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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-3-27, Page 6t''N'OUGII TO DISTU As far as Possible Let the Disagree= ables of Life Drop, tkotoroe 000904184 to Aot of tho Parliament or 000808. lanai par Ono nomad Nino Harl- and anti TWO, Winiao Bally, of Tomato, at tho papartunilt of Sereenecs, ottaweJ A cle,speten from Washlegeon eays: Rev. Dr, ',e011tia1(0 preeched from the rollowiee texte—Hebrews vtli, 12, "Thole sins and their Iniquities will I remember tue mope." The national flower of the 1Cgypt- i0118 le the hellothope, of the Assyr- ians is the water lily, of the libelous is the matelgold, of 1110 Chinese is tho chrysanthemum We have no natioual flower, but there is hardly erty flower more suggeetive to many ef ue than tie: forget-me-not, 1Ve all like to be remembered and camel of our misfor- tunes is tja,,„at 0We are so nianY self and bother me with any more of thingee wee -.rennet reumt Mel% 311110111011- that dismission." The followiug day I come In told say : My dear sit, about that debt—I can never get over the fact, that I owo you that money. It is something that weighs on my mind like a millstone. Do forgive me that Meat." This time go out of mind. If God forgets them, we intve to forgot them. Having mice repented of our infelielliee end miademeanors. there is no need of our repenting of them again. fzitippofie I owe tem a. huge 801)1 or moneY, end yott ere persuace• ed I am incapacitated to pay and you give me acquittal from that ob- ligation. You say: cancel that debt. All is right new. Siert. again." And Litt' eext day 1 Wine in 4(114. 841411 "You know about that big debt I owe you. I have ceme to get you to let me off. 1 feel so badly about it cannot rest. Do let ine ort." You reply with a little impatience: "I did it vou cat. Don't bother your - les, or the art. of assisting inemorY, is an important; art. It was first suggested by felinoilltles of Ceos 500 years before Christ,. 1'erS01113 who had but little power to recall events or put filets and dates and moues in proper processions have through this ,y0un had I heir memory reinforced to I t vicar lose your patience and say t , "You are a nuisance. What do you ant ahnost incredible extent. A good I• • Inman Ity this veneration of that af- mm eory is an inyaluable possession. I fail: ? 1 tun almost. sorry By all 11101411S cultivate it. 1 had an aged friend who, detained all night I FORGAVE YOU Tl -IAT DEBT. at a. miserable aepot waiting for a Do yen doubt my veracity or do you rail train fast in the snowbanks, en- not understand the plain language tertained it group of some tett or fir- in which I told you that debt was teen clergymen, likewise detained on cancelled ?" Well, my friends, there their way home from a meeting of are many Christians guilty of worse PresliVtery, by first Will) plece of folly than that. 'While it, is right chtilk drawing on the black and thnt they repent' of new slits and of sooty walls of the depot the char- recent sins, what is the use of bother - actors of Walter Scott's "Marinion" Ing yourself and insulting God by and then reciting from memory the asking him to forgive sins that long whole of' the Poen]. Of Some eighty ago were forgiven ? God haS 301" 4114g1'$ in fine print. My old friend, gotten them.. Why do you not for - through great age, lost his meinory, get, them ? No yen drag the load on and when I asked him ir this story with you, and 13e5 times a year, if of the railroad depot was true he you pray ever,v day, you ask Clod to said. "I do not remember now, but recall occurrences which he has uot it was just like me." "Let. ine see," saicl he in nic). "nave 1. ever seer) you before?" "Yes," I said; "you were iny guest last night. and I was with you an hour ago." What an aw- ful contrast in that man between the greatest memory I ever knew 0.0 d no memory at all! Itut right along with this art of recollection, which I cannot too highly eulogize, is one quite as im- portant. end yet I never heard it e pi111(10d. I mean THE: ART Ole FORGETTING. There is a splendid fa- culty in that direction that we all need to culth ate. We might through that process be ten times happier and more useful than we 11010 are. We have been told that forgetfulness is a weztkness and cmght to be ivoided by all possible means. So far from a weakness, zny text aseeibes it to 0011. It is the ver',' top of omnipotence that clod is able to obliterate a part of His owii memory. If we repent of sin end rightly seek the divine forgiveness, the record of the misbehavior is not only crossed off the books bid God acteally lets it pass out of memory. sins and their iniquitiee will 1 remember no more." 6:1) remember no more is to forget and a'att ctuinot 11(111(8 anything else out or it. cloit's power