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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-11-16, Page 6a TIIE NEW FAITH AND TBE OLD An Unchangeable Religion Would Not Be a Religion at All "Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward." -Ex. xiv., 1 Vii. This first iutpressiute of any forward trlut en eszt is that it means a dis4 )- lution of all the things to which ono can tie. Slowly dans tho truth that the mind of man was not made to tie to anything, that it cannot be fastened to any landmark, that it. 's a living thing widch must either go forward or die. This, true of the body itself, is true of our whole lite, of our educutiue., of our emotions, our character, and our citi.i,ation. Wo must needs go foreard or perish, even thuubh the movement cleans facing the desert, and leaving those things which we havo been to such pains to establish. This law holds good in religious thought. The truth th of to day )oust as to tho condition of religioe 't lies in the failure to preserve the old statements and tho old customs, net in the unwillingness of the world to -day to shrink itself into yeste•:- day's outworn forms of truth, but in the pitiable sight of a church that tries to keep up the •,ld hie with dead formulae, that bus so lar for- gotten its great teacher's rewelatio't as not to know that religion is life and not logic, or laws, or language. Tho saddest feature to -tiny is the un- willingness of the church to go for- ward; instead of being the Leader of science and of civilization she is often reluctantly dragged behind these on - moving powers. The need now is not to go back to Moses and to Paul. as though these were our goal, but, taking some be the error -or half truth -of to- guidance from theta, to go forward morrow as certainly as the gar- into the new truth that is ever dawn- tuemts of the child must bo discardodl loge Ile who steps into the twilight by the pian, and just as in largos of new truths always measul es the science of to -day will I FINDS 'Ti1T: DAY BBI:A K I XG: bo the superstition of to -morrow, if men grow in things how much morel nhuut him. 11 ho stands perfectlyshall they grow lit thought. Religion still the full day comes end then the being man's attempt to express in night again. It is only the man who deed and word his thought of the keeps 00 moving forward who is al - highest and best it would belie its tines in the light. Tho trouble is name if each new height gained did that so many aro standing fast in not show some yet greater height be- truth from which the light bus all foredied out, and they aro calling their darkne-ss the only day and denounc- ing those who prefer the light. The ancient good ever stands •op- posed to the new best. It says, bet- ter stay in the old Egypt you know than- perish in a desert untried. But true souls step forth. They find the desert, and often it is drear; yet God is there, and morns are brigat and manna falls by the way. Then. beyond, tho desert there is Canaan; beyond the Alps, Italy; be- yond the doubt, the delight of larger clearer truth. 1)o not fear leaving the old; do not worry over theologi- cal unrest Unrest is but the sign the vital and therefore developing of life. Better the child's unrest. than nature of religion resulting in the the senile placidity of old age. Better guarding of the letter that kills at the death in the desert than decay in the expense of the life giving spirit. Egypt. Better to die in doubt than And when faith forsook its chrysalis to mold away in the empty tomb stage, they wept such bitter tears of truth. Consider him, who for tho over its broken shell they have not joy set before hint, despised the yet. seen the fairer glory into which cross; forget the things behind and it has grown. press forward to the prize before, 1f there be any ground for lament the clearer light and larger life. Allow this to cook five nlinute.1 while still stirring. tremolo from this lire. and alien the mixture has cooled a little add three eggs, beating ono �.