- ‘Subject: Covetousress. 9 < ‘Brooklyn, N. Fw Prenohina at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, Hamburg .avenue and. . Weirfield street, on the theme ‘‘Covetousness,’ the Rev. I. W.. Henderson; Jagtor, took as his text Ex. 20:%7, % hou - shalt not covet.” 1He said: ; Timothy tells us ‘that. the love. of money is a ‘root of all kinds of evils. Covetousness is' part of the soil in which the- treep-of~e®il is nourished and out of which’ it grows. The child of darkness and of the brood of greed, ‘covetousness is a canker to the soul. Jorn of blackness, it makes dark the life that is under its confrol.. WHere greed is and covetousness abides are no more found peace, purity, contentment, quietude of life. Before its evil > happiness is destroyed. Un- godless “influence joy and peace are impossible. It will, fill a quiet life with turmoil and discon- tent” will rule. Covetousness is greed let loose. is Selfishness compounded and. the m Sa of . energy in ‘the grab- bor Its fruit is sin ‘and its a are avpalling. Covetousness must not be -con- nded with honest desire to emu- late good example. Covetousness and righteous discontent are not one. Covetonusness and manly ambition are not similar. The: man who -looks with “greenish glinting eyes at: his neighbor's well deserved reward is no brother to the soul who longs to follow in the path of those who have achieved However wrong envy may be adjudged to be, the man who wants to do and to ‘become and to earn a higher place in life, is wor- thy of all ‘praise. To look upon the wealth and power and eminence of others with the evil eye is wrong, but it is. ‘no reprehensible than is that unmanly, self-stultifying lack of pure ambition and of noble aim vhich is characteristic of so many. ontént With our lot: in life may blessi or a bane. Dissatisfac- i and with success at- tained is a motive to larger and con- tinned effort. Satisfaction and stag- nation are not far removed. Righte- ous. discontent incites to progress. Unrighteous discontent makes the soul sick. The history of the world is the record of the discontent—good or godless—of individuals and na- tions. The unrighteousness 4discon- tent of a Bismarck——that is to say, the covetousness—gzave to the world the scourge of the Franco-Prussian war as the price of Prussian predcm- inance and of united Germany. Rus- sia wishes Asia for a province all her own and our news is full of war. Napoleon is covetous of empire and Eure pe is bloody as a shambles. The wretched: thief is envious of money and your gold is gone. The well dressed speculator on the street mad- dened yin the lust for wealth plun- ders a ho himself. a ovposite Napoleon stands discontented Washington fichting for his country’s weal. Kos- ciusko, Garibaldi, Wycklif, Huss and Luther, all rise up as discontented nen. our Toratnthars finds expression in the country that we love so well Chto is contrary to the law of God and the commands of Christ. Righteous discontent is a boon tc humanity for without it men would never move ahead. But jet us not digress too much. Covetousness is the subject of the tenth command for good and sufiicient reasons. Ids senseless; it brings distress; it is a curse. Covetousness is senseless, it is un- wise. No man by taking thought can annex his neighbor’s property to himself. The highroad to unhappi- ness is founded, as much as it is built upon anything, upon envy of the other fellow’s fortune. Envy is silly for it makes us sick with jeal- ousy and disappointment, the while it offers no relief. The fact that your neighbor is undeserving of his for- tune or has no real appreciation of his benefits neither alters your posi- tion nor remoulds his state of mind. That other toiler’s place will not be yours whether you are covetous Or no. The other woman's clothes might not become your style at all, although they do look well on her But grit and go may put you in a higher place and make you peer with him whom now you wish you were; and taste with sense and little cash may keep you in becoming clothes. Covetousness of the other person's clothes or place or wealth is sense- less and it certainly is sin. Then, too, to covet is to undergo distress. Think of the heart aches and the head aches of those who for- get their present blessings in jeal- ous contemplation of the other peo- ple’'s joys. The pleasure of the hour lies unused. The opportunities for immediate happiness lie unnoticed. The joys of the fields and the skies and the hills and the vales -all are forgetten. Life with its many