QAPE MAY HERAtD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1904.

THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL l^«om in the International BarlM for September 4, 1904—“XUjob Encouraged.“ (Prepared by the “Highway and Byway” Preacher.) (CoprrUM. UM. by J M Edeon ) , UC8SON TEXT. O Klr.cn 19:0-Ik: Mraiurj Vereee. U-M.) 9 A:.cl be came tbllher unto a cave, and lodffed there: and. behold, the word of tte Lord came to him. and he aald unto him. What doeat thou here. ElijahT 10. And he aald. I have been very Jealcma for the Laird Ood of hoata: for the chlldre:. of -Israel have forsaken Tb> covet-ant. thrown down Thine altars, and a lain Thy prophet* with the awotd. and 1. even 1 only, am left; and they seek m> life, to lake It away. U And be aald. Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a creat and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake In pieces the rocks before tbs Lord; but the Lord was not In the wind: and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not In the earthquake: 1L And after the earthquake a Ore. but the Lord was not In the Ore. and after the Ore a still small voice. Ik And It was so. "'hen Elijah heard It. that be wrapped his luce In bt* mantle, and went out. and stood in the entering In of the cave And. behold, there came a voice unto him. and said. What does! thou here. Elijah T 14 And he said. 1 have been very Jealous for the Lord god of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant. thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and L even 1 only, am left, and they seek my life, to take It away. ‘ IS And the Lord said unto him. Go. return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when tbou con,eat. anoint Hasaal to be king over Syrian 11 And Jehu the son of Klmshl shall thou anoint to be king over Israel: and EUsha the sen ot Bhaphat of Abel-meholah shall thou anolst to be prophet in thy room 17. And It shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Haxaul shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword cf Jehu shall EUsha a.ay. - 11 Tet I have left Me seven thousand In Israel, ail the knpes which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which bath not kissed him 19. So he departed thence, and found EUsha the son of Bhaphat. who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him. and cast his mantle upon him. GOLDEN TEXT.—"Fear thou not. for i am with thee."—Isa. 41:10. TIME.—About forty days sftsr last Iss-FLACE-—Mount Btoal. or. as it Is often called. Mount Horeb. Comparing Scripture with Scripture. The Place.—"Came thither unto a cave,” in the Hount of God, the place where God appeared to Moses in the flaming bush (Ex. 3:1-2) and the place where Israel had received the law (Ex. 19:1-2.) A place hallowed by sacred memories, and yet not the place for Elijah. os God's twice repeated Question and His command: "Go. return on thy way," prove. Elijah spent over 40 precious days in getting alone with God, when he might have found Him in Israel. May not the prophet have erred as the Samaritan woman did who sought toengage Jesus in argument about Mount Gerazlm as the only place to find God ‘ and to worship? Jonn.4:20. How many weary days the discouraged Christian often spends in getting alone with God. Elijah made up his mind he*would go to Sinai to meet God. and the Christian often foolishly fixes place and time for meeting God and spends weary days In finding Him.—Acta 17:27, Ps. 145:18. It Was the Place of Heart Searching. —(1) God Became the Examiner. Jer. 17:1b. The prayer of the Poolpilat should be our prayer. Pa 189:23-24. But wy must submit Jos. 4:7. Then God will reveal true conditions to as. Phil. 2:15. ‘'What doest thou here, Elijah?” is the question God often has to ask us. (2) God Became the Teacher. The Christian often makes a long Journey of It to God’s school, even as did Elijah. But It is a blessed place to come. John 14:26; 14:13; 1 Cor. 2:12. God sought to turn Elijah's thoughts away from self. It took the rock-rending winds; the mountain-moving earthquake, and the . fierce fire to turn Elijah's thoughts to -ag£j£'Oh. how bard it is to bring the spal to listen to God. How God has to almost strip ns naked, and sflUeltasprs, before we will turn from self to Him. It Wss the Place of Encouragement —It was humiliating to Elijah to realise that his boast of standing alone for Ood was 7,000 below the true number, but surely he was rejoiced and encouraged to know bow many faithful ones there were. Do you ever feel you stand alone for God? Get away in His school, and 1st Him give you the correct censes. Atone!. Never, for JeeueU ever present Matt 28:20; He is ever working with ea, Mark 14:20; by His Holy Spirit. John 15:7-11. U Was the Place of yrashOnmmtoslon. —When Elijah fled from Jesebel he lost his commiisioo. Ha needed it renewed.' The runaway servant of Ood generally loses his commission, and it is only os we get alone with God.^hat we may receive reappointment in theLprd'* work. God'* first word to Elijah-Was: "Go. return on thy »ay." Elijah must be (W submissirs to God'k Wlli ,(J) Obedient to His command; God thocv

