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LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD.

~ HE key to this parable is found
in the last verses of the pre-
ceding chapter, and in the in
cdent which gave rise to
those verses. As We saw i'll
the last lesson, young man of high posi-
ton, of great wealth and Of excellent
of the rabbits. came to Christ earnestly
inquiring what good thing he must do
that he might inherit eternal life. Jesus
told him that the road to the highest
spiritual attainment leads through the
valley of completest self-abnegation. He
commanded the Young ruler to sell all
that he had and give to the poor then
he was hidden to take up his cross and be-
come follower of Christ. In other words
the eternal life that he sought had for
him two conditions, an entire surrender
of the treasures which he loved and in
which he trusted and an unreserved COM
initial of himself to the service Of Christ.
AS we have seen, this demand was too
great for the young man. He went away
sorroWful." AS they all looked sadly at
the retreating form of this young ruler
the fact must have presented itself to the
disciples that this was precisely what
they had done. And then the question
would naturally occur what is this treas
ure III heaven which Christ had promised
the young man.
The inquiry of Peter was natural. and
1t was far from being sinful that it
was answered by the Master most frank
ly and fully.
Behold we have forsaken all and fol-
lowed Thee. What shall we have there
fore? Jesus told them of the thrones on
which they should sit. in the by and by,
and He declared that every one who for
sakes houses. or brethren, or sisters, or
father. or mother, or wife, or children, o!
lands for His sake shall receive hun
dred fold and shall inherit everlasting
life. And then He adds as a warning
But many that are first shall be last;
and the last shall be first.
The parable which follows this and
which is the subject OF our lesson today
is an illustration of this last verse. 1t is
most unfortunate that this teaching
should have been separated by the divi-
sion into chapters. To comprehend the
thought of the Master the lesson must
include both the incident and the parable
We have first:
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said of it that would be deplOrably astray.
1t is not meant that the noble deeds OF
charity. by which our rich men sometimes
surprise the world, are all done from so
low purpose. There are True
men among them, and many of
them, it may be hoped, will be
among the first. All that is claimed for
the parab is that it is warning. 1t is
a picture of what may be; and as such its
purpose is accomplished, when we are
shown the danger and are taught to avoid
it. The lesson taught is not only useful 1t
is profound. 1t teaches that in Christian
work the motive is the main considera-
ton. that one hour of trustful. humble
service is of greater value to God than a
lifetime of calculating industry and self
regarding zeal.
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OF French families has been broken down
and swept away i'll mad rush for
dress.
All classes are victims.
know one Of the rich and fashionable
young women of Paris society She is up
To- the neck i'm debt Tor dress
Her titled husband draws her dividends
and gives her a fair allowance. Therefore
she cannot pay cash for her clothes.
She owes Sit per pair for shoes by an
artist of the Place Nendome-
She owes $40 apiece for corsets made
to order Her hats cost from SO to Sl20
each, the most expensive with eight vast
plumes becoming dearer each year.
She pays from $500 apiece for her even
ing gowns and from $50 To 500 apiece for
her fancy tailor suits.
These prices are not exceptionally dear
for peope who have money. They arc
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Service of Love.

