D The Putof t 1 A SERMON tf m fci " Subject: Tc-nip(ntlon. Luke 11 ;i "Lead us not into tempta tion." This Is a most sapient sentence in the jimvpr Ohrllt taught His disci ples. It reveals the phtloiophira.1 in sight mid the intensified acunieu ol the Master. It casts a white light opon the thoughtfulness of our Sav iour, and not only Illuminates our understanding of the suhject In hand, but also glorifies the moral senilis and the perspicacity of Jesus. It stamps Jesus as a sage. Few things that He ever said have differentiated truths more finely. This declaration and petition is sagacious, penetra tive, profound. It cuts through sin to that which Is antecedent. It shows as the hand and the artifice of the seducer, and his seductions. Ponder the text. You will find It central. It la suggestive, superlatively Influen tial Temptation la a suhject that Is tnuch misunderstood. Few grasp its Igr.iflcance, comprehend its power, or apprehend Its fundamental rela tionship to sin. You will note that Jesus says. "Lead us not Into tempta tlon: deliver us from evil." He does not say, "Deliver us from evil, and lead us not Into temptation." The ordering of the language Is consonant with the sequence and logic of the thoughts the words etpress. Jesus was conversant with the genern! un Intelllgence concerning the place of temptation in the life of man. Then aa now the multitude was more con cerned with overt wickedness than with precedent thought. Then as now men were more careful to keep out of the handcuffs of the police than to keep their thoughts pure and their hearts radiant with righteous ness. We are no better in many ways than the men to whom Jesus inti mately and Immediately spoke. They didn't understand the vlclousness of temptation or think about It any more than do we. Temptation Is subtle. Sometimes It appears to be superficial. Now it Is an objective force, an Influence moving us from without. Again it Is subjective, a wrong desire or an evil wish leading us, as it were, from within. But whPther temptation bo subtle or superficial, subjective or objective, 'whether it be a thought or a poison, a wish or a woman, temptation Is dangerous. For It holds the seeds of Bin. And Bin Is godlessness. And godlessness leadeth by the steep, sharp way that goes down to that Tjlace whose paving stones are reputed to be the good Intentions of careless men. How few of us pay any attention to subtle temptation. Most of It when the Jail doors draw ajar or the loss of social or religious position Is threatened. We cast Satan out when we can see the end of tempta tion at a glance. But we coddle and cuddle, the temptation that we love to fondle. We hug it to our hearts. Y" stroke It and caress it. We wouldn't for the world commit the crime that Is the offspring of the thought. What fools we are! Would you rub a rat tler? Temptation Is dangerous. Most dan gerous when It Is subtle. It prepares the road for sin. It makes ready the heart of man to plan and the hand of man to execute the will or Satan, It lays a snare and a net. It Is full of pretentious promises. It comes n fair array. It looks good. Its pretensions are pretences. Its prom ises are aerial. It is we!! ill I But It is all clothes. The cjlors will not stand sunlight, nor the weave in spection. It looks good. Bit Its heart Is had. It is as dangerous as it was in Eden, as subtle, as cautious, as mealy-mouthed, as disastrous. In the fourth chaper of the G ' according to St. Matthew you may read how Jesus dealt with tempta tion. And reading you will under stand, with a little tho.ight, wha: wai Jessf' conception of the relation ol temptation to sin and why it was that He taught His disciples' that temptation was the subtle nntec?dent of wickedness that flaunts itself, as It Is. "The tempter cam to Him, h'? said. If Thou bo the Son of Hod, com wand that these stones be mad? liread." "The devil . . . set t' lli Him on the pinnacle of the Ten. pie, and salth unto Him Cas Thyself down." "Again, the devil . . . ahowetb Him all the . - lotus of the world." What did Jesus do? What would we do ur.Jcr like circumstances? Jesus neither parleyed nor fooled with temptation. He dismissed thp instanter. He wasted no words In discussion. He attempted no compromise. He didn't a,. fur ther light or discuss the terms of fared. He quickly, brusquely, i , tir.Uly spurned the tempter and the temptation. I have an Idea that If the devil hadn't goaa the Christ would have moved on. "And. be hold, angels came and ministered uu to Him." The answers of Jesus were as In candescent as they were unequivocal. l"hey were hot, surcharged with en ergy la full play. They were aflame tvlth a heat that shot light Into the nature and danger and the method I i be free of temptation's snare. And they were straight. They were not "he sort of answers we return wh -n the devil makes proposals to us. .!t;ius didn't toy with Banana propo sitions. Ho didn't ask hi in to sub mit a brief. He delayed neither re sponse nor Judgment. He gave him cool hearing, urtlcal