HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-4-3, Page 6gODLINESS IS PROFITARli
Many Young Men ave Found Religion
a Practical Help.
act at OA4 naritwarat et highest. settee/. a meglicioo is the
ciaties. in tbe /eor Ono Thonond Nino Qua.
SCHOOL OF 0111HST,
,.tred iaa Tvo. Wittiw4 Batkaat Toraa,to.
nontannint, AstictattuNt. Ottavskt1 declares that "ge •
A despatch from WaShWattnt SU•YS: VS111 is profitable unto all
—Rev. Dr. Tkonrago preached irom thiugs, having the promise of the
zoilowing Tiiiionw. s. iire that now is as wseollir yoouf that
witieh to come."
-Godliness i•s profitable unto all out, ,two u , the wo .14 with equal
ten in
titiegs. having. promise oe the life ipleysical heeith, and thee, OM! of
that nove is and ot that which is to them. shall get the religiou of Christ
ceme." in hie heart and the other shall not
/get it the one who becomes a, son
There is 0 gloomy and Passive waY lei the. Lord Almighty will live the
oi waiting for knouts to come upon longer. With long life will I satiety
to tied there is a heroic. way of go- hint and show lies salvatima."
eeg t to meet them, strong in God Again I remark that godliness is
mei fearing nothirg. Where tee body good or the intellect. I know some
ttatiline wies found on the battle. have supposed that luet as soon as
tield it wets etiateid ier eiteanee oe a man enters Otto the Christian life
ttis teaops, attieuee the enemy, „his intellect goes into a bedwarting
Atte the best way is not for as to • process. So Mr from that. religion
lie down and let the events ol /life will give new brilliancy to the bite/
-
trample oyez- us. but to go forth tit:leen new strength to the imagine,-
Cirristiatt spirit determined to co•.ee new force to the will and wider
quer. you are eepeetieg eieeeperity, Swine to all the intellectual faculties.
Otta MI determieett so far ee I hive ;Christieuity is the great eentral fig -
;me -thing to do with lee tait eerie at ethane plidaeophy has lighted
Shall reat be distippointed, and, 'b its brighteSt torch. The religion o
therefore. 1 In'oPosP, as God may iebrist is the fountaiu out of 'which
UP•Ipt we, to prided. upon your ate ,learuing hae dipped its clearest
tention a view elemealt of success, You idraft. The Ihalieon poured forth no
have in the lewdness roan frugality, such inspiring waters as those which
patience, industry. perstiverauce. ee, goo/ from unthr f d
outimy—a, very strotig businese erva clear as cryetal. SUNDAY SCHOOL
--but there weds to he One NOW, commend godllnees fts .
tatirdiff lotottey, Allan them best mental distiplipia better Giant
toad not it 6ilent partner, either. belies ?Atria •to purify the taste, INTERNATXONA IXSSON,
ih ono introdueed bY MY' text. better than reathematice to barness ii.FRIL O.
4 Minces, which is profitable unto the lathed to all intricacy and elabor-
dl haviug the promise of the time better Mot logic to marshal
4. that now is as well as of that intellectuel forces or °reset arid Text of the Leseou, Act19.
s ix., 140
alch is to avant." . It will go with Hugh MR- Golden Text, iii.,
I suppose you are twit willing Meow him the footpeinte Soul yet breathieg out
nelnat that godliness is important i Creator in the red sued,stotae. It hreatenings and eleughter agalust
otehual relations,. Perhalid go with the botaniSt and ehow ut disciples of the Lord.
eente you SOF. "All I weld is an 'him Mesita). Oiliest enconmed under Whet an evil breath he hadi
oppertumty to a Prayer Inefore 1 the curtain of a -Water layi It o word 'translated "breathing out" is
d all be well." There aro Igo with, the astronomer On the greet Med only this once and MMUS to
a great, =mei neolde who stihnose ;beighte where God eltepherns the brieethe in or out. to breathe. to live.
tied if they can tuella; get siefider hgreat Mach of worlds thet wender very iife was to hate Christ and
" thIS 174141d CIKV wiR ave eee" on the hats a heaven areswering his Christiana and eat the time eame
iheia,,,a the entire enventage of we- rolls thein by their viten he could truly say. "For lee tO
TiZey talk as though atateea ive is ebrist," (MILL 21). Our first
at -litigate were o mere eaduction to hint is in chapters
Again I remark that godlipees
via, 1, 3, in connection with the
in of Stephen and the persecution
owing, whieh at this time was still
going on, hittedni own account of his
life in those days is found in ehapters
Nadi. 3, 4; xxvi, 9-11; Gal. a 13, It
but Epla. 11. 1-3. he speaks of it
all as being under the prince of the
power a the air.
