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’Mutosm •'Jaimlm'* th*y looked upon -UMn ‘fair weather” angel*. Ho toupletely bad their opinion changed that they told tbelr capUln. who kur# •f thalr former foreboding, that they wlahed the mlaaloniiHea were going »nck with them on their return royage.

Honday Hervlera: T.» a m. Holy Com- HuperatlUon. howerer. la not really munion. to .sn» in. Morning 1‘ntyer ami | Thin prejudice againat gvrmon; 3 P m. Sumlay-acbool. 8.U) p in.; B| j n j B | er j a | panacngcni haa aurvlred

00. i lor centnrioa. Yet In the acene of my i text we hare ah tnatance of Ita being trerrocne. Hi re U Taul. a lnndau)au. 'aa-l| priaoner and a mlaalonary, ao nin- ! olug the confluence of the crew that I they heed bla warn Inga and follow hie 1 •ugseatiomt. It waa, too. In a crlaie

>l«'l-wrek prayer meet ing hi 7 30 when nautical aklll waa needwd that Junior Endeavor Friday aft-moon (they llatened to him. "There wna a

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tiandai -M-hool > ‘ All arec -r Hall

. Our Church Directory. Amoatf The W Shipper a of The

Different Dcnomlnatloaa. P. E. CUl'RCU OP TIIR APVKST.

Rrv. Kdwln c. Alcorn. MlnUur-ln-^

charge.

Kvrnlug Fn»ver and SerOH

Evening Prayer. Friday rronlng* i

Other aenice* a* aunonnoed. raKaHYTKUlAg cufttru.

Her. Arthur 'V. Spooner. D. D

tor.

Prats**ervie# In the le«-i

Sabhaih mornloit a 10 o’clock

inlay evening I

Invited. Seats Free, pinsr u E.-ciicncM.

v He* S. F. D. D . Paativr. preaching O • Su <<U> m vroiug at 10

In three* T.«

Meetings vi i» a M ami «.»• r. M.

^illnlaya.

jvaiid.y S ’h'vol at •1 r Epw •' , h L"*gu • M

‘8 o’clock.

Mid-wy

•veuing a

(Maas rare mg a, and Friday eveningi

, * BAPTIST CIICBCM. ^ Rev. George WJIHama. Paat.ir.

Preaching on Surday morning at < ».»i.

In the evening at 8.00.

Sundav morning Worker* Meeting at

10.00 A. M.

% Sunday School at 8.00 r m.

Wedneaday evenlu. Prayer Meeting at

’8 o’clock.

Young People’* Heeling Friday even-

ing at 8 o’clock.

treaded hurricane they culled euroclyton was lashing the Mediterranean Into fnry. There waa darkneaa even at midday; all reckoning loot, all hope given up. Then the STS peraons on | pout'd turned to this little Jewish niiatlonary for guidance and encoumge-

gled arm caught In a preaa. Hut Paul was like a good physician who comes to an overworked man and says; "My friend, I told you If you did not hold yon would have a nervous breakdown. Now this breakdown haa come. ITierefore 1 waul you now to truat roe and do what I tell you to do. and ttMni

we will make you well."

In order to erect a mansion it U often neceaaury to tear down and clear away the walla of an old family homestead. But no man ha* a right to tear down or destroy anything unless he can erect a Ivetter In it* place. The most ndachlevona of all social reformer* la the destructive Iconorlnst who has nothing to oCTcr u* In the place of the Inutltutloua he would tear down. We know onr social uvutein la lni|»erfect, but we would not have It mended

that we acknowledge the fact as Christ did when men came to him offering themselves aa til* dlaHple*. If we fail to tell them that they must expect trial and perhaps adreralty in following Christ they will consider that they have been deceltod and will be disappointed and discouraged wlwu they encounter trouble. As Paul told men that they would have to bat

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL immon In tba International Bertas tm May 82, 1004—Jean* Taachaa Humanity.

THE I .Kg SON TEXT.

