THURSDAY. MARCH it, 1908

•tcrrmtct SERMONS.

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Kllltnc hope !■ mor»l iulrld«. So* ha- plum* a id r*ap heaven, lively man U made up of mar;

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Men a

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iot uplifted altbout lb* e you aerve a auperatltlon of u* are blamlnf fate for

The door of opportunity I*

jt their at f.deny at Ksdv.t. III., c 1ns them the ownership Of the eoti' block, ullh the exc*;>t)oa of a sma.

portion.

Bishop I’rka. art ompa ifed by h’ dausbtrr. I* oa his way to Brasil I visit the n-'sstuaa of the MethudU Kpleropal church. South. In Soutl America, and preside at the confer

cnees la BraslL

Ree. Frank Hamilton, pastor of the Temple Street Uethodlst church, of Boston, hs« reslsned to accept the office of chancellor of the American university at Wathlnston. which work be will take up In the fall. From Belslum comes the announce, raent that the body of St Vincent de Paul baa been secretly taken from the French capita! to the convent of the nuns belonslns to the order founded by him at Ana. near Lies* Rev. Lewis B. Mlchaelson has been reelected for a term of three years, beslnntns September 1. 1M7. as rabbi of Consregatlon B'nal Shalom Brooklyn. Mr. Michael son baa been for many years connected with the Co

uuiliii w truth fumblan Rellsloua AnU-Mlealon echooU eyes on the treasury, founded by the tote Adolph Benjamin. ,lln abllltv .o knock W 'TH THE EAOEE.

the churak to open ll

Some folks think they are pious because the slsht of pals gives them pleasure. There never yet was a sermon that could have any force on a head full of fashion.

Soma folks feel sure (hey are buildlag on rock because their hearts are hard as flint. The spirit o( brotherhood never needs to hire hill boards to have Its good deeds made known.—Chicago Tribune.

8AYINCS OF SAGES.

By tar the most valuable possession of all to all men for life la skill.—Hipparchus. Death and love are two wings which bear men from earth to heaven.— Michael Angelo.

Wouldst thou excel? Let purpose run a thread of gold from sun to sun! —James Buckbam. • Make such a habit of well doing In you. that you shall not know how to do evil.—Sir Philip Sidney. As fruit and flowers draw their ripeness down from Heaven, so themselves may crown.—Gerald Mae-

If we look down, then onr shoulders stoop. If our thoughu look down, om character bends.—Alexander Me Ken

X have seldom known anyone who deserted truth In trifles that could be trusted la matters of Importance.— Paley. In actual life, as r. general rule. It Is the common, not the uncommon, pei son who does noble things.—Lafcadlo For as a ship without rudder ssed to and fro with the waves, e man that Is negligent Is many ways tempted.—Thomas a Kempls. Opportunity la the flower of time, and as the stalk may remain when the flower la cut off. so time may remain with us when opportunity Is gone.— Bond. Aspire to be great, but only if allied i. and accompanied by goodness; sr that If the greatness comes not. your mind Is content with being good.— James Platt. To be a strong hand In the dark to another In time of need, to be n cup ! strength to a human soui iu a crisis 1 weakness, is to know the glory of re—Black. The great question of life Is the suffering we cause; and the utmost Ingenuity of metaphysics cannot Justify nan who has pierced the heart that loved him.—Benjamin Constant

MERE OPINION.

Good cheer never passes a dlvi-

Any fool has sufficient Inventive

When a man begins to get up at six o'clock on Sunday morning he as well admit that he Is growing

No man Is Justified la believing that be Is unlucky. If be had not bad good luck be would never have pulled through his boyhood.

FACT* ABOUT FOOD. No flood Is sometimes good to Indigestion Is the devil's workshop. Dyspepsia uncovers a multitude of

e all right. e food that salts the s

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

SENTENCE SERMONS. There Is no loyally without love.

