Vegetable Milk.
A cheap substitute for the milch
row has been discovered by the Jap
anese in the form of a tiny bean,
states the Farmers' Homo Journal.
Tho Juice, which Is extracted by a
pedal process from the bean. Is Bald
to be nn excellent vegetable milk, the
properties of which render It highly
suitable for use In tropical countries.
The preparation Is obtnined from the
8oJa bean, which Is a popular article
of food among the poorer classes of
Chinese and Japanese. In making
the vegetable milk the beans are first
fit all Boftened by soaking and boiled
In water. Tho resultant liquor Is ex
actly Blmllar to cow's, milk In appear
ance, but is entirely different in its
composition.
F, For Young Horses.
" An experienced breeder has (Uncov
ered that equal parts of ground onta
and corn make an excellent ration for
young horses. Others add bran to
make a well balanced ration to pro
duce a symmetrical growth of bono,
muscle and fat In young horses. The
bran is rich In protein and phospho
rus, which build up bono and muscu
lar development, nnd being mildly ca
thartic prevents constipation. Clover
hay and alfalfa are excellent rough
age for young horses, ns they are rich
In the elaments of hone and muscle
growth. Commercial horses now
must have heavy bono ns a founda
tion of stable endurance, nnd breed
ers should develop their young horses
on those rations which will promote
the growth of bone, tho elements of
which are contained In oats, bran, alf
alfa and clover. Indiana Farmer.
Restraining a Horse.
An eld horseman gave me his way
of restraining a fractious horss which
answers the purpose in giod shape.
It is a strap from the foreleg a 1 1 L 1 1 o
above the knee to the halter and fast
ened with buckles at each end. The
strap Is two feet long or about right
to hold the head nearly level. The
contrivance makes unruly action very
difficult and unpleasant for the horse,
and he finally learns to behave with
out its aid. I. A. L., Middlesex Coun
ty, Connecticut.
A Shortage iu the rig Crop.
Tho American Swineherd cays:
'From the general tenor of letters re
ceived from breeders In the different
parte of the country we are led to be
lieve that the pig crop will be demon
strated a short one. The fact Is we
have been tatting into this condition
for eighteen months or more. High
priced grain and pork below a com
parative price of grain caused people
to market their hogs close and to cave
fewer sows. As one man said In the
office It ia very hard to convince a
farmer, when he can get seventy
cents cash a bushel for his corn at
his town elevator, that It was not his
duty to cash it in there Instead of
feeding it to hogs or any other ani
mals. The shortage is showing in
the number of hogs that are being
marketed, as they are below previous
fat, the dairy herds of this country
could undoubtedly be greatly im
proved, but our methods are altogeth
er too haphazard for such an ideal
ever to bo realized. In tme mean,
time, and so long as a legal limit fee
mill; of three per cent, of fat exlnts
we must be content with showing
that a largo number of Individual
cows do undobutedly fall below that
limit in the course of every year,
whllo with equal certainty the mixed
milk of many herds undoubtedly docs
ho, though with less frequency than
that of Individuals. Tho relative fre
quency with which the herds do so
will depend on the number of such In
dividual offenders? nnd the only safe
way to avoid the risk of one's milk
falling below the limit of three por
cent., of butterfat Is to find out and
get rid of the worst offenders."
A Talk on Turkeys.
Now is the time to feed the early
hatched turkeys liberally and have
them ready for the Thanksgiving
market. It rarely pays to hold them
for tho holiday market. The Thanks
giving market Is nearly always tho
best. And turkeys take on fat. bettor
now than they will later when cold,
snowy weather comes. Corn is tho
national fattening grain for the na
tional birds and the moat available
feed with most of us. We like to
give them all the corn they will eat
these days for their evening ration,
and oats soaked over nlht In water
for the morning meal. Another thing
very essential while feeding turkeys
heavily Is coarse sharp grit. And
plenty of milk to drink ia an nld in
fattening turkeys. How their bodies
plump up after a few weeks of good
feeding. It won't do to rush them off
to market regardless of flesh. The
returns from a lean lot of birds are
sure to ba discouraging. When well
fattened their plumage is smooth and
glossy. The experienced buyer can
tell by the appearance of the plumage
whether they are well fattened or not.
