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1'oynl We?1.!iiiK Gifts.
King Edward's silver wedding pres
ent to the <Jerm::n Emperor and Em
press was an immense Georgia u silver
bow! ot' very beautiful design and linr
ly oruameuted. IIis. Majesty's wed
(line gift to Prime Eitel Fritz was a
large silver inkstand, most elaborately
-1 1 ..,1
t'llil^ru ilUU uvii'nuru.
Vessel Sunk by Mistake.
While start-hint: for smugglers with
r lights out a Chinese destroyer was
sunk near Canton. China, by the
steamer Taiou. which succeeded in res
cuing tlie crew.
WASTED TO A SHADOW.
But Found a C'niv After Fifteen Years
of buttering;.
A. n. Stotts. messenger at the State
Capitol. Columbus, O., says:
"For fifteen years I
liail kidney troubles,
^and though I doctored
A faithfully, could not
IS find a cure. 1 had
LV heavy backaches,
dizzy headaches and
terrible urinary disor
ders. One day I col
lapsed, ft-li insensible
'?n the sidewalk, and
listen wasted away in
bed for ten weeks.
After being given up, I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. In a couple of
months I recniiied niv old health, and
now weigh 1SS pounds. Twelve boxes
did it. and I have been well two years."
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"The path of duty in this world is
not all gloom or sadness or darkness,"
says tbe Rev. James Kerr. "Like the
roads of tbe South, it is hedged with
everbloom, pure and white as snow.
It is only when wo turn to the right
hand or the left that we are lacerated
by piercing thorns and concealed dan
gers."
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tUllUIltll rULUCTUlCd. X/Uiliucr?s causcu mj- uu
inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
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flamed you have a rum Wing sound or imper
fect hearing, and whua it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
mation can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine oases oi^t of ten
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inflamed condition of the mucou9 surfaces.
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of eighteen hours/' A cheaper resort is
T7er\?r?>?o xvlii^h piix* iIivpIIavq
pass tlieir summers.
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That is the problem which frequently
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with small ch'ldren. A slight llluess I
treated at once often saves a long
period of sickness aud expense?some
times prevents oeath. The trouble is
that so few peop'e can think on the in
stant what treatment to apply, even if
they have the knowledge necessary to
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lishing House, 13^1 Leonard street. New
York City, is sending postpaid a docior
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causes and simple means of overcoming
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the eminent J. Hamilton Ayres, A. M.t !
M. D. It is a volume which should be j
in every household. as do one can tell I
what moment he1 may require the j
knowledge St contains.
Better Than We Feel.
President Kin?, of Oberlin College,
speaks on the duty of acting better
than we feel: "One may be feeling, at j
a given time, without courage and far ;
from cheerful," li*? says. "This, at |
least, he can do: lie can take a good !
lone breath and stiffen his backbone, j
and put on the appearance of cheer
and courage, and so doing he is far
more apt to become cheerful and cour- :
ageous. There are two sorts of selves j
In you, a lower and a higher. You can i
be true to your higher self, or you can [
be true to your lower self. But you j
are bound to be true to your higher j
self. And one of the sensible, helpful
ways to get the feelings you think ;
you ought to have is to act in the line j
of them. It is to no one's credit to
act as badly as he feels. He is ratliei;
bound often to act much better than
he feels. And so acting, he will be
helped to better feeling."
Gave Way to Jeromlali.
A certain prosy preacher recently
gave an endless discourse on the
prophets. First ho dwelt at length
on the minor prophets. At last he
finished them, and the congregation
gave a sigh of relief. He took a long
breath, and continued:. "Now I shall
proceed to the m;ijor prophets." After
the major prophets had received more
than ample attention, the congregation
gave another sigh of relief. "Now that
I have finished with the minor proph
ets and the major prophets, what about
Jeremiah? Where is Jeremiah's place?"
At this point a tall man arose in the
the back of the church. "Jeremiah can
have my place," he said; "I'm going
home."
TRANSFORMATIONS
Curious Kesn.ttt "When Coffc.? Drinking la
Abandoned.
It is almost as hfird for an old coffee
toper to quit the use of coffee as it is
for a whisky or tobacco fieud to break
off, except that the coffee user can quit
coffee and t-ke up I'ostum Food Coffee
without any feeling of a loss of the
morniug beverage, for when Postuin is
well boiled and served with cream, it is
""nil" 5 n rvninf r\f fill unr tlmn
1XSUHJ ututl iU J/Viui VI. ?UM..
most of the coffee served nowadays,
and to '.he taste of tbe counoisseur it
is like tbe flavor of fine Java.