8. 4. Saul, Saul, why persertatist
thou me?
Thus spathe Jesus of Nazareth to
laza in the Hebrew language (xxvi.
14) and Arrested lain in las mad
career. for God, had determined con -
main him. "Hitherto shalt thou
Conte, but bo further" (J ob xxxviii.
11). Whoever touches a Christlau
touches Christ Himsele lett not ov-
en the devil can go one step beyond
Uod's permission (Job. 3.0; Dam
iv, 35; Zech. 11, 8). Though it was
midday', this light from, heaven was
above the brightness of the sun. and
Stull could not see for the glory of
that. light (xxvi, 13; xxii. 11a.
5, G. The Lord said, I am Jesus,
whom thou persecutest.
He recognizes a superior and soaks,
"Who art Tho'u, Lord?" The an-
swer Bin him with trembling and
astonishment, for Jesus of Ntwaroth
Is actually speaking to him. Seeing
Him to be indeed the Christ, the
Messiah, whom the prophets had
foretold, he at once aclanowledges
Him as Lord and meekly asks what
he is now to do. Thus suddenly
shall Israel as a nation be surprised
some day, and, looking upon Him.
whom they pierced, they shall be fill-
ed with true penitence and, accept-
ing Him as their long -expected Mes-
siah, shall say: "Lo, this is our
God. No have waited for Him, and
He will save us" (Zech. xii, 30; Isa.
xxv, 9). Saol's conversion wes n.
pattern or type of the conversion of
the natio u (1. Tim. a 16).
7-9. He was three days without -1
sight and neither did eat nor drink.
The men who were with him fell
to the earth, seeing the light and
being afraid. They also heard the
voice of some one speaking, but did
not hear the words, for -those were
for Sa,u1 only. Compare xxii, 9;
xxvi, 14. It was somewbat like the
experience of Daniel and of our
Lord as recorded in Dan. x, 7;
John. xii, 28, 29. That Saul really
saw Jesus is evident from. verse 17
and I. con xv, 8. What Jesus said to
Saul as He commanded him to rise
and stand upon his feet ie fully stat-
ed in Pa.ules testimony before Agrip-
pa in =ye 16-18. Consider alma
three days blind. and fasting, the
world shut out, the body mortified,
dying to self, God dealing with his
soul. It is the period of death pre-
ceding resurrection (Gen. xxii, ;
17; Jonah 17; Hos. vi, 2 ;
john ii, 19; Rev. xi., 11).
10,12. Inquire in the house of Ju-
das for one called Saul of Tarsus,
for, behold, he prayeth.
Thus said the Lord to Ananias, a,
Oevouit disciple and one 'who had:: a
good' report., of all the Jove, at Da-
naascuS (xxij, 12,), ne, like Philip
in a previouVlesson, is prompt anq
obedient, one on whom the. Lord
could rely tie do His bidding.
reply remInds Us of Sammel• arid
Isaiah (I Sam, , 4, 6,, Se 10.;
. S). These . three days ',..1Ind
Saul and his Lord in intimate coin- ”Here's aa invention that enables
mum -cation. Saul talks with the you to see, the man who ririgs you
Lord, and the Lord in vision reveals 11P e'NW the telePhehe'''
eibeseif more fully to Saul. From 1 "'That's well enough. But what is
Jesus Christ by revelation he recoil:- really needed is something that will
ed the gospel and from Him also all enable Yen to Pe"h Ilini in the
his future instruction (pal. 1, 11,
12, 15, 16), 1
esea gets religinn AitY ye too late, beeo sufecieut encouragemeut, but
a man adjourns to life's expiration 1 one would thiuk that the Lords
the 11Seg of relin. gioA mart who first Assurance to Anes t-aidthat the
postpoues religion to sixty years of persecutor wee preyleg would have
'
Ile may get into the kingdom of GoIi we ere ma Slew to expect wonders
by finel, repentance, but what can from Him whose name is Wonderiul.
