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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-7-5, Page 6T MI ta .10 cos TAE CEDAR OF LEBANON. Rev. Dr. Talmage Speaks of Its Sheltering Wings. g ng A despatch from Washington save +fed ever day? Who feeds you? Put I tt throb? Listen to the respirottonof your lungs, Who helps you to breathe? Hove you a Bible 1n the house spread- ing before you the future life? Who gave you that Bible ?" Oh I it has beau a story of goodness lend mercy all the way through. You hove been one of God's pet children. Who has fond- led you and caressed you, and loved you? And when you went astray, and wanted to oome baok, did he ever re- fuse? I know of a father, who, af- ter his soar curve back the fourth time said, "No ; I forgave you throe times, It shall dwell all beet of every wing," but I will never forgive you again." Art in Ezekiel's nine, so now -Christ And the son went off and died. But bee goodly cedar, and to ham are fly- God takes back his children the thou - Ing all kinds of people -young and sandth time as oheer2uUy as the first. 01d, rust and poor; men high-soareng As easily us with my handkerchief I as the eagle, those fierce as the raven, strike the duet off this book, God will and those gentle as -the dove. "All wipe out all your siw+. IOW/ of every wing,' 0 thi, meroy of God! I am told • it keret, the young may come. :Qf la an ocean. Then, I plaoa on it four the eigbteau hundred and seventy- swift sailing craft, with compass, and ono years that have passed, about charts, and choice rigging, and akil sixteen, hundred have been wasted by ful navigators, and 1 tell them to the.good sat mtaiiireeted efforts. Un- launch away, and discover for me the tit Robert Raikes Dame, there was leo organized effort for saving the young, ''1'e spend all our strength trying to bend old trees, when a little pressure would hove been sufficient for the enpting. We not men go down to the very bottom of sin before we try to lift ^them up. It is u great deal easie, sof keep a train on the track than to geatt. oil when, it is off. The experi- enced reinsman cheeks the fiery steed at the first Jump, for when he gets in full swing, the swift hoofs clinking fire from the pavement, and the bit between his teeth, his momen- tum is irresistible. It is said that the young must be allowed to sow their "wild oats." I have noticed that those who sow their wild oats seldom -Rev. Dr. Waage preached from your hand on your pulse? Who makes the following text: -"All fowl of every wing", -Ezekiel evil, 29, The cedar of Lebanon ie a royal tree. 'It etands six thousand foot libelee elite level of the sea. ee mite eionary counted the concentric cir- cles, and foiled one tree thirty-five bundred years old -long -rooted, broad breeches, all the year in luxuriant foliage. .My text intimates that Christ fs the cedar, and the people from ail quarters are the birds teat lodge among the branches. "It Obeli be a goodly cedar, and under extent of this ocean. That craft pule out in one direction and sails to the north ; this to the south ; thie to the east 1 this to the west. They crowd on all their canvass and sail ten thous- and years, and one day come up the harbour of heaven, and I ,shout to them from the beach, " Have you found the shore 7" and they answer, "No shore to God's mercy 8" Swift an- gels, dispatched from the throne at- tempt to Dross it. For a million years they fly and fly, but then come buck and fold their wings at the foot of the throne and cry "No shore! no shore, to God's mercy!" Again: all the dying will find their nest in this guodly ceder. It is cruel to destroy a bird's nest; but death try to raise any other kind of crop. does not hesitate to destroy one. Heaven is In one direction, hell is in There was a beautiful nest in the another. rf you are going to heaven, next street. Lovingly the parents you bad better take the straight road, brooded over it. There were two or and not try to go to Boston by way three little robins in the nest. The of New Orleans. What is to be the scarlet fever thrust its hot hands into history of this multitude of young the nest, and the birds are gone. people who sit and stand around me Only those are safe who have their to -night? I will take you by the hand nest in the goodly cedar. They have and show you a glorious sunrise. I over them "the feathers of the Al- will not whine about this thing, nor mighty." Ohe to have those aoft, groan about it; but come, young men waren, eternal wings stretched over and ma idens, Jesus wants you. His us 1 Let the storms beat, and the hand is love; his voice is music; his' branches