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THE OLD COUNTRY.
Where'* the land o* Dreamland*
How ?hotild I know*
On the moon'* further Hide,
Where the drift cloud* ride.
And the star* hang Ion*.
What'# the nound o' Dreamland?
How should I hear?
Bell ti>n?*? from far below.
Night'* haunting cockcrow,
Olden ?ong* and dear.
Where'* the gate o' Dreamland*
How ?hould I tell?
Sudden you utand before,
Slip through the quiet door?
Ah. but all's w*ll!
??Jo?ephine Dodge Da*kam, in Harper's
Magazine.
11 An Up-to-Date iji,
;; Burglar..
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Tbe ulglit bring balmy and moonlighted.
Mrs. Wallace Morton bad left
the doors of her French windows open,
and was sitting In her hotel suite contemplating
tbe beauty of the lake
sparkling in the moonlteama. Between
her and the water laj a sensitive
atrip of lawn, across which a diaphanous
shadow occasionally flitted. 1
whether friend or foe she could not
surely tell in the half light Mrs.
Morton would hare smiled at the sug- '
festlou of a foe. yet at that moment j
one darkened her windows who was
not only a natural foe and Intruder '
bat a menace to her existence. Yet
she did not stir as tbe man, wearing a
mask that was obvious in tbe sernldarkues*.
partly entered, then stopped
cautiously to look around. Mrs. Morton
being in the shadow of a room Qnllghteri
from within, could not be seen
at a first glance. .She did not move
nor did her voice tremble as she asked:
. _ ___ *
-waai uo you waoc nave you j
made a mistake in tiie room?"
"Not at nil." tra* the decisive 1
answer as the man stepped Inside and ^
aw that no one else was present. "I
am here on business. but I may as well {
confess that I did not expect to see
Mrs. Wallace Morton herself slttin;
alone In the dark."
"Oh. then you know me?" the lady
akl coolly. "Please state your busiBess?but
I think your mode of com- c
Ins to my apartments explains your g
errand?you have come to rob me!" j
"I have no Intention of harming you? ^
have no fear, madam; I am here to c
get the pos:<e?$lon of the Morton dla- :
toads?when yon hand them over I x
will relieve you of my pre.*?nce at r
onrp I h.iv?. n i time rn mirlar "
"You speak like an educated man. I
mm not afraid, as it would do no g iod g
to use violence. The" were sent this ,
afternoon to the bank vault, where I j
have a box. so that I am nared from a jj
great lots and you from tbe commission d
of a great crime. I
Mrs. Morton spoke witb a convlc- ?
Hon. and the man standing there in f
tbe moonlight knew she was speaking* t
tbe truth. He muttered an oath and e
turned to go. but Mr*. Morton halted .
him by a sudden question.
"How lone have you followed this
kind of life?"
"Ever since I left college, with my i (
head cramm<*d full of fads and noth- r
lag for my hands to do. I was told to
out aQd make a living. Well. I r
tried honest work, and I wouldn't do. t
A raw boy from the countrv who
never saw ch.i inside of a college was
better adapted to the necessities of the
boar, lie coui 1 begin at the foot of the
ladder and rea?'u the room at the top.
I was at tlie top and there was uotliiu^
for me but to come down, and I was
not titled to begin over again. Not
mucb excuse? Then my mother cut
me off. That was the last straw."
"But if you were to reform?"
"The De Greys are proud?they nevct
forgive disgrace."
"The De Grvys? You canuot mean
the Horace Devon De Greys?"
"Yes. I am the degenerate son of
that family, much to their chagrin. If
II could b* killed incognito tbey would
be rejoiced, but a black sheep of the a
Do Grey stock reformed or caught on I
an expedition of robbery? that would <
crush their haujli'.T spirits to tbe i
dosti* 1
"But Mrs. Morton ro*e to her feet to t
make her announcement, "do you not :
know that Mrs. Horace Devon De Grey i
Is a guest lu this hotel at this very I
moment? Can i: he pqfsible that she 1
Is your mother?" <
"Mho is, and with the De Grey mil- (
Hnnit ft * hor i-nmmiin.l aim . .n-.-i ?.?
. mm^rn vvrMJkUtiMU CUV IUIUCU LU?~
out to accomplish work that I was
never Intended for. Do you wonder
that 1 became a bold-up man. as we
re facetiously calledY'
MI shall consider It my duty to tell
Mrs. De CJrey?your mother?of my?
my?seeing you. 1 am sure that you
re not all bad; perhaps I can bring
bout forgiveness and a reconciliation.
You must lie tired of your presentprof
e^u ion V"
A knock at Mr*. Morton'* door interrupted
the conversation and the
masked burglar, mho bad been poised
for Instaut flight, disappeared like
magic, while Mr*. Morton, who bad
been steadily repressing her excitement,
nearly fainted at relief from
tbe great tension. She opened the
door to admit a snarklinc soeietv irlrl .
Whose fa ui 11 j occupied adjoining
Oites.
"Have you the time, dear?" she asked j
In a flutter. "I let my sister take my
watch this afternoon."
"Yes, certainly. Alice, my watch is i
right hereon the table," and she stepped
to % stand that was between her and .
tbe window, but she could not tlnd it
and turned on the light. The watch
!Vras gone. Her caller bad Improved
Ida time by appropriating it while he
told liia pitiful otory. Mrs Morton said
nothing of the visit, but remarked that
he had bern careless to leave it near
the open windows. That watch was
her dearest i*rs?nal belonging from
aasociation. She felt sure be had taken
It from habit and would return It
iwben she had restored him to home
and society as she intended. In spite
of her years Mrs. Morton was not
grorldly wise.
Her seat at the table d'hote was
next to Mrs. De Grey. When they net
at breakfast that lady saluted her with
tbe atartiing question:
I "Have you heard of tbe robbery?"
I "No. Who baa been robbed?"
''Everybody except myself, and I'm
sore I don't know bow I happened to j
escape, I bad dined out and all my j
Jewels lay in plain sight waiting for
the maid to put them away."
"I know?my watch was taken. I !
know who did it. wbo committed the !
robbery, dear Mr*. De Grey. I must i
see you alone after breakfast. I have '
something very Important to say."
Mrs. Morton was so nervously flus? .
trated tbat ber friend overlooked tbe :
mystery in her manner or attributed
it to tbe loss of her watch As soon as
they had concluded their meal Mrs.
l>e Grey led the way. to her apart* ,
rnents. whert she requested Mrs. J
Morton to be seated.
