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REVIVSL CHARACTERISTICS
Ma.-ah 21, 'O'J (AcU 8: 1-263).
The history o. the church has been
record of cxtt naive and transform
ing revivals. There have been tinier
without number when tidal waves of
religious enthusiasm have submerged
titles, countries, hemispheres. Like a
tigli tide In the Kay of Fundy.
sweeping all before It, sending nilshty
currents against onflowing rivers,
nd filling every bty and Inlet along
the shores of continents, purging,
clarifying, disinfecting, healing, re
viving with Its purifying waves, car
rying out into the deep sea of oblivion
everything offensive to the senses and
detrimental to hea'th, great rlvlvals of
religion have roiled over the nations,
sweetening, cleansing, restoring them.
And there are certain characteris
tics attending every genuine work of
grace; always has been, always will
be, marking them as of divine origin.
There are certain elements Incident
to the human Instruments Involved
which necessarily color every religi
ous movement, which are more or less
prominent In the conduct of affalr.4,
but they have no more to do with tho
reality and depths of the movement
Itself than the variety of shipping
that rises and falU on the waves of
the sea, or the rubbish that floats
upon the receding tide.
Conspicuous Laymen.
In the chapter from which this talk
it taken, wo have the account of the
first great revival that swept over
the city ot Samurla and the province
et Judea in the days of the apostle t.
It Is significant that this revival wan
led by a layman, Philip, the deacon.
He was one of the seven men chouen
by tho church at Jerusalem, to man
age the Ihinnclul, benevolent, material
Interests of tho mother church. 13ut
he developed tho preaching gift, and
when the hammer of persecution fell
upon the church at the capital he
went down to Samaria, and began to
preach tho gospel unto them. Thus
at the very beginning the work of
Stephen and Philip, In preaching the
gospel was honored equally with the
crdalned apostles, and since that day
multitudes of men, upon whose heads
the hands of the presbytery were
never laid have been conspicuous in
the world's evangelization. The only
question that needs to be considered
in regard to a preacher Is, Can he do
it? When men want water, they nev
er argue as to the length of the pipe.
If it is long enough to reach the
spring, that Is all they care for.
Foolishness of Preaching.
Real revivals are characterized by
the preach. ng of the gospel. It Is by
the foolishntss of preaching that men
are saved in all n;;es. Mind, I do not
say, foolish preaching. There is n
vast amount of that sort In the world,
and that Is one reason why revivals
are necessary every now and then to
get the real article Into the hearts
and lives of the people. ' It Is surpris
ing how much foolish preaching other
wise sensible men can iit'pose upon
Vuiig-sufferlng audiences. Philip
preached a gospel which to the Jew
was foolishness, because it glorified a
crucified Christ, but which In reality
was the power of tiod unto Salvation.
It was the simple story of Jesus of
Nazareth. This chapter says thoue
who " were scattered abroad, went
everywhere preaching tho word." Tho
word "preaching" In that text Is liter
ally "prattling." The Idea is, they
went everywhere talking about Christ,
lie was the chief topic of conversa
tion. i'hey were all engrosied In that
subject. Christ His birth. Ills life
HJs teachings, His miracles. His cru
cllixion, His resurrection, His ascen
elon, His second coining these wero
their themes of conversation. Tb:it
is preaching the gospel, whoever does
it-
And the next thing about this re
vival was It wa3 attended with great
Joy. Real religion Is joyful. It is
the rose among Mowers; the diamond
among Jewels; the oratorio among har
monies. It laughs and sings, and
ances, and cries out with the Psalm
1st, "Let everything that hath breath
praise the Lord!" A religion that
does not tur.i up tho corners of the
mouth and put a twinkle of merrh
iunt In the eye it not Bible religion.
When the anchors are cast off the air
ship Is bound to rise Into Its native
element.
Exposing Hypocrites.
One of the strongest proofs of the
genuineness of the Samaritan revival
was the fact that It exposed and con
victed Simon Magus, the deceiving
old spiritualist who had "bewitched"
the people with bis hypocritical arts.
It did not take the people long to see
how they had been deluded when they
came In contact with the real article.
And they forsooK Simon's seances when
Philip tore oft his mask. Revivals are
needed to expose hypocrites and un
cover workers o Iniquity as well as
to reveal to men the Rock of Ages.