The householder went out about the
third. the sixth and the ninth hours and,
finding men still standing in the market
place, sent them into the vineyard. Final
ly, at the eleventh hour, when the sun
ing to a close. he went out and found
others standing idle. They complained
that no man had hired them and he sent
them into the vineyard also.
1t is worthy of note that with these
no contract was made. They were not
in condition to stipulate respecting
the price. They must throw themselves
upon the generosity Of the householder.
He said. Whatsoever is right that shall
We receive. and with that they were
content. We see at once that the basis
on which these last worked was entirely
different from that of the first. The feel
ings with which they went and the spirit
in which they entered upon their work
We're different. And it seems to me that
it is this difference Which this parable
was intended to illustrate
From this point of view the parable
that has been so perpleXing to many Is
plain. IT fits in with the preceding facts
and it explains the meaning Of the dec
laration that the first shall be las: and
the last shall be first. 1t was warning
that Peter. and the other disciples who
were beginning to ask What shall we
have therefore" greatly needed 1t is
one that appeals to the church in all
ages. 1t teaches US that it is not the
work that is done. but the spirit in which
it is done. that will decide the measure o!
the reward. The man who bargained for
a penny a day received the penny and nc
more, while the man who threw himself
upon the generosity of the householder
received more than he could have felt was
his due.
But how this unSettleS and changes on,
old established views of reward When
some great deed is done. when some no.
BILE charity is founded, we not infreauent-
ly find ourselves specializing as to the
possible reward. While it may be that
the man was simply building a monu-
ment to himself. He would attract at
tention to himself. to his wealth and gen
erOSity; of such men Jesus said: ..'They
have their reward They may get Their
penny at the end of the day, but they will
get 10 more. The others are those hum
BILE, retiring. unknown ones. who, con.
scious of their defects, feel that any re.
ward will be in excess of their merits
1t may be that they entered the VINEYARD
late or that they have encountered diff.
culties that have retarded their spirit
growth, and that brought to them great
discourag cement They have loved much
and they have longed to be helpful in the
Masters vineyard. But the difference be.
!, tween what they would do and what they
did was so great that they wondered
often If by a stretch of the Divine mercy
saved.
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extravagant only because the fashions
change often.
l know a young French couple keeping
one servant and paying 800 annual rent
and heating. The pretty wife, who used
to think IS dear for a hat. now pays SIS
Why? Because her ready-made silk skirt
waist costs only $3.50. and is the exact
reproduction of a stylish thing of the
Rue de Ia PaiX.
She gave 81 for her cloth-topped shoes
because her $50 tailored-t o-order fancy
blue serge is initiated perfectly from a
Klein PaGuin model of the hour. So
also she has now a made-to-measure cor
set for s.. Things must be worthy of
each other. Her long blue and white
satin scarf was only $3.50. How can she
deny herself peach-tinted parasol with
natural wood stick for $26O? At, three
yards distance neither can be distinguish
ed from the expensive Rue Roya1e prod
ucts
So she has persuaded her doting hus
band to sell out two railroad bonds of her
doJ-their sacred capital.
1t is the debacle Of French saving.
Every one is paying bigger rent. Every
one is buying new furniture. The streets
are full of people in smart clothes. Styles
are constantly changing. And every one
is in the style.
Where do they get the money to do it?
This is the question of every tourist, and
of Parisians themselves, who see neigh
bors of limited income blooming like the
lilies of the field = :.
OF course, cheap luxury is at the bot
tom of it. The rich are victims of
would-be eXclusiveness.
y new style is launched. 1t is a radical
change. Rich women gleefully plunge
into it. This time the Others are left
far behind.
But are they? Do you think SO? In
eight days the big shops and little dress
makers will have it; and in eight days
more YOU see it in the street cars.
Once again the rich are fooled. Once
more the mass of average Paris women
have caught up to them. And down be-
low the little wife vino does her own
work pliers from housekeeping money
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A Religious Contrast.

