IF I If I knew th box where the smiles are kept, No matter how large the key Or strong the bolt., I would try io hard 'Twould open, I know, for me. Then over the land'and sea broadcast J I'd scatter the smiles to play, That the children's faces might hold them fast For many and many a day. TROUBLE WITH A PYTHON. 1 p. n M By William T.Hornaday, Director of the New York Zoological Park & Si TIT HE superb reptile-house of the I New York Zoological Park ' ' whs rapidly nearlng coruplc tlon. I'ts groat main hall was wanning with workmen, who were Concreting the alligator pool, finishing the big wnll cases, dividing the cen tral "installation" for turtles, and do ing a bunsVed other things. The aliening day waa relentlessly drawing nearer and nearer, and we were nnxl esisly assembling live beasts, birds affll reptiles with which to fill the ssfl'lous Installations that would be otieucd to the public on that occasion. Down at Barters plnce we anxiously examined his stock of live serpents, ind made many purchnses. The most Important acquisition was a black allied python, between fourteen and fifteen feet long, fresh from some East Indian jungle; chosen becuuso Its size, ts perfect condition and ravenous ap petite combined to make It a genuine prize. In a collection a snake which feeds freely is worth about twice as much as one Which does not, for it will live twice as long as one which requires to hnve Its food forced down Its throat with a ramrod. Pending the completion of our rep-tllo-house, bird-house, small mammals' house, bear dens and a dozen other things, we quartered all our live stock In a closed yard at tho rear of the storehouse. A cleared spuce In the for est about ouo hundred feet square had been enclosed by a tight bonrd fence, and In this wore dozens of tem porary cages and pens of all sizes, filled with wild creatures, impatiently awaiting the opening day and better quarters. In one corner of this yard we hnd hurriedly erected a cook bouse, which in appearance was similar to a Western claim shanty. It stood low upon the ground, and the most con spicuous object within It was a live ly, great ant-eater, whose wire house extended quite across one end of the room. In that portion of the yard where sev eral dozen glacs-fronted snake-boxes were arranged under a shed one of our carpenters built for the python, under Mr. IMtraars's direction, a large box cage, with a front of wire netting and glass. Compared with the other snake-boxes It was a very pretentious affair, as befitted the "star boarder." The python was expected by express on a certain day, but when I left the park at nearly seven o'clock, it bad not arrived, and seemed very unlikely to do so that nlguc I reached the pai'k the following morning at half past seven o'clock, and was Just opening my desk, when In came my office boy, red in the face and breuthless from running. ."Good morning, sir! Mr. Dltmnrs would like to have me help hunt for the snake. May I go now'f" "Hunt for whatV" "The big snake. It escaped last night!" ' "What! That big python?" "Yes, sir." "Horrors!" said I; and we turned and ran. Words could not do tho situation JuBtlee. The stupid carpenter who built the python's cage hud left a big hole, four inches square, carefully con cealed behind a rafter lu an upper corner of the box. The serpent had arrived late the previous evening, and during the night bad found this open lug and Joyously glided through to freedom. To think of that big serpent at lib erty in the Zoologlcul Park! I had no great fear that it would burin any one, but the publicity! The busy pluce .was humming with gossipy workmen from all parts of the city; the report ers would surely learn of the python's escape; before my mental vision rose columns upon columns of newspaper articles headed: "Terror In the Bronx!" "Monster Serpent Loose!" 'Tonic lu the New Zoo!" and the thought of all this was more appalling to me than the countenance of any wild beast I bad ever met. Great would be the surpriso and chagrin of the Zoological Society, and tho humiliation would be almost unbearable. Truly, this was a pretty way to start a new Zoological i'nrk! At the animal yard I found a dozen men and boys at work very quietly, like sensible fellows, trying to find the vanished python. My first act was to send for several more men and start them searching systematically, but without any noise or fuss, through every square yard of the low bushes outside. Their orders were to search In ever widening circles, discover the snake If possible, and In the event of doing so, silently to mark tho Bpot and raring wort to uie. Leaving this part of the hunt In full progress, I returned o mo yard. It seemed probable that the python ad crawled under some ono of, the muny cages, platforms or buildings, Muder several of which it could easily nave louua refuge. If It hud gone uu. aer anything else than the hlir. unread. log storehouse building, which was thirty-five feet wide by one hundred buu inirry reet long, we might find It before It could eaoaon inM th fnnt If. however, it bad bidden under that flvtnnuliiA Kailt.U. --" vuuuiug, we were la a jquunaary. The men continued to look under .various things, likely and nnllkelr; and presently they discovered a broad uark which seemed to bo the trail of the serpent, leading under the. .nnk. fh.l'!'