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, HI II I I ~ '"the pulpit. AW ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. ST. CLAIR HESTER. Subject: The "Witness of Good "Works. Brooklyn, N. Y.?At the annual Guild service ill the Church of the Messiah * the rector, the Rev. St. Clair Hester, preached on "The Witness of Good Works." For the text he chose 1 Feter ii:ll: "That whereas they speak against ^ you as evil doers they may by your good works which they shall behold glorify God." Mr. Hester said: The value to Christianity of the evidence of good works cannot be gainsaid or withstood. It speaks for itself and with a power and effectiveness no words can have. In the presence of such a demonstration of its truth, arroimonf oHvovtisomunt PYJllfw! flllitilS UU?V4UVV*UV..M eloquent commendation are beside the work, are not needed, are of small use and minor importance. A great ship steams in from the sea and we may view her as she lies still and quiet in her berth, but upon her decks and sides there are signs of the rough voyage, upon her prow and funnels is the salt thrown there by the high breaking waves. Men may say of her she is too large, badly proportioned, improperly constructed, her machinery is not of the latest pattern; they may crticise and accuse and point out defects, but there is no denying that she has plowed the surface of thousands of miles of deep water and brought her precious cargo of freight and passengers safe and undisturbed to their destination. This symbolizes in a way the position of the Church of God in the world today. And it describes after a fashion, too, the singularity, the unique prominence of the Christian among the all sorts and conditions of men constituting what is known variously as society, the Dublic. the bodv politic. Xever mind what the world may have or find to say against you, my Christian friend, if you do well, this well doing disarms suspicion, gains the mastery over falsehood, silences misrepresentation and supplants enmity with good will. If your works be good you do not need to have recourse to eulogy, notoriety-seeking or noise: the world has need of them: men have an instinctive respect and appreciation of everything conducive to the common benefit, they will win their way, they will secure their place, they, the works, not yon, will exact deserved recognition. A tree may be despised and spo. ken evil of. but if the fruit be healthful and sweet pleasing to the taste, a Change in the estimate of it is sure to coma By their fruits ye shall know them is a true principle which calumny and envy cannot down, and from whose righteous judgment there is no appeaL be. .ferer m mis text was wxiung tu Christians an<l churches existing: in Gentile or foreign countries and among ' peoples of heathen religions. Their lot was anything but pleasant, their safeI-' ty anything but assured. The Christrans of those early days were commonly accused of being disturbers, innovators, mischief-makers, of being lawbreakers-and traitors to Caesar, of being atheists and blasphemers of the popular idolatry. Because the popular hatred of them they were compelled to meet secretly, to exclude outsiders from their places of worship, and this led to reports that they indulged in "wild, obscene orgies. Because of the phrase ""drinking of the precions blood" used in connection with the communion service, it was said that they killed Infants and drank their blood in their private assemblies. They were under constant suspicion and surveillance. Their enemies were ever on the alert seeking to discover faults and inconsistencies. to uncover them in some wrongdoing. St. Peter hopes and believes that this close observation of the lives of the followers of Christ may lead to the undeceiving of their VliUlUW its W IUCU uuc tuaiavtu, <tuu that from this better understanding there may come a disposition to Inves- j tigate, to Come closer, and, finally to I embrace their holy religion. He is con- J fident that prejudice aside and knowledge in its place can result in only this ?its glad and willing acceptance. What an opportunity then in view of these circumstances and what an inducement to live exemplary lives? that others, even their bitter enemies and severest critics, might be brought to know the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom He did send. The apostle's counsel is to this effect?be true to thy cause and to thy God, be good and do good, not merely because it gives you peace of mind and joy of soul, not merely because it is to jour highest and best interest?this would be looking on the side of self only?he eliminates all selfish taint from his counsel by putting emphasis upon the educative effect of Christian conduct upon the sentiments and convictions of hostile and heathen neighbors. This is your chance, he intimates; this the means?your good works?impress them, win them, help them, in this way, by this means. All these considerations, this motive, vnAAnc