'THE LATEST TRIUMPH OF THE MONO-RAIL ABROAD '^Nearly two years have passe 1 since [Mr. Louis 3rennan displayed before a roody of English engineers a working !?podel of a railway car exemplifying ifte features of the gyroscopic mode iOf locomotion. He has now demonstrated in a fashion quite conclusive 'to the scientific press of Europe that all the claims then made for the mono-rail are practically realized. Iptense interest has therefore been awakened in the prospect of soon propolling railroad cars on a single line of rail laid on the ground. They will be maintained upright by means of gyroscopic control, and. in the light of the demonstration just made, they will turn sharp curves and ascend steep gradients. Apart from this gyroscopic control, the railroad cars would capsize. Mr. Brennan imparts stability to his vehicles, as London Engineering notes, through the same principle which we see on its grandest ccale when Nature steadies the move% 9 C THE MIRACLE Turning a corner with the utmost the experiments in England a few weel strated before a large party of engine* standpoint, of this gyroscopic mode i | ducted with the greatest ease, owing 1 ancing mechanism, which remains pei ?rator. The cost of construction of ra 'half by this invention, and the cost of ments of the heavenly bodies in their orbits. The earth revolves on its own axis, our contemporary explains, says, Current Literature, "in the same direction as you deal a hand at cards or pass the port, from right to left." it also moves on its orbit around the sun in the same direction. "But besides these two movements .there is a third, which was discovered !by the Greek astronomer, Hlpparchus, who lived in Bithynia about 160 to 125 B. C. He made several important contributions to scientific knowledge, ibut by far the most valuable one, i which he must have obtained by analyzing the Chaldean observations recorded for the previous 1500 years, was that the axis of the earth has a special top-like motion?known as 'precession'?in the opposite direction to that in which the earth itself rotates. If you mount a gyroscope, or magic top (a flywheel within a ring), upon a long pair of spindle-legs with pointed extremities, which will not hold themselves upright when the flywheel is at rest, you will find that rotating the flywheel keeps the whole structure steady. By degrees, of course, the outer circle increases its precession to a point at which a fall is inevitable; but, as Lord Kelvin pointed out, 'hurry on the precession and the top rises.' That is to say, in this kingdom of anomalies we are CERTAIN I Costumer (.to customer??"You n assistant, being only a poor working gi to the dress that you can." Keeps Windows Clear. During prolonged cold spells In winter a great deal of annoyance Is caused shopkeepers by the accumulation of frost on the inside of their I I ^ IT i ] ?3 $ i ! j \ j ? f : | f JUbtul ; |||M I Investigating, if you increase a moveTT" ment which would, unaided, have pro- ( duced a fall, you actually prevent that fall from taking place. "The peculiar property of 'gyrostatic domination'. has been known, therefore, to exist. But Mr. Brennan is the first to "Investigate fully those j stresses which it causes in the spindlelegs of the instrument I have de- ! scribed, and he is the first to discover j a practical way of automatically 'hur- | rying the'{.precession* In a manner! which enables a machine containing his invention to keep its own balance under all conditions. ! Criminals and Drink. Dr. Albert Wilson, the brain sp^ | cialist, described the results of his recent work in a lecture before the members of the Society for the Study of Inebriety recently. "Although alcohol is so great a i1 problem in crime, I could fill the J platform with criminals who are tee- j totallers," said Dr. Wilson. "A particularly accomplished criminal told me the other day that he must keep OF BALANCE. ease and at considerable speed during cs ago, the Brennan mono-rail demoujrs the feasibility, from a commercial of lo/omotion. The tests were conto the perfection attained in the bal:fectly under the control of the opIlroads per mile will be reduced oneoperation by fully two-thirds. entirely away from drink when planning a crime. Another, however, said that he required a little stimulant just to help him carry out a Job.'" Dr. Wilson told a story of Berry, the late executioner. After carrying out five hundred executions he became so sympathetic toward criminals that he gave up hanging and became a temperance missionary. Talking of the magnitude of crime, the lecturer said that a million persons are arrested in this country every year. Three hundred thousand, equal to the population of a- large town, are sent to prison, while crime costs us ?6,000,000 a year.?London Daily Mail. Comparisons Are Dangerous. "A chap told me this morning that I looked the image of you." "Where is the idiot? I'll pound the life out of him." " Tz-vrw lofo T Him " \T^TT7 1 W lutv. A UlilUU UiUl. V l> York Times. Not a Boston Expression. She?"That's Mr. Osborn over there. He married a million." He?"You don't say. Well, that beats Solomon to a frazzle."