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r- ^ 'V. " ikf A SERMON FOR SUNDAY 5 ??? 3i AN ELOQUENT DISCCURSE ENTITLED. Yi "PETER'S RENUNCIATIONS." j] o The K?t. T>r. John Hurnpntnue Draws a ^ LeKgon Troin a Chapter in the Life of < Simon Peter?He Oave Himself Unre- " fcerveajy to Iieini? m.rjrim. n Brooklyn, N. Y. ? Dr. John Hump- ? etone. pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, e preached Sunday morning a sermon on ? "The Life and Character of Simon Peter," R] the special subject being "Peter's Renun- f, eiations." The text was from Luke v:8. P 10. 11: ''When Simon Peter saw it, be fell ,-j down at Jesus' knees, saying. Depart from ^ me; for I am a sinfal man. 0 Lord. * * * JAnd Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. n And when they had brought their ships to j( land, they forsook all and followed Him." p Dr. Humpstone said: _ It was the second decisive day in t"ne life of Simon Peter?a day cf destinv. 0 Months ago in Judea he had foiiowed his c brother into the presence of Jesus: for the s iir*t time he then saw and heard the Mes- "t fiiah. With Peter, to see and hear was in- q *tant]y to decide. He became a disciple, ^ forthwith. In the interval. Peter has been 0 some of the time in company with his Mas- 0 ter; but much of it at his business, toiling a and trafficking; meditation his constant avocation; to testify of the Christ to <>th- s; ers. as he met them in the contacts of the ^ ftrand or the market, his habit and his pleasure. No laggard, half-hearted disci- s, pie would Peter be. we are sure. His zeal v and enthusiasm would lead hir\j rather t? . * 'i- - >- - -J ?' overworK tne roie- ui nuvwaic. iu ui?^ n men with heat and energy to accept the a Messiahship of Jesus, even before they fj were ready. There is an unwritten charter . of Peter's life as only a disciple, which e ' would he well worth the reading, if we had n it. After its perusal we should he less disposed than now we are to think that usefulness in Christ's service is necessarily a connected with ordination thereto as an s exclusive calling. There could hardly be a g more effective showing of what a mere p disciple can dp for his Master and his fel- p low men than this lost leaf of Peter's bio- f graphy would furnish. If this were not y, the case you mav he sure Jfkus never r would have called Peter this day to the f, continuous opportunities of the ministry; r nor. later, to the weightier responsibilities < . cf the apostolate. . . . T For an incipient crisis had been prerini- r, tated in the career of Jesus as Messiah. His v rejection at Nazareth was the cloud, no n bigger than a man's hand. that, neverthe- c less. portended the final distant storm r burst of bate {unto death, from which v there would be no escape for Him. Re- }, jected by "Hie'own" after the flesh, it was .v time He was gathering "His own" after n > --? -l rr;? . tne spine ana preparing uiuu iu nc jij?o ,, T-erpetuators ard interpreters. So He left ^ Nazareth to taV<? up His residence at Ca- ? pernaum. that He misfit be near the most p prominent and promising of the groun of ^ His early disciples. What though these n were only a quartet of fishermen! The s Lord saw not as men saw, but with the in- ^ sight of one who "knew what was in man. ^ and needed not that any should tcstifv of { man." Hfr knew the time had now come n to separate unto Himself and th? service of ,5 His kingdom the founders of His church. a His eye saw even- previous possibility in r their nature. He discriminated them one g from another, appreciating the individual- e itv of each, and yet discerning their complimental temperaments and Qualifications, j. With Him to feei was to act; when His v ''hour" had come He never deferred. }, In the eary mornine. therefore, He be- g took Himself to tbe lake's shore. There r He found the multitudes already astir. ,. The peonie were abroad, as the manner is j, in the East, with the break of day; taking t the air. hasting on their errands, following ^ k each his beat. But soon Jesus became the a centre of their interest and attention. The ^ fame of Him was already everywhere._ To j see Him was to wish to hear Him, wun an j eagerness that would not he refused. Ac- j corapanied bv a continually enlarging \ rrowd He reached the place where the men j. He sought were washing and mending j their nets after a night of unrewarded toil g on the late. The boats were drawn up on the beach. in the midst. Enterinc the one r that belonged to Simon Peter, He asked c hinrto "thrust out a little from the land" r that He might use the boat for a nulpit, | from which to address the crowd. It was ^ . to Peter He tprned His first thought wh^n { He set ahout'the b?siness of selecting Hi? t fntnre ministers. Whatever pre-eminence v afterward belonged to Peter was deter- n mined by the Lord Himself from the be- t ginning. He knew the oualificatioDs for i; leadership that were in him. He knew ( also every abatement of his fitness to be ,] first. But the elements that indicated his ( gift of precedence outnumbered the weak- v nesses which continually threatened his ? primacy. So it was Peter's boat He elected r to enter. It was around Peter's -personal- a itv. chiefly, that He chose to nucleate the i - ? J ? ? li: ; iriciueniK ui m* tailing ui mc ium 4 He would now detach from their business, that thev mijht henceforth give all their time and thought to Him and to His mission* I Two distinct preparation? He arraneed for the issuance and acceptance of the call itself. The first was a ?ermon from the boat to the multitude. Alas! that the discourse is unrecorded. What a lesson it would "he as to what preaching is at its "best. Sitting in the shadow of his Master that dov, watching now the Sneakor, now the audience. Peter got his first introduction to the science and the art of public discourse for relijjious ends. When, by and by, he became himself a preacher, we may be -sure that bis discourses reflect the Lord's manner and coov His method. The sermon finished, followed a miracle: -itself a symbol of the aim and end of preaching: "Launch out into the deep and . down the nets for a draught," was the ; peremptory word of .Tesus to Peter, when Hie discourse was done. Then followed .Simon's characteristic exclamation (reter- t I v esque to the uttermost): "Overseer, we { have, toiled all night a*d have taken noth- ( ing; nevertheless at; Thy word I will let \ | down the net." As ii he should have said: ( "Thou, Lord, art the one to command. 