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THE PULIPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. DR,'JOHN LOVE. J8. Subject: The Mystic stone. 'Asbury Park, N. J.-The Rev. Dr. John 1ove. Jr.. preached on "The Mys tic Stone and the Broken Image" in the First Baptist Church here. He took as his text David ii:34: "A stone cut out ,without hands which smote, the im age." Dr. Love said: In the poem called "Giles Corey" the great author has said: "Do you believe -in dreams? Why, yes and no. Whien they come true. then I believe in them. 1when they come false I don't believe n them." This is doubtless a fair ex pression of our own feelings concern ing these mysterious visitors in our un conscious hours. Whatever harmony there may be between them and events ;which thereafter transpire we can never be sure at the time that they are prophetic. In the Old Testament economy, how ever. dreams were a recognized method of divine communication with map kind. Not only were Abimeloch and Jacob, Joseph and Solomon thus ad dressed from heaven, but the prophets 'received revelations in and through them, designed for the warning, the comfort and the instruction of the race. - Few dreams narrated in sacred writ are of such profound interest as the one of which our text makes mention. In the second year of his reign "Nebu chadnezzar. the king of Babylon. dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit was troubled and his sleep brake from him." So profound was the impression made upon hiim. so agitated his mind on awakening. that he commanded the presence of magicians. astrologers and sorcerers, who 7:ere supposed to pos sess the powers of interpretation. The dream of the king had, however, so far gone from him when the wise men en tered into his presence that he could give them no hint of its nature. Not even the bare outline remained, only the sense of terror and the fear of im pending ill. With the cru.elty peculiar to- himself he demanded that they should at once reproduce the dream by their mystic arts and give the correct interpretation. Protest was in vain. and in the heat of his passion he voiced the decree of death on all the wise men of the kingdom. Daniel, the prophet, captive at the time. in Babylon. learning of the mani festo of the king. petitioned for an ex tension of time and promised the sought for interpretation. It was an awful crisis. but from the quartet of Daniel and his three companions went up a cry that reached the very heart of God and won the secret that nullified an infaious decree. Within the ap pointed time the prophet is ready for the presence chamber of the king.. An ambassador from heaven, he brings in clear outline. by his vivid description. the mystical image which had dis turbed the slumbers of Nebuchadnez zar, and then interprets its significance as may be traced in the second chapter of the book of Daniel, verses 31 to 30. By the "head of gold" was represented the kingdom of Babylon, the domain of Nebuchadnezzar for forty-tive years. The -breast and arms of silver" signi fied the kingdom in which the Medes and Persians held sway, and was known as the Medo-Persian reign, in a-ugurated by Darius, the Mede. and Cyrus, the Persian, between whom an alliance had been formed. The third kingdom represented by the "belly and thighs of brass" was the Grecian. founded by Alexander the Great on his victory over the last of the Persian em perors, The joy of his conquest, how ever, was mingled with sadness, for, boasting that he had conquered the world, he sat down and wept because "there was not another world to con quer." The fourth kingdom symbolized, in the image, by "the legs and feet of iron," is commonly believed to be the Roman kingdom. Toward its close it became weak and disintegrated, branch ing out into te~n kingdoms, represented by the ten toes of the image. It could hardly be shown by an appeal to his tory how exactly all the events and the succession gf events, symbolized in the spectra! image came to pass, but we concentrate our attention on the sig nificance of the "mystic stone," which by some'unseen "gency and in some unaccountable manner was seen to be detached from the mountain near by ~dto smite the image upon the feet, eking into pieces the iron and the of which they- were composed. was this all, for the stone which asmitten the image seemed to be sco a vast mountain which filled the whlole earth. That the reference is to te ki gdom of the Messiah and a 'vid pro hecy of its power and growth there can' be no doubt, and yet the vision and ts interpretation date back to 60G B. There is to be noticed, first, the assurance of the establish ment of a divine kingdom in the world. Not only have eye the symbolism of the mystic~ stone, but the definite language of prophecy, for in his memorable in terview with the king, Daniel declared "In the days of timese kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdoin which shall never be destroyed." Similar and