XTIJS CITIKKN, Fill DAY, FKII. 4, 1010.
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
By REV. F. E. DAVISOK
Rutland. VI.
ALMS-GIVING AN,D
PRAYER IN KINGDOM.
International Bible Lesion for Feb. 6,
1910 (Mstt. 6:M5).
There ha nl
ways been a vnst
amount of alms
giving and pray
er based on Just
one foundntton
to be Been of
men, In Chrlst'a
time there were
13 trumpet-boxes
In the temple, In
which were de
posited the con
tributions of the
people. These
boxes were
called "trumpet" because they were
narrow nt the top and wide at the
bottom, and crooked like a horn, so
that the dishonest could not abstract
the coin. The people who desired to
advertise their benevolent spirit
"sounded the trumpet" before thom by
causing their money to Jingle and ring
as they threw it In the contrlbut on
box. That custom no longer obtains
since a handful of copper makes more
noise than a greenback. People then
sought to make their money Jingle;
now they try to hush It as much rr
possible. In other wo-ds. the teach
ing of the king was that the principle
of almsgiving In the new kingdom
was to be, not ostentation, odvettlse
ment, display, and to be seen of men.
but on the ground of pure benevo
lence, real charity, genuine religious
life.
Everything depends on the motive
behind the gift. Money will do good,
whether tainted or untainted; it will
buy food for the hungry, and clothing
for the naked, and medicine for the
sick, but Its value In the sight of God
depends altogether on the spirit with
which it is given. There are circum
stances where a certain amount of
publicity Is necessary for the sake of
the object or cause to which gifts are
devoted, but so far as the giver Is
concerned the value of his gift con
sists altogether on the motive behind
It. 'To be seen of men," that Is the
error the king would uproot. The
paltry and pitiful attempt at parade
on the part of his dlclples, that is
the thing He condemns. "Be not as
the hypocrites, who sound a trumpet
before them." They have their re
ward, but It Is not the reward of the
Father who seeth In secret.
Hypocritical Prayers,
What la true of riving Is true also
of prayer. There Is not so much dan
ger in this direction as In the other.
The trouble now la to get people to
pray at all. They neither pray In the
synogogues, nor In the corners of the
streets, nor In the secret closet We
hire men to do our praying for us, and
If we are reverential enough to bow
our heads while they are doing It, we
feel that we have been sufficiently de
vout In Christ's time men made a
parade of their devotions. They
(spread their prayer rug in the market
place, and at the street corners, and
made a show of piety. In order to
bear the onlookers say, "See, how
holy this man Is!" If men did that
now, the crowd would Jeer, and say,
"Here Is an escaped lunatic."
For, the fact Is, the men who did
that In old time were frauds at heart
Their vain repetitions deceived no
body. The Moslems have a proverb:
"If your neighbor has made the pil
grimage to Mecca once, watch him; If
twice, avoid his society; If three
times, move Into another street" In
other words, look out for the man who
Is ostentatiously religious.
Publicity Not Condemned.
Mark you, there Is nothing here
against public prayer, or open hIuib
givlng. The man who take oppor
tunity from these words not to give
at all nor to pray at all, la Just as far
wide of the mark. The whole force
of these words recta on the supposi
tion "to be seen of men." If the mo
tive behlud your benevolence or your
prayers is the good opinion of your
itrghbors, the speech of people, the
praise of men, you art a Pharisee and
a hypocrite. Hut If your motive is
dlcinterceted benevolence and sincere
love of God you will not fall of the
benediction of bt-ftvau though your
nr.'fio Is horalded in all the newspa
pers at the hoed of the subscription
)i-.t and you are known and rad of
r. I men as a follower of Jesus Christ
ChryEostom said' "If thou shouldest
onter into thy closet, and, having shut
tbo door, abouldeet do It for display,
tho doors will do thee no good.'
