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SUNDAY MORNING i SEMOiN EUR cjUNDAY HELPFUL AND READABLE DISCOURSE ENTITLED “A LIFE MADE OVER.” rhe DUtinjcntehed PaHloNEvnnceliiT, the Iter. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, Has Pre pared the Following Sermon For the Press—. God Has a Plan For Every Life. New York City.— The Rev. Dr. J. Wil bur Chapman, the popular pastor-evangel ist, who preaches to overflowing congrega tions in this city, has furnished the follow ing eloquent sermon to the press. It was preached from the text “So he made it again/* Jeremiah IS: 4. To any one familiar with the prophecy of Jeremiah up to this point in the Scripture it will be apparent that Israel was rushing on to destruction, and Jeremiah seems powerless to stop them in their mad course. One day as he passes along the highway he beholds a potter working in a booth, and as he turns aside he beholds him with the clay in his hands and the wheel revolving, toiling away until this piece of work is finished, lie looks at it with disappointment, and then crushing it into his hands he kneads it over and over and finally makes it again as the text de clares. Jeremiah is interested, and then he saw the spiritual significance of it all as we read in the fifth and sixth verses of this 18th chapter, “Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O, house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this pot ter? £aith the Lqrd. Behold as the clay Is in the potter’s hands, so are ye in Mine hand. O houso of Israel.'* The trouble was not with tha potter; lie was evidently a good workman, nor with the wheel, for that seemed to do its work well, but en tirely with the clay. Sometimes the clay was coarse and difficult to mold, other times it was full of grits, but there were two courses that wore opened to the pot ter. First, he could purify the clay by re moving the coarser elements, and second, he could make a rude vessel of the material at hand. This is a familiar figure in the Scriptures, for we read in Isaiah 64: 8. “But now, O Lord. Thou art our Father: we are the clay and Thou our potter: and we all are the work of Thy nand.’* and then we read in the New Testament in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, the Sth chapter and the 21st and 22d verses, “Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor? What if God, willing to show Ilis wrath, and to make Tils power known, endured with much long suffering tha vessels of wrath fitted to destruction.” We are the clay, God is the potter. Clay In itself is most unattractive, but the art ist. looks upon it with interest because of what he sees in it in the way of beauty af ter his hands have touched it. This makes the difference in two pieces of canvas, one if touched by the master hand and is a masterpiece, the other is simply canvas in Its natural state and is not interesting. A traveler stood watching a potter work In the factory one day and said to him. "Why is it in these days when such won derful mechanical tools are constructed this work is not done bv machinery rather than by hand." and the potter said, "There are some pieces of work which can only be brought to perfection by the touch of a human hana,” and so it is in the formation of character. Whatever may be one’s social position or his financial wealth he will not be able to please God nor to be prepared for heaven until the hand of God has touched him. This is a picture of our regeneration, for regenera tion is the coming into us of the life, of God. I stood one day in Venice watching the glasablowers, and while glass in its natural state was most uninteresting, just as soon as the workman began to blow the breath of his own life into it it became a thing of beauty. Adam, back in the Old Testaspent becoming a living soul is 1 Vie Old Testament story of God’s inbreathing, while the child of God in the New Testa ment is the New Testament’s story of that same inbreathing. 11. The day of our conversion we yielded ourselves to God: that was the closing of ourselves in the hands of the potter. As we came into the light with Him God saw imperfections in our make-up, things that were not pleasing to Him, and so*He put His finger upon this or that; some of these things we have not been willing to give up, and so our lives have been marred. We have had a controversy with Him, and wherever there is a controversy there is no peace. We are Christians, it is true, but we are fruitless and joyless, and many of us are shorn of power. The vessels were marred in the making, but it is a comfort ing thing to know that we are in the hands of the potter still, and although we failed yesterday we need not fail to-morrow, for He will fashion us if we will but permit Him to do so in the likeness of His own dear .Son. We are to be holy, we are to be pure of heart, we certainly are to have fellowship with Christ, we liave been in bondage lone: enough, now the question is shall we yield or not. Suppose we do not vield, are we then lost*? Certainly not. Paul says, "He i. able to keen that which I liave committed unto Him," and in the eighth chapter of Romans he seems to ex haust language to soar into heaven and to make his way to the very depths of the earth and then to cry aloud, "Nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord," but