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> DR. CHAPMAN'S SEBMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR.SVANCEUST. latjwt: Ttao Wtfaai Ait Conlav-Tb? Story of Jacob?A Unm For Ih* P??plo of To-Day?If ffm Giro OarwItM to God CaaUatod Rlftdag If ill Bo Oar*. New York Citt.?The Re*. J. Wilbur 'Chapman, the popular pantor of the Fourth Preabjrterian Church, who ia remarkably occeiuful as an erangeliat. has prepared an interesting sermon upon the subject of "The Wagona Are Coming" It ia - - '?' ?l,.n ho pffuctifd from inr it&i, auu ???? ... aw the wagona which Joseph had aent to -carry him. the spirit of Jacob their father revived." Geneiss 4.": 77. There ia a fascination a boat the Und of Igypt which cannot be described in words. There are some particular features of this acient land whicn impress you. First of all there a peculiar haze orer the country which ia nnlike anything to be seen in anv ether part of the world. The sunsets are Indescribable, but the most atriking thine bout Egrpt ia the ruina; on everr aide of jau re these ruina teiling of the splendors 0t past days. You pass up and down areBue? that are lined with sphinx ard with ?bel;ak. the exquisite rarvinc* of which reTeal the fact that thrre were giants in the days when these works of art were Bade. In the olden times the world's pomp and wealth seemed to hare been ppanrd at the very feet of this capital of " ?-? - nf a, ,n>n. agypi. HI I]CR 111 ftii iin u?t? w. dor and power ?*ood Joseph, next to Pharaoh in power. There are *"me places visited by tbe traveler to-day which spe.ik directly of Joaeph and hi* time*. a*. for osample, the ancient oMi<k at Helioapo'.i*. where Joseph got hi* bride, and the mm! ancient sphinx standing near the pyramid* beyond Cairo looking out to-dav over the waste of the deaert aa it haa been doinj for renturiea. and if its lips could more it 'Bight mv truly, "Before Abraham waa I am." The story of the early life of -Joseph need not be told, for we are perfectly familiar with it. We listened to the recounting of it in our childhood'* d%yi. and it was one of the fascinating *fo> Ties told us br our Christian mothers. Tie account of hia coat of many co5or*. the "bowing sheave* in the harvest ficii. mc auger of hi* brother, and the grief of hit old father are facta too well known to need telling here, except that it if well for as to know that he ia. to sav the leant, an almost perfect illustration of our Saviour, or aa tome one has said. "Our Joseph." for the names of Josenh and Jestis are nracti' caKy the name. Joseph was loved by hii father, hated bv hia brethren, and was ex alted to the place of power in the then known greatest kingdom in the world. Out Saviour waa the beloved Son of His Fath ?r, was hated bv those whom He came to are, sold for thirtv pieces of silver, cast Into the pit. is to become the Saviour ol Hia brethren, and ia exalted to-day at the right hand of the Father in majestv and in power. AD this is striking, to say the least, and makes the text to be of added interest. I. The story of Jacob. We cannot appreciate this text without we have the story oi this remarkable Old Testament character. He was a typical Jew, if we understand him aa we may understand Israeloeoplt found/in every country and belonging to Bone. Some one ha* said that Ahr.ih.im vu a hero, hut Jacob a olain man dw?llinfl in tents. Abraham i* above u*. hat Jacoo is one of ourselves. and the difference between Abraham and Jacob in the Old Testament is the difference between Paul and Peter in the Sen- Testament. the one tow ring above ua like tome mighty mountain peak. and the other our brother and companion in temntation and failure. There re several point* in the history of Jacob .which we would do well to hare in mind. First, Bethel. It was a bleak, barret) place in the he;rt of Palestine, the trarelei ees on every side of him zreat rocks and nothing but rocks, and long years ago when Jacob tras fleeing away from hit brother Esau the swift Eastern night come* down upon him. and there was nothing for llim to do but to he down, make a pillow of stones for hi* head and try to sleep. ft (a) The ladder. Did thin not teach in I. the dar? of Jacob what we hare learned ft since th* time of Christ that earth U not B the binding star. but ia bound to heaven B not simnlv by a ladder in a man's dream, n bat by Him of whom the ladder ia an illusSi" tration, and who aaid. "So man cometh unto the Father but br Me." (bl The Angela. When we aee them uending it is an illustration of our nravers ruin; to?Ood. and when we behold them de*~endinp it is an illuatration of the answer* comin? down. It ia certain!* a comfort for us all to kr?ow that are as trn'v united to Ood at in the night of Jacob'* dream he felt himself to be. fe) The Voice of God. He mid to the leaping man. "I will be with thee. I wi!l keep thee, I will not leave thee." and thi/i dresm was an inspiration for many a long dreary day Second. Jahbok. Jacob 1* on his wav back home vhen stiddenlv he hear* that Emu is ahead of him and h? is afraid. H<> ends his nr^nerty orer the stream and then his children and finallv h's be'oved Rachel, and he himself is left alone. Around him the stillness of the midnight hour, beside him the murmur of the brook ov?r the st^ne*. above him the depth* ol 1>a wta 11<\na f fnfl thought of hi* pa*t failure whn to hiir and he i* depre*.?ed. when suddenly h<" find* him?*lf in the of the ^ngel. and he *tni"jsr?e* to free him?elf. Let it be noted that he w not wr?>?tlinit with the angel. hut the angtl with him. and i? thii pot God seeking to take from Jacob'* life that which ha* hindered the development of God'* life in him. There are three thins* to be rememl>ercd here. (a) The change of hi* name. Hi* nam* was Jacob. whi<d> mean* "a sunplanter and cheat." and the angel gave him the name of larael. which means "a prince," because be had prevailed. (h) Power with 0_od and with men. but R ht it he remembered that Jt tn power with H <3od first. So many of us are ?eekins foi I power to move men; if we coti!d bat learn 88 that we can move men by the way of th<" I thron? of G.