A great transformation takes place
in the body withiu ten days or two
weeks after coffee is left off .?nd Fos
tnm Food Coffee used, for tbe reason
that tbe poison to the nerves lias been
discontinued and in its place is taken a
liquid that contains the most powerful
elements of nourishment.
It is easy to "lake this test and prove
these statements by changing from cof
fee to Postum Food Coffee.
"There's a reason."
| THE PULPIT.
] A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMO\' BY
i DR. CHARLES EDV.'ARD LCCKE.
Subject: The Universal King.
Erooklyn, N. Y.?Dr. Charles Edward
Locke, paster of the Hanson Place M.
E. Church. preached Sunday in the
! New York Avenue M. E. Church on
"Jesus Christ the Universal Kinjt."
The seruion was the annual one be
fore the New York East Conference.
u. ? vi *1rr
AUC IfAl IIVUI lictciuuvii
"Tiie kingdoms of tL'is world are be
come tlie kingdoms ol our Lord and of
His Christ." Among other things Dr.
Locke said:
With His own hand God wrote on the
foundations of history. "The seed of
the woman shall bruise the serpent's
head." On the radiant advent morning
the angel said to the bewildered sbep
, herds, "Behold. I bring jou good tid
ings of great joy. which shall be to all
! people;" and, later, the Great Teacher
| Himself announced. "I, if I be lifted
! up from the earth, will draw all men
| unto Me!" Though Confucius died of
i a broken heart, fearing he had spoken
j no truths which would survive him,
i and Socrates drank in despondency the
j hemlock in his cave overlooking Ath
j ens, yet Jesus Christ, the world's Great
j Optimist, cried out in triumph in the
midst of the agonies of the cross?"It
; is finished!" and Paradise Lost became
; Paradise Regained. John, the Ilevela- j
j tor, in the seraphic isolation of his
i exile, saw m ins vision xue nuu.uuicuL
I of all those prophecies, and exultantly
j wrote, "Tlie kingdoms of tliis "world
j are become the kingdoms of our Lord
; and of His Christ."
j It was a long looked for psycliologi
! cal moment when Bethlehem's star
j appeared above the dimpled hills of
j Judea. Civilization had slipped down
, from the hoary highlands of Bactria
to the lowlands of Hindustan; it then
moved westward, tarrying long enough
: to build its towers in Persia, its tem
I pies in Greece, its tombs in Egypt and
; its thrones in uorae. ai its uirui
Christianity encountered the fierce op
: position of emperors and armies. Rome
j was mistress of land and sea. The
j founder of Christianity -was a Roman
subject, its chief apostle a Roman citi
zen. The -whole Roman empire was
hurled across the path of the progress
of Christ. His followers suffered, but
j in the sign of the cross they conquered.
Our forefathers bravely followed the
i guiding star to the summit of the Alle
J ghauy Mountains and fixed the west
i t>m hminilnrv of the new reDublic: but
- tlie years pushed tbe frontiers west
ward. mid when at Inst against tbe
' prophecies of American statesmen the
j plains were crossed by tbe intrepid
| pioneer, then autocratic lawmakers
I detiantly announced that the serrated
i peaks of the Rocky Mountains would
j outline the western boundary of tbe
: nation, but steadily and gracefully
| moved that point of light until at last
it mingled its silver beams with the
golden embroidery of the sunset coast.
Then even ttfe wisest of modern magi
thought that the star of empire had
become a fixed star, but faithfully it
iiic niirsiM?n its noiseless tread until
to-day it is brilliantly sbiuing above
| eastern archipelagoes and continents.
We are the creatures of that star and
must keep up "witli its aerial flight,
: for wherever it lingers there is another
Bethlehem's cradle and another advent
hymn.
Within the lifetime of many here
present the star appeared in the
Asiatic heavens and the angel choir
again sang "Glory to God in the high
est, on earth peace, good will to men."