. A cloiw "ulnatlon confirmed Lnrrmi. om' A Clirnta was huriledly ,ont for , boards from the Rr ?ZnTF courn" . have utto an Inborn aversion to makes that KNEW. If I knew a box that was large enough 1 To hold all the frowaa I meet, I would try to gather them, every one, ' From nursery, school and street. Then, folding and holding, I'd pack them in And turn the monster key: sw I'd hire a riant to drop the dot To the depth of the deep, deep sea. Dora Sexton, io the Book World. S5? the touch of a serpent's body seems to create In them an entire new system of nerves, and I wondered how my men would act If wo should rcnlly encounter that creature with the beady brown eyes, forked tongue, and teeth all pointing inward the wrong way for an assailant. Up to that point tho search had gone on as quietly us If we had been seeking a lost piece of ope. Fortunately the floor boards of the cook house were nine Inches wide, and in a short time one of thera was re moved. Down went four heads, and all four came up again, very hastily; There he is!" Close beside the opening in the floor lay about a bushel of big brown and yellow colls, and above the pile hov ersd the massive head of tho python, threatening to strike the first living tiling that came within reach. The noise and jar of the carpenter's effof ts In removing the board had greatly ir ritated the reptile. Mr. Dltmnrs, our curator of reptiles, had provided himself with a large bag of heavy cloth, hoping to be able to throw It moutht downward over the collsiof the serpent the usual way of capturing snakes at large. But there was not sullielent space between the floor and the serpent to carry this plan luto effect; and moreover, the serpent's head was altogether too threatening. Pending further efforts, we procured boards and endeavored to cut off the python's escape, front and rear. The python waited until we had placed the boards to the best possible advantage, then uncoiled himself, shoved the boards out of position as If they had been so many straws put there for his amusement, and quickly disappeared under the ant-eater's cage. The carpenter fell to work again to remove several other boards of the floor, while the messenger boys were stationed outside the building to see that our quarry did not get out and es cape to the forest. In a short time the python's bead again appeared at one of the long, narrow openings made by the carpen ter, but as Mr. Dltmars took a favor able position for grabbing the crea ture by the neck, close up to the Jaws, It struck at him most viciously. Look out!" cried some one, em phatically. Clearly, it would not do for any of our men to be seized by that savage creature; for although tho python was of course not poisonous, and although we might even prevent it from wrap ping Itself around any one of us, the laceration of a man's hand by that big, muscular mouth, filled with four rows of hook-like, backward-pointing teeth, would have been a serious matter. Presently the snake left its place un der the ant-eater's cage, gliding along tne slue or the building farthest from the door, alert, aggressive, and so ready to strike any one who came near Its head that I forbade tho men to take risks. As its five yards of length semlcir- cled around the cook-stove, part of Its body passed under ono of the floor openings. This was our opportunity, and In an Instant two of us seized it and triumphantly hauled up about six feet of the serpent's body and tall. How big and muscular it was! Its skin was as smooth and glossy as sat in and gleamed with rainbow Irides cence. It writhed and worked in our grasp, and pulled downward with such power that it required all the strength of the chief forester and mvself to retain any portion of it within our rasp. We braced ourselves, heaved hard, ana by main strength tried to pull the python out backward; but not one Inch could we gain. On the con trary, inches were drawn away from us in spite of all we could do. I be lieve that ten men could not have pulled that pythbn out backward, al though they might possibly have torn it in two. All this time Mr. iJitmars kept trying to seize the python by the neck, but it was constantly alert, anxious to seize him, and gave him no opportunity whatever. It was evident that with our unaided hands wo never could master that savage creature without an accident to somo one. Bidding a keeper take my place at tho "tall bold" and hang on with all his strength, I ran to the storeroom, and with two yards of mason s line, a long, thin hammer-handle of hickory and a staple hurriedly driven Into the end of It for the line to pass through, I quickly made a very serviceable nooso Back I ran to tho cook-house, Mr. Merkcl and Mr. Munzle, red In the face and perspiring profusely, were clinging desperately to the last two feet of the python's tall; and tho python was In a perfect rage. It dart ed to and fro under the half-deuiol Isbed floor, striking out viciously whenever It seemed possible to reach a man, and manifesting great willing' ness to fight "any one. At the same time, however, it most cunningly kept Its bead under cover. I readjusted the loop of my line at the end of my stick and