II WITH HIS COAT OFF.
\ \
y SECRETARY WILSON NOT DE
'f I TERRED BY HOT WEATHER.
| \ 'Worhlnj ; Aivny in tlio Interests of the
| m Parmer * Sumo IntercHtlne ; JtcsultH
I i W Which Ho Hun Obtained ProHpcrlty
I Is Koav with Vh Sura.
W ( Washington Letter. )
\ \ "The man with his coat off" is not
t M | disturbed by hot weather. TIip' v\oil-
LJh \ns \ day3 ln Washington have not
hT i checked the activity of that rugged
IS. old worertno ! nead of tne UePart _
T y raent of Agriculture , and he is pushing
* tSr aiong with his new plans for increas-
C ing the earnings of the farmers , and at
\ \ the same time decreasing their hours
I I of labor.
d-/ Secretary Wilson has had numerous
\ \ inquiries as to the result of his trial
% r\r \ sl'ipments of butter to England. He
m * has received reports from the second
\ \ shipment , and is of the opinion that
JP f lit is working upon the right line and
Jpvl one which will develop a largely in-
U I creased industry for the farmers of
* / , this country. Speaking to your cor-
I % respondent about this , he said :
vi "Our shipment of butter consisted
it/ / \ of various styles of packages , small ,
M it half-pound prints , square boxes , large
m\ / tubs and other packages , and generally
* 5l arrived in good order. The depart-
v/ raent has received letters frcra a num-
{ J her of Englishmen , commission merchants -
/ chants and others who used this butter -
\ \ ter and who generally speak of it in
high terms as regards its quality and
J1 . flavor , in comparison with the best
| grade of English butter. The only
111 ' criticism reems to be that the buiter
J generally is not dry enough to suit
/ them , but this is a point which can be
i ' easily remedied. There is no doubt inV
V\ tbe world but that as soon as we "get
( r onto them" we can do business with
g them , and at profit. We have just
re been having some tests here in New
V York of an interesting nature. We
{ r have had experts examining samples
I . < 5 of butter shipped from England , Ireland -
\ • , land , Denmark and Australia , and
I. | -cf.mpcting with our own butters ship-
v | I ped from the western and northwest-
jgfe. h ern states. We met them half was * .
JHf Tu ony one case > tnaof * a samPte from
{ | lf England , did the foreign butter come
I\ -up to the standard of the best Amer-
K ican butter. This is very encouraging
§ j to our butter makers and shows that
J $ $ we make as good butter as is produced.
i cvlif " * c * s perfectly logical , " continued the
I K secretary , "that if we send our grain
lw\ to Denmark to be fed to foreign cattle
I \f to produce butter that we can feed it
I M to our own cattle and send abroad the
I H | "butter instead. "
I W - "Another question which I am going
I Jnrt * ° soon taJce up' " sa d il' Wilson , "is
I 1 * | that of the foreign cheese market.
I m , Nothing has been done in this line as
I 1 ( yet , and I am not read } ' to offer any
% American cheese abroad. We are not
H H. now in a condition to sell our cheese
Hf j . abroad for the reason that the market
43 * \ is full of the adulterated article , and
Hk \ owing to the laxity of the internal rev-
Hr -enue regulations it is almost impossi-
Vn ble to discover it. As long as this
H ' 'filled' cheese is sold as pure cheese it
B is impossible to establish a reputation
HR for good cheese. Filled cheese. " ex-
ELg plained the secretary , "is made in
Hi this way : Milk is run through a sep-
Hj | arator and all the fat taken out , at a
Hj'ipv value of perhaps 15 or 20 cents per
Hfrn pound. For this is substituted cheap
Hf | ( cotton-seed oil , lard , * etc. , at a cost of
HA \ only a few cents a pound. Cheese made
HjF \ in this manner has poor keeping qual-
If ities , will not ripen , and is of a low
H ff" grade generally. The revenue laws
H * .are constantly being violated and circumvented -
I \ -cumvented with regard to the sale of
jS ? " tn's substitute for cheese , which is
l V /V\ placed upon the market in large quan-
IV i tities as the genuine article. I have
I "been getting after Secretary Gage and
H \ Wo Want Woolens Again.
