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It is as though you were looking at a picture in which Jesus of Nazareth stands on the extreme right, His fig- ure glowing with celestial light. To- ward the centre, where the bright- ness fades, stands a man clasping the right hand of the Christ. To the left all is dim, but you make out the form of a third man who cannot see Christ, can only darkly behold the middle man. This mysterious person is Simon. The man in the middle is Andrew, whom the text represents as a great discoverer. First he finds the Christ; then he finds the man in-the dark I shall regard this mediating char- acter as personating all later genera- tions of believers. Study Andrew, in his experience and privilege and re- sponsibility. His left hand is in Christ’s, but his right hand is out- stretched. It is ©f that mighty right arm that I am to speak. Surely no subject can be more timely for a Sun- day in this beautiful season of Epi- phany when we ought to think of the manifestation of Christ to all peoples of the earth. How rich is this first chapter of John’s gospel in its tribute to the only begotten Son of God! It is like those gold mines of which we read, that are full of nuggets; like those pearl fisheries where every shell con- tains a fortune; like those Persian rose gardens, whence the perfume ex- Thales everywhere. “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.” In all the Bible there is no sentence which in itself is so full of meaning and which in relation to the gospel is so absolutely accurate .as this description. The Lamb of God taketh away the sins of the world. St. John has noth- ing to say about the origin of sin, nothing to say about why God leaves the loathsoms fact with us. Christ's purpose, His opening, His abiding, His ultimate purpose is to take sin away. According to Jesus, man has no use for sin. Sin is hindrance, dis- turbance, clog, poison. It was not God that sent sin; God’s relation to sin is a sender of One to take it away. Think what you please of the doc- trine of the Atonement, but look at the cross. I know full well that in me, an offender, sin works suffering; in the cross I see that to the spotless Son of God evil brings suffering too. Let us accept the cross as a revela- tion of Love, of Love Eternal and Infinite making sacrifice,.dying like the lamb on the Jewish altar, to free the souls that had enslaved. them- selves to pride and shame. He who hangs on yonder cross, in that He has suffered, in that He has marked out the way of the perfect life, in that He touches our poor endeavors with res- urrection power, purges away my ‘stains and leads me into the freedom of a child of God. But the grand thing taught by Jesus is that in each heart sin must be abolished, must be ~ taken away. But let us come to Andrew. Who was he? He was son to Jonas, and appears in the narrative as the com- panion of John, who was the son of Zebedee. These men were fishers, ‘with some possessions in the form of nets and boats. They were associated as partners and had servants and dwelt on the north shore of the Lake of Galilee. Andrew would not appear to have been a very brilliant man, not much of a talker. There was one glorious thing about him—he had found Christ. But the main thought is this disciple’s typal character. ‘What I desire to-say above all other things is, my Christian brother, that Andrew is yourself. Two spiritual facts ought to stand out in your con- sciousness. The one is that you have found the Christ. God is more to you than the blind force that rules the universe. God in Christ has come into our worldly conditions and has sympathized with us and has been not only Father but Brother. So you can say, “I know Him whom I have be- lieved.” And the next fact is, that if the finding has been real, it has filled you with gladness. You may not care to speak of that blessed train of cir- cumstances that made you a child of God, even as' this Andrew has told the ‘world nothing of that rapturous conference when with John he spent the night with Jesus and talked of the matters that lay deepest in their souls—there dare supreme religious experiences about which the reverent heart may not love to speak. But one thing is certain, if Christ has brought the good tidings- into your heart, you will desire to tell it abroad. A real conversion opens a new world. It rolls from the con- science a load of guilt; it calms the ravings of remorse; it excites the purest affections; it cleanses the life; it washes out all stains; it overcomes all difficulties; it annihilates selfish- ness; it crushes passion. It develops new faculties; it clothes the soul with new powers; it awakens new forces, even a force which achieves imposi- bilities, because it feels with St. Paul that in Christ we can do all things. It gives new theories of life and new powers for success; it works such a transformation in heart and in life, in inward thought and in outward ac- tion, that we truly speak of the same individual as a new creature. All this comes about because you know Christ. But we are forgetting Simon. Who is he? Simon is just any one who is not in Christ. He is the man in the dark, the man at a distance. Simon is. a mystery. The very word sug- gests the pathos of his life. Simon means the listening one. Think of the Christless soul off in the night, conscious of his perplexities and doubts, and listening for any voice that can give consolation. There is this terrible thing about every Simon —he is far from Christ. But there is also this encouraging thing—some brother man stands near. Each of us knows at least one soul listening with | - ‘most rigid scrutiny. the ear of an impassioned spirit, for some voice to speak peace. Simon may be your brother, or your husband, or your partner, or your fellow clerk, or your most inti- mate friend, or your classmate. If you have any great joy you must tell Simon. Simon is so near you, so dear to you, such a large part of