THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BV DR. ALLAN D. CARLILE. Theme: The Tears of Je-n. Brooklyn. N. Y. Dr. Allan Doug las Carllle, pastor of the Throop Ave nue Presbyterian Church, preached Buuday morning on "The Tears of 'Jesus." The text wai from John 11:35. In the course of hla sermon Dr. Carlllo said: There nnrer wag a manlier man than Jesus. When Ills masculine traits are assembled. He towen among men supreme for courage, will power, flilty of pnrpose and persever aneo In tire fare of obstacles. It Is true Jesus embodied human nature and therefore we see In Him, as In no other strong man, the distinctive feminine traits of sympathy, gentle ness and love, nut these did not pre dominate. Jesus Is unique In that In His character both the masculine and feminine virtues blended harmon iously. He Is always gentle and al ways strong. So that our text repre sents Him not only with the tenrW- fiave' grown measurably "callous Co the ordinary trials of life. But heaven has not! Earth's sorrows are worse In heaven's view than In our own. Do not think that Jesus mini mizes them, when even the nnc,el, when speaking of His suffering ones I to John, said, "These are they that have romo out of great tribulation." 3. The third Instance Is His agony In the Garden. And this, too. Is sym pathy. Not now for the Jewish peo ple, nor for the world at large In life's ordlnnry troubles, but for His own disciples, whoso awful grief and dis appointment He foresees. I know that some think that His agony In the Garden was due to His dread of physical suffering. But I do not believe it. That would con tradict all I have said about the Man liest of Men. I have a nobler concep tion of Jesus. Other men have faced death In the most excruciating forms without a murmur. His followers without number have died for Him rejoicing. They have been beheaded, crucified head dewnward, burned at the stake, and have bathed their hands In the fire and sung praises to God while breath lasted. Jesus wus no coward. "And the disciple is not greater than His Lord." But others think that we must add to this the "loss of the conscious I fellowship of the father, which wus hell for Jesus." But He evidently did not anticipate this. That Is a cry Ihc Sunday School INTERNATIONAL f.F.SOn COM MENTS FOR MAY 8. Subject) Tenipernnce, Prov. 2.1:20 35 Commit to Memory Verse 31. ness of the woman who weeps easily, but also in the awful agony of the i of gurprts(S Ho uttarf on the rroM BlioiiB ju u w.n. ..u ..u i whe Hfl Bays ..My Q0(j, My Qoi, draw near to our Saviour s sorrow i w, ha9t Thou for,8kin Ma?.. Ba(, and study the occasion for It, we get enovgh for H disciples to forsaka an Insight Into His character not oth- , and h for u bf represented thus to us. Let us rev erently behold His sorrow and ask Him why He weeps'. 1. We come first to the occasion referred to in Luke 19:41, where He weeps over the city. Read the text and catch the pathos of It. There are two element In Christ's sorrow here, a lesser and a greater. He mourned the destruction of that city, and for what that destruction typified. There are lessons for us In both. The first Indicates Jesus' love of place. It may teem a little thing, but I like to recall the fact that Jesus was and ever will be associated with places on this larth. He -loved Jerusalem. Some j people scoff at the idea of "holy places." The poet Montgomery asks, scornfully: "Whht'a holy ground? Has Earth a clod Its Maker meant should not he trod By Man, the Imase of his God, erect and free?" Perhaps not, but that Is nothing against holy places. It Is natural to love our birthplace; to hold in sacred reverence the sanctuary where we first found Christ and the field where Thou? "Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" And there are still others who say It was the "horror of being made an offering for sin." But He knew thil all along. He faced this from tba beginning of His ministry. And Hd said once that He was "straitened un til It be accomplished." I see In Christ's agony In the Gar den and It Is beautiful as a revela tion of His character His sympathy ! for His disciples In the awful agony Ills death was to occasion them. You, too, may see It, If you will read atten tlvely the story In John's Gospel be ginning with the thirteenth chapter. Note how He labors to make thent comprehend what must happen to Him, and how utterly He fails. Though He tells them over and over again that He must leave them, that) He will be crucified, and that It is ab wolutely necessary that He should : be, they cannot entertain the thought. So far from it that they insist on be ! lieving that He Is still speaking to : them In parables. But He Is so ex j ceedingly eager to forewarn them i and thus fortify them for their trial tnat He utterB that remarkable prayor n. v. i ! or John 17 In tnelr hearing. turoiy lies the dust of loved ones. And Jesus 1 ,,, ,m i,u,. j .,,,.0.,,i . . ... T . . ,,,, . . ..,, tr.ey win bciie'.e ana understand loved the Holy City. He had peculiar i v ' .,,Hi,i,, th reasons for doing so. Had it not been the