THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BV
THE REV. MERLE A. BREED.
Thome: Realizing the Pattern.
Lincoln, Neb. The Rev. Merle A.
Breed, who recently entered upon the
fifth year of his pastorate of the Con
gregational Church at Montlcello,
Iowa, occupied the pulpit of the First
Congregational Church of this city
Sulday morning He spoke from He
brews 8:5: "See, salth he, that thou
make all things according to the pat
tern that was shewed thee In the
mount," tnklng tho subject, "The
Pattern In the Mount, the Building
on the Plain." Mr. Dreed said In the
course of his sermon:
Our text, whlrh Is a quotation from
Exodun IS: 40, sets before us a pic
ture ns interesting us It li suggestive.
The hosts of Israel have been waiting
long before Mount Sinai. Their lead
er, Moses, is hidden In the cloud
capped, flro-rlven summit in com
munion with Jehovah. While the
people are waiting In the plain, he
has gone forth to the mountain's tow
ering peak to be with God, to hear
H.'s will for them and f ir himself, and
to bring down a divine pattern of a
tabernacle for God's worship and the
Uplifting of men's hearts and lives to
heavenly things. The people In gen
After tlie clouds and glory had with
Irawu from Slnal, th humblest Is
raelite could point to the tabernacle
and say: "The glory of God still fol
lows us all through our wilderness
wanderings In that tabernacle yonder,
snd without me It would never have
been complete." Your life, where It
Is, Is needed for the rearing of some
thing greater and better than the
tabernacle in the world of to-day. and
without It the kingdom of God will
never come In Its fullness. Before
this all other needs of our time sluk
Into insignificance; for the truest
tabernacle for the showing forth of
God to the world Is not a pattern
hidden in the majesty of uunnproa'.h
able heights, nor is It teni'ilo or
cathedral, helpful as these may be,
hut a life simple outwardly, though
with lnxurlnnt and divine furnishings
within; a life spent on the levels
whore our fellow men live theirs,
lllled not with ruch consecrated fur
nishings as adorned the tabernacle
Moses fashioned, but with the graces
nut kindly deeds men nojd to see and
feel near at hand. This Is our work,
as divinely appointed to us as It wns
to Mosei. It is the greater building.
In which all our common tasks nnd
nimblest efforts mav have an lu.nored
lilac- as truly as did the altar and
laver in the ancient tabernacle.
But for this successful building of
our lives Into God's purpose we, too,
must seek our pattern in the mount.
dod Himself builds according to
plan. Even a casual glance at His
wonderful world this morning will
a!solo3o that. Purpose nnd plan are
everywhere. Tv.ot one grain or send
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS kok Rovnanm is.
BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE '
NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH.
SOLRIFnS FIGHTING THIS CURSE
GREATLY CHEERED.
eral had but earthly ambitions. While I u a law unto Itself. Not one tower
Topic Temperance Meeting: A Study
of Temperance Organizations.
Jer. 35: 1.19.
The NnzarlicB. Amos 2:
The antl-treatlng league.
15. v
The wise men. Prov. 23:
11. 12.
Ilnb. 2:
Moses was hidden in the clouds and
darkness of the mount, they were
occupied with dancing and feasting,
with eating end drinking, and mik
ing golden calves to worship. IfoSM Is
beholding the pattern of that taber
nacle about which the religious life
Of the nation was to arise, and which
was t stamp Its impress upon the
world. Mos "S Is filling his soul with
the vision which he Is to endeavor to
realize among the rude, ignorant, su
perstitious, half-wild Israelites In the
daln beneath him. To one man came
l he vision of heavenly things. The
rest, were to receive it through him.
His life work was to be that of bring
ing this within their reach and mak
ing It real to them.
The vision splendid came to him on
blooms, or withers, unbidden. Not
one leaf drops before Its time. Not a
bird note Is unrelated; Its music Is
born from present conditions and
ivakes Its own echo. All things fall
Into their place and carry out the di
vine purpose.
This is the method of the divine"
building, whether in nature or in hu
man live.-". And It may be so in your
life and mine. We may know God's
purpose for us and follow It as truly
ns tho grain of sand, the flower, the
bird of the air. "If any man wllleth
to do His will," said the Master, "he
shall know." God does no; withhold
His plan from any man. The mount
is ?ver r.aily for the revealing of the
pattern, but men must take the time
to learn, te withdraw to Its retreat.
me neiguiF. i ne details, measure- The pattern came not to Moses till he
ments. gathering of materials, labor had twice spent tortv days and forty
of construction wereall to be wrought uU,ts in the mount alone with God.
out on the levels of common life upon I A;tei. niany years' tuition in the
iiie piain w ma easily imag.ne , wilderness enme John the Dae'ist,
that the children of Israel and the . herald nf Christ The wilderness was
roving tribes about them greatly ad
mired the completed tabe;::: , with
Its curtains of bl;o. purple ipd f:ar
let, with Its arl; and altar. Its candle
stick and cherubim. Its pillars and
table. Its canople- and courts. Its hob
place and holy of holies, Its laver,
mercy-seat and mysterious separating
his mount of vision. Handel had a
spiritual ear. and gave the world the
oratorio of the Mtteiab, and when we
hear It we must not forget the long
period of preparation. Michael An
gelo had the spiritual eye and hand
and painted the frescoes of the Paul
ine Chapel with the represen'atlom
that, beautiful and costly as it was
the tent of meeting but dimly fore
vim. Din in re was or.e wno nau ,, ,..,., ,.,.,i, s, , i
Been something better, who knew I ,, , c, j ,.,.,i
the statues ot "Hav-ld" and "Moses."