Bl V his people about this , as it is of course
pi 1 .necessary to establish a high standard
* 1 I -for American cheese before we can ex-
i pect to do anything in exporting it. '
flt The law requires that this tilled cheese
| Ei. shall be so marked * u large black type , | I
i lut various mod1 of evasion are
H | practiced which s ' erve to practically
K | nullify the law. I believe our farmers
HrIs .c-m make as good cheese as it is pos- '
HpL sible to produce , and that with proper , (
m\A& \ methods we can procure a market for
' '
W it abroad which will give us a largely
Hg& increased market for this agricultural
Wttv product. "
f \ "The Department is doing something
H about the foreign discrimination
l\ apainst American meats , Mr. Wilson ? "
"Yes. This matter is being carried
MM forward qu ' etiy. We are going about
HB this in a very modest manner and will
B\ be able tc thoroughly convince foreign
K V TPimtrles , I believe , that it is to their
"best interests ( as well as our own ) to
. ' , f-L | - n i . . . . i i -i uiir i TT-irr nmnrryrrMTT--rrfi I T *
li
remove these obstacles against Amer-
dr n products. If they do not see it
V . .mit light , why , then , there arc oth
er methods. "
f '
"The subject of growing tea In the
United States is a subject which has
recently come , especially to my atten
tion. Considerable experimenting in
the past has been done In tbe tea line
In this country , and the trouble has
always been the difficulty of procuring
labor to pick the tea'leaves , but I am
prepared to say that there is no reason
why the southern states of this country
should not raise and market every
pound of tea used in the United States ,
and a far better article , too , than the
great bulk of tea sold here now. This
is an excellent subject for considera
tion and experiment , and will be heard
from later. " * G. H. Williams.
Crop and Business Prospects Cood.
A week of exceptionally favorable
weather for the growing crops and a
complete absence of developments of a
nature calculated to unsettle confidence
have brought about a further improve
ment In the business situation. This
improvement is not to be measured by
the volume of clearing house exchanges
although the increase of 7.7 per cent
over the same week last year is a
sure indication of progress , because
many merchants and manufacturers
are holding back awaiting a clearer
manifestation of the improvement that
is already sufficiently obvious to many
But the increase in railroad earnings
during June of more than 3 per cent
as compared with the same period last
year , and the steady purchases of se
curities by American investors whieh
have advanced the average price of
stocks 1 per cent in the week and S1
per cent since the upward movement
began early in May , are corroborative
and additional evidences of the prog
ress toward better conditions that is
steadily becoming more apparent.
The important positive influence un
doubtedly is the improving condition
of the growing crops. The weather
has been most satisfactory all over the
country , being warm where warmth
was most needed , and rainy where ad
ditional moisture was required. The
result is that complaints of damage ,
which usually figure so largely at this
season , are almost entirely absent. As
to wheat , the winter wheat harvest is
nearing completion , and is admitted
that the previous calculations of the
crop were entirely too low. The crop
may run up to 300,000,000 bushels , or
00,000,000 bushels more than the gov
ernment estimate indicated as prob
able , while spring wheat is progress
ing so finely and has been so extensive
ly sown that an immense harvest is
reasonably certain here. Our total
wheat crop may run up to 550,000,000
bu , or 125,000,000 bushels more than
last year. This remarkable prospect
has not in the least lowered prices ,
which on the contrary have risen l/2
cents a bushel on the confirmation of
reports of damage to the Buropean
crops. It is a significant circumstance
that the September option is 7 cents a
bushel below the Julv price , indicating
a belief that the known necessities of
Europe will compel purchases before
the foreign crops can be harvested.
Silver a Dead Issue.
