HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-9-22, Page 2itilESSAGE FEIN TIIE
Intimate Relationship Between God and
the Lilies of the Field
(Catered accor(3ina to Act of the Par-
liameet of Canaee, in the year One
Thoueend aline Iiandred au( Four,
Wei. Bally, of Toroato, at the
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa)
A deepatch•from Los Angeles says;
Rev.]'rank De Witt Talmage preach-
ed from the following text: "Consid-
er the lilies of the field.," Matt. vi.
8.
Jesus points us to the common
&avers of the field and urges us to
consider them, for they have a 'nese
sage for the soul of mau. Through -
'Out the ages since Jesus spoke' these
words, God has been planting Ills
garden in the fields, and the fragrant
blossoms, as they lit their bright
faces upward to receive the sunshine
and the rain, have been in their OWfl.
sweet way bringing to ;nen God's
message and helping to interpret His
written word. What a picture our
text brings before us,. Jesus seated
on the green -carpeted slopeof the
hillside, the group of faithful dis-
ciples whom He has bot just formal -
lee ehosen to follow Bina in His min-
istry, standing behind Him, while be-
fore Him and on either side the
eager, attentive,. expectant 'Multi-
tudes press to, hear Eirn, - And Jes-
us, looking out upon that nreeltituele,
sees the anxious, carewer-n and
hungry -looking faces baize! which
the starving, uneatisiled souls were
keeping their vigil. He feels the
throb of that restless life; He knows
the anxious thought and trouble
,which follow relentlessly at the
Sieels of those people like an evil
.Nemesis; He understands the work
-and' struggle which go on day after
..day—the anxiety, for the necessities
of life and the fretting for the plea-
•sures and luxuries. And that Jew-
ish multitude •gathered about the
Saviour in the Galilean hills was no
different from the multitudes of to-
day. There are the same anxious
and careworn faces; there are the
same hungry, Unsatisfied looks
breaking forth from the starving
soul; there are tbe same worry„ the
same discontent, the same feverish
pursuit for the perishable things of
this life—for food and rahnent, for
pleasures, and for worldly place and
power. Jesus as He looks out over
the world to -day from His throne in
glory sees
HUMAN NATURE THE SAME. .
He can point us back to that scene
which our text brings before us, and
ask us to see there the faithful por-
trayal in mina.ture of the condition
of human heart and life to -day.
But Jesus saw more than that fev-
erish and anxious waltitude. He
saw more than that human sea of
faces, over which the furrowing
marks of care and trouble and un-
wholesome pleasures and indulgences
had traced their indelible 'hies. Yes,
if He had not, I verily believe His
heart would have broken. In that
human need and soul -hunger before,
Hint there was naught to cheer His
heart or bring gladness to the Di -
;vine eyes. But that was not all He
• saw. The gross and the lilies of the
field were there. He saw them, and
• they spoke their sweet message of
Cod's faithful care as the Creator
and of their glad and humble faith
and trust as the dependent creatuee,
;Bet the multitudes did not see.
Ruthlessly and thoughtlessly they
crushed the grass and rthe scarlet-
. robed lilies under their restless feet.
• They were pressing forward for they
hardly knew what. Earthly care
and material wants made --their
hearts bard and their souls insensible
; to the Whispered message of the fair,
glad flowers at their feet. And, oh,
how that is true to -day! How this.
• Materialistic age is crowding out all
sense and thought of God, end yet
how the lilies of the field., how the
I birds or the. air, how all abounding
nature would bring their messages
to the heart of man and have him
learn of God through them, and find
in them the clear interpretation of
His Word!
The fields bring tlieir perennial
message. It is old and yet ever
riew. Jaws says to you and MO as
we tarn our anxious, troubled, unsat-
isfied hearts towards Him: "Consider
the lilies of the field." Why? Net
alone to drink in their beauty and
to fill the passing moment with fra-
grance and brightness. Not just
simply to admire them and raptur-
ously gush over their graceful out-
lines and their excmisite ciolorings.
Not, to examine them with the scien-
tific: eye and regard them as so many
more specimens for the colleetion.
