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Xjfhe Puipt 1
A SERMON '
Rubjort: The Sustaining God.
Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded
thee? Be strong and of n good courage;
be not afraid. Neither he thou dismayed;
for the Lotd t'n ;.;! i with tlice wither
soever tliou MSl "
Moses Is dead Joshua, the son of
Nun, the minister of Moses, lends.
For forty long, weary heart-trying
years Moses had led Israel; led her
In the face of discouragements and
disablements, against the will of
the fi"kle multitude that with long
ing locked back to the leeks and gar
lics and onions of Egypt desiring to
serve a thousand yours In the house
and under the bondage of Pharaoh
rather than to live for clay by faith
In God; In spite of machinations and'
cabals, through the dsert to the
bounds of Canaan. Monks' work was
done. The task for which he wns
particularly fitted was completed. A
vision from a mountain ton. Canaan
to the west. "And tlvi children of
larae) wept for Moses."
The old leader was d-ad. The new
leader la In rommand. Moses, the
rautious. relinquishes the rule to
Joshua, the captain. Moses had his
rapacities. opportunities, talents.
Joshua Is not Moses. But even as
Moses was the man of the hour, so
Joshua Is the called of God In his.
Moses and Joshua are not struck from
the same mold, but. they both strike
for th? same cause, serve the same
people, yield homage to the game
God. Iach Is necessary to his age.
And th a age that produced each Is
Prepared, by the wise providence that
roods upon the affairs of men, for
each.
Plffcrently, and yet not altogether
ith"rwlse. is it with us, as together
.n this church we confront the larger
abors of another year. The leader
is the same. The cause Is the Bamo.
The same Spirit moves within us.
The same Sovereign directs. But the
old year Is dead. A new one lives.
The old year had Its problem, difficul
ties, discouragements, pcrplodtles.
delights. The experiences of the old
year are memory, history, yesterday's
events. The new year, full of larger
tasks, mightier opportunities, more
searching joys, lies ahead. The old
year had Its peculiarities that will for
ever differentiate It from any other
that shall ever be. The new year
cannot be the old, any more than
Joshua could be Moses. The old year
is dead. The r.ew year Allelulah!
Moses Is dead. But the God of
Moses persists. Joshua is the leader.
The promise of Gcd to Abraham and
Isaac. Jacob and Moses, is the prom
ise of God. In Its rleness and efflor
esence, to Joshua. The God of Abra
ham is Joshua's guide. The Spirit
who made bright the way for Moses
Is the evangel of Jehovah to Joshua.
"Be not afraid, neither be thou dis
mayed; for the Lord thy God is with
thee whithersoever thou goest."
The prom'se that God gave to the
new leader He maks to use in a new
year. Joshua has no mortgage upon
the loving kindness of Jehovah. He
has no monopoly of the grace of God.
The arm of the sheltering Cod Is not
shortened, His affection Is not less
ened. His promises are not ceased.
His hart yearns toward us. God
speaks to us as much as He did to
Joshua. We shell not do damage to
the text to unduly strain It If we In
sist that Clod advises us that which
He delivered to Israel through
Joshua. He aiakes covenant with us
as W3 l.ice the n'orl: of the new year
in the language that He used to
Joshua. "Be not afraid, neither be
thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God
is with thee whithersoever thou
goest."
Under the swav of the conscious
ness of the reality of the promise
Israel took courage, revived erthu
siesm, wus enlarged with expectation
Believing that God was with them the
people entered with hartinss, en
thusiasm an! hopefulness Into the la
bors of the Lord.
We need courage, enthusiasm, ex
pectation. That is to say, we need
heart, heat, hope.
Without these we cannot be effect
ive iff the service of our Saviour.
These we may secure If we will accept
as words of comfort and encourage
ment from God to each of us, the text
of our discourse, "Be not afraid
neither bo thou dismayed: for the
Lord thy God is with thee whither
soever thou goest."
We. nc ed courage Heart I A Lao
dicean church, neither hot nrr cold
lukewarm or warmed over, is as inef
ficient for real accomplishment as the
white of an egg to tne saii-s.iu i.iijn of
the taiite. The people must be cour
ageous and the organization must
have the heart of the Master kind,
robust, roborant to attract the mill
titnde and to uplift the ma3s. Only
by Intrepidity and Interest can we in
spire or command the men and wom
en to whom as the messengers we
come with a necessary and vitalizing
appeal.
We need enthusiasm. Heat! Ou
the Uay of Pentecost the disciples
were so enthused that the nativun
said "Tiae men are full of new
wine." They were hot with a mighty
Joy, thoroughly on fire. They acted
as though they were drunk. They
appeared to be fools. Fools for
Christ's sake. But It seems that the
heat of Pautecost is the only force
that has kept and can keep allva the
force and power of the church.
Would Cod that we had more Pente
costal fools! Men and women who
could be as much on tiro with enthu
siasm for Christ and His kingdom as
they are ablazu with Intercut in poli
tics, fashions or art.
