THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV C. B ETSLER.
Theme : ChriM-Convlousne.
Brooklyn. N Y Sunday morning
the Hev. Clarenre Hartlett Etsler,
pastor of the Church of the Good Tid
ings, preached on "The Essetitlnl Me
diation of the ChrlM-Conscloimness."
The text was from I. .Tohn 5:10: "Ho
that belleveth on the Son of God hath
the witness tn himself." Mr. Ktsler
aid:
In this day of skeptical spiritual
unrest and mental reconstruction, we
hear considerable speculation as to
the peson and place of .leans Christ
1 want to convince yon that questions
of Christ's genealogy and birth are
overshadowed In Importance for us
by the experience of II is conscious
birth within our prcpent lives
We ask no man to believe in .Icus
Christ as the Son of God upon histor
ical evidence alone, lor such evidence
may not he satisfactory to all. I'.ut
we do nak every man lo believe on tin
Son of God ami the power of a Christ
like life, upon the wi'nrs of the
Christ consciousness "lie that be
lleveth on the Son of Cod hutli the
witness In himself "
We do not ask men to give credence
to external evidence, but we commend
to every soul the Christ witness In
himself. We ask some of our breth
ren, whai was the purpose of Jesus'
life, and they reply that He was God
In human form enking by Mis death
and suffering to cancel mankind's
debt unto Himself in a substitutional
atonement of vicarious sacrifice, what
soever that may be. If Christ was
God and found it necessary to con
form to such a complicated process In
order to placate Himself, then we are
worshiping a God who violates our
Conception of perfect justice.
Rut some will say "Ah! then you i
deny the divinity of Christ?" No!
most unmistakably, we do not. We
affirm Vie was divine and we aflirm
the divinity of every created soul.
We affirm Christ was divine and we
pfTirni the same for all mankind.
Christ's mission w.-.s to reveal the
vital truth thi't He and we, and every
soul that lives arc children of the
livlnc Cod.
The consciousness of Christ was a
consciousness of His divine relation
ship to God as Father and Son. Our
consciousness, the price of a comnlete
life. Is a consciousness of our relation
ship to Christ and fellowman as
la-others all. and through that con
seiousne the supreme revelation,
like that which came to Mini that we
are God's offspring, too. Not that
Christ was God. conceived of Him
self In any miraculous way. but that
He was horn its vou and I, according
to God's established means of re-cre-ntion,
and tltp.t His heritage was the
herit.tte we all receive of human evo
lution and divine self consciousness.
How does Christ differ from other
men we ask? In this. His perfect con
sciousness of souship with God. But
does this explain His power to heal
the sick and to speak peace unto trou
bled souls, or are the recorded evi
dences of His seeming supernatural
power to be releeated to tha realm of
myth and legend? In the llcht of
n.odcni knowledge, we believe the
seemingly Inexplicable occurrences of
the so-called miracles of Christ were
but the m.turM result of His supreme
Go(!-coiisciousues8. "Christ's God
consciousness called to His Father
through all space. He sent His word
nnd healed; the wind and waves
ohocd His will. It Is written that
!' touched tio higher ctheric vibra
tions with the po.vtrf il thought of
His master mind and the thought
tun f 1 It to w ine and loaves and
f.shp'i "higher intelligence projected
ini-i form thvou:jli the GoJ-conscious-l:o
V :t why may not we come forth
wl'h into vita! union with God; wl.y
with Christ ran we not attain to th-?
God c itisclo" -cess nt ctue? Why
mi'-'it not 'i:e art. student create the
liuis'erpicce of an Angclo? Why
ml:".'it not the yorng wood worker
pro luce a Cremona or a Strac"? Why
mWlit not a freshman engineer de
sign a lircoklyu Hridge-' Why might
not the graduate from the pushcart
brhride presume to pilot a Packard
over the Ynndnrbllt cup course?
Mutt they not ail receive a master's
Instruction and gain perfection by
their fteady attention to trliles under
the master's guiding hand? "For
there is one Cod and onu mediator
between God and man, the man
Christ .fesus." "() God, Thou hast
searched me and known me, Thou art
acqualnle.1 with nil my ways. There
Is not a word In any tongue but lo,
O God, Thou knowest. It altogether.
Such knowledge Is too wonderful for
mo: It Is li i k ti . I canii.it attain unto
It."
Such. In substance. Is the complaint
of many who have sought the God
consciousness without the mediation
of Jesus Christ. And because they
have found it not they have said:
"II Is too hio,; for me, I cannot attain
tinto It. it Is referved (or the favored
fnw." As Hcntible tor the raw student
who falls to produce the masterpiece
to ?ive no In hopeless despair "Jesus
answered mid said, If a man love Me
he mill keep My words and My Father
will lovo him a:vl we will come unto
him and mal:c our abode with him:
nelfier knowcth any man the Father
save the Hon nnd he to whom the Hon
will rc'cnl Him."
We may repeat the affirmation that
we l.ellcvo tu tlia universal father
hood cf God. but God-consciousness
ran only couie from within. Not all
the jifflrm.ttiou of a lifetime can take
lite pi ice of the Internal evidence.