trystlng place of Cod and His people for ages? Besides that, Jeru salem was and Is unique. Like Mel chlsedek himself, Its history has no beginning, and It has always been and -always will be a holy city. Its first I king was a pries God. It Is to thi the pilgrimages of f-plltriona .Tpwlsh Mnhnmmnrfnn nnri f U . I .1 .. . . V. I - t i. ,!,,. i' i tL i tared Gcthsemane sacred city of the world, when Israel hall be brought back with Joy and singing and the glory of God once more fill His sanctuary. The wise men tell us that this world will be destroyed; that It will be blown to fragments by Its Internal when they hear Him speaking the same things to God and praying for them that the Father might keop them In Ills absence? But it Is irr vain. So foreign to their preconcep tions Is it that His words make no Impression upon them. And so thny must hoar the awful downfall of nil i.i -I. I musi near me awiui aowniau or nil , S,. tfc. hf- tnelr HPes ud th loss ot " thelr L th.Vhr ! fRith I" Him. Dull pupils were tho J lJJlJ ?i!aleBI ! apostles until after Pentecost. It was In this spirit that Christ en tered Gcthsemane. Why did He take aside the brightest three of His npos- i ties and why did He bid them watch Him as He went and prayed, unless it were to show them the eager earnest- i ness of His own heart for them? They ! could not think that a parable. But ! they were too heavy-eyed to watch. I o .. t 1. - 1 : . t. , .. . u .. . , . . . i - , . OKJ 1 IJl-liettJ lllUk BVUM IUO UKUliJT 111 fires, or wrecked In collision with ,., r.,i , , ,.. ...i, ' ,i,- , ,.. j j the Garden was vicarious. Jesus who some other world, or be frozen dead ,,,,.. . . v ... ,.' , rerused to exercise His power for by its own cooling. In some way or ,,. at tha u,, ' ,1M nt other they are sure It will be de stroyed. But I doubt It. Jesus abides unchanged, and In His regard for and relation to this little world Is JuBt what He was. When Peter and John healed the lame man at the temple gate they Invoked the name of "Jesus of Nazareth." That Is His name In heaven. Destroy the world and we will forget how He got His title. He who wept over the city, how would He weep over the world He came to save! I do not believe anything In the universe Is going to be destroyed. For It Is written. "The creation Itself hall of corru of the Verse la waiting for the "redemption of our body." Matter, mind and soul are to be redeemed, not destroyed. But Jesus' love of place is not suf Himself at the beginning did not weep for Himself at the end of Ills ministry. Now what could show us the-heart i sldo of the Saviour so clearly as His ! tears? We need no feminine Inter mediary, for Christ has the tender ness of a woman. He knows your sorrow. He appreciates Its weight to the full. He considers It more awful than you do. How gloriously will He reward them that endure to the end? He feels for all mankind. His own ministry was largely to tho desolate, and He waits for you. His disciples, and love be delivered from the bondage J1 e" H'8 "afrev '01 18 s ruptlon Into the glorious liberty anf.f F "- r s children of Gd." The uni- .He 'orfottBS.,T cast oft His ancient people. They, too. In God's good time, shall come to know Ills love for them. And In that day the city that crumbled beneath the flcteni to attain theio tcari. There ' fJI,?'itar "hftU bo lorlfletl w,th was agony Infinitely deeper than that In the thought of what the city's downfall moant to the people for whose salvation God had done so much. Not that the work of God would fall. He was able of the stonet to raise up children unto Abraham, I Ills smile. THE LION AT NIGHT. Once in the lion country, you learn the real reason why he Is termed the King of Beasts. He looks It. Be sides, there Is the terror he cants The door should be thrown wide open J over all the brute creation about him. and the Gentiles would come In. But God's love is not fickle, and the thought of Israel, whom He loved and till loves, children of the covenant, hetrs of the promises, doomed tj their own soul-blindness to be scat tered among the nations, a people without a home, like Abraham, And as for terror, there Is one fea ture of life In East Africa that the traveler never forgets the lion's roaring. To me, no other sound In nature Is more awe-Inspiring, more appalling, especially It heard at really close range, or among hills, where "strangers and pilgrims" on' the 1 the echo resounds in Ita rolling double earth, for centuries to be made to offer what they had made Him, their greatest Prophet, suffer, who "was despised and rejected of men!" this waa what agonized the Saviour. Here His tears wore for the ancient people of God. 1. The second, Instance shows His sympathy for men In the ordinary sorrows of life. It happened at the bass. Contrary to the common Idea, lions do not confine their thunderous calls to the night only; frequently In open daylight one may be startled by a sudden outburst. Ther are a noisy lot, too. At night, I have beard a band keep up the dire chorus foi bours at a time, a blood-curdling con cert that brings to mind every