Uncle Horace Bois of Iowa has just
made public his views on the 16 to 1
fallacy. He declares : "For one , I do
not believe it possible to succeed up
on a platform that demands the un
qualified free coinage of silver at the
ration of 16 to 1 with gold. We have
fought that battle , and it is lost. We
can never fight it over under circum
stances more favorable to ourselves. If
we hope to succeed , we must abandon
this extreme demand. "
The frank statement of Uncle Hod
shews that he has come to a realiza
tion of the fact that a majority of the
American people are intelligent enough
to understand that a free coinage law
at the 16 to 1 ration would simply
drive us on a plane with Mexico and
China.
The value of the coin of ultimate re
demption depends entirely upon the
market value of the bullion of which
it is composed. A silver dollar , under
these circumstances , cannot be worth
any more than the silver it sells for.
The stamp of the government creates
no value. It is nothing but a certifi
cation of weight and finances.
Mr. Boies evidently relizes these
things. From his letter , we infer that
he would be in favor of dropping to
the silver standard and to a 48 cent
dollar , if he thought the people could
be induced to adopt it. But he sees
they will not and hence he wants the
scheme modified.
He will find no tenable ground out
side of that taken by the Republican
national convention in the platform at
St. Louis last year. Toledo Blade.
The Revival of Trade.
One of the most encouraging signs of
a return of prosperity is shown in the
statement made by Strawbridge &
Clothier , of this city , of their retail
sales during the month of June. The
sales of the firm , which is one of the
oldest in the city , were larger than
in any corresponding June since they
have been engaged in business. The in
ference to be drawn from this gratifying -
ing statement is clear , and its significance -
cance is not to be understimated. It
surely portends a revival of trade
which , now only beginning , gives a
promise of exceptional prosperity to
come. And this is only one instance.
The price of iron has advanced ; there
is a better demand for coal ; prices are
firm and steady everywhere , and not
une report of a depressing nature is re
ceived from any section of the country.
Unless all signs fail , the opening of the
' all season will find the promised pros
perity upon us. Philadelphia North
American.
in M giiiiwPMiMilwrimnlprtainMin I iliimrii m j. .
The aiukcr nn l the Taker. -
There is no motive to make a prod
uct if you can't find somebody to take
it. The maker must find the taker.
You will not employ labor to make a
product if you cannot find a buyer for
that product after labor has made it.
President McKInley.
This Is so obvioi3 a truth that we
may suppose that even a free-trader
would agree to it. The conclusions in
evitably resulting from this truth are
cr.ually obvious. Why the free-traders
cannot see them is one of the myste
ries of the nineteenth century. It
ought to be perfectly plain that if , by
free trade , the products of foreign
manufacturers are brought -into this
country to undersell American man
ufactures , the foreign "makers" will
find all the "takers , " and the result
will be that American manufacturers
will not be able to find buyers for
their products , and will , therefore , not
employ labor to make those products.
The reasoning is perfectly simple. But
we have had something more than
reasoning in regard to it during the
last four years. We have had a prac-
t'cal demonstration. The doctrinaires
and hide-bound free-traders may not
yet have had their eyes opened , but
the people of the country have. And
that's why William McKinley is pres
ident of the United States.
Protect American Shipping.
, * 3Pf > E r
Are the Mills Closing ?
The convention of Iowa fusionista
declared that the mills were closing
and thousands of workingmen were
thrown out of employment. Brad-
street's and Dun's Review report the
reverse. These publications are non
partisan. They state the facts. They
are published for the information of
business men and tradesmen , and can
not afford to nr-ake misleading state
ments. Their patronage depends upon
the correctness of their reports. On
Saturday , June 26 , Dun's Review said :
There is no step backward in busi
ness , although the season of midsum
mer quiet is near. The improvement
continues , gradually and prudently
cautious as before , although in many
branches evident where no signs of it
appeared a few weeks ago. Business
men of the highest standing in all
parts of the country having gradually
perceived that the tide has begun to
r se , are regulating their contracts and
investments and their plans for the
future with a confidence unknown to
fhem a short time ago. Great changes
before the adjournment of congress are
hardly to be expected , but the removal
of uncertainty is with reason expected
to bring into operation buying forces
which have been restricted for months.
