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DR. J. WILBUR
GREATEST
in Mnnon m mm ?
Than Those of Any I
,
0 that galaxy of notables
tliat distinfCuiMli
Indiana as
tlie mo,lt prol,fic
.tifcU] / producer of fa tnou*
meQ ln Ronera*
lion of anj State In
I'Dlon ? U'w ?mbut*.
James WhltUfiftyW&
com It Rdey. Charles
(r yftjji' Major ami others?
must now l?e added
the name of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman,
for ho is the most distinguish*! evangelist
in the country, and his sermons
are read and heard by more people than
are those of any other pulpit orator.
J. Wilbur Chapman was bom in
* Richmond. Ind.. on the 17th of June.
18TA. His mother died wh->n he was
bur twelre years of age. and bis father
when he was nineteen. He pursued
his classical studies at Oberlin College
and Lake Forest University, and graduated
from Lam* Theological Seminary.
nwi? I- id?i WMIrt In tho
l/IIICIIJIIilll. VUI\>, IU loua.
theological seminary bin earnest spirit
1*1 him to engage In aggressive work
In Home of tbe neighboring community*.
His life an a pastor has boon a
continuous series of remarkable successes.
In 1883. while on a visit to a former
classmate In Northern New York, he
was called and accepted the pastorate
of the Reformed Church at Schuyler Ille.
N. Y. Here a revival commenced
that brought Into tbe church s?*ores of.
people. In 188." he accepted the call of
the First Reformed Church or a many.
N. Y.. one of the most aristocratic and
conservative churches In the State. It
may be worthy of note that the church
had been without a pastor for over two
year*, and had listened to 110 candidate*.
when they selected this young
man a* their under shepherd. In fire
year* this old. formal church was
transformed Into an aggressive evangelistic
body ? and SOO people were
brought out of the world into its fel- .
lowshlp. While here he responded to
Invitations to engage In evangelistic
services In many places in New York
and neighboring States, where his services
were blessed in a marked degree.
In 1880 he received a hearty call to
WW A T DUmiah In
nr me vw.Tmvr ui it. a. a. t in>uu <u
Bethany Church, of Philadelphia, the
church of which Hon. John Wanamaker
is an elder. The Albany church offered
him greater inducements to remain
by Increase of salary and larger
liberty to. do outside evangelistic work,
but Anally consented to the separation.
He entered upon his duties at Bethany
Church early in 1890. and commenced
what is perhaps the most remarkable
experience of any American
church along the ^rangelistic lines. In
less than three years there were added 1
to the church membership 1100 souls
on confession of their faith, more than
half of them being men.
The church was so perfectly organized
under his direction that It would
l>e difficult for a person to be In attendance
at any of Its services and not
be reached by the members in a social,
as well as a spiritual way. During his
pastorate In this church be was permitted
to engage In evangelistic work
In Cincinnati. Cleveland. Jentey City
and many other places In several States.
IcwkakU Work S?thMr Ckirk.
It 1* not an ordinary thing for a pastor
of a flourishing church of 3000
members, with a Sunday-school of
XtfO. to resign his charge for the work
' of an evangelist.
The pressure upon Dr. Chapman to
engage exclusively In evangelistic
BT B?S#h
DR. CHAPMAN'S CHUBCli. THE
YOKK (
work by eminent clergymen and laymen
throughout the country while pastor
of Bethany Church. Philadelphia,
be:-a greater than could well lie estimated
by any one who had not be*-n
In a similar position, uutil he was
constrained in the fall of to tender
his resignation so that he could devote
himself entirely to this wider field of
aervico.
After being away from the Bethany
work three years the congregation, not
being able to find a man to carry on
the work begun by Dr. Chapman, a
most urgent and pressing call was
made to him to again take up the work
as Its senior pastor, having as his assorinlM
the Rpv. OhiirlM A Ilinbov ft
D.. Re*. J. C. Thompson, D. D., and the
Rev. George Tan Do urn, with tbe privilege
of a leave of absence each year
for outside evangelistic work.
L.
CHAPMAN,
EVANGELIST
id Heard by More People
Jving Pulpit Orator,
hi this thr?s? year* of hi* pastoral tv
1?% n*S(li lint linttr% yntiitirliimr lll*i
IUill/ll ?? l? U tvi'1 IIJ . iint^ lln,
1000 person* were :nld-?i to tbo tui'iu
berahip. a majority of tln*m rueu.
A Sjrmpotlnm of Appr**latloa?.
The Rev. Dr. Lucoek. of Blooming
ton. Ind.. in writing to a friend uImiui
Dr. Chapman'* work there nay*: "Hi*
work is scarcely tmgun until he has tho
THE REV. DR. J.
confidence, affection and cordial support
of those associated with blm.
Pastors realixe that an excitement fox
the honor and glory of the evangelist ia
studiously avoided. Flashy results are
Dot sought after, but the laying of foundations
for work in this special line by
pastor and church for months after
the evangelist has closed his work.