Not to regard them as the beautiful
model to be painted into the land-
scape and lend their beautiful color
to brighten and
CLOB.IFY TITE, PICTURE.
Not any of these. • Jame was not
talking to the gushing and sentimen-
tal and nethetic, not to the botanist,
not to the artist, ' Joses loved na-
tura for more than her superficial
self. Ile saw deeper than the exqui-
site colorings and the picturesque
and b ea ti t rut eombinati ons, He
heerd the spiritual message which
nature whispered. He saw 'under-
neath tho benuty aed the fragrance
the lessons which could reveal. God
and God's Word. And so He saicl
'Consider the bike of the fleld,''
Have yeti considered them? Oh, ye%
you, say, How love to wander
through the fields, how 1 delight to
search through the woods for the
znoeees and the ferns and 1he tender
violets which brighten the cool,
shaded nooke. How 1 rejoice in the
song of the bird, in the ripple of the
etretine in the murmur of the trees
as the hurrying breeze eicips from
loaf to /eat and ecits them all to
svhiepering of his visit and his hasty
flight, in the Istwasz and hum oif the
insect world! Oh, I leVe nature, I
love to be with her, I love to com-
mune with her. he brings rest and
peace and quiet to my heart, Ah,
yes, so she doeS, HoW eaSerli and
faithfully nature ministers to man,
irrespective of his moral or religious
condition, But Jesus does not
plead with us to "Consider the lilies
ot the field" for the superficial and
material gratification ot man. Ile
wants us to consider them for the
deeper spiritual lessons which they
may teach us.
"Consider the lilies of the field.'"
because they speak, of God's faithful
care, because they reveal a sweet
faith, a hunshle trust, a willing obe-
dience and a glorious misSion. God
tlio Creator on His part giving to
the little plant all it needs. And
the created thing on its part pa-
tiently, truatfully, humbly waiting
within the circle of the Divine will.
there to be made glorious and beau-
tiful; whether it ie sunshine PS
Storni, whether it is the chill and
darkness of the night or the search-
ing Ifeat of the day. And "if God
doth so clothe the grass of the field,
which to -day is, and to -morrow is
cast into tbe oven, shall He not
much more clothe you, 0 ye Of little
faith?" There is vital and intimate
relationship between God and the
lilies of the field, but between God
and man there is the barrier of un-
belief, of disobedience, of
WILLFUL DIVATIENCE.
Between God and nature there is a
cordial fellowship, but between God
and man that fellowship has been
severea through man's forgetfulness
of God and his mad, eager rush after
the things of this life. And do not
think the lities are speaking to your
heart God's message as you think
beautiful and sentimental thoughts
of God and eature and prate about
God's care and love universal. The
lilies speak a heart-searching mes-
sage. It is one man does not like
to hear, it is one which his heart is
not sensitive to understand. Think
you that you have heard the,. mes-
sage when you rusli back to the city
and, plunge with greater eagerness
than before after the material things
oi this life, and worry'and fret be-
cause they do not come faster, or
become discouraged mid inoroSe be-
Ca:UM of the misfortunes and priva-
tions of life? Think you that you
have heard the message when, the
fields behind you and the pavement
of the city's streets beneathyour
feet, you forget God and the 'lilies
and seek first man and mammon, and
care not so much about method. as
that the coveted goal is reached?
The proof that the message has
been heard and understood is found
in the seeking first the ICingdoin of
Cod and His righteooseess, and
proving the truth of God's assertion
that all else needed for this life shall
be added. And as the beautiful
dress and fragrance of the lily which
God so freely gives it make it a
creation of exquisite perfection, so
man in character and life would be
as beautifully clothed and provided
for as the lily if he put God and
His righteousness first and nian's de-
' sires and seeming interests second.