of the cedar toss en the wind smile is hen vett. Religion will put; ! -no danger. When a storm comes, no handouffs on your wrist, no hopples you can see the birds flying to the woods. bare the storm of death comes down, let us fly to the goodly cedar. Of what great varieties heaven will be made up 1 There oome men who once were hard and cruel, and desper- ate in. wickedness, yet now, soft and changed by grace, they come Into glory: "All fowl of every wing," And here they come, the children who were reared in loving home-oircles, flocking through the gates of life: "All fowl of every wing." (Mese were white, and Dame from Northern homes; these were black, and ascended from South- ern plantations; these were copper - coloured, and went up from Indian reservations: "All fowl of every wing." So God gathers them up. It is aston- ishing how may it is for a good soul to enter heaven. A prominent busi- ness man in Philadelphia went home one afternoon, lay down on the lounge, and said, "It is time for me to go."ilie was very aged. ibis daughter said Le on your feet, no brand on your fore- head. Again: I remark that the old may come. You say, "Suppose a man has to go on orutches; suppose he Is blind; suppose he, is deaf ; suppose that nine - tenths of his life has been wasted." Then I answer, Come with crutches; come, old man, blind and deaf, come to Jesus. If you would sweep your band around before your blind eyes, the first thing you would touch would be the cross. It Is hard for an aged man or woman to have grown old without religion. 'Their taste hue gone, The peach and the grape have lost their flavor. They say that somehow fruit does not taste as it used to. Their hearing gets defec- tive, and they miss a great deal that is said Ln their presence. Their friends have all gone, and everybody seems to go away from them, and they areleft all alone. They begin to feel in the way when you come into. him, "Are you sick?" He said, "No ; the roam where they are; and they but it is time for me to go. Hove move their obair nervously, and say, Juhn put It in two of the morning "I hope I am not in the way." Alas! pipers, that my friends may know that father and mother should ever that I am gone. Good-bye;" and as be in the way. When you were sick, quick as that, God had taken him. and they sat up all night rocking you, It is easy to go when the time singing to you, administering en you, comes. There are no ropes thrown did they think that you were in the out to null us ashore; there are no way? Are you tired of the old pen- ladders let dowry to pull us up. Christ plc? Do you snap them up quick and comes and takes us by the hand and -harp? God will curse you to the bone for your ingratitude a d unkind- ness. Again ; The very bad, the outrage- only sinful, may comp. • Men talk of the grace of God as though it were so many yards long, and so many yards deep. People point to the dying thief an an encourage- menteto the sinner. How much bet- • ter it would be, to point to our own case and say, "If God saves its, he can save anybody." There may be those here who never bad 'one earnest word said to them about their acmes. Consider me as putting my hand on your shoulder, and looking in your eye. God has been good to you. You ask, " How do you know that? Ile has 'been very hard on me," " Where did you come from 7" " Dome." ' Then you have a home. have you ever 'thanked God tom your home? have you children?" "Yes," "Have yon ever thanked God for your ohllsren 7 Who keeps tbom safe? Were you eve' Stoic 1" "Yes." •\Vho niado you well l Have you been says, "You have had enough of this; oome up higher." Do you hurt a lily when you pluck it? Ls there nny ruclew nese when Jesus touches the cheek, and the red .rose of health whitens into the lily of immortal purity and gladness 7 Julie 0, 1900 Fashion of To, -clay A RAINING TREE. The island o8 Ferro is ones o% the largest en the Canary group, and it baa received' its 1104118 on account, of its Iran bound soil, through which no river nor stream flows. In the midst of the island there grows a tree known as the raining tree, the leaves ' 'wh.ich. are hang and narrow. .It continues in constant verdure winter and summer, and the braniehes etre covered with a cloud which is never dispelled, but .resolving Itself into as the ratting tree, the leaves very clear water in such abundance that cisterns placed, at its foot to re- catve it are :never empty. DISCOVERED, Yes, she meld, I bane found myhue- band out. Found him out, Out every night. Now Is the Season ee Purse harvest and sand enguleh to the dressmaker, As the ale of simplicity grows apace the