"Is it about tbe robbery?" she asked.
"It is about tbe robbery. I saw him '
nod talked with him."
"And did not give the alarm?"
"Wait. He told me who he was; j
that he had been bred a college lad. i
ftven every luxury, then turned out
in the world to care for himself as !
test he could. His own mother dis- I
>wned him when be was not success- '
'ul And be told me bis name?one of j
>ur oldest and best families?your own j
lame, Mrs. De Grey."
"Well, what have I to do with that?" i
"He said?dear Vrs. De Grey, listen.
He said that you was bis own mother."
Mrs. De Grey laughed hysterically.
'That Is a very plausible story." she
laid, "quite romantic and affecting.
It only lacks one essential?tbe truth.
: never had a son."?Chicago Record- ]
herald. i
Catting Canaries' To* Xaila.
Much has been said from time to i
:lme of tbe many curious means of
>arninK a livelihood practiced in this
rlty, which In this respect Is in every
vay tbe equal of London and Paris.
)ne man makes a living by cutting the
- L.I Tkl. m.?
oe UJI1I3 ui faijarj mruj. iuis mo;
touDd absurd. hot It I? true nevertheless.
and shows what is possible in a city
vhere the people are very rich, very
veil educated and very Intelligent, and
vho. In consequence, hare more want?
ban the simple folk of a small town
n the States.
Canaries, like all birds living in capivity.
and unable to keep their nails, j
>r claws, or rather talons, down to the
tormal size by scratching about in ]
.nnd. rock, gravel and wood, have tal- <
ins that, unless trimmed occasionally, j
ioon grow to an abuormal size, and ,
n such condition are a positive bin- ;
trance and clog on the bird's move- (
uents. Moreover, such frngthy taloni <
ire liable to cause accidents that may j
esnlt In birdie's death, and so it bapkens
that it falls to the lot of some on? j
o pare them down to normal length. (
This is a (ask not only very difficult I
ind tedious, but one that few under* I
tand or can perform correctly and sat- (
sfactorily. A slight mishap or bunging
may cause the death of the canary,
ind so It happens that a certain enter rising
German of this city, who has
pent a lifetime handling canaries,
inds profit and a livelihood in trimuing
the claws of feathered pets in
very well-to-do household in the city.
-Washington Post.
A Coralth Daitfall.
In the course of a paper on "The
'ornlsh Dustfall of January. 1902."
ead before the Royal Meteorological
k>c!ety. Mr. H. It Mill said that since
he Krakatou eruption In 1883. when
he volcanic dust thrown into tin* air
uade Itself apparent for many months
ill over the world in a long series of I
wiiiiant sunsets, the most remarkable
nstance of far-traveled dust was that
vliich occurred la March. 1901. Id
taly the rain fell so thickly charged
vith red sand that the peasants took it
or blood and became panic-stricken,
'or three days the dust cloud traveled
?orthward over Central Europe, subitantlal
traces falling as far north as
he Danish Islands, and instances in
vlilch it reached parts of England and
Scotland had been recorded. A large
juantity of similar dust fell about Janlary
21 last in Cornwall over an area
if 2000 miles, and the conclusion
n-emed to be that about this time the
itmosphere over the extreme west of
Surope consisted of air which had
ome from the African deserts, carryux
with It a qauntlty of fine duat. of
rbich a mere vestige?aome 100.000
on* or so?bad been caught in it* fall
md carried to the shores of the chanlei.
There seemed to be little doubt
hat the farmers of the west of Engand
had this spring plowed many tons
>f the sand of the Sahara into their
'urrows.
A Cat or Baby.
"I don't know." said a man. "which
[ bad rather dispense witb on a railroad
Journey, a cat or a baby, but I
(aw both on their way to a mountain
esort the other day. The infant was
toss and fractious aud gave its mother
10 peace. In fact. I never met a baby
hat was the embodiment of perpetual
notion until this young one plumped
lown before me. It was all over the
place, sticking its fingers into the
mother's hat trimmings and pulling
her necktie, and thumping the window
pane and sliding off onto the car floor,
rvimr for nourishment and tearimr Its i
iparse hair or sucking its thumb at rare | 1
Intervals of quiet. I supposed it was > i
i boy until informed he' was a girl, j 1
The fate of the child is assured, and ,
so, too. the husband's who marries her. |
I pity him. Ills life's going to lm I
wretched! Eh. what, smallpox and |
automobiles? No. I don't wish the little !
thing to fall a victim to any such !
means of discipline. And the cat? j
Oh. the cat behaved like an aucel. He
looked at the scenery."?Boston Her- !
aid.
CorMt War In Roamula.
The outbreak which threatens Ron
mania has been caused by the Minister
of Public Instruction forbidding girls
iu the higher and secoudary schools to
wear corsets, aud. in case of refusal,
directing the forcible removal of the
offending article. The future mothers
of Koumania, remembering that the
ancient Romans, from whom they claim
indirect descent, wore a kind of stay*
(doe* not Martial make fun of fat
women, and does not Ovid tell us that
a big waist kills love?), and that the
corset, with a short Interval, has been
worn ever since, are naturally up in
arms against the arbitrary decree. It
Is a case of war to the whalebone, and
it Is pretty safe to prophesy that the
schoolgirls will win.
DR. CHAPMAN'S SEBMON
A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PASTOR-EVANCEUST.
Subject: The KnratN of Ood?%lph?b?t
of DIvIm Lot* ? Not Enough of Ood
la Nature to ftatlsfy Oar Hoal*-N?*d
of the Lord's "Mtarutu."
New Yobk Citt.?The Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman'* lermt-.m continue to excite the
greatest interest and to g>ve the greatest
satisfaction to that large body of American
people who demand a striking discourse for
their weekly reading. The distinguished
pastor-evangelist has prepared the following
sermon for the press. It w entitled
"The Nearness of God," and is preached
from the text, "Thou art near, 0 Lord."
Psalm 119: 151.
