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THE PJLPF % A BRILIANI SUNDAV '4IMOWN BN' UR. CGL - L [1WAf0 LO CKE. I' Theme:n'~ ih'-. : tories. Urooklyn N .-.3. Jv. Dr. Char les 'E :I.')'x. :tia LIU paLitoul'a th.Lanzion Plac,. Methodipt Episcopal - Chureh. He leaves to assume charge of the great First Nothodist Episcopal- Church of Los Angeles, Cal. Large audiences 111ed the church at both services. In the morning Dr. Locke's subject was 'Faith's:Victories.",- The text was 1 Johii 6:4: "This. is" the victory that overcometh. the world,, even, our faith." Dr. Locke said: Early in,the morning after refresh ing sleep amid the fragr bowei-s of Bethany, on the sedbnc Jay of our Lord's sad and triumphant Passion Week, Jesus with His d1sciples was en His way around the graceful slopes of Olivet to the great city. All being hungry, and seeing a fig tree, they ap proached it, confidently expecting to enjoy the luscious fruit, for the season of the ripening fruit had come, but the time for the gathering of the har vest was not yet. When they reached the tree they found nothing, but leaves. Christ thereupon pronounced a curse upon the unfruitful and use less tree, and immediately it withered away. When the wondering disciples saw the fig tree withered away they marveled, but Jesus said: "If ye . havo faith and doubt not, ye shall not onW do this which is done to the fig tree, but, also, if ye shall say into this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done; and all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing ye shall yeceiye." John was the best loved of all the disciples of Jesus. Our introduction to him Is when he is a young man, when he and Andrew at the.sUgges tion of John the Baptist, "Behold the Lamb of God!" follow Jesus and in quire, "Where dwellest Thou?" and He replies, "Come and see." Sixty years have passed; he is now an old man standing on the mountain top of expectancy with the light of immor tality aglow upon his face. Looking forward into the future he cries, "It doth %got yet appear what we shall be!" and looking backward upon the way he has traveled, and upon the great world struggling for mastery, he shouts triumiphantly, "This is the victory that overcometh the world, (assurance) he evidence en." It has .t faith is a -on. Reason builds laboriously and often fruitless ly its towers of Babel, but faith quick ly soars into the very' bosom of the Infinite. Faith is a grateful arch which spans the chasm between man thq finite and God the Infinite. Faith is a gift. "By grace ye are saved through faith-it is the gift of God." Faith ip tho " force by which to God. - ,eace-regenera d by faith, we . w. ; through our We are saved from sin, not by evolution, or by revo lution, or by works alone, but by faith-"believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved!" Faith is' life-"The just shall live ~y faith" was Luther's discovery on the E4aircase in the lateran. "The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God." Christ is life-He came to interpret and enlarge life for each of us. Faith, also, is character. Faith in Christ Ia the foundation of character, the inspiration of achievement. Char * actor is what a man is doing all the time. When the disciples asked Jesus what they should do to work the works of God, He replied, "Believe on Him whom He hath sent." What we believe will determine what we do. Great men are great ideas incarnated. It was said of Abraham, "He believed God, and it was accounted unto him for. right'eousness." "Faith is the substance of things *,hoped for." Faith realizes while oth er men dream and doubt and debate. Columbus first had a vision of a new world, and then found it. Morse was a man of faith and prayer, until in 1844 the ftrst telegraph. wire between .Washington and Baltimore carried the -message, "What God hath wrought?" So o~ Eads with his 3et ties, Stephenson *ith his steam en gine, and Field with his cable. What these heroic men worked out was '"aubstance" to them before their die #coveries and inventions were actual ities. The same is true of the work and faith of our Pilgrim Fathers' and Mothers, the founders of the Wes loyan movement, Francis Xavier, William Taylor, William Butler and * Judsog. Pioneers of faith have dis mally discovered that it is more diffi cult to overcome the unbelief of men than to master the principles upon ;which their deductions and inventions *depended. After all, the stronger argument for our dhristian faith is not what we say, but what we do. It has been thoughtfully remlarked that although the unbeliever may not read the Bi ble, he does read the life of Chris tians to see how they live. A truth incarnated in a consistent Christian life is the church's invincible argu unent for Christianity. Faith is salvation---salvati6n from sin and self and sorrow and sickness and,.adversity. There is no ill of the eeni1 for whIr'h faith ia not a specific, liku eh 1 I o S.1*re .the, ar CM in M ' a broth eri who, art'e I .