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1161 AND NOBLE TIIEWIES
Rev. Dr. Talmage Urges All to Ctiheer:
ful Service for God
liainent of Canada, ia tee year Ore yews of ago from the service, Ameri-
Watered according to Act ot the 'ger- .
Thousand Nine leundrea and Foes, can :history ,svpitld have had (MO of
asoetamett of Aviculture. otteste., its brightest lights snuffed out bet
by win. ;laity, .of Toronto, at the
• , fore it had ally opportunity. to ehioe.
despatch from Los Angeles, Cal., John Milton, in some respects, is
sayit-; Bev. Frank 3)0 Witt Talmage the greatest nanio in English'hitera-
Preached from tho following text: ture. Yet old, blind and neglected
Solomon's' Song ii., 12, `"The time by his people, he had to write for
of the. singing of the birds is come," PrOsperity- because the mon of his
"Do you know what makes the
snow -banks dise.ppee,r in -the spring-
time?" staked a man of poetic temp-
erameete "Why, yea" answc-red.
"It is due to the heat of . the °sun
being so much .stronger now than it
is in January: It is duo to tho fact
that, by close 'contact the eattli is
being warmed at the sun's fireside,
aillo as one side of a piece of bread
i'lliReasted by being .expesect to the
kitchen stove's heat while the other
side of that piece of broad remains.
tinscorched.'' '`Oh, no," answered rey
poetic, friend. "The' snow dieeppears
not on account of the sun's rays; but
lima:use the flanies glowing. among.the
feathers of the rod-broasted robins
havetmelted therm- Have you , bat
noticed,. as a rule, the snowflakes
.nover ,ezitirely disappear entilt those
harbingers • of the 'summer fiteWers
hew) stamped them out' of existence?".
LIKE THE SONG BIRD.
First, like the song bird, God bids
us sing because he bas given. to us
music.al throats with which to sing.
As the brown -thrush or tho redbird
or the nightingale is able to lift his
voice in treble or fantasia or lullaby
or cantata or serenade, God, by ana-
tomical construction of the throat,
has inado it possible for us to sound
• forth musical notes in his riatne. He
has not disconnected our windpipes
from tho great bellows of the lungs.
Ilo has not had us born with palsied
tongue, or with deaf ears: ' But as
Gad has placed -in the larynx of every
singing bird's throat a thin mem-
brane, so he has stretched over .the
end of tautest every human being's
windpipe a fibrous, elastic tissue
which will vibrato as we attempt to
sing or speak. We ought, one and
all, to be grateful that God has giv-
en to is anatomically a musical
threat with which we can sing his
i. Praises. l'hank God to -clay for the
patter of the epeaking throat. e is emblematic of a heavenly glory.
ie all ready to acknowledge our oh, ins friends, like the song birds
indebtedness to him for the blessings he the springtime, will you not
of the eye. If you are not, then choo.se a mighty theme to inspire
read thot wonderful story written. by
. the most famous of ,living English
authors. The book opens with a de-
scription of a noted war artist who
is growing blind. Frenziedly he
works tit. ils le.st canvas,. then the
cloolo cloud of total obscuration falls
0
up laths His friends leave him one
by no for the E.gtrotian war., He
sits in his room alone, an object of
pityountil at last, •crazed by horror,
he starts for the front and is there
mercifully shot by an At bullet.
-Sight, Oh, yes, with every glorious
surtriee, with .every architecture of
- frost upon window pane, with every
matterftiece of autumn foliage, with
CV WV walk over country hill or
through eity street, we are all ready
to say: "Thank God for two e3res!
Tbools God for the windows of the
soul!''
POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE.
Not only for visual, but for audi-
toity organs are we also thankful. If
. the sounding board of one of our ear-
drums is • in any way deadened we
guard the other ear more carefully
than we do our jewel boxes or our
securities, which we place in the saf-
ety vaults. We never lea our well ear
become .overleated by stove or regis-
ter. We never in a railroad train let
the Adroit blow upon it through open-
ed Andows. At the least sign of dis-
turbance then away we rush- to tho
speetalist to have it treated and car;
ed for by the beet of aurists. Ah,
yes, we all appreciate. the blessings of
the oar. But how matiy .of "us ap-
preciate inht. blessings of the voice?
