Exeter Advocate, 1904-10-13, Page 61NLY
AT OF DELIVERAAC
Churches Must Work Bravely for the Em-
anothation of in From the World.
inlatered accerding to Act ot the 'Far -
element of Canada,' it the year One
rho/teazle. Nino Hundred raid Pour,
ay Wz. ilaily, of Toronto, at the
leepantment of Aviculture, Ottawa.)
A. •despatch from Los Angeles, Cal.,
Ifev. Vine* Do Witt Talnyt
preached from the following text:
Revelation We 8, "I have set before
thee an open door, and no man -can
shut it."
Months before an 'invading army
moves for the subingation of a coun-
try trained military. minds study its
natural features mad intuitively set-
tle the strategic points Which it is
essential to capture and to hold and
the course which the various L'Orps
Inuit take to co-operate 1 the, gen-
eral setheme.
Thup coming esunphigns on tile mili-
tary lines of aufinver operations cute
- planned for the nidst:pant bnr•thaclif-
,ferent." commanders of invaning
armies while their earinies • are en-
camped in winter quarters. Therefore
the question wnich et this season na-
turally..farces itself upon niy-..rnind is
this; nttliat is the gospel campaign
ahead of the Christian church fOr the
ensuing ten months? I am e, captain
in the arney of Christ. How. am I
to lead my People? Where •am 3 to
go?" In the beginning of thes win-
ter's work I "am eatactlsr in the same
•Position .as the Military leader of an
invading arieay who is ebOutto break
up winter, quarters. Summer is real-
ly the time for winter garters in a
city church, \Then July comes- many
of the Christian soldiers in a large
city pastorate hie themselves away
.to sea beach or to reounteinestream
for rest. They are very tired from
their winter's labor. Bat by the
time the middle or September is here
• the seliools are all opened and the
members of the city congregations
are hack to their winter homes and
are filling their chureli pews. When
'they arrive ande,start out for gos-
pel work the Christial soldiers of each
clitneh naturally e.npeet to ,know the
kind of a gospel campaign which is
ghee&
Christ is our great con -menden, and
as a captain under him I would here
and now pobat out to you the /nighty
opportunities which are before us. I
would stetcli the line of campaign
we as a church are about to enter.
And, furthermore, I not only want
to show you lhow we are to fight,
where we are to fight, lint also to try
to encourage you by rerainning you;
of the great agencies of our thee
which are going to help us in this
coming year's struggle.
The glorious twentieth centany is
°penile; wide its doors to let the
church of the Lord Jesus Christ pass
forth into God's conflict, aided by
scientific and social facilities that no
other age Poseessed, aniereby each
/nen can double and treble and clued-
i•uple the amount of work which his
nrandfallier or his great-grandfather
was able to do. It is saying to us;
"Man, ir the length of your life is
to be estimated by the amount oi
work you shall 'be able to accom-
plish I will let you litre longer than
did Jacob, who died or old age at
one hundred and forty-seven, or
/sane, who lived one hundred and
eighty years, or Abraham, who nved
to be one hundred and seventy-five
years. or Noah, who lived to be nine
hundred and fifty years, or Methu-
selah, who only lacked thirty-one
years of being one thousand years
old. I will let you live so long that
what your ancestors accomplished in
the course of their lives will seem to
be as nothing to what you shall be
able to a.ccomplish.".n e The twentieth
century speaks thus not to one man,
but to all.
AN INVENTIVE AGE,
This inventive age has literally
doubled and quadrupled and almost
infinitely multiplied the material pro-
ducing power of man. Think -of the
facilities of communication! Suppos-
ing I wish to plead the cause of
Cfirist with sonic friend clear across
the American continent. I sit down
and pen my appeal. In a, few min-
utes it is in the postman's hands, A
little later it is in the mail wagon
on its way to the deport. Soon it
is in the mail car going at lightning
speed over the rneuntains and across
the alkali deserts and across the riv-
ers until it is dropped in the eastern
home. It has taken only a few days
kir that message to reach its destin-
ation in the east, and in a few clays
longer an answer conies back to Me
that my appeal has been read; and.
under God's blessing it • has been
made effectual to the salvation of a
soul. Think how many times such
an effort mightbe multiplied and
how • largely the facilities of com-
• munication might, be utilized for the
• spread of the gospel! • I can to -day
send a, letter from California to New
• York, 3,000 miles away, quicker
than in the beginning of the /eat
Catlin:a my' New Jersey aneestor
could Arend a letter to his missionary
• son living aniatig the Georgie, pines.