His methods employed are such as to
encounter the least resistance and critlrls?n."
A Hermrman writes: "Dr. Chapman
Is a most magnetic. spiritually minded
preacher. As a mau be is most lora
ble. conscientious, consecrated. The
fact that he has b?en for years a pastot
puts him in quick touch with ministers,
receiving their hearty cooperation."
The Her. M. A. Brownson. D. D.. io
the New York Independent, writes
"The preaching of Dr. Chapman U
ideal. T1k? simplicity of his speech, tht
intense earnestness of his manner, the
winning personality of the man and hit
evident sincerity, all energized by tb<
Holy Spirit, on whoui he depends, ser
vice by service, constitute his powei
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FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN. NEW
2ITY.
as a preacher. His gifts as an organ
izer ami his tact iu tin' management o
bis workers are altogether exceptional.
The Preachers' Assistant, a month);
magazine, says: "The following brie
description of Dr. Chapman is tukei
from one of the daily newspapers o
Reading. I'a., and is given as an illus
tration of the impression made by bin
on the outside world. Coming from tli
secular press it is a well deserved triii
ute to this eminent servant of Cod
Dr. Chapman is a magnetic man, will
a commanding presence, speaks Uuenl
ly. uses choice words, has cngaginj
manners, employs few gestures whll
speaking, and these are always graet
ful. His strength and influence are li
his intense earnestness and heartfel
sincerity. Lincoln once said in speak
lug of the qualities of a general, "he i
a mau you caa tie to," and that is hoi
v -V' e, , v?-_A . -:1
Dr. Chapman Impresses all who meet J
him.'" |
It ix a remarkable fact that wherever
Dr. Chapmau has held evangelistic servires
It attracts the attention of the
press to an unusual degree.
A correspondent of the New York 1
Christian Iutelllgeuoer. speaking of the <
work at Pei'kskill. N. says: "Dr.
Chapman proved himself Immediately '
a master of the art of preaching?nay.
- '
I Dior*, a master 01 me mitre uuuvwi
art of swayiUK the hearts of men by
tl*? presentation of divine truth. The t
, audlemv wan deeply stirred. Team
dotvt'd fre?-ly?team of penitence. of ^
gratitude, of Joy. of love and devotion.
The swe't memory of these services j
will live in the minds and hearts of |
hundreds, and its effects will tell for
. eternity." I
t The Itev. Emil Levy says: "Those *
i who hav* heard Dr. Chapman are at
> one In the first favorable impression \
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WILBUR CHAPMAN.
ther receive from his open, frnnlc and
. an mnnnar ryf n.l.lruaa Ha m?Vnr
' descends to the level of cheap wltti- ,
i cisms or offensive sarcasms, or a desire j
> 'to make them feel Rood and laugh.' f
He is always earnest and reverent in
' the treatment of the truth, a ud hi* pre- i
sents it with a clearness of thought and 1
, a wealth of illustration which enlists
> the attention of his bearers and holds 1
it from start to finish. After a cool es- <
timate of his powers It might be safely j
I said that be is never more forceful than ;
1 at the afternoon meetings, which are 1
largely for the benefit of Christians.
; calculated to deepen their spiritual j
lives and make them altogether 'self- ,
, surrendered' to God."
At present Dr. Chapman is pastor of (
i the Fourth Presbyterian Church in (
: New York City. He left his Phllndel- ,
i phia charge in the height of his sue>
cess, and only after great pressure was ;
? brought to bear on him for the New i
i York field. It was represented to him i
> that the Fourth Church was moribund
- ana wiai oniy ue couiu revive il. jmj ui i
r a great pecuniary sacrifice lie took up i
the work, and the results have been '
phenomenal. Ills auditorium Is the
most consistently crowded in the me- <
tropolis. *
Many doors In the past two years 1
have been opened to him. both In this
country nnd across the water, to enter '
other fields and other lines of Christian
work, and while many of these calls j
have been most flattering. Dr. Chapman
has stoutly turned his face against
thpm. feeling that God had placed His
seal upon him for special evangelistic
work.
Mtrrlu* In Thmrr and Practlca.
"Children should Ir> trained for mar- ,
rlage" was the text of several discourse*
at the meeting of the Study ,
of Life Society yesterday, evidently i
on the principle of tracing a child in
the way he should go when he is
young, so that when he is older he will
not depart therefrom. On the other
hand, mothers were warned to prepare
their daughters to be self-supporting.
since economic dependence I*
the cause of mm ii of the wreteheilness
in married life. At the same
time, most young women fitted to earn
$10!) a month will gladly give It up to
marry u young man with fcso. Even
among the new women, marrying for
a home has not gone out of fashion.
They would rather have some one else
provide It for them than to provide it
for themselve*. he they nover ho
learned or skillful or capable.?New
York Press.
s latest fictobs or the ex-i:mp*m? books*
v or raises.
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MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK'
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WAMVTHGTON ITEM9.
