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IRE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BV THE REV. G. G. MILLS. Subject: Spirit of the Lord's Day. * Brooklyn, N. Y.?The Rev. Grover G. Mills, pastor of Pilgrim Chapel, preached Sunday morning on "The Spirit of the Lord's Day," taking as his texts Romans 12:5: "One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind," and Mark- 2:27: "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." Among other things Mr. Mills said: '* The glory of the Christian religion Is its universality. It fits all sorts and conditions of men, and when understood as Jesus meant it to be understood, they receive it gladly, for His appeal was always past tradition to truth. The court of final appeal is the spirit in man backed up by the experience of the race. Christianity is not the acceptance of a set of opinions, nor the observance of ritual, sacred places and days, nor the reiterating of numerous moral maxims, but it is getting the loftiest point of view with regard to things in general and one's relations to one's fellow men in particular. All Jesus' teaching looked toward the unifying of the moral law. All progress is from - unity, up through complexity back to a unity on a higher plane. In the beginning the moral law was very simple: "Thou shalt not eat the fruit of the tree," that is, "Evil is deadly, do not meddle with it." Here we have the religion of fear. Later men's notions of evil became hazy and we had the books of the law and the ten commandments. This might be called the religion of restraint. It meant a series of "thou shalt nots." Everything was to be done by rule. The evil was to be separate from the good, one nation separate from another to preserve its holiness, one meat set apart from the others, one day sanctified. Then came Jesus with t desire to put a spirit into religion which should give it perennial freshness. Man was no longer to consult an authority to find whether he .should or should not do a certain thing. He was to accept the guidance of ~tHe inner light. He vpas not to separate the evil from the good, but to "overcome evil witH\ good." He was to make the radiance of the one day suffuse all the days; he was not to think of God afar off watching His universe go; but as "nearer than breathing, c^ser than hands or feet;" he was not much to be concerned with eettins men to heaven as get ting heaven into the world. This is what may be called the religion of the spirit. Now let us view the question of Sunday observance in the light of this. First, the old Sabbath of the Jews, and as revived in great part by tb2 Puritans of three centuries ago, does not measure up to the demands of a spiritual religion. Everything was nicely regulated by rule. But the man who takes his ethics predigested is in danger of moral atrophy. The body needs exercise or it will become diseased: the intellect must be used * or it will become flabby; the conscience must be trained or it will vanish into nothingness. The community is in duty bound to give this fac' ulty of conscience as free play as conditions will permit. On the other hand, the strong people, those who tend to question authority and who demand a reason for their obedience become more and more blindly reactionary. Thus it is dangerous to multiply restrictions beyond what is essential; because men, Reeling themselves cramped, break the artificial barrier, but at the same time there comes to them a feeling of guiltiness, their consciences are hardened and they stand ready to break every law, as opportunity offers. The old Sabbath, therefore, was legalistic, It took no account of a man's attitude toward righteousness; It only demanded that he fulfil the letter of the law. We see the result of it in the Pharisees, who were strict observers of the Sabbath, but did not hesitate to practice hypocrisy, to grind the poor in the dust with unjust taxation, and in general to leave fellow feeling entirely cut of their Religion. 2. But the question is immediately put, If the old Sabbath be abolished, has not Sundaytiiken its place? Not at all. Observance of Sunday was commenced after the death of Jesus. It was not to l.ake the place of the Jewish holy day, but for a time the two ran side by side, Christians keeping the Sabbath, with all its restrictions, on our Saturday, and celebrating the next day (our Sunday) with great rejoicing in honor of the T vtAonvrA/iimn A+ a ftntcof1 JUUl U O A COUi i tV/Liuu. AV> bu& vawavv) then, it was a day of cheerfulness. It was a festival, with joy and gladness, and so strong was the feeling that this was as it ought to be that we read in the "Epistle to Turibius," one of our oldest documents: "The Manicheans have been convicted in the examination which we have made of passing the Sunday, -which is consecrated to the resurrection of our v Lord, in mortification and fasting." Truly, here is a case of the tables turned. All reasonable Christians will hold that this is what Sunday ought to mean?a day o* cheerfulness and recreation. There should be nothing "blue" about it. It should be, in truth, "the eolden claso that binds the volume of the week." But when we seek cheerfulness and recrec tion we should be careful that we get no Spurious substitutes therefor. Rv.