THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. DR. W. C. STILES.
Thome: Tlie Divine Mobility.
Greenwich, Conn. The Rev. Dr.
W. C. Stiles, of Brooklyn, editor of
the Homlletle Review, preached In
the Second Congregational Church
hero Sundar. Dr. Stiles had a Ms
subject. "The Divine Mobility." In
the course of hla sermon ho said:
Our attention has often been called
to the a 1)1 (II n i? quality of divine llfo
and of the inner powers of the spirit,
and we are accustomed to set these
realities over against the things that
change am! pass away. The Psalmist,
Is re-echoed by the Apostle Peter In
the sentiment which expresses the
frailty of the outward things "the
Brass withereth, the flower thereof
falleth away." and Jesus, referring to
the enduring quality of Ills word,
said: "Heaven and earth shall pass
away." In all these apprehensions of
the contrast Involved, wo hove dwelt
lightly upon the passing away of
things and have usually lixed our
thoucht upon that element of eternity
that lies within them. Hut has it nev
er occurred to us that there must be
profound significance also in the oth
er Rid of the truth, that when the
heavens and earth pass nway and the
flower falleth and withereth, and the
whole universe In like manner Is seen
to be a constant panorama of Hut and
change, there must be some divine
fsignifk-enee to this phenomenal uni
verse. When Paul conies to apply it
to his own career, he speaks of that
earecr as a continual forgetting of
things that are behind and r. constant
reaching forth unto things that are
before. It Is as though he thought
the soul could never stand still; and it
Is crrtaln that there is nothing more
Inclusive; nothing more completely
filling all the consciousness of the life
of the man than the mobility of the
world we live in and of the lives we
live.
It Is of this I am reminding you:
first, ns a fact of universal experi
ence. The heavens and earth do pnps
tip her Tinnds In horror, and she sol
emnly assures the daughter that such
liberty, such behavior, were never
Been in her time, and the children
must be going to ruin under such nn
education. There are new things in
the house, and new ways of doing,
and a new world around her. What
is the secret of it all? She has been
holding on and abiding in the things
remained. They havo been moving
on in the larger life. We think we
would like to go hack to the old vil
lage, to the old times, and the old
ways, but in our reason we know how
absolutely unsatisfvtng such an exper
ience would be. We sing:
"Backward, roll backward, oh time In
thy flight,
Make me a child again Just for to
night." nut if we went back and If we
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR APRIL 3.
Subjects The Power of Faith, Matt.
0:18-31 Commit to Memory
Verses 28, 29.
GOLDEN TEXT. "All things are
possible to him that belleveth." Mark
9 ' 23
TIME Autumn A. D. 28.
PLACE. Capernaum.
EXPOSITION I. Jesus Raisins
the Daughter of Joints, 18-26. Sor
row brought the ruler to Jesus. It
met those whom we knew in the years brings more pe0ple to Him to-day
gone by. how quickly conversation and , than almost anything else. He be-
i uiu uiuiiiiii wuuiu uv e.-.iuiuMtru, uuu
especially if we have been moving on
and they have been standing still. It
would not be good to be a child again.
Our march is onward nnd "the grave
is not its goal." With all this wide
unlverso of things we are sweeping
away from the past every hour, every
moment, and Paul expressed the right
philosophy of human life and recog
nized the wide reach of this law of
the universe when he resolved to for
get the things that are behind nnd
press toward the things which are be
fore. Certainly, disaster Must befall
the man who stops. There Is freedom
and there is life only In moving on.
If you were to climb to the apex of
the Metropolitan tower, and thero
should succeed In stopping, some
thing fearful would befall you. The
atmosphere of the earth, rushing on
nineteen miles In a second, striking
against you would instantly reduce
you to a little patch of flame, and you
would disappear. Something like
that begins to happen when a man
halts on a journey, refuses to hear
the call of God. ceaseB to feel the tre
mendous mobility of the universe
moving around lilm, and thinks he
will sit down content i'.i his place and
be quiet. Ood will not have It so;
God will not let you keep still. You
must move or die. With all of the
wide sweep of this moving universe
around you, the only safety for man
from absolute destruction of soul and
life is to enst himself Into the moving
BUTE! WAR ON INTEMPERANCE
SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CtT.SE
GREATLY CHEERED.
away; the flowers do fade: human llfo j currents of God and trust himself to
dors move on',' the old order chang-
eth; every day la a new day; old
things have passed away. "Behold,
all things have beeomo new," might
be written at any moment of our
career. A fact of such wide signifi
cance Is worth while to inquire about.
Doubtless we may complain with Au
gustine that our hearts are restless
until they rest in God, but is there no
significance in a restless heart, and do
we, after all, really wish our hearts
to be at rest, in the last and best
thought with which wo contemplate
the highest possibilities of the soul?.
13 there meaning in the passing
away of the heavens and the earth?
