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Insolent Acceptance.

There are many ways Of treating the
gospel with contempt. Two illustrations
of this truth have been already pointed
out. The men who refused to listen and
who went their ways, one to his farm,
the other to his merchandise. and the
men who beat and slew the servants
who brought the message were both
guilty of this sin. But the parable gives
US yet another method by which this sin
may be committed.
And when the king came in to see
the guests he saw there man who had
not on a wedding garment" The mar
riage OF the kings son was the great
est event that could take place I'm the
history Of the nation. The king showed
his love for his subjects by inviting them
all without exception to the marriage.
But while all were invited, the marriage
was to take place in the palace. and they
were to be the guests Of the king. They
must, therefore. be suitably arrayed. II
was a rule in many of the ancient king
doms that no guest could appear at a
feast prepared by the king who did not
wear q garment from the kings ward
robe. The penalty for the violation OF
this law in almost every kingdom was
death. Such an act would be regarded
as a gross insult to the king. 1t was an
insult for which there could be no ex-
cuse. The custom was universally known
and the garment was freely provided.
Such was the case with the gospel In
vitation. All were invited, but In coming
the sinner would become changed. The
vile garments of rebellion would be re-
moved and the man would he clothed In
the white raiment of the saints. This y
the kings garment supplied from the
kings wardrobe. 1t procla4ms to ali tina.
the wearer Is suitable guest He has
complied with the conditions and he Is
accepted by the king. But to stalk into
the palace clothed in his own raiment
and to take his place among the guests
who were arrayed In the wedding gar
ment was an affront to the guests and q
contemptuous insult to the king.
This incident. brought out so graphically
by the parable, Is q fearful warning to us
all. Is there not very much of contempt
upon the part OF many unconverted peo-
pie for the declaration that the wedding
garment is necessary. If we would be ac-
cepted at the feast? How common Is the
saying: If your church people are good
enough in heaven. so am l. At all events
l will take the risk" This Is the spirit
of the man in the parable. This spirit Is
the undoing OF all who possess it. Let
no one imagine that escape will be possi-
BILE. When the king came In to see the
guests" The inspection In sure and the
consequence will be ruinous and eternal.
THE outer darkness where there shall be
weeping and crashing of teeth" These
are not the words of the preacher. He
might mistake. They are the words of
the Son OF God, the Creator and Judge of
men.
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-N. a large cage containing several
canaries. pair of love birds and
one or two other birds the owner
placed her latest acquisition, beau
tiful bird of paradise. The newcomer
surveyed the other birds haughtily, ana
took its place on a high perch, as IL 10
let the other birds know how it felt FAR
above them socially. Not thing woulu
II have to do with them, and When ~
wished to go to the seed cup II saiieo
loftily above their heads with grand
spreading of wings and exquisite tan, and
with calm disdain swept them out or her
way. And the other birds crouched ana
crinRed down on the floor of the cage
and hustled out of the grand BIRDS way,
never attempting to fly, but hopping on
the floor to the seed cup. This lasted for
six months and then came Noting TIME,
when suddenly within a short time the
bird of paradise lost her wonderful plu-
mage and became wretched, ugly little
creature Then. behold! She no longer
sailed loftily over the heads or the others,
but groyeled down on the Moor ana shled
shamedly round in the corners OF the
cage. while the other birds scared above
her in fine disdain!
And wasn't this silly bird just like US
mortaIs? How we plume ourselves upon
ment, A moment. an accident the nat
ural changes of time may deprive us OF IL,
yet we go about thinking ourselves TO be
something great while We have IL God
has to take away worldly happiness often
just to show US how poor and miserable
and good-for- nothing we are in ourselves
without the gift from His hand, the
loaned plumage of heaven!
There is not single good thing on this
earth that we have right to glory in.
save one. and that is what very few have
ever gloried in, the understanding and
knowing OF God. There is even kind OF
wicked pride that attends one close to the
throne Of God. and bids a man be proud
that he is SO good as to want to know
God, but he who has ever really known
God has been SO filled with the wonder of
Him that never again could he boast of
goodness I'm himself
DR.. Guthrie tells a story of godly man
who offered up prayer without one wan
dering thought. and afterward described
II as the worst he ever offered, because.
as he said, the devil made him proud or
it. He also tells of a minister who upon
being told that he had delivered an excel
me that. Satan told me SO before left the
pulpit"
Bishop Vincent suggests that II minis
ter finds that he is being praised Tor De-
Ing particularly fluent in prayer he would
better confine himself to simple prayers
written by others, rather than allow prlue
In his own power Of speech with COO 10
come between himself and his savior.
There is no time we are SO open 10 .ne
attacks Of pride when We nave JUST
won some great victory, be IL physical,
mental or spiritual nm.
After the battle at Chaeronea fnlnp
sent a naughty letter TO Archidimus. anu
the latter returned this answer: If you
inca sure your shadow, you VIII md II IS
no greater than before the victory
There is no limit to pride. 1t Will grow
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The Royal Invitation.

