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A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
A STRONG DISCOURSE ENTITLEC
"COD'S LOVE FOR MAN."
The Rev. Dr. Kobert Rogers Deliver*
? Tbouj;lttful and Convincing Address
Yrcliic Vh to Al>jure Selfishness ant
Aiiimulimn?Christ tho Ideal.
Brooklyn, N. Y? Sunday morning th
Rev. Dr. Kobert Ropers, rector of th
Church of the Good Shepherd, preached i
; thoughtful and convincing sermon o:
"Hod's Love For Man." The texts wen
from John "God so loved the TVori(
i that He gave His only begotten Son, tha
whoso believcth on Him, might not perish
but have everlasting life," and Mark ix:24
"Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbe
lief." Dr. Rogers said among other things
I begin our thought this morning wit!
the great declaration of the beloved Apos
tie John who, better than any other o
5 Christ's disciples, understood the vita
meaning underlying the Master's life. Jesu!
was to John a distinct personality witl
whom he was acquainted, a man amon;
men, byt He was more than this, He was
also at the same time the love of God in
carnate in this Man's nature, so that H<
represented the nature of God, and Hi:
feeling and desires and purposes towarc
mankind. God loved the world. Now, af
ter beginning with this thought, I hav<
taken another verse from Scripture, to in
dicate man's attitude of mind towarc
John's declaration^ "Lord, I believe, helj
Thou mine unbelief."
5 John's statement i3 a condensed bill
very complete outline of what the Chris
i tian religion aims to teach men. It is tli(
message of the Christian Church that Jesu.?
Christ is the personal demonstration ol
, God's love for man. The life and words
of Jesus are the illustrations of how God
loves and how lie acts toward man, and
; also what God desires that man shall
think and do toward God and toward hit
fellow man.
! Now this kind of tliinkins leads us into
the acknowledgment of the supernatural,
It brings us to the admission tnat our Divine
Father loves man, and teaches him,
and guides him by laws and standards
which He reveals to man according to his
needs. In other words, the Christian religion
stands for the presence of God in
this life we are row living, and that He
has help to give to man, and demands to
make of man.
There are countless men and women
who believe implicitly in this statement of
God's presence ruling over life, and who
live in their belief, offering up themselves
j to divine guidance, regretting their sins
and imploring pardon in perfect faith that
it will be granted. There are, on the other
hand, some perhaps, who say they have
no belief in the divine and spiritual, and
who would place themselves outside of the
! declarations of the Christian religion, hut
1 believe this number to be few and growing
smal'ei- every day, as the fuller vision
of the world and its rich spiritual meaning
dawns upon their intelligence. But there
is another large class with wirom I am
specially concerned, who believe and yet
do not believe. Th-y would not deny the
Christian faith, neither are they ready to
give their full allegiance to it. There is a
multitude of such people among our men
and women, and may we not ask seriously
why 13 this the ca.?eV Is it because Christ's
.teaching and His life arc so hard to be understood
that spiritual things can make no
derstood. Are some kinds so constituted
naturally that spiritual things can make
no effective appeal to them?
If we were for a moment to admit this
it would destroy the greatest power which
we believe inherent Christ's: rel'gion,
namely, that to everf^an, bond or free,
black or yellow, barbarian or Scythian,
Jew or Gentile, learned or unlearned, rich
or poor, it has the power of entering ir.to
his heart and transforming his life. There
is no respect of persons with God. I grant
j you that Christ found that there were ceri
tain places where even He could noc present
His message with conviction, but t!ie
cause of His failure was the hardness of
men's hearts and not the difficulty of
comprehending His gospel, and this same
reason will be found to hold good in these
days.
Atheism is no longer supposed to be a
necessary adjunct of the scientist; but on
the contrary, the men who are opening the
widest visions of new truth to the world in
i these days, and teaching the profoundest
. lessons to mankind are men who are sincere
believers in the message of God's
Jnesence as revealed by Jesus Christ, or at
east are able to say with earnestness,
"Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief."
iWhen we come to consider our own lives
and those of the ordinary men and women
around about whom we can understand.
iWhat is it that prevents the message of
< Jesus Christ from having the clTect upon
us all that it ought to have?
t There has been for the past few years a
warning sounded that men are not attendv'
ing our Christian churches, and the rea*
sons are being given in various ways. Clergymen
are uninteresting; churches arc cold,
uninspiring places; doctrines are antiquated
and illiberal and meaningless to
xnan in the ttrugg'e for life. Perhaps
I there is a truth in all these statements; it
\ is not difficult for even a stupid man to
K find a plausible excuse for anything he
J cares to do, or to leave undone. Parents
who are bringing up children, teachers
$ "who are euuca'iiiK them, understand the
readiness of plausible excuses.
