gtlttf tit tttt ttvttttttttt I SUNDAY SERMON 3 J A Scholarly Dlieouri Dr 9 J R.v. Dr. McCUllsnd. MtssaMsggsss3 Brooklyn, N. T. In the Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sundoy morning, the pastor, the Rev. Dr. T. Calvin Mc Olellaud, preached the fourth sermon In the aeries on "Jesus' Idea." The special subject was: "Seriousness of Believing In Jesus' Idea of Ood." The text -was Matthew t:44 and 45. Dr. McClelland said: Thero Is no Christian , doctrine for which you could get so many men to Tote as the Fatherhood of Ood. Noth ing can exhaust the name "Father." It Is the gladdest, but the greatest, the dearest, lint the deepest, the sweetest, but the solemnest, name men can frame to fit God. We cannot put too much Into the word, but we can put too little Into It. It Is the rlBk of that of put ting too little Into the name "Father" which gives us our thome. The theme la: "The Seriousness of Believing In the Fatherhood of Ood." There are two kinds of men who put too little Into the Idea of God's Father hood. The first man Is he who prefers to think of God as Judge. To call God a Father, ho thinks. Is to enthrone In dulgence. He views the doctrine with suspicion lest it rob God of authority, extract the fenr of sin, and relieve the restraint of conscience. This man de plores tho universal note In the preach, lng of Jesus' Idea of God. If he preached It he would make It nn eso teric doctrine to be mentioned only to those who had been initiated by con version Into the secrets of grace. The second man who putt too little Into the name "Father" is he who sees nothing In Fatherhood but sentiment. He thinks of God as too soft-hearted to rule, a doting grandfather too weak to punish. This man has the Idea that love Is too tender to blame a man for edging off when goodness hurts, costs or Is unprofitable. For this second man the thought of God as a Father makes life a gnme, the world a play ground and the infinite pity ground for Infinite excuse. To these two I bring this message of the seriousness of saying, "I believe In God the Father Almighty." Tlie,ar. tlcle of the creed Is the most precious and the most perilous for us to repeat, and for these reasons. First, one who claims God as Father must bo ready to answer the question, What kind of a son are you? Father hood is something that we never think of when we talk about animals. The parent of a boy we call a father. The parent of a foal we call a sire. Here is a difference. The Idea "father" sug gests care, affection and forethought. The Idea "sire" conveys only the thought of procreation. We do not ex . pect the colt's sire to care for him, ex hibit affection or take thought for his future. But if a mini treated his boh as a horse treats his young we would say of that man, he has never been a father to the boy. He had done all that the animal lid for his offspring, but he bad left undone those things which make fatherhood. And those things Involve character, they Imply faith, hope and love, they are not physical, but spiritual, activities. By the same sign you never call a young horse a "son;" he Is a "foal." The idea "son" suggests gratitude, loy alty and obedience. The Idea of "foal" conveys only the thought of animal descent. We do not expect the colt to exhibit gratitude to bis lire, to abide In the same stable or to evidence obe dience to him. But if a youth treated his father as a young horso treats his parent we would say of that youth, he Is inhuman. He might do all that the animal did for bis progenitor, but be would have left undone those things which make human soushlp. And those things involve character, they Imply trust, affection and filial sub mission, and these things are not phys ical but spiritual activities. So then, fatherhood Involves a rela tionship and that relationship involves something owed on both sides. It as sumes likeness In Ideas, tastes and dis position; It claims reciprocity in char acter. Can the relationship with God expect less? You see the Idea of fatherhood is like the rule about the square of the hypothencuse of a right angled triangle. Whether It be a right angled triangle drawn on a child's blackboard or a right-angled triangle formed by threo stars in th? Milky Way, the rule wjirks the square on the hypotheneuse of a right-angled tri angle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. This father and son relationship, like mathematics, works everywhere, ou the earth, in the heavens. I cannot say "Father" until 1 have begun to answer His call "son;" His Fatherhood does not exist for me until I have made my soushlp exist for Him, until I have shared in His character. He Is spirit and I must be spirit, too; something more than a body to be warmed, clothed and fed: something more than on animal to fight like a dog, root like a pig, sing like a bird or bivo like a bee. I must be the child of the Eternal Spirit, the son of Infinite Faith, Infinite Hope, Infinite Love. A Father's lights are unquestioned, absolute, ungiven. He has the right to expect everything ti be reciprocated that He has given to us. The old fundamental need of personal struggle, personal consecration, personal holiness is doubled. Life Is more critical than ever. I have no