exquisite nicety with which galena menet be feehiouee becomes is platter of art work. Since net effects prevail, that flat rewraoe is most Intricately and cunningly wrought with epplIea- tions of 1.aoo, embroidery, let -In motifs or guipure work, whether the fabrid be sheen Innen, lawn, batiste, one of title malty silk weaves, or the wools which were never before so beauti- fully matte. Some bf the now skirts are made There its s finite cravat of We laoe, and a h'i'gh folded o islet girdle, of black ,satin, the black repeated in the them of 2 -inch wide eaten ribbons; whioh are threaded through the lower edge of the bolero, ending at the front with small gold buckles. The eleeves have stieched otters of white silk et the wrists, Light -weight work will enjoy le groat popeetrily all euesumer. Not only are they to be raootumeuded for their beauty, but they are also aeono- mioal, The Annie amount of labor and almost an equivalent expense le now expended upon a wash gown, which, of course, doesn't wash, and it is nne- lase after a few weerings; the wool, Shirt waist of pastel blue lawn tucked in clusters of three, which are divided by plain spaces, trimmed withbeadiug. Material required, lawn 32 inches wide, 3 1-2 yards. with a silk drop skirt, which has a rtaffle of the same material as the gown. This is made just long enough to clear the ground, sol it rix a simple mattes to had up the outside skirt, which may be of the filmiest materials A, white pique skirt made with two inverted plaits at the back, and bay- ing no tucks, le trimmed down each seam with a stitched band of pique, and three of the same bands around• the hem. Ab Eton jacket of pique, with a wide collar of all-over embroi- dery, covered with a lattice work of stitched bands, is worn with this skirt over an embroidered blouse. The sleeves fall only a tittle below the el- bow, where they flare and turn back in ruffs matching the collar. Light blue is very, very fashion- able, almost dividing favor with all - on the other hand, is light and ex- quisite, fashioned daintily over silk, and, since it does not rumple, may be womn many times before a trip to the dry -cleaner's is neoessary. For the seaside these wools are without apeer, as they resist even the awful and dire - some Scotch mist of our Atlantic sea- board, and are delightful for theeven- lng promenade, since one requires no wrap with them. A dream in barege is of a deep, yellowish oream tint, made up with Lace the flame shade. The fashioning of the gown is some- what princess in form, the entire body and hip portions laid in tiny plaits invisibly secured. Across the bust line and extending aver the shoulders is a broad band of the cream lace, white allilbaerrgy, samin -obp, d seawt tof left side almost against thea arm. The Corsage of Persian figured lawn white lawn. It is trimmed with an tonholed band of lawn down the front, run. Sleeves trimmed with embroid lawn, 96 inches wide, 3 yarda. mounted on a round yoke of tucked etnbroidered lawn ruffle, and a but - through which black velvet ribbon is ered lawa trills. Material required, powerful white. There are also grays and navy blues in profueion, but light bine ie most in favor, and so is red for whole gowns or for trimmings, colors of which ono never tiros, and which are a welcome relief from the prevalence of faded pastel tones, which, lovely ae they were, have had their day, and are gracefully still more fade' as they altogether disap- pear. A Light blue wool -canvas, spotted with wide -set, small bleak polka dots, is altogether charming, et plain or gathered skirt, and a bolero, having stitched shawl revers of white faille, a waistcoat of white silk, arose - ed. high over the bust and 1051c/flee with three small gold buttons, its edge no longer than the bolero itself. sleeve is plaited like the corsage, and the lower part of the princess in sim- ilarly. finished, falling in a deep, Messed flounce of soft, oream-tinted silly. With this beautiful gown was worn a turban of softly folded ohlf- fon in palest green, nota bit of trim- ming hIet its own perfeot shaping. Tete lace used with a seoond wool toi- let is of eerie Venetian, point, and It forma a tiny bolero with shoulder caps the bolero almost hidden under the broad yoke roller of, sltirred'chif- fon over whits stlk, the edges having a half-inch band of black vevet, This yoke collar continues down the Leone to the deep, folded cincture of white panne. The gown is of the fin- est, softest gray crepe, with a silvery sheen, and the. hat pulled far aver the face, 15 of eumhuret satin straw, with puffs and facings of pink, mauve and cream. ROUGH ON HORSES, During the American Civil War, the Confederate Cavalry need up its horses at the rate of. 11 per man in 12 months. It Is estimated that the English mounted forces in South Afr rioa will need four remounts per man during the remainder of the cam- plaigie. AN EXHIBITORY SPURT. Mr. Jones -••What do you 'suppose possessed OUP old hers° to kick up and run away, Mrs. Jones -He mast shave over- heard you read that article about hie day of tteeiulnsss being past, i"'", -.."1 -4. -74, -7e -....