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-. y -s3 v BILL ARI"S LETTER Eartow Man is Hot in Collar Over R'mrka of Roosevelt. SAYS I'KESIDLNT MUST APOLOGIZE Declares Chief Executive Could be Prc.tcutcd for Slandering Jtffer son Davis, and Government f.'ac'c to Foot the Bill. "Once more Into tho breach, good friends onco more." I would bo to know about what tlmo President Roosevelt is going to retract what he wrote about President Davis. It ha3 now bf m proven by the official rec ords at Jackson, Miss., that Mr. Davis wus never governor, nor was he ever a member of tho legislature of that State, and in a public address made ufter the act of repudiation, he de clared that ho was opposed to it and the debt ought to be paid, and this am ateur historian denounces him in his ook as an arch traitor axd repudia tes Mr. Davis fought In Mexico for the honor of the Hag; won the victory at ISuena Vista; was desperately wounded, and for five years walked with crutches; married General Tay lor's daughter for his first wife and didn't run away with her either; was secretary of war under Franklin Pierce, remodeled the curriculum at West Point and It stands to-day as he framed it; was a member of the United States senate when his state seceded and, like General Lee, he went with his people. lie did not seek the presidency of the confederacy and in sisted that another be chosen. Now all this has long since been estab lished and if Mr. Roosevelt did not know it, he could have- known it. He certainly knows it now, and if he is a gentleman he will retract it and apol ogize to Mrs. Davis and the family and to the sainted shade of Miss Win nie and to the people of the south. He ca'lcd him an arch traitor and compared him to Benedict Arnold and the slanderous libel is in print in a book cf so-called history and has poi soned the minds cf all-the fools, fa natics and idiots who have read it. When is he going to retract? The International Cyclopedia, edit ed by distinguished professors of Co lumbia University and Dartmouth Col lege, says of Mr. DavJ3: "He was a ripe scholar, a vigorous writer, a splendid orator, a brave soldier, a true gentleman., an accomplished states man, a sturdy champion, a proud true patriot, a lover of liberty, a Christian hero this is the Jefferson Davis that history will cherish." General Lee was his besem friend and confidant, aiia yet this so-called historian, this rough rider and bear hunter, praises Lee while he defames his friend, a man infinitely his superior in every moral attribute and every nob!e emo tion. But maybe he will retract and apologize, though Tom Moore eays: "But faith, fanatic faith, once wedded fast To some clear falsehood hugs it to the ' last." He had better retract, for some of our old soldiers are very mad about it. They are talking about -suing him for elander and garnisheeing the government for his salary. Killing bears In the wilderness won't save him nor will that little brush we had in Cuba. That is perhaps the biggest little war" we have ever had and every small politician and stump orator who wants an office jumps up and says we are all brothers now. We fit and we fout and bled together at San Juan and Santiago and then we crossed the - '(wide ocean to whip out some niggers " .and we will soon all be on. the pension roll. An old veteran said to me, "That little Spanish war reminds me of the fellow who was drowned at Johns town, and when he knocked at the gate St. Peter didn't recognize him and refused to le-t him in. 'Why, my dear sir,' said he, 'I am one of the Johnstown sufferers. I was drowned in that flood.' So the good saint re lented and let him in. He wandered about heaven, looking, at the beautiful things and after a while came across an old man and said, 'Good morning, old gentleman; glad to see you. Been here a long time, I reckon? The old man said nothing. 'I am one of the .Johnstown sufferers. I was drowned in that great flood.' The old man did not reply, but turned and walked slow ly away. So the fellow went to St. Peter and asked who that old man was. He would not speak to me,' said he, 'though I told him I was in the ;great flood a Johnstown.' And St. Peter replied, 'That old man, eir, is Noah and he had a flood of his own J" t0 thrak about. ' And new we read that ail the hor rors of cur civil war are being repeat ed in the Phi ipplnes. In our war it was the white ynr.l.v who male war hell for us, but now tin y are mnl.lng it hell for the mgi'oi In tho Philip pines. We are trying to (mother what our people mffi i-d, but they won't let us, mi l now boaH that Gm"ral Sher man found It tin- bt way to shorten tho war. No, we old i::: end women ran't forget, ar.d I hope that our chil dren and grandchildren will barn it a'l in some southern history. The civ ilized world has not forgotten Herod nor Nero nor