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The Brussels Post, 1902-5-8, Page 31 IE LATE D TALI AGE Memorial Siermon by His Son, Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage. Osuann. 11m yebr no TIwutalle 2110 C 0 11011, 17.181arel secorines to rt. or Stio Patenstent Cola and Two, by WI lion pelvis! 'rereete, 51 the Dolciamenl. st Altdo100117, Oalata, A despatch froin Chicago saysi-On uuday morning i the Jefferson Park PiTslayterlan Church the Rev. Issas* Talmage, DX., delivered a seri-non in Which he nem a touching And timely tribute to his late die- tingulehod father. Tim text Walt 1. Ringe six, 20, "Let me, I praythee, kiss my father." Affection's most sacred form of sal- dtatien is 43, kiss, We bow to an 00- 1un1ntance, we Shako hands svith a friend, but we press the lip against the lip of orm whom We love, This -statement is especially true when ap- plied to Filisha, the son of Shaphat, who was about to lessee home and, go forth into the great wide world. Elisha was summoned to carry on the work of Elijah, Already tho liorSes were being harnessed to the .0hariot of fire for the old prophet's fatuous Tourney from earthly strugs gle to heavenly triumph. -His sueces- sox, starting out on hie arduous task, desires first to imprint on his father's face the kiss of farowelL The salutation of the kiss is even more sacred when -used by one who Is standing, by the open casket of a father *whose eloquent tongue has of- ten spoken the golden words of the goepol to countless throngs who with a pen' guided by a spirit sprink- led with the blood of the Lamb, ties -every week proclaimed the divine message to millions upon. millions of readers who wore wearied with sin and heavy with trouble. My father's 'work for nearly twenty years has been the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar or fire by night to guide great multitudes through the dark wildernese of earth toward the brightness of TEE PROMISED LAND. ' Many pens aro writing eulogies up- on the lifework of ROI'. T. De Witt Talmage. Perhaps a few words may be welcome from his son. I speak as .one having authority. For over twen- ty yeilr8 I Was his constant com- panion. Mee he was at home, ritrely left his study until after the midnight hour. Twice with him 1 visited the Ettropeon cities. Once we circled the globe. Together wo enact] forth from the Golden Gate of the Pacific. Side by side we have seen the light at the entrance of New York harbor beelcon us into the Nar, rowe, welcome to us as was the Star .of Bethlehem to the three astrologers wandering ever the sett of sand. But no snore will we have sweet compan- ionship. The world becomes Instant- ly changed to the son who is com- pelled to let his parent sleep iunong the flowers and who bears a SUM - MODS to more strenuous service. Be- fore I start forth anew for my life's work 1 would, with final emo- tion, ask a moment for the tribute of persotml affection as Ensile spake to Elijah in reference to Shaphat: "Let me, 1 pray thee, kiss my fath- er, Then f will follow thee." My father was the most original and yet the most natural man 1 over knew. Original in the sense that he .always did everything in a way dif- ferent, from anyone else. He wrote elliterently, he lectured differently, he preached differently. lf two persons stood before him at the nuptial al- tar, his marriage ceremony was um blue. It was impossible to compare him to anyone 0181). T110 mold used for the formation of his character W0.5 a special one. There bas never been another like unto it since he lay iii his humble cradle in the 110UND BROOK FARMHOUSE. Yet my father was enteral in the settee that Ile never strove to be ori- ginal aud different from evesy one ,else, It was in his personality that he was dtiTerent. Hu was the same in the home as in Lho pulpit, on the street. ns upon tho lectuee platform. He was the same original end yet natagrai character when writing to .one of his children 0.5 he was when penning an article for the press. He -uttered the message which was given to him as naturally and yet with the dissimilarity that chara.cterizes the not NI of tho birds of the forest. .As the brown winged thrush lifts his treble note when Ile is awakened by the rising sue, as a goldfinch chir- rups whet1 hopping between the gam den rows, as a Baltimore oriole singe when ho whets backward and for- ward upon. the tree brench width overhangs the brook, each bird is melodious in his own way, yet each einging a different song. Ho was so different from other tnee that for Melly yeers the AilleriCall pulpit touid not understand him. Under the scrtitinizing eye of tile theologi- eel (trifle there could be found no heretical flaw in his sermons. When he