AN
THE PULPIT.
ELCCUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. EDWARD ML'.S.
Tlicmr: Rejoicing In Suffering.
:r e -sx- : - ti. Mm ami ! im-rus
Brooklyn, N. T. At the Bushwlck
Avenue Reformed Chinch, the K'-v.
Edward Nlles, pastor, preached to a
large audience on the subject: "Re
joicing in Buffeting " The text was
from Colosslnns 1:14: "Now I rejoice
In my sufferings for your Rake, and
fill up on my part that which Is lark
Ins In the afflictions of Christ In my
flesh for His body's sake, which la the
church." Mr. Nilessnld:
When Paul was converted. Chris
tianity was a Jewish s.'Ct unknown
outside of Palestine When Paul had
finished bis missionary tours, he
could say With pnrdonnble exaggera
tion. "The gospel is preached In all
creation under heaven, whereof I.
Paul, was made a minister." And
how he loved to preach! How he
yearned to brlni every one Into
knowledge of the .ruth!
Then, while In his prime, he be
came a prisoner, fettered to a soldier.
any hour liable to execution. He 1
would be well nigh excusable had he
complained. I never read this verse 1
without astonishment: "Now I re-
lolce In my sufferings for your sake."
He is not submissive. No passivity 1
lurks in that word "rejoice." Now I
after the flight of years, retracing I
his life, he comes to realize that the j
things for the 1 ri sent grievous never-
tbeless worked out the peaceable
fruits of righteousness. Now, while :
Buffering, he rejoices.
No bark sight, but present feeling.
Why does he rejoice? Not because 1
he is glad to have a rest from work.
Not because ho Is a poser and Bshes
for I' npathy. It Is for the sake of
the 1 torch, There, In his cell, ho
can ; rforxn what makes the church
happier, more useful, healthier. Each
soldier who mounts guard over him
la a soul for him to save, until the
whole palace garrison talks about
Christ. His presence in the capital
eltv gives boldness to the brethren.
He has leisure for willing letters to
I cmMiing, were not ihe privyiege bo
I exalting.
2. You supplement his love, jesus
was the perfect lover, because He
showed no favoritism. He went
among publicans, sinners, lepers and
hori,-ars without slighting the rich
and prominent. H despaired of
neither the drone nor the drudge. He
really meant It when He snld. "Every
I one Is By broth-T and sister. My fath
I er and mother." He Isn't here now
I to tell them He will benr their griefs
I and carry th"tr sorrows. You are.
3. You supplement His salvation. 1
Yon are fh lbsssador of good news, Subject: Gotl's Promises to Unvld, t
INTERNATIONAL LESSON 0OM
ME.NT8 FOB OCTOBER. 11.
the missing link between the sinner '
and the Saviour The divine message I
must be interpreted by the human
voice. Yon have that voice. It needs
I no training In elocution to repeat to a .
dying soul Christ's promises.
If we Identify ours-lves with :
! Christ's Sympathy for others by our 1
i living nnd dying for them. His expec
tations of us will never seem despotic
demands, but ever the longing of one
part of the body to help another In Its 1
pain.
Ilullt upon the foundations of the ,
nrophets nnd apostles. Jesus Christ 1
Himself being the chif conn rstomv
I you nnd I are living stones. Just so ;
many other living stones as we can ;
1 bring hastens so much filling un the 1
1 reaulred quota of repeated acts fq
I self-denial by successive generations j vnnt
and individuals.
Your work may not "bring forth
the top stone with shoutings of grace,
grnce unto it " It will certainly sup
plement what the cornerstone began,
You ran do much by active effort,
by rejoicing suffering, or bv both, tc
hasten on the final glory of the tem
ple of Ood.
Longing For Pence.
You say that for many years you
have been praving and longing for
I pence and abiding rest of soul, and
1 that It has somttlme3 come for a
while, and then has gone, leaving you
i darker than before: and yet you da
I not know anything In your life tc
keep you from God. You are (all
j unconsciously) resting In feelings, not
1 In faith. Remember that the true or.
I dar of the Christian life is first,
Cod's facts about Christ as our per.
1 snnal Saviour; second, our faith In
I Christ: and then, nnd only then,
thirdly, our feelings or exoerlence at
promises, abiding peace win surely
come. "Joy nnd peace In believing.
- - Rev. W. II. G. Thomas, in Loudon
Christian.
Epheseus, Colossae, Phlllppl which I the result of our faith In God
will do good for centuries arter his
preached sermons are forgotten.
80, whether as a minister or a suf
ferer, he fills up what was lacking In
the afflictions of Chrl3t, Is a supple
ment to the otherwise incomplete
gospel.
Our text mrans je.st that, although
many timid Protestant commentators
endeavor to explain It away.
Wthout Paul. Christ's sufferings
would "have been lacking, His coming
to earth a partial failure.
, Atonement means at-one-ment be
tween man and God. Our Saviour's
ministry and d.'ati: brought It about
from God's side, not from man's.
