SUNDAY IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES StroogSermons and Excellent Music Heard by Large Congregations. TbceburcbM IB Oc**n l*Hj were all waltflllad at the aen-lce* ou Haoday. Following are reportu of mine of the

aennoBa beard:

riaar pribuytkkian. "WkUiar, I Tbank Thee," -was the ■abject of the Rev. H. T. Ca«aSIberry'« aennoo In the .Klrat Presbyterian Cbareb Sunday inorultut. he takinft

'.!tb

la text from Mark, II; i

11;41.

• Mr. Casselberry epokc In part aa fol- y rt n, Iowa: .'A i “The tandency In onr Thankaglvlng j cot „ l , l observances baa been '—

kind. He baa given who, having aaaumed by dy Ing for u. on tbe destroyed the aenlehre pronounced agalnat i crom l« for u» all II of mercy and reconciliation. I 3puragc« the shiner not to de-pal matter what hla *lu» may be. teaches him tbat by thelntlnite n gained on th? croas he van obtain*

rcy.

Hut woe to tbo-e alnuen d'a goodness, who allow rcy to.go 6y. for the cro. »• the sign of recoudllall remain ao. Tbe mojnent > namely, the laai'judgment will bale another all ami. Instead of cryjjig for men ire, will call for vengeam

Ocean City Title and Trust Company of Ocean City, New Jersey

Coustruction Sand & Gravel Co. JOS. G. CWAMRIOIM. rvl « n w r Office. Sth St.. CTPP. Penna, Depot Ocean City, N. J. ' All tjraJes Concrete C.tavd and Sand. • . Top Soil lor I-ivfrn Purposes. Uirt lor Grading or Filling. reading railroad delivery. r

u the gifts that are material, and, of course. It la right that, we should acknowledge our Indebtedness to Uod for all these; but, la dolag this, let us remember to hegratefnl also for things tbat an spiritual. “Xs we front Tbauksglvlog Day, let ut learn gratitude for tbe higher things In llfe,and, last we be too general In our IboogbU, let u* ba thankful /or faitli In tbe hearts and lives of good men We cannot take time to go .Into the detail of tbe history of tba rise of mankind, but jual to notice that man that naed to go bent now walks upright; man that was once naked and no. ashamed now decks himself with delicate and wonderfully woven garb, won from tree, animal and moth; who once had a few muttered >yCables .and sounds now baaa wonderful literature; once a mere creature, now almost a

creator.

"Now, wh t M It llial has enabled >pan thnatb rise? What Is KJo .which waowa civilisation, art, political iusli. .tutlona, literature. Industry,comment, all the eomforti and splendor of our present state 7 What Is the serrel of a Homer, a Runyan, laalab, tthiikespaara,Newton,Cromwell, tiladstnor

" Inf

Mine, we give rru~H* its propel

terrible day

sinners think little or not at i • day they shall ’Umpel shall sound to the of the earth. An angel

■Arise, ye

dead,, and come to'judgment ' And mmediately all w ill appear before the Judgment seat of Hod, where they must give an account

during their lives.

• Who can think of this wlllu shuddering and trembling! Yes, 1 will happen and. unless we are tn converted, Christ will say to us, ■! part from me Injo eveila-llng "Hepenl, then, whilst lime Herve your Lord faithfully, order that you may hear tbe wrnrd-, ■i nine, ye blessed of my Kstlii sess ye Hie kingdom winch ha- lieen prepared for you from the foundatloi

of the world.”!

UNWISE ECONOMY

County Superintendent of Bcltoola Aaron W. Hand has sent the follow, lug letter to the school hoards In Cape

May County:

To tbe Boards id Education:

(•eullemen:—The largs amounts of money apportioned from Hlate funds the various school districts are Inuded fur expenditure during the *r for which they are apportioned, fur the Improvement of aclmol conditions. payment of adequate salaries to teachers, in order that competent tcachere may be employed, and In

that ''sultafalt achool facilities

and accommodations for all children ikllng In the district” may be proled. The amounts supplied by tbe lea of llie people or the appropiny

