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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-8-4, Page 3shad • FRIEND OF THE FRIENDLES Christ Is the Defender of the Weak and Helpless Man (Vetere(' according to Act el the Par- liament of Oaths(la, in the year due ThOURSLIld Nirie Hundred and lour, by Wm. )3aily, of Toronto, at till Department of Agriculture, iattawe ) A despatch from Los Angeles says: Rev. Prank De Witt Talmage preach- ed from the following text; John xiv., 12, "Greater works thau these ',hall he do." Man increases not his gospel faith by lowering the standards ef the cross. You might as well expect Water to run uphill of its own, ac- cord, or violets to grow during mid- winter in a, anowbank, or daylight to follow after' the sinking of the sun in the west, or the flush of health to be seen on the pale cheek of a corpse, or a humming, bird to voluntarily make her nest in the dark labyrinths like a ground mole, as for a radiant faith capable or transforming character t,o exist is any tomtple unless the chief corner- stone of that temple is Jesus Christ. "And I, if I be lifted up from earth, will draw all mon unto me," said Josus Christ just a short time before his crucifixion. "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me." speaks' our resurrected Redeemer to the gospel workers of the present day. Let it be -clearly understood at the oiltset that by no word or thought would I seek to depreciate the pow- er and influence of Christ's personal- ity and work. He it is who fills all created things; he it is who gives life, natural, mental. social. He is the inspirer, the spring from which conic all our triumphs. But I want to show you that the promise which be gave to his disciples. 'Greater works than these shall he do," has bcon fulfilled and that man inspired with his spirit has with the natural forces at his disposal clone more for -uplifting huinanity, as Christ said he should, than did Christ himself. Man has taken hold of the power which Christ bestowed and has ap- plied it beyond the opportunities which Christ had to complete the work that he initiated. Christ fed the multitudes; Christ opened the blinded eyes and straightened the crooked limbs; Christ assuaged pain and ,stopped the chronic issue of blood. Christ was a great preacher and drew the multitudes about hint. Christ •fought against the heathenish doctrine that "might .is right." Christ was the greatest of all work- ers of wonders that -the world had ever seen. There was only one Christ. There will never be another. Yet there are senses, natural as well as spiritual, in which his promise has been kept to his followers, and they 4S, have been enabled through the pow- er emanating from him to do works whieh surpass -those he did in his life on earth. But let it never be forgotten that these ''greater, works" which man has done have been accomplished only because Jesus • bas lived and Jesus' prophetic words 'have been fulfilled. In order to get a better grasp of this theme let nie read to you the full verse in which the words of 'iny text are found. "Verily, verily I say unto you he that believeth on. Inc the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my ' AMAZED TILS GENERATION.. Jesus Christ was the amazement of actmeeinents to the people of his day and generation as a worker of eatural phenomene. He seemed to his time , superior to all natural taws. When he went 'out to visit his disciples in their ship, he aid not have to use the land, as other people had to do. Ile stepped upon the crystal pavement of Lake Gali- lee as easily as an Alpine climber might rest his foot upon solid rock, as easily as a hind's feet might glue., themselves to mountain crag. When he spoke, the homage of obedience was rendered to him, not alone by men in the synagogue, by beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, but by the winds and the waves. Ile called to the Galilean torapest, "Peace be still." At the glance of his eye the "conscious water blushed to see the face of its Lord" at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. At a Word from his lip the fig tree dried up and withered away. All he had to say was, "Let no fruit grow on thee heneeforward forever." At his call came .whole schools of fish to be caught by the Galilean fishermen. By his touch 'whole ovens full of bread seemed to be miraculously ere - cited. After the sermon opon the mount he fed the multitudes by- sinip- ly breaking five loaves of bread into pieces. He kept on breaking those pieces again in twain until at last all were fed with bread, as