A HAPPY NEW YEAR. A NV YEAK5 LVE: I2E:VER,ILiS CHAPLAIN CIlV HOJPITAL, NtW VoRK 19! SAT before tbe blazing l,,.'i-tl,' (I,.. TDnlil warmth of an open Are SB charmed me Into a beau- tiful dreamland. Mem ory arew upon ncr ahyflsmal resources as I snt there, coaxed Into an abstraction of exquisite pleasure. Voices! I hear voices, strange voices! They speak to me: The first said, A year ago you promised, if your life was spared to you, that you would consecrate It to God." The second asked, "Has God, to whom you made the promise, dealt with you as you have dealt with Him?" The third aid, "Remove It." But the fourth asked "that it might be spared for a while longer." I cried In agony, "Spare mo, good Lord." Two Girls, Still in Their 'Teens, passed through the room in which I sat. Full of animal life and youthful gaioty they chatted and Joked and laughed; they were In a whirl of pleasure. Suddenly one of them dried, "O! O, my!" "Agnes," said her companion, "what troubles you?" but Ellen could only repeat, "O, my!" At length she said, "I promised to spend one hour with God; I must go to my room instantly. Good night, Agnes. I'll see you to-morrow." The explanation of Ellen's conduct was, her mother had been speaking to her about the beauty of a life of holiness, and she had promised her mother to spend an hour in prayer and reading the ninety-first Psalm before she re tired. The chatting had almost driv en It out of her mind. Then appeared upon the scene a youth of twenty summers, of noble mien; his eye glistened with noble ness; his demeanor was pleasing; he was a picture of genulncss; his car riage was that of a Webster or Clay or Lincoln. As he stood In the midst of the room he addressed an invisible being: "What shall I do with my life?" Standing on Its threshold, viewing the wrecks of wasted HveB as they floated by out Into tho ocean of eter nity, he repeated the question with great solemnity: "What shall I do with my life?" Three Faces Instantly Appeared. First that of an ox, then that of a lion, last an eagle. The ox made an swer: "Bat, drink and be merry," but the young man shuddered at the thought of making a god of his appe tite. Live an animal life? Nay! I was created for something nobler than a glutton; I have a soul to sbvc The lion proposed to make a god of genius. She offers a pedestal of eter nal fame; your name shall be asso ciated with scientists, philosophers and philanthropists. In Her Nativo Dignity Sat the Eagle. She looked at the man, then at the heaven above. Turning to the man she said, "Tho earth Is thy lodging place; the heaven overhead la thy home; the earth's choicest treasure cannot fill thee. Thou art more than animal, more than Intellect, thou art qualified for companionship with deity. Prepare!" In a moment of time thore passed before me A Panorama, upon which was displayed all the scenes of- rqy life from my earliest recollection. Curious and strange tracings were there. Every struggle with conscience, every striving to be good, every lofty ideal were drawn with perfect accuracy. Failures and successes, defeats and victories passed in rapid review. Never were thore such noble ambitions, such possibili ties and such fatal almlessness crowded Into so small a compass. The sight alarmed me and I cried, "la It too late?" Suddenly the Scene Changed. The judgment was set amid a blaze of majesty and power and glory, be yond my most fertile Imagination. Every human being stood before It, waiting to render an account of the life now closed. Notably, The Poor Led the Way. A boy from one of the great mer cantile houses preceded several oth ers whom he had Influenced for good. Then came a man with a score of his fellow workmen, whom he had res cued, by his holy living, from lives of ungodliness. Ho was followed by a woman, distressingly poor while on earth, but filled with the Holy Spirit. She with her children, whom she had brought up in the fear of the Lord, together ascended the massive steps which led them through the portals of glory Into who can describe "the things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard?" For a Thousand Years the endless procession continued to advance until tho laBt roan and wom an had rendered an accounting of the life entrusted to them. I was greatly distressed at the sight of one whom I had known; he brought his work, a marvel of human goodness, but It was Rejected, Because It Was Chrlstless. The scone closed. Alarmed, I awoke from my reverie. Instantly I fell on my knees, consecrated my life