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Piaturesquely Contrasted With the Larger,
Freedom of the Spiritual World
011etetea eccerding to Act or 410 *OP
!lenient 0. Canticle, in the year Orel
Thoneene no Hundred and rarer,
he Wrn. Daly, ot Toronto, at tee
Seeeertment 1.‘g Agrieulture. Ottaw L
A. deapatch from Los 'Maplee saYS
eelteo. Frank De Witt Talmage
peeached from the, following text e-
,Colui viii, 82, "Tim truth shall make
you free."
The aord freedom lees a charming
teourid. Like unto ek, xylophone, each
.000 a its letters SNAILS to be a en bar, bar. Like unto silver throated
trumpet, its 'voice sounds ;itist us
cacheable, in the rieh man's palitce
art in the peasant's het, Like unto
the pheasant's call for his mate, it
eeema, to recognize no government
..eave the sceptre of love. Like uhto
to aeolian harp, which_ emits its
Most thrilling notes warm the wintry
Stoma throb through its strings, Hilo,
word freedom never has a 111.0re Phalle 1,
tive ineledy than N1,then it is tittered'
by •belaga who pie° fot- it while they
cringe. under the lash of the taslemrts-
tee and spend their lives in the bole.;
. deg() of tyrants at whose Word they'
teay, have to die.
- There have been orators, whose
'tones Were so penetrating earl im-
pressive that the words -they uttered
took a new and ticeeer meaning. It
was said. of George Whitefield, the
famous evangelist, that his voice Was
of such compass and pathos that he
could melt an audience into tears by
the intonation ho could throw iiite
the word Mesopotamia. But it is
not by melodious tones that the word
freedom reaches the heart: most pow-
-erfully, but by the berate deeds of
211013 who bave suffered and oied to
win the blessing for their people. It
was thns uttered by Spartacus, the
Roman alave and gladiator, when he
led the insurrection against Ilie
throne of the Caesars and offered as
a libation for that word his :own
blood, which' was shed upon the bat-
tlefieti of Silarus in 71 B. C. We
can hear it thus spoken in the clarion
calls of a Bernatde O'Higgins, the
great liberator of Chile, or of a Tous-
saint L'Ouverture fighting for the
liberty of Haiti, or of a Maceo dying
for Cuba, pr of a Garibaldi seiug-
gling for the liberation of his belevedi
Italy.
0 rreedom, thou art more than a
mere word! Thou art a strong armed,
"angel of light, breaking the shackles
--- of the slave, tin -Muzzling the lips of
the pal:mot, lifting the shadow; from
. the home. Under this benignant.
rule every man's abode is his (^Asti°,
- surrounded-, like -the ancient fortress-
-est of the old warld, -with • the moat
whose waters were inapassaole to the
minions of a king. Thou art the
messenger of God, who would place
' the coronation robes around re'ca'Y
3 mien shoulder. Thou wouldst put
o drown of gold upon every manly
or •womanly'brow as thou dost say
"Man, lift- high thy forehead, for
tliou art a Jiang Woman, God has
made thy head the resting place for
a diadem which is the equal of the
crown. that I have placed upon thy
husband's brow." Yes, yes; no word
in all the English language has a
in.ore poteat sound than that 'of free-
dom, for, -as God gave to Kinn.
ol-
om C everything a prince could' want
because the young king had asked of
him "wiedoin" so every good thing
in life is accessible to the earnest,
aspiring soul when freedom removes
tho barriers t its flight. .
WHAT 18 FREEDOM?
But as I began to study My +,ext I
asked mys.elf this important question,
"What is freedom?" is it unbridled
license ? Does it practically say,
"Man, you are free; therefore you can
.do as you will, no matter what your
desire May be?" Does it 'mean an
emetlicipation Proclamation Whieh lib-
eierates froin obedience to all le w
on Jan. 1, 1863, Abraham
Lincoln in the White House signed
bis name to tho famous state paper
which declared the t all. black men
- and black women leader the stars. ahd,
stripes "are and henceforth shall be
free," it did not mean that the negro
was set •free to follow his own un-
bridled inclinetions, but that lie pries -
'ed from under the control of the
same law that his owner himself has
to obey.
