THE PULPIT. .N ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. A. H. C. MORSE. Ttirlitr: TIip Lit tie Foxes. Brooklyn. N. Y. 'I'll" Rev. A. H. C. .Wow. I .astor of the Strong I'lace Baptist Chinch, Sunday preached a sermon on the subject of "The I.ltflc I'ov?s." The text whm from Hie Song of Soiil-s. 2 : 1 .", : "Take tlu foxes, ihe Jlttle foxes Llisit. spoil the vlneyurds." Dr. Morse said : No one knows Just what the Song of Songs tcuches, but the picture In thue words Is plain. Here Is a flon lUbing vineyard which Is thick with blossoms, and the prospect Ih that In a few weeks the heavy clusters will ripen and rejoice the heart of the owner. Hut there Is a peril which threatens this vineyard, for the neighboring wood is lilled with foxes; mid they Hteal into the vineyard and nllible the vines and devour the blos soms ami spoil the whole worth of the field. Tho heart Is a vineyard; and the enemies are many. And I shall speak thi evei.iug of the llnle foxes that devour the vines, and the little Kins that ruin tile life. For litilo sins will burrow Into the soul mid make it a den of evil thiiiHs; an 1 lll;e the foo s, tli'-y will niultiply till the whole life is overrun with ruin. I am not to much afraid of f p.t sins; but I would have, all men filled with a wholi-soiup dread of the Utile wrongs thnt deadetl the conscience and entangle the soul and multiply su fast that they overrun the lile and bring It to Irreparable ruin. Cood men have always been afraid of little sins, and the army of mar tyrs have been willing rather to en dure torment than to turn aside so much as a trifle from the shining rofld of holiness. Joseph? He would rather languish in a dungeon than dr ta easy wrong. Daniel.' He would rather die In u lion's den than cep.se hlii habit of prayet. And the three holy children they were simply asked to bend the kne.; and jcin In worship of '.he image the king bad ret u. If was an easy thing to do, but these three lads had rather be east into a furnace heated seven times over than do what they knew was wrong; they had rather burn for right than to do a little sin. I am afraid of the little foxes, be cause they grow to full grown foxes. And I am afraid of little sins becuusf they grow so great. No one can tell wbereunto sin will lead. The begin nings of sin are like the leaking ol water from a mighty reservoir: firsl au Innocent ooze, then a drip, then a tiny stream, then a larger vein, then M flood, and the rampart givef way nnd the town Is swept to ruin. The habits of sin are like the habltf of burglars, who sometimes take a little fellow and put him through a window too small for a man to enter, and the child must open the door fot the buraJar gang to pass. So with little sins: they creep in and open the door for larger sins to enter. A little Bin Is the thin wedge. and whet once Inserted It can be driven honu till it splits and ruins the lire. I am afraid of the little foxes be cause they multiply so fast: and I am afraid of little sins because they are ao easily repeated, and l hey become initcbty for their multitude. All the little foxes in this man's vineyard would do as much harm as one great blundering elephant; and a thousand little sins in my life would do It at much ruin as the one great sin in the. life of the man just sent to the Fed eral prison. I rempmber, when a lad. the so-called army worms first swent across the fields. They went straight nbead, and moved like a mighty host with captains. They were llttlf things, but when thev were gone the ifields looked as though they had been swept by a fire. So a thousand little wrongs in the life can roh it of beau ty as really us one ;;reat, blazing, pub lic transgression. When Australia first was discov ered there was no thistle in all its wide domain. But when it began to be colonized gome foolish Scotchman too'.c a package of the seed of his na tion's emblem, and now the thistle i' Ihe farmer's plague. It w;ix only it little t ti Ins. but It grew. And I would bave all beware of little sins, for they trov; and when they creep into thf fin! 'hey spread and multiply till they ruin the verv garden of Cud. I an afraid of litile sins because fhey involve a great priniip!" Lit me Illustrate what I mean: You c;o Into a bunt: with a check for Jiooo. nd I 'i his hurry the clerk ti!ih out tnnn. and you walk out of the bank with that sum. You agree wbh me. I suppose, that you do a dishoniV thine that you have stolen tluh. Would It not be the tame if your check called for $.1. and he gjve ou D hv mistake? Yo:i ride on h train to Boston, end by some oversight your ticket Is not collected. nd you ride bsick on that very same ticket. You ai;ree with me that the thing is wrong. Is it not the kmiih when you ride r- a trolley car and elude the rond'i" or. or slip past the irateman and ' sr the train? In either esse the rr Is a thief, and the little thief Is we , for ho has bean willing to fe.'l r .nself for a nl'kei. That man bus cheated the devil. But you say "Cornorations do not aave any souls." Listen. The man who dies wrong In that small wav won't have any soul worth while if be continues a habit like that. What shall we think of a man who counts bis honesty at less than a nickel? The man who makes counterfeit monev is a great wrong-doer. But