un- priced happinesses is a thing uncared for and unknown. The soul, the heart, the mind, thé ar faculty of being, all are distressed and dis- eased with inordinate desire for the her man’s possessions. Woe Dbe- tide the man or the woman into whose heart the devil of envy enters. For to covet is to be aflame with sin. Covetousness is a curse. The courts are calendared with cases of unholy lust for land. Ijove lies slain in many a home because of mar- riage ties undone. The jails are full of men who coveted the property of the other man a little bit too much. The business world well knows the necessity of ‘‘thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s man servant.” Too often the surest way to down a rival has been to lure away some trusted employe who could draw away his old employer's trade. But in the ethies of many a business house this js sagacity and not sin. The shop girl is greedy for the ribbons and the trinkets of the moneyed maid above her and she sells her body, while she damns her soul to gratify. her whim. Covetousness is a curse. It ife fon success. less ‘be a tion | I as hungry for shekels as | The exalted dissatisfaction of | .evidence, and But while there {s admonition and a lesson for those who are guilty of this stated sin there is also another lesson for our day which springs out of this command. The careless, 0s- tentatious, ill-balanced display of wealth by those who possess it is a sin. The ownership of property be- yond the average enjoins wise ad- ministration on the owner. The ma at the top has a mighty regulative influence upon the world of men be- neath him. If men are covetous of other people's wealth, they are so, many times, because plenty' has flaunted itself so recklessly in the face of their great need. The girl whose life is wrecked may not be all to blame. The useless, vulgar dis- play of finery by women whom she never met may be the central reason for. her downfall. The millionaire squanders his millions and the ex- ample is followed by the poorest of the poor. America is the land of those who live a life of ‘bluff’ be- cause our. moneyed men have been extravagantly wasteful. Sham, pre- tention, desire to appear to be or to be worth something more than we are may readily be traced to the in- fluence of the unwise rich. If a man is entitled to: all that he can use righteously then some men ought: to be deprived of nearly ail have. Those who have much should con- sider it a bounden duty not to cause to those who are lgss fortunate than they tc become covexous. Ti ney give The wasteful millionaire heads a list of thousands are lviz far bevond their means. The of suicides throughout our filled with who al and is urged bv unholy lost their more than’ this COVELOUSNESS Y. one te fair t home ife. My who is whirling is that to live hat to yws there is it. u yearn for better ahd; ecent chance in life is not to he Covet- ousness is unnecessary matter Wow poor a man may be. Che blue skytarches over rich and poor alike. The air cares net whose lungs it fills. The sun smiles down impartially up- on us all. The love of God is free. Wealth cannot buy .the charm of studying humanity. Money _cannot purchase love. Even a poor mal may be upright, kind and true an 1d pure. THe humblest soul may do the noble act or speak the cheeri word. ae God's Presence in All Events. The providence of God is comforting doctrine to” the believer. He guides with His eye and holds in His hand the destinies of men and of nations; and His people have the comforiable assurance in the words of prophecy and in the examples of history that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout tiie. whole earth , to show Himsell strong behalf His eye directs hours and af heart go ground and . wheels of he soon may a maniy life. his discontent, reason for things ec ovetgus. no r 12 His hand and the arm of His power. He governs the world ii unerring wisdoan and the good of His people.” He all in pursuance of the of His love concerning their vation. Hence, they have all the rea- son in the world for trusting in Him and depending on Him, since wisdom and Ai are His. Therefore, in- stead of all this w ess this self-plan- ning and self-seeking, why not let God into our plans a take counsel of Him? He will keep and mould our lives. His providence will end to the per- fecting of our being according to some ohne of His standards of infinite beauty, if only we do not, in our self-will, disturb the process. Every movement, every event, every trial He will work into the marvelous har- mony, so that by and by we may be gems of His crown of glory. 