The Senate Committee on Territories
:van authorized to sit during the recent! t
)f Congress.
A pardon was granted Gilbert B.
rowles, of Washington. D. C.. by the
President, while serving a Jail term for
forgery. I
The Navy Department will detail '
rho Panther and Montgomery for rejerve
practice cruise* this summer.
Admiral Dewey, testifying again be- j
'ore the Senate Committee on the Phil- j i
nninex. desrribed Airuinaldo as living I 1
like a prince on bribe* received from .
Spain and the proceed* of plunder.
In the Senate Mr. Teller presented a
petition from Estes O. Rnthbone asking
Congress to inrestlgate his case.
The Senate postponed consideration
>( the bill admitting Arizona. New
Mexico nnd Oklahoma to the Union
intll December 10.
on ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Major Gardener testified in bis own
lefense that be pursued in the Philippines
the policy he thought was Indicated
from Washington.
A detachment of I'nited States ma Ines
and a force of the native constmbllary
bad an engagement with a large
>ody of La drone# in Morong Province,
Luzon. One marine and seven La1
rones were killed.
iinwloiin wntlnpla killed two MoroS i
irho were Acting In a suspicious man- i
ter near tbc American camp on tbe lsl?
ind of Mindanao.
Conditions in tbe province of Albay, (
P. I., w*>re shown to lx> prosperous. I
BriffadlerGener.il George W. Davis, j
n command of tbe American forces in
Camhoanga. Mindanao, was ordered to (
ilanlla to take command of tbe Depart- i
nent of tbe North. Brigadier-General |
Samuel S. Summer will succeed Goner- <
il Davis In Zamboanga.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Bald- |
via. from tbe Island of Mindanao. P.
[.. reported that at a conference at i
3acolor tbe Sultan urged a policy of
'riendsblp with tbe Americans. 1
DOMESTIC.
For causes unknown George Van 1
louten, one of tbe best-known railroad !
nen in tne srate. Kuieu mmseu ai
Sagle Pass, Texas.
Several thousand sheep were de- i
troyed near Durango, Col. bj forest 1
Ires.
On purely circumstantial evidence,
toseph Coleman was sentenced at i
'aulkton. 8. D.. to life imprisonment i
'or tbe mnrder of his brother.
Recent purchases of trade rivals by j
be Armours and Swifts were thought
n Chicago to portend a Riant consolilatlon
of packing companies.
Tbe police of San Francisco. Cat. arrested
J. P. Spence, of Duluth, MIhil,
vanted for embezzling f 140G. I
Major Ira 8baler, tbe subway con* 1
ractor hit by a falling rock, died at
S"ew York City.
While traveling aronnd tbe world A.
Boyd Watson, of England, died at i
Kansas City. Mo.
Miss Christine J. Nlssen. of Jamaica j
Plain, Mass.. believed Jane Toppan, j
irho confessed to murdering thirty-one i
persons, tried to poison ner is a nospi- ,
taL
Samuel Brown was banged at Green- !
rllle. Mo., for the murder of George
Richardson In March. 1000.
Michael Powell wax arrested at Troj, '
F.. charged with murdering his infant ,
:hlld. It was charged that while in* .
ox leated Powell picked up a carving ;
knife and butchered the child in its '
mother's arms. j
The Catholic clergy of Buffalo, N. Y? |
:ook steps toward forming an organlza* '
:ion within the Church to combat An- ,
ircby and Socialism.
The Ohio Supreme Court sustained
the Willis Tax law. levying a fee of j
jne-tenth of one i>er cent, on the sub* 1
icrlbed capital of private corporations.
Anthony S. Sherman, cashier of the
Merchants' Bank at Newport, R. I., !
who shot himself because of a heavy |
shortage, is dead.
The explosion of a portable engine j
it Mount Vernon. Md.. killed the engineer
and fatally injured four other j
men.
The Ohio Supreme Court declared '
the law uuder which the Government !
9f Cleveland is formed to be unconstitutional.
The Junior faculty of Chicago Unl- !
rersity voted to separate the sexes.
The body of Jesse James will be exhumed
at St. Joseph. Mo., ana reburied
In the family lot near Kearney.
President Charles O. Day, of Andover
1..^ AnnAlllt/iml
1 Ul'UIU^iLUl ociuiuai;, auuuuu^vu ?i<uk i
the trustees had voted to have the
teminary remain at Andovcr.
FOREIGN.
Chok?ra has appeared both In Tokio
and' Pckin.
Lord Ilcnniker, Governor of the Isle .
of Man. who had been |u ill health fur i
Mime time past, died in the Isle of Man.
lie was born lu 1842.
The French Minixter of Justice de- j
dared the Humbert swindlers will be J
arrested and tried.
Alwut l.HX) Canadian troops sailed
from Durban. South Africa, for home.
The yellow fever epidemic near Coat*
zacoalcos. Mexico, continues, four
Ainerk-ans-having died.
