THE PULPIT.
A CWLLIAMT SUNDAY SERMON BV
' THE REV JOHN E adam.3.
T!icmc: Hope.
Urnoklyn. N V Rundav nteht
tho Hpv John rklne Adams, pas.
tor of tlie Rot? Street Presbyterian
Church. prcirhBd the second sermon
In a series of throp on I. Corinthian
13: IS: "Nov.- ahlrleth Faith, Hope.
I.ove, those three, b'lt the eren'est ot
;theso Is. I.nve " The suhlect bst
,nUM was "Hons Mr. Adams said
The man who wrote thee words,
practiced what he preached. It was
hp who said: "Brethren, Yr ye fol
lowers toipther of me " Whenever
.he pointed tip the steep slopes of
1utv he wss readv to Jump Into the
lead and show the way. IT was the
first to lay himself upon 'he altar
when he enjoine.l upon others the
duty of sacrifice. He never slum
bered while others tvere on the
bridge; he never s'opped to rest
while others were on the march.
Me , had not only the enllshtenrrent
'of his counsel, thev hid flip energy
'of his conduct: not only thp illum
ination of e.vnif-sls. hut the Inspira
tion of example Grp.it as was his
ipreachlne, tho prartfral illustration
in his osvn 11 f- of the thine? he tiroes
upon others Is s'Ml greater. I'nllka
the modern general who, from tho
Idlstanre of miles, perhaps upon some
eminence, from which he surveys the
entire field of hattle. mobilizes and
moves his men by semaphore, aide or
telephone: himself far removed from
danger of shrapnel or Mauser, Paul
never sounded the charge that he did,
not plunep Into the thickest of tha
flaht. Did he preach Christ as the
ultimate Ideal and goal for which
men should strive? Of himself hq
Fays: "Not as though I had already
attained . . . Dut one thing 1
oo i press toward the mark for tha
prize."
We are not surprised, then, to
find In him the apostle of hope.
When he places It among the graces,
he does ho because It had graced his
own life. He can urge upon others
the duty and privilege of optimism
because he knows what It Is to glorv
In his own infirmities, and count all
worldy losses as gains He ever
walks with buoyant and springy
step. With him the shadows never
lengthen and the night never deep
ens, It Is alwav? day. He walks In
the light; he Is a child or light; he
rejoices In tribulation, and through
Its leaden skies the star of hope even
ehlt.es.
Hope Is defined as the desire ot
some good, accompanied with an ex-re'-tation
of attaining it. or a belief
that It Is ob:alniible. It is more than
n eraotlcn, therefore, or a wish, or a
leslre. It is a confidence, an expecta
tion; it almost reaches the stage ot
conviction. It Is the philosophy of
optimism, and as such it abides and
deserves to abide. We are told that;
travelers In the Airs, standing upon
the "middle ground, ' see. heneathl
them, the shadows and valleys and
darkly flowing river, and above them
the snow-clad heights on which the
sun rests long after the valley be
neath Is In tho grip of the night. At
one time, then, it is possible to look
down Into the shadows or up Into the
sunshine. Pessimism Is the phlloso
Vhy of the downward look; hope lifts
Its eyes unto the hills from whence
cometh man's help: and believes than
the best and not the worst Is yet to
tome.
David was an optimist. In tho
Forty-second Psalm he Is facing a
crisis. He cannot stand upon middle
ground. He must either descend or
ascend; It Is the abyss or the moun
tain top. And so, he lays hold upon
1hp one refuge from pessimism and
despair, and calls upon his bouI to
Tope. "Why art thou cast down. O
my o il? And why art thou dis
quleted within me? Hope thou lu
find, lor I shall yet praise Him foi
'.he lunltl- of His countenance."
I'ope abides because It is the sur
vival of the fittest. Despondency itn
fits, lii'n blen. dethrones. It saps the
very streneth from manhood. France-
II. li.irnett In "The Shuttle."
glvei us the picture of the English
lord, sitting hour after hour, hold
im the wismd rani of ore of his
'o".i'i:on Isihni-or.', who 1.4 stricken ;
with Ivjbnid fever, and calling back
'trough the power of hope the life
that had r.'.nust rone out In despair.
The g-opt spe.-ialift. who has been
ca'lcd in In the hour of crisis, when
the fares of the watchers are Dale,
aril fear has frozen the very foun
tain ,f life and tnergv, gives the
verdict t,t "Hope," snd Instantlv the
bo.lv straighten?, the rack stiffens.'
the blood courses through the veins.
Hope is eneriv. The provisions
have failed: the boat leaks, the sea
rise, strength Ih gone, and Intolerable
thirst alone remains, nut. upon the.
rot-Iron there rise the masts and then
the hull of the liner. Hone at one
energizes. With the vestige of re
malning strength, the distress signal.
