Good Beads In the South.
Tt Is a very exceptional neighbor
hood in the South that does not neeil
.litter roads, and It Is an ctiunlly ex-
optional community that cannot have
better roads. While many tcctlous
cannot hope to have tho hen loads I
macadam or s"tivel for a Ions tlrao
to corr.r, there 13 no excuse for any ;
locality allowing its roads to remain j
positively and permanently br.d. j
A pood road is a (1) hard, (2) j
smooth read, (3) free from heavy '
grades. Any rond which answers to j
these requirements will Insure easy
and i".lek traveling, and permit of j
the hauling of law bads and that .
Is ail that is rr.T.ilrci of a road. Of
course, tho I) rend is the hard?.'!
ar.d rmooihest one. t ho macadam road
beins superior i the gravel rnad; but
reir.enther that even the earth road
n-ed pot l.c bad. This Is tho thing we
wteh (his j;ood rjads specl.il t s::y
to cv ry r.-.aa w ho reads It, "Thc-rj is
a way for you to imprne tho road
over which you travel, an.l It will pay
yo i to do it. If we cm n:;!y pet our
reader:, to realize this fu-t we be
lieve that they will :i;;t be content to
lons'-r waste the Et:vn;;t:i of their
team.:, their own time, and their
mor.ry by drayglnr, over roe'.;3, pull
ing through deep r.and. JoKlng across i
ditchc?, splashing about In mudholcs.
end climbing stee; hills. Every road
rannot bo macadamized, or even grav- I
eled; but many mora eouIJ b? than 1
tire. Few bond Lssues for Rood reads
In our territorv hava been bad invest- j
merits', while the ea;es In which they
would be (rood Investments could ba
numbered by the hundreds. Tho tax
the ordinary farmer would have to
pay to build and maintain stone
roads, in any moderately fettled com
munity, i.; much amallt-r thr.u the tax
lie now lays to bad roads in tho in-crt-ared
cost of his hauling. (Jeer a
large sc-rtion of tho tout!, sand-clay
roads could be built at a very suia'.l
cost, in :.;d, compared to what ihey
would !.a worth to the communities
throuth -which they run. Thousands
and tb'usanJ3 of miles of earth roads
could ba redeemed from their chronic
state cf hadncps by the persistent usa
of tho Kplit-lo; road drag, and tha
cost of doin;i tho work would be so
small that no one would feel it. And '
everywhere that there Is a bad road j
It could be Improved if the men who .
work it would simply remember that j
the surface of tho road should always 1
be kept smooth and freo from ob
structions, and that the fisrt thin? to
do with the water that falb on a road
Is to get It orf and away. nai.ih
(N C.) Progressive Farmer.
!H;iiLI)()(f IN LOVE
WITH TEDDY BEAK.
Prize Boston Animal Causes a
Sensation With Hla Pat In New
Orlaana. 1
A two-thousand-do'lnr Boston bull
t tenderly carrying n largo Teddy
b ir by the nape of the neck and ap
j rently trying to keep bruin from
h illng his feet on the pavement was
u Ight that attracted the nttentlon of
j .lestrlans In Canal Street, New Or
1 -.ns, a short time ago, and finally
1 1 a reporter to unearth an Interest
i t story. It Is of a dog's pitiful and
ti ir.hlng devotion to the toy.
On account of tho canine's unusual
V dousness and the great number of
1 "ttles he has won, his mistress, Miss
I"'.yllls Gllmore, gave him the name
t. Ferocious.
As Miss (illmore, Ferocious and the
Teddy bear entered the lobby c;f a
hotel, In an effort to escape the at
tention of the gathering crowd that
had followed from Canal street, a
s"ore of the curious stood 0:1 'ii"
l avement and peered in to see what
(imposition Ferocious would ma!:.: of
ids Btri!i?:' burden.
They were soon rewarded by ' : c
ing the canine prlzo winner wall:
straightway to the most comfo; t .blu
looking chair in the lobby and care
fully piano his pet thereon. In a nit-
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LKSSON COM
MIC NTS FOB NOVEMUKB 21.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
Subject: rani's Story of His 1AT, 2
Cor. 11:121-12:10 Golden Text:
2 Cor. 12:0 Commit Verses 21,
12.5 Commentary 011 the Lesson,
TI.MK. A. D. 67.
PLACE. Ephesus.
E.XrOSITION. I. Wlmt Fan!
Stifle-red For 1'hrint, 22-S4H. How
small the hardships we suffer com
pared with these. Yet Paul earlier
In this same epistle speaks of them as
"our light affliction" (cf. 4:1"; Horn.
8:18). The stoning Is recorded In
Acts 14:19. The three shipwrecks
I mentioned were prior to the one de
I scribed In Acts 2 7, "a night and a
I day" was spent in the deep, swimming
I or clinging to a spar, or in an open
' boat. "The Journeyings often'' were
j not with the comforts of mod rn trav- I another man Is a drunkard? Yes. if
SOMR 8TARTMNO FACTS ABOCX
THE VICE OF INTEMI'KIUNCE.