"A certain king made a marriage
for his son, and sent forth his serv-
ants to call them that were hidden to
the wedding.
Under this figure Christ sets forth
the glorious privileges of the gospel.
The son is Christ His marriage Is
symbolized by the incarnation. BY that
act He took humanity into Himself II
was a marriage Of God with man, and
the two are made one forever. This
wondrous event has become the central
fact of time, and Of eternity. II thrill
ed heaven with it's highest JOY. ana
it should have swept the earth with
ceaseless and inexpressfble gladness
All men were hidden to the feast
The kings servants were sent to call
them that were hidden to the wedding.
The announcement was nrst mace ana
then, when the feast was prepared the
servants were sent to command their
immediate presence; forever, In all
lands. the invitation of the king Is
eouiyalent to command. Even under
our republican form Of government, the
Invitation Of the President takes prece-
dence of all duty, and Of all pleasure.
II is the law that 1t must De accepted.
.Rut they would not come. This
e the amazement Of the universe. New
or before was the kings invitation
rafused Were ii not for the fact that
we have grown familiar with these
truths and that we. each one OF us. has
at Some time been guilty OF this glar-
ing insult we would reject II as I'M
nossible. But even this does not fuliy
represent the facts.
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mention that in ten years past crazi-
ness from absinthe and kindred drinks
has increased 81 per cent
In one recent year twenty-eight
scientific memoirs on the subject were
presented to the Academy of Medicine.
This year the Academy OF Moral and
Political Sciences-of which Mr. Roose-
Welt Is member-awarded prizes to
four memoirs on the national peril.
Mental confusion. hallucinatory de-
lirium, epilepsy weakened faculties
and general paralysis are simple cases
in which the intoxication is the exclu-
siye cause.
The same. complicated by degeneracy
due partly to the intoxication OF par
ents. may be called the second de-
gree. while picturesque craziness. in
GLIDING manias, intermittent bughouse,
may be put down as the finished prod
uct.
The common, foolish cases sent by
drinking only to the public institu-
1910. to 71.547. which makes the in
crease OF 81 per cent In ten years.
All doubtful cases OF degenerates
were rigidly excluded from the count.
Apart from these the victims in pay
ing lunatic asylums Of Paris amounted
to 1892. Of whom 2.sTO were women,
You may say ladies Of means: and 1t is
universal French experience that wom-
en- take very naturally to these terrible
connections that are equally useful to
drink or to perfume the handkerchief
or test gold from base metals.
You would think that the French, to
whom such examples come home in
their families or their friendships.
would not need to be exhorted to steer
clear OF the danger.
Yaf al O'clnck each aftornnop the
boulevard has its delightful green
hour: and the same moment. every
where in France, out come the goblets.
the pierced spoons, the Jumps OF SUI
gar the gay-colored sirups. the car
afes OF water-and the parrot tunes up
Its yawp. like a diabolical angelus.
From the start the green devil had a
faculty for changing color. Half
warned by experience, quantities OF
Frenchmen hesitate to take him in his
natural tint and name.
Thus the boulevard also reeks with
a hundred amers, bitters. vermouths,
cocoas. vulneraires and quinines. All
are called aperitifs, or openers" of
practice is that their hour is that be-
fore dinner. mixed with water. on an
empty stomach. But for this limita-
ton all France would have died. al
ready, raving crazy!
Such is their habitual self-control,
they slow up. with dilutions OF pure
water at the moral magnifier stage,
and toddle OFF home to their dinner in
a state Of mild expansion. Their wives
find them kindly optimistic: and make
small objection. 1t is the time to ask
them for money.
Why not? The comparatively new
expectation vermouth. two goblets OF
which caused a friend OF mine from
Washington to hear the song OF little
birds distinctly, has for base the es-
sence Of the Refine -des-Pres. chemically
represented by salicylic aldehyde-a
cubic decicentimeter, of which. placed
on the tongue Of dead dog. will cause
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Social Center Work.

