THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. MARCH 2G. 1898.
ID
THE GAS RANGE VS.
THE COAL STOVE.
Aotbrncllc In Large Giles I'orccd io
Take a Back Seal.
THE SITUATION IN NEW YORK CITY
Adrnntnces ol tlio Now (ins Kuiigos
Tor Cooking ntul in Convenience
O vet Conl Stove-"Iii'orono in Tholr
Usc.-Ncw Ouvlcos Added to 'I'll cm.
Prom tho Sun.
Gas is fast oustliiB coal for rooking
purposes. Tlio lncrensc In. tho use ot
gas rnnges in both cheap and expermlVH
apartments within the lust few years Is
amazing. Men who have substituted
the gfcs range for tin- coal say that It
Is one of tho great inornl agents of the
age and that It is the means of helping
them on to the tiromlfeotl land more
easily, tho wives of such men smile nt
this and say that It is merely balm to
man's conscience and that it has taken
tho bifead right out of the mouth of tho
professional writer ot Jokes. Ho this as
It may, the gas range Is a fine thing.
It has every advantage over coal If
properly managed. It saves no end of
labor and is cleaner, cheaper to run and
cooks nil foods beter than tho old-fashioned'
coal range.
Ten years ago the use of gas was
practically unknown In private famil
ies except for lighting. Today there are
between 40.000 and D0.000 gas ranges
In use in npartments which have been
put In by one concern alone. This does
not include those in the big hotels. Peo
ple in moderate circumstances have
taken more euRorly to tho gas range
than those with large Incomes. This Is
easily explained, for the gas range does
away with one servant, or, If u woman
has to do her own cooking, saves her
no end of time and strength. Families
occupying houses are Just beginning to
adopt the gas ranges. That is a result
ot tho rooking school. Professional
v teachers of cookery have from the very
start, even when gas ranges were ex
perimental and imperfect things, ad
vocated gas for cooking.
( TTP-TO-DATB RANGES.
''The gas range for 189S Is well nigh
perfect," said a representative of one
of the best known makers of gas
stoves. "It has many advantages over
last year's model, as bicycle men say,
both outside and In. First of all, it is
made with a fish top, which Is lose for
convenience in cleaning. If anything
slopsover It drops through Into a zinc
plate, and there Is no smell of burning
food or grease. It doesn't take a half
minute to lift off the top and brush
off tho zinc plate, and there you are
with a clean stove onco more. There
are two doublo burners on all four
holo ranges for rapid work and when
In use things can bo brought to a boil
ing point, before the cook can pay cater
. pillar.' Again the gas can bo turned
down so low that things can be left to
simmer all day and night without fear
of burning. For several years house
keepers complained that they could not
ter.ch servants to bo careful In the use
of gas, and that they found It just as
expensive as coal. This difficulty has
been overcome ly an adjustable screw
for regulating tho gas flow. Women,
ns a rule, aren't much on handling a
fierpur driver, but nnv woman can clve
these little screws a turn and let the
cook do what sho may she can't waste
any gas. So much for the outside.
The bottom of the oven is a concave
sheet cast plate, which mnke tho fire
hug the bottom of the oven and dif
fuses the heat equally at top, bottom,
and on the sides. This oven Is ready
to bake In six minutes after being
lighted, and biscuits, bread, cake, and
so on come out a beautiful brown on
all sides. The broiler Is below the
oven, for you cannot broil over gas.
ffte oven slides right out and that
maks it very easy to repair. When
nn ovtoi wore out In the old gas ranges
an expert had to take out a bolt here, a
bolt there, another yonder, and by the
time he got the oven repaired or a new
one in the lady of the house and the
cook were both In a stew, but now the
repairing ot gas ranges amounts to
nothing. An upright side broiler Is one
of the newest attachments for the per
fect range. The steak, blrdfl, sweet
breads, or whatever one wishes to broil
Is broiled on both sides nt the pnme
time, for It Is suspended from the top
of the broiler and the flames leap up
on both sides. A pan below catches tho
drippings.
GAS AND HOT WATER.
