HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-07-19, Page 7OUR SINFUL NARIR
Faults Hidden 0 From Sell'
Sources of Danger
Clean% tiaou quo fecan secret faults.-
' Peaims esix. 12.
To knoter ourselves is a difficint task:
We are -eontented with a eliglit know-
ledge- of our hearts and of our duties as
creatures of God, and in consequence
we have only a superficial faith.
Wilful sins need no light, for they
are too evident to the transgressor.
It is the list of unobserved sins to
which we must attend If we wish to be
)better to mankind and more acceptable
in the eyes of Hint who- will demand a
*reciconine for every "thought, word end
'deed." 'iehen we have come to com-
.prehend the nature of disobedience and
'to realize our actual unworthiness on
account .of Imperfections we then can
reel what is meant by the removal of
seeret faults, by 'pardon and by soul
lease, which otherwise are to us as
meaningless words. •
The poet, the writer, or the man with
.serne commercial scherrie cannot, work
out that 'which he desires unless he per-
mits his mind' to be impresaed fully,
' quietly and carefully with the subject
es Under consideration. Ile is best alone
with his thoughts, books or figures.
And se is it with -matters of the soul,
for God speaks to us primarily in our
hearts, which are best whea searching
tholights of
'Oen NATURAL WEAKNESS.
Let us consider how plainly we see
(the . faults of others. Do we differ in
!nature from them ? If we see defectin
them of which they seem unconscious
or heedlese by habit, they also see
faults in us.,whieh would surprise ue to
' -"hear. The faultewhich we commit:even
thoughtfully „weaken and give disagree-
able color to 'hue characters as seen by
'our fellows. How, then, do we appear
Ito God, who sees what no man can see
'and who knows the stirrings of pride,'
the vanity, covetousness, discontent, re-
sentment and envy which we nurture in
our hearts day after day?
, It is necdssary for us to be. disturbed
e,
about our spiritualcondition: To beeat
ease is to be unSafe. No one lin0Vis his
hidden weakeess. Peter, not suspecting
his heat, denied hie Master. David
continued faithful to his God for years,
and yet power and wealth weakened his
loyalty for a time. Hezekiab bore trouble
welt, but prosperity milled him. It Is
only by earnest QXaminollon and prayer,
that we can begin to learn of the abun-
dance of our faults, which are either
entirely or, almost entirely unknown to
s. ,Hence the best men are ever most
humble, because they see somewhat of
the breadth and depth of their own sin-
ful natures.
Everybody knows that care of details
is essential in all callings of life. Whet
possible reason can we give, therefore,
for 'lack of care in matters pertaining
to our spiritual perfection?
Do awe care more for the perishable
things than for God? Perhape we have
yielded to
THE FORCE OF HABIT
which tends to self -deceit, for by it we
forget things to be wrong which once
shocked us. We speak peace to our
souls when there is.. no peace, for
"axially are the scourgesof the sinner;
but mercy 'Shall encompass him that
hopeth in Gou.e The future prize is
worth a struggle. We die with the grave
only in body, but the spiritwill live in
happiness or pain eternel. ,Without
seleicnoWdedge we may persist for, a
time. Our self-reliance, however, will.
not be adequate unto salvation. In
truth, there is nnich danger that we
shall be "as trees of withering fruits .
Plucked up by the rats."
Even though we die in outward com-
munion with the church, let us cry out
in contrition with the psalmist, "Wash
me yeti more from my iniquity and
'cleanse me from_ my sin."
And let us evee be mindful that
"blessed are .they whose iniquities are
forgiven and .whese ,sins are covered."
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SOME DAINTY DISHES.
Stuffed EggplantjeCilt - the -eggplant
In two ; serene out: all the inside and
.put it in a saucepan with a little minced
nam, coverwith water andboil with
tan; drain, off the water ; add • two
tablespoonfuls of grated- crumbs, table-
- tpoonful of butter, half a minced onion,
salt and pepper.; stuff each half of the
hull with the mixture; add a small
lump of butter to each and bake fifteen
' minutes.
Wined Sweet Potatoes. -Boil the pota-
toes and set them to cool. When cold,
peel and slice them. In a well buttered
baking dish spread' a layer of the pota-
loesesprinkle with butter, sugar, and a,
little salt.' Then another layer of pota-
toes, butter, and theother ingredients,
and SQ continue the layers until the dish
Is full, having laid on toes a plentiful
supply of butter. Put a little warm 'wet-
ter in the dish to prevent dryness, in-
vert over the baking dish another dish
• trust will held in the steam and set to.
bake In a moderate oven. - After the
potatoes are thoroughly heated take off
the covering dish, let steam brown a
trifle, and just before taking from the
Oven pour ever them a little wine of a
flairor agreeing with the eotatoes.
Germarr Potato Cakes. -This well-
known German dish has been made a
part of the cookery of our cOunlry, in-
troduced by many 'of our German
families. In ,rnaking it grate the pota-
toes raw, addebutter to enrich it; eggs
and flour to hold the grated potato to-
gether, a little salt, and season with
eugar and einnamon to taste. The cakes
are Weds inbutter on a griddle or in a
flat saucepan till biown.
c. .
Glazed Onions. --Peel twelve medium-
sized white onions and seek them for
one hour in cold water, changing the
water twice while, they are soaking.
Drain them on a sieve. Put two ounces
Of butter iri a saticepan, add one tea-
epoonful of Anger and half a. cup of
beef broth or stoele Arrange the onions
in the pan so thee do not touch. Cole
Over a slow fire until they become ten-
der and the outside is brown. Remove
the eover from the saucepan, put a
little beef extract on top of each onion.
Then plaee the pen in the oven foe five
Minutes. When the extract melts and
0, nice glaze forms on the top of the
onions they are ready to serve as a gar-
nish oveegetable. If seeved as a vege-
table-, the' sauce they were cooked in
may be poured °tier them.
Spanish TomatOes.-Orte can of toma-
toes, one can of Spanish peppers, two
medium-sized onions, two tablespoons
of butler. Chop the, onions fine and fry
In butter until a light brown. Then to
the Spanish _peppers, chopped fine, add
the tomatoes. Mix' all thoroughly and
Cook over a medium fire five minutes,
adding shlt, and' white peper to taste.
Pour in baking dish and bake in me
-
ilium oven ehree-quarters or an hour.
English Mullins.-Dieselve one, yeast
Cake in one pint of warm want, avid.
oh le nett
dro et -
ed b t er,
4pittele rind
tut' griddle
one teaspoon. salt Add eno
bread flour to make a thick
ler.. 'Stir one tablespoon Mel
and beat hard; set in' a war
boat li tilt; lava, having,
ritederat,dy hot, lay on it e ings Well
- greased ateel drop in enotigh batter tO
half fill Ihini. Blo not turn until allhoot
Cooked through, 'then slip off the rhags
and be raten on the other side.
Daniell, Stra.wherel 1)eeserves. - In
Detiniarl strawberries are preeeryed in
ts very $iinple and eaey w84 'which'
makee 'then equal to the Oefene.11
ber1lef4 1' ''t tfte,17 are wadatited to
kt`!el) fee leave 6et thin, large berries
ante stem, but 6 not wash them.
Weight three-quaiters of a pound of
sugar to every- ppund. of fruit and ar-
range them in a deep porcelain kettle,
%Yule may lee removed by vetting
on a day with the milky int.',0 that
Ibis dry in theroughly. Another Vine-,
dy Is to Moisten the Lingee with ,ealiva
from the month eeney 'interning en
veinier,. Apply the inner to the eveet,
and allow the moieture to dry in s
To limey° Su burrti. T«,410 egnaR
parte 'of leash ouic, roeewater,
and reetified 8pirit. Mix together and
'then leave till next day, velum the deer
Part e should be strained off :through.
muslin. Bathe .the face Wald and
morning ,With this lotion, and dry the
skin' with a eofta cloth: .
Chalk may be used as a cleaneing
agent in many, ways, Rub it into
'grease spots on dreeses, wall papers, or
anything of a like nature requiring to
P0 Cleaned. When cleaning garments
with it, rub on the chalk overnight,
hang up the garment till next day,
when it should brush clean. A tablet
of prepared chalk ,:an be bought cheap-
ly in any small town.