loophole to crawl out of; the lines are tightly drawn, I must be In my word what He Is In His uni verse. From Binal, It is said, the smoke ascended as from a furnace, and the mountain quakes greatly when out of a thick cloud with thiinderlngs and lightnings the King gave His command to Israel. Uu a hillside sweet with the peaceful odors of plowed field, quiet save for the pipings of the birds, tinder a blue Syrian sky which mirrored its fair sun in Gulllee's lake, the Father spoke through His great Son His will for tho family. Yet I think Sinai's "thou shalt not kill" were easier to listen to than Jesus' "blessed are the Merciful." The King's words, "thou bait not commit adultery," less than be Father's "the pure In heart shall e God." The Sovereign's words, thou shalt have no other gods before te," as un ant-hill to the snow-cupped Alpine summit, "Ye shall be perfect as your Heavenly Father Is perfect." Second It is a serious thing to be lieve in the Fatherhood of God be cause It commits a man to living his life In absolute unselfishness. Given a father, and whut follows? What an alchemist It a new-born babe. The touch of those tiny fingers transmute the base metal of thought of self Into the ptlre gold of thought of the tinsel'. From the moment when his first babe's first cry summons the Instinct of fath erhood In a man's busom the man must deny himself, ho must bi-ucefni-ti lose himself in another. I.ove once a mere passion of possession 1.4 re-burn a pas sion for sulf-saerlllce. This father Iihs a family, and It Is the family, the home, tho health of the whole which become bis chlefest concern. Given a son, and what follows? JVbst uiust be the true sou's concern? Rurely it Is the same as the father s. The father no more than the son, the son no less than the fotlifr, exists for that home. It Is hl mutual instinct of. being supported aiid supporting which makes us sing, "There Is no place like home?" So here, again, the axiom of the earthly relationship we call bom? is true for the celestial relationship we call religion. This Is the extension of the old Fifth Commandment In re ligion "Iove your t.nemles and pray for tlirm that persecute you; that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendetb rain on the Just and the unjust." Mke God the Father, the Son must have a love that Is boundless, ungrudg ing and gratuitous. The family, not one favorite here and another there, but all the members must receive with out bias, be blessed without prejudice, be cared for without favoritism. The son must live so that no man can be nnnrrr. no woinnii sadder, no child more wretched for aught he hns done or left undone. He must live so that through his words and deeds men may see truth, reverence, purify, and poi ses the menus of happiness, and he must so live not for profit, prudence or popularity; he must so live, though It means n curse, a crown of thorns and a cross. And If wo seek to know what that means, whnt sonshlp Involves, we go to Him who taught us to say "Out Father." Ills life is Just spent in go ing about doing good: He does so much for the Imperfect, the defective, the degenerate, that He gets tho nickname of "friend of publicans and sinners." He never bears a grudge, lie never remembers nn Insult, He never seems to see anything In the men nlmut Mini but their need of the nooil things He has to give a way. And He gives, gives until when He comes to die lie has nothing worth gambling for but His cloak the one that was pure white, woven without seam. That day, the day He died, the men He had lived for led Him away like a lamb to tho slaughter. And while they were mak ing the wounds for lllm to hang by He orayed, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do." In the Inst place, It Is a serious thing to believe In the Fatherhood of God, because It means that (Jod's perfect ness consists in His impartial love, nnd love Is the most awful thing In the world. It has been said, "Be afraid of the love that loves you; it is either your heaven or your hell. The lives of men are never the same after they have let themselves be loved: If they re not better they are worse. For this is the inysfpry of love, its paradox while It is the greatest thing In the world It is the most helpless." For the love of her child, without thought of the cost, a mother would give her own life In exchange; and yet she must stand at its death bed with helpless hands when the henrt spring unwinds nnd the little life runs down. A father would give Ills fortune, his blood to keep his son's heart clean and white, but nil his pntormil passion cannot check that son's mad pace. If the boy's lust take the bit between his tecih and drug him along the edge of the mornl precipice. A son may leave home; a despot might compel his sub ject to come back, a father can only wait, and watch and keep open the floor. We shrink to apply all wo know of the weakness of human love to the divine. Yft it was through n uiiin the Father made His love plain to us. He name, the Christ, to His own and Ihcy received Him not. He loved His own, loved them to the end, and yet at the mil they deserted Him, betrayed Him, bung Him on a cross. You remember the Tuesday before She Friday when they milled Him be tween two thieves. He wns standing n the temple at Jerusalem. Did lie 'ove that fair, rebellions cl!y? You may never know how great was that love. Could He save that Imperilled ?lty ? Jerusalem had bound love's hands with Indifference so that He ;ouId not reach out to rescue her; she liad tethered His feet with hate so tlint He could only stand still and watch her sinking into tho gulf that Titus was to llg. Stand close to the Christ as He speaks you see He Is draining love bitterest cup; He Is realizing love's helplessness, "it is the wall of a heart wounded becaus? Its love bus been ispised" and It cannot nvert the doom which impends over those It loves. Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem! how oiten would I hnve gathered thy children as a hen gathered her chickens, and ye would not. Behold, your house Is left unto you desolate." To sum up, It Is it Ferious thing to believe in the Fatherhood of Cod, be cause this belief Involves sonshlp, and snnslilp Involves brotherhood, nnd brotherhood invokes living for Hie spirit behind things, lor the higher life, the eternal kind, on which death lays no hand, on which the grave has no claim. For this higher life, in the Father's name I claim you. You have a perfect pattern of It In Jesus; you have a per fect helper In God's Spirit, which Is yours for the asking. You begin to live the life by doing something for (lie ti'iiii next you Just because God 1b his Father and yours. l'rsca of tha Henrt, If quiet and peace could only be had by withdrawing from the duties and occupations of active life, then quiet and peace for most of ns could never be. It Is not in oilr power to fiy to some far and still retreat. In whose quiet we may escape the evils and troubles here. And the corner will never be found in this world where care and evil shall be unknown by human beings. But the peace which the Savior gives His own Is peace of heart and mind amid dally duties. It :s that "central peace," which may sub (1st at the heartof eudlesi agitation. Wordi worth'! J ok. A. rare old book, called tho Mv'ng Authors of England, published In 1811), commences with a study of Words worth, in which Is recorded what is snld to be the only Joke the poet ever made. At a friend's bouse, after din ner, It appears the conversation tumid upon wit and humor. Thomas Moore, who was present, told some anecdotes of Sheridan, whereupon Wordsworth observed that be did not consider him self a witty poet. "Indeed," lie xald, "I do not think I was ever Yfltty hut once in my life." Being pressed to tell the company what this special drollery was, the poet said, with some hesitation: "Well. I will tell you. I was standing some time ago at the entrance of my cottage at Kydal Mount, when a man accosted mo with tho question: Tray, sir, have you seen my wife pass by? where upon I answered, 'Why, my good friend, I didn't know till this moment that you had a wife!' " Tho company stared, and upon real ising that this was all there wa to the poet's Joke, burst Into a roar of laughter, which Wordsworth smilingly accepted a a aenulno compliment to the biilllnucy of his wit, Ilarper'a Weekly. TO r.K'" n II if Importing Draft Moras. Many farmers are constantly asking the Importer for pure bred draft and roach mares, but the price most farm ers want to pay will not Justify the Importers In Importing draft mares of tny breed. It would be folly to Import cheap, small draft mares and the big heavy draft mares and young fillies that will breed cost more in Kngtand, France and Belgium than our farmers want to pay, bonce the farmers must do without Imported mares or buy nome bred Just hs good, but these are now much higher In price than last year, and but few to be had at any price. The farmers have Mindly looked for cheap draft mares, and have cheated themselves every yenr out of a colt worth the, price of a good mnre rather than pay whnt they are worth for breeding. A few fanners have had the courage to pay $1000 apiece for pure draft marcs, and 'every colt is worth that much ns soon as it Is three years old, nnd two or three pairs of colts soon start n good breeding stud flint breeds rapidly into money on a large scale. Live Stock Journal. Whnt tha Horn Know. The horse does know a few things, though some of us seem to question Ibis fact nt times, says a writer lu the Farm Journal. Ho knows when one speaks to him kindly, and although some so-called human beings may nor. always appre ciate the kindly tone the horse always does. The horse tlint trusts his mas ter will do anything lie can for him. And that Is not the promise of a poli tician, either. The horso will do it or die. About as tine a tribute ns I ever heard paid n horse was the statement of his owner that he was sure that the animal would leap straight out of ;he back door of a basement barn ten feet down if told to do so. True, faithful animal! And yet some men abuse him! Tho horse knows tho wny home, no matter how dark It may be, nor how far he may hnve traveled from home, nis driver may trust him to make nil the turns and reach his own stable safely. The horso knows tho friend who gives him sugar mid biles of ap- pies. And he watches for that friend, and when he appears asks as plainly as he can: "Got anything for me to day?" nmiisn Scrubbing; Ham?. The human scrubbing machine is the latest achievement of the American in ventor. There have been ninny con irivances offered to facilitate the ardu ous tusk of floor scrubbing, but none of them has ever achieved the dlstlnc tlon in the way of novelty attained by the device shown in the accompanying Illustration. The scrubbing contriv nnce consists of a large brush support ed on a handle, and mechanical means for revolving the brush by bund, to. get her with a breastplate to allow the operator to exert any desired pressure. The breastplate, which is padded for comfort, and provided with, suitable straps for fastening to the body, is pivoted on the upper end of the frame carrying the shaft and gear for the ro- HARNESS FOB TIIE SCRfBBER. tatiou of the brush, the method of op eration being evident from nn inspec tion of the illustration. The brush It self Is preferably made cylindrical in shape and provided In the peripheral face on its back with a cushion of rub ber around the rim to prevent mnrrlng of furniture, baseboards or other arti cles in the room with which the brush Is liable to come In contact. Philadel phia Itecord. Facts lo Kr-tnainbar, Experiment work on tlie farm may be performed on small plots at a mod erate cost. There is no system of edu cation that can equal tho work of the farmer himself In experimenting, as soils differ, nnd work done on one farm may not apply to another. When the farmer begins to experiment lie finds out where he made mistakes which he is thereby enabled to avoid In the future. Potato tops cost the farmer more than tubers In fertility. The solid mat ter of the tubers Is mostly starch, whllo the tops contain n largo propor tion of potash, for which reason potash is an essential Ingredient In the culti vation of potatoes, as heulthy tops ond vigorous growth conduce to a large production of tuberis. The tops of all root crops should bti saved and added to the manure heap. Manure cannot be estimated by the cord so far as Its value Is concerned. The liquid or gaseous portions are the most valuable and also the most diffi cult to retain; The value of a cord of manure depends largely upon the kind of food from which It was produced and the manner In which it wus pre served. The farm Is a sure sour.-e of Income, and though the profits of some years may be very little, yet tho furmer quickly receives benefit during busi ness uctlvlty. Iu many occupations, panics or business depression sweeps away all, the manufacturer und mer chant being ruined, but the farm re mains ever ready to offer an Income on the first revival of prosperity. The hired man ou the farm will inak? himself Indispensable to the farmer, and will receive good wages if lie Is Interested and painstaking tu his work, lie should know what to do and take h persouul lutercst In the progress vf th crops. If he waits for orders, jj f w if and does only what be Is directed to perform, he will not prove as valuable as when he understands what Is re quired and docs It without being prompted. E. It. B., In The Epltomlst. Mixing. Coitcrata, In mixing concrete for general use the following proportions are perhaps the best: One barrel cement to three barrels sand and five barrels gravel. In this mixture the voids or spaces be tween the stones are entirely tilled, and when hardened or set, the concrete virtually becomes a solid monolith. v To secure the best results mix the concrete as follows: Have the gravel washed and In readiness, usually on n platform of planking or boards, to per mit ensy shoveling and Insure against waste. Add enough water to the ce ment and sand, which have been thor oughly mixed In a mortar bed, to make it thin mortar, not too thin, however. to penult easy shoveling. Spread the morlar on the gravel and thoroughly mix by turning with shovel until the mortar ni:d gravel are well Incorpor ated. Then without delay shovel the batch of concrete Into the forms or spread It on the floor as the case may be, being careful not to exceed luyers of eight Indies at each filling. F.ach layer must be tamped nnd rumuied till water flushes at the top. I'rorced In this manner till the forms are tilled. In hot summer weather damp cloths or boards should be placed over the top of the concrete to keep It from checking after the final layer has been placed in the forms. The forms must necessarily be water tight, and tho concrete worked back from the boards with a spade so the softer ma terial may flow to the outside and in sure a smooth surface. If this last Is not done voids will surely result and the work will be disappointing. Iet the concrete rest four or six duys be fore removing the planking, concrete being (somewhat brittle until thorough ly burdened, and while In the "green" state easily broken. Cement News. Halrr Vetch nml IK TJuvn. Since the introduction of the common vetch, as a forage plant, a few years ago, several varieties have come to the front, none of which have proved of greater value than tlint called "hairy" or "winter" vetch. Considerable seed of this particular variety has been sown In Oregon and California during the past few years, and excellent re sults have been derived along the par ticular lines for which vetch Is adapt ed. Iu the first place vetch Is valuable as a soil Improver, and for this reason the man with the young orchard can make good use of It. A good plan In this regard U to sow the vetch, forty pounds to the acre, between rows of trees, leaving a space of five or six feet on each side of the row, to cultivate. Let the vetch grow and mature. Then cut, nnd enough seed will shell out to seed the ground for the next year. But the vetch is recommended for the or chard only till the trees have reached their third year. The principal objec tion to vetch Is the high price deniund iA for the seed. Hairy vetch seed eun uot be bought for less than $4.50 per bushel, and Is sometimes hard to get for $! a bushel. Again, vetch Is a sprawling grower, and absolutely de fies tlie mower sickle. If not sown with wheat or some other stiff-stalked cereal to hold it up. Vetch that makes a thick mot of twelve or fifteen inches wheu straightened out takes the form of Individual stalks three or four or even six feet in length. The fall Is the best time to plant, nnd It should be sown on well prepared ground. D. H. Stovall, in The Epltomlst. The stable must have good ventila tion us well as good light. N'o matter whut it costs you cannot afford to) feed the horses sparingly when they work hard. The most useful farm horse Is a grade draft of medium size, well mus cled, active and good dispositioned. Some linseed meal Is very beneficial to horses and will go a great ways to ward making their couts black and sleek. Neither stallions or mures should be allowed to become very fat at any time, but the mares should be well fed while nursing tho foul. Strength, endurance and speed are not developed by violent usage, but rather by u Judicious amount of exer cise given so as to develop but not strain. i Horses should never be made to eat moldy hny, as nothing Is worse In lead-, lng to roaring, whistling and other de rangements of the wind. If moldy hay must be fed let It be dampened. Oats contain the greater proportion, of flesh forming elements and corn the: greater proportion of fat forming tie-' nients, and this Is why oats Is a stipe-, lior feed for horses. Kvary Luxury Afloat. The marked progress made In the construction of elegant railway coaches and other transportation vehicles Is re-i fleeted . In counterpart In steamboat Until tho present time, never Iu the history of local steamboats has there( been any crart so expensively appoint-, ed us a Sound steamer thut to-dny plys between Manhattan nnd a New Eng land city. It Is authoritatively report ed that upward of a million and a quarter dollars were expended In building and fitting out this floating palace, : which Is adapted to both pas senger nnd freight traffic. By the Installation of 'phones In 'all the staterooms, connecting with oper ators at a central switchboard, com munication may be had not only with all departments aboard, but by wire less telegraphy with mainland and other vessels similarly equipped. No push buttons are In evidence In the staterooms. New York Press. Hn.tr It Wa Talu of au Kc. According to Volt, oue egg corre sponds to 130 grammes of milk, to 50 grammes of meat, and gives SO calor ies. It Is easily digested, especially If the egg Is cooked iu the shell, and it docs not reuiulu In the stomach more than one or t'o hours. 1'repared on a plate; tho nutritive value Is Increased .by the addition of fat, but lis digesti bility Is diminished. -Le Progies Medi GHRiS flAN ENDEAVOR NOTES DECEMBER SEVENTEENTH. What Our Denomination Standi For 1 Tim, 3: 14-16; 1 Pet. 2: 9. Our denomination docs not stand for anything dead, it Is a "church ol the living God," and all of the past we stand for Is the past that Is alive to-day. The truth for which our denomina tion Btunds needs pillars; it needs to be upheld befor-s the eyes of mea. No truth will lift Itself into the air. At the same time, while we lift up the truth, It Is the firm ground be neath our feet. Unless the basis ol our denomination Is sound, every cornice and lower is unsound. We are "a peculiar people," but only that our peculiarity shall cease to be a peculiarity by tho adoption of all num. A domination stands for the truth it represents, not by tha promulga tion of assemblies, but only us the members of denomination stand for that truth. You may be a member of our de nomination in name, but you are not a member In spirit unless the nania of our denomination represents to you some definite truths in which you believe with nil your heart. If other denominations are coming to atand for the sanij things for which our denomination bus stood so long, then so much the better; and let us have open minds to learn also trom thorn. All Christian denominations agree In their ono great purpose to bring men to Christ; but ways of working are not Immaterial, und our way Is what we believe to be Christ's way. As unintelligent partisanship in the bano of our country, so unintelli gent dononilnationullsni is tho bane of the Christian church. Our denomination is one of tho pillars in the great temple of God, and If every one adorns his own pillar, tho whole temple will be ad orned. There would be no charm In an assemblage If all dressed alike. The denominations are the different gar ments of Christian taste und skill and Insight. Each farmer develops the country by tilling his own acres. So let us further the Interests of ine Church Universal by developing our own de nomination. What do I really know about tho history of my denomination? Can I state clearly the fundamen tal doctrines of my denomination? What am I doing to promot-3 the wide acceptance of the truths for which my denomination stands? EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UNDAY, DECEMBER 17. What Methodism Stands For. 1. Tim 3. 14-16; 1 Pet. 2. 9. Denominations are only the dlvls ions of the army of tho Lord. Then are advantages us well an disadvant agas lu the existence of different do nominations. The very wafchfulntai and rivalry of the vurlous denoml.'ia tions tend to keep each pure and ag gresslve. Every Methodist ought to bo able t give an intelligent answer to tho In qulry, "What does Methodism atajid for?" He need not attack othei churches In order to Justify his own In order to be a Methodist wo do :io. have to unchurch uny other donomlna tlon. We can bjliove that the othei great demnonilnallous have theli place, but there ara some good und sufficient reasons why we are Mothod lsts. Methodism Stands for Sound Doc trines. There has bnon raised la these latter days some very foolish objections to creeds. If a man or a church believe anything they have 8 creed. It seems more honest to us to publish that creed and not be as hamed of it than to hold it us an Iron clad tradition. But Methodist doc trlnes are conquering the theologicu; world and nro no longer peculiar tc her alono as they once wore Methodism stands for free grace as opposed to a limited atonement. She Btunds for full salvation ns opposed tc a partial salvation In this life. She hns always been tho exponent ol scriptural holiness. She stands foi a heartfelt religion with free piny tc the emotional and intellectual In life Sho has a growing creed and theology She Is not tied up to un obsolete thco logy. Methodism Stands for a Flexible Polity. Mothodlsni was not built, II grew. The polity of our church changes with ever-recurring needs yet possesses elements of stability Its happy and practical utility has been demonstrated for one hundred and fifty years. We make no boast of our liberullty but our church stands with open fact and fair-minded investigation to al! truth. W3 huvo in our communion nearly all shades of evangelical faith, and they ure all consistently la our membership. Methodism demand conformity only to essentials. On nonessentials we have the largest churlty nnd broadest platform or which lo stand. We bind men to nc theory of Bible inspiration. We loach no dogmatic theories or eschatology. Wo Insist on no po cullur Interpretation of tho unknown and nonessential. Methodism is a broad church. It is, however, orlho dox In tho highest and best Bense Wq never taught that salvation de pended on the mode of one's baptism: or tho ecclesiastical succession of ort church. Wo only Insist on the great essential truths of the Uiblo. We stand for a spiritual rather than ec tiesiustlcal orthodoxy. Chauffeur" a Misnomer. "Chauffeur," said Colonel Hemsen Montague, "U au old provincial French word and was originally applied to robbera who went about the country euterlng farm bouses and torturing farmer to tell where they bod bidden their money. It was used as a derlslva appellation by the French to tha driv ers of the first smoke wagons. The French also use It to designate a fire man or stoker, and In English chemis try it denotes a small stove for melting metals. It Is entirely out ofrplrce when used for the driver of a 'motor car, and he should be culled a ruotor 'jt or aomethlng like thut."-Brool(lyu Eogl. THE SUNDAY SCIIOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 17. Bnhjnclt reparation Yor tna MoMlxtt Mai. Ill,, l-14-(lnlrin Text, Mai. III. 1 Mainory Vai, ft.lOComuiontar) on lha Day's Uuoa, I. The coming of the Messiah (v. 1). 1. "I." That is, lod. ".My messen ger." The New Testament clearly shows that the messenger referred tc here was John the Baptist. Our Lord bore witness to John (Luke 7:27). 8e also Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2, ; Luke 1: 70. "Prepare the wy before Me." That Is. before the Messiah. Messen gers sent before the Eastern kings pre pared the way for the chariots and ar mies of their monarch. A "king's highway" had to be carried through the open land of the wilderness, val leys filled up and hills leveled, wlndiiiR by-paths straightened, for the march ol the great army. Interpreted In its spir itual application, the wilderness was the world lying In evil. John prepared the way for Christ in a moral wilder ness by preaching repentaucen ud show ing the need of a Saviour. "The Lord, whom ye seek." The Messiah whom you are expecting. "To His temple." Shall soon be presented before the Lord in this temple. He shall cleanse It from Its defilement and till it with His glory. "Messenger of the covenant." He that comes to fulfill the great design in ref erence to the covenant made with Abraham, that in his seetl all the fam ilies of the earth should be blessed. Christ was the "mediator of the new covenant" (Heb. 9:15) the "better covennnt." established upon "better promises" (Heb. 8:0-13; 10:10). "Ye de light in." They looked forward to His coming with pleasure. II. The 'mission and work of the Messiah (vs. 2-0i. 2. "Who may abide." Who will be able to endure the testing of character Ills coming will produce? They did not under stand the meaning of whnt they de sired; Just as ninny desire and hope for heaven without realizing what they must do to gain heaven. "Like a re finer's lire." John Ule Baptist said. "His fan is In His hand;" "He shall baptize you with lire." In the refiner's Ure is placed the ore, a mixture of good metal with rock and other mater ials, and the fire (1) separates the metal from the dross, and (Hi thus purities the metal, but does not destroy It; but (.'11 It consumes the dross, or so separ ates it that It Is cast one side ns re fuse. "Like fuller's soap" (H. V.I Soap such ns we have was not known to the Hebrews till long after Jere miah's time, but they used nsh lye. 3. "Shull sit." etc. There Is an allu- Rlon here to the refiner sitting, before bis tire with his eye on the metal, lie kept it in the furnace until he knew the dross to be completely removed by seeing bis own Image reflected (Bom. H:'J!l. "Sons of Levi." The priests Cod's ministers, "rurge." Cleanse, purify. "May offer." etc. A sinner cannot give acceptable service to Cod. The Lord loves righteousness: He ac cepts only a holy heart nnd life (ltoin. 1U:1). 4. "Be pleasant." The spirit of praise, obedience and helpfulness are like sweet Incense before the Lord (Heb. 13:15. 10). 0. "To Judgment." To decide on your case nnd condemn you if guilty. "Swift witness." Com ing suddenly and unexpectedly. "The sorcerers." Users of witchcraft, nil In alliance with spirits of evil; the user of amulets, charms, etc., which are really substitutes forreliglon. "Against those that oppress." The gospel is al ways in favor of the poor und against oppression. "And fear not Me." This was the foundation of all their wicked ness. (!. "I chitnge not." Cod keeps His covenants with His people. III. Admonition .and promised blessings (vs. 7-11!). 7. "From the days," etc. All through their history they had been given to backsliding, "lteturn unto Me." There was still n chance to repent. "Wherein." They did not know how far from (lod they were. S. "Will n man rob Cod?" Sacrilege Is the highest of crimes. And the most guilty are those claiming to be Cod's people. "Ye have." This evil Is not only the guilt of priests, but of the whole nation. "Tithes." See Dent. 18:4. "Offerings." The first fruits not less than one-slxtlcth part of the corn, wine nnd oil. !l. "Ye lire cursed." With famine and scarcity. Cod had thus punished them for neglecting to build the tem ple (Hag. 1:10, 11); now, for not main taining the temple service. 10. "Bring tithes." Make good your solemn en gagement with Neheiniiili (Xeh. 10:21)). "Into the storehouse." The chambers which surrounded the temple on three sides. "May be meat." That there may be provision for the dully sacri fices, nnd for the maintenance of the priests and Levitts. "Prove Me." Take Cod ut His word. "Windows of heaven." A poetical, proverbial ex pression, signifying H great downpour lng (Ceii. 7:11: 2 Kings 7:2). "Pour you out." "Knipty out," us if Ood meant that He would empty forth His vast reservoir of blessings. 11. "Will rebuke." Prevent from coming. "The devourer." The locusts, the canker-worms, the caterpillars and all other destructive Insects. "For your sakes." Becuuse of My love for you, and for the sake of jour prosper ity. The devourer had been sent be cause of their sins, but should be stayed us a reward for their return to duty. 12. "All nations." etc. So great will' be your prosperity and happiness that the fame thereof will extend to nil nations, ns in Solomon's time. Cod's people do in truth live In delightsome land, n land of green pastures and still waters, of dear companionships and delightful skies. Blessed are tlint peo ple who render lovingly to Ood the things that are His own. "Delight some land." Your country will again bo known ns the pleasaut land, as it was formerly called. Why th Ocean Doesn't Freeze. If the ocean did not have salt It would freeze aomewhat more readily than It docs now, but there would be no very marked difference. The ocean is prevented from freez ing not so much by Its salt as by Its size and by Its commotion. On ac count of its size, large portions of It extend Into warm cltmatea at all sea sons, and by reason of Us groat depth It Is a vast storehouse of heat. Its currents distribute much warm water among the cold. St. Nicholas. Wa Thla In New York? A short time ago Mayor McClellan. when requested by a visitor to make a certain appointment, put this per lncni Inquiry: "Is your friend -honest?" "Nawl Naw!" replied the visitor. "That doesn't go. He'd steal the hinges off a safe, but he'a a good fel ler, a right good feller, your honor." "Nixie," replied the mayorNew York Sua. flftatters Claanlnc tha Uvaa. HaTa the Inside of the oven kept crupulously clean. Wash the entire Inside of the oven not forgetting the. roof at least once a week. Remove' the shelve and door before commenc ing operations, and scrape off any burnt substance with an old knife. Let the oven be kept open till quite dry nnd all smell of aoap bus passed off. ' Hygienic Bailrooin. The hygienic bedroom Is the latest novelty iu furnishing, says the London Express. Fresh air enthusiasts see In the old fashioned, luxurious bedroom a serious menace to health, and they have come back to town to throw out carpets, cur tains and cushions, and any other little , aids to comfort that catch their eye. Feather bed, they t.v, are hopelessly unhygienic, germs lurk In the folds of the portiere and la the warm rugs on the floor, while costly bed hungings thorten life. Kplnf Up tlta Snppllea. The convenience and time saving of having little things at hnnd can scu rep ly be overestimated. It works exactly on the same principle as the old saying of "a stitch in time." It's not enough to have a place for everything, and everything unless you happen to be out of it in its place'. It's the careful planning so that plenti ful supplies of all (he little things are always on hand tlint counts so greatly. So often you haven't the right but tons, or yon run short of tape, or hooks and eyes, or the color of sewing silk you need, and you have to postpone the moment you'd seined for getting all such things out of the way. In the meantime, before you've remembered, to get the little things, perhaps you have to wear the very thing that need ed mending, nnd pins have torn It. It's the sumo way with everything. If you have to stop and go out for stumps, you probably don't bother to write that Important letter until It's at least a little lute. Making things do Is almost as bad using too small a hook to bear the strain of n skirt-fastening: ot too large a one for the delicate blouse it disfig ures. The best way to avoid It is to B ! Avm- nt mit-lmlln timne n'.t vnilt' Kllll- piles, making a note of everything you're almost out of. and replenishing it at au early moment. Pall Vor Bn1r. Are you very cjireful abr.nt the nlt that you use in your butter? If not, the following from the Dairy World contains a hint that It would be well to keep In mind nil the time. It used to be thought that any suit was good enough for butter so long ns It would dissolve In a reasonable time. It was only little by little that men found out differently. Farmers' Hevlew snys: Not till people began to get particular nbout the flavor of their butter did the special butler salt appear- on the market. The old salt had been the cause of much butter be ing rejected. One grocer kept his salt near a r? of dried fish. As the salt was in bags and the fish In plies the very decided smell from the fish per meated the salt. Every farmer that used the salt and sold his butter had complaints about the fishy smell In bis butter. At last some bright fellow traced the fish smell to the pile of salt fish alongside of the pile of salt bags. Another community had trouble with Its butter smelling like kerosene, and traced the trouble to the salt, which was In an open bin alongside of several kerosene barrels. Now the handlers) of salt for dairy purposes are on the lookout for Just such combinations In the groceries, and warn their patrons that the salt must be kept sealed from outside smell. We doubt not that much of the complaint with farm but ter comes indirectly from the salt, which has been stored In all kinds of places In the farmhouse, and has taken in some of the numerous smells that belong to the farm vegetables. Butter Saner Melt n ounce and a half of butter and one ounce of flour till smooth. Add parsley or chopped chives. Sweet Melted Butter Sauce Make as a white sauce and add sugar with va nilla or other flavor, using milk Instead of water. AUchovy Sauce Make like melted butter sauce, with anchovy essence. Mushrooms chopped fine Instead of an chovies make a delicious sauce. Sauce Hollandlse llent flour, but ter, atock, salt, lemon Juice and a ta blespoonful of brown sugar. Boll ail live minutes. Thicken with yolk of egg, one to each half plut: For fish tiud cauliflower. ' ' Snuce Tartars To a pint of mayon naise sauce add a tenspoonful of onion juice, one-fourth cup each of finely chopped capers, olives and cucumber pickles and two tablespooufuls of chopped parsley. Spiced Wafers Cream together two thirds of a cupful of butter and one and one-half ctipfuls of confectioner's sugar, and add one-half tablespoouful each of ground ginger and cinnamon and just a dash of ground cloves. Stir Into the mixture one-half cupful of cold water and two cupfuls of flour lifted twice, Boll to wafer thinness, cut luto shapes and bake la a very moderate oven. , Crystallized Itice Balls Butter well the Inside of a saucepan, preferably a granite one, and pour Into It oue cupful of cream und three cupfuls of sugar; boll until It will "wax" when dropped In cold water, theu remove from the fir and pour Into a bowl set to Ue water, and beat until cold, light and creamy Have ready some boiled rica and it-pays always to buy the bert rice-form Into balls by intxltig au un beaten egg with It. and dip each c into the sugar mixture. Set a buttered dish and serv cc-11, r itb hot chocolate sauc. MSI
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