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THE BBEAD 01" LIFE.
By Henry F. Cope.
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out
f the mouth of God. Matt lv., 4.
There are lives that have bread In
abundance and yet are starved; with
tarns and warehouses filled, with
shelves and larders laden they are
empty and hungry. No man need
envy them ; their . feverish, restless
whirl Is but the search for satisfac
tion uever to be found In things. Called
rich in a world where no others are
more truly, pitiably poor, having all,
yet lacking nil because they have ne
glected the things within.
The abundance of bread Is the cause
of many a man's deeper hunger. Hav
ing known uotlilng of the discipline
that develops life's hidden sources of
satisfaction, nothing of the struggle
In which deep calls unto deep and the
true life finds itself, he spends his
daj-s la sccUSnz to nt!fy his smil
with furniture, houses and lauds, with
yachts and merchandise, seeklug to
feed his heart on things, a process of
less promise and reasou than feeding
a snapping turtle on thoughts.
If the heart be empty the life can
not be tilled. The flow must cease at
the faucet If the foundations go dry.
The prime, the elemental necessities
f our being are for the life rather
than the body, Its house. But, alas,
iiow often out of the marble edifice
Issues the poor emaciated Inmate, how
out of the life having many things
comes that which amounts to noth
ing. - The essential things are not often
those which most readily strike our
blunt senses. We see the shell first.
To the undeveloped mind the material
Is ull there Is. But looking deeper into
life there comes an awakening to the
fact and the significance of the spirit
ual, the feeling that the reason, the
emotions, the Joys and pains that have
nothing to do with things, the ties that
knit on to the Infinite, all constitute
the permanent elements of life.
Because man Is a spirit his life nev
er can consist wholly In things; he
must come Into his heritage of the soul
wealth of all the ages; he must reach
out, though often as in the dark, until
Across the void there comes voices, the
sages and the seers, the prophets, and
the poets speaking the language of the
soul. In these he finds his food nor
can his deeper hunger be assuaged un
til It thus Is fed.
Because man Is a spirit and gradu
ally is coming Into the dominant spirit
life In which things shall count for
Jess and thought and character for
more, he seeks utter his own kind. The
deeps of life have their relationships.
The .spirit of man cries out after the
father of spirits. By whatever name
men have called the most high they
ever have sought after him the
eternal who would be one with them
In soul, In all that Is essential and
uhliling lu being.
Every religion, every philosophy, ev
ery endeavor after character and truth
Is but the cry of humanity for word
with God. Hearing His word on any
lip the heart of man answers with Joy,
The words of eternal truth have been
the food of the great In all ages. Faint
ing lu the fight the message from the
unseen, the echo of everlnstlng verities
lias revived their spirits ; they have
fought the fight that despises things
and seeks truth.
Who would not exchange a mess of
pottage for the benediction from a fatb
er's Hps? Who Is so dead he no longer
finds more satisfaction lu truth and
Jove and beauty thau In food or furnl
ture? And why are we so foolish as
still to seek to satisfy ourselves with
things that perish, while down to the
least blade of creation earth Is laden
with unfading riches, God Is every
where, and every open heart may hear
His voice?
If we might but learn this lesson
we people of the laden hand and the
empty heart, that since life Is more
thau digestion and man more than
beast or machine, since determining all
Is the spiritual world, they only are
wise who set first things first, who use
the garnered experience of the past
and the opportunities of the present
to the enriching of the soul, who lis
ten among all the voices of time for
the words that proceed from the Up
of Him who Inhablteth eternity.
winter thou thyself hast formed them.
Psalms lxxiv17.
The psalmist and all the godly men
and prophets of the biblical age at
tained their greatness and distinction,
uot through scientific researches, nor
through art and philosophy, like the
ancient wise men of Rome and Greece,
but through their childlike confidence
and faith In the Almighty.
From such a faith they not only
drew their Inspiration, but also their
moral strength and solace In gloomy
hours of trouble and affliction. In all
the occurrences of life In the sum
mer, when the sun of happiness smiled
on them, and in the winter, when life
seemed to them dark and dreary they
beheld the finger of God. Hence the
one could not render them vain and
overbearing and the other could not
dishearten and render them despond
ent and downcast.
"For everything that emanates from
Him has been calculated for man's
welfare."
These holy men of old firmly be
lieved that all natural phenomena,
summer and winter, have their origin
from and their existence In Him.
Hence they never shirked their duties,
neither amidst the torrid heat of sum
mer, ri"r nTn!1"t the fwzlng wW of
winter. Patriarch Jacob, therefore,
whose vocation In his younger days
was that of a shepherd, tells how con
scientiously he kept Laban's sheep,
saying "In the day the heat consumed
me and the frost by night and my
sleep departed from my eyes."