*:reat means just what it says. Rtcreate, that is, to fit for the duties ot the week. To put new life into yourself to stand the stress and turmoil of life. Some men think they can do this best by assembling at the house of worship, some by walking abroad in God's out of doors, ..some by attending some innocent place of amusement, some by just staying at home and resting, some by a combination of these. We must not lose sight of the fact that "the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." It is to help man, it is something to satisfy his needs, not a dark law with a penalty attached. Now, the deepest need of man and especially Americans is rest. There is something very sweet about that phrase, "The weary are at rest." We ought to seek to make the day a real day of rest. It is the "soul's library day." On other darys it is all too true , The world is too much with us; late ' and soon, Getting and spending we lay waste , our powers. Suppose you lived in a splendid seven-room house and some friends should come to call on you for a time. You would give them the free' ? dom of the house, but all would immediately realize that all rooms are -not the same, at least that the great parlor stands off by itself wirb ?. dignity all its own. You go in there' dressed In your best clothes and feel* | ing tbat there is not quite the same | freedom there as there would be in the dining room, but you rather like it. You would no* think of having your house without a parlor. It is that which exalts the whole. So it is with our Sunday, it is tue "goiaen clasp." We may be a little stiffer than on other daj-s, but it should not bo the stiffness of the prisoner hemmed in by restraint. It should resemble the dignity of the king, not doing all that we have a right to do. The question of Christian liberty now arises, and it is really about this point that the whole storm has raged of late. There have been extremists on one side and on the other. Some have maintained this to be a Christian country and that therefore all who come to our shores must fall in line with the views of our Puritan ancestors. All places of amusement are harmful on Sunday and should be closed. On the other side are those who maintain just as vigorously that New York is a cosmopolitan city and therefore should be a wide-open town. Each party sees - It tl,a onl^ one side 01 tae j.iulu... twoT'were to come tofether we woyid have a full-orbed view, a reasonable solution. It is true, as Burke says, much as we dislike to admit it, that "all government, indeed every human benefit, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter." Those who stand for a strict observance of the Sabbath forget that to some this would mean much misery, because all men are not built alike. To compel an illiterate man to read his Bible would be robbing him of his day of rest, while to others it would mean real repose. Those who stand for no observance at all forget what we owe to such observance as we have had hitherto. It is because many of our citizens week after week have maintained their relations with religious institutions that the backbone of the country has been kept. When a man or nation loses grip of the higher things, i'hen the windows of the soul are closed and covered with cobwebs, we are prepared to look for dissolution and decay. What, then, are we to do? How are we to arrange matters so that the beneficent results of Sunday ob- j servance shall be retained and yet keep the day from being "blue," save to moral wrongdoers? Certainly not by keeping on the books the law that is now there. According to the decision recently rendered, practically all forms of innocent amusement are prohibited, including even stereopticon lectures at churches. Up till last week the law was evaded. It will be evaded again as soon as matters quiet down a little. This will promote disrespect for all law, and this would be more demoralizing than a liberal law. Permit me at this point to say that I have no sympathy with those who on the one side think " " * 1- Qrtr?_ mat driving peupic awaj num day vaudeville will drive them to the saloons. I know many people in this neighborhood who attended these performances and none has as yet taken to the bottle. These people are not after all very different from ourselves. They are ordinary American citizens. Nor have I any great belief in the wisdom of those who think people can be driven to church by driving them out of the Sunday theatre, and if they only come to church because there is no other place open, I doubt whether it would be worth their while to come. The spirit in which one attends is everything. The solution, then, seems to be to have a law in which are specified those forms of amusement that the great majority of the citizens are agreed are harmless and which shall not disturb the public peace or seriously interrupt the repose and re* ligious liberty of the community. But this is only the first step. The law must have