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THE ST. LOTTIP REPUBLIC: MONDAY. MARCH 14, 1904.
Ill Of Hii II
The Reverend
Frank Foster.
The Reverend
Father J. B. Otten.
fill OF ft ill
The Reverend
Arthur Mather.
MUNYON'S PAWPAW CURES
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EXTRACTS FROM SUNDAY SERMONS
DELIVERED IN ST. LOUIS PULPITS.
BISHOP HOSS DEDICATES NEW
CARONDELET M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
"Within a few we-ks the wealth of the world will he dlsplnyed in
our sreat Exposition. If it is shown as the exhibition of the blesslugs
of God cu our labor, then it will become a blessing, but if it becomes
the feeder of our already Inflated pride, then it will be a great curse."
Hie Keierei.d Doctor IJ. I Fullertou
"The account of the way Je&us began his ministry is one of the evi
dences, of Its t;euul!ieues!. Xo man faces temptation to-day but there lies
behind the kingdom's power for good." The Itev trend WUiam W
Newell.
"Men are at the world', end from Gcd, their sins are as scarlet and
crimson, they are spotted as leopiids aud foul as lepers, jot one hour
of graUous sonow brings tlietrPncross great monil intirv.iK to the very
door of the Houe of Mercy." The Kev trend Arthur Mather.
"Man's moi.il conduct is but a function of the vjltie which he
places upon his boul, as tint f.Uls or i!ses, is lie a worse 01 a better
man." The Reverend rather Otten. S. .7.
GOD LOVES THE UNAMIABLE;
MAN THE AMIABLE ONLY.
Doctor Mather Snj Jonnh ttni
TnuErht to Lute Creatures After
r ltnnj Adversities.
The Reverend Arthur Mather preached
yesterday morning at lmmanul JI E
r- Church. South, oa "The Education of a
'r Prophet." nklng for his text Jonnh 1, 11.
"And thou! J not 1 spars Nineveh?" Ho
said. In part:
"According to tradition, Jonah was the
win of the widow of Zarephath. whom
"i TJHJah raised to life again, and the sturdy
jouth who stood at the prophet's side
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TUB REVEREND ARTHUR MATHER,
(Who preached yesterday morning at Im
5 manuel jr. e Church, South
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"throughout that long rnd terrible day on
lloJnt Carmtl. He was further Identified
"with a young man whom Ellsha sent to
anoint Jehu to be King over Israel. Cer
tainly he belonged to that stern order of
".3aen' an 'lad a great "zeal for God, but
i Jiot according to knowledge The spfrlt. If
-not the power, of Elijah was upon -omih.
.An honest, courageous man, who held
"without mlaglvlne his own tmall view of
-Cod and the world, ready to govern the
universe from the standpoint of Gath
hepter, wherever that was, and eager to
?iay to the sea of divine beneflcenc. Thus
far shall thou go, and no further.'
"He greatly needed enlargement of mind
and soul; and in the end. I think, received
ilt. And the story of this book, so far ad It
filiates to Jonah. Is a ttudv of a tvpic-tl
zealot or religionist In contact with the
-larger purpose of the divine loving-kindness,
not sympathizing with them, or even
understanding them; jet learning at last,
. perhaps, after much dlv tnc discipline. In
some small measure to share them.
"He Is first of all shown In association
-with the rough heathen Phoenician sailors,
and their humanity is seen In gracious
contrast with his own temper. For he Is
Jnow endeavoring to put tho whole Mediter
ranean Sea between himself and his duty,
which. If faithfully performed, may save
.a vast city from Its doom; and It Is be
,i cause he foresees this as a likely result
"-that instead of going to Nineveh, he Is
"trying to flee into- Spain. But, these poor
sailors will save this foreigner, bird of 111
rassnirp thoueh he la. If thev can: and In
spite of his warnings they risk their lives
"for him, and In the fact of tremendous
seas try to bring him ashore, and only In
i extreme hazard and necessity do they at
last cast him overboard, a sacrifice to the
angry spirit of the storm.
flut Jnns"h emereed from the dread ex
perience that followed, when he 'went
down to the bottom of the mountains and
,,the earth with her bars was about him
- forever," unsoftened in feeling. He Is as
austere and pitiless as before, and thinks
'himself more righteous than God. It Is
Infinitely strange that 'men can come forth
from dark seas of peril and Judgment and,
after deliverance, deny one morsel of com
passion to their fellow-nnera!
c "But Jonah, unreconciled to the thought
of God's clemency to others, goes on nls
milky way to NInevah, that .great city.'
treat unto God.' wherein were 'six score
thousand persons that cannot discern be
tween their right hand and their left hand"
little children, and. as It is humanely
added, 'also much cattle'
j "He cries aloud In the broad thorough
fares, and beside the massive temples his
message of doom, Tet forty days ' It is
said that lour years before the sieve of
Jerusalem, an unknown man traversed the
city continually crying, 'A Voice from the
east, a voice from the west, a voice from
the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem
and the Holy Place, a voice against the
hrldegroom and the brlfle! Woe woe to
Jerusalem!' But this voice was more Im
mediate. 'Yet forty dajs. and NInevah
shall be destrojed.'