reply, no oppor tunity or occasion for rebuttal. How otherwise we do. Tempta tion finds us willing, voluble, invit ing. What sin cannot do tempta tion does. For the sin we do the temptation to which we have yield ed is responsible. What wind is to the moving boat and sails, coal to tiio locomotive, and beat, gasoline and Kssorlaled planes to the aeronaut, similarly temptation is to sin. Know ing this It Is not wise to parley with tempters or temptation. Jesus didn't ilisi'iiss Satan's propositions, for dis cussion would have Implied the right if Satan to be heard. It would have liven him privilege In court. Jesus law that discussion would be dlt ibedtence, argument a confession, lebate damaging. We are hardly wiser than Jesus, t He would not parley, we ought lot. If His moral sense and mental nstght. His sense of religious respon ithllity, would not permit Him to irgue with Satan we cannot as His 'ol lowers do less than He. To par ity Is to listen. And the devil has Tinny a sweet tone, plausible plan, Ine sounding promise. And many .here are who, with unstopped and eady ears, are misled thereby. No man would EM murder on. torner or bargain with a woman tor er soul In the glare of noonday In .he sight of men. Much less wise Is le who parleys with Satan In the ihambers of hla heart. Jesus didn't fool with Satan. He leard his propositions and had done. nd that was the end of It. There ivere no dates for future conferences, rhe matter was closed at one". He as as fair with Satan as He was with Himself. Satan wanted an an iwer. And he got It hot and fast. Vote you that ho wont away and left tltm. Wo ought not to fool with temp tation any more than did Christ. It's sot fair to the devil. It's not person illy honest. It Is dangerous. He who fools with tempters and tempta tions is a fool. One afternoon last summer as I stood watting for a car by the tracks where the electric trains course, two Soys drew near. When opposite to me they deliberately Jumped from i platform to the charged third rail, t nearly had heart disease. In a moment they Jumped safely off. To my advice they offered this bit of wisdom: "We Jumped off wood with both feet to the rail. The rail's on wood. AH you have to do Is to Jump iff with both feet at once." A -ellp md they would have Jumpod Into eternity! A Jump a flash a limp body by the track side covered with i paltry canvas a coffin a mound !n Greenwood. A boy dead, s homo lesolnte, a soul gone prematurely to Its Ood. Because a boy would fool with death. Men and women and temptation! How many are not llko '.he boys? You wouldn't cross Niagara with a rope for a walk and a pole for a sup port aud balance? No! Why? Be cause you're not a fool! You would :'t Jump the Twentieth Century Ex press. You're not a fool! You wouldn't put you're hand next a whirring wheel. You wouldn't fool with death or danger. But you will tool with temptation. You will play with tempters. You will think a long while before you will do evil. But fou will think evil and give audience '.o Satan now. Here! Now! Aren't you a fool? Wherein do you differ from the boys? Jesus dismissed Satan. We would bo better and safer did we th9 same. Repulse him. Get Christ to help you. Turn your back on him. Tell him to go to. Kick him out If you have '.o. But get rid of temptation. Dls miss the tempter. If you can't get loose from the grip of the tempter any other way then run. Better the woods than sin Better retreat thnn disgrace. Better caution than dishonor. Many a man would be without a spot that cannot be blotted out to-day tf he had onlj; run away. It is better to run away from an affinity In sin thau to em brace. When Jesus refused to pnrley, when He showed r.o mood to fool, when He gave direct nnd unhesi tating answer Satan left Jesus. Not otherwise Is It with you. The ndver. sary will go when you no longer bid him stay. "And behold ansels will come and minister unto you." Irving Square Prtsbyterian, Church, Brooklyn, New York. LYnTONATIONAL MMftOlf COM MKNTS FOR NOVEMBJUi 8. EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Carrying Out Our Plntis. When the doing of a proper thing has been decided upon, then It ought to be done at any cost save actual wrong-doing. There Is nothing that so quickly and surely demoralizes our character and our will-power as fail ure to carry out our plans. There Is nothing that so tones up and builds up character and will-power as, the resolute, Insistent carrying ouf ol plans at heavy cost to ourselves. It you have made a plan for to-day's work, let nothing but the hand of God stop It. His hand may show In the arising of unforsseen circumstances that are wholly beyond our control, or In the pointing out of a ne-v duty that would make the carrying out of the other plan clearly wrong. Noth ing short of such providential hin drance ought to deter us. Yet most j( us are more or less willingly turned aslJe from our plans for hard work by circumstances that were meant only to test us. Every time this oc curs we have weakened our wills