THE PULPIT. . BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. E. F. SANDERSON. c: Cod's Redemptive Power. Brooklyn. N. V. The Rev. Edward f. Sanderson, pastor of the Church of :he rilgrlms, preached Sunday morn ng on "The Redemptive Power of 3od." He took his text from Nehe nlnh 9:27: "In the time of their ;rouble, when they rrled onto Thee, Thou heardest from heaven, and ac sorting to Thy manifold merries Thou gavest them saviours." Mr. i;mderaon said : Tiio Jews have returned from cap tivity; they, have drained the bitter 3ui of national depredation: their !rlde of race has K-en brutally and ihamelcssly trampled upon: they have seen all that they held most holy :esi crated and despoiled; hut an unconquerable faith still flame9 within them the faith that God will give saviours to His people. Shorn of all its narrowness and its partial IsmB, it is the simple faith of map kind in the redemptive power ot 3od. When we speak of that power wc ire dealing with the niighllect prin ciple in the universe. If we had but eyes to see it. It Is evidenced on every side a power repairing, rebuilding, redeeming. H Is manifested in a lower fofm when you strike your ax into the trunk of a tree and God tends saviors those redemptive forcer in the tree Ittelf which set up '.he work of healing and redeem the ".ree. You so it when the germs of disease enter the human system and God sends as saviors the lencocytes those redemptive workers In the blood who marshal their forces like the knights of the Crusades, to drive out the despoilcrs of the human body, ind redeem it from disease. There re redemptive forcss In every living creature, reclaiming the life from de traction and decay. 1 can believe that when this planet wai all aflame In fervent heat, in those days when the morning stars lint sang together, that even then there was a picture In the divine mind of what this round globe should some day be, a garden of supernal beauty, with fair rit.ie-" and peonled with a Joyous multitude. I believe that that ideal will yet be realized and I believe that God's redemptive power is at work In myriad ways combating the forces which retard the coming of that ideal. When hordes of rapacious Insects would lay a continent waste and bar ren, God sends saviors, some form of life which preys upon the pest and redeems the vegetation. The process of redeeming this world from the forces of destruction Is a neyer-end-lng process. In fact, but for the saviors in nature, the earth to-day would be one vast temple of desola tion. Scientists understand this. Tbey are analyzing these redemptive forces and bringing them to bear upon afflicted districts. Thus scien tists become laborers together with God for the redemption of the earth. Through man God is reclaiming the waste places of the earth. Through great irrigation systems and the drainage of vast areas ot swamp land, the wilderness Is being redeemed God sends saviors. God is at work in the men in every land who are fighting fnmino and plague and pov erty and disease, fighting every form of physical wretchedness and 3uffer-. in.T. That redemptive force la in-' ereanins wi.h every passing year. Kveiyvheve men are belting their ll.-ca on .o the redemptive onorgy of Co.l ta leucem humanity from the curse of an unfavorable environment I RPd ha"s'a and oppressive conditions. I Never in the history of the world has there Veen such a stupendious ir.ani- ! testation of Go'V purjjoso to redeem the physical lot of roan from every- I thin? wh! :'a debase;! and retards and tultlfle3. The earth as the garden of Cod where man can grow healthy bodies and know something of the joy of living, is a dream; yes, but a dream that Is coming true. When we leavo the plane of th6 physical realm and enter that ot the morn I and spiritual, we And the same great principle at work. Here the sphere of its operation is enlarsd, for we are dealing w'th souls and eternity. Here, too, we strive to catch God's purpose for the race, for only then can we understand the pUy of His redemptive forces. We be lieve that God's purpose the goal of the univorse Is an empire of life, in which the Father is King and men are brothers united in the eternal quest of the true, the good and the beautiful. Hold that Ideal and it will thine like a burniibed lamp in your soul. Iialief in that is the North Star of the Christian faith. We set the compass of humun purpose by that conception of divine purpose. I' gives unerring direction to our lives and corrects all our wayward plans. I believe that the omnipotence of Cod U moving the race of men toward that ideal. I believe that everything In our civilization which antagonizes that ideal must go. 1 believe that the empire of selfish ness mu at crumble and the empire ol love supplant it. The man who lives for himself has the invincible purpose of the universe against htm. 1 be lieve that since the days of primordial chaos God has been giving Himself for the attainment of this ideal. All the knowledge of the world has been the fortbglvlng of the mind of God, divinely perceived at first, misinter preted, distorted, but seen with In creasing clearness si the