We need expectation. Hope! Hope
that shall not be deferred. Faith
that there Is life lu God, value In His
truth, salvation In His Saviour, use
In our efforts, result in sight. Hope
Is the breeze that fans the flame of
enthusiasm. It Is anlinative. A
hopeless church i like a hopeless
fight. Lost! The hope-full company
of Christ's followeti Is sclntlllant, vi
brant with energy in full, majestic
play, invincible.
What we n , 1 we may secure. And
as Joshua and the Jews! "The Lord
'y Cod is with thee whithersoever
I u goest '' Believe It. P.ctcelve
Him. Trust Him.
Let no man belittle the value of
;ouragt. They were a gloomy bund
in blue who ran from Early at Cedar
2reek. Vincible, discouraged, dls
(usted, fturful! But wheu Sheridan
Iped from Winchester to their head
tout became victorious frenzy. The
;ourage of Sheridan Infused heart
Into his men. Courage has written
October, '6t, largo and lasting upon
the tablets of valor. It was not an
ftasy matter for Lincoln to declare
against the wisest counsel of his most
levuted friend that "A house divided
ignlnst ttself," "A nation nan slave
ind half free." could not endure,
(t lost him a legislative election. It
nadc him President. Without trnns
;endent courage a hero would have
.leen undiscovered. Heart In the
Tiartyr was the motive that sowed the
olood seed of the church.
Let no man underrate enthusiasm.
Israel wns at Eben-ezer. The Philis
tines were pitched nt Aphok. The
irk wns at Shlloh. They met. Israel
was beaten. Thereafter the ark of
.he covenant was brought Into their
midst. And the Scriptures tell us
'when the ark of the covenant of the
Lord came Into the camp nil Isrnel
ihouted with a great shout, so that
the earth rnng again " It matters
little for our purpose what wns the
mtcome of the ensuing conflict. "The
earth rang again." Enthusiasm
reigned. The beaten hosts ngaln
took up their arms. Faithlessness
gave place to hope. They were re
vivified. What were the Crusades
without enthusiasm, or the victories
of the church?
Forget not expectation. In the
hope of everlasting glory Pnul en
dured stripes, buffetlngs nnd terrors.
Hlldebrnnd planned the glories of
lton-.anlsm, that found expression In
the reigns of Innocent III. and Boni
face VIII., In hope. Henry Ward
Ueecher went to England In the dnrk
est days of civil strife to fight a quin
tuple, oratorical and moral battle for
his country and the right. He was
knocked, scoffed, threatened, mal
treated. But In hope ha talked nnd
battled on. At last faith found its
victory. Commercial England yielded
o God Almighty as He spake through
Ills lntter-day evangel of truth.
All these men. In their divers
"lelds and under these divers condl
lons, were encouraged, enthused,
lopeful. They were enheartened,
lugmented In zeal, enlarged In their
rapacities through richest expecta
tions, because they beard, even as
foshua, the voice of the Lord saying
into them, "The Lord thy God Is
alth thee whithersoever thou goest."
There Is no psychological Impetus
nore profound than this. This Is the
xialnspring of human power. It Is
the dynamic of human endeavor. The
sonsclousness and certainty of the
eallty of a sustaining God Is the su
lernal motive of all life. Shall wo
lot realize Its appeal and scope?
'The Lord thy God Is with thee."
'Be not afraid." "Have not I coro
iianded thee?" Hear Him? This li
omfort. Joy, peace. Hear Him!
listen!
Irving Square Pres'nierlan Church,
Brooklyn, New York.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR NOVEMBER 1.
The Triple Injury.
Talking people down behind their
'jacks Is about as Ingenious and far
reachlBt a kind of sin as the Devil
has yet invented. For such n mlssi'i
kills thr;e birds with one stone. It
Injures the one talked about, toe onj
talking nnd the one talked to. A rep
utation 1st smirched every time we
pass on an unnecessary criticism of a
fellOW-Calng. Our own character and
self-control ure weakened with every
such word. And the mind of ths
listener Is poisoned; he who ought to
be helped to see and think about the
'jest in others has been degrnded, part
way at least, toward the unworthiness
of our own low level. Onco In a
while an almost knock-out blow is
given t this unworthy and unfair
kind of fighting by some one's quietly
r-er'tlonlng a good quality in the ab
ront p"-son who is being criticised.
This will almost Invariably bring gos
sip to an abrupt close. We shall do
well to end others' gossip by this
means; and we shall do still better tc
caa our own before It begins.
"T.:s Only Remedy For Sin."
We preach Jesus as the Lamb of
Cod, which takoth away the si:i of U19
world. T'.'ls is the old, old story; It
la a very simple story, but the telling
of It will save the people. Keep to
thnt Qoapa).
Many have lost faith In It. It is
hoped that people will now be saved
by new socialistic arrangements, by
moral precepts, by amusements, by
societies, and what not. You that
are seut to preach Christ, If you take
to dolr.c something else, and become
philosophical, socialistic, philan
thropic, and all that, what Is to be
the spiritual nature of men?