Testimony For Wedge Signing.
"Total abstinence we seek through
voluntary action for the promotion of
individual virtue and of the general
good." Mnrk Hopkins, D. D.
"Total abstinence Is the surest way,
all other things being equal, of attain
ing the highest physical, mental,
moral and every other kind of
health." Norman Kerr, M. D.
"Total abstinence from an Intoxi
cating drink Is more desirable for the
country's welfare and morality than
all the revenue to be derived licensing
the manufacture and sale of 'so per
nicious a drink.' " Emanuel Sweden
borg. "If total abstinence from Intoxi
cating drinks were not a wise policy
for the Individual. It would be Impos
sible to show that prohibition of the
liquor traffic Is a wise policy for the
State." Joseph Cook.
"Ho you ask me to give up what to
ni is a lawful gratification because
THE PULPIT. tymit f tic"ccii.lcT4Jasr
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. A. H. C. MORSE.
Theme 1 The Lost.
Ing, but with very great hardships
and peril. The perils of r'vera
were the perils of swollen streams
where many lost their lives, and even
to this present day many huo their
lives this way In the countries
through which Paul traveled. Paul
labored with toil nnd pain ( v. 2 7 ).
not only with brain and In art and
ting posture. He then backed away 1 lips, but with his hands al.-o (Acts
Doubly Interested.
The farmer Is In a double scr.se
more deeply Interested la good roads
than anyone ele. To him good roads
mean a great decrease in the cost of
Renin? his produce to the market
and getting his supplies back. They
likewise mean a lesie.1i.n3 of the lone
liness of life.
To the people of every town nnd
city the building of food reads is al
most as Important as It U to the
farmers. It means the betterment of
every phase of life and a clo-er Inter
mingling of the people of town and
city; the lessening of wear and tear
on vehic les and tho betterment of all
the conditions under which buslne3S
is carried on. And then tho building
of pood highways Inevitably adds
largely to the value of adjacent prop
erty. It Is not too much to say that
rond-bui;d':i; I3 not an c::pc-r.se, but
an Investment, paying a larger profit
to every community than anything
'lse it can do. The building of good
reads me ans an Increase In the viluo
tt farm products by tho 1 -.sjenlng cf
tho cost of hauling. In this way it
inevitably results In an increased
value to all property adjacent, and
the cost c f roads Is more than made
up by this gain In prosperity. It is a
very false Idea of many that the
building of roads I3 an e:;per.3i which
a community cannot afford. On the
rontrary, it is an investment which
every v, ell-settled end well-organized
community can afford to make, for it
returns the 1 irgest possible yield of
iron:, and a profit In which every
ir.au, woinr.u a;:d child shares.
a few feet nnd, crnneiilng upon his I
jrrent haunches, razed Intently In the I
Klass eyes of his Teddy, all the while
beeping up a low whining, ns If try- i
Ing to inquire why his pet did not
romp with him. 4
When asked for an explanation of
the dog's unusual actions Miss Gll
inore said:
"The truth of tho matter Is that
the affection that Ferocious shows his
Toddy I3 a really wonderful thing. It
Is tho case cf a dog's remarkable
depth of devotion nr.d still more re- :
r.iarkablo memory. 1
"When Feroclo',13 was n pup nnd
hardly able to waddle I owned a cub j
bear. In the Fame state of Infancy.
As tho two grew up they became fast I
'friends nnd would romp together all :
day. But about thirteen months ago
the little bear died nud Ferocious has
not been the .name dos until last
week.
"I had hlr.i out In Canal street for j
n walk when suddenly I saw him j
dart for a show window and try to I
lunge through It. Ha Boemed wild
with joy and I could not understand
his antics until I saw that the win- :
dow contained a Teddy bear about !
the sar.10 sire and color of his eld ,
rlaymat". I bnught him the little '
stuffed animal and ho has Blnco re- j
gained hi3 old spirit.
"Do you know," continued Miss
Cllmore, "I really believe that Fero
cious thinl;.i ho has found lib pup
hood companion. When I feed him
he takes Teddy by tho neck and
pokes his nose Into hla food, as If
trying to make It share his meals.
When I nnko him go to his box at '
night he will not sleep unless I let
him rest his head or paws upon hb
Teddy." ;
1S:3, 4). He spent whole nights lu
vigils of prayer and watching against
perils of one kind or another. Ha
knew often what it meant 10 no with- ,
out food or drink (cf. Phil. 4:12). to j
have Insufficient clothing and to suf- !
fer from cold; and all this time r.e
was a man Buffering from physionl in
firmity (ch. 12:7-10; Gal. 4:13, 14).
II. I take ple-HHiire 111 infirmities,
ill reproaclies, in necessities in prr-c. !
cut ions, in distresses for hi i-t'n nuke, I
1-10. It might not seem expedient
for Paul to glory, but his heart was i
you do not need the total abstinence
pledge for yourself, sign for the sake
of thope who are weak and need
hel'i." John B. Gough.
"Tlie reform found the business
world opposed to it, and by facts and
arguments the business world has
bean convinced that total abstinence
is right." John B. Finch.