In England, I am told, they confine
turkeys during the fattening period
with good results. We have tried
shutting them upwhlle fattening with
poor success. They are Bitch liberty
loving birds, in our experience, it
won't do to confine them very long
at any time In their lives.
Don't you think It will pay to keep
enough turkey hens so you will have
eggs to spare yonr friends and neigh
bors? They will willingly pay you a
good price. I have a neighbor who
keeps a dozen turkey hens and sho
sells all tho eggs to her neighbors at
$1 a setting. She considers this the
surest way of getting money out of
turkeys. One nice thing about sell
ing turkey eggs for hatching Is that
It Is no trouble to sell them near
home. This lady I have boa telling
you about gets orders for her eggs
over the 'phone, and they are all spo
ken for long before the laying segson.
One dollar for eleven egg3 doesn't
seem like a very big price, but It
amounts to a neat little sum at the
end of the season, nnd this party is at
no expense to sell her egga. Whether
we sell the eggs or eet them ourselves
we should be careful In selecting
breeding birds and holding onto them.
Selling off older hens we know to
be good layers and breeders and keep
ing young ones for breeding Is a mis
take. Up to their fifth year turkeys
arc profitable as breeders. And they
aro not fully mature until two years
old, and at three years a hen is at her
best. Fannie M. Wood, In the In
diana Farmer.
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK !
TEMPERANCE RATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY..
Sobriety In Business.
That there is now In business cir
cles n firm and effectual conviction
that alcohol should play little or no
part In tho relations between buyer
and seller Is emphatically stated by
a writer In the Journal of Commerce
in an article contrasting with past
conditions the present refusal of the
big wholesale houses to pay expense
accounts that only a few years ago
were passed as a matter of course.
Then the out of town merchant In
most cases expected, when he camo
to Now York, to be taken in hand by
an agent or representative of the firm
whose goods he was going to buy and
to be carried for several days and
i nights from one festive scene to an-
i other, not all of which could have
i been explicitly described, even In
I these tolerant days. Now the buyers
have come to the conclusion that the
j obligations thus Incurred do not tend
to facilitate the exercise of the best
jungment in tne selection of goods,
while the salesmen have for th most
part decided that even though "the
house" were willing to pay the cost
of drinks taken and given In the
course of business, its checks could
not restore health shattered by sys
tematized conviviality.
With both sides thus agreed, man
ners and morals in the wholesale
dlBtrlct have been vastly improved
and reformed, and though there Is
practically no direct demand for or
inculcation of total abstinence, noth
ing more than the most moderate in
dulgence Is often tolerated, and, other
things being equal, the total abstainer
gets the preference as regards both
employment and promotion. This, of
course. Is a real advance of temper
ance, founded on no fanatical notion
that It is "wrong" to drink, no mat
ter how moderately, but upon reason
and experience upon the practical
observation of men and affairs, and
the belief that he who would contend
successfully in tho battles of business
should have all his wits about him
all the time.
The argument from expediency
may not be the highest, but It Is not
a low one, and It Is unanswerable
by anybody to whom It has been
brought home. When almost every
body drank hard or at least freely,
success was not so much Imperiled by
It as now when the relative number
of drinkers and non-drinkers has been
reversed, and the man with the dis
turbed and muddled brain has to
compete, not with others In a like
state, but with those In full posses
sion of such faculties and abilities as
kindly nature has given them. New
York Times.
reugious Truths
From the Writings of Great
Preachers.
"Youn
HEAVENLY
KNOWETH."
FATHER
An Editor's Testimony.