Three brothers named Waraboldt
were lost from the tishing schooner
Isclda, from Halifax, on the banks of
La have.
Kin;; Oscar asked the Swedish Cabinet
to resign and former Premier nostrum
to form a new Cabinet.
A number of Russian officer* were
sentenced to terms of Imprisonment at
Poltava for corrupt pra<tlees.
Two Philadelphia!)* were in Sr. Petersburg
collecting information and
material relating to the boundaries of
Alaska.
Permission to return to Africa will
be sought at once by C. H. Weasels |
aud P. ti. \V. Crobler. Boer envoys to i
Europe.
Rear-Admiral Rodgers and the staff j
of the United Slates Legation were re- J
reived iu audience by the Emperor of i
China and the Empress Dowager.
Caj?e Ilalticn was bombarded by
Government warships ami lighting in
the streets continued all day.
The Right Rev. William Garden
Cowle. I). !?.. Bishop of Auckland, died
at Wellington. X. Z. He was born In
1831.
1110 linilfO I1UUH' Ul VjUllJ ujuua
passed the third reading of the Finance
Bill by a vote of l!3<> to 181.
It was reported that Russia would
withdraw from Manchuria and graut
Chinette concessions.
Two were killed and fourteen injured
In a gunpowder explosion near Madrid.
Snaln.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Bar* Arm m Tww of lb* Hidaou Gifts ot
Whisky to Mm: Uck of Frlaads, Lack
of Will. Lack of 8?lf KMpMt, Lack of
Nervous F?rc?.
How should a whisky drinker Ulk to
bis son? If he talked as he feels, he would
bold up the Hat. brown bottle and say:
"My boy. you know that I am a poor
man and have nothing to leave to you
?r your mother
'"The difference between myself and the
lurcessful men who have passed me is
this:
"I nave gone through life with this
bottle in my hand or in my pockct. Thry j
L "
uatc uvv.
A man comes into the world prepared
to do hi* share of the world'* work well
ir ill, as bis brain and his physical
strength may decide. Of all his qualities
the most important practically is balance.
The wlmky in :hat bottle destroys the
balance, both mental and physical.
It substitutes dreaming and foolish selfconfidence
for real effort.
It presenU all of life's problem* and
duties in a false light. It make* those
things seem unimportant which are most
important.
It dulls the conscience, which alone can
make men do their duty, in spit* of temptition,
and, struggle on to success in spite
?f exhaustion.
Keep away from this bottle, and keep
iway from those who praise it. He who
hands it to his fellow man is a criminal,
md be who hands it to a young man is a
worse criminal and a villain.
"It is impossible but that offences wit)
come, but woe unto him, through whom
they come."?fit. Luke. xni.# 1.
It is a well-established fact that in the
usual order of events drunkenness would
be handed down from father to son, and
hundreds of thousands of families would
be ultimately wiped out by whisky.
It is not true, fortunately, that the son
r>f a drunkard actually inherits drunken
qms fully developed. But * drunkard
Sives to nit son weakened nerves and *
iminishcd will power, which tend to
make him a drunkard more easily than
his father was made a drunkard before
kim.
The great safeguard of a drunkard's
children undoubtedly lies in the warning
which they see every day in their home
ind in the earnest adrice which the man
who drinks will give to all young people
if he have any conscience left.
If the man who drinks would save his
own children from the name danger he can
do so better than any other. He need not
lose their respect by telling them of his
own mistakes, if these mistakes hare been
bidden from them. Let him simply tell
them without personal reference what he
knows about whisky, its effects on a
man's happiness, success, self-respect and
pnjiicii rouiurt.
Whisky gives a great many thing* to
men?negative gift* moat of them. Of
theae gifts here are a few:
Lack of friend*, Lck of will, lack of selfrespect,
lack of nervous force?4ack et
sverything Jive the hideotu craving that
ran end only with unconsciousness, and
that begins again with increased suffering
when consciousness is restored.
* * *
With the fear of whisky there should
be impressed upon children svmpathy and
orrow for the unfortunate drunkard.
One of the ablest men, and one of the
most earnest in America, said to his
triends very recently:
"I never drink, as you know. But when
I see a man lying druaft in the gutter, 1
knew that ha hks probably made that
very day a herder effort at self-control, a
nobler struggle to control himself, than I
ever made in my life. He has yielded
and fallen at last, but only because all of
hia strength is insufficient to overcome
the disease that possesses him."
Teach your children that drunkenness
is a horrible disease, as bad as leprosy.
Teach them that it can be avoided; that
the disease is contracted in youth through
carelessness, and that it is spread by those
rhn mcouraire drinking in others. Tell
them that the avoiding' of whisky is not
merely a question of moral* or obedience
to parent*, but a miration involving mentaj
and physical salvation, success in life,
hapniness, and the respect of other*.?New
York American and Journal.