&nd the door of Paradise. Not mere
ly to 'get people Into heaven, but to
recover them out of the snare of the
devil and devilish men Is the aim of
the gospel. Philip brought sunlight
Into Samaria,' and the poor dupes
who hud been shivering In Simon's
v baaUed in the sunlight, rejoicing
In Its he&:!ns beams. Real religion
scotches snakes as certainly as It
brlngu forth flowers and fruit. The
more we have of this kind of re
vlvals the better it will, be for the
'I'orld.
WELL-BRED CURLS
DANGEROUS ONES GROWING UP
IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Ttte South Africnn Young Wntinn
Hum not Yet Arrived but She ti on
Her Way Her Out-door Lite.
The day of tho iiouth African girl
has hardly arrived yet; but when It
colics, says a writer in the Queen,
let the Americans see to their lau
rels, for they win have dangerous
competitors In the field.
The Dutch women of the Trans
vaal are tall and splendidly devel
oped, and there are the two distinct
types, the purely butch with golden
brown hair, gray or hazel eyes and
creamy skin and the brunette of
French descent with dark eye and
hair and rich dark coloring. But
both types are on a larger scale than
their Kuropean antecedents. Tho
un of South Africa Is a great vital
izes and tho children of that land
of vast spaces have more room to
grow and develop in, and they lead
from their Infancy such an out of
doors life that they are bound to be
an Improvement physically on their
sisters of the northern hemisphere.
Dutch women of South Africa al
ways accompanied their husbands in
their large hooded, slow moving
wagons. '1 heir nomadic existence ex
tended to careletwuess cf habits and
of dress, but It developed In them an
Infinite capacity for persevering ef
fort, a strength of character, a stub
bornness, as well as great vitality,
all of which excellent qualities go to
to making of a strong nation.
The present generation can be di
vided Into two distinct tlusiK!, the
inhabitants of the veld and those of
the towns and villages, and while
the fundamental characteristics are
tho same grit, tenacity, levelhead
edness, independence still, there is
a wide difference between the Boer
woman of the nuutry and the edu
cated Dutch woman of the towns.
The former on reaching the age of
30 are large, fat and heavy. They
marry very young aud have patriar
chal familloe, and over husband and
children they wield a great sway, an
Influence very much greater than
that of the English woman.
To a strauger the Boer vrouw ap
pears stupid and silent; she shuts
her mouth determinedly and sits
atolldly througli his visit; but In
reality she Is taking a detailed mem
orandum of his appearance, ways,
and manners and nothing escapes
her notice. If sho Is persuaded of
his friendliness and good -intentions
she may relax a little; but the Dutch
never by any chance tell you anything-
more than they wish you to
know.
The Boer women have always been
accustomed to a good supply of
Kaffir servants on their farms and
they are not quite the euergctic
housewives one imagines but they
generally prevail ou their servants
to get the work done to their satis
faction and there is one branch of
housewifery In which they excel
the making of '"komfyt" or pre
serves, whether Jam-making of the
ordinary kind or a more elaborate
instiiod of preserving the delicious
fruit of the land.
Wide as the poles asunder uro the
educated Dutch women of tho towns
or those Indeed of the country who
have been sent to Cape Colony or to
Europe to scuool. As adaptable as
the Americans, with decided mental
ability, they are full of common
sense.
A girl who bus been to a good
school In South j ''a and after
wards In Europe, has something most
charming and fascinating about her.
Handsome, vivacious, capable, with
a clear idea "f what sho wants and
bow to get It, sho carves a pleasant
and useful way for herself through
life.
Her out of doors life has made her
strong and healthy and sl.e sees the
advantage of a certain amount of ex
ercise. Since the war, If not before,
she has taken a great Interest in
politics as well as In the work of
her father or husband and in phll
anthroplcal mat tors she displays
strong organizing ability. She has
not yet developed the "female bache
lor" ways of Independent English
womanhood, for in South Africa in
every colony there Is a large sur
plus of men and tho Dutch girl in
variably marries young and rules
husband and family ever after.
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In making articles or bazars, a
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can be filled with chocolate creams
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with colored ribbon In the manner
ahown In our sketch. If preferred,
th chocolates can be wrapped hi one
of those Japanese paper serviettes,
wtich may be purchased by the
dozen.
The bright colors of the cups and
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attractive spot on a stall, and they
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