confirmative prophecies might easily .be culled from the sacred record. Many empires in the world have owed their origin, or at least their eminence, to successes in war. Britain owes its prestige to Waterloo, Germany to Sedan, the United States to Gettysburg, Japan to Mukden. Power has been * purchased at the point of the sword and sustained often through tyranny and cruelty. The strength of the pow ers of nations has been guaged by the roster of their armies arid navies. Ar senals, fleets and military stores have been their pride ai boast. Not so with the kingdony whose design, code and symbols date from all eternity. It is spiritual atnd not martial. It hath weapons tbfore which strongholds crumble, idut they are not carnal. It 'ns triumaphs, bui on silent, bloodless c'lds. Not in the catalogue of does this kingdom claim a lone it stands. without peer ox rt. It bears the name anc sway of the Omnipotent. It ot to enter into conflict with ex g overnment, It was to be de tional. not political. The cross was o be its sacred symbol, not a crown. Its laws were to be transcribed not ir ponderous stat-ute books, not in legisla tive enactments, hut in that precioas book whose very name even has be come an inspiration and a benediction -the Bible. Throughout the Scriptures is set forth in terms unmistakable the .divine character of the new kingdom and when at length the Messiah had entered upon His holy mission He dis appnointed the common expectation i His announcement, "My kin~:dom i not of this world.'' Again arm aain might He have assumed the symbols of royalty and won an enthusiastic follow-. ing Indeed, Hie was compelled to re sist the passionate ardor of the people at times, who longed fo:- a crowned head and a deliverer. Persistent was His em'phasis upon spiritual truth. He demanded a piety not internreate by long neve~rs and Ionger robes, but by surrender and loy alty to God. "No relizion but that of Christ has disclosed the innermost na ture of God, none but this has laid bare in its peculiar centre point the moral nature of man." Man fallen and dishonored was driven from "Para dise Lost." The grand design of the Kin-dom of Christ is to bring him into such fellowship with God as thr.t he may be an heir of "Paradise Regained.' At Athens were two temples. "a temple of Virtue and a temple of Honor." Only throug:h the former could the lat ter be entered. Only through the invisible Kingdom of God on earth-the "Kingdom of Grace"-can we hnope fof' admission at length into the -Kingdom of the Re deemed"-thc "Temple of Glory." The subjects of this empire must be in harmony with and breathe the spirit of the King. We are reminded sec lndly of the small beginnings of the Kingdom of the Messiah. The "stone cut out of the mountain without hands" was diminutive at first as compared with its subsequent ap pearance. This is indeed the law of nature. The trees which fill our for ests were once but tender saplings-the men of the next generation are to-day but weakly children. Christianity was indeed complete at the beginning. From its very nature it must have been. An imperfect system would have been a witness against itself. In all these nineteen centuries not a single principle of truth has been added. It was Christ's gift to the world. A mine to be worked-a very bonanza. A sys tem to be studied-a very thesaurus of truth. Christ in His doctrine was its teacher. In His matchless character its grand exponent. Each Christian is a matriculate in the preparatory school and when the term time of life shall end will receive a certificate into the University of Heaven. Laws are being constantly changed in order that they may be adapted to the varying condi tions of mankind. Amendments to the Constitution have been added one by one. Statutes are subject to frequent revision. Provisions that have proved injudicious have been struck out. Nec 2ssary modifications and additions have often been made. Can anything be added to the system of religion which Tesus introduced into the world? Has the "*Sermon on The Mount" ever beeni improved? Can it be? As well at tempt to add to the radiance of the midday sun or the maiesty of the heav ing ocean. The necessity of change would imply weakness, crudeness, im perfect knowledge. "I am the-Lord. I change not." and Christianity is the creed of Jehovah-the system of Him who said, "I am the truth." Who shall say that ChristiaLity can ever need modification? To what age of the world, to what nation, to what government, to what human conditions has it not been adapted? Still. in its beginning, it seemed of small and weak proportions. From a human standpoint, what could appear more uncompromising? It seemed like a Lilliput arraying itself against a host of giants. We are so constituted that we look for causes which shall seem adequate to given effects. Who in the first century could have conceived as ever possible the scenes which in these lattcr days greet our eyes and the facts which thrust