THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. C. S. MACFARLAND.
Theme: Jesus' Imprrlnl Spirit.
P-onklyn, N. Y. Ir h Park Con
bt " iflonal Church. Elihth avenue
nrt Second street, flnndsv morning,
the Rev. Cbnrles S Marfarland. Ph.
n . of the Convreaatlonal Church n(
"5'inth Vnrwalk, Conn., author of
'The Inftnlto Affection " and other
works, nrearheil on "The Imperial
Spirit of .Testis . " Th texts were
from .Tohn 14:27: "feaee I leave
with von: Mv neae I tIvp unto jru
not as the world glvetb. elv" I tinte,
Ton. Lf not too' heart ho trnnb'd,
neither let It he afraid: " InSn ltSS:
"fn the world '-e shell have tribula
tion: hnt b of (rood nher. T have
overcome the world:" Matthew
10:34- "Think not that T am coma
to send nonce on earth: t came
not to spnd hut a sword." Dr.
Marfarland said:
.Testis Is rasswHntt Tils disciples.
He ays to them' Tie courageous, he
hold, overcome th world. By the
world He m"ns the temporal life.
Be masters. He savs ove- that life;
let "on' snlrlts overcome It.
What a sublime nlctur! There
He is, awaiting the end. He Is going,
down to apneront defeat, to human
eye. HI? life seems nought. The
cross awaits Hint, a cross between
the crosses of two thieve. Bnranha
la to be chosen Instpad of Himself.
He no lonzo- has -mv followers, ex
cept those talthfttl few, and even they
are trembling, fearful and ready to
flee. Yet H uttors these stranly
contradictory words, "I am the Mas
ter of the world."
We so- here also the miral trran
deur of Testis. r" translation of His
oersonaltty nnd His Inner life Into
terms of moral nower. As He was
the great thinker, so He was the
nohle liver of tjiu race. As Ho gain
the mastery of loftv minds, so Ke li
the sovereign of all noble live.
His snlendtd Hfo a now centering
In the cross toward which It he ben
leading. From th hgfnnlng He has
seen the red Tt'-hin-' Him Is a long
trail of moral strength. From Him
goes the Impression of a sovereign
personality. He Is the supreme ex
ample of noble living, 'or the man
hood of our day. with Its alternating
bravery ar d cowardlr", with its noble
resolve and weak compliance. Jesus
betomes, first, the sharo.er and then
the Insplrer of human living
Hazing in som- measure annr
headed the snlendld mind of the M is
ter and gathered something of the
moral graro-ur of His 'ife, we seek
to discover the hiaoer secret of Hie
outward splendor. Let us trv to look
Into His soul Mid discover the mean
ing of this malestlc. brave, strong,
Impelllifglv attractive manhood.
Look again at our text, recall the alt.
nation under which it was uttered,
remember that He is facing a cross,
listen to His words: "Peace I leave
unto you," "Be full of confidence,
"I have conquered the world."
Another strange thine Is the con
tradictories of the Master. For
Upon another occasion did He not
say, "Think not that I am come to
send peace on the earth; I came not
to send peaci, but a rfword?"
How are we to explain the paradox
of these twe contradictory, text?
8hall we avail ourselves of the liberty
of criticism and say that one appears
In the Synoptic Gospels and is his
torical, while the other appears In the
Fourth Gospel and is unhiBtorlcal?
Shall we decided that one of them
i an interpolation? This is alto
gether too easy and ready a method.
Let ms wait and Bee If we may not
bring them Into harmony.
First of all let us look at the sec
ond text and see how true It Is. He
sent those disciples forth into the
world. Did not they And the sword?
Their tory is a continuous one of
persecution, imprisonment, death. If
there was the one thing they did not
find It was peace. Peter and John
began ar Jerusalem. They were told
that they must not speak or teach in
the name of JesiiB. They went out,
prayed for courage and went to
preaching again. For it they were
beaten with stripes. They received
their hundredfold reward "with per
secutions. "
What mockery are Jesus' words to
Him: "Peace I leave with you."
How fortunate If the Fourth Gospel
were written very late and is unrelia
ble! Does It not make our Lord
guilty of false prophecy?
The story goes on through succeed
ing ages. The successors of these
disciples live and die In Roman cata
comba and caves. They are hunted,
hungered, despised, persecuted, suf
fering unto death. How it must have
mocked them: "Peace I leave with
you." Jesus bequest was broken, or
at least this codicil revoked.
aut even all this is l?ss perplexing
than the utterance coming from ths
lips of the man who spoke It. Waa
It a mistaken prophecy of Jesus? Be
cause His own life was so calm and
peaceful did He 'suppose that His
disciples' would be also? Look for
a moment at the life of the man from
whose lips these words come. Fol
low Him In His weariness, in His re
jection, In HIb disputes with carping
critics, with His misunderstanding
and quarreling disciples. Not a place
to lay His head. Go with Him on the
mountainside at night. Witneas Him
in the Garden, where Ho sweat, us It
were, great dropa of blood. Behold
Him on Calvary between thieves.
