THE PULPIT.
IN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. WALDO ADAMS AMOS.
Subject! Angels.
The
Sunday School
IXTKHXATlOXAti LKSSOX COM.
MIS NTS FOB SEPTEMIIKR 20.
f Brooklyn, N. Y. Sunday evening
m the Church of the Holy Trinity the
issoclate rector, the Rev. Waldo
Adams Amos, preached on "Angels."
The text was from Matthew 4:6: "He
ihall Rive His angels charge concern
ing thee and In their hands they shall
bear thee up lest at any time thou
dash thy foot agalnBt a atone." Mr.
Amos said:
One evening when the poet Shelley
i At l'nlvfTBltv Collnep. Oxford, he
and a fellow student named Hokk no. i Ing
came enpiged In a wnrm dlscussioa
at the dinner tnble as to tho compara
tive merits of German and Italian lit
erature. The dlRcusslon was carried
on with preat ardor for an hmir or
more, Shelley defnillns the Italian
writers, and Hoc? hldlw; with the
Germans. Then It w.-.s proposed that
the disputants should ronttnuo their
clebatn In SholliT'" rooms. On reach
ins his study tho poet turned to
Hoe? and rM: "To tell you the
truth. 1 have no knowledge of tlio
Italian lnrii i-nnd I know abso
lutely not!U:;i; about Italian litera
ture." llu-'i; ronfe3sed a like Ig
norance of tho German lanensso atnl
literature, a;id there the discussion
end' d.
Let v begin, then, by savins
frankly that you don't know anything
about ansels, and neither do I. There
have been times during the course of
history when people thought that they
knew a great deal about them. The
medieval scholiasts, for example,
eeem to have had Inside information
Subject! Temperance, 1 Cor. 10:23.
82 Golden Text: Horn. 13:2
Commit Verse 24 Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
TIME 57 A. D.
PLACE. Ephesua.
EXPOSITION. I. Let no nuin
seek his own, but each Ms neighbor's
good, 23-30. Some of the Corin
thians whose thoughts were entirely
occupied with themselves and their
own ngnta ami privileges were SaV-Ino--
"All .1.1...... n.A 1 . ..
Paul, who was governed by the Chris
tian principle of love, and therefore
thinking of the effect of his actions
not only upon himself, answers:
"Yes. all things are lawful; but all
things are not expedient (or helpful,
or profitable)." A true Christian
does not ask what Is permissible, but
what is profitable. He aSks, not what
I Nivn a right to do, but what will
"edify." what will build up the
Church of Christ, others as well as
myself. "Is it permissible for a
Christian to attend the theatre?" one
asks. Retter ask. Is It profitable, will
It edify? "Is It permissible for a
Christian to use the Lord's Day as
ho does other days?" Hotter a?k, Is
it profitable, will It edify? In all
things "Let no man seek his own but
each his neighbor's pood." The be
liever should not be troubled with a
morbid conscience, he should not fear
to eat anything sold In the markets
because of a suspicion It might have
been offered to an Idol and thus
tainted. Ho need ask no question
CHRISTIAN EE
SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH
for
19:
;whlch enabled them to give the most about that; for even If It had been of
'detailed account of the nature and
habits of angels. Kven ns recently as
1875 a Mr. Duke, of London, pub
lished a book on "The Nature nnd
Employments of the Holy Angels."
Several years ago one of tho scluptors
engaged in decorating the new cathe
dral la New York was brought to
book when his chisel produced a
dromon angel, for any one who knows
anything at all knows that all nngels
ere of the male persuasion, t Appar
ently, conditions In Heaven are some
what different from what they are in
this world, for among the "angels
I have known" several have been of
tho gentler Fex. Tho whole attitude,
however, which prompts a man to
writs a book on the nature and em
ployment of tho angels, or seriously to
discuss the question of their sex.
finds scant sympathy at the present
fered to an Idol it really belonged to
the Lord; "for the earth la the Lord's,
and the fulness thereof" (Ps. 24:1:
f0:12; 1 Tim.. 4:4). A glorious
truth that, with many practical ap
plications. If the earth is the Lord's
It is ours also If we are His children.
There are some to-day afraid to sit
down to the Lord's table unless they
have first carefully examined every
one there and found that they are
perfectly sound in doctrine and In
life, lest they themselves he defiled.
That Is sadly confounding the O. T.
laws with N. T. liberty. One can
never know perfectly, and could
therefore never have a conscience
perfectly at rest. Christianity Is not
morbidness (2 Tim. 1:7; Rom. 8:15).