1 , to obey. I have not-seen too much of Thy power and presence to refuse. But I have my own idea of the uselessr>es8 of such a proceeding under the condition,?. Expedience is worth something, especially in ^ nshint;." Over went the net. at last, and J in came the fish as it was hauled. So 5 many were the captives that both Peter's ' boat and John's, suddenly summoned to ? help, were filled almost to the sinking * point. The effect upon Simon Peter was instan- s taneous and overpowering. As in a flash ' of thought he saw. aft he never had seen; ( felt, as he never had known, the differ- f nee between his Lord and himself. Over 1 / against the Master's divine power his own ' helplessness and ignorance stood forth is a < black blot on a' white surface. He who ' had but just now assumed that air and * professional superiority, slight though it ' was; who had hesitated to trust implicitly 1 and to follow without question or protest +1*** wiertarv* on/1 the r^rpppr^t nf nic IVfritttpr ?bow was he fit for djscipleship? In the momentary anguish of his spirit, awed by s the vision first of his Lord, then of him- 1 *elf, he proposed to renounce his peculiar 1 and personal relation to Jesus Christ. ' "I ! am not worthy that Thou shouldststay in niv boat or I m Thy fellowship," exclaims I Peter even as he clasps his Lord's knees; < "go forth from me, 0 Lord, for I am a 1 sinful man." But this is precisely tie act of renuncia- < lion that. Christ will not let any disciple of His make, though his infirmities be ? many and his self-will assertively strong. 1 b He knows that when, in some time of su- , preme illumination. His disciple sees him- f self in 3ilhouette against the brightness of his Master's-glory and power the sense of s righteous self-depreciation will be overpow1 j eringly strone. But never yet did Jesus, never will He answer accedingly the despairing. desperate cry of a soul thus searched and scorchcd by the sense of the contrast between himself and his Lord. For He is come not to call the self-approving in their vain confidence, but sinners 1 in their penitence and humility to a better * knowledge of themselves and of Him. He who could see where the fishes swarmed in their multitude in the hidden deep knew also the innermost heart of His disciple, and eaw under all fiis iranty tne nrmnefiB i i of his rockiike constancy and the Sxity of i his nascent faith. No man need expect ? Christ to Jcnve him because he knows him- f e'i ?inful. The Tn.'.mcrnt w!?s>n b? u> mntf ' ' J, . ' I ainfully and al>asingly conscious of bis eakness and inferiority is the instant in j 'is disciple's experience when Jesus is i irest to t\irn enccmraeer and restorer of ! [? own. When we are determined to say j iie worst of ourselves He is busy making i tie best of us. When we think, such is ur sense of unworthines?, that He and ; e must part company, then He is m;st j solved never to leave nor to forsake us. j Fear not.*' rings out His word of cheer, i This is the heeinning of richer life and ' .:J? ' o TJcn/iofriT-tVi tJinn ehalt catch I i ur J ACl ? JWC. Atvuvv?v. v.. , >en." For the knowledge of self and the | istrust^ of self it arouses, and the know]- j tlge of Christ, with the confidence in hrist awakens ? these are the first ! hoots o: spiritual growth and the first lundation stones in the edifice of a dis- j iple's usefulness. Spiritual sensitiveness ! ; the condition of ministerial effectiveess: It is the man who knows he is net ! t to minister whom Christ can make so. Therefore, when the boats with their ' larvelo'j^ reitrht- of fish, had been brought | 3 land, did .Tesus isk of Peter and his j artner that surrender of themselves to , erviee. which involved the separating of : hemselves from every other interest and Iccupatjon to exclusive and continuous j ompanionshio with Christ, and to con Unt work for others, under TTis direc ion. Then and there, as one of four, did j irnon Peter make that supreme renuncia- j ion. which, because it was made at his j wn command, and was the manifestation f faith, and the proof of love, the T.ord ecepteu. and forever after blessed: "They ; jrsook all and followed Him." It was a i acrifice of consecration which only those ho iiave done the like are fit or compe?nt to jixlye. If we are ready to put ourelves in Peter's place, to face the indeteri in ate future as he faced it. that day: to j hink of the kind of interest in his busiess a man of such energv must have had, I nd the enthusiasm for his occnpation as ; sherman which evidently, to the last, he j elt: if we are observed to no'e the latent vidences in<the gospel storv 1 hat the busiess hitherto had flourished and prosered, so that Peter and his associates welt in comfort, borderinc on the edi?e, t least, of competence, estimated by the tandards of that land and a?e?then we L-ii i ?? roTifnro nf fniih and ex nan kuuvy *>uub ? ... __ ression of confidence in his Lord Peter tade when he left all for Christ, giving up he chance of future pains and binding imself to the sacrificial use of present ossessions for the common good. Tt is I requently said, disparagingly, of Peter'a j pnunciation of. the world and its good, j It was a litt'e all that he left." and | 'eter has be?n criticised, for bim?elf, re- I srring. at a later day. to the sacrifice he. rith. others, now made?"a boat, a few | et.s, dirty ar.d old. an occupation esne- ' ially laborious and in some features of it ; epellant to men of ordinarv refinement." j ras what he left, we are told. Wei)! ner- ! ars it was so: more likelv it was other- j rise. But whether the "all" were little or j luch, Peter left it; left it instantly, jitter- i r and without reeret. He transferred t imself in profoundest faith and liveliest j ratitnde to .Tesus Christ and His service I xclusivelv, forever. For Christ's sake, J he work's sake, the world's sake, he re oun^ed his former life and ambitions.' to I ive himself and all h? bad unreservedly j o Jesus