The word householder in the first
verse means the owner of vineyard.
He is a man whose wealth depends upon
the production of his vineyard. He need
ed laborers TO cultivate the vineyard, to
root up the briars and weeds. TO fertilize
and trim and train the vine. that it
might be brought to the highest stage of
productiveness. This householder went
out early in the morning to hire laborers
for his vineyard And when he had
agreed with the iaborers for a penny a
day he sent them into his vineyard.
We should remember that that was the
eastern custom. Early in the morning
the laborers assembled in the market
place. They waited to be hired, they
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HE one condition of having
Gods guidance is that He be
followed. 1t is easy to secure
such guidance. and still easier
to lose It, We have but to
acknowledge God in all our ways. to put
aside our own wishes and give ourselves
over into His keeping, and He will be the
pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of
fire by night through any wilderness We
may have to travel. But there must be
no going back, no reverting from His
Judgment to our own. 1t must be trust
ing with all the heart, or He will leave
us.
Rev F. B. Meyer says:
THE importance of the subject cannot
be exaggerated; so much of our power
and peace consists i'm knowing where God
would have be. and in being just
there. The mamma only falls where the
cloudy pillar broods, but it is certain to
be found on the sands. which few
hours ago were elistening in the flashing
light of the heavenly fire. and are now
Swallowed by the fieecy canopy of cloud
If we are precisely where our Heavenly
Father would have US to be, we are per-
fectly sure that He will provide food and
raiment and everything besides.
God does not demand that our wills shall
be crushed out like the sinews of a
fakirs unused arms. He only asks that
they should say Yes to Him. Plant to
Him as the willow twig to the practiced
hand.
MANY a time as the steamer has neared
the quay. have l watched the little lad
take his place beneath the poop. with one
eye fixed on the captain, and waiting to
shout each word he utters to the grimy
engineers below. and often have l longed
that my will should repeat as accurately
and as promptly the words and will of
God. that all the lower nature might
obey. II is for lack Of this subordination
that we SO often miss the guidance we
seek. There is a secret controversy be-
tween our will and Gods. And We
shall never be right till We have let Him
take and break and make. Oh, do seek
for that. If you cannot give, let Him
take. If you are not willing, confess
that you are willing to be made willing.
Hand yourself over to Him to work in
you. to will and to do of His own good
pleasure We must be as plastic clay.
ready to take any shape that the great
Potter may choose, so shall We be able
to detect His guidance
People sometimes complain that they
cannot discover what God would have
them do in some time of perplexity. but
often their own perplexity comes from
a prejudiced mind or pre1udiced will.
They want SO to go one way, that they
do not act honestly with God in prayer.
They lay great stress on things that
seem to point to their own way, and dis
count all that hinders. 1t is of no use
to pray in this way. One must be will
ing to give up ones way and to say to
God that we will do as He shall see best
even though it spoil all our plans and
dsappoint our dearest hopes. For really.
when we know the end from the begin
ming We shall see that after all IL was
the only way to get our way, or have
any joy in life, just to let Him do with
us what He would.
DIR. Arnot once said:
Il have watched an insect making its
way with some earnest purpose along
the highway so long that have become
much interested in the success of its err
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erage American woman admires II, but
finds ii too dear
They go into ecstacies over articles
de Paris" beautiful boxes of letter
paper. hat pins. neckwear. handbags,
purses. photograph frames and hun
dred cheap and beautiful gimcracks
whose total prices. nevertheless. mount
up. Paris women go wild by buying
these trihes Every single afternoon
trip through the shops results in pur-
chases. for the mere pleasure OF buy
ing such beautiful things cheap"
American tourist women profit by
all this "cheapness' prudently They
thankfully buy a few made-to- measure
tailor suits over ter dollar made to-
measure corsets--the ft is revela-
ton after readymadeS altered Ia
measure" They lay in stocks of ready
made lingerie and-embroidered things
skirts. blouSes. Irish lace waists, col
lars and jabots feathers. pompons and
wings They all plunge on long gloves.
notably better bargains than at home.
Where the American woman pays
dollar for Rer short gloves the Paris
ienne pays 20 cents. But she throws
them away after one cleaning.
What eXtravagance,
Such is the American tourist woman $
final exclamation.
The more their eyes are opened to
Paris splurging the more they arc
scandalized They are shocked TO find
Paris women paying so dear for furs
cut TO fit and decorated by dressmakerS
| instead Of furriers.
They are scandaliZed to see Paris
women running beautiful clothes In
the rain because they are too proud
| to wear silk waterproofs. You never
see silk waterproof in Paris.
| And, finally. they are Mortified to
! learn that Paris women won't wear
| rubber shoes Their feet are continu-
| ally getting wet and their delicate
| footwear ruined in rainy climate.
What extravagance, say our women.
and we ought to give them credit for
| it. They are learning to be careful:
while French family finances are going
! to the dogs.
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MI. Lehmann's Work.