Is hoisted. It Is teen; U Is answered.'
the steamer s course Is changed and
re'cue Is at band. i0;;e 13 the gran
itic element of nature. Of Samuol
Adsnis, Bancroft nvs: "Difficulties
could not discourse his decision, nor
dangers apuall his fortitude. Of des
pondency he knew nothing; triaU
only nerved him for suuerlur strug
gles. Ills sublime and unfaltering
hope had a cast of solemnity, and.
was ns much a part of his nature as
If his confidence sprung from insight
Into the divine decrees, and was as
firm as a sincere Ca'vinlst's assure
ance of his election."
Ilcpe la life's song. Once Elijah,
lost It, and life was paralyzed. Hav
ing seen hope slip away from him, he
was ready to die. The wilderness Is
about him and within him. The best
thing Cod cue give blm Is the grave.
And this man is not a coward. He
lias fought to death, on C'armel.
Baal's priests. lie has won man-;
other battles, hut now he Is In the.
grip of despondency, and bl Imperi
ial spirit is broken. But God rails
blm tp from the depths, and when
nature's elementary forces, when Are
and wind and earthquake fall to
rouse bis slumbering soul, the still,
mall voice of God sings to blm the
song of Hope, and tha prophet 1
strengthened.
The vortt thing that bas ever been;
thouglt of belt Is that In its fiery
dr-th all bone Is abac1ni. Bo
long as the man waits, through the
Ions hours, for tbe dawn, and so long
ms he believes that tbe dawn will
come, bell Is not readv for blm. the
celestial gates are still swung wide
open.
If hope Is all tbls. then we do welt
to cultivate It, to cherish it. at all
haiards. Better part with anything
than It. Better give op your friends
then your hopfs. ' Better part with
your money. Tbe only man wifhoht
Ood in the world Is tbe man without
hope. We need to cherish It, for
. our wtl res and for others. Tbe most
elfish life In the world Is the hope
less hie. "Noblesse cblUe... It Is
ourdOTy to nelp and not To" hinder;
to lift tip and not cast down; to be
sign posts along the way, rather than
stumbling bfocks In the wav. There
Is no Influence more blighting In all
the world than that of a man who
sedulously cultivates the philosophy
of despair. He Is nothing but a nuis
ance, and an Infernal one at that, he
causp his philosophy Is hell-born. He
becomes a hlnderer rnther than a
helper. He Is deliberately withhold
ing from others, In their cares and
burdens and sorrows, that cheer and
courage which Ood has meant him to
Impart. If that alone were true. It
would he bad enough, hut o'ber
things are true. He Is not only with
holding: he Is Infecting, he Is poison
ing. He Is offending one of Ood's
little ones. He pretends to be your
friend, but he Is drilling holes below
the water line. He Is pulling on' the
bricks from the wall and the rivets
from the bolts. He la undermining
the moral constitution of every one
he meets. He Is damping men's ar
dor, he Is rhllllng their enthusiasms,
he Is putting clouds Into clear skies,
because he Is discounting hope. The
further such a man keeps away from
his fellow men the better for them.
He has no business with them. The
only proper place for Elijah was the
wilderness and the Juniper tree when
he had ceased to hope. And tho
only proper place for him when new
hope and Joy had been born within
his soul was back among the sons of
men. When our Lord's soul was
troubled He was alone, th shades of
night were about Him, His dlsclnles
slept. When He spoke to other than
Ood It was the message of hone:
"Come titito Me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and I will give
yon rest." There Is only one heart
strong enough to bear the weight of
a hopeless soul r.nd that Is the heart
of God. He alone Is the "Joy of the
comfortless, light of the straying,
hope of the penitent, fadeless and
pure."
The world has no time and no use
for the man who has no time and no
use for hope. A gentleman on be
ing asked to contribute to the erec
tion of a menu men t replied: "Not a
dollar. I am ready to contribute to
ward" bulldine- monuments to those
who make us hor-s. but I will not give
a dollar to help pr!tjate the mem
ory and Influence of those who live
,to make us despa'r." The men who
find the world waiting for them, re
sponsive to '.hem, grateful for them,
aro the men who bring Into Its dark
ness something of Mht and into Its
sufferings and sins, the aleviation
and stimulus of hope.
A singer seng a sen;? of tears, and the great
world heard and wept ;
or he sung of the so-rnws of fleeting
years, and the hopes which the dead
past kept;
And souls in nnpuiih their bnrlns bore,
and the world was sadder than
before.