to Him who bought me with His blood, allowed Him to fill me with His Holy Spirit. Now, after several years, I write to say, this Is what did with my life. A ITew Year's Homily. New Year's Day Is In some way reo ognlsod by every people having a for. mal calendar, yet the hours of th last day of the old year generally pass with little variation from or dinary routine. Nevertheless, It is tho completed book whoso story Im presses tho reader for good or bnd, not the cover or the frontispiece of the now one. Nenrly all the words of our language applying to a course not absolutely marked out describe the path. that Is left behind and not that which Is before. There Is no counter part to tho ship's "wake" for the course which the prow Is about to break, nor of the "traok of the cy clone," nor of the spoor of the tiger, nor of "tho trail" of numberless ani mals. It may be noted Incidentally that laws or ordinances require auto mobiles to carry a number, In large figures, hanging from the back. No body who sees an automobile coming cares what Its number Is. Only when It happens to leave some record be hind in Its track Is the knowledge of Its number Important. It Is doubtless because the future Is swarming with possibilities, whereas the past consti tutes a record which cannot be changed, that most of our festivities centre about, the anticipation of tho new year rather than In a retrospec tive nffectlon for tho old. In the eld er days of tho world prophecy held a place of prominence among all poo ples, but of history In the scientific sense there was nono. This has been reversed by the severely practical modern world. History Is at a pre mium, prophecy at a discount. Yet the almost disregarded last day of De cember stands for tho completed rec ord, as New Year's does for tho pro phecy of what Is to come. New Year's Resolutions. If everybody on this earth Mnde resolutions New Year's Day And kept them fast, a share of mirth From life would straight be swept away. The fool would cease the pranks which mnke The wise man jeer with cynic chaff. The wise man with some sad mistake Would never move the fool to Inugh. So let us st rive as best we may And. if perfection bo not won, We'll let the failure go its way To swell the scoffer's store of fun When Talleyrand Scored. When Mme. do Stael published her celebrated novel, "Delphlne," she was supposed to have painted herself In tho person of the heroine, and M. Tal leyrand In that of an elderly lady, who Is one of the principal characters. "They tell me," said he, the first time ho met her, "that we are both of us in your novel, in the disguise of women." PASSING OF THE OLD YEAR f , tSnrJcll, old ycarl Vefc j6urneyed on rodcrficr many dayljN And noO brfohi the bartlnfc oj our With lbchy5oy;rmnlcdr'tiladnc5 and oj I jee the v",,jfu'i 1 wu5' frp8kd far thceavJallj the rc&hV'oJ gtlQdOftfy1 .The Sllcfnl; Land of yea. that lie " 'vArh folded hand;. . T&rcUefl,. old wrl A W more jtcfa ere Je JoreUer barr AjoiJmore Word) that O&kp the-throbbing 1 heart j lo hope and The Ohllc I haV?c a btad ,nev) year to Atwr.' .The while Ijujncy on" Oltjj rocroorlc) yject, : 6,lav riot half ll tor hgiclj till noU ow Kind and Hfravc and true a friend els Br ah, tOlce dear A lovW one ceroj When come the darkened Vmcn heart and lib? all tremulous muil jay 'I lihj all t I. thouoh thu W c mgmortejccr ffiyTieart ANOTHER YEAR 18 ANOTHER CHANCE. d-bye; J J J J ily is.ee no more I jci, nTieart ha Kfbroj After-Effect of the Grip. ' Dr. Clouston, of Edinburgh, said It seemed aa It no disease of whose effects thore waa any correct record had such far-reaching evil effects as this one, and among Its sequelae he enumerated a depressing Influence on the whole nervous energy, melan cholia, neurasthenic conditions, pre mature senility, various forms of paralysis, neuralgic affections and a genoral Incapacity for work. Dundee Advertiser. Psychology in Clothes. Dr. Thomas Claye Shaw, of Lon don, speaking on the subject of the special psychology of womon, says that there Is a psychology In clothes. It Is useless to say that they dresB as they do to please other women or please men. They dress simply be cause they have to In their own way and to their own satisfaction. The psychology of dress ts that It appears to So There are about 6000 New York persons who have not been In the city, on the average, two months In a year In the last decade. Europe, the South, seashore and mountains have them for tbe other ten mouths. There are no undertakers In Ja pan. When a