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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-8-25, Page 24., , , • • • , , • , " , PEOPLE MILE 6YERWORK This Sermon Is Applicable, to Nearly All Men and Women in Midlife • (Entered eccordine to Mt ot Lh!F rt4r4, education Yet medical seudents as element of gamine, In Um year (me ' Thousand nine Hundred and reue,u. c!aas are noted for their neglect of by Wm. nauy, of Toronto, at tea spiritual work; 1oo2d oChris- Depertmont of agriculture, citing!, tianphyeicianS ore foued ail over the land. But while in eellege most A desPatch from Los Angelos, medical students do nothing for the Cal., says :—Rev.. Frank De Witt servlee of their Master. They say, Talmage preached froiu the following "Wait, Lord, until I pass Mg exam - text Matthew viii, 22, "Let the matones, The nista of this Waite dead Teary the dead." Ing is that many young Men entirely What is true in laboratox'y inveeti- lose their hold upon Christ. 9h, gations is also true ia refereace to young man, young woman, Christ elible study. We must not study the ought not to have to wait for you words of my text with a microscope. to get a mental education before gen We must not isolate this sentenee ore ready to serve Itm. The devel- frora all its conneetions. We most opulent of the spiritual life in the ConMare this pasnage with other heart should go on eimulteneouslyj passages, this chapter with other with the mental developmeet. And chapters, this hook with other books. mark this—the spiritual development "I cannot understand Why Christ of the heart never takes place exclept ;should have trampled upon the filial by spiritual labor. "Follow Mei" affections of hit disciple who wanted says Chriet to the young men ,and to _go back and burg his dead filth- women in otir educational instil:n- en' stied a, gentleman to me some diens. "Follow me now!" years ago. "This yelling limn evident- Christs command, "Follow me,,, ey intended to he a devout disciple Conaes to the tired merehant, the of. Jesus. But surely he had a duty worn out inetchant. It eomes to to his home as well as directly to you even in the whirl and -the bustle Jesus. There, in the old homestead, of 13usiness life. "Oh, no,'" you Say, lay the corpse of his earthly parent, "I have no time for Christ. My bus- h was natural for a dutiful son to bless absorbe every atom of tay en, want to be present at the funeral. orgy. I am So tired fronn my week Yet evnen the young man said, 'Let day tasks that I can too Weary to go 'noel pray thee; firSt go and berg , to church on Sunday, Why, When I my father, and I will follow thee,. go, I fall asleep during the sermon. Christ showed no sympathy with his It ina.kes but little difference to me hatural feeling, but practically saidenthen who preaches the sermon. Come `Let the neighbors and the straugers 'dowii to rey store any time and you come in and close the eyelids and I will see how I am over-driVen. wask the cold flesh. Let the neigh --'There is a steady stream of men bors sing the death chant and dig in illY outer office all the time. I the grave. Let strange hands -wrap ; must .see them It is work, work, the motioeless corpse in its tonne:mirk until I am nearly dead." Yes, shroud and carry it to its last rust- my brother, in one sense what : you ing place. You Must COMC with 'MC say is true. You are an overworked' at once. Shut your eyes to the man, hut how much of that labor past. Let the dead bury the dead." ahat so fatigues Yon is VoluntarilY CHRIX:e."T'S LOVE FOR IIIS MOTH- undertaken? Have you, as a Chris - ER. • lion man, the right to give to your own concerns, to your business and That way of reg,ardine the intident the world the whol utterly misrepresents it. Never sup- e of your time and Pose for a moment that Christ dee energy? Have you forgoeten the mands that eny man should show 'claims 'that God "hes upon you? Bet- . his reverence for him ley slighting or ter leave undone some of thc work earthly You are now doing that you may neglecting or deserting an have strength to serve him. Why parent. Why, the last human being . for whom, Christ provided when he should you not be willing to chop was