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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-4-23, Page 15!STARTING- FOR HOME REV. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES A RADICAL SERMON. The Prodigal's Return Furnishes the Theme for a Powerful Discourse --A Di- vine Cure for All the Ills of the World —A Glorious Invitation, Washington, April 12.—A most radical gospel sermon is the one of to -day by Dr. Talmage, It runs up and down the whole gamut of glorious invitation. His text was Luke xv, 18, "I will arise and go to my father." • There is nothing like hunger to take the energy out of a man. A hungry man can toil neither with pen nor hand nor foot. There has been many an army de- feated not so much for lack of ammuni- tion as for lack of bread. It was that fact that'took the fire out of this young man of the text.. Storm and exposure will wear out any man's life in time, but hunger makes quick work. The most aw- ful cry ever beard on earth is the cry for bread. A traveler tells us that in Asia Minor there are trees which bear fruit booking very much like the long bean of our time. It is called the carob. Once in awhile the people, reduced to destitution would eat these carobs; the beans spoken of bore in the text, were thrown only to the swine, and they crunched them with great avidity. But this young man of my text could not even get them without stealing them. So one day, amid the swine troughs, he begins to soliloquize. He says: "These are no clothes for a rich man's son to wear; this is no kind of bus- iness for a Jew to be engaged in, feeding swine. I'll go home; I'll go home. I will .arise and go to my father." I know there are a grant Many people who try to throw a fascination, a ro- mance, a halo, about sin, but notwith- standing all that Lord Byron and George Sand have said in regard to it, it is a mean, low, contemptible business, and putting food and fodder into the troughs of a herd of iniquities that root and wal- low in the soul of man is a very poor bus- iness for men and women intended to be eons and daughters of the Lord Al- mighty, and when this young man re- solved to go home it was a very wise thing for him to do, and the only ques- tion is whether we will follow him. Sa- tan promises large wages if we will. serve bim, but he clothes his vied:tie with rags, and be pinches them with hunger, and when they start out to do better he gets after them all the bloodhounds of hell. Satan comes to us to -day, and he promisee all luxuries and emoluments if we will only serve him. Liar, down with thee to the pit! "The wages of sin is death." A man never wants the gospel until he realizes he is in a famine struck state. Suppose I should come to you in your home, and you aro in good, sound, robust health, and I should begin to talk about medicines, and about how much butter this medicine is than that, and some other medicine, and talk about this phy- gfoian and that physician. After awhile you would get tired, and yeti would say: 'I don't want to hear about medicines. Why do you talk to me of physicians? I never have a doctor." But suppose I coins into your house and I find you se- verely sink, and I know the .medicines that will cure you, and I know the phy- siclan who is skilful enough to meet .your case. You say: "Bring on all that medicinebring on that physician. I am terribly sick, and I want help." If I come to you, and you feel you are all right in body, and all right in mind, and all right in soul, you have need of nothing, but suppose I have persuaded you that the leprosy of sin is upon you, the worst of all sickness. Oh, then you say, "Bring me that balm of the gospel, bring me that divine medicament, bring me Jesus Christ," "But," says some one In the audience, "how do you know 'that we are in a ruined condition by sin? Well, I can prove it in two ways, and you may have your choice. I can prove it .either by the statements of men or by the statement of God. Which shall it be? Yon say, "Let us have the statement of God." Well, He ®aye in one place, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." He says in another place, "What is man that he should be clean, and he which is born of woman that he should be right - son:?" He says in anotnor place, "There is none that death" good—no, not one." He says in anuther place, "As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned." "Well," you say, "I am willing to acknowledge that, but why should I take the particu- lar rescue that you propose?" This is the season: "Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." This is the reason, "Thera is one name given un - •der heaven among men whereby they may be saved." Then there area thous- and voices here ready to say: "Well, I am ready to accept this help of the gos- gzel.