Tor display that Is the idee., Do
no'hlng for display Is the law of the
Vugdora. It Is not your attitude. It Is
your heart that He looks at Not
what you say with your tips In prayer,
bnt what 1b In your heart deep down
out of sight Is what He listens to. It
Is not the bell ap la the steeple, bnt
the people down In the pews that
pounds the loudest in the ears of the
Father In Heaven. It Is not the
ir.oncy yon put on the contribution
rrtato, but the spirit that caused you
t-) put It there that counts up yonder
To say prayers and to really pray ar
two very different thtngs.
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
Uttered, or unexpressed
The motion of a fire.
That burns within the breast
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"You don't want to stay for the pic
tures, do you?" asked Molly In the
tone ot one who expects the nnswer
to be "No."
Boss blushed. She took a childish
delight In motion, but her cousin sad
ly disagreed with her tastes.
"Do you mind!'" lloss nsked timid
ly. "They're fire department pic
tures.'" With a shrug of her shoulders hor
cousin settled back In the seat ns tho
lights went out and the first picture
was thrown on the curtain.
The property man and his fellows
on the stngo supplied the clanging of
the bells and the screech of the whis
tles, and to Bess It was all very ral.
Then the street with Its engines
vanished from the curtain, to be re
placed by a contrasting picture of
three firemen sitting in quartets en
gaged in a game of cards. Their faces
were shown large enough to Illustrate
the play of expression, and tho audi
ence shrieked at the pantomimic
humor.
But Bess had leaned forward nnd
was looking eagerly at the curtain.
Molly tugged at her skirt, but the
girl did not reallie It. There upon
the curtain was Ted I'lcscott. She
was sure of It. The picture changed
ngaln and she sank bnck in her seat
quivering in every muscle.
Rapidly she explained to Molly how
Ted had gone away from home, how
his letters had stopped and his moth
er could find no trace of hl.n.
"His mother's heart Is breaking for
him," she declared. "I must find him
and tell him to write homo."
She left her seat, greatly excited,
and started up the nlslc. Molly fol
lowed her country cousin curiously.
An usher directed her to the balcony,
where the machine was operated, and
she waited until the operator hnd fin
ished. He could give her little infor
mation other than to furnish her with
the address of the firm that had tak
en the pictures.
She could scarcely wait until the
next morning to continue her search,
and she started Immediately after
breakfast, with a mole cousin as an
escort
The manager was courteous nnd
seemed to take an interest in her
quest The pictures had been made'
In town, he explained, and he gave
her the number and address of the
engine company.
It was far up town, but she could
not rest, and In a short time she stood
In front of the tiny detk beside the
glittering engine.
"Is Mr. Prescott, a fireman, here?"
she asked wtlh trembling voice. The
man in blue shook his head.
"Jimmy Prescott Is with Seven
Truck." he explained.
"I am looking for Theodore Pres
cott," she explained. "He was photo
graphed here for some moving pic
tures." "Pratt, French and Itoe posed for
that picture," he declared. "You
mean thisT"
He took down from the wall a small
framed photograph, evidently an en
largement of the picture film.
"That's' Ted,'" she cried. "I'm
sure of It"
"Call Roe down,,' demanded a voice
behind her. The fireman sprang to
obey orders and she soon found that
the captain was the man with the
gold Instead of silver buttons, and
crossed trumpets on his cap front
"Stand where you will be In the
light," directed the newcomer, as he
stepped into the backgkround. Won
derlngly she obeyed his directions, as
In answer to the call a man came
sliding down the brass pole.
Before she could speak he had
turned around and came toward her.
"Hello, Bess," he cried. "Where
did you come from?"
"What Is your name!" demanded
tho battalion chief.
Instinctively the man's hand wint
to salute, and he gave a putzled
laugh.
"It's Prescott" he said. "Yet I
know I'm called Roe. What's the mat
ter?" "You remember the Douglas street
fire In the shop where you worked?"
suggested the chief. Tod nodded.
"But you forget that In Jumping to
the net you fell short and struck your
hood. When you came out of the
hospital you bad forgotten who you
were."
"I remember now," Ted exclaimed.
"The boys were Interested In me and
kept me going until I could get in the
department. You gave me Richard
Roe for a narao, eh?"
"I saw you In the pictures at the
thee.tr," It mm explained. "I knew It
was you."
