SOUL-BUILDING.
Souls arc built a,s temples are—
Sunken deep, foundation unseen, unknown,
Ties the stone.
Then the gfuirses framed to bear
Lift tho cloisters pillared fair,
Last of all the airy spire.
Soaring heavenward, higher and higher.
Nearest sun and nearest star.
Souls are built as temples law. are—
Based on earth's eternal
Sure and steadfast, without flaw.
Through the sunshine, through the snows,
Up and on the building goes;
Every Every fair hard thing thing finds lends its place,
Every hand make a grace.
may or mar.
—Susan Convdge.
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THE OLD
FASHIONED WAY.
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The automobile had broken down
at least five miles from the nearest
place at which it was possible to get
help.
Trenton and Miss Bassett sat in¬
side, sheltered from the storm and
wrapped in comfortable robes, while
the chauffeur hunted for the trouble
aud slapped his arms around himself
to keep from freezing. It had not
been very cold when they started. The
blizzard had come up suddenly, and
the snow was falling so rapidly and
drifting so badly that their chances
of getting through would have been
very poor even if the car had not
gone to the bad.
“What are we to do?” Miss Bas
sett gsked.
“Well, we might get out and tramp
through the snow either to Woods
ville or to Midvale,” Trenton re¬
plied.
‘‘You do not seem to be taking
this matter very seriously.”
“Yes, I am. You don’t know how
serious it is to me. I happen to own
this car, and standing out here in a
snowdrift ail night isn’t likely to do
it a bit of good.”
“I’m so sorry that 1 am likely to
be the cause of financial loss to you.
If I had refused to come it would not
have happened.”
“Yes, it would. If
“I don’t understand how’ it could.”
“Do not flatter yourself. Miss Bas¬
sett, that l should have sat down and
moped if you had declined to come.
There were other girls who would
have been glad to be invited.’*’
‘‘Then I suppose you had already
thought it out when you came to me.”
"Thought out what, please?”
"You had gone over it all in your
mind—had decided if I had declined
to come you would come with one of
the others, since you had satisfied
yourself that you had only to ask any
of them in order to receive an ac¬
ceptance.”
“No, to be candid, I hadn’t thought
much about it. There was no occa
sion for that. You see, 1 knew you
were coming.”
Miss Bassett turned and looked
out at the blinding snow that was
whirling past, driven by a wind which
was increased in velocity every min¬
ute. The chauffeur was standing
with his back turned to the storm,
apparently at. the end of his re¬
sources. He seemed to be half fro¬
zen, in spite of his big fur coat and
the cap that was drawn down over
his head.
“Why don’t you send him off in
search of help?” Miss Bassett asked,
turning to Trenton.
~I have been thinking of doing
that. I am glad you have suggested
it.”
<( I can’t why should wait
see you
for suggestions from mu in a case of
this kind.”
"It occurred to me that you might
think I was conceited if I sent him
away. ff
“Why should 1 think that? f f
<< You shouldn’t, but I afraid
was
you might. You see, I didn’t want to
have you sit here and wonder, after
I had sent him off, what reason I
had for supposing that you preferred
me to him as a companion. ft
■ I have no doubt that many chaf
feurs are estimable men—much more
so than are the men whom they
serve; but I have never been in the
habit of turning to them for social
diversion or companionship.”
Trenton felt that it would he well
for him to turn his attention for a
moment to the chauffeur, He got
out and held a brief but earnest con¬
ference with his man, after which the
driver started down the road through
the storm and in a few minutes dis¬
appeared.
“How long do you think it will
take him?” Miss Bassett asked after
Trenton, shivering and looking wor¬
ried, got inside.
“I haven’t any idea,” he replied.
< extremely t If he gets lucky through at all it will be i j
for all of us. The
storm is getting worse and worse.” !
she Miss could Bassett in drew back as far as j !
her own corner, pulled
the heavy robes around her, and
looked out at the world, which was
rapidly disappearing under an ava
lanche-of snow. ■ It was beginning to
get dark, although thej had hardly
been on the road an hour, and it was
barely 2 o’clock when they had left
home. %
Trenton watched her out of the
tail of au eye, and made himself com¬
fortable in his ivvn corner, Thus
they sat for half an hour in absolute
silence. It had grown quite dark,
and Trenton began, at last, to won
der how long the lady was likely to
be able to keep from breaking down.