-tr! it would be a lesion of un> 0 peakable value. H (c) The vi?ion of God. Ever afterward H ?j Jacob remembered Jabbnk he said, "] lave aevn Cod face to fare." aid this wai H the secret in part of the transformation ol H Xu character. B Third. Bethel. It will be noticed that fl Jacob is at Bethel again. He has had a 9 dreary experience of failure, and in the 9 35th ehapter of Genesis Ooo tells him tc B go back to Bethel. In itself B-thei is not B much, it is ju?t a long range of barren B| kills, but to Jacob it w*< a memorable H apot for there he had seen God. It is an B mit thinf to understand how he might &ive been homesick for Bethel, for w? nz to see the old home so filled with sa Kg ered memories and the old land where wc H were born, the old church where hrst wt W came to Christ, and so Ood said to Jaroh M "Put away your idols," and he burie<J H them near to the oak and hurried on tc H Bethel. Is this not a lesson for some of u? Si in these days, we have spiritually declined H to have lost the peace that once we had fl. the power that used to be ours, let u? gc Hj back to Bethel and pray a* we used tc icnu i uc uiuic an ?c u?cu m I van 11 pend the Lord's day a* we u*ed to upend it, pve ourselves to God again. I doubt not bat that blessing will be ours without measure. There are some other event* which we ought to keep in mind in the life of Jacob to appreciate the text. One was the death of Rachel as he came near tc Bethlehem. I have seen the tomb in whicli it is said her body was placed, and thin u recorded in the 33th chapter of Genesis the 16th to the 19th verses, "And they journeyed front Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Knhrath; an<J Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor And came to pass as she was in hard labor that the miuwife said unto her. Feai aot, thou shalt have this son also. And il came to pan, as her soul was in depart is(. or she died, that she called his nam< Ben-oni. but his father called him Benja Bin. And Rachel died, and was buried it the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.' The other was his loss of Joseph. Fot twenty yearn he had mourned him. Then pre some cries that are crushed out of his I Heart which enable ua to ie? and under tand hi* grief, as, for example. "I ihal go down to my pare mnurninc." anc uain. "Me 3re hare bereft of my children Joseph is not, Simion is not anii no?r jrot pill take Benjamin Iron me." litiiBttiiate, . t II. Tha meeting of Joseph and Jacob. W? re familiar with the story of Joseph'* revelation of peace to his brethren and now at Pharaoh's suggestion the wagons were sent for the old nun and all hi* loved ones, that they might come into the land of Egypt and dwell there while the famine raged in Canaan. I can hear the wagon* rumbling outside the palace door, and Pharaoh stands at his palace with Joseph beside him, the ring upon his hand and a chain of authority about hi* neck. Wagon after wagon passes away ladencd with corn and wheat and a change of raiment, and I can see Jacob as h? sits in front of hia home thinking of his absent son* and of Joaeph, 1 am sure, for whether our boys go out to the ends of the earth or heaven they never get away from u*. Suddenly he pees a cloud of dust in the distance, and he know* that some one u coming. His Wln< tn Jwat ranidiv when he im agines it to be h:s son*. When they are near enough to cry out to him thev tefl him, "Joseph u yet alive." At this the old man fainted. ' But when he Raw the wagons which Joseph had **nt to carry him the spirit of Jacob their father revived." And he said. "It is enough. Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go ar.d see him before I die." From all of this beautiful Old Testament incident I learn these helpful lessons. First, the wagons have come for us, bringing us the best blessings of heaven, containing a change of raiment, so that we ni?ed be clad no longer in the garments of our own righteoiuness. hut in the robe* of His righteousness. In this garment there is the mark of the blood shed for our redemption and the reflection of the glory of the throne of God, bringing us food to eat that the world cannot give, and which if a man eat he shall live forever. Second, bringing us good news. These wagons shall come to us as they came to Jacob. The beat of the news was that i Josepn was yet alive. In the Old Testament when the day of atonement came the Criest took off his garment of glory and eauty and clad in linen robes made his ? -t i-lr ?f th* I wcy IIIiU bUC piC5CIIV.V vt hUV V* ? Covenant, and then the service over he came out and put on again the garment of i glory and beauty, on the hem of the robe i of which there was a golden bell, and a pomegranate the whole length of the hem round about, and is he mored around the people heard the ringing of the bells and knew that the priest was yet alive. Jacob i knew that Joieph was alive because he i saw the wagons, and we know that our Joseph is yet ahve because of the blessi ings He is showering upon us and the , peace which passeth understanding filling our souls, and Jacob heard that Joseph himself would come to meet him. and one i day our Joseph shall appear. We know not when that dav shall be, but the skies i shall brighten with our coming Lord, and when He comes wc shall step into the cha* riot and be taken away from this earth to i heaven. Lord Jesus come quickly. Third, the wagons took Jacob up to his f lost boy. and one day the wagon will come t for us to take us up to our friends who i have gone from us. Jacob did not think , of the Nile in Egypt, which he was to see, , but of Joseph, and that is what heaven is to us. the pretence of Jesus. If He is not there, there will be no music; if He is \ not there, there will be no glorv; if He is | . ?Af ?) .? )! *? will k? nn inr tlianlca I | be unto God these wagon* shall take us 1 up to meet our loved ones to whom we hive said good-bye in this world, and that ' will be joy unspeakable. I 111 , Hbme at last. The end has come for . Jacob. His has been a great life, and his . a great fight. We scarcely appreciate him | until he >s going. We have looked upon . great buildings in process of construction , and said. "That is the greatest building . in the city," but never until the sraffoldi ing is taken down do we appreciate the i work of the architect or the skill of the men who carried out his plans, and now , that the scaffolding is being taken down from about Jacob we see his real manhood. | '"I shall be gathered to my people," he , said to those who were about him, and , that settles for me the question u to , whether we shall know each other in the > other land. "What is death. O what is death Tis slumber to the weary, Tis rest to the forlorn, Tis shelter to the dreary, Tis peace amid the storm, Tis the entrance to our home, Tis the passage to that God Who bids His children come. When their wearv course is trod." "Bury me with my father*." he Mid, Genesis 