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ESTABLISHED 1888. §1.00 PER YEAR. MACEDON. N. Y., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1893. VOL. V. NO. 50. TO REMKCE FAITH. REV. DB. TALMAGE TELLS HOW ItMuyBeDono. Belief isEnsilyDostroyed By a Plain \Way o f Bombarding Everything That i s Saored . '•What p. plly he is pointr there!\ snid m y frieixi, a most uIstinRuishod (jenernl of th e Ermv. when ho wa s toiil that tho reason for my not lielni; present on a celebrated da y in Brook y n was that on that day I had sailed forthe Holy Land. \Why do you say that?\ inquired some one . My military frl-n.I re plied, • Oil. he will bo disillusioned when ho pets amidst tho squalor and commonplace scenes of Palestine, and his faith will bo shaken in Christianity, for that is often th e resu t. ' Th o groat general misjudged th o ca«e. I v.- nt t o th e Holy Land for tho on e pur- pos \i Imvin™ m y f.ilth strengthened, and that w s the result which came of it. I u all oar j* . rni>yins, in nil our reading, i n all ou r as-ne irons. In all our plans, augmentation rather than the depletion of our faith should beii.r chief desire. It is easy enough to hav. our faith destroy.*.! I can jrlvo vo u a rceip for its obliteration. Head Inlldel bo-A-s- ha\v lone; and frequent conversations \With --ki piles, attend the lectures o i those nnt.i.-o:ii»tlc to religion, Rive full swine; t o some bad habit, and your faith will be s o co'iipetclv iron\ that you will laugh at the idea that yo u ever hudanv. If y.u want to ruin jour faith, you can d o it n.r r i-isllv tlrm vo u can do anything else. Alter li-lli-viii,' lb \ Bible all my life lean see a plain w-iy by waich, in -c weeks, I could eulls' r v voice and pen riu-l heart mi 1 head and • mire nnurv in the bombardment or th e Script ur - and the . li.. -cli and all I now hold Faere-1 That it is easy to banish soon and forc\-rall n *-pect for the Bible I prove by the ...ct that so man y have dono it The y were leit p irlieularly braiayuor had sp'-elal fore-o'will, but tlinys-o thoroughly tieeo'u- E l.'-bi I the overthrow of their faith that they ave no more idea that the Iiible is true, or that Christianity amounts to anything, than they have in th e truth of the Arabian Nights' Ent'-rta nments\ or the existence of lion Qu.x^te s \windmills.\ They ba\ e destroye I their laitb «•> thoroughly that II.ey never will have a r 'turn of it. l-'uty revnais of riligion may sweep over the city, tlie town tin- neighborhood when they live, and they will feel iMtuiug but a silent or «\|.reused di.scnst Tie re are pi r- sons in ti .s house to-day wlio 20 years n-jo gavi up tlc-ir faith, an 1 I ley will \nc\ r re sume it Th e Ida\!; an 1 deep toned bell of doom lianas over their head, and I take th e hammer m' that bell, an I 1 strike it three times uit h all m y might, and It sounds, woe ' wo e ' w.»« ' 1 'lit iry wish, and the wish of mr-t of you. Is the prayer e\pro-,eil |.\- the disciples of Je-us ( nrist in the words of my test ••Lord, iuerease .nir faith \ The lirct aiode of accomplishing this is t o study tin Iiible its-lf I do not believe there is ait inlMi 1 no w alive who has read th e Uihie through. Hut as c i l-nportant a doeu- • meat nee Is to be rea 1 at least twice through in ord r that it may he thoroughly under stood an d read In coui~c I now offer flOft reward to an v luildel who has read the Iiible throiigj tw|c» and rea I It ineouric. But I enniiut take such a man's own w.ird for it, for then is uo foundat.oa for integrity ex cept tin Bible, and the man who rejects th e source ot truth bow can I aeeept his truth fulness? So I must have another witness in tho ease before 1 give the reward I must have th e testimony of some on e who lias seen Imi read it all through twi- •. In'M'l.-i llsh in this Iiible for ineolier -ncies and contradic tions and absurdities, and if you llnd their Bible you will seo interlineations iu the book of Jonah and some of the chapters of that unfortunate prophet nearlv worn out by much use. an lsome parts of I I Samuel or I Kings you will llnd dim with linger marks, but th e pages which contain the Ten C\>mu:and- ments. and tho Psalms of lJavid. and the ser mon on the mount, and the book of .folin th e Evnuu-elist, will not have a single lead penu l etroki in the margin, nor any lluger marks showing frequent perusal. The father of on e of tho Presidents of th\ United States wa s a pr»nonu<-cd in'ldel I knew it when many vars ago I accepted his invitation t o spend the night iu his home Just before retiring at night he said in a jocose way, \I suppose you IT.- ueeusto ned to rea I the IJIblo before going to bed, an d here is m y Bible from wai'-h to read \ H e then told m e what portions he would like t o have me read, and he only asked for those portions o n which h e could easily bo face tious. \ on know yo u can make fun about any thing. I suppose yo u eouldtakothe last let ter > our father or mother overwrote an I llnd something In th e grammar or the sp dllng or th e tremor of th e penmanship about which to bo derisively critical. Th e iuternal ovldence of th e truthfulness ot tho Ulide is s o I mighty that no one man out of the l.GOO.OD'i,- i 000 o( tho world's present population o r th e vaster millions of th e past ever read th e Blblo in course and read it prayerfully and I carefully, but wa s led to believe It. ' John Murray, tho famous book publisher , of Edinburgh, an d tho intlmato frleu I of i Southey, Coleridge, Walter Siott, Canning I nnd Washington Irving, bought ot Moore. | the poet, tho \Memoirs of Lord Byron,\ an d they wero to bo published after Byron's death. Bu t they were not lit t o be pub lished, although Murray had paid for them S10.000. Thut wa s a solouin conclave when eight of tho prominent literary people ot thoso times nsscmblod In Albemarle street after Byron's dooth to decide what should be dono with th o \Memoirs which were chnrgod an d surcharged with defamations and indelicacies. Tho \Memoirs\ wero read nnd pondered, an d tho decision catno that they must bo buruod, and not until tho last word of thoso \Memoirs\ wont to ashes did the literary company separate. j But suppose, now , all tho best spirits o' I all ages were assembled to decldo tho fate of I tho Bible, which is tho last will on 1 testa ment of ou r Heavenly Father, an d these I memoirs of ou r Lord Jesus, what would bo I the verdict? Shall they burn, or shall they [ live? Th e unaulmous vordiet of all Is, \Le t I them livo, though all else burn.