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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-6-12, Page 6RE TO TIM it Heads Straight Up to the Throne of Grace, Tribtr41111$ 10 a1 elthe,lakgrip4Ii4r4uigarlwa erre0i40f Tomato, at the Deeetteause a Sertatenue, °tons) A despateh from 0,11leago eftYs :— Rev. Frank fle Witt Talmage isrectelis ea from the following test ;—Mat. thew vs 41, "‘Vhosoover 811411 semis pet thee th .go a mile, go 'with him twain." A keen, shrewd lawyer was one day listening to Joint Wesley preach - log. The founder of Methodism had three different headings for his ser- mon : "Get all you C411 With- out hurting your soul, your body, or yew neighbors." "That is sen- ior something he will never have a man is Continually reaching out anything. industry is tbe Sounda- ton of all ettecese." Second head- ing, "Save all you can, cutting o. for tomething he will never MIN, tiny needless expense." "Right again," muttered the listener. "It Is not tio much what a man can earn that makes him wealthy as what he sexes." Third heading, "Give all you can." "There," exclaimed the hard headed lawyer, "the minister has foolishly guile and spolleil CV- orything he has said. Re ought to • have had for his third headiag, 'Oise as little as you can.' Y011 cannot save indess you keep what you have earned." So HOMO of Christ's ttuditors felt that he was preaching the most foolish of chic - trines when he used the litustration of the twain nine. They were ready to obey the Mosaic law of jestiee. They would assent to an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand. They would travel the first mile willingly tied pay every penny that they legitimately owed, but they were not ready to turn the left cheek to a foe after the enemy had deliberately streck them a stinging blow upon the right cheek. They prof ('s1 eti against, a communistic gospel, which allowed a thief to rim away with their whole wardrobe, with their cloak as well as their cont. They would not enslave them- selves to any merciless taskmaster. For every cley's labor they must hove a fell day's pay. Yet Christ's statement is strikingly true. It is right in reference to the temporal life no well as the spiritual. The willingness to travel the twain mile is the forerunner of all true SlleeeSS. The unwillingness to trevel the twain mile is the cause of almost eel tain failure. T110 4W/1 111 Milo is the place of test- ing. It is where the powers that be choose the men who are to be hon- ored in lifo's service. 'There the hit - men nate is sifted. There the faith- ful ere separated from the irrespon- sible, the energetic from the sloth- ful, the true man from 1 he false. the self-sarrilleing from the selfish, the one purpose man from the indolenl. lazy, shiftless individual who lives without a definite alin. Thn twain mile is the thrashing floor of MI - man life, where the wheat is separ- nted from the chaff, the rich grain front the useless tares. THE CROWDED FIRST MILE. Most of the human rime are hud- dled together and jostling each other during the first; mile, where they only do whet they have to do. But in the second or the twein wile of life's journey, where a man does more than he is asked to do, he al- ways has plenty of elbow room. As the great statesman once said, "There is plenty of -1700111 at the top of the ladder of success, although thousands of hands may be reachieg for the lowest rung." Every merchant knows of the sep- arating or testing influence of the twain mile. When a position in the store became vacant, whom, in all probability, did you promote to the vacancy—the cleek who has been in the store for ten 00 fifteen years, the young man who has never been will- ing to do any more than he was compelled to do ? Did you select the employee who was generally ten minutes late in the morning, the clerk who has ltis hat in his hand ready to run for home as soon as the hour hand points to the num- eral 8 ? Did von promote one who seemed to be indifferent to Ids work and hnd to lie watched day by day I 17 to be kept busy, as at mother ho- . to watch it little child ? No. The mail who received the promotion NrCIS the poor eountry boy who en- tered your store with ne recommen- dation except the willingness to travel the twgin mile, the willing- .. Miss to do more than he was told or paid to do. For ;mars the twain mile young num was the first cm- 'ploye at, work in the morning,. For . years he was the last person to leave the etore nt night. When the work piled upon his desk, unhidden by the heed of his department he, always stayed Many hours mer - time until the work was done, Ito 1 IVOS the young man who threw him- self into his allotted tasks with such intensity that he inn& his em- PloYer's interests his interests. maa says to hireaelf 1 "I ant 1e11d3 to work yeare and years if° neces- sary in 11.11 ineonee lcuous position. I am ready to work hard and de more than :E am asked to do because 1 know that at last my employer will reward me with a higher pure- tiou." The young college student, says : "It tun ready to bury inyself In my books and work_ hard 'bemuse I kpow that at Met there will come a time when my industry will be recompensed as well as recognized." 