much as they caeed to eat. Christ was a. Wendelworker in natural phenom- ena. He could tell Peter just where to go and catch a fish which had in its mouth the "piece of money" by Which the disciples should pay the just taxes to the Roman govern - Mont. In the hour of his suffering and death the earth tremble& and the sun was ehrouded in darknese. Tn him was the power which the pealielet ascribed to the Most High, "He loolceth upon the earth and it trembles; he toucheth the hills and they Make./1. Not only did Christ astonish the 41/61k people in his clay by hie power owe the romes Of tature; he revealed his divine neture by showing his pewee over physical diseases. tiri tried to corivinee the people hi his day of his oosseir oe a licalev or spiritual mill: el lee liy proving h I eneel f the defined. or leper epets, the opener of A blinded eyes and tlie only one .of his time who could send the sluggish blood Of health coursing through the withered limbs of him sick with the palsy. Yet to -day, as 1 study °Mist, the healer of the siek, I see that the work he did has been taken up by his followers and its tri- umphs multiplied. By the word of his Power he gave sight to a few bliaci men, but in. our day the Chris- tian surgeons, by their operations, are giving sight to thousands. The Virtue from his garment, stopped one issue of blood, but in our day the Christian physician, with his medi- caments, is stopping thousands of issues, Christ's touch relieved a, few sufferers of pain, but in the hospi- tals of our time thousands pass painlessly through suffering which in former times would have racked then'. With excruciating torture. MODERN MEDICINE. But to -day are the "wonders of modern surgery" any more marvelous than thed'svonelers of modern medi- cine?" Is the pima of modern med- icine to cure disease any more mar- velous to -day than the power of modern bacteriological investigations to prevent disease? You see Christ stopping here and there to .open blinded eye or to unstop a deaf ear or to loosen the heavy and labored breathing of the asthmatic sufferer. But to -day the achievements of the Yells belief to becolne au enthroned king? You bear on your soul the marks of sin, but if you will come to him he will take you into his em- ploy and will send you Sorth to bless and help the world. As the apostle 'bore on his body tae marks of the Lord Jades, ea you may wear the badge of his service and in leis name and by his power carry on the work that he began. To you, too, the promise is given, "He that be- lieveth on me the works that I do shall he do also, and breeter works than these shall he do, beco.useI go unto mn rather." 4. KQW POLICE DOGS WORK. Remarkable Intelligence of These Animals. During the four years M. Louis Lepine has occupied the position of Perfect of Police in Paris he has dis- tinguished himself not only on ac- count of the energetic manner in which he has labored to improve the working at his department, but also because of the originality of his ideas in connectioa with the prevention of crime. It was M. Lepine who organ- ized. the 'special corps of "agents plongeurs," or "plunging poll:coulee," whose duty it is to patrol the banks, quays and bridges of the Seine, and rescue persons who have been flung into the river or who have thrown themselves in with a view to putting an end to their real or imagined miseries. The agents plongeurs" have for some tune past been assisted in their unenviable work by a small flotilla of steamboats, which scour the Seine at night and, with the aid of power- ful searchlights, discover river poach- ers or other marauders and crimin- als. M, Lepine, however, has pro- vided the "plunging policemen." with further assistance in the shape of a healer include more than here and corps of dogs, who have been specie and there an. isolated physical cure, ally trained to carry out the work I see the lights in thousta.nds of hos- o' rescuing drowning people. pital windows gleaming like the stars in. the heavens. I see the white robed nurses and the doctors, es, possessing the black hair and coming forth as did the angels of heavy paw of the Newfoundland sire health who troubled the waters at and the slender snout of the Eskui- the pool of Bethesda, crying to the sick everywhere, "Como and be cured of your ailments!" I see thousands and tens of thousands of strong men and women who would bave died twenty years younger than they are now had they lived and been sick in the days when Christ lived and he had seen them not or touched there not. Christ as the physician of the body to -day was as a wonder curer workoferphysicall. But Van Wesemad, the Chief Commission - man a. ailments ia• accomplishing far more er of Police at Ghent, has also or - than ,Christ ever did, Man 13 not only opening the eyes of those born blind, but lie is making, by the thoe- sand and tens of thousands the deaf and the dumb speak until this ancient miracle has ceased to be a wonder becarise of its commonness. Now, study Christ 'from another standpoint. What did Jesus come down upon earth to de? He came to save the world? 