"nigh Life" Shock* a Temperance Worker
Ten minute* wa* the time allowed
peakem at a recent session of the Women'*
Christian Temperance Union Convention,
because of the large number of
report* to be made. Only once did th?
timekeeper fail#to sound the gong. The
exception was made in favor of Mrs. M. J.
Annable, of Brooklyn, State Superintendent
of the Union'* re*cue work, who
told aome interesting experience*.
"No one." ahe aaid, in beginning her
address, "i* ahvay* under hi* or her selfcontrol
unless he or *he is a total abstainer.
"Only a few day* ago," ahe went on.
after telling aome more of the evils of
drink, "I waa invited to a reception given
to a young bride who had juat returned
from a wedding trip of nine month*. The
reception wa* at the house of her father- |
in-law, in Brooklyn. He i* a Christian
man and hi* wife is well known a* a philanthropist.
I couiil not go to the reception,
and I am glad that I could not. I
learned rfterwarda that the beautiful
young brine became so boisterous that
her father-in-law had to take her to task.
That protoked so much bad language that
it was necessary for the butler and half
a dozen of the male guests to carry her
tbrieking from the room.
"A few days later I received a card? |
I believe one was sent to each guest?expressing
the bride's regret at the occurrence,
and declaring that she had no
li?vin* used the language at
tributcd to her." ~ I
The mora! of thr.t story of an event in
"h'*h life." Mrs. Annable said. is that the [
vils of intemperance are not confined to I
the lower clause*. She Rave several instances
of successful effort in rescue work, j
and declarer! that the work w made doubly i
hnrd by "well dressed women of a certain I
clans." I
Speaking of the need for rescue work, J
Mr*. Annable said she has the record
of eijjht hundred descendants of a woman I
who died in Brooklyn in 1*27 at the ngt
of liftv-one. Of her descendants. 700 have J
been in jai!. 34:! were confirmed drunkard*
and thirty-tfeven pa:d the law's penalty for
murder.
Mrs. Annable declined to give the name
of the erring bride on the ground that
she did not thick to do so would Ik- in ,
line with her department of rescue work, j
The name of the woman who died in 1S27 ,
she also refused to divulge for the sake
of the hundred descendants who were
ever in jail.
Let Thtin Go.
The Icadirs paper of Manchester. N. R.,
had on ;t* bulletin board recently the fol
lowing iv.u; in u?r^e ii'iinn.
*Skt!l?*-l mechanic-* who want their beet
may leave Manchester." That pajier stated |
that certain gojd workmen in a leading j
factory had declared they would go to
Massachusetts if they could not have an j
open saloon in Manchester."
To this a'I good citizen* will reply, lei
them go. for very quickly would the.I
place* be tilled by skilled workman with
better material for good citizenship, than
beer-dnukintf mechanics.?National Advocate.
Could Never Re Mrtunrei).
If workinnmcn of thi* great natiob
would all sign the pledge and keep it,
there would be no need of labor organizations
and labor agitator*, and there would
be no strikes, with privation and starvation
following in their wake; and proaiierity
and *un*hine would take the place
r 1 ? -?? ? lO'iUf Tim inniiwtiii
OI OiiU . A MV UWfl'MIViFI
it would tiring to the working inan'i
home and >t* influence upon the boys arid
(jirl.n reared in those homos, the logical
elevation of the standard of citizenship,
the decrease in crime, and the safeguard!
it would throw out for the protection ol
the virtue of youti? women could neve!
be measured on this side.?National Ad
rocsU.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL '
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS 1
FOR JULY 20.
In^Jtcl: Tht Tan CommMdanti, Ttntiea
to Mea, Ci. is., It-17?<3oUi?n Teat,
Matt. six.. 1?? Memory Tenet, 12-17?
ConiatnUrjr on the Day's Lmmh.
The Fifth Commandment. ? This commandment
is a connecting link between ,
the first and second table* of the law, and
properly belong* to both.
12. "Honor. ' This means more thin to
obey, it u to treat with reverence and affection.
"Thy tat her an-i thy mother."
There is a degree of atfectiouate rcspect
which is owing to parents that no periton
el?e ran property claim. F ir a considerable
time parents stand as it were in the place
of <iod to their children, and therefore rebellion
against their lawful command has
been considered as rebellion apiiut God.
This precept therefore prohibits. not only
all injurious acts, and irreverent and un1
?.-~^L?.. ? .??** j luif *av? imnj nil f
I\ lil'l B|imuca t'?
netvuary act* of kindliest, filial reapect
and obedience. We can m-ircely supjMMe
that a man honor* hi* (urenU who, when
they fall weak, blind or nick. doe* not exert
himself to the utmo*t in tb?*ir *upport.
In ?uch caae* (?od a* truly require* the
children to provide for their parent*, aa
He required the parent* to *u;>port and instruct
the children when they were helpIt;**
and dependent. Mo*t of tho*e who
come to an untimely end ace obliged to
cotife** that breaking tbi* commandment
and the fourth wa* the first trau*e ot their
nin. "Upon the land." eu. 1. The nation
*hall be permanent in the promued
land. 2. The individual life *hall be long,
implying happinen*. peace and prosperity.