arese to preach, a solemn still - nese like the expectant hush of the casein judgment day silenced his autlitore, Every eye wes foeneed on - on that, tall, straight form and broad, massive brow. Each oar was -alert to catch the first Word which fell fermi those Wondeeing lips, But though the ',endings in . which. lie prertched in our own and other lands "tvel'e slWtrYs crowded to hear him, though great multitudes wore brought to decisioti for Christ under leis preaching in the :Brooklyn Taber. emcee, where lie passed the MOM, 40 - live .10(115 of his lifces minieley, yet fov years he Wall a mietniderstood 111011. WITH ONIn WAVE OF ICUS TIAND he swept away all the cobwebs which had acciunolated aroond the tradi- tiomil methods of sermonic oratory. Willi ills mighty original personality lie broke the shacklee of ereleslantl- 'cal slavery. Ifo proved to the woeld thot the ministers of the twentieth contras- could plead with sinners to ,coree In Christ With the energy enn erithusitisin and intensity with which the lawyer could plead for the life of a defendant falsely charged with murder. Ho proved to the religious world that it Wan not so important what kind of Et white linen eperating gown the goepel surgeon wore as it was that the nerve of .the operator Se firm and the hand steady that held tho keen, .sitereci blade with which he cut out the cancer of ein. He dispensed With the ministerial gown and hurled from the church the old fashioned pulpit, but he still clung to the old truths. He spoke the gospel message in its simplicity. Be- cause the story wits so simply told it was told with originality. Re was a genius ,but he developed eVory ono of his ten talents by tbo hardest kind of mental and physical aPelication. No labor for him was too full of drudgery. Morning, noon and night found him in his study. He took physical exercise not for pleasure, but to fit himself for the pulpit, ITo lived not to eat, but he ate so that be could lies,. Ile placed his standard very high, and Into ev- ery sermon he put his best thought. 1.Xe used to say to me: "Frank, do not matte the mistake of many liter- ary men. They say to themselves, I will (MVO that thought mild put it into another speech or article. Give to tho world THE BEST YOU HAVE. Crowd everything in that strength- ens au argument. but always strive for quality and not •for quantity." When a, theological student, 2 want- ed to occupy for some weeks the pulpit of a small country church. He uttered his protest, saying, "You ought to spend at least three months upon your first sermon, writing upon it from six to ten hours a day." What a testimony is this to Itis own careful work, coming from the cold lips which are now closed in the casket. What a homiletic lec- ture it is for the young =blisters, for the young lawyers and budding statesmen who maintain that the oratorical art IS a divine gift which has no need for struggling upon the rongb mountain side of drudgery. What t1 clarion note it 15, SIIMM011- ing all ineit and women to do their best under all conditions. The les- son is as powerful for the merchant of tett talents as for the elerk of two talents, To him that bath not saidi be taken wefts- Orel; that which he hatis. There is, however, a warning that collies from my father's intense ale plicationto work which deserves tho attention of all those who are bending their physical, mental and spigetual energies to accomplish something in ltfe's struggle. About twenty-five years ago the first dam ger signal was lifted when insomnia like a hideous spectre, eat at the foot of his bed and refused to let him sleep. Night after night Ile would be four and five times, walking the floor. After awhile the children became osed to it. Wo would greet him ab breakfaet, say- ing, "Father, how did you sleep ?" and when be answered, "Not very well," Ile would look' so fresh and vigorous that we, too, were decelv- ed, Clad We would hope that he luta slept better than he thought be did. But he could not 130 induced to spelt himself. He over-estimated his reserve of strength. My father ought to have lived with that Mag- nificent body nt least, fifteen years longer. Had ho economized his strength the best years of his life might have been those last fifteen years. HE' IRED FROM OVERWORK. Domestic bereavement fell uilon him, and people who saw only his outward cheerfulness bad no con- ceptioa how deeply the iron bad e111. tend his soul. 1Vhon my father was dying he contiettelly talked about the boy who had been bis pride, Ms eldest son, who is now sleeping by his side as he once sat at,lile feet. He was a noble lad, it beilliant young lawyes. We carried him out one cold winter day and laid him away to rest under a soft