That is a great fact, and one that
must have some meaning or other for
lis. We do not look on the same
Etars not precisely the same as
those that shone upon the Egyptians
who built the pyramids, and who
built the lines of their east and west
faces by the pole star, from which
these lines now have swerved enough
to prove that the heavens have been
changing; and the time will come
when future inhabitants of this earth
will no longer look upon the same
constellations in the same places
.where now we see them.
How much truer might such affir
mation be of this far moro changeful
earth. We speak lightly of the ever
lasting bills. When they built the
great Eads Rrldge at St. Louis, on the
east Bide of that river they sent the
bores down something like ISO feet
through the fine silt of the river bed
before they 6truck the solid limestone
below. That 130 feet of sand, spread
with various thickness over wide
are;' 3 of the valleys of the Mississippi
and the Missouri, la nothing more
than the remains of what men call the
everlasting hills, washed down
through mllennlunis of time to make
the great fertile areas of the valleyB.
You who havo lived by the sea know
what constant changes are going on
with the coast upbuilding here and
washing away yonder; on our Pacific
coast great mountains lifted up,
sometimes with great earthquake
shocks that destroy cities; on other
coasts sinking down to give way to
the dominance of the sea. Yes, tho
heavens and earth are passing away.
A fact. I have said, of such wide
roach in human experience must have
some significance and must need some
Interpretation. I think, therefore,
,we ma Inquire, in the next place,
.whether the change and flux of on
ward movement may not const Itute a
universal law of the world and of all
life? Is not this as it should be?
Do r.ot things move on and dltfap-
them to bear him on. i
If now wo have found this mobil
ity of the world to l.o a great fact
of experience, and It it has seemed to
us to indicate that this is really a
universal law of lire and of the world,
ought we not to think again? Surely
these meanings of things reach higher
than our little lives and deeper than
the mere flood and flu:: of phenome
non before our eyeg. Does not this
great spectacle of a moving cosmos, '
this great consciousness of on-moving
life tell us something as to what is
the nature of God Himself? Have '
wo fixed Him sometimes In our theol
ogies upon a static throne in the
midst of angels and archangels? Not ,
so was the picture of Him that Jesus
drew. So solicitous was He our
Father in Heaven that the hairs of
our heads were numbered, that not
one sparrow could fall without Hla ;
notice: and we may not find God at ;
all unless somehow we find Him in.
this moving universe. Who paints
tho superb colors of the sunrise in the
morning east, different each passlug
morning and beyond the painter's
Bkill to imitate? Who Is the vast
weaver that threads the fahrlc of the
petals of the flowers and weaves green
carpets over the fields? Who is the
Bpirlt of the mist that lifts itself from
the meadow-way under the touch of
the morning sun? We should be tired
by this time of that wooden fetish of
law under which men have bound this
frail and mobile universe, and which
men have worshiped in the place of
God. No. God is not law; Qod Is
life, and life is motion, and God Him
self is forever moving on. The final
explanation of this mobile universe
must be sought in the infinite mobil
ity of God. God is not a static sov
ereign seated on His throne; He is the
life of all life, the lijcht behind tne
longed to a class that was largely hos- j
me io jesus. rie was tnorougniy in
earnest and his pride was in the dust
let. Mk. 5:22; Lu. 8:41). He wor
shiped Jesus. The fact that Jesus al
lowed him to do so Is one of the many
proofs of Jesus' deity (cf. Acts 10:
25, 26; Rev. 22:8. 9, R. V.; 5:8).
The ruler's prayer was short, to the
point, Intense (cf. Mk. 5:23). Jesus
arose and followed him. He Is al
ways ready to enter the house of sick
ness or sorrow where He is invited
(Rev. 3:20). Jesus went at once.
He Is Just the same to-day (Heh.
13:8). The Jewish ruler's faith was
not as perfect as that, of the Roman
centurion (cf. ch. 8:8 with Luke 8:
41, and note Mk. 5:36), but the faith
was genuine and Jesus responded to
It (cf. vs. 21, 22). The sick child
was the only daughter (Lk. 8:4).
Thore are but three recorded in
stances where Jesus raised the dead,
an only daughter, an only son (Lu.
7:12) and an only brother (.Ino. 11:
t). There was work, too, for Jesus
to do by the way (v. 20). The wom
an's case was desperate (v. 20: cf.
Lev. 15:19. 20). The long continu
ance of her plague made her case ap
parently hopeless, but it was not
hopeless when we take Jesus Into the
account (cf. Lu. 13:16; .Ino. 5:5. 8,
H; Acts 4:22, 2C). She had sought
relief In many directions (Mk. 5:26;
Lu. 8:43), but had received none.
Our Lord often henls those whom no
human skill can help. She came to
the Lord because there was no on
else to whom she could go. Sho had
heard the things concerning Jesus
(Mk. 5:27), and this gave her faith
that He could heal her. The woman's
plan for getting the desired healing
had much of superstitious erroneous
ness mingled with it (v. 31). But
there was sincere faith, and that Is
all that Is necessary. Heart faith,
though mixed with error, that never
theless brings one to Jesus, brings
greater blessing than views that are
correct but entirely a matter of the
head. She received a hearty welcome
and the complete healing that she
sought. Jesus had been delayed on
the way in ministering to the woman
who had touched the hem of His gar
ment and was made whole, and mean
time the little girl had died (cf. Mk.