public sentiment behind it or become a dead letter at the outset. This public sentiment should be kept aroused by the moral teachers of the community as well as by the newspapers and by all good men. We should then have a day which would mean for all a day of rest, for rest does not mean inactivity, but harmony. It means doing that which is . most congenial. The man who loves his fellow men and longs for the day when there shall be one brotherhood on the earth and men shall have one aspiration?to do the will of God? may repair to the assembly of worship and renew his allegiance to the old ideals; the brother who, worn out with the toil of the week, felt that he needed all his time to recreate himself try harmless amusement, would not be hindered, though he might well be pitied. All would have more regard for the weightier matters of the law. For Mothers. Children need models more than criticism. To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself. The sooner you get a child to be a law unto himself, the sooner you will make a man of him. We can never check what is evil in the young unless we cherish what is good in them. Stories first heard at a mother's i knee are never wnony iorgonen, a. little spring that never dries up in our journey through, scorching years. Line upon line, precept upon precept, we must have in a home. But we must also have serenity, peace and the absence of petty fault-finding if a home is to he a nursery fit for heaven's growing plants. There are no men or women, however poor they may be, but have it in their power by the grace of God to leave behind them the grandest thing on earth, character; and their children might rise up after them and thank God that their mother was a "pious woman, or their father a pious nan.?D. McLeod. Mirth and Medicine. I k-now of nothing equal to a cheerful, and even mirthful conversation for -restoring the tone of mind and body, when both have been overdone. Somt great and good men, on whom very heavy cares and toils ha?e been laid, manifest a constitutional tendency to relax into mirth when their work is over. Narrow minds dorounce thfi incongruity; large hearu own Cod's goodness in the fact, and rejoice in the wise provision made foi prolonging useful lives. Mirth, aflT exhaustive toil, is one of nature's instinctive efforts to heal the part which has been racked or bruised. You cannot too sternly reprobate a frivolous life; but if the life be earnest for God or man, with here ttiAre a laver of mirthfulness protruding, a soft bedding to receive heavy cares, which otherwise would crush the spirit, to snarl against the sports of mirth may be the easy and useless occupation of a small man, who cannot take in at one view the whole circumference of a largo one. ?Arnot. The Coming of Jesus. The prince of this world is never cast out until Jesus comes in. i i U,, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 9. oabject: .Tesns and the Woman of Samaria, John 4:1-42?Golden Text, John 7:37?Commit Verses 23, 2-1?Commentary. TIME. ? December, A. D. 27. PLACE.?Sychar. EXPOSITION'.?i. Jesus reveals Himself as the Messiah to the woman of Samaria. 19-20. The woman of Samaria had said to Jesus, "Give me this water, i. e.. the living water (v. 15; cf. vs. 10, 13 and 14). Jesus will answer this prayer, but first the woman must be brought to realize that she is a sinner. Conviction of sin usually precedes the reception of the Holy Spirit. So Jesus aimed a sharp thrust at her-conscience, "Go call thy husband" (v. 16)." It. was effective. Heart and life were laid bare. She briefly answered, "I have r.o husband," Byt lijtle did she know how Jesus would drive the answer home to her own conscience (vs. 16-18). The woman tried to parry the thrust by engaging Jesus in a theological discussion. This is a common method used by men when we try to drive home to them a conviction df their own sin. They seek to ease their nnRPipnpp hv drawine us into a dis ;ussion on some side theological issue. The woman, failed in her attempt. Jesus' answer to her question went even more deeply to the need of her soul, ^t was beginning to dawn upon the woman that Jesus was a prophet indeed. He had read her heart. Jesus showed her the utter formality and worthlessness of all her worship of which she had made her boast. The standing controversy between the Jews and the Samaritans was whether they should worship ct Mt. Zion or Mt. Gerizim (v. 20). Jesus shows to the woman that this is not the real question at issue. The question is not where we shall worship, but how we shall worship. These are strong words with which Jesus exposed the hollowness of the worship of this woman and her fellow Samaritans, "Ye worship ye know not what," but the words are equally true of much modern so-called Christian worship. "Salvation is from the Jews." To tbem were committed the oracles of God (Rom. 3:2). Of them the Christ, the Saviour of the world, Is born according to the flesh (Rom. 1:3). The Jews were the first heralds of a crucified and risen Saviour, In whom salvation is offered to all men. The world owes to the Jews a debt that it can never