49: 29-31. "'And he charged them, and said onto them. I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that U in the field of- Ephron, the Hittite. In the care that is in the field of Machpelah. which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron, the Hittite, for a possession of a bury-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah, hi* wife; there thev buried Taaac and Rebekah. his wife, ana there I buried Leah." and that must hare been ? great procession which started from Egypt to Canaan. I can think of another pro^ssion a little like it. In 1S9I, not far from Luxor, a ?reat find was made of kings and queens at a place called Del El Bahri. For a long time the - tourists had been picking up pieces of jewelry and other raluabto which the scholars knew belonged to the kings and queens of other ages, and at ia*t after much work it was found that a discovery had been made of the greatest | value, and when the representatives of the I uovernmeni maae meir way to L>ei t-J Bahri they really found the mummy of the s^eat Pharaoh and other* who were buried with him. The*e bodies were taken out of the place of hiding. carried to the Nile and floated off to Cairo, and it ia ?aid as the prooemior. moved along the celebrated river the Egyptian* lined the bank all the way to the city, threw du*t into " he air. fell upon their faces and cried aloud, "Pharaoh the great ha* come again! Pharaoh the sp-eat ha* come again!" It mutt have been like thi* when Jacob waa taken back to Crnaan. "Jacob, the great, has come again." but at last they reach the cave of Mach|*lah. and they place him there to re*t. Abraham i* there with Sarah and Isaac with Rebekah and Jacob with Leah, and then' they *hall wait until the tomb u opened by the coming of Chri*t, and hand in hand they shall go forth to meet Him. May God ipecd tne day. "Jmu, It's Urn." A pleasing little story is that of a timid little girl at a reliztou.t meeting in the south of London, who had a longing desire to come to Jesus. She said to the gentleman conducting the service, "Will you pray for me in the muming, please? But do not mention my name." In the meeting which followed, when every bead was bowed and there was a perfect silence, the gentleman prayed for the little girl who wanted to comc to Jcsut>, and he ?aid, "Oh. Lord, there is a little girl who doea not want her name known, but Thou doit know her; uve her precious soul!" There was a perfect silence. and away in the OAck of the meeting a little girl*aroie. and in a little voice said, "Please, it's me. Jesus; it's roe." She did not want to have a doubt. She ( meant it. She wanted to be wived, and she was not ashanie*d to rUe in that meeting, little girl as she was, aud say, "Je^us, it's me." Tha Estimate uf a Man. If a man be grar;ous and courteous to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of I the world ,and that hi* heart u no island, cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it *hows that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm. If he easily pardons and remits ' offenses, it shows that his mind is planted > >>. vinj MA if Vu> aVlslfr awutc illJUl tvs, 3U llldV II. \auuv? vc ouvv. ' If he be thankful for small benefits, it shows that he weighs men's minds, and > not their trash.?Catholic Mirror. Two Good Rules. i There are two good rule* which ought ' to be written on every heart: Never to r believe anything bad about anybody unless ; you positively lcnow it to be true; never i to tell even that unless you feel that it i* . absolutely necessary and that God i* listI ening while you tell it.?Dr. Henry Van I Dyke. | Men will understand one another when they all know God. j -Jr . . j . A -i. . ' TEE GREAT DESTfiOYEB 1 SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT ' THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Pmb: Til* Ramseller Roll* In Oold-?lu 8 MC?m? ud fl?r? a Drink" KolsaacoTrntlu Hnblt Dom Not Xmk? Ono4 Fellowship? Drunkards ijrtln.it Will. lien starve as they toil in the black cod mine*; Girls freeze as they stitch in the cold; * But ir every land where the mooahghl * shines, 9 The rumseller rolls in gold. * t< The laborer laboreth all his youth . For the poor-house when he's old, And many a fanner toils and fears; ?. But the rumseller rolls in gold. ^ In a coffin of pine lies the drunkard, dead, Under the pauper mold, And his orphans be* their daily bread? * While the rumseller rolls in gold. ?Mary K. Dallas, in Demorest's Magazine. " - ? The Treating Habit. The editor of the Bricklayer and Mason, y the oGcial organ of the International y Union of America, in a recent nuaiber had 0 an admirable and interesting editorial on y the treating habit from which we cull the j following: M The treating habit is nonsensical. The j, only defencc offered for it it that it is the means of bringing together convivial ?pir- j, its; that it makes for good {ellowiihip. p Docs it? Not always. How often do we ? see two men meet who are on the best of t! terms, and feel so good toward each other ? that they invite each other to "come and j have a drink." The drink is returned, and f, .inH <n nn .nntil sober I. friends become drunken enemies. It is no lt exaggeration to say that more than half the rows that lamf principals in hospitals ^ and morgues, and jails ana scaffold*, begin c over the "social ^asu." And yet there are 0I those who insist that the habit is based *j upon good fellowship, or at least makes for ]( it. On the contrary, were the habit to be p tabooed good fellowship, of the kind that is really good, would gain immeisurably, jc and public morals would be vastly im- c| proved. \ Oftentimes a man who is accustomed to y( a glass "for his stomach's sake" proceeds ^ when he feels the need for it to have a gi drink, as he calls it. Once inside the sa- p' loon he meets Jones, and because of the t< singular ethics of this good fellowship he b feeis in duty bound to invite Jones to participate. And Jones returns the compliment and the drink. At this juncture, o eithet recognizes an acquaintance, and the d circle of good fellowship enlarges. Then fi the newcomer, rather than be considered ti "small," or just to show that he is as good tl a fellow as either, proposes a third drink, a And the third drink is taken. A story is n told; then the bartender, who has overheard it with such interest thAt he at ti once deems his customers "mighty good ji fellows." sets up the drinks "on the n house." So jovial and generous a bartend- ti er appeals to the trio, and then another si drink. p So the first to^enter, who felt the need for a drink?that is, one drink?emerges it from the saloon more or less affected, and g finds that he has taken more than is good tl "for his stomach's sake." Quite often the s| little party, now nr jolly, not to say hilar- a ious one, and increased in number by one. n two or more additions in the shape of !c ? "?a r-u ' _v,? ... r. V11U9C- girwrvj icuvn* ??uu ?