"There are signs of improvement
where none were observed a few weeks
ago. There is an encouraging increase
in the demand for textile goods and
even for cottons , " says the same com
mercial report. Concurrently with the
statement of Dun's Review comes in
formation from the east that
The custom of closing the cotton
mills during the summer months which
has prevailed in New England during
the operations of the Wilson law will
not be followed this season , the recent
announcement from the manufacturing
districts there indicating that work is
to go steadily on this summer in view
of the prospect that a protective tariff
will soon be upon the statute books.
With these evidences of the return
of v better times it was not opportune
for the fusionists to declare that the
mills and shops are closing. Dubuque
Times.
Aidlnc ; Private Interests.
The natural and inevitable question
for every shrewd citizen to ask is , then ,
Why disturb the country and unsettle
business by a lot of tariff changes that
are not called for except to aid private
interests ? Providence , R. I. . Journal.
For the very reason that they do "aid
private interests , " the "interests" of
every private individual in the country ,
thus constituting the intere-jts of the
masses 'which form the public interests.
Prompt Worlc Is Proper.
Protect our people from "perfidy and
dishonor" by tha immediate enact
ment of a tariff for protcc.ioa.
iiBifiiifiSafiSHBHB&ifiHHiiiiBifiSSiBi
I I I" ' II , - I I 'Hill ' | ll
TALMAGE'S SEBMON.
THE CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUS
NESS FLOURISHING.
A Dlxeourso from the Text : I.umonta-
tlons , Chapter III , Verse : J9 "Where
fore Doth a Living Man Complalu ? "
Better Days Are Near at Hand.
-5-21 CHEERFUL inter-
j | rogatory In the
$ H3 most melancholy
M I book of the Bible !
lljnr * Jeremiah wrote so
• m\ \ many sad things
| lj that we have a
llJIJ word named after
| | J him , and when any-
1 thing is surcharged
with grief and com
plaint , we call it a
Jeremiad. But in my text Jeremiah , as
by a sudden jolt , wakens us to a thank
ful spirit.
Our blessings are so much more nu
merous than our deserts that he is sur
prised that anybody should ever find
fault. Having life , and with it a thou
sand blessings , it ought to hush into
perpetual silence everything like criti
cism of the dealings of God. "Where
fore doth a living man complain ? '
There are three prescriptions by
which I believe that our individual and
national finances may be cured of their
present depression. The first is cheer
ful conversation and behavior. I have
noticed that the people who are most
vociferous against the day in which we
live are those who are in comfortable
circumstances. I have made inquiry
of those persons who are violent in
their jeremiads against these times , and
I have asked them , "Now , after all , are
you not making a living ? " After some
hesitation and coughing and clearing
their throat three or four times , they
say stammeringly , "Y-e-s. " So that
with a great multitude of people it is
not a question of getting a livelihood ,
but they are dissatisfied because they
cannot make as much money as they
would like to make. They have only
two thousand dollars in the bank/where
they would like to have four thousand.
They can clear in a year only five
thousand dollars , when they would like
to clear ten thousand , or things come
out just even. Or , in their trade they
get three dollars a day when they wish
they could make four or five. "Oh ! "
says some one , "are you not aware of
the fact that there is a great popula
tion out of employment , and there are
hundreds of good families of this coun
try who are at their wits' end , not
knowing which way to turn ? " Yes ,
I know it better than any man in pri
vate life can know that sad fact , for
it comes constantly to my eye and ear.
But who is responsible for this state cf
things ?
Much of that responsibility I put up
on men in comfortable circumstances ,
who , by an everlasting growling , keep
public confidence depressed and new en
terprises from starting out and new
houses from being built. You know
very v/ell that one despondent man can
talk fifty men into despondency , while
one cheerful physician can wake up in
to exhilaration a whole asylum of hy
pochondriacs. It is no kindness to the
poor or the unemployed for you to join
in this deploration. If you
have not the wit and the
common sense to think of something
cheerful to say , then keep silent. There
is no man that can be independent of
depressed conversation. The medical
journals are ever illustrating it. I was
reading of five men who resolved that
they would make an expsriment and see
what they could do in the way of de
pressing a stout , healthy man , and they
resolved to meet him at different points
in his journey ; and as he stepped out
from his house in the morning in ro
bust health , one of the five men met
him and said , "Why , you look very sick
today. What is the matter ? " He said ,
"I am in excellent health ; there is
nothing the matter. " But passing
down the street , he began to examine
his symptoms , and the second of the
five men met him and said , "Why , how
bad you do look. " "Well , " he replied ,
"I don't feel very well. " After a while
the third man met him , and the fourth
man met him , and the fifth man came
up and said , "Why , you look as if you
had had the typhoid fever for six
weeks. What is the matter with you ? "
And the man against whom the strata
gem had been laid went home and died.
