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Truths Learned by Jacob is Needed
By All Men
And Jacob wakedout of his sleep;
and he said, surely the Lord is in this
place; and I knew it not—this is none
other but tile house of God, and this
is the gate of heaven.—Genesis xxviii.
16.17.
In that primitive age when God's
outdoors was the only cathedral of the
people and the rude wayside altar was
the only chapel ---when there was no
scripture nor pulpit nor press for en-
llghteument=this lad fled, fled from his
crime and home and started out on his
first journey in the world, It is a
strange, hard, alarming experience and
he falls upon some astonishing truths
at the very outset of his pilgrimage.
Jacob discovers the misery of wand-
ering. How utterly homesick and miser-
able he must have been. To this is ad-
ded the consciousness that he is the
guilty author of all thiswickedness—
that has made this bed he now lies upon.
Oh, how many wanderers there are
to -day, fleeing out into the world from
hones they themselves have made inm-
prssible. But Jacob's heart was not
hardened by his misfortunes. I have
a suspicion that the poor lad wept
himself to sleep that night and that he
murmured his mother's name many
times
BEFORE THE VISION CAME.
It takes a tender, chastened heart to
dream holy dreams and see heavenly
visions. His hard situation was about
to be turned into a noble blessing. His
hard pillow proved a rugged bit of
good fortune, in that from its troubled
dreams he discovered the angels. His
eyes were opened to the dear fact of
angelie presence and ministrations to
the open way to the beyond—he beholds
the very scala sante up to heaven.
How tremendously these things enrich
and dignify human life and being, and
Jacob must have matured marvelously
by this experience in the holy night of
their relization.
But all truths are linked together and
revelations are built, one upon the
other, toward the ultimate light of the
throne eternal, and so more and yet
more astounding things come crowding
through his shining dream, till beyond
the ladder and beyond the angels the
enthralled sleeper finds God,
"Behold the Lord stood above it," and
he speaks forth froth the deep expert -
once of all of us when he exclaims,
"Surely the Lord Is in this place; and
I knew it not."
He begins to perceive, as all should,'
that all places are holy where we meet
God and fulfill duty, that every abiding
spot may become a house of God and a
gate of heaven if we make it so. Like
Jacob of old, we all have need both to
know of and to know God. Nor can
we too soon discover that "He is not
far from each ane of us; for in I -him we
live and move and have our being."
Next Jacob comes to realize that he
has a great place and
MISSION IN THE ,WORLD.
IIappy the man whir makes these dis.
coveries; who comes to know that he
lives with the angels daily; that the
Father has a plan in him, and a bles-
sed destiny to work out and a glori-
ous inheritance to reward him • with.
Would that we all had a ladder —
not prone upon earth, but uplifted to-
ward heaven—reaching to its very
gates, with God's own face and voice at
the top of it, even the ladder of the
cross. A perfect acceptance of Him
who ascended and descended upon that
cross will turn every affliction into a
blessing, and stony pillows and hard
beds will become means of heavenly
knowledge and 'sacred experience.
They make our common law divine.
And every land a Palestine.
We need these things so much. Let
us go in quest of them. Without them
life is a barren, beclouded and miser-
able journey, but with them it is trans-
formed and glorified. Oh, that we may
all discover God, and cling close to
Him.
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SAME DAINTY RECIPES.
Stale. Cake, with the addition of thin
custard, makes an excellent boiled pud-
ding. Serve sweet sauce with this.
Fried Vegetable Marrow.—Stew a
vegetable marrow in weak stock, then
drain thoroughly and stamp into . neat
rounds; drain quite dry. Dip into sea-
soned egg and breadcrumbs and fry a
golden -brown color. Serve piled on a
d'oyley with grated cheese scattered.
Sweet Croutons.—Cut some neat lit-
tle rounds of bread about one Inch and
a half thick and scoop out a part of
the centre. Soak for a few minutes in
sweetened and flavored milk, drain
slightly, and fry in batter to a golden
color. Fill the hole in each with pre-
serve, sift caster sugar over, and serve.
