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THE PULPIT. I; am ci riftiicmt cilwnAY SERMON BY nn ukwwun wwv. - ?? THE REV. E. E. NEWBERT. Subject: Reality in Religioo. Indianapolis, Ind.?The Rev. E. E. Newbert, of this city, thrilled and delighted a large congregation last Sunday with an eloquent sermon, entitled "Reality in Religion." He took for his test: "The hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth." John iv., 21, 23. These are great words. I do not come, however, to interpret them. I quote the text because of the spirit it breathes. I quote it as a protest against the limitation of worship, as an answer to the creeds of Christendom. I quote it because it denies formal religion, and places emphasis on truth and life. It does us good to come upon a thought like this, maybe half forgotten. And to find it, after having been made to believe in the little words of a sectarian faith, is like coming out of the fog of the lowland to the hills, to find the sky clear .md the sun shining. Or it is like following a foul stream to find its source in a mountain spring. Indeed, it is refreshing to throw off our load of belief and fear and doubt, and think for an hour of life as iteis. It is inspiring to think of religion as without bounds or name or division, just a splendid ideal of life and a daring thought of the eternities. In passing, I think of a great picture and its poor copy. I mm from the copy, badly done, to the original. Its setting is the quaint life and quiet Rppnes of Galilee. At once we think 'of the night prayer in the hills and the teaching on the mount, the central I figure that of a man who speaks to the people of the realities of life. But we must not linger with the picture. It is enough to catch its spirit. Life is swift, and its course is onward. Religion is a present reality. It is everywhere abroad in the life of the modern world. In worship? Yes. In good living? Yes. Hunt for religion in the beliefs of men, and you lose it. Bind it and b*und it, and you have only husks. 1 Live it, and you know it for what it is. Go where life goes, go where the great world's work is done, and you will find real religion. Is the church its audible r .voice? Then it should bear the live ) coal upon its altars. It should be in love with truth and in touch with life. ! iT?* Ka mnrlarn Trith il TY1PQCP fTfr I I jJLb OUUU1U VC UiVUtiu, ??-?.** <M> ^.vvs?c/ to modern man. It should lead, command, advance. It should worship the living God, not learn ritual or mumble ' over relics in the sepulchre of the dead. So long poorly taught, we can hardly think of religion apart from the church, its rites and dogmas. Baptism, for instance, awaits u?? at the outer gate. Shall it be the condition of our passing through? Does the kingdom of God . wait for baptism? Is the rite a vital part of religion? Men have been baptized; but what of humanity? What of the round world? Are the unbaptized outside the gate? Baptism? Ob, go ,out some summer morning, and stand uncovered in the fields. Wait reverently for the sunrise. Be tenderly affectioned toward the world. Be thankful for life and not afraid of death. Let Mature be to you a sanctuary, the world !& holy place. Invite the dew of the (morning to wet your head; and in that liour of stillness, reverence and joy, you jwill receive a baptism, the end of all novitiate and probation. ! Or what of the ordination of a minister of religion? Does the candidate stand in the apostolic line? Has he had the hands of a bishop on his head? ;Has he been consecrated by a rite Iwhich separates him from his fellows? jls his office holy? Are such questions ,of grave importance? Or do they concern anybody in this busy world but the ecclesiastic? Indeed, what is a minister of religion more than a man? Or what can ceremony add to a man? Not by any miracle can a priest be made a man if he be not first a man. jFools and knaves have been ordained [to the priesthood, but neither bishop's jhands nor the most sacred rite can ;make a fool learn wisdom, or teach a ciowjq 10 ue serious, or put uu jiuuesa soul into a knave. f And then there are the apostolic people. These form an exclusive set in the kingdom of God, a sort of chosen people. They have gone through the gate, and have shut the gate behind them. Nothing of ceremonial or belief has been left undone. They have taken out insurance for eternity. But what 'of humanity? "What of the round world? Where stand the majority of men and women? In the winnowing of souls, why so few grains of wheat? As I try to answer, even in part, I think of those who are doing the world's work. I think of the men and women who are fighting the world's battles 1 and winning its victories. I think of the shoulders beneath the ponderous wheel of progress, now rolling on, now down to the hub in the mire. I think of those who are lending a hand in the gigantic world