"Whlou Is move than I did," he
laughed. "I've hesa someone else for
nearly a year now. Is mother "
Beam nodded, a he faltered. "Bo
(a alive." she assured, "bnt very lone
some, tltie thinks you art dead."
The oautsln stepped forward. "I'm
sjolnc up to see the oMel," he said.
"Pat la your application for leare and
III see tliat headquarters grants It"
As ke left the row Ted turned to
Bess. "And yvs," ke sake', "Have
you"
"I've been waiting, toe," she as
sured. "We can kave a pretty good honoy
moon In 30 days." smiled Ted. "We'll
send the picture men soui of the
cake."
"We meet" she aereed, as be kissed
her right before the man on watch,
"for I found you In the pictures."
I. u. ajaiHuxurm.
For a
f&unwv mail-ice:::
Theme:
GOD'S SECOND BEST.
BY REV. DR. 0. A. JOHNSTON ROS8
Text: I. Samuel 22: "For the Lord
will not fortako His people for His
great name's sake because It hath
pleased the Lord to make you His
people. Moreover as for me, God for
bid that I should sin against the Lord
In ceasing to pray for you; but I will
teach you the good and the right way.
Only fear the Lord and serve Him In
truth with all your heart; for consider
how great things He hath done for
you. But If ye shall still do wickedly,
ye shall be consumed, both you and
your King."
If a man has blundered and played
the fool In the management of his
life, missing his chanceB and throw
ing foulness about his spirit how far
may that man, If anxious to do well,
look for the recovery of lost ground
and the renewal of opportunity? That
Is the question which I purpose to
deal with to-night Of course tho un
teachable fool must simply look for
ward to certain ruin, but I am think
ing of a man anxious to redeem his
life, and the question I -want to dis
cuss Is this: Is there for such a man
a second chance? For all I know such
a man may have come Into this church
to-night; and how long ho may have
been worried with this question, and
in how many churches he may have
tried to get light upon it, God aloue
knows. But if there Is a secmd
chance for the man it is tremendously
Important that tho man should know
Its nature and extent If a man has
been depressed by failure and Is real
ly ashamed of his foolishness ho bus
almost a right to be made aware of
the existence of tho process of divine
repair, If such a process really exUts.
And It Is equally important that he
should understand the limitation of
such a process of divine repair for sol
vation, lest he Bhould be too tempted
to count upon divine indulgence,
which does not, as n matter of ft,
exist, or else he should be temr'fd
to count upon the. providential reor
dering of his life, which will not tike
place.
What, precisely, does forgiveness
mean? What does It involve? If U
means that when one is sorry for sin.
God Is glad to hear of it, that Ic a
very creditable representation of God.
But surely It means more than that
Does It mean that God not only ap
proves the man's penitence, but as
sists him? Does forgiveness involve
the recovery of lost ground? That is
what we want to know. Is It legiti
mate for a man to look forward, If he
accepts Christ, to a real restoration ot
life, strength and hope? It is on the
rock of that question that the measogo
of religion is most often split either
on being mlspreached or misunder
stood. Men see for themselves that
life becomes more nnd more tangled;
that habit grows In power; that it is
Impossible to put the clock back;
that wrongdoing sticks and clings and
one's ommlsslons and failures tend to
lose their negative power and in time
become stumbling blocks, and we are
In the entanglement produced by sin,
and then we hear the message of sal
vation. Woe betide the religion which
then holds out false hopes to the man.
Thousands of men are asking: What
do you preachers mean precisely by
the forgiveness of sin? Personally, I
believe with all my heart and soul In
the forgiveness of sin. There Is a cer
tain process, a principle, to whlcs I
want to call your attention, and I
want to give that principle a certain
name, which name, I warn you, Is not
absolutely accurate, but which is brief
and approximate to accuracy. It is
not my thought; I have borrowed it
The name Is this: "God's second
beet" I believe, It we are to under-
stand the doctrine of forgiveness we
must hold this truth of "God's second
beet" I will try to illustrate this,
First of all, the Bible shows that the'
Jewish people were designed to stand
before the nations of the world r.s
the people of God, being obviously led
and guided by the immediate spiritual
control ot the one true God. As a
scholar, now do&d. put It, "Israel was
to be so passionately devoted to God
and to be bo sensitive to the divine
will that Israel was to neod no hu
man rule or government to compel
them to do right. They were to live
In the Immediate intercourse with
God." Israel hnd no king at the be
ginning. They wero under God's
care and they were to stand before
the world ne an object losson.