*v ? ??/? twwMv v about such places, bare found scats at a table, and they remain until the lights are p put out, and very generally until tbey, too, U arc subjected to the came treatment. So it ia in this way that a roan drinks more t< than he would were be at liberty to drink alone, and according to his personal de- o ires, not according to a tyrannical codc b of so-called "good fellowship." ? It is a mistake to suppose that the inri- 1 tation to drink always'implies good fellow- ti ship, Tor ouite often the one who inrites r does not ao so much because of any good t! feeling as from a desire to avoid the ap- * peirance of meanness. t Viewed in any light the treating habit is ' one of the worst o! habits. It makes men o drunkards against their will. When men g thall have gotten from under its tyranny p there will be but one class that will regret n ?the saloonkeeper; thousands ot homes will be gladdened, and good fellowship will k recover its dignity and cease to be bar- b room burlesque. ? Responsible ? Who ? J An eminent clergyman has said in t public address, wherein he defined drunk- J1 enness, "the man who must have liquor l' every day. and whose nerves crave it, is a drunkard." P We are unable to find any fallacy in this definition, while we. of course realize 1 that there are widely differing degrees and * manifestations of drunkenness. The educated man who. after his bottle of licensed ? wine, talks "like a' foo!" is drunk, beyond 1 all dispute; a* absolutely drunk in fact as 11 is the coarser brute who after his pint of v licensed whisky amuses himself by beat- ? ing his wife and children. Both belong in ; t}>#. urn* pln?4 irlii!n if i? rwi*itilo th.it thi> . former has less chance for apology for his condition than has the second. Not improbable the educated tuan is likely, by * ais example, to debauch other men. espe- . ;ially young men, than is his comrade* 1 irunka'rd of the lower social rank. Two men in an evening each drink an ?qual quantity of licensed whi?ky. One become* stupid and sodden, drops into a mud-bed and sleeps off his debauch with no worse result than hunger and cold for his wife and children until he is able And willing to resume work. The other, different in temperament, becomes violent, and, with no more intent than has anv :>ther insane man. kills his wife and" children. The first man, when he has slept long enough, arouses himself, and finds _ I'lurui aim iiuiuaiiii; ita<u iu |iu^ iwu , ?< r.nd clothe him .and to rejoice it he gives t the slightest evidence of penitence. The second man goes to the (fallows, and very t few pity him. But he loved his wife when sober. f The premeditation of each is identical . and i? represented by an act that humanly id lawful. If Kin against God and man is 8 measured by intent, who shall say thut the two men vjere not equally sinful, whatever . human law or expediency mar say? Reverently we raise the question, "What will be God's verdict?" May God speed the day when a Chris- , tian people snail dare to face such problems as this!?Temperance Banner. Rentlment la Favor of Tetnpcrane*. The growth of public sentiment in favor of temperance and against the saloon manifests itself in many ways. In it* recent meeting in Nashville, the Grand Lodg* of Masons of Tennessee passed an t edict forbidding any member to engage j in selling intoxicating liquors either bv t retail or wholesale, the edict to be in ?<p- t eration in 1903. thus giving liquor dealcn t who are licensed one vqar to get out of a tneir saloons or oui oi meir louge. The M1 of11 j 81a. Our public sitn?, of town. citj*. State ano nation are many, but for downright iniquity none can be comparable to tb.it monster sin oi legally empowering the making >f drunkards, the wrecking ?>f manhood, c the debauchment of homes, the filling of priionn, the multiplication of grave* and the overthrow of any possibility of maintaining a true republic, all in consideration of a large money payment ami the hot?e of political gain. The sin is not less defibcr- I ate and methodical, even if we admit that f a part of the sinners are nothing worse t than cowards. We base our denunciation I not upon theory, but upon absolute cx|?c- a rience.?National Advocatc. t Pauperism Due to Drink. f Mr. John W. Keller, President of tlie^D?. ? partment of Public Charities, New York * City, referring to the almshouse, says: t "Out of the 2936 inmates 2729 were ad- * mittttl for destitution; they were just helpless in the main because they bad yielded to the desire for drink until long suffering friends could no longer bear the burden of their existence and had to turn < them over to the State." < Alcwhollsm sad Hoalth. It is now an accepted fact that alcohoi is one of the principal causes of sickness, disease, insanity and pauperism, one of the most active agents in the degeneracy of the race and its habitual use aaterially shortens human life. 1 fHE SABBATH SCHOO 4TERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT FOR JULY 27. tjeet: Worshiping the Golden C?lf. 1 niil., 1-3S?Golden Text. Ex. sc.. Memory Ttrui, 30-31 ?CommioU oa the Day's Lmkw. 1. "Moi? delayed." He was in I lount forty days. "Gathered th? elves." 'They tame in a tumultuous a ditiou* manner, insisting on having bject of religious worihip made for the s they intended under its direction to jura to Egypt. See Acu 7: 39, + Unto Aaron. The brother of Mose? a je principal one in charge during Mosc Lsencc. "Make us gods. ' They return ke children, to have something to stri beir senses. and a* the Shechinah. "I lory of God," of which they had hithci ajoyed the sight, was now veiled, tb ished for *ome visible, material obje< ? the symbol of the divine preset bich should go before them aa tne pil f tire had done. "We wot not." "1 now not.' Horn contemptuously tb v>ke of Moses. Thus ungrateful air th< L nil? /!aI * !?