we shall be shorn of peace and of power and of blessing, and while certain kinds of work will go on in our lives an other kind of vessel will be made. Ro mans 0: 21, "Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor." We might have been a vessel in the king’s palace, we might have been in the throne room of the king,-we might have been used to carry life to the dying and God would and you would not is a sad story of many a life. 111. God has a plan for every life. Jeremiah did not know what was in the mind of the * potter, but he knew that hf was working according to a plan, but we know what ie in God's mind. Romans 8: 29. "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among manv brethren." Philippians 3: 12, "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended o' Chri*t God cannot be satisfied witn anything less than this. A workman in a factory fashioning a beautiful design saws an imperfection in the plan. To cam* it on meant ruin, and eo he carried it back to, the artist and found that it was an error of the copyist, and that is the difficnltv of an inconsistent life. It misrepresents .Teeus Christ.. There are people in this world who would scorn to be heterdox so far as the Scriptures are concerned, but so far as the manifestation of the Christ life is concerned they are ex ceedingly heretical. It is not part of God’s plan that we should fail. A distinguished preaeher has said. "There is a* definite and proper end and issue for every man’s existence, an end which to the heart of God is the good in tended for him, or for which he was in tended; that which he is privileged to be come, called to become, ought to become; that which God will assist him to become, and which he cannot miss save by his own fault. Every human soul has a complete and perfect plan cherished for it in the heart of God—a divine biography marked out. which it enter? into life to live." Surely this is a great thought, and one that gives to life—to each and every life, the smallest, the obscurest—a sacred dignity and importance. Nothing can be trivial or common which the great God thinks about, plans and creates. The lowliest place in this world, to the person whom God made to occupy that place, is a position of rank and honor glorious as an angel's scat, be cause it is one which God formed an im mortal being in His own hands, and with immeasurable possibilities to till. George MacDonald ►ays. “I would rather be whot God chose to make me than the mqj*t glo rious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious things in all thinking.” God’s plan is the best. The legend of the old olive tree is interest ing here. The monks wanted oil, and 4hey asked God as they planted the tree to w.nd upon it rain and sun and then to send the frost to toughen it. and the frost killed it. and then another monk planted a tree and asked God to do as He would regarding it and the tree became a thing of beauty. When you have crossed the ocean have you not as you studied the captain’s chart seen the little r.ig-zag lines running north and south, and have you not sometimes wondered how it was that avo could reach home in that fashion, but when the jour ney is ended we find that every dot marked the progress of the homeward journey, and when avc reach heaven and enter the graft room of the sky we shall find that every line led homeward and things Ave could not understand pointed heavenly. “The years of man arc the looms of God, Let down from the place* of the sun, Whereon we are weaving hearts, Till the mystic Aveb is done. Ami when the task is ended. And the Aveb in turned and shown. He shall hear the voice of the Master It shall say to him, ‘Well done/ ” God has a way of making lives over. First, by outer circumstances, like the potter's wheel, such as trials and disap pointments. Second, by His own Avord. It is called the light, and light reveals imperfections; it is called the fire, and fire purges the dross; it is described as Avater. and water cleanses all displacements; it is said to be a hammer and the hammer irr the hands of the artist fashioned the angel from the block of marble. Dr. Arthur T. Pierson tells of the potter avßo wag seeking to make porcelain for the king's palace, was greatly discouraged in the work and in desperation threw himself into the fire, and there was something about the burning of his oAvn body that gave an inestimable value to the porcelain which is still in existence, and that is the value of this book. God threw Himself into it in the person of His own •Son. and no man can read it without feel ing Ilis power. IV. There are some lives mentioned in the Bible which have really been made over again like the clay in the hands of the pot ter. hirst Jacob. By nature he was a sup planter and a cheat; lie stole his brother’s birthright and deceived his father, but by the power of God he became Israel, the prince, and all because he and God met at Jabbok’s Ford, and God touched him and he limped away from weakness to power. Michael Angelo was banished from France, but afterward they wanted him to return. They wished him to take a block of marble, which had been lying at the gates of the city, and fashion it into some masterpiece, and Michael Angelo came back to the city, and out of the piece of marble that had bee n lying for years in the dirt