While in it* primary- meaning tin* i* to be
understood a* referring to the promised
land, the land of Canaan, yet "in tne wider
*cope which thi* commandment ha*, as
l>eing grounded in the nature of the family,
and *o alike binding upon all men, it i* to
be understood of the land or country of
any and every individual."
The Sixth Commandment.?13. "Thon
'halt not kill." "Thou *hal? do no muril??r
" Tlin mitPilnn'r i? rnrirHml > niu
who wickedly destroys God's intake in man,
and so most basely jtsiu!'.s <Jvxl Himself.
Suicide is accordingly prohibited by this
commandment. Our i^ord to>k up thi> law
for special treatment, ind taught that he
who cherished anger against his neighbor
was jniilty before God of the spirit of murder.
Matt. 5: 21-24. "Our own life should
be held aacrcd. and we are to do nothing
that will shorten or de-troy it. as by it we
are enabled to serve God and bless our fellow
men." The per?on who take* his own
life performs a cowardly and wicked act.
Dissipation, drunkenness and sins against
the body that unfit it for usefulness and
shorten life, are violations of this com
mandment. It is generally supposed that
there are cases where the killing of another
might be justifiable, as, I. In the
execution of justice. 2. In self-defense.
But even in this there is a difference of
opinion among good men.
The Seventh Commandment.?14. "Thou
halt not commit adultery." The violation
of thia commandment means the destruction
of the home and family, an institution
ordained of God and necessary to the building
up of His kingdom in the earth.
"This commandment forbids < all act* of
uncleanness, with all those fleshly lust#
which produce those acts and war against
the soul, and all those thoughts or prac
tices which cheruh and excite those fleshlv
lusts, as looking in order to lust, which
Christ has expressly forbidden. Matt. 5:
28." It also forbids all those unholy
amusements which lead souls into sin,
such as theatre going and dancing, and also
looking at obscene pictures, reading impure
literature and telling lewd stories.
These things are debasing, degrading and
soul-d?stroying. 'This sin. 1. Is t^e most
degrading of all sins. 2. Obscures and extinguishes
the light of man's natural reason
and understanding. 3. Is the most infamous
and scandalous among men; a sin
that brands them with the greatest shame
and reproach, a reproach that can never
be wipM away. 4. Is threatened with
most dreadful punishments from God." A
body filled with loathsome diseases; a
person reduced to extreme beggary (Prov.
6: 26); a life completely wrecked morally,
physically, intellectually; a being burning
jiifTac afupni 11*? in * * f Vi?
will! lUflb, nuwuv bU nuiivt VfrV! IIBIIT ?t? VMS
lake that burneth with tire an<l brimstone"
?these are some of the .terrible punishment*
visited upon those who are guilty
of this most heinous sin.
The Eighth Commandment.?15. "Thoo
shalt not steal." The rights of property
are of divine appointment, and we are to
refrain from claiming as our own that
which now belongs to another. The right*
of property may be violated, 1. By taking
property without the knowledge of the
owner: or theft. 2. By taking the property
of another by consent, when violently
obtained. 3. Bv consent fraudulently ol>tained,
or cheating: either by taking advantage
of another's ignorance, or by misreoresentation.
4. By withholding what
belongs to another; whether it be taxes
or duties, or giving short weight* and
measures, or withholding what is borrowed
or found. 5. By paving too small wages,
or bv not earning the wage* we receive.
6. By beating down those who sell, so as
not to pay a fair profit, or by charging exorbitant
prices. 7. By monopolies and
trust* which conflict with the right* of individuals
and oppress the poor. 8. By
! socialism and anarchy which tend direct!?
or indirectly to misappropriate what rightfullv
belongs to another. 9. By gambling.
j runir.g. i.ikuik miam iii m, ui ...... I
I ing into anv of the modern expediencies
J whereby something is expected for nothing.
10. By any business which injure*
J th?* life, liberty or property of other*. *ueh
an selling linuor*. obscene picture*, vile
| book/, etc. II. By indulging in any habit
j whereby we arc unfitted to meet our ob'i'
gations. or support tho/e who may be de.
pendent upon us. Thin $in will be severely
punished.
Th?- Xiufh Commandment.?13. "False
t witness.'* This in the w.?r?t form of iving
I and i!u\ude* all other forms. "Truthful|
ne*s is the only condition en which huI
mm intercourse is possible. and it lies at
[ the foundation of ull |>ers.>nal character."
I Lying is one of the worst sins, because ir
j leads to the commission of other *in*. and
*eeks to cover wrong doing. This com*
| mardment forbids perjurv. false oaths.
| tale-bearing, wlander. Ivwkbiting am! eviJ
[ sneaking, or anvthing that would in a#v
way injure another in his goods, person
or character.
