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And he called the name of that place Beth- el.” The scene is as grand as the lan- guage is inspiring. And the sublim- ity of the picture and the elevatign of the language are only to be ex- plained upon the assumption that at this time and under the conditions that are described Jacch enjoyed a special and glorious spiritual experi- ence. Jacob was journeying from Beer- sheba to Haran. He stopped on the way, took®stones for a pillow and lay down to rest, the day being spent, for the night. “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. "And behold! the Lord stood above it.” Is it any wonder that Jacob ven- erated the place? Here he found blessing. Here was inspiration. Here was the manifestation.of the ever- lasting God. It was but a stone in the open, roofed with the arching heavens, walled by the horizon be- yond which his vision could not pen- etrate; but here he had seen God. And he called the place Beth-el. No one is so foolish as to imagine that the stone and the surrounding Jocality were any more sacred in and of themselves than were a thousand similar stones upon which Jacob might have rested his tired head or were a hundred other places in the .quistude of which he might have found repose. But upon that stone his head had rested when the God of Abraham and of Isaac reiterated to him the covenant He had made with the fathers. In that spot he had been the recipient of the richest joy that the heart of man may experience in this life or the mind of man desire: a ‘vision of the living God. -And so he poured oil on the. stone and conse- crated the place where he had tarried through a memorable night. What else would any man have The event was not common- place. The vision was beatific. The covenant was tremendous both as to its authorship and its duration. Con- sidered from any point of view the occasion was to be commemgrated and the locality was forever infested with a subduing and soul warming at- mosphere that would be effective with us to-day were we within the scope of its influence. Jacob would have been neither courteous nor hus man if he had not set the place as in a sense apart. If we may remember heroes with monuments and good men with statuary, shall not Jacob «commemorate the revelation of Jeho- vah with an oil soaked stone? If we are conscious of a thrill as with bared ‘heads and reminiscentminds we stand in Independence Hall or about the graves of the martyr dead shall we not admit the sacredness of the spot where God showed Himself to the leader of His people? All of which is not to push sense «over sthe border liné of reason, or to make the logical become illogical. Jacob called the place Beth-el, the house of God. ~ And so we call our «churches. Every church is a Beth-el or it is nothing better than a club- house. A church is not simply a col- lection of stone and brick and plaster and wood and glass and iron and nails bound into a building, any more than the stone was the sanctuary or the place where Jacob heard the voice of God the shrine. A church is more than an edifice as the shrine was something more than a geogra- phical or geological entity. We con- secrate our churches to the benefi- <ent uses of the religious life of the people not because we consider that ‘God abides simply and solely within them or that a blessed brick is holier than an unblessed stone. We enter our churches, rather, I should say we should enter our churches, because +n a real way they stand for an exper- ience, they teem with reminiscence, they commemorate individual and so- cial blessings and visions of the sov- ereign God. Jacoh called the place Beth-el be- causes he had a compelling religious xperience. And go we should ven- erate our churches. A church t.2.t lacks thespiritual atmosphere, that is not the expression of a deep spirit- ual conviction, that commeriorates no visions and tlsst is ineloguent of ~ mighty spiritual sxaltations, is not a church. It is a frand. A church is 2 Beth-el. And as such it “ should be revered. Within it should be fouad blessing and inspira- “tion, out of it should flow the infiu- ences that tend toward God and that militate for the weal of men. £ Beth-el was notable as the com- mmemoration of a blessing. And what blessings have we not had within the confines of our churches. such holy reveries, such glorious in- spirations, such lasting Joys, such revelations through the abiding of.a common spirit? Here we have seen the glory of the Lord, here we have known the power of His love, here we have fed upon His promises and been augmented in the riches of His grace. Here, as was Jacob at Beth-el, have we been inspired, filled with larger hopes, urged on to nobler and to holier achievements, filled with the energy that no man may describg, in- effable, intensive and divine. Here we have felt the warmth of the spir- itual atmosphere and have clasped hands with God. The influences that rolled with pre- dicted vigor from the simple shrine at Beth-el ought to flow and will, from any well appointed church. The church is not a pool, it is a stream. 