. singer sang a song of cheer. iwl the
great world lintencd and smiled.
viT he sung of the love of a Fntlier dear,
and the tmt of a little child:
And souls that before bad forgotten to
pray looked up and went singing
along the way.
Perhaps, after all, to those who
are listening to-night. It is not neces
sary to say all this. You know it
already. If you don't, it Is because
you have never yet entered Into the
Joy of your Lord, which Is not re
served, simply for the life to come,
but is Imparted to His followers In
the life that now Is. It Is a joy that
no man taketh away. For It is the
Joy that comes from the knowledge
fnot only that In the hiding of God
there Is safety, but that in the hands
of God all things are made to work
together for our good. It is the Joy
ot the consciousness that the bars
and bolts that once held us In the
prison have been withdrawn, and
the door has swung open, and we
have passed out into the light. And
it Is the joy that, having pnssed out
into the light there is given to us not
only freedom from bondage, but af
filiation, the privilege of partnership
with God; the power to do and to
become. And if we still feel our
selves hedged about by unpropltious
circumstance, and assailed by the
temptation of that Illicit self which
still clamors for recognition and
claims enthronement, there Is born
within us the hope that out of strug
gle and defeat, out of strivings and
groanlngs. out of bondage and Im
prisonment, we are at last to come
oft more than conquerors through
Him who has loved ns nnd redeemed
us by His blood. When ve receive
Christ, who is our Hone, the Brleht
nnd Morning Star of Life, we enser
Into privilege and pos;e?ilop. All
things are ours; the world about us.
the skies above us; the heritage of
soil and the heritage of sou'.i): the
deep happiness of proprietorship in
the things of the life that now Is and
the fadeless hope of the life everlast
ing: All things ars ours, for we are
Christ's and Christ is God. What
place Is there for doubt, or despair In
such a life? Why should we not. If
we believe in Him, who, though un
seen, Is ever with us, rejoice, with
Joy unspeakable and full of glory?
What matters It that the sorrows of
tbe present seem not Joyous, but
grievous? They are the light afflic
tions which are but for the moment,
ar.d which work out for us the far
more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory. While we look at the
things which are seen, while the
shock of the storm is upon us. the
cathode rays of hope reveal ber.eath
the deep calm the unseen things
which are eternal.
! Now ablilet'.i hope: Its fingers point
upward and onward and God is at
(the end.
L'nf.nhng hope! When life's laat embers
, burn,
.When soul to soul and duiit to dunt return.
'Heaven to thy charge reaig-ns the awful
hour!
I Oil, tlen Thy kingdom comes! lmnortul
1'ower!
The
5unday School
IXTEIIN.ATIOXAT, LESSON COM
MEXTS FOR Jl'XIS 20. .
Subject: The Parable of the Tares,
Jlntt. 1.1:21-.10, .1(1-1.1 Coin
mlt Verses 37, 38.
Some of Wetley's Health Ideas.
John Wesley, tje fo-jnder of Meth
odium, who thought on many sub
jects besides religion, gave some at
tention to certain rules of health. He
laid stress on cold baths, fresh air
and abstinence from "strong, es
pecially spirituous liquors," as neces
sary to health and realized that "a
nule.t, peaceful mind Is the most pow
erful of all tbe mean of health and
Jong life." .
Ills cure for baldness will hardly
commend Itself to-day. "To cure
baldness," be writes, "rub tbe part
with onions until It Is red, rub It
afterward with honey or wash It with
I decoction of boswood or electrify
tt daily." For bleeding at the nose
he recommends "to drink whey and
eat raisins;" also "to keep a roll ot
white naner under the tonaue."
' He Insbits that consumptives drink
quantities of milk and states tbat be
knew of a deep consumption cured
by the sufferer every morning cutting
a little turf from tbe fresh earth and
lyl?( down to breathe Into the bole
for an quarter of an bour.
GOLDEN TEXT. "Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the sun In
the kingdom ot their Father." Matt.
13:43.
TIME. Autumn, A. D. 2S.
PLACE. Uy the Sea of Galilee,
near Capernaum.
EXPOSITION'. I. Two Rowers, 21,
2.1. Here, as in the preceding lesson,
Jesus appears as a sower of good
seed; but in the preceding parable
"the seed is the Word of God;" In
this parable "the good seed are the
sons of the kingdom" (v. 38). But
the sons of the kingdom are them
selves the product of the Word of
God (Jas. 1:18; I Pet. 1:23) ; so that
there is a close connection between
the two parables and the two sow
ings. It Is by sowing "the Word ot
God" that the Son of man sows "sons
of the kingdom." There are In this
world "sons of the kingdom" only
because Jesus had sown them. The
world la "His field." He has pur
chased It by His blood; the devil has
forfeited it by his unfaithfulness.