tale, tomb of Laiarus, and It is from that fanciful or true, of their daring, of story that our test Is taken. Under stand, this Is a case of pure sympathy. -He wi not weeping for the death of Lazarus. Such an Interpretation does violence to the account as we have It. Read the whole chapter. He knew that Lazarus waa to die. He knew that It was that "the Son of Man might be glorified thereby." He stayed away from Bethany that he might have time to die. And He knew that He would raise him from ' the dead. So far as regards Lazarus, there must have been In Jesus' heart great and solemn Joy as He stood be fore that tomb. But In the pause be fore He works His mightiest miracle He feels the throb of anguish In the listers' hearts. Wo faith la His Im mediate, help; oo hope there, and His perception of tho awful agony that death brings to blind, unbelieving yet loving humanity awakened a tatnpest In the Saviour's soul. Do you think this ta not enough to account for the Strong Man's tears? That there must bar been tha "mora awful sense of the personal loss of a 4ovdcme?" You are mistaken. Jesus !bad no such sense of personal loss, for Ha knew that In a moment more Lasaraa would stand among them alive and well. And ff you think ,mera sympathy Insufficient, It la be cause roe have becoma dulled, as Jeus la not, to the aw fulness of lerth' ulals. Perhaps wa all have to one exttnt with the except ion of death. Wa have never gotten used to death. Ood baa planted deep la our beeru a hafevd of death as tae unnatural tblai, tha unnecessary thine, the thing that ought not to ,bet It Is Hie promise and prophecy lat it ahU suat alwav be. UU.wj their fierce rapacity and might. II seems, stUl further, to have an added dreadfulness when one Is lying with in the frail ' walls of a tent, wltb only Its canvas between one and tire formidable musician. Listen now! There goes one boom ing In the distance, a roaring obll- gato that breaks Into from six to a dozen calls. From the first to thi fourth the volume usually Increases; then It dies down. At very close tuartera one bears the rear melt Pastor Gets Salary After 80 Years Though be waited long for Itthe Iter. Henry Vogel has thankfully re celved a portion of salary overdue for more than thirty years from bis Miller Madison congregation. . Mr. Vogel, wbo Is pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, before com ing here waa stationed at Madison, and wben Mr. Vogel left the contra gallon was Indebted to him for about 85. , At tha annual meeting this year the Madison parish found Itself money ahead and no current debt. A question arose as to what to do wltb the balance.' One of tba oldei members recalled that there as still tn Item of 8C en tba parish books for nalary overdue thirty-three yean to Mr. Vogel, and ha auggested It mlgbt be no mora than prepor to pay uy tha old account. Tba congrega tion voted Mr. Vogel tba f 85 a-,1 f IS additional. Jefferson correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel. GOLDEN TEXT. "At the last It blteth like a serpent, and . stlngetb like an adder." Prov. 23:32. TIME. All lime. PLACE. Everywhere. EXPOSITION. I. Six Great Evils That Itesitlt From Indulgence in Wine, 20, il(. Sotomen here gives us a very vivid picture of six evils that result from Indulgence In wine. Cen turies have passed since Solomon's day, but it Is as true In our day as It was In his that these evils pursue the wlneblbber. Note them carefully. (1) "Woe," literally, "Oh!" 1. e., the Intense pain that leads one to cry "Oh." How many "Ohs" are arising to-day from the lips of men and wo men whose bodies are tortured with the many 411s that arise from the use of alcoholic stimulants. I can see still the man that I once carried bod ily through the streets of a city shrieking "Oh, oh, oh!" in Indescrib able agony from drink, and I see him later as I held him down with my knee upon his chest as they strapped him to a bed in the hospital. (2) "Sorrow," literally, "Alas!" 1. e., the deepseated and abiding grief that causes one to cry, "Alas! alas!" This sorrow of the drunkard Is of innumer able forms. Sometimes it is the sor row of seeing loved wife and children reduced from plenty to poverty. Sometimes it Is the sorrow of being passed upon the street unnoticed by old-time friends and associates. Some times It is the sorrow of standing by the grave of the once beautiful and happy wife who died of a broken beart over her loved one's degrada tion. (3) "Contentions'." Conten tions at home, contentions In society, contentions In the place of business, intentions on the street. Alcohol mothers most of the brollB In this world. If a man wants perpetual war let him drink. (4) "Complaining." Wine injures the stomach and breaks down the nerves and thereby spoils the disposition. The drinker soon be comes a grumbler, and the grumbler Is miserable under any circumstances. (5) "Wounds without cause." Goto the police court to-morrow morning and see the black eyes, broken noses, crippled arms and legs, chewed ears and more serious and entirely un necessary wounds that come through