struggle for the supremacy of righteousness. I think of those in the vanguard who light watch-fires on the hills, who are educating, human izuig, iiueraung. ur x uiihk 01 me gentle hands, the srwift feet, the tender hearts, the angels of mercy and peace, in whom dwell sweetness and light. Who are they? By what name are they called? To what church, If any, do they belong? Idle the question,'impossible the answer. Sufficient is it that they establish a Christian civilization. No, not an exclusive set, not a smaJl division of humanity, but these 1 lovers and comrades and workers who walk together, constitute the kingdom of God. If this be not so, woe unto the 1 world, hopeless our human lot! Humanity has made many experiments, and from failure learned wisdom. All that the ecclesiastic would to-aay teacn nas Deen tried, ana it nas failed. At least for 1000 years the religion of dogma and ceremonial ruled the -world. These ten centuries are distinguishable by the supremacy of a blind faith. For 1000 years men knelt to the ecclesiastic, and in death turned < to him as the arbiter of their eternal destiny. I do not forget that this absolutism of the church forbade progress. I do not forget that it made ] scholarship a dangerous calling, that it : set a price cn high intelligence, that it I stamped every new thought as heresy, that it burned the thinker and hated the truth. And all this was done in the name of religion. It was done in defense of the faith. It was done for ' holy church and God. The experiment, 1 however, was a failure. The abso- 1 lutism of the church "was cheeked, i Jul U LLlil Li 11 jr uiuiitr me iciiao luai UUUI1U * it to little things, and the awakening, ; wondering world started for freedom. ] We boast a modern age, we talk of ; democracy, we proclaim the rights of men, because, in the bitter conflict, mediaevalism lost. It lost in art; it lost in literature; it lost in science; it 1 lost ip politics; it lost in religion. The 1 triumph was not of a party; it was a I triumph for humanity. The destiny of < the round world was involved. The t Old World principle was hurled back; 1 jtie New World principle appeared The mediaeval ages ended, the modern be* ?an. The worst stage of religious nightmare "was lifted from the mind arid conscience of mankind. Yet think of what might have been! Think what might have been, had mediaevalisni - ? TYlicrht h tnumpnea: jljjuju <>u.h. u.lb~v ? . been, had dogmas silenced reason! i Think what might have been, had the ! absolutism of the church and the Old j World principle continued supreme! Let him who easily forgets thinK | what might have been. Manhood suf- | frage and manhood religion are not , ideals of mediaevalism. They are I ideals of freemen, wrung from tyranny i and paid for with a great price. Only i the man who forgets, values as a small o\ thing our heritage of religious liberty, th Only the man who forgets is indifferent j -i to religious progress. Only the man i who forgets can receive unmoved the suggestion of a revival of a dogmatic faith and an ecclesiastical absolutism j which ever has meant bondage, ignor- I ance, superstition, fear, and stagnation. Only the man who forgets can be misled by the mockery of form or the quackery of belief. Only the man who forgets can deny the logic of the new j learning or turn his back on reason and I experience, his face toward the past. As truth is above price, as liberty is worth its cost, as freedom is precious to every man, I urge on this generation that it forget not, neither be indifferent to religious progress. In the name of freedom, in the name of truth, I plead for matfbood religion, for the simple truth, for the honest thought, for the supremacy of character. I plead for the modern learning, which emancipates the world, which crowns every man a king and anoints every man a , priest. I plead for the modern living. i sane and gladsome and wholesome. I piead for the modern age. splendid in achevement, rich in promise. I plead for modern man, who has come so far and done so much. I plead for we modern religious idea whose support is the truth that makes men free. : W< The Infallible Hands. ; A lady, who had been three'or four a(^ years away from her childhood's home I so and settled in one of her own, was 'r taken seriously ill. Her mother, with j UJi all a mother's solicitude, was anxious j to be with her daughter at once, and j ^ hastened to her bedside. She found ! j skilful physicians in attendance and a |. trained nurse in charge; there was 1 J10 really nothing for her to do?nothing jfn that she could be permitted to do. Day 1 th after day she made brief, silent visits j ne to the sick room, even her presence ! va could not be allowed long, and went j |a< away powerless to aid. The minister- J pr ing was in wiser, more efficient hands ; u. than hers, and she could not be trusted j with it?would not have