ova /\f rwAOAn f mnmoitf HUCtC uicauo cue vc cceoeui uiuuiem, of up-to-date interest and may be of present application. Though living in a nominally Christian age and land, practically the Christian is still surrounded by an envious, evil-speakiug, backbiting world. They who are not with us are as critical, as watchful, as eager to find wherewith to accuse, embarrass, expose as ever in the days of the apostle. Not only our own souls.: not only our morals and principles are j in our keeping, but the safeguarding | and growth of the church, thespurifica-1 tion and moral uplift of society, the putting down of iniquity and sin and yes, verily, the Christiauization of the | home, the family, the community, the I city, the salvation of the world. Every Christian is as a city set on a hill?not to be hid?and men will be won to Christ in proportion as each and every Christian feels a responsibility for the " unchurched masses, for those not in the Good Shepherd's fold, and just in proportion as each and every one comes up to the measure of his responsibility. Translated into modern application. the apostle's meaning to you and | me is this: "?cu Christians, so regu- j late your desires and take account of , your ways that your life will he 1"?- [ coming ~nd worthy of your calling, ami! thus the heathen, the indifferent, the j estranged and prejudiced people around I yon, prejudiced against Christ, wit I be prepared to receive the Gospel when 1 ft is urged upon them." We may try ! in a thousand ways to roach thorn, to interest theic in religion, to Christian- j ize the masses, the institutional church, the annual dinner or reception, the | church congress, the revival and tent and out-of-door service, the musical service, ornate ritual, eloquent discourses. scholarly essays, novel features ad infinitum, but the things that j count more than any of?tliese, than all ! these in impressing the world and J gaining adherents, in making converts, | is the example, the daily life and con- j versation of the individual Christian. 1 Gospel preaching must be supported ; and attested by Gospel living, churcn j going by Christlike service during the J work days. The ungodly often set up 1 a higher standard for the Christian : than the Christian for himself. It is j the world's unconscious tribute to holi ness. This standard exacts excmplifi- | cation of righteousness, self-mastering, j kind consideration for others, self-de- i nial. self-sacrifice. They watch with j an eagle eyc^or any infringement upon i or deviation fro u this standard. "When the Christian goes wrong there is a j triple wrong done to himself, to the j cause he represents and to those who look up to hint for an example and a ; leading toward a godly life. And by a i godly Lfe I do not refer to a mere neg- j ative form of goodness?i. e., absti- j nence from all the sinful desires of thi ; fiesh?only this and nothing more, j We must endeavor to make our con- i duct attractive and winning, especially j when wc take into account or have dealings with those who are unfriendly 1 to Christianity. We oftentimes have to do with Christians who are curt, ! crusty, severe, unkind and disagree- ; able in word and manner. We should i not be surprised to hear the remark, 1 and we cannot but sympathize with it ; when made with reference to such j cases: **If this be Christianity, I pray j thee have me excused. I want none of it." In order to do our part there must be j not merely a refraining from what is ! unbecoming and contrary to the Chris- ! tlan profession, but there must be a positive showing and shining forth in ! kindness and love of the divine life we j feel within. Not only correct lives, out | beautiful deeds. In accounting for j what had impressed and convinced and i converted the world we must give high j rank to beautiful deeds. The history ! of the Christian Church literally teems 1 with them. When the pagans deserted ( their near relations in a plague and ' left the afflicted ones to die like dogs. ! Christians came and ministered to the | sick and dying. When the pagans left j their dead unbarred after a battle and i cast their wounded into the streets. ' the Christians hastened to relieve the , suffering and give the corpses decent i interment. Wo have had some very conspicuous ; and very sad examples recently of men j high in position and the confidence of ! the community, placed there largely j because they were Christian in name i and by connection, proving themselves ] to be utterly deficient in such a funda- j mental and necessary virtue as com raon everyday honesty. Bank presi- i dents and cashiers and even boards of I directors have not hesitated to specu- j late with other people's money intrust- ' ed to their keeping and they have been ; found out only because they, had lost ; all they could beg, borrow and steal. Because of the frequency of these de- ; falcations the Controller of the United ' States Currency felt impelled to speak i in the