The Tenth Commandment.?17. "Thou
I shah not covet."' This j* the only on.? of
the commandments which treats ?o!e:v of
sins of the mind and heart, and in so doing
it str:kes at the verv root of all sin. for
i i ?f .1?: ?, - oj .?.
.T.i*. 1: 14. 1.1). and then- would ho no *iti
commi'ted if thin commandment ww perfectly
kept. Rom. 7: 7. The word covet
or. ur* sime twenty times in the Hebrew
Soriptujes. and is commonly translate ?!csire.
'
I.otlera of 2000 Tears Ago.
Relics o: king* of .VOO years ago. toget!:er
with a complaint to a chief of polio
written year* ago. are on display !<>
t'tc fir< time in the Haskell Museum of
the University of Chicago, having l?een
r:ven hv lae Chicago Society of Kgyptu-n
lie-.c.in !i. Among the relic* i.< a :i<r. p?M
j b.rr. thought to be the oldest pie f- oi* in
ribid jewelry in the world. It hear* the
j ymbol of King Mene*. who reined about
[ 15. C. Another exhibit i< a piece of
| pipvnM, on which is written a complaint
of Nechtcmctes to a chief of police, with
reference to a rohherv on her premise*.
Tins was written 19" B. C. A piece o?
papyrus of the third century boar* a letter
of Demetrius to hi* f.:ther. Her.iclei Je*.
blaming iiim for not sending baskets oi
{odder.
Flouring anil Crist Mill Induct!?.
The Connus Bureau iwucJ a report on
the flouring an<l grist mill proluct*. which
nhow* a capital of $218,714,104 invented in
the 23.2.W establishment* reporting. The
value of product* i* returned at
rtO. to produce which involved an outlay
of $5.4<M.7.>0 for salaries of official*, clerk*,
etc.: S17.7H3.41S for wage*; SlOJi'i^S.S for
nti?ce!li s.eous expense*, and $47.>.S"JC,34o
for material* use'
Rich Mountain* In Cab*.
Th? highest mountain* in Cuba reach [
greater height* than any peak* in the
| eastern range* of the Ui ?ie<J Sta'ea. (
?!ii m *
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S GREATEST PR&PHETS,
The Focmlatlon of FtlUt-TTM Kril|iw
roudtd oo Facta Attaatotf by Um C?4?
nml Ciptrtmc* of KtakUd-Tht
PropbMlc Loadag lot InaartaUly. ,
The Rev. (leorgc H. Hepworth, the wdiknown
clergyman aud journalist, who for
twenty-hve year* wrote a Sunday nermoa
for the New York Herald, died suddenly
in In* apartment* in New York City, ana
an eventful ?nd"t>*eful life, rich in humanitarian
deed. v.'t?4Ma brought to a clone.
Hi* last *-rmon lnSjMHerald, which waa
pubiisuud on the (lay^atjer bis death, follow*:
A ureat many honest mind* have bees
disturbed .nd driven to the verge of doubt
by their inability to form any conception
of Uod.
He u the uncreated Creator, but tb?
word* convey no meaning whatever to oa?
minds, if you look through the Lick telescope
at Arcturus you aee very little mort
than with the naked eye, and if the profounde*t
philosopher look* at the Almighty
be *ee* very little more than tbe unlev
tered pea*ant. Still Arcturus is in tbe *ky,
whether you can peer into hi* secret or
not, and < Jod u in your life, though yout
moat searching thought returns to jem
empty handed. Tbtfvery word* omnlpotent
and omnipresent, ha re an unthinkable
vitrniHr-nlinn and urtfkH thf man of acienea
tells ua that space absolutely limitless,
that it conaiats ofhorizota which are sireply
endless in numbef, we accept the fact,
but have no more conception of it thaa
the microbe in a watch has of the delicate
machinery whose ticks are continuous
roll of thunder in its ears.
What. then, you ask is the basis of ? religion
which demands such self-control and
self-sacrifice* If these problems will alwajr*
remain insoluble, and if you can know so
little of the Being who demands your soul's
al'egiance, why may not religion itself be
mistake? Many a heart has been engioometf
by therc thoughts and many a mind b?
fo.rec<l by them.
True religion is independent of any par*
Iy intellectual theory of the universe, an#
is founded on farts proven true by the unv
versai experience of mankind. This state
merit is easily illustrated by cQiidbooa. nf
little one does not understand its mother,
has no comprehension whatever of a moth
er's love or of the nianificance of a motb
er's discipline. If bahy were giftac
with speech and coald describe its relation*
to that mother it would make as many mia
statements as we do in describing our relfc
tions to God. The mother's nrovidenee it
wholly misunderstood; even her watchful
care looks like interference with the child'*
rights, and the child might say, as Calvia
did of the Almighty, that "of her own gDM
pleasure" she pets at one moment and pot
tshes at another. The knowledge that pooiihraent
and love are entirely coosi stent
with each other, or that mother is still
mother even when the child's prayer fe
sternly denied, is beyond the reach of that
narrow intellect, ana win oe tor manj m
year to come. Mothers and children aometimea
get at odds for this reason, and a
like manner we get at odds with the Afr
mighty.