drink. (6) "Redness of eyes," the sign of distempered brain and pre monition of approaching Insanity and death. Note that these things come from "wine," not merely from the stronger distilled liquors. "I know, of course, that there 1b danger In whiskey and rum and gin and such things," many are saying, "hut what harm Is there In wine?" Well, this Inspired scripture hints what harm there Is, and history and experience abundantly confirm it. Of course It says, "they that tarry long at the wine," but the probabilities are over whelming In our day and land that It one tarries at wine at all he will soon tarry long, and the one who be gins with light wines will soon go on "to seek out mixed wine." II. The Only Wise Attitude Toward Wine, 31. "Look not thou upon the wine." This is total abstinence with a vengeance. Not only "don't taste," but "don't look." It Is good advice, inspired advice. If a thing ought to be left alone, leave it alone utterly. There are many who do not mean to In, but they Just look at the sin. That look Is fatal. Eve first looked, they she lusted, then she ate, then she died (Gen. 3:6). Many a man and woman has' taken the same path to the drunkard's grave and the drunk ard's hell. "I wouldn t drink wine for anything," but I do like to look at It. It has such a beautiful color. It sparkles so. How smoothly it would go down. Just look there! Just a sip now. Delicious! Another. Just one more'. What, is the matter? I am dizzy. I am drowsy. I am dead. I am damned." Don't look at it. That Is the absolutely safe path, it Is the only safe one. III. "At the Lout," 83. "At ta last." Three significant wttl. If men could only see the end from the beginning, how many things they would leave undone which they now do. Before entering upon any course of action we ought always to ask where it ends. "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof Is the ways of death" (chap. 14:12). The way of the wine drinker Is undeniably such a way. The beginning Is likely to be pleasant Indeed. In the beginning it slngeth like a bird; it is "at the last" that "It blteth like a serpent' and stlngeth like an adder." But most of the trains on that road are through trains, and If you get on the train you are not likely to get off until you reach the end of the line, Hell. . I remember a poor wretch my father brought home when I waa a boy. My father bad known blm in young manhood when bis pros pects were the brightest. But the elne cup had been reached out to dim. He looked, drank, fell. Ho was now "at the last." I recall another who bad been one of tbe brightest lawyers and highest office holders in' tbe State, whom I saw lying insens ible on our front lawn, and he after ward died in a madhouse. IV. The Wine Drinker's Eyes and Heart, 8M. "Thine eyes shall behold' strange things." Indeed tbey shall. They shall see things out of all proper proportion, tbey shall see double, tbey shall see snakes and monsters and devils. Tbe drinking man has perverted vision, physical, mental, moral. Folly looks like wisdom and wisdom look 'like folly. Right ap pears wrong and wrong appears right. A man who Is truthful and honest and pure, when sober, will lie and steal and commit abomination wben be has drank a little. ? THE GREAT DESTROYER Wlwlom'a Beginning. There la only one thing that can save our souls and save society, and that Is "the tear of tbe Lord, which 1 tba beginning oi wisdom. ' THEN THE DELUGE. "My daughter la engaged to young fellow and I'd Ilka to and ul something about him." "That's eaay, Can't you get him mentioned for aeme fairly prominent office that la TaaantT" LouUvllla Courier-Journal. TUB FUR COAT. Maid "What animal's akin la that?" Miwtreas : (abaant . mmfledl) -IA4LW boo vivant. SOME STARTLING FACTS ATlOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. . "'After a Drunkard's Funeral. V Woe unto him that givetli his neighbor drink, and makes him drunken also. Hub. 2: 1.1. Nor rlrmiknrdu, shnll Inherit the king Horn of Ood. I Tor. 6:10. Somehody's brother was buried to-day. The empty hearse from the grave came back; And t lie morning bright turned sad and gray, While I paused to think as It passed on its way; Why the clouds had shadowed the sun's bright track. - Some child's father was laid "at rest." To sleep in the bosom of earth so cold; And the hands, now white, are cross'd on the breast, Nor heart nor lips returned the enress E'er thnt form went back to its native mold. A soul wont out with a sickening groan, Thnt glinstly look tells its own sad tale; Anil a lone wife weeps with a bitter moan, 'he thinks of a soul at the judgment throne, While she hears the despairing drunk , ard's wail. Oh, I could weep for the sorrow and shame Of that drink cursed home, and its widowed heart. But the drink shop stands with the brand of Cain, And the license sullies our land's fair name, While men by their votes with the sin take part. I heard her cry from the depths of her woe, For relief from pain and sorrow sore And I prny'd thnt each one God's will mipht know. And by vote declnre the saloon must go; Then the