Just then he spoke;
•'There must, at least, he a farm¬
house somewhere near here," she
said.
"Very likely there ' # a,” ho replied.
"Of course I would not ask you to
put yourself to any trouLle or in¬
convenience on my account, but if
you think it would be dangerous for
you to remain here alone all night
you might accompany me in an en
deavor to find some better place than
this in which to wait for the rescuing
party. * >
“If you care at all for my advice,
I would suggest that we remain here.
You can make yourself entirely com¬
fortable. We are much more safe
where we are than we would be wan¬
dering around in this storm, I know
people who sleep outdoors every
night in the year, The doctors say
it is a good thing to do. Do you feel
at all cold? If you do, there is an¬
other robe here that you can have.”
“I’m not cold, thank you, but 1 do
not care to remain here any longer,
however comfortable or beneficial it
might be to wait.”
"Very well, I will accompany you
if you feel compelled to take your
chances in the storm.”
As they were getting out of the
automobile they heard the jingle of
sleigh bells, and a moment later a
team attached to a bob-sled ap¬
proached them. The chaffeur had
found a farmer who was willing to
go to the rescue.
After Miss Bassett had seated her¬
self in the sled and been well wrapped
up. Trenton lifted his fur cap and
bowing very politely, said:
"Good-by. I hope you may find
pleasant lodging for the night, and
I offer you my sincerest apologies for
any discomfort you may have snf
It red or may have to face I will
make arrangements in the morning
for your safe return to the city. ff
"Aren't you coming with us?” she
asked.
"No. Tt would be bette would
it not, if I remained here 9 ’
"Oh, very well, if you think SO.”
she replied. "You may go ahead,
driver, if you are ready."
"On second thought, »t Trenton
said, "I believe I will go.”
Without waiting for an invitation
he got into the sled and the farmer
urged his team forward.
The chaffeur sat on the seat with
the driver. Trenton gradually worked
his way through the clean, sweet
smelling straw until he was very close
to Miss Bassett. The biting snow
blew into their faces and the wind
howled through the trees by the road¬
side. The sled tipped dangerously
every little while as they went over
drifts or got off the road, and almost
before she was aware of it one of
Miss Bassett’s hands lay in Trenton’s
grasp. They were very near together,
and the storm was blinding, Besides,
the backs of the driver aud the chaf¬
feur were turned upon them. Slip¬
ping one of his arms around her,
Trenton, with his face close to hers,
whispered:
“After all, the good old-fashioned
bob sled has some excellent advan¬
tages. hasn’t it?”
She did not say anything, It was
not necessary for her to do so, for
both of his arms were around her
and she could not have spoken if she
had tried to. But she did not try.
She had no desire to put her an
swer into the form of words B. E.
Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herai;.
Instances of Animal Sagacity.
One of the most remarkable in¬
stances of animal sagacity that ever
came to light in this section is re¬
lated by engineer James Parrott and
conductor Frank King.
When the southbound passenger
train was near Hallsburg a mare sud¬
denly dashed up the track right
toward the train, running swiftly.
It looked as if she would run right
into the engine, and the air brakes
were quickly applied, slowing the
train down to six or seven miles an
hour. Engineer Parrott thought the
mare was blinded by the headlight,
but the train was no sooner slowed
down than the mare turned about and
went from the train, keeping right
down the tracks and making it im¬
possible to run fast lest the animal
be struck.
The mare went straight to a bridge
over a creek, and when within a short
distance of the bridge of the railway
it was discovered that, the colt of the
mare had fallen with ail of its feet
through the bridge, placing it where
Jt would have been killed had not the
mare literally flagged the train. The
“are stopped and began whinnying,
and the train stopped also. Engineer
Parrott, the fireman and some of the :
passengers got off and, relieving the I
colt, left the mare to trot off with her ;
young as proud as a peacock. Those
who witnessed the occurrence say it j
was wonderful.—Houston Lhron.cle.
THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. CURTIS LEE LAWS.
Subject: Christianity and Easiness,
Brooklyn, N. Y,—The Rev. Dr.