A firm and childlike confidence and
faith in the fact that all the works of
nature have been formed and ordained
so wisely and so beautifully by the Al
mighty is of Incalculable good. It Is
elevating, edifying, encouraging and
Idealizing. True religion and such a
faith are Inseparably united. One
without the other Is worthless and ineffective.
Had not the psalmist been Imbued
with such a faith he could never have
enriched the world with his sacred
psalms and sweet hymns. Had not the
divine men and prophets of old been
animated with such a faith they would
have been unable to pour forth the sub
lime emotions and holy effusions which
have been transmitted to mankind
through the medium of Ills holy scrip
tures.
How much Improved would mankind
be collectively and Individually If they
adopted and fostered the psalmist's
faith. "It is Thou who has set up all
the boundaries of the earth, summer
and winter Thou Thyself hast formed
them."
Since the all-wise Creator has called
Into existence the universe and all
things therein, and since He In His
endless grace sustains and upholds all
His handiwork, It would be unreason
able to assert that man, the best work
manship of the Creator, Is left uncared
for and exposed to the pranks of blind
chance. We should, therefore, Implant
In our hearts the faith of the psalm
ist. We should never forget that we
stand under God's providence, which
guides our steps and directs our path.
Then we shnll surely be cautious not
to Incur His righteous displeasure, but
strive to please Him and sanctify His
holy name by our noble deportment and
exemplary actions.
SOLACE FOB ALL ILLS.
By Rev. Dr. Folk Vidaver
It la thou who bast set up all the
boundaries of the earth," cummer and
SHORT METER SERMONS.
Work cures worry. I
Sorrow Is the parent of many a song.
The law -Is best kept when It is lost
In love.
To work for love Is to learn to love
your work.
The only way to discover truth Is by
doing truth.
The doing of dally duty makes every
day divine.
The gate of heaven opens only to
foot passengers.
He who cheers others need not fear
for himself.
The right to rule Is acquired by rul
ing ourselves aright.
The front door to delight runs
through the garden of duty.
The man who lacks moral muscle al
ways thinks he Is meek.
The man who laughs at his troubles
soon laughs over them.
This always Is a dirty world to peo
ple who seek nothing but dust.
If you want to find a happy Chris
tian look for a wholehearted one.
The church finds her beauty when
she Is a chisel Instead of a statue.
It's not the engine with the loudest
exbnust that Is hauling the longest
train.
If you would hear the Joy of heaven
you must go Into the saddest places of
earth.
It does not follow that yon are help
ing men to heaven because you are In
sisting that they keep step with you.
Wlgg BJones was after a political
Job for a long time. What's he doing
now? Wagg Nothing. He got It
Philadelphia Record.
"Your son Is studying art, I believe.
Has he made much progress?" "Oh,
yes. He Is able to talk the language
quite fluently." Judge.
She Did you notice the beautiful
palms In the new restaurant? He
The only palms I saw were the wait
ers'. Boston Transcript
"Do you think It pays country people
to take In city boarders?" "Certainly,
as long as the boarders don't find it
out" Baltimore American.
Country Minister My parishioners
gave me a donation party last week.
Sympathetic Friend How much did
you lose? SomervIIIe Journal.
Visitor Are there any fish In the
river Native Fish! I should rather
think there was. Why, the water's sim
ply saturated with 'em! runch.
Employer What, then, are your de
mands? Committee of Union We want
more money and shorter hours so's we
can have time to spend it Puck.
Kind Lady How many servants does
your mother keep, dear? Small Girl-
She doesn't' keep any; they're always
coming and going. Boston Transcript
Lady-Did the natives l'.Ue the per
fumed soap I sent them Returned
Missionary No, madam, they bit It
and threw It away. Detroit Free
Press.
Church What do you think of your
wife's voice since she took music les
sons ' Gotham It's no better; but
there seems to be more of It. lonkers
Statesman.
"Who were the chief benenciarles un
der your uncle's will?" "The automo
bile manufacturers. Each legatee
bought two as soon as they got their
money." Judge.
Mother .(to Tommy, who has Just
said his prayers) Tommy, you forgot
to ask the Lord to take care of your
baby sister. Tommy No, I didn't, ma.
I'll take care of her myself. Life.
An old lady on the witness stand at
Belllnzona, Switzerland, gave her age
as 102. But It was ascertained on
cross-examination, that she was 106.
She explained that she was "ashamed
of being so old."
"A great many people do things they
are sorry for." "Yes," answered Miss
Cayenne. "The trouble Is that they
often fail to realize that they are sorry
till they get Into the newspapers."