But the devil does not like to relin
quish the world of which he was once
tho prince (Jno. 12:31). But the
world belongs to Christ, "the sons of
the evil one" are sown In it, but they
don't belong In it, and when the har
vest comes they will be gathered out
and sent to their own place. There Is
deep significance in two words In
i verse 25, "His enemy." The devil Is
our enemy, but he Is primarily
Christ's enemy. There Is no one
whom he hates as he hates the Son of
God. Christ receives what the devil
aspired to, the worship ot the uni
verse (Heb. 1:6; Rev. 6:11-13; comp.
Matt. 4:9; Ez. 28:16, 17). The
devil seeks to caricature and thwart
Christ's work at every step. Christ
sows good seed In His field, the devil
comes by stealth and sows tares. The
parable brings out very clfearly the
personality ot the devil, the certainty
of hla existence, the malignity of his
heart, tbe activity of his movements,
the cunning of his operations, the
subtlety of his methods. If there is
not a personal devil, the enemy of
Christ, this parable ia meaningless.
There is cbsolutely no necessity in
the drapery of the parable to bring
him In. He Is in the parable because
he exists in fact. The tares in the
world are his work. Christ sow3
"sons of the kingdom" by sowing
good seed, "the Word of God;" the
devil sows "sons ot the evil one" by
sowing bad seed, doubts and ques
tions and error (Gen. 3:1, 4; 2 Thess.
2:9, 10). The devil did his work
"while men slept." He always acta
under cover and while men are off
guard. He does much of his work
to-day while Christians and ministers
are dozing. He brings In the sub
tleties of disguised infidelity ("higher
criticism," etc. ) and masked pantheism
while we are nodding, and some day
we wake up to find the"tares" spring
ing up everywhere among the wheat.
When the devil had done his work ha
"went away." He got out of slg'.it.
He always does. He even stirs up
some to argue that "there Isn't any
devil anyway."
II. Two' Crop Growing Together,
20-21). There are Just two classes of
men: "Sons of th kingdom" or
"children of God," and "sons of tiie
evil-one" (v. 3S, It. V.), or "children
of the devil" (1 John, 3:10). Tho
two classes are not always distin
guishable or separable at the out?st
(vs. 29, 30), but they will b-3 distin
guished and separated when they are
ripe, the one for heaven and tiia oth?r
for hell. But It will, fortunately, be
the angels and not men who do tho
separating (v. 41). History fur
nlshes countless instances ot the
devil's sowing tares among Christ's
wheat (e. g., Jno. 13:2: Acts 6:3;
20:29). Both history and the Word
of God warn us agulust deciding that
all that appears "among the wheat"
must itself be vu'.ieat. While the
tares were not distinguishable from
the wheat until they, began to grow,
they were tares from the very first.
There were those who wished to root
up the tares at once, but the time was
not ripe, nor were they competent to
do the tas'.;. There aro those who in
haste lor.L' to extirpate "the sons of
the evil one" at once from the world,
but tho Master says, "let them both
grow together until tho harvest."
Premature separation, by religious
persecution, would mean Injury to
wheat as well as destruction to tares.
This history has abundantly proven.
This parable does not torbld church
discipline. "Tha field Is" not tha
church, but "the world" (v. 38).
Church discipline Is positively com
manded In tha Bible (1 Cor. 5:3-5,
11; Horn. 16:17; 2 Thess. 3:6, 14).
In the delay In separating the chaff
from the wheat we have another Illus
tration ot God's long-suffering (ct.
2 Pet. 3:9).
III. Two Harvests, 30, 85,0-11.
Separation comes at last. It is "in
the end of the age" (v. 39, R. V.
Mars.). "The reapers are the
angels." They are to be the minis
tern of God's boundless grace towards
"the sona ot the kingdom" and the
executioners of His wrath towards
"the sons ot the evil one." Tbe tares
are to be "gathered" and the wheat Is
to be "gathered;" but the ono for
burning in "tbe furnace of fire,"
where there Is Inconsolable grief and
Impotent rage (v. 42), the other Into
Cud's storehouse, "the kingdom of
their Father," where "they shall
shine forth as the sun." Is the' fire
literal? It is In the interpretation ot
the parable as well as In the parable
Itself. Evil is not to gradually disap
pear from tbe world, but to grow side
by side wli.li tbe wheat "until tbe
larvest."
BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE
SOLDIERS FIGITTIXa THIS CVRSC
GREATLY CHEERED.