and sapped our characters. We sny that when we tell a child or au anlma! tc do a thing, we ought, for that one's sake, to insist on Its being done. Why should we not be as fair to our selves as we are to animals and children? Teaching Nuggets. Virtue Is victory. Thev gain the glory who give It to Ood. They who are fearless are never heedless. There are no triumphant lives without their trials He only Is fitted to rule who Is afraid to rule wrong. Reliance on the rlp'r.t Is expressed by defiance of the wrong. He Is never afraid to be alone who knows he Is never alone. No cue Is too young to str.nd against that which h know! to be wrong. Heaven never helps htm who re fuses the aid of that which lies at hand. The proof of being worthy of re sponsibility Is being ready for It. Henry F. Cope. The Second Si If. It Is a simple yet wuacerful com fort to have a second self which is a child; to possess a childhood of feel ing In the midst of manhood; al, wheu the work of the day Is passed, to lay our folded hands upon the knees of Ood as once we did upon our mother's knee, and, looking up, to say, "Our Fa-ther, wh!ch art In Heaven." Stopford A. Brooke. lie Educated the Judge. This anecdote Is told of Chief Jus tice John Marshall. Returning out afternoon from his farm near Rich mond, Va., to his home In that city the hub of his wheel caught on u small saniing growln? by the road side. After ttilng unsuccessful!) for some moments to extricate th whtels l.o heard the found Of nn att In the woods aud aaw a negro mar approaching. Hailing him he said: "If you wli; ret that axe ard cut down this tret I'll give you a dollar." "I c'n git yer by 'thout no axe, el dat's all yer want." "Yes, that's all." said the Judge. The man slm;.ly backed the horn until the wheel war clear of the sap ling and then brought the VShfCU fcafely around It. "You don't charge a dollar for that, do ou?" asked thj astonished Chlel Justice. "No, maaaa; but It's wuf a dollar to larn some folks sense." The darkey got his dollar without further questioning. Atlanta Constitution. Subject i David Grieves For Absalom, a Samuel 18 Golden Text, Prow. 17:2.-. Commit Verso 83 --Commentary. TIME. 1023 B. C. PLACE i Mahanalm. EXPOSITION. t. TttHnga of Vic tory, 84-B1. It will not do tn teach ing thla lesson to confine oneself to the verses assigned. Absalom had laid hla plans with great shrewdness and skill. But he had left God out In all hla calculations (ch. 17:14, R V.). That omission was fatal. It was In answer to David's prayer that Ood "had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahlthophal" (cf. 2 Sam. IB: 31). Hushal had appealed suc cessfully to the vanity of Absalom in hla attempt to overthrow AhlthopheJ's counsel (ch. 17:11). In this ttmo of seeming general defection from David there wore really many who stood by him still (ch. 16:16-11, 81-87; 17:17, 1R-20, 27:29; 18:3). At last a for midable army had rallied to his sup port (ch. 18:1, ). David's chief concern was about Absalom, and hla parting word to hla generals was to deal gentlr with him (v. 8). The overwhelming victory which was the result of the battle Is a type of the overwhelming final victory that shall end our David's conflicts with Hla foes (Rev. 19:11-21; 2 Theaa. 2:8). More people of David's enemies were destroyed by the hand of God In this battle than by the hand of David's soldiers (v. 8; cf. Judges 8:20, 81). Absalom had longed to meet the ser vants of David, but when he met them It was to his dismay and ruin (v. 9). Absalom was not now riding in a chariot with horse and fifty men to run before him (cf. ch. 15:1), but on a mule with his men running away from him. it was an appropriate end for Absalom that he should be hanged (De. 21:23; cf. De. 27:18, 20). We Ell deserve to be hanged, as for that matter (Gal. 3:10). The only thing that saves us from It is that an other was hanged In our place (Gal. 3:18). The destiny of all who treat their parents as Absalom treated his father will be like to Absalom's (Prov. 20:20, R. V.). Absalom was deserted by all at the last, even "the mule that was under him went away." Absalom paid dearly for the injury that ho had done Joab at an earlier day (ch. 14:29, 30). Joab was a vengeful man, and had been waiting all these years to get even. All our mean treatment of others is likely to come back some day upon our own heads with compound Interest. How the heart of David trembled when he wns told that a' man was coming run ning. He knew that he had tidings, but what kind of tidings? Then when another anpenred in the distance the heart of David beat faster than ever. Then when he was told that It was Ahlmaaz, and he wae sure that It was good tidings that he brought, fear for Absalom filled his heart. Poor David! Sin Is awful costly! The first word of Ahlmaaz to David was "Peace" (R. V. Marg. v. 28). That is the message that the gospel brings to every contrite sinner (Ro. 10:15). Ahlmaar. bowing himself before tho king with his face to the earth (v, 28, R. v.j, It was not only In honor