Freedom has its limitations, We
find those limitations in the pbysical,
, the mental and the .social as well as
in the spiritual world. Biologists find
them in the dumb brutes and M the
vegetable and mineral kingdoms as
well .as la human society. Thus my
- subject to -day, "The Limitations of
Taborty," offers a wide scope for
natural and spitatual investigation,
and I shall endeaVor to show that
the only true freedom that the epirie
tual mare can enjoy is in the surren-
der of himself to t 0 service of
Christ.. In bncoming a servant of
Christ, in taking his will as the law
of our lives, we aro get free from the
dominion r of sin and enjoy the glor-
jeep liberty of the children of God.
ana not here going into the de-
tail§ of the errors and the reasons
why a rnan should not abuse his
physical organism. But 1 am here
to state that as God limits the nat-
ural realms in which the fish can
live, and the plants can live, and
the &coping things, like the worms
and the • snakes, can live, so God
• givem t man a physical realnt,. and
in that realm he must live. If he
persists in going out of that realm
ho must die.
BEECHER AND HIS FATHER.
The limitations of brain power can
be Lvell illustrated by comparing the
mental makeup .01 Henry Ward Beech-
ee with that of, his illustrious father
teeman Beecher, one of the greateet
ocelesiastice le leaders of his day. The
, famous 'parrtot of Plyinouth pulpit
Was in every •senee a prose poet. Ile
spoke, he I hoary' t, es, 1.1
bol and pleturesque verbi age. T:10
'firings of the birds, the beau to!
wardrobee at the flowere, the mamma
al sunsets, the beehives, the snow
'banks, the Murmuring brooks -ell
bad to him a nmessage. Lyman
Beecher wail made of angular Puritan
graniteilo was in every sense a
logician and a polemic. Like John
Calhoun, he wasskillful in argu-
ment. Grant his simple premises,.
end you must grant his conclusious,
Ho appealed mostly to -the brain as
gray matter and not to the artistic
sentiments.
It was a great source of sorrow to
Iloory W rd Beecher that his father
never loved nature as he loved it.
Lyman :Beecher loved t,o hunt.. He
loved the woods for game, but not
for the Bowers, He never loved flow-
ers as flowees. Facts always had
to be presented to him as hare, un-
breakable rocks, and not as rocks
clothed in garments of green and in
Joseph's coats of many floral colors.
Ono day, . much to Henry Ward
Beeeber's surprise, he saw' his father
standing before a beautiful picture.
It was a hunting scene, but tlie son'
pelted it for the beautiful colors,
such as are .always fourel in the re-
treat of the woods. "Ah," said
Henry •Ward Beecher, "father, is at
last learning to love nature!" He
stepped up to the side, of the old
man and said: "Father, how do you
like the picture? What do you like
about it most?" "Well, Henry,"
said the old Man, "I was studying
that picture to see whether the art-
ist had aimed that gen right. Yes,
I think that hunter wal bat the rab-
bit. I think he will. I think he
"Ah, father," said Henry
Ward, "can you not see anything
more in 1.hat picture than a cruel
man shedding the -blood of au inno-
cent, playful rabbit?"
No, Henry Ward Beeeher's mind
and Lyman Deeoher's mind were cast
in different molds. They both had
their limitations. What one could
do in a mental way the other could
not do. thougll both of those brains
belonged to the master minds of the
last century. Now, as we all have
our physical limitations, is it pre-
posterously unmet for us to complain
because we also have our spiritual
limitations? the only way to
cross the Atlantic or the Pacific is
in a steamship c a. sailing craft is
it not absurd for its to complain be-
cause' we have to sail, over the great,
sea of eternity in a gospel lifeboat?
LIMITATIONS OF FREEDOM.
True freedomalways has its limi-
tations. The Christian life, too, has
its rightful limStatione. 'Chcist
"I 'am the. way, the truth and the
life, no. man cometh unto the bather
but by me." There is only oneeway
to Gad, sine door, one true life. But
after we have once entered through
that open door then we are free. Aye
we may become transcendently' and
eternally free. Is not my text right
when it says, "In Ohrist the truth
shall make you free?" The freedom
he gives is the freedom from sin, the
freedom from punishment, but that
freedom, like all others, can be ob-
tained only by submitting to Christ's
rule, In one way alone can we gain
that freedom, and that is by the
way of the cross. In his service are
endless ' joy and pleasure for ever-
more.