In the entire civilized world, and
even In those countries which we call
barbarian, the use of Intoxicating
liquors ia In Itself regarded as harm
ful. Medical science no longer con
tents itcelf with advlBlng against ex
cesses. It recommends total absti
nence, or the use o? such stimulants
only in times of emergency. Every
Christian church regards alcohol as a
moral danger. Insurance societies
recognize tho principle of physical
danger. Residence neighborhoods
protest against the proximity of sa
loons. Open sale of liquor Is thus not a
necessity on either week day or Sun
day. The State feels compelled to
place It under close regulation. Pub
lie opinion, as manifested in the feel
ing of property owners nbout saloons
in their neighborhood, does not sus
tain it as a benefit, but as a concession
to a habit difficult to eradicate. St.
Louis Republic.
When- the stars in my heavens grow dim
and die.
And ninne in the blncknens I seem to lie.
When the nrms 1 leaned on nro brenking
reed,
And my bitter prayer echoes bitterer
need.
When wrongs oppress nnd injustice tears.
I b'&M Him to know I've n God who enres!
Pacific Baptiat.
Life's L"nrst and Its Cure.
Oh that I had wings like a dove!
for then would I fly away, and be at
rest! Psalms, 55:0.
This Is the impassioned cry of a
soul wearied with the turmoil and
Htruggle of life to the point of losing
heart.
What Is the cause of these fits of
depression. One is the fatigue of
work. Another cause of these de
pressed states Is the crosses, anxie
ties and cares of life. It Is not work
so much as worry that saps our vigor.
As the constant dropping wears away
ths granite block, so these little vex
ations try our courage and patience.
And another cause is sin our own
misdoings. We turn aside from the
right to the pleasant path. We do
wrong to ourselves, we hurt our
neighbors. And then comes the In
evitable penalty. We are smitten
with remorse. We are bowed lnthe
dust with self-reproach and shame.
Such is life's unrest. What is its
cure? First of all wo must recognize
tint these discouraged moods are
morbid, unhealthy and unnatural. It
is weak and unmanly for us to give
way to them. Life was meant to be
hopeful, buoyant, joyful. Something
is wrong with our life machinery and
niuht be set straight.
We must love our work, put our
hearts Into It, feel that we are doing
our Father's will in it. Thus labor
ing we will find Joy and beauty and
poetry and not drudgery In our dally
task. The humblest life is glorified
by the divine purpose.
We should look on the bright side.
When our hearts droop it is because
we weigh our troubles, but do not
put our blessings into the balance.
We magnify crosses and overlook
Jovr that are not to be numbered.
Home Is the renewer of the care
worn spirit. Every one should have
or make a home. The power of do
mestic love and confidence to cheer
the jaded spirit is ono of the rarest
treasures of the hearthstone.
But above all religion is the sweet
restorer of the soul. When courage
sinks and spirits flag no power like
faith in God can banish our weak
ness. To realize, then, this living
purpose in our lives and His presence
Instant at hand for our help is to
meet every task with cheer and every
dilemma with a stout herrt.
Instead, then, of sighing for the
wings of a dove to fly to some shelter
of rest let us face life's duties and
cares with manly spirit and eager
ardor, and we shall find in it our
true calling, our place of usefulness,
our school of growth, our pre3ent joy
and our future hope. Junius B. Re
mensnyder, 8t. James' Lutheran
Church, in tho Sunday Herald.
Potash neqnirrd With Lime,
Many farmers have an idea that
lime will unlock the stores of insolu
ble potash In the soil and make It
available for plant food. But when
drears, while the number of cocoumers ' !0U aaIt for tne'r reasons you will
find them very uncertain and unable
to substantiate their opinions either
with the results of experiment station
are constantly Increasing."
Hotter Shelter: Less Feed.