Our iniisclon).ne8, however, Is de
pendent largely upon our objective
experience. It Is ganged In urea'
measure by our activo relation of life
'lo eternal truth. How presumptuous,
then, to dtnv the esentlalitv of the
mediation a Christ consciousness
twlct us and God. in Christ's life
habit there Is revealed to us the atti
tude toward ft How men that Is abso
lutely essential before God-consciousness
can be en loved.
Men who discount the place and
power of Jesus Cnrlst are keeking to
enter the cos-iii consciousness with a
crude llfo Imblt'that shuts them off
effectively from that Infinite supply
of God life nnd world power. As ecu,
lble for a man to flap his arms and
xpert to fly, became skilled Invent
or have conquered the problem of
serial flight, as for the novice to dl
)daln the mediation of Jesus Christ.
Jf yoc would circle through the
fvaulfed skies, go to a Wright or Cur
Kiss and learn the principles of aerial
(navigation to wblcb you must relate
(yourself. If you would connect yc" J
;iifa with God's almighty power, go to
Jesus the Christ sail learn from Hltu
be principles of right relation be
ilween man anfi man. Christ's human
mature Is the factor that mediates us
to Ood. Christ-consciousness Is the
jstcge of development w herefrom we
.react) ito for God-eonselousness., How
should the learner duplicate tne per
'fprmanee of a Paderewskl when even
l!s simplest efforts produce a Jangle
oil discord? How attune oneself to
tlfa perfect melody of the Infinite,
wlen we can't even strike a chord
that vibrates in harmony with what
we know of perfected humanity?
How expect the Inflow of peace and
power from the Infinite supply when
we neglect the power Christ has re
vealed, that's dwelling In us now?
The mediation of the Christ Is a
link between us and God without
which the chain Is Incomplete. "He
that belleveth on the Son of God hath
the witness In himself." The Chrlst
consc.tousness is the full realization
of the weaving of human brotherhood
not as a mere euphonious phrase with
which to round out a platitude of glit
tering generality, but as a living fact
whereby we realize our active relation
to neighbor and our present depend
ence on the race. It's easy enough to
call him brother whose life touches
our own; It's no hard matter to feel
brotherly toward those who live on
the same level with us. But the
Christ-consciousness Is more than
that. When Christ bade men turn
the other cheek unto the smlter. He J
may have seemed to ns to preach a i
doctrine fit for no self-respecting
man. When He prayed unto His
heavenly Father for divine clemency
unto His murderers and excused their
clme. ' - ' '"""""""t
and loam to ecno tint prayer, nut
such are the ties of brotherhood that
Christ sought to reveal. Not that we
should go about placarded with a
shingle which reads, "Kick me, I like
It:" not that we should absolve our
criminals from remedial punishment,
but that our consciousness of brother
hood should be so strong that no
human Injustice can shake our faith
In Its Interdependent power. If such
a compliance as Jesus recognized to
ties of brotherhood seem an easy
practice In your dally life then Indeed
you have attained the full Christ
consciousness. Hut if finger, or wor
ry nnd fear make you sometimes for
get the rights of brotherhood, then I
commend to you the witness of the
Christ within.
But what's the use of nil of this,
Bomeone may ask. "I try to live hon
est and upright nnd useful and that's
all any man can do." Yes. hut aren't,
you subject to worry nnd annoyance
sometimes? Don't you ever suffer
phjslcal infirmity, nnd wouldn't It be
worth while to banish the fear of
pain and the worry of annoyance from
your life? ,Ti sua healed lepers In
His day, but wns not contaminated.
Jesus cast out demons, but none of
them entered. Into Him. The man
with the unclean spirit cried out, say
ing, "Let us alone: what have we to
do with Thee. Thou Jesus of Naza
reth?" And Jesus rebuked him, Bay
ing, "Hold thy peace and come out
of him."
What have we. In our dnv and age,
to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Naz
Itreth? We know Thee, who Thou
art. tb Holy One of God. Have we
physical Imperfection or mental dis
ease? I.earn from the master phy
sician, self-healing through the chan
nel of thine own soul by the Christ
witness In thyself. Christ's God
consciousness made Him Immune to
physical disease and mental conta
gion. And to that same protecting
God-consciousness you and I can at
tain Then we have mastered the
Christ-consciousness. God was in
deed In Christ, reconciling the world
unto Hhnself, but the world can only
reach that perfect reconciliation
through keeping the words and works
of Christ the Son.
Belief In Christ Is belief in the di
vinity of man. Belief in Christ Is be
lief In salvation by character. Belief
In Christ Is belief In eternal progress
from man on up to God. God hath
not left Himself without witnesses in
every nge and nation e.nd wherever
the spirit of the Christ shows through
the heritage of brute ancestry, there
begins the consciousness that leads to
life eternal.
Look within thyself for witness to
Christ's power for life, and seize to
day the ever present opportunity for
bravely going on.
The
Sunday -School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JULY 17.
, Subject! Peter's Confession, Matt,
10:23-28 Commit to Mem
orjr Verse 20.