5:35; Lu. 8:49). It seems as If Jesus
was now too late. It often seems so
(cf. Jnrt. 11:21), but He never is.
Jesus found the ruler's house filled
with uproarious, ostentatious parade
of sorrow. In hearty disgust at It all.
He drives the noisy mourners forth
(cf. Mk. 5:39). Jesus is always dis
pleased with undue lamentations over
departed friends (1 Thess. 4:13). He
gives a good reason why the lamenta
tion should cease at once. "The dam- (
sel Is not dead but sleepeth. The
reason holds for all our friends who
have fallen asleep in Jesus; they are
not dead, but simply sleep (1 Thess.
4:14; Acts 7:60). They may not
awaken quite as soon as did Jalrus' I
daughter, but wake they surely will,
and it will not be long (1 Thess. 4:
16, 17). Jesus' statement was re
ceived with derisive laughter. There
seemed good ground for tho derision.
The scorners had reason and common ;
sense on their side, but they were '
wrong. On the other side was noth-
Rightly Classified.
When one u requested to briefly say why
He clnmified thing which he wanted to
buy,
He gave in n moment this pointed reply:
"Mottles and rag!
Bottle nnd nut!
Where you find bottleo, you always find
And when with discernment we calmly
look round
Where poverty, failure and sorrow abound,
We qnickly perceive that the logic it
sound :
T.ottles nnd ingn!
Bottles nnd rags!
Where yon tind bottles, you always find
rags."
For liquor so injures the nerves and the
hraia,
And weakens the ones whom its fetters
enchain,
T'.iat soon to all minds the connection is
pluin:
"Tinttlcs anl rac!
Buttle and ran!
Where vou tind bottles, you always find
rags."
And wisdom most surely instructs us to
day To banish the bnr-room nn'l liquor away:
Because where they Hourixh the people
must cay,
"Hottles and rajs!
Hottles and raus!
Where you tind bottles, you always find
raps."
T. Watson, Granthurst, Ont., 1009.
The Early Formation of the Drinking
Habit.
The Importance of the early educa
tion of children and youth to habits
of sobriety was shown by a study of
275 alcoholic cases in Bellovue Hos
pital reported In the Bellevue Medi
cal and Surgical Report by Dr. Alex
ander Lambert.
Of 259 instances where the age of
beginning to drink was known, 4 be
gan before 6 years of age; 13 be
tween 6 and 12 years; 60 between 12
and 16; 102 between 10 and 21; 71
between 21 and 30: and 8 only after
30 years of age. Thus nearly 7 per
cent, began before 12 years of age,
or the seventh school year; 30 per
cent. ber;an before the ago of 16, and
over two-thirds 1. e., 68 per cent.
began before 21 years of age. If
these statls'.tirs arc representative of
general conditions, they indicate
clearly that preventive temperance
work to be effective must be begun
at an early age and carried on thor
oughly through childhood and youth.
The reasons for acquiring the
habit are significant In Indicating
lines along which preventive work
should be done. False social ideas
led to drinking for the sake of socia
bility in 53 per cent, of the cases; a
desire to dull the sense of misery, as
recommended by Professor Munster
berg. In 12 per cent.; the UBe of alco
hol as medicine in 9 per cent.; par
ental example or influence in 5 per
cent.
Most of the alcoholics, Dr. Lam
bert finds, drink for the narcotic ef
fect, either to obtain the feeling of
well-being and indifference to their
environment or to seek oblivion,
and like all narcotics, alcohol begets
a craving for more.
The training of children and youth
to assist sobriety must, therefore,
definitely teach the dangers In alco
holic drinks due to their nature,
must emphasize the value of abound
ing health based upon Intelligent ob
servance of hygienic laws, must stim
ulate courage and self-control in
meeting temptation, and must fill
life with resources so that youth will
not be dependent upon low types of
sociability for enjoyment. The com
plemental external conditions Imply
removal of temptations to drink. from
the way of young people, the secur
ing of healthful homes and public en
vironment,, and the providing of op
portunities for innocent recreation
and fellowship.
ing but the word of the Son of God.
light, the glory that shines with the The corners and the formal mourn
glory. If tho heavens and the earth f ? pn. Jsus works. Note the
are passing away, it ia because noth- taking by the hand; it was the fre
ing that has God's llfo in it can re- I nujnt Practice of our Lord (cf. Mk
main stationary I 1:31; S:23; 9:27; Matt- 14:31). And
If, then, we would harmonize our- ' tntre was always power in that hand
selves and quiet our restless hearts, ?rasp. To the Jewish mind there
in a n. thnf AncniBtinn norhans i was contamination In the touch of
did not mean, It shall not be by rest
ing in some snug haven of God'3
preparation, it shall be by coming to
that triumphant faltli of the soul that
is willing to cast itself Into the mov
ing providence of God, and go on
where God is going. And shall that
be forever? Certainly I hope so.