"In apartments where the owner does
not supply hot water to his tenants,"
continued the authority, "people who
cooked on gas ranges used to make one
complaint. They 3aid that they couldn't
afford to keep the gas burning con
stantly and unless they did they had
no hot water for bathing purposes. In
all apartment houses being built today
hot water Is supplied by the owner.
Tenants have demanded this and now
get It In nine cases out of ten. In many
old apartments tenants have -to supply
their own hot water, and to meet this
need, which is also a need in private
houttes when the women go nway for
the mmmer and tho men are left to
Jive bachelor style, a boiler hn3 been
brought out that fully solves the hot
water problem. It can bo connected
with a coal range or run independent-
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AND
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Observe the following Bymptoms, result
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Constipation, Inward piles, fullness of
blood In the head, acidity of tho stomach,
nausea, heartburn, disgust of food, full
nets or weigh: of the stomach, sour eru3.
tatlona, sinking or fluttering of tho heart,
choking or suffocating sensations when
In ft lying posture, dimness of vision, dots
or webs before the right, fever and dull
pain In the head, deficiency of persplra
tlon. yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain
In the side, chest, limbs and sudden flush.
c of heat, burning In tho flesh.
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disorders.
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RADWAY Ss CO..
fin Rim St. KUw Ynrlr.
y by gas. This boiler Isdeslgned to
tupply hot water In any quantity nt
the least possible expense. When gns
Is used hot water can bo obtained in
nny part of tho house In three or four
minutes after the tins Is lighted. An
automatic rogulnr and thermostat con
trols the gn.H, absolutely preventing all
waste. For Instantaneous results tho
consumption of gas Is twenty-four feet
nn hour. Where a continuous supply
of hot water 1m required for the ordin
ary family use. tho consumption of gas
ireed not exceed rlx feet nn hour. As
soon as the water, when being turned
oft in quantities, gets below u certain
temperature It begins Io got hot ngaln."
ADVANTAGKS OVKn COAL.
"What ate the ndvnntagrH of gas
over coal?" asked the reporter.
"In the flist place, It Is far cheaper
to cook with gas than with coal, and
nine hundred and ninety-nine families
out of n thousand have to consider
that. I have an eight-room apartment,
and four In the family. Our gas bills
for cooking and lighting run from $2.r.O
to $3.50 a mouth. When I used coal for
cooking. 1 never used less than one ton
a month, and that was $.. Of course,
we've taught our servnnt's the proier
use of tho pas range, and there Is never
a foot of waste. If a servant Is going
to use gas as the old negro mammy
down south did, I'd advise a h'otise
keeper to stick to the coal range, with
all Its dirt, expense, and the labor It
entails. A man In tho gas range busi
ness told me he sold n range to a fami
ly In u country town In the south. At
tho end of th first month he got n bet
ter from tho man not couched In terms
that he picked up when a Sunday
sch'ool pupil He raid that his gas bill
was $-10, and that he intended to expose
tho company which had advertised that
the expense of cooking by gas In an
average family was from $2.u0 to $5 a
month. The firm couldn't Imagine
what was wrong, and the customer fol
lowed his first letter with several oth
ers equally warm. Finally they decid
ed to send a man nil the way south to
see what was wrong. When ho en
tered the kitchen he asked the old ne
gro cook how she liked cooking by
gns, nnd she answered:
" "Fo de Laud, honey, hit bents any
thing I ever seed. .All you got to do 1 4
to light you' stove nn' dnr you got do
fire all de time. DIs fire ain't gone out
since de day Jlarso John had tils stove
net up here.'
"Is it nny wonder that the gas bill
was $30 or even $300?
SAVES TIME AND LAHOIt.
"Again, the use of gas for cooking
saves so much time and labor. We
often have breakfast on the table In
twenty minutes after the stove Is light
ed. When a coal range is lighted It
takes a long time for it to get hot
enough for water to boll. You put a
quart of water on a gas range the mo
ment It Is lighted, and In seven min
utes the water bolls. Light the oven
and in live or six minute.-) It is hot
enough to bake muffins or biscuits. Gas
doesn't make ashes or soot, and many
women say that if It' cost more than
conl they would prefer It. Mention has
already been made of the facility with
which gas ranges can be cleaned and
repaired. They are a great blessing to
people who cannot get out of town In
summer, for the gas Is turned oft" when
not needed, and .the houze kept much
cooler. Then one can regulate heat by
means of gas to tho smallest part of a
degree, and that is impossible with
coal. Of course, this makes It possible
to prepare all food more perfectly by
gas, for Eome things are better cooked
on a slow fire, some on a quick fire,
others require a hot rue, and still oth
ers a cool fire, if wo can speak of any
fire being cool. Think of the worry a
gas range saves servant and mistress.