How many of us have in the past
; thanked God that we can sing his
praises as tha birds can change every
tree branch into a choir loft in the
temple of the •woods? How many of
us are read3r to thank God for this
wonderful instrument' of human voice,
which can laugh out our joys and sob.
out our sorrows and inalse men know
the thoughts that aro lodging for
awhile under the domes of Our fore-
• heads and tho loves that are billirtg
• and cooing in tho ,silent retreats of
our hearts? '
GOD BIDS US SING.
Like the song birds, God bids us
sing because he bas given to us an
open heaven. in N'illiCh to sing. It is
one thing to have a VOiC0 with which
to sing, but it is just as ossential to
have a -euttiolile pliteet-ihr Which yote
can sing. It is One thing to hate) a
inueicia throat like the song thrush,
:in whieh nil the eiren eptrits of -the
hills antirvalloys can find inelodi-Ous
expression, but it is another thing to
bave tlee heautiful Voice of the yellow
tipped canary hushed 'into perpetual
• silence by being domiciled in a dark
room or in a dungeole if a singing
bird were compelled to li've hi a
ground roole's tunnel, or to work like
the moths with their mouths wrapped
up With woolen 'garments, he would
be as demi) as they.
Thank Cod, then, for your , musical
thrott and for your opportunities for
usineit. David Glasgow Farragut,
Otto of the most resplendent cliarac-
tersi,itnotiaval histoete was born July
• 5, 18011, With, the exception of an
enteagentent in whieh he participated
as a mere boy Of thirteen, Farragut
woes' tatelled gunpowdee hi . flatlet
battle oiettl be wee sixty-ano years
of age. Wor . ticarly fifty long years
lio wetted the &tip's cleca irt tittles of.
peeeto . Uttel he been astired"htinSiXtY care to warble. •But it is differeht
Own times and generation would not
listen to his poetic pong. Edmund
Burke, ono of the greatest of the
English statesmen of his time, most
of his life was teractically a states-
man without an office, or, if in office,
ono who huid, a very subordinate
piece. So little was he honored by
his Parliamentary celleagues that it
was once said, "No man could empty
the house of conunons so quickly as
when Edmund Burke arose to speak."
anoos:m A mmarry THEME. '
What is true of printing and sculp-
ture is 'also true oemusic. Beethoven
and Wagner and • Mendelseoen and
Flondel did not employ their genius
in it street- ditty. They. trained their
ears to •catch the'voices of the winds
which con only be beard upon the
heights of Mount. Olympus. • They
called their oratories' by the mighty
names, of "The Messiah, ' "The De-
luge." "The Prodigee Sone' "Tho
Light of the World," "Samson;"
"Saul," "Esther," "Joshua," "Eli-
jah" and "Paul,'' "Jeplithah,".,
rael in. Egypt," "The Creation,"
"The Woman of Samaria." So our
singing birds in their oratorios have
gloricesathomes to sing about. Their
song is the resurrection. They ging
of the- ' bursting seeds and the in-
cense of • swing.ing iflowers. ,They
sing Of the winter which is gone and
the harvests • which are. to come':
They sing of -the sheep which - are
growing . the wool that the little
children may have warm clothing to
defy the December blast's and of the
sap giving life to the trees that the
great logs nay be rolled'into the
old fashioned fireplaces arotuid
• which the families can gather obout.
•its glow and learn the lessons of
love. They Sing of the open har-
bors and the king's ships going to
Tarshish to come back laden with
gold and silver and ivories and tho
wealth of .foreign climes. They sing
of our earth's resurrection, whicli
and uplift your... s music?
CHORUS OF THE'WOODS
Again, God bids ue,. like the song
birds; sing because' he does not ex-
pect us to be soloists, but to take
an essential pint in a great.' life's
chorus. • The true,beauty of the
song bird's singing is that he. car-
ries a part and not a whole clay'S
solitary znusical recitatiota Like
the piccolo, or the clarinet, his
voice may he shrill, or like :the flute;
soft and sweet, or like the bass viol,
loud and deep; but whether soft or
loud, his voice has it part, ,an casen-
tial part, in tbo chorus of the woods
If you would lenctv how 'essential
the bird's voices are for the musical
sweetness of the woods just go with.