to tho king, but also In worahlp of Ood, whom he immediately proceeds to bless. But before our David every knee shall bow, and every tongue con fess ' Phil. 2:10, 11). Ahlmaai as cribed all he glory for the victory to Him to whom It belonged (cf. Gen. 14:20; Ps. 115:1; 144:1, 2: Rev. 19:1-3). It was Jehovah, and Jeho vah alone, who had delivered up David's enemies. And It Is He, and He alone, who delivers up ours. But David had but one thought, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" Ah, David, you should have thought of that years ago, when you took thai awful step that plunged Absalom Into i tert.nl ruin. Most fathers think of the safety of their sons too late. Ahlmaaz avoided the question, but hit Hnswer was ominous. David felt that The Cushite, too, ascribed all the vic tory to God. So did David himself (ch. 22:48, 49; Pa. 124:1, 8). Ven geance belongeth to Ood, and He had avenged David on all those that rose up against him (ef. De. 32:35, 36; Pb. 94:1; Ro. 12:19). II. David's Overwhelming Grief Over Absalom, 82, 88. This Is one ol tho saddest scenes In all history, and ono of the most Instructive. David's first question of the Cushite, as ol Ahlmaaz, was, "la the young man Absalom safe?" The Cuahlte'a an swer was not direct, but It was none the less unmlstakeable. In an Instant David knows that Absalom is dead, and he knows that the ultimate re sponsibility for the ruin of the son ol bis love rests upon himself. Who can measure the agony of the father who looks upon the temporal and eternal ruin of his son, and knows that he li himself to blame for It all? That li an agony that every father who wan. ders Into sin may expect to face. The enemies of our David will ultimately all be as that young 4nan was. David's sin was no sufficient excuse for Absa lom. He had brought ruin upon his own bead. Our David too sorrows over the ruin of His bitterest foes (I. u. 19:41, 42). David said of Absa lom, "Would God I bad died for thee." Christ did die for HI enemies. David seems to have cever recovered from this sorrow. All over these chapters la written In large letters, "WHATSOEVER A MAN BOWETIL THAT SHALL MB ALSO REAP," Prisoner of Spain. Of course, the pardon of Porte Rlcans sentenced to Imprisonment In the Spanish penal colony at Ceuta previous to our acquisition of the Islands would be an act of courtesy by Spain, as well aa of clemency. They were put In that dlamal prison colony as suspects long before wo dreamed of Intervention In Cuba. 8omo ol them are aald to have been aent there aa far back as 1882. and are still serving lndotermlnate sentences Seventeen, at least, are political pris oners, against whom .there la no spe cific charge. Porto Rlcans ask the friendly services of tho United State to secure the releaae of these prison era of Ceuta, and should the Govern ment comply with their request. It could do so only as an applicant fot the friendly consideration of the Spanish Government. It does seem passing strange, however, that ten years after Porto Rico ceasea to b a Spanish possession there should b men in Spanish prlaona serving tlm for conspiracies to throw off Spanish rule. Boston Transcript. Church Building a Loving Service. Luke 7. 1-17; 1 Chron. 22. 1-5. Topic Church Erection. Luke 7. 1-17. (See Matt. 8. B-13.) "All the centurions In the New Tes tament are favorably mentioned" (a) conturlonal cross (Luke 15. 44, 46); (b) Cornelius (Acta 10. 1, 2); (c) Julius (Acts 27. 8.) Thla ceuturlon was connected with the garrison at Capernaum. Hla rank correspond to captain tn tho modern army. A favorite, confidential servant, or alave (llko Joseph In tho houae of Potiphar) Is dying. The centurion appeals to Jesus through a committee of Influential citizens. Ob serve the choice of roving aervice; a servant gives unatlnted and loyal aorvlce to hla master, the master renders loving servlre to his dying slave, the olders of the Jews gracious ly serve the master, and Jesus renders Instant responae to the anxiety and faith of tho master, tho need of tho servant, and the petition of tho Jow lah eldora. A strong faith, an urgent need, nnd a petition to Jesus always spell mlr aclo, whether you use the alphabet of the senses or the alphabet of tho soul. In tho enso of the centurion Jesus was besought to como and heal a des perntely sick man. In the case of the widow of Naln, Jesus aaw her weeping at the bier of her only son and had compassion. Tho Master responded to the faith of the one and the surrow of the other. Faith, hu mility, and sorrow appealing to di vine compassion must triumph today as of old. 1 Chron. 22, 1-5. Nowhere does David's greatness appear to 'better advantage than In the words he uttered: "This Is the house of the Lord God;" "I will therefore now make preparation for It," and the thing he did: "David prepared abundantly, stones. Iron, brass, cedar before his death" Just prior to his surrendering tho king ship to his son 8olomon. Not David the warrior, conquering for Israel, but Dnvld tho retiring king making ample provision for hla successor to build the temple of Je hovah, Is the David who merits great est honor. CHRISTIAN EKDEAVQRIIOTES NOVEMBER EIGHTH. Topic Commending Our Society V. By Missionary and Evangelis tic Zeal Matt. 22: 1-10. Mosos' zeal for Hobab. Num. 10: 28-32. Solomon's for tho heathen. 