Your papiersniacbe treys "and box
should never be waelied With soap and
hot water, as this treatment causes
cracks, Just wipe them with a sponge
wrung out 1n tepid Water, and sprinkle
flour over the surface. Then dry and
polishwith soft dusters or flannel. This
substance is much prized nowadays,
especially when inlaid with mother-of-
pearl.
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SERVING DISHES IN SUMMER.
One of the best hot weather reminders
to housekeepers is that food intended
to be served hot should really be hot,
and should be served on warm plates
in summee, as well as in winter. Even
°on a warm day meat juices,' such as the
gravy 'of mutton chops, etc., tend to
stiffen if served- on a plate that is not
sufficiently warm. The flavor of soup
fe preserved better when served in quite
hot plates, and the breakfast toast ,s
much more tempting on a plate that
keeps it warm than one on which it
quickly cools and toughens. The plates
in summer may be warmed by lighting
one gas burner and turnirig it low under
the oven, ore by letting hot water run
over them and polishing them ready
to be s' ent to the table. On the other
hand, the salads, and cold desserts,
needing chilled plates, can be accom-
modated by • placing the edishas on a
shelf.- 'in the refrigerator for some time',
taking them out a few minutes before
they are needed that they may Rise the
cold, clamminess that the delicate sense
of touch finds on china fresh from 'the
ice -box. It must lie -remembered that
fine china is injured by sudden changes,
and should not be subjected to either
rapid heating or rapid chilling.
One housekeeper, who is very fond of
flowers on the table at ,all times
IN fliE LAND OF MG GAME
ALONG THE SliftillES OF LAKE NA
" EASY AFRICA,
Great Hoek of Flandecieee and ifeesnee
-6lazelles Mingling With
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sheep.,
The modern traveller who goes by
the Uganda -Railway from Mombasa, to
the Victoria, Nyanza ha e many Wonails
in store for him, For. several hours at
lira, as the line winds quickly upward
from the coast, he may see glorious
Views of the Indian Ocean (the last for
a long tune to come) and its beautiful
bays and harbors. "The belt of inhabi-
tate(' and cultivated country is narrow
and soon passed; palm trees and man-
goes and bananas disappear and Ole
place to queerlooking euphorbias and
yellow flowering acacias; it is a dreary
and waterless land, where little but
thorns will flourish.
For many hours he travels through
a country that, reminds him of a well
stocked farm, or rather of the zoologi-
cal gardens, 'writes A, F. R. Woolaston
In the Westminster Gazette. Huge
herds of hartbeests, zebras and gazelles,
parties of wildebeests and osteches, bus-
tards and cranes are scattered far and
wide over the plain, and if he be lucky
Pc may see a herd of giraffes or a fain -
In of lions. If he seems to be a
stranger in the land half a dozen dif-
fcrent fellow passengers will tell him
the!story of the unhappy non hunter
who slept at his post In the railway car-
riage and wee carried out of the win -
dews and eaten by the very lion he went
out 'to kill. More notable still is the
sight 0! Kfireanjaro, .a huge truncated
pyramid or snow rising out of the morn-
ing mists sixty miles to the southward.
Xenia, too, may be seen, or more likely
greet cloud bankse'weere the
MOUNTAIN LIES HIDDEN.
After many years of toilsome climb-
ing, through scrub and swamp and
jungle, .always upward, the engine
Whistles -it sounds like e sigh of re-
lief -and :.of a sudden we are plunging
down from the Kikuyu Escarpment into
the Great Rift Valley: It looks, indeed,
like a Promised Land, and it is likely
within a few years, if• not fo flow with
Milk and honey, at all events to be till-
ed with cattle. and sheep. The climate
at this altitude of 6,000 feet and more
above the sea is healthy for Europeans.