“Man has advanced, conquered, grown, by virtue not only of reason,

bat of faith. It h faith lhat bridges; Ilona of the governing tasty of Hi tbegnlf between tfabught and action, i municipality are also lulandcd fur exthat converts theory Into nttlou and j pendil jre during the school year for practise, thpl allows a man to leave which such appropriation* are made, the Indltlona'-of tbe past amt enter a ' I have reason to believe that there fotnre unknown. ~ , have been Inatauces in our county "Faith la tbe mainspring which I which an unnecessary and unwise keeps the wheels of progress In mov- economy has been practiced and baling. Il la tbe energy which will east auces thus saved from a mountain Into tbe sea. Without It use during tbe neat. Tbe acboola even the Bret sod of a railway would sutler by such economy because never be cut. If a man truly and In variably meaneourtallmentln aupplles hia heart believes, then he Is accept-j or proper faeUIUea able to God. era, or janitor service, or something "Bat for fsHb we bad still been as equally essential and a violation of beasts of the field. Faith refuses to the law just quoted. Wfcve In death. It believes In Ood ! Where balanoea of Hlate fund* fWlb aaya death Is not the real •thing,! shown at tbe close of tbe school year, the eternal thing. Tbe reality la Ood. the law^requlres lhaj "on or before the The eternal is (Jod; the unseen Is the Mfieeuth of September In each year borne of God. | the custodian of the school moneys of faith In God because faith In : each district shall pay to the county God is Involved In all-fa th, and we collector the balance of money' have to learn that If faith is life and - poitioued tosald district by the county haelth and power, then doubt ** supeilulendent of sclxwls, whjch may dttaBaa and weakness and death. 1 then be m tbe hand of the said us openly confess that It Is not 1 diau to tbe credit of said district, and doobl that life calls foe, bat faith i tball report forthwith to the county DobM paralyses tbe arm. ealla the In- 1 superintendent of schools the an tatted to bolt, eeohT the- ncry eutbnsl-1 thus paid ovar." atata of generous youth and rudely j The law further provides' that dltpeis those vision* thal are aenl of! said county superintendent shall IbereGod. It may be that some don Bln we upon reapportion such amount among ceanot yet escape, hut never let Balova; all the school districtslu said county.' HSMi dr be proud of them dr chvri-ii ~ It Is clearly the Intention of the lav tltadelnalou that they Trill make life that this money be properly expended atteager and purer. That I* the funr- within the year fur which II l»''epporUM of faith Let us be thanklul for llouetl, or falling this to lapse, *eeo of faith today." State appropriation., jlu, al the i

«. AtKHWTiNK's, 'be fiscal year.

>apel of 8t. Augustine's Tbe c ' ,u "‘l' •uperlnlende.it I. tacrowded Bundsy morning P 0 *" by ,he " me '•» 10 wwro maaa was celebrated by IUe | »“ c >« ba'ance to remain Hew. C. Scheldt, 0. M. C„ of Ht *»f “tadlatrict "lor good

FMnei?' College, Trenton. He deP Inatruetlve sermon on "Tbe j

" •"<! si-oke ' lir pari I

— —, regarded as "good cause." Balance. "Today, tbe hist Sunday after Feme- ■ ,l ”l ulred 1,1 ,hl " *’•/ “ lu "i •* paid over crol, onr holy mother, the t.hurch,' eou, " J,<:o,l * c,,,r •* ,h ' l ' lu -» >>< dOMBber ecclesiastical year. At the ,l "' ■ cho ° l /«•'- «• the law provide*, etoneof tbla year, abe places before us ! by lU “ dtaulcu po-«-lng lh«n ami tba gospel In which the Son of God," 1 ' 1 h* re, PI > °riloned In accordance ‘ d not only (be destruction of | "'Mr tbe lew quoted above

Church wi

it thedlspoMl

I WITIIIIOUIINU. or l*ROI*RH

o rACiUTim

cinuiRKX of tbe schools <

but especially the destruc-

Uoa of tbe world, and the genersl judgment. Tbe Churchd<*» this with no ether view than to kindle a wholebom fear lu tbe hearts of her childran, Inasmuch as the fear. f the ls.r.l is tba beginning of true wisdom and the foundallon stone of a virtuous life "Tl,a time, then, will come w hen all things In tbla woild will have an end

'niesan will grow dark, the moon w III! cry hour to the studio to say In a kmd “ B've light, the stars will fall and stately voice, •Another ho

' ' and the powers of k 01 '*- Slimor Cnv^llerel'"

The Spanish painter flilwra. Mr. Hal lane Uacfnll re.-nils In bis "UUiory if PolnlliiE.~ worked wtlh sorb fervor hat all connt of time was losl to him.