The Christian might even go to a
feast made by an unbeliever, and In
How Missionaries Win Souls
Christ 1 Cor. 9: 19-23.
The Bible as soul-winner. Ps.
7-14.
Preaching the word. Rom. 10: 8-21.
Purity wins souIb. 1 Tim. 4: 6-16.
Kindness wins souls. Horn. 12: 17
21. Going to the lost. Matt. 22 1 9; 2S:
18-20.
Praying for the lost. Neh. li 411.
Tho central Idea of missionary work
Is service, and whatever the mission
ary sees that needs to be done he
adopts as his work (v. 19.)
The true missionary will fall In
with all Innocent customs, prejudices,
nnd beliefs of those whom he Is try
ing to lead to the one essential truth
(v. 20.)
The missionary finds In every man
n different problem, to be solved In a
new fashion. There can be no cut-nnd-drled
methods In missionary work
(v. 2.'.)
The appeals of ambition nnd pride
that other men hear mean nothing to
the missionary. He is a missionary
because his one ambition la for the
spread of the gospel (v. 23.)
Micsionary Methods.
Tho medical m;sslon2ry In his dis
pensary meets all men soon or late,
because all men are at times sick;
and he meets them when they are
humbled by a sense of their own
weakness and In a teachable mood.
The missionary surgeon has a skill
that Is really ono of the miracles of
these Christian centuries, nnd as ho
exercises his wonderful calling ho 1b
of necessity preaching the power of
the healing Christ.
The woman missionary doctor can
go even Into the harem and zenana
where no man would be permitted,
and brings life for the r.oul while min
istering life to tho body.
The magic lantern Is a strong ally
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPEUAXCE KATTLE OATfTEIt9
STllEXtiTU EVERY DAY. .
The Personal Liberty Fake.
The supremest source of human
law, the Supreme Court of the United
States, for years hag sustained pro
hibltlon as a right of the people. It
has said, the people can go to the ex
tent of "entire prohibition." It has
decided that "the liquor traffic Ir not
useful occupation, but one harmful
and pernicious." According to the
rulings of the Supreme Court, prohi
bition Is not a violation of either
civil rights or individual liberty. Is
the 8tipreme Court a "riff-raff of mor
al Idiots," are these decisions born
of Intolerance, and are Its members
Intermeddlers?
The personal llborty cry belongs
to a barbarian past, and not to this
age, when one cannot build himself
a frame house within fire limits of a
city, or set up a Binughter house
within city borders, or drive his own
horse faster than a walk across a
bridge, or smoke a clgnr In a rallrond
car where ladles are, nnd where la
dles themselves cannot wear merry
widow hats In opera houses.
Bob Hurdette said: "The Declara
tion of Independence was not written
In a beer garden on a Sunday after
noon, not by a Jug full." The barrier
line of personal liberty lies between
the help nnd the hurt of another;
aver this line we have no right to Btep
to the injury of our neighbor.
Mr. Wntterson bitterly denounces
as tyrannical, the sumptuary law that
"denleg to a citizen the right to order
his life, his home, hl3 meat, his drink,
his clothing according to hlg conveni
ence." Will not Mr. Watterson apply
this test to the sumptuary law of the
saloon?
Every woman In our country who
fills the holy oflV.e of wife or mother,
has a right to a home. The sumptu
ary law of the saloon says to hun
dreds of thousands: "You shall not
of missionary work, and the modern i have a home, you shall live In a
missionary appeals to 'Eyegate as well
as Kargate.
The "baby" or gan Is a powerful
missionary auxiliary, and the gospel
is Bung Into men's hearts quite ns oft
en as It 1.4 preached Into them.
Missionaries use tracts skilfully, for
a tract may become n continuous mis
sionary, doing Its silent work for
years after the missionary has passed
to oiher fields.
I case he riiit ho nhnnlrl pnt whatever
day. Nowadays we regard the angels i was get nefore nm ana- not De haunt
of Scripture as part of the poetry of j ed by tne torturing suspicion, "Per
rellglon: we regard them as products j hap(, tn wag oftereA to an Idol." He
of the poetic Imagination, who give 1 need asl no nnestinn about this. But
expression to their hopes and fears
In song and verse; we associate them
with shepherds and starlit nights and
with "the storied land across the
Syrian Sea." Consequently, we resent
any attempt on tho part of tho theo
logian to reduce tho angels to terms
f dull prose; we resent any attempt
euch as that of Father Rackham to
determine what speech Is current in
tho world beyond, for we know that
the speech of the angels is poetry,
the language of the heart, and that
that language Is universal, knowing
naught of accent, gender, mood or
tense.