ages have parked. The moral attainments of the race reflect in the same Imperfect way the eternal righteousness given out of the great heart of God. The spiritual life of men is Just the "fol lowing the gleam" of the soul at the eeiitre ot the universe. God Is ever giving Himself to the world for the achievement ot Hit Ideal, bnt more than that, He Is the uncompromising antagonist of every agency which would divert the race from the goal which He has chosen, Kvery destructive force la the uni verse U opposed by the redemptlv )ower of Cod. It is like the prin ciple or the gyroscope, every attempt to disturb the equilibrium, to thru! the mechanism from its true perpendicular-Is met by a counter forci. resident within. . , . . Why God should make a worid In which His plan could be antagonized, la which force could be generated which weuld work against His Ideal may seem mysterious, but it is Pos sible that the only way by which He can achieve His ideal is along the road ot conflict and struggle and choice. da not think of Ood a surprised by these antagonisms,' M amaaed at the ela and error of inac kind. Can you think of Ood aa be wildered by anespected developtstate la Hie -creation,, by destructive and contrary forr.ee and willful defiance? bJLYX-i't the. Clod who made this world" RlfeW' wfiat vva"s going To Hap pen, knew the certainty of sin and prepared for it; made the power which redeems stronger than the power which damns. There Is no mistake about God's attitude toward sin. He has written His antagonism to It In laws which are like a flaming sword. He pun ishes, but He punishes to save. He has made the way of the transgressor hard unspeakably hard but He has lived that hard, rough way with re demptive forces which will never own defeat; which will never leave you nor forsake you. I believe In a di vine determination In which God has willed the achievement of His ideal despite every obstacle, and I believe that He will have His way. It In a noble and honoring faith which has an unshaken confidence !n the redemptive power of God, which believes that the love of God is stronger than sin and will ultimately triumph, which trusts that somehow, somewhere, some time, God's purpose shall be fulfilled In every life. Take heart. The God who made the world Is at the helm. He is responsible for Mis creation and He will carry It through. "I have made and 1 will bear; yea, I will carry and will de liver, salth the Lord." Oh, the little ness of man's faith! His fears lest the hand of the Lord be shortened that It cannot save. There has never been a mome.it in the life of man when the redeeming power of God was not active tn the world. But It was omy dltnly seen Mid Imperfectly understood until In the fullness of time God gave the world a Saviour from whom thero shone in deathless radiance His full redemptive purpose Jesus showed us the goal of the race the Empire of Love. Ho gave His life dally for the realization of that kingdom. He resisted even unto death every force which warred against that ideal. He ihowed unmistakably what God meant for the universe; that He meant good, that His redemptive forces were round about mankind. Jesus evidenced Indisputably in His life and death what God Is doing. Men had cried out, what Is the use of living? What does all this weary round amount to? And suddenly there flashed upon their view a pur pose, a life, a death, which solved the whole riddle of the universe. Men looked at that life and death i-ud whispered "God." Humanity's best and highest gives us the clearest In terpretation of God. God is judged by the best He has produced, and that best Is Jesus. So we look upon Jesus as the supreme revelation ot the Fa ther's beart. We see God's purpose to redeem the race shining tnrough the life and death of the Master. Now ne know what kind of a God is at the helm. With Paul we see that here Sod made known to us the rayriery of His vlll. We can no longer doubt His purpose or His Intention. God's will is to save, redeem, to consum mate His divine Ideal, and He is giv ing Himself In mankind for mankind. The man who wants to rise has the heart ot the universe with him. The man who sins has the redemptive power of the infinite Father against him. What Jesus showed forth it Is our duty to show forth the redemp tive power of God. No declaration of yours that Christ died for your sins and you have accepted the sacrifice will save you. You roust become a channel for God's redemptive force. You, too, roust become a saviour and a redeemer. You must catch the vision ot the Empire ot Love and Just go on warring against everything which would defeat Its coming. You must die to selfishness and live for the Kingdom of Heaven. Be a re demptive force In the world, and you will be most like the Master, and you will demonstrate anew that God gives saviours to the world. The Sunday -School INTFRXATIONAL LESSOR COM. ME NTS FOR MAY IB, Subjects Growing Hatred to Jesus, Matt. 12:22-32. 