themselves upon our attention? Christ Himself was a poor and obscure Naza rene peasant, without prestige or im mediate pedigree of note. His disciples were, with few exceptions, lacking in culture and of but limited influence. The new -religion had in it nothing to win the opulent or the influential. It ministered not to the caprices of men, but combatted their strongest preju dices. It brought not "peace, but a sword." Judged by ordinary stand ards, it seemed doomed to failure. We need not Turn to the grand treatises of the Butlers, the Paleys, the Dwights. resistless as their arguments seem; the sublime history of Christianity during these nineteen centuries offers a might ier and more eloquent plea for its di vine origin and character, a perfect Gibraltar. against wich all the shiafts of infidelity seem but paper pellets. But as we turn again to the inspired narrative of the dream of the Baby lonian king, we read that after the image was smitten and the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver and the gold were broken in pieces, becoming like the chaff of the summer threshing :door, the stone 'which destroyed the imnage became a great mountain and :illed the whole earth. Thus in mystic symbolism was the truth revealed that the kingdom, which at length Jehovah should set up, was destined to universal prevalence. Nor are we limited in this view to the lan guage of symbols. "Ask of Me and I will give thee the heathen for thine in heritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." "The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." Thus David and Isaiah, peering through the perspective o5 coming years, beheld the wondrous ascendency of the kingdom of Immanuel. What appeared to these prophets of the olden time in vision appears. to us translated into history, glorious with the grand achievements Christianity has wrought. Magnificent victories have followed its banners. TerritCry after territory has been added to its dominions. Despite the opposition which its representa tives have met, the fiery persscutions not limited jo 'the perio'd 'of its introl duction. but blighting the records of ten centuries, and. indeed, times long~ after the "'dark ages," its growth has been phenomenal; aye, more than that, divine. Palestine has become _the moral centre of the world. The prayez which Jesus has taught, "Thy kingdom come," is being graciously answered. .udging from the history of Christian ity and reasoning from analogy, had wt not the promises of the Sacred Word, we should be compelled to anticipat( the ultimate triumphs of 'The Re deemer's cause." Followed by a Lioness. While a lady and gentleman were proceeding by rick-sha from ,Salisbury to Ardbennie on a recent Sunday eveing they were considerably alarmed by seeing, soon after cross ing the railway, a lioness cross their path some twenty-five yards ahead of them. Being taken so much by surprise, they failed to check the boys. and pro ceeded on their .iourney. Shortly af terward they found the beast about ten yards in the hush on one side ol them, and she proceeded thus for over a mile and a half. Fortunately, owing to the dirty and slippery condition of the roads, the boys' attention was confined to their work of impelling the vehicle in their charge, and they id not perceive the lioncss. It was thought that the very bright light which the boys we-re carrying kept the animal at a safe distance. South Africa. ENCOURAGING. - "Are' you musical?" "Niope: go ahead and play. I don't know one note from another." THE SUNDAY SCHOOI INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 14. Subject: Iesus Prays For H Followerai John xvii.. 15-26-Golden Text. Joh xvi., 9-Memory Verses, 20, 21-Com. mentary on the Day's Lesson. I. Christ's prayer that His apostles may be kept from evil (vs. 15, I;). 15. "I pray not," etc. He would not have them with Him yet, nor would He have -them escape from the active, tempting world. "From the evil one (R. V.) The devil. Christ prays that they may be delivered from the decep tion and power of Satan. 16. "Not of the world." They do not partake of its spirit or follow in the wake of its ungodly practices. "Even as," etc. Christ's true followers par take of His nature and are led and con trolled by Him. They are born of God. II. A prayer that they may be sancti fled (vs. 17-19). 17. "Sanctify them." 3 The idea at the root of the word ren dered "sanctify" is separation. It is opposed not to what is impure, but to what is common, and is constantly used In the Greek of the Old Testa ment for the consecration of persons and things to the service of God. "Through thy truth." "In the truth." R. V. The "truth." the sum of the Christian revelation. "the word of God." at once embodied in Christ and spoken by Him. is (as it were) the ele nient into which the believer is intro duced, and by which he is changed. What the eleven needed above all things was a profounder apprehension of Christian truth, and a holier charac ter. 18. "Hast sent MNe." To redeem and save the world. "I also sent them." To carry on the same work by preach ing the truth and leading men to God. As the apostles were directed to ordain others to the same work it is evident that a body of ministry, issuing from God Himself, distinct from the laity, is P. divine institution in the Christian church. 19. "I sanctify Myself." I coneecrate and devote Myself to death. that I may thereby purchase eternal salvation for them. Thus as a Re deemer He was made perfect through suffering. "That they also." 1. He would not ask them to do what He was unwEling to do Himself. 2. By His sanctification He set them a true ex ample. 3. By His sanctification, which led to the atonement on the cross, He presented every motive for their sanctification, and gave them new spiritual life. III. A prayer for the unity of all be lievers svs. 20-23). 20. "Neithe--for these alone." Our intercessor now broadens His scope so widely that every man may enroll himself in the limits of the prayer. "Through their word." Those who were led to believe the gospel through the preaching of believers. This is the means God uses for the conversion of men (Rom. 10:14, 15). 21. "All may be one." This prayer was literally answered in the case of the first believers who were all of one heart (Acts 4:42). And why Is it that believers are not in the same spirit now? Decause they neither attend to the example nor to the truth of Christ. "World may believe." The unity of be lievers would be the means of leading men to Christ. Nothing so distracts and destroys faith in the earth as di;d sion among Go-d's people. 1. Christian unity shows the power of the Christiani religion. Only a mighty power could effect such a result from the widely differing elements of which the church Is composed. 2. It shows the divine nature of religion, in that It produces the same characteristies in all. 3. A 'united band Is far more effective in overcoming the world and conquering evil, 22. "Have given them." Christ's glory is in thetn even now, In various degrees, a spark, a slender flame, a beaming luminousness, destined to shine in eternal splendor In the celes tial firmament. 23. "Perfect In one." The unity of the church consists In doctrine and in spirit. The historian of evangelical doctrine 'finds that the system, In its grieat outlines, forms a grand architee tural structure, extending through ages, identical In its general outlines, and excluding all mere half-faiths, her esies, novelties and infidelities. As such a system it does, by its self-eon sistency, strength and permanence; formy a powerful proof of the reality of the Christian faith. calculated to make the world believe. IV. A prayer that they may be par takers of His glory (vs. 24-26). 24. "Father." The relationship is the ground of $he appeal: He knows that His will is one with His Father's. "I will." Not I pray, nor I ask, but this is My will. He speaks as a son re turned to his father's house, .who tells ini loving confidence how he will have things. He will bring His beloved comrades with Him, that they may see what a glorious prince He is. and In what a glorious palace. "Behold My glory." In the sense of sharing and enjoying it; for the faithful shall also reign with Him (2 Tim. 2:12). Behold ing His glory we are all changed into the same image from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:1S). The real import of Christ's prayer is that all who believe on HIm should continue to love and serve Him wil~ein th.is worli. and then be eter nially united with him. :,:. "Righteous Father." God has not only His parental. but His judi'ial and governmental aspect. Hie is not o'g a fnther, but a Judge and Sover ia. "sot known." W'ould not ae. knowledge; was willfully ignorgtnt. 20. "May be in thenm." Mar fule in theiu hearts. as a guiding principle, without w~hich they' cannot receive the knowvl edge here promised: for "he that lov eth not, kuoweth' not God" (1 John 4:). "I in them." These last words of Chist's mediatorial prayer sun' up its purpose. He Is going away and yet abides witih them. Coquelin Would Lift Profession. M. Coquelin. the famous French ac tor, is a candidate for senator from his native district, Boulogne-sur-Mer. In an interview he declares his inten tion completely to rehabilitate the so cial position of the professional ac tors. who at present are not allowed to have funeral services and burials in Paris churches. It is hut recently that dramatic artists could be decor ated with the Legion of Honor. "I maintain that no calling exists that is more honorable or capable of ac complishing greater good for human ity than that of a comedian," he says. "If I am elected senator I shall, first of all, fight the social battle of actors and actresses. I am a good republi can, of broad views, and. after all, ! not political life merely one of mxany manifestations of the great humar cmed'ty?" 1TO INTERFERENQCE "Pa. it's rainin. "Well; let it ra l" "I was going to!"