of f orgetfulinass is so great that if two mon appeal to him and the 0110 man, after it life all right. gets the sius of his heart pardoned and the other 11111 11. after (1, life of abomin- ation, gets pardoned God rentembere no more against one than against the other. The ('1(11(0 past of both the moralist, with his imperfections, and the profligate, with his debauch- eries, is as much obliterated in the otre ease as In the other. Forgotten forever and forever. "Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no mom', Imitate the Lord in my text and forget, wholly forget, sublimely for- got. There is no happiness for you 111 any other plan of procodure. You see all around you in the c1)110011 and out of the church dispositions acerb, 1)101141(1, eynirai, pessimistic. Do you know how these men and women got thttt disposition? 11: WaS by the em- .Intlinment or things pantherine and viperolis. They halve spent much of their time in calling the roll of all the rats that have nibbled at their reputation. Their soul is a cage of vultures. Everything in them is soured oe embittered. The milk of human kindness has been curdled. They do not believe in anybody or anything. If they see 1100 people whispering, they think it, is about themselves. If they see two people laughing, they think it is about theinselyee. Where there is one sweet PiPPin in the orchard there are fifty crabapples. They have never been able to forget. They do not Want to forget, • THEY NEVER WILL FORGET. only forgiven, but forgottem Not only forget your pardoned trausgressions, but allow others to forget them. The chief stock on hand of some people is to recount in prayer meetings and pulpits what big scoundrels they once were. They not only will not forget their for- given deficits, but, they seem th be determined that the church and the world shall no1, forget them. If you want to declare that you have bee)) the chief of sinners and extol the grace that could save such a wretch S.S you were, do so, but do not go into particulars. Do not tell how many times you got drunk or to what bad places von went or 11010 many free rides you 'had in the prison van before you were convert- ed. Lump it, brother, give it to us in bulk, 'If you have any scars got in honorable warfare do not dis- play them. I know you will quote the Bible reference to the horrible pit from which you were digged. Yes. be thankful for that rescue, but do not make displays of the mud of that horrible pit or splash it over other people. Sometimes 1 have felt in Christian meetings discomfited and unfit for Christian service be- , cause I had done none of those 11181', then John follows, •and they things which seemed to be, in the both see the linen clothes lying and estimation of nutriy moossory for the napkin that was about His Head they believocl Mary's testimony swore a word or ever got drunk or and went to compromising places or was guilty of assault (111(1 battery or ever uttered A SLANDEROUS WORD. or ever did any one a hurt, although I knew my heart was sinful enough, and 1 said to myself, "There is no oft repeated words they might, Wail 1.11,0 of my tieing to do any good, annotated eyes, have seen His 1.014111, for I never went through those de- rection In Ps. l‘tvi, 10; Ise. xxvi, 111; prayed experiences." But afterwards life 10; llos. vi, 2, or at least a S(AW COUS018.1.1011 in the thotight strong suggestion of it. but their that no one gained any ordination hen els were set upon a, kingdom which, according to their way of thinking. 10115 to be established there and then, mad being filled with their Owe thoughts they bad no place for Ms thoughts and peeposes. 10, 11. The disciples went th 111041' OW11 1101110, but Mary remained at the sepnleher weeping, Luke says that Peter departed wondering in himself at that which was einne to pass (Luke xxiv, 12), not believing that quote for those not reformed how r Wdb 1.114011, but believing the groan of the eXpiring TaiM1 WWI nixth Sound, And they all One- Iniegled Into one %tellies% Over 8. place in Russia wbore wolves were pursuing• a load of travellers. and to seve them A servant, ePeanff from the sled into the =tithe of the wild beasts and NVOS devoured Lind thereby the other lives were szteed are in- scribed the words "Oreator love bath no Man than this, Cita a man lay down life for his friend." Afeny surgeoe in our wan thnehas ±11 tracheotomy with his own lips clealvn frunt the windpipe of a diphtheritic patient that which eured the petlent and slew tho surgeon, and all have honored the self-sacri- fice, But all other scenes of sacrifice pale before this most Illustrious martyr of all time and All eternity. After that agoeleing spectacle ta be- half of our fallen race nothing 'about Ilia sin forgetting God is too stupen- dous for my faith and 1 accept the promise and will you not all accept It ? "Their sins and their iniqui- ties will I remember nu more." THE S. S. S. LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON', MARCH 80. Text of the Lesson, John xx., 1-18 Golden Text, John xi., 25. 