And if you meet a man with perpetual
talk about hard times , and bankruptcy
and dreadful winters that are to come ,
you break down his courage. A few
autumns ago , as the winter was com
ing on , people said , "We shall have a
terrible winter. The poor will be fro
zen out this winter. " There was some
thing in the large store of acorns that
the squirrels had gathered , and some
thing in the phases of the moon , and
something in other portends.that made
ycu certain we were going to have a
hard winter. Winter came. It was
the mildest one within my memory and
within yours. All that winter long I
do not think there was an icicle that
hung through the day from the eaves
J of the house. So you prophesied false
ly. Last winter was coming , and the
people said , "We shall have unparal
leled suffering among the poor. It will
be a dreadful winter. " Sure enough it
was a cold winter ; but there was more
large hearted charities than ever be
fore poured out on the country ; better
provision made for the poor , so that
there have been scores of winters when
the poor had a harder time than they
did last winter. Weather prophets say
we will have frosts this summer which
will kill the harvests. Now , let me tell
you , you have lied twice about the
weather , and I believe you are lying
this time.
The second prescription for the alle
viation of financial distresses is prop = r
Christian investment. God demands of
every individual state , and nation , a
certa.li ? proportion of their income. We
are parsimonious ! We keep back from
God that which belongs to him , and
when wo keep back anything from God
he takes what we keep back , and he
takes more. Ho takC3 it by storm , by
sickness , by bankruptcy , by any ont
of the ten thousand ways which ho can
employ. The reason many of you arc
cramped In business Is because you
have never learned the lesson of Chris
tian generosity. You employ an agent.
You give him a reasonable salary ; and ,
lo ! you find out that he is appropriat
ing your funds besides the salary.
What do you do ? Discharge him.
Well , we are God's agents. He puts
in our hands certain moneys. Part are
to be ours. Part are to be his. Sup
pose we take all , what then ? He will
discharge us ; he will turn us over to
financial disasters , and take the trust
away from us. The reason that great
multitudes are not prospered in busi
ness is simply because they have been
withholding from God that which be
longs to him. The rule is , give , and
you will receive. Administer liberally ,
and you shall have more to administer.
I am In full sympathy with the man
who was to be baptized by immersion ,
and some one said. "You had better
leave your pocket book out , it will get
wet. " "No , " said he , "I want to go
down under the wave with everything.
I want to consecrate my property and
all to God. " And so he was baptized.
What we want in this country is more
baptized pocketbooks.
I had a relative whose business
seemed to be failing. Here a loss , and
there a loss , and everything was both
ering , perplexing and annoying him.
He sat down one day and said , "God
must have a controversy with me about
something. I believe I haven't given
enough to the cause of Christ. " And
there and then he took out his check
book and wrote a large check for a mis
sionary society. He told me , "That
was the turning point in my business.
Ever since then I have been prosper
ous. From that day , aye , from that
very hour , I saw the change. " And ,
sure enough , he went on , and gathered
a fortune. The only safe investment
that a man can make in this world is
in the cause of Christ. If a man give
from a superabundance , God may or
he may not respond with a blessing ;
but if a man give until he feels it , if a
man give until it fetches the blood ,
if a man give until his selfishness
cringes and twists and cowers under
it he will get not only spiritual pro
fit , but he will get paid back in hard
cash or in convertible securities. We
often see men who are tight fisted who
seem to get along with their invest
ments very profitably , notwithstanding
all their parsimony. But wait. Sud
denly in that man's history everything
goes wrong. His health fails , or his
reason is dethroned , or a domestic
curse smites him , or a midnight sha
dow of some kind drops upon his soul
and upon his business. What is the
matter ? God is punishing him for hi3
small heartedness. He tried to cheat
God and God worsted him. So that
one of the recipes for the cure of in
dividual and national finances is more
generosity. Where you bestowed one
dollar on the cause of Christ , give two.
