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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-09-24, Page 3 (2)TOPIC4. „, OSoStiss utifie Ood. Row wcaldh The uniVerse is gverned h .1*w„ effect is Oontieeted with eaus0if a thing moiew it is Litestiso something moves it; effeets •;re due and only due to *gents. If tFer.c heguideticit,or tontrol it mue ke ,figentlk that it is exerted., Then • 'het in thweelieme tsft ins , .4$ „Plvic .1f-01/ ust ree hig ,Cfs flrnU Lulu) e.. estiny �f nw. , ' t tberi ?. tien lether0 0,4 ‘What,is the meaning.ofi telatien and muuieipai governineet, • sind+AttS,2of reform,- and all ~the - struggle after better ,lives for bur - selves and others? Pure automa- tism say some, an illusion Of free will. Postibly; but even a dream . h not an absolute nonentity; the effort, however it be accounted for, waste. What_ is, all the effort, re- garded scientifically, but the action of the totality .of things trying to iinprove itself, striving still to vsssse olve somethinghigher, holzer, and hsppier out of an inchoate mass? tott4404.14•444t The Bible urs Mankind o rovidnce 'Thou ehalkeall Me, Ir .jereeniah 1f. th wo1d owed nisthing znure ,04,10 *uth. that odja ex .9,0111: fPr Stklier.ss utsvetwh, AA; YatOtt thc Li ', assure,so 9 nwrc11 tbe'w40 .14re' of Sds deughterSAtian evenf6i *In . .,seariaetrts‘'noil Self. •And So the Scritstuie WI'S us brotherhood toward' his's fe.Moit's, of Mitt Father: "Vast oil 'your sere then. is: he growing ,in likeness to tlocl,: for He earth for his Pother' ins- heaven. And this Men- and women are tenipteCto eoliduces to the isolitmon 'happiness. think that God is. too great .and Trusting others, they will trust Us. they toO.little for Him to care for Caring for othere, they will care for them. And since science' has en- us. Self-sacrifice brings veiled the, wonders and infinitude ti the universe, they feel this in. •LIFE'S SWEETEST REWARD. significance far more than could When all men feel that they are those ,who lived in the former sim- lerothers, then will class prejudices, ple tix. nes. But this one word, "Fa- business,strifs and social saucers tilers" explains what else were in- cease. And then will -selfishness deed inconceivableLove and fa- ciiiiilest source of human woes, be therhood do not take note of large outcast from the earth and Tenny- or small. The least and the great- son's equisite vision will be realiz- est lose all meaning to the heart ed: of a father. His providential care marks even the sparrow that, falls Love look the harp of life, -how much more, then, those form- And smote the chords with might; ed in His image and whom He ten- Smote the -ehord_ot..."11,_ which, 1/10,30 in txtusie 430 or a , • of hiuriatt,. (rater-. is only from tbe 14014- ,thst•• .tiege-the,,broe, Vbefr e kne*,- eter :eenniiein .Eatker,- 40".0iji. of What r ',Cent:400e , it 0 ,,,,ssteeorslingst*,~11,isorsleadgt*is re God's God's visible and tangible HIS OWN GHILDREN1- ' aeents, and we can help; we our- We have here a sure ground for . selves ,ean , answer sense kinds of sayers,.....-ItsGodshe,-assFatires-slie rsayer sesst be attic' alitlis-_ssess _still -have converse -with Mw -sons - seisejvvan initiztere with The_mars -and datighters.___Ile will -cause -them cf inanimate %Ouse, can make sts..ssrecesssiskicablessan &Usl.ss Its places waste, Not- by break-, laws do we Mr influence na- tiresswe cannot break a• law of na- ture, it is not brittles we only break ourselves if we try -but by obeying •them. Inaccordsrice' with kW we have to act, but act we can and,clo, and through us act as deity. And perhaps not alone through us. We are the highest bodily organisms on this material planet and the mater- ial control of it belongs to us. - It s•subject to be laws of physics and . to the laws of bur minds operating through ' our bodies. But whab oheut our mental acts? We can operate on each other's mind through our physical envelope, by etels-sentl-seritingssandsiti-othe *styli; but we can do more; It ap- pears that we can operate at a dis- taneyby no apparent (physical ° or an or raedi in; if by mechanism at ,)all, then by, echanism at any rate unknown V; us. If we are open to influence from each other by non - corporeal methods, may .we not be open to influence from : beings in another order 1 And if so, may we slot be aided, inspired, guided, by a cloud of witnesses, not witnesses only but helpers, agents like our- selves of the immanent God? to hear His still, small voice in the murmurs of jorest sad sea starVisliretttinrteistbitstiber Rely Words they will have -audible speech of Him. And so does He invite us to address Him in the lan- guage of faith and petition and love and praise. To the Almighty Spirit we can go with far more confidence 'than even to anyearthly parent, i assured that He s the hearer and answerer of prayer. And -then there _cornea) slastsand Urn) -411,-our .4nheritance. _ This Sts Patti -puts in thoae great words, "If we be sons, then heirs of God. It is the Father's will that the chil- dreitssheirld AlesThs heii& And tomes, everlasting- i e. precious boon of immortality. The eternal beiog, progress and joy. Ever growing in the knowledge of the love of God the Father, which fills all workis with light and life and beauty. JUNIUS B., REMENSNYDER. • SUNDAY St110011 $44•4444. • INTERNATIONAL LESSON" SEPT. 27. Lessen XIII. • Temperance Lesson. GOlden Text, Pres. -26. - called the most regal of all ths pr phets and his vision of Jehovah always majestic and lofty (Isa. 1). God's elevation must be a mo • a one -itis in justice. Sanctified -This term was reli ious rather thin morals -indeed i connection with the heathen rites often had an immoral meaning. Th sacred isolation of Jehovah and h wer;hhipteinotiansteb3es on the. moral bas 17. The text is difficult this verse. The picture is of the site of Jerusalem after her destruction, used by flocks for pasture. 18. Drsw iniquity with cords o falsehood -Professor G. A. Smit translates this "draw" punishmen nears with cords of vanity," an says: "This figure of sinners jeer ing at the approach of a calamit wliile they aetually wear the bar ness of its carriage is striking." 19. Thatssal-In moek 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 411e perversion of the moralseenSe which allowed sin to enter undetected and even to be paraded as righteousness( Matt. 6. 22, 23). 21. _Wise in their own eyesss-This class receives the fifth woe- Conv- pliteency and-self-tstsisfaction in th mist trit-ota ions an persona danger called forth the lash qt the prophet whose solution of all dif- ficulties was faith in Jehovah alone. 22. Mighty to drink wine - The •sarcasm 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 -an • unjust judges; another of the most common objeets of the prophet's wrath-. A bribe -The ingrained politeness •of the East led • to the extensive giving and 'taking of presents, so that. bribery was a constant temp- tation. Righteousness -- Thither "just:ce' or righteous cause. The rights of the poor were disregarded the soddensreptesentatives-of--jhs o - is. 0. 1- • Religious people teem to be losing some of their faith in prayer; they think it scientific nottto pray in the sense of simple petition. They may be sight. It may be the highest at- titude never to ask., for anything ifip,- only- fors aequiesseitie: we -Atm been- tokl, is a htys-engine of saithiterementibu e have ceased to believe it. 'Why • should we be so incredulous? Even medicine,' it is not really absurd tsk suggest that drugs and no prayer .• he almost as foolish as prayer and no drugs. Mental and physi- al are interlocked. The erudities Of t..'faitis healing" have a germ of Itristh, perhaps as much truth is Oen be claimed by -those who- con - emu . them Ilow dolsr,e,‘-knOw• -t eath is not ignoring one side, that, each is' but half educated, each Only, adopting half measures.