When one of those north westers i worK. or practical experiments on their
comes up and the wind rages and own ,arm- Properly used lime is
snow flies the stock appreciate a good ono of the m0Bt valuable aids to suc
helter. We often see stock out jn I cessful farming, but when used with
all kinds of weather, shivering and,out fertilizer it will impoverish the
huddled together; their owners are Bo1'. tt shown by the old English prt
often very saving of feed, very enro-1 vrb: "Lime without manure will
ful to make both ends meet, on the '"Ro tne farm and the farmer poor."'
farm as It were, yet they do not think I There is nothing gained by making
how each minute their stock is un- extravagant claims for the use of
sheltered In auch weather, tho extra "rara- anl that It makes uny of the
feed or fat they are consuming to ItaHh In tho soil available is very
generate that beat, which pntscs off I UOUD,fu' aD(1 not "ported by experl
eo readily under sach conditions. inents so far as I can k'P.rn. In fact
We have noted In the fattening of , niy experience is that an application
bogs how In a cold spill of weather,0 l,otaBh will glvo much better re-
An Engineer,
How can a man die beUe: than the
locomotive engineer In that Virginia
wreck? Tennessee has reason to be
proud of hlin. Although he was in
bitter pain, scalded, hurt to death, he
begged those who came to his assis
tance to let him alone and help the
passengers. No passenger, however,
needed aid, and the would-be rescu
ers offered whisky. The Injured man
refused, nntil four men had smelled
his breath, to bear witness that he
htd not been drinking when the
wreck occurred. "All an engineer
has Is his record." he said, "and he
canr.ot afford to have anything
against that." Then he died. It Is
sad to die, to leave a wife and chil
dren, friends, work and this bright
world, but It Is well to go, when the
call sounds. In the spirit of the engi
neer, Samuel Bush.- Collier's Week
ly. Prohibition Is Not Confiscatory.
The cleverest thlnj that has ap
peared In the dally press in years in
reference to the liquor men's claim
tu&t prohibition Is or . mounts to
"confiscation." is the following from
tho Detroit News:
"The liquor business has no stand
ing before the law. It has no rights.
It Is merely tolerated by society. A
license Is not property. It Is not ne
gotiable. When It expires that is the
end of the State's special obligation.
"The contiact has been fulfilled
and is dead what ia there to do
about it?"
their appetites Increased with tr ;
cold. Whllo they consumed consider
ably more feed the gain In fat v;as
low. This was recounted for by the
units with lime than without It, which
would not bo the cass If the lime
i.iado any quantity of potash avail
able. In addition to lt3 effect iu
fart that tho food goes to produra ! l"vee"'nnS the soil, nil four mate
heat to a certain extent; tho co'Je. j r,r-1"- ,ifo- nitrogen, phosphoric acki
the more heat must be produced, "n1 Ptan are necessary for plant
hence taking more feed; so it Is easily j Pr3Wth. No one element will answer
seen while feed Is so high It M cssen- i the Purpose without the other, but
all nro necesaarr to obtnln th host
results. An experiment conducted
with fertilizers at the Ohio experi
ment Station shows the lncreaiierf
tlal to have good shelter. Omer 11.
Abraham, In the Indiana Farmer.
Qnnllty of Milk.
A great many persons hnvu hold 'leld clover In tbo bay cron In a ro.
the mistaken notion that with certain tatlon of corn, oats, wheat, clover and
kinds of feeding the cow will increase timothy, the Hmo being spplled to
the per cent, of butter fat. An Eng- tDB corn crP. Add phosphate and
llsh dairyman after much experience "m ftVe n Increase of 1847 pounds;
says: acid phosphate, potash and lime gave
"The qsullty of tbo milk yielded n Increase of 21521 pounds, a gain of
by a cow depends mors upon the lndl- 074 pounds for the use of potash with
vldnallty of the cow than upon any tne I'"19 and phosphoric acid, and
other factor, and that a cow Is not tQl ln " that the authorities say
merely a machine Into which ono can ' vcry deficient la phosphoric acid
pot a certain amount of food of a "me n supposed to hare a fair
known composition with the sure mount of potash. The weight of
knowledge that one will get milk of vldence goes to show that the use of
equally known composition. A cow Ptash and lime should go hand ln
4s a machine certainly, but one whose band. Still the farmer should not
Idlosyucraaloe, as expressed In the follow any experiment blindly, but
quality of the milk she produces, can rather test bis soil for hlmsalf and
only be ascertained by actual testing. "no- out the properties of lime, phos-
, lience the need for testing cows tor llhrlc acid, nitrogen and potash,
the quality as well as the quantity of which will give the best results on bis
their milk Is brought out. By such a OWD 'am. and oae the results of the
proeec.Ui'g and by breeding only from 'experiment stations simply as a guide,
thoso vs which give milk rich In a- Marsh, in Practical Farmer. '
Adulteration Common.