God loves to be trusted , and he is
very apt to trust back again. He say ' s :
"That man knows how to handle
money ; he shall have more money to
handle. " And very soon the property
that was on the market for a great
while gets a purchaser , and the bond
that was not worth more than fifty
cents on a dollar goes to par , and the
opening of a new street doubles the
value of his house , or in any v/ay of a
million God blesses him.
People quote as a joke what Is a di
vine promise : "Cast thy bread upon
the waters , and it will return to thee
after many days. " What did God mean
by that ? There is an illusion there. In
Egypt , when they sow the corn , it is
at a time when the Nile is overflowing
its banks and they sow the seed corn
on the waters , and as the Nile begins
to recede this seed corn strikes in the
earth and comes up a harvest and that
is the allusion. It seems as if they are
throwing the corn away on the waters ,
but after a while they gather it up in
a harvest. Now says God in his word :
"Cast thy bread upon the waters , and
it shall come back to thee after many
days , " It may seem to you that you
are throwing it away on charities ; but
it will yield a harvest of green and gold
a harvest on earth and a harvest in
heaven. If men could appreciate that
!
and act on that , we would have no
more trouble about individual or na
tional finances
Prescription the third , for the cure
of all our individual and national fi
nancial distresses ; a great spiritual
awakening. It is no more theory. The
|
merchants of this country were posi- j I
tively demented with the monetary ex
citement in 1857. There never before j
nor since has been such a state of fi
nancial depression as there was at that
time. A revival came , and five hundred
thousand people were born into the
kingdom of God. What came after the
revival ? The grandest financial pros
perity we have ever had in this coun
try. The finest fortunes , the largest
fortunes in the United States , have
been made since 1S57. "Well , " you say ,
"what has spiritual improvement and
revival to do with monetary improve
ment and revival ? " Much " % o do. The
religion of Jesus Christ has a direct
tendency to make men honest and
sober and truth-telling , and are not
honesty and sobriety and truth-telling
auxiliaries of material prosperity ? If
we could have an awakening in this
country as in the days of Jonathan Ed
wards of Northampton , as in the days
of Dr. Findley of Basking Ridge , as in
the days of Dr. Griffin of Boston , the
whole land would rouse to a higher
moral tone , and with that moral tone
the honest business enterprise of the
country would come up. You say a
great awakening has an influence upon
the future world. I tell you it has a
direct influence upon the financial
welfare of this world. The religion of
" " ' ' ' * - *
) _ t _ jJJ | J
Christ is no fee to successful bualncss ;
it is Its best friend. And if there
should come a grent awakening In thlH
country , end nil the banks and Insur
ance companies and stores and ofllcca
and shops should close up for two
weeks , and do nothing but attend to
the public worship of Almighty aod
after such a spiritual vacation the land
would wake up to such financial pros
perity as wo have never dreamed of.
Godliness is profitable for the lifo that
now is as well as for that which is to
come. But , my friends , do not put so
much emphasis on worldly success as
to let your eternal affairs go at loose
ends. I have nothing to say against i
money. The more money you get the
better , if it comes honestly and goes
usefully. For the lnck of it , sickness j
dies without medicine , and hunger
finds Its coffin in an empty bread-tray , ;
and nakedness shivers for clothes and
fire. All this canting tirade against
money as though it had no practical
use , when I hear a man Indulge In It ,
it makes me think the best heaven for
him would bo an everlasting poorhouse -
house ! No , there Is a practical use in
money ; but while we admit that , we
must also admit that it cannot satisfy
the soul , that It cannot pay for our ferriage - I
riage across the Jordan of death , that
It cannot unlock the gate of heaven *
for our Immortal soul. Yet there are )
men who act as though packs of bonds
and mortgages could be traded off for
a mansion In heaven , nnd as though
gold were a legal tender in that land I
where it is so common that they make '
pavements out of it. Salvation by j
Christ is the only salvation. Treasures
in heaven arc the only incorruptible I
treasures. Have you ever ciphered out
that sum In loss and gain , "What shall
it prolit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose his soul ? " You may
wear fine apparel now , but the winds
of death will flutter it like rags. Home-
? pm and a threadbare coat have some
times been the shadow of robes white
In the blood of the Lamb. All the
mines of Australia and Brazil , strung
in one carcanet , are not worth to you
as much as the pearl of great price.