put It close to the python's head, expecting the snake to make a strike through the noose. He refused. I waited pntelnt- ly. Inch by Inch the tall was going under the floor. "We can't bold on here much long' er!" exclaimed the forester, desperate ly. At last tie python started to move straight toward my face. As I shifted my noose Into Hue, be ran his bead through It, the noose flew taut behind bis Jaws, and ho was caught. The utstant I Jerked the line taut the python drew back and endeavored to retreat, pulling with the strength of a man. I give hlia about a. ytrrtf of my lino and then held blm by main strength. "That small line will cut his head off!" cried Mr. Dltmnrs, in real alarm for tho safety of our prize snake. "Better let mo rut It!" He whipped out his knife nnd poised tile open blade over my precious bit of Hue. "No, no! Don't cut It. We've got to control his head this way or we'll never mnster him without getting hurt. Let go the tall and grab up tho body through' that next opening," This new move again brought up the original six feet of body and tall which that reptile had, by sheer strength, pulled out of the grasp of two strong young men. The snake now moved forward once more and as he came I pulled in my line through the stnplo until presently I coaxed and pulled the head Into an opening, hold ing it quite safely at tho end of my stick. Instantly Mr. Dltmars seized the ucek with both hands, nnd the snake was our. Dropping my line nnd stick I, too, took hold close behind the head and we began fn walk away with our cap tive. As that magnificent, and wonder fully powerful body emerged from un der tho floor, tho other men laid hold of It at Intervals and bore it along. "Keep it out straight, boys, and don't give him a chance to get a coll around any of us!" Truly, it must' have, been an odd looking procession that we made as wo marched across the yard with that big snake and dumped it Into its cage. Tho hunt had lasted nearly an hour. No one had been bitten and the snake was quite unhurt. "Now, boys," said I, "let's say noth ing about this little Incident for tho present." They did keep quiet and the unex pected happened. Not one of the newspapers of New York heard a word of the affair until fully three months had elapsed, and then the story was so old that as a senFation It was as dead as Barneses, and the zoo did not suffer a bit from reference to it. To-day that python occupies the sec ond cage from the alligator pool, nnd s tne handsomest, although not the argest, of our many constrictors. Youth's Companion. As They Chose. While waiting for the train the bride and bridegroom wnlked 6lowly up and down the platform. "I don't know what this Joking nnd guying may have been io you," he re--marked, "but it's death to me. I never experienced such an ordeal." "It's perfectly dreadful," she an swered. "I shall be so glad when we get away from everybody we know.'? They're actually Impertinent," he went on. "Why, the very natives- " At this unpropltious moment the wheezy old statlonmaster walked up to tncm. "Be you goln' to take this train?" he asked. It's none of your business," retorted the bridegroom. Indignantly, as he guided the bride up the platform, where they condoled with each other over the impertinence of the natives; Onward came the train, Its vapor curling from afar. It was the last to their destination that day; an express nearer, it came at full speed, then in a moroent It whizzed past and was gone. Why in thunder didn't that train stop!" yelled the bridegroom. Cos you sed twarn't none of my blzness. I has to signal If that train's to stop." And as the old statlonmaster softly stroked his beard there was a wicked twinkle In bis eye. London Spare Mo- inents. Tho Colonel's Apology. A curate up North, having preached a very clever sermon on the Sunday, called upon n certain Colonel on tho Monday especially to ask his opinion. "How did I like the sermon?" said tho Colonel. "Very much, Indeed. It's one of my favorites." "One of your favorites?" stammered the curate, slightly puzzled. "I do not understand." Tho Colonel regarded him with a twinkle at the back of his eyes. "Of course, I won t say a word, he said, "but I knew very well that you stole It, and also where you stole It from." 'Sir," said the curate, ond he spoko from out the whirlwind of his righte ous indignation. "I am not in the habit, sir, of stealing my sermons. I fear you are laboring under a mistake, and er forgetting yourself, sir. I must ask you to apologize." The Colonel was silent u moment. Then he said: "It may be that I have mado a mistake. Walt a moment. I will mako sure." Going to his bookcase he took down a-runsnlve tome of sermons a rare and almost forgotten work. He turned to a certain page, and an apologetic, bum ble look came upon bis face as be glanced up at the curate. "I beg your pardon," ho said. "I apologize. You did not steal It, after all, for I find It is still here, My mistake, sir; my mis take." Modern Society. A Cemetery For Pets. London nnd Paris have long had cemeteries for dogs and cats, but New York has been without one until lately. Now, however, a burial-ground of tlno- of four acres has been opened at Harlsdale, In Westchester County, and Is being immediately taken