compensate him for a whole lifetime Saul is not only chosen to beer the
unalleviated and uneomforted ? You naute of Christ, but also to suffer,
want religion teaday la the training for faitaftilnees to eliriSt ai4 ntlf"'
Of that an& you will want re- fering for Hie §-eke ere iuseptirably
to-Inorrow in deeliog with connected ifti this preseot evil age,
that customer, You welded. religion while the whole world. Iieth in, the
yesterday to curb your temPer. Is wicked one (Gal. i, 4 I ilhalue V, 19,
your men strong enough to beat See also John xv, 18, le ;
yrour way through the floods? Ca,n xvii 233; Philip. a 2.9; II Tim. ii, 12a
you without being incased in the iii. 12, but be etwouraged by Rom,
moil ot Cod's eternal help, go forth vitt, 18; I Cor. x 1,3,
amid the assaalt ot ell hell's sharp- 17-20. Receive thy sight awl be
shooters ? Ceti you wall e alone filleel with the Holy Goose.
aeross these crumbliog graves and Tints said Auto -nue to Saul. ase
amid these gapieg earthquakes ?
Can you, waterlogged and mast
shivered, outlive the gee? Oh, how
many there have been who, postpon-
ing the religion of Jews (atria.
have plunged Sato mistalies they
ver could correct, although they
Uved sixty years after, and like ser-
pents crushed under cart wiemis
dragged their mauled. bode e under
the rocks to die. So these oleo have
fallen under the wheel, ot awful cat-
ity, while a vast multitude et
hers have taken the religion of
Jesus Christ into everyday life arid,
Mat. in practical besineess agairs,
eaul, Seeettd, 011 the throne of hen, -
witty triumph. have illttetreted.
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ethw 0 oAd17 eys rub
hitoalteaterar
41Pil NiDd Ono little hint that ought to
z)1,1 11 11 0 I g A
00 broken. rut the articles in a sauce",
tit prove useful. in the kitchen is tbet
0 eir of hardening lass and chi a exti-
'IQ cles so that they will not be easily
keitit,qateS$0919061/40 Pao 0r eepper of cold water; cover
them and let the water come to a
boil. When the articles have belled
CHEESE DISHES. for a few minutes, cover the sauce,
There is a, mistaken idea that pail closely down, set it on one side,
chew of all kinds comes under the and when the \voter is cold tithe
head of 111.70.1ries rather then Med. out the glase or aloe,
This idea comes Principally from
want of knowledge of methods of GOOD WAY TO wAsg BLANKIP.Ts.
preparetion. Few cociabooles give Select, a elear windy day on whielt
bue little attention to tile cooking 01 to how the bianiceu was1e4 so that
--ret *he the air Will blow through them and
cheese in appetizing ways,
methods to be used are einiPle. and dry ilidekly. E-Nainizie the blankets
to see if there are any places that
are very much mailed; Wee, Should ho
nept mind during the washing,
Half fili two tubs with hot water;
pour enough dissolved soap into :me
tub to make a very strong suds ond
into the eccorel tub half as much
•soah. Dissolve three tablespoons of
borax in 1 qt Water And pour ball
of this ' mixture into each tub, and
eop them up and down till the dire
appears to havca been removed:
squeeze the water from them noel
put them in No. 2 tu,b, waishing
them again in the samo manner.