dared to trust j , herself with it. I "But it seems strange," she said ! an Badly one day, "that even I, her mother, | be rton nnlr ctnnrl fmd do DOthinC. I loi There never before was a time when fu 'mother' "wasn't the one to help and i comfort; it seems as if it ought to be so still, and yet I would be afraid to do ? anything but keep hauds off and trust to a knowledge and strength that is greater than my own." It is the same in many a spiritual crisis through which we see our dear ones pass. We long to shift the burden, to lighten the trials, to bestow the coveted gift; but the Great Physician holds the precious soul in His hands, the hands that will make no mistake, and we can only stand aside and trust Him. Lent to the Lord. The Rev. George Gilfillan, the eminent divine, was distinguished for hie generosity and largeness of heart. On one occasion he met a member of his church whom he had not seen at worship for a long time. Reminding him of the fact, the minister asked what was wrong. "I did not like to come in a coat 1 am ashamed of?it is so bare," answered the man. The minister instantly divested himself of his own coat, and handed it to his distressed-parishioner. "There, my man. let me see my coal every Sunday until it becomes bare, and then call back." The worthy divine then returned to his studies in his shirt sleeves; and his wife, observing him, asked what he had done with his coat. "I have just lent it to the Lord!" was Gilfillan's noble answer. The Correct Copy. A boy in a printing office was given a list of Scripture questions and answerts to set up in print. While at work he asked the foreman if he should follow "the copy;" that is, set up the type just as it was written. "Certainly," said the foreman. "Why not?" The boy replied: "Because this copy : is not iike the Bible." "How do you know that?" "Why, I learned some of these Terses in Sabbath-school, and I know that twc of them are not like the Bible." "Well, then, do not follow 'copy,' but set them up as they are in the Bible." The boy took the Bible and made it his copy, guide and pattern. The ba words of God fell into good ground ov when he learned those verses in school wl and did not forget them. 6)e wi ImstruinentB of God. Evan Roberts, tbe miner of only twenty-six years of age, whom God " has been using so wonderfully in what thi has come to be known as the "Welsh ya Revival," is a man of great simplicity se' and modesty. At one large meeting ty. he went out because the expectancy and curiosity had become too greati That meeting proved to be one of the * most mightily influential gatherings uvof any held in the region. When Mr. Roberts left, a young girl rose, and, as if inspired, demanded of the people: A "Whom are you after, Evan Roberts, or IS< Jesus Christ?" r0| Who, after all, is Paul, or Peter, or ^ Apollos, or Augustine, or Luther, or Wesley, or Moody, or Evan Roberts, * but a minister by whom men believe? i *= rer God's Doing. It is not by regretting what is ir- tin reparable that true work is to be done, gle but by making the best of what we 6jS are. It is not by complaining that a ( we have not the right tools, but by . using well the tools we have. What p we are, and where we are, is God's of providential arrangement?Uod s <10- "1A ing, though it may be man's misdo- lit1 lug.?F. W. Robertson. em bei The Beautiful Life. Some years ago a Japanese came to . Dr. Leighton Parks, in Boston, saying: , "Sir, can you tell me where to find the "1 beautiful life?" Dr. Parks learned ^p that he had lived in a boarding house a in San Francisco with a man whose acl life had been so unselfish and sunny pia md helpful that this Japanese had* aamed it "the beautiful life," and felv taf i yearning to possess it. ' wj Spirltnal Life. Hush thy complaints. Sweetness and 'n iindness are good when they bear thee fol iome to God. Cruelty and wnong are cood when they force thee to the bosom )f God. Evil is evil unto him who j loeth evil, but evil is good to thee if of t unites thee with God the Beautiful. -iloaoomdaiu ? . Ugl fr New Tork City.?Draped waists made d er perfectly fitted linings are among p e latest fancies of fashion, and are w ways graceful and attractive when k jrn by the women to whom their Ids are becoming. Illustrated is an ^ mirable one that is cut to form a be- }r ming point at the front, and that al- ^ ;vs of high or decollete neck. In the astration it is shown made of gray iffon with applique of the same C1 ade, and with cream medallions of ^ :e applied on the yoke. It vrould, 01 wever, be equally desirable made ei jm any of the fashionable materials at are soft enough to make its fulss attractive, while trimming can be ried indefinitely. An entire yoke of :e or of tucked chiffon is always etty, tfhile the frill which forms the l? rtha can be of lace in place of the a aterial whenever liked. In the mod- H the sleeves are made in elbow