•I would like to have this divine cure. How shall I go to work?" Let me say that a mere whim, an undefined longing, •smount3 to nothing. You must have a Mout, a tremendous resolution, like this young man of the text when he said, "I will arise and go to my father." "Oh," says some man, "how do I know my .father wants me? How do I know if I go hack I would be received?" "Oh," says dome man, "you don't know how far I have wandered; you wouldn't talk that way to me if you knew all the iniquities I have committed.' What is that flutter "'''r -among the angels of God? What is that horseman running with quick despatch? ' It is news, it is news I Christ has found Iran! lost. Nor angels can their joy contain, But kindle with new fire° The sinner lost is found, they sing. And strike the sounding lyre. When Napoleon talked of going Into Italy, they said: "You can't get there. If you knew what the Alps were, you would mot talk about it or think about It. You can't get your ammunition wagons over the Alps! Then Napoleon rose in his stirrups: and, waving.. his hand toward the mountains, he said, "There shall be no Alps!" That wonderful pass was laid out which has. been the wonderment of all the years since—the wonderment of all •engineers. And you tell me there are such mountains of sin between your soul and God, there is no mercy, Then I see ,Christ waving His hand toward the mountains. I hear Him say, "I will come over the mountains of thy sin and the hills of thine iniquity," There shall be no Pyrenees; there shall be no Alps. Again, I' notice that this resolution of the young man of my text was founded. In sorrow at his misbehavior, 'It was not mere"physical, plight. It was grief that he had so maltreated his father. It is a -sad thing after a father has done every til thing for a child to have that ehild un- grateful. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it I. To have a thankless child, That is Shakespeare, "A foolish son is the heaviness of his mother." That is the Bible. Well, my friends, have not some 'etas' been cruel' prodigals?" Have we not maltreated our Father? And such a° Father! Three times a day has He fed thee. He has poured sunlight into thy day and at night kindled up all the street lamps of heaven. With what varieties of apparel be hath clothed thee for the sea- sons. Whose eye watches thee? Whose hand defends thee? Whose heart sympa- thizes with thee? Who gave you your chil- dren? Who is guarding your loved ones departed? Such a Fatherl So loving, so kind! If He had been a stranger; if He had forsaken us; if He had flagellated us; if. He had pounded us and turned us out of doors on the commons, it would not have been so wonderful; for our treatment of Him; but He is a Father, eo loving, so kind, and yet how many of us for our wanderings have never apologized ! If we say anything that hurts our friend's feel - tugs, if we do anything that hurts the feelings of those in whom we aro inter- ested, how quickly we apologize! We can scarcely wait until we get pen and paper to write a letter of apology. How easy it is for any ono who is intelligent, right - hearted, to write an apology or make an apology! We apologize for wrongs done to our fellows, but some of us perhaps have committed ten thousand times tea thousand wrongs against God and never apologized. I remark still further that this resolu- tion of the text was founded in a feeling of home -sickness. I do not know how long this young man, how many months, how many years, he had been away from his father's house, but there is something about the reading of my text that makes me think he was homesick. Seine of you know what that feeling is. Far away from home sometimes, surrounded by everything bright and pleasant—plenty of friends—you have said, "I would give the world to be home to -night," Well, this young man was homesick for his father's house. I have no doubt when Ile thought of his father's house he said, "Now, perhaps father may not be living." We read nothing In this story, this para- ble, founded on everyday life—we read nothing about the mother. It says noth- ing about going home to her. I think she was dead. I think she had died of a broken heart at his wanderingsor per- haps he had gone into dissipation from the fact that he could not remember a loving and sympathetic mother. A man never gets over flaying lost his mother. Nothing said about her, but he is home- sick for his father's house. He thought he would just like to go and walk around the old place. He thought he would just like to go and sae if things worn as they used to be. Many a man after having been off a long while has gone home and knocked at the door, and a stranger has come. It is the old homestead, but a stranger conies to the door. }Ie finds out father is gone and mother is gone and brothers and sisters are gone. I think this young man of the text said to himself, "Perhaps father may be dead," Sti11 ho starts to find out. He is homesick, Aro them any hero to -day homesick for God, homesick for heaven? But I remark the characteristic of this resolution was, it was immediately put into execution, The context says "he arose and came to his father." The trouble in nine