1 Kings 8: 41-43. David's zeal Pa. 40: 9, 10. "The Preacher's." Eccl. 12: 9-1L "Dally." Acts 5: 40-42. The result. Isa. 2: 1-4. God's kingdom la llko a wedding feast because It Is happy, desirable, satisfying, beautiful; tho Chrlstlon looks forward to nothing but delight (v. 2.) Our work and our wealth tho very things that the Kingdom Is to enrich and render ua to make light of It (v. 5. Lot tho church carry the gospel where men are, nnd where the need of tho gospel is realized (v. 9.) Both had and good are to enter tho Kingdom; no ono Is good enough, and no ono la too bad (v. 10.) 8uggeatlons. It Is not enough to give, we must go; to the antipodes of society, if not of the globe. Young people cannot expect to con vert their elders, but they moke tho beet possible winners of their contem poraries. The ruaBon why so few elderly peo ple find soul-winning easy la because they wero not trained to It. Missionary zeal Is based on knowl edge, on mission-study, and mission ary meetings made to shine. I lustrations. Children learn languages easier than men; so they learn more easily the language of heaven. Look upon a modern army and It seems made up of boys. Let tho army of the Lord uIbo wear a youth ful air. IfMormons see one of their number losing faith, they make a missionary of him; and In this I hey are wise. Turn About. A Syracuse business man, who, be sides being extremely active and am bitious, has much sense of humor, was taken sick with a light attack of pneumonia. His physician, aware that It would be n task to keep his high-strung patient in bod, sought to Impress on him the seriousness of the ailment and tho necessity of absolute rest; all of which the sick man lis tened to In a bored manner. Never theless, he consented to obey his doc tor. But thlB enforced Inactivity rankled In him; and each Bucceedlng day found the patient importuning the medical attendant to allow him to get out to business. Then, disgusted, he would lie back to cast Impreca tions at tho inexorable physician. Ono morntug the physician, aftet having been up all night, on an Im pcrtant case, appeared at his patlent'f house at the usual hour. Ho bad Dl ; illy stuck his haggard face In side the door, however, before the man In the bed gave him a quick glance nnd sat up. "Eh?" ejaculated the patient Then shoving out his hand to gxsstj the doctor's satchel, he added: "Doc. I guess you'd better get into bed hen aud let me go out with tho medlcli: bag!" New York Times. Comparative Good Fortune, One day Mary, the charwoman, re ported for service with n black eye. "Why, Mary," aald her sympathetic mistress, "what's bad eye you have!" "Yet'iu. " f "Well, there's one conaolatlon. It might Imvi) boen worse." "Yes'm." "You might have had both of them hurt." "Yes'm. Or worte'n that; I might net ha' boon married at all." Everybody's. THE NOONTIDE HOUR. fThe Fulton Stmt Prayer Meeting, New York. J There wn prayer in the early morning. Ere they went on their toilsome way, And prayer in the quiet evening At the elos of the weary day. Rut what of the busy noontide, Whan the whirl and the rush were en . What time wan there that a man could para To commune srith the noly One? And yet there wan need ini-ewnnt. For hearta that would glndly peek For strength to bear life's toil and care. Oft found they were growing weak. But one who was tolling for nthera, Whose life was o'erflowing with care, Had faith to try, as the days piumed by, The balm of the noontide prayer. As they gatherer! there in thnt quiet room, What nn uplift came to all! The Master wap near in that atmosphere And the binning seemed to fall. They sought for the needed strength to bear, And they sought it not in vain. Oh, there was power in that noontide hour, To help in the fearful strain. And messages came from all ever the land, Asking prayer for the wandering ones. "Oh. pray for our daughters gone astray." "Oh. pray for our wayward sons." And the Father who hears the prayer of faith Has honored Ill's children well; And the answers to prayer that were given there. Eternity only will tell. Oh, who can count the joys that have come Tn the fifty yesrs now flown. The strength that was given, the fore tastes of Heaven. Tn thnt noontide hour alone? And who ran measure tho power for good, Or the influence pure nnd sweet. Of the voice of prnver thnt has riven there Tn the heart of thnt bnsv street? Mrs. Msry II. Wingate, in the Christian Herald. THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING PACTS ABOUT 'J HIS VICE OF INTK.M I'EU.lNt.'K. Christ's Power to Fonrlvo Sins. "The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins." There Is a familiar legend which relates that there once stood In an old baronial castle a musical Instrument