My brother, my sister, are you
ready to let •the truth make you
free? , In antebellum days there was
o beautiful scene enacted in one of
the southern slave markets. A
young black girl stood upon the auc-
tion block and was being gold to
the highest bidder. Rough men
were trying to buy her for evil pur-
!poses, but in that group of bystand-
ers was a Christian gentleman, hold-
ing by the hand his own young
daughter. . The young .girl's heart
went out for the sufferings of her
black sister, and she persuaded her
father to purthase the slave. Higher
and higher went the price, bat at
last. the Christianegentlemen bought
the young slave. When the black
'girl was handed over to her new
master he said: "Mary, 1 bought you
for my daughter's sake. I now give
you your Papers of freedom. You
can go where. and when you please.
You are free." "What, master, am
I free?, Can I go where I Will? Then
shall go and stay with you Oh,
she was a slave before the auction.
She was n slave alter the auction.
But now she had become a slave of
love Will you not, oh, mare oh,
woman, hear Christ's proclamation
of emaneipation from .sin? Will you
not let "the truth make you free?"
-that is, will you not, in Christ's
name cerise to be a subject of , sin,
but in bondage' for the love of
Christ? ' He died to make you free.
With hie divine limitation will you
not be eternally fme, ;yet still in
bondage to. Jesus Christ?
Lord, oh,' teach Inc what to do; '
Make nie' faithful, make me true.
Help rne, tire too late it be,
Somali:Mg yet to do for thee.
WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
An extraordinary incident is re-
corded at Sunderland, England. A
xnan in a boat lett it to pick up some
firewood underneath a 2,0004on
steamer about to be laurelled, Pins -
Mg the ship beginning to move Ile
tried .to rush baek, but was too
late. Someone sheeted,
down," NtitiCh he promptly did, and
was lost to sight until the, vessel
had glided ov(1' hint into the river,
To the relief of the onlookers he
11).e0 .ernerged unscathed,
wintee one in eleven of llonie's
popttiation are visitors,
'here are now,• neatly as can be
coenied, 180 apes on the Rock of
alibraltar. •
L.
DALAI LANA zucicsr.
chiuese Xilled 411 Prey/pus Ones
.at the Age a 1$.
Col. "Waddell, a well Iseown ex-
pert in Tibetan 'matters, dileeribee
how since 1749 it has been the pol-
icy at, Lhasa up to the present reign
to assassinate every Dalai Leine.Lp
17419, the 'Tibetans hexing massacred
the Chinese at Lhasa, the Chinese
Emperor Chaulung sent a punitive
army and restored the Chinese as-
cendancy, aucl the Mlle:once of the
Chinese Ambans was enottmously in-
creased. ,They kept the appointment
Of a Regent in their own hands and,
Were the real driving' power of State:
Col. W.eddell continues:
-"Efencefopth the Dalai lettna al-
ways died young.. Ile never attained
his majetity. No sooner had a .0e.lai
reached the age of 1 than he died
in a mysterious manner, thus Twos-
sitatteg the acceseion of 1 newborn,
infant &lad proloneing tItc itegent's
term of office. So n ILegLett was al -
Wive iui cluirge of the Government
and he has worked in vale:hot with
the Chinese Ambans to limit Lite life
et the Dalai Lamas. Of the it
four Dalai Lamas one died at 11 and.
the other three at 13.
"The present Delia has been pee-,
milted, to beeome' an exception to
this rule. As this vas.a. blow
against the it 1i abln telsanny of
China, the National partywhich has
arisen In Tibet, and to whom Chin-
ese interference has beeotee too oner-
ells and distasteful, ia credited with
having saved the present Dalai from
the fate of his predecessors. Certain-
ly' he and his Government have riow
estaped frOnl the Chinese leading
strings.