-.-..-e-1 Young Folks. I GIRLS WIIO ARL IN DEMAND.The girls that are wanted are good' girls - Good from the heart 10 tlye lips ; Pure as the lily 1s white attd pare, Erten its heart to its sweet lour Lips, The girls that are wanted are horse girls-, Girls that are mother's right hand, That fathers and bro111ees cad trust, too, And the little ones understand. Gids that are fair on the hearthstone. And pleasunl when uobody sees, Kind and sweet to their own folk, Reedy and unxious to please. The girls that. are wanted are wise.; girls, That know what to du or say, Thal drive wile a smile or soft word. The wrath of the household away. The girls that are wanted are girls of sense, Whom faehton can never deceive; Who can follow whatever la pretty, And dare what is silly to leave. The girls that are -wanted are careful girls, Who count what a thing will cost; Who use with a prudent, generous hand, But sae that nothing is lost. THE FAIRY POD. Katie got very tired after picking a basketful of peal in the hot sum- mer sexiest/ she thought for a change she would begin to shell a few while she sat down in the shade of the cool green rows of peas, almost twice as tall as herself. She burst two or three pods, and ran her thumb down the row of shining green balls so tightly tucked away in their oosy little had. "Just like mother tucks us up, all snug and comfy," thought Katie, as she threw away the empty pod. Then somehow the next shell seem- ed a very long time in being stripped of its little inmates, and Katie fancied she heard some silvery 11t1•16 sounds, just as if some wee fairy bells were chiming. They seemed a little out of tune, and not at all one after the other, as Katie had heard the bells sit the big gray church, where she event every Sunday afternoon with mother to hear father talk to the other children who came there. Presently the bells stopped, • and Katie heard a tiny voice say, In ra- ther a grumpy tone, though it was so small; "I wish you wouda't push so; I have hardly room to breathe 8" Than name an answer in a little deeper voice; "If we all thought of each other and not 30 muoh of ourselves whe- ther we are comfortable or not, no one would know whether they were pushing or being pushed." Somehow Katie thought she had heard that remark somewhere else. "Well," oried the first voice, rather rudely, "I'm not pushing. It isn't me ; it's - Katie listened very hard and tried to catoh the name, but she couldn't. She wondered where all the voinne name from, and she could not snake out. At last a little rustling on a spray of groan leaves caught her eye and to her surprise she Saw a very fat, big pod bumping about most in- dignantly on its tiny twig. "It will break off in a minute," thought Katie, "and I'm sure it will burst and the peas will roll out t" While watching it she oould dis- tinctly hear soma llttto voices inside, and then she knew it was the little green peas sbe had heard quarreling together. "Now," she thought to herself, "Pll keep very quiet, and perhaps they'll say some more." " Pretty soon they did. "I never get a turn at being 'it,' end you know. I like that part of the game best. I hate always being caught." Again she thought. she bad heard those words somewhere else. Where was it ? Soon there was a good deal of bustling iu the fat pod, and to 11a1ie'e astonishment one end came open, and out dropped a little,wrinkled, gray, dried -up -looking pea. "That's the one," thought Katie, "'thatrs been so cross. I wonder whe- ther there's a little maggot in it," She took the pea ap, arid there sure enough was a white speck inside which she knew was the °twee of its being so ugly. Just at that moment the whole pod Coll down close to Katie's Leat, and, bursting open, show- ed a row of nice little green balls. The noise wan so great that Isatin sal up told rubbed her eyes, There in bar lap was the pod she had half 8hel1ed, but. nowhere eoald she see the fat one with the quarrelsome peas. Seto looked all around, but she could not find it. "Why, Kane 1" exel'timed a swoon voice, and a loving face in through the green leaves down at her. Running to her mother, she caught