While tho angels are the peculiar
province of the poet, we prosnlo folk
may, however, apply our sclentlflo
method to what the world has thought
about angels. We must study his
torically tho gradual development of
the Idea of angels without feeling
that we are rushing In where poets
fear to tread. Our word angel Is de
rived from tho Creek word meaning
if some one should say, "This hath
been offered In sacrifice," then he
should not eat, not because he would
himself be hurt, but for the sake of
the one who said It, that he might not
be hurt. His liberty could not bo
judged by another's conscience, and
he would still have liberty to eat aa
far as bis own conscience was con
cerned, but his liberty would give
place to love. Here are two great
principles: (1) Every man's liberty
must be determined by his own con
science, not another's (cf. Rom. 14:
2-10). (2) Liberty must give way
before love. The question Is not what
have I liberty to do, but what does
love prompt me to do. If I do par
take In grace, no one else whose opin
ion may differ about what Is permis
sible has a right to speak evil of me
concerning that for which I return
thanks to God. But If I am a real
Christian (cf. Jno. 13:35), I will do
nothing that will cause another to
stumblo Just becauso I have a right
a messenger. In the earner books oc i to and no one else has a right to con
tho Old Testament tho Aneol of the demn me for doing.
Lord is the messenger who conveys : u, WliatHoever ye do, do nil to
Gori'a word to men. In the later i tile Kiory of God, 31-s:i. Paul lays
boo!:s of the Old Testament and In down a very simple but very great
the New iestameni we una mo in-j prlnclnle for deciding what we may
cuence ot i.io j-iTHian rmimuii, wim
do and how to do it, "Whether there
fore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory of God."
That principle will settle all our ques
tions. Do nothing that you cannot do
to God's glory, and whatever you de
ride to do, do It to His glory. Then
we can put away all troublings of our
conscience and be free from all sense
of condemnation. But how many
things professed Christians are doing
which if they stopped and though!
they would soon see that they could
not do to God's glory. If you have any
doubt about anything you are doing,
ask yourself, can I do this to God'
plory? If you are not absolutely sure
that you can then don't do it. And
glad to give up our liberty or any
right if some one thereby may be
saved (cf. rh. 9:12, 22). How in
tensely Paul was occupied with one
tiling, tho salvation of others (cf.
Jtoro. 10:1; 9:1-3; 11:14; 1 Cor. 9:
22). This Is the Christian principle
cf total abstinence, abstinence for
the purpose of saving others.
which the Jews had come Into contact
for several hundred years, we find
nrchamels, Michael, Gabriel and
Raphael, with Persian namc3. The
background of the Bible, the back
ground of the Master's mind. Is the
popular thinking of the day, and con
ipnupntlv wn find In our Scrloturej
this celestial company adapted by the
Jews from the poetry and religion oi
Persia. Included In this heavenly
hierarchy were guardian angels, and
recording angels, and angels who car
ried to and from the messages of
God. Eut all these, guardian angels,
recording angels, angelic messengers,
In ancient times, as in our own time,
were the products of the poetic Im
agination. When I say that the angels ars
part of the poetry of religion, I do
not mean that they are unreal. The
things of poetry are more real man 0ur own pleMure ghould never be ;
the things of prose. The angclo are , our rul() of ai.tloni but the pleasure i
the products of the Imagination, but l pn, flt o other9 even B)1 mlsn, I
wo must remember that, the Imaglna- , 0nr f)Wn flt should he utterly lg- j
tlon Is no airy and playful thing. It j )(,f Pniu 2:4). and we should
Is mat Utep ana essential laciiiij , ,v0 for fhl, flt of olnprg e.. that
which in a Newton leap from ths u be gaved- We Bhould be
stars in their courses; It Is that !
Idealizing faculty which In a Darwin,
wings its daring flight from a few :
observed phenomena to a universal
process of evolution. There are j
angels, then, guardian angels, record- !
ing angels, and angels who carry to
and fro the meucagei of God. Sweden- j
borg, the philosopher, believed 111 I
them eo thoroughly that he used to gu
Into his church all alone In tho early ,
morning and preach to them, and il ,
the sermons were expressions of his i
own deep and earnest conviction, l'vf
no doubt the angels heard blm. I
There are guardian anguls. OI
their nature and employments w j
know nothing. But they are the
spiritual forces that are above and
around and all about us.