"My Shepherd."
Sav it over and over, to-dav. "He
Is my Shepherd; He Is my Shepherd." '
This little word will make a paradise
of earth, and fill with glory the home
where you live and the place where
you work; In a word, It will lift you
up to where the Heaven lies
The water-snlder forms a sac-like
cottage and fills It with air; then
shuts herself In and sinks into the
sea. She then anchors it and there
brings forth her young. She practi
cally lives In an upper world, al
though surrounded by all the dangers
of the great deep. This Is your priv
ilege, for this day and every day to
live fh the very atmosphere of Heav
en, while working down here In the
sin-tainted atmosphere of this world.
J. Wilbur Chapman.
Good Revolutions,
Resolved, to live with all my mlgnt
while I do live.
Uesolved, never to lose one mo
ment of time, but Improve It in the
most profitable way I possibly can.
Uesolved, never to do anything
which I should despise or think mean
ly of In another.
Resolved, never to do anything out
of revenge.
Resolved, nver to do anything
I should be afraid to do If It were the
last hour of my life. Jonathan Edwards.
Hold fast to the Bible ns the sheet
anchor to your liberties. . Write Its
precepts on jour hearts and practice
them In your Uvcb. To the Influence
of this Hook we are Indebted for the
progress made In true civilization,
nnd to this we must look as our guide
In future. Ulysses 8. Grant.
What a Big Nose Means
Br DR. WOODS HUTCHINSON.
There Is a tolerably close racial
parallel between high-nosed and high
minded The nose is not only our
most human but tn a broad sense is
our most Intellectual feature. Growth
of nose and shrinkage of Jaw have
been tbe groat correlates which
have accompanied human progress.
But .we find notes oi practically all
shapes, from the pleblun pug to the
aristocratic aquiline. In Individuals of
tbe same mro, and even In members
of the same family, although the long
and straight, or convex, noses would
be far more numerous in the higher
races and the abler fuinilles, it Is
comparatively seldom that a great
man has a s nail nose, or even a short
one; a. large, long, aggressive no-so
should be regarded us a mark ot
breeding and as prima facie evidence
of good blood and rosalble capacity.
j There are about 475.000 automo
biles AT.ned by Individual In th
t lUnlted SUtei, or one for ewry four
Hundred poDulatloo.
GOLDEN TEXT. "Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God."
Matt. 1:16.
TIME. Summer, A. D. 29.
PLACE. Caesarea Phlllppl.
EXPOSITION. I. Peter Confess.
Ing Christ, 13-10. Jesus had been
'praying In seclusion (Luke 9:18).
iThe time had come to tell the disci
iples of His approaching death, but as
a preparation for this sad Information!
;they must first be brought to a dls-;
tlnct apprehension of His deity. So
Jfe put to them the question of v. 13.
What men think of Christ is an all
Important matter. Jesus followed up!
(His first question with one more per
sonal, "but ye, whom say ye that I
rim?" It Is more important for each
of us, whom we think and say Jesus
Is, than whom men think and say that
Jfe 1b. Jesus wished them to put
their conviction about Him into a
confession with the mouth (Ro. 10:
10). Peter answered for the com
pany as usual. He was no quicker to
?ee the truth than the rest, but quick
er to put It Into words or action (cf,
Tno. 21:7). "Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the Living God," cried Pe
ter. This confession had been made
jbefore (.Tno. 1:49;-Matt. 14:33; cf.
Lino. 6:69, A. V. and It. V.), but the,
confession as now made was with;
clearer conception of Its import. The
jconfesBlon here made is of the utmost,
practical importance (1 Jno. 4:15;;
fi:l, 5). It contains the fundamental!
truth of the gospel (Acts 9:20).
' If. Christ Confessing Peter, 17-20.
Jesus was pleased with Peter's con-'
fesslon of Illm. and He is similarly
pleased when we confess Him in a
like manner to-day (Matt. 10:32,'
33). This confession made weak Si-'
mon. son of Jonah, Petros (a piece ot
rock). Jesus said Peter had had this!
great truth revealed to him by the
heavenly Father. No one can really,
jinow Jesus as the Son of God unless'
God does reveal it to him (1 Cor. 2:.
.14; 12:3). But God reveals it to any
one who wishes to know and wills to
do the truth (Jno. 7:17; 16:13-15).
,The practical proof that wo believe
that Jesus IS the Christ, the Son of
'God, is found In 1 Jno. 5:5. Jesus
Bald upon this rock (Petra), faith in
(which made Simon a Petros (piece of
rock), He would build His church.
Jesus Christ la Himself the chief cor
aierstone of the church (Eph. 2:20;
1 Cor. 3:11; Isa. 28:16), and all
built upon Him become themselves
living stones (1 Pet. 2:5, 6, R. V.).
The gates of hades shall not prevail;
iigainst the church built upon Christ
and faith in Him as the Son of God.
.'Members of that church will fall
asleep, but hades will have no power
lover them, they will depart to be with
.Christ (Phil. 1:53), and others will
"arise to carry on their work till-Christ
come.