?Boston Transcript. LV NOT! lust consider, also, madame, that my rl, cannot give that air of distinction windows, thus obscuring their view, i This is the result of. the condensation and freezing of the warm air from the store when it comes into contact with the cold window. A Pennsylvania man has invented a ventilating device which solves this difficulty. Holes are bored diagonally through the top sash of the window, slanting downward. Inside is a strip that acts as a deflector, and runs along the longtb i of the window at the top. As the ai; enters the perforations it strikes this I deflector, and following the tendency of cold air to sink is spread along the inner surface of the window pane, thus neutralizing the effect of the warmer air that enters the window from the store. This device detracts in no way from the appearance of r. show wiudow. Indeed, the deflector can be made to be ornamental. The Modern Way. "Fortune no longer knocks at a man's door," remarked the moralizer. "That's right," rejoined the demoralizer. "One must have an electric doorbell if he wants to be in the push."?Chicago News. THE PULPIT. AM cinrvllPMT RIIMnAV .QFRMON R> REV. CHARLES D. TREXLER. Theme: The Christian Stadium. Brooklyn. N. Y.?The Rev. Charle D. Trexler, pastor of the English Lu theran Church of the Good Shepherd Bay Ridge, preached Sunday mornin; on "The Christian Stadium." Th text was I. Corinthians. 9:24: "S( run that ye may obtain." Mr. Trex ler said: The life of a Christian is portrayet by many magnificent metaphors. H< is represented as a mariner crossini the sea of life, subject to storms an< tempests that frequently cause thi shipwreck of faith and the collapse o a good conscience. Again, he is i warrior, putting on the armor of God fighting not against flesh and blood but against principalities, agains powers, against the rulers of dark ness of this world, against spiritua wickedness in high places. The epis tie appointed for this day character izes his life under the figures of i runner and a combatant. "I there fore so run," says Saint Paul, "as no uncertainly: so fight I, as not beatinj the air; but I buffet my body anc bring it into bondage; lest by an; means after that I have preached t< others, I mj'self should be rejected." The former of these figures is es pecially helpful to the Christian to day, even as it was suggestive to thi Corinthians in the days of the apos tie. To them it was replete witl meaning. Every two years the Isth mian festival was held within ful view of the city. Each citizen of Cor inth attended the_games connecte< with the festival, xney naa seen tni stadium with its seats crowded witl eager and excited spectators. The: knew the rigid requirements made o the runners before they were allowei to enter the race. They had wit nessed the runners straining ever: muscle, and running with patience th< race, each one striving to be the firs to reach the goal. They had cheere< the victor as the crown of pine leaves the reward of his efforts, was place( upon his head. All these points Sain Paul seizes that he may enforce th< lessons of the Christian life and en courage men to put forth as great ai effort to win an incorruptible crown The runner has endured a season o Bevere training; he has strained ever; muscle to achieve success, and wha has he received? A twist of pirn leaves that will wither and fade in j few days. So run that ye may obtaii a crown of righteousness which fad eth not away. But before a man was allowed t< compete he had to meet the require ments of the race. At the opening o the Isthmian festival each athlet who desired to entr- as a candidal for the crown was called into thi arena. The crier, having commandei silence, laid his hand upon the heat of each in succession and demandec of all the assembly, "Is there any on here who can accuse this man of be Ing a slave or guilty of any mora wrongs of life?" If any stain wa found, he was excluded, but if hi character was clear, he was led to thi Altar of Jupiter, there to make a sol emn oath that he would conform ti all