the duke of Alva nor the massacre of Ft. Bartholomew where 33,)0'J Protestants were butchered in a night. But when will Teddy repent, retract and apologize? He has got to do It sooner or late r or go clown In his tory as a malicious defamer of i tie whose shoes he was not worthy to un loose. He and Mile ? will get together some time and tome where. Now, why does not Teddy consider the feel ings of our people in bis appointments to southern offices? Why did he not give Savannah a white man for a col lector? Appointments of negroes to be postmasters and revenue collectors are an insult to v.s, and he knows it. ir no has buch affectionate regard for thoso negroes why not give them a plaeo at Washington or Albany or Boston or a consulship at Haytl or San Domingo? These offices are the dearest of all to our people. The postoffice Is our trystlng place, a kind of Mecca, and the postmaster our confidant. That officer should above all others be ac ceptable to the majority of the people. The collector has the command of a city in his hands and under his con trol, and that commerce is all white none of it comes from the negro race. What excuse can he give for such appointments? None, and when is he going to retract and apologize for that slander of Mr. Davis? Echo answers, when? Bill Arp, in Atlanta Consti tution. LEISURELY THEFT. A Tennessee Blacksmith's Gradual Ac quirement of a Traction Engine. "Ours is a peaceful section," said Col. Dan Turner of Memphis, Tenn., u a group of Western men who had been discussing robberies, hold-ups and crime in general. "But when we do a thing down in Tennessee, we do It right, and robbing people or corpo rations is done to the queen's taste, when one of our citizens sets out to do it. "Not long ago it became necessary for one of the railroads to build a small branch line, and a traction en gine was sent down there with the first load of road-building material to haul ties on heavy trucks from a lit tle mountain hamlet near where the road was being built. When the work men had finished hauling tho ties the engine was placed alongside the road until it should bo convenient to haul it away. It remained beside tho road about six months, and when the con tractor came along to clear up, he was rather amazed to find that nothing but the boiler of the traction engine remained where he had placed it. To make matters worse, every bolt and rivet that could be removed from the boiler was missing, too. A search was instituted, but the missing part3 of the machine could not be found. "Some time .after the theft of his engine the contractor had occasion to drive through the country again, and stopped at a negro's blacksmith shop to have a shoe fastened on his horse. While the smithy was at work the contractor walked around the shop, and to his amazement found in one corner of the place the missing parts of his engine. He immediately charged the negro with stealing it, and the man admitted Lis guilt. When the contractor had recovered from his surprise at the find, he asked the smithy why he had not taken the boiler, too, and the latter replied that he was making tackle to take to the roadside and lift the boiler into his wagon when he contractor took the thing away." Washington Post. Rooster's Spurs on His Head. In Joplin,, Mo., there is a rooster with two perfectly shaped horns. It is on display in a drug store and is own ed by J. A. Short. The horns are of regular horny substance and are each side of the head where the ears should be. No ears are visible on the bird and it is supposed it3 h-aring is con ducted through it3 horns. One no ticeable feature about the rooster is that it has no spurs on its legs. The fowl is four years old and is a pet In the Short family. Kansas City World. American Automobiles. The tendency toward anti-high-speed legislation in the United States is re sponsible for a falling off in orders from wealthy Americans for high-powered foreign automobiles. It has been demonstrated that American-built motor vehicles are, on the whole, bet ter adapted to the conditions net with cn average American roads than are thoo of fcrcisii dosigns aatl construction. DR. CHAPMAN'S SERMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE CY THE NOTLP PASTOR-SVANCELISr. lut.Jrrl: An Old Tpnttuuriit WrrMInc Tim I oki r.iiiiiwni of I Hi in- ami Ill-Ink li (atnlil-'l em lir 11 I.