Our Church Directory. Among The Worahlppera ef The Different Denominations. r. a. chubcu or th* ADvairf: Rsv. Edwin 0. Alcorn. Mlnister-ln “^Sunday Berviom: 7.80 a m, Holy Communion; U). 80 n m. Morning Prayer and Sermon; A00 p m. Sunday-ecbool. 8.00 p m. Evening Prayer and Sermon. Evening Prayer. Friday evening, at 8.00. Other aervjees as announced. PHKSBTTMUAK CHIRCH. Rev Arthur W. Spooner, p. D.. Pas-

_ _ JgatlOO'4 service at 10 ». Evening service at T.80. Mid week prayer meet lug at 7.90. Junior Endeavor Friday afternoon at 4 ’ Senior Endeavor Friday evening at 7.80 Sunday-school at S.80. All are cordially Invited. Seals Free. FIRST M X. CWUECH. Rev. 8. P- Gaskin, D. D.. Pastor. Preaohlt£ on Sunday morning at 10 80. Id theevemng at 7.45. Meeting, at 9 *. n. and 4.80 p. »r. on Sunday*. Sunday School atfi r. u Epwnrth League Mobdiy evening fct 8 o’clock. Mid-week prayer aervioe Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. CUm> meetings, Tueaday. Thurwiay and Friday evening*. BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. George Williams. Pastor. Preaching on Sunday morning at 10.30. lu the evening at 8.00. Sunday morning Worker* Meeting at 10.00 a. V. Sunday School at 8.00 p. m. Wednesday eveuln_- Prayer Meeting at 8 o'clock. Young People’* Mee'ing Friday ing at 8 o'clock. Men's Meeting Saturday evening o'clock. sr. uaby'k b. c. church. Rev. Father D. J, Kelly. Rector. Hours of divine nervice on Sundays, Masses at 6. 8 and 10 a. m. Sunday School at 2.80 i*. uRosary, sermon and benediction oi the Most Blessed Sacrament at 8.00 p u. All are invited to attend the Sunday evening instructions at 7 80 Week-days, Maw at 7. a. h. Service, every Friday evening at 8. •T. Joint's P. E. CHURCH. Corner Washington and Franklin Streets SURDAY SERVICE* Holy Communion, 8.00 a m. (as announced); 10.90 a. m. the first Sunday-of each month. Morning Prayer 10.30 a. m. Evening Prayer. 8. rbe following clergymen are expected to officiatednring the snmmer of 19(H:

" 11. Rev.- William Levering Devrier, Ph.. B.. Rector St. Mark's Church, Washington. D. C. “ 18. Rev. Thoms* J. Taylor. Rector Chnrch of the Advent, Ken nett Square, Pa THE SEAT* ARE FBER AT AI.J. SERVICES.

THE TWO STANDARDS

Sermon by a Former Hummer Resi-

dent of Cape May.

SEW YORK, August 28 —Cyrus Townsend Brady, the well-known novdIsland Episcopal clergyman, who for several yeah, occupied cottages at Cape May. preached from the text, James ti. 10: For whtwoever shall keep the whole law, and yet ofiend in one point, he is guilty of of alL The preacher said: ’ Lest the title mislead let me say that the reference is neither to politics nor finance, but to religion—things which nnfortnnRtely seem to have little in common. Yet poll ti cans and financiers may read this with profit A short time since s young man said to me, “Well, yon know there are two standards of conduct, the Ideal and the real; the one 'we think by, the other we live by.” That is doubtless a prevalent opinion which is certain to lead, into trouble. The young man in question had got into difficulties because in a certain instance be had conformed to the low rather than the high standard When actions are to be .appraised at their true value the world has an unpleasant way of measuring the individ-

ual by the ideal.

Howeter it may be with the precious metals, there is but one standard of character, character being the reaultant of action, action the expression of thought The impression of this singularity of standard upon the moral conscience is one function of religion. Add to this the enforcement of conformity to the standard and yon approach the complete definition of religion—to believe in God, to strive to be like Him

i stage, and many s Christian baa to do this very thing befora he can do Ood'swork. It takes aub-

to do this. - And when Elijah was reao to go back; when his splrtt of self U> portanos bad bepn subdued; whea he .wee wholly given to God s will; whga ha was eager to obey, thee God reveeJed

Many men are lovely and pleasant in their hopes and the reverse outride their doors. Many men are upright and honest in society and crooked and de'vitfiil tn business. Many men ace con-c-ientioos and honorable in burineea tod iiOjK-Jt-saiy venal and corrupt in ’•olitiea. Thu is the reeuit of the double standid. U would be brutal sod unmanly to be cruel t*> wife or .child, but any xealmeut qf an employe, sa inferior or *» earn pub tor i»- warranted ‘w disgraceful •ut auy duplicity ta legitimate in bnaiaaaa. Commercial honor is the baric of

LAST OF THE SEASON. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD(West Jersey and Seashore 5. B.)