"For my own sake for the sake of
others and for the glory of God, I
abstain." Father Mathew.
"We esteem worthy of all com
mendation the noble resolve of your
pious ussoclatlons, by which they
pledge themselves to abstain totally
from every kind of intoxicating
drink." Pope Leo XIII.
"The temperance pledge will be a
Jewel In your nature, and a talisman
ngalnst temntatlon when social cus
toms would lead you astray."
Georgo C Bain.
To escape the evils arising from
so full he Just "must." There is a I the use of alcohol, there Is only one
difference between a "vision" and a perfect course, namely, to abstain
"revelation." A "vision'' is some- from alcohol altogether. No fear
thing seen, a "revelation" is an un- ' need be entertained of any physical
veiling of truth (It ml?ht be through I or mental harm from such abstinence,
something seen or something heard, j Every good may be expected from It.
or 111 some oiner way; 1:1. 1 nam. ; ;
13, R. V., nnd marsln). In visions i
their meaning might or might not bo i
explained at the time. In revolutions
there was always an unveiling or dis
closing of rhe truth. The man to
whom Paul refers In verse 2 was him
self. This Is evident from verse 7.
In verse 5 ho distinguishes between
this man nnd himself, for there was
a wide difference between Paul as he
was himself In his weakness and the
A man or woman who abstains Is
healthy and safe; a man or woman
who relies on alcohol Is lost." B. W.
Richardson, M. D.
Brooklyn, N. Y. The Rev. Alfred
II. C. Morse, B. D., pastor of the
St rong Place Baptist Church, preached
Sunday on "The Lost." He took his
text from Matthew 18:11: "For the
Son of Mart is come to save that which
was lost." Dr. Morse said:
During the summer I saw a Cana
dian city moved with a great anxiety
because 0 lad had been lost In a neigh
boring wood. The papers published
a call for strong hearts to assist in
the search, and 1500 men hunted the
wood for two days and two nights. At
.last the boy was found, his clothes
torn to shreds, his tongue swollen
with thirst and himself almost fam
ished with hunger. There was great
rejoicing when this little lad was re
stored to his home.
It was something like this which
Jesus had constantly In mind, and In
'a score of ways He Illustrated the
;need of His work. A sheep was lost,
land, of course, the shepherd searched
for the sheep; a coin was lost, and the
poor woman to whom it belonged was
unable to sleep until she had swept
every nook In her home and found It;
a boy was lost, he had deliberately
wnlked away from his home, but tho
'father broko his heart with pining;
'the wholo world had gone astray, nnd
knew not the way of return, and
therefore the need for His mission.
He had come to seek and to save that
which was lost.
The scholars have recently been
giving their attention to what they
have called "the psychology of sin,"
nnd It is Interesting to see how their
findings have conformed to the teach
ing of Jesus; this, of course, without
His great simplicity. The biologist
tells us that each little child passes
through the physical development of
the race, and that he actually carries
In his own experience the entire his
tory of his ancestors. Then the psy
chologist tells us there Is the same re
capitulation in the psychic life, and
that each Individual passes through
the stages by which the race has at
tained to civilization, morality and
right. It has taken the race uncount
ed mlllenlums to discover the balance
of right, and to discern the things
which are essentially good, but the
child must achieve all this in the first
few years of its lifo. There was a
time when might was right, and when
No Time For Iteluxntlon.
This is a critical time for the cause
of temperance. On every hand tem
perance sentiment is gaining gain
ing bv reason of the efforts of the
Anti-Saloon League; gaining through eacn person ten tnat wnat came into
tho nr.r-ini-ori ii, if inn o,i.. his hand was his own: there was a
rapt and glorified individual he be- j Kainlng by more thorough education tlmo when deception and cunning
in hub nuiiuiuus cjviii-i if in i ... .ho nenn a Pmh ii. f nn la cuoor,- were as necessary to maintain one s
iigui us iuihb uuu Keys are necessary
to-day; and bo we might go through
tho whole catalogue of possible
wrong. The scholar will tell us that
camp
e was not exuueu u n a, mm vi Rwav tnc gaiootl. gch splendid
us would be, but humbled by It. I he vUence as annesrs In Tho Standard
experience occurred fourteen years . tnla wo,k , )nBprlnR. But just be.
before, perhaps at the time he was caUB(, tilQ ..watel. wason- appPars to
stone, at Lystra and supposed to bo ,,e rollins triumphantly over the sa-
dead (Acts 14:19). At that time his ion ,,wpr temmrnnm nonnlo n
spirit may actually have left tho body
and been taken up Into paradise. It
may have been at the time of his sec.
ond visit to Jerusalem (cf. Acts 22:
17). Paul himself did not know
whether he was In the body or out of
in danger of concluding that It runs
itself. The saloons have wonderful
recuperative power. Brewers, dis
tillers and saloonkeepers will often
f-ecure the repeal of temperance legis
lation. The time for tho expenditure
the body at the time (vs. 2, 3). Paul of the moBt tempprance enerBy often
Kew Yoik to Have n Xcws Telephone
Service.