This shall be the transcendant joy of
tho dead hand (Num. 19: 11), but the
Prince of Life will not be contamin
ated, but communicate life. Death
gave way to the Prince of Life and
tho damsel arose.
II. Jesus 0'ning the Eyes of Two
Rllnd Men, 27-31.. Further work
awaits our mighty Lord. Two blind
men require His help. They were
very earnest, following and crying
pear? Do not the old facts decay .an infinite universe. Fear not, oh,
and the new facts appear, because , uoui t0 iaUnch thy bark and east
this Is, In a way, the divine method awnv; cut thy moorings behind thee;
for all of us, and for the universe in j t the old dead past go, and in the
wuirn wo nve, iue fimviutjucu m uuu ; Vust to-morrow 100K upward inrougn
Via llfo rhit la tn primo thnf-WA nrn
forever to pnss on Into the new and i 0,lt- They had 'al,h Him as the
the wonderful and the unexpected re- ! Messiah, the Son of David, and in Hla
?lnn am! th uneT.-nlored clorles of ! ability and readiness to help. The
accompanying us In our journey and
educating us on the way? Surely, if
we should come to such conclusion
as thlrf, It would dissolve some of the
perplexing difficulties that besiege our
minds and embarrass our lives. For
one thing, it would teach ub that one
of the great dominant arts of a hu
man soul must be tho art of letting
go of things with which God Is
through. It Is death or the beginning
of death for a man In a living world
to hold on to the things that no
longer have life in them. Tho flower
will facV and the grass will wither,
but v.e may not make very much of
storing the withered stock und the
faded petal in tho old srrapbooks cf
our lives. How many a man has be
come old and sour und useless hold
ing on to the things which he should
let go! The only salvation in a mov
ing world Is to keep moving with the
world, and to keep paco with the di
vine spirit that every morning makes
all things new. Let the children,
easer with curiosity for every new
scene, teach us, for they shall have
finer lessons for us than we can ever
bave for them. We speak of the
"good old days." "the old Gospel,"
"the faith once delivered to the
saints." but there are no good old
days, and for us there is no old Com
pel, and we do not want the faith
that was delivered to the saints. Any
thing that was delivered yesterday
was for yesterday. We are to go Into
the larger place; we are to breath
(he new airs of the new morning.
(There shall be perfume of sweeter
flowers for as above the graves of
those that fadod for the man of yes.
terday.
- It often happens that daughters
(marry from the old home, and go ont
Into new life to some larger and more
active community. As the years go
by and the children gather In the
new home, the old folks from tne
farm coin up to visit the children
and the grandchildren. Have yon not
known how often the grandmother Is
shocked at the forwardness of the
CbJldreA-lo tbeaa dajrs. and she holds
the vistas of that path of the just,
shlngitig more and more unto the per
fect day, on which no darkness ever
shuts down, where no night ever falls,
which no barriers ever cut off, and
whoso coal has not been fixed for us.
because it is the endless path of the
onward moving God.
The South Pole.
Several causes combine to give an-,
tarctlc exploration an Interest tc
Americans that It has not received
formerly. The plan of the National
Geographic Society and the Peary
Arctic Club to fit out an expedition
to race against Capt. Scot'., of Eng
land, for tho discovery cf the South
Pole has been met with a display ol
good feeling from tho oilier side ol
the Atlantic. There is apparently no
disposition to regard the proposed
American expedition as an intrasion
upon a field of exploration that right
fully belongs to the English, as some
have maintained. It U recognized
that the Americans, in approaching
the Pole from the opposite direction
going from Cape Horn over a route
that Is to large extent untried,
would ba at a disadvantage. If it
could gain the coveted point In ad
vance of the English expedition It
would ileservo the triumph that would
mark such an achievament. Sp;'ug
field Ualon.
How a Town Is Judged.
The time has gone by when the
publishers of any newspaper, even of
the bumblost country weekly, goes
around asking support out of person
al friendship. But tbe public ought
to realize. Just the same, that thepron
perlty and progress of Its town is
judged by outsiders by tbe kind of
newspaper product that Is sent out to
represent it. Wstertown Standard.
Old Testament bad prophesied that
the Messiah would open the eyes of
the blind (Isa. 29:.18; 35:5, 42:6, 7).
Jesus did not Bef-m to pay any atten
tion to them at first, but with persist
ent faith they followed Him right
Into the house. Jesus put one ques
tion to them that went right to the
root of the matter (v. 28). Faith is
the one condition that Jesus demands
if we would realize experimentally
the fulfillment of His promise and the
enjoyment of His power (Lu. 1:45;
Jas. 1:5-7). If more of us could say
"Yea Lord" to Jesus, "Believe ye that
I am able?" we would know more of
Ills power to help. Our faith is the
measure of the blessing we enjoy (v,
29). One touch of Jesus' hand and
the blind eyes were opened.
