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Jen: ate lb. Wotan of Samaria. -
Seim t:: -4s',
n- entary.- 1, At Jacob's well (ea.
aavta taught the people uul his
die. lel* teptited them (vs. 1, 2). Wes
Tient heard of the. impriesonsne # of John
(Matt. 4:12; Mask 1:14), and *at the
Marlene. were endeavorin¢ W stir up
t1_o disciples, of Jahr spinet his digi-
+IIes, ie determined to leave Judea and
„ ino Ga1110e. lfio route lay through
Samaria. When Jesus and his disciples
reaehsrl Syebar they tarried at Jacob's
\,A, anti Josue being weary sat ea the
well
Thin well which Jacob built is
now thout seventy-five feet derp, al-
tJotigh formerly it was much deeper.
Thin was the "sixth heats" --loos accord-
ing to Jewish reckoning, i p. m. accord -
Mg to Roman reckoning.
Il. The water of. life tra, 7.16). Jenna
shows great skill and originality is deal•
int;, with the Samaritan woman. He re -
Meted all restraints of caste. I1is die-
eipler( Isere themselves nurprieed that be
oilseed 'connate( with this woman, but
they did net, feel at liberty to ob,je't to
it (v. 27). Away in toured into her heart
by simply asking a small favor', bion'
the wa•tore orf Jacob's well the mavens*,
tine ie turned to the lining waters of
silvsuinn. By living water is meant the
gift of the libly Spirit (John 7:37-39);
Iso called "the water of life" ILav,
21 :e;21:1-17); "clean water" (gawk. 38:
2;, 27). See also hut 55:1; 68:11. It is
received by faith (John 2.25), abides
eternally (v. 14), is offered freely (Rev.
21:1, 17). Not, tette snurcc (John 7:37).
2. Its supply (Rev. 21.0), 3. Its fresh.
mew. 4, Ito satisfaction than. 12:3),
"I'ho living Raters are inexhaustible be-
cause there is no,limit to the souroee of
supply, ,just as the fountains and springs
are filled from the )imitleess ocean. There
are more of the influences of God's Spirit
waiting for us' than we can receive. We
might as well expect to breathe all of
God's air, or tae all his sunlight, as to
exhaust the gifte of his Holy Spirit he
is urging en to receive." Jetlkl said the
water that he would give would be a
"well of water" in the soul, "springing
up into everlasting 1ife." Ohrist pati
new principles and affections within us.
] 'n
Hera in an unfailing Minces o f love joy,
puce and spiritual strength- •a full eel.
vntion. Whoever has this living water
is the soul already has eternal life. The
water of life: L Is given by Jesus. 2.
Is pure. 3, Satisfies the soul. 4. Is ex-
a...,laustlens. 6. Is free. 8. is for All who
}, thirst. He that receives the living wa-
ter bas a fountain opened in hie soul of
spiritual satisfaction, which will neither
be dried up, in this life nor in the life
to come, but (hall flow on to all eterni-
ty. The woman eat onto said, "Give oto
Ude water." She did not fullyunder•
stand Christ's meaning, but iohe was
:anxious to receive any good he might be
able to impart.
IiI, Secrets revealed (vs, 1819,) Jesus
then, in vs, 10.10, proceeded to make
the woman see her sinful state and to
show her that he knew her heart and
secret life. 19. Sir -This might be rend
'Ty lord" It was a nth! of respect,
and shows that the woman was reverent
ped serim e. A prophet, She recognizes
at once that he is inerpired With super-'
e Jesus o-
natutat knowledge, J s m li introdu
1 to
ed the alrb;ect of tier husband, "1. To
ntnl:e the woman consider her own
state. 2. To ehOW her that hs knew
her heart, an dsecret life." Before she
yj0nn receive living seater she must Ise
fe011010e41 of her depravity. "The five
husbands' had either divorced' her for
immorality, or were dead; to the eikth
She wM not married:---Geokie. At
this time divorces were very eommun,
and a man put away his wife far any
fault.
IV, The nature of true worship (vs.
20-14,)
20, Our fathers -Abraham and Jacoh,
The Samaritans pretended to be des-
cenclents'of these patriarchs. They
sera, however, the descendants of the
'Ethiopian and 13abylonish colonists up-
on whom the Aesyrien comment' of the
ten tnibee bestowed the lands of the cep.