"Now. It says a great deal for th tolerance-of
the people that they suffered a
-foreigner thus to denounce them. Peo
ple do not always care to bo told of their
slns and tho Judgment to come. But
fhese heithen not onlv oermltted the
message to be spoken In their midst; they
.allowed It to resound In their consciences.
iThey humbled themselves, faited, and put
en sackcloth, and united even their, cat
tle In these outward acts of humiliation
and penitence clothing them with sack-
'cloth also ft quaint practice, it seems to
"Me. but there was, and Is. amongst East
ern people, a profound sense of the unity
i of all animal life, and so theirs was a
rerwntance unto llfei not to be rcDcnted of.
- -"How salutary Is this grace this
'turning of the mind from sin, this honest
regret and Tesolve' Men are at the
world's end from God, their sins are as
scarlet and crimson, they are spotted as
the leopard, tney are ioui as tnc lenor:
-yet one hour of gracious sorrow brings
them across great moral Intervals to tho
Very door of the house of mercy. Tho
sacrifices of God ever were, and are, a
broken soirlt a hrnken and a contrite
heart God will not despise.
J -But It dhpleased Jonah exceedingly
rd he was very angrv" WJiat Is this
Spirit, that would sacrlflco multitudes of
human beings rather than erase a rubric
that would dismiss the great bulk of man
Ttlnd to perdition, say. In the Interests of
some theory of baptism, or of some fabu
lous church order, cr of an Athanaslan
screed; that would sacrifice all love and
compassion to some nominal consistency
nd save the letter by Maying the spirit
of-the divine law?
"It is the littleness of man, which ev
rywhero In this book Is confronted by
the majesty and the magnanimity and
he rhllanthrotry of God. The prayer of
Jonah that follows is the most remark
able prayer on record. Here Is this nar
row, parochial. Inadequate man presuming
Xo speak to the Almighty as if on level
lerms with him nay, as If he spoke from
a superior eminence of wisdom and vlr
ne! "I prav thee, was net this my roy
ms. he cries, 'when I was yet In my
countryT It has nil turned out, he de
clares, as he knew it would.
"But Jonah did not weep over tho city;
he. wept over himself. In his mortification
jand mental and physical exhaustion, he
vthoucht tht he winted to die Cod tooV
o notice of Jonah's rcauest. but inaulrea
f J
one and again about IiU tcmrer. 'Doest
thou well to be anS: A iJ. as God
tV?.8!11. T,'a'1 !)i ' "at"rc pirable. the
X." ..l.ndl tne ttrthquiLe, me fire and
the still, smill voice. - lu- taught Jonah
bj the parable of the gourd It -prang up
In a night, and its broad le.-ivi.-i sheltered
...in iium mc ui.izng njondav heat. Hut
.1 norm y truck It the ne-:t ilij, and it
yithertd. ul lie a siorchng east wind, as
rrom -j turnrtcc. blew ujon ihe prophet till
t JdJn.ted and tlloJt!U aj, in that he
v.l'htd to die And. gazing on the droop
ing. shrlve.si ".ntr.. ..- .. .m.. i ..
emblem of his own "falling, fiultless IKe.
and -some tiumrir of .....ms trom hun
'elf to this perishing plant unconsciously
took place.
'''Too" hast had pits on tho gourd,'
said God It was a lorm of seif.pitj. no
doubt, but. then, how much of oui sym
patic starts trom n vela. , mot' It K a
great thing when fetllng splits away from
.i pureiv otrvjiial retertuic, and puts
forth nn altruistic b-anch'" Tln.e and
Brace may make much of a sentiment not
so pure and Ioft In Its btglnni.ig as one
What a mercj it is that God loves the
Tmmiftnle ato .fnn tn- awhwaid. nn 1
'gnorant. and dim-sighted, and Is kind to
the unthankful and the evil Wc could
all of us do with a great deal more love
than we have cot. nml mi n a.ir .v....
Christ s love mnv be shed abroad In our
he-rts bv hi" Spirit.
"How beautiful is the rcve'atlon In this
Book of God thf great Kilernal God.
bending In patience and pity, alike over
the heathen cltv in tne i.ut riot of its
sins and over thi" one "Ttulvnt. unlove-
.. .buJ none,it Prophet of his Judgments
And whether Jonah learned his lesson
or, .n?t' the s,or remains a poem in
which man is humiliated and Cod only
exalted
"Tor my wajs are not iour w-ivs, nor
vour thoughts my thoughts, saith the
Ixird- for as the heavens a-e higher than
the earth so are mv wajs higher than
vour ways, and my thoughts higher than
jour thoujhts "
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BISHOP ELIJAH E HOSS,
who esterday afternoon officiated at the dedication of the Carondelet JI. E. Church,
South.
FATHER OTTEN LECTURES ON
"VALUE OF HUMAN SOUL."
Admonishes All to Hair Less IteKnrd
for the Itodj nml Save
the Sonl.