•He made a-living clock

banveti shall be moved,

sbnti have perished and been de aMyad by fire, tbe Hon of Man will Gone with great imwer and majesty, aof beside Him will appear the i on which He aufiered and dle.1 f. “Among all (he clrcumsii

which will accompany this

event, there Is oue which mak apnnlal impression: and*whai i- ihl- v II la the sign of the .Son of Man. In* MM cross which will appear In ihr hmven*. U la this cr-».. which will, oa lhat terrible day, cause much angnMi and weeping. Then shall all U4M* of the earth mourn.’say* the «VP«I. 'when l hey will behokl u. tbM this cross will bave a 'dVeren

H* Won. “Before you kls\ me, Horace, let m. tall you tbat Fred has given Kitty i diamond ring. Too have never giver “Dearest, It la only girls who are not precious In Iheraselves who require (hi aid of precious stones.' •Oh. you nine kiss am iwlue. Bor

Hum the awoidT “Of course "it is Who erer had pay *25.000 damages In a breach of promise case on account of tbe swot be carried?"—Chicago Record Herald.

A Rule of Life.

We should meet each morning from foreign.countries and. K|wudh.g tbe day lijpetlM-r. should depart

wi irom " Hal ft has al preseul. r. It b a sign of salvation ami

sy: bat then it will be for si ner* . in of ttyror and vengeame. j ofkbt aa Info ford go rouniriea. tayou know, by the faH of Adam! l ‘ ,ln * s 1 wnld have the Island of a r«M all ros.lv children of auger, as I lDr|ollllB -- En,t ' r « ul1

'W»' ««»'ifcpHved[ ; ' nithlna.

» nght to heaven, and tbe seu-J Blnka-Where I s^m Christina, la.t

>f Mnrnal death was pronounced j year the thermometer dropped A nai Bfl, Uod, in HI* mercy, j Unka—That's nothing. Illiiks—Wliaf 1 l fallen man-1 nothing? Jinks-Why. aerol

had returned. Norman?" she 'asked, withdrawing her hands from bis close grasp. “Tee. yes!" he had cried delightedly, and l( was Unit rharncterlatlc double aOrmailee ntlerrd with a alight twang tbat drew a thin veil of discord between them. There about the expression strongly of the rnstlc: that, twang and the equally favor negative. “No. nor seemed Norman Ryder among the farmers and dairymen who formed the commnnlty bout Elmwood. kllxabetb haled herself for shuddering every time Norman spoke with twniqb but she couldn't help It Shi was angry with him for speaking sober father'did not. nor did any of t r ' neighbors. It' waa cnrcle««neaa Norman's part and It grated on her

sensibilities

ih.•light perhaps you'd my letters.” he mild rather Vuefnlly, *■ he drew hla ehalr near Hie glowing

Very trulv yours, Aarun \V. Hami.

'County Huperlntendeu

every night while yon goner' he grinned happily. “They let me rend your Inters-and that waa ext lies! to getting 'em myself." T didn't promise protested Elizabeth, .rather stiffly. he uttered quickly, aneratlng her from hi I kind of ih.-iugtii you might answer >ne of 'em. and so I kept on writing." i from yon. suppose H was mean answer any of them, but did mother give you ths messages 1 sent?" "Tea. yes! And that was something!" He looked so happy and so handsome that Cllzalalli bad lo harden her agalnas rbe magic of his dart ey«w.j„i ■very time tbat natal twang smote on ;°j ■ winced, and after awhile i she grew to counting the timee be "" ■nkl “Yea, year and "No, no!" If be would only break hlmaelf of using 'hose expressions.' But of coarse be could not know how they sounded. I J» cry body In Elmwood used them SX- ■ cpl a few persons like tbe minister and the doctor and lawyer »nd bar awn father. Outsiders laughed and • ailed It part of tba dialect of.I ~

county.

When Elizabeth asked him If she should play for him " "Tea. year and when she asked If he had bad enough music he cried i o. c. Assocunior hastily "ha, nol" until her nerves o'odTrjy Kron-* were all a -j ■ ngle. ; H.^iTAUm I 'At last I .e arose m go, and there 1- H ■ l*avla was a ver;' tender took In hla down bent eyes as he fingered his •There wjs something t wanted to , •ay lo yon, Rem. | wonder If I bet- A.w. Hem W-JI-nML * FJies*- you know Hd Wmloa what II la Ha looked steadily at Tier. 1 Elisabeth did not hesitate She waa n b.oiit#i angry win, him for bis rustic ways Wm.PoAie: —* provoked at herself because aha *" narrow minded to overlook

Spmmis Boardwalk. K,ar Band CoaccrB During casoii. I.ruat l ishing in Oc-an and Bay. The ■''« B. of the Yachtsman. Numerous Trains to and from I'ltiladuljjhia on Throe Railways

Within easy access of Atlantic City and other well-known reaorta many churches no saloons