? ? But these excuses, whenever given, are
i not the real reasons why some men do not
attend church. Let me say, first, that I
^ believe it is open to demonstration that a
| larger number of men are interested in
the work of the chnrch and attending its
J services and obeying its inspirations than
at dny other time iu history. And what
is more important, they are attending
churches willingly without the compulsion
< of ancient times when heaven and hell
were regarded as in the sole power of the
church, and men were afraid to absent
themselves. Our Y. M. C. A.'s were never
so prosperous. The religious nature of our
' coUege students was never more genuine
than in our own days.
But to speak of those who are not at
tending our churches, is it not because
they have never had a true vision of the
vital reality and practicability of Christ's
messages? The great majority of men in
this country, at least, are nominal Chris
tians. They send their children to Sunday
school, they like to have their wives and
:i sisters in union with the church, and ii
; Bsixfcu wnemer luev inemseives believe in
the teachings of Christ and His Church,
would either evade the question cr else say
they couid follow Christian prceepts with
out attending church. Is not the fault ol
lack of attendance on Christian worshir
due rather to the manner of life we arc
living than to a definite unbelief in the
' virtue of the Christian religion? Tlity arc
V so much absorbed in the struggle foi
money that they have neither time noi
^ desire to see anything else. Every one is
^ hunting for it, the business man, the poli
tician, the professional man. tne laborer
the coachman, the waiter, the conductor
the porter, the barber, the messenger, tin
% clergyman who is paid for burials and bap
tisnw, the corporation. This one craz?
6eems to leave no part of American so
U ciety intact, rich and poor, high and low
alike, are infected with this disease, whiel
is sapping an mo spiritual ana moral en
ergy of the generation.
'Iiie church is not the only p'aco fron
^ which such men and women absent them
* selves. Our lectures on history and travel
( and science and art are giving up tliei
business because the cry lias gone fort!
that men will not attend lectures. Tin
M literature that appeals to people is not tha
6 which lift3 the mind and heart to highe
thoughts, but the type ot iiimsy novel tha
simply entertains.
| The Church of Christ is no longer a com
fortable place in which the unrepentan
Kj sinner can sit. Religion has become mucl
more of a reality to every man. It fills <
more sacred place. It is not regarded ii
|fj these days as simply a combination of rite
| and ceremonies, performed in a specia
building, bnt religion is known by all mei
to be co-ordinate and co-extensive with lif
and the man who willingly lives sinfull;
and in disregard of Christ's standard wii
not add to his degradation by playing th
hypocrite and impostor. This means tha
in the minds of irreligious men there is <
I" growing respect for religion and a soun<
regard for the church even among thos
who do not attend. I say that it is the lif
which the age is calling on men to liv
if't that is weakening the religious life an*
7 faith of men. Me/i cannot serve God and r
mammon is true forever. Can this evil b<
overcome, and how? I believe that it can,
and the way to overcome it is to satisfy
I, men that we are living in a moral and spir- |
itual world in which God is present and
in which He makes His demands. Professor
James, of Harvard, speaks of tJrs uni
versality of religious experience opening
n up a new world which science has hitherto I
' scoffed at, but which must be recognized
1 if we know by our own experience thai '
there is a realm of thought, of lova, ol j
conscience, of righteousness, toward which
e tilings our hearts yearn. We know more '
e than ever the laws of this department oi j
a life, how, under God, beneficence and I '
^ growth and power are added to life by j
e their obedience, and how injury and weak- | 1
1 ness and suffering are the resultants of j 1
disobedience to the individual and to the I )
,* nation and the race. Men believe in these I '
: things, because they see them. If they do | (
not believe in their power as you and I, 1
: dear Christian frienas do, it is because \
i they have been hindered by other things ! 3
- from looking at them seriously enough. If | J
f they can be turned from the craze of the
1 age, which is selfishness, thty will be able | (
5 to see and appreciate the workings of this j 1
i real kingdom of love and Christ in our j ?
? midst. If the church is to help men it | <
s must open its doors and heart to such men, j J
* It must not refuse their admission or re- M
J tard them by insulting them when they i '
' come. If a man is looking for righteous- |
1 ness and anxious to govern his life accord- j <
- ing to that inspiration, the church ought j (
J to be ready to give to such an honest man <
-ii u~ - i? ?a ! 1
Uil lit* icaujr auu vtiuiiife wv? .