Curtis Lee Laws, In the Greene Ave¬
nue Baptist Church, preached on
«i Christianity and Business.” The
text was from Deuteronomy 8:18:
“Thou shalt remember the Lord thy
God, for it is He that giveth thee
power to get wealth.” Dr. Laws said:
When a man becomes a Christian
he does not sever his relations to the
world in which he lives. He is given
to Christ by the Father as a personal
and perpetual nossession, but instead
of translating him, Christ sends him
back into the very world from which
he has been saved. Christ said to
the Father: “As Thou hast sent Me
into the world. ev°n so have I also
s a nt them 'nto the world.” But when
Christ. s°"'Is the saved man back into
the world. He sends him back as a
new man. “They are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world.” The
Christian is in the world, but in the
■world with a new motive, a new pur¬
pose and a new power. Our Master
well knew that it would be difficult
for His disciples to be in the world
without being of the world, and so He
prayed: “I pray not that Thou
shouldst take them out of the world,
but that Thou shouldst keep them
from evil.” From the beginning,
therefore, the relation of the Chris¬
tian to the affairs of life has been a
problem worthy of the most serious
study. In the early times there were
fanatics who felt that it was below
the dignity of a Christian to enter the
secular pursuits in which they had
formerly been engaged. They gave
up their business and brought dis¬
credit upon their profession by the
vagaries of their other worldism. The
Apostle Paul tried to correct this
abuse in his second letter to the Thes
salonians. In his first epistle, in view
of the second coming of Christ, he
had urged the people to separate
themselves from the world. Misinter¬
preting his purpose, they had given
up their regular emuloyments, and
had gotten into mischief. In the sec¬
ond epistle the apostle says: “For we
hear that there are some which walk
among you disorderly, working not at
all but spending their time as busy
bodies. Now, them that, are such we
command and exhort by our Lord
Jesus Christ, that with quietness they
work and earn their own bread.”
The greatest problem for the Chris¬
tian man is to adjust himself to the
callings and pursuits of this life, that
he may best serve God. his fellow men
and the highest interests of his own
soul. Instead of translating us to
glory at our conversion. God leaves
us here that we may perfect personal
holiness, working out our own salva¬
tion with fear and trembling, and
that we may win the world to our
new-found King. These are the two
functions of the Christian. It is the
will of God for Hi3 people to engage
in the ordinary vocations of this
world, that they may earn an honest
living and at the same time show
forth to the world the saving and
keeping power of Jesus Christ.
Though it is the will of God for His
people to engage in the business of
this world, it can be readily seen that
there are certain limitations which
arise from our relations to God.
But, again, the Christian man can
engage in no business which will
harm his fellow men, whom he lias
been sent to win to Christ. If you
are in a business which is honest and
legitimate, others will share with you
the benefit of that business. If your
gain means loss to others, then your
business is not the business in which a
Christian man can engage. If you
cannot conduct this business your¬
self, you cannot own stock in it and
share in the profits of it without bar¬
tering your soul for gold. If you
can’t conduct the business yourself,
you cannot rent your property for the
conduct of such a business without
adding hypocrisy to your other sins.
May, God have mercy on the hypo¬
crites who will not soil their hands by
engaging in a wicked business, but
who will stuff their pockets full of the
dirty money received as dividends or
rent from the conduct of this same
wicked business.
Note now some of the incentives to
business activity, Thou shalt re
member the Lord thy God, for He has
given thee power to get. wealth.” The
money-making gift is from God. The
apostle urges us to be diligent in busi¬
ness, fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord. God has no patience with in¬
dolence and sloth. All through the
Bible the stamp of God’s approval is
put upon industry, while His curse
ever rests upon idleness. It is God
like to work. Our Lord said, “The
Father worketh hitherto and I work.”
There is no place in God’s economy
for the idler. He cumbers the
ground,
Business activity brings wealth,
and this is an incentive which ought
to appeal to the generation in which
we are living. Wealth ought to be
desired by every man, because wealth
is a mighty factor in the world in
which we live.
Think of what wealth can do for
the individual. It can give oppor
tunity to acquire high and noble
castes. It can give leisure for study
and researcc. These in turn will
cause the mind to grow stronger and
the character co grow nobler. Wealth
can purchase length of days, E*id it
can secure to us the atmosphere in
which human low can blossom and
bear fruit to perfection,
Think or wha, wea.th can do cor
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can enable us to dispense a generous
hospitality and to make our homes
the centre of a delightful and en
nobling religious, social and intellec¬
tual circle.