The debt sign in X humanity owed
was paid by Hits, but the debtor
didn't know it. Jesus lived, preached
and suffered In a little corner of the
world. He never went outside of that
one Roman district on the east shore
of the Mediterranean. Caesar never
bo much as heard of him. Purposely
He made His work intensive, training
a few men and women, who did not
fully comprehend Him until fifty days
after His death, that they and those
they inspired might fill up what was 1 bill the man of
larkim: in His sufferings for the , behind aim on?
world.
Jesus died to save the world, but
He could not save the world alone.
A thousand people were probably con
verted by Paul's preaching to one by
Christ's. Paul's soul was full of hap
piness, no matter what the condition
of his body, as he realized how essen
tial he was to tha Son of God. It was
for him to do what Jesus had not
done. If be could not do It In one
Chron. 17 Golden Text, 1 Kings
8:5A Commit Verses 13, II
Bend 2 Sam. 7 Mid Ps. 8.
TIME. 104 2 B. C. rLACE. Je
rusalem. EXPOSI'I ION. 1. "I have been
nitii thee whithersoever thou went
est," vs. 1-10. Nathan took It for
granted without consulting Uod that
Datld'l proposition to build a house
for God would be acceptable unto
Him. But God set Nathan right "the
same night." In the first lostnnce
Nathan had spoken out of his own
judgment, but now "the word of the
Lord" enme unto hint. Ood will make
His will known to those who sincere
ly desire to know it (Am. 3:7). Je
hovah speaks of David r.s "My ser-
but refused to permit him to
' build a house for Him. God accepts
I one kind of service from one man
j and another kind of service from an
1 other man. The prime reason wiiy
I God would not permit David to build
i His temple was because he had been
j a man of war and bloo 3 (ch. 22:7, 8;
,2S:3). Jehovah is the "God of
1 peace." Israel had 1'een pilgrims
I dwelling- In tents and wandering from
place to place; end Jehovah had
i dwelt in a tent with them. He had
i "walked with all the children of Is
rael" (of. 2 Cor. 6:10; Rev. 2:1).
! Clod has never complained at sharing
j Ills people's experience nor suggested
1 to any of the judges that they should
build an house of cedar for Him. God
appreciated the love that prompted
David to offer to build an house for
Ulna, though He was obliged to de
cline the oli'er. He had done great
1 things for David, exalting him from
1 the lowliest position to the n'ot st
ilted. It is ever God's way to exalt
1 ihe lowly to a position among the
highest (Ps. 113:7, S; Lu. 1:52).
I Many of those who are to-day among
he obscurest on the earth will some
God took
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
OCTOBER ELEVENTH.
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
If we reverse this order we get Into
I pirltunl dlfllcultv and depression. l
la anmnlllnne cnl.l t f t fnr Atlu InnV fit
i enl tit. V,r,,,M tnlrn tan Innlro nt 3aV Sit 8111011? prlllCOS.
Christ. I would rather say thai Wi favld from being a ruler of sheep to
should not look at self at all. but be I e ruler of Hls People fidelity in
' ever occupied with Christ. Rest ab- 'he humbler position had fitted him
; solutelv In God's Word, and keep In ' for the higher position. But not only
that attitude of trust, whether vou ! had God exalted David to this posl
i have anv delightful feelings or not ! Hon. He had also "been with thee
1 if. a vou say. there Is nothing of gin 1 whithersoever thou woutcst ' (cf. 1
i between vou nnd God. lust rest nbso- Bam. 1S:14; 2 Sam. 22:30,34,38).
Intelv imon T'is Word: nnd ns von And He promises to be with us also
1 cling by slr.fde faith to V'h -r-o
Topic Commencing Our Society III.
Dy Diligent Committee work.
Rom. 12: Ml
The executive committee. Phil.
3: 12-16.
The calling committee. Heb. C: 10
12. The lookout committee. John 1:
40-42.
The music committee Ps. 119, 1B0.
The prayer-meeting committee
Ac's 12: 11, 12.
The Sunday school committee. De.it.
Ill 18-21.
The division of labor places n man
above an nnlm.alcule, nnd makes n so
ciety greater nnd more efficient than
nn individual.
Our committees should not work in
dependency; they are members one
of another.
Christian Endeavor believes in an
ul! around training fnr every member;
but there must be specialties. In re
ligion as well as In secular activities.
Fervor Is half the work; a task we
enjoy has ceased to be a task.
Suggestions.
We should have no committees that
are not alive, and we should have as
many committees us we can keep
alive.
Each member should be on some
:oinintttee, and on n new committee
each year.
"Diligence" is from the Latin verb
"tto choose." and always diligence
goes with delight.
Your committee work Is valuable
when it Is a little hard for you; If it
is easy, go on to another kind of com
mittee work.
Illustrations.
A commercial traveller sells more
goods If he must write a report to
the firm each day. Thus let us In
sist on regular, written committee re
ports. The carpenter Is proud of a "good
Job" that he has finished. Why
should we not be proud of a "good
Job" of religious work?
A fervent spirit Is like a cannon
ball hot from the cannon; nn indif
ferent spirit Is like a ball bowled
carelessly over the sward.
The gymnast uses many pieces of
apparatus In the gymnasium. So
should the Endeavorer serve on many
Committee! before ho is through.
