Is, Life Worth
Living?
Br REV. F. M. HUBBELL
Paitor of Coniritionl Church
Maj'iUe, N. D.
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THXT My soul la weary of life. Job
X J.
At one time Job, with a largo happy
family, had lived In comfort bui round
ed by 11 ka and herds and great abun
dance. Hut culumity after calamity
fell upon him. The Snbcnns curried
off lilt) oxen; the lightning fell upon
his sheep; tho Chaldeans took awny
In j camels; a storm buried his sons
under a fallen building; ho himself
was smitten from head to foot with
loathsome sores. And Job began to
wish that ho was dead porhups ho
even thought of committing suicide.
Hut calamity stricken Job is only
one of a vast multitude, who, crushed
to earth by tho relentless weight of
adversity, have eked out a miserable
existence, while perhaps the mind has
been crowded with thoughts of self
destruction. We ore moved there! or
to ask, with Job of old ami with the
pour wretch, the tragicul ending of
wlwiso life la noted In last night's pa
per. Now one's answer to this question
depends, not so much upon tho expe
riences, pnlnful and pleasurable,
through which he passes, as upon the
slgnillcnnce which he attaches to those
experiences. This Is conclusively
shown from the fact that from no
quarter are the answers uniform.
, Out of similar conditions one bo
. walls existence while another rejoices
' In It From the Ores of persecution
; there comes back to our question, now
! a positive negative, now as possible
an affirmative, and again a mere quea
' Hon point. Such different estimates
of life grow out of a man's fuuda
( mental beliefs they seem often to de
I pend absolutely upon his experiences
the experiences often affect the be
Ilels; but a man's philosophy of life
is the determining factor.
One man declares there Is no God;
! another believes In the Christ reve
) latlon of (iod and they reach differ
j eut conclusions as to whether Ine Is
' worth living.
Take the first man who denies the
existence of a personal God. Then, for
i III in, there's no conscious, Intelligent
j volitional cause for his existence, ills
f own mental and heart powers are aim
: ply unique products of such materials
1 aud forces as food, water, light, air,
i heat and electricity. He Is but a crua
iture of circumstances, developed from
n material thing call It a protoplos
' niiu germ Into a sentient being that
i hungers and thirsts, suffers physical
pain, writhes In mental agony.
Moral responsibility Is excluded;
there's uo moral source for It no
higher moral to be held responsible to.
Ti-en there's no obligation resting up
on the strong to regard the weak; the
lulduight ruliian Is as innocent as the
.babe he murders, groveling millions
.must suffer to no purpose, for no di
recting God means no directing pur
pose. To endure for a time U ot no
avail, for Immortality has no mean.
The soul Is but a figment of the imag
ination; Imagination Is but a bubble
Wing out of brain tissue; human
love merely the effervepcenee which
basses off from chemical reaction.
The bald pes.simlnlsm of Von Hart
Puiu and Schopeuhauer Is a widely ac
i'epted doctrine of life today von
liarimau finds no purpose In history;
progress simply Increases man's con
fciousncss of the vanity of life, ticiiop
iniuiucr says: "To live is to dt.,ire,
(o desire is to want, to want Is to suf
fer; hence, to live is to suffer.
1 Hut the avcragd muu cannot escape
V! conviction that God lives and
fciKMs. What answer, then, does the
flan make who knows only the giorn,
Ji'ltniless God discoverable from na
ture? This man admits a contro.l.ng
(ii.itist). The apparent lnvaiinbliaess
Qf natural law seems shut out the pos
sibility of spoclal l'rovldence. Though
oi- wl olo nature cries out to God in
prayer, he has no assurance of buing
heard. And he feels the burden of
In with no hope of mercy. Conscience
aits out his guilt; swift pjnaltles tall
Inn when physical law Is violated sug
gest dire consequences for the viola
tion of moral law.
jTo square himself with an angry
Qod he mutilates his body, consigns
Ws children to the flames, expects to
btcume nn lxyon bound to a revolving
wh' t'l, a Tantalus with an Insatiable
thirst. To drown the voice of con
science ho plunges Into dissipation or
throws himself Into the turmoil of
ttadc. aud yet conscience speaUs.