The year 1S58 has been called the
Annus Mirabilis of modern missions,
and truly it was a "year wonderful,"
for the doors were opened to one thou
sand million of the human race. In
that year India was transferred from
the clutches of the avaricious East
India Company to the British crown
and Queen Victoria became Empress
of India. By the Treaty of Tientsin
the ports and interior of China were
opened and the people were permitted
to accent Christianity without perse
cution. and Japan, after 200 years of
exclusion, made its treaty with Great
Britain. Now. let lis see Low these
great kingdoms of the earth are becom
ing the kingdoms of our Lord and of
IIis Christ.
India has a population of 250,000.000
and an area of 1.800,000 square miles.
Suttee, infanticide and the voracious
juggernaut are gone forever. Because
of tlm rpsprvoirs ronstrueted bv
English foresight faiuiue is rapidly dis
appearing, and the gradual elevation
ol" women is taking place. India will
be Christian from the Himalayas to
Ceylon, from Bombay to Calcutta.
China has had continuous authentic
history for forty centuries. The first
real character in Chinese history was
the Emperor l'u, who ruled 2204 B. C.
The Chinese are supposed to be the
descendents of Shem, the oldest son
of Noah. They settled 011 the banks
of the Yellow River and established a
kingdom coeval with Babylonia and
Egypt, and before Abraham came out
of Chaldea.
Four hundred and six millions of peo
ple and 4,225,000 square miles, and has
n coast liue of 2300 miles. The climate
is very much like our own. There are
broad rivers, lofty mountains and val
leys' of extraordinary fertility. There
j is vast mineral wealth. Beside iron,
gold, silver and copper there are im
I .,n?l oil i?l, liQ ol.
i ILiCIl.lC V-V/tU UC1UO, CI 11 v*. 11 uivu ?*
! most undisturbed waiting l'or tlie com
i ing of tlie higher civilization which
will some day adorn this drowsy na
tion. China lies partly in the temper
ate zone, where the greatest nations
have developed and where the possi
bilities of power and permanency are
assured.
They.are an industrious people, al
ways busy, quiet and peaceable. What
ever lethargy characterizes the country
as a government, the typical Chinaman
is a shrewd, active, successful toller.
The Chinese invented printing and
gunpowder; first used the magnetic
needle; made the finest porcelain and
to-day manufacture the finest silk and
the most exquisite embroidery.
Tlinir ova an ptlurnted neonlp. All
candidates for official position?which
is said to be the universal ambition of
all citizens?must pass difficult exam
inations. Of course I do not need to
remind you tbat their standards of edu
cation are low; their astronomy is pic
turesquely mingled with astrology and
all their science is pathetically behind
the studies of the West.
They are a reverential people. They
can hardly be said to be a very reli
gious neoDle. Their religion consists
in rites and ceremonies rather than in
doctrines and principles. The basis
of government and society is the fiftti
commandment?filial devotion. Obedi
ence to parents and respect for old aire
are everywhere persistently inculcated
and practiced. Herein lies the secret
of whatever of virtue and permanency
may be found among Chinese. When
a man reaches eighty years of age his
name is reported to the Emperor, and a
yeHow robe is presented to him as a
mark of imperial respect on the pre
sumption that his life must have bpea
virtuous or it would not have been
prolonged.
All tluit China needs to make it a
progressive and useful nation is Chris
tianity, with its Christ and Hi? insti
tutions. They are a more promising
people tlian were our ancestors in
Britain before their conversion to
Christianity through the preaching ef
Augustin and the graceful influence of
Queen Bertha, the wife of Etlieibert.
They have won their way by venerable
age to everything which Occidental na
tions can do for them. Confucianism,
with its negative virtues, and Bud
dliism. with its intangible mysteries,
have been trieil and found wanting.
May China nflt be a nation which is
to be born in a day? There is a tra
dition that the Apostle Thomas carried
the Gospel first to China. As early as
12SS Pope Nicholas sent missionaries
to China. There is a Cod in Heaven
who has not forgotten the Chinaman.
"What shall I sny of Japan, the land
of little people and of great deeds: of
culture and courtesy, with a population
of 45,000.000 living among 4000 islands
whose area is 102.000 square miles?
about three times the size of the State
of New York? A phenomenal nation.