-rh of Otvlii 1'ru v I 1 1-nrr I n 1 1 t 1 1) 11 (o I ii!i-llr l', The P.ev. .7. Wilbur Chapman, ). P., is now tin? newt dml iiigilihed mid bent known cvaugch.it in tin' country, llewitu hccoimI only t'l I r. TailiiHgt', hut since the death of thai famous preacher Dr. Chap man has the iiiidiquiU'd pins siioii of the Pulpit ns the- en mi her to influence the plain people. Iln services a an evangel iHt Hie in const. m. demand, lm ci inon have stored the hearH of tnen and women to a decree tinapproaehcd by any latter day divine. .J. Wilbur Chapman was born in Kichmon !, Ind., .June 17, 1 1 1), lie was educated at Oherlin College and Lake Fur out University, und graduated for the min istry from the Lane Theological Semin ary, Cincinnati, Ohio, tit lhVJ. His mr 111111111' are simple anil direct, no that their influence is not o mu-li due to exciting the emotion as to winning the hearts and convincing the mind of those who hear him. Dr. Chapman in now in charge of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, New Yoik City. J Nr.w Yokjc Cm'. The P.ev. Dr. J. Wil bur Chapman, the popular pastor-evangelist, who is innv preaching to overflowing congregations in this city, has fuminhed the following eloquent sermon to the press. It was preached from the text Genesis xxiv. ,f8: "Wilt thou u'o with this man? And nlie t-aid. I will co.' This is tho story of an Old Testament wedding in which our text is found, and naturally because it is a marriage scene it 18 interesting. The paving that "all the world loves a lover" is very true, and I suppose is not without meaning the wide world round, but there is something about an Oriental wedding which is especially interesting. Again and again in this iiook of Inspiration such scenes are recorded, but of all the Old Testament stories J place this the first of its kind. If I were an artist I should paint it, and if I were an artist worthy of my theme it would tsurjiass the other masterpieces in the world ti great gallery of art, notably that of the ftussian wedding feast, which has had admiration everywhere. The heart .of the picture is an old man; his hair is whitened with grief which in tho past days has taken hold upon him, and the lines of his countenance have been peculiarly softened by the touch of the linger of sorrow, leaving an expression which can only come to those who have been obliged to bear great burdens and endure great afflictions. Abraham is practically alone in tho world, for Sarah is gone. She who had journeyed with him to Bethel, down into Egypt and back aain to Hebron, the place of fellowship, is at rest, and in the cave of Machpelah she waits by his side to hear the summons given at the resur rection morning. Abraham was desoiat?. They had made so long a journey together that their lives were like one. "In the long years liker had they grown, Till at the last she set herself "to him Like perfect music unto noble words." Above him is Cod, who has kept His word with him when lie said. "As I was with Moses so I will be with thee;" about him the angels who keep watch over him all day and all the night in sleepless vigil; before him the trusted servant to whom he speaks, "And Abraham was old and well stricken in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abra ham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had. Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and 1 will make thee swear by the? Lord, the Ood of heaven, and the Cod of earth, that thou shalt not fako a wife unto my son of the daughter of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. Put thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the servant said unto him. Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me untct this land; must I needs bring thy son again unto the land lrom whence thou earnest? And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my sou thither again. The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, unci which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed will I give this land; He shall send His angel before thee; and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his master, and sware to him concerning that matter." Genesis 24: 1-9. One of the incidents of the picture would be the setting forth of this servant. "And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand; and he arose and went to .Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor." Genesis 24: 10. One of the most picturesque sights of the East is a camel train. With a peculiar swinging gait these strange animals of the desert push their way along on a most interest ing journey, but the picture can only be appreciated when looked upon in the at mosphere of the Orient". I counted 10J one morning jeurneyincc toward the pyra mids beyond Cairo. The train of this'o'.d servant was made up of ten camels on!y but they were the eamsls of a prince Their trappings were gorgeous, and shl; by side with Abraham we watch them as they go until they are loot to view. The next incident is the approach to Nn hor. It is the hour of sunset, the clay is dying out of the sky. There is really noth ing that can be compared with that time in the East, when the clay i.s far spent and the night is at hand. The birds hush their song, the cattle are still, ail nature is