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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-09-24, Page 3CURRENT TOPIC_►. Conceive a seieutifie God. Huw scold he work? Tho universe is• i `'!:1.12 SH DA t:U'iERS kt:El' governed by haw, effect is connected The Bible Assures Mankind of a HER IN TUE: BACKGROUND. ith cause ; if a thing rooves it is because something moves it; effects Divine Providence 'idence are due and only due to agents. If there be guidance or control it must Thou si,alt call we, My Father.- It is the basis of human frater- be by agents that it is exerted. Jeremiah iii. la. nity. It is only from the father- Then,.hat in the scheme of things 1f the world owed nothing more hood of God that springs the bro- w, uld bo his agents Surely to the Bible than this one truth--- therhood of man. 11'hen we know that God is our Futher-it would that God is our eonnuon Father r u.ung such agents we must Tseng - rise ourselves. Watch the bird outweigh in value the literature of then we must recognize in every the ages. matt of whatever race or condition teaching its youi'g to fly, the mother It assures us of a divine Provi- cur neighbor and brother. \\'lien teaching a child to read, the states- dcnce. An earthly parent cares one's heart throbs go out in kind- nnau nursing the destiny of a new more for the welfare of his suns liness, good will and sympathy and and daughters than even for him- in all the gracious sentiments of born nation. Is there no guidance self. And so the Scripture tells us brotherhood toward his fellows, there What is the meaning of leg- of this Father : "Cast all your care then is he growing in likeness to illation and municipal government, upon God, for He carcth for you." his Father in heaven. And this and acts of reform, and all the !Den and women are tempted to conduces to the common happiness. struggle after better lives for our -think that God is too great and Trusting others, they will trust us. selves and others? Pure automa-they too little for Him to care for Caring for others, they will care for them. And since science has un- us. Self-sacrifice brings tism say some, an illusion of free veiled the wonders and infinitude will. Possibly; but even a dream c f the universe, they feel this in- LIFE'S SWEETEST REWARD. is not an absolute nonentity; the significance far more than could When all men feel that they are eflurt, however it be accounted for those who lived in the former sim- touthers, then will class prejudices, exists. What is all the effort, re- ple times. But this one word, "Fa- business strifes and social rancors Cher, explains what else were in- cease. And then will selfishness, garded scientifically, but the action deed inconceivable. Love and fa- cruelest source of human woes, be of the totality of things trying to therhood do not take note of large c.utcast from the earth and Tenny- inmprove itself, striving still to or small. The least and the great- son's equisite vision will be realiz- ,.� evolve something higher, licher, est lose all meaning to the heart ed: of a father. His providential care and happier out of an inchoate marks even the sparrow that falls mass1 -how much more, then, those form- ed in His image and whom He ten - According to Sir Oliver Lodge we derly regards as are God's visible and tangible HIS OWN CHILDREN? agents, and we can help; we our- We have here a sure ground for selves can answer some kinds of prayer. If God be a Father, He prayer so it be articulate. We our- will have converse with His sons selves can interfere with the course and daughters. He will cause them f inanimate nature, can make 'o hear His still, small voice in the murmurs of forest and sea, in the vtaste places habitable and habit- soul's secret inner chambers, in His able places waste. Not by break- Holy Word, they will have audible ing laws do we ever influence na- speech of Him. And so does He ture-we cannot break a law of na- invite us to address Him in the lan- guage of faith and petition and love ture, it is not brittle; we only break and praise. To the Almighty Spirit ourselves if we try -but by obeying I we can go with far more confidence therm. In accordance with law we' than even to any earthly parent, have to act, but act we can and do, assured that He is the hearer and and through us act as deity. And answerer of prayer. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIIE FATHERHOOD OF GOD \MOTHER IS THE SERVANT! perhaps not alone through us. We IL are the highest bodily organisms on this material planet and the mater- ial control of it belongs to us. It is subject to the laws of physics and to the laws of our minds operating through our bodies. But what about our mental acts? We can operate on each other's minds through our physical envelope, by speech and writing, and in other ways, but we can do more; it ap- pears that we can operate at a dis- tance, by no apparent physical or - an or medini ; if by mechanism at all, then by,`echani::m at any rate unknown m to its. If we opent are o r influence from each other by non - corporeal methods, may we not be open to influence from beings in another order? And if so, may