how about the man who discovers at tbe close of the day that he ims a bad eoln and determines to pass it along? Me savs, "Some one passed It on mc and I'll pass It along." He does pre cisely what the man did who started It out at the first. Rut you say, "Do you expect me to lose that coin?'' Listen. You are now at a point of de elilon. rod It is a choice between los ing that coin or losing your con science; and the good man will kter his conscience at any cost. Do you think the coin .as ever made that was worth the price of an upright heart? , I saw some men playing "ba-iker nd broker." They had some filthy looking cards, ami some paltry peti ales. They were a good nstured lot of fellows, and the gam looked very sample. But I tell you that tha great gamblers against whom the laws are snade began their wrong-doing in Just that way. And the playing for little slakes is worse. If a man takes from an a large sum of money nd gives so nothing in return, I can make sua excuse for hire, because the temptation was crest. But if man lakes from me a paltry dime, that Is wanton. And the man who stole million and the clerk who stole a quarter and the shoe shiner who stole a nickel and the man who stole a ride and the woman w. used a pos tage stamp tbe second time are all lb loves alike. Only that the great thief stole under great temptation, lud the little tilef stole lilts the dll when first he sinned. It was without an adequate etui In view, without an external temptation. Remember, I Rm 'speaking of the harm to the vineyard which Is wrought by the little foxes. The man who stole a nickel Is as great a thief as the man who stole a million? No. not that. As great a transgressor against the State? No, not that. Hut he Is us great a transgressor against his conscience; as mean a transgres sor hub Inst the beauty of Chrlstiar living. Air. Reerher says It Is not necessary to strike a mirror with a hummer to smash It, cor is It nec essary to be a highwayman to destroy the moral sense. To ruin the mirror it is only necessary to go behind It and scratch the quicksilver with a pin again and again a little of It to-day and some more to-morrow, till It refuses to reflect. Si of the thou sand little wrongs we do. They take the worth from the kingly conscience, and rob It of use and value. It Is not necessary even to scratch a mirror to render it worthless; Just let it stand In mi undusted room till the dust lies deep, and nothing will be seen in its face. So men can let the maxima of the world sift through the life and s"ttle Into the thoughts, and they will he unable to discern be tween good and bad. Or one can breathe upon a mirror till Its worth is dulled, nnd a man can breathe up on his lire with selfish thought till he v. ill rail to see the right. I tell you tliat Hod hu.r set In every life a sacred monitor, and when that is de faced ami broken, or even dulled, ihen there Is ruin. So much for the lives of all. But if the little foxes are ruinous to fields at large, they are especially so to some. And If the little sins are nox loiu to the public, they are especially so to those who are Christians. Thank Grid that even u great sin cannot de stroy a Christian person, because he Is of God! As Maclareu says, "Sin is not incompatible with a Christian man, but even a little sin is incon sistent." And a little sin can make him miserable and spoil his joy in Jesus. And there are many Chris tian people who do not see their Sav iour's fuce from one mouth's end to another. The Christian's life should be rich, and his joy should be full. His word should be frank and bis manner sin cere. In everything he does there should be a heavenly worth; and yet there are Christians who have no Joy, and their ways are not always sincere. They do excellent things, but not al ways with an excellent spirit; and their good is In evil repute. They are kind to their friends, but are not even tbe publicans so? They ought also to be kind to those who despite fully use them. They speak well of those who speak well of them, but when they speak of others they mix vltroll with their words. They are hard and unforgiving and censorious, nnd they think It Is superior right eousness: whereas it is religious van ity. The truly Christian soul Is a fountain of kindness, filled with gen tle ways, and it will go out of its way to show its heart of love. The Christian life is an extraordin ary life, and the Christian part of liv ing is the part which is over and above nil that could be expected. And virtue begins with excess of duty. There is no virtue In compulsory obedience. If a thing Is done because it cannot be helped, there is lo re ward. And there 19 no credit In obedience which has no choice. Here are Christian people: If they only worship when It Is the easiest thing to do: If they only go to the church they like best: If they only speak to those whom they like; If they only say encouraging words when they are forced to do so then their lives will become as barren as though they pulled their virtues up by the roots. To suppress the soul to narrow limits and to cramp the spirit Is a spiritual sin. and this in a Christian soul is as evil as falsehood and blasphemy and drunkenness in other people. What, then, can be done with the lives of all? How can the