\ Then put together on tliootherhnnd all thedebauchees 1 and profligates and assassins of th o ages, | and their unanimous verdict concerning the ' Bible would bo. \Le t it burn.\ , Mind you, I do not say that all inildols nro , immortal, but I d o say that nil tho scrape- graces and seouudrols of the universe ugroo with them about tho Bible. Let mo voto with thoso who believe in tho Holy Scripture Me n believe othor things with half tho evidence required t o boliovo tho Bible. Th o dis tinguished Abner Kneeland rejected th e Scripture an d then put all his money Into an enterprise for tho rocovery of that hocus poena \Cnptoin Kidd's treasures.\ Kneelund's faith for dojng so being founded on a man's statement that ho could toll where thoso treasures were buried from tho looks of a glass ot wider dipped from tho Hudso n Bivcr. The internal evldenco ot tho authenticity of tho Scriptures Is s o exact and so vivid that no man, honest an d sauo, enn thoroughly and continuously arid prayerfully read them without entering their disclplcshlp. S o I put that internal evldouce paramount. How urc yo u led t o boliovo in a lcttor yo u re ceived from husband o r wlfo o r child o r frleu 1? Vou know tho handwriting. Yo u know tho style, l'ou rocognlzo th o senti ment. Wlion tho letter comes, yo u d o no t summon tho postmastor who btampod it , and tho postmaster who rocoived it, and th o let ter earner wh o brought it to your door t o prove that It i s n geuuino lcttor. Tho intornnl evidence settles it, and by tho samo process you can forever settlo tho fact that th o Blblo Is the handwriting an d communication of the infinite God. Furthermore, ns I havo already intimated, wo ma y increase our faith by the testimony of others. Porhnps wo of lessor brain may have been overcomo by superstition o r •cajoled Into an acceptance of a hollow pre tention. So I will this mornin g turn this house into a courtroom nn d summon wit nesses, nnd yo u shall bo th o jury, and I no w Impnnol yo u for that purpose, nn d I will pu t upon th e witness stnnd men whom nil th o world acknowledge to be stron g Intellectually and whose evldenco in an y other courtroom would bo incontrovertible. I wdll not call to tho witness stnnd any minister of tho Gospel, for he might bo prejudiced. There are tw o ways of takin g nn oath i n a courtroom. One is by putting tho lips to tho Blblo nnd tho other is b y holding up th o right hand toward heaven. Now, as in this case it i s tho Blblo that Is on trial, wo will not ask th e wltuess t o put th o book to his lips, for that would implytli.it tho sanctity and divinity of the book Is settled, and that would be begging the question So I shall ask each witness t o lift his hand toward heaven in alTlrmntlon. Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of tho su preme court of the United States appointed 1 y President Lincoln, will take the witness stand. \Chief Justice Chase, upon your oath, please state what you have to say about the book eommonlv called th o Bible.\ Th o witness replies • \There camo n timo in m y life when I doubted tho divinity of the Scrip tures, and T resolved, as a lawyer and judge, I would try the book as I would try anything in the courtroom, taking evldenco for nnd ngalnst It was a long nn d serious nnd pro found study, and using th e samo priuclples of evidence In this religious matter as I al ways do In secular matters I havo come t o the decision that the Bible is a supernatural book, that it has come from God. and that the only sifely for the humau race is to fol low its teachings.\ \Judge , that will do . Go back again to your pillow of dust on the banks of the Ohio.\ Next I put noon the witness =tand n Presi dent of the ratted States—John Qulncey Adams. Presj lent Adams, what havo you t o say about tli- Bible au 1 Christianity?\ Th o President re. ie= . \ I hav • for many years made it a pr.i 'ti t o rea 1 through the Iiible once a year My custom is t o road four or llvo chapters every morning Immediately after arising <rom my bed. It employs about an hour of m y time an d seem s l o mo th e most suitable mnuu-T of beginning the day, Iu what light soever w e reg'ird tho Bible, whether with reference t o revelation, to his tory or to mor illty. It i s a n invaluable an d Inexhaustible mine of knowledg e and virtue.\ Next I put upon th e witness stand Sir Isaac Newton, the author of th e \Priueipla\ and tho gr-atest natural philosopher tho world has ever seen \Sir Isaac, what have you to s-iv concerning th e Bible?\ Th o philosopher's reply is. ' W e account the j Scriptures of Lui to bo th e most sublime philosophy.\ N» x* I put upon the witn 'ss stand tho en - ehnnttre'iit of letters, si r YS alter Scott, and [ waen leak hi n what he thinks of the place that our grc it book ought to take among other honks he rfp'l\S \There is but on e book, an ! that is the P.ibl- \ Next I put upon the stnn 1 th e most famous geologist of ad time. Hug h Miller, an elder of br Guthrie s rrc»'jterlan church in Kd- In'mrgh, and 1-' iraday an d Kepler, and tiioy all testily to tile same thing. They all say the Bible Is from Cod. an d that the mightiest influence .'or good that ever touched our world is Christianity ••Chancellor Kent, what d o yo u think of the Bible.'