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FINANCES OF KINGDOM
International Bible Lesson for Peb. 1a
10. (Matt. 6:19-34).
Homer, In his classic poem thai
Odyssey, narrates the wanderings of
riysnea In his return from Troy to hit
own kingdom Ithaca. One of the dan
gers which the great warrior encount
ered was the pnrll of sailing his vea
pel between Bcjlla nnd Churyhdta.
Scllla was a snaky female monster
who dwelt In a cave hlh up on a cliff,
from whence she wns accustomed to
thn:st forth her long necks, for she
had ;lx heads, nnd In each of her
mouths to seize one of the crew of
every passing vessel. On the other
side of this nnrrow strait wns another
monster, Chnrybdls, who was In real.
Ity a whirlpool, which three times a
dny drew the water Into a frightful
chirm, from which not even Neptune
himself could protect nr.d rescue any
111 fated Khlp. So there was a fright,
ful peril on either Fide of the nnrrow
pas.srso to gunrd ngalnKt. And tha
pert snys, that whilo t'lyssos und his
i-cn were keeping strict wntch for
tbo whirlpool they foiRoi the slx
l:c:ided monster Scylla. and were only
!i';il aware of the dnniTer on that
side, whon six of tho sailors were
snatched out of the boat and home
nwny shrieking to her N-n. Thus we
pet the proverbial expression, "He
ri'rs on' Scylla, wishing to avoid
Chnrybdls."
Money and Trutt.
In the teachings of Christ, in the
Sermon on tho Mount, we moot with
n statement concerning this financed
of tho kingdom, that this old story
rcenis vividly to illustrate. Tho eub
Jccto of the kingdom of heaven are
nevertheless In this world, nnd they
cannot do without tho thing of this
world, money, property, poeir.imw,
houses, lands, real estate, v.ugo.4 or
income, whatever form their ncqir.'si.
tions may take. They have to eat and
drink and wear clothing, end piy
Louse rent and taxes and support
those dependent upon them. They
cannot cut themselves loo.e from t'.io
use of money, from Its possession nnj
Us employment.
On the other hand real piety end
trust In a Heavenly Father's care
cannot possibly have anything in com
mon with feverish anxiety, worry, per
plexity, nervous prostration over tho
bread question, or a wild and eelF.s'i
scramble after the Almighty DoKar.
The path between these two extremes
you observe, Is straight and danger
ous. It Is like the voyage of Ulysses.
On one side the whirlpool; on tho
other side the rock. Tho yawning laws
of Scylla are on this side, the engulf
ing waved of Charybdla are on that
side. In trying to escape this peril,
we must keep a sharp look out for
that.
On the one side must be shunned
tho Scylla of greed; on the other side
the Charybdls of care. The one Is
the real danger of seeking too much,
the other tho supposed danger of hav
ing too little of the good thing! cf
life. And this Is not ns some suppose
one caution for the rich and another
for the poor. For the rich may be
eaten up with care nnd anxiety and
worry In his desiro to keep what ho
has nnd to get n little move; ar.l the
poor may have his heart as anxiously
and sinfully set upon tho lncrtmro of
his dimes as the other man upon 1:U
millions. It Is not a question of cl.isrcs
but of qualities of r.oul.
Commercialism Condemned.
Tho warning on one side Is r.gVrst
making money our treasure. T's
literal translation Is. "Treasure tun
for yourselves treasure upon t!i"
earth." It 13 not a prohibition of
wealth but a prohibition of wealth as
a treasure. And this for the rvfv-ori
that such treasures w',',1 periV.i: the-;
will darken the spiritual vision pad
thty will destroy tiie heart; to the
heart upon the world means to give t'p
the kingdom, for no nan err. ?c:ve
two masters. It l.i true of r.:.:".y n
man that riches pocms the r.,-n.
rather than man tho r;cheu. . Ho la the
bond slave of his pookc tboo'.e.
Anxiety Reprcvcrf.
That Is one side of it. The other
side is, a warnir.g nKalnr.t nn;:icy.
The words "Tako no thought." in th"l
day meant to everybody, ""o uot over
anxious." In other words, Vo not
till your life with worry, do not bo
B'ave to anxious caro. Look at the
Birds, and the flowea in their free
dom from covctousncss, and d be-on
tent. We cannot escape from t;"i
hie, but we can avoid crossing the
bridge until ve come to It. A vnut
amount of trouble In this world is only
Imaginary, we suffer because we per
sist In bearing not only the trouble?
we have now, but those we had yes
terday and those we are going to
have to-morrow. Sufficient Into the
d'y is the evil thereof. Don't trouble
trouble till trouble troubles you.
It Is well to remember that the
eye that watches the sparrow will not
overlook us. In sailing along over
this sea of life keep one eye out for
Scylla and the other for Charybdls.