!ton woman and to the Athenian Philos.
openers." You are ignorant not only of
the
pilot, but also of the object and na-
tura of true worabip. The S.arnaritaua
believed is God, but they rejected the
propheti<aal writings and all other bloke
of Scripture except the five hooka of
Mo*ac. Men. worship WAS a mixed w:,e
ehip; "LIll freed the lord, and e'er
ed then own guile." We know meat aee
nurahir We, Jews, acknnwiedge. Gua
sad lura only, and offer to him the
auc<rifiees preteri a'tl iai the las Of the
dews --The ',Isaiah le of the taws. Erma
the Samaritans believed tale 3;. "'\'c
aitall nicely he juetified in attributing
abs weaderfal words of Terse* 23, n4
to one greater even than 191, John, They
seem to breathe the spirit of other
worlds than ours. It is words like these
that strike home to the heart. of men,
ax in the must literal sense divine." --
Plummer. And now ie---l'hie expreosion
was not used in v. 21, as tie worship on
Geaiehn and in the temple at Jenmaletn
would (entities for a time, but the boar
het then ciente when a few were "rising
above thus tett-ensile to t10 is irit of
true woskip, True worahnplxnr-
In
opposition to false worshippers wheat,
worship eensaatee in external seen. In
spirit, --fa heart. with (sincere lore and
de►otlos, Is', trnide-1n sineerity, and to
obedience to'the. truth. A spiritual /air-
ship and mot a mere formal worship.
"No bodily kneeling( art sufficient; no
ritual, not praying by machinery; noth-
ing
'-il i
•g- tufh ICA ll[dt;Ss f.he wad by at,-lr<nla
graa•p apprehends' Gosh; to:lent 0110 in -
moat spirit omoinu res wills' the (Bente
spirit.",--Whedon, Father seeketh sink
--"The seeking, the longing for warship
1t, rot on Dar part alone, The Fatter
levee to have true worship, wren as par-
ent,' delight in the love and reverence of
their children," 24. God is a Spirit --.
God is an infinite Spirit, Pilling; tile he:A-
vena and the earth. "lie pen -cake, t:av-
erne and upholds all things."
tive lsrnelit4', (see II. Kings 17; 24-3,),
Worshipped in this mountain -Pointing,
• ito (Meld, to Gerizim. Although of
purely hcnthen origin. they united the
worship of Jehovah with their ova idol.
V. The Meaeinitehip of Jesus Iva 25•
30. 23. Mewsirus cometh-Me,e)ae it the
(reek form of the Hebrew word We-
e -lab. Christ -The Greek tranelation of
Mesehrh. It is put in parentheses in the
R. V., showing' that it is explanatory
and wee not epoket by the' woman. all
things -Necessary for us Co know, 26.
1, ...em ho --This le the first time Jamie
Iran declared himself to be the Messiah.
The reasorus for reserve that existed in
Judea and Galilee did not exist in Scum
aria. 27. came hie disciples -It is believ.
ed by many that John had remained
with Jesus( and 10104 present during the
interview with the yeoman. marvelled --
That Jesus would lower hie dignity to
talk with a poor Samaritan woman. Yet
none of them questioned either the wo-
man or Christ regarding the seeming im-
propriety. 23. left her waterpot-- Oricn-
iul e'aterpots were either leather or
crockery. The woman believed the state-
ment or Jesus and at once set out to in•
form her ri a i e 0 -
friends+, into the i y Sycl}uu',
Which was not far distant. aaith to the
people' (R. 'V.) --She appears to have
been well acquainted and to have had 0
meat influence over her friends to in.
Mee so many to go at. once to see Jesus.
21). told me all, etc. -At Jesus' words
lair whole life -'s -history of guilt nee up
so vividly to her view, that she verily
lelievedl it was he who had told her
the whole.-W'hedon. "Then they went
nut of the city, and came unto hien"
(v 30).
straw, They built <e temple on Mount
Geweim and eetnhlished a worship In
,op110sitiol to the Jews. This they con•
sidercd the most sacred place on earth,
It had been, as they believed, the seat
_ef Paradise. Between these people and
the Jerre a deadly hatred existed. They
Bind no dealings of friendly intercourse.
"This' ail -will, however, did not extend
^beyond familiar intercourse, for in such
matter as buying and selling inter•
ee01'Se was allowed."--Tittnlaml, They
were cxehuded hy the Jewe from the
temple at Jerusalem, Ye -The Jewa.
