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influence upon ourselves, One a the
greatest bulwarks against sin is the
God 'implantel desire to be thought
well of by your neighbozs. A man,
on Account of principle, out te be
ready, if necessary, to defy the scorn
and the sneer and the opprobrium
aud the persecutiou end the misses
Far To -ward Making Up the 1.31-tm. of presentetion and the ridicule of the
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The Picture
•Of =
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rho man phook his head, "Nor
does she know mime.
"What have yeti done wit,11 her
portrait?"
"Sold it, Had to, through sheer
TlIE SUNDAY SCHOOL/
INTERNATIONAL LESSOtit
necessity?" • DEC. 6.
eunien raceBut every malt may
"Was she fond of picturee?"
0.1.,•••••
"Very. She invariably visited all Text tif sthe Lesson, I. Ithiga PL
the generics, in Londoe,"
desire that his neighbors and friends "Then.' said Lawrence. I I tell ix., 10.
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regard his mime as the synenym of Ithe studio whitlow 'Was °Pere let- seeing- it, She might possibly hwv
- - 01114311 loved the Lord" is about the
- honesty and truth and probity and ding in .a, brilliant flood of eunshine it. and, then we shall have her ad- best, thieg that. could be Pain ot
reetitude, Awl when any man Comes fold tbe balmy air of Spring, The dresse. bine but it is not so grand as that
tt-vzer'a a'Icar:,1-11.4 t° 44"g3t! ,Ittg-foafss ,SOn. or his dress. The trialitY (4 his to tbe dangerOus condition in which studio wes g delightfully cosy one, There were tears in the shabby - - S -" 24 25 "the Lord
lil If, am. ;en., , .
Illit.t'itlezedc'-'1%.%?....t"wiltierier -alitif-fildrefietd. "robe mo.y la...see beiea peor, het we i.,,e does not clue what his neighbors with clerk eak wainscotting round , -
. 1 ill ked biS Remr" loved him," nor is it so greet as
he Z:•3 84'4:4 "i '7•1-°,Ft°•0,,4 : ra;ay l'e sure that there were no hat think about him; when be intention' the sides, and the furniture and found friend,
iseeeetfuent oi Ainhttetw:et purities up0/3. it or UPOU 1.41.UX. So. ally and rectietely stirs Up a hoz. knick-Imacka were easentiallY in That night, in the stadio, a. new
ez-no cr.lic;-aao :F.,.1.1.-: Rev, :41:1-r‘stkak worers, if we go forth in eets' nest of needless exiticistin wten keeping wan the etierat character 0
bond of friendship was formed be -
:greed; itt lode Tell . este „ee,eciaejhCbriet's name. some of as must, be ae tauntingly boatts that it does tom room,
tee n Lawrence Wyndham and the
fetea *a.. itOlowilig test: Vs...11.041h '.-1.-''orl,' dandul about our nersodel alit. riot matter what otlihrs may stiy, as i
0 Lawreoce Wyndham stood at his poor man, leichard Ilibreland,
Tiwavidnal Charaokiei tbink well of him; that they should
t° AcadelllY en the chance Q1 her The statemeet in veese 3 that "Son
iv.. lie, ntillo Leila inside:id tlie des .twartinee. leenzembe,r. 0 rainieter. long as he is not doing wrong. then _.
oi emelt third:sr" 'twins yru ascend the pulpit, that tbat man's feet are treadine the soft teasel. Putting tile dnieeing 'handles Three months passed away, The
teen, Oee otetenetearees etay lei Ng.- ',Fota. ti'lltl"s mat' not 14,' exPensh-e. nit icknands ef temptetion a'reltralie-to a 1°1`-e1Y late -a finicY Portrait of
tee ess mese. ;ensile et...es zee.).=Foes sliouid be neot. liensember, ii g tilting, tbe narrow edge of the a girl be had. seen at all '`At 1101110."
1,-;:i-....-.1 ceiees5vg the Atlani ic ere,. esi, ,0 SurdeY Mudd leather. that when inetiplee of Seeth. Itto impressed was lw by the twenty
• . and exquisite relinement of the fea-
t w ,fs yo34 es:pound the Bible leon, your i
".;::.!' f3 r'''.:e. fa.15- c.4411'llt."-l'al 11 1.44. :°,3P- 11 is tO ig• 11. Chrialan. They are esoraitble (linty a keel -1v,-; an exegeses ,,bad Painted tbent fdrtin inninarti.
en zey et:to:room. r am' er-***-: "SeeS.,;s„ moth the;,.. et es as well as xnent. The eesetsity of doing wbat i His one t.liought was bow he.might
ntiet.ii. en (deed fditt‘til:dti 14.7-'3 'i-eity:-7 - - it ;ti kber 0 man ',you ptomfee to do, If you say to ',,couni in contact with the orltual.