Dr. Joseph P. Remington, dean of
the Philadelphia College of Phar
macy, recently testified ln court that
analysis of fifty barrels of Bourbon
whisky disclosed tho presence of re
fuse from sugar manufactories, am
monia, poisonous coloring matter and
sulphuric acid. Dr. Remington ex
pressed tho opinion that such adul
teration of whisky is very common.
THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. ROBERT BRUCE HULL.
Theme: The Christian Ideal.
Tcmperaiico Notes.
The saloon la the foe of the home
and the enoray of the church.
"State prohibition Is oomlng In two
years," declares Bill Barlow, proprie
tor of the Budget, one of the beat
known editors of Wyoming.
"No other agency in Chicago."
writes Ellas Tobenkln, "can oompete
with the 'rear room' of the saloon In
the matter of destroying character,
ruining homes and blighting lives."
quoting a careful student of this
phase of city life.
8tate prohibition is coming In
Michigan tf the enthusiastic union of
Prohibitionists and White Rlbboners
can bring It about. . '
Educate against the saloon. Edu
cate against Its evil effects. Tell It
to the school boy, the school girl.
When there Is no demand for saloons
there will be no saloons. When there
are no buyers, there will be no seller.
When we legalise the saloon, we
become responsible for wbat it Is and
for wbat It does. Its drunkards are
our drunkards; its paupers are our
paupers; Its robberies are ours, and
ail Its crimes may be laid at our
doors.
Praying Without Watching.
"I don't know how It is," said
a servant girl on her way to the Bible
class;; "my temper Is always getting
the better of me. Then my mistress
scolds. Yet I never run downstairs
without asking God for grace to be
meek all day."
"Oh. dear!" sighed a fair-faced
maiden. Just returned from church.
"Another service over, and I haven't
brought a single word away. I made
such good resolves this morning when
I said my prayers, but Kate's and
Mary's bonnets put them all to
flight."
"It seems as if the public house Is
stronger than the Lord Himself,"
complained a man who rarely started
to his work without a sense of shame
at having spent so much of his hard
earned money overnight on beer.
"The parson bids us ask the Lord to
lead us past the door. I don't know
what He does for other folk; He
never did It yet for me. And it hasn't
been for want of asking Him."
"I never meant to have wasted
such a long time gosBlplng," sighed a
woman, "for what are Mrs. Brown's
affairs to me? It's my besetting sin,
I know. 1 thought of it, too, yestor
day at cburcb, when I said, Xead us
not into temptation,' but now I'm all
behind again."
The girl who let those precious
hours of the service slip had thought
of little else but dress and vanity the
whole week through. What wonder,
then, if new bonnets drove out of her
head the resolutions that sho made
upon her knees.
The man who prayed that God
would lead him past the public house
never tried to help himself; and so
with the woman and her besetting
sin of gossiping.
God baa little help for those who
do not strive against their, sins as
well as say their prayers.
"If I regard Iniquity in my heart."
the Psalmist says If I delight In it.
that Is to say "the Lord will not
hear me. (Psalm C6; IS.) Young
People's Paper.
Mrny Virtues.
Manhood 13 not fully grown until It
measures up to the religious life of
Christ. All manly virtues should be
Illumined by religion; and religion
should be Interpreted In the languago
of manly virtues.
True Fnlt:i.
True faith In God such as will al
ways belp, grows out of knowing His
character. It Is built on the three
words, "God Is love," and thus It is
a heart-faith, or love-faltb. It is a
faith that God will ever do what la
In accordance with love, and nothing
contrary to it. It is a faith that as
God Is love, so He will be toward
you everything that love can mean
pitiful, sympathetic and helpful.
