MtUMMilE MCH3LS0N OF 0i» IIVT iMennMdi P*-ru na- •Othar Pronlnaat Mm Tastily.

' Comlisodore Somerville Nicholson, of Uu* United Stale* Navj. In a letter fro pi 1837 R Su X. \V.. WaaUlnrion.

D. C, any*:

“Your Peruna has been and U now oscd by so many of tny friends and neqaalntances as a sure cure for catarrh that f am couriered of Its curatlr. qualltft-a. and I unhesitatingly recommend It to all persons suffering from that complaint."—S. Nicholson. The highest i ni . n in our nation hare Elron Peruna a strong endorsement. Men of all classes and stations are

equally represented.

If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from tb- use of Pe-

rena. write at once to Dr. Hartman. • collection

**2 n S * f,? 1 ' The langh that Rreeted this thrust and he will be plen^d to give you his, crcn t(K) much for the Hibernian if”.*- r. a,, . f I wt of the. conductor, and he quickie Address Dr. Hartman. Present of • otl! anc>lher dilI , c and tIlP ^ ma!le

j hi* escape to the rear platform.

Defends on Kind of Ulrl.

"When a tidy looking girl seeks work in the holiday season,'* said the employment- superintendent of a big'store, she is not turned away because there is no vacancy in the department site wants to get into or because she is a nat failure in that department after one day* trial. Not one girl in five can wrap a sra'afj parcel so that it, is fit to be taken out of she store. A cOstoitur gets sore if ihe his to carry a parcel that looks as though it has been wrapped up by a girl with nothing but a thumb on each hind. But some sales, girls, it* well a» some men, cannot tie the string straight to save their skins. “One of the«e clumsy unfortunates that the floorwalker wanted discharge I 1 put into thenoy department Well. | what that girl did not know about toys wasn’t worth inquiring. She just jumped right into the business and j didn’t want to nop for lunch. Her firs! day’s sales cinches her job so long as i she wants it. Another girl, who wis | so foolish that she cried over her blun- j ders at the cut-glass counter, made a , howling success when we sent her to .. sell books. Cash girls? They are a thing of a forgotten age. like the Broadway ’buses. Machinery does that.

Started M s Collection. A woman who was riding uptown on Broadway car the other afternoon proved her possession of at least a modicum of wit. When the conductor passed up the aisl^ on his quest for fares she handed him a quarter, he giving her in return two to-ccnt pieces. On his return from the forward end of

car. she said:

Conductor, one of these dimes is a Canadian piece, and I will thank you ■^giwe me another piece of money for The conductor evidently had received his trainiug on an East Side route, for he immediately began to bluster. “What’s that matter with it? Ain’t that good enough money?” he demand-

ed.

The woman quietly said. “I would , prefer American money, if you please.’’ "Well. I wish I had a thousand of m!" grumbled the conductor, but he; made no moiion'.to com^y with her re-

quest. ,

’ Very well." was the instant reply. I “I will give you this one to start .your !

COMPLETELY RESTORED.

Mr*. P. nrourel. wife of P. Brunsel, ■lock dealer, rrsidcnce Sill Uraud Are., lircrelt. Wash.. *nya: “For fif-

teen year* I KutfereU with terrible pain In nty back. 1 did not .know what It waa to enjoy a nigbl’e real and arose la the uorulng feeling tired and tturefresbed. My suffering sometime! was simply Indescribable. When 1 finished the lirsfbox -of Doan’s Kidney Pills I felt like a different woman. 1 continued until 1 had taken five boxev

Doau’s Kidney Pills act very effectively. very promptly, relieve the aching pains and all other annoying difllcul

ties."

Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. or aale by all druggists. Price 60

cents per box.

SURE lETBOB WITH MOOT

A •fHliaat Sratfay Dr. C. T. Ooodell.

By Rev.

•a Nat S« lapttitat With It, My Ceatias* fa Mara Taward the lifts Yaa Da Sat.

> moraine, i

1 ratern Idea.

“Won't you please hold me up?” said the well-dressed stranger on the South

Side.