person dies It is the custom fin his nearest relatives to put hlw Into a coffin and bury him. make you bo what you profess to and tho mourning does not begin un- iii uiier nuriui. Sleepless Creatures. There are several species of fish, reptiles and Insects which never sleep during the whole of their existence. Among fish it Is posit'. ",,u known that like, salmon and goldfish at no time sloep; also thut there are other raein liurs of the fish family that sleep ouly lA tew minute during the course of " uuinth. There are various sponle Lot fljog lhat uevr Indulge in slumber, t Mid Hv uncles of aexpeiiU alM that ant attwp. -PMsjMlelpuia Record. A Crowded Universe. In New Haven tbe committee of a graduating class once went to a local Jeweler with a commission for a ola&t badge. They had In view u design representing a youthful graduate sur veying the universe. "About how large would you like the figure?" the jeweler asked. "Well," suld the spokesman, "we thought the graduate ought to cover sftout three-quarters of tbe badge, and tho universe the rest." -Success. The speed jf automobile:: Is con trolled at crossings In a Chicago sub urb with considerable success by the creation of a hummock in the road by raising tbe sidewalk crossing above the road lovel. Careful estimates show thut the average business man walks a mile In eighteen and one-hulf minutes, while the ordluary loiterer, who lias no business on his mind, requires twenty-alne minutes t mH it. mm STOP Vucen Has Auto Crnzc. Queen Helena of Italy has taken the keenest Interest In motoring ever since Its earliest days. She and her husband possess five beautiful cars, and the Queen not only drives, but nn hns had lessons in the working of "motor machinery, nnd could, at a pinch, effect repairs with her own very capable hands. Indianapolis News. Does Not Wear AlgrcM, Queen Alexandra has issued a pub lic statement to the effect that she does not wear algrets, and thte, of course, Is Intended as a rebuke to a cruel and horrible practice. The offi cial statement means something more even than that. It means that no lady can venture Into tho Queen's presence with these feal tiers upon her head, nnd It means thnt the algrot is stamped as unfashionable throughout every rank in society. Royolty has Its undoubted disadvantages, but something may be written also upon the other side of the slate. The power to make cruelty unfashionable Is one to be envied, and every country would be the better for an Influence that Is no less real because It has no coercive laws to back It. Argonaut. ex- Insplring and Otherwise. "Isn't it an Inspiring book?' claimed tbe enthusiastic woman. "Oh, yes," admitted tho other, wearily. "Many things are Inspiring. When I see a good play or read of heroic characters, or the organist plays something from Beethoven's mass In D, I feel that life is grand. I am filled with zeal and eager for a chance to prove my noble, elevated point of view. "Then I am called up on the telo T .ione by some stranger who asks me If 1 will please go up to the top floor and ask Mrs. Blank to come to the telephone Mrs. Blank being a per son I do not know and to whom I am Indebted for nothing and the broth erhood of man suddenly takes on a pale, cold, blue tinge that doesn't In terest me In the least. I wonder why It is?" New York Press. best or dislike least, as the case mny be. My own inclinations are the most reliable guides I hive ever found, and I wish that I had earlier learned to rate them at their roper valuo. Tho powers that presided over my early education contrived to Inoculate me with the idea that Inclinations exist, as Herbert Spencer says, 'not for our guidance, but solely to mislead us, and It took me a long time to learn that when I went against them I was certain to be wrong, and sometimes disastrously and fatally wrong. "Another thing I do Is to lean shamelessly on any one I have found capable of supporting my weight. That, of course, has to be done with discretion, because It Is painful to lean on the wrong person, but when you have found a staff that you can rely on it is foolish not to use It. The strong like to exercise their strength, and It must he plcnsnntcr for your friends to give you the benefit of their superior wisdom than to sec you come io grief. "It Is nlso possible to avoid cir cumstances that call for decision. If you can't make up your mind qulcklv you don't need to drive a motor car or steer a boat. Leave that to other people, and let who will sneer at your incompetence