I us not be afraid of oar sacraments being | <
) desecrated. Men will not come to them '
unless they really want them and believe ; *
t in them. We ask too much of men about i J
what they believe or do not believe. The { 1
! working and living Church qi Christ is j 1
< not that which shall only have .1 place and j '
t a welcome for those who are fully equipped j *
! with faith in all its sacred doctrines, but j <
1 a church which, like Christ, shall draw all : 1
I men unto it and gradually, by its spiritual j
1 love and care, nourish men into its highest j f
1 privileges and possessions. 1
If men can believe something of Christ's j f
, revelation of God, if they can say, "Lord, 1 t
I believe," it becomes then the part of : ]
every Christian as an individual and of all j 1
Christians as an organization to help their j t
unbelief until men can enter into the ful- ! H
[ ness of Ilis message and take for their in- ! it
. spiration in life, "God so loved the world j t
[ that He pave His only begotten Son, that 1 j
. whoso believeth on Him might not perish, j (
1 but have everlasting life." This is the | t
Christian's message of God's presence j \
among us, God lovinc men, inspiring and j (t
; guiding them toward His own ideal of per- j I
| i'ectness. This is the opening of the gates ; v
1 of salvation to men, from-selfishness and j e
1 animalism, into the happiness aud encour- j f
, agement of knowing that we are the sons ?
or God, for God hath not called us to nn- j
, cleanness, but to holiness. When the j J
churches of Christ take this attitude to- , g
ward men and men shall learn that the , s
ministration of the church is toward help- 1 j
ing them out of their sins and mistakes, I t
rather than in a constant condemnation of j
their faults. I believe they will be found j j
within its walls, ready to be helped and [ \
led toward a larger knowledge of God and | f
His love.
Christian Heroism. ! B
There are many paths and places in life i t
where the honest, sincere and earnest j ],
child of God must needs walk and stand | 0
alone, so far as mere human help and sym- t
pathv arc concerned. The men and worn- t
en who have been the greatest blessings to | ]
humanity and to the ages have, like the 'j
Nazarene, trod the wire press sublimely ^
alone. The pioneers of civilization have j
generally gone far ahead and away from rj
the masses and pitched their tents in the j p
wilderness, or on lonely frontier?. And so : t
it is with the pioneers in Christian cxper- j ^
icncc and service, b'o it was with the Mas- j e
tor, and will ever be with all of His most j ]
heroic and consecrated followers. i j]
Jt is not difficult to get away into retire- ; r
mcnt and there live upon your own convie- \ ft
tions; nor is it difficult to mix with men !
and follow their convictions, but to enter
into the world and there live out firmly 1 ?
and fearlessly according to yonr own con- j
science, that is Christian heroism and | <
greatness. Great swaying multitudes ' r
touched the body and garments of Jesus, j p
but very few touchcd His Spirit. Even i (
those who J;new Him best, the wise men ! }
in the temple, and even His own apostles. ; v
were uttcrlv mystified and bewildered until '
the Day of Pentecost, -when they began to . j,
perceive and realize His cosmic life, or His j J
life more abundant, which had been re- i J
leased on the cross.?St. Louis Advocate, j f
Doing One's Best. I a
We should not only seek to do our host, I ^
but also to do the best that can be done, j ?
No man can tell when lie has done his !
best. The best should always be the high- j 9
est rer#:h possible. The striving for excel- j L
lence is not alone for the sake of the life j {
it makes possible. No work should ever : >
be regarded as "good enough'* if it could j ?
be made better. It was said of Lord ; ?
Brougham that such was his love of excel- t
lence that, "if his station in life had been . 0
only that of a bootblack, he would never j ?
have rested satisfied until he had become j
the best bootblack'in England." It is no j ?
wonder, remarks the Baptist Union, that | *
he was one of the best men in the empiie. ; *!
in seeking to do his best, ever aiming at .
excellence, he was gradually making him- j 1
self one of the best men. And after all, j J|
the great purpose of life is only achieved ! .
when one not only does his best, but is his j ?
best. . J
Religious Thought. I
You cannot begin anything yon never *
did. Organization, genesis, is Cod.?Campbell
Morgan. j t
When a man thinks he is the whole ; e
church he is apt to ignore the Head of the j f
Church.?Ram's Horn. ; 1
Contentment is sunlight, discontentment 1 ?
is starlight, malcontentinent is night.? ;
United Presbyterian.
A. man does not have to go to heaven by i
freight simply because he cannot express j )
himself in meeting.?Barn's Horn.
When the Christian rises above such 1
i small details as telling the truth and deal- ^
ing honestly Cod is going to let him drop J
hard.?Ram's Horn.
, No one need go down to eternal death (
! who is able to turn around and go the <
. other way, for the other way leads to etcr- 1
, nal life.?United Presbyterian. J
1
Christian Submission. I
A missionary in India, Rev. W. P. j J
Byers, tells this story, which illustrates ! '
i that the gospel carries its comfort in dis- j
, tress to the convert in India as it does in i
thin countrv:
"One of our older Bengali boys, whom ' j
c we were counting on to help lis in the fu- j ,
i ture, was carried off in a few hours by a ,
violent fever. His poor father had strug- (
pled to give his boy every chance to learn,
hoping lie would become a Christian work
or. But the Master saw lit to take him
for higher service in the kingdom above. I
When this father was told that his son j '
had. passed away he bowed his head in sub- I J
mission worthy of any Christian in any I
country, as lie said.: "The Lord gave and ]
the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the
name oi the Lord."'?Ram's Horn.
