THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY REV. F. D. WALTER. Theme: Tower of the Crow. Brooklyn. N. Y. Sunday the Rr-v. Frank Duwell Walter, who was ap-. pointed from South Norwalk, Conn , to the pastorate of Simpson M. K. "hnrch to succeed the Rev. Dr. V. .1. Thompson, preached In the morning lis opening Hermon. His subject wns 'The Power of the Uplifted Cro.." The text was from John 12:32: "And t, If I bs lifted up, a'I11 draw nil men unto Me." Mr. Walter said : This text contains the pith and marrow of Christianity. The whole world has stood before the uplifted Cross and felt the magnetism of Christ. Mis power eludes scientists, baffles philosophers and defeats 'he Invisible powers of darkness. Many of His enemies hnve been willing to concede that He whs a Rood man. hut they can find no explanation of how He opeiiR the eyes of the blind, mal:es bad men good, lifts the nations off their hincos and lends them to new ideals. Ralph Waldo Emerson pi.ts Jesus upon a plane with Caesar, Pluto and Shakespeare, but Charles Lamb la not content with this characteriza tion. He beautifully states the ense , when he says, "If Shakespeare should enter this room, we would all greet him. If Jesus Christ entered we would all fall down In adoration and seek to touch the hem of His gar-; menl." N'n theory which falls to recognize the divinity of Jesus Christ can ever explain Ills lite and work among the children of men. These words become the Idle uttcr anco of a visionary dreamer if we do not premise them with Christ's di vinity. He would be classed as a self-opinionated boaster and Impos'.er of the first order. What would we think of a young man, thirty years, old, iitterlntf such words as these found In the tect? How did He pro pose to do this wonderful work? By death upon the Cross. Is It reason able to suppose that He could do more by His death than fie could by His life? What human power could He command that was able to accomplish such a task? Christ came from a small nation. He had no armies to. carry out Hi3 plane. ITI3 people hud no great philosophers, law mukpis or reformers with which to undertpk"' this great work. They were practi cally dead in the literary world ? that time. Reformers ordinarily Jo not come from a nation with such a standing. Think for a moment of the Roman power with which Christ had to con tend. Rome wns the conqueror of nations. She was mistress of the sea. She had met Greece and shattered her armies. She hnd swept down upon Egypt and carried away her gloiy. She had marched north and destroyed the Northmen and the German tribes. She bad made both the East and 'he West tremble at the tread of her armies. What could a mere humm Christ hope to accomplish against such a power? That He did purlfv society, uplift the nations and bring in a reign of righteousness proves conclusively that He must be divine. Let us view Christ In history. It la a good thing for us occasionally to close our Bibles and stand out under the vaulting arch of history and be hold what Christ has done. We cannot study the great problem of history without coming face to face with Jesus Christ. The movements of his tory are an enigma until we put Christ in the centre of them. There waa a tiny seed planted long ago In KJen. It tier; until its branches spread over many nations. Its leaves were for the healing of the nations, its bud of promise so beautifully manifested in the Old Testament burst forth Into full bloom in the life and work of Jesus Christ In the New Testament, until to-day all peo ples de.lght themselves in the sweet fragrance and purifying power of. Jesus Christ and His Gospel. The picture of Jesus with His dis ciples never grows old. We can be hold Him training them In the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. They walk up and down Palestine in com pany with this wonderful man andi behold the marvelous miracles which' He performs. They come to worship Him as the Son of God. When Ho disappears from their vision, they tarry at Jerusalem until the Spirit! descends upon them, and then they' go forth to preach Christ and break the bread of life to the world. Three thousand are converted In one day at Pentecost. They make the lame to walk, the blind to see, the deaf to hear and the poor to rejoice that the Gospel is preached to them. Martyrs walk courageously to the slake and die shouting Christ's praises. Heroic spirits spring into the Christian arena and rejoice that they are counted worthy to suffer In tils name. One hundred years after the death of Jesus, Justin bears this testimony: "There is not a single race of men,, whether Barbarians or Greeks, or' whatever they may be called, nomads or vagrants, or herdsmen dwelling in tents, among whom prayers and giv ing of thanks are not offered through the name of the crucified Jesus." The onward march of Christ has continued until tie has encircled the. globe. He will never cease His work' until He has traversed the highest mountain, entered the remotest island of the sea, Illuminated the darkest continent and reached the last nation with the blessed news of the glorious Gospel. Missionaries