Keep you to your work, go and
preach Christ to the people.
I have not lost faith In the old
Gc3pel. No; my faith In It grows as
I see the speedy failure of all the.
quackeries of succeeding years. The
methods of the modern school are a
bottle of smoke; Christ crucified Is
the only remedy for .'In. Spurgeou.
God Knows Me.
My life is not what I have chosen.
I oft r, long for quiet, for reading and
far thought. It seems to mo to be a
very paradise to be able to read, to
think, to go Into deeper things, gr.th
r the glorious riches of intellectual
RUttrre. God has forbidden It in Ills
providence. I must spend hours in
receiving people who speak to mo
about all manner of trifles, must re
ply to letters about nothing, must en
.1 in public work on everything,
mploy my life on what seems uncou
gon'al, vanishing, temporary waste.
Yet God knows me better than I
know myself. He knows my gifts,
my powers, ray fallings and weak
nesses, what I can do and what I can
not do. So I desire to be led, and
not to lead to follow Him. I am
quite sure that He bar- thus enabled
me to do a great deal more, in what
seemed to be almost a waste of life,
In advancing His kingdom, than I
would have done in any other way.
1 am sure of that. Norman McLeoi'
True to One's Own.
No man can serve his Father by
leglectlng his own children.
Old Wnlnut Carving For New House.
Walnut carvings and walns"otlngt
and the main rtalrway In the old
John Hay mansion on Em-lid avenue
will ho used In the Interior of the
splendid new colonial dwelling which
the widow of the Secretary of State
Is aboat to build near Wade Park.
Plans for the new home of Mrs
Hay rra-hed Deputy Building In
spector Homer Saturday. The esti
mated coat of the house Is placed nt
$78,000 The stairway and carving
taken from the old mansion on Euclid
avenue will be part of the largo en
trance hall cf the new residence.
This hall will be twenty-nine feel
wldo and forty-four feet long.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
11 mi to H
"At last," said th r.ntl-nolf tfl-"-cate,
"we have triumphed! Qule..:.:e
can now relgu supreme!"
"But what's the meaning of all th!s
cheering and cannonading?"
"We are celebrating our victory
Washington Star.
Subject: Absalom Rebel Against
DIM I A, 2 Snm. II CMMH Text,
Ex. 20:12 Commit Verses B, 8
Roiul 2 Snm. Chs. 13, 10.
TIME. 1026-1022 B. C. PLACE.
Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION. I. Alwnlom's In
triguing, l-fl. An appropriate Goldpn
Text for this lesson would bo Gal.
8:7. David was simply reaping what
he had sown. Though God had fully
forgiven David's sin, David did not
on that account escnpa the nntural
I consequences of his sin. God had told
him at the time that the sword should
nevor depart from his house, nnd that
Me would raise up evil for him out of
his own house (2 Sam. 12:9-121.
S"ven years had elapsed since David's
ln. David's daughter had been dis
honored, one son had been murdered,
nnd another was the murderer. Ab
Wllooi had only been embittered by
lil? banishment from the king's pres
ence, and his restoration to favor bad
not helped matters In the lenst. He
wns one of those Incirrlglhles that Is
helppd by neither severity nor by
kindness, a thoroughly self-centered
man. Brilliant but without charac
ter, a far mors dangaroui and dag
plcable mnn than the ordinary des
perado. Absalom's first step In an
nouncing himself as a candidate to
the throne was by riding In a state
that David himself did not affect (cf.
1 K. 1:83 and 1:5). It was expressly
Tor: Idden by God (Dp. 17:16; 1 Sam.
R:ll). Many wotfld he pleased by
Absalom's departure from the sim
plicity of his father. Absalom ills
played diligence In seeking to steal
his father's throne. So did Christ's
enemies In their plots against Him
(Matt. 27:11. There Is no one more
diligent thnn the devil. The Hebrew
of v. 2 indicates thnt Absalom "was
In the habit of rising early." it
would be well If Christians were as
diligent In seeking the throne that
Cod offers to them. Absalom rought
the favor of the discontented, the
usual practice of politicians. Indeed,
nil the methods of Absalom are much
In vocuo to-day. He utterly misrep
resented the farts about his father's
administration (cf. ch. 8:15). He
was guilt v or three pins, of (1) Not
honoring his father (Fx. 20:12). (2)
Sneaking evil of the ruler of his peo
ple (Acts 23:5; Ex. 22:2S). (3)
Bearing faUe witness (Ex. 20:16).
These are nil common rlns to-day.
Absalom deftly Suggested that if oniv
he were In power everything would
be all right. In earlier days David
had been a man of genial spirit, but
In law days he seems to have drawn
Into his shell. Perhaps the memory
of his sin and Its consequences was
responsible for this. Absalom prac
ticed his art on "all that came to the
king for Judgment,"' He succeeded
for the time, he "stole the hearts of
the men of Israel." But It was David
himself who had undermined the
power of law and loyalty In the king
dom. He had opened the wnv fo?
the peoole to transfer their ..ffections
to another by himself stealing the
heart of another man's wife. Any
man that commits the sin that David
did is sure to lose men's esteem.