(Hark H fc-4I >

And Janx* and Jot>n. the *001 of

tie with the wave# and In- In danger of | Thou vtouideat do for u» death on that rocky const before they l wbstsocvrr wr ahaj; d**»r* reached safety, so we should tell men * K And H* said unto ti.»tn. Whs; aouid in.. .1* *„■ 10 u-v-tu, 107. u-t.-o ...... hard and tollnome. Paul demanded of thM ». »*> sit. on* or. Tt> hand, and those passengeni and sailors of the tfc* other on Tby l*{t band, in Tb> gior). Aleuudrlan «t»rn ship the same ascvl- n but J>*u» »«id unto 1 h>n, Ye know

e-'«u.,i, [ihj.ici -iv.tta. -bk*;

Hernando Cortes demanded of hts fol- ] tapunm that 1 am baptised wittr lowers for tbe contjuest of Mexico. ' »> And th«> »*»d unjo Him. 'Ve can. During one of hi* marche* the Hpan j Antl »“*<* “ n ’ < ' !t, ew. T«*t a.1 indeed

by nn anarchist, who. like the leatlera ! l*h aoldler* became disaffected. C<»rte* 1 th# bapsUm t £ mt , »f the French revolution of 1703. would | assembled his men In line. “Men. some «h*i; >« b. baptised

commence by demoUahlng thp good | of you are grumbling.” be said sub * Out to alt -"Mr right Jiand ar d and tbe evil together. It la easy sUntially. ’ Kome of yon want to know 1. 1. i-r-

tnough to be a censorious critic. It la | what rewards I have to offer you at p.^

ootuso easy a matter to furnish a bet- ' this time. Till* la my answer ’’ Then, «i And when tbe triAeard it. th< > b^

ment. They bad begun tbe voyage | e#r f or that which you deride. : drawing a line upon the ground with ** ““‘ t «liM*:ea**d with Jawv. and agalRHt hit advice. They might be i Why were tbe crew and the |>aasen- Die edge of hi" aword. be pointed with a p ul JtM ca.lrd thvm to Him. and prejudiced against him aa a preacher j».r* of the Alexandrian corn ship of Id* at***! toward the great east and »*jih unto ihtm. V» know that «!., > which >k prayer service Wednes lay j and a prisoner, but they llatened to ;0 o.l cheer V Because Pun! waa a man said. "On that aide of this line aro ease j are M<»unt^to ruit ov-er the OentiJe.rt,|i ■•’cleck. ' bjm when he addressed them, bidding ,( rbristlan common sense as well aa nnd comfort, home and friend* and a ; ^ «iurci*« P authorit> uj«n them tee ings, Tuesday, Thursday ; iht-ra be of good cheer. “And when he pf Hiipernsturftl visions. He knew that t IHe of ease In fair Bpuln. Then, j 4, ,j Ut ^ ,a a i: no t p* omotic you; but - had thua s|»okcn he tot>k bread and ! (he only rollgion that could really help ! pointing to the great west, be aald; whosoever will tn gr**t among you. shall

gave thanks to God In presence of !» nmn must be a religion that could (“Yonder are sickness and privation j b*^) our minister

* • ■ *— ■* 1 - - —- -- —- and hunger and cold and death.

*t. And whosoever

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them all, and when be had broken it help him in the present life as well aa and hunger and cold and death. But f chl( . fr , t b< , ^mni hr began to eat. Then were they all at him for a life beyond the grave. It !-y? ,u l pr *" **** beautiful capital of the i 44. |r or even t b e Son of Man came

will he the

Why were the crew and the paa- ' but the sound common sense counsel

•engers of thl* Alexandrian corn ahlp happy of heart? First, breause faith always begets faith, and confidence ronfldeoce, and good cheer good cheer.