• The whole truth may be completer and •SWIM* than the sectaries dream. Mere things may be "wrought by /noel' than this world dreams of. Wo-are-tio, ite alone but both. Our bodie itolate u "our spirits. unite, us. We otee loativel, 'lonely eiceh'ergs, ri 1 *bovei the 'deep ' sgbinergeti portions united • by the sea. • HER SHARE. o 'the lawyers ot rly all the estate. Did Ethel gct sinAhing I" orge-"Oh, yes! She got on `lawyers, l" • • , may have observed that an ker is a min who shakes t'oters 'hand before the eletiti shkes the voter afterward. , Natty *man who'Arinks from the fe that dirties his hands Obligee lelight• inki- that whkft Week, 1,0 S•Sss Verse' 11. "Woe" --This oecuts as the introductory word to six pro- phecies against various forms of un - righteousness. Taking a similar denunciation in Ina. 10. 1, 2 as pro- bably originally belonging here, we have seven, the complete number ; each one being the abstract of what was probably extended oration. (Compare Jesus's denunciation in Matt. 23.) The first is directed againstsrasping 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 them all is .the background of avarice, indul- gence, and drunkenness. Early in the morning -The last • stages of slivery 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. Strong drink--sA mixed liquor fetinelitid of -several fruits-- and-- often- wis spices -added tossgivesit-inerea strength. Wine - From the juice of the gi apes. 12. For a picture Of the bacchanas lian feasts common at this time see Amos 6. 3-0. Music and dancing accompanied the feasting and drinking.. These festive Meals had once had a religious meaning, now they were degraded, though je- hovah was still formally honored is them. This made the wickedness more intense (compare 1 Cots is 13. Gone into captivity ---Jehovah's punishment took its form in the prophet's mind from the impending invasion of Judah by Assyria,. which .e,•sis fivallv to result in ,actual cap- tivity. ' To a Jew no punishment could be worse. Famished . . . and parched with, thirsts-Ansapprspriats-figureswhiels carries out the idea of eravilig fee intoxicating drink. Thirst IS the: ever' present etioi4 of all dweller or the .border of the deserts• 14. Shsolss-Thts after world. et irespothled ia the Hebrew's mind to the Greek "Hades" and was not Slone the place 01 punishment for the wiiked, but 'included the sha- dowy, vague existenee or everyone after death. The Afiarply defined ideas of the next life, which were current in JOSIIB'S time, had not been developed as yet. 'Death is here pictured as is deeouring heist which "hath opened its mouth without nieasure." 10. The rinian matt . . the great man --The dfstinetion df lasees does not appear in the Ifebrew words, simply two • sYnonyinsiee Men" Are ne4. ThO contrAst is between the dehieement of all men - kind and the exaltation of thee -fish uf j About thirt Exal g - it is is .164It FIXING UP AN racust. Ilt4-"tame' from fl+ directionoftbe river \kwith wet and sandy hair. "Johnny," said his mother, ee- ereiy, "you have been in swim- ming?" "No'ne" replied Johnny, neri- ously. 'What is your bait doing wet?" "Itained.tin iti" "Well, how did youget thitt sandmixed up in your hair? It didn't 'rain sand, did it?" Johnny was stumped for the mos' meta. Then - he quickly responded: "Teem. You see, ma, I happened to past under * balloon when they v.ere throwing out hseliAst." • ' sometimes fakes * loan down h n * vc‘toStsftiZeit hint up. P.0 ‘6, 0 ,ty NOTHER 15 TIE SERVANT g,ELFISII DAUGHTERS X, P HER IN TALE D Oil0EN . 'Jiae rio. ctestilderatb\tea for Mother , ,. • Bey4tid Halakisf ller,a Drudge.• n 21 . .A Yung.9. 44. .4.9400444.-4.4.1101:ii .;' i • Vfflatetits',840 r'ph . 7 At.W0t..ft ti,es .tertei' , One, greiVi Itit4. _ - t 'u.as on, te, : 14xittx.'1%-pre- n telte0,-leta tfaltes, salted: - monds ,o,n4 )foveiragke., candies made by mother,; - •• "Where is your mother?". asked a sweet-faced es;r1 of her fluttering hostess. "I hop ) she is not suffer- ing from our common enemy, the grip;:" - es, yes," answered the girl hastily, `she has had is touch of it." She did not , dare say to lies Ihnsightfui. seciungssfstielSkrtlfiVino- ther was _ probably sleeping the sleep of exhaustion, not unmixed with bitterness, due to overwork in rreparir!g the refreshments, and then being told ..by her daughter that as only young people were coming there was no need of her ing insarr -appearance. 41.4 HEIGHT OF ILL -BREEDING. Another picture, in another par- lor! kyoungsgiel„,-Thashitir-the triumphs of suddenly acquired bel. ledom, entertaining all at one° three nice young men. It is Sun- day afternoon'somewhat late, and she hates to Iose her Aerme ef • 'hTni alt t� • and hovr-mother works! o one was es.-pected for tea, to she opens jelly and pickles, beats up hot biscuits and finally waits upon the unexpected supper circle with cheeks flushed, hair somewhat a stry and wrath in her soul for the broken day of rest. You call this selfishness of youth, but it is more than that -the height of ill breeding. • SHoillib CONSULT MOTHER. ,4"' • and then the famous royal chapel whore the rites of the Roman church were performed. One his a strange, 'mourns? feeling In this choPels as it he did not know where lo was or how hecet dthere. WOMAN MAY NOT ENTER. No daylight enters, -thesselor ton of the small but kitty room is deep aSure. with gold and preeieus stones eperklieg 4411 about; e!e-P1.; led lOsipe Shed a soft Istatresso;rse. ,cuopy haege" Oyet.' the 'scot where ssrsstands duisiti* divine ser-; 13nto 0)a, No • opened .0 .4o:silt* st st , _us $.• . , : PI vt n eF ,ehes,,,,,,end.the la . i,ye iiuepicioniN itie e ‘ 1 '. approaithct and' put out his itaiol al if to taw is look in my face that Made hiss cautions. •.'s ' • • In one coiner of the chapel: is la. small entrance' for the Czar, but ,even this is so shrouded in curtaine flat on could never tell where he Fashion 11 s. isisisiskists,1441. FADS AND PAN , 9Y ng Jtsstyles 46 deivio vut mare: ., • ;.utilire , ajuuns aroffeti' , cia,,11,.giels.,.. • ; • . , tt. TSit Mufl for Ihet.aprirpachiug seaskin` ' are: immense, , • • An air. of .'severity luarks tho 'h*udso,Tekt of the gowns. Rany &Won' pr6phefi predict a. green"- winter. Pure olive oil may, be used to clean * black chip hat, came from. One may well believes Jumpers stall hold their own, however, that no one enters thl s especially for girls. Silk stockings are much more commenlys-wasesssthasssat•yesis *ISO: Green is the artistic color for heme decorations this year. sanctilary who cannot he trusted. 7-11EskRT4TRAIV.P'" 105,4,C.!,4.MP -2-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 en it that any less obliging organ would resent to the extent Sealskin Promises to be the tati• • orite fur for the coming fall,. Stripes have ',asserted themselves tremendously in Madras waits. A _great many colored and Week ssf -,qtAtiserwork. ' - coats are seen with white skirts. The digOstive 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-beifig; but hsts. when the....sausrvel-sisespatehed up, Short skirted costumes hang as and the offender ceases to abuse straight and as lialp as the long these useful and necessary parts of ones. the body, life ewes on as ,before. Next season's styles almost sure - The heart cannot stop work for ly promise long and tight fitting a minute, for if it should life would sleeves. 4:1Psitinctslinmasrsesssi honse cr -Awe:rife:Ca:is,- uifrok and shoes- -mats+ in correct- MI, and puts all sorts' of difficult' eestumes. 1Handsome pompadour silk pare - tasks upon the heart. . There is a limit, however, that sols are lined with green to give ad- ' cannot be exceeded-, especially by ded protection to the eyes. those who have passed the fortieth ' . Buttons are used on the latest mile -post, without risk, if not of in-! gowns and costumes to an extent tent death, at least of chronic le- ' unheard of in former seasons. validism. ' ' Among furs, squirrel, dyed a bril- The heart is a muscular bag, di- Haut brown, will make SOUIC of the vided into four compartments, thes handsomest winter 'garnaents. function of which- isstes pump thei It is probairle that peau do silk, blood to all parts of the body,: a favorite eight or ten years ago, which it does by the regular co- ; will be popular again this fall. traction of its walls. In -health. andAmong the materials