Only thirty years ago it was a crime
to accept Christianity in Japan. In
1800 an English sailing ship just re
turning from the Orient reached the
Thames. On board were two Japanese
youths, who had worked their way
before tlie mast. jJisconso;aie uuu
alone, tliey went to bed supperless that
first night because all tlie crew Lad
gone asbore. A few months ago one
of those Japanese boys again returned
to Great Britain. This time he was
welcomed by the Lord Mayor and a
distinguished company of such men
as the Duke of Argyll and Lord liose
bery. He came as the guest of the
city* of London, and was lavisuiy en
tertained at the Mansion House. He
was Marquis Ito, who lias been four
times the Prime Minister of Japan.
This is a romantic epitome of the na
tion of Japan. Many of its statesmen
are Christians. Admiral Togo has a
Christian wife, and is himself not a
pagan. In the recent war the bravest
generals were Christian men. Japan
I was pagan yesterday, it is aguostic to
day, to-morrow It will be Christian.
Doubtless among the kingdoms of
this world which the ecstatic John saw
becoming the kingdoms or our r^orci
and of His Christ "was the great em
pire of Russia. The Russians are a
mighty, mysterious, paradoxical, provi
dential people. Their ancestors are
found among the ancient Scythians in
Southern Europe five centuries before
Christ, worshiping a sword fixed in the
ground as an image of the god of "war.
Under the reign of Vladimer. 1000 A.
D.. the Russians became Christians,
Getting their religion not from Rome,
but from Constantinople; lience they
are Greek Christians.
The Russian has clear religious con
victions and is devoteil to the rites of
his church. Senator Beveridge fyiys:
"The religious side of a Russian is all
sides of him." His faith is serene
and steady; the holy icons are rever
ently protected, and the devotion of the
soldier is marked. Like Cromwell's
army they often rush into battle with
sacred songs on their lips.
Russia is in process of evolution.
She is not "a bear that walks like a
man," as Kipling said, but she is a
man who has been acting like a bear.
But it will be remembered that another
nation in its developing history be
haved so much like a quadruped that it
will probably always be referred to as
"Johnny Bull." Russia's medievalism
is being rebuked, and her virility, and
integrity, and faith, and enterprise
will yet bring her forth into a full
orbed Christian nation.
By their men ye shall know them!
If there have been cruel and heartless
rulers, tnere nave also Deen epocc
making leaders. A nation must have
permanent qualities of greatness Tvliicii
can claim among its master minds such
men as Prince Kuropatkin, De Witte,
Verestchagin and Leo Tolstoy.
The Anglo-Saxon and the Slav are to
be the two great regenerating influ
ences of Asia?the former moving
westward, the latter moving eastward.
The future of the world must rec-kon
with the Russian. Other races have
had their chance and failed. The two
great peoples who could emancipate
their own slaves are destined to teach,
the liberty of Christ to the nations at
the ends of the earth. It is true-of the
Ilussian as it is true of the Anglo
Saxon that he not only conquers, but
he assimilates.
At the end of the first century there
were in the world 5,000,000 Christians;
at the end of the tenth century 10,000.
000; at the end of the fifteenth century
100,000,000; at the end of the eighteenth
century 200,000.000, and at the end of
the ninteenth century 1500.000,000 Chris
tin ns. In lfiOO the inhabited surface
of the earth was 43,798,000 square
mile?, of "which only 3,480,000 was
Christian. In 190G the inhabited sur
face of the globe is 53,401,400 square
miles, of which 44,010,100 is Christian
and only 8.T82.300 non-Christian. Truly,
"the kingdoms of this world are be
coming the kingdoms of our Lord and
His Christ!"
How Wo Mlslit Ltvr.
For any of us can there be on the
road of life a sweeter fruition" than to
learn God's will and to dwell within it,
as within a secure abode? Not to
make exceptions, not to choose, not to
murmur, not to strain at the leash, but
to feel in every pore of being and in
every conscious breath that God's will
is best and that it is joy and gladness
to be used as God pleases.
So living, we can never know defeat
or disappointment. Failure on the
earthly side may be success on the
heavenly side.
If we stumble,, we are aware of a
hand that pierced, swift to uplift us.
If we sin, we repent and begin again,
sure that our infirmities are pardoned
and our sins blotted out. And the way,
though steep and stony, is forever up,
up, up, till we leave the bounds of
time to enter into the golden hereafter
of an eternity in Iranianuel's land.
Expect Blffslnco.
Begin to-day with tbe determination
to find blessing. His tender mercies
are about us on every side. Be on tbe
lookout for them -and you will find
them. "The more we look for them,
the more of tbem we will see. Bless
ings brighten when we count them.