and lack of courage." Now York Tribune. iHOVSEHOI.D MATTP.nt LJ LJ Garbage Pl n Good Condition. Have nail nerfectlv rl pun nnd ill V. line all around and on bottom with I newspapers the paper absorbs the ' moisture, and where there Is no mols- lure there Is little or no odor. When I garbage is emptied. If the paper Is j not taken with it, remove and rellne with fresh paper. The pail will be clean. This does away with the un pleasant duty of cleaning the pall. 1 Boston Post. Religious Reading SOB. THK QUIET HOUR. A PRAYER. To Mend an Agate Kettle. When an aggavatlng hole suddenly appears In an agate or porcelain ket tle, do not throw It away as worth I Icbs. Tako one of those round headed . paper fasteners, such as lawyers use I in keeping Bheets of manuscript to ; gether, push the two level flat clips through the hole from tho inside, i bend back on the outside, then lay j the kettle on a hard substance, ham mer the round head down flat on tho ! Inside and It will last for a long time. Boston Post. With and Without. Curves. "What's the use," exclaimed the tall, handsome woman, mournfully, "of having a fine figure like mine! Pnrtiality Toward Son. The partiality which mothers are supposed to show to their sons and which some mothers certainly do show may do little harm In the enr ller years of family life, when the father perhaps, balances It by a spe cial fondness for his daughters, and when the buoyancy of youth carries such Injustice lightly. But on daugh ters of mature age it often bears very heavily. The lot of the unmarried woman on whom falls the care, and even the maintenance of a widowed and aging mother is a laborious and exacting one. Many such women there are, as every one acquainted with our cities knows, working hard all day and struggling to carry home evening cheer to one who makes less effort than she might to greet them brightly. There Is a brother who comes on a flying visit now and then, bringing a gift none too generous, but seeming large because It is received all In one sum, and on him the moth er's appreciation and gratitude are S I CD b. SeS tt C3 a E I S3 a d ! Doughnuts. To four cups paBtry flour (once sifted) add' one and one-half teaspoous salt, one and three-fourths tea spoons soda, one and three-fourths teaspoons cream of tartar and one-halt teaspoon grated nutmeg. Work In one-half tablespoon butter, using the tips of the fingers; then add one cup sugar, one cup sour milk and one egg well beaten. Mix thoroughly, and toss on a board thickly dredged with flour. Knead slightly, and roll to one-fourth inch in thick ness. Shape with a doughnut cutter, fry in deep fat until browned on both sides; drain on brown paper; dust with powdered sugar. "Now, there's Mrs. Blank, for in stance. She is so thin and lank that all comparisons fail. Of course she looks perfectly stunning In tho new hlpless gowns, while I well, It's sim ply Impossible for me to be com pressed within one of them. I look a fright, to say nothing of the pun ishment to my vanity of having to try to hide all my symmetrical curves and then not succeeding. When prin cess gowns of closest fit were all the rage, Mrs. Blank had just as many curves as I have. Oh, no, my dear I don't know where she got them. I am not MrB. Blank'H dressmaker nor her tailor. I only know she had fx." New York Press. Li mr m sUHUsnHIHH)HsflsVnuBwlbU WmH HMfHusMUbEaiU ' . BEbBK f ...Xitti WtMlllffWilIMfMMsW I J ; . .saLuAi . Bargaining. "Bargaining" Is a trait strongly de veloped in the averago woman, and In many of tbe members or the smart sets of the various cities who are In terested In collecting curios, it is so finished an accomplishment that the vender of the antique coveted is com pletely outdone In his own line of diplomacy. To establish this particu lar characteristic to the extent notice able among the amateur "collector eases," the desire to collect must first be strong, and then grow stronger until the phase Is reached when the article becomes much dearer (as a desirable possession) as the price is beaten down. Delicacy Is also a lost sense, for the envious one will boldly approach even some one in her own clique and suggest the transfer of a choice bit at a sum she considers a bargain price, and is uo way morti fied when rebuffed, nor Is she seem ingly conscious of having been imper tinent. New York Tribune. "Backbone" Superfluous. "The worst thing about having no backbone," said the woman who had been born without that supposedly in dispensable member, "Is trying to get one. It