II. Absalom's Conspiracy, 7-12.
It may he that the forty years of v. 7
refer to the years of David's reign,
but it is more likely that It should
read 'Tour" (see K. V. Marg.) and re
fers to the years of Absalom's In
triguing. If Ab?:iom had made such
a vow as he pretended (vs. 7, 8) he
had been at least six years Indifferent
to It. Quite strange that he should
wnl'e up to It ao suddenly. Many men
wake up to their religious obligations
when they have some end to ealn bv
I doing so. David seems to have .loBt
nis grip, or he would have suspected
something In the light of what was
going on. Nothing eo soon robs a
man of his grasp of practical affairs
as the entrance of sin Into his life. It
Is not likely that Absalom Und ever
made buc'.i a vow. If he had ho had
not kept It. and ho was not keeping It
i uu. Ausaioni next hired some
j tnoutera and trumpeters. ThlB, too,
I is a favorite method of modern poll
j tlclans. The mas-s of men are quite
eusuy carri-a uy .1 hurrah. Even
Biblical critics sometimes adopt the
same methods. He chose Hebron as
the centre of operation.; because of Its
sacred memories (clr. 2:1. 11; 3:2,
3; .":,'.). Absalom tried to make It
appear that all the best men were on
his side, by taking with him 200 who
had BO knowledge rir what was going
on. It Is always wise when one gets
Invitations from such men as Absalom
to look Into them before accepting
them. Many a foolish one Is caught
In this way. Ahithophel was Absa
lom's chief adviser. The woman
whom David had wronged was his
grand-daughter (ch. 11:3; cf. ch.
28:34), David felt no other defec
tion bo keenly as hU (Ps. 41:9;
5C:12-14). But aguln ho was reap
ing only what he had sowed. Absa
lom, like many another unmitigated
scoundrel, observed carefully outward
religious rites (v. 1; cf. Nu. 23:1, 14,
30, 1 K. 21:9, 12). "The conspiracy
Wits strong" Absalom's followers were
continually increasing. The people
were saying of David, "There Is no
help fur him in God" (Ps. 3:1, 2).
But David was not forsaken of God
even in this darkest hour 1 Ps. 3:3-8).
Absalom had left God out in all his
calculations; so utter failure camo of
all bis matchless cunning and seem
Irg promise. Absalom himself was
to blame for his own ruin. But waB
not David to blame, too?
Queer Seaside Itrciu's.
"This bread is made with sea
water," said a seaside baker, "and It
la thought to be good for tbe d's
peptic. Another bread, baked with
tho powdered seaweed called Por
phyra laclniaca, Is taten by rheu
matic sufferers with fair results.
They say that whole wheat bread
mixed with a flour made of powdered
Aabbonsf helps certain aortB of skin
diseases. There Is reason for believ
ing lu the medicinal properties of the
sea and Its products," said tbe baker
learnedly. "They who live on the
shore will tell you how, at certain
seasons, many kinds of animals-
cattle, sheep, horses ai)d oven poultry
come down on the sands and drink
of tho bitter waters. "New York
Press.
In Massachusetts alone there Is
more neglected water power going to
waste than is available at Niagara
Falls.
EPWORTH Mi LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1.
learning in the School of Christ.
Prov. 4. 1-9; John 14. 25 31.
1. There 1s a school for the moral
ind religious life. We must first
faooghlte that I! is a real ICtfDOl,
that It has problems of pupils, aub
ftct material, methods. Ideals, Inslrue.
Hons, and that there are different
grades n mornl nnd religious train
ing. The church, the Sunday school,
the young piople's societies nnd Jun
ior organizations, and not least of all,
(he home, are Included In this school.
2. There Is no contradiction In ed
ucation In religion and conversion.
This Is the one real vital point of
tho theme. (1) There was tho
Jewish lrioal Instruction In wisdom
with a view to right living learning
to do the will of God -understanding
the ways of Jehovah both In mind and
heart. It wns this school that tho
sage of the Proverbs commended to
his children. No Jew would full to
educate his Children In things rellul
ous. (2) There Is tho Christian
Ideal. Wo have no ground in saying
that It excluded :he Jewish. It rath
er Includi s and supplements It, till
Ing it with the Messed experience of
communion with Christ. Thpre Is a
fee I Ing among some that education
In religion precludes tho Holy Spirit
in conversion. Would It not bo saner
to say :hat. no education In religion
Is comploto unless the child Is so
trained that at some crisis In his !lfe
there will sweep Into his heart tho
wonderful transforming power of the
Spirit Of Christ? Further, who dares
to shut up the Spirit of God to one
event In the religious life of a child?
Christ's plan for the Spirit wns that
"Ho should teach all things and bring
all things to our remembrance."