011, yes; he 'came to save the world by drawing men unto himself and banding them to- gether as Christians. That means d•dummy figures made to resemble men were to become followers himself. Yet, after he came to thieves and characters they would be Ocely to meet. Great patiences is earth and was born. in the manger 1 animals niust be train - and lived in Nazareth, he literally needed, as the aned to seek, attaeko seine, and hold became the "despised and the reject - t ed of men." After he had lived and without hurting seriously. The firs Suffered, preached and worked on and on until the day when he was cruci- fied, the converts he had won were only a little handful of followers at the foot of hiatross. CHRIST NEVER visiTER INDIA. These dogs are a cross between the Newfoundland aud Esquimaux- speci- =aux, mother. The dogs have been trained not only to rescue the drown- ing and to recover bodies, but also to assist in the capture of thieves and other ne'er-do-welle who frequerit the river bank. DT. Lepine proposes supplying each "agent plongeur" with one of these class. Paris, however, ie not the only city which possesses .dog -policemen. NI. ganieed a corps of canine criminal capturers. Some time ago an °pi - deltic of robberies. occurred in that, city, which the authorities found ex- tremely difficult to cope with on ac- count of the isolation of the places where the crimes were 'perpetuated. M. Van • Woman therefore obtained the permission of the burgomaster to institute .a service of dogs. The Commissioner carefully ar- ranged every detail of their training, which is entirely done by kindness. The dogs are taught by means of All India was yet to give up its widow burning and the tossing of its helpless girl infants into the Ganges to be eaten by crocodiles and the heathen worship of idols, but Christ was not, in body, able as a man to set foot soil of Indlit. Will' Carey and Alexander Dull eiud Bish- op Thoburn were to do that. Africa, with its murder and rapine and can- nibalistic orgiee, was to build its altars to the worship of the "true God," but Christ, as a physical mane Was tenet. to penetrate into temp" dark missionary rtchri. A Live instone, a Taylor and a, Hartzell were to do that. Europe at that time shaking under the tread of the Roman legions; North and South America utterly unknown to ..civili- zatioe; the ishoids of the sea, most of therm unvisited—all are yet to bow to Christ and come uncler the reign of love and gentleness and purity and truth. These are to be won through the instrumentality of men. Men energized by the Holy Spirit are to gain the whole world for him. Truly, as we look at such a conquest and :compare it with the work that he accomplished in Paleetine we see what he meant when he said"Great- er thinge than these ellen ye do." Christ salsa all this future conquest of the world, but as a man he never went away from. the Paleetine hills. He grew up in Nazareth. fle jour- neyed from Nazareth a few times to Jerusalem. There at the Davidic capital be was at last led as a guilty criminal out to the Calvary heights to ignominiously die. To his followershe left the stupendous task of evangelizing the world, promising that he Would be with them to the- end that through his PQWer they should be able to win More souls then he had done. But though, we have been praising man's "greater works" would have you bear well in mind this one tremendous fact. No work of man is tally greater than Chriet's work) begat's° all of man's greater Works aro the outcome of Jesus' wark. If you read the Yore° le which my text is Mond you will find the whole trend of the thought in the one word "because," "He shall do greater works than these becauee X go to iny Father:" Became Chriet, is in God and God is in ue is the reason man is able to accomplish greater works than did ChriSt. To -day will you not feel that you eat only accomplish the greeter work Chriet bas given to yell to do by living and workien iri Christ; ? Oh. My friend, Marked with the :ogee of Wanly upon your heart, marked with the signs of rebeliOn