Interstate Field Secretary Karl Leh-
mann. who will begin Christian En-
deavor campaign in Washington in No
vember. closed "Wednesday ten DAYS OF
conference work in the Young People S
Presbyterian Assembly at Pocono Pines.
Pa, and Thursday began a similar
course with the Summer School ut
Charleston. Me. Mrs. Lehman, who had
four years experience in the Denver
Christian Endeavor Union, is sharing her
husbands work they journey from
city 10 city.
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dozen rich women. come to profit. You
see, they will alternate them with their
own SOD blouses from the Rue ROyale?
The exclusive makers will never know it.
Let us laugh. Here is revenge for the
poor.
The poor girl sees a thirty-cent jabot,
charming near-lace that will tighten up
the whole of her shirt waist. How can
she resist the whispered tip of the girl in
the hat department, all the materials of a
together for s.?
The mere clerk who invented this idea
of selling combinations of materials for
the home making of three types of rue de
la Paix hats with photograph accompany
ing was on the spot promoted to be
head of the department
Month by month the two departments
of made hats and hat materials grow
more and more important and distinct.
The made hats in certain of these ar
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chic. Are their bills less? No. they are
greater-all for quantity and chic!
The demand for real lace for example
has so lessened that the handmade trade
is dying out in many branches. Yet the
very same machne-made lace of beau
tiful perfection is worn on the under
wear and jabots of alike the little work.
ing girl and the rich society leader.
All is novelty and change. A new class
of department stores is evolving in
Paris. The Galleries began it. In
these immense concerns do not count to
find any regular stock If you want
standard goods look elsewhere. This is
not to reproach them. because the women
of all Paris mob them with delight
their eyes wide open.
These establishments, above all, rejoice
| in acknowledgements of charming petit
coats, skirts. blouses. suits. shoes. boas,
| stoleS and what not? initiated rapidly. in
Stantly from the exclusive furnshers.
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Vermont Avenue Christian.

The Endeavor Society of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church held business
meeting and social Tuesday in its Sun
day school house with an attendance OF
thirty-five. Two new members were elect
ed. Reports from the Pen Mar Christian
Endeavor Assembly were given by Misses
Katherine Sunny. Ella Hoge and Vir-
ginia Raymond ana Messrs. r. f. Tag
CART and w E. Braithawaite. During
the social hour the refreshment commit
tee served ice cream cones.
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to come running painting after the pro-
cession.
Quick, change the style again. Again
rich women plunge-and finally get in
debt. The hide-and-seek game of the
STYLES continues. And, down below, the
working girl is equally q happy victim.
The new luxury of Paris is terrible be-
cause it is so cheap. Nothing lasts.
Everything changes. But everything is
always new.
Even rich women yield to a craze for
mere novelty. chic and quantity as
against quality. In spite of their pluns-
ing, they have little fit TO give away at
the end of the season. Their expensive
tailors. dressmakers and milliners are
putting continually cheaper materials into
.'creafions of continually increasing
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Officers to Leave City.

Secretary Gilman of the District In
ion will leave the city Tuesday for two
week vacat ton. Treasurer Walther will
Monday start for Lake George, y. \.
Other members of the board of officers
who are taking vacations out of the city
this month include Misses Alice Rideout
and Agnes Suman. Rev. G. z. Wiles and
Mr. Edward Tarring.
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Epworth League Officers.

At the regular business meeting o.
Mount Vernon Place Epworth League foi
the month of August, held recently the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year beginning September ]: Presi
dent Fl. A. Cox; first vice president. j
o. Toloert: second vice president. miss
Pauline Chapman: third vice president
Miss Lizzie Otey Norman: fourth vice
president, Miss Nancy Nessmith: score
tary F. r. Crawford: treasurer Miss Lou
Use Kephart; Epworth Era agent, Miss
Byrdie NJ Weaver
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First Presbyterian.