Watch Him crowned with thorns,
buffeted, spat upon, mocked in dis
dain. What a contrast and contra
diction are Hla words: "PMM 1
leave with you; My peace I give unto
you." Evidently we mnst accept the
prophecy of our aecond text and deny
the truth of the llrst.
3f0M doing so let us go back and
look at thoae disciples again and be
hold another aspect of their life.
Peter la there, It is true, In prison.
Hut wt read about the presence of
an angel of the Lord and of a light In
the midst of the darknesa. Think of
some of those little gatherings In the
upper rooma with the breaking of
bread and prayers. Look at Paul
with hia visions all full of beauty.
Head his epistles, vibrant with joy
and hope and faith. On the sinking
ship he ia the one buoyant spirit of
them all. He goes into the midnight
prison again where he alts (hi ust Into
the Inner ward with .bis feet fait In
the stocks, and you hear him, wltu
Silas, singing hymns.
Go back again and look at the life
of Jeaua. Look beyond the outward
vicissitudes. Seek to penetrate to the
inner conaclouaneaa of the Buffering
man. There ta no thought of pes
lmlsm In HI Gospel. He la ever
lighted up by faith and hope and joy.
Behold Hloi before Pilate! HI coun
tenance la untroubled. Pilate la the
disturbed and restleaa one; the trou
bleaoine drearna were those of the
chamber of hla household.
Our paradox la partly aolved. Both
iirotiheciea Jire tsjm. He did vend a
f Sword on earth." Ke dfiTaC the same
time leave His bequest of peace.
But our real question la not an
swered. Is It true of human life in
general? When has come the finest
literature, the literature of peace, joy,
light, hope. Inspiration, triumph?
Has It come from men whose live
were free from suffering, pain and
disappointment ? Sometimes, per
haps, hut not very often. It has not
OaMu from those who lived In kings'
palaces and wore soft raiment. Moat
of It has come out of the depths of
dungeon, from It I nil poets, from disease-racked
bodies.
Jeaus' prophecy is true. The rea
son It did not 8fem to be true was be
cause we did not read It aright. Read
It again: ""Peace I leave with you;
My peaco T give unto you." My perfte.
"Not aa the world."
It means that this outward life I
not our realest life, it means that
our outward and Inward life are In
large measure Independent of each
other. It means that true peace does
not come from external situations,
but from something that Is within
us; our Inward sense of our Tightness
with God, our consciousness of true
purpose and true heart.
It means the estimate of things by
a view from above. It means that
Heaven la not a place to go to, but a
condition to attain. It means that a
man. within himself, may he like one
enfolded In the comfort of his home
while the ttorm rages outside. The
ultimate victory of human life Is tbla
triumph of the Inward spirit over the
outward life.
I am trying to give to men a vital
meaning for the cross. Lcok at the
Master this morning, fresh from Geth
nemano. facing that crosf, with not
one brave soul to stand by Him to the
end. Hear again the calm, majestic
utterance, "I have conquered the
world." Imagine yourself trere with
the disciples, faring their life, and
hear Him as He says to you, "You
may suffer and yet dwell upon sub
lime heights." "The storm of ruin
may come and yet there need never
bo any truce cf the spirit." It was
just what He had been saying all
a.ong it) them, "I will give you rest."
Ke looked out on the city of His
day; He sa.v men as we see them to
day, racing .ach other for wealth,
looking upon "ioh other with mutual
suspicion. He WH saying to them,
'Do not be like the frail craft, like
the little steam yacht; be like the
great ocean steamer with her Iron
lull, as she moves on her way with
her ponderous throbs; do not let
yourself be tosed about upon the
acean, but ride through her billows."
He was bidding men as Ho bids
vou men to-rMy to seak and possess
the great ultimate realities of life.
He was Baying, "Forgst to watch your
little engines and look out upon the
ocean and up Jnto the sky."
Do not guard your business, your
paltry pleasures and little interests
while you forget to thlrk about the
deep things of life. Try this morning
to catch His spirit as did the great
Apostle Paul, who learned how to
ibound and also how to be abased, to
rejoice In adversity and to let all the
experiences of life give their lessons
ind their strength. Do not long for
?ome soft pine-laden balmy southern
ilr, but be made stronger by the
bleak winds of the rock-bound coast.
Got hold of something that Is be
fond the reach of men, some joy
which no man taketh from you. Be
like the rock unmoved by the surgins
of the waters. When stricken down,
rise again mightier than before. Such
a the voice of these great gospels.
My dear men (and women), the
peace of Jesus Christ does not coine
through some mythical contempla
tion, nor through some vague experi
ence. It comes by our sharing of the
iplrlt of the Master, by the earnest
1 'ollowlne of dutv. the noble facing of
-esponslblllty, the bold confronting
f difficulties, the patient bearing of
alumr.y, the quiet endurance of per
secution, the brave carrying of sor
row and the prayerful sanctifying of
jur joya. Gethaemane and Calvary
ira the price of this spirit. Rest can
only follow labor. The overcoming
of outward things is the condition of
i inward peace.