dying upon the cross was gin' seine of that business drudbgery? Do mother. Ile turned and looked to you not know that mach of that ward the eentle John, the beloved e grinding, useless, selfish toil is Beek - disciple, sobbing at his feet, and said ing a failure out •of eoen life? .The to him : "John, look after my old: temporal necessities of life are very mother. Now that she is friendless small, yet thousands of people plod and alone sbe will need your love on, and on, and On, in a treadmill and snatenauce." Then ne looked Of mercantile drudgery, as though at the agonized face et his mother their very happiness depended upon as he said, "Mother, let John take raising their store from a four story ' rny plece arid be a loving son to to a ten story ,dry goods emporium: you." Theee are Christ's exact words : 'Women, behold thy son!" A RICH MAN'S FAILURE. 'Son, behold thy mother!' Thew. Some time ago a lady visited an were not the words of one who Were- old school friend who had married a garded filial duty. His body, was merchant in one of our eastern cit - „racked at that moment by exeruciat- les. That night when they were seat- ing agollY, yet his thoughts were ed together for a quiet chat she not of himself but of her who, by said, "Clara, now is your husband his death, would be left dependent. getting • along'?” "Mismably," an - It was she for whom he was concern- seeered the wife. "Why, how is ed even in the hour of his dissolu- that? IS he not making a lot of tion. His own' conduct in that crisis money? Is not this palace' ot.a Proves that when he spoke to the home your own? Is not his name young volenteer the wordof my written high as - one of the great ft - text he was not insensible to the nanciers of this ciLy?" "013, yes," - claims of natural affection, answered the Wife, "John is making NEC,LECTED OBLIGATIONS, a lot of 3noney. Ith is already what Sidetracked obligations to God' We some people call rich. But I cer- see (hem everywhere, We nen , them tainly call him poor. When we first in the exauses which the youeg started out in life we did not have man makes when he is fitting himself much money, but we had enough for ny education to enter the battle of ell our 'necessary wants. Besides, life. I enter the theological wroth- .we had plenty of time for each other ary, where thirty or forty young and for our friends and for our men are gathered into 0 class room. church John then only had a small They are bright, intelligent young store. He would get home fon'supe nien, eager for knowledge, intent on per on time. Then all the -evenings getting thorough equipment for the were ours. We read together. - We ' work they hat e undertaken. 1 pet visited our friends - together. SOMC to 'each student this question eg. weeks John -wolild • gee , off a whole: "Young man, *Villein do you go to day, and together we would take -a church? In what Sunday school trip to the country and ream among are you teaching? What mission the wild floteers. Our Sundays were work are you doing for Christ?" always spent together at churOn. and Some there will be who, in order to in thee home. But now John has Ivy their way through college, are sold himself to hiS: work. I rarely nerforming sonic duties by which see him. no :tVorks all day. He. they earn a little money: • But the works part of the night. He alwayd. others, in nine eases out ef ten, will has some business engagement on answer : n011, I am not atteuding seugggy. He makes lots of money, :UV particular church here. I am not teaching in any Sunday sellool. I am now studying to be a minister, and therefore each Sunday I go to hear a different minister ' in the town." The result is that nine - tenths of our young theological stu- but, then he only puts that Money back into the business, and therefore it is not his to use. He has to keep on 'working the harder, to look after the bigger business. I certainly think that john is making a failure Penis, end I think I am not ever- out of IfEe• Ile is a perfect slave to eatieg the proportion, do practicafin nothing for Christ while they are living within seminary walls unless lhen are paid for their services. What is the result? ,With