the regulations of the race. A similar demand is made of hin who wishes to enter the Christiai Stadium. Through the fall of Adan the whole human race has come un tier bondage. Man in nis natura state is a slave of sin. He canno compete for the crown; he is not i free man. Here is the graciousnes: of the gospel. Jesus Christ has insti tuted a sacrament, the sacrament o holy baptism, through which we an made heirs with Him and sons o God. Who dare question the privll jge of any man to enter the race whei he has received this sacrament, fo he is now, not a servant, but the soi of God and an heir of eternal life. After the eligibility of the candi date has been proven he must mak* his vows to observe the rules of th race. These vows are made by th Christian through his sponsors in hoi; baptism. They are renewed at hi confirmation. But preceding the con Brmation there is a season of spirit ual training. The Scriptures an studied, spiritual faculties a. ^ de veloped, and knowing the demands o the races and the resources the , an to meet them, the Christian is pre pared to make the last requiremen ?stripping for the race. This par of the preparation is graphically de 6cribed by the apostle when he says "Let us lay aside every weight an< the sin which doth so easily beset u and run with patience the race tba is set before us." An athlete couli not consider the possibility of succes who should enter the race wrapped ii his tunic. Nor can the Christian, hin dered by weights and sin, successfull; compete for the crown. There an many weights that hinder, obstacle that in themselves are not wrong, bu wnicn impeae xae progress ui lui runner. Perhaps you strive t< achieve success as a scholar or an ora tor; perhaps you wish to see you name written among the famous; i may be that you desire to become i great financier or a statesman, or ; leader in some other walk of life. In none of these ambitions would discourage you for a moment. To ac quire greatness, to amass riches, t< achieve fame?none of these is sinful but each may be a weight that wil hinder you in the heavenly race. Never become so imbued with the spiri of the world that you forget to seel first t*he kingdom of God and Hii righteousness. The order becomes re versed; ambition first, then the king dom of God. Under these condition: ambition becomes a weight and a sin One of the greatest difficulties o tne present century is tne tact tna men place entirely too much empha sis upon the sordid successes of thi: life. If there is anything that wil bring our country to ruin and de struction more rapidly than another it is that a majority of men are sel fishly striving to further their owi purposes as far as worldly gain i: concerned, and after all, having beei successful in the various fields of ac tivity, where do they stand? The; have merely taken upon themselve: a greater weight, burdened them selves more grievously and have no reached the goal. The words spokei twenty centuries ago have not be come antiquated, they will stand "For what shall it profit a man if hi gain the whole world and lose hi: own soul?" Wherefore lay asid< every weight?and sin. For a mai to strip himself of sin is not a grea task. The penalty of si.i has bcei paid and ho needs only to repent o past offenses and look to a Savlou who is ready to forgive, and he wil be pardoned of all his iniquities. Thus having met all the require ments, the Christian is prepared fo the race, in which the exertion wa so violent and yet so short as th Greek race. This is a fitting emblen of the Christian life: it begins wit] the Cross and ends with the Crown. It may cover a period of many years, but viewed in the light of eternity ( the course is very short. 1 In the Greek race only one of the competitors couiu wm mc \j> i /. c, , the Christian race all may revive the crown of life. This makes tne exhortation of ths text still more emphatic, "So run that ye may obtain.' A great deal depends upon the be- < ginning. Notice the runners at. t}ie games. The signal to start has been given?they are off with a dash. If ^ there is one who has failed to rae.ke a I good start his chances to win are few. So with the Christian. Not all, but a great deal dspends upon a good be- 1 ginning?a teginning with determination and decision. Keep the object 1 of the race before you and allow 3 nothing to hinder you In the course. 