»t preparation, by keeping up their strength for Insuring that safety. “What are you driving at anyway?” says some one. "la Paul a mere hy-

gienlc lecturerr He Is more than j f«lng and trial# and miaery.

brave Castilians.' Christ today, like Paul, like Hernando Cortes, promises hi* followers not peace, but struggle and priration; not ease and comfort, but storm and suf-

But In

Meeting Saturday cvcumg at 8ij-| lt . belief wblcb Paul felt that "there

o’clock. j should be uo loss of atiy man # Ufe, but ithat. but he doe# not think it beneath J the end. like Paul. Christ assure* yon ST. jiA*x’t BL c. cMraca. ; 0 f tb* ahlp." waa. by hi* personal ex- oil, dignity, after aeelug the vlalon of ’of aalvatlon. Aye. more than Paul of. Kev. Father D. J. Kelly. Hector. ample, instilled into tin* hearts and God, to tell the crew and the pasaen- fered to the shipwrecked sailors and Hour* of divine service on Sundays, j mind* of those by whom he was aur- 0 f tbe Alexandrian corn ship to _ passenger* of tbe Alexandrian corn

rounded. We know that cowardice is {£*. offer their physical neceaaltiea. 1 "bip. Christ offer# to you spiritual reinfections. We know that when a 'iicdoe* not think It Irreligious to gnth- ! demptlon for time and for eternity, ahlp I* sinking at sea thpre la liable n the men and the women of the Men and women, are yon ready to face he such n rush for tlie boats that a daouifd ahlp together and aay: "Men. (suffering and sacrifice in the name of

Mas’-es at 7 and V a.

Sunday School at -.M 1-. m.

Koaarv, -t-riuon and benediction tbe Most Blessed Sacrament at 7.30 1 All are invited to attend the Sunday I

evening instructions at 7.JW I panic may ensue. Then the captain, ! jron are going to be saved, but God 111 1 knowing well that only by order and' will never do his part unless we are nTTTT? Ti * VT'VT V PT1 AT UdOtinlmity l* there boiie for the safety (ready to do onr*. AHrilllj.-i » IjAJj 1 1 1LAJA j»f any. will draw hi* pistol, and. with « la surprising how little some p*o- . I letermlned mien, dechire that be will , p|* care- for tbe body in times of sick-

_ _ - shoot the first man who disobey* or.Rev. Dr. Tafmage Preaches on L r „„ Ilie w „

a Timely Subject. —

[Ceprrtxts. 3BK. by Louis Klopsch.] LOS A.’CGELES, CaL. May 15. — A tlmety guaix-J for the great multitude who cross tiw ocean at this season or who journey on any water*, whether for pleasure or ibustnesa. Is today the theme of die preacher. The text la ▲eta xxvfl. 3S*. "Then they erere all of

good cheer.”

Have you ever tallowed the »ea? In theoe days of multiplied facllltlea for •cean tzareL when mammoth liners, equipped like Boating palaces, carry tens «««a hundreds at thousands of

into the life-

^boata. We kpow tliat when a regiment i Is reatstlng the charge of 11 n enemy tbe colonel will take his p-mltloa In the rear of tbe line and shoot down •ny cowardly soldier who would turn tad fie*. IT one aoldler were allowed to run to tbe rear, the whole regiment, like a herdhof terror stricken cattle, light he stampeded with fear. If ►wardIce be Infections, why may not hope aVw he infectious? Why I# not the cnlai mfea «f a Fan! atole to steady the r.erre* aid make hopeful tbe hearts of those who before bad no hope at befit* oared from a watery grave? In the «torm« and trials of life hoi often hare courage nnd fortitude bee hi spired by the example of some me strong in falfh and undaunted In M exmfidmee ta God! AIa will belle* fen Christ's power to -save wher they ores mao whose rellanre on him keeps them eahn -la the presence of death. When Hugh Latimer, tbe dying tyr. turned te tbe trembling It Id ley. who was being tied to kbe stake at the aame time that ^ie waa being tier I. and said. "He of goad courtort. Master illd1*T- and piny the man; we shall this day llgle. such * amdle toy God’s grace ta Flip load as I trust ohall never toe pug out” at -oiMw Nicholas Ridley became a man. ills nerues ceased their quivering, and ha waa aide to die as a