at rest, the hills are transfigured and the rivers and the seas are like most beautiful jewels. Ladened with precious gifts the ten camels kneel just as the women are coining forth to draw, water from the well. The old servant as they kneel begins to pray. "And let it come to pa.s that the damsel to whom I shall say. Let down thy pitcluT, I pray thee, that I drink: and she shall s-ay, Drink, and i will give thy cam els drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant Isaac; arid thereby shall I know that Thou lust showed kindness unto my master " Genesis 24: 14, and the answer comes at once. "And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that behold, l'ebekah came out, who was born to Bihue!, son of Milcah, the wile of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoul der" Genesis 24: 15. Elastic of step, modest of manner, pure of heart, fair of face she stands in the presence of the servant of Abraham. As to parentage she was the daughter of Bcthuel; as to condition she was of virgin purity; a to appearance she was fair to tool: upon; cj to education she was trained fi dome.tie acivi e 'Ill It IN'il.ili, thi? bride i,f the pn tme. "And the lo in v.eii deling ft!, lu-r held his pi. we, In HitiiiM whether the J,dld hid 111 lie liH Juiiiney pro pirmiH or not. And it tame to pa-, as the ciniels hit done drink 111,:, that the man took a gulden c.u 11114 ci ha!; 11 (-Intel rtviglit, Klul t ivil hlaeelcU f t lier hands of teli i-lu ki-U ici,'!it ot fill; aud mil, Wlii'M daughter nit thou t.-'l me. I pay thee; is there to ml 1:1 thv filh.-r's l"nHe lor us to 1 1 n 1 , - in? And hc nai.i unto him, I inn the ilni'h'cr of Pit hue!, the Hon of M hah, which ho bate unto Nulior. She i. iid moreover nolo linn. We have both straw arid provender ciioui;!i mid loom to lo 1,- in. And the man bowed down his head and Wotduped the Lord." Genesis 24: 21-20. I lie next incident is the wooing and the departure. The old servant tells his story, 1111l.es h.s appeal, and the text is spoken, "Wilt, thou no with this man? Ami t-he said, I will co." Genius '-'I: M. And the camel tram is moving once more, the fam ily of ltchekah watching until the list camel is loit to view in the distance. The journey is uneventful, but the end of it is more than striking. "And Isaac went out to ni'ditite in the field at eventide; and In? lifted up his eyes, and saw, and. behold, the camels were conimif. And Kebckah lifted up her eves, and when Khe saw Isaac cliH liehtod oil the camel. For hhe had caid unto the servant, What man in this that walketh in the field to meet usf And the servant had paid, It is my master; therefore hhe took a veil aud covered lier celf. And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. And Isaac brought her unto his mother Sarah's tent, nnd look Kebckah, and she became his wife; and he loved her, and Isaac was comforted after hi mother's death." (jenesis 21: CJ 07. Here id a lesson of divine providence. Hear Abraham when ho says, "The Lord God of heaver, which took me from my father'n houne, ind from the land of my kindred, and which' spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give thin land; He shall send His aup"l before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence." Genesis. 24: 7. We think of this as Old Testament history simply. We hear God sayinj, "As 1 was with Moses 1 will be with thee," and we say certainly, but not with myself. Why it is we always think of God s care of the patriarchs as mira cles, without its counterpart is in our own jives, when God is our Father, everything in our life is precious to Han, and the very hairs of our bead are numbered? lb; is the God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, and He is your God. The angel of the Ixrd is till living. We have grown world ly wise and speak ot impressions, convic tions, coincidences, impulses, when all the time it is the angel of the Lord speaking to us. Have you noticed that there were two servants, one winged one in the air and the other in charge of the camels. It is always so. It is by this double ministry that providences are coniirnied. aij tiirough life we see it; in the conversion of men, in things common and in things unusual. You say. "I feel a strong im pulse to do a certain thing." It is the an gel of the Lord troubling the stagnation ot your heart. You say that I am impressed that I ought to do "thus and so, when it is the finger of God writing His purpose on your soul. These are but the heavenly ministers of Jehovah. Look around you ar.d you will find some opportunity for service fitting into your impulse or con viction, and that which yesterday you wondered at as a coincidence fills 3 oil with the spirit of worship to-day as you say, "The Lord was in this place and 1 knew it not." "Life without a religious interpretation is little less than a trag edy." while life thus viewed may have many twists and turns, but ends in heaven. 