In return It trusts and does not wor
ry, no matter what the circumstance!
are.
THE PRODUCER.
"Does yonr husband play cards fcr
money?"
"Judging from practical results,"
answsred young Mrs. Torklns, "I
should say not. But all the other
men In the game do." Washington
Star.
Japan's postal and telegraph' re-
; celpts for 1901 were 118.730.000, a
gain o izzft.voo over i97.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Robert Bruce
Hull, for many years pastor of the
Greenwood Baptist Church, Sunday
morning preached his Inaugural
sermon as pastor of the Sumner
Avenue Baptist Church, corner of De
catur street. His subject was "The
Christian Ideal." He took as his
texts Matthew xx:28, "The Son of
Man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister and to give His life as
a ransom for many," and Romans
vilt:: "If any man hath not the spirit
of Christ he is none of His." He
said, among other things:
Jesus Christ on earth was the Ideal
Man. His life was the Ideal life. Our
manhood and our lives will be Ideal
as we approach In our actions to the
pattern He has set. The purpose of
the life of Jesus was service and sac
rifice. This must, therefore, be the
purpose of every true disciple. Oth
erwise the denunciation of the great
apostle is over us and we hear the
terrible words. "If any man haw not
the spirit of Christ he Is none of His."
On this day, when we begin our labor
together as pastor and people, it Is
well that we should all bear in mind
that the purpose of this Christian life
Is service. The word minister means
precisely this. Your "servant for
Jesus sake" was the title Paul gave
himself ln writing to the Corinthian
Church. This is the Ideal which, by
God's help, I shall keep before my
own eyes, and this same Ideal of the
Christian life I shall ln all my minis
try seek to present to you. I can ask
you to do nothing nobler or higher
than the example of Christ and I dare
not place before you anything lower
than this.
There is dignity In this service. The
law of God's own being Is to give
Himself to others. Because He is om
nipotent He creates. Because of
abounding strength He works. Of
Him Jesus says: "My Father worketh
hitherto and I work." We have this
principle, therefore, that the most
eminent are those who most eminent
ly serve. The well known motto of
the Prince of Wales, "Ich Deln," I
serve, Is an illustration in point. AH
great souls delight In service. Eli
jah's constant motto was. "The Lord
God before whom I stand." and thus
standing before God and ln His serv
ice he could defy kings, priests nnd
peoples. David rejoiced to say. "Tru
ly I am Thy servant." Go through
tho great names of Bible stories or
secular history and one and all are es
teemed because of service rendered.
The more of self-sacrifice there Is ln
the service the more nearly it ap
proaches the ideal and the more sure
ly It is honored of men and esteemed
of God. Lowell sings truly:
Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes;
They were men that stood alone.
While the men they ngonized for
Hurled the contumelious stone.
Jesus service culminated In giving
His life as a ransom for many. This
Is the highest service; we honor sol
diers, not because they fight, but be
cause they are willing to die. When
Moravian missionaries are willing to
enter a leper colony and brave a lep
er's death that they may save some,
they manifest again the spirit of the
Master whom they Berve. When Gar
ibaldi's men asked him what their re
ward should be for service ln tils
army, he is reported to have said:
"You will suffer hunger. You will go
barefoot over rough ways. You will
be clothed ln rags. You will have
sickness, wounds and death, but Italy
will be free." The noble Italians
shouted: "We are the men! We are
the men!"
Even to-day with pageants by sea
and land, with booming guns and
ringing cheers, with breeze-blown ban
ners and marvelous illuminations, we
celebrate the heroic bravery of the
discoverer and the persistent toll of
the Inventor. In every human heart
there is a God-Implanted admiration
for service and sacrifice.