A lamb chop to be in perfection should
be cut one inch and a half thick and
be cooked well, for underdone lamb,
like veal, is unwholesome and unpala-
table. The correct cut for a lamb chop
Is from the loin, and most of the fat
should be removed before cooking. lust
as you serve the chop, put on it a lump
of butter which has chopped parsley
and mint worked into it.
Cheese Salad.—Salads are always
popular, and any novelty in serving
them is appreciated. Arrange this
salad in a bowl, using lettuce, water-
cress, etc., and then make a good may-
onnaise
ayonnaise sauce. Take some cream cheese
and pound it in a mortar, moistening
it by degrees with the mayonnaise.
When thoroughly amalgamated pour
aver the salad, garnish with tomatoes
or radishes, and serve.
move blood stains very satisfactorily ff
used before the stain is .dry.
A glove that is a, Comparatively new
invention is made of cotton threads and
filled with a• powder that is a god polish.
As the glove is used the powder sifts
between the threads, so that the article
that is being rubbed is cleaned as well
as polished.
Te clean diamond panesin lattice
windows stir a little kerosene In tepid
water. Rub pieces of newspapersoft
and soak in this, squeeze them almost
dry and then rub the "diamond." Wipe
at once with old linen. With other
newspaper rubbed between the hands,
but not wet, polish the glass,
•
FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRELANDS
SHORES.
Happenings in the EMerafd isle tit
Interest to Irish.
s= -Canadians.
Lawrence Berry and John Ward, Bel-
fast Husbands, were sent to jail recently
for brutally beating their wives,
The demand of the Belfast members
of the Boilermakers' and Iron Ship-
wrights' Society fox an increase of
wages has again been refused.
Arrangements have been completed
and agreements signed for the purchase
by the tenants of their holdings on the
Earl of Erne's Knockballymore estate,
near Clones, County Fermanagh. •
A promising and useful career has
been brought to a close by the death of
Air. John • Beck, of the firm of Messrs.
O'Neill, Young 8c Beck. general produce
merchants, 31-33 Oxford street, Belfast.
A fire occurred on the premises of
Mr. Abram Combe, Donacloney, on the
141h ult., and destroyed Donacloney
Castle, one of the finest residential
buildings in the north of Ireland.
Mr. Thomas Robertson, C.V.O., for-
merly generak:a manager of the Great
Northern Railway of Ireland and chair-
man of the Irisb Board of Works, died
at Creel! on the 17th ult.
Information reached Tipperary that
the deer park of Mr. Thomas Butler,
D.L.. of Ballycaron House, cousin of
Sir William Butler. was raided during
a recent Sunday night and al least eight
deer killed and carried. off
attention to her husband's discourage- ri suND A y S1 1 VOL
moot; "but then it is so nice and cosy • (J j j� �j U1 V
here. and you know we don't often have
a chance for a quiet talk together."
"Mn I not at home ---
"Oh, yes, ' Henry; you aro at borne
every evening--1'il say that to your cre-
dit, But it is so nine to come here and
see you."
"But, then, I'm pretty buoy this morn-
ing." know ; but. I must tell you , what
that girl of ouns has done. Afler•kireale-
fast this morningshe hadn't a drop of
hot water to wash the dishes in, and
her work was delayed a good half-hour
in consequence."
"But, mY clear—, -s"
"I know what you are going to say.
You think 1- ought to give her a good
talking to. And so 1 dict But what does
it amount to? Only last week I told her
to open her dampers so that the oven
would heat, and when 1 went into the
kitchen they were shut, and the fire
was almost out, and the oven was as
cold as a stone. And, by the way, did
1 tell you that another of those Wedg-
wood cups was broken? it's the third
within a month. Realty I believe I shall
go distracted. And that reminds me
that we didn't eget the clothes dry on
Monday, and
"But, nay dear," broke in Brown.
"I've got work tb do. Of courre, 1, sym:
pathize with you, but why don't you
tell me about these things when I'tn at
home?"
"Why, Henry r' exclaimed Mrs. 13.