This text it taken from one of the longest
Psalms in the Bible, but it is remarkable
not only on account of its length, but
because of its teaching. Like the celential
city it lieth four square; the heighth and
the depth and the length and the breadth
of it are the same. There is but one theme
in all the Psalm and that is the word of
God, and reminds one of nothing io much
iit a diamond which as you hold it as the
I:-V* it from everv side it sends
out to all beholder* the evidence* of iU
beauty tad of its worth, and this 119th
Psalm ia the make-up of the word of God,
for ererr terse except two, namely, the
122d and the 132d refer in some way to
God's word, and it is mentioned either under
the figure of law, or testimonies, or
word, or precepts.
The writer of this Psalm most hare been
inspired with the word of God ss he knew
it. I bare beard of an old Christian who
meditated his way through the Bible three
times. Surely this is the secret of a wholly
happy life. In 1889 at the time of sreat
political excitement William Wilbcrforce
made this note in his diary, "I hare walked
this mornin* from Hyde Park corner repeating
the 119th Pstfm. and having great
comfort." Martin Luther said on commenting
on this Psalm, "Darid must hare
shaken ererr fruit tree in God's garden
and gathered fruit therefrom." Like other
portions of the Scripture this Psalm has
been cenerally named. It has been called
the alphabet of dirine lore, perhaps because
of its dirision, because it is separated
into groups of eight rerses. and each
group is under a letter of the Hebrew alphabet
until the alphabet is exhausted. It I
if really the Alpha and Omega of the word
of God. In the New Testament the incarnate
word or Sariour is represented as the
Alpha and Omega. May it not be because
the alphabet has beea exhausted in displaring
to us His graces, and also because in
the Old Testament the alphabet has been
exhausted in speaking of His glorious word?
It has also been called the paradise or ail
doctrines. and I hare been amazed to aee
how many are here presented. Pardon,
justification, sanctification, they are all
here. Tt alio has been represented a* the
itorehouse of the Holy Snirit, for really in
ao part of the Bible ia He more wonderfully
presented, and it ha* been spoken of
is the school of troth, for really nothing is
?mitted. We might lose all the rest of the
Bible, bat if we had this we would know
Bod and might find oar way op to Him.
Through 150 verses David has been speak*
ing of aO these things and has been talk*
iag of God, when suddenly as if he were
impressed with the fact that He of whom
be had been speaking waa near he bursts
jut in the cry of oar text, "Thoa art near,
0 Lord." It is a possible thing for one to
preach so profoundly that he loses sight of
Him of whom he speaks; or a Sundayichool
teacher to teach her lesson and almost
to be unconscious of the presence of
Christ of whom she has been teachiw. It
is a good thing for us all to stop again and
igain and say, "Thou art near, 0 Lord,"
for He is indeed nearer to us than any
sarthly friend.
L
Kindred texts. There are certain texts
in the Scripture which are akin to the one
r t. L f-_ 1. p..lm in
i OA TO CODKU, mm, tut CUUI|IK, ? ?- J.
"The Lord it thy keeper; the Lord is
:ny shade upon thy right hand." If the
Lord is oar Keeper why need we go astray,
for He neither lumber* or sleep*. Psalm
H: 18, is another text, "The Lord is nigh
into them that are of a broken heart; and
laveth such aa be of a contrite spirit." 1
im sure I am speaking for you all when 1
lay there never has been a heartache if we
lure accepted our discipline as He intended,
that He has not been graciously near to
i*. Philippines the fourth chapter and the
ifth verse, the last clause, is another illustration,
and is very much like the text,
'Let your moderation be known unto all
men. The Lord is at hand." Paul has
i>een speaking of peace and the joy of
Christian fellowship, ' when suddenly he
ipeaks out like David of old. "The Lord is
it hand," and immediately he begins with
this .Wntence, "Be careful for nothing." Of
:ourse we need be careful for nothing if
the Lord is at hand, for He will bear every
burden with us and help us to overcome
svery trial. The 23d rsalm is another
iwautiful illustration. It haa been my
privilege within the past few days to sit by
the death bed of a young man who may
tven now be passing out into the eternity,
ind when I told him that the end had
:ome for him he said, "It is a long journey
to make alone, is it not?" My only answer
raa this 23d Psalm, "Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
[ will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.'
md he brushed the tears out of his eyes
ind said. "Then I am not afftid," nor
need we be at any time, for He is always
frith us. We learn by contrast to admire
many things. Those who hare studied the
[Minting* of Sir Noel Paton must have obnsrved
that part of their peculiar beauty
lies, by a trick of art, in their partial ugh* **
" i a_ _
new. I here are Bowers ana oiras,
mights and ladies, gossamer xrinaeJ fainea
ind children of seraphic beauty, but in the
corner of the canvaa, or juat at their feet,
tome uncouth and loathsome form?a toad,
* lizard, a alimy snail?to lend, by contrast
with ita repulsiveneas, a lovelier
beauty to the rest. So in ancient sculpture
the znftin and the dragon grin among
the angel faces on the cathedral front,
heightening the surrounding beauty of
their deformity. Many of the literary sitjationa
of the New Testament powerfully
exhibit tbia speciu of contraat. The twelve
diaciplea?one of them is a devil. Jesus
upon the croaa, pure and regal?on either
nde a thief. And here, aa conspicuously,
in this fifteenth chapter of Luke, the most
exquisite painting in the Bible is touched
off at the foot with the black thundercloud
of the elder brother?perfect aa a
mere dramatic situation. Ana eo here we
understand better that the Lord ia by our
tide when we imagine for a moment all He
is from ua. In Pualm 118: 8, we
read, "The Lord ia on my aide; I will not
fear; what can man do unto ms?" This,
of course, ia for the child of God, but in
Proverba 15: 29, we read, "The Lord ia far
from the wicked, but He beareth the prayer
of the righteous." God pitr ua if we
stand in thia position. In Psalm 145: 18,
we read. "The Lord ia nigh unto all them
that call upon Him, to all that call upon
Him in truth," while if wo would know the
contrasting statement for those who are
not yet children of God we hare the aolemn
statement in Proverbs 1: 28, "Then
shall they call upon Me. but I will not answer;
they shall seek Me early, but they
shall not tind Me."
n.
He ia near. There are so many ways in
which He ia near to ua. First: In creation.
It ia & great mistake, however, to think
that we can tind enough of God in nature
to satisfy our souls, for we cannot. There
u a verse written by Browning, if I mistake
not, in which be uys something like
this:
"Earth is crammed with heaven, and
every bush ia on fire with God." But it is
a great mistake to seek to find Him only in
this way. He is near to us in providences,
and as a rule for the Christian God is
never nearer than when we pass through
trial. We sometime* see farther through
our tears than in any other war, for they
are like telescopes. A friend of mine wan
showing me a picture the other day taken
with a telescope camera, iu which a mountain
fifteen mifes away was brought no near
that you could study it in minutest detail.