me some day up among the forest
covered hills. As we tramp on and
the twigs snap under our feet and
our voices. are tossed in echo from
tree. to tree the birds scurry away
or silently- hide behind their curtain
of leaves. They net a good deal as
do the village children when City
People are riding through the coun-
try. They. run ' into the house or
barn and keep very quiet. But if
you pay no attention to thoso child-
ren they will begin to peek out of
the -windews • or behind the Wood-
house, and then they will gradually
come out and watch you as you dis-
appear down the road. Such is the
way the -feathered musicia.ns of the
forest •act, When .you first enter
the woods and call to them to sing
they will keep as silent teethe grave,
but if you lie down at the foot of'
some giant oak and pretend you are
asleep. the malty Voices of the birds
Will then begin their seeniingly end-
less chorus. • First there, will be a
twitter, then an answering nail, then
.duot, then a third voice will break
in and make the trio. Then off in
the distance a woodpecker will beat
time, like the drumstick tapping up-
on tee sheepskin. Theo a • great
wave of • haritiony, like Handers
'Halleluiah Chorus,'' Will roll over
you. Then suchlon silence. • Again
the music will start, and a new con-
cer t will bo masteettilly • rendered,
each bied's voice not much in itself,
but each an essential part of the
great wood's' choi,us.•
AN INSPIRATION.
It is w-onderfill • to realize how
quickly a musical tondector knows
when any of his musicians aro not
at:Olagtiosethey ought to do.. • I owed
-
head of it great • orestra of. huh-
dreds' of pieces being gathered to-
gether. 'Whou every inusieitte. woe.
doing ais part; and tho aoinids rozfe
and fell like voices Of many waters,
the, piccolo player theught he would:
stop and •seo if • the lead.er would
rhiss hive No sooner did he tacit)
than the leader pointed his baton
toward the silent man and SAM,
"-Play I Play 1 You are an essential
part of the piece. Do you hear me?
Play." So, in the great musical
chorus for the salvation of tho
World, God bids Its each to sing and
tabo our part, as each bird of the
woods has hie singieg part. Sing !
Sing ! To -day in Christ's name sing,
as the song birds irt the springtime.
Sing your part in the "Sting of
Moses and the letzell." .
Like tho sihginp,' wo eheuld
not only eing becattee 'we' have ari
essential part. in God's great chores,
but because each song bied inepites
other, song birds to sing. A lite le
earutry In room 'altaict inay not
when two or three birdcages Ore
hauging i windows through which
the sun is shining. Then one bird's
note will inspire the other , , WO.
One birds song will make the other
hirds sing. So mon and woMen,
singing Christ's songs, will inspire
other men and wornen to sing them.
Men and women pray better ond
totter if they •pray together. They
love God moi.e ana are more willing,
t� make sacrifices for the Master, if
•they love and perste him in groups,
os the little comParly gathered in
the upper chamber, to await tho
Coming of this • Holy Ghost. TheY
are mere willing to go into the by-.
ways and hedges and carry the gos-
pel to the blind, the deaf, • the
dumb, the crippled and the poor, if
they go forth as Christ sent his dis-
ciples, two by two, and not alone.
011, my brother and. sister, in 0-od's
great chorus of redemption, .will you
I not sing and inspire your neighbors
and loved ones to sing also ? Sing
Christ's nanie. 'Sing as the song
birds sing. Sing as the psalmist
bids us sing. "Lot everything that
hath breath praise the Lord.'' Sing!
Sing! Triumphantly and. everlasting-
ly sing. - Sing, for the time of the
tinging of all Christians .as well as
of birds has . come.
TWO YEAlti_S ALONE.'
A Young Wife's Experience on the
Isle of Demons.
Off the coast of •Newfoundland lies
a small island known as the Isle • of
Demons, Which holds within its rocky'
shores a romance' as thrilling and •a.
tragedy. as real as any told in fiction.
'About 1540 -Marguerite do .Robereal,
niece of the French viceroy,. fell in
love with a young cavalier and prom-
ised him her heart and hand. • Her
uncle, the viceroy,, considered • the
youth unworthy of his niece's proud
position, d d b. her refusal
to give up her lover, be passed a sone
tence of exile upon both of them. A.
vessel carried the couple to the • Islo
of Demons, leaving 'them there alone,
With an old nurse who .had attended
the lady Marguerite from her
eliuld-
hood, and w.ho wished to share her
exile.