11.110 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th, 1904.

SPECIAL TRAIN

Leave Cape May8.50 A. M.. stopping at Bennett, Rio Grande, Anglesea Junction and Cape May C. H Returning, leave Atlantic City 5.00 P. M.

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credit., without credit busines* is impossible, but any sort of a deal goes in politics. To die grandly for a principle is an alluring proposition, to live to do a petty duty is a bore. . The mere statement of these things is convincing. No furthei argument Is needed for a single moral standard. A thing is either right or wrong. Your information may be inadequate,your judgment inaccurate; whdh one is not certain he does bis best according to bis light* and j* so judged, but the fault is not in the standard. A thing which is wrong in one case is wrong in another. If it is right to be gentle at home it is right to be gentle in tne world. If it is right to be truthful m society it is right to Be i truthful in business. If it is right to be upright in business it is right to be upright in politics. “Whatsoever thou hast to do. do it with thy might,” says the Wise Man. There are degrees in sin but no sins of small degree. The payment of the dthe of mint, anise and cummin is altogether admirable when the weightier matters hnve been attended to. The law* of God cannot be divided and applied at random. They'are to be kept as a

whol<-.

Jesus Christ, the exemplification of God’s law as well as of His love, did not shrink from the imperat ve mood. He was as peremptory as Moses. He is the standand. There can be no other since Ood is One. Nor is He impossible for man. God is Just; He does not require from us conformity to the unattainable. To strive to be like Christ sums up the law and the Gospel. Choose you this day that One Standard and keep to it. Thus it is written in DeuteronodT^:— • Cursed is he that conflrmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.”

but -it was captured from them by Spanish guerrilla bands They sold It and it" was brought over to England, where It has changed hands several Umes. Mr. .Crciipe discovered it not long ago. and bought It "for a small sum." according to his partner. Should it prove to be the long lost Madonna del Passeggio then It may fetch any price—perhaps lens of thousands. While, on the other hand, if anyone can prove It is not^well. th* advertisement tells what awaits him.

THE GOLDEN TEXT. "Foot thou not. for I am with tbaa.” Immanuel—“God with us." Matt. 1:23. Marvelous truth. Ths angels said to .^the frightened shepherds, “Fear not" for Jesus la come. Jesus arid to His trembling troubled disci plea, “Fear not” for tt is I your risen Lord. And to the human heart is

K. for He

He comes to help. Ha cornea to Mess. May Ha who speaks the m usage “Fear thaw not. for l am with thee,** hear faith’s response from our hearts, “I win fear no ovfl, for Tbou

SNAKES TERRORIZE A TOWN Great Numbers of the Venomous Serpents Descend Upon Village of Ailamuchy, H. T. Rutherford Btuyvesanf Is building a macadamized road through the moun1 tains near Washington. N. J.. and the heavy blasting ha* caused stakes in th* hlile to migrate down into Allamuch) village. 'There are rattlers, adders, copperheads and every known variety of local snake, greet and small. In such number* that the little village Is almost afraid to venture dpt of doors or into its cellars. J Every man. woman and child carrie* a dub. and the snake stories they td: are wonderful. Peter Mowry. gotng U tee bis "best girl" the other, night, ear. five rattler*, killed all of them, and Is making a necklace of the rattles Jor his ladylove. Along the main street of the vllleg* the snakes are so numerous after a big blast up the hill that all the storekeepers close np shop and go out for a snakekilling bee. AH the churchgoers carry clubs Sunday morning. They pile them up like cord wood In the lobby and each carefully takes bis stick when be starts

home.

Some of the old resident* know charms that they say are sure protection agalfist snakes, and they are trying them now The ministers look upon the invasion with fear because some of the young and middle-aged men are making themselves Immune against the effects of bites by taking liberal -dotes erf “rattlesnake cure" every time they leave their boueea. The men say a snake can't bite you if you have got enough rum in jrou. The ministers say tt Is Just as good to bold your breath when the snake about to bite, bat the men prefer the other way.

A Popular Baker. F W Wolff, whose bakery and confectionery stand is located at No 410 Washington str***t, Is one of the popular business men of Cape May. and ha has the reputation of putting out large loads of bread and of supplying his customers with the most palatable of cakes, pies and other products of bis establishment. His business Is growing healthfully, and no pains are spared to make everything satisfactory to bis large list of customers Ice cream is furnished on special orders. and In the regular seacon his Ice cream saloon Is a popular place of meeting with many of our resident* and visitors.

BELIEVES HE HAS MADONNA itwyHai'TMT' offers Howard to Artyone Who Will Prora Or sat Pic-

ture Xa Hot Authentic.