Now rinse the blankets la a very
weak suns one run them through the
wringer. Shane well and hang otte
to Our. AR three Waters in evlifell
the blunhete are Washed must be Qf
the same temperature. If there are
any spots that the sopping and
pressing do 110t, reillOW, rub with a
brush; this does not twist the fibre
as would rubbing with the hands. or
on the board. Wash ouly two Mania
is at n. time. Have fresh water for
hirer Pair. Tina blankets eltould be
perfectly dry before they are taken
from the lbw, then they should be
folded carefully and pressed, by place
log them under a heavy weight Mr
day or Wm
having found LI. Juswhere the Wane' dashes nourishing as the
ILord said he woeld, he aut. las more expensive meats can be produe-
hands upon, him and, told of the ed in less time and with less feel,
Lord's CollUniasi4M.recoevecl Oheese various Mims is excel-
sig,ht, both natural and spieitual, lent: also to servo with salads, and
coufeseed Christ in baptism, took helps a linleheito or dinner along ill
food tor the body and was strength- 4 wonderfel el -moiler, As most
ened, and inortedietely preached itt cheese disliee are quickly prepared
the synagogues that Jesus of Rhea- they are very. useful in cases of mei-
reth is the Christ. the Son of God, exigence', when tolehPected guests are
OM Whigs are passed awey, all rive, tio An impremptu supper le in
things are become neve, the Spirit order-
lies clothed Himself with Saul Cheese with tfonany,--This Is ex-
(Judg. oh 34, It. V., otargia) and cellent for the main dish ot lunch -
now henceforth he (Uwe but MID 0011.. The hominy left front a Pre -
thing, knows but 900 rdaSter, and vious meal may be used. Out it in
for Him is reedy to lay down leis seat elicee, baving sufficient to fill a
quart baking dish. Sprinkle between
while angels looked on and n. uni- tile. ;telt toyer some grated cheese of a
verse approved, the glorlolle truth TOWNS =MR ONE ROOF\ mild variety. tise 1. cuP cheese.
tbat godliness is profitable unto
. ......a, Spriniele alSO between each layer a
altdogs, having the prounse of the ente 91 Thera shelter rxtzoim4344 MOO salt and PePPer and Pour over
I' which Dow is as well as el Huttwhie' 0 -6.00-00,' ' all 1 cup mill:. Cover the top with
It is to COMO." 1 tablespoon butter 'erotica in bits
The record populotton for any ewe and bake half an hour in a liot oven.
building in Londen, outside hotele. Serve hot.
is 297. This eney neat. a fair Mart- obetvo with corn elealeaThis is
her to he filwitered under (me roof. very savory dieh and Attleh in favor
hut there are plenty of other cities with little people. Into a he bleat,
which etitt beat it easily. litembay, oe belling water atir a cup yellow
r instance, has one tall teeement meal and 1 teaspoon snit. Let cool -
e ith 691 inhabitants, ana another in &nage boiler ter hal/ an hour,
ith 663- 111,4 SIngle r"":4 la 9,e then turn into a. square tin. When
neer itouse i4 People were c011nte° cold cut. into neat slices; lay these
the recent coleus. on a batting tin and sprinkle each HOW TO DARN A LARGE HOLE.
Rut. startling as are these hgures: aim a liberal quuntity of mild
they are email beside the capacite: 04 'mated them.. using a ouptot to tea
other of the world's greatest build- above amount of corn meal. Sprine
lugs" The Paln(xli of 19,11g "leftld°114 in lilo alma with 1 tableepoou choppea
11PPer Burma. is 0. nine and a (111°r- parsley and act In the oven until
l'...r )11111"1!*, _t14„",11, uTI" lis 000o1a on0A1 each slice is crisp and brown. Servo
amine% wee. kil..4.11 00 maxv aii ,ealafee wait n, tomato or clime 34,500,,,
human beings laave been sheltered. ,totto o,iiimishoe oi,,,,,,, ,,,,. e,„.,,
Seale Of its rooms aro 70 feet _Oar, ohnrattsithantrivaAlrelotint litir sart7i
high. and supported on rows a en- id°
°stomas teak wears, eieberately water; draies'ind break in pieces with
curved. Since the British occupation a Mae Plate in a. searicepfut with two
the palace has been renamed Fort toothsleaslPtOaonnds Nbvnutitteer4sulgat:aaSniTtnatt (ei:sclit
/311.°1.1"' ami is tht) '' °E Brit'l°1 of cayenne. Let them cook on back
gra°01neirsmr‘ilsitheeOugoturnoeratilule aglit'ealithset. eiecfncletto.ve,weieditIlt ChOelz`iillitgg; n'talLeitetlipvoecrpn
. oat ehurell, and the population does e . i _ i_ water. Cool; ow min.
not, now teem as thickly as it once now' emu it Ph e
utes. then rule tin ough a sieve, re-
dll'41'lhe biggest, warehouse in the world turn to the lire, add e cup finely
is at Liverpool, and nas been con. grated cheese, let eorate to a bon,
Amami for housing tobacco, of add 1 tahlesimon erealn and serve
which the city's imports are con- hot. This sauce is Wood ;deo With
staidly increasing. This WarehOuse broiled chops or croquettes a Meat,
Is 725 fc-et long. and 105 feet wide. rice or hominy.