, tT —John MML M.morr OOLDKN TBXT.-' l em tho Uahl eg the wvfW’-John I X TIMM—-About *U mor-hs after o<tr lost taooon. October. A. D. 3» At the Feast of Tabematlra. whlrh beraa the' year October U Toward tho rloaa o. the thlid year ef Jasua' mlntetry PLACE.—Tha pool of BUoam. at Jane eatam. Comment and Suggestive Thought. V. L “As Jesus passed by.” Walking to Jerusalem on a Sabbath day It. 14). probably near the temple where he may have been worshiping, and around the gates Of which were usaally crowds of the poor and unfortunate begglag for help from the worshipers. whose hearts were softened by the reUgtons Influences * **• place. “Saw a man which from h'.s birth." Of the six miracles connected with blindness which are recorded In the Gospels, this Is the only case described as blindness from birth. In this lies Its special terlstlc (v. St.) V. 1. “Who did sin. this mat parents, that (as the result sin) he was born blind?” The R. V. “That he should be.” expresses the meaning. Bln. as Jesus ognlsed In more than < was the cense of sufiorin* (Mark I; 5; Luke IS: l-«; John S:14.) Hence the dlsdplce wrongly Inferred that special suffering was always caused by some special sin. V. S. “Jesus answered. Neither bath this man alnned. nor his parents.' Not that they were perfect, and bad never done wrong, but the aSHctloo had not come as the result Ishment of any particular tin. beyond that of others who did not suffer affliction, as In the case of those spon whom the tower of BUoam (Luke IS: 1-8.) Sufferings do come upon children from the sli enta. ns stated In the set mandment; but It la not a punishment of the sufferer. Everybody world today le saffertag mow from the sins of others, but the suffering la not a punishment for’ sins. “But (the blindness came) that (expressing not the purpose of the bllndneee but the result, the outcome i the works of God should be made manifest In him " Manifest to him self, and through him to the world all down the ages. Who would no' be willing to be blind for a few yean If thereby be could reveal and pro claim Jesus as the light of the world and reflect the goodness, the power the comfort of God to millions of faU fellow-men? The blindness was no wrong to the man. for It gave him • knowledge of Jeans, a hope of heaven new virtues, and ex perl emcee erhlc) could not have been hta In any othe“Go. wash In the pool r Siloam.” to wash off the clay from hi* The pool of Siloam la la the valley of the Kldron. south of the Temple Area, and 1JOO feet a little sooth went of the Virgin's fountain (the probable pool of Bethesda) from which living fountain a stream Sows through rock-cut aqueduct to the pool o! Siloam. It must have been n Urge pool ?• feet square, surrounded by an arcade. It was from this pool ebat the water was taken In a golden pitch In the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles “Siloam (Hebrew) .

lien we confess to our own (suits usually we are thinking of our neighbor's Many a maa thinks he Is a great force because he creates so much friction. is man who borrows trouble

Every maa may have a right ti own grouch, but he baa a duty tr keep it to hlmaelf.

For Rent -.I M iji The second floor of SMITH BUILDING Three Conunnnleathig Rooms and ToileL City Water.

The History of -:Cape May County:FROM THE ABORIGINAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY EMBRACING

I. H. Smith, Jr. or Lewis T. Stevens, On the Premises.

AN account of the Aborigines; The Dutch in Delaware Bay; The Settlement of the County; The Whaling; The Growth of the Villages; The Revolution and Patriot*: The Establishment of the New Government; The War of i8iy; The Progress of the County and Soldiers of the War.

By LEWIS TOWNSEND STEVENS 480 Pages. 48Illustrations. 31 Chapters. SAppendt'-*-SEIfT POSTPAID OR RECEIPT OF S2.M IT LEWIS T. STEVENS, Publisher 610 Washington St. Cape May, N. d

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THE SLOPPY SOPHIST.

commuted for good behavior.

The pool may have the waters were "sent” forth i aqueduct from the Virgin'* Spring. The word “seat" li eo frequently used by Jeeus of hlmaelf tbal we naturally apply it here also to him self aa tf the notaeleas atream which their fathers had despised (Isa. t:8), and which they could trace to IU a fit type of him whom the Jews rejected because they knew his origin, sad because ha had no et teraal force."—Exp.