REPOBTB OF PROGRESS OK TUB
' BATTLE AGAINST BUM.
1 1 ;
Religious Raping
FOJl THE QUIET IIOUB.
1... -
EPIAIORTR LEAGUE LESSONS
influence,
Infuer"- is ;o be measured, not by
the extent of surface it covers, but
by Its kind. A man ronv spread his
mind, his feelings, his opinions,
through a great extent; but If hl3
mind be a low one. he manifests no
greatness. A wretched artist may
fill a city with daubs, and by n false,
Showy style BChieVS a reputation;
enius, w.10 leaves
zreat picture, In
Which immortal beauty is embodied,
nnd which is silently to spread a true
ipsii in art, exerts an incomparably
higher influence.
Now the noblest Influence on earth
Is that exerted on character, and he
who puts forth this does a great
work. Th father nnd mother of an
unnoticed family who In their seclu
sion awaken the mind of one child to
the idea and love of perfect goodness.
way. he would do it in another. Noth- i who nwaken In him n strength of
lng was hard with such a stimulus.
Paul far from filled up to the brim
what was lacking, with all his
triumphs. He made a beginning and 1
every rehl Christian since has been
adding to Paul's contribution. Just I
bo much self-denying effort must be j
actively put forth. Just so much pain !
must be passively borne for others
before every phase of the redemption
plan is filled out and the great day of
atonement Is ushered in, when every
knee shall bow and every tongue con
fess Jesus as the Christ to the glory
of God the Father.
In proportion then, as you do your
part will this kingdom of God be es
will to re'icl all temptation, and who
send him out preuarcd to profit by
the conflicts of lite, surpass In influ
ence a Napoleon breaking the world
to his sway. Channlr.g.
What Led Him to .testis.
Dr R. A. Torrey tells a beautiful
story of a man In Chicago who had
a sweet little daughter. He loved
her dearly, but God took that little
child away from him. The house
was so lonely, nnd he was so angry
against Cod that he went up and
down bis room fnr Into the night
cursing Rod for having robbed him
of his caiid. At lust, thoroughly
tabllshed upon earth. Yours Is the I wo out, and in great bitterness of
responsibility for its delay! Chris
tianity is not a means for you to es
cape suffering hereafter, a plan for
you to attain future bliss. It is a
method for you to hasten on the act
ualization of the angel's song on
Bethlehem's plains.
Like the greatest of Christians, you
ere called to the ministry. A colle
giate education is not required, a the
-:pirlt, he threw hlmse' ' on his bed.
lie dreamed he stood beside a river.
Across the river in the distance he
heard the singing of such voices as
lie had never listened to before. Then
he saw In the distance beautiful lit
tle g i r i 3 coming toward him, nearer
anc. nearer, until at last nt the head
of the company he saw his own lit
tle girl. She stood on the brink of
ologlcal course unnecessary, ordlna- 'he river anu oaneu across, eonie
tinn onstomte mnv be nr mav not 1 'Vei here, father." That overcame
be conferred upon you. You have a I bitterness: he accepted Jesus and
I prepared to go over yonder where
1 uu sweet cnnu nao gone,
Vanity Spoils Everything.
Heasklah "showed them the house
f his precious things, the silver, and
.he gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and all the house
)f his armour, and all that was found
n his treasures: there was nothing
in hlshouse, nor In all his dominion,
:hat Heiekiah shewed them not."
Let the spirit of display once get
.nto you. even as a church, and you
may write Ichnbob upon tho temple
loor. The things to be shown In the
hurch are the Bible, the altar, the
:ross "God forbid that I should
lory, save in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ." If men come to our
"hurches and see the precious things,
the silver, nnd the gold, and the
pices, and the ointment, and see no
ross,-they will curse us In 0 t'V
calling, whatever your means of live
llhood. and that 'calling Is to fill up
what Is lacking in the afflictluns of
Christ.
Fill up the purse of this church so
far as In you lies. Fill up the pews
Of this church by your presence and
persuasion. Fill up the prayers of
saints, those vials of golden Incense
which should ever be kept burning
before Cod. Fill up what Is lacking
in Christ's afflictions for the children
by participation in the Sunday-school
or some branch of young people's
.work.
With you, the work here reaches
nearer the perfect. Lacking you, it
lags. Even Christ h Insufficient, mi
nus the weakest Christian.
The Captain of our salvation must
have soldiers of salvation or His or
ders are useless. The private behind
the gun Is as Imperative as the officer
t I , , a . m 3t account Joseph Parker
Like Paul, you are called to suffer
ing when It comes to you, Christian, 1
or If It has already come, don't bear ;
It, 1 beseech you. Rejoice In It. Tra- j
vail is a part of the n;w heavens and
new earth birth, wherein dwelleth i
righteousness. Ho much groaning
and travailing in pain must be before j
the great day of the restoration of all
things. Whatever you carry means 1
less pain tor others. You are thus a I
vicarious sufferer. That made Jesus
perfect. It will you. Holiest of all
Joys Is the mother's heartache when1
her child Is sick, is that which tho
father fuels when his boy is about to !
contest for some gieat prize In lite,
Wb'ch Uie pastor knows as he yarn
ifter a wandering sheep. By bearing
in- mutual woes and burdens the
body of Christ is cleansed of spots,
loses Its wrinkles, prepares for the
presentation ceremony.
