THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY Drt, W. L. DAVISON. Theme: Christ's Way. V BrooViyn. N. Y. Sunday morning the new pastor of the Fleet Street M. K. Church, the Rev. Dr. William L. Davison, began his ministry there. He was appointed from Jamaica to replace the Itev. E. o. Richardson, who went to BriBtol, Conn, lie was cordially received. The subject of his sermon was "Christ's Wav." The text was taken from John 14 0: "I am the way, the truth and the life." Dr. Davison said: These words were pnoken to Thomas. This man stands In the eyes of many as the New Testament type of the hr-iuFt doubter. As to Ills doubt or h.U mal desire to be sure that is n n. titter of viewpoint and lnter;n r:'a"a. This, however. Is true he nn? n if of that Old Testa ment typn rnj 1 1 - Mitrd is the fool, Faying: "Tl'.-io h no God!" There is a vast ;f!e. &:: h'lwecn the man who, in his hc.irt, gives utterance to such blHHpbi :iiy and the man who desires to have unimpeachable evi dence. The one would be glad to have Deity blotted out. The existence of a holy God who cannot look upon evil with any degree of allowance is a constant reproach to his evil heart and way, and a menace to his man ner of life. He, therefore, would shout for joy if omnipotent Justice could bo obliterated. Thomas, on the other hand, repre set t that resplendent type of intel lectual manhood that really desires to find solution for the fondest wish of his heart. Therefore, when he comes to Jesus with his questionings he comes as the type of questioner who really wishes a solution of his Intellectual and spiritual problem. And so I bring this text as an answer to the man who is a seeker of the true way of life as to the axiom of truth and as to the solution of any life's problems that may confront his progress. Now, we are perfectly familiar with what Jesus meant when He said: "I am the life.'.' We may not under stand precisely the process of that life that comes from Him; It is the mystery of mysteries; It Is the entire outgiving of the regenerating life of God, and who cart enter into the deeper counsels of the Most High? Nlcodemus desired to know how these things could be he a master In Is rael and leader of the Jewish faith yet Jesus Christ gave him no satis faction. Perhaps It was because of the limitation and poverty of the hu man intellect. We know something of what Jesus meant when He sid,'Iam tho truth." There must be some standard, some Infallible court of appeals by which men may Judge the varying hypo theses that have been exploited by the human Intellect. When we come to Jesug Christ we realize that He Himself is the last solution of the vexing ;and changing problems of all time. So I say, we have some con ception of this aspect of the text. But what did tho Christ mean when He said "I am tho way?" It is liere that we must recall those un translatable terms of Scripture, terms that baffle the student of language as he attempts to bring over the full meaning of one language to another. For example, tho Scriptures contain words that cannot be perfectly ren dered In our English tongue. When, on the morning of the resurrection, Jesus said to Mary Magdalene, "Itab boni," we must understand its his torical setting In order to even faintly grasp its meaning, and the translators bring over the word bodily iuto our English version. When Jesus, In the garden, uitercd that word "Abba," the nearest ap proach we have to its pathos of mean- I itvg Is our tender expression "papa," i and here again we have the word In the orliinal. The mime Is true of , that form of divine despair, "Eloi, i Elol, lama tiabachthanl." One of thy great works on the third person of the blessed Trinity is entitled the I "Paraclete," and so In this category we place this word "the way" and might show by numerous Scriptural citations that it is not our English term of tho maiu.tr or direction of one's going. In our ordinary life we say of a man his way is attractive or 'repul sive. We cannot further dellno this attraction or repulsion. It is simply that tlwre la a somewhat about bis personality that Is either good or evil In our sight. It Is net what we do. It Is not what we say. It is what wo are that counts mightily In our relation to mankind. In our religious life we are comUig to the place where the phraseology of religious expression is a matter of very small moment; It Is not creed but character that counts. Indeed, I believe that this Is but a reversion of type, for the early Chris tians, the primitive follower of the Christ, were known as "those of the way," and Scripture gives us numer ous expressions that might shed some light on certain aspects of the impor tant truth contained In this term. For example, "There Is a way tbat eemeth right unto a man." It is possible for us, though we may not fully portray the majesty of meaning contained In this title word to urn phaslze certain aspects and Ideal of HIra who said, "I am tho way." Toils by studying the Christ we may affirm that Clirint's v ay is a pleasant way, I shrink not from saying that the fundamental cravin;; of the hu man heart is lor pleasure. Not that pleasure