That is one astounding fact. 13ut,
though more money' is in eireulation
• to -clay than ever before and a pen-
ny in olden times meant rnore than
it noes now, I ecu send my letter
• clear across the continent for te-ea
• pennies, Wane any great-grandfather
• had to ,pay twenty-five cents to send
his letter of one sheet of paper only
a few lianctred ei1cs, It mad to take
our ancestors eoreetirries hours 14
ride, to the nearest church, nionr the
chereli of (Mr Lord .Iestia Chridt.
at almost eVery • street Corner, and
the religioue papers , are scattering.
their prints everyivliere, 'Mari to -day
has quadrupled his opporteMities of'
life bemuse he can. ttecomplieli 'four
;times. the Amman on Wei*" Whieft his
ancestors 'WM able to do, in the
same time. •
ENEMIES FROM WITHIN.
I find the church of the Lord Jesus
splendidly equiPpecl materially and
temporarily for this winter's cam-
paign against sin.But, more than
that, I find that there never was a
time when the great • evangelical
churches were so thoroughly in ac" -
cord on the funclainental aoctrines of
Christianity. . In the pulpit and in
the pew those deettines are held
firmly, and devoutly and
Christ as the Saviour . of the. world
has the whole sculled allegiance of
his people. Before a general :goes
forth to invade an enemy's' country
it is very important for him to know
that his own seldiers are loyal to
his country's standards and ere of
one heart, one mind and .one pur-
pose. Whim a Olirietien church goes
forth into a winter's campaign
against sine it is jut as important
for its pastor to know that his Peo-
ple are of one thonght, and one mind
la /tolerance to the groat cardinal
doctrines or the chinch. A theasand
enemies outside of a general's camp
, are not • so dangerous a menace as
forte -traitor inside of the guarding
;sentinel's lines. A thousand blatant
!infidels attacking the church of Jesus
!Christ in infidel convention hail or
!by saloon counter aro not so for-
Midabie as the so called freethinking
,liberal .'who is ,attatking tile church
of God as a member 'of then church
or an an ordained minister of that
church.
Now, for the most part, the church
of the Lord Jesus Christ has. been
putgea of those members Who do ilat
believe in the great cardinal doctrines
of the bible. It has been bead enough
to say to such members, "If you do
not believe in. Joeus Christ as the
Son. of GlOrl, if you do not believe in
the efficacy of his sacrifice, then you
had better transferyoar allegiance to
some other church'with whose creed
you are in sympathy, for in this
church the doctrines which you repu-
diate are, regarded as the essence or
Christianity." The' greater peen of
the heretical heathers. have accepted
tne advice, and, like the army of
Giaeon, the men who remain are few -
ex in number, but are or one heart
and one mind. The church of Christ
throughout the laud enters upon the
winter's campaign with unbroken
front, all the stronger for the elimin-
ation of its half hearted members. .
THE BEST YEAR FOR A NEW.
STA1TT. • .
But I take a step further in this
raightv Subject. We have a wonder-
ful time in which -we are to enter -Me
coming campaign for Christ. • This is
the youngest of the centuries, but in-
to it are gathered the ripe fruits of
the past. The thought and exper-
ience of all the centuries that are
gone have ia these years come to
fruitier'. It is the mighty move-
ments and trials and struggles of
past generations which have mane
the present time possible. From the
triumphs and failures of -tele past,
from the wisdom and the Mistakes
of our forefathers, we have learned
lessons which should make us mas-
ters in the art of soul winning and
successful leaders in the assault en
the intrenchnients of sin. This is
the very best year of all years to
start in a. gospel campaign for
Christ.