Each member of that body should
sti..b Its head.
1. As an example. Jesus walks
no longer upon earth. Multitudes
never read from His biography. Alt
they know about Chrlat Is what they
see In you. You are His substitute as
a pattern. Your holiness Incarc.ate
must so attract them that they will
want themselves to read pf and know
Hlra who Is the pattern you are copy
ing. . The responsibility would be
(Matt. 28:20). He had cut oft his
enemies and made for him a great
name, and that He will do for us
(Isa. 55:3). What God did for David
Is only n faim suggestion cf what God
ran and will do for all who are In
Christ (Eph. i:1S-22). God declared
to David His purpose not only regard
lug himself, but also regarding all
Israel. This purpose oi' grace as an
nounced in v. 10 had a partial ful
fillment in the days of Solomon, but
Its complete fulfillment lies SttU In
the future. It will bo fulfilled to the
very letter (Jor. 24:6;Er. 3 7:25.27;
Am. 9:14,15; Is?.. 00:18; Ez. 28:24).
t Israel's history has been one of per
I Becution and suffering, but it will not
aiways bo so. Its temporary triumph
under David and Solomon wasi but a
faint type of the triumph that Is to be
theirs (Zech. S : 2 " 1 . Prepare for the
day when the Lord connth again.
II. I Will Raise I n Thy Seed After
Thee, 12-10. Jehovah's goodness to
I David would not end with his de
1 parture from this world. He should
' sleep with his fathers, not die (cf. 1
! These. 4:14), but bis sued that pro
! ceeded from himself should follow
htm upon the throne. Two precious
"I wills" are to be noted: "I will
raise up," "I will establish." The im
mediate and partial fulfillment of this
promise was in Solomon (1 K. 8:20;
T,:6; 1 Chron. 22:9, 10; 28:6-10).
But the final and complete fulfillment
Is in Jesus Christ (Ps. 69:29; Isa.
9:0. 7; 11:1-3, 10: Matt. 22:42-14;
Acts 2:30). "He shall build Mo nn
house ' refers, of course, primarily to
the building of tho temple by Solo
mon, but thit temple wa only a type
of the true temple or habitation ol
' God. The seed of David who Is build
ing that is Jesus Christ (Zech. 6:12,
13; Matt. 16:18; Lu. 1:31-33; 1 Pet.
2:5; Eph. 2:22). Of Christ's king
dom God says, "I will establish His
throne forever" (cf. Isa. 9:7; Lu. 1:
32, 33; Gen. 49:10; Ps. 45:0; 72:5,
17-19; 89:33, 37; Dan. 2:44; 7:14;
Heb. 1:8; Rev. 11:15). In a sense It
would be true of Solomon's kingdom
that Jehovah would establish it for
ever (1 Chron. 28:7). "I will bo Hit
Futher, and He shall he My Son" li
true In the fullest sense only of Jesus
(Heb. 1:5; Matt. 3:17). Yet even
this was true in a sense of Solomon
(1 Chran. 28:6). "If he commit in
iquity, etc,.," applies primarily to Sol
omon, but Jesus entered into the
place of the slnuer ( 2 Cor. 5:21), and
this about the consequences of the sin
of Davld'B seed la applicable to Him
(cf. Acts 13:34-37). "With the
stripes of tho children of men," with
paternal chastisement, would Jehovah
chasten Solomon, If he west astray.
Solomon did go far astray, and God
chastened him and brought him back.
Every child of God at some time
needs such chastisement. Blessed is
he who receives It tDeut. 8:5; Job D:
17; Pa. 94:12, 13; Prov. 3:11. 12;
Jer.30:ll; Heb. 12:5-11; Rev. 3:10).
God's severest chastisements of Ilia
people are entirely different from His
Judgments upon the world (1 Cor.
11:30-32). Was Solomon ever re
stored to God's favor? Vere 13 an
swers the question. Jehovah's love to
David secured the
house and city (1
Isa. 37:35).
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11.
The Christian's Two Sufficient t
Guides lohn 16. 1-16; Rev.
22. 18-21.
John 16. 1-16. The opening words I
of this chapter carry us back to the
preceding chapter, the 18th, and fol- 1
lowing verses. Jesus is admonishing
his disciples regarding persecutions
that would come upon them, and
showing their source In the eternal
conflict between the Spirit of Christ
"the Comforter, whom I vill ser.d
you from the Fcthor" nnd the spir
it of evil In the world, whose lines of
antagonism were slowly drawing
about the Master, seeking his death.
And he tells them plainly, In verse
twenty, "If they persecuted me, they
will also persecute you," "And these
things they will do because they have
not known the Father, nor me."
The words of the lesson are to
hearten those who might waver in
the hour of trial. They give promise
of victory, both because being fore
warned his disciples shall be fore
urmed, and because the departing
Master promises the Paraclete, who
shall supply the place made vacant
by their separation from their Lord.