are flying into all parts of the world. They are crossing every sea, climbing every mountain, entering every city where in festers and blisters In human hearts, placing the cross by the side of every throne, and ere lung Christ will win this whole world to Himself. What heroism Christ luuplns in the hearts of HI followers! You re member what Garibaldi said to his followers when be was trying to re cruit his army: "Come! I offer you terrible fatigue, Ions marches, scant rations, hard fighting, wounds, dis ease, death, but I offer you liberty nd victory!" In this same spirit doe Jesus Christ Invite strong men, nd women to help Hira win tbl world to Himself. Thousands and thousand are flocking to the stand ard and giving their Uvea willingly ter the coming of His klnadom. , The supreme reaaou why Christ aplifta the world is that He does what 1 po other person can do. - He offers tflvlne forgiveness to every sin-sick soul. Who caa measure the meaning of that great sacrifice upon the crossT What relation does this death bear to each of our lives? If we place the him meaning upon this fact which Jesus did. .we shall count it the cent tral point of all history. ,The cross cane Into His vision when He was a mere child, and it never passed '.rom His sight until He was crucified upon' It. He came to write with a bold; hand one supreme word for which the' world bad seacbed for centuries,' They had hopea for It. They naTl dreamed about It. He wrote It with His own blood. Ha wrote It so clear ly that the world could not mistake Its meaning. It blazed out with a divine Intensity and Illumined a very sinful and weary soul. It was the divine word forgiveness. We little realize what this word meant to the world In that day. Tholr gospel had been "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." This word struck a new note In their religious life. Jesus mounted upon the cross and with one mighty sweep Hei brushed away all the trappings of the Mosaic law. Its ceremonies and pur! fylngs now became a dead letter. He burst open the Holy of Holies and made It possible for every repentant soul to approach God. He revealed that for which the centuries had been looking. He manifested that fori which the heart had been hungry ' the love of God. Never again need, the world doubt Ood's love. From, every valley and hillside and hamlet! I see the weary, burdened people,' pushing their way toward the cross,! to find refuge under Its shadow and' to seek forgiveness throush Us sub lime sacrifice. It.is the greatest mes sage of the ages. How much this forgiveness means: to the world to-day! It touches every phase of our lives. It comes to the; conscience and places the enormity of,' sin by its side and shows Its estimate In the light of Biblical standards. It comes to the Intellect, and, with the authority of Him who made the In tellect, reveals the true way to the Father's heart. It comes to the heart and with an Infinite pathos and power shows the love and mercy of the in- finite God. It fits every side of our; lives. Christ forgives every mean ac tion, every sinful deed, every neg-j lected duty, and every unkind word. He forgives the sins we have com-) mltted against ourselves, against our) brothers and against our God. Hei blots them out so completely thai neither our own tearfulness, nor our strong enemies' power, nor our selt-l reproach can reveal them. Ho burled them so deep that nothing In heaven or in earth can ever resurrect them.: Dig down as deep ns you can and youi will never find even the skeleton of the lifeless dust of your sins. The) evil heart which Is the fountain of sin will be purified and made white as the snow, so that forever afteH there will Issue forth pure and right-j eons actions. The old familiar hymni states the Christian's experience! beautifully: My God is reconciled, ilia pardoning voice I hear, He owns nie for His child, I can no longer fear, With conlidcnce I now draw near, And Father, Abba, Father cry. A BIT OF TREACHERY. Carl Hagenbeck, the most eminent owner, echibitor and trainer of wild animals in the world, has had many adventures In his half-century of ex perience. Some of them nre described In a recent book, entitled "Beasts and Men." On more than one occasion an elephant lin3 come uncomfortably near putting an end to Mr. Hasen leck's career. One of the worst acci dents happened at the end of the six ties. About that time he purchased a menaserle at Trieste, which Includ ed among the other beasts a female elephant, which stood about eight feet hk:h. It seemed to bo a thoroughly pood-tempered animal, Its only fault Ic'.n-i that It oscaslonnlly had the full's "a not uncommon characteris tic," comments Mr. Hagenbeck, "in all feminine crenturcs." He soo:i mado friends with the cle pbent which he named T.issy, nnd re rover passed Its stall without giv ing i! a handful of food. He was, therefore, he believed, Justified in thln'.