Manhood. '(
Manhood has two or three *]ualitics. ]
i First, self-assertion, and a good many men 1
never get beyond that?they become bul
lies or egotists. They always get their
J way, ride rough .shod over every man. I
do not say self-assertion is to be de>
stroyed, it is to be directed, and that is i
>' the second quality, self-direction. That i
1 power belongs to every man. God Him- j
e self does not invade or destroy it. The \
t powers of self-assertion and self-direction
r reach their climax in self-surrender to the
t highest.?Rev. W. T. McDowell, New York
City.
? . The Sweetest Bu.-den. ^
:i The cross of Christ is the sweetest tmr- j
n den that ever I bore; it is such a burden
i as wings are to a bird or as sails to a ship,
s to carry me forward to ruy desired haven.
1 ?Samuel Rutherford.
I A Wish. |
v To be free from narrowness; s
1 To respond to the nearest need, \
To helD all:
t To magnify'tiie good in the meanest,
i To minimize with love apparent faults in
;j others;
e To give God His opportunity in me; s
e To Further His plan for the world He loves; \
e Let this be my wish. <
?JX&J P lAndara 4 {
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOl
NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUCUST 14.
subject: Obariiah and Elijah, I Kingi)
xviii., 1-1C?Golden Text, I Kinc?
xviii., 12?Memory Verses, 5, G? Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
1. Elijah goes to meet Ahab (vs. 1, 2)
I. "Many days." The waiting time musl
iiave seemed long to Elijah. "The thirc
pear." It is supposed that he dwelt bj
;he Cherith about a year and at Zare
shath two years and six months. It was
io\v in the third year since he went tc
iarephath. "Co." Elijah made no move
)nly as he had directions from God. The
,ime had come when the people were in a
state of mind to receive the benefit God
ntended them to receive through the terrible
calamity that had come upon them.
'Unto Ahab." The King had remained
>bdurate and unrefonned. Another opportunity
was to be given him of repent'
nice, and Elijah was sent in order to declare
to him the cause of the national
udgment and to promise him, on condi;ion
of his removing it, the immediate
jlessing of rain.
2. "Elijah went." A marvelous proof
>f the natural intrepidity of this prophet,
>r his moral courage and his unfaltering
onfidence in the protecting care of God,
hat he ventured to approach the presence
>f the raging lion. "Sore famine." While
t is clear, from chaptcj 17: 12-14, that the
amine extended beyond the Kingdom ol
Israel, it is still probable that it was es'
jecially oppressive in Samaria and the
provinces immediately adjacent. Corn
nust have been obtained for the people
rom Egypt or the adjoining countries,
:lse life could not have been sustained so
on<r.
JJ. Aliah and Obadiah searching foi
ood (vs. 3-6). 3. "Obadiah." There are
10 less than twelve men by this name reerred
to in the Old Testament. The most
jonspieuous among them was Obadiah, the
irophet. ''Governor." He was an officer
>t high rank cind great influence in Ahab's
:ourt. "Feared the Lord." It is, indeed,
rery remarkable that Obadiah, a devout
vorshiper of Jehovah, was allowed to renin
his position when Jezebel was putting
ortii every effort to rid the country of
>od's true followers. No doubt it wag
>ecause Obadiah could be trusted. He
ras a man of integrity and industry?just
he sort of a man that Ahab would wish
o appoint over his household. It is not
:ncommon to find wicked i..en and hatera
if Christianity employing Christians preerably
to others, simply because it is to
heir interest to do so,
4. "Cut off the prophets." The story of
rezebel's slaughter of the prophets is not
;iven us, but it is referred to in this leson
and in chapter 19: 10-14. Not satis
ted in establishing tlie worsnip 01 iiaai,
his wicked woman undertook to exterainate
tne prophets of the Lord. This
lersecution slie Jiad probably ordered in
engeance occausc Elijah could not be
ound, and on suspicion that they were
irivy to his concealment. No doubt the
arger number whom Jezebel cut off were
oris of the prophets, those who belonged
o the schools of the prophets, which we
earn from 2 Kings 2 were both numerous
nd largely frequented. It was 100 o?
hese men whom Obadiah saved in the
ime of persecution. "By fifty." That is,
ie hid them in two caves, fifty in each,
'hese were they of whom the world was
lot worthy, mentioned in Heb. 11: 38 as
lo'ole exemplars of faith. "Fed them."