hundred and ninety-nine times out ,of a thousand is that our resolutions amount to nothing, because we make them for some distant time. If I resolve to become a Christian next year, that amounts to nothing at all. If I resolve to become a Christian to -mor - that amounts to nothing at all. If I ome." "Well," said. Mr. Griffin, "then if you won't gp home I'll get yes a re epectable position on a respectable ship." "No, you won't," said the prodigal; "no you won't. I am going as a private sailor; as a common sailor. That will plague toy father most and what will do most to tantalize and worry him will please me best." . Years passed on and Mr. Griffin was seated inhis study' one day when a messenger came to him say- ing there was a young man in irons on a ship at the dook—a young man 6on- demned to death—who wished to see this clergyman. Mr, Griffin went down to' the dock and went on shipboard. The young man said to him, "You don't know me, do you?" "No." he said, "I don't know you." 'Why, don't you remember that young man you tried to persuade to go home and he wouldn't go?" "Oh, yes," said Mr. Griffin. "Are you that man?" "Yes, I am that man," said the other. "I would like to have you pray for me. I have committed murder and 1 must die, but I don't want to go out of this world until some one prays for me. You are my father's friend and I would like to have you pray for me." • Mr Griffin went from judicial author- ity to judicial authority to get that young .man's pardon. He slept not night nor clay. He went from influential person to influential person, until in some way he got that young man's pardon, He came down on the dock and as he arrived on the dock with the pardon the father came. He had heard that his son, under a disguised name, had been committing crime and was going to be put to death. So Mr. Griffin and the father went on ship's deck and at the very moment Mr. Griffin offered the pardon to the young man the old father threw his arms around the son's neck and the son said: "Father, I have done very wrong and I am very sorry. I wish I had never broken your heart. I am very sorry l" "Oh," said the father, "don't mention it. It won't make any difference now. , It is all over, I forgive you my son." And he kissed him and kissed him and kissed him. To -day I offer you the pardon of the gospel—full pardon, free pardon. I do not care what your crime has been. Though you say you have committed a crime against God, against your soul, against your fellow man, against your family, against the day of judgment, against the Dross of Christ—whatever your crime has been, here is pardon, full pardon, and the very moment you take that pardon your Heavenly Father throws His arms round about you and says; "My son, I forgive you. It is all right. Yon are as much in my favor now as if you had never sinned." Oh, there is joy on earth and joy in heaven. Who will take the Father's embrace? resolve at the service this day to become a Christian, that amounts to nothing at all. If I resolve after I go home to -day to yield my heart to God, that amounts to nothing at all The only kind of resolu- tion that amounts to anything is the resolution that is immediately put into execution. There is it man who had the typhoid ever. He said, "Oh, if I could get over this terrible distress; if this fever should depart; if I could be restored to health, I would all time rest of my life serve God." The fever departed. He got well enough to walk around the block. He got well enough to go over to busi- ness. He is well to-day—as well as he ever was. Where is the broken vow? I will tell you of two prodigals—the one that got back, and the other that did not get back, In Richmond there is a very prosperous and beautiful home in many respects. A young man wandered off from that home. He wandered very far into sin. They heard of him after, but he was always on the wrong track. He would not go home. At the door of that beautiful home one night there was a great outcry. The young man of the house ran down to open the door to see what was the matter. It was midnight The rest of the family were asleep. There were the wife gnu children of .this prodi- gal young man. The fact was he bad came home and driven them out. He said: "Out of this house! Away with these children! I will dash their brains out, Out into the storm I" The mother gathered them up and fled. The next morning the brother, the young man who had staid at home, went out to find this prodigal brother and son, and he Gamma where be was and saw the young man wandering up and down in front of the place where he had been staying, and the young man who had kept his integrity said to the older brother: "Here, what does all this mean? What is the matter with you? Why do you ant in this way?" The prodigal looked at him and said: "Who am I? Who do you take me to be?" Ile said: "You are my brother.".""No, I am not. I am a brute. Have you seen anything of my wife and children? Are they dead? I drove them out last night in the storm. I am a brute. John, do you think there is any help for me! Do you think I will ever get over this life of dis- sipation?" He said: "John, there is one thins that will stop this." The prodigal ran his fingers across his throat and said: "That will stop it, and I will stop it be- fore night. Oh,mny brain! I oats stand it no longer." That prodigal never got home. 