Man robs himself day eft& day be-
cause he 'does net learn the message
of the lilies cif the field. Our lily
of the field might, if her will and
purpose were not so firmly rooted in
the place where God had planted her,
roam the world overseeking the
softest • of silks and satins,. choosing
the 'daintiest of colors whith 'maxi
could': obtain, • living to gratify every
.seltsh wish and ambition,. and she
Would fail,. miserably fail. There
evould be no admiring glances at her
beauty, there would be
ture and useless and finally eternal
death beyond the graVe. "Coesider,
then, • the lilies of the field," for
they teach of God's love and carty.
of the beauty and suceese of liumale
faith, area willing obedience and Pan
tient waiting, •of, the fruitage of
Christian eharacter which eau, conte
only as the Soul is teund in Christ
and Canist is found within the soul.
STJNNY RAYS.
Great Knowledge in Very Small
• Doses.
Mercury is the only liquid metal.
Half the world's coffee comes from
Brazil.
• Asparagus is the oldest plant used
for food.
One swallow will pat at least 6,000
flies a day.
There are 25,000 pores in the
heads of a man.
Every town in Mexlco has a public
bath -house.
Torpedoes were invented by an Am-
erican in 1777.
IIorseshoes of cowhide are now
made in Australia.
Iquique, in Peru, has never seen a
shower of rain.
The purest water in Britain is that
of Loch Katrina
Scarlet flowers stand drought bet-
ter than any other.
The population of the earth doubles
itself in 260 years.
Serpents will live six months or
longer without food. •
Colliers were slaves in England up
to the year 1775. *
By using a microphon.e it is possi-
ble to hear a fly walk. .
• The finest human hair is golden,
• and red is -the coarost.
The unexplored area of Canada is
1,000,000 square miles.
The white poplar can be used as a
natural lightning rod.
The olive will live longer under wa-
ter than any other tree.
A locomotive going at express
speed gives 1,056 puffs a mile.
Oxen and sheep fatten better in
company than when left aeon°.
There is neither thunder non lightne
pig within. the Arctic Circle.
England makes $20,00Q,000 a year
profit out of its post -offices.
Perth was the last British town
to abolish the tax on births.
A Bank of England note measures
five inches by eight •inches.
The hair of the head grows faster
in summer than in winter.
Hayti devotes gthnost one-sixth of
its revenues to free schools.
In an ordinary white shirt there
are no fewer than 21,000 stitches.
Chinese will work nineteen hours a
day without complaining.
• Telegraph posts along a railway
are arranged thirty to the mile.
• The skeleton •alone of an average
whale weighs twenty-five tons.
There are forests of leafless trees
in some parts of Australia.
The Paris sewers are the largest
and most complete M the world.
One-third of the land surface of
the globe is covered with trees.
A man should weigh. twenty-six
Pounds for every foot of hia height.
The only animal besides man found
all over the world is the dog.
The hide of a cow makes twice as
much leather as that of a horse.
England's bill for sugar to make
into sweets is $2,000,005 every
weeklTea.ther will last longer out of
• water than almost any other .flower.
Lions in captivity an this country
eat about eight pounds of meat a
day.
Paris has 115 inhabitants to the
acre, while London has only filtn-one.
Silver inoney 250 years old le still
in circulation in some parts of
Spain. •
The Sandwich islanders estimate
the beauty of women by., their
weight. '
One of the most poisonous sub-
stances known is an extract of peach
stones.
The feathers of the mirasol, an. Ar-
gentine bird, fectch 51,100 per
Pound.
uioliatieidf0
itaatoiss which produces rais-
rsn the only, one of the
ins. •
The finest shops in a Chinese city
are those devoted to the sale ,
coffins.
The British Isles compriswino few-
er than 1,000 separate islands And
islets. '
Twenty-five per cent. the. pope
elation, of England have their lives
insured.
Four pounds of fresh leaves are re-
quired to Make One pound of dried
Land in Great Britain is worth.
300 times as much as it was 200
years ago. •. ,
One acre of land will comfortably
support four persons on a vegetable
diet.
A cork tam is fifty years old before
it produces bark of a commercial
value.
British Colonies are seventy times
as largo -as the area of the •United
1Cingdom,
The average amount of sickeess in
human life is nine days out of • the
year.
The Skorryvore Lighthouse, off the
Isle of '.1.'yree, is the largest on the
Britigh coasts.