upon which nobody could play. It wns complicated In Its mechanism, and during years of disuse the duat had gathered and clogged It, while damp ness and variations of temperature had robbed the strings of their tone. Various experts had tried to repair U. but without success, and when tne hand of a player swept over the chords It awoke only harsh discords nnd unlovely sounds. But there came one day to the castle a man of anoth er sort. He was the maker of the In strument, and saw what was needed for Its repair, and with loving care nnd special skill he freed tho wires from the encumbering dust and ad justed those that were awry and brought the Jangling strings Into tune, and then the hall resounded with the strains of the most exquisite music. It is but a legend, but the mean ing Is plain. These souls of ours are harps that hang dust-covered nnd dis cordant, disordered by sin, while yet the Master's hands have not. found them. Everything Is In confusion and at cross purposes. It Is only when, and not until, their Divine Maker comes and undertakes the task of repair and readjustment than they can bo set right and made capable of the harmonies for which thex were originally created. Men weary them selves In vain with their various ex pedients for securing peace of mind and the sense of freedom from guilt. Only Christ, our Divine Maker and Master, can repair the disordered In strument. He, and He alone, has power on earth to forgive sins. Rev. G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. Manners of the Meek. "Thy gentleness bath mado me great," was the testimony us well as the experience of the Psalmist. Man ners having their source In a holy heart are more gracious and abiding thau any that aro "taught" In the schools of culturu and learning. The graclouB manners of a really humble soul are us natural as bruuthlng, uud have not to be studied; but tho man ners of "society" are generally sub ject tp tho will, and "put on" for tne occasion. O, praise the Lord, "Love behaveth not itself unseemly;" It has no "superiority" In it, but Is gentle and kind. Jesus, Himself the great est teacher of the "inward principle," said, "Come, learn of Me, for 1 am meek and lowly In heart." The Church of Jesus Christ Is the greatest "school of manners" In the world, and Christian men and women ouglu to be the "elite" of the land. Friends, let us practice a little more. It. P., lu tho Nazarune Mcssuugar. "Through a Ulaas Durkly." We must be content whllo here to "see as through a glass darkly." to know of things 'lu part," not In their fullness; but wneu the day breaks, and the shadows lu wuich we now walk shall flee away, then wo shall see clearly, aud know more per fectly. There shall be no mysteries in that world to come. There wo shall see clearly, and shall "know even as wo are knowu." Let us pray, then, for the increase of our faith, rather than our knowledge. Let us seek that grace which shall strengthen faith through such meas ures of light as may bo ueoded by ub. We aro not called to the exercise of a blind, unreasonlug faith. Though we do not know fully, yet we do "know In part," and sufficient fur i telligent guidance, tho facta stand out the same, clear aud Indisputable, to Lie acceptance of our faith. Christian Work and Evangelist. The Sheet-Anchor. "Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor to your liberties. Write its precepts In your hearts, and prac tice them lu your lives. To the In fluence of this Book wo are Indebted tor all the progress nmde In true civilization, and to this we must look as our guide In the future." Ulyssos S. Grant. Not a Quencher. It's hard Blaklng the soul's thirst In the salt waters of sinful muuso- nieuL. Queen's Ooaclunna. A queen's coachman Is a person' age of no small Importance. Cer tainly the coachman to her late maj esty. Queen Victoria, had befitting sonse of the dignity and responsibil ity of his position. On the occasloi of the Jubilee of 1887 he was asked if he was driving any of the royal and Imperial guests at that tlmi quartered In Buckingham palace "No, sir," was his reply. "I am th Queen's coachman; I don't drive tin riffraff." Twenty Reasons For Opposing the Saloon A Score Multiplied by a Score Might fie Added to tho IJat Without Much Effort. 1. It never builds up manhood, but tears It down. 2. It never beautifies the homo, but often wrecks It 8. It nover increases one's useful ness, but lessens It. 4. It never allays the passions, but inflames them. 6. It never stills the tongue of slander, but loosens It. 6. It nevpr promote purity of thought, but poisons It. 7. It never empties almshouses and prisons, but Alls them. 8. It never protects tho ballot box, but defiles It. 9. It never makes happy families, but miserable ones. 10. It nover prompts to right do ing In anything, but to wrong. 