But He ia nearest, of course, in Jesus
Christ.
First: He U near as a ain-forgiring God.
"There ia therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." Romans 8: I. The thought of the
judgment ia something awftu. but let it be
.v jurihti aisu , IJLM\
remembered that the word "condemn*tion"
is the same in the Greek a* "judg* :
ment," and for those who are in Christ '
Je.ius, whatever their sins, judgment ia
forever past. I
Second: He in near a* a promise-keeping t
God. "For all the promise* of God in j
Him are yea, and in Him nmcn, unto the
clary of God by us." II Corinthians 1: 20.
There ii not in all the ctigcr.cies of our J
lives a trial that cannot be offset by a
promise of help found in the Bible and '
these all centre in Him.
Third: He is near as a pnyer-anjwering
God. John 16: '23-24. "And in that day ye
shall ask Me nothing. Verilr, verily. I j
say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall oak the
Father in My mine, He will give it yoa. |
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My
name; ask and ye shall receive, that your
joy may be full. This is God's own word. *
and if our prayers have not been answered ,
the difficulty is with ourselves.
Fourth: He is near as a gracious Father. :
John 14: 9^10, "Jesus saith unto him. I
Have I been so long time with you ana ;
vet hut thou not known Me. Phiiin? He ,
that hath seen Me hath seen the Father,
and how sarest thou, then, Show us the j
Father1 Believest thou not that I am in
the Pather and the Father in Me? The j
words that I speak unto you I speak not
of Myself, but the Father, that dwelleth
in Me; He doeth the works." By these |
words Jesus wanted Philip to know when ,
he had seen Him touch the eyes of the
blind and raise the dead ind comfort the ,
sorrowing he bad nan a vuion 01 io?
Father in Hia infinite love.
IK.
We have lost the aetlse of Hia nearnem.
First: In Genesis 28: 10, we read, "And
Jacob awaked out of hia sleep, and he said.
Sorely the Lord is in thus place; and I
knew it not." After Jacob had bad his
day of flight and bis night of dreams he
awakes to aav, "The Lord was in this place
and I knew it not," and the reason he did '
not know was because be was deceitful .
and dishonest. If we give this the right i
name we shall say he was sinful, but sep- :
ante us from God and hide His face from )
us ao that He not only will not hear but
He cannot see. "Blessed are the pure in j
heart, for they shall see God."
Second: In Exodus 3: 5. we read, "And
He said. Draw not nigh hither, but off thy j
shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground." '
Moses had no idea that he would see G*>d
in the burning bush, for he wis not ex- [
pecting Him. and let it be remembered
that we have failed to aee Htm becauae
our minds are not set upon Him. He is on
every side of us. and if we did but look for
Him we sbou:a see mm at every ium ?i
life and every hour of the day. Your posi- !
tion may be very unsatisfactory to you, '
but it ia possible for you in the most me- .
nial place to see Christ just as Pan) had j
visions of Him constantly, and yet b<> was j
onlv a tent maker. !
Third: In Amos 3: 3, we read, "Can two ,
walk together, escept they be agreed?" ;
ind that word "agreed" in the Hebrews is [
betrothal. in the Greek is "sym* .
phony." The reason we have lost step {
with God is because we have disagreed '
with Him. If we were as indifferent to !
that one to whom we were betrothed is
we have been to the claim of God there
would have been no marriage, and if we
were as indifferent to the wife of our home
as wu have been to Him there would be no
happy home. Oh, that we might agree
with Him to-day and keep step with Him,
we would see Him constantly.
IV.
He ia near and He will preserve. Psalm
37 : 23-23, "The steps of a good man are ordered
by the Lord; and He dcliKhteth in
his way. Though he fall, he shall not be
utterly caat down; for the Lord upholdeth i
him with Hia band. I have bMn young, |
and now am old; yet have I not seen the !
righteous forsaken, nor hia seed begging
bread." It is written in the Bible ana
God'a word is always true. Psalm 121: 3,
"He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
We may not be conscious of His nearness,
but He is near, juat the same. We have
some time been in a dark room all alone,
nothing about us. We have touched the
electric button, when suddenly we realized
that the furnishings of the room are on
every side of us. We were not conscious
of them, but they were near, and we have
!oat consciousness of God, and yet if we
had but time to illumine the placc where
we live we would tee all about us the evidence
of Hia pretence, peace, pardon, love,
joy. Oh. that we might live in the furnished
room of God, for He is near protectiug
us, defending us, keeping back the ,
ncstilence, and so turning aside the arm of
death from us. Trouble may come very
near, but it cannot overthrow us. In
Psalm 27: 2, there is a graphic description
of this. "When the wicked, even mine enemies
and my foes came upon me to eat up
my flesh, they stumbled and fell." The
Psalmist hss a vision of the enemy coming j
fiercely against him, just about to lay his i
hand upon him when suddenly he stunp
b'.es and falls. Then in the 12th chapter I
of Acts there is a picture of Peter sleeping :
between the two soldiers. Herod is iust 1
about to lay hand* upon him to bring him '
when suddenly the chain snaps and he ia |
free. This is just like God. Trouble al- '
most breaks our hearts, but not quite; rea
so? is almost dethroned, but not alto- '
gether. He will not suffer us to be cut '
down and utterly forsaken.
V. I
What a help. If we could only get into J
the way of saying over and over, "Thou :
art near, 0 Lord," we should be greatly
strengthened. First: It would keep our ,
lives pure, for we would not so frequently
be lost to sin if we were conscious of Hia I
nearness.
Seco:>d: It would strengthen us in the
hour of temptation to suddenly pause and
say over and over, "Thou art near, O i
Lord," for He would immediately give us
the strength to escape.
"When through fiery trials thy pathway
shall lie,
My grace all sufficient shall be thv supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only dc- |
sign
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to
refine."
Third: It will greatly help us in trial to I
say, "Thou art near to me, 0 Lord."
It would greatly assist in the transfor- j
mation of character if we but realized His i
nearness. Mosea saw Him, and bis face J
shone; Paul bad a vision of Him and never >
was the same again.