3. Our attitude must be that of
a "learner." We must "attend to
know understanding." We must al
so keep In mind that tho Holy Spirit
was promised to the disciples on con
dition that a certain moral quality
should bo found lu them, namely. "He
that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he It Is that loveth
me; and he that loveth me shall be
loved of my Father, and I will- lovo
hint, and will manifest unto him."
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
OCftrCCRTKD ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING Al l ALONG LIN.
1C:
33:
9:
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NOVEMBER FIRST,
Songs of the Hert, XI. The Clecp
less Watcher Ps. 121 (Con
secration Meeting.)
God sees nil. Ex. 3: C !.
"Not as a man seeth." 1 Sam. 16:
1-7.
In behalf Of his own. 2 Chrr.11.
1- 9.
Ho considers our worlts. P3.
13-15.
No escape from Htm-, Areo3
2- 4.
Even the sparrow. Ma't. 10:
29.
It Is a question: "Whence shall
my help come?" Not from the hills,
not from anything made, but from
the Maker (v. 1.)
We nod in Judgment, our conscience
sleeps, our courage tires, our forces
fnll; what n comfort to know that
Cod never fnfls! (v. 4.)
Those thnt do not live In a hot
country cannot appreciate the calling
of God our shade; but God Is ull
thai Is delightful, everywhere (v. 5.)
Tfje promise of God'.- protection Is
for all srenos of life (out and In), and
for all time; no promise could be
more Inclusive (v. 80)
Suggestions.
The thought of Cod's sleepless
eye Is a terrible one to all that hate
Him, and a very dear one tb all that
love Him.
God sees thoughts as we see deeds;
that thought should keep ub pure.
God watches but so must we. 'How
often Christ urged this!
God Is sleepless that we mpy fleep.
Illustration.
Men that keep watchers sometimes
need watchers lor the watchers; but
God. our Watcher cares more for us
than we for ourselves.
The gods of Greece and Rome slept
sometimes or were busiest with their
own affairs; not ao ours.
A watchman Is not only for guard
ing but also for an outlook, and to
announce the coming of blessing or
harm. This also God Is to us.
Women Are Winning Their Flglit
Aonhisf Ruin Hnlf the Union
Has Joined In tbe Prohibition
Movement.
With astonishing rapidity thn
fight against the sale of Intoxicating
liquor Is sweeping over the country,
says the Delineator. In the South,
State afier State has enacted laws ab
solutely closing nil the snloons within
Its borders. After January 1, 1909,
there will not be a legal saloon In
Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi or Ok
lahoma; North Carolina may also be
dry by that time: half of South Caro
lina, a large part of Florida, all but
four clltles In Tennessee, nnd nearly
all of Kentucky aro In the same situ
ation. Virginia, Maryland and Dela
ware are moving In the same direc
tion. Ohio 1b tending toward State
prohibition, Indiana hns taken steps
toward It, and ench new election sees
more townships In Illinois shifted to
the "dry" column. In other States
the struggle Is not yet so successful,
but already half the people and two
thirds of the territory of the United
States are embraced In the now rapid
ly growing prohibition districts.
In this struggle women have taken
n remarknble part, and they are reap
ing a remarkable reward. This is a
new form of campaign, and It Is dif
ferent. There has been little or no
hysterical agitation, but rather pro
saic comparison of rlgurer. to show
how much better off the dry States
are than tho wet. And the women,
to whom prohibition means Infinitely
moro than to the men, have furnished
what excitement was nocessary, by
f ocklng about the polls serving tem
perance drinks to voters, and en
deavoring to convince them that a
vote ngninst the saloon Is a vote for
the home, and perhaps, most of all,
for the clean administration of the
public schools. They have had to
present figures, too. Saloon men
have shown the amount of taxes paid,
almost fabulous millions every year,
by the manufacturers, the wholesal
ers and the retailers nf drink. They
have piled up the totals of corn and
rye and rice consumed In the factor
ies, and computed how many men
were employed. But the women have
shown that every dollar so spent la
only a tithe of the amount that the
men pass In over the country for
drinks which net them nothing at all;
that, out of $10 which leaves the
home for this uselessthing only thirty
or forty cents eventually reach the
public treasury In license and tax, and
even less goes to the grain producer,
and thnt each drinker could bettei
afford to pay his share of the llquot
lax out of his pocket, chip into a fund
for grain production, and keen th
rest to use in buying useful things foi
his home in such a way as to give
more and more useful employment tc
his fellows and at the snme time im
prove his own condition In life.
MOTHER'S WHIM.
My mother was a human being and
had certain peculiarities which we did
not ridicule. Sometimes she would
lose her appetite entirely and could
not eat our food. Sho would grow
weak and almost 111, but there was
"balm In Gllcad." Hor appetite
would be restored In this way. Some
thing from another person's larder
was the remedy, and lo, "Richard
was himself again." I was a little
girl and she would send me with a
basket and a note to her good aunt
In the village. Her letter would read
thus: "Dear Aunt Jane: I have one
f my 'spells" again and cannot eat
please send me something from
your cupboard; Just anything will do,
so some one else hus cooked it."
