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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-8-18, Page 3.tfk CU GIS EL UTIES A Warning Lesson for Any Man Who is Postponing Them. Glittered according te Act of the Par- liament ot Canada, in the year tem Teatteand gine Hundred anti hetet by Wm. linoy, er Termite, at thi Department of Agriculture, tettewe 1 A despatch front Los Apples, Cal., says :Ilev. Prank Do Witt Talmage preached front the following text : Motthew viii, 22, "Let the dead bury 1 he dead." What is true in laboratory invosel- gallons is also true in reference to Bible study. We must not study the words of my text with a microscope. Wo must not Imola t e this fiell tenet, From all its conneetionn. We must eorepare this paseetge with other .engsages, thin chap 1 et. wit h other „ piers, this book with other hooks, wel. cannot understand why Christ hould have trampled upon the filial fractions of hin disciple who wanted ,Ho go back and bury, his dead lath- / Sa id a gen theme/11 to 30 some years ago. "This young man evident- ly intended to be Et devout disciple 'or Jesus, "lilt surely he had a duty ,,, to his Itonict as well as directly to Joses. There, in the old homestead, lay the corpse of his earthly parent. It was natural for a dutiful Son to want to be present at the funeral. Yet when the young Irian Sold, 'Let me, I piny thee, first, go and bury my father, and I will follow thee.' Oiliest showed no sympathy with his natuvat feeling, but practically said: 'Let the neighbors and the sttengers come in and close the eyelids and wash the cold flesh. Let the neigh- bors sing the death cant and aig the grave., Let strange hands wi•ap the motionless corpse in Its wliite shroud and entry it to its last rust- ing place. 'You must come with me at once. Shut your eyes to the Past. Let the dead bury the dead." CHRIST'S LOVE FOR IIIS MOTH- ER. Trutt way of regarding the incident utterly misrepresents it. Never sup- pose for a moment that Christ 'do - Mends that any man should show his reverence for him by slighting or neglecting or deserting an earthly parent. Why, the lest Minute being for whom Christ provided when he was dying epon the cross was his mother: He Wined and looked to- ward the gentle John, the beloved disoilde, sobbing at his feet, and said to hint : "John, look after my old Mother. Now that she is friendless and alone she will need your love and sustenance." Then he ' looked at the agonieed face of his mother as lie said, "Mother, lot Jelin take my place and be a loving son to you." These are Christ's exact words : "Women, behold thy son!" "Son, behold, thy mother!" Thome were not the words of ono who dim: - gaveled filial 'duty. His body was racked at that moment by excruciat- ing agony, yet his thoughts were e not of himself but of her who, by" hite (Tenth, would bo left dependent. It was she for whom he was concern- ed even in the hour of his dissolu- tion, His own conduct in that erials proves that when he spoke to the ening yolunteet• the wordS of my text he Witf1 not. insensible to the claims of natural affection. NEGLECTED ODLE() ATIONS. Skletrucked obligations to God! Wo see them everywhere. We see them first in the excuses which the young man makes when be is fitting himeell ty education to enter the battle of re, I enter the theological 5e11110- 17, whore thirty or forty young moo are gathered into a class room. They are bright, intelligent young mon, eager for knowledge, intent on getting thorough equipment for the work they have undertaken. I put to each student this question 1 -- "Young man, where do you go to church? In what Sunday school are you teaching? eVliett mission work are you doing for Christ?" Some there will be who, in order to pay their way through college, are performing some duties by which they earn a . little money. But the others, in nine enses out of ten, will answer : "Oh, I am not attending any partreular church here. I tun not - ,toaching in any Sunday •sch.00l, I now studying to be it minister, therefore each Sunday I go to r it different minister in the 1021." The result is that 111110" 0211.115 of our young theological stu- ents, and I think I ant not over - ting tho proportion, do practically .thing for Christ while they ore uving within seminary walls unless they are pai11 for their services. What is the result? With a critieel, censorious spivit they go from church to church. They pick flaws in this Minister, they find fault with that minietee, and all the time they be- long to the great amity of religious tranme, 10110111 I call the "go -round- ers." During these years of etudy their own life is ebbing away. By the time the y•oung man wliti,.pursues this course graduates from a theole- gloat seminary he is on the verge of Spieltual benkruptey, Why? Meinly becatiae In ' the three long ,years or Mental preparation for the min is Ley he has neglected to do porSonal 020012 or deems °heist! iffENTAL ' VERSUS SVIRITU AL DEVELOPMENT, Why are there so few earnest 1 cli- giouS Workere found gown.' our mod.