The ground area is 13,000 hquare Cheese Sottfile—Cover 3. cup grated
yards, or about 25 acres, while the bread crumbs with 1 cup hot milk,
various ilOorS aggregate over 25 Cook five Minutes, add 5 teaspoon
ttereS. Tea regiments could Sleep salt, a tia011 cif coyenne, and 1 tea -
under its roof, and, it tull of tobacco spoon flaely-ehopped parsley. Draw
its contents would be worth about the saucepan all the lire .anti add the
$70,000,000. beaten
great rival—hfonehester gra.ted cheese. Add the stiffly beat -
beaten yollts of 3 eggs and 1 cup
—has also sOmetbing to boast of in en whites or the eggs and turn at
once into small buttered paper cases
the way of
A RECORD nunimitt. or little scallop sitepps, and bake 20
This is the great tram -ear sued bee minutes in a hot oven. They will
then be brown and putty, and should
longing to the corporation. of tbe
be served at once. with strips of
city. it has tourteen departments.
toted bread or crackers, Nice for
each with three lilies of track, and
each trach capable of holding six luncheon or suPner.
ears. The total ce,pacity of the shed Cheese Croquettes.—Mix 1 cup
Is thus 259 ears. There are also grated cheese with 1 cop sifted
under the mune roof guurds' and bread crumbs, add 1. tablespoou on -
drivers' dining -rooms, mechanics' ion juice, ie teaspoon dry mustard,
shops, storerooms, (Aces, and a a little Salt and. 1 teaspoon. parsley,
house for the yard foreman. The efi- Mix thoroughly with 2 eggs, then
tiro structure covers four acres of mold into tiny balls. Inp in egg
ground. Not content with this im- slightly beaten, then in cracker
memo shed, the corporation are crumbs and fry a delicate brown in
thinking of building another, even deep fat. These are nice icor lunch -
larger, for their -stock of ctua al- eon served with cress or lettuce
ready hpproaches 500. salad.
.Among England's many vast coun- cheese Ramehainsi—Put 1 ewe.
try houses, few, if any, are larger spoon butter and e cup water in a
than that wonderful building known saucepan. When it boils, add e cup
as E,greniont's Folly, near Exeter, flour, a teaspoon each of salt and pa -
now in process of being. pulled down, prika, and 3 tablespoons Edam
a million was spent on its building. Cheese grated. Let it cook ten min-
utes. stirring occasionally, and turn
It had 250 rooms, and a quarter of
But it never was finished, and it is into a pan. Beat in. 'one at a time,
said another 500,000 would have Put the paste on a, well -
been necessary to carry out all its 2 eggs'
buttered baking -dish. shaping it into
The im-gest private house in the flat circular pieces about an inch in
details.
world is the Milmo Palace, near diametee. Place three Or four cheese
Monterey, in Mexico. It stands in dice on each, and bake fifteen min -
the centre of the 900 square miles utes in a hot oven. Serve hot.
which constitute the Mime estate. Chee.se Sandwiches.—An excellent
The building which is a faithful sandwich calls for equal parts of
NOD OF RECOGNITION II protitable for owes demosition. Lord
Whieh we aro to give to tbe ;Ashley. tefore he went ban a greet
Lot'd .14M,135 etn our way up to a beam ' battle. well heard to Mier Gus pray -
Neely rautizeion; as tbottigh it were r: "0 Lord 1 ellen be very busy
an adiniesion Genet, of no use tex- -day i 11 1 forget thee. forget 35.0
CePt 161 give at the door of heaven. not." With eueb a (palette -in dispose.