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SELFICTED RECIPES'
jellied Chicken—This makes a del-
ectable 4111C110011 or supper dish, and
is a satisfactory way to serve an QM
fowl. Cook until very tender, re-
move skin and bones, and when cool
chop very Inc. Allow the broth to
cool, skim off all fat and boil until
reduced to one pint, add one half a
box of gelatine previously dissolved,
season with•salt, white Pepper and
celery seed, stir in the meat ancl
mold in egg shells. When ready to
serve, garnish avitli cress or parsley,
and slices of lemon.
Cooked Meats--,Sside from the well-
known Pork a,nel beans and cornheof
of army fame, there is a large var-
iety of canned meats little known
that aro invaluable to the housewife.
if ourcha.sed from a reliable dealer
and turned out on the earthen dish
to air two or three hours before
serving, they will be found deeirable
adjuncts to the daily cuisine. One
can get cooked roast beef and mut-
ton, chicken, turkey, lamb and beef
tongue, tripe, veal loaf and chicken
tamale, and by removing from the
tin, plaeing„ in an, earthen dish to
steam, the hot rneat can be ready
for dinner by the tine the vegetables
are cooked, thus doing away with
the hot fire neceSsara for roasting or
honing meat. Chicken ,tamale is a
Mexican dish greatly relished by peo-
ple who .likehighly 'seasoned food.
Creanted Sweetbreads.—Sweetbreads
are not as generally, used as they
should be, and at this season of the
year when the a.ppetite needs tempt-
ing with delicate 'dishes, some day
try this recipe for creained sweet-
breads, instead of • the usual roast.
Far a family of four, parboil two
pair • of sweetbreads for fifteen or
twenty minutes and then separate in-
to small pieces. Smooth two 'table-
spoonfuls of flour with the same
amount of smelted (not browned) but-
ter, add a, enpful a milk or cream,
season with salt and pepper, let, it
boil, then add the sweetbieade aad
serve very hot.
Apricot Jelly—Stone eighteen apri-
cots, cut them into slices, and place
tharn in, a basin with the juice of
two and a half lemons; then pour
over them one and a half pint of
boiling syrup, cover the basin, and
leave the contents to cool. When
almost cool, add one and half ,ounces
of gelatine; mix this well in, strain
into a jelly mould and leave to set.
When set, serve on a dish garnished
with thin strips of apricot.
Oranges Filled With Jelly—Take
half a dozen oranges that are per-
fect; make a hole at the stem end
'about -half an inch in. diameter; take
a teaspoon and remove the pulp, and
then soak the oranges in cold water
for an hour, then scrape with the
epoon until they are smooth inside;
rinse with cold water, drain on cloth
and put them in ice box. Prepare
pink and clear orange jelly, with the
juice of two lemons added. Fill
half of them with, the pink, the other
half with clear jelly, and when they
are set wipe clean and cut each or-
ange in four quarters. Heap them
in a pretty glass ;dish for the table.
Cheese • Custard.—Better a baking -
dish, put in a layer of bread cut
in.pieces one inch square With crust
removed, sprinkle thin -sliced cheese
over the bread, *dust with salt and
paprika, dr a few grains of cayenne.
Add another layer of bread, and
cheese, seasoning as before, using in
all half a small loaf of bread one cup
of chees.e and half a teaspoonful• of
salt. Beat two eggs' slightly, add
ono pint of milk, and pour the mix-
ture, over the bread and cheese. Bake
about half art hour in moderate oven.
Cucumber Sweet Pickle.—Slice the
cucumbers about one inch thick and,
boil for one hour in weak, alum wa-
ter; take out and lay in cold. water;
let &remain till perfectly eold; then
boil again in fresh alum water- half
Etn:heur; drain 'the fruit well; Make
NO FRAGRANCE IN THE •XIR.• a • syrup of one ,pound of sugar to.