Christ. And Christ welcomed, j nplauded and has abundantly rewarded j ^e sacrifice. Tt is a surrender not asked j f every disciole. but in proportion as nn\ | isciple approximates its spirit of faith i nd consecration, in that measure will he ealize his comr>letest spiritual life. It is a [ acrifice completer even than is asked of 1 very disciple called to an exclusive min- I jtry: but only to the decree that the min- ! ster of Christ can detach himself from the j forld. and its spirit of gain getting, will j is largest spiritual power and widest in- j luence be realized. Here stands Peter'? ! mble example^ of renunciation for Christ's j -i?i ? e/vrinturo ctimmnn ! clKC. U|/UU I UC [jn^v,o w* nv4?f/? ..... ng us all. from our Tain seekinir for maerial eood as the all of life; and from our lisposition to keep what we have gotten s exclusively as our own. Christ's discing belone to Christ, and all they have i? lis: whether they are called to use it all j n His more immediate service or not ^et everv servant of Jesus beware of los ng his life in the effort to save and cher- J sh it. "For what is a man profited if bf j hall gain the whole world and lost his i ?uir > Surely the incentive to such sacrifices is iot wanting in the light of Peter's subsequent career. On that later day, when the ich young ruler had stone away' sorrowing j tecause he bad great possessions* and was | herefore unwilling to make the renunria- | ion, which, in his case. Jesus had asked i o save him from the cancer of avarice, j chich was eating out his life,'Simon Peter, , fter the Lord had discoursed a little or he deceitfulnes9 and hindrance of richef | mduly loved, said. "Ln, we have left oui | ?wn and followed Thee." Whereupon j Tesus replied, "Verily I sav unto you, t here is no man that hath left bouse, or ! i^ife. or brethren, or parents, or children, j or the kingdom of God's sake, who shall j iot receive manifold more in this time, ind in the world to come eternal life, j ind has not that promise been abundant j y fulfilled in Peter's case? One think? ; iot so much of the eternal distinction that ' las come, to him in the veneration of mul- j udes who think of him as the foremost ' ipostle of the church: nor of a memorial J o his name so magnificent as that which i ears its lofty, graceful dome to the Ro- ; nan skv, hut of the unfolded fulness of his j piritu.il life as registered in bis epistles; | if the influence he has exerted unon men j rom the .Pentecost onwaru: 01 toat pecu iar effluence of helo and cheer which he :ver has exhaled through his individual leed for painful discipline and his equally riumphant realization of a purified and nnobled character, grown strong and Inxiriant out of the very soil of its manv in irmities. Surely the renunciation-of Si nnn Peter was not in vain, either for him elf or for the world. What that little ife of his might have remained to be, 01 : leteriorated to become, in its narrow Sy t ian round, if he had refused the call of j Christ, who can adequately say? But the j magined contrast between what he would ; hen have been and what he now is suf ' ices to move us to the 6wiit acceptance j >f every proposal Christ makes to us. and j he BDeedy answer to every call of His foi \ )urselves and our service, at whatevej j >resent coat that answer must be given. Keep the Law. God is never a more loving Father than yhen He insists on our keening the law 5e is never kinder to us than when bj lufTering j>ven He brinjs us to obedience ;o law. Even when JHe punishes us He le j itill our Father. But this is a thing we J ire slow to learn. As the Father of us atf ! 3e is concerned about us, and for oui ; ipiritual, moral and physical health H< I ;eaches us the Commandments and insists ! >n their being kept. For, after all what j ire the laws? They are the lines along vhich we are built. They are the condi ;ions of our being. They are the principles j >f our life. Our Father who made ue j lolds up to us the laws of our own nature, I io we must keep them, and be healthy, lappy and at peace. If we violate these ive suffer. Seelne Clirlst. When Simeon went into the Temple and ' saw the infant Christ he said, "Lord, now ettest Thou Thy servant denart in peace." IVhat was his reason? "For mine eve* lave seen Thy salvation." Aye. that is it Lo see Jesus is to see God's salvation. an<? | to see God's salvation is to be ready to | iie. and to be ready to die is to be fit to I ive.?Rev. W. Y. Fullerton. I ?heap Re icion M?;an? a Cheap Chrlgtiar "The religion which costs nothing." says an acute^ writer, "is worth exactly K'hat it costs." Every ounce of effort we put into our religion comes back to us sooner or later, in power. If we have no lower, no worth, the reason is not far to ;eek?there has been no sacrifice, no pang, 10 striving.?Pittsburg Christian Advocate Secret of Sncceag. It is impossible to get something out oJ nothing. Life has given us hard nuts tc :rack. The recognition and the adjust nent of ourselves to fact3 is the secret ot success in both material and spiritual con:erns.?Scottish Reformer. Illuminate From Within. Carve the face from within, not dress it rom without. Within lies the robing ooni, the sculptor's workshop. For whoever would be fairer, illumination must bejin in the soul; the face catches the giov* mlv from that side. ?W. C. (Jonnett. f||j|TEbJM6 s ACCEPTED OFFERINGS. C. L. GLA5VILLE. ; It was only a flower, a fair white flower. I laid at the Master's feet. But others had brought Him their golden j ; 'store From the waving fields of wheat; And ray tiny gift was so frail and small j ? I scarcely thought He would heed it at all. ' ~v I c, It was only a smile and a loving deed To a needy, suffering one, ; j And a helpless hand I lent to some , j Who were weary and undone; [ j. But I did not know that the Lord wjft i u there _ When another's burden I tried to share. ! b It was only a tear that sadly fell i tl O'er another's woe and sin, | ? And oh, how I longed of His love to tell, j J Who had died that soul to win! I Cl But I had no words that my thought wo"uld j j. frame; : n I could scarce e'en whisper the Master'* ; j: name. j w But the dear Lord smiled on my tiny gift, a And my deed of love He blest: a He bade