38-42 Com mlt Verse 41. AVISr WORDS. A man's own faults never recon cile him to anybody else's. The wya a man cuts drwn hl owcr bills for a girl is by marrylns her. A girl likes to fool a man so shr can convince him she didn't. Men wouldn't care so much foi even baseball If it were a family af fair. Finance Is making money for your- solf out'of other people's. When a man says be respects thr ; law what he means Is he's afraid of it. A boy can pick up some good habit by their not being his father's. The kind of virtue that ma::es a bis noUo over itself can't Btand tnucb more ot a test. The acts of the coldest people caD make the rest of us the hottest. You can always tell by the way I woman smiles that what you think II means Isn't it. Intelligence is much moro com fortable to live with than intellect. A woman's greatest optimism Ii thinking Bho can get the men of net family Into heaven. Most people can be convinced mon easily with a club than with logic. People don't get nearly so top heavy from having brains as from thinking they have them. A woman can admire a man for but virtues but love him for his faults. A man thinks he's a devil of a fel low to have a prise fighter pointed out to him In a street car. A woman can even stop curling hei I air to hear how near a neighbor'! family is to being broken up. ; There are few ot us who wouldn't rather win a lottery ticket than maki twice as much working for it. A man would rather brag about bow well he can make his furnace .work than really have It do it. From ,'Reflectlons of a VafhaJor," la U New York Pcess. Alfred H. Harrison In an article re. cently published in the Nineteenth Century seta forth his belief In the success of any expedition which will almply drift across the North Pole. Calculations based on the drift of casks convince Mr. Harrison that be can float right across the centre of the Arctic Ocean within easy reach of the Pole, and that he will finally emerge somewhere near Spltzbergen. He ar gues that an expedition when drifting can house Itself In Etfklmo huts, and that It can maintain Itself by means of provisions safely cached on the Ice. 'i It la bis Idea to start at Pulen Island la October ol this year or in iu. Three year' supplies are to be placed on the Ice. Scientific- American. GOLDEN TEXT. "He that Is not with Me Is against Me: and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad." Matt. 12:30. TIME. Midsummer, A. D. 28. FLACK Galilee. EXPOSITION I. The TJnpardon able Sin, 22-32. Again we see on one hand the awful power of demons and on the other the gracious power of our Saviour, setting men entirely free from the power of the evil one (v. 22). Satan shuts the eyes and mouth of many a man to-day, but Jesus has power to open the eyes and enable the dumb to speak. The multitudes at once saw In Jesus' power to open eyes and lips the evidence that He was the Messiah. The old Testament prophets had foretold that the Mes siah would do these things (Is. 29:18; 32:3. 4). The Pharisees In their unwillingness to yield to the truth had another explanation: it was Beelzebub, the Prince of demons, casting out demons. The Scribes and Pharisees had come down from Jeru salem to discover something to find fault with and accuse Him (cf. Mark 3:2. 6; 7:1; Luke 6:17, 21; Matt. 21:15,16). They did not accept the natural and true explanation because their own hearts were wicked, and they were unwilling to give the In heritance to the real heir (John 3:19, 20; 11:47. 48; Mark 12:7). This was not the only instance in which this accusation was brought against Jesus (Matt. 9:34; John 7:20; 8:48. 62; 10:20). If such charges were brought against Jesus, His true dis ciples must not expect to escape (Matt. 10:25). These charges broke the heart of our loving Lord (Ps. 69:20). It was for our sakes that He "endured such contradiction of sin ners against Himself" (Is. 63:3, 4). He did not meet these outrageous charges with anger and invective, but lovingly eought to open the eyes of those who brought them that they might not be lost forever. The Phari sees had not made these charges di rectly to Him, but He had read their thoughts (Matt. 12:25; Luke 11:17). and by "knowing their thoughts" had proved Himself divine. He expose the utter folly ot their charge (vs. 25, 26). As it was not by Satan's power that He cast out demons, He showed them that it must be by the Spirit of God (v. 28; Luke 11:20). He who could thus put forth the "finger of God" .and bring Satan's power to naught must Himself be di vine. Satan Is a strong man (Mark 3:27; Luke 11:21. 