' III. The Cost of True Disciplesliip,
21-UH. The time was now ripe for
Jesus to declare to His disciples His
approaching rejection, suffering and
(death. He tells them He "must" go
to Jerusalem; "must" suffer, "must"
lie killed, must be raised again. There
was on Imperative necessity for these
things. Why "must" He die? (Jno.
3:14; Heb. 9:22; Isa. 53:4-6; 2 Cor.
r.:21; Gal. 3:13; 1 Pet. 2:24). But,
there is nnother glorious "must,"i
tmust be raised nguin (Ro. 1:4; 4:25;
5:9; Jno. 14:19). Peter again
rushes to the front, but not this time
with u God-given confession of faith,
but a (ltKh-glven protest against the
crcjs. And now Jesus pronounces
hlra no longer Peter (rock-man), but
Satan (an adversary), and "a stumb-lllng-block."
All this downfall and
luimillatlon carne from his minding'
Tot the things of God but the things
of men. To face the cross is the1
;m!nd cf Gol, to shun it is the mind
.of men. Which mind have you? Then
follow the wondrous words that set
forth in the clearest and most search
ing way the conditions and cost oft
real dlscipleship (1) "Let him deny
himself." Real self-denial Is the de
nial of self. The word translated',
"deny," means "to affirm that one has1
no acquaintance or connection with
one," just as Peter denied bis Lord
(Matt. 26:72; Luke 22:34). To deny
self then Is to say to self when it
comes forward with its claims, Its de
mands, its Interests, Its desires. Its
opinions. Its strength, its anything
."I dou't know you." It is to renounce
Kelt with all that belongs to it, Its
ideas, hopes, pluns, purposes, ambi
tions, strength, all. (2) "Let him
take up his cross." The ctobs la that
suffering and shame that lie in the
path of loyalty to God, literal execu
tion on a cross for Jesus and persecu
tion for all who, etc. (2 Tl. 3:12).
To take up our cross la tj go right on
In the path of duty and meet the suf
fering and shame and crucifixion that
lie there. To compromise with the
world to avoid these. Is to refuse the
cross and cease to be a disciple. (8)
"And follow Me," 1. e., to have the
mind of Christ (Phil, 2:6-8; 1 Pet. 2:
19-21). This looked bard to the dis
ciples, but Jesus went on to Bhow bow"'
well it paid, that a man made a bad
bargain If be gained the whole world
and in doing it lost bis soul or life
Jesus Is coming again In the 'glory of
ills Father with His angels. In that;
day every one shall receive according
to his deeds. Verse 28 does not refer
to the second coming ot Christ, but,'
as is evident from the context, to that
anticipation of His second coming
that immediately followed, His trans
figuration. As Peter and James and
Jchn saw Him on that occasion, they
saw Him coming in His kingdom.
THE' WARFARE AGAINST DK1NK
TEMPER ANCK BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
' How to Work RestfuUr.
There is a life In the will ot Ood,
so quiet, so at peace with Him, so nt
rest in His Joy, so perfectly content
that He Is doing best, that the lines
are wiped out ot the face, the fever
Is gone from the restless eye, ana tne
wbolo nature Is still. Rest -In the
Lord, and wait patiently for Him, and
"en spend the strength other men
waste, in fussy anxiety, In helping
iwur fellow inon. V. U. Meyer.
Couldn't Tell.
"Has your pocket ever been
picked?"
"Really, I don't know. It never
was before I got married. If It ha
been since I, of course, would bave
no way ot finding out about It." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Education Vs. Alcohol Ism.
t)r. Frederick Peterson, professor
of psychiatry at Columbia University,:
In the course of a lecture on "The'
Prevention of Alcoholism." delivered!
before the New York Academy of.
Medicine, said that as a result of;
years of study he believed the only'
eflleclent method In which to ward off
the evils due to drink was the Instltu-.
tion of a campaign of education In!
this country such as Is now being,
successfully waged against tubercu
losis. -
Dr. Peterson believes that the facts
ns to evils ot alcoholism should be
taught In the public schools and that
the statistics that tell the story of the
ravages against mankind should be
spread broadcast through the country,
where every man, woman and child
can see, read and Btudy them.
The speaker said that It was known
that between twenty and twenty-five'
per cent, of all the Insane in this
country owe their Insanity to alcohol;
that of the 4,000,000 paupers in the
United States 2.000,000 owe their
dependence to alcohol; that seventy-;
five per cent, of all the crime com-',
mltted In the United States Is due to
Intemperance, and that every year in.
HiIb country there is an average of
365,000 (1000 a day) arrests for'
drunkenness.
Thirty years ago, he said, the med
ical profession as a whole showed llt-j
tie Interest In attacks upon alcohol.:
In those days, he said, physicians!
were rather the promoters of the use
of alcohol as a stimulant and as a.
remedial agent In many diseases. ,
But now the generals in the vast'
crusade are such men as Sir Victor
Horsley In England, Bunge and Forel'
In Switzerland and Kraepelln In Ger-,i
many, and everywhere on both sides!
of the Atlantic medical men are the1
foremost opposers of the use of splr-;
ltiious liquors as a beverage or even
as an agent In the treatment of dls-.'
ease. New York Times.