You men here, you young men
1 here, religion Is not simply something
' or women, or for you when you are
;ick or dying. In those closing days
of JeBus they left this noble man to
e admired and worshiped by a few
faithful women. So you men have
done; but now I ask you, do It
nimbly, do It modeatly, do It knowing
that you are not worthy to unloose
the latchet of His shoes, but be His
llsclples, admire Hia character, do
things "for His sake," give Him a
-eat, manly affection.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27.
&unbaii-&cf?oof
K
The Lord of the Sabbath Matt 1Z
W Isa. 58. 13, 14.
Matt. 12. 17. There Is nothing fl
this pi -ar-,. to Indicate thai Chritl INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
uiu not lencn perpetual oitllgatlon to
OUT OF CHORD.
TELE GREAT DESTROYEB
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOU1
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
the religious observance of olio day
In seven ns a holy Sabbath. This
Sabbath will be lor all time under
the direction of tho fourth command-
I metit but not tinder the injunction of
i the Jewish elders.
Jesus nnd his disciples being In the
grain fields, the disciples began to
pluck the oars of grain and to eat.
The act its. ll was In harmony with
the law (Deut. 13, 25). To the pluck
ing of the grain Itself, though It be
longed to another, the Phnrlsees did
not object; but the plunking and rub
bing of cars of grain on the Sabbath
day this was forbidden by the tra-
dltlon of the elders, because it was a
I kind of reaping.
Jesus Justified his disciples in what
they did by shnwlng thnt works of
necessity nro lawful on the Sabbath
day. nnd ho proneoded to liberate
them, not only from the corruptions
of the Pharisees but from their un
scrlptural ImiMositlons also.
J' -us further reminds them of the
priests In the temple who did servile
work on the Sabbath day, killing the
MI NTS FOR SEITF.MHKR 27.
IllbJeCll Temperance, Is. B: 11 -2ft
Golden Text, Prov. 20:1 Com
mit Versus 22, 2.1 Comments
on the Lesson.
TIME. 700 B. C. and 1908 A. D.
PLATE. Jerusalem and all lands.
EXPOSITION. I. The Woe of
Those Who Live lr.tompernf ely, 11-
17. God pronounces six woes upon
His people because of their sins. The
first woe Is pronounced upon tho
greedy monopolist. Verse 8 gives a
very graphic picture of a large class
among us to-day who count them
telves happy, but Jehovah pronounces
woe upon them. More and more will
his be true ns time passes, even as it
ame to pass In Jerusalem. The sec
ond woo Is pronounced upon those
who live for the gratification of ap
petite. The description of the drunk
ard In verse 1 1 exactly fits our own
lay. The rising sun sees the wretch
ed victim of alcohol up searching for
When hough and stem, so lately black and
bore,
Are vital wit the glow of May-tide
green,
When with new life exultant everywhere
The earth is trenching on a heaven unseen.
I Je7 ""d the sound of mortal misery!
I The din of evil in the world of men,
; lors with the Imnnoniea we hear and see.
; And Being trembles with the discord
then :
so that, dospite divinenesa of the mom,
Through glorious gladneu bunt regretful
grief.
Dh! would that man were hero and now
rcnorn!
God! put a new humanity in loaf!
Charlotte Fiske Bates, in the Christian
Register.
in open saloon; he hasn't slept much
i aaoHni i..of. rZhi.k , ' "d now wants a drink to steady his
XL 1 "1 . ' ." IL?" : rves. M he Is not only up early
i cose, would have been profaning tho
I babbath. und yet It was never con
I aldered so, because tho temple serv
ice required it. All this proves that
cnrlst clearly taught that works of
necessity on the Sabbath day are law-
but tarries late Into night till wine
Inflame him. He Is burning tho
1 'andle at both ends and will soon
burn It out. God pronounces woo
upon every such an one. And the
woe never falls to come. It Is a alg-
ful. But at the same lime there Is nlflcant fact that after speaking In
nothing In this Incident to teach tho
lax observance of the Sabbath aa a
i divine Institution. Christ Justifies
tho diBclples by several arguments.
I L Standing In their presence In
One greater than the temple (verse C.)
If the temple Is greater than the Sab
bath, and must bo served by the Sab-
i bath, how much more must the Sab-
I buth serve the One who Is greater
j thun the temple.
I 2. The superiority of tho moral
i law over tho more ceremonial duty.
God will have mercy and not sacrl-
I flee.