He tries to fulfill Its behests, but the
Wh'i, tempted u all points like as he.
7t without compass or rudder, he
transit's In turbulent waters to enter
a .harbor of safety.
And that harbor may be the very
VOJt.'X Of a Whlrln.ie.1 fur lit 1: HitU'Q
If llia ow" destiny. To this man who
4es uot Jostis Christ, It Is a real
isation wl'eilier life bo worth living,
never doubted the existence of
but he knew him not as a fath
'1 mid In the hour or culamlty he
M.'d the day of his birth,
fu the Christian man, however,
X" CftU 10 otlly an affirmative an
wr tu our question. God Is Christ
retcnled to him; and he Is borne irre
6J:Wy onward through all clrcura
1 Jh'i's, niurinurlng: "AH things work
Icther for good.' 'Not a sparrow fall-
t I ,llom lhe Lord lovetn 1,6 cuaa
T" l' "AJverslty yleldeth the ponce
1 trults of rich
lath borno Our urififa iml nnrrlnrl
Germ nf R
ihG Korui of a renuhlln 1 tin nur-
-5 in so govern that each cltUen
V1 oe protet-ted In his right to cov-
t I'lniself without government Intor-
I y 10 "io fullest .extent thttt he
r uig nnd able to do so. Rev. A.
"ey. Keforined, Hrooklyn, N. Y,
, Need of Today.
"" nwd of today Is a creed with a
H big nntlirh ri ti.nt-olilr, n.Ut,
? lr heart and soul and strength.
" HuHiulate of our creed must
1 Relieve In God, the father al-
"j. Rev t..A... i. , j
Km, Tacoma, Wash.
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GREAT ILLS OF ALCOHOLISM
Professor 8trumpel, Leading Authority
on Nervous Diseases, Gives In
teresting Experiences.
Professor Strumpel, a lending au
thority on nervous diseases In Ku
rope, bus been giving his medical col
leagues some Interesting experiences
of his researches In the field of "Al
coholism as Viewed From tho Medical
Standpoint," says a correspondent of
the Chicago Dally News. In a prlvnte
talk before tho most noted medical
scientists In Vienna the professor
outlined In utl Impassively Judicial
manner uti appalling number and
variety of physical and mental dis
eases resulting from the excessive use
of alcohol. Mo confined himself
chiefly to the subject of chronic alco
holism, u acute alcoholism was gen
erally the result of Isolated rases of
Intt.xicuilon. the effei ts of which were
usually only temporary and without
any lasting consequences.
In the beginning ho pointed out
that persons who regularly Indulged
In large quantities of alcohol suffered
from chronic catarrh of tho throat,
stomach and Intestlnos. but, morions
as these were, they didn't usually de
velop further complications and,
therefore, to the doctor, wero of lets
Interest. Hut It was another thing
altogether when It concerns that or
gan which first Introduces alcohol
Into the blood that Is, the liver. As
sufferers from liver dtsenses are for
the most purt alcohollsts one may
with Justice assume an original con
nection between such diseases and
the uso of alcohol; all the more so as
tho patients are usually Imbibers of
"schnups" and spirits and not of beer
or wine, so that Is evident tho connec
tion dermis largely upon the quantity
and Intensity of the alcohol con
sumed. Through the liver tho alco
hol enters the great arteries and cir
culates through the whole body. Thus
It begins an Insidious attack upon the
vast network of blood vessels, devel
oping later Into culclnatlon of the
arteries and blood vessels. This dls
iih Is frequently found umong drunk
ards. Hut It would be scientifically
wrong to attribute the calcination of
the arteries solely to alcoholism, as
It may also result from excessive
smoking, extraordinary overwork,
chronic Infections, lusulllclent nutri
tion and other causes.
A second symptomatic disease
among drinkers Is the "beer heart."
This consists In an extraordinary en
largement of the heart, with ull the
indications of heart disease. Men
with "boor hearts" almost Invariably
die at an nge In which healthy men
have scarcely attained full power. By
Intemperate consumption of nourish
ing mutter fat Is produced which can
not bo got rid of In the same degree,
consequently It accumulates Internally
and Is responsible for the bloated cor
pulency of beer drinkers. Respiratory
diseases and cases of suffocation are
he next consequence.