Alcoholic Families.
The State has to deal with the de
scendants of alcoholics as well as
with thedenendent Inebriates. Demme,
of Switzerland, In a study of two
groups of families, one of alcoholics
and the other of very moderate drink
ers or abstainers, reveals the follow
ing facts: In the ten alcoholic families
there were fitty-seven children, of
whom twenty-five died early and
many others suffered from nervous
disease. Only 17.5 per cent. were,
normal. In the ten non-alcoholic!
families there were Bitty-one chil
dren, of whom fiur Buffered from ner
vous disease and 81.9 per ceut. were
normal.
The publication of these startling;
facts does not seem to carry nearly us.
much weight as it should In influenc-
Ing the community. It Is obvious
that the State, or at least large cities,
must make special effort to provide
Institutions for the treatment ot ine
briety, which Institutions may become
the centres for dissemination to fami
lies of an alrcholic tendency, or of
special alcoholic susceptibility, of the
truths concerning the great dangers
of alcchol to the individual and to descendants.
L'nplensant Fact".
There art a good many facts about
crimes and criminals in this country
that are not pleasant to think about.
For Instance, Dr. Andrew D. White
tells us that while Belgium has the
worn' record of any country In Eu
rope for homicides, it is only one
e'ghth as bad as that ot the United
States. His figures for felonious hom
Iclles per year per million of popu-1
latlon, are as follows: Canada, 3:
Germany, 4 to 5; England. 10 to 11:
France, 14 to 15: Belgium. 16:
United States. 129. Note the marvel
ous contrast between Canada and the
United States. Dr. White says: "It
seems Impossible that on one side of;
nn Imaginary line homicide could be
so much more prevalent than on the
other. The reason is that on one
side the law prevails and not ehlcan
erv. and that on the other side has
taken place a break-up in the admin
istration of criminal law." These
facts are an unpleasant antidote for
some of our perfervld Fourtb-of-July
oratory. Advance.
Alcoholic Lunacy,
In an address on "The Economics
of State Care of the Insane," before
the Senate and Assembly of Mary
land, Dr. Albert Warren Ferris, presl
dent of the New York State Commis
sion In Lunacy, declared that of the
Insane of New York. 28.9 per cent,
owed their lunacy to alcohol; In Mass.
nchusetts. 30 6 per cent.; in three
asylums in England. 26.3 per cent.;
In Munich, 30 per cent, of the male
patients, while In 44.9 per cent, al
cohol was an Important factor. In a
series ot 961 cases in which the caus
ation was accurately known, alcohol
was the precipitating factor in 55 per
cent., of the men and in 22 per cent,
of tbe women. '
The blue geese, which have been
considered as mythical birds by
man, have been found In large flocks
la soma remote regions ot the Soutu
The Reason.
This statement Is enough to show
you why the saloon people are not
in a mood to like the Autl-Saloon
League very much: "Last year sa
loons were closed at the rate of forty
a day; In tbe last eighteen months
between one hundred and forty and
one hundred and fifty breweries were
obliged to go out ct business; about
three-fourths of the total area and
forty-one million of tbo population
of this country are now under probl
tion." Temperance Notes.
Inebriety Is not declining at so
rapid a rate that there Is no call for
society to accelerate the process.
Imports of liquor Into Japan bave
fallen more than 8300.000 In value in
the past three years, or from SS02,
947 In 1908 to, approximately, $500,
004 In 1909.
VWhlsky ard Common Sense" la
the beading of an editorial In the
Philadelphia Ledger. That's the first
lime that whisky and common sense
aver ws"nt together. Rochester Post.
Express. t
If the Government at .Wasbltigton
would , only cease breaking Its own
laws and encouraging bad characters
to break ether laws, we could -show
a clean hilt of health to the world In
the matter of temperance. -Governor
Etubbs. ot Kansas.
Governor Hughs signed tbe bill
of Assemblyman Green prohibiting
the sale or giving away of U luor ex
cept upon the written prescription cf
a physlclau, to any tuberculosis pa
tinnt lu a camp, colony or hospital
under the management of State,
county or municipal authorities. The
bill was advocated by tbe Health De
paitmvut ot New York City.
reugious Truths
From the Writing of Great
Preacher. J
A NEW BEGINNING.
!He came to my desk with trembling lips;
I The leuon was done;
"Will you give me a new lenf, dear teach'
i er?" he said, '
I "I have spoiled this one."
So I took his leaf, all blurred and blotted,
lAnd gave him a new one all unspotted,;
I And into his sad eyes smiled:
!"Do better now, my child."
I came to the throne with trembling heart;
Tha past was done;
"Will you give me a new leaf, dear Fa
ther?'' I said
"I hsve spoiled this one."
I So He took my leaf, all blurred and, blotted,
And gave me a new one, all unspotted.
And into my sad eyes smiled:
"Do better now, My child."