that tendeth unto vice. Christ's way, if it be God's way, must be way that Is pleasant. It Is true that He was a man of sorrows and Acquainted with grief, but this Is only tho half truth, and the other spect of tbia way is recorded in that Scripture, "In Thy pretence is fullneis of Joy, at Thy right hand ire pleasures for evermore." We may Save much tribulation, we may bo born to troublo, we may confront an tagonism and temptations severe, but underneath all and above all Is tbat consciousness, that serenity of spirit, that will glory tn tribulation and count it all Jey when we are led into diver temptations. Did uot our Saviour say In that matchless allegory of the vine, "These thin. jave I spoken unto you that My Joy might remain In you and that your Joy might be full?" It is per 'fectly apparent also that this way is no attractive one.. All the virtue ot buiuan experience are here found. ,Tbe biostoni and perfume of the life here abound. The glorious '.foliage ot homac heroism and kind ness that make beautiful the history of the race Is here discovered In pro fusion. Here are the philanthropies, here are the deed of service and sac rifice, that gladden the heart of man and relieve It from selfish pagarflsm, ,M..UlJ (sJl2?LJl OJIXlfi Darwin, because of Intellectual diffi culties of crcodal statement upon leaving the organized institutions of Christianity, said: "I am sorry to go " Wherever this way Is paramount, the deserts of human baseness speed ily blossom as the rose. We also say that this way Is a way of solid satisfaction. There are no dissatisfied ones here. Any mnn who looks and listens will dlscovpr a great deal of dissatisfaction In this world. Tho numberless suicides, the thwnrt cd ambitions, the shattered hop"s, reiterate the experience of one of old, "Vanity of vanities, all Is vanity." But. on the other hand, the devout follower of the Christ utters no wall of complaint. He exclaims In a shout of triumph, "The path of the Just Is a shining light that, shlneth more and more unto the perfect day." Once again, let me say that this way of our Christ Is a reasonable way. It Is not true that we must bid farewell to reason and violate the hu man Intellect when we become fol lowers of the Christ. Ever Blnre the Wise Men of old brought the gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh to the feet of the Infant Christ, the in tellectual aristocracy of the centuries has been bringing Its choicest produc lions Into His service. The intellect may be transcended. It Is never transgressed. We oftentimes come to the border land where reason ends and faith takes tho torch to its ulti mate gonl; but never is It necessary to violate tho Cod-given blessing of the Human mind in order to become a consistent follower of the Man of Galilee. And now I might emphasize other aspects of tills way In that it Is the way of safety for the Individual a well as for organized society. If wo arc standing upon the Immutable truths of the Christ, we may exclaim: "The eternal God is our refuge and underneath us are the everlasting Arms!" It Is the way of life and net the way of death, and blessed be God, this way of pleasure and attract iveness and satisfaction and reason and safety and life Is accessible not upon the ground of any patent of hu man nobility, not upon the basis of material possession, but upon the broad and gracious invitation of Him who not only said: "I am the wav." but who also said: "Come unto 'Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." And so we bring our questioning. with Thomas, to tho Christ and find in Him a solution and an answer, and we get some faint conception of the commanding spiritual eminence Occupied by St. Paul when he said: "For me to live Is Christ." The Sunday-School INTERNATIONAL lesrox com. MEXTS FOIl MAY 29. THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK Subject! The Multitudes Fed, Matt 11:1 3-2 1 1 15: 20-.tr Comin It Verses 19, 20, When the Mists Have Rolled Away. Once I was visiting a friend near the foot of the Southern Catskllls. When I retired he told me there was a beautiful view from my room win dow. So in the morning I awoke early, expecting to enjoy It. But as T looked out I saw nothing save the ordinary landscape of that section, of .fields, rocks and trees, and a long, jnarrow strip of water they called !"the lake," over which hung a heavy mist. During the course of the day, however, the mist lifted and floated away, and then i saw what my friend meant. There rose the beautiful mountains, clothed in the many-hued foliage of autumn, rising on hill, thousands of feet above us, and crowned wlth'gold and purple In tbo afternoon sun. It is often so with the Word. Wo sco only very ordinary things in It be cause the mists have not been dis persed from our minds and hearts. When the Spirit drives the mists away, then will we see the grand mountains of God's eternal truth and be glad in the Lord. The preacher, the Sabbath-school teacher, all "stu dents of the Word, should pray for the Holy Spirit's presence when they would receive the Word for their own life or enforce It upon others. To have the Word bring