"What for?*’ demanded the tough citizen with the cap pulled over his eyes “Weil, you see. I’m from the East, and if I went back and said I'd been in Chicago two days without being held up. they'd never believe 1 was really

Rev. John K. Booton. the author oi several works on the Scriptures, and an eloquent preacher, died on Sunday last at Luray, Va. FIT «>■<*- "*•'••'11 v entwl. No flu or BerTDl*nea«'"*T flwid-.y's one of Ur. Kllno’s Ores: Send! vtorsr. y,Kri*l bottle and trsiMsefroo Dr.* .11. >»-is«.».td..«l AroHdC..Phils..Pi

•, hot it

The Hartman Sanitarium. Coluidbus. 0.11,

A*’s Your Drjrgi.t far a

Also tac for 1904.

t* P

Too .Tuch, Indeed. “What’s the trouble. Harker?” “Too much raising.” "How’s that?" “Why, I raised the car window for very pretty young lady, and then she raised her eyes." '“That was nice.” “Then ! raised my hat and her father ^watue in and raised cane."

New Club Shot Gun Shells Aro "Crow Killers."' Nitro Club and Arrow Shells are factory loaded with Smokeless powder and. reduce the amount of smoke, noise and rccoiL THE UNION METALLIC CARTRJ DGE CO., MiDctrocr, con. Agcacj, 31 j BroMarty, N. Y.

10,000 risats For 10r.

Thin is a remstkab’e offer the John A. RsUwt Seed Co., La Crowe. Wi*., makes. Th<y will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough ared

1.000 fine, aolid Cabagea, 9.000 delicirma Carrots,

2.000 B’anchint. nutty Celery, 2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce,

1.000 splendid Omona,

1.000 rare, luscious Radishes, — 1.000 gloriona'r brilliant Flower*. This great offer is made in order to in-

duce you to try their warranted aeeda - for when vou once plant them you will

grow no others, and

AM. FO* BUT 16C. rOSTACI,

providing you will return this notice, and if von will send them 20e. iif postage, they will add to the above a package of the.famou» Berliner Cauliflower. [A.CX ]

their left

Some animal tamers carry it

Mr* Winslow’s Soothlac Syrup for o'llldrsa l•e:l'^D'.•,»oftaltbe;JHm«,^»l^eosln^s:n^l*tion.wliayspwla.car8* wind ;»Us. abtttls

- who go " around

i do not believe Plso's Cora tor ronan™**lion ha* anequal for coughs and colds.—lot". F.Botss. Trinity Springs. Ind., Feb. 16. IASI PLANS THAT WENT WRONG.

BAD BREATH “Forwjsthi I h.-i mat Imstlswtth Br«t<«ash

, Best for The Bowel*

■ tne oowei* _

CAftcnr canutme

sss&mgmM AHUALSI^TEa HHUIOI BOXES ^ Am3teur Art A S? < ?? 0,1 vf e ! 8

, young women wbat to do to

N EW y ,r u ,<•* *° avoid pain and saffering caused

.ho.™ r «f- ; by female troubles.

i FW *- * r E

t,T ' Cwrwjl e> v . who are sat- ,v\V

Irvine from

Kidney tro^; ;

ble.Bhcama- -j vrnai eundl-

Onc Way to Dispose of Them. j The turkey was a particularly large | and fine one. and with a flourish of the j carving knife and fork. Mr. Ferguson was about to aitack it, when one of the

guests observed:

“I; am a member of the .Audubon Society, and opposed, as a rule, to the slaughter of birds, hut I am always willing to make an exception in the

case of a bird like this."

"How about English sparraws?" ask-

ed Mr. Ferguson, casually.

"Well, I make an exception of their case, too. The English sparrow is tht enemy of other birds. It has driven away from my home_ nearly every bird I Ipvc. -If is a feathered nuisance. It is a^national calamity. 1 wouid exter-

minate it-if I o'vild. for the benefit of | aid Mri F.rgo ! «?» "•"* 11 f «• *«••

son. attacking the fowl with renewed I FoHc * Into Matrimony, vigor. "The turkey f» stuffed with Eng- I O* 10 ?’ u P° n » ame . before everybody lish sparrows." bad learned to attend strictly to hit

OA'n affairs, * man and a maid were la

love with each other, but. though this was patent to all their friends, neither of them knew 1L However, their friends said unanimously: "We will demonstrate It to them and write a triumphant Q. E. D. upon their wed-

ding morn."