1, 2. "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher ancl we know not where they have laid Him." These were the words of Mary Magdalene to Peter and John on her return from the sepulcher early on the morning of the resur- rection day. As all. the lessons of the quarter have shown us the power and doings of the risen and ascended Christ, it is not amiss on this re- view day, which happens to be East- er, to consider again especially His resurrection. We see in these women as in the upostles, true believers in and followers of the Lord Jesus, with life and the future all dark to them because they knew not ol. the resurrection, and they knew tiot be- cause they believed not. In the les- sons of the quarter we have seen thousaads upon thousands of men and 100111011 made new creatures in the power of ITis resurrection. We need to often reminded that if Christ be not 1.18811 all preaehing is vain and 110110 11110 been saved or ev- er will be, but Christ being risen up from the dead, and having all power in heaven and earth every purpose of the Lord shall be performed (I. Cor. xv, 12-28.) 3-5. The two disciples raii because of Mary's message, and John, th fleetest of the two, arriving first, stooped down and looked in and saw the linen clothes lying, but did. not go in. It may have seemed to him too sacred a thing to etep into such a place, or it may be that lie feared he might see the precious body, (10- se10'ated, lying elsewhere in the tomb. 1Ve cannot know fully 1110 thoughts and feelings, until he shall some day tell us himself, but this we surely know, that if he had lie- lievecl his Lord's tvoticls he would not have been surprised to find all empty tomb, but might rather have joyfully exclaimed, "He is risen!" 6-8. 'Peter, more impulsive. when he comes, goes right into the septa - ed together in a place by itself Christian nsefulness, for I never wraPP that the body was not in the tomb, but beyond that, as to what had beceme of the body they were in the dark, as the veletas' fallowing testify. te "For as ye8 they knew not the Scripture, that 110 must rise again from the dead." Besides His own Their wretchedness is supreme, for no one can be happy if he carries 'perpetually in mied 11)0 11184114, things that have bee11 done to hint. 011 the other hand, you eau find here and there a man or woman (for there are not many of them) whose dispos- ition is genial and summery. Why? Mee they always beeli treated well? 011, no. Hard things have been said against them. They have been charg- ed with officiousness, and their gen- erosities have been set down to a desire for display. and they have teeny 11 time been the Subject of tit- tle tel Ile, and they have had enough small assaults like gnats and enough great ettacks like Bone to lia.ve made them perpothally miserable if they would have consented to be miser- able. But they have heel enough di- vine philosophy to cast oft :Cho an- nonalteee and they have kept them- selves In the sunlight of God's favor and have realized that these opposi- tions ancl hiedrances nee a part, of a. mighty discipline by Which they are to be,prepared for ateefulitess and hea- ven, The sweet of it all is they bay° by the help of the Eternal God, learned how to forget. Another practical thought: When oer Natalia 11144 tepenited of let thein by the laying on of the hands of dis- soluteness and infamy. And though an ordinary mortal life, ending in ct Christian life, may not be as dramatic a story to tell about. let us be grateful to God rather than woery about it if we have never plunged into outward a,bonnuations. It may be appropri- ate in a. meeting of reformed drunk- arde or reformed debaiichees to One WOrcl fl'Oee each, bet heart Meete heert in thoee two Werdei The heart hretken ie coMfOrted ; the Father Of utereies lend Ced of all emnfort bee spoken. Whether It be as Frederic Whitfield says, the sorrowing, brok- en inuirted Mary, OA' the tired arid terrified disciples in the upper recum or doubting Thomas, or the weary, disappointed totiere on the lake, es ealM 14110WS .M1111401T, t1.10 410011 Christ to each le made right, and the all swan:1800y of 'Christ for every slate of males heert 11$ Made manifest. Tho tweet, of man needs only to SOO Jesue. Let Him present Hiteself and. all will. be well, and tile heart will bo filled with ..0y and gladness end .1111080 quietly In Him. 17 "I ascend unto ply loather and your leather, 'and to nty God mid voile Geed." The question 10 Often llS101.1, Why dici 0111. L0V(1. 