Your Niece Caroline.
Her aunt did not Btnile at the "no
tion'' of their favoi'Uo nelce, for ahe
knew and realized her sensitive na
ture. Aunt Jan would go to her cellar
and cupboard and pack a basket with
whatever she chanced to have. Some
times It would bo a cup of stowed,
dried apples, a piece of beef or ham,
a bit of plain cake, or a cup of cus
tard. No matter, dear unt Jane un
derstood It all.
How precious are the friends who
divine our Queer ways and who do not
ridicule us. Dolly Goodwill, in the
Indiana Farmer.
Australian Clay K-tters.
In the Northern Territory, that
vast subtoplcul section of Australia
which is to be opened up for settle
ment now that It has been taken over
from South Australia by the common
wealth government, some of the na
tives have a curious custom of eating
a certain kind of white,' powdery clay.
Investigation does not indicate any
particular fondness on the part of tbe
aboriginals for this particular diet,
but the clay would appear to serve a
useful purpose In between whiles by
way of staving off hunger whon game
Is scarce. London Stundard.
Have No Right to License.
"No Legislature can bargain awaj
the public health or the public mor
als. The people themselves cannot
do It. much less their servants." Thll
a decision of the Supreme Court ol
the United States in State vs. Missis
llppl, 101, U. S. 814. Tho court give
the reason when it snys: "Govern
ment is organized with a view to theli
preservation, and cannot divert itsell
nf the power to provide for them
fhey are among the Inalienable
rights, to secure which government
ire Instituted among men. Their se
curity being among tbe purposes, ol
tovernment it necessarily follows thai
Hie State cannot so divert the exer
cise of its functions as to expressly
authorise Its destruction."
The Supreme Court of Illinois In
rcddard vs. President, declared in
fulntance "that intoxicating liquor l
i" slow and sure poison, whoso sale
for beverage purposes can only be
lafendad by men's appetites, and not
cy reason, observation or eiperlence;
'hat. gambling, horsp racing, cock
lighting, obscenity, Idlers, rogues,
vagabonds, vagrants pestilence, con
'aglon and gunpowder will not d
itroy one-tenth of the lives that will
the saloon, nor produce socially so
much moral degradation, suffering,
wretchedness and misery, aa much
pauperism, vagraucy and crime as the
-aloon. nor so much pecuulary destl
(ution. The Inherent character of the sa
loon and its nntural effects surely
tiring It within the condemnation of
'he lnw. To grant the license is to
imrgaln away for the license fee. life.
'Iberty, property and the pursuit of
happiness.
In Old Kentucky.
Behold Kentucky, the traditional
rrudlo of all good whisky! In less
lhan two years the liquor traffic has
been practlrally obliterated, and yet
this Stete has $160,000,000 invested
In disti:' rl Only four counties are
wholly ,.rt Rt this writing, and the
Tailors' Stive Association has peti
tioned the Legislature for regular
lalarlea, hecause. under prohibition
conditions, tho empty Jails do not
bring them fees enough to live on.
Harrington A. Phelps, In Broadway
Magazine.
Would Oust Indiana Breweries.
Five separate ouster suits were
lied at Indianapolis by Attorney
lenerul Bingham against the Indian
tpolls Brewery Company, the Terra
Haute Brewing Company, the Home
Brewing Company and the American
llrewing Company. The Attorney
general charges that the brewing
ompanies are exceeding their corpo
ate powers by leasing saloon build-
Temperance Notes,
Those who depend on the use of al.
rohol to give them Inspirations or
suggestions are doomed to see them
elves and their work soon forgotten.
The rivalry Is between the
'Straight" and the "blends," and It
'uproaches in Intensity the historic
1 'ud between the Montagues and the
: a lnt lots.
Mr. William E. Curtis quotes Attorney-General
Trickett, of Kansas,
i considerable length as testifying
lo the coutluuod benefits of State pro
hibition also.
Temperance victories are the moro
cheering when it is considered how
I powerful Is the foe from whom they
"iiio ueeii uii. mo uquor iramc or
II e country has a capital of $3,500,-
10.000 Invested In 3632 distilleries,
1 Mil wholesale houses and 225, 000
si loons.
The Swedish painter, Georg Van
Rosen, ramarks: "Very far from be
lieving that the use of alcohol helps
to produce artistic Ideas or concep
tions. I am of the contrary opinion,
1 nd believe they will only be hyster
ical and monstrous, and lu most cases
will lead to a weakening and finally
to a break-up of ull inspiring effort."
iac for my dolly ranae
VjpanKme. the pfeojont fields
p'oj nojy wrir 1 mignr drjpair.-
-Tennyjori-
THF LORl REIONETH, LET TIFF
E.tBTH REJOICE.
The pat. which brought us-so much pnln,
Brought, too. the cure ol ill.
The future dimly glenma: in vain
Our atepa we nrge. our eyes we strain;
Am aln-vly, in unhatenimt trnin.
The dayg their course fulfil.
