HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-12-31, Page 26-Ififfi1ES OF FRIEN SHIP
The Test Whereby We May Disting=
uish the True From the False
,Entered accordieg to net ot the Par.
nallient or (-1anacte., te che year One
Thouttand Nine numbed and ahree.
by win, Bally, of Teronto, at the
Seepartment of Agricultere. lemma-)
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A de/Vele:tee from Chicago says :-
Rev. nertok ilea Witt Talmage preach-
ed tram the following text : III John
14, "Greet the Mends by name."
Ielyinolony is tee historien of lan.
mirage, It is th£, huge wardrone in
will It eto hung up the verbal ger-
mints; ancient ma inoaern, witb
wheel Thougnt has been and is ac-
cuetoreed to lotho b sell. is tt
lin t ItltLjOtial1.111d at ial labor -
atm y in eel eh ono elphabot is :eon
to a more or lees exteet to be In
harmony, with all other elphabots,
the same es the study of biolugy
prot es that tho physical etruetures
of 411 iiNiD,1 ereatures, both animal
and vemetable, have been evolved
pelmatily ft ore the same plan. Thus
we tine that as soeial styles in dress
clmnge to h o reeled ga ments for
07.0 thought as 0 sometimes eiscard-
ed, and new thougi ts 0.10 fourd to
be wonting the castoff verbal clothes
of other thougits.
MEANING OF "PRIEND."
'Plies see also find that the WOCO
"filendS" of my text has an elate ely
differetit meaning emit what the cas-
ual reae.er might at fest suppose.
The modern. word "hiend" in popu-
lar discourse Emma an acquaintance,
ore with whom we can socially pais
a pleasant hour, one who is upon
, our callieg list, one who invites us
to his home es we may invite lean
to 01:7' daughter's weaoing patty for
his company. But In ancient times
the Biblieril word -f tend!had a
deeper, holier meaning. It meant
ore who in the tritest and purest
sense bad his life wrapped up in our
life. As John Wesley gave the defini-
tion "it meant one wbo was bound
to us by self sacrifice and ti 0 blood
relation of tho atoning cross." It
meant a Chrietian brother.
The modern deflretion of the word
"Mend" is as differert t oni t e Bib-
lical as a, wolf travelleg mound in
sheep's clothing is at 1 eart different
from a. lamb. Therefore, 0 man and
wernan, in this sermon I woeld try
to cleseribe for you who ale your
tree friends and also show you
whether you are true tionds to
at et a. From among tee ecores and
• bend ods ef your acquais tanees I
woull :ingle out a feel noble svelte
• whose love you ought to eultivare
and whose *affections you should
treasure in the holy of holies of your
most innermost heart.
THE DIVINE FRIEND.
at last we are glad if we have dug
away some of the rubbish at our
feet." Ah, that statement is true 1
When we ate young we have an am-
bition to reform t.e whole unirerse,
but when we grow older we have
natrowed dosvn the itopo of our life
to this eimple dole e : We hope that
WO may liee /eget ourselves We hope
that we may bo ab'e to remove from
ced. friends' paths some of the inn
pediraents over with. we ourselves
ave stuanialeJ. We hope to do the
same as Forte Mitchell did during
the awful liege of Lucknow. Atter
Le was nearly blown to pleees by a
powder magazine concealed wittin
the resieency by the sepoys he tin
deathly warned his English friend;
=
)est they might heedlessly run into
the same danger. And, my brother,
mark Via lf you are not gratefully
wi 11 le to be corrected in a nioral
fault by a true friend then you are
rot fit to have n.ny Christian man
for a close e.ssentate.
The true friend is one who rejoices
with' ;as in our successes as well 8.9
sympathizes with us in our failures
"Ole" you say, "that is a universal,
self-evident desire. There ' is no
danger of any friend not rejoicing
with no when tee succeed in life. The
Only danger is that these friends will
turn their backs upon ua when wo
are dofeatede' Steady, brother,
steady. I em surprised at your an-
swer. I run amazed, first, that you
are such a poor analyzer of huraost
diameter and, secondly, that you
have not found out the error of your
belief by personal experience.
THE DEMON OP ENVY.
Ready are you to grant that ene-
mies rejoice at your overthrow and
are sorry at our triumphs. But in
one sense many of our acquaintances
are actuated by the same motives.
When tripped up in the taco of life
many of our friends are ready to
say: "Poor fellow! Is it not too
bad that my friend So-and-so failed
In business? Is it not too bad that
John lost all the money he inherit-
ed from his father?" But they often
sympathize with us in the self conn
placont way which, translated in the
ordinary language of life, means; "It
is too bad, but if • John haA only
been as smart as I ane he would nov-
er 'lave lout his money. Now he is
Just as poor as the rest of us, and
ho can no longer live in a fine house
or have his daughter taking music
lessons or his son go to college."
