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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Fifty Great Cartoons - -Author: Frank Beard - -Release Date: November 26, 2021 [eBook #66822] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Brian Coe, Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIFTY GREAT CARTOONS *** - - - - - - FIFTY - GREAT CARTOONS - - BY - FRANK BEARD - - - [Illustration] - - - REPRODUCED BY A NEW PROCESS - FROM THE ARTIST’S ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND ENGRAVED BY - THE SPECTROTYPE COMPANY, CHICAGO. - - - PUBLISHED BY - THE RAM’S HORN PRESS - 153 LaSALLE STREET . CHICAGO - U. S. A. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -Charles Wesley once said, “There is no reason why the devil should -have all of the best tunes,” and it is equally hard to conceive why he -should have all of the best pictures. There is probably no phase of -art which Satan has tried harder to control than that of painting. He -has sought to corrupt literature, music and oratory, but even if he -meets defeat in each of these quarters, he will be fully resigned, if -it remains in his power, to make the pictorial artist his ready slave; -for well the arch spirit of evil knows that it is pictures that catch -the eye, fasten the attention, quicken the imagination and enthrall the -soul. - -For years and years the pen of the caricaturist was in the exclusive -service of the secular and humorous press. There it often did good -work as the champion of social and political reform. Nast, Gillam and -Beard, in their several fields of pictorial journalism, have laid the -nation and the world under deeper obligations than it will soon be -able to repay. One of that famous trio, however, not being content -with his success in merely amusing men, or at best in directing their -thoughts to the foibles of politics, and society, sought to enlarge his -usefulness by consecrating his pen and his genius to the betterment of -the religious conditions of the race and hoped thereby to bring men to -a better understanding of themselves and their Maker. - -It was Frank Beard, who, first among the great artists, used the pen -of caricature as a champion of Christian living and Christian reform. -He could have found no better opportunity to exercise his talent and -distribute its effects broadcast than in the pages of The Ram’s Horn, -that wonderful weekly paper which far and near is now known as “the -miracle of modern journalism.” For nearly three years Mr. Beard has -given The Ram’s Horn a full page cartoon each week and it is Fifty of -the Best of these Pictures which now appear in the pages of this volume. - -The highest hopes of Mr. Beard and of The Ram’s Horn will be -accomplished if, by the publication of these pictures, stronger -emphasis is laid upon the fact that Christ is the foundation of the -church, and good citizenship is the foundation of the state, and that -the only great foe to the former is Unbelief, and as for the latter no -good citizenship is possible so long as it remains in an unholy league -with the licensed saloon. - -By Faith the walls of Jericho fell down flat. Hebrews xi:30. - -At a long blast with the ram’s horn the walls of the city shall fall. -Josh. vi:5. - -Fifty loud blasts from The Ram’s Horn will be found in this book of -Cartoons. At their reverberating peal may the walls of Mammon, Rum and -Unbelief fall shattered in the dust. - - THE RAM’S HORN, - Chicago, U. S. A. - - - - -WANTED! A DAVID. - - -The church can scarcely be said to be somnolent. It is awake and -active. But its activities are too frequently spent in affairs that -do not relate to its mission which is to fight the hosts of sin in a -wicked world. The giants of iniquity stalk forth boldly. They find the -church not in battle but in the tents, feasting and drinking, planning -for dime socials and not for war against sin. Oh that some modern David -would soon step forth and teach us that it is not shields nor armor nor -tall steeples nor worldly expedients that are to win the day. It is -faith in God. That is what gave aim and speed to the stone that slew -Goliath, and it is what will give efficacy now to work and prayer. - - Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand. - _Ephesians 6:11._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -WANTED! A DAVID.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -IMPREGNABLE! - - -It was fortunate that the Savior did not build his church upon a -perishable foundation. When in answer to his inquiry Peter said, Thou -art the Christ the Son of the living God, Jesus had a corner stone for -an edifice whose summit would reach the stars and whose base would -be as broad as creation. The church is founded upon a fact and that -fact is the historic Christ. No lever of human assumption bolstered -by conceit has ever moved that corner stone the breadth of a hair. -The church of Jesus is founded upon the impeccable, the faithful, the -everlasting Christ who is the same yesterday, today and forever. Touch -not the walls of Truth which surround Zion. They are impregnable. - - For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is - Jesus Christ. _I Cor. 3:11._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -IMPREGNABLE!] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -BACK TO CHRIST. - - -Hard and exacting is the toil of the preacher. Especially so in these -years when a cultured and enlightened pew demands the religious -discourse presented in the best form and embellished with the -adornments which modern art and literature supply. A preacher who -yields to the extreme demands of modern thought, however, will soon -find himself abandoning the true and best source of sermon material -and will begin to forage in the desert fields of literature to find -sustenance for an impoverished mind. Many such a preacher, tired and -heartless, would find instant relief if he would but burn the human -aids to the manufacture of artificial sermons and turn to the rich -mines of truth which still lie unexplored in the sacred word. Back to -Christ is the call of a starving world which is now shepherdless and -unfed. - - For there is none other name under heaven given among men, - whereby we must be saved. _Acts 4:11._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -BACK TO CHRIST.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -AT THE CHURCH FAIR. - - -The preachers are not alone guilty of levying tribute from the world -in carrying on the work of the gospel. There are church organizations -which might be numbered by the thousands, the wealth of whose -membership would in each congregation exceed a million dollars, but -they seem unable to buy a church organ or a pulpit bible without -getting up a bazaar or a Church Fair. The same Jesus who drove the -money changers from the house of prayer, sits in sad judgment upon the -church which turns its sacred chamber into a market place or into a -scene of rank levity and low grade amusement. - - Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely because thou - hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and - with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish - thee. _Ezekiel 5:11._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -AT THE CHURCH FAIR. - -Gentleman in Black:――I am not exactly a church member myself, but I am -always glad to support this kind of enterprise most liberally.