for smart under normal conditions this pump- tailored waists, ponge and madras ing action goes on regularly andare both enjoying a wonderful grietly, but when an irapedimenti vogue. is offered to the .flow of blood in The latest vagary of the scarf is the arteries, such as wenn during one of mercerized material, such as active exercise or under the 'stress eoatitiosniikvogaileu,;ep.rinted wash net, or of sozne strong mental emotion, - such as grief, anger, or great joy, Foreign letters tell of :extreme snuotentar wait must contract soniacity in the Costumes of the more forcibly, most fashionable .iisimen at the big If the opposing force cootinueis spas and seaside resorts. beyond a certain time, the heart! Cream white madras is often used gets tired, and it cavities dilate for bedroom curtains, where comm- a little, while its action grows more; mils desired. It ,comes out ofs.the rapid. The sign of this ts,shortness' wash with flying colors. s st breath. . Young athletes, by a! Favorite neck ruches for street course of judicious "training,"1 wear are composed of: - wide, soft gradually strengthen the heart Week- ribbon, with wide white frills triusele im that it is able to meet at top and bottom. he strain and overcome it by 'more, Buttons with -mirror ceetres, oreible contractions. In youth, 1 riumsed with gold, are popular in she, the organ is elastic, and read,. Paris, and promise to 'make their ly returns to its normal size, even way to this country goon. 'In later -life, however, this elasti-i inswarm, soapy water and then COV-. 1 T1 the absence. of "training," as A white hat may be cleaned by oon as the strain -is -reduced. scrubbing with a fiall brush dipped ered with white of an egg, beaten to a froth. , 4 The style of lisis to match the owl's is a thing of the past. A con- trasting color to harmonize is the ' not reduced readily, or which may! latest thing from Paris. , even persist as a crippled heart, I A new buttoned oxford has come making its owner more or legs of &tie rather late, to he worn with the n' permanent invalid. . stock- Everyiiteget,tle_dresees,_,and-eolored-- - - -- ----, - ts- - -Peratili Oiii fifty should' ings are fashionable with it. 4.4 I. • In the first instance, the mother should' have received the guests with her datighter, and the daugh- ter should have h'elped to get the refreshments out -of the way In time for mother to dress for a proper appearance. before guests. The mo- ther need not remain in, the room during the entire evening, but com- menseourtesy givesitersthesrigh meet her daughteesguests. In the second ease, the daughter should hove slipped quietly from the room and asked the mother whether it was convenient to en- tertain three young men for tea and then it was the mother's priv- liege, not the daughter's, to extend the invitation. motatt,.......4,4.0444•4044.4. THE PALACES OF RUSSIA 4.14.14414 SUMPTUOUS HALLS AND IRE? VEPTION ROOMS. ne Palace Has Over a Thousand flow:us-The Chapel at TinirshoesSele.. We do not recall any palaces i Europe which the ,public set :Venni ted to iiii that itontain sueli weelth of decorations, _Intnishin iid-art-essasursiciusTst 050.0 SUS. After we haa passed through what seemed a mile of reception rooms, banquet halls and ball roomS, we came into a sumptuous hall supported by marble pillais, where in front of the entrance to a conservatory was a large circle in- laid with mosaics. This we were tcld, was where the Empress stood as all the brilliant an distingu- ished company passed' by, , and, any one shesignifieda desire to speak to might step inside the charmed circle. •• And as we looked and listened we had the constant thought: "What a delicious situation for Comic opera!'