leng*b it d finished with frills of the material "R neath which are those of lace, but 0 og cuffs can be added, making them u 11 length whenever desirable, u rhe waist is made with fronts and o A LATE DESIGN B cks that are shirred and arranged J ai er a smoothly fitted lining, over pi lich the yoke also is adjusted. The in eves are shinred to form two puffs ei th frills below, and are held in place w the foundations. * fa Lie quantity of material required for tr i medium size is four and a half g( rds twenty-one, four yards twenty- ei pen or two and five-eighth yards for- re four inches wide, with one and onejhth yards of medallion lace, five ti< rds of applique and two yards of w e for frills to trim as illustrated. tu Latest In Skirt Fashion*. w Although fashion dictates that the tb 50 modes are still having a great 01 ;ue and that as the season advances tb ?y will become more prominent, it is ite evident that women are not tak- th ; to the extreme of this fashion so nc niirrhf ho eynpMprt fhpri? I lWJV MV 'O"" ~ *- V-rvv.v?. ? ? but very few who look well when as attired, and it requires a tall and nder figure to carry well a gown conting of many yards of material and quantity of lace. Tucks, ruffles and ats all help to carry out the effect 3S30 styles, and the latest skirts are nost indescribable with their many " tie touches of originality. Lace is ployed extensively in skirts, and the rtha and fichu are alike popular novies. The train is no longer a fashial)le accessory to the new gown, licli has a straight, round length, angled appliques are also uset^ to great extent, and odd effects are aieved by inserting into an otherwise iin skirt several rows of this importdecoration. Net gowns made over feta silk offer many opportunities th the skirt trimming, and the new: wrinkle is to drape the, flounce up several places with chiffon roses and iage. Effective Kedingotes. lather effective are the redingotes yn taffeta, peau de soie, or lace. tvorn se ;r a plain cloth skirt, and these in ty tit shades are also permissible for th emi-tollet. A pretty toilet of pale astel blue, cut en Princesse. or rather ith n very deep corselet band, had a ind of blouse bodice of cream accorion pleated chiffon, ov'er which was lounted some very fine Brabant lace, his gave a pretty fluffy effect, which ould be particularly becoming to a ight woman. Many spotted taffetas i vieux rose, white and pastel shades ill be seen, and the charms of mousiline de soie and soft crepe de chine ad chiffon velours will be as popular 5 ever.?New York Evening Mail. Riot of Color. As to color, it is tip and tie between le dark and the light. The iatter ext in a thousand variations, nearly al! jringlng from tan as a uase, uuuufcii ;n as a shade has gone out. Instead lere are subtle suggestions of pink id mauve in pastel tones, and on the her side, pale olives and sage greens, mong the darker coats the tone down as Oxford gray is very popular. ; is quite dark?altogether beyond the eel or mouse color, and looks natty ith a small turn-down collar of deded check. Of BlacU Straw. A charming black straw hat had the rim rolled and pinched back and side t a jaunty shape, impossible to de:ribe. There was a twist of velvet bbon ending in a bow around the own, while on the crown at one side ere set two wings, the tips pointing in pposite directions. These were in sevral tones of rose, deepening to maenta, a color which contrasted brilantly with the black straw. Blouse or Sblrt Waist. No^own of the spring is more poputr than the one in shirt waist style, nd no model for the waist is better ked than this one. In the illustration : is shown in golden brown pongee ith the stole, trimming aud cuffs of iriental embroidery, but it is an excep ionally adaptable model, and can De tilized for the many washable fabrics f the summer as well as for the silk Y MAY MANTON. \ \ V I id wool materials of tlie immediate esent, and would be equany effective . all. Wlien silk and wool are used, nbroidered banding, embroidery orked onto the material, lace and mcy braid all are appropriate for the imming, while for linen and cotton >ods there are innumerable bandings, nbroideries and lace which are corict. The waist includes a fitted foundaon, which is optional, and is made ith fronts and backs. The back i3 icked from the shoulders to the waist ae. but the fronts to yoke depth only, hile the closing is made invisibly at ie centre. The sleeves are the new ies, tucked above the cuffs and full at ie shoulders. The quantity of material required for ie medium size is four and a quarter vw<i rds twenty-one, four yards twentyven or two and an eighth yards for-four inches wide, with one and ree-quarter yards for trimming. Tliey Must Contribute. When Rowland Hill was preaching fnr a nnhlJft /*lioi?itir n nntn H'Jic bnnrlMl up to him in the pulpit, asking if it would be right for a bankrupt to