Therefore, the maid never waa Invital anywhere that she did not find the man invited also;, nor was the man Invited anywhere but that he found the maid likewise a guest Furthermore. the man always was detailed to take the maid in to dinner, and they could not so much as glance at each other without everybody else haring an errand out of the room, and society became a vast manufactory of opportunities tot them to revel in .each other's company alone and undisturbed. Now, before this had time to become a habit with them, both the man and the mold penetrated the dark

plot

Whereupon the maid tossed her bead, saying: "They needn’t think I have only one chance," nmt immeJlr.tely betrothed herself to an Impecullous fortune hunter whose only recommendation was his title. And thereupon the man hastily married himself to'a grass widow from Chicago, whose reputation, they do say, waa responsible for the big lire. Consequently all their friends nodded their heads sagely, and whispered to each other, “Didn’t I tell you so?"— Alex Ricketts tn Philadelphia Ledger.

Medieval Marconi.

Several old writers mention mysterious methods of aerial communication, and Strada, an Italian antiquary who wrote during the 16th century, describes an Invention having an exi traqrdlnary resemblance to Sig. Mar

Bbooki.vx. X. Y,—Pumli

fhe llatiMiti Piacr M. K. tliuii-li. • h" !>’ Dr. Omrle* L. Comlv!) prrt'lud on , Sure Method With D >ul>t " Tin- t«-xt «r.i taken ftora Daniel v: 16. -And I hav heard of thee that canal make intri nretstinna nod dissolve doubt. ” |)i

CnAdell said:

W Daniel were ahv.- today, with hi ability to divso'vr dnuhla imimrwired an imimpe*c)ied. he miii.'il |*>;..l!ic bii.x-. lean of hi* time. And vet o.ir» i* n more an asr of doulit than anv other which nrreedfid it. There was intide’lty a -hund-ed year. a*o in our universities and a flippant skept icism smonx ■•duralrd peoji.e M'hieh is now nolle rmterown. but ft will fllwava ren-ain true that eveiy vaxieration iau,t seltk- its own doub’* The generatldn i« made tin I.f the ind*

vidual atrr«* and .1 phaaea of do'lbl th.il Pha«i* than others at gneralion a dei.lir

memorv of Wiilian Word*worth, a fnta pbiloaophri and poet, who. by a special gift anl railing of Almighty fiod. wbetber by disrourvrd on man or nature, failed not to lift up toe heart to holy thing*, tired not of luaiBlainihx the raitae of the poor and simple and to ia periloua tim*s va* raised up to the rbief miniater. not only of noblest ooesy, but of high and sacred

truth.'’

Bylore vou aeek any further for the dissolving of your doubt*, ask ycurself hon. estly the question: -Am f unaiteraby •iveu over to right dob gr Am 1 ready t> obey the voice within me aa ateadfa*tlv a« .Socrates oUred hi* daemon.’ even though at ahouid rroaa my purposes aud

bring hitler louses'-''

It will be easf to believe in iinnrsrlaiitv when w* trv to live a life that i* good enough to last forever We shall not doubt the fatherhood of God when w* ireelves to the practice of the broth

mpb i.. . fore. The

ratio

fouvb: out the great bailies U

*id we may fairly wiy Hut its Ibeo'v i< i" no way a menace to the Christian faith There have lieen hot battles on the field of hibiiea! criticism I'oaitior. bnoc tir'd be til* two greet Inrres have been nroren urtenabie and the orthodox narky hr riving up_ what could not lie defended has made its position stronger than ever lie-

fore.