A considerable number of Endeavorers
have become interested in the work at
Friendship House. the social center In
the southeast, and members OF several
Of the societies Of the District are assist
ing in connection with the friendship
frolic" which will be given at the house,
324 Virginia avenue. the evenings Of Sep
TENDER Is and IA. Among the societies
represented are First Baptist, North Car
DINA Avenue Methodist Protestant,
BrooRland Baptist and First Congrega-
tiOna1.
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First Baptist.

1t was with good attendance and much
enthusiasm that the First Baptist Society
resumed its services last Sunday even
ing The leader. Ralph Warren, an
nounced for his topic. The Outlook OF the
Society for the Coming Year." and point
ed inspiring thoughts were presented by
chairmen Of committees and others. in
GLIDING the pastor, Rev. w. W. McMas-
ter. Much regret was felt at the alb
sence Of the president, David s. Brooks,
who Is visiting his home in New Jersey
The leader for tomorrow is the vice presi-
dent Wesley Winner. jr.
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Planning Itinerary.

The committee appointed to plan the
OF Karl Lehman. Interstate
field secretary. for his campaign in Wash
ington in November held its first meet
ing last night, and had the assistance
of President Gates. who early in the
week, was in conference with Mr. Leh-
mann in Massachusetts. Requests have
been received from a number of societies
that one or more meetings of the cam
paign be held I'm their churches.
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it more. Heavens. no. Don't throw
drop away. Do as l do
So / swallowed down big gulp of ii,
then another.
Fill II up with water" he directed.
Now you have the right dilution. You
have escaped great Danger
1t turned aquamarine with slim gilt
glints and diamond flashes and pale rose
that mace the heart rejoice with the
sweet sadness of an unknown secret
/ saw that the leaves of the boulevard
trees had grown greener. All women
men had become taller. brisker, better
dressed and more interesting. All the
colors of the street were gay, and all the
sounds harmonious
When told the garcon to bring another
j was surprised at my iuency in French
/ understood the language and the peo-
pie. I saw everything as through a
moral and physical magnifying glass
How interesting. I saw every detail or
each lady's costume, how tremendously
combined, how smoothly undulated was
her hair, and how becoming to blondes
We're those blond tortoise-shell combs! L
would buy some to take back to Phila-
delphia Madeleine Bastille, three white
horses Batignolles-Odeon, yes, poor lit
tie girl I will buy all your vio'ets, auto
mobile-omnibus. cab No. 1854, Com
pagnie Trbaine. urbanity. totality, con-
sanguinity. mutually. 8 times . is 42-S
Il
ing up Paris business directory from
table beside me. 1t seemed splendid
reading
That was almost my last drink of alb
sinthe.
Absinthe,
Absinthe, The word is from the Greek
"apsinthion.' which means impossible to
drink 1t is a green plant that, when
dried and placed in closets, kills all in
Sects.
/. In old-fashioned pharmacy its tea was
a stomachic, anti-acid, anti-putrid, febri-
fuge and vermifuge.
And stimulant. Some sixty years ago.
when France was at her conquest or Al
giers, its alcoholic preparation obtained
vogue i'm army circles against fever and
as a refresher in hot climates.
1t was green. When water was poured
into it-as ever must be. except for lost
fiends-it turns mystically opalescent,
throwing jewel glints in the sunlight. and
as the war-stained French hero slipped
IL the jewel glints danced into his tired
soul.
They carried sunbeams with them.
courage hope, enthusiasm. 1t was all
delicately new and strange. Force came;
the tired back Strengthened: the mind,
losing no tranquil Judgment, found bright
inspirations.
so the green uTlnk came u TdTiS anu
decades passed before special inconven-
fence was attributed to it. The earliest
experiments of Magnan, Laborde. Mairet,
Cadeac and Meunier date back only forty
years. and it was pure absinthe essence
that Nagnan administered to his dogs.
The dog experiments proved absinthe to
be reliable convulsive poison with sew
eral special stunts for the imagination.
One long-legged yellow hound. with ribs
like an unfinished sloop-of-war, remains
III rr;y fol darao rfyr
of St Anne Asylum. He began by chas-
ing non-existent birds-he is a rabbit
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Fearful Punishment.

