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•R EV. p*R. T A LM AG E The Eminent Divine’s Sunday Subject : Spr£ n f (lie Gnapel Kflort of tl.e ChnriWU Should Be Directed Toward Savinjj Sinnnri—Tliey Should Get in Sympathy With Strangers. [Copyright IHOU.I "U apttingtox. D. C.—Tn this discouuse Dr. Talmage points to iields of usefulness that yet thoroughly cultivated, and shcnr* need of more activity. The text is Owj&riK xv, 20. “Lest I should build iM' or jotlier man’s foundation.” In layw It the plan of his missionary tour out towns and cities which had lot yet been preached to. He froes to Cojjnth, a city famous for splen dor and vice, and Jerusalem, where the priesthood and the sanhedrin were ready 1° } e . a P with both feet upon the Christian religion. TTe feels he has especial work' to do, and be means to do it. What was the result? The grandest life of usefulness that a man ever lived. We modern Chris tian workers are not apt to imitate Paul. We build on other people’s foundations. If we erect a church, we prefer to have it tilled with families all of. whom have been pious. Do we gather a Sabbath-school class, we want good boys and girls, hair combed, faces washed, manners attractive. So a church in this day is apt to be built out of other churches. Some ministers spend all 1 heir time in fishing in other people's ponds, and they throw the line into that church pond and jerk out a Methodist, and throw the line into another church pond and bring out a Presbyterian, or there is a religious row in some neighbor ing church, and a whole school of fish swim off from that pond, and we take them nil in with one sweep of the ret. At hat is gained? Absolutely nothing for the cause of Christ. What strengthens an army is new recruits. While courteous to those coming from other flocks, we should build our churches not out of other churches, but, out of the world, lest we build on another man’s foundation. The fact is this is a big world. When in our schoolboy days we learned the dia meter and circumference of this planet we did not learn half. It is the latitude and longitude and diameter and circumference of want and woe and sin that no figures can ealeul'te. This one spiritual conti nent of wretchedness reaches across all zones, and if I were called to give its geo graphical boundary T would say it was bounded on the north and south and east and west by the great heart of Cod’s sym pathy and love. Oh, it is a great world! f>ince 6 o’clock this morning 60,800 persons have been born, and all these multiplied pointin'. ions are to be reached by the gos pel. In England or in our Eastern Ameri can cities we are being much crowded, and an acre of ground is of great value, but in Western America 500 acres is a small farm, and 20.000 acres is no unusual possession. There is a vast field here and everywhere unoccupied, plenty of room more, not building on another man’s foun dation. We neefl as churches to stop bombard ing the old iron-clad sinners that have been proof against thirty years of Chris tian assault. Alas for that church which lacks the spirit of evangelism, spending on one chandelier enough to light 500 souls to glory, and in one carved pillar enough to have made a thousand men in the house of our God forever,” and doing less good than many a log •cabin meeting-house with tallow candles stuck in wooden sockets and a minister who has never seen a college and does not know the difference between Greek ■and Choctaw! We need as churches to get into sympathy with the great outside world, and let them know that none are so broken-hearted or hardly bestead that they will not be welcomed. “No,” says some fastidious Christian: “I don’t like to lie crowded in church. Don't put any one in my pew.” My brother, what will you do in heaven? When a great it’ titude that no man can number assemtL J they will put fifty in your pew. What*'re the select few to-day assembled in the Christian churches com pared with the mightier millions outside of them? Many of the churches are like a hospital that should advertise that its patients must have nothing more than toothache or “run rounds,” but no broken heads, no crushed ankles, no fractured thighs. Give us fpr treatment moderate sinners, velvet-coated sinners and sinners with a gloss on. It is as though a man had a farm of and put all his work on one may raise ever so large ears of c<irU ever so big heads of wheat —he wonlW remain poor. The church of Cod its chief care on one acre, raised splendid men women in inclosure, but the field is the wolH That means North and South Europe, Asia and Africa and all of the sea. It is as though, battle, there St’i'c hi; 5U.000 and dying on the ■|l and HI III;- ' 1' ;<•- |g|||fli ' ■ ' I c isi-l 1H ‘ n'. Illl'l SjjHvm. uml when we their wmi’ids V> keep the flies oil." sin and sorrow, sHHu on millions, do time in taking wli'-ii tile |Hl> the world,” say I have here ■ I am busy keeping are multitudes to- any Christian |Bbi' eye and with Hi -i.lt 101 l - IV. long ago have B.My friends, idi- a great reality. assoi'iations. If ■■-at ji<i:.' ii:■ t mi., a HH|>f Cod untiUed for WWare we doing? Hint multitude of out- Hali'i technicalities out Bni\n; talk to people H[ ulfion and French Erastinianism and are impolite and as Hi a physician should Oat lent about the per- Ostal muscle and scor jn v of us come out of so loaded uj| ■lt ten years to jiM O O’ we know jHtef. O it: : - :'" O ' ' - Oj, !