III. Jesus Casting Out a Demon,
32-ilU Still another needs our Lord's
help, a man possessed with a demon.
Recent Investigation proves that de
monical possession Is a reality to
day. The demon In this case had
rendered the man dumb. Tbe best
thing to do with any man possessed
c a demon Is to bring him to Jesus.
Our Lord can make those who are
dumb from any cause speak (Ex. 4r,
11,12). In giving this man the pow.
cr of speech an Old Testament pro
phecy concerning the Messiah was
fulfilled (Isa. 35:6). The multitudes
marvelled and said It was never so
seen In Israel, but the Pharisees were
ready with a sinister explanation (cf.
ch. 12:22-24; Mk. 3:22; Lu. 11:14,
15). Their explanation did. not re
veal their superior reasoning powen,
but the badness of their own hearts
(cf. Jno. 3:20).
Thirty feet beneath the surface of
a newly built railroad In Spokane,
Wash., a ginkgo leaf was found last
spring. Its age being estimated at
100,000 years. "It bears a message
of more certainty than those carved
la tablets of stone," writes Fred Nled
erbauser, in Harper's Weekly. "This
discovery tends to substitute the the
ory that U f coast section has been
formed by successive upheavals of
the earfVs crust, occurring since the
appearaice of the fruit sea dyke,
which bas now developed Into the
' system of the Uocky Mountains."
One of the Snildest of Stories.
The startling robbery of a High
land Park bank recently, and the sui
cide of the youth to avoid capture,
has revealed one of the saddest
stories of the drink curse in recent
bintory. , The young man was Lamar
Harris, scion of one of the most
prominent families of California, and
drink had transformed him from one
of the most brilliant and promising
young men of the Pacific Coast Into a
reckless criminal and libertine. In
a statement made to the Associated
Press, October 15th, his mother,
Mrs. Will A. Harris, said:
"In face of all the evidence and
what are apparently positive proofs,
the family is forced to relinquish all
hopes that It is other than my unfor
tunate son who committed suicide in
Chicago. Harris was a graduate of
the University of Mississippi. Re
turning here several years ago, he
became associated with the law firm
of his father, Will A. Harris. The
young man built up a practice that
yielded an Income of $15,000. I con
sider that Lamar died In reality long
before he ran away from this city,
and that which Is dead In Chicago is
a mere shell of my boy and what
was once a briliant, noble, manly
man. Of the terrible victories that
alcohol has won over mankind, this
Is perhaps the most pitiful and aw
ful of them all."
Alcohol In Fearei.
The oculist, the aurlst, tbe throat
and nose specialist, and the physician
who treats mental and nervous cases,
Inquire with great mluuteness as to
how far alcohol has been used by the
patient. The same facts are sought
for, and studied by the obstetrician
and the student of children'! diseases.
Temperance Notes.
The medical side of the aic:ho',ic
problem becomes prominent la the
statistical studies o! insanity and
mental diseases.
The most reliable authorities indi
cate that insanity is the direct result
of alcohol in from flfteen'to forty per
cent, of all canes.'
In pauperism and idiocy fully fifty
per cent, are traceable to the degen
eration due to spirit drinking I.:
epilepsy thirty per rent, is asserted
to be the lowest figure of the number
of cases due directly to alcohol.
It Is a fact that fifty-five per cent,
of the 149,000 persons confined in
prisons in this country were com
mitted for crimes perpetrated undsr
tbe influence of spirits.
Churches that bave long discussed,
yea, even quarreled uud divided over,
the Communion wine, have now
agreed to banish intoxicating wine
from the Lord's table, and replace it
by unfermented wine.
Ministers and church officers who,
If not opposed to the temperance
cause, never did or said anything la
advocacy of total abstinence, now
urge their churches to sign tbe pledge
a a sale example to tbe new converts,
DQincrca ror rne
"7 1TFT 1-loTVD I
JONATHAN'.
The unerdwned prince in Isrnel
Was ever David s royal peer;
Might he liAve ruled his people well,
And built a nation's capital?
Might he, their stainless knight, and true,
Have lived to wear the sackcloth, too?
- B-rtha Cooper Fraser, in Sunday-School
Times,
"Taste and See."
We may prove a machine by try
ing it. Will the watch keep time?
Will the locomotive travel on the
track by Its own energy and draw a
train of cars over the mountains?
Will the telegraph deliver my mes
sage a thousand miles away and
bring me a reply in a few moments?
These things are open to trial. One
may provo them for himself.
We may prove a science. Take as
tronomy. Will It do what it is In
tended for? Try It. Make a calcu
lation of an eclipse to take place
three years hence, according to the
rules and tables of the book, and if
the event verifies the prediction we
know the astronomer Is not a cheat.