W -d 41 1 '2'"vg- ' c IP"' a73.sit. ert' 'ela - ;ci your; a friend, "/ will meet icon at emelt , The idea seelned silch a remote COO-
ih it 1 In thl sto'..td n;tt" 4,7.. :„°.j.-,-teh,,,,,eweenreteveir;et"left web as a aote. at ..F.Dtch altd slic:t a time." thegency tbet ho deteinninhil to bane
ks-'41^i'A"Cill:: ^.' ..^.^.. ":'..^." ^ """' r-7- ''T :'-- 7:- !'"a-oti should lze there. lf teen cannot ; isle it from his mind. But this wati
- - •-'. - , 4 ^ ' „. • your lo a oreacti in t lerist, Eit name. e .
edit Ott - ate ••”...1•VIA9. 7.9:',949.-2:99;;.,•:, t.k. 011 tepee. accoading to prorate: easier mold th.en done.
',' ,.-.`"rn.-•:- .. leeieeti et !low- : etnetenitg I 4/rt, sps.,,reeleoreerelele. Pfor yozer engagement. then 31'd 9 Preeently there WOS 0, knock t
Si4.14Vill:.- 414.41. illYA , skn-eall)d melts the itetson with wtont ills soot. an,1 in answer to )ci§,ZAC-r IP,
5;(.1 cii4.-. Snbalt etseatiai the next: -T-ox." Vittlt you beets the efgointeeeet. But the evient. int" p, sonietchat nedraggiett i When she "tem(' the dra‘WitW.
.
otee en eteete poteet o.e. 11411 (5t end cotirtesies wideh we gieee tio-sli'e with many neoide is loputm man entered. attileg, hint u room 1114;114rd cried out:
i„ ,2 I:, ., , „f- • wee,: is thi me nee, eteelfi c,:iic LA to th--s,' Witt} wholitt Illaalt they heve so moral Fence ot the ee. ,e,ented a *Niel.
l'l 11 7. ''' '''' "' 4. T''''''' -‘r '''* '. . ' •• ' i" '' - I 1' T I, t rang: mie 1 pooi t c at . "W.5.44.8 Naisie-11157 ItillIsiel"
led* we tonic, int itA51tv cortaqt The tittle, giatv ai I,ce th:g an erefaestmeret ini- ''' t's She turned oh! so white, and he
KEEP ENGAGEMENTS,
Itures, that he could net reSt Until he
IU" " e•shollars are leareirg from veil what Oman eseentitil the last ; The
the significance of his name Jechniah,
the beloved of the Lord. Our love
to God is so poor compared -with
Ills love to us that it is neither
worth singing about nor talking
about; it is too often something like
IteadenlY wits opened, and Lawrence s a , , , though e io i,
pcoientsirde4ralbur 44totleinttih9en.line, attracted Luellien.s" vrac4 4° wa"eu
T1 -
bis studio with his frienditideorsetedd, yet sacrificed and burned incense in
J n the statutes of David, his father
dayi inforraing tiiin th t 1 ..5 P.' tin
a; 11 la 0, Pharaoh. There is little 'whole
li, Owen, xvi.. 9,
They worked together tor hours.
entitled "Maisie," bad neon sold to a. 'The ark. of God WaS in a, ten'
Zees. Laird. of le visite Fara e ourt WIdelt David bad pitched for it in
Gardens. Jerusalem, hut the tabernaele and
In a, lit of excitement, Lawrence altar of burnt offering were at Gibe+
eent Dick to cell there„ and he found on (II. Citron, i., 3. 4), and thither g.
Solomon and all the congregation
had gone to Offer saerince, and. there
the Lord appeared -t0 Solonion in a
dreallt by night. and (Sod Said, to
bine. Ash what I shall giro thee. The
Lord's appearing to Ills servants in
whose. gratitude knew no boundS. Pl"es ulad"linitY svith
A letter came for Lawrence one heartedness for Groin notwithstandiug
• 4.•1:.; -41". 13:03;g•.„-,: aetS ot deterexce attach we ei1e111*1 tiled, with to do eo. they 'et 1 • e .„, „ iron to leer.
eneSt interesting end inspiring
gene -es.
erdee F2-41:17 14.1, 11:1diLeS. 635174 es tatiing Off herorniee needling. lihe a dishonest was hdttdeutlY gentionlan. ddosPlt° "Oh. Via! Dick!" she said, and the tide; when Ise ctota,
" • - t' e het vlien etand with thont itei. 1: (dere an election. ne.11 clietits end anaerobic liter voice was a /Inver,. "this/ you study irom
. • ik •
• '. la,. trivr.4 17;114 1-4-43414 :41 1.114 i'L'I'.4,tor or alionieg tilt131 40 11110 1130 4111110 431S1102'est 13011ticiall
' clothes there Wee nn air of diStine- kn , t peat- ed Adam and Lye ((feu. id., ann
y OW 31 , 1Q11 W011 110 S •
----------, lipee/end- pnatele Its through an onto door. 'ier eleetion their will forget twit their anil refinement tout him.