-.int: he had nulte won Its heart, and r.3 !t never showed any signs of v:o:er.ce. It did net occur to Mr. Ha genbeck that he might le dealing with a grossly deceitful creature. The elephant was learning a trick In which it hnd to swing its keeper Into the air with its trunk, and then slowly set him upon the ground again. The word of command which, was given to the beast when It had to per form this simple exhibition was: "LIssy, apport!" "One day," to continued In Mr. Hagenbeck's own words, "I found Lissy alone In her stable, the keeper being nbient. it must have been a devil that made mo feel a desire to be raised on high by her, after the manner of her pffectionate treatment of her keeper. I stroked and fed her, and then taking hold of her trunk, called out the word of command: " 'LIssy apport!' "Then followed one of the most vilely treacherous acts of which I have ever heard. LIssy besian to obey the order, but I soon felt that she was bent on mischief, for tne embrace of her trunk was unpleasantly vigor ous, nnd I soared high Into the air. "But I was not quietly deposited once more upon my feet. "Instead of this, LIssy dashed me violently asalnBt the wooden barrier In front of her stall, and I went flying over Into the menagerie. "I lay almost senseless upon the ground until the old keeper, Philippe, appeared to help me home. "Fortunately no bones were broken, but I was terribly battered and brulsod, and for weeks could only bobble about with great pain." KERNEL KUNNINO. As many children seem to be Inter-1 estsd In pets, perhaps you would like, to hear about my bird. He Is a can-' ary, and bis name ia Kernel Kunnlng.l We keep him in a large mocking' bird's cage, so that he can have plen-j ty of room to fly. There Is a wheel In the cage, and he sits on it and! whirls around, singing as only a blrdl can. He has many rather cute tricks, and I think him tho prettiest bird in! all New York. He sits on my hand; nd pecks my fingers. He does not like us to wear hats, and always! colds ns when we put them on. When mother Is housecleanlng she always wears a white cloth over her head to keep her hair clean, and then the. bird shrieks until she takes It off. As the wires of the cage are rather far apart-, it U very easy for a mouse to go In and out There is a small on which goes ia nearly every even ing and eats the seeds which have fallen to the floor of the cage. Once the mouse tried to get into the seed; eup, but that made Kernel so angry, that bo flew down and pecked it on the bead. The poor, frightened little moose ran out and bas not gone back, since. RosallBd F. Ounkln, la the New York Tribune. The Sunday-School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. MENTS FOR MAY 22. Subject: The Death of John the Dap. list, Matt. 14:1-12 Commit Verses 10, 12. GOLDEN TEXT. "He that Is slow to anger Is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city." Prov. 16:32. TIME. A. D. 29. PLACE. Machaerus. EXPOSITION. I. Herod Afraid of John Risen From the Dead, 1, 2. At last the report of Jesus' mighty deeds reaches the palace, and the court la agitated. The conscience smitten king Is struck with abject ter ror. His sins come out of their graves to haunt him. "This Is John the Baptist," he cries, "he Is risen from the dead." This had first been suggested by others (Luke 3:7) . but Herod's guilty conscience had readily taken It up. There had been other explanations of Jesus' power quite as plausible (Luke 9:8) and Herod had been In deep perplexity and agitation about It, and longing to see Jesus, and have all the terrible uncertainty fettled (Luke 9:9). But conscience asserted Its sway and Herod settled down to this, "John whom I behead ed, he is risen" (Mark 6:14-16). John will indeed rise to accuse Herod, as will every sin that la not covered with the atoning blood, to accuse every sinner. The royal murderer was having a foretaste of hell. Her od's present agitation soon paBsed away (Luke 23:8), but the remorse to come will be endless (Mark 9:44, 46). II. Herod Afraid of the Multitude, 3-5. John was a model court preach er. It mattered not to him that hla hearer was a king. All he saw waa a sinner. A sinner who wore a crown was to John not essentially different from any other sinner. John did not mince words, he will save the royal adulterer If he can; and pointing at Herodlas he thundered, "It Is not law ful for thee to have her." Brave, faithful servant of God. Such men are needed In every age. But John got the prison and the headsman's block for his earthly reward (cf. Matt. 5:11, 12; Luke 6:26). John lost his head, but he saved himself from the awful guilt and condemna tion of the messenger of God who la recreant to bis trust (Ez. 3:18). Herod had a wholesome fear of John. The latter had awakened that awe in the bosom of the former that right eous and holy men often Inspire In tho hearts of those who would do them harm (Mark 6:20; comp. 1 Kings 21:20). Herod was touched and listened to him gladly, but he did not give up his sin, and so there could be no doubt as to what the ulti mate outcome would be. There la no hope for the man who Is simply In terested In the truth and listens to It gladly, but who does not forsake sin. The time soon came when Herod wished to Bilenco this accusing voice that he was not willing to obey. But now he was restrained by a fear of the people. The