THE CHARI OF RELIGION. Dr. Takatfe Styt It lll■■l■■tes and Bri(bteu the Lives of Mea sad Wmkb. ItAltiM Is Saawtsr IS Ibc Crystal l«

ifopjTiiht. tan.)

WAUUKGttw. D. C.—The cUno of an Lifted reHaion is by Ur. T»lm««e in this * dhuirmted and commended; tb xrriii. 17, "The rrjstal cannot

i of the osnition.

•ext. Job •mu it.”

Many of the precious sU

Bible lure come to prompt —-—, hat for the present I take up the less valuable crystal. Job, in my text, com•err* savins wisdom with a specimen of - Uni An infidel chrmist or mineralogist would pronounce the Utter worth more than the former, but Job makes an Inteliicoat comparison, looks at religion and them looks at the crystal and pronouttMa She former as of far superior value to the latter, exclaiming in the words of my texk •'The crystal cannot equal it.” _ *fow, it is not a part of my sermonic deaiga to depreciate the crystal, whether it he found in Cornish mine or Hsrr Mountain er Mammoth Cave or tinkling among the pendants of the chandeliers of a pal-

lUl is the star of the *

eardrop

ural history there it” no liege more intereating to me than the page crystal!omabk. But I want to show you thst Job was right when, taking religion in one hand and the crystal in the other, he dedared that the former is of far more value and beauty than the Utter, recommending it to ell the people and to all the ages, - ^eeUrin*. ‘The crystal cannot equal it.

irk that religion

I remark tl

*» £ ,,

is superior to the crystal in caacincaa. That shapeless mass of crystal against which you accidentally clashed your foot ■ * ’ * * ‘—w than any

Jrtnely _ has mathematical

ougb

£. Z Z3;'SZL£ md it U a rhomboid or

it U a rhomboid or in s

A mathematical timirc. Now, reli| beats that in the simple fact that spirit

more beautiful than mate

management of the world ei

___*nd the cycles. His providence never

itcrial p'“S

es ought to be oblique, nor they ought to be vertical, our life arranged without. - ' .take. Each life

n at the right tin

tile_ right time.

_-it tune,

>. There are no eoV' in our theology. H I Uua was a slipshod universe I kin despair. God is not an An-

■ccsusi. taw, order, symmetry, precision, a perfect square, a perfect rectangle, a perfect rhomboid, a perfect circle. The edge of God's robe of government never fra/a out. There are no loose screws in the world's machinery. It did not just

>n was attacked with ino so that he became

day. It did not just that John Thomas, the mission-

ary, on a heathen island, waiting for an outfit and orders for another missionary

received that outfit and those orbox that floated ashore, while

nd the crew that carried f r heard of. I believe in a

r piur,deuce. I believe God's get saay be seen in all our life more beaut fully •>—

rorld’a happen that Kapol indigestion at Be * 'mt for

4qur, received that outfit i

doe in a box that floated asnore, wnuc She ship and the crew that carried the box -I— i—~i _c i kpUj— i

eG

life

_i cryatallography. Job . right. ‘The crystal cannot equal it." 'Again, I remark that religion U superior to the crystal in transparency. We know not when or by whom glass was first disco vend. Beads of it have been found in the tomb of Alexander Severus. Vaaea at it are brought up from the ruins of Herculaneum. There were female adornment! made out of it 3000 yean ago— those adornment! found now attached to the mummies of Egypt. A great many commentators believe that my text means glass. What would we do without the crystal—the crystal in tlie window to keep •at the storm and let in the day, the crystal over the watch, defending its delicate machinery, yet allowing us to see the hour; the crystal of the telescope, by which the astronomer brings distant worlds so near

he can inspect them?

Ob, the triumphs of the crystals in the celebrated windows of Houcn and Salisbury! But there is nothing so transparent in a crystal as in our holy religion. It u a transparent religion, koutput it t« your eye, and you see man—Kis sin, his soul, hU destiny. Yon look at God. and you see something of the grandeur of His character. It is a transparent religion. Infidels tell us it is opaque. Do you know why they tell ns it is opaque? It is because they are blind. "The natnral man receiretn not the things of God because they are spiritually discerned." There is no trouble with the crystal; the trouble is with the eyes which try to look through it. We prey for vision. Lord, **“* —r eyes might be -** rTr '—

that

fed'that 1

It is a t

it rehipou m — m

is a transparent Bible. All of the Bible come out-,

the law; Pimah, t set; Olivet, toe nw

ain of prospect; Olivet, — .