Poreslght.
ChriBt does not forbid foresight and
provision for the future; for the birds
neither sow nor reap nor gather Into
burns, yet they do build their nests,
gather their food, and make their an
mini migration to warmer climes as
though everything depended upon
their vigllanco and activity. They
work but do not worry. They are
beautiful examples of perfect trust.
They seek their food as if they expect
ed to find It; care-free and happy.
PROPELLED BY EAGLE POWER.
Unique Plying Machine Which li Car
rled by Our National Bird.
In these days of successful flying
machines It la Interesting to not
1"''"" 18 'meresung to note
,ome of lhe curious methods of aerial
navigation heretofore proposed. Ia
Eagle Motive Power.
United States patent granted May 17,
1887. to C. It. K. W'ulff, and now ex
plred. was shown a new use for the
American eagle. Instead of being al
lowed to pose In lofty independence
as our patriotic emblem, this utilitar
ian Inventor hns put him to work. A
team of live eagles, each hitched tip
In special harness, was connected to
a balloon as shown In tho Illustration,
nnd formed a mcnmi of controlling
nnd directing the (light of the balloon,
says Popular Mechanics. This motive
power was capable of Indefinite radi
us of action nnd nil tho aeronaut had
to do wns to keep his team of easier
headed In tho direction he wanted to
go, which wns dono by a turntable ar
rangement to which the eagles were
secured by their harness. The in
ventor In this ense wns a Frenchman
and his Invention was patented In
France before It was patented In tho
United States. This may account for
hij lack of respect to our national
bird.
' Before You Strike.
Many are familiar with an old story
of a merchant travelling on horseback,
accompanied by his dog. lie it in
mounted and accidentally dropped a
package of money. The dog saw It;
the man did not. The dog barked to
stop him, and as he rode farther,
bounded in front of the horde and
barked louder and louder. The mer
chant thought he had gone mad, end
shot him. The wounded dog crawled
back to the package, nnd when the
merchant discovered his loss and
rode back, he found the dying dog bo
side the package. The late George T.
Angell told In the Children's Friend a
story related by a friend which adds
force to the thought: Think before
you strike any creature that cannot
speak.
When I was young and lived up in
the mountains of New Hampshire, I
worked for a farmer who gave me a
span of horses to plow with. Ono of
them was a four-year-old colt.
The colt, after walking a few steps,
would lie down In the furrow. The
farmor was provoked, and told me to
sit on the colt's head, to keep him
from rising while he whipped him "to
break him of that notion," r.s he said.
But Just then a neighbor came by.
He said, "There is something wrong
here. Let him get up, and let us ilnd
out what is tho matter."
He patted the colt, looked at his
harness, and then said, "Look at this
collar. It is so long and narrow, and
carries the harness bo high, that when
he begins to pull it slips back and
chokes him so that he can't breathe."
So it was; and but for that neighbor
we should have whipped a3 good a
creature as we had on the farm, be
cause he lay down when he could not
breathe.
An Eye for Automobiles.
In the crowd at the uutomobile
show was a gentleman who had been
going from one exhibit to another for
two hours, trying to make up his mind
r.s to the particular mnke of motor
car that best suited his requirements.
It was not a question of cost. He
could afford to pay any price likely to
be iisked. Every car had some pecu
liar feature that recommended It, but
tho difficulty wa3 to find one that em
bodied all tho strong points. In this
emergency he chanced to spy an old
acquaintance.
"Hello, Rogers!" he said. "I'm hav
ing an awful time trying to make a
purchase I promised my wife long ngo
that I would make. Have you got a
good eye for automobiles?"
"I ought to have, Swlgert," answer
ed the man whom he addressed as
Itogors. "I've been dodging them for
seven years."
Irish Gooseberries.
An Irishman or Irishwoman Is
rarely at a loss to give quite as good
as ho gets. The American tourist who
figures In Sketchy Bits found this out
to his cost.
An old Irishwoman, who kept a
frultstall, bad some melons exposed
for sale. The Yankee, wishing to
have some fun with the old lady, took
up one of them and said:
"These are small apples you grow
over here. In America we have
them twice the size."
The woman slowly looked up at him
and In a tone of pity exclaimed:
"Sure sorr, ye roust be a stranger
In Irelnnd, and know very little about
t.io fruit of our country, whin ye tan't
tell apples from gooseborrles!"
A Monument In the Snows.
The highest placed monument in
the world is situated on La Combra,
tho summit of a pass in tho Andes,
and marks the frontier of tho Chilian
and Argentine republics. It stands
at an altitude of 12.796 feet above tho
sea level and for awe inspiring gran
deur Us 'surroundings would be hard
to match.-Wlde World Magazine. ...
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