to MS, affaie LeSteaage is dead; it onward, but aS in the olden tittle so
"if:- - ..- eeeeeec s ieee- noi SVIii t 0 .n. -Tiaaa .7,;01.. sir." loot lytich a .,, ------------------------------------------------ .
nttered I.awrenco is Maisie Laird wilo lives, 1-4 am now His venal method is to reveal
ne eheli, hid ttey anaii eitidrely de- lady should eielesowledoe a geetleeito forget. The result let that 11 '*0 hieueeeL oho., hewn 05 1115 hIsh..., illOt Worthy that you should speak to Himself by 'His Mita Ct. Saul. iiie
44'.. „ 7±o4 ;;;-:" ' raid- ot the coon -pest rettede aetion utu.a. lie rises in ahltaall'e gtarncter and re igloos iii.e, "Wei'''. he said a1" -d* "Y" mligla I We. MY beeband killed the old 18). The Iferd'a offer to SOIMuon
o eett -t
"4 4, if. eat', e'eo .11 14,:rgY 6,111'1'4 ear to of.er Il0r a gnet. The hold lie eilhill wit be" tbedeilitide WI' pose for ale for it, couple of hours .tfaisie. elis widow is changed and at this time reminds us of Est. v.,
•.,- e a otitt n fireo dd. tweet near firert:n into our eenimenity. The lit -do. go • . ie ‘ .. , The man :Accepted with elacrit,y. It, cruet partnere. 14; dr.. 7: Isa. sty.. 11, 1. cee But
I. Kings x., 13; Luke xviii., 4 1,1
s weeded les.OW", a Mal litat do4ht calls JAY widolt we thing(' f4ce alid 414; Ittart ilt1 p"e 45it'e we'lmi ter a Study 1 wif511 to Mae' Pros" chastened by the bitter espeeit.nce:d;
at te. • egei 494. 4, 4. , 4 it'* way into the heart it, estly.gg Of four years of -married life with at Matt ail.. 7. NX1., • •g g
, • • ' ' 22" John NiT 1:l
• ' ' re se e tefert of a ,witteoita' 45. new neighbor or lies ':.(8" "Pr"
reat oil% end 10,3t out ito heatt
Zee ;eh t,to.71. 443;,;;I ileete the coal- tie g!fis of dfdicaines which SraOTtalitlrWa4 1!,1 lia- -.4. • ' ,,,,„,,,, would mean only a few shillings. but ...S0,..-$0 •-,Jur husband, mr. Laird, what do we toloW or the flower ol
t ti a:tee:wen of tiee
. e r• It lert ts bachbor ,1 • gd
a, Ode.. (.5,461;,... 'be F.,,:-.4 zo the invelinds room of our httu I '4 (4 4 ' 't "'tr.' ' he needed thiga badly enoughlte,is sets.h. •such words? Itow much do we aSk
tishilibtods bond'. AU then -0 littleh -yds, ilea; hod: femme'. I .„aQ. 'Flamed round the room. man 05 140 1 olle died g; year ago, end my fee 1.and receive. or what do We know 01
, "hi tte oera etine Wi144:S.
4 4
- :.-.Y 1'37:4 414mi,1 EsFpn, ;41344:7;tious end dny.rt(It7ecl. nat-47 14`lt 4 .1,1- 11,4:444. fv4:4:4:4,,,,, the diete fenee t;tei dhl no. he neticed the beantiful. face, ther Ivo years ago ,n 'the great and mighty things of Jer.
....