H()W she would, rob the world' and each- 'pound of fruit; to fifer p
ounds
Cod! And man is doing that , very fruit"one pound of cider Vinegar;
thing. He talks of God's care and • boil the syrup; then put in the fruit,
love and yet lm cloce not knoW what
and boil it ' till transparent. Ade
it means, because unlike the lily he mace, and if .the syrup is not „ thick
is not willing to abide in. God's enough continue • to •boil after the
will; lie is not willing to fill the
place Cod 'intended; he is rebellious fruit ise removed. When coed., sprine
at conditions add privatious; he is kle in some White mustard seed.
•
bound to have his own.. will and seek
hls own way. The illy speaks of
sweet, simple faith in 'God, of obe-
dient surrender to. all. forces which
will make for splendid ,growth , and
glorious fruitage, of patient waiting
through every experience in, life,
whether it is the heat of.temptation
or the darkness and chill of priva-
tion's hour; whether it is the glad
sunshine and refreshing shower of
prosperity or the prostrating wind
and hail of adversity.' It is the
sweet, abiding trust in, God which
brings that peace ann joy which
pe.sseth all understanding.
And the lily of the field in the light
of Christ's solemn words declares to
the so-ul of man that if he does not
belong to Christ, if the regenerating
power of the 'Son of God ie eot felt,
ff His life is not flowing through
the human lifo, that that life is dead
and withered • as far as the eternal
and enduring things of God are con-
cerned. That flower is the glory of
the plant, and God has declared that
He has created man for His glory.
But how wild the lily apart from.
-tbe plant revesn the glory of that
plant, and how can inati apart from
God and out of felloWship with God
manifest end reveal the glory ot
God? jefsus Christ camo bite the
world to reveal God to meet to man-
ifest forth IIis glory, and He accom-
plished His mission only as lle
faithfully and persistently, kept 111S
place in the Father's will. He bore
the beautiful 'fruitage of a God -like
character, Aed the oni,v way for
man to grow the fruits of re Christ -
Mee ,character is for himto abide in
the Christ, This, then; is one of the
leffeonS which the Illy would, teach
as, Apart from , the plant, aseless
arid imitaiture.and dead. Apart from
Clatfit, an imperfect character, inema,•,
• CHANGEABLE ROSE.
'rho Chinese, Ja,pariese, and Siam-
ese are peculiarly- skilful at botani-
cal feats, One of their woliderful
achievements is known es the
"changeable rose." The, bloom is
white in the shade and red In the
sunlight. After night or in a dark
room this curiosity of the rose fam-
ily is a pure, waxy -white blossom.
When transferred to the open air the
transformatn immediately steps in,
tbe time of the entire change of the
flower from white to red dePending
on the degree of sunlight and
warmth. First the petals take on a
kind of washed or faded blue color,
1.1.11d rapidly change to a faiet blush
of pink. 'Phe pink graduelly, deepens
in hue until you find that your
white rose of an hour before is as
red as the reddest peony that, ever
bloomed.
"She said ,the Would trest rrie for
ever with- her heart." "Well, that,
was eati dad° ry. ' , "Vcs and • then
We fell out about who would tarty'
thO
Caramel Ice Cream.—One-third cup-.
lel of thin cream or one-sixth cupful
of each Of heavy cream and milk, one
and a half teaspoonfuls od granulat-
ed sugar, one tablespoonful of boil-
ing water, one-quarter teaspoonful of
vanilla, a grain of salt. Put sugar
in a small suncepan; place on range
and stir eonstantly until melted. Add
water and boil until mixture is, re-
duced to one tablespoonfuL Add
create very slowly, vanilla, Salt,
then freeze,.
USES FOR KEROSENE.
According to MaTy. Taylor Ross,
kerosene is geed for a great many
things besides -filling lamps.
Everybody knows the use of kero-
sene in washing; it need not be in-
sisted upon here.
The windows, mirrors, pictutd
glass, etc., can be made bright and
sparkling by using very hot water in
which a spoonful' of kerosene hds
been put. Wring a cloth out of thia
quite dry, rub over the glass, wash
the next in the same way, thee go
back to the firet window and wipe
it dry with a large eon cloth. The
wiping dry seems to impart- a Shine
with no extra rubbing'.