And there ere thousands of people tient as that a man is Independent of
who have great admiration for a• re, all eireemestances. Our piety will
ligion of the sltrouti end a religion of have a liaise of our
the eaffin and a religion id the NATURAL TFAIPERMIENT.
beaMtv and a religion of the cemetery man be croes and sour and
veto lime no apprecietion of a relic- r t Naturally, atter he becomes a
inn fnv the 441111, fnr th° larul, for tristian he will always have to be
the fact ory, for the iv:eyehole:O, for led, sawdust the rebellion of those
the ieweler's shop, for the °film 1. inclinations. But religion bas
Now, while I would not, throw any , al the wiloest natures. it, Igo
*Mr on a postonorten religion. I .urned fretfulness into gratitude.
want to -day to eulogihe an ante- lespundeuey into good cheer, and
reorient religion. A religion that Is those who were hard and ungovern-
of no uee to you ethile You 1110 "" able and uneonipromising have been
be id no use to sou when you die. made pliable and conciliatory. Good
"Godliness in Proraablo unto all -solution, reformatory effort, will
thiegs, having promise of the life not effect the change. It takes a
that uow iS I12 well as of that mightier arni and a lufglillor hand
whivb is to come." Aed, 1 baxe al- to bead evil. Wets than the hand
WoyS minced attt, whea gruve hi vete,' that bent the bow of Ulysses, and
IoW in a. ineet's heart he talks a It takes a, stronger lasso than over
great deal in patyear meetings alma held the buffalo on the prairie.
deaths and. about toffins and abut Agein I remark that religion is
graves and about churchsards. I good for worldly business. I know
knee noticed that the hotIllay Chris- the general theory is the more busa
time the man who is living near t 11035 tho lers religion, the more re -
12114 is on the straight road to ligion the less business. Not so,
heateen. 1:1 full of jubilant satistee- thought Dr. Hans, in his °Biography
tion and talks about the duties 01 101 a Christian Alerchane" when he
this life, understauding well that if says; : "He grew in grace tho last
Gml helps him to live right be will six years of his life. During those
help 11181. wo die right. six years he had more business
Now, in the first place. I renuirk crowding him than at any other
that godliness is good for a man's tune." In other words, the more
pbysical health. I do not mean to worldly: business a man bus the more
say that it will restore a broken opportunity to serve God. -
down constitution or drive rheumat- Now, religion will hinder your
ism from the limbs or neuralgia from business if it be a bad business
the temples or pleurisy from the or if it be a good business wrongly
side, but, I do mean to say that it conducted. If you tell lies behind
the counter, it you use false
gives one such habits and puts one
ghts and measures, if you put
in such condition! as are most favor- wei
able for physical health. That 1 be_ sand in sugar and beet juice in vine-
gar and lard in butter and sell for
Belie, and that I avow. Everybody
01 spirit is one thing that which is another
knows that buoyancy
thing, then religion will interfere
good physical advantage.
with that business, but a, lawful
GLOOM. 'UNREST, DEJECTION,
business, lawfully conducted, will
are at wax with every pulse.- find the religion or the Lord Jesus
tion of the heart and ev- Christ its mightiest auxiliary.
ery respiration of the lungs. They Religion will give an .equipoise of
lower the vitality and slacken the spirit. It.nvill keep you from ebulli-
ch. mlation, while exhilaration pours tions of temper, and you know a
the very balm of heaven through all great ninny fine businesses have been
the currents of life. The sense Of in- blown to atoms by blid temper. It
Sincerity - which sometimes heiress will keep you from worriment about
over an unregenerate man or pounces frequent loss; it will keep you in -
upon him with the blast of ten thou- dustrious and prompt; it will keep
sand trumpets of terror is most de- you back from squandering and from
pleting and most exhausting, while dissipation ; it will give you a. kind -
the feeling that till are working to ness of spirit. which will be ' easily
gether for our good and for our distinguished from that mere store
everlasting welfare is conducive 01 courtesy which shakes hands violent -
physical health. ly with you, asking about the health
You will observe that godliness in- of your family when there is no
duces industry, which is the founda- anxiety to know whether your child
•tion of good health. There is no law is well or sick, but the auxiety is
of hygiene that will keep a lazy' to know how many dozen cambric
man well. Pleurisy will stab him, pocket handkerchiefs you will take
erysipelas will bura him, jaundice and , ,
will discolor him, gout,' will cripple PAY CASH DOWN.
him, and the intelligent physician
it will prepare you for the practical
will not preseribe antiseptic or febri-
duties of • everyday life. I 'dq,not
fuge or antelyn.e, but saws and ham,
mette, to say that religion will make,
=Ors and yardsticks, and crowbar.,
us financially -rich;, but I do say
and pickaxes. There is no such thing
that , it' will give Us,' it will assure ug
as good Physical condition 'without
of, a comfortable sustenance at the
positive work of some kind, although
start, a comfortable subsistence all
you should , sleep on down of swan
the way through, and it will help,' ns
or ride in . carriage of softest ,uphola to direct the bank, to manage the,
stery or have oii your table all the .
traffic*, to 'conduct all our. business
. luxuries that were poured fro/n the Matters and to make the Most in -
wine vats of Ispahan and Shiraz.
