The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 08, 1910, Image 7
A TREE IN A
The photograph presents an inter
latent force In a growing tree.
Apparently the seedling sprouted
the eld rejected millstone, and after tl
bole, the stone was lifted from the gro
the surface.
The curious rustic seat thus formi
*- *? t-.-J. ciis<h nurnnse i
in parKs, uul bu vco uu ouvi* ^. k, ? .
t sparsely settled district of New Yorl
Prevents Child Falling.
Two \ Indiana inventors deserve
credit for an attachment for children's
high chairs, which they recently
designed. As shown in th?
accompanying illustration, this attachment
prevents the chair from
falling, should it be accidentally
knocked or otherwise tilted. Every
one knows how easily a baby's high
chair is upset. The child itself very
often endeavors to squirm out, thereby
overbalancing the chair and causing
it to fall. The addition of this
support or prop prevents such accidents.
The prop consists of a pair
of legs connected by a crossbar and
pivot-pd to the sides of the chair near
the top. When the chair is in its
normal position the ends of the proi
-are quite a distance above the floor
Should the chair be suddenly tilted
4 the prop will naturally swing outwarc
?' and arrest the chair in its descent.
* THE NEW LEADER OF
|
HERNANDO
Was recently chosen by the Democ:
leader, in place of Senator Culberso
health. Senator Money haiis from
sippi City, and is named after the <
Chair and Ironing IJoard.
One of the most ingenious inve
tions for household use recently pj
ented is the combination rocki
chair and ironing board designed
a. T^xas woman.
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MILLSTONE.
esting and unique illustration of the j
within the square central opening of ^
le growth of the trunk had filled the (
ind, and is now about two feet above s
]
?d would be prized on many lawns or 1
in the Inratinn barriering a stream 1n I 1
z.?Forest Leaves.
Improved Nipple Grip.
When one wishes to replace a few
broken spokes in a bicycle wheel, he
often finds that he has no nipple grip,
while a bicycle wrench proves to be
too lorg to get in around the spokes.
Improved Nipple Grip. |
I A eo( nipple grip can be made by I <
! puttir two nuts on one bolt, as !
jshowiin the accompanying engrav- i
1 "homas De Loof, In Scientific J
Ameran.
A Fire Chief, Maybe.
Onday a sympathetic old German
gentloan was leisurely strolling past
one cthe city fire houses, when he
v.-as oved by tears of the captain.
Stoppg to offer consolation, he said:
"S\ for what you grief?"
"C" replied the captain, with a
freslsush of tears, "my poor father
j is dd. If he had lived just one
I morday he would have been Chief I
51 of t whole fire department, just
> i thin'
. I " not so bad feel," said the
, frieiy old German, patting the fel1
Iowa the shoulder, "maybe he is a i
fire .ief now."?Providence Journal, j
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THEENATE MINORITY.
deto money j
rats the United States Senate as their c
n. a resigned the post because of poor e
tlnate of Mississippi, lives in Missis- 1
liscrer of the Mississippi River. o
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?rhis seems to solve the problem o
n_ er inventors have been working r
lt_ of what to do with the ironing d
Qg krd when it is not in use. The ?
by .tboard and back of the chair are j 5
inrA/1 f A ft V>/\n I./1 mliinU ? J - I
tu a. uuaiu ? lliL-li CALtfllUS ' ?
-oss the front logs, and both are I
Lachablv affixed to the seat rails 1 r
d back rails. When it is desired to ; v
e the affair for ironing the chair I s
turned over so that it rests on the ; 8
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ds of the rockers and the top of j ^
e back rails. I n
' The seat and back are then \ d
^ raightened out till they form one j v
mg ooara ana neia in position by a ' 11
apport which is hinged to the back , t
nd folds down behind it, when the ! *
evice is used as a chair. This gives !
. firm, broad surface on v.-hich to ^
ron, the end of the board forming j s
he chair back being tapered as is u
;he end of an ordinary ironing board, i
?Boston Post. | t
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Ready For Summer.
War Iras begun on the house-fly in p
Washington. Haven't seen any of the e
pesky things hereabouts this season, u
?St. Joseph News-Press. to
THE PULPIT.
S BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. WILLIAM T. PATCHELL.
Theme: Testimony of a Man,
San Jose, Cal.?Sunday the Rev.
Dr. William T. Patchell, pastor of the
First Congregational Church here,
Reached on "The Testimony of a
Vlan." The text was from Isaiah
10:9-11. Dr. Patchell said:
So far as man is concerned, the !
naster problem is the question of I
lis place or standing in the universe.