1 -to the sweet faced angel of hope leads the disciple of Ohrist aloes the self-sacrilleing pathwuy of the twain utile. She (1 11(8 the Bible into the disciple's hand apd says : "Read Christian, reasl. Thitt Bible is the promise Geld bas given to you, God derlaree that if you will do What he bids you do, you shall have your reward for travelling the twain mile for him." Then the Christian be - Reline' the Bible, saym to himself : "1 will do what Christ wants me to do, 1 wfll live as Christ wants me to live. 3 will speak what Christ wants me to say. I know that Christ will reward Me at the end of the twain mile. Did not ley Sa- viour promise, ',Seek ye first the kingdom of Ocul tied His righteous. miss, and all these things shall be added ;into you '?' may not have eerthly wealth, but I shall surely hate treasures leict 1111 in heaven. I may not have worldly adoration, hut I shall have the commendation of iny Saviour. I may /wire he a temporal potentate, but I shall he crowned among 4 ho redeemed of heaven. I shall hear Christ say ; 'Well done, good 0444 faithful ser- vant, Thou hast been faithful over few things ; I will make thee rulei over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.' " When the disciple of Christ is travelling the twain mile, he is always being, led by the sweet faced angel in iespiring hope. LEARNING TO FORGIVE. The twain nine is the plase where the Christian traveller upon life's journey learns how to forgive an in- justice as well as to forget. For•• pitene,s is one of the gospel few tuts. it is the power which collies bit, a Christian's life which pree- tically says : "When I have a 1001 k to do and only a short time le which to do it, I cannot afford lo 11C Wasting irly energies in foolishly attarking those .pCople who are at- taching 1110. 1 101a11100, ELS 11 .general, 1 0 spending most of my time ill ptirs,ting a few foragieg parties when I ought to be marching on 1 oWard the great city of ClosPel Success." Besides that, the Chris- tiall traNeller 'ROSS to himself : "Perhaps; I have not done my full clay toward my enemies. Perhaps I have no( liesn Itilid and loving en- ough. Perhaps I have not presented my Jesus in a clear. simple way. if I did then 1 might change the foes of Christ into his toying disciples. I will forgive as well as forget. Af- ter 111118' enemy has smitten me 00 one cheek I will turn to libmthe oth- er tilso. After he has compelled me to go with lihn one mile I will go with him twain." This is not an absitril interpreta- tion to make of the Christian's feel- ing:4 in reference to his enemies when he is trying to travel: the twain mile of forgiveness. Alinost without ex- ception the truly great Men who have consecrated their liven to a temporal cause have been able to drop the bitter personalitieS of their existence. They were able to forgive as well as forget the personal injus- tices which had been prat:Heed' egainst them. When the 1100011 Cor - man states were being welded into the great confederacy of the German empire by the master statesman of the last century. Prince ilismerek Raid to a friend Miring the darkest days of the struggle: "I must not think nf whet, mine enemies might say or do. To attain this end 1 would brave all dangers—exile; in- deed, the scaffold itself. What mat- ter if they hang me provided the rope Whh WhiCh I tun hanged hinds new (Thrinany 110111 to the Prussian throne?'' jesus has been given es an ex- inple for all his disciples to copy. Vhet did Christ 'do when he Was coifed at and spit epon? Wily, the onetime inatle - so many charges egainst Christ, that Pilato, in amazement, asked Id's) to say some- thing and refute the eharges. "Hear - est thon not how many things they witness egainst thee? And he an- swered him never a word, insomuch that the governor xnarveled great - 1Y." Christ came to save the 10011d. Jesus did not have time or Melilla - Unit to spend the lust moments of hi* earthly life fighting his dettac- tees; nei•ther should wee ANGEL OF THE TWAIN :MILE, ['lie twain mile has foe a guide the angel of inspiring hope. The man who lives without ambition or without the hose of making some- thing better out of his life >0 prac- fleetly dead. He is like the branch of it tree in midwinter. All its ha- red, buck) are frozen, Then the sap of life is unable to flow, but when tho spring cornea then the snow- flakes melt tiWay. Then the air is redolent with incenee. 