THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
PROFESSOR HUGH BLACK.
Theme: Slmmr of Selection.
Brooklyn, N. Y. The harrnmurcate
senium of the Packer Collegiate In
stitute was delivered by Professor
Hugh Black, M. A., of dilon Theo
logical Seminary The service was
held In the chapel of the Institute,
and wan presided over by Professor
Black. Mr Black, as the Scripture
lesson, rend the fiftieth Psalm. Pro
fessor Illack spoke nn "The Shame of
Detection," selecting as his theme
Jeremiah 2:26 "As the thief Is
ashamed when h Is found out, so Is
the house of Israel ashamed." In
the course of his sermon. Professor
Black said:
The prophet is accusing the DJttlOD
Of apostasy, of unfaithfulness to her
true spouse. To awaken repentance
he points In Mi" Una- Ingratitude
which could forget the early days of
their hi tor) when Cod espoused
them, In i i ai d favor brought them
up out ol the land of Egypt, led them
through the wilderness nnd brought
them Into a plentiful country. He
ttelntl next to the willful nnd wicked
obstinacy which made them fnrsak
themselves Society Is not ashamed
of him. and he need not be ashamed
Df himself.
The shame of being found out may.
of course, Induce this better feeling,
and be the beginning of a nobler and
more stable moral life. It Is one of
the blessed functions of punishment
to offer us this point of departure as j
ne nouse ot israei mrougn tne snam"
of Idolatry reached a loathing ot It
ihat ultimately made It Impossible In
Israel. Welcome the retribution
which brings us self-knowledge; wel
come the detection which makes us
sshamed and makes us distrust our
selves at last; welcome the punish
ment which gives repentance of sin;
welcome the exposure which finds us
MM because It makes us at last find
nit ourselves! All true knowledge Is
elf-kncwledge. All true exposure Is
jelf-exposure. The true Judgment Is
elf-Judgment. The true condemna
tion Is when a man captures and tries
ind condemns himself. Real repent
inc means shame, the shame of self
.hat he should have permitted hlm
elf to fall so far below himself, and
have dimmed the radiance of his own
oul. Long after others have for
lotten, It may still be hard for a man
o forgive himself. Long after others
Tilt
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SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH.
INTERNATIONAL lesson com
ments FOIl SEPTEMBER 18.
Subject: David Made King Over Jit
dali and Israel, 2 Snm. 2:1-7;
B:l-o iolden Text, 2 Sam. K: 10
Commit 2 Sam. B:4, If,
TIME. 1055-104 8 B. C. PLACE.
Hebron.
I POSITION. I. David Anointed
I King Over Jtidah In Hebron, l-4a.
David at this period of his life seems
j 0 have taken every step In simple de
nenjence upon the guidance of the
! Lord (cf. ch. 5:19-23; 1 Sam. 23:2,
i 4, 9. 12; 30: 7, 8), and thus he made
in false steps. He obtained God's
guidance by asking for It (cf. Jas.
1:6,7). He trusted In the Lord with
ill his heart, and leaned not to hli
wn understanding, in nil his ways he
Commending Our Society I
Church Attendance. Ps. 26:
Ml Heb. 10: 21-25.
Waiting on Ood. Ps. 52: 8, 9.
Old nnd young. Ps. 148: 11-13.
Oood listeners. Ecclc. B: 1-3.
Singing. Ps. 98: 4-0.
Edifying. 1 Cor. 14: 26-28.
The ordinances. 1 Cor. 11: 2S "6
ny
."i uMKivt nimeii. i.im aner ouiers i -. .- -
lave forgotten, ho may still remem- 1 acknowledged the Lord, and He dl
er. To this sensitive soul, to this
.itnllzed conscience there may be even
wounds hidden to all sight but his
jwn sight- and (lod's. As the thief
Is ashamed when he Is caught, the
house of Israel Is ashamed, at last.
not because of the mere exposure, but
ected his paths (cf. Prov. 3:5, 6)
Doubtless the mind of the Lord was
ascertained by consulting the Urlm
(cf. Nu. 27-211 Ex. 28:30, R. V.
marg.tl Sam. 23:2-4, 9-12). No one
knowi .lust how the stones In the ;
enstplnte made known the mind of
God and choose tha lower worship hecause of the Ingratitude and wick- I God, nnd It Is useless to speculate
and the lower moral practice of
heathenism. And here he points to
the folly of It. Besides its Ingrati
tude ami Its wickedness. It Is also un
speakably foolish, nr. itir-insate stu
pidity at which tho heavens might
Well be astonished, not only that a
nation should change Its God who had
taken them by the arms and In end-
cdiKss nnd folly that made nn ex
posure posslbl nnd necessary. We
need to have the law written on our
hearts, to conform to that nnd not to
a set of outward social rules; we need
to walk not by the consent of men
bat by the will of God; we need to
see the beauty of Christ's holiness,
Hid then our sin will Ilnd us out,
less love and pity taught them to 'hough no mortal man lias found it
walk tint that t shou d rhnnire Him , uui.