The Reverend Father J. B. Otten, S. J.,
lectured at St. Francis Xavier's Church
last night on "The Value of the Human
Soul." Father Otten said, in part:
"In the whole visible creation man, as a
reasonable being. Is without a peer the
highest and the noblest and of truest
worth. Higher and nobler than the earth
that supports him, than the gold and silver
that enrich him, than the animals that
serve him. As the heavens rise above the
earth, so does man rise above the things
oi earm. let this title to ncbility. this
source of greatness, doc3 not originate In
the body; for that he has In common -with
the animal creation. It is. Indeed, a mas
terpiece of divine workmanship; but for all
that. It holds but a low place in the scale
of created perfection. It was originally
made out of the iJime of the earth, and
it is destined to returned to the dust, out
of which It was made For 'Dust thou art,
and unto dust thou shalt return.' It may
lilb.eaulilful'.but.uiat beauty s fleeting.
rottehbeautyi.0 tfce floncr: u fedes be
fore U hRs wel begun to charm. It may
JhVH' bHU.t J'? "yew" Is like tnat of
the retd, which is bruised and brcKen by
Jni la'"K gropes1- A few short years.
a?l-hM fLe. l?tesita ,u"ter' the ceek Us
?f',?fS?JlnV. th0 'ips lnelr winsome smile.
and wither, and totterVTn,o-he"gru'esorn1
S lVji..a r tho worms. No. man has
tin.lv- fA,5f-". "?. ln,nK muc" of his
cSurae. duit runs lts 'snoble
in"?iH.tI,!lH;.,.n t131 corruptible body; with-
... w.ai ojicu ui wcaKncss, there lies hid.
den a pearl of price unknown-there
dwells an Immortal soul. No human eye
ever saw Its beauteous luster; no mind of
man ever conceived the perfection of its
ha? .a,0J!e conceived and made It?
It uSninV "J'i0 lmaKc and likeness
It Is a spirit of beautv; a spirit like unto
the sprit of God. Nothingness was Its
bInnlng but nothingness shall not be
its end Of the body It was said: 'Dust
wu?r.tiana u.ntSnust thou shalt return
but of the soul, 'Thou wast made a little
less th m the angeif. fhe Iki.iv mav he
wasted by disease; may be disfigured by
an accident; may become an object of d's
gust In the squalor of poverty: yet there
always remains enshrined within it that
beautiful soul, compared with which all
the manifold beiutlcs of the material cre
ation arc as nothing.
'How great tne beauty, the dignity, the
nobility of that soul Is. we may to some
extent gather from the sublime faculties
with which It Is endowed How wonder
ful an endowment is man's reason! It Is
the Inventor of all tho science', the creator
of all the arts
"All that Is beautiful In architecture, in
sculpture. In painting, in music. In poetry.
Is the creation of man's intellect It de
scends Into the depths of the earth and
brings to light Its hidden treasures; It
soars aloft to the heavenly bodies and re
veals the msterles of star-strewn space;
'nay. It goes bejond the bounds of space
and time, to the v ery throne of the eternal
and the infinite Again, how nob'c a facul
ty 13 the will of man! How nnshackled In
its freedom! How Irresistible In its force!
Fetters .nay welsh down man's bod ;
prison bats may confine his limbs; jet h'.s
will no power1 on earth can bend It is
free, subject Indeed to law, jet unamena
ble to physical force. It soars aloft upnn
the wings of thought, reaches rut to all
,that the Intellect can grasp, and rcs's,
satisfied only when It rests upon the boom
of Infinite love And jet these sublime en
dowments are not the soul Itself: they are
less than the soul: they are but Its Instru
ments are but ntended to serve the soul
In Its spiritual actlvlt How noble, how
sublime a-creature, therefore, the soul it
self must be! "Dim miniature of greatness
absolute.
"Again, this noble being, this beautiful
soul. Is to live forever-Is Immortal. All
other creatures that we see round about
us are born but to die, have the sentence
to end stamped upon their being The
tree eprines up from the toll, flourishes
lor a onei space ana aecaja. .ine uruic
animal Is brought Into existence, runs Its
ihort course and dies. The body of man is
born Into the world, exists for a few j ears,
then sinks Into the grave and ends In cor
ruption. The earth Itself, the sun, and
star-strewn firmament shall pass away:
When earth and heaven, and all that thej
contain, shall for thousands, and millions
of j ears have been numbered with the
things that aro no more, the soul shall
till subsist In the same youth and vigor
and vitality as It did at the moment of
Its creation.' As long as God Is God. :
long must the soul remain what God Tiade
It Intelligent, -free. Immortal Is tnere
aught In this wide world that can compare
with It In value? Is there aught iliac
should not be sacrificed for Its welfare?
Gather together all that Is most precious
on land and sea; gather all the gold and
silver and precious stones; heap them up
Into one vast mountain, and add thereunto
life's sweetest Joys, worldly fame and so
cial prestige, and yet, j-ou will, not have
the value of one Immortal soul. What is
the value of your soul? Turn your eyes
to Calvary there upon the cross j-ou find,
written In the blood of the God-Man. what
your soul Is worth; It Is the life of God
made man, sacrificed for love of that soul.
What Is the value of your soul? Measure,
If you can, the boundless Joys of heaven,
which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
nor heart of man conceived, then say you
hope to understand what your soul is
worth. God. so highly values that,eoul
Despite the inclement weTthf- V.out 1,
50) people attended the rtedl-ition jestT-drj-
afternoon of the Carondc et M E.
Church, Soutn at the corner of Virginia
avenue and Haven street Tne Right Rev
erend Bishop E E Ho'i of Nashville,
Tcnn . officinUd at the dedicatory servlTs
and also preached the sermon for the oc
casion, taking for his subject "The
Charcl- "
The t.erv'ces opened with the singing of
tho hjmn. "All Hall the Power cf Jcsus's
Name.". The Reverend Doitor .V. I". Mc-
Muriy then offered prajer. which was fol
lowed bv selections by the choir. The
Reverend Doctir T E. Sharp. Presiding
E'dtr of the district, read the Scripture
lc-son.