Washington Star.
"Aud best of all," said the boastful
American, "we have no titled aristo
cracy to support over here." "No," re
plied the foreigner, "but you have a
good many titled sons-in-law to sup
port over here." Judge.
"Do you believe that Samson lost his
strength by having bis hair cut?" ask
ed the non-believer. "I have no reason
to doubt it," replied the practical man.
"A talkative barber always makes me
tired." Chicago Dally Nejvs.
Mr. Verycareful (to his new man)
William, do you smoke? William (with
large expectations of a pfrfecto) Yes,
Mr. Verycareful Well, here Is a box
of .safety matches. I allow no other
sort on the premises. Judge.
"Does your chauffeur have any per
quisites?" asked Mrs. Van Uppson. "He
had one the first week he was with us,"
replied Mrs. Neurlch, "but I Induced
him to sign the, pledge, and he hasn't
had any since." Chicago Dally News.
"Alas!" confessed the penitent man,
"in a moment of weakness I stole a car
load of brass fittings." "In a moment
of weakness?" exclaimed the Judge.
"doodness, man ! what would you have
taken If you had yielded in a moment
when you felt strong?" Judge.
Dumley I met a fellow to-day who
was simply nutty about a burled treas
ure; couldn't talk of anything else.
Peckham That reminds me or my
wife. Dumley Oh, does she talk about
one? Peckham Yes; her first husband.
I'm her second, you know. Philadel
phia Ledger.
"No, Tommy," said his mother, "you
can't have any more cake. You've had
enough." "What a fine little fellow
he is," replied the guest; "and when
you're a man, Tommy, what are you go
ing to do?" "I'm goln' ter buy too
much of everything I like to ent," re-
piled Tommy, sulkily. Philadelphia
Press.
David's nationality?
Willie Hebrew.
S. S. T. That's right Now, can any
one tell me bis wife's nationality?
Annie (after pause) I know, teach
er. S. S. T. Well, Annie, you may tell
us. .
Annie Shebrew. Toledo Blade.
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Try W. I.. Douglas Women', Aliases and
Children's shoes; lor style, lit ana wear
tliny excel other makes.
If I could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass., and show
you how caiciuuy .L. isuu&iis6uob5
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and interior snoes. Takm no suosro
tu t. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes
and Insist upon having them.
Fast Color Eyelets used; thea will not wear Drossy.
Write for Illustrated Catalog ol hall Styles.
W. U DOUGLAS, Dept. 13. Brockton, Mass,
Clanatfylntr Him.
Mrs. Browne I saw some rhymes In
the paper to-day by Penyer Liner.
Mrs. Malaprop Yes, he's a friend of
mine. '
Mrs. Browne So you told me. By
the way, "Penyer Liner" Is a pseu
donym, of course.
Mrs. Malaprop Not much he ain't J
He's a good Baptist Philadelphia
Press.
Heroism Is generally a foo'lsh act
with a successful termination.
To Shoe Dealers !
W. I. Douglas' Job
bing Horn la ihe moat
eowplele In Hits country
Sendor CataloQ
Mori's Shoss, IB to
tosi.uo. women s
at different prices.
"Yes, sir," said tht boy. "Th fresh
and the near fresh?"
"No, you lunkhead ; the big and the
little," Chicago Tribune.
Information.
The train had stopped for water at a
little station in the country.
The passenger with the skull cap, see
ing a lone native standing on the station
platform, addressed him. -
"Farmers around here seem to have
been cutting a good deal of hay this
morning," he said.
"Yes, sir," answered the native.
"They're taking risks. Don't you think
It looks like rain?"
"Sort o"
"What do you suppose they will do It
it does rain?"
"I reckon they'll have sense enough to
go in out of It, mister." Chicago Trib
une. la the Nick of Time.
Coleridge was enumerating tht stench
es of Cologne.
He had counted up to seventy-one, and
stopped in despair.
"That seems to be ail!" he muttered.
"And I've just got to have another one!"
At this moment an automobile whizzed
by.
"Ah !" he exclaimed. "There it is !"
Sniffing the strange odor with satisfac
tion in spite of its disagreeable quality,
he proceeded to write his immortal poem.
Mean Man.
"So the burglar that paid your home
a visit the other night wasn't a 'gentle
man burglar'?" said Mrs. A.
"I I should say not," pouted Mrs. Z.
"He took all of your money?"
"Jt-yes."
"And all of your Jewels?"
"Y-yes. B-but I could have stood all
of that, but for one thing."
"And what was that, dear?"
"He he said the baby was home
ly." The other day in Paris a dog was seen
in a motor car with a well-fitted pair of
blue spectacles to protect his eyes.
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