As far as men go. It is an antidote for
swear words, it saves time, temper,
strength, patience, and makes home a
much more comfortable and cheery
place."
"Uut hasn't coal any advantage over
gas for cookin?" Interrupted the re
porter. "Of cout'FO you wouldn't expect me to
say so even If It were so. I won't give
you my opinion, however, but the opin
ion of tho men who are building apart
ment houses In and around this cltv.
They are having gas ranges put Into
lints because they claim that such flats
rent more easily. In the apartments
where there are combination coal and
gas ranges tho agents say that tho ten
ants never use coal, but cook by gas
entirely. The combination coal and
gas range has never been much of a
success, anyway. It is neither one
thing nor the other. Only yesterday
we sold fifty gns ranges to a man who
is putting up apartments that ho pro
poses to rent at $18 a month. It Is only
a matter of time until the gas range is
adopted by the very poor. It is one of
their needs, for the ranges are strong
ly built in all sizes and to meet all de
mands. Where people have to live In
small, close, crowded quarters a com
past gas range with baker and broiler
would make life much more livable to
them."
' m
Trust in Hie Future.
"I have cast my bread upon tho wa
ters," site xlghed, "but it does not re
turn." Ho strove to comfort her.
"Perhaps," ho sugesteil, gently, "It has
not yet been recognized us such." De
troit Journal,
" COME liNTO MIL'.'
Oft when tho tide of life runs low.
And brain unit houl uro sick with doubt.
And llfo seems full of grief and woe,
And mocking devils Jeer and llout,
1 turn unto my Lord In prayer,
I know his strength than mine Is best.
And lo A sweet volco thrills the air
"Come unto He, ye wenry luden,
And 1 will give you rest."
Sometimes the night Is very diyk,
The way Ih rough und wounds fay feet,
And llfo lies stretched out wan and Murk,
Tho winds blow fierce und falls tho alee,
1 fear, and fearing, fuln would fall,
Ileneath tho shadows' dire distress,
IJut that 1 l.enr my Savior call
"Como unto Me, ye weary luden,
And I will glvo you reat."
And often when tho waters roll
And suigo and foam around mo here,
And threaten to engulf my soul,
Roaring and roiling swift und near,
My Htrongest efforts seem In vain.
How can I 'scapd so h.ird opressed?
And then I hear thut oleo ugaln
"Como unto Me, ye wenry laden,
And I will give you rest."
Some days my burden bears me down,
1 cun not see tho far-off sklos.
The grim, gray cross obscures the crown,
And In my heart hopo faints nnd dies,
Hut leaps to life when, sweet and low,
Ifow can I 'scapo so hard oppressed?
Thesfi words across tho nllenuu go
"Como unto Me, ye weary laden,
And I will glvo you rest."
Yea, Lord, I como to Iheo In nil
Tho evils that ullllct my day.
And at thy feet repentant fall
For doubts that daunt und fears that
slay,
Glvo unto me, O give mo more,
Tho strength to bear, the longing best,
Extend Thy shield my face before,
For I Indeed am weury laden,
And come " Thee for rest!
Hamilton Jay.
Suntay School Lesson for March 2T.
QUARTERLY REVIEW.