a critical, censorious spirit they go front church to cburch. They pick flaws in this minister, they find fault with that minister, and all the time they be- long • to the great army of religious tramps, whom I call the "go -round- ers." During these years of study their own life is ebbing away. By the: -time the ;seeing wan who pursues this course ge-aduates front a theolo- gical vain/eery he is on the verge el reared, Being finely educated, they spiritual bunkruptcy. Why? :Mainly grew eshamed of the mother Who because in the three long ;tears of had done so much. FM' them. Her mental ()veneration for the ministry he bas neglected to de personal work roe Jesus flhriSt. MENTAL VERSUS SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, Why are there so few earnest reli- glom! Workers ;found among our ined- that students ? Do moat of the hese wig, enter those medieal schools go there as itelidets? No, Ppm, out of every five Audi/nit,/ 111 my theological seminnry class were the sons of Min- I•Mr01lug °;rillE4and-841d; -1\f6t.tiler' niters, ne comae,. 110 gni/ potatentge you have been a good mother to Us. is found in elgi medical echooth. BttYou have made it possible for us to a large number of students in those be what wu ar°.- Then the wohlan's medical seneols ere the eons of min- tired aate.lighted lip with a:smile es islet's. Alan furthermore, .1' do not she Mume"'ed, ''Oh, WI:11h', why did believe 1 ion going beyond my Hon, you -hot tell me that befoee?" f-enet when I .say eteditetenthe of ail medical 1 s (hem° Inc lett`, 3 tell You Fail:Snits entee irom Chrlstam homes, thee ere too late, wo 110 to The more a parent hone.' (nirist the Praise One •10Veed onee, Wo 11m!. 1,1(110 11/xi000 175 ie to give hie child- them while thee,' nen living ited note 7Vri all the nee:integre! of a geed .when they 20'e dead • Work, and we rarely see each' other for any of our old good times." ' •TOLD LIER TOO LATE. In Virginia a young woman was left a widow With four small chil- dren. She taught school and paint- ed and stitched and took in washing and worked all day and far into the night in order to send her boys to, college and 10,give her• two girls a fine education. Attila a.alkale these children grew up WO 117011i out into the world and loft their old mother alone in the cottage where they were speech waxnot as classical os theirs. I.Ter hands were callous with - toil, and in her books .she Was veeer corn- moeplace. Pleally, worn care iVithi work, she,. was' dying, and ell. het. four children gatheriel about her bed- side, conschowe smittee with thole ingratitude. They .now realleed how' they had neglected the hest ftiond they ever had, :'Phan one of her bons, now a prdminent lawyer, took So Chriet in these ' words of my *****yogrotfi*,4t* text, was enunciating all infinite anti e, 'omnipotent tVUtll. JeSuS is praeti- 7,Ni"e • </any saying: "Young men higher in your nave tor'father or metter or wife Or Oiled is your duty to me and to thes,great world at large. Come with me and help save the millions who are dying in (heir Sins. Come With me and bring back to a life of purity and leve those who Will never hnOw eine unless theY -See me as a result of thy guidance: Come :with ree," Como with eie." This sentence, "Follow me, and let the dead bilny the dead," is only an- other wording of the smith thought winch Christ spake• unto his discip- les; "He .014 loyeth father or moth- er more than me is net worthy nte, and he that leveth son or dangh- eer more than me is net worthy ,of me, And. he that taketh not. his cross and followeth after• inc is aot worthy of me." Yes, there come cer- tain times in life when °lir duty to Christ and to our feliew men should have precedence over our desires to be 'with our dear ones in our own But though these weeds of my ,text may seem to separate some of as for a. little while 7:1"iim'r Our loved ones on earth, is ie rot a swot and treasured thought that Christ will never separate us, his children, from eocle other in that better land? Thus, according to Christ's great laws, we may believe that the separ- ations of earth are only for a little while and that these earthly separa- tions ultimatelymean