vineyard be kept? There is only one answer. There is no power to expel evil but in the magic name of Christ. And I tell you that He breaks the power of canceled sins and sets the prisoner free. He coverts the heart thnt has been torn by beasts, for He will cast out the evil and repair the ruin. Is any man's life like a vineyard de stroyed? He will make that, desert to blossom as the garden of the Lord. Kind me the worst man, and point all Ms ruin, and know that Jesus seeks him because he Is most unfit. But what about the Christian life across which the little evils run? Can that be beautified? It can be made the most beautiful thing In '.all the universe, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing u life without a blemish, hb perfect as the life of Jesus, as holy as that of the Father above. This is our high Ideal, and In a universe where God Is holy noth. lug less can be the end of righteous ness. We are to be perfect as God is perfect. It would not be possible for Him to expect less of us; and blthsed be God, He has bestowed the power for this perfection. We live below this level, and the missing ele ment In our goodness Is Christ-likeness. We bear His name, but keep back half the price. There are mul titudes like that In every church good people, pious and full of excel lent works, but tboy lack the highest beauty. Their vineyards are overrun with little Ills. Arm yourselves, take up the' foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines. Drive out the wrongs, the little wrongs that ruin tbe life; capture the thoughts and bring them Into captivity to the obedience of Christ. And know that we are possessed of the nature divine, and we ought to live as tho children of God; anil that "without holiness no man shall see Illni." Probably the largest job cf out door Illumination ever undertaken was that carried out not long ago at St. Joseph, Mo., at a combined mili tary tournument and cattle show. The size of the arena was 450 feel by 227 feet, making a total area of 103,150 square feet. The space was illumi nate.: by 127 multiple alternating wurront arc lumpa on 110-voit cir cuits. ' The lamps were suspended on spaa wires 'stretched across the arena, supported by poles placed en tirely autslde of tbe inclosuro. far alio) with each span wire were tbe two wires which supplied energy to the lamps. The span cable was flve-slt-teentbs of an Inch and was anchored at each end by guy anchors. Tha il lumination compared favorably with that of common Indoor lighting, and It was possible to distinguish faces from on tide of tha arena to tha other. '. The. Sunday School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS Eolt 1'EBIUARY 27. j Out lu Colorado an Inventor got a mutant tn 41 .. . 1 1 i. . . , . uuuiiui put on smaller 'iTllll MM lu... L . I . I , - - - i.t pisivj, bo mat (wherever tha searchlight strikes there the bullet hits. '' Subject;: False and True Dlsclpleslilp, .Mutt. 7:13-f Commit Verses 13, 14. GOLBEN TEXT. "Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter Into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven." Matt. 7:21. TIME. Midsummer A. D. 28. I'LACE. Horns of Hnttin. EXPOSITION. I. The Broad and 'lie Narrow Way, 13, 14. Two gates ind two roads beyond them; one gate tnd road narrow and few travel ing that way, but they lead to life; the other gate and road broud and largely patronized, but they lead to destruction. Take the narrow gate and road, says Jesus. The average man or woman wishes to go with tbe crowd. If you do yon will go to "de struction' Jesus says. Do you wish lo know what the narrow gate and road are? Bead eh. '::;, H; 18:2. 3; Acts 2:38; Jno. 3:.1, 5; Jno. 1:12; Ho. 10:9. lu; jh. 55:7: Jno. in:9; H:fi; 2 Cor. :17, IIS; Ho. 12:2. The road to life, though narrow, Is pleus ant (Prov. 3:17). and the other way, though broad. Is hard (Prov. 3: IS). II. Beware of False Prophets, l.V That there should be false pro lessors and false teachers In the world should cause us neither surprise nor dismay. Jesus predicted from the be ginning that It should be so, and the fact that It is so. is simply a confir mation of the truth of His Word. Jesus commands us to beware of false prophets, men who 'profess to speak for God, but who in reality are speak ing for the devil. There never was a day in which that demand wa more needed than to-day. In outward guise they may be meek, but there Is a ravenous heart within. One Bald to me not long ago of a very dangerous false teacher, "But he is so gentle." A wolf is never more dangerous than w hen he masquerades In sheep's cloth ing (cf. 2 Cor. 1 1 : 13, 1 4 ). Whatare men "Inwardly," that is the question. How can we tell? By their fruits. What is the fruit of the prophet's teaching? Is It grapes and figs, or thorns Bnd thistles? Tried by this Christ-given test, much that Is lauded in our day as "advanced thought" is found to be error. Many have had their fingers pricked by the thorns nnd thistles that were supposed to be grapes and tigs. But the all Impor tant question for each of us is, what kind of fruit am I myself bearing? The only way to bear good fruit Is to have a good tree. The only way to leud a holy life is by having a regen erate heart, a heart thoroughly under the control of the Spirit of God (cf. Gal. 