The dnubia lo which I wish to refer a-<! which I would he g'ad to wa tier a. •'•re •era of the night are Dot «o moeh of tli theoeetiesl as pf fhe p-arlira! sort. The are the kind which make stout men west.. which naralyre great upwanl movement. Et aoelely, and rut the nerve of pernor ‘ It is rot atrange or unre*«op«h^ lb we shnuld have ilouhl*. We tiegin li knowing Rotliiog- We journtv in • Und of the unknown at evrrv alen. V 5"vc*ti»ate and e»<ieriment and uuea'in Tattie bv little with mafenal brouuhl f-o too unknown we laii'd the Hlruetn which we rail knowledge, and in iloi-v-thi* we form a liabit which masters il*. I! will not let us rest. Life ha* heronpeat inteTTOgatlon point, a-d onr j eev a vocage of >1 iscovr-r. We sail into every beckoning bay. tine i* a fair hi bor and nothin- b-vo-d: another a s'*-' of aandbar and shoal and we are fc-t nate if we are ab> lo nuta-ain to sen; wh soother -orores lo be llie mouth of -real river un whose tide we no to v - ' inns discoveries i* a delect* b’e eoun’ • The man who thinks cannot ntoo hi* thiokinv. Offen lie is mocked bv it i pitilevslv pn-uhed. like some .drentnmounlain climbe*. but eiimb he m though he (ad in bis quest. "That low man seeks a little thing to See* it and does it; This high man wilii,a great thing

THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lessen Ccinmcoti f-ct

January 10.

Ssbjtc : Tb; Presch sg ol J>Sa the BagUst, Ms it III. f-.'l -bsidca let*. Mat:- K.i —.MrtDory V erse«. 4-6 — Cyiiuiet-. tary ea the Daj's Lesson. I. A call to repentance (vs Mi. “In those days. " The time i. defiord in Lake , v r '*" * “me °f morel dear'll. All Israel had become a barren ivi'.dtrncs*. ITie Roman emperor ua* deapoti- an.J cruel. Herod and f'iiate were litt> lirtter. The priesthood yaa filled with corrupt men. and even Caianha*. the b-*h

such Icadeft the pcotilc had auuk into a verv low and degraded moral condition. It had been four hundred years •mre thev hsd, heard prophetic norninga. when auddeoty John anpenred upon the srene. "John the Baptist." So named bv Mark

" Itond Luke and by Josephus .7 his great influence and crowds that flo-ked to he

speaks of the

Jordan

Die*-ere he know* it.” wonder* then, that tre 3'

> abort I'

ew to doubt, (or

all.

TA 1 ”

Lnos

Aa We Find Them.

J We came upon the college man in the

l green sweater.

I "Studying muchwe asked.

• "Sttidying?" he echoed, his eyes dir

lating with astonishment “Well. I guess not. 1 finished up football in the fall, now I’m playing hockey, soon

[ it will be polo, then lacrosse, and later

I on baseball.”

j "When do you expect to open your

i books?*’

4raegtst for Dr fser.netj's SIKW I ■sodletoe that ri'KKi*. fll 1*0 Mir

afatottjeaMOO l>r. Boonatt'a WONDKK Oil. cures all pelo23e. WrUelorfulllntormaltoa and treatise of Olsease*. liKNNKIT

MKOICTXK COMPASV. Norfolk, V*.

“ Dexb Mm. PmaAK: — I can

acientioukTy reoomasend Lydia .

vtnV bttm'a r^mpoiirwi : con I s present-day wonder, to those of my sisters suffering with | Strada says that two friends about female weakness and th* troubles | to be separated each procured a nee which so often befall woman. 1 «uf- i die magnetized at the same odes tons

‘ and affixed them to swing on dials

marked with the letters of the alpha-

...KK. a. ^, oottls or ' fered for months with) general weak*

' ness, and felt so weary ifiat I had hard work to keep up. I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable. Jn my dis-

SILOS, LUMBER, BOXES, CRATES.

, •niwofisi ui*j iTm** *SS

«. ELIAS JS BRO., Kaflalo, K. Y., gg'3i£5 ! a5r

erlv miserable. In my disad'vised to use Lydia K.