"Some times I am faint and weary,
He knows that I am weak,
And as He bids me lean on Him
His help I gladly seek.
He leaiis me in the paths of light,
Beneath a sunny sky.
And so we walk together
My Lord and I."
It will greatly help us when the need !
comes, for He-will then be near.
One of my friends in preaching to tha
oldiers in the time of tne war visited a '
hospital, and was asked by a nurse if he !
would not when he had finished his service
cross over to an adjoining hospital and !
minister to the comfort of a dy;ng boy. He i
agreed to come and finished his service I
with the soldiers by joining tvith them in |
singing, "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me." When
he reached the second hospital tent the j
nurse told him that the young soldier was j
dead, and he died, she said you sang
the last hymn. While you were singing !
it be said it with you, and this was tha \
hymn:
"When at last I near the shore.
And the fearful breakers roar
"Twist me and the peaceful rest,
Then while leaning on Thy breast,
May I hear Thee say to me,
'Fear not, I will pilot thee!'"
Aimless Living.
There is no department of life free from I
the aimless and purposeless who live by ;
the day to see what may turn up next,
who wish to till places of trust and im- |
portance without naving fitted themselves :
tor any place m particular, who desire to
gather and consume the plums of life from
the tree which other* have planted, tennea
and watered. An aim, if worth anything,
cornea out of the whole trend of the
nature, and has the whole character behind
it. It is ?u instrument of power for the
labor of the world. It i* a pledge to God
and humanity to bear one's ahare of life's
burdens, to be faithful to all trusts, to
hirk no responsibility, never to run away
from the day's work, never to appropriate
what does not belong to us, to fulfill all
obligations, and to stand steadfast in tho
tight for truth uid righteousness.?Christian
Register.
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF
Poem: Power of the Cross? Ife tVlio Will
Not Own God's Authority Cnnuot lt?cel??
Hit (iulilincr-I't>r?ti For P?<l
Mercies Are Prayers For Futnre Need*.
Lord, let me know the power of Thy cross,
So that l count all other thing* hut lo?s;
So riches. pomp. and all the world hoidi
dear
Fade into naught whey Tiiy dear cross 11
near.
Lord, when I wander, foo'.uh. fir from
Thee,
When doubt and fear molest and trouble
n.e.
Then may Thy cross ita radiance o'er rae
shci.
And I to Thy sweet rest once more be led.
Through all the baste and worry of the
day
Grant that Thy cross may ever guide my
way;
Sin's subtle skill to foil and fears to quell
As thinki my soul of Him who loves so
well.
When dawns the day that I His face shall
see,
Sixrn of my faith Hi?precious cross shall be;
AM. all of heaven mine, because He died,
Mine joy and jife in Je?us crucified.
?Ernest U. Wellesley-Weslejr.
A Conditional Promise.
nr. _ii i i-J ft; ^ ..J
in ail my ways acunuivicuge n.m, anu
He shall direct thy path*."?Prov. 3: <?.
The p-omwcii are all conditional. But
the condition* are not strings tied to the
promises, drawing them back and making
them worthless; they are logical and not
merely arbitrary, the promise cannot be
fulfilled without the faithful performance
of the conditions any more than you can
jrow without eating or see without looking.
Submission is the essential condition of
direction. He who will not own God's authority
cannot receive His guidance God
cannot direct our path* unless we accept
His precepts. But the man who acknowledges
his Lord by taking one step in loyal
obedience will be ied the next one in loving
power and wisdom. God can lead Hi*
obedient ones to Canaan; but Egypt He
can only lead to the Red Sea and the disobedient
ones to tiie desert. He cannot
lead rebels into Hu kingdom simply because
they will not be led. So, perhaps,
the tirst thing to do. if we are in doubt as
to whether we are being divinely led in
our lives is to discover whether we are
perfectly acknowledging the right and authority
of God over our lives.
If you acknowledge the Hag the flag will
protect you and God can only care for
those who commit themselves to Him.
The^e are man who earnestly pray on their
knees to be led to heaven, and then as soon
4l iL r * a I.... ^ ..
u cney ar? un intrir ir( incy ruu
from it. They pray to be piloted into the
*afe haven while they pull the wheel over
for the isles of pleasure and sin. If you
want Ood to pilot your life you nuit give
Him the briage. You muat leave Him
there in all kind* of weather. We arc always
ready to pray for guidance in our perplexity.
when no path can be seen
through the storm and too ready to take
the helm ourselves when the gale has none
down. Everj* Christian life ought to bear
plainly written on it. where all may easily
*ee and read. "Jesus Christ, Master."
He cannot confer His blessings unless we
acknowledge the benefits received, but if
you openly avow His goodness He will
freely vouchsafe His guidance and every
other blessing. Our praises for past mercies
make our best prayers for future
needs. Gratitude is a Christian virtue;
guidance seems to be conditioned on it.
The trouble is a good many of us have forgotten
how to say, "Think you" to <*od.
Life's multitude of merc.es pass unnoticed.
SVe only stop to give thanks when we have
been delivered from some manifest danger
ar have had some very narrow escape, as
inougn u wad man* wonneriui mai we
ihoufd be snitched alive from a wreck with
the loss of all our belonpinjpt than that we
ihould be brought safely along our way
without any discomfort.
Awake, my heart, and sins Hu praises;
number up the known mercies, and, still
more. ble?s Him for the unknown, and let
men everywhere know that in Him we acknowledge
the secret: of any goodness. thesource
of all power and the sovereignty of
any service we may have. Then we can
truat Him to keep Hi* promise with uj.?
Henry F. Cope, in Ram's Horn.
A VIn Esmnpl*.
It in related that a cavalry officer, with
t small number of followers, was pursued
by an enemy who were in large force. He
discovered that his saddle girth was becoming
loose, his comrades were urging
him on to greater speed, but he dismounted.
tightened the loose buckle, and then
rode on. amid the shouts of his companions.
The broken buckle would have cost
him his safety?perhaps his life. His wise
delay insured his safety, and cent him out
j[ the reach of his pursuing enemies.
"This incident," says the Rev. Theodore
L. Cuyler, "suggests several spiritual lessons.
A very obvious one is that the
Phricti.in u in liiwfp to riu'n nff
to his busmen* in the morning that he does
not spare any time tor his Bible or for
prayer, is quite likely to 'ride for a fall'
before sundown. One of the most eminent
Christian merchants of New York told
me that he never met his family at the
breakfast table until ho had had a refreshing
interview with his God over his Bible
and on his knees. His family worship afterward
was not only a tightening ot the
buckle for himself, but was a gracious
means of safety to his household."