And muybe just as we In sleep,
that counterfeit of death, fare forth
Into the dream country, so they Jar
forth and take upon themselves the
unknown nature and the unknown
tasks of the holy angels. Around,
above and all about our ways tbey
minister, and God has given them
charge concerning ns that In their
hsads they should bear us up, lost
at any time we dash our foot against
a stone. In the ear of the prodigal
they whisper words of borne and
loved ones; at the bedside of the suf
ferer they sing, tbey check the dar
ling as he wanders near danger,
Hover
way, restraining our weak and sinful
Impulses, cariiiif, waicnm, oyiuB,
are the guardian angels of the God
of Love.
And sometimes they filers for us,
but moro often tliey smile, for theso
angel have a seuse of humor. Else
would they have died long since oi
broken hearts when they saw all the
pettiness and all tho narrowness and
all the inlezuldcd teal of us humans.
' Hut they look beneath the surface;
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26.
Faith Paralyzed By Fear (Matt.
14. 22-33.)
Matt 14. 22-33. The passage Is full
of the dramatic. Not often did
Jesus constrain his disciples to leave
him. Not often did he send the mul
titude away. Usually to both dis
ciples and to multitudes the word was,
"Come unto me." Here he eeems to
suggest that it was expedient for him
that they go away and It was.
Remember the situation. The mul
titudes, tremendously stirred by the
miraculously provided loaves and fish
es ( saw In Jesus their sort of a king,
and proposed, by overwhelming popu
lar pressure, to make him king. As
In the desert of temptation, so now
tie suggestion comes: "Establish
tho kingdom by nhort-cut method."
The presence of the disciples, who
were more or less sympathetic with
the crowd's view, the presence of the
Insistent crowd Itself made Impossi
ble that prayerful solitude which
Jesus often sought and which even
he was afraid not to have. Hence
the expediency for him of their de
parture. Hardly less expedient for
the disciples was It that they go away.
True tbey soon came Into physical
danger; but in the outcome they en
tered Into a more sympathetic under
standing of Jesus, who was, as they
were now taught, something vastly
more than , a political provider of
bread was Indeed "worthy of wor
ship" and truly, "the Son of God"
(verse 33.)
Knowing Peter's characteristic im
petuslty and self-confidence, It Is not
surprising, Is It, that In the more than
dramatic experience In which they
learn this lesson Peter is most prom
inent? Neither are we surprised
that Peter's doubt with Its small ad
mixture of faith (verse 31) speedily
led to the collapse of his daring ad
venture on the water. Peter saw
and heard too much 'to succeed. He
eaw Jesus and heard bis word
hovel, you shall not order your home,
nor food, nor drink, nor clothing to
suit ypnr convenience, but these
things shnll be ordered to suit the
saloon. You shnll toll all day In the
harness of oppression, nnd when
night comes you shall not even order
religious Truth s
From the Writingt of Great
Preachers.
A BONO OF. THANKFULNESS.
I thank Thee, Lord, for the blue of Thy
sky,
For the green of Thy woods and fields:
For the river that ripples and spnrklen br,
And the harvext the brown earth yields.
For the birds that sing and tht flowers that
bloom, ,
And the breath of the cooling hrees
Thou hunt made them all so beautiful,
I tbank Thee, Lord, for theae!
I ttinnk Thee, Lord, for a brain to think,
And will to dnre and do;
For n heart which may give my fellow man
A love that is strong nnd true:
For n spirit thnt is hut the breath of God,
And ia new when the world is old
1 yield them nil to Thyself, dear Lord,
They are Thine to have and hold.
Only use thorn. Lord, in Thy shaping hand
For an end Hint Thine eye enn see,
A 'Iny by day Thou art fashioning
Tliv child to be more like Thee.
Let Thine image shine from my faithful
henrt
As u liirlit over life's rough wny,
Tlint others may lind it nn easier path.
And he led to n perfect day.
E. W. Hawkins, in Fittsburg Christian
Advocate.
A Growing Social Peril.
No apology is needed for a protest
against the foolish talk that may be
henrd In some quarters about a new
relation in the domestic circle, who is
commonly referred to as the "affin
ity." She Is not mother, sister or
wife, but occupies a vague position
as nn Interloper in the social order,
whose claims are coming to be recog
nised as pnramount. Some of the
talk Is inadequately characterized as
foolish, for it Is wicked; but for the
greater part it does not proceed to
action and is mere silliness and gush.
