The Brussels Post, 1925-4-8, Page 2A MESSAGE OF JOY AND HOPE
Chet!" is risen! He is risen, in-
deedl" Flo were the early Christians
aecustmned to greet one another on
Tastier morning, And the joyous mea•
sage of the day is as real now• as it
has ever been. The poor, troubled
world is waiting for a cry of hope and
cheer, and the truth of a Living
Christ is just what oho needs. Ho who
-came to live the human life and to die
for urs la alive, Ile rose from the
deed, conquering• death as Ile had
already conquered sin, and He is alive
forevermore (Rev. 1;18), The storm -
teased world can take courage. Sor-
rowing hearts can beat with, a new
hope, for the dear ones whom we miss
aro living, and they are with Christ,
their risen Lord and Saviour, We sing
our Easter hymns, we hold our Easter
Hewers, we give our: Eastergreetings
.,-for life, not death, is the messugc
of the day.,
The twenty-eighth chapter of S.
Matthew's gospel marks a great
change in the story from the twenty-
seventh chapter. The message of
death and the sealed tomb is met by
the message, which as we read it
seems to lift us up from the shadow
to the sunshine: "In the end of the
Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward
the first day of the week" -why, the
very words are a kind of carol, and
we who have mourned at Calvary find
our'elves h the garden, looking with
wondering eyes, es the Marys looked,
at the stone rolled away, et the empty
tomb and the shining angel, "He is.
risen," we cry. "Christ is risen! Al-.
labile!"
The women were first at the sepul-
chre. We would expect it to be so.
Their love fur their Lord could not be
bidden and could not din. They re-
membered well all the Master's wards
and works and there was probably not
.one of their: but had received some
hissing from Hie divine compassion.
The women of the Bible suggest a well
worth study, which 1tr. George Mathe-
eon has given us :n his "Representa-!
ticc Womenn of the Old and le ew Tes-
tements," There are at least seven'
Marys spoken of its the gospels, and
they all ministered to Jesus and His
apoet!es and supplied their reads.
Now acme of thein --perhaps all of
them at different times —came to the
sep'il bre, trot dreaming of His resur-
rection but to 'omplett the sacred car-'
Mg for Hie d+ad Indy, which they,
had tut been able to do before (St.
Luke txni, :,3.5sit. What would be-
mire of the e rid yore it not for the
n;u,le C'hriatiar tamer. who in all ages;
her,. fot'nc,•ed ate! loved Jesus Christ?!
We rejoice to read of Helena, the
mother of the first Christian emperor,
Constantine, null of Monica, the
mother of Augu-titre. And we remem-
ber the noble women who have made
service on the battlefields and in the'
hospitals a holy occupation. What rev-:
erence we ehoeld have for all women!'
How for many of us the remembrance;
of a irnthrr has made strong the effort'
to he good! And no Easter day and
ro Easter service is complete without
the story of the faithful women wh
first saw the Risen Chrlat.
And then we think of that walk to
Emmaus (Bt. Luka xxiv„ 13-27) and
the wonderful conversation, eulminat
ing in the evening meal, after the d(
cip)ea had spoken those pleedin
words, "Abide with us, for it is towdr
malting end the day is far spent"
words which :Dr, byte has brought i
helpfulness to se rnany weary hearty
in his inspired hymn:
"Abide with ine: fast fa:l the even
tide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with n
abide.
When ether helpers fail and comfort
dee,
Help of the helpless, 0 abide with me.'
Ile' vanished out of their sight a
He 1:leased and broke the ,bread and
gave it to them; but they never caul(!
forget thos+ hours when "He walked
with them and talked with them end
told them they were His own";' and
that bread which He gave them was
indeed food from heaven. So He to:lu
to us and feeds us and gives us cour
age and strength to go "forward and
love and serve. For our Christ is
living, and He is with us always and
II' i'f
We recall that Easter night when
the Lord appeared to the disciples in
the upper room and cried; "Peace be
unto you!"That was a wonderful
night, indeed, and the disciples' sor-
row was turned into joy, for they saw
the Lord with their own eyes. ]
our joy can even be greater, for a
week later in the same place and at
the came hour• Be said to Thomas:
"Blessed are they that have not seen
and yet have believed." We have not
seen the Christ as yet, but we shall
see Him, and oh, what -a joy it vriil be!