One may prove a friend. He makes
great professions of faithfulness, say
ing, "Call upon me at any time for
any service I can render, and you will
find me ready. Trust me." Is he a
genuine friend? Try him. If he will
stand by you through evil report aa
well as good you need no indorse
ment, no argument. He Is worthy.
Will God submit His love, Hla
truth. His grace to practical tests?
This Is one beauty of the religion of
the Bible. The Lord of the whole
earth has sent out His challenge,
"Prove Me."
We may prove the existence of
God. Let ub not claim too much for
our religion. We shall gain nothing
by making statements which are not
warranted. But we are safe in say
ing that anyone who will, may prove
that there Is a God. Some say there
is no God. Others believe that the
evidence for and against the exist
ence of such a Being are about equal.
Others still insist that this Is a sub
ject about which no one knows and
no one can know anything. Many
tell us that the Bible assumes the ex
istence of God without trying to
prove it, and we must do the same.
Is this true?
If you ask for a mathematical
demonstration or a scientific demon
stration which will satisfy the Intel
lect, we confess that it Is impossible.
If you insist that this proposition
must be proved by philosophical rea
soning which will satisfy every think
ing mind, we acknowledge that it
cannot be done.
But there is In every soul a re
ligious feeling, or Instinct, or capac
ity, or hunger, which reaches out
after God as eagerly and peremptor
ily as the hunger of the body de
mands bread. And as surely as the
hunger of the body' finds something
without answering to this inner crav
ing, so surely does the soul, find
God and satisfaction. There Is some- i
thing In us akin to God that demands
communion with Him, and enjoys
Him when He Is found.
We are told of one who felt his
need of God, but did not believe in
Him. In the distress and hunger of
his soul be fell on bis knees and said,
"O God, if there be a God, mani
fest Thyself to me." That feeble
grasp of faith took hold on God, and
was satisfied. That insatiable hun
ger cried out after God in the dark,
and found Him.
Who has never felt this craving?
Who that felt It ever tried to find
God and failed? Who that haB found
God In this way has any doubt?
We may prove the frlendshln of
Cod. Many say they believe there'
is a God. but is He friendly? They
doubt. Everyone feels the need of
a friend, a powerful friend, a wise
friend, a safe friend, who will not
mock those who truBt Him with flat
tery nor crush them with criticism,
who will never leave them nor for
sake them. a The Bible tells us that
God is Just'such a friend.
Tint will He prove a friend indcwl?
lie will, the very friend you need.
Someone gays, "If I could believe
that I should be perfectly happy, for
then I should trust and not be
afraid." You may be certain of It.
You may prove it. Trust Him. Give
Him your burdens. Call upon Him
in the day of trouble. We all have
trouble, but we usually try every
thing else we can think of before we
try tho Lord. Try Him. If He
should fall you, It would be the first
case on record.
So you may prove Ills salvation.
You may prove that He will dwell In
the heart of a mortal. You, may
prove that He will answer prayer.
One's own experience Is worth
more to him than all the bohks on
religion that ever were written. We
must not ignore the testimony of
others. We must not undervalue the
Bible and great religious books.
Read them. They are full of light.
But above all, try your own religious
experiments. Your personal experi
ence will do more to confirm your
faith and hope than all sermons and
all arguments. One taste of honey
Is a letter proof that honey Is good
than the most accurate scientific an
alysis. "Ob. taste and see that the
Lord is good." There :s within every
one an appetite for the -t'.33ii spirit
ual good of tbe Kingdom of God.
Answering to this longing there is an
invisible spiritual universe all about
us waiting to afford us the blessing
wo are needing. Prove God and His
klidom. Christian Advocate.
April third
Topic Christ Our Teacher. John 12:
44-50. (Consecration Meeting.)
A lesson on tbe kingdom. Matt. 6:
Ml.
On righteousness. Matt. 6: 20-30.
On prayer. Matt. 6: 6-15.
On fear-thought. Matt. 6: 25-34.
On service. John 13: 1-17. s
On obedience. John 14: 15-24.
We are to believe Christ because
what He says Is true; but If we can
not understand how It Is true, we are
to believe it anyway, because He who
la the Truth has said it (v. 44).
Belief In Christ gives understanding
of what He says, just as the opening
of certain doors automatically turns
on the light in rooms otherwise dark
(v. 4C).
Every word of Christ's Is a Judge
on a bench, and that bench Is the
throne of the universe (v. 48).
Christ's words are life because He
who Is the Life Is also the Word. Ill
we receive them, they become our life
(v. 50).
Suggestions.
.Christ is your teacher not if you en
ter His class merely, but if in your
turn jou become a teacher.
In Christ's school no lesson Is learn
ed until it is lived. No other school
Is so practical.
There is progressive scholarship in
Christ a school. Every lesson is learn
ed before the next can be learned, o?
oven is given out.
The more we teach others of what
Christ teaches us, the more He can
teach us.
Illustrations.
There are grades in Christ's school
as in other schools; only, each scholar
ia advanced by himself, and as fast
as his progress warrants.
The commencement degree In
Christ's school is His "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant!"
