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sERMoNETTE.

The man who has chosen the
goodness that is in Christ Jesus
is exalted to a higher place in
the kingdom of God than that
which the angels in heaven oc-
cupy, because the angels, not be-
ing subject to temptation, know
not the Joy of victory.
Made a "IittIe lower than the
angels" man rises through his
victories over sin to an exalted
place with Christ, of whom the
Scriptures say: He "being In the
form of God, thought it not rob-
berry to be equal with God; but
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon MIN the form of
servant, and was made in the
likeness of men. And being
found in fashion as man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death Of the cross. Wherefore
God also hath highly exalted
, him, and given him name
which Is above every name;
, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow Of things
in heaven and things in earth,
and things under the earth; and
that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
!, glory of God the Father"
Here then is the position of
) the believer in Christ: "5ut
God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he
loved US, even when we were
) dead In sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ Thy grace
ye are saved; and hath raised
US UP together and made US sit
together in heavenly places in
2 Christ Jesus; that in the ages to
come he might shew forth the
exceeding riches of his grace in
; his kindness toward us through
Z Christ Jesus"
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onen-Air Church Services.

The experiment of holding services
in the open air, instead of inside the
church, is being attempted by one Of
the Congregational ministers at Ben
digo. The parson in question, accord
ing to an Australian paper just to
hand, having in mind the badly venti.
lated condition of many churches and
the fact that the congregations are not
always composed Of those who are in
the best of health, has decided that if
his people are agreeable the Sunday
evening services shall be conducted
for the remainder of the warm wealth
er in the open air. There are, no doubt,
many people in this country who
would like to see this experiment tried
over here on hot Sunday evenings
Westminster Gazette.
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THE STORY.
WHY did God permit sin to come
w into the world?

WHY did God permit sin to come
w into the world?
This is an old question and has
troubled many an earnest seeker after
truth.
Esdras came face to face with the
vexatious question as he contemplated
the sin and woe of the people of Is
rael.
ooh, had it not been better not to
have given the earth unto Adam, or
else when it was given him, to have
restrained him from SHINING" thus
cried out the heart of the scribe as
he wandered under the star-gemmed
canopy of the heavens as they
stretched over that great and wicked
city of Babylon. For what profit is
it for men now In this present time to
live in heaviness," he continued, land
after death to look for punishment?
o, thou Adam, what hast thou done?
For though it was thou that sinned,
thou art not fallen alone, but we all
that come of thee. For what profit
is 1t unto us, if there be promised us
an immortal time, whereas we have
done the works that bring death? And
that there is promised us an everlast-
ing hope, whereas ourselves being
most wicked are made vain? And that
there are laid up for us dwellings, of
health and safety, whereas we have
lived wickedly?"
Thus soliloquized Esdras, and even
while he spake the angel Uriel came
and answered his questionings, say
ing:
This is the condition of the battle,
| which man that is born upon the
earth shall fight: That, if he be over.
come, he shall suffer as thou hast
said; but if he get the victory, he shall
receive the thing that I say. For this
is the life whereof Moses spake unto
the people while he lived, saying:
AChoose thee life, that thou mayest
/ live Nevertheless they believed not
Moses, nor yet the prophets after him
nor me which have spoken unto them
that there should not be such heavi
ness in their destruction, as shall be
| joy over them that are persuaded tt
salvation"
81 know, Lord. that the Most Higf
is called merciful, in that he haiti
mercy upon them which are not ye
come into the Wcrld. and unon thos'
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A Deceptive Air.