the reunion in heaven if we only teilet Christ and accept Christ for our Saviour. PERSONAL POINTERS. Interesting Gossip About Some Prominent People. The Czar carries, about with him one of the moat precious' watches in the world. It is a gold repeater studded with valuable diaisn2o0n,dos0,0.and is worth something over Mr, John Thompson, of Sand Hut- ton, England, who was born at Her- ten, has been a member of the 13es- veil Church choirfor more than seventy-three years. He is now over eighty-six years of age. - Mine. Melba lia a .hobby for col- lecting objects of art, particularly those once in the possession of cele- brities. Among her cherished relics is the bed in. which the Dauphin of France slept his last sleep before he was lodged in prison. hhe Robert Dearle, a tradesman. of Epsom, England, by being present at St. Amant's Derby, brought the number of Derbys he had seen up to seventy-eight, thus establishing a re- cord. Mr. Dearle is eighty-six years of ago, arid since' he was ten years old he has never missed the• classic race. People who think of Mari:eel only as the inventor of the wireless • tele- graph do not know the scope of ' his talents. He has a fine tenor voice, and has been chosen ,by the Abbe Peeosi, the leader •of. the %ethic: Chapel choir, to sing one or' the principal parts in his new oratorio, "The Universal. Judgment." The fact that, the up-to-date of Japan sleeps in a European bed doee not seem anything to be sur- prised at until it is -remembered that 40,009,000 of his subjects prefer the floor. 'His Majesty does not stop short at this one foreign cuetom, but wears European clothes, uses a knife and fork in preference to chopstichs, and rides in a carriage that would not attract particular attention in the 'West -end of London but for the gorgeous_ livery of the men on the box. The children of the Prince of Wales. are as keen on gardening as webe. their parents when of the same age. Many stories are told oe the little Princes' impatience as to the sprout- ing of seeds and bulbs. In the museum of Swiss Cottage, situated in the,greunds a.t Osborne House, the garden tools used by King Edward and- his brothers when little boys are all ,preserned, and the tiny gardens in which they worked are Still kept just as they were when tended by their Rhoyal owners.. Mr. Melton Prior, the famous war correspeneent, relates a singular dreani he once had on two. F.:13.CCCSSiVC occasions, in which he fatee himself shot dead and watched hisown fun- eral. Soon after dreaming if for the second time he reeelved .a letter from his mother eaying that she had had „a similar dream, and impthring lira not to, go to the relief of Et- chowe, for which he. was theji en route. :Impressed by the .coincidence he obtained a subetitute,• and firmly believes that by doing so he saved his life. Sir Henry Hartley Fowler has Se- cured a perpetual niche in the Tem- ple of ]Tame by inventing the Parish Council. His career has been•a. very rat-ilea:able one. The preeriathre death of his father debarring him a University career and putting an end to his ambition to make a name get- the Bar, he took his destiny in both hands entered in a very humble capacity .,the office of a solicitor, and by sheer energy and determination get admitted at -the age of twenty- two. . Since those days he bee been Secretary of State for India., Secre- tary to the Treasury, President of the Local Government Board, and ljneler-Secretary at, the 'Horne Office. :it is told of Me. Choate,' the Amer- iCate Ambassador to the Court of St, James, that he was very much the Wrested in a young man who, he thought, had in Itirn the malting of an excellent lawyer. 'Mee Cheat° teas himself preetieing in New York at the time, and hoped . to take the young 10011 .into his ()glee. But' the Perverse chop Would have none of it. 'He believed he had a future as iut ar- tisc(tytoiceit.eouigiit iitri1, 110 had bdt. inut -cited Mr. 'Choate to an exhibition of his work, and• when ibo ci 1st inguish- barrister made a last appeal to him the arti8t. said : "No, Mr. (Shoe te, i ho nk 'eti 1 140 In 5v for me. 3 am Wedded to my, nal" "nomPilr exclaimed Mr, Choate, lookifig 150 SC'S. '`DolYt let t ht.it cfitcourage yoit—yon have ;triple ,trourids for divorc.el". • OME * sarmarzy RE 0 IPE S Egg Sandwichee.