Paint can be cleaned by rubbing
with a flannel rag wet in kerosene;
woodwork ie natural finish in *the
saraThee N'Wvaiiio spots on the 5100 Enid);
of the refrigerator, if rubbed with
kerosene will disappear. After ap-
plying the oil, leave tbe refrigerator
open, and in a kw hours wash with
hot water, soap, and a ,little am-
monia. Wipe the zinc under the
steve With a e1oth 'lipped in kerosene
entry other day and „it will have the
peeeliar white shine Zinc should haVe,
When the sewing machine runs
hid, oil it all over with kerosene
and run the , machine, withoitt sew-
ing, long enough to let the oil reach'
every crevio; then oil With any good
machine 9,11. It will run, so =eh
easier that it will soon like new.
It iron sinks are wiped out once a
week with kerosene they, will pot
rust. , Do it atnight arid there will
Ise no odor by morning. . Next inorn-
ing pour boding water into which
you have put a handfel of sola,
down the draw and it will free the
PiPe of greasy accumulations. Ilse at
least a gallon of water. a
,Nothing cleans an enameled bath-
tub, or a zinc one, so quickly. as ker-
osene.
Soak a rusty knife in kerosene and
it will be made bright,
, A FEW Hmrs.
• Tansy leaves, scattered around
spots infested by aunts will cause
them to disappear.
Cheese limy be prevented from be-
coming mouldy if wrapped in, a piece
of clean linen soaked in vinegar.
When ink is spilled upon linen try
dipping the damaged material in hot
tallow; it seems to absorb ,the ink
and after washieg the strain will he
foiled to have disappeared,
When Hot cloths are needed in sick-
ness it is often difficult to wring
them as hot and as dry as they are
wanted. One wayl is when the cloth
becomes cool to lay it on a board
and put a hot iron on it. This heats
It again as hot as it can be borne.
Cloths. should be used in alternation,.
o.enmeobveeilng., heated while the other is
in useth
,- or just before at in use is
i
Everybody knows how the casters
of the bedstead, dressing -bureau, and,
other pieces of heavi' furniture
den.t and finally, -wear out the matt-
ing under them. A correspondent of
the Country Genleman recommends
making pads of heavy leather covered
with calico on cretonne to place un-
der the castors and prevent this dame
age.
In buying matting, allow fully six
inehes to turn under on each breadth.
The ends should be hemmed like a
carpet, then they do not ravel out.
It is a 'mistake to think matting
mods no lining: It wears much long-
er and treads better if the floor is
spread • with newspapers and these
overlaid with a good carpet lieing.
In sweeping matting, always make
the strokes across the breadths. Use
a soft broom; a harsh stiff one wears
and breaks the fiber, "
Water rots the fiber of matting,
therefore in wiping it wring the cloth
very, dry. • Salt and water will
brighten matting. Grease Spots ca,n
be removed with blotting paper ana
a warm iron.
EAGLE AND STURGEON.
Met Death Together in a' pattle
" We had been camped fora), few days
at a point *on the upper reaches of
the Pie River, waiting for other
members of the party, writes a cor-
,respondent of Forest and Strealn.
One source of amusement. was watch-
ing the descent of a large ,bald-head-
ed eagle into the eddy at the back ef
the point. He came from_ an im-
mense height, and struck, the water
with great force. At times he would
dive uuder the surface, to reappear a
moment or two later with a fish
clutched in his claws. Then he would
fly, freighted with his fish, to a
mountain, on the overhanging crest
of which the nest with his mate and
young were quite visible to us with
our field -glass.
I had notced his successful plunges
and his journeys to the nest for 'two,
mornings.. On. the third morning a
shadow coming across the sun's rays
caused 1110 to 100k '111), and there was
,the great bird at his usual hunt to
SuPply, the young eagles with break-
fast.
With his keen eye piercing the river
depths, he 'seised over a particular
spot for a few moments, and then
shot down with the velocity of -a
canncin-ball.
The waters parted, and the eagle
was lost' td iSW. I watched to `see
him emerge with his prey, but the
surface' of, the water remained undisa
tallied. • What 'could it mean? it
passed my reasoning powers' to scilve
the result of that plunge. •
•
Thep fir down, fully a quarter of
a mile, 'off, 1 saw the great bird
• struggling 'either to carry off a heavy
burden or to free himself from one.