11. I find here a good picture of real service. When Eleazar was leaving Abraham he said, "Peradventure, the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou earnest?'' Aiy! Abraham said unto him, "Beware, thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed will I (jive this laud; lie shall send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again. Genesis 24: o-b. it is the same figure that we have of the watchman upon the walls. Both of these appeal strongly to us. We are not free from responsibility until we have tried at least to win every soul over whom we have an influence for Christ. I cannot cou vcrt even the smallest child, nor can you, but I can try to tell ' them what I have been commissioned to say, for I am my brother's keeper. Oh, for the intense de sire to do our Master's will that Eleazar had. llis camels are cared for, he ha entered the house ot isethuel. Jie ie weary with his long journey, the savory meat prepared for his feast appeals to liis weakness, but hear him say, "And there was set meat before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, sneak on." Genesis 24: 33. Is not this "like Paul on his missionary journey. "In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in penis in the city, in perils in the wilder ness, in perils iu the sea, in perils among ialse brethren: in weariness and painful' ness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, 111 tastings oiten, 111 co.u and nakedness." 2 Corinthians 11: 20-27. And is it not like Jesus Himself, when lie is weary by the well side, hungry with much fasting and sends His disciple tc buy meat which He forgot to eat because of the woman by His side. I am sur liebekah saw in him the great love o! Isaac's heart. And when they said. "Wilt thou go with this man? iShe said I will go." III. Yet there is more to the story thar this, I am sure. 1 know it because I read that what was written afore time was written for our instruction. The (U'eat object and aim of the Bible i tc illustrate the operations of divine grace to show the wor!;3 of Providence in the minute things of life, to show us that provision has been made for the fulfill ment of the great bchenie of liedemption God speaks in every way; by direct state Tiieiit, by parable, by picture, by types by symbols, if by ail means He may make known the riches of llis grace; and her is a whole chapter, one of the longest ir the Ptntatoueh, taken up with a weddinf story; there must, be some reason. Tin spirit of God would not use an entire chapter to describe the journey of Abra ham to Mt. Moriah, and another to tell of the death of Sarah, and another tc t.ive an account of a wooing and a wed clinj without neat; in?;. I think it mint be that it is a'l to i'.i 1st rate the mystery of the church. J'l the 22.1 chapter of Genesis, the son is oilered up as a sacri- 11- 0, nt 1 1 -1 A bra In-, in m willing I 1 nfiVr hin, in the '.Ml (h.-ipter of I 1 1 - illalt U lihl HMie in the tomb, tvhl'e i the 1'ltll (h.ipler tin' Kervnlit 14 M'lit f -. I t i ti) Win a binie fur the ("in. It H t h-,i-t .1 pilieit 1 1 1 11 -it 1 at 1 1 e of that New 'l'e 1 ,1 incut Miiiy where Chi nt was f.ileiel, t he only beiUrii a of Go. I, wh'-ie !-iiet WHS lejcilcl fuj'i-r they would lint cnine In. in. '1 he I Inly hi.irit, 11 1 v- ii'il nt i.)!,.n 1 iiliiu inilh liui'i the woil.J a In eh- fur the ."-uti. This is the wuik of tins geiteratinn. '1 he Holy Spirit is the ""ie of whom J. "its Hpuke when He K.nd, "I'ult when the Cunil ildr H (nine, whom 1 will send unto ymi from th'f Father, even the Spirit nf Truth, wliuli proceeded from the fat her, lie shall testi lv of Me." Jnfiri .".: 2i!. One day u shall 1111 et the Binlegriiuin, our eycn t.hall see J 1 1 1 1 and the wedding feast shall ! : read, aud all Heaven ha!l resound wiitj the niusic of that !ad day. IV. I wi-li in dosing to take up the ap peal of tiie Holy Spirit, and change the text ju-t u little bit and say to you all. "Wilt thou go with this Man?'' And 1 reier to Christ as this Man. He is tho ihiefcst among ten thousand. I bid U '.l ine to Him who walked with men, ute with dinner, smiled with little children, wept with weary women and died with infill malhutors. "Wilt thou go with thm Man?" You who are Christians I ask you the question, for many of you have riot gone with Jlim, for "How can two walk together except tle-y are ugreed?" And if you will go with Dim it must be in sotne better way than in other days. First: You iiiut share His opinion oT men. lb1 was always excusing weakness, always helping the di-trcs.