against. Christ, win noil not change step is to Mint n man attempting to hide, which is soon leaent. Four months' training is required, howev- er, before a dog is allowed do take his place for service. The dogs are taught to swim, to seiee their quarry in thc water, to save life from orowning, and over- come all obstacles. Ghent has six- teen of these accomplished dog -po- licemen, .which all belong to the sheep -dog breed. They rest during the clay and go on duty at 10 p.m. Their uniform consists of a leather collar, strongly bound with steel, and armed with sharpened points to repel attacks, Their keep costs about 6 'cents per day, and the total cost of the dog -corps is about 1,500 frs. a year. PROFESSOR AND THE WAITER. In Berlin the waiters in -beer -gar- dens are very sly in seturing tips. When a guest pays his bill and the waiter has to give change, the latter returns all the change correctly ex- cept ten pfennigs. The waiter searches industriously in all his pock- ets and displays ostentatiously all his' money, but he has no ten -pfen- nig piece. As a general thing the departing guest becomes impatient, and, tired of waiting for the small amount tells the svaitee to keep the change. A celebrated professor who was a frequent visitor to the beer -gardens had his curiosity excited to find out what the waiters did with the ten - pfennig pieces, so he watdhed them. He soon discovered that the waiter put all the ten -pfennig pieces in the left-hand pocket of his vest, while the rest of the money went into his trousers pocket. When the profes- sor's turn came to 'pay for his beer, as usual the waiter could not find a ten -pfennig Piece to complete the change. "I am afraid," said the waiter, go- ing furiously through his pockets, "that I haven't got a ten -pfennig piece,"' • "Suppose you feel in, the left-hand pocket of your vest," replied the pro- fessor, suggdstiVely. The Waiter did so, and, as he handed out the requisite coin, he whispered in the professor's ear, "I guess you were it waiter yourself once upon a time; but keep the Irick clerk," OIL Or TIRPENTINE. Oil, of turpentine makes a good dressing for old sores that have de- veloped a teintenc,v•to gangreue. The pure oft of toepentine shoOld be applied by saturating a clean eloth and spreading it ori the sore. Xi the sore is yety large, a little of the oil ofterpentine can be adraina istered internally, ray half a toa J spoorlul Shred or our times ad day, t Proportionately leas foe chitchat), is ************* HOME. Mlfg4********* AS HIS MOTHER 'USED TO BO. tie criticised her puddings and Sound fault with her cake; Ile wished she'd make such biscuits as his mother used to make; She didn't wash the dishes and she of the rivet Japanese army to Lieut. didn't make a stew, Nor even mend his stockings as his mother used, to do Ali, well! She was not perfect, though she tried to do her best, Until at length she thought her time _ had come to have it rest; So when one clay he went the same old regmerole all through, She turned and boxed his ears, just as Lis mother used to do. His mother had six childrer, but by night her work was clone; His wife seemed drudging alsvays, yet she only had the one. Ws mother always was. dressed, 'his wife would be so, too, If only she would manage as Ids mother used to do, DOINGS WiTkI RHUBARB. Stewed, Ithuhard—Wash the rim - barb well in cold water, but if young and tender de not skin, other- wise peel oh the outer skin. Cut into small pieces and put into a porce- lain-heedor earthenware dish. Cover with halt the weight of the rhubard fie granulated Began and place where it will cook very slowly until tender, adding only enough water to keep from burning. Do not stir. When the juice begins to come out, cover' the dish, and let steam until thor- oughly cooked. Serve with whipped ea Rhubarb Custard --Make a plain custard with 1. pt. of milk, 2 egg yolks, a pinch of salt and sugar to taste.' Line a deep pudding dish with very thin pastry, cover with a layer of chopped rhubarb, spread thickly with sugar, and add the cus- tard mixture. Bake in a moderato oven until the custard is set. Cover the top of the pudding with a mer- ingue made with the whites of the eggs cmd 2 tablespoons of sugar, and browa very delicately in a slow oven. Rhubarb Sagod-Cook 2-8 cup sago in water to cover until clear, Then add 1 cup rhubarb sliced very thin, a pinch of salt, 2-3 cup sugar, and a small piece of singer root. Turn into a buttered bercing dish and bake an hour in a moderate oven. Add it little more water, if necessary. Serve hot with cream and sugar. Rhubarb