repay. But while salvation is from the Jews, the Jews as a people have rejected it The Heavenly ramer is seeitiug *ur shipers (v. 23, R. V.) God is seeking not only those who will serve Him and obey Him, but those who will worship Him. He does not find many worshipers, though He is seeking them. Prayer is not worship. Thanksgiving is not worship. Worship is bowing before God in adoring contemplation of Himself. "In our prayers we are taken up with our needs; In our thanksgiving we are taken up with our blessings; in our worship we are taken up with Himself," and He is seeking worshipers. Does He find one in you? And God is seeking only one kind of worshipers, those whc worship in spirit, that is, in the Holy Spirit, and in truth, that is, in reality, not in mere pretense (cf. Phil. 3:3, R. V.). The flesh seeks to intrude into every sphere and even into the sphere of worship. But the worship which the flesh prompts is not acceptable tc God. We are absolutely dependent upon the Holy Spirit to teach us how to worship and to lead us into acceptable worship. God is a spirit, not a mere outward form. Though God is spirit in His essential essence,' He does manifest Himself in visible form (Ex. 24:9, 10; 33:18, 23), and the glad day is coming when t.he pure ir heart shall see Him (Matt. 5:8; 1 John 3:2). The woman knew thai the Messiah was coming and was waiting until He came to tell her all things. He, indeed, is the one who does tell us all things, but He was already there. Jesus makes one of the clearest and most unmistakable declarations that He is the Messiah to this outcast Samaritan woman. "I that speak unto thee am He." II. The Samaritan woman becomes a witness for her new-found Saviour, 27, 29. The disciples were greatly surprised that He talked with a woman. Women are of no more accounl in the eyes of some men to-day than they were in the eyes of the disciples. The disciples ought not to have been surprised that Jesus talked with a woman, a Samaritan and a sinner, ii the> had only stopped to think that He had condescended to talk witt them. The woman, however, does not wait. She hurries into the city tc tell, others the good news. In hei eagerness she even forgets to take her waterpot with her. She came out to get a waterpot full of water and she went back with a whole well ir her heart (cf. v. 14). When one really finds Jesus he is willing to leave all that he may go and tell others about Jesus. Her message to the mer of the city was the old gospel mes sage, "Come." And what were the] to come and do? "See a man." Thai is what we most need?to see Jesus (cf. 1:29). She sums up what Jesuf had done in a short sentence, "H< told me all things that ever I did.' And then asks the question, "Is nol this the Christ?" Could there be anj better proof-that He was the Christ' She brought the whole town to th< Saviour (vs. 40-42). LEADING QUESTIONS. ? Whai does this lesson teach us as to how t? deal with souls? What does it teacl ' * A :* US aDOUl jesU5T vviiau uu? n tcati abc#yt God? What does it teach abou worship? What does it tench abou testimony? Japanese Labor Prospers. While the resources of every charitable organization in Los Angeles, Cal., were taxed to the limit in caring for the destitute families of uncmi ployed white laborers, practicallj every Japanese resident of the citj was employed and apparently pros pering. Less than a year ago then was a large influx of Japanese to t.h( city and contiguous points. Thej went to work as coolies, but the ccni tral Japanese organization in Sat Francisco obtained control of the orchards and agricultural lands, bj lease or otherwise, and the brow* men quickly supplanted all other la har. Tobacco Costly Weed in Great Britain Some interesting statistics have been collected regarding me amounts spent for tobacco in various forms. Cigarettes lead, as men and women spend yearly S75,000,000 for them. Forty-five million dollars' worth of pipes and tobacco are bought and $5,000,000 worth of cigars every year. Eighty per cent, of the men smoke and twenty per cent, of the women. The cigarette has gradually superseded even the workman's clay pice. . . . . r. . ? T?/ - v . 4\ 1f/n *^lg8|g% New York City.?The plain tailored waist never goes out of style. It may be varied from one season to another, but essentially It romalns much the same and Is always a favor Ite. This one includes the very latest features with the pleats at the shoulers, which conceal the armhole seams and is altogether to be desired for every seasonable walsting. In the Illustration It is made of white maIras, but it is just as desirable for flannel and for silk as it is for cotton and linen materials. It can be made with the long regulation sleeves illustrated or with three-quarter ones that are finished with bands as liked. The lines given by the pleats at the back are peculiarly desirable, while there is just enough fulness at the front to be becoming and to conform with the latest demands of fashion. The waist is made with fronts and back. It is finished with the regulation box pleat and with tucks at each , ??