He wants to know whether he is a
nachine or a god. Is he a cunningly
:ontrived piece of mechanism, assembled
by the four winds and organized
jy the sun, or is he a free creative
personality? His conquest of the
oil, his control of the great nature
forces, his adaptation and adjustments,
his analysis and synthesis, witless
his oneness with the physical
iniverse; but he handles it rather as
i creator, as a god, and his very success
sets him apart from that he consols.
So, too, when he investigates
md classifies the forms of life, he
liscovers that he is, and is not, one
vith that he reveals.
We read: "And the man gave
lames to all cattle, and' to the birds
)f the heavens, and to every beast
>f the field; but for man there was
lot found a helpmeet for him." To
lave such lightning utterance blaze
>ut of the dim past ?nd take its place
it the head of our proud modern science
is'significant and tremendously
nteresting, for It states as a fact
:hat which our science is rapidly verifying.
that by way of knowledge man
loes but isolate himself. He tells the
itars, but himself he cannot tell.
He classifies all forms of being except
limself. He generalizes everything
jut that which generalizes. The
greater his knowledge, the darker
;he problem he himself becomes, for
'it is evident that he is excepted who
lid subject all things unto him." He
solates himself. He is dark with ex:ess
of light. He is escaped from a
iniverse to which he is organically
ind vitally related, for to his confusion
he learns that in all the wide
anges of creation there is "not found
i helpmeet for him"; that this uni,ferse
of life and matter implicates
i deeper undiscovered universe to
vhich sbmething within himself relets;
that except he discover and reate
this unknown within himself to
his unknown without himself, he
niist butpIv rlie. And henceforth his
}uest is become the mad search for
:hat which shall be "bone of his bone,
lesh of his flesh." He must find another
being like himself if ever ho is j
;o discover himself, for he must de- |
:ermine and define himself in terms |
)f another. I |
The challenge is imperious, and so
:errible that he can find no rest. He I
liust go forth! To it he will sacriJce
every interest and subordinate
jvery desire". His own body he
pierces; his first born he slays. In
larkness, in cold, in pain, in wild joy, j
le seeks to liberate this awful pas- |
iion Tyhich smolders in his bones like j
ire?he must find another being like j
into himself?one compacted of his j
jwn unrevealed being?and his lone- j
TO" Unnn o '
iy CI'J, VV licit am i: icays au uco ,
:he abyss. He searches the spaces ,
:or God. v
This need he call spiritual. He
ieclares that within himself lie cer- j
:ain imperious qualities and energies; j
ove, joy, truth, peace; that these |
nust discover and relate to another j
jpirit, else life shall turn to ashes. I
3o we witness in the long process of |
levelopment that man, every man in ;
;ome measure, tries to interpret the ;
secret of his spiritual being. The j
jhilosopher, the artist, the statesman, |
he poet, the scientist, the theologian ,
?these are the outstanding ones who j
lave given themselves to the utter- !
nost in this mad quest. j
For the analysis of star-dust, the j
:lassification of fishes, the Iliad, the
Parthenon, the proposed Rockefeller j
Charter, Stanford University, the j
Constitution, Mrs. Wiggs, Hull :
louse, the altar, the ritual, the sacriice,
what are these but the far-flung ;
:hallenge to the universe?
Out from these many strivings and ;
jropings emerges one unique and sig- |
lificant figure, which by its persist- j
>ncy witnesses above all others to :
he solidity and strength of the spir- i
t's need. It is the speaking-prophet, ;
vhose conventional expression in !
nodern life is the man in the pulpit, i
Whpn -wo s-o to r.hureh Sundav !
norning we acccpt the pulpit as we |
iccept most things?without much ;
hought. If we give it thought, we I
ee at once that back of the pulpit ,
tands the church. Were we to ques- i
ion the presence of this church and j
>ulpit very likely we would say that j
ye wanted a church and then built It; j
hat we decided to organize, to build, '
0 have a choir, a janitor, perhaps a i
rentilating system, ushers, a Bible j
chool, a prayer meeting, Sunday ser- !
rices, a pulpit, a preacher.
But this is no): true. Back of a |
:hurch lies a long historic process, j
vithout which no church could be j
rganized to-day. Out of the clash j
if innumerable interests the church
imerges, not as an arbitrary creation j
>ut by way of a selective process, j
Jy selection and rejection It bears j (
witness to certain powerful and per- j
istent human meanings. It sums up ,
1 historv: it becomes at last a svm- .
lol. 1
The organized universe as man sees
t is very transitory. Like clouds in J
he air, the systems take shape and .
lisappear. Nothing is stable, nothing j
fcmains. You recall that only the
ither "night we were roused from 1
arly sleep by the house rocking on
ts foundation. I leaped to the floor (
nly to find it twisting horribly under ,
ay feet. Even as I called to the dear 1
nes, and groped my way through the .
eeling building, I had a vision in the ,
arkness of some vast unhuman being j
f another creation, who had strayed j
hiu way. Her head was lost in the }
ky-depths, and as she moved across ,
he world toward somu awful un:nown
purpose her sweeping garnents
struck the tiny building in
vhich we lived, and the solid earth
hook under her tread. Nothing is
table; nothing remains. The roses ,
if to-day are born of yesterday's .
ma! Vi ? ? f J r< nrn niKlrt n o f J p rl Jp. I *
tram, v*mca v.* uiuuic, iiauiuiio uio- i
ppear, civilizations perish, planets j
ie. and suns blow in dust down the |
oid. Everything is momentary, i
leetinp:; change, decay, death; this is
he order. True of the moth, equally j
rue of the star to which it aspires. j
The church witnesses to man's su- j
ierl) and pathetic determination to
iscover in all this mad movement
ome ultimate meaning to which he
jay attach.
If this pulpit Is valid, it means
hat a searching God and a searching
mmanity have found each other;
hat they flow together in the soul of
man; that he shall he the meeting
oint of man and God; that he shall
xperience, apprehend and speak this
mion?this oneness; that he shall
aterjjret God to man; that he shall
rnterpret man to God. LITce the slender
rod of the wireless transmiter, he
shall be attuned to respond, out of a
million vibrations, to those which
rush down out of i .e Heart of the
Infinite. These he shall translate to
all the world. But to do it he must
be attuned, as well to every cry of
earth; all its joys and agonies must
be his own; the wars and sorrows of
man, his dim aspirations; all wrongs
and injustices, all science and art and
culture: all coarseness; the grotesque
criminal, the mowing idiot, all beauty;
the love of a mother, the sacrifice
of a friend?these must be his.
Above the din of the factory he must
hear the shriek of the child; through
the city's roar must come to him the
low sob of the oppressed, the muffled
groan of the underworld, where men
writho, tho hot curse in the palace
where men sin, all selfishness, all
moral grandeurs must be his, and all
the wandering cries of ea"th must
break at last upon hiB heart.
His commission is the 53d of
isaian, uis inspiration is uaivary; in
him, in his soul, God and man must
flow together, two vast tides meeting
and mingling and blending?not a
flame of fire, not an altar and a ritual,
but a man; a living soul; sweating
blood drops, agonizing and interpreting,
and bringing together man and
God. This la the pulpit and its mean(tlEr
numaniiy is not long out 01 tua
woods, standing erect and looking at
the stars is' a recent achievement.
The life of the spirit is still somewhat
alien- The airs from that land touch
our brows strangely; but the marvel,
the wonder, the incredible blazing
wonder is that we respond at all!
That we hear, however dully; that
we apprehend, however dimly; that
amid the fierce multitudinous cries we
do detect this one high note and, however
falteringly, respond! This is
the wonder! For through thick darkness
and across unknown heights a
far journey have we.come! But we
have come, and though in our strong
crude moments we may jeer at our
own spiritual aspirations, nevertheless
the church, the pulpit, and the
speaking, Interpreting man, witness
to our final conviction of the reality
of the spirit's life.
And it symbolizes and reveals at
last the loftiest and most powerful
achievement of the race. Greater
than industry, gres.ter than commerce,
greater than government, or
philosophy or literature or science or
art, it reveals the hidden forces of
the human heart, and by it we declare
the secret conviction of our soul?
that we are spiritual beings related to
a vast thrilling spiritual order whoso
meaning is thus revealed. The man
who believes himself called to occupy
it may well cry: "Woe, woe is
me!" for he shall stand between the
living and the dead.
Has the pulpit justified itself; has
(f i>awo?i?ijr1 +ti?> oiw>rot' TT.IS It
brought God and man together, making
valid hi3 dimmest aspiration?
Witness Paul; tortured, wrung, until
it last he sings; his hymn of love and
'.he world grows suddenly gentle and
still to listen. Witness Joseph Parker
Dr Philips Brooks. Have not these
succeeded? JVTtnesj3 Brown, .the
drawn face of tfce mariT his tragic
mien. What crushes him so terribly?
"Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel,
and thy garments like him that
treadeth in the wine vat?" What is
It but the crucifixion of a soul trying
tr relate a sorrowing, suffering humanity
to a loving, suffering, sorrowing
Father! Day and night the cry
breaks up against his heart; the cry
of man's pain and his sin; day and
night he hears the voice of God
speaking tenderness and love; and he
ts trying to bring them together, to
make them one.
Wherever in any pulpit stands one
who brings God down into life, one
who can translate the confused voices
of mankind and speak them- up to
Him, there stands one who reveals
and interprets man's place in the universe.
I know not what God's expectations
may be, nor how bitterly we fall
short of the achievement which might
D6 OUTS, DUt X.I11S 1 KilUw. tilts vvaj uac
been long and very rugged. I see the
crudeness, the confusion, the impotence;
but through these running I
catch strange and marvelous light
gleams as from the very throne of
God.
No, not meeting God's expectations,
and yet perhaps God sruiles even
while He weeps, perhaps He is
pleased and proud a little bit, even
while He holds us to be broken in
the shallows. As I look over the
process, the fearful process of Creation;
as I behold the first dull face
blinking at the stars; as I hear the
first awed whisper "God;" as I sea
dynasties, nations, civilizations, races,
move shadowy across the horizon; as
I behold the savage bending low before
his fetich; as I see this act become
the gorgeous ritual; as I see at
last a father ascending the mountain
to bind his son. his only son lrsaac,
as a living sacrifice upon the flaming
altar; as I behold men sinking themselves
in the slums; as I hear the call
from the plains of China where martyred
men and women gave their
lives; as I hear the voice of prayer
ascending and the clarion call to
righteousness, I sometimes think we
have discovered and rerealed the
meaning at last.
And when again I behold Himself,
even God, binding His own Son, the
Child of His heart, upon that same
mountain top, as I witness the cross,
the dark heavens open and through
the rent veil I catch a glimpse of the
Heart of the Eternal, and it seems to
me that at last in Jesus Christ, God
and man have come together. That
in Him we have found the way. For
we save Jesus to God; He gives us
:he Christ. And to-day wherever men
live that Christ, wherever a father
carries love into his crushing service, I
wherever a mother brings joy and
tenderness, wherever a sacrifice is
made and unselfishness prevails,
wherever men find themselves in los- j
ing their lives into sweet helpful uplifting
service, there is verified the
reality of the spirit and man finds
his nlar-A in tho universe with Gcd.
The Really Essential Thins.
I feel more and more the inadequacy
and comparative insignificance
if all human accomplishments,
whether in a minister or a missioniry,
and the unspeakable, overwhelming
importance of spiritual graces?
liumility, patience, meekness, love?
the habitual enjoyment of closest religion,
a soul abstracted from tbis
tvorld. and much occupied in the contemplation
of heavenly glories.
Here I cannot help digressing from
the subject to myself. You know
not, my rlcar sir. you cannot conceive,
low utterly unfit I am for the work
in which I am engaged. I am, inleed.
a worm, and no man. It is a
r.orider that I am allowed to live as
i missionary among the heathen, and
'eceive an undeserved sunport from
he dear people of God?from many
arho are poor in this world, but rich
n faith. Yet I feel necessity laid on
ne to remain here, and try to do a
ittle something.?Andoniram Judjon.
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK S
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE
IN
Saloons Nation's Cnrse.
"The organized interests of the
saloons in the State of New York
have formally applied to organized 5511
ministers of New York State to confer
with them on methods of reform for
their own business. I would as soon
think of inviting the devil to help
reorganize a prayer meeting."
This declaration was made at the to
Methodist Preachers' Monday meeting
by the Rev. Dr. James A. Patterson,
Superintendent of the New York
Anti-Saloon League. Preachers were
present from Long Island, New Jersey,
and up the State, the largest j ^
gathering of Methodist ministers of
the year. They filled the hall and dr;
overflowed into the corridors.
j Other assertions equally strong 3*c
! were made, such as: ou
"The saloons would kill the th<
I churches if they could. The churche3 th(
can kill the saloons if they would." mi
"Two hundred million dollars for to
Protestant church support last year, to
and $1,000,000,000 passing over the br
counters of the saloons last year; to
8200,000,000 for religion and, if we fe<
include cost of asylums filled with bu
products of the saloons, $3,000,000,- Hi
000 for hell's cause." th<
"The churches spend too much W
time taking care of the consequences in;
of evil, and too little time in taking (J
care that evils themselves are pre- tit
vented." ' th
Another speaker was ex-Gov. Glenn tu
of North Carolina, just returned from mi
ah anti-saloon camnaign throughout th<
this State. Both Mr. Patterson and to
Mr. Glenn-are Presbyterians. ca
"Banish the saloon and its conse- "t
quences," he shouted, "and there Gc
need be no home or foreign mission- he
, ary campaigns to raise money,
j Enough will be saved to carry the gg
J Gospel into every nook and corner Ol je
the world, wicked Hew York City in- Hi
eluded." bu
Laughter and applause followed jD
: the sally, and nobody either ques- iy
1 tioned the statement or undertook jjj
i to defend the city from this attack. su
"New York City has wickedness -pi
enough for the whole country," Mr. mi
Glenn went on. "Reform it, you c0
nreflnhera and Christian neonle. and +?
j the effect upon the country will be "iT
1 tremendous. Bread lines? Splendid
! i:a one sense. But a shame to New *
J York or any other city in another ?.
sense. Put a stop to that which t *
; makes bread lines necessary. ?
"Ministers haven't big enough visI
Ions. They don't take the Gospel '
: seriously enough. You ought to rise ^
j in your might, for might you have.
The business men have their difficult- ?.c
ies. Help them to meet them. They u
say that if the whisky taxes are
abolished, and the revenues cut down J-0
they will have to put their hands into "c
their pockets and pay more taxes
than they now do. A miserable but "s
a very human view. You ministers
must give common men a spiritual t*
view." --?- - --?
Then he pictured child labor con- hc
| ditions in the South. *a
"There are campaigns against
1 - -?? ?? j-i- - a?it. >> in
i cnuaren iaDor in me ouum, u? cam.
! "Such labor disgraces New England Mi
as well as my own State. I tell you,
though, that it Is not half so much 'ii
the fault of mill owners that these lit
children are competed to work at *o
tender ages as it is the miserable th
parents, who want the profits of their 14
labor to spend in drink. If you want 1
to stop child labor, stop the saloon." wj
Supt. Patterson of the Anti-Saloon th
League outlined the campaign in this tu
State in favor of the amendment per- th
mitting people of cities as well as of te
villages to vote for or against saloon w!
licenses. Some towns, among tbem br
, Batavia and Bath, voting the saloon se
I out, are soon to become cities, and th
j when they do so the vote of their bi
i own citizens will go for naught. The (c
j same is true of other towns In the fis
j State. A hearing is soon to be had bi
i at Albany, and the speaker urged all f0
j New York ministers to be on hr.nd.? pc
i New York Times. th
I - wi
. Must Not Drink. {?
The entire railroad system con- . wj
| trolled by James J. Hill has just is- aE
; sued an anti-drinking order which m
i will not be relished by the liquor men (3
. along the thousands of miles which aE
j the Great Northern and Northern Pa- ^
, ciflc lines traverse. The order reads en
1 as follows: W(
j "We do not wish to have in our en
1 employ men who drink liquor: Do pi
1 not employ drinking men. If men
j now working under you drink, tell ne
| them they must stop or make way for ^
men who will not drink." W{
The order is the result of the in- no
vestigation of a number of mishaps se
on these roads, where it has been dis- fe(
covered that the loss of property, life ^4
and limb has been the result of drink- an
ing by employes. , pe
an
| Objections to Growler Business. pa
1 The social workers of Boston are sr
| trying again in the Legislature to ac
i separate the "growler" business from ab
I the saloon. A saloon or any other Mi
I bar which sells liquor by the drink sh
would be prohibited by their bill from er:
I selling liquor in bottles or pitchers
I to be taken away. Perhaps the chief
, objection to permitting the "growler"
business in a bar is that it brings
I women and children into the ordinary
saloon.
. thi
The Retort Courteous.
The editor of the Times, Davcn- (
port, Iowa, in the course of an antiprohibition
article says: "It is human Shi
nature to desire that which is forbid^"
TXTVioroiinnn the nditnr r>f th? C
UCH. ?r uviv-upw.l V?.v, VVV??
National Prohibitionist says: "This
explains several well known fact*
about the editor of the Times." Cb
HI
ob
Temperance Notes. inj
Whisky is not a food, not a luxury, us
I not nutritious mat2rial. me
The first all-Russian meeting
against habitual drinking was held
at St. Petersburg, December 31 to ti0
January C, 1910. mt
TVio Infosf noti-R in wnrlrl W. C. T. ^
U. circles shows encouraging progress j ? '
being made in England, Scotland, j "
Canada, France. Norway, Belgium, | Pf
Germany, Russia, Palestine. Cape j J"
Colony, India, Ceylon. Japan, Aus- ?n<
tralia and the United States. I 1 E
I
The age-old endeavor to eliminate j
the evils of the saloon is still on. I
Thinking people have come to see ;
that the biggest "objectionable fea- j w"
ture" of the saloon is the saloon it- j *Ui
self, and are shaping the elimination j &
programme accordingly.?The Pco- i to
pie. j d?!
! mo
If the proportion or confirmed al- j tra
coholics and occasional drunkards j at
among those accused of crime is cal- the
ciliated, it is found that out of every | hal
100 accused of parricide there are ' lec
thirty-one alcoholics; among those accused
of rape and offenses agains: ?
decency, the proportion is 33.3 psr ]
cent. J. dai
The
iunday=School
TERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 29.
bject: The Multitudes Fed, Matt.
14:13-21; 13:29-39?Commit
Verses 19, 20.
GOLDEN TEXT.?"Jesus said un- *
them, I am the bread of life." John
35. i
TIME.?Summer A. D. 29.
PLACE.?Near the Sea of Galilee.
EXPOSITION.?I. Jesus Healing T
2 Lame, Blind, Dumb, Maimed and
my Others, 29-31. Je3us had witbawn
into the parts of Tyre and j
ion that He might have more secluin,
but even there they sought Him
t (vs. 21-28), so He returned to
s Sea of Galilee and went up into *
e mountain. But even there the ?
altitudes followed Him. They came
Him because there was no one else
whom they could go. They
ought their hopeless, helpless cases I
Him and cast them down at His _
it. They seemed to be in despair, 1
t there is nothing too hard for
m; lame, blind, dumb, maimed, _
ough they were, "He healed them."
e have an equal warrant ior ormgg
all our helpless cases to Him
leb. 13:8; Jas. 5:14). "The mulude
wondered," but we are not told f
at they were converted. They ac- t
ally saw the dumb speaking, the g
limed healed, the lame walking and a
e blind seeing. They gave the glory j
Whom It belonged. It is signlfl- j
nt that God is here spoken of as t
he God of Israel," it was Jehovah, ^
>d of Israel, who had promised to\ f
al His people (Ex. 15:26, A. R. V.). j.
II. Jesus Feeding the Hungry, 32. e
?. The multitude that surrounded v
sus had no real appreciation of y
lm. They were not after the truth, t
it after the loaves and fishes (cf. v
o. 6:26, 27). But they were deep- t
interested, they continued with t
im three days, though their small a
ppiy 01 IOOd was now exnausieu. c
lworthy as they were, Jesus was a
Dved with compassion, and He has v
mpassion on the hungry multitudes j
-day. The disciples were filled with c
smay at the suggestion contained in <3
is words that the multitude must be <3
d (cf. Num. 11:21-23; 2 K. 4:42; t
2). To set them to thinking and 1
prepare them to appreciate what 5
2 was to do, Jesus asked them how i
any loaves they had. With onty c
ven loaves and a few small fish, e
sus commanded the multitude to sit \
?wn. They did as they were told, c
was well that they did, for they 1
jre fed and filled. It always pays 0
do just as Jesus bids us, no matter t
iw unreasonable the command may 2
em. The seven loaves and the' T
hes were utterly inadequate for i
ch a crowd, but Jesus took what t
ere was and multiplied it. Jesus a
ways uses what we have, no matter I
>w inadequate it is in itself, to the *
sk in hand. The disciples did not c
ive much, but they put all they had ?
His hands. When we do put all in *
Is hands, He will bless and multiply v
and use it, and He will not use it
ttil all is committed to Him. As
tie as there was, Jesus gave thanks
r it. Wc, too,, ought to return 1
anks every time we eat (Rom. j
1:6; 1 Cor. 10:30, 31; Col. 3:17; j
Tim. 4:3-5; Acts 27:35). There i
is something deeply significant in s
e manner in which our Lord re- e
rned thanks at meals, so significant c
at the disciples recognized Him af- J
r His resurrection by the way in r
hich He returned thanks at the (
e^king of bread (Lu. 24:30, 31, 35;
e also Jno. 6:11, 23). He gave i
anks not only for the seven loaves, \
it later also for the few small fishes g
:f. Mk. 8:6, 7). The few small f
lies did not seem of much account, i
it Jesus took them, returned thanks
r them and multiplied them. Our 3
issesslons oftentimes seem so small
at It does not appear as if it was \
arth while to put them in Jesus' I
mds, but there is nothing so small 1
at if we put it in Jesus' hands, He t
ill despise it not and use it. As few I
id small asHhe fish were, He com- '
anded to set these also before them f
Ik. 8:7). As large as the multitude i
id as small the quantity of food c
at was supplied, there proved i
.ough for all, "they did all eat and
jre filled." No one goes away t
ipty from Christ's table (Ps. 23:1; t
ill. 4:19). But Jesus would not j t
,ve bountifulness teach us wasteful- s
ss; they took up th^ broken pieces "v
at remained (Mk. 8:8). When they t
jre filled, He sent them away, and
it till then (Mk. 8:9). This is a i
parate miracle from that of the c
sding of the five thousand in the r
th chapter. There is a tendency f
long modern critics, when one Gos- c
1 records a miracle or a parable and "
other records another miracle or e
rable much like to it, to take the n
ound that they are two different t
counts of the same miracle or par- (
le, but in this case Matthew and
irk record both miracles and th'is a
ow the untenableness of this mod- I 1
a theory. V
A Resting Place.
It is a great thing to come to Christ
it is the turning point of life: and ^
is a great thing to abide in Him in ?
5 storm and conflicts and terrors of
5 world. s
Fe to the hidden house of Thine abiding,
)arry the weak kneed and the heart that ?
faints; ?
ield |nm the scorn and cover from the
chiding, y
Jive the world joy, but patience to the y
? 4.
&4111a,S. L
It is a great thing to come to ii
rist; it is a great thing to abide in ^
m; but from His point of view the
ject of our coming and of our abid;
is that we should go. He wants
as His messengers, as His fellowissengcrs;
His purpose is t"hat, abid- *
l in Him, we should be the fruit s
ilch is for the healing of the na- jj
ns; that we should be the com- "
micators of the light which shines 11
on the people who sit in darkness
* # ? - -1-- -1 a J ?*1. TO T A
a in tne saauow ui ueaiu, jl i uu 1
t go, I am like an untimely birth, |
I am like a seed which has rotted I
the ground. He bade mo conic. He J
:ouraged me to abide, in order that | ?
night co.?Normal Christian.
Cow on a. Special Farm Train.
A. cow was one of the principal
ssengers on a special farm train
ich the Cornell College of Agricul- | E
e ran over the Buffalo, Rochester ; e:
Pittsburg Railroad to demonstrate j ?!
farmers along the line what can be I 11
ae by careful breeding with com- j
n stock at small expense. The j ^
in started from Rochester to stop ! *1
all intermediate points between < ?
ire and Buffalo and Salamanca. A | ai
If dozen Cornell professors were F1
turers. *c
Damaged by Quakes. ai
Earth shocks caused $1,000,000 i ^
nage and a panic in Costa Rica.
_
ipfMojj/Waim
for my dally rorge 'ill ;
VlTOmonartitf^feajanr fields .*?] '
n<rof Holy Wrir T might despairw, ,
? *? ' ?-? ' ^ ?Ttnnyson^ $ J
dX3v*^ 1 iga' "-? - ""
MY HEART.
A Prayer.
.lord, when mr heart ia hard
As iron-rock uncruahed by hammer'*.
blow.
'hen be Thy love like glowing furnace
flame
That makes the metal flow!
iord, when my heart is cold
As Joseph's etone-enclosed, rock-hewn
tomb.
'hen by Thy love like sunshine warm,
that kissed
His lilies into bloom!
1 1 L 1 . 'A
(uni, wuch my iieart is nunc,
Like weary pilgrim crossing deaei^t sand,
'ben be Tby love like draught from Elim'c
spring,
Bestowed by Thine own hand!
iord, when my heart'o aelow, ..
Like ocean-vessel's hidden engine-fires,
'hen be Tby love like captain's skilful
hand
Controlling its desiren!
-William JT Sears, in London Christian.
<> V \ x>
The Realty of God.
As at the beginning, so ft. has been
lnce. There have been Infinite* dif- /?!
erences of opinion, but no change in
he structure of the soul, and (n th?
et and bent of its feeling. To-day,
s six thousand years ago, it Is athirst or
the inner reality, for help against.~
ts lower Self, for a satisfying soluion
of life's problem. We pln^ge ino
business, acquire wealth," formcftir ':
amilie^ take our pleasure, adtnire ; '
leauty, travel to the ends of tha *
arth; but, wherever we go, whatever :/ ?
ve uo, me neari in us never stops lis \t
earning, never ceases front;it*ques- j
ion. There are hours of Ufe?have
/e not had them??when this sense
his outreach of the soul for somehing
better than it has found, attains n
overwhelming intensity. In the
iead of night, when, all is hushed. ,+S
round us, when the darkness covers '
is, how often is it then that our spir- :'?
tual nature awakes to its full power -^
nd awes us with "the insistency of its .
lemand! The , world sefems" empty,
iead: we ourselves are empty, and .
eel that life has ho prospect, no
lope, if there be not something beond
ourselves and this earth ^re live . as
n. And then it is we learn the eecret."<v
if God, have the proof of His exist- fi
nee and relation to jis. The proof.
e find, lies not"in any intellectual
lemonstratiori, bnt In this cry of our .
leart, this waste emptiness ot it with-C. 4*
ut Him. The cry becomes thus itself
he answer. Then feel we'with An*
rustine, "Our'he^'waa made -for 'M
liee and Is not at rest till it And cest, ; ^
n Thee.'* We understand his fur* M
her word: ""I desire to know God/ -t|
md the soul. Nothing else? Nothng
at all." Assuredly, we say, tnere $
s nothing else worth knowing, in
omparison wlyth them. It were
nough to build religion upon if man
iad nothing more than this inner
irant.?J. Brlerley. - /. ^28
Relieve rrnd Be Saved.
Wake up, my. friend, you are drift-;;7.^
ng. Do you realize ybur danger?)?
k.re you aware how near the brink :$*?[
ou are of an awful precipice? Doetr ' !
t ever occur to' you that soon," so
oon, you may be summoned to your,
iternal reward? Do you ever think
>f your state before God? Do you
enow that the Word says unless you.
epent of your sins you shall perish?,
Luke 13:3.) *
Can you conceive what it really '
cean to appear before "your God
without the knowledge of sins forgiven?
Oh, think of it. The eternal
uture lies before you and you know ?
tot where you will be.
"Eternity, where, oh, where, will
A I* 111
uu apcuu it:
Do not allow yourself to lie deluded
vith .the thought that if you do the
>est you can you will be saved, for it
t "not by work of righteousness
vhich we have done, but according to
lis mercy He saved us." (Tit. 3:5.>
'By grace are ye saved through
aith; and that not of yourselves;'it
s the gift of God; not of works, lest J!
my man should boast." (Eph. .
!:3, 9.)
Many believe that by doing this,
hat or the other they can earn their "A
vay to Heaven, but Jesus says, "He
hat entereth not by the door into th?
heepfold, but climbeth up some other
vay, the same is a thief and a rob- ,
ier." (John 10:1.)
Natural reason raises objections.
Natural pride revolts at the simplicity
if the Gospel message. Unbelief still
irevails as to the certainty of the efect
of the Gospel, but .this does -not .<
han era flnH 'a Wnrd He has Batd_
He that believeth on the Son hathi
verlasting life;- and he that believeth- *
lot on the Son shall not ste life; but
he wrath of God abiaeth on him."
John 3:36.) /
"Believe on .the Lord Jesus Christ
nd thou shalt be saved." (Acts '
6:.31.) Can anything be more simile?
Believe.?Gospel Herald.
Work For Eternity.
Never mind where your work is. v
Jever mind whether it. be visible or
ot. Never mind whether your name ']
3 associated with it. You may never
ee the issuses of your toils. You are
rorking for eternity. If you cannot
ee results here in the hot working
ay, the cool evening hours are draw,
ng near, when you may rest fron*
our labors, and then they may follow
ou. So do your duty, and trust God
o give the seed you sow "a body as
t .hath pleased Him." ? Alexander
laclaren. _
Grandest Word.
Sympathy is the grandest word In
lie world. It overcomes evil and
trengthens good; it disarms resist,nce,
melts the hardest hearts, and
raws out the better part of human
iature.?George Moore. . ;
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Near to God.
Men who live near to God, and are
rilling to suffer anything for Christ's
ake without being proud of it, these
,re the men we want.?Andoniranj
udsou.
Conscience Costs Him 31000.
D. W. Bigoney, treasurer of the
!rie Railroad Company, received an
spress package from Philadelphia,
sntaining two $300 bills. Pinned to
le money was a sheet of paper, on
hich was written: "This $1000 is
ue the Erie Railroad Company.
lease credit it to Restitution."
igouney said this was the largest
mount ever received as "conscience
loney," and he is at loss to account
>r it. as there have been no shorties
in accounts" for years. Small
iiounts often are sent in by persons
ho have used the trains without pay- &
tg, the last amount having been |20| I