man who la re strained from sin only by tho fear of man will not be restrained long (v. 6). Fear seems to have been the rul ing impulse in this man's life; first, fear of John, then fear of the people, then fear of "those which sat at meat with him," and then fear o! John's ghost. About the unhapplest man on earth a the man who Is governed by his fears. III. Herod Afraid of Those Who Sat at Meat With Him, tl-12. The steps by which Herod walked to eter-. nal Infamy are an Instructive Illus tration of the growth of sin. First, he took his brother's wife; second, he rejected a faithful warning; third, he imprisoned the faithful preacher; fourth, be gave a wine supper; fifth, he watched a beautiful dancer; sixth, he obeyed the promptings of an im agination excited by wine and lasclv iousness, and made a rash vow; sev enth, In fear of ridicule he kept his wicked oath; eighth, he murdered a holy man. There are few things that grow so rapidly as sin. He is not the last man who has got into trouble by giving a wine supper, nor the last who has plunged headlong Into crime because of a beautiful dancer. Let It be borne in mind, too, that the dancer belonged to "the very best so ciety" of the day, and the dancing was done before a very select company (Mark 6:21). Herodlas appears In the story in even a worse light than Herod. Herod was entrapped. Her odlas set the trap. It was all deliber ately arranged. She had set herself against John and desired to kill him (Mark 6:19), but Herod stood in the way. Herodlas waited her opportun ity. She Bent her daughter in to act the part of a shameless dancer. What Is a daughter's modesty to a woman's pitiless hate? Herod was pleased and made his rash promise. The daugh ter hurried to her mother for instruc tions and hurried back with the . In famous request for John the Baptist's head. The road that Herodlas trav eled to hell Is full of warning . She entered an adulterous alliance, she rejected a faithful warning, she hated the faithful messenger, she plotted his death, she sacrificed her daugh ter's modesty upon the altar of her own hellish hate, she murdered God's faithful ambassador, she gloated over the head of the victim of her lust and hate and cruelty. Was not John's boldness a mistake? . It cost his head, but brought him a crown hereafter and Imperishable fame here (Matt. 5:11, 12: 1 Tim.- 8:12; Rom.' 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17). John did not succeed' In saving Herod, 'by bis fearless preaching, but be saved himself (Ez. 3:19). His corpse was laid in the tomb, but he entered Into paradise, John the dead and seemingly eon-' quered servant of God was happier that night than Herodlas, the living and seemingly triumphant sinner. The disciples of John did the wisest) thing there was to do. They ''went and told Jesus." The death of John was a sad blow, but It took thera td a far greater than John, to Him whom it was John's delight to paint his, disciples (Jno. MS, 88, if; :3, 0). tone on the Boss. "But whfle yer have yer fet on do desk and are puffing at a cigarette, suppose do boss should oeJJ op?" asked the timid office boy. . "Oh, I have dat all fixed 'up," con fided the bold office boy. "Ye see, me an' de telephone goll are chums, and when de boss U out and calls up de office she says: ' Una's busy." "And whst doe dat meant". , "Why, it moans dat I ain't . buay. CUc-o New. OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE AGAINST RDM. Cor. Glenn On the Itum Evil. Gird thee, O Church! an arouse thee, 0 State: Klae be the woe of the milUtone thv fate! Banixh the Beast! Let the gad years re late What shall become of our children? For more than an hour at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon ex-Oovernbr Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina, 'laid himself out to banish the Beast, ithe rum Beast, and the United Church 'Choir of New York, banked 40(t strong on the stage, and the Lotus Glee Club helped him on, while a crowded house encouraged fclm by Joining in the choruses of songs as uncompromising as this: Born in the wedlock of passion and drink. Sin set nnd tick ere they learn how to think, Damned to defeat from the cradle's white brink What shall become of our children? Governor Glenn was the leading attraction at a meeting In the Inter ests of local option for cities, "I have not always been an absolute tee totaler," said he. "I am ashamed to way that I used to lay It to St. Paul and take a little for my stomach's .sake and mine oft infirmities, and that those oft Infirmities became very oft Indeed. But not for many years has a drop of the cursed stuff gone .Into my stomach, nor ever will. I've seen what the demon can do. Of seven of my college friends two are 'In the grave, three are In Insane asy lums and two are a disgrace to the name of North Carolina, all through that demon. "I've heard the moans and groans and shrieks of agony going up to Almighty God from the asylums and learned that thirtv-three and one third per cent, of the victims are there through drink; I've visited the .old soldiers' homes and learned that jflfty per cent, of the inmates are