The Guiding Star.
Laughter, amusement, pleasure hare a
conspicuous place in the religious life. Be
sad when you must, but be glad whenever
you can. The sadness will come of itself,
unbidden, but the gladne** must be sought,
and it is a duty to search for it until it ?.*
found. But behind the snule*. the frivolt:e?.
the gayette*. every reasoning soul
finds food tor grave questioning.
To the youth come moments when the
vision of great possibilities visit* him.
Life is stern, grave, laborious. He dreams
of success and stirs hw inner depths with
the determination to make it ni?. But
what shall the success be? Wealth, fame,
position? Thene are well enough, and quite
worthy oar ntmost effort. Still, if we
liave only wealth, or fame or position, yea,
if u'#> hire all tl?r??e m nur ornsri tiiev are
not on<9u3h Without iiMtilinei!*, honesty,
solf-rcRpect. the ability to look back on the
path we have traveled without a stjih.
they count a* nothing when the soul trillci*es
and measure.-* itself. A life of moral
principle, of honor, of even handed justice
is the only life worth living. Therefore.
with all your striving. let nobility of
heart, an unblemished career, be your
guidics star.
Grow OIH Grnrafntljr.
One nav -^row old sracefully by ftittini
always at the Master's feet, learning of
H.ni, by benefiting others with the knowl
wise <jained. by ke?M>iug closer to the infinite
Father the neircr life's evenri.le
corncs, .mil never rca-inp to have a definite
vjmeth.-ng jood to live for
Cr??4i.
Creed* arc followd by con.?Vjuenc-?s.
Tlti? inner li:V and the .?:stei- lite cannot I*
divorced. Wh.it i* in tin- t'ouniain will find
it." way into tin* stream. Thought* me
seed*. and they bring forth after their
kind.?Tiit Rev. R. F. I'ojrle. J)enver. Col.
Don't Want Married Officer*.
The Secretary of N ar ha* !a:d dovm a
rule that no married man in civil life *hall
be examine*! for ap|?ointment a* second
lieutenant in the army. Only Mingle men
are to be considered. Thin is in accordance
with the new army regulations.
There are few other change* from
previous conditionn. Candidate* must be
netween the age* of twenty-one and twenty-ieven
years. If a candidate t? a graduate
of a military school or a member of
the National Guard he mmt present recommendation*
from the school or National
Guard authorities
8Us of Kmrtlalqas.
Martinique is thirty-five miles in length
tod seven to sixteen miles wide.
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THE SABBATH SCHOOL\
nternvhonal lisson comments
FOR AUGUST ! 7.
I
Subject: Journrylns Toward Cannan, .
Num. x.. 11-13 anil *39-30?lioldan T?xt, ,
Pu. xxxl.. 3?M?m>iry V?rM?> 31.31?
Com??Dl?ry on the Dt|'? Umob.
11. "Twentieth day." ctc. The chil- !
dren of forael probibly reached Sinai on I
the first day of the third month (Ex. 19: j
1), and left it on the twentieth day of the I
tecond month, thiu making their stay
eleven month* and twenty day*. "The ,
cloud." The pillar, or column, which ap- ,
pe.ircd a* a cloud by day and a fire by j
niaht, wu the *ymbo! of the divine pre# .
ence. It wa* the Shekinah. or divine
dwelling place, and v;as the continual <i^n j
of the presence and protection of (jod. !
The cloud not only served the purpose ol j
a guide, but it was a covering to them, |
protecting them from the burning ray* ol .
the sun. I'na. 105: 39; I<a. 4: 5. At nist'nf |
the pillar of fire gave light to every, part
of the camp. Chap. 9: 16-18.
12. "Out of?Sina:." The rcajon for the
long delav at Sinai i* apparent. The people
left Etypt a mere crowd of fugitive
tfl.n-M uhtli nnlff ihi> ruHiment* of national i
organization, and the riimeat religiou?
idea.*. But the interval had effected an
immense change. The}* had now become
an organized people, with laws, a constitution
or covenant, a priesthood, a relig
ious ritual and house ot worship, and with
a political and military organization?their
t'udge* and officers placed over thousands,
tundreds. fifties and tens (Ex. IS: 23;
Deut 15), and a general council of sev
enty elders (Ex. 24: 1; Num. 11: 24-28),
which the rabbis believed was the origin
of the Sanhedrin.
14-28. In these verses we have an ac
count of the order in which the Israelite#
marched, together with a statement re
Carding the taking down and putting up
of the tabernacle. '"This fixed order, rigidly
adhered to. was necessary not only
for military reasons, but to prevent tbe
host from beconvne a confused mob.
29. "Mose* said." Although this invitation
is placed between the setting out and
the march itself, yet it must have preceded
the departure. "Hobab." There are several
opinions regarding this person. It
seems likely that Hobab was the same as
Jetliro. Compare Ex. 3: 1 and Judges 4:
11. "Ragucl." The same as Reuel. Sec
Ex. 2: 18. It would thus appear thai
Reucl, Jethro and Hobab were three
names for the same person, bnt this could
not be because it is distinctly stated that
Hobab was the son of. Reuel. "Father-inlaw."
The word for "father-in-law" in
Hebrew has a wide signification and signifies
any relation by marriage. Hobab
may have been brother-in-law to Moses.
Hobab had stopped contentedlv with
Israel while encampcd at Sinai, near his
own country, and now on their removal n? |
proposed returning to his own abode. "We ,
are journeying." God had wrought them
thus far from Egypt, even to the wilder
new of Sinai, and they were journeying to
ward Canaan, trusting in His promise,
guided by His presence and supported by
His power. "I will give it you." This
promise was made to Abraham (Gen. 12:
7: 13: 15; 17: 8). and repeated to M">ses.
Ex. 3: 8. Thus was the matter estab
lij)hod bevond a doubt. Moses was not
making this journey on any uncertainty
"Come thou with us." Moses urged him
to remain in company with them, both foi
his own benefit in a religious point of
view, and for the service he could render
them, in his knowledge of the wilderness
30. "I will not go." This refusal must
be imputed to affection for hij native ait
and soil, which was not overpowered, as it
ought to have been, by a believing regard
to the promise of God, and a value for
covenant blessings. Thus do many decide
to return to the haunts of sin even after
thev have enjoved the communion of God
and the fellowship of His saints.