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shadowed forth the glory of that pat- to mo,,itate upon the vision he had
tern shown him In the mount The had of the fjnHst, who had met him
people saw only the tabernacle In the ,. u, .,... . ., . -i,..i.
, . . , ... I "II lll II M , III I 1 IS. 11 I
plain, but the eves of Moses looked Himself retired to solitary places for
beyond and through that and saw , t d er, you and i eed time
5V2" bfMK te I for surh a dlgcisure of cod s wm for
mount with God. And that is our ! us a8 H ls waltl l0 , Before
thought together this morning, the j we ran r, hu , rear thlJ ubtrMMSi,
Pattern in he mount the building In ; of , ves , th of ,j.ul sr.
the plain, for life still has Its Slnals, , v!re wf mu8t mk g,, pattern in the
nuvic " J iinwivi llliatO, Ullll 11. 11UO
Its plain, where these are to be real
ized. Surely he is a sorry builder
seen no pattern in the
who has
mount.
For the success of our building,
much will depend upon our choice of
a pattern.
The costliest building is manhood
and womanhood, that something we
call self, a life, character. Yet there j
is much haphazard building. With
the greatest variety of plans there is j
little attention to standards, and an
Infinite variety of results, beCJUMe the I
i mount, not Slnal. but the heaven
reaching life of Christ. The divine
patterp has come near men In Jesus
Christ. We have not to seek It amid
the perils, darkness and difficulties
of Slnnl; It Is here with us. built In
all Its divine perfection on the levels
1 of our dally needs; supplying us with
I all desirable Inspirations, helps and
j satisfying fellowship, opening the
very vail by which we eater Into the
I most holy place Itself. It Is not a
mount distant and removed, but a
pattern Is not selected with the care
an architect draws his designs upon
his trestle board.
What shall we hulU our lives
hovel, or palace, or temple? It Ib an
exhilarating reflection that every uct
or thought Is building them Into
Buiuiiiiu. w mil uu untune variety
of patterns. We can not build after
them all which shall we choose?
There must lie unity in the design.
The eclectic method, pure and simple,
will hardly avail for this. What one
age approved falls to win the appro
bation of the uext. There must be
permanence and real worth in the
pattern, if It is to satisfy ourselves or
others as the years pass. As we read
history and the great names of past
eras move before us, we often feel
how transient they were. How like a
hovel Is Midas, the Phrygian king of
legend and story. How like a mold
erlng trireme upon the shores of time
is Pompey the Great.
presence near at hand, familiar with
our needs, to which we may with
draw In moments of discouragement
or temptation, full of divine comfort
and solace for the hours of sorrow,
full of divine strength and vitality In
our days of weakness when all other
help seems far away, full of gracious
warning when we are careless and
wayward. We need ever to be with
drawing into this mount, Jesus
Christ, if we are to realize the pattern
In the plain of our earthly living, lie
cause It Is so accessible, so complete
in its ministry. "See, therefore, that
thou make all thiugs according to the
pattern that was shewed thee In the
mount."
dust covered rulu in the Roman
forum Is Caesar.
Now we may all be tabernacle I
builders, like Moses, If we will.
For this method Moses followed Is
not to be thought of by us as excep
tional. It Is a type for us each In our
building. We, too, are building,
building every day, building for
eternity," and our Scripture lesson
told us that our building must stand
God's test. We have like opportuni
ties with the great Jewish lawgiver.
If he had eyes to see God, and ears
to hear God, so have we. Will we
choose the tabernacle pattern for our
lives? "Every human soul," wrote
Hartford's greatest divine, "has a
complete and perfect plan, cherished
for It in the heart of God a dlvina
biography marked out, which It en
ters into life to live. This life, right
ly unfolded, will be a complete and
beautiful whole, an experience led
on by God, and unfolded by His se
cret nurture, great lu Its conception,
great In the divine skill by w.ilch It
Is shaped; above all, great In the mo
mentous and glorious Issues It pre
pares." Life may be used for other
purposes, no doubt, but do they sat
isfy? Is not life insipid, unsatisfying,
lost, till It is all wrought out a temple,
a dwelling place for God most high?
Here some will say, "Hut my life Is
cast on other levels. It ueals with
common things, with the doing of
momentous acts and routine service!