there from the same cause, and almshouses and learned that seventy per cent, of those there sheltered are there from this same curse. "Because I have seen these things, nnd oh! my God! because I have felt these things, I have dedicated the test of my life to the cause of fighting this terrible, damning evil. (Ap plause.) If it hrings crime Instead of lav, disease instead of health, rags Instead of clothes, how dare you, how jean you stand for this curse In the State of New York? I come to apneal to the manhood and womanhood of the Empire State and of the greatest city in the world to get Into action ihere to-nlsht, so that in five, ton or twenty years God shall be glorified nnd the curse of this temptation be abolished. "New York, whoso forefather Btood with Washington at Valley (Forge for freedom, who stood at Yorktown; New York, who furnished the bravest that confronted the South from '61 to '65 how long will Its freemen submit to being governed and controlled by the whisky ring? (Why does this whisky ring through the Legislature keep Its hands about your throats? Because they know that If they give you the right to vote for local option in five years there won't be a saloon in New York State, kind I believe New York Itself would Je found right In line. North Caro lina, which In 1881 went 103.000 for liquor, in 1907 went 43,000 for God,' all throush the progress of local op tion. That's all you want right here, and you'll call me back once more before I die to celebrate with you tho victory and a saloonless State. "If whisky helns business, as they tell you, why don't you get a drunken ibarber to shave you on Wednesday or Saturday night? Or you here hire a drunken chauffeur? Drink up a dol lar? I'd better throw it Into the fire, for then it's gone: but if I drink it down I may go home and beat my wife or get Into the calaboose. I drink up a dollar and there goes a good cotton hat, doesn't It? I drink up seventy-five cents and there goes my shirt, $2 and there goes my shoes, and I drink up $3 and away goes my breeches and I ain't going any fur ther! "GaBton County, N. C, in 1895-98 had thirty-eight Government distiller ies and a lot more that weren't sched uled, no schools, hardly a church, no roads worth speaking of, and only ,two factories. But ten years ago the 'people threw out rum, and now there .Isn't a distillery nor a groggery. there are schools for all the boys and girls, churches are being reared to God's glory, macadam roada run every where, and there are forty-three fac tories employing 15,000 citizens. Which will you have? "In Maine I said: 'At last, thank God, I've found a place where It takes a guide to get a drink! Why here in New York it takes a guardian to keep a man from getting a drink even 'when he doesn't want one! In North Carolina there 1b one - criminal to levery 13,000 population. . In New Jersey, the same size State, there is lone criminal to every 356 persona. Why this difference? Strong drink. It there could be such a thing as a tear In heaven it would be shed by me If at the last day I saw my son jcome to the gate and be sent down and beard his wall saying his blood iwas upon my head becauso I bad voted against the suppression of this jllquor Iniquity. 'iuanlc God that 'can't happen. Sixty per cent, of the stranded women began their course .through the vice mill of strong drink, and eighty per cent, of the stranded men. Is it my son that's down there in crime! is it your daughter kicked ;from a brothel, too low even for such :a vile place as that? Do your duty as God has prospored you, and don't .leave this house till the pure breath iand the sweetness of the benediction has fallen upon you." New York Sua. Religious Heading SOS THE QUIET HOVtt. WHAT THE ANGEL SATO. "Your way is dark," the angel said, "Became you downward gaze. Look up; the sun is overhead. Look up and learn to praise. I looked: I learned. Who looks above Will find in Heaven both light and love. VWhy upward gaie?" the angel said; , "Have you not learned to know (The light of God shines overhead i That men may work below?" I learned. Who only looks above May miss below the work of love. And thus I learned the lessons twain: The heart whose treasure is above Will gladly turn to earth again Because the Heaven is love. Yes, love that framed the starry height Came down to earth and gave it lipht. The Bishop of Ripon. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES MAY TWENTY-8ECOND Not What I Am, but What I May Be. And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis, 32:28. Few Bible characters furnish us more striking illustration of the wonderful change that may be wrought In a man's life by the power of God than does that of Jacob. Both in heredity and training he was handicapped. His mother was deceitful and treacherous, and we are 'little surprised that her son Inherited so much of evil tendency. The "birthright" deal revealed in fl!m a (cunning deception and deep selfish pess. He was Inwardly, outwardly and through and through a liar. How Us it that he became a chosen servant bf God and a channel through-which great blessings were transmitted to Ithe human race? Hew la It that be (stands out as one of the three great knen in early Jewish history? In the first place, he was not the (man to sit down and whimper over Ithe hardness of his lot, saying fate had fixed for him his destiny. He wsb up and doing with a passion to achieve. In the course of his life and the success with which It was crowned he teaches ua this great les son that a man need not be the Victim of heredity and evil circum stances; a man can rise above them. I In the second place, Jacob was a : dreamer and followed, in the light of ; Ihla dream, his Ideal. He was not a : (man of passing whims and impulses, Ibut a man with a nurnnRn. Hla Iripnl jkeepa him moving onward with a de liberate settled purpose, through years of hardship, toll, patient wait ing, exile, each- year adding some It h In g to his success, until he rises fi giant in his character and strength. Jllow different from hla brother Esau, .who through his vacillation and weakness, his lack of faith and prin ciple, became a helpless victim and slave to his own passions. The two started on pretty equal footing. One gravitated to. a low level, while the other rose through self-mastery te the higher planes of great service and usefulness. In the third place, Jacob was a man who desired friendship with .God. It may have been the con sciousness of his own meanness which led him to seek divine aid in over coming his innate disposition. This was the dominating influence under hlch we see him gradually gaining the victory over his evil tendencies. jOne by one his faults are overcome in hla choice of better thinga. Hla t course took him through the hard truggle of Peniel, but he goes up rom it a new man, softened, sub idued and purified a prince with Cod and men. What God did for Jacob He can and will do to-day for any and all who wish to rise to places of honor and trust and be a blessing to the world. Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, First Seventh Dav Baptist Church, iNew York City, In Sunday Herald. Taplo What Is It To Be a Christian? Acts 26: 24-29. Union Meeting With the Juniors. To follow Christ. Matt. 10; 37-42. To die to sin. Rom. 6: 1-7, 12-14. To live like Jesus. Phil. 1: 21. To walk In the Spirit. Eph. 4: 1-8. To be good cltlsens. Rom. 13: 1-10. To fulfill common duties. Tit. 2: 1-9. It doej! nni harm a nrhati " n 4 ...... n . I man thinks us to be Insane. We need only regard the Judgment of the sane (t. 24). Christianity has never been in a cor ner, but almost from the start it has been the most conspicuous and thor- . uuguiy eviuencea tning in tne world I w OCX The study of the prophets, plus the study of the New Testament, will make any honest mind believe In Christ. Do we study the prophecies enough? (v. 27.) Some superciliously say, "Oh, Chris tianity Is well enough for the lower classes!" What reversals are in pros pect in the world of clear seeing! (v. 28.) Suggestions. A Christian le a man that follows Christ. This Involves belief In Christ, since no one can follow one In whom he does not believe. A Christian Is a man that believes In Christ. This Involves following Christ, since no one can really believe la any one without following hiin. Being Christians does not mean that we are good, but that we need Christ's goodness; or that we are strong and Wise, but that we need Chrlot'a strength and wisdom. To be a Christian Is to trust Christ implicitly. Therefore it la to be hap py, as worry is the chief cause of mis I ery. Illustrations. . The word "Christian" has in It ele ments of the Hebrew. Greek and Latin. Christianity is a universal religion. "Christian" Is a name given in rid icule, and reminds us of the martyr doms. How willing we should be to bear the lesser martyrdoms that may come with it! Sarsaparilla Cures all blood humors, all eruptions, clear the complex Ion, creates nti appetite, aid digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim. Oat It today In mal liquid form or ehooo Ist -!- tr""Vn Srsftt.SbS. A II.W4T MS tlpLfRIS WAMTSD- frmm ,h'f ! "riit'Vl !" fo' oiiI 'mHwi. 0TiUL0U0OLS,fcdtiwU,,l, " HIjAIU'IH PXXjZjCIV rXXi.?!tA KNOMSlt bkmkdy rn fiOVTA'S" HHEL'MATIHM. HAVK AW UELIAIILK. AT VOLU DRttiWISxt Overgrown Impudence. Standing before the nameless mis eries caused by the liquor traffic in the lives of innocent persons, we in us t conclude that in their rhapso dies over the sacredness of human jrlghts the liquor men display the imost overgrown Impudence on record. "What is the prevailing cause for Hlvorce?" "Too much wet goods for the husbands and too much dry goods for the wives." From Good Housekeeping. At a convention held at the home of the president of the National W. C. T. U. of France plans were recent ly made to organize unions In many centres throughout that country. Miss Kgnes Black has been addressing various gatherings of French women to this end in Paris and other cities. , There Is great desire on the part of all young men to oe ''fit." A Foung man cannot be fit if be takes (ilcohol. By no possibility can be vftnfr it Klt BtVin la vminir Anil 'ealthy can want alcohol any more uau k cau wsoi sirycuiuusb Our