'But I will tell you of a prodigal that did get home. In England two young men started from their father's house and went down to Portsmouth -I have been there—a beautiful seaport. Some of you have been there, The, father could not pursue his children—for some reason he could not leave home -and so he wrote a letter down to Mr. Griffin, saving: — "Mr. Griffin I wish you would go and see my two sons. They have arrived in Portsmouth, and they are going` to take ship and gcing away from lmoiue. I wish you would persuade them back" � Griffinwand tried to persuade Mr. (x went them back. He,persuaded one to go. He went with very easy persuasion because he was very homesick already. The other young man said "I will not go. I have, had enough of home: I'll never go MORPHINE IN SOCIETY. The Vice is Prevalent Atnong New York's "Pour IIuncired." The latest aristocratic vice in Now York is morphine eating. The practice has been more or less common for years, but it has not until quite recently re- ceived the sanction of society. A number of well-known druggists and physicians throughout the city stated to a Journal reporter that their experience led them to believe that the consumption of the drug had inoreased at least thirty per cent. within the past two months. Until recently the practice was rarely taken up voluntarily. It generally re- sulted from the use of morphine first to allay pain or secure freedom from the horrors of insomnia. According to time form in which the drug was first pre- scribed it was continued by the patient, though the days of its usefulness were over. It was then and is yet, generally obtained by prescriptions made out for real illness and carefully copied by the recipient later on. Lot fly a large number of morphine consumers have been dis- covered who cannot even advance the ex- cuse of former illness. They took it up out of pure curiosity, and continued it as an indulgence. No ono can fall to recognize the devotee of the drug. A sallow, almost yellow, complexion, glassy eyes, with the pupils contracted to an almost infinitesimal point, stooped shoulders and a general air of lassitude betray -the absorption of either pills or powder. The first effects of the drug are stimulating, rendering the victim garrulous, jubilant, optimis- tic and at times even brilliant to a degree. This may account for its popularity among the debutantes and belles of more mature years. With the reaction, how- ever, comes that "tired feeling," which sooner or later ends disastrously. Dr. Drake, of Eighty-fourth street and Columbus avenue, said: "It is impossible to describe the wretchedness due to the present growth of the morphine habit among both men and women Hardly a day passes but two or three new patients visit me with various excuses for pre- scriptions for the drug. Women are in the majority, and usually use the hypoder- • mic, while men take it in pill or powder form. "Our prescription list during the last two months," said Dr. Ambers,of Eighty- second street and Columbus avenue, "shows an increase of 15 per cent. in the number of orders for morphine, with no signs of decrease, but rather of increase." Dr. Thomas R. Sayre, of Forty-sixth street and ,Sixth avenue said that his books showed an alarming increase in morphine orders, and that while the greater part came from his "kid glove" cutsomers, a large number were from the working class of the neighborhood. At Perry's pharmacy the following story was told: "Orders for morphine are increasing daily, and unless some steps are soon taken to regulate the sale of the drug its deadly effects will rival those of opium. Why we have one man here who buys sixty grains a day, while any num- ber consume at least half that ninth. And the women are jest as bad as the men, only they take theirs hypoderm!, cony, while the men prefer powders." Probably the most interesting story told, howe'er, was that of a prominent druggist who declined to allow time use of his name. Said he : "To reveal the se- crets of my customers would mean ruin to them, as well as me, but I can say this, that the useof not only morphine, but other drugs as well, is growing at a rate which appeals even the pharmacists. I Most of our patrons are ladies whose names figure prominently In the accounts of the fashionable bails of the season, both as debutantes and chaperons. Their fathers, husbands, sons and brothers so - cure their supplies down `town, but they are all devotees of morphine." Lite in Boston. "Mr. Uplate," said the lady, "it is now after ten o'clock I really cannot keep the breakfast waiting for you so long every