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL, D.,
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
INTRODUCTION. Kor three months
wo huvo studied parts ot tho llrst four
teen chapters of tho llrst Uoaucl. Our
teacher has been Matthew, tlio publican
apostle. Taken from the receipt ot cus
tom ho lins become the guide of millions
ot Sunday school students, seeking a
knowledge of Jesus tho Messiah, one ln
ntiincu of high honor conferred upon tliutio
who follow Ohrlht. Our lessons, taken at
Intcrwils fnim tho narrative, may bo
grouped under two general head thoso
that relate Christ to different sorts of
pontile, uml thosu that contain ills teuch
intH on vurlotiH subjects. Of the formur
thr.ro wcro eight lesaons, of tho latter
four. Our review will regard this clussl
Mention. It will appear to nil that this
two-fold view ot our Lord Is Intensely
Interesting. How Ho conducted Himself
with reference to those about Jllm, His
contcmporuiles, how llo spoko on gieat
questions-this Is the concrete and the
nbstrrct Jcmih. Tho two views are Inti
mately related, Uy the one Hi la dis
tinguished from men as their superior
by tlio other llo displays His transcend
ant wisdom.
KOKKRUNNKK. Wo have had two
lessons, tho first and tho twelfth, allow
ing Jesus In relation to John thf Ilap
tlst. That eminent preacher of righteous,
ncaa, after winning famo and following,
was permitted by tlio ordinance of bap
tism to introduce the Lord of glory. Th'U
event, and the attending phenomena,
were ot lmmrnso Importance. John had
been Instructed In advance (John I, L"J
Gl), and had Informed tho people that
Messiah would bo made known to him by
certain signs. Accordingly by so much
as ho had gained public confidence, his
testimony, to Jesus ought to have pro
duccd nn impression upon tho minds of
tho people. The twelfth Iphmiii has two
points of Interest. It shows tho cour.tgo
and faithfulness of John to the last of
his career, making him us cue of the lore
most preachers ot the times, and it shows
how by an allllctlve Providence ho vu re
moved from labor that no one might lo
prevented from following- Jesus. John
closed his ministry at tlio time when
Christ wa's so gaining In popularity tli.it
all eyes were turned toward Him (John
111, 30).
TKMPTKR. Our second lesson repre
sented Jesus us He was related to the
great Adversary, tho Devil. Immediately
after John had announced Him at the.
Jordan, Ho went away to be tempted. X
long period of fasting, followed by hun
ger, furnished thoso bodily conditions fa
vorable to tlio assault. Threo times
Satan made suggestions, covering those
points that are ulnerablo In human
nature tho needs of tho body, the dispo
sition to uso unlawful means for tho ac
complishment of a worthy end, tho sur
render of prlnclplo for tho attainment of
power. All these attacks were repelled by
quotations from Scripture, showing that
the HlhlD Is tho storehouse of truths need
ed In tho struggles of tho soul (Psalm
cxlx, 11). Hut after the victory came the
ministry of ungels (Matt, iv, 11), Indicat
ing that tho world ot spirits is llko this
world, divided on tho llneo of sin and
righteousness. This lesson Is chiefly val
uable becuuso it sets forth Jesus as
mightier than Satan. He, before whom
nil men have bowed, suffered defeat from
the Lord. That was the greatest battlo
nnd tlu) most glorious triumph in tho his
tory of the race.
DISClPLLS. Threo lessons, tho third,
if ONE WOMAN'S VIEWS.
It is wicked to lie. The Bible says
so, tho preachers preach so and al
most anybody you may ask, even If he
should happen to bo somewhat of a liar
himself, will virtuously assert that ly
ing is a low down or'nery vice that, no
self-respecting person will acquire, and
that if there's, anybody on tho face of
the earth whom he despises it Is the
person who doesn't tell the truth. Then
you recall the impression made upon
you by the real llurs you have known
not the nice people, your friends
whom you meet every day but the
ones who told lies when the truth
would hnve served a deal better and
you remember the contempt you've al
ways felt for them. You never gave
them credit for telling the truth un
der any circumstances and you recall
with embarrassment, one or two occa
sions when they fooled you and which
you resent to this day.
They were generally interesting, these
liars. They had more entertaining
qualities at their command than most
people, were- more amusing nnd en
joyed themselves more, but they al
ways were found out. Probably you
were a little slow in mnking the discov
ery and were surprised and somewhat
annoyed to learn that other people had
known It all nlong. That fact made
you hold another grudge against the
offenders. IJut did you ever stop to
think that perhaps you might have
been a trifle unjust'.' You know curi
osity and even lnquisitiveness Is only
a pronounced form of sympathy; so
the liar Is one who Is frequently pos
sessed of an exaggerated Imagination.
The little child who announced the
presence of "more'n a thousand cats In
our back yard" and who was finally
cornered to tho admission of "our cat
and another cat anyway" had a pow
erful Imagination and was capable of
developing Into a picturesque liar who
would more, than half believe his own
romances. Children are often blamed
for telling lies when they actually see
In their vivid mer.tnllty the pictures
they describe. A little girl In this com
munity shocked and embarrassed h'er
family beyond words and afforded en
tertainment to a number of ultra-curious
listeners by relating a marvelous
tale of her own parentage which, ac
cording to her version, was very dif
ferent from that commonly accepted
by the public and nllowed to be under
stood by her alleged relatives. It was
not until nn endless amount of an
noyance had been caused by tho com
ments of ofllclous friends who casu
nlly remarked "ve always thought thut
Jean was your own child until lately,"
that the pnrentB were able to trace tho
Inexplicable rumor. When finally the
small maid was charged with the enor
mity of stating that she was an adopt
ed child, tho ofiender said tearfully:
"Hut papa, everybody says I don't look
like tho rest of our family nnd I got
to thinking that I was somebody else,
and I thouEht out such a pretty story
nnd It must be true for I thought It
and It seems truo to me."
The wlso mother had long talks with
the daughter; nnd plainly pictured to
her the desplcnblo nature of the man
or woman whom no ono "believes, and
day by day, led her out of her dreams
Into the realities of life. It was only
a few weoks ago that the girl, now
almost a woman said half sorrowfully:
'.'I do seo th'e difference, mother, be
tween what Is, nnd what It seems to
be, In my mind, but do you know.moth
cr dear, I don't begin to have ns good
a time nu I did In'mv malte-bellev
the seventh, the eighth, present Jesus In
his relation to Ills followers, It was a
doublo relation to Ills followers. Ho sent
them tho same nnd only -rotation which
Ho desires with nil men, We uro told
how Ho called Peter and Andrew und
James nnd John, saying simply "Follow
me." and how on hearing thut word they
left their old occupation and went nrter
Him. Wo aro also told how llo culled
Levi from tho sent at tho tax collector's
olllcc, nnd how ho obeyed and celebrated
the event with n great feast. And then
we aro told how, after these and others
who had been called, had received sufll
cltwt instruction, they wero all sent forth
to preach Just as Jesus had done. Here
arc two sides of Christian living tho
coming and going, the receiving und tho
giving (Matt, x, S). Hut what a marvel
lous Person is this who by a word can
g'lln u loyal following, and by another
word can secure u cheerful (.ervlucl
These are tho two words come nnd go
that symbolize tho Mnster's authority
and describe the duty of Ills people. They
aro the words, moreover, which sot 111m
apart as supeiioi to Ills disciples. If Ho
were inertly human ihey would mark
111m ns igotlstlc and audacious.
t'NGODLY.-Jesus had to deal, not
merely with John who introduced him,
nor with his disciples who followed Him,
but with men who did not receive Illm.
These, the ungodly, wero of two ciusses,
and His attitude toward them Is present
ed In the ninth lesson. There wcro thoso
among whom He hnd lived, taught and
wrought miracles, the pooplo of tho cities
on tho shore of tho sea, but they hnd
turned u dent ear to His words and had
lightly esteemed Ills wonderful deeds. To
them He cries aloud In warning, outlin
ing the evils that will befall them for
thel" hardness of heart, There were oth
ers who mourned lor their sins and who
sought relief by the ceremonies ot the old
covenant and yet found It not. To them
Ho spoke In tenderness. Inviting them to
lllm and promising rest. His grnciojs
wards have lost none ot their sweetness
and power In tho lapse of time. Hero
again Is displayed the matchless Jesus.
Ho who could foretell the evil conse
quences of sinful living Ho who could
Invite the heavy laden and promise a
blessing must have been more than a
mcro man.