The Holy Spirit shall minister unto
them and "reveal the things of mine."
Here, then, is the promise of the
future spiritual leadership of Christ
through the Holy Spirit. These facts
are patent: The Holy Spirit "will
convict the world In respect of Bin,
and of righteousness, and of judg
ment." As ambussadors on behalf
of Christ, we labor not alone (verse
8.) The Holy Spirit "shall guide
into all the truth." Ho shall enllght
en the disciples of Christ, and guide
in the untrodden paths; he shall speak
from God aud shall reveal the future
(verse 13.) The Holy Spirit shall
glorify Christ (verse 14.) Clearly
Christ teaches that this Banie Holy
Spirit shall be with us until he comes
again (verse 16.)
Rev. 22. 18-21. We have here the
word of tho Ixrd magnified. Doubt
leas tho verses refer only to the book
of Revelation In their Injunction re
garding adding to or subtracting from
the record. But the Christian con
sciousness of the ages has applied
the truth to the whole of revelation.
God's record which we know as the
Bible Is a complete Word.
"A Rlghleons Hatred, " From T,n!et
Address of Guv. ,i. F. Hnnlf, of
Indlnnn, Before the Temperance ,
People at Cliniitauqiin.
Personally, I have seen bo much
of the evils of the liquor traffic In
the last four years, so much of IIS
economic waste, so much of its phyB- 1
leal ruin, so much of Its mental
Mlitht. bo much of Its teara nnd
heartache, that I have come to re- '
gard the business as one that must
be held and controlled by strong and
effective laws.
I bear no malice toward those en
gaged In the business, but I hate the
traffic.
I hate its every phase.
I hate it for Its Intolerance.
I hate It for Its arrogance.
I hate it for its hypocrisy.
I hate It for Its cant and craft and
false pretense.
I hate It for its commercialism.
I hate It for Its greed and avarice.
I hate It for Its sordid love of gain
at any price.
I hate it for Its corrupting Influ
ence In civic affairs.
I hate It for its Incessant effort
to debauch the suffrage of the coun
try; for the cowards It makes of pub
lic men.
I hate It for Its utter disregard of
law.
I hate It for Its ruthless trampling
of the solemn compacts of State con
stitutions. I hate It for the load Its straps to
labor's back, for the palsied hands
it gives to toll, for Its wounds to
genius, for the tragedies of its
might-have-beens.
I hate It for the human wrecks
It has caused.
I hate It for the almshouses It peo
ples, for the prisons it fills, for the
insanity it begets, for its countless
graves In potters' fields.
I hate it for the mental ruin it
Imposes upon its victims, for its spir
itual blight, for Its moral degreda
tlon. I hate It for the crimes It has com
mitted. I hate It for the homes It has de
stroyed. I hate it for the malice It has
planted In the hearts of men for
Its poison, for Its bitterness for the
dead sea fruit with which It starves
their souls.
I hate it for the grief it causes
womanhood tho scalding tears, the
hopes deferred, the strangled aspir
ations, its burdens of want and care.
I hate It for Its heartless cruelty
to the aged, the infirm and the help
less, for the shndow It throws upon
the lives of children, for its mon
strous Injustice to blameless little
ones.
I hate It as virtue hates vice, as
truth hates error, as righteousness
hates sin, as justice hates wrong, as
liberty hates tyranny, as freedom
hates oppression.
I hate It as Abraham Lincoln
hated slavery. And as he sometimes
saw In prophetic vision the end of
slavery and the coming of the time
when the sun should shine and the
rain should fall upon no slave In all
the Republic, go I sometimes seem
to see the end of this unholy traffic,
the coming of the time when, if It
does not wholly cense to be. It shall
find no safe habitation anywhere be
neath "Old Glory's" stainless stars.
"JL'PGE NOT."
I'm not your judge.
Nay! God forbids
U Ljaa , !., , , . , I if i-nnr it.'O-ln'
But telb me wett, with resdy hand,
To love and help nnd understand.
I'm not your judge.
Nay I I'm unfit
God plainly tells m Holv Writ;
But bid me raise and lift you up,
Then nam, to you, the loving cup. .
I'm not your judge.
Nav! One on high
Will read your sentence by and by;
But while we journey, side by aide,
I am your friend, whate'er betide.
I'm not vour iuihte.
Nay! On His throne.
Sits One whose love will judce His own:
80 over all your faults I cast
Chnritv'a mantle to the Inst.
Sarah Spencer Ruff, in Home Herald.
Living Close to God.
Jt we live near our heavenly Father
we should strive to realize His con
stant companionship. Wherever a
devout soul meets God Is a sacred
Bpot. whether It be like Jacob's pillar
of atone or a Sabbath sanctuary. We
may make the workshop, the count
ing house, tho study, the kitchen and
the fnrmer'B field sacred with God's
presence. The nursery In which the
pious mother trains her children Is
one of Qod's dwelling places; nnd I
have seen many a Blck chamber that
waa the vestibule to Heaven.