forth its full jand proper fruit In our own heait?, or from our speaklug of It to our fei-low-man, it Is necessary "to be filled with the Spirit." -Rev. C. P. Det-'mars. The Last Five Minutes. The highest Interest of any meet ing should be reached at the close, and every part of the program up to that point should be planned so ns to lead up to the last five minutes ns the climax of the hour' thought and feeling. That can be done most appropri ately in this meeting, If the sugges tions for the leader are followed carefully. Then, when the hour is almost ended, let song and testimony and spoken prayer all cease. Call every one to silent prayer, a prayer of praise for those gifts of God that are too sacred and too near the very soul ot the soul to be spoken of to others. And then let the sacrifice of praise break forth In short but pro foundly earnest and definite prayer of personal dedication. Invite espe cially to this sort ot prayer those who have praised God but little in their lives, though they know they owe Him much. So let the hour close in a united expression of purpose to praise God continually by consecrated and holy lives. Keeping the Soul on Top. It Is related ot a small boy who heard a sermon from the text, "I keep my body under." that on his re turn home, when aeked to repeat the text, he said: "The text was, 'I keep my soul on top.' " That Is the only proper place for touls. Paracelsus (Browning) went "to bis soul." That lis what every man roust do, whether he will or not. None needs to fear 'the proving, for God will certainly 'fe'lvo victory to the valiant knight. Head "Sir Launfal." R, B. Kester. COhDEX TEXT. "Jentts said un to them, I am thebread of life." John 0:35. TIME. Summer A. D. 29. I'LACK. Near tho Sea of Galilee. EXPOSITION'. I. Jesus Hcnllng the I .nine, Wind, Dumb, Maimed end Many Others, 29-81. Jasus had with drawn into the parts of Tyre and SIdon that He might have more seclu sion, but even there they sought Him out (vs. 21-281, so He returned to tho Sea of Galilee and went up Into the mountain. But even there the multitudes followed Him. They came to Him because there was no one else to whom they could go. They brought their hopeless, helpless case to Him and cast them down fit His f"ct. They seemed to be In despair, but there is nothing too hard for Him; lame, blind, dumb, maimed, though they were, "He healed them." We have an equal warrant for bring ing all our helpless cases to Him (Heb. 13:8: Jas. 5:14). "The mul titude wondered," but wo are not told that they were converted. They ac tually saw the dumb speaking, the maimed healed, the lame walking and the blind seeing. They gave the glory to Whom It belonged. It Is signifi cant that God Is here spoken of as "the God of Israel," It was Jehovah, God of Israel, who had promised to heal, His people (Ex. 15:26, A. R. V.). II. Jesus Feeding the Hungry. 32. 39. The multitude that surrounded Jesus had no real appreciation of Him. They were not after the truth, but after the loaves and fishes (cf. Jno. 6:26, 27). But they were deep, ly Interested, they continued with Him three days, though their small supply of food was now exhausted. Unworthy as they' were, Jesus was moved with compassion, and He has compassion on the hun'gry multitudes to-day. The disciples were filled with dismay at the suggestion contained In His words that the multitude must be fed (cf. Num. 11:21-23; 2 K. 4:42; 8:2). To set them to thinking and to prepare them to appreciate what He was to do, Jesus asked them how many loaves they had. With only seven loaves and a few small fish, Jesus commanded the multitude to sit down. They did as they were told. It was well that they did, for they were fed and filled. It always pays to do just as Jesus bids us, no matter how unreasonable the command may seem. The seven loaves and the fishes were utterly Inadequate for such a crowd, but Jesus took what there was and multiplied It. Jesus nlways uses what we have, no matter how Inadequate it is in itself, to the task In hand. The disciples did not have much, but they put all they had in His hands. When we do put all In His bands, He will bless and multiply It and use it, and He will not use it until all Is committed to Him. As little ns there was, Jesus gave thanks for it. We, too, ought to return thanks every time we cat (Rom. 14:6; 1 Cor. 10:30, 31; Col. 3:17; 1 Tim. 4:3-5; Acts 27:35). There was something deeply significant in the manner in which our Lord re turned thanks at meals, so significant that the disciples recognized Him af ter His resurrection by the way in which He returned thanks at the breaking of bread (Lu. 2 4:30, 31, 35; see also Jno. 6:11, 23). He gave thanks not only for the seven loaves, but later also for the few small fishes (cf. Mk. 8:6, 7). Tho few small flbhes did not seem of much account, but Jesus took them, returned thanks for them -and multiplied them. Our possessions oftentimes seem so small that It does not appear as if it was worth while to put them In Jesus' bands, but there is nothing so small that if we put It In Jesus' hands. Ha will despise it not and use It. As few and small as the fish