for such other gods that Israel
should have given Jehovah such piti
ful rivals. This Is the folly at which
the heavens may be amazed, that My
people "have forsaken Me, the foun
tain of living waters, and hewed them
out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can
hold no water." To a monothelst who
had grasped the principle of the One
Ood. nnd who had experience of spir
itual communion, polytheism with Its
lords many and gods many must have
seemed a system almost beneath con
tempt. Intellectually, It Introduced
confusion Instead of order; morally,
It meant that life would be lived on
a much lower plane; religiously, It
was the degradation of the pure spir
"As the thief is ashamed when he
is found out, so the house of Israel
will be ashamed " Shall be must
Ml We are only playing with the
facts and forces of moral life if we
Imagine it can be otherwise. Real
and ultimate escape from this Belf-
ibout It. We have In these days a
letter way to find the mind of God, 1
tjr the written Word nnd by the ;
guidance of the living Spirit of God
(Isa. 8:2P; Ps. 119: 105-130; Acts !
8:29; 16:6.. 7). The name of the j
-Ity to which Ood bade him go up Is
significant, for Hebron means fellow
'.hip, and David began his conquest
if the land In fellowship with Ood. I
That Is where we must all first go, j
If we wish to enter upon a life of con- l
-rant victory. Many of us are not i
nquerorB as David was simply be-
-au6e we have never gone up to
Hebron. It was In this city that
David was first anointed king of Ju- I
lah (v. 4). and afterwards king of all ,
exposure Is Impossible. There Is no 1 Israel. The one who would enter I
lecrecy In all tho world. "Murder I "I'on n llfe of kingly authority and I
will out" Is the old saving, or old Power must go up to Hebron (Jno. I
superstition, If you will. The blood I 8H). David did Just as the Lord i
rles from the ground. It wll! out In directed him. He did not go alone, I
some form or other, though not al
ways by the ordrhary detective's art.
Retribution is a fact of life, whether
it. comes as moralists and artists of
ill ages have depicted or not. Moral
life writes Itself Indelibly on nerves
Hual worship to which the prophets 81,(1 tissues, colors the blood. It
pointed the people. I records itself on character. Any day
This Is why the prophets always mu "e ,ne jungmem aay, tne day of
speak of the shame of Idolatry. It revealing, declaring patently what Is
seemed Incredible that men In their in,i what has been. The geologist
senses should prefer what appeared j Sy n ca8ual cut of the earth can tell
to them to bo brutlsm superstition lne lry of the earth's happenings
Both intellectually and morally It was ,,y the strata that are laid bare, de-
a disgrace. Especially the nronhets "onlt on deposit. The story of our
of the exile and after it, who had
come Into close connection with
heathen Idolatry, bad this sense of
superiority, and withered the stupld-
; but took Ills wives with him. They
end b?en partners In his rejection and
persecutions, and now were to be
partners In his glory. Just so those
I who have shared with Jesus Christ in
; Ilia rejections nnd sufferings shall
share with Him in His glory (cf. Lu.
22:28. 29; 2 Tim. 2:12; Ro. 8:17,
18). Ot course. It was not right for
; David to have two wives, not accord
, Irg to God's original ordinance con
cerning n.arrlage (Gen. 2:24; Matt.
19:4-9), but we must In Justice to
: David remember that there was not
the clear light In his day upon this
subject that there Is In our day. Men
must be Judged by the light that they
i possess. At this point In his career
, David was seeking to serve God with
a whole heart. All types are neces
I warily imocrfect, especially types
The only real church-going It when
the heart goes, nnd not merely the
body (Ps 20: 8.)
The church goer stands on an even
place or on the up-grade; the non
church goer stands on the down grade
(Ps 26: 12.)
No one can be good alone as he
could be with others to help him;
this fact Is n strong reason for church
going (Heb. 10: 24.)
Forsake the assembling of your
si lv s tojre'her. nnd how much for
saken yu! help, warnings, comfort,
Instruct Inn. and many other good
things (Heb. 10: 25.)
Thoughts.
Church-ruing Is a habit, easily Torm
rd. i nd still more easily broken.
Yonng people should go to church
more than their ciders, as they arc
less often sltk. nnd their rcllgtoUS ed
uenilun Is In proCCM.
No Other Institution of the church
so cmphivlzes the duty of church-going
as ihe Christian Endeavor so
ciety. Christian Endeavor Is training Ihe
church of the fiilnre; nnd It will be a
ehurch-gohig church.
Illustrations.
How much we should Kindly pny If
the sermon were a lecture and the
church music were a cencert!
We cannot support any organiza
tion, such as n debating club, or a
political party, without attending
meetings.
Rellglcn Is a business, and needs
the conference of partners: It Is a
War. nnd needs the campflre and Ihe
drill-ground.