"When the present Dalai, who was
born in 1876, reached the tragic age
of 13, Whieh is regarded as the limit
of a Dalai's life, the yoeng National
party by stratagem obtained the
seals of office from the Regent, whom
they imprisoned in a monastery,
where shortly afterward he died. The
Dalai Lama assumed sovereign pow. -
et and, epriveil the Chinese Ambaas
of any say in the government. The
latter offleials procured an indig-
nant-Chiese :edict from Pekin, or
-
dolinthat the Regent Ler reinstated
and the seals returned. Meanwhile
the Regent died, or was murdered,
and a new senior .Aenban came to
Lhasa and was bribed heavily to let
matters remain as they were. .7Ie
suppressed the edict, while at tho
same time leading the Pekin Govern-
ment to believe that it has been com-
plied With.
"Afterward the opportunist young
Leann, pr mg by Ina s ioss o
prestige through lier defeats by Ja-
pan, and afterward by the allied
armies in 1900, openly refused to be
guided by the Chinese, and these have
now to confess how powerless they
are in Tibet and how contemptuous-
ly the Tibetans regard their au-
thority, which is now an empty
ferce. Astecently as 1902, the Obi -
nese Viceroy of lhe western province
of Szechuan, which adjoins Tibet,
had to ask Pekin to send an army
to Lhasa to make Chinese power re-
spected.'
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EMI'S To iLousifii.:.1..;EL,Kits,
'41(4ohol WjIl 1.0111()Yr3 wax Wiles
from cotton anc1 been. The frequent,
use of wax eandlea ewe -a -Cloys makes
this worth remembering.
Bottouls of coal ecuttles ere apt to
wear or rust out before the upper
part, liaVe a piker-- Of half inch
beard cut to fit awl nail- it on with
smell aails. If dust eitts' through
the bottom rub a penny's worth' ot
p13 '.Lei par', Mind the crack lie-
tween pail and bottom and it, will be
tight, 'taloa eails Often rust on the
bottom, and often leak from that
cause, Paint the pail inside end out
and it will neither eust nor leak, and
the 111301 eell fill up any small leak,
Don't try to see how long you can
keep Meat, even with ice, ia hot
we:Atha-a Mee/ it as brief a 'time as
you can, even with Ice.,
Some economical sold has discover-
ed a iree for discarded felt, hats.
Warm 011(1 durable inner soles far
Whiter shoes. just as good as those
botight at the storecan, be cut from
them. .
The beSt way, of cleaning glaree wa-
fer hol•ties and 'decanters is to put a
tabl espo °nail of soda and two table-
s000nfuls of vinegar, with a small
pato t o cut fine into the bottle, shako
w tli clean cold • wa I er o ad the
glee's will be beautifully clear and
bright,
Afur rug which is hardened in
the washieg and drying may be sot-
tened in the following way. Mix
together three tablespoonfuls ot cas-
tor oil„ oao ef glycerine, and one
turpentine. Rub • this preparation
into the back part of the rug, and
let it temain for a week, then rub
it With a smooth stone or block of
wood. thoroughly before re -
Iron ami steel goods of. all &scrip-
timi are kept tree Irma rust in the
following 11111,311101% D1NSOIVO one-half
ounce of camphor in one pouncl of
hog's lard, take off the scum, roul
mix as much blacklead as will give
the mixture an iron color. Iron -and
steel goods of all kinds rubbed over
with this mixture, awl left with it
on for twenty-four hours, and then
rubbed' with a linen cloth, will keep
clean for months.
The odds and ends of watermelon
rind. wheal are usually thrown away
las: worthless, can be converted into
in. very Mee pickle witli but little
' trouble. Peel and cut MI6 SliCeS anti
t to soak over night in strong
brine. ' Next day put pieces on to
boi in claw cold water. When so
tender, that a straw can be run
Ithrougb, drain oft the water, replace
with white Wine vinegar sufficient to
COVOT, ,ptit in n few red peerphirs and
O little allspice. labttle while hot.
Oilcloth should never be scrubbed;
if this course be followed, the paint
Will quickly be worn off. It should
first be carefully swept with a soft
brueh, to .remove -all the dust and
fluff, then wiped with a large eoft,
cloth wrung out in tepid (not hot)
water, 11 it be, very dirty it may be
necessary to use ei little soft soap.
but this should be done, rarely, and
on no account must eorIa be treed.
