The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 28, 1904, Image 4
' K0T?.-The following article '<??
t>6ea widely published and i? one of
the uio.it reuia rkahlo 111 u?t r* t lon? of
the value of careful iDiushalllng ami
analysis of facta In preseullug a (sub
ject to the public.
L^VELERS.
ITli* UImIou ?r WhUUr, loUim ana
CotTti*.
The Cientor Iliads all thing*, wo be
IJeve.
ir so, He must have made 1he*e.
Wb know what lie made food an<1
Winer for, ami air and sunshine, hut j
Why Whisky, Toiuieco ami Coffee?
They are lit re*' sine enough and each I
performing lis work.
There must In* some great plait be- |
hind it nil; the thoughtful ?nan seeks '
to umlt'i'MiiiKl something of tliar ptnn
and thereby to judge thene articles for j
their true worth.
Let uii not say "bad" or "good" with* j
out taking testimony.
There ate times and conditions when
It certainly seems to the casual obsei v? !
or that those stimulant narcotics are |
real blessings.
Itlght there is the ambush that con- i
ceuls a "killing" enemy.
?><)nc can slij) Into tht habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
btit to "untangle" in often a fcai'ful J
afruggle.
It seems fdaln that there are cireum
stanecs w lu-u the narcotic effect < f
these poisons is for the moment bene- j
thin I, but the fearful argument against
t Ji oiu Is that seldom ever does one find
ii steady user of either whisky, cof
fee or tobacco free from disease of
Some kind.
('ertalnlj powerful elements In their I
effct un the human rare.
It is a matter of dally history testl- j
fled to by literally millions of people, !
that Whisky, Tobacco and (,'offee are
promising, brgtsSJlHs ;
on tin? start, but always fwlme a* hell
Itself in I he end. < in. e 1 1 ley tirui
Jiohi enough to show their strength, :
they insist upon governing and drive j
the victim steadily towards III health
In some form; If permitted to continue
to rult , t hey will not let up until phy- i
Blcal and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and "under i
llir spell" is eorreclt, of any one of
these drugs, frequently assures him- )
aelf and his friends, "Why, I can leav?
off any time I want to. I did quit for i
II week Jllsi lo show I could." it is A j
?tire mark of the slave when one k,>,s
to that sIiikc. lie wiggled through a |
week lighting every day to break the j
spell, was linally whipped, and began '
Jii.s slavery ail over attain. |
Thf slave d 'offer slave as well as ,
Toba.co and Whisky) dally renews his ,
condition, se.^i perfectly plain the ,
steady cncroachuients of disease, how j
the nerves t;e( weaker day by day ami :
demand the drug that seems to smile ?
and offer relief for a few minute* and I
then I ?'? v e the diseased condition
plainer t#i view than ever and grow- j
lug worse. Many times the (,'offee
slave reiillr.es that he is between two i
lircs. lie feels had if he leaves oft, i
ami a little worse if he drinks and al- j
lows the effect to wear off.
So it goes on i rout day io day. Kvery
night ili.' r* l r 1 1 ;{ >; U 1 1 wr victim promises >
himself tli:it ho will break tin1 lml>it j
iukI next day when he fools n little ;
lmd las lie is (( til t o sure to), breaks, :
not tin* habit, I 'll Ills own resolution. |
It Is nearly always a lough t\ k li t . with
disaster ahead sure if "die habit wins. ;
'I'herc have been hundreds of thou
sands of people driven to their graves
through disease brought on by coflfee
drinklUK alyne, and It Is quite certain j
that more human mlsciy In caused hy J
coffee and tobacco than hy whisky, for |
the two Hist arc more widely used, j
mid mopfc hidden and Insidious in the I
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organ*, and are thus unsuspected un
til much of the dangerous wor k is
done. ^
Now, Header, what Is your opinion
ns to the real use the Creator lias fbr
these things? Take a look at the <piei?
tlou from this point of view.
There is a law of Nature and of Na
ture's (?od that things slowly evolve ,
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy,
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things In both tlie Phy
sical and Spiritual world. The pon
derous tread of evolutionary develop
ment is Used by the Intlnlte and will
not he quickened out of natural law
by any of man's methods.
Therefore we see many (lustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for two or three years.
If she continued to do ho every yeiu
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections <<r
countries. So?Nature interposes a bar
every three or four years and brings
on :i had \ 'Mr."
llcre we see the leveling Influence
at w urk.
A mail is prosperous iu his business
for a number of > ears and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the "leveling Influ- !
encc" at work on him. Some of his
Investments lose, he becomes luxuri
ous and lazy. Perhaps It Is whisky, to
bacco, cofl'eo, women gambling, or
some other fov:n. The inteut and pur
pose is to level him. Keep hltn from
evolving too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Home. If no leveling
Influence set iu she would dominate
the world perhaps f?>r nil time. Hut
Dame Nature sets her army of "level
ers" at work. T.iuurv, over eating and
drinking, licentiousness, waste and ox
travngance, indulgences of all kinds,
then comes the wreck. Sure, Sure,
Sure.
'l 'lie law of the unit is the ia"w of he
mass. Man goes through the same
process. Weakness tin childhood i,
gradual growth of strength, energy,
thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth,
comfort, ease, relaxation fcelMudul
gcWe, luxury, idleness* waste, de
bauchery,, disease, and the wreck fol
j? lows. Tho "levelers" ate in the bushes
along the pathway of evejy successful
man and woman and they Vag the ma
jority.