me to seek out the wand'ring one, | w And tell of His own sweet rest. j.tl "Thou needest no message, My child," j' n said He. j < "But to tell of the love I gave to ihee." j ?London Christian, j 4 I P The Making of a Christian : Hie Birth, j e BY AMOS B. WELLS. > C .A. 4n lorn leocnna I W TIM OSVCll llIVULilO m "" ' - , on "The Making of a Christian." It is a jj topic well worth our thoughts. Most Christians are content to be like Topsy. P who "just growed." The wise man will * plan his growth, and 6ee that he is grow- C( ing in the image of Christ. I 81 The first Question we have to answer j n honestly to ourselves is this solemn one: j D "Have I been born again?" Without the | r Beeond birth no one can see the kingdom i 8< of heaven. Henry Drummond illustrates j n it thus: How does the inanimate kingdom | ? reach the animate kingdom ? The soil can- I not climb up into the corn, but the corn j< reaches down and takes the soil up into " itself. Neither can the plant kingdom n reach up into the. animal kingdom, but the S ox must reach out and take the corn and E make it a part of itself. And by the same process the ox becomes part of a njan. t] In that way the man becomes part of a the kingdom of heaven?by a new birth, n as a helpless infant, the higher kingdom w reaching down and lifting us up into it. C That is why Christ came to earth?because tl earth could never come to heaven. Tuat " is why Christ alone can tell hs how we can ti enter the spiritual life, be born again. i p It is a double process. Christ says, We ! g are to be born of water, and of the Spirit, si What did He mean? . a "Water" is the outward token of the a new birth. We are not spirits yet, we are h in bodies. We cannot wholly be born ei again without an outward act as well as j ci an inward change. That is why Christ and o His ministers insist on baptism, on join- C ing the church, on the fulfillment in the u world of the outward duties of a Christian, a To be sure, as Christ said, "the kingdom of heaven is within," but if it is truly 41 within it will show itself on the outside, d No one ctfn truly give himself to the high- jj er life and not be eager to be baptized, to ti join the church, to manifest his new joy a in every outward way. ; 0 But the new birth is also "of the Spirit." | It is mysterious, as mysterious as the night I fll wind that Nicodemus heard ''moaning I ^ along the narrow streets of Jerusalem. I v But it is certain, as the wind is. No one ! j5 that is born again will be unconscious of r it or doubt it. v For it will transform Irs entire life, as j the wonderful light in Goethe's lovely tale, j placed inside the fisherman's hut, gradu- ^ ally transformed its logs and boards to I j gleaming silver and changed all its ugli- j ^ ness to beauty. _ j Is oura this transformed life? Has the Spirit of God lifted us up, "out of our frets ^ into His peace, out of our weakness into c His power, out of our sins into His purity, * out of our shame into His srlory. or are we v 6till living "to the flesh?" Not for an hour longer need we go on in the lower . life, for the glad new birth is to be had for the asking.?Sabbath Reading. ' God Heard Their Prayer*. J Miss J. Wilkins tells of a converted | q Hindu who believed that God would hear 0 the prayer of His children if they prayed j( in faith. She writes: "I should have liked 8 some of my many intercessors to have t heard the story of one of our leaders with rj regard to the threatened drought of las't 1 month. I had suggested that a Monday be j t observed as a day of fasting and prayer j. for rain. This old man went back to his y country home and started the day going f, from village to village with a gong, and after assembling the inhabitants a$ked them ^ if they wanted rain" to kneeJ together fi while he p'.eaded with the God of heaven i to give them their request. The people | v were all raw heathen, but almost without J exception, he told me. they willingly came 1 out and did as he directed. He arrived ! home faint and weary late in the day, and j his housekeeper, an old aunt, had prepared I gruel, but he felt he could not take it lest j ? he should break faith. The next, day a j hot, dry wind blew and after breakfast he j ! started in another direction. The unprom- 1 ? ieifjff wind made the peoDle ridicule, but oil ,rww;V.,? i.M + V, will in er. ! e JUC Iit.ua vii an vie*, j, HUN ? ?"? r ness to pray in some. On the Wednesday ' he started another round, but before night , he had to return owing to the heavy ra.in. As he passed each village in the soaking rain and quite wet through, the people all * came out calling.out?'God has beard your prayer?He is good?the gospel hall people bave much merit.*" . ' /? 0 r Betrin With Little Thin^P. { It is God's plan to begin with little ! n things, with weak things, and even b"ad things, and to develop out of these things \ greatness and' strength and glory. The T world begins in chaos, the oak begins in ) the acorn, and the river begins in the tiny t spring, or rather, in the thin vapor float- j ing in the upper air. Mentally, morally t. and spiritually the human race began as a j little child, and every new member of the ; -y race has to begin at the beginning again, j f us a little child. <v Character BuilJintr. ' -v Character building is lil>e cathedral ' Duilding?a gradual process. No Christian c is born full grown, else there would be no i sense in divine injunctions to "'grow in c grace" and to "press toward the 30a] of the high calling of God in Christ Jesua." \ Pride Canaes T?orrr. The greater half of our worries, certainly the most irritating ball, comes from our . pride. Care hath many wive?; but I think j ,, conceit hath borne him the most children, 1 and these the most greedy and unruly of | 0 them all. To humble ourselves is to be rid j v of many of oar heaviest burdens.?Mark j Uuy Pearse. i 1 )( Pleasant Duties Easy. It is easy to do our duty as long as it i 0 pleasant, but it is the duties which run | a against our inclinations and thwart our de- n sires which work out the most good to us E when we obey them.?Rev. Joseph Vick- a "T. ti I ? v\ e: Celluloid Comb Killed Child. *! A celluloid hair comb and a lighted tnatch made a combination that resulted in the death of four-year-old Viola Szurski, of No. 4746 Stiles street, Frankford, Pa. The child, who had been left alone in the house with two smaller children, was B showing how she could hold a comb in her c mouth, place a lighted match between her 0 teeth and allow it to burn until it extin- t fcuished itself. When the flames came in B contact with the celluloid an explosion followed. The child's hair and clothing were ignited, and before she could reach aid she had been burned so badly that she p died a few hours later in the fvankford L. Hospital. : i-VH I P BE SUNDAY SCHOOL', ^JTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FE3RUARY 12. - J ul)j?ct: Tlie Second Miracle in Cana, | John It., 43-54?Golden Text, John v., 1 36?Memory Verse*, 49-51? Commentary ou the Hay's Lesion. I. Jesus received as a prophet (vs. 435). 43. "After two days." The two ays mentioned in verse 40. "Galilee." J 'he centre of life and activity in Palestine 1 t that time. It contained 3,000.000 of peo- 1 lc. There was a large foreign population, 1 nd the Jews were more ready to receive J he gospel than in the south. 44. . '"His wn country." It would seem that at this < ime Jesus regarded Jerusalem and Juea, in ^ very important sense, as "His ountry," not siimjly His birthplace, but 1 he place of His Father's house and king- ( om, it being the metropolis of the Jews. 1 "hey had already manifested hostile feel- { igs toward Him, and therefore He turned lis footsteps northward (John 3:25). This roverb which Jesus here uttered He re- j eatcd at Nazareth and was there rejected \ y His own kinsmen. His "own country," hen, meant Nazareth, where He had , rown up. Head Luke 4:24; Mark 6:2: m - ->t , vi ,yj *t?1_ . 1 latt. 13:0/. 40. liuo uaniee. j.ne ountry of Galilee. He had accomplished lis journey from Judea. His stop in Salaria was for two days only. "Received lira." This does not mean that none rented Him. but where He went He was relcomed. His first miracle there, nearly year before, was still in their memory, nd it was only a few weeks after that hen those same countrymen met Him at he Pass6ver, and there witnessed other ' liracles and a display of His authority in ^ leansing^he temple. II. Tne nobleman's request (vs. 40, 47). \ 8. "Again into Cana." Where His disci* | les witnessed the first display of His powr, and where their faith in Him as the ( Icssiah was confirmed. Very likely He , ras again entertained in the home of Na- ( hanael. "A certain nobleman." Literally ^ one belonging to the king." Herod Anti- ] as was king at this time and this man < ras probably some high officer of Herod's 1 Durt. Some think he was Chuza, Herod's ( teward or chamberlain, whose wife, Joan- ] a, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8:3). The j nraculous healing of the nobleman's son ] esembles the healing of the centurion's ;rvant (Matt. 8:5 and Luke 7:1), but < lust not be confounded with it. "Son was 1 ick." Very sick with a fever (v. 52). 1 Hsease and death come alike to high and j >w. There is misery in jpalaces as well as t 1 hovels. "Capernaum. A city on the ] orthweet coast of the sea of Galilee. < oon after this Jesus made Capernaum 1 [is home. ' ' 1 An "1T-1 IT_ U- J l> T).?l -U1.. i/. v> xit'il lie iicaiu. xi.vua.uxy trough the reports of those who had been t the Passover, if he had not himself witessed the miracles there. Capernaum , ras not more than twenty miles from !ana, and the news would quickly spread j bat Jesus was again come to Galilee. , Went unto?besought."' Here we see his j snder affection for his son; he spared no ^ ains to get help for him. We also &ee his reat respect for our Lord; he came him- ( ?lf, when he might have sent a servant, nd he besought Him. when, as a man in ( uthoritv, some would think he might ? ave ordered His attendance. The grcatst men, when they come to God, must beome beggars. "Point of death." Times 1 f sorrow and deepest need lead us to hrist. When ^o earthly power can aid ] s we turn to the One who has all power j nd love. III. Jesus demands faith (vs. 4S-50). 8. "Except ye see." Not only did they < emand miracles, but mitacles performed j 1 a striking manner. How totally unlike i he Samaritans, from whom our Lord had i d lately come, who embraced the divinity f His teachings without demanding won era. This nobleman came purely ab- ; orbed in his^ying eon, anxious for the odily miracle, but thoughtless of the di- i ine claims of the Saviour of sinners. It s this selfishness of spirit that Jesus now ebukes. The words of this verse are, as it i fere, an ejaculation, a thinking aloud of esus. He sees that to awaken this man fe must m6re than heal his son: He must o that sign add an additional wonder. : le must so heal him as to arouse the man 1 o reflection. $9. "Qome down," etc. 'hie discussion of faith was as loss of time o him. He cannot stop to answer the re- < uke, to argue the case or to defend his < haracter. It is his son alone that fills his i houghts. But his earnestness shows a beef in Christ's power which will soon ause him to acknowledge his child's. Saiour as divine. 50. "Go thy way." This would be a : ' reat test to the man's faith, but he was eady for it. "Thy son liveth." The healag is granted, but without Jesus leaving < !ana. Until now the father, had believed n the testimony of others. Now his faith 1 3 to rest on a better support?on the per- i onal contact which he had just had with he Lord Himself. "The man believed." 'his is an instance of the power of Jesus o convince the mind; to soothe doubts; o confirm faith, and to meet our desires. I lad our Lord gone with him, as he i rished, his unbelief could not have been ally removed. God always bestows His ifts in t^at way in which His glory is best romoted and our eternal interest secured. The word?spoken." Before this he had elieved in Christ's power to heal, now he elieves in His word and acts accordingly. i IV. Faith rewarded (vs. 51-54). 5). Going down." From Cana to Caper- i aum. "Met him." "While the father i >ras descending the hillsides with trust and ] eace. they were ascending them with glp.d ] ews." Thv son liveth." Meaninc the ame that .Jesus meant when He used the i amc words?that he would recover from * his sickness, with the 'prospect of length- ] ned life. 52. "Then eno.uired he." His aith was rewarded. He had believed the rord and received its fulfillment. It was lis delight to consider the works of God, nd to note the beauty and harmony beween His word and His work. "At the j eventh hour.*' Definite time, definite j fork". This was either 1 o'clock p. m., ac- . ording to the Jewish reckoning, or 7 ( 'clock p. m.. according to one Homan j eckoning. The latter explains best why ', he nobleman did not co home the same , light. j 53. "The father knew." Everything ( pas clear to his understanding. It was ( rhile he was beseeching the Saviour that , lis prayer was answered, though at the , ime he knew it not. Mortals can teil J nore of what they have experienced than j hey can claim by faith. The diligent com- j >aring of the works of Christ with Hi? , rords will be of great use to confirm onr , aith. As the word of God. well studied, rill help us to understand His providence.1-, o the providence of God, well observed, , rill help us to understand His word. 'Himself?whole house." Believed in the livine claims of Jesus. This is the earliest hention of "household .faith." 54. "Secmd miracle.'' Not the second miiac^e ' Tesus had wrought (chap. 3:2: v. 45); but 1 be second in Galilee. 1 i A CaU With No Foreleg*. On May 26 a heifer calf was born <vn irm a short distance from Louisiana, Mr.., hat was a perfect animal, save the absents f the two forelegs. The shoulder blades ' ;ere perfect and the skin was unbroken .here the two legs should have been. Two i t ays later a steer calf was born on an ad- < siriing farm, identical with tlie other, ,'ith the exception that on the leit side a mall leg extended to the knee; the rest ] nly a single bone, bent back to the body, , nd on the end was what appeared to be a ail. something similar to a finger nail. >oth calves were strong and hardy, and re so to-day. having good, healthy appe- ' ites, and are making an averaee of growth. . "hey are. of course, being fed by hand ith a bottle, and aje growing strong J nough to throw themselves forward to Dme extent upon their two hind legs. < )oubtlesg in time they will learn to nuvi? | i ate a# does the kangaroo. A Sleepless Man. .Antonio Cuez. of Padrella, Portugal, did lot sleep for three months. No doctors ould cure him. and the moat powerful piates had no effect. He drove mules in he daytime and acted as watchman at Light. , Old Hand Engine. The Moyaraensing Hook and Ladder ompony, of Chester, Pa., haB a hand enme that is nearly 100 years olcf. . i CHE GEEAT DESTROYER >OME STARTLING FACTS ABOU1 'THE? VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. lailoeii Men Find It Does Not Pay * Drink?Men in Mercantile or Profes lonnl Life Cat It Out M a Matter o Policy. The vote of the Prohibition party in th ecent election fell off perceptibly, which ;o the careless observer, would indicat .hat the cause of temperance in the Uni ;ed States has not advanced during th )ast four years. But a prominent Ne\ Worker, in speaking on the subject th >ther day, took another view. "Temperance aa a moral issue," he said 'riay not be making vast strides, but whei t comes tc considering the number of noc Irinking men of to-day in comparison wit] ;hat of five or ten years ago there is n loubt that it has increased wonderfully Men to-day do not drink as they did a fe^ rears ago, but it is not a result of temper ince lectures, W. C. T. U. harangues o Prohibition proselyting by any means What is it, then? I'll tell you. "A man has to be pretty swift these day to keep up with the procession. inc nove swiftly. If your eyes are not wia 3pen and your wits at their sharpest yo ire liable to lose a trick here ?nd ther that will put you completely out of th ;ame. You can't be brilliant one day an then 'lay off' the next, taking up the hus Lie again on the third day. You've got t t>e there all the time, or while you ar lursing a katzenjammer the other felloi 8 liable to step in. and take away th joods. "Now, the men have found this out in :aken a lesson from it. They don't trans ict business over the bar any more, an the tendency is to cut out the liquor er :irely. "A friend of mine, an actor,.had just b? :ome a prou^ father. He invited a few c as to join him at lunch to celebrate th ;vent. We eat down at a bite table i the cafe o? one of the prominent up-tow hotels, and the proud papa gave the ordei Bring a magnum of champagne/ he tol :he waiter, after sizing up the crowd, som if whom ne had not seen for some tim< But with one exception that bunch eai in chorus, 'Not for mine?no wine, n booze; just plain ginger ale!' c"Now in^ the aggregation of wine spun :rs were the following: A song publiehei ;wo eong writers, a playwright, four actori two newspaper men, a theatrical manage ind a ticket speculator. How is that ic i 'water wagon' crowd? Doesn't soun natural, does it? Yet it's true that nc 3ne of them allows himself to touch a dro to-day of anything, and hasn't for moi than a year."?New York World. Temperance In Hi> Will. James Callahan,! of Des Moines, iowj who paid more taxes than any other fiv Iowa men, disposed of $3,000,000 in his wi in such a way that no user of liquor, mo; phine or any other drug can benefit froi bis wealth in any way. Mr. Callaha preached the evils of intemperance fc three score years and ten, and ne preache them in his will also. In addition to direct bequests for th ?auBe of temperance, Mr. Callahan dii posed of nearJv $2,000,000 to his relativei most of them New Yorkers, in such a wa that none of them who uses liquor ca touch a cent of it. He made a bequest of $50,000 to found home for drunkards' wives and to provid for the families of drunkards, but ne pr< vided especially that not one cent of ti 1 .11 *L _ J x ? T H?. xL. money snouiu De usea to oeneni xae use] jf liquor or the drunken husbands. j 520,000 btquest for the Home for the Age was protected against drunkards in tb same way. "My idea is," said Mr. Callahan in h will, "that if a person will spend hi money in the use oi such filthy and useles drugs so that he has not enough left 1 support him in his old age he must su?F<= the conscquenees." The bequest is made on the further coi dition that the Home for the Aged "eha pass within six months an amendment 1 the articles of incorporation not to knov ingly admit any person to the home wh for the past ten years prior to the time < his application for admission has been c is in the habit of using morphine or an other drug or drinking habitually or to e: cess any intoxicating liquor or drinks, an on the further condition never to alio such persons within the institution " Decline ol Drunkennen. According to Lecky. in his "History < European Morals," "the virtue of veracit attains its hiehesfc development amon commercial nations." It is also becaus we are growing greater in business lin< ihat .there is less drunkenness at Chris mas as well as more truthfulness all tl: time? A long memory is not needed to r call a prevalence of yuletide indulgence i strong drink which now appears lackini Hohdav drinking was an inheritance froi Anglo-Sa^on ancestors. But where are no the egg-nogg and mulled wine of tb Christmases of yesteryear? The moder sideboard is conspicuous for their absenc and the saloon trade has fallen off. Tl reeling round of New Year'6 calls is thing of the past, Ladv Falmouth has been saying in En] land that she was struck during her recer visit to the United States by the highe standard of sobriety prevailing here. SI: found a "total absence of the poor, drinl sodden-looking beings too frequently see in England." Bookmakers report a su| gestive decrease . of drunkenness at th race tracks. HIt doesn't pay and it is dangerous, says the bookmaker. . The clerk and h: employer find it so and abstain. And tli practical gain is to be commended whethf the cause is self-interest or a higher spiri ual motive. Wha^Spell Failure. Here is a word to young men from man now far advanced in life, who wa for many years the president of a raiiroa ind leader in the commercial interests tha centre in New York: "Failure spring from the indifference of young men to th details of their work, and their desire t irrasp success before they have earned th right to its possession. Success may t explained in a few words; failure is s complex and has so many causes that i! definition is difficult. Dishonesty, intenr perance, lack of industry spell failure. A good way to learn of success or of fai lire is to study the careers of the men wh have achieved one or the other. Whe such a man speaks out of his heart, hi word is testimony to be heeded bv th generation standing on the threshold c the activities and possibilities of life.?Ej ivorth Herald, Texts For a Timely Sermon. Neither saloonkeepers nor any othe uoay oi men., it matters not in wnai diis Dess they are engaged, can persistently ai ray themselves in antagonism to the la1 without. arousing a dangerous public sent ment.?Chronicle, Houston, Texas. Tiie Crasade in Brief. Thirty-five saloons have teen refuse licenses at Dawson, in the Klondike. The fith that will nibble is sure to ge ?a ught. and the boy that will tipple wi ?nd as a sot.?United Presbyterian. Any one who attempts to manage an ai tomobile while under the influence c liquor should be treated as a criminal an punished summarily. You put rum amonp your idea? and th way they hurry out is" like mad hornet with their nests afire, and it will kill a the ideas in time if you keep it up. Thes little' mental children won t *t.and liquo long, and you may depend en that. It must be remembered that every iin y! temperance legislation to-day in Amei ica, with perhaps the exception of on State, is non-partisan legislation, and th :r> m o ic nf itc onfnrnomonf Colonel John Sobieski, of Los Angeles (be direct descendant of King John III. c Poland, the gTeat warrior and statesma of that country, a veteran oi the Civ; War. is an implacable foe td liquor, an spends most oi his time in temperanc work. It has been a custom in Germany to giv i "beer pause"' in the afternoon to afloi workingmen to get their drinks, and i many establishments the beer was sup phea. This is being discontinued, and i some factories tea and coffee are bein substituted for beer. SUFFERED m CURED B M. ,A ^rmj d 0 A PLAl^ TALK 0 j On a Plain Subject in *> Plain Language. *? / ??? ,r The coming winter will cause at least d one-half of the women to have catarrh, colds, coughs, pneumonia or consumption, p Thousands of women will lose their lives e and tens of thousands will acquire some enrornc tujuicu I uuiu nuwa KEEP they will never recover. PERUNA Unless you take the nec15 THE essary precautions, the | li HOUSE. chances are that you (who L??read this) will be one of 11 the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk r* need be run if Peruna i? kept in the house n and at the first appearance of any sympn torn of catarrh taken as directed on tne bottle. a Peruna is a safeguard, a preventative, a specific, a cure for ail cases of catarrh, l? acute and chronic, coughs, colds, consump5* tion, etc. 8? For free medical advice, address Dr. S. y B. Hartman. President of The Hartman a Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. e Fixing the Age of an E;r. j. A simple method by which the freshf ness of an egg can be tested is based ^ upon tbe fact that tbe air chamber at d tbe flat end of tbe egg increases in e size with tbe age of tbe egg. A fresb .' egg lies in a horizontal position at tbe i# bottom of a vessel containing a salt >s solution. At the expiration of from three to five'days, there Is noticed an :r inclination upward of twenty degrees i- at the flat ' When the egg is two H weeks old\iv a "-aes an angle of sixty ? degrees. A mv. .ih old egg floats verl0 tically.?>*ew York Press. i )f lr An Olil ClocV. y s. The oldest working clock in (Jreat J -x I'ntha. u Jimain is iuui uj. rciciuuiuugu w dral, which dates from 13'JO, and is conceded to nave been made by a monastic elockmaker. It is the only >f one now known that is wound up over 7 an old wooden wheel. This is some twelve feet in circumference, carrying >8 a galvanized cable about 300 feet in t* length, with a leaden weight of about J,? three hundredweight. The cable has n to be wound up daily. The gong is g. the great tenor bell of the Cathedral, M which weighs., thirty-two huridrcdie weight, and is struck hourly by an n eighty-pound hammer. The gong and :e striking parts of the clock are some '? rardS apart, communication being by s slender wire. The clock Is not htted R- with a dial, but the time is indicated on the main wheel of the escapement, ie | which goes round ouce in two hours. <- ! This clock is of most primitive design, R more so than the famous one made lor Charles V. of France by Henry de Nick. 99 J ______________ is Kailroading in Japan. \e Japan has 423ti miles of railway, of which LMO miles were constructed in 1903. The number of passengers carried on these railways in 1903 was 110,000.000, the freight transported * was lt>,12L\G71 metric tons and the d cash receipts amounted to about $23.it yoo,ooo. '\ [9 , e Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That Contain Mercury,! |e mercury will surely destroy the sense o! ? smell and completely derange the whole systern when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Sucharticlesshould never be used >> except on prescriptions from reputable phy. siclans, as the damage they will do Is ten fold r" to the good you can possibly derive from 0 them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured n by ?. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains IS do mercury, and is taken internally, acting e( directly upon the bloodand^mucous surfaces ofthesystem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure }" be sure" you get the genuine. It lb taken internally, ana made in Toledo, Otilo, by Jb\ J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free. 3oid by Druggists; price, 76c. per bottle. ;r Take Hall's Family Pills for conatiuaSioS. ir Genu Day. f ? The State of Utah has established l* a holiday in honor of germs. It is called General Health Day and Is tbe first Monday in October. On tbls day d all theatres, churches, public halls, hotels, boarding houses, etc., must be ;t thoroughly disinfected. I BIST FOR d e blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, i pains after eating, liver trouble, callow skin a: regularly you are sick. Constipation Uillc mcu e , starts chronic ailments and lone; years of suffc N C ASCARET3 today, for yoe will never get w n 3 right Take ouv advicc, start v/ith Caacareti 1 money refunded. The genuine tabiet atacap* |^Jta^^^?rec^A^c?^Stcr^^Remedy Cornj ;j M CATARWH OF LUNCg SO COMMON III WINTER. Y PE-RU-NA. A COLD ON THE LUNGS THREATENS ;4 TO BECOME SERIOUS. Pe-ru-na Brings Speedy Relief. Mrs. II. E. Adams, ex-President Tat. - "i metto Club, of New Orleans., La., write* from 110 Garfield Court, South Bend, Ind., as follows: "lam pleased to endorse Pemin as I took it about a year ago and it y* ioon brought me relief from a cold. . -r, an my'lungs which threatened to be serious. y\fym ''The lungs were sore and inflaiped. I coughed a couple of hours every night, and . \.53 I felt that something must be done before my lungs became affected. "Peruna was suggested by some* of my friends who had used it, and acting upoa. cheir advice I tried it and found that it .:||| was able to bring about a speedy cure. . ,|gw You have my highest endorsement and < , thanks for the good it did me." Sounling the Praises of Peruna.. Mrs. Frances Wilson, 33 Nelson St, ; Clinton, Mass., writes: ' "-.'jnM "Had yon seen me at the time of my iiU . * ness and now, you would not wonder that - '-iSs I take delight in sounding the praises of Peruna. o Hmonf xraa n epvere cold which it* tackei tiie bronchial tubes and lungs. 'I followed your special direction* a nd after using six bottles ofPeruna, J was on my feet again. I think Peruna a wonderful -medicine." *Pri?on of 10,000." , Tbe Prison of Ten Thousand is tbe name given by tbe wandering Arabs *| of the district across Jordan to the fortress monastery of Mar Saba, on -'M tbe Dead Sea. Not many years ag? tbere were actually 10,000 monks lir- . ' ^ Ing in this grim and mournful retreat, '*|g and even to-day there are more than v.'|i 1000 left. The monastery is one of -fj the oldest in the world, having been , | founded some 1*300 years ago by Eutbymius, and the monks pass their Uvea * in everlasting penance. No woman Is permitted to come within Mar Saba. Farming on a gigantic scale is to be carried on ~aj the Boer colony in Santa Rosalia, Mexico, which has recently obtained possession of 80,000 acres o* land in Chihuahua. nmhihitpil ( OUJ&lC rj cgiaocco vthe German Arruy. N. Y.?li FITSpermanentlj^cured. No fits or nervous* I ness after first day'9 use of Dr. Kline's Great j NerveRestorer,!|:ttrial bottleand treatise fre# [ Dr.B.H Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch8t.,Phlla.-, P* j Bonaparte's house in St. Helena is now abarn. t The Ideal Outinc Place. The soil of Lakewood, which con?ist? mainly of porous sand and gravel, besides ?, rendering the air delightfully dry and healthful, makes it possible by furnishing j? an almost perfect system of natural drainage, to keep the roads in and around the town in unsurpassed condition. Delightful I drives lead, to Point Pleasant, ten miles distant, Toms River and the Deserted River of Allaire. In another direction is a drive to Pine Park which is .excelled by few places in attractiveness. The multitudes of walks and rambles also have careful attention. Dry and well kept grlvel walks, with rustic bridges and. resti?< placcs at frequent intervals^ skirt the borders of Lake Carasaljo, anc the circuit of the lake is one of the most charming walk* n. n'u- f?? in uie vicinity, x uc uiau^ lavuuics iu*. outdoor sports and recreations, together * with its mild and pleasant winter climate.have made Lake wood justly popular. interesting descriptive booklet on Lake wood, containing .inrormation as to rates and accommodations at the numerous hotels and boarding houses", has bee* ^ published by the Central Railroad of New JerRey, and may be had for- the asking. Write to C. 3i. Burt, General Passenger Agerff, 143 Liberty St., New York Cftv. Since 185S the population of Scotland hatf increr.^ed fifty-two per cent. 'ST FREEH Erem?r>3 Mu-relouc D npetk?Ja Powder kllli I>jr?p?pA?, IboiecMioo. Cauurb naeVwv. k\ Palpitation, File* ud all (Jcraagcmeau of Uie Stojunru. Liver and Nenroui 8jhm*. bests morUllOK In I be worUL Writ*. cbcludsgiumjt. . 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