Professor Strumpel passed over the
effects of alcohol upon the nervous
system and the horrible mental dis
orders, delirium tremens nnd tho like,
as these, ho said, had been so fre
quently and emphatically set forth.
Ilo went on to discuss tho effects of
alcohol In disturbing the general func
tional workings of the body manifes
ted in such complaints as gout, dia
betes and kidney diseases, nil which,
he said, were found largely umong
drinker.
Among the Indirect consequences of
alcoholism were an Increased sensi
tiveness with a weakened power of
resistance In the plfyslcal system, ren
dering the subject liable to a number
of ravaging diseases, chief anioni;
which Is tuberculosis,. It had been
iibundantly proved that, whereas In
ordinary cases of inflammation of the
lungs normal persons recover, to hard
drinkers tho disease almost always
proves fatal.
Story of Drinking Man.
Chaplain McCubo ttlls the story of a
drinking man, who, being In a saloon
late at night, heard the wife of tho
saloonkeeper say to her husband:
"Send that fellow home; It Is late."
"No, never mind." replied her bus
bnnd; "he Is shingling our roof for us."
This Idea lodged In the mind of the
drunkard, and he did not return to tho
saloon for bIx months. Whou passing
the saloonkeeper In the street the
latter said: "Why don't you como
round to my place any more?" "Thank
you for your kind hospitality." replied
his former victim; "I hnvo hee
shingling my own roof lately
. Whisky TraHe Degrading.
"A trade which nourishes upon the
ruin of Its supporters; which derives
Its revenues from the plunder of
homes, from the defrauding of helpless
childhood and from the degradation of
manhood; which requires for Its pros
perity tho Injury of the community;
which ministers to every vile and
vicious passion and propensity; which
makes drunkards nnd thieves, and em
bezzlers and gamblers, and wlfo beat
irs and murderers; which brutalizes
and degrades all who are brought In
contact with It, ennnot claim the re
spect, and assuredly ought not to be
nblu to claim tho encouragement of
tho community." New York Tribune.
Russia's Revenue From Drink.
Russia received last year from rev
enue of Intoxicating liquors $275,000,
000; enough to pay the cost of her
army and navy. In the menntlme sho
is coming to nn tinhnppy pre-eminence
us the most drunken nutlon In tho
world. The dire need of the whole
nation for drastic measures of reform
along the line of temperance was voic
ed by the Anti-Alcohol Congress
which met a short time ago In St,
Petersburg. Several members of the
Douuia iilso have been outspoken
ugnlnst tho drink evil within the cm
pire, nnd temperance reformers In
oilier parts of the world will now look
for the first unmistakable signs of the
temperance awnklng which theso ac
tivities seem to Indicate.
WHY THE BUBONIC PLAGUE SPREADS
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This photograph shows perhaps tho chief reason why tho buboulc plague Is working terrible havoc in .Man
churia. Tho natives uf tho district refuse to allow tho bodies of tho victims to bo cremated on the ground that
their so doing would destroy the Identity of tho dead in the llfo hereafter. For the same reason they oppose
the burning of Infected houses In which are lying neglected and putrefied corpses. Instead, they prefer that
the dead are burled In tho trenches that the authorities have been compolled to prepare In consequence of the
appalling mortality. The result Is that the earth and tho air are reeking with the disease germs; whole villages
have been wiped out, and tho plague is spr. ading with fearful swiftness. It Is of a very virulent type, the
recoveries being only about one per cent, nnd deuth usually occurring within 4S hours.
HOMES FOR TOILERS
Provided by Authorities in Vienna
and Budapest.
Halt In Building Operations Causes
Great Dearth in Houses of Less
Expensive Kind Huge Sum
to Be Expended.
