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N ELDQUENT U NOAY.40 . THE EY. H. MARI'IN, Tt Subject: The Abundant Z40.. Brooklyn, N. Y.-Sufid%Y iorning, in the First Church of 3hist (Disci ples), the pastor,- the' Rev. Herbert Mrtin, Ph. D., preached on "Religion and Life." The text was from John 10:10:,"I came. that they may hav life, and Way have It abundantly." Dr. Martin said:. Christ cmii'e-hot'to teach a theol ogy primarily, it at all, but to give ,life, more life. He came to give lite to others rather than live a self-cen tered life. I cane that they may, have life. He came to give life here and now. His emphasis was upon *the - present life. He that hath the Soj4 bath life. Life in the future is a corallary to present life. To.have life here and now is the only guarantee, the only possibility of futu'e life. - The value and ieed of religion'for tOe present life are being emphasized to-day as at no time since the early Christian era. This identification of religion and life tends to make re ligion a normal phenomenon in hu man experience. Religion has long suffered because of its almost ex clusive other-world emphasis. Its re moval to the future as the proper sphere of its activity, its other-world advantages caused men to regard it as an abstract, vagud and unreal, and to treat it as haying little practical benefit for the present. Under such Oonditions religion would be disre 9arded, or, if accepted, it would be in an almost altogether objective way as a precautionary meas\ire, A%nd .thus never become a vital element in the program of daily life. The normal "Man is intensely interested in the present, and in the sweet by-:and-by only as it is related to his present Interest. If religion is to cut any r. fliinrp In this life it cap do so only :'-Af to and identfies ttedit ent interests. And this .1pable of doing, and is 'kl Aaster identified Himself of the people; in fact, t He might give life to the people. The same hopeful sign is discovera ble in the educational world. Com pare the curricula of the schools and colleges of other days with those of to-day and how evident is the differ ence. Education as preparation for living in the far future, even of the present life, does not and never did appeal to the normal mind unless the appeal was effected through a liberal application of physical force. Since the days of Rousseau education as Inpra rr-aration has gradually and fallen into disrepute. E e discovered the practical absorptlon of the child in . They have discov4redj that even the young Ive while being educated, and that as such it, must enjoy certain rights. As a result of these discov eries education Is no longer a mere formal process whose goal Is utterly remote from the priesent. life inter ests. Education aims to equip the student for present living since he must live while he is in process of being educated. You cannot take a boy of fifteen years and educate him for some position at thirty and ex pect him to fill that positiorr satisfac torily If you wholly disregard the fact that he lives and must live from afteen to' thir.ty. M4odern .education 'takes note of this and seeks, whIle looking toward the future, to qualIfy the student in the largest way to live the fullest life in .the present days and by so living will he be able to realize those future expectations. In addi tion to form, education gives content, or better, to-day minds are formed and fashioned by giving them a con tent. Education and religion seek tp vitalize the present and out of it to make possible the future. Their aim is one, inspired by the Master, to give more life. -Jesus came with life for the pee pie and brought it to .the people. He sought the people. He went out af ter them instead of waiting for the people to come to Him. His life was one of faith in God and service to and among men. He came to min ister, and did minister. He came to give life and He gave .it every day. . he life of men was being enriched and ennobled as He gave Hiinself, His life to them each day. The giv ing of His life on the cross was, from this point of view, tlfe final act of that life which was, par excellence, the life-giving life. Organised re ligion is beginning to go out after and to the people. Churches have long since ceased to be built whose entrances are guarded by Iron gates and padlocks. "!Strangers weleome," -that condescending phrase, does not appear so frequently on our church migns. Religion has girded herself for service. She is working in the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, and is f,ound In settlemegt, and slumn work.' Her Woicis hieitrd in the factdry noon-day meetings, on the street corners, in ihe fhl ri n all the busy a M en. a anized religion is - Ii Mi n a ' voice, is catch ~'1 vi'I1u,p, v ho said, "I came I' in m d life." So of edu V) . I! L b given to the peo piea . 