13ut take another step further in
this momentous subject. We -have
another campaign blessing in addi-
tion to these two of which we have
spoken. • We have a church with all
of its great leaders as well as thou -
sande of members nulled to holy
enthusiasm by knowledge of . the
strength of the Satanic enemies we,
are about to meet in 'combat. • We
know that as the church of Christ is
strong the Satanic °mining •era
strong also, so strong that unless wo
go forth to this bettle with a • full
endowment of the as Holy Spirit to
nght as we ought tin -fight for Christ
we shall fait ignominiously, as we
deserve to fail. :-
Outside of bis ow n intrinsic
strength nothing brings out the add -
the power of a general niore than the
realization that his eneran is strong
and wily—an'adversary 'whose newer
it would be folly to underestimate,
against whom he must maks/lel his
forces' With all his skilland develop
theinnighting qualities to the 'highest
efficieney. When Oobath.eaw the
puny, form �f David, who was to give
• him battle, the Phillistine giant
laughed him to scorn.He sneering;
'ly 'dried, Ani I a deg that thou
-cot/lest to me.• with stonee."', • That
cobterupt lost hill the battle. ...Not
so with Dal:rid. His we -pons were
those with which he was familiar,
and he eniployed the sail' developed
by long experience in might and creel
and relentleas, and he nerved his
strength foe' the unequal: struggle.
The church hi Christ is made reso-
lute by the knowlolge that it is to
meet a strong armed •foe.. We know
we must fight' hard to Win. And we
elso know that unless like David,
the shepherd bey,, WO' go forth ha un-
lalbering faith n the .clivine re -ere,
forcernont we shall fail in the battle.
A stalwart fee always brings ' out
the best that is in a worthy 'oppon-
ent. . ,
eatIST RE ALWAYS ON GUARD.
Had the church of Christ only
cra,ven hearted' foes to fight ft Would
become as incillierent to them as :t
was toward that sneakity coyote,
whose worst depredatione ate" found
in the barnyard amongthe dead.
ickens. "Unless s t a rvi lig and In
'mantel's, he never attacks 4 Strong
foe,• But to -day the Chnnekt of God
latee oWardly many.• Like a
laintei• stalking the Wail eating Mon -
Stere Of :fedi& or' Africa, the elitiren
is and must be •coatineally on its
guard. 'As it goes Sortie into the
emning winter's canePaign to do the
best it ,cari and with the help of the
Hol' Spirit to do all, it can for
Oiliest, the consciousness that its
foo has made almost unliniited prow-
ess lune made the church Strong end
confident. .
But wbere is the gospel campaiga
of this church dewing •tlie coining
winter to be taught? Silo have talk-
ed ebout the time. We have spoken
("boat the oneness of purpose mad
the divine strength in wilieh we are
to enter the conflict, We now sPealt
aboirt the ,geographical region in
-which we are to nght. We . must
find Our church's Plain of Esdraelon
and its Marathon pass. •:America is
to be the geographical plain of gos-
pel maneuverings for the Ameriean
church. It is the foremost nation
in the World to -day", and its power
and influence are rapidly growing. Ia
energy,' in • wealth, in enterprise, it
takes thelead among the nations of
the world, If it belely takes its
stand for Christ and decieres that
the prineiples' of Christ are its guide
end that he is its supreme ruler the
effect ren the world Will be over-
whelming. Are enorniaus step will
then have been' taken toward the
conquest of the whole world for him.
•.0h, my friends,' with s.uch a glor-
ious outlook far our corning gospel
•campaign, thould not the church of
Christ as a whole and our own in-
dividuai churches. go forth into this
winter's campaign strong in (loci,
strong in eaith, strongin holy zeal?
For the most part I have 'been talk-
ing about how God is gciing to bless
the great American ' church as .a
whole. Will ho bless our •own indi-
vidual churc'nes to which we have
given' our iellegianco as he will niess
other churches ? • Yes, if • we go
into this gospelconflict as we ought
to „go.' Ate you and 1 willing by
our (awn consecrated lives to let our
dear individual" chinch,' with its glor-
ious past, take the position in the
church "army on the front line of bat-
tle Where she abght to 'stand? lie -
Member, the Open door which God
opened for the Pkiilippian chtircli was
not •a doorway off in the distance.,
but near at hand.4d'eo the oPen
neer of gospel opPortuniner of our.