""The idea 1 Don't you have so many
other things to talk about. when you are
at home? How can 1 interrupt you to
talk about my domestic affairs when you
have so much to tell me about the way
the office -boy plagues you, and about
the distracting manner in which your
partner refuses to do things as you
want them done, and what a nuisance
that Mr. Robinson is who never knows
when to go, and—why, Henry, aren't my
d g
•
renins sacred to your business
affairs? But I must be going. 11i try
to come in again in an hour or so."
Mrs. Brown did not come in again that
day. But it is a curious circumstance
that from and after that visit Prowls
never talked "shop" at home.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,.
. OCT. 7.
Lesson I. The Two Great Command-
ments. Golden Text: Mark 12. 30.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the ReVised Ver-
sion is used as a basis for these Word
Studies.
Mark's Record of Passion \Neel..—Our
lesson passage for torday picks up the
thread of Mark's narrative whore we
dropped it in the lesson of Sunday,
September 16, in which the triumph of
Jesus over the Pharisees and Sadducees,
in answering. • their subtle questions
concerning tribute money and the
resurrection was recorded. The order
of events of passion week as recorded
by Mark it is well to keep in mind. It.
is as follows : Sunday—The Triumphal
Entry and Subsequent Retirement to
Bethany (11. 1-11); Monday—The Curs-
ing of the Fig Tree, the Second Cleans-
ing of the Temple, and the Retirement
at Evening to Bethany (11. 1219); Tues-
day—The Lesson of the Withered Fig
Tree, the Deputation of the Sanhedrin,
the Parable of the Wicked Husband;
man, the Questions, of the Pharisees,
Sadducees, and that of the Scribe, the
Counter -question _of Jesus, the Lesson
of the Widow's Mite, and the Prediction
of the Destruction of Jerusalem and the
End of the World (il. 20-13. 37); Wed-
nesday—Spent by Jesus in Seclusion at
Bethany. The Compact of the Traitor
(14. 1, 2, 10, 11); Thursday—The Events
Connected with the Celebration of the
Passover, the, Agony in Gethsemane. and
the Arrest of Jesus (14. 12-52); Friday—
The Trials of Jesus, the Denial of Peter,
the Crucifixion, Death and Burial (14.
53-15. 47); Saturday—Jesus in the Tomb
(16. 1); Sunday (Easter Day)—Events
Connected with the Resurrection (16.
1-201.
Verse 28. One of the scribes—One of
QUEER WAYS OF TILE UPOTOS.
Can't Look at Their Mother -in -Law and
Women Eat Special Fish.
The Upotos live on the northern hank
of the Congo between lkonniango and
Dohbo, or between the twentieth and
While cycling at Caber Coolish, twenty-second degrees of east longitude,
Dutch Rabbits. — Take a nice fresh county Limerick, Sergeant Seahan, and seem to have long resided in the
young rabbit, soak It in salted water Royal Irish Constabulary, lost control region. They show a marked disincli-
for an hour, drain dry; wipe it in a of the machine in descending a hill near nation to quit it. They live chiefly by
clean cloth and lard with strips of slic- that village and ran 'into a wall. He fishing, and one of the first things to
ed bacon on the back. Truss the rab- died from his injuries. Deceased had 26 strike a visitor is that certain fish are
reserved for the men, others for the wo-
men, and yet a third kind for the
slaves. These slaves are chiefly slaves
by birth or men sold for their debts.
They are well treated, and opposite Ir-
ingui is an island in -which all slaves
who are incapable of working are al-
lowed to reside by themselves. One
form of semi -servitude is called lisokito.
This is when a man, not having money
to buy a wife, sells himself to a chief
t3 obtain one. The offspring of such a
marriage becomes the property of the
chief. Q.
One very curious custom is that a
man may never look at his mother-in-
law. If he does, he has to pay her a
fine of 30 to 50 mitakkos, which are
brass rods equal to a half penny. Nei-
ther must the mother-in-law look at her
daughter's husband. Children are treat-
ed with great kindness, and in fact
spoilt. Their mothers do not chastise
them, even if the children strike them.
Among the duties of the women• is that
of shaving their husbands. The chief
amusements are singing, dancing and
wrestling matches between villages. The
victors are painted red; so also are
corpses before burial; but in the case of
women it is not the bodies, but the
coverings in which they are wrapped,
that are so colored.