drunkard's death will not lie at our door. J. R. Wylie- Hie Social and Hygienic Relations of the Alcohol Question, By Dr. H. Deutsch, Physician to tbe Insurance Corporation of Brunn, Austria. Alcohol even In diluted form as used tn the alcoholic drinks (wine, beer, spirits) is a poison for the cells of the body, whose functions It Im pairs. It has also a narcotic effect upon the brain. It not only directly causes diseases of the body and especially of the di gestive tract, liver and kidneys, of the heart and nervous system, but It alao reduces the resisting power of the body so that Infectious diseases are easily incurred and run a serious course. According to the latest inves tigation this may result from the reg ular dally ' use of about a pint of beer. Numerous mental diseases are caused in part and in part are pro moted by alcohol; amounts as small as from one-half to ono quart of beer Impair the mental processes of dally life and deceive one as to his working ability. The after-effects of such amounts continue for more than twenty-four hours. The drinker endangers his descend ants. The effect often shows Itself In a tendency to backwardness in their physical and mental develop ment, to drunkenneri, nervous dis eases and crime. Even a single in toxication may be disastrous for the child begotten in this condition. The delicate organism of the child Is very susceptible to Injury from al cohol. Parents who give their chil dren alcoholic drinks are guilty of a sin toward them. Workmen on the average spend about one-tenth of their wages for al coholic drinks. For the whole world this would amount to over 18,000, 000,000 crowns ($90,000,000,000). The consequences are disease, misery, j premature aeam, aimimsneu worsins ability, degeneration of the descend ants, destruction of family life, want and crime. According to Investigations on men and animals, the experience of sol diers, sportsmen and explorers. It Is proved that even the moderate use of alcohol lowers working ability, that it is of no use in heavy work and does Injury by deadening the feeling of fatigue. The causes of alcoholism are: The prejudices concerning the nourishing, warming and stimulating effects of alcohol; tbe drinking customs and coercion to drink; still more, the tendency of men to use narcotics to dull the feeling of ill-humor connect ed with many occurrences of life. Since this feeling of ill-humor Is more common among workmen than la other classes, on account of long hours, poor living conditions, insuffi cient food, the lack of higher pleas ures, etc., there also the feeling ot the need of alcohol la keener. But therein lies the chief danger for the workman, because alcohol renders his misery supportable, hin ders him from taking part In efforts to better his condition, deadens him toward the fate of his associates. Uner present conditions the best means for combating alcohol are: education concerning the Injury done by alcohol, Improved social condi tions, and most ot all, personal ab stinence from all alcoholic drinks and the banding together ot all who bold these views. Drink Decimates. Dr. Lawrence F. Flick says in the fifth annual report ot the Henry Philips Institute: Tho mortality among those who admit a history of alcoholism is 100 per cent, higher than it is among those who deny it; and the mortality among thoss who admit a history of alcoholism in the preceding genera tion is about eighty per cent, higher than 'he mortality among those who deny It. KlGrtTS Pcsft, THE aw A YIELDED LIFE, Temperance Note. The saloon bas bad a long day ot grace In which to Insure itself agalnBt annihilation, and has sinned It away. Reports received In Spokane from various parts of Idaho indicate that the prohibition wave la assuming what may be termed State-wide pro portions. Tbe City Council of Griffin, Oa., has placed a tax of $5000 on "near beer," and as a consequence many of the "soft drink parlors" have gone eut of business. . It is the liquor Interest tbat fur nished tbe money to debauch and corrupt your laws, and these laws are used to corrupt and debauch your States. William J. Bryan. With tbe Wine Association offering but $S a ton for wine grapes at tbe wineries, every grape-grower can af ford to try tba experiment of drying bis grapes and feeding them to hogs, borses and cattle, A little boy of the tenements, when asked to tell wbat signs of tbe coming spring be bad noticed, replied that he know It was spring "because the swinging doors of tho saloon wars on." Hamilton W. Mabie. What is a Yielded Life? 