,. Significant affair of our life a matter
Our religicin says: "Away to the of vast importance, glorified bY'
bank, away lei the field, away to the
Christian principle.
shop, away to the factory! Do some- How can you get along without
thing that Will enlist all,the energies
Hos'
religion ? Is your 'physical
, of your body, mind and soul!" 'Mil,
health so good you do not want
igent in business, fervent in spirit,
this divine, 'tonic ? Is your . mind
' serving the Lord,'' while upon the so clear, so vast, se comprehensive;
bare back of the idler and the drone
that. you do not want this liivine
comes doWn the sharp lash of the ap.
„,„ inspiration ? is Your worldly busi-
esti° as " says' "fi a" man s''''' floss go thoroughly established , that
not Work, neither shall he eat." .
you have no use for that religion
Oh, how important. in this day,
which has been the help fLrld deliver -
when se much is said about anatomy
ance of tens of thouga.nds of men in
and physiology and therapeutics and - ,
crises of, worldly' trouble ? . And if
sorue new style of medicine is ever
and anon springing -apon the world,
that, you should iinderstand that the
Baste a piece of thin not over tio
hole and darn in the usual manner.
The latish of net Makes a grotmeti
work for the thread% Old veil&
end ederes of worn biee are Well
adapted for this work.
ON jORDAN'S BANE
Curious Ceremonies by 72,USSIeit
WO= in, the aely Una.
The traveller in the Holy Load
will witness few sig,hts Will in-
terest hint more than that of the
ItUaSlan pilgriMS at the annual Epi-
phany ceremonies on the banks Of
the River Jordan, A Writ before
the festival itself crowds of these
petteants are seen trudging
along the Jericho road, with every
imughilable kind of haversack med
earry-alt on their beau. Some of
the pilgrims aro old and weather -
worn, others young and cheerful,
while a. fee', overeonte by sleep mitt
fatigue, at lying prone telotag the
roadside. But somehow the whole
lot, young end old, manage to rettelt
the banks of the river in good time
for the ceeeznony, says *Ito Loudon
Traveller. They spend the night.
perhaps, the Russian hospice at
Jericho, like a flock of sheep. Lie.
fore dawn the rooms are empty and
the whole crowd has gathered on the
bank, wbere Greek priests, who will
presently drive a Most lucrative
trade. aWait The prineiple
articles sold are branches of trees
from various sacred spas, stones
front the Mountain of Temptation
hard by, plants from the wildernese,
and rosaries with olive StOilett for
beads. To whatever religious value
is claimed by these articles, the Rus-
sian peasants implicitly give cre-
dence, and they willingly pn.y their
MONEY TO OBTAIN THEM.
what I have said is true then you
see what a fatal blunder it is When 'special messenger t° the gentile
grated cheese and celery. Mix with
copy of an A'Aihenian palace, is 400
by 330 feet, and will hav,, a little mayonnaise or with a few
spoonfuls of oil and vinegar mixed.
when finished, about $900,000. a
It is built of the white marble of the
Spread on thin slices of bread.
Another dainty Blling is cup
district, and set on the top of a grated cheese, 2 tablespoons whipped
flat-topped hill, its appearance is as cream and 6 stoned olives, chopped
maguificent as its size. fine. This is nice with rye bread.
SOLBIERS' AMUSEMENTS. •
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
During the hours immediately pre-
ceding the ceremony the motley crowd
is occupied in prayer and silent de-
votion. To many pilgrims this oc-
casion is one of the greatest life edit
bring, namely, to be permitted not
only to visit the Jorden, but actual-
ly to bathe lo its sacred Waters.
Suddenly chanting is heard, and the
crowd. quickly opens to let a proces-
sion of purple -clad ecclesiastics miss
to the waters, then the pilgrims
close in again, and station them-
selves along the banks, eager and
watchful. And now, quite reverent-
ly, a jewelled cross is laid by the,
patriarch on the surface of the
stream to bless •it, and no sooner
does the sacred -symbol touch the
water than a dive is made into it by te•
the enthusiastic crowd, . which:
splashes and pray's and wallows and
dips—altogether a, strange scene.