■ gjfc - ’ H "on wliat fnsfT.VntTnn is—when a sinner i. el loves. Cod lets him off. One summer in Connecticut I went to a large factory, and I sew over the door written the words. “N’o Admittance.” I entered and saw over th next door “No Admittance.” Of course I entered. I got inside and found it a pin factory, and they were making pins, very serviceable, fine and useful pins. So the spirit of exclusiveness has practically written over the outside door of manv a church. “No Admittance ” And if the stranger enters he finds practi cally writ; ’ ovrt the second door. “No Admittance.” while the minister stands .in the pulnit hammering out his little niceties of belief, pounding out the techni calities of religion, making pins. In the most practical, common-sense way and laying aside the non-essentials and the hard definitions of religion go out on the Col given mission, telling the neo nle what t’nev need and when and how thev can get if. Comparatively litHe effort as yet has been made to save that large class of tier sous in our midst called skeptics, and he who goes to work here will not he build ing upon another man's foundation. Thtre is a large number of them. They are afraid of us and our churches, for the rea son we do not know how to treat them. One of this class met Christ and heard with what tenderness and pathos and Im-Mltv and success Christ dealt with him: “Thou shalt love the T.ord tfcy Cod with all thy heart, and with Ml thv soul, and with all tl"' mind, and with all thv strength. This is Ihe first and great commandment, and the second is like unto it—namelv, 'loon shalt love thv neighbor as thyself. There is none other com mandment greater than the* o ” And the scribe said to Him, “Well. Master, Thou hast said the truth, for (here is one God. .md to iove Him with all the heart, and all the understanding, and all the soul, and all tn strength, is more than whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly He said unto Him. “Thou art not far from the kingdom of Hod.” So a skeptic was saved in one interview. But few Chris tian people treat the skeptic in that way. Instead of taking hold of him with the gentle hand of love we are ant tn take him with the pinchers of eoolesiasticism. You would not he so rough on that man if you knew how he lost his faith in Chris tianity. T have known men skeptical from the fact that they grew up in houses where religion •us overdone. Sunday was tiie most awful day in the week. They had religion driven into them with a trip ham mer: they were surfeited with prayer meetings; they were stuffed and choked with catechisms: they were often told that they were the worst bovs the* parents oyer knew because they liked to ride down hill better than to read Banyan’s “Pil grim’s Progress.” Whenever father and mother talked of religion they drew down the corners of their mouth and rolled up their eyes. If any one thing will send a boy or girl to r.uin cioner than another that is it. If I had such a father and mother I fear I should have been an infidel. The first word that c.iildren learn is generally papa or mamma. I think the first word T ever uttered was “why.” I know what it is to have a hundred mid nights pour their darkness into one hour. Oh, skepticism is a dark land! There are men who would give a thousand worlds, if they possessed them, to get hack to the placid faith of their fathers and mothers, and it is our place to help them, and we may help them, never through their heads, but always through their hearts. These skeptics, when brought to Jesus, will be mightily effective, far more so than those who never examined the evidences of Christianity. Thomas Chalmers was once a skep'.c, Robert Hall a skeptic, Robert Nevion a skeptic, Christian Evans a skeptic. But when once with strong hand they took hold of the chariot of the gospel they rolled it on with what mo mentum ! in If I address such men and women to-day I throw out no scoff. I implead them by the memory of the good old days when at their mother’s knee they said, “now I lay me down to sleep,” and by those days and nights of scarlet fever in which she watched you. giving you the medicine in just the right time, and turning your pil low when it was hot, and with hands that many years ago turned to dust soothed away your nain ami with voice that you will never hear again, unless you join her in the better country, told you to never mind, for you would feel better by and by, and by that dying couch where she looked so pale and talked so slowly, catch ing her breath between the words, and you felt an awful loneliness coming over your soul —by all that I beg you to come back and take the same religion. It was good enough for her; it is good