I stortn------ ikk F144 -hr: .t:?'"hIt41 les ot Ifewh tante cie the !lnott cdtstn „oil Ito tender, td e, re: which 'Wyndham was engaged. A i emu; you Aro ail Altman
i' ',-..%S," oti the deed:hag ieents ',thee. ha they ;tee mighty in *be dot, ' d. ' Shsli 1 n i iti
: '444 44 01. tki-o ilc,„1.ttiori off 144...,r:99t enterrestilite eions•teis. deaf. es a Jite°,t44 • °n caul(' nto b '; "Yes; I live a lonely life". --she I Solomon's reply *to God
1444 11,4„ in ti.d.hi,e. ttittetet. heahr fht lutt quichlei died alelae. to Isle .uroae into 0, son, iwith achnowledgment of great
ens-- ore et v-tt h 4"!' *114 a ite "i t "- (‚3 "61 -"- • "g. Licisier' he. cried; "if ;Mercies to Ills father and to himself,
, .• !;;,.1-3 1,3 13;
41 '11 -11:. h- ;41111':"' r:g 9124 '40 11* crft,ra,.1 rlight Anf'224.",) reidoced hiv o !Oa of utter 144)4.1 less 4 44a al
4 ',,i1k4:Cra •Or oarr et -n-- 14 mint ith'.`t nod dohnittri 'dent would only conlie back 40: 11143, to usen.a appropriate in all out
leeeesee'se. so efelee*.e or on
4141 11 114497.9• ,47.; riot thcra a, -stale nth life. for better. for worse. 'approaches to 9od (Prov. iii„, 6;
- actin , -1 FPV ' et -detain? C4.11414 i
V4144'41 tad' midricet rat thertil in the iracelel's elude. et]
,. to T0174 r eel eye. Ie. Clow deldtri Editooln enetailiedidlim14hi 1 14 t ru, - -5 4 ' gar(tte oft 1* ‚.'C nothing to offer you hut atiPhil. iv.„ 11). Notice the words
.10-! 2Y,!"; 7,::;.....3%*! 4111 INfon'i4 tr43 • - yin - 1A114:04 tom lout ti a tare lac•••%Tr-,! "Down on Your luck eh?" nacd
. ginat love. Will you Wife It for- i"thou bast" in live different courser.
• , e for itattinee 15 a 131':141. etta 1r1,4 notieg ranted tin, &seat WM by Wyndham./
tesegettneli (not egoti craain 2'a"Cs444 Ca"... 410 P3Oc4's ohnh - ° - - - . • - ,tir old tiMeee sehe? No, ii01*" be tions in this prayer -thou hest ehow.,
tattee te eottetv eteetetei - 7;44 4 leried. putting his arm round her; ,ed, kept,. given. 3nado, ehOsen. giv•
g „ - „. • .„i emu feat oed les ovorcco.at !;4•0l3 0, it iS the little fault*4. tne nine artist Mostly,
.4,-, -I 4 , 4 4.9
,ta
'- .1 p +4.), trtertitttes..,• 4' ee. Then he eV:fee-Owe out • e • • . * dOn ery. dear ono. Sag $011 :111g all 4110 glOry tO C1011 ill (111 t110S4 .etiees Bud thonebtieee reedgeget "About on rev Learneereis " en- II •
F44-,
Ane leis!. legs nide hie feet epee, tee CO tee Mott 'gement =bidder, evaded iti a tope of hopelees deepen- arid come Tula, t
1
. 0 Me ethings. 'We aro reminded of floVid*4
•c--.4 . e e Re, s 1 es $11,37:;' ';',g‘7. %7 '11 Cis t1140 or -x4,44,,,-.4 feall„ Cir.;1 1 vgi: 5 to ltyd at ;It 1," VT, little weeds tbet destree dimity. el -tiling with something stisid- For answig she laid her lovely face 'prayer hi L Citron. xxix.,
r; ' '.;". h;di*- 1 tttt 'iho 61/111"g 4,0'0'4 ,;..%;•Fn. Ater asaile the train till e gardens and with then, baying; cionfily like a Gob. against his shoulder and sobbed out: invhere he acknowledges so humbly hill
gr, •;,;?„,g, k 13 74,311,1r4414 Van In :Lk, 4344. 1144, Le tit es net remove est ttleteete of thorns snob 1140 tlowere to "Ever done this cart of thing be-; *diear heart! It Is Maisie Laird '01111 nothingness and God's great..
..,,,•, -• ',99 404, "WO o lelth di 'sighed thetnee24,,,fin 4414;v. Ta 0 mon is on la. dhtitli. tint t1 o ***I1 t. Pvwths IA 'fowl.* 445144 tho artist. working who is dead new -and sour old Mids. iness and bounty, using the pronount
4:4-.7;4004: 41•474152" :4.47.;,441 29441 of esillisneeet, He calm Go teeters of Lenaitin or the ea-e,ee sway. 1 10 lives." 5T13011, Thy, Thine. Thee, at least
Pirlithlttal. APPEAL
in
• .14-,,tey ter eit awn .earerott, itss iti eleh leg willows,. So- it 1r- inevitably ites: "No. I Iiiicev tionietliing about it.