! This magnificent palace, whose owner has notsdared to enter it, for several years; 1,330 rooms and the tenant obliged. to live on a y,aCht 1 It seemed )almost as if the great brorizesstatlle-of-CatherinelIs MA - some' day come to tiles Wets into her swis strong hands the affairs of gbv- ernment and teach .an etoperetsbow . . fr. rP-0,_ 14Pror,,IN'EVIri.Strl'ES \ot noosts. A SeCOnd seen b inight be Isid at Tsarchoe-Selo, the country. rest- delice of the Czar, where he ss sup. csed to lave been living melt of he time .sine' he left St. Peters- burg for his health. The Splendid suites of rooms, with walls of am., ber and mother of peol, give no sign of having been oceupied for the last century, except one that had eben newly and richly, furnished for the reeeot marriage of the Prince of Sweden and one of the °rand Duthesees, whieh took place here. We were Shown the slit:dons room where the bride was -r bed for the Lcin 4 ..,,,, alI the 'toile . applivites placed on *Mee solid gold; thr r *don **re the Luthet,. rv was held, witb* ehoir of singers ila the ilext moil $ city disappears, and a severe tar on the organ, such as bicycling up. hill, running, or even a strenuous game of tennis, svhen one is "soft,' may result in a dilatation which is • avoid Were physical drams of *ILL . A favorite color just now is a de- stidassAleseltould--extertitte-regularstisriestrs Ishatless'of apsitot, whieh Imo's -the -hest -Wed of ex.! blends admirably with the fashion- ercise for the heart, -but he should able- black list of immense. dimen- I avoid unusual feats of .running, sions. , bicycling, or even horseback-risling, Theihigh girdle of fancy Parisian such as the army officers are now Silks and velvets is much worn, but subjected to, if he would keep his 1 it is. becoming only to those with heart in condition to last as Inn & long and slender figures. There is a peculiar chaos about the white hats of 'soft, .pliable straw imply trimmed with bows of white or delicately colored ribbon. Thekidwaistcoat _made of limp - leather and ilaboralte with build, promises to have a, , great vogue when the cool days come. Some of these waistcoats are hand painted. No •Ionger is plain 'stitehing the prineipal • decoration of the tailor , zr4de coat. Whether it be of cloth, linens oesilk it iS trimmed either with braid or wirss straps or bands '4* different materials. . as the other organs -up to eighty or cne hundred years,' which is the na- tural" limit of a well -spent Youth's Companions . 7 • 4 ' STARTING EARLY. Wangles was married recently, and there was a regular hail of rice, confetti and old shoes, for good luck, as be got into the.cab. More- over, on turning round, he was struck above the eye by a, friendly shoe with rather a hesivy heel. ' • AS the cab immediately 'drove Slcsye no notice Was token of the aceident,,, and,----despite-4 herelkerehief tied by his so bride over his injured Ptie, tboist°,1°14defioakstl'ellittrisfi:Imed•d"11 Wang Um. '''. . .. ,- 'When, they-arriveif at'llteir tination, the newiykereated Ilene - dick went out to a doctor to get the bleeding stopped. • "Ifow did You come by this„ my 1114'114'11, eyou see, doctor a, j got marri-d thie morning. eommenced 'Wangle?, when the started already ft" dese'' rsid the rei-ipRent casually. "Fatter will pay .yOu on atur- f.--1- --• • , And then the face of the shop - At old womari was put iri the Wit- n,,,an grew dark. • ss.lioir te tell what site, kam• "We don't give eret here," h* out the anniiiiiitttioin lef a' trilte r8j1. # a nneee, tatle ene an t r.P hr tt, ItOtOrnelr• kir* tIvern, .U..1',:stay eat.. !Atte 1s41 ;Witted beelc was aeked it the Ad et?et the 'the can, *Idea ras emptied, *rid kill the5 Pig in lit.rtion. 1 bawled letIc to. Lint walz a stew!. sed e,,-,tra',Ta, d it." "Then, ii ' itank you. etr," he said. Es.. 1 -the Court in A wefe Vtiot s<iti'd be' tort to leisvit possible just. how i jut toit t Vie job he! wants to do. 344 . rt , 'A. romd the zAltiii tor him r‘That 1 ean, ter. tut* )014 have, air." . 40*411 t* bra." ., he .440 4at SATISFIED. r # 'Please, piPed the tiny ,ciese tomer, whose bead scarcely tleach-, *thes.eonuttr.„ "httliet wants some eak varnish." ' 'Wow, much . your father' want, my lite man 2" asked the , sho man. Ober thid you was to fill this," said this little fellow, handieg over 'a half -gall( n can. It was duly filled, and handed ever. .k, ) 4 4, • 4,4 , SS s AN,4"