•
At first the banishment did • not.
seem so dreadful a thing; the young
man's strength stood between his
wile and suffering, and for two years
all Went well. A child was born, and
the parents began to plan for the
establishment of a colony which
thrive in this island' home. • Then
came trouble, swift. and terrible.
Disease smote the little family, and
the young wife and mother saw her
husband, child and faithful nurse all
sicken' and die With her own hands
she dug .their graves and buried all
that was deartto her; then began a
life alone, a life in which •the mere
question of existence became a prob-
lem hard indeed for a frail winner). to
solve. By means of the gun thathad
been her husband's, she kept heeself
proirled with e feed- and with skin§
for her clothing. •
For two years .she lived a Robinsou
Crusoct . life, .this gently nurtured,
highly bred girl. Once a bbat filled
with •Indians . came near the tshore,.
but the painted faces and fierce as-
pect o1. the savages*frighteeed • • her,
so that sho • hid instead of hailing
them. She spent weeks of label. in
making a crude canoe, but her hands
were ,unskilleci, and 'when she launch-
ed her craft it would only tip over. ,
At last she was rescued by-soine
fishermen who ventured.on the island,
hal.f-frightened at first by what •they
thought was an evil apparition. •
Marguerite was sent to Franco, but
her Uncle dispovered ber whereabouts
and continued to persecute her. 'She
finally found a refuge in a small
French village, where sho hid until
the viceroy's death. • After. that she
came into the • world °nee more and
lived to a good old age.
DEA.TH BY DROWNING.
Man Can't Live 'Under Water
•• More .Tb.e.n. Two Minutes. ,
' "The story •frequently repeated
about professional divers .who have
been able to remain under water •for
over two minutesis slily," Dr. Jos-
eph Boelun. says. "No one can ge-
main under water that long without
drowning, whether they are trained
diyers or not. At Na.varino, where
the sponge divers are reported to be
able to remain under water three and
four minutes, tests wore made recent-
ly and restated hi conclusively prov-
ing that none of them remained down
as long as a minute and a half. Nin-
ety socends seems a very long time
to the watcher on shore; and it is
aboutthe limit ol a.. diver's endur-
ance ender water. At Ceylon, where
time tests were ale() made among the
famous pearl divers, it was ,ascertain-
ed that few of them remained below
the surface as, long as a minute, and
other tests made on tao Red Sea
among the Arabs proved that a min-
ute and a quarter was tho longest
they could enclere Without a fresh
breath. .
"Oti the coast of England several
years ago a diver, a, ti aieed diver,
one of • the best on • the- co,aet, re-
iiihnined for his' ensluraoce, \whitdoWn
and Wah pulled up so iloulv When he
gave the 'zlignal that ito WaS , tinder'
Vater about two minutes "end ,. five
tedonds, 14e was: clraten out of 'the
water insensible, with blood flowing,
from his OoSe arid ears, aed it was
onlY after • long and arduous work
that his recovery from the effects of
that two • minute stay under water
was assured. Drowoirig is a quick
death. Even though the water is
kept out of the lunge, inscitsibflity
Will ensue itt one ThhlUtA, oral com-
plete unconsciousnise itt tiVo. The
stories of people who have beat , lit
the water five minutes being resusei-
tttted aro generally mistaltes Of un -
trite. • A man could not be in the Wa-
ter five minutes without canting to
tho surface several times, ,end be re -
steroid to life,"
tsent......
If a young man 51ty8 0110 clever
thhig a girl is chalet -able enough to
overlook tho. 099 other things , he
Says.
,
*NE** ,4g, 40.1: the druggist's product lingsn•ed in the
-"'Stst cake, The mietress could sit in the THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
7iT drawing -room and see the children
corning helm from school, or guests
driving up from either dirootion, and,
: HO•N% *
Yfg- coneequently, a fresh hendkerchicf awl
collar werealWaYs reader- Dic1,ly, in
* yfiNc:gc#X****Zevd14, ,,* the kitchen, could always see theui,
cooKING RAcinz. , . . too, and cake WEIS on the -Auto and
, I ,
•Ytelce wee in his deess •coat when the
, door knocker rapped, . ' And no one in
onsomme 'With Macororti.-10 'Pre- that house knew the frobt . or book
pare consonant: with macaronaverml- thereof. It was a kiodly andorigin-
celli or noodles, boil three-quarters ef al old Connell who had Mint a; great
a cup of any one of these in Salted sunny , kitchen • where the company
water until tender. •Drain and turn room is generally placed, because he
into a soup tureen when done, elld said "mother" spent nearly all her'
pour over them a guart of boiling 'time in that Icitc,hon, an4 she should
hot consomme.