When it is cli7 wipe over with
cloth 'dipped in skiremilla which will
brighten the colors and give it- a
Alter sponging with the
milk, dry with a oloth. Occasionally
to give the oilcloth a good polish
and greatly. improve its appearance.
apply beeswax and turpentine, rub
it on the oiteloth with a piece of
lemma, and then with a dry
duster. • •
NATION_AL DEBTS.
How Some Governments Get Out
of Their Difficulties.
It is the Chinese emigrant who,
according to a high authority, en -
[isles the Celestial Empire to pay
its debts. Home -sickness, the desire
to return to their native country,
and spend their last days in peace.
and in the enjoyment of a modest
competency, brings about the very
curious fact that the poor Chinese
laborers in other countrien-the
laundrymen, the yellow -skinned maid -
of -all -work, the miner --send home the
money with which China pays the
interest on her loans and her crush-
ing war indemnities, as well as the
salaries of the British and ()thee for-
eign officials who look after various
sources of revenue in that strange
country.
China has to pay away a large sum
of money annually for the purposes
mentioned, and this surn must be
paid in gold, not in paper or other
media less satisfactory than the
shining yellow metal.
Now the Celestial Empire hns very
little gold to make use of; its ex-
port trade is not great, and con-
sequently it does not receive large
payments in gold as some other
countries do: the 'balance of its busi-
ness tends fo take gold out of the
torn -dry rather than bring it in.
China would be in a great dilemma
if it were not for the money sent
home by its emigrant population --
their savings.
These eavings are either sent to
help mother and father, or they are
forwarded 1,0 the native land in or-
der to be invested for the owner.
Year by year the account increases,
till the Chinaman either returns to
enioy it or dies and leaves it to re -
lotions or a rapacious Government.
The money, sent home by draft,
is payable in gold, ond the money.-
cheneers have to provide the gold
to meet the drafts. In course or
time the money is placed in the
blinks, or treed to purChrISO some
propelity; i11 any case, it surely finds
its way into Hie hands of limn who
havo to buy of China, or Lave to
pay for concessions, and $o the Gov-
emnerit obtains it, and is able to
meet its obligations.
Something similar occurs with
Italy, another poor country. If you
go into certain exchange offices not
many miles from Soho or Sa ffron
Hill, Londoh, you can see organ -
grinders paying three or four sover-
eigns over the counter for 0 draft to
'he sent to Piedmont, or elSewhero.
This gold servos much the same pur-
pose as that of the Chinese.
B1113,:pzy;
:Ketchum A. Ounixeine-IVell, you've
succeeded in raising the wind. What
are you going to do now
Orville Alidup-Pin going to blow
Myself.
Not only can fat be kept down, but
thin people can vastly ,improve their
figures by proper ekercises. Lifting
the shoulders upt and back raid for-
wards, many tithes, and rolling the
head around, does wonders in filling
up .•tho hollows in the neck and
rounding the contours of the shoul-
ders. The last exercise -rolling the
head aroma.] like a balleals recome
mended to sufferers from nervous
headaches, :Which it often alleviates,
if it does not quite cure.
A few' peach leaves, boned' in 'llc.
milk of which ice-cream or pudding
sauce re to ebe made, will be 100)1(1
011 ext:ellent 'enbetitute for elmond
flavor whim in some emergency tife•
latter ie„rot proem -able. Cave elionld
be taken. however, not to teal • too
many, as CrthOrW* a bitter taste IS
iniPoarYltelli:tei' What . t
Nhe fish, the julite
of eine lemon added to the water in
which it 15 'boiled is almost indispen-
sable in the opinion of the West
Indian cooks whe make more of a
specialty of the fish Course than of
any other part of the dinner. They
generally send it to the table resting
on a bed of snowy, puil'y rim which
!becomes d elicatelY sett; rated with
the flavor of the fish, and ite served
With it to. who like rice.