Tha Telephone Newspaper Com
pany of America Is the name of a firm
Just Incorporated under the laws of
tlvj State of New York, with a capi
tal of $100,000 to furnish all those
who will subscribe to a service which
it will Inaugurate with general news
ns full a3 a daily newspaper now
does.
Tha company 1-, headed by Manly
evidently believed in the possibility
of conscious existence of the spirit
"out of the body" and "apart from
the body" (v. 3, It. V.). At that time
he was caught up even to "the third
heaven" "Into paradise." The day of
Christ's crucifixion He went Into par
adise (Luke 23:43), which was then
"in the heart of the earth" (Matt.
12:40), but at His ascension Christ
emptied the subterranean paradise
and took It up Into heaven with Him
self (Eph. 4:8-10). Paradise, the
abode of the blessed dead, is now with
Christ In haaveu (cf. Phil. 1:23: 2
Cor. 5:8, R. V.). Into this paradise
Paul was caught up either in the body
(cf. Acts 8::!9) or "apart from tha
body." He heard there words which
It was not lawful to utter to others.
They were Intended for his own edifl
Is Just after i temperance victory.
The Standard.
M. Gillani, advertising counsel of the
Now York Herald, a3 president, and i c"n and comfort alone. God shows
' .. - .. . ,. V. .. . V. . II. .11 I
Thorough F.miil Construction.
Tho rullroad companies have
learned that there ii economy In
heavy steel rails, In K'.rong brldees
and In larse freight cars, and In lilta
mariner the farmers wi'.l Ham that
good roads reduce the cast of trans
portation by wagon. As a chain Is no
stronger than Its weakest link, so the
availability of a wagon road is de
termined by Its Btee'est hill or its
roughest place. A latural road, siod
In somo places, inty neverthehss
muko economic hauling Impracticable
because i;f difficult olwtnu Uona a one
or two points, llenca arises tho need
of thorough road construction and
maintenance. Denver Republican.
associated with him aro William H.
Alexander and Curr.eliuj Eelnssa. It
b expected that everything will be in
readiness to start the sorvlco within i
a year. All new.i of general Interest
will be covered. Including political
happenings, baseball scores by inn
lugs nnd a tcore cf lileo branches
will go right into tha subscriber's
homo by wire.
While thU will bo t'.ie first attempt
at conducting a telephone newspaper
in this country, the plan ha3 met with
more or less success In a number of ,
llOuropean cities. Pari.-, London, Vien- i
ua and Budapest among them.
Tho lines on which tho39 In Europe
liave been operated will be followed i
In this country under the direction of '
Mr. Bclnssa, who has b3en Identified ;
with such ventures in Budapest and :
'Vienna, and who owns the transmit- j
tin-- and receiving patents. 1
; The service, according to Mr. Gil- '
: lam, besides supplying Its subs.:rib- I
j era with every branch of news, ns an !
added Inducement will furnish on the j
i evenings of the grand opera season a :
! special vocal and instrumental mi-:- '
i al ijrvlco. ;
us duuiu miiiKtt iuul fie wumu imvu i "- u
us tell others; some things that He ! 1 reBS
would have us keep to ourselves. Paul
apparently did not mention this won
derful experience to any one else for
fourteen years, and even now tries to
put himself out of sight as the sub
ject of this remarkable experience
(v. B). And he forbore to glory lest
some man might account of him
above that which he raw him to be or
heard from him. What the "thorn In
the flesh" was we are not told. The
words translated "weakness" and "in
firmity" are the usual words for sick
ness. The thorn in the tlesl) is also
spoken of as "a messenger of Satan."
This would be an appropriate descrip
tion of physical Infirmity (Luke 13:
16; Job 2:7; Acts 10:38; Hob. 2:
14; Gal. 4:13, 14). Though this
thorn In the flesh was Satan's messen
ger. It was "given" by God. God per
mits Satan to buffet His servants and
brings to them bleBsIng out of this
buffeting. Even Satan's hate and buN
feting brings blessing to the child of
God. Three times Paul prayed about
It and the first two times God gave
him no answer. Seemingly the thorn
was not removed, but Christ's power
was continually ministered to Paul
and gave him strength In his own nat
ural weakness. This teaches a num
ber of Important lessons uhout pray
er: (1) To pray Jo Christ; (2) to ask
again and again for the same thing
until we obtain It or tho Lord reveals
to us that It Is not His will to give It; ! creed
(3) to go to Christ with our physical
Infirmities, but knowing that there
aro times when ChrlBt will not re-
r.lotHlhoir.uls.
So far as recorded, blcodho.;:: Ja
have captured nothing sluco they al
lowed Eliza to get away ncross tha
floating Ice. Indeed, Eliza's was
about tho closest call recorded. But
the records, perhaps, are prejudiced.
At any rate, tho New Yurk Central
I'.allroad has Invened In eight blood-
A Boy Who Took a Stand.
Abraham Lincoln always attributed
much of his success in life to his tem
perance principles. From a boy up
I ho meant to do right. In everything,
I no matter what. Almost everybody
j drank then, but there wero temper
ance workers, even in those days.
