SABBATH SCHOUL, INTERNATIONAL LESSON FEBRUARY 20, FOF Lesson Text; “Reading the Law) Neh. vii, 1-12-Golden Tex Psalm cxix,, 18-Com- mentary. 1. “And they spake unto Ezra, the scribe, to bring the book of the Law of Moses, Which the $.ord ad commanded to Israel’ I'he temple had been finished, and also the building of the wall, and though the city was large and houses and people few, yet they would without further delay seek te worship the God of Israel according to His law, The water gate was toward tho east (iil, 20), and therefore near the temple, for the temple was at the east of the city, facing the Mount of Olives, Kzra was a ready scribe in the Law of Moses, for he had pre pared his heart to seek and to do and to | teach the Law df the Lord in Israel (Ez vil., 6, 10). 2. “And Ezra, the priest, brought the law before the congregation upon the [(irst day of the seventh month.” his was the regular day for the feast of trumpets (Lov xxiii, 24), to be followed on the teath day by the great atonement and on the fifteenth day by the feast of tabernacles (Lov, xxiii, 27, 84). The priest was the messenger of the Lord of Hosts, keeping knowledge that | the people might seek the Law at his mouth Mal, if., 7), and Ezra was by his applica« tion to the stuay of the Law qualified to All skirts are now bordered. Jet is very much used on black silks. The sleeve has dropped from its high estate, tables. There are 160 clubs in Bohemia, flourishing Jerry Simpson's daughter is attending Baker University, Kansas, Mrs. Robert Goelet, of New York City, pays taxes on $5,000,000, Many waists are being made with diagonal fronts in surplice manoer, Princess May of Teek still wears black for her los’ fiance, the Duke of Clarence. From the memorandum book Gotham debutante—‘‘gloves, flowers and sweets, $500 a year.” teach the people : 3. ‘‘And he read therein from the morn- ing until midday, and the ears of all the Jeonis were attentive unto the book 4 aw.” I wonder how many of an audiences he would have in our day at the end of the second or third hour, A political spaech or a concert or something of that sort is all rigut, even if itis two hours long, buta sermon or a Bible readin must be within the limits of propriety, {i ligion (as they say) can read a n r too muc is unend vel a whole dav, ter in the Bib {ten more t 4. “And scribe, a pulpit of wood, which th had made for the purpose Elevated above tha peopl that all might see, as well as hear. he i ported by thirteen of his breth right and seven on hi ft h no doubt that the U Mose . ertainly to Joshua, ‘Ws | be wi x of urable, but a chap~- an wuagh upon Una» stood “ was wi of all people), ple stood rolled the ence the peoy Lord, their G do not wor p the B Him who is therein rev God and Saviour, and w Bibles to read the words « ivi we should do so with great humility, 6. “And Ezra blessed the I< r heads th rd, t and oir {aces they all t was tr the body before th God th His ugh the appearance And the Lev nara causal lo read is good: | Ww goods After oun His bad said that if y understand, to understand discourses eople pie t is bette in which Jesus the y * [2] £ and y Laway, e asked the thea one si understand 1 should rep! we understand” (Heb, ceive waingly, stand 8. “So they read the book, in the Law of God, distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” This is the best rue for good reading thas | haye ever seen, Legible writing and dis tinet reading are two very heipiu things Moses and Habakkuk were told to write very lainly (Deut, xxvii, 8; Hab, ii, 2; and wileve the whole Bible ta be a plain book for plain people who are willlag to let the Holy Spirit be their teacher ¢. "Thisday is holy unto the L God; mourn not nor weep.’ I'he which is holy and just and good, convinces i us of sin and gives occasion to weep, but Jesus, who is the end of the law for right. eousness tO every one that believeth, teaches us when we ve Him not to weep, as well we might, becsuse of our sin, but to re joice in Him who became a « 1s now our righteousness (dal, Hi, 13; HH Cor. v., Rom, x. 4. The tion of this chapter which follows our lesson brings before us the feast of tabernacies, and as atonement came between trumpets and tab- ernacies we seem face to face with nement and its result, 10, “The joy of the Lord is your strength How passing wonderful is the grace of God, | which not only takes away our sins, bus | ov to be our strength! He bee | our salvation, our strength and our | mg (lea, x , #0 that it becomes us to | say, “I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, | My soul shall be joyful in my God, for He hath clothe! me with the garments of sak vation; He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness” (isa, Ixi 10, 11. “So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be yo grieved.” Stillness, peace, holiness, joy, all becauss of) the love of God to us in the gift of His dear Son, Whether it be passover or pentecost or atonement, what. ever the feast or the sacrifice, each and all speak of Him. Apart from Him all is death but in Him all is life and peace (I John v, 12: Eph. il, 14 12. “Great mirth