Tutti-frutti ha- will ;unreel to the
eceneniical Imastwife. became ili
affords' such a' delightful way of 1)5 -
up (nide and ends of fruit. All
kinds, both fresh and canned, mny
be mixed together, the softer onced
,creshed anti the firmer cut* into bits,
together With almonci and candied
eitren. ficli, thick lcinenade i.s
the blending medium, the freezing be-
ing the sante as that of ice-cream.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Tomato Daskets.-These require
Sound, ripe tomatoes, as near in
size as poseible. Werth and dry well,
but do not peel, Slice off top, and
scoop out contents with' a ailver-
epoon Mix it Well with Wall
crtanbs, seasoned, gritted onion, chop-
ped celery and olives, fried up with
an egg or two. Tut enough of this
In each basket to fal• 't end per -
boil, Place them abotit 0 roaet of
veal Or Iamb for garniture, and
serve with the meat gravy,
iced Cocoe,-This is ns delicious
and apt to be as generally relished
OS either ieerl tea or eerier). !Do not
Make:it teo rich, but uee eether
more wurer than milk and sWeeten
W11110 yet hot, stirring brisliYtthat
the sugar 1110Y be thoroughly disSolv-
21 it is' to be served at, a Oinner
oP bitniteett Seieet a day when only
white nieatS ere on the Mem.
Rice Aferingue.,--This 15 a dish that
May he 'Varied in Several ways, Goole:
oreaquareer • .of a pound of rice in
new reille ite swells, then flavor
nicely with venilla, and etir inthe
yolks of ,tavo eggs, Line 0 arie their.
With this inixture„ and, then place e
layer of stewed fruit on it; Wheat the
whites of the eggs to a froth to make
o meringue on the top, llake in tile
oven till colored, Instead of using
ri‘int or :lane tho juice of a lemon.
May be. stirred into the rice, With'
sugar to taste.
Peach Mange 4,ay the peacbee in
salt and . Water tor two days, then
take them bet and wipe them dry.
Take.mit the stenies, 'and 111 1 Willi the
following mixture: Minced .
hawse:radish, hrahted mesterei seed
and slicett ginger root, celery- seed.
and onion. Tie the. peaches rotind
with thread, strevi over' them
'eleyee, .1a•oaeri' (halm -Mon and tut-
meSice . Season ,e^old ;vinegar with
mrlde ;mustard. ginger andnatineg
and sugar. • Pour the'viiieg,itir over
the peacheS, and set the jar in, 6
cool ple..ce for tht•eo Months 'Oil
may be iidded to late ailing 11de-
sired,
'Salt Cota-Wash the ash, arid soak
it .-all night hi water to which- has
been Oiled. a .few. drops of lemon -
:Mee or Vi gt1.t:. Take. the, :ash , nut
of the wateie Wash it well, and. put
it into a fish kettle with eultigient
belling water to Cove:: ie. Being , it
gently tc. a boil, skim clean, and, let
siminee till' the 'flesh will leave the
bone eriaily. Do not boil it too much
or the fish will be fasteleas and
teetela A pieee weighing three Or fold'
pounds hboutd notrequire, lenger
than from n 1.1011 to three-quarters of
an bout, Itraiij the fish, gut it on a
dish eicivered with a napkin, garnish
with hard boiled eggs cut in rings,
scraped horse -radish. and lutts of
pal eley. Send' egg -sauce to table in
O sauce teteeri and boiled, parsnips as
an accompaniment. To mako the
egg eauce take (meand one-half
ounces of butter, one mimce of flour,
three gills ot milk, salt to taste,' oue
saltepeonful of white pepper, -or cay-
enne, it wished --and twp -taard-boiled
eggs Melt the butter in a very
clean, mall saucepan; stir into it
the flour, and by degrees add to thew
the milk. When this mixtare
throw *into it the pepper and salt,
ana let all 'cook for one minute. Re-
im:me the shells from .ther eggs, chop
'them into email, irregular pieces, and
etir them in.. ET.cad the saucepan
over the fire for a, minute to Mt hi]
get 'Llioronglily hot and it .is ready.
Solna peisons add a little anchovy
essence to the sauce.
Stuffed babbatre.-This i)1 a elain'
ty and appetizing hot -weather en-
tree if care be taken to procure ono
of the crisp, early summer cabbagas.
Cut off the stalk weer chase and
spread epart tha outside leaves so
that the heart can be cut Out, lcraer-
ling 0 snts11 natural Cup to be filled.