Pnty to Our Parents. It Is the duty of honoring them. And If we ask In what dees that con Blst, a good reply will be that It Is ithe very onpoalte of dishonoring Them. We dishonor them when we fall to care for them If they are old land feeble or sick. How many pa tents suffer from the neglect and the 'cruelty of the children that they have with great privations raised. Or, .again, we fall to honor them when .their example or advice Is ruthlessly .east aside and go our own sweet way. The boy whose parents do not want ,hlm to dance, or play cards, or do any one of several other questionable things, and who In spite of that tact goes deliberately and does all of them, or any of them, is putting him 'self and his parents In a dishonorable jDoaltlon. It Is much better not to ido those things at all than to do them 'in spite of the prohibition of one's iparents. The child who tenderly jcares for the slightest wish of a wld ,owed mother Is heeding the first duty of the second table of God's Com mandments. S. 8. Times. A Good Way to Die. "Ho Died Climbing." This Is an inscription to be found far- up one of the difficult mountain sides of southern Europe. It marks the spot where an . adventurous and heroic guide perished. The same might be truly said of many men who have fallen In a more exalted effort to reach higher ground. It Is said that coming down is more perilous than going up. Borne of us do not ascend far up the steeps, and may not be nauerea witn tne promise or grear, distinction, but to fall with the face and eye set on higher achievements is alike creditable to all. Central Bap tist. Joy and Glory. j The sources of joy and glory lie solely within us. If a man's heart he not at peace; If he does not pos ess his own approval; it a peaceful conscience does not shed Its light upon him, then nothing can make blm happy. Farrar. t Heart's Desire. Uod will give you your heart's de ilre, but He must first create In your leart that very desire. God answers rayer, but He must first inspire that rr. T. H. Nelson. Angry with the Minister. Mack (an observing t ran get) Why is it that so many of the men In your town seem to bear a grudgt agaOnst the minister? Bachelor (a knowing resident) ybr, he's the man who menrled then Chicago New. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UNDAY, MAY 22 Forearmed. "With all your wealth are y0fl afraid of ttf5 proletariat?" asked the delver in socologlcal problems. "No I ain't!" snapped Mrs. New rich. "We boll all our drink In' water." Philadelphia Record. His Moxlest Hope. "Then you don't want to leave footprints upon the sands of time?" "Nix," answered the politician, guardedly. "All I want is to cover up my tracks." Washington Her-ld. Those Foolish Questions. "How did you get the blaok eye?" "It was caused by the hatrack." "Accidentally?" "No; I think It attacked me pur posely." Washington Herald. The Other Sort. Lady of the House Tou are not one of those labor agitators, are you? Tramp No, madam, I am proud to say I am not. I am a reBt agi tator. Exchange. In Prohibition Country. . The tailor Hip pockets? The customer Yes. The tailor Larse or small? The customer Half-pints. -Cleveland Leader. The third municipal census ef Buenos Aires, now being complied. If expected to give that city a popola tlou of at least 1,215,000, A Measure for Prayer Eph. 3: 14-20. Every great Christian Is great In prayer, for a great Christian is an un selfish Christian, and no prayer ever comes to greatness until it gets be yond begging for bounty on one's own account. Therefore. If you would know bow to pray, learn the lesson from those who have proved by both prayer and deed that they were In Intimate fellowship with God. This player of our topic is a ladder of Intercession. It begins where a man ia bowed in devotion, and it reaches to the skies. Verse 14. "I bow my knees." Paul begins on the sure ground of humility, Sometimes you hear of "eloquence In prayer," but there is no eloquence like that of the eager, ardent, absorbed petition of a humble and self-forgetful man. Some prayers are glib, woray. fluent, but no prayer worthy of the name can come from an effort to be Impressive. The average prayer at a great political convention la an exam ple of the thing to be shunned. Ixmnglng listlessness Is a foe to prayer, or an indication of the prayer less spirit. The bodily attitude Is an Index of the spiritual. And the very idea of prayer takes humility for granted. Verse 16. This is a petition for a gift, not the claiming of a right. And the request is definite, and yet Infinite, for it sets the measure of its asking at the ability of God. It is a prayer that God may give to the Epheslans Inward strength, for defense and for ofTense, that they may do God's work. And the Spirit of God is named as the brlnger of heaven's gifts to men. Verse 17. The Idea of Christ's in dwelling is the temple idea made Christians. Bo Paul would have his spiritual children become temples for ine aweumg-in of Christ, men and women seeking eagerly the compan ionship of Christ, and putting their lives under bis leadership. A PET TERRIER. There was a little Scotch terrier