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THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE. Theme: Doing the Impossible. Brooklyn, N. Y.--The Rev. Dr. Charles Pdward Locke. pastor of the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Sunday evening. to a large audience. preached on "Doing What - Cannot 13P. Done." His text was Mat thew 17:20: "Nothing shall be im nossible unto you." Dr. Locke said In the course of his sermon: That is a. most excuisite moment, when in the midst of rich treasures of the Art Oallery of the Vatican, one stihds for the-4irst tima before Raph ael's masternieec of "The Transfiura tion." It was the grea.t artist's last Work: and before its nigments were 51ry it was carried in his funeral pro cession. This masterful genius defied a well known canon of art in attempt ing to oortray two distinct themes on the "ame rtnvas; but Raphael was a good tbeo'ngian as well as 6.n un rivaled artist. Ha caught the double Ineanine of the Transfiguration and saw in 't nnt only the Glorification of Jesus, but the emanclaption of man %Cind. When Jesus came down from the radiant mountain summit an anxious father met him wIth the earnest re quest. "Lord. have merev on mv son," humbly iexnlaining to .Tesus that he bad first taken his afflicted boy to the disclnles. hut thv could not e"re him. .Tesus said: "Bring him hither to Me," and the child was cured that very hour. In nerplexity the disci ples askof. of jves. "Why could not we cast him out?" and Jesus replied. "Because of your unbelief: for verily I sp.y untn you if ye have faith as a crain of 7nnetard seed -nothing shall be imnossibl unto vou." In easting out the world's devils pd in alleviat Thi te woes of humanitv. nnthing sba11 be irnnssible-and this Is the *prograzw of .Tesus. "Doing what can 'iot 'hp done" is the program o? Jess. "wnith as a grain of mustard seed." i things are possible to him that e eveth." Faith lnxual'q at ;rnno iiNTities, And cries it shall be done. .Teeus never desnise a little h.." On that latp afternoon on banks ot Galilee, when the multi te was hungry and the town was Tar away. .Tesus, to test Philin. in 'nuired: "Whence shall we buv bread that theqe may eat?" wndi ma.themat 'teal Philin thonht that two hundred nennyweight wonld not -be suffilent. 'Then Andrew forabrief 'instant had a -vision of faith as be suegested that there was a lad there who had five harley loaves and two tishes: but An drew. too. quin-kly 'adopted the aritil mutical n-ocea and discornsolately -added: "Put*b*atare the- among so many?" Jesus, however, did not dis count or nverlook Andrew's me mentarv vIsion and Nith: and on the basis of Andrew's "'little faith" the miracle of the feeding of the fliveI thousand was neo'ormed. It wasj faith as a grain nf mustard seed only,. but it accomplis'hed 'the impossible. Tertullian once snid of an event': "It is certain because it is impossI ble," and Richard Cobden, when told that a certaln thing 'was imnossible. replied: "It that Is all, let us set about it at once.' General Arm strong, of Hamnten, said: Doing what cannot be done 'Is the glory of living," and his 'grettt schools for In dian and negro 'yottth became possi ble. Carisle impatlently wrote: "Im possible! it is nit -a lucky word'! Who is it says there 'is a lion in the way? Sluggard., thou must slay the lion; the way must be traveledl'" Mirabeau shouted-: '"Impossible, that blockhead of a wora'!"' And the great Napoleon characteristically declared: ~"Impossible! It ls not a French word. 'Genius is the art .of sovercoming the impossible!" Christianity is the -art of overcom 'ing the impossible. Impossible is not in the vocabulary of .the Christian. Tih is is the program .ot .Jesus. Christianity has already achieved ~the impossible in the .overthrow of -the vast .Roman Empire. To destroy the power and glory Of .Rome as they appeared two thousand years ago in tr.enched in impregnable fortresses and defended by ever victorious Rtoman legiohs, seemed an in ossible reault. Christianity has achieved the Im -possible in the final eradication of human slavery, a diabolical institu tion culminated in the castoms, for tunes, constitutions, conscience and traditions of men. So, indeed, shall the day surely come when nations .shali not learn war any more. And, when