Vienna. Kxorbitant rents, coupled
with a growing scarcity of small
apartments, in the two capitals ot
Vienna and Hudapesl, hav torced
both the Austrian and Hungarian au
thorities to come to the rescue of the
workers. The ministry In Vienna has
voted 25.0UO.0O0 kronen (15.000.000)
and tho municipality of Hudupest 1)5,
000,000 kronen ($19,000,000) for tho
erection of workmen's dwellings, it
is expected that this action will not
only supply tho present urgent need
for more small apartments, but also
Btop the persistent Increase in rents.
Vienna bus for the past three
years suffered from a verltuble fam
ine In apartments, especially In the
cheaper districts. The city has been
growing at tho rate of 40.000 persons
a year and building oirutluns have
not kept pace with this lncrenso. high
prices of land, hlah prices of building
materials of all kinds and higher
wages for labor all combined to stop
tho erection of new houses. Tho land
lords took advantage of theso condi
tions to ralM the rents, especially oi
the cheaper flats, and tho wage earn
ers have suffered ureal ly.
In lliidacst the situation Is even
worse than In Vienna. Since the union
of the two cities of Olen nnd l'cst In
1 S72 the population of the I luiigniiaii
capital has Increased by leaps anil
bounds, complelcly outgrowing the
housing accommodation. New build
ings wero erected only in a limned
area and theso were mostly high
class houses. For the last ten years
a general commercial depression has
put a stop to building work. I'nablo
to find proper house room, the work
ing people have had to make shift
with the most limited quarters until
no city In Kuropo has come to suffer
so from overcrowding as tho capital
of Hungary.
According to tho last housing sta
tistics 52.8 per cent, of all th.i dwell
ings consisted ouly of one room, and
In these 81,627 apartments lived 347.
115 persons, almost half of tho entire
population of tho city. Tho Increas
ing scarcity of apartments brought a
corresponding Increase In rents. Single-room
apartments thnt Is, one
room and kitchen In good quarters
of the city were rented ut $00 to $100
a year, and In some instances the best
lodgings of this sizo Uought the land
lord ?2o0 or $:100. Such prices re
sulted in overcrowding rooms to an
extent literally appalling.
It produced also on entirely new de
velopment In the renting business, the
appearance of a middleman w-ho rents
whole buildings comprised of many
flats, nnd then fU them to the limit
with all sorts of occupnnts.herded to
Doctor Finds
Sandfly Fever Is an Ailment Which
May Be Widely Distributed, Says
English Physician.
New York. Sandfly fever Is a disease
which may be found In sections of this
country nt no distant date, If nn Kng
llsb physician's opinion thnt It prob
ably Is widely distributed Is correct.
Apparently this ailment 1b Just begin
ning to be recognized. Dr. T. O. Wake
ling tells about It In the Hrltlsh Med
ical Journal.
"Wakellng defines sandfly fever as a
nonfatal, three days' fever," says (he
New York Medical Journal, "with a
week's convalescence and certain so
quelae, due to tho bite of the phlebot
onius pnputasll, known to exist In
EKpt, part of Austria, Malta nnd In
Italy, and It will probably be found
widely distributed.
"The symptoms nre local and gen
eral. The bite Is followed by Intense
itching and Irritation, which persists,
and Is followed by the foru iulon of a
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bl7rywg a ycrsf OF ntflAMr ifllQ
gether under Indoscriblo conditions,
leaving no hole or corner from attic
to lfjlemeut empty. Rents are put at
the highest possible figure, payable
weekly, nnd delimiters are shown no
consideration, but are evicted without
any notice.
To remedy such evils tho city au
thorities decided to build workmen's
dwellings on a large scale, and as a
beginning 1,(123 of these have already
been finished. Another 1,200 will be
rendy for occupation early In l'Jll.
i They have from ono to three rooms.
with kitchens, etc. The single-room
dwellings let at i0 a year, two rooms
at $100 and three rooms at from $ ISO
to $220. llesides theso houses, so
called barrack buildings have been
erectod In which single-room flats
may be had for 80 or 8(i cents a week.
In rome of the new buildings this
price will bo even lower, about 60
Fur Animals Scarce in Maine
Trappers Compelled to Work Harder
Than Ever Before and Secure
Fewer Animals Profits Big.