5:19-23). One of the greatest errors of our day Is trying to make bad trees bring forth good fruit. We attempt to save men by mere ethical culture instead of going to the root of the matter and Insisting on regenera tion. If a man Is born again, he Is bound to bring forth good fruit. "Every good tree brlngeth forth good fruit." If a man Is not born again, ho is bound to bring forth evil fruit. A corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit. A man must be born again to Bee or enter the kingdom (John 3:3 S; 1 John 3:9, 10). It Is not enough to bear bad fruit. "Every tree that brlngeth not forth good fruit Is hewn down and cast into the Are." There are no exceptions, "every tree." III. Calling: Jesus "Ird" and Obeylnar Jetius ns Iord, 21-23. It Is not calling Jesus Lord, hut doing God's will that makes us fit for the kingdom. If we really make Jesus Lord, we will do the Father's will. The first point in the Father's will Is that we believe on Him ( Jesus) whom He hath sent (John 6:28. 29). Even up to the Judgment day there will be many who count themselves His he cause they call Him "Lord, Lord," but who will find out that after all they were not His. It is plainly sug gested that one man even achieve wonders in the name of Jesus, who has no saving knowledge of Jesus Himself (cf. 1 Cor. 13:2). There are many to-day pointing to the persons "healed" through their ministry as God's seal of approval upon their ministry as God's seal of approval ministry. It la evident from vs. 22. 23. that this la not conclu sive proof. Indeed, people holding the most antagonistic positions, alike point to healing as the sign of God's approval, but which of the antagonis tic positions Is it that God Is approv ing? No amount of wonders per formed will prove one who neither holds the doctrines, nor manifests the Spirit of Christ, tbe Teacher sent from God. IV. Building on the Hock and Building on the Hand, 22-2M. Tbe only rock which will stand for eter nity Is Christ (Isa. 26:4, R. V.; 28: Hi; I Cor. 3:11). We build upon Him by listening to what He says and then doing It. Merely hearing Christ's sayings and not doing them will not save; hearing and doing will save (cf. John 5:24). We build upon Jesus by believing In Him and we show that we believe in Him by obey ing Him. Any faith that does not lead to obedience Is not faith. The line who hears Him and obeys Htm builds upon the Bock. Testing time will come, tho rain will descend, tbe floods will come, the winds will blow and beat upon blm, but be will not (all for he is founded upon the Itock. The one who hears but docs not do may seem to bo building upon the same, foundation, but the time of test ing will show that be la a foolish man i.u d built upon the sand. 1 igH of the Apaches. Police of Courbevoic, a suburb ot Paris, noticed two burglars climbing into the garden of mi uninhabited house one night. They called up their dogs and made for tbe burglars, but the burglars had brought trained dogs with them, too, and their dogs raised tbe alarm. A pitched battle between the police and the Apaches and tha police dogs and tha Apaches' dogs took place. Tha two burglars were arrested, but their dogs left one ot tha police dogs dead on tha field and escsped. Th police bave infor mation that a large number of dogs have recently been trained by tha malefactors to fight tha trained dogs of tha police and to help their roas ters, tha Apaches, to break tha laws. THE TOWN COUNCIL. "One of these big millionaires Is giving away lakes, conditionally, ot course. Shall wa apply tor one?" . ''Dunno, Wblrn does be - expect the town to provide, tha bole in tha ground or tha water?" Loulsvllls Courier-Journal. BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE 80LDIFBS FIGHTING TIT18 CURSE ' GREATLY CHEERED. ".lust a Little Too Much Clniiiipngne." A well-dressed, well-educated young woman was arralcned In a police court yesterday. She had been ar rested bv a policeman tbe night be fore. She was alone on the street, smiling foolishly and talking foolish ly to herself. The policeman guessed that she was drunk, and guessed right, so he took her to the station, despite her protests that she was respectable, of a good family, and ought not to have to submit to the Indignity of arrest. When the girl was arraigned, friends, who were also friends of the magistrate, spoke in her defense. They said she hud been attending a dinner tiarty, had drunk a little too much champagne, and had somehow wandered out on the street and loBt her way. A delightful memory this police court experience will b to the wo man In after years! When she is married and hns rhildren of her own, how pleasant it will he to recall that once upon a time the wns arrested In the street, nnd for drunkenness! It Is llkelv that that little chanter of her I'fe will be knit carefully from her children, nnd from her husband. To-dnv the girl would he willing to sacrifice all the dinner parties she hiss attended or hones to attend If she could blot out that memory. But such memories do not blot out. It will remain .with her to her grave, and it will, it is to be hoped, make tier nretty careful about the way she l"ings up her daughter, if she hfcs any. Cocktail drinkint and champagne drinking, whether at parties or else where, are very dangerous pursuits fjr women. Men nr rapidly getting over the Idea that it is e'ther manly or funny to eet drunk and behnve like Idiots. But. disgusting as Is a drunken man, a drunken woman Is ten times nin'e dlsgustlnc No man who has 8 mother likes to think of any woman being drunk. No man. If be Is human, can look without nltv on the spectacle of a woman whose reason hns been stolen away by alcohol, and who. as did the poor creature the nollremnn found on the street, goes about smiling and talWng to herself like the inmate of an Insane asylum. Let no one ever think that It Is "smart" or up-to-date for women to drink. Men will tell you that they like to see women who can drink a cocktail or a glass of champagne without ma king faces over it, but no man who says that speaks the truth. Ask the same man if he would like to remember his mother as a drinker, or If he would enloy seeing his wife drunk, and vou will find out what he resllv thinks. Dinner parties at which champagne is, served alike to men and women are by no means confined to the very rich. - In restaurants where cheap course dinners are served it is the custom to beetn wjth cocktails, and to finish with one or more strong liquors that are equally Intoxicating. In many families where the daugh ter's birthday party l.or "coming out" party means a long period of saving, t'i foolish mother thinks that the affair would not be complete without champagne, and serves it. If she hapnens to be rewarded bv de sight of her daughter Intoxicated, she usually knows better the next time. But If her daughter develops an ap petite for liquor, as many women do, the barm done b the mother in try ing to give a "Bmart" dinner can never be undone. Drinking and cigarette smoking ure both decidedly unwomanly hab its. Both ruin complexions and good looks, besides giving men very queer opinions of their victims. Young girls especially should be Vent away from champagne and cock tails as they would be Kept away from exposure to any other dangerous dis ease. No man who has ever seen a wo man drunk would permit any girl under his protection to take even a harmless glass of champagne. The blame for the condition ot tbe girl who went to the police court was pot hers, but belonged to the man or the woman who allowed her to drink. And the police magistrate would have proved himself far more worthy to fill hU position if he had made it a point to hunt down and rebuke that person responsible, nnd give such publicity to the rebuke that that per son would never again commit a like offense. From an editorial by Ar-' thur Brisbane, in the New York Even ing Journal. A f MY CHOICE. It ain't no use o grumble and complain; It's jest tm cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sendi the rain., W'y, rain's my choice. In this existence dry and wet Will overtake the brmt of men Some little skift o' clondail ahet The tun on" now and then ; They ain't no aenaea as 1 can see, In mortals aich aa you and me, A fault in' Nature's wiae intenta. And lock in' horns with Providence. Tt ain't no use to grumble and complain; It'a just aa cheap and easy to rejoice; Whra od aorta out the weather and send rain, W'y, rain's my choice. Jamea Whitenmb ltilev, in Baptist World. . The Gift of Christ Alone, "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you; not as the world glveth, give I unto you." All men seek peace, but they Beek It where it Is not to be found; they seek it In the world, which is ever promising; hut can never give us a solid peace; that Is the gift of Christ lone, who reconciles man to himself, subdues the evil, sets bounds to the worldly desires, Inspires the hopes of eternal bliss, and gives the Joy of tho Holy I Ghost, such a joy as persists in the midst of sufferings, and, flowing from I an Inexhaustible source, becomes a perpetual spring of delight, which the world cannot interrupt nor diminish. ! True peace is not to be found but In the possession of God; and the possession ot God cannot be attained but by faith and obedience; remove all forbidden objects, renounce all un lawful desires, cast off all earnest care and anxiety, desire only God, and then you shall have peace, such a peace as the world shall not be able I to disturb. For what can trouble ' you? Is It poverty, disgrace, dlsap j polntments. outward or Inward ; crosses? You should see all these In I the hand of God, as real favors, which He vouchsafes to give you a share In. Then the world will have a new an pearance to you, and your peace will I prove Inviolable. j To God Direct. One of the papers, at the time of McKlnley's death, announced that he died without service of a clergyman. Yen, thank God, for the time when a man can meet God alone without fear. The soul is made for immedttae, first hand personal relations with God. It is easy to lose our personal rela tions with God. We ministers get away from Him. We can backslide as easily as anybody else. We can preach perfectly orthodox sermons, and yet be far from God. When this comes to pass, look to see what there is in God's Word, with which you are at square issue. There were years when I was far from God. I was a wreck from ner vous prostration. All else in the Bi ble I could believe, but not "For I know that all things work together for good