1 we, in our short-sightedness, cannot sce the end from the beginning, what matters it so long ~s He sees it? An affectionate, confiding faitl in God and His providence would save us half the annoyances of life that fret and worry us, for it would lift us up above the reach of chem. The promise to all of them that put their trust in God is, “they shall mount up with wings as ; eagles; they shall run and not be weal they shall walk and not faint.”—Christian In- telligencer. ve ‘Our Part and His. Providence ‘hath a théusand keys to open.a. thousand doors for the de- liverance of His own when it has come to the greatest extremity. Let us be faithful and care for our own part, which is to do and suffer for Him, and .lay Christ's part on Him- self, and leave it there; duties are ours, -events are the Lord’s When our faith goeth to'meddle with events and to hold a court (if I may so speak) upon God's providence, and beginneth to say, “ How wilt Thou do this or that?” we lose ground—we have nothing to do there; it is our part to let the Almighty exe reise His own office and steer His own helmn.— Samuel Rutherford. Pp —————————————————————— Hand That Recetves God's Gill. It is very plain that what is now most wanted in the Christian world is more faith, We too little respect faith, we dabble too much with rea- son; fabricating gospels where we ought to be receiving Christ; limit- ing all faith, if we chance to allow of faith, by the measures of previous cutting the wings of faith when, laying hold of God, it conquers more and higher evidence. Be it unto you faith, is the true principle, and by that the whole life state of the church on earth always has been, al- ways will be graduated. ‘‘Increase our faith, then, Lord!’ and be this our prayer.—Bushnell. rod yz a — Keep Hoping Always. We are saved by hope. Never man hoped too much. The plague is that we don't hope in God half enough. Hope never hurt any one—never yet interfered with duty; nay, it always strengthens to the performance of duty, gives courage, and clears the judgment. St. Paul says we are saved by hope. Hope is the most ra- tional thing in the univ erse—George MacDonald. “Ist, a very : in their for. coeth } counsels sal- | according to your; SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS INTERN! ATIONAL LE LESSON COM- MENTS FOR JU NE 30, BY THE REV. I. W. HENDERSON. Subject: Temperance Lesson, 1 Cor. 10:23-33—Golden Text: Rom. 14:21 — Memory Verse, 81— Commentary on Day’s Lesson. The Golden Text says: neither to eat flesh, wine, nor anything brother stumbleth.” key note of the lesson. Christian principle. “It is good nor to drink whereby thy And this is the It is the true It is the law of “life which makes us enquire not what are our rights, but what are our du- ties. Everything in this life that God has created is for the use and the culture of the Christian when it is kept in its proper plate. But if in the providence of God it is neces- sary for us to «ive up our prerog- atives in order that some brother may be saved from the abuse of that which in itself is harmless we are admonished by the seripture and by all the evidence of worthy experience as Christian men. and women that we act wisest when.we renounce our rights in order ‘that may be kept from sin. : The only dual in America its hurry and its extremes, is total absti individual and total aboli legalized saloon. For RNAoH conditions the anger “too that men shall be led out of n men safe rule wit the aang ie to the { drinking into immode believe ! sorial system is constit cannot . gainsay the fact liquor business in this country positive danger to the commonwealth. Granted for the sake of ar: that liquor has its proper the world. and we must, still that it “has .. proven itself to. treacherous enemy the ; is most. caref its ‘use. - Granted that it busi- ness that has a proper place in the economic system of this or anv other day and we are bound to admit if we—are - careful thinkers that as it is run to-day it real menace the character of multitudes of and the source of individual and cial wickednessesthat as unspe able in many of their are multifarious. The curse of strong ink must be uprooted by modern civilization or it will itself undo the mighty and glori- ous progress: of this:-age. No. civili- zation that is not sober can long ex- No indiviqual that is sodden with strong drink can maintain his integ- rity and his to the ty which he is a part. No nation forget: its responsibility