Jasua the Light ef the WorU— 1. Jesus U the Light of the World behe brings light from heaven, the light we need la oar darkness: The light of the knowledge of Ood. of fatherhood. Ida love, his forgiving mercy. Ms truth. Ms law, of heaven and the way there. Jeans hlmaelf. with bis character, hi* teachings. Ms deeds, was himself Light la the world, revealing these thing*. He U the Light of the world bebe open* onr eyes to see the light of heaven, and ourselves, and life, and the world la tho light of heaven. New Life la the soul, the life given by the Holy Spirit. U the means of our seeing the light. S. Jesus U the Light because he sheds light on an our sicknesses, and troubles, and burdens. He core* diseases. he makes all things work togather for good to those that love Mm. he gives new motives and hopes that lighten our burdens. An Example.—Very much of our growth and progress depends on better seeing—seeing more of the meaning of God's Word, seeing God. seeing eternal realities, seeing the slgnlScance of life, teeing opportunities of doing good, seeing better Ideals and poeslMHUea. Heaven and earth, so tall of blessings and truths, aad op port u nlUes and gloria*, are often InvUIblr

PACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE. The middle book Is Prororb*. The middle verse It Acts xvll., 17. The shortest verse Is John xL. *5. The middle book Is 2 Thes.xlonlans. The shortest verse la L Chronicles , *6. The middle verse Is the eighth ot

In the new testament there are 27 books. 2(0 chapters. 7.969 verses, 181,268 words and *38,380 letters. In the old testament there are >9 hooka. 929 chapters. 13.211 verses 690.439 words, aad 2.728.109 letters. The nineteenth chapter of the secid Book of Kings aad the 27th chapter of Isglah are practically the same. The tqlddle chapter would be Roans xltL. If there were a chapter more, and Romans xlv. If a chapter

The middle verse would be 2 Chronicles xx, 18. II there were a verse pad verse 17 If there were a

CHURCH AND CLERGY.

The thing that causes dread' to sprint Is not spring poets, hot the quips printed about them.

Lack ef Napoteen's Hair, i Interesting relic of Kai Bonaparte has been placed la the Nottingham Castle muse uni of a lock ot hair at the emperor which

Dry Goods AND Notions.

f-Aak fbr oar FASHION SHEET MRS. E. TURNER 323 Washington st. Cape Mpv.

DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY. t If you would make

Marriage Is a serious problem to a girt. There ere so many people she Invite or not

SAYS THE CYNIC.

It's lucky to have a rabbit's foot At Meat the rabbH thinks so.

The egotist la the first to recognise egotism la thorn who pay no attention

apt red by things that a

Ha who hag Implicit faith la Ms feils apt to IM^ faith with his

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The proper time for a man to marry .... ». w ,„ „ ,

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J 8 Mm 87 Jackeoa Bt. C-pe May.

GO TO .. J. D. CRAIG’S108 Jaclcson St. Cape May ^^YOUR ©hoes RePairet i Yon will find a first class Shoe Maker, and he wil do your wort Satisfactorily, as nothing but the very best of Leather ir used. lla h la DdDu Ta Cu U haul Ft Oa Tsi fs hud lato a meet with accident while traveling, the Empire Brgiatry Company will peon FIVE DOLLARS PEE WEEK (or lost of time. In esse of death, (looo. WE ALSO INSURE AGAINST SICKNESS OP ANY KIND.

Sewing Machines And Organs Sold on Instalments ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TUNED AND REPAIRED. STRINGS FOR VIOLINS, BANJOS AND GUITARS ON HAND.

J. D. Craig,

108 Jackson fitrsai

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O. L. W. KNERR.

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FULL LINE OF TRIMS ALWAYS OH WHO:

Opposite Reading Depot. WASHINGTON ST.. CAPE MAY. N. J.

HOWARD F. OTTER GENERAL UPHOLSTERER Dealer la FURNITURE and MATTRESSES WINDOW SHADES, AWNINGS, and BEACH TENTS A SPECIAL!> 311-13 Mansion Street. Cape H* •

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rlptlou prior to ooly (LOO Mt

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