15 laM a Lunger the peculiar privilege of the few. The people are being sought out and compelled to be educated. Education is for the peo ple and is being giveu to the people. E4ucation alms to give more, life to the individual, and mnore life for more 'individuals. It Ic true that knowledge enlarges one's World and contributes to his survival. His hori son is widened, biis ideAs atid ideals 'are enlarged, he discoer p deper mealiag in things,' life tSkk lehr .nd better aspects; in 5flUM --r - maaep a ariter life. Thin &t# 'reniainsi yet - 71 our public s6ti , h go nd colleges. Le IL' toember in 6ur syteh the the fewer the p at out of hundred pupi eter Oi14 school only tWtyofve stay -io enough to reat write; thatuo6r .twenty out of* dred stay 16ng4l than, the Afth e; that les that one out of oUY,huAdred who enter our public schools graduate from the high schools; that a Itall proportion of high school graduates enter adl lege, and that a sall percentoe af tho' dWh enter c6liege ne-41i uh 4 graduation; all-his In- the. fae 0 the fact that our system is graded largely toward the university. If ed: moatiok gives life it should give more life to a greater -number of - lpdi .vidnolo. Jesus .taught that the ninety and nine that were safe within the fold could not furnish an excuse for the neglect of the one that was away, With these things in mind should we rest content with that system which saves the one to the neglect of the ninety and nine? To produce such a result, no one cause is adequate. It has bean fre. quently said, and with truth, that the course of study does not have suf ficient vital contact with the life and interest of the pupil, and consequent ly, because of its lack'of interest for him, fails to hold him. Rapid pro. gress, however, is being made in our own city toward the correction of such undesirable conditions. Anoth er cause, more deep-seated and more serious, is the growing commercial spirit of the day. The dollar is the circle of life. Men sell their own souls and put under tribute their children's for dollars. There is greal need for resolute struggle againt the allurements of dollars. Too many altaft are bqing builded to the god of gold; too many souls are being sacri. f1ced upon these altars. It is hard, yes, well nigh impoEsible, to trans. mute commercial ideals, dollars and cents Into more abundantlife.-., .,Our pourse of,study may well need revision', may require a radical change in .content. But our greatest need Is larger and truer ideats established firmly in the- hearts and minds of out boys and girls. . A greater emphasis must be placed upon moral and ideal than qpon matehal and commercial value. The voice in defense of thb child s Inalienable rights, his heritage of moral and religious ideals, should ring deep into the hearts of parents Parents need to learn that the dollar is not the goal of life, tiat the child is more than the victim of a parent' base ideals; that he is more than a money-making machine. -They need to learn that the child has a self-hoo< to be developed[, a soul to be cultared and a destiny to -be achieved. Tc take a child out of school and compe him to earn money is to deny -himn i rights, lp to degrade him. Fo parents to do so is selfish, brutt~l, im moral. I fpea.t that,-one of the great est evili that threaten our 'nation i our too complete allegiance to com inercial ideals. Our mad rush f6 gold m4kes us a nation of individual rather than a -democracy.. Chrjs says, ""No man liveth unto himself. In New York it 'sometines seems af though every man--reversed that prin ciple. Individualism is a menace tc the .lfe of the r6public. T.here is, as never before, a -crying -need foi parents and teachers to exalt mora and spiritual values; -a need to de throne the god of gold and to re enthrone the God -of -old; <a need .t engrave upon the very physical and spiritu-al fiber of the 'child's naturi the exceeding, the 'incomnparabl< worth of moral character.. Parent: themselves need :to possess -and prop erly estimate these idea'is and then tA instil11 them and give them first place In the hearts. of their 'children. Suel ideals of truth and righ'teousness, im plying as they do a profetinder sens< of social obligatIon, will-'contribute ii the highest degree to the enriohmen of human life, to a mera abundan life. Mighty possibi1ities are resident ii the teacher's vocation because of.thi nmaterial with whIch he