your life. If you read a good book, you lend it to him; if you see a good play, you tell him about it; if you get new light on any subject, you talk it over with him. Joseph finds’ happiness and honor in Egypt, but the moment he has an opportunity he says: “Ye shall haste and go up and tell my fatheryof all my glory in Egypt.” So the woman of Samaria had to go straight into the village and tell the people all the things Christ had. told her. The pext thought shall be. one of | boundless encouragement. One thing. that Andrew did outweighed-a thou- sand times all the other good accom- plished by his whole life—his hand caught Simon, and brought about that change-of name at which all the an- gels in heaven are still rejoicing. “Jesus looked upon him and said: ‘Thou art Simon, the listener, the wanderer, the useless. Thou shalt be called Cephas, Peter, the rock, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’ ” Jesus read the charac- ter of Peter by divine wisdom, per- ceiving all his strength and his in- firmity. To Peter there must have been, in the simple words, something like lightning and the thunderbolt, for he recognized one who had put the finger on the weak spot of his nature, and had pointed him to the method of securing the one quality he needed—firmness like the rock, gran- ite consistency. Of the Twelve, Peter stands fore- most. However different bodies of Christians may be opposed in their ideas of Peter’s dignity, nothing less can be said of him than that on the foundation of his faith and-eourage the fabric of Christenaom rests, while every believer on earth to-day is in a sense his child. But the great fact "is that Christ did not directly draw Peter, but that Andrew found him and brought him to Jesus. What a joy had Andrew all his life, and what a joy has he to-day, and what a joy will he have to all eternity! Christ could have secured Peter in a thou- sand other ways, but Andrew was allowed the honor, in part, no doubt, to encourage all the weak and the poorly qualified to labor with an abundant hope. Often Andrew is a woman. You remember Monica’s prayers and tears at last drew her mighty son, whom the church of all later ages reveres as St. Augustin, to the Christ she had herself already found. And there was another woman, keeping a coun- try tavern in England, believing that her son possessed the power to be useful for Christ, and cramping her- self to send him to a classical school and then to Pembroke College, Ox- ford, and at last giving the world the Yenownad evangelist, George White- eld Andrew had only to touch one who sat next him at the family board. Your hand may have to stretch very far to find the, man who is waiting for you. At a great missionary meet- ing I met those whom love for Christ had sent to the heart of Africa, to the great cities of China, “to India’s coral strand.” Sometimes the arm gathers strength as it stretches and makes wider and wider sweeps. There was Dr. Grenfell, the medical student in London, who became convinced that his religious life had been a humbug. As he reached out he found some ragged, lawless boys in the slums. Them he brought to the Master. The arm reached farther and embraced the deep sea fishermen around the English coast. Then the arm stretched all the way across the At- lantic and took in the seamen and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador. Let me add two general counsels. In leading others to Christ, begin with those dearest to you. When Jesus commanded His disciples to go to all nations, He added, “beginning at Jerusalem.” “Return to thine own house and show how great things God hath done unto thee.” . There is one argument you can al- ways use with immense power. Say to the careless, to the men and the women who reject the Gospel without really knowing anything about it, say to them, “Give Christ a fair trial.” To Andrew and John following Him, Jesus said, “What seek ye?” And when they replied, “Rabbi, where dwellest Thou?” He answered, “Come and see.” In that same spirit of con- fidence, He meets an inquiring world to-day. He welcomes all who will come. The honest inquirer who would know His claims and on what rests the sal- vation He bestows, is cordially in- vited. The Nazarene does not now travel along dusty roads; He treads the sapphire pavements, yet still is He tender and sympathetic toward the darkened and inquiring spirits as when He walked on the beach at Galilee. His cry still is, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me.” The Gospel has nothing to conceal; it courts investigation; it asks for the “Come and see.” So” the believer to-day says, “One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see; ” one thing I know, “her ways are ways of pleasantness.” Jesus Christ has given attraction to life, elevation to my aims, sweetness to my experience, peace to my soul. Come see if He will not be as much for you. Give the Gospel, man of ex- periments, fair trial, and see what it will accomplish. One Thing Needful. The first necessity of a Christian church is not that it should have a building to worship in, or a minister to preach. to it, or an organ to lead its singing. These things may all be dispensed with. The one thing need- ful is that it should have such a vis- ion of the glory of God as will make peace and joy impossible unless it is doing its best ‘to declare to others the things which it has seen and heard.