• • F,1 '42 j91 0 • • * * it !twenty times. Our highest Mace 1:
iiiiiiifete 1 f 414 r10.11ti oe othets. Ile 'i"toilla tits. the deefil Ail tle.„, tilt :Cholla. AS I anl an artist by pro-, lying low at our Redeemer's feet,
Stn - died:eh:I lite first Arkpmpri- hae hied for but one edited. sic sae twined . elite theielas oitinsiseide ,i,,reeon, rep been eery in. sod!, They went back to the studio and ade„,,,dg
31 110t ill wisdom nor -might
III I
‘' tt • i .., •• V,V g il^-^otr,oft: ot personal op- 7" iiqp,4t to occupy ;04:,„ a teat. vet 'h• erne. tedit linnet toequ(4ratiy dtdddliiiven't sold a thing for mouths, It's .told Lawrence all. It was really he id thy. i but i 1,. .1
; inor ric WS, n mow ng . la W 10
1,33;c; I- ;;Kgrggigri..litiniv-,5; Seel lieOlfneSi ,J e 45 eaumos011ei4 g MM. eittliten. ',Alava* homan character, not the lee thane/vaults. when unable to sell titho brought them together. qs in Himself all wisdom and. wealth
41 4,'''‘•• VI the coat a, Man 'itlien the !oar old Woman %Lb; a ,:h113140th Sinn. not the nenistroun eh t. ' your picturela floe Call't. liVe wholly i "Where did you see the original of (j i oe oe)
, and power er. x„, et , -• .
ittere epee lesi Wen. and to the lzeilefs buiede eonten down tiei atee.„,,not the Flee eatalogeed in the er1111. on bow% yon neteete he owe& with, !that beautiful work?" asked traisie, ...., ,,, , , „ .
, e . 44 IP AIM C011$‘1011S V9OUICIROS3 anti ignoie
;i'. 4414 I17P f4141 and aql0e3allY In ;dine ily hedurg fer ';i'to led (or" 4' - • 4. " • a grim smile.
ree.e.ge. te the eleatilluese of the arci to Omit her load, he buries 1 "I've gone through the mill my -
1n4 -.la he were anent Ids neeld and :,littce yet tanner • in the siewspueer CENSUS, OF Snit= TIIINGS. relit" mitt Lawrence gently. Ite knew
to ta utedeety with which he is at- ood pretends not to Fee 1,er, liale
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all W 1011
"Last February, in a crowded Lan- °^nC4ds Solomon sets forth In the
war4,1 am but little child; I
don drawing-rooni."
'"Theri it was not I 'Maim you saw,
theie MIS etote wneat t „ an
li.
tire 1 in lendie, liod would never old Ingle' ieditates liitlo 11*.1 hide 'There are Twenty Million Rats in fell interested in but my twin sisterI was then in him.
hate cantilenin the "e.aulo and the and then paistee on. Von isay ; Loudon. "Pardon the question," put In the iitbe South. of France- WIlon illY
ele demi,. sister knows bow that picture
4111,11 th.t 1.roeelets cold tho rot- 1"11111t Mall is not a, polite man. Ile Infidel, "but ean you tell
ce: etre lego and the headbands It is so line someone used to linow,,would like to see the painter, I
and 411an courtesy =sum more than the CO3-Wer the enormous amount of lite
(madly, civilived or Lot. dente- suoit-** And so It came about that Wynd-
noes intveln and the ebaugt.able euits inlet Man is haying the foundations 'ftaY
hes, out bonnets and the ornanientn.dh Cot a vatietran.' I Fay owls. rose rerSors eSeert naturaliets ever ,you Seer 111 '.t hice you are, paititingh 'brought ine and Dick together, She
the tablete and the taiTinge and the 'two words "MOO Politelinsii" imply. 1011er 1°1" her44°11. which 4":°5 in Ittlid 1 wondered 11--11 it Could ems- ktloy,"•*"
of apparel and the mantles ane ' of en veil future. For if he is ois- 1137 Roiled or 'Vilely ter:tied.. 4 ies gitaio cries Latereuee. lanneeittte..tham. met and fell in love with Mils
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the wimples etid the crisping Pins leeirtir,141.°"8 to bin felbny men, *1 17(4 is , cent plague , of lets has monipted lv ,roused 1.0 interast; "/ Wish I knew !le's beautiful sister., whose porti•ait
the bad painted.
alai the glasses and the fine linen h.‘""ng to crowd his felaow imeeetelLondon Ansuers 'to obtain oil et.tie e
the mune. That face is the most
1 i t mate firm a 'I.:dentist who believes
Ib eautiful I have over seen. I saw it
but for a few minutes, arid I am
alai the hoods and the velle ok the , .,
haeglity flaw:Mere of Zion. ...who i'seals which rightfully beioug to i that within the area of It i eater lora
walk with stretebed •forth fleets mid tt„lit:1°' be is developing a, disposition ;don there are twenty millitin rain -
if not dicta:ed. may lead him ;more than three times as many rats
wunton eyes, waning 141141 minting rie ,9;,',.."d'h,
and by to defraud Ids neighbor of as reoPlet
they go, and =thing a tinkling with ;
dbe flo/hu4s and cents which by right Spatrows probably come next in
irect
ir feet.111110SS here was at mar !belong to him. When Paul said, .polut of numbers among London's
connection between a maws „
r "Be courteous" Ise meant more than ;wa'llunblom1(41 population; but the
the" td
eliaracter and Lis flartor Itenarttr,.". to be raerely polite. Be meant sole ,,, ecientitt preferred lee male 114 i esti-
of nPhiloeophy tif Clothes." J.4tui 'honest, be fair, be noble iii the little inutte oovor all the birds in tbe Ileit-
vreuld never knee connnauded the duties and attentions which you ;ed Kingdom. He belimed t ley
women of the Corinthian church to :dboidd show to your renew Men." would average eight hundred to the
veil themselves in public assemblage;steirtee mite. That woeld give a
if be had not teen convinced that a i CHRISTIAN' CO'CRT.ESY. total of Learly ninety-seven millions.
weenau's disregard of the sociel eels-, Character is not born; it is devel- Thus the bird population outnumbers
toms of the country and the time loped. It springs not up in sr night, the human by mare than two to 0110.
13143114 o. lack of modesty and pur- :is a. Jonah's gourd. It grows grad- As for the insect population, that
ity. There is, there must lea an un- •twiltr. Every act of our present day is quite beyond any statietklain but
breakable spiritual link binding it Is dependeet in more ways than one admitting that etith bird ate only
inan's personal apparel and his 'upon the fictions of our past. When My insects a day, 33ritieh birds
heart. "Cleanliness is next to gotili- et woman peeks out of her window would consume more than a billion
iess" is e. trenchant statement not to see the furniture van unload her ineeets in a year. Yet sueli an es -
found in holy writ, but the substance new neighbor's furniture and then timate seems abeolutely futile when
of its teachings is certainly within refuses to call upon that, neighbor we consider that the insect popula-
• Th and extend to her the rightful social tion of a tingle cherry -tree infested
a.
e e
respect of the neighborhood, She is
elaborate directions which God gene
Schooling herself to refuse to extend
to the Israelites for careful and
a welcoming hand to her humble site
frequent, ablutions of the body and
ter when she enters her church. When
the clothes show that he is not in- a. man is willing to push his way
different to the cleanliness of those through the crowds blocking the
who come into hin presence. We aisles of a largo dry goods store,
forcing frail women to right and bit
and shoving aside the little children,
he is nurturing the spirit which is
shown by a crimieal chauffeur who
drives his .automobile at frightful
velocity through the crowded staeets
of a large city. Ile drives it ahead,
caring not what horses he may
frighten or what person he may
strike because he knows that, like
full speeded Cunarder 6.t1-iking fish-
ing sivack. it is the other person
who will be hurt and not himself.
Christian courtesy is of the tree of
righteousness, and discourtesy is of
have, therefore, a right to doubt
whether a person Who is in public
chronically dirty 131 person or slov-
enly on immodest in apparel can of-
fer acceptable worship.
HIDDEN TALENTS.
Yet to hear some slovens talk one
might suppose it was a sign of men-
tal degeneracy for men: and women
to he careful of their personal ap-
.pearance. They pretend to believe
that a well groomed and neat man
is essentially a weak man. There-
fore they practically say that one of
the signs of genius is a disregard of the tree of sin, Let us beware how
the decencies of life. There are more we ignore that apostolic command -
ways than ono of interpreting that
• passage of Scripture which says in
reference to the One taIene man,
"And I was afraid and went and hid
thy talent in the. earth." Somo of
nthe earth" in which many men hide
their talents of life is to be Arend in
the filthiness and in •the unkempt,
conclitione of their wardrolies.
If it, is necessary to be clean and
neat in personal appearance intern-
ment, "Re courteous" (I Peter iii,
8). . .
AVOID- APPEAR.A.INCE OF EVIL.
Small essential the next : The ...ab-
stinence, fro.w. all appearance of . evil.
The taking care cif your lifo'S actions
so that they may. never be false
lights luring your neighbors .ancl
friends 'Woe the fatal rocks of sin.
The refusal to eatmeat, if by the
. °ening you may .cause your brother
pore work, how much more is this. to orien41. nAli things may be law
-
neatness essential when we ard con -
fel, bet all things are not expedient"
secreting our lives to I110 S1'1.Yie(1, 0`, Wa9 the substaige of the Pauline in -
Jesus Christ? The (ken* Saviour enaction to the Corinthian church.'
wants us to go out and labor in his ".lee seem" may sometimes be almost
nasne in the same way as he used to as great a pin as "to ee,e mare
you this : No man cell afford m any
wey to have his influence cast won
ihe wrong side of any moral ques-
Hiarged hint with uncleanliness 01 tion. Nearly all our` groat religious
elovenliness, and we mey be fend teachees have re.cognized this trutli.
"hat the Pharisee who invited lem We must abstain from all appear-
tO his house and the ottiee hosts nuec of evil on account, of our in -
retie evtained woult1 eev- fitielice over ethers. lee must 444)
71' have welcomed ltim as a, guost if etein 1r0111 111 appearancee ol evil oil
he had been careless elide* ids per- accoent 411430 et the reactionaiy cell
work. ife was taueted with many
reproaches during his earthly life,
but those.wao hated him MOSt ne'v-01'
with aphides was estimated by no
less an authority than Miss Ormerod
at twelve millions.