'Tis one at God's command, , For Him to hold, to form, to use Or do with it as lie may choose, Resistless in His hand. .What is a Yielded Life? A life whose only will, When into blesied subjection brought) In every deed and aim and thought, Seek just to do His will. What is a Yielded Life? A life which Love has won, Which in surrender, full, complete, Lays all with gladness at th feet Of God's most holy Son. What is a Yielded Life? A life where Christ holds sway, O'er which He is the rightful Lord; The ruling power His whispered word) Led by it day by day. "" " What is a Yielded Life? A life in His control, tTnruffled by the stormy breeze , Of sorrow, when its surging seas Would sweep the God-kept soul. Regions Bey on 3. Why Take Ye Thought? When Christ said, "Take no thought of the morrow," He laid down a rule that applies to spiritual things as well as to material ones. Our bodies grow just as well wben we do not spend our time In weighing and measuring, and our ailments are not cured by our thinking of them. Certainly the body demands some care, yet not much thought and still less anxiety. The proper mixture ot work and rest and food will have its effect Just as surely if we go on with our work, leaving health to care for Itself. Our souls demand even less attention than our bodies. The man who is always watching and bewail ing his shortcomings is a spiritual hypochondriac, and the man who is always counting and glorying over his Christian triumphs Is a boasting Pharisee. Consider the lilies of tbe field. If God so clothes the grass, shall He not much more clothe you? But did not Christ teach that we must seek the kingdom ot God and His righteousness? Does not this imply that we are to make the king' dom of God the object of our care? It certainly does, but the kingdom of God Is something too great to be shut in by one little life. He who spends his time training his own soul Is not anxious about the kingdom of God, but only about himself. It is not often that a man starves on account ot his anxiety to feed his family. While he is earning a living for his household be incidentally, earns something for himself as well. It is not likely that any man ever lost his soul on account of his anx iety to secure for others the blessings of God's kingdom. If he feeds oth ers, God will not let him Btarve. The disciples were very hungry when, at the close of a long day, during which the Master had not seemed to even think of Himself or them, but only ot that very unpromising throng of people, they came to Him and said: "Send them away. Let them go to the villages and obtain food. There Is here hardly enough bread and dried fish for our own supper." But the Master would not have It so. That little, wretched provision must be sac rificed on that great multitude. It was done, and lo! a miracle. The people were fed, and so were the dis ciples. "These things are an allegory." They are written for our instruction. The soul that spends its time feeding Itself starves itself. The disciples are fed with the fragments of the feast they have furnished to others. "He that will save his life shall lose it." There is no surer road to spiritual bankruptcy than that of spiritual avarice. But has not Christ taught us to lay up treasures in heaven? Yes, lay them up in heaven, not in your own soul. It is the cup of water you give, not the one you drink, that God counts. If we take care of God's kingdom He will take care of our souls. If we give tbe cup to tbe thirsty, He will slake our thirst. Neither the spiritual egoist nor the spiritual egotist is rated very high in the kingdom of heaven. God thinks most of those wbo think ot other peo ple. "The wretch concentered all in self" mlsees everything that is worth having In this world, and bas no promises for anything better in the next. Christian Advocate. . A Christian Worker's Equipment. A life yielded to God and controlled by His Spirit. A restful trust tn God for tbe sup ply of all needs. A sympathetic spirit and a willing ness to take a lowly place. Tact in dealing with men, and adaptability toward circumstances. Zeal in service and steadfastness In discouragement. Love for communion with God and for tbe study of the Word. Some experience and blessing In the Lord's work at home. A healthy body and a vigorous mind. Rev. J. Hudson Taylor. "God Worketh In Yon." This implies the actual presence oi God at the centre of our being. Tbe very simplicity of the words renders them difficult of understanding; for no man' understands the complex and marvelous mechanism of his own per sonality. God worketh in you not outside, but In In the place where thought Is born and the throne of the will is set up and tbe affections have their seat; In tbe Inward shrine of the being God worketh. Campbell Morgan. Negative Beanty. Tbe aveidanca of little evils, little sins, little Inconsistencies, little weak nesses, little follies, little Indiscre tions, little foibles, little Indulgences ot tbe flesh the avoidance of such little things as these goes far to make up at least the negative beauty ot holy life. Andrew Bonar. What to Sacrifice. Inclination can bo bent; duty never. Any conflict between tba two means tbat Inclination must be sa crificed. Scottish Reformer. WANTED TO KILL IT DEAD. Clerk "Revolver, yes, air. Six shooter, slrT" Customer "Better make it a nlne sheoter. I want to kill a eat" Boa ton Transcript. ;y LITERAL: liANNIQAN. sirs. Subbubs (who has hired a man to plant shada trees) "Digging out tha holes, I sea, Mr. Lanntgan." Laanlgan "No, mum. Ol'm dig gin' eut tha dirt an larln' tha holes. - Boston Transcript. . . EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 8 A Spiritual Birthday Annlverasry 1 These. 