In one conspicuous instance, however,
it has developed into a dissolution of
the family and a scandal, consequent
on tho complacence of the parties
concerned. There is always a possi
bility of an example of that kind
commending Itself to men. of erratic
character, who hope that an Indul
gence of their vagrant fancy may be
regarded by the public as excusable.
It cannot be too soon or too clearly
vour restful sleen. but wntch lha iron i shown that the American neonle.
for the return of drunken husbands especially the Christian public, will
and sons." What about this inhu- not condone nny nonsense of that
man denial of the right to order meat. kind. It has too high a regard for
drink, clothing and home life? purity In domestic life, and will not
Every child in this country has a I tolerate offenses that impair it. The
I right to an education and a chance ! war tnat has beBn waged against the
j In the world. i Mormons, who boldly added the affin-
The liquor traffic says to a great I lty 10 tne household, proved that
army of children, "You shall have 1 Polygamy was regarded as an offense
neither: to the streets and sweat- I against public decency and against
shops you shall co to earn bread. , the national conscience. This at-
and by evil environment you shall be
handicapped throught your youth." I
one or the most Inhuman facts the
. . . i . . j it . r.
U you uo u U8 sure you uu n i ..Come and that w d unrt thnt
f,n7" ,n .' nOU'V f the three was enou8h- For while he saw Jeus
to stumbling to any one ol I the three i only and whl,9 he neard Jegllg onl
classes nto which God divide, men. , h(J unafraid and succcsafully.
to rushing wave, and when boisterous
wind shut out the "Come" of Jesus,
the very paralysis of fear stopped blm
and he began to sink. But while sink
ing, again he saw Jesus only, and
then that latent something in him
which Jesus recognized as rocklike,
and which, when developed, made
Peter the penteoostal preacher, found
voice, and In answer the Master of
wind and wave and the Saviour of
nlnlUng men tmmodtately stretched
forth his hand and caught him.
sun has shone on since It hid its face
from thnt awful crime on Calvary's
summit, is seen In multitudes of wo
men and children denied the right to
order their food, clothing, education
and home life, by the tryannlcal
sumptuary law of the liquor traffic.
Are these to suffer on In silence that
men may order for their drink what,
to say the least, they do not. need,
and what the Supreme Court says Is
the source of more misery and crime
than any other? When on election
days these women and children gath
er near the polls nnd out of the ashes
of smitten home life, plead with men
to remove what denies them the right
to order their life comforts and Joys,
are they to have no more respectful
reference in the Courier-Journal than
that their presence Is "an Indecent
spectacle?"
Cardinal Richelieu, when his niece
was demanded by a licentious king,
said:
"Around her form I draw the awful circle
of our kinely church;
Step a foot within, nnd on thy head aye!
mnugn it wear a crown,
I'll lay the curse of Rome."
Shall the crown of gold on the dis
tillers' and brewers' brow In Ken
tucky hush Into silence the lion
hearted manhood of our State, when
tbe sons and daughters of Columbia
Rre demanded to feed the maw of the
liquor traffic? Colonel Geo. W. Bain.
Social PoKitlon.
What satisfaction Is it to have so
cial position anil political preferment
If our conscience Is dulled? Rev.
John Hale Larry.
few-red Truths.
The truth of affection is more sa
cred than the truth of science. Rev.
Lyman Abbott,
King Menellk and the Cannon.
While we are hearing such contra?
dlctory reports of the health of Men
ellk It is a variation to read an anec
dote of tbe Negus, even if it shows
blm in an unlovable light. A Paris
contemporary recoils the story that
some years ago Baron Myllus visited
the , Negus, taking with him among
other presents two small mountain
cannon.
Tbe Negus was delighted. Hoar
miinr ' enemies would they kill?
Ing about all our paV. guld- j Pointing to a tree, the potentate said,
steps along the King's high- "Fire by the side of the tree." The
iiaron usoa nis bihbm iuu yumieu vuw
that a whole family seamed to be
taking the shade at the spoL "Yes,
replied Menellk, "It was the tree I
was thinking about," and It was only
with the greatest difficulty tbat his
Majesty was prevailed upon to choose
another target. However, all's wU
tbat ends well. The Negus was de
lighted with bis present, and so was
K. Tlurnrt fnr Via rflm awaV the
they look at our real selves, and In owner of a one coffee plantation. '
our hearts they see all the glorious . d Q, b
tiouibiiitlea of our nature; tbey see w
the ct In WvT.yq, a.dJS-ttttX JlhH
The Ilest Jail.
Thomas Nelson Page was talking
In the smoking room of the Amerlka
about the old-fashioned bad men of
the West.