1101 ((41010 :Mary lo totielt when just, 1.18^ 01 10 001. the same morning He al- lowed 1,1111 other women to hold Him by the .fect and ivorship Ilien ? (Matt. xxv(ii, .9.) Why not be con- tent, with the Lord's own reason, "For I am not, yet Ma:ended to My Father ?" The inference is plain and easy that before the other wo- men met Him I -To had ascended to Ills leather , and returned. During the forty days 'Ne evidently ascended and returned many times before the vletble ascension, Slime which he Ims not yet returned, leit I-fe will (Acts i, 11), and soon now. 18. Her tears were dried, her heart was glad and she went as Hie mes- senger to comfort others as they mourned and wept, but as she told them the wonderful story they would not believe her -Mark x(i, 9-14). Neither dicl they at first believe the two 10110 51110 Vint Inter on the same day, end when, in the evening, He appeared unto the eleven He upbraid- ed them with their unbelief. '141'elentaletatteleetestelalaleielelie;i0leeeli desperate and nasty yeti once were, ply that His body was not in the but do not drive a scavenger's cart tomb and wondering what, had be - into assemblages nf people the most (01110 of it and what it all meant. of whom have always been decent we aro reminded by the disciples and and respectable. But I hitee been sometimes in great evangelical meet- ings where people went into par- ticulars about the sins that they once committed, so much so that felt like putting iny hand on my pocketbook or calling for the police Mary of a time When "every man Went to his own home. Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives" (Joint vii, 5:3; vile 1). Did you ever see 11 precious body laid away from your sight, and the frierels (111(1 relatives all went to their homes, <, Ri Hot Cross Buns 111 113 44.1 nIt-'3:118,190,31elett-I.VeteleiCiatetetelareti There are various stories told re- garding the origin of the familiar hot cross bun. The simplest ex- ploitation is that when the religious. observances of Holy Week were far more strict than 11007 only a certain aluount of bread was allowed to be eaten on Holy Friday, and that was marked off in the tiongh to show its length and breadth. Ind; the bakers continued to cross their dough long after the occasion for measuring bread had passed. Whether this wam due to force of habit or from re- ligious sentiment is a matter of conjecture. II, is possil/le that bread was /nark- ed with the sigIl of the cross because that symbol WAS so prominently in all minds during the celebration of Holy Week, it is more probable that the sign of the cross originated with the idea of consecrating bread to be eaten on so holy a dity as Good Friday. And the small loaves of bread which, in early times, were sold to pilgrims in the churches are very likely responsible for the small bread or buns of to -day. itl the The traditions connected 101 hot cross bun do not seem to in- fluence tho present baking. serving and eating of tiny c1085 - bedecked loaves of • bread, tastefully sweetened, aod generously fruited with currants or raisins. It is the sentiment of custom only which con- trols the popularity of the hot cross bun. It, may be that our hot cross bun is the natural outcome of a concen- tration of the reverence bread com- mands in all countries 05 one of God's most cherished gifts, the only essential food, the commonly ac- cepted staff of We from, time im- memorial. That which has been a source or wealth and prosperity to nations and individuals, that which has entered into the literature of the world /TOM its earliest his- tory, that which laas been EI, fautor in the technicalities of the law, and which, more than eighteen hundred years ago was chosen to be blessed indeed is to -clay in every known civilized and savage country of the world considered sacred. On bended knee, with henrte uplifted to God, ntillions of people, in every language, petition for daily bread in the words of the universal prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread." Tee significance of tlie cross on bread is generally unheeded. 'elle cross is a holy sign significent of consecration. In the generality of cases all Ivead is blessed, either by making a cross on the dough or by makingthe sacred sign over it. The original idea of this WilS to stamp .all bread with the symbol of God, as a tacit lest these reformed men might fall but you, having left that which was , acknowledgment of 'His goodness in from grace anti go tit their old btisi- the hOtise 111 10111(.11 1111.1 01)0 10110 WIIS 1101310Willg 011 humanity this stall of nese of theft or drunkenness or cut- clearer to you then life had lived in mortal life. throaterv, If your sins have been ff?, tomb, felt that you 1(0 1(1(141(0 To many the crossing of the dongh se • the fatetity of sleicneee in