Scholars in other schools must grad
uate before they can get positions;
the scholars In Christ's school must
go to work or they cannot graduate.
There are many examinations in the
school of Christ pain, loneliness, dlf
Acuity, failure, slander, neglect, poverty.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
Love,
Love lnsts, It endureth and never
falleth. Prophecies fail in that tSey
aro fulfilled. Tongues cease, but tbe
words of love spoken never die.
Purpose of Education.
The design of education is to so
augment the powers of tbe mind as to
make men and women wise, strong
and useful.
The Fight of Faith.
Fight the good fight of faith; there
Is nothing like it.
The Sabbatn Rest and the Week-Day
Toil Mark 2: 23-28; Luke 23: 56.
Mark 2: 23-28. This act was ex
pressly permitted (Deut. 23: 25), but
in the eyes of Che critical Pharisees
tbe disciples were guilty on two seri
ous counts they "plucked" the corn,
which was "reaping," and they "rub
bed" it In their hands, which was
"grinding." -This was work not per
missible on the Sabbath day. Tbe
Pharisees were strong on technicali
ties, but weak on splritualltes. They
were anxious that man should save
the Sabbath; Jesus would have the
Sabbath save the man. The Pharisees
stood for the salvation of tbe law;
Jeeus stood for the salvation of life.
He allowed nothing to hinder that pur
pose. Jesus is "Lord of the Sabbath." It
"was made for man." He taught the
keeping of the day In its true spirit
as a day of personal privilege and
beneficent usefulness. Jesus gave the
Sabbath a new skyline. He lifted it
out of the legalism into liberty, Tbe
Pharisees missed tbe soul of the Sab
bath rest and made it a shackle. Love
lifts life above law.
Luke 23: EC. The women had
broken hearts' and plenty of tears, but
that hindered them not at all in their
preparations to "keep the Sabbath."
It is no amazing surprise that tbe
next morn their eyes were opened to
see the empty sepulcher and to behold
the risen Christ. There are rich re
wards for those who still live "accord
ing to the 'commandment." The fourth
commandment is tbe first with a
promise.
Jesus amplified the Sabbath. What
ever he touched grew larger. It was
an institution in bondage' to small
men. He set It free. The Sabbath Is
not a slave to form, it is a minister
to life. It is too big for a command
ment. It has continental relations to
our day. It means more since Jesus
Interpreted it. .
Jesus emphasized the Sabbath. The
Pharisees emasculated it. "The Sab
bath was made for man." Man needs
the day of rest. It bas been shown
by actual test that men who keep
their rest day are able to do more and
better work than those who violate
the commandment. Dr. Haegler'a
charts show clearly that the usual
night's rest is not quite enough to
restore the body to normal efficiency,
and that the rect day is needed to
bring the physical body up to the nor
mal condition.
It has been supposed that the an
cients had some method of harden
ing bronze tools, the secret of which
bad been lost. Professor Gowland,
of tbe British Institute of Metals,
says that the ancient bronzes' were
very impure, so that tbelr hardness
could not have been due, as some
times Usumed, to tbelr exceptional
purity. On tbe other band. Inasmuch
as modern bronzes by careful ham
mering can bo made as hard as tbe
ancient ones, tbe legend of a lost art
Id bronze hardening seems to be exploded.
CASTAWAYS IN FROZEN LAND.
How the crew and passengers of
the ship Farallon were saved Is told
by J. E. Thwaltes, mall clerk of the1
wrecked steamer in a dispatch from
Seward, Alaska. He says:
"We had one passenger to land at
lllamna Bay, where we arrived early"
on January 5. In a blinding snow
storm tbe steamer struck a reef a
mile off shore. The Farallon hit the
reef at high water. When tho tide
receded she was caught amidships on
tbe rocks.
"Down the Icy sides of the ship we
lowered ourselves to the small boats.
They were tossed about by cakes of
Icjo. The shore could be seen dimly
through the snow. We could hear
tbe roar of the surf and the reports,
as of cannon, when Ice cakes were
hurled against the rocks. It seemed
for a tlmo that we should be unable
to land because of tbe high surf. At
last we discovered a small cove that
offered some shelter, and landed safe
ly. A nore desolate reglou could not
bave been Imagined.
"Tbe sailors put tbe passengers and
supplies ashore, and then turned back
to the Farallon, from which they took
sails, tarpaulins, baggage, malls, pro
visions and mattresses. When eight
came the outlook was disheartening.
The wind increased In bitterness.