Of all the beauties of the Rift Valley
there is none that can be compared
-with the lovely and mysterious Lake
Naivasha, It is hard to believe that this
sprinkling the sugar lightly between, throughout the slimmer, uses them fre- is Africa and but a few miles from the
layers of the fruit. 1Cover, and let this quently as garnishes, with sometimes equator. Naivasha has been likened to
stand all 'night, or, if the weather is rather absurd effect. There are plenty , many different' places; one writer was
verTY hot and damp, prepare them early of ways of beautifying the table with I reminded of a gloomy Irish lough -per -
In the morning, and let them. eland six flowers without utilizing them as gars haps his visit was in a , wet season, or
nishes. . Indeed, .there are vett, few possibly it was the snipe in the swamps;
kinds of blossoms that do not stem another was reminded • of the Bay of
quite out of place in the Immediate NOples and the view from Posilipo. To
,decoration of edibles. A garnish should, my mind there is something of New Zea
be something edible itself, like bee& land in the air and in the scene as well:
.boiled egg, lemon, cress, parsley, cane* To the wandering' naturaliet, whether
died Mane, witleeleeserts, etc. The has- his, bent be toward birdS, beasts, butterturtium has ornamental leaves with a Pio or plants, Naivasha is one of those
sharpe spicy flavor, and is net unsuit- "PPY hunting grounde that he has
able for garnishing meats and salads, dreansed of but has never expected. to
if one sighs for a floral decoration et see. Then' margin of thp lake is fringed
all. A long-stemmed pink rose or two withesedges, tall reeds end papyrus.
•Placed at the side of a dish on which is Beyond the papyrus is a marvel of
a jellied or .frozen dessert* fresh from water s -lilies, red and white and blue,
the mould, makes it pleasing to the eye. but mostly blue. Where the snallows
Sometimes a few freshly -gathered pan- extend far out into the lake there must
sies may be used, but lavish floral, gar- be near a mile of water lilies. In the
nishing is apt to suggest tiny insects morning, when the breeze ruffles the
to the mind of the Imaginative beholder, water and breaks up the ireflections of
and at best gives the effect .of "over- the hills, the green of the transparent
in turned leaves, tli4 blue of the flowers,
doing,it." the orange. of the. submerged sterns and
the almost arnethyet of the water to.
USUAL NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES. gether make ---,
hours. Heat slowly to the boiling -point,
'skimming. very thoroughly, and simmer
fifteen minutes. Take the kettle from
the fire at exactly this moment and
cover with a. thin cloth and stand it
away all-night Without moving. In the
moinitig heat" again, very sloWlY, and
skim; lee it simmer ten minute e and
take from the fire Strain off the juice
from the berries Without breaking eaent,
and boil the juice to the thickness you
wish; five minutes is the best time to
stop,fsitice after this it loses flavor, but
if you. wish a very stiff preserve you
can boil it fifteen. Add 'the fruit when
you take the 'kettle from the fire and
put into hot glass jets with new rub-
bers and glass tops. The :cans must be
sterilized by being bakeel half an hour,
and the rubbers should be put in very
hot water for ten minutes. If these pre-
serves are kept in a cool, dark place
they will be as good, after years as at
firsts
Steamed Salrnon.-This is a good way.
to make canned salmon tasty, nice for
lunch or supper :-One can of chopped
salmon, one cup fine breadcrumbs,
three eggs, one tablespoon melted blit -
ter, one tablespoon chopped parsley,
pepper, salt, and a little milk improves;
put in a buttered dish and steam one
hour. Serve with white sauce or egg.
sauce made with hard-boiled eggs &top-
ped fine and' added to drawn butter.
Serve hot. s
HINTS FOR THE HOME, ,
Peeled vegetebles should always be
put into cold water till they are wanted
for cooking, or the 'color will ,be spoilt.
Whenaenixing_ passeryenseethe coldest
water that you can procure, and if your
hands are hot, mix it with a knife. '‘
A troubleseme cough may often be
allayed by diSsolving a small lump of
borax in the mouth. To make it more
palatable mix a little honey with the
borax.
Have cisterns. cletined out and entirely
emptied about 'Ohne a year, and More
particularly after the summer holidays,
NwhOn the house has baen empty and the
water 'has been allowed to stagntite.
To keep tinware bright wash it in-
side and out with hot water and soda.
Dry with clean cloths, scour with \tiapd
and -whiting in equal parts mixed ,vleth
water to a paste.
Permanganate of potash dissolved in
boiling water in the proportion of half
an Mince to omit pint of water nukes a
Very good 'disinfectant. The same eolu-
tion applied whilst. hot Wilr'llein fleet'
hoard'; beautifully.
To boil new potatoes well wash them
and scrape off the sidle, but 'never cut
them. Put the potatoes into, boiling
water with salt and a good sprig of
mint. -When cooked, dry for a few min -
idea, add a lump of butter, and lose all
to gel here ,.
coffee stains en a woollen Woe. may
be removed by the use of glyeerine.
Rub it over the stain, and then wash
-the pliiee with itike-werrn water, and
Jilin the materiel on the wrong side till
it is dry. '
Fruit, Stains on Line/I.-if applied et
once powdered starch will take out
many kinds of fruit staine. on linen.
Thie nmet be left ori the stained part
for a,afew hours so that all.the dieeol-
-Oratiote•ie, abaorbed by the stercle
On Pantry Washing" lelp.adreilleet all
glasses and jugs that have been, used
for milk or cuetarde, rinse carefully ea
eold waier, and then plunge info tepid,
soapy veatere Val makee lit easier 10
keep lie Iglateeee 'polished. anti prevente
any 431,11e curd at 1.1te bottom Of jugs,
etc. ,
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A VERY OPAL OF coLon
Professor . Milne Says They Are Not -4_
,
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More Frequent. One of tne prettiest bird sights 1 .htive
ever had the gocklluck to see was here;
A fallacy which has not yet been over- in a little bay of water lilies, standing
,
leaves and preening their
taken ds to the effect that our world, iri ri1 the ,plu-
gllirage, was a party of long legged, black
consegaence of some eneral but bane-
ful influence, has of late been trembling winged stilts, winter migrants from the
and quaking more frequently than has north; behind them was a wall of grtice-
been ner wont. Evidence to this effect tul bending. papyrus 'and 'overhead was
.is not forthcoming. If we turn to facts a snowy' Casipan fern . Among the lilies
open water beyond are a
we find that from 1899 to 1905, inclusive, end on the
the yearly number of world dieturbing myriad coots.\and grebes, ducks and
earthquakes has been 91; 56, 43, 64, 58, ,cormorants, and further 'still huge pell-
29 -and 55. In the year 1905 we had, cans. ' .,
therefore, one large earthquake less Overhead are circling and constantly
cry
than the yearly. average, which is 56. ing a pair of fish eagles sometimes
Since the end of 1905 the large earth- so high up thawe can barely make
quakes have been seven or eight: out two s1 muteing specks above us
,
e s
iffejitly bfe4asteyearr_the_ colifornin, omellines so near that we an clearly
earthettake, Wag entirely "eclipsed as a see the brilliant black and whites- a
red brown of their plumage. On a
World shaker by two disturbances which
originated in Central Asia. Wandering shallow, 'sunken mutt bank is 'a long
tine of white, Which shows a tinge , of
tribes do not write in the papers, so elack arid crimson, as the great flock of
these, so far as the public are con- flamingoes rises and flaps slowly away
cerned, had no existence. On Sept. 8 Happily there are no trocodilde here,
Calabria was well shaken, But whether but hippos abound, and one may often
this played any part in freein,g Von- ego a glimpse of noee and eyes as
vius Is ' a matter for historical Inquiry. they lie° in the shallows basking in the
The Columbian earthquake shook one, sun, or at night, whenthey feed, liear
if not three, 'volcanoes ',into activity. In them crashing through the reeds.
March; 1,087 people lost their' lives in • It is only here .and there that one can
Formosa; but Formosans are not Euro- follow the water's edge; mostly' ' the
peans, therefore, but little notiee Was iceds are too thick ,and the ground too
taken ofthe eveht. Earthquakes and swampy for any but a waterbuck to
eruptions have not been more numerous pass. Along the outside, where the
than usual, but their effects have been reeds meet the graes, are bfg flocks ..1
brought to our doors. e Eftyptian geese, which spend Most of
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toe day in sleep, but make noise enough
in the evening and early morning. Here
GERMANY'S TOMMY ATKINS. . too, are black ibises, wary as curlews,
The pay of Germans officers IS fixed and sacred ibises in small parties of
on a very low scale. Lieutenants -re- two and three, always busily searching
ceive from $3Q0 to $400 a year. A cap- kr food, eXploring every ineh of grounl.
tain receives $500 or $600; a major 050 Mettler and more nonfiding are the
,ore$800; and d eolonel not more than great white hercn and the smaller buff -
$1,000 "per annum. Even if the Officer backed heroin nwhich hardly take the
has private means he must generally trouble to move at one aproaehes; they
depend largely on his 'eVire's dowry for Icitikteoet? often
apiriereenhgintgileonherodles obionkn
astlYef.
the maintenance of hie lioasoliold in a
nu beagle, aS I haVe .r.orn them tin in
Style suitable to his social rank.
11 an BMA.. Crowned cranes, generally 'n
officer 18 insulted by Iiiii inferior he has
the * right of clittensing the offender.
But the lot ?of the eommon soldier is far
less attractive. Discipline is, of course',
extremely strict, Many noracommia-
sioned (Slicers tonsider it, necessary to
edtieute their recruits by thrashiag and
kicking them. A non-coilimissioned
officer is freqbently sentenced 4 a
court-martial to a remarkably Mild
punietiment for perpetrating many ads
of ereanty on the common soldiers
under 'Ide minima -id.
and viand their necks a strine of beach;
or empty cartridge caer-3.
it k3 a pretty sight to nese a herd al
the Ora:alai little 1119Y41,31erl gaze:to
pecality called Tenieniee) mingling' with
a fleck of EloSTIr) kInd: feeate, and foliewe
ing with the OU/Cri3 when the boys svhia-
le, or even needleng a prod. with the
spear point to maize tnein enee'e teeter.
'Whether they do It for arnuedment or
for the. she of Companionship or for a
better preiteetion againet their, enemiee,
the prowhng lion and leopard, who
401 riay? , , •
Crept's, gazelle,' a "' 'opeatiev:iiat; larger
animal .evith beautifully curved horn% is.
flailed here, too; but. he is not so tame
as the former, and goes bounding away
--bouncing' is almoet the word -as,
thoug,h his body were built of, springs.
A few lumbering hartbeests, hideoue
red- brutes with all the ugly features of
a cow and of the donkey combined, are
seen here and there; they trot off until
they are just out of range, then turn
around and treat us 10 an inane stare.
One morning we came suddenly over
a. Jow hill and walked -into the midst of
a "herd of zebras. Off they went, fifty
or moressof, them, as fast as they could
gallop, straight toward a newly strung
wire fence. Either they did not see it,
oe they were too much frightened to
turn aside; not one of them swerved,
but ell dashed through the fence, as
though the wires were cobwebs, and as
far as we could see not one was dant-
aged in the least. Zebras may be seen
from the railway literally in 'thousands
on the AIM Plains, nea Nairobi, and
again on the rolling gress lands between
Naivasha and Nakuru. ..e e . '.
AT THE" GOVERNMENT, FARM,
a few miles from Naivaenae) experi-
ments have been made in crossing ze-
bras, but hitherto no very sattsfactory
hybrid has been produced. The pure,
bred animal is difficult to tame and of
very little use as a beast of -burden; but
a strong hybrid, capable of resisting Inc
many diseases of the country, would
solve the horse problem of East Africa
and would go far toward insuring the
prosperity of the- -colony.
' Near the southeastern corner of the
lake is an island, the largest in the
lake, where we camped for a time, The
voyage of a mile or more from the main-
land is made in the relics et a boat,
which, from its appearance, must havb
Leen brought Pere by the first explorers.
thirty years ago. It wasneverless than
tali full of waterewhich kept two boys
busy baling with buckets, and the one
and a half broken paddles threatened
every moment to be reduced to none at
all. Half way across are two smael is-
ts; one a favorite breeding place of
herons and ibises, which nest here in
hundreds, the other apparently a play-
ound for the hippos, to judge from
Inc trampled reeds and the cra.shings
and gruntings which issue from it by
night. The tangle by the lake there is
the haunt by day of many water buck,
which sWine over 'from the mainlands
and find here a sanctuary from their
enemies, the lions and hyencie.
