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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
Why Christianity is Different.

Christianity diferentiates itself from
other religions more by its motive than by
its commands. The laws of duty and MOI,
ality, which are beautifully expressed in
the Old and New Testaments, can be found
often IN other RELIGIONS. also there beanti'
fully. expressed. The difference seems tc
he that in that one word which Matthew
Arnold said characterized the lofty teach
ngs of Marcus Aureiius- beautiful. right
eous. hut Intellectual" The effectuaity
with which Christ has brought His lofty
precepts TO apply in the word is the most
distinctive feature oi the Christian faith.
And how was this done? Simply by put
ting behind every high and glorious law
3ne supreme motive. Christ set every
law, every duty. against background OF
love. He nailed them to the cross. How
many soldiers hear the command who will
follow it only when some loved leader goes
With them Even so the world hears
chrlsts commands because the loved Mas.
ter has gone with the world. "The love of
Christ constraineth MS" Therein lies the
sharpest line of division between Christian
lty and any other faith that was ever
preached.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

The resurrection of Christ was absolute.
ly necessary as a proof that His life and
teachings were divine. 1t was not merely
required as a fulfllment of prophecy. and
especially of the prophecy of Christ Him.
self, though il was needed for this, but it
was also demanded as an inspirer of hope,
because no hope OF life beyond the tomb
could have sprung out of the grave of q
Saviour who Himself was held as its vic.
tim. Paul clearly saw this. for he wrote:
IF Christ be not risen then is our preach.
ing vain, and your faith is also vain: We are
yet IN your sins. Ii in this life only we
have hope IN Christ, we are OF all men most
miserable no hope OF future life through
Christ if Christ did not rise from the grave.
The doctrine then. also, that the soul of
the believer afte: death is in bliss is with.
out any solid foundation, foc if Christ's
declaration concerning the raising up of tho
temple OF His body was false, who will
dare say that His declaration to the dyn.
thief: "To-day thou shalt be with Me in
paradise, was not also false? No resu-.
rection OF Christ, no hope of a blessed fG.
ture life; for such hone springs out of the
resurrection gospel. The disciples had no
hope until they saw their risen Lord, then
they were glad-The Rev. Samuel Schwarm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

lessiy and -irretfievably lost, IL himself
wandering in the wilderness far from
safety.
Lastly, the lostness of the stay.athome
appears from his thought of reward.
Thou never gavest me kid" The elder
brother seems to have been serving with
the thought OF material pay. He was
doing the work for what he could get out
OF it. His thought of reward moves along
a low pane. Jesus condemned Pharisaism
because of its low view of reward The
taskmaster was to pay at the close Of the
day, similarly some of us seem at times
to think OF heaven as place of material
and rather earthly prizes. And again. the
elder brother was lost in placing emphasis
upon an extraordinary forgiveness and
welcome as of more than the favor of the
fathers continued and ever present affec.
ton; 1t Is sometimes suggested that ono
OF the important lessons of this parable
Is its rebuke of the Christian who com.
plains because the contrition Of the return.
ing pentent sometimes is rewarded by
more OF ecstatc blessing than is his own
long continued service Of God. However
this may be as a matter of strict exegesis, it
Is perfectly clear that the thought which
rates the exceptional manifestation of in.
terest as Of more value than the continued
iSVor OF the fathers presence, wanders far
aStray. Son, thou are ever with me. and
all that is mine is thine" This is the great
reward, the favor of companionshiu and
partnership with the Father-a spiritual
benefit and blessing beside which all ma.
teral things fall into uothngess. The prin.
cipal reward is spiritual. We are not to
think. of pay but of companionship with
the blessed God! Any thought of reward
lower than this is lost. There is q sense
IN which the stav-at-home was as prodigal
as his brother. With his niggardly thought
OF lower reward, he recklessly overlooked
and wasted the companionship and love
which were poured out around him. There
were two prodigals in the family 1t would
be rather difficult task to decide which
was the worse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

