In Inter
mittent diseases as a substitute for
quinine.
Bond to ns for a free hook of testi
monials of what the people think of Pe
rnna a a catarrh remedy. The best
evidence Is the testimony of those wbo
have triad It.
BOY PAINTERR
paintquityH
I IT 13 FOUND tJlYOH JHafMbMh I
V PUREWHITE LEADQI3f$.
Hut her Fiery.
Old Uncle Hiram from down Ba
con Ridge way, halted ln front ot the
"quick-lunch room."
"Waal, hegoah," he drawled ln
deep meditation, "I always heard
that thar waa a blamed lot of fire
eaters up in town, but 1 didn't know
they would go that fat."
"What, now. Uncle Hiram?" ask
ed the city nephew.
"Why, Just look at that sign,
'Lightning Lunches.' Just think ol
lunching on lightning!" Chicago
Nowa.
Many a man's strong breath is due
to his weak backbone.
Cnpudlne Cures Indigestion Pains,
Belching, Sour Stomach, and Heartburn,
from whatever cnus. It's Liquid. Effect
immcriinlMlv IViMira .......... . I . .. :, in..
23c, and 50c. at drug stores.
10c,
Ent Candy.
The old saying of the tipple Is
sugar kills more men than rum. The
cheap physicians of the day cut out
all sweetening If a man becomes 111.
Now we are advised by moderns, by
the up-to-dates, "the more sweetB a
man takes at a meal the less alcohol
bf ""ants.. Conversely, nearly. every
drinking man will tell you that he hat
lost his tasto for sweets. The mora
candy a nation consumes, the lest
alcohol." Tho United States Govern
ment buys candy by the ton and shlpi
it to the Philippines to bo sold at cost
to the soldiers In the canteens. All
men crave candy In the tropics, and
the more they get of It the less vino
and whisky they want. What Bhnll
we believe? Victor Smith, in th?
New York PreES.
The Rest Remedy.
Dr. Talmage once told a story of a
soldier In England who was brought
by a sergeant to the colonel:
"What," says tho colonel, "bring
ing the man here again? We havi
tried everything with him."
"Oh, no," said tho sergeant.
"There Is one thing you haven't tried
I would like you to try that."
"What Is that?" snld the cr.lonel.
Said the man: "Forgiveness."
i The case had not gone so far bill
that It might take that turn, nnd bc
the colonel said:
"Well, young man, you have done
so and so. What Is your excuse?"
"I have no excuse; but I am very
sorry," said the man.
"We have made up our minds tc
forgive you," said the colonel.
The tears started. He had nevet
been accosted In that way b3fore
His life was reformed, and that wit!
tho starting point for a posltlvelj
Christian life. Oh, church of God,
quit your sarcasm when a man falls!
Quit your Irony, quit your tittle-tattle
and try forgiveness. God. your moth
er, tries it all the time. A ninn's sin
may be like a continent, but God't
forgiveness Is like the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans, bounding It on both
sldcB. Home Herald.
He Disciplined Her.
The Lady Look here! you said
that if I'd give you your dinner,
you'd mow the lawn for me."
The Hobo I'd like to do It,
ma'am, but I gotter teach yer a les
son. Never trust th' word of a
total stranger." Cleveland Leader.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the lost 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Wai.piko, Rinnan & Maiivi.n, Whole
sale Druggiats, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucuoussur
faces of the system. Testimonial sent free.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggiats.
Take Ball's Family Pills for constipation.
Drunken Cznr Buss Terror.
"A drunken Czar Is the terror ol
Russia," says Kellogg Durland, who
has returned to Hoston from Russia,
where he was recently arrested with
William E. Walling.
"In America." said he, "the Csai
is generally believed to be nbstemious,
but the fact is he is drunk a good
part of the time. He is no stupid,
as is commonly believed here. Rather.
I should say he Is stubborn."
Denounces Wine For French Army.
The league which has for its pur
pose tbe abolition of the use of alco
hol In the French Army met at Lyons
and passed resolutions ln favor ol
liippresslng the drinking of wlna al
officers' messes nnd against glvlns
liquor ration to the troops ln wai
time, as well as In time of peace.
Temperance Notes.
Danville, Va., population 16,000,
after a hot campaign, reversed the
"wet" vote of 1905 nnd came back
to the prohibition column.
The Prussian Minister of Justice il
leading u movement among the alum
ni of the universities to check drink
ing on the part of the Btudeuts.
Canadian mall rari'.ers Bid to be
required to sign u contract pledging
themselves not to carry any lutoxl
eating liquors while carrying his
malosty's mails ,
Gertrude M. Duff, n prohibitionist,
was elected superintendent of schools
of Madison County, Iowa, over tho
hardest kind of opposition. During
his Incumbency In office her prede
cessor had made no effort to have
tbe law providing for lustruction in
temperance lived up to.