Tho Scientific Ensls, ,
The primal basts of the present
var against the liquor shop, whether
legalized or not, Is neither religious,
political, moral nor financial. It is,
first of all, scientific. If alcohol la
useful as a beverage, or even It it is
no worse than harmless, there can bo
no just war against It on any of the
grounds above suggested. But it its
use is injurious to the human mind
and body, It It Is destructive ot human
happiness, If It impairs a man's use
fulness, if tt destroys the peace and
purity of society, then society In self
defense must make war upon it.
The determination of this matter Is
a scientific problem. It science de
cides against alcohol then the whole
problem of. the manufacture and use
of liquors as a beverage becomes a
religious, moral, political and finan
cial problem and society must deal
with it In all Its phases. Let us then
look first for the
Verdict of Science. Rapid strides
In recent years In scientific investiga
tion has demonstrated that alcohol
taken Into the human system is never
a food but always a poison. Differ
ent poisons attack, different organs
ot the body. Alcohol first attacks and
Injures the brain. More and more
emphatic becomes the verdict ot sci
ence that alcohol In even small quan
tities Is a poison and that only tem
perance is total abstinence.
Professor Kraepelin, one of Ger
many's greatest scientists and former
ly a moderate drinker, says: "I be
came a total abstainer only as the
result ot scientific Investigation.
Even If a single dose of alcohol had a
favorable effect upon body or mind,
nevertheless In the face of the every
where recognized alcohol evil we must
exterminate It, root and branch, ber
cause there Is no other salvation from
our misery."
One hundred German university
professors ot medicine, many of them
having International reputation, .re
cently issued an anti-alcohol mani
festo urging their countrymen to
labor for total abstinence, and closed
by saying: "The practice of mod
erate drinking remains the ultimate
source of Intemperance."
Tha voice ot the scientists of all
nations is rapidly approaching unison
on the alcohol question. We see,
therefore, the scientific basis on which
It Is possible to explain all the mis
ery, crime, poverty, wretchedness and
Inefficiency that result from the use
of alcohol.
The Problem Enlarges. The fact
that alcohol Is a poison and Its use
impairs the moral and religious facul
ties Instantly makes It a moral and
religious problem and requires that
the church shall deal vigorously with
It. Because It destroys a man's earn
ing power and increases the burdens
of society In caring tor its victims It
becomes a question of finance. Be
cause It Interferes with the rights of
society it becomes a political problem.
Thunder It out from the pulpit and
the press. In the home and In the
school, In the mine and the factory;
thunder it out everywhere and all the
time tbat King Alcohol is our bitter
enemy and the time has come when
he must be dethroned. The Key
stona Citizen.
Striking Testimonial.
A striking testimonial as to tbe
beneficial effects of abstention from
alcohol Is furnished by Mr. Cordeaux,
the British Commissioner for Somali
land, In his latest report to tha Col
onial Office. He mentions that one
ot the considerations which material
ly affect the public health of that
country is that the population is
practically entirely Mohammedan, and
therefore total abstainers from all
alcohol. Tbe consequence Is that the
country has been free from any case
of malignant disease during tha last
ten years. Ho also refers to the very
marked difference shown under an
aesthetics by the Somalia as against
both the European and other races
addicted to the use ot this ttimulant.
Serious respiratory trouble Is prac
tically never met with among the
Somalis, and struggling while going
under Is quite unusual, yet the people
are ot a both nervous and excltablo
temperament.
rarnerca ror me
ri ltrrr iJNftri J
'THY WILL BE DOXE.
Laid on Thine altar, O my Iord Divine,
Accept my gift this dny for Jesus' sakef
I have no jewels to adorn Thy shrine,
Nor any world-famed sacrifice to make;
But here I bring within my trembling
hand.
This will of mine, a thing that seemeth
small,
Yet Thou alone, O Lord, canst nndcrs'.iird.
How when I yield Thee this, 1 yield
mine all.
Hidden therein, Thy searching pnze ran see
Struggles of passion visions of delight,
All that I have, or am, or fain would be.
Deep love, fund hopes and longings in
finite; It hath been wet with tears, and dimmed
with sighs,
Clinched in my grasp, till beauty it bath
none : i
! Now from Thy footstool, where it van-
quiHhea lies,
The prayer ascendcth, "May Thy will
be done!"
Take it, O Father, ere my courage fail.
And merge it so into Thy own will, that
e'en
If in some desperate hour my cries pre
vail, And Thou give back my gift, it may
have been
So changed, so purified, so fair, have grown
So one with Thee, so filled with love
divine,
I may not know or feel it as my own,
Bnt gaining back my will, may find it
Thine.
Pittsburg Christian Advicate.
JUNE TWENTY-SIXTH
A Remarkable Letter.
The following letter of Justice J.