Numbers count for enthusiasm. An
army, straggling through a wilderness,
broke Into loud cheers nnd rushed for
ward against the foe as soon as it
came out Into tho plain and saw It
self together.
where men are types of Christ, vet
ind is. "There Is nothing covered i tno wives of David are types of the
:hat shall not be revealed and bid church, tho bride cf Christ (cf. Eph.
hat shall not be made known. There- I 5:25-32), to at least this extent that
:ore whatsoever ye have spoken In ' tDe church will share with Christ In
llfe is not a tale that Is told and then
lone with. It leaves Its mark on the
joul. It only needs true self-knowl-?dge
to let us see It all. It onlv needs
ity of polytheism with their most ! awakened memory to bring it all
mordant Irony. It was a shame, at I oack- 11 onl' needs the fierce light
which they blushed, to think of Jews :o Deat on 11 t0 sllow M up as It was
descending tosuch puerile worship and
practices. It was folly for the heathen
who knew no better; It was shame
for Israelites to grovi ' before a stock
or
pred
the
"Th
nronhet of the orito- ni' v, , tie is found out! If to be undetected before they came to David. "In dis-
greatly ashamed that trust in graven 8 the onI-v defense, It Is to gamble tress," "in debt" and "bitterness of
Images, that say to the molten 1m- 1Kalnst a certainty. Found out we JS4 ' . Sam' 22:2 R- v-- marg.).
ages, Ye are our gods The in-nnh. lha" be, as we stand naked In the Those who row rally around Christ,
ets with their spiritual Insight al- I TUa and self-revealing light. - and wno Will hereafter enter Into
ready saw the dlsgrac and vnnitv of 'Then shall we begin to say to the lory wlln Him nre largely of tho
such worship; but the people who 1 nountalns, Fall on us, and to th
were seduced bv the lower and more bills. Cover us."
Rock of ages, cleft for me.
Let me hide myself In Thee.
ttone. The prophets confidently I laraness snail ne nearu in the light, 2f" vpn Ju as sua lias snarea wun
icted that experience would prove ,nd tllat which ye have spoken in the Ltirlst in His rejection (cf. Rev. 19:6-
folly and vanity of Idolatry ;ar ,B "Iosets shall be proclaimed J'- tness who now came Into power
ev shall lie tnmrd I, net hi ipon the housetops." Ashamed when with David bad been In sore distress
CPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.
sensuous rltea of Idolatry would hnve
to learn their folly by bitter experi
ence. When the pinch came, when
the needs of life drove them like
sheep, when In the face of the great
necessities', they would find out how
futile had been th?ir faith. "As the
thief is ashamed whn he Is found
out, so the house of Israel will bn
ashamed; they, their kings, their
princes, and their priests and their
prophets, saying to a stock. Thou
art my father; and to stone, Thou
hast brought me forth; but In tho
time of their troublo they will say,
Arise and save us But where are
thy gods that thou hast made thee?
Let them arise If they can save thee
In the time of thy trouble."
Ah. in the time of trouble they
would find out their folly; anil the
vanity of their trust In Idols would ho
found out! They should feel already
the disgrace; but, though they are In
sensible to that now, they will vet be
convicted and the hot blush of shame
will cover them with confusion of
face. They are not ashamed of tho
Ingratitude and wickedness and folly
of their conduct, but their sin will
find them out, and then surely thu
conviction of their fololshness and
guilt will abash them, and then at
A Song in the Heart.
We can sing away our cares easier
:han we can reason them away. The
ilrds are the earliest to sing in the
nornlng; the birds are more without
tare than anything else I know of.
Sing In the evening. Singing Is the
ast thing that robins do. When they
inve done their dally work, when
hey havt flown tllelr last flight and
picked up their last morsel of food
ind cleared their bills on a napkin of prompts a man
I bough, then on the top twig they
dng one song of praise. I know they
deep sweeter for it.
Oh, that we might sing every even
ing and morning, and let song touch
long all the way through! Oh, that
we could put song under our burden!
Oh, that we could extract tho s?nse
if sorrow by song! Then, sad tlilngB
would not poison so much.
When troubles come, go at them
.mil song.
same class. These men dwelt clo3e
t David (cf. Jno. 14:3; 1 Thess.
4:17).
II. David nnd the Men of Jabesh
Silend, 4b-7. Tho action of David
might seem a piece of shrewd strat
egy, but everything points to absolute
?lncerlty in the matter on David's
part (cf. ch. 1:13-16, 17-27; 4:5-12).
