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The Reckless Engineer.

Warnings are constantly being given to
the victims OF their own bad habits, but
so many of them persist In recklessly
he-ding on to them. They declare that
they will enjoy life in their own way
while they can. The sure end is thus
vigorously pictured by Arthur Singer:
Il have thraT ,. the throttle open and am tearing
have thrown II out to full speed and no hand
hold me back!
It's my arm controls the engine though An.
other owns the rail-
But for once I'm in the open and the yard lights
pass and pale!
Green lights. Red lights. He has hung His
signals out
Caution here! Danger no! And what's the man
about?
It's true he owns the engine. to do as he has
done,
But how about the final word-when be ends the
run:
So from siding to junction point now I shall
have my day.
have stopped to read NO orders. but take the
Down the open grade thunder and around the
curve ] swing,
For my hand is on the throttle and my heart
shall have its ding.
Light lost! Life lost! Flag. oh. dag the others
Switch the wreck. Ditch the wreck, Dare any
block his track?
There creeps into the terminal the man who had
Blu. | wonder. oh. my soul. just what his God
will say
Comment on today's topic Of Christian En-
deavor. 'Intemperance and Other Sins Of the
Body. Rom, s:1-14.J
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Parish Union Entertainment.

The Parish Union entertained the men,
bers of All Souls Church and invited
guests Thursday evening by a reception
and musical to the pastor. Dr. Pierce.
Mrs. Pierce. the board OF trustees and
their wives. The Thomas Mandolin Club
entertained the guests during the recep-
ton in the parish hail. and following this
the audience listened to the various seIec-
tons rendered in the church auditorium
The program follows:
Sonata for piano and cello (Grieg), Mrs.
Emma Prall Knorr and Prof. Ernest
Lent; soprano solo. (a) I'm Bower
(Nevin) (b) To Spring" (Gounod), Miss
Birch. Mrs. l. Birch. accompanist; tenor
solo (selected). Mr.. Scantling.
The officers of the union are: Mrs.
Greshom Bradford, president: Henry p.
Holden, first vice president: Dr. Morton
Lloyd. second vice president: Miss Ruth
Hendershott. third vice president; Miss
Beehler. corresponding secretary: Miss
Magruder. assistant corresponding secre-
tary; Louis II. Stabler. treasurer; Amasa
Holcomb. recording secretary; Miss
Groves, librarian.
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Living by Christ's Motto.

What q difference It would make IL
every one should take the golden rule as
the motto for each day, asking Christ's
help In living in accordance with It'll
What difference it would make in every
home II father and mother and all the
sons and daughters should resolve to
make theirs q golden-rule household. The
first thing necessary In bringing about
such a change In the home is for one
member to make the resolution and To
do his best to live up to 1t. Others will
follow inevitably when they note his
careful. unselfish life and helpful acts.
There is q Jewish tradition that Gen
tile came to Hillel asking to be taught
the law, in few words. while he stood
on one foot. The answer was given.
Whatsoever thou wouldst that men
should not do to thee. that do not thou
to them" This was good, as far as it
went. but there was nothing positive
about Il. Christs teaching supplied the
lack. showing what we are to do as well
as what we are to leave undone. Christ
always gave the touch required to make
old teachings glow with life.
The temperance application OF the les
son is very plain. II all men lived &C
cording to the golden rule, how long
would the saloon remain In business?
Comment on today's International Sun
day school lesson. THE Golden Rule
Temperance Lesson" Matt, 7:l-12.
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The Ideal Christ

By Rev. w. e. De Riemer.