instruction; Calvary, the mom rificc. All the riven of the Bible come ••t—Hidek*), or the river of paradisaical beauty; Jordan, or the river of holy cbrism; Cherith, or the river of prophetic throne, dear as crystal. While reading this Bible, after our eyes hare been touched by grate, we fed it all transparent, tad the earth rocks, now with crucifixion agony and now with judgment terror. and Christ appears in some of His 25* titles, as fsr ss lean count them-the The providence that seemed dark before becomes pellucid. Now you find God is not trying to put you down. Now you understand why you lost that child and why yon lost your property. It was to prepare you for eternal treasures. And rji’S.’T'L&wsrs wild beasts must first grind me before I

can become pure bread foe Ji

■any thiags that you sriB have to pasthi:' T. "

splinter* of hoarfrost and corals and wreaths and stare and crowns and const*!s ’ The fact is that I can

king'* banquet. It is the joy of th*

and not enough about their crown. Do know that the Bible men bon. a « ty-aevan timss, wMU.it men

rise* of half a century. Ha has been an ful things. Ask him what he thinks of religion. and he will tell yon: "It u the meet beautiful thing I ever saw. Th* crystal ••■not equal it.” antiful in its symmetry When it mU God's character, it doa* not present Him ae haring love like a great protuberance on one aide of His nature, but makes that love in harmony with His ms- . love that will accept all those who

you agree with I iwn? ■fiicnjetthi

Jvpse and s

gion in the sentiment it rmplantsl B.— tiful religion in the hope it kindle*! Beautiful religion in‘the fact that it proposes to garland and enthrone and emparadisa an immortal spirit! Solomon sara it is a lilv. Paul «ay* it is a crown. Th# Apocalypse says it is a fountain kissed of the sun. Eeekiel says it is a foliaged cedar. Christ says it is a bridegroom come to fetch home a bride. While Job in th* text take* up a whole vase of preekraa stones—the topax and the sapphire and the chrj-soprasus—he takes out of this beautiful vase just one crystal and holds it up until it gleams in the warm light of the eastern sky, and he exclaims, “Ths

crystal cannot equal it!"

Oh. it i« not a stale religion, it is not a stupid religion, it is not a toothless bag, as some see a to here represented it; it is not a Meg Merriliea with shriveled arm come to scare the world. It is the fairest daughter of God. heiress of all Hu wraith, her cheeks the morning sky, her voice ths music of the south wind, her step ths dance of the sea. Come and woo her. The Spirit and the Bride eay come, and whosoever will let him come. Do yon agree with Solomon and say it is a hly? *—*-and wear it over your heart.

.> with Paul and say it is a n let this hour be your coroyou agree with the Apoea-

say it is a springing fountain?

i and slake the thirst of your soul. Do too believe with Erekiel and say it is a foliaged cedar? Then come under its shadow. Do you believe with Christ and say it is a bridegroom com* to fetch home a bride? Then strike hands with your Lord and King while I pronounce ron everlastingly on*. Or if you think with Job thst it is a jewel, then put it on your hand like a ring, on vsur neck like a head, on your forehead Kke a star, while, looking into the mirror of God's word, you acknowledge "Th* crystal can-

not equal it."

“What.” say you, “will God wear jewelry?" If He wanted it He could make the stars of heaven His belt, and have the evening cloud for the sandals of HU feet. But Ife does not wrant that adornment. He will not have that jewelry. When God wants jewelry He comes down and digs it out of the depths and darkness of sin. These souls are all crystallisations of mere)'. He puts them on, and He wears them in the presence of the whole universe. He wears them on the hand that was nailed, over the heart that waa pierced, on the temples that were stung. "They shall be Mine.” saith the Lord, “m the day when I make np ilv jewela." Wonderful transformation! Where sin abounded grace shall much more abound. The carbon becomes the solitaire. ‘Ths

crvstal cannot equal it.”