children, eeee440.44,044.4.0.:44,44te+44 tie guard ageinst !tenger and cold le ' ' t arid to prOteet religioue beliere frolli .t .. ee . corruption. AsT In Norinandy bit of d baited ,e; * 1E e Mea E R0 *** k. on Obristatae Eve is Crushed and e. mixed with the dough on Good Fri- day'" 'I'he simple peasants thlult that 4. ele they so coniblize the protective qual- ie.e.e.,,eiteteeeseeeeieeeedeeeee.teeitee.e.e.e.e...e. Mee of the twc, holy day's' baking, The Christmas Me bread acts as e "Whet le the geed of' Ettster ?" talisman to preserye from danger asked. one fashionable young Jetty of from storms ; the Good Friday lour another, is believed to ward oft temptation "Iflaeter ?" implied the other, "Why, if It wasn't for Eager, we front those who eat it. In one part of Switzerland it is should bave to wear our frumpish eustoinary oe Holy Friday to 'feed old winter bonnets (((id hats till the the live stock with a speoles or bread stiMiner Millinery put In en appear - made front rye, bran and salt, mixed anco, Easter ie the most deligetrel with water. The mess ie considered sweet) In the whole world," beked when thoroughly heated and IVO recognize leeeter tte the time crusted. Wheu the heed of the farm for general awakening'. We are told ily has prayed that it may carry the that the festival takes lts name front blessing of God to 13i14 Poor "rub Oeteen, the feast ill honor of th41 beasts, it is dealt out to the COW, 410,1115843 03 ostv,, who Wao tee the donkey, the,goals, the dogs tied PersonIfIcetion• of the morning the even thc, ehickeps. This ceremoey is East, arid „IS, of 1110 04)1411041 y„, supposed tO protect the animals feom The werelliP of ()stern nemears 3,0 disease deripg the year. have been prevalent 110 Northeen ln Asia Minor no one makes bread cleem,,ay at a vory 0111'])' d1:0 on Good Friday, for it is the belief it was probably carried to 'It;11)4"1 1a111c(11' there that the water used in mixing bylotheetuellytixodaneythe exact time Jot'.0 ' dough would change on that day into the blood of Christ and a dead- the feast of 'Easter was somewhat in-' ly sin would be committed by all definite 1 but Constantine, in 825, who ate such bread. brought the matter before the Conn- ell at Nice, and it was there settled that Easter should occur on the first Sunday after the fuel moon which happens upon or next atm! the 03Maiii•ic1h . So 1,110r moon determines the time when you shall wear your beautiful new Enster bonnet, and put, the Easier lilies in your win- dow, to let passers-by see that you are up-to-date. .11.:0,0101.' IS perfect godsend to the shopkeepers. After the rusit at 0111'islautts comes the burly burly of the "marked down" sales ; and then, if it were not for Raster, there Would be a dead calm until the spring mus- lins and shirt waists, and other fol- de-rols, put in an appearance. But Master steps in between, and gives the enterprising dealers a splendid opportunity to display their skill at window dressing, with the unique material of the seasen. Eggs play a, eery prominent part in all Easter decoraLloes. Eggs painted and dyed, and ornamented in ways which would drive distract- ed the old hen that laid them. Eggs which she would never acknowledge she had any part in I/tinging into thoSo‘mvoerindterchants have been adven- turous enough to place hens and chickens in their windows et Easter; and it is hoped that the motherly old biddies, clucking and scratching the sawdust all over the silks and laces in the windows, fully realize that they were put there for the ad- miration of t,he pessing multitude, and not as a penance. FOR EASTER, Eastertide is a time so given to sweet and holy 'thoughts, that the Custom of giving some little token of election in remembrance of the day, is appropriate as Well as pleas- ant. Front quite inexpenitive mater- ials, many charming gifts may be made at home. A. panel of any shape or material, painted with a cluster of pure white lilies, is emblematic, and If well done Is somethirig sure to please. Heavy drawing peeter, cut into leaves, which may be square, ob- long, or any fanciful shape, and made into booklets With ribbons, when painted, form beautiful gifts. A leaning rustic cross, set in a. bed of moss, is a good design for the cover; or a loose arraugement of vio- lets or daisies, scattered around and among the words of an anprepriate quotation, is pretty for this first page. A vase of violets; a spike of lilies; 41 (11811 flaed with daisies, a bird's nest, showhig the eggs; a page of butterflies; pale hepatica and trailing arbutus, or spikes of alder or willow showing catkins, all are appropriate and dainty designs fur the pages of a booklet. A bird's nest well -mounted, and holding roue tiny eggs is a peaty gift. Many things natty be con- trived from egg shells. Empty the shells of well -shaped