- ical Sttgleitts 7 Do meet (71 the boys who onto' theeo medical schools go theme as infidels? Ne, Four out of every reee students in my theological sentirtery elites wave the mons or min- ieters. Of course no eneli penciling() le found in the Medical schools:, But education, Yet medical students aet a 2111105 are noted for their neglect spiritual work, Thousands of Chrl thin idlyeiciane are found. ail ow the land, !But while In college mo nwelleal students do nothing for tt service of their Master. They ea "Wait, Lord, until I MISS 311y 0.12111 Inatione," Tee result of this wed ing is that many young 111811, entire lose their hold upon Christ, 0 young man,. (0111)5 11/001110, Chrl ought tiot 1.0 aaVe 0 welt fen' ye to get mental ethic/Won teem: yo ate ready to serve him. 'Hie dove opulent of the eptritual lire in Id 1110111 should go on 111 101111h111110115 with the mental development.. An mark this --the spiritual developmet of the heart never takes place excel by spiritual labor, "Follow me! says 01111211. to the young men an women in 0111 educational MAR noes. "10011010 0)21 11001". Chtests command, "Follow me, coutes the i.ired merchant, Lb worou e t merchant, IL conies t. vott even in the whirl and the bustle of buslnees life. "Oh, no," you say, "I have no time for Christ. My bus- iness 01)5011)5 every atom oi .ney en- ergy. 1.• tem so tired front my weelc day tasks that I am too weary to. go to church on Sunday. Why, when I go, I fall 2151001) during the sermon. It makes but little difference to me then who preaches the sermon. Come down to my store any time and yott will see how I am over -driven. Ttiere is a steady stream of mon in my outer office rill the time. I must see them. It is work, work, work until I am nearly dead." Yes, my brother, in one sense what you say is true. You 'are an overworked mart, but how much of that labor that so fatigues you is voluntarily undertaken? Have you, as a Chris - tion man, the right to give 1,o your own concerns, to your business and thee world the whole of your time and energy? Have you forgotten the Claims that God has upon you? Dot- ter leave undone some of the worlt yott are now doing that you may have strength to serve him. 'Why should you not be willing to drop some of that. besiness druD dgery? o you not know that much of that grinding, useless, selAsh toil is mak- ing a failure out of your life? The temporal necessities of life are very small, yet thousands of people plod on, and on, and on, in a treadmill of mercantile drudgery, as though their very happiness depended upon teisieg their store from a four story o a ten story dry goods emporium. SO Christ in de these worof My text was enunelating an infinite and omnipotent truth. Jesus is practi- eallef saying: "Young man, higher than your love for rather or mother or wife or child is your duty to me and to the great world at large. Come with me and help :MVO the millions who are dying in their sins. Come with 1110 and bring back to a. llfe or purity and love theme who will never know me unless. thee' 0013 111e aft a result of thy guidance. Come with me, Come with 7110." This nentenee, "Follow me, and let °' the dead bury the dead," is only an- , other wording of 11111 sante 1 bought which flitest spat+ unto his diselp- st les: "He that loveth hither or mobil - 2)1' mote than me 18 not worthy of Me, and he that toroth son or dough - tor 01010 111210 me is not worthy of me And he that taken/ not his 11" eroee and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.". Yes, there Come 001'- 11 1 n in times In life when our duty to 11 Clu•ist and to our fellow men should 1- hare preeedence over our desives to lye 1111(c)211101,10l..11. .our dear ones in out' own 21 Iltit though these words of my text it may seem to separate some of us It for a lIttle while frorn our loved " ones 011 ent•th, is it not a eweet, and d treasured thouglit that Christ will never separate us, his chilaren, from cinch other in, that bettee land? 