morning." Madam, replied the lazy lodger, with dignity, "if you think .I am going to endanger my health by rising before the clay is far enough advanced for me to tell whether I shall have to put on : my winter 3annels or my gauze underwear, you are entirely mistaken." "CORRECTIVE" ;CYCLE EXERCISES. How tore—beery/1) Grace and Symmetry in Spite of Riding. Miss Marguerite Lindley,. the physi- cal culture lecturer, says that unl ess women are very careful, bicycle riding will not only injure their health, but spoil any grace of movement or 'sym- metry of`form of which they may be possessed and that corrective exercises are needed to counteract the effects of riding. However, Miss Lindley does thoroughly believe in the wheel when it is ridden properly and when riding is supplemented with the aforesaid "corrective exercises." These supple- mentary exercises are not designed to be taken at intervals during a bicycle excursion, but " at home. They 'are taken standing in proper position, with chest and abdomen in line, or lying on the back or chest. When standing the arms are raised shoulder high and ex- tended, thereby raising the chest. The trunk is twisted, an exercise which brings into play many of the unused muscles, The most valuable of the corrective exercises for bicyclists, Miss Lindley said, is taken lying on the stomach, with the feet fixed firmly and the hands on the hips. From this position the head and shoulders are raised by means of the muscles of the back. Another valuable exercise is taken lying on the back and extending the leg up and out from the hip. Both of these move- ments give exercise to the muscles which bicycling neglects. Narrow bicycle saddles, Miss Lind- ley declared to be the cause of half the evils resulting from wheeling. She advocated the use of a saddle adapted to the needs of the person who sat on it —a made-to-order saddle. And she insisted that the width of the made-to- order saddle should be at least approx- , ilnately as great as that of a properly ` made chair.—Milwaukee Journal. The Reign of Love. Were England to fall from her high estate, to lose her pre-eminence among the nations of the world, to sink to the rank of a second-rate Power, not only would our own liberty be grievously impaired, but the cause of liberty throughout the world would receive a deadly wound. In approaching the question it is essentially necessary to clear one's mind of that sickly senti- mentality, that optimistic cant of "humanitarianism," as it is called, which is so unpleasant a sign of the times. "War and hate," have not re- tired from the world to make room for Imo, and for nations of men. Yes, and for "fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace," Tho struggle for existence is still the law for men, and for the nations of men. Yes, and will con- tinue to be so for generations far be- yond those of which we need take ac- count. Human nature may be trans- formed in an indefinitely remote fu- ture. So may leonine nature. But in this epoch of the world wherein we have to live and act, if the lion lies down at all with the lamb, it is, as Sydney Smith said, with the lamb in his stomach. And if men forsake the use of swords and spears, it assuredly is not to convert them into plowshares and pruning hooks, but to substitute rifled canon for those antique instru- ments of slaughter, now found ineffect- ively murderous. Surely, never was the aspect of Eu- rope so threatening as it is at the present hour. Standing armies of a vastness hitherto undreamed of con- front one another. The frontiers of every country are embattled. Rail- ways are converted into military roads. 'The physical sciences are ran- sacked for engines of carnage. The whole Continent is an immense parade ground, destined—who can say how soon?—to become a vast battle -field. At such a time, who but a fool or a scoundrel would promise neculity to I this country, so obnoxious to the jeal- ousy, so attractive to the cupidity of her neighbors, save on the condition that she can vindicate it by arms?— Fortnightly Review. A 15ew Dessert. A choice new dinner dessert to be used as a substitute for ice cream is made in this way: Whip a pint of cream to a froth, and color with vege- table coloring either a very pale green or rose color. Soak a fourth of a box of gelatine in a quarter • of a cup of cold water until soft, then set it in (hot water until it dissolves. Stir three ounces of powdered sugar into the whipped cream, so lightly that you do not break the froth. Then strain in the gelatine and mix thoroughly, but very lightly. When the mixture be- gins to thicken, season gradually with four tablespoonfuls of sherry and one- half to a teaspoonful of vanilla. Add half a cupful of blanched almonds chopped very fine. Pour into small cups or punch -glasses ready for serv- ing, and serve very cold. If a more elegant dish is desired, garnish the top of each cup with candied fruits or flowers in very small quantities.