Happy the pastor who, returning
to his study for his year's work, finds
both his Bible open and the mercy
seat close beside blm, with precious
promises strew thick nbout it! The
nearer he getB to his Lord nnd Mastet
in that study the nearer will he get
to the hearts of his people, both le
his pastornl work and in his pulpit.
The man of business who gets a little
time with God In the morning, over
his Bible, or on his knees, will go all
the stronger Into the tumult of the
day. To him the day with prayer
will keep It from raveling out intc
many a folly or sin. Stout old Luthet
used to say that he "could not get on
Without two hours a day In prayer
Bnd close fellowship with God."
The "higher life" Is simply living
close to Ood, on the Sabbath In His
sanctuary and through the week lr
our own dwellings and places of busi
ness. It Is keeping our citizenship ic
Heaven and our eyes nbove the blind
ing mists of worldllness and out
hearts In close touch with our Divine
Master.
They that thus wait on God shall
renew their strength; they Bhall
mount up as eagles. Their outlook it
wide; their spiritual atmosphere is
bracing; they rehearse a great dea'
of Heaven before they get there.
Close to God here, they will find thj
gates of pearl opening to them all ir
good time, and they will go In to be
"forever with their Lord." Episcopa'
Recorder.
perpetuity of his
K. 11:13, 34-36;
An Early Mlllals Critic.
Sir John MlllaU tells this story on
himself. He was down by the banks
of the Tay, painting In tho rushes ol
his famous landscape, "Chill Ocioi
ber," which has thrilled us all with
the Ineffable sxdness and mystery ol
the dying summer. He worked on so
steadily that he failed to observe s
watcher, until a voice said: "Eh,
mon, did ye ever try photography?'
No," said the artist, "I never
have."
"It's a deal quicker," quoth hli
friendly critic, eyeing the picture
doubtfully.
Mlllals was not flattered, so he
wslted a minute before replying, "I
dare say It is." His lack of enthusi
asm displeased the Scot, who took an
other look and then marched off with
a Parthian shot:
"Ay, and photography', a niuckle
sight niair like the . place, too."
Kverybody's Magazine.
' A hotel Is being built at Bceilb
which will be the largest lu the
world-
Clerical Advice,
A suffragette sneered at Mrs. Hum
phry Ward's queer logic the olhei
lay. "I knew the prolix lady was
tguinst votes for women," she said
'At a lunch of suffragrettes in New
York, by means of a parable she
pointed out her belief that the lmnie
llute home circle, not the distant
1 oiling booth or 8enate chamber, was
the true feminine sphere of useful
ness. We didn't applaud, I assure
you.
"She said an aged Scot told hli
minister that he was going to make a
pllgrlmuge to the Holy Land.
" 'And whiles I'm tbeer,' said the
pilgrim complacently, 'I'll read the
Ten Commundments aloud frae the
top o' Mouut Slnal.'
" 'Saunders,' aald the minister,
'tak' my advice. Bide at haine aud
keep them.' " Londou Tribune.
The grand hall of the recent Bor
deaux exposition will be re-erected
for the, Marseilles exposition-
CIRL SAVES FRIEND.
Julia Bolton, twelve - year - old
granddaughter of H. H. Bolton, trav
eling freight agent of the Mobile,
Jackson and Kansas City Railroad, is
the heroine of a swimming episode
that was almost a tragedy.
A party of girls went lu Dupree'a
creek, a few miles from Hattlesburg,
Miss., when Miss Stella Breland went
under the water and failed to come
up. Miss Bolton, who is an expert
swimmer, dived for her companion,
caught her by her heel and brought
her to the surface. Miss Breland was
unconscious when placed on the
shore, and It took lm? to revive her.
Mending Rubbers.
We have found that thin spots In
our rubbers can be upended at home
by applying a cement made from five
cents' worth of real rubber dissolved
in chloroform. Keep the bottle con
taining the cement tightly corked and
apply with a mucilage brush as quick
ly as possible that It may not harden.
We used rubber darn for an actual
hole. Cut a piece of rubber the right
size, fasten It with a few stitches over
he hole, and brush with the cement.
Both kinds of rubber may be obtained
from a dealer In dentists' supplies.-'
Harper's Bazar.
A FELLOW-FEELING.
Profesuor "This milk contain
1,234,561 bacilli to the cubic Inch "
Layman "Poor things! They
must feel like they were in a street
car." Judge's Library.
One Way.
A young man In company with sev
eral other gentlemen called upon a
young lady. Her father was also
present to asslot In entertaining the
guests. He did not share his daugh
ter's scruples against the use of spir
ituous drinks, for he had wine to
offer. This was poured out. and
would have been drunk, but the
young ladv asked. "Did you call upon
me or upon papa?"
flallantry, If nothing else, com
pelled them to answer, "We called
upon you."
"Then vou will please not drink
wine. I have lemonade for my vis
itors. "
The fathr urged the guests to
drink. enH the'' were undecided. The
young lsdv added: "Remember, If
you called on me, then you drink lem
onade: but if upon papa, whv, in that
case, f have nothing to say."