3. Tho lordship of tho Son of man
I over the Sabbath. He who Is Lord
' of the Sabbath and Sovereign of man
: kind has power to use the dnv for
general terms of the ruin of Judnh
(vs. 1-7) such frequent references
are made to drunkenness. It is clear
that the prophet Isaiah (as well as
other prophetr.) considered Judah's
fall (nnd Israel's) as due largely to
Intemperance (see also ch. 28:1, 7, 8;
Hos. 7:G, fi. Tho effect of wine Is to
"Inflame them." It Inflames the
stomanh, the blood, the eyes, the
brain, the vilest nnd fiercest passions
of the soul and kindles the Area of
hell. Tho man that fools with wine
Is fooling with a fire that has caused
the costliest conflagrations that the
world has ever known. In verse 12
we have pictured tho veneering of art
and refinement with which drunkards
seek to rover their beastliness. Music
Is constantly prostituted to become
the boat Interests of his creatures ' tllc servitor of beastliness. While
who are to be his chief clorv.
Isa. 58. 13, 14. The Old Testament
prophets place special emphasis on
the need of tho Jews to observe the
Sabbath ns a day of rest and worship,
In which they shall turn aside from
pleasure and find their delight In the
Lord. The appointment of the Sab
bath Is shown to bo a special token
of God's favor, and the observance of
it is regarded aa a special evidence
of their righteous life und devotion to
Johovuh.
SEPTMEBER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
Topic Home Missions: The Cry of
the City Gen. 18: 16.33.
The first city. Gen. 4: 16, 17.
A wicked city. Gen. 19; 15-17.
A city missionary. Jonah I: 1,
An luolatiuua city.
21.
Acta 17:
2
10-
( A city wept over. Luke 19: 41-44.
The heavenly city. Rev. 22: 1-0.
All evil thut men have developed
oenters in the modern city, aa well as
i possibilities of ull kinds of good.
The city throws around Its citizens
powerful bonds, which Involve the
rlghtous In tho fate of the evil.
We may bo sure that the Judge of
, all the earth will do right; but His
right will be comfortable for us only
as we are righteous.
We wish that Abraham had gone on
and begged Sodom's safety for the
sake of our soul. How we underes
1 tlmato God's care for Individuals!
these ancient sinners gave themselves
over to aesthetic and sensual indul
gence they forgot "tho work of the
Lord" (cf. Job 21:11-14; Am. C:4-G).
One of tho most serious evils of the
use of wino Is that It leads men to
forget God. A fearful doom nwalts
all those who forget God (Job 34:24
27; Pa. 2S:5; 9:17). The conse
quence of their intemperance and for
getting God wns that God's people
had "gone Into captivity" (v. 13).
Tho world to-day is full ol people
who have gone Into tho most degrad
ing and painful captivity through the
same two causes Intemperance and
forgetfulness of God. The Immediate
cause of captivity was "lack of knowl
edge." Knowledge of the truth Is lib.
crty. Ignorance of tho truth is bond
age (Jno. 8:32; cf. Hob. 4:6; Rom.
1:28; 2 Theaa. 1:8). The next result
of Judah'a Intemperance was that
"Hell (or Sheol, the underworld)
enlarged her deBlre, and oponed her
mouth without measure." Holl yawns
wide because of Intemperance and the
glory of tho multltuda and the pomp,
and he that rejoices among us Is de
scending Into It. All classes are
brought down by this sin (v. 15).
Not only the Insignificant nnd con
temptible, but the great and lofty are
humbled. But In tho midst of all this
humbling "Jehovah of hosts is ex
alted." Ho Is exalted by tho Judg
ment He brings upon the offenders
(cf. Ez. 2S:22; Rev. 15:3, 4). As He
Is "the Holy One" (R. V.), His Holl
ness shall be manifested In the rlgh'
eous judgment He brings upon offend
ers. Aa the final result of Israel's In
temperance and forgetfulness of God
all the splendid estates and palaces of
Judah should becomo wasto and the
feeding place of wandering hands.
This Is now literally fulfilled and
there Is a real danger that all the
Citv Mission Nnteo
The rush of tho city is lntenslfvlnu 1 P.resfnt splendor of our own laud
all modern problems. There Is add- ; , " BOm(! duy becomo a feeding
ed to Chicago every year a city of ?' "ock" and trampS ,rom
ok Ann ..a . v. . I 'r causes.
-.y, u,.u cw ,urK a Clly o, T. ...
! Themselves Over to Sin, lfl-23. The
j third woe 13 pronounced upon thoBe
50,000.
Men talk about the religious destl-
Objects For Prayer.
A man who stood out among men
as the embodiment of all that Is
dean, noble, gentle, humble and
ittong was Major Whittle, the Bible
teacher and evangelist. Written on
tn fly-leaf of hla Blblo were these
objects of dally prayer for himself.
This may tell the secret of his noble
riharacter.
To be kept from carnality and
luata of the flesh.
To be delivered from a man-fearing
spirit.
To bo delivered from vanity and
conceit.
To be made pure in imagination
and thought.
To have a deeper conviction of sin.
To love the Lord Jesus Christ
more devotedly. Pacific Baptist.
tution of the country; but the country
has from three to six times as many
churches for a given number of peo
plo as the city. It would be lmpossl
ble for the citizens of any city all to
go to church together.
Iany of the spiritual evils of the
city spring from material evils, which
the churches must remedy In order to
get at men's souls.
In and near three of our leading
cities there are 6,300 "sisters," who
who are so thoroughly given over to
sin that they tug away at It to see
how much they can draw (v. 18).
The use of wine leads to this devotion
to sin. In their enthusiasm for sin
they mock at God and Hla Word and
say: "Let God hurry up with His
judgments and let Him hasten Hla
works that we may actually aee It and
not merely hear about it. Let tho
purposes of the Holy One of Israel
of which we have hoard so much ac
tually come to pass" (v. 19; cf. Jer.
The Orentest Battlefield.
The greateat battlefield on which
a roan ever fought la within himself.
The greateat victories are there. Vic
tory there Is the greateat victory
posalhle In a man'a life. All the
great achievement of men outalde
of themselvea are les than the
achievement of getting maatery of
themselves. Victory here means
victory elsewhere.
All other problems of the personal
sort are Included In this: Their so
lution Is Included In lta solution.
There must he practical understand
ing about sin, and real power over
It, before there can be self-mastery.
For It was sin that first stole self
mastery away. Selfishness must be
seen and gripped In Its subtle ns well
as Its coarse forms, before the sweets
of tho finest self-mnstery can be
tasted. Doubt must be mastered, at
least far enough to give a steady
footing and stondy going, If the fra
grance of Belf-mastery Is to fill the
life. Only he. who sees clearly the
highest ambition of life, and holds
everything else strictly under, can
climb the heights hero.
The groat mastery Is self-mastery.
The greatest man Is he who has be
come master of himself, not In the
limited sense of some who do not
able things on other fields, but In
the finest', fullest sense. This Is the
most fascinating of all problems. It
Is a continuous problem, ever yield
ing to solution, yet never fully
solved. For every high level reached
shows a higher beyond, so great Is
the possibility lying within oneself.
Man was made like God and to
have a dominion over all the lower
creation. That is tho Blbie way of
saying that he was to bo master of
his own self, and through that self
mastery to be master of all creation."
The man eager to reach the highest
mastery will study God. for here Is
the original plan for himself. He
will keep In close contact with the
Orlglnnl. The closer thnt touch the
nearer does he come to his own true
self. S. D. Gordon.
Lifc-glvlng.
All good teaching is llfe-glvlng.
All good teachers are life-savers and
llfe-enrfcherB. This Is to be accept
ed literally by all teachers that as
pire to teach In His power. Precious
to men are the remote ledges in
which are Imbedded the virgin gold;
more precious still are the sandy
stretches from which sparkle the
sapphire and the diamond; but In
finitely more precious to men are
the gleaming gems of life that God's
generosity has set In the bodies of
children. To see this life as His gift,
to polish It until It reflects again the
Image of Its giver, or to keep It
from the beginning pure and unspot
ted as He kept It this is the teach
er's task. To be the holy dustodlan
of life, to vision It as God's precious
and expanding gift, to enrich It by
contact with the laws and purposes
set by Him In the world of things
about us. to help It in Its quest for
kinship In the abounding life, to
lead It at last to Identify itself with
the life He gave and of which It is
part this is the teacher's goal. It
achievement is the teacher's highest
reward. M. Brumbaugh, In Sunday
school Times.
The Drink Habit In Cnnnfln Aw
Alarming Increase Ilolh Among
the Men and the Women
CMM That Contribute to This.
Canon Welch rendered a good aer
Tlce by hla atralght and rather cour
ageous worda of denunciation touch
ing the social hahlta of not a few of
Toronto's "four hundred," and the
general Increase not only In drink
ing, but also In drunkenneaa. The
sermon, addressod to a Mnsscy Hall
audience composed largely of the
mllttla forces of Toronto and the An
cient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany of Massachusetts, was a timely
warning against a growing evil In
Canadian life. And It required not
only the prophet's sense of nubile re
sponsibility, but also his fearlessness
for the preacher from St. James' to
strike so direct a blow at one of the
:hlef sins of the social circles to which
not a few of those who heard hla
worda belong.
Canon Welch la quite within the
mark in hla eattmate of the down
grade tendencies dnrlng the paat ten
year. Not only do the police records
show an alarming Increase in the
number of convictions for drunken
ness, but those who know the habits
of society as seen at small pleasure
parties, at social functions, at private
and ..mi private dinners and at ban
quets of various sorts, know right
well that the use of wines and llquora
baa conaiderably Increased and Is now
common In circles where It was un
known ten years ago. The Increase
of the drink habit among women ia
even more alarming than among men.
Not only at private parties, but also
on semi-public occasions at leading
down-town restaurants and hotels the
ugly facts are too often forced into
prominence.
A variety of causes -ontrlbutc to
the present situation. i'he influx ot
people from Britain, where the drink
habit la more prevalent, has provided
recruits for the roll of drunkenneaa
at both ends of the social scale. The
shifting of the emphasis In the tem
perance crusade from the total absti
nence of the Individual to prohibi
tion by the State has allowed the
growth of a generation very largely
untaught and unpledged, so far aa
personal convictions and habits are
concerned. The general prosperity
of the country, providing an abun
dance for the average man and lux
ury for not a few, haB made posslblo
exceaslve expenditures In all direc
tions, and with many excess in eating
and drinking and dressing Is the most
desirable way of using surplus wealth.
Among women, especially among a
certain class of young women, the
foolish notion that drinking cham
pagne is "chic," just a little bit
wicked, is sufficient reason for ac
quiring the habit. Toronto Globe.
Ueaases tho V.stem Lff cct-
ually;JJisppLs l;old.snndnead
1 1
acnes due 10 Uonslmaiion;
cis namrauy, acis iruiy as
o unxniive
Best fbrMen)nien anil CKildt
-ybungano1 Old.
01 us JJencTicialJLffect!
I . J3 . 1
are the real atrength of Roman Cath- T7 2 Pet 3 4) nih'JV.-
Sustaining.
A man conscious of enthuaiasm for
worthy alms Is sustained under petty
hostilities by the memory of great
workers who had to fight their way,
not without wounds, and who hover
In his mind as patron saints, Invisibly
helping. George Eliot.
fearod the deaconess movement more
than any other activity of the Pro
testants, or all together.
"The city," Bay Dr. Joslah Strong
"1b the Gibraltar of civilisation." II
we fall there, ultimately we shall fall
everywhere.
The Right la Resistance.
To luaist on right Is alwaya to re
sist the; devil.
The Opium TriMle.
When, In 1776. the Eaat Indli
Company took charge of the trade
which waa the real beginning, except
In a small way, of the Importation ol
opium Into China, It waa bitterly op
posed by the Chinese Government
and opium smoking was punished
with severe fines and penalties. IE
1839 a proclamation waa Issued
threatening hostile measurea if the
Engliih ships aervlng aa depota wen
not aent away. In the aame year tin
Chinese Government de8troyed ovei
20,000 cheata of opium. The Brltlab
continued to imuggle, against the re
monatrancea of the Chinese Govern
ment, and outrages on both aldea led
to a war, which waa ended by th
treaty of Nanking In 1842.
Tho Moray.
The Aquarium yesterday acquired
a aoa monster, a spotted moray, which
ia a formidable name for a species of
eel. It ia eight feet long, aa large
in diameter aa a fat cat and resem
bles an enormous eel except that ltl
head, with a mouth like an undershot
dirments
la common among drunkards. The
1 iourtn woe Is upon Uioae who "call
! exil good, and good evil, that put
uamness ior ngnt ana light Tor dark
ness." This displays a determination
in sin thnt Is wellulgh hopeless (Matt.
12:24, 31). This complete perveralon
of the moral judgment often results
from the persistent use of liquor. The
fifth warning la one greatly needed In
our day (v. 21; cf. Prov. 20:12; Ro.
1:22). No man is more likely to be
wise In his own eyes than the drink
ing man. He laughs at all warnings
against the dangers of strong drink.
The final woe la pronounced upon
thoae who pride thomselvcB upon the
amount ot wine iney can drink and
111.au, WiLll a M1UULU UAH all IlllUCISIlUb - , , . , - I
bulldog, la crowned with a ridge of fffLJ r0" dhr .? kTey can mix and
., 71 . r. j waiK on wltu. The Inspired prophet
spikes. It caino from Bermuda. , Bayg that thlB , not au Sjgjj; )
- ' .1 liiu luuiuj nan wctu luncu ; IliClit IU 36 DFOQQ Ol. .
Touchstone of Love.
What Is the touchstone of ohr love
for Christ? Is It the willingness and
desire to feed, In every sense, the
lost sheep and the Bheep of the king
dom? Often in tho humblest life we find
this pure love given forth at the
greatest sacrifice. Jacob Rtls tells.
In his "The Battle With, the Slum,"
of a family of father and daughter
In two rooms that had been made out
of one by dividing off the deep dormer
window. It whb midwinter and they
had no fire. He was a pedler; but
tho snow had stalled his push-cart,
robbed them of their only other
source of income, a lodger who hired
cot room In the attic for a few centa
a night. The daughter was not able
to work. But she Bald, cheerfully,
that they were "getting along." It
came out that she had not tasted
food for many days waa starving,
In fact; indeed, she died within a
year, of the slow starvation of the
tenements. She met her pastor's gen
tle chiding with the excuse: "Oh,
your church ha many poorer than 1
am; I don't want to take your
money."
The Rlggest Trust.
The biggest saloon keeper and liq
uor seller In the world Is the Czar
of the Russlas. He Is proprietor of
all the saloons In his vast domain,
and thus owns the biggest trust on
earth, with competition totally
barred and with profits Increasing
enormously every year. The Great
White Czar's Government encouraged
drink to such a degree last year that
the Income derived from tjie sale of
vodka exceeded $390,000,000. Ev
ery year the Russian peasants and
workmen are said to get drunker,
dirtier, more miserable and more
brutal. The Imperial grogshops are
small and unclean, with a counter
at one end and rows of bottles of
various sizes all around the walls
from floor to Ceiling. The people are
not allowed to drink on the prem
ises, so they go to the doorstep,
break off the neck! of their bottle and,
after swallowing Its contents, fling
it Into the street. The bottle holds
about a wlneglassful of the Imperial
drug and costs five cents. The dally
wage of a workman In the fields Is
from ten to fifteen cents. Tchelyseff
is a member of the third duma who
declared drink kills Ruusla, and thai
neither a constitution nor a revolu
tion is so much needed as temper
ance. He says that the Government
budget Is made up of poison. Chic
agp Tribune.
THOSE TRUTHFUL REMARKS.
Departing Guest "We've had a
imply delightful time!"
Hoateaa "I'm so glad. At the
aamo time I regret that the atorm
kept all of our beat people away."
Brooklyn Life.
for a Bea serpent by green fishermen,
a It lives near tho surface and often
Hos with Its head on the rocks, seek
ing birds' eggs and crabs. Superin
tendent Morgan Bays this moray la
not extraordinarily large, as they
grow to fifteen feet and often swim
with head elevated above the Bea.
New York World.
UNFRIENDLY VIEWS.
Passenger Agent "Here are som
postcard views along our line of rail
road. Would you like them?"
Patron "No, thank you. I rod
over tho line one day last week and
have views of my own op. 1L" Chi
ai;o News.
SL'ITABLB ATTIRE.
"I think," said Sue Brot.t, "I'll tak
a dip into vaudeville."
"Take a dip, ph?" commented
Yoiick Hamm. "Ho that'a why you'v
ordered a batblng-ault rig.'' Kansas
City Journal.
A THREAT.
"Maw, kin I go to the bail game?"
"No, you kin not, William Eugene.
I don't wan no son of mine runnln'
all over this town alono."
"Oh, coiuo on, maw! Let me go."
"You kin not go, William Eugene."
"I'll run away an' go. That'a what
I'll do. I'm geltln' old enough to
paddle my own canoe, I guess."
"William Eugene, of you go to that
ball game It won't be any canoo
hatil get paddled. Mfud that, now,
rtilllam Eugwal" Waahlngon Star.
HAVE A CARE.
"My miaalon In life," aald the latlr.
lat, "ia to put tho dunce cap on th
heads of other people."
"Be careful," replied hi friend,
"that, you don't oaten cold." Phila
delphia Inquirer.
OIVTNQ IT TIME.
Jeweler "Ia your watch all rlgM
now, Mr. Smart?"
Mr. Smart "Well, no, not jt; bof
It aeems to be gaining every day."
Boston Transcript.
Too Sublime For Theories.
Declining to take theories of the
unknown on trust, man travels over
the way where science leads, only to
find that the divine reality is too big
for the creeds, too all-pervading for
the definitions, loo sublime for the
theories. And, on looking out nnd in
and up and on, he rovercntly ex
claims, It Is Thou, my Lord and my
God. Frederic A. Hinckley.
Crenting nn Appetl'c.
The following from the speech of
one of the officers of the Ohio State
Liquor League Is both a text and a
sermon: "It will appear from these
facts, gentlemen, that the success ol
our business is dependent largely
upon the creation of nn anpetite for
drink. Men who drink liquor, like
others, will die, aad If there Is no
new appetite created our counter?
will be empty as will be our modey
drawers. Our children must go hun
gry or we must change our business
to something more remunerative. Ths
open field for the creation of this ap
petite Is among the hoys. AHer men
are grown and their appetites are
formed, they rarely' change in this
regard. It will be needful, therefore,
that missionary work be done among
the boys, and I make the suggestion,
gentlemen, thnt nickels expended in
treats now to the boys will return in
dollars to your tlllB after the appetites
have been formed Above all things,
create an appetite." The Home and
State.
Becomes a Hlt-asing.
Every contradiction of our will,
every little ailment, every petty dlB
appolntraent, will. If we take It pa
tiently, become a bleBslng; it ia a
touch of our Saviour's cross; and so,
though painful at the moment, la
Bweet and healthful afterward. E.
B. Pusey.
Look to Earth First.
If you would make sure of your
eatate In heaven you had better be
come acquainted with the state of
things on earth.
THE BANK ROLL.
"You took your vacation early."
"Yea," laid the young man, pen
sively. "I'm on my way borne."
"Thinking of the girl you left be
hind?" "No; of the wad." . Washington
Uerald.
THINKING PART FOR ETHEL.
Ethol "Let's play bouse."
Johnny- "All light; you be ma
away In the country and I'll be pa." -N
York Sun.
Congressman Johnson on Prohibition
Congressman Johnson, of North
Dakota, declares that next to the
great educational endowment of th
State (amounting to about $60,000,
000), he considered Its prohibition
law as the most valuable asset ol
North Dakota, and concludes: "The
people of the State are more emphat
ic than ever In favor of prohibition."
Temperance Notes.
In England sometimes dlBBolute
mothera drug their babiea to Bleep
with gin.
Th whisky manufacturers are still
at odds with the Department of Jus
tice as to what constitutes whiaky,
eaya the New York Tribune.
Mlnneaota clalma that during the
firat three weeka of January there
wea-e in that State directly owing to
liquor the following: "Fourteen aut
cldes, nineteen people aerloualy In
jured and twelve actually killed."
"How long, O Lord; how long!"
THE SUMMER FLIRT.
"You promised to be true forever
and a day."
"And I was true a day, ' reaponded
the coquette. "At least, give me
credit for living partially up to my
contract." Loulavlllo Courier-Journal.
In the last year the people of
Canada paid over $23,000,000 for
life Insurance, while the whole
world gave a little over $22,000,000
for foreign miaalon work.
flwexs w1
has the full ni
pap
ni . JJl . 1
e Uenutne which
name of The Uom-
CALIFORNIA
Jia Sxrup Co.
fay whom it is manufactured . pnnle'l on the
front of every package.
SOLD EfT ALL LEADING DRUGGIST
on size only, regular price 50 (. bottle.
g BOY PAINTERV8
PURE WHITE LEAD yj'Af
A Dangerous Custom.
There is a very prevalent practice
all over the country of serving cua
tomera with pieces of meat or Hah
wrapped up In portions of news
paper!. It la a cheap wrapping, and
so commend Itself to both the butch
er and fishmonger. But If it is cheap
It Is alio nasty. Nor must the possi
ble contact with cases of Infectious
disease be forgotten. Any meat or
fish fit for human consumption, even
In the small quantities sold In the
poor districts, ought to be worth a
piece of clean paper. London Lancet,
One Rcnson.
"Carpets seem to be going out of
fashion In favor of rugs."
"Well, there's no denying that
carpets are a bit tacky." Kansas
City Times.
t
Hicks' Capudlne Cures Women's
Monthly Pains, Backnche, Nervousness,
and Headache. It's Liquid. KfTects imme
diately. Prescribed by physicians with beat
result. 10c, 25c., and 50c, at drug store.
His Father Waa Doing Well.
The Musical Home Journal of Lon
don tells a story of George Gros
smith and the income tax authori
ties. Long after his father's death
the commissioners, by mistake, sent
the younger Grossmlth a notice as
sessing the income of the deceased
at $10,000. Mr. C'rosamlth returned
the document to the proper quarter,
with tho following note written
across It: "I am glad ot learn my
father Is doing so well In the next
world; $10,000 Is a great deal more
than he ever made In this. Kindly
forward this notice to bis new ad
dress, and remember me affection
ately to him." New York Tribune.
Remorse KiUa A Cow.
In a spasm of remorae, following
a protracted debauch, Brown Beaa,
hitherto best behaved cow In the
herd of J, A. Peter, of Macedonia,
committed suicide by drowning.
Brown Beaa had gorged heraelf In
an orchard, the ground of which waa
covered with partially decayed ap
ples, ground and around the pas
ture ahe ran, mooing hilariously, and
scandalizing all the other animals.
Occasionally she fell In a heap, but
ataggered up again. Toward even
ing, preaumably experiencing the
first pangs of headache, ahe walked
to the steep banks of the Pequabuck
River and hurled herself over the
brink. New York World.
The Hero To The Rescue.
"You shall bito the dust," hissed
the villain, "as he strutted down the
stage.
The heroine trembled a few trem
bles. Just then the hero, disguised as a
sprinkling cart chaffeur, dashed
Jown the pike with his machine.
That settled it. There was no
dust left to bite.
"S-avedl" cried the heroine. Chi
cago News.
AFRAID TO EAT
Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food.
"Several years ago I was actually
starving," writes a Me. girl, "yet
dared not eat for fear of the conse
quences. "I had Buffered from Indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my
stomach became so weak I could eat
Bcarcely any food without great dis
tress. "Many klndB of food were tried,
all with tho same dlacouraglng ef
fect. I steadily lost health &ni
strongth until I was but a wreck of
my former self.
"Having heard of Grapo-Nuta and
Its great merits, I purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that it would
help me I waa so discouraged.
"I found It not only appetizing but
that I could eat It as I liked and that
It satisfied the craving for food with
out causing distress, and It I may use
the expression, it fljled the bill.'
I "For months Grape-Nuts waa my
principal article of diet I felt from
the very flrst that I had found the
riglh way to health, and happiness,
and toy anticipations were fully
realized.
"With Its continued use I regain ad
my usual health and strength. To
day I am well and can eat anything
I like, yet Grape-Nut food forms
part of my bill of fare." "There'
Reason. "
Name given by Poatnm Co., Haiti
Creek. Mich. Read "Th Rood w
WellTllls." In pkga.
Ever nrnd the above letter? A as
one appear from tlma to tfaar. Thrj
are graoine, urac, ami full of han
utreC