Out of the determination of the heart
the ej'es see.
"If you want to be gloomy, there's
gloom enough to keep you glum; if
you want to be glad, there's gleam
enough to keep you glad. Say, 'Bless
the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all
His benefits.' Better lose count ifc
enumerating your blessings, than lose
your blessings in telling over youi
troubles. 'Be thankful unto Him and
bless His name!' "?Rev. G. It. Lunn,
in Christian Intelligencer.
Grace Coiuen Through Obedience.
God calls us to duty, and the only
right answer is obedience. Undertake
the duty, and step by step God will
provide the disposition. We can at
least obj'y. Ideal obedience includes
the whole will and the whole heart.
We cannot begin with that. But we
can begin with what we have. It is
better to obey blunderingly tbaa :.ot to
obey at all.?George Hodges.
I THE GREAT DESTROYER
i
I SON'E STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
I THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
\Ve Should All by Example* and AdTlce
Try to Keep an Many an Possible From
Being Deceived by tlie Fatal TVine
Clip?President Han-loon'* Experience.
Walking along tlie street one (lay
I we noticed, just ahead of us, a young
[ man, whose appearance ami actions at
! once attracted our attention. His
j clothes were worn and untidy and his
i step so unsteady that at times he
! seemed likely to fall. Soon he drew
| a hnlf-filled boitle from his pocket and
displayed it to those about him as he
I might have done had it been some
| great treasure or something very beau
j tiful.
Just across the 6treet were some
' other young men who seemed to be
j making sport of the poor boy who was
| not himself because of drink and
! laughing at the foolish talk which his
! muddled brain and stammering tongue
j caused him to utter.
But we felt more like weeping than
I laughing to 6ee that young man who
! might have been an honor to his
friends, thus made a subject of ridi
cule because he had yielded to the
temptation of the evil one.
Oh, what a deceiver is the wine cup.
Sometimes boys and girls are tempted
to drink a glass of beer or wine at a
friend's home or in company with
other young people who seem to think
there is no harm in it, but if every
one of us thus tempted would stop
and think, "There may be, watching
me, some other young person who is
tempted just as I am, and if I refuse
i to drink, it may help that one to be
true to his convictions," how it would
I strengthen the determination to do
j right, no matter how strongly pressed
I to take "just one glass." What a
i mighty influence we wield perhaps
j none of us fully realize.
Some young' men think they can
I drink a "social glass"' now and then,
without ever becoming drunkards, but
they are not sure of that. A young
man once said to a friend, when urged
to leave drink entirely alone, "I know
I enough to take a glass and I know
| enough to let it alone." But alas! the
i appetite once formed, took a strong
bold upon liim, weakened his will, de
stroyed, in some measure, his true
sense -of noble manhood, and he be
came a source of grief to his loved
ones and was brought to an untimely
I death.
I Oh, how my heart aches when I see
; a young man or woman enter a saloon.
: Had I the power, how gladly would
1 I persuade everyone to turn away
j from the death traps of Satan.
Why cannot every young person and
I older one have as much courage as
j President Harrison, who when urged
I several times by friends to drink a
I social glass with them, positively re
| fused, giving for his reason the fact
j that out of a class of seventeen school
! companions, he alone remained, the
' other sixteen having all filled drunk
: ards' graves, and that but for his
: principles of total abstinence he very
j likely would have gone down with the
I rest.
Let us all, by advice and example,
1 keep as many as possible from being
I deceived by the fatal wine cup, re
| membering tbe inspired words of tie
i wise man, "At last it bitetb like a
! 3erpent and sttngeth like an adder."?
Clara M. Hayden, in National Advo
cate
Riniui and Crime.