1 | We need more men to-day who, ) * like the Reformer of the Church, < 2 stand firm upon their convictions. < * Had he not decided with so much do- l 1 termination .that the church needed < ? cleansing, had he not stood so firmly j * at Worms before the papal prelates | t and declared, "Here I stand, I cannot < ' do otherwise, God help me," bis mis- j 1 sion might have failed and hi:3 effort ; - spent in vain. Set about any task lun" guidly, half heartedly and failure is i 1 inevitable. When General Grant de- : " termined that the course he was. ; 1 about to pursue was the proper one, < => and said, "I shall fight it out along | * these lines if it takes all summer," j i f his battles were half won. So is the j < 3 life of a Christian. Confess Christ, i not half heartedly, not weakly, but j " with determination that come what " will you will always be a faithful fol3 lower. This is essential; make a ? " good start, and having started, con- ' 1 centrate all effort. "This one thing " I do," says Saint Paul. "I press to1 ward the mirk." Concentration, like ~ decision, is essential to success. The | * difference between the amateur and 5 the artist is; that the one pursues his ( 1 art only occasionally and subordinate- , 7 ly, the other continuously aad prima- , J rily. There are too many amateurs ( * among Chr istians, too many who are " religious o:aly spasmodical!y. Make 7 your Christian life your highest aifn. 3 It does not demand that you remove 1 yourself to a monastery or a cloister 1 or wander ulone in the wilderness. It J .? does not need to interfere with the J legitimate aims of life, but io. .them all 1 we may be striving for the one end? 3 to mold our lives that we raay please " Him. Concentrate your eifort: it is 1 very essential that you should run . * with all your speed. How ridiculous 1 a sluggard would have appeared f lounging about the ancient Stadium, ? professing to be a runner, but never = progressing beyond the starting point. 1 Why shall he enter the race if he does 1 not determine to run and run hard? The secret lies in filling our Uvea with good acts that we hava no room 3 for evil. "Walk in the spirit and ye - shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh." f Ours is a positive life, a life of create ing new desires rather than the 3 crushing of old ones. It must be a 5 life of progress. 1 It is also essential that one keep to 1 the course. To leave it may demand 1 a return to the starting point. The e prodigal son had traveled far from - home, but he had left the course and 1 had to plod wearily back to his faths er's home step by step. It is not diffls cult to know the course. The first s Victor has gone before us and we - need only follow Him. The Word 3 enlighteni! the way for us. The chief requirement is that we obey it. i 'Again,"having begun the race, it is i essential that you persevere to the 3 end. The competitors in the Olym plan games had only short distances 1 to run, consequently they put all their t effort in one short spurt. Our life is a. not so as viewed from the finite fitands point. We cannot put all our effort into a few moments and then, weary I! and enfeebled, be forced to relinquish Ef the race. Let us run with patience if the race and not start at such a pace - that we will be exhausted before we i have finished the course. There are r some Christians who, in their first i enthusiasm, spend all their effort and then become disheartened. Realize i - that the rase of a Christian requires 2 one continuous effort, and strive ac2 cordingly. Persevere to the end. b Then what i3 the result of all thia efy fort? s The reward?It has its recompense - upon earth. "Godliness is profitable - unto all things, having promise of 8 the life that now is and of the life to - come." The man who lives the life f of the. Christian athlete profits physie cally, for it inculcates temperance, - self-respect, industry and cleanliness. I t It helps him mentally. All other j t things being equal, the man who fol- ! - lows the rules of the Christian will I i. be capable of the highest mental re- I 1 suits. His mind has not become j a clouded with sin. But above all this, j t it is profitable now in a spiritual i sphere. It gives to him a quietness s of conscience, a sense of security uni der the fatherly protection of God, - the assurance of pardon for sins and v the joy and helpfulness of prayer, s This is but the earnest of a greater s and grander prize. t In the Stadium the prize, like all e earthly honors, was perishable. But ! 