The stvIccs concluded with benediction
and the singing of the doxologj The
Reverend Doctor Duggins. pastor of the
new church, was hlghlj- complimented be
cause of the art stlc and well-proportioned
church he has built The new edifice was
erected at a cost of JJOOOO, about half of
which was .supplied by the Church Exten
sion Soc'etj of the M. E Church, South.
that he himself will be its revard. If so be
that ou avi It
"It is on this vo'nt th it mnnj- make a
most fatal mlttako Thev place a high
value upon tarihlj po-t.tssions, a h eth
value upon the well-being of their bodj ;
a high value upon vvorldlv honors and
sensual pleasures, but their toul their
Immortpl roul. they vio'lid willingly sell
for thirty p'eces of silver Thirtj pieces
of silver! Whj. they sell It fjr the vile
pleasure of a moment, for one sip of the
poisoned cup; for on.; thought ot deiillj
hate: for one act of b'ood revenge. Yes,
Eell.lt. to avmge an eneinj's frown, cr to
win a courtesan's sm'le.
"Ask the wo-Hlliu what value he pliccs
apen his Immortal -oul Ho will answer
most Hkelj th-U he never gave th- natter
a thought. The soul his no mail ct value;
It vlrl.4 nn return In Hlllripnds. nnd Fn It
Is of no interest to him That solicitude
lor his soul's w elf ire should influence him
in ine snapins oi ins ui.auu.i, .. ... j
perhaps admit In theorj. but he never re
duces it to practice. And what is the re
sult? All his cares are for his bodj , all
his 30l'cltude is about 1 1 temporal well
being; not a thought for his soul: not an
act'on for eternitv. Hence, when the good
things of this world slip from his grasp;
when he sufTers revertes of fortune. Is
disappointed In love, or ruined In health,
he does not hesitate to rush unbtdlen be
fore the Judgm it seat of God. nnd send
his soul to its etcrml doom. Man s moral
conduct is but a function of the value
which he n aces upon his so'il a tnit
falls or rises. Is he a worse or a beiter
man?"
WORLD'S FAIR A CURSE IF
IT FEEDS INFLATED PRIDE,,
Doctor Fnllcrton Urces Thnt Goil De
Given Just Praise for JIntcrlal
ntcsslngs.
The pastor, the Reverend B. P. Fuller
ton, preached j esterday morning at the
Lucas Avenue Cumberland Presbyter!
Church upon the "Theology of Money."
taking as his text Deuteronomy, il, 18:
"But thou shalt remember the Lord thy
God, for It is he that glveth thee power
to get wealth " He spoke In part as fol
lows: "This Is part of a forceful address which
was delivered bj- Moccs when he was an
old man, and ready to surrender the lead-
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THE REVEREND B P. FULLERTON.
Who preached vesterdaj- at the Cumber
land Presbyterian Church.
ershlp of tho people of God. He had been
their leader for forts" years, years, which
had tried him and them The tic that
bound Mm to them was exceedingly
strong. The rears through which they had
passed together -vere lull of instruciion
to them all They were now at the bor
der of the land which had been promised
them, anj toward which thev had been
looking for all these jears. and he well
knew the temptations to which they
would be Subjected When thev viere set
tled In that land of plentj-. when thej
dwelt in houses which they had not built
and ate. from vlnejaids which thev had
not planted, and now In this last address
he restates the laws by which they shou'd
be "overned. and which his experience
had shown hin were cminentlj- wise and
merciful.
"The central truth which gathers about
It all others, and which gives force to all
else. Is the fact of God. and the plnce he
has had In their historv This alone is
their safeguard nealnst tho pdnotivo In
fluences bj which they would bo sur
rounded In the new country.
"The first thing, then. In the text which
(Claims our attention Is his call upon them
to remember God Ii the verse Immed'
ately preceding this he points out their
danger of being swept off their guard by
their new and lav oriole u-roundings, and
arn sts their attention to their danger bv
najlng. "But remember God He knew the
blight of atheism, that it had built up no
nation; tint jt had fourded and main
tained no institutions that made the bur
dens of life lighter, but everj where it had
left in its track devastation and rain. It
Was God who rmit.vl ,11 thltn it .,
God that called them out of bondage, hav
ing broken the joke of the oppressor, and
It was he that had led them for fortv
J cars and had most merc'fully orovided
for them, and it was God that had brought
them to the vcu border 1 ind of their
coantrj. and such iv'dence of his pro
tection and provideme was a sufficient
wairant tor tne largest trust in and obe
dience to him
"Having thus established this great fact
It was casj to enrorec tho further truth of
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rearon for this remembrance of God 'It
is he that glveth thee power to -et
Jnowr,,1."1 "?' God, bn the athor of
their fortj j ears' vandering. suffering and
Poye-tv No that wan the result of Ihclr
sin ind lack of filth
"S.plr .na..a rePorted thattho land was
oit nfb?h,h,ere,werc.5la? ,nerc-- ana ten
OUt Of thC tWellO Said 'Wo r.nnnn ,..,.,.-
S V1?; f,? hut as grasshoppers In
nh:-rJBht,.JvW,S.tW0 ,1eW that they could
overcome them because God would fight
for them, i.ecause of their failure to be
lieve God thej turned back and wandered
for these forty jears It was God's wish
to bring them into the land at once It
was sin th-it kept them out It has alwaj-s
been so It Is God's will that we be blest
and happy. It is sin that brings our woe
.le: on,1?h0?' navc been Ie(1 to believe
that God Is the author of sickness, of fail
ure, of pestilence and poverty, but we
have preserved our health we have suc
cess, we have by our skill. Industry and
cleverness gotten all this wealth Unfor
tunately this reversal of the truth has be
come common. Moses sets the truth In Its
right light here. It Is God that gives pow
er to get wealth'
. "iS ihe Pwer Is not given, therefore. It
Is God that sees that It Is not best, and
this makes even poverty the blessing It
should become, but It Is no unfallln- sign
of sin that n man Is weilthj That miy
be and should be a sign that God has In-
irusiea mm vvitn wealth that he might
have a larger ministry and accomplish
more for mankind.