io. safeguard the welfare of its c ens and long retain a ‘place among the powers. Righteousness exalteth both nations and individuals. But drunkenness is the death of individual and national honor and prosperit The only way in whic we can hope to battle successfully against the drink habit and the saloon is by edu- cating our youth. Many agencies are at work in the effort to consummate this meritorious achievement. Per- haps there is none other that is so well fitted to accomplish this very thing as is the Youth’s Temperance Alliance of America, an institution of the conservative National Temper- ance Society, under the guidance of the Rev. Alexander Alison, D. D., of which the writer became informed the other day:> It is peculiarly happy in its name, its leader and its plan of operation. It is distinctly a work for the Sunday Schools. As such it may be of st to the Sunday is admit basta of who Isa is a to men SO- ak- phases as they of an SO! interes School reader. The labors of this institution are to be confined entirely to the educa- tion of boys and girls before the age of twenty-one. An article in the Christian Work recently published by Dr. Alison has this in part to say: “If we are to solve this liquor prob- lem and secure total abstinence in the individual as weil as in the State we must do it by votes There is only one way of getting these votes; that way is God’s way. In the high moral field of temperance activity the ways of the politician will not avail. You cannot secure by purchase the votes that are the outcome of con- science. The motion toward the poll- ing booth which is born of the sense of ‘ought’ and ‘ought not’ is the mo- tion, that, in its action, is decided and permanent, beeause it is born of prin- ciple. It is built upon the solid rock of character. To secure conscientious exercise of the franchise we must begin with the child. The boy must be trained. The culture must not be spasmodic; it must be steady; it must be persistent. We must stay by the youth at every step until he be- comes an American citizen.” Space will net permit to degcribe in full the modus operandi. A per- usal of the article in the issue of the Christian Work fer April 6, page 409, might be valuable. It is strictly -in line with the lesson for to-day and it is eminently the method of the church. The high ground of the Christian church. must always be, on every- thing else as’ well as on ihe ject of temperance, that it will fuse to lend its sanction in any t jon to anything that is destructive to the morals and minds of humanity, or that tends to defraud men of their birthrights as the sons of God. The church cannot afford to put a stum- bling block in the way of any man. And it must teach its youth that this is the will of God for private as well as for organized life. Far bet- ter is it that we should deny our- selves than that any man should suf- fer through our unworthiness. sub- God's Recompense. Do right and God's recompense to you will be the power of doing more right. Give, and God’s reward to you will be the spirit of giving more, a blessed spirit, for it is the spirit of God Himself, whose life is the blessedness of giving. Love and God will pay you with the. capacity of more love; for love is Heaven, love is Ged within you.—F. W. Robert- SOL. Purest Liquor a True Poison. “Perfectly pure ethyl alcohol it self exercises a dangerous actior upon the animal economy and musi be considered as a true polson.”— French Journal of Hygiene. indi- | Industry. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES JUNE THIRTIETH The sons of Ham. Gen. 10: Woe on Ethiopia. Isa. 18: A fulfilled prophecy. Ezek. A query Jer. 13: A kind African. Afriea’s future. Foreign missions: Christ Isa. 43: 1-13. God is calling each separate can to Himself: and He is calling to repeat the call. Missionaries to Africa have had to pass through fire and water; no other mission fields have so many in Atvica, Afri- us martyrs to disease. What event is happier than homé-coming? And the missionary bring's God's sons and daughters from the ends of the earth. Among all the lordly offices earth tl! is more lordly for Jehovah. 