-uia uncie jonn was one, preacning
In a log schoolhouse. One night he
made his plea, but nobody responded
to his invitation to come up and sign
the pledge, till a tall, poorly dressed
boy came forward and stooped to
write his name. There It stood alone
there were no others. That pledge
was part of his determination to live
In the glory of God, and well he kept
it. SeLlor Quarterly, the Pilgrim
Testimony From Maine.
After a long visit In Maine, W. II.
Anderson, superintendent of the Antl
Saioon League of Maryland, has re
turned to Baltimore, firm in the be
lief that whisky is scarce In the Pine
Tree State and that stories to the
contrary are base libels, circulated to
discredit prohibition laws. "I was
told In Portland," says Mr. Ander
son, "that If I really wanted a drink
I could find one, but I would have to
go up back alleys, through filth and
amid the Blums to obtain tt. This
certainty does not a?ree with the
statements that liquor can eaBlly be
obtained In Maine. During my whole
stay lu the Stato I saw only two
drunken men."
Bidliop Thoburn's Warning.
The whole tropical world Is rapidly
romlng under the control of nations
j which profess to be Christian lu a
. high acceptance of that word. It Is,
; in my opinion, one of the most Im
: portant questions of the day. whether
I millions of the Eastern tropics are to
j bo received as helpless wards, and ele-
vatenl In civilization and enlighten
ment, or debauched and crushed by
a traffic which recognizes no con
science, shows no mercy, and Is
amenable only to a g03;iel of flanr.;;''
find Been Drinking.
William Rose, of fJnrv. Ind.. enured
move our physical Infirmities, but , the death of himself, wife and two
will give us Btrength In Himself; (4)
that the probability Is He will remove
them, and we ought to ask Him to do
Credential of a Cannibal.
A real FIJI man came Into Wash
ington to attend the international
convention of tho Seventh Day Ad
vcntlsts, according to tho Philadel
phia Record. Ha win armed with a
club with which his former chief
la the South Sea Islands used to beat
tho life out of American missionaries,
and al.so with a big dish upon which
the chief used to serve up meat from
thesa missionaries' bones. Club and
dlbli were brought nloug ai muto evi
dences of the conversion of tho Fiji
chief, who now head, the Gsvcnth
Day Adventlsta' Society In the South
Sea Iilc.i.
r.ounds, to bo us -d In protecting its ,,hi ho clenrlv make, known ta
! ruieny mi'-i trailing Ulleve3. Ot
course, tho dogs haven't caught any
thing, as yet, but tho fact that they I
have becomo thf nrrmertv nt a lout i
transportation company should lm- !
prove their standing In tho canine
world, and serve ns vindication until
they do. Atchbon Globo.
V.i ue AneM'Iitiotn.
Said a toucher on tho East Z'.Ze;
"Who was Robinson C.-URoe?"
"I know," said a little clrl In the
front row. "He was a great singer."
, "Next."
"Oh, I know." chirped a little girl
before "Next" had time to repl.'. "Ht
was a wonkay." New York Times.
Two Million Mile l;y Rail.
A locomotive of tho London &
Northwestern Railroad, named
Charles Dickens, has tha distinction
I of having traveled nearly two million
ono huudrod thousand miles' In haul-
Ing express trains, a feat. It la
thought, unique In the annals of rail-
tor.diig. Tho Charles Iiickcns, built
at Crwe, w3 put Into service Febru
ary 6, 1882, nnd until a year or two
ago was still one of the fastest loco
motives on tho road and In oxctdleut
condition. New York Tribune,
Ono of tho leaders in New York
City's business world, who Is also a
conspicuous philanthropist, writes
from a vacation resort, where be
.went to rest: "There Is no rest In tho
trountry for a man who receives
snail."
us that It is not His will to do so.
The Kiel Canal.
In shipping and especially la Cer
man naval circles 'the stoppage of
the Kiel Canal was regarded with
deep concern. Was not the canal
originally intended to securs "a cer
tain (safe) passage" for German war
and' merchant ships between the
North Sea nnd the Baltic? A compar
atively slight accident had rendered
the canal worthless, despite the or
iginal expenditure of JE10.000.00C
($50,000,000). The German naval
authorities have long recognized tha
the canal no longer meets the re
qulrements of to-day, Oermaa Dread
noughts can pass through only with
the greatest care, and the warship!
of CO.OOO tons now building will not
go through at all. Although the
canal dues are rather heavy the pass
age Is utilized by a great deal of ship
ping, and It suves a stormy, round
obout Journey of about 400 mlh:S.
The sum of 12.600,000 Is to be ex.
ponded on doubling the width and in.
crmiing the depth of the waterway
!by two meters. Dundee Advertiser.
the disposition to do these things is
only the reappearance of primitive
impulses, and that these things are
non-moral; that they are simply
Btartlng points for the upbuilding of
manhood, character and destiny. That
the problem of the child is to steady
himself past dangerous places to the
place where right will be easy, and
become the instinctive choice of the
soul. How then do the moral anoma
lies appear? In this way: The liar,
for Instance, Is simply the person
who, in passing through the racial ex
perience, has been permitted to linger
on the level where deception was a
common thing; that the habit is fixed
and the person is living on tho plane
of an ancient and Imperfect age; the
thief, he Is simply the person who In
making this rapid review of the racial
experience was permitted to linger at
the stage where each person thought
;that all things were his If he could
get them; and so with every other
jiossible wrong.