And each to each these tiding tell:
'God rulea the yenra, and all is well."
Ilmye and content, then, eoron what may.
Jve face what time mav send.
Life cannot be all holidav
And love and hope alike decay.
And disappointment bar the way
Sometimes, until the end:
Rut we can bear at, knowing this;
God rules the years, and wp are His.
Sur.nn Coolidge.
"Forget It."
'No man can accomplish great
things unless he Is an ontlmlst." But
whnt does thnt means? There are
some folks who call themselves bv
that nnme although there Is usual
ly another "Ism" attached to their
bidlefs who have adaptPd mottoes
something like the following:
"Forget It."
"There Is no evil."
"Look happy and yon will be hap
py" "You can conquer any situation If
yon smile enough."
"God's In His heaven all's right
with the world."
Sounds rather pretty, doesn't It?
There Is a certain amount of truth
In these little 'sunshine" opiates, but
what are the facts?
In the first place, there are some
things which It would be criminal to
forget, because there In evil. Look
Ine hanpy nnd smlline Is a verv fine
antidote, but we can't all be "Hap
py Hoollgnns," nnd most of us don't
want to be. We'd rathpr be real
men. leaving the tomato enn and tho
scrubby beard to those who enjoy
thnt sort of thing. .
There Is sin In the world. There
Is tragedy. There Is suffering. Hun
dreds of thousnnds of children are
in mills and factories, who should be
nt home or In school. There are
Klnms. with their hell-holes. Thpre
are saloons, with drunkenness nnd
brutality. There are underfed nnd
overworked men and women In our
great cities will the rosey-posey
doctrine of the long haired man and
the short haired woman doctrinaire
imllo these away?
"Cod's in His heavenJ yes. bnt
all's not "right with the World." It'
going to be right, but Hint's why WW
pan well nfford to be optimists but
not the kind thnt expect to usher In
the mllennlum by a smile. There 'is
work to do, and fighting too. It Is
a work and a flgh that requires red
blooded men. It Is a task that has
the assurance of success, hecause
Rod is In the heavens. It Is .a great
thing to realize that It is His task
working through us. We are com
missioned to it. That should give
nerve to the arm and power to the
blow of every fellow who has taken
upon himself his share of the task
af helping to redeem the world from
the particular evil which he sees
most. Rev. Charles Stelzle, in the
Interior.
Frosting Without Eggs.
Cook In nn ngateraucepan ons cup
ful sugar and a quarter cup milk. As
soon as a llttlo dropped In cold water
makes a soft ball when rolled be-
' tween tho flngerB, take from the fl.ro,
I flavor and beat until It thickens, then
1 spread. For a chocolate tilling use
brown sugar lnstend of white. New
York Telegram.
To Keep Sail Dry
To prevent salt In saltcellars from
becoming damp and lumpy, when fill
ing them put In ten to twelve pieces
of rice. This will not come through
the holes In the cover of the saltcel
lars, but will break the lumps of salt
and gather the moisture; thus the
salt Is always dry and fine. Woman's
Home Companion.
To Polish Mirrors.
The first step toward cleaning tho
mirror before polishing is to rub off
the glass carefully with a damp cloth.
When this Is done, polish with a wool
en cloth on which some powdered
blue has been shaken. For the final
touch, rub the glass carefully with a
chamois skin until It is brilliant.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Sleeping Room Colors.
One of tho prettiest color schemes
for a sleeping room Is delft blue and
white, and the number of dainty blue
and white cottons for covers and
hangings, bits of china for dresser
and mantel, as welt as the charming
blue and white rugs that are obtain
able at merely nominal prices, makes
It possible to furnish such a room at
a minimum expenditure. Hartfo"'
Courant.
A Porch Basket.
To make a beautiful and Inexpen
sive hanging flower basket for porch
use an ordinary round half bushel
basket with sldo handles. Paint
green and suspend with heavy picture
chains fastened to either handle of
basket. Put a small flat box or
round tin pan upside down in bottom
of basket and place the soil on top of
this, as It will not be as heavy as If
all filled with dirt. Geraniums and
downward growing foliage make a
pretty effect. Indianapolis News.
The Soul's Telescope.
Every astronomer loves his tele
scope, and there Is but one simple
reason that lead3 him to have this
(rant fondness for this instrument.
If there were nothing but the Instru
ment, ' marvelous as might be the
ronsnuctlon, It would have but little
Interest for an astronomer. The
mechanisian would find Interest In
Its constructive features but not the
astronomer. To him the chief thing
in the universe is the heavens and
ill they contain. A searching on his
part to find 'out and understand the
objects that till the sky, sun, moon,
and stars Is the delight of the as
tronomer. His name means one who
knows the laws of the stars. And
becnuse a telescope brings the stars
near so that he may learn the laws,
he loves this Instrument.
The soul Is nn astronomer. It
seeks and searches alone that great
vast depth within which is God. And
lo you ask what is the best instru
ment of the soul In its search to And
the. laws of God? Tho answer Is,
Meditation, but for this power "the
soul dlscerneth God as If He were
aear nt hand." Classmate.