11. It never prepares one for heaven, hut for hell. 12. It never diminishes taxes (with all Its revenue), but increases them. 13. It never renders the Sabbath quiet, but desecrates It. 14. It never protects our property nor personal safety, but endangers tbem. 15. It never helps one to get a good Insurance policy on hla life, but militates against It. 16. It never creates ambition and thrift, but invites laziness, proflgacy, poverty, idleness and crime. 17. It never builds up the church, but peoples the station houses, prla ona and chnln gangs. 18. It never refines character nor promotes Christian grace, but Is a destroyer of the soul. 19. It never teaches honesty and uprightness, but Invites the Incen diary to apply the midnight torch. 20. It never protects a man, but robs him of his money, his family happiness, his good name, his hopes and all endearments of life. Free Methodist. What He Might Have Drunk. A well known preacher riding In a London omnibus was entertained by a dialogue which was sustained upon the one side by the driver and upon the other by an elderly passenger. "I understand you're temperance?" began the driver. "Yes, I'm pretty strong against liquor," returned the othor. "I've been set against It now for thlrty-flvo years." "Scared It will ruin your health?" "Yes, but that Isn't the main thing?" "Perhaps It don't agree with you?" ventured the driver. "Well, It really don't agree with anybody. But that ain't It, either. The thing that sets me against it is a horrible idea." "A horrible idea! What is it?" "Well, thirty-five years ago I was sitting In a hotel In America with a friend of mine, and I says, 'Let's or der a bottle of something.' And he says, 'No, sir. I'm saving my money to buy Government land at 7s. and 6d. per acre. I'm going to buy to morrow, and you'd better let me take tho money you would have spent foi tho liquor and buy a couple of acres along with mine. I says, 'All right.' So we didn't drink, and he bought ma two acres. "Well, sir, to-day those two acres: are right In the middle of n flourish, lng town, and If I'd taken that drink I'd have swallowed a city block, n grocery store, an apothecary's, foui lawyer's offices, and It's hard to say what else. That's the Idea. Ain't II horrible!" Surely Not, Manitoba! When the prohibition law of Geor gia was signed by the Governor a great crowd of Georgians gathered to celebrate the event, and when the word was passed that the act wan law the whole multitude sang "Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow." When the Chinese law pro hibiting opium came into force in Canton that vast city put on festive apparel, and the people followed bands of music through the streets, aa though they had been celebrating a Waterloo. When people know so well the nature of their enemies, why do they In any country submit to see ing their land occupied and dominat ed by them? The peoplo of Manitoba, who are by considerable majority op posed to tho sale of liquor within their borders, are, according to tho vaunts of the distillers, going to al low themselves to be danced on by a triumphant foe. Montreal Witness. The Saloon Dragon. The red saloon dragon stalks-bold- ly, arrogantly, defiantly and Insolent ly throughout the laud, entrenched behind and protected by, uot the law, but legislative enactments In the guise and garb of the law. All the affirmations that such enactments are the law will never settle the question that way. They will but deepen and intensity ine opposition to mo in- lqaltous curse until It shall be swept from the face of the earth, and then the saloon question will be settlod, because It will be rightly decldod. Hie Legend of the Cigar Indian By CHABLKS R. ANGKLL. Alone he stood amidst a noisy, hurrying throng. Hla eyes were fixed in a sightless gate toward the setting tun. Hla head was made of wood and his feathers wore of painted tin. In oho hand he carried a bundle of wooden cigars, while the wooden fin gers of the other hand grasped a formidable looking tomahawk. A traveler stopped to gaze. "Why, It's nothing but a wooden Indian," he said. "Who gavo you that steer?" asked the chief. The traveler's hair stood up. "Why, Ifa nllve," he said, "and It speaks good English." "That's me," said the chief. "I might have talked Indian dialect, but It's so hard to think up, since I have heard so much English as It is mur dered by the rising generation, that I might as well talk to you so that you will understand." "But how came you here?" aaked the traveler. "It's quite a story," said the wood en chief, "bnt I'll tell It to you. If I don't, someone else will think It up am! put It Into musical comedy. It's a sad tale." A sawdust tear trickled slowly down the weather beaten face. "Come on with the tale," said the taraveler, as he took a seat on the wooden base of the cigar sign. "It was this way," began the chief. "Once I was a real live human being lust like yourself. I played with the other pappooses and had a high old time. You read of Hiawatha, didn't you?" The stranger admitted It. "That's me," said the chief, proudly. The traveler stared. "Yes," continued the chief, "I used to love Minnehaha, and I tell you I was the candy boy for awhile, but Longfellow didn't flnlBh the talo he started to write about me. "It was all on account of Pnu-Puk-Keewls Pauk, wo used to call him tor short. "Once Pauk-Pauk, who was a kind of wizard, was smoking a big pipe full of tobacco. He laid down the pipe and fell asleep. I took the pipe and filled it full of buffalo hair. Then Pauk smoked It. He didn't smoko it long. He quit. " 'That's rotten tobacco,' said Pauk. 