’a Vegetable Compound, and it waa a red letter day lo me when 1 took the first dose, for at that time tny restoration began. In •ix weeks I was a changed w oman, perfectly well in every respect I felt so Slated and happy that 1 want all Women whoguffer to get well,as I dll." — Mias Gcu.a (ixaxox, 139 Jones fit.. Detroit, Mich.. Secretary Amateur Art

]S§8ffi

bet.

They agreed that, at certain specified periods after they parted, each should retire Into a private apartment with this apparatus; and thereafter, by directing the needle to the letters -necessary to spell oat their meaning, the pair were able to convey their thoughts In an Instant tn

T» la not lo bvwtroni'crcl at t’tat "■*' doubts concern tbemaejve* rhirflv with re’igioas truth. In the very nature bl thing* r«fllgib>is truth is *uprrnatari>'. It is not no much gontrary to. a* hrrond. our aemlgs. Its nrincinles are not like the axiom’s of mslhcmatir*. The wiio’e field of re.ision ia bevond the n-n’m of Ihe nrnrea and of acirptific rulca; therefore, it i* lo be wondered at least of all when >rr fit-il that in this field speculation and doubt

rtn riot.

There is another fart to be eOTi*i'l"re<t which Horace RuM-nell atate* admireV'-: ‘Our facullv is itself in disorder. A b—>k en or bent tcicscoc will not see anything rightly.’Fo a mind wrenrlicd from ila tre" lines of action, disco'ored and smirche*! by egi’. will not see truly, but will not t blurred, misshapen look on every thineTruths will only be n« good as errors ind

doubts as natural aa they."

Tn view of all thi*. let os have door with abusing those who douht. Dmiht nrooer'y pursued is only knmvVdge'in Ihe raw. a"d Dr. J’ark* was riglil when he said: "Infide'.ilv is tl>e nUimale reMill of ebeeking the dreire for ex|ianded knowledge.’’ I^t n« frankly tell our young peo hl« that doubt ia not a final condition aave to a dishonest mind. Through the donbt of to-day they will eome to the kno-vl-dgr of to-morrow, and let us also remind them that whit they hold as the truth to-mor-row should hare great expansive power, so' that coming (lays will give more light and add to the nronortion* of the truth “T hare heard of thee that thou eanst make interpretations and dissolve donbts." was the King's greeting to the Hebrew. This same Daniel bad stood before the King’s father when be, too, was sore burdened with mystery. He did not claim for hi* own unaided wisdom the power to settle doubts, but stoutly and honestly owned the source of his power, saying: “There is a God in heaven that rerealeth secrets.” It may be said truthfully that the only sure method for the solution of fife's problems and the dissolving of its doubts is by entering into right relation* with Him. If it is objected that one ol the great doubts of life relates to His very existence the -answer is. Every man is conscious of the great ethical imperative. I ought. This relates him to some great law, and hence to some great law giver. It would not neem to be a verv exalted prayer, “Oh God. if there be is God, enlighten my soul, if I have s soul." and ye( even a prayer like that, with an ftoaest Tfarpoie-to follow each faintest ray

of light, would not’ be unavailing.

In ; tbe. nsUer of dissolving rcljgioui doubts, the ultimate pnrpose is everything. No man ever comes to the troth by being simply duriou*. Speculation for specu-

erhood ol

Our doulit* trouble •!« und therrbe prove that doubt is not a state of equilibrium: we must move oi toward the ligjt. Action ■« the '‘aimre* far do-ih*. If tuv roan will do God's will he shall know Hi* dpctr'li* IX, you douht the power of prayer' Tn

rboui do you fiink the reality o matter is revealed? Ortain'.- pot th who never pray*. Tut voureelf a

vou r-p in the attitude of prayer an.: li*. ten You " ill then be *h> to know whether find talks bark. You have sat in the new for year, and you,here heard sermons without "umber on the great findsmentels of the Ciiristuin faitli. To some of them vou have given intelle'-tua! assent, and yet vou ,6"d yourself in .doubt and uncertain- ■ v. Why it it thus with von? 7here ran or ha I our answer. You have thrown vouraelf in holy surrender at the feet ol •' C truth vou have known. It cost* some-