The cabbage which has beenremoved
is to be chopped up line with English
walnuts or pecans, moistened with
cream, and 'then put bacic., the out -
I side leaves to be tied closely about
!it while.it steams in a double !mil-
ler. Allow it to cook slowly till
thoroughly done and eerve with but-
ter saute.
Cucumber . Pickles. -As you gather'
ethe cuctunbors, pirt them into brine
until you got cnorigh to make up a
batch of pickles. - They should soak
la tale brine not. less than two
days -a, week won't hurt- them. Make
brine by using one cupful of salt to
ono gallon of -water. The brine
draws out tae: strOng flavor of the
green cucumbers aild gets them in
proper condition for pickling. Dis-
solve one teaspoonful powdered
alam for every emart of cold water
needed to cover the cucanibers; alum
prevents shriveling. Rinse the cu-
cumhere from the brine in fresh wa-
ter tlich piece in the porcelain or
agate pickling kettle, alteenately
CI'S of cucumbers with grape leaves.
The grape leaves give 4 fresh green
color to the pickles. Pour the alum
water over them and bring to scald-
ing point, thenshove to back -of
stove, Ica stead, closely covered, for
tate hours. Dalin out and put into'
,yety cold water --ice water is best.
To make the pickle vinegar: _For ev-
ery (mart of vinegar needed to toyer
him 'pickles, USC tWo teaspoolities 01
cinnamon, two of dories...erne of
mace, one of celery seed, a little
piece ot 11o:sot:Wish, j teaspoonful
mustard bee& e teaspoonful of black
pepper, 0, iiny pinch of red pepper
arid one cupful of sugar., Mix all the
spices together dry ,and then wet to
O paste with a little vinegar tied in
n muslin bag. Heat the vinegar to
boihng potel, ,put in the bag of spic-
es and the auger, 1110 boil for 1 5
minutes, :Drain the pickles, out of
Ili' icr water. 11111 into Your jar
rind' pour the Villegtly, stightly cool-
ed, Itte,
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jitejitsu. Now, by thoae Who go
in let Jiii-jithit nrinVerage of one gal-
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'probable that the absence- of meet,
Iran , the 010, rombinctl with, the eise
of plent,v of Water, accolinte for this
inmann lee The .1 ape nese rewire/eat 0
above ell things the vehie Of. freeh
air, Nielit 'end day they 'keep their
wintiows no('l) nriel PO 0 111;; Veal i-
lated, nna they de eat fear direhrhte
or damp nee .ilreetheig exercises are
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
$ERT. 11.
Text of the Lesson, II. 'Kings
1-11. Golden Text, Gen.
v.,24.
The intervening story boOween our
last lesson and this is full of inter-
est, but we are asked to pass it all
by and give our attentioa to - this
mostinterestileg and profitable ace "
count of the translation of Elijah,
l2 r golden text associating it with
the translation of Enoch, who weak -
ed with pod and was wot, for God
took him, or, accordiap;,.to Hob. xi,.
5, he was not found, for God 'lied,
ti•anolated id*. This Should. be Of
the utmost interest and important*
to believers, for there is, alWAYs 11.
possibility that 'we, too, may be
teanslated, caught up hi the Leloulls
t to meet the Lord in the. air (.1.
v, 17), for we shall not all sleep,
but We all be changed nt a
moment, ia the twinkling of an eye
Cor. xv, 51, 52). This will be
tbe experience of all true believers
who shall be alive on the earth Wile,I1
our Lord shall come again, and, ia-
asmuch as His coining is always,
imminent, it might be the expei•iende
of thoso who are living to -clay. ,
The time had come when the Lord
would take up Elijah by a whirl,
wind intoheaven, and our lesson re-,
cords the Journey of Elijah and Elia,
ha, from Gilgal to Bethel and Jericho,
and through Jordan, and the separre
time of Elijah end Illielva, Eliehit be-
coming, the successor of Elijah with
O .double portion of his spik it.
Ell9ila'S thrice repeated "As tilt
Lord liveth, and as thy. soul 11)0111,1 will. not leave thee" is one of the
most interesting and suggestive
words of our lesson. '(verses 2, 4, 6)
and reminds us of the devotion of
Ruth to Naomi and of Ittai ta, Date
Dat -
id (Ruth 1, 16; 11. Same ay., 21),
and this ought to be our devotion.
t C .