If war has s.ain its thousands, iptemper.
ance hos ain its tens of thousands And
where is the father who would not prefer
to see his son shot down before his face
than to behold him poisoned to a degrad.
ing death by, these foul harpies whom lie.
yiou has employed?
And who are the men whose fate has
been thus sealed in hopeless ruin?
Inev are young. They were seized snd
hound while young. Hardly one in nun.
dreds has passed the maturity of his earth.
" days. Did they begin as purposed, will.
ing drnnkards? Nothing was further from
their thoughts or their desires They nave
waded out most gradually. almost inner.
c,eptibly. into, the deep. They once looked
down upon the, inebriate sot with sorrow
and contempt. as others now look down
upon them. They started with the drop
their fathers gave them, or with the offered
g,ass OF friendship at noon or night. when
they lacked the courage to refuse. The de.
mon seized them when they were sheltered
as they thought far from his abodes. and
led them on, his purpose fixed, though yet
unknown to them, for their final ruin.
Where did this work of ruin begin? Do
not tell me at the tavern or in haunts like
that, What gave to pure and innocent
youths that taste for taverns? Where did
they get the appetite which sought its OBJ.
Iects and its pleasures there? You will be
compelled to look back far beyond their
public limit, and to feel and to acknowl.
edge the responsibility often coming nearer
home. The moderate drnker is but an in.
dentured apprentice to the drunkard. A
gracious divine providence may cripp,e his
ability in his Youth and he NAV not thor.
oughly learn his trade But the habituai
glass, however apparently refined. signs his
lndenture. And no one who starts as an
apprentice OF the craft, or who leads an.
other to take single step in its clearly
marked line. has power to define the limits
OF the course
God grant that we may never live to sec
or sons and daughters, so precious in our
sight. cast out to perish under the DESTROY.
ing rowcr Of this legion demon, But il we
world avoid this terrible sorrow let us
avoid all connection with the habits OF the
trade. Let us remember that he plucks
the lambs from the flock at home. and Sc.
lects the victims for his holocausts when
thev and theirs least expect his approach.
Ii YOU will save the souls of Your chill
tiren from the destruction. or Yourselves
from all PARTICIPATION in the ruin. Danish
the, "accursed thing from your babitation;
lock up the tempting bottles from their
sight and neither have, nor offer upon
your tables this unnecessary inducement
to vice. this direct nrovision for impover.
ishment of the health. poison to the bod
les. and destruction of the souls of YOUR
selves. and your children. and vour friends.
The Rev. Stephen H. Tvng, D. d.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
Testimony OF Carnegie.

In an address delivered at Pittsburs
some years ago to young men, Mr.. Carnegie
laid great stress upon the necessity oil
avoiding strong drink He said in part;
II am not a temperance lecturer in dis
guise, but a man who knows and tells you
what observation has proved to him, and
| say to you that you are more likely 20
fail in your career from acquiring the habit
of drinking liquor than from any OF the
other temptations likely to assail you
Yol may yield to almost any other temp
tation and reform, but fremf the insane
thirst for liquor Is almost impossible. !
hays, known but OF few exceptions 10 thu
rule"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
The Exploding Boy,

A father or mother is an engineer The
boy j. boiler and engine all in one. Shut
OFF the steam at all points OF out'et and
o something has got to give way. Of course
nonody wants either 10 waste steam by
letting it OFF into the air or to have an ey
plosion. The othcr thing to do is to turn
1t INTO the cylinders and let it run the en-
gine. Henry Ward Beecher tells how hi;
father used TO go a-nutting with his boys
They climbed the trees and shook down
the chestnuts, and then picked the ground
clean of them. Mr.. Boecher saws: Thus
we spent our forces. and ] was better
boy Tor week after one of those hutfino
expeditions. The devil did not tempt me
half so much then as at other times. But
when; for any cause. | was shut UP. So
that ] could not go out, and when moped
the devil got big in me and | went into all.
normal mischiefs--not mischiefs OF very
great magnitude but mschiefs lust large
enough to procure mo whipping and
make me unhappy" Now. whipping an
exploded boiler is doubtful way OF re-
pairing it. An engineer who gives no vent
to the gathering steam is liable to be
whpped by the Law, if not by his con.
science
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

Surface indications are sometimes bet.
ter guide in morals than the deeps OF ethi.
cal philosophy. One man will tell you why
the theatre, for instance, is Indispensable;
another will tell you, no less logically, why
the argument goes into foundation prin.
cipes, the surer each becomes of his posi-.
tlo.. But here is a programme of a pure
play, from one of the best class of theatres.
AT the end OF the bill are several heavy.
type advertisements, one OF an ale.house,"
one OF saloon" one OF bar" etc.-all
the programme OF a symphony concert, an
oratorio, or an illustrated lecture Why
not? Never mind the reason. Two things,
the stage and the bar, are associated, and
openly proclaimed to the audience. The
fact ought to count, if arguments do not.
Tendencies tell their own tale.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
sEADlNC FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

Poem: A Little Maids sermon-Be I
Fortunate Who Sets out in Life witt
Definite Aim. a II aeon ,f Llgh
Toward which to steer.
Two little maids with sunny hair,
Two sparkling orbs of blue,
Aud rosy cheeks-a pretty pair
Intensely earnest. too
Religion was their topic. each
Wee preacher spoke her mind.
But one, insistent. this would teach
ITS only being kind .
a iinv teacher-let the grown
And wise ones 90 to school
To this wee prattler. and be shown
The blessed Golden Rule:
For now. as in the days of yore,
The Pharisees are blind.
And miss the very heart-the core
Its only being kind"
So many years have come ard gone
Since Jesus went away:
But this command He laid upon
Believers, to obey;
And when He comes to claim His own,
Reward them-will He find
That any will this truth disown--
ITS only being kind"
Yes. love TO God and love to man,
The perfect circ.c makes;
From first to last perfect plan,
Which sin nor satan breaks:
For perfect wisdom long fore.inew
That love in Him enshrined
Would mans poor evil heart renew,
BY only being kind.
Anne II. Woodruff, in Rams Horn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
The Best Things.

The ideal of life's values varies with the
individual. Which are the best things to
strive for? Ii the question weres asked a
hundred persons. the answers would vary
with the temperament. DEVELOPMENT. cir.
cumstances and accidents of these indivi
duals. The aimless and drifting population
is so much vaster than those who have a
clear vision OF life's real good and how to
achieve it that only the few. the thinkers
strong of will, can be said 70 set out in
life with a definite aim. a beacon light
toward which they steer across the shift.
ing waves of experience.
But there certainly are best things tc
strive for, in which the young might be
nstructed-things of moral and spiritual
import that should be made to g,ow beau
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

thinks he is smart will surely smart
for his thinking.
The only sermon the devil really
fears Is the living one on two legs.
There is no self,satisfaction in sal.
walton.
Submission Is the secret Of spiritual
strength.
Christ is the first man who dared
face the future.
The religion that is laid on the
shelf soon gets mouldy.
Spiritual visions are not given to
slothful dreamers.
Complaisance with sin is not COM
passion for the sinner.
Better the water without the well
than the well without the water
Heaven is deaf when the heart is
dumb.
There are no necessary evils in a
righteous world.
A lifetime is better than a speak.
ing trumpet any day.
You cannot give men your love un.
til you take OFF your glove.
Heart-searching IL a good cure for
the habit OF censuring.
The fruits OF the saloon go back TO
its roots in the citizen.
Often they who try to uproot Chris
tianity only shake down its fruits.
The indolent know nothing Of rest.
You cannot eliminate lust by legis-
lation.
Innocence Is negative; perfection
positive. $500
Principles mark the steps OF mans
progress.
Old seeds must be broken before
new life can begin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
ha.nno a Funny Game.

A game popular amorg the Tlinkits
tribe OF Indians In southern Alaska,
s called Ha-goo.
The children range themselves in
Two parallel lines. In the center Of
one line is a player who holds aloft
pole with brightly colored pieco
VI cloth floating from It, Then, from
lhe opposite line advances little girl
who holds cut her hand for the deco
lated stick, while all her companions
siake faces, say funny things and
cut capers" to make her laugh.
II she smiles, ever so lightly, she Is
out of the game; but Il she can keep o
tolemn face she takes the stick and
goes back to her own line while one
Of the opposing play ers moves across
the open space ami tries In turn to
keep straight face.
This gees on untii there remains
only ore player who has not smiled,
and this one wins the game Tor tho
side.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS About
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANce.