The Upotos believe in life after death
and in spirits. They think their dead
relatives and friends are always watch-
ing them, although they cannot be
seen. Their god is named Libanza.
Their• account of the origin of the white
and blade races is Curious. Libanza
sent his son Tsercnga• on earth to see
what the races of mankind were doing.
Amorg Europeans he .was well receiv-
ed, so he gave them a white skin and
much knowledge, but• among .the Afri-
cans he was badly received. so he left
them black and stupid. One of the
myths entertained . by , this people is
that the Congo and its many tributaries
were created by the tears of the tribes
weeping for a favorite chief long ago.
The moon is supposed to be an im-
mense ship engaged in 'conveying the
souls of the dead to Libanza, and the
stars "are the eyes of the dead, who
sleep during the day.
bit into a neat shape and put in a bak-
ing pan, pour over a cupful of water,
cover with another pant, e.nd steam until
the rabbit is tender. Remove the pan
and baste the rabbit with this miturc:
A gill of good vinegar, a dessertspoon-
ful of red •currant jelly, the same quan-
tity of made mustard, and one ounce
of fresh butter. Baste constantly, till
the rabbit is browned. Set on a hot
dish, butter the rabbit liberally, and
serve with a good brown gravy.
years' service in the force and leaves a
widow and large family. -•
Some indignation was felt in Dro-
more .,when the inhabitants woke up
one morning recently to find the walls
liberally covered with seditious posters
of a seurrfl.ous nature. It is expected
that the South Down Militia, on their
intended. march, will encamp at Dro-
more. in .a few days. The people clothe
neighborhood are indignant at the outs
rage. the police are malting diligent
DRIED SWEET CORN.
inquiry into the matter.
Miss Kate Doyle, who was found
One farmer's wife, in whose blood .guilty at Dublin of assaulting
aulti gine n dein
g
Kate Magrievous bodily harmngan, was ,sentenced to four
servant
runs a genius for invention, has con
strutted several clever household helps, did 1 t
one of the simplest, albeit most help-
ful, being a clever device for drying
corn. A frame to fit the oven is made
,of laths placed so -that it will be deep
rather than wide. After the laths are
nailed together, stretch across the
frame thin cheese cloth, fastening it
firmly. You can have a frame both in
the top and bottom of the oven as large
or as small as is handy. Fancy the
advantage -no heavy plates to lift and
burn one's hands on, to say nothing- of
the damage done the plates! And, be-
cause of the rack, one can dry more at
a thee.
To those who have never before dried
sweet corn the following directions may
prove useful: In the first ple;ce do not
boil or cook the corn; it cannot help but
lose some of its delicious flavor by the
process. Cut from the cob fresh, young
sweet corn, being careful not to get
any of the cob. If you cut into a thin
vessel be sure that it is bright, and even
then do not allow it to stand long. Place
the corn on the rack in a hot oven.
Allow it to heat and steam for about
door15 s and lotafter the remch ainder nderen of the
tl a dry- b°ad's office; "I was afraid you might
ing be done while there is little fire, be out. and I have so much to tell you,
taking care not to scorch the corn. If
the oven is not too hot you carni leave
iF in while preparing meals, always
keeping the oven door. open. When
the corn crackles against a plate it is
dried: Place in paper bags and tie up
securely to keep away insects.
Cooking.—When you wish to prepare
corn for a meal, place over a slow fire
Oporto Rice. --Swell some well washed
and dried rice in plenty of milk, then
add sugar to taste and let all cook gent-
ly
entIy til]' the milk is all but absorbed; add
two ounces of blanched and roughly
chopped almonds. Place the rice in a
deep china dish, shaking it till the rice
lies level, sprinkle it with cinnamon
and serve with thick creamon the top.
Do not hurry the cooking of the rice
it you wish the dish to be at its best.
Chocolate icing.—Place in a saucepan
a quarter of a pound of icing or caster
sugar, one ounce of grated chocolate
and a tablespoonful of water, or a lit-
tle more if necessary. Stir all over a
moderate fire until the icing becomes
as thick as cream. Lay this evenly on
a cake with a knife, which should be
dipped occasionally into bailing water.