Is a perfectly useless agony, too, because if nature hasn't given you a backbone, you can't get it by any other means. If you once recog nize this fact and submit to your lim itations you'll find that you can get on fairly well without a backbone, and when you realize how often the thing that passes for determination is a mere disregard for or Inability to comprehend other people's rights and feelings, you can bear up under the contempt commonly meted out to the 'spineless.' "A backbone Is not nearly so nec essary as people Imagiue, and very often one gets on a great deal better without it. If you haven't any back bone, you won't be tempted to butt your head agalnBt Irresistible forces. We are most of us helpless victims In the hands of fate, and ordinarily we might as well let ourselves drift as try to mold circumstances to our will. Tbe drifting may be a mistake, to be sure, but pulling against tbe current may he a mistake equally, aud tbe first is easier. "It I can't decide, I do nothing, when that, la possible, and let events shape themselves as they will, and It I IBUJst it TOMS tag 1 to WlMi Msm lavished. When he is gone, his ad vice proffered without much knowl edge of real conditions, Is quoted and urged with an insistence discouraging to the sister, and even the contrast between his light hearted merriment and her seriousness is harped upon. There are sadder cases Btill where the money earned by a self-sacrificing daughter is persistently shared with a reckless and Improvident sou, and bitterest of all it is to the perpetu ally returning prodigal that the warm est affection seems to go. Habits like these can hardly be corrected, perhaps. In age. But mothers in younger life should be on theli guard against forming them. C gregationallst. Bouillon lace is constantly em ployed by French dressmakers as a furbishing. The dealers tre making no display of fans so far, and there are predic tions that the fan is not to be stylish the coming ball season. The high collar has come in again on fur coats and JacketB, and is often made of a different fur from the gar ment on which it 1b used. New motoring and steamer capos are exactly like the golf capeB of th season, excopt that they are longer. Some of them are full seven-eighth length, and are finished with hoods. Little novelty stocks, often copied from Frenoh models, are one of the most striking features of the season They are charmingly made up of rib bon of almost any fur even pointed fox aud black lynx. While no skirt at the present time can be called full, those designed foi Bott, thin materials are often made tc fall in voluminous folds, but thej have the top closely laid In tucks that produce the sheath fit. This is a day when bags, little or big, ostentatiously plain or elaborate ly decorated, are put to a hundred uses, from the shopping and automo bile bags down to tho delicate little wrist and vanity bags. The shorteued wulst and straight clinging Hues of the skirt are features that strongly Influence the winter modes, characterizing evening gowns, dressy coat suits for afternoon and other affairs of ceremony. In gowns having the high waist line, the top of the skirt is often tucked, but if the gown la of chiffon or anything of this nature tbe gath ered top permits the soft folds of tbe material to cling to the figure and fol low the outline becomingly. Each one of the puffs arranged at the back of the Psyche knot is held in place by a large hairpin, and the nouipatlour u now held by a pin iu Btead of a omb. fome glrle, too, have gono fax as to add uue to eao M of ttte ami. . Bureau and Commode Scarfs. Tnke some curtain muslin with a pretty design nnd mako Btrips large enough to cover bureau and com mode. Now tako and put two small ruffles around, one on the edge and the other just Inside nnd line with a color that suits the taste. I have pale b!ue, which Is very pretty. My pin cushion is lined and covered with muslin same as covers nnd ruffles around and baby ribbon rosettes in tho corners. I also made broom brush holder to match covers and wall paper. This suggestion le eco nomical and at the samo time very beautiful. Boston Post. Cleanse Lace Curtains. Came across the way to clean lace curtains by dry process the other day and will pass it along, as there may bo others who shrink from the task of laundrylng curtains as much as I do. Claims they will look like new after this treatment, even if discolored with j dust and ' smoke, nnd they will cer- tainly last longer than if put through the