+? ?r\ h^nAP him fKnv i V U1IC VJUVI UCII^UW >v u M.w. MINI, fht to condemn him. and thus to the f; t Aaron, his brother and substitute. ' i likely they might have JUp[>o?e<i tl loses had perished ui the fire, which tl iw had invested the top of the mount; ito which he went." 2. "Break off." Implying that the i lvolved an effort ana sacrifice on th art. The prevailing view has been tl Aron, a a no us to dissuade the people fn !ieir purpose, proposed this great saont optag they would withdraw their denial his is not an improbable new, but t icts show that he was morally weak, a xked the sterling qualities of a great sr ual leader. 3. "Brought them." The Egyptian rin i seen on the monuments, were rout .assy plates of metals, and as it was rit t this sort that the Israelites wore, th ?e and number must, in the general c fction, have produced a lar^e store of t recioua material. 4. "And made it a molten calf." Tl lol seems to have been the god Apis, l tiief diety of the Egyptians, worshiped [emphis under the form of a live ox, thi ears old. "These be thy gods." Fossil laron only intended to make them so rmbolical representation of the divi ower and energy, that might be as erid? ) them as the pillar of cloud and tire h e?:n, and to wnich God might attach Iways present energy and influence. 5. "Feast to the Lord." "Aaron d< ot appear to hare designed a worship tl lould supersede the worship of the M< tigh. It is evident he intended that I rue God should be the object of their w lip though he permitted and even enco <ed them to offer this worship throu n idolatrous medium, the molten calf." 6. "Early." "It was to be a day of f ritr and joy and they were anxious to in it." "Offering?." The burnt offerii -ere wholly consumed on the altar, I tie peace offering* were only partly o jmcd and the remainder eaten by t nests and the worshipers. 7. "Corrupted themselves." Mo lust break oft his communion with God o and do hi* duty as a magistrate amc tie people. They hid not only taken oi pint ot idolatry, but they had beco bominable in their conduct. They w< o longer entitled to his protection a ive. They had broken their covenant w rod, and had sinned against great light. 8. "Turned aside." The actions of I eople were all open before God, and Mis Mow* what they have done. 9. "Stiffnecked." Unmanageable. H) > control. 10. "Let me alone." Moses had not ; pened his mouth, but God foresaw l olv violence With whicli his importun rould besiege His throne. "My wratl 'he wrath ot God irHis righteous^ indig ion against sin. It will "consume" the i epentant. but He also kcep'.h "mercy husands." 34: 7. "Of thee." G eemed ready to destroy tha nation, a aise up a great nation through Moses. 11-13. "Moses besought." The nob'.cn t \T.wa? jn.irm in eomnlete self-f etfulnetf-i in hi* love of God and of l eople, while he pleaded for their lorgi ess. 14. "The Lord repented." This a ? en merely after the manner of men w .V'iiii; formed a purpose, permit th? elves to be diverts] from it by strong .1 j;vib!e reasons. Mote*' prayer lniluen^ ehovah. 15. "'The tables." They were eviden ,ot very large or heavy, as Motet appe 0 have euilv carried them both. ltf. "Work of God." Such a law co roeeed from none but God. 17-18. "Noise of war." Joshua at fi bought that the people must be warr rith some ?f the neijjnl; ?nng tribes. 19. "Moms' anger wax id hot." Mo ow fceN the kindling of a wrath akin hnt which moved Jehovah. Fiery ini ation asainst sin is a passion as pure .1 rorthv of God or man as love tor tn nd righteousness. Modes' anger was 1 he stirring of an unholy passion. "Bn hem." A visible sign, showm that Isr ad broken the law written thereon. 20. "Took the calf," etc. The act wa yrobolicai one; the idol was brought lothinit and the peple were made to sv ow their own sin. 21. "That thou hast brought." T irna n <u>Vi>r?? rebuk,?. Closes chained in directly upon Aaron, because he 1 permitted it. 22-21. "Aaron *nid." His reply w v reak. and is really a confession ot h:s a hortconunjis. 25. "Naked." This means that t! rere broken loose from all restraint, uly, licentious. 20-28. "Slay every man." The Levi amc at Mown1 call, and then the work etributin began. The 3000 siain w irobablv the leaders in the tran^Kre<?i 'Those M'ho were guilty of this breach he covenant were liable to the (lenalty i capital crime (compare v. Xt), an<l he he older for this fearful slaughter " '29.- "Consecrate yourselves." Litera ill your hands to the Lord. "Their ha vere to In- filled with the duties and o ;a:ion* of their sacred calling." 30. "On the morrow." After Mo^es I xecuted justice on the prin-ipal offend* 'Ye have sinned." Th-.r.iih they had aped death they were not to suppose t v?re innocent, or to look upon tne sin i trifling thinR. "An atonement." hought that he might be made an insl nent of reconciliation. 31. "Returned." He again went up dour.t Sinai. "A great tin." He make tumble confession. Klai'i American Property Sold. Kin^ Edward's investments in the I ?d States were not held in his own na >ut earned for him temporarily by | tonal friends, and were promptly li< lated when the account presented the .icipated profits. Queen Victoria Y ibout $1,000,000 in New York real e?l nortgages at the time of her death. ' ontracts were drawn in the name of irivate counstl. It is understood that K vlward recei\ed his share in that part he Queen's fortune. King Edward's ner.se social ex|>enscs h.ive left him v ittlc surplus for investment either in I ountry or in his own flu RtM Offlrp Rerenty-fonr Iran Roswell Beardsley, postmaster at Xo fusing. X. Y.. has completed seven our years of service ill his present pi ion. It is the longest period of office h >y any one in the United States. He > ppointed by John Quincv Adams, and ini'nr Kititn flidl Kl* pK;i ncr??*? in dministration. Mr. Beardsley 1.4 nint our yearn old. The highest salary he yer received for one year wad $200. ] ir?t year'* salary was $19.o2. The of ccupies the aaine building as when ] ieardaley assumed the post mastcrshiu. Qaarrjinen DIkouf Largs Cat*. Workmen employed at the lime#t juany near Hyndman, Md.t have dUc red a subterranean passage eighty I leep. At the bottom is a stream of p imeatone water, twelve feet wide and ei eet deep. The aides and floor contain 1 agmite formations. Two men explo he cave, going down to the bottom m :he aid of a rope. They reported tream of water ice cold, but were not 1 o get acroM it. ?L I GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAI rs READING FOR THE QUIET HOUI WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Ii, Poem: Day by Day Oar Dally BreadLItIbk Comn Bafora Loflr, Dola try Bafora Doctrine, ChrUt Bafora Crao ?Ill Kaaaarad by Faith. the Lord, for to-morrow and its need* >m- I do not pray; ,nd Keep 1119. my God. from ?tain of sin an for to-day. en, re- Let me both diligently work And duly pray; nd Let-me be kind in word and deed Jtwt tor to-day. sd, ike I Let me be nlow to do my will, u- ! PromDt to o'oev: -to Help me to mortify my flesh itjy Just for to-day. Cti ' ,ce Let me no wrong or i<tye word |ar Unthinking my:' Ve Set thou a nc.il upon my lipa iey Just for to-day. Let me in neaaon, Lord, be grave. In MMon gav; .it Let me be faithful to Thy gracc iat Juat for to-day.. And if to-day my life 1,11 Should ebb away, . Give me Thy aicnmeot. divine ut Sweet Lord, to-day/ eir ,at So, for to-morrow and its need* ?? I do not pray: h* Btft keep me, guide n*, love me, Lort ad. Juat for to-day. ;he ?d True Orthodoxy. ,ir* ^ By H. F. C. "Not every one that lojtij onto M< V Lord, Lord, nhall enter into tbe Kbgdoi >? ?