advantage of by the bereaved owners of pets, nearly seventy burials having already taken place there. The' woman with the pet cat was foremost. "Toby," a splendid Angora, rests in peace In the new cemetery, In a plush-lined mahog any casket (costing some (30), and un der a tnnrblo headstone commemorat ing bis pedigree and his virtues. An other pedigreed pet, a French poodle, was burled with his sliver collar and leader beside blm, an embroidered blanket about bis aristocratic form, and a silver bracelet upon hit leg, as Id life. Two or three carriages not Infre- auently accompany tho dead canine or feline to the grave. Harper's Bazar, Sandwich Man's Day la Over. The twentieth century and the pass ing of the old-time "sandwich" adver tising pedestrian made their advent si multaneously. Instead of the historic canvas-baek-and-front sign wearer, 11 Is the custom nowadays to sea on the populous city thoroughfares the ban ner supporter, who has troubles of nil own at an times, but especially U windy weather. Wow York Bun, COTTON TRADE-SCHOOLS IMPORTANCE SINCE THE DEVELiP. MENT OF MILLS IN THE SOUTH. Start of a Movetaent Which I'romlse to Frorince Better Slilllml Labor How Workmen Are Trained For the Tex tile Industries Designing Taught. The development of the cotton mill In tho Southern States has been so rapid In the last ten years that whole sections of the land have been com pletely changed In an agricultural and Industrial sense. The most Important effect of this change has been the em ployment of Southern people In mills who formerly mnde an uncertain and inadequate living In tilling the soil. In the Carollnas a measure of prosper ity has been obtained in the cotton mill districts never before realized, nnd the growth of the new industry has with out doubt been a great benefit to the sections la which the mills have been established. The Southern movement of the cotton mills is no longer an ex periment, but a demonstrated success, and the cotton manufacturing of this part of our country promises to de velop indeflnltely. One of the problems that confronted, nnd is now confronting, Southern mill men is that of the relative supply of skilled labor. But there Is the begin ning of a now cm now which promises to produce better skilled labor in the South, and to make up for a deficiency that has long been apparent to close observers. If the South is to be a great cotton manufacturlugcentre, trade and textile schools and colleges arc almost essential. The remarkable construc tion of mills and spindles In the South in the last few years has more than ever emphasized the importance of this. With more spindles tho demand for skilled labor growa more urgent. Under past conditions the development of the cotton manufacturing industry of the South would be seriously handi capped, and uo one realizes this more than the mill men and public educa tors. : Ono cf the noteworthy features of tho South' Industrial progress is the establishment of trr.de and industrial 'schools, and their future promises as much for the South as the cotton mills which first created a demand for them. The mills hardly provided the neces isary training r.nd education that were needed for the skilled worker in the textile world, and the Southern trade schools were founded to make up for this deficiency. Tho trade schools of New England ond of Germany had demonstrated the value and necessity of such institutions for textile manu facturing centres, and the fact that the South has awakened to the responsi bilities which have come in the wake of her cotton mills argues well for her future Industrial career. The training of workmen for textile mills, and of engineers for operating tho machinery, Is a work that Is cow being profitably dono In several industrial schools of the South, and thecurriculums of these institutions are liberal enough to prove of value to the practical and theoreti cal workers in the fields. There are practically only two well equipped cotton trado schools In the South to-day, but they are tne begin nlng of a group of institutions that havo been planned (nnd must eventu ally spring up all over the cotton belt) for the technical training of students in spinning, weaving, carding and de signing. The eldest and first of these cotton trade-schools Is connected with the Georgia School of Technology, at Atlanta, and It Is so complete in all departments that it presents to the stu dents the very latest and most Im proved features of mill construction, and gives a tnorough course In all de partments o cotton manufacture and textile spinning and designing. This school was first opened in the season of 1S08-09, ond It is called "Tho A. French Textile School," because of the endowment of Aaron French, of Pltts'jurg, who made good the defici ency of funds necessary to secure the $10,01)0 appropriation of the State on the condition that a like sum should to raised by the friends of the Insti tution. The school is pretty thorough ly equipped for the work it has in view, and it will give to the South lu a few years a crop of earnest, edu cated, skilled textile experts that should greatly broaden the cotton unuufaciurlng industry of that sec tion. The other textile-school of the South Is the Cleinscn College Textile