Ilangnr, Me. Trappers who spend
th winter In the Malno woods work
much harder than they did 20 years
ago. They get up earlier, travel. farther,
a'ld take greater pains in attending
their traps, and earn about as much
is they dl, when fur hearing animals
were twice as abundant. They bring
In Ik-liter loads ani take greater pains
In skinning and preparing the pells.
They bring out muskrat and skunk
skins thnt formerly they did not con
sider worth hauling, because with the
scarcity of minks, oM-ts and Usher
cats prices have doubled.
l'rullis. however, are very extensive,
often amountlii!? to 100 per cent, or
more on raro furs, though prices for
skunk, raccoon and mnskrat are nom
inal. Tho pe'ts of New Knglnml and
Canadian foxes nr the finest, thickest
and most desirable found In America.
Ten years ago tho office of tho Maine
fish and game commissioners reported
that from 50,000 to 70.000 foxes wore
captured every yenr, more than half
of which wero poisoned. Fur buyers
here say tho ilguros are too high, that
not for more than 25 years have there
been 10,000 fox pelts sold In ono sea
son In any Maine district.
in many of tho old country towns
nro associations which keep fox
hounds to run foxes In a sportsman
liko manner without nny desire for
profit or records. The best known of
these organizations Is the Hrunswick
Fiir club, although hounds nre run In
l:i Skowhegnn, Dexter, PittsuYld and,
until a few days ago, In Rucksport.
Monroe nnd Frankfort.
Slnert the nrice of a Ann fox pelt
has advanced to $5 ench many hunters
have saved the best for wives, daugh-
fers or sweethearts. An avernge pelt
will bring 15 to 20 per cent, moro this
New Disease
I riilu. liimn u-1th n eniflll n-nterv benS
nnd with a surrounding zone of In
flammation. As the files bite at night
sleep may be prevented for some
hours.
"The illness begins with a foelint?
of tiredness, loss of appetite, malaise,
headache, aching In limbs, chilliness,
disinclination to do things; rigors aro
uncommon, vomiting takes plnce some
times. The te'iiiierature rises sharply
to 101 or 104 degrees Fahrenheit (less
In recurrent attacks). There Is a dis
ordered digestion, the hands and feet
are hot, the pulse Is hounding and In
creased In rapidity. Hlood pressure
Is probably raised from the beginning
Later there Is well -marked anemia
and rapid loss of weight.
"The micro organism la probably not
got rid of easily and months after nn
attack chill or exposure to wet may
bring on another attack of fever, ac
companied by effusion Into synovial or
pleural cavities, or neuritis. Ho hns
fulled to find any organism In the
IN MANCHURIA
in i i ii i
cent a week. At llrst all theso new
apartments wero let to municipal cm
ployees. but now they are open to all
One of the principal reasons for tht
lack of new houses in Vienna and
Hudupest Is the enormously high tax
atlon or property. In no other city lr
Kuropo are taxes as high as In these
wo capitals. In Paris the taxes on
house property amount to eight pet
cent, of the rents. In Herlln to 13 pei
cent, and In Vienna to 41 per cent
Small wonder that capitalists prefet
to seek other forms of Investment
Tho best classes of notion proerty In
Vienna yield the landlord a bare four
pr cent, per annum on his outlay,
which Is hardly enough to tempt many
persons to build.
And so It has become necessary tot
the Austrian government to raise a
fund to encourage local authorities
and building societies to erect work
men's dwellings, so as to put an end
to the present house famine nnd pro
vide living quarters at reasonable
rents for the rapidly growing popu
lation. winter than a year ago, while tho In
crenso In rates on sliver grays and
blacks nre even higher.
Raccoon and nuiskrat pelts are In
better demand than formerly and the
pelts of (he despised hob cats nre now
worth $2. U.up cervler skins are go
lug ut $.". Htid are liar I to get at thai
price. Mink, otter, fisher cuts and
American sable are constantly he
coming more rare ni: I the prices are
advancing. A big black hear in Maine
Is becoming ns raro us a moose with
n perfect set of antlers. Records ot
hears weighing 10:) pounds or morn
,iro rare, although many cubs am(
yearlings nre found.'