•� into it before adding another. t - son 0 iib salt. %t hitt) pepper, and uut.nncg. and stir in two ounces 01 grated American cheese. Have ready house pieces of coekett celery ern inch long; which havo been sprinkled nith grated chieso. Matic small balls of the cheese paste, and place a piece of celery in the centro of each. Dip the halls into beaten egg• Foyer with very fine brca(crunihs, mixed with an equal portion of grated cheese, and fry in I oiling fat. Servo with n wino or melted sugter sauce. Yet no other thing has so worried many good people as the fear that their religion should change. Just us they once believed that tiro universe was made, finished, and fixed forever -as though such a thing would eves be true of a universe aglow with life -so they thought of their religio:t as committed to thetn complete like a set of UNCHANGEABLE LAWS. Therefore their utmost concern is to preserve its precise form, and tha great thing in religion became not the spirit of its teaching but the forms of its text. Failure to realize THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOV. 19. lesson VIII. Nehemiah's Prayer. Golden Text, James 5.16. Note -These Word Studies of this lesson are based on the text of tiro Revised Version. Ezru-Nchentiah.-The books i.zra and Nehemiah together record events of two most important epochs in the history of the Jewish people. The first of these epochs covers the period of the return from captivity and the rebuilding of the temple; the second embraces the period of reform under Eira and the governorship of Nehe- miah. An intervctetieg period of al- most sixty years is passed over in sllcnce by both books, except for two brief references to persons and events of this period in Ezra 4. 6 and Neh. 12 26 respectively. Before -Lit. "In the presence of." Cod of heaven --A title also fre- quently found on Persian inscrip- tions. 5. Verses 5 to 11 contain Nehe- miah's prayer. In verse 5 we have the opening address of that prayet in verses 6 and 7, the humble con- fession of sin, and in verses 8-10, the petitioner's confident appeal to the 'divine promise. The prayer HINTS I'Olt T111 HOME. Old felt hats may be ?undo very useful for polishing furniture or var- nished floors. To make a polisher, get an old, soft, long-hanilh'l brush, make a good thick pad of any odd pieces of wwcollen material, and cov- er with an old felt hat. Nail this on to the worn-out head in such a way that no trails stick out. With this one can polls;h stained boards with very little trouble. If the ink -bottle huppens to bo overturned upon household linen, lose no time in placing a blotter be- neath the slain, to Moak up as much as possible, and press anoher from above. 'Then immerse the art kle in a deep vessel "( !uniting sweet milk. Wash well with soap and bleach in thus sun. Moths in the carpet.-TheRe can he killed by spreading a cloth wrung oat of water on the infects uI plates and then ironing lightly with a hot iron. Don't press hard enough to injure the pile. It le the steams that kills the moth, not the pressure. Re- peat t� peat the treatment once or twi.••' at intervals of nbout a fortnight. Fresh eggs may havo been hatched mean- while. Ways to Keep Bread. -Bread can always be kept well in a closed tin box. Another' gond way to keep it is to sprinkle enub loaf with flour, and then tic them up in paper hags, which are hung on hooks in the pantry. When ready to use, brush off the flour and rub with a soft cloth wet in cold water. then place in the oven for five minutes. lo kitchens eh 're cockroaches are 'found borax is invnluahle. Powdered borax should be sprinkled round the stove and about all corners end cianntes infestedl by these disgusting insects. When the borax is swept away it should be replaced with more ret once, and if this remedy is steadily persisted in the kitchen will be free of the pests in a surprisingly short time. Of course it is wise, even after the house is clear, to oc- casionally use the borax again, for there hi no security against a new colony of cockroaches being brought in will' the firewood. 4-11+1-14-1-1-11-11-11-11-1111-18e Hints. Fashion Hints • .elr 411 -H -111-H-11-1-1-1-1-11-144# 'fill•: LATEST 11I`'1'S. closes, verso 11, with an earn sst supplication for the people, and es- pecially also for Nehemiah himself as their representative ut the royal court. That keepeth covenant rind loving kindness with them that love him and keep his conrrnandnhents-(Com,). Deut. 7. 