2,470 : assistants. regular and of ere than a Wit -has 13.089 SH {Ox ’ none ess now native of members ians. Africa naries, Thete places Wor 1 church and aispelisa and ission- dream of Ss T00,000 Christian where Mor ak were cnbming ¢mpting bl stron Z lacks Now Canc Colony al Christians, and colored. single nia, Ivory: the pie a0 060 Protestant 200,- GOGO of these There are not evangelical in Somaiiland, Co is missionary Senezambia, French Sah: Rio de Oro. One of the on- the map exion, where so - cruelly for those who are Another done the natives of alcoholic liquors, which come the greatest curse of EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, JUNE 30. at the worst blots of Africa, is the nati the mans : wrong uduction have be- Africa. tor: iile the. intr is The Evils of Commercialism—Mar 5. 1-17.. Passages for Reference “Jer. 44. 15-18; Acts 19. 20. 1; Deut 11. 26-28; Prov. 29. 2. In the story of the demoniac who healed, and the attitude of the the swine that were lost we have a sad revelation nature, and an exemplii- our ‘subject... It shows us nature the same in all ages, and that the commercia- lism that we are alarmed about in these days had its beginning far back in history. They had no objeec- tion to the i being d, but they did it at their ex- pense. If the coming of Jesus to their borders meant any loss of money to them they wanted him to go, no matter how many men were but in their right minds by his com- ing. The same thing is found in the story in Acts The silversmiths made their living out of the mant- facture of idols—images of Gieat Diana of the Ephesians. When Paul preached the vanity of idols, and forsook ‘their idol worship, it no sale for their zoods. Their business would be ait Accordingly they became angry the one who proclaimed the gospel. Commercialism is the spirit of t age it the spirit that measur everything with a money: st [t is the money-mad spirit times which = measures success in dollars and cents. The great aim ol men in these days is to make money. It is not money that is wrong. is not itself an evil. But the "lve of money’ is the root of evil The passion for money seems to hold men in its grip as firmly men are bound by the tite for strong drink. This spirit is at the basis of most of the ¢ s of our ‘day. We know how men are willing to traffic in the bodies of nen through the salcon and the bro- the! in order that they may. fill their coffers with money Little do they care that by doing it they are cou- cigning their victims to eternal de- ctructinn . was owners in the sea, of human cation of that . human of is lealc not want nen meant cted. with is andar d. of the seme as other A117) 0 appe TO WASH FLANNELS. First of all cut up some of the best llow soap, and put into a saucepan about two quarts of and Jet it boil. Then have ready some hot water, and the boiled ap into it, with a few drops of ammonia. Then take flannels or woolen goods and them water; water, pour the work the aften § lukewarm water, shake putting them to dry. ¢ them be- fore once tent pul- This is an age of progress upon a ‘time hailstones if they could ruin vegetation verize hotheuss sha New York Tribu sw if a dis- yatech from M wlieved, they dcn’t stop short of cre king ple’s skulls. were con peo- =the: Germany, { matter much try.—Fligende PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Habit is ten times nature ~=Welling: ton. Envy is nan; A din Stowell. The eyes Turkish. the sorrow of fools.—Ger- ner ‘lubricates of ‘the great are dim.-= A prudent haste is wisdom’s leisure. —Italian. i His fail —Go What is long spoken of happens last=Dutch. There a. sure silence. —THorace. Guilty . men still hem.—Massinger. If rich be not dejected. —So ings ‘leaned to virtuc's side. ldsmith. is reward for faithful judge others like elated, craves, nar ey Ae CRTS MEN. Ceased, but Conscrip- Farms of Men. Accord Wek i ie: Inte Daily Mai ration fror niinister TOW restling where to fi uflicient. hands. re compelled to an e what forei Russian, while strange nas obtainable, garian and wit en En amelio; ‘at we have specta itaiian, the nessed gland acle yeing drawn to ormal conditicns in and ammunition ev upon arms it von Pe however, that they relieved had intr pointed out, 1 ituati and even dan- German social point On luced doub and continued: *“Compulsi important fcunsl: our natio education and: the: our pride, strangely enough we find that it is con- ting 1t supply. of na- ry mili srvice is the nai fore but to denude labor. youth given a life becomes hopel rural pursuits. attendant: at a Berl keeper in a Hamb in Munich, any- thing to preserve trom his newly acquired ennui of existence amid the hayfields.” tive “A and from the taste taken two plouge of towm alienated ram to be an hotel, a door- office, a footman preters €ologne, a waiter in these their sim- girls from he result he severe- The influence of sisters and sweet ilarly to draw women the