Of 105 counties in Kansas forty-flve
are witbout a pauper, twenty-five have
{ 00 poornouses, tniriy-seveu iiuve uvi u
! criminal case 011 the docket. The pro
! hlbition of tbe sale of liquor as a bev
! srage, If enforced, would transform tbe
i whole face of society and solve many
j troublesome problems. Why tbe peo
I pie will not enact and demand tbe en
: forcement of such laws is a much
3eeper question than many seem to
! think. Everyone knows that if, for
! Instance, a new drug store were intro
! duced into tbe city of New York, pro
i ducing effects similar to those that nl
| cohol produces upon those who use it,
! all classes, except the victims, would
rise up, and the traffic would be ex
! tirpated before it could intrench itself
, In the various elements which now
maintain the ascendency of rum. Kan
! sas should inflict the heaviest punish
! ment upon violators of its Prohibitory
law and ostracize politically those who
try to destroy it?New York Christian
I A/1vAnofn
O.U. ? UV.U IW,
Germany's Big Annual Drink Bill. (
Germany's enormous drink bill is ex
1 plained in letters to the Bureau of
Manufactures, Washington, from Con
suls Brittain and Gunther. Each in
habitant consumes a yearly average of
! sis and one-half quarts of wine, 129^
' quarts of beer and nine quarts of
I brandy. For a population of 60,000,000,
' the expenditure for liquor is $672,5S8,
i 000. The average for male citizens
i over fifteen would be $37.36. German
i expenditures for schools were $99,722,
! 000, for working people's insurance
$104,244,000 and for the army and navy
I S9A3 84.7 orin
Licensing: a Volcano. "
Many are expressing surprise that
I people will live in dangerous proximity
to Vesuvius, and forget that we are
licensing and protecting a volcano in
the liquor traffic that is costing more
money and lives every year in the
; United States than has Vesuvius in
I Italy iu its recent and awful overflow.
School Children Drink Spirits.
Out of the forty-nine school children
in the lowest class at Nordhausen,
Germany, the medical officer reports
I that thirty-eight had drunk wine, forty
: spirits and all more or less beer; while
I out of a class of twenty-eight girls six
! teen confessed to having been drunk.
Temperance Notes.
When church members advocate li
cense for liquor saloons they should
110 longer disgrace the church by re
' mnininir in its membership.
Matti Helemus, a member of the
faculty of tiie University of Denmark,
lias published an exhaustive study of
the statistics of alcoholism.
The liquor traffic is the cause of terri
ble evils. If our statesmen and our
churchmen refuse to attack the cause
can thc.v expect to escape the conse
quences?
During the last thirty years seven
and a half millions of people have been
victims of alcohol in Europe.
Slowly but surely sensible business
men are discovering the fact which
religious papers and temperance advo
cates have so often asserted, that for
every dollar received from saloon taxes
the saloon makes necessary the ex
penditure of two dollars.
New York City has had several
waves of "reform" without any at
tempt to discontinue the liquor traffic,
and now comes disclosures of the most
diabolical conditions of police com
plicity with hideous crimes that h;ive
evar hnflii mails nnhlic.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE .0.
Snl-jcct: Feter'n Great Confession, Malt.
xy!m 13-'~*8?Golden Text: Matt. xyI., l(i
?Memory Verier, 24. 25?Topic: Con
fe>*lne Cliri?t?Commentary.
I. Different opinions? concerning
.Testis (v.?. 13. 14). 13. "Caesarea Phi'
lipfli." It seems that Jesus did not en
ter this city, but tauprht in its vicinity.
"Whom do men say?" Christ did not
ask this question (1) for information,
or (2) because He desired the applause
of men. or (3) because He intended to
fnvm Wis course according: to the reply,
but (4) because "He desired to ground
His disciples in the deepest faith."
"Son of man." This was a title He fre
quently applied to Himself.
14. "Some say," etc. People held
different opinions concerning Christ.
Some said John the Baptist had re
turned to life. Some thought that He
was Elias (the Greek form for Elijah),
who was to be the forerunner of the
Messiah; others believed Him to-be
Jeremias, in accordance with the tra
dition that Jeremiah was to come and
reveal the place where the sacred ves
sels were concealed, and others said
I-Ie was one of the prophets.
II. The great confession (vs. 15-17).
Jo. "Whom ?ay ye?" Notice the pro
noun "ye," plural; Jesus speaks to all
His disciples. 1G. "Peter answered."
He answered as spokesmau for all, as
he did in many other cases. "Thou art
the Christ." The expected Messiah,
the "anointed One." "Sou of the living
God." God is here styled the living
God, because He is the author of all
life and existence; hence, self-existent,
eternal. 17. "Blessed art thou." Pe
ter and the apostles were blessed be
I cause they had broken away from Jew
isli prejudices and nad really accepted
Jesus as the Christ. "Bar-joua." The
son of Jonah. Bar means son. "Flesh
and blood." No human being hath re
vealed it unto thee. Such knowledge
does not originate in the human mind.