That iv ae Israel's first best The
books of JudHBs and Samuel tell the
story of knraol'fl degeneration from
Uiln first boat. Thoro camo a time
whes the people Raid It 'was absolute
ly necessary that they should hnve a
king. Bawucl was grieved nt this de
liberate) renunciation ot God's first
hest, nnd remonstrated. Bat the peo
ple pressed him, and he prayed to
Jehovah, and when he hod done so he
began to ceo that after all he must ac
quiesce. Note tho bearing of this on
the meaning of forgiveness. God Is
represented aa acquiescing In the ac
tion ot the people, and He says, "Let
them have their king."
Samuel saye, "The Lord will not
forsake His people for His great
name's sake." God 1b not going to be
I fickle because you are.
i
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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
ooooooaoc
Pirates ana tnc Pepper
"There's no pirates on any of tho
seven seas, now, as near as I can
figure out," said Androw Peterson,
as ho played the last hand with Bob
at Parkinson's. "In tho days that I
was wind Jammerlng In the China
Bea in tho clipper Bea trade, how
ever, wo had many a brush with the
sea robbers. I remember onco when
I was mate on the bark Andelusla,
there was Captain Jotters, mo and
the second mate and fourteen A.
B.'s. We had taken on a big tea
cargo at Formosa and wero trying to
get out ot the roads before nightfall,
for tho roads around Formosa In
those days were Infested with tho
worst cut-throats that ever piled
their trade of murdering crews and
robbing ships.
"Long about sunso; we wero a
few miles away from the island, and
Captain Jeffers opined that we would
make fair headway under a light
breeze that was blowing from tho
northeast. We all settled down to
supper, mo and the skipper aft In
the cabin, while Williams and tho
ctew were making morry for'd.
There was only one man at the wheel
on deck and he was a burly Swcdo
named Sweldke.
"Captain Jeffers and mo wero dis
cussing the pasage as It looked to
us and the prospect of escaping some
of the southwest monsoons that the
old clippers used to dread so much
in the Indian Ocean, when a nolso
along the side of the bark caught
our cars. It was like as If the Ande
lusla was scraping along a pier, or
another boat vlthout having bump
eu, and both me and the skipper
rushed out of the cabin to see if we'd
gone wrong.
"Sweldke was still at the wheel
smoking his pipe, and there wasn't
no sign of trouble anywhere. The
ship was scudding along peacefully
enough and there wasn't a sound
except the wash of the waters at the
bnw. So Jeffers and me went back
tc our meal and talk.
"A few minutes later I called the
skipper's attention to another no'se
about the same as the first one and
"ME AND THE SECOND MATE."
a slight tapping on our starboard
quarter.
Suddenly something dark appeared
over the starboard quarter rail. Jef
fers and I looked hard and then we
saw another thing, like the first, pop
ping over the rail.
"By all the holy monsoons! Pi
rates!" exclaimed the captain.
"And pirates It was. There they
wero fairly swarming over the side
of the clipper like so many snakes
crawling up the trunk of a tree.
"The first alarm shouted by Cap
tain Jeffers brought the crew from
the forcpeak like rats from a burning
ship. In a twinkling the ship's ar
senal bad been opened and each of
uc were ready with a musket. The
Andelusla had dummy ports painted
along the sides, with every alternate
port a half-way real one, through
which a dummy cannon could be
pushed.
"With our tea we had taken several
cases of pepper along for Boston and
vaen the odds seemed to be going
agalnut us Captain Jeffers thought
of the pepper. Two of us quickly
got at the after hatch and tore open
the flmt bag of the spice that we
reached.
As the Ch'iiese plratns came to
ward us, apparently unmindful ot
the shots from the muskets, Jeffors,
me aud the second mate, went at
thom each with a handful et pepper.