church is right ,at hand. As con-
secrated, Holy Spirit inspired, earu-
est Christian church members will,
you and I join to -day in the for-
ward marcia far Christ? • •
• I would enlist you one and all in
this glorious .war. Your trials may
be severe, your labor arduous, but
in the end, yictory is certain. It may
be yours to: share in the triumph,
but if you perish in he struggle you
will yet be able to. say : "I have
fought a good fight. Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of
rigliteausness.." "
•
NOT TO DE. CAUGHT.
inn Englishman who was appoint-
ed to an important post in China
got naarried seen after. Amongst the
recipients of the usual little card-
board boxes contaiuing a piece •of
wedding -cake was a Chinese, mer-
chant with whom the nridegnoom
had an outstanding acco-unt lot
goads supplied. After the honey-
moon one of the first persons: the
newly -wedded husband met was his
Celestial creditor.
."And how did you like tkie cake?"
said the Englishman, laughingly, af-
ter the usual congratulations.
"Ah, hen" returned the Chinaman,
witli a cunning- leer, "me no • such
big fool to eat him, sah. We put
cakee in fire. Burn him up. • He,
•be!"
''Oh, that's too bad!" said. the
Englishman, very inunli hurt. "You
mien have tasted it at least,' •out
of compliment to nny wife and my-
self. Why didn't you?"
'Me too elute, sah," said the Ce-
lestial, witli the same cunning smile,
You • Owe me nionee, salt; sendoe
poison cakee; I eat him; I die; yon
no payee up. Houp-la! He, lie, he!
I know you Ingleesh!"
YOUNG "AT SEVENTY.
The time was—and not so long ago
either—when men •of sixty-five and
seventy regarded themselves,- and
were raga/Zed by others, as having
reached that Point when they should
be willing to retire from the activi-
ties of life. Our conception of the
mon of seventy-five only a few years
ago was that of a white-haired pa-
triarch who found pleasure only in
reminiscences, his pipe in the easy -
chair, and his grandchildren. But
the tines have changed. The aver-
age man of eeventy-five to -day is
neither bent, feeble, nor senile. He
has not retired from the activities of
life that he is aware of, nor has he
any idetteof retiring. Much less is
he inclined to surrender to the youn-
ger people around him any of the re-
sponsibilities or pleasures of exis-
tence. He reads the sporting clele
mins and points out all the short-
comings of tho modern drama. More-
over, he is equally attentive to the
Indies as lie was at sixty, at forty.,
or ,at thirty.
A GEM WORTH A FORTUIdE,
'A Ceylon paper recently gave an
amain& of the finding of the largest
cat's-eye gain of which there is any
record. It weighs nearier 71b. • The
fielder was a man who had been very
poor. A. few months ago, however,
his digging for gems was rewarded
by finding' a cat's-eye, which lie sold
for $6,250. Soon after he dug up
another, for which he realized $12,-
500; and then • his luck reached a
Climax When he emearthed his large
stone, Which is deecribed as of per-
fect lustre.' He has been, offered $95,"
000 by a syndicate of local dealers,
but has refused, as he declares' he
can cut the gem iht0 forty stoaes,
each of which will. bring 15 000
"You're a fraud, sir," criecl the in-
dignant patient. ''You guaranteed
your inedichie to dere after everything
failed and--'' 'Well, my dear
sir," replied the fake medicine man,
"pre/irately yeti haVon't, tried every-
thing elan" -
You can drive seine men to 'drink,
bat yd.0 can't make them take water,
*****Mc•-*******
4 HOME.
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DECORATING CALCIS.
My mother's favorite ways were ei-
ther to use colored sugarin the
frosting., or eantlies to adorn the tann
'vrites ,May Matti° French. Some-
• times she would frost tho cake in
usual style, then arrange the colored
sugaa's in patterns by sprinkling them
on while the icing Was still sott, Ti�
little vheat. candies,, put in rows and
borders, or merely scattered thiekly
over the entire cake, always charmed
us. • Or she would get the dainty col -
()red fancy shaped sugar candies that
come reasonably at the good candy
stores, and • stick • them about the
edges, with a special piece in the cen-
tre.