22), but Jesus is stronger, He has power to bind the strong man and take his goods out of his bands (v. 29). The one who is under Satan's influence is a slave, bound and guarded. by the strong man (Luke 11:21). If one is under the mighty power of Satan, there Is only One to whom we can look for deliv erance. There are but two classes of persons In the world, those who are with Christ openly, whole-heartedly, and those who are against Chrlat (v. 30). All sins but one are pardonable. No matter how often a man has sinned or how grievously, he can find pardon, If he will only receive the One who has borne our sins in His own body on the tree (1 Pet. 2:24; Acts 10:43; 13:39). The one sin for which there Is no pardon is the blas phemy against the Holy Spirit. The context clearly shows that the blas phemy against the Holy Spirit Is the deliberate attributing to the Devil what we know to be the work of the Holy Spirit. One who does this will become so hardened and so blinded that he will never come to Christ, and thus will never find pardon. It any one will come to Jesus, He will re ceive him (John 6:37), and It there fore one does come to Jesus, it is proof that he has not committed the unpardonable sin. Jesus' statement is proof positive that the doctrine ft at all men will ultimately be forgiven and saved (If not In this age, in a future age) Is absolutely untrue. II. An Evil and 'Adulterous Goner, atlon Sccketh After a Sign, SH-42. The Scribes and Pharisees next de manded a sign, some miracle to prove that He was the Messiah. They were not honest seekers, for if they really desired a sign, Jesus had already given abundant slrns that He was a Teacher seat from God (cf. John 3:2). Many to-day are asking proofs, like the Pharisees of old, deliberately shutting their eyes to the proofs that lire round about them on every band. Their seeking a further sign was a revelation of the wickedness ot their own hearts, that they were In an evil and adulterous generation (39). To such a generation Jesus would give no sign but the one great all conclu sive sign, that of the resurrection. Incidentally Jesus Indorses the story of Jonah as being actually histories and not a mere allegory. If the story of Jonah being three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster was an allegory, then, according to Jesus Himself, the resurrection of Christ is also an allegory. Jesus an ticipated by centuries and exposed the theories of the modern destructive critics. Infidels have made merry over the story of Jonah, and the great fish, trying to show how impossible it was tor a whale to swallow a man. The Bible nowhere says it was a whale (see R. V. margin), but even If It had, there would have been no scientific Impossibility In it; for It has been proven in recent years that a certain species of whale can swallow a man alive. This objection, like all Infidel objections, la founded on Ig norance and not upon knowledge. The men ot the past who repented at the preaching ot the lesser propbeta will rise In Judgment with the men of this generation who re.'ect the great Prophet. "It will be more tol erable In the Day ot Judgment" for those who have sinned against great light In the old dispensation han for those In England and Amerlea who reject Him who la the Light of the world, the Incarnate Bon ot Ood. BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE SOLDIKIIS FIGHTING THIS CVI'.SU GREATLY CHEERED. Tlio Consumption of Liquor. , The American Prohibition Year Book for 1910 Is Just to hand and gives some Interesting statistics on the consumption of liquor in this country as compared with the United Kingdom. In 1889 the drink bill of this country was $840,000,000 as against $750,000,000 for Great Brit ain and Ireland; an expenditure of 814 a head against $20 a head. In 1899 our bill was $1,000,000,000 against $900,000,000 for Britain; or $14.40 a head against $23 a head. In 1908 this country spent $1,675, .000,000 for liquor against $800,000, 000; or $19.22 a head against $18 a head. For the last ten years, owing large ly to the Increasing excise tax, the English per capita consumption has been steadily going down. So much so that the nation Is now saving an nually $120,000,000 a year as com pared with 1899. On the other hand, the consumption of liquor steadily Increased up to 1907, when it reached the high water mark ot $1,757,000, 000. The only encouraging figure in the long table, as far as this Is concerned, Is the expenditure for 1908, which shows a decrease of $80,000,000. Unfortunately, that Is Just one-half the increase which took place during the year immediately preceding. It Is to be regretted that the Year Book does not give the figures for 1909, as they are elsewhere stated to be much more promising. Of course, the above figures are all only estimates. It is impossible to get at the exact fact. But they are perhaps close enough for the com parison based upon them. Civilization "Soused." I have read your quotations from the address delivered recently by Dr. T. Alexander MacNlchol, and am puzzled at the use of the word "pes simistic" in describing his sentiments. Has any one proved that Dr. Mac Nlchol is wrong In his statements? There are any number of people who believe him to be right, and it he has merely stated a fact why should he be called pessimistic? The word optimism seems, through common usage, to mean a white washed, rose-tinted, sugar-coated de scription ot the bitter things of Ufa which some men absolutely refuse to see, and pessimism, instead of stand ing for the distorted vision of a torpid liver, is utilized wherever a man ob serves actual conditions and describes : them exactly as they are, with no at ' tempt either to gloss or darken them. Apparently no two words in the English language are more abused than the two In question, and no in telligent thinker is more wronged by the public than when he Is called a i pessimist for merely being a truth 1 teller. j In view ot these facts Is It not pos. slble that Dr. MacNlchol's suggestion ! that the Government should use its I police power for the destruction of ; alcoholism (to save future genera- tlons of school children) is something ; more than pessimism? ; Regardless of the fact that the writer will also be called a pessimist I have no hesitation In saying that ' civilization is "soused" at the pres ent time, and unless the Government ! soon reforms Itself and Its people there will be little vitality or longev I ity left for coming generations. 