Only now and then can a man stand
out against these "lerelers" and hold
? LI* fortune, fame and health to the
end.
jJSo the Creator has use for Whisky,
Tobacco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
signs. of being successful, and keep
theu) back in the race, so that the great
?field" (the masses) may not be left
Iaa for litthlnri -
'W ? MsSS iNV? - ? r r
AnQ yet we paust admit that mob* all"
v . . , / *
wise Creator fins placed It In the pow
er of tuan to HtMiid upright, clothed in
the armor of ? clean cut, Bteadjr mind
? u?l toy unto liiinHflf, "I decline to ex
change my birtLn iglit fur u mew of
potago.
?I will not deaden my senses, weak
en my k? ip ok (i fTn irn and keep myself
cheap, common find behind In fortune
Hint fumu by drugging wlDi Wbiuky,
tobacco or coffee; life Is too bhort. It
Is hard enough to win the good things,
without any HOi t of 'handicap, no ft hum
In I'iM'tuiuty a 'fool ? ratler' when ho
trade* slreiigt h, health, money, nnd the
"ood things that come with power, for
the hitif'.'tfch>*t> condition of the 'drug
l?i?r' with the cer(.:inty <n si' kness and
<Msen.se ahead.'
It Is a matlei each Individual must
deride for h i 1 1 : s ? - 1 f. lie ran lift ft lead
er an<l semi g'xi it' In will of he can
g< > along ((.rough hfe a drugged clown,
U elieap ' newer of Wood or CUl'l'ICT of
water.''
t'erta'u lit Is that w hile the (Jront
la I her of U> all does l;<>: KeCin t<>
"niind" if Mime nf His children ore
fo<di*-h and stupid. II. m cms lo KOleck
others (perhaps thou4 II*- intends for j
koiix.* spci i;.l woiki and a I lows Ihem to
be threshed and castigated most fi>AP
fully l>y I Inf-.e "lev tiers."
If n man tries ilirtlng with these lev
I'lers it while, ai d nets a few tdlipg n#
a hint, he Int'I better take the hint or
a n<iod solid hlow \\ i 1 1 follow.
When a man t v 1 < ? to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober, r.nd uiulrugged,
manifesting as m ar a s lie known what
the Creator intends he should, happi
ness, health ami p. are seem to come
to liiiu. I ?oe>; it p iy V
This article wax written to Pet pert
pi - thinking, to roltso the ''<Jud with
in," for e vei fv highly organized man
and woman has t , 1 1: ? s when they feel
n comet hi ng calling front within fof
them to pre** <> the front and "be
about !h> I''aMi<;'s business;'' don't
mistake ii; the -park of the Infinite
H t her,* ami It pays in every way,
health, happinev. pegre, and even
w orldly pio<jr : ii \ , to break off Iho
li.\bits and str.p ? ! ? . . : ? I n' the work
rilf out for us.
It haw I e.'"U t lie iiit- c.e-s if the writ-#
er io provide a pra< tieal and easy wn y
for people tn break away from the
i offee habit and be assured of a return
t i health at:d el! of the good things
that brings, p:0\ideil the abuse ha. 4
nut yjoi.e too I at", and evi'ii then tho
whe(e body lias been rebuilt
< tt a b i ? -? i ? ??( - 1 1't'i.y! It and health run
I. to the 1 lc II -a lid.-'.
It i - .in e.i\\ ami eoniforlable step (<>
step < iiTee li.-tuntiy by having well
p.ade I'ostt'.'n 1 ' 'Od '"offee served rich
.??.ml iioi wilt ^ iod i leant, for the col
or a 1 * d lla-.or ;* there, but mote of tha
en ff e! ne i t other i;? ? ve destroying cl*
e 1 1 1 e ii t v of ordinary eoffe".
, . i,.. j|,,. powerful
lelmildinu i T i r. t ' t s furnished by Nn
tut'.' arc in !'..-ntiii and they (juickly
set ;,l., til repait.iig the <l?in::igt!. Sel
dom i; ii m"ce t ! i a :i two days after
I h e \ilitli>:> i ?- In.'lile before the ohl
ston n It or I ftwcl tr.Mihies or com
plain's of t.idm-ys heart, head or
iter1. ?' s .-It "V. \! !i i n Ua III.' evidence Of
geltiiii: better ..lei tell days' time
cha nge > 1 1 1 i i ? j- s w main fully.
laterally loiiihms of brain working
A iner 'i< a n> t">la,V U-, I'oSttllll, having
found thi> \alue and common sense in
tho change,
c. w . ro?T.
I lie PEIUTC r WOMAN.
A Japanese F-'o'U Ta!? That Gives th?
Naliva Ideal.
In rv.rvist magazine Madame
(.'alia J. Harrison relates the following
Japanese folk tale as illustrating the
ua'ive ideal cf perfect womanhood:
Kcsa fllh'il tho eighteen require
ments of a beautiful woman. More
over, !tho was. peerless In character
as well. Ueforr^'hir ami her lover
husband. Wataru, lit? seemingly had
stretched a li;ug, hippy road. Uttfor
Innately, they f?*ll |n debt to Moflto,
a neighboring samurai, whow ovll
?vo f-.Ml upon K' va,\ ami he coveted
h?r w'th nt! li i .-j soiH. lip' wished
'Kena f r his wife, but while Wataru
lived this could not be with honor.
But an enemy's life was but a small
hindrance <>ne stroke <>f the koen
samurai sword and Kesa could be
free. So. Moriio ivas*. lied and press
ed this pian upon Kesa'n old mother,
who In turn pleaded with h? r daugh*
t r, till Kesa found ht rself between
Iwo fires, filial versus conjugal love
and duty.