with a arose ef security added to tbe maximum of comfort, we little think •f the diaeo<nforts attendant upon tbe Bceon voyage* of half A century »K'o. But. though the condition# of aoa travel have ao - vastly improved in -recent years that a journey acroaa the-Atlan-tic or up the Mediterranean Js no longer an nadrrtuklng to be dreaded, there are «rtti unony traditions -df the gea which time haa not materially changed. If ,y«u hwe traveled much Upon tbe ocean, yoo must know that there are anperatUions aailora who dlaHke to carry mini stem. or. aa they .call them. “Mty pUotM." hi their sh!i«s. Ever since the rei-reaal Jonah waa the cause Of a Medilerraaenn cyclone, tiecauae .he would persist in going to Tan*lilab when God told him to 90 to Nineveh, there have hern aailora who believe tbe .presence of a minister upon their ship

against carrying a minister, like tbe prejudice againat carrying a corpse or the starting at a voyage on « Friday, haa bees gradually gatling lea* and leas as aailora have become better educated. Only a few mouths ago a great liner set out from oar shore# for the Holy Land carrying among her passengers several hundred ministers ef the gospel. But in olden times the would look with very distruat-

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fal eyes upon any man in clerical garb arlm mi cut cross tbelr gangplank. Tbe

who might iron* their gangplank. The Muttering* in the forecastle were loud and deep If two or more miaalenarieg happened to be enrolled at the same

Mute os the ship’s passenger list.

Rev Dr. Jamca McGregor Alexander. the honored missionary of India, laid me that when he and his wife and lea ether missionaries In IfetiS set nail far India the sailors were in aims* •pan mutiny at the Idea ef carrying

dangerous cargo of human but when they arrived la \M-

Tex. yna. We all densw what the power of a jwrsoaal example meana An life. 1Ye know that when -men are brave about ns they make us brewe. We know that when mea are true they make us true. - W> know that when men are noble examples at Christian faith they taxpdre us with like Christian faith. So when Paul, amid the •hrifkinga and groaning* and hravings and bondisrituu-nU of the Mediterranean whirlwind, calmly and deliberately stepped forth and eald. "Men, I exhort you te he ef good cheer, for there ebafl be no teas of

stopped

"Why. that

strange talk. We cannot umleratand It. bat Paul most brve had a supernatural vision, or else be could not have spoken thus. You apeak ao positively, 0 preacher, that we believe you. What a Gqd yours must be to inapire such confidence! Would that we bad your faith and your religion.” Men and women of tbe Christian life, are your actions and words living witnesses of yonr faith In the saving grace of

I Why are the crew and the | fen of this Alexandrian corn ship happy of heart? Because Paul kept holding up before them the mlstaki

way. Paul was wot a mere taunter, a aneerer. a ridleuler. a tantallaer. He was not one of those mean* contemptible fellow# who always stand around

ef Job whe are atoeot us beahu* to tba Meed** heart as a poultice ef cayenne pepper ' be to a maa-

Man came cot to bt minisu-nxl 1

to iclclitev —Mark 10:«.

OtThlNE OFPCRlPTt’RE SECTION. Forslvlcg and Having Faith Luk* 17:1-10 Citanaing Trn L»p«r* L.uk»-I7:ll-1> Corning dt tfc» Kingdom Cukr i7 Parabits. Cnjuat Judgv. Pharisvv and Publican Luke U:l-M Teaching oCncArnlng Divorce. Matt. Teaching Concerning Divorce. Mark 16:1-12 Blessing Little Children Matt. 1>:U-U Blessing Uttie Children Mark 1V U-16 Blessing Little Children Luke U1&-J7 The Rich Young Rul.r Matt. D.ILSO The Rich Youag Ruler Mark K>.17-a The Rich Young Ruler .Luk*-it l*.-*) Parab>, Laborers irPVlnryard.Matt a,-.l-M Again Foretelling His Death..Math *.17-1V

Death. .Mark 16:S-XA

^ , .— Death..Luke I* a-M

crises when your Ufe seema a hopeless ; Ambition of Jam*-* and John..Matt. shlnwreck? I Ambition of James and John..Mark K-X&-«g ‘ . * , ,. , . TIES —March. A. D. 9/ The crucifixion

But why should not the passenger# | V4J tl .