country to the is that agriculture is ly, and labor as become more tial than the maintenance of the stand- ard of prices. Count von Posad ernment had received no mation that Canada wis to into tariff neg but i men operates on hearts and towns. I suffering essen- sald the gov- official wsKy enter Canadian commis discuss found at the the American ae 1 contact as was with person t confarenc tariff cominissione: was the most fective way roaching nn. ated international quest sensible id most ef- of app ions. Vast and increasing Fire Losses The United States and Canada, as by the New York oJurnal of Comierce, aggregate Sd, for the three months of this year, contrasted with $54,700,000 for the same period year, and $56,720,000 for the first quarter of 1365. This is ticularly favorable for an by fire insurance ¢ precedented losses ing out of the San The country is of the recorded fire losses 500,000 first last nel par and quieX smpanies from of last year Francisco dis (ing no perceptible y of the problem sive waste by fire. Repubiiean. recovery easy (Mans. ) icst to be Feared. Mother (to future son-in-law)—I may tell you that though daughter is well educated, cannot cook. Future Son-in-Law-—That doesn’t so long as she doesn’t my she I Yarip: iain, business—Lord | | of murder at | | tragedy be not | laf i case | cliife wag "Boek von Posadowsky- | rtations, while | KEAGTONE STATE GULL FIRST DEGREE VERDICT Cate Convicted of Pclice~at Bellevernon. Wm. R. Cate, formerly chief of po- lice of ‘DBeilevernon, was found guilty in the first dégree at Union- town, after the jury had deliberated nine hours. Cate shot to death Chief of Police Thomas Guess of Bellever- non, a few weeks ago, when the lat- ter tried to disarm him at the sta- tion house. He claimed he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing, but eve-witnesses. to the testifiad that the shooting was cold-blooded and premeditated. USES HISTORIC TORCH Same One That Lighted Original Car- rie Furnace Starts Plant. The Perry Iron Works, -at which have taken a ye: to build, were blown in June 17. The big fur- nace. was. lighted by S Caftharme, of President. T. S. Clark, of company "El 10d was same. _pne the first farsa e was light-* Killing Chief or Erie, daughter the tho succesfully the daily about: 360 ° expected be output tons. a mo or. A 7 £1 in the case red : if against C.: C, Holly eld, : Vashington, the .at-. vis -for IR} 11 harge that one the the jury thie. wrest f:Hollvfield. The Holly- for the g ‘Macl at Char- tadeliffe. 3: agent. Em- chat torn in. ite was 1gainst Radel: {fi field, x waerenix false arrest. for Rad- SH.000, but the cass } second trial h ts dam- ages. Butle Honors r Girl. Butler nip with partment of iy. [Last raduate of 1 ascholar- first awards Cornell. Phe D. Cornell Fran’ Miss Wo0- next year. Oratory Winners at W. & J. ingt zon col- was Washing- Geo. land- bv of com- ! ception to the senior elass by President and contest taken bi ington. «1 vear Bancroft, some Presid firs each Preaunen Dead. McAllister, \ “ighth vterian Church, turer, professor, Eminent DD. street, Pitts- edi- the mems- and scholarly denomination. diced in the jeneral. Hospital “a few underening an operation. and one of ny hours after Insist on Consolidation. The Wi the tho yrrdil 1 en vi er for the pa «ged Marsh CON West he two in ver will submitie a voters. .of the borough: election Novem! Trolley Lines Not Exempt. Gen Todd opinion that je recently act Assen ¢ requiring ailroads to file a statement of | the of their lines applies. to trolley steam railroads. deliver- ap- Attorney has ed an ywrovod of I I length li ines as well as to Thieves Blow Empty Safe. The lar: ¢afo in the office of Co. -at the Searights in the money in nothing. for Taylor was blown up * but th the trouble thiove New Railway is Pia James Crigliano, chi Saxonburg, a E. Cant WN nned. of Rud- police Quigley dats St bel Car. Co. for injuries sustained in @ LE 1605, ended with a compuls« ying Weiss, ter of Louis Weis ar truck at. a off, was run over death. dauzh- : 1s riding on the sawmill, and. falling and crushed to years, Trolley Line for Masontown. A charter was granted at the State Department to the Brownsville, Ma- sontown & Smithfieid Street Bridge Railway Co. to construct a three and a. half mile line in Westmoreland county, starti at Masontown. The company apitalized at $20,00. Idle for a Month. given at the South American Sheet shutdown of Tuna 29 for re- plant will be Mill to Be Notice has been Sharon mill: of th and Plate Co. 20 hot mills 1t Tin