Ibiire tn do that. I nity the mar no IWb'l in hia fife; nn place

!3-*K d u2’di£i ftK Ar**‘iv3 i **»• -& jsstuts jfaKsrao „ had his Damaacus. Lutb»r his Erfurt. We* | tke Anomted^ thr King. *o His gospel is 'ey his Alders gate, ."d H shnell. lectur- <f}*Pen»ition a kingdom mg to the .indent, of Ys’e. Slid: "There , of ^“ven and kingdom o IS rttorr lot) g*d in the littie bedroom of j R® d ‘ i V o 7 T “ Umenl ." >c * n OD '’ *. n ' 1 r e «f there dormitoyws whi"h f nr God | tbg thing and generally have

His recridinc r—el may note, allowiog

ne*-»r to b" lo*l."

IXo not be impatient with your dnub only be sure that you ere moving tuwar

the lich you do see. f*i

‘‘Preaching." Heraldi... i=» the prorlamstion of a great reformer. "In "John preached in lhi habited region lying w,

and the Dead Sea an far rortn as i two-thirds of th* wsv to the Sea of lee. and on both sides of the lower

2. “Reoent ye.” Repentance includes. 1. Conviction. 2. Contrition 3. Conj festioo. 4. Reformation, and leads to , conversion. John. Jesus, Peter and Paul ..j j *11 preached repenUnce.^^ “Kingdom of

but wbat we are becon. ag: not whre* w» stand, but wbeotu we com* and wli*th»r we go—tiirae are the great ‘.binga about

w*'*e|i we shoo'd tv concerned.

The fruit of the tree af faith may Iw plucked too anon and it i* then va'urles'. It lakes a full season to ripen the best o' nature’s products and there are some thing* in faith which onl" rears ssd frost

and atom- will brine to maturity. It ha* been aoid U'at one of the

; ence to the spiritual kingdom which Christ ; seta un in the hearts of His follower*. "At ! hand.” The Jew* expected a great national , deliverer The meaning here that the coming of the Measiah to begin His domin'on on^earth, under the Christian economy, 3. "Eaaias." The Greek fo*m for Taaiah. The reference here is to Isaiah 40: 3-5; also see Luke 3: 4-6. "The Voice." The prophecy draws attention to the work rather than to the worker. The voice of the pronhet was loud and distinct. “Prepare ye." The idea it taken from the practice of Eastern monarch*, who. whenever thev ! took a journey, sent harbingers before tl greatest . . .v,, ™ . . .

|alents in religions discovery i* the find itu bow to hang up questions without beift: anxious about th*m. Look at them now and then as they b*ng and by and bv. when vou turn *ome corner of thought. >-ou will be deli.hted and ationiahed to see how quietly and easilv they open their se-

* K ' n ? ,r _* grvst teseh- ( "atnughtened” fs-t us remove the ob-

. msjbrmal** who a .war* krnt some struction* of nnbeiief and carnal desires.

-!? 3 ?' 1 - *7.- ; A- "Biad hi* raiment." etc. The sp- ■ pea ranee of John was like that of the Alter weeks or prjat prophet Elijah in the popular m-nd. -I be »o-vrd and i re clothed in the coarae. rough cloth

— prepare the way. The Jewish church was the desert country. "Path* straight.” This is figurative language. The words illustrate the 4Vaightening force of the gospel. There must be a thorough preporation before God, our Kin*, will come to us. The self-line must be '.‘brought '—" The crpoked. dishonest life t

hard problems by h

nockrl si ill inromp'ete. munlhs llir problem woi ■"Other lake ila n'-sec There sre irxn" who set

''Lord. I believe.

thought. : Mckrloth , n the Kcnotures." sy asmtr- j wal cheap, but admirable for keeping oat

— c- " - I h u, r * the heat, cold and rain. This mantle was I nought enough to bav^anvdoobm. | «tmnd him with a leather g.rd!e of

. | girueu oxuui .