David In the greatness of his soul
really honored Saul as his rightful
sovereign (cf. 1 Sam. 24:4-8; 26:7
11). His nobility of heart led him to
do the very thing that was the mo.U
politic. There 13 no policy so wise as
that to which a generous heart
David wishes for
the men of Jabesh-gllead the high
?st form of prosperity, blessedness
from the Lord. They had shown
kindness unto Saul, and now Jehovah
would show "kindness and truth"
unto them. What we bow wo also
reap. God treats us as we treat our
fellow-men (Matt. 5:7; 6:14, 15; 7:1,
2; 2 Tim. 1:16-18). David did not
content himself with wishing that
Jehovah might reward their kind
ness, but he undertook to reward It
When griefs arise, sine
hem down. Lift the voire of nrnlse ' also. There are many whose generos
against cares. Praise God by sing- towards others exhausts Itself In
ing; that will lift-you above trials ol Pious wishes. As they had been
n ery sort. Attempt It. They sing 1 Btrong and .valiant for Saul while ho
n HMV4M, and among God's people "ved, David expected them to be val
m earth, song is th annroni Inte Ian. ! lant for him now that Saul was dead
last th.-v will know the sense of ' ruage of Christian feeling. Henry ar-d ne lla(! been anointed In Saul's
uegrauaiioii aim sen-contempt which i ,,a,u nwaw.
The Christian's Path to Fame Mark
10. 35-45; Phil. 2. 1-8.
No man can say, "Go to! I will
now be fnmous!" not even a good
man. Anyune that rises above the
medlcre achievement nnd ordinary In
tellectual treadmill of the crowd In
which he lives will have some recog
nition. And the fact Bhould be ham
mered Into the young people of our
churches Ihat a little hard work on
some good !oks, a little persistence
In good society, a little earnes'ness In
developing the talents God has given
most of his human creatures will cer
tainly give a young man or woman
some proper recognition among folks.
Now, there aro lots of ways of be
coming famous, and Borne are very
startling and some are very selfish.
And there are many ways for a Chris
tian to become famous, for there aro
many things to do and quite a num
ber of people for whom they must be
done. But from the standpoint of
conscience and of character there Is
but one way for a Christian to be
famous. He must use his brain and
his ability to work In an application
of the second great commandment.
This Is the only pathway to fame in
which ho can keep his Christianity.
And, after all, this Is the abiding
basis of all true famu. The man who
is busy piling up kind deeds In Ipve
for others will find himself some day
standing on a pyramid high above all
the glittering accumulations of sel
fishness. Sometimes one single deed
of perfect love and sacrifice will re
veal to the world the Belf-forge-ful
soul that all men reverence, A
man's work must be seen to be good,
for the man himself to bo visible for
long. The only abiding basis
for fame is a human heart that has
been helped, a human life, that has
been enriched. The fame of loving
UlndneBs robs no man of his due re
ward, but only adds a premium to all
decent living.
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK '
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERV DAY.
Drink Tnnnltjr The Cue of Alcohol
Either Habitually or Spanmodl-rallj-
Is nn E idenre of Physical
or Nervous Disorder.
The use of alcohol, either habitu
ally or spasmodically. Is, In view of
Dr. T. D. Crothers, who Is an export
on the subject, a symptom of an ex
isting physical and nervous disorder.
Men drink usually to anesthetize a
diseased brain or assuage a form of
lufferlng. When this condition is
periodical, people nre generally well
aware of R. We all know the man
3f tho "drink storm," who keeps
oher for many days, very likely for
months, but In whose brain the man
ia Is accumulating; who Is nervous,
uneasy, perhaps In actual pain; and
who breaks down at last In an un
controllable orgy of drink, In which
but ono Impulse reigns. Generally
we sympathize with this man. He
la regarded as a more or less helpless
victim.
Hut what of the one whose "drink
storm" Is "moderate" and habitual?
Who takes his alcohol every day, and
imagines that it is good for him?. He,
Dr. Crothers says. Is the worst vic
tim Of all. And this Is very bad
news for the moderate drinker:
"Measurements l y Instruments of
precision and careful studies of per
sons who drink regularly, even In so
?alled small quantities, indicate that
they are the most degenerate and de
factlra Of all Inebriates, and the most
positively Insane In a general sense.
Tests show that the action of alco
hol Is accumulative, and both the
brain and the nervous system are
permanently deranged."
But If tile desire for nlcohol Is n
disease or Insane Impulse which
drink temporarily relieves or dead
ens, what is the proper cause and
treatment of the disease Itself? Does
It devolve upon the doctors, or upon
society
nlcipnllty to remove the inducing
causes?
Here Is a problem which may well
attract tne attention of the physi
cians of the body politic as well as
the doctors of medicine. The fright
ful evil of the alcohol habit would
yield If Its cause, In the conditions
of stress and nervous perversion
which press upon the brain and
nerves, could be reached by more
wholesome ways of life. That at
least Is the deduction from Dr. Cri -tilers'
conclusions. New York Maii.
Religious Truth s
2E
From the Writingt of Great
Preacher:
AN ANSWERED PRAYER.
"Oh, give me n message of quiet."
I nuked in my morning rinyer;
For the turbulent trour.e "within me
Is more thnn my hes.t can bear.
Around there is strife and discord.
And the storms that dn not eette,
And the whirl of the world in on mc
Thou only enn'st give me peace."
1 opened the old, old Bible.