we not be aided, inspired, guided, by a cloud of witnesses, not eitnesses only but helpers, agents like our- selves of the immanent God? Religious people seem to he losing some of their faith in prayer ; they think it scientific not to pray in the sense of simple petition. They may be right. It may be the highest at- titude never to ask for anything specific, only for acquiescence. Prayer, we have been told, is a mighty engine of achievement, but we have ceased to believe it. Why should we be so incredulous? Even in medicine, it is not really absurd t•m suggest that drugs and no prayer may be almost as foolish as prayer and no drugs. Mental and physi- cal are interlocked. The crudities of "faith healing" hate a germ of truth, perhaps as much truth as l can be claimed by those who con- n deme thein. Now do we know that each is not ignoring one side, that each is but half educated, each only adopting half measures. The whole truth may be completer and saner than the sectaries dream. More things may Ito "wrought by player than this world dreams of. ' INTERNATIONAL. LESSON, SEPT. 27. Lesson XIII. Temperance Lesson. Golden Text, Prov. 20. 1. Verse 11. "Woe" --This occurs as the introductory word to six pro- phecies against various forms of un - righteousness. Taking a similar denunciation in Isa. 10. 1, 2 as pro- bably originally belonging here, we have seven, the complete number ; each one being the abstract of what wits probably extended oration. (Compare Jesus's denunciation in Matt. 23.) The first is directed against grasping land -owners (verse 8) This is aimed at drunkards and their neglect of God's real values. The other sins referred to are various, but behind thein all is the background of avarice, indul- gence, and drunkenness. Early in the morning --The last stages of slavery to drink. The morning brings no remorse for the dissipations of the night. Peter testifies to the uncommonness of drinking early in the day (Acts 2. 15). Strong drink -A mixed liquor composed of the fermented juices of several fruits and often with spices added to give it increase 1 strength. Wine -- From the juice of the grapes. 1•e. For a picture of the bacchann- lien feasts common at this time see Amos 6. 3-6. Music and dancing accompanied the feasting and drinking. These festive meals had once had a religious meaning, now they w ere degraded, though Je- hovah was still formally honored in them. This made the wickedness more intense (compare 1 C'or. 11. 20-34). 13. Gone into captivity -Jehovah's punishment took its forth in the prophet's mind from the impending invasion of Judah by Assyria, which was finally to result in actual cap- tivity. To a Jew no punishment could be worse. Famished . . . and parched with We are not bodies alone, nor spir- thirst- .1n appropriate figure which its alone, but both. Our bodies carries out the idea of erasing for 11'e intox'cat;ug drink. Thirst is the isolate es.sour spirits unite us. ever present enemy of all dwellers are like floating lonely iceb; rgs, um, the border of the desert. < ur crests above the ocean, with 14. Sheol ---The after world. 1t deeply submerged portions united corresponded i,t the Hebrew's mind by the Hca. to the Greek ''Hades" and was not alone t he place of punishment for the wi, ked, but included the sha- Hi•:R SHARE. dewy, vague existence of everyone after death. The sharply defined Cousin -"So the lawyers got ideas of the next life, which were crarly all the estate. Did Ethel current in Jesus's time, had not get anything 1" been developed aset. Beath is George ---"Oh. yes' She got one here pictured as as devouring beast of the lawyers!" %hic•h "hath opened its mouth without measure. Yon may have ohs( rved that an 15. The mean nein . . . the great office seeker is a man who shakes man --The distin,-tion of classes 'ha voter's hand before the election (lees not appear in the Hebrew and shakes the voter afterward. words, simply tee synonyms for "man" are us'el. The contrast is Mane a man ukev shrinks from the let een the .lcbnsentent of all man - lily that dirt;.•, his hands plunges kind and the exaltation of .i. -ho. 'th delight Salo thot which black- sah of hosts. los hit heart. 10. Exalted -- Isaiah has been Love took the harp of life, And smote the chords with Tright; Smote the chord of self. which, Trembling, passed in music out of sight. And then there comes, last and hest of all, our inheritance. This St. Paul puts in those great words, "If we be sons, then heirs of God. It is the Father's will that the chil- dren should be His heirs. And what is this inhei stance 1 "Glory, homes, everlasting- life.'' The precious boon of immortality. The eternal being, progress and joy. Ever growing in the knowledge of the love of God the Father, which fills all worlds with light and life and beauty. JUNIUS B. REMENSNYDER. called the most regal of all th s pro- phets and his vision of Jehovah is always majestic and lofty (Isa. 6. 1). Cod's elevation must be a mor- el one -it is in justice. Sanctified -This term was relig- ious rather than moral -indeed in refreshments out of the way to time connection with the heathen rites it for mother to dress for a proper often had an immoral meaning. The appearance before guests. The mo - sacred isolation of Jehovah and his rhes need not remain in the room worship must be on the moral basis oaring the entire evening, but com- c f righteousness. I linen courtesy gives her the right to 17. The text is difficult in this meet her daughter's guests. In the second case, the daughter should here slipped quietly from the room and asked the mother whether it was convenient to en- tertain three young n en for tea - and then it was the mother's priv- ilege. not the daughter's, to extend the invitation. Have No Consideration for Mother Beyoud Making Her a Drudge. A young woman was entertaining a dozen or more guests. One group surrounded the piano, with its lit- ter of latest songs. Four young people were playing cards in an- other corner. A bowl of fruit punch uas on tap. Beyond sight in the pantry were plates heaped with sandwiches, dainty cakes, salted al- monds and home-made candies - made by mother. "Where is your mother 1" asked a sweet-faced g::1 of her fluttering hostess. "I hor ; she is not suffer- ing from our common enemy, the grip?" "Yes, yes," answered the girl hastily, "she has had a touch of it." She did not dare say to her thoughtful young friend that mo- ther was probably sleeping the sleep of exhaustion, not unmixed with bitterness, clue to overwork in Ft eparing the refreshments, and then being told by her daughter that as only young people wore corning there was no need of her putting in an appearance. HEIGHT OF ILL -BREEDING. and then the famous royal chapel where the rites of the Russian church were perforated. One has a strange. uncanny feeling in this chapel. as if he did not know where hs was or how he gut there. WOMAN MAY NOT ENTER. No daylight enters, the color tone of the small but lofty room is a deep azure, with gold iced precious stones sparkling all about ; jewel- led lamps shed a soft lustre; a rich canopy hangs over the sp.t where the Czar stands during divine ser- vice. Back of the high altar a door was opened to allow us a glimpse into the splendid holy of holies. No %unman is ever allowed to set foot in this sacred spot in Russian churches. and the attendant eyed me suspiciously as 1 approached and put out his hand as if he saw a look in my face that made him cautious. In one corner of the chapel is a small entrance for the ('zar. hut even this is so shrouded in curtains that one could never tell where he came from. One may well believe, however, that no one enters this sanctuary who cannot be trusted. HEART -STRAIN. The heart is a long-suffering and patient organ, and fortunate it is that this is so, for even the gentl- est or the laziest person puts bur- dens on it that any less obliging organ would resent to the extent if quitting work. The digestive organs do this Scarlet and blue macaw wings sometimes, and the result is much grace a good many of the simple suffering for the time being ; but hats. Another picture, in another par- when the quarrel is patched up, Short skirted costumes hang as ler! A young girl, flushed with the and the offender ceases to abuse straight and as boas as the long triumphs of suddenly acquired bel- these useful and necessary parts of ones. ledom, entertaining all at once the body, life gties on as before. Next season's styles almost sure - three nice young men. It is Sun- The heart cannot stop work for ly promise long and tight fitting day afternoon, somewhat late, and a minute, for if it should life would sleeves. she hates to lose her sense of pow- end at once ; and so human nature For either house or street wear, er. So she asks them all to stay presumes upon its knowledge of frock and shoes match in correct ta tea -and how mother works ! No this. and puts all sorts of difficult eestumos. one was expected for tea, so she tasks upon the heart. Handsome pompadour silk para - opens jelly and pickles, beats up hot There is a limit, however, that sols are lined with green to give ad - biscuits and finally, waits upon the cannot. be exceeded, especially by ded protection to the eyes. unexpected supper circle with those who have passed the fortieth Buttons are used on the latest cheeks flushed, hair somewhat mile -post, without risk, if not of in- gowns and costumes to an extent and wrath in her soul for the bro:cen stant death, at least of chronic in- unheard of in former seasons. day of rest. validism. Among furs, squirrel, dyed a bril- You call this selfishness of youth, The heart is a muscular bag, di- liant brown, will make some of the but it is more than that -the height vided into four compartments, the handsomest winter garments. of ill breeding. function of which is to pump the It is probable that peau de silk, SHOULD CONSULT MOTHER. blood to all parts of the body, a favorite eight or ten years ago, which it does by the regular con- will be popular again this fall. In the first instance, the mother traction of its walls. In health and • Among the materials for smart should have received the guests under normal conditions this pump- tailored waists, pouge and madras with her daughter, and the daugh- ing action goes on regularly and are both enjoying a wonderful ter should have helped to get the quietly, but when an impediment. rogue. is offered to the flow of blood in The latest vagary of the scarf is the arteries, such as occurs during one of mercerized material, such as active exercise or under the stress cotton voile, printed wash net, or of some strong amental emotion, half silk gauze. such as grief, anger, or great joy, Foreign letters tell of extreme the muscular wall must contract; simplicity in the costumes of the more forcibly. most fashionable women at the big If the opposing force continues spas and seaside resorts. beyond a certain time. the heart' ('ream white madras is often used gets tired, and its cavities dilate for bedroom curtains where econo- a little, while its action grows more any is desired. It conies out of the rapid. The sign of this is shortness. wash with flying colors. of breath. Young athletes, by a; Favorite neck ruches for street course of judicious "training," wear are composed of wide, soft gradually strengthen the heart black ribbon, with wide white frills ,p muscle so that it is able to meet at top and bottom. the strain and overcome it by more, Buttons with mirror centres, forcible contractions. In youth,' rimmed with gold, are popular in else, the organ is elastic, and read- Paris, and promise to make their ily returns to its normal size, even' way to this country soon. in the absence of ''training," as' A white hat may be cleaned by soon as the strain is reduced. scrubbing with a nail brush clipped CI>a'TION ROOMS, In later life, huwevor, this elasti- in warm, soapy water and then cov- city disappears, and a severe tax ered with white of an egg, beaten to o', the organ, such as bicycling up- a froth. hill, running. or even a strenuous The style of hats to match the game of tennis, when one is "soft,'' gown is a thing of the past. A eon - may result in a dilatation which is trasting color to harmonize ni the nut reduced readily, or which may latest thing from Paris. even persist as a crippled heart, A new buttoned oxford has come making its owner more or less of a in rather late, to be worn with the permanr.nt invalid. lingerie dresses, and colored stock - Every person over fifty should ings arc fashionable with it. avoid severe physical strains of all A favorite color just now is a de - kinds. He should exercise regular- lic•ious shade of apricot. which l , -walking is the best kind of ex blends admirably with the fashion- ercise for the heart. -but he should, able black hat of immense (I ►en - avoid unusual feats of running. siuns. bicycling, or even horseback -riding. The high girdle of fancy Parisian such as the army officers are now silks and velvets is much worn, but objected to, if he would keep his it is becoming only to those with beam in condition to last as long. long and slender figures. its the other organs -up to eighty or There is a peculiar charm about erne hundred years, which is the na- the white hats of soft. pliable straw tural limit of a well -spent life.- simply trimmed with bows of white Youth's Companion. co delicately colored ribbon. fThe kid waistcoat, made of limp RTAIITiNC; 1::111.LY. leather and elaborate with braid, promises to have a great vogue Tangles was married recently, when the cool days come. Some of and there was a regular hail of rice, these waistcoats are hand painted. confetti, and old shoes, for good No longer is plain stitching the, principal decoration of the tailor made coat. Whether it be of cloth, linen, or silk it is trimmed either with braid or wit'i straps or bands of different materials. 0÷1-11-14 t 1-11-14 Fashion '1' + Ili[lts. fist "1-4-111-1-1 i i-1 1 i i-! M•i-t-i-il FADS .INt) FANCIES. Prevailing hat styles are dri' erg out puffs. Empire aprons are effective for :•mall girls. (.'off bl"II""II"as throat frittrus.es are as Muffs for the approaching season are imrnenso. An air of severity marks the handsomest of the gowns. Many fashion prophets predict a ' green" winter. Pure olive oil may be used to clean a black chip hat. Junipers still hold their own, especially for girls. Silk stockings are much more commonly worn than a year ago. Green is the artistic color for home decorations this year. Sealskin promises to be the fav- orite fur for the coming fall. Stripes have asserted themselves tremendously in Madras wai its. :1 great many colored and block coats are seen with white skirts. verse. The picture is of the site of Jerusalem after her destruction, used by flocks fur pasture. 18. Drr. w iniquity with cords of falsehood -Professor mr G. A. Smith translates this "draw punishment near with cords of vanity," and says: "This figure of sinners jeer- ing at the approach of a calamity while they actually wear the har- ness of its carriage is striking." ltl. That say -In mock fear of Je- hovah and respect for his purposes. The practical skepticism of disso- lute scoffers is denounced here. 20. The fourth "woe," pronounc- ed upon "them that call evil good, and good evil." No condition was more pitilessly decried by prophets in both the Old and New Testa- ments than the perversion of the amoral sense which allowed sin to enter undetected and even to be paraded as righteousness( Matt. tl. 22. 23). 21. Wise in their own eyes -This class receives the fifth woe. Com- placency and self-satisfaction in the midst of national and personal danger called forth the lash of the prophet whose solution of all dif- ficulties was faith in Jehovah alone. ''2. Mighty to drink wine --- The Nitrensm of this is scorching. All the feats of valor of these heroes were done at their drinking bouts. Every other ambition was gone. 23. Justify -"Acquit," a judicial term. Verse 22 against drunken- ness is now applied to drunken and unjust judges; another of the most common objects of the prophet's wrath. A bribe --The ingrained politeness of the East led to the extensive THE PALACES OF RUSSIA SUMPTUOUS HALLS AND RE - One !'alnce Has Over a Thousand Itouuis-The Chapel at Tsarskoe-Melo. We do not recall any palaces in Europe which the public is permit- ted to see that contain such a wealth of decorations, furnishings and art treasures as those of Rus- sia. After we had passed through what seemed a toile of reception rooms, banquet halls and ball rooms, %e carie into a sumptuous hall supported by marble pillars, where in front, of the entrance to a conservatory was a large circle in- . laid with mosaics. This, we were t(ld, was where the Empress stood as all the brilliant and distingu- ished cunipany passed by, and any one she signified a desire to speak to night step inside the charmed circle. And as we looked and listened we had the constant thought : "What a delicious situation for giving and taking of presents, so comic opera :" luck, as he got into the cab. More- that bribery was a constant temp- This magnificent palace. whose ston turning round, he was ta lion. owner has not dared to enter it for strucruc k aove the eye by a friendly Right: ousness- Rather "just:ce" several Years; 1,330 rooms and the shoe `wib th rather a heavy heel. or righteo_ts cause. The rights of tenant obliged to live on a yacht ! As the cab immediately drove the poor were disregarded by the It seemed almost as if the great away, no notice was taken of the sodden representatives of justice. bionze statue of Catherine 1i. must ncc•ident, and, despite the large some day come to life. take into her handkerchief tied by his sobbing ov- bride over his injured optic, the FIX ENG 1'I' AN EXCUSE.er mentn ►anng d teach ands lan emperor e affairs ef how blood still flowed down Wangles' face. He carne from the direction of the tc reign. When they arrived at their des. river with wet and sandy hair. SPLENDID SLATES OF ROOM8. tination, the newly -created llene- "Johnny," said his mother, se- verely, "you have been in swim- Tsarsl.oe-Selo, the country resi- the bleeding stopped. thing 1" dcnce of the Czar, where lies sup- "How did yott come by this, my "No'm,"replied Johnny. nerv- o' resell to have been living much of man 1" ously. the time since he left St. Peters- "Well, you see, doctor-aw-I 'What is your hair doing wet 1" burg for his health. The splendid got n►arri-(1 this morning, and-" "Rained on it?" suites of rooms, with walls of am- commenced Wangles, when the doc- "Well, how did you get that sand bet and mother of pearl. give no tot broke in : mixed up in your hair 1 it didn't sign of having been occupied for the "What, has she started already'?" rain sand, did it t" last century, except one that had ---- - Johnny was stumped fur the mo- been newly and richly furnished for An old woman sus put in the wit - trent. Then he quickly responded: recent mothPrpuss-box to tell what she knew"Yes'm. You see. ma, 1 happened „the1 Sweden andarrioneage e,tf thee Grandness-box about the annihilation of a prise to pass under a balloon when they Duchesses. which took place here. pig by a motor -ear. Being sworn, were throwing out ballast." We were shown the spacious room the was asked if the had seen the where the bride was robed for the re kill the pig in questi•,n. •'1 It sometimes takes a man dean wedding. all the toilet appliances se ed it " "Then.'said countel• wh n a woman sizes him up. being placed on tables of solid gold; "tell the Court in as few words as - the large salon where the Lather- remade just how it oreurred " .About thirty per cent of the pec ren service was held, with a choir of r'That 1 can, ztr. It just tooted ple who go mad recover. Swedish singers in the next room, end tuck him." SA'T'ISFIED. "Please, sir," piped the tiny cus- tomer, whose head scarcely reach - :d the counter, "father wants some oak varnish." "How much does your father want, my little man i" asked the sh,pnian. "Father said you was to fill this.'' said the little fellow, handing over a half -grill• n can. It was duly filled, and handed over. "Father will pay you on Satur- day," :aid the t ccipient. casually. And then the face of the shop - man grew dark. "We don't give credit here," he said. "Cr..ine back the can Meskly the little lad handed back the can, which was emptied, and handed heck to hip► with a scowl. "Thank you. sir," he said. "i•'a- ther said you'd be sure to I(avn ree.egli round the sides for him to f i,ish tiie job !►e wants f,) do. And I think you have, sir."