\ An-wer • N o other book ever addressed Itself s o authoritatively and s o pathetically '\ the judgment and moral sense of mankin.1.\ j \Edmund B'ir.;e. what d o yo u think of the i Bible 1 '\ Answer \I have read the Bible ] •nornlng, noon and night, an d have ever | since been the happier an d th o better man lor such reading.\ Ni xt I putunon the stand WilliamE. Glad stone, the h\-i) o i the English government, and I hear li--, saving wlni- he said to me iu Jauuury of lv.io, when in reply to Ids tele gram. \Praycm- 1 to Hawar len to-morrow,\ I visited him. Then and there I asked him as to whether iu the passage of years his faith in the Holy Scriptures an d Christianity wa s on the in-rease or docre vs>, an d ho turned upon me witii an emphasis an d enthusiasm suehns no on\ WHO has not conversed with him can fully appreciate an d expressed b y voice and gesture and Illumined countenance his ever inerens-ug faith i n God nnd the Blblo and Christianity as th e only hope of ou r ruined world. \That is ail, Mr. Gladstone, we will take of your time now, for. from the reports of what is going o n i n England just now. I think vm are very busy \ I The sulphurous graves of Sodom nnd 1 Gomorrah have been idenfllled. The re- j mains of th e t^wer of B ibel have been 1 found. Vssyrian -'o-u.r.ents lifted trom the j sand an i Behl-tun in-eription hundreds of feet high u p on tho rook ecio an I re-echo the truth o' Bihle hisi-ory Th e signs of the time Indicate that almost every fact of th e Bible from lid to lid will flu 1 its corrobora tion in ancient city dlse'itomlie.l, or ancient wall cleared from til * dust oinges. or ancient doeunr-ut unrolled by arelueologlst. Before the world rolls o n a s far Into rhc [ twentieth century as it lias already rolled Into the nineteenth a n Infidel will be a ma n who does not believe his own s Mises, and the volum\^ now critical an d douunchtury of the lliblp, if not entirely devastated by th e book-worms, will be taken down from tho sh'df ic- curiosities of ignorance or idiocy All success to the pickaxes an d crowbars and powder blastiu.' of tbo.se apostles ot archaeo logical exploration. I like th o ringing de fiance of the ol I Huguenots t o the assailants of Christianity : \Pouu d away , yo u rends' Your hanmers break, but thoiinvil of GoJ's word stuii'ls.\ How won lerful th e ol d book hangs to gether It is a iibr irv made u p of 66 ho i ;s and written by at least 39 authors. It Is a supernatural iinug that t i\y hive stu •< to gether. Take th e writings o f any other 39 authors, or auy 10 authors, or an y 5 authors, azd put them together an d ho w long would they stay together? BOOKS of \elegant ex tracts\ compiled from many nutnors ure proverbially short lived. I never knew on e such book which, t o us e th e publisher's phrase, \hnd life i n it\ for five years. Why i3 It that the Bible, made up of tho writings of at least 89 auti'Ors, has kept to gether lorn long\ lino of jenturlos when tho natural tendenev would huvo been to fly apart like loose sheets o i paper when a gust ot wind blows upon them? It i s because God stuck them together an d keeps them to gether. But for that Joshu a would have wandered off in on e direction, nnd Paul into another, and Ezeklel into another, and IIi - bakkuk into another, an d th e 39 outbors in to 39 directions. Put the writings of Shakespeare and Ten nyson and Longfellow, o r an y part of them, together. Ho w long would they stay to gether? No book bindery could keep them together, But the canno n of the Scripture is loaded no w with th o sam o nm munition with which prophet nnd npostlo loaded it. Bring mo all th e Biblos of tho earth into onoplle, nnd blindfold m e s o that I cannot toll tho dlfTcreneo between dny an d night, nn d put into m v hand an y on e of all that Alpine mountain of sacred books, an d put my finger on tho last pugo of Genesis an d let mo know It, and I can tell yo u what is o n tho next pago —namely, th o first chapter of Exodus ; o r whllo thus blindfolded put m y finger on th e Inst chapter of Matthow an d lot mo know It, and I will toll yo u what is o n tho next pago —namely, the first chapter o t Mark. In th e pllo of 500,000.000 Bibles there will bo n o exception. In other words , th e book gives mo confidence by Its supernatural adhesion of writing to writing Even the stoutest ship sometimes shifts Its cargo, and that Is what made our peril th o groater in tho ship Greece of tbo National line when tho cyclono struck u s oh\ tho coast of Newfoundland, an d th o cargo of iron had sblftod ns tho ship swung from larbonrd t o starboard, and from starboard to larboard. But, thanks bo t o God, this ol d Blblo ship, though it has been i n thousands of yoars of tompest, has kept its cargo of gold and pre cious stones compact an d sure, and in all tho centuries nothing about it ha s shifted. Thero they stand, shoulder t o shoulder, David an d Solomon an d Isaiah an d Jeremiah and Ezo- kiol and Daniel an d Hosea nnd Joel nnd Amos and Obadlnh nnd Jonah nnd Mlcahaad Nahum an d Habbnkkuk nn d Zophnuiah an d Haggal an d Zeohnriah nn d Malachl and Mat thow and Mark and Luke and John and Paul an d Petor, all thero. nnd with a certainty ol bein g thero until tbo hoavons and th o oarth tho creation of which is deserlbod in tho flrsl boo k of the Bible, shall have collopsod, nn< tho white horso of th e eonquorbr. described in th o lost book of tho Bible, shall paw th< dust in univorsal demolition. E y that tr o mondous fact my faith is re-onforcod. Tho discussion is abroad as t o who wroti thoso books of tho Blblo callod tho Penta. touch, whether Moses or nilklnh, or Ezra oi Samuol, o r Jeromiah, o r another grou p o: anelents. Nono of thom wroto it. God wroto th o Pentateuch, nn d i n this dn y ol stenography and typewriting that ought nof t o h e n difficult thing t o understand. Th« groat mcrelmuts nnd lawyers, nnd editors an d business me n ot ou r towns nnd cities dletnto uenrly all their letters; they 011I3 sig n them after they are dictated. The prophet an d evangollst an d apostle wore Johovah's stenographers or typewriters. They put down only what God dictated; h« signe d it aftorward. H e has been writing Ills namo upon it all through tho vicissitudes ol centuries. But 1 como to the height of m y subject when I say tho way t o re-enforeo our faith is to pray for it. So tho disciples In my text got their abounding faith. ' Lor J, increase ou r faith.