And looked at a page of l'salms,
Till the wintry sen of trouble
t V smoothed hv its summer calms;
For the words that hnve helped so many,
And the pages Ihat they held dear,
Seemed new in their power to comfort,
And they brought me my word of cheer
Dies music of solemn singing
TheH words csme dnwa to me
"Thc l,ord is slow to anger.
And of meny nv.it ja Jfe;
Each generation prnisetli
His work of long reni.wn.
The fxird upholdeth all that fall.
And ruineth the bowed down."
That gave me the strength I wanted!
1 knew that the Lord was nigh;
All thnt was making me anrry
Would lie better by -and by.
1 had but to wait in patience
And keep nt mv Father's side,
And nothing would really hurt me,
Whatever might betide
-Marianne Fnrnincliani, in London Sun
day School Time.
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
snould be theirs now. "Ae the thief
Is ashamed when he Is found out. so
the house of Israel will he ashamed."
The same lullness of mlud and
darkening of heart and obtuseness of
conscience can be paralleled ameng
ourselves. Is It not true thac in
social ethics the unpardonable sin la
to he found out? In many rases it
Is not the thing itself that men fear
and condemn and are ashamed of,
but anything like exposure of It.
There Is a keen enough sensibility to
disgrace, but not for the thing Itself
which la the disgrace. Men will do
things with an easy conscience for
which they would be ashumed if
tney were found out
I'm oil mon Service.
We must not forget that our call
ng is a high one. How often we hear
t said in our prayer meetings that we
ire to serve the Lord la little things!
It Is true, and It Is a great comfort
.hat it Is true, that the giving of a
(lass of water can plense God, nnd the
tweeplng of a room can alorlfv Him.
But woe be to us If we are content one
Htei-cl
III. David Anointed King Over
larael in Hebron, ch. 5:1-5. After
seven years and a half of waiting, at
last the whole nation recognized
David as the divinely chosen king.
They ought to have seen It long be
fore. After doing all they could to
thwart God's plan and to destroy
David, they now recognized him as
their bone and flesh (v. 1), and tho
wno had led them out and
A Shnmeless Conspiracy.
I have seen in an English news
paper the announcement that a public
house Is for sale, writes the Rev. The
odore L. Cuyler, and the advertise
ment contains the following sentence:
"These premises are surrounded by
numerous manufactories, employing
thousands of well-paid hands, who In
habit numerous dwellings In this
dense neighborhood. The trade Is
large, full-priced, and mostly done at
the counter, approaching 12000 per
month."
This cold-blooded announcement
smells of the pit. Beelzebub himself
could not frame a more Infernal sen
tence than this one, In which the
dram seller tells how cunningly he
has planted his death-trap between
those laborers' wages and all theli
needy wives and children. Ho has
reared his toll-gate right In the very
track of these well-paid hands, so that
he may levy on them at the rate of
2000 per month! For this sum he
retails to these operatives disease,
poverty, disgrace and endless destruc
tion. We feel our fingers Instinctive
ly twitching to get such a scoundrel
by the throat until he Is as purple in
the countenance as any of his vic
tims. But why spend our righteous Indig
nation upon a foreign liquor seller
when the same conspiracy against thr
wages and honor and HveB of work
ingmen la being carried on in our
land? Precisely the crime which the
Englishman so shamelessly advertised
Is being perpetrated here In our fac
tory towns, In all our cities, mid in a
majority of our villages.
Mm small service! Too much brought them In to victory. Better
thought of little things belittles. I yet, they recognized him as the one
we snould attempt great things whom Jehovah had appointed to feed
nis people Israel, and to be captain
tor God. Caleb Bald: "Give me this
mountain." Mary broke the alabaster
box that was exceedingly precious.
Our noral i Tne dlgrPIeB left H to follow Jesus,
standard of Judgment Is so much i.wt ! ttn.u counted It Joy to suffer for His
that of the community, our con- I la.ke LM ug not be easily content,
science Is largely a social conscience . , notc of heroll,m should he In our
merely; not Individual and personal I giving. In our serving. Our King de
and vital, but iii.Vo.ed upon us by 1 BerveB expects klnglinoBs. M. a
society, a code of n.anners and rule's i l,ucoc D. O.
which we must not transgress. It is
no exaggeration to say that we live
more by this code, by the customs and
restraints of society, than by the holy
law ot God ub a 11 it to our feet and a
lamp to our path. Much of this Is
good, and represents the accumulated
gains of the past, a certain standard
of living below which men are not ex
pected to fall, a moral an area a
Christian atmosphere which affects ua
all and which Is responsible for much
ot the good that Is In us. One only
needs to live for a little In a pagan
community to realize how much we
over them. Israel Is relectlng the
real David to-day, but the time is
coming when all Israel will recognize
Him (Zech. 12:0, 10; 13:1; Rom
1 1:25, 26). The league they made
with David was before the Lord. The
only covenant that Is of any real value
Is the one that Is made in the Lord's
iTuuuce and fur His glory.