1 Lurana W. Sheldon, in the New York Times. A Good Answer. The question propounded by Mayor Rose. "Where will the peoplu em ployed In the liquor business find work when It is prohibited?" Dr. Dickie said: ' I iu one oi our niicmgan lowua iiie i 'wets' were wiped out the other day. A saloonkeeper s wife went over to a neighbor's and began to storm about the people taking away her husband's business. 'What am I going to do when he has to close up?' she ex claimed. "The neighbor had a woman scrub bing the floors, and this woman could Btand it no longer. 'I'll tell you what you can do,' she said, with flashing eyes. 'My husband has been getting twelve dollars a week, and he has spent half of It In your husband's saloon. Now that the saloon is to bo closed, he can support me, and you can have my Job here at scrubbing. " Pittsburg Christian Advocate. Rack Into the Jog. A man returned to his native In diana village after having emigrated to Kansas, some twenty years pre vious. He a3ked about different ones he had known tn the old days, and final ly ot old Nlcodemus Balnbrldge, the town drunkard ot his time. "Oh, he's dead," replied the one questioned. "Well, well! dead and burled, ia he?" "Nope, they didn't bury him." "Didn't bury him!" exclaimed the former resident. "Well, then, what did they do with his remains?" "Oh, they Just poured them back Into the Jug.". The Devil's Own. Referring to President Taft's deft- ; nltion ot whisky the Philadelphia North American aptly puts the mat ter In the following language: President Taft took 6000 words to answer the question, "What Is whis ky?" He might have answered it in three by adopting General Sherman's definition of war. An Expensive Evil. Slowly but surely sensible business men are discovering the fact which religious papers and temperance ad vocates have so often asserted, that for every dollar received from saloon taxes the saloon makes necessary the expenditure of two dollars.. There Is an Instrument of Engllnh Invention which I employed to deter mine the measure of the bio.. of a wave. This Instrument was used to measure the wave-blow oil the Sker ry vore rock, Scotland. There the waves aweep in from the wide Atlan tic' In summer a force of over 600 pounds to the square toot was record ed, la winter aa high as a ton to the square foot was attained. These fig ures give some Idea aa to what ships, lighthouses and other similar struct aree have to contead with during stress of foul weather. Degenerations From Alcohol. No matter what the opinions or theories of the physician may be, the degenerations from alcohol must be recognised In the study and practice ot medicine. Sweden's King Temperate. Staff correspondence to the Asso ciated Prohibition Press notea the tact that the King of Sweden, on the occasion of the grand maueuvres at Adalen, gave a dinner to some $00 persona at which no wine nor beer were aerved. The Information Is given also that no wine la served upoa the ordinary table of the King. Daincrea nr me ogmrriouil SORROW. Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God messenger sent down to thee. So With courtesy receive him; rise and bow, I ano, ere nu snauow pan my inresnoia, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave; Then lay before him all thou hast. Allow No cloud of paxsion to usurp thy brow. Or mar thy hospitality; no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmoreal calmness. Grief should be Like jny, majestic, equable, sedate, Continuing, cleansing, raising, making free; Strong to consume small troubles; to com mand Great thoughts, grave thoughts, thoughts lasting to the end. Thomns Aubrey de Vere, The Joy of Christ, There is a prevalent misconception concerning the dally life and expe rience ot the Lord Jesus when He was with us. We think of Him as the "Man of sorrows," and rightly. "He carried our sorrows;" the bur den ot our guilt was upon Him. He was so In sympathy with men that their burdens and sorrows became His. The Incompleteness ot charac ter, the hypocrisy and deceit which met Him everywhere, the thousand forms of Iniquity which filled the world, our guilt laid upon His soul, did Indeed fill His with sorrow; there was no sorrow like His. It was a deep undercurrent that became greater as He approached the end when the multitudes were about Him seeking His blessing, we hear Him say: "My soul is exceeding sorrow ful, even unto death." But with all this His heart was full of Joy. There was sorrow, but there was no sadness; there was a burden, but there was no disappoint ment; there was