An original. manner of proflng the aothenricity of an art work was developed by an advertisement in a London paper the other morning, which road

£100 I win pay to the first .person who can prora that the PICTURE I have deposited in the N. P. Bank of England, and of which a photo la exhibited at 4, Crosby eq., E. C., Is not the celebrated loot Original MADONNA DEL PASSEGGIO, by RAPHAEL, or that Us padigree ia not aa follows: Commissioned of Raphael by the Marehtoneea of Mantne Ex-Man tuan Collection. 1828. Ex Collection Charted L, England,

1081 (£800).

Ex Royal Collection of Spain, 181L

T. CROME.

This, according to Mr. Crome’s partner, ife the history of the picture. When the Mjmtuau collection was dispersed in 1B& Charles-1. at England bought largely Later on Cromwell camo along, and In that playful way of his proceeded to get rid of the heathenish things that Charles had accumulated. The Madonna a ns oaf at them, and ir buns In Charles' bedroom. . There wa» a sale of Jhe Stuait i goods, among them the '*'

TRANSVAAL NEEDS CHINESE OoL Crewe, Colonial Secretary of Cape Colony, - ~

of Chinese

tabor in the Transvaal, CoL Crewe, colonial secretary of Cape Colony, says In an Interview that, while expressing strong objection to Chinese being let loose in south Africa, those who had the real welfare of the country at heart saw that the Transvaal had been forced to Introduce them by the circumstances of the case. In reference to the native question and the Ethiopian movement OoL Crewe ex-' preeeed his views aa follows: “I regard the black peril as an absolute bogy. The natives are not giving any trouble and .would not do ao with a firm native poUcaT^he report of the native commiaaloa now sitting will confirm this view and will ■"nr*— the Unas which will no doubt be adopted through south Africa for the treatment of all native questions. The Ethiopian movement la not of any serious importance. It has not gained much ground of lata and its heads are becoming more reasonable. They now see that U U useless to put forward .the plea of 'Africa, the black man's country.'"

A t«* Kaaola. 8T. PETERSBURG, AUg. n.-Oue of the act* of grave Htgnnli&lng the birth' Of an heir to th« thrum- will be the toiul sh-uilloii qf voi'pDrel'ptuiislimvnl throughout Kuaaia. it ie.npunsil aptly ta> good ! - - .. William of 4 , , . the privilege of acting i of-the b«

AUg- I

Busy Grocer*. The Fourth Ward, w all that portion of Cape May north of Queen street bas come.to be known. Is ably accommodated because of the grocery business of H C Pierson A Son. No. 1163 Wash ington street Just south of Union street A little more than a year ago this firm purchased the business of Mark B Scull and have carried It pn successfully since that time The sell th4 best grade of goods at the lowest cash price. They handle the best of salt bams and other cured meats Tills firm is composed of Horatio C Pierson and his son. David

Safe House Moving. Sheriff Samuel E. Ewing does e general contracting and house moving business, and the fact of him perfon^ log his duties as Sheriff of Cape May County does not In any way Interfire with him In successfully carrying on the business of boose moving He baa the reputation of moving bouses and buildings hi a perfectly safe way and in leaving them in their new positions In as good a condition as they were before moving. He is careful in the aslectlon of hia employes for the doing of such work. Pretty Designs of Wall Paper. " U Lafayette Bennett, the practical house, sign and decorative painter, is Just now exhibiting an excellent array of the most beautiful designs in wail paper which have been exhibited ia Cape May recently. He U taking a targe number of orders . He la agent tor J. E. Patton's sun-proof paints, and also for the produetz of the Pittaburg Plata Glass Company. Aa excellent array of picture mouldings is aiay to he found In his establishment

The Only Brick Yard.

A reliable dealer la lime, brick, aa unent and builders* materials ia W am S. Shaw, of No. 823 Elmira stre ta also a general contractor for t moving of materials from ptaca place. Hia lime, brick and other a teriata are sold at the lowest poa hie pricaa and delivered promptly

All orders recelvs prompt attention from B S. Curtis, whose plumbing ■team and gas fitting shop Is at No. 11 Decatur street ifr. Curtis bears the reputation of bring tbs moot reliable plumber here, and always carries in stock the materials needed tor the prompt completion of contract* which

he receive*

M. C. Swain, wbofee shop ia at Oorgle and Queen streets, has had 28 yean* experience In the manufacture of artificial stone pavements^ cellar floors and the like He manufactures them la plain or In any color or design, and bis wort to guaranteed to be equal sad better than that of an/ other in hia

line.

Choice Wiect and Liouora. Tha Homestead, corn-r Washln

and tackson street*. Is under th# t

agemeut of John J. Ratty, and Is

In an up-to-date manner and eup]

tke beet of win** »n4 Uquefa.