Elbert Hubbard, the noted sage of
the Roycrofter establishment at Bast
Aurora, New York, declared In 'the
course of a lecture that local option
ls coming, and coutinuod, "Prohibi
tion ls coming to, and then you can
look for empty penitentiaries. There
wouldn't he any more shootings U
there weren't any liquor."
Counting Our Mercies.
There is one kind of mental reck
oning in which every Christian be
liever should be proficient and it is.
ln reckoning up the mercies which a
kind Providence continually sands
Count your mercies, for as you do the
nlercy will grow. As sorrow brooded
over seems the worse so grace medi
tated over appears the more lovely,
gracious and helpful. Gratitude hat
sometimes been defined as a lively
sense of favors to come, but It Is cer
tain that the very effort to recall th(
favors God has shown In the rael
both honors Him and prepares the
mind and heart the more intelligent
ly and profitably to use such blessing
as may yet b3 ln store.
Tightwad Cured By Hypnotism.
Dr. Negresco, a noted physician,
rend before the medical society a
paper dealing with an analysis of the
psychology of avarice, claiming ava
rice to be a form of insanity, curable
by hypnotism and suggest ion.
Tho learned physician pointed out
that close-flatedness Is not the only
abnormal symptom ln an avaricious
person. .Like a victim of melanchol
ia, the close-fisted person shuns so
ciety and even his friends and spends
his days brooding over alleged trou
bles and financial problems. He Is
forever on the lookout for persons
liable to deprive him of part of his
wealth by legal or Illegal means.
Like inaane people, he lacks In moral
and physical sense.
The lecturer stated that ho has
cured several persons so afflicted by
hypnotism and suggestion. New
York American.
The Glowing Con I.
A pastor once visited a member ol
his church whoso pew was more often
vacant than occupied. He found him
seated in his home before a cheerful
lira. Without saying a word be took
the tongs and removed a llvo coal
from the fire and placed it alone
on the hearth, watched It. turn from
the red glow of heat to a black,
charred mass. The member watched
the proceedings with Interest, and
Anally said, "8lr, you need not say
a single word, I will be there here
after." H. V. Tanner.
God Chooses Our Neighbors.
We are willing to love our neigh
bors if we can choose our neighbors.
Hut i ,(at Is Just where God tests us.
Ho gives us neighbors whom we nat
urally would not choose, In order to
teach us to act upon the real neigh
bor rule of helping the man next us,
whoever he Is. Until we do this, our
nelghhorllness is but a sham, not the
Christian kind. J. R. Miller.
No Referendum For Elijah.
Elijah did not nave to wait for
referendum before he began bis work
of reform. 'Home Herald.
The State archivist at F'rauenfeld.
in the canton of Thurgovls, has dis
covered a valuable manuscript, which
had been used as a cover for othei
documents. It Is a portion of a Boon
of Hours written in the twelfth ceu
tury, it ls supposed, either :n a Swiss
or German convent. This, at all
eventr. Is th opinion of MM. Bucbl
and Wagner, professors In the Uni
versity of Frlbourg, and otber note
worthy personagea In tbo we rid of
letters.
Looked Like A Football.
The feat of catching a baseball
dropped from tho Washington Monu
ment, accompllahed Friday on his
thlrtoonth effort by Catcher Charles
Street, ot the Washington American
League team, was first attempted In
1885 by Paul Hlnes. A curious ef
fect noted by Unit player was an ap
parent increase ln the size of the
sphere. At the start the ball looked
like a pea; as It drew close It seem
ed to the strained oye as large as
a football. Trying three times,
Hlnee once managed to touch the
ball. Striking the ground In Its di
rect descent, the sphere made a dent
less than an Inch deep. New York
World.
REMAINS THE SAME
Well Brewed Postuui Always PmI-atuble.
The flavour of Postum, when boiled
according to directions, ls always the
same mild, distinctive, and palata
ble. It contains no harmful sub'
stance like caffeine, tho drug id
coffee, and hence may be used witn
benefit at all times.
"Believing that coffee was the
cause of my torpid liver, sick head
ache and misery in many ways,'
writes an Ind. ludy, "I quit and
bought a package of Postum about
a year ago.
"My husband and I have been bo
well pleased that we have continued
to drink Postum ever since. We like
the taste of Postum better than
coffee, as It has always the same
pleasant flavour, while coffee changes
Its taste with about every new com
bination or blend.
"Since using Postum I have bad
no more attacka ot gall colic, the
heaviness has left my cheat, and the
old, common, every-day headache Is
a thing unknown." "There's a Rea
son. "
Name given by Postum Co., Rattle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Woilvllle," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. Tht-y
are genuine, trie, and fall of huaiar
Interest.