When finished place in a cool oven
for a few minutes.
An Inexpensive Veal Dish. ---Dredge a
knuckle of veal thickly with floor, dis
solve two ounces of best dripping in
n. stewpan, add the veal and cook till
brown, turning constantly. Nearly cov-
e• the meat with stook, season with a
blade of mace, and onion stuck wilh
cloves, and the juice and rind of half
•e lemon. Cover the stewpan and sim-
mer ifs contents • for two and a. half
hours. Strain the gravy, thicken it
with browned flour and pour over the
men t.
Boast Ilam. --This must first be boiled,
and longer lime must be allowed than
it it might remain in its liquor to cool.
When tender take off the rind and trim
the ham neatly. Place it in a baiting
tin with sufficient liquor to come half-
way up the ham, cover It with a piece
et greased paper, let it get very hot in
the oven for about half on hour, then
send into table nicely glazed or cover-
ed wvilh brown crumbs and garnished
with vegetables. Broad bens, peas,
spinach, and brussels -sprouts are par-
ticularly suitable for handing with This
dish..
years' imprisonment. The girl a as
December item septic pneumonia. Her
body was in a terrible condition, cover-
ed with wounds and bruises. The pri-
soner had been seen beating the girl
with a strap.
As Parkranger Dodds was patrolling
the Botanic Gardens, Belfast, he was
horrified to find the body of a man sus-
pended from the branches of a tree be-
side the bushes at the back gate of the
park. It is stated that his name is
George Morrow, and that he lodged .at
39 Roden street. He came to Belfast
about seven.weeles ago from Plymouth,
where his wife and family reside.
TAUGHT BROWN A LESSON.
His 'Wife Called on Him at His Office and
Told of Her Household Troubles.
There is a hidden meaning -in this
story. which he who chooses may dis-
cover fqr himself,
"I'nn, so glad to find you in," said
Miss. Brown, ,as she entered her hus-
and let cook for two or three hours as
you would beans; one doesn't mind that
when there is constant fire. When
cooked serve with a gravy made of
cream, or better still, try the old south-
ern way: When the corn is swelled and
tender turn into a skillet into which has
been placed a generous amount , of
smoked meat drippings and fry for a
short time, just long enough to give it
the smoky flavor. Ceentsd either way
it is. equal to canned corn and then—
one 'need not worry about salicylic acid.
dear.'
"Something very important?" replied
Mr. Brown, interrogatively, and in a
tone which plainly said, "Couldn't you
have, waited until this evening? You.
see I'm awfully busy."
"Well, ,no, perhaps not so very im-
portant," said Mrs. Brown, paying no
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Line the garbage cans with news-
papers and the garbage can be handled
much easier.
'ib 1111 glass. Jars stand jar on a steel
knife blade, and it may be filled with
safety and ease. Set on cloth wet in
hot water, '
If furniture is infested with moths
remove the lining beneath the seat and
interline with tar paper. This will also
effectually prevent the coining of the
pest.
Rubber overshoes can be patohed
with a strip of surgeon's adhesive, plea;
ter, if the hole Is not too large. If
leather "lifts" are fitted into the heels
of rubbers the overshoes Will wear long -
et' "'than without then).
Peroxide of hydrogen is a. valuable
antiseptto to have: In tri. house, It
mattes a pleasttnt mouth Wash and
throat gargle when: diluted arid will rtes.
SUiIM DEATH,
Weary Willie ---Lady, do you ►ewe dal dog uv yours?
Nitre. Partner -1 dot ,
'Very well, dead U you dont call bmni oft In five minutes
bite .mel"
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VII
YOUNG
caosa-t-oossoCMt>t}O
THREE SI•HIPS,
Three ships there be assailing
Betwixt the sea and sky,
And one is Now, and ono is Thi,
And one is by-andeBy.
The first little ship Is all for you—
Its masts are gold, its sails are blue,
And this is the oargo it brings
Joyful days with sunlight glowing,
Nights when dreams like stars are.
growing.
Take them, sweet, or they be going,
For they every one have- wings.
The second ships is all for me—
A-sailing on a misty sea
And out across the twilight gray.