This view of wealth emhles us to get
from it the blcrslng Intended. If we have
gotten the wealth, then we mav- spend It
as ve pleaEe. but If It Is the gift of God
to us. then n must be consulted In Its ex
penditure Within a few weeks the wealth
of the world will be displajed In our great
Exposition If It Is shown as the exhibi
tion of the blessings of God upon our la
bor then It will become a hlesslng but If
It become the feeder of our already In
flated pride, then It will be n great.curse.
"There is a more practical view of this
relation of God to our wealth still. If it
Is he thnt gave the nower to get It. then
we will be conscientious In spending It.
We will spend less in the gratification of
our personal tartes and pride and more for
the benefit of the larger community. One
of the perils of the dav Is this disposition
to extravagance In personal and famllj"
life Manv men are the slives of a social
standard thev and their famil'.-s have set
up to the neglect of the concerns of the
soil
"Simplicity In life Is th" demand of the
time, and this will bo cisllv reached If we
would get a correct view of God's relation
to whit we hnve t cvnr.cit of Assist
te"amo an extremist in his Interpretation
of thl, but there is a happv mean where
we should sek to Illustrate th's grpat and
central truth in this final address of Moses
in his neonle
"There 13 another practical lesson from
this view of Gcd's relation to wsalth It
'lould moke men mere willing to put this
wealth Into the treasuries of the Lo-d. In
stcid of empty treasuries and erinpled en
terprises, there mould be an abundance for
k-. eood pnterrH "f t. church Mn
would cease to asl: If the tithe was not the
limit and would turn the question right
about, and Instead of asking what was the
st nec'srv fr- tn ehu-eh thev would
begin to Inquire v hat was the leat possi
ble for comfort In their famllj- I'fe nnd
leave practically al' el'e subject to the or
'or c f the Lord Wc need a changed has
ftT nnr hpnnirilpnf worlr before tip shnll
nave the right to claim the blessings prom
i d to thee who honor the Lo-d with
their substance."
LOVE FOR CHRIST PROMPTED
FIRST INTERNATIONAL FAIR.
Erniiccllil "Moody's Work Dnrlns
Clilcasrn Exposition Dlxcnssetl by
Reverend Doctor Foster.
"Christ and the World's Fair" will be
the subject of a paper to be read at the
Presbjterlan ministers' meeting this
morning bj the Rev erend Frank Foster of
the North Presbyterian Church. The pa
per, In part, is is as follows:
"It was love for Christ and desire to
promote peace amongst the nations that
prompted Prince Albert Victor of England
to plan the first International exposition.
Since then the commercial motive has pre
vailed. It was reserved for r. L Moody
to bring back Christ by demonstrating
that a great World's Fair gives the be3t
opportunity In the world to preach the
gospel. It seems that double tne mono
spent at Chicago wilt bo expenaed upcii
tne Louisiana Purchase Exposition, ana
the territory occupied will be almost aou
ble. This will bring an immense .jatner
lng of people from every &iuie anu many
trum every nation It was on much a
gathering in Jerusalem that uod puurcd
put his spliit in the largest measure
known at that time. Why snould we nut
expect a larger blessing upun tnc assem
blies gathered in bt. Louis
'rew people khuw lio .urge a work was
done for Go.I In Cnlcat,o Chicago prepaid
mi. mural iiy lajing a UUltlcIl OI pl.ljei
uton his hurt and c rasing him to u.suc a
call to prajer In Great Britain and Ariei
lca. A Lonuon specialist na j iccommcndel
Mr. Moodj to do Ics work. a his heart
Man infected with dUea uu. lie eoiic.ujeJ
that if hi3 life was io ee U itf u'ere was
more need to nil It fun iwtn ih pruc.aiii.i
tion of Christ and him crui Ilea 'il.in
came that i.onderful exneiliiiit! on tne
Spree whtn it c disabled ship was spared
In answer to prajer .ma Mr Moodj mine
the following vow ,i God wnl Miatc
my life anu brine, me back to Amer
ica I will come back to Chicaxo
and at thl World's Pan preach the Gcs
pel with all the power he will give nu-'
At Northficld and Mo.int Vernon he said
to the students 'If you have anv regard
for me. If vou love me, pray that God may
anoint me for the work In Chicago'
"Mr. Moodj- opened the campaign the
first bundaj In .vlaj with packed congre
gations in th. Chlrnirn Aifnito I hntrh.
also the ii Salle Avenue BaptM and the
I Irst Congregation il churches During
the week a Mitel il tcrlos of prale servicrs
were held to iialv God tor the b!sslng-
that were going to come m answci tj ti.e
Prajer of fslth Thus they exercised that
falih whleh Is a convlc'ion of facts, even
vv hen not seen '
"A frur-Rtorj build!"" v.rs secured on
vvest Madl-on street Upstairs was used
for dormitories and downstairs as a gos
pel hall. I.i tnis i reviving nat.o.i Sii
Itca vere held evrv night frum ! Io 12
p. m. The nc-t step was to secure thea
ters. An offer ot ls 5v) was midc for the
ue of the Auditorium ioi Sundav ivrvlces
rills was refu-ed However, tic Hajmar
l.et Theater was soon secured The whole
district wa.s canvassed with much toil and
discouragement, but not in vam The first
Sunday morning found an audience of
SOme .1.000 7 l.ei epnt ol whnm ir. men.