ierowre or White Sandwiches.— Any have the best, Ire gained praise in
his country, but no followers.
bind of finely chopped nuts, 'beatea •
to a paste with a mean quantitY of
inayonna1l.(1,mese Lade cious -
Wig for either brown oh, white breaa
•
•
•
• USEFUL HINTS.
Good Starch.—To give a nice gloss,
sandwiches. Waldi•of • sandwiehos are and to prevent the iron ,frorn stieking
made • of white bi•co.d and butter to the starch, add a large teaspoon -
spread with a mixtuce of equal proles fel ef turpentine to every quart of
ot sliced apple and celery, at sprink- mixed starch.
bng of sliced walnuts, all moistened Stained Woodworkt—Toclean it,
well with maYonnaise. ChielCan Sand' raix a little cold 'tea with NV tirilt wa-
ter and apply with a soft cloth.
To .Cloan Black Lace.—Rub it well
with. cold tea and •roin, then 'pin it on
wiches aro made in tho same way;
omittipg the nuts ,and apple, The
ripe °EVE) sandwich was vory p0 -
pular last season for afternoon teasa cloth to dry; if the lace is only
For one loaf of gluten brea.d use a crumpledironing it between tissue
pint of ripo olives; one breakfast paper will stiffen it.
cheese, one tablespoonful of mayon- •paint Marks.—On clothing, and
n0a1 icsreeamdre;sssitziogneanundtionnieineteabtlielospooloilbeftst1
rubbing with -turpentine or paraffin,
fresh, they can easily be rernoved by
cream -the cheese, adding first the applied with a bit of cloth. If they
cream and then tile dressing-. and, have dried on, rub with a mixture of
.estual parts of turpentiue and piii•o al -
collo', and clean off with benzine.
lastly,the minced olives. Stir toe
sniceatil paste •and spread on thin
slices of buttered bread.
.• Tomatocei Stuffed With Rice. -- To
enough boiled • rice to fill your to-
mato shells add two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter and a teaspoonful •
of
Melon Alice. Salt and pepper to
taste, put tho mixture into the to-
matoes, cover and bake twenty min-
utes. or until the tomatoes are ton-
-der.
• Pulled Fowl.—Solect a young, fat
fowl and cook in the ordinary way
till dime. 'when quite tender take
out of the pot, cover and set away
till *anted. Than with a fork pull
off in flakes all the flesh, first re-
lent:wing the skin. With a cbopper
i break all the bones and put ihem in -
Ito a stewpan, adding two calveshfoot
;split, and the hock of a cold ham,
'a small bunch of parsley and sweet
Majoram ami a guart of water. Let
this boil gently till reduced to a pint
then talce.11 out. Have ready -in an-
other stewpan the pulled fowl. Strain
the liguor from tho bones over the
fowlhand add a piece of butter the
size of an egg, rolled in flour, and a
teaspoonful of powdered mace a.nd
nutmeg mixed. Let the whole .stew
in the gravy for ten minutes and
serve hot. The young turkey may
be cooked in the same manner. For
• a turkey allow four calve's feet.
.• Almond ..Cheesecakea—Blanch
quarter of a pound of almonds; beat
them with ta littleoraogflower wa-
ter; add the yolks of eight eggs, the
rind of a large lemon grated, half a
pound of melted butter, sugar to the
taste:. lay 'a thin puff -paste at the
bottom of the • tins, anti little slips
across, if agreeable. Add about half
dozen bitter almonds..
Lemon Cake.—One cup of butter,
three cups • of, sugar, four cups of
flour, One cup of milk, 'five eggs, juice
and grated rind of ono lemon. one
sniall toaspoonful of soda. Boat the
eggs separately, • cream tho butter,
and add the sugar and yolks of the
eggs,- Boat well, add the milk and
flour, then the'leroon. Dissolve the
soda in part of the milk and add it
after tne flour has been beaten in.