were, He com manded to set these also before them (Mk. 8:7). As large as the multitude and as small the quantity of food that was supplied, there proved enough for all, "they did all eat and were filled." No one goes away empty from Christ's table (Ps. 23:1; Phil. 4:19). But Jesus would not have bountifulness teach us wasteful ness; they took up the broken piece that remained (Mk. 8:8). When they wore filled, He sent them away, and not till then (Mk. 8:9). This Is a separate miracle from that of the feeding of the five thousand tn the 14th chapter. There Is a tendency among modern critics, when one Gos pel records a miracle or a parable and another records another miracle or parable much, like to it, to take the ground that they are two different accounts of the same miracle or par able, but In this case Matthew and Mark record both miracles and thus show the untenablenes of this mod ern theory. ntOGRESS MADE BY CTTAMTIOK3 k FIGHTING THE It CM DEMON; Dr. C.iEtave Le Bon attempt to rum up In a few pages In The Inde pendent his own book on the evolu tion of mtitter. Tbi investigator baa devoted more time to psychological than material phenomena, but like thousand of other he has been cap tivated by the suggestive discoveries nt the Curies, Messrs. Ruthorford and Eortdv and Professor J. J. Thomson, and of la re his Inquiries have takon a new direction. Indeed, Dr. Le Bon has reported finding a form rf Invisi ble radiance different front anything previously observed. Other icientlflo men have been unable to get the same result a be when repeating hie experiment, and have detected possibilities of self-decoptjon ' which the Frenchman may have overlooked. BUM, any doubt which may remain a to the existence of "N" ray should not Influence any one' opinion con cerning the soundness of Dr. Le Bon'a Idea about matter. Indeed, ttreie ere tersely shared by a number of well '.nown physlcUts, and up to certain point speculation of tbl kind ore to Le encouraged. . ' A Resting Place. It Is a great thing to come to Christ it la the turning point of life; and It 1 a great thing to abide In Him in the storm and conflicts and terrors of the world. Sufe to the hidden house of Thine abiding, Larry the weak knees and the heart that (uinu; Shield from the scorn and cover from the chiding, Give the world joy, but patience to the aiuts. It is a great thing to come to Christ; It Is a great thing to abide in Him; but from His point of view the object ot our coming and of our abid ing is that we should go. He wants us as His messengers, as His. fellow messengers; His purpose Is tbat, abid ing In .Him, we should be the fruit which Is for the healing ot the na tions; tbat we should be the com municators of the light which shines upon the people who sit In darkness and in the shadow ot death. It I do not go, I am like an untimely birth, or I am like a seed which- has rotted in the ground. He bade me came, He encouraged me to abide, in order tbat I might go. Normal Christian. Fatal Theatrical Fires. ' ' The following are among the most Ootablo theatrical fires In the United State! : Richmond Theatre, Rich mond, Va., December 26, 1811, num ber of lives lost, seventy; Conway's Theatre. Brooklyn, N. Y., December 8. 1876, 395; Central Theatre. Phila delphia. Pa., April 2S, 1892, six; Iro qnols Theatre, Chicago. 111.. Decem ber 30, 1903. 675; Front Btreet Theatre, Baltimore, Md., December 6. 185, twenty-three: Rhoades Opera House, Boyertown, P.t January 13, IVOs, 170. Ndw Yorli American. - Victims of a Demon. ; In the silent midnight watches, 1 When the earth was wrapped In gloom And the grim and awful darkness Crept unbidden to my mom, 1 On tho solemn, deathly stillness Of the night there broke n sound Like ten million wailing voices Crying loudly from the ground: j We, the victims of a demon, i We who, one and each and nil, ' Can cry out before high henren ... , ,. "We are slain by Alcohol!" ' We would warn you, youths and maidens, From the path that we have trod From the path that leads to ruin, And away from Peace and God. We. the millions who have fallen Warn you from the ruddy glow Of the wine in silver goblets, . For dertrtiption lies below. N Wine and gin nnd ruin and brandy, ' , Whisky, cider, ale, nnd beer, Thc.e have slain us nnd destroyed us - The the foes thnt brought us here. r THE EVENING TRAYER. Wc beseech you, men ond women Fathers, mothers, husbands, wives- To nrie and slny the demon Thnt is threatening dear ones' lives. Dn not preach of moderation , To your children, for, nlnfi! Th"re is not a foe more subtle Thnt the fateful social glass. r Men in office, men in power, Will you let this demon wild Stnlk unfettered through the nation, Slaying womnn, mnn, nnd child? Oh. n rouse, ye listless mortals! There is work for every one! We have warned you of your danger Wo have spoken we hiivo done! . Ella Wheeler Wilcox. In the twilight of my days. In the evening of the years, I Life unto my saddened gaze Seems a vision veiled in tears, All the knowledge fades away That I vainly thought to keep;' 'As a little child I pray: Now I lay me down to sleep. I have wandered far from Thee Since that