plainest terms to the National : Bank Cashiers^ Association, at its meet- j ' Al ? TIa * lilt? UlUtfI U<t4>- lie uceiui vu vu??v < outside speculation was the cause of the .sxeatest number of bank failures, ; and he characterized speculation as the . greatest financial evil of the day. He ; asserted with great emphasis that no man should be allowed to hold a man- 1 agerial plaee in a national bank who ! engaged in outside enterprises for ! profit to himself rather than the bank. He intimates that the temptation to j double dealing in such a case is hard ; to resist. Why if the impression be- i comes general that a Christian is not j to be trusted, instead of breaking down ; the prejudice tjiat exists In evil minds I against Christianity and the church, it { will be added to and there will be not only prejudice but detestation and de nunciation and what's more, it will be . deserved. j The stress and strain and endeavor j j seems to be only for money and power ; 1 and position and worldly -uccess, as If [ these were the only things needed, as ( | if getting these means getting all that j is wanted. Bnt. men and women of I Christ, be not deceived or diverted j from the things m<^e necessary and 1 more desired. The world's need, the ; longing of every man. woman and child ' on earth, the longing of your heart and j mine, is for love, sympathy, kindness, i j The Christian is the only one profess- j rtKiifro+o/j hv hie vnw to minis- i 1JJ?} AUU vv?* - _ ter to the universal human need. The ; world, however evil-speaking. men, ; however distant and critical, look to us, j expect us to help them. If we. the,* servants of the Most High, fail them, j there is no help. In the name of the Lord Jesus, beloved, let us do and do ; our best, to build up the good and the : beautiful and the true in the hearts and i lives of men, and thus transpose the ' enmity, hatred and scorn of the world j into a higher and sweeter key of praise , and glory to God. It will mean joy .and j gladness to ourselves, life and grace j to others who know them not now, i and honor, high and worthy honor, to the Father in Heaven. Wh?t We All Need. Woman's most pressing duty is to endeavor to utilize the waste ?waste time, waste opportunities, waste of all ! kinds?for there is nothing more sad or tragic in this world than the waste j that goes on all around us. I do not mean waste of money?for waste or ; money is one of the smallest kinds of waste?but waste of life, which is far j more important. To use one's life: to use it to the full; j to make the best of it?in the old phrase, to be a faithful steward; that surely is the great need for us all, j whether we are men or women.?Scot- j tish Reformer. k I Arrears Fall Throucl Sufficient for each day is the good thereof, equally as the evil. We must ;do at once, and with our might, the -J merciful deed that our hand tindeth to , do, else it will never be done, for the j hand will tind other tasks, and the ar- | rears fall through. And every uncoil- j summated good feeling, every unful- ' filled purpose that His Spirit has j prompted, shall one day charge us as j faithless and recreant before God.?J. . H. Thorn. 1 I a Brittany Wedding Feast. Mile. Anne Marie Guvnamani, daughter of the Mayor of Serignac, } has been married to M. Blanchard, ' a solicitor's clerk, at Poullaouen. ac- j cording to the rites of their native j Brittany. Over one thousand guests J < were bidden to the rejoicings. They ; sat down to the feast in a field belonging to the bride's father. Tables had been" built in a simple way by digging trenches. The diners sat on one edge of the ditches and the meal was served on the other. Fires were lit in the middle of the field, at which ' seventeen bullocks were roasted, be- ! sides a dozen calves and a score or so j of sheep. The service was easily j managed by relatives of the happy j pair, driving round the field in hay- j carts and filling up the plates as they ! passed.?London Telegraph. All Africa Appropriated. By the King of Italy's award re- , specting the Anglo-Portuguese fron- ; tier in Barotseland (Northwestern Rhodesie) the last piece of land not definitely appropriated in Africa has. been disposed of. The new Anglo-Portuguese boundary is formed by a line following the Kwando River from the Zambesie to J the 24th meridian of east longitude j and thence along the meridian as far ; as the 13th parallel of south latitude, following that parallel until the Con- < go Free State frentier is reached. London Mail. I i Tco Cordial. King Usc?.r 01 sweaen naa a curiuus <. experience a short time ago, while i visiting one of the principal towns | in the south of his kingdom. The town was brightly decorated through- j out, but the best-decorated house was i a large building, and outside it was . hanging in large letters, "Welcome, ; Your Majesty!" "What house is that?" asked the king, of an attendant. "The town prison, your Majesty." 1 "I appreciate their loyalty," he said, ! "but really it is a little too cordial!" ! Penny Pictorial. FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervous- j liess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great 1 NerveRestorer,$2trial bottleand treatise free Dr. R. H. 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" t* L'ommorciftl Enterprise* Are Making < Heavy Drain* on Tlii* t'atnons Miivrl'lw<-e? lis Tr< nienclous Electrical l'ow * ' cr the Inducement. Niagara Falls, August 7.?The vol- ? lime of water being diverted from the historic Niagara Falls is reaching such proportion* that the people of the State * are trying to pass laws which will pre- < vent the possibility of a practical wiping out of this sublime natural spec tacle. Water sufficient to develop nearly | five hundred thousand horse-power j continuously, twenty-four hours per j day, for industrial purposes, is now he- > ing taken from the river above the j Fails, and further developments re quiring more water are contemplated. ! Probably the largest user of the elec tricity produced by the waters of the j mighty river is the concern which hv : the five or six thousand degree lieai of the electric furnace brings lime and j coke into unwilling union, thereby pro- ! dneing what is known as Calcium Car- j bide. Dry calcium carbide is lifeless as so much broken rock, but in contact with ! water it springs into activity and be- ! gets abundantly the gas Acetylene. The light resulting from the ignition of acetylene is the nearest approach to sunlight kuown. These facts, though of comparatively j recent discovery, were soon seized by J men with an eye to the commercial ! possibilities and to-day calcium carbide is being shipped everywhere and used : for dispelling darkness in buildings of ; all descriptions, from the ordinary bam 1 of the farmer to the country villa of j the wealthy, as well as for lighting j the streets of a large number of towns, j Acetylene can be easily and cheaply i installed, and the manufacture and sale j of acetylene generators has become a i business of recognized standing, has ; assumed large proportions and is stead- j iiy growing. ANCIENT LONDON CHURCH. | ??? All Hallows in the Wall an Interesting j Relic. All Hallows in the Wall is one of : the London city churches which have j a special interest for the antiquary, j because adjoining it is a piece of the j old wall of London. The church itself, : however is not a thing of beauty or m- j terest. Dance, Jr., who built it in ! 1765-67, not having been exactly a j great architect, says the London i Graphic. The first church that stood on the J site, its north wall probably resting, as the present one does, on the ancient j wall of the city, was built, it is said, in the eighth century, the city wall being then 500 years old. Later the church, of course, became Gothic, and an old print shows it as a small building with two aisles and a low tower or timber. Old Stowe evidently thought little of it, for in his survey he merely mentions the fact that the church is called "Allhallowes in the Wall of standing close to the Wall of the Citie." After mentioning some monu- | ments.of his own period, and the fact that the bounds of the parish contain no great extent of ground, and are "needless to be spoken of," he ends his brief account by recording the fact that "Mr. Andrew Geneway, the parson, used him there very kindly." The New View of London (1703) says that the church was of the Gothic and Tuscan orders, and "not having been consumed by the late fire, is not so beautiful as those "that are wholly j new erected." The really interesting ' part of the church is its vestry, which j is formed of one of the bastions of the ! wall, and from which a flight of stairs I leads through the north wall of the i church into the pulpit Now there is exposed a part of the j Gothic church of All Hallows in the | Whll which is not mentioned by the ! guide books, old or new, so far as ! the present writer is aware. In New Broad street behind the church, that is to say, beyond its north side, a row of nine fine old eighteenth century houses is being demolished to make way for new offices, and you can walk right through any of them and obtain a view of the north side of the church. There, in ruins, but of exceeding interest and high picturesqueness, are some considerable remains or appar- i ently the fourteenth century architecture of All Hallows. I ?? * 4 His Strenuous Finish. "Yes," said the sad-faced young man in the smoking car, "I'm out of baseball for keeps. Why, in my first ' game this season they got onto me in j the third inning and pounded me all over the field." 'Oh, you shouldn't let a little thing like that discourage you," replied the hardware drummer. "Many a good pitcher has been up against similar ! 1 luck." j "Yes," continued the victim, "but, ' < you see, I wasn't the pitcher; I hap- " pened to be the umpire."?Chicago , Daily News. i FEMININE SUBSTITUTE. 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