of the city he made his David, which is his masterpiece in many respects. God by the touch of affliction sometimes and the touch of disappointment again has made many a life over. May lie make yours? Second —Elijah. He was a man of like passions with ourselves and came from a rugged country, but God made his passions and his appetites to be like horses to his chariot by means of which he ay as trans lated. and lie will make the weakness of your life to be power if you will let Him. Third—Paul. His was a bitter nature and his spirit that of a persecutor. He hears of a few Christians in Dan, and hur ries away that he may cast them into pri son. and from the man of bitterness and prejudice he is changed into the little old man a prisoner in Rome who cries out, “I know* Avhom I have believed ami nm per suaded that lie is able to keep that which f have committed unto Him against that dav,” and all because he had found Christ. When the children of Israel made their way across the land they came to the waters of Mara, which were very bitter. They were all but dying of thirst, but Moses east the wood of a certain tree into the waters and they became sweet. Into Paul’s life had been pressed the principles of the cross; not His will, hut God’s was to he done, and he was made happy. Fourth—Peter. He was a man of weak ness, but transfigured into a man of strength. He Avas ignorant, but he writes the Epistle that stands as his monument in the purest Greek of the NeAv Testa ment. and all because ho added Christ to his life. So it is riot a question as to who Ave are or what avc have been, but whether we are united to Him. It is said that Ole P. il was making his way at ono time through one of the groat American forests, and he came upon a hut in Avliicli dwelt a hermit. He had left his city home because disappointed in busi ness, and had been living, alone for years, his only companion being his old violin, on which he could play a few homely pieces of music. Ole Bull stopped in the but OA'cr night, and in the shade of the fire light. to entertain hi.*- guest, the old her mit took down his violin and played the simple pieces xvith which lie had whiled away his long hours of loneliness. When lie had finished playing the great musician asked him if he thought he could play. The reply was. “I hardly think it possible; it took me years to learn, and yet,” said he, “you might try,” and so the great violin ist took the instrument, drew his boAv across the strings and instantly the room was filled with harmony. He played “America” and “Home. Sweet Horae,” until the old hermit sobbed like a child, and then putting the instrument back again in its place the old hermit ayhh made to understand that he was in the presence of the greatest violinist of the day. But what a deference of the violin when in the bands or (Tie hermit and in the hands of tne master. The tones of one were any thing but complete; the music of the mas ter was perfect, and so it is not so much a question as to Avhat our lives have been, nor Avhs.t we are ourselves, but altogether the question is &, to whether avc are con trolled absolutely by Christ. This ia the surrendered life. Bear Te One Another's Burdens. In order to be satisfied even with the best peoole we need to be content with lit tle and hear a great deal. Even the most perfect people have many imperfections; we ourselves have as (treat defects. Our faults combined with theirs make mutual toleration a difficult matter, but we can only “fulfil the law of Christ” by “bearing one another's burdens.” There must be a mutual loving forbearance. Frequent si lence. habitual recollection, prayer, self attachment, giving up all critical tenden cies, faithfulness in putting aside all the idle imaginations of a jealous, fastidious self-love—-all these will go far to maintain peace and union. How many troubles would be avoided by this simplicity! Happy is he who neither listens to him self nor to the idle talk of others. Be con tent to lead a simple life where God has placed you. Be obedient; bear your little daily crosses—you need them, and God gives them to you only out of pure mercy. —Fenelon. The Cure For Loneliness. The medicines for the cure of loneliness are portions of generosity, thoughtfulness of others and Christian self-sacrifice, taken in large doses.—Presbyterian Banner. THE BRUNSWICK /DAILY NEWS. THE MOON AND THE WEATHER NO DEFINITE RELATION BE TWEEN THEM ESTABLISHED. The Attraction of the Moon on the Etheral Fluid Surrounding the Earth is inappreciable as a Factor in Storms—Has no Effect on Clouds. Tho moon is the farmer’s most popu lar forecaster. Many sow and plant according to its phases. It is surely more reliable than any months-in-ad vance forecaster of the sphere. Its nearness to the earth and the fact that its phases occur in about seven days, which is about twice the usual period of storm recurrence, have in the minds of the people, endowed it with great power in influencing our wca ther. It is a fact that ?er several weeks in succession rain may occur on the same day of the week, but as such se quence of rainy days only occurs oner in a long period, while the moon is constantly progressing from one place to another, the probability of a rela tion between the phenomena is ex tremely slight. The fact that the effect of the moon in