'I'hen the tree takes on a, new life. Later on, if the 'tree Is an apple tree, itS branches isee laden with the golden heats'. The pathway of the twain mile is (limeys Warmed by the life develop- ing eurishine of hope; .The young nATz's wonsT ENEMY. The twain mile ie the place where he enemies of the true Christian are either mellowed or completely conquered by love. As the willing- ness to love one's enennee makes a man strong to go forth to the bat- tle of life, eo that willingness to love an enemy dulls the battleax of almost every foe, Love is the' most dangerous enemy hate has to com- bat. Love is the duelist which will disitem many it fatal adversary. Love is the shield which can blunt or snap every plungieg spear. Love is the dazzling light which can woo a emile been many a scornful lip and the tear of remorse front many a flashing eye. My brother, the difficulty with you and myself is we have been fighting our enemies with the wrong kind of weapon. We have been fighting fire With fire, help with hate, bitterness with bitterness, slander with slander, death With death. 13ut noW Jeans has given LO 11f1 11, nmv Way to con- The cod, laying 411,000,000eggs toter oar 0110111(00. We must disarm, yefirlY/ Is Pio Most Prolifie of 111111r, hate With IOVOi WO IXXIlet Skiblilerge Slender With forgiveilese; we Must anewer the curse with a prayer; we must offer to the clinched fist. an open paint; 10e must extend to every ellemY 10 helethg hand. Surely this idea is the interpretation of the Words, "Whosoovee Shell elititO thee upon thy right cheek, turn to him the othet- also," "'Whosoever shall coming thee to go with him ono miles go with 111111 twain." WHAT TIME tav.0 znim.Brs., , The twain mile is the place where Jesus becomes to every Christine a treasured, loving personality. Well substantiated is the fact that hive grows as inuee upon what we do for others its whcit others cle -for nO„ up - 011 v. -hat we are ready to give as mien whet.. we are ready to receive; in order to hove true love, we nutst be ready to lose our lives 'before we can Wive those lives come to their true development, We must be ready to die if we want to truly live as we ought to BYO, • 11113 IS a mother's love the purest is? all earthly love? Because the liaby directly does so much for the mother? '011, no.. There never was 11, bigger tyrant who ever wielded a scepter than a little baby in the average home. From the time the child is born until grown It prac- tically does nothing for the nio- thee. The mother is always doing scanething for the 0111111. From the edem1 some ono has to keep tend- ing the child. The mothey feeds it, dresses 11, cares for it. For the first year, el least, the mother has a, tug- ging SilVer vont of affection, with One end attaehed to the crib and the other end attached to her heart, She praetieally lives by the sicle of that childfor weeks and 'months. Then, when 1 lie haby is sick, who nurses it —the grad u a le from the school of trained nurses? 011, no. The trein- ed nuree may come in and help. The person wbo for weeks 0(1101' 0,811013 Off hw- clothes, the person who is al - metes by the side of the crib and sees that tbe medicines are given I regularly, the person who is 0110(i0115- 1 ly touching the fevered cheek, is the - mother, tile sacrificing mother. ' 001(3 is love generally purer and i deeper and wider in the poor man's 11(01>18 than in the rich man's pal - 1 ace? Some people may declare that Ithis statement 15 untrue, but le you . have been around as a pastor as Imuch 0.5 501110 1111111StOr14 you will 1 find that such a statement, is true. 1 The reason that love is generally sweeter and purer in the poor man's 1 home is not because the poor man naturally has a bigger heart than the stet' man, but the poor man has to (laity sacrilice for his wife and , chilchem. When Christmas comes !round, in order to have it Christ - n1118 tree, perhaps the father him- ; self ims to go 1 ' WITHOUT AN OVERCOAT. When his sons are to be sent to col - loge, in all probniiility the poor man will have to run into debt. He has to work overtime. He has to live Iin a small house on a 'side street. His love feeds upon his sacrifices. ! So, my brother, if you and I want ; to love and truly love Christ, we I must be willing to do something for ! Christ. We must give ourselves i body, tided and soul to his service. I We must be ready to travel for him the twain mile. It is because' 50100 of us are not ready to travel this twain mile that Christ's