The Bushby storekeeper surveyed
Mr.. Leonard with a contemplative eye,
and then turned his gaze toward Jim.
my Sloane, who was putting packages
into the delivery wagon. Jimmy had
the leisurely air of one with plenty
of time at his disposal.
"You want to know how he'd be
for your business down below?" said
Mr.. Gregg, slowly.
"Yes," said the visitor. Il noticed
him yesterday, when that crowd OF
young fellows were getting the piano
into the hall; he seemed to work hard.
err than any of the others. It oc.
Cured to me he might like bigger
chance than he has here"
.'M-m," said the storekeeper. well,
now, can't say as to that, of course,
but as to his working harder than any
of the other boys, I'll tell you what
they say-and you can believe it or
not, jest as you choose.
"They all like Jimmy, for he's first,
rate company, but the tell is that
when it comes to lifting, or such
work, Jimmy's all take-holt, and
mighty little hist. YOUTHS ComBau'
ion.
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"Tmpossiblel How did it happen?"
Mr.. Catnappe had just come in. He
gazed at his wife in the utmost con-
sternation and establishment. In the
course of long and successful mar
ried life such a situation had never
arisen. He simply couldn't believe it.
The Catnappes were New Workers.
They had never lived anywhere else.
Even in the summer, when they went
to Europe, or in the winter, when they
went to Bermuda, Palm Beach or other
similar places, they were still in New
York. For did they not associate with
khe same people?
'sDo you meant to say" went on Cat
nappe, that we have absolutely no
engagement for this evening? Never
heard of such a thing!"
well, we were going out to the
Puffers' to dinner, and got telephone
message not half an hour ago saying
| that Mrs. Puffer had been suddenly
taken ill, and was to be operated
upon"
ssBut what are we to do?" asked Cat
nappe, ignoring the situation of poor
Mrs, Puffer. Great heavens! It's too
late to get theater tickets anywhere.
You know we never sit any farther
away than the fourth row. Besides
we've seen everything that's good"
"We could go to bed early. That
might cut Off
early. Never heard of such a
proposition. Why. l haven't been to
bed before midnight for Is years. l
don't believe / ever did it. 1t would
upset me completely. Wouldn't get
over it for a week.
''Well, suppose the time will pass. -
Catnappe was momentarily growing
more ratified"
''Do you realize" he almost shouted
Just as if he were once more calling
off orders on the stock exchange floor
what can happen In four hours
Why, it didn't take Washington any
longer than that to cross the Della
ware. The battle of Waterloo was lost
in less time. The battle of Salamis-
or was it Marathon I'm a. little
rusty on Greek-was lost in less time
tell you something has got to be
done. Why, if we should stay here al
alone, together, what could we do? We
certainly couldn't talk to eacf
other. We couldn't sit and look at the
family album We'd get into f1ght
in no time. Two people with nerve:
on edge-you know what that means
And"
Catnappe looked at his wife witt
some show of pride. shining through
his intense anxiety.
sYou know we have never had
quarrel-never had tiEaa. No, my dear
it would be fatal. 1t might break VI
, our whole married life. | wouldn'
! risk it,
I At this moment The telephone rang
I Catnappe answered it.
3 It was from Skipperly.
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Live for Others.

A mothers greatness comes out
through her child's dependence on
her; the man finds himself as he finds
how others need him. New high re.
sources of idealism and noble en-.
deavor show themselves in us all I'M
der the stress of necessity's call when
great issues or events await our en-.
deavoTs.
All the sacrifice, the heroism, the
devotion of the past have sprung from
this sense in men-that others needed
them. The best thing that can hap
pen to us might be some burden OF
responsibility. To make our lives
worth while, high and holy, to give
life purpose and power, we need to
see ever how true it is that the Maker
of all has increasingly need OF the
least of lis all.
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months use of them. Mrs. s. "a.
WILLIAMS, r. F. D. No. IL, Box 30
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit TO q surgi
cal operation, which may mean DEATH
until she has given Lydia .. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound, made exclusive
" from roots and herbs, fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and remover Of
the female organism. Women resld-
ing in almost every city and town IN
the United States bear willing tegtl-
mony to the wonderful virtue OF Lydia
q. Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND.
It cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. Ia ycu
are iii, Por your own sake as well as
thosetyou love, give it a trial
Mrs. Pinkhams at Lynn NAasgss
invites all sick women TO Wr1U8
herfOr advice. Her advice IL freeB
and always helpful
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Explorers Tribute to Japan.