contribute. Having in his sern;on answered that such contribution would be robbery, he added: "And, ray brethren, I would most strongly advise you, who are not insolvent, to contribute this morning, since, if you are seen to pass the plate, your neigfibbors will be sure to say: 'That's lie! That's the bankrupt!' " Fixing Railroad Rates. Making railroad rates is like playing a game of checkers or chess. Communities! to be benefited, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided represent the pieces used. Every possible move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traffic managers. A false .move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a gr^at manufacturing interest, of an agricultural community. Railroads strive to build ap all these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competition of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the railroads that in oider to build up business along their lines they frequently allow the shipper to practically dictate rates. Rate making has been a matter of development; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That 2s why the railroads of the United States have voluntarily made freight rates so much lower in this country than they are on the government-owned and operated railways o:f Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation rates in the world. British View of Paul .Tones. John Paul, the Kirkcudbright market gaVdener's son, who elected to be famous as Paul Jones, has long ceased to be the interesting personage he was in the eyes of the naval authorities of this country when, in command of a rotten ex-East Indiaman, known as the Due de Duras and rechristened the Bonhomme Richard, he was a holy terror in the Firth of Forth, and when he had engaged and captured- a British {rt oVi txto f ncr cs o or nno of lii XJl iUOU T? U Iti O Ui.WVi V*-V w tie most singular sea combats on record. The sometime "blackbirder" and smuggler whom the Russian Catherine decorated and advanced somewhat per saltum to the grade of Admiral was a traitor, of course, in the view of the British Government, but none the less a thorough seaman of quite unusual talent and originality, with a bulldog courage and tenacity to match. The Captain Jones, too, who sent Lady Selkirk back her plate, with his compliments, had the instincts of a gentleman. More than the other countries he served, America has recognized hi* merits, and not the least singular thing is that after over a hundred years in earth there should be enough of the founder of her navy left to recognize.? Pall Mall Gazette. Broke Her Patella. The little daughter of a Chicago public school principal is now a pupil at the experimental school at the universitv. where she learns some things not taught in the regular city schools. One day her father found, her crying. "What's the matter, Noreen?" he asked. "I fell and bumped my patella," she replied. Remember, this was in Chicago, and not in Boslon., Papa TV{is sympathetic. "Poor little girl!" he said, and proceeded, with the best intentions, to examine her elbow. Noreen broke away in disgust. "Huh!" she snorted. "Haven't you never learned anything? I said my patella! That isn't my elbow. My elbow is my great sesamoid." Papa went for a Latin dictionary. It is estimated that 500 motor omnibuses will be running in London a I year hence. N.Y.?20. FIT8 permanently cared. Noflts or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer,1s2trialbottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd.,931 Aroh St., Phila., Pa. A London electrician has established the "wireless" in his house. Popnlar Cam. The Pope-Hartford and Pope-Tribune gasoline cars and runabouts meet the specific demands of a large class of automobile users. They are simple in construction, tree from complication and efficient. 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"An' will he etsplode?" Willie cried. ?niJizaDetn m. uriuenaen, in juiiue Chronicle. A monnment to Rembrandt is to be built at Leyden, Holland, on the site of the windmill owned by the painter's father. White women aie scarce in the German colonies; there are only 254 in East Africa and 229 in the German Islands in the Pacific Ocean. MOTHE Actual Sterility in Worn Mothers and Childrei Many women long for a child to bless their homes, but because of some debility or displacement of the female organs they are barren. Preparation for healthy maternity ia accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound more successfully than by any other medicine, because it gives tone and strength to the entire female organism, curing all displacements, ulceration and inflammation. A woman who is in good physical condition transmits to her children the blessings of a good constitution. Is not that an incentive to prepare for a healthy maternity ? 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