This continued Sunday morn.ngs for sK
month", while the Standard Theater had
to be opercd to take the overflow, and
even then sometimes hundreds had to be
turned awaj. The work Increased until
the number of churches, theaters, halls,
etc, occupied reached forty, together with
three tents and a goriel waron It wis
round that tho'c services stimulated the
attendance at the regular churen services
und at the midweek prajer meetings
"Whtn l'orepaugh'y circus cime to Chi
cago Mr. Moodv determined to secure It
It provided 10.000 scats and an unseated
area for 10,0u0 more. The circus attempt
ed Sundaj exhibits, but did not Sdcuie
enough patronage to paj expenses. Mr.
Moody preached to an audience estimated
at from 15k to 18,000 Then Tattersall's
Hall was hired, and an audience of S COO
gathered there, rive hundred joung men
remained for an arter meeting
"The Fair, as vou know, was open on
Sundaj-. The largest attendance on anv
Sunday was 30.000, while from 30.000 to
7"UX) were found at the gospel services
Theaters were also used and filled for
week night services. I heard John Mc
Neil pieach a powerful sermon In the
standard to a run house. There were 1C0
services held weekly with an average at
tendance of 100,000. The average dally at
tendance at the Fair was 130 000 This
shows about one In ten of the neonle at
the services Those In attendance at the
gospel meetings were from cverj- State
in the Union, and many of them from
lands bevond the seas. Various tests
showed that only about 10 per cent were
permanent residents of Chicago.
"The gospel wai preached In various lan
guages, English. German. French. Eo
hemlin. Swedish, etc. It was preached to
the fnshlonahle and wealthy and to the
poor and lowlj.
"To sum up Sabbath services were held
beginning with six meetings, and reicnlng
alternately to 10) meetings In firtv-x
places with an attendance of -ome "5.050
people. The Gospel was preached in all
kinds of places to nn average of 103,000
weekly.
"The prpachers xiere such men as John
McNeil. Thomas Spurgcon. Henrj Vcely.
Campbell Morgan and manj' others from
England; Rabbi Rablnowltz of Russia,
uoctor j. I'lndor of Austria. Doctor Theo
dore Monod of Paris. Count Bemstorft and
the Court Preacher of Germanj The
leading evangelists and ministers of the
United States Including such men as Doc
tor John Hall. Doctor William Chapman.
Doctor New hall. Doctor Wharton nnd
Doctor Torrey, whom God has ued so
marvelous-lv In Australia nnd Great Brit
ain, and whom I should like to have In
vited to St. Louis. Then there were tho
leedlng soloists and choruses, including
Burke Towner. Exccll and manv others.
"As to spiritual results, 600 men stajed
for our nfter-meetlng. 118 definitely decid
ed for Christ In another. It Is not too
much to say that thousands gave evi
dence of a chance of heart Manv Chris
tians were stimulated and sent home to
a more active life of service. Among the
converts was the son of a man who gives
iiiousanas to tne .vioouy institute eacn
J ear. Among those spiritually stimulated
were many ministers.
"As many as 1.000 ministers attended In
a single week and sometimes 100 to 200 a
day. Some Christian workers got so en
gaged soul-saving, that although thej- had
come to attend the Talr, thej- never en
tered Its gates.
"Mr. Moody spared neither time nor
monej- to win souls. He knew- how
to attempt great things for God and ex
pect great things from God. God more
than fulfilled his expectations The Juilj-r
papers helped in the work bv giving
much space to the sermons Advertise
ments were placed in them Poster hand
bills and street-car placards were used
largely. One firm printed almost one and
one-half million tickets. This work cost
flOOOCO The Lord sent In the money.
"I heartily approve of the report pre
sented by the Alliance Committee -. far
S3 It has nlreadv gone, and think tin'
our v enerable leader. Doctor S. J Niccolls.
did good work to save the Union move
ment from defeat. And vet. If that is to
be all the additional work done, it is utter
ly inadequate J30.000.0ffl for commerce
ana a lew tnousanus lor cnrisi: i Knoyv
there arc hundreds of thousands spent for
regular church work, nnd that jou may
remind me of this
"But the J30.O0O0O0 is additional com
merce. What shall we do additional for
Christ? If there is to be harmonious; de
nominational effort and the alliance work
is to be additional. It Is well
"I love interdenominational efforts, be
cause I love to realize the unitj of the
Church of God Yet It matters little
whether this campaign is denominational,
interdenominational or personal, it ought
to be as much larger In Its plans, purpos
and results than the Moodj campaign, as
the St. Louis Fair will be larger than
that of Chicago. The work of God Is
ever lncreaing and ever more powerful,
and our God can and will do moro for us
than In Chlcnco If we get In the attitude
where we can receive a blessing.