"They are extinct now," said Mr.
Page, "and I am sorry. They were,
you know, so picturesque. I remem
ber a Western trip "
He laughed heartily.
"We were all seated In th bar
room of Tin Can or Dead Cur som
such town. I was the only tenderfoot
present. Every man about me bristled
with guns and knives like an enraged
porcupine. If I refused to drink, 1
was given to understand I would b
turned Into a- human pin cushion ot
worse.
"Well, as I sipped a friendly glasi
or something resembling wood al
cohol, a very bad man. Indeed, rodi
on a prancing mustang right into tht
barroom. He drew up and had
drink. Then, spying me, he said:
" 'Whar ye from, stranger?'
'Richmond,' said I.
"'Not good old Richmond, Va.t'
be exclaimed.
" 'Yes,' said I; Mo you know It?'
" 'Know It?' he shouted. 'Know
It? Best Jail I ever was In.'
Washington Star.
ROUGH ON RATS.
"Yes. the dye In her false hair
caused her to have blood poisoning."
"8ick frem rat poisoning, eh!"
Houston Post.
I'roductlvlty.
What modern civilization might be
able to accomplish In the wise use of
its productive powers If these were
not wasted or diverted from their
proper channels by the use of drink,
we have never yet been able to prove
on s large stale. Experience In limit
ed sections, however, seems to indi
cate that If the money spent In drink,
which enricher a few and returns to
labor a relatively smaller amount
than other products of toll, were ex
pended Instead for the necessities and
simple luxuries ot life, the wheels ot
industry would not as now lose pow
er at every turn becauso of the stu
pendous waste of a nation's resources
in drink and Its attendant evils.
Hence every man who Is trained to
sobriety lr doubly valuable to the na
tion, since he Is likely to become not
only an efficient user and developer of
national resources, but at the same
time he lessens by so much a waste
ful loss In national productivity.
Calls New Jersey Rum-Ridden.
J. Frank Burke, State superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
who occupied the pulpit of tbe M. E.
Church at Nutloy, N. J., on a recent
Sunday, said:
"New Jersey Is one of the most
rum-ridden States In this countrq, If
not the worst. A vigorous temper
ance campaign will be waged this fall,
and I ask the church workers to be
active on election day."
Tem perance Notes.
Mon In all pursuits ot active life,
almost Invariably name sobriety as
one of the essentials of highest suc
cess. An Evansvllle brewery failed the
other day, the failure being caused, it
is said, by tho going dry of Indiana
counties.
The Washlngtonlan Movement of
1840 to 184S did much good, and
some barm that might have been
averted It the church had been as In
telligent on the alcoholic drink ques
tion as It U to-day.
The people of Nashville, Tenn., are
building a new Y. M. C. A. building
at the cost of 1200,000 as a substi
tute for the saloons which tbey got
rid of.
The choapost way for those brew
ers to prove that I -ore beer Is sold
under prohibition than elsewhere Is
to organize a little boom for prohi
bition themselves. Then folks would
tcllove.
When one reads the statements of
tho brewers as to the amounts of
pood grain, bops, etc., they use In
their manufacturing processes, the
most striking suggestion Is tbat In
making nothing out ot something the
brewers do beat an creation.
tempt to Introduce successive
polygamy is still- more odious, be
cause it involves greater suffering and
open shame. That there are cases in
W'hlch divorce Is Justifiable cannot be
denied, but only extreme wrongdoing
or Intolerable misery can be accepted
as valid ground for recourse to the
remedy. The mere desire to get rid
of a partner who has loBt her youth
and charms, and to replace her with
one who has both. Is no such ground.
The evil, however, does not In
many Instances proceed so far. It
may consist In nothing more than
the preference for the society of a
person other than the legitimate part
ner. It Is In such preference, and
the Indulgence In It, that the danger
lies. No one realizes at the beginning
of such an association how rapidly
the passions may develop. The nox
ious weed grows with amazing speed,
and it has the tendency to Intoxicate
the mind and becloud the reason. The
warning of approaching disaster
causes the victim to exclaim: "Is
thy servant a dog, that he should do
this thing?" Yet he may drift on the
seductive stream until he is unable to
avoid doing it. The time comes when
the struggle to do right involves such
a struggle as Christ described as cut
ting off the right hand, or sacrificing
the right eye; when to give up is like
rending the very heart. Many have
lost life and the soul Itself In Ignobly
yielding rather than taking the firm
but painful course. The crisis be
comes worse than one of life and
death, and it is of such a crisis, In its
Incipient stage, that people in society
talk so lightly and frivolously, when
they discuss the subject of the "affin
ity." Christian Herald.