31. "Leave us not." "It is like!v that
Hobab changed his mind, even if he did
go back to Midian. He surely returned
ajptin to Israel, as Scriptures show that bis
posterity dwelt among the Israelites in
Canaan. Judge* 1: 16; 4: 11 and 1 Sam. IS:
G. The earnest importunitv of Mows to
secure the attendance of this man. when
he enjoyed the benefit of the directing i
cloud, ha* surprised many. But it should
be remembered that the guidance of th#
cloud, though it showed th?? general route
to be taken through the trackless desert,
would not be so minute as to point out
the places where pastures, shade and water j
were to be obtained, and which were often .
hidden in obscure spots by the shilling I
?ands. Besides, several small companies |
were sent off from the main body, and the j
services of Hobab, not as a single Arab j
hut as a prince of a powerful race, would j
have been very useful.
32. "The same will we do." "Thos< I
who sliart* with God's Israel in their la- |
hors and hardships, shall share with them ,
in their comforts and honors."
.13. "Mount of the Lord." Sinai, called
the mount of the Lord because here the
Lord had displayed Hi* nower, and given j
the neople the law. "Three days' journey."
B/ this we are not to understand 1
an unbroken march of the entire people
during seventy-two hours with no halt,
but that the ark was borne steadily oo
during this period before it came to a per
manent stopping place. "Ark of the core j
nant." So called because it contained the j
covenant of the law?the two table* of i
stone on which God had written the ten ;
commandments. ''Went before them.",
The ark was earned separately from the ;
rest of the sacred furniture, in advance ol j
the column, wrapped in its own oeculiar i
blue covering (4: 6). at once an object ol .
veneration and a symbol of Jehovah's
presence and His separateness from sin- !
ners. The ark was a type of Christ, and ;
so Christ to-day goes before His people to 1
? i n j*|1 frmtk |
i;ui?ic iiiciii i?i?v uii ??h. ,
34. "Cloud?was upon them." "W*i i
over them." R. V. See comment oo '
verse 11.
35. "Mose* Mill. Rwe up. Ltfrd.*' :
"Mo?es. as the leader of the people, uttered
an .tonropriate prayer. both at the
commencement and end of each iouraer !
Thu* all the journey* were sanctified by .
devotion. They were now in a desolate !
country. but marching toward an enemy'* i
country, and their dependence was upon
God for since** and victory. an well u
for direction and *uccor. If God did not
arise and scatter Hi* enemies there couM
lie no hope that Israel could get safely j
through the wildernca*. God must go I
first, in order that Israel might follow in ,
safety. For the scattering and defeating i
of God's enemies there need* no more >
than God's arising."
."UJ. "Return. O. Lord." These were the
?rords spoken by Moses at the moment the
divisions halted in order to pitch the
tents. Unless the ark rested with them,
and the cloud of glory with it. they could j
neither have rest nor comfort. Moses j
praved for success abroad and pea^e at 1
home. "From marching in front. Jehovah |
is now invited to Hi* customarv abode
amid the many thousands or Israel." I
i
??-? Waaic* DsIIt.
Director Walcott, of the Geological Sur I
vcy. ha* written a long letter to the Civil
Service Communion at >Va?hington. asking .
for permission to employ the services of a '
competent h?-n that will lay one ejfg a day I
for tin? survey. The hen ia needed tor mak- |
in* the albumen coating for the photolithographic
work. The letter state* that the
survey ia in great need of a daily egg and I
add* "In making requisition for an j
we alwaya experience much delay in ?et- i
tins authority to purchase from the lowest I
bidder, and the good*, owing to the method*
of purchoae, are not ahraya in prime J
condition.''
I 301 ICIIUd la Alp* in Tmn T**r*.
I Statistics of the fatal accidents in the '
Alps for th<; last ten year* ?how a total 01 ,
275. rhirty-(*ven per cent, of these were
in the ventral Alp*, including Switzerland,
and thirteen per cent, in the Western s
Alp*, and nearly fifty per cent., 133. in the
Ea*tern Alp*. Of the 3i?l death* which resulted
from the 275 fatal accident*, 190
were (iermans or Austrian*, 48 Swiss, 23 j
Italian*. IS Englishmen. 1"> Frenchmen and
27 of other nation ihtie*. Seven of those 1
killed were women. 73 were guides and II J
porter*
Extinct Eaillib BnttarflUs.
Nine specimens of a kind of butterfly
How extinct in England were recently sold
in London for $i2Z.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUTt
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
The "NoflRrktt" Drtnk?r U Directly **sponsible
For th? Hcourjn (
31 o.l urn CI vIlliAiion?It la Hli Ilia
or* That X?kM Bam lolmtod. j
The ravages of strong drink are, in one
Benso, a very familiar subject, but in another
they are to moat of us a sealed book.
There are certa.n great truths of which
Coleridge speaks as "lying bedridden in the
dormitories of the soul"?truth*, that ia,
too obvious to be disputed, but grown powerless
from neglect and want of exercise,
and commanding on occviton a vague and
abstract recognition instead of a constant
and practical homage. Cpon the aspect ot
the drink problem which even for the moet
thoughtless has almost the air of an axiomatic
truth?I mean its magnitude and urgency?I
shall have very fil-Ie to say tonigh:
and nothing that is new, and what I
shall say will be entirely directed toward
a more disregarded aspect of the question,
1? .u .n,i.?,,4n.f
uaiuui^, rcn^iiMuuikj v? miv
Christian in the matter of this gigantic
evil, and especially in relation to thoae who
are 1*?* able to protect themselves tb*n he
u. My endeavor will be to galvanize intd
activity this belief in the enormity of tb?
evil which in some souls is bat a bedrid*
den truth, and to convert it into a vital
power for the guidance of conduct. I ahaH
sp?ak from the Christian standpoint, and
aj the subject U important and I do not
wish to be misunderstood I shall apeak aa
plainly as possible. j
A very brief summary of the kind of ?*?
dence obtainable must suffice for a reminder
of the mischiefs wrought by strong
drink. In England, Scotland, Ireland,
America and in Australasia judges haw
agreed in branding it from the bench aa
the most prolific source of crime, their es|
timates of the proportion to be ascribed to
it varving from the ninety per cent. o?