But we believe in .Him and we believe
in His resurrection even now, and His
truth brightens all the way that leads
from earth to heaven. '
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- AN EASTER SURPRISE
in 13Y FRANCES MARG4RET FO
school > e on
The Resurrection of Christ -1 C'ol. 15. 12.20.
a .tI,NALY, S, as
zisoors 97 Tutt tniauanacrcov---U fettle th Corinthians h
t5isx'QKic,tt,'X2-14; ,(2) rrsoit.�z, 1 wises halo ltutlza•.lestls (.lariat, xho3'
16; (8) ne ulioua, 17-20, are only decoivratg thtsuat,ves? i Otho
sides this, they put et the coats. of the
fat. e which e orint ans them -
dead.
decd• a're not raised,
I1. The doubts of the Corinthians
aro !deo a direct denial of the good
faith of the apostles,: vs. 1fi, 16, The
apostles have proclaimed, in season
anti out of season, that God has raised
Jesus, and if this fact is questioned,
the apostles are made out to he "false
witnesses of God." But Is at to he
thought that the apostles would tiles
wish to deceive the sours of men?
Surely not. here, tie, We have a
moral argument based on the sincerity
and good faith of the whole apostolic
IerraenucrtoN--Some Chrietians M
Corinth had become perp eased and
doubtful concerning the possibility of
_ the bodily resurrection of the dead,
' - -"'- and St, Paul writes this chapter to
"P:eaee, Jimmy," she ' begged, reassure them, and to tench them once
"please go up in the loft and get the again that Jesus' own resurrection is
eggs and bring them to us in any Iitte tate proof and Pitman -too of the full
K basket dust I ,aft up there:' 1 restoretionof life to.a:1 who believe
�i So early. on that Easter morning ht, lino belong io him, It must be,
Irri i:• cane
remembered that'these Corinthian
J to we t a w is.:i . I c
n aw h t n
l y g I
t -`back Ysoftt singing his favorite heathenism,
had all been converts ,rein
1 y g g heathenism, and had not enjoyed, lilts'
Easter hymn• i„ h (the Jews, the inestimable advantage
I didn't find an ;egg, said e. of an earlier training in truths like
"Thea'e wasn't tut egg there." ! the resurreetion. They were familiar
"Then what is in Durban's little with the Greek thought of the immor-
basket?" asked sister Madgie.
"You talky of the spirit, but the body had
carry it es if you wouldn't )et It drop not been secred in their eyes. as it was
Ifor anytbing,»' lin the eyes of the Jewish people, and
"The basket is full of an Easter eh they had not the same triumph -
!
Jimmy atiswered "and ant faith that body. as well as a spirit
1' would survive the tomb. St,'Paul pro -
Barbara can look first ' ;coeds, . therefore, to show them that
When little Barbara peeped into God means through. Christ to raise the
that basket she was so delighted that whole personality 01 the be,iover from
she couldn't talk for a minute. Instead death, and to give the spirit a body
s For three days before Easter Su
day'tho Patterson 'children had boon
teasing their little sister Barbara to
8 tell them where' to' look for her hen s'
nest; but little Barbara would not do,
it, She laughed about It and danced
straight up and down but would not
tel!,
"I have found a hen's nest! I have
,found a hen's nest full of eggs; ten,
or eleven eggs!" was a!) that she'
- would say.
"The queer thing about it," said
brother Jimmy, "is that not one of us
• big children can find a hidden nest.
We have hunted and we have hunte
I and we have bunted all over the fa
!but this year the bens haven't bee
stealing nests so often as they
usually, Do tell us where your ne
1S, sis, so we can find it too!"
Barbara opened her mouth wid
Yet instead of laughing she made
funny little joyful sound in her thro
and shook her head.
"I believe Barbara has found a ra
bit's nest by the way she smiles," sa
big sister Susan.
"I have found a hen's nest!" repel
ed Barbara. Then she went marchin
round singing:
"A hen's nest!
A hen's nest!
A hen's nest full of eggs!"
The children laughed. and the next
minute they fell in behind Barbara
and marched and sang with her. They
stamped their feet hard when they
said "hen's."
"A hen's nest!
A hen's nest!
A hen's nest full of eggs!'
They hada merry time, but Ba
bara wouldn't tell the others wher
the nest was.
Saturday afternoon she went with
her brothers and sisters to search the
barn once more for hidden nests. But
when they climbed ' into the big hay-
mow she ran with her basket as fast
as she could go to the pigpen, if yeti
please!
It was an unusual pigpen. The
Patterson pigs lived in a tiny old log
barn that had been built in the long
ago when the farm was new. The pigs
could either stay inside or go out into
the yard through the wide open door
as they chose. There was a rickety
loft over the pigpen, reached by rick-
ety outside stairs.
Smiling and happy, little Barbara
carried her basket carefully up the
rickety stairs and walked carefully
over the rickety boards to the place
far
n
do'
r
es
e,
a
at:
b -I
id
And then finally, we turn to that
wonderful chapter in St. John's gospel
eel) when He appears on the shore
of the Galilean lake in the early morn-
ing and cheers the weary fishermen
and feeds them with a meal which He
has prepared with His own glorified;
hands. That was n feast indeed, And
all homekeepers should rejoice in the
preparation of their meals when they
recall how the Lord of Heaven Him-
self set that wonderful breakfast be-
fore His apostles. Still the Easter
wonders were not completed. For after
they had eaten the Christ made the
pleading appeal to Peter, showing that
above all else, and as the only power
to do good and be good, the heart must
be alive; "Lovest thou Me?" And He
repeated the appeal three times, as if
to impress upon all His children in all
ages the great desire of their Saviour
and Friend to be loved- For surely,
all the great truths of the Gospel, the
truth of the Cross and the truth of the
Resurrection, can profit us nothing
unless we can cry with all our hearts:
'My Jesus, I love Thee!"
The Perennial Pea.
The perennial pea, resembling' the
animal sweat pea in habit of growth
and form of flower, is a very desirable
vine for entering a fence or screening
a verandah. It is a native of Euro -
pear wood', but there are many cult.
yawl forms differing somewhat in
en:or. It has a bong tap root and is
therefore difficult to transplant after
it in once thoroughly established. It
may be grown from seed. The seed
is often slow togerminate. Germina-
tion i:t hastened by soaking the seed
for a few hours in a weak solution of
sulphuric acid, or seen in warm water.
Altar it is once established it self -
sows but not sufficiently to make the
plant troublesome if reaaonable care
is taken to remove the surplus new
plants should they appear year by
year. Although perennial pea bloom
has no fragrance, it is an excellent
flower for cutting. While the bloom
fades to a lighter shade after being
cut, it does not become objectionable
until it is actually dead, A bowl of
perennial peas arranged with Baby's
Breath (Gypsophila) makes a eery
pretty effect, The growth is ea vigor-
ous that ono can cut graceful spray,t
with buds and foliage without risk el
destroying the appearance of the vine.
Like the annual sweet pea the peren-
nial pea bloom; from earriy stammer
until well into the autumn. There is
a pure white variety and several var-
iations of pink, magenta, and purple.
The perennial pen is one of the
hardiest' of perennial plants and very
easily cultivated, thriving almost any-
where, even among rocks and boulders
and in poor soil. Like all other flower-
ing plants, however, it responds to
good treatment in the matter of soil
and position. It is a good trellis plant
and is adapted as a covering to such
wild, rough places as a rock garden,
where it scrambles over hushes and
stones, It succeeds in shade and
grows rapidly when once established,
Although there are different var-
ieties of tho perennial pea these have
not been clearly defined. The variety
Elbws is white, Splendance is dark,
purple and red and is claimed by L. H.
Bailey in the Standard Encyclopaedia
of Horticulture as the best form but
docs not .come true to seed, There is
also a striped form, Other grade
manes era Albi floras, earendiflorus,
Grandiflorus Albus' and Magnificius,
with large richly colored Maven.
Moat of the Canadian nurseries
carry the perennial pea in the various
varieties.--Catiad'ian Bort. Council.
An Easter `Carol.
Spring bursts to -day,
For Christ is risen and all the earth's
at play.
Flash forth, thou sun;
The rain is over and gone; its work
is done.
Winter is past;
Sweet spring is come at last, is come
at last.
Bud, fig and vine,
Bud, olive, fat with fruit and oil and
'vine.
Break forth this morn
In roses, thou but yesterday a thorn.
Uplift thy head,
0 pure white lily through the winter
dead.
of eggs there were eleven little downy
yellow chicks cuddled itt the basket,'
ail saying, "Peep, peep, peep," because
they were hungry.
Then Barbara said with a happy
smile, "They are our little resurrec-
tion chickens -little Easter -Sunday
thinkabout-the-resurrection chick-
ens!"
"Why, so they arel" agreed Jimmy.
In church during the' Easter ser-
vice that morning Jimmy looked at.
his happy little sister now and. then
land smiled,' and once he put one hand
at-' over the other as if he were cuddling
g a little chicken,—Youth's Companion,
IS
to it.
( L Resurreetion in the full sense is
guaranteed by the resurrection of
Jesus himself, vs. 12-14. St. .Paul
I solemnly recites the list of those to
whom the revelation of.the risen Lord
had been granted (vs. 1-11), and then
'.
shows that this experience of Christ's'
resurrection removes all doubts as to
the possibility of the resurrection of
the dead in general. Such doubts are
nothing else than a denial of the
whole testimony of the apostles. Be-
The Forty Days.
If'I could be
Alone, niy Lord, with Thee—
Alone with '.Ghee upon the mountain
ways,
And watch beside Thee all the forty -
days,. •
Echo Thy prayers,
There where no human cares
And no distracting thoughts could
conte between
Bar soul and Thee, divine, austere,
e serene!.
in a pile of straw where Old Moths
Speckle had laid a nest full - of eggs
Barbara had seen Old Mother Speckle
go flying over the rickety stairs on
day, and that is the way she had found
the nest,
Between big cracks Barbara could
look down and see the pigs below. She
did wish that they would stop squeal-
ing, because she would have, to step
over an open place where a board wa '
gone above their very heads, and, as
she said afterwards, their squealing
made her nervous.
But it was really OId Mother
Speckle's fault that'littIe Barbara lost
her balance and fell into the pigpen.
Almost the next thing Barbara knew
she was screaming at the top of her
voice while she climbed the high fence
o get away from the pigs that were
coming toward her. She was covered
with mud from top to toe when her
mother came running from the house
to lift her over the fence, and the chit-
s n came tumbling from the barn to
find out why their little sister was
rying and the pigs were' squealing
so loud.
I ---I fell into the pigs!" Bargara
wailed, "First they all ran away and
then they all came back after me 1 Oh,
ear, dear, dear!"
'Never mind, never mind," said
mother, "you are safe, and we can
ash off the mud and have you as
wcet and clean as a rose in about
fteen minutes. Don't ery so, my
hild."
Remember then
Thy tempted fellow men!
Unshaken stand beside us when we
fall;
0 Strength! make strong our weak -
i ness'
hear our call!
Help us to count
The days upon the Montt •
Each one a little closer to Thy side
Even through Thy Passion to Thins
Eastertide!
—Dorothy Frances Gurney.
Easter.
IEaster is a supreme church festival,
but all that Easter means is not to
be expressed in any religious cere-
monial however beautiful and inspir-
`ing it may be.
r In song, in sermon, in floral radi-
i ance, in gay, new raiment stress is
'laid on the central and paramount
e! idea of the day. For a miracle of"
resurrection is not to he thought of
1 as the closed incident of nearly two
thousand years ago. It 'l to -day's
recurrent' episode. We marvel not
that we must be horn again. In every
tfe, like Cice Bustle of wings, tin stir .t
s of the leaves or the rise of the snp,
there may be a fresh awakening to a t
i ----
HOT CROSS BUNS
i4
' Het cross burls,, hot cross buns!
Ono-a-per!jty, two, a<penny,- stet creast
buns; , •
LC yon haven't any daughter)), gives:: -
'em to your sobs." •
So runs the old couplet; but whether
there are sons or daughters, be very
sure that the entire family will warm-
ly welcome a )clatter of these same
delicious buns 'served piping hot on
Good Friday morning.
In fact, they axe such good eating
and so hearty In character that with
fruit, plenty of good butter and the
morning cup of coffee they will fur -
liana. Collectively, the apostles stand Wish a most excellent brotikfast .for
for the resurrection of the dead, ' perhaps, the most rigid fast day of
III. Finally, the. Corinthians should the whale year.
ask themselves if in their own retie The foliowi t recipe
a g z rf is an,o:d >♦ng-
gious experience they have not a suf. lisb one that has come down through
ficient proof of the resurrection of the generations of Devonshire housewives
£o yee�as}nt•anes that thein sins ane lowed the results will be genuine hot
reed, Whence came their own risen end if the directions are ceeeffdly fol-
d
g n, heir confidence regal tag cross buns:
the b eased safetf departed broth-
iron? They say, `It is well with those
who have died in Christ," but ltoov can
this be""if Christ has not been raised
'They are only deceiving themselves,
t has not spoon of salt. When the mixture is
i „ lukewarm add half a yeast calla . dis-
instead of being �redeetned; Yon are solved in -a quarter of
still in your sins. q a ca of tepid
! For tubal is the worth of a Saha_ water and about. one and 'a half cups .
tion: that promises nothing beyond this of floor, Beat well and tet rise over
,poor present world, v.19? night, In the morning beat down, add
i Thus, historical, moral and religious one iightly,beaten egg, half a cup. each
considerations unite to make the res- of chopped seeded raisins and cur-
urrection of the dead a sure and ser rants, a quarter of a cup' of shredded
tutu part of our faith. The resurrec citron and four tablespoons of minced'
•tion is, in fact, the keystone of the candied orange peel, with flour to
form a soft dough that can be knead -
Xes, says St, Paul, "1! •Cirx'ie
bean raised, your•fault is vain," aud, •
1 wats}T soon caoss nirNS.
Melt two tablespoons of butter in
one cup of scalded mills and add one -
tab:espoon of sugar and half n tea-
Christian religion.
While it Was Yet Dark.
BY JENNIE PENDLETON HALL
The opening leaves that Easter mor.
In Joseph's garden place
Shook MIL wind that smelled of sprin
And cooled the Master's face.
Still rapd ith Death, still bright wit
Heaven,
His kind eyes looked to see
The women with their spices come
For loving ministry.
Now the burst seal, the angel voice,
The Magdalen had spread
Among His friends, but wandered bac
Only half comforted.
When, standing ntid" her scattere
spice,
She looked, and One stood near,
And richer than Heaven's chorale fe
His "Mary!" on her ear.,
n
g
wit
"Rabboni! It is Thou? ("Oh, woe
Well -night a Calvary
And such another night of tears,
This `moment!" thinketh she.)
;Master, I told, but few believed!
Why troub!est Thou with them?
That timorous Simon is unfit
To touch Thy garment's hem!"
He smiled; He blessed her faithful
heart,
Yet smiled—how could she know
Those rough brown men,. those well
worn paths -
Beckoned the God -Man so?
From the rich incense of the spice
He turned Him to the hills
And fresh wend of an earthly sprin
That smelled of daffodils.
Youth's Companion,
Bleeding -Heart (Dielytra
Spectabilis).
No garden small or great is com-
p:ete.without a plant or a clump of
he old-fashioned bleeding-heart (die-
ytra spectabilis). , A clump ten or
lve feet across, in full b:oam. 'seen
When You Entertain at
' Like Christmas, the celebrations of
Easter all cluster around carbide well
founded traditions.
A very pretty and joily evening's
entertainment may . be developed
around the cohered -egg idea. For de-
corating the rooms use streamers of t
crepe paper of ail the bright Hester
egg colors. These should be woven in,
lattice work to form a canopy, attd
from the centre of the room, where
the streamers' meet, suspend a cluster
k of colored candy eggs, each attached
to a narrow ribbon of the same color. t.
d There should be as many eggs as al
guests.
For the refreshment table use as a
11 centrepiece a large nest filled with
colored eggs, the attached ribbons e
radiating to all sides of the table. To'
wort
the ends of the ribbo�ts that hang ever i
the edge of the table, attach bunnies ,
cut from colored cards and on each; d
bunny write the naive of a guest. The; d
nest is carefully guarded by a whites
rabbit
When ready to serve the refresh-! e
ments each guest is requested to find, b
. his card, follow the ribbon to the egg
at the other end, and on the egg will .5
be written the name of the partner,i
the hostess having carefully :e:ected,t
_ the partners beforehand, ii
As a variation •of the time-honored' a
egg -hunt, without which no Easter: b
party could he quite complete, try the a
following: Select two captains and
g have them choose up. There should,
be provided a' nest for each side. At s
a signal the players begin hunting for.
the hidden co'-ored eggs, but when al f
player finds one, instead of picking !t'
up, ho or she must stand by it and,
cackle until the captain of that side,
comes and secures the egg' and places ti
it. in the nest.: The side having the, sl
!most eggs at the end of a given time $ o
twins. 1fl
1 Blindfold the guests, one at a time,! m
hand then hem a pair of scissors, turn w
around so they will lose their c
'sense of direction and request them to, a
gather an egg from the shower sus- ! tui
pended 'in the centre of the room. If be
they succeed in clipping a ribbon the' t
'large candy egg becomes theirs. e I th An egg race is lots of fun and is
conducted just like a potato race, us-' s
'ing colored hard-boiled or candy eggs' fa
instead of potatoes. 1 T
I Have drawn on largo streets of ,bite' p
ed. Knead lightly, roll out, cut in
rounds and lay in a greased pan. Let
rise again until they have doubled in
size and snake a deep cross in the
centre of each. Bake about half an
tour, and when done, glaze lightly
with white of egg beaten with a little
powdered sugar.
These buns are equally good re-
heated, or they may be split open,
oasted and buttered,
The Columbine.
A perennial border. without the
columbine (Aquilegia) is incomplete.
The columbine is one of the older of
to perennials, that is to say, it was
flower in the gardens of our forbears
generations ago. It is n native to
Canada and is to be found in most of
the provinces flonrishing and booming
acts spring.
A scattering of the wild columbine
nakes a lovely impression in a peren-
tlal border, It le low -growing, pro-
uces a rosy bloom, and practically '
isappeae's soon after the flowering
eason.
There arc several species of the
oluntbine, varying in type of color
ut with little variation in growth ex-
cept some kinds and varieties are
tronger growing than others. The
different varieties known to cultiva-
ion combine at once the most curious
n form, with colors the most striking
nd beautiful. The long spurred hy-
rids are considered to be the finest,
s the various colored flowers, blue,
white, yellow and shades of pink,
white and rose, are- borne on bong
lender stents. The stronger sorts
reach about two feet in height and are
o. value for cut flower use.
In the wild state the columbine is
found in partially shaded situations
and in deep rich soil. In cultivation,
tcrsfore, it does not object to partial
tade, although it does well in the
pen sun. Like most perennials, it
ourishes best itt a well prepared and
oderately rich soil. Severe winter)',
Feather without snow protection may
ause loss of plants. It is therefore
dvisable to give slight protection
th evergreens or other covering to
removed in the spring. Well -rotted
rranuro or bone -meal worked in about
he plant will insure luxuriant bkom.
The columbine Is easily grown front
sed. This is perhaps the most sale -
dory way of increasing one's stock,
he seed should be sown in well pre-
ared soil towards the mid of April
d given a very slight covering of
rth. When .the plants are large
ough to handle they should lei pr:ek-
out.and transplanted to four inebes
art where they will, develop we'l for
Beside your dams t
iteap and rejoice, you merry -making
lambs.
A11 herds and flocks
Rejoice, all beak); of thickets and of ire
rocks.
Sing, creatures, sing,
angels, and men, and birds, and
everything.
:til rotes .of doves
Fill all our world; this is the tine of d
levee.
—Christina Rossetti.
Remembering.
It comes back glorious with the ti
Spring—.
That old remernberitig,
When lilies: with a salver look and p
sound b
Send their faint chimes across the
lonely ground,
I think how sorrowing women in de-
epair
Once ,ought their Master in n tomb,,
and lateralS
'le was not there! , h
--Mary Brent Whiteside e
"April Cade ACPOSS the Hill." . t
April' came acros the hill
In the dead of night;
Softly lit her candies,
Yellow, red and white.
Yellow ones in buttercups,
Red in tulips `air,
'Mite ones in the blowing tree,
Quince and plum and pear.
R'hyt It is her birthday.
Do you. know her age?
Can you count her candles,
Von! or sage?
t:nowledge of possibilities that were
1 dormant is us, which must now be
realized in what we are and what we 1
do:
n the grounds of Government House,
Ottawa, will long be remembered. This
old-fashioned hardy perennials grows
n bush -like form to a height of from
two to three feet. The fleshy stems,
which are well covered with fern -like
eaves, appear in profusion from the
Dots and gracefully droop outward
I Easter tells us to put off. the evil, t
shameful things; to "slough the dress
of earth"; to supplant the old Adam
with a better, man. Its doetrine is,,
that of trying again and again; its
gospel is the comfortable assurance,i
of a second chance, and innumerable
chances after that.e
)
For what is all the preaching and
teaching of Easter if it does not tell t
us tliat, often as we have tried and
failed, hope and love, faith, and char?
i ity survive and never leave ,us and ,
never let us go?
• To those who are sad, or sick, orll,
lonely, the message and the meaning a
of Easter itt particular Inc dedieated,'s
The day was meant "-peculiarly for
then. Its comforting. assurance is tot't
every tired heart, every spirit that them
baffled, each man or: wcinan crushed
n a symmetrical circle, producing a
fountain -like effect. The blooming
cried is in May and Juno extending
von to a later date, particularly in
moist cool seasons. eThe plants at
heir best are covered with a pro-
fusion of bloom, the heart -shaped light
ink flowers having a protruding
cvhita petal,
This species is 'bet -far the most
andsome of its tribe, and will" grow
i14 flower in partial shade or an open
unnysituation. In the shade they do
of flower so freely as in the open,
ut the flowers are larger and last
nger, and the foliage is more lux -
"What were you doing in the pig -
en?" Jimmy asked when little Em-
ma. had been bathed and her mother
was buttoning her prettiest pink dress,
and al) the children had been trying to
think of funny things to tell to make
t heir sobbing little sister laugh. I
"I went to get the eggs in 01d
peckle's nest in the loft," little Bar-'
era exp:hined, tears again filling her'
Yea, "and Old Mother Speckle was
here this time, and she ruffled up her
eat{ ars and pecked at rne, and 1 fell."
"Tiers,. there. Don't cry, Barbara,",
• the big sister began, "it is ally over,
land only think what a surprise you
gave Old Speckle! And--."
1 "And: think' how you astonished the
i
i
pigs!" added Jimmy, •
After that the children worked so
'hard to amuse little Barbara and to
keep her from thinking about her acci-
dent thatthey forgot about her hen's
neat in the loft above the pigpen, •
But next morning early, Barbara
remembered that hen's nest herself. 1
and out of countenance in the familiar'
sensation of defeat, to ail these spent
,,,..:t discouraged,....... Easter ..._._•P, -. - should be
riant and graceful.
Whether grown in sunny or shady
:aces the
forever that in the woret of fortunee,;
men have found their steppleg-stonee'
Los go onward and upward; the victory1 g
ls never wiLh the grave of burled e
hopes and rsolutione; and out of ee
An Easter Song in Italy.
_The gentle ;sun of gentle spring
Was over Venice; in St. MarkOz,
'Twee Easter morning, al the. lights
Were sparkling on thee wall, the larks „,
Were sparkling in the air; the whites
And gold» upon the bishop's gown re
Like little birds flashed up and down;
The jewel in the bishop's ring,' ..r
With all the candles. from the shrine a
Reflected in it, NV08 a small
Cathedral for hie Grace to fal
Llpon his knees; within and call
In privacy upon the Lord -e -
To share with him. the bread and wine in
TO Aare with him the living Word, e
nd if at all possible a mulch of some
ght littery material as soon as the
round commences to freedn up in De -
ember, -When thie ie removed in the
arly spring let a good supply of well
*Mid etabIe manure or pulverized
around the plants, just as soon as
they start into growthe—Can. tiort.
Two 13urmies With a Basket.
All'in the April weather,
ell -out About the egg,s they had,
Aml would not walk together, .
he wind blew in their ears, and Ulten
hey chuckled and were friends again,
.All in the April weather.
Easter Emile Varied Meaning. e
The Easter egg is charaeteristie of
any races, each of which has inyeet-
ti it with a partioular baler or sus -
. cardboard the outlines of an egg.' an
Blindfold a guest hand him a piece of ea
red crayon and ask him to draw 10 en
the Itzatatees—eyes, mouth, nose .azid. ed
mire. Rath guest takes a turn fresh zip
ansplanting into their permaneet
cation in the autumn. A few feet
garden settee. used os a nursery will
able one to ledge of the beat
g specimens to be placed in the
rder.—Can. Hort. Council.
A pine of marbles for .the men, le.
using candy eggs Instead of marbles, of
is very amusing ris the eggs ere so' en
shaped they will not roll where you' in
'think they are goleg to and the game bo
I sometimee becomes very. exciting to
both spectators and coinesthins.
! Pretty reeve -nits may be made be
•the hostess beforehand as follows:
Crochet a little square. Attach eight.
inth Imagths of ribbon to each corner,
Sasaeml eggshells in these squares,
Fill with cotton and sprinkle withe flee
or mustard sead. If these are kept
damp they wilr- soon be green and
The Carpenter,
And Thy fellowe took 11 tree
To fashion eross for Thee.
At night, the voice of Thy mathee,
And the meet isetel homely food- -
Sun in the hair of chi:dr:ea
Who to the doorway e in •
Left for that death of Atom,
Labor and home and childreti
Yet when Thou put, theta fiy,
Then were they lifted high.
Guard Thou my labor, 0 Carpenter,
That I build no cross of pain.
And, 0 Thee Son, renntie
In this house where the 'Altaic!) are
By that most hitter Tete
Lift ue to thni in Thee.
—talatlye Mary nasal,