9.) The expression "kecpeth cowenaut and lowing -kindness" is an abbreviation of "kce.peth covenant and showeth kindness." To the Jew- ish mind the relation of sinful man to (sod was that of a servant to his master. Devotion on the part of man milk, 1 cup chopped raisins, 1 egg, could be realized, thcrcfore, only ;n 1 scant cup sugar, j teas{ cloves obedience t i God's lens. ll. While I confess the sins of the 1 teaspoon cinnamon, a little nut - It; stir itis to - The t';;tr, who ���� ---'�r-. --•rte recently signed 11 ussia's Magna Charts, as he appears In his Coronation Robes. `e�•,r y,��i .f v- x&:; two cloths and pierce each with a �lCi7i %7.= % 'I.N. w�3 ar' large ncddle. 'litres them into cold Ai water, and leave them several hours in small jars 'incising them j before )rC )A l left 1 d •Tx 1 v• and pouring over scalding hot men- • - Boned winegnl', prepared in the fol- lowing proportions: Four quarts of :****30trAyoiENek4fgvinegar, one cupful of sugar, three � dozen whole cloves, three 1101411 DOMESTIC: RECIPES. block peppers, eighteen whole all- spice, and twelve blades of mace Sour Bilk F'I I'ttke 1 cup• sour boiled together for five minutes. HOME K Verse 1. '191e first sro)tence of this children of Israel which we have sin- reef; 11114 puirh of salts first verse forms a title or heading ne!cl against thee -To Nehemiah the gather thoroughly, and bake with fur the entire book. scattered Jewish nation is still a two crusts. This is something de - Words -Or. history (Rev. Ver. Marg). The rendering "words," would seem to point to Nehemiah es the author of the entire narrative which follows; the rendering "his- tory." which with the known com- posite structure of the book. Nehemiah, the son of Ilacalinh- The father's Home is given to distin- Kuish Nehemiah from other men hear- ing the same 1101114., Mentioned in fern 2, and Neh. 3. 16. The month of Chislev-The ' t1i mouth of the Jewish calendar year. The names of the months in their order were.• Nisei', lyyar, Sivan, TtttIII our. Ab'1•:lul, 'Tishri. lllurchesh- van. Kish►• (or Chislev) Tebeth, Shebet h, .tdar. Shushan -One of the three capitals of the Persian empire. It had form- erly been the capital of the kingdom of Elton, whose territory stretched along the shores of the Persia gulf cast of the Tigris River. The king- shall they pine an ay will) then)," soul) pot with the vegetables cut 110111 of Elam is mentioned In (len. Lev. 26. '1R, 30. fine, and the water. Simmer gently 1.1. 1. It was conquered by Assur- 9. But 11 ye return unto etc -The two hours Put one pint of water bnui-pal who destroyed the capital promise referred to in this verse is oil 1110 hones, sfnuner two hours and city of Shushan. Dimas ilysteppes given in lieut. 80. 1-1, from whteh ',train into the soup. Cook tho rebuilt the city and fnnd4. It his royal it is takeat almost verbntinl. (lour and butter together until residence and capital. The place that I have chosen, to month: stir into the moue, avid sen 2. 1lannni, one of my brethren- ( cause my name to dwell there -lie- Fon with snit and pepper. Probably a near kinsman of Nehe- le•rring to Jerusalem and the teens- Mock Olives. end her proms that Minh, if not actually his real brother. ide. Tho helium; verb translated Certain men out of Judah -Men '•cause to dw,•II" is the same word are well grown, but which haw not who had conte front Judah to Situs- from which has come the later Ile- begun to ripen. ('over with weak hon to connuun{rate in Nehemiah the. brew word Nhechinah, applies! to the brine and leave thus for twenty-four news which t hey brought.. Ivisible manifestation and glory of hours. 1.ny them in n mecolld supply .dews that had escaped, that were the diwiue presence. of Mine, adding nn even teaspoonful left of the caps itit.s-illen who had 1 11. '1'o fear thy mune-`neo hero of baking stunt 10 4.nc11 ';anon of the returned from Babylonia to .1erusa- stands for nature and attributes, liquid. 'let over the lire, bring Ion and who were now doubtless nn ne(n- well advanced In nee. Cot'cerning Jerusalem-Prohnbly nl,., concerning the temple, though tie- is not specially mentioned. i;rent allliction and repronch- 'fhis is not a reference merely to the humiliation 4 t being subject to n foreign ruler, but rather to the evil plight in which, on the one lend, kion there aro in use over half a nill- tlle residents of Jerusalem were with - lion peon}' in -the mlot meters, taking in flee City ttnlls, and to the scorn - close on n million coppers a day end 1111 attitude, on the other bond, of supplying about four hundred thou - their enemies without. sand cooking stoves. Broken don n -burn i -At one t late since the capt ivity, the walls had A wending without a ring seems prohnbIy been whole anti the city incongruous. but in Cadiz, Spnin, no secure. Now the wells were again 1 After rho ceremony the broken down and the gates of the tity destroyed. Sat down and wept-lndicnting the en,: tii'Wft emir -antes Jerusalem was Le itiobesn1ai u'expe teed. unit and 11s such God's people. It Is itself responsible for national dis- aster which has come upon it. We note also the sense of personal r..- sponeibility of the individual for the sin of the notion which NehOmi.ih manifests and which is enlphnsied 111 tho next clause, Yea, I and my fath- er's house have sinned. 7. We --The pronoun refers again to the nation including. of course. Nehe- ntinh anal his father's hoose. Commandments, stet t utes, ordin- ances -These three wurds occur 10- gether in Ihut. 5. :11; 6. 1; 7. 11; 8. 11; 11. 1. 8. If yo trespass, I will scatter YOU ahtond among the peoples -- "And ye shall perish muting the na- tions, and the land of your enemies flour, one tnhlespo onfel of butter, shall cat you up. .And they that aro one teaspoonful of chopped parsley. left of you shall pine away in ini- Cut the meat from t ho bones and gnity in your enen►ies' lands; nod remove. all the fat. ('ut the stent also in the iniquities of their fathe"s into smell pieces and put Into the licious for a substitute mince ple. Drop ,fumbles. -Ono pound of flour, one-half pound of butter, three-quar- ters of a pound of sugar, four eeggt, otie-hnlf pound of currants, well washed and dredged, one-half tea- spoonful of soda dissolved 111 hot water; oat halt lemon, grated rind and juice. 0110 teaspoonful of ctn- Drop horn a melon open well -buttered paper, lining a baking pan. Scotch Broth. -To make this re- quires two pounds of neck mutton, a large slice of turnip, two slices of carrot. one onion, a stock of celery, half a phut of barley, three pints of cold water, one tablespoonful of that is, for Cod himself. slowly ton boil, boil )est u Cupbenrer-An ounce of exceedingly ute after ebullition begins.rs, cover high honor at an ancient. Oriental! the illus into glass cnitrt, though one which might be with the scolding brine, and rent. held by more 1butn one person at tilee t' i'I alt One cup of sour same time. in tho metropolitan area of Lon - ring is used. o r bridecroom 1110VCs the flower in hes nuts neat be gathered anile young bride's hair from left to right, for in and (;teen, and be laid in strong various parts of `(pain to wear a brine. Leave thein in this for a rose above your right ear is to pre- week, r nn ' th r day Richelieu shoes, with small gold buckles, are touch worn for evenings. More beads are about, though it did snout i1apur.sibio to create any- thing new. Thu thinnest of embroidered muslin blouses are open at the throat, and a single row of pearls or line littlo chain lutishes the simple, round neck. English embroidery Made over taffeta silk is the range at present. Grey gloves unexpectedly Le•canio f o;,ulur. Consequently, they're ut- nu)dt impossible to get. Real dresses, made of making materials. aro again. For henriette, which was first made famous by Priestley of Brad- ford, England, who loved the ex- quisite beauty of the stuff to so great an extent that, once when he shipped a great quantity of it to a famous dress goods h0u)•o in this country, he cabled before the ship- ments arriwecl: "Send it back; +wo can do it better now" -cud they had dune it better, and have been 'nuking it het ter ever since. In plain silk petticoats there is little that is really new. The crino- line skirts. which have made 801110 prophets plunge into .Jeremiads con- cerning the swift coining of tho old- tirne hoop -skirts, aro merely silk skirts with deep flounces formed of narrow bins frills, each shirred on to the hem of the one above. The general tendency in under- wear during the past season has been toward simplicity of outline and Intricacy of detail. The big collars, hull htrthes, and such fluffy features have been practically elim- inated from the nightgowns, chemises. and corset covers. and only tho petticoats are all frothy and bellowing with lace trimmed frille and flounces. This, of course, gives increasing ftnliness toward the bottom without awkward fulness at the top, and the model has been successful ever since our frock skirts took on voluminous folds. but the crinoline note is sounded by the introduction of fine cording or featherhone Into the shir- rings of several of the narrow frills or hands. finest French batiste and nainsook are the materials chosen for the daintiest lingerie, and one sees but little of the sturdier cambric, while the stout sills underwear is for women with any pretensions to One of the serest and hest ways to dainty dressing a thing of a past send a fen choice cut flowers to a age distance is to cut slits in potatoes "i)on't bo content to buy a hat and insert the flower stems, taking care that they are firmly fastened in. An ordinary potato will keep most flowers fiesh for two weeks in a moderate temperature. ('heck to Burglars. -A very simple ninth)w fn'tening can be arranged to give addit Mimi security from burglars. /bout one inch from the frame cm the t•.ght of every window a small hole may be bored in the overtopping 68£1105, going entirely through the inner or lower sash and almost through the out .r. When the window is rhut a 3 inch wire nail motet be pushed into this hole until it is buried to the head. This nail should be a fairly snug lit in the hole but capable of being easily with- drawn with the fingers. The ordin- ary sash lock can be pried open with but with the real dress - in fashion Cocoanut Cream Pudding. -'Three tablespoonfuls of tapioca. soaked for four or five hours in tepid water. Poll until clear, add one tablespoon- ful corn starch which has lett dis- solved in n little milk. Two cups boiling milk, one-half cup sugar, yolks of two eggs. Boil ten min- tites. Adis three tablespoonfuls Co- coanut and boil five minutes longer. Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, spread on top aid brown lightly in the oven. 1•:sculloped Eggs. -The ingredients needed are: One dozen hand -boiled eggs, one pint milk, one cup bread crumbs, butter si70 of an egg, one tablespoonful (lour, salt, pepper. Slice eggs and arrange in layers in baking dish. 'wrinkle with the bread crumbs. lhickcneel with the flour and Reasoned with the salt and pepper. I'ut another layer of the sliced eggs, then bread crumbs as before, on top. Pour over ail the milk. Idako in oven twenty minutes. TO MA1' f 1'131TT1?Itq. A}epic Fritters. -Core. pare, end Cut some firm apples crosswise into slices a third of an inch thick. With a biscuit cutter stump there into cakes of uniform size. Sprinkle with powders l sugar and a little lemon juice. Cover with a napkin. and when they have stood for half an h(.ur, drain. In the meantime make a batter of mixing and sifting to- gether it cupful of flour, a pinch of Stilt, 8111 n tablespoonful of sugnr. (tent %tell the yolks of two eggs, odd half a cupful of milk, and et ir gradu- ally into the flour. Beat thorough- ly before all the liquid is odd•.+1. as it is difficult to whip it thin hatter smooth. Add one 1 ),1 ttpontifel of melted butter or olive oil, beat well and stnt.d aside for an flour. When inkier sc _ ready to use fold in the lthites 01 rtenllt, throe eggs, two cups of the eggs beaten to a stili froth. If auger. one cup of butter fir dripping, the batter is not su6lcie'ntly thick one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in to coat. completely the slices of tap - one cup of cold water; the oto' teaspoon- ! each nhix piece t a apple ttle In more rthc flour. mixture. fol of cinnamon, p of ginger. n little nail, and enough and fry to n golden brown in very flour to rot! out without sticking. ;hot fat. Lift. oat with a skimmer, Cut into thin leiscuits. Spread half 'en I dry on paper in an opal oven Of than thinly with soft butter, and until n11 are fried. Sprinklee wpithh my the remaining halves on top. powdered sugar or Bake in n moderately het oven. melted sof nr sauce. (iron Walnut Pickles -"the went- Celery 1rittera.-Put half a pint of cent outer into n eaucepnn with an ounce of blit ter. and as soon as it e4,nles to n boil stir in by degree. k h ging It e►cry u e four e•uncee of flour. t'on(inoe' t0 claim yourself a wife. Take them mit, dry them between stir until a thick pasto is formed. just because it. is thoroughly becorn- hrg to you as you sit before the mil- liner's mirror," says le woman noted for the tate that she *Stowe in her hats. "Stand up before the mirror and make sure that the but is as be- coming to you when you stand as when you are seated. Do not stand close before the mirror -walk away front it and get. a glimpse of eour- eel( from a distance. Assume a cs char- acteristic of different ntlltud ones that you would na- turally take when wearing the hat. and sen it the hat suits you/ in thein all. BLACK IIOSIERY GOES. Very shortly black hosiery will the burglar's icmmy, w only be asked for in the shops to bo addition of the wird nail that trick worn with mourning or to match nn 18 impossible. cbon toilette relieved with white or 'To air the sick room, cover the a color, in which case white or a patient over while doing it; let down color will also figure in the stock - 'the window ut tho top, swing door tugs. This is in response to fash- rnpidl%'. but quietly, backwards and ion's decree that the monotony of in for a few minutes: it will completely black hosiery shall cease for gnickly pump the lead air out and draw in the fresh from the window. 4 CANADIAN FINANCES. Public Debt is a Large One -Our Great Industries. Canada's net public debt is *260,- 00(000-$40.55 per head. Canndn's net debt at. C'onf,slera- tion, $75,000,1)00-822 per head. Canada pays *11,000,000 annual- ly ns interest on her debt. I3ritnitl le Canada's best customer -hue ing 85 per cont. of Canada's ex{•orts i'he industries of Canada total $2,340,7 17,000. Value of products of industries i (1901), $962,987.750, or 41 per cent. of capitol invested. Canndn has 12 commercial agents abroad. Canada's manufacturers have an invested capital of *111,000,000. 111tt,000,000 millions . of United States capital is invested in Canada. Canada exported, in 1904, $29,- 000,000 in manufactures; or $18.- 000,000 including lumber. Canada has 1 1,1 26 factor les, em- ploying 306,000 hands. Wages, 1901 $Ky,000,000. Value of mntutfacturing products, 1901, *452.000.000. Canadian banks hose loaned 3110.- 000,000 to Canadian manufacturers. to be. Tho newest stockings tnntch the costume with which they ore worn. 1'or tweed dresses are woven stock- ings that repeat the mottled browns, greys and reels of the loons, in silk or 0001. Tartan toilettes find their complement in tartan Idose, and the elegant velvet and cashmere robes that are now the mode when laid out by the maid for weer by her ,mistress ore accompanied by stock- ings the exact match. dyed purpose- ly to repent the hue of the gown. Few specimens of the latest hosi- ery appear withourt the etnl•ellish- Tnent of sprigged or open-work Ireents, a complete reverse of the mode that line prevailed for a long period, during whit h time pat tented stockings have fleet been in favor, and even "clocks' have been ban- ished from (ho ankles. The embroideries that are fashion- able are constellations In silk upon silk, t my sprays of floweret s, fl, urs - de -lis wrought infinitesimally small, and lozenges, vandykes, and squares. Mingled with open work, lace-like strip's they look very pretty upon a tine silk, cashlnere, or lisle thread hack ground. Especially pretty blue silk stocks Mee are wrought with discs of or- ange e;ilk, die id d by stripes of open- work. in the case of 'easier green nppen ing as n contrasting shade in the toilette scheme, it will be sub- stittute(1 for orange. in 411 cages the openwork stripe runs upwards int a ►:let or len inches The Roils of sucrifico become the roots of love. When a man really heti" God he does not ilio of worry market. from n pe above) the ankle. and not round the skirt may be warn with different,.over the stock entente skirts, though, unless the material of the gown is transparent the lining skirt is replaced by one Of the colored petticoats of silk or its hnitellfns, now so generally worn. The fat -lined skirt as it is called when skirt and lining are made in one, is scarcely ever seen; 11a return has hien rumored, but it ser4t15 hardy: lilely to find 'nu<h favor, ns n (:.irt of this r:ott is al- ways hong'. ft is trno that so ffenletly a carman, end 14nd 12c1cr rn11(h loth anti left tench liniog haw• earned more Nita 30.11. a week, stet:kite , it is not up stiffest straightest always the man who sits in church who walks 1n the world. A Finchley roan. on removil to n lunatic asylum, was found to have £60, chiefly in sovereigns, sewn in the lining of his trousers. Ile Lad been out of work for three years, and had lived with a saw. Ile was