But lot a man make a success; let
him.strike a big profit in a real es-
tate investment; let hlm have a $5, -
The true friend, in the first place, 000 income when we have only $le
is always the one nem leves the 000 and it will take a mighty on -
Lord his God with all his Imert tied slaught of Christian grace in our
mind before he tries to love hi; marts to throttle the demon of envy
brother us linustile Ile Is tte me gnawing within our breasts. Jona-
who woeld translate into his own than was a true friend of David. He
lice in a silt:Rua sense the oft quot- loved the poet-statesnion, the shell-
ed advite Wiotil Polonius gave to lis herd boy warrior, in spite of the
dote: tizt7 son Laer tes, ' 'To tithes fact that David and not he, the 00-
015411 fed be true, and it must fellow tural heir, was to sit upon Saurs
as 'he night the day thou canst not throne. Many a poor 010(1 ceases to
not then be false to any man."
love 11 10 brother merely because that
A true earthly Mend must, in the
(het plat e, be ct true feiend to his
• Heavenly lementl, as was Isaac New-
ton. Ile so Impressed every one
wiIt whom he came in contact with
his noble loyalty to 1 is Dicke Mas-
ter tbat when bis friend. tI e great
philosopher, Gottfried Leibritz, was
dying •he erica out again and again
Itis last eickness, "0 thou God
of Meru. Newton, have mercy upon
me I" And yet, strange to say,
teem aie scores of us who seem to
think that our true friends can be
time to es while beteg untrue to their
better selves. If they dxink with vs
, because we get drunk and gamble
with es heeause we gamble and sin-
fully Litter away their lives because
we, as apendthrifts, are squandering
onrs, • we call them friends -true
friends.
• CHOOSE ASSOCIATES.
Practical advice for this elassifIce.-
. tion : Prom the bad men turn away
your face with lirm resolve. You
cannot associate with scoundrels
without you yourself becoming a
party to their infamiee. With the
"doebtful class" of associates be
nary chary of your friendshie. Never
allow any one to enter the inner
charabere of your heart until be has
proved his virtue and nobility be-
yond all doubt.
Tbe third Mass of your aoquain-
tances represents God's noblomon.
Tbeso eau be ntunbered among the
blessed few Who are spiritually try-
ing to make the most out of their
lives. These seek, these trust, these
. hind to you by the unbreakable ties
' of affection. Those cherish all through
life, ,up to the brink of the grave.
These ego the Mud of Biblical aionris
to whom the apostle John sent his
gospel salutation. The true friend
corrects his brother's faiths as well
• art commends his virtues. Ile Warns
Iihn of a moral danger, ag be wcnitcl
Warn his friend of a physical danger
if on a winter's day he sate hire
Meeting too 'near an anemic( in the
• 163 01- if whele boating upon tbe river
he sew him rowing too near the clan-
gorous dam or if he sew him bath-
er:re too near the "sea puss," toward
Which tho treacherous undertow was
tryieg to drag Win. The Ten Com-
manchnente a Mount Sinai 'which
God, with his hnger or a pen, wrote
upon leaves of atone, aro filled With
"thou shelt /Iota" Therefore ore of
the great 711is11ions Of true faience:1111p
fe, cie Paul described it, to "reprove,.
rebuke," Am Well as to "exliort, with
all long Suffering and deeteine."
A ItHSSION OF x,ovrs.
Rut thougb tbe mission • of true
friertrighip coneiets not In peddll ng
evil reperte it doors have a reigeion
in loeingly and teerlorly corroctieg
the wrongdoinge of our dear OXIOS.
3011011h 1100t110, the Mest. famotle
poet and erardittist a eierinan liter.
brother can now ride while he him-
self is compelled to walk. Why do
I state this truth? Because, my
hearer, I watt you to maitre; the
reason you dislilce some of the
friends of your youth. It is not be-
cause they are untrue to you, but
you are untrue to them. It is not
because you have made a failure that
they reluso to have anything to do
with you. It is because they have
made a success time you refuse to
have anything to do with them. Oh,
tho poisonous fangs of Satanic envy!
It is a fiendish enemy, which does its
deadly work in the poor man's hut
as well as in the rich man's palace.
REefEellIER THE ABSENT.
But, oh, hoe' easy it is to forgot
our absent friends! How easy to
got careless about sending the tender
salutations of affection which St.
John sent to his beloved Gatus when
he wrote, "Greet the friends by
name!" How easy when sickness
comes or death comes into the home
to neglect the Written words of sym-
pathy! When we are afar off, how
easy amid pressing cares not to send
the letter of encouragement and ad-
vice and warning which would belp
keep that young man from turning
to the left into the path of sin when
he should keep straight in the mar -
now path of virtue! My brother,
are you doing your duty, your Chris-
tian duty, to that absent friend?
You know you had a mighty influ-
nce for good when you wore by her
aide. Shall you drop that infhionee
for good meraly because you cannot
touch lii iutnd or appeal to him ex-
cept through, 'the influence of the
written page?
STRONGER THAN DEATH.
True friendship is proof, also, not
only against absence, but survivea
death itself. The widow of youv
friend and his fatherless children, his
brother and sister and all whom he
loved will, if you are a true friend.
bone Menus on you which you will
recognize. When David became king
of Terme, olio of the first things he
did Was to send messengers throng/a
the length and breadth of his king-
dom to see if there Was any of
Saul's fatally living to whom he
could shotv kindness, for bis friend
Jonathan's sake, You can do no-
thing for Jonathan dead, but, fol.
thoao Whom he Rived bettor than his
life you my clo much, How better
can you prove yourself a. truo friend
than by heipleg thein for his sake?
He May be awaiting thole arrival in
tho lend of blessed reunion. Lot
them go there te tell him how 70.111'
101/0 fOr hint brightened their Dees,
Thus the "love altar" is net to be
deepised altar. 1Vo ebonite love
the ,Icord our God With all our
Metre, once expressed this beantlnil steengthfoul otte neighbor cm one,
tenet ..etenten wo are ye 'mg • we selves, But that does nut Mean ell
ell head ettierierts for the gals, buttho mein/tore' of the Mimeo family
ehouId occupy the eater: awed
throne e in our hearts. Christ cerne
to eitve a world, but °Islet again
and again wended his way out of
Jerusalem over the Judean little to
lodge in Bethany with Mary arid
Illertba and Lazartm, who were his
true friends. Christ came to save a
world, but whou he partook of the
lest supper ho gathered about him
the twelve, even though he knew ono
Of those was a traitor. Thus Yoe
should have your sacred friends in
Christ. You should have those Sac-
red friend e Paul had them and
John had them and Peter had them.
Wo should have those Christian
friends about us who will lift us up
instead of dragging us down -
friends with whom we can laugh and
sing and romp and play; frioads with
whom we can while away a vacation,
but also true friends, with whom we
can rejoico in their prosperity, and
with whom we care weep over the
casket, and with whom, we can kneel
In prayer -true frionde, who are true
to us because they are true to
Christ. Thus I bid you do as St.
John commanded Gents, "Greet the
friends by nante." Greet them col-
lectively.iedlua.iHold fast to thont as in
ONION'S FOR THE DUMPS.
If You “Beefinaevse” An yAtTthaeonik of the
Don't smile at a man who has a
fit of the "blues" ---nor at a woman
either, for that matter. It is 0. com-
mon practice to treat this complaint
lightly, to talk jocularly about tho
liver, and say, more or less openly,
that tho sufferer has dined too well.
As a matter of fact, it is one of the
most eorious of maladies, for, while
suffering from the blues, a man is
inclined to do rash things, and - he
may very quickly plunge himself and
his family into a sea of trouble that
will cone; noar swallowing thorn up.
It may be that your liver is troub-
ling you, or the depression may be
due to other causes; it is of import-
ance to you to find a remedy with-
out delay. The doctor may prescribe
a change of air, width it is not pos-
sible to have, and he may give you
a tonic. The latest, and most home-
ly remedy for this complaint is -on -
tonal
There ean be no manner of doubt
concerning tho effect of this remedy
on a large number of people. As
soon as they managed to eat a slice
or two of a small raw onion (which
feat they accomplish with the help
of bread, probably), then they who
have been miserable begin to laugh,
their epirita rise, they see through
rose-colored glasses, and generally
act in a, way diametrically opposed
to their previous behaviour. If
You hem; an attaek, try this remedy.
There is one drawback which every-
one will recognize, but there are re-
cipes for ridding oneself of the in-
visible signs of the repast!
NEW KIND OF CATARRH.
Physiciates in London have discov-
ered a new disease, which they call
"the dancer's catarrh." According
to them, it only attacks professional
dancers, and especially those who are
members of a ballet. After execut-
ing 'a few steps the dancer, they sity,
feels a sharp pain ill the nose, and
this is the first ayraptom of the mal-
ady. Soon .afterwards the nostrils
become inflamed and the ditioase as-
sumes a form very similar to that
of influenza. The physicians are
trying bard to discover a remedy for
the disease and are confidant that
in time thoy will succeed. Meanwhile
several persons in London aro seller-
ing so much from "dancer's catarrh"
that they have been obliged to cancel
their engagements.
4
WHY NE DID NOT RISE.
Ribs of Wrecks Show Where Dam
gerous Shoals Lie.
He watched the clock.
He leas always grumbling.
Be was always bebincilmett.
He had no iron in his blood.
Be was welling but unettegh
Ho didn't believe in himself.
Be asked too malty questions.
Ho was steng by a bad book.
His stock excuse was "I forgot."
He waan't ready for the next step,
He did not push his heart to his
work,
He learned nothing from his blun-
ders,
He felt that he was above his pos-
ition.