childish prayer I said, ' And the lips thnt taught it me Have been gathered to the dead; Yet her face I seem to see ' When the evening shadows creep, And again, ns nt her knee, l'ray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep! Softly fades the lingering light: Lo! the Inst beam leaves the sides; And I watch, nmid the night, For the evening star to rise. Fur beyond the bounds of space I mnv drift ere dav shall break: 1 Let me see my mother's face j If I die before I wake! I DarfcT prows the gathering gloom, 1 j While my soul iis vigil keeps With the n.eniories thnt loom I Up from Life's unsounded deeps. When upon n sunje.s strand I shall hear the surges break. Ere I near the Nameless Land, 1 l'rav T'nee. Lord, tnv soul to tnlre? Marie Conway Oemler, in The Indepen. dent. Keccnt Jfedlcnl Contributions to the Alcohol Question. The Association of Abstaining Ger man Physicians issues at frequent in tervals a circular of medical news on subjects relating to the alcohol ques tion, taken mostly from medical Jour nals. The last number (January, 1910) Includes a number of subjects bearing upon practical relations of alcohol to every-day life. Medical Use of Alcohol. The prac tice of keeping alcoholic liquors in the house for use in sickness, and es pecially during confinement, receives fresh discouragement from Dr. Rle del, of Bremen, who say that the time of alcohol treatment for these cases has gone by. "We have come generally to the knowledge that the benefit does not outwelght the harm." A Factor in Determining Insurance Claims. The injurious effect of alco hol upon those especially who have suffered accidental injuries, particu larly where the nervous system Is affected, is considered from the stand point of the medical examiner for ac cident Insurance companies by Dr. Auerbach. In fixing the degree of loss of earning capacity sustained by a claimant it will make a marked difference whether be uses alcohol or not, for even moderate drinking is very Injurious for those 'suffering from disabling accidents or nervous disorders. There may be a difference of opin ion as to whether one would have the right to demand that a workman entitled to indemnity live In such a way as to maintain his money-earning capacity steadily at the highest point. Thus far the National German Insurance Company has avoided any expression of opinion in this matter, but Dr. Auerbach thinks it la time to force a decision by giving two esti mates ot the loss sustained, based upon two courses of living . Alcohol as a Cause of Crime. The responsibility of alcohol for crime re ceived strong confirmation at the session of the French Academy of Medicine occurring October 6, 1909. from Dr. Vallon, who in an official capacity during the last twenty years has had to examine 151 individuals who were indicted for murder or at tempts to murder, and he found that more than a third of the men were Buffering from alcohol poisoning, acute or chronic. Dr. Vallon added thnt the Influence of alcohol upon the deed of murder appeared greater If tho progonitors, not simply the one actually or person, ally poisoned by alcohol, were' stud ied. After citing two typical cases of murder committed In a state of In toxication, Dr. Vallon closed with the reiteration that alcoholism Is the chief cause of crime. Alcohol-Epilepsy. An article on Alcohol-Epilepsy brings out the fact that there are cases resembling this disorder where alcohol is only the determining factor In a latent pre disposition due to hereditary Influ ence or injury to the skull in Infancy. But where no such predisposition exists alcohol may cause epilepsy, and this Is to be distinguished from alcohol-epilepsy In the narrower sense, where the attacks occur In connection with a drinking bout and disappear during abstinence, and also from the constitutional or habitual epilepsy of the drinker where the alcohol has caused euch changes In the brain tbat no further repetition is necessary to bring on an attack. The combination ot delirium tre mens and alcohol-epilepsy Is so com mon that the coincidence cannot be looked upon as accidental it is more probable that these diseases stand tn a causal relation to each other. Has Surgeon's Greatest Dread. Having spent the greater part of my lii'e in operating, says Sir Fred eric Treves, I can assure you that the person of all others that I dread to see enter the operating theatre Is the drinker. I share with the late Sir James Paget his absplute dread of the secret drinker. Choosing the Jobs. Better than all the propaganda' of the Prohibitionists and all the laws of their creation are the enforced reg ulations ot the railroads. Between booze and their job, the men who are not slave to the disease choose the Jobs. Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. J Now I'nder Prolilbition. Says tho Oovernor of . Kansas: "More than halt the territory cf the United State, and more than one third of the people, are now undar the dominion of prohibition." - How the Master Comes. There is a legend which runs as follows: Many years ago. la a little village near Jerusalem, it wag an nouueed that Jesus was going to pass through the village and visit every family. Several families cleaned their homes, so that they would be perfectly clean when Jesus came. One lady was cleaning her house, and while doing so a knock was heard at her door, and on opening the door she found a little boy stand ing there who had neither shoes nor stockings on his feet. "Well, what do you want?" she asked. "Will you please give me a piece of bread?" asked the child. "No," she answered quickly, "I have no time for such as you; I am ' preparing for a great One." The little boy turned away with a sad heart aB she shut the door in his face. She had hardly got back to her work when another knock disturbed her, and on opening the door this ' time she saw a little girl with a shawl wrapped around her naked body. "Please, lady, can I come in a minute to get warm?" asked the little girl. "No; I do not want you to dirty my floor and rugs, so go your way." , "Just let me come in the hall, (pleaso!" pleaded the child. She received no answer, but the door was closed In her face. The lady again went to her work, and .a third time a knock disturbed , her. This time she looked out, and on seeing a poor old man she would : not open the door, but pretended she I was not at home, so the man went' away. She waited all the day, and Jesus did not come. That very same night she fell upon her knees and asked the Lord why He had not come to see her that ; day, and He answered her by saying 1 that He could not come Himself, but, had sent three people Instead, a'nd she had rejected every one of them. . Often we pray and ask the Lord' to bo our guest; He cannot come, sol He sends someone else, either a boy, 1 girl, man or 'woman. May the reader' or .hearer bear this in mind and re-' , member a favor received, but forget a favor bestowed! God bless you! C. C. Frederlcka Jenchen, in The Young Soldier. The Usual Mayor. "What are they moving the church fort" "Weil, stranger, I'm Mayor of these dlggln's, and I'm for law en forcement. We've got an ordinance what says no saloon shall be nearer than 300 feet from a church, I give 'era three days to move tbat church." Chicago Legal News. Brandy destroys the body and soul ot numerous members of our class, destroys the happiness ot families and the Joy ot life; therefore sway jWlth spirits! tr . . l Is This True? If So, What? Of course, the pastor should be a master workman In this blessed art. He is the leader, and must be the teacher, both by precept and example. And In this matter the general rule iwill be found to be "Like pastor like people." If the man who has been -.called of God to the work of the min istry shows no special concern to reach Individuals by his personal ef fort, the probability is that his peo ple will show little concern also. 'Thus many a church degenerates into a literary or social club, where the membership has the form of godli ness without the power. And the pastor who neglects to he a leader in this work will be con demned in the eyes of those who are not Christians. They know very well :that It is his business to seek the lost Just as his Master did. They 1 know, too, that the preparation of' 1 sermons and a few social calls do not' : constitute the chief work ot a min ister of Jesus Christ. And the man who does not seek to win men to Christ by personal conversation will have little power to win men directly' to Christ by his sermons. In a certain city a gentleman of large business Interests was convert-. Ad. AftAF hla ranvsrnlnn hs anM tr us: "I have often wondered why It I 'is that Christian people. If they really little Interest to win others to Christ. I have a brother-in-law who Is a' minister, and who spends his sum-i mer vacation with me; yet In all these ! years that he has been coming to our' .home, he has never once talked seri ously with me about giving myself to' : Christ." That minister, through neg lect of his duty, was condemned In the eyes ot that unsaved business. :man. Rev. J. W. Mahood. In the Master Workman. - What Do You Look For? Are you looking for that -which Is : best in the men and women with .whom you come In contact; if you are seeking also to give them that which ' Is best in yourself; If you are looking . for a friendship which shall help you to know yourself as you are and to fufll yourself as you ought to be; It .you are looking for a love which shall . not be a flattering dream and a mad- ' ness of desire, but a true comradeship ' 'and a mutual Inspiration to all no bility of living, then you are surely on the ascending path. Henry Vat Dyke. Greece has been producing t io many currants to make the currant raising industry profitable. Enough Tines are to be destroyed to reduce the output b twenty-six per cent., and 13,318.000 Is to be expended at once In reimbursing the owners for the uprooting of their vines. INSULT TO INJURY. Burglar Bill (to wealthy grocer) "Now. then, out of it, and Wo this lit tle lot tip into a parcel. I never was no baud at that kind of thing!"- Comic Cuts. i 1M MAY TWENTY-NINTH Topic Is Ours a Christian Nation? Psalms 33: 8-22. The test of sacrifice. Matt. 20: 25 2S. The test of righteousness. Isa. 68: Ml. The test of blessing. Num. 24: 8-9. The' test of obedience. Isa. 1: 1-9. The test of Justice. Zeph. 3: 1-7; Mic. 2: 13. The test of priesthood. 