hold of her doss apd said; "lbfother, do acme bare 1 I've lied such a feline dream 1" Then she told her of alt the wee vetoes she bad heard, and ended up by saying, "and the funny Peat is 1110,1 I have heard all that somewhere else befur'e. \i'here was it mother 7" Mother's gentle faro grew e littlt• grays, She stroked IKittie's heir very gently as she said; "I think my little Kettle 18 vete' often like that little gray pea. In- stead of being happy and cheerful, whatever she has to du .she grumbles, and when little friends roma le to play with her she 'always wants to be first, and she is oruss 11 she ie not allowed to, Her temper is something like the maggot that fie upset the little pee that 11 looped ugly and cross, and at last fell out of the comfy little home it had, up- setting all its brothers and sisters. Katie's trice began to get very pink, and two bright tears' fell down on mother's hand, Now she knew wbere she had heard the discontented little voice, and she felt ashamed. • So with u sob, she said, "I'll try to remember, leather." • Mother smiled, and gave her a very loving kiss; and she did try els hard that every one wondered at her sweetness. Only she and mother knew the little lesson she had had, end now she is u very old lady, who just tells all her grandchildren this little story to show them how each little soul in a home must try to do his or her part to make it happy. RAISING PIGEONS. A. plana for your pigeons muse be prepared la. a proper way before you bring your birds home. We think that the birds themselves prefer the pigeonlolL to the garden house. They like to be aloft; they are thea well .removed from the claws of vegrmnt cats. These pussies, especial- ly near large towns, are a very great annoyance to poultry breeders. Kindly now try to remember the following: Fill the hoppers Woe a day with nice, sound, easily digested griuns. Vary the food frequently, giving gray peas, rice and buckwheat in ad ditien to the grains named above, and un very cold weather, as est/mutant and treat, a handful of hemp. Fill the hopper .wp last thing, at night, because the pigeons will he awake long before yOw, arid ih would be nufnous for the young if, the par - ante had nothing Lo give them. At bump of rook salt should also' he placed in the house, or 1hel miature of lime from old walls, gravel and brine with salt, called salt cat. Everything to: be kept scrupulously clean. The pigeon 'house to be Itmewashed pertodlcally. Plenty off light. A 'bath occasionally placed out in the aviary, which should be sprinkl- ed with clean gravel. Exerlaine-fancy birds to Wave the largest of flight -aviaries. Tumblers to get out for a fly twice a duly, and to be fed on their return with some woe tltbite. They will sopa come to expect these daily treats, and will be anxiously waiting till the time comes round. If they have beeu horn on the premises, there is not the slightest chance of their flying away. The pigeon -loft or pigeonry Is their home, and they love it and will love their owners, too, whether girl or boy. if )well. treated and never neglected. BLOW TO THE SULTAN. • A Secret ptetioles/I Society Seeks to Strip Ulm or 1811 Spiritual memories. Great uneasinees prevails among the entourage of the Sultan owing to the fact that the secret religious soci- ety, known as Lhe Clients-ul-Islam, has of late been showing activity, This so- ciety, whose name means in Persian The Sun of Islam, has its ,beat to Egypt and is eompused of ulemas not only of that coutitry, but from all the Muasulman countries in the world. It appears that under I:he predeoes- sttr of the present Sheikh-ul-Islam, a fetva was issued at Constantinople, about the necessity of separating the Caliphate from the Sultanate, that is to say, urging that the Sultan should no longer be Caliph but only a tem- poral chief, while the Caliphate should be transferred to Egypt. Why this fetva was not carried out is uncertain, but 11 is In the posses- sion of the Cheats-01-I61am Society, end the Palace aro doing everything in their power to take it. The separation of spiritual and tem- poral power is of the utmost import- ant:a for all Mussulman countries un- der the domination of ISnropean pow- ers. It remains to be seen whether the separation would be to the ad- vantage of Christian cauntriee having Muasulman anbjeots, and whether the society is powerful enough to bring about such a change as that tahiah It advocates. Tho realization of the object 1r1 has in view would, however, be such a blew to the Sultan's power that ono one readily conceive the anxiety whioh is felt at Yildiz. HEALTH. PLI8ASANT PRESCRIPTION, An