Dessert jelly—Peel enough rhubarb to fill, when cut small, a quart measure; add to it 1 M. moist sugar, the grated yellow rind and juice of 1 lemon, and 9 drops of es- sence of lotion. Let -cook rapidly, stirring frequently, until the rhubarb becomes e, rich marmalade. Rave 1 oz. gelatine dissolved in cold wa- ter (e, pt.), add this to the rhu- barb, and stir without ceasing until the gelatine is thoroughly melted. Pour into a wetted mold, and serve the following day, or when quite firm. Turn out of the mold on it shallow glass dish and surround with a. wreath of whipped cream. USEFUL HINTS. Pieplant and tapioca make a very appetizing dessert. Use the pieplartt as you would apples or peaches, and serve with cream. It is delicious. It weakens and wears the fibre of a carpet to beat it over a lino. spreadit on the groun,d and sweep and beat it till it is clean. This is more work, but avoids damage if the carpet is much Worn. To clean looking-glasses—First rub the 'surface with methylated spirit, carefully removing every spot. Then dust a little powdered blue over, and polish withea silk handkerchief. A wet umbrella should never be stood ferule -end downwards to dry, neither should it be opened. Instead shake it well, close it loosely, and stand handle downwards to dry. To remove freckles—Take ono outce of lemon -juice, a quarter of a drachm of borax powdered, and a half a drachm of sugar. Mix thor- oughly, and let it stand in a bottle for three days; it well then be fit for use, and ihould be rutibed on the face and hands at night before going to bed. Bran water for washing. Should be made as followe: Make sonic muslin bags, using half a yard of ueuslin for each bag. Put a large handful of bran into the bag and soak it in the very hot washing water. Experience will teach you how much bran is re- quired for a tub of water. Wring out the ban after ten minutes, paid tbe water will be softened. A good preparation for the hands is made as follows, -and strongly recommended by one who has used it for years: Put into a bottle half an ounce of glycerine, and hal( an ounce of lavender water, and shake well to- gether. Then add half an ounce of =indica. water. Shake thoroughly, and keep tightly corked for use. triderdone bread is unwholesome, being hard of d iges ti On . Single loaves bahe molt perfectly than double mice. Where three are baked together the middle loaf is apt to be undeedone unless the end loeves are baked too much, Bread should be baked about fitty-five minutes, To mend ;Brussels carpet, 4t1t alVt1S7 a squese Or oblong pieta Where the Metiding is necessary and buttorilitle the edges with yarn to match the color,' taking care net to ravel or flettee the edges, Cut a plate of carpet to eetattly flt, this place, matching the pattern. Buttonhole thee° edges ohm, Sew together ov- rhancl etitth on the wrong , side, >ampen the Joining and press with hodpoint of it ilatiron until the eam is WITH STALE BREAD. Canadian housekeepers, antike their French sisters, scaveely dream of the innumerable uses to whie,h stale bread stay be put, not to mention the attractive ways in which it may be served. In a well -regulated house- hold it shoold be considered a neces- sary adjunct, Amongst ite uses, it forms the chief ingredients in several kinds of puddings, and is necessary for dress - tags for all kinds of liaised fowls, as well as for escalloped oysters and outlets. When eut into squares and toasted on buttered tins, it inakee most acceptable croutons for soups, and when dried and roiled, like cracker crumbs, sealed in an air- tight jar aud put away is always ready for fish balls, croquettes, ome- lets, macaroni and any of the num- erous distms which are made more palatable by its use. Bread Omelet, Baked—Soak 1 cap stale bread crumbs in 1 cup sweet milk; then add 6 well beaten eggs. Pour into a shallow bettered baking dish and bake 15 minutes. Serve at once. Bread Crust for Balls or Dressing— Save the scraps and broken crusts, which cannot be toasted, soak in warm water till soft; to I pt. add e teaspoon salt, a pinch of pepper and 1 tablespoon butter, mold into balls, like an egg, and lay in the pan with roast of beef or mutton. When brown serve with a rich gravy. Egg Bread—Ono-half cup bread crumbs soaked in 1 pt. sweet inillc, 2 eggs, 2 cups corn niced, tablespoon each of lard. and butter, axed 1 tea- spoon salt. Beat eggs light, then add crumbs, lard, etc. Stir all to- gether and bake quickly in shallow tins. Cheese Toast—Remove crust and toast thick squares of bread. Work together 1 tablespoon made mus- tard, 1 teaspoon