What opportunity can there be for
me to achieve such large or worthy
results? If conditions were different!
or my calling other than it Is, all this
might be of Interest to me. I lone to
put just this Into my living, but It U
all too remote from life as I have tq
lire It." Here lies the value of the
scene before us. Through Moses the i
humeltvt of the people became part
ners with him In building the taber-
tie Moses did not rear it upon the
i Hid -encircled mount, but lu the
plain, thf.l you and I might be encour
aged to realize the purpose of God
or us In the field of common dally re
laliouB and amid what will otherwise
be the drudgery of dally living. He
leaves us the same task. Merchant
tnd toucher, sailor and soldier, farm
er and workman, author and editor,
housewife and clerk, mistress aud
maid, lawyer and preacher, however
humble and obscure our lives seem,
we are to be fellow workmen with
tin I in bringing things divine luto
th!ue seemingly common and uu-
Why'.'
Is there not something minutely
pathetic In the contlnunl going back
af one generation after another to the
old. sad mystery of pain? There Is,
I suppose, says the Rev. George Jack-
How like a I son. nothing new to be said about
It; there is no fre;h light to be cast
upon It; yet still men wait and watcV
with hope, still the poor brain busier
Itself nnd the torn heart cries aloud,
"My God, my God, why ?". Other
questions we answer, or they answer
themselves, or we are content that
they should remain unanswered; but
this question Is always with us. And,
Indeed, how should It be otherwise,
ilnre on every man, soon or late, the
dark mystery thrusts Itself? "Man
that Is born of woman Is of few days
and full of trouble." The words are
rery old, they are never obsolete. The
generations come and go. but sorrow
and pain and death abide.
The Reason.
The saint loves truth because It Is
true, and loves right because it Is
right, and loves God because He id
3od. Rev. J. Osslan Davtes.
The Tine onqueror.
The greatest conqueror Is he that
jns mastered the world that 1 es In
iid own breast. Scottish Reformer.
Covered by the Rules.
A bright girl In n large school ap
plied to her teacher for leave to bi
absent half a day, on a plea that het
mother had received a telegran
which stated thai company was oi
the way.
"It's my father's half-sister ant
ber three boys," said the pupil, anx
lously, "and mother doesn't see hoe
he can do without me because thosi
boys always act so dreadfully."
The teacher referred her to thl
printed list of reasons which Justl
Bed absence, and asked It ber casi
came under any of them.
"I think It might come undor thli
head, Miss Rules," said the girl
pointing, as she spoke, to the wordi
"Domestic affliction. Philadelphia
Ledger.
SAME WITH A DIFFERENCE
"Bo he praised ray singing, did
he?"
"Yes; said It was heavenly."
"Did he really say that?"
"Well, not exactly; but be probably
meant that. He said It was unearth
ly." London Opinion.
8uhject: The Lord Our Shepherd,
I Vilm 23 Gnhlcn Text, IV 23:1
Commit tho Entire Psnltn
Road John 10:1-1H.
TIME. Uncertain. ' PU1CE. Un
certain. K. POSITION 1. Every Want
Met, 1-3. The twenty-third Psalm Is
a great depth, an unfathomable ocean
of truth. The foundation thought of
the first four verses, "Jehovah is my
Shepherd." Tho figure stands for
care, protection nnd provision on
God'B pnrt; trust and obedience and
following on man's part (Jno. 10:1,
IS, 26-29; flen. 33:13; Lu. 2:8; ".:4
6; Acts 20:29; Isa. 53:0; Matt.
9:30). It Is a shepherd's business tq
feed tho sheep Bnd lambs, nnd by
making Himself 'my Shepherd Jeho-.
vah his undertaken to make It His
buslnoF3 to provide m with pasture,
to meet every need. So David con
tinues, "I ahall not want." This any
one who Is sure that ho Is one of Je
hovah's sheep ran confidently brv.
Who .lehovah'B sheep arc Jesus plain
ly tolls us (Jno. 10:3. 4, 5, 27). Je
hovah's Bhoop will never lack any
thing that It Is for his roal good to
havo (Ps. 84:11; 34:9, 10; Phil.
4:19; Matt. 0:33; Ro. 8:32; He.
13:5, ). The Psalm leads on from
the general statement to specific
wants supplied. In verso 3 we have
four wants supplied: rest, food, drink,
lending. Literally translated, "He
maketh me to Ho down In pastures of
tender grass, He leadeth rao beside
the Water! of rest." There la a two
fold rest In this verse: the passive
rest of sheep lying down on the soft,
young spring grass; the active rest of
walking beside the waters of rest. Is
there any other grass, food, so ensy
for a true sheep of Christ to eat, so
Juicy, so delicious, so nutritious, as
that which wo find In tho Word of
God? There Is drink as well as food.