^his was done secretly, at his own exiense,
and at the risk of losing his posiion
and his life, and would, therefore,
ie a strong proof that he was a true worhiper
of Jehovah. 5. "'Cio through the
ind" (It. V.) It is said to be a custom
ii the East, when a public calamity
eaehes its highest point, for the .King
limself and his chief minister to go forth
nd seek relief. This shows further how
iigh was the position of Obadiah in the
ervice and contidence of the King.
III. Elijah meets Obadiah (vs. 7-1C). 7.
Met hiin." Deeming it imprudent to
ush without previous intimation into the
resence of Ahab, the prophet solicited
)badiah to announce his return to the
[ing. "Knew him." The prophet's garb
,'ouM make him easy to recognize, and
ie must have been seen more than once
ii Samaria. "On his face." To Obaiah
Elijah was God's'true representative.
Jy his actions Obadiah showed his profound
respect and love for the prophet.
Is it thou?"- (K. V.) His language and
ctions are full of emotion and surprise,
s it thou, to lind whom every royal deice
has been exhausted; thou, Elijah, in
road daylight, right, here near the gates
f Samaria! 8. "Tell'thy lord.'' Jt would
ie news of great interest to the King.
9. "Wherein have I sinned" (R. V.)
)badiah's fear is very natural. He is
,sked to carry a message to Ahab, which
nother disappearance of Elijah may seem
o make untrue, in which case the wrath
f the Kin?: would fall upon him. "To
lay me." Thus we see how Obadiah disrupted
Ahab. 10. "No nation," etc. Of
ourse, Obadiah's words only apply to
hose countries immediately around Israel
nto which KlijaJi could be supposed to
lave lied for refuge. But he employs the
anguage of Oriental hyperbole, so freiiiently
found in the Old Testament.
Took an oath." He caused each nation
o solemnly and formally affirm and swear
hat the prophet was not in their terriory.
This shows tne inlluence Ahab
nust have had over the surrounding naions.
12. "The spirit * * * shall carry
..ee." This may be an allusion to the
udden disap-earance of 1 lijah after he
innounced the drought to Ahab. Evidenty
Obadiali regarded Elijah's concealment
is only possible through divine assistance,
? * * fear tj,e ]j0rd." This and the
o'lowing verse was not spoken in a boastng
spirit, but merely to disclose to the
)rophet his true character and thus move
2'ijali to spare him from what seemed to
lim to be almost certain death. The true
vorslypers had not all perished; there
verc some who still held to the pure reigion
of Jehovah. 13. "Was it not told."
)badiah's thought seems to be that Elijah
:oukl believe nothing but evil of one whc
vr.s in the household of Aliab. 15, 1(5,
\fter Elijah had disnellcd all the appre
tensions of Obadiah and had positively as'
ertcd that he would show himself tc
\liab that day, Obadiah conveyed th(
H'ophet's message to the King.
IV. Elijah meets Aliab (vs. 17-19). Vvher
Elijah and Aliab met, the King s.aid: "Arc
.hou he that tronbleth Israel?" In thi.?
luestion he really charged Elijah will
jringing the famine upon the nation. Ahat
thought to awe him into submission, bu1
the pro'ihet boldly told the King that the
:ause of tlie national calamity was trace
tble to his own ungodly doings in forsak
ing the Lord and establishing Baal wor
ship in the land. He then demanded o,
A.hab ti.at he gather all Israel and the 851
lirophets of Baal and Ashcrah upon Moui/
Camel. This Aliab proceeded to do.
ri?? Turkish Coil Fields.
The coa! district >n Asia Mine..- is hno'vr
is the Meraclea Basin, extending along tin
?ast coast ot the Black Sea from Er?e;ii
12? mi'es cast oi tiie Bliospliorus. to Ine
joli. Takimr this coast line as the base ol
i triangle, witli Angora as t he apex, mill
li'i engineers report Ji.it joal in lar*<
jaantities is to be found over the entire
irea. Owing. however, to the want oi
oads and railways, it is found possible tc
itilize only the scams of coal situated neai
he sea coast Most of the native co'.licrv
ttvners are without sufficient capital, ant
rannot afford the necessary machinery foi
enlilating and pumping. and eoutine
Jieir efforts to cutting into the side of ?
maintain as far as the foul atmosphere
ivill permit, and when that limit is reached
.he mine is abandoned und the proprietoi
jrospeets elsewhere.
Grave Digsinc School.
< There is an estabuishment in Brussels
;or teaching tbe lugubrious art of grave
figging. All candidates for the post o]
iexton in Belgium must have been grad'
iated at this unique academy.
Penny-in-Uie-Slot Stamps.
Tlie English Postmaster-General is con'
;idering a penny-in-the-sloi machine by
vhich the purch.. :er will be enabled tc
ibtain stamps at .all hours?a useful mat;er
when the postoffices are dosed. __
!
]|reedij^5t
God Lovetli All.
i Unto every man and nation.