III. The sure foundation (v. IS). 18.
"Thoti art Teter." Petros, the Greek
word for stone, or a piece of rock.
Jesus gave him this name when He
first met him (John 1:42). "Upon this
i rnr>lr " Tn the Creek this netra or rock
in mass. This verse lias elicited much
discussion. Regarding it there are
four principal views, all of them sup
ported by good authorities. 1. That
Peter was the rock on which Christ
was to build His church.x 2. That
I Feter and all true believers are the
rock. 3. That the confession Peter
had just made was the rock. 4. That
Christ had reference to Himself when
He said "upon this rock." "My church."
The word for church properly denoted
a congregation or assemblage of people.
IV. Divine authority given (vs. 19.
20). 19. "Will give?keys." Keys are
a symbol of power and authority. The
apostles had knowledge and authority
which no one after them needs or can
rightly claim. "Shalt bind." This is
an explanation of the gift of the keys.
20. "Tell no man." Galilean enthu
siasm might now endeavor to make
Him king if this announcement were
made openly.
V. Christ foretells: His death (vs.
21-23). 23. "Began Jesus to shew."
Heretofore He had spoken Obscurely,
but now for the first time He speaks
plainly of His coming sufferings and
death. "Of the elders," etc. The San
bedrip. This detailed enumeration
proves that there was a general con
spiracy.
'i'Z. " i'eier iook tiim. /vsiue, upuu
from the rest. "To rebuke Him." The
idea of a suffering Messiah was abhor
rent to Peter and to all the apostles.
23. "Said unto Peter." Christ per
ceived that He was but boldly uttering
what the others felt, and this rebuke
was before them all. "Get thee behind
Me, Satan." Satan means adversary.
Jesus did not call His apostle a devil.
"Thou mindest not" (R. V.) Thou dost
not understand or discern the things
of God; thou art wholly taken up with
the thought that My kingdom is of this
! world.
! VI. Conditions of disciplesbip (vs.
24-28). 24. "Will come after Me."
Will follow My directions, and be My
disciple. "Deny Himself." Christ
shows the apostles the nature of His
Ringdom. They must "abstain from
all indulgences which stand in the way
of duty." "Take up His cross." Who
soever would follow Christ must be
ready to endure affliction and even
death for His sake. 25. "Whosoever
will save." etc. Whosoever succeeds
in nhtninincr the life of WOrldJ.V COUlfOl t
and pleasure by avoiding tile life ot
i self-denial and at the expense of right
eousness shall lose even the earthly re
wards he seeks and also the eternal life
of spiritual joy and blessedness. "For
My sake." The loss of life for Christ'?
sake brings the promised blessing.
20. "What?profited." The question
implies that there is no profit. "The
whole world." Even though it were
possible for a man to gain all the
wealth, honor and happiness the world
liad to give, and then lose his soul, his
loss would be infinitely greater than
any earthly pleasure he may have had.
"Lose." "Be oast away." "His own
soul." The Greek word for soul has
tiie double meaning "life" and "soul."
The soul js the nfan himself. The only
thing we really and absolutely possess
is our "soul." "In exchange." The
; price the worldling paj;s for carnal de
j lights is his soul. 27. "For." Rea
! sons are now given why the soul is of
I such priceless value. "Shall come."
! T-. I .. j. * I, ^
1' roil] UL'HVeU, ilL IUC tuu Ul IUC <\UI1U,
at the judgment day. 28. "There oe
some," etc. This verse has elicited
much discussion, and concerning it
there is a wide difference of opinion.
This verse is parallel with Matt. 10:2o;
both are fulfilled at Christ's resurrec
j tion. The coiuiug of tnt kingdom ot
j God with power (Mark 9:1) was the
i consequent miraculous establishment
! of Christianity on earth.
Bnn oiu Trulllng Skin*.
The order of the authorities at Norrt*
Iiausen, Germany, forbidding women
to wear trailing skirts within Ihe boun
ilaries of the town on the ground
that they scatter germs and are a pub
lic nuisance has resulted in an angry
controversy. The police have been or
dered to arrest all offenders, who wilh
be liable to a tine of $8 for the first
offence. Obdurate repeaters will be
liable to imprisonment. The women
claim the right to wear their gowns
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11S iut\\ [nru^t*. titiii iv^u.h; vi
jr olrbitiou will be tested iu court.
fixe* trie Cotton Year.