• There arcamany other ways .of mak-
ing attractive appearing cakes. I
have made for socials and parties,
large cakes with sections marked out
with colored sugar, or difiereat ,tint
of frosting, then in each:section put
two tinymotto candies that seemed
to fit together. l'nese can be had so
pheaply that 6 eentse worth will de-
corate "revere' largo cakes., On the
larger, hearts may be used, one to a
section, being sure that the mottoes
are legible and amusing. These nev-
er fail to clierin young or "younger"
folks. ,
I made in imesuelly pretty cake
tho Other den, 'using nothing but
plain white boiled,* frosting. After
I had 'thinly feasted the cake all ov.-
et, I found I hat Tao a- lot of ma-
terial left, having overcalculated the
panountiaeeded. So n put it back;t
soften over. Wheinit was ready, • I
took the cake to a cool place, then
taking a small strainer, ono of tliosa
•with holespunched in tin, not a' wire
strainer, I put in it several teaspoon-
fuls of the frosting, and took ii ov-
er to ,evhere • the cake Stood., With
spoon: I rubbed this though, holding
the strainer several inches altaVe• the
Cake: It fell in strings and "span-
ters" cooling as it went, 'until it
,
stayed in odd forms on the cake. • -I
kept doing thieleaving the most of the
frosting to keep warin,• while 1 tubbed
it out a little at a time, and • Very
shortly I had my cake covered. It
was oae of tine pnettiest cakes I over
saw. 1 am going to try again some
time using one color frosting for
the first covering, and witli another
tint or color for the adorning.
It is easy to finitate the desigas
shown in bake shops, ifhOlie will take
a piece of tcragli paper, held it into
cornucopia shape without cutting,
and in the point make a suaall hole.
Put in a spoonful of frosting, gather
all the • edges of paper tightly,into
the hand and squeeze until a srnall
streain comes • out the hole. • With
this write anything yeti want on the
cake. The stream may be broken at
any point by ceasing to press on the
bag. I have Made cakes that looked
so Much like bought • 033.0S that 1.
could hardly persuade my guests that
they were really home-made—until
they began eating them. Thera are
fete grown people who cannot tell a
horn.emake cake from a baker's, when
they put their teeth into it. For the
best of baker's cakes cannot come
up to the best of home-made ones.
Be careful in buying colors for this
use, as a great many that are seed
for the purpose are not safe to use.
I wauld not • get of any druggist
whoth I did not know well, and wlio
would guarantee that they contained
nothing harmful. A variety of col-
orings may be had without purchas-
ing. Greens are made from spinach,
red from beet juice, yellow from
yolks of eggs and brown from burnt
sugar or Ohocolate. .These are aLl
safe, and convenient to most house-
keepers.
• SELECTED RECIPES.• •
Mrs. Champlin's Cookies—One heap-
ing cup of sugar, se cup butter' or
lard; • cup sweet nailk. 2 eggs well
beaten, 2 teaspoons baking powder,
nutmeg and cinnamon to taste and
sufficient flour to toll. 'Mix the bak-
ing powder in flout and bake quickly.
. A Delicious johnnycake—Put 1 large
spoon. Sour cream in a cup, fill up
•with sour milk. Aeld I cup sugar, 1
even teaspoon salt, the same of so-
da, 3. even cup each Indian meal and
flour, 1 egg (it is good without the
egg), spread rather thin- and bake
'about half an hour. This is quick
and easy to make, and everyone
seems to like it.
An East Indian Soup.—This soup,
is very suitable for a wet, chilly dayn
winter or ixutuner, and has the ad-
vantage of being quickly and easily,
prepared. Put into a pan 1 table-
spoon butter and when melted slice in
2 onions and 2 or 3 small young car-
rots, and ad cup finely minced
celery. Put saecepan at •bank of
stove and let contents simmer in the
butter. At the end of 15 minutes,
pour in 1 qt. stoek, a bay leaf, a
cinsh af cayenne, a little white
per and salt and 1 tablespoon par-
sley and thyme mixed and finely
chopped. Moisten 1 teaspoon ,curry
powder, stir this into the soup and
Simmer for 15 minutes. Strain" and
just before serving add about 5
tablespoons well boiled rico. ,
How to Cook Beans—Instead of
soaking dry beans over night, sim-
ply wash them in cold water, pour
this off, a'eld 1 teaspoon baking so-
da arid cover with boiling, Water. Let
stand 15 minutes, Penn Off and rinse
well •with hot' water. Note add
enough to cover the beans, put over
the fife and When the water boils
add more breiliag Water. Never 'put
cold water on beans which have (mete
been heated, as it Will harden them.