Poem; The Saloon Keepers Casi, drawer
Bella Terrible Arraignment of tho
| Rum Demon-Many Are Poisoned IN n
| Degrading Death by This Foul Harpy
| Thrifty. o master the cash drawer bell
,.,T ,Tink.es the tidings that all is well;
That your Golfer is filling with good realms
| cash
That your silver ereets gold with a glee.
| some clash.
| Sweeter to you than seraph's song.
| Is the music that peais from your cash
drawer gong.
But. @ while we ring for the gold of price,
Gathered by sin and in avarice-
| Ring for the things no gold can buy
The wealth beyond traffic and usury.
Ring for the lives OF good men lost,
Burnt as wisp in holocaust.
Ring tor the life that was due the world
Blasted and down to destruction hurled.
Ring for father once strong and brave.
Whose son lies wrapped in a drunkard's
grave.
Ring for the mother with prayers and
tears,
Her hair grown gray with the grief of
wears
Ring for the wife with her sulled name,
. a broken heart and living shame
Ring for the children with tainted blood
>, Courslng their veins like a poisoned flood.
Ring tor the nome with its hailowed bliss,
urlcu 20 IenOrSe ana TO bitterness
Ring for the hope that for years has lain
Dead, like friend on the battle plain.
Ring for the hope with its warm dead
face,
Its arms yet clasped in last embrace.
Ring for the JOY that might have been.
Turned to a pain and Haunting sin
Ring for the peace Christ meant should b.
A foretaste sweet, of eternity.
Ring for the holiness life has missed,
Sacred and sweet as the eucharist.
Ring. o bell. for the drunkard's death.
And the curses that died on his latest
breath
Ring, bell. for the drunkard dead.
=. Whose life was wasted and blasphemed.
Solemn, my, master, the cash drawer bell,
., Tolls on the air funeral knell.
Some one has murdered a man to-day
What will the Judge ON the Great
Throne say?
Carved on the stone on Sinai's hill
Is the law OF the Prophet, Thou Shalt
Not Kill,
Who shall plead of this foul crime.
Before Gods bar in the judgment time?
S. B. McManus. in the Rams Horn,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
RESCUED BY FAITHFUL DOG.
John Leonhardt Proves Value of Four.
Footed Friend

Suffering intensely from the effects
OF a fall from a twenty foot trestle
which resulted in the fracturing OF
both his legs and serious injury to his
spine. John Leonhardt of Columbus,
o. lay beside the Panhandle spur
back OF the state hospital from
o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock
when his faithful ST. Bernard dog
awoke the injured mans father by
barking and scratching at the door and
led him to the spot.
Seeing what had happened the elder
Leonhardt called Pletcher's ambur
lance No. and had the injured man
sent TO the Protestant hospital, where
he was attended by DIR. Howell. Leon
hardt was on his way home. He lives
with his parents west of the state hos
pital. He was walking along the spur
track and by misstep lurched over
the trestle-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
The Nobiesf Life,

the Christian life is the robest and full.
est phase of existence. One OF the sienifi-
cant facts about il is the relief which il
gives from some things which lie has had
and the delivery to some things that life
has never had. In the first place this lib.
delivetauce from many things. One oil
these things is unbelief
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