. .^Tij^vT. 0 i undressed hide. Hi* food consisted of

‘ l locusts, closely resembling our grasshoppers. and of wild honey. All this wss a , . natural as well a* simple mode of living honest j w ildeme«. -Me.1 “

Thev have no sympathy t — die Lr a man or a cause. They could believe anything that seemed to be necessary ‘ ' a good position in society ar ’

fortable invomc. The 4n»n who tn laoi e f rrii-‘t Food ' ''Lo^«U-" The Uw of MosA' gsve

I 1 TT !° 1 PvnnUsion to eat iortisU (Lev. 11: 21). of my quretnm* with me into that lar e<r , J 0 hn here represent-; the syml>oIs of the

S* ZR Sin^i! p-a-H'..-

h«vc settled and others can wait until the da»- when all mystery vhall fie made c One of my jiarishioners some year* a

,-jre a»o

. . a great lesson. She was a lady nl rnlture and refinement. She had been nt the head of a great school for many year*. Her ryesighl at last failed her and ■dir been me totally blind. I saw her at the close of a service feeling her wav up the aisle from pew to ptw: that she mivht ->hnkp' hand* with me. The thought of hn great suffering and loss finally overwhelmed me and I said with 'deep emotion ■i* I elasptd her hand- "It will In light un yonder and you will know why God ha* IK-emit ted thi* great affliction to enter your fileShe lifted a face transfigured by ineffable peace and said: “If T am r happy as lo get to heaven, I shall let by- ' gum-, be bygone* and shall not 'rouble the Lml for any explanations." If one bus a ' like that, whatever doubts he has

customs. The hair or sackcloi . the fasting and the solitnde. were the ordinary outward signs of deepest humiliaII. Many confessions made (vs - . 5. 6). 5. “Went out.” Left their homes and went to the desert, where John wa* preaching. He wa* very successful and the heart of the whole nation was stirred. Even Herod, the King, heard him gladlv and “did many things” (Mark 6: 23). “All the region." The crowds must have been enormous. John wss very popular, but l opularity bad na effect upon such as he— 6. “Confessing.” Confession of sin i« one w of the mirks of true repentance. See 1

John 1: 9.

HI. A thorough reformation demanded (vs. 7-10). 7. “When he aw.” Men honor a lofty and frarltss sou!, seeking --'“-v -• graving all oppon-

t sake leads nowhere. The mind

lation'

filled • . poor cause which has not somethin* pit ible about it. and so -the mind chases itself from sophistry to sophistry, from con’roversy -to controversy, darkening counel and coming out nowhere. The first thing for an honest seeker af.er truth to do i* to pledge himself to abide by the truth as he finds it. To ptay fast and loose with one’s convictions is the first and second death. To fail to use the light we have to refuse to live up to - -hat we know is right, is to put one's self into the darkness of eternal doubt. Plato was right when be said: '‘Atheism is a disease of the soul before it become* ta error * —- ”

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selfish object, m rt lion for the noblest ends. John had nolle , ing to lose bat bis life, and cared for noth-

—, , '4ng bat the faithful discharge of his dutv, licymlicr finai.v that there tre but a ■■pharisees.” The name aignihe* teir few things that are abso.ute.y necemaiy In They held tenaciously to a litChristian faith. He sure taat you have : crl ] obedience of the written law and an thqiu, whatever the price demanded may ' unwr i, ten tradition. "Sadducees.” Theybe l)n not try to make a bargain fo. a . dberfd t0 the written Uw of Moses, but safe and p easant course. Tnat is an aw refused to give much weigh*, to tradition, ful moek.ng of the truth. But having set- Xfapv d j d D % t believe in a future fife, antied the great probero* be »*«ured that ^ or ,„iriu. "Said unto them." ""