A Bothersome "Something." '
In the Journal of George Fox, the'
consecrated Quaker, la found this!
confession: "I knew Jesus, and He'
'was very precious to my soul; but it
found something in me which would
not keep patient and kind. I did!
what I could to keep it down, but It'
was there. I besought Jesus to do)
something for me, and when I gave'
Him my will, He came into my heart,'
'and cast out all that would not be
'sweet, all that would not be kind, alii
ithat would not be patient, and then.
;He shut the door." i
' Blessed George Fox. To have the
door of the heart shut on all that'
would not be sweet, kind or patient'
was to find a blessing worthy of what
Charles Wesley called "the second
rest."
And are there not many professed
Christiana who are bothered with this:
mysterious "something" which will
not keep patient and kind? Is It not
characteristic ot many a religious life
to be petulant, Irritable, vindictive!
and resentful? Do not quick and cut-!
ting retorts mar tbe conversation of
many domestic circles and other close
associations? Are there not many
cheeks mantling with Bhame or'
anger because of these sudden, tool
ish and useless outbursts of ill tem
per and unsanctified passion?
What Buch persons need Is a sur-,
i render ot the rebellious will to God,,
and an earnest beseeching of the
Saviour to cast out all these unto-'1
ward and distressing sediments of
the unregenerate life.
! Be assured that of yourself you
will never be able to "keep them;
itnurn " Aa Inner no thctv a ra rnntprii
In the heart, they will grow and
I flourish. Get them "cast out," and)
i the door closed after them; then'
.shall you find sweetness, patience and
'kindness ruling your spirit. Michi
gan Christian Advocate.
I Will Not Leave Yon Comfortless,
Hear the pledge of Jesus Christ:1
,"I will not leave you comfortless; I
will come unto you. Lo! I am with
you alway, even unto the end ot the
twurm. as lung us uuu lives unu uurg
souls live, so loug does this pledge'
.stand. It is true, we cannot always;
feel this presence. But we can al-j
ways know that It Is there, always'
think of it, so long as thought en-(
uures, always rest upon it torever ana
forever; and .the reason why this
promise Is given is that we may hold
'fast to this truth. There may be
a moment In the very depth ot sor
'row and anguish when the presence 1b'
.hidden from us. But Is it because)
we are stunned, unconscious? ;
It Ib like passing through a surgical;
loperation. The .time comes for the
i ordeal. The anaesthetic is ready.
'You stretch out your hand to your;
: friend, "Don't leave me, don't for-:
Bake me." Tbe last thing you feelj
lis tbe claBp of that hand, the last
'thing you see is the. face of that'
friend. Then a moment of darkness,;
!a blank and the first thing you see;
lis tbe face of love again. So the;
: angel ot God'a face stands by us,,
bends above us, and we may know!
Ithat He will be there even when all
else falls. Amid the mists
that shroud the great ocean beyond
the verge ot mortal life, there Is one
sweet, mighty voice that says: "I
will never leave thee, nor forsake
Ithee. In all thy afflictions I will be
with thee, and the angel of My face
ahall save thee." Henry van Dyke,
D. D.
A Meditation.
God knows me better than I know
: myself. He knows ray weakness
what I can do and cannot do. So I
desire to be Jed, to follow Him, and
,1 am quite sure that He will thus en
able me to do a great deal more in
.ways which seem to me almost a'
'waste in life advancing His cause, i
han I could in any other way; I am,
sure ot tbat. Intellectually I am;
.weak; in scholarship, nothing; in aj
'thousand things a baby. He knows,
this, and so He has led me and great
ly blessed me, who am nobody, to be
of some use to ray church and fellow-men.
How kind, how good, how compas
sionate art Thou, O God! O my Fa-!
ther, keep me bumble! Help me to
have respect to my fellow-men, . to
recognize these several gifts asifrom
Thee. Deliver me from the diaboli
cal sins of malice, enmity, or jealousy,
and give me a hearty joy In my broth
er's good, in his work, In bis gifts
-and talents; and may I be. truly glad
'In his superiority to myself If God
be glorified. Root out weak vanity,'
all devilish pride, all tbat is abhor
rent to the mind ot Christ. God
hear ray prayer! Grant me the won
drous joy of humiliation, which Is'
seeing Thee as all In all. Norman
Macleod's Diary.
Get Good Out of Evil.
Whatever obscurity, darkness,
trial, suffering falls upon you,; your
defeats, losses, injuries; your out
ward late, employment, relations;,
what seems hard, unaccountable, 'se-,
Vere, or as nature might say, vexa-i
ttlous all these you will see as parts',
or constitutive dements in God's
beautiful and good plan for you and1
as such to be accepted with a smile.
Trust God, have an implicit faith in
.God, and these very things will im
part the highest test to life. Horace
BushnetL "
THE PENALTY.
Scott "Teddy has come In for a
good deal of castigating lately."
Mott "Well, a man who lives Is
the public eye must expect to be un
der the lash, vou kaow T'naton'
Transcript
Fellow Feellaf.
I Wife "And will you promise te
water the Cowers regularly while I
m away?"
Husband ."Don't you wory about
that. 1 know what thirst Is." FUe
geude Uluetter.