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In each phrase below a well-known
mauy of
the various operations of the work
men in porcelain, but now, since this
substance Is employed for insulators
in all electric Installations, scientific
p.'oci sses have been introduced In Its
manufacture which demand a great
leal of special attention. The exact
owe to the general Christian standard 1 -" "unt ot contraction that the clay
of our country, such as It is. At th
same tlmo we must sea how Insecure
this Is as a guard and guide to llfe.
A man might have a corrupt heart
and be filled with all evil passions,
but It stauds to reason that society
cannot take him to task for that, un
lasi It gets something on which It can
lay a finger. And apart eveu from
such deupsr moral depths of charac
ter, there may be actual transgres
sions, but, until they are discovered
and proved, society must trat them
as If they did not exist. A man might
be a thief, not only In desire and
heart, but In reality, but until hB Is
found oat, he rubs shoulders with
l.onet uiju everywhere a one of
undergoes, the exact temperature to
which It la submitted 1n the process
if liaklng, the constant employment
if Instruments for measuring the
.emperature and for determining the
size of certain pieces such are
imoug the essentials In the modern
art of porcelain making for electric
purposes.
THE DERNIER RESORT.
"The English suffragettes are
threatening to use bombs."
"And If they have no effect?"
' Then, I s'pose, they'll resort to
hatpins." Washington Herald.
2. The attempt of Plus X. on a malt)
lerson. 3. A temporary home by the
lea. 4. Imprisoned by wintry ele
ments. 5. The burglary of a door
fastening. 6. The suspension or a
waterfowl. 7. One engaged In com-
i merce In an Italian city. 8. A mu-
ilclan In motley of a town In Prussia.
9. The trip. 10. We form a fac
;or ot 2 i 11. The abandoned ham
let. 12. A wedding token, and a
t-olume. 13. 1 he stint of work. 14.
A past day, a present one, and all
future time. 16 Camping on the
.nv spot that we did before. 16.
Pastoral poems of royalty. 17. The
king's daughter. 18. A legend for
faultfinders. 19. The song of the
only remaluing singer. 20. An Ital
ian girl goes by. 21. The old salt.
22. Poem on a Hellenic vase. SI.
Poem of the blues. 14. Tha country
seat of laziness. 15. Earthly bliss
forfeited.
Six of the largest colleges In Switz
erland have 2193 female students.
Evelyn Thaw denied that she had
spent more than half of $54,000 In
the past two years.
Italia Garibaldi, a granddaughter
of the Italian patriot and a Methodist,
Is at the head of the Methodist Girls'
School at Rome.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 108 years old,
ot Brooklyn, N. Y., received mauy
birthday visitors and was in remark
ably good health.
Mrs. Esther Davis celebrated her
114th birthday at the Home ot the
Daughters of Jacob, In East Broad
way, New York City.
There are seven women physicians
In New Orleans, and all of them are
struggling to be admitted to mem
bership In the Orleans Parish Medi
cal Society.
The Alice Freeman Palmer chimes
were dedicated at the University ot
Chicago during the recent meeting.
Mrs. Palmer was the first dean of
women for that university.
After granting women the parlia
mentary suffrage Norway has gone a
step further and voted to give all
women employed In the postal serv
ice the same pay as the men.
Mrs. Ellen Tompkins won the Cur
rins prise for oratory at the State
Presbyterian College, Hastings, Neb.
The Junior essay prize and the Greek
essay prize were both won by Miss
In gal Is.
Mrs. Mathilda M. Turner, of Mun
hall, Pa., has broken the record by
swimming Cooneaut Lake at Its
widest point In eighteen minutes and
fifteen seconds. The distance is over
one mile.
Mrs. Benjamin StalnhardC widow
of a member of the Howe & Hummel
firm, sued Charles W. Morse for $10,
000, the etpenses of a trip for her
husband's health, which she says
Morse agreed to pay.
It haa been found that electrical
currents will aoften concrete. Thli
Is of Importance In tha wrecking oi
old foundations.
Fragment.
Gather up the fragments that re
main, that nothing be lost. St.
John 6:12.
The day was far spent, the night
was at hand. The great multitude
which had followed Jesus out Into
Ihe country were ready to disperse to
seek shelter until the morrow. Mul
tiplied by the Bread Giving Hand, the
five small cakes and two tiny fishes
had satisfied the hunger of the 5000.
With words of thanksgiving and
upon the State and tho mu- i praise they were about to depart
A .. . V. I .1 J .. Thn .1 I .. . I t . . I. . . . .
1 j 1 iiau gainereu arounn
the Master to accompany Him to some
evening resting place. There yet re
mained, however, In the mind of
Christ something to lie done. A few
words conveyed His desire to them:
"Gather up the fragments that re
main, thnt nothing be lost."