* Heaven, but he that doeth the will < ! My Father, which u in Heaven." Mat e',r 7:21. Dome ia greater than doctrine. Th men who can aay, "Lord. Lord," with l- very religious accent and with juat rt . right amount of unction and no moreca be found everywhere, but the men who d re? are not ^und m the sara LT? place*. To be able to think correctly ia jT purely intellectual procesa. The orthodo . . man, popularly, id ne who thinka aright ? t or * ?*ten' 10 'act* 14 " '"j man who tinda that it makea hi* hea tired to think, and ao he givea up the c fort, subacribei to whatever formula oil era may preacribe, and bc^inea hene forth an ardent defender of the faitl * probably a hot heretic hunter. But wit God the orthodoxy of mere opinion ' neither here nor there. "j.* Modern Pharaaaiam prides itaelf on ii "u correct creed jdht aa the aucient type di s on it* correct ceremonies. but they ai uaing their confeaciona of faith for tl .V * whitewashing of their sepulchrea. Phar aaisrn within the church haa made i V many martyr* aa persecution from witl 1 out. Intellectualikm ia the devil'a anar ' leading the aainta to neglect the lost whil they mirl logic at one another. Often th church haa aaid. by her attitude, if yo T: will go it blind in creed we will go J: blind aa to your character. And ao man ' * have gone all their live* in darknea * * feeling no fear, fondly dreaming that whe the laat summon* ahould come they woul Jj exhibit their church certificate* and aa; ith "*ou 866 ^ Jm orthodox," thinking the creed would cover the multitude of the .l tins. And others, moce honeat, hat tj struggled, their braina fairly churnin with the effort to make the thought* < j the moat High fit into the thinking < man, and feeling that they would* nev? t find salvation. ... What Chriat insisted on ia that a ma J cannot be known and will not be mea i ured by hia words, or hi* partr cry, c 1 opinion*, but by that faith that lead* bii * to follow in Hia atep*. to do His will. ] f ' ia ao much easier to speak the word tha .. to do the will, *o much ea?ier to make j religious sound with the lip* than a ngb ecus one with the life, to say "I am M Methodist," or "a Baptist," or wh*tev< or. the ? ist may be. anJ "I stand by the ol r|)U landmarks" than it in to make men m ve. that we are Christ's, and that we stand I our Lord. The question ls not, after al ? between orthodoxy and heterodoxy, bt between opinions and life, between phili >;n' sophy and personal piety, a mere intellcc ual process or a mighty lite passion. :e(j Do the conflicting questions, the difl culties of faith trouble you? ^ou wi never settle them by trying to be eith< ar^ orthodox or heterodox, l'erhaps it' yo settled them all you would be little betu ujj off. They are not of first important Yet it is not right to try to escape thinl ing, but to remember that living com< ing before logic, doing before doctrine. Chrii before creed. Place the Lord first, lear 1!<eil to know Him ami as you love Him moi to >'ou f"rSet some of the questions a i:tf. together and light will break on the res n,j ?Ram's Horn. Jnt Christian Life In Its Fnln#s?. ?ak The Kev. John 3fcN"eill draws this i ael lustration to show the ideal Christian lif one that gives out to the w^rld as it r s a ceivcs from above. He says: to "In driving between Melbourne and m "al- home I often stop at a wayside trough I 5ive the horse a drink. As the hor< rinks the water is lowering, and pre the ently I hear a sound as of a running ta| >ad Ye*. the sound is coining from the bo: Within it there is a tap connected h ery pipe* with the Van Wan Reservoir up i ,w'n the Plenty Ranges. Attached by a lew to the tap w .? meta! ball, which rest* u hey the surface of the water. A* the !?or? un* drink*. the water on which the ball floating is Iowere.f, and thus the ball ite* lowered; the lowering of the ball opei ?t the tap anil the Yan Yean begin* to poi ere jn< ?o that, although the water is heir ?n. withdrawn by the thirsty animal, a fres of up i!y is being poured in. the trough i being tilled so tint it is always full, nee "Thus may it lie with the soul of the 1* liever. It is our* to see to the conneetio Hy. between us and the infinite reservoir awa n?l? un among the hills of God being kej bii- open, to see that the tap is kept in prop* working order by faith, prayer and rned bad ution." its. . ? es- Character Klpfslnf. Not all Christian people bear loss, soi 2* row and sickness in a victorious way. Tn e often do we see men yielding to troubli 'ru' not growing more beautiful in soul, bt losing their spiritual beauty in life's trial on This is not the way it should be, ho*" * ever. Our character ?hou!d ripen in life weather, whatever the weather may b< "Tribulation worketh patience." The ol ject of life is to learn to live. We are a -?1'^1 ??*?! rfliall ?*lwnvi? Uf HchiH n' until we art? dismthsed fr >m earth's clasnc mc? to Ik? promoted into heaven. It is a pit ,er if we do not learn our le?*on*. It is lu? pity if we grow no gentler, no kindAei a" no more thoughtful, no more unselfish, n ?e,o more unworldly, a* the years pass ore *}* us.?Christian Intellijjencer. rhc Whit Voar LIT* Can Ocromr. .inn ., . _ nf Alumina. common earth, can becom irn- Oriental ruby, topaz. amethyst, sapphin fr\ or emerald. Silica can become jas;,ei :hu ?r Brazilian ruliy. Charcoal <a become diamond. Why not I tody bcroni equally lustrous?nay. luminous? Tli.i which is designed to bo .1 temple of th Holy fihost ou/ht to l>e fit. *ays Itisho Warren. It must l>e capable ot sue rth glory that John, not vet out of the l?>dj ity- ; falls to worship, and finds the object to !