The society of First Presbyterian
Church has just received the grateful
acknowledgment of its pastor for the
letter which was signed by every member
of the society in attendance at a recent
meeting Eleven members of this So
cietv took in the Christian Endeavor ex-
c1Irsion to Forest Glen this month The
president, Miss Louise T.. Roberts, will
go away Tuesday for vacation trip by
sea 40 Boston
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Takoma Park Presbyterian.

trskoma Park Presbyterian Christian
EBdeavorers will go in a body to Great
FaBs. Va. next Tuesday evening for a
pirnic. Plans being made by this
society TO entertain the other societies
vi the District Labor day, when the third
annual Christian Endeavor field day
will be celebrated at Takoma Park under
the auspices of the District Union. 1t is
anticipated that the attendance will
greatly exceed that of similar occasions
in the past
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n.
Fifteenth Street Christian.

The society of the Fifteenth Street
Christian Church will be visited tomor-
roX--lsg the iristian Endeavor flying
wedge, composed of officers of the Dis
tr'ct Union. together with President Oney
OF St, Paurs Lutheran Society Chris
Dam cE.ndeavor Methods and Plans will
he the subject of the evenings meeting
President Gates will speak al the same
time for the Ingram Memorial Congrega-
lipIla, Society.
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VI kRlIAN women
supposed to he ex-
travagant. come &c
Paris and are
Scandalized at the
extravaganza al
their French sis
tiers.
Here IL d new
phenomenon.
For the first time
in history the
prOverbial economy
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st. Paul's Lutheran.

St Paul's Lutheran Endeavorers en-
loved a picnic recently at the I0lh4ran
Home for the Aged. The events of the
occa sion included supper on the lawn a
game OF base ball in which the rules of
the indoor game were followed and a
popular program Of music.
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Calvary Baptist.

The Young Peoples Society of Calvary
Baptist Church will send a delegation
to Camp Good Will Sunday. August u,
10 conduct an afternoon service for the
children. The missionary committee of
the society. led by Mr.. y. d. Phillips,
will have charge Of the meeting.
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Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart: and lean not unto
thine own understanding
'In all thy ways acknowl-
edge Him. and He shall direct
thy paths"
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Berwyn Presbyterian.

The Berwyn Presbyterian Society heard
reports Sunday evening from its three
members, who attended the Christian
Endeavor conference at Pen Mar, Md.
in July, Misses Van Valkenburg and
Rdeout and Dr.. B. Allen.
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They have also gone in for cheap jew
elry. The Boulevard windows are fun of
limitations of the rue de la Paix, cheap
stones, half precious stones. badly cut
stones and reconstructed and imitation
stones, in the same delicate and beautiful
settings. Paris women also carry hand
bags of silver gilt. perfectly initiating the
magnificent products of the great gold
smiths While cheap. they are also dear;
which is true of all these jewelry 'imi-
tations' in real gold settings
American tourists find Paris hair
dressers magnificent, but very expen-
sive. Wonderful switches turbans
and transformations tempt them. Yet
they are too dead. They are scanda-
liked to find Paris women wearing only
silk stockings. An American mother
whose daughter is married in Paris
brings over to her every summer six
dozen pairs of very sheer American
| cotton stockings. beautiful and more
agreeable than silk. at 80 cents per
! pair. Nothing OF the kind is sold in
! Paris. where cotton stockings are coarse
and heavy. Also our women are sur
prised at the beautiful linen used
everywhere in Paris instead Of cotton
Sheets, table linen and handkerchief
more expensive than cotton. The av-
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Washington Heights Presbyterian.

The officers of Washington Heights
Presbyterian Society are already making
plans for the resumption of the society $
meetings in the fall when 1t is expected
that a year OF unusual growth will be-
ni -.l-
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1k31l s1nnay Sr4nnl - Erssnn = fur Unmurrnr ~ II
The Star Rev. Dr. EdmumdSm

laborer. And how far is that from the
standard set us by our Lord. who said
When you have done all that You can,
say are Improbable servants?
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Ninth Street Christian.

The FndeaVorers of Ninth Street Chris
tar Church discussed with interest at
tteir business meeting this week plans