Then was the king wroth. and he sent
forth his armies. and destroyed those
murderers and burned their city. This
was a description Of their coming DOOM
And the doom was near. Forty years.
and the Roman cohorts would be let
loose upon them The suffering. the
shame the humiliation Of that terrible
siege no pen has ever yet described. War.
famine and pestilence was the awful
trinity by which millions or her people
were slain. Jerusalem was destroyed.
and the nation was annihilated. This act.
the rejection and crucifixion OF the Son
of God. was the elimination Of the ma
tion's wickedness. and the impending
doom was their betting punishment.
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Thus saith the Lord, let not
the wise man glory in his wis
dom. neither let the mighty
man glory in his might, let not
the rich man glory in his
riches; but let him that glorieth
glory in this. that he under
standeth and knoweth me, that
L am the Lord which exercise
loving kindness. judgment and
righteousness in the earth; for
in these things I delight. saith
the Lord"
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HE .GREEN DEVIL. GOBLET.

him to lift up his head and feebly wag
his tail.
The Amer Picon has nine other es-
sences beside the Refine DESIRES. There
are cocoas in which the infusion OF
cocoa leaves is overcharged with CO.
CAME A man begins to dig around the
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Storms Of Lite.
By the Churchman.

YoU sometimes when you walk in the country
on a a feast on the
that
and all things seem ripe
joy. Then quickly cloud
of the brings on
There awesome ceps oeioe
Agusto of wiz md rain flash growl
whole world ana
W
and leaf
there fear of the
S the
howm max
feet OF 9nIy
counts ossbe comes.
most our losses exis
ana look OUT
the
few 1
to mind has
and reread Emersons essay
Iowerin misty mornings and
with another question: Why should
we o
nourish manknd
summer;
Of
mts- ewouId man md
We to AXE
wind observed no
Andwh the weather does
walls of the house she was
am mott
efyet
OF humanity has In IT cour
life exercise that
nd whe anticipating them
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Ut. Paul's Lutheran.

The So. Paul's English Lutheran Young
PEOPLES Society will hold tomorrow a
conservation service. which viii be the
drst OF its Sunday meetings since June
The leaders will he Miss Irene Webel
and Mr. j. Allan Hyer. Special music is
arranged, and n good meeting is expect
ed. A Hide and Seek social was held
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mutt that never ought to look above the
grass. He climbed trees. He swung on
the branches. initiating the yawp OF the
green parrot of the Orinoco
One day the yellow absinthe nouno
was missing from the shady gardens OF
st. Anne. They found him in the mem
house, clUcking gently, seated on nine
leghorn eggs. which he was Trying 70
hatch out, under the impression lhat 'he!
were his personal product
Shortly after I.ancereaux began eN-
perimenting with ii on men, rev VIC
tins beginning to arrive at ms Clinics.
The absinthe fiend of early days was Yer!
much of curiosity and certainly great
exception. He distinguished himself from
the vulgar alcoholic by the convulsive
crises. weird conceits of the historical
hound of st. Anne, and little else.
In those days II was only absinthe
STEPPED in alcohol. The green devil had
not attained his fun growth from modern
chemistry. AS years went on his viru-
lence increased as he became more com
plicated. until the Repertoire General de
Pharmacie was at last obliged TO change
its deflnation to an explanation
"Absinthe. The drink vulgariy called
absinthe, as universally consumed in
France today. is no longer made exciu-
siveIy from the absinthe which should
form its base. 1t is an alcoolat colored
with spinach. parsley. hyssop, tincture OF
curcuma, indigo, etc, and containing in
dissolution enough OF the essence or
anise and badiane to give II the quality
of .opalescent whitening when water is
added"
What. then, of the green devil? He was
still there. but rounded out and rein
forced by seven other devils. each worse
than the other. To the percentage OF
the absinthe essence that remained the
experiments of Cadeac and Meunier dis
closed there had been added oils Of FEM
mel. hyssop. anise, badiane. balm mint
(melisse), angelica, irigan and mint-an
green or greenish-golden.
Three-absinthe. fennel and hyssop-
are convulsivants. The six others are
stupefants. producing as final result
a tendency to torpor, loss OF memory,
loss of will. stupidity.
OF course however. the immediate and
desired effect is a complicated well-being.
both of body and soul that has ever
made the green drink q temptation OF
geniuses and poets.
Certainly French geniuses from Paul
de Koch and Baudelaire to Maupassant
and Verlaine turned to the green drink
for inspiration. Some found inspiration
and ruin. Some found ruin only. OF the
mixed category Alfred de Musset and
George Sand have been the archetypes
of bourgeois tradition; but his old house
keeper Adele Colot, who died only this
year. always affirmed that Alfred stuck
to champagne, like gentleman; while
/ had ii last summer from the aged son
of her ancient farmer that the Lady OF
Nohunt .'died of cigarettes"
I prefer to speak of one I know. A few
years ago he was the brightest of
galaxy of young poets, most of whom are
now famous. But he now wanders in
park behind high walls, ever fearing to
offend, pursued by q mild but anxious
mania Of persecution. He spends his
time forgiving folk around him, except
when he is begging some ones pardon.
This is not a medical article. l Will
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The Kings Marriage Feast.
Matthew, 22:1-14.