eggs, rentovIng the el:intents through e. hole et the large end of the egge taking care not to crackle the shell. Then use small, sharp scissors to cut to the desired design. Cut away the large end Or a shell, bind the edge with pale pink or lav- ender ribbon, and paste n, bit of pressed fern up the sides from the bottom; and set on a piece of paste- board, that is hidden by bits of ferns, arid there is a cup that may be filled with confections, or a gift of ribbons or Ince for 10.11401y; hold a bit of jewelry for a gentle- man. " Cups or an endless variety may be made in a similar way. They may be set upon a bit of cardboard covered With plush, and then paint - e01 in any tasteful manner. They who cannot paint can 1150 bits of ferns, verses suited to the season, and cut out pictures such as birds, birds' nests, butterflies, churches, or crosses. Egg shells from which the con- tents have been renioved through small holes in the ends may be de- corpted, and hung on a ribbon, tied into a small bow at the end, and passed through the shell from the small end to the large, and drawn up so that the bow covers the hole in the small end; then a bow may be placed at the top, and a loop rnado to hang it by. The shells may be colored, and then Used in Many ways to form decorative bits. Let me warn against using eggs boned Without being emptied, or saving -up such ones, to become decayed and an object of horror. Five on six colored shells may be hung on narrow ribbons, of different lengths, and fotan a. pretty ornament. The end of the shell may bo removed and a silk or a velvet pull, filled with cotton -and plentjc of 51801108 Powder, put, into the opening and fastened with glue or paste. With dyes and gold or silver bronze, 0110 may decorate i(1 almost endless wnys ancl :form a great var- iety of nretty things in the way of egg shells, If one begins title work, many ways or proptwiug little gifts fit, .for Easter offerings will present themselves to 81141 01111(1 of the-ingevi- Mus worker. forgiven and your Ilfe purified, for- get the waywardness of the past, and (Glow others to forget it. SO 0 set open the wide gale of my text., inviting you all to 001110 lutd what could be called. home If is in rementbrance of the 11111(1010 of the feeding of the multitude, as Christ signed the cross upon the bread. before • lie broke it, lit one part, of Spain the cross 15 symbolic of charity limed. All loaves intend- ed for distribution among the poor are 140 marked. Superstition is the mother of many qainand ut curious cum stos. In some of Um rural locnlities of England small 100.008 of bread are baked, even yet, on Geod Friday, and re p - served ft». medicinal 411)10119(411. In thee districts it is believed that a small portion of 011011 bread grated in water 4113(1 given to persons suffer- ing with Various (111)1(0114.0 will cause ti, epectly cure. Another curious iclea 1.8 that. to refrain from eating hot cross bread on Good Friday is to invit clestructi on of property mid n doee to life by ere. In (1111(141 1,11)1111(140 communities it is commonly believed that small breed baked on Good Friday will noun, grow mouldy, A piece pi bred b aelted hj ts dny telli be reverently preserved throughout the year as a protection agates!: Many evils. Such bread is ((11131(00101 to avert the clanger of fire, to control No man ever became great or good exeept throng]) many and great, itlis- talfee.—Glatistone, HO, ;1.'01.1 can sympathize, with Mary. 12, 13. ''Woman, why Weepest thou ?" ThuS 5108110 the angels to her, and she answers , about the into the mercy am1 pardon of nod— Sumo words she had esed to Peter yea, still further, into the 61111114 of and John. Words seem idle when the piece where once was kept, the there is this aching void in the knowledge of your inicietties. The heart unless they come from those' place has been torn clown and the who ran truly sympathize,. who have records destroyed, 11)1(1 YOU will find themselves experienced one sorrow. the reins more dilapidated 111111 broken and peostrate than the rums of Melrose or Kenilworth, for from these last ruins you can pick up some fragment of a sculptured stone or you cart see the curve of 15, 15), It would • see(11 that as SOAlle BROKEN ARCH, Mary recoil the engels and they repentance UAW your spoke to her she must. have seen but after 4101(0 forgiveneSs von cannot find in all the them looking at, sonic' one' behind her, and us she turncel to Fee Whont or whet, they were looking a1 she, supposing she saw the gardener, speaks to him of the body she caimot find. I imagine her talking to Him Whout she so loved tied not knowing Him, Mit Ade also chapter xxi, cl, and remember the two walked to Emmaus With Him and 'knew ITIm nnt till tliey 90.07 His hande as He broke bread in the hone°. 