salt and pinch of cayene pepper, mid 1 cup grateri cheese; add to this 2 well beaten eggs and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Spread the toast with this raixture and place in oven to brown. PANSY TRAY -CLOTH. A serviceable and handsome tray - cloth may be made as follows: Take a piece of butchers' linen (common duck may be used instead), ,and cut it oblong in shape. Baste tile Pansies, which have been cut from cretonne, around one half inch freno the edge. Buttonhole the edge of the pansies to the linen with hong and short stitches. All colors of the pansy should be used. When finished, cut the linen from the out- er edge, thus leaving the outer edge of the pansies to form the scallop. The white centre, with its heavy border of purple pansies, makes it very neat and pretty tray -cloth. TO RENEW VELVET. To renew velvet, cover the face of a flat -iron with a wet cloth. hold the wrong side of the velvet next this cloth until thoroughly steamed, then brush the pile with a soft brush. STATE INFANT NURSERY. New Zealand's Latest Socialistic Reform, Proposal. State Socialism in Nen- Zealand is to be carried still a further stage, if Mr. Seddon is able to give effect to his views next session, says it rec- ent despatch. He intends that the State shall, in future, take steps to protect the lives of infants and administer to the sick poor of the colony. Two years ago an attempt was made by act of Parliament to minimize the decrease in the birth- rate by prohibiting the sale of cer- tain nostrums; now Mr. Seddon in- tends to .save the lives of as many infants as possible by estgbleshing a huge nursery clepertment. Mr. Sodden admits net his scheme may be laughed at, lint his heart, he says, prompts him to lessen domestic affliction and save valuable human lives, each of which, omit a commercial basis, he declares to be worth $1,500 to Oho State. The idea has apparently been suggeseed by statistics showing that the deaths of children under live years of age dur- ing the past ten years numbered 20,- 000, due largely 1,6 preventible caus- es. Briefly, Mr, Seddon's scheme is this, (1) The registration and con- trol of midwives, and provision for their attendance on the poor gratis; the establishment and support by the State of maternity hospitals; the es- tablishment of State hospitals for the' treatment of children of poorly - housed working people, the manago- ment of the institution to be placed in the hands of trustees; thepro- viding by the State of nurses to the -sick poor in their lionies; making Provision for the training- of steel nurses in the general hospitals, the State payieg the board end 'lodging of the probationers for two years; adoption of the lines laid down in the United Xingdom for the preven- tion of cruelty to children; the estab- lishment of honies for the daily care of young children Whose mothers. have to go out to work; amides it illegal to tnsure children of tender years for sums beyond that wthich would cover the cost of interment, vie., ,d5, and making illegal for any parent or guardian to coin:tete (eap- italize) the weekly or monthly amount payable for the maintenance of a child: Little Clarence'—"Papa, is there dionot extong thieves?" Fath - my son; thieves are just ea bad as other people." ele--"I got a note from Dunne to- day, saying that he absolutely enlist have the money I Owe him by to - Morrow morning." She—"Ohl the poor felloWl" "lVhat did you buy with that mon- ey your uncle left you?" "X bought experience," Wasthe' rueful reply, "Speed it all for that'?" "My dear sir, I never Wee umirih good at bar- gaine, and the Ordinary pviced eXper- ietee Was what X got''' THE SUNDAY SCROOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. 7. Text of the LeSsian, L KIngs xvii., 3.4.6. Golden Text, I. Pet, v,, 7. We ere now introduces' to :and aro to spend six weeks with Elijah, the Tishbite, who was of the.inhabitants of Gilead, The first record or him contains all that we know of his birthplace and parentage, Like Mei- chezedek., he stands before us on the pages of Scripture without any re- cord of father or mother or ancce- try, and he appears as su,ddenly-lie is spoken of by some as one of the grandest and most romantic charac- ters that Israel ever produced. His taro.° signifies "My Cod is jenov- ab," and before Jehoirah ne stood, and unto Min he lived. Tito first re- corded sentence from his lips, "The Lord God of Israel livetia, 'before wlioni I stand" (verse 1), gives us his constaet attitude. 