to them that love tho Lord." No, I had to pay the penalty for years ot overwork. God's grace did not reach to saving my body. ' At last I gave up there seemed nothing left for me but to go out West on a claim. I sank down and down to tbe bottom, and there I sank to the bosom of my Lord. I took up tha study of my neglected Bible; my whole life was recast, my preaching, my conversation and my character. We bave to come back to Immediate relations with God. Dr. Mable. EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 "Drink Did It." "Drink did it! God help me! " were the words which a Brooklyn man scrawled on an envelope recently be fore he fired tbe pistol that ended his life. The man had a prosperous business and a large famirV, to whom he was devoted in his sober moments, but he became enslaved by the drink habit and saw no way to break the chains that bound him but by ending his existence with bis own hand. "Drink did It! God help me!" might well serve as a fitting inscrip tion over thousands of other men who go down to ruin and death every year under a like enslavement. And yet there are those professing to have the well being of the community at heart who would have the drink shops turn ing out their grist ot shame not only for six days of every week, but on the seventh day also. Leslie's Weekly. V , Temperance Notes. Water is God'sllquldof life; strong drink is life's poison. A dissipated man is a fool to the core; ha is a body and soul spend thrift. Whisky numbs the mlpd, kills the will, drives out remorse and shame, and fills the heart with stupid ego tism and self-satisfaction. Archbishop Bruchesl, of Quebec, urges all working men to "keep away from the saloous. where they only learn the most pernicious habits." Montreal, Quebec, is tha latest city to bava a great temperance demon stration and parade, Tha bar wotita boys. It must have them. It will perish without them. Hava you furnished onT Someone has' said that "a young man drunk, may be his father's vote staggering about." John Mitchell declares that organ lied labor, la its fight for better con ditions for the wage-arner, is doing mora to promote temperance than any ot'ier factor, and ha denies that shorter hours of labor and Increased wakes result In added profits to tha saloon. I How to Work John 9l 4, 5; Rom. 12: 11. John 9: 4, 5. We must work, etc. The careful student or the New Testa ment notes the fundamental differen ces bntween John's Gospel und the other Gospels; The first Interest of the synoptists was in the (nets. Tha writer of John was more Interested In tbe iniMirt of the faots than In the facts themselves. Each Incident, therefore, is followed by a speech, or dialogue, In which its inward signifi cance is shown. The writer Interpret, ed the historical Christ in the light of Christian experience. He gave the lire of Jesus in Its eternal setting. The miracles of Jesus In John serve as In troduction to the several discourses. The man born blind was restored to sight In order that the "light of the world" might declare himself; not only so, but his blindness wus Inflicted for this very purpose, that the "works of God should he manifest" In his mirac ulous healing. The opportunity to heal was one which could not be neg lected, for Je8us-B time (and theirs! for doing God's work was limited and the night of death, which would bring his earthly ministry to a close, was fast approaching. This had been Im pressed upon him, no doubt, by his ex perience or Jewish hate recorded In N: 59. Rom. 12: 11. "In diligence not sloth ful." or "in zeal not flagging." This does not refer to secular concerns as the Authorized Version suggests by the translation, "not slothful in busi ness." It has reference to spiritual interests (Matt. 25 and 2G). "Fervent In spirit." ' In Acts 18; 25, Akj11os In described in the same way. The Greek original means "to seethe" or "bubble" and Is used figuratively of fental states nnd emotions. The human spirit is referred to hut of course inspired by the Spirit of God. "Serving the Lord." This is the supreme motive of Christian life and In proportion as It is prewent the inner life will be "fervent" and the outer life energetic. "Lord" here refers to Christ. The one and only test ot dU clplesbip Is obedience to Christ and that always means service. We are saved to serve Indeed, we are "saved" only as we have the disposl tlou to serve. Tha College Journalist. At the University of Missouri is the first working school of Journalism In tbe world. As practical laboratory work, a dally paper, with telegraphic reports. Is Issued. Walter Williams Its dean tells of the vicissitudes hj encounters In turning laymen into Journalists. A student was sent In haste to cov er a railway wreck at a twon a few miles away. It was almost time for the dally to go to press, and still no word had been received feom tha young man on the assignment. In desperation Dean Williams tele graphed, asklDg why the story was not forthcoming. Tbe reply was "Too much excitement. Walt until things quite down." Kansas City Journal. Something Missing. A Canadian farmer, noted for bis absent-mindedness, went to town one day and transacted his business wltli the utmost precision. He started on bis way home, however, with tho firm conviction that he had