1t is rather a dynamic than a static. From the church should well forth 1 infinential s 15.0 igh - ss and of trath end thz ¥ Wher gq ‘the nations.: The world owes ansine calculable debt, as do we, to the church, and the church should by her’ unceasing and eompounding influence for good and for God, and unremits ting service for men, place the world ever more largely in her due. . The churches must be Beth-els or many. of them never could withstand the abuses to which they are lent. Only upon the assumption that the spiritual influences that move within them are born of God can we under- stand how many of them survive the deseérations to which they are sub- jected. The average fair is enough to kill any church. The average church entertainment, paltry and puerile as it is expressionless, would be a death blow to the social activi- ties of any organization less hardy. What with moving pictures and wax works and spelling bees and turkey suppers and men’s smokers and womni- en’s gossip, it is wonderful that we have any veneration for churches at inspiration within them, and any in- fluence moving from them. The church should be Beth-el. It should be the house of Cod. There, too, we should see the ladder stretching down from heaven, there the ascending and descending angels. There we should see God. There we should make covenant with Him. There we should enter into the pos- session of His interminable promise. There we should have a glorious, an exalted spiritual blessing. a —————————————— The Change. «My life is hemmed in by things 1 cannot change, you see,” said a girl, explaining her depression of spirits to an older friend. She had been talking about fhe ugly little town where she lived, and how little money she had to spend, and how there were no concerts or lectures or chances for culture,-how monotonous and nar- row things were week after week, how her health was not strong, and there was-no special thing she could do in the world. It did sound rather hopeless, and the older woman was silent a moment. Then she said, thoughtfully: “No; you cannot change these con- ditions of your life at present. But there is one thing, Marjory, that you can change, and it will make every- thing absolutely different.” “But what can I change? - I don’t understand,” cried Marjory. “You can change your point of view,” returned her friend. “That's all. But it’s everything.” The girl thought it an unsympa- thetic answer. She went home still thinking so. But it stuck in her mind nevertheless; for she was an intelli- gent girl. “It is the only change-I can make,” she said to herself, and she tried it. Her point of view had been from herself —from what she wanted to do, and have in the world, but could not. She faced round to the point of view that.God had put her ere she was, had prepared blessings for her if she would recognize them, and had given her opportunities for unselfish useful- ness to others in her daily life. From that moment her life was a study in transformation—from dis- content to cheerfulness, from languor to activity, from a lack of*interest in life to a fullness of loving sacrifice. “It is all absolutely different,” she wrote her friend, a year later. Only one thing has changed. That was all, But it was everything.—For- ward. J A —— I —— I — * _ Wear Your Troubles Inside. : Many a man gets into the habit of carrying his troubles in his face. The eyes tell it, the droop of the lip speaks it, the bowed head declares it, the very grip of the hand reveals it, and the footfall is full of it. He has run. up the flag at half-mast, and he carries it everywhere, so that his whole little world is compelled to know ‘his sorrow. ; Is this. natural? Possibly. Is it wise? Probably not. Is it fair? Surely not. - Is it a sign of weakness? Undoubtedly it is. Is there a better way? Surely there is. First, a man must make ap his mind to expect his share of trouble, and perhaps a little more. Then he should make up his mind to bear his trouble manfully, i. e., with patience, with courage and with hope. The world has enough trouble of its own; let us not add.to its burden! It should be the aim: of every Christian man and woman to become strong, and when strength is won to use that strength in bearing the burdens of others. Every sorrow mastered, ev- ery burden borne inside instead of outside, makes us stronger,and leaves the world brighter. Learn to smile, get the habit of it; learn to sing, make itsalso a habit; and you will be surprised how. much brighter it makes the world, not only to others, but to yourself. The smile ‘and the song lesson the burden and light the way.