Lord Avebury once calculated that
a single ants' nest might contain as
nmuy as four hundred thousend in-
dividual insects. Regent researches
bave shown that these figures were
too high; yet the actual facts are as-
tonishing enough.
Moivieur Yung, a. French entomolo-
gist, has killed elle ants in five hills
by means el a poisonous gas, and
ondertalcen the luodigious labor of
countieg the dead. The result
showed that in the smallest hill
Mete were rearly eighteen thousand
ants; hi the largest, ninety-four thou-
sand; and ro man would dare to es-
tirea,te how many ants "got away"-
that la how many were absent from
the hills bu.sinees or pleasure at
the time when the scientist entered
upon his tremendous task,.
. A BITTER PARTING.
Long years had passed since they
had met
'And said adieu in pain;
That parting she would neer' forget -
And is,ow they met again .
She • looked at him with ple.acling
oyes
Beneath her locs of gol
kd;
He did not eee.m to sympathiee--
glance was firm and cold.
"Ewes then she told hini to be kind
And stay his cruel hand;'
But, to her fearful anguish blind,
He smile4 at her command.
Toen by conflicting doubts and feare,
With in tango. alarm,
She nOW almostgave way to tears
Axel wildly grasped his arm,
painting it from memory only."
"/ was hoping perhaps that-tbat
-you knew-," began the shabby
man; "but 1 am disappointed to
learn it is not so. Where did you
see her?"
"In a London drawhig-room."
He gruffly. muttered "TIONV be brave -
She gave a d,reaelful Saleat,
And, ere ,44 friendly toted conld save --
'Another tooth Was out.
Both men are married now, and
famous in the art world.
There is one picture which Dick
treasures more tlian any other work
he. possesses. It is called "Maisie.'
6
N'n'w RAILWAY SIGNALS.
A new system of railway alarm
"Ah!" exclahned the poor man. 1 signals at grade croesings has re -
There was despair and disappoint- cently been tested with stICCOEs in
ment in his tone. Germany. Each $.ignal-box contains
"Is -is it possible that you know a small electiie motor actuating a
he,r?" cried Wyndhiun eagerly.
banner, which stiikes a bell. lu ad -
"I think it must be she. 1 only dition to the audible warning thus
Met one woman in my life with a given, a 16-4444141e power light is
heavenly face like that" -indicating simultelmously turned on, which
Lawrence's work -"and 1 would give
anything to meet her again. It is
a. strange thing, but I painted her
portrait once. She had a sister
whose beauty was-"
WYndharnsh
"Ah, e had a sister," broke in
"Yes; very like her, I believe, but
I never saw her. The one I painted
gave me enany sittings, and 1 -
To cut a long stroy short, I fell in
love with her; but her father, an
exceedingly purse -proud man, said he
would have nothing to do with his
daughter if she married a penniless
ar,trei.1,
she was as faithful, as true,
as loving as any girl could be for
two years. Then she suddenly wrote
and told mo that her father was
ruined -had lost all his money at
Monte Carlo. Gambling Was his
craze. As a last resource he had
staked his daughter and iost,
nIt was like -this: A friend of her
father's, an exceedingly rich but un-
scrupulous man, hearing her father
was on the verge of ruin, said. 'I will
lend you* five thousand pounds pro-
viding you gamble with it so as to
try and make it into ten. Tr you
lose, you Most give me your daugh-
ter in marriage; if youewin, we cry
quits.' .
"The poor old man, desperate, and
with the gambling -fever on him,
hardly realizing the horrible nature
of the bargain, staked at roulette
that same night and lost!
"That man, the fiend who held him
in -his power also held him to his
bond,
"1 -lo married my poor Maisie. . . .
T think 1 CV:IS mad for a time. She
wrote aud told Me that she was not Amorg l3ritisli wild plants, the most
happy. She bitterly rii.prohched her- F.,011Ei41VC 4.0 tOUCh is the insectivor-
Well, friend, I have never ous sundew of oui, bogs.
seen her since then until her sweet
face, which you have so wonderfully
‚.11-t
tms tthhee,iinellitutcteeire;!.,
111'-ifl '41440
portrayed, gazed at me frone the can-
vn.s." heard that she was Clign ge(1, 80
"What was, h,ei name?" asked went round and In'oposed to her, so
Wynd11a11. that blJe NVOU1Cln't think I lead been
"Maisie Lestrafige. Mr. Laird waS trifling with her." "And Wasn't.
the name of the man sho married." E..he engaged ?" "Yes; but ehe
-You 011 4. know her where- btoke it off. Slie Fglid my 101e WaS
41101'0 sincere than his." '
makes visible in plain letters the
words, Zug kommt, "Train coining."