L. Krlsble, who was a captain In tbe
Civil War and later Minister to Nice,
France, is self-explanatory:
"To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council ot the City of Hills
dale, Mich.:
"Gentlemen I hereby most respect
fully tender the resignation of my
commission as Justice ot the Peace ot
tbe city ot Hillsdale, to take effect
March 1, 1910. Causation: County
Prohibition (local option), no
druuks, no vagrants, no disorderlies,
no business to further make the of
fice desirable or In any way profit
able. Really there Is no use for more
than one Justice of the peace in the
city of Hillsdale under present con
ditions." Philadelphia Record.
Real Cause of High Prices.
A leading butcher ot Cincinnati as
sens that whisky is the loal cause ot
hls?i prices. He says: "ita the
1 armor's fault that meat, and prlncl
m'.ly pork. Is as high as it is, and tbe
peoplo can blame whisky. The farm
er will not raise hogs which he bas
to fatten with corn when be can set!
his corn to the distillers for a much
greater profit than he could realize
by putting It Into his hogs. It natur
ally follows that the demand for pork
becomes greater and tbe supply less,
honca the advanced prices."
More Than Knowledge..
Good nature Is worth more tbaa
knowledge, more than money, to the
persons who possess It, and certainly
to everybody who dwells with them,
n so far as mere happiness Is cou
M.ued. Heuiy Ward BeecUer.
- ,
"I want to assume a convincing ex
pression ot Injured Innocence," said
tbe Pittsburg man charged with
grafting.
"I'd advise you to go to alt tha
baseball games."
"But I'm In no mood for diver
sion." "Of course not. But what you
want to do Is to study the expression
of a base runner when the umpire
calls blm out" Wasblegtou Star.
Temperance Xotcs.
Recently 130 of the saloons of
Richmond, Va., were legislated out of
existence.
Intemperance is Increasing among
women In London. It Is stated tbat
8900 women In that city have each
boen convicted ot drunkenness more
than ten times.
I i'pose yon might say, looktn' at
It one way, that liquor's great stuff
t sort ot even up things. Ot courst
it takes shingles off a man's barn,
but then It puts patches on.hls pants.
Aaron Skinner, of Barton, Vt., who
died about two years ago, made this
provision in bis will that the residue
of his estate after tbe other bequests
were paid, should go to that good or
ganization, as he called It, the W. C.
T. V., and his executors turned Into
the band ot the 8tate treasurer
11696.68.
Iu Tennessee there Is a law under
which owners ot property on wblcb
liquor Is Illegally sold may be fined
and Imprisoned. Attorney-General
McCalrn, of Nashville, bas sprung a
boiub under the violators ot the law
in that city by giving a week's notice
to property owners that be lutsndi
to prosecute under tbls statute.
' Living For One's Self.
For none of us liveth to himself,
and no man dieth to himself. Ro
mans 14, 7.
Nobody Is Independent. All hu
man lives are Inseparably Joined.
Things we said yesterday will be re
called with pleasure or pain by some
body twenty years from now. What
we did last week will make somebody
better or worse when our bodies have
turned to dust.
Lite Is rather solemn business. No
body Is so Insignificant as to be with
out Influence. Most of us would be
filled with horror If we could read tbe
record of our lives and see how a
word we spoke carelessly started
some one on the way to ruin. And it
would fill us with a bliss that Is like
heaven Itself if we could see that
there are persons who date all the
good there Is In their lives to some
kindly deed of .ours done simply from
Impulse.
However much we may wish at
times that we could do as we please
without our deeds affecting the lives
ot others, yet a moment's thought
will make us glad that human lives
are thus bound together. There is
dignity in life when we feel that a
hundred years from now men may be
better for our having lived. And on
the other hand, there is responsibility
In living, since after we are gone men
may be worse for our misdeeds. It
doubtless would be more pleasing it
our goodness might bless others with,
out our badness cursing them. But
you cannot have one side without the
other any more than you can have
light without shadow. If it is right
that men should be able to help one
another, it must be right, because It is
'part of the same arrangement, that
they should be able to hurt one an
other. Sometimes we Intentionally Influ
ence people, as when we argue with a
man to bring him to our views, but
perhaps the mightiest Influence Is ex
erted unconsciously. As the Iceberg
chills the air for miles around It or
as tbe honeysuckle makes the air
about it heavy with fragrance, so men
radiate helpful or hurtful Influences.
Our character, whatever it may be, is ;
contagious.
It was said by a man who was dy-
1 1 1 r 1 xu. I a - - , I. , I
juk, un, iuui ui y iiiuueuce mignv Df
gathered up and buried with me."
That cannot be, however much we
wish it. Our influence goes on bless
ing or blasting people forever. Of
another man it was said, "His pres
ence always made men better." What
a fine thing that Is to have such a
eVinrnetar that vihAn.vnn moot nsniila
you make them wish to be nobler, I
purer, truer! Frank M. Goodchlld,
in the Sunday Herald.