Such is the baptism, and the longer
it lasts the greater the merit the
pilgrim. will enjoy. All dripping
with water each shroud is now
wrireg out and stowed away to serve.
as the cerecloth when the pilgrim -
of life is over, and the body
iS ready for the grave. As the trav-
eller, rides away the next day to Jer-
usalem, he will see. these childlike
peasants bedraggled with mud, and
fatigued by eonstant sleeplessness,
plodding along toward the Holy
City, chanting and singing as they
go, and leaning on their stioks oC
reed. But there is now.; a smile on
their faces, and joy in their hearts.
for have they _not bathed in, the
waters of the Jordan?
The one attraction of life in a
blockhouse in South Africa is that, A California, woman makes pies
given a packet of seeds and a con- from uncooked pumpkin by washing
venient supply of water, the little _
. thoroughly, cutting into pieces of
garrison may have its own vegetable convenient ,size and gratieg. For
garden. At dozens of blockhouses one pie she takes two cups of the
grated pumpkin, two roned crackers,
now small and beautifully -kept beds a cup of cream, half a cup of molas-
of lettuces, cabbages, and spring on- ses and a teaspoonful each of china -
ions may be seen. In some cases, mon and ginger, with a, pinch of
where the supply exceeds the hunted- salt. She makes pie from, carrots
i ate demand. of the earl ison ege-
train. But in the great majoritY of treated in the same way that she de-
clares reseinbles pumpkin so closely
tables are sold to trO-opS.P-ass'invg" -IV
cases '`detalls, guarding the lipe,", that only a connoisseur in. cookery
have no food to vary the monad)... can tell the difference. •
nous daily ration of mtitton and bis- Every image should have its .little
•
cuit or bully and bisuit. ,medieine cabinet or, cupboardl,,aflouratbiliee
______+_ simple remedies that are so
,
, A mem, Niiiihhh„ , in every family„ And with them
• - • should go the little ' booklet which
contains directions what to do in art
emergency. Among these directions,
antidotes for poisons should be con-
spicuous
Why does bread fall alter being
put into the oven? Because the bullet of the Krag-Jorgenson nee,
bread is too light and the oven Um says the London United Service Ca -
and the oven too
cold. Also, if the bread is too light zette. Snow, therefore, it must he
stags of fermertation(olwdiuthhee sreecaociiilc-1 concluded, has a greater , resisting
ea in the oven and the bread will be 10)1(711-:e7rrlYtaientlitYlnithta(1)1 t7aftt NN.71.col'osaelllya
sour, , - piled -up earth. The Norwegian rine,
Wring a fla,tmel cloth from hot water 2,500 yards, and with a calibre of
in,ust bo.remeinhered, is sighted at
White woodwork and furniture can it
be beautifully cleaned with whiting.
6,5 millimetres has a velocity ot 2. -
'dip in Whiting and rub Well to re- 360 leet, and theref°"18 to the fun
move all stains, then wash off the at least as Powerfura wm3-01% ' L.t.54
whiting with cle,an, warm. Water and that of any other army.
1111e3t-1,061.)01aTi: vessel t Belgium started a system of old -
81! n21mC akr,e pen s ton s last year. Already she
Ananias hesitates lUsi 8 iftjiepays about $1 .3 a head yearly to
he thinks of Saul's reputation and 175,000 old PcoPle•
authority and his rea.dness against ' Counsel for the Defendant (sarcas-
Christians, The Lord graciously ticallY u 're a nice fellow, aren't
bears with Ananias in his objectioris, yo ' Wi tness for the Plaintiff (cm: -
but repeat1118 con(1nand to go and di ally )--"1 am Sir; and if .1 were not
assures him that Saul is to in, His on my oath I'd say the Same of
MILITARY USES OF SNOW.
•
some intereSting experiments have
been recently carried out in .Norway
to ascertain the amount Of rests-
tance.offered by parapetsmade of
snow to the penetration of ride bul-
lets. It was found that a wall of
snow four feet thick, the snow being
neither rammed or frozen, was proof
at fifty yards distance against the