What it brought. at testa and blessing
Would not stay for my caressing,
Was loo dear for my possessing.
So it sails and sails away.
The last ship, riding fair and high
Upon the sea, is By -and -lay.
0 wind, be hind and gently blow t
Not too swiftly hasten hither.
When she turns, sweet, you'll go with
her—
Sailing, floating, hither, thither—
Toward what port I may not know.
TH.0 BIRTHDAY PRESENT,
"There's. a lot .of. 'em 1 Nineteen,
twenty, twenty-one, twenty two, • twen-I
ty" dropping the only nickel they had!
upon the little pile of pennies—"seven.
cents. My, what a lot t" And Tommy;
Thompsoo ran his hand under the; coins,
and let them Ilukle back to the table
through his opening fingers.
"An awful lot," agreed little Benny,
in a hushed voice, his eyes growing big
and round at the immensity of It; "itnd
we've been an awful long Lime saving
it, since last Christmas. An' say,
Tommy," with some ,perturbation in his
voice at the audacity of his intenilon,
those present during the discussion with "the next cent I get 1 ain't goin' to save.
the Pharisees. and Sadducees. which had I'm goin' to buy candy."
"So'm I," approved Tommy, prompt-
ly; "I've been thlnItin' so a long time.
I'm just whin' for candy. But you know
what this Is. for, Benny. To -morrow's
Ma's birthday, an' we 'greed to save
every cent we got, 1i11 the day before,
an' then buy the nicest an' biggest pre-
sent we could. Well go down to ebselis
store this evenin', after supper. it's' a
lot more fun to buy by 'tectric light." ,
"Hi ! hi I there, Tommy Thompson,
and Benny 1 Hurry out there an' play!"
carne a shrill voice through the win-
dow; "we can't wait -all day."
"It's sheepyard they're goin' to play,'•
cried Benny, excitedly; "I forgot to tell
you. I like sleepyard better'n any game
goin'. Come 1" •
Both sprang to their feet and hurried-
ly gathered up the coins, replacing them
in a clumsily -made cloth bag which
Tommy bad cut out and sewed himself.
This Tommy slipped into his pocket..
But as they rushed about the room in
search of their caps and then sped
downstairs, Tommy failed to notice that
he had not put it back into the same
pocket from which it had come, but in-
to a hole at the side of the pocket.
After supper that night they Stole
quietly from the house and 'San all the
way to the .store. And it was not until
they had selected the present ant Tom-
my felt in his pocket for the money to
pay for it that the loss was discovered.
Then they looked at each other blankly.
"Let me feel," suggested Benny, his
lips quivering; "maybe it's deep down'
or off to the one side, an you missed
it."
But even a thorough examination by
all four hands failed to discover the little
bag,. and the boys turned away chola
ingly.
"Maybe you'll find it somewhere," said
the clerk, kindly. "Anyhow, I'll hold
the ribbon until to -morrow night."
They wore two very sober and slow-
moving figures as they went back home
and stole up to their room. Once inside
they turned and faced, each other hope-
lessly.
"'Most star: months' of savin'," groaned
Tommy; "an' of course well never,, find
it:"
"An' all the candy we might 'a' had I"
sighed Benny. Then, more hopefully,
"Do you s'pose if we --we prayed for it,
'twould come? You know what the
teacher said Sunday."
"Yes," drearily, "but•'tain't like this.
Folks have got to work with the
prayin'. But we might -try. There ain't
no other way."
They dropped upon their knees, and
Tommy whispered, "0 Lord, please
bring back ma's present!" and Benny
repeated fervently, "0 Lord, please
bring back ma's present !" Then they
arose and began to undress for bed.
Then—they both saw it at, the same
time, lying right in the middle: of the
floor, where it had slipped through the
hole 1' But Tommy and l3enny always
declared that the prayer, went out and
found it, and brought it 'back to them.
Ten minutes later they .were . . the store
paying the clerk for the ribbon.
just preceded, and one, douhlless, who
was pleased with the answer given by
Jesus to those who sought to "take him
in his speech." Apparently an earnest
quires.