Writing in the London Times, DR..
Sven Hedin, the celebrated Asiatic ex'
plorer, says of Japan and the japan.
ese: Wonderful country! Wide
awake, lovable, joyful people. How
old, exhausted and gray life is in other
countries of Asia compared to that OF
the Land Of the Rising Sun, where
every man goes to work silently and
dutifully, and the women smile even
when the rain is coming down in
streams from the dull gray heavens.
A people who believe in themselves,
their own greatness, their own future;
a people stepped to the marrow in 10y.
atty, sense of duty, perseverance and
patriotism, a progressive and indus.
trious people, awake, intelligent and
well informed in all the ways of life -
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Books.-2 Esdras, Chap
ter z.

ter z.
Second Book of Esdras.-In the English
version of the ApoCrypha, and SO calied
by the author e Esdras I'D, is more
commonly known, according to the reck-
oning of the Latin version. as the fourth
book of Ezra The original title, The
Apocalypse of Ezra" is far more appro-
pirate The date of the book is much dis
puted, varying from the period OF the
time of Caesar down to about % d. e,
while Gfrorer assigns the DOCK 10 tle
time Of Domitian. The original Apoca-
lypse (3-1D, consists of series OF an
gelic revelations and visions IN Which
Ezra is instructed in some of the great
mysteries of the moral world, and as
sured of the final triumph of the right
eous The subject of the first reVelaton
C3-5:15), is the Observation-Disclosures OF Coo
purposes, and the signs of the last age.
The second revelation (520-6:34), carries
out this teaching yet further, and lays
open the gradual progress of the plan
of Providence, and the nearness OF the
visitation before which evil must attain
it's most terrible climax. The third reVe-
lation (6:35-9:25), answers the objections
which arise from the apparent narrow
ness of the limits within which the hope
of blessedness is confined and describes
the coming of the Messiah and the last
scene of judgment After TINS lolloW
three visions. The first vision (9:26-lO:59,
is of q woman (Sion). in deep sorrow, Ia
menting the death, upon his bridal day,
of her only son (the city built. by Solo
NOM, who had been born to her after
she had had no child for 80 years. But
while Ezra looked her face upon sud-
den shined exceedingly" and the Wom-
an appeared no more, but there was a
city builded." The second vision III, 10,
in a dream, is of an eagle (Rome) which
"came up from the sea-" and spread her
wings over all the earth" The tnlro
vision 03). in a dream, is of a man Mes
siah), flying with the clouds of heaven,
against whom the nations of the earth
are gathered, till he destroys them with
the blast of his mouth and gathers to-
gether the lost tribes of Israel and offers
Sion. '.prepared and builded' to his peo-
Pile. Chapter IA recouuts an appearance
10 Ezra of the Lord who showed himself
to Moses in the bush.
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Dear Aunt: l promised to let you
know as soon as | vas comfortably
settled and had steady work and
am now permitted to write you to that
effect. / have place with one OF
the big, public institutions in the west
and unless something unforeseen hap
pens, | shall stay here for two years
at least. The position / have now
came to me unsought AMI | am under
q sort of contract with the state to
stay my two years. II / see good
opening may leave before my time is
up and get into something else, but
nothing has offered itself SO far. The
people here are anxious for me to
stay and while there are, Of course,
some features of my present situation
that I do not altogether care for, |
presume that is true of almost any
place, and shall not complain.
There are several hundred of us
here, all engaged for various periods.
Many of the men here have been with
the same institution for years and
show no signs of leaving so you must
Know that a position here is, in a
measure, permanent.
I know you will be pleased to know
that I am keeping good hours. The
nature of our engagements here is
such that we must be in bed early and
rise early am in bed at nine o'clock
every night and rise at six o'clock
every morning. I have left off drfnk-
ing entirely as it would not be toIer-
ated for minute by the management,
and they discourage the use of to-
bacco as far as possible.
do not remember to have told yorl
| how l came into my present situation
! You know, my funds were at low eb1
when / came here and resolved to
take anything that offered. In doing
little moving o. household goods
early one morning slipped while car
rying some stun out of back win
dow and the lady in whose house
was doing the moving, finding me with
a broken leg under the window, In
sisted upon my coming here, where
could have steady employment and
the treatment that needed. have
become so attached to the place anG
they look after us so carefully that il
is hard to break away from the sur
roundings. Indeed, several Who have
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was made for me by our tailor here.
His stock of goods was limited, so |
took the best pattern could get, but
am sure 1 look as well dressed as
any one here.
About my work: / have gone in for
architecture a little and now am
making plans for an exit from our
main dormitory. If | am successful
30 getting these plans matured shall
probably not finish my work here, as
it will give me the opportunity | have
sought to go elsewhere and begin
work for myself again.
Address me when you write, No.
1913, overtheroad. My number is 333.
and be sure to address me so, in order
that the letter does not miscarry.
AS ever,
Jack Howse Breaker.
Copyright, 1909, by w. G. Chapman.)
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BEST STOMACH
REMEDY FIR