1: 6-8; Gal. 1: 15, 16. 1 Thess. 1: 6-8. Verse 6. Presenta tion of tho Truth. Paul said, another time, that if we did not manifest love, our words would be "as sounding braes or a t nkllng cymbal." He Eere also recognizes how much depends upon the Bpirlt back of the words. What ever Paul may have thought of Hla power and effectiveness as a preacher, he could appeal to their knowledge ot him. They knew that he had preach ed "with power and in the Holy Ghost and in much assurance," and this marks effective preach ng. Verse 6. Born Again. .Paul had been chosen as an Ideal by tbe Thes salonlan Christians. It Is a splendid thing for young people to have ae-' quaintance with men of great mind and heart. But wbat was even mor essent nl, they had become followers of the ixird; Christ bad been chosen as Ideal. There bad been travail ot soul In connection with their conver sion. Verses V-8. Results of Being Born Again. We are examples of good or evil all of the time. But w eked men are not chosen as examples by those who are seeking to lead righteous lives. It is a splendid tribute to these Thessalonian folks that they were con sidered as examples by many Chris tians. They became preachers or mis sionaries. Gal. 1: 15, 16. Verse 15. God's Work. God is not an absentee God, who after six days of labor sits Idty at one side and watches the world go by. But God Is In his world, looking after the things he bas made. "In him we live, and move, and bave our being." God Is the Giver of life. Wo are alive spiritually because we have the life ot God within us. Spiritual birth Is as definite as physical birth, and vastly more Important. Verse 16. God's Thought for Us. God calls us to be his children for a definite purpose. Paul believed that God had much more in mind than his individual salvation. He was to be an instrument in God's hands to be-used in evangelizing the world. MAY EIGHTH Topic The Christian Graces. 1 Peterl 4: 7-11; col. 4: 6. Forgiveness. Col. 3: 12, 13; Matt. 6: 14. Purity. Matt. 5: 8; 1 John 3: 1-3. Meekness. Matt. 6: 3, 5, 9; Num. 12; 3 Hospitality. Heb. 13: 1-3; 3 John 6-8. Godliness. Tit. 2: 11-14. Love. 1 Cor. 13; Col. 3: 14. Sobriety, in view of the great is sues of life and death, is an Inevitable Christian grace; and this though tha Christian is not morbid and gloomy but full of cheer (1 Pet. 4: 7). The Christian grace ot charity con sists simply in putting others before ourselves (1 Pet. 4: 8). Christian hospitality is not only the sharing of our homes with others, but also the sharing of our goods and time and thoughts and interests (1 Pet. 4: 9). The Christian's speech win be kind ly and wise; it cannot be kind except it is wise, nor wise except it is kind (Col. 4: 6). Suggestions. An ungracious and ungraceful Chris tian Is only half one, and often he has the least worthy half. For propagating Christianity tha graces are often as valuable as hero ism. Thoughtfulness Is one of the most Christian graces, because it Is based upon nearly all the virtues, and at times involves nearly all ot them. Gentleness is a Christian grace, and It requires all ot a Christian's strength. Illustrations. The Christian grace of self-restraint Is a condition of the Christian's power, as the repression of the steam is a condition of the power ot the locomo tive. Courtesy Is like the oil in the en gine; it does not make the engine go, but it keeps it from stopping. Neatness is an elemett of beauty that all may possess, and the lack of it points to an. inner ugliness of some sort. Just - as dirt in a bouse ' Boon means a hidden disease like typhoid fever. Cheerfulness Is a grace in the spirit ual world as sunshine is a grace In the natural world, and both are curative and cleansing agents. WISE WORDS. There is no use trying to lira any time but just now. Soma people are sa slow tbat time Itself has no use for them. Tbe fool killer doesn't understand a bribe nor overlook a duty. A man must either make a way for himself or make way for others. The stamp of approval Is apt to come from those who are well heeled. Woman may be the weaker vessel, but It's generally the man who gees broke, Tbe greatest study of mankind Is man, but the most popular Is worn an. Silence has the advantage over speech In that you never have to take it back. I Most people talk, but few can get any one ready and willing te listen to their spiel. From tbe average woman's paint ot view, to be able to wear small shoes is a great feat. One thing comforting about the In. evltable Is tbat there Is no use wor rying over it. You sometimes can tell something about what a woman tbinka by what she doesn't say. It is noticeable that people wh talk easily upon a subject don't knew too much about It. , . Being able to paddle .your . own canoe makes the more expensive au tomobile seem not so desirable. , The man whe always keeps hto en thusiasm steam heated ta usually enough ot a hypnotist ta get eatua easy mark te pa bis eoal bills, rrom "Pert - Paragraphs," In the Trenton True American. Road