~ -u :'I th.ralldom to strong dring, was finally, through. * the faith and lnve and parnaveneea ?ee we p)an I ie on1ccso I lred t e a c the si fl t it I I ailt lll,('1r: to~~~ - mak a. cal th(Peiet fie h hour at 6 o'clock in the morniig. He found Mr. Lincoln reading the Bible, and he learned that it w"s the great emancipator's custom to spend the early morning hour each day in Bible reading ano prayer. My dear friends, if any substantial victories have been won in this dear church during my pastorate, which ends with this sacred -Sabbath, they have been faith victories. Nothing we have endeavored to do together during these Ave ehappy years has been worth while unless it was what God wanted done. I am thankful- for the kindly providence which brought me to this noble church with its mal titude of, devoted and loyal people. I am deeply grateful to you all for your love and patience, for your Adelity and your prayers. I wish I could have served you better. In the ardu ous, though happy,'' labor4 of this great parish I have been assured of your earnest and sympathetic sup port. Without your constant co-oper ation I should have utterly failed. I thank you tenderly for your generous sympathy, for during these Ave years my greatest sorrows have come to me. There was a happy tri-unionate of us; my sainted father, my only brother, and myself. My father was a com rade and congenial companion to his boys. All uneipectedly, in the morn ing of his brilliant career, my'bIther was stricken, and in a few hours the eminent young lawyer stood before the Great Judge. It was a deadening blow. My father, advancing in years, bent un der the chastening. Though it whit ened his locks, it divinely brightened his faith. It was your distinguished honor to know my father and hear him preach. His last sermon was preached in this pulpit, his last public prayer was offered at these holy, al tars. He used to sit beside me here, and love me into better service. Oc casionally, when I urged him to do so, he would visit the other churches and listen to my brilliant confreres, who are widely known for their eminence and eloquence; and, then, with a par ent's fond indulgence and extrava gance, he would say, "My son, none of these men preaches better than you." I smiled at the Action, but nevertheless my father's opinion was more to me than any other's, and his loving presence furnished tonic and inspiration to my work; and when, in that Darsonage in the very shadow of the sanctuary, his soul ascended to meet his Lord, the noblest and most exquisite Christian gentleman whom God ever made, ended his earthly pil grimage. In my great sorrow you sustained me with your tender pray ers and sympathy. But the old world has been pretty lonesome to me since the going away of these two dear men. I leave you reluctantly, but I turn my face again to the sunset shore with happy expectations. Many friends await our coming. Nine years ago this very week I laid the cornerstone of that beautiful church; and a piece of my heart went int'o the copper box. I want your prayers that my ministry there may be faithful and fruitful. A sincere and hearty welcome to my successor, Dr. Henderson and his family, will be a token pf true love and loyalty to me. He is most wor thy of your highest confidence and es teem. He has won many trophies, is a man who has been tried and not follnd wanting. He is a stalwart; rugged in body, vigorous in mind and large of heart. He is capable, resourceful, victorious. God bless him and you, and make his coming the most notable pastorate in the -eventful history of this .church.. And, now, once more2 I thank you one and all-the trustees, the stew ards, the class leaders, .the Sunday school, the presiding elders, the dea conesses, the sexto % the Epworthu League, the Men's 2--3-2 Club, the missionary societies, the 'organists and choirs, the ushers, the chilaren who have loved me, the young. people who have listened to me, the older people who have prayed for me; all who have in any way helped in these five memorable years of my life, I thank you with all my heart and pray for you. To the members of other churches, and those who have attend ed upon my ministry who were mbot members of this church, I would say, you have gladdened and' encouraged my heart by your presence and kindly words; and I thank you, one and all, again 'and again. Remember wifen you come to California Ishall be there to warmly welcome you to my church and to my home. "Let the Alghty Steer." God hath a thousand keys to open a thousand doors for the deliverance of His own when it has come to the greatest extremity. Let us be faith ful and care for our own part, which' is to do and suffer for Him, and lay God's part on Himself, and lea'e it there; duties are ours, events are the Lord's, When our faith goes to meddle with events, and to hold a court (if I may so speak) upon God's providegee, and beginneth to say, "'How wilt Thou do this or that?" we lose' ground, we have nothing to do there; It is our part to let the Almighty exercise 11is Own'oe sind staer lisn non helm.. THE CHAMPIO] .