The places Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho
and Jordan may suggest different ex-
periences in the life of a believer,
taking the suggestions front tho
meaniugs of the words or from inci-
dents associated with the places-
Gilgal, reproach rolled. away; Bethel,
house of God or vision of God;
Jericho, city of palm trees, •the wa-
ters healed; jordae, river of judg-
ment. Some believers may have only
tho assurance of salvation, tai sins
forgiven;' others have some special
manifestations of God; others have
learned to let alone the waters that
Cannot satisfy and drink only of the
Biting water that gives health; still
others see that they are dead with,
Christ, buried with Christ, risen
with Christ, like the twelve stones
undo): Jordan and the twelve at Gil-
gal- (Josh. iv, 8, 9), but to men like
Ensile., no experience satisfies., noth-
ing but a living person, to W110,M the
whole heart says "I will not leave
thee" -not :Elis gifts, nor His riohos
of grace or glory, but ITimself, apart
,from whom all is as nothing.
The bride eyes not her garments,
but her dear bridegroom's face. I
will not trLIZO at glory, but on my
King of grace. The same thought
is presented in the WOrCIS of
‘,erses 7, 8, 9,-“Teey two went on,
they two stood, they two went
over." This suggeets "the Lord and
Gideon" (judg. rii, 18, 20), and.
Enoch's walk with God. and the ee-
sentials to a walk with God -'-'How
can two walk together except they
be agreed." "Humble thyself to
wall, with God" (Amos iii., 3; MM.
vi., 8), The Lord. hath spoken. We
cannot walk with Him unless we
meekly accept. His word, and we can-
not arilk in fullest intimacy with
Him ireless WO ti cent all His words,
"believing all things that: are writ-
ten." To do this all ot self and
self sruffireeney and human wisdom
Must be renounced and the Lord and
His word become our all sulificient
oracle. 'Phe meek will He teach His
way. 11 NVO alinw :Anything to come
into our byes that is not of God -.
0ompanionh1• ocettpation. recrea-
tion in *Welt' we cannot have fellow-
ship with Him: --our walk will be.
marred, Our communion broken. He
may have to say to Us as He did to
the two with whom He walked to
Emmaus,. "Oh, fool.s, and slow of
heart to believe all that the pro-
phets have epoken" (Luke xxiv.,
25). Let us not give lIim occasion
to say this, but let us be "most
surely believers."
The last helpful word we shall
have some, to consider in this brief
meditation will be Elijah's offer and
Eliellmae iequcst, "Mk. what I shall
do for thee," 'Let, a double portion
of thy spirit be upon me" (verse 9).
The condition on which the request
would be granted was that Mishit'
shoulbi see him when he eves taken.
As they Mall wont on and talked we
may not know in what direction
Elijali looked, possibly looking up-
ward, but there can no no doubt as
to where Elisba's eyes wore, for if
he looked away from Elijah for only
one brief moment he might, miss that
W141'1.1 he cicsircrt. So we riee him
with his g %so and iinwaver-
inely fiver! upon Ins, coiiipamon.
It is 1110 :wee intense earnestnete4
that is re mired of us if we would be
filled with the Spirit. The wore
eland's. "Ve shell emit Me and find
Me wheel ve eearell for Me with.
yoln, haat". (Ter. xeix., 3-13), The
eyes or ow Lord are still looltirn
over the oarth for these whose heart.
are elinle toward Him (IT, Mein
xii , 9), Elieba sew 'Him take:.
with the whirlwind tr,r1 cliarint anI
liorses of Ore, oral it goon beearra
very numifest to the sons of the pro
114 is llat the spirit of leeijah air
in1e3,.1 rest CM WI t is great!:
,neecittef that the spirit of Naas
!should be seen in 1141* neoole (Rom
, 9: IT. Coes iv., 11), that 'Le
n-nf,' )*c1 11 (30 1 M. I kn 0 WI) MI;
:read of ell men, rind it would be sr
if we lend the ertenct 00r10304.t desire Co
it that Vialia had for the phit 0
'Unless ii man is willing to eonfee:
his ietmerinee be will 'never be lee •
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