The Waters were lashed into 'foam,
and the bird again disappeared, and
all hwasiasstiflnl.
fs
hg of the water and d
i
s
-
appearance were repeated again, each
time farther down -stream. A bend in
the river prevented my seeing' the
final result. Calling one of our
men, I embarked with him in a
eerie° and started down the river.
• 'When we had doubled the point be-
low, I saw, lodged against the beach
in a small bey, something that did
not look natural to the place. We
paddled down and found it' was my
eagle, fixed fast to a sturgeon.
Both were motionless. The stur-
neon was fully six feet long. rilie
royal fish and the royal bird had
met death together,
. HOMELESS IN LONDON.
From an investigation made by
the • medical officer of the LontlOn
county council, according to a writ-
er in a recent issue Of the Mediae!
Record, it is estimated that one in
every 2,000 of the population of the
city of London ie homeless. A census
of the persons who could riot pay
for a night's lodging in the cheap-
est of lodging houses aad passed, the
night out of doors itt the streets, nr
-under arches, or in the recesses of
front, doors, or on landings and:
staircases of tenements tvhere the
doore had been left open, revealed'
secha menber in a certain district
that the officer felt justified to make
the estiiriate presented to the coen-
cll. On the night this itivestigation
was undertaker). ,there Were 0,000 *va-
cant beds 111 the ledging hintees.
Maud--"I•te a little uneagy in my
mind. Ned asked 'Il11,1 to marry hoer
and I told hint I might, SOMO day,,
New, would you call that a prom-
ise?" Marici--"No, 1 should eall it a
threat.'t
;HE SUNPAT SC11001
INTzENATIontAx. LESSON,
SEPT. 25.
Text of the Lesson., A* Comprebene
sive Quarterly Review.
LesSon I,""7"Ple
Kings xii 12a20) Golden Text, Prov.
xvi, 18„ "Pride 'goeth'before destrue-
-Lion and a haughty spirit before a'
fall." How often one is led to
think of the word, .",Surely, the wrath
of man shall praise Thee, the re,(
maincler of wrath shalt Thou re-
strain" (I's. lxxvi, 17). Because of
Solomon's sin God said He wonld
take the kiegdorn from him, leaving
howeVer, a Small portion of it
for David's' sake, This' lesson tella
how that was brought about, Rollo- .
hewn seemingly acting his own pleas-
ure, but God overruling for His pues
Losson II,..—Jeroboam's idolatry (I
Kings xii, 25-33), Golden, Text, 1,,
John, v, 21, 'Keep yourselvesc* store
idols." Jeroboam knew that 0 od
had given him the, kingdom, bet he
could not truet God to keep that
which Ile had given him, so.11'
• wrought out a little plan of his ow
that the kinerceom might not get'
away from him, and this plan , wael
in open defiance of, and disobedience,
to God., ,
••I.essen 'good' reign (III -
xvi. 1-12). Golden Text,:
Chron. xiv, 11,, "Help as, .0 Lord
our God, for We rest on Thee.", Ita
is refreshing to turn from Beth asI
Relieboam and Jeroboam to one who'
•hoWever imperfectly, • had, faith MI
God. The manner of his life was nto,
do good and right in the eyes of thes
Lord, arid that is ,everything. Note
the words following the -golden text,,
"In, Thy name we go."