'flies, according to Christ's great 11 love, we may believe that the separ- O ations of earth Etre only for it little while and that these earthly SOpal'll- tjon 111.lrnotoly mean the reunion in heaven 11 we only trust Christ anti moot Christ for our Saviour. MELANCHOLY IN RUSSIA. Russia a Weak Nation When View- ed From Inaitle. The general Russian life, as I thus saw it, eatile intensely interesting in many respects; was certainly itot cheerful writes Andrew D. White, for- merly United States Ministir to Russia. Despite the frivolity domi- nant among til0 upper class and the feleshiem controlling the lower class- es, there was, eSpecially in that per- iod of calamity, a deep undertone of melancholy. Melancholy, indeed, is re marked characteristic of Russia, and, above all, of the pease t ry. They see01 sad even in their sports; Clete songs almost without' 00001)11011 ere in the minor key; the whole attnos- photo is apparently charged with vague dread of some calamity. De- spite the suppression of most of the foreign journals anti tho blotting out of page after peg° of the newspapers ed to clolor tho 0111!iil'8, dcspilo all that the secret polled could do in repressing unfavorabfe comment, it, became generally known that all wets going w000g in the Crimea News came of reverse after reverse; of the defeats of AlmEL and Tnkerman, and as a climax, the loss of Sevardopol and the destruction of the Russian fleet. In the miest of it. all, as is ever the ease in iluseinn wars, came utter collapse in the commissariat department t everywhere one heard rt hints and finally detailed stories of scoundrelmni in high plaCeS; Of MOney - which ought to have been appropriat- ed to army supplies, but which hacl O been expended at the gEunbling tables 1 of Homburg or in the Iiretla quarter - at Paris. O Then it was that there was borne f in upon Mo the convieti013. that I-LOS- S/a, powerful as she seems when o viewed from the outside, is anything - but strong when viewed froiu the in - Ido. To say nothing of the thou- sand evident weaknesses resulting t from autoeracy—tho theory that one - man, and he, generally, not ono or the most highly endowed, enn do the thinking for a hundred millions of People—there was nowhere the slight- est sign of any uprising of a great nation, as, for insterem of the French against Europe in 1792, 01 the Ger- mans against Prance in 1818 and in 1870, of Italy against Austria in 1809 and afterward, and of the Am- ericans in the Civil War of 1861. There were certainly 1)111111' 1101110 characters in Russia, and these. must have felt deeply the condition of things; but there being 110 great mid- dle class, and the lower class haVing been loag kept 10 besotted ignorance, there seemed no force on 11121011 pa- triotism could take hold. 11 A RICH MA.N'S FAILURE. .$.3ome time ago a lady visited a Id school friend who had married nerchant in one of our eastern eit es. That night when they woe seat - d together for a quiet chat 011 aid, "Glare; how is your hushanc (Ming along?" "Miserably," an wered tho wife. "Why, how i hat? Is leo not making a lot o money? Is not this palace of a onto your own? is not his nam written high as one of the groat 11 enders of this city?" "011, yes,' emceed the wife, "John is making lot of money. He is already wile. °Ina people call rich. But I ear ainly call him poor. When we tailed out in life eve did not have melt money, but we had eumigh rot It our necessary wants. Ilesides, o had plenty of time for each °thin MI for our friends and for oui, hurch. John then only had it small tore. Ho would get homo for sup- er on time. Then all the evenings •ere ours. We read together. We isitecl our friends together. Some eeks John would get oft a whole ay, and together we would tako rip to tho country and roam aniong to wild flowers. Our Sundays were lways spent together, at church Lind the home, Rut now John has old himself to his workn 0 rarely eo him. He works all day. He (irks part of the night Ho always as some Imeiness engagement on undaye He makes lots of money, lit then he only puts that money ack into the business, and therefore la not his to use. He has to keep rt working the harder, to loolc after le bigger business. I certainly rink that John is making a railer° et of lire. He is a perfect slave to ork, and NVO rarely see each other O any of our old good tittles," TOLD 1111111 TOO LATE. In Virginia a young woman was ft a widow with four small ehil- en, She taught school end paint- ( end stitched and took in washieg nd worked all clay and far into the ght in order to send her boys to liege and to give her two girls a to education. .Arter 110111110 these dldren grew up and went oat into 10 world' and left their old mother one in the cottage where they were tired, Being finely educated, they tow ashamed of tho mother who ad done so much for them, Her vetch was uot ae classical as theirs, er hands .eretn calloes with toil, 111 in her looks 0110 WaS N•el•y COM- 01191f1rr• FillallY, Worn out WIN Uric, she 0000 dying, and ell her ur childeen gathered nhout lier Ingle • conscienre smitten with thole gialitutle. They, nOW realized how ley had negleate,i the best friend ley twee had. '11100 ono ef her oys, now n prom i 11 en t, lawyer, . took in a hill re); and 811111: ''Mother, have Leen a 5(10)1mol her to aft, 01) have 1)111211'.1 o peshte ifr u os to 12 large number of 5101181)111 in those he modem! 80110018 ore the eons of 111111- tl A fetal's, ntl, rurthermore, I do not sh 1)(211r:Ye T nen gebig bevoed 11>2' right e' whim T 1101'eight-tenths 01 1111 medical.] 51.01(1011111 01111111 (rem Christ inn 11 1 1 The more n -Parent levee' Christ. the )2t more 11)11210118 1)0 is 10 give lits chile- eh ren all the atleantegea of LI good '111 went tin etre. 1.10211 the WOMM, s red rave ligeted 719 201111 a 80111,' 1>8 12 an-ere...t 1, ill, Willie, why 111 oq ot 121., that 110111101'?'' 511011 '11'))8 (011.), 0.1 1111)', T tell yon 1,y nee too le(t,. 1 21.0 nre lo 'elste e le bo 111! olle8, NV), 11111,1. preke Nvh•le 1 1177 ere 1 ir111E; 1111,1 1101. WHY TI-TEY Wit:AR TIMM. The hats worn by Gemmel/ State functionaries have brims 0.1 enormous dimeneloes, three feet across some- times, and aro required to he made of clay. Tho reeson for this, 10f1'. Hatch tells in his emelt book, is that some years age tile then ruler of Corea 0008 annoyed at the hahlt of whispering that prevailed at court and so decided 0.90n c.ompelling 1110 courtiers to wear lints that would Make it somewhat more difficult to mit their heads close together anti exchange confidences. a Two shopmen hil•ed bicycles lately aria took a spin into the country, It When they wore perhaps, ten guiles 1 out they decided te, have a. reee, One t of them got fatattend of the' °thee and, in clashing, round a turn, ran into a pile of stones. 'Pho wheel wets demolished, and the eider found himself lying Eunong the 51101001, ,An old woman, who happened to be pee - sing, was met, by the second Atter, "My good evontan," said he, "have you seen a young num riding a bicy-. eh: on ahead?" "No," said the teatime; "but sew a young man 1210'1210'the roacl who was sittinth ' on e ground raentlin' umbrellas," Ilia height Was little over five feet. Ire eves 11101121101110112110 in proportion. 11111 he was prolid--oh, so proud I lie 01200(1 0)001 and with folded arms near the red of the (11.0110100(11.0110100and gee - eel out Upon the Sea in stern, MajeS- ° tie eilenee. 'Clemently the eaptaie t appecteelied anti t((>110110(1his arm t "What is 31, my good relieve'?" he said, turning 111P. head slowly mid 1.1 eyeing him from head to foot. 1, "Wolff(' you rabid stepping over this t trey a little?" naked the captain, ((inching his hat. "What rot, my 8 good fellow?'''''l'o trim the ship. Vete are giving it a decided list" to b Wry 0r0021 experience With childeen tas taught me to believe that those eh° revolt against n11 arbitrary 001- 110111.77are not bad, but misdirected Unclean of 01111811011 strength of char- eter, who through wrong influenee ntl controlvm have coe reel a eel,- ain pride in opposing those whom hey should obey, writes a corres- )(indent, Thos o children who glee I> most trouble will help most when 0 00600.0.00.9..0.e.e.e.ite . 1,, f FOR THE HOME g 11 .., 0. M •••,............,......+... 0 0 A Oil Recipes for the Kitchen, 0 tlygleme sod Other Note. A a for tho tiousekneper, v 0 44 000000(9e0000trisfflor".egitee DOMESTIC RECIPES, Favorite Chops—Rentove all the fat front some chops. Heaton 00011 with pepper and salt, and wrap each ih buttered paper. ,Fold the paper neatly together and fry a Mee brown, Serve In the papers with a, garnish of fried parsley. Linefeed Tea.—Pour two quarts of bod Ing water On Ono ounce of whole linseed, anuj. tevelye drat:tens of 11 - Venice 1•00 t. leech Adel a few slices or lemon. Lel this stand in a covered jug for six houes, then strain for wee and sweeten to taste. PI= and Water Cress Sandwiefies— fflese melee a nice change frOM cake.," for nrternoon tea, Cut Some thin 1)1 Own bread owl butter, Pass two bard,bolled eggs through a wire sieve. Put a layer of egg on one plere of breed and 'butter, and a MY- er of water cress leaVeS 011. 1.1111 other. Press together end trim off the cruet, Swiss Roll—One teacupful of caster sugar, one tenenpful of fine flour and 21. teespoonful of baking powder, mix together, Break two eggs int(' (11' dry ingredients, and beat for five minutes. Pour into a well -buttered Yorkshire pudding lin. Bake for three reintitee in a very hot oven' Turn en a sheet of sugered paper Sprend with jam and roll quickly, Lobster toast is a tasty supper (11811. Talc° half a small tin of lob - 51.01; pick to pieces carefully to re - 261 00.01 fte•PaYrin8jel(1111;ittat:t1edr. (cein°1808(It•ilst oPp°p°end- rapers, and cayone pepper. Pound all thgether till quite smooth,ad- ding"salt if neceseary. Make thor- oughly hot, and serve on squares of hot bettered toast , Garnish with rings of here -boiled egg end serve. Curried Sausages—Fry some eon - sagest tin quite cooked. Then peal' little water into the frying pan; dredge in some curry powder Etnd sufficient flour to thirken the whole, Simmer for ten minutes. Add a. 'sgeeeee of lemon juice ancl stir till the satire is done. Acid the eausnges; stand at the side of the fire ettle they beat through again. Peeve with a border of boiled rice. Potato Balls—This is a nice' way of cooking old potatoes when they nre getting rather out of condition. Take the boiled potatoes end mash with a little milk. Dredge in some floue, season Witjj pepper, salt, 'and chopped parsley. Take care that the mixture is not too moist. Add eullicient (hopped parsley to (lev- ee; make into balls. .13rusli over with milk, put 071 a greased tin, and lirewn before the lire or in a sharp oven, Tomato jam—T.he green fruit is best. Wipe each with a cloth and remove the stem. Put into a pre- serving pan, allowing lialf a pound of white sugar for every pound of frult;• add a little water for spew. Slice one lemon for each two pounds of fruit and aad. Doll until thor- oughly done and the syrup is thick. Do not put mach water at first, for it can be added easily. This is an e jeck0ng eeIlenst. preserve and tastes a little l Ithubarb and Ornege Marmalade— To °eery pound of cut rhubarb al- low three or four Seville oranges and a pound and a half loaf of sugar. Peel the aranges thinly and Out; in thin strips rts for marmalade. Take off the white pith, which will not be needed. Remove. the pips from the fruit and cut it In slices. Place the oranges, rhubarb aud sugar in the preserving pan, and boil gently till sufficiently cooked, and the scuin has ceased to rise. Set to preserve in small pate and cover while hot with White paper brushed over with white of egg. Maids of Honor—For these tarts you must comtnence by making good puff paste, and make it Inc some patty pans. Fill half full witli this mixture. Dont two ounces of butter with the hand till it comes 'le a fine cream, add two ounces of easter sti- ger, and beat /yell together; add yolks of two eggs beaten again; add a small cpumlity of milk, shako in a, few currants and finely chopped eaedied peel. :Bret all the ingre- dients together before filling the patty pans. You will find these de- licious if carefully /nude. TRAINING OF CHILDREN, liateei, they ate 'Limbed into the right tl We 101151; remember that tyranny tends to dietort chatacter. e Illind sul»nissiou should not he extected • from children, as it. tends to make sleets of weak chain, tars, while than) 11110 are natutally independent and will not obey without 1218)00 'rea8011, reaet ago 12>51. arbitrary au- thority. 'rho need is to mat/tete in all elillchen 1111Jaen 'gent and free rse esponto 1>0(0581117 laws. 'When childreri obey because illeye ace elearly a, good reason why they 8110111d, the result is a 21181.117012mirth hi moral character. On tile I bor hand, if obedience is ptetnipted hrough fear of J01177010111 punishment, he result is of no real benefit. to the hild $ nature!. 1Ve niest bear in 111)11 11101 the first Atli toWerd 'per- settOli 0,10 Onea 18 the 8el- Mg 01 the 01211013)10 they' lived to see, molhor,who lacks reffiletnent 111 act moth or (Mose, whet ('51')') ('lis or he truth mid selfish toweled her lime and, 1011 01>17' 01231101eve these mita reproduced her "111121110, et • they n elentl. .port.te Prom the earliest conscious act a child should be taught to consider others and take his share of family .This is very necessary to the formation of floe individual char- acter. We roast work ceaselessly and with infinite love and patience, like the gardener, who, with steady' hand, guides and bends, never break- ing, the twigs of a vine, until it comes to grow in symmetry and beauty, We must let nothing draw our hearts and hands from the ser- vice of 0111, children. Their young lives are incomparahl,v more import- ant than any other possession we can ever have, I'SEPTII, A. headache may he relieved by ad- ding a little lemon juice to your tea instead of milk When cooking white fish sprinkle a little lemon Juice or vinegar Over it; t11113 will improve its appearance and !laver. To make boot laces keep tied give them a slight waxing. This also stiffens them 1.0 go quielify through eyelets. A strip Of enrpet glued (0 a piece of wood will remove mud from boots quickly and without the slightest in- jury to leather. It is far bet ter than the usual brush. Stains on fleonele may he removed by applying mewl qtientities of yolk of egg and glycerine, eind allowing 91 to Rook for toil( na hour before the garment is WaShed. To make linen easier to write on when marking dip the piece you wish to mark into cold starch, rub over with a hot iron, and you will be able to write wIthottt the pen seratching. l'Itun pudding is greatly improved if it in mixed and put on one side to soak 'llte day before 11. 15 boiled. If Me cloth is kept on aftet• molting the pudding ean be kept for many months. Celery leaves may be dried ancl kept for use when the bleached eelcuw Is not proetteable. These aro useful for brown soups and sauces, but not for white, es they would probably spoil the color. After washieg' a sheepskin rug stretch it out on a boned, hair side down, aud lightly tack the edge deem all round. This will prevent the cor- ners curling pp and the skin from hardening. When laying clown new linoleum if poesible put it over the old piece. In this way the bother or taking tip and disposing of tho old linoleum is avoided, also the new floor covering lasts longer. 1Vhen tablecloths 000 beginning 1.0 wear out in the folds, cut two or three inches off One end and one side end re -hem them. This process will change the places of the folds, and will add new life to the cloth. Servi- ettes and towels should be treated in the same Way. To stain floors—Take two parts of permanganate of potash and 30 parts of water. Mix 11'01. Paint thle on the floor two or three times, until the right shade is produced. Arterw•nrcls, when. dry, polish well with beeswax and turpentine, mixe1 to the consistency of thick cream. 4 DE 'AN ALL-ROUND 11TA7T. If yon are 1.0 000011 something to the world besides a mere piece of machinery for turning out sovereigns or work in 50111e particular narrow groove, you must see to it that, while you excel in your work, you neglect nothing that will make you larger than that is. Whether you are in business or in a profession, be a full-orhed man of affairs, not a mere tool to do olio particular thing. Whether you are an artist, a writer, a merchant, or a lawyer, be more than any of these. Let your educe - tion be so broad and thorough that, whether you paint pictures, write books, 5.311 merchandise, make con- tracts, or otiltivate land, you. will Make yourself felt i71 yonr commun- ity as an nil -round man, of broad, ideas and gerterel culture. Train yourself to fill your part in life, 110 matter what it may be, like a man, Train yourself to think quickly and to act promptly. This general train- ing will not only help yoll in public affairs, and give you more influence in your conimunity, but it, will be invaleable to' yon in your besiness or profession; it will make friends for you, will eXtend your reputation, will make your life infinitely richer, fuller, better worth living, and, aboVe all else, it will enhance your Vain° to the world to thoesandrold. +-- CAREFUL WILLIE. TeaCrler VMS explaining the mean- ing of the word recuperate: "Now, Willie," she said, "if your tether worked hard all day, he would be tired and all worn out, wouldn't lie?' "Then, when night comes and his work is over roe tho day, what does ho do?" "That's what Ina wanta to know." A Di•PPER SCHEME, 'rho Young clergyman WaS ender the impression that them had been some criticism because ho preached extemporaneously. "Do you think ought to write my germ/Is?" he asked. "No," replied the sarcastic warden. "I think you ought to huy them." 'A MEASURE Ole PRECAUTION, Florid Ohl Lady (toRing train at station)—Uoilducter, which is the inost dangerous ear on the Unit/ ? Concluctoe—The last cat is simposed to he, matlem, le, 0. L.—Then, why don't you leave it ofl? Ile—"You don't believe in loarrYlog for money, do yott 101101> Antique?" Sho--"I don't know; }new much have i you got'?" "I have 1),(11 married fOr Ne'Vel•al weeks, are my husband and I cannot 1 decide whether We, shOldti >(l 2111) our e old love letters nr burn thon. Whet I would yon advba‘111" Mrs, 1',•-•"PN11, thein 131 et pasteboard hes 111 tilt 8e2'- 2ent girl's; monk 11. 81111111y of old N ltrve-lett era 1111 boon 1010Wri 111 keep 11 girl vontented in one place 1'00.1 three nionthe at 11 IRE S. S. LESSON, 1NTR1U0ATI0NAI, LESSON, ALM. 21., Weagt of the Lesson., 0. Hing 30-46. Golden Text., I. Kings zviii., Mal) having assembled the children of Israel and the prophets of Baal at Mount, Carmel, 1.11ihilt neldreested them in the words of verwes 21 to 25 and they agreed that the god who answered by Ilre should be the god whom they would worship, He gave the prophete of Baal the nes1 a°111)Pec;ritutIltleillYtlic4"0r sijakeYriliPert7a40714107i1j;I:•1111 'upon their god from morning 1111111 mein anti until afternoon, but there watt no answer nor any attention to their cry from their gods. Then Ell- juli called the people 120(21' to him, and, t eking twelve 81.132108 tO repre- sent 1112) i wel ve t rilms of Israel, he repaired the altar of the Lord that was brolcen clown, building it in the incline of the I-ord (verve 32), made a, trench about it, placed the wood in order upon it, cut the bullock in pieces and laid it on the wood and three times drenched the whole with wat er end also filled 1 he 1 rench With 1 wetter; then lee prdyed the simple , beautiful prayer of verse :el, 37, and the fire of the Lord fell and consum- ed the sacrifice, the woad, the stones, the dust and the water in the 1 trench. The people seeing this fell 1 on their fares and cried "The Lord, 1 He is the God; the Lord, He is the Iflood" (verse 39), . I Elijah had 110 thought of himself ,nor of any glory that might come to , him; he wee jealous only for the , glory of the Cod of Israel and de - I sirous that the people might turn to Him and be blessed. by Mem If Njlood weraend wislloingdetsoirobues sooflostaiins 1 , glory that we should have no I thought of honor to ourselves or our 'church or denomination or society, ibut only that people's hearts should ,turn to the Lord, we might be able : to say to all that is against. Cod in i us or about us, "Let fire from God , consume thee!" t(II. Kings i., 10- 12,) Our God is a consuming fire , (Dent. iv., 24; 1-001), xi., 29) and desire.; a people purified unto Him- ' self, thEtt Ile may be glorified in I them. He is willing to receive, for- give, bless and melte a blessing any I and every one who will truly tern I to him, and IT will 11.80 any vosel, , however weak and unworthy, that is I wholly given over to Him to magni- fy His name IOur Lord Joins said in His last prayer, "I have magnified Thy - ' name, I harm doelered Thy name," and He prayed that His people might he so one with Hint that the 1 world might believe and know that He was sent of God (John xvil., 4, 0, 26, 21, 23). Ole milled no fire to purify Plim; tho Spirit came as a dove upon flim, but when the Spirit came -upon the disciples at Penticost He came as tongues of fire. Wo need the purifying consuming flre, hut we are so In love with the dross of self and self interest and self glorification and so unwilling- to be a living sac- rifice (for God must have a willing heart, a willing offering) that Ile is hindered and cannot bless and use us as He &Sires to. Sge, like Israel, must acknowledge "0 Lord our Clod, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us." As to God accepting by fere, con- sider the stecrffice of Abel, the offer- ing of Gideoti and of Mnnoult, the dedication of the tabernacle and the -temple, and note that in the two latter when the glory filled the Holy of Holies no man ectuld stand to Ininister, reminding 'us that no flesh shall glory in His presence (Ex, xl, 351; I, Kings viii, 11; I Cor. i, 29- 31). Jehovah having been pro- claimed God, the prophets of 13aal are slain, To be on the Lord's side means that all that 'is against God must he slain, however dear to us. Cousider the action of the Levites when i1 answer to Moses' question, "Who is on the Lord's side?" they stood forth. See how all such Rad to slay their brothers, ern/Ionians and neighbors who were against Clod. Elijah sent Ahab home with the as- surnnee that rain 1.00111d Male MAW^ clantly, but he went to the top of Carmel and test himself down before tlie Lord and prayed, sending his servant to look toward the see, for tho answer. Again and again he went and retie/mod, saying, '"Phere is nethieg," but at the seventh time he returned, efeying "Behold there eels- eth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand" (vorees 111, 44), So the heavens become black wiLh clouds and wind and ther was a great rain. A. man of like passions with us pray- ed earnestly an(1 for three end a hall yeare it rained not that the word or the Lord Ity Moses might be ful- filled; again lie prayed and the rain C111110, hut see how earnestly and peraistently he prayed, although Clod had snid, "I NVill send rain upon tho earth" (evil!, 1). , It is in Nis purpose that wo shall aSk 'Him to do this and that, Men Minglt ITe lins promised to do it, as He says, "I will yet for this bo in- quired of by the house of Israel to do lt for lhcm" (zek. xxxvi, 87). Ts there not a suggestion in the cloud 'Mice a man's hand" that it Was in answer to a ma111 laying, hold upon God. In 1821. lxiv, 7, the complaint s, •"l'here is,,none that earth ,upon l'ity 711111)0 that Wriggle up himself 0 take hold ef Thee," If he would take hold of God with the pereistence for that whieh 1'4o littS wonliZed to do, what migh1 we not 00 to llie glory. 'Hien note ho the net Verso of our leeson, "The hand tr the f,ord W118 00 Elijah," When ee telee persistent hold of Him, He tell take hold 01 115 for Iris 771011'. Attus opply the command in Tsa, xii, 11, 7, first literally and then rte - ending' t john Xiv, 13, 14, IN NEPA/. OL]) ENGLAND zsmws MAIL AROITT RITLL AND NIS PROPLRL. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Coln- mereial World, The 0, 7, 0, Creeette estimated that et heist 50,000 eyelista ate] awbeed in London on a fine Sunday. Little Prineess Vietoria of %Ilea may often be seen ridieg astride. Slue is an excellent horsewoman, Solomon 'remelting, of YStrad Mole rig, Wale-, aged 95, hes just 014 three neW teeth. Ito has 1101. had to tooth for 20 years. There were 8611,128 paupers 111 re- et,tol. of relief In England and Wales 011 January lst, of this year, of whoni 1 30.4 1 8 /very in London, 'Phu Fife Brigade Committee Will suggest to the I.ontion County Coun- di that men' of the Aminy Reeerve be allowed to enter the brigade. Al Peterborough show 1.110 King ob- taintd two second prieos and one third for Shire horses, and Ark. end FeCond prises for Southdown sheep. A pai•lianientary visit to •the Unite ed Stales in the autumn is being ar- ranged. Eighty ALP.'s bave already: express,d their willingnens to join the party. Hoen after the Ili,110p Of l'..•011dOn had left S't. Augustine's College, Canterbury-, after his visit, a ceiling fell with a crash on to the bed on whion he had slept. There were 392 vessels, of 993,053 10118 Mr08S, under construction 31> tho 'United Kinedont on June 110, which' is about 1,000 tons more than at the end or the 3narch quarter. General French has accepted the suggeetion recently made by a coro- ner's jury at Aldershot, and ordered: that no martial honors are 1.0 at- tend the burial of a soldier suicide. "I have found it a good thing to go a little further than Mr. Cham- berlain," said Sir Cavendish Doyle at tht• West Indian Club, "and not only think Imperially, but feel col- onially." The first woman to go into Brace'. bridge Asylum at Lincoln, a woman from the Spalding district, has roe mined in it ever since aed during the ilfty-four years ties cost the au- thorities sorne 111,800 or 411,400. •One of a gun's crew on H.M.S. Venerable, writing from Malta, says: "This vessel has created a world's reeord at a prize -firing contest, one Of her 12 -lea bathette guns having fired nine rounds in three minutes mid made nine hits." The famous vine at Munpeon Court, which is 186 years old, is just now loaded with. fruit, and the crop this year promises to be a very' sat- isfactory one. The fruit is sent to the King for the private use of the Royal Family, James Scott, 18, of Acton, does not like hats, and smites them In- discriminately. For tilting e-ith hie cane at an inoffennive pedestrian's bowler he was fined 412 the other day. A. constable said Scott had a mania for knocking hats olT. As soine scrap iron obtained from Wicklow was about to be thrown in- to the furnace in a Wexford frain- dty, an ex -artilleryman in the works discovered a shell 7 lbs, in weight and fully charged. The shell was handed over to the police. Two retrievers and two bull ter - Hers, dressed in black cool, eel the hearse of an old tlog-faiteier namea George Nelson from 7,1aphant to Tooting. Each carried 0 cord with the words, "Our //meter has gone to reet." At 13b•minghara the wife of an ardent spiritualist was granted summon0 against lier husband, whom she accused of persistent erutelty. '1110 solieifor said that be Eu491>101 tel her, telling lior that the epirits had warn- ed him that she had to die, and that he had also threatened to memo.- ise 111e magistrate on his appearenco in court:. WHY STANLE'r FIRED FIRST. Airiong many stirrieg incidents or the life of the late Sir H. M. Stanley O eorrespondent of the London Times tells the following: On when ho was on Lake Tangan- yika ho rather suspected the friendli, ness of a fleet of canoes coming to - weeds his boat, "I thoeght they. had a large 8119911', and the boata were deep in the water; still, there was nothing that looked really eus., pielous. I let them emno close, bull I kept' my eye on them and iny hand on the trigger of my elephant -gun. They were but a feet yards off, When I saw a heap of bananas stir. I fired at °nee, anti Blatantly the water wee black with hut/deeds of armed black num who liaki 11k11tftii bidnetyth the banana -hones. '0 do not think many of them got ashore. 11 I had stop- ped to think they wetted have been aboard of us, .and it is we who Shoulcl not have got ashore. But' litta done my thinking before they Male 11051%1' DIRECTING BIM. "Good evening," said thirsty Phi- negan, looking in Ett Flanagan's door, "What d'ye want'?" askocl Flana- gan, wlio was weary of appeasing Finteigan's thirst. • ''Nothin1,'replied Finnegau. "Well, yo'll, fled it itt the bottle whon tho whiskey was.'.' "It's limey ho W we love our friends, Anti What We'd give for them. • -"Wo sigh for theta. We'd die for them, Until—We liVO with therel," logo:ten Illunt.e-"Ilut WhY did you leave your last plarel" AP" plieant—"T eoultirt't stand the way the mistress atul minder esed to quatgel. Mum." Mrs, 1/, IL (shock- ed),—"Dettr mei Did they quarrel O','177 much, then?" Appileant.—"Yee, mum; When it wasn't me on" '1711 Wits me ale '01'."