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -A GIFT FOR THE ALTAR. - - -There were but few gifts recorded in the bible which were large enough -to attract the attention of Christ. They were not large but they all -implied sacrifice, they represented the utmost that the giver could -bestow. When the widow bashfully pushed her little mite into the -collection box she little dreamed that her offering weighed more than -all the gold and precious treasure that lay stacked in the safety -deposit vaults of Jerusalem. If God has a cordial contempt for anybody -in the world, we suspect it is for the man who, having made a fortune, -gives ostentatiously a part which is insignificant in proportion to the -amount which he retains to minister to his own comfort and ease. - - Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein - have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. _Malachi 3:8._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -A GIFT FOR THE ALTAR.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -“WHAT LACK I YET?” - - -One cannot square accounts with God on any other basis than complete -surrender, whether of the will or of wealth. “What lack I yet?” asked -the rich young man who prided himself extravagantly on his moral life. -Go, said Jesus, sell your estate and give the proceeds to the needy. We -have no evidence that this young Jew got his money in any but an honest -method, and if his way to salvation lay along the path of complete -surrender what shall those do who derive their riches by corrupting law -makers and by defeating justice, and by cornering products and raising -the price of food? - - I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither - will I accept an offering at your hands. _Mal. 1:10._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -“WHAT LACK I YET?”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THOU ART THE MAN! - - -Law and justice hold an accessory to a crime liable to punishment as -strictly as they hold the principal. Indeed oftentimes it is the wily -accessory who is the more guilty, because from his cowardly place of -retreat he directs the plot which may result in physical peril to the -one who carries it through. Is not likewise the man who rents his -property to evil uses equally if not more guilty than the one who -boldly assumes the responsibility of carrying on an indecent traffic -therein. There would be a thinning of the ranks of respectability if -public sentiment should face every Dives who is a silent partner in -the tenements of sin and say, Thou art the man whom we hold guilty and -responsible for this murder and this poverty and this vice. - - When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and - hast been partakers with adulterers. _Psalm 50:18._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THOU ART THE MAN!] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -A VAIN TASK. - - -Scarcely a schoolboy has reached fifteen and has not heard of that -ancient victim of Fate who toiled daily year in and year out in the -effort to get a huge stone above the top of a mountain. Each morning -he found it again at the foot, and so his task continued monotonous, -endless, futile, vain. Just so with the modern Champions of Unbelief. -They toil and sweat and push at Infidelity’s inert boulder, they fancy -they make progress, and sometimes they do, but in their pathway there -stands the granite block of Truth bearing aloft in defiant beauty the -cross of sacrifice. Against this, Egotism and Unbelief can make no -headway. It is a Vain Task. - - These also resist the truth: Men of corrupt minds, reprobate - concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further; for - their folly shall be manifest unto all men. _II Tim. 3:9–10._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -A VAIN TASK.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -ADRIFT. - - -Genuine life loves motion, energy, enterprise, destination. It cannot -stand still nor lie dormant; it cannot go in a circle even, it must -have a goal and a destiny. For this reason Agnosticism can never be the -philosophy for this human race, because it is a ship without steam or -sail and it will use neither oars nor rudder. It is content to lie upon -the spacious ocean of Eternity, tossed by doubt, fascinated by Fate -pursuing, indifferent as regards companionship or success. A cheerless, -lonely drifting vessel on a sea that has no shores and no haven. - - And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and - darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to - darkness. _Isaiah 8:22._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -ADRIFT] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -IS THIS “WOMAN’S SPHERE?” - - -The home is the holy of holies where angels love to dwell. Its sacred -precincts are more inviolate than the inner sanctuary of Israel’s -temple. God has made it the ark of his covenant between himself and -his children from generation to generation. It is the oracle and fount -for instruction in religion and morals and patriotism. It is the -altar where holy fires of ambition and inspiration and enthusiasm are -kindled. And yet there are those, and sometimes there are women, who -see no opportunity for deep pleasure or high duty at the home fireside, -but must find it in outside engagements, in pursuit of baubles of -worldly place or social distinction. This is not woman’s sphere. Her -hand belongs not on the throttle of this world’s busy life, but on the -cradle, where character begins to take form. There she belongs and -there she may sit to mold the future of two worlds. Only of such will -it be said: - - Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, - he praiseth her. _Proverbs 31:28._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -IS THIS “WOMAN’S SPHERE”?] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE POOREST MAN IN THE WORLD. - - -Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked on a lonely island, furnishes a picture -of woe and desolation which it would be difficult to exaggerate, and -yet, through his invention and enterprise, frugality and foresight, he -transformed inhospitable shores into a garden of plenty. He conquered -nature, by reason of his kindly acts even the wild animals learned to -love him and the ferocious savages gave him their trust. In strong -contrast to him is the man who heaps opulence upon greed and by his -selfishness separates himself from the companionship of men. Faith, -Hope and Love, once his attendants, he has allowed to perish. Eternity -surrounds him. Opportunity is wrecked, and no ship will ever again come -near his lonely island. The poorest man in the world is the man who has -the means to purchase everything but has lost his capacity for enjoying -anything. - - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and - have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, - and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. _Rev. 3:17._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE POOREST MAN IN THE WORLD.