PHAR1SKF.S. Tho most precise and ex
acting, tho most narrow and bigoted of
all the Jews, were tho Pharisees. They
believed themselves to bo tho most right
eous of tho most righteous nation (Luko
xvlll, 11), and they sought to hold nil to
tho performance of duties prescribed by
them. How Jesus was related to theso
is shown in lesson ten. The occasion was
a supposed violation of tho law of tho
Sabbath on tho part 'of His disciples, fol
lowed by an Inquiry Into tho proprieties
of the day tho ono scene in a cornfield,
the other In a synagogue. There is no
new teaching hero nn tho Sabbath ques
tion, except In so far as was necessary
to repel tho accusations and set forth the
liberty under tho Gospel, The passage Is
particularly valuable ns showing how su
perior Jesus was to the Pharisaic doctors
of His time. Tho combined wisdom of
tho learned for centuries had been gath
ered up and transmitted, and thoso who
came before Jesus with their question
wero the custodians ot that wisdom. Hut
Jesus was able In a few sentences to put
them to silence nnd to shame.
SERMON. Having referred to tho re-
world?" And remembering how long
nnd patiently she has tried to make
her child distinguish between fancy
and fact, the mother sighs, for it has
been one struggle of care and vigil
ance, In which many another might
have grown discouraged.
So much as to the theory of phenom
enal liars. Now another question
arises. What use would any of us be In
a Palace of Truth, or to lie more ex
plicit: what sort of a time would we
and other people have If we should
simultaneously set out to tell tho
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth? If you like tho picture of
such a possibility, I must say 1 don't.
The world wouldn't be a very desirable
place and we would lose n good deal of
the fear of another lire, after tussling
with some of the uncompromising and
stern 't entitles of this. 1 can't Imagine
anything worse. Supposing we told
exactly what we think of each other.
To bo sure, It is a good practice to
think kindly of nil people nnd It Is a
habit that Is not so terribly hard to
form hut to have some one ask "Don't
you think Mrs. X Is too sweet for any
thing?" and then to reply, "No I don't.
She's nn old cat and we both know It!"
would bo sure to get you disliked. You
couldn't well say to Mrs. A. who asked
your opinion of her future son-in-law,
"He's a dead beat nnd you'll have to
support lilm." You would shrink from
remarking to Mr. 55, as he bowed over
your hand at a dance, that you'd much
prefer to give him a sound slap than
to speak to him Just because of the
way ho treats his wife.
And then, dear me, what n time of It
the newspapers would have If they told
the truth orTall occasions. Suppose,
instead of stating that M.r, S. Jingo
made a clever speech nt the banquet of
the Yellow Kids they should deferen
tially print tho truth that ho tumbled
all over his grammar and finally under
the tnhlo and was mercifully with
drawn from tho public gaze during the
remainder of the evening. Instead of
repeating what the minister said in his
funeral address over the man who Just
died, regarding the great loss sustained
by the community, supposing the
newspaper man told tho truth that he
was hard to the poor, that ho was rich
becauso of his injustice to his fellow
man, that nobody loved him living or
mourned hm dead. My! what a uss
there would be! Supposing we wrote
that Mrs. X wore a gown too young
for her years nnd had a trifle too much
rougo under her left ear nt the ball,
would they sell nearly as many papers
as If wo wrote that her diamonds were
magnificent nnd her high bred beauty
never more fitly shown.
To bo sure, there nre some subjects
we can always speak our minds about,
and say all the harsh things we llkp.
There uro the ptreet commissioner and
tho estimates committee, tramps, the
atre hats and tho minister, but In gen
eral it Is well to hedge a little, for
don't we nil hate the frank person
whoso scoldings fall alike on the Just
and the unjust nnd who Is a deal worse
than the average liar?
There Is the sympathetic liar, who
really deserves a great amount of
credit he doesn't get. He Is the man
who goes In the sick room, where the
ghastly fnco of the sufferer looks pa
thetically up from the pillow und wist
fully tries to read tho visitor's mind.
'He says cheerily: "Hey, old man,
you'll be out of here In a few days.