The entire apparatus is automatical-
ly worked Ity a series of electric
track contracts made by the train.
The firet contact, as the train ap-
proaches, turns on the double alarm;
the second stops the alarm wben the
train passes the point of danger; and
the third resets the apparatus in
readinees* for the next train.
BLECTRIC.ALLY MADE STEEL.'
Experiments in the .smelting of
steel by electricity, carried on eine()
1900 at G3rsinge, Sweden, have TO -
stilted in the erection of a, teed
plant at that place, in which electri-
city is to be the only sraeltiug agent
employed. lt is said that steel made
by this process is superior in
strength, density, teughness and un-
iformity, as well as in the case with
which it can be worked in the cold,
induotened state. Tungsteu. steel of
electerical make gives stronger 'wag -
nets than other similar steel, and
does not warp iu hardeatng. The
macroscopic appearance of electrical-
ly made steel lesembIes that of cru-
cible steel.
PLANT THAT FEIGNS DEATH.
In Smith Americ:d there is a plapt
-a ;species of namosa-which reeorts
to death -feigning, evidently for the
purpose Of padventing grass -eating
animals from eating it, In its nat-
ural state, this plant has a livid
green htle; but directly it is toocliecI
by a "lumen finger, or by any living
animal, it collapses into a tangle of
apparently dead and witheved stems.
abouts?"-
o 0414. 01 0021444
in" (verse 7), rerninffing lin or Jeri
I., 6. If he had always remained
consciously weak and had leaned
wholly on tho Lord how different
would his record nave been. lIzzitth
one of bis successors, was marvel:
misty helped till he was strong, but
then his heart was lifted im to hit
destruction (IL Cbron. xxvi., 10
16). Not in pride, but only in hu
mility, can wo walk with God (Mk.
8, margin).
His inquest as given in verse 0 it
stated in II Citron. i. 10, as fol
hews : "Give nie now wisdom ant
knowledge that I may go out ant
come in before this people." Wia
dein is the principal thing, bette;
than rubies and all other things that
might be desired, and can be obtain,
ed when inen honestly desire if
(Prove ii, 3-0: iv, 7; viii, 11). It
can be had for the asking, but 11
must be sincerely asked for (Jas. 1
5). It is part of the fullness that
dwells in Christ for His peoi le (eol.
ii, 9; I Cor. i, 24, 80).
Because Solomon made 'such a re
quest and did not tisk for hinisel:
ricbes or long life the Lord Wal
pleaeed to grant him what he asked
abundantly and also an abundance ot
the things he had not asked tor.
It is written that "God gave Solo-
mon wisdom and understanding ex,
ceeding much and largeness of heart •
even as the sand that is on the sea,
shore," but this strange 3neaSlire (144
wisdom is Cal:lathed -by the fact thin
Judah and Israel ate spoken of ei
being many, as the sand which is bt
the sea in multitude (1 Kings 14'-,1.710.
29). Solomon was thus prolnisea
wisdom. for every individual cue he
might have -to deal with, and an it
lustretion is given in the record
which felloa's our leesou.
As to Solomon's request pheasho
the Lord,: our Lord Jesus said ct.
Himself, ‘ti do always those thingi
that ple.ase the Father," and th.
Father testified of Jesus, "This
My 'Beloved Son, in whom 1 am wet
pleased" (John viii, 29; Matt. 411,,
17; xvii, 5). - - When we are 60 11111.4
yielded to God that we cao
say, "1 live, net not J, but Christ
liveth in meg' He who alwayr
pleased the Father in ti'e. mortal
,body 'prepared for Elm will alsc
please the Father in our mortal bo(1.
ies le 2,0, id Goa ev, 11; Hob
▪ 20, 21; iltoin. 1, d).
• Although this wad a dreamt, yet it
was a real cOnaranniCation from God,
who in fornIer times often revealet
Efireself in visions and dreams,
e'id to Jacob, Joseph', Nebuchad,
nezzar, Panic], jotiepb, the husbami
of Maty, Pilate's _wife and othev
(Num. xii, 6-6; Job .xxxiii, 15). Reim
to this day God noes sometimes re,
✓ eal His w1:1 in a dream or Vikdoll
concerning special guidance in IM•
usual matters or to a seaing Oeui
among the heathen who have not
heard the gospel; but, as a rnle,
speaks by His word to those Aste
e His word and never in conflic•
11144.14 it,. 1.3efore the ark at Jersa
lem Solomon offered up burnt .effer
Mg§ and peace offerings, .41.-e yoness
tyeieseng 0111', Lord Jesus 044e1e04
Elimeell wholly to 'God and ,the la1.
ter our fellowship with God thr ougl
jesus, Christie