You remember , I suppose , some yeara
ago , the shipwreck of the Central
America ? A storm came on that ve3- .
sel. The surges tramped the deck and |
swept down through the hatches , and
there went up a hundred-voiced death H
shriek. The foam on the jaw of the
wave. The pitching of the steamer ,
as though it would leap a mountain. H
The glare of the signal rockets. The H
long cough of the steam-pipes. The H
hiss of extinguished furnaces. The H
walking of God on the wave. O , it was
a stupendous spectacle. r\ H
So. there are men who go on in life I
a fine voyage they arc making out of I
it. All is well , till some euroclydon of I
business disaster comes upon them ,
and they go down. The bottom of this H
commercial sea is strewn with the I
shattered hulks. But , because your I
property goes , shall your soul go ? O , I
no ! There is coming a more stupendous - I
deus shipwreck after a while. This I
world God launched it 6,000 years ago , I
and it is sailing on ; but one day it will I
stagger at the cry of "fire ! " and the I
timbers of the recks will burn , and I
the mountains flame like masts and H
the clouds like sails in the judgment
hurricane. God will take a good many I
off the deck , and others out of the I
berths , where they are now sleeping ia fl
Jesus. How many shall go down ? N6
one will know until it is announced I
in heaven one day : "Shipwreck of a I
world ! So many millions saved ! So I
many millions drowned ! " Because I
your fortunes go , because your house fl
goes , because all your earthly possessions - 9
ions go , do not let your soul go ! May I
the Lord Almighty , through the blood B
of the everlasting covenant , save your H
souls. H
The Daily Task.
We are not apt enough to think of
our daily work as the Good Shepherd's S
pasture field. We are too apt to give fl
heed to a miserable distinction between
the sacred and secular and to seek tc fl
get out from what we call the secular
into what we call the sacred , that we H
may find spiritual pasture fields. H
* * * This is the sacred service ;
this is God's work ; praying , communing - I
ing , preaching , buying , selling , bricklaying - I
laying , doing whatsoever things are
true , honest , just , pure , lovely , of good
report , which God's providence has
trust into your hand to do doing them I
for God's sake and in His name , the I
shining motive for them God's glory.
* * * The daily toil is a real spiritual - H
ual pasture field ; and the best of herbage - I
age we will find in it. if we will have
into it the motive
it so , if we will take
cf pleasing God , and so of doing in it
our very best. How the spiritual life
may nobly grow in this pasture field
of daily duty done from a divine impulse -
pulse ! Wayland Hoyt. D. D.
Children and Church Ooine.
The fault may lie in some cases with I
the minister , but much more often the
fault is with the fathers and mothers. I
In the matter of church attendance the I
parents and the pastor must combine.
The parents should require and expect
the children to accompany them to I
God's house as much as to sit at their I
table for their daily food in their own I
houses. The pastor should endeavor I
to attract the young to church by making - I
ing his sermons simple in language , I
earnest in delivery and interesting with I
illustrations. Very few sermons are 1
fit to be preached at all which are utterly - I
terly beyond the comprehension of an
average boy 10 years old. Grown peo- I
pie , in turn , relish fresh , vivid , simple ,
earnest , practical preaching as much
ar their children do. Theodore L. Cuy-
ler.
In a home for sandwich men in Lon
don there are said to be several uni
versity graduates and medical men ,
and a Scotchman who ran through.
50,000 in three years.