You certainly look better than you did
last week," although down In his heart
tho speaker feels that never will tho
dim eyes look out ngaln on the familiar
places. Yet the wan face has bright
ened at the words. He says to the
downcnBt, unfortunate victim of busi
ness reverses; "Don't I fret, we'll
see about tills; smoothing ba done,"
lutlons which Jesus sustained toward
John, Sntnn, dlBclplus, tho ungoldy und
tho Phurisees, wo may profitably turn to
thoso lessons devoted to teaching, Threo
ot these, tho fourth, fifth and sixth,
treated extracls from ills Immortal ser
mon delivered on tho mount, the. longest
und most comprehensive of all Ills dis
courses. The first of these extracts, tho
beatitudes, covered those fundamental
principles on which human hnpplness de
pends. Tho second extract wus a form
nt prayer which has been offered In nil
languages by millions of men. Tho third
extract shows tho caro which God has for
His children, and urges men to trust In
Him nnd dismiss anxiety. Happiness,
prayer, protection these three topics aro
closely related. They completely reverso
nil the philosophy of tho ancients ami
put tho religion of Christ on a new basis.
They make plain tho great doctrine that
Ood is tho friend nnd helper of man, en
titled to confidence, In opposition to tho
teaching of. tho whole heathen world
which makes tlio Deity a being to be
feared und propitiated.
PARAHLi:. Ono lesson, the eleventh,
deals with many subjects of prolound In
terest, by the lllustrnllvo method, of
which Jesus was complelo master, nnd
by which He became the most famous of
teachers. Hero wu have the righteous
and tlio wicked placed In striking con
trust under the terms, tho wheat and the
tares the orltrln of each, as proceeding
from different sources tho fact explained
that both aro allowed in the world to
getherthe destiny of each set forth, at
tho close of the world's history. Hero
we hnvo the person and character and
work of Satan outlined us tlio implacablo
enemy of Jesus Christ, ns an Intruder Into
tho world which belongs to Christ (John
I, 10). Here wo hnvo ulso, by Implica
tion at least, the comforting truth that
Jesus will ultimately triumph every ev
ery form of evil, nnd that righteousness
will somo day cover the earth, tho wicked
having been destroyed (Isa. xl, '.)). Tills
parablo Is highly Instructive and Inspir
ing. To tho friends of our Lord It un
swers many question and lays a good
ground for faith. To nil others it is a
warning of timely value. Why should
men spend their days nnd strength In a.
rauso that dooms them both to falluio
and destruction?
SUMMARY. It 1.4 a wonderful field of
thought that has been covered by tho
quarter's lesson. We hnvo seen Jesus,
announced by tho chief preacher of His
tlmo. contending with the devil and
overcoming him, winning disciples und
commissioning them, otfposcd by Phari
sees and silencing them, warning the
ungodly of Impending danger, offering to
tho needy His gracious assistance. Wo
have .heard Jesus, as He gave the secret
of happiness, as Ho prescribed a form of
prayer, as He disclosed tho loving heart
of the Infinite Father, as He explained
how evil came Into tho world and how It
shall be removed. By what Ho was and
what Ho did In His intercourse with oth
ers, nnd by what He said on themes con
cerning which others have been Incompe
tent to speak. He rises Into n majesty
of character and wisdom, that, at this
distance of tlmo nwakens reverenco In
all who look back to Him! Oh, thou Di
vlno Man, thou incomparable Teacher,
thou hast made for thyself a placo In tho
thought and affection of mankind!
Henceforth what need nny do but to como
to theo to learn and to serve (Matt, xi,
2S-29).
Perhaps he goes off nnd forgets all
about It, but his tone no less than his
speech has cheered the discouraged
man, who may take heart again nnd
succeed. Ho tells his wife she looks ns
young as she did twenty years ago.
It isn't true and ho knows It, for ho
can see the lines nnd the gray hair, but
it makes her happy for weeks, and ho
gets a better dinner than has been set
before him for many a day. Bless the
sympathetic liar!
Oh, It's very much better all around
that we tell lies, more or less shaded
in hue, from those about newspaper
circulation to the loveliness of soci
ety's favorites and tho probity of city
officials; It's far better to keep on in
the old way. We all like people to say
nice things to us. Of course, It Is
pleasanter If we are convinced they
aro true and said with sincerity, but
rather than not hear them at all we
would prefer to have our friends draw
on their imaginations a trifle of course
a wee bit would be enough and say
them anyway, and after all It Isn't
hard to say kind things to people If
you only think them, Is the belief of
Saucy Bess,
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