--Cartoon by TORTURE CHILDREI Charity Agent Reports Harroi Illinois-Stabbed With Fork Broken Also Among Crir Many Sold For Money Relates Instances of Parente and Pi Chicago, Ill.-How- the wards of the State have been abused and tor tured, was the subject of a sensational recital by the Rev. Charles Virden, agent of the State Board of Chari ties, to the State Conference of Char ities, held at Rock Island. His paper was entitled "The State Visitation of Children," and said, in part: "During the last two years I have personally handled apiroximately 550 special cases. Mos4 o the children are well cared for when placed in family homes. The had cases are e.xceptions. For example, I have found them tortured wi%h hot Irons, stabbed with toasting forks and sci& sors, limbs broken, hair torn out b the roots, lashed until black and blue from .head to foot, faces cut and scarred and eyes blinded. "Numerous other cases of crime against children In the form of as. sault have been prosecuted. and It the three years of my Incumbency ten ofet of fenders have been sent t the penitentiary and numerous .ail commitments and fltes hav been Im. posed. Many Children Sold. "There has been a wholesale traffic In children in Illinois. I have a re ceipt in my possession for a child who had been sold for a stipulated "Il o he d cases founrd tnheuincy,uIed.,iwheretaichnld wstae with tsingthrs an young gorl, limbs bren, thair antor otd, thaed rots asmareuti bak andsoluey nude eept foot, fers cut an l sic f ul,carried andoutsblihed "Nmerousn oher oanes one crho agains achiep it. The ifort fnas saus hve been rosecuted, had bee th tensoeyr of myr cuyefor aeum bof es.fedr aebe ett The peienaryoed numerusthis commtmleas thacnd eshild thatm herea been afo wholeistrauticn nidrn-Hnr Elini. Avemstre-g cptfino my poesionr for ah Cild whoid ofe od fonral Istiulated addresin the mosta ditesing caste occurred intQincy Illtitute a ilds wasm taken fro rieted uothe youtn gl,swhey thad' anre our tombe, nude, ecept ford o erbing ofsed up. iecmae the quintcied aboute th ee treet ndoffered dipay ne lwcho woud accep t. The infntae conally waquen o auc watn whohad enos da nsinro f ture cutoranm "Th evidence wshpooed tha ths was t ast the seers Lusiand tad paroesoria cemiourdy a thousyand Addressin Obhervnulerin of NaueTell taokong, id ginto as diacl tor keep cal,mae whenh Bel is eected," eruh lssaid the woldg store o timer luron cap o were beng usecdep. Imethe unryntist urto there theain.difrecesplrnayd inisedcnvthe coune'y land I'm theu iofvitbecne quence o suchowast's gin tnowibea dihadntetr? e leear oeo the come,int, ad Iprpriked b the fac thm:eseaesLsiai n "Arenavr dailynuts.ousnve sAw Cthe Oberver the Nurtels ick ryNutw York Cetutttthere narue tliitsgoing to be esta a month nw. luAurinut crop tand and fredce har wintgr?pell, hereod are some of sth like f the b* rts --'- -' QF THE AIR. AA Berrywan, in. the Washington Star. 4 WITH HOT IRONS. wing Cruelty to State Wards in s-Hair Torn Out and Limbs aes Against Little Ones --The Rev. Mr. Virden Persecution by Foster ublic Institutions. The saddest part of it all is that there is no law in the State of Illinois pro hibiting the sale of a child." In speaking of other specific eases the Rev. Mr. Virden said: "A girl of thirteen years, commit ted by the Juvenile Court, was made a household drudge. Our State agent found that she was being beaten with a horsewhip. The girl was removed and placed in a good home, where she was given a chance for education and religiout training. Burned With Hot Knife. "A girlrhaving only one parent living, seven years old, was in the home* of k family at Alton, Ill. The evidence showed that this child was 'overed With bruises. Her face was burned, her hands were hacked with a red hot knife and the sight of one eye was destroyed. The foster moth er, charged with having inflicted these wounds, was fined for assault and battery, and will be tried under the cruelty act. "A girl was the victim of her step. father's attacks for ten years, after she was seven years old. Her dtep father was sent to the penitentiary and the girl sent to a good home. "Two girls, aged five and~ten, were forced to beg on the streets for their mother, who kept a disreputable re sort. They are now in good homes. "A girl thirteen years old did the washing and ironing for a family of seven. She had no school advan tages. An investigation showed that she wore her foster mother's old clothes and shoes; was overworked and recejved no salary; that her life was ins red in the benefit of the fhiother-in-law in the home. The child was returned to the home on txial upon th'e cancellation of the life iznsurance policy, and promised that she was to receive new clothes and $2 a week. I protest against the in 'surance of the livesof these chiildren." HILESS WASTE. era' Coal Consumption--No Substitute Yet or more tons of coal while crossing I the ocean. This extravnennen was igloried in as anx engineering acnieve-' ment when it ought to be anathema tized. The public comforted itself with the belief that science would dis cover a substitute