Winning the Kingdom.
"Through many tribulations," said
the apostle missionaries to-their Gal
atlan converts, "we must enter into
the kingdom of God." It was at tbe
cost of bitter persecution tbat these
Christians, won from amongst the
heathen in those days of beginnings,
held fast to their new faith. But how
glorious was the result of such suf
fering bravely endured, in the lives
strong nnd noble which came out of
It.
We live In times as different from
that early period as tho modern
threshing machine is from the rude
trlhulum. People do not, in our land,
suffer for their religion in the same
way as did the first followers ot
Christ. But It is still true that, only
through discipline, sometimes sharp
and severe, do human lives become
worthy of the kingdom of God. There
may be much In our present lot that
Is hard to bear, but a blessed outcome
Is certain to all God's children.
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Christ Within.
The lust and greatest wonder ot
the Gospel Is that Christ, the great
Model, does not leave us to copy Him
at a distance, but actually enters our
soul and remodels us. And faith is
only the closing of soul with Christ,
by which this living Redeemer, with
His self-sacrificing and yet His vic
torious spirit, becomes ours.
Maklnar a Life.
There Is a vast difference in mak
ing a lire and making a living. With
but little effort anybody can make ai
living; but it requires the strenuous
enaeavor of a manly soul to make a
lire. Rev. Weston Bruner.
Consul J. H. Dunlay, of Cologne,
reports that all fruit tree crops, ex
cept peaches, in Rhenish Prussia are
poor this season. Small fruits, how
ever, are abundant and cheap,
.'or UttADAr ilK IIlrk':A HUniNK
Whether from Coldi. Hest. Stomach or
Mrvuii TrouMes. Capudlnn will relieve you.
Ii'a liyuid pleasant to take sou lmmcril
, i -1 v Try IV. luc., 26c. and 00c at drut
-turva
Reuben In Town.
He was a long, lean, lanky fenow
wlth a complexion as brown a, .
berry and an eye as blue a. ,h!
summer skies. Anyone lookin. .!
him for the first time could h.'rdh
have failed to guess that he Vl
from that section of the 0S
and, therefore as popular, naZ
ever were, and as he entered
hotel and planked his carpet-ba, 11
the counter the roomclerk wiSkl!
at the fellows about the offlc, n
rbeChreu'b0 "W8tCh
,lltely?d morn,n' he said,
"MornlnV aaM ti ..
here?'-6 fe"W ca,i 8
Whooping cough kills more chil
dren under five years of age than
scarlet fever.
The Way to Heaven.
If we would live the life which
leads to heaven, we need only Intend
to do right voluntarily in preference
to doing it by compulsion of circum
stances against our will. Rev. Hiram
yrooman.
PRACTICAL DEVICE.
"Why don't you mend that large
bole In your umbrella?"
"I keep It to put my hand through
to see if It Is still raining." Meggen
dorter Blaetter.'
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINS. '
Vera "Oh, Jack, let's stop
don't want to go any higher."
Jack "But you won't be able to
say you've been to the top."
Vera "Oh, yes, I shall. 'V Pathfinder.
COVERED WITH HIVES.
Child a Mass of Dreadful Sore, Itch
ing, Irritating Humor for 2 Months
In Terrible Plight Disease
Cured by t'uticura.
"My six year old daughter had the dread
ful diseuae called hives for two months,
fcho became afflicted by playing with chil
dren who had it. By scratching she caused
largo sores which wore irritating. Her
body was a complete sore but it was worse
on her arms and back. We employed a
physician who left medicine but it did not
help her and I tried several remedies but
without avail. Seeing the Cuticura Reme
dies advertised, I thought I would trv
them. I gavo her a hot bath daily with.
Cuticura soap and anointed her body with
Cuticura Ointment. The first treatment
relieved the itahing a' 1 in a short time the
disease disappeared. Mrs. G. L. Fridhnff,
Warren, Mich., June 3') nnd July 13, '08."
Potter Drug & (. hem. Corp., Solo Props,
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
' The Worst Sandwich.
"Give me a ham sandwich!" shout
ed the traveler at the bar of the re
freshment room. Two seconds later
he complained to the attendant,
"That was the worst sandwich I
ever had. No more taste than saw
dust, and not big enough to see."
"You've et yer ticket," returned
the attendant contemptuously; "this
here's yer ham sandwich." Tit-Bits.
Meddlesome Neighbors.