‘ ' -est.y troubled about t'.e three lesdit

lead! ng religious sects at that time I were the Pharisees. Sadaucevs and Es1 senes, and he handled them with terrible

multiplied dogmas and doe- ^verity. He camt into the forest of “bad confusion of the mind sod I llw ,. absolute customs, social inequalities, ass of the sou.. Worse than re ligi ou * bigotries,” licentiousness and in-

which God never ordained. We have multiplied dog trines to the ronf ’

ail men have forgotten thst right bring i< . temperanoeT swinging hu gospel i _ more important than right viemi._ lory I crying, “Reform! Repent' ye- brood of have burned heretics to get rid ot their vipers." The reformer rrgs thorough. “ —J r-— Kwi vron he- was no compromising with th» -

worldly influences around him. “Generevipers.” “Brood” of vipers. This

_ { their have banished good men-be-

e they disagreed with them. Have jia-

cause they disagreed witn tnem. nave pa- ; worldly ticnce with other men that they may hav* (ion 0 { patience with you. Let your life reeom- •

mend your creed. Right opinions will avail us no more than they avail the devil and hi* angels unless we hold them “ * -..t.i-.. nf n mire and hones

golden chalice of a pure and honest me. The great truths of life are not simply intellectual truth* and the method by which they are revealed are not chiefly intellectual. With the heart man be’.iereth unto righteouane**. , > . . Doubt which is in moral earnest i* a servant of God lo bring the truth. It has preceded all great reforms in the individual and in the community. A faith which has been forged oat through the awful heat of doubt ia the on.y kind that becomes an anchor to the soul. It ia worth going through the fiery furnace to fend

"ifie form of the Fourth."

foregone con cl

e condition of French morWhy should a man believe in God

when his life was one long rebelling . It is not. of course, the h against Him? Why should he not cry for Christisnity, but it is “after us the dnuge when conscious ths- oak one w.-.o is refusing C

hallow mockery for him to profess ■ire to know the truth. The truth aiiides with no man who will not use it. and. on

band, if he be. like Romanes. ' ’ t, he will think

o see bis poverty, be

The form of the Fourth.* J . The conviction which honest doubt leads .o is the conviction which has shaken the world. Do not scorn, any man, and least of all the truth he ho.d* Keep the integrity of your mind- Think honestly, think seriously, for fife’s questions are *o»eir.n

questions. , ,

Do not be obstinate and refuse to own a new truth which contradicts some position vou once held. Above all thing* real ire that the truth is the only thing that will free you from an evfl life. The verdict of tbe ages and the verdict of the facta is that the truth is to be sought in a personality end not in e theory, and no one has arisen to dispnte Hi* word* who said, 1 am the truth.” It is to Him that I askyon to come. Well may you sav to Him; “I have heard ol Thee that Tbon canal make interpretations and disso.ve doubts.

out excuses and subterfuges when sue conscience is touched. John shatters two common errors: The first, that baptism would be sufficient to turn tbe wrath of God away, and second, that because they are qhudren of Abraham, therefore they are safe. "These stones.” (Undoubtedly a reference to the calling of the Gentiles. Out of these hard, unregrnerete hearts God is able to make hearts of flesh and children of Abraham. 10. "The ax is laid.” “There is an alluiion here to a woodman, who. having marked a tree for excision, lays his ax at its roots, while he laya off his outer garment, in order that he may wield more powerful blows. The Jewish nation is the tree, and tbe Romans the ax, which, by the just judgments of God, was speedily to cat it down.” IV. John points to Christ (vs. U, 12). 11. “Unto repentance.” John was a repentance preacher. This wss “ybaptism requiring and representing an inward spiritual change.” "He that cometh.” Tbe preaching of John was preparing the minds

himself. “Is mightier.” John c — lined the work of tbe coming Messiah. H ** baptism will effect what mine is powM to do. “Not worthy.” John shows

his greats "Wb9»e fa

rtiqr-" John a

— self-abasement. IZ. e fan, dr ti c instrument

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The kingdom „ and of Heaven hereafter. ■•Unquenchable

highest argument fire.” Nothing will be able to extinguish is always well ta > th* awful fires that will kindle around refusing Christ what sub- the feet of the finally impenitent. -

W hift' sained certainly' as to the chsrscter of God? What unholds him in his work in th* world? Where toes he find

conquer Aemplation? Often,

Flrh “Walks” oiv Land. Mr. H. C. Robinson, wfao has spent two years In adentlflc Investigation In the Malay peninsula, recently exhibited to the zoological i ' the British association a g a fish known aa tbe ‘ which, by means of strong fii ft body, Is able to move i land for d’ ‘

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