Three crystals! John says crystal atmosphere. That means health. Balm of eternal June. What weather after the world’s, east wind! No rsek of stormclouds. One breath of that air will cure the worst tubercle. Crystal light on all the leave*; crystal light shimmering on the topax of the temples; crystal light tossing in the plumes of the equestrians of heaven on white horses. But “ths

crystal cannot equal it.’’ John tal river. That means joy. _ ever rolling. Not one drop of the or the Hudson or the Rhine to so

one tear of hum,

Crystal, the rain i

crystal, the bed over which it snau mu and ripple; crystal, its infinite surface. But “the crystal cannot equal it.” John

THE SABBATH SCHOOL Igltraatioai! Lcnoa Com meat* Fo< October II. Sahjecl: Joseph la Prieea. Oca. xxxlx., » t xl, K-OeMea Text. Ota. xxxtau fl-

ea the Day's Lease*. dSMSi’MSvLiaafc

severe at first. In Tsaim 106:17, 18 we read that they hurt hU feet with fatter*; he was laid in iron. But God greatly biassed him. and it waa not long before he had many favors shown him. He was there.” Joseph was in prison three years. 21. ‘The Lord was with Joseph.” “This U an example of the strength of God's consolation* in the worst trials. Joseph had power within him. wl a bled him to press forward, even

nature of human influence. It is not the ir-flnenee of rank, but of character. Maks all men equal in rank to-day, and to-mor row there will be found those who ban acquired influence over the others. Thes< prisoners were all in the same position, but very soon Joseph'* character gained him influence. ». "Because the Lord," etc. The reason of his influence wa* the God within him. Just so fsr as a man is Christlikc wrill he have influence. Wisdom tnd virtus will shine in the narrowest spheres. A good man will do good wherever be is. and will be a blessing even in bond* and banishments, for the Spirit of ' •- —>t hound or banished

ana serving; sn import... 3. “In the bouee." The state prison was in connection with Potiphar'a realdenee. See on verse 20.

i to soil it; not to irabitter it. :h it was made:

says crystal asa. That 1 noualy vast, vast in rapture, rapture vast as the tea, deep as the sea, strong at the sea, ever changing as the sea; billows of light, bUlows of beauty, blue with akiee that were never clouded and green with depths that were never fathomed; Arctics and Antarctic* and Mediterraneans and Atlantic* and Pacific* in cry*talline magnificence. Three crystals — crystal light falling on a crystal river, crystal river rolling into a crystal sea. But "the crys-

tal cannot equal it."

“Oh," says some one, putting his hand over his eyes, "can it be that I who have been in so much sin and trouble will ever come to those crystals?" Yes, it may belt will be. Heaven we must have, whatever w* have or have not, and We coma here to get it. “How much must I pay foe it?" you say. Yon will pay for it just a* much as the coal pays to become ths diamond. In other words, nothing. The sum Almighty power that makes the crystal in the mountain will change your heart, which is harder than stonTfor the prom-

•SSirc. and I am to di is not the doc

make* no resia —__ _ rertion voice hi the meunUin, and H tome* to crystalliiation. but your brert-re-sist.. Th* trouble with you, my brother, is the coal wants to stay coal. I do net ask you to throw open the door and let Christ in. I only ask that you stop bolting it and barring it. My friends, we will have to get rid of our sin*. I will hare to get rid of my sin#, and you will have to get rid of tout sins. What will

was e aim

5. “Each man—ii shows that the . While our ordin im

a. “Each man—in one night."

shows that the dreams were of the uara. While our ordinary dreams have no spe-

nt be doubted esp~slly|in

, yet it c

is in many case

spoken in drei ’ iterpretation.”

ns. Acco This expr t the drea

i i* intended to ahow that the aream* v not meaningless, but suited to each n * case and capable of a sound inter-

i»«v to them; be, too.

sufferer with them, and under-

» one, “it is just th* kid is to do everything, dung." My br.th.r7it

a position to srbmit their dreams to the mimeians of E^ypt, who were supposed Hiem.” Thu. hsd God at last brought Joseph Prominently before there officer*. 71. "Prereed them.” From Uri# we find that wine anciently was the pure juice of the grape, without fermentation. The cupbearer took the bunch, prewed the L. Three branches are three days." Human knowledge could not have known that these branches had reference to time, or »{ they did hare whether three days, month, or years were intended. It wae wisely ordered that one part of the dream should require a diri. - -

interpreter. It » - -

sure the butler tl wisdom not from

'wisely ordered thst one part of the ‘ - •m tier that Jooepb obtained his

n,°but by revelation "Lift up thine head

. . ■ ca r u>m which the kings of Egypt observed when those supposed to

„ 3S - 1 w- stolen.” Joseph makes a himself 0 ^ withrrferenee to whTW SuT n ° t «P™ those wno had sold him. or dwell upon the

NEW YORK'S MIO-AIR CLUBS.