Scripture Verses-Joel II. 2S, 20;
Luke xiv. %; John xiv. 16, 90; Acts
/. s; ii. So; iv. 81; V. 80; xiii. 2; Rom.
viii. 26; Jude Xxx. 81,
Lesson Thoughts.
The work of the Spirit begins with
convincing man that he is a fallen,
sinful creature in rebellion against
God.
The Spirit will guide us into all
truth. but he will not compel us. Our
following depends solely upon our will.
ingness.
A visible Savior could be known to
only a select company of disciples;
but the divine Comforter can come to
ALL
Selections.
In the sense in which Comforter or
Advocate is employed there is a wide
application. If we are sick we call to
us physician; If perpleXed we call
lawyer; going to build We call an arch.
itect; If in trouble we call a kind
friend. All these persons may be call.
ed Advocates" persons "called to u.s."
Yet they poorly reflect the many sided
help afforded by our divine Advocate.
The same shower blesses various
lands according to their susceptible.
ties. 1t makes grass to spring up in
the meadow, tho grain to vegetate in
the field. the shrub to grow on the
plain, and flowers garnished with every
hue of loveliness to blossom in tho
garden. The influences of the Holy
Spirit produce blessings in variety:
conviction in the guilty, illumination
In the ignorant, holiness in the de-
filed, strength in the feeble, and com.
fort in the distressed.
A man has lost his way in a dark
and dreary mine. By the light of one
candle. which he carries in his hand,
he Is cropping to the road to sunshine
and to home. That light is essential
TO his safety. Should It go
out, that mine will be his tomb. How
carefully he carries II. How anxious
ly he shields it from sudden gusts OF
air. from water dropping on it. from
everything that might quench It! The
case described Is our own.
II through the communication of the
Holy Spirit the life of Christ is i'm.
parted TO us, that life will prevail in
us.
Suggested Hymns.
Holy Ghost. with light divine.
Take time TO be holy.
Blessed Savior. ever nearer.
AS lives the flower within the seed.
Nearer. my God. to thee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
God's Miracles.

Il is wonderful what miracles God works
IN wills that are utterly surrendered to
Him. He turns hard things into easy, and
bitter things into sweet. Ii is not that He
puts easy things in the place of the hard,
but He actually changes the hard thing
iH.o an easy one.-Hannah Whitall Smith,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
Power To DO.

Ho1 are so to put forth the power that
TOD mas gwen you; you are so TO give, and
sacrifice to give. as TO earn the enlogiun
pronounced on the woman, "she hath done
VIVA. she could. Do it now. 1t is not
safe thing to leave a generous feeling to
the cooling influences of cold world. II
you intend TO do a mean thing wait till to
morrow; ii you arc to do noble thing do
It now---now. and like the blacksmith who
at one long stride. swings the glowing bar
70 the anvil and rings his hammer on it,
rie
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

We have heard of two ways. in which
men tending to become drunkards received
the check they needed. In the one case 4
man who did not know he was drunst
friend made stenographic report for his
benefit. In the other case friend took .
snapshot and showed him the picture, "a
both cases the victims were horflued 70
learn how easy il is for man IA drink 90
make an ass Of himself without knowing "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
RAMS HORN BLASTS.

HE commonplace
is often the place
OF communion.
The slander we
cause is the only
kind that clings
TO us.
There is no OPP
portunity to read
the proofs Of life.
4 h e DEVILS
C ro W n always
slipB down around
our necks.
The man who
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
Sin breeds More Sin.

Sin is growth according TO certain
fixed laws, just as holiness is. Every act
OF sin breeds more sin, just as every act OF
Holiness is fortiteation. The Rev. j. Z.
Smith.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

Alcohol insanity Is weiLrecoEniseo
form OF mental alienation, and its victims
are to be found largely in towns and clt'se
where the drinking customs are mos'
prevalent
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08

A cheerful countenance bstoksns q
good beart-Rupsrt-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
Telephones In New vork.

Twelve hotels Ia New York cit,
have more than 300 telephones each
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Suggested Hymns.

Holy Ghost. with light divine.
Take time to be holy.
Blessed Savior. ever nearer.
AS lives the flower within the seed.
Nearer. my God. to thee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-07-08
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR TOPICS.
July H.-""hat the Holy Spirit Can Do for
Me-" John xvi. sis.

Scripture Verses-Joel II. 2S, 20;
Luke xiv. 20; John xiv. 16, 90; Acts
/. s; ii. So; iv. 81; V. 80; xiii. 2; Rom.
viii. 26; Jude Xxx. 81