wash. Take down the curtains I and shake them freo from dust; I spread a sheet on the floor and lay I one curtain smoothly on It; cover thickly with corn meal, lay on an other curtain and again cover with the meal. Continue until all the cur tains are covered with the meal, then roll up loosely and lay away for a few days. When wanted, unroll, brush off the meal and hang on the line In tho wind and sun for half a day. When hung up against the window they will look like new. Boston Post. Rule For Doing Big Washing Easily. Soak clothes over night, using tablespoon of washing powder to each pall of lukewarm water. In the morning lift clothes with a stick into the boiler, cover well with cold water, using powder In proportion to the amount of water. Let it come to boil and boil twenty minutes; stir the clothes with stick occasionally; take clothes from boiler, drain off the ater, fill In tub with cold water; wring the clothes from this water Into another tub of cold water; souse well with the hands or stick; drain off water; fill again and repeat. Have blueing water ready and wring clothes out in the clear water, then put each piece separately in blueing water; wring out und put in basket. In this way there is no scrubbing, unless it might bo very soiled wrist bands on a child's blouse. If the washing is very large, it had better be done in two parts. There will be no tired back, and a nice white wash on tho line. Be sure and open kitch en windows at tho top while boiling to allow steam to escape. Boston Post. God. I pray to Thee for pntience when the world seems all unfair, When life seems one long injustice, and the end alone despair; When I'm ivcary, oh, so weary, and my tears bring no relief, When I question why Thou tendest to hu manity such grief; When 1 nsk the use of sorrow, misery and grinding psin, What the end is; what the object; what' the meaning; what the gain? Grant me faith ae well as patience, and fosgive me when I pray For some knowledge of the reiinona why we sutler day by day. Give me strength to keep on working, cheerfully to do my task, Give me courage, hope, submission; perfect joy I cannot ask. Teach me how to give to others something helpful, axfmrtViing true. How to make my hie worth Uving, how to start each ilay anew. God in Heaven, forgive iny failures, and uphold me with Thy hand. I am weak, impatient, restless, and I can not understand. 1 can only hope, believing there are reasont now unknown, Which sometime, somewhere we'll master, as we reap what we have sown. God, once more I eomo imploring Thee with strength to till my heart, I have failed, will Thou forgive me, and Thy love to me impart ': Sylva L'hapin, fa Christian Register. "Other WorldlliiesH." The gibe of George Eliot nbout "other worldliness," while never gen erally true, is to-day less bo than ever. The greatest enemy of the Church dare not say, with any pros pect of being believed, that. Heaven looms more largely than earth In tho thought of modern Christianity. Tho exact contrary Is the case. The social Ideas of the time absorb many, to the almost entire exclusion of heavenly visions. What the Church needs Is really a reminder of her heavenly cit izenship, a fact likely to be forgotten amid the fever of temporal activity. In a sermon before Rev. J. H. Jo wett'B congregation at Birmingham, Rev. J. G. Stevenson, of Brighton, made a strong plea for the recovery of spiritual and heavenly conceptions, as being absolutely necessary for the maintenance of practical work; and he quoted the case of one who, com mencing social service for love of Christ, gradually dropped all the dis tinctively Christian side of his work, abandoned public worship, and be came absorbed in social endeavor. But the time came when the latter in turn was dropped, on the ground that "he had worked long enough for others It was time to work for himself." It would be easy to multiply cases of this kind. It is a law not suffi ciently understood that work In the world can only be successfully car ried on as personal spirituality Is maintained. It is the true heavenly citizen who makes the best earthly one. London Christian. Mock Mince Pie. Twelve crackers rolled fine, one cup hot water, one half cup vinegar, one cup molasses, ore cup sugar, one cup currants, one cup raisins, spice to taste, ono cup butter. Measure with a teacup. Some use bread crumbs instead of crackers. Cafe Parfnit. One cup sugar, one half cup water, one-fourth black coffee, six egg yolks, ono pint heavy cream. Cook sugar and