for coal, and there for felt no compunction in recklessly destroying the capital won from the sunjin past ages, but science could not, at present support the illusion. Professor Armstrong earnestly urged serious scientific study of eco nomical methods of fuel consumption, outlining the directioni such study ought to take. OLD WINTEI(. What is Coming in the Way of WVeather they will be delicious when the frost touches them. "Heavy husks on the corn. The farmers say that Is a sure sign. "Wasps and hornets building their nest nearer the ground than usual. "The cricket and katydid orches tras working overtime; that's a sure enough indication of an early win ter, too. "Dame Nature in a good and thoughtful provider fdr all the lit,tle folk of the foresxt and field, you know; that's why there is sueh a big crop of nuts and wild grapes and fruit--so that .the squirrels, the mice and the birds won't go hungry through the long winter. I tell you what, there is nothing hit-or-miss about the indications I have men tioned. All you have to be is a close observer of nature to know what is The i Generall Ma of the 'Well-Idrd ofth Wo0 - always been for a simp1e,peat & efWient liquid laxative remedy of kn value; a laxative which physolaisa sanction for family use because its ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in efect, acceptable to th6 system and g4ntle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demaid with its ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs an& Elixir of Senna, the Caqfornis Fig Syrup. Co. proceeds along ethical lines ad rolles, on the merits of the laxative for its renark. able success. That is, one of many reasons why SYrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is givea the preference Oy the Well-Informei. To get-its beneficial effects always-bOy the genuine-nanufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sa by all leading druggists. Price fifty cent& pe bottle. Wise Girl. "It is never too late to mend, my daughter.I 'I know a better one, mother." "What is it?" "Never to late to get new ones. too Rewsd, $100. The readers'of this paper will be pleased to learn that tbere is at least one dreaded dis gase that science has been able to cure in all ts stages. and that isCatarrh. Hall'sLUtarrh. %ureit e nly positive gunow known to the medi teimity. Catarri being a ed statutional drea requires a oonstitutionaS treatment. all's tarrhCurei taken inter nally,acting directly upon the blood and mu-, cous lerfaces of the system,thereby dettroy min t foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature an doing its work. The proprietors ha#e so much faith in it curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it faiLs to sure. Send for list of testimonial.P. Address F. J. Cuxxzy & Co.. ' oledo, U. Sold hv nrgints. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Not Like Other Girls. Mrs. B.-My daughter is very spi ritual. She kept up her church work through all the hot weather. Mrs. D.-What kind of work? Mrs. B-She went to the sea shore and came home engaged to it. clergyman. Fatal. 'Twas the verdict of the neighbors when He'd drawn his final breath 'hat he lived so strenuous a life He'd lived himself to death. Love's Brightest Dream. Jones-When the rich widow mar ried the young fellow she told him he would have nothing to do but spend her money. Bones-And now I Jones-And now she allows him just $6 a week. Gave It Way. ''I am saddest when I sing." ''Nobody liste.ning to you couldl doubt it.'' In Self-Defense. He ceased to use the hateful weed To please his wife, but then He wore so very large a grouch She made him start again. Beauty is good for women, firmness' for men. -So. 43- 'O8. NOT A MIRACLR Just Plain Cause and Effect. There are some quite remarkable. things happening every day, which seem almost migaculous. Some p)ersons would not believe. that a man could suffer from coffee. drinking so severely as to cause spells. of unconsciouswness. And to ftieoma. pieto relief In; etranging from coffee to Postum is well worth recording. "Il used to be a great coffee drink er, so much so that it was killing me by inches. My heart became so weak I would fall and lie unconscious for an hour at a time. The spells caught me sometimes two or three times a' day. "~My friends, and even the doctor,. told me it was .driraking coffee that caused the 'trouble. I would not be lieve It, and still drank coffee until I could not leave my room. "Then my doctor, who drinks Pos turn himself, persuaded me to stop coffee and try Postumn. After much hesitation I concluded to try It. That was eight months ago. Since then N have had but few of those spells, none for more than sour months. "I feel better, sleep better and am better every way. I now drink noth ing but Postum and touch no coffee, and as I am seventy years of gge all my friends think the improTisment quite remarkable." "There's a Rleason." Name given by Poatum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever reasl thenabove letter? A twen one appears fromu time to timne. they