—New York Evening Post. A Room ala Mode. "You must have a good deal to worry you just now," said the presi- dential candidate's friend. "I suppose you are bothered a good deal by inter- viewers for opinions?" "Oh. no. My press agent attends to that." "Rut the expense of a campaign is something pretty heavy." "My financial backer attends to the expenses." "But you have lots of little details to think about -like getting the brass bands to play „'Hail to the Chief' at just the proper point in the proceed- ings and having the American flag hung where you can point to it at an effectiveynmacture." "No. The stage manager and prop- erty b man attend to those things." "Well --excuse me --but would you mind telling me where you conic in?" "I—oh, I just do the running for office,"—Washington Star.: , DIET AND DIGESTION. Suet dumplings require about flee hours for proper digestion, and with some peopl'b they never digest at all. • Beef soup is much harder of digestion' than would be supposed. The time re- quired is about four hours. Barley soup is one of the lightest of diets. It is believed to be completely digested at the end of an hour and a half. Fresh sausage, broiled, requires nearly three hours and a half for, digestion. When fried, the time is indefinitely longer. Raw cabbage will be digested at the end of two hours and a half: boiled cabbage demands at least four and a half hours. No flesh is healthy too soon after the death of the animal. Meat should always be kept at least a day or two before using it. The tendons and cartilages of meats are very much more difficult of digestion than the fiber, requiring from four to .five hours. Veal is one of the most indigestible of meats; when broiled it may be digested in four hours; when fried it requires nearly five. Nearly four hours are required for the digestion of broiled chicken; a somewhat longer time is needed for the same when fried. The stomach is capable of enormous distension. Gluttonous people often dis tend their stomachs to two or three times time original capacity. Eminent medical authorities say that the best drink after eating is a cup of coffee, not very strong and taken without sugar or cream. A, man at light work needs about 17 ounces of food per day; at hard work, 80 ounces; at very hard physical labor, 45 ounces are necessary. The digestive apparatus is a chemical laboratory in which processes both analy- tic and synthetic are continually going forward. In all tropical, countries some form o# capsicum is an article of daily diet. t0 seems to be nature's tonic for the stomach in hot climates. The appetite should never be artificially stimulated. Hunger and thirst are the best advisers as to when food and drink should be taken, SLAVES AND SLAVERY. As late as 1860, 40,000 African slaves were annually transported from the Dark Oon- tinent to Cuba. The repeal of the Missouri compromise, by time enactmeut of the Kansas and Ne- braska bills, was in 1854. • The number of slaves emancipated in the United States by Lincoln's proclama- tion in 1863 was 3,080,000. A doctor brought in the slave markets of Rome from 3200 to $600, according to his reputation for skill. During the sixty years ending with 1847 1,462,000 slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas. Chinese parents, unable or unwilling to provide for their children, sell them to whomsoever will buy. Among the Jews all slaves, except such as desired to remain in servitude, went free at jubilee year, It is estitimemated that not less than 180,. 000,000 African slaves have perished to glut the avarice of slave traders. A. Hebrew slave who desired to remain such had his ear pierced with an awl and was then a slave forever. 1 In 1840 all serfs in time Austro- Hun garian district were liberated, their ownel'a being paid in Government scrip. In time Roman slave markets slaves were always sold naked, and those that were not warranted sound wore a cap. In 1329 A.D. the Christian captives taken by time Turks were organized into the cele- brated Corps of Janissaries. In 1872 Sir Bartle Frere made his jour- ney to Zanzibar in order to suppress the slave traffic in that part of Africa. Over twenty centuries before the Chris- tian era slavery existed as an institution in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Egypt. In 1879 an English convention with Egypt was made to suppress the slave trade and mitigate the horrors of slavery. After a Roman victory slaves were often sold on or near the battle -field, in great numbers, for a few cents each. Roman slaves were often educated men. The doctors, musicians, actors and men of other callings were often slaves. BEWARE' It is good luck to pick up a pin only when you see one on getting out of bed. Pick up all the pins one sees in the course of a day, else one will be cheated or lose a bit of money before nightfall. It's good luck when time crackling sparks from a wood fire spring toward you. When the palm of your hand itches rub it whim the rough edges of a piece of no ,:ad you will' soon receive