A the same time Jamesy, the cook
and his boy came from the galley
with a can of boiling water apiece,
and between the hot water and the
pepper we routed the pirates good
and plenty. They dropped over the
side like onto and within ten minutes
aftor the pepper brigade got busy
there wasn't a pirate on the clipper.
Tho Andelusla Is still plying the deep
soa and the old dummy porta are still
in evtdonce, although nowadays
there- Isn't much likelihood of pi
ratos troubling a For IDaet trader.
lsap Tear and Utcrotnre.
"1 love yon," said the maiden fair
Unto the busy editalre.
"And Ic my love roturnod?" she
cried.
To which the editalre replied,
"Urn er, 1 really cannot say.
"Did you enclose the postage,
pray?"
W. J. Lampton.
TALE OF A TELEPHONE BOOTH.
Day Was Hot and the Genial CltUen
Was Hotter.
At twenty minutes to nine tho gon
ial citizen, resplendent In fresh linen,
snllcd Into tho telephone booth. It was
n hot day.
At fifteen minutes to nine tho r.omc-
what loss gonial cltlzon, In somewhat
less fresh linen, finally managed to
attract tho attention of the sweet-
voiced hollo girl. It was you will re
calla hot day.
At ten minutes to nine a grouchy
citizen In white linen got his party on
tho wire. It was hot
At five minutes to nlno tho wreck
In question discovered that he had an
entlro stranger on the lino. Tho day
grew warmer.
At nine o'clock the hello girl In
formed the driveling wreck that ho
must not use the telcphono ns a play
thing. At n little after nlno there Issued
fiom the booth a dilapidated remnant,
who drew from his pocket a dollar
bill, nnd, first squeezing from It the
molBturc It had collected, laid it on
the druggist's counter.
"What's this?" Inquired the haugh
ty drug clerk.
"One Turkish bath one dollar."
said tho wreck, "t pay for what I
get."
Oh. the Joys of modern civilization!
Horrible Inflictions.
Frat Secretary They say young
Saphcad will never recover from that
hazing the fellows gave him last
week.
Frnt President No; I like n little
fun as well as anybody, but I told the
boys they were going too far with
him. No ono had any kick coming If
they rode htm oh the red-hot rail, or
tied him to the cake of ice for the
night, or even kept him In tho vault
two days between two nigger corpses;
but when you tell a fellow his fatlier
has heard that he smokes cigarettes,
and that his mother Is coming to live
hero the rest of the year, I call It
downright torture.
A Dusty Spot.
Most of the Negro messengers at
the doors of Cabinet members and
their assistants are well-educated
men. The other day, when Secretary
Knox looked at the big globe that
stands In his office, he was annoyed
to find that the globe was dusty.
"William," the Secretary of State
said to tho messenger, putting a lin
ger on the globe, "there's dust here
an Inch thick!"
"It's thicker thnn that, sir," replied
the messenger.
"What do you mean??" said the
Secretary sharp.
"Why. you've got your finger on
the Desert of Sahara."
Heavenly.
A clever lady, who is nn nrdent be
liever In the immortality of the ani
mals, Is often rebuked by her clerical
friends, who say that "dogs and cats
would be quite out of place In Heav
en." She replies: "Certainly, In our
Heaven, but God would not wish them
to pass their future life in the com
pany of those who had neglected or
Ill-treated them on earth. No, God
will give them a better Heaven than
that!"
A Return In Kind.
Mark Twain once asked a neighbor
If he might borrow a Bet of his books.
The neighbor replied ungraciously
that he was welcome to read them in
his library, but he had a rule never
to let his books leave his house. Some
weeks later the same neighbor sent
over to ask for the loan of Mark
Twain's lawn-mower.
"Certainly," said Mark, "but since
I make it a rule never to let it leave
my lawn you will be obliged to use it
there."
HE HAD SAMPLED IT.
Mrs. Brydo Iook. dearie, there's
n fly in tho preserves I made this
morning!
Ilrydc -Poor thing! I bet it's tho
worst Jam he ever got Into! Evening
Telegram.
Every Reason.
"Why does your new baby cry so
much?"
"Say, If all your teeth were out, your
hair off, and your legs bo weak that
you couldn't stand on them, I rnthor
fancy you'd feel like crying yourself,"
The Idiots.
"Just think of It a full table d'hote
dinner for thirty cents: oysters, soup,
fish, roast duck, salad, lee-cream,
fruit dcml-tasso!"
"Where? ! ! !"
"I don't now but Just think of It!"
As Bad as All That.
The Doctor Nonsense! You have
not got a cancer. Booze is what ails
you. You must stop drinking at once.
The Souse Geo! Ia It that serious?
Why, Doc, I thought It was some sim
ple thing that could be helped by an
operation.
HOW TO CURE A
TERRIFIC HEADACHE.
Many people suffer with an aching head
week after week, occasionally getting relief
from so-called headache powders and nerve
stupefying drugs. They never get cured
because they start wrong. Such people
should do a little commonsense thinking.
Headache is simply the result, a warning
signal, of a far more serious trouble. Usu
ally It mean bad blood poisoned by an In
active or sluggish liver. Headache suffer
ers are often nervous, cross and Irritable.
Their sleep is disturbed and digestion Im
paired. Tho liver doesn't do Its work right,
and the bile elements poison both nerve
and brain.
Smith's Tineapple and Butternut Pills
remove the cause of headache. They are
Nature's true laxative, and give tone to
liver activity, area positive specific for bil
iousness and a torpid liver. Get your liver
right by using Smith's Pineapple and But
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your nerves won't weaken, nor your food
distress you. Physicians use and recom
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To Cure Constipation
Biliousness. and Sick
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THIS I). & H. SUMMKH-IIOTKL AND
HOARDING IIOUSK DIHECTOKY.
Tho Delaware & Hudson Co. is
now collating information for the
1910 edition of "A Summer Para
dise," the D. & II. summer-hotel and
boarding-house directory that has
done so much to advertise and de
velop the resorts In this section. It
offers opportunity for every summer
hotel or boarding house proprietor
to advertise his place by representa
tion In this book. Tllfi Informntlnn
desired Is, as follows: Name of house;
1'. U. Address; Name of Manager;
Altitude; Nearest D. & H. H. R. sta
tion; Distance from station; how
reached from station; Capacity of
house; Terms per week and per day;
Date of opening aud closing houso;
what modern improvements; Sports
and other entertainments. This In
formation should be sent at once to '
Mr. A. A. Heard, General Passenger
Agent, Albany, N. Y. Blanks may
be obtained from the nearest ticket
agent, If desired. No charge Is made
for a card notice; a pictorial adver
tisement will cost J15.00 for a full
page or ?7.50 a half-page. Our ho
tel people should get busy nt once
and take advantage of this. Don'l
make the mistake of thinking that
your houso will be represented be
cause It was in last year, but make
sure that you receive tho benefit of
this offer by forwarding the needed
information without delay. Owners
of cottages to rent are also given the
same rates for pictorial advertise
ments, but, for a card notice, a mini
mum charge of J3.00 will be made.
AHKIVAIj AND 11 KIWI ITU I IK OW
EKIK TltAINS.
Trains leave at 8:25 n. m. and
2:48 p. m.
Sundays at 2:48 p. m.
Trains arrive at 1:40 and 8:08
p. m.
Saturdays, arrives at 3:45 and
leaves at 7:10.
Sundays at 7:02 p. m.
Railway Mail Clerks Wanted.
Tlio Government I'uys ltnihvay Mail
Clerks $800 to $1,200, and other
employees up to $2,500 annually.
Uncle Sam will hold spring exami
nations throughout the country for
Unllway Mall Clerks, Custom House
Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers.
Departmental Clerks and other Gov
ernment Positions. Thousands of
appointments will be made. Any man
or woman over 18, in City or Coun
try enn get Instruction nnd freo In
formation by writing nt onco to the
Bureau of Instruction, 505 Hamlin
Building. Rochester. N Y. 103eolly
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Glasses
Fitted
O. G, WEAVER,
GRADUATE OPTICIAN,
1127 Main Street.