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. - - -It takes more than money to make a man wealthy. Godliness with -contentment is great gain, says the bible, and therein is the secret of -a rich and happy life. Contentment is a prerequisite of happiness and -no man can come into contentment until every aspiration of his nature -is satisfied. The deepest aspiration that lodges in the human soul is -the longing for that contentment and rest which salvation bestows. No -one is really rich, therefore, until salvation is found, and if it -be discovered, after heroic sacrifice and struggle, after plunging -through temptation and peril, the joy of triumph will be that much the -greater and when temptation has been conquered by faith and works, then -Salvation makes one truly the Richest Man in the World. - - There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is - that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. _Proverbs - 13:7._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -EVICTED! - - -There are two tenants who seek to occupy every human heart and make -it their place of residence. One of them is the Spirit of Good, the -other is the Spirit of Evil. Jesus Christ is the personification of -one; Satan is the personification of the other. It is within the power -of every one to say whether his spiritual castle shall be the abode of -righteousness and truth or whether it shall be the foul dwelling of sin -and falsehood. If, perchance, the latter, by accident or unwatchfulness -or even by our deliberate choice, has obtained control of our -affections we may through the help of God cast out the unworthy tenant -together with all his chattels of pride, envy, intemperance and their -kindred brood, and turn over the House of Man-Soul to that other spirit -whose mark thenceforth will adorn the door plate as a pledge that the -dwelling will be forever impregnable against the assaults of sin. - - And Jesus said unto him, this day is salvation come to this - house. _Luke 16:6._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -EVICTED!] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC. - - -Columbia has need of ships of war but she has need also of watchfulness -within, lest, in looking for enemy abroad, she forget that in her -very borders there are dark-browed assassins lying in ambush ready -to slay her and take Justice and Liberty captive. No evils threaten -greater menace to the nation than those which are embodied in the rum -traffic and in corporate bribery. The serpent trail of each is seen in -council chambers and senate halls. They work in the dark and they work -stealthily. They are traitors and public foes. They should be destroyed. - - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent - blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and - destruction are in their path. _Isaiah 8:22._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE IMMIGRANT. - - -During four hundred and more years this continent has been the melting -pot for the population of the Eastern hemisphere. For three-fourths of -that time the yearly infusions of raw metal was so slight that it was -not hard to compound them with the native stock and preserve the high -character of American citizenship. But when alien immigration pours its -stream of half a million yearly, as has frequently been done during the -last decade, and when that stream is polluted with the moral sewage -of the old world, including its poverty, drunkenness, infidelity and -disease, it is well to put up the bars and save America, at least until -she can purify the atmosphere of contagion which foreign invasion has -already brought. - - Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this - word: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend - your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in - this place. _Jer. 7:2–3_. - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE STRANGER AT OUR GATE. - -EMIGRANT.――Can I come in? UNCLE SAM.――I ’spose you can; there’s no law -to keep you out.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -BY AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE. - - -When that famous submarine reef known as Hell Gate was blown out of -the waters of Long Island Sound, the world echoed with rejoicing to -learn that what had been a menace and a barrier to vessels and to -commerce was blasted into fragments never to return. There is a greater -Hell Gate which with its infinite submarine and subterranean tunnels -honeycombs our social structure. The saloon is the dreadful barrier -to commerce and prosperity, as well as a menace to health and peace. -In spite of the fact that its awful traffic bears the approving stamp -of our government, the time will come when this great thing, whose -foundations are laid in hell, will be blown skyward by the power of -public sentiment mightily aroused and intellectually directed. - - Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth thy - bottle to him, and makest him drunken also. _Hab. 2:4._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -BY AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -PROTECT THAT BOY. - - -The controllers of the liquor traffic understand their business. -They know that they are sending an army of drunkards each year to an -untimely grave and to take the place of these fallen victims, they -must gain recruits from the hosts of youth. But the Rum haunts are too -hideous to beguile one of tender years. There must be less offensive -sins offered to bridge that long leap from innocence to iniquity, -from the home hearth to the dram shop. Therefore, the rum-seller goes -in league with the vendor of cigarettes, and base literature, and -evil pictures, and questionable games and entertainments. At last the -youthful victims of these plotters find themselves on the threshold of -ruin. Every avenue through crime and vice leads at last to the open -saloon. - - The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered - him with shame. _Psalms 89:45._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -PROTECT THAT BOY.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -DON’T SHOOT. - - -It would be easy to destroy the liquor traffic were it not for its -power in politics. This is so apparent to the men who manage it -that they make it their first business to engage in politics and -lay candidates for office under obligations by making generous -contributions to the campaigns of each party. Therefore, whenever a -cry of robbery or murder goes up from the licensed saloon and the -government grabs bayonet and ballot and runs to the rescue, the -political managers immediately step forth and intervene. Don’t Shoot, -they both cry; Let him rob and ruin. He is a friend of mine and he has -a license. - - And he said unto them; Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath - prospered my way. _Gen. 24:56._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -DON’T SHOOT.