'The rule ol his life was to please God, not fear- ing the frown nor seeking the favor of mortal man. His opening words are repeated in xviih, 1.5, and make us think of Gabriel's words in Lute i., 19, d1 am Gabriel that stand in the presence of CI od." They also carry us back to the Lord's word to Abram in (3en. xvii., 1, "Walk be- fore me and be thou perfect" (mar- gins upright, sincere). 'Phis is the only way for those who would be the Lord's meesengers. Conceriling his message to Ahab, "There shall not he dew nor rain these yeara but according to My word," we must consider Jas. 17, where it is written that be pray- ed earnestly That ibe might not rain, and also Deut. xi., 17, where we have the authority for such it pray- er, the Lord having threatened to sh,ut up the 'heavens and withhold saM if they turned from Him to worship idols. That the heavens were thus shut up in the days of Elijah is confirmed by our Lord in Luke iv., 25. Believing prayer must be based upon 501110 plain assurance in the word of God or some clear re- velation from 'Cod concerning His will, George Muller has called tha iformer the grace of faith and the latter the gift of faith. In one way or the other God will guide us. :the brook Cherith and the ravens and ahl was according to th.e wood of the 'Lord, which both Elijah and the ravens obeyed. The first time this title or expression, "The word of the Lord,' is used is in Gen. xv., 1. It may mean a message from God or it may mean the Son of God, who is called "The Word" (John i., Rev. xix., 13). Either way it is God con- trolling, and our part is "willing and obedient" (Tea. le, 19). The prophet is now tcild to hide hienself; he has delivered his message, and that is all that is recmired of him at present. May the life of every child of God be summed up in this: "Striving ac- cording to His working, whieh work- eth in. Me mightily" (Col. 1., 29), for unless it is God working in us it can- not stand. But when we thus seek first the kingdom of God and His right- eousness we may be sure that all temporal things shall be added, even. though rayons feed us or poor wide ows minister to us. In these days of unbelief and scoffing, if any should hear it said that Arabs, not birds,, fed Elijah, just ask what kind of an.. Arab dew out of Noalts ark, for the word "raven': in our lesson is the same in the Hebrew as the word. "raven" in Gen. viii. 7.By what- ever instrumentcdity the Lord may minister to Us, 'while truly grateful to Him and to His ministering ser- vants, we musk be .stayed upon Him- self alone, lest some Cheritli clry up! and we thereby grow discouraged.' Hab. iii, 17, 18, is a fine word to appropriate; for .whoever or what- ever may fail us we can always truly say, "Thou, 0 Lord, remainest for- ever" (Lam. v, 19; Deb. i, 11). , It was tot for Elijah to think out :ionic new place to go to. for the, Lord who sent Wm. to Cherith and, hid and sustained him there had his eye upoa him (11. Chron. xvi, 9), and saw all the circumstances, and doubtless Elijah talked with Him about it. Well, at the right time, not too soon, tor too late, the same word of the Lord who sett him to Cherith "commands him to go to a widow woman at Zarephatia or ac- cording to Luke iv, 20, Sarepta, and there is our Lord's confirmation of this part of the story aim Zara- pheth signifies a place of refining, and, while at Cherith he was cut oil from all human help, he is now to human, ministration. be refined still more by mossIti,reirylike11230, journey:a for the Lord can hide us while abiding, and when he arrives at the gate of the city the widow is there gathering a few stieks to make a cake, , for herself and her son, of the lo et handfu1 of mealet the house and after that they expect to dice What a boaiding house! What a welcome•for a weary trevehod Mid yet et is the Lord's way. Listen to Elijah "Fear not; go and do as thou hast said, but make me a little cake first" (Nem' lel). Tiad this been all, the women might have thought him seine crezy tramp, Rut listen yet : "After that itake for thee and for thy son, for tints saith the Lord . God of Israel, the barrel pi meal sliced not waste, neith- er Shall the prime of oil hen until" * " Ami 00 it came' to pass) eording to the 'word of die Lorcl, end the meal and oil• were multiplied for a ftill y,eat (versos 10-16 nnd margin of 15), This poor widow gave all te the Lord; the widow who had ' two. Mites gave all; the lad with the ave loaves gave all. When we as unreservoSly give all, We shall See the Lord's ihereaee "Thera Se that rackatil:teroth Mxi yet in.creaset.h" (Prod'. T )i, 24). h'M e et Of the verse tells Wiry 111(131y. tt,to, poot who Might, be . .