producing the tides of the ocean is much greater than that of the sun har caused many to think that the tide pro duced by the moon in our atmosphere is sufficient to exert a marked effect in the producing of storm waves; but when it is known that the tide pro duced by the moon, according to La place is equivalent to a change of only four thousandths of an inch in tho barometer, it is at once apparent that the attraction of the moon on the heral fluid surrounding the earth is in appreffebic as a factor in storms. Prefessor Mansfield Mcrriman, of Lehigh University, in 'Science,” De cember, 1892, published the result of an investigation of the observation of rainfall, taken at Bethlehem, Pa., during 1881-1890, as affected by the moon, in which he reached the con clusion that the least rain occurs about the first quarter, that it rapidly in creases to the time of the full moon, after which it slowly decreases through the last quarter, and through the new moon returns to the mini mum at tlie first quarter. On the contrary, Professor Hazen, of tho Weather Bureau, calculated tho dates at Philadelphia, which is not far from Bethlehem, for the further determination of the question. He computed the data for fifteen years, 1871-1885, and obtained results quite opposite to those obtained by Profes sor Merriman in his figures, showing that the new moon lmd much more rain than the full moon, although he did not advance his figures as proving any influence whatever. This matter has been quite thor oughly Investigated in England and in Europe, with the result that no de finite relation could be established. It is now known that “Herschcl’s Weather Tables," for forecasting the weather from the hour of the day that the moon enters upon anew phase, which have been exclusively publish ed in almanacs, were neither prepared nor sanctioned by the famous astrono mer. There is no principle or law back of them. In fact, a worse lot of rubbish was never thrown together. A New Haven, Conn., research showed that in that place there was from 1873 to 1880 nearly a half more rain Just before and Just after anew moon than at full moon. Jri this case the results are opposite to those ob tained by Merriman, but a further in vestigation for this whole country, and also for one hundred years at London, England, gave a negative re sult; that is no effect from phases of fie moon. Many investigators have detected an apparent influence of the moon in driving away clouds. Of course, if there be such an influence the tend ency must be toward less rainfall at the time of the full moon, for the near er full moon the less the clouds, and the less the clouds, the less the rain fall. It may be that these observers have been deceived by the fact that clear nights are more conspicuous when illuminated by the full moon, and are, therefore, remembered to the ex clusion of other clear nights that are lighted only by the feeble bickerings of the stars. —Prof. Willis L. Moore, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau in the New York American and Journal. Known to the Ancients. The okapi, that strange animal a short time ago discovered in Central Africa by Sir Henry Johnstone, is now thought to have been known to tha ancient Egyptians. The old monu ments show a so-called "animal of set" a desert quadruped variously supposed to have been a fox, a muskrat, a dog, a camel and even a fabulous animal. A study of the picture has convinced some scientists that this creature was akapi, which early hunters ex terminated in Egypt. FATAL COINCIDENCE. "Yes," said the bill clerk, "if it wasn’t for several severe attacks of indigestion, I’d have a decent Job by now." "I didn't know you suffered from in digestion." "Don’t I though. My boss has had an attack of it every time I've applied to him for a raise." —Philadelphia Press. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed I To Cure arHont-y Refunded hY Your Merchant,so Whv Not TrV It? Price # soe. , Tiger Shooting In the Deccan. A remarkable account of four days’ tiger-shooting enjoyed by Lord Villers and a friend in the Deccan is given in the Indian Sporting Times Just to hand. Starting from Hyderabad, as the guests of H. H. the Nizam every thing was carefully planned, and re liable shikaris and the necessary beat ers engaged. In the neighborhood of the first camp two tigers were shot, a male (9ft. 3in), and a female (Bft. 6in.), and after waiting tw-o days, as "no kills” were reported, though bul locks were tied up nightly, the party shifted to a fresh camp. Hera they were less fortunate, for, aitliouga tigers were seen, they could not he in duced to come forward to the* ma chans (or platforms in trees > where the two rifles awaited them, but broke back through the line of beaters. At the third camp Lord Viliers and his companion (who is not named) each got a full-grown tiger, and between them one cub. At the fourth camp, thirty miles away, a ms’e eui) escaped hard hit, hut was recovered next day, and was found to measure 7ft. lOin. while an old tigress, Bft. Tin., was kill ed on the spot. In addition, three full-grown cubs were shot, which mea sured respectively Rft. Tin., 7ft. loin, and 7ft. Bin. Thus it appears that al together ten tigers were killed during this brief excursion.—London Globe. 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