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE PARTY COLLAR. - - -The influence of the saloon in politics is not entirely due to the -political boss who makes the gin-mill his headquarters. He would be -powerless for harm were it not for the infinite multitude of so-called -respectable voters who degrade their intelligence and dignity by -working and voting shoulder to shoulder with social outlaws. Under a -false notion of fealty these men subject their neck to the party collar -and go to the polls yoked with ignorance and crime, and at the heels of -some low-browed political dictator they sacrifice their country’s weal -on the altar of partisan allegiance. - - For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that - are led of them are destroyed. _Isaiah 9:16._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -WHY OUR CITIES ARE BADLY GOVERNED.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -A NIGHT’S WORK. - - -More than one man has been hanged for doing what he did not mean to -do. When anyone under the influence of liquor commits a crime it is no -longer an extenuation or defense to say that he was not responsible. -This is so because it is a matter of human experience that if one sets -a match to gunpowder it will explode and if one pours liquor down his -throat he is filling his brain with the seeds of malice, hate and -murder. Many a man has scoffed at such a statement at twelve o’clock at -night, but has seen awful proof of its truth, when, awakening at nine -in the morning he recovers from a fatal debauch and sees the work of -his own drunken and murderous hand. - - At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an - adder. _Prov. 23:32._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -A NIGHT’S WORK.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -UNDER THE CLOAK OF THE LAW. - - -Concerning the work of the saloon there is but one verdict which can -be rendered by intelligence and patriotism. Ten thousand times ten -thousand times it has been brought before the bar of Justice and there -charged and proved with being responsible for the vast majority of -poverty, crime and disease which infest the race. Nevertheless, so -deeply is this blighting curse intrenched in our laws and government -that our courts are compelled, even if unwilling, to protect a traffic -which by common agreement is a universal bane. Knowing this, the -saloonist seeks refuge under the cloak of the law, and there insolently -defies us to assail him. - - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, - even they both are abomination to the Lord. _Prov. 17:14._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -UNDER THE CLOAK OF THE LAW.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -SPIKE THAT GUN! - - -“Spike that gun,” was an order bravely executed by a young English -officer and his command, at the battle of Inkerman, which gallant feat -probably decided the fate of the day. Satan has planted his batteries -for the destruction of the American home, and from every saloon in the -land the wicked bombardment goes on, day and night, year after year, -and every hour of every day some new house is sighted for destruction. -Shall this cruel and desolating fire upon the American home forever -continue? God forbid! “Spike that gun!” is the word of command that has -gone forth to the great temperance host. “Spike that gun!” is the shout -that rings out all along the lines of the great home protection army as -they rush to the final charge. “Spike that gun!” shall be our battle -cry until the last battery of hell has been silenced and every home in -our land is safe from this desolating fire. - - “Spike quickly that gun,” is the word of command, - It is battering down the homes of our land, - Its work of destruction will lose us the day, - If no one the order to spike it obey. - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -SPIKE THAT GUN.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -PILGRIM WATCH THY CROWN. - - -Life is a journey and as pilgrims we tread its pathway, resting now -and then for refreshment or ease. It is during these periods of rest -that Satan employs every art to wrest from the traveler his dearest -possession, his crown of life, which secures him an ample entrance -to the heavenly city beyond. Folly, which represents the sensuous -pleasures of the world, is employed to display her gaudy charms in -order that the eye of the wayfarer may be turned aside and give Satan -the opportunity to snatch the coveted treasure. At such moments let the -Christian keep his crown before his eye, nor let him look back at the -allurements and false pleasures which he has left behind. For, as a -reward for this vigilance, a crown of life is assured him, one that is -imperishable and brilliant and that fadeth not away. - - Behold, I come quickly; hold that fast which thou hast that no - man take thy crown. _Rev. 3:11._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -PILGRIM WATCH THY CROWN.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE BACKSLIDER. - - -At the brink of Niagara where the mists rise above tons of water which -fall two hundred feet below, there is a rainbow seen almost constantly -when the sun is shining, and within the circle of color some have -seen the form of a beautiful maiden. One who was in a boat above the -falls might see this entrancing vision and drop his oars and gaze -rapturously, until, all unconscious, his boat glides over the brink and -to destruction. The Christian also is in danger of such a fate. The -world offers beauty and pleasure, and in such fascinating forms that it -takes resolute will to keep from dropping the oars and drifting with -the current of temptation and letting the good boat, which would save -us, glide over the precipice into sin and into death. - - So will not we go back from thee; quicken us, and we will call - upon thy name. Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy - face to shine; and we shall be saved. _Psalms 80:18–19._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE BACKSLIDER.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -DARE TO BE A DANIEL! - - -The resolute faith that enabled Daniel to face the den of lions is at -the command of any child of God today, and nothing else will avail as -an armor and defense when the ravenous beasts of passion, appetite, -covetousness and revenge attack us in temptation’s hour. The source -of strength in such emergencies is a childlike faith in God and the -fount of that faith is His Holy Word. In the security which faith -inspires, the den of torture and trial becomes luminous as the Mount of -Transfiguration to those who resist evil and dare to stand true. - - For in that He himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able - to succor them that are tempted. _Heb. 2:18._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -DARE TO BE A DANIEL!] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE REMAINING GUEST. - - -Of all the pictures which memory paints on the heart none is so -indelible as that of the hour of evening prayer when, at mother’s -knee, we paid our first vows to God and pledged our lives to purity -and truth. This picture has become the saving beam of light which has -shot across the dark career of many who after a night’s revelry, and -alone with conscience, refuse to drink further of sin’s deadly potion, -but look back upon that early scene of innocence, and resolve to make -it again a real experience. Although Remorse is the remaining guest of -a night of sin, there is also the confident token of an angel of hope -ever ready in the chamber of repentant despair. - - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer - thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine - heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for - all these things God will bring thee into judgment. _Ecc. 11:9._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE REMAINING GUEST.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -AS CONSCIENCE PAINTS HIM. - - -There are days in everybody’s life when he sits alone with Conscience. -The world and its undeserved blame or praise is shut out of that -silent chamber. With his truthful guest the man of rags and the man of -millions, the woman of toil and the woman of ease, must hold weekly -if not daily and hourly communion. At these times the picture of -the real self is thrown upon the vivid background of years. Now the -false-hearted or boastful or proud will see and hear admonitions that -would not be brooked from preacher or friend. True character divested -of conventional habiliments of conduct through which the eyes of men -can not peer, will stand bleak, ragged and forlorn. “Paint me as I am,” -cried Cromwell, in righteous rage when the artist began to paint out -of his portrait a slight disfigurement of his face. This he did though -he knew that his portrait would go down through generations and thus -perpetuate his ungainly visage. Who of us can say to conscience, “Paint -me as I am though the world sees and the future sees me, let not my -real self be hidden!” - - Their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the - meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. _Romans 2:15._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -AS CONSCIENCE PAINTS HIM.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -COVERING HIS SINS. - - -Here is a picture of universal application, though all do not indulge -the same sin as the man here shown――endeavoring to cover his greed by -showing to the world the monument of a college professorship endowed -by his gifts or money. The world may be deceived in part, but what -of his own conscience? He can not hide from himself his true nature -and he forgets that God is ever at his side, judging not the act but -the motive, never mistaken in His estimate, rejoicing at the good, -sorrowing for the bad, but all-seeing and ever-seeing. - - For the eyes of the Lord, run to and fro throughout the whole - earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart - is perfect toward him. _II Chron. 16:9._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -COVERING HIS SINS.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE SELF MADE MAN. - - -Paul was not “a self made man,” for he said, “I can do all things -through Christ that strengtheneth me.” That was his claim, and it -is in pleasing contrast with those individuals whose boast is that -their successful careers are monuments of their own endeavor. Crowned -with pride, clothed with the tattered rags of self-righteous egotism, -with garments a patch work of shabby gentility, such men divide their -worship between their unworthy selves and the idol of Mammon which they -draw in their train. The track over which they glide in such confident -security is slippery and treacherous. Based simply upon reputation it -is full of breaks and seams into which any moment the unsuspecting -egotist may plunge. - - Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a - fall. _Prov. 16:18._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE SELF MADE MAN. - -“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearkeneth -unto counsel is wise.”――Prov. XII:15] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE STRAIT GATE. - - -The invitations which God has extended for men to come into His kingdom -are all broad and generous. “Every one,” and “whosoever,” these are -the key words of His gracious command. And yet the summons to a better -life and to future bliss is not entirely unqualified or unconditional. -No man can with confidence approach the portals of heaven with a proud -heart or with unclean lips or with hands stained with sin. The gate -of heaven is high, but narrow. It will not admit the evidence of any -worldly possession and by no means of the fruits of self-love or base -ambition or sensuality, covetousness, pride or deceit. The strait gate -is big enough for any sinner, but it is too small to admit his sins. - - And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that - defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a - lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. - _Rev. 21:27._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -ROOM FOR THE SINNER, BUT NONE FOR THE SINS.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -PAY DAY. - - -It is a solemn thought that life has no ending, but that some day there -will be a season of harvest and a time of accounting, when each man -must render a report of his stewardship and be rewarded or punished for -the deeds done in the body. In that dread hour of settlement there will -be no respect of persons. The rich and the poor, the great and lowly, -must subject their moral natures to the same inflexible standard. The -winnowing fan of God’s justice will spare not the proud nor powerful. -They will all go to their own place. The chaff from the wheat, the -sheep from the goats will be forever separate. - - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is - filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let - him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy - still. _Rev. 22:11._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -PAY DAY.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -O GRAVE! WHERE IS THY VICTORY? - - -Death has no terror for the child of God. Neither the damp sod nor the -granite tomb can hold the free spirits of the children of faith. We -commit them to the earth and shed the parting tear and are too prone -to fancy that the cold ground holds the object of our love; but it is -only the cast-off covering of the soul that we bury. The real self, the -indestructible and everliving spirit, has been caught up into heaven -and long before the hearse and the cortege of weeping friends have left -the tomb, the glad song of the departed one has swelled that of the -angelic host in the refrain, “Death is swallowed up in victory.” - - And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, - neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things - have passed away. _Rev. 21:4._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -O GRAVE! WHERE IS THY VICTORY?] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -HOLDFAST. - - -Parsimony often walks under the name of prudence, and stinginess may -try to palm itself off as thrift. The man who puts aside the widowed -and orphaned, by the plea that he is laying in store for a rainy day, -takes extreme hazards with Fate. Her hand even now draws aside the -curtains which reveal his destiny. The rainy day comes sooner than he -thinks and his mortal remains are carried to the grave unattended by -the sad procession of any whose distress he might have lifted. Holdfast -is forever held in the tomb of his loneliness and misery. He sadly -misread life’s great lesson, that it is far better to give than to -receive. He never knew that he was his brother’s keeper. He lived for -self and died as he lived. Although nominally religious such men as -Holdfast never learn that - - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, - To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction. _James - 1:27._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -HOLDFAST.――“No! I am laying by a little for a rainy day, but nothing -for Charity.”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -RESCUED. - - -Wherever the tide of human life flows very deeply and swiftly, there -shipwreck is most frequent and we place Rescue Missions at these -points. But do we ever think of there being rescue missions in the -skies? Could we scan the far battlements of heaven we might, perhaps, -see them lined with hosts of angels watching and waiting to descend to -the rescue of some tender child whom it were better to snatch away to -scenes of glory, than leave it in an atmosphere that reeks with moral -contagion. It was such a scene as appears on the page opposite that -Isaiah saw when he wrote “He shall gather the lambs with his arm and -shall carry them in his bosom.” - - He shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in - pieces the oppressor. _Psalm 72:4._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -RESCUED.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -“SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN.” - - -Great hearts are the quickest to be touched by the appeals of -childhood. It is an evidence of Christ’s greatness, that he delighted -not in the patronage and intercourse of the influential and mighty, but -sought the friendship and love of children. Their credentials to His -favor are not based upon race, or station, creed or complexion. Their -frankness, their innocence, their simplicity, place them in nomination -and his great heart immediately responds to those traits. “Suffer -little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” -Unless ye become as a little child (in frankness and simplicity and -innocence) ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. - - Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, - receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, - but him that sent me. _Mark 9:37._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE GOOD SHEPHERD.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -“IT IS I.” - - -On the water the disciples did not recognize the Master. In the -synagogue, or the highway, or at the table, they would have known him -instantly, but in the unusual scene on a stormy Galilee, his presence -brought alarm instead of solace. Christ may come to us when and where -and how we least expect him. It will not be strange if amidst the -storm, which modern science has engendered, and in which the brave -gospel ship is rocking, Christ himself should come to the frightened -student of His word and say, “It is I, be not afraid.” If this be true, -then, science will shed its dazzling light upon his own sacred person -and we shall see him more nearly as he is. - - Fear not: I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth, and - was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. _Rev. 1:17, 18._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -“IT IS I, BE NOT AFRAID.”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -TOO BUSY. - - -Knock! Knock! Knock! Since childhood’s youngest day there has been -a loving guest waiting at the door of our heart’s chamber. Long -years we have heard that gentle, patient, persistent knock! knock! -knock! Long ago it was louder, distincter, clearer, because, now we -have passed from quiet, restful childhood into the loud and stirring -world. Nevertheless, into business, into politics, into society, even -into sin, that faithful Friend has followed us and is bound, still -if possible, to gain admittance to our lives. But we are absorbed, -indifferent, and, in a word, too busy. We also have another guest who -has our ear. Therefore, keep out! No admittance! Life closes! Eternity -dawns, and we begin to hear, not the knock, knock, knock of our -unwelcome guest, but the clank, clank, clank of the chains of bondage -which our new master is forging. - - Behold a stranger at the door, - He gently knocks, has knocked before, - Has waited long, is waiting still, - You treat no other friend so ill. - - Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my - voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup - with him, and he with me. _Rev. 3:20._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -“BEHOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK.”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -SHADOWED. - - -In the midst of life we are in death, in the midst of joy we are in -sorrow and in the midst of luxury we are in want. There are more kinds -of luxury than those which mere wealth can bring, and there are kinds -of want as many――luxury is a state of abundance, whether of wealth, -or books, or intellect, or privileges beyond our personal need. Want -is a state of poverty of clothes, or food, or of physical or mental -necessities of whatever sort. It is a fact that one half of the world -possesses that which the other half needs. The poor need the assistance -of the rich in matters of physical comforts and counsel. The rich need -the meekness and patience which are the soonest found in the lowly -cottage or the pauper’s hut. The world will reach its ideal state when -every one, as his brother’s keeper, will vie with each other in a -wholesale interchange of fellowship and goods. The barrier to this glad -consummation is the selfish indifference with which one half of the -world works and worships. It is blind to the constant presence of want -which has claims to be paid. Until these debts to duty are discharged -worship will be a mockery and religion a hollow show. - - The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them - all. _Prov. 22:2._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - - While Luxury walks in splendor and pride: - Her shadow, Grim Want, stalks close by her side.