[ God will e'er extend His nand.
r Loving, under all conditions,
^Those obeying His command.
! Neither rich or poor are fVvored,
i Only for their love to God,
> Earning thus the Master's favor,
! Treading paths where He liath trod.
k
[ Those who love and will obey Him,
He will never once forsake,
But within their souls be dwelling,
[ inner conscience to awake.
lie will teach them life's great lessons,
That will bring peace into the heart,
And the happiness of spirit*
[ Never will from them depart.
. Though the home be poor and humble,
God will find a dwelling there,
' If He finds the heart is waiting,
, And is filled with earnest prayer,
; Asking Him to come, be with them,
' And to teach them what is right,
. He will quickly hasten thither,
! Shedding round about His light.
Everywhere He's loved and needed
He will always, quickly, go.
> Comfort give to those.who seek Him,
t ; Love and mercy He will show.
. And more room the humble hearts have,
( In which they God's love receive,
i With less pride and vain ambition
Will they cause His heart to grieve.
Oh, the blessed, blessed promise,
That He never will forsake.
And if we will love and trust Him,
[ Care of us He'll always take.
; Then why should we wander from Him
Into worldly ways of sin,
That we must, ere reaching heaven,
! Have a change of heart begin? ___
| ?Miss Martha S. Lippincott, in New YorS
Observer.
Secret of Joyful Living.
In a crowd of people, even among the
most cultured, there are few faces that ex
press joy. says H. j\l. Mcuiusky, in unris*
tian Work,. Care and weariness, restlessness
and unsatisfied ambition are unmistakably
visible, and often -when outward
conditions seem the most favorable, the
joyful life finds no expression; for it is an
! unknown experience. Yet all nature is
full of gladness; a wonderfully beautiful
world has been prepared for man's habitation.
Why does he not rejoice in his possessions?
He is out of harmony, sin is the
discordant note, but when by repentance
toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ he is at one with God; the discord
resolves itself into the sweet, rich chord
of love. Then there follows the triumphant
obligato of joy. The accompaniment
j is not always perfectly harmonious, but
the song goes on uninterrupted to the
close. Is that true? The Psalmist says:
*'In Thy presence is fulness of joy." The
Lord's presence is continually about us,
believers willingly concede the fact. Why
thdn is there not more jcy? The life is
based on a lower plane, instead of shaping
it "according to the pattern that was
showed in the Mount."
The belief of the heart is not "worked
out^in the life. There are many lovable
Christians whose faith never falters when
the heavier sorrows come, but do not see
| or recognize their Lord in the daiiy routine,
either by seeking Him for hourly
needs, or thanking Him for ever-picsent,
I numberless blessings. Christ gave the sej
cret of joy when He said, "Ask, and ye
| shall receive, that your joy may be full."
! It is a constant interchange of interests
between the Father and His child. Because
He is infinitely great and powerful,
He is no less the loving, compassionate
One. A friend paid to me: "Do you ask
Him about such little things?" as though
it were irreverent to speak to Him about
the trivial but absolutely essential details
i of daily living. "For though the Lord be
high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly;"
that fact alone should fill us with joy.
Study to live as in His presence; let all
the suiroundings as far as possible be in
accord with a royal Guest and loving
Friend. What a transformation there
would be in most homes and Jives if all
pertaining to them were consciously given
over to Him to arrange; we executing aa
under His immediate supervision, without
fear, fretl'ulness or anxiety. There could
be but one result, a full, abounding joy.
Would it not be worth while to make the
effort? It can only be attained by patient,
persistent endeavor; beginning with the
j first moment in the morning, praying
hourly to be kept consciously in the presI
ence of Jesus our Lord. In such a life
heaven does not seem so far away and that
! home is a part of Christ's established king
' aom.
Faces That Comfort One.
"I "wish some people knew just hotf
! much their faces can comfort one!"' The
I speaker was a young woman who had
j passed 'through deep son-owe; sh<r was
telling a friend how many people com|
forted her, though they were uaconicious
' I of it. The Epworth Herald tells the story.
1 "I often ride down in the same street ear
j with your father, and il; has been such &
I help to me to sit next to him. There is
' j something so good and strong and kind
about him, it nas been a comiort just ta
feel he was beside me. Sometimes, when
I I have been utterly depressed and dis.
couraged, he has seemed somehow to know
| just the right word to say to me, but, if
I he didn't talk, why, I just looked at hi9
| face, and that helped me. He probably
I has not the least idea of it, for I know
1 him so slightly, and I don't suppose people
half realize, anyway, how much they
j are helping or hindering others!" There
>!%?/? /Inol r\f* Irinilnoca
I in tiie world. Moses wist not that his
' facc shone. The best people are not aware
i j of their goodness. According to the old
> | legend, it was only when it fell behind
. i him, where he could not see it, that the
! saintly man's shadow healed the sick.