After denouncing the Government
crop reports of the Department of Ag
riculture, the International Cotton
Conference, at Washington, D. C.,
passed a resolution advocating that the
statistical cotton year should run
from August 1 to August 1, instead of
from September 1 to September 1, and
adjourned.
Largest Bridge Factory.
The American Bridge Company is
about to erect the largest factory
building in the world at McKeesport,
Pa. The cost will be $'J,000,000.
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Japs Still >'ay For War.
The additional customs and consump
tion duties imposed by Jr.pan for war
purposes, and which would have lapsed i
December U1 next, are to remain in
force for an indefinite period, the Jap
anese Government having taken action
to that end.
Automobile Railway Cars.
Automobile railway cars have been
adopted by the State of Bavaria for
use in secondary lines, and, although
these have been in use only since
February 1, they Lave already proved
tbeir efficiency.
WORKING
Their Hard Struggle Made
ments by a Young
and One in Na
All women work; some in their
homes, some in church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores,
mills and shops tens of thousands are
on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject to the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the same
physical disturbance, and the nature of
their duties, in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds of female complaints, tumors,
ulceration, falling and displace
ments or perhaps irregularity or
suppression, causing backache, ner
vousness, irritability and lassitude.
They especially require an invigorat
ing, sustaining medicine which will
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to bear easily the fatigues
01 the day. to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see a woman
struggling to earn a livelihood or per
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she is so
tired she can hardly drag about or
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which is due to
some derangement of the female or
ganism. '
Miss F. Orser, of 14 Warrenton 8treet,
llo TO<->mo? Vinro to avoid Slich
suffering; she writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?
"I suffered misery for several years with
female irregularities. My back ached; I had
bearing-down pains, and frequent headaches;
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AWFUL PSORIASIS 35 YEARS,
Terriblo Scaly Humor In Patches All
Over Body?Skin Cracked and
Bleeding?Cured Cuticura.
"I was afflicted with psoriasis for thirty
five years. Jt was in patches all over my I
i nooj (Kpoo nnL-cq nf CHitieura I
Soap, six boxes of Ointment and two bot
tles of Resolvent. In thirty days I was 1
completely cured, and I think permanent- (
Jy, as it was about five years ago. The
psoriasis first made its appearance in Jed
spots, generally forming a circle, leaving
in the centre a spot aoout the size of a
silver dollar of 6ound flesh. In a short
time the affected circle would form a
heavy dry scale of white silvery appear
ance, and would gradually drop off. To
remove the entire scales by bathing or
using oil to soften them the flesh would
be perfectly raw, and a light discharge of
bloody substance would ooze out. That
scaly crust would form again in twenty
four hours. It was worse on my aAns and
limbs, although it was in spots all over
my body, also on my scalp. If 1 let the (
scales remain too long without removing
by bath or otherwise, the ckin would
crack and bleed. I suffered intense itch- :j
inc. worse at nichts after getting warm
in bed, or olood warm by exercise, when
it would be almost unbearable. W. M.
Ohidester, Hutchinson,Kan.,April 20,1905."
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Pearl* From Ihe W*h?ih.
"Wes" Pierson, who found a thirty ?
two grain pearl while fishing for mu?
sels in the Wabash, within the city 5
limits, sold the pearl for 5315. It il
said that the pearl will boing mow '
than $1000 in the East. George 'it
Paris cleared $150 in his pearl )3shln|
last week, having found three thaf
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This year 12.000 pounds of choic#
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era Hemisphere?at Somerville, S. O.
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I oould not sleep and could hardly dng
around. I consulted two physicians with oca
relief, and as a last resort, I tried Lydia A
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and to mf
surprise, every ache and pain left me. 1
gained ten pounds and am in perfect health.* . vj
Miss Pearl Ackers, of 327 North Sma- '
mer Street, Nashville, Tenn., writes: ., raffia
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? ?
"I suffered with painful periods, serar# *m|
backache, bearing-down pains, pains acroai ;'K
the abdomen; was very nervous and intbto .EjM
ble, and my trouble grew worse eVery month.
"My physician failed to help me and I ijj
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and I no longer fear my monthly periods." . ! |i$
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