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -SHIPWRECKED: BUT NOT LOST. - - -Few lives there are upon whose page sooner or later there is not -written the record of a tragedy. It may come in the loss of a friend, -or a parent, or a wife or husband, or a child. It may come in the wreck -of a fortune or the stranding of a worldly ambition. Some day while -pursuing a peaceful voyage the cry will go forth, “Breakers ahead,” and -in spite of our vigilance and our prayers the stout ship will founder -and we will be cast upon untrodden shores of duty and experience. It -is in such emergencies as these that the Christian has resources that -the man of the world knows not of. Unlike Crusoe he does not turn his -desperate gaze toward the half-sunken ship if perchance he may regain -some of its stores. He recalls rather those sweet promises of God which -await redemption in the hour of need. “I will never leave thee, nor -forsake thee.” He remembers that and forthwith in the midst of his -extreme peril and helplessness he cries: I will lift up mine eyes unto -the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, -which made heaven and earth. Psalms 121:1–2. - - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He bringeth - them out of their distresses. _Psalms 107:28._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -SHIPWRECKED――BUT NOT LOST. - -“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE LOST SHEEP. - - -No name by which the Savior is known brings Him into such close and -tender relations with His people as that of Shepherd. “I am the Good -Shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine.” As members of the -fold of Christ we are guaranteed His loving care and solicitous -protection. “But other sheep I have which are not of this fold.” By -that He means that His shepherding care extends over the entire world, -and no bruised or fallen lamb exposed to the rocks and hardships of -the wilderness, can ever get beyond the Shepherd’s patient search. -No winds can be too harsh, no storms too angry, no mountain steeps -too treacherous to defeat his patient will to reclaim the lost. -Though by ignorance we fall into error and violate his commands, -though by willfulness we transgress His law and traverse the road of -disobedience, though the lamp of our innocence be shattered and the -light of our hope fades away in desolation and despair, the Shepherd -comes to us and calls, “Son, daughter, give me thine heart.” - - Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. - _Luke 15:6._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE LOST SHEEP.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -CANCELED DEBTS. - - -Debt is one of the most disturbing and harassing factors in human -experience. It sows nettles in the pillow of poverty, and even the -merchant, farmer and banker pursue a weary existence when they are -compelled to live under the shadow of overhanging indebtedness. How -many hearts would be lightened today if by some magic stroke their -books of debit and credit were balanced and for once they could feel -and know that they owed no man anything. The weight which financial -indebtedness imposes is comparable only with the weight which the debts -of sin heap upon us. As we think of the sins of envy, and of malice, -and of hatred, falsehood, deceit and cupidity, which our conscience has -been justly charging up against us since early years, the load becomes -all but intolerable. At this moment the great Debt Payer steps upon -the scene. He presents a check in payment of the entire amount. It is -payable to our order. He says, “Endorse this and your account with sin -is square.” As an evidence of our love and faith we write our names -with confidence and boldness across the back of the check and step -forth into life with new hope and new determination. - - For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are - sanctified. _Hebrews 10:14._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -CANCELED DEBTS.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -“FOLLOW ME.” - - -Every soul has its calvary and that crucial hour in each life will -witness the peaceful, forgiving, trustful spirit that was seen in -Jesus, or it will witness the hateful, furious appalling dissolution -that came to the unrepentant companion of his cross. “Follow me,” -he cries from the scene of his crucifixion. “Follow me through the -carpenter shop of Nazareth and the sick room of Nain and the street -riots of Capernaum and the tears of Gethsemane.” We should expect no -share in the fruits of Christ’s death, unless we participate in the -work of his life. The cross is a meaningless symbol until we approach -it over the pathway of humility, trust, self-denial and obedience. - - “Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, - But not within thyself, thy soul shall be forlorn. - The cross on Golgotha thou lookest to in vain, - If not within thyself it be set up again.” - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -“FOLLOW ME.”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE HOPE OF THE RACE. - - -What life is at all fruitful in success and the joy that attends it -unless that life has constantly in view a purpose and pursues it with -fidelity and hope. Likewise how can our race achieve its best endeavor -unless it lives under the constant purpose to achieve a certain goal. -Human life must have an object of existence that is worthy of its -high endowments. The only objects which are worthy of our pursuit are -Purity, Peace and Truth, and the only embodiment which the world has -ever known of these supreme things was Jesus of Nazareth. Therefore -we look toward his second coming with confidence and longing. As the -embodiment of our highest aspirations he will be the fulfillment of -all our desires. At his approach the clouds of uncertainty, ignorance, -superstition, distrust, doubt and despair will vanish. - - For all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy - judgments are made manifest. _Rev. 15:4._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE HOPE OF THE RACE. - - Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King. - Let every heart prepare him room, and Heaven and Nature sing.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE ROCK OF AGES. - - -Some great man of old once declared that words were the only things -that live forever. If this is true of the words of men, how much more -so is it of the Word of God, the affirmation, the promise, the pledge, -of the great I am. Its foundations of adamant are anchored in eternal -truth, against its base the angry assaults of bigotry and unbelief will -be driven in vain. Its walls will stand four square when the ancient -landmarks of dogma, formalism and ecclesiasticism lapse into ruin and -decay. Though the earth and starry worlds wax old like a garment, the -Word of God which represents his faithfulness and the Cross of Christ -which represents his Love, will stand impregnable amid the wreck of -worlds. - - The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the Word of our God - shall stand forever. _Isaiah 40:8_. - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -THE ROCK OF AGES. - -“THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURETH FOREVER.”