teachings seem harsh and narrow and perhaps unsympathetic. And, 013 friend, I want you to fur- ther remember that as you travel along the twain mile for Christ he is also traveling along the twain mile with you. Upon, the one side of yon will go, as I said before, the eweet faced angel of inspiring hope, but upon the other side, the left side, the side nearest to the heart, e you will have for companionship the b one who sticketh closer than a. bro- a thee, the One who will be by your a side, even if your father and your 1 mother sbould forsake you. If you m will only trust him, he will not let t you •cnigy a burden greater than you 111 can bear. He wili not let yon have et 8]YUE .VERYSNA.LL ARMIES TETVic CAN Am COUNTED 411 TliAg IgUND1-11416S ONIrY, Diminutive ForceS Which. Are Al- ways Ready to Fight for Their Country. When we rend of the colossal erm. les of Europe—of the live million mon Russia can put in the field in thtle Of war, of GermaPySi four DI 11- 1 10110 01 (11011 trained lo light, and of 1 440 S thr00 millions and 44 half of soldiers—there some something al- most lecherous ln t1110105 10111011 can be counted by lainciretle and whose officers are . renege than the fingers on one's halide. And yet some of these diminutive, 'memo make /IP 1(1 military sector whttt they lack in 111111113315, and are quite ready, so for as appearances go, to defy the world to combat. In the heart 'of the Vyrences them 15 n microscopic; Stale known a's the Andorra Republic, which maintains its inclepencleece 11111011g the fOr1111L14- 1111 giants of Europe who surround It on all sides. It nominal 01103111111 Is a hishoP, end it has an tinny of 600- stalwart: =entail -leers, ready at any moment to die fOr their int- tionnl dignity and independence. There is something quite pathetic; in the spectacle of this handful of arm- ed men drilling and strutting in their' mountain fastnesses, while on one side is Spain, who can produce 1,- 000 soldiers against olio ot the Re- public, and on the.other the army of France, which outnumbers them by 'NEARLY 0,000 TO ONE.. A still more diminutive army is that which nominally protects the dominion of the prince of Monaco. As the principality is little more than a, dozen Wales the size of Ilyde Park, it Is not surprising that the sOldiess who gutuel iL only number 128, or that their duties are chiefly confined to Making 11. brave show in their uniform and having a good time generally. Another army whose importance is by no means to be gauged by mere numbers is that of Luxemburg, which, when eveu available man is summoned to arms, numbers a round 500 warriors, an in gorgeous uni- forms und full of military zeal. There are, in fact, no keener sold- iere anywhere than these few hun- dreds•of Luxemburgers, who are re- sponsible for the safety of a popula- tion roughly espial to that of Leices- ter; and there is not a man among them who is not perfect in drill and all soldierly accomplishments. There is no more interesting State in Europe than sail Marino, whiCh from its rocky C111/1101.1C0 has seen un- moved Tor centuries the convulsions of Europe, and has watched the birth and growth of new nations, compared with which it is the veri- est pigmy. Perehed on n. high rock, it is better guarded by Nature than even by its own valor; although. with the courage of it David, it has always been ready to wage battle with any giant who was daring en- ough to provoke it. MUCH. MORE ORNAMENTAL is the army which forms the body- guard of the Pope, and which num- bers fewer units than the rival army 'of Italy counts thousands. But if its numbers are steal] it is the most aristocratic and cosmopolitan army in the world, for its members aro recruited from every nation of Eu- rope, and many of them are of noble blood. This, of course, is an army which is not meant to fight, although there is not ,one of its sold- iers who, if . occasion demanded, would not clie for his sovereign Pon - The army of the Prince of Monten- gro is u. much more businees-like ody, for it consists of 85,000 hardy nd fierce mounlalneers, who are ertainly amongst the bravest sold- ers in Europe. The number is re- isrkeble when one eonsiders that he Prince's subjects are scarcely cre numerous than the inhabitants f Salford; so that at least one in it sorrow which he cannot and wOl e not enre. ile Will not let you shed fL tear unless he is ready to wipe it 41,711.Y. Ile is used to traveling the p twain mile. He once traveled that r.2 twain mile of his own •accord. 101. 0 left heaven and traveled it to the al foot of the Cross to earry obr sins 011 and to die for us. Christ gIadlY did • all this for you. Are you reaSie ts, travel the twain mlie for Chriet'? • ex 00 very two males canal:no of bearieg arms is a trained soldier. The frossluras Republic, with a eye/lesion less than that of Ingham, has standing army of nig,- 540 men to protect s country most as large as England, al - 0. time of war it could east- - n.eitfply its force by twenty; and STicareguan Republic stokes its "sten110 on the valor of the 2,000 en who form its army of defence.. WOSIAN'S SHIRRED wAisT. Simple shirred waists are always be- coming to slender figures, and are re- vived among the latest of the season's styles. This pretty model is shown in pale pink mousseline, with collar and cuffs Of cream Thee, and is charming, but all pliable fabrics are uppropriate in silk, wool and cotton. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size 5 yards of material 2.1 inches wide, 4 1-4 yards 27 inches Wide, 3 2,4 yards 32 inches wide, or 8 yards 44 inches wide will be required, with 14 yard of 1111 -ever lace for collar and cuffs, The average duration of life in toWns is 88 years ia the country, 55 yeavs, 4,000 GODFATHERS. Princess Irene, the wife of Prince Itenry of. Prussia, enjoys the unique distinction of- having ,about 4,000 (0(11111 1110010. Born in course of the war of 1866, her father, Prince Louis of Hesse, regeested the officers and men of the Hessian regiments form- ing part of the cavalry brigade en- der his conunancl to stand sponsors to his baby -girl, and at the christen- ing, which took plate after the ter- mination of the hostilities, -deputa- tions of ()Dicers, non-commissioned officers and men from 'each regiment were present, in order to express hi the name of their respective corps the readiness of the hitter to assuine the customary, spiritual, moral and material obligations towards their godchild. The name of Irene.—which ineanci "peace—wits given to the little princess, whose chrletening co- incided withsthe end of the \wee, It svas on this account that Princess Irene, throughout her girlhoefl, was known as the "Friedenskind," or "Child of Peace:" FnnNen WOMEN WORNERS, Maclaine Schiemacher, a dotter, writing on woman's work; in a French magazine, nays that over 43,- 800,000 Emrich women work for their living, well on for 8,000,000 of ..vhorn aro married. Most of thee° °Weide workers (over 2,100,000) ere employed ii forestry or agriculture, including women landowners. In- dustrial oecupatione claim nearly 2,- 000,000 more, the cloister 120,000, the theatre about 12,000, end tho proieseiona 188,460, 25,00 PDANT% The liireaderful Memories of Some Groat lYfen. Great Men have usually prodigious Memories. Caesar could rememben the names of thousands of soldiers 441.111ilsoljgv111°I.Ifeo'r 111a pLbeolVomle.tbi°11.1t/1111s- ory In the same respect. Sometimes he ineele'an old soldier whe has fought with him in Afghanietan lndia, and he astonishes the num by at once calling him by his name. Professor 014. 8. Bolden, the eminent botanist, coulcl Ett once recall • the names of .25,000 different plant)), and Professor Theodora Gill can do the same ,with fishes, „ Our inemorY fer mere words is itself muelt• more extensive than is generally admitted. The average well-to-do child of two years of age has a vociabulary of some 500 words, and its father May havd the com- mand of • 20,000 more, The 10,000 verse* of the Rig-Veda !Rive for 8,- 000 years been accurately preserved in the memories of tem Brahmins. Not orm Brahmin alone, but the us - nada, Can to -day recite it Ivord . for word, Thousands of Mohannnedana, likewise, know the :Koran by heart, as all Softened. Chinese ispow their classic books. The chiefs of Polyne- sia ears and clo, repeat; hundreds of thousands of words in thelr genea- logies—taking days, and even weeks,' forsthe recital, 1Teedreds of pianists este play all day, 'and ninny days, by memory, and Von litiolow can conduct llee- stchoo,N.,en's Fifty Symphony without a 0 Chess players have a. visual - 18111g 1110111ory, while arithmetical prodigies 1003 have any of the three or a combination of all, CAPE TO CAIRO 2...1aLwAx. Rapid Progress Being Made in Its onstruction. • According to the latest advIces the Cape to Cairo Railway has been sur- veyed „al far as the Zambesi, where 10 great steel bridge, having Mae span of five hundred feet, will carry the line across the river at Vic- toria Falls. The whole section, from Bulawayo to the Zambesi — two hundred and seventy -live miles in length, or nearly seventeen hun- dred miles from Cape Town—is ex- pected to he opened next year, Lo- comotives for contractors' purposes are now running -on it for a short distance north of the present ter- minus, and a railway exploration party has been despatched over the railway route beyond Vittoria Falls 11.10 far as Tanganyika. For forty miles north of I3uluiveseo the earth- works are more or less complete, work on the Victoria Falls section is in progress, anli about five miles of the line are finished. The work of connecting the 13uluwayo and sailer - bury sections is also proceeding rapidly, and rails have already been laid from Salisbury to Sebakwe, a distance of sixty utiles. From the Bultiwayo end of this line the rail- head has reached the Argaza River, so that when this gap Is filled in and the line completed, as is expected ,by the end of the present year, trains will be able to run feom Cape Town to Deluges Bay, via Ilulu- wayo, Salisbury and Ihntali, LIVE YOITR. OWN LIFE. No greater evidence of weaknesi of character can be shown than a con- tinual appeal to friends for advice. At time we all need the counsel of a, good friend ; but to constantly ask for it is like constantly borrowing. Learn to decide small matters for yourself, and learn 'UT -decide quick- ly. Better Make a. mistake once in 10 while from too hasty a, decision than to form the habit of indecision. It is the first milestone on the road to failure. 11 your purpose is high, and 310111. desires unselfish, you are as capable of making up your mind as to what is best for you to do as another. Listen when your friends offer you the free advice so easily given, but do not let it influence you unless it is in accordance With yotti':' own highest convicti ons. Never per- mit yourself to be pulled hither and thither by • a half-dozen conflicting opinions regarding the course you should gureue. Your friends may be wise, kind, and enselfish.; but they cannot live your life for you. You must work out your own destiny. EXPENSIVE "TIDYING -DP." An awkwarcl instance of a wonian's proclivity for "tidying-tp" is im- ported from a country railway sta- tion in the North of England. The station inaiter was counting up his receipts in 1115 office whena train Game III. Hastily bundling the money, with 801110 bank notes, into a piece of brown paper, he put, it to one side and went to attend to the train, Tn the meantime Ills wife went into the office, and noticing the crumpled -up brown paper apparent- ly thrown aside, she threw It into the Are, unaware of its contents, The bank notes were clestroYed, arid some of the sovereigns were much dem- aged and defaced. They were taken to a gelcIsmith, who is now endeav- oring to restore them, The Bank of lens,lasid, it appears, is willing to re- place the bank notes, on the usual indemnity being given, but not titan the lapse of ten years. KETTLL-En nnmaES. Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world nre the kettle- brIdgee, of which Cossaelc Soldiers are expert builders. The inaterials of which they are constructe,.l are the soldiers' lances and cooking ket- tles. -Seven or eight lances are pass- ed under the handles cif a number of kettles and fastened by 01051111 131 ropes to form raft, A sufacient number of those rafts, each of which will bear a weight of half a ton, are fastened together, and in *the space of an hour a bridge Is formed on which an army may cross with con- fidence and safety. S S LESSON, INTERNATIONAD EESSQN alum Ars. Golden Text Acts xxii, 15, 0. Now when they_ had gone threllghout Pbrygia. and the segfon of 041150411 Luta were 1ot-bidden of the Holy GlioSt tO preach the word in Asia. This is written of Paul and 6ibas 011 the seconol missionary tour, We Itift 'Paul and Silas and Barna,bas and others in the last lesson at A- 1(0811 in Syria preachin(0 the word of the Lord, The Paul suggested to Barnabas that -they revisit the cities where they had preached and.See how -the brethren were (Ming. Barnabas wished to take Mark with him, but Paul refused because he bad left them on tho previous journey, There was a sharp contention, and thOY separated,. -Barnab,as taking Mark end sailing, to tlyprue, where they began tho first tour and to whith island Barnabas'belenged (Ads xiii, 4; IV, 130), while Pant topic Silas and started through Syria and Ciliela, confirming the churches (chapter xv, 8641). It Is interesting to note that the time mune when Paul thotight better of Mark and was glad to have 111111 NVIth him (Col. 'Iv, 10; (1 !Pim, iv, 11). 7, After they were come to Mysis, they assayed to go .into Bithynis, but the Spirit suffered them not, in teaching this lesson and , the other missionary lessons a map le essential 40.11.10 understanding. of the lesson. Ono of the most striking thins in this book Jo the- partner- ship of the Holy Spirit and the apostles just as Jesus hacl said that it would be (John xiv, 16, 171, XV, 26, 27; xvi, 13, 14; Acts i, and as it -was manifested to be in such passages as Acts v, 82;', vii, 20; Alit, said t21;mxtv' o 1121.811. cleilitty Ire obuerwlellawsetlelr 1 as thoroughly exemplified in our re- fraining- from doing what the Spirit forbids as in our doing what no conunands. ' 811.) Come over , into Macedonia and 110 Being hindered in going either north or south, 45 they waited at Trolls this is what they heard and saw in a vision. We may be sure of this— that if we are wholly under the Spirit's control, seeking only the glory of God, lite yill guide us in some. vninistakable way (Ps. xxxii, 8; Ism xxx, 21). Opposition 15 1101 necessarily an 'evidence that WO are to move on or cease the worlc, hut often it is rut encouragement to con- tinue. See chapter xiv, 2, 3; xviii, 6, 9, 10; 1 Cor. xvi, 0. 1 0. And after he had seen the• vis- ion inunediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gath- ering that :the Lord had called us for to preach tho gospel unto them. The pronoun "tve" which now be- gins to be used may indicate that Luke, the writer of the book, had now joined the party. Previous to this it is "lie," speaking ofsraul, and "they," speaking of the party. See Col, iv, 14; Phi, 24; II Tim. iv, 11, for further references to Luke. 11. Tberefore lowing from Trona we came with a straight course to Sconothracia and the next day to Neliar Lisnsulting the map we ilnd that Samothracia was an island in the Aegean sea, almost in it line direct from Troas to Neapolis, being the port of Philippi and about ten miles distant from it. Although 'WO are not told of anything accomplished on the voyage over, we may be sure that Be who teaches im to "buy up the opportupities" (Eph. v, 10, It. 11. mar(0in) Was not slow to do the same. 12. And from thence to Philippi, which is the chtef city of that part of Macedonia and a colony, and we were in that city abiding certain days. Strangers in a strange land, no one to meet and welcome them, no kindly greeting, not expected by any one 1 And probably he tried it, Satan to get in some work on his line I And probably he tried it, perhaps after this fashion : Well, Paul, you Etre quite a distance from home, and nobody knows you or wants you here, Your man in the vision who called you this way is not up to time. Perr•ps you have made a mistake. dn't you better get back where people kuow you 01 18. And on the Sabbath WC went out of the city by a riser side, where prayer 10/18 wont to be inade, and 10I3 Sat clown and spake unto the women which resorted thither. 1Vinit is this but a W0111011'S prayer meeting at which the gospel is first preached in Europe ? Thank God for the 10011100 who love to meet for prayer and who labor in the gospel either by proclaiming it or helping those who do (Phil. iv, 3; Ps. 111R.Vnd) 4.Ait certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city o f Thyatira, which worshiped God, heerd us, whose heart the Lord opened Mint she attended 'unto' the things Width Were spoken oC Patti. We can readily imagine the topic of Paul's theme, for he had but oile —one person had taken him captive (Acts ix, 20; xvii, 2, 11; xxviii, 20, 31 ; I Cor. 11, 23. Paul was not suffered at, this tbne to go inlo the province called. Asia, but here was n, women of Asia who up to her light worshiped God and doubtlese eagerly prayed foe more light, mid 11010 she has received 0 by a, special messenger all the way from Syria and but recently from the holy city Jerusalem, one who had hbnself seen the Lord (I cot xv, B.) 15. And when she was baptized and her household she besought us, snying, If ye have 'judged 1110 to be faithful to the Lord, come into niy house and abide there. And she constrained us. Now the apostles and their coin- pany see not so lonely. They have seen the gond hand of our God mum them and hove seen souls receiving and confessing ChriSt. Happy in- deed are those who not ordy receive Jesus into their hearts, hut Cheer- fully hand over to Elm •spirit, • 60111 411d hOdyt Text of the 1•0Ss9n.404s xvi, 0-15 " WREN YE ARE MISTAKEN' AlTgAltANCUS AIM VglIN UV. T4Ig ft See, IesNostSstoGreen 1111/1 -- N T.00ks o One nom .0.Lrat. sentem, wo make 10 aumber of unaccounta- tieeetiblisunlyldgcZeriro7n411170, sactly1(1 tlyitet° -1°11101 sea nrottinl cortaimpurts of the coast 10 green, .we ar13 sadly led astraY by appearances,' for, whatever the weather may be, Air a Intttter of fact green SS it looks,, the Sett is net SO `11 .1.1 IP 4;40 Sae Obi5I ° ti°1.1.1Y)p e t1.180 gei?e100111' &SltiI 1/1e1-' plere buo,andealllg0 tl1t 0 iqlieLoastlfigltIlehel*.")a 1vi.,107 mingle with the yellow of the sand below. Nonce in shallow 'water the blue and yellow blending make the waves Ioolc green. SiMilarly, too, when the sea, oppears blue you may know that it is too deep to permit the yellow sand to ' taint the sun's blue light reflected by the water. We believe we see steam'emanating from it kettle or a steam engine, but, wo see nothing of the sort, for` 110 one has ever seen steam Stearn is really water made into two Invisable gases; oxygen and hydrogen, by the heat, and the clouds seen rising from the kettle aro nothing more than minute drops of water which were mice steam, -but which have been re. converted into water by the 1018. temperature of the atmosphere. . Put a piece ef iron In the fire and It appears to grow red-hot, but this ia only another instance -of the de- ception of appearances.. -the iron is hooted vent other waves ere given off, followed by millions of smaller waves traveling at enormoue velocity, Which on reaching the eye MA10E TIID 11208 APPEAR 12E Neither does the iron become whi hot, for the greater heat throws out, millions of \MVOS of every conceiv- able color, which confuse • the eye in the same way as do the eun's rays and cause the object to aPPear white. When Longfellow wrote "A voice fell like a falling star," he had evi- dently forgotten his astronomy, for no star over falls or shoots, or, in- deed, moves front its allotted place in the hentispliere. 'What we call a shooting star IS not a. star,' but a meteor weighing less than a pound, which in passing, through the air at the rate of thousands of miles, a sec- ond is caused to burn up with all the brightness of a. srar, and ultim- ately reaches the earth in the form oflinee e dZrsl' Thssion "as strong as a. horse" is a, very common 0110, be- cause we believe the home te be the strongest animal we employ in this couutry, whereas it really is the weakest. A single cat, if it attain- ed the same size, could clo the work of three horses, and a caterpillar would be equel to a stable of ten. In addition to ' being the weakest animal proportionally, the horse suffers from complaints and d0010,0985 more numerous than those of a hu - 111411 being. BIM We are often led astray by ap- pearances in the ease of animals. For instance, whales are erroneously be- lieved to spout water, but their nos- trils are so constructed that water cannot be' drawn into them. What thoey do on rising to the surface is t BREATHE OUT TUE Alit in their lungs which has become heated during their immersion under the wavos, and the force sends a fountain of vimter into the air. Neither can a camel go for days without water, as it is .supposed to be able to do, but at the end of for- ty-eight hours it Is completely ex- hausted if .unablo to quench its thirst. In this respect the horse can hold out longer than the camel. We put camphor in our clothes to. keep the moth from eating them,,but the moth does not relish a meal off clothing and will oat nothing. It lays a tiny egg, however, which is in time hatched into a tiny insect and eats the holes we attribute to the moth. We also say that the house - beetle is black; but it is not so black as it looks, being in reality a. luxurious brown. "As blind as a bat" is another ignorant phrase, for the bat has the keenestvision of any animal und can see perfectly in black dark- ness, what we attribute to blind - nese being merely drowsiness caused by the brightness of the sun. Neither does a snake sting, but only bites, despite the ugly appearance of its forked tongue. Nor -can any snake coil round a tree as the picture shtoroalicgshwtoiniplel litteretal,sbelieve; it goes its stomach pressed ngstinst the Uark, and its tail is the only part of its body capable of coiling round a+nything.—Tit-Bilss, WHAT BOYS AND GIRLS SEE. An interesting series of experi- ments lute been tried by the school authorities in South Germany to test the faculty of obServation as it is exercised by boys cuid girls, A Man dressed as an ordinary work- man and wit10 ordinates? featuree, Wan 1111I00f1 in 0 room by himself. Clitsseti Of girls of different ages WON Sent through the room, All that the teacher told them was that they were to go into the room through 0110 door and out through anether. When they returifeci to their class rooms they Were naked to describe the man in the room. Nearly 80 PCI' cent. of the girls confined their attention to the mon's clothes; the others described both clothes and features. The some 'experinte»ts when tried with boys revealed the fact that nearly 70 per ceet. 01 4110110 confined their attention to the inan's fentures, the renutineer to both 'fea- tures and clothes. rilliICIOUS BULLETS. Bullets nutde of m*0010110 stones are, rttritleS in wnrfare. But, dur- ing the fighting on the Kaslidir frontier, when the British troopsslee fettled the rebellioits Itunzas, the na- tives used bullette of garneth encased in lead. The • I3ritish preservod Many 0.8 curiobitlees • r