—Chop hard-boiled egg's until they foz‘rn a paste, add a little chopped- pareely as a flavoring, and mix the whole with a rich may- onnaise dressing and spread daintly on fancifel shapes of white bread. Cheese Salacle-Hard boil six eggs, peel and slice; line a dish with let- tuce leaves, cover the loaves, with egg and sprinkle well with grated eheese; upon the cheese pour a few spoonfuls of mayonnaise dressing; continue the layers until all is gone then cover the top with cheese. Lemon Barley Witter.—To make lemon barley water, take two table- spoonfuls of pearl barley, a quarter of a pound of lump sugar, rather more than two quarts of boiling wa- ter, and the peel of a fresh lemon. It should stand covered all night, and he strained next morning. Rico Pudding with Raisins. --One quart of milk, two tablespoons of rice, ontathied cup of sugar, one-half cup seeded raisins. Wash the rice and the raisins and stir everything together till the sugar dissolvem. Then put it in a baking dish in the oven.gvery, little while open the door and see if a light brown crust is forming over the top, and 'if it is, stir the pudding all up from the bot- tom and push down the crust. Keep on doing this till the rice swells and makes the milk all thick and creamy, which it will after about an hour, Then let the pudding cook, and when. it is a nice deep brown take it out and let it get very cold. , Cottage Pudding.—One egg, one eup sugar, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon baking powdef., Beat the yolk of egg ligslit, -add the Sugar lowland beat more, then put in the milk, the flour, the whites •of the eggs beaten stiff, and last of all the baking pow- der, and stir it up well. Put in a greasedpanand bake nearly half an hour. Serve with. foamy sauce. Foamy Sance.—Onc•-half cup butter, one-half cup boiling water, one cup powdered sugar, white of one egg, one teaspoon vanilla. Rub the but- ter and sugar to a cream, add tho. vanilla and .beat well. When it is time to serve, beat the egg stiff. Stir 'the boiling water into the butter and sugar and then put in .the egg. Stand the bowl On the stove in a pan of Water and beat with the egg beater till foamy. Fanned chicken.—The chicken should be small, not over a poupl in weight and should be cleared and split fOr broiling. Then, break the breast bone and flatten with a rolling-tein. Place in a. baking pan with the skin side up, layiug on - each breast a ,siiceof fat bacon. Sprinkle very 'lightly with salt and Pepper and a little water; cover the pan tightly and bake for one-half hour. Remove 1the cover and cook until brown, basting every few minutes. Then re- move the bacon. 'Arrange on a hot dish and pour the liquor from the pan over the chicken. Garnish with water cress or fresh parsley. • Chicken a la tartare.—Choo se small broiling chickens, split and clean them, place in a baking pan with skin side up, spread thickly with butter, and season lightly with i salt and pepper. Sierinkle with chopped parsley and onion, allowing a tablespoonful of each to one chick- en. Cover the pan and cook in a quick oven for three-quarters of an hour. Remove from the pan, brush over with beaten egg, cover lightly with rolled and sifted breadcrumbs, then broil with Sauce tartare. This dish is admirable for spring lunch- eons, with .new potatoes and peas. CHAPTER OF DONT'S. Don't Start nervously, if a, child makes a noise or 'breaks a dish—keep your worry for broken bones. Don't sigh too often over servants' Short -comings. Don't get wildly excited if Bridget has neglected to dust the legs of the ta,bth; tne welfare of neither your fan:illy nor the nation is in- volveci,„ Don't put too much of yourself in- to the ordering of the heusehold, or the management of servants, or the care of the ornaments. Let the or- naments of the house be the friends who frequent it. Don't exhaust idl your reserve force over petty cares. Each tine that one loses coutrol over herself, her nerves, her temper, 3.the loses just a little nervous force, just a little physical well being, and moves