"I regretted that our committee report
ed no plan. In view- of the smallncss of
that Introduced bv the Alliance Why
could we not Imitate John McNIel and
Wilbjr Chapman?
"Then divide our churches Into groups
and have two open, with evangelistic ser
vices everj- day of tho Fair period Other
men and buildings could be secured as the
need arose. Whv could wc not use our
tents? Whj- could we not man a couple of
gospel wagons wlt.i theological students
wno are gifted evangelifts' It seems al-rtadj-
evident that we cannot have a cut-and-drk-d
plan. The Lord will not give
us $100 CM cash In hand before we begin
the work. We must walk bj' faith, not by
sight.
The work at Chicago was saturated
with prajer. They waited on God and
found his plan. Thev watted on God and
he sent In the money as needed. Our
plans have come to naught. God has o
plan for every man's life. He has a plan
of work for up.
"Let us have oar staff In our hand.
shoes on our feet, the gospel of peace on
our lips, ready to hear the Lord's bugle
call. 'Go forward In the meantime, let
us pray and watch for every Indication of
God's plan Let us not run before we are
sent, nor lag after the bugle sounds, but
keep step with God."
I , it 0T V f
mBBBi m
Intemperance. In my opinion Is th curse
cf the world There is net a liquor dealer
but what will admit this It Is the cause
of nearlj- all povcrtj. of most murders an
of much sickness It has filled more In
sane asjlums. It has broken more hearts
ard wrecked moro lives than all other
ciuves combined "How can Intemperance
be cured"' is a question which should en
gage tho most serious attention of all
right-minded men It has been demon
strated that prohibition does not correct,
docs not prohibit. It has been clearlj
proven that co long as a mm has an ap
i etitc for liquor he will get it either open
ly or hj "tealth To do awaj with the
liquor habit we must do away with the
appetite Now. I claim that the appetite
f3r liquor Is as much a disease ot the
stomach and nerves as consumption Is a
disease of the lungs To correct the habit
w e must correct the dlseare A man with
n healthv stomach and normal nerves has
no appetite, no jearnlng, no special desire
for alcoholic stimulants. A man whoe
stomach Is weak, whose liver is sluggish,
v hose blood is thin, whose nerves are
stuttered, who is unable to digest what
food Is put into the stomach, his a crav
ing for a stimulant or something to lift
I Im out of the despondencj- which his ail
ments produce.
I llrmlj believe that Paw -Paw will do
more to correct Intemperance than tons
claim that the craving
for Alcoholic Stimulants is
a disease of the Stomach
and Nerves pest as much as
Consumption is a disease of
the Lungs. MUNYON.
of tracts, thousands of temperance lec
tures, or all the prohlbltorj laws th it
mankind can dcvls". It will do more, be
cause It will remove the muse it will tikp
avaj- tha appetite, it will give ,i physical
and moral tone to the whole sjstem. It
v HI lift one Into the high altitude of hope
nil hi Id him there It will cure dis
pepsla ard every form of stomach trouble.
It will cure nervousness, catarrh, sleep
lessness and vitalize his whole sjstem.
Strength Is what he needs, and If jou glvo
him a clean stomacn. a good, natural ap
netlte and tone his sjstem up generallv.
ne will have strength Paw -Paw will do
this for him. and do It quicklj-.
The deadly drugs that are now being
used to correct drunkenness are moro per
nicious than drunkenness itself. They
weaken the nerves, thej- dethrone reason,
thej- take the maniy part of a man awaj
from him. Let us build up manhood, let
us build up truth, let us be honest one to
another. I call upon preachers and the
workers of temperance to test my Paw-Paw-
remedy If thev know of a person
who Is addicted to drunkenness and has
not the physical or moral strength to re
sist, they should advise him to try Paw
Paw Instead of resorting to beer, whlskv.
wine or other harmful beverages. It will
make his stomach well. It will strengthen
his nerves. It will enable him to sleep. It
will take away all necessity or desire for
alcoholic stimulants. It will give him ex
hilaration without intoxication. Satisfv
his craving and give him strength and
courage to resist MUNTON.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Tonic for sale at all druggists'. Paw-Paw Laxative
Pills -the best Stomach and Liver Pills on earth 25c a bottle.
there were at work the agencies which
were to caue the greatest evils. It was In
a Sabbitic jcar thit John the Baptist,
preachinc repentance and baptism, came
out of th wilderness The people were
free to mend to the mcssge". and. re
lieved of nam of the ordinary occupa
tions of other jears, thej- thronged about
him.
"He had a message which changed the
conditions of the life he found. Divided
into man j- classes, men wero grouped Into
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THE REVEREND W. W. NEWELL.
Pastor of tho Compton Hill Congrega
tional Church.
one Interested, anxious and eager mass
as thej- listened and drank In the words
which fell with much of the power of the
messages of the prophets of earlier j-ears.
The Pharisee the Sidducee. the desnised
pub lean and the half-heathen soldiery
met before John upon a common ground;
there was to be a restoration of the king
dom. Before this great fact all distinc
tions were forgotten. The last words of
the Old Testament had been of the king
dom. The helpless condition to wheh they
had been brought could not but stir the
imagination by contrast with the talcs of
the other dajs when they had been a
great people
"Revolts were frequent. Befcre the death
of Herod and while momentarily expecting
it, Judas and Matthias had led a revolt
which had swept away the great go.dcn
caglo Herod had erected In honor of Cae-
ar at the gate of the temple. With forty
followers thej- had been taken and burned.