Money, Men and Prayers: the Three
Great Missionary Needs 2 Cor.
8: 1-9; Mstt. 9 : 35-38.
Prevailing prayer. Acts 12: 6-11.
God's gold. 1 Chron. 29: 1416.
The call. Isa. 6: 8-10; Matt. 9: 9.
Helpful prayer. 2 Cor. 1: 10, 11.
Gifts from the heart. Ex. 25: 1-8.
Say not, No. Jer. 1: 1-10.
One girt must be made to God be
fore we can make any other; that gift
Is the heart (2 Cor. 8: 6),
Wo are to give because we lovo
men, but the prime and fundamental
motive for giving is because we love
Christ (2 Cor. 8:9).
Where the harvest ! great the work
la hard, but tbe rewards are also great
(Matt. 9: 37).
No one can work successfully in
Christ's harvest field if he merely
goes there of his own will or on the
advice of his friends; he must be com
missioned by the owner of the field
(Matt. 9: 38).
Suggestions.
Money is condensed life. When
missions have not enough money it Is
because they have 'not enough life in
terest back of them.
It Is idle to reckon whether money,
men or prayers are needed the most
In missions. The three needs fit to
gether, and all are supplied in propor
tion as any one is supplied.
It has been well said that the ques
tion for each Christian to settle is
not, "Should I go to the mission
field?" but "Why should I not go?"
Modern missions need not merely
men but fit men, trained men, useful
and adapted -men.
Illustrations.
Western farmers have been known,
In their great need of laborers In har
vest time, to enter railroad trains
bringing students home from college
and actually- compel the young men
to go out Into the fields and help
gather In the waiting grain.
tPWORMfilErESSOIS
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
God Chooses Our Opportunities.
Cod has brought us Into this time;
He, and not ourselves or some dark
demon. If we are not fit to cope
with tbat which He has prepared for
tis, we should have been utterly unfit
fur any condition that we Imagine
for ourselves. In thlB time we ari to
live and wrestle, and in no other.
Let us humbly, tremblingly, man
fully look at It, and we shall not wish
that the sun could go back Us ten de
grees, or that we could go back with
it. If easy times are departed. It Is
that the difficult times may make us
more in earnest; that they may teach
us not to depend upon ourselves. If
easy belief Is Impossible, It is that
we may learn what belief Is, and in
vihom it is to be placed. F. D.
Slaurlca.
Tha Christian's Victories 2 Cor. 2:
14-17; Rom. 8: 35-37.
2 Cor. 2: 14-17. The Immediate
cause of Paul's jubilate was the favor
able report brought him by Titus,
whom he had sent to visit the Corin
thian Christians to learn what effect
a former letter that he had written
them, containing advices upon a par
ticular matter, had produced upon
their minds. Upon receiving the grat
ifying Intelligence brought by Titus
the great apostle immediately voices
a song of thanksgiving to God for a
splendid victory. Notice the word)
"always." Not every general leads a
victorious army in carnal warfare, but
God, always. Not only so, but the
victory God gives us through Christ Is
complete and involves the utter confu
sion and complete destruction of tha
enemy, giving us cause for triumphing
in Christ our Mediator, who, having
redeemed us, uses his mediatory pow
er, procured by his atonement, wlth
.the Father to secure for us triumph
over our enemies. Bear in mind that
Paul's concern for the reception ot his
letter was in nowise personal. It was
prompted by a deep sense of bis obli
gation to God and an Intense desire
for the success ot his mission to the
Corinthians. With this thought in
mind we the more readily understand
his reference to a figure very familiar
to those to whom his letter was ad
dressed. Rom. 8: 35-37. Reference Is here,
made to the trials and persecutions
to which Christians are exposed by
reason of their loyalty to Christ. Here,
as always, the apostle prefaces his
catalogue of the things which may af
fect us with a statement ot the won
derfully complete provision made by
God through Christ for our protec
tion from the very things be names.
The phraseology of his question is
very significant: "Who shall separate
us from the love of Christ?" There
la not the remotest intimation that
anything tan separate the love of
Christ from us.
Trust and Obey.
Do not look forward to the changes
of this life In fear; rather look to
th-m with full hope that, as they
rrlse, God, whose you are, will de
liver you out of them. He has kept
vou hitherto do you but hold fast to
Ills hand, and He will lead you safe
ly through all things. Do not look
forward to what may happen to-morrow;
the same everlasting Father who
cares for you to-day will take care of
you to-morrow, and every day.
Francis de Sales.
Garments ot God.