\ Somo on e suggests, \Do yo u really think that prayer amounts t o any thing? \ I might as well nsk you. is there n lino of tolegruphlc poles from Ne w York t o Washington, is there a lino ot telegraphic wires from Manchester t o London, fro.11 Cologno to Borllu? All the people who have seut an d received messages on thoso lines know of their existence. So thero are mill ions of souls who have been in constant com munication with tho capital of tho universe, with the throne of the Almighty, with th e groat God Himself, for years and yoars an d years. Thero has not boen a day when supplica tion s di d not flush u p and blessings did no t Hash down. Will somo igno ramus, wh o has never received a telegram o r sent one, come and tell us that there is in such thing as telegraphic communication'' Will some one who lias never oTered aprayet that was heard and answered come an d t'dl us that I here Is nothing iu prnjer? It ma y not come as wo expect it, but ns sure as a n honest prayer goes up a nvrclful answer wd l com o down. During tlio blizzard of four or five years ago, yo u know that many of th e telegraph wires were prostrated, and I telegraphed t o Chicago by way of Liverpool, and the answer after awhile camo round by another wide circuit, and so the prayer w e offer ma y come back i n a way we never imagined, an d if wv ask t o have our faith Increased, although it may come by a widely different process than that which we expected, ou r confidence will surely lie augmented. Oh. put It in every prayoryou ever mnko betw 'ii your next breath nnd your last gasp, \Lord , increase our faith\—faith in Christ as ou r personal ransom from present guilt and eternal catastrophe; faith In tho omnipo - j tent Holy Ghost ; faith in the Iiible. thetruest \Glumo ever dictated or written or printed or rend ; faith in ndverso providcnei.s, har monized for ou r best wclfnro; faith i n a judgment day that will set all tlilugs right which have for ages been wrong Increase our faith, not b y a fragile ad dition, but by an infinitude of recuperation. Let u s do as we saw It done in the country while w o were yet i n our teens, at th e ol d farmhouse nfter a long drought, au 1 th e well had been dried, and th e cattle moaned with thirst nt tbo bars, and the meadow I brook had eeasod t o run, an d th o graS3 withered, and tho corn was shriveled up , nnd on e day there was a growl of thun ler, and thon a congregation of clouds o n th o sky. and then n startling Hash, and then n drenching rain, and father and mother put barrels under every spout at th e corners oi the house au 1 sot pulls and buckets an d tut)3 and pans and pitchers to cateh as • muc h ns they could of the shower. Fo r in : many of our souls there hns been n long drought of confidence and In many n o faith ' at nil. Let us set out all our affections, all ' our hopes, nil our contemplations, nil ou r | prayers, to catch a mighty shower. \Lord ; increase our faith.\ j I like tho way that tho minister's widow ' did i n Ellsha's time, when, nfter tho family j being very unfortunate, her tw o sons were I about t o he sold for debt, and she hnd noth* 1 lug In th e house but a pot o f oil, an d n( ', Ellsha's direction sh e borrowed from bet neighbors all the vessels sh e could borrow, and then began to pour out tho oil Into those I vessels and kept on pouring until they wero all full, and sho became an oilmorchant with , moro assets than liabilities, and when she 1 cried \Bring mo yet a vessel,\ tho nnswet came , \There Is not a vessel more.\ S o let : us take what oil of faith we have and us e it | until th e supply shall be miraculously multi plied Bring on your empty vessels, an d by • tho power of the Lor 1 God of Elisba they . shall bo filled until they cau hold uo more ol jubilant, all Inspiring and triumphant fnlth. What a frightful time w e had a .few iluyi ago down on the eoa«t of Long Lsland. when ' I havo been stopping That archangel o tr>nip\st which, with its awiul wings, swept the A' anti iast from Florida to Newfound > land dlil not snare our region. A fe w miles away , at .soutnaniptou, I sa w the bodies ol four me n whom tin* storm had slain an d tht • sea had cast up. As 1 slood there amon g the ib-ad b ) lies I said to myself, audi said aloud , \These me n represent homes. What wil! mother and father and wife and children su j when they know this.-\' j Som e o.' the victims were unknown. Only : the first name o i two ot them was found out —Cliarleyund William. I won lered then and I wonder no w if they will remain unknow n an 1 if somo kiudred faraway maybe waiting for their eoralug and never hoar of th e rough way of their going, I sa w also on e of th e tlireo who had como in alive, but moro dead ; tha n alive. The ship had become helpless six miles out. nnd ns on e wave swept the dec k and weut down ou tho furnaces till I they hissod nnd weut out the cry was, \Oh , ' my God, w o are lost!\ Then th e crew put on life preservers, one of th e sailors saying to th e other, \Wo will meet again o u th o shore, nnd, if not, well, we must alt go some time. \ I Of tho twenty-three mon wh o put o n th o | life preservers, only threo livoi to roach th o : bench. But what a scene it was a s tho goo d 1 nnd kind people of Southampton, led o n by ' Dr. Thomas, tho groat nnd good surgeon of 1 New York, stood watching the sailors Strug- ' glin g i n tho breakers. \Are yo u still alive?