It is an old saying that II the stom
ach is sound the whole body is safe
because so much depends upon the
proper working of the stomach. Many
persons find themselves with q dis
order of the stomach which pro
duces dyspepsia or peculiar state O
biliousness.
If you suffer from both stomach trouble
and constipation you are on the way 70
very serious disease. From JUST sucn eon-
skin diseases and similar disorders. be-
cause the waste matter that should hayas
been dispelied from the system through
the bowels has found its way into tins
this point is not simply violent cathare
tic tablet or salt which usually does more
harm than good, but q gentle laxative
tonic like DIR. CaldwelIS Syrup Pepsln,
ailments for nearly quarter of a CEN
fury. It cured j. c. Lanham, OF w arrenS-
burg Mo-, of stomach trouble of long
standing, also William Vol, OF SOB Elhsou
St., Louisville, KY, who had the trouble
for fifteen years.
However, if you have stomach troubla
you want to know from personal expert
ence what DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepssn
will do for you. If so, send your name 10
| the doctor and free trial bottle will be-
| sent you You are urged to send for the
| free bottle as the results from 1t VIII be
| the best recommendation of DIR. Calef-
wells Syrup Pepsin. Then you Will do as
| over two million people did last year-go
| to your druggist and buy REGULAR bottle
| at so cents or 81, according to the size YOU
| prefer We could mention hundreds and
| hundreds of families who are never WITH
out it. You can never tell When
a laxative, and then no time should
| be lost taking DIR. CaldwelFs Syrup
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-05-29
The Perfect BrelU
BY Ed Mott.

-"Ah, exclaimed the head brewer in
his laboratory, holding the foaming
glass up to the light, and gazing fondly
at its amber transparency. Here Is
as fine glass of beer as you will
find in all this town! To look at it
you would never suspect that it would
not be quite so good as it is if it were
not for the nguldenkraut and the
Observation-Disclosures that lend their
invaluable aid in it's composition,
would your"
The lay faster of the beer admitted
that he never would.
And tasting of it." continued the
brewery expert, after a sip at his
glass, few men, think, would miss
the stakeholder, the weidenschalen,
or the hazelnuszplan, if / had forgot
ten to put them in.''
He slipped again critically, and said:
But haven't forgotten it! They are
all there, safe enough! Do you detect
the moussirpulver, the karaghenmoos,
the laugensalz, and the kartoffel-
zucker?"
The layman sampled half glass
or so of the beer and was obliged to
confess that neither of those simples
stuck to his palate so he could no.
tice it.
MOP" said the head brewer, seem
ingly surprised. why, that's odd!
Let me see."
He slipped at his glass.
"Ah!" he exclaimed, looking pleased
They're all in. And how about the
he-bstzeitlose, and the bilsenkraut
and the schaffgarbe. and the buchen.
spanne? Recognize those, don't your
The layman tried to but couldn't.
":Singular!" said the adept one
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Royal Slayer of Cats

peared. The anger and grief of
Countess Antonelli was great, and she
appealed to her SON to use his indu-
ence with the pope to punish the royal
cat murderess. But Queen Sophia had
been beforehand, and gained the ear
of the pope, so the efforts of the car
dinal and his mother were useless, tc
the great joy of the Romans, who
hated the cardinal and his family, and
thought the cat shooting fine sport.
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Cheer Up!

Some are DINING in our ears that
we Americans and moderns generally
are intellectual dwarfs compared with
the ancients or even the Elizabethan
men. But what is that to the pur-
pose? A living dog is better than a
dead lion. Shall a man go and hang
himself because he belongs to the
race of pygmies, and not be the big
gest pygny that he can? Let every
one mind his own business and en-
deayor to be what he was nade. ~eH.
D. Thoreau.
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A Critical Moment
BY Thomas L. Mason.