1 ?ieard my mother aay seme ! and crew of the Alexatulrlan corn ship j PLACE.—Pcra<a; same a» last lesson ywtra ago: "1 waa Jnat down to see ( be of good cheer? Did not the prophetic NOTES and comments. Eldre Nkitolls. He waa morbid and {words of Paul literally come tree? { The paragraph which precedes onr

Je.ua Christ? Are you wUllng to be- ^ Hlf him and trust In him. even in Agiln ForeuWln* Hu Death

1 the Son of

depressed. I said to>hlm. ’What hare von eaten today, Mr. Nlcholla?' *Oh.' aa answered. T have taken nothing but a attle tea and a cracker. I cannot eat s ’My.’ 1 said. ThU will not do! Yon must eat or you will never get •frongr 80 I went and cooked him an Igg nnd made him some good toast rod procured for him a little fruit, and oefore I left be was aa bright and cheerful aa a man coaid be. it does «eem to me that half of ear lack of faith In God comes from physical depletion and not from spiritual weak neaa.” Tea, my mother was right

The same la’

Nlcholla' of the Brooklyn tabernacle applied to the paaaeupera and crew at the Mediterranean corn ship, they saw Paul "a faith they believed. When they bad eateai and cared for the body they'began to be of good cheer. My brother, when you too God’s work, do not think it beneath your spiritual dignity to obey Gad’s physical laws. Paul praying, a atoghty example for us to look after the spiritual bod lee; Tual eating food, a mighty example far us to care for our physical bodice. Why were the crew and pane of tbe Alexandrian corn ship of good cheer? Paul bed wot deceived them

aa to tbe mat

rescue. He had bluutly yet dearly taid them what would happen, and. as event* were tnruiagent jnat described; they wear not in the least astonished when the ship came within •sight of land and they knew that a be waa doomed. Tltotigh tbe Teasel might be lost, they felt that their own lives •were to-be saved. Jnat read very carefully. If yoa will, the account of this prophecy. Paul ‘did not stand forth In the midst of .them and say: "Oh, men, tbe tornado will cease, and the billows of the are shall lie down, and the break forth from behind the doude, and, in gala day attire, we Into tbe harbor of onr destination." He did not prophesy a pleasant voyage With all friend* gathered on tbe shore to greet them aa they disembarked. He did not aay. "We shall only be detained a few days and then hurrah for the plea an re* of life In tbe dtyP Oh. ao; that was not Paul's way. told the truth. He aaid: “Mas. wa shall ha eared: but. Ilka Job, we shall only escape aa by tba skis of our teeth. We must become waterlogged. We must beach our craft and It will be beaten and gnashed Into kindlings. We must tore all our cargo aad personal baggage. We shall he rescued alive, but that la all.” Then, when the aailora saw the literal fulfillment of

tbelr past Ufe In order that they night tba prophecy of Paul, their faith in the more easily be led to follow in hla their leader and in their leader's God

not only continued, but i

l day

by day.

I believe that in urging men to coma to Christ we make a mistake when we do not frankly atnte the hardship* and — “ of the Christian Ufe. There

Whe* tbe mighty ship struck tbe beach let ton is the beat Introduction to it. what happened? Paul turned to the ! The piseover was near, and the roads

brawny armed men about him and aaid. “Leap into (he *urf and swim for yonr Urea." And there stout limbed men flung themselves into the seething waters and swain on until at last their feet totfrbed the shore and they made ready to rescue tbelr straggling friends. Some of the women, being In all prob ablhty strapped to spars, were lifted by the heaving billow* and swept upon the rocks, where they were rescued. fVwic of the men may have come ashore clinging to boards and broken gunwales. At times it seemed aa though they must be washed off. but somehow they are at last aU landed. 80 in the end of time and In tbe beginning dt eternity all Christians shall be safely brought to the heavenly shores, through stress and storm and peril. It «aay be. but atill safe. Yea, we will be there. We shall all be there. Coorajm. Christian brother. Fear not the petto* of tbe passage. "Though the watera thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof." tbe promise of Christ, like tor words of Panl. shall come

glortmialy true.

tolackm no aafl. brother.

