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CHARLOTTE NEWS FEBRUARY 10, ,1906 fWMIHI'J When life's autumn coraes,women,woj out by the burdens of motherhood, y -ghrink from that second "change of life which will banish these burdens forever. They fear a change in form, in feature, In , pei sun a siirac tiveness. Such fears are largely warranted by the effects which this change produces in many women. But no woman need let these fears fret her. Those who have used Dr. Pierce's, Favorite Prescript tion do not suffer'! from the change" of life either in face, form or feel- -ings as do other women. This fact is--due--to. the in timate connection of the general hon.lt.Vl nntVi V. health of the organs peculiarly feminine. By preserving the health of these or gans, and relieving the system from the debilitating drains, ulcers and inflamma tions which sap its health. "Favorite Prescription" paves the way for this natural change to come in Nature's way, without the loss of capacity to please others or personal inability to enjoy life. "Your 'Favorite Prescription ' brought me safely through that difficult period, called 'chang-e of life.' " writes Mrs. Mary Ensmin ger. of 344 E. Ankeny St., Portland, Oregon. "This change made a very unpleasant dis turbance through my entire system. I had hot and cold flashes, sick headaches, became excited, flustrated. nervous and irritable. My appetite was fitful and for days I was unable to eat a fair meal. My aunt recom- mended me to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription and it made a great change for the better. Within two weeks the unpleasant feelings had disappeared. I have a husband and eight children so have the care of a large family but was able to attend to my house hold duties without any difficulty and passed the period without any more trouble. I can -recommend your ' Favorite Prescription ' u a grand medicine for women." You may be willing that somebody else shall say that their baby is "just as good" as yours, but you don't want that baby substituted for yours. Let dealers say what they like about other medicines being "just as good" but don't let them substitute anything for "Favorite Pre ("cription It li absolutely unequalod. READ Tiie House of Thousand Candles THE RELIGIOUS WOULD MOW UgCESS'; CAME. 'and let down your net for a draught" an appeal to larger enterprise, to daring, to boldness, and to venture ,that has been the text for countless I moving sermons. It is a good word for ' to-day, when the temptation of many The International Sunday School Les- l?, 7 Dy tne snre' . pa , 6 7e . ":-V'--i- : e shallows, to devote themselves to son .tor February 11,. Is "Jesus call- small things and small returns. The .ngyfishcpmen,-Xuke;V5;-11. The largeness of the world's commercial The Biggest seller we have ever had The House of a Thousand Candles. Illustrated by Christy. Houston-Dixon & Co, MORE HEAT WITH LESS FUEL. Stoves that will accomplish this need no further recom mendation, and that's insr ;. what we claim for BIRD fe GARLAND AND COLUMBIAN HEATERS. $$ You all know that our claims mean something. J. Ni MoGausIand & Go. South Try on St. J rGol.den text is "Be ye -therefore fo' nl9cersif ; .God, as '-dear, -'children." Lr3ByWilliam T. Ellis. It. is a great day for a man when he perceives the broad, ethical and spir itual significance of his daily tasks. Scarcely greater is the day when, through faithfulness, he is promoted to a larger and higher service. Because success is as truly an intelligent fill ing of our appointed place as rising to a larger. This is a story of how sucu promotion came to four .fisher men long ago, by the shores of blue Galilee. To them, as to every body, success came a success that made them immortal while they were about their humdrum daily work. From being toilers of the deep they became fishers of men; from leadership in the Caper naum fishing colony they rose to leadership in the whole world. A Man And His Following. The setting of this incident is in teresting. It does not follow closely on the heels of last week's Sunday School lesson." More than a year in tervened, most of it spent in Judea. After the temptation Jesus had accept ed the discipleship of the six by Jor dan, but they had not yet given up their daily employment, to be with him constantly, although they had been with him at Cana when he performed his first miracle. It was within tnis year that he cleansed the temple, and had his famous discourse with Nico demus, and the other with the woman of Samaria; he had healed the noble man's son and had been rejected at Nazareth. "He came unto his own and his own received him not." " Thenceforth he made his headquar ters at Capernaum, which was the largest city in Galilee. The lake at that time was the center of a populus community; Capernaum was the dense st region of Galilee. The sea itself bore four thousand boats upon its bosom. Crowds attended the ministry of Jesus ; wherever he went he had a large fol lowing, Some were drawn by his words,' iid "-some" by his signs or mir acles. He was a distinct personality, and personalty, always attracted. In the throng that' attended this wonder ful man, were the curious, the sick, the needy, the heart-hungry. His winsome n.es?;and eagerness to help, drew to hinr people with all kinds of needs a type of the way the whole world has since crowded toward him in response to his invitation "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." A Unique Pulpit. One of the suggestive phrases ot present-day religious work is the va riety of pulpits from which the gospel is being preached. Dr. N. D. Hillis, who stands in Henry Ward Beacher's pul pit, sieakieveryweekT enterprises should be more than match ed by the magnitude of the Church's programme. Indeed, the largest enter prise of civilization today is the Church's foreign mission work. It is a hiore than Napoleonic venture; it is marked by nothing less than divine audacity. To Simon, of course the 'Master's words meant only definite direction and seemingly a futile one. For though the Sea of Galilee teemed with fishes, they had been elusive that night. Peter with all his impulsiveness, was a man of faith. He trusted his Lord's words before his own wisdom; and so obey ed. When one can hear a clear direc tion from God then it is time to do nothing but go ahead. We who call Christ, Master, "dominus," should be willing to let him master, dominate, our lives. The miraculous draught of fishes re sulted. Peter and his companion obey ed the Lord's words The result was that the two boats were filled to the gunwales, from nets that had been crowded to bursting. Of course they got fish. Whenever we work in God's way we win. Obedience alone insures success. "They who trust him wholly, find him wholly true." What a long-shore event this must have been! The fishermen doubtless talked of it for generations. It in creased the fame and following of Jesus, which jointly with his purpose to serve his disciples, was the Mas ter's design. By such signs as these he attested himself the Son of God, the long-promised Messiah. An Amazed Fisherman. The astonishment of Peter at what he beheld developed into worship. He saw through the wonderful deed to the more wonderful character of the Doer. Like a flood there surged over him a fresh conviction of the divinity of this One whom he called Master. The pres ence of God in the flesh made him con scious of his sins. A man never feels so un worthy as when he is closest to God. It is thebest lover who most clearly realizes his unworthiness of his beloved. Very natural and com mendable was Peter's prostration of himself when he fell down and cried "Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord." It is when we are in the dust before Jehovah that he can lift us up to service. Upon the amazed consciousness of Peter fell the assurance which so often recurs in Jesus' word, "fear not." If this was wonderful they were yet to see more wonderful. This final evi dence of Christ's character prepared them to hear his words, "From hence forth thou shalt catch men." The words made plain the miracle. He cared for their day's fishing, ' but he cared more for them. Under the fig ures of summoning them to be. fishers of men they perceived themselves trim i iii ti m flH CHARLOTTE, N. C, Under tne Management of C. E. Hooper & Co. 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After all, anywhere is a pulpit for the man who has heard the "Woe is me if I preach not the gospel.-' It is the message that makes. the. pulpit and not the pulpit the message. For this modern adaptation of the gospel to the times there is warrant in Christ s ex ample. Even the laymen, who, in un clerical ways, are telling the story by a diversity of agencies that are one of the extraordinary developments of contemporaneous Christanity, find their justification in Jesus' preaching by the seaside. The picture is an attractive one. The crowd about the Master was so great that he was forced to take a boat and push out a little from shore. Then free from the jostling crowd he was able to address the crowd who stood or sat upon the inclined sea shore. Last summer I saw a service which strik ingly recalled this scene. By the lake side at Pocono Pines, in Northeastern Pennsylvania, an' assembly of Christ ian men . was . being held. The Sunday evening service was upon the lake. The speaker stood on a small landing and most of the congregation gathered on the hillside in front of him. Scores came in canoes and boats and cluster ed around the wharf. With those sur roundings it was easy to talk of nature and life and the spiritual significance of it all. The return to an , out-of-doors relig ion is a wholesome tendency in mo dern lifer The gospel of Christ comes to" us laden with sea breezes and with the - fragrance of flowers. Surely, as he sat that" day in Peter's boat, JesuS talked as was his fashion, about the homely "life" "which surrounded him , ich was to him always a natabl of the sreater life of the spirit. His .' imagery was doubtless - that of the-Sea fisher - and the nets and the boats and the day's catch. . "Fisherman's Luck.' It has been said , that no truly bad man loves fishing. This is art that promotes gentle, homely philosophy. Deep sea fishermen are always rever ent. "They that go down to. the sea in ships, these see the work of Jehovah," and their hearts bow down and wor ship. It is not to be . forgotten that Jesus sent much of his life and min istry by the sea. -He could sleep in a storm-tossed boat as serenely as a child in its mother's arm. The caves of the sea and the life of the rough, gentle hearted fisherfolk were, very familiar and dear to him. It seems as the fisher man and tae carpenter should, be most sure of the sympathy of, Christ. Despite the throng that surrounded him, Jesus had to think of Peter's plight. All night the fisherman and his partners had been out searching the sea, but they had caught nothing; now, with the cheerful fortitude of their calling, they were washing their nets preparatory tijr " starting again. Jesus was touched . by their poor fortune. This great Rabbi was not an absent minded '-brooder. over celestial things; he cared for people "and for the little concerns of their daily lives. So lie bade ' Peter, "Put out into the deep greatness of which they had no con ception whatever. It is seldom given to us to know whither the doors that we enter may lead. Enough for these fishermen to know that Jesus had bidden them follow him, leaving all behind. They paid the price. There is always a price to pay. Arriving involves departing. Go ing up means giving up. To follow Jesus meant to leave father and boats and friends and vocation. Neverthe less the sacrifice was worth while. No price is too great to pay for entering the school of Christ. These men were to hear him say later, "Every one that hath left houses, or bretheren, or sis ters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall re ceive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life." THE WAR OF SOULS. Terse Comments Upon the Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young People's Societies Christian En deavor, Baptist Young People's Un ion, Epworth League, Etc. For Feb ruary 11, "How to Conquor Tempta tion," Matt. 26:41, 1 Cor., 10:121, 13; James 4:7; Heb., ;2: i, 4:14, 12:1-4. A Temperance Topic. , BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. ' Browning said that he counted life merely a thing to try the soul's stuff on. A heroic sentiment, but a great truth. For while some temptations are satan's lures, all are, in a sense God's testings. He is forever seeking the measure of a man, trying our soui stuff, searching for those worthy to do and dare greatly for him. Tempta tions are not wholly evil. They are what the wind is to the oak, the fire to the steel, the factory test to the new boiler. By them a life proves itself and is proved of God. The masters of life are they who have mastered temptation. . r War correspondents throng to Man churia, or. wherever else nations are engaged in conflict, but no man heeds the wars of the soul, which most deep ly engage the interest of heaven. sThe struggles that rage within human hearts are the real history-making events. No one knew the soul strug gle of Dante out of which came the "Divine Comedy," he looked just like the other young men of Florence. Shakespeare's spiritual experiences were all unknown to the companions with whom he walked; but they have forever affected human thought. What happens in one's heart is not visible through his coat, and so the . world recks little of it. But God sees that this alone is important. A man's posi tion before ' society usually concerns him ' greatly ; whereas heaven is con cerned only with the state of his spirit. intention of mastering it, are the ones who do master it. Resolution works revolutions; will wins. In the matter of temntation. the Christian shnnlrl make up his mind that victory in his privilege and nis rignt; God wants him to conquer and God will, help him conauer: if he will but do his nart and play the man his success is as- sureu. Thp first steD toward all cnnnnpstsJ i 11 P TT. 1 I is Liie uuiiuutJSL ul scu. rie wnn mas ters his own will can easily master the : world. ' The most effective weapon in the i devil's armory is thie temptation to j cowardice. No man, says one, ever entered a "blind alley" of temptation. The road of temptation is always a forked road, I and one of the forks leads out of dif ficulty. Tn whatfivpr .Tftsns nvfirpamp w rnn ' overcome. Each victory which He has gained secures its fruits for us who are His disciples. Edersheim. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation." A strange word, that, at first sight. We would naturally say, "Blessed is the man that escapeth temptation, that never has to wrestle with the adversary of the soul, that never perceives tne lure of sin." That same style of reasoning would make us wish to keep our children babies always, never developing into the strength and power of manhood and womanhood. The Bible way is wiser, for it sees further. Freely translated it might read, "Blessed is the man who knows his own powers, who is awake to the pitfalls of life, who has fought with the tempter and won, who has kept so close to Jesus Christ that he has been given the victory." For all this is wrapped up in the overcoming of temptation. A man's a man according to his ability to meet and master the enemies of his spirit. ' Some temptations are merely God's testings; these are to be glorified in. Others are Satan's snares; these are to be escaped, or else quickly fought and mastered. It is a good rule never to dally with danger. The best method of defense when attacked by temptation, is quick, sharp fighting, without parley or de lay. ; SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. We are shaned and fashioned bv what we .love. Goethe. If a man wants to live the great life all the laws of the universe range themselves on his side. J. D. Jones. If only we strive to be pure and true, To each of us there will come an hour When the trees of life shall burst into flower, And rain at cur feet a" glorious dower sOmethmggrSia knew. 'T' Anon Nature is the Thomas Browne. art of God. Sir The things of this word must be known in order to be loved, Jesus Christ must be loved in order to be known. Pascal. Presume not that I am the thing I was ; . For God doth know, so shall the world perceive, That I have turned away my former self. Shakespeare. Duty, faithfully performed, opens the mind to truth, both being of one family, alike immutable, universal and everlasting. Canning. : I m. m iii i - g Just as:a"man;: ' Sll I' ' by Am company lie keeps . -" . 80 chewef s of BiU aU6y 'ylw are recognized as critical, " V . f wA discriminating judges of lifs 00( economical tobacco,. - J . &r jl No better tobaccos made than those man- T ; fi 1 ufactured by Bailey Bros... Winston-Salem, A I Write for the immensely interesting and y North Carolina. 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A business men's conference of the United Presbyterian denomination, is to be -held in Pittsburg February 13-15. Bewteen six and eight hundred dele gates are expected. The idea is to de velop the laity of the church. The latest form of woman's club is a club for the study of foreign missions. A group cf women in one of the fash ionable suburbs of Philadelphia meet every Monday to make a study of Africa, from the missionary stand point. John" H. Converse, of Philadelphia, recently gave $50,000 to the Presby terian Theological Seminary at Oma ha. Mr. Converse's trip to the Orient has been postponed because of the sudden, death of his wife, who was a well- known Christian worker. . A Chicago jury recently rendered a verdict which is being made much of by temperance people. Because their father had been ruined : by drink, five orphan children received a verdict of $7,500 aganist three saloon keepers. One way to keep out of the divorce courts is to remain single. FIEIVDISH SUFFERING. 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