Jehovnh leads His sheep right beside
"the wnters of rest.' What "the
waters of rest." ar9 Jesus tells us
(Jno. 4:14; 7:37-39). The Holy
Spirit Is tho water we drink (for the
appropriateness of "wnters of rest"
cf. Gal. 5:22). There Is guidance
also "Ho leadeth me." Not only are
there still waters there, but It Is Je
hovah Himself who leads along the
bank. This leading Is continuous and
constant. He "leadeth," not drlveth.
In this nnd the following verses there
nre four experiences Into which, and
In which, Ho lends; "waters of rest;"
"paths of righteousness" (a holy
walk); Into and through darkness,
peril and testing; into His own house
forever. In verse 3 we have a fifth
want supplied : healing, or reviving.
Invigorating, "He rcstoreth (or, re
vlveth) my soul."
If. Every Poor Banished, 4. The
Lord's sheep 1b now taken Into entire
ly new experiences. No longer pas
tures of tender grass aud waters jf
rest, but "the valley of the deepest
darkness" (that Is the force of the
Hebrew phraso "shadow of death").
The Psalmist has not merely the ex
perience of literal death In mind, but
all experiences where the darkness Is
thick and profound. God's sheep do
not always walk In bright paths. In
the darkest valloy Jehovah's sheep
have no fears, "I will fear no evil."
A true trust in God banishes all fear,
under all circumstances, for all time
(Isa. 12:2; 26:3; Ps. 3:5, 6; 27:1;
46:1-3; Phil. 4:6. 7; Ro. 8:28-32).
And why not fear? "For Thou art
with me." Not because there Is no
danger, but because there Is One with
us stronger than any possible enemy.
III. Every Longing Satisfied. 5, 0.
Hero the figure changes: Jehovah no
longer appears as a shepherd, but as
a bountiful host. "Thou preparest a
table before me" think out all that
He has spread before us on this table.
No banquet on earth like that. Aa to
the general character of the feast
read Ps. 63:5; 81:6. Note where we
are feasted, "In tho presence of mine
enemies." Christ's own have enemies
(Jno. 15:19; 2 Ti. 3:12), but our
wonderful Host will spread us a ban
quet In their very presence. That Is
one of the things that make the world
so angry with the church; they see
what a banquot wo have, while they
are feeding on husks. There Is not
only a feast; but also an anointing.
The oil with which He anoints our
heads Is "the oil of gladness," the
Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38; He. 1:9; 1
Jno. 2:?0, 27, R. V.). He anoints
our heads with this oil, it flows down
over our whole person (cf. Ps. 133:2,
R. V.). In ancient times an anoint
ing was a necessary preparation for a
feast, and the anointing with the Holy
Spirit Is a necessary preparation for
the Lord's feast. The next step fol
lows naturally, yea, Inevitably "my
cup runneth over" (or. Is "an ahunJ
dant drink"). Do you know the over- '
flowing cup? Now we leave the feast
tor our earthly pilgrimage (v. 6).
But we are not unguarded, "surely I
goodness and mercy shall follow me,"
I wish no better rear-guards, or foot-
i men than those. God's goodness and
mercy ( loving-klndnoss) follow our'
every step. There Is no doubt about
It, "surely." How well-protected and
perfectly secure we are. The Shep
herd picking out the path before us, 1
and again close beside us In the dark
valley, and Hts own goodness and
mercy following us all the way. Note
; now long this will continue. Now we
come to tho end of our pilgrimage
, and pass out of time Into Eternity,
i "1 will dwell In the house of the Lord
J forever,"
A Cure For Seasickness.
To pick up your home paper In a
strange city produces a feeling akin
to fleeing your nation's flag floating
in a foreign country. That we knew,
but we did not know that sight of the
home paper would cure s.'aBlckness
until lart week. A lady on board the
steamer Btate of California, on bee
trip from San Francisco to Portland;
was shown a copy of the Pilot Rock
Record and the effect wat marvel
ous, '..js lady was on her way to Pi
lot Rock to pay a visit to ber parents,
but had been confined to her berth
almost from the hour of leaving San
Francisco. At sight of her home pa
per she came on deck and enjoyed
the remainder of the trip Immensely.
-Pilot Rock Record.
HUB SJIOULD KNOW. v
"The opera Is laid In the time of
Louis XVI. The stage manager won
ders If tho costumes aro historically
correct."
"Why doesn't he ask one of the
chorus girls?" Pittsburg Post.
19-21.
A divine proclamation. Isa. 51: 17-
9,
Paul's doctrine. Rom. 11: 19-23.
A woe upon drink. Isa. 28: 1-8.
Never take It upon you to '.est n
mnn's ability to withstand tempta
tion until the Lord tells yo-i to do It.
aa He told Jeremiah! (V. 2.)
Jonndab was wIbo In hl commands.
A father should not leave nuch a mat
tor to his children's Judgment, but
should reinforce their wills with his
authority (v. 6.)
The Ilerhahltcs adopted the only
safety no wine; not moderate drink
Ing. or drinking when they "felt In
ni""d of a stimulant" (v. 8.)