on the farm who was fond of the so ciety of boys, and with whom we had a great deal of un. This dog had several peculiar merits. For instance, he could climb a tree. It must be ad mitted that In order for him to do this several conditions were neces sary. The tree must be an apple tree with branching limbs not far from the ground, and the trunk a good deal Inclined; there must be a cat la one of the topmost branches, and there must be some boys to urge the shaggy little beast to hla utmost en deavor. There were a good many such trees on the farm; there were always cats willing to sit In safety upon an upper branch and give a dog lessons In tree climbing; and we con fidently believed that with continual practice the terrier would be able in time to emulate the squirrels. , . , But there was something this lit tle dog could do better than tree climbing. Down by the river there were great meadows where the cows were pastured, and here the land lay so low that at high tide It would be overflowed were It not for high banks which were built along the river shore. These banks became the homes of a large number of muskrats who dug through them long holes and gal leries, sometimes undermining, and Injuring the banks to such an extent that' great gaps were broken In them by the rising tides, and the meadows were Inundated. Of course It was very desirable te kill as many muskrats as possible, and at this business the little ter rier showed great ability. He was so small that by' some scratching and pushing be could go into the muskrat holes and follow their windings for a long distance, and attack the enemy In his Inmost strongholds. ' Sometimes the little dog would be Inside the bank and lost to sight for half an hour, and when at last he came out It was Impossible for bis admiring young friends who awaited him to put a limit to the number of muskrats be bad killed when lost to our view. He never boasted, but we did that for blia. Frank R. Stock ton, i A Matter Of Time. "How much does it cost to get married?" asked the eager youth. "That depends entirely on how long you live," replied the sad look ing man.; Philadelphia Record. A small aeroplane being tried out in England is driven by human motive power, the aviator working pedals geared to bicycle wheels while It Is on the ground and to a propeller when It rises. Beneficial results are said to have attended experiments In a London hospital by which asthma, bronchitis and even tuberculosis, patients were required to breathe compressed air for a few hours at a time. A massage apparatus Invented by an Ohio woman consists of a suction cup on one end of a lever, to which Is pivoted another lever to operate a plunger within the cup, the whole being operated with one hand. For COLDS and GRIP. Blck's Catodihs Is tbo best remedy relieves the chlnr and fevarlshneu-carea We Cold end rtutores normel condition. It'i liquid effect lmmedletelr. 10o 26a. end Wo., ttdruc store. Crowns of hats are now faced with metallic or colored laces. H. H. Gsten's Bone, of Atlanta, Oa., are the only auooesstul Dropsy Hpeolaliate In the World. Bee their liberal offer in advertl meat In another ooluiun of this paper. OUUt, ANU EN OA In the number of its mineral spe- cles North Carolina Is said to exceed any other state. In the Union. ' A ten-year-old clove tree will pro duce about twenty pounds of cloves a year. The latest types of submarine v ea se Is make a speed of from eight to ten miles an hour. Japan has more than 200 tele phone , exchanges more than twice the number that It had two years ago. v The population of Japan is In creasing at the rate of 500,000 a year. It la now nearly 60,000,00)0, exclusive of Korea. Mexican - tobacco Is now being largely purchased for European use, several- large bouses of Europe buy ing direct. The department of Fomento Is considering an application of Bravo Igjeslas to develop the big Apupart-' aro -waterfall in Michoacan., There are 48 distinct diseases of the eye. - Illiteracy among American negroes is seven times as common as among the whites. The use of muslin instead of glass in dairy windows Is said to 'lessen' the danger from disease germs. So perfect an Insulator Is dry air that It takes 10,000 volts of elec tricity to leap a gap of an inch. Every locomotive engineer In Germany who runs trains for 10; years without accident is rewarded' by the government. More than N.ooo gardens are maintained in connection with Aus trian schools, the pupils being In structed by horticultural experts at government nxpense. '. The' French military authority In Africa are bending every effort to Increase the number of species of camel which can travel more than twice as swiftly as the ordinary dromedary. 1 A clear brain ind Steady, dependable nerves Can win wealth and fame For their owner. Gear-headedncss and a Strong, healthy body Depend largelon the, ' Right elements fa Regular food and drink. Coffee contains caffeine A poisonous drug. Poctum is rich In the, Gluten and phosphates that Furc!sh the vital energy Thit put "sirer tzi J'ffcusUc". ., ' -v fc tody trJ fcrtiw
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