UNIQUE WAY OF SAVING TIME
New Jersey Banker Buys Big Farm
So He May Cut Short Poad to
Railway Station.
Trenton N. J. It takes James M.
Donald right minutes to get from his
home to the nearest suburban railway
station, with fair consideration for
New Jersey's speed law, and with re
gard for the nioehnnlsm of his high
powered auto. Fight minutes is more
time than Donald feels he can spare
at the start of his dally trip to New
York, where he Is chairman of the
Hanover National bank.
So, to cut down tho running time,
he has bought a 100-uere farm that
lies between his home aud tho sta
tion. Ho will cut a road through the
farm at his own expense, dedicate It
to the public and reduco his running
timo by five minutes.
Heavy Railroad Improvements.
Omaha, Neb. Y ear-end Amire
show that the rollronds Rtient i'Mnn.
000 for Improvements In Omaha dur
ing 1910. U ts estimated that more
than $20,000,000 was paid out as wages
here.
blood. The Incubation period Is about
four days.
"Three days' fever In cnttle Is well
known In Egypt and It Is possible thai
the dh-eare may ho conveyed from
them to human beings, as the files art
found in large numbers In the vicinity
of dwellings nnd stables, l'he fly it
snld to he called by the natives
'akhl-nskut,' silent eater. This Is hard
ly true, as the fly makes a high pitched
noise similar to that of the culex mo
squltn, only much higher pitched. ,
"Tho fly Ir light brown In color, so
niall thnt It ran pass through tho
meshes of a mosquito curtain."
Paper Dictates Man's Styles.
Pails. Purls has produced a now
paper for men, La Mode Masculine,
with a mission (o Improve the mnlo
Parisian's dress. Tho new authority
lays It down thnt Fallleres Is tho only
Frenchman who Is Justified In wear
lug a dress suit In any hour of the
day. A man's wardrobe must Include,
four silk lints, ono of which Is for
rulny days; two soft, two derbies, one
struw, a real Panama, au opera, and
a soft felt.
ELIJAH'S
VICTORY
Suadijr School Ltuua for Fb. 12, 1911
SixcjIJy Arranged for Thlt Papar
t.rSHON TKXT-f King! 18:1, I; 17-40.
Memory Vemea M, 39.
GOLDEN TKXT-"t'hooe you this day
wiinin y will acrve." Joali. 2:U.
TI.MB Thron ti tlirfo snd oni-half
yra after Klljnli Ami wiirm-il Ahub. He.
I wen (-. s:0 !li (or 8TH-s:,7).
I' LACK The Grnt nicHIng vita on
Mount C'srinol. npur It tumult. Tlie nit
tuition ao fur from the capital would
li-aVK the mmtlnK unmolested by tho clly
hoodlums, and Jen-b.-l's Influence.
St. James In his epistle tells us that
EHJuh hud prayed earnestly that "It
might not rain," because the fnmlno
seemed to be the only way by which
people could he brought to repentance,
and that now, at tho end of three
years and a half, he again prayed that
It might rnln.
Ills henrt was full of pity. He saw
signs of repentance. T),0 time was
ripe for reform; and Elijah prayed to
(iod for the blessed rain, tiod inw
too. Hut It was wIs.Nt and most ef
fective for nil that the rain should
come from God In answer to the proph
et's prayer. For tho fact that the
relief came from the true (iod through
his prophet would complete the work
of tho famine and draw men to the
giver of the blessing.
Elijah sent for the king to some to
him. Tho prophet w is tho greater
and had more power. That Ahnb came
at all, shows that he recognised the
power of the prophet, nnd of the true
God; and that ho hnd been hur.bled
by the famine experience. Ahab's first
words were: "Are thou he that trou
bleth Israel?" He had no word to say
of his own sin; he forgot the iniquity
of the people of the land. In which
he hnd been tho lender; he took no
note of the hand of Jehovah In the ca
lamity, and spoke as If tho whole mat
ter had boen a mere personal differ
ence between him and Elijah. Elijah
replied, "I have not troubled Israel;
but thou, and thy father s house." Eli
jah then proposed that the question as
to who was the true God should be
put to a fair and satisfactory test.