forgotten something, but what It was he could not recall. As he neared home tho conviction Increased, and three times he stopped his horse and went care fully through his pocketbook In a vain endeavor to discover what he had forgotten. In due course lie reached home and was met by hij daughter, who looked at him in sur prise and exclaimed: "Why, father, where have you left mother?" Lej. He's. An Emotional Witness. A witness In a railroad case at Fort Worth Is called to tell In his own way how the accident happen ed, said: "Wall. Ole and I was walking down the track, and I heard a whistle, and I got off the track, and the train went by, and I got back on tbe track, and I didn't see Ole; but I walked along, and pretty soon I Been Ole's hat, and I walked on, and seen j one of Ole's legs, and then I seen one or uie s arms, ana men another leg, and then over one side Ole'i head, and I says, 'My God! So m ti thing muster happened to Ole!'" Everybody's. . FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVENTH In the I iace of Quiet. Mark tells us that "without a par able" Jesus did not speak, at one period at least, unto the Jews, and that "when they were alone. He ex pounded all things to His disciples." There are great advantages at times In solitude. The soul aloof from man kind that it may be alone with God is in the way to receive great and in spiring revelations. But the solitudo with God is meant, to prepare for the service for men, and the thin which Jesus Christ expounds to His own in the retiracy of '.he inner circle are matters which concern active duty in society as well as Individual culture of soul. Duty Doing. The great duty of life is to serve God and men, to render personal ser vice, to give personal sympathy, to be kind and generous and unselfish, to control ourselves and to help others j to control themselves; to be faithful with duty doing wherever we are and at auy cost, to set God first in our Uvea and to get for Htm the first place in other lives. Our material task is the shell. The motives and purposes and spirit of the soul within are the life. Enfolded In the material tasks to which we are called Is a higher, more enduring work the love and service of the truth of Goi. Topic Christ Winning Our Nation. Luke 10: 1-17. The King's messengers. Matt. 2S: 18-20. The King's message. 2 Cor. 5: 11-28. The King's, co-operation. 1 Cor. 3: 511. The KIng'a kindness. Tit. 3: 3-7. The King's Spirit. Phil. 2: 3-11. The King's victory. Rev. 11: 15-19. Wherever Christ goe in the life of the world, Christian men must go be fore Him. There Is no lack of Christian work, even if there ie a lack of secular work. Everywhere men are In need of a Sa vior, needing to be saved from pover ty, ignorance, sorrow and sin. The Kingdom is near; we need only reach out our hands and take all Its Joy and peace and power. Every devil will fall back, not be. fore a philosophy, or man, or party, but before Christ. Thoughts, All true reform, all progress, wheth er political of soaial or InteHectsal, Is of Christ. The conquest of a nation is not a conquest by force but a winning by love. We are not Christians unless we are seeking to win to Christ some man, and some part of our nation. No one man can win a nation, but we must work in co-operation; hence the need of mission boards. Illustrations. Some of the most unchristian na tions have been most Christian la their professions, like Spain in its In quisition. We are not a Christian na tion except as we recognize Christ in deed as well as word. To win a nation to Christ we must break down the barriers that shut Him out; and what worse barriers than tbe wooden barriers of the liquor bar? Satan seizes a nation like a malaria; Christ, like sunshine. Both come noiselessly. Paternal. Love, A young mother went ap stain one evening to be sure that her son was Bafely sleeping. As she pauswl at the door of the nursery , she saw her husband standing by the aide ol the crib, gazing earnestly at the child. Aa she stood still for a moment, touched by the sight, tears filled her eyes, and she thought, "How dearly Frederick loves that boy!" Imagine the shock to her feelings when be suddenly turned toward her and Ald: "Amelia, it 1b incomprehensible to me how they can get up such a arlb as' this for three dollars and sixty cents. The Youth's Companion. A novelty in the line of electric signs consists of each letter being fitted with a dioptric lens and lighted by a Blngle lamp, the effect being aa even Illumination of the entire letter. THE STORY OF THE PEANUT SHELLS. Encompassed by Salvation. Are you a disciple of the Lord Jesus? If so. He says to youf "I am with you alway." That overflows all the regrets of the past and all the possibilities of the future, and most certainly includes the present. There, fore, at this very moment, as surely as your eyes rest on this page, so surely is the Lord Jesus with you. "I em" is neither "I was" nor "I will he." .It Is always abreast of our lives, always encompassing us with salvation. It is snlendld. perpetual "now." Frances Ridley Havergul. Our Need. The greatest need to-day Is not more men, but more man. Not mora "women, but more woman. To be rich In deed and in truth Is ultimately a consciousness. WISE WORDS, Inward Life of Clu-laUanJty. The Inward