eminent jihysloian earn Ilia? mom of his pate:eils have rid them. Srlvo° of jenny pound of superfluou( flesh by WS USO of the skipping-rope, Oue womnau who, after a serious illnes6 w111eh terminated in 110080 1 prostration, found herself the pox, sessor of forty pounds of fleets ie addition to her usual weight, asked the physiolan how elle could satoly .dispose of them. She was not strong enough to ride a wheel, or take long walks, and day fly day she gained flesh in her enfureed laziness "Buy 'a skipping-rope, and begirt with five minutes' eseroise twice a day," said the doctor. "Gradually In- uc•ease the dose, think of what you urn doing and of nothing else; take the exercise slowly and wilbout via lenge. Your nervus will be quieted and when you are tired you eau di'ot at once into a comfortable chair:" The patient tried LUG prescription. Awkward at first, oho soon aoquired skill and as much agility ae was need- ed for her new exercise. At the end of a month tee scales showed that tea of the superfluous pounds had vanished, and the neat fes . weeks showed a still greater deotea0e in weigh 1, without the least unpleasant result. At the end of sin months the skip- ping-rope was no longer needed as a prescription, but the doctor's patieal seldom lets a day go by, without done ning her gymnasium suit and Laking a few' minutes' ereruiee, as she finds that it exhilarates her body and rests her nerves. DAILY COLD SPONGE BATH'. Although "doolors differ" about many things, they all agree as to the advisability of the daily bath, and the majority say that it is best taken cold, unless the bather's vitality e much below the average. A sold sponge bath is an exoeilent touio, ae well as an admirable prophvlatio. The summer is the best time to ae quire the habit. Hae a bathing glove or washragt and soap yourself rapidly and their, onghly from head to foot. This ought not to tato more than Coto or three minutes, for the quick rubbing Mese peoially desirable, both as exercise and for the skin. Then wash the sone off, rubbing as hard and as feat ai you can, and then dry in the same fashion with a Turkish. towel, 0r, stilt better, one of crash. The bath should occupy about ten minutes and leave you with a healthy glow when it ie over, There are 010.117 people whose con. etitutlone wtU not endure a Doll plunge bath ; very Low who would not reap benefit from a daily sponge with oold water, and vigorous rub. bing with a rough towel afterwards, the year round. If oold water does not leave you glowing, begin witb lukewarm water, using less mad lois warns waf07 every day until you earl dispense with it entirely. ACTS FOR TEMPERANCE FOLKS. Prance 10 Beaomillg Quillen Centre. for Ike Preparation er Ant1.1Aquor mermen,. Even official reports issued from French Government Bureaus nowa- days must•give some aid and, comfort to temperance crueadors. Thus a hullo - tin issued by the Department of Fin- ance, a few months ago, asserts that alcoholism is making alarming pro. greenin France. In fifty years the production of alcohol there has in -- creased two and a half fold and the consumption per capita is three Limes as large as it was half a oentury ago, Official warning is given of the great evil this vast consumption of aloohol is inflicting upon the country. The amount of money wasted in drink is very great, but the 150,000,000 franca spent annually for liquors in France is as nothing compared with the im- pairment of the public health, Now comes M. Raoul Leroy with se cuticle in the Anisates de Hygiene on hie study of alcoholism in Brittany, lie says that since 1835 the consume', tion of alcohol there Inas been steadily increasing and is now two and a half times as large per capita as it wan sixty.five years ago, The increase or diminution oC the tax on brandy has never had the slightestinfluence on consumption. Insanity has largely increased, keeping 030e apparently with rho progress of alcoholic oou- sampl:ioir. .Another French journal culls at_ tention to the growth of alcoholism in Celli. The matter has recently been debuted in the Congress of that thee. try. Some of the Deputies asserted that unless steps were Luken very soot Le stop the spread of the evil the health end morals of the inhabitants would bo completely undermined. Accord. Ing to the figures adduced duripg the discussion the number of parsons ad- dicted to the excessive use of alcohol In thirty-three departments is 08,592. A remarkably high percontuge of drunkards is found in Santiago and Valparaiso. Santiago, with only 500,- 000 cuhabltante, tounis over 2.1,000 per- sons wing aro adtUoted to the oxcesaive use of intoxioauts.