Last of all, boat in the whites of tho
eggs.
HOME-MADE SOAP.
Several years ago the writer made
a test to see whether it, was . wortle
while to manufacture soap at home.
and I have never thrown 'away a bit
of fat since. • 'That fall 1 had twenty
pounds of fat on hand, made up of
sorts,af odds and ends;: fat that
had grown toe brown for frying;
eiutton drippings, which we don't.
•like in our house, 'scraps of fat • off
beefsteaks, corned beef, roasts, Mews,
chicken, •turaeysand suet. Nothing
was considered too small or mean to
add to the soap, fat stock: I did not
allow it to growt-stale and -mouldy.
Once in ten days or so I fried out ev-
erything that • had - collected, and
strained it into a 000pstone jar kept
in: the .cciolest part of the cellar. Thee
no: kendering process was required of
nasty smelling fat when I began the
soap making precess. • For this quan-
tity of grease two cans of Gillett's
lye, at ten. miteeach, were required,
apd from the kettle 1 poured twenty
pounds Of strong, • 'excellent soap,
Which we use contmually for • floor
scrubbing, dish • washing and occas-
ionally in the laundry: My family is
not large enough to afford fat 'for
entire soap supply, so 1 buy our
laundry and,;, toilet soaps. The older
.the seep is, the more' economical it
Is. so I make a fresh lot about four
months before it is needed, and lay
it to dry, spread det shingles on • tho
attic floor.
A WOF.D FOR THE ICITCHEN.
' .Why should .kttelictis.be elwaye.
,built, otthe bock of hoUse, whore
the ' graes is triinmed down Owl slop
paila accumulate? Why have o• back
on the house, anyway, instead of two
fronts, equally respected? • The writer
recalls in Georgia a long, brick house
with three fr,ont doors, one of them
the kitchen door. Yea could look
straight throtigh tho house in plea:
sant • weather, because there wore
three othere fachig the • ones that
looked over tho .bay. The rage thet
was trained over the draseing-room
rail aloe's: to the kitchen and :pe-»',
ed iii at the dear old inctonny Who
Ming• there ,very often. To balance
things, the peach tree that was train-
ed, English fashiort, on tho • sunny
wall- of the kitetten exteetted its pli-
ant btancluts to the dining -room
grape -vines:
:Parsley grew in the Violet borders
the 'ereaui ernelled of roeee, old the ;Talmo," and the monkey 'dame, down
flaroa of, peach leaves/ that shaniod furious With ietiloiasiv.
AN EXPERT PICKPOCXET:
He Rode in a Brougham and At-
tended Weddings. •
The old man James Read, whom
Detectives Collins and --Waters of the
L Division secceeded an Saturday in
sending tin six months' hard • labor.
was reputed to be one of' the most
was reputed to. be one of the most
successful, pickpocket in London. On
the proceeds of his profession he used
to drive irhat brougham.
- Read is in his seventieth year. Tall,
elegantly dressed always, with vener-
able white 'beard, and glossy silk
hat, he was sometimes mistaken for
a peer of the retain. When he spoke
tho deception was the greater, for
his voice %vas "clear mtd cultivated.
He was once te master 'tailor in the
West Feld, but for many years he
has netted large sums in consequeuce
of his inutile for -collecting other
people's 'purses. He was an earnest
.patron • of fasbione.ble baSars, wed-
dings, :and other ceremonies and func-
tions attended by crowds of wealthy
women. • As the. detectives said, an-
• other .of -lita-schemes was to follow
BishopS'artonermatiou SOI'ViCCS.
. To all these affairs it Was his cus-
tom to . &Ore . up in his brougham.
Thei in therai e-. cases when suspici-
on fell open him, he possibly esconed
on such strong evidence of respecta-
bility as the possession of a Private
'carriage. It is believed that to that
'end hct. lots • always made his own
:clothes, and they were perfectly pro-
vided for his needs. His covert coat
could be apparently hanging . over
his wrist, yet so •arro.ngecl was it
with slits that his hand would be
gliding through the centre of ie all
the thne in •and out of other people's
poTtetsd.•
ep
arturo • of the Continental
boats in the holiday season also at-
tracted him. He was a inan of con-
siderable education, and so great was
his gift of assumed dignity -that of-
ten when caught almost retabanded,
he would escape the consequences' by
the .aid of his pleusable, tongue. It
was in it large measure due to him
that the backs of outside soots • on
London omnibuses had to bo altered.