The scholars also talk of the man
who Is "lost." By this they mean the
(man who began with some simple
wrong, and has added to this again
,and again, till he can see no way of
escape. He began with a simple un
ttruth, and added to this for protoc
'tlon, and to this again to cover hlB
ishame, till he has built about him a
world of falsehood in which he Is ac
tually lost. He can see no way to re
turn, nor has he the courage to con
'fess. He is like a man lost In a wood.
;In this way the thief is lost. He be
ignn many years ago, when he took
little trifles at home; he goes into
business life, and other things are
,taken, till the habit Is fixed and the
inoor man is lost in the maze of dls
'honesty. He is simply bewildered
and beyond all return, and 1b "lost."
There Is a vast deal of truth In
these findings, and our hearts confirm
what they say; but It was all taught
;more simply by Jesus. He said very
Imuch about the wanderings of men,
-and tho Host estate into which they
!come. He said men go astray like
sheep, which knows that the grass Is
sweet, and that there ls"another tuft
Just ahead, and so, with Its nose to
jthe ground, it nibbled along till it
'was far from the path, and far from
jthe shepherd's care and separated
;from the company of the rest of the
' flock, and lost on the side of the
'mountain. It was heedless and it
j 'wandered away.
, There are people. He said, like
i thnt. They do not Intend any eape
i clal wrong, but they simply follow
; their instincts, and live like the sheep,
j which has no foresight nor conscience
and no sense of obligation. These
people live without restraint npon
their appetites, and unwittingly wan
der farther and farther away, till they
liud themselves In a hungry place.
I saw an instance like that during
tho summer. The fellow was young
children by stopping his buggy In
front of an interurban car. Rose had
been drinking, and purposely stopped j an( h3il never been well cared for In
his buhgy on the track as the car ap
proached.
i
Temperance Xoles.
Close up the saloon on Sunday and
every other day of the week.
We must teach children to rever
ence God's work out of doors In dis
tinction from shutting themselves up
In dens to drink. Dr. Mury Sturge,
England.
Temperance work, to achieve per
manency, must be supported by wise
legislation, especially should educa
tion be emphasized and particularly
education that will help secure en
forcement of laws already passed.
Dr. Vogt, Norway.
Cortilnly tha Sunday saloon Is net
run for the honor and glory of Geid,
but for the everlasting de-gradation
of Its patrons, many of whom, sad to
reluie, are composed of American
working-men, whose wives and famil
ies need the money that goes over the
bar to the man In the white apron.
Australia's temperance work has
cee'ii helped by giving the vote to
women. Women are naturally con
servative, but when they see that any
Institution Is a menace to husband
Mid children, lu spite of conservatism,
tbey shut up that Institution like a
ilasp knlktt. Sir John Cockburn,
Australia.
his home. He simply knew that some
delights were sweet for the time.
He wandered along with no thought
of the end, till he was locked In the
jail, where he lies to-night. I visited
him there and endeavored to help, but
his. return will be hard, and the scars
he will always bear. Not a bad boy,
but heedless and silly as a sheep; and
there are ton thousand like htm in
this city to-ulght. It a man, who is
meant to guide himself by Intelli
gence and will and forethought and
conscience and the eternal light of"
heaven, is willing to follow mere in
stinct as a sheep, he will come at
length Into a thirsty desert.
But the Master used another para
ble. Ho said that men fall Into sin
as a coin, heavy and round, rolls
away Into the dark and is lost. It
was not the coin which chose its ruin,
but gravitation carried It off, and the
coin had no power to resist.
This, said the Master, is a partial
explanation of the wanderings of men.
Some are born Into dangerous circum
stances; they are dealt with careless
ly by others who ought to know bet
ter, and as a coin might be rolled
from the hand of a woman, so people
are rolled Into ruin. Tbers are peo
pie who seem to be powerless to resist
their circumstances.
THE PERFECT GIFT.
"The Lord be gracious unto thee." "
"Slay the Lord bless thee, dear," each
night I say,
"Renew in thee the flood-high tide of faith.
The high-held courage that was Christ's
stanch shield;
Nor leave thee to the soul's worst foes n
prey
To Doubt, or drear Discouragement, or
Fear.
Nor ever, in the battle of the years,
An inch to Pain or Sorrow let thee yield:
But always onward, o'er a well-fought iiclJ,
Lend thee to Hia fulfilment day by diiv."
Josephine Horton Bruorton, in Christian
Register.
i How John Dtif.' Found His Mind.