At la-'., after bitter weeping, ?ha
consent-d and pi.r.-s were In id . On a
certain night W'alatu would return
from a Journey and after liis bath
would !lrt down on his u.vn pallet
anu tig the v !e ping ov.es in tho fam
ily hall. Morito could easily find him,
for his h a r would be wet 'rum the
bath.
On ?h? r.ppo'.nted night Morito '
crept through the hull. lit urn./ by tho j
andonV. dim I n .t. He found Watu- j
ru's pla*e; hi* hair was wet and his ;
face mi: (Med In the c< vering. Hastily
he spread down a napkin by the pil
low, th*n with eho (?harp, w i f t stroke
of Ills sword bovcpm] the sleeper's
head, (la: io rlng M up in the tlflpkitt,
ho fled. There was no pursuit, and
; when ho had gained hir. own reora Id
safety he sa: down to gloat over hia
prize. A* h?> turned tho head to got
a gtod view the sijht ::ozc him with I
horror, for i: ?-.n the sweet, piteous j
face of Kcsa. She had v nt lur hus
band from harm, cut < ff her hair and |
prepare*! it to in?itn!<? hi; and meekly
J lay down to die t'.mt she might be I
i true to both ties ? -dying, she fulfilled I
1 her duties a^ a (I'.ial daughter, and
a faithful wife. in thfJTo stern ai.d
cruel tines, many women had don?
excellently, but Kcva outshone thecu
i all.
| A dude prca:b?r generally proJueef
dead sermons. So. 44.
A BOSTON "CLUBMAN."
Arthur ? How did you er.joy your
self at Harry's? >
Tlieodoro ? Splend:ily! Harry's
mult n fln<> eon v<Tsailonfcilst, don't
you know lie n?*vrr one* through
tho wholo evening indu'ged In friv
olities for an Instant? such things aa
the industrial question, tho law of
supply and demaud. and things of tbat
kind ? but confined himself wholly to
such improving topics as styles In
fcosUry, t*.ie manner of wearing noek
tics and OttMMiiHI ?X ? 8M
toa Transcript
A SEBMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT D SCOURSE ENTITLED*
"CUORIf YINO THE KAThER.'1
hy th* ?.V. !>,. h, Mc.
trod, of Brooklyn, H , ? v.~ We (?>
ftluke <i?a 1U*J, %V? C4? M?k? (g?
iioipe) HtibUu)0?
liuofKLrX, U. V.? -Upon hi? return to
bU i>ul|>i t from his vacation, the Kc-v l>r
Ihomaa t. M,Uodl I/Mtor of the Clinton
A venue Congregational Church, prvsehJH
?it <'l<M|u?nt Merman #ur.d.?y morning on
' OI01 ifving I he Father." The tSt
LvVri )?"V Xk;8: "Herein ?3 My
Father 'g.orthed that ye Lear much fruit
?aid-'* >e Aly " 1)r ? McLeotj
Mow vital, dear friends, or? $11 New
/'omrVi*"r ^r^hbtion' ljf ? ehjponl
. 1 v I?*tttme??t with the eth
^teaching , or religious teaching of J i
other book? m thi? respect, and you are
smip.y astonished. There is nothing me
ilianieaj in them, nothing formal, nothing
n*t.t.i tonal -every process i? * proctsa ol
I "<llUw ,'(>r OMii, or for men to
fuller f?!l 2 ,Uve Al,rillia'? H.eir
j itnCT. Religion 10 not a matter ot who ?
tii. in 4 Aneeatorft it is 11 tnAttei' of
what .i mart Inmkeir it.. Jesun has given u*
!v ,'i *7 *e',te,,0? 1,18 entimute of the
? .?' ? of 1 c' ,tlaim that i? bated on de
?(rc'"t> heredity, on nocial prestige, when
H? *Hy* that God could rais? up, or make
children, unto Abraham out of the very
r 1 ro.ad?i^' concern that
,!f ,Lk^. ' w,|*'ll't eonie* to the matter
pL,? JCT'i" tVheli,<>t' ? u,ari id & living
tl n,'^' *l?e hed*c/ though
fhp A??j? ?C ? n^'er* ?r T9K*> 1,1 W,)ith
the stake occurs, jtoe* not make the stake
a living tuing. The ljne of (ieilcent in
winch a man _ stands, nor the social posi
tion he occupies, nor the church of which
he is an attendant, or a member, is noth*
?g. 1 he man may after nli be nothing
better tlian a dead stake in a lteilg^j
mr, hii? W a $** h,an? a <in? man
?ocialiy , hfligioualft politically? one of the
best of men as men went? came to Jesus
to mak6 inquiry on the subject of religion.
He was Reverent and devout and respect
ful And courteous and Cultural And learned
a Under injl loLcht* of i|,(? people, a lec
turer 011 ethics, but when it came to reli?
f?ion, <Je*!UH Haid to that man. "Y<? must b<t
Horn again.- i iie vitality 01 the represen
tation we find in the New Testament reli
;,on is it* life; "( have come that ye might
abundant! ,c """''t have it more
And so of l.^st*. Nnt simply of the ren
resentatiOns nr description* of religion, but
ftU of t fie tests, the Vew Testament testa
t4 tHigion. llow nrc wc lo kndw thAt tve
f10 ,lv"l* W>ri?tian?t Tl0\v Aro wo to
tor .1 V' ?r8 '"'c Christiana?
U hy, the New lestainent puahes uh up to
the point of urgent belief, and insisU 011
it, that the tent in fruit, not leaves, not
lowers but fruit, and that fruitfulness is
the only essential thing that shall triumph
under the test . .Jesus may endure barren*
ness outside ot the chuieh, but lie cannot
enditrc it inside nt the ?.'!turch A bramble
in t.t?? woods ift bearable, hut A bramble in
toe Orolia id. that ifc intolerable. ''Rv their
fruits ye ehall know tlieni. Men do not
ptthor figs of thistles or grapes of thorns."
J he iuhii ot (Jod is perfect, iiuitful until
ft. I v. ood works. 1
II uy little Ktrcus .Temis lavs upon those
tests that arc so universally adopted and
applied, and admitted to be sufficiently ad
equate; attendance upon religious ordin
ances, siihicription to creed and statement,
1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 ?> observance of ritesand ceremonies:
He makes nothing of all that, and H?
come!, jo u?; fti^nd?, )us,t as lie cume to
the li unless, leafy fig tree bv the wayside,
searching for fruit, not for leaves, not for
i.ossoiiiK, not tor florescence, not for es
l/iftic ilelight 111 sacred music, not for fond
ling of the literary side of religion, not for
a l> ''en appetite for well <ligestrd and pre.
?en ted truth, but for fruit- fruit, and He
comes up cloaci lo us, friends, than any
?v , s'- ????? ?onie than our dearest mid
r.( a rent can come for, iltter nil. these ran
ftoe only nutside ttbpearances. lie sees real
ities. I hey kee things that i??sh for good
works in us, born, it may be, of wicked
ambition or ol self-conceit, ife sees riaht
jlovvn into the centre of the soul, and He is
l"olcing for fruit. What shall lie find in
bra..* hef ''"e '"ru't ol' leaves, or just bare
'I lie test is fruitfulness. Now that ought
to he an easy test to apply, and it surely,
friends, is a site (est to apply? ipr j-ou antf
me to app.y to our own selves. Iliit then
* >,?e one may say, "Well, what constitutes
fruitfulness? I am ready now to lay bare
my soul before (Jod; 1 am rcadv now to go
?town on my tan- before tiod atid apply the
test; I am ready now for heart-searching
sn.I to measure myself by this standard,
, want to know what constitutes
fruitluincss. "What are the fruits that
Jesus expects and that 1 am to look for
and by which 1 am to measure myself?"
W by. the J)ib> is simply full of that. It
has net the whole thing so plain, and so
fully, and so variously that a wayfaring
n an though a fool need not mistake as to
what fruit fulness in the Christian life is.
an yiv, I)leA8C(J are the poor in spirit."
,om? "ow; >ve arp examining ourselves
about the fruits. "Blessed aro the poor in
Mont; liles*f?d arc the meek; blcsxcd are
the merciful (the good hearted); blessed
are the pure in heart; blessed are the
peacemakers; blessed are they who have
not simply a relish now and then, but a
hunger and a thirst after righteousness?
ncht.ness. These are the fruits that the
< hint inn man is expected to crow in his
character.
Au apostle pays, the fruits, or the fruit
ol the spirit, is love, joy, long suffering,
I'atience, meekness, faith, temperance. The
truit that the Christian i.s to develop, that
will be developed, that Jesus will expect if
there he lite? love ? t he heart of all poor
ness - love to (Jod and love to man. ' \V'k?
jovcth not his brother whom he hatli seen,
how shn.I Ijie love (.Jod ? how can lie love
Whom ne hath not seen?" Fruit i lo\e
rV,oy- , .?v fellowship with Ood; iov i:i
fellowship with believers; joy in service
and ministry. I.ovc? joy ? peace. Content
nit nt of mind under a.l circumstances; the
harmony of conviet'on, of thought and af
lection. Lon^ suffering ? patient endur
ance not only in affliction, but patient en
durance of wrong and provocation; and
jneeknf?s and temperance and a'l tue rest.
hat does fruit fulneis mean? It means
simply the development or sli* li t??n t of
character that will approve itself to Cod.
But this growth of character <!ocs not ex
hnust the expectation of Christ co'icerning
us. It does not exhsust the fruit which
the ( hriatian has to bear. There is other
?Vi 0i1' '""V' passage af?iin and von
will see IhaMhe IciVir r\l It ha? to do with
fenowsliio? fellowshi.i with .testis, fellow
jhip in Ilis. purpose to redeem this world
iHjin bin. .Tesns is no f (hir.kinff altogether
oi the cood 11 i.s disciples are to get through
fellowship with Ilim, but He is think i ig
also of the pood which I lis disciples arc to
tin 1 11 rough fclh>w?hin with linn. Not alto
gether of what His discirlcs are t^ receive,
J|"t what TI-is d sciples r.re to achieve.
'' except the branch abide in the vire it
brinccth forth no fruU. If yc abide i i M>
an I My words abide i.i you, ye ? hall bring
forth much fruit.
OK friend-, we limit t'ne rinf of the
v, nt i.*>? iu;i li.e. nntl orr hearts nn?l Minds
are so set upon getting, get tine, gctring ?
enjo> ing. enjoying, enjoying? tnat we are
j.eat to tho wordj of Christ concerning do
ing. doing, doing. Apart fron the vine the
branch can bear tp* fruit: apait from the
branch the vine Oan.iot bear fruit. And
here, friends, wc come up to ?omething
that outfht to bring you and me very lowly
letore (>od. Lowly, not so much with the
tense of mortification and penitence; but
with a kind of exultant joy. It befiu u i to
cc*v;eaa a our dependenca upoa Cluiat,
but hti$ *? hive Cktut it/ifmjog ttuJU
pendejiee o m us. Marvelous thin*! The
branch oennot bear of Iteelf txvtpt it abide
in the vine," anil the viae cannot b?*r
iraU iHtfcoat tha bHtocHtf: Thl Apostle
raul put* that thought in another form
wht?n be says: "Ye are the body of Christ,
and members? each severally ? members of
that body." Apart from tha body the
member* parish. There ia no power in the
hand, no yUion in the eye, nd.poWr in tha
Mr id hwtr th* vmc? cf God apart f rom
the body, We are the body of Christ i mm
are the organization through which Christ
works; w? are the organization by which
Christ builds up Hi* kingdom on tlui earth.
W? art tha panda w Christ. Chri#t wants.
Christ desires to feed the hungry, and
clothe the naked, and visit the sick, and
budd homes for the homeless, and open
prison door# for t hose in captivity, nut
supposing the hands of the I?ord he par
alyzed, how cm> He do these things? We
are the voief .of Christ. Christ wants t>>
publish abroad to tlie end of the earth the
message of God's love and the way of no
vation, but if the voice be silent, now can
He do it?
We talk about the meicv of God having
no limitation. We talk about the bound
less pity of God. and we do well, but the
pity of Oot\ and the mercy of God have
their limitation*'. Not according to the dis
torted Calvinism which Out father* believ
ed, God's mercy is infinite; God's pity is
boundless: His love extend* to all men?
that we believe; in that declaration wc
glory; we count it the very flower and cor
onation of our relijfion. And yet God's
mercy is limited. His compassion is bound
ed, His pity is shortened by us~by us. Ac
cording aa we are willing or unwilling is
the limJtlWMtiV1 ')t thc,tyv<? of God,
Let us tage a homely illustration. Here
is a friend?a man whom you have always
known, a classmate it may be in school, an
associate in business? and he has fallen
upon evil times and everything that be
spent his life in accumulating ia gone. You
are rich, you are perfectly able to put that
man on his feet again: to give hint a sec
ond chance and another start; you are
GodV elected tninister , tor thai purpose.
But yod don't do it. God is kindly dirf;
posed io that man; God would help that
man, and He has put you in a position to
help him. You are His hands; you are
God's ministering agency, but you limit
God'* goodness, don't you?
God is very pitiful, very pitiful. Ricl\
men can feed poor men, but they don't do
it. No manna falls from heaven to feed
t }?o"c poor JhvJii Yho" starve. Ood is
wondrously pitiful, amf there are strong
people who are perfectly able to help and
comfort weak and sickly people, but these
sickly people (lie for lack of help. Noniin*
isterirtg angel comes down to cool their f??
ver and heal them, tlon't ydu see that we,
God 'a hand, God's voice,, the branches an<\
twiga of the vine, limit the lruitfulncs^ of
the vine, limit the power of the Almighty:
"Herein is My leather glorified, that yo
bear much fruit, so shall ye be My disci
ples." Friends, J^ha thought ia appalling;
it oppresses me? vlThen I look at that
from one side 1 ain terrified to think that
the thing that God wanted done yesterday
is not done through my neglect.
And yet. there ia encouragement here for
ii? all. Apart tronl the Vimi the brdnclt
withers; it can do nothing. Abiding in th#
vine, the branch bringeth forth much fnlit;
and we mav abide and we may glorify our
Father. Glorify . Ilun. t Make Him shine
with radiartce and neatity in the.feyert of
man. Make God manifest. Wc can make
God real; we can make the gospel sublime
in the eyes of those who arc living without
it. We can so tell the story; we can so
live our religion; we can so manifest the
gracp of God in our lives; we can so let
our light shine that others? our neighbors
and. friend^, ,<Jur. ehildroii .and relatives?
snail glorify our Father in heaven.
Cod Only Is Perffii.
Perfection, in every absolute sense, can
not be found among men ? it abides only
with God. Man, at his best, is not free.
An heir of immortality, he is imprisoned
into time. Candidate for sainthood, he
has a heritage of sin and corruption from
the generations of the past. Called to do
all thing* through God strengthening hint?
he finds that the Spirit irt Willing but the
flesh is weak. Countless perils, minafce th<1
voyage of the perfectionist. Presumptuous
sins often have dominion over him, when
he thinks it is not robbery to he equal
with God and share with the absolute the
attributes of divinity. Spiritual pride
lends him to moral ruin when he is per
suaded to forget the hour of prayer be
cause of his conceit that with him eve rv
breath is ft prayer. The Man of Nazareth
was so far from tlild vanity that Hfi spent
whole nights in communion ivitli God oii
the mountains and in solitary plaecs apart
from His companions. The perfectionist,
again, is deceived when he materializes the
things of God, by asserting for the saints
below an earth'.y empire over disease and
death and by claiming a part in the politi
cal rile of the quick-coming Christ in a
uiillenial reign at Jerusalem.
Increasing God's Opportunities.
?ome o:ie has said that "each human life
is another opportunity for Ood to display
His grace and power." So ifcjis, aid the
thought will grow upon you as you medi
tate upon it. Just think, "I am God's op
portunity!" Isn't it wonderful? Isn't jt
glorious? When we look at others whom
God has richly bleared and honored in ser
vice we can sec how it is. but do we ever
think of ourselves as God's opportunity? ^
Every one that responds to God's call,
"Come!" gives God a larger place in the
world.
Every one who obeys Cod's command,
"Go!" assists God in gaining a larger place
in the hearts of men. Every regenerated
heart and life is a new garden in which
God plants l'is seeds of love and grace, a
fountain out of which flow constant
strcans f{ healing power.
Take it home, dear youn.j friend, and.
pay to yourself, "I on God's opportunity."
lie that an 1 your life will become unutter
ably grand and your experience unspeak
ably sweet. ? A. W. Spooncr, D. D.
Oi.o Tiling Wc Can I>o,
Each o.ie in tiny given place has a re
sponsible share in every other's good work
in that place. In some things we do our
part wit i our hands; in other matters we
do our part with our hearts. What the
Apostle John taid about evil deeds is as
true of good deeds: "He that givcth him
greeting partaketh i.i his ? ? ? works."
I'y our well wishing we become partakers
in what others do. John said the sam?
thing in the next Epistle: "Wc * ? ? ought
ta welcome such, that we nay be fellow
workeffl." What we speed on its vfay, and
what we we 1 cone our hearts when we
hear of it? in a. I this we have a share
How wide reach.jig, then, are the opportu
nitica of even the most seclqdefl! Ho\
great is the work in which even the leas,
van be engaged! As we hail any ^ood in
coming, or speed any ?ood outgoing. w?
enter into the prophet ? work, and sha
!*ce?va a prophet's reward. i<et us tak?
heart and do our share.
Kver Onward nn<l Upward.
We arc commanded to l>e perfect, to
love God continually, to rejoice evermon
aid in everything to give thanks. An.
reason is in accord with revelation in en
joi ling this duty. Man's pathway is eve,
onward and upward. larger and seeming
ly infinite possibilities of future achieve
ment invite him to press on with unweary
ing footstep.
IboH on Trial. _r
these masterpieces?" asked a tour
i?t in a Florentine gallery, adding, ' I musi
admit that I do not sec much in them my
self." "These picture*, sir,'* wag the ao
?.wer, "are ?ot on trial; it is the visitor*
who d?c on trial.'* It ia the critics who ar.
on tiialf jaot the Scripture*.? New York
Qbssrver.
The Ivors' of the Irish AntT-Emlfra
tlon Society, an organization formed
last year, do not appear to have been
attended with rnurh success. The emi
gration from the south and west of
Ireland, from which the outflow chiefly
takes place, has shown no sign of dl- |
mlnlahiog. In 1900 tho emigration
through the port>)f Cork to the United
States amounted to 27,105; In 1901, 22,
450; in J903.-33.440. and 1908. >4.413. F?r
the eight month of the present year
the llgniei ?re 18,6(9, wkVe for-ife* ?*t
reepondiqf eight ^nonthn of iMt year
the rlttinf 17(TW.
Cattoibaiisaf ?s>Y>e&rs to be bnknow
amon* the lower animals in a state <
nature. In India some instances c
i.nakoa devouring one another ha\
been collected, but It haa l?een pointf
out that in every case citcd the snak<
vf re of different apeclee. This, it
declared, it no more an act of can nib
lam than the devouring of a field asov.
by a rat. Unqoeetloaable ra*alballf
?aa noted some years ago U a L<ond
roenaserie, when a python at* aaotl
of 1U own kind, but this .was vnder t
unnatural conditions Irapnaed lijr life ?*.
ifWlll^.
Th# Woman AcroM 5ea,
O. her Up* ?*>r* red and her akin wai
This woman acroaa the ten.
And ahe loved a roan, aye, ahe loved a
man, tr
Am only a true Meatlia cans'
But the frown of fate wee on her plan,
Thla woman acroas the aea.
b. the aayi Were ion# that he called her
aweet.
Thla woman acroaa the aea;
And ahe loved the duet at hie very feet,
? Thla woman across the sea;
For hi* gktn v.aa fair and hta eyes were
frap,
And lie laughed In hli careieaa, -foldlc#
way.
And told her tales, on soldiers may,
Thla woman acroa4 the eea. t
No prleat came there to bless frer Jove,
Thla woman across the sea;
Hhe thought him true as the star* above,
Thl.1 woman, ,n$r/)ii' the aea;
But he went away alio fHi# waited long,
And crooned to hi? child a mothof-J?n*;
Ana worked and tolled und thought no
wrong.
This woman acre?sa the aea;
O, the roan she loved forgot her name,
This woman aeroae the aea;
Forgot her face, forgot her shame,
Thla woman across the aea;
For h*? routed with one of his fair-faced
kind-- .... ....
lie's hound to her wKli tleo that bind -
So he laughs at the one that he left be
hind,
This woman across the sea.
? Kobert V. Oarr, tn 8t. Paul Dispatch
FITB narman*ntly cured, No flta or nervous*
Dees after Drat day's uaa of Dr. Kline's Great
KerrnKftatoror.Vjtrial bottleaud treatise f rea
I )t. R. H. KhtixM:; Ml A^ Bt.o PWIa,, Pa,
In Pari* last year C628 persons tvori
cremated.
Piao'aCure for Consumption la-\n Infallible
medicine for oou/ns and colds.? N. W,
Hamuki., Ocain <>rov\ N. J., Koo. 17, 100J,
The earliest money was in the form of
animal'it skins.
' ' - ? - ? ?-?" ? ? - -iiii
Qlrls In Successful Whalfc Hunt;
A great whale huut in Nestling Bay,
Shetland islands, came to an end the
other morning, after having lasted
twenty-fo??r hours. The whales, wh'.ch
numbered about sixty iinfl tvere from
leu to t weuty-S v? feet In length, cii
tered the bay. Next day a number of
boats went out, their crews armed
with guns and other weapons. Thero
was a scarcity of hands, owing to
most of the men being away at th?
fishing, but girls volunteered in lar*e
numbers, aiid trbin Melt" boats kept
the whales from escaping by thrtfwlo^
stones. Forty whales were In turn
driven near Bhoro and either shot or
harpooned.
Hock*.
The mnn of substance was proud to
bo mentioned hi connection with so
high nn office, but he would licit brt ft
ca lulMatP.
'?This rock," lie exclaimed, pointing
lo a great gionite bowlder, "shall fly
from Its tir tn base ns soon lid mine "
\ Here the committee of notification
withdrew, perceiving that their mis
sion was hopeless.? Puck.
Fsirar 6 df Oint'inots For CV.*rr'j Tilit
* ('drttrild rdtSrcjLify,
r.s mercury will surely doitrdy fc'dd sealed!
smell ;?ud completely derange tlio wliole sys
tem w;?oa ?nterin.j it through the mucou i
surfaced. Such articles should never bo uss I
exoept 0:1 proscription fro:n reputable pay
ticiaus, as fie dam ago tuey will do is tea fold
to the good yo.i 0:1:1 possibly derive from
them. Ilall'-j C;U?rr i Curo, manufaoture I
by F J Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, O., contain?
no meroury, and |? takon Internally, ootlu ;
dlrootly upon tno blood and muuoussurfaoet
of thosyste:n? In buying Hall's Catarrh Cur >
be sure you get t>lie xoiiuiuoj It is taken in*
tern illy, aiii made i;i Toledo, Gala, by r".
J Chonoy ic Co. Testimonials free.
Kohl by Druggists; price, 75>?. por bottle.
'lake Hall's Family I'lils for constipation.
I,abt>r-9nvin|j Hand Orjjani.
Labor-saving devices have got to
the hand organs at last, snys the New
York Sun. In one of the iales.t, in
stead of the organ man turning the
crank, he presses a button. Tbo music
plays on till he releases his linger The
music Is sweeter than that of other or
gans and it can be beard blocks away.
' FIBROID TUMORS CURED. 1|
Mrs. Hayes* First Letter Appeal
ing: to Mrs. Pinkbam for Help:
" Deak Mm. Pinkiiam : ? I have been
under Boston doctors' treatment for a
long time without any relief. They
' tell me 1 have a fibroid tumor. I can
not sit down without great pain, and
the soreness extends up my spine. I
have bearing-<U*wn paina both back
and front. My abdomen Is swollen,
and I have had A >wing spells for three
years. My appetite is not good. Ican
not walk or bo on my feet for any
length of time.
"The cymptoos of Fibroid Tumor
| (jlren in your l.ttlc book accurately
1 lescribe my ease, so 1 write to you for
i advice. " ? (Signef) Mns. E. F. IIayes,
.J53 Dudley St. (Embury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Hayes* Secomd Letter:
?* D*ar Mrs. Pinkh am : ? Sometime
sgo I wrote to you describing mr symp
toms and asked vosr advice. You re
plied, and I followed all your direc
tions carefully, and to-day I am a well
woman.
"The use of L.ydljt E. Pinkham*a
Vegetable Compound entirely ex
pelled the tumor and strengthened my
whole system. 1 ean walk utiles now.
"Lydia K. Plnkham's Vege
table Compound la worth- five dol
lars a drop. I advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to giveltafatthfnl
trial." ? (Signed) Mes. % F. Hatm,
*52 Dudley 8t. (RoxburV). Boston, Masa.
? #5000 forfait If cf mSo*& Utter* jrm toff
cmnmyt W pro4ttt$4 )
On tht TrtK Uu*SSrti:
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m4 I wl ?? tut I km gettw wn
cooUbft wrt of JTMT iHckM tWw a*r MtNT
jMHttdtthulwiwir
A. J. TOWER CO.
t wtmm,
TOW** CANADIAN
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A VOIOC PAoMJHB P?ULPiT.
Her. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 SixtA
Fond Du f.ao, Wis , Vrenly
1 **rlar? rl^rgjrman, My?: "I had ?t?
t?ck< of kldnr) disor
ders which wep! uxt In
(he ijoiiFf for days at a
time. nimble to do any
thing. t 1 suftfft-d
hardly bo told.
Complication* B(rt Ui,
the panloulai * of
which 1 v. Ill he pleased
to nivc in a persona!
interview to any <>m>
who r??<ju)r s Iffonnn- i
tlon. 'i'lt's I can con- J
scfeniion.sly say, Doan'* j
Kidney IMIIh caused n |
jieneral Improvement
lii my health. 'J'hey j
brought grei;( relief i?y leiwniw},' tl:o j
pain iind correcting i !>?.? ?*<l i??n of the 1
kidney secretion*."
Doait's Kidney :ue for s;ilc l?y
nil dealers. IViee/ f>0 cot. is. l*'ostor
Milburn Co., lfurral , N. V.
^UF.E?
"What did Noah live 6rt who?i ? J? o
Hood subsided and hia provisions lt?
tno ark wore exhausted ?" asked '43
Hunday school teacher of her class.
I "I know," squeaked a little girl af
ter the others had given up.
' WH), what?" In.(|i]lred (he teacher.
"L>ry iarid;' - November ldppincott's
Pride makes tho cross ri cf-nshlng
weight. . 8 .. 4 i.
PEKSONAUfY CONOVCttW
TOVR
TO THE -:j^
WORLD'S FAIR,
flo tJember 10 , t90 f r :
Simm AIR LINE RAILWAY
' ? MP
The SoaboAid Air Lino Ry, i
noun <?( ? fh#ir la?t personally condi
??(! c- ii u tho '.Vorid'a Fair on Tht*
iIh.v. Not ember it/th, leaving Hal*
at I p. in.. Wilmington at 3.10 p.
C'hiUloUO ?t 7.2f> p. m. CouuwtfQO
will ho mailo from all other points (ft
i lie State. Through borvlce will bt
arranged from ~.yi33m
Wilmir^ton, Charlotte and
Ralfldh*
'i'/ilb/Tf ihu )ai-t Mpoolal (rain of th$>
ti. ns off to tho World's Fair, and ?p+>
chil low rates will apply from
point* oii the Seaboard and its connot*
tl< 118.
Thio paitv will bo in charge of frf,
icpresontatjvo of the Seaboard, whor'
will look after ib*> comfort and pl6M?
tiro of ih<; party and arrange tor tbatp v
to goi located at hotolH, or boAHMftfets
hcusoa, whore tho party may tfeair#
to slop in St. Louis. 'J'lie routo ?e*
le;t?'d is one of tho prettiest in tlW>
South, i. e., via Atlanta, Chattanoog%!
Nashville and Cairo, III.
For < ircwlrtrs and p ample t.s, apply
to
C. H. GATTI8, T. P. A.
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CAMOT
CATHARTIC
lUAf
Wdtjd,
regularly yoti ife i{eM> Conitlpailon kill! more people than *11 other dlscaees tc-fetner. ??.,
???rtii enronJe ailment^ *hrt font years of differing. No mutter what olla you, eta/MaWn*
CA8CARET8 today, for you will r>e*tr get well tr.d itav well until you get your wm I#
"fnt, Take our adrlce, etart with Cascarete today under absolute guarantee to cvtC ft
money refunded. Th<s genuine tablet stamped C C C. Never gold In bulk. Sample ??*
booklet free. Addreaa Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or Now York. 5??
liONARClI STUMf PULT.EK.
Will pull ivfoot Htump without
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?oljnt* addre*? MONARCH
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Eg Mil I C *tunc* y?u will find H I j you*' ?
tt nlLLo interest lo correspond with"
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? - ? of Cameron, N. C. M?nuf*c^ 1
turrr? of CORN MILL6 from th: f?rftou?>~
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ropsys
Removes fill swelling in 8 lo 79
<!aj 5 ; effects n permanent ctir#
in to to 6>??iay?. treatment
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Ami all nfhrf form* ?>f Malm J a *ro *pc#'llly cored ky
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? \ CHARLESTOt^,S c. Si S
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HoMoroBllndHorseiK^iX^ic.
ton Kyai, h?-tj Co., lowBi'lty, li.,bnnioi*i
A "Hnccemi" Training School.
Golcloy Co lira# is a Iluslnret ?nd Sborttt
Solium (Inn liutkfM a special!? of tralnittf
?turientft for "BrsiSEeBHUCCESS.* 1??(|
tiatea with two firm*. Btu<:<q}Ja from 1
vIh to Nrvr York. Write for catalogue. Ad/"
'jollify College, 11 ox '.WJV, Wilmington, !
W. L Dauglaa mm/ram and aef/t moro man' a S3. BO (
?ftp? than any othar manufaaturar In tho world.
The reaaon W. K Douglas fft.f-0 alioes rto the Hreatost pollers In tlie world Is because of tiMtr
lent atyle. easy flttln* ana wearing qiialltle*. If 1 could show jruii the difference betwaw
ab??s made In my factory and thmm of ether niakesand the high-grade loathem u??4. you would *
Ktand why W. I.. honglas $fl *0 ?hi>e? cost mora to make, why they liolil their shape, tit hotter,
longer, aii<1 are of greater IntrlnnW^-alno thun any other fs.to sho-a on '.he market 10 day. and wl
?ale a for the year ending July/1, ITO, $ilfi(llO4().0O.
\V. L. Itouglas gunrnntee* their value l<y stamping hU name and prlco on Ike bottom. Look I
take no substitute. Sold by Jihoe dealers everywhere. . : ?.?!S2
SUPERIOR IN FIT, OOMFORT AND WEAR*
hart ?rn W. Oottotai W W ihoei for the last ttetlve yean tcith atoofult
Ztfflartl?k< ,/ the r?> interior in It I. rnmf. tI <i?.i '? ??'? ? " ? '
W. L. DoukIkh
bo the finest Fi
FREE to BOYS!
A COMPUTE ruOTBftLLOUTfll, .
WORTH $3.00 /
( -ens ?? In It cf ? pair O I
lnt?rCl,ii? gl4!, (ootblll'
rants. i*rW*t
flu* quality worsted belt, and .
k THK IIAM'KKHnilUl'S TO SFI 1 TllUflT *00
w iicn ?ol?1 ?e:id i? t,t e money anil toii will
S M nr? tae or mpletc f.vithslt cuflt FHRF w?
?J? I.VY A I.I, KXIMIKSH fir\l.nt?KFiJi*
r?e^r? |
PRE
name ?n<1 l-r<? at onec
L0 Moynft Hand
/
W Rotltr Bkate*.
F Fountain P*n?
Boiini GIotr>
~w?ub??. tto^
OTHER PREMIUMS
All Wool Sweater*.
Roll*
Two Beautiful Dolls.