—Christian Guardian. Rr ie mre Life Not a Holiday. Sooner or later we find out that life is not 2 holiday, but a discipline. Earlier or later we will disgover that the world is not a playground. It is quite clear that God means it for a school. The moment we forget that, the puzzle of life begins. We try to play in school. The Master doer not mind that so much for its own sake, for..He likes to see His children kappy; but in our playing we. neglect our lessons. We do not &ee how much there is to learn, and we do not care. = 7° But. our Master cares. He has a perfectly overwhelming and inexpli- cable solicitude for our education; and because He loves us He comes into the school sometimes and speaks to us. He may speak very softly and gently or very loudly. r But one thing we may be sure of: The task He sets us to is never meas- ured by our delinquency. It is meas- ured by God’s solicitude for our pro- gress; measured solely by God's love; measured solely that the scholar may be better educated when he arrives at his Father's home.—Henry Drum- mond. ee ems The Leader of Men. We all know perfectly well what a true leader is. He is a man of ideas, a man who advocates a certain line { of action, and he works through the | press and public speech that tl { ple may be conv £ 3 {of his couvrzn.- £1 Pittsburg, at all, that we find any blessing, any : PENNSYLVANIA Interesting Items from All Sections of the Keystone State. GOES TO KOREA The Rev. Henry A. Rhodes and Wife Will Take Up Missionary Work. Washington.—The Washington pres- bytery of the Presbyterian church at a meeting at Cross Creek dismissed the Rev. Henry A. Rhodes from the pastorate of that church. The Rev. Mr. Rhodes and his wife leave July 1 for Korea, where they will be engaged in missionary and educational work under ithe Presbyterian board. The Rev. Mr. Rhodes has been pas- tor of the Cross Creek church for two years. Washington presbytery ap- proved the call of the Rev. J A Laughlin to the Pigeon Creek Presby- terian church and formally transferred. him from the Pittsburg presbytery. He will be installed pastor there on: Tuesday, June 30. i gi NAPHTHA LETS GO; FOUR HURT Big Tank Explodes at Reduction " TOSSED HIGH IN AIR Deadly Rubber Gas Tube Causes Washington County Tragedy. Washington.—An explosion of es- caping natural gas at Houston wreck- ed the home of Ellis Ellis, so badly injuring both him and his wife that they died before night. The gas escaped from a rubber tube. #::The explosion tore out on side) of: the building. and hurled into the air a portion of the roof with fur- niture from. the second-story rooms. Ellis and his wife were thrown some .distance=. > He was found unconsci- cus-- Mrs. Ellis was discovered wedged into a barrel:in the cellar. “Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were brought to the City Hospital, where both died soongafter. © Raid With Small Result. Washington, — Between .midnight and. daybreak. a squad of seven local police and two detectives from New Works Near West Newton. Connellaville.—As a result of an ex- | plosion of one of the 13 naphtha tanks of .the American Reduction Company along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, near West Newton four employes were seriously bitrned one fatally. All were brought to the Connellsville hos- pital. They are: ~ John Lang, 23, married, of West Newton; Mike Patrie, 25, married, of Reduction; John Patzurie, 35, married, of Reduction; William Gill, 34, single, of West Newton. Patzuric was the worst injured. He cannot recover. A spark from a pass- ing engine set off the naphtha. BIG OIL FIRES. Lightning Strikes Tank at Meadow Lands Causing Heavy Lce=. Washington.—Fire resul'ing from a tank of the Southwestern Pennsyl- vania Pipe Lines Company, at Mead- ow Lands, being struck by" lighining consumed about 70,000 barrels of cil. The total lcss including property is estimated at $200,000. Warren.—The plant of the Warren Refining Ccmpany was struck by lightning causing a $75,000 fire. The bolt s'ruck a large brick tank, which ignited. The blaze fanned by the. wind, soon spread to nearby, which were consumed with the brick wax hcuse, storage house and agitator. Eight tanks contain- ing about 10,000 barrels of crude and refined oil were destroyed. reels CUPID GAINS ANOTHER Sunday School Class Continues to Live Up to Reputation. Washington.—With the marriage of Miss Sara McNelly and Miss Flora Sharpe, 76 members of the Sunday school class of H. W. Donehco' at Cross Creek, this county, have em- barked upon the matrimonial sea. Mr. Donehco; whose class is known as Cupid’s class, has been teaching in the Presbyterian Sunday school at Crass Creek since 1869. There is a superstition among the pupils and teachers of the school that every girl who receives instruction under Mr.’ Donehoe is sure to bé happily wedd- ed. : "RIGHT AFTER BUSINESS Pennsylvania Issues Qrders for Re- pairing of All Box Cars. Altoona.—Superintendent of ” Mo- tive Power R. N. Durborow of the Pennsylvania Railrcad has issued or- ders that all box cars now stored in shops and along sidings must be re- paired and put in first-class stape at once, regardless of cost. This action is regarded as prepara- tory for a general resumption of busi- ness. Suspended , men will not be retired at present, but the order gives regular work for the men now employed. . Co-Operation Plan Fails. Seranton.—Bankruptcy proceedings were instituted against the Consum- ers & Producers Equity Exchange, a concern established jointly by the Central labor union. leaders and the farmers of the neighboring country districts to deal in milk, butter, etc. The company has Lesn in existence less than two years, and lost money from the start. The assets are saf® to be about $10,000 less than the lia- bilities, whieh are ‘fixed at $20,000. * McKeesport Wants Andther Mill. Efforts will be made by the Mec- Keesport chamber have the great Shelby tube plant of Shelby, O., locate in McKeesport. The works were destroyed by fire recently, and it is believed that the Steel Cor- poration might be persuaded to re- construct the plant on a site near’ the seamless works at MeKeesport. There is a close connection between the two establishments. Can’t Reproduce Abbey Paintings. Harrisburg.—According to a state- ment made at the Capitol the copy- right of the Abbey paintings in the rotunda has been reserved by the artist, and until they are placed in position may not be reproduced. The paintings are now being placed in position. No time has been set for accepting them. Another Furnace Resumes. Sharon.—An order start the Sharpsville. The furnace is by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. One hundred and fifty men are employed. was owned i of the the old eminary, w two ‘others | of commerce to’| issued to | Alice blast furnace, at} Kensington, cheadéd “by Chief of Po- lice Dulandy, of Washington, raided the supposed rendezvous for a gang of { eriminafg. who have been operating in | variousizparts of Western Pennsyl- | veniaj cntly. i: “The raid resulled | in ‘the ™# Hest of -biat one man, William | Wilmot, who, although not known to | be identified with the gang, is held { under suspicion. ~*~ 1 ee iren— Ls -Democrats, Nominate. Johnstown. —At a. meeting of the | Democratic county committee in Eb- { ensburg G. A. McGonigle of Lilly, was unanimously nominated for poor house director to fill a vacancy on the tick- |et. W. A, McGuire was elected coun- {ty chsairmsn {o succeed Thomas A. | Osborn. who had resigned on account | of being a candidate for county com- missioner. Sirike Disorders Cease. Greenville.—Since the arrival of 20 more members of the state constab- ulary into the Mercer-Butler district, the cisfurbances at Pardoe and Argen- tine have ceased. Evicticn’ notices have becn refused at Pardce on all men who refused to return to work. The Filér mine at Pardoc is working 200. men, many of whom are from West Virginia. : Complete Plans for Bridge. Washington.—The Washington coun- ty commissicners have been informed that thesplang for the new bridge over the Mapongahela river, .at. Mononga- | hela have been completed. The bridge |is tobe built in three spans, leaving a wide hoat passage .in the center. ‘The cost estimated of $300,000, is to be ‘borne “jointly by Washington and Allegheny counties. me “ Lovers’ Tragedy at Greensburg. Greensburg.—Mari Jeunoski, aged 18 years of Hannatown, five miles “I'from here, Was found dead in her room with a bullet wound in her heart. She had quarreled with her parents over a coming marriage. Joe Krenschue, her lover, when notified of her death, grasped -a revolver and attempted to end--his life. - : ~. One Hundred Oil Rigs Demolished. Washington.—One hundred woil rigs were demolished in Washington coun- ty during the storm . on . Saturday .The figures are given follow- inventory. The South West mpany lost 18, and the Wash- { and Gas Company, operat- ing in ‘the Taylcrstown field, 11. Grove City Gets-$20,000. Greenville.—The Rev. Isaac C.-Kett. has received a check for $20,000 for the institution. While in New York recently Dr. Kettler met Andrew Car- negie and ‘appealed for aid. When he arrived home the check was await ing him. Enters Plea of Guilty. Sharon.—Edward Pohl, who was in- dicted for the murder of Ralph Dictor at Sharpsville, pleaded guilty to vol- untary manslaughter before Judge A. W. Williams. The maximum penalty is 12 rears. Pohl and Dictor had a fight, when the latter was thrown over an embankment and killed. : Hild Trip in Buggy-Ton. Washington —Deputy Sheriff James Whiterand Thomas Allen of Waynes: burg, had a unique experience by be- ing “dragged ‘a mile in the top of a buggy that had-turned turtle when the ‘horse ran eff. - Neither They were "réleased=when the. buggy was smashed to pieces . eX .: Library ‘Is Presented. Greensburg —The Children’s day exercises at the Poke Run Presbyter- i ian. church, Sunday, were featured by the preseitaticn to the Sunday school | of a library of 400 volumes, a gift of G. B. Shaw of Greensburg, in memory of his deceased wife, for vears a prom- inent worker in the Poke Run church. -State May Get Back $18,000. Hamsburg.-—The Pennsylvania-Jam- es-towgk. expo- ition commission © held lits final meeting. at the office of Gov- | ernor Stuart, -and it was estimated that after paying bills. it will have about $18,000 cf its $100,000 appro. priation to return to the state. i | | | | i | | { | i i | | | | | ! i { ! $5,000 For a Wife. Kittanning.—Five is the value an Armstrong cecunty jury has placed upon the affections of a | wife. Leander J. McGaughey of Cow- anshennck township brought er 225.000 f ler, president of Grove City college, was hurt. thousand dollars THE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE AT CHILA PA, MEXICO. Be RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO AFTER THE SEIS- MIC SHOCK WHICH WRECKED THE TOWN OF 1200 INHAB- ITANTS AND, IT WAS FEARED, KILLED 300 PERSONS. — James Carson, Mexico, in Leslie's. Gas Burner Attachment. For some unaccountable reason, persons desiring to commit suicide by asphyxiation invariably select a hotel for the purpose. By a recent inven- tion of an Oregon man it becomes possible for the night clerk to in- stantly tell if the gas in any unoccu- pied room has been lighted, or if the gas is escaping from any jet not lighted. The device also acts as a prevention of accidentsresulting from the accidental escaping of gas due to a failure to light the same, or due to the gas having been blown out after being lighted. The apparatus is shown in the illustration, and con- sists of an ordinary burner and sup- ply pipe. Attached to the latter, di- rectly over the burner, is a smoke bell, connected to an’ electric circuit. The stop cock regulating the flow of gas is at the end of the smoke bell. As soon as the stop cock is turned on the electric circuit is closed and a bell or indicator located at any’ desired point is operated to call attention to the fact that the gas has been turned on. When the gas is lighted, the heat causes a break in the circuit and the bell stops. If the gas should be accidentally or intentionally extin- guished by other means than the closing of the stop cock, the absence of heat closes the circuit and causes the bell to ring.— Washington Star. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ezposi- tion, June 1 to October 15, 1909, will have an interesting educational ex- hibit. Two up to date (city and country) school buildings will be erected. A Harvard Shrine. The John Harvard House at Stratford, England; “With Carved Beams. —Frong”’ ouse Beautiful. onkiiilie House Eg 3 23 Nerve Stimulant. i Taking up the old question of the effects of nerve stimulants upon the capacity for work, Armand. Gautier has shown that when kok #s:-given to a horse fatigue seems to be lessened, and half a mile or more.is added to the distance the animal can travel per hour. It was further proven, how- ever, that the horseloses more weight than the one that has received no stimulant. This drug, like alcohol, can whip up the tissues, but the arti- ficially produced energy is at the ex- pense of the living machine.—Chris- tian Work and Evangelist. A Very Useless Life. There was a man named Socrates who lived, according to some modern standards, a very useless life. He did nothing but think and talk and walk about the streets and market places, asking questions that set other people thinking.—Christian Register. Hold the Pigeon Sacred. Russians do not eat pigeons be- cause of the sanctity conferred on the dove in the Scriptures. A CHARMING CHILD'S PORTRAIT. By Able Faivre. Recently Exhibited in Paris. —From the House Beautiful.
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