' John Duff Is the solldest man in the
old town of Brltton. While making
handsome additions to his modest In
heritance, he has been open-handed
In public benefactions and private
charities. Even Schmidt, the social
ist tailor, and Gorton, the anarchist
shoemaker, have been heard to admit
that If all men got property so fairly
and used It so honorably, the mis
chiefs and miseries of the present
economic orJer would soon mend
themselves.
In fact. Squire Duff, as they call
him, has never been suspected of en
riching himself by impoverishing
others, and many of his townsmen
might testify that his prosperity had
contributed largely to their own.
His rugged Integrity Is In partner
ship with a clear and broad Intelli
gence. He Is not a lawyer; yet from
near and far men como to him for
counsel, and refer their disputes to
him for settlement. In the town
meeting, after other voices have been
lieard, the doubtful scale Is generally
tipped by a few cool words from John
Duff. His name has even been sug
gested for a place In the governor's
council.
The village schoolmaster once
called him "Old Brains," and the title
has stuck, Just as If Dartmouth Col
lege had decorated him with a de
gree. But now comes a pretty piece of
history. In his youth John Dufl was
looked upon as the mtst unpromising
lad In Brltton. Old Peter Duff and
his wife were among "the excellent
of the earth;" and people wondered
that so worthy a couple should be
burdened and cursed with such a rattle-pated,
good-for-nothing son their
only child! As parental admonitions
seemed to fall upon him like sun
shine and rain on desert sand, there
remained only the resource of secret
prayers and tears. The mother's
heart was wrung; the father grew old
before his time.
As John neared his twenty-first
birthday, he exulted In the thought
that In a few weeks the last restraint
would fall away, and he should be
"his own man." But one day the
kind-voiced doctor startled him with
a message: "Your father can live but
a few hours, and he wishes to Bee
you." "About the disposition of the
property?" was John's Inward ques
tion. But a feeling of awe crept over him
as he stood by the bed of death and
saw the strange change which hid
come over the face so familiar to him
from childhood.
A feeble hand reached out to clasp
his own. The voice seemed to come
from far away from the boundary
lino of worlds.
"My son, I only ask from yn on
promise. After I am gone, will you
go down to the wood-lot every day
for a week, and spend half an hour
alone. In thinking?"
Deeply agitated, yet half-relieved
nt being let off so easily, John made
the promise.
The day after the funeral he re
paired to the wood. As he sat among
the trees, tho Image of his vanished
father rose before him with a solemn
and commanding grandeur, which
seemed to reprove his own pettiness
and worthlessness, "What would be
have me think about, and how am I
to begin? I seem to have no mind."
Could this be the place, where he
hnd gone bird-nesting, chasing squir
rels, gathering nuts and hallooing
with the other boys often to the
neglect of hla duties? Ho was here)-1
now on a different errand, nnd tha
place was changed. For the first tlmi
In his life he was Hmnressed with si
lence and solitude, with the soft air,
the breadths of sunlight and shade,
the pomp of tho sky, the unfolding
llfp nnd beauty of the springtime.
Some slighted lessons about crea
tion and tho Creator seemed to mix
with the scene, as if he were a part
of the vast order, and yet not in full
harmony with It.
Then came pentlent memories of
his father, whose forgiveness he could
never ask; a stirring of tenderness
toward his lone and sorrowing moth
er; with anger and shame toward
himself for having caused them bit
ter years.
But he could not dwoll on the
wasted, wretched past. The future
rose to meet him with a challenge
nnd a voice of hope. Then all his
newly roused forces of thought and
feeling gathered to a prayer and a
purpose. By the Heavenly Help,
might he r.ot yet be a man?
- A half-hour Is a long time for an
undisciplined youth to spend In soli
tary reflection; but John Duff did not
emerge from the grove for three full
hours.
"Mother," said he. In a voice she
had never heard before, "you may!
trust me now. I have founj my
mind."
There was much craning of necks
on Sundny morning as the wldoW
Walked to her pew. leaning on the
arm of her son. But not even tht
pastor could realize the fitness and
force of one verse in the Psalm fo."
the day: "I thought on my ways, and
turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.''
8UNDAY, NOVEMBER
21.
Bringing ,n the Quests (Luks id.
24; 1 Cor. 9: 19.23)lVnV
Evangelism Rally Day
Luke 14: io-24. The main t0,
of this parable Is that soZ w1"!
would naturally expect to T And
kingdom-of Ood may lose thai k"?
tage through Indifference. ' hetl'
Jesus is the guest of a Phon.
dinner. He notices how ome "
the chief seats, and urges on
the wisdom of humility. On" h?
company remarks, with unctuous .2?
complacency, ' Blessed Is he Zt ,h',
eat bread In the kingdom of qi&
Jesus replies with this parable of
fjreat supper. He evldenUy ha
Jews la mind, and meant his 1
ombpeanay Warn,n8 " the "'55
Jhfaf T tateprr '
Note that the excuses in the nr?"
relate to things perfectly
themselves. They are the Interest, if
business nnrt .nlo,.. . ... S"M
modern world. These Interests6 Z
now supreme In the lives f ffiU
udes. In their preoccupation w '
their own little affairs their sin ,
neglect and unbelief puts then,
really outside the kingdom as if tC
lives were vicious. elr
But the cause ol God moves on tor
while some refuse, others accept fh,
feast must be furnished with guest,
Paul said to the Jews of Aittlorti'
'Seeing ye thrust It (the word of q
from you, nnd Judge yourselves 1.