1 Pet. 2: 9, 10: Rev. 1: 5. 6. The basis of a nation's strength is fear; but fear of God, not ot any other nation (v. 8). The secret of a national permanence is allegiance to God, since He alone Is permnnent (v 11). Being God's inheritance Implies that God can receive something nt our hands; and Indeed, has God any other Joy than in the obedience of His peo ple? (v. 12.) Nations that build up mighty armies and navies are only building destruc tion and not safety for themselves un less they are also building a national character in accordance with God's will (v. 1C). Suggestions. Calling 'ous a Christian nation does not make it so. A Christian nation will feed the poor and care for tho prisoner among Its chief deeds. A Christian nation w 11 take primary thought for the little children, and wl'.l not stifle them in factories for gain. A Christian nation will not boast, either publicly or privately, but will bear itself meekly among the nations, like Its Lord. Illustrations. Christ wept over Jerusalem. Would He weep or rejoice over New York, and Chicago, and Philadelphia, and Boston? Christ drove the money changers from the temple., Thus Christians should make a whip of small chords, of reasoning and pleading and law, to prlve the greed from our nation, and the oppression of men by means of gold. uyJ.i. VJ S5S, EPWQRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 29 The Foreigner Matt. 25: 35; Luke 17: 18 A Home Mission tSudy. Imagination cannot conjure a more sublime picture of the consummation of all human life than Is revealed to us in this lesson. Christ Is King and Judge, rewarding those who lived lives of love and service and meting out Just punishment to those who by their lives rejected him. The acts of love enumerated in this verse were not the cause of their sal vation, but the result of it. This will appear from the preceding verse, "Ye blessed of my Father, inherit the king dom." The kingdom was theirs by in heritance. Not as the reward of their good works. The fortieth verse throws light on the thirty-fifth, for here we learn tbat Christ regards the humblest and least in this world as his personal represen tative. The good works enumerated In this verse suggest what is expected of those who are truly saved. The proof of faith Is works. "Show me thy faith by thy works." The real ChristTUfi", then, may be known by his life. Fir3t, he will delight In self-denial, that he might be of service to others. Second, he will love the world. But love is not love unless It is wjjllng and anx ious to sacrifice for the 'object ot its love. Third, the motive behind all the good works of a real Christian is love for Christ. This Is the great cen tral passion of the Christian life. Read 1 Cor. 13. Luke 17: 18. What a picture of hu man Ingratitude is revealed fn His story of the healing of the ten lepers! Ninety per cent of them were in grates. Christ paid special attention to the one who returned, because Ire was a Samaritan and the Samaritans were separatists from the JewlsS church enemies of the bews from Judaea and Galilee. Observe the spe cial blessing which was given 'to the) one who proved grateful. ANCIENTS' IDEAOF THE COMET. As we are so often visited by com ets those tramps of the universe It may be Interesting to the young (folks to know something about the theories held by the ancients regard Ing those mysterious bodies, with their streamers of light extending iacros the heavens. The following, extract Is quoted from an exh&ustlvt land authentic work, a "History of th Universe." "The term 'comet,' derived from the Latin coma, or hair, applied to celestial bodies, which appear to bav k hairy appendage, goes back to th time of the Romans. A similar word, cometa, was used by Cicero, Tlbul us and other ancient writers, i "While the ancients distinguished between comets and meteors, yet the) believed them to be of the same na ture, and to bo found in the earth'i atmosphere not far above the clouds, br, at all events, much lower than the inoon. The earlier and Pythagorean lew, however, was much more cor rect, according to modern doctrtn (with long period of revolution, iwhlch idea, like others of Pythagoras, (probably came from Eastern philoso pher of unknown nationality. .Apol lonlui, the Myndlan, believed that tb jChaldeans were responsible tor thli notion ot the comets, for they spoke of them as travelers that penetrated far Into the upper or more distant .celestial space. Aristotle even be lieved that the milky way was a vast comet which perpetually reproduced Itself. "The comet could not be regarded otherwise than as a divine omen tc announce soma remarkable event 01 to forbode evil, particularly pesti lence end war. Indeed, for nianj years the deaths of monarch wen believed to be announced by then brilliant messengers In the sky," Washington Star. DELAYING THE JOURNKY. Sufferer "Doctor, don't you thins; that a change to a warmer climate would do me good?" , Specialist "Good graclousf That'a Just what I'm trying to save