' This is a parable. Goodness that is aware
> [ of itself has lost much of its charm. Kindi
ne.sses that we done unconsciously mean
the most.
i
Living by the Day.
5 Life must be lived on the installment
1 plan. God gives and requires just so much
1 at a time, no more, no less. Life is made
J up of just so many successive installments
) of opportunity, of duty and of grace. It is
impossible, therefore, 10 live life in the fu:
lure tense. All that men have and all that
!' ! they are asked to attend to is^ the present.
j And the present in it3 demands is vigorous
. enough. Take care of the new and tne future
will take care of itself.?Herald and
| Presbyter.
A Eravc Habit.
i j Cheerfulness is a brave habit. Grumbling
is a foolish one. Men and women who
complain and fret have just about the
same kind of lives, to begin with, as cheery
I pcopie. "Into each life some rain must
fall,'' tut the wisest plan is to go in when
1 it rains, or hoist an umbrella, instead of
1 sitting uown in the gutter and getting sop*
i ping wet.?Reformed Church Record,
i
The "Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, of Fall River, Mass., supports a
I dcaconcss who devotes her time to policestation
work ar.d conducts a Christian cui'
ture club for cirls.
| Hypnotic Cure Kor Alcohol.
The treatment of alcoholism by hypnotism,
which began at Moscow, Russia, in
'.890', and has been tried *it Ekaterinslaff,
Voronezh and other places since, has been
inaugurated in St. Petersburg by Dr. R.
) Z. BakofF, who investigated the results and
j rlaimed there have been seventy per cent.
E of radical cures fot that system against
thirty per cent, in the cases of other
known cures.
The American Beets.
The American beet fields last year pro
duced more than 2,000,000 tons of beets oa ,
1 243,000 acres of land, or about eight and
a half tons of beet3 per acre. _ j
! '
I
The Death Sentence in England
The present agitation in England 1
abolish the pronouncing of the deal
sentence in cases.where it is patei
that capital punishment will not folio
will probably meet with the approv;
of most people, who desire that tl
law should lose nothing of its dignit;
and at the same time have nothing <
unnecessary horror added. The Loi
Chancellor pleads for the retention <
the form, saying that the passing <
the death sentence will act as a d
terrent. James I. juggled with deal
sentences in this manner and got hiu
self badly disliked for it. Over tl
plot in which Raleigh, Cobham. Gre
and others were implicated he had tl
less puissant ones put to death ar
"very bloodily handled." Cobham
brother was beheaded "like a gentl
man." The Bishop of Chichester, wil
the blood of the latter still upon hir
went then to Lord Cobham. Him tt
bishop exhorted to confession. Othi
prelates were similarly engaged wil
Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Gre;
Meantime Markham, another of tl
j conspirators, had been placed upon tl
J scaffold and was about to bow his hes
j to the axe when the Sheriff was calle
j away by a Scotch hireling, and tl
prisoner left to contemplate the a:
for an hour. Then he was led awa
I nriH +nlrl fr> nrr>nnr? fnr flpnth at the eE
of two hours. Grey's turn was lies
He prayed half an hour before tl
block, then raised himself to die?ar
was laid away, the King sending woi
that the order of execution had bef
changed. So forth came Cobham, ar
having made his last declaration, pr
pared to take farewell of the worl
when the Sheriff stayed the executic
and brought forth Markham and Gr(
?all three thinking that the other tw
had been executed. They were tol
after having suffered the agony of a
but death itself, that their lives wou!
be spared. Raleigh's experience wj
similar. That was how they used '
make death sentences act as "a dete
rent" in the good old days. The:
would be danger for those who tri<
a repetition to-aay ?st. james- u
zette.
Ono Bill Ulifiging.
Nearly fifteen years ago a man e
tered the First National Bank of De
ver and walked into the office of Dav
H. Moffatt, the president of the ban
He had a bottle in his hand that 1
said contained nitroglycerin, ai
threatened to blow up the bank unle;
he was given a large sum of mone
Mr. Moffatt sent for the money ar
among the bills was one of $10,000 d
nomination. Recently the Gover
ment called in all $10,000 bills and U
one given by Mr. Moffatt is the on
one that has not been presented f<
redemption. No trace of the man w 1
got the money was ever found.
Italy's Macaroni Trade.
Italy has some 5500 macaroni fa
tories, employing nearly 25,000 hand
A number of these factories are larg
using Improved machinery and stea
power. The total annual output <
macaroni exceeds 215,000 tons. It is
growing industry. The local consum
tion, as well as the exports, ij. -rea
steadily.
THE WEAK SPOT.