1 Cor. 0: 19-23. pnul here sets be.
fore us his own evangelistic spirit and
Ideal. His words are a commentary
on the command In the parable, "Con.
strain them to come In.'' Note hit
love, wisdom, tact, perseverance
Compare 1 Cor. 10: 32. He wrote'
later to this same church: "I will
most gladly spend and be spent for
your souls."
To the Jews I became as a Jew
... To them that are without law
as without law. He did not need,
lessly run counter to their prejudices
Look up some of the illustrations o(
this wise method of Paul's: Acts 1C
3; IS: 18; 21: 2G.
To the weak I became weak. Com
pare 1 Cor. 8: 13; Rom. 14: 13; 15-1-3.
The bearing of these teachings It
plain. We are to seek to win people
to Christ through sincere love for
them. There Is danger of profession
alism and mere mechanics here, an
that is fatal to Influence. The desire
for members is legitimate, hut we
must be very careful not to fall Into
tho habit of thinking of those we seek
os grlBt for the mill.
STlEiniES
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST.
Our Father's World.
This Is our Father's world. He
loves us and Is watching over our
lives. ThU Is the world In which
Christ died to save us. Only our own
hands can defeat the blessed purpose
of God's love. Only our unbelief can
turn the divine good into evil for us.
Wp need pever bo defeated; we need
never fall. Whatever our sorrow, our
discouragement, our defeat,, our fail
ure, there Is no day when we' may not
look Into the face of Christ and say;'
"It U well."
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Knlcker "The Government has
been after the railroads for years."
Bocker "And yet hasn't succeed
ed In opening a car window." New
York Sun,
, AN INDOOR - PICNIC. ,
Why won't you go to the picnic?''
"Aw, I'm too tired. Let's soak a
few sandwiches In lemonade and est
em on tha kitchen floor." Wasbina
ton Herald. .
"The Blessing of a Thankful Heart"
Neh. 8: 8-12.
Altars of thankfulness. Gen. 35:
1-8.
Cause for thankfulness. Deut. 8:
210.
A psalm of praise. Ps. 103: 1-22.
Thanksgiving In all things. Col. 3:
12-17.
Thanksgiving In trouble. Acts 15:
22-34.
The eternal praise service. Rev. 5:
814.
Some Bible Hints.
Every holiday should be a holy day;
If It Is not, -It ceases to be a real holi
day (v. 9).
The best sweetening for food Is the
Joy of sharing It with the needy
(v. 10).
Joy Is always strength, and
morose man Is ever a weak man (r.
10).
If a man tries to be grateful In hit
own wisdom, he will, find only glcim.
In the Bitble is the secret of perpetual
thanksgiving (v. 12).
Suggestions.
. Thankfulness for blessings Is almoit
always a greater blessing than thou
Joys for which we are thankful,
An ungrateful man has his good
things only once; a grateful man hai
his es often as he thinks of them.
Gratitude Is contagious,, as most
precious things are; be grateful for
the sake of others.
Gratitude Is the only coin In which
God will accept payment of our great
debt to Him. '
Gratitude nnd memory are like twt
mirrors, endlessly multiplying all that
come between them..
Some people put all the gratitudt
of their year into Thanksgiving V.
which Is as foolish as It would be to
put all the dinners of the year Into
the Thanksgiving dinner.
A photographic plate, w.hlch receive
the image instantly, Is developed intc
a permanent picture slowly, in the
dark. So our gratitude Is made per
manent by quiet meditations on our
blessings.
No one can know how rich he Is un
less he keeps a ledger and strikes
balance. Keep a written account 01
your m"cies!
...He Remembered... i
Poets are more apt to be modert
!than self-assertive. In his blograiihf
jof T. B. Aldrlch, Mr. Ferris Grenl
tells a story of the youth of the p
ishowlng that he, for one, believed 1
himself. Aldrlch bad dropped Into
(publisher's office with a copy of veree
,ln his pocket. The publisher,
'was also the editor of a niagailM.
was absent. .
1 The young- poet sat down M
, waited. Presently nU eye fell op
;a memoradum book lying thert.
spread out like a morning newspap
and almost la spite of himself
read:
i "Don't forget to see the binder.
'. "Don't forgot to mail B. hl0 coo-tract."
Don't forget H.'s proofs
An (aspiration seized upon
th
youth. He took a pencil, and t
tall of this long list of "don't for
gets" he wrote: , f a
1 "Don't forget to accept, A.'s Poem'
I He left hla manuscript on the table
and departed. That afternoon, wn
the publisher glanced over bis eB
loranda, be was not a little aton!ha
at the last Item, but bis sense of n
mor was so Btrong that he did accP
the poem, although It required
'strong sense of bnmor to do that,
and sent the lad a chock for it. t,UI
:the verses remain to this day ua'
printed. Youth's Companion.