a fraction of an inch further on in the path that- leads to premattire old age, says the Philadelphia Don't work when you are not in a condition to do so. Don't go to bed late at night and arise at daybreak and imagine that every, hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. Don't eat as if you only had a reinute in which to finish the meal, or eat 'witnout an appetite. Don't give unnecessary time to a certain eetablisleed Potable of house- keeping when it could be much more profitably spent in rest or recrea- Don't always be doing something; have intermittent at tacks of idling. To understand luny to relax is to understand how to strengthen nerves. Don't worry others, above all things, by forcing, them to share your worries. Don't fret, and don't worry are the most bealthful of maxims. FISH AS A SUMMER FOOD. Now that the betchers are on strike and meat prices have been i"eympa- housekeeper will begin., to think what thetipaley'' ad -enticed, the economical i ehe can get to use M place of fresh, ! meat. If iele , 6 i t he e sal t or f rash, commends itselnas an article of sum- mer diet, being healthful, appetizing, arid general in e ifee p , 1' 857 hae a 1 fair' netrielve veleta also, while eat Sio heating as meat. Codfish and mackerel are the cnief dependence of Meet farmers' faraillea so far as ileh goes, Both aro good if properly prepared. 'Phe thick part of a codfish is espoeially nice if freshened, enclosed la a bit of mus- lin or mosquito net, and boiled. Serve with, drawn butter over it, or with ea,uce tartare. Every one knows hoW to prepare the ordinery creamec5 endfish, either with or without eggs, But it may be please -Lathy varied by laying slices of hot buttered toast on the platter them. Mashed potatoes should ac- ac:eoppaio:..thg. the creamed fish over Salt mackreeraern1 pd covdefirs. yhnice when broiled. Freshen as usual, wipe dry, lay on the broiler, and broil the flesh side ;first. Spread with a little drawn butter and servo hot. SaUCQS are a great addition to fish increasing its nutritive value, while also making it raore acceptable to the palate. Cream sauce, egg sauce and Hollandaise sauce go well with it, • The so-called "pan fish" are best fried in cleep fat. Lay on brown paper when talce_n from the fat. HOW TO WAX A FLOOR, There is considerable knack in pre- paring wax for polishing floors and unless you are willing to devote the necessary care to its preparation you would better purchase the prepared article together with tbe needed b The weighted polishing brush is really' essential to thorough' work and saves mu'cla fatigue. However, here is a reliable method for home workers which crests very little. Chit pne pound of beeswax in small pieces and melt by placing the pan contain- ing the wax'in another vessel , con- taining hot Water. Plcice three pints of best turpentine in a large Pan, away from the fire or lighted gas, and slowly pour the melted wax into it, stirring rapidly all the time until the ingredients are thoroughly blended. Have the floor perfectly clean and dry, clip a swab of flannel into the mixture and rub lengthwise of the wood taking one board at a time until the surface is covered. To polish, cover a block of wood of convenient size thickly with flannel and rub the surface of the floor until a fine smooth gloss appears. TREATMENT OF BURNS. If a person's burns are serious, send for a physician. It is not al- ways poseinle, however, to secure one immediateiy, and you should be pre- pared to take his place rather than let the victim suffer. For 'the treat- ment of serious burns, nothing is su- perior to varnish. It is -very sooth- ing and promotes rapid healing- by excluding all air from the burn. Ap- ply liberally and bandage lightly. Should a burn need cleansing, use nothing but cold water. Add half a dozen drops of carbolic acid, if you have any. If no varnish • is handy, use the whites of eggs made into a thin paste with flour, sweet oil, raw (not boiled) linseed oil, or gly- cerine. Never apply a preparation which will produce a smarting sensa- tion, no matter how good it may be for other purposes. In dressing a bern, be sure that the' entire surface is