In them Is found one of the most
precious nnd comforting thoughts of
the divine revelation. In the econ
omy of God nothing is wasted. Christ,
despised and rejected of men, knew
the futility and folly of human con
tempt. Ho knew the worth of the
thing for which nobody cares, which
every one disdains. The fragments.
In the eyes of the satisfied multitude,
In the eyes oven of the chosen few,
were worth nothing. They were to
be thrown aside, abandoned, trodden
under foot of men. But Christ knew
that they would feed some hungry
souls who had not enjoyed the advan
tages of the 5000 In being In close
touch with Him. He knew their use.
The material providence in Hl9
thought suggests the spiritual provi
dence In His soul. "If God so clothe
the grass of the field shall He
not much more clothe you, O ve of
little faith?"
Here Is a wretched woman of the
town, painted, tawdry, brajten; here
Is a poor, ground down, stunted, ill
nourished toller; here is a sickly, Ig
norant, impudent child of the slums;
here Is an Idle, selfish, depraved
woman of faBhlon; here Is a hard,
bitter, conscienceless procurer of
child labor; here Is a wretched, per.
verted bomb thrower; here Is a blood
less, soulless, heartless oppressor of
Industry human fragments, worth
less In the eyes of good men, to be
trodden under foot ruthlegr.ly, or to
be dealt with rlgorpusly by the law
on either hand. What does Christ
say about them?
We are all mndo In the Image of
God. God has n right to expect from
each one of us a representation of
Himself. What broken, mutilated
monsters we show to the all-seeing
eye of the Father! If we could see
with His power of vision, with what
horror we would shrink from the im
ages presented, what disgust would
fill our souls! Yet God wants every
one or tnose human fragments.
Christ's prayer, Christ's hope, was
Ihat none of them might be lost. The
image may be distorted nnd marred,
but it Is still God's Image. There Is
some of tho divine In every human
being. Men cannot see it, but God
can. He would fain have nothing
lost, and nothing will be lost unless
It deliberately loses Itself.
Wl'.at Is the lesson of this compre
hensive Inclusive prayer nay. com
mand of Christ? ItJs the old lesson
it kindness one to another, of gentle
consideration of our fellows, of try
ing to discover tho good In humanity
rather than exploit the bad. It is a
condemnation of arroganca and self
latlsf action. It Is a Ution of brother
hood In Its active sense. It aays to
us, "Judge not."
"Gather up the fragments." Ah.
gentle reader, are you not, after all.
only a fragment yourself for God',
gathering? Cyrus Townsend Bradv,
In the New York Sunday Herald.
A Town's Regenerator.
"We've got a thing on our road the
boys call Hell.' If you want a real
hard thing to try out the Y. M. C.
A. on. put It there." This wus the
remark made ten years ago by a rail
road president to an international Y
M C. A. secretary, who had urged
that this organization could better
the conditions of living and the ser
vice on tho road. "That suits us."
said the secretary. The company put
up $4500 for an equipment, and the
citizens $2500. At the. end of a
month saloon men protested that the
new organization was ruining their
buBlness. One of them, who hud ths
biggest paying corner saloon in town,
said his monthly receipts had fallsn
off from over $30.00 to $700, and he
or the association had to quit. Now a.
handsome Episcopal church occupies
his corner. A brakeman who came
back to the town after nn absence ol
two years, hunted his former bjbo
elates in their accuttomed seats in the
saloon, and found them in the Y. M
C. A. building.
Can This Be So?
We are advised by the Assoclaed
Prohibition Press as follows: "Thl
teachers who went from Mobile tc
the Alabama State Legislature to o;i
pose State prohibition were practi
cally forced to go by the politicians
of that city under the threat thai
they might lose their positions II
they did not go." If this be true,
human language Is Unequal to the
task of appropriate expression. Na
tional Advocate.
Cnre of the Body.
Our iove for God and man, out
reverence for Ideal truths and right
eousness, our ability to provide foi
ourselves, and do our part In thf
work of the world, al' demand that
we take proper care of the body
making this a part of our religion
Just as much as the care oi tho soul
The Rev. Dr. Bowser, Presbyterian
Atlanta.
Tomperanie Note.
Mississippi has gone dry ulso, Ws
can now say, "We are Beven." Othei
States In the near future. Tho Legis
latures are getting reudy.
Ray County, Missouri, went "dry'
by a majority of 1975 vo'es out ol
2950. This makes sixty-suveu of the
1)4 counties of Missouri salouuless.
The Hon. TIiihoub G. Hudson, Com
missioner of Agriculture for Georgia,
adds his testimony to the beneficial
effects of Sta'e prohibition, although
It Is little over six weeks since the law
went into effect.
Not only In Atlanta, but all over
Georgia and the "dry" territory, it It
becoming apparent that benefit lu
avery way Is the result of prohibitory
law.
The government of Roumanla hat
projected a new liquor law, undei
which the right to sell drink will past
Into the hands of local communal au
thorities In April next.