sense Of justice. 1t is claimed that
history thus purged of incidents which
are not essential or not understandable
would be far more attractive to our hui
man kind, more inspiring to our ambi-
tons and our hopes, more seductive for
our imitation and more powerful for the
regeneration of mankind and for usher
ing in the reign OF the kingdom OF God"
Christ's character SO clarified would OF
necessity be 1.-The ideal Christ"
But what does all this plea in behalf
of the ideal Christ imply? First It re-
veals "a dissatisfaction with the Christ
in the four gospels. Not a complete re-
lection of this wonderful being, but an
avowed belief that his miraculous and
divine characteristics are overstated, not
by intention to misrepresent, but because
Of superlative enthusiasm of the writ
ers in behalf Of their new Master.
But this is dangerous ground to at
tempt to stand upon. 1t sweeps away
the doctrine Of the divine inspiration OF
the Scriptures: for. If one maintains that
this history is disputable because of over
statement who is able to discriminate
where the line of division between that
which is reliable and that which is ques-
tionable shall run? 1t then becomes
merely matter of individual judgment
what statements shall be retained. and
what characteristics shall be subtracted
from the historical Christ in order to
produce the sublimated ideal Christ.
second, InOSe VINO attempt IL nave en-
tered upon the realm of polytheism, and
become idol-makers like the residents OF
Athens and OF India. For a century or
more our missionaries to foreign nations
have believed that the sorrow OF heath
enism is that 1t has no heaven-born reve-
lation of the nature and the commands
Of Deity; and the sin of heathenism
that it has Gods many and lords many"
Said Paul to the Athenians: Whom there
fore ye ignorantly worship. him declare
L unto YOU" A divine Christian endur-
ing and eternal and Interchangeable Christ
as represented in an inspired revelation
the unerring Scriptures. He is the only
hope of lost world whether in heather
lands or in America.
miraculous powers could not be the ideal
Christ, for the double reason that a. He
does not deserve the homage of men be
cause of His untruthfuIness. He express
ly declares that these miracles were
wrought that his hearers might be con-
WINGED that He was Gods Son, and or
He Himself declares that He is the Son
of God. If neither His deeds nor His
words can be believed, He is at best only
a humane philanthropist, and not an.
ideal Christ. Let us not hastily catch up
this popular phrase and unthinkingly in-e
dorse It, 1t is not the product OF a de-.
vout scholarship, but of the enmity OF
those who regard the Scriptures to he
only series OF "cunningly devised
fables
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Two Successful Men.