works. -'EDer nal contsequences follow therefrom The true'teacher spends 'ltttle timi waiting for pay day to come. His il a worthier work than that .of a mern wage earner. He is a maker . fo: social bettdrment, not a mere hire ling. As with the preacher, r'ight eouspess is llis concern; with God -hi is a co-worker, That our teachera might feel that.they are called of Got and are doing God's work, there wai a Man sent fromk God.who was names Teacher. He Himself says His' mis sion was to give a more abundan life. -That was His mission, that wai His religion, that was His life. The religious aspect of the teacher's work the religion of education,, if you will is a subject worthy of more though1 than it has received. While there is an imperative nee for teachers with ideals, we must noi forget that the ideals must be of-pos sible attainment. We need, then sane teachers, teachers balance4 bI p8rigectIve. , False. i4geals, ideals be yp944 the realm of the possible, helt uzi before the young, ,defeat the teacher's purpose. Hold up before a boy an Impossible Ideal, making hitr struggle toward its realization unti one day its utter absurdity dawni upon hiin, and withf what'reatilt? Hii cherished idol falls and with it'therE come tumbling down all his ideal con structs. In this day when out collegE presidents are little triore than hoe3 gatherers, when our school prineipala are little more than clerical workea there is a positive ileed for teact with lofty ideals, but -ideals ~iti the realm of possible achiev t. Impossible ideals ulade for lawlg* ness rather than for righteotyp4g and the betterment of life. We need, finally, td. r#discoveKtiE nianing of life, to leai that a a&' liconsistath not in e abundLe d 4ietAings that hep ees. .1~ ,netedisonver th fano'at Oia . %d . It ,LATE..EVENTS MEA] Prof. Hirth Calls Chir tarians-Pred New York City.-Friedrich Wrth,. PrOfessor of Chinese In Corumbia University, who as a lifelong student of the Chinese people, their language and literature, is considered ione of the best authorities living on Chinese topics, gave it as ble opinion that the death of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor meant the opening of ani entirely new and b'etter era which' would benefit not only China but the Lother wations of the world. He thought -affairain China would from now on advance rapidly toward Euro pean Wdeals, and though brogrerbs will r be Ue rapid than' In Japan, China rwould 'In thirty or -even twenty years be transformed Into a nation" on an equal footing. with the,,-their -great natilont.of.th6 worldi, . Professor Hirtb bad "no belief In rthe 4report that foul 'play had entered Into fthe death of the'Do*rager or thes E-peror. In regard 'to" the geineral attitudia of -the Influen'tial parties and Individuals. toward the new rule, he said: ' "I thfilk the eients 10of the next few, -weeks or. days- v'M' determine the question of- bloodshed or peace. I think that both M1hrals and Conser-j vatives are ready to wait quietly In enrder to see w1hat#'wournde *tGoen metwl aeAric hni Libeal, nd h ha -enugh olloers 'I hik.amog herellydageou Pm-n. Hhsited Geralls Chir dPoestrio m ineHe lneCof nhbse Uho~vey wcoes ifelonreatuen ofeChinaeasseeope; thatlangae that betio uhrtis rlewilg tnd."ne topeig it a i opnenea hato the death tof Empesan Dowager and th appero mea vher openn of would bfit Chtlonl hi ntagonitich orelrations tee 'the tworad the noono byvne roager tofa the Eo bero trsosed inet disatinaction amheror that Liberalayh had feted i'the eat o the mp er th tEAufertoIisetr Aplito te general ,tiu~o tRed Sinflun tialeprt iesn Indiurertoa hainbenerle,gins hi tin the ee hof teighbort byw qodouestio oi loosh, or pearer, thik that oth Liedal and Cthe.r vative ofrte Crdo'wai j uery. i Sauerlo e Haodrws the. Goaen whosemure. wa Puncer Cinesia tin.rae wnhas lenouh frontoer athnk:h amng kie really cageof ing lartte oarentssassead, woul mg e cle tr Aidnaristi aty toavrth an tqesteiron.em.both Prie the Iquete, u anrotee than. He has noknowedgerman ot. Mem China haf-thenmlurore that single tat houd whe theogh show rd an hats direon his rue lende.m"n Seakrmnth ista oeeraluapecthe onet of thermn an Dager ego spokaeatrs avr enfca " coTry the vooaesr o thim" amoge the Leg woha es "hehops othel inquiredthCoo eSain whihi staning by.on ist Mder thagetegonill againt bloodoots,L." Hrh amr oneh he Cner's diinryed.o whoe murdrwa butner nesigap tion. Hed wa clly' histfroed dHr atngared kle witha attaer of i gien clwt hi ide.th..tk toon by Trigs, In the New York Pres. A MODERN CHINA iese Borrn Parliamen~ icts. Progress. "Yet Tal-An.played a valuable part. It almnost seems