'How grief and unbelief do blind us and how murh sorroa" 'We might escape If we weeping of friends and followere WEIS would only believe God I a fourth sotind, the pencil of blood Pi. "Meiry I" "Mentor !" What d 011 111.0 rocks was a 111111 sound and heavenly "mutt= parvo I" Just 14, 15. "Woman, why weepest thou ?" This time the words are front jestie Itimeelf, and they mean more, tor tie con be touched with (I feeling of our infirmities Mel). iv, memory' of God a fragment of yonr pardoned 141)11 ,40 large as a needle's point. "Their sins end their In- iquities will I remember no more." Six different Mil& of sounds were heard on that night whi(l) was In- terjected into the daylight of Christ's assassination, The 1)0141)1" 4041 of tIm 8ar-1101'ses-401' some of tho Soldiers Wert in the Sitilciles--was ono sound, the bang of the hartnnees was it second soiled, the jeer of rattlignante Wes a third sound, the EASTER MORN. Bring Easter flowers the fairest, Of sweet perfume the rarest, God's miters to adorn. Sing n8011118 of praise the clearest, To Him whose natue is dearest, This 1'e5tI1T0(111011 1110111. And share the Easter token With Mourning one's heart broken, All friendless and forlorn; Their dear ones He has taken Again to life shall waken Some eesurrection morn, Easter silks and Easter ribbons and Easter bonnets—in fact, the Word Easter is prefixed to almost everything offered for sale at the Easter season. IVO have never heard of Easter pantaloons, but they sure- ly, ought to figure in the play, and give the stronger sex some chance to go shopping at Easter. Ms life for all was given, By Him the tomb was riven Who'l wore the crown of thorns That heavy hearts shouldalighten, Al tearful eyes should brighten. , "Each resurrection morn. The reign of death is ended, Our Saviour Lord ascended, Who came, the lewly born, Ire opens Wide the Portal ""iVe'et To 144(1)1 (6114 life irantortel, This reeurreetion morn. Oho in 4.0 of Britain's population are at present, In receipt of relief from the rates. Or this number 06,- 058 are able-bodied peeple, end 11,- 058 vagratitte FROM BON NOTRS 11'13011111I3111x5411KS ANT) BR.A.E$. Many Thing.14)'14appeeteng t Inteee est the 'KAm ende of id ti.e.'S Stratwaer arbor in Octet to be 4:1.se'tlie atn1Y0m811111aE 11114)10 0nerL ielttehieIe eee br eate .At Nairn recce un illustrated 1 43,110 Alloct enJoYs t of having the I Scotland. Tito baths peeS tout to Ituthergl ly opened. Mr, Jas. Coats, tributecl 01,001 meat fund of the Le or eorne years, tiy Dean I3isset gave ure on Canada . unique distinction est pelcod gas Izt 1(8011 by Lord Over - et have been formal- r., Paisley, elan egdF Ni p.128,ahlelf.eorisColiatslinnAptrbioripa,a: -''l 0(1 £1,000 from an 'Ann to endow a bed in 13 - build an annex to the, s for House for the sele ofeii..lif b al each 219 of the poptilatt leee'esee . pany have declared' tad with ma hope for the ee year, 1411(1 ;t:Iir.t.:'14 0600". deTnhdef07. dinburgh' Mr. Wm. Younger . Stirling Royal ;0,:iatiarariatell. ‘. 7s: :11:tri:itit.t.i.: society of scotiood 'lest, y £37064111,00,11ed othr otiioexi),3,:clittto at 'nese te 12 A11 Fifteen steamers, inelli'diP),i ho8uusr; 12,000, two of 10,000 tome hue end one of 8,000, aro buildn 'd Ort`0110(.11C. Lilly Maclennan, ITilapool, wit Mod the other day, aged over ond hreeclries5dy4e.ars, hail been a Penner'. s Linlithgow Oil Company has sus- ers aro asked to wind up the con - Inverness refers to the state of ju- venile creme in the burgh as "appal- ling,'' payment, and the sharehold- ceArn.report by the chief constable of Greenock is advancing. Not for yeap1;52,1)%ve the harbors had the busy ap ce they are at present pre- seIrittheigm.uld cost 117,000 to put the Glasgow Exhibition concert hall in a. safe condition foe use, so it is to be removed. Taking Scotland all over, there Is as nearly as possible one regularly cooriitleplittpiteeodeehurch to every thousand Over 07,116 have been subscribed to date for the proposed sanatorium in Ayrshire for the treatment of con- sumptive paLi011tS, St. Andrews 'University edurt has accepted estimates imounting to 4.:16,330 for the et•ection Of Dundee Medical School Buildings. The death or 1Vm. Scott, fisherman RI:wham, at the age of eighty, has removed one of the greatest expert rod fishers on tlic Tweed. Lord Roberts finds that Barry Your ministez reaches an Easter Links, Forfarshire, Annsmuir, andt sermon, and your choir sings an Lundin Links, Fireshire, axe unsult- Easter selection, and the waeclens able for the training of army corps. take tip an Easter collection—and let us hope it is /1. good one, with no stray Mugged 10 cent pieces, or sus - minder buttons, mixed with the cur- rent coin of the realm. Your danghter plays an Easter sonata t`o her lover, and your friend's daughter, perhaps, plaes for an Easter wedding. Tho ashes of Lent have been scat- tered to the four winds—the coldness and g•reyness of the fasting seasoil are oyer, and the man with a good appetite rejoices that he can eat Et square meal of beefsteak, cold not feel any qualms of conscience over the performance. When Easter comes we are looking hopefully for spring breezes. We may hear a blue -bird, or a robin, any 11.10-• MO/A. It is possible that before long we shall hear the piping of the frogs, and welcome a steay 1010800111" (1100114111 mosqeito. No more ploug'h- ing through the snow—no more stal- led trains 1 no more delayed daily papers ; more blizzards 1 no more "colcl waves" to dread, at least for this spring. Nature is revng, Country folks are taking sulphur ancl molasses, and city invalids are expeeitnenting with spring bitters. Your lJnele Andrew, on the form, is studying out what he had 'better plant to feed the city boarders on ; and your Aunt Becky is loolcing over the winter'e accumulreLion of rags, to decide whether sho had better braid a rug for Sam's wife, or sell the rags to the tin peddler, The boys are cleaning tip their bicycles, and indulging in little sue. repititions spins along the sidewalks at night, whet) the policemen is at the other end of his heat, or imbib- ing a little hot punch "for Ills cold," In 140000 friendly temperance hotel. All hail to Master, and 1110 plen.s- ant memories it. commemorates. And when WO look at the gorgeetts array of Easter hats and bonnets next Sunday ttt ehtirCit, lot up not be envious, and allude sarcastically to Mrs, A.'s "aweel ugly nose," or Mrs. lies "badly shaped mouth," Just 'be- cause those ladies luippen to be carrying a More extensive floWer gar- den on their respective hats than Nve have been able to muster ort ours,—Kate Thorn. 1111 wrAs ONLY ONE. soldlee who had just enlisted was placed on guard over a, cannon. It was not Ion before he abandoued Ins post and went to a taVern not far off, 1011080 he induiged in the flow- ing WWI. "Vet 10w, why ceici yot( abandon youe poste" exclaimed the captain, who happened to put in an el)Pearellee, "014,4)11/1111," 10/18 the re- ply of the inelplent son of Mara, "I've tried 1.0 Mt that cannon, and I'm satisfied no cme num can carry it away, and if morn than ono Of the enemy comes after it I can't keep them 011,," Capt. 11'. Grant, je., of Eccles- grieg, near AIontrose, W(IS fatally stabbed by Catlin upon a knife with which he WElS cutting tobacco wnite" walking. Sthe beginning of 'Tannery the Cestoms authorities et Greenock have drawn in about 11100,000. Of course, this means the arrival of many ships laden with sugar. The villa close to 'Balmoral Castle, long occupied by the late Queen's Indiaa attendant, is now fitted up for Dr, Corbett, the physician for the king's establishment. An urn with 500 silver coins., in size about equal to a six penny piece, was turned up by it plough on a. farm near Bervie. The coins belong to the reigns of EllWdr(1 11., IL, and 4110. Lord Balfour of liurleigh Is a, keen curler. He was at a, Cebinet Coun- cil in London et night and next morning he was at Stirling waiting for the train to convey him to the big curling match at lambert A. boy aged 12 and a girl aged 3, named Andrew Dykes and Margaret Irvine, were walking along Greene St., Glasgow, when a ladder 85 feet long which was resting against a well fell upon them. Both the girl's legs were broken, and the boy received an ugly wound on 1110 top of tho head, A REMARKABLE 13I.1041. Lately M. Cohn), a Cerinan engin- eer, has invented a Mum whose merit conslste in the fact that WOND action lights it electrically, The apearatus needs no attention roc months at a, time. 'Even the smallest waves gen- erate the light, while the heaviest storms 'fail to put it, out. Further- more, in this device wave -action di - so operates a large bell, three re- sounding strokes being given before every flesh of the light, These buoys are noW I3ei1(41 largely employed in the shallow waters along the Lime men coast. TyRymarr 3.18 WAS, MINFIRAle The following stoey is 4.011) by a gentleman 'who recently paid a visit to Teeland: A wealthy land -owner gave a large and slimptuous dinner to his tenants, at whielt 7101, ord.V Was the poteen on the side tables, but, chaMpagne was handed freely round. One old farmer, who wee noise for his strong head, drank a , largo aniount of 1111)) 111411444(10, which dld not seem to please him. At last on the waiter offering him 10101,1101' glass, ho said; "Pitt, when are they golng to 91000 the Whietmy On Wig toble,) 11eso tolocros on getting tedious!" Meeke—"My wife preterit coffee foe brealciast and I prelee, tea." Weeks— "Then I Suppose yoe have both ?" Meelm—"Oh, no. We COMproatiEfe." W00k8—P.1'n What Way ?" Meeks -- "We coleprolaiso etta ecelete" "1"1