money to .) that piece. I i utm dream three times in succession o: birds you will fall heir to a fortune within the year. Something agreeable will occur in 12 hours if you happen, unconsciously, to put any garment on inside out. To re- verse the garment changes the luck. If you open a book upside down don't attempt to read anything in it or you will presently overhear something disagree- able of yourself. Blue-eyed people are more lucky than dark -eyed ones. Tell your secrets only to grey -eyed friends. NOTES AND NOTIONS. The man whose desires are sanctified will be sure to get what he wants. Nobody can be Made rich with money who wouldn't be just as rich without it. The mem who remains in sin knows that he doesn't deserve God's help. If you fled that your yoke is not easy, it means tlmat you are not keeping step witlm Christ. No man is brave who is afraid of the truth, Behave yourself, and you will keep somebody else out of mischief, When God shows us our weakness; it is that he may give us strength. Pray for the time to come when it won't hurt a prayer meeting to announce that the church needs money. • There are people who never accomplish anything because they try to do too much. Too many people would like to follow` Christ without having to give up the world. The Christian is never so much in danger as when he tries 'to ,fight the devil in his own strength. HINTS. ON i;LEEYE-MAI iNQ. Valuable to Hoene Dressmakers. In these days of large sleeves, sleeXe- making is almost a trade in itself, and in most of the large dressmaking parlors there is a sleeve maker who does 110 other part of the work, For those who do their own dressmaking there are a few hints that may be of use. , In pressing the seams of the full. sleeves;" it is a hard matter to do it nicely without ereaeing.some .:other portion of the sleeve. For this work, instead of the sleeve -board that, was once used, a thick pad or cushion of convenient shape Is employed, being used in the same way that the board formerly was. For use in home drosesmaking, when one has no snob pad, a pamphlet, or even a thick seed catalogue can be used. Roll. it tightly and tie it to keep it in places than slip it into the sleeve directly under the seam to be pressed. It can be done in this way without fear of causing wrinkles. When turning a sleeve to prose or face the bottom, it isnot necessary to turn the entire sleeve. The full portion can be left undisturbed, while the entire length of the seazu and lower part are in conven- ient shape to work. This saves much of the crushing that destroys the puffed effect of the sleeve. The sleeves that are made with a sep- arate under side An better and are much more durable. There is always a tenden- cy in the whole sleeve to droop a little at the back of the arm from the elbow down. They are also intiob easier to place the stiffening in. The material used to keep the sleeves in shape Is entirely a matter of taste. Linen canvas and fiber chamois are per- haps more generally used than other ma- terials. An excellent stiffening that is of light weight is the old fashioned paper muslin. This is made into ruffles and an- swers for the mutton -leg sleeves and for those made with a separate puff, To shape these ruffles, take the upper outside of the sleeve as a guide and use the top (where the sleeve is to be gath- ered and sewed into the lune side) for a pattern, cutting the cambric double, The lower part of the ruffle is cut so that, when done, the ruffle comes to a point at, each end and is about six inches wide in the middle. This ruffle, being double, is seamed together along the lower edge, and gath- ered at the top edge. It is then placed in position on the upper lining of the sleeve next to the outside, and an inch or a lit- tle more from the top of the lining. Another ruffle just like it is made and placed about an inch and a half below the first one, being used more to hold out the bottom of the first one than for any other reason. These ruffles being quite full and also double, no not crush down, but keep their shape for a long time. Should they seem tno full for the outside sleeve, gather them slightly near time bottom to hold down a little. When gathering the fulness of the top of a sleeve, preparatory to sewing It into the arm size, it is best to do so with two needles, each with double thread, sewing with ono near the edge and the other a quarter of an Inch from the first. Sew a few stitches with one and then use the other, and so on, gathering them along a little at a time. By keeping them along together, the gathers will lay much more smoothly, and the fulness of the sleeve will hang better. When the sleeves have a lining the full size of the outside, the patent sleeve bus- tle is admirable for bolding them in place. These hustles are made of hoop wire, and are so arranged that they can be fastened to the arms next to the un- derveet, and the dress sleeves tit nicely° over them. 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