-? i side thereof, and the pleats at the shoulders are laid after the seams are ! closed. There is a patch pocket that ' is convenient at the same time that it gives a smart Jouch, and the sleeves are gathered at their lower j edges, whether they are long and , finished with the wide cuffs or short: er and finished with narrow bands. ; The neckband finishes the neck-. The quantity of material required I for the medium size is three and ] three-quarter yards twentyTone, three ; and five-eighth yards twenty-seven or two and one-eighth yards forty-four , Inches wide. ) Different Materials in Skirts. [ When the coat and skirt suit are [ made of different materials, piam coat, say, with plaid skirt, the costume is rescued from too great dissimilarity by trimming the coat w th cloth like the skirt, or the skirt with bands of plain material like the jacket Guimpc of Gold. The new guimpes are of many sorts. One of the favorites is the old time one that is gathered like a child's. Guimpes of this kind are often made of gold net with upper shallow yokes of lace. The gold net is usualy embroidered, often with colored flowers. Wedding Gown Materials. Nine out of ten fashionable wedding gowns this season have been of satin or of a glossy surfaced silk of one kind or another. The rich satin prirfcess, which falls in the loveliest folds, has been preferred. Motor Clothes Displayed. Until recently fashionable motoring clothes have been hidden beneath disfiguring wraps, but nowadays the I outer garments are as smart as the i fine gowns they protect, and service- 1 ab'e as well. 1 Rich Velvet Trimmings. The rich velvet ribbons are to be used in trimming gowns as well as bats. Broad Hems Fashionable. The broad hem of contrasting material still obtains among fashionable women. Many Shades of Red. A great many shades of red, especially the new wine tints, will be used in both shapes arid trimmings. \ ? The Tunic Coming. It is more than probable that what will succeed the present type of toilette will in some form or other be the tunic. Velvet Costumes Elegant. Velvet costumes are perhaps more severe than anything else, and yet with all the trimming and fancy finishes, the dignified, elegant effect is removed. Velvet For Trimming. The" vogue of velvet as an accessory trimming is emphasized not only In the girdles, collars and cuffs, but also in the bias neckties which are worn over the lace chemisettes. Pillow Muff, Scarf and Tie. There are so many materials from which scarfk and muffs can be made this yeax that such a suggestion as this one has peculiarly practical value at this time. Not alone Is it easy to remodel the furs of last season, there are also a great many fur cloths being used for accessories of the sort, while again they are very charming and attractive made from velvet and lace and chiffon trimmed. These designs are among the simplest as well as the best, and involve no difficulties whatsoever in the making yet are exceedingly smart in effect. The muff is of the big, roomy, pillow sort mat, is so thoroughly comfortable and that can be drawn up by means of the ribbons or left plain, as liked. The scarf is long and comfortable, while the little tie fits about the throat in an exceedingly chic manner. In this, instance the muff and the scarf are made of black lynx fur, while the tie and the second muff are made of broadtail plush. The scarf and the tie are each made in two pieces, joined at the back, and are designed to bo lined with silk and interlined with soft wadding. The muff is made in one big piece with a lining that is a little smaller, so allowing its edges to turn under at the ends. It also is designed to be interlined with wool wadding, and is supplied with strips of ribbon 1 * ' s Tt t Vv -J r\ V* o nf o a aiiacnea iu iue 11111115, wuitu a<,%, mo casings, under which the loops are slipped. The quantity of material required is, for the scarf and muff, two and seven-eighth yards twenty-one, one and one-eighth yards forty-four or fifty inches wide; for the tie and muff one and three-quarter yards twenty-one, tlirec-quarter yards fortyfour or fifty inches wide. Few German Women Matriculate. Only 254 women were among the 46,136 matriculated Btudenta at the twenty-one universities of Germany lost winter. TWO CURES OF ECZEMA. Baby Had Severe Attack?Grandfather Suffered Torments with the Disease?Owe Recovery to Cuticura. "In 1884 my grandson, a babe, had an attack of eczema, and after trying the doctors to the extent of heavy bills and an increase of the disease and suffering, I recommended Cuticura and in a few weeks the child was well. He is to-day a strong man and absolutely free from the disease. A few years ago I contracted eczema, and became an intense sufferer. A whole winter passed without once having on shoes, nearly from the knees to the toes being covered with virulent sores. I tried many doctors to no purpose. Then I procured the Cuticura Remedies and found immediate improvement and final cure. M. W. LaRue. 845 Seventh St., Louisville, Ky., April 23 and May 14, 1907." A grain of fine musk will scent a room for twenty years. 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