The salt Should be added (in •
hour
before the beans are done. Beans
treated in this manner Will cook irl
about half the time required whet'
soaked over night. A few rninutee
before the beans ate to be served, add
pepper to tuft the 'taste, and more
Stilt ff needed, Stir in 4 taip rich'
sWaot ereap1 fen ey�ry 1. qt, Wand
beans and serve. These are good ei-
ther hot or cold.
Pot Cheese—Heat the milk to 115
degrees, keeping.it at that about half
az .hoier, then let it, cool gradually
for another half hour. Drein through
a sieve (nevet. use a cloth atrainer),
I tise a tin strainer with fine perfor-
ations. Drain at least an hour, af-
ter \Innen set in a pan, pour in
enough: warm' water. to cover the curd
entireler, and let • stand a few min-
utes. If the milk is very sour, chain
off thie water and repeat the washing
•process; two washings are sure to be
enough. After the Washing is well
done, drain for at least two. hours.
Add to eaclki quart of 'curd n tea-
spoon sugar end nearly as much salt,
also 2 teblespooas good thick cream
(if thin, More). • Sweet cream is bet-
ter, but if only a littIo SOW t will
be all right. •Work all thoroughly
with the hands. Measure in a large
tumbler, put each cheese on a sheet
of butter paper, fold .straight and
neat looking, and ti.e with darning
cotton. • Each. will weigh about 6
ozs and sell for 5 cents,
HINTS FOR, HOME LIFE
. •
Dr. Kelling,• of Dresden, states that.
the eating of raw eggs causes can -
Your. lamps mast be .kept clean 'or
they will smell. • Clear away the
burnt wick 'every day and keep the
burners clean.
Fruits to do then: best -work should
be eaten either on an empty •stortiaclh
Or simply with • bread--nover With
vegetables.
, There
18 00 datint that with some
people Coffee . taken at meal times,
especially late in the day, is, very
apt to cause Asthma,
For filleting. :fish use a aliarp knife.
The edges should afterwards be teian-
ined with scissors, Wrap upein
cloth till ready to "cook. •
•When cutting a .beef steak, pud-
ding if the gravy proves to bo &lit-
tle short add some bailing water. or
stock and stir • .carefully into the
meat. • •
If any article has been scorched in
ireninglay it where the bitght sun-
shine will fall ,directly upon it end
the scorched part' will be entirely re-
moved", •
When stuffing a fowl which is to
be roasted, prepare the stalling and
ir-sent it early and the flavoring of
the seasoning will penetrate through
the whole bird.
• Clothes lines should never be left
out of doors when not in use; they
should be carefully dried and put
away, otherwise they will soil and
• mark the linen.
• Mirrors hung in sunshine will •
be-
come misty and granulated. The
amalgam which is spread behind the
glass will be ruined by direct and
continued exposure to the sun. •
• After every meal look after the
fragments left. Tlie fat should be
put aside • to melt down for frying
and the meat, bones, akin and grist-
le should be stewed down for stock.
If• a sheet of paper he laid at the
bottom of a grate so as to prevent
air from coming up between the bars
and a fire built on this and lighted
• from the toP, such a fire will be prac-
tically smokeless.
Browned flour is very useful for col-
oring haslies, stews, etc. Place a
few teaspoonfuls on an old plate and
stand it in the oven. Stir frequently
till it attaies the desired color and
then store it ill a corked bottle • for
use.
It is a • common thing to make
promises th'oughtlmesler to • children
without mucb intention of keeping
them. • But if children may be • put
off they do not easily forget and so
the habit of tin -faithfulness is founded
in them by the unfaithfulness of
others.