Lord Coleridge, the late Chief Justice of
England, and Isrores of others to the two{
thirds which is our own Chief Justice's ? }
timate for this colony. Inside the prisons
this testimony has been confirmed by jail-'
crs and priaon chaplains. "Eighty per
cent, of the men who have passed through
my hand* would not have come there bat
for the drink." was the opinion recently
expressed by the keeper of the Wellington
jail. A similar tale is told by philanthro>
))19U auu ciiy uiiMiunMici ui wuw
nnd outcasts among whom. they havs^
worked. "Nine-tenths of our poverty J
squalor, vie* and crime spring from thia
poisonous tap-root," says General Boothq
ninet7-nine per cent, was Dr. Guthrie'*
calculation of the proportion of de?titvti(
children who owed their destitution to
drink, and Dr. Barnardo, who at fink
thought the stateihent a gross exaggeration]
arrived at a minimum of ninety per cent.}
and became a total abstainer in consequence.
In New Zealand a benevolent
trustee of large experience and the bead
of a charitable institution have both deb-1
ited liquor with ninety per cent, of the
canes that hare come before them. T?
any one with a sense of the value of bom#
life and the sacredneas of childhood?W
other words, of the worth of a human soel
and its infinite aptitude* for good or far
evil which are involuntarily shaped by
early impressions and aaaodations?atitie*
tics of this class tell a more tragic tale
than any form of adult suffering. Ai to
the death rate, the highest authority oil in*'
ebriety in England. Dr. Norman Kerr, whoi
took up the matter some years ago with
the avowed object of upsetting the extravagant
estimate which ascribed 00.000 death*
in the United Kingdom annually to Uu?
cause, came to the conclusion that 12lt,00q
was nearer the truth.
Such then being the evil, the qucstiotJ
arise*: What is the cause? The ?Qswer(
u. The strength of alcoholic temptation*
and the weakne* of human nature, and;
the superficial observer is. therefore, apt taf
place the responsibility on the drink-seller,
who holds out the temptation, and the
drunkard who succumbs. But this is liks
blaming the flame and the fuel for tl? fire.
What we want to know is. Who set ths
fire alight and who keeps it burning? la
other words, Who permits and encourages
the drink-seller to perform the function*
of tempter? The state does thia by giving
the dnnk-seller leave to sell; but it does
cot do so tor his sake. For whose, then?
Not for the drunkard's; not for the tee%
totaler's, for the teetotaler disapproves
of drink; but for the sai? ofc
the moderate drinker, whose "rea-J
sonable requirements" the State desires
to satisfy. It is on account of the moder-)
ate drinker that the liquor traffic is toler-j
ated and licensed. And if there were net
moderate drinkers? Then that terrible
catalogue of evils which I have merely]
glanced at would be swept away, toat|
Utopian prophecy of Mr. Chamberlain's
would be realized, and more would have
b t-n achieved for human happiness andl
virtue than by the combined labors of
statesmen and philanthropists for the last
100 years. If, then, we ask again, Who ia
ultimately responsible for the greatest
tfourge of modern civilization, who is
responsible for the ruthless waste of human'
life and character, for the impoverished
and degradation of the poor, for the aoH
rows of the fatherless and the widow, thn
shivering and the starving? our answes
can only be, unpleasant as it may be to
utter: Stand forth, O moderate drinker,
for thou art the man!?Arthur R. Atkinson.
Member of the New Zealand House
of Ri>nr?<pntirivei
Drunkard* X?t ToUrattd.
The time consumed at fashionable* ditt*
ners bad been much reduced u they hare
Iieen simplified. The Ions luU of wiaaa
formerly deemed obligatory at them hare
been discarded and a few only of theaa
beverages are now provided. The heavy
drinking of the past ha* come to be looked v '
on as an evidence of ill-breeding ex*
pressing itself in absence of decent eeUcontrol,
or ot a deplorable malady. In,
clubs and all congregation* of men there is
much leu drinking than formerly. Habita
of temperance are mide more and more
requisite by m>>dern business methods.
The drunkard is no longer tolerated a* a
man of an amiable weakness, but is looked
on as an offensive person of intolerable
habits, or as a proper subject far r>
ctr.nnt as a victim of a very obnoxjoaa
lorm of insanity.?New York Sua.
The Man That Pl?d?*d Himself.
To a man raising objections to signtaf
the pledge, a reformed drunkard said:
"strong drink occasioned me to have mor#
to do with pledging thin ever teeto'.aim
has done. When I used strong drink 1
?1?l~l m>. rv?f [ nledired mv bed. in
I'iCUgCU 1U.T - r ^ m ,
short, .inythins that won pledgaole ,and
wax losing every hope and blowing when
n temperance friend met me and con
vinced me ot my folly. Then I pledged
myself, and aoou got more ;han rjy termer
property about me."?The Inland.
A Criminal Method.
John Ruskin, in speaking of the liquet
traffic a* a financial aid of a country, one*
Mhi: "The cncourage:uent of drunkenew
for ibe take of the profit on the nale o.
dr:nk is certainly one of the most criminal
method* of iUjaMination for money hitherto
adopted by the bravo* of any age ot
country.''
Athlete* Mast lie Temperate.
All athlete*. of whatever kind, are forced
to i*ad temperate and regular liver II
thev <i:d not they wor.ld noon lose theit
t.-vve ! fall out of the urocew! >n.?Chira^o
Tribune.
TItc Crnimlc In Crlrf.
The National Temnerauce Society ha* r?
r ?iv.*.l a check for $"JUOO from Andrew Car
&.-<ie.
A.>>ut forty bartender* attended *erviee?
ii. .1 Cleveland church on a recent Sundaj
by n\ ration.
in the Canadian Parliament a re*olutiot
i- to oe introduced asking for the passage
o: a prohibitory liquor law.
1m l'J?> iie cost ot clenientarv ed'icatioc
in Kiu>*<n 1 wa* C8.973.S17 the amounl
ejieii! tti *trons drink wi< ?!ft).8:?i.7I9.
'.h? London County Council a*yiumt
tii.-re ii-it been a high pre ventage of insaa
ity tram alcohol, more than double tht
nuiiii'r o: uoaien than men bemj admitted
fiaai t liar caute.
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