Sey-Tho woman here introduced the
questiepn that: was causing- the dispute.
hetweein the Jews and Samaritans, If
he were a prophet he could tell her
whether 111 01 Gerizim Or Jerusalem
were the proper place for public weir-
' ship. 21. Believe one-Seggestire of
biOnvstness. The usual form was "I say
'lento you " The hour cometh -The hour
11110 come in which spiritual worship is
«bent to be established, and '.'the, Jew.
!eh rites and ceremonies abolished."
"Christ decides neither for ,nor against
either place, The utter ruin en Gerizim
and the glorious building:. at dernealem
will soon be on an equality, Those who
would worship -tine Father must rise
nhovc sueli d)tti1ietlohi oP' phicc.'i Cnm,
Bit. a)(Aida"...
22. Ye know not what -Sty R. V, "Ye
Worship that which ye know not" "A
comparison of this.text with Acts 17:
23 shows thnt''tlrcv"d'3Fsnfi'lip' ff the-nn-
VI. The harvest fields (31.42), The
disciples tried to induce Jesus to est, but
he said, 'My meat is to do the will of
him that sent me" IIe then eallml at-
tention to the great spiritual harvest
Oat was ready to be pthered. It wog
not long before many of the Samaritans
came to him and he was persuaded twee -
main with them two days.
Christ's ministry wan a work of doing
end teaching (lets 1:1; 10:38). Some
secrets of his 511ee51 ore,
h He,ignored .tnfnv0rsblo conditions.
1. Weerinews, Jesuia, therefore,, being
wearied with his joorimy sat -thus oni the
well' (v. 6), The orir'inol is pathetic.
"The wayfarer yeas rmite tired out, and
'n his exhaustion (her his limbs wearily
on the seat for complete Tepees" But
immediately his rest WM; broken When
wearied, still watchto do good. "I am
never too tired to pray" said a minis-
ter, who, after e. haat sine's toil, found
his host ready to excuse him from coon•
destine femily pl:n.ycr, . Boly Brainerd,
when he could not preach on his dying
bed, Balled a little Indian boy and taught
him h).letters. Live to save souls.
"White 1101)411 turkeys have added
91,01)0 it year to my income for the last
three yearia" llrs. 1.. 1':, Munson, of
('onuectieut, Meld a Sun reporter when
asked to 0uggest gays by what' <vounp
in the country hught, make money'. allel
in4 It fanner'* wife and living sone- Moe'
food, clean chaff and grain litter: When
the weather is unusually severe all their
food le warmed ,net spiced with pepper.
Yoe the c^111 months, 1 use a mixture of
wheat, buckwheat and earn Molest ex-
1usiycly.
"They are never kept indoors even in
the coldent weather, except in ca.:0 of
lance in the rouatrp, I am.accu.Luutu rime. They go out into the snow freely,
to work, so I don't Mind pelting iu tape
spare time on poeltry.
"When scum scrcn.yeiirs ago I denicl d'
that i wanted to try making meaty of
my own, T talked the tenter ever with
My husband, and see both agreed on tut -
key -B.
He had u preference for' tl e,
bronze, because they were the largot;
<MMI, he had heath, the horniest, •
"1 had a longing for the white 11
land, because 1 wanted something ern 1
entsl, I hadn't any 'ether rea<0n, and.
T knew absolutely notating about raising
turkeys,
"As 0 beginning 1 bought tem .ghee(
of eggs. All the e :ata hatched, but ad
ninny of the young chicks died that only
'eighteen birds reached maturity. There
were ten hens'nnd eight conks.
"Fortunately 110) • were all I'igooto
birds, 1 decided to keep all the hens and
ono of the cocks for stock, selling off the
(even others. Ary ]nlsb0nd had.n{'oed to
give me the food n0ede0 for the tent tin
years, act 1• itsvcstcd the mons) received
fur my extta'turkeys in eggs,
"When the spring carte renwd again 1
knew quite 'rt good deal more about
raising turkeys than 1 had the previous
season, As a consequence I did not lose
n0 many chicks in cpllparisolmwith the.
number hatched an I had lost the year
' bcf ore,
"The autumn of that year after select-
iug my young breeders, 1 sold the bal-
ance for upward of 52,000, That money
\v<tnt into the bank, and before the end
of the following year by far the larger
half had gone to pay for food, That
year my profits amounted to over 9300.