she saved the nation In 1898, wheni by a coup d'etat the Young Emperor tried.' to crd-wd on China in twenty days changes which the nation would 'have needed as many years to digest. "Yet, the Emperor being highly appreciated by the party of reform and progress, her seizure of the relss of Governinent and suppression of new Ideas cast a gloom over the spirit of th'e empire. And little as we know the new characters on the Chinese atage, it Is fair to believe that bott extremnes--conservative and progres sive-will hold themselves in check and, will wait to see where the Gov ernmqnt Is tending.. All depends oi eventsy it is Impossible to state wha will happen; one can orAly speak oj probabilities. "But the'tenency, whether calm or vIolent, will. I feel sure,, be toward liberalism. These two deaths have cleared the course for China. There is much talk of antagonism toward Manchu rule, yet that antagonism to a thing of rcent years; it has been greatly heightened by the relations between the Emperor and his aunt, the Dowager. I beliee now that that 'atagonism hol cthmseveswn co he tim, wanl will to see wherewh Gov Gernmnt. is tin..Al adepenve a rit. heny have clays peak4 to pre obiles.r alaenain.Cr tain t the arenasy weltefr clib. lionbeism Ttese tan dthTrs ora theae.e. us fo beliee Thereil ismdel telr Governmnton tow ard anehe Governmet, that gnsme asthige of rhe progrs ithbenerywl gereaceigtneuylh.rltin eTe thesEentrornmen hs at trong,laberaillarty behindewt, andth radis atosmcin die moruty now tak anyo harm omnstronal moeen,bt. -lthink and aveal al ways the overht, thhee wel fit sed it. Theydehaveslwaystappeath--t wast bped or parliametrins wher hinyu tould bre asound,fitnd for was brogh intton nsco yOrenalna Tien-better anttd thry thejoured to thersoos a by,l anttd, thigun was the apanentey car eliev they eslts molow thefirivengen oten the p jurymen Gowered arond tt tem staes ot'fo thei prgres genrally wrose amrong liberam at idi, and the sses a raialore tomuch pisn e ol minort now torndo nyharm guo exan stron mn, th maneral had radical,e are with the muovernmen thwatpon. nots boesae aae aandiou oubeemek.nth point of Makingr Davsh fi o lieaty hen her waod s seay aeut. Wsaitou futr ovestigto whe hisrgu ould backfontothencout room brht int court. etsth jr The an Coroner ndi 'ur adouned te nheeodssoery ad that gun was toby, asentto arlesothe reslts.o thFoowdoo tthe fiio t her gunfhe jryme hisrowed arndit Ontoem amng he anl teifsene.a Susequeanthe pmoe caruldt ear.n Heftunef tote guan to eamnet and the mn who aead ugestnd the poinhtt o mang dhah for librt v'c {p MR. WM V. VAktXi Mr. William F. Vahlberg. Oklaboms Cat 0 a., *rites: s. ttle of Pernan whieb I takon did oteo' ward rellevi a vated ease O4eS#V* e. LEI." Ov tan. years of treatment wit the bet ftVAL * e IP hopes of relief. and ontlyted Peruns as a last resort. " a con nue using it. as 1 W. st'. tan 4 tV &" pear ma d aI Most ch =aemnend, Parua to alLwho May t~ J?Orua U usl .i&k as a iem" i betot t" ; o oes hae beem aW t hvbeen visited. TravW bWhas ft rfs sorted to. t aPe is tried. Reef is found. In tory is re *eted over ad over an, everid in te year. it is sueb rt suits as this71this 6ve Peruna its unme sailable bold upon e people. We 6ould say nothina that would add fpK" to su* testinoninIas as the above. Tt le who have had catarr and bave 04 every other rqmedy avaable, Bud reh e In Peruna, constitutes the best argument as could be made. Peruna is sold by you- loOt 1 - gist. Buy a bottle toda 80. 40-'08. & -1 . . , 4 % PILESM 1k. REA CO.. DEPT. B. 4 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 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Some broad-minded people are nev.. ertheless so thin-minded that their liberality of opinion avails little. it is queer that the milk of human kindness does not get chiui,ed into butter by the turbulence of somne of 'its: supposed possessors: The pistol witir which Morgis. .Iaag the would-be irdere' ot ' Atto%ey: Fi-ancis J. Hene.v in San Franelseo, killed himself wasi conacealed in .his shoe. -Eight persons died when a ne;rro, about to b)e arrested in- Oklahoma, killed the sheriff and a piolicemani and was later shot to death by a mob in a house, which was then set on fire. flEP-RCL'ND F'OR MON)THS. lip Abanadonwd After Playsician# Conanitation. Mirs. Ercnos Shearer. Yew and Wash. ington hits.. Centralla, Wash., ga "Por years * weak and runm could not sleep, m limiba swelled ~ / the secretions troublesome; p.$ were lntense, wg fast in bed for months. Th~q O. tors said tb dvas no cure for me and I was l6~p to die.. 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