Fire was made from driftwood dug
out of tbe Ice and snow. We had no
lights. We got water for the coflee
by melting snow. W ate our meal of
coffee, bacon and frovin bread in
gloomy silence. ,
"On subsequnut days we made trips
to the wreck and brought off material
with which we constructed stoves and
other conveniences." '
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Apple Meringue Pic. I
Stew and sweeten Juicy applet (!
tcr paring ana coring them, tU
mash smooth and season with lentod
uuLiiieS) ut uuuiuiuu, lunar a qm
pie piate witn pun; paste, nil with tu
stewed apples and bake until doJ
then spread on a thick merlnri
made by whipping to a stiff froth til
wnites oi tnree eggs ana a tabiespooJ
ful of sugar and flavoring with len-l
extract. This is enough meringue (J
two pies. Each pie should be coveJ
to the depth ot three-quarters of J
Inch, and the meringue should beJ
suit that it will stand alone; set ft.
coated pie back in the oven for
minute or two until the egg takei
delicate brown tinting. Eat wh
cold. Mrs. F. B. Fllnn, in the Bc
ton Post.
Frlcasso of Chicken.
Cut Into joints a fine fat chick;:
season with salt and pepper miie:
Put In a deep iron saucepan a spot:
of lard, and when boiling hot put I;
the chicken and fry to a light brov:
Remove chicken and add a sift
heaping tablespoon of flour. Si
constantly, and when a light bro:
add an onion previously chopped verf
flne. Brown carefully, and then a(
a tablespoon ot minced parsley, od
half clove of garlic minced, a crushe
bay leaf. If tomato is used, add o:
chopped fine at this time. Retw
the chicken, and let all stew togetfc
for ten minutes, adding a teaspoo:
of butter if desired. Now add a pit
and a half of hot water and let sic
mer for an hour or until chicken
tender. Serve with rice. Washin:
ton Herald.
Cranberry Dumplings,
One cup cranberries, one-half cu:
sugar, one-half cup water. Coc
quickly and mash until berries ail
broken. Prepare biscuit dough c!
two cups flour, one spoonful of butts;
one teaspoonful baking powde
rubbed together. Moisten with swec,
milk until like regular biscuit
Shape with fingers or roll on boar:
to about one-half Inch thickness. I
rolled, cut out with biscuit cutte:
Butter deep pudding dish, place it
circles In, spreading the tops wl;:
butter. Put a spoonful of tbe b:
cranberry sauce on each and anotbc
biscuit on top of that. Pour the r
of the berries over all and bake i:
medium oven until done. Serve wi;:
the following sauce:
One cup sugar, one .tablespoonft!
better creamed together, one egg yo'.i
added. After thoroughly mixed, ad:
one cup hot milk and pinch of mac;
white of egg, well beaten, stirred I:
last. Boston Post.
Dried Sweet Corn.
Campers and hunters are girir
preference to dried corn over th
canned, because it is so light and ea:
lly carried. A Maine girl last yea:
earned over $200 by husking and dry
ins unripe sweet corn from her fath
er's field, and curing it for wlntc
use, after the methods practiced i
the early Dutch settlers. A party c
hunters ,from New York City fouc
this corn so satisfactory in its savin
of bulk and weight that other hunter
this year are on the lookout for sim
lar home-cured products. Corn fo
this purpose should be Bweet and tec
der. Boll in tbe ear, then, with i
sharp knife, cut the kernels from tt
cob, removing as little of the husk v
possible. Spread this shelled corn o:
platters or screens, protect with mos
quito netting from the predatory 1:
and dry in either the sun or above th-
famlly cook stove, or In the over
Stir often during the drying. Wne:
thoroughly dry, pack in stout pape:
bags and hang in a perfectly dr
place. When ready to use soak a por
tion over night in cold water, the)
heat and season for the table. Wash
ington Star.
IT--
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
Dried beans of all kinds are muck
bette:- when they are cooked in '
double boiler.
To give the bouse a pleasant odo:
take some live coals and sprluki
ground cinnamon on them.
The boy or girl who has a poo:
complexion should cultivate a tast'
for figs, prunes, greens, oranges, lent
ous and other fruits.
It eggs are to be stuffed, they niu?t
be put into cold water as soon as tbf
are taken from the stove. This
keep the white In better shape.
Food should never be put Into lb'
Ice chamber of a refrigerator for l;
will become more or less tainted
coming in such close contact with tn
Ice. '
Always wrap table or bed Unci
or any other article of white good
which Is to be stored away, in durl
blue paper to keep it from turnlM
yellow. ,
A scald is one of tbe most palnf"1
Injuries. One ot the most heallnS
remedies Is made by beating castor oi
and white of egg together, until
cream is formed.
Many women use banana skins 11
cleaning their tan shoes. Rub tbe
side of the. skirl on the leather: let l
dry, then polish with a piece c-'i
chamois or cheesecloth.
After baking a cake, it It nticka i"
the pan the easiest way to tal;e it oti
without breaking it Is to wet at clt" .
cloth and wrap It around the
It wtl' come out all together. . , ; I
For burns or scalds nothing 1
more soothing than the white ot '
egg, which may. be poured over t(
wound. It is softer as a varnish to''
a burn than collodion'. !
Bread and butter plates are
longr r used on formal occasions, I)"1
are too convenient to be (lhtpeni"'
wl.'i at family meals. They go to tt'
left of each plate above the platb
and tbe glass ot water to the rlbt. j