'che wine glasses were set down
with their contents untasted. After
lenvini; the house, one of the party
exclaimed: "That wes the most ef
fectual temperance lecture I have
ever heard " The young man from
whom those facts were obtnlned.
broke off at once from the use of
strong dr!nk. and holds, a grnteful
remerabrance of the lady who grace-
f 11 1 1 ' and rfsolutely gave him to un
derstand that her guests should not
drink win" Home Herald.
Bmt Materials,
There Is one particular In which
the Honor trade nas the advantage
over all others. The paper Industry
Worrits over the apnroai'hing extinc
tion of American forests, and the
consequent failure of the raw ma
terial supplv. Statisticians some
times Ingeniously figure on the ex
haustion of the coal and iron in so
many centuries. But the liquor man
car figure on the fact that there are
In this land no less than fifteen mil
lion' of young men, to take the
places of the drunkards as they are
used up In the liquor "Industry."
Sixteen millions of A morgan homes
are busv raising, educating, train
ing, watching, nurturing with tender
solicitude, boys- raw material for
the llquo- man to use "In his busi
ness." Oh. no, the liquor man has
manv trouoles. but the exhaustion
of his rnw material supply is not one
of them. T.'ie People.
Rise, Iiet TJs Be Going.
Though the past Is Irrevocable, II
Is not irreparable. In the garden
of Gethsemane our Lord said mourn
fully to the chosen three, "Sleep or
now, and take your rest;" but He
Instantly added, "Rise, let us he
going." In the first sentence He
taught the lrrevocablenesa of the
past; they might as well sleep, foi
any good that watching could now
do. But In the second sentence He
taught that there was still a future
before them, with new chances and
opportunities and hopes. So shall II
ever be. God Himself cannot undc
tho past. But He can, and will for
give. He will mention the past; bul
give us a fair fresh start. He will
even "restore the years that the
canker worm has eaten." He will
give us new opportunities of show
ing how truly we repent tht
decisions of the past, and how lo
ally we desire to serve Him in the
decisions of the future. He will not
i even mention the thrice denial; buf
He will give us three opportunltlet
of saying how much we love Him, a?
He thrice bids us tend His flock
"The King Is dead!" that la the
proclamation of the Irrevocable past.
i "Long live the King!" that is the
! announcement of an available fu-
! ture. F. B. Meyer.
' Recognizing Our Best Friend.
Is God our last hope, or our first?
Many a man has turned to his heav
etny Father only in his extremity, as
I a last resource. Men who have not
1 prayed for years have dropped upon
their knees or asked some one else
1 to do bo on the 'deck of a sinking
ship, or when the last hope In the
universe, for this life and tor the
next, was God. Other men, in the
midst of physical safety and pros
perity, are nevertheless turning to
God dally and hourly, not. as theli
last, forlorn hope, but aa the glorious
assembling of all their hopes; ai
their richest blessing beyond all
other blessings In thla present houl
j of bloBBlng. How much more the
. Father can do for those who are
! ready to find In Him every good
thing, than for those who leave Him
1 until every other hope has been tried
1 and proved falae! He will do all He
1 can for thoae who turn to Him laBt;
but His greatest blessings are for
those who seek Him first. Sunday
school Times.
Alcohol nnd the Workhouse.
Sir Victor Horsley In n recent
speech In Glasgow made the state
ment: "No teetotaler has been ad
mitted into the gigantic workshop at
Wandsworth, London." He also
said: "All applicants for relief tell
a story of alcoholism." Is It not
about so In our own land?
Silent Threads of Gold.
Little namoless acts of klndnesa,
little silent victories over favorite
temptations those are the silent
threads of gold which, when woven
together, gleam out so brightly in
the pattern of life that God approves.
Farrar.
Mind Vour Own Business.
There is no promise of a crown o!
righteousness for proficiency in regu
lating your neighbors.
Liquor Advert IneinentM Bailed.
The Taunton and Pawtticket street
railroad has announced that it will
not hereafter allow liquor advertise
ments to be displayed In Its cars.
Not in That Class.
There are comparative religions,
but Christianity is not one of them.
JoBeph Parker.
Whisky Man's Pet Theory.
Even If the damage wrought by
drink stopped with the drunkard
hlmBelf therefore, the whtaky man's
pet theory would hardly hold, and
Its falsity becomes unquestionable
when we recall that the Injury often
falls moBt heavily not on the drunk
ard hlmBelf, but on his family, and
that the State ltaelf Is damaged by
hU action Impoverished because of
his Inefficiency as a worker, injured
by his disorder as a resident, men
aced by his weakness as a citizen in
time of peace and aa a soldier in
tfais of war. Progressive Farwir,
An Epigram.
Coal 1b stored sunshine; democracy
Is stored Gospel.
THE GHOST WALKED.
"Why are you forever humming
that 'Merry Widow' waltzTJ'
" because It haunts me."
"No wotider; you are forever mur
deiinz It. V-Plck-Mi-Up.
UNCON FINING IT.
"Let joy be uhconflned," said tnt
master of ceremonies.
"I'm pulling the cork now," an
swered the keeper of the goods.
Blrminghum Age-Herald.
A School For Mothers
Soigestlon That No Syttamitlc Effort Is New
Mads Along This Line of Education.