that prophecy of Isaiah shall have been fulfilled, which commands, "Loose the bonds of wickedness and undo the heavy burdenE," then the accursed liquor traffic will be over .thrown, and the deadliest thraldom whieh has ever blighted manhood will be ended. This damnable traffie in strong drink fills the prisons with criminals, the hospitals with the in sane, and the poorhouses with pau pers. Recently a great brewery com pany of this country has published in its paid advertisements a libelous statement that the founder of Math o'l ?' -'' ufacture and - * 3verage. The - i *ous lies. The e - ce society in Ch todist Church. *~' II only hasten hedownfall of old Gambrinus in tpi s country. The devil is a liar, and tefather of lies,. and we would ex pect him to defraud his infernal busi ness by lies and znisrepresentations. Lincoln's great prophecy of February S22,,1840, has been partially fulfilled, anid will surdly be completely, real isedi "'When there shall be neither slave nor drunkard upon the earth!" Then. toc, the brotherhood of the race 1 t6 be established Whose hateth his brother J a murderer." "Whoso hath this world's goods and seeth his brother hath need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" Some one ba recently said: "No man ought to have anything until every man has something." It this savdrs of anarchy, it is at least true that many of. us should have less until many others have more. There is great social and industrial unrest to-day. All these antagonisms and confueions are due to the emancipa tion of mankind through the influ ence of Christ. Men are coming to their own, Jesus has commanded, "Loose him and let his go!" as He did at the resurrection of Lazarus, and we, His disciples, who havo been / set free. aretooslowto obey our.Lord's injunctions. Men are strjvin'; to get free!' A starvifig baby was found in the East Side of New York recently on the wasted breast of its dead mother, and that same day in the up town stores women were spending S80 for a single night robe. There is wasteful extravagance at one end of the social scale. and consequent dangerous criminality at the other. There is a safe and sane socialism which emanates from the teachings of .Tesus, and the socialism of Jesus will some dav prevail. and in that day each shall seek his own in his brothers' highest good, and all shall dwell in noble brotherhood. Two men saw a piece of jewelry on the sidewalk. they reached for it simul taneously, struqk their heads violent ly. each arose to censure the other, - when they found they were brothers and had not seen each other for -a dozen years. It must not be forgot ten that'all competitions and rivalries St to-day are between brothers, and some day the vast, brotherhood will be permanently organized. In the gresat task of casting out in the world's devils nothing shall be pa imnossible. Whatever opght to be gr will he. A moral impei-ative must de have in It a mnral possibility. Kant ps said long ago there is no meaning In 1Q an "onght" unless it is followed by a ni "can." Every moral necessity will pl some day prevail. It Is not an ought bi unless It I%. a nossibility, and If a possibVlitye it will become a reality. ki A clenr, definite oninlon of what tb ought to *be is the token of what can sa and wi11 he. Man's fondest d-eams fe will 'bp fully materialIzed. When in men fhinks God'sthoughtsand carries al nnt Glod's nuronses the linnossible it will 'ha achieved. "ThIngs that are @ imnoesible with men are nossible with eE God.'" Men must become 'partakers of 'the divine natuire, a the Anostle t1 Peter anJoins. The mighty force of c the Nis-eara Falls power house is tl "stenped" down to suit the cauacity c o1 the macbinery to wh1rh it is sun- d 'rfled. Rn God "steps" Himself dhwn ' to humble. sitmla men, and works " 'Ris wondrois will through obedient r 'hurnan instrurmenWItlen. 'Ya must he born agaln'!" and with 1 Wicodemlis in bewIlderment we mav 7 'Inquire "-ow can those things be?" 'Mathematical men 11ke 'Philip never 'will calculate untIl they reaeb a domn onstration. while men of vision like Andrew will b'e workI'g the miracle of the impossible. The burelar who drops into a risslun to while away. the early evenIng Imurs. until he e shall go forth to 017 his vicious trade, 1 falls under the RoeT1n of the service, t kneels at an altar of prayer, con- 5 fesses his sin. surrenders hie burghar i tools. and becop.es a -'new man, lhon- E eat end honored. You nmay not be e able to evolnin the mystery, but it is a trye--and that is the program of ~ Je'sus! t Two young men ramne together-_ t one a "lerk in a shoe store. the other ~ a clerk in a ban'k. Hunt'ble man of 1 no notable talents. One can tea -h and talk a little. 'a'nd the other can' sing wit~h pers'msivb v'ice. These two willing souls campletely surren dered to God, and .consecrated to the ~ service and unbaflding of humanity, began a- eareer.. 'w'hch 'increased in power and effectiveness util multi tudes were awakened frcm lethargy and sin by the singing and the ,. preaching of the 1;ospel. Again, the weak things of the world 'were shak en to confound The mighty, and Moody and Rankey became the great 'est evangelists since tis days of John and Charles Wesley.. And the 5impossible was achieved. At the dedication of the Bunker t Hill monument, when It appeared ~ that an a ccident 'was immlnent by t the surging crowds against the speakers' platform. Webster reauest ed the peonle to kindly move back. A 'man in the crowd answered back: t "It is impossible!" Thereupon the great Massachusetts statesman ' cried t out: "Impossible! Impossible1 Noth ing is impossible on Bunker Hill!" And so let us keep near the crosg.; t TIhe 'hattle of the ages was fought there, the freedom of the race was there 'achieved. Nothing is impos- c sible on the Hill of the Cross-on Calvary-. m With our now-sainted Sank'ay we may sings in the sweet strains of sightless Fanny Crosby's ,beautiful lines: Some day the silver cord will break And I no more as now shall sing; But. Oh, the joy when I awake Within the palace of the King! And I shall see Him face-to face. And tell the story, Saved by Grace. ti "Then, 'I shall be satisfied when a I awake in Thy likeness,' and the t impossible shall be 'forever en, d throned' " e The Part of Wisdoip, It is no small wisdom to keep si- g lence in an evil time, and in thy heart to turn thy'self to God, and not a to be troubled by the judgment of e men. Let not thy peace depend on t~to tongues of men; for, whether they ri it~ge well or ill of thee, thou art not ti on- that account other\ than thyself, a Where are true peace and glory? Are b thay not in od?-Isahella F~its RUSIHNG TrUE CONSUMPTION COSTS U irtling Statistics Brought Out at the Fisher, of Washington, D. C.-Professor Irv- v g Fisher, of Yale University, read a m .per before the International Con- t oe on Tuberculosis which created a < cided sensation. Professor Fisher's c tper was on "The Cost of Tubercu- N sis," and he made the startling an- r iuncement that the great white 1, ague costs In hard cash over one Ilion dollars a year.I He estimated that consump~tionI Ila 138,000 persons every year inI e United States. This Is equal, het Jd, to the deaths from typhoid ver, diphtheria, appendicitis, men-( gitis, diabetes, smallpox and cancerI I put together. Then again, he said, generally takes three years to die, iring which time thepoor victim can trn little or nothing.I "Five million people now living In ke United States are doomed to fill mnsumptives' graves unless some iing can be done to prevent It," de tared Professor Fisher. "As each eath means anxiety and grief for a 'hole family, 1 estimate that there 'ill be over twenty million persons Bndered miserable by these deaths." , The. scourge, he said picks out Itr Ictinis whien they are -young rfien and oung womexii at the very time of lite 3125 COAL MIN Rtlacotat Show 1907 Was the W Washington, D. C.-Accdents In Dal mines of the United States dur ig the lst calendar year resulted in e death of 312 men, and injury to 316 more, according to statistics est made public by the Geological sisy anhe Adetheotatlng n ouacemner thatn the grear wies ratuer cost in3 had cas 1906, ne aiidol'hars benteao yeari e hstiratof thca consumpin ors 138re0 protnseeiverom yertin etUted tates. Tie ispequaors. Wes toVrii ote the detsfo yhoides ertdipteia9, appndciis enho gitdsemplabees, sallpoxi a cacer 1hu oether Towen agauin eorid acnih e timt-6596 pon . vitmcn fex ittl sood netin. elstwt Five33 mion pole nofe living Ain ama Unite tadtes a doed rt fl .2n caner dhousne ando prvention ofe Thirty meneaety Undriefater an 'hol Faniso, Csiate-Wratpperei hile ventacleoaant million person ainLnd, eabdiereod by teedah. Te CourgeWreiCopicy, fougtt irthis whfein they hord ou therackd teame omon, whicpr ie in thity Re MrCounty Shoast. asth Th deonl D.s hade-Aetlden'tered oae mies'i oddn the ght.s ur ,undeah ofe 312 men, andinur to 316r moewa attcckdn to tantistics t made public by dtaetGeological rveyd Tre eath reord amng te ed minerws happing theothr was rcete his 1033ghani96,adi The toibve bean th chorat thea riub ae hitey hofstng cogal miin theduarg bov. Two figred entceesentrmed Wahingto. the diPstrsas and rtsat we not reeive fint ertain tatesuhain o mnerisfepetrmnt nde byth i.niav reprteon theheavt etruh rateich 1907, el.ev ther thou ademstraes tanthisrcuryti asoe fch for terclosis Tons Noewn enth rea of Med.c4 and Sroutio ara as thbirhd wtha eth re ofd a2 Deretoru.s.andet and Sur-cio o Th Brton Feegh Wndrighter Sarn Franigh, Cwho srthedriin trthe tetentays nhevi ishv rdthn Lefdca dive temploye by eCast. HeWatreking manys fouich rhsquie i heruy h often was eaerulara whcT liesi hirtn' sTheond ishdeientthtueclr estered aato hewas takd Agattn Te hat ase happnoming nter hen CRAP MERO. I, --yrom the Indianapolis News. S A BILLION A YEAR. ruberculosis Congress by Professor Yale. ihen they are beginning to earn aoney. The minimum cost of doc ors' bills, nursing, medicines and loss f earnings amount to over $2400 in ,ach cAse, while the -earning power vhich might have been it death had iot come brings the total cost to at east $8000 for each individual. If this sum is multiplied by the 138,000 deathe, the cost, it is seen, s bigger than the immense sum of p1,000,000,000. Professor Fisher es .imated that over half this cost falls ipon the victims themselves, but the .ost to other3 than the consumptive s over $440,000,000 a year. As a matter of self-defense, he iverred, it would be worth while to the community in order to save mere ly a quarter of the lives now lost by consumption to invest $5,600,000, 000. At present only a traction of one per cent. of this sum is being used to fight the disease. Professor Fisher expressed his be, lief that isolation hospitals for in curable consumptives are the best in vestment of all, because in this wa: the most dangerous consumptives ar pravented from spreading the diseas by cAreless spitting in their home and neighborhood. EIRS LOST LIVES. orst Year In History of Industry. 92,535 tons for each life lost. Mi souri had the lowest death rate, head ing .the roll of honor with .95 an 499,742 tons of coal mined for eac] life lost. Statistics do not bear out the pop ular idea that most mine -disaster result from explosions. Of the tota number reported dlring the last yeai 947 deaths and 343 injuries resulte from gas and dust explosions, and 20 deaths and 416 injuries were cause by powder explosions. The chie cause of death amer g the miners, th report explains, was due to the fallin 'of mine roofs and coal. Such dlisas ters caused 1122 deaths and 214. injuries. EK W. Parker, chief statisticIan o the survey, asserts that much benefi wvili result from the action of Con gress in appropriating $150,000 to in vestigate mine disasters and taki steps to decrease the number of ac cidents each year. 9 DEVIL FISH. old of Wcckl When Attacke.. out of the darkness and one twinec about his neck. As the efforts of thi men on the surface to comply witi his signal threatened to pull his hel met off, Lund was forced to signa thenm to stop. With only his left arm free h4 hacked at the tentacles until thea were partially crippled, but he wac being drawn toward the fish when h4 saw the outline of the body. Plung lag toward it he .drov'n his knife witi all lia force into the head, repeatinj the blow until he had slashed it int< sections. In its death throes the ac topus tightened its tentacles until the diver was almost crushed in its em, brace. "Lund Inally cut himself free and was brought to the surface fainting. DN TO CURE TUBERCULOSIS lection into the muscular tissue iS order to avoid digestive derangement Dr. Wright says: "I1 am convinced," he adds, "thai in mnercury we have a specific for tu. berculosis, and that the only questior remaining is how long a time will b( required to effect a cure. We follo's the well established rules of treat. ment during the administration 01 the drug-open air, rest, proper food~ in abundance, sanitation, personal hly. glene and selection of climate." Rur geon-General Rixey dleclines to corn muent on the tests. Of course it is not claimed by Dr. Wright that the new treatment will l'estore the lost lung tissue, but where there is enough lung tissue to suppori life heabelievesth vcwTm. ca bes INgALENT CA'TA l L JELLY Deatness and Oneta TrialtUW$ malf It is the gentle mind.-tfigt the gentleman.. S. NA NITA FROM 81K 138 After -AU Hope Hid- Vanished Mrs. J. H. Bennett, 69 Fountafn St., Gardiner, Me., says: "My back used to trouble. me so severely that at last I had to give u I took to my bed and stayed there four . -months, suffeing'itb . tonse pain, dizzines, headache and -infm mation of the blad E) I. Vder. Though with out hope, I begam using Doan's Kidneyi Pills, and in three months was iom pletely cured. The trouble has never returned." Sold by all dealers. 50 c'ents a box.. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalp. N. Y. When you are dealing with a mulir it is wise to see to it that said mule has no kick coming. nAD zozEmA 15 TEARS. Mrs. Thomas Thompson, of ClarkovlI G.. writes, under date of April 28. 1E07: "I suffered 15 years with tormenting eozema; had the best dootors to prescribe; but noth ing 41d we aty good until I got TaTTXassa. It cured me. I am so tbqnkful." Thousands of others can testify to similar oures. TA-rTTaNsS is sold by drug er sent br mail for 50a. by J. T. Suumwu, Dept. A, savannah. Ga. You never knew a man until you have started him talking upon the subject of his pet enemy: Ificks' Capudine Cures Headache, fhether from colds, heat, stomach or nervous troubles. No Accetanilid or dan gerous drus . It's liquid and acts imme., diately. ial bottle 10c. Regular sum 2c. and 50c.. at all druggists. Pert Paragraphs. When we get home and take stock of our chig-gers, blisters, burns and bills we are inclined to be glad to think it is over. Queer that your next door neighbor should think you are a mean, inter fering wretch when you tell her that little Johnnie has a fire under the front porch. A burned child dreads the licking l he's going to get when dad finds out s he has been playing with matches. The man who tells a secret fmna-wo man isn't foolish, but just diplomatic and crafty. It is his way of announa ing it to the world. Lots of girls a're as mild ar milk and as sweet as honey and still they may have the tabasco sauce up their sleeve. 3 Many a hobo would make a good Emperor, but the distressing thing , about it is .that there is more call for Iharvest hands in this country' than , for emperors.' IFluctuating Measure. w ''.He is having a peek of trouble." i ''And in t rouble how mnh. is a H peek1' ..., ''"Oh a bnUbel and a half orso' If you expect to have to borrow money, betiter borrow it before you need it; it is easier to do so. "TatPractipal Kind. ''htpatenut medicine works mira cles.'' ''You don't -stay.' ''Yes. It found the proprietor~ a poor man and left him worth at least a million. NO GUSF:~ER lBnt Tells Frets About Posturn, "We have used Postum for the past eight years," writes a Wis. lady, "and drink it three times a day. We never tire of it. "For several years I could scarcely eat anything on account of dyspepsia, bloating after meals, palpitation, sick headache--In fact was in such miser~y and distress I tried living on hot wat er and toast for nearly a year. "I had quit coffee, the cause of my trouble, and was using hot water, but thi, was not nourishing. "Hearing of Postum I began dr'ink ing it- and my ailments disappeared, and now I can eat anything I want without trouble. "My parents and husband had about the same experience. Mother would often suffer after eating, while yet drinking coffee. My husband was a great coffee drinker and suffered from indigestion and headache. "After he stopped coffee and began Poutum both ailments left him. He will not drink anything else now, and we have it three times a day. I could write more, but am no gusher--.only state plain facts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,; Mieh. Read "The Road to Wlville," in pkgs. "There's a Ruee Ever read theabove jetter?4~p one appears from time to time.Ve ar euine, true, and ? phI t1