Ile those Lis friends feom among
ids inferiors,
ITe NV013 content to be a eecond-
rate roan.
He ruined his ability by half-cloieg
things.
710 110001- dared to ant on his own
judgment.
He did not think it worth while
to learn how.
Ho tried to make "bluff', take the
place of ability.
Ile thought he must take amuse-
ment every eemitig.
Familiarity with slipshod methods
paralyzed his ideal.
Ile thought it was clever to use
comae and profane language.
lee was ashamed of his parents be-
cauee they were old-fashionea,
lie imitated the habits of men Whe
could stand more than he eould.
He did not learn that the bast
part of ids salary was not It Isle
pay eneelope.
tiAG1C WANDS zus PAD.
Of *all the fads attected by Collec-
tors of streets° objeats that, affected
by a enceorreitil phyrecian Is perhaps
miequaled. 1To collecto mos:eel:me'
Wands, the weeds in his mince -
tion hone berm used by e.elebritted ego
Oceans in their perforeeences, and' in
some instrowes atI00111PROIOC1 by
letters front the original ownera giv-
ing o. hietory of the "little stick," or
relatinp, some curiotIS incident nesoci-
ated With it. Some hone e certain
intrinalo Worth, some ime Merely
pleasing te the eye, while °there are
dietingutehed by certain eltaracterte-
tits which show the occentritiLlea of
their former menere,
eieeleattorgoecoMeetteeenteeefeedee
FORT1,11,4E 1.10.YiE
4) Recipes for the Kitchen. ta
& Ilygiene and Other Notes I
for the Housekeeper, •
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goossemeetasmooeeeowe
Tnn IsEEDX.NG OP CHILDIVEN.
When a child has reaehecl the age of
four or flve yeate it will be found, 111
most homes, eating at the tablet wit
adults and searing thoir food. lt Is
then time for tho parents to conside
rules of diet for the child which shall
recognize the coexistence of a grow-
etg body and nn undeveloped diges-
t re eysteue
In the lint place It. is reasonably
plate that children shouki not have
their heattiest meal at night. It Is
probable that they will have just
finished their hondest playing. noir
nerves are fatigued, and the condi
tions for good digestion are not like-
ly to be preeent. Their hunger must
of course, be satialied, but not with
the heavier foods. They wi:1 soon:
beasleep, Anti 1018.01'0r influonc
sleep has on digestion, a stomach full
of milk, for example, is lees likely to
cause trouble than one full of hearty
mixed food.
The amount of food that children.
Win take veries so much with ince-
victuals that appetite meet of noces-
rity bo the principal guide. Tho sys-
tem alone knows how much et has
wasted, how much it has built. Why,
them should it not measteo its own
requirements ? A child should have
all it wants, even though it men
senra voracious at times, and even
though, Judging by the variable
quantity of food eaten, the appeate
may seem conrielotur. But thie Iaw
is to be adopted with one important
movie° Clot the child be not al-
lowed to bolt its food. Teo violation
of this rule is respencible for more
digestive disturbancee than genntity
or OV011
Shall the child be allowed to eat
between meals ? Yes, by all means
if the Mod given is plata and if a
suitable interval is to elapse before
the neet regular meal. Ilere again
appetite must be tho guide, for there
is ne sure and definite measure of
those interval processes which con-
stitute the myetery of growth. The
amount that was sullIcient to -day
noon may not be enough to -morrow.
So with cleldren's likes and dis-
likes, proteded they aro confined
within lei:sortable bounds of whole-
someness, and whims have not been
artificially encouraged. _What the
ohlid likes and oraves it Will us:artily
digest; what it dblikes will clitagree
with it. Few children like fat, al-
though nearly all like butter. Foods
rich in fat, such as gravies, notor-
lonely disagree. rt, is foolish to urge
children to eat them
Of sweets the oppoeite is true.
Obildren crave them berause timer
system demands them. They ehosild
have them in reasonable quantity,
but not lu the form of complex con-
fections at all hours of the day, or
at the expense of other food. Rather
lot them be given at meal -time, and
in the steeple forea of sugar, sirup
or molaeses, or good preserves,
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Corn lereacte-One plot sweet milk;
two tablespoonfuls butter; whites of
two eggs beaten light; two table-
spooafuls sugar; ono teaspoonful
met; two tocutpoonfuls cream tartar;
one teaspoonful ;oda; two table-
spoonfuls flour; enough white meal
to make a rather steff batter. Bake
ill an earthen dish, in a rather hot
0000,
Corn Broad. -One cpart sour milk
or cream; four tablespoonfuls hour;
two tahlespoo»fuls sugar; two tea-
spooefuls salt; three tableepoonfule
lard 07' frying'S• lleatNKII 000 teaspoon
ful balciag powder; two teaspoordels
soad, diseolved in hot. wetter; enough
white ineal to make a rather stiff
batter. Bake In rather hot oven
tor 10 to 50 minutea,
Apple Porcupine. -Peel and core ton
large apples, and put them on to
simnier in one and one -ball pints of
coll water made into a syrup with
one, cupful of sugar. When cooked
through, remove whole from the
syrup, and put into the syrup six
apples which have been steamecl and
numbed. -Add the juice and grated
rind of a lemon, •and einuner until
a smooth marmalade is formed. When
tho apples are quite cool, heap them
in a enctund, placing a little apple
jelly between each layer, and stick
blanched end halved almonds n.11
over it. Fili up the specter with ap-
ple marmalade.
Bent the whites of four megs to a
etiff frotb, and add ore teacupful of
vanilla:flavored Icing -sugar if the
flavor is appreciated. Oneer the
apples lightly with this icing.
Bread Cronibs,-Wbon planuing to
fry some artiele that needs to be
dipped in egg 0011 03111 tben in bread
cremes, your egg will go ferther
and at better if you add Water to
it. Break eletrr egg into a plate,
how mormare two tableeponns of
Water foe every egg. Take a fork
and heat the egg end water togotber
wtth five or /ex etrokos, and it is
ready for Imo. Do riot use more
than two Matte speons of seater, as
It inalces it thin. Dave you ever
taken pales to cseefelly. ciever 1171
oyster or eroquot With agree and
;ninths and than had them peal oft
hen freelg Mee lee's% ehe tenter
clenn Yee Will find tea ileing
the water will prevent that. Never
nee anything but rolled and sifted
bread crumbs when you intend frying
anything. Cracker crumbs and 'noel
aro 11010 to mean gems Break the
bread into sleall pieces and put, it. i»
Ft lin in the owe. Dry thoroughly "
Only a little dreellig melee; it head
but when tbe ittetrelt is deitroyed 14
will crumble ily. These ttioate,
axe eery nice to eat zie tease, or with
SOup. Now, wile!) you helm roiled
your (rumba sift to lingo thent fine
end pet iete a revered presort% Jar.
It does Pet take lotig to 1,11,, do
a pare
sieknoss. One of the important
things to see to is the bed, Very
few people really know how to make
a bed propetly; that is to put the
eheet on evoely and etnoothly, The
sheets should he largo enough to be
Securely tuched under the edge of the
inattrese„ and the greatest eare
should be takozi to emooth out all
the crenees, as nothing fidgets a pa-
tient eo much as crumpled shoots or
sheets that !mop slipping to one side.
Teen the pillows, The proper trey
te avenge thene is so that they aro
neither too high nor too low'jusL
of a medium height, to rest thet baelc
of the patient witen ratting up,
Changing and shaking the pillows
when they have become crumpled,
tones bet a little time, hut is vom.
conifer Ling and refrothing to the pa-
tient.
The covering of the bed should
very according to the temperature of
the room, the nature of the sic:knees,
the feeling of the patient and the
Una° of tlu; year. Whetever these
conditions, the covering should be
as light as coneistent with the com-
fort of the patient.
Feather beds should never be used
In case of sickness. They aro tin-
romeortahle for the patieut and keep
the body unnecessarily NOMA.
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ittaCTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
Cooking school teachers say that
corn -starch pudding is seldom prop-
erly cooked, being generally under
done. It seldom gots enough woe -
lug they say, to take away its raw
flavor. A cornstarch pudding cook-
ed three-quarters of an hew, the
whites of the eggs not being added
until after it is cool:ere is Said to be
not only palatable, but nutritious
also.
Ham patties maim an acceptable
luncheon or supper dish and a good
way to use up cold ham. Chop the
moat lino, allow two parts of bread
crambs to one of ham, wet the
crumbs with milk, eermon with a gen-
erous lump of butter, put into patty -
pans and break an egg over each.
Enamel cloth is suggested as a
good floor covering for closobs, being
easily fitted, and also mealy taken
up and re-laid.
Ventilation of closets is particular.
ly necessary. Clothing kept in an
tinventilatecl closet gots a emelt pecu-
liar to emote -and peculiarly dieagree-
able. It is the unmistakable ad-
vertisement of the surroundings.
Don't, if you con possibly avoid it,
keep clotheng in a closet off a room
in which mon smoke frequently. The
smoke settles in tho clothing, im-
parting the disgusting oder of stale
tobacco smolce. If you meat 1150
such a closet, ventilate it as much
as possible, and hang the clothes on
the line at every oppoottinitY, to
gise them a thorongla air' -purifica-
tion.
TO THAW rnoznx EGGS.
Quite by weenie -1A we discovered
method of thawing frozen one. Wrap
them in eoveral thicknesses of cloth
/oosely termite out of cold water, or
entirely BlItC0011C1 them with thor-
oughly wet straw. If cloth or straw
dries too rapidly, sprinkle with cold
water. The covering will absorb the
frost from the eggs and leave thom
in each condition that when brokee
they cannot he told from an en-
froe.en egg. Those who hano Mod
thaereng eggs in cold water only and
euad the yolks hard aud much water
In shell will welconao tbia Let the
thawing process be slow and thor-
ough and you will lind you can whip
the whites of the eggs if desered.-
Mary D. Lee.
A GREAT CONVENIENCE.
"Yes," he said to the friend who
was enjoying a cigar with him in the
library, "I've had a telephone put
in."
"It's a greet 00X1ViilliOnee, 18111,
it?" •
"Ole a very great convenience."
Just then the tolophone bell rang
end he went to see what was want-
ed. Presently hie head appeared in
the library doorway.
ME S. S. LESSON,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
jAN. a.
Text of the Li.essr;, Luke ii., 40-
52, Goldn. Text, Luke
i.,
Whether wo study what is called
Old Tentatnent tI10 NOW Test
ment our aim Should be to kilo
God, for, as Dr. Murray says: 'ee
central thought of this book is Co
Its ono object is to reveal God, '-
glory, Die Nvill, Ins lova In re
iug it our chief desire ought to bo
know God. Islay our life and heat
bo as full of God as this book la
As no man hath won God at it
time except as the ouly bogotten 5
who in its the bosom of Um Fella
'lath declared Dim, and as no in
knoweth the Father save tho So
and he to whomsoever the Sou w
reveal Hen (John 1, 18; Matt x
27), we can only icnow God
Christ, and must see tho Son
God in all the revelations of Go
front Gen, 1., 1, onward.
It is well to remember those thing
as we begin again a study of t
life of Him who was "God manife
in the flesh" (I. Thu. iii„ 16). Tie
weeks ago in our Christmas lessen
we arm the wise men from the ea
worshipping Him with their gift
but, in the loeson to -day years hat
passed since then and Ho is now a
the age of twelve keeping the Pas
over with His mothirr arid •Joseph i
Jetusalern. Verses 89 end 51 eac
speak of a return to Nazareth, bu
in the former it Is IIie first going t
Nazareth after He was born o
Mary; in the latter It is Ills rutin
at, the age 01 1,1001(0 to be subject t
the limitations of the humble horn
and the carpenter's shop for oightee
years more. Verso 10 giver; lei
history to the age of twelve, an
verse 52 from twelve to thirty. A.
the while lae was the "saleation o
God," "the King of the Jews," "th
Lord's Christ," "a light to lighte
the gentiles and the glory of Israel'
(Lithe 11., 25-82; Matt, 11., 2),
John the Baptist was filled wit
with the Holy Spirit from Ills birt
(Luke 1., 15), and surely Jesus was
also. The Holy Spirit revealed t
His humanity that which He needed
to lcnow as Bre was able to boar it
and thus He increased in wisdore.
The grace of God must have boo
exceedingly abundant toward }Dm t
enable ntin, 1010Willg 1011001 He was
to sojourn meekly and submissively
in Nazareth those thirty years. A
to His body of flesh aud .blood, IX
grew as do others of the chink°
whom nature, sin excepted, Be too
upon Him (Heb. 11; iv., 15)
More than is written of those thirt
years Mary will doubtless be glo.
to toll US duo time if we need t
know. We do eertaiuly need to icnow
low more of the aubmission to cir
cumatances and limitations whiel
so fully manifest in Dine for 41S on
las said, "Submission ia the highes
1111min/it 071 earth" (Jas. iv., 7; I
Pot. v., 5; Eph. v., 21; Matt. xi,
29, 30). As to growth see n. Pet
111., 18; L Pet. ii„ 2; II. Sam. v.,
10, margin; Emit, xli„ 7.
The Passover wes oeu of the tbroo
great anneal feasts, and not only
minted backward to the deliveiesuce
tom Egypt, but also forwerd to a
greater deliverance from all nations
of the earth, when the Passover shall
11 felfilled (lex. xxiii, 14-17; xii, 1-7
,Tor. 5-8; Luke xxii, 15, 16).
The sacrificial part was fulfilled when
Christ our Passover tvas sacrificed
or no (I Cor. v, 7), but,the full ben -
lit is yet eo be seen. Wo who are
edeemed, being perfectly safe under
eholtem of lies blood Acid tor us,
ro to be found with loins girded,
ating the bitter herbs, emblem of
lir fellowship with Dim in His suf-
enrage (Phil, 1, 29; John vi, 57). We
ust also beware of all carelessness
O our daily week, keit by allowing
ursolves to wander (Coln kii/T1 we
ring Borrow to our hearte as we
gain seek Him till NVO flnd Ilene If
o allow ourseh ea to go a day's
mammy without Him it may teem
ore than a day's sorrowful seeking
re we again meek° in Him.
Thole are (mine emeningle strange
tinge in this elegy which may 'well
md nee to centiliter how much or how
ttlo they knew of this unique Son
among all the sons of inen-the oely
710 Wil0 lived eliewhere before lie
ved on mirth, the only one Wil0
mad be fettled truly "the need of tho
mane," tbe only one who never
,ought nor said 7101. did a Wrong
Mg. It seems odd that ;they
meld start fox' 1101110 With011t being
ire that Ile was with them; that
107 sbould teink He would prefer
nee to that of Els .own mother;
at they elleulti riot go rigbt tho
Inple to teek AS soon as they
tented to the one, Bet let us
rn from them to Ulm and to Die
st, recorded utterance, the ono soli -
17 recorded et:tonne% of thirty
ars, which covers also 1I18 whole
pettier in a morttti boily,
"I must bo about My, Frithee's bits-
ess" (verse 40). This Is the first
lIly Fativii." of hurecte lips epoletee
God ealthongle there at an Ore
each to it in Ise, belie 1(1; lxiv,
leird. it, 10, Ile (1001' 501 roe& any
ought of the paternity of Jogeple
nether 0101 veneld have thought of
wontlere of the groat 'city, visit -
e; Mende, oe the Jorgeey
cn, but 3To Is wholly oecupled wi 111
O thinge of Hie Fathere te
Q(kgmt,onlvhanink of thee° spetially
reed the thiege, of Gee. Since
Mid Hint 41 this early age more
terested OA ,hrileet cif God nald
U
a
0
"accuse me a moment," he said. b
"I've got to run next door and toll a
Mrs. Brown that sot/moue cvonts to a,
speek to her. In her pride over the J
possession of a telephone my wife m
foolishly told the Browns to use it
whenever they wished, and they've
told all their frioncle.." 31
mune beak With MI'S. BTOWn,
who devoted several minutee to tell- 11
ing someone at the other end of the
line that she wee "so sorry baby
jutdn 11
"'Nevrrtulgiehle.'s's," Ilesaid, when Mra.
Brown bad departed, "it 18 a great 57
0011V0.010000. Perdon me! There 01
it goer; again." th
A minute or two litter he glanced el
into tho 100111 agatO in say: "Got to
run over fll*i toll Mrs. Jones that -7
ta
ber kaisbaxel can't get home to din-
tl
nor. Ile baelc ehortly," te
lee came back accompenied by a l'e
man who wanted to call up some- 1.10
body at the chtb to toll him he ei
coulden be over that evening. 10
"I ettyl" said the xnan when he
'MOS tht01/01, "my friend isn't there
0
yet, but I left a antiesage tor hint.
If he calls up laier, Wiil Yon be good in
0110110 to run over end let me know e
what he says?" 01
•It'AusIt1 rtilfelint'pr
a. child appeared at tbe 8;
door with a piece of naper iti her th
band, Ai
"eleatuna% arming to go out and tit
cau't come herself," he explained, ill
egreon(ileoe(r.S4,11any., jiee'rectenutedicInirotl th
no ItIo)c-ns:1;:reeivito you 011
w 'ti
things or, thin lipit ji10 first thing in V6
the tnorning." WC
in
01111. 111.111S111S,
.411 ghle elicited know a little abouL 11
tursthee tot 101 to bo used 111 time gEtr
When Me wee done the host made
imeelf tomfortable in the library
'As 7 'tre (saying," he remarked,
the telephone is a gl'Crtt 0011V011i-
0000-for the lielghbors."
-4
NOVEL wratvo.
'A man told the 15egteerele;5'"f7e, A.
London Police Court ineently thet ihe
heti etoler, two fowls order to thec.
vervm. Tho beide NCLNIO itoneettled
the threw; of God Gent lo, obi else-.
mid reme.mber the • early 1:4441 ef
Samuel, Invoice Joash. and Joieele-.
why not export mit young people to
receive awl (carve Dern 0.12(7 learn to
lee 11371) 1i%'51 in them ? The mune
elph 1.5120 118(41 end wvonght Hem
nett in there tO 01ili10 Wining 0 live
end A'OPil 171 ITS mid in our
lenther--n"What te Gm, nee of me
theey if 3)21))SP•1111 108i,
maim it?" iime-'"I'llat's all
pee, T enjoy speeding' lb
st is,inuch at; Y011 do maeleg ‚‚
e withont 1.1
,
ombting with. ?oar.
,
, •
IIV MERRY OLD ENGLAND
NEWS BY ItArIL ABOUT 300.11
BULL .A.ND BIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences in the Land That
Reigns Supreme in the Com-
mercial World.
At the last census there wero
556 blind in London, 886 of whom
were between. the ',ones of flee mid
fifteen,
A. modern highwayman ha a begun
"business" on the London to Now -
=erect road. Seiyeral people have
been shot at.
Tho funerel of the late Lord Row-
ton, originator of the workmon'a
dwellings, recently took place at.
Konsni. Green cemetery.
There is a proposal on foot to
start a fund for a national memorial
to the tato Lord Salisbury to take
the form of hospital endowments.
To relieve tho dullness of camp life
temporary soldiers' club has been
fitted up in Woolmor Porest for the
Longnmor and Bordon caums.
King Christian IV. of Menraark
has been created a general in Mt;
Britisa agmy, on tho occasion of the
forteith anniversary of his succession
to the throne.
Mr. Barton Riviera R.A„ the well-
known living animal painter, says
that the horse is an artistic neces-
sity, and is the most beautiful form
of traction in the world.
Mr. Plowden at a London Polies
Court characterized o.s "an unhea.rd
of proceeding" the fact that the po-
lice had "pumped" a statement teem
a man accused of 'murder.
elr.• E. J. •Lupson, who Ines been
forty years parish clerk at Yar-
mouth, has attended 11,570 marriag-
es in the parish church, and in 1,.
251 cases gavo the bride away.
Wearing the black mid gold robes
of the Chancellor of the Eechoquem
Mr, Austen Chamberlain recently
presided at the law courts over the
itelrertielynat ceremony of 118.10illg the
Jade% Parry recently raised laugh-
ter at the Manchester County Court
by solemnly declaring that the time
ihuagdgcclgoom. for tho formation of a. so-
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
A Loudon barman, who was dis-
charged for rising late, succeesfully
sued his employer for a. week's wag-
es. He said he was tired in cense-
ecuencetiof his hours, tyllich NNW° from.
8 a.m. to 12.30 pan,
Fruit growers in Kent are anxious
With regard to the prospect of next
year's black currant crop, owing to
the continued ravages of the pest
Phytoptuanibls, known to farmers as
the bud mite.
King Edward's Hospital Fund has
just received the sure of £4,687 188
11d, a quarter's eh idend from, tho
securities given to tho fund in equal
amounts by Lord Mount-Stephon and
Lord Sthrnahcona.
London School Board has adopted
a report expressing tho opinion that
technical instruction for blind and
deaf persons between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-one should bo es-
tablished in London.
Sixty-six lives wore saved by the
Royal National Lifeboat Inetieu-
tion's boats durieg October. Since
Janurmy no fewer than 619 rewards
have bean gi von for 1 ile-savieg, the
largest number in a similar period for
.1.1 years.
An ill -clad man named GOO&ICII0
MIS soon by a fernier hungrily de-
vouring a turnip, Ills plea that he
wits starving did not avail with the
magistrates, who ordered hint to go
to prison for a week or pay seven
shillings and sixpence.
During 0 recent weelc £1,185 was
voted in grants to twenty-two poor
benefices in Loriclon hy the London
branch of the Queen Victoria Clorge,
Fund. Grants are made in sums of
front £10 to n80, varying according
to the income of each benefice.
A soldiers' and sailors' labor bri-
gade has recently boon formed in
London, for the purpose of giving
direct employment to soldiers attd
sailors, , retired, pensioned, or reser.
vists, lately returned from South
Africa, who possess reliable char-
acters.
A ladies' band recently sued the
manager of the Stonefield Gardens,
for breach of agreement. For tho de-
fence it was alleged that one day the
band became intoxicated and behav-
ed a disorclerly manner. The judge
found that the charges wer0. net. ntilee-`--
proved,
Jacob Popp, tobaccefilst, ef High
Wycombe, has recentbe rormived liis
hundredth summons to appear before
the magistrates for an alleged offence
under the Lord's Day Observance
Act of Charles IL Ho �r his assist -
tort has been summoned every Sun-
day since 1001. -
A further batch of Welsh miners
melt back from the United States
under the labor twee hone arrived at
Liverponl. Nearly tho whole of tho
men who wont to America in an-
swer to the bogus advertisements for
labor have tune been sent back. They
complain very bitterly of their
treatment.
tea COCCOSOOLIOCIlt of the Morning
Post tells that Loecl newton men-
t'ioned te hire eevoral curicma little
.detaile affecting Lord Beaconsfield,
lea said that at ,hie death Lord Bone
consfleld tild not 130000S8 ft watch,
end that he left 00 jewellery, While
all his life ho never was it 11 0 1017 to
APPEASING A MOB.
They have cuue riomethods in Per -
fee oT tileerleg Iney aarl order. A
failure of the crops had resulted in
a emu. loaf, willth tenth enraged the
popeclescp, 31,order to Mint elle (u-
mult, the ethali Metered e ineeleele g_f
1)0.1<015 to 005310e seemed otrolios wear
0 rod, besidea a few mitior little nt-
tentions euell as the amputation., of
mut hint, arid ho wantedto roe if all Cat or i.1170,
Illanthe--"Ilid elle give (holly any
ce)1trepiece-dee' she
id alio might not object I,d
ith tigSos 05a7,4) (110 46a0,"