What commandment is the first of
all ?—A common question of debate
among the Scribes and learned doctors
of the law, and one of great importance
in view of the superficial legal concep-
tion which the Jews had of the relation
between God and man. They seem t
have Imagined that,God kept some sort
of a. balance sheet on which was re-
corded the record of each, man's obeli;
ences and disobedieuees with reference
to each of the various commandments.
The keeping of the all-important com-
mandments was thus conceived as
counterbalancing the omission of many
lesser points of the law, and the con-
cern of the Scribes was simply : to get
as large a balance as possible with
Jehovah at the smallest expense of
moral endeavor. e
30. With Gr. From.
34. And no man after that durst ask
him any 'question—This explanatory
statement is placed by Matthew after
the counter -question of Jesus recorded
in the next verses. 'J'he expression
"after that" refers to the entire conflict
with the Pharisees and Sadducees and
the successive questions that had been
put to Jesus by different persons on this
same occasion.
35-37. These verses, while not included
in our lesson text, should be studiedas
part of the lesson. They include the ac-
count et the manner' in which Jesus
still further augmented his triumph
over the Pharisees and :Sadducees by
asking them, the unanswerable question
concerning David's relation to Christ.
11. will be well to read Matthew's ac-
count, Matt. *22. 41-46, which is some-
what fuller and records some details
omitted by Mark.
38. In his leaching he said—Luke
points out that it was "in the hearing of
all the Scribes." Jesus proceeds to
warn the people against their false re-
ligious leaders --these very men with
whom lie had been disputing, and who
were still within hearing of his • voice.
They had come to "catch him in talk"
and discredit him as a teacher in the
eyes of the multitude. But they had
been utterly touted, and were now
forced to listen to a most scathing re-
buke of the whole class of men to which
they belonged. 1t was they instead of
Jesus who were discredited as teachers
in the eyes of the common people.
Long robes --The. professional garb of
teachers of the law.
Salutations _ in the market places-
Formai salutations given in recognition
of the honorable state or official posi-
tion of the person thus saluted.
40. And for a pretense—Or, even while
for a pretense. In verses 38-40 Mark
has summed up very briefly shrist's re-
buke of the scribes which in Matthew
is given in much fuller form, together
with additional explicit warnings
against the Scribes and Pharisees.
• (Comp, Matt. 23).
41. The treasury—Money chests with
trumpeleshaped mouths for receiving
voluntary contributions of the worship-
ers were placed, under the colonnades
of the court of the women in the temple.
These chests were thirteen in number
and were referred to as the treasury
of the temple.
42. Two mites—The mite was the
smallest copper coin in use, iia valine
was about two-fifths of a cent, which
was approximately one-torlfeth of the
daily wage of en ordinary laborer. A
contribution of. two mites was the
smallest amount which 'could ]awfully
be put into the temple treasury:
43. Cast in more than all they that
are casting in—A suggestion that God's
standards of action and of vyaiue 'differ
from those of men.
NEST BUILDING ANTS.
The green anis of Australia make
nests by bending leaves together and
uniting them with a kind of natural
glue, hundreds having been seen on
en leaf drawing it to the ground, while
let him an equal ;, number • waited • to receive,
hold and fasten it.
FALL CCLOR COMBINATIONS.
A new early. fall combination is a
silk skirt with cloth jacket, reversing
the order of the spring,. A gray silk
with l.rlacic line in it is topped• off with S
a short loose jackal of gray Cloth. In
this is a vest of gray suede, and the -
whole is trimmed with silver buttons.
Just a touch of the gray silk is added
to the sleeved:
Of cuffs and collets to tailor coats
there is much to say. Some little odd
effect is worked into nearly every vel-
vet collar. The velvet often is laid on
in the shape of a. strap with oval ends.
A large fancy button is set on the end
both of the cuff and collar, and some-
times a cloth piece in the same shape
appears under it. This is a favorite dei
vice of the tailor just now, • and another
Is a little shaped piece of broadcloth
sot In the edge of the collar to be out
on the shoulders an inch or two in a
plaited frill. It is pressed flat, so that
fri spite of the seeming unfltn:.ss it rea>!•
1 Iles as srndoth as the best fitting coli,
lar