Temperance families do not run
out; nnd they transmit their fine
qualities)! ns any observer mav see
(v. 19.)
Temperance Organizations.
Tho Independent Order of Rocha
bites was established In 1S35. In Sal
lord, DBStend. In Imltai'm of tho an
cient children of Jonadnb. It not
only requires total bstlnonco, but It
provides a fund for sickness and
dentil.
Tho National Temperance Society
hid Its origin In a convention hold 'n
18C5 nt Saratoga. It publishes tem
perance periodlosJl for young prople
and adults, and n very Inrce number
of temperance books and tracts.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has been called "the sober sec
ond thought" of the wonderful
Woman's Crusade of December. 1873.
nnd tho flrflt half of 1874. Tho or
gnnlzation was effected In a conven
tion hold nt Cleveland in November
of 1S74.
Tho Independent Order of Good
Templars, originating In 1S51. received
a nntlonnl organization In Mny. 1855,
In a convontlvn nt Clovelnnd. 'It
admits womrn on nn equality with
men. H.n pledges requires life-long
total abstinence.
The Prohibition party, nfter mnnv
State eimpnigns, participated firs; In
a national Presidential election in
1S72.
The S-,ns of Temperance arose, In
1812, from the famous Washington
inn movement. It Is ti total absti
nence association, with charitable and
benefit fra'uros.
The Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America was founded on
Washington's birthday. 1872. In Bal
timore, end It is doing a fine and ag
grtsslve work.
The first Band of Hope was formed
In Leeds. Knglnnd. In 1S47, and It
soon became a popular name for tem
perance organizations, especially
among the young.
A Saloon Catechism A Few Answer '
to a Few Qurstions Which j
Should Open the Eyes of Those 1
lillnd to the Grrrvt Liquor Evil.
What curses the unborn babe? i
The saloon.
What robs the little child of cloth- I
Ing, food and love? The saloon.
What takes the tender youth out of
school, sending htm to work? The
saloon.
What causes tho manly boy to ;
blush for hts father? Tho saloon.
What lures young girls Into Its
dens for rile purposes? The saloon.
What thief takes pictures, furni
ture and comforts from the home?
The saloon.
What sendB a mother ont to scrub?
Tho saloon.
What turns a doaf ear to the plead
Ing wife? The saloon.
What Impoverishes but novcr
helps? The saloon.
What Is the only business built up
by debauchery? The saloon.
What fills the Jails, reformatories
and prisons? The saloon.
What hldoB tho thief, holdups and
murderers? The saloon.
What constantly defies the law?
Tho aaloon.
What costs tho county, ctty and
State more than all other things?
The aaloon.
What backs up dnnce halls and
houses of Ill-fame? The saloon.
What bribes legislatures, cltleB and
corporations? The saloon.
What furnishes free drinks for the
police? The saloon.
What ruins body, mtnd and soul?
Tho saloon.
What makes a man make a fool of
himself In public? Tho saloon.
What makes a man a demon In
private? The saloon.
Who owns tho most stock 1:1 a sa
loon? The devil.
What fools the citizens by talking
of revenue? Tho saloon.
What would reduce our taxes and
replenish pocketbnoks and banks?
The abolishment of the saloon.
EPWDRTH LEW LESS01S
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15.
Soul-Wlnnlng a Glorious Service.
James 5. 20; Dan. 12. 3; Ezek.
33. 7-9 Personal Evan
gelism. "Soul-winning" Is a large word. It
can very properly be made to cover
Very thing involved In the establish
ment of the kingdom of God In a hu
man life Christian child nurture,
helpful religious Instruction, the ed
ucation of the heart In all things of
the Spirit, the discipline of the will
through social service and combating
evil, and the open acceptance of
Christ as a personal Saviour.
Even In this limited sense It em
braces abandoning sin. self-surrender,
a sense uf forgiveness, willing obedi
ence and service and trust In the
Spirit things great enough to make
angels shout. Some are not far
from the kingdom, and only need to
yield definitely to the spirit within
and to openly confess Christ; others
must break wt:h their whole past, Its
sinful habits and evil companions
Whatever it may Involve, winning a
soul Is the most glorious servlco we
can render our Ixjrd.
Soul-wlnntng Is the chief business
of the church. "The Son of man
came to seek and to save that which
was lost." Paul says: "I am be
come all thiugs to all men. that I may
by all means save some." The
church Is and ought to be engaged In
many enterprises -educational, soclnl,
philanthropic and civic, but all these
activities are directly and Indirectly
to facilitate and strengthen her main
business of soul-winning. This Is
oue of the strong elements of the
great Forward Movement among the
English Wesleyans, that all their
men's clubs, boup kitchens. Pleasant
Sunday Afternoons, and goose clubs
are auxllllnry and subordinate to the
grejit work of personal evangelism.
Soul-winning Is every Christian's
personal business. God seeks to of
fer the world personal salvation, per
sonally presented by those who have
personally experienced It. We never
quite know the Joy of the Christian
life until we have a defllnlte share In
the Christian happiness of another
uoul.
Drinking Women.
The Sun, In discussing "Women
and Drinking," says:
"It Is true that of recent years the
practice of drinking by women at pub
lic restaurants has much Increased.
Formerly it cast a reproach on women
and raised a doubt of their respecta
bility, but now If a woman orders a
cocktail, whisky, champagne or any
other alcoholic beverage it attracts no
special attention In a restaurant."
This Is certainly the case, and many
of them are of a class of which fifteen
years ago most of the members would
not have thought of doing such a
thing. It Is quite possible to deduco
too much from this, but It Is also easy
to underestimate the conclusion.
While what "sensational" prenchers
or "sensational" papers say on such
matters, as though an epidemic of
drunkenness 1b prevailing among re
spectable women, Is not to be taken
for exact truth, there is a serious
change In progress. "Young society
women," under the Influence of imi
tation, which most of them are inca
pable of resisting, are falling Into evil
wnys. Ono coterie includes fourteen
nt the present time, all of whom
drink wine freely, and only three re
ject stronger liquors. They are all
members of Episcopal and Presby
terian churches, except one, who is
an ex-Methodlst. The fact that wom
en of high grade and their Imitators
can drink in public hotels and res
taurants without exciting remark or
attention Is more portentous than is
the mere fact that these particular
women drink. New York Christian
Advocate.
AVon't Employ Drinkers.
Extreme measures to prevent fu- ,
ture mine disasters have been take.i
by the H. C. Frlck Coke Company.
Pittsburg, the coking division of tho
United States Steel Corporation. Or- 1
dera have been Issued providing for
the dismissal of miners who become
so Intoxicated while off duty that thoy
are Incapacitated for work the follow
ing day. The company has also noti
fied Its employes that It will not em
ploy miners who drink either on or
off duty. This radical action is the
result of numerous conferences of all
superintendents and other officials of
the company.
They declare that the use of In
toxicants among the miners, particu
larly the foreign element, has been
bo pronounced in recent years tha:
they cannot afford to employ them.
At such times, they allege, the men
take chances that they would not talc
tf iu their normal condition.
Not n Citizen's Privilege,
"To keep a saloon Is not a privil
ege of a citizen of the State or of the
United States." Such has been the
declaration of the Supreme Court of
tie I'n .1 states and of the Supreme
Court of Indiana and other States.
Courts deny that the saloon is one of
the privileges or Immunities of cit 1
7,ens, guaranteed under the Four
teenth Amendment, and this denial,
taken in connection with their con
struction of this amendment, means
that to keep a saloon is not liberty;
thnt It Is not the pursuit of happi
ness: that a saloon Is not property
within the meaning of the Constitu
tion, aud that It is an unlawful business.
Apple Trees Are Long Livers
By E. P. POWELL.
How old can an apple tree grow?
I have a few of the trees planted by
Bconondoab, the Oneida chief, with
Dominie Klrkland, the missionary, In (
1791. These trees, now considerably .
over 100 years of age, still bear an .
abundance of fruit, '"he wood Is In
good condition, notwithstanding many
years of neglect. The average age of
an orchard, as generally planted and
cared for, rarely exceeds fifty years.
I am Inclined to think that the more
sturdy sorts can be made to exceed
150 years. In order to attain any
such age there must be a selection of
varieties, and they uiuat be grafted
high up on tough stock. Our father's
apple trees were grafted in the tops;
but the apples planted In these days
are grafted tn the roots. However,
one must not cling too 4ong to au old
tree. I love any fine old tree, espe
cially an apple tree, but when beyond
usefulness it Is a sin to let it cumber
the ground. Jesus laid down a great
horticultural law when He cursed the
barren fig tree (t. e., coudemued It to
being cut down). There Is no room
for second-rate stuff In the orchard.
The Outing Mugazlnt.
Sotting an Example.
The labor poople In the present j
urltlsn rarliameot pledged them
selves not to buy or use liquors in
the government buildings, whlrh of.
far unusual facilities In that direction.
Temperance Notei.
The workman must be maile to iu
and feel that the saloon is not helping
him us he Imagines.
Never so much trying to settle the
liquor question on non-partlstn lines:
never so many poll'.ical conventions
having trouble with It. Happy the
man who can seo the drift of things.
I find that alcoholic drinks give no
strength. No. On the contrary,
drink builds up no muscle, but de
s.roys Its power and makes tt less
active for work. B. W. Richardson,
M. I).
HADN'T BEEN K1SED FOR YEARS.
Ella "She Isn't a very attractive
girl."
Stella "That's right; If anybody
ever printed a kiss on her lips the
fopyrlght must have run out." New
York Press.
One of the biggest pieces of engi
neering in New' England is a 2500
horsepower dam ip the Union River,
at Ellsworth, Me. It Is constructed oi
hollow concrete, and cost nearly
$oo.oo.
T
bothered fcr rbc
oyitrriour
FACE TO FACE.
ST ATWOOD Mil l.FM.
Alone with Thee, O God,
I all my sins confess.
I would not hide one net of guilt,
Did I the power possess.
Thou knowest every blot
Upon life's written page,
Thou knmvcst e'en the secret thought'
That do my mind engag
Therefore, O lovlne Lord,
I come to seek Thy face,
Thnt I may plcsd, as oft before.
For Thy continued grace.
Foruive. dour Lord, I prsy.
Forgive my every sin.
Oh. cleanse my heart, nnd let my life,
Be free from error's stnin.
Mnv T with heaven-born trust.
Live ever nnnr to Thee.
And mny my wnilc nnd tnlk through life.
Lend others Thee to see.
Christian Union Herald.
CHARITIES I'.KShi H
POOR COLLEGE MEN.
Mission Workers Say Mast Em
ployers Refuse Men With Hlehsr
Education.
Duties as Privileges.
If yon and I ,who testify to God's
love and care for us could only realize
the "privileges" of the Christian's
life Instead of talking of "our du
ties," surely the world of which we
form a part and Influence most,
would feel the glad spirit of love and
consecration which might win souls
(wo know not the number) for our
God.
The trouble often is we look upon
our dally tasks as "duties;" Just try
calling them "privileges" and act as
If thoy were such and see how soon
the whole character of It all will
change. Wo render service so glnd
ly. so willingly, for the one we love
with our whole heart, and If any one
should ask us, "Don't you find It a
matter of duty and very tiresome to
do so much for the one you love?"
we would be so surprised. Ah,
friends, If you and I have given our
hearts and nil we have into God's
keeping, surely then loving Him
enough to trust Him with our "all."
we must love Him enough also to do
the thine He sends us bb a privilege.
Doesn't the child count It a "privi
lege" to be able to help mamma with
the dishes or "help mind" the baby?
Doesn't the boy feel proud and man
ly when he ta allowed to do some
thing for papa, and does he not tell
It as though It were an honor and
trust put upon him?
Would It not be well for us to re
alize we are the children of our heav
enly Father? If we would only, like
the children, feel It was a privilege
to be chosen of God, to "help Him,"
as It were, In doing our every day
work cheerftilb', and the very bert
we know how, because He trusts us
with It we would be living our salva
tion by nrovlng our love in our ac
tions. God Is often proving us in
the "little things." "Ho that Is faith
ful In that which Is least Is faithful
also In much." Let us count up our
privileges. M. F. Bolton
A Double Life.
Not many years ago the president
of a large loan company fn Canada
was convicted of fraud. For a long
time he had been speculating In stock
until his defalcations grew to hun
dreds of thousands. To keep the
facts from the auditors, he had been
obliged to handle a double set of
books, one for his own personal In
spection, and the other for the In
spection of the stockholders. The
difficulties Involved in this double
life Increased until the situation be
came unbearable., and ho went into
bankruptcy.
There are many men to-day who
are living double lives. The part
that the world sees Is plausible and
respectable. The other part Is un
clean and repulsive. Robert Louis
Stevenson's classic entitled, "Dr.
Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," Is an Interpre
tation of these dual tendencies. Pr.
Jekyl Is a physician of repute; Mr.
Hyde is the personification of his bas
er parts, and he Is debauched and
brutal. These two lives lived tn the
self same town by the self same indi
vidual finally betray their authorship,
and the mask of respectability is
torn away. It is always thus. The
secret sins will inevitably express
themselves, and the veneer will soon
cease to conceal the truth. The life
that Is prostituted to sin leaves its
traces, and a train of hide - penal
ties follows In Its wake.
As the result of a month's careful
)bservatlon those In' charge of charlt
tble institutions which care for the
aeedy men of the city declared last
light that a surprisingly large num
oer of college men are among the un
employed. Further It was stated that
it Is very difficult to find work tor
such men even in minor capacities, as
employers are doubtful of their use
fulness as practical men.
More than 400 graduates or stu
dents who had not finished their
sourses at prominent universities and
colleges were applicants at Bowery
missions and East Sldo charitable or
ganizations during the last month for
work of any kind. The employers
who take men recommended to them
by the missions almost Invariably
preferred those without a college
training regardlosa of the physical
equipment of the collego men to di
the work.
' The fact In Itself that so many col
lego men are seeking work has be
come an Interesting study for the so
ciologists who have to deal with them
and during the last month they have
been put through a course of ques
tions. Although each man has given an
indlvldunl reason to show why he was
seeking work, the lack of practical
training was common to all the an
swers. Ambition In many cases took
i men away from college and sent them
out in the world to seek a living for
themselves.
In explaining the cause of their
failure to get out of college a training
that would fit them to earn a living,
the following reasons were given by
many of the men seeking employ
ment: Too much "bossing" by Instructors.
Discouragement over failure to
pass examinations.
Unhappy marriages which began
with elopements from college.
Tired of the restraint of college
life.
Anxious to get out In the world for
themselves and enjoy living on the
money which they actually earned.
lu a few exceptional cases the ap
petite for liquor has been confessed,
but roost of the men who have ap
plied at the Bowery missions have
been splendid examples of physical
manhood.
One of the men who has been a
close observer of the unemployed said
last night that the fact that college
men were wandering In large num
bers about the East Side in Bearch of
work was due to over-production
from the colleges. Years ago it was
an exceptional casn to find a college
man at manual labor. That was be
cause there were but few college
bred men at that time. New York
American.
God's Debts.
It Is the wonderful mercy of Ood,
both to forgive us our debts to Him
iu our sins, and to make Himself a
debtor to us in His promises; so that
now, both ways, the soul .may be
sure; since He neither calleth for
those debts which He hath once for
given, nor wlthdraweth those favors
and that Heaven which He hath
promised; but, as He is a merciful
creditor to forgive, so He is a true
debtor to pay whatsoever He has un
dertaken. Whence it ia come to pass, that
the penitent sinner owes nc thing to
God, but love and obedience; and
God owes still much more and all to
him; for He owes as much as He
hath promised; and what He owes,
by virtue of His blessed promise, we
may challenge.
O infinite mercy! He, that lent
us all that we have, and In whose
debt books we run hourly forward
till tho Bum be endless; yet owes us
more, and bids us look for paymont.
I cannot deserve the least favor He
can give; yet will I as confidently
challenge the greatest, as it 1 de
served It. Promise lndebtetb no less
than loan or desert. Bishop Hall.
The Unseen Ideal.
"The situation that has not Its
duty, Its ideal, was never yet occu
pied by man," said Thomas Carlyle.
If we cannot find the Ideal amid our
dally circumstances, we shall never
find It anywhere or follow it. If we
feel no responsibility, no sense of duty
where we stand, we condemn our
selves in thus failing to recognize
what Is really there. Young people
often look for Ideals and duties in the
clouds, and miss the best of life and
the truest of growth by their folly.
Scottish Reformer.
HE EXPLAINS.
"I don't 'see how you can write six
fokes a day. Ideas must be scarce."
"Tbe are," udraltted the press
humorist. "I couldn't do It If ideas
ere necessary." Houston Chroni
cle. EVERYTHING IS.
"Fell out of the window of my flat
yesterday."
"Break anything?"
"Broke the lease. Falling out ol
the window is strictly agalust the
rules." Pittsburg Post.
Enlistment of Minors.
We are indebted to George C. Holt
for the copy of a decision rendered
by him In the United States District
Court, Southern District of New York,
lu the habeas corpus case of a minor,
who sought for his release from the
army on the plea that he enlisted
without the consent of his parents.
It will be observed that the learned
Judge holds that recent decisions give
to the military authorities the right
of which they were deprived by pre
vious decisions, to punish a minor for
fraudulent enlistment and hold him
until he has completed any sentence
Imposed in his case. As Judge Holt
says: "The recruiting officers of the
army ought to be freed from tho nuis
ance of enlistments which may at
any time be nullified." While the
decision is determined necessarily by
tho law tn this case, It Is interesting
to note the fact that Judge Holt Is
familiar with army conditions, he
having served during the Civil War
in the volunteers. Army and Navy
Journal.
Detestable and Heinons.
The class at kirk had been reading
:he story of Joseph and his brethren,
uu! it came to the turn of the visit
ing minister to examine the boys.
The replies to all of his questions
had been quick, Intelligent and cor
rect. Such as:
"What great crime did these sons
Df Jacob commit?"
"They sold their brother Joseph."
"Quite correct. And for how
much?"
"Twenty pieces of silver."
"And what added to the cruelty
and wickedness of these bad broth
ers?" A pause.
"What made their treachery even
more detestable and heinous?"
"Then a bright, little fellow
stretched out nu eager hand.
"Well, my man?"
"Please, str, they sell't him owor
cheap." Philadelphia Record.
The Incumbent.
On leaving his hi. dy. which Is In
the rear of the church, the pastor of
a district In Birmingham saw a little
boy, a friend of his, talking to a
stranger.
"What was he saying to you,
Dick?" asked the divine, as he came
up to the youngster.
"He Just wanted to know whether
Dr. Blank was the preacher of this
ci;urch."
"And what did you tell htm?"
l told him," responded the lad,
wits dtarnily, "that you were the
present encumbrance." Ttt-Blts.
Ait)- Persiflage.
Mrs. Cuppotee "How could a
woman ever bring herself to marry
uu aeronaut? He's so flighty."
Mrs. Waypher "Yes, and too often
he lacks ballast."
Mrs. Marmalayde "Then, too, be
looks down on ordinary people."
Mrs. Cbtllk-on-Kearney "And
again, he moves In the higher cir
cles." Chicago Tribune.
The Australian regulation for Im
ports deals very strictly with patent
iuedlclues, the labels of whleh make
jx.travagaut claims aa to their curs
live properties.