the keen sense ot the guilt of sin and ot the agony of ! the atonement, but there was no hesi tation. We see the tumult, but He speaks of "My peace," His own pe culiar peace; we see the suffering, but His highest wish for His die clples was that "My Joy might re main In you, and that your Joy might be full." Suffering and happiness are not Incompatible; sorrow and Joy are not so antagonistic that they may not dwell in the same heart. There ia a grace which rises above the suffer ing, and makes it minister to Joy. It Is one of the wonderful things of grace that it so lifts us up out of our surroundings and out of ourselves, that there is perfect peace even when the suffering Is greatest. We have seen the victim of disease racked with pain whose face beamed with Joy, and whose words were songs of praise. The martyrs sang as they burned. So with Jesus; at the very time when His cup was filled to the overflowing, He talked with His disciples out of a heart perfectly at rest. There was to Jesus the Joy of HI sinless nature. We cannot measure that, but we may sometimes have a foretaste of It; there may be such a sense ot pardon and of Divine love that we are as In the presence ot God, but our highest short experience Is far below the blessedness which was perpetual In the soul of Jesus. To Him there was the Joy of infinite love. He gave Himself for others, and In their salvation His Joy was above all suffering. The prayer of the penitent thief was to Him the Joy of love pre vailing, even over the thorns and the nails. There to Illm was the con sciousness of His' Father's love and support. He dwelt on that love. Even with the cross before Him, in the com munion of the holy fellowship His very garments shone with the glory of God. He was mocked and scorned, but all the time He saw His work prevailing. The lame man walking, the dumb man singing the praise of God, the dead coming back to life, were typical of a greater work of love In the salvation of men. He thought of the man whose sins were forgiven as one saved, and not simply healed. How great the Joy of that hour as He prayed. "Holy Father, keep those whom Thou hast given Me!" We can know but little of that higher world In which Jesus lived, for it Is the world of perfect holiness and Infinite love, but we see something of It; we have something in common with Him, so that we can enter into His Joy sufficiently to know that it crowned all labor and sweetened all sorrow. The "Man of sorrows" let Him ever be to us, but also we should open our hearts to receive the Inflowing ot His ever-present, unbounded Joy. United Presbyterian. MAY FIFTEENTH Reason and Faith.' It is well to bear In mind that most of the so-called "modern" difficulties ot belief are by no means new, but have at recurring periods been put prominently forward by "thinkers lost and gone." "(Whatever may be the difficulties ot Intellectual appre hension, "belief would" as has been finely said "cease to be Itself; were It capable of mathematical demon, etration." There are regions Into which rea son cannot penetrate, and then "faith must go forward alone with its torch to light the way." The history of reason shows conclusively that every attempt to make It the only light ol humanity has failed. "You may drive faith out by the door, but II will return through the window." "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." (John 20: $9.) London Christian. The Bishop ot Liverpool, speaking at Chester recently said that aa a na tion the English spend $100,000,000 a year la strong drink. In Ave years that would pay the national debt. In Ills Bosom. The bosom of Christ Is the grave, and the only grave of religious acri mony; we learn secrets there which render it possible for us to be of one heart, it we may not yet be ot one mind, with all who lean open It with us. Dora Greenwell. - - True Charity. A keen, warm sympathy thai makes your brether'a need your own nothing short of that la really char Uy. Phillip Brooks. Among applicant far service aa a general house maid In a Pittsburg family waa a rawbened girl at rather forbid diog aspect. "Da yon love ehU droaT" aaked the ra Wrens oX the boas. Well, mam, reepended ' the girt, witt a grim smile, "Uai d itenda est the wsjee," , . . , "not" a man. "But, Marie, I have told you dis tinctly that you are not to have men in your kitchen." "Beg pardon, ma'am, this Isn't man, be U a corporal." Bourire. Topic-Christ's "Versl lies'.- John 6! 26, 32, 47. 