BOTH "SQUARE."
In the mountains of Permyslyvania,
%vivre Dutch • shrewdness matches
Dutch thrift, the proprietor Of an
hotel was barganing for a supply oi
OiCkens. •
"Now, look here, Fred," said the
hotel man, :familiarly, to the farmer,
"don't you feed them chickens before
yeti bring 'em tare, and don't you let
'cm get wet."
"All right. Charlie," said the.
farmer. "but I don't want to see 'Ma
go hungry.''
"That's all right. Fred; but I ain't
a-payin' twenty cents a pound tor
corn, end I ain't a -biotin' water • at
the Sa MO rate."
,"All right, 'Charlie, and I'll bring
iliY"soedo
cglnieesalofng;
Nat, Feed; I've got
good scales here."
They parted, and I asked the hotel
Men just wbot he meant.
Of:1h, Fred's all right,'' ho
"He's ono of tho squarest men alive;
but all the same • .1 aint a-p,aying
live weight for chickens stuffed, full of
wet corn and with wet feathers. BLit
don't MisenderStand me. Fred's ,a
square man." •
•
walked &men to Fred's farm. He
was jollv and smiling.
"Charlie's a, fine fellow," ho said,
"mid of the 'SqUerest meti in: the
Country, but 1hn going to take tlMize
scales oil the Same."
• •
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TO MILLIONS,
AttHeeberton, Australia is an •Old
halter, who is said to be heir to an
eetate in tlegland worth $15,000,-
000 Mr. John 'Watit, -R,Ci, of New
South Wales, a few days' ago wrote
expeessieg Itis belief in the validity
of the old man's claim. • But the
hatter, refuses. it is said, te • leave
his shop to• claim the fortun.e.
• nuou:caitr DOWN Atommy,:.
irienkey carried by a lady in a
boX, got ree• Rolla oted in O
nioineet wee , sated at the trip of it
tall tree. Neither enjoletiee nor
threftts could induee it to descend.
At loot tho lady begazi to beg it lit-
tle girl hi the crowd, eallino hee
horny, "My Myatt Jenny, ihjewoot
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INTERNATIONAL ltillett'SOnt,
APRIL 17,
Tent of tlie Leee9a, Marie ia.,
13. Goldeo Text Werk hoes 'f.
Thelesson seems to -follow Mt -
mediately upon. the last in the re-
• gular 'Order - of (Trento. ttod, /Ike the •
last is • recorded loth by Matthew
rout Luk. • The first versto of this •
eitaleter should certainly be II -Winded
iatour lesson, as itis the' key to the
lesson, and the trenefigureticin if) the
unfolding, and fulfillment of His Bay-
ing- itt IltiLt verse. The. fact that
each of the eveitertaists records the
tranefigupation . Innuediately after ..
that saying eorteerning the eingdom
of Cod is •stifficitilit evideoce 'that
they so Understood it.• Foto:, also;
speaking of this event, calla it "the
power and coming cif our Lord Jesus
Christ" (11.. Fete), 1(1, 1S). The
favored three who were with Him
when kTe roised to life the ruler's
daughter, ,and afterward in His
agony itt Gethsemane, were„•privileg-
tici , on this occasion to be eyewit-
nesses of His majesty. Why 'these
three instead el the others and why
John 'should 'come uoaree than
j'amee tet.Peter• we- may. not perhaps
but wo "der koow that feet..
seent Willhig, .to he "Hie thole° ones,
His Nazari tee, • tat:11°1ton, e in , re-,
detinitimo it seeine" to. be for "Who-
soeheti will." The old question stilt
steeds, "Wile, then, is willing ?''• (I.
eskix; 5).
