The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-21

brothers keeper" No truly philanthropic
 spirit. Christian or not, can turn with in
 different coolness from this inspired cans
 vas. It pictures the all-embracing ''woe,"
 making it's piteous appeal to every one
 who professes to love his species. And if
 neither Christianity nor philanthropy are
 sufhcient to bring this nation to the point of dealing with this evil in some practical manner, seif-nterest, self-defense | will. The trafiic fin ardent spirits pro- duces a deteriorated manhood, insanity.
 pauperism, crime and death. A catalogue of most undesirable products!
 Ths Teachers Lantern. The wisdom of Solomon was an inex- haustlble fountain. It gushed out Tn l many channels. It is believed that Aris- totle reproduced his philosophy. Aesop his fables. Ho wrote thousand and five songs, or, as some render it, five thous- and. He Is the eldest naturalist. As botanist, he named, classified, described the flora of Palestine. if not of wider territory. As zoologist, he did the same for the fauna
 But the inspired wisdom of Solomon finds its most admirable expression in the Book of Proverbs. Dean Stanley says 1t Is the "sanctiflcation of common sense," and again 1t is ''the philosophy of prac- tical life" Dr. Guthrie accounts for the high character of 6cotchmen by their early acquaintance with Proverbs, the practical sagacity and wisdom of Solo, mon.
 There is also a spiritual, as we'll as utilitarian, side to this book of kingly au- thorship. Wordsworth exclaims: The Proverbs of solomon come from above; they also look upward!' Another well says: While other parts of Scripture show us the glory of our high calling, this may instruct in all minuteness of de- tail how to walk worthy of it."
 A nickel copy of the Book of Proverbs ought to go into the pocket of every boy | and young man in Christendom, These | aphorisms are flashlights. They show the wisdom of goodness, the folly of sin.
 These sententious precepts might bs memorized in our homes and Sunday Schools with the best practical results. Whether Solomon was finally lost or | saved. Is a question about which there
 can be no end 0f 'doting." There Is not
 sufficient data in the Scriptures to deter mine. In the curious fFesco in the Campo
 Santo at Pisa he is represented as rising from the grave. and standing in pitlful confusion. as If doubting on which side of the judgment throne to stand. The question why a man of such im-
 pure character should be permitted to contribute to the Holy Scriptures is trou- blesome. Arnot answers 1t best: "It is certain that. in the main, the vessels
 which the Spirit used were sanctified yes sells. But the diversity in all its extent is like all the other ways of God. If all the writers of the Bible had been perfect in holiness. it Is certain that it would not have served all the purposes which it now [ serves among men. It would have been God-like, indeed, but 1t would not have reached down to the low estate of man. Here is a marvel!-not a line of Solo, mons writings tends to palliate Solo, mons sins. The glaring imperfections of the mans life have been used to set of the luster of that righteousness which the Spirit has spoken by his lips