quilt of snow. 111y father went back to his work. lIts said, "I dare not lay it down even for all 1101I1' lest the effort to Gibe it up again should be too great for Inc." Ile took up hie cross in the some cheerful, hopeful spirit as before, though the wound in his heart never lie/tied. He always carriocl a scar which was cut by the gravedigger's spade. Yes, he had his troubles, but he always main- tained a brave heart aad made the most out of life by being cheerful. My fittlier'm hest sermon was the daily life which he Hood in his own home. I bear my testimony to the fact that from my boyhood utitil the time that I entered my own parson- age and Was ordained by hint • for my oven pulpit 1 had before me tho example and upon me the sweet in- fluence of a Christian home. There never was in America, a hapeter or more prayerful home than that of which lie was the head. The 'child- ren idolized him.' The example 110 SO before them wee that of a con- secrated Chris tie n gentleman always anxious to do what Christ would 1111Vo him do. Them Was no bitters noes in the nursery. Prom him we learned how to forget as well as to forgive. Among all the melt 1have known in yellow; walks of life Wryer It 110W 0, 11 11111(111 being W110 was like hint in the ctutracterietic that he conld item bear a, grudge against itny o)1e. An 0110111Y. might do every- thing 111 his power to destroy hint, but my tether aerer streck Imelc. If Itli 101)1d, be would uot only fins - give, but, ho would go nee distance to SERVE AleD HELP AN ENEMY, lt wan because my father's .e00 - n101.15 511e10 the products of it Spirit. tilled lee that the 11111 Iiotts were tilde 10 find comfert Iti him. Whenever he would tuice a lecture trip the people woeld crowd, about blin by the thou- sands, utterlist aucb greetings as read your sermon upon 'iteeogeition of 'ifriencle ho Ileavete to my mstisor WhaI1 she was dying;!' "2 read OW Or that When 1 wae in a cortein trettble, cuid the sermon brought light to my soul." Let no Seaver or reader of this sermon think ftn. one Instant thet my fother'e work was a. man nutde work. My fetliorSi work was a divinely inspired work. Ile Was called am certsiuly to do his work as Paul end Peter and John were called to do theirs, He WaS inspired by prayer and, communion with God, and just US .0ertai11ly may we in our work be inspired if we Mead for the gift of the Iloly Spirit. A dear old family friend uttered a sweet prayer, That was ell, We watched and waited until Ms mortal Ilfe was titled into the heavenly life.. There wore a low tears, a few eell- Inge of goodby. Ile slipped away so quietly we could not tellswhee be was gone. Ho was asleep. The tir- ed heart ceased to beat. The old sweet restful look C211100 back to the loving face. We laid hint away for a little while in the family plot in beautiful Greenwood. As I lifted my hand over the open grave to pronounce the benediction, I said to inyseif, "So may we all Ilve and labor, that when our work is done we may go to our rest in the full cenSgictIon that when we weak° it will bo hiko this glorified spirit in the hicenees of his Lord," READING CAlYIPS. Of Great Benefit to the Lumber- men of the Country. The promoters of the Canadian Reading Clauip mese:meet have just published another pamphlet on "Li- brary Extension ia Ontario Reading Camps and Olub Houses," including tho secon(1 annual repoet, of the move- ment. The paruphlot is prefaced with an extract from Caelyle's Starter Rosettes on "The Diffusion of Educa- tion"; "Two men.I honor, and no thtrd. First the toil-wera Crafts- man that with earth -made imple- ment laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. 'Venerable to me is the hard hand; crooked, coarse; wherein notwithstandieg lies a cun- ning virtue, indefeasibly roses!, as of the Sceptre ot this Planet. Venom mble too is tho rugged face, all wea- ther -tanned, besoilesi, with its rude intelligence; for it is the face of a man living neaten:0. 'For Am was tby back so bent, for us were thy straight limbs and fingers so de- formed; thou were our Conscript, on Wilma the lot fell and fighting our battles were so marsed. For in thee, too, lay a, God -created Form, but it was not tb be unfolded; in- crusted must it stand with the thick adhesions and defacements of Labor; mut thy body like thy soul was not to know freedom," etc. Free books nee but one factor of the scheme. The separate buildings to serve for the purpose of reacifists and recreatioa rooms aro the princi- pal feature. The avowed aim of the friends of this work is to induce the Provincial Government to place two or three reading camps under the di- rest supervision of a duly qualified teacher who would suiprise and conduct evening classes 