63. , His "verily" sure. 2 Cor. 1; 19-22. A prayer "verily." Mark. 11: 23. A regeneration "verily." John 3: 1-6. A service "verily." John 13: 12-17. A warning "verily." John 13: 38. A promise "verily." John 16: 23, 24. We may be sure that Christ knows our Inner motives. What folly It Is, therefore, to hide them from our selves! (v. 26.) ' It Is not a matter of little import ance what we eat, but that determines our physical life. So our soul-food de termines our spiritual life (v. 32). It Is never Immaterial what we be lieve. True belief always works Itself out into life (v. 47.) Christianity la not any half-way ac ceptance of Christ; it is the Incorpor ation of Christ (v. 63). Suggestions. Christ's "verllles" show us what He was most In earnest about; and those are the things that we should be most in earnest about. Some people think that In order to be Judicial and well-balanced one must never be enthusiastic and emphatic. That Is not mental poise but mental stagnation. Not all truth Is 'equally important. The pedant makes no distinction In. value between a use of the dative case and statistics regarding temperance; and thus .he separates himself from the wise nan. Christ dared make positive aglrma tlons; so shall we, if He speaks through us Other "Verllles." One of the "verllles" (Matt. 6: 18) asserts Christ's belief in the absolute authority of the Bible. Shall we doubt where He has set his seal? Another of Christ's "vermes" as serts the doom of disbelievers (Matt. 10: 15.) Shall we hold that It is im material what a man believes? Our Lord's "verily" Is attached to the promise of reward for deeds ot kindness (Matt. 10: 42). That is good endorsement of heaven's promissory note! With the same emphasis Christ In sisted upon the Invincible power ot faith, even to the removal of moun tains (Matt. 17: 20). And yet every day we are walking around our mountains! EPWQRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 15 Our Motto The Upward Look and the Uplift. Titus 2: 11-14; Heb. 12: 1, 2, 12; 1 John 3: 17. Titus 2: 11-14. The New Testament church looked for the early return ot our Lord to the earth. So there are frequent references In the epistles to the expected event, and Christians were exhorted to shape their lives so as to be in readiness tor It. They ought to live unworldly and careful lives, constantly Interpreting life and adjusting themselves to life in the light of Christ's appearance. We know now that the early church misunderstood the purpose of Christ. But that does not make the apostle's advice any the less Important. The very best way to live the life of a Christian In this present world is to' live in the way that would meet our Lord's approval if he were suddenly to appear In the midst of us. - Hebrews 12: 1, 2, 12: Here is an other up look. The example ot the heroes of the faith Is worth much, but we look beyond all these, until we see Jesus, author and perfector ot our faith. He Is example, inspiration, and rewarder, all three. But, looking unto Jesus, we dare not ignore those who are all about ua. and who cannot see him. They will aee him, if at all, first our reflection of his spirit and his teaching. The world haa many hands that hang down, be cause no one has shown how to lift them in faith toward the cross. Knees are palsied which might hold firm It the feet could be set on the Rock ol Ages. There are many lame who stumble In crooked paths, but who might walk sure and steadily if the ways of life were made more plain and straight. ALL'S WELL THAT? ENDS WELL. One afternoon last summer my cousin Invited me to go for a short trolley ride with her, as she had two tickets fur the ride. I accepted her Invitation, and In turn Invited my friend, Alice, to go, too. When the car came along, we all got on, laugh ing and chatting, as schoolgirls will. After a short time the conductor came around for our fares. Marlon, my cousin, handed him her tickets, and yet he stood there. "Fare, please," be remarked. ''I looked at Marlon and said, "You gave them to htm, didn't you?" and she replied, "Yes, but he Is waiting for Alice's." ' "Oh, yes!" I exclaimed, rather shamefacedly, feeling tor my pocket book, which I couldn't find, and con sequently becoming rather flustered, for beBldes the girls and the con ductor, all the people In the car were watching and beginning to smile. At length I exclaimed: "I left my pocketbook up at Marlon's! What are we to do?" None ot us had any money, and we were some distance 'from home. While these thought were going on In my mind Alice turned to the conductor, saying, "If .you will stop the car at the next cor. ner I'll get off." Of course I couldn't let her do that, seeing it was my .blunder, and so we argued a to who should get off. At the next corner we both stood up, each one determined to get off, ,but both ot us were disappointed, for (the car didn't stop, After a few more 'corners were passed and the car was still going, we decided to rest com fortable and enjoy the ride. To our .Joy, moreover, my Aunt Bessie got .on the car when It stopped once, and from her we secured the money nec essary for poor Alice's fare, thus giv ing our trip with a poor beginning a :happy ending. Winifred Flatman, in the New York Tribune. DRAWN FROM "LIFE,", . Flrt Lady "Are you a suffragette, too?" . , Second Lady "O, dear, no! I'm happily married." Life. ' New Road Nomenclature. Advancement In the science of roaj building Is accentuated by the action of the committee on asphaltle and bl tumlnous pavements, of the Organ), cation of City Officials for Standard izing Paving Specifications, which was formed recently at Chicago. According to reports ot discussions in the committee, and as partly shown in the report, roads constructed from broken stone and bituminous mater ials are separated into two classes, "bituminous