They built an altar, placed the sac
rificial bullock upon it, and put no
fire under It. There w ere too many eyes
upon them for any trickery, and not
knowing what kind of a test was to be
expected, they had no opportunity to
prepare for any deceit. It would al
most seem as If tricks not unlike that
practiced year after year at the
Greek Easter at Jerusalem were fa
miliar to that sge. Some of the fa
thers expressly state that the Idola
trous priests ol an enrller time were
accustomed to set fire to tho sacri
fice from hollow places concealed be
neath the altar, and it was nn old tra
dition that the Hani prophetB had con
cealed a man for that purpose beneath
their altar, but that he had died from
Miffocatlon." They called on Roal till
mid day, and yet no answer of firo
rame. Elijah mocked them. He held
up the mirror before thom and point
ed out to tho people the real situation.
They grew frenzied In their excite
ment, and cut themselves with their
wepotis. Herodlan describes the dance
of IMiogabnlus round the altar of the
Emesne sun-god, and Apulelus do
scribes at length the fanatic leaplngs
nnd gashlngs of the execrable Gall.
Their feeling was that (iod was well
pleased with such tortures and pains.
The only sufferings with which God
Is pleased are those which men under
go for (ho sake of helping ami sav
ing their fellow men; such ns Christ's
sufferings on the cross, and Paul's
biiiTerlngs to give men the Gospel.
They prophesied and tried In wild
foiacles, like those In ancient time
who thus In excited frenzies pretend
ed to he filled with the power of their
deities.
There, wns no answer, thouch thev
continued their exertions till the tlmo
jf the offering of the evening oblation.
And Elijah said, "Come near unto
tne," so that they rotiM see nnd hear,
and could know that there wns no con
cealment or trickery.
Ho repaired tho altar of tho Lord
that wns broken down. On this allar
(he wood anil the sacrifice were laid.
The fire of tho Lord fell, not nn acci
dental stroke of lightning, for the sky
was clear of cloud. It was simply
tho direct act of God's will upon tho
luws of nature. No mere natural net
such as Hnalltes or anyone else could
do, would prove that it was God him
self w ho was summoning them to obe
dience. It would be a strange God,
and Father, that could not use his
own laws of Nature to produce a
moral effect The proof was the more
decisive because tho dlvlno fire not
only consumed the offering, but the
water and the very stones of tho al
tar. The people fell on their faces, and
they said, "Tho Lord, ho Is God! the
Lord, ho Is God."
This was it decl.ilvo, yet no mere
sudden chnnge; but ono for which tho
famine, announced from God, had for
three years been preparing them; Just
as the Are on the day of Pentecost
came to disciples who had hnd three
years of training under Jesus.
Elijah went up to the highest point
of Carmel where a wide horizon of the
sea was visible, and prayed for rain,
prayed "the effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man," which "nvalleth
much." Ho sent his serva.it to watch
for tho answer. And It came In nbun
dnnt rnln.
For Israel there camo a new Joy In
the rnln. It was the proof of forgive
ness. It wus the assurance of the dl
vlno favor. It "fell on the evil and
the good;" on tho evil to make them
good, and on the good to make them
better, with new love, new hope, new
Joy In their God and Redeemer.
The Dody of Christ.
Tho church must stand for good and
be strong for humnnlty. The church
Is the body of Christ, going out Into
the highways and byways and should
stand for the cast down and helpless.
-Kev. Dr. Hurtlett, Methodist, Chi
cago, 111.
Receptlveness.
Man's understanding of spiritual
truth would Increase more rapidly If
he were more receptive (o the light.
Hev. W. P. Lyon, Truo Life. Sun Jose,
Cal.
Jy WILBUR. D NEmTI
AGAIN
In a nketeh nf John It. Mclean In a.
rum-tit mim'nr.ln It la mirrntrd that on
tltn a yotinff reporter rame Into hie offU
anil iimM: "I ay. J.u-k" Vt'hrrrupna
Mr. Mci.inn rcplle.l: '(Hi, my d.-er fV
lew! IinTi't be ao bruatly formal. CalC
me Johnny."