Nathan Strauss was once asked what
contributed most TO his remarkable sue
cess: Il always looked out for the man
at the other end of the bargain" he
said.
In 1901 the state OF Wisconsin struck
beautiful bronze medal in honor of
Prof. Stephen Moulton Babcock, the
inventor OF the milk test machine. Prof
Babcock. one admirer says, knew
its value to farmer and dairyman.
He also knew its possibilities of fortune
for himself. This invention has increased
the wealth of nations by many millions
of dollars, and made continual new de-
velopments possible in butter and cheese
making All this Prof Babcock knew
it would do when he announced his dis
covery in little bulletin. sixteen years
ago. to the farmers of Wisconsin. But
at the bottom of that bulletin he added
the brief and unselfish sentence. this
test is not patented. With that sentence
he cheerfully let fortune go. He wanted
his invention to help other people. rather
than make himself rich
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| hundred years, yea an thousand years
And the gold thereof is bu- laid above
the iron that the damp de~s and rain
may not corrode it.
Now do 1 believe thine words to be
| TRUTH the queen made answer, for that
perceive thou lookest me In the eyes,"
Then Solomon spake. saying: Since
have told this to thee. tell thou me
whether this report be true which hath
been brought unto me.
For they say that thy beauty is but
a snare to the eye;
THAT there is sapphire in thine eyes
are as coral and thy teeth as fine pearls;
But the feet which are yelled by thy
robe are as the hoofs OF cattle. ungainly
and abhorrent.
'Since now 1 have answered thee truly,
answer also me, whether this report be
true or false?"
Then the queen grew wroth and cried:
"Cngracious art thou and prying. q king.
to pour such a question into mine ears.
when thou buyest a slave, 1t Is meet
to inquire after this wise, but not when
thou greetest a queen.
Therefore will 1 not answer thee. and
will be wroth with thee for the space Of
an hour"
But solomon was willy as the fox in nis
burrow and he led the queen to the great
hall Of audience. where all the floor was
Of silver polished like a lake Of crystal.
And he spake to the queen saying:
Take heed. lest the water wet the seam
Of thy robe; lest it soil the silk and cause
the purple to be draggled.''
And the queen, forgetting how he had
questioned her. took hold upon her robe
and lifted it above the floor of polished
silver.
And Solomon the king saw that her feet
were comely as ivory carved by sculp-
tor with exceeding skill.
And he cried: Forgive me, o queen.
for having practiced this deceit upon
you
forgiven. o king.
"Forasmuch as my feet are comely as
| ivory carved by a sculptor with exceeding
skill.
But If they had been as the hoofs Of
cattle, ungainly and abhorreut, thou
shouldest not be forgiven, but war would
come between our kingdoms
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49, HE phrase 1.-The Ideal Christ
now in use among religious
writer's and speakers, seems to
have met with acceptance
among church members on &C.
count Of its novelty. Very few people,
apparently, have regarded It as other
than a compliment paid to Jesus. who
may be said to truly impersonate the idea
virtues Of our humanity.
Christ has also been called In former
days 1.-The Perfect Man. because in Him
there has not been found any defect of
character. He was the embodiment OF
virtue, the soul Of honor. the possessor OF
power. the CONSIDER Of sorrow. the pa
tent sufferer. the denouncer OF sham. the
antagonist Of sin and Satan. No other
man has been able to embody all these
virtues in such perfection as did Christ.
Faint shadows of His supreme excellence
in limited directions have lived among
men of past generations. but for full
rounded perfection of all virtues Christ
sible to name a virtue which is not mir
rored In the Man of Nazareth. Why Is
He not the ideal Christ?
But the phrase, as now used, carries
with it quite another meaning. Certain
people have thought that the picture of
Christ, as given by the Gospel historians,
is overdrawn. These critics. unwilling to
admit that Christ was anything more
than human in His nature. have resisted
His sterner denunciations Of sin. and the
statement regarding His miraculous birth
and resurrection, and are now trying to
show that His system OF religion may be
accepted without believing His miracles.
They contend that the miracles ascribed
to Him are merely inexplicable wonders
wrought in accordance with the laws OF
an occult science, the mysteries Of which,
under the searching Investigations of
modern science. will be fully explained;
that Christ was a master of occult Sci
ence. and therefore able to astonish those
of His day by an exhibition Of His
mighty works"
The miracles, they affirm, are a drag
upon the Christian system-a detriment
to the faith OF the believer They explain
that the four evangelistS wrote their his
tories under the stress of great excite
ment and in ignorance of this occult
science, and therefore they imagined that
all his peculiar deeds were of a miracu-
lous nature. Such theorists claim that
the gospel histories could be rewritten
in such manner as to retain all that is
noble and strong and lovely and self
sacrificing in Christ's career, and omit
ting all which taxes our faith or APP
peals to our credulity or offends our
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How Much Is Boy Worth?


who shall persuade all the nations of the
earth to adopt policy of disarmament,
some social reformer who shall devise
and carry through a plan that will put
an end to industrial warfare.
Boys as they spin their tops, as they
skate and coast and play ball do not
think much of the possibilities wrapped
up in them, and 1t is well they do not,
for that might make them little prigs.
Nor do they throughout their entire boy
hood and youth always disport themselves
in keeping with the exalted station which
some of them come eventually 10 occupy.
We usually think OF Lincoln and Wash
ngton on a dais, their heads encircled
with a halo, and we forget the long pro-
cesses of discipline and effort by means OF
which each came to be
The pillar of a nations hope"
We forget. too, that each in youth was
far from perfect, that Washington led
somewhat questionable pillaging expedi-
ton against the French, that Lincoln.
saturated with Tom Paine's Ideas. once
undertook to prove that there is no God.
but Washington lived to become as chiv-
alrous as he was valorous, and Lincoln
to depend personally upon the Creator OF
this universe and to feel His guiding
hand. So any boys appropriateness Is one
of the things which we should take into
Iteration when trying to determine
his worth.
Fortunately we are living at a time
when the boy. the potential man. is more
highly valued than ever before. The
schools, the churches. the Christian asso-
Citations, individuals like that big-hearted,
clear-brained railroad man in Toledo,
John Gunckle, are doing wonderful things.
But the boy himself must give the final
answer to this question. He can deter
mine how much he is worth or can be-
come worth some day to the state. to his
companions. to his home. to himself and
to God. And of that long series of reso-
buttons which George Washington made
in his youth the one which it will most
pay a twentieth century boy to adopt is
this: 81 will endervor to keep alive In my
breast that spark Of divine fire called con-
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Blind to Our Own Faults.