At Inlet or island;

Straight by tba compass stare. Straight for tbe highland. Ter- not the darknraa.

rtoad not tbe night.

God * word la thy ooanpaaw

Christ is thy light.

Crowd all thy canvas on. Out through the foam. . 7 It soon will ha morning And heaves be thy bona*

Local Church News. The subject of the Y. P. 6. C. E at the First Baptist Cbnrch tomorrow evening will he “False and True Ambitions.” The leader will be J. Spicer Learning, Eaq. At the Pint Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening there will be a nnlon meeting between the Y. P. S. C. E. aad the Junior Y. P. 8. C. E. Mias Mary Springer will lead It and the subject will be “What Joseph and Benjamin Teach About Brotherly Care.” Vincent Chapter, Epwortb League of the First M. E. Chnrch will bare for Ita snb Jeet at it* meeting on Monday evening next "False and Troe Ambitions " Mrs. Benjamin F. Johnson will lead the meeting- ' RELIGIOUS TONIC. The curse cannot get beyond Cal-

vary.

la the light of love, tbe least may he the largest No rasa can hold back the hands or God's dock. God la dark to they are oa the wrong tide of the pillar of firesir'a pleasures pi»t aa brlrht a» the Ugh ta tag. but they are aa brief aad

were full of devout Jew* on their * to Jerusalem to observe It. It wax Jesus' wish to walk alone. After walking, perhaps for hours. In this way. the Maater called the Twelve to him again and told them for the third time of tbe end which was ao near. “And there come near unto Him James and John:'' We learn from Matthew that their mother was with them aad that It yraa she who spoke for them. TTielr presumption is hard to understand, but It probably seemed less to them because of the relationship between the family of Jesus and their own.. His mother and theirs were probalfir

sister*.

"Ye know not what ye ask:” "Jesus'meets this bold petition as He met the* scribe's offer of disclpleship fMatt. 8:18). aiming at disenchantment by pointing out what it involved."—Bruce. "Are ye able to drink the enp that F drink:” The cup wa* an emblem of man’s lot; what God poured out for him. "We are able:" They probably had only the faintest conception of’ what their words meant, but they didmean to stand by the Master. ’TSto cup. ... ye shall drink:” They were good men and they did stand by Him. James was the first of the disciples to suffer martyrdom. Jesus honored them In speaking as He did. aafi His words could hardly be called a rebuke. “But to rit on My right hand . . . Is not Mine to give:” Jeans does not try to correct their materia! conception of the kingdom. He had tried to do that before—but devotee Himself to tbe more serious moral error, selfishness. “I« for them for whom It hath been prepared:” Chrysostom used assn Illustration the case of two athletes who requested the judge to assign to them the laurel wreaths of victory. He replied: "It la not mine to give, but they belong to those for whom they are prepared." that is, those who win them In the pre-

scribed way.

'Tbe ten . . . moved with tndlgUion:” We do not wonder that they were angry, but It waa partly because they pad tbe same ambitions with James ^nd John. They who . . . rule over the Gentiles lord it over them. . . . But it Is not so among you:" It la not to be so among you. Selfishness controlled hi the njm-Christian world: It was to be different in the kingdom of Christ "Whosoever would become great among you. shall be your minister:" Better, yonr servant a* In R. V. margin. Greatness, then, is not counted by God as moat of us count it even today. He la really greatest who serves most To give His life:” Kot simply to lay down His life, but to devote it to the cause. Tbis involved—and He knew that it would—Hla death. "A ransom for many:” That through tbe tiring of which maty w*** to be delivered from the bondage of aia. It ta moat Importaat to oheerve that ia all this Jem iseefe-

ttog forth Hlaaelf and HR c

'«f life I “

wlf and Hla conduct aa life tor Hla dJactpiea. a is intreduoad tor thli