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -AMMUNITION GONE. - - -There is a giant cliff on the bank of the Hudson river opposite the -military post of West Point. This rugged promontory has been the target -for rifle practice for almost one hundred years. Tons of lead have been -poured against its stubborn side and there is no apparent rift or seam -in the granite walls. In a similar way the Word of God and the Truth of -God have been the target for hostile attack for hundreds and thousands -of years. Agnosticism, scholasticism and unbelief have trained their -destructive batteries upon the most cherished promises of God and -upon the earnest belief of his people, but thus far without effect. -The signs are that now their munitions of war are exhausted, their -ammunition is gone. In dismay they see the conquering hosts of Jehovah - - Marching on to war, - With the Cross of Jesus, going on before. - - No weapon that is forged against thee shall prosper; and every - tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt - condemn. _Isaiah 54:17._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -AMMUNITION GONE!] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -“I CAN’T SEE IT.” - - -All of human experience is not contained in seeing, hearing, tasting, -smelling and feeling. The five senses are not the boundaries of human -knowledge. Humanity is endowed with higher faculties than these. If -one chooses to live on a plane higher than that of the brute he may -experience emotions and aspirations that are higher than those of the -animal kingdom. He may also rise still higher and think the thoughts of -God. To do so, however, one must approach God in the proper attitude -and in a manner consistent with His being. God is a spirit and they -that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. They that -approach the throne of mercy in any other manner, whether in vaunting -conceit or by impertinent inquisition, will find the heavens a brazen -canopy that will send back the echo of their prayers. The starry skies -reveal no beauty to those who cover their telescopic lens with a -flannel rag, and God’s revelation contains no word of promise to those -who cloak it with their own conceit. - - O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, - and see not; which have ears, and hear not. _Jeremiah 5:21._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -“I CAN’T SEE IT!”] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -INFIDELITY’S ATTACK. - - -So universal has the authority and influence of Jesus Christ become -that it is no longer possible to dispute his sway by resort to -argument. In the court of final appeal men are forced to confess that -he is the most matchless character, the most loving and forgiving and -patient man of history. The majority of us are compelled to admit that -such rare traits would be impossible in a life that was less than -divine. But there are men who see no loveliness in him and if they -can not attack by argument they must attack him by abuse. They resort -to ridicule, blasphemy and falsehood, and though the spectacle thus -presented is one that shocks the finer sense in almost every human -heart, nevertheless there are those who will pay a liberal admission to -see this performance enacted. - - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear - cometh. _Proverbs 1:26._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -INFIDELITY’S ATTACK. - -AND YET THERE ARE SOME WHO STILL APPLAUD.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -SEEDTIME AND HARVEST. - - -One is apt to forget that the way of eternal life is the way of nature; -that the system of rewards and punishments which God has provided for -holiness and for sin is in strict accord with the laws of nature. -We are all aware of the fact that we cannot sin against nature with -impunity. If we do violence to any of her laws we must make prompt and -strict payment for the offense. The proof of this is seen everywhere; -in the bent form, the hair prematurely gray, the halting figure -and the wrecks of manhood and womanhood that cross our path daily. -Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. If he sows the seeds -of dissipation, he will surely reap a harvest of disease, want, sorrow -and misery. If he sows the wind he will reap the whirlwind. - - There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end - thereof are the ways of death. _Proverbs 16:25._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -SEEDTIME AND HARVEST.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -HIS REAL SELF. - - -Every man has two natures. Under the influence of one he descends to -the carnal and base, under the influence of the other he ascends to -the spiritual and noble. It is within the power of any man to pursue -the former or the latter. To assist him in achieving the latter he is -offered a model or a pattern by which he may work. With this pattern in -his eye, any one, however misshapen in mind or heart, may work out for -himself a moral image, grand, perfect and enduring. In the person of -Christ, God has shown us what a man ought to be, and he will never be -satisfied until we approach that ideal. - - Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the - knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the - measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. _Ephesians - 4:13._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. - -HIS REAL SELF.] - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. - - -It is claimed by many observers that a two-horse wagon has never gone -where the Bible did not go first. It is certainly a significant fact -that international commerce has everywhere followed in the wake of the -gospel. The intrepid missionary invaded the wilds of China, India, -Madagascar and the islands of the southern sea long before the trading -ships of the merchants dared to enter their ports. Everywhere the foul -and ravenous beasts of tyranny, ignorance and superstition have retired -at the introduction of the glorious light of the cross. Christianity -has blazed the pathway and civilization has followed. Now the rainbow -arch of the gospel spans the continents and seas, from Greenland’s icy -mountains to India’s coral strands, and we seem to hear the glad shout -of ten million ransomed souls who sing with the ancient Psalmist, “The -entrance of thy word giveth Light.” - - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; - they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them - hath the light shined. _Isaiah 4:2._ - -[Illustration: - -COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. 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