"'the feerlh year I incree oil niy flock
and my profits were more than doubled.
1n the fifth year 1 cleared 91,000 fey the
Bost time, and feeling that nit flock was
es large as 1. could comfortably .manage,
1 have kept the number about the same.
"Although 1 had no re1lsen for select;
log white Holland turkeys beyond my'
;nye of their beauty, 1 now 1000 many
points in their 101.00. The first is that I
believe they suit,tl:e climate of Connec-
ticut better Ono either the bronze or the
ordinary domestic turkey. • '
"Then, their color enables me to pick
my flock out Eyes those of my 0pip;h
hors, They don't get mixed, and when
they happen to stray, which is very sel-
dens, they *Meshy identified,
"'they are more domestic and require
a entailer range, 'Huey are not nerv0u0,
and are so gentle that any one to whom
they are accustomed con pick them up.
"Though a size smaller than the bronze
turkey, they hre larger than the ordin-
ary domestic fool, and an
ideal market
bird. When properly fattened their flesh
is yellow, delicate in flavor and very
juicy, Their_hrenet is very large, which
is another point In their favor for table
11:10,
n l� very
"1 ' methods f renrut them em are
.
.it o
simple, 111 the winter 01) flock roost in
It large and very airy shed and have ac-
cess to n barn, in which ie kept plenty of
2,Thirst, "flier me to drink" (v. 7).
4 Soudan misfson0ry said, "I could stand
it to go hungry for <lnye, when there ons
'1011tiult to eat., but when I yeas thirsty,
3. Hnnuer. "This disciples were gone
away into the city to buy food" (v. 8,
11, V.) And when they returned and be.
sought him to eat, he said, r'1 have meat
40 est that ye know' not of" (v. 32).
Christ's life is a constant commentary
on leis Lords. His answer to the temp•
ter wes, '(Man shall not live by bread
alone" (Matt. 4: 4), and here he proves
it.
TT, lie overcame difficulties. No oh-
etarle` ever dnmeted the Christ, Thin
person he sought to save was:
1, A woman iv. 71. When Ms dis-
einles returned they "marvelled that he
tniked with the woman" (v, 27); for the
00bh!s taught, "Let no man talk with a
wnmer ,in the street; no, net, even his
wife": and "Let. the words' of t.lw mew
be horned rat' 'r than given to n nee
man."
2. A bad woman. Ifnchnste. living in
open sin. His course woeld he enpopn-
ley. The princes of state 'and temple
would' not listen, to him if he stooped
to sneh ns 5110;» but Ile "made hlinself
of no reputation (Phil. 2: 7).
3, A stranger.' A:lady, walldng.home
from prayer meeting,, with n ;strange
young woman, told her of the love .cif
Jesus and obtainer] a promise from her
that elle would kneel asnl:accent hint as
her Saviour ria soon .anshf reached home,
It was the beginning of ber..Ch'ristian
life.
4. An enemy. "Woman of Samaria"
(v, 9): She belonged to an alien race;
known' hs common to vulgar ignnranee she was a half heathen, held in supreme
Although the doors of their shed 0nd
h:trt< :uv' ale -us left open to them.
"it his to he admitted that until a
tttrke) rinses ses its third week it is an ex.
trendy delicate bird, but by observing
a few Tuley it may be easily , pulled
th;ou5h this dangerone period, To he
41(0001141 with the yeen( birds you
hunt ie that they 51:e plenty o1 the
right sort of food, but their troughs
4x1 (;rips are kept clean and that they
are kept from getting wet even in the
dew,
"For food I begin with Mend seasoned
with 9Cj9'0r and curds, and let them
gradually work into hard grain. As a
ride. a tukey will begin to eat grain
freely when it is about the size of a
1191001. I give wheat end buckwheat be•
fore corn. Even to'grown turkeys i give
corn sparingly, except during the. coldest
weather,
"Earthen resents or old iron )sans
nuke the best troughs for drinking wa-
ter or sour milk, I would even recom-
mend the use of wooden vessels forsueh
purposes, as it is next to impossible to
elan them, and nothing is so sure to
btrc'1 dispose among fowls as a dirty
drinking vessel.
"It is my rale to keep the young birds
confined until they are able to fly over
the two -font high fence of their yard.
After this they are allowed to run with
their' mother, but T'am careful to keep
them in in wet weather and until the
dew ie off in the moninga.
"Asa ride, after the third week, if a
young tm'kev has been properly cored
for it sh001<1 be able to stand almost
an;tnng. There ere some years in
which erre over them 0h0111d be extend-
ed one week and sometimes even three
weeks longer. A clear season, when
11)0(0 is p0lnt,y of sunlight, is much bet-
ter for young turkeys than rainy or
cloudy weather,
"1 have been urged to use gluten meal
anal gluten feed by other turkey keep-
eva, who soy tett it is ,jest as good as
the whole grain and much (heaper. 'That
it is cheaper in price I must admit,. but
it has never been proved to my satisfae•
tion that it roan s* healthful for the
fnw'l0, or that young birds 1 arched from
the eggs of gluten fed hens were as vig-
orous.
"1 am fond of my turkeys, Red while I
make 0 point .of killing 'off every chick
that is not up to the meek it gives nu
pairs to do it. 7511en:there 1(00 no pun)
chicks in a brood ft makes me very lap-
py, So I am net willing to try any food
that T am not sure will watt increase the
number of little creatures for Inc to put
•
to death,
"Though I am in the business for the
money and ant willing to try any. little
4100110tH) that promises a saving, 1 awn
net willing to tisk the health of my:
birds. Good food produces good birds,
and even when the best food Is generous -
In' 'riven there is n fair profit in turkey
raising."
prejudice had no plhee in the heart of
Christ.
5. Only One. We do not like to catch
a single listener, or preach to an ntudf-
enee •of , ate; but' he gave his loftiest
revelations to this wellies), and received
t'wnges" (vs. 38, 39, 42).
III, Be had care tact. It is a divine
ort to know how to touch people gently.
We see it in 'perfect.ion in the dealing
0f Jesus with the Samaritan woman
1, Be asked a favor, "Give me to
s,
drink" iv. 7). H< besot**1st• n kindne4,.
Said an old presiding elder to a young
ere0chcr: "tet people do something for
you of .you want to bless them. Ilan\wn
nature is crookedly independent"
2. He overlooked rn,tones* He did not
notice her flippant, "From whcneo'?" (v.
11). Ire ignored her sarcastic, "Art thou
greater?" (v. 12.)
3, He avoided eontroversa'• IIo passed
Sall the open doors of debate and held to
the main line of epiritual fnet,
4. He commended before condemning.
"T'hou midst well" (v. 17). "This hest
thou said truly" v. 18, R. V.) Twin
!n a single sentence Jesus quietly and
<ready coanlends her honesty, while re-
vealing 1118 knowledge of her sin.
1V. He taught spiritual truths. Be, I.
Created surprise (vs. 7-9), 2. Aroused
interest (vs, 10-12). 3. Awakened desire
(vs. 13-15), "The gift of Gab ..... ...
living water (v. 10)'{' the Rely Bpirit 18,
nal A divine gift, "'the water that I
shall give him" (v. 14). (b) A satisfying
, <rift "'Whosoever drinketh shall
newt titiret" (v, 14). (c) An evorlaoting
gift. "In him n well of water springing
up into everlasting life" . (v. 14). (d)
Receival by faith, 4. Convicted of sin
(vs, 13-16). Without Itemising her of sin
Christ opened the wound of guilt and
muted Iter to acknowledge it, 5. 30-
apired reverence (vs. 21-25). He taught
her how to "worship." 0. Revealed him-
self' 'that speak unto thee am he"
1 v,
26).),---A. C. M. '
•-♦ ..
Some idea of the popularity of foot-
ball may be gleaned from the fact that
something like 2504000 attended the
league matches arranged throughout
Sentlaitd on New Year's Day'.
Blobhs-Doing society now? Slobbs-
Rather, I scut to three balds'last night,
Slobbs-Who's your pawnbroker?
and to philosophic culture, to tate Samar- contempt by the Jews. But pride and
WRECKED IN SOUTH SEAS.
LEAP YEAR TO UNITE EDITORS,
Iowa Pubdisherau Wilda Printer, ail Be
Needs a Paints Fetcher.
Das Moines'. Ia., Fe, 15 51etves aatud
0100 tlarime loat to a cc;utect for the
county panting simply becs1se Sea wap
OTHERS C'-A].l 11'GOD.
s w*1131,11511** )sl cat nth Sedum, editor
of the Storm lake Vidrtic, aearted her 'Plc 1448" on aha far horizon,
leap year prerogative this week mei u, the infinite, tender sky,
her cureent issu0 makes the t llievi ll
The ripe rich tint of the cornfields,
peameal:
"A constant fight for whet rightfully
5010195 to her is a wear 111(1 tear 00 the
nervous,' syetenr of ally women, 112(0 we
hart conte to the belief that in order to
stay in newspaper work reit maintain
our health Iron will flare kr a ar'v ((oleo
good prints who can do the fighting
and !wearing ter us.
'Mile is leap year, and thin may he
considered as a proposal by arny one who
would be qualified to 011 the recency so
evident in the Vidette office,"
G, A. Craig, the bu•.helor editor of the
Lytton Star, helienug that a proposal
of marriage corning from 111.1(1 a talented
woman could not be tented down, wrote
au acceptan•e and in the hest lime of his
paper he says:
"14e belieze we see eligible to fill the
vacancy which Sister Sehnert feels exists
in her print shop. We're r, eliswouri De-
mocrat of forty yearn' standing, e,onsid-
eeed a (41000th printer; as to our fight-
ing qualities, aiffiee to 80y we come
Tree a family (hat kd s; on the sour
hag propuaitton oto ewe's feeder salt we
would he there with the geode, ea we.
swear in nevem] different languages et
once when things go wrong en press
night.
"But before we wuuid agree to take up
I iede's: burdens she will bare to show
,.rsslentiale as to her eligibility to the
vesesney which we. have known existed
for some time in our wigwam.
"She must know how to stake pan
raker, fry hent and eg)a, and make good
coffee; she need have the eta)•i119 qual-
ities t0 eltams a dirty. shirt rip and down
a washboard until it becomes clean; she
must know how to de.en sock's end the
(table owl of our 10000(18, ere-. Tf the fair
edltrose fetch li e f!lling a vacancy or a
vactarlry )ming filled we stand reedy to
thole the dea! "
lu fuer next issue of the l:derte Aliso
Senate will assure Editor Craig of her
ability to deliver the geode, and all Iowa
wnewapaperdom is preparing to extend
congratulations to two of the /wielded
members of the fraternity.
Neva Scotia Sealers Endured Great
Privations.
London, Feb, 3, -Nineteen Nova Sew
tin
o -
tin sealers of the sehooimr Baden Powell
were landed at Liverpool to -day. They
Wt. Nova Scotia on Sept. 0, 1907,n for
South Shetland islands, where they were
wrecked, The crew rowed to Feeble Is•
land, a distance of 70 miles, where they
remained, three weeks, enduring great
privation. They were then observed by
a schooner, which conveyed them to the
Falkland Islands, Thence they were
scat to Montevideo, Four of them mar-
ried and settled down in the Falklands.
A Memory Test.
A professor or mnemonics had gone to
lecture at or near Canterbury. After
the lecture was finished he had to wait
for his London train. It whit a most
comfortless day, and he retired to an inn
for shelter and refreshment. To lass the
time he -began to exhibit his feats of
memory to the yokels in the Mn parlor,
and one and all were 'thunderstruck ex-
cept the waiter, There as always one
sceptic in every communion, whether of
saints or sinners. Do what he world
he could not mitigate the acrid smile of
acid incredulity of that glorified pat-
inae! In the midst of one of his most
,ttffieelt feats the al.iet11' sounded of
the only train to London toatightl"
and lie smelled off to catch it. He caught
it at the station, and his 'reputation
caught (L in the inn' parlor, for the weit-
er-coming in with some ordered refresh-
ments 'rd finding him gone-poinfed to
the corner where he had been sitting and
exclaimed"Silly"umbug,'Ite's forgot his
umbrella!" -Young Elan.
WOULD LIMIT USE OF CONCRETE.
Carpenters Protest on the Ground That nem ;,hiritnnl chaos. Conversion is nn
It is Not Fireproof . cheneo, The hiltless of the Spirit i
New York Feb. 3. --The- fight c' ' shies not hnppeu to the man thot s<elpt.'
t11, unions against the unlimited :1t,
of concrete in buildings, which had
apparently been bdiecontinued for
some time, las been revived by the
Brotherhood of Carpenters which
t
wants to have the use of it further
resiricted C.heP,ricklatyers and
tila,ons' International Union tools up
the fight first, but when the Last wage
agreement 'was signed the 'bricklay-
ers were se - well satiafiod to renew
i1 0 agreement without a .cut•that the
question of 001103010 w110 'allowed to
go by the board.
'According to the. carpenters the mop
of ebecrote in buildings is dangerous
in case of firs and they.ask for its
restriction on that ground, Delegate
George GniBerd, of the Brotherhood
of Oarpentors, asked 'the Central Fed-
erated Union to take up the question.
Ile submitted a preamble and resolu•
tine, in which the Building
Code Re-
vision Commission is asked further
t e trier the use, of concrete in
Awl the void gee e sating high, -
And all over upland and lowland
PI* chnaua of the goldenrod-
Sonie of as cull it Autumn,
And other's call it Clod.
Like tides on a 'creeceilt sewbeach,'
'When the 010011 it new and thin,
Int() our hearts SJgh yearnin511
Come welling and surging in -
Cellos from alae 10j s 115 oaten,
W Whet rim no foot hos troclx--
ue of tea gill it I wining,
Ahd otl ens cull it Gad.
A picketrfroelie on (lute---'
A rnothct,lltsro d for h01' 100od-
:Mer,:tee drinking, the hemlock,
And Melte on the Reed;
Aul millions, who, humble and mune-
le Fa,
The etvo19114, hard pe11wreq plod.
tinne call it (011011 t;n
:And others •eall 34 fled.
Prayer,
0 Thou who art the King &den te!, Me
mortal, 1011sdbie, sluellino 11gh:t that
en inaecr 41100 and fell of slaty, in 'Thy
condesecndnng mem' 1. i (1 dost (feign
to visit Thy children mein c cath, Plena
'thy people come tolether aryl with true
desire invoke Thy 110 0000, aloes the 1111 -
seen gates are lifted rip and the Birt: of
vlot,y enters in, Client to un, 0 (ll,
c`,,,r hands, neon 'tests. GLat as often
ve we 11(41 fin 11041bip w•o may in<11(0
seeend into the hill of God a11') stand in
His hely pi.ee, Fee ve froth t nder-
ing thoughts ,and from 1011fane
imegiestione,, an<l let the vane%
of our u(outhe and the•mech-
tations of nut hearts be ne4a ptalrle- in
Thy sight. Apd ltd the vpiait of wm'ship
lr m n retard oin'sdves as, e 11050(21vd
to Thy finVie0'. Let soul and body be
hill upon the altar as living cn*rifices'
unto Owl. Hear this prayer 111,1011 w4,
offer in the prevailing 'name of ,Tema,
0110 great high priest, Anlcn,
Take Time.,
And in the life of the individual, also,
11 ere is no chance, Saints do not spring
it not. The etwheal fines has bather r.
•
Th .
(tidy n'hen he starts for home;. p� ,'.
tongues of fire rime upon mer. who e,
were seeking for 1111 (Lel had for 1 t oriie.
and upon them alone. If we want eke ,
Oft of God we must take time )o seek
it, if we ere too best' to pray, we Wilt
o be useful, 1f v c h•4',
b.
be too noisy t }
no time to talk with God, we Will rh•tft,
15000911 life amid of power, There ds
n0 way by 01001' wp eau atone fm' W
to (tad, The man who finds
151ff 0 (
Lime to lUten t•n the wire of piensurr,
who '*pert s +ielid: hours every dor in
earnest hlutnves, who lairs time to be a
patriot or a politii�ien, but no,time to
ray. or to talk with. God, need wiped
pray
joy from.his religion; tied his
sn J
voice will be of little ease nttinnrGnatr<1
message of Ills King, -Chu s
Guard-
ian,
Prayer.
God hath 'made of one Wool all
e ..restrict
buildings. nations of awn to dwell upon the hate
According to the preamble it was of the whole earth. Thou art the r•.:ker
strewn conclusively in the San Fran- of us all, Thou mighty Clod, :Ben ad
• ha id,
.cisco fires that the concrete covering
over steel herrn, and pillars cracked
off under a comparatively small de-
gree of heat, while brick buildings
withstood the heat. Tho' main rea-
son given for the restriction 1rae that
it threw a number of uaecltanics idle,
a good part of me wont of setting the
concrete being done by unskilled lab-
orers.
The C. P. II. adopted the preamble
and resolutions, 1t also appointed
a committee of throe to go before
the • Board of Aldermen and urge that
its committee reconsider the concrete
regulations.
Well.
TwoTwo Waters From OneW
Two kinds of water flowing from the
same well is to be found at Riverside
Pare:, Lagan'i Park, Ind. An eight -inch
pipe sinks into th,e ground. for a distance
Of eighty feet, and inside this is a five•
inch pipe carried down somewhat fur-
ther. Fresh water from limestone
stratum comes up between the two pipes.
we are the wo•kmmtis)in of 11)
we ars the fashioned ones of 'Thy sell
and wisdom. Thou didet'snake .man in
Thine own image and likeness, in the
image and likeness of Cod didst The a
make mat. 11 we have not re-coguitee0
that image it is boeanse we 1114e 1014
it ounaelves, When Thou, 0 Christ,
Son of Man, dost dwell in vas, then we
shall sec in every other 10011 0 brother,
a friend, and yearn over those that are
far away with tender solicitude, akin
to the pity of the Cross. This is the
111(10010 of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
Son of flan, Sol of flay, the
Wonder-
. One, whose name cannot be sonnd-
ed at, to its wisdom. Sae bless Thee if
know aught of true Tuve of man-
.
BURNED TO DEATH. we g
kind; wherein our selfishness has been
Fatal Accident in a Montreal Shirt modified, wherein it has been almost
Factory. destroyed we see the supreme miracle
of grace, Mighty --One, continue the
A Montreal despatch1: W111111 at 0x11 outworking of this wonder, until 000
in the Standard shirt factory to -day shall recognize unity fn diversity, until
Robert Bailey was burned he death. distance is, morally destroyed, and un-
Tlv:'victfut was at work in the engine til the nations fall into, eaeln other's
000)11, when sornethfug 010(11 wrong 'embrace by the inipulso and inspiratirli
with the steam pipes to the rear of of b0dtherheod. Break down all middle.
the fire hos. Bailey went behind walls of partition; Calle away ever) Citing
with a bundle of taste, and while that maa(es Ilan hostile t0 mann; bring
ho was 010111fat the broken pipes in the Sabbath of universal peer, and
the wast caught
fire ami the man nuts thus perform the crownningiuunclo of the
caught ' like a rut n1 at trap, Cross. A11,011.
':wing to the inflammable nature ,-,�
of the material, 01 0 moment the vie- Yield to God.
aim's clothing las a mass of flames,
aril before the Fire could,be exon- No mute cia1i'be at his best until he
guished the unfortunate man was
yields, Iris Natural impulse to to fight
frightfully burned all over the 50413' (God and to seek sin, in rebellion against
adnit died shortly afterwards.
God's loom,,, call to'turn 4 r0m, sen, if
God at suchtimes to : 1 e man,
S ABANDONED and did what the m011
FINGER PRINTS T
Would leave him alone' 0 5 i
ed. 13th God'ner'er:aband0ns
Asiatic Difficgulty ,in Transvaal Said
s bio- HGve, Been Settled. Oren that ,,ay;'tle stays close by,
speaks, Ile, urges' with ioviug iusisknnrr.
London, Feb.'a.-The' Johannesburg that His phild 01)Mll listen, and cons1der,
eorre poutlieut of 150 'Standard 0.00 and come,29 to the higher plane of duty
the, s11111< llty beCtveen that, Government and lights<amass where God means to
and the. Asiatics has been definitely have 111 .',Ilfe. It is a life-aud-deatlr
settled on else basin, of the Government atrnf .'deaths if the 1n111 0115,05* in
aece.ptie si!rtattu'es lie the means of re-:, iii T Ged; life if he gives up the
'istrat1011 in!s•to1 of insisting upon fin- fight and yields to the loving Father
ger prints. 41 the Indians imprisoned who longs to save him, If we have an
wider t110'Ihegistraten Act will he re active, searching, reproving coneelenee,
leased, including their, lender, Grand which makes wrong -doing a misery, Id
ili. who, it is understood, has accepted us thane: God for this evidence of Ilia
the foregoing solution on behalf of his love, What a blessing it is hard to do
countrymen. wrong!--Sunde,y School ' Times.