-ed and al ways rebuking unkind criticism. You may need to forgive the man who injured you yesterday, for He did, and if you would be like' llim vo'i tnu-t do the same. "Wilt thou go with this Man?" Second: lie will lead you into the homes where distress is tarrying, reliev ing embarrassment as when He made the water into wine. Driving the wolf from the door us when He fed the multitudes. You will need to give your money a well 1 as your sympathy. "Wilt thou go with this Man.' J think 1 see Him treading the streets of our own city where (lis tress has cone before llim. There is a child with a heavy heart, and He stopn long enough to breathe a benediction of peace. Y'onder is a man upon the verge of desnair, and this matchless Savior ot' ours bids him come unto Him that he mnv find rest. Theic is a woman whose child is dying, vhose mother is on the brink of Eternity, and lie who spoke as never man spake bids her listen as He says, I am the resurrection and ihe life. There is a celebrated picture which rep resents Jesus walking through the multi tude. Before llim all the people are dis eased, while back of Him as lie troda they are all perfectly well. This is His influence always. lit thou go wUli this Man?" ' ' V. , I nut it to all those of you who are not Christians, and bid you remember that it is not an invitation to come to Christ simply but a command, and in His name, after the manner of Eleazar, I say, "Deal kindlv and truly with my Master." By His 'beautiful life, wilt thou go? By His agony in the Garden, xvilt thou go? By His betrayal and His trial of mockery, wilt thou go? By His shame ful death, I ask you once again, wilt thou go? His marred face and His bleeding back, His breaking heart. llis cry of agony, wilt thou go with this Man? He hath trodden the wine press alone for you; He was a man of sorrows and ac quainted with grief for you. It is the moment of crisis in yonr life. "Wilt thou go with this Man?" Answer, and answer it now as did Rebekah, "I will go." Oh, say it; say it. and the Devil shall hear it and tremble, the ancels shall hear it and shout for joy. God Him self shall hear it and shall rejoice with jcy unspeakable. Seeking: the Truth. Kicodemus represents a large multitude of men and women in the world to-day. He was seeking truth if not salvation for his restless soul. He was so interested that he did not wait until morning, but came to Jesus by night. Some have sug gested that he did this not because of bis anxiety, but because he did not have the moral courage to come to the unpopular teacher by daylight. If so the offense was not an unpardonable one, for Jesus did not even rebuke him. He welcomes the coming of the most timid, the most doubting, the most unworthy. Nicod?rnus, like nearly all the world who know any thing about Jesus, recognized His moral supremacy. They know lie is a teachet sent from God by the same test that Xicodemus applied. But that compliment is immaterial to the Christ. That ac knowledgment has no saving value. "Ex cept a man be born again" is the ever lasting sine qua non. the absolute and ir revocable condition for a heavenly career. How could Jesus have made plainer the necessity of the "New Birth?" How is it therefore that more than half the world, more than half, perhaps, of nominal Chris tendom, are persistently searching for some other way. Why is it so? The world appropriates other common bless ings from God's hands without demur or question. His sunshine and sweet air are taken greedily and counted good. Millions have tested His plan of life, His way of salvation, and rejoice in the exnerience. They give us their word that they find joy and peace. And yet the world is slow to follow. Is it a sign of a perverse heart, or a constitutional incapacity to act iu one's own interest? Jesus was patient wit h the sow believing Nieodemus. But He did not have nearly twenty centuries of Christian testimony to bear witness to the truth. That is why it will be less tol erable in the judgment for us than for those of Tvre and Sidon and the genera tions that have cone to their reward and doom. Ham's Horn. Spear Toints. Conscience is God's deputy in the soul. Immortality is the glorious discovery ot Christianity. Christ reckons not by what is parted with, but what is kept. It is a weak religion that a man can hide from his household. A conscience void of offense before God and man- i.s an inheritance for eternity. There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possi bility. Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer llim our sacri fices. The same spirit of faith that teaches a man to cry earnestly, teaches him to vriit patiently. More dear in the sight of God and Hij angels than any other conquest is the conquest ot self. No true work since the world began was ever wasted; no true life since the world bezin has ever failed. To love God is our happiness, to trust in Him is our repose, to surrender our selves cr.tb-elv to His will is our etretuih.