After the death of Herod there was an
Insurrection against Archclaus his son, be
fore he had had time to visit Rome and
secure from Caesar the succession to his
iatner s tnrore This resulted in the
slaughter of 3 000 in the temple and Im
mediate arounds. qs it came on a feast
daj-. Then cime the sedition of the Jews
against Sablnu-, which was later pun
ished by Varus thought it meant the
burning of the cloisters of the temp'e to
overcome them. One writer sajs that
while these things were transpiring there
were tell thousand other disorders In Ju
dea. vhlch were like tumults. Later the
Jews were persistent In their opposition
to the n'ans of Pilate, who came to be
procurator of Judea, and in the end suc
ceeded. Barkokhabh. a false 'Messiah, had
a large following. Everv man who claimed
to be someone Immediately became the
center of some of the dissatisfied. One
even crowned himself in the presence of
a small gathering; the fame of it spread"
ard he destrojed several palaces before
the rcgulnr troops routed his followers
ard beheaded the leader.
"There was probably no teaching which
would have aroused greater interest than
tnat abmt the kingdom coming at this
time. John was listened to. Delegations
visited him: wrs he the deilvc-e1'. or wire
they to look for another? At last Jesus
came. John was to decrease, but he was
to Increase. The kingdom was now to be
preached In truth. How full the Mas
ter's teachings were of this magic word.
How many followed because of earthiy
hope in the King we cannot know; but
that this was an element there Is no ques
tion. Jesus did not rebuke the people.
though he must have known their con
ceptions of what the kingdom was to be;
It was his great opportunity to enlarga
that Idea and turn It from the earthly
and temporary to tho spiritual, which was
to be universal, and which would abide.
"The account of the way Jesus began
his ministry Is one of the evidences of Its
genuineness; It Is not the enlargement of
Jewish expectancy; they had no expecta
tion of a King who should enter bj- bap
tism and a temptation In tho wilderness
upon a mission of saving men It was tho
nation they wanted saved- It has been
well said that there have been three great
fasts in the Bible Moses. In the oreence
of God: Elijah, alone; Jesus. In the pres
ence of the devil. He was to be a King.
Victorj- over the opposing kingdoms was
to mark his beginnings. And Jesus Is
representative. What he did was not for
himself alone, but for the race as well.
No man faces temptation to-day, but
there lies behind the kingdoms power for
victory.
"So it was reallj- a kingdom Into which
the Ma"ter entered. Misunderstood and '
at the last perhaps Intentlonallj- misap
plied, this word was to follow him and:
have to do with his death. Such troubled,
times had he come upon, so eager were
the multitude for their kingdom, that In
the end It was his life for the kingdom
which decided his crucifixion when all
other accusations had failed. It was foe
the klnrdom Christ died, as It was for
this he had lived. Men were unconscious
ly giving him his place. He cannot bo
considered In connection with the life of
men without considering his relation to
the kingship."
COMPLETES ARRANGEMENTS.
St. Mnlnchy's Parish Will HttTe BOO
Men In the St. Pntrlck'i Parade.
The members of tho parade union of
St. Malachj-'s Church yesterday completed
arrangements to have 500 men In line la
the St. Patrick's parade next Sundayi
All the funds for the occasion have been,
subscribed and the division will be led
bv Pitrlck Walsh the parish marshal.
The large float will bring up the rear of
the parish division and will carry four
men dressed as Roman soldiers.
BIXBY ON ALLOTMENT WORK.
Thinks It Can Be Completed by,
July, 1905, Under .Curtis Bill.
nEPUBLIC SPDCIAL.
Washington. March 13. At a hearing on
Indian Territory bills before the House
Indian Committee jesterdaj-. Tams BIx
bj chairman of the Dawe3 Commission,
stated that If Congress nasses the bill
Introduced by Representative Curtis ot
Kansas, providing for the closing of the
rolls and other necessary legislation, the
Dawes Commission can complete the al
lotment work by July 1. 1905.
He informed the committee that work
In the Territory was being rapidly pushed.
It Is understood that the Curtis bill will
be reported to the House this week and
will be Dasd. Blxby will depart to
morrow for Muscogee.
NO ACTION Is EXPECTED.
House Committee Will Leave
Crafts Case to Post Office.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. March 11 It Is under
stood that the Judlciaxy Committee of
the House will take no action in the case
of the Reverend Doctor Wilbur F. Crafts
of the Antlsaloon League, who became in
volved In the charges impljlng misuse of
the franking privilege. The case falls
within the Jurisdiction of the Po&t-Offico
Crafts's version of the Incident,
in which heated language was used. Is
that Mr. Clayton of the committee an
nounced that. If anjbody had seen Or
heard anything to prove Doctor Crafts
had used a frank Improperly, he should
announce It, and In the absence of such
announcement Doctor Crafts felt th
charge was not sustained.
JEWS' HELPLESS CONDITION
AROUSES IMAGINATION.
"ClirUt's Kingdom Was Xot n Mate
rial One," Says the Reverend
Doctor eTrell.
The Reverend William "W. Newel!, the
pastor of the Compton Hill Congregational
Church, gave last evening the second of a
series of addresses on the life of Christ,
following the" painting of James Tlssot,
He said In part:
"Thcso who were devout among the
Jews must have watched events during
the j-eare In which Jesus was growing to
manhood with deepest concern. There was
the same ..security of life as In the days
of the coming i.ot HUJah, and equally
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