The worst thing about the maker Of
such comments is that the reader he is
to see-or imagine-faults in another. the
binder he is apt to become to faults In
himself. This inability to see his own
shortcomings would be ludicrous If IT
were not SO pitiful. Yet these short
comings are apparent to all who know
him. Jesus, who knew human nature,
said. Judge not. that We be not Judged
first cast out the beam out of thine own
eye; then shalt thou see clearly to cast
out the mote out of thy brothers eye"
prOdigious when We think what good
opinions we have of ourselves and what
poor opinions we have of others: but the
task is not impossible. for God has prom
Used to give us the help we need. and He
will never disappoint US. An earthly
father knows how to give good things to
his children: shall not the heavenly
Father do as much and more?
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By the Churchman.

A CASE reported in the newspapers
~ the other day of a thirteen
"A year-old neWsboy run over by
L an automobile prompts this ques-
ton, What is a boy WORTH"
In this instance the group of men to
whom the parents OF the lad referred the
matter of compensation settled upon $500.
1t is to be hoped that such a pitiably
small sum not intended TO measure
the full value of the youth but simply to
indicate a rough estimate of his earnings
for a certain period of which earnings
his family is now deprived
Any true valuation of a lad must look
beyond the knickerbocker period, beyond
even school and college days. TO the fully
developed man. There was once a philos
opher who was in the habit of taking off
his hat to every schoolboy. because he
saw in each possible statesman, poet or
a person of distinction in some other
realm of human achievement. So. If you
were buying boy. you would look be-
yond his irregularities and roughnesS to
the polished gentleman he may become
If the nefarious practice of traffic in flesh
and blood had included whites as well as
blacks when George Washington and Abra-
ham Lincoln were boys, what would each
have brought in the open market? Proba-
bly, less sum than would have been real
lied in case the purchasers and sellers had
foreseen the brilliant destiny in store for
each. Rather than have lost either
this nation could have afforded an out
lay OF millions OF dollars. Who knows
but that among the boys scampering
down our streets or bending over their
schoolbooks today there is some budding
poet whose fame will eclipse even that of
Longfellow or Whittier, some future dis
coverer of a cure for cancer who shall
rank with him who found first an anes-
thetic for bodily pain, some statesman
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Of the house he had built unto Jehovah:
| The porch of stone and the roof OF
cedar wood and the whole house overiaid
| with gold
cubits high. and the pillars of bronze.
called joachim and Boaz, IS cubits being
the height thereof and cubits the height
of the carven lilies upon the pillars.
And he also showed her the bases with
LAYERS Of bronze; and the golden altar
of incense. cunningly wrought; and the
seven-branched candlesticks Of gold
carved by Phoenician workers in metal.
Then spake the queen unto Solomon
saying:
''All this is glorious to behold, and daz-
zleth the eye, and amazeth the under
| standing;
Yet it is all plain to the understand
ing, nor hidden of purpose, nor yelled in
| mystery,
Save only yonder points Of gold upon
the roof which pierce the heavens like
the spears OF an army.
What secret purpose do these serve,
and wherefore hast thou set them upon
the roof Of thy temple?"
Now Solomon was sore perplexed and
at first did not answer.
| Now, Solomon was sore perplexed and
at first did not answer.
| But she persisted, as Is the way OF
women, and he made reply at last:
| These pinnaces are set up as resting
places for the birds Of the air, that they
may descend in their flight over the tenn
pie and add their voices to the praise
of the priests
But the Queen Of Sheba, being a wom-
an. was of a wit like unto the point OF
needle. and perceived that Solomon
was cloaking the truth with words of
subtleness.
So she spake again, saying: "verily,
this is but a foolish reason, unworthy of
SO wise a king.
Tell me therefore the true reason, and
/ shall not tell 1t to any other"
| Then Solomon answered.: What a
woman knoweth need not be writ upon
tablets to hang in the market place.
| But unto thee, who art reputed wisest
among all women, will tell this thing.
"Forasmuch as these points are rods
Of steel to draw the lightning from the
| clouds. that it may not destroy the tenn
| pie but that the temple may stand an
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The True Philosophy.