Sorrows are often like clouds
which, though black when they are
passing over us, when they are past
become as If they were the garments
ot "God thrown off In purple and
gold along tbe sky." Henry Ward
t; etc her.
Happy Confidence.
May we live In Tby world with no
ci vile and degrading fer, but with
the happy confidence of tbe dutiful
child at home. Charles O. Ames.
Robin's Nest In Railroad Van.
In a fold of the canvas covering
ot tbe Great Eastern Railway dellv
,ery van at Billerlcay a robin bas built
jher nest and laid three eggs. Nest
and eggs of course go the rounds
with tbe van for about ten hours
dally and tbe bird returns to the nest
.when the van reaches tbe yard again
at night. Westminster Gaiette.
' 1 " " i
More than 00,000 persons emi
grated from this country during the
tyear 1 C07. This Is a much smaller
number than snowa by tbe jnotio. s
SURVIVES HUG OF BEAR.
Not for years have bears been so
bold in this vicinity as they are this
season, writes The Forks (Me.) cor
respondent of the New. York World.
Tbe fourth man to be tackled by a
bear In tbe woods near here was Wal
lace Durgln, who had his adventure
near his father's house. Durgin bad
his rifle close at hand and made short
work of despatching the brute, but
this was not the luck ot Ernest Gub
til, of New Vineyard. Gubtll had
"been hunting for moose for two
weeks. He dropped a fine buck and
then placod his rifle against a tree
and began tbe work ot dressing the
carcass.
The hunter, knife In band, was at
work when suddenly he received a
blow on the left side which sent him
to the ground half stunned. Gubtil
then found himself grappling with
a black bear, which, when cold that
evening, weighed 460 pounds. By
means of rolling and tumbling, kick
ing at the bear and warding off at
tempts to grapple Gubtll finally, with
the blood streaming from two dozen
tad scratches, reached his rifle.
By exertluK all hla Kmiinin.
strength Gubtll dropped the muzzle
against the bear'j breast as tbe brut.e !
rose, and, with the trigger close
r gainst bis left blp, pulled. The ex
panalon bullet killed tbe bear almost
Instantly, At tbe moment ot the dis
charge tbe bear was making a blow
for GubtU's face, but the claws
dragged agulnst his shoulder. A '
trailer heard GubtU's call and took
hlu wbere he could get medical aid.
Reinforced concrete continues to
widen the range ot Its application.
Tbe Western railroads are preparing
to build this summer long stretches
of reinforced concrete sheds. Tbese
will not only be stronger than tho
present timber structures, but tqey
will be entirely safe from tbe menace
of Are. Scientific American.
A new Inflammable celluloid hat
been patented by Professor A. Gau- f
tier. Tbe chief feature ot the pro
cess Is the employment of an ether
silicate Instead ot pure ether, which
Is ordinarily used with alcohol as the
solvent In the agglutination of nitro
cellulose fibers by means of camphor.
Scientific American.
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WISE WORDS.
JSeJfcer Orate,
Even a short man may have his
long suit.
It's better to be correct than It It
to be corrected.
How far can you get from horn
before you become a stranger?
w uibkj ana tove never anect two
men In exactly the same way.
A woman has less faith In her
Ideals after marrying one ot them.
At this stage of the game the hog
pen Is mightier than the sword.
It doesn't mend matters to fix the
responsibility of a railroad wreck.
The doctor who speaks but ona
language may understand many
tongues.
Lot's wife may have looked back
and then again she may have talked
back.
And sometimes a girl thinks sh
has lost her heart when It Is only her
appetite.
After a man gets on the shady slds
ot forty he decides that he'd rather bt
rich than handsome.
A man can always find an excuse
for doing things he wants to do that
he knows he shouldn't do.
Jealousy bas no mercy for Its vic
tims. 1
Marriage Is seldom what It Is con
tracted to be.
Many a man tries to stand on bis
rights who hasn't any.
Did you ever hear of a burglar try
ing to break Into society? .
If time were money, most of us
wouldn't have a minute to spare.
His satanlc majesty boosted his
business when he Invented politics.
A pesslmUt defines society as a
lot ot nobodies who talk about noth
ing. Did It ever occur to you to try your
own advice before turning It over to
others?
The man who marries for money
should be willing to take the humil
iation that goes with It.
Probably the easiest kind of easy
mark Is the man who labors under
the delusion . that he understands
women.
A company that will Insure a man
against his wife's relations would se
cure more patronage than any other
Insurance company. From "Pointed
Paragraphs," In the Chicago News.
Wonderful success has attended
tha cultivation of the sugar oane In
Tamptco, one company having pro
duced last year 1,270,000 pounds of
sugar and 25,000 gallons ot alcohol
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