3 the faithful Christian wins an incor- j - ruptible crown. A proud moment it | r was when the successful racer had j t the chaplet placed upon his brow j i amid the applause and admiration of j i the multitude. A grander moment I for the* Christian conqueror when, i I amid the shouts of rejoicing myriads, j - the pierced hands of the Saviour | 3 place upon his head the crown of . glory, and he hears the words? "Well 1 done, t'aou good and faithful servant, - enter thou into the joy of thy ret ward." V I "Scraps of Good Conduct." The most of the men who expect | s to be saved by their morality do not really possess the morality on which f they base their expectations. What | /I t.ei crr\ liai \4uiic 1 likely it was naturally impossible for | him to do, out with the will to obey , came the power to act. Jesus Christ 1 often commands the impossible, but if we will just believe Him He will give the power to do the impossible (Mk. 9:23). The command was simply a test of faith. The man acted his faith and the deed was done, the hand was restored whole. It is a beautiful illustration of what faith is, simply stepping out on Christ's word. Make Most of Living. Our business is now to make tho most of this great and beautiful" experiment of living?to leave behind us flowers for beauty and fruit for use?to make our life a harmony, our ending a serenity and our awaking au eternal joy.?John i'age Hopps. Woman Slaps Nose of Judge. When Mrs. Blanche Childress answered Judge Jeff Pollard's request by slapping him on the nose in his court at St. Louis to demonstrate the treatment given her by her husband, the Judge had to cry, "Enough." The husband was fined $50 and costs. Judge Pollard is famous for' his pledge system for first offenders. Subway Train Headway. The express trains in the New York City subway run on a headway of one minute forty-eight seconds during tho rush, hours. __ BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CURSE GREATLY CHEERED. Rightly Classified. When one was requested to briefly say why He classified thinzs which he wanted to _ buy, " . . , He gave in a moment this pointed reply: > "Bottles and rags! Bottles and rags! .Where you find bottles, you always find ' rags." And when with discernment we calmly ; look round Where poverty, failure and sorrow abound, We quickly perceive that the logic ia ' sound: "Botlles and rags! Bottles and rags! Where you find bottles, you always find ] rags." For liquor so'injures the nerves and the brais, " ? ? And weakens th? ones whom its fetters enchain, 1 That soon to all minds the connection is i plain: ' "Bottles and rags! Bottles and rags! .Where vou find bottles, you always find rags." , And wisdom mos*i surely instructs us today To banish the bar-room and liquor away; Because where they flourish the people i must say, ] "Bottles and rags! Bottles and rags! Where vou find bottles, you always find 1 rags." 1 ?T. Watson, Granthurst, Ont., 1909. I The Early Formation of the Drinking I Habit. i The Importance of the early education of children and youth to habits of sobriety was shown by a study of 275 alcoholic cases in Bellevue Hospital reported in the Bellevue Medical and Surgical Report by Dr. Alex- 1 ander Lambert. ( Of 259 instances where the age of beginning to drink was known, 4 began before 6 years of age; 13 be- ' tween 6 and 12 years; 60 between 12 and 16; 102 between 16 and 21; 71 ' between 21 and 30; and 8 only after ! 30 years of age. Thus nearly 7 per cent, began before 12 years of age, ' or the seventh school year; 30 per ' cent, began before the age of 16, and 1 over two-thirds?i. e., 68 per cent.? 1 began before 21 years of age. It 1 these statistics arc representative of general conditions, they indicate clearly that, preventive temperance work to be effective must be begun at an early age and carried on thoroughly through childhood and youth. The reasons for acquiring the habit are significant In indicating | lines along which preventive work should be done. False social ideas led to drinking for the sake of sociability in 53 per cent, of the cases; a desire to dull the sense of misery, as recommended by Professor Munsterberg, in 12 per cent.; the use of alcohol as medicine in 9 per cent.; parental example or influence in 5 per cent. Most of the alcoholics, Dr. Lam- ; bert finds, drink for the narcotic effect, either to obtain the feeling of well-being and indifference to their environment or to seek oblivion, and like all narcotics, alcohol begets a craving for more. The training of children and youth I to assist sobriety must, therefore, definitely teach the dangers in alcoholic, drinks jdue Jo vtheir nature, must e&phasize the"*value of abounding health based upon intelligent observance of hygienic laws, must stimulate courage and self-control in meeting temptation, and must fill life with resources so that youth will not be dependent upon low types of ' sociability