> ixlj- | otiiy one of his brethren, the prophet eld ' Old bodies do not need to be cast a->id? vas | but to have their super-amethystine cu has pabilities brought out. the 'ty Ouarrymon Discover Large Cave. !lal Workmen employe.! at the liineston c" quarry near Hrndman, Md.. have discos [,fcc ered a subterranean passage eighty fee r ifecp. At the bottom is a stream of pur limc.itone wster, twelve teet wide ami emh feet deep. The Hide* and floor coutain *t.i Ugmite formations. Two men explore the cave, going down to the bottom wit! 0M the aid of a rope. They reported th ov *trrani of water ice cold, but were not abl to get across it. ure ghf I fh? National Convention City. rej St. Louis want* the national convention of both political parties in 1901, and ha* record of paat convention* in 1876, ISA ible *n^ 1^06' when two national convention were held there, Republican and Populut. < REPLY OF THE VATICAN j * Settlement of Friars Land Questions 5 by Arbitration Froposed. * fha Philippine Uovtrmn?a( to Bar Ui4? 1 of Kollcioat Order*, the Holy Sot ^ Actios u Intermediary. a t? Rome.?Tbe answer of the Vatican fl to the note of Judge Taft. Governor of & the Philippine Islands, concerning re *] llgious affairs la the archipelago, has * be?*a delivered to Judge Taft. The an swer follows: Tue contract which tbe ?atican pro poses shall be signed by both parties comprises twelve articles. The tlrst article says tbe Philippine Government is to buy the lands of tbe four religious orders concerned. th< Holy See acting as intermediary. The second article describes what arc the agricultural lands to be bought. The third article says that if some of ( these lauds are possessed by corporations the friars will sell their share. The fourth article establishes a tribunal of arbiters, to be composed of five members, two of whom are to bo chosen by the Vatican, two by the Philippine Government, and the tiff j by tbf i other four. In case of disagreement at to the fifth member, be sjall be cbo3' j in common accord 17 t*i: Pope and Presideut Roosevelt. The fifth article provicVj tl>at the s. work of tbe arbiters shall bejlJ oj Jan"J uary 1. 1903. | ! The sixth article refers : ? title Ie?ds; these will be trsisfenvd ;j tua Philipie pine Government. a Article 7 sets frrtu th^t payment ii ie to be made iu Mexican dollars in the n period of time proposed by Judge Taft 0 in bis note of July 3. int;rest dr.rhs r 'a the period of payment accruing at four d IX per cent. t - Article C deals with tb? tranrTcr to p is the church of sncicat crown lacd* T7ith ,j ^d ecclesiastical buildings on them. r The ninth article proposes amicable ^ accord in the uatter of the existing charitable or educational trusts which a h are in dispute. In the event of a failit ure to agree In these matters recourse c is to be bad to the arbiters, to whom o t* will also be submitted the case of the f Medical College of San Jose at Manila, t * The tenth article provides for arbltra- ? j. tion as to the Indemnity the United u States shall pay for the ecclesiastical h- buildings used during the wcr in the c, Philippines. a >e According to the eleventh article, the ^ ie expeuses of the tribunal of arbiters are r to be paid by the Philippine Govern- t iy ment. e it Article 12 declares that the Holy See a n in the sphere of actioa which is in its ^ d competence, shall use all its Influence Y> for the pacification of the Philippine !r Islands and In favor of adhesion of the J people to the established Government, ig and that it shall prevent all political }| opposition on the part of the clergy, jf botb regular aad secular. :r SHARK TOWEO THEM TC SEA. n s- j Queer Tblifi Bippnlai la tUe Golf >r ! Since It Got So telt;. L ? New Orleans, La.?From all parts of s n the Mississippi Sound and the bays and <1 \ bayous off the Louisiana and Missis- r t- sippi coast come wonderful stories cf I the unprecedented saltiness of the Gulf -J waters and of the appearance of deep ^ water fish hitherto unknown here. The \y belief Is growing that the volcanic dis11. turbancea manifested by the Martiit nique disaster are the cause. At Hon "> Islands Harrison County. Miss., a nun:ber of devil fish, one of them measuring thirty feet from tip to tip, have II been harpooned by fishermen. There jr has also been an iava.Ln of uau-eatiu Ing sharks. * A party of gentlemen f.co Tew Crleans while fishing oj Ship Island fastened their three boats ngether and \t steadied them with a heavy anchor, n A shark became entaugled iu the anre chor, carried all three boats out to I* sea and finally wrecked them on the r shore. The fishermen narrowly escaped with their lives. BLOW UP JAIL TO ESCAPE, il- ______ e? Pil?oner? (J<? Dynamite. But JalUr Hold* e" Them la Check With a Revolver. _ ' y St. Joseph, Mo.?Forty prisoners con:o i fined in the county Jail made a daring w attempt to escape by blowing cut the rear end of tb? jail witb dynamite, ?" Tb- buiidins was l?adlv wrecked and c ,v i one wiuj* of the court house shattered. j n j The prisoners had gone into their * ?r I cells and none of thorn was Injured, n ! Jailer Thomas rushed to the scene the ' * 1 minute the explosion occurred, and. re- * I* volver in ham], guarded the hole toru out by the explosion until :?ssistnn<e t ir - arrived, thus frustrating a wholesale c m [ deliver}-. Not a prisoner got away. c h ! Jauies Blades, under a ten years' Ren- i i* tence for highway robbery. Is believed M to be th> prisoner who applied the dynamite. a^sUted by Leek Allen, under y senteui e for the *anie crime. t WAS JUST AS OLD AS THE U. S. * ? t Death of a Teaae?*?r Jfnjro Who Wu Born on July 4, 1770. a Knoxville. Tenn.?Ferry Chesney. the ^ oldest man in Tennessee, died at his T J1 home ou the summit of Copper Ridse it on July 4. at the aire of 130 years, the 1 i. day of his death Iwinjr his birthday. r- Chesney was born in Virginia on July r' '* 4. 177??. the day independence was de- n f- dared. As a slave he belonged to Jon- d a than Juekson at Clarksvllle on the h jl Iloauoke lliver. When he was twelve r, .? years old he was thn>wu into the presv enee of George Washington while at ? ton?iinic lil.< master. r< For fifty yearn b" had lived a her? mil's llf?'. aiul it was several days after bis death wbeu his body was discovered. P o A1I1I1 Snlclilo to HI* TraieillM. ^ e Theodore Oelfeuer. who murderer. r( '' his wife and wounded bis baby and a 'evenh'eii-yesipold step daughter, eotn- eJ r mitted suicide iu his cell at the police ? t station in Chicago. His body was ?iis- * e covered hanging by a rope made from (' his undergarments. tl p A Ccttta* of GI*M-M*kin(. f >. A <*"Usu* bulletin riliiiiK the pro- ^ h gress in the glass-making interests of j, k" the United States. >ho\v? that there are ^ 355 glass-making staMisliineuts. ou- j ploying a capital of S'il.4-3.'J03. 