macadam" and bitumin ous concrete." A bituminous mac Adam road is defined as one con. structed of broken stone of the varj. ous sizes commonly used In macadam roads, with sometimes sand and grav. el, to which has been applied bitu minous material by what is known as the "penetration method," 1. e., the application of the bituminous mater ial, either hot or cold, to the surface of the road after the stone has been placed In position and rolled. A bituminous concrete road, In dif. ferentlation from a bituminous mac adam road is defined as one built ot a mineral aggregate, made up of broken stone, gravel and sand In vari ous combinations, mixed with bituminous-material before being placed in the roadway. - This definition does away with the necessity for describ ing a road as one' built by the "mix ing method," when reference is made to one where stone and bitumen have been mixed, either hot or cold, before being placed In position. It Is thought that the segregation ot names will simplify methods of ex pression, so as to make them more readily understood, and also to bring them In accord with the facts. It is urged that a road can only be considered a macadam road, when the stones are placed upon the ground, rolled and a binder applied. Primarily this binder consists of stone dust, washed Into the crevices by means of water. Obviously, to fill up the Interstices with bitumen would make a "bituminous mac adam." No mention Is made by the committee of a fact that this particu lar appellation Is copyrighted by a company making patented pavements as one of its "trade names." Bituminous concrete, on the con trary, has nothing tn common with macadam in any way, except that the same materials enter into Its mineral aggregate. Bituminous concrete, like cement concrete. Is, and must be, made by a thorough mixing of the materials, to the end that the parti cles of the aggregate shall he thor oughly and entirely covered by the cementing material, so that, when placed in position and compressed, a dense and solid mass is formed pos sessing the requisite qualifications for a road surface. Such changes or developments ia nomenclature are the inevitable re suits of the progress made possible by constant experimentation in tha science ,. of highway construction. They are one of the indices of ad vancement. Good Roads Magazine. Support Good Roads Candidates. It is an understood ethical princi ple, that whatever is worth having Is worth making an effort to secure. In the more terse and expressive lan guage of the street, "it you want i thing, go and get It." , The action ot the Alabama Good Roads Association, at Us recent con vention at Montgomery, tn appoint ing a committee on legislative candi dates, is a case in point. The asso ciation has decided upon a system ol Improved roads, with State aid, and other progressive Ideas. At the Mont, gomery convention both of the guber natorial candidates were Invited ta express their views on the subject, and they did so in a manner which Indicated to the members of the as sociation that which ever may b elected the good roads measures will be treated favorably by the executive, The legislature, however, which H to be elected In November, Is as yel an unknown quantity. The member! to be elected are not even placed in nomination. It Is the function ot thii legislative committee to ascertain th sentiment of every candidate on ths subject ot good roads, and report same to the convention In Birming ham In October for action. The plain intimation la that the association will assist In the election of those who fa'vor good roads for Alabama, and in the defeat of those who do not. Good roads advocates in some other States, who have long been endeav oring to secure better road laws tot thelt commonwealths, might find tb example of the Alabama assoajatloa worthy of emulation. Good Roadt Magazine. , Steel Barrel. Not all barrels are made of wood' there are barrels made ot metal. A steel barrel that comes from Ger many, used In the Importation ot an nine dye In powder form, is tnad with a flat band of the metal, per haps eight Inches In width, around the middle, at the bulge ot the barrel, while the two. ends of the barrel, tapering from the middle section to the heads, In the v ordinary barrel fashion, are made ot corrugated steel with the .corrugations runnlm lengthwise. The dye stuff Is heavy, 600 or 700 pounds to the barrel; but the steel barrel remains rigid and carries Its heavy load securely without racking or twisting. New Yrfrk Sun. Neighborly rolltenea. "The late James Whistler and Dr. Sir James Browne Crlchton at on time dwelt next door to each other. Whistler had a very fine garden, and as the doctor was fond of flower hi permit'ed his neighbor to have a doer into It. Sir Jamea' servant gather ing and destroying the flower, Whist ler ent to inform him that he would nail up the door. To this Crlchton caustically replied: , "Tell him he may do anything bat paint It." - "And 4eU him." rejoined Whistler, "that he may say what he will. I'M take anything from him axcapt physic." New York TUnes.
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