for enjoyment. The complemental external conditions imply removal of temptations to drink from the way of young people, the securing of healthful homes and public environment, and the providing of opportunities for innocent recreation and fellowship^. " One of the Saddest of Stories. The startling robbery of a HignI laqjlPfirk bank recently, and the suicide of the youth to avoid capture, I has revealed one of the saddest I stories of the drink curse in recent history. The young man was Lamar Harris, scion of one of the most prominent families of California, and drink had transformed him from one of the most brilliant and promising young men of the Pacific Coast into a reckless criminal and libertine. In a statement made to the Associated Press, October 15th, his mother, Mrs. Will A. Harris, said: "In fac& of all the evidence and what are apparently positive proofs, fVio famiiv la fnrred to relinauish all hopes that it is other than my unfortunate son who committed suicide in ( Chicago. Harris was a graduate of the University of Mississippi. Returning here several years ago, he became associated with the law firm of his father. Will A. Harris. The young man built up a practice that yielded an income of $15,000. I consider that Lamar died in reality long before he ran away from this city, j and that which is dead in Chicago is a mere shell of my boy and what was once a briliant, noble, manly man. Of the terrible victories that | j alcohol has won ever mankind, this I Is perhaps the most pitiful and aw | ful of them all." Alcohol is Feared. The oculist, the aurist, the throat and nose specialist, and the physician who treats mental and nervous cases, inquire with great minuteness as to how far alcohol has been used by the patient. The same facts are sought for, and studied by the obstetrician and the student of children's diseases. Temperance Notes. The medical side of the aiccnolic problem becomes prominent in the statistical studies of insanity and ' mental diseases. The most reliable authorities indicate that insanity is the direct result of alcohol in from fifteen to forty per cent, of all cases. ' In pauperism and idiocy fully fifty per cent, are traceable to the degeneration due to spirit drinking. Li epilepsy thirty per cent, is asserted to be the lowest figure of the number j of cases due directly to alcohol. It is a fact that fifty-five per cent, f - ~? ?I Of t lie persons cuuuuru m prisons in this country were committed for crimes perpetrated tndor the influence of spirits. Churches that have Ions discussed, yea, even quarreled and divided over, the Communion wine, have now agreed to banish intoxicating wine from the Lord's table, and replace it by unfermented wine. Ministers and church officers who, If not opposed to the temperance cause, never did or said anything in advocacy of total abstinence, now urge their churches to sign the pledge as a safe eiaipple to the new converts. ??km * * mmmmmtmtmmrnamm ? 1, sphered Jorrbc. f I /NTITPTT iJnIYCi I | nvwr^| JONATHAN. Hie uncrowned prince in Israel \ Was ever Davids royal peer; Might he have ruled his people well, A.nd built a nation's capital? Might he, their stainless knight, and tro^ Have lived to wear the sackcloth, too? -Bertha Cooper Fraser, in Sunday-School v Times. "Taste and See." We may prove a machine by try? ^ Ing it. Will the watch keep time? Will the locomotive travel on the track by its own energy and draw a train of cars over the mountains? Will the telegraph deliver my message a thousand miles away and bring me a reply in a few moments? These things are open to trial. One j may prove them for himself. We may prove a science. Take astronomy. Will it do what it is in- 1 tended for? Try it. Make a calcu- . 1 -foVn nlona v) ldllUli UI au CUiiJJDC iu iuav p?hvv three years hence, according to the jj rules and tables of the book, and if . ? the event verifies the prediction we J know the astronomer is not a cheat. \ One may prove a friend. He makes great professions of faithfulness, saying, "Call upon me at any time for any service I can vender, and you will : And me ready. Trust me." Is he a genuine friend? Try him. If he will yggj stand by you through evil report a* /C.:* well as good you need no indorse* ment, no argument. He is worthy. v X' /$ Will God submit His love, Hto truth. His grace to practical testa? ^ This is one beauty of the religion of v&Sj the Bible. The Lord of the whole earth has sent out His challenge, "Prove Me." We may prove the existence of God. Let us not claim too much for our religion. We shall gain nothing by making statements which are not warranted. But we are safe in saying that anyone who will, may prove that there is a God. Some say there.. Is no God. Others believe that the evidence for and against the exist- X&, ence of such a Being are about equal; - ^ Others still insist that this is a sublect about which no one knows and no one can know anything. Many * or* tell us that the Bible assumes the ex-. istence of God without trying to v prove It, and we must do the same. Is this true? If you ask for a mathematical demonstration or a scientific demon-^sSj stration which will satisfy the Intel- -ilgl lent, we confess that it is imposBible.^^H If you insist'that this proposition" must be proved by philosophical reasoning: which will satisfy every thinking mind, we acknowledge that it ' 1 :annot be done. j But there is in every soul a ligious feeling, or Instinct, or capac- j ity, or hunger, which reaches out I after God as eagerly and peremptor- ] ily as the hunger of the .body de- -jJ&k raands bread. And as surely as the 1 hunger of the body finds something. J without answering to this inner crav- I ing, s~o sureTy does the soul find I God and satisfaction. There is soma*- : ? thing in us akin to God that demands , J communion with Him, and enjoys 9 Him when He is found. vl We are told of one -who felt hiiytfSM need of God, but did not believe in " 1 Him. In the distress and hunger of 1 his soul he fell on his knees and saiiX, V I "O God, if there be a God, manifest Thyself to me." That feeble I grasp of faith took hold on God, and I was satisfied. Th'at Insatiable hun- I ger cried out after God in the dark, I and found Him. . *? - I Who has nevfir felt this craving? Who that reit it ever inea 10 nnu God and failed? Who that has found*,-, God In this way has any doubt? ^Ve may prQve the friendship God. Many say they believe' there' ' Is a God, but is He friendly? They WT!>fcr Everyone feels the need of ?< a friend, a powerful friend,- a wise* ; ] friend, a safe friend, who will not . mock those who trust Him with flatir tery nor crush them with criticism, '/ who will never leave them nor for-- ^ sake th?m. The ?ible tells us that '.4 God is just sucE" a friend. . I But will He prove a friend indeed? : * He will, the very friend you need. . Someone says, "If I could believe that I should be perfectly happy, for then I should trust and not be afraid." You may be certain of It. i Vrt,. mov ni-nvo Tnint T-TIm Givf> .s iUU UiUJ piViu * v. HLrn your burdens. Call upon Him In tiie day of trouble. We all have H trouble, but we usually try every- H thing else we can think of before we , Bl try the Lord. Try Him. If He should fail you, It would be the first H case on record. :JH So you may pro' His salvation.' You may prove that He will dwell in flfl the heart of a mortal. You may prove that He will answer prayer. One's own experience is worth more to him than all the books on fiff religion that ever were written. We fl| must not ignore the testimony of others. We must not undervalue the Bible and great religious books. BH Read them. They full of light. But above all, try your own religious experiments. Your personal experi? pnop will do more to confirm your faith and hope than all sermons and all arguments. One taste of honey is a better proof that honey is good than the most accurate scientific analysis. "Ob. taste and see that the Lord is good." There is within every- Hj one an appetite for the -ms^n spirit- BBi ual good of the Kingdom of God. Answering to this longing there is an invisible spiritual universe all about H9 us waiting to afford us the blessing HB we are needing. Prove God and Hia M kingdom.?Christian Advocate. jflB Love. Love lasts, it endureth and nevejt^^H[ faileth. Prophecies fail in that they~^^H are fulfilled. Tongues cease, uui me hb words of love spoken never die. Purpose of Education. aMH The design of education is to so augment the powers of the mind as to HH make men and women wise, strong and useful. The Fight of Faith. 8^9 Fi.sht thp good fignt or iaitu; mere IBB Is nothing like it. To llevlve Spelling Bees. In order that the pupils of the^^H various public schools may become^^S more efficient in orthography, County^^H Superintendent C. W. Stine, of York,^BH Pa., lias planned to conduct spelling^^H bees throughout the county duringfl^H the next scholastic year. ' The County^EH Superintendent iias prepared a book^^H of 5000 practical words which h^H will use in these spelling contests, and^^H nri7ps will be awarded to the success^lBI ful spellers. ... HHj American Lights in London. American show-window lighting being introduced in London. iM