&: j.: e.; e.: =: : !: :;
did He thus teach. But
there is another question that needs
10 be answered: What are the facts
that make such teaching possible? The
answer to this question is one that
should never be forgotten. 1t is this:
The visible, or earthly, is a type of the
spiritual. In other words, God has
built this world, as He commanded
Moses to build the tabernacle and It's
furnishings: Look that thou make
them after the pattern, which was
showed thee in the mount" Exodus,
25:4O. This world. with all it's duties.
it's business and pleasures, Is intended
to be a teacher of religious truth.
Everywhere nature is pointing to the
supernatural.
This parable. taken with the two
which Immediately precede it, shows
us the comprehensive purpose OF
Christ The two sons teach US
the duty of work; the wicked husband
men teach the fact of obligation; while
our present lesson teaches us OF
privilege. of joy and felicity OF which
the human mind had never conceived.
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tree boxes for buried treasure, when
he has taken three OF them.
There are Italian and Dutch "bitteYS
used as drinks. not favorers.
Already the great racial work or SELF
destruction is begun.
Give the French time-or shall we
say. the parrot? STERLING HELLO.
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HE green hour of
the Paris boule-
ward! Let no pro-
spective tourist fear
to miss il. The
green hour will be
there.
Absinthes, alb
sinthoides, bitters,
IAmers and kindred
drug drinks were
TO be struck by pro-
hibitive taxes. The
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The Contemptuous Refusal.

The king pleads with them to accept
his invitation. other servants are sent.
They urge that all the preparations
are complete. 1.-THE oxen and the rat
lings are killed and all things are
ready" But they made light OF 1t. The
highest honor that could possibly have
been paid them receives a contempt
uous refusal. Worse. they treated II as
though il were unworthy OF considera-
ton They went their ways. one to
his farm, another to his merchandise.
That sentence touches the sore spot
of our depraved nature. Our farm, our
merchandise, i.e., our personal, petty Al
have no time to give spiritual concerns.
~ struggles for wealth, for pAO q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

Emmanuel Christian Endeavor Society
this week elected the following new Of
icers, who will he installed tomorrow
President, Miss Grace y. Adams; vice
president, ID. W. Miller; secretary, Dud-
ey Wilson: treasurer, Miss Ruth Roberts;
chairman OF lookout committee, Miss
Katherine Bowman.
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Northminster Presbyterian.

Northminster Presbyterian Society will
take up its meetings September %, and
will hold its first fall business meeting
October IL. Miss NJ. Susanna Murphy,
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Gunton-Temple Presbyterian.

Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Society
will hold its September business meeting
next Tuesday evening at the church. The
Vermont Avenue Christian Society will
meet the same evening to elect ofncers
who will serve for one year from Octo-
Der 1.
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Ninth Street Christian.

The Young Peoples Society of Ninth
Street Christian Church will hold its an
nual election next Tuesday evening at
the church. The business session Will be
followed by a social with refreshments