enough for you. Nay, I have a better plan than that. I plead by all the wounds and tears and blood and groans and agonies and death throes of the Son of Cod, who approaches you this moment with torn brow and lacerated iiands and whipped back and saying, “Come unto Me all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Again, tnere is a field of usefulness but little touched, occupied by those who are astray in their habits. All northern na tions, like those of North American and England and Scotland that is, in the colder climates—are devastated by alco holism. They take the fire to keep up the warmth. In southern countries, like Arabia and Spain, the blood is so warm they are not tempted to fiery liquids. The great Roman armies never drank any thing stronger than water tinged with vinegar, hut under our northern climate the temptation to heating stimulants is most mighty and millions succumb. When a man’s habits go wrong, the church drops him, the social circle drops him, good in fluences drop him —we all drop him. Of all the men who get off the track but few even get on again. Destitute children of the street offer a field of work comparatively unoccupied. The uncared for children -are in the ma jority in most of our cities. When they if unreformed, they will outvote ydHr children, and they will govern your childre-. The whisky ring will hatch out other whisky rings, and grog siiops will kill with their horrid . stench public sobriety unless the church of Cod rises up witli out stretched arms ana infolas this dying pop ulation in her bosom. Public cannotik^^^H^r do Don’t worry ove r m ijc h about those sharp pains -in your head. Seek their cause in your liver. One Ayer’s Pill at night ror a few nights drives away morn ing headaches. J. C.‘Ayer. Company, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Ayer’s Hair Vigor Ayer’s Pills Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Ayer’s Ague Cure Ayer’s Comatonc FIRE BALLS FROM THE CLOUDS. These Electric Phenomena Are Rare. But Brilliant. The storms that have raged over England displayed some extraordi nary freaks of lightning. A Are ball fell into Dlddop reser voir, near Halifax, about 3 o’clock p. m., and was seen by the caretaker’s daughter. The ball of lire lllumili natod the countryside. There was a loud, hissing sound. A gigantic foun tain was thrown into the air and half th* surface of the reservoir was ruf fled for fully five minutes. An ap palling thunderclap followed. The smell of sulphur was so strong that the caretaker and his family could scarcely breathe. The tire ball which wrecked the vil lage of Stoke Doyle, near Aundle, is described as having presented a vivid spectacle. It is nyt possible to as certain its true character, for there are various sorts of electrical phenomena which come under the term “tiro ball.” According to the best authorities, a fire ball is a mysterious phenomenon of spherical form which falls from a thunder cloud and frequently re bounds after striking the earth. It usually burns with a bright flash and a loml explosion and occasionally discharges flashes of lightning. By some scientists the fire ball is term ed “globe lightning,” but the keenest enthusiast has never stopped suffi ciently long to examine it closely on arrival. Sometimes an ordinary bolt of light ning is described as a fire ball. The real fire ball is a very rare phenome non, so much so that at one time it was supposed by scientific men to ex ist only in the popular Imagination. The French electrician, Plante, when experimenting with his rheostat—a kind of condenser—several times ob served balls of fire travel along the wires of the machine and then burst with a loud detonation. This phenomenon, which has never been satisfactorily explained, presents all the characteristics of the true fire ball, which travels slowly enougu for its movements to be plainly visi ble and then explodes.—London Mail. Salesmen Wanted. Two honest, reliable men; experience not abso lutely necessary; salary and expenses paid. Peerless Tobacco Works Cos., Bedford City, Va. It Comes High. “Papa,” said Benny Beochwood “what Is the highest position in ihe army?” • The command of the balloon brigade,” re plied Mr. Beech wood, promptly. Putnam ladki.ksß Dtb produces the fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stutl. Bold by all diuggists. Sure Tiling. Edith—l would be willing to marry the man I loved oven if he wasn’t capable of earning over IS 10 a week. Ethel—So would I. Such men as that almost always come of rich and Influential families.— Puck. The lient, Prescription for Chill* and Fever Is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless ( iiu.l Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in u lasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price 50c. How I>l<l She Know? He—Funny thing about surf bathing. It makes my mustache smell so salty for a whole day afterward. Mio—lt does so; that’s a fact. Deafness Cannot 15e Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies, deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper lect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam mation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forover. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which la nothing but an in- Mamed condition of the mucous surfaces. will give One Hundred Dollars for any Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can. cured by llalPß Catarrh Cure. Send for free. F. .1. CnKNEY & Cos., Toledo, O. Druggists. 75c. Pills are the best. Kit;lit In It. ! what'll we : wltr. ‘ Vv * ,n *'in ■>' " - lian jL a 'b'J-’ig IV. 'A Notea From the Paris Exposition. “The Singer Manufacturing Com pany, ot 149 Broadway, New York, show their usual American enterprise by having a very creditable exhibit located in Group XIII., Class 79, at the Paris International Exposition, where they show to great advantage the cel ebrated Singer Sewing-Machine which is used in every country on the globe, both for family use and for manufac turing purposes. The writer was highly pleased with this display and observed with much satisfaction that it was favorably commented upon by visitors gencraJly. The Grand Prize was awarded by the International Jury to Singer Sew ing-Machines for superior excellence in design, construction, efficiency {Mid for remarkable development and adap tion to every stitching process used in either the family or the factory. Only One Grand Prize for sewing machines wjts awarded at Paris, and this distinction of absolutely superior merit confirms the previous action of the International Jury at the World’s Columbian Exposition, in Chicago, where Singer Machines received fifty four distinct awards, being more than were received by all other kinds of sewing machines combined. Should it be possible that any of our readers are unfamiliar with the celebrated Singer Machine, we would respectfully advise that they call at any of the Singer salesrooms, which can be found in all cities and most towns in the United States.” Some Chinese Impressions. There is no such thing In China as a government, as we understand it. There Is the outward form, but it is entirely devoid of substance. There are officials, but they lack power, and even the imperious will of the Em press Dowager cannot bo impressed on the people at large. The present dis turbance, if it is at least a popular uprising, indicates the helplessness of the central government to govern; or if it Is at most actually supported by the authorities, then wc see the curi ous spectacle of a government carry ing on a war against the civilized world in concert, with the greater part of Its people and the whole of its navy standing by apparently unmoved. What other country but China can present such an anomaly.—William Barclay Parsons, In Harper’s Weekly. The Hen and Her Egg?. The common hen lays about 500 or 000 eggs in ten years. In- the first year the number is only 10 to 20; in the second, third and fourth 1(M) to 135 each, whence it again diminishes to 10 In the last year. • You can always smell a “dead He has a costive-looking face. f His breath knocks you down. He drags hls^feet. Listeners to his talk turn their L heads the other way. His breath poisons God’s pure He ought ft keep clean inside; •—that means sweet breath, quick brain, swift moving feet. You can’t feel well and act well with your bowels clogged, sending poison all through your system. Clean them out gently but thoroughly and keep them clean with CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Be sure you get the genuine. CASCARETS are never sold in bulk. Look for the trade-mark, the long-tailed “C” on the box. You will find that all bowel ills and the nasty symptoms that go with them are quickly and permanently Get the genuine if you want results! Tablet ts marked “CCC.*’ Cascarets are never B°M in bulk, but only and always tn the Ilf ht blue metal box with the long-tailed C. for the trade-mark—t he C with a long tall-on tholtd!^ 25c. y—v, ■ iw!une h * To any needy mortaK who can’t afford to buy, we will mail a box free. ■v A nermaotd Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. 417 V \r In bulk. An International Music Exhibition- An International music exhibition Is being held at the Crystal Palace, London, and will be continued until September, with the object of Illustrat ing the progress of musical art dur ing the nineteenth century. The ex hibition Is divided Into four groups: Musical Instruments or appliances constructed or In use during the last hundred years: musical engraving and type printing; loan collections of In struments, pictures, etc.; modern oil and water color paintings of musical (subjects. In connection Yvlth tbisjtf- Ihlbition ■p’i'ii. So Inr as b/gdgBBBMBfiBBBa I ■ ■a m LIBBY’S 8 Plates ot Soup, 10c. a to-ct. can ot Libby’s Premier SOUP makes eight plates of soup you ever tasted. , If there was a way to make sotfp better, we would learn it —but there isn’t. Oxtail Mullagatawney Turtle Mock Turtle Chicken Kidney or Giblet Tomato Ready-made Soups. One can will make you a convert. 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