thoroughly covered. Steam and not water borne are treated the same as those produced by fire. " • + THE BRITISH IN TIBET. . Why They Are There and What They Axe Fighting For. Our latest little war is with Ti- bet. Yet not one Briton in twenty could say exactly what it is for Nvillich we are fighting. We are not seeking territory; neither do WO wish to interfere with the self-government of the Tibetans. The trouble has! arisen thus: in 1890 a Convention was drawn up between Tibet and Great Britain, by which the Tibetans agreed to es- tablish, between themselves and ad- jacent and friendly Poevers, such means of communication as ought to exist between neighboring -States. The authorities at Lhassa, the Ti- betan capital, seem, however, to have regretted the'malcing of this Convention, for they have never shown ' the" slightest disposition to fulfil their promises., We have re- peatedly sent despatches of protest against this neglect, but they have been returned to us unanswered, and in some instances even unopened, and they have recently become more and more heedless of our representations because they supposed they had the full sympathy and support of Russia. The British. Mission was sent to get the explanation of their disre- gard of the Convention, seeing that such an explanation was evidently not forthcoming unless fetched by our own emissaries. To accept their silence unchallenged would be to in- spire in the Tibetan mind a con- tempt for British power; and as part of our Indian frontier abuts upon Tibet, 11 18 absolutely necessary, for the sake of the Tibetans as well as our own. that we should give them no encouragement to think that they may treat a properly drawn-np Con- vert -Olen with disrespect. We had hoped that our Mission would end as it began—a peaceful one; nut the Ti- betans themselves drew the sword upon it.—London Answers, "Menelik the Second, Victorious Lion of the Tribe of the Kings of Ethiopia, Lieutenatt of Cod," and a good deal more, who is reported seriously ill agaiii, hoe been described by those who know Hie ,lefajeety ae ctirioue mixture of elatewcInets and simplicity. Formerly very little sufficed to entertain him, rind it is even related that the Oat eugar-Ioat which Wes presented to hint caused hha ocstaeies of pleasure. Menelik is especially interested in all machinery, which, including watchee, 110 AlWayS takes to pions, without, hoWever, being invoriable able to put togethee again. A worrifel hits appliod to 1)e ad- initted as a member of the • Dublin .3 took Itexclitinge, ' TILE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTrIaTATTO,ITAL LESSON, AUG. 21. Text of the Lesson, I. tKingal xviii., 30-46. Golden Text, I. Kings xviii., g1. Ahab having 'asseintaled the,children of Israel and the, prophets of 13auh at Mount Cannel, Elijah addressed them in the words of verses 21 .toi i 25 and they agreed that the god. , who 'answered by fire should be the, , 'god whom they would worship. Het gave the prophets of Baal the firstd opportunity, so they prepared their' altar and their sacrifice and called' upon their god from morning :until noon and until afternoon, but there was' no answer nor -any attention to their cry from their gods. Then 1111- • jali called tbe people near to hien, and, taking twelve stones to repree sent the twelve tribes. of Israel, - he repaired' the altar of the Lord that, was broken down, building it in the mune of, the Lord (verse '32), made, a trench about it, placed ;the wood in order upon it, cut the bullock in pieces and laid it on the wood andldlif three times drenched the whole with' • water and also filled the trench withe water; then tee prayed the simple beautiful ,prayer of verse 36, 37, and the fire of. the Lord fell and consum- ed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, • the dust and the water in the , trench..." Time ;people seeing this fell, on, their faces and cried "The Lord; Ile is the God; the .Lord, He is the' Good" (verse 89), ... • . Elijah had n.o thought of himself - • nor of any glory that might come to. him; he was jea!lotis only for the glory of the God of Israel and de- sirous that the people naig;ht tarn to Him and be