spiritual Ufa or Chris tianity has not only touched tbe man ners and customs of'tba people, but it has changed the entire Intelligent Ufa cf mankind. An apparatus, of which so many surprising things have been reported, has recently been improved In Franca in a way to render It mora generally useful. Two Inflammable gases must be employed. One is required to keep tha metal at a high temperature. The other la oxygen to concentrate action by oxidation along tha line of the cut. For beating, either coal gas, acetylene or hydrogen la employed, but tbera is sometimes difficulty In procuring a supply of thpsa gases. tha new blowpipe Is arranged to use instead of tha ordinary gasoline eai- ployed by motorists. Crown winners -are never cross dodgers, A heart full of hope makes a face full of light. None of us loves the man who agrees with everything we say. This will be a good year if, during 1910, we profit by the mistakes ot 180. Once in a while a church that needs a resurrection attempts a re vival. We are inclined to be suspicious of the sinner who parades his-repentance. Some people become, so Interested lilt tbeology that they lose sight ot salvation. , A lot of Christians confine their efforts to asking God to do some thing for them. Some people spend so much time praying for help that they grow weak .to helplessness. Some peop'e think they are doing all rlgbt as long as'consclence does not prick them. If those good resolutions bave last o even one week you have accom plished something. People who pray "Thy kingdom come" ought to be willing to do some thing toward bringing it. Tha traveling evangelist has one advantage over tha regular pastor he doesn't hava to stay and bear tha cousequences. We've seen church members who expected tbe preacher to be good enough to make a high average for tbe congregation. If over-supply means cheaper prices, there must be a decline In tbe paving material market in a cer tain place these days, ' g Opportunity knocks at the door every day. Tha trouble la that it is seldom heard above the "knocking" that la going on inside. - Vrom "Brain Leaks," In Tha Commoner. . As everyone knows, C. W. Post, of Battle Creek, Michigan, is not only a maker of breakfast fooda, but he la a strong Individualist, who bellevee that the trades-unions are a menace to tbe liberty of the country. Believing this, and being a "natural-born" scrapper for the right, as he sees it. Post, for several years past, has been engaged In a ceaseless war fare against "the Labor Trust." as he likes to call tt. . Not being able to secure free and untrammeled expression of his opin ions on this subject through the regu lar reading pages of the newspapers he has bought advertising space for this purpose.Just as be is accustomed to for the telling ot his Postum "story," and he has thus Bpent hun dreds of thousands ot dollars In de nouncing trades-unionism. As a result of Post's activities the people now know a whole lot about these organizations: how they are honeycombed with graft, how they obstruct tbe 'development ot legiti mate business, curtail labor's output, hold up manufacturers, graft upoa their own membership, and rob the public. Naturally Post is hated by the trades-unionists, and Intensely. He employs no union labor, so they can not call out bis men, and he de fies their efforts at boycotting his pro ducts. The lateBt means of "getting" Post Is the widespread publication ot the story that a car which was re cently wrecked in transmission was found to be loaded with empty pea nut shells, which were being shipped from tbe South to Post's establish ment at Battle Creek. This canard probably originated with President John Fitzgerald, of tbe Chicago Federation of Labor, who, it Is said, stated it publicly, as truth. - Post comes back and gives Fitzger ald the lie direct. He denounce! Fitzgerald's statement as a deliberate falsehood, and underhanded and cowardly attempt to injure his busi ness, having not the slightest basis In fact. As such an effort It must be regarded. It Is significant that thl statement about "tbe peanut shells" is being given wide newspaper pub licity. In the "patent inulde" of an Eastern country paper I find It, and tbe Inference naturally la that labor unlonltes are insidiously spreading this He. v , An Institution (or a man) which will resort to moral Intimidation and to physical force, that will destroy machinery and burn buildings, that , will malm and kill If necessary to ef fects Its ends, natairav would not hesitate to spread falsnood for the same purposes. Wa admire Post. Vblls we nv no enmity toward labor unions, long as they are conducted In an ao at, "llve-and-let-llve" kind of a way. wa bava bad enough of tbe tarred nd of tha stick to sympathise thor oughly with what be la trying to do. Ha deserves support A man Ilk Post can not be killed, a fan with Ilea They are a boomerang every time Again we know, for basnt tbla wea pon, every weapon that could I tboagbt of, been used (and. not sim ply by labor unions) to put us out of business, too? . ' 1 am going to drink taw cup r oat urn every morning fVin this tint -on. and put myself on a aiet of Oraso Nnts. Bully for Postl tentorial i n A aurico Journal of CUmiaul Utiidrnt.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers