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Subject: Beth-el.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching on the
above theme at the Irving Square
Presbyterian Church, Hamburg ave-
nue and Wierfield street, the Rev. Ira
Wemmell Henderson, pastor, took as
his text Gen. 28:19, “And Jacob
awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely the Lord is in this place; *
# =x * this is none other but the
the house of God, and this is the gate
of heaven: ‘=. = & =. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.