To clean a leg/iorn hat. Stir one
teaspoonful of powdered sulphur into
the jidee of a lemon. Brush this mix-
ture well into the bat wit,I'i a tooth-
brush, and when quite clean piece it
under a tap, and let water run over
it to free it from the ..sulphur. Dry
in the air out of ,the sun. Brush
Over with white, of egg.
THE SUNDAY S0I1001;
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
• CCT. 16.
Text of the Lesson, II. Kings
iv., 25-37. Golden Text,
ntorh. vi., 23. •
At least ten times in this chapter
wo liave the name "Irian of Gocl" ap-
plied to Elisha. In I. Kinga xiii., it
is used at least 'fourteen times is
neference to one whose 'name we 1(now..
not. It is applied to Moses and to
others • and to my mind is a title
much to .lie coveted, or, rather; a
thing much to be deeired—to bee
wholly for GOO, in coinimmiori with
Him always, set apart for iiiinseln,
all His for His pleasure, hea.ring Hie
voice only and doing His will, Hie
messenger with His message. • .
As Elisha passed .to • and fro
through: Sktunern a woman of wcalth
suggested to her husband that they
should prepare a room in their house
for tbis holy man, of Gocl, who cone
tinually passed by, thern, that he
'might, feel at liberty to turn in tine
tlier as often as he chose. Teris they
did and fernislied it with te bad, a a.
table," a seat and a 'candle-etick, aud I
the man • of God was wont to rest',
himself there. What a Contrast even
this, to our mind, humble room and:
shanty enrniture to the stable where
oun Lord was born or to the fact'
itlhitsetiid.Hoaeoften iNiacl not where to lay,
Eliding would •fain recompense her
for her kind care of him and asked
her, what he-shOnid do' for her, but;
her' teply was to the 'cot:feet that she
needed nothing: Geliazi.having called,
Elisha's attention to the fact than
she liad no Child, Ensile eissured hat
that in due time •G ock would give' her
O sone and s9' it. •carne to press. It .
It was supernatural,something like
the giving of' Isaac to Saran and
Abraham; • a real • gift from God„
though in a natural way. • They lia,d
brightened Elisha's life by this • rest
chamber,' and now God brightened
their lives and 'home with this dear
child, whom He spared to them till
lie was oldenoughto go with his
father to the field, and then..audden-
ly God took him. •
. His mother laid his little body- on, ,
the bed of the Man of God, shut the,
door • and • liurried , as filet as she
could to Mount . Carmel. to Ensile.;
The prophet, when he saw her com-
ing, sent Geliazi to ineet her and to
inquire if it was • well with herself
and her Inisband and tlie child. Her
reply ' was, It is well • Yet she
pressed on to Elislia and held. him
, by the feet, and when Gehazi would.
have ;thrust her away Elislia forbade
him, saying, "Let her alonefor here.,
soul, isvexed within her, and the' in
Lord hath not told men Then she
poured •pat her soul in theee wot•de:
"Did 1 desire it Son of my Lord.? Did
I not say, Do not deceive mer ".
Ensile, . seeing that the child was
dead, sent Geliazi with: his (Ensile's)
• staff to lay it on the face" or •tlie
child,, butthe mother "said to him an
lie had said to Elijali, "As ,the Lord
liveth and as thy soul livethati
will not leave thee" (verse 30), e.
As in the case of the poor widow,
here is a reel • heartfelt need.
and desire with tbeaconsciousness of
utter helplessness. 011 a for more of.
it, and of this • desperate slinging
with a. persistence that takes no de-
nial, the persistence of Jacob,. of
Ruth, of Ittai, of Elisha and of this
woman! See also our Lord's own
enco.uragement to be persistent in
Luke xi, 8; 9; Isa. lxii, 6, 7.
Elisha, heeds the heart cry of dis•
-
tress and •hastens to the, chamber
where he had often been.refreelited,
and he went in and shut the door
upon them nwain—ancl prayed unto'
the Lord (verse 83). See again the ,
ebut door, the 'secret al .His Ines- '
ence, alone with God. Oh, the"'pole-
er and the blesseciness of il!, • And it
is the privilege of • every believer.