'I'm going to quit smoking.' "He quit smoking and It was a long time before he found out that I had filled the pipe with buffalo hair. By that time he had been cured. He longed for tobacco, but his stomach wouldn't Btand for it. Then he said: " 'If I can't smoke, no ono else shall.' "He worked the medicine gag and 1 turned me Into wood. The changing of my anatomy was a slow process and In some way the malady spread among the Indians, with the result that half of them wero changed to wood. Then along came a lot of pale faces. Just before they took us away Pauk came around and said: ".'You fellows will be a warning to others.' "Pauk's Idea didn't seem to work very well, however, and now we're going out of date. The only hope I Bee Is In reforestation." "But what became of Pauk?" asked the traveler. The Indian did not answer. Michigan Tradesman. Answer This! Would you like to have saloon next door to your home? If not. would you not enjoy all you can to have It as far away from your neigh bor's house as your own? Do not forget that we are taught In Holy Writ, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor aa thyself." Thla Idea, carried to Its logical conclusion, means entire prohibition. Temperance Notes. The liquor traffic can never be le galized without sinners, and tinners ought to be called to repentance not "co-operated" with. In every State In the South the sa loon has demonttrated that It will rule the people if let alone, and the general desire to obollih the taloon resulted. One of the prominent liquor papers In a recent editorial published the statement that temperance measures were pending in twenty-three State Lgtilatures. ? Ntne-tentha of our poverty, squalor, vice and crime spring from tblt pois onous tap-root. Society, by lit hab its, customs and laws, has greased the slope down which thete poor crea tures tilde to perdition. General Booth, of tho Salvation Army. The great cause or tocial crime it drink. The great caiiie of poverty is drink. When I bear of a family broken up and ask the cause drink. It 1 go to the gallows and ask ltt lc-t tlm the cause, the answer drlnk. Then I ask myself in perfect wonder ment, Why do not men put a atop to thla thing?- Archbishop JgUn lic it s. lllrda Killed by Hail. "A singular feature of the storm of last Sunday night on the East Side," Bald George Fix, of the State House force, "was the killing of birds by the hailstones. The area over which the fall of hall was heavy was no! large, but the atones did pelt down In a way that threatened to break the Blate in tho roofs. "The English sparrows, at every one knows, choose thick foliage treet as their rooatlng places, depending on the leaves to protect them from the rain. But the leaves, no matter how thick, were no protection from those heavy batlstonet, and the spar rows were killed by the hundreds In the vicinity of Miller avenue and Ilryden Road. "In front of the Evangelical Church there are a lot of thick cov ered maples, which have formed a choice rooBtlng place for the sparrows this summer. There they caught II thick and heavy, and the slaughter ol the birds waB fearful. Monday morn, lng we counted 312 dead sparrowr under thoBe trees, and no doubt man that were killed were swept Into th sewer by the storm water that rac through the streets. "Some suggested electricity as th cause, but there was no striking by lightning in the vicinity, and tht wires of telephone companies do ilol run through those trees. They must have been hit by the hailstones, knocked Into thewateraud drowned.' Columbus Dispatch. Testing Hit Voice. A voice suddenly floated up from the alrsbaft. In the Italian quarter. "It't a beggar singing for money,' tald a vitltor there, halt question lngly, half decisively. "Not at all," declared a native In dignantly. "It It a flue linger. Hv tlngt In thlt way for practice. H doetn't ting for the peunlei, but II tbey Indicate their delight In hit sing ing by throwing him a lot he knowt hit voice Is good enough for Italian opera, so he goet and applies for a placo on the stage." New York Press. Money For Suffragettes, Mrs. Russell Sage and other wom en of large means have pledged S60V 000 to the caute of woman suffragf In the United States. The money it to be paid In turns of 812.000 a yeai for the next five years. The annul) receipt! of, the American Womas Suffrage Aitoclation has grown from 12544 In 18D2 to 825,062 for 1007. In a Nutahcll. "Big talker," declared the Indian who had been listening to a local candidate. "Heap scrap." "And wbat If he It not eleoted?" "Scrap heap' Kansas City Juur. nal.
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