It Is a em prising fact that, full s
but Society is of clubs and federations
for women and mothers, no syste
matic effort 1b made to educate young
mothers or future mothers in the
:are of their babies, either physical
5r moral, which work occupies women
tor the greater part of their working
life, writes Edith Howe, In the New
Jfork Evening Post.
New Tork City, whose organized
"harlty gives advantages to the poor
jften unavailable to people in moder
ate circumstances, Is, this summer,
through its Department of Health
tnd charitable societies, sending
nurses to instruct the poor mothers
jf young babies how to keep them
well. New York's high death rate is
not limited to the babies of the poor.
Ignorance In tho care of bableB Is not
limited to the mothers of the poor.
Mothers who can afford to pay for
instruction, lose their babies for lack
f the Instruction. Mothers who are
nungry for kindergarten methods of
bringing up children, for the elements
Df Froebel's "Mother Play," for
methods of punishment and moral
treatment, based on child psychology,
ran at present get that practical and
important education nowhere.
A school for mothers should be es
tablished, whose teachers should be
(1) trained nurses who have special
ized In infant work, (2) klndorgart
nere who have specialized in child
and mother psychology. The whole
ihould be under the combined super
vision of some baby specialist, as
Dr. Jacobl, Dr. Holt or Dr. Chapin,
and of a child psychologist such as
Mlaa Susan Blow or Mrs. Langzettel.
The hundreds of mothers' clubs now
formed will welcome a course of lec
tures from such a school.
To women who cannot be members
of such a class private tutor lessons
could be given, and correspondence
coursea arranged for those out of
reach. Teachers and students would
do well to take such a course, but It
Is primarily Intended to give practi
cal Information, based on scientific
principles and tho experience of au
thorities, In place of the unsatisfac
tory and desultory advice now given
in mothers' magazines, to mothers
who want to apply It directly to their
own babies. Books and syllpbl should
be agreed upon In conference with
agencies caring for babies, such as
baby and maternity hospitals, the
Boerd of Health, charitable associa
tions doing practical work with moth
ers. The tuition for the course
should be high enough to more than
cover the cost, but not high enough
to exclude those for whom It is In
tended women In moderate circum
stances. The school should be started In
such a city as New York, which Is
wide awake to the need of such work,
and has the machinery for putting it
Into operation quickly and well. The
work could be lnagurated with a
committee consisting of a baby spe
cialist, an expert klndergnrtner, such
aa Mrs. Langzettel, who lectures at
Teachers' College, for the Froebel
League, and representatives from
baby hospitals and the Board of Ed
ucation. Tho committee should have
an active paid secretary, whose busi
ness It should be to Interest women's
clubs, parent-teacher clubs, mothers'
clubs In thechurches, settlements and
mothers' congresses to take up such
a practical systematic course of
study.
Elmer Elsworth Brown, Commis
sioner of Education, said at the re
cent International CongresB of Moth
ers at Washington, that the term ed
ucation must be interpreted by the
United States Board of Education to
include the education of mothers In
the care of their babies. If the work
were successfully started in New
York, the National Board of Educa
tion might be encouraged to start
such education in the public, high
and normal schools. The Congress
of Mothers might be encouraged to
carry such Instruction into every
State, city and town in the Union
where Its mothers' clubs are at work.
Mothers' magazines might be en
couraged to apply to headquarters
for the advice and Instruction In the
care of babies circulated through
their pages.
The endowment for such a school
should not be heavy, aa the tuition
should mako it self-supporting, and
the Interest on the original fund and
the surplus could be used In scholar
ships for poor women. In engaging
specialists to write the required text
books, In founding the work In other
centres.
A trained nurse, on a salary of
$7 15 a month; a klndergartner, on s
salary of $100 a month, could deliver
two lectures each a day for five dayi
in the week, Instruct twenty mothers'
clubs, having one leoture a week al
ternating with the nurse and klnder
gartner. If there were thirty women
In each club, and the tuition charged
were $10 a year for each men. her,
exclusive of the cost of the room Is
which such clubs were held, this
would bring in $6000 a year, or, after
the teachers' salaries were r
$3900 a year profit. Were then
three nurses and three klndergart
nera, that sum would be trebled and
would, after paying $2000 a year to
the secretary; $2000 a year apiece
fees to the baby specialist and child
psychologist, asked to give some ol
their time to the direction of tba
school; $660 to stenographer, and
$1500 for office rent and running ex
penses, leave $3500 profit yearly.
wuieu Huuuiu uo useu in sonoitw tm.r-
to poor women ($500); In confer
ence expenses ($1000); odvertliioi
and exhibits ($1000), and $1000 to
a specialist for preparation or re
modeling of proper text-books.
Ten thousand dollars a year to'
five years to establish the school,
then, when It has proved Itself, B
endowment fund of $100,000, yield'
ing $5000 a year for reserve fund aod
for establishing schools in other cen
tres, would make the systematic I"'
structlon of mothers poMlbletbrotik'S'
out the Uulted States.
Twenty years ago a German taugW
the Japanese how to make shell but
tons). Now Japan Is exporting 9'
buttons to Germauy. France and rt
er 00 un trie,