111 these camps and adapt them to local con- ditions. Mr. Alfred Fitzpatrick, of No,ien Centre, secretary of this movement, stated in last year's report that se- veral men had learned to read with comparatively little assistance; fur- ther experiments this 5008011, 11 says, have fully demonstrated the practicability of instruction. If eve- ning elasses are desirable in towns and cities where there are SO MANY PRIVILEGES, they cannot fail, he argues, to be helpful where there are no social lit - every or religious opportunities, Mr, Fitzpatrick claims that pictures, music, reading aloud from the best authors, initocent, games arid the uso of magic lanterns will countovact the benumbing influence of hard Ie - bot', glad awakea the neeessary en- thusiasni. That the employers in the lumberligg and miningindustries ore themselves the principal promot- ers of this Work is enough to prove, its feasibi Ly. Over one -tided of the revenue of the Province is derived from tlie woods and forests alone, to say nothing of that Isottt the mineral resources of the country. It Is all right to en- dow libraries mid schools In the old- er parts of the Province, says Mr. Piespattecic, but why should the me11 who play so peeminent a, part ill the exploitation of this wealth not shun: in the direct beggeets as well as others? The Isee readiag camp, with duly qualified instructors, would be a, nundi useful adjunct 1:0 the free school, and NM public library. The Ontgtrlo LI brai'y Association and the Ontario Teachers' Assoeins Won, at their recent sessions, both missed strong resolutions urging ep- ee the Department of Education the extensioe of this impostant phase of Public education. Until,. adequate provision is made by the Ontario Govesnment for this important branch of publie education, the pro- moters should receive the most gen- erous support of the publics Free copies of tho above-mentioned pamphlet may be had on application to John nougat St: Son, Montical, ROYAL L1VIIIS INSURED, King Edward VIL'a life is insures' for about 38,750,000, while the PVIIICe Of 1Nrtt1e.8 18 coetented with $2,500,000. Tim Czar is insured for $1,5on,000, um' his eldest claughEin, tile Grand Duchess Olga, for 32,- 000,000, while the Czariett's policies amount to $1,250,000. The most heavily instired 111011arell Was the late King Humbert, whose life was valued by himself at 37,500,000, so Out the molly illallralICO companies antems which the risks wbre. divtded were very hard hit by his assisselett- tine, The German Emperor's in - went.° also rues itito eoven fig- urers, 00 0010 SO 141 000 et1)410,541, Fs 00.0 0 ; FOR'1,.0 HOME 0 o 0 , ReclPes for the Kitchen, 0 llyaiefie and Other Notes da. fel' the lleSSekeePers O eee8.11$ 04111.00e0(11*04.60460 DOMESTIC tiE1011'ES. Delicious Corn Brotol.-One large, oup of cornmeal anti one small cup of flour; a ball cup of sugar; two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three teaspoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful QX salt, milk to make thin batter. Mix like cake and boos 5, biscuit tin, el his leeilm l4 sixty years old and is commended by Harper's Bazar, Potatoee n. la Delmonico.-Iiash four lnedium sized potatoes; put in saucepan, add a half tublespooeful of buttets half cup of cream, a little Sall: anti pepper; stir carefully for fisin minutes, Turn into a baking dish, sprinkle ovei, ten tablespoonfuls grated cheese and two taldespoonfuls of bread crumbs. Put on bits of butter and leave terenty minutes in a. hot oven. Spanish stew -Out in small pieces any cold meats that may he at band. Place in the frying pan with one tablespoon butter, one smaIl onion sliced, a half -teaspoon of prepare(' horseradish and a few pieces of red pepper, Fry GII the butter is well brewned, then add tsvo cups of hot water and 011e tablespoon tomato catsup. Thicken with 0110 tablespoon flour ancl cook till the flour taste thsappeass. Pour in 10 tl, small, deep piettes, sprinkle a, few minced pickles over it and send piping hot to the taV,bleetl; aalutine-Trini all the fat from a large vetti steak. Make a force meat of a, cup of minced hart, a half cup of bread crumbs, a, dozen stoned and minced olives, salt and pepper. Moisten this mixture with enough milk to make a, thick paste. Lay steak upon booed, spread with the force meet, roll up and se3v this roll tightly in a piece of muldin. Put into a pot with enough wo.tei, or stock to nearly cover and simmer three hours. Let meat cool in the liquor, then remove cloth and set in. a cool place 011 %vented. Servo with aspoicjteolly, pta Croquettes.-Two cups mashed potatoes, two tablespoons molted butter, two well -beaten eggs, one-half cup milk, ono -hall teaspoort salt. Mix well together and mold in oblongs; dent on -the tops crosswise with a. knife blade, bake on a greas- ed bakipg sheet about one-half hour till nicely browned. Have the cream sauce ready; pour into a platter and when the croquettes aro baked re- move them to the platter, placing them oil the cream sauce as artisti- cally as possible. Serae at mire. Little Raisiu Cakes-One-hslf cup butter creamed, one cup seem-, one- half cup 01 1111111, one egg well -beaten, three-fourths cup choppecl raisins, one and one-lialf cups flouts Beat tee batter vigorously, then bake in patty pans and servo warm. Baked Parsnips-Doil the parsnips till tender-, but not broken. Drain the water and place them in a, bek- ing pan; poue'over them one-half cup of hot water, add a tablespoonful of butter and sprinkle with salt and PelsPer. Piece in the oven. and baste occasionally till nicely browned. Cheese Salasi-Doil three eggs heed pet into cold water, then ',move shells, cut crosswise and remove yolks. Mash the yolks ilne and rub with them one cup finely melted cheese, senson, add dressing and mix well. Ifeap this roughly upon a bed of lettuce, and garnish with the whites cut in rings and a few siivess of celery. &WOO with hot csackers. Peach Pudding. -011e quart well - sweetened petschee, one-half cop but- ter, qtie-lialf cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one egg, one-fourth teaspoou- fel salt, one teaspoon baking powder sifted with the flour, two cups flour. Put the peaches in the bottom of the baking Pan. Make a batter with the other ingredients, and when smooth spread over the peaches. Bake in a very slow oven for one hour. Setae with whipped cream. ASPARAGUS WAYS. Creatn of asparagus soup -Cut the tender joints off 3 bunches of aspar- agus, and break the tough postion of the stalks into small pieces. Cook the stalks (not the joiets) in a little boiling water until perfettly tender. Drain, rub the pulp through a colau- dee, add 8 pts scalding hot, milkf The ties should be soaked until ten- der (about 15 minutes) In slightly salted boiling water, and then added to the asperagus pulp alai milk. Let it all boil up, season to taste, Hegel: - en with two tablespoons butter, and serve very hot with croutons. Asparagus in Cases -Cut off Nemeth teethe. asparagus heads in two-inch lengths to melte one pint. Cook in a little boiling water until tender, drabs add Ss. cup excites sauce, season to taste, mid till into hot baking powder blecuit, which lia,ve been pre- pared by culling off the tops and scoopieg out the inside. Asparagus With Cheese -Cut tender asparagus stalks into ineh lengths, and cook in slightly salted boiling vsater. Wheel done, drain, and place In a well buttered baking dish. Dot with little bits of butter, tortilla° over 1. cup grated cheese, a little mbicecl onion, and some seasonitig. Let brosen in a moderato oven, and serve very hot. If no outside silver baking dish 18 at hand serve in the one in which it was cooked, with a white napkiii pinned neatly around it, Asparages 00. Toast -Wash the as- paragus, tie in a bundle again, and coolc with the tough white encie of the Fitalks dowel in slightly salted Imiling writer Mita teeder. Drain, and spread oil very thin slices of nicely broymed toast With a, cream sauee poured 0101' the asparagus. Aspnragus CroqueLtes-Maalt 1. cep cooked asparagus tips, add S rep flee broad crumbs, 1 cup diced chick- en or veal (coolsed) and seanon to taste. Mix well mut molsteu just, eufficiently to form Into croquettes with cream mimeo. Turn into a shal.. 100 Walt etal let get cold. Thiel make into croquettes, roll in slightly besten eggs thee in bread crumbs, anti fry in hot oil or fat. Dritin'ou brown paper, and serum hots W1111111111 MOTHS ORIG.' NATE The dietracted houeekeeper wages war against, the little, white -winged moths that will fly 1.1.1.0111111 SO illdaS- trlously in the eking, tumidly liens her most expensive carpet% dra1/0110e and Stirs. She wonders where they can mine from le Buell armies, mid tete spe»ds a great deal of time and strength in„„steitt tering borax, insect powder arni naphtha about her cam pets, 11114 1.2808 eVery ttYallublo rIeWS- pa per alai 2:011111,1088 111211 11181.118 111 stowing away her winter titre, jollies best overcoat and nunwrous other garments that these little pests like to feed upon. .Now, WO are quite mire 11 this same vigilant housekeeper were some day to go on to hunting expedition from attic to cellar, she would be more than likely to run across an old blanket or piece of fur widget cons tented larvae enough to stock a 311101e neighborhood with these pests. Perhaps a skein of soft whitgi wool might bo pulled out of some corner 1101 often peoCed into, which would literally drop to pieces when she touched it, so industriously had it been preyed upo11 by these busy workers. If the search should be very thor- ough, and everything thus infested should be burned, she would be apt to find the next yeas when she look- ed her labor had not been in vain. And if she should continuo to destroy EISO018S woolen garments that prove such prolific breeding -places, she would le time completely rid her- self of the troublesome ciirpet moth. }TINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS, When flat -irons do not heat tvell turn a large dishpan OVer them. It is said that II the feet are well soaked in warm water at night and then tese corns rubbed with eastor oil there :troublesome excrescences will disappear, A housekeeper says 'that scorched lard is not necessarily spoiled. lard. She advises; Put the lard in a kettle and add an equal quantity of water. Let it come to a boil. then cool. The scorched pert will settle to the bot- tom in the water. Etat! .1.110 1a131 will be in a cake on top which C11l1 be lifted off. Sausage and fried meet fat can be purified aucl whitened in the same way. Those who do not like boiled cab- bage or want a 11055 wa.y of serving it, may try this way: run on' the outer leaves until you come to those that arc crisp and white, Pull them. oft and serve them with a mayon- natee 1.15 you woted lettuce. 'Po cook bacon properly cut it very thin, lay the slices on the broiler, rest. this on 0. dripping pan ancl put in a hot oven. Turn once. You avoid all smoke and smudge, and your bacon is pink, crisp and deli- cious and easily digested. Bacon is the best possible meat for breakfast. Fresh orange peel thrown into water before it is to be used int - Parts is pleasant fragrence and also softees it. LEIGH SI WIT WA1ST, The Leigh Shirt Waist is the model waist of the stetson. It, is quite plain and has three forward teeniest plaits on the neckband. There is no yoke or °thee trininting or complications about it, As a pattern it is 111051 desirable because from 11, all %valets may be modelled and no end of tuckilig and decrees - Lions gutty be wrought upon it before placing the pattern on the cloth. Quantities of material required; 119 and 34 best measure will require three mat one-half 701119 of goods twenty-seven lathes wide. 80 bust measure will vetoers: three and three-fourths yards of goods twenty-seven inches Wide. Ifie and 40 bust measure will re- quire four yards of goods twenty- seven inches wide, DOG DWAISFERS, Stunted doge aro \Try much ad- mired by Parisialt ledles. The 80- 111131111 foe them is mot by at least forty professional "Slog-clwarfelel.'' who bring up the pups on an alcohol- ic cliet, which luta the effeet of etunting thein. Geoffrey-"lenther, they say that history repents itself, don't they 9" 1?11re11t--Yee, Illy son." Geoffrey - "Well, why don't it repeat ithelf when UM trying to learn it e" Mr. Manley -"Well, tiaeling, I've had niy life insured foe 35,000." hire. AL-"Ilow spry eon:nide of youl NoW 1. sluen't hitve to keep telling you to be so careful every pine° you go to." THE S.. S. LESS014.0. INTERNATMIAONYAllON i, LESS Text of the Lesson, Acts stii., 1-19, Golden Text, Ps, x 1, 2. Now. itifxoin711:il, time Herod the Mug etretched forth his holds to vex certain of the church, mid he killed Jellies, the brother et Joho, with the sword. Erma the thee that the devil, the murderer and Dar (John vili. 14). put, It 11110 the heart of Cubs to kill Abel he haft ever shown his hatred of God alga the people of Clod 13y using his worst weapon, death (Ifeb. (i, 14), and that even ugaiust the Soe 01 00(1 Himself. it Wail a good day for Jannis, for he was instaittly with the Lord 111 the enjoyment of the very far better. 8-5. And beentise he SEIM 11 pie:teed the Jews he proceeded forthee to tal'enblIgntge4logs0s;r time. he kept Peter in prison wider tho care of four com- panies of SOIClier$, intending after that seamen to kill him also to gain further please the Jews -some of the same Jews, no doubt, who wore pleaeed to crucify the Lord Jesus and sthoe Stephen and all the while profese to be doing God service, Yet God lives, the only living and true God, and all power is Hie, arid He permits thesn things to be, and He is not discouregocl, and the king- dosof this world shall yet be the kingdom of our Lord attd of Elis Christ (Rev. xi, 15). We can do what the church did for Peter, earn- estly and unceasingly cry unto God and ho ready to ley down our lives for Christ. es, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers hound with two chains. A double guard, a stroug prison, thaws, gates, and, as far as human visiou cotdcl See, death for Peter on the raorrow, vet Peter slept, and doubtless quietly, for he Was 311 Christ and Christ. in God. The wall of ilre WaS round about him, and with him all wns we!' whether he re- mained itt the mortal Seedy or not (Col. iii, 8; Zech. ii, 5, 8; Ise, ill, 10). It is grand to see Uod and not eirc.umstences nor people ; to see circumstances and people only through God and be still and know that He is God (I's. xlvi, 1.0; Rom. viii, 28, 29.) 7-9. And, behold, the angel of the I,ord came upon 111211, and a light shined in the prison. Before Peter could realize it his citable were off, hie saudals were on, his garaleat about him, and he was following the angelsout of the pris- on, the soldiers etill soundly sleep- ing. but Peter thought It was all a beautiful vision which Clod had granted him. How great and glor- ious is the ministry of -angels who minister unto the heirs of salvation! aTeb. I, (.4.) 10, 11. Viihen Peter WEIS 0.011210 to himself, he said, Now 1 know of it surety that tee Lord hath sent Ilia angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectetion of the people of tho jew: Othey went past the first watch and the second. and the iron gate opened of ite O0-11 accord -perhaps other angels swung it open at the approach of the angel followed by Peter - and still on they went through one street, well away from L11 e prison, before the angel left Peter. Then, being left alone and finding himself in the night out on 0. street of the city, he beget to real- ize that it Arita 110 dream, but that he was actually a free man by the mighty power 01 1311 angel of God, 19. He came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark, where many were gather-' ed together praying. This he did as 80011 as, having come to him elf, he considered the matter, He know just where to go, for ou a pro\ bets occasion when he end John had been reteased from prison and from the power of the rulers, it is written that "being let go they went to their own come pans," (Acts iv, 21)). 18-15, Thou art med. It is his angel. What strcuige words for a 0010- 1)0.117 of praying believers when they aro told that their prayers nee an- swered and Peter is at tho door knocking for righnission, Rhoda was so glad. that she forgot to epee Um door for him, and they Were so amazed Oust they could not believe her. We might not woudes to have the world coma the believer mad (I)1is lix, 13, margin; nos. ix, 7; John x, 2(1), bet for believers, end such as these, to count each other mad is move strenge, :May WO not be so slow to net upon Jets xxxiii. 3, or to live ill PS. 11(11, 5, 16. 17. Go show these things un- to James and to the brethren. Peter cotitinued knocking„ the on.- ly thing he could dtn for doom did not open to him r8 psism11 gates to the angel. and in due time they op- ened to him and week\ astoeished to See 111111. HO, quieting Glens Witt them all that the Lord had done for him soul bade them tell Jinxes and the others. This is the James of chaptee xv, 1.3, who seems to have been proeideat of the council at Jerusalem -James the brother of John haviag been slain (verse 23. Every redeemed soul hes been deliv- ered from 13118011 mid death fer werse than any Herod could Millet with, (31111 1100- gladly we should toll of the deliveraere God has wrought for Its (Pe xl. 1-81, but how few 800111 glad 10 tell it to HIS glory that Ile niny 01 magelfied. 18, 19. Iletenrs eoldiers put to death, and Home himself dying such en awful death (verse 28), while 1"?ter Was delivered from thole hands, reminds us of that moreing When Detect came forth from the den of noes, but his enenrkse WPM pat 11101 the envie glen neves to 001110 fortil• It makes us think of the glorious mottling of our Iterd'S appearirig (I's. x11x, 14; xxx, ti; xlvl, margin; cxxx, (1, ole,) for the deliveratire of His people and of tho imbelieveee Int' whom there shall lse no moriting, but 01117 the outer dariciteee forever (Ise. rill, 20, MORPHINE =NM Ten Ver Cent. of Rhysiciana Slave* 4111 Anthority 0,4ys. leaet 10,000 pereons 111 ties. 'United States are vietime of Piers phine 'and 10 psi' vont. , of Alrielletkli, p11)5111111118 are elitves to opium in some Seem, accurding 10 13 etatement adopted by the Meeleal News. Al eStialateS, the same autherity asserts morouser, indleate that the use of morphine not ouly as a drug to allay titan, but also ne 'au in- toxicant, is daily hel'02111t1g 1111 io- (weakling evil. A physician to whom this statement W1)8 quoted expreseed tonne doubt ita to the extent of tho evil so fur as the medical profession is concerned, but said Ora the genesal estimate wait rother under than over the 1liurek‘h " e demand for morphine in the drug stores is inereasing (13. 1111 alarming rate," said this physieian. 'Traffic 10 the drug is restricted by law, but the law le practically in- effectual. Any morphine fiend who needs is supply knows how to get it, and does obtain it readily enough and apparently one usee of the drug makes many more. "Before long there is sure to be a. cry for increneed restriction. What is needed, however, Is not so much tt, neve law, but the stricter enforce- ment of the present, rine awl vigor- ous prosecution of those who ems - Mee at the illicit traffic in the stuff." Whether or not it is possible to cure the confirmed morphine eater after the habit latS reached a serious stage is still the subject of debate among physicians. There are also differences of opinion as to the best treatment, although the m10001,1°3 agree now that institutional -treat- ment or the services of a treined nurse to outwit the Canning aroused In the patien1 by the craving for the drug are essential to success. Baths and exercise in the open air form an important part of the 1100-- e511 treatment advocated and it is laid down that there is practically a certainty of a relapse unless the treatment is prolonged to Oleo menthe. oftener to six. The sudden withdrawal of the drug by friends or relatives, horror striele- en over the discovery of the dis- ease, has resulted in many cases in a rata' collapse. Substitution of some other opium derivative 'has /law been rejected tts unsatisfactory. Gradual withdrewal of it or taper- ing the doses is the only choice in a nmjority of cases, and in some cases lessenieg it by one -sixteenth is as much as can be effected at, first. SAFES IN CHURCHES. Uses to Which They Are Put -- Steel Poor Boxes Now. "Yes," says it Atte manufacturer, "safes are used in churches, to some extent, but not to keep money in, because money isn't kept in churcluss 1Vh0.t they are used for Imre is to keep the church records nod papers in for one thing, end for another, for the preservation and safe keeping; of the church plate and sacred yes. sets, "A church buying a safe for the preservation of its books and re- cords an(1 so on would s'ery probably buy one second hand. It would com- monly be kept, somewhere in Um basement ot the church, out of the way, and it would very probably be built Into a Weall. 11 would not, be essential that it should be burglar proof. .. "On the pther hand, sales f or church plate and sacred vessels mIght m sorne cases contain pieces of great value and would be made for protection against burglars as well as against ' 111'0. Such safes might be specially designed and built to hold the particular vessels kept in them. "But while the us5 of regular safes in churches is confined to tho pur- poses described, there ese now esed in churches of all denominations many strong boxes of steel in place of old time boxes of wood, pow boxes and guild boxes for the re- ception of offerings and contribu- tions, placed permanently in the chusches attached to the wall in veetibules or in the body of the church, "Such boxes, of course, aro not intended to keep meney in for any length of tiree, and the amounts in them at :my time may ilot be greets But made of wood and locked with an ordmary lock they are liable 1:0 be broken open end rifled or the whole box to be carried off, for that matter, by thieves. "These steel boxes tire bolted to tho wall, so that they can't be torn loose. While it is busy to drop Mo- ney into it, this steel strong box ia 110 contrised that moneY cannot be fished out of IL and it has a com- bination 'oak. It isn't inteeded 1*1 be fire and burglar proof, but It 11* snealsthief proof; and so it merves its purpose and it ifi moreover com- pare ively inexpeesive." TIES QUESTION OF DRESS, Mrs. Roosevelt, like her husbaud, is evidently bent on pursuin(1 an originsl line of aotioe. Sim hes seriously pro. posed to reform ladies' evening dresx, and a, eentemporais. has elieited the 01)1131013 of a Bend street nrtiet about 1110 matter. The trouble appears to be that the present evening gowns of ladies Are somewhat too decollete, anti the ides is that the fair ones should weer "dinner jackets" to .preveut them. front catching cold. It is also steted that dinner (tresses are being made "higher." The fact is Mei, it dais treats the fnshion to be set by a :re- cognized leader' and We shall tee all our women notifiedat the neek-Although the wornee, with pretty shoulders will he loath to see the old regime change. NUNS AS PRINTERS. In Wandsworth there is a printing demirtment run entirely by the mete. It is used priscipally fer the printing et sacred books for the use of cholr*. such as hymnale, psalters, missals au* the like. The prodttetions do net bees' the stamp of the amstous in the lea and the high standard o exeellene partiettlatly ShoWn 01 the m