School, which opened nearly two years ago, at Clemson, South Carolina, for tho purpose of supplying that State with noi-3 experts in textile manufactur ing. This school alms to supply a general training fcr students wishing to engage in manufacturing wool, silk, and linen products. In the Geor gia school the aim is simply to train experts for cotton weaving and de signing. The equipment of the South Carolina institution Is also complete enough to give the students a thor ough practical mill and laboratory ex perience. Tho carding and spinning departments are as thorough as could be deslrtsd, and the dyeing and weav ing departments have no superior. Here the latest methods are taught according to the most approved sys tems, and the students are brought into dally contact with the best work men the country affords. The Idea of both of these textllo schools is to provide the students with a broader understanding of the tex tile manufacturing Industry than they can pick up in the mills. In the lat ter their kuowledge Is apt to be limited to one or two departments, am there Is less chance for learning In a broad sense all there Is to know In the manufacturing of textile products. The student who understands mill practice and all kinds of machinery, and the relative Importance of different sys tems of dyeing, spinning nnd weav ing, is much more apt to develop and Improve an Industry that to-day occu pies the attention of all who have the future of the South at heart. Mill inanufaeturers welcome the appear ance of the textile school In the South, and they admit that the studies pur sued there prepare the students for better work than actual nil 11 practice without the preliminary training and study. Harper's Weekly. Estlmutsa national wealth at the be ginning of ths twentieth century, 1100,000,000,000. CURIOUS FACTS. The first white child born on the Island of Manhattan Is said to have been ose Jean Vlgue, who saw the light In 1014. The corroboration of this Interesting historical episode comes from tho memoirs of Jasper Danker and refer Sluyter, Labadlst missionaries, who in 1071) visited Man hattan Island, saw Vlgne, then sixty five years old, heard his story and sat isfied themselves that It was true. Now that the use of boiled drinking water has become common, it is Inter esting to be reminded that a similar method of guarding against disease was practiced In ancient times. Hero dotus tells how Cyrus had his drink ing water boiled nnd carried In sliver vessels, and Pliny the elder relates that Nero had water boiled nnd after ward cooled for drinking by placing It in glass flanks surrounded with snow. "A snake's tail never dies till after sundown." That Is an article of rural faith. By wny of reinforcing it It may be said thnt with some species of snake a severed head bites an hour or even two after cutting off. and further that the headless body will often leap Its own length if irritated upon tho raw. That is not. however, quite so strange as that the leap is made to ward the irrltator, as though the body could still measure distance and direc tion without eye, ears or brain. Living representatives of four gen erations of one family are not very uncommon in the United States, but living representatives of four genera tions who all havo the same birthday anniversary nre surely not frequently met with. This is said to be true of the family of Mrs. Edith Ford, who resides on n farm near Greensburg, Ind. She Is the great-grandmother, was born in Scott County, Ky., and is now eighty-six years old. Her hus band died about ten years ago. Her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Strawbaek, Is fifty-six years old; the next represen tative of the family Is thirty-six years old, and the fourth member is threo years old. Their birthdays nil fall on July 0. Naturalists In Germany are much .'n terested in a wonderful old tree which has been discovered near Homburg. It is cn oak, nnd is notable not only on account of Its great bulk, but also for tho fact that at the base of tho trunk it is entirely hollow. The trunk, indeed, is not more than eight or nine feet in circumference. Some idea of the size of its Interior may be gathered from the fact that four persons recent ly found ample room In it. In winter the old oak looks very bnre and gaunt, but, according to peasants In tho neighborhood, who have known It for many years. It regularly puts forth new twigs nnd foliage every spring, so that, ancient and decoyed though its trunk may be, It is nevertheless crowned und surrounded with masses of green leaves. Just as it was in tho days of Its youth. The people of Horn burg are very proud of this natural curiosity, and It Is safe to say that many tourists will have a look at it during the summer. The New Baby-Carrier. It has made Its appearance at last, nnd It is quite in keeping that Brook lyn should be its birthplace. But what will the comic weeklies do since it" has displaced the perambulator? Passengers on a Fifth avenue "L" train the other night witnessed its ad vent when a man boarded the train at the Bridge street station. In ono hand bo carried an umbrella, in the other a sachel, while dangling In front, appar ently without human support, was a baby. The people In the car gaped with wonder, then there was a suicker, fol lowed by a general laugh. For on closer Investigation It was found that the child was resting on a wicker seat much resembling the top of a vegeta ble basket. To this was securely clamped two steel hoops, which held tho child in firmly, while a leather strap was fastened to these hoops and passed around the father's neck. "Say, that feller could give a squaw a point or two on carrin a pappoose, couldn't" he?" remarked a fat man in the corner, and all agreed that he could. New York Mall and Express. ST" The Electric Kel's Victim. At the Zoological Gardens a large electric eel was swimming In Its tank with more activity than usual, wheu a big cockroach fell luto tho water, and In Its efforts to get out made a disturbance of the surface, which at tracted the attention of the cel. The eel turned round, swam past it, dis charged its battery at about eight Inches off, and the cockroach instant ly stopped stone dead. It did not even move its antennae after. The eel then proceeded to swallow Its victim, and the narrator goes on to point out the curious circumstance thnt the fish, which weighed about twelve pounds, should find it worth while to fire its heavy artillery at a creature flu Inch and a half long, when It could easily have swallowed It suns facou. Cham bers's Journal. " Minerals In the J-end of Oranges. Florida Is rich In minerals. In uudl tion to phosphate, of which the world already knows, she has Immense de posits of clays of every kind kuolin, ochres, fire and aluminum clays, gyp sum and Fuller's earth of great extent and finest quality. She bus stone ex cellent for building purposes nnd a soft magneBlan limestone that pro duces a cement In every respoct equal to the best Imported. Iron of high grade and value is known to exist lu several localities; so also nM Indica tions of petroleum, natural gns and soft coal and asphalt to be found lu several portions of the Stnte; and yet with one or two exceptions tho fields containing these ores ore undeveloped. Baltimore Bun. " " Sensible Oernuuu. Tho Germans are not too proud to learn from other nations. They are now buying American locomotives with a view to ascertaining In whut respect they differ from their own make. Tho administration of the Royal Bavarian Hallway havs ordered four engines from the United Btates. ana tne uermaa manufacturers era agitated as) this accouut, London Ea- THE SABBATil SCHOOL International Lesson Comments For June 9. fabject: Jesus Appears to Paul, Acts xxlL. 6-lo-Ooldea Text, Acts uvl., 19- Memory Verses, 64 Commentary oa the Day's Lesson. ft. "As I made my jonrney." Taut, whose Hebrew name was Saul, was on his way to Damascus, with letters from the high priest granting him authority to ar rest the Christians and bring them bound to Jerusalem. "Damascus.'' The oldest city in the world, situated one hundred and forty miles northeast of Jerusalem. In Paul's time it contained about forty Jewish synagogues, and between 40,000 and 80,000 Jews. At present it is under Turkish rule and hss a population of about 150,000, chiefly Mohammedans. About noon." When the sun was shin ing so there could be no deception. "A great light. It was "above the brightness of the sun." Chsp. 28: 13. It was in the midst of this glory that Christ was seen by Saul (1 Cor. 15: 8), so that he could enumerate himself among those who had beheld the Lord after His resurrection. 7. "Fell unto the ground." The whole company fell to the earth. Acts 20:14. "Heard a voice." In the Hebrew tongue. The voice was clear and distinct to Paul, but to those with him it was onlv a mys terious sound. See on v. 9. "Why per secutest thou Me." Canst thou give any good reason for it? Must I afresh be crucified by thee? Those who persecute the saints, persecute Christ Himself, and He takes what is Hone against them as done anninst Himself. 8. "Who art Thou?" Jesus knew Raul before Saul knew Jesus. "Lord." Used to denote respect for some unknown, august person. "I am Jesus." He takes the name which was the object of Jewish hate. The enmity is against Me and My religion. He whom you persecute is the Lord of life and jjlory; not simply poor fugitive disciples. It was at this point that Jesus said to him, "It is hard for thcetoick against the goad." Acta 26: 9. "They heard not the voice." We are told by Luke (Acts 0:7) that those with him heard the voice. What is meant in clearly that they did not hear the words as words could attach no meaning to the sounds. We say that a person is not heard, or that we do not hear him, when, though we hear his voice, he speaks so low or indistinctly that we do not understand him. 10. "What shall I do?" Where is now the fury of the oppressor? Convinced that he had in reality persecuted Christ the Lord, and that his religious views and character were wrong, and knowing not what the future held in store for him, he submits himself to the will of Him who had arrested him in his blind career; as though he would entreat Him to be his guide and ruler, with the consent that he would be obedient to all His directions. Being all wrong, hs must be entirely changed. Who could work this in hira, but Him who saw the utter hopelessness of his case without divine help? "Go." Go into Damascus to be instructed by a disciple whose life and happiness you had hoped to destroy. By this Paul would learn that the disciples had that same forgiving spirit that their Master had. This requirement would test Saul'a real sincerity and faith; it also gave him something to do. "Which are ap pointed.' Saul was a chosen vessel unto the Lord (Acts 9: 15), and through him the gospel was to be carried to the Gen tiles and to kings, as well as to the chil dren of Israel. 11. "Could not see." He ws, blind for three days (Acts 9: 9), -' -ring that time was so fully absorbed jc his spir itual condition that he neither ate no? drank, but spent the time in fasting and praying. Without doubt this was a season of intense inward conflict, alone and in darkness. Could he give up all his ambi tious hopes? Could he leave rank, wealth, honor, friends? Could he enter the service of One so despised, and suffer reproach and danger and death? And all for what! Gradually the conflict ceased, and light dawned into his soul. "The blindness of caul was no doubt mercifully intended by providence to cause him to attend to the great matter of his soul's salvation." 12. "One Ananias." We know nothing bout this man except what we find in this verse and in chapter 9: 10-17. 13. "Came unto me." Ananias had re ceived explicit directions in a vision from the Lord. Saul had also seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and re storing his sight. "Brother Saul." Know ing to what sacred office the Lord had chosen Saul (verse 15), Ananias felt a re spect for h-rn and an interest in hh salva tion. "Receive thy sight." And imme diately tnere fell from his eyes as it had been scales. This shows that the blindness as well as the ture was supernatural. At this time Saul also received spiritual sight. "Looked up upon him." The verb signifies not merely to look up, but to re cover sight; the clause might be trans lated, I received sight and looked u- on him. 14. "Hath chosen thee." "Hath ap pointed thee." (R. V.) God chose ani appointed Saul because Saul had chosen the Lord. Saul might have rejected Christ instead of accepting Him. "Know His will." Was Saul favored above others? No, all who will come to Christ with the whole heart may "know" God's will. "See that Just One." Here is conclusive proof that Jesus actually appeared to Saul. 1 Cor. 9: 1; 15: 8. He heard "a voice from his mouth." (R. V.) 15. "His witness." 'Jhe preaching of the gospel must be backed up by the ex-pcr,',cnce-of the Prcher in order to be really effective. God's people are a wit nessing people. They are ready to testify in behalf of the One who has saved them. Unto all men." To the Gentile, to gov ernors and kings. 16. "Baptized." He was baptized hy Ananias. "Wash awav thy sins." In Luke's account before Saul was baptized Ananias said that the Lord had sent him that Saul might receive his sight and "be filled with the Holy Ghost." The baptism or outward washing could not wash away his sins; the spiritual regeneration and the renewing in the Holy Ghost had already taken place before the baptism. Baptism was a public profession of faith in Christ, and in taking this step Saul proved his sincerity, and the settled conviction he had of the truthfulness of Christianity. "Call on-the Lord." It is the Lord and the Lord only who can save the aoul, and very sinner should call mightily on Him for rnmn nt H .1)1 .-. I 1 1 ... i. n . 1 -""""" nuiu " sin. we should trust to no outward ordinance for oo..awuu. 4 uesire 10 emphasize the fact that at tbi time the Ho'y Bpirit waa given to Haul, through the imposition of the hands of Ananuu (9: 17), and, thus qual ified Ann H ru fin it 1. 'fi - u. wurK, cam imme diately entered he synagogue and "pro fLaKmAMU .lS: ?' R- V-) the Mes- Chills. Little Georgia likes to bear stories, but be bas a choice as to what kind. Bear stories alw.iys come first, and after that Indian and fairy stories thrill htm with Interest. Not long ago his father varied the story program by telling him a ghost story, which was the first the child had ever beard. It was about a ghost dressed In whits which walked about a lonely grave yard at night Georgle was Interested in the ghost story, but be could not forget about ths dreadful thing, and It was noticed that be was afraid to go to bed alone that night A few even ings afterward found him again on his father's knee asking tor a story: ' But, papa," said Georgia, "please don't tell me anymore ghost stories, cos they make my back all cold." took sxxehaHK Seat SaUe l SS.Ooo. It Is said that 158.000 was paid for a seat In tbs stock exchange in New York Monday. The prediction ts rasde that If the present activity In stocks continues, $00,000 will ba ps.li ter a tins-Is seat EPW0RTH LEAOUE MEETING TOPICS. June How to Cater Christ's FitnHy-Matt. xlL, 46-50. (Children's Day.) In the reference for tuls study we hnve a beautiful Illustration from Christ's own Hps of what be was al ways trying to do. He cauie Into tho world not to divide, but to unite; not to break down, but to build up. It Is true thnt he once said thut ho that hateth riot nls father and mother, wife and children, for his sake and the Gospel's cannot be a disciple. Hut Id saying this the Lord was not seeking to divide families, but to unite thera under tho one bond through which, there could be any real union. The Christian home Is a home just so far as It Is Christian. All other homes are such only In mime, mere stopping places, not homes in fact. And these homes are but parts of lue one great family, whose members arc the true disciples of Ch it. What is Christ's Fnrnlly?-Cbrlst's family, as already stated, Is coniixmed of all his true followers, who, though scattered here and there, nre united In blm because they recognize him as not only tho source of their life, but their Head "Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and enrtli Is named." It Is n blessed privilege to know that we nre bound together, by the most enduring of ties, to the thou sands on earth who belong to Jesus Christ. Whatever their color, or lan guage, or soclnl position, If they be long to Christ they belong to us. We belong to them. All who work with God, following Jesus Christ, are work ers together. This is the trim unity which one day will express Itself In a new organization of believers an organization which will tnke in all Christian denominations, nnd ultimate ly break down all denominational lines. Its Privileges. All who belong to Christ, and so members of his family, must lu time become "conformed to the Image" of Christ. We nr all to bear the image of the heavenly. "The resemblance is not complete in this world, but It is real." Terms of Entrance. Our Lord states those terms In brief when he says. "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which Is In heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother." These ure the only terms upon which Christ can receive members to his family, as they are the only terms on which they can be kept. For every family, as for every nation and or ganization, there must be some gov erning will. For the Christian family there is but one will the will of Christ, which Is the will of God. Our Lord said to his disciples, "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I com mand you." The contrary is also true. He that will not do the will of Christ cannot be his friend, and of course cannot belong to his family. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. June 9-How to Enter Christ's Family-Matt, ill., 46-50. (Childrea's Osy.) Scripture Verses John xv. 4, 5; 14. 15; Heb. II. 11; Matt, xxlli. 8-12; Horn. Till. 16, 17; Gal. 111. 'JU-2U; 1 John lit 10; John xil. 3.'), 3ti; Fph. v. 0-8. LESSON THOUGHTS. "Xothlng Is more close than the con nection of Christ nnd his believers. The tie of human relationship Is physi cal and temporal; the tie to Christ Is spiritual and eternal. And we see from this passage how absurd is th idea that Mary is our intercessor with Christ or God. The connection of any sulnt with Jesus by faith is greater than this tie of blood in itself is." "Our boast of eminent ancestors, and important kinsmen, is usually foolish and vain. The only question of consequence is .how nearly we our selves are related to Jesus." "The home should be a type of the church; the pure but earthly family, of the perfect heavenly family." SELECTIONS. A poor but pious woman called upoc two wealthy and truly refined yount ladles. Of course they received uei wlto Christian affection, and they sal down In the drawing room to enjoy a delightful conversation. While thus employed a dashing youth by ennne entereu, and appeared astonished U eee his sisters so engaged. One ol them Instantly started up and ex claimed: "Don't be surprised, brother this is a king's daughter, tliough she has not yet got her tine clothing." All true Christians are brouicrs ani sisters of Christ, and heirs with hlni of God, his Father. His riches art tlielr riches; his joys, their lovs: hii character, tnelr character; his borne tneir Home. W'hen one enters n fnmllv bv mar riage, he' becomes responsible for its honor. So wheu you Join the church. tne ramuy or l lirlst, your dlshouoi becomes the dishonor of tho great family, and your honor hcmmi-a It. honor. RAMS' HORN BLASTS HUNDER In tba pulpit does not lighten tha world. Holiness sur passes morality as love surpasses law. Ho who da . secrates bis body dishonors his Crs .ator. ' XN:3 God gives rich V1S9 es to our hand sJT When our hearts are not fixed on them. Great men are those who apply tho measures of heaven to the matters of. earth. The heretic hunter tries to make the flowers of truth by blowing tba dirt from their roots. When you keep your preacher worrying over bis grocery bills yoo csn hardly expect him to feed you with the broad of life. The man who h.as eaten too heartily to enjoy the sermon is sinning In ex actly the same way as the drunkard lying In the alley. Tha kingdom of heaven will not come till wen come to make Its lawa supreme and His will greater than tha word of majorities. Spirituality Is not spasmodic. Your soul cannot eat by proxy. Self-seekers do not find salvation. The fear of God euros the fear ot man. You may always suspect tha sus picious man. He Is poor Indeed who cannot Ur without riches. When the devtl preaches leave your purse at home. Tho softer tha snow as It falls deeper It will sink. The roots arc refresheJ ty C r " released by ths l-'ves.
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