Hall, veteran of the Jcata! Onra more
you totter In
With pyea that blink aratnat the lit.
with loan and tnothlea srln.
How well do we remember the wile
loot you enme around -
'Twna then to Oon'rnl Nelson Mllr ymg
R.-nllo form waa bound.
A younc recruit stepped up ti M(Ua wVn
"MlleeV or anniethlna elae
Junt aa prenimptueiin, and Miles retort
ed: -rull me Nelae!"
As-nln: 'Twin In the direful days wtw
WaahlnKton's command
Wna suffering the p-inea of went Tn
brave and truatv band.
The Father of Hie Country trudged ft
enow at Vallev Korae.
When up there rame an orderly and aai4
unto him: "Genrnr'"
And Washington, thev tell, turned rww
and gayly murmured "lloebt
Don't be ao reremonl.il! Why dun't ral
rail we 'Waah'T"
Again: When .TuPiia Caraar led his -
dtera Into Oaul
A green and gawkv Unman thought trpm
the chief to rail.
The huakv youngster found hla tent, and.
this la wholly true,
He grasped the great rommandera hxtd
with: "Caesar, how d'y" do!"
The mighty aoldler alxed him up !:
glaneea ralm and cool
And smiled: "Tut. tut! Ion't be en arrant.
Why don't you rail ma 'JuleT
When Thnthmea built the pyramid, a m
aenger wns Bent
To tell him how the work went o
Thothmi's was In hla tent
With forty alavea a-fannlng him tt
fans swung nn a rope.
The messenger remnrked- "Hello. ajr,
Thnthmea, h re'a the dope."
Then Thothmea reie In kingly atyle. and
spake In accents wroth:
"Why are you putting nn such lugi?
Why don't you cull me Thoth'J
4
Hull, veteran nf all the Jests! MVlhii-lib
laughed at you.
Ami Noah took yen on the ark to cheep
the voyage through.
Hut long ere that old Knoch laughed ua-
tll he lest his breath
When he first heard you from tho llao oft
his nld father. t-U-tli.
And Ail. nn In the land of Nod ono -
said to a lad:
"Don't atand on form with me, mjr boe-.
Why don't you call me "AdT"
A Backslider.
"Flossie says she dots not belie "
In letting a mnn kiss her If she hj,
pens to stand bmenth the mistletoe "
"And she hns always claimed tu bp
such a hlncere vegetarian!"
A Great Mind.
"See that well dressed man across
tho street? Well, a year ago h wns
about as poor as they make m.
Hadn't a cent to his name, and bit
clothes were ragged and. torn."
"He certainly looks prospermia. Di&
he fall heir to something?"
"Hetter'n that. He was oti
thess studious, dreamy fellows, an,
worked for years and years on a now
health food."
"O, that explains It nil. I tell yw
these health food people are selling
their stuff by the ton."
"Hut he never sold an ounce of ID
as health food."
"ilo didn't? rid the other manufac
turers buy him off?"
"No. Hut when tho coal faminti
struck the country he had Just per
fected his InveuMon. nnd, being a nun
that realized the popular demand, lie
advertised his product as 'Hum,
Qulck-n,' nnd Fo'd all he could turt
out ns a substitute for coal."
His Troubles.
"I tell you," said the man with th
pessimistic eyes, " rson shouldn't
believe the half that he hears not
nd'iys." "Maybe you're right," answered tna
mnn with the shluy bald siot, "but
N-o of late l'v c t so blaino denf I
can't hear the half that Is said to
lie."
Affected.
"Business Is business, young maA,"
said tho employer. "This thing C
jour coming to work at ten In the
morning Is not right. I have to be on
duty nt right In the morning. What
do you think of that?"
"Eight In the morning? My dear,
sir, you have my sympathy."
Unhappy Lad.
"Here. O' course me Sunday echootV
teacher 'd have to come along Just a
I'd studied up a brand new cuaawordl
to say at Hlckey Murphy. An' now
dat she's gone by I can't rsoiomber
what de word was!"
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