Since we have such a Father. 1t is the
least we can do to learn Of Him the true
philosophy Of life. Listen while He tells
US what 1t is:
"All things, therefore. whatsoever We
would that men should do unto you, even
so do ye also unto them
Impossible and impracticable? Let's
see.
The president Of a big manufacturing
firm, who is also it's active operating head,
is quoted as saying that he finds grow
ing tendency among young men to go
after business by sharp practice when
will "cut the corners of square deal to
land an ORDER In applying for positions,
he goes on to say. some young fellows
have tried to recommend themselves by
telling how they got orders for former
employers by some neat trick.
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l am going to write out some plain
talks on Righteousness and post them up
around the offices and shops where every
body viii have a chance to read them.
have explained my plan about these
bulletins to a number of other manufac-
turers, and | think several of them are
going TO do the same thing. Besides the
moral reasons for the policy, it's the only
Take even the men who would be willing
to make profit for them elves by shady
deals. and they all want to buy goods
for themselves of a firm that they can
depend on. l think our history this past
year has proved the wisdom of it; busl-
ness has been rolling in from points that
we never had an idea OF getting any
thing from. The golden rule works"
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Cigars Plus Drink.

One reason why smoking does such
harm is that it sometimes ministers to
the craving for strong drink And there
is no need to dwell on the evils of the
drink habit. Everybody knows how 1t
gets hold OF men. grapples them with
chains of steel. holding them so fast that
there is no power but Christ's power
sufficient to release them A New York
merchant many years ago told friend
OF a sad incident of which he had been
a witness, which showed how helpless
man is in the clutches of intemperance
and how the evil first got its grip on
him:
a young man entered my store one
day He told me that he was starving
and almost naked. While I was talking
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Subject: "Intemperance and Other Sins of the Body


sequent misery we are still besiegei
and still yield. and a big part OF our
Christian warfare must be against
these sins Of the body.
Three or four truths must be accepted
before we can successfully grapple
with the problem of physical tempta-
lions. The first is this: That our bodies
are holy. being made in the image Of
God. being redeemed by Christ. who
bore our sins in His own body on the
tree and being destined. II we will 1t
SO, to live forever glorified in heaven.
Reverence for the body resulting from
this truth is absolutely necessary If
we would conquer our passions. And
one Of the encouraging facts in our
modern life is the growing custom OF
healthy care for the body. The pursuit
Of athletics. the advance Of gymnasium
work In our schools and Christian as
sociations and churches. the common
measurement OF a man by his healthy
physical condition and the common
scorn felt by normal men for the fellow
who is drunkard or impure or lazy
all these things help in our human battle
with disease and sin.
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A Call to Prayer.

In response to the request Of the Ma
tional Council Of Women of New York
city, made each year in February, that a
day of prayer be observed by the women
OF the United States. in the interest OF
home missions, and in view Of their re-
quest that the women of the Baptist de-
nomination Of Washington should take
a meeting, the preliminary arrange
ments are in progress. The meeting will
be held in the chapel of the Lutheran
Memorial Church, 18th and n streets
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Sins That Destroy


with him a man came In who employed
a large number of men. He gave his adj
dress and promised work to the young
man. who said he would go. then gave
him some clothing and money to get un-
derclothing. Next day his employer came
and told me that the poor creature had
not come. After FIVE months he came in
again. in as bad a plight as before, and
shop as he had promised. He said he
could not pass a grog shop without
glass, and he went in and drank till the
money / gave him was gone. l tried to
reason with him; told him he had a good
example in his fathers house. You are
mistaken he said: we had whisky at
table in my fathers house every day
and learned to love 1t there"
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When We Are Vexed.

Anger seems like natures relief when
we are vexed. and we let our thoughts
and sometimes our tongue obey the call
Of wrath. and a dark cloud shadows
the face; but when the heat dies how
mean we feel how unworthy and
cheap. And yet in spite Of all this con-
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Pastor in philadelphia.

Rev. Frank L. Bardens Of the Ana
costa Baptist Church will preach spe-
cial sermon at the Masonic Elkins Home,
Philadelphia. this afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. Elias Anger. formerly pastor of
the Randle Highlands Baptist Church.
will preach tomorrow at the Anacosua
Baptist Church.