A girl In a small Kansas town has
been engaged seven times. Her
neighbors have adopted this slogan
for her; "Present company always
accepted." Kansas City Journal.
MUST BELIEVE IT.
Every Reader Will Concedetlie Truth
of This Statement.
One wbo suffers with backache or
any form of kidney trouble wants a
cure, not merely temporary benefit.
Rev. Maxwell S. Rowland, of Tom's
River, N. J., makes a
statement In this con
nection that Is worth
attention. Says he:
"I was suddenly tak
en with an attack of
kidney trouble, had
severe pains in my
back and loins and
was generally run
down. Doctors wers
not helping me, so I
began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
brought me prompt
relief, and as I con-
tlnnnrt tnlrlniF tham
tne pains in my back disappeared and
the kidneys were restored to normal
condition."
Remember tbe name Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. 50 -cents a box. Fos
ter-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Musical Touch.
A baseball player had two fingers
of his right hand pretty badly
bungled up in practice, and on his
way home from the grounds he
dropped into a doctor's office to
have them attended to.
"Doctor," he asked, anxiously, as
he was leaving, "when this paw ot
mine heals will I be able to play the
piano?"
"Certainly you will," the doctor
assured him.
"Well, then, you're a wonder, Doe.
I never could before." Everybody's
Magazine.
The British and Foreign Bible So
cloty last year distributed 5,934,711
Bibles.
Juf COM)S and OKI P.
hick's Caffdihs la th brat remdr
rellevra tha aching- and feverish neaa cures
thCold and restores normal conoiuona. It's
lUjulil-rirecU lutinediau ly. luc Ua. snd
toe., atdruir atortv.
Zion City Is to have a physician
and drug store.
Rumlius Wizard Oil in over fifty years
old and, like an old friend, it can be de-
S ended upon just as surely ns the family
ocUir wbo may be miles away.
The. trade name at a certain Aus
tralian brandy Is the "Boomerang."
Mrs. Winalow's Sootblnf Bynip forChildm
teething, softens theguuia, reduces intlauiioa
tiou. allays pun. cures wind colic. tteabelUe.
The Russian czar rules over 160,
000,000 persons. B. N. U.. 80.
Bad Breath
"For months I had great trouble with my
stomach and used, all kinds of medicines.
My tongue baa beau actually as green at
grass, aiy breath having a bad odor. Two
weeksagoa friend recommended Caacsrets
and after using them I can willingly and
cheerfully say tbat they have entirely
cured tne. I therefore let yoa know that I
shall recommend them to any one suffer
ing from such troubles." Cbaa. H. Hal.
pern, 114 U. 7th St., New York, N. Y.
Ptaaiant, Palatabla, Potent, Taate Good, -Do
Good. Nivir alckan. WiAkcnarflri,.
10c. iSc. 50c. Never old la bulk. Tbe eea
ina tablet atamned C C C. linirantaed to
sure of sour mosey baUu
ft
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"Yes, I guess so," said the clerk
"Do you want a room with a ba ht
er, n an oepenas. If your rnnm.
s .0 all-flred dirty they need a TaS
I reckon I do." harper's Week"" '
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
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Marlton, N.J. I feel thatLydiaE.
Plnkham's Vejretablo Compound has
1 Riven nie new life,
I suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, In.
nanitnation, ulcer.
ation, indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
troubles were
chronic. I was in
despair, nnd did not
care whetherl lived
or died, when 1 rend about Lydia E.
I'inkham's Vegetable Compound; sol
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relieved of all my suffering. Mrs.
Gkoroe Johdy, Box 40, Marlton, NJ,
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for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousandsof voluntary testinionlalsare
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass., from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation, ul
ceration, displacements.Ilbroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every sufferinir woman owes it to her
self to Rive Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Just Her Size.
MIstah Bones Say, Sam, who
got de fust prize at de cull'd mas
querade ball las' night?
MIstah Jones De woman's prize
dun went to Miss Pealle Washing
ton. She wuz dere as "Faith, Hope
an' Charity."
MIstah Bones Why, she couldn't
dun go as three people all at once.
MUtah Jones Huh! Doan" dat
gal weigh ober three hundred
pounds?
The most spectacular fire ever wit
nessed in the oil industry was at
one of the Dos Bocas wells in Mex
ico. About 60,000 barrels of oil
burned up dally for nearly two
months. The flames rose to heights
of 800 to 1,400 feet.
' A blind and rich farmer is la
Pittsburg seeking a wife, who, be
insists, "must be pretty."
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