As the shadows grow longer and the
sun goes down behind the Mau a troop
et baboons In the rocks' begin to
chatter before they go to bed, and there
is a tier among the geese 'beside the
lake. Jackals, walcine from .their long
siesta, trot over the plain and creep cau-
tiously toward the camps of the natives.
Something brown appears at the edge
-of the reeds; it is a water buck. At
'first his head and horns alone are vis-
itle, then after a wary look 'about him,
he steps out from his shelter and, stop-
ping here and there to crop a tuft of
grass, strolls off to a favorite saltlick a
mile away. ,
Like the red deer of Exmoor, the wa-
ter buck play havoe in any unfenced
garden or cultivated ground. They
loVe to pull a plant up by the roots, and
atter 'a single bite (not always that) pass
en to another. The twilight gOGS qUi0k.
le, and'in half an hour it is black night.
There is a croaking chorus of frogs by
the lake and the "Iconit" of hneons over-
head flying to their fishihg. As we
move toward the eamp our steps are
perhaps a little quickened when we Dear
Abc, unearthly hotel of hyenas and the
discontented grunt of a lion.
MOTOR C7 -4----R. WRECKS COTTAGE'
The4nmates Awoke to Find Themselves
in Debris.
Two motorists •connected with tho
Celthorpe Manufacturing Company,
Birmingham, England, who were ,on
their way to compete in the eCottish
motor trials at Glasgew, had a narrow
escape from death near Penrith early
the other Morning.
k -nortir of-Penritit thenroad di-
vides, and at this spot stands a cottage,
which is probably , bid toll house.
On approaching the corner the driver
of the car turned to the left instead of
the right. Realizihg his error, he en-
deavored to wing round, 'but the car,
which was travelling at a high rate of
Speed, skidded and crashed with great
force into the front of the cottage.
The porch eves demolished, the door
smashed, and much brickwork broken
,down. The falling debris severely cut
one of the passengers, and the other
suffered from shock.
The inhabitants of the cottage, which
Is a familiar landmark known as Mile-
stone House, evere asleep in .bed at the
time. They were awakened by the
critah. and rushed to the door, but
could not get out owing to the Wrecked
car.
Fort una tely. some. mot orists from
Nottinghem, who are taking part id
the trial, appeared on the scene. They
assisted the four lenan18 to eliinh out
of the voting., rind conveyed the injured
men back to ,Penrith.
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a dozen yards of usevidently conscious :'1'he Foreman -We have" utilized all
of the law that protects themtime but
eticfaT
u .
Tj 1(01 nee. eiPtit seine beet.' end
molaesee into eaucere wed plaee them
about the ,reorne. Change t4e content:3
Of the MUMS every third day.
, sir. • I here a nothing left
Of big game, though there is plenty
in the dietrietone does 'not see very The
mutt on Us'e 'eastern sideof the lake.
Here on the wide gressy flats and on
the inw(91* slopes at the 1 lis immense
q
flocks of sheep and mate ted peeture.
At the time of our visit thole were &W-
eil net'y Menhip‘,. to the' boma near our
temp Mow upon
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INTErtNATIONAL isleeiSONt
SeleY 2e.
Lesson 1V, Jesus Teas
How t*
Pray. Golden Teel t Luke
THE lfeeeseON WOIID STUDIES.
Note. --Tire let of the Revieed Vereion,
e used as a baeie for. elies4 Word
Studies.
The Lard's Preyeree-The prayer :edithe
Monty known as the Lord's Prayer
appears from -the gospel narratives to
have been given by Jesus to his. dieciplee
on at least two separate occasions. In Re
'utter and more formal form it appears
in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt, 8.
13). Now, that is, at the thne of the
events Of our present lesson, the samo
prayer in. substance is given to the dis-
ciples in response to their definite re-
quest that Jesus teach them to pray.
Stress is laere laid on the subject mate
ter, the order -and ete proportion of all
prayer, and the lesson of the old model
prayer iteelf is emphasized by further
parabolic teaching of Jesus on the sub-
ject. If now we examine more carefully
the prayer itself we note the following
characteristics; 1. Its humility-eace
knowledgirtg the utter dependence of
the petitioner upon God; 2. Its revert -
pees. 3. It e simplicity, and modesty-
tisking only for the needs of the pre -
Sent day ; 4. Re brevity -omitting all
vain repetitions; Its tone of confi-
dence -uttered in the seerit of expecta-
tion ; 6. Its spirituality -asking only
the simplest earthly boon while empha-
sizing strongly the spiritual needs.