Now, see the intense peesonal desire
of Elisha.' .Line Elijah he stretched e
himself inion -the child • (verSe 34; 1 -
Kings xvii, 21). His mouth • and
heads' and eyes are' -upon thane - er .
the eland, suggesting, as. Mr. ,Spur-/
:goon :used lo" Say, that- to bring -life
to, a child dead in, sin; „or , to a any:
one, we must come .into the. cnneenti
Possible personal contact, seeing as •
I
'then see and speaking of things as
they would, no that from what thee,
already see and know WO may lead,
on to what they as, 'yet neither • see.
or knoW. Elisha stretched himself tip -
on the eltilde and God sent the spirit
back to the little body, and soon.
be ' •wes.,' again inehis .mo ther' a arms, '
and:She waeonce more a happy wo-
She knew Him. tee 'the giver of life,
but neitv she: krioWs Him aS one who
cangive life from..the dead, as one
to whom, notbing is inmeseible. Al-
though 'Paul .kneen'Hirti so well his
praTae' l'i'LtS. • that I may neon, Him,
and the power ,cel His resurrection
and the 'fellows/lip of His sufferiags"
(Phil, iii, 1.0) ''atiel Peter' elide his
second epistle' With these neet•ris :
"Grow in grace and in knowledge
of our e Lord and. Saviour -.Tents
Christ.'n'. Our -Lord Himself tells 'us ,
that -Co know God is life eternal
(john xvii, 3). Our church . 'and'
Bible class motto isa "'ho know Him." -
and to make Intin known," Mal eve
greatly rejoice in the 'fellowship , of
,
ray HIS BEST.
In the:Obsente of the regular so-
ciety reporter the dramatic critic of
the Daily Howler was detailed to
•"write up" a wedding. 'Til do the
best I can," he said, "but -I feel
sure I Shall make a botch of it."
This is what he turned in—omitting
the preliminary remarks about the
size of the audience and tlie delay
In beginning the perforinance:—
"Mr Burnside, in the role of , the
bridegroom, acted the pare in a stiff
yet listless en:annex, He 4ias a gtood
stage presence, but nears the effect by
o tetal lack of animation and an al-
most inaudible voice. •
"Miss nenes; as , the bride.. was
much more effective. Her costume
was bewiedering, yet true to life. If
one may venture to criticize, her ef-
fort to overcome her obvious stage -
fright was a trifle too evident. Sbe
was in good voice, however, and her
enunciation was clear and distinct,
nIt, must be confessed that both
Miss Jones and Mr. Burnside Were
deficient in their lines,. and had • to
be proinpted almost constantly by
the Rev, Jabez Simpson, who as the
officiating clergy -man,— was decidedly
the star of the performance."
'
DINING IN DARKNESS.
In France and Switzerland the
latest vogue ie to cline in the dark.
Dimier,begina as usual, hut staldenly
to the surprise, of the gtieststhe
light goes out and all is left in dark -
nee& Nothing has gone wrong, and
before the guests have recovered from
their astonishment the dining -room
doors open, eold shadowy forms steal
in beariag a blazing mass of light.
It is thenext course illuminated,
Silently the figures come to yotir
side and in a few moments oh every-
one's plate is, s4r, your fish, and a
delicalely shaded light by which to
eat it, but otherwise the room re-
nutues hi coniplete. darkticent ' '"
all who • earnestly desire to be whole
hearted for Him. •
'Two other mivaeles are recorned in
tine ch ap ter which Cod lvidught
through this man of 'Cod—the healing
of the poisoned pottage and the
nentiplyeng on the twenty loaves. To
give life, de restore life, • or sustain
life is 'equally easy to llini nd Ilat
alone can do it. In Him we live
and meive and have our tieing. Oh,
to know and to trust Him so as te
be used byjniin to the utmost! The,
Lordgrant us poever with Himself r
such as Elisha had for His glory
that we may make Piro knceina—Men
and women of God kept wholly finnan
Hitnself that He May be glerifidd.
Ilea. Dr. Thumper—"Does not mar-
ried life seem brighter to you?" Mes,
Newbride--"It ought to. My Weddle'
/gifts include(/' teeefity-five lamps.",