water five minutes and add coffee. Pour slow ly on the beaten egg yolks, add whip from cream, turn into mould aud pack In Ice and salt. Let stand four hours. Oruige Dainty. Peel four or anges cut them luto Bmall pieces, sprinkle with powdered sugar aud put in a glass dish. Whip one-halt pint of heavy cream until stiff, add one tablespoon of sugar, one-half tea spoon of vanilla aud one-fourth cup each of chopped nut meats and can died cherries. Spread this over the fruit and serve at once. Blueberry Cake. One egg, ont half cup sugar, one-half cup molasses, one cup milk, nutmeg and one tea spoon cinnamon, one tablespoon Bhortenlng. After stirring above thoroughly, add two cups flour which contains one teaspoon soda and a pinch of salt. Before stirring flour sprinkle in one cup blueberries. Mix to medium batter, aud bake In sheet; serve hot with butter. Kugllsh Drawn But tel. Rub to gether a tablespoonful of butter and ono cup of flour, add slowly one-halt pint of boiling water, beating all tbe time. Boil a few utnutes, take Hum tho fire and add uti-half teaspoon salt, .. little pepper and auotber tuble spoon butter. Serve with summer squash or any green vegetable. This may be used fur boiled haddock, hali but or cod It the Jules of oue iumoa Is added. Trust by Being Thankful. A great truth Is never effective In Individual life unless that truth Is translated Into life through the me dium of experience. One of the card inal truths for us who belong to Christ Is that "all things work togeth er for good." Has the truth been so verified In your experience that you can Bay with Orvlllo Dewoy, "Notwithstanding nil that I have suffered, notwithstanding all the pain and weariness and anx iety and sorrow that necessarily enter Into life, and the Inward errlngs that are worse than all, I would end mj record with a devout thanksgiving to the great Author of my being. For more and more nm I unwilling to make my gratitude to Him what Is commonly called a thanksgiving tor mercies,' for any benefits or blessings that are peculiar to myself, or my friends, or Indeed to nny man. In stead of this. I would have It be grat itude for all that belongs to my life and being for joy and sorrow, fo' health and sickness, for success and disappointment, for virtue and for temptation, for life and death; be- ' cause I believe that all is meant for good.' " Dr. George R. Lunn, in j Christian Intelligencer. Second-Mile Christians. Love does not think of counting miles. It never says, "Can I stoi hero?" "Have I not done my share?" It Is a characteristic of love to be do ing always more than Is expected or required. Love goes the second mile and counts It. not a weary thing to go 10.000 more. This Is what the re- ' liglon of the second mile does for I men. It brings heart enlistment. It causes us to serve not because we must, but because we will because we love and therefore delight to do the will of the One we love. The second-mile Christian realizes Christ's love for souls and therefore tries to win men to Him. The second-mlla Christian realizes Christ's longing for the extension of His Kingdom, and therefore gladly gives accordliu: to his ability for the spread of the Gos pel. Christ's interests become his Interests, Christ's glory his glory. Christ's cause his eanse, under the sweet compelling restrain of love. Rev. G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. Perfect Rest in l't rfect Work) What Is true rest? Not Idleness, hut peace of mind. To rest from Bin, from sorrow, from fear, from doubt, from care thlB Is true rest. Above all, to rest from the worst weariness of all knowing on;'s duty and yet not being able to do It. Perfert rst In perfect work; that surely Is tho rest of blessed spirits, till the final consummation of all things. Charles Klngsley. Good Testimony. I owe my health ninl lgor thrnn'i a long and busy life to the SbIiIv'i day with Its blessed surcease of William E. Gladstone. God-Made Men, "Self-made" men exist only on earth. All who enter Hravei1 musf 1)3 God-made "born of the Kiilt. " S. H. Keen. The True Churili. The church of the living Cod will tie the church of the godly lite. A Monday Morning Thought How large the clothespin Industry really Is may be gathered from the fact that no less than l,20,(lou five groBsi boxes are anruufu'iturud every year In the Uulted States. YES, INDEED. "One swallow does not tummer." quototKho nursUx "No," rejoined she riws "but one grasao;nr Wakef many springs." 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