vou from!" FUegende Blaetter. ,, HQUSE axf HOME To Carry Medicine Bottles. The woman who travels can utllii, an old hot-water bottle by cutting 0g the neck, sewing brass rings to th, :top of the bag thus formed, 6j drawing a stout ribbon through tk. rings. This form an admirable re. ceptacle for small bottles, which tag thus be carried in hjnd bag or suit case without fear of damage Iron leaxage. rew iaea woman s Mr;a. sine. Save the Hands. Housekeepers can thus save the ap pearance of their hands, so they need not wish they could leave them it Home when tney go visiting: Ha? plenty of thick, soft holders near the stove, with which to take hold of the pots and pans. Keep a pair of gbvet 'handy to ubc when putting wood It ithe stove, or to work in the garden, or pic over com us lies, or 10 put on when you sweep. Rub the hands it night with a mixture made of equal parts of glycerine and rose-water to which add one drop ot carbolic acid. After scrubbing or washing dlshei bathe the hands in vinegar or rub with a cut lemon; and when you ill down to your sewing, If they feel like a nutmeg-grater, rub them with cam phor, which will make them soft vs pliable. Farm Journal. The RenI Test. The kitchen is where the real u comes. Here is more prose than poe try, and it takes the best efforts of all (concerned to keep order and harmony ln this domain. System Is the key to the situation. Plan your work a day ahead see .that wood, water, and food are all at hand before you sleep. jThen know at what hour you need to rise; set your alarm clock, and obey its earliest summons. In summer there is no bettet breakfast than coffee, fruits, meloni, Gutter, eggs and cream, with good old-fashioned buttermilk and honey in the comb. All these are available, too, on a well-regulated farm. Dish-washing Is an item, so pre pare for it. Have a big boiler of hot water, and an abundance ot cold, plenty of clean cloths and drying towels. If you have no sink, use 1 ten-gallon pan or basin set Into 1 hole to fit it, on the kitchen table. Some really good soap and a willing mlnd are all that Is needed to make dish-washing endurable. Pre -telve Farmer.- Linen Closet. To one house with large rooms and plenty of closets there are a hundred apartments so cramped for space that a good-sized linen closet Is an- unheard-of luxury. But, since linen .closets are a necessity to the careful 'housekeeper, there Is 'nothing to do but to make one. A practical closet may be made ot packing cases, one, two, or three, as one needs them and has room for them. Fasten the lids with hinges and line the sides and bottoms with unbleached calico, in which, if de sired, might be stitched pockets to hold sachets or sweet laveuder. The lids should be padded outside with horsehair and a permanent rough cover stitched on. Over all Is fitted a neat cretonne cover, with a flounce tanging around the sides. If possi ble, it is best to have three boxes, one jfor the sheets, one for the table cloths, napkins, dollies, etc., and the other for pillow cases, bolster cases, and towels. ; Shirt-waist boxes may- be con structed In the same manner. -rJii'a- nelpbla Telegram. 1'olcnta Dabs. Scald a pint of In 'dian meal in boiling water. Mix to gether one tablespoon of butter, two 'beaten eggs, two tablespoons of cream and a pinch ot salt.' Stir tall into the cornmeal and drop from spoon into a buttered pan. Bake In a moderate oven. ; Boiled Black Beans. Let the beans soak in a basin of water for jthree hours. Drain and boll in fresh water tor three hours. Drain again 'and put Into another saucepan with s little stock, a tablespoonful of chut ney and a teaspoontul of mushroom catsup. Cook for another half hour and turn onto a dish garnished with boiled rice. Bread Omelet. Soak a teacupful ,ot bread crumbs In a cupful ot hot jmllk. Break six eggs into a bowl,, stir gently until mixed, then add the oread and milk. Season with salt and pepper and turn Into a hot frying pan containing a spoonful ot melted but ter. Fry the omelet slowly, and when 'brown on the bottom cut in half, turn and brown ou top. Tapioca Jelly. Let half a cupful ot tapioca soak for two hours In cupful ot cold water, standing the dish In a basin of warm water and jkeeplng It In a warm place. Font two more cupful ot water Into jsaucepan, add a cupful of sugar and :the rind of half a lemon cut Into shreds. Squeeze In the Juice of lemon. Boll for Ave minutes until the sugar is dissolved, pour lq the tapioca and water and cook gently for twenty mlnutef. Pour Into a mould and serve (when . cold - with whipped cream. 1 j TUrkiuh Rice. Put Into a sauce pan a cupful ot stewed and strained ; tomatoes. Add half a pint of stock,' 'one chopped oalon and salt and pep per to taste. When the mixture comes to a boll, stir In a cupful ot well washed rice. Stir lightly until the liquor 1 absorbed; then pat ij a .cupful ot batter. Steam over a! low flra for twenty minutes. R ;move the top, stir gently andf stover with a cloth until the steam has es caped. Add a copfel ot cold chopped meat.' Cook for another three p'B utet and tetva very. hot.
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