JULY SEVENTEENTH
Topic The Christian Use of Letter
writing Ps. 45: 1; 1
' John 2: 12-19.
Letters of warning. 2 Cor. 2: 9;
13: 2, 10.
Of commendation. Rom. 16: 1, 2.
Of Instruction. Rom. 1: 1; Jude 3.
Of friendship. 3 John.
Of pleading Philemon, 1-25.
Of encouragement. 1 Pet. 1: 3-7,
22-25.
A letter Is well written when It is
not. forced by duty but is the natural
and ensy overflowing of life and loving
Interest (Ps. 45: 1).
"The pen of a ready writer" comes
only from praotice, like all other read
iness (Ps. 45: 1).
The motive of the letter determines
its value far more than what Is said.
The "because" is felt through every
sentence (1 John 2: 12).
Good letter-writing is writing that
remembers and recognizes ell human
relationships. Many are not good letter-writers
because they are not hu
man enough (1 John 2: 1214).
Suggestions.
It is a Christian use of letter-writing
JuBt to cheer people. A Jolly letter is
a genuine medicine.
Letters are ,of value that testify to
interest in the person to whom you
are writing. You will help far more
by writing about hla affairs than about
your own.
Too few write letters at times ot
sorrow and bereavement of others. A
letter at such a time is the embodi
ment of friendship.
Too few write letters of congratula
tion. Be eager to associate yourself
with every happiness of your friends.
Illustrations.
The mall carrier, with the wonder
ful postal system behind him, may
well typify our modern civilization.
And the letters he carries typify civ
1'izfltlnn on the spiritual side, as the
carrier typifies it on the material
side.
Letters from a bridge between two
live; but it is a bridge whose piera
continually draw closer together.
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JULY 17.
The Christian's Rewards Here Matt.
19. 27-30; Psa. 37. 1-11 What the
Topic Means Today.
The rewards which Jesus promised
his disciples were, according to Mark's
report of the Master's words, to be
"with persecutions." WRh the pass
ing of the centuries there has come a
change in the conditions which envir
on the Christian's life. Persecutions
of the violent sort which fell upon the
early church are rarely known in the
twentieth century. Not so marc
Christiana now as then , are- called up
on to break family ties, give up houses
and lands, or forfeit positions which
afford the means of earning a Mvell-
hood. With the passing of the per
secutions does the disciple lose the
promise, of reward? There Is today
a persistent temptation of a subtle sort
which suggests that the life of dlsciple
ship Is not worth the while. Is it
true? What are the Christian's re
wards here?
These are not so much compensa
tion for suffering aa recompense for
service. There is, first of al!, the
Joy of doing right, the Joy which
comes from knowing that the obliga
tion which God has laid upon us has
been met. This is not of necessity
an ecstasy of feeling. We may noi
have the slightest Inclination to shout.
But deep down in the depths of our
being there will be a sweet conscious
ness that we are in tune with the In
finite which will put a new note In our
song and a new spring In our steqi.
Or It may be that when we eeo a soul
born Into the kingdom as the result of
our effort, If we have never shouted
before, the Joy of this conscious part
nership with the Infinite will so over
flow from our hearts that we shall
make the heavens ring with our shout
ing. But whatever form of demonstra
tion our temperament may lead us to
indulge, there will be in our hearts
the deep Joy that comes from doing
right
T1IK 1 SECTS' nOMER."
Me of Science and Literature Pa
Tribute to Henri Fabre.
a little group of the greatest men
In the world of science and literature
traveled from all over Europe a few
weeks ago to an obscure village In
tbe south of France, where they
ought out a humble cottage, and,
hats in hand, paid homage to an aged
man. Tha name of the man so hon
ored Is Henri Fabre. He is eighty
seven years old, and the world at
large has never heard of him. Yet
Darwin called htm "the Inimitable
observer," Victor Hugo wrote of hint
as "the insects' Homer," Maeterlinck
and Rostand have sung hla praises.
The world of science knows him as
the greatest living authority on ento
mology; the world ot literature
knows blm as a writer who has seen
tbe romance of the Ufa of insignifi
cant creatures and written it Is prosj
tbat is as enchanting as any poetry.
Henri Fabre has spent all hla life
watching the waya of Insects. l!e
knows what the katydid says when it
sings In the twilight, and why It re
peats Itself so Insistently. He knows
the constitution and laws of the ant
republics and the monarchies of the
bees. He knows how the spider ac
quires tbe engineering skill tbat en
ables hlra to build his filmy web. Tbe
butterflies have told him the secret
of their loves, the mosquitoes the
pangs of their thirst for gore. All the
tiny creatures that fly and crawl are
his beloved friends.
This naturalist has passed all bis
life In and around the little village
ot Serlgnan, in sunny Provence, un
known by alt the world except the
great students of science and a tew
great poets. He has one monument,
his book, "Souvenirs Entomologl
ques,", which stands to-day as the
most authoritative, lntimato, aud
beautiful book on Insect life that haa
ever been published. New York
World.
WHEIIE HE MISLAID THEM. '
Surgeon "Where the deuce cai 1
have left my glasaos?"