Think of what wealth can do for
society. It can lift up those shattered
and maimed victims of vice and pov
erty. It can cleanse the augean sta
hies. It can send the brightness of
day into the loathsome, fetid haunts
of darkness. It can lay out and beau
ify parks. It can establish and per
petuate universities and libraries. It
can support artists and scientists that
they mey devote their time to erect¬
ing the beautiful and the useful. It
can set the spindles and wheels of
manufacture in motion. It can give
the poor the chance to earn an hon¬
est living, that self-respect may not
be lost by receiving charity. Oh, the
value of wealth to society!
Think of what wealth can do for
the church. The cause of Christ is
languishing all over the world be¬
cause there is not money sufficient to
carry on Christ’s work to the glory of
God. Our local churches are suffer¬
ing because of poor equipment and
the lack of workers who can devote
their whole time to the cause. Our
Christian colleges, orphanages and
hospitals could double their efficiency
if they had more money. Our mis¬
sionary societies are all poverty
stricken. The missionary force in
the great cities, on the frontiers and
in heathen lands could all be doubled
in twelve months if we had sufficient
means. This is true of all Christian
denominations. May God prosper the
people and then make them willing to
lay their gold at His feet!
Business men, I exhort you in the
name of the King to be diligent and
self-denying and frugal that success
may crown your efforts; for no one
can estimate the good that your
wealth can do to yourself, to your
family, to society, aud to the kingdom
of God in the world.
Let us now consider the perils of
business success.
I have exhorted you to fidelity,
persistency, energy in your business
’He. I have told you of the glory
which comes with wealth, but I would
be false to your highest interests if.
I did not hold up before you some of
the awful perils which confront the
man who makes a great success in
business.
“What shall it profit a man if he
gain the whole world aud lose his own
soul?” No man can gain the whole
world, or a millionth part of the
world, but if he gained the whole of
it at the cost of his soul it would be a
calamitous bargain. The text means
simply that in the effort to gain
wealth many forfeit their own souls.
The temptation is to neglect the high¬
er for the lower, to give up the spir¬
itual for the temporal, to give up the
unseen for the seen. How pitiful the
thought that men spend a lifetime in
the vain effort to corral the world and
find themselves at last without, a soul.
What does it mean by losing one’s
soul? The expression is not equiva¬
lent to being condemned, though of
course It leads to perdition. The soul
here spoken of by Jesus means the
faculty in man which apprehends God
and goodness. Jesus says that the
man who pays too much attention to
money getting is apt to lose the fac¬
ulty by which he apprehends Gbd and
spiritual things. He loses the faculty
because he refuses to use it. His ear
Is dull to the voice of "God. Ills eys
is clouded so that he cannot see the
beauty of God, and by and by through
a process of deterioration death comes
and the faculty is lost. Ob, men, do
not lose your souls! Keep your ear
open to the voice of God. Keep your
heart attuned to the will of God; but
alas, alas! some before me have al¬
most lost their soul3. In seeking a
good thing they are giving up the
best thing.
Jesus said: It. is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter
into the kingdom of God,” and, “How
hardly shall a rich man enter the
kingdom of heaven.” There are many
perils about the gaining of wealth
and the using of it. We have ail
seen the influence of wealth upon
character. Too often it makes the
humble man proud, the generous man
stingy, the charitable man suspicious,
and the honest man dishonest, Some
times the man who makes tjie money
escapes the perils, but succeeding gen
erations are almost inevitably curse i.
by the wealth which they inherited.
The Master knew human nature per
fectly, and so He said, “How hardly
shall a rich man enter into the king¬
dom of heaven. There is one way
to escape from these perils, and I
commend it to the rich, to those who
would be rich and to all Christian
business men alike. Write the words
of my text in the front of your ledgers
and on the tablets of your hearts;
“Thou shalt remember the Lord thy
God, for it is He that giveth thee
power to get wealth. ”
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The Old Lady Has a Word.
“When the ol’ man gits home from
his race,” said the old lady, “ef ever
he runs for office again, I’ll apply fer
a separation; an’ ef ever he gits in
the office I’ll see that he never
signs till Providence puts him out fer
good! He ain’t been roun’ home in
three weeks, but I'm told that he got
shed o' the rheumatism by the
oise of runnin’!”—-Atlanta Constitu
tion.
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Niece—t'ne'e._ they say that there
are more marriages of blondes than
of brunettes. Why is it, I wonder?
Uncle Singleton (a confirmed bach
elor)— H’m! Naturally, the light-head¬
ed ones go first.—Svtay Stories.