-~ A39 j Pointed Paragraphs. Taxing bachelors may not boost the matrimonial game, but it is apt to encourage emigration. Afte-r reciting "Cerfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" at school a girl irnT agines she is a born elocutionisL Though too proud to work, many a young fellow is willing to accept free board and lodging from his parents. Almost any girl can induce a young man to accompany her to church. but it isn' quite so easy to persuade him to accompany her to the altar. Poet's Tranquil Evening -of Life. Swinbourne, the poet, spends hi1 declining years !n tranquil pursuit o: the sim-le life, although it is doubtful whether the book or the fad has evei disturbed his peaceful retreat. A frienc says of him that he lives in possessior of his needs. "Bounded on all sides b3 the best books, enjoying the close com panionship o' the truest friend evei given tc a man of genius, and finding in a long walk at postman's pace * full satisfaction for the body's craving after exercise, he lives through tbi twilight of his days in a greater secur ity and under the spell of a deepe peace than he knew in the boisterous drwn of his life." A Hugh Penant. When the American cruiser New Orleans came into San Francisco Bay on January 27. on her way from Guam to Mare Island to be paid uff anui go out of commission, she sported a home ward-bound pennant 550 feet long. o100 Reward. 5100. The readers of this paper will be pleasedto learn that there is at leas. one dreaded dis ease that scieuce has beeai able to cure in all itsstages, and that is Catarra. Hall's Catarrh Cure is t as only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, reluires a constitutional treatmeLt. Hall's CatarrhCureis taken inter nally,actin-directly upon the blood andmu coussurfaces of the system, thereby destroy ingthefoundation of the disease, and givin the patient strength by building up the cor. stitutioa and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith in itscurative po-vers that they offer One Hi:.n dredDol;.ars for any case that it faits to cura. bend for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CEiNY & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold b- Druggists, 75c. Take .ll's Family Pills for constipation Her Crew Mutinied. When they found out that the Brit Ish stEamship Brinkburne, at Sari Francisco, was loading a contraband cargo for Vladivostok, all her officers. the captain excepted. Tesigned. The Chinese crew also attempted to get ashore; but the customs officers had somethin'g to'say as to that. Private Car Ltnes. The railroads seem very willing to have the private car lines brought un der the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A railroad President is authority for the state ment that lines are paid mileage, with out discrimination, and the question of excessive charges is a matter for the shipper to settle with the car lines, so long as there is no law to govern their rates. Car milage paying has been de cided to be as legal as the payment of rental for property. HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS. Keeping accounts may be a little troublesome, but it is quite worth while. Have just one book, rather thick, that will do for everything. Turn the front part into a cash account. Open the book out flat, write down your al lowance on .the left-hand page, and on the right put down .what you have paid the butcher, baker, etc.-every thing even to a postage stamp. Then once a week, or oftener, balance.. Bal ancing Is nothing harder t-han sub tracting the total of the money you have spent from what you should have in cash. When you 'have been keeping ac counts for some time you will realize .as you never did before what your money goes for. Keeping accounts Is a. helping you to make money, but it does help you to find' out how to get the most for your outlay and how to balance your needs with your in come.-New York Sun. Kept Record of Rainfall. A Pittsfield man who makes his diary his hobby notes that not a drop of rain fell on the 31st day of any of the months last year. On every other day of the month some time during the year there was a precipitation. The record for the year shows that the total fall ftr the year was :36.66 inches. This is about 10 Inches uin der the average. COFFEE HEART. Very Plain ini Some People. A great many people go on suffering from annoying ailments for a long time before they can get their own consent to give up the indulgence from which their trouble arises. A gentleman in Brooklyn describes his experience, as follows: "I became satisfied some months ago that I owed lhe palpitation of th-e beert, from which I suffered ahuost daily, 1o time use of coffee (I had been a cofediker for 30 years), but I found it very hard to-give up the beverage. "I realized that I must give up the harm-iful indulgence in coffee, but I felt the necessity for a hot table dr-ink. and as ten is not to my liking. I was at a loss for- awhile, what to do. "One day I iran across a1 ver1y sensible and straightforwar-d prese-ntation of the claims of Postunm Food Coffee. and Iwas so impressedl thereby that I con cluded to give it a trial. My experience with it was unsatisfactory till I learned how it ought to be prepared-by thor ough boiling for not less than 15 or 20 minutes. After I learned that lesson there was no trouble. Postum Food Coffee pr-oved to be a most palatable and satisfactory hot beverage, and I have used it ever sinice. "The effect <s my health has beeni most salutary. It has completely cured the heart palpitation from which I used to suit'er so much, particularly after breakfast, and i never have-a return of it except wheni I dine or lunch away from home and am compelled to drink the old kind of coffee because Postum is not serv-~ed. I find that Postum Food Coffee chexers and invigrorates while it prodnees no harmfbl stimulation." Name given by Postum Co., Blattle Creek. Mich. There's a reason.P Ten days' trial proveS an eye opener to many. Read the little book, "IThe Itoad to Wllville," in every nke. Investlgatiou of the Packers. Very general Interest has been mani fested In the Government inve'stigation now in progress into the mode of con ducting business by the large packers located in Chicago and elsewhere. Much has been written upon the al !eged illegal and- improper modes of business procedure connected with the packing industry: but it seems that so far no definite charge of :ny kiad has been sustained and no proof of illegal or inequitable ineiods has been dis closed to the public. W-hile a wave of severe criticism of this great industrial interest is now passing over theconn try it might be well to remember that the packers have had as yet no oppor tunity to make specific denial, the maany indefinite charges of wrong-do ing having never been formulated so that a categorical answer could be made. The recent report of Commissioner Garfield. which embodied the results of an official investigation undertaken by the Department- of Commerce and Labor of the United States. was a vin dication of the Western packers. but this result having been unexpected at tempts in many quarters to discredit it were ilmade. In view of the situation as It now stands, however. attention may proper ly be called to a few facts that owing to popular clamor are uow being ap parently overlooked. Fair treatment In'this covntry has heretofore been ac corded to all citizens whose affairs as sume prominence in the public eye and sone of the facts that bear upon the relation of the packers to the .' om merce of t-he country may at this time be briefly alluded to. It would be difficult to estimate tli benefits gained by the farmers of the country result ing from the energetic enterprise of the packers. for whatever is of benefit to the farmer is a gain to the entire commerce of thej country. And con nected with their continuous ag.gres sive work no feature perhaps has been more important than their efforts in seeking outlets all over the world for the surplus products of the farmer. Our total exports of agricultural prod ucts have gained but little in the past twenty years. and leaving out corn, the total of all other farm products was far less in 1903 than in 1891. But in packing house products there was con siderable gain during this period. be ause an organized atid powerful force has been behind them seeking new and broader markets. Besides the benefits reaped by farm ers on account of the enterprise and energy exercised by the packers in at taining commercial results by foreign trade, the great development in the manufacture of packing house by-prod ucts has added enormously to the value of all live stock raised in the United States. The waste material of twenty years ago, then an expense to the packer, Is now converted into ar ticles of great value and. as an eco nomik 'act. this must correspondingly increase the vhlue to the farmer of every head of cattle marketed at the numerous stock yards of the country. Let these facts be remembered while now it is so popular to regard the great packing industry as' deserving of condemnation. At least it must be ad mitted that, so far. there is no ade quate reason for the almost unani mous howl that may be heard every where in 'the face of the Garfield re port above alluded to which practical ly exonerates the packers from the ob scure and indetinite charges that have been for some time past made the sub ject of popular comment. No one can look more solemn than Satan. - - A Pitiful Sight Is to see the little one so dear to us grad ually sinking day by day by the drainage upon Its system from the effeets of teething. The wise mnother gives Dr. Biggers' Huckle berry' Cordial. It never fails to cure Chol era iforbus and Dysentery, Flux. etc. Sold by all Druggists, 25 and 80a. bottle. Never judge a ring by a jeweler'm name on the box. 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