THAT you, old man? Yes. Well,
you were going to the Puffer dinner
weren't you? Yes. So were we.
Leaves me high and dry. Wife almost
crazy at the prospect of our staying
home alone. Thought you might be in
same box. Shall we join forces? All
right. Meet me at the club in half an
hour. Well have night of it. Good
by
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Puzzle Letter: Find John
BY J. w. Foley.

left before their terms of service ex.
pired, have come back to finish out
their terms and in every case have
taken another term of service.
You spoke of sending me some
clothes, but as told you, I think I
have all shall be able to wear this
winter. My room is small and there
is no clothes-press, so they would
only be in the way. The suit have
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None of EN- is missing. But you get
the flavor of the kokelskorner, the ig-
natiusbohne, the medallsalze, the lax
the pikrinsauer, the aies-
wurz, the tischlerlein, and the fucker
cou1er? You must have drunk beer
enough to be familiar with those por-
tions of the brew"
The lay beer-sipper said that he
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Witt the Worlds
Great HzIU1orig1S
Selections from the 6vvifin6S Of Best Knoavn
Makers Of Ninth

suspicion of one, he told the head
brewer so.
The brewer seemed disguised. He
pondered a while over his glass, and
then said:
Nov, suppose there wasn't any
koloquinten, or starkmahl, or wach-
holder, or bitterklee, or fichtennadein,
or gogel, or hausenb1ase, or suzien, or
salicylsauear, or althopfenoel, or
waldmeister, in this glass of beer?
Do you think you would like it? Not
a bit of it! You would throw it away
and call it Stops! That's what you
would do! When we make beer now
adays we've got to be mighty careful
and not leave anything out, and here
you don't know they are all in it, after
all! Even such little things as ingwer,
natron, wermuth, koriander, mohn,
kamomille and brechnuoz have to be
put carefully in or We'll hear from
it,
The 1ayman was almost sure that
from the taste of the beer some OF
those ingredients had fallen into il
somehow but he wasn't sure enough
about it to say so. and he denied tt
the brewery adept that he could
prove their presence by him.
"You don't mean it," exclaimed The
brewer Not one of 'em?"
Not even one of EN-"
"a heap of satisfaction it is to brew
first-class, up-to-date glass of beer
must say!" cried the expert, mac
all the way through. you don't ever
recognize the strychnine, the tannin
the aloes, or the belladonna! Pah!"
Alphabetically and meekly the lay
man said:
81 thought it was the-the hops"
"Hops?" exclaimed the brewer!
beer concoctor, staring at the layman
Hops? Hops? What's hops?"
Copyright, 1909. by w. G. Chapman.)
~~~~-~~~-~-N~~-~~~-~-~-~ ~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~-~~~-
Catnappe came back rubbing hi
hands.
"It's all right" he exclaimed gleeful
ly. Skipperly was going also. Want
me to join him. That saves the night
only"
He looked with polite concern a
his wife.
Not at ALL" smiled Mrs. Catnappe
"Any port in a storm. Besides, tn
main point was that we should no
be home together
Copyright. 1909. by W. G. Chapman.)
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might have drunk beer enough, but if
he had ever noticed any of those
fiavors he had forgotten it; and a
fresh and ample quaff of beer, taken
with the sole purpose of getting one
of them, falling to give him even a
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Pepstn.
If there is anything about
your ailment that you dom
understand, or il you want
any medical advice, write
to the doctor. and he viii
answer you fully. There is
no charge for this services.
The address is DIR. WI ID
Caldwell, 2O1 Caldwell bldg.
Monticello, Ill.
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certalntx convenience Econony

Certainty convenience Econorny
Never has there been known case
where Mitchelps Eye Salve has nat
given notable relief. A pure harmless
salve for application to the surface
OF the eye lids; the simplest Of meth
DDS with wonderful results. The prizes
rs cents places it within reach Of al
all druggists sell It.
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NEVER SAY DIE.

She-But If you have completely
cured Mrs. Tooter, you have done
away with one OF your most lucrative
sources of income.
The Doctor-Ah, but TIL present her
with my bill, and then I'll have %
treat her for nervous prostration.