A Karel Fvati Metropolis.

Mr. Cleveland Moffett, turning from the consideration of steeple-climbing, bridge building and other "Careers of Danger and Daring." devotes un Illustrated article In the Century to

rcount of what he calla the Midof New York, which are

used principally by buslneaa men as

lunch rooms.

a account Ir clubs <

Suppose we leave our toll of the morning, our bualness scheming, and what the mld-alr clubs can do for

iisss

gray granite muss piled up the street and rapped

by a *

cornice so high that, why. when

at It—bend your head t

IS stories

wide

ien you

•bend your head farther I'sck—It seems to sway out unsteadily. We shall be lunching presently Juat above that cornice. It Is better, already, as we turn into the marble columned corridor; the outer dazzle is subdued; and as the rapid car bears us upward we feel a welcome downiush of cool air. There is no step—this is the members' car;

3 step-

nine, 12, IS. here we are in

Arkwright clul

the

orth

that is well

studying.

And flm for a table In the southwest comer of the large dining room, if we may secure one. for here is the outlook. A big place, as spacious as a ballroom and borne up Imposing by while columns; walls finished restfully In green—that Is. what walls there arc. for on three sides we look out over the city through continuous windows with single pane* five feet

the left, then

wly to the right. Ah. splendid. 't It? We are so high that ell else seem* beneath us. and the view sweeps free from river to river, and

far down the bay.

There Is the Brooklyn bridge, with

strings of doll cars trailing over it. There are the spindle plies of Newspaper row. once counted lofty. And straight to the south cuts the deep,

canon of Broadway, a narrow

and red pr

squai zlowl

gloomy c cleft beti

dept!

out the silent wriggling aha]

precipices

ing m

and. quit then

ape of men

and horses. Away to the north stretches the wide Hudson, and on a clear da)- we ran follow it from Grant's tomb yonder down through its spread mouth to the mats of Staten IslAnd see the river craft. Wha' inlet pleasure there is in watching

fling barges,

schooners, the fat ferryboaU and out, with white foam streaking their wake, all comfortable, one feels, out in the cool, wet river, a liner steaming iazllyoccnn racers, says the waiter, who knows them all by their funnels. Yes. even the waiters yield to the charm of this place, and one of them stayed his tabic setting long enough to tell me now It fills him with awe, sir, every evening, when the sun dips sud • denly in golden splendor there behind the Orange mountains. And he !esrribed the look of fairy land that the Jersey shore takes on with all the electric lights twinkling along its water front What a contrast I reflected, between this man with a soul above his napkin and waiters down on the street who never see the river or the hills, who never do anything but hustle plates in red-hot rooms and

bawl out orders.

The Arkwright club (named, of

course, after Sir Richard jenny fame) does for m

wholesale dry goods trade what similar clubs do for men in a dozen other trades. The are the Drug club, the Wool club, the Hardware club.the Merchants' club, the Aldlne association, the Midday club, the Transportation club, the Fulton club, the Business Women's club and various others, all •mique in this, that they have been lifted to the top of very high build-

ings.

Th« Secret of a Reputation. In Leslie's Monthly Mr. E. Hough explains what stuff the reputation of thq typical “bad man’’ is made of. At one stage of bis career the story of how Mr. Williamson threw Peterson over the counter of the Lone Star Hotel spread rapidly through the ^town. Whiteman, the Jew, told it to'Jackson, the ranchman, and Jackson repeated ft to one of his cow-punchers who had come Into town with him, and the latter told it to the barber, and the barber told it to everybody else. "I reckon we sure have got a new bad man In town," said the barber, “and he la real bad, too. Fight? Hell fight as quick as he'd eat, and

spinningin the

pull hla gun. Why, he Just grabs hold of Peterson like he was a baby and

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rMi. s. shaw, GENERAL CONTRACTOR _j Dealer In LIME, ERICKS, SARD, CEMENT AND BUILDBRC MATERIALS. Telephoxe No. 30. - 523 Elmira, "" rim—

throw* him over the desk same as he wouM a bag of potatoes."

He did make trouble, first week Is Arroyo

whipped three

drunk, two of them sober and.

best His method of

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le. Insiae of >6 __

_='= hotel™ restaurant

warfare was so _

uc

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