\ : shouted Dr. Thomas to on e of them ou t i n tho broakers, and ho signaled yes an d then ' wen t into unconsciousness. Who should do tho most for tho poor fellows and ho w t o resuscitate thom were the questions that run up an d down the bench at Southampton. How the mon and women ou the shore stood 1 wringing their hands, impatiently waiting j for tun sufferers to como within reach, an d 1 thon they wero lifted u p an d carried Indoors and waited o n with as much kindness nn d wrapped as warmly as though they hud been tho princes of the earth. \Are they alive?\ \Are they breathing?\ \D o yo u think thoy | will live?\ \What can w o do for them'' j wero tho rapid and intense questions asked, | nnd s o much money was sent for tbo cloth- J lu g nnd equipment of the unfortunates that Dr. Thomas had to makon proclamation that 1 no more money was nee led. In other words, all that day It was resuscitation. : And this is the appropriate word for u s this morning ns wo stand and look oiT noon this awful sea of doubt an 1 unbelief on w ilea hundreds are this moment being wre. sed . 1 Some of them were launched by Christian | parentage on smooth sens and with promise for prosperous voyage, but a Yoltairecyeloiie struck them on one side, an d a To m Paine cyclone struck thom on tho other side, an d a bad habit cyclono struck theai on all side3, and they have foundered far away from shore, far awa y from God, and they have gon e dow n or nro washed ashore with no splritu .! life loft i n thom. But, thank God, thero nro many h-ro to day with enough faith loft to encourage us in tho effort at tholr resuscitation. All h 111 Is tothobenchl With a coutldence 111 Gal t ia: tnkes n o denial, lot us lay hold o. tae.u 1 Fetc h them out of tho braakers! Bring gos pel warmth undgospe l stimulus aul goipil life to tholr freezing souls!* ltdsiLsjltatio.i.' Besuseitation I SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB OCTOBER 1. Lesson Text: \The Power of tlie Gos pel,\ Romans i., S-17—Goldoa Text: Romans i., 16— Commentary. QUAIJfT AXD CUBIOUS. 8. \First I thnnk my Go d through Jesus Christ for you nil, thnt your faith i s spoken of throughout th o wnolo world. \ Our last lesson i n th o Acts found Paul nt Rome preaching Jesus t o nil who cam o t o him , but from verses 11 t o 13 o f this lesson It i s evi dent thnt ho had no t n s yo t boen i n Romo whe n ho wroto this epistle. H o writes a s a bond slnvo o f Jesus Christ, se t apart t o pro claim th o glad tiding s of Go d concerning tho Son, an d addresse s hi s lettors t o all tho beloved o f God i n Borne, callod saints. B y rocoivlng Jesus wo become saints, Ho becom ing ou r righteousness, nnd this being tho case wo nro thereforo t o livo a s snints. Wo nro not told how th o gospe l was first prenchod nt Borne, bu t ther e wer o at this timo truo be lievers thero t o whom Puul wroto this great oplstlo, omphaslzing i n th o very beginning of it the great truth of th o resurrection (verse 4). Seo ho w fnlth i n Go d glorifies Him, and bo- comes known abroad t o His honor. 9. \For God i s my witness, whom I sorvo with my spirit i n th o gospel of Hi s Son, that without censin g I mnk o mention of yo u always i n my prayers.\ On o of Paul's mottoes wns , \God whoso I am nn d whom I servo\ (Acts xxvii. , 23), an d i t wa s n o out ward service nsnrnnn pleaser (Gal. I., 10 ; I Thess. II., i : Co l ill. , 22) , bu t real heart work a s i n th o sigh t of God. whom ho loved to call upo n as hi s witnes s (IThcss. ii., 5,10). It wa s hi s custom t o pray much forthosalnts In every pluco (Eph. i.,lG;I Thess. i., 2; Phi. 4), an d ho lovod t o bo prayed for (Col. iv., 3 ; I Thess . v. , 25 ; I I Thess. 111., 1). Go d wa s his iutiinnto friend, nn d iiko n little child ho told bis futhor overythln g (Phil, iv., 0, 7). What h e preache d ho practiced. 10. •'Making recpaest, if b y any means no w nt length I might have n prosperous journoy by th e will of God t o come unt o you. \ Out wardly we have soon thnt a s men se e things his Journey wus anything but prosperous, but whe n we considei hi s safo arrival an d th o lives give n him (Acts xxvll. , 24,37) It i s truly prosperous i n God' s sight. Josep h in prison • under a fnlso accunation was a prosperous man, for God was with hi m (Gen . xxxlx., 2, 3. 21, 23). 11. - For I long t o seo you that I may im part unto you somo spiritual gift, t o tho ond yo may bo established. \ H o roponts his long ing an d deslro i n tho en d of th e epistle (chap- tors x v , 23 , xxxii.. 29). H e nt on e time put the Ephosinns In mind of th e words of tho Lord Jesus, how Ho snid. \I t i s moro blessed to give than t o receive\ (Acts xx. , 35), nnd His whol e llfo i s a n illustration of tho jo y of imparting spiritual things. Th o wa y t o bo established i s found i n II . Chron. xx., 20, \Believe In th e Lord you r God , s o shall y o be established.\ Seo th o contrast in Isn. vil., 0, and be mindful o f I. Cor. xv. , 58, \Bo y o steadfast, Immovnblo, always abounding i n the work of th o Lord.\ 12. Thnt is , that I may b o comforted to gether with you b y th e mutual faith both of you an d mo.\ I u writin g t o Philemon (Phi. I 0, Puul said thnt th o communicatio n of faith becomes effectual b y th o acknowledgin g of every good thing tha t i s i n us i n Christ Jc6us. Petor speak s of those whohnvo obtained llko precious faith with us through the righteous ness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ (II Pot. I., 1). Every boliovor knows ho w in- solring is th o faith of u follow boliovor an d ho w refreshing it Is t o moot one who can truly say. \ I boliovo God,\ o r \ I kno w whom I havo believed\ (.Acts xxvll. , 25 ; I I Tim. L, 12). Contideneo beget s confidence Doth In temporal and spiritual things, s o that if i n quietness and confidence wo nro strong in tho Lord (Isn. x.xx.. 15) somebody will get a re freshing 13. \Now I would not hav o yo u ignorant, brethron, thut oftentimes I proposod to como unto you (bu t was let hitherto), that I might havo some fruit among yo u ulso, ovon as amon g othe r gentiles. \ Our purposes may come t o naught, but th e purposes of God will stand an d all bo indue time lulflllcd. Tho ' way of rest, thorofore, in t o place ourselves wholly i n Hi s hands that n e mu y work both to will and t o do . The word \let\ in this verse signifies t o hinde r See R, V. and com pare II Thess. ii., 7. See also Isa. xlill., 13, where On d savs. ' I will work, and who shall let it?' 14. 1 am debtor both t o th e Greeks and to the barbarians, both t o th e wise an d to the unwise.\ H o di d no t take any credit tohim - sell lor preaching th e gospel, but said, \Necessity is laid upon me—yea, wo e is mo If I preach no t th o gospel \ ( I Cor ix. , 16). All who havo hear d th o gospel an d havo re ceived Christ for themselves ar e commis sioned t o make Him kuowu l o others, for it is written, \Let hi m that heareth say como\ (Rev x_\il., 17;. Whether ordained of ma n or not , tney are nrdalned ot Go d (John xv . li>; and are pu t i n trust with tho gospel, which i s t n lie declared, not as pleus- ing nieu, but Go d who trietb ou r hearts ( I Thess. it., 4 1. 15. ' So, as much a s i n mo is, I am ready to preach th e Gospel t o you thut ar e at Homo also. ' \Itemty ' was on e of Paul's watch words. Ready t o every goo d worK, ready t o be bound o r to die , ready t o be oll'ereu u p (Titus lii., 1 . Acts XX!.. 23 I I Tim. iv. , IS). The same word is prominent i n th e Saviour's teachings with special reference to His com ing again (.JIatn. xxiv , 44 ; xxv , 10). If King David's people could say-to nitn, \Thy servants are ready t o d o whatsoever my lord, th e king, shall appoint\ (Ii Sam. xv , 15;, how inuou mor e shoul d w e say it t o our king? 16. \For I nm no t ashamed of tho Gospel of Christ, for it i s th o power of God unto sal. vation t o every on e that bolieveth—to th< Jew first, and nlso t o th o Greek.\ It is callod i n verso 1 th e Gospol of God and ID verso 9 thcGo3pel o t Hi s Son . It i s alsc called th o glorious Gospol of Christ and the glorious Gospol of th e Blcssod God (I I Cor. iv., 4 : 1 Tim . i. . 11), ye t many .preachers to day have become ashamed of i t o r else soem to think i t ha s lost it s power, for thoy preach anything and everythin g but th e good news concerning Jesus . Thoy surely seem to for get Mnrk vlii., 3'. There is n o beueilt from the Gospel unless we believe o r recoivo il (Heb. iv., 2) . and receiving It wo receive Him (John i.. 121 an d thus beeomo tho children ol God. If to-day . a s i n th e days of th e apostles, we gave more heed \t o the Jew first.\ might no t th e blessing be much greater? 17. \For therei n is th o righteousness of God revealed from faitli t o faith, as it is written, The just shall live b y faith.\ Our own righteousness , which is only filthy rags, Is opposed t o th o rlghtoousness of God and mus t bo laid nsldo beforo w e can enjoy the perfect righteousnes s of God. which is Christ Himself (Isn. lulv., 6 ; I I Cor v., 21 Rom. x. , 3 , 4) . Thi s complet e and spotless righteousness was' wrought ou t wholly by Christ an d becomes ours by slmplo fnlth In Him—or, i n othe r words , by ou r receiving I Him (Rom . ill., 21. 22). \Th e just shall live by faith.\—Lesson Helper. Ktiilio's <. uriosity. Whe n the spgct.icula r pro luetion 9f \Nero o r the burniiii: of litime.' ippetticd In this cit j u fe w weeks iyo. a certai n snu-ll Eddie' s i^rucd- mothe r too k him t o se e it i n fullllll- nieuT, of a lunir-standin g promise. While o n the way thither tha t re spectable lady' s (lijrnity wa s hopeless- y upse t b y the innocent Inquiry, \Grandma is that >\eio we're tfoing '.o se c any relatio n t o '2sero, My God, ;o Thee?'\—fWa>.hinjUo n News. WiTEST a parliamentary division ends in a free fight both the eyes and nose are ai)t to have it.- r I t is reckone d that thero are 8,083, - 152 mule s an d nsses i n th e world. More sweet s nro sol d i n No w York, Philadelphi a an d Chicago than i n th e wholo of France . George Washingto n lives i n Rich mond, Va. , t o th o numbe r of eightee n —mostl y colored. Tho mo6t note d lighthous e i n th e Unite d State s i s nt tho Minot's Ledgee in Massachusetts Bay . I t i s th e practico in Indiana t o mak e u p thrashin g circuits, on o machin e goin g t o th o samo farmers i n th o Bamc circuit each season. J. 0 . Kimmol , of Midlothian, Texas , hns foun d i n hi s field an ol d sword, evidently of Spanish make, whos e in scription i s undecipherable. A Canadian rnnrc recently gave birt h to triplets. Tw o of tho foals were about th e sizo of kittens, and tho third was porfectly formed an d of normal size. Tiberius mad e an edict forbiddin g mon ove r sixt y an d wome n over fifty to marry, bu t s o man y petition s wer e presented agains t it b y widowB that it wns soo n repealed . Hong Kong, formerly a little barren island at th e mout h of the Canton river, in China, wns given to th e Eng - lish'nnd is no w covered with ih e ware houses, garden s nuil residences of wealthy merchanth. Tho Sha h of Persia carefully treas ures an heirloo m in tho shapo of a small cubo of gol d literally covereel with Oriental letters and characters. It is said t o have fallen from heaven, during Mohammed' s time. Tho \angr y tree,\ a wood y plan t found i n Easter n California an d West ern Arizona, ca u not bo touched with out it exhibit s signs of vexation b y rufiling its leave s and givin g forth un unpleasant, sickenin g odor. Ever y portio n of tho grapevine is used i n Switzerland, tho stem s an d leaves servin g as food for th e cattle while th o skins, after bein g pressed and wedge d int o round mold s an d then dried, aro used for fuel, burnin g somewhat as pea t does. Amon g th o crown jewels of Englan d in tho tower of Loudo n is kept tho \coronation spoon. \ I t dotes Vroin the timo of Edwar d tho Confessor, 10GG. It is of pure gold, richly se t with gems, an d i s used to receivo tho consecrated oi l used at the coronation. It is sometime s called the \anointin g spoon. \ This is give n as au accurnto classifi cation of th o various weddin g anniver saries : First, cotton ; second, paper ; third, leather ; fourth, book; fifth, wooden ; sixth, garnet ; seventh, wool en , eighth , bric-a-brac; ninth, topaz ; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk an d fine linen ; fifteenth, crystal ; twentieth, china ; twenty-fifth, silver ; thirtieth, pearl : thirty-fii'th, sapphire ; fortieth, ruby; fiftieth, golden; seventy-fifth, dia mond. Paget Sound Pisli Stories. Puge t Sound swarms with fish. Wonderful stories aro told of them , fjo plentiful are the sulmdu that dur ing the season whe n they are runnin g up the streams, it is snid they will rush u p a brook so thickl y ns t o wedge to gether an d form a bridge that on e ca n walk across. I n jumpin g tho falls oi small creeks the y often lacerate them selves terribl y o n sharp rocks. Salm on is th e favorite fish of this country. Eve n th e ladies like them. On e old fisherman dow n o n the wharf told ho w a lady uptow n ha d a pe t salmon. I t stayed i n a certain little cove. Dur in g tho rainy season th e lady woul d com e each da y t o feed it with bread. Whe n sh e woul d start back it woul d swim u p th e watery streets an d follow her home , the n swim dow n again t o its little cove. Very queer fish are caught in these waters. On e kin d is called candle fish. I t is dried an d packed i n boxe s like caudles. We are told th e fishermen use the m t o ligh t their homes, and that at on e tim e all th e boats o n th e Soun d use d the m instead of sperm-oil lamps. By puttin g th e heads of th e fish downwar d i n a candlestick* and lightin g th e tail, which, i n conjunc tion with th e backbone, acts as a wick, it burns like a caudle. The y eat this lisl>, and whe n cookin g it is so fat it fries itself. •':t A 'ffiS Isefoi-c nnd After. He—\Well whnt have yo u there?\ She—\Two of your ol d letters, m y dear.\ He—\Uniph! What's th e first one — that forty-pager?\ She—\One yo u sent m e when I had a slight col d ijefore wo wero married. This half pag e i s tho on o you wrote last winter whe n I vVns very il l • with the influenza. That's all.\—[Ti d Bits . A CUP OFCOFFE-E. Many Ways of Serving the Bever age At the Fair. How Various Nations Prepare the Fragrant Product. Coffee as you liko it; coffee palo as tea, so that you ma y see th e bottom of the cup; othe r coffee black as ink an d warranted t o float a coin. Sout h America, th o West Indies, Eust Indies and th e islands- of th e orient are in a rivalry t o se e whic h can suit the Amer ican taste. A t Jackso n park tho visit or ma y mi x hi s drinks an d g o on n coffee spree. Th e beverage is served pipin g ho t an d there aro man y chances to sample. I n Java, for instance, th o coffee house of bambo o an d plaited reeds holds a central place i n th e village. The visi tor seats himsel f at a tablo on tho cool veranda an d a native takes tho order. H o is a brow n an d chubb y youn g man, bare-footed an d bare-legged, with closo skirt and jacket, bu t h e is undeniably clean and ver y respectful If yo u look at hi m steadily for a momen t ho will smile. Th o cu p of coffee which ho brings po u is of th e American hotel size. Th e arom a is delightful, ond strength is no t lacking. Wit h it h o bring s sugar an d cream. Th e only pe culiar thin g abou t the coffee is that i t is very stron g withou t being at all rank. Yo u d o no t observe tho so- called \twang. \ I n preparing their cofl'eo th e Javanes e pulverize tho roasted grains an d pou r o n cold water, allowing th o mixtur e t o stand for a whole day. In this manne r they ge t the pure essence, t o whic h tho boiling water is adde d whe n th e timo comes to serve i n cups. I n their own homes when the y wis h somethin g unusually temptin g the y ad d ho t milk to tho es sence, makin g a drink bot h strong and rich. Th e Turks, like other people of the orient, grin d th o grains into a floury fineuess, and the n add th e boiling wa ter. Th e mixtur o is pungen t and pow erful, bu t th e ma n wh o hns not learned Turkish way s may ti p hi s little cup to o far an d fill hi s mout h wit h tho' brown and mudd y dregs. I n tho Turkish cafes the coffee is served i n very small cups b y a waiter i n re d an d spangles Hi s trousers hav e as muc h excess ma terial as nn accordio n skirt. H o ma y talk to you i u French , bu t hi s Englis h will be very shak y As Brazil produce s about four-fifths of all th e coffee i n the world it ought to kno w all abou t ranking coffee. Back of th e magnificent governmen t build in g is a canop y built amon g tho trees. Her o yo u ge t a cu p of Brazilian coffee free of charge. Th e after-dinner cups and saucers are decorated with national emblems. An attractive youn g wo man, wh o speak s French , will conduct yo u to a table an d smile i n a gratifiod way if you praise tho coffee. Brazil ians say th e peopl e of tho Unite d States have no t learned how t o proper ly roost an d mak e coffee. At any rate, tho Brazilian drin k is to o rich for tho average World's Fai r visitor. H e takes a fe w sip s an d the n calls for somo ho t wate r t o weaken it. Th o Brnzilian says: \Boas t you r cofl'eo slowly ; turn it constantly an d regulnrly. Tho roast in g is finished whe n tho coffeo has ac quired a dee p chestnu t color. Boast ed coffee shoul d b e kep t i n senled ves sels an d use d withi n throe days. Don' t grin d it unti l you are read y to use it, for it soo n lose s its aroma. Pu t th e powder i n a vessel an d pou r boiling water throug h it , a little at a time. I n this wa y you wil l ge t all tho proper ties which giv e taste an d fragranco t o coffee. Neve r boi l tho coffeo or warm it up.\ Theso rule s ar e followe d b y tho Bra zilians an d th o result is a drink which causes th e expert s t o lift their eyes i n speechless delight . Over at Guatemala , also, fhey have coffee of tha t kin d served under tho trees b y sprightl y Frenc h girls in pic - ttiresquo costume s of yello w silk and (lying ribbons . Tou ma y order tho coffee 6trong o r weak ; you ma y havo it iced or vou may drink a \sorbot.\ This is prepare d th e samo as a fruit ice except tha t coffee is used i n flavoring. It is served i u glasses, with a yello w straw standin g u p from each cup. Th e Guatemalan s like it and tho strangers take kindl y t o i t upon trial. Costa Bic n i s i n th o coffee contest, ft ha s adopte d th o America n method of makin g th e coffee i n bi g nickel- plated boilers . Th o waiters arc Chi cag o girls who carry trays ond say : \On e m th e dark an d drop a waflle o n th e side.\ Thei r presenco rather takes away th e tropica l flavor pertaining t o Costa Kica. Jamaica brew s coffee, on d i t i s very good . In fact, all th e visiting cofl'eo makers know.ho w to prexiaro a dali- ciouo oupfulf and will requiro a com-\*!-\ mittee on awards to smack lon g an d < thoughtfully over each sample befor e givin g an opinion. Venezuela, Johor e an d a dozen other countries whic h grow coffeo have not established kitch ens.—[Chicago Becord. A Xoiv Use for Towels. I t appears from the latest Consular report from Swatow, in Southern Chi na, that among cotton goods th e im por t of towels alono has shown an y im provement. But, tho Consul explains, this does not imply any increased at tention to personal cleanliness o n tho part of tho inhabitants of the district, for tho towels are used for clothing. Th e breadth of tho ordinary towe l be ing that from shoulder to shoulder, tw o sown together will make a coat. Sleeves aro dispensed with, an d ex cept for the armholes, there is non e of that wasto of material which is espe cially repuguaut to the Chinaman, and \,, : whic h tho sizo of his native pioco- \ good s ond tho fashion of hi s . clothes conspire to avoid. Brit ish manufacturers have been warned b y their agents and others '; of this frugal tendency of the Chineso mind; but the loom designed t o tur n ou t cloth of the narrow Chineso breadths requires as much attention as ono giving eloth twice as wide. Thi s leads tho Constd to suggest that th e cloth might be woven so as to b e di visible down the center, so that two pieceB of tho Chinese breadth coul d bo woven at the same loom. S o far tho remonstrances of importers have availed chiefly to affect the lengt h of piece. If a piece forty yards lon g will rnako exactly twelve Chinese garments, on e a few inches less will only produce eleven similar garments, leaving a use less remnant. Thus importers wh o know their customers havo urged that th e piece, though it cannot be wove n t o a given inch, should always excee d tho expected length and never fall short of it. Lastly, tho Consul sug gests that as Chinese garments fit loosely to the figure and can bo trans ferred from one person to another without any noticeable misfit, i t might bo possible for British manufacturers t o turn out goods of the exact size needed for coats, gowns, and th e am orphous pantaloons. He nBks whether these crude garments might not bo pro duced entire and so imported into China.—[London Times. Shoes by a Barefooted Nation. Tho leather and shoe building a t th e World's Fair is a place where on e \ woul d little expect to find a Japanese exhibit. It i s surprising that a peopl o accustomed to go barefooted or t o wear a straw sandal or n wooden clog should bo able within their short peri o d of advancement along the pat h of •»( Aryan civilization to make an exhibi t ' in tho line of mode m and occidental foot-genr. If the Japaneso ha d sen t \\ ; ; over for exhibition samjiles of various \ styles of waraji and zori straw (san dals), of tnbi (cloven short sock) an d V of geta (wooden clog) for tho purpose <•? of inspection and comparison th e $ American peoplo would be much inter- , >Vr ested, but unfortunately thoso articles aro lacking. Instead of such exhibit of th e native foot-gear tho Japaneso have sent over -5, a number of articles to show their • progress. In a sinnll spaco i n th e , x f- leather and shoo building they have o a .\I exhibition Bkins and hides, plain an d ^ colored iu various hides, tanned an d untanued. Natural skins of fox, mar- ^ ten, seal, sea leopard and other ani- 1 .|l', ruals aro there, as well as an exhibit of Ifl leather belting. Tho specimens of fig- '|,'\: ure d leather aro very interesting. Ther e ore pauels, small and large, an d screens of various designs of painting. Thero ore even two framed pictures of water colors on leather, one of whic h ',pt represents a festival or picnic. Be - Ssr$ sides, in show-cases aro quite a large number of pairs of slippers, shoes an d boots , common and fine, of all sizes.^ ,';>'$: syle s and colors. I t is enough, with- ou t invoicing the exhibit, to mentio n irjjf lace, button and congress shoes, slip- per s ond high boots. •£>>!: Somehow one cannot refrain from fooling and expressing astonishment ^''^ at this exhibit. An expert, uudoubt- , i'M odly, would bo able to pick flaws; bu t a common mon cannot help wondering ,'3^ at tho imitative power, the ingenuit y an d tho artistic taste exhibited i n this;'a^ littlo display. I t expresses in small space the determination of the. men of <S*«&v Nippo n to stnnd with tho now eiviliza-S ^^j tion.—[Chicago Becord. ,. $ MAv? Mr. Hnnkinson lifted tho girl's little.;?;^ brother 111 Ins arms and tossed hi m np*^ in the air. \Sny Ireuo,\ cried out;^^ Johnny , after this performance nad^JjMj bee n repented several times, -'ho's go t a little place ou the back of hi s head-^^j v justice*m y china saucer!\ An d th\etf;^f||i| M r 'jHaukinson pu t little Jolinny^i^V.;* down. . , , : &&f^ g£V;. •••• A 1