because they had under stood the words that were declared unto them.” And they understood because they received them. It made Jesus so glad be cause His disciples received His words that He mentioned it to His Father in His great prayer, saying, "I have given unto than the words which Thou tavest Me, ani they have received them” (John xvii, %. It does seen 10 me that If we but believe the hone dredtts part of what He says is ours in Him wo ous be overflowing with joy. It is doubt and unbelief that causes sadness, but truly as it is written, ‘The God of Peace will fll us with all joy and peace in believe ing om. xv. 15%, Forget not the portio ns for others, — Lesson Helper. juest i, your Law, rece urse for us, and » “ll, YS here at ’ ves Us His of the | re- | Miss Mary Wilkins, on the toppling wave of literary is a tiny, shy, little womau. The Queen of Henry IV., of France, on one great occasion wore a dress sewn with 32,000 pearls and 3000 diamonds. Mrs. Le Grand Cannon, of New York City, has a diamond tiara which who 18 at present success, 18 COn- sidered one of the handsomest in America. in satin Whitelaw Reid's boudoir is all with panels of Mrs. i Ol 1 wit} Wikil f tate, the Maharaja o or cremated upon sicemetery pe, over his or her sigr . The leaven is" working everywhe i rvative 1ie4 ' ublis AL AND indusin Ciass, has been the House of Repr at $4 a day. The the Parisian 2 14 his ap che does not « he calls poor girl's dress. = Lillian Russ preparation for ich pound. To it attril kept skin, freedom from good complexion. she pays $4 a her well and she yutes wrinkles pres tradition to notice that Quecn Vic did not for get the inev In shawl amoag her wedding gifts to her granddaughter, the Princess Marie. t comf erves Loria linn itabie Something new in veils is made very fine Russian net, bordered around the lower edge with three rows of very narrow black welvet ribbon, tied front with three tiny bows. The progress of the co education move- ment may be estimated [rom the fact that of the 345 colleges and universities reporting to the National Bareau of Edu- cation 204 are co-educational. Boston's ultra literary elite has, about thirty of it, started a new woman's club —<the Ymerian. This is not Sanskirt, but Scandinavian, and the club every in | other Monday burrows deep into Norse mysteries, “The Very Peculiar” is the objection ably significant title of a young girl's oludb in Leavenworth, Kan. FEccentri- city in young women or in anybody, in- deed, except the always excepted genius, 18 not apt to be desirable, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, of Hartford, Conn., writes to say that she thinks it would be a good idea to elect a lady a George William Curtis's sue- pessor in the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. daughter of a Herefordshire (England) clergyman, has just achieved the high. est distinction as a student in medicine ever won by a woman, Bhe bas taken a stdouble first” in the examinations at the London University, Indy Oharlotte Bohriber, who has been presented with the freedom of one of London's honorary guilds, is said to bo the only woman, with the exception of the Barosess Burdett. Coutts, upon whom has been conferred the distine. tion of being a **free woman" of a city Ture Rev. Carlos Martyn, a pulpl teer of realistic tendencies, electrified a Chicago congregation by asserting that the “devil lurks in the journal fst's ink-stand.” The Rev. Carlos ap~ parently knows but little of modern journalism. In any well-conducted newspaper office thedevil lurks in the composing - room during workiog hours, and where it listeth his dia- bolieal soul to lurk at other times Realistic preachers should be sure of their facts, as should realistic novels ists, painters, and actors. Realism and metaphor are to each other as ofl is to water—they don't mix, and In the attempt to make them do so a grewsome mess {s usually the result. company and of the cit= of London. The Woman's College, of Baltimore, enters '08 with a new dormitory added to its lists of buildiags, It is a splendid brick and granite structure and accom. modates about seventy-five students, The long discussed question as te whether or not the college shall adopt caps and gowns has been decided af. firmative, The striking feature of the drawing room in Mrs. Langtry's luxurious house in London is a huge couch, ocoupying nearly one side of the room, covered with su aking, and with a wonderful array of berbario weapons displayed on the wall back of it. The room Is furs. fished In heliotrope and green, with mos: costly snd ornate decorations. Leather mats are shown for polished | SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Jupiter was known to the Chaldeans as a planet as early as B. C. 3000, It is said to be a geological fact thel gold strata underlie Philadelphia. The planet Neptune has the longest year, consisting of more than 60,000 of our days, More than one-half of the street rail- way mileage in Massachusetts is now op- erated in whole or part by electricity. The moon gives out heat ewsough to affect the thermometer and makes a dif- ference of two