Building as a Study. "Road building," writes a sub. scriber, who is a prominent county, engineer in Massachusetts, "is a mati ter which requires special study la each particular case, and the effort to lay down uniform practice even tot localities which have fairly uniform conditions leads to Imperfection!. Methods which worked well in on particular stretch of road may fall when applied to another. In making up specifications for country roadt, while It Is convenient to have a stand ard form, the engineer will do well to vary that form to suit tbe condi. tlons. Traffic should be studied mor and the benefit derived should b commensurate with tbe expense. "The phase of the study ot roadi which Is preliminary In its nature, should be more dwelt upon by essay, ists and authorities. The Importance of tbe road from the standpoint ot Its expected use should be more thor oughly Inquired into before entering on tbe actual construction, as well as the various preliminary engineer ing inquiries ot the state ot the soil, the availability of native material, drainage, etc. In other words, deei public canvenlence and necessity re quire certain work done? "The construction of good roadi over long stretches of country meant such a vast expenditure, not alone In first cost, but of more importance still, in future maintenance, that hap hazard methods must be abandoned and all the elements ot present and future use gauged with as certain t forecast as possible. "These are some of the poind which I feel are somewhat neglected in current literature, and It would seem also that the State legislation li perhaps weak on the subjest ot main tenance; legislators do not under stand that after a macadam road li built three or four hundred dollar! per mile a year must be spent to maintain it; in the long run perhaps more." In Kentucky. The county court of Boyd County, Kentucky, has announced its inten tion to make an official trip of inspec tion in automobiles over the roada of the county, to determine what steps are required to put them In first-class condition. When the court convenes after the Inspection it li expected that contracts will be let for the repair and maintenance ol the roads for a term of two years. WHERE CHINESE SAILORS FA1X. They Never Learn to Tie a Knot Properly, Says a Skipper. "I don't know why it Is," said the captain of the tramp steamer in South Brooklyn, sixty days out from Hong kong, "but you can't teach any ol those Chinese sailors there to tie's real knot. "There Isn't much need aboard steamer for tbe rope, knowledge that used to be so much the part of a foes le training, but we do need splices and knots now and again Just the same. . "Those Chinese there, who wers signed as A. B.'s, can do anything needed in the way of splices that would make an old tar green with envy, and they'll fix up deadeyea bet ter than most of the men I've shipped. "But you can't get one ot 'em to tie a right knot. Teach 'em again and again, they remember the lesson for half an hour. Next time there'i a straight everyday knot to be tied the Chinese focs'le hand makes up the same old granny. "Every child that tries to tie knot makes a granny. This kind of a knot is made up by passing tbe endi around each other in the reverse di rection, making the ends stand out at right angles. The ends should be wound around each other in the same direction. When they come out ot the knot they should lie alongside the line on either side of the knot. Such a knot won't slip. But a China man can't learn It for keeps not he. "The Lascar and Malay and Kan aka learn the right knot easily enough. In a storm that's one ot the things we have to guard against U we have Chinese sailors." New York "un. Tobacco Monopoly In France. An increase In the tobacco tax in France has brought forth a mass ol official statistics on the subject ot iu productivity. Every Frenchman, It appears, spends on an average thir teen franca a year on tobacco, and of these thirteen francs not less thai eleven francs and ninety-seven cen times go to support the revenue. The monopoly was first Instituted by Loulf XIV. In lv74. The Revolutionist abolished It in 1791, and the Bour bons restored it in 1817. In the fir it year of its renewal i brought in sn Income ot 2, 480,000. In 1803 It M yielding 17,860.000. In 1908 tho yield was 20,360,000, and the Minis ter ot Finance estimates tbat in s year's time it may be expected to yield lUtle .short of 23,000,000. Westmlnster Gaaette. . i - t ' In Plain Sight. . ' ur. S. Welf Mitchell and Joseph Cboate were chaffing each other st banquet gWen by tbe Medico-Leg1 Society in New York, i "Oue thing about your profession, my dear doctor, that I bave alway envied," said Mr. Choste, "is that yon bury your mistakes under ground." "True enough," smartly repll Dr. Mitchell. "Yeurs I believe, swlnf upon trees." New York Times. i n France a spinster Is not allows ta put money In the bank or have check book. However, onco marviaf or a widow she can do business,"' bankers as far as her means and xu'o'
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