— Rev. H. Arnold Thomas. The Consolatory Side. When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason. -——Rousseau. Pictures taken by carrier pigeons in flight to serve for reconnoitring the position of the enemy, and ‘its topo: graphy, are the subject of experi- ments being conducted by the German Eovernmsgt: “A curious tree without a leaf grows in one of the islands of the Pacific. It grows to. nearly 30 feet, with branches spreading like a huge um- brella, yet it is completely leafless. Its sap is .useful as a medicine, but as fuel the wood is worse than useless, being as hard as iron and quite as difficult to burn. — In order to dispense with the cost of electric lighting in mill -operation it is proposed by some of the ‘jute mill owners of Calcutta to operate the establishments from daylight to dusk during the season of short days. Some concessions are made to the .opera- tives which makes the proposition at- tractive to them. A Dresden physician says “electric ophthalmia” is the result of constant working under electric lights and brings on a condition which results in cataract. According to this gentleman, the damage is done by the ultra-violet rays, and can be overcome by the use. of spectacles of a yellowish _or greenish tint, which he predicts will become universal as soon as the ex- tent of the damage done by electric light shall be appreciated. The authorized capital of Japanese electric undertakings in 1903, $14,193,- 000, rose to $68,724,000 in 1907. The electrical works undertaken chiefly represented lighting and railways. The number of lights supplied in 1903, 365,000, increased in 1907 to 859,143. Tokio and Osaka require each 100,000 lights. Electric railways show equal development. In 1903 the mileage was 38, which rose to 119 in 1907, and will be largely added to by construction during the present year. Recently electrically welded chain has been made commercially by auto- matically cutting the blanks from a bar so as to form a socket in one end and a corresponding taper on the other end of the link blank. This is then bent and joined on one side of these joints welded. This obviates the usual amount of upset.in such cases. Tne laps, or area of contact are much larger than in the squarely cut ends, and a nice-appearing and good weld is made. : ‘ THE- KING OF BEASTS. With Advancing Years He Thinks More of Food and Comfort. “As he grows old a lion get lazy and spiritless,” says Maurice B. Kir- by, in an article on “The Gentle Art of Training Wild Beasts,” in Every- body’s. “The haughty beast who stares at the crowd outside his cage usually is as fierce of spirit as a fat night watchman who blinks out upon the dark world through the circle of light cast by the lamp at his feet. With plenty to eat, nothing to annoy him, and a keeper to look after his cage, the’ king of beasts becomes as peaceful, portly, and self-satisfied as some ‘of ‘our latter today human monarchs, whose ministers of army, navy, state, and other things take proper care of the regal cage and see to it that the usual three square meals per day await the royal gullet at the proper hours. The story book impres- sion that lions are always on the hunt. in their native jungle is quite at vari- ance with the truth. Indeed, the older lions will frequently go hungry or seek the leavings of another beast’s kill, rather than summon the .energy to hunt prey for themselves. “In a group of ten or twelve trained lions, two or three young, = nervous animals usually supply the act with all its dash and spirit. The others are somnambulists. “Tigers, too, frequently grow lethar- gic with advancing years; but never to such a degree as the aging lion. There is always. a pinch of ginger in the big striped cat. - For that reason he makes a more spectacular perform- er than the lion, and usually a tougher proposition for the trainer.” High Brow—a Good Sign. Stand before a mirror and look at. your forehead. Does it slope back? If so, it.denotes a fondness for art, and a talent for music or painting— or both. If your forehead is high, it is a good sign, particularly if it is well developed about the eyebrows. Shoula these have a perceptible bulge, you are a calm, cool, deliberate thinker. You will probably be, successful in business if, with bulging eyebrows, you have a short, narrow forehead. Breadth of forehead indicates broad-mindedness. Of course, a broad forehead may be part of a weak face, and a weak face with a broad fore- head is not so favorable as a strong face and a narrow forehead. If your eyebrows bulge, and your forehead slopes gradually back, you are highly sensitive, and—you are a poet.—Answers. Two Deterrents. First Tramp—You won’t get noth- ing decent there; them people is veg- etarians. Second Tramp—Is that right? First Tramp—Yes; and they've got a dog wot ain’t—Philadelphia Inquir- er. ‘the legislature. -were taken to the superior - ship PENNSYLVANIA | Interesting Items from All Sections of the Keystone State. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS ; CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT Decision’ on Fayette County Appeal is That the Law Is Constitutional. Philadelphia. —The State Supreme ‘Court here sustained the constitution- ality of the Roberts’ corrupt practices act, passed by the special session of The supreme court did not hand down a written opinion, but simply affirmed the validity of the act on a decision rendered by the superior court, from which an appeal had been taken. The decision was rendered on the -Likens-Van Swerin- gen and Likens- Byrne appeals, both originating in Fayétte county. Byrne was chairman of the Repub- lican county committee --of Fayette county and Likens presented a peti- tion to the Fayette county court for the appointment of an auditor to au- dit Bryne’s accounts for expenditures during an election campaign. Van Swearingen was a candidate for judge at that election and a similar petition in his case was presented by Likens. The Fayette county court refused to grant the petition on the ground that the corrupt practices act was unconstitutional,” because passed at a special session of the legislature, call- ed by a proclamation of the governor, and the subject of the act was not set out in the proclamation. Appeals court. The superior court in its decision; which has been affirmed, ordered that the cases be sent back to the Fayette county court for action under Likens’ petition. BIG TRACTION SCHEME Company. Obtains Franchise and Will Build Many Miles of Track. Greenville..—The Mercer