degrees or three degrees. The average weight of the Chinese brains is said to be heavier than the av- erage weight of the bran in any other +. | TCE, women 8 On the Royal Sovereign, the new Eng- | lish battleship, there are 800 electric tion lights, connected by thirty wiles of wire. Inventors are now turning their atten. to devices for the utilization of electric heating, especially for domestic purposes. | at Iron Mountain, Mich. of a Miss Louise Aldrich Diake, oldest | The largest pumping plant in the United States was that placed in a mine It pumps 4,- 000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours, has been found Territory. the voleano dust Indian near Gale Genuine in Kansas and There is a deposit Territory, which is said to be many feet in thickness, na, in To make glue water proof, diss gum sandarac half drachms alcohol, and add drachms of turpentir and mastic one five miles seventy tl [841 above sh ne green 3 large borders : he tl and stored and are vilia | OREN AY upon i sions where water can De weather woeause of Hn the hat In B05 water and the habits —— WhST a DINrence! Away back in the year 1313 eget Id in London at 8 pence for twe ———— An Tmpartant Difference, FOS LUTTY OF TO i AR Contry LU hee) wil rtnet a bred ees Nn the it state aforesaid. am Le sun f BUR for en ainrrt mt oannot f Hall's! MAK e= of the fire bw gred oy the alarrh ire Fraswe 4. Cupsny before me atid suteoribed nn my this 6th day of December A So A. W. GiLeasox Mwy Drea 10 HN snat : - Notary Pubite Hail's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts direct 0 the of the systen send for als, free F. A. Unexey & Co, Toledo, O. Hold 1 by Druggists, 5c, temtin There are a large number of hivgenie phys clans w lim toast disease Is niwars the re stilt of a transgression of Nature's avs. The prey rietors of Garfield Tea are both physicians 4d have devoted yoarsto teaching the people how to _avold sickness by following Nature's laws, They give away with every jmokage of Garfield Ten a little book, which (hey pM will enable all persons, If directions are fol lowed, to avold sickness of all kinds and to have no need for Garfield Tea or any other medicine Wanted, 5000 Pale People to buy Me. Pot tes of Forestine Blool Hitters of all deniers for Bw Given you Strength and Vigor with the Freshness of Yoamh “THROW N's BRoOsOHIAL TROOH ER are sxe. lent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat They are exceodingly effective.” Christian World, London Eng 1H afMioted with sore aves nee Dr, lsaas Thomp- ron WE vee water, Drgeciets sol at 29a, per battle | blvd and mucous surfaces | T nucssee Onyx Cave, What I believe to be the largest and finest onyx « eposits " suid recently the Fennes- for some in the world, Mr. Philo B, Shepard, ‘have been discovered in some caves in Cumberlnnd Mountains of West It has it there 5 en Known wis a fine quality ut the been tou of onyx or frat " chmeedony there, Mines or caves and recently al the exist. lnrge caves in Anderson County, huve scarcely hed, my attention was brought to ence of of which with in some cases the ure bristiing if onvx, and ' ’ the floor of the f rn f coun fourteen feet time } | the glers disappeared and ] gage Clever Work of Pirates, A story from the native Chinese papers reproduced in the Hongkong press tells of the clever methods of Chinese pirates, A party of the freebooters boarded a pus. senger boat bound from Shek-lung to Canton and distributed themselves among the travelers. They told stories and performed tricks of PRESET Crs jugglery inti enchanted, A jug- searcl were poisonous snake used by one of the while = it a made an outery, declarin was being made for female pirate ¢ that she Fr 4 had Deen robbed of un br 1celet, All the bag was searched and the { | woman found | the missing article in her own jewelry box. While she being denounced the male pirates suggested that, as a punishment, she be compelled to serve tea to the company. This met with unanimous approval, The woman pirate was young and pretty. The tea had judiciously doctored and every one but the pirates were asieep. The luggage and trunks were speedily ransacked of everything of even to the money box of the passenger boat, and the booty carried on shore, the boat r left to the mercy of wind and WAVES with its caryo of drugge i San Francis ) Wis 3 been BOON value, bein jnmats Chronicle, The Royal Baking Powder is in- dispen sableto progress incookery and to the comfort and conve- nience of modern houseke Chey, While NO BETTER PROOF. } } ems {1 e was thrown from a A HELPLESS CRIPPLE FOR 19 YEARS, ST. JACOBS OIL, » COMPLETELY CURED.” “German Dr. Kilmer's SWANP-ROOT GERMAN MILLER, sSuringport. M Saves Another Life! INDIGESTION AND HEART TROUBLE CURED: Suffered for Eight Long Years! MRE MILLER BAYS 0] Toe oubied for eight years w i hemrt AI “ITHyed mostly on milk,» ry thing hurt me so, My k 1 or wer naterribiostate, Could neither sleep no eat, 1 had treated by the best octors and « It Ans whatever, As 8 lest resort 1 tried ww nmp-Root, and have only usd thre bottle. Can now entanything, what. 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