Bat when we come to be men oar mind*
are large enough to settle certain matters
of practical importance. It is needless to
theorize,for ha rah experience tells as truths
whfcfc cannot be gainsaid. The microbe ?
the i^ptch has learned his lesson and knows
that some journeys are dangerous, white
others are safe, and from that moment he
has a plan of life. He cons tracts a decalogue
for himself, and the "Thou shalt not"
is the voice of imperial law, not forbidding
him through caprice, but because an iafnction
of the law ia followed by looi and
remorse. Every man knows that there ia a
right and a wrong; has been taught thw bf
many tears and failures; that lore brines
sunshine, and hatred the tempest; that filial
relations with the Infinite result ia serenity
of soul, a resignation to bank
events which changes them from a curse to
a blessing by some necromancy whoee secret
he cannot fathom, while hostile relations
end in loneliness and desperatioa:
that integrity of character is worth all it
costs to acquire and defend it. Add to alla
this the prophetic loafing for another life,
which no argument can suppress, a longing
that, like the spring on the mountain side,
will have its way. and a curious con notion,
which seems to be a component part of hia
nature, that in ways unexplained the dear
ones in heaven can find a path to eartbg
drawn by a love which wan sacred and
strong before the funeral bells tolled, and
is equally strong and sacred now. and yoa
have an array of facts, corroborated bjr
every human life in every rliine and every
ay. That is the basis of the kind of religion
which Christ taught. He rare as no
explanation of my*teriou? problems, bat
simple truth instead?truth most need fa],
and altogether practical. Baild your faith
on that foundation and the eatrs of heO
shall not prevail against it. Earth will becomc
the primary school for Ood's University,
and Cod Himself the Teacher, whora
love is no more loving then u His discipline.
Don't Gsth?r Thorns.
A day's work is all that has to be doaa
in a day. This is true whether the work bo
done wisely or be done foolishly. This
thought should be a source of encouragement
to us when we seem to have mora
(rood work to do than we have time for.
Oniy a day's work is called for in a day. ,
and that much we ought to be willing ana
able to do. And the same thought ought
to restrain us from throwing away the
hours of even one day foolishly. Are w*
working w-isclv. or foolishly, in our daily
occupation* That i* worth our aerioos
t nrmtrht .Terrmv Tavlor UTi of the OB
wine, "How many people are busy gathering
together a handful of thorn* to nfc
upon!' Have none of us ever spent our
time in that way? The Apostle Paul ?*scats
to Timothy the study of the Hoqr
Scriptures as an aid to wi* action, b*
(auso they "are able to make thee wi?
uiito salvation through faith which la ia '
Christ Jesus." We nave our choice between
folly and wisdom, to-day, and erery ,
dav.?Sunday-School Times.
RlKbt Doing.
One's rghtful work ia often halted of
fear of what others will say about it. Th?
may be even more a barrier to the work
than the fear of not doing the work at aO.
It takes couragc to do what we keliev*
we ought to do, when we think we shall
be criticiscd. or misunderstood, or scorned.
Hut the real calamity lies in not doing
what we ought. Of this it is well to have
so strong a fear tuat we shall hsve courage
to face whatever others may say of oar
right doing.
Christianity
Christianity was ma le as much for the
poor man who can not make research a?
for the wealthy and cultured. The church
t.?i r>-~A
14 not narrow, snc t? ? /.> * ?? v?w
ar?l the teazhing* of Chri?t.?'The Rer
William Pardow New York City.
I'dMpart to Kirrnlty.
><*e that your thought* are pure ana
your deed* noble. L"se the* experience* of
life, whether they be ot joy or sorrow. aM
step.4 i:> in upward climb. There is only
out- thinu you can carry into eternity?
your character. See that it is what it
should lw and the jasper gate* will gladly
swing of en to give you a welcome.?Great
Thought*.
A Living \Yltue*?.
In thi* agi? of skepticism the church i*
living witness that there t? a divine powex
wlmh controls our destiny.?Ke7. J. G,
\ UaO.
chemical Lltmtar^ Inflrx.
The l*nitcd StAte? Patont Office for
loine year* pa*t been working ?J> a
r.ird index of chemical literature. Thia
herculean ta*k wiJl require tht writing
and clarification of more than l.rtrtrt.'XW
card*, of which some 20?),000 are a'.rrady
prepared. The complex chemical formulae
indicating compounds are indexed according
to the number of atom* of carbon
wUich they contain, and a^ain in relation
to the number of hydrogen atom* in carbon
compound*, and. finally, alphabetically
with regard to the symbols of the remainins
element". In addition, a eroA*referenre
card i? tiiied out and rhuMticd ujder
the name of the compound, witil a refer*
K*.ce to the formula
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