11 e Labor WorlU. U A threarened strike of Costou (Mass.* cj e bakers has been averted. 1." ' Labor unions at Oneiila. N. Y.. have a trades assembly. ^ J . . b The telegraph linemeu's strike at I ? e Troy, X. Y.. bas boon settled. * Every ioc dealer in Albany. X. Y.. ni now employs union ice handlers. T Ho<l carrier* at Xorfolk. Va.. liare re- ' , reived au increase from $1.75 to $2 a J' a day. 18 Engine wipor* i.j tbe Canadian Xnrtb1 em shops at Wlnjlpeg, Manitoba Ijjvc '' truck I tl - . . in r # GOOD 9 ROADS.: i Valu to tba Fanner. At the recent meeting of the Indiana tate Board of Trade, held at Indianpolls, a morning session was deroted 9 the subject of "Good Boads." The rst speaker was C. W Sherritt. of luncle, who laid special stress upou be value of good roads to the fanner le spoke of an old fogy farmer, la Kentucky, who resisted the building of macadamized road through his farm. nd said that if they forced the buildag of it he would sell out and leaT* he count- He had 230 acres of fair and. only a part under cultivation. aoatly covered wjth a fine growth of oplar timber that, up to the time of luildinc this road It was practically mposslble to market But the road ras built, and. true to bis threaf be lid Mil out at $3G an acre. The purbaser of tbis property sold tbe timber or $300 more than tbe entire farm'coat tim. He afterward sold tbe farm at 52 an acre. Tbe entire cost to tbat arm wa? a little more than $800. "So on see." said Mr Sberritt, "tbat farmr No. 1 was 'penny wise and pound oolish.'" "Our farmers." ae continued, "bare be situation to tbelr own bauds. They an influence legislation that wit give hem ample road facilities for mfcrlcetas their grain and all tbe products of heir farms at all seasons of the year, lood roads not only give them this. iut save (heir horses and protract their Ives and their usefulness. Tbey save u tiue. A load of wheat over a bad . oad may be exceaslve at a few bunIred pounds, and require another day o haul to the market and take many rounds from his horses' flesh and many . lays from tbelr lives, whereas a good oad may mean several thousand rounds, one-half day's time and flesh ,nd buoyant horses at night. "Good roads add to the enjoyment of ountry life. Tbe distant church bells m Sunday morning only cause tba armer upon a bad road to shake hla ? _uk kl. nuCfc Im IV3U, BUU, whu uw lauiiij' iv n PM it home. How different from the man ipoa the other road. A prancing pale if horse?, * happy family All points ire nearer upon a good road, at all art * llstant upon bad one. The time la apidly approaching when the whirr oC he horseless carriage will waken the choes in every valley In oar land. W?j ne living In a wonderful age. Every lay bring* as In contcat with new won* [era. The tramp, tramp of the magic eet of progress awakens us in tha nornlng. and Ita ringing clanging lulla la to aleep at night All about as mo* ion. Our roada must keep pace with he grand procession." * Good Bosdi Arithmetic. , Good roads enthusiasm appears to tare run away with the arithmetic of Supervisor Conboy. If he is correctly luoted In Saturday's Commercial. The* mblic has been given from time to tftne urious glowing assurances 01 ine n.luctlon which could be made In cotitrue ting highways by using prisoners rom tbe Jail and the penitentmry.j jupervlsor Conboy has got past tte rage of predicting a mere economy, le has now figured it out tbat tbe conlet labor plan is going to save tbe enhe cost, so far as tbe county is con* erued. Tbis is tbe way tbe Cojjyper-. rai quotes' him: "We bare figured losely and carefully, and do not think my mistakes will be discovered. Tbe >tute appropriates half tbe mouey foe; bese road improvements. Tbe county >upplle? tbe other half. Well, we think ve can do tbe work 59 cheaply tbat b? money the State will give lii wltf >e sufficient to meet all expense* witb>ut forcing tile county to furnish any noney to meet tbe half of the entire :ost advanced by tbe State." Isn't that clear as city water in 3Jfoy? rhe law provides tbat tbe State shall >ny half tbe cost of building road*, ["be county, by using convicts, will do he work for half the cost. Ergo, the State will be paying it all. and tbe ouuty will get Its roads for notbfcg.' 1 resolution authorizing tbe purchase if a stone crushing plant for ItiOOO aleady has been put in through the Joanl of Supervisors. The law provides that the State Ehglieer "may in his discretion award the ontraet to the Board of Supervisor! if the county or the town board or wards of the town or towns In which ucli highway lies, provided their repective bids do not exceed by ten per out. the bid of such lowest responsible >!dder. and except that no contract hall be awarded at a greater sum then he estimate." What the supervisor* vidently have in mind to do is to make bid approaching the State's estimate, ay. $7000 a mile, and then do the rork for half that figure. They tliink he State would pay half the contract rice, which would be only half' the i?Ji cost, so the county would Ifcre V If ?!,;? WH OUllllg IU |>u>. Ciru it lull lun, ream of cheapness should bp reaUxea : Is a question whether. as the lair eads, tbe State would not base lt? uota on tbe real cost, insteaH of tbe ontract price.?Buffalo Express. The People ArooMd. Bad roads throughout the greater ortion of tbe year. iu many sections f tbe Tinted States, have aroused tbe eople to definite action. Object letMonr jads were built last year by the t'edral Govetnmeut in niue States. Som^ f the older States are also doing sucl? ork on th?ir own account. New Yorld as a good roads law that ?'ncour,igci je building of improved roadways by rovidlng both State and county aid< bfs arrangement has become so popu* ir that tbe applications are a long wax i i'Mvks of tLit* available funds. Othet latvs have similar laws and the moreit*!!! for respectable highways is apureutly well established. We have oi paid much atteutiou to the proper ire of a road after It is built. Water i permitted to collect in pool* that >oti puddle Into mud. Karh passing heel throws out a few drops of mud* v water and the depression deepens itli each rain until the nun) settle* round the largo foil tula t ion st one&| hi* jlres the frost a chance to lifd :ien> out of place, anil the road is In J ired in that itput lie.vond repair. Satisf.ntory experiment* wltb otU jel for tire engines have been made by! le London CUv 'Jouncii.