Verse 1. And it came to peso -Several
important events Intervened between
those of our last lesson and those about
to be mentioned. Among them are the
visit of Jesus to Martha and Mary (Luke)
.10. 38-42); the healing of the man borseal
blind; the discourse of Jesus on the
Gond Shepherd ; and the events con-
nected with the visit of Jesus to the
'Feast of Dedication (John 9. 140, 42).
• In a certain place -We remember,
that Jesus with les disciples was now
on his journey southward from Galilee
to Jerusalem. The exact place referred
to, howeVer, is not known.
Even as 'John also taught his disciples
-In this John fellowed the custom of
Jewish 'rabbis generally in giving to his
adherents or disciples a definite formu-
la. for prayer.
.2. Father -the rendering of .the Au-
thorized Version, Our Fattier who art
an Heaven, has- the support of many,.
though not a majority of the .eest
ancient manuscripts of the gospel. The
same is true of the petition', Thy will
PC done, as in heaven, so in earth, in-
serted in the Authorized Version.
3. Day by day -Greek, Our bread Jor. -
the corning day, or our needful bread.
4, Sins -Literally, shortcomings, from
the Greek word meaning to miss th.e
mark ; in the New Testanient used only:
of moral 'shortcomings, hence trans-
lated sins.
Is indebted -The verb here used is
not the same as the verb above trans-
lated sins. •
Into temptation -Trial, testing, temp-
tation, proving, are all different ren-
derings of the same Greek verb in the
New Testament. The context in each
case determines the renderliag, whioh
here is as it should be, temptations.
The.clause, But -deliver us from evil, as
found in the Authorized Vereions like
the phrases above referred to,. has the
support of many Greek °manuscripts.
5. At midnight --Because of the op-
pressive heat, of the day, Orientals often
travelled at night.
7. The door is now shut -The Oriental
manner of shutting :the door for Inc
night often included barring and bar-
ricading it on the ineide, quite a oum-
bersome operetion in some eases;
hence the occupants- of a house closed
for -the night found it inconvenient to,
Pc forced to open the door before morn-
ing.
8. Importunity -Literally„ shameless-
ness, though the original word has no ,
evil sense. We note, also, that the im-
portunity of this man was not selfish
but in behalf of a friend in need. ' •
9. And I say unto you -For this aps
plication ot the parable which follows
and its teaching bompare' Matt. 7. 7-11;
21. 22; Mark 1, 24* and John 16. 23.
11. Loaf -The cus'tornary leaf NVIls ln
reality a round, flat cake, and so la seei-
bled somewhat a flateround stone. •
11, 12. Fish . . serpent -These two
words may be.st be taken in connection
with the word egg and scorpion in the
following verse. In the suggestion of
giving a stone for a leaf it was • the
cruel deception of the parent which was
emphesized ; in the suggestion of Web-
stituting . a serpent for a fish, it was
mike the diabolical intention of giving
something extremely harmful in the
piece of something wholesome; end in
the suggestion' of giving a scorpion in
place of an egg "both the deception and
the more wicked intent of inflicting
harm which are brought out. The force
of the argument of Jesus lies, in part
at least, in this climacterie arrange-,
ment of his threefold suggestion. It
may be necessary to note that the
coiled -up scorpion is somewhat like nn,
egg in appearanee.
13. If ye then, being evil-7,1AL, being
evil 'from the fleet. 6r evil arready. °
llow nmeh MOre shall your heavenly,
Father -The contrast is between the
perfeet gift of the perfect Heavenly e
Father, namely, the Holy Spirit, end the
imperfeet gift of an impoefect human
pti rent,
THE DIFFFASENCE.
Jibbs 411i1kins tells me he is only an
Amateur paliticia.n, but if anybody care
tell me the differeace between an tunaletirand tlie professional, I'll treat."
Nibbs : "AU right, treat me. The. (life
ference is that the amateur pats money,
into polities and the professidnal takes '
money ons.
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