• Luke eays,that He went up into a
mountain to pray, and as He prayed
the fashion ef Bis eminte.nance was
allered,• and His raiment was white
and • glistering.Our lesson pays
"shining, °needingwhite as snow,"
and Matthew says "while as • the
light" and that., Iris face did • shine
as tho sun. • Somewhat thus Ile ap-
peared to Daniel long before He
cantoin the flesh and many years
alter His ascension to john in Pat-.
riles (Dan. x, 6; Rev. 1, 16). Tho
miracle was net so 'much that Ho
was thus transfigured, • but rather
that such glory could thus be veiled
thoso• thirty -them years itt a mortal
hatly. What an •inspiration to look
forward tothe time when these
bodies in .which we tow live shall bo
immortal, Incorruptible, fashioned
like unto His gloriove body; When
the righteous shell shine forth as
the sun hi the kingdom of theft'
Father ! (Phil. .21; Matt. xiii,
43.) ' The trimsfigurationtook
place on a high mountain apart by
themselves, ,and so we • must, have
'out seasons apart with Him in
prayer if we would nee and know
anything of flis glory.
Our Lord always lived in the reali-
flee of the unSeen„ 'God tho Pother;
the holy angels, the redeemed from
the .earth .Wore all more:reel- to Iron .
than the people and . It J. • which
tau• natural eyes see and now • here
tire two nien, Moses and Elijah, Who
had beeneabsent from the earth • at
least 1,400. -and 800,yeeassoespective-
ly, and they are alive -and well and
talkieg with 'Jesus of that most
im-
portttnt of • all events tip to that
-time, "His docreese whioh Be should
time, "His decrease which He should
31). Although the disciples were
heavy with sleep, they kept awake
and saw His gloiar and the two. men
that stood With Him.. We aro nob
told how. they recognized Moses and
Elijah nor if the Lord Jesus intro-
duced then), bet, it is probable that
hi the gloryoue shell 'know another
without any • introduction, and we
mag see a new meaning in the words, -
"Then shall I know even as also I
am known" (L dor. xiii., 12). • If
the atoning sacrifice of .Christ was to
'Moses and Elijah and Christ se all
important n theine, hot, earhenytatea
else be more important to ua?
Peter, overcome by what be sate,
end not knowing what to say, sug-
gested that they make tabernacles
and Abide there, and so we, too,:
would fain abide .rat some conference
or convention or in some happy frame -
of mind on some mountain top of
spiritual experience. • But the king-
dom is not yet., and there are many
on the lotirerrievelof the world, op-
pressad by the' devil, and few even
among • the disciples •seem able to.
bring relief •because there is so littla
prayer and 'fasting (verse- 20), so lit-
tle whole heartedness for G.ocl, so
little value seemingly • attached to ,
the precious blood, which alone can.
cleanse from all sin. •
As Feter spoke a deed oyershadoora
od them, and .a yoieo from the deed
eaid, "'This is oiy,„ boloVed Son., hz
`Olaceit I am well pleased; aear • ye
Him" (Matt. •Xvii. 5). Tbis ,is still
God's word to each Of us, andtheta
ie no way..by. -Which We can be pleae-
ing to God • ekeept, through • Jesus
Christand no Other way by Whict
ereOen, have • fellowship With Goa
When we hear • the words of Christ,.
we hoar the words of God the Path:,
er, for the Father told Hint what
to say (John xii„, 48, 40; xiV. 10),
end when we hove • ears for Josas
Chri9t NVC will certeiely have none
:fee any wlio dishonor ;Min or Hie
word. Arid now here is a groatword
fer our hearts: •"Theo eaw no Man
any more save jostle only with neut..,
selves." It ialoinds es of othet
words ttch as these: 'One, teed OM%
be exteted,'' "Cede° Yo. •frehl
man. * Beheld the • LOrd." .11.0
Lord 'ehall be king eeeer ahI thil
ottrth; in that day there shall be one
Lord, end natne, ono" (Tea.
11, 17, 22; iii., 1; Zech. xIY„ 9).
Wo may anticipate in our daily lift
and exPerietice the • aingdom wiien
Gied shall be all hi all, but it meet
he b finding itt Christ new Ote. all
in .0,1i cool by seeing 110 cons .but Jes,
ti g 610 (I, Cor. COI, liio tor
If they had terroily believed His word,
they 'need »et Wive guestioeed What
:Ile Meant bv hlis rising Mira tilt
dead, i'or 1tac they not .ju.st loolse4
tipon t representetive of thosewin
dio end elee teem the dead mei el*
Of' those who 811411 be elothged Witt
out (Witte? • May we sot: Jous .04
and einnihr :believe hie 'avery•wor