Mr. Asqullh, M. P., the Chancelloi
of the British Exchequer received s
delegation from the IJfltlsh Temper
ance League. A memorial was pre
sented from nearly 3000 ministers ol
the Oospel in favor of "an effective
Measure ol tempertrwi rtlv.rvi."
The
General Demand
at the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxativo which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholmomo and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yes
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with Its ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Fig9 and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons whj
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuino manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
g DOY PAINTER
f painTquaTity 1
I ITISFOUND0NLY0M JSjSSSt I
PURE WHITE LEAD mjmi J
A Base Materialist.
"It took five years to embroider
this pillow cover. It Is all needle
work ! "
"Humph! I'd say It was all need
less work." Kansas City Times.
Hicks' Capudlne Cnres Womrn'i
Monthlv Pains. Backache. Nervousness.
snd Headache. It's Liquid. Effects imme
diately. Prescribed by physicians with best
10 000., ai
results. 10c., 23a, and
drug stores.
THIS AND THAT
A woman Is always looking for a
change either of drese or complex
Ion. Sometimes a man who has a nice
ly curled mustache can make a living
In spite of it.
All things come to him who tips
the waiter.
A lot of unlearning Is necessary
for the average college graduate.
Poets are all well enough If they
are not in your family so that you
have to support them.
The Senator's Model.
The model had sat, with the neces
sary rests, for three hours In one
position, the pose of a splendid Sena
tor of Washington, elegant, aristo
cratic. He had a fine head. He wae
quite noted for that. He had been
model for illustrations of many he
roic figures.
But the model with the fine head
wore about tho dustleBt suit of
clothes you ever saw. His shoes
were down at the heel. His cuffs
were frayed. His collar stayed put
with difficulty. It was so old.
When the three hours were up he
gave a sigh of relief, for posing is
hard work. There is no work hard
er. The artist drew forth his wad
and paid him. The model thanked
him with a grateful smile.
"He Is down and out." said the
artist when he waB gone. "He hadn't
a penny to get his lunch with." .
And he looked at the picture he
had drown of him as a splendid Senn
tor of Washington with a complacent
smilo of satisfaction with the fl.ie
dignity of it. New York Press.
Real American Royalty In Want.
Two princesses, representatives of
the only real American royalty, de
scendants of that Massasolt whoso
word was law to 30 villages and
30,000 red men, are living In pov
erty on the shores of Lake Assa
wampsett, Mass. They are Teweelee
ma and Wootonekanuske. An effort
is being made to Becure for these last
of the royal blood of the Wampano
ags a material recognition of their
rights and of the services which their
ancestors, the mighty Enchem Mas
sasolt, performed for the pioneers of
New England. For without Mas
sasoit's friendship nnd protection the
struggling colonists would have been
swept from the land. Chicago News.
Not Ethics, But Faith,
Christianity is noi In ethics, but It
faith. When the Son of man comet!
will He find faith on the earth?
To He 111 emir (1.
Everything that Is a mere form
a mere habit and custom In dlvlni
things, 1s to be dreaded exceedingly,
life, power, reality this Is what wt
have to aim after. Things should
not result from without, but frour
within. George Muller. .
Cause ot Fcers.
Faith will give comfort In tin
midst of fears; unbelief causes fean
In the midst of comforts. John Bun
yan.
A great development In the use
and manufacture of alumnlum in
England Is being looked for. and the
company which has a monopoly ol
the busluess Is planning for a great
enlargement in 1909. The price ol
the metal was reduced last Octobei
to $500 a ton, and this has led to s
demand for It In new fields, notablj
by telegraph and telephone compa
nies. Aluminum, It may be notd, li
used In the new explosive "ammon
al," of which much is expected be
cause It does not, like lyddite, deton
ate on contact, but will penetrate ar
mor or earthworks before exploding.
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Urupc-Nuta.
The valuo of this famous food I?
shown In many ways, In addition to
what might be expected from Its
chemical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made of whole
wheat and barley, Is thoroughly
baked for many hours and contains
all the wholesome Ingredients In
these cereals.
It contains also the phosphate ot
1 potash grown in the grains, which
Nature uses to build up brain and
nerve cells.
Young children require proportion
ately moro of 1 1,1: element because
j the brain and nervous system of the
, child grows so rapidly.
A va. mother found the value ot
Grape-Nuts In not only building up
her own strength but In nourishing
her baby at tho same time. She
writes:
"After my baby came I did not re
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said I could not nurse the baby
aa I did not have nourishment for
her, besides I was too weak.
"He said I might try a change of
dlot and see what that would do, and
recommended G. ape-Nuts food. I
bought a pkg. and used it regularly.
A marked change came over both
baby and I.
"My baby Is now four months old,
Is In fine condition, I am nursing her;
and doing all my work and nevor felt
better In my lite.'' "There's a Rea
son." Name given by Poatum Co., Battlo
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Ever rvm) the above letter? A i 'v
oa appears, from time to time. They:
are genuine, true, and full of bnmaa,
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