blessed by Him. . If we were willing to be so lost lir God and so desirous of His glory that . we, should have no thougeit of honor to ourselves or ean church or denomination or society, but only that people's hearts should turn to the Lord, we might be Ole to say to all that is against God in us or about us, "Let fire from God. consume thee!" gl. Kings i., 10- 12.) Our God is a consuming tire (Deut. iy., 21; Hell. xii., 29) and .desires a people purified unto Him- self, that He may .be glorified in , the.ra. Ith is willing to receive, for- give, bless and make a bleseing any taendhienaver, yandoneHewhwotilwiiiisle tarnu3lry.s.,esten sierl; however weak and unworthy, that itt wholly given over to Him to Magni- fy His name. Our Lord Jesus said in His last, prefer, "I have magnified Thy', name, I have declared Thy nearie,"1 ' ‘•-• and He prayed that His people' might be so one •Witli Him that the' world, sleight believe and know that 2 He was sent of God (John nvii., 4, li, • 0, 26, 21, 23), He needed no fire! • to purify Hine; the Spirit came as al. dove u.pon Him' . but when the Spirit' caine upon the disciples at Penticost1 He caine as tongues of fire. , Wei, need the purifying consuming fire,' bit of self and self interest' ut we are so in love with time i .. and self glorification and so I unwilling to be a living sac -i. riffee (for God must have a,: willing heart, a willing offering) thatd I3e3 is hindered and cannot bless mule use us as He desires to. We, hike; T.eirael, must acknowledge -0 Lord{ our God, other lords beside Thee" have had. dominion OVer Us." I As to God accepting by fire, con-, eider the sacrifice of Abel, the offer- ing of Gideon and eel/lite-wale the:. dedication' of the tabernacle and the temple, and note that in the twoj latter when the glory filled tbe Holyj of I-Iolles no inan could stand to =Mister, reminding us that no flesh shall glory 3n MC presence (Ex. • xl, , 35; I, Kings viii, 11; . 1 Cot. i, .29- 81). Jehovah having been. pro- claimed God, the prophets of Baal' are slain. To be on the Lord's side ine.ane that all that is against God must be Slain, however dear to uS., . Consider the . action of the, Legit& . a. 'when in aneever to Moses' question, 4. "WheC is on the Lord'seside.1" they . stood forth'. ' See how all euch had, to slay their brothers, _companions and neighboes who' wereagainst 9o.d. . •• Elijah sent Ahab home with tbe as- surance that rain would come ebun-1 dantly, but he went to the top of, Carmel and cast himself down before the Lord and 'prayed, sending his servant to look toward the sea, for the answer. Again 'and again he, went and returned, saylug, "There is nothing," but at the seventh time he returned, eaying "Behold there aris-; eth a little •cloud -out of tne sea like': a man's hand" (verses 43, 44). So the heavens became black with clouelsi and wind and tiler eva.p.a groat rain.1 A man of like passions with as pray- ed earnestly and for three and a half 1 .. years it rained not that the word of ' the I.,ord by Moses might be ful-a , filled; again he prayed and the rain came, but see how c!arnestly and ' persistently he prayed, although Gad • lad said, "I will send rain upoxi the earth" (xviii, 1). ' It is in His Purpose that we shall a.sk Him to do this end that, even • though 17Th lias promised to do it, an • Ile says, "I will yet for this be' in- quired of by the house. of Israel to • do it for them" (zek. xxxvi, 37). Is there not , a stiggestion" in the clotici "like a, man's hand" that it was in• an7wer to a Man 103.111.11," hold 'upon God. In Is. lxiv, 7, the complaint, s, "There is none that calleth, upon Thy name tbat eleirreth up himeelf to take 'held of Thee." If he would, take hold of Pod with ,the persistence of Elijah for that which Ile this I promised to do, what mightwe not; see to ITis glorn. Then note ie the! latet verse of our lesson "The handl i of the Lord was on Elijah." '‘Ii.heri'i 5 %m° v'ii,11Tit,T6celli)e•orlsdis.•tconft' ilhalBtr011'offriTIP01e 01:3r.l• Lot us apply the command in Isa. xii, 6, 71 first literally and then ac- cording to John xiv, 13, 14. Many- a man puts hi ci hest root, fore ward oply to .hitve bia vorat ',rod 011.