Wlfe "You haven't besu perforin
Ing an operation to-day, I suppose."
Pele Mele.
THE n
EPICURE'S
CORNER
Finnish Egg". '
- For Finnish eggs, cream togethn
a tablespoonful of butter and a table,
spoonful of flour and stir Into a can.
ful ot canned tomatoes and add (
tablespoonful of minced green pepper
Cook the mixture over hot water tor
a quarter of an hour. Meanwhll
poach . three eggs and toast thrw
slices of bread. Put an egg on eacv
slice and tarn the sauce over them.
Sprinkle with a tablespoon of ml need
chives and serve rery hot. New York
Sun.
Cocoa Biscuits.
Two cups or one pint of sifted flour
three level teaspoonfuls baking powi
der, one-half teaspoonful salt, two
level tablespoonfuls sugar, four level
tablespoons cocoa, two level table
spoonfuls butter or lard, two-thlrdi
cup milk or enough to make a firm
but not stiff dough. Sift all the dry
Ingredients together, rub in tho but
ter with the tips of the fingers, stir in
the required amount of milk, turn
out on slightly floured board, roll or
pat out the desired thickness, place
close together in pan and bake in
very hot oven ten or fifteen minutes.
Boston Post.
Dropped Cookies.
One egg, one cup sugar, one-half
cup shortening, one cup milk (if sour
use one teaspoon soda; If sweet li
used, use' two tablespoons baking
powder) and flour to mix stiff, but
net as stiff as for doughnuts; one
half cup raisins, one-half cup cur
rants, one-half cup nut meats, one
half cup chopped citron; drop by the
tablespoon, not too near together,
Into a well buttered dripping pan and
bake a tender brown use half the
mixture this way, then to the remain
der add one teaspoon cinnamon and
one teaspoon of nutmeg and one-halt
teaspoon cloves. Saves lots of work
by not rolling out and looks so nice.
It they run together cut into squares
before taking from pan. Frances
Jelinah, In the Boston Post.
nr. Y1 a 1 T..1I
Soak one envelope gelatine In one
cupful cold water two minutes. Fare,
core, cut into small pieces twelve ap
ples, and cook them In three cupful
v.ateruntll soft; then turn into a col
ander over dish and let stand till you
have three cupfuls of apple Juice.
Pour this onto gelatine together with
juice of two lemons and about one
cupful of sugar. Stir well and place
In mould. This makes one dessert
with whipped cream or a custard.
For the Second Dessert Rub the
apples remaining In the colander
through; add one-half cupful sugar,
cinnamon, two drops lemon Juice and
one egg well .beaten1. Place in a but
tered pudding dish and bake twenty
minutes. ' Serve warm with milk or
cream, and the Jelly will keep till
next day. Mrs. E. H. Fish, In the
Boston Post.
Cream Jelly Cake.
Two cups sugar, one cup butter,
three cups flour, one-halt cup milk,
four eggs, one and a halt teaspoonfuls
baking powder or one teaspoonful
cream of tartar, one-halt teaspoonful
soda.
Cream butter and sugar together,
sift cream of tartar with soda into
flour, add one-half the flour, one-half
the milk and two ot the unbeaten
eggs to sugar and butter and beat
well -together, then add rest ot flour,
milk with the other two unbeaten
eggs, and stir thoroughly together;
bake in three tins to make three
layers. Lemoa Jelly for filling is
made aa follows: Grate rind ot two
lemons, add It with the Juice to one
cup sugar, one cup butter, yolk ot
three eggs, place in double boiler,
stir quickly until It Jells,' when cold
spread between layers of cake. Frost
te suit fancy. Boston Poat.
HOUSEHOLD
HS 'HINTS' j
Curtains of undressed scrim, with
a hem and a norrow lace edge, are
popular for cottage use.
No flower should be kept in a
house after it has lost its freshness.
A stale bouquet bints too strongly of
decay and death.
It Is said that If common table salt
Is added to gasoline, spots can be
cleaned on silks and other delicate
fabrics without leaving a ring.
A much more wholesome s eet for
children than anything which sen be
bought Is home made toffeo made
only ot butter, sugar and lemon Juice.
Beware of matches In the nursery.
Little children often suck them, and
may easily poison themselves In this
way, even If they, do not set their
clothes alight.
All stains from strawberries, black
berries, etc., may be quickly removed
by wetting tbe hands In cold water,
and after lighting a match let the
fumes pass through the fingers.
Very badly tarnished brass or eP
per tbat will not brighten with ordin
ary polish may be easily cleaned ai
follows: Dip a piece ot clotl Into am
monia, then rub it over a piece ot
soap; wipe the article with ljt: rinse
oft Immediately and then use' a fine
sand soap, powder or other brass pol
ish. ,
Flattrons if not properly cared for
when put away will become rusty, es
pecially If kept where, dampness ex
ists. If this should occur you will
And that there Is no better way to
cltjan them, than to wash tbem first
In . strong washing soda water and
then frub them hard on a board on
which some sort of polishing snnd
has been generously sprinkled. Em
ery dust Is splendid for this. When
finished tbe irous will took and feel
like new.