Lesson IV.--Jahoshaphat's reform
(II Chron. xix, 1-11). Golden Text,'
II Chron. xix,-11, "Deal courageoue,
ly, and the Lord, -shall be .with tho
good." Verse 6 might have been a
better golden text, 'Thus shallye
do in the fear of the Lord, faith-
fully and with a perfect heart." Je-1
hoaaphat's heart was lifted up in the'
ways of the Lord (xeriii, 6), anti hol
had a great •and wonderful vietoryl
over His enemies (chapter 20), butl
in this lesson he is: rebuked for helal
trig the ,ungodly. - •
Lets= V.--Omri and Ahab (II
Kings xvi, 23-33). Golden Text,:
Prov. xiv, 64, "Righteousness ex-
aleeth cenation, but sin, is a reproachl
to the people." In. eontrast witit!
the two preyious lessons we haVe in
this lesson -two men who did arearel
evil than all that -were before thern.:
WOmorrsie..was very wicked, but Ahab wee)
,• Lesson VL‘ -'-God taking care. of Eli
ja.h (I. Kings xvii, ,Golde*
Text, I Pet. v, 7, "He careth for
you." We might ',not -think that
bread end flesh ,brought by ravens
and water from the brook was very ,
good fare; neither might we be in.
love witli constant rations of meet
and oil. We might not like lonely
tent life by the brook nor even the
widow's humble home, but to sixth as
iel, even, the item' of food .was•_,' •
Elijait'or John the Baptist or ti)afoi-1,
minor matter. *
• Lesson, Vale—Obadiah- and Edijahl,
(I. Kings xviii., 1-16). Goldoni'
,ext, I. Kings xviii., 12, "I, thyl
servant, fear the Lord .from my,
youth." Elijah in his lonely places(
and Obadiah in the h:ouee of ungodly(
Ahab both -feared and served the/
Lord according to ability "aiia op -i
porturtity, as fel' as we know. The
Christian who truly desires to serve
the Lord may, fully trust Him to)
manage all the details of his life. '
Lesson V.111.—E1lja,h on Mount
Carmel '(I. Kings xviii., ao-46).i
Golden Text, I. ICinas xviii., 21, "It.
the Lord be God; follow Him.", "In;
Elijah see a man filled with a d,eeirel
that God may 'be glorified and that)
people may know Hint as the living,
end true God. David had the same
'desire when he went teeth against'
goliatti, and Daniel and his friends,
When they went to -the furnace and
the lion's den: •• •
•Lson ,discoeraged ,(Tie
Kings. *ix *, 1,S) • Golden Text Pfs'
cxx, 1, "Jo .my distress I. cried mi-
te the-.LLord; and • He .heard. me."
The enly was- of peace and victory
is im mind stayed upon Jehovah, see-
ing to' one but Jesus onface Hoar -
ever strong we may be in the .Lord,
we .are utterly weak anti helpless in
ourselves, and the moment we .al-
low ourselves to dwell upon people,
or circumstances, we sink like Petexi
when he took his eyes oil the Lord.
Lesson encouraged ((IL
Kings six., • 9-18 ) . G olden Text,
Isa..xli., 10, "Fear thou not, for I
am with , ITt iraist, not have
looked quite as hopeless to Elijah
when he learned from ,God*I-Timself,
that there wets; 7.300 yet in Israel
who h,ad net bowed tlie knee to Baal
and that, he was wit the only wit-
ness on whom the Lord could rely.
Lesson taken up into
heaven (DICirtes ii 1-11).Golden
Text, Gen. v., 24; "He was not, for
God took him." It is net wise nor
brave te covet death, even thought
death be a gain. It is better to ,
leave all to God and be etteng itt
Him. We '111ElY TIOVer tile (I, Coe,
xv„ 51, 52; I. Illeee. iv., 16-180,'
arid until we leave this rnoi•tal body
or get a glorified one we shall never
have more to bear .than He Will ,give•
Ifs grace for.
Lesson XU.'—Israel reproved (-Amos
V, 4-15). Golden Text, , .A.mos v,,
to-crd'efonaerlderve'le'YtlhliallIgl
hal•
:for Israel. na was their Redeemer
from the bondage of. Egypt, their
Lawgiver, their Jtielge, their Hiag.
Ho only a.sked of them a willing
obedience that Ile might bless these -
and make a blessing, lint they Ore -
el away from and worsbipped hiol
If We are in aty way turned from
Him, lie is earnestly calling, Colit
unto. me and I will give you e0et,
' When would yeti consid,
er is the best time to offer, a girl
your hand?" Prastictis-,-"Wlieri she':
getting out of a 'bus, t shoind sagrA'',