Keeping Linings Clean.
It Is difficult for even the cleanest
woman to keep the lining of the back
of her blouse fresh and sweet.
The moisture from the skin is al
ways heavy across the shoulders, and
It Is soaked into the lining because
ono la usually leaning back against a
support.
Corset covers do no good because
they are low necked. The result is
that most of one's lined blouses are
unclghtlv in the back and need con
stant cleaning.
This Is especially true of the ones
that are lined with white muslin, as
it shows thedlscoloratlon veryquickly.
A Cleanly custom Is to cut from
white muslin a shaped piece that Just
fits the back. This Is basted in the
blouse over the lining and taken out
whenever soiled. If one has three or
four of them it is always possible to
keep the int-lde of tho blouse lu desir
able condition.
Many women do not realize how
quickly the perspiration and dust soil
this lining. It they did they would
be more careful In coating the back
of the neck and shoulders with tal
cum powder always before putting on
a blouse. Philadelphia Ledger.
Try Mary's Plan.
We are far too little alone with
God, nnd this, I am persuaded, is one
af the very saddest features ot our
modern Christian living. His work,
work, work at the very best some
well meant, Martha like serving; but
where, where are the more devoted
Marys, who Hud the shortest, surest
way to the heart 01 Jesus by ceasing
very much from self-willed, sell-appointed
tolls, and sitting humbly at
His feet, to let Him curry on His
blessed work within ourselves? If
tho Mary-like method were carried
aut more, it might abridge consider
ably tho amount of work apparently
accomplished, but it wouid incompar
ably enhance the quality .
God can use small men. Out of
the mouths of babes and sucklings
He ordains strength. He can get
iloug with a few. He onco Bald that
'.hero were too many, but He never
said that there were too few. But
He does want men; He has taken
man Into partnership in His work,
ind does not seem disposed to work
without him. Methodist TlmeB.
God Alone Knows Us.
Every man bears his own burden,
lights his own battle, walks In the
?ath which no other feet have
rodden. God alono knows us through
ind through. And He loves us, as
Keble says, better than He knows.
Ho has Isolated 'us from all sides that
'rle aloue may have our perfect con
ldence, and that we may acquire the
mblt ot looking to Him for perfect
:ynipathy. He will come into the
tolltude In which tbe soul dwells, and
make the darkness bright. R. W.
Dale.
Power generated at Niagara Falls
Is to be distributed all over Canada.
Bids have been asked ou 10,000 tone
of structural steel for the Canadian
Government Tho steal la to be used
for towerB which will support the
cables used In transporting the cur
rent. Already power generated nt
Niagara Is being sent a distance of
more than 125 miles, and it is the in
tention of the Canadian Government
to Increase this distance, says the
Scientific American. Towns iu every
direction about Niagara will be cui-plied.
Ho Erxt
mJSNP HOW TO
PREPARE ' Til EH
Plum Jelly. Take plums not too
ripe, put In a granite pan and Bet In
n pan of water over the Are. Let the
I water boll gently till all the juice has
I come from the fruit, straining through
a flannel bag and boil with an equal
I weight of sugar twenty minutes.
1 Plum Butter. Select sound plums,
scald till they crack open. When
cool put through a collander; meas
ure the pulp and add three-fourths
of a pound of sugnr to ench quart of
pulp. Season with any spice desired.
Boil two hours.
Spiced Plums. Four pounds of
plums, two pounds of sugar, one ta
blespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon,
mace and allspice; stone the plums,
then put all the Ingredients into a
preserving kettle; cover with vine
gar; boil till tender.
Canned Plums. Canned plums are
much nicer when peeled. To peel
them pour on boiling hot water and
let them slightly scald. When skins
begin to break pour off water and
peel. Have ready a syrup made iu
the proportion of one pound of sugar
to every four pounds of fruit and
just enough water to dissolve sugar.
Win-a all the plums are ready put
them in hot syrup and cook for five
minutes.
Preserved Plums. Take two
pounds of sugar for three pounds
of plumu; wash the plums and drain;
put the sugar on a slow Are In a pre
serving kettle, with as much water
as will melt and let simmer slowly;
prick each plum with a needle and
place lu cans and lu boiler of cold
water, pour over the syrup and cook
till the skins break and you feel thut
they are thoroughly heated. As they,
aettle add more syrup, tieal while
hot.
Plum Pudding. Take one quart ot
large egg plums, leave out the Juice
and put Into an ordinary slxed pud
ding dish. Pour over It the follow
ing ingredients, well mixed: Three
eggs, two cupful of sugar, one-half
cupful of butter, ouo cupful of sweet
milk, two teaspoontula of baking
powder and enough Hour to make a
soft batter. Bake forty-five minutes.
Now take the Juice ot the pluuis and
one-half cupful ot sugar and boll
three intnutaa and serve as a sauce.
The latter may b thickened with a
tit 1 iu cornutarjib if daatred.