?:?7
A weak, aching oacK xeiis 01 sjc
| kidneys. It aches when you work,
j aches when you try to rest. It throl
in cbangeab
weather. Uriiiai
troubles add
vSp? your misery. I1
rest, no comfoi
until tJbe kidne;
<P\ gp pp^jS|&. are well. Cu
flrw0^ them with Doan
Kidney Pills.
ft i Dauscher, of !
\\\ Water St., Bra
I ft, ford, Pa., says: '
1 Iv. had an almost eo
/ || X\ tinuous pain in tl
I" small of the bac
My ankles, feet, hands and almost n
] whole body were bloated. I was la
guid and the kidney secretions we
profuse. Physicians told me I h;
diabetes in its worst form, and I feari
I would never recover. Doan's Kidni
Pills cured me in 1890, and I have be<
well ever since."
A FREE TRIAL of" tills great ki
ney medicine which cured Mi
Dauscher will be mailed to any pa
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Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold 1
all dealers, price 50 cents per box.
Some Fatnon* Unkg.
General James G. Wilson has an i
I teresting pair of sleeve buttons. Ben
diet Aruold gave them to Gener
Washington when the former was'
good standing in the continental arm
After he fell from grace Washingt*
did not care to keep them, so ga
j them to uenerai xaneton, wco, in iur
i gave them to an American loyalis
I who gave them to General Fitz Oreei
Halleck, and by him they were giv<
to General Wilson.
A Va6t Fund ?sf Information
is available in the large dictionary
and makes them almost invaluable, b
it is not every one who can afford
pay for the great books. .Even tho:
who own them do not always find
convenient to get up from their rea
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ing or definition of a word, for tl
big books are heavy and awkward
handle, and are too bulky to be ke]
close at hand. How sensible, then,
have a small, concise dictionary c
ways on the table beside you, ready fi
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will use constantly. Such a.work w
be sent postage paid for thirty con
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ICnglish I'.cetleB.
There are beetles in England (of tl
family known to scientists as Teleph
ridae) that are popularly called coldie
and sailors, the red species being eall<
by tbe former name and tbe bh
species by tbe latter. These beetl
are among the most quarrelsome of '
sects and fight to the death on tl
least provocation. It has long been tl
custom among English bors to cat?
and set them fighting with each otlie
They are as ready for battle as gam
cocks and the victor will botli ki i ai
eat his antagonist?St. Nicholas.
V
Another Newapap? r.
Another tniKriiniro is rpnrASPIlt'Pd ill
IV
:h New York's polyglot press by tbe appearance
of tbe Ecoul Americei (the
w Echo of America), a weekly newspaper
al j written in Roumania. A leading artiie
I cle in English introduces not only the
y, Ecoul, but the Roumanian people to
)f Americans. It says that there are
d nlready between 50,000 and (50,000 Rou)f
manians in the United States, of whom
H 35,000 are in New York City. It likee
wise gives an interesting account of
h these new immigrants, their habits,
a- customs and characteristics.
ie
,y Mexico and Maximilllan.
le Mexico was, at the end of the Civil
1(j War, still occupied by French troops,
,s against the will of the Mexicans. The
e. United States now began to urge their
withdrawal in more decided language,
and France consented to take them
jg away. The United States had no objection
to Maximilian's remaining as
^ Emperor, if the Mexicans wished it.
He refused to leave with the French
tg troops, and in 1SC7 was captured and
shot by the Mexicans. The United
l(j States asked that his life should be
spared,, but the request was refused.
ie His wife, Carlotta, became insane
through grief.
iy i A "sotnia" of Cossacks consists of
id 160 men. N. Y.-30
:t. -
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' j To Exploit African Falls.
1 A company has been formed to exploit
Victoria Falls, in the Zambesi,
' and will built a hydro-electric generatJn
ing station, with the expectation of
J supplying power to the Waukie coal
,? fields, Buluwayo, the Gwelo, Sebas'
kive and Hartley gold fields, all of
:, which are within 300 miles.
Id
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to The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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that science has been able to cure in all
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n. the patient strength by building up the con"
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Ifl ?>_ T. .
e* I Citizens of Montana living in the
n* j valley of Milk River are gravely eon|
eerned over the proposed extensive
ly | diversion of the waters of that stream
3r i in Canada, and are importuning the
! government to intervene in order that
j their prior rights to the water may be
I protected.
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i same latitude.
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| teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma!
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:k :
It 1 The Korean capital has a Japanese quar!
ter known as the Shingorai.
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j 0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1900.
! London bridge is crossed every day by
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Tne whales that swim about the islands
which lie off the coast of Norway;
and Finland, in March and April,
travel immense distances. In May
they appear at the Azores or even at
the Bermudas and sometimes pay a
visit to the Antilles. They swim fast,
for in June they are back again off
Norway. Some of these whales have
| been known to bring back evidences of
where they have been, for harpoons of
the peculiar kind used off the coast of
South America have been found stuck
in them.
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it time necessarily had
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