Such effort represents love, the
mightiest force ln the universe. God
could compel service, but, as He has
made us, He cannot compel love. It
is love that is needed more than serv
ice. It there be first a loving heart,
though the service be Imperfect, yet It
Is appreciated. Soldiers have per
formed duty at the point of the com
mander's pistol, but they were not he
roes. God does not force us to hate
ful tasks, but says: "Son, daugh
ter, give Me thy heart." The ser
vice of the Christian, the service of
this Church, is to be Chrlstllke. Not
for self, not for advantage or glory
as an organization, but for God and
humanity are wo to live and labor.
This effort is to be given to help the
lowest as well as the highest. Our
Lord's disciples were amazed that He
would talk to a poor sinful woman
who was a Samaritan. Their exclu
slveness and their pride would have
passed her by with contempt. Not so
Jesus.
He came to give His life a ransom
for many. His work was to save that
which was lost. For the lost He made
atonement. For the lost He sends
out His disciples to preach. . For the
sake of the lost He declares: "Lo, I
am with you alway." Our Christian
life la to be like His. Yes, our Chris
tlan life is to be like His. "Christ
In us the hope and glory." We are
not simply Imitators. The Christ
life In us will work as Jesus did.
The spirit of Christ will manifest
Itself ln the earnest and loving ser
vice of all men from the lowest to
the highest. It Is said that over the
gate to Plato's academy were these
words: "Let no one enter here who
does not know geometry." That was
the crown and pride of earthly wis
dom. The spirit of Christ says: "Who
soever will may come," and "Hlra
that cometh to Me I will in no wise
cast out." Because God knew the
need of human souls. He came to
earth in the person of Jesus Christ.
Because we were dead ln trespasses
and sin, He became our sin-bearer.
Because we were helpless and hope
lesB He gave His life for us. Be
cause of that eternity before us, He
lived our life and died our death that
we might triumph over death and
hell and reign with Him forever
more. This Is the message of Christianity
to the world.
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR DECEMBER 10.
F.cvtow of tlie Lessons for tho Fourth
Quarter Golden Text: "I Have
Fought a Good Fight, I Have
Finished My Course, I Have Kept
tho Faith." 2 Tim. 4:7.
The lessons of this quarter again
are all about Paul, his life and his
teachings. They can be profitably re
viewed under two heads: The leading
events ln Paul's life; and, The prom
inent points ln his character. Wa
give here a few prominent points In
his character as brought out in the
lessons of the quarter:
In Lesson I. We have his calm--ness
and fearlessness ln danger.
In Lesson II. We have again his
calmness In danger and also his pru
dence and good sense.
In Lesson HI. We have his deli
cate courtesy and his fearlessness and
faithfulness.
In LesBon IV. We have his prompt
obedience to divine guidance, his un
tiring zeal for Christ.
In Lesson V. We have his absolute
fearlessness ln storm nnd tempest and
his absolute confidence in God's
Word.
In Lesson VI. We have his humil
ity and his readiness to do any kind
of work for the welfare of others.
In Lesson VII. We have hie long
ing for human friendship and sympa
thy, big love for his countrymen and
his faithfulness lndeclarlng the whole
Word of God.
In Lesson VIII. We have his joy
In suffering for Christ and his humil
ity. In Lesson IX. Wo have his sound
Judgment, breadth of view and love
of peace.
In Lesson X. We have his tact and
his Justice.
In Lesson XI. We have his faith
fulness to the end, his hopefulness in
regard to the future, his forgiveness
toward his faithless friends and his
unshakable confidence in the Lord.
Herald Blasts.
"I shall not want," is always the
rong of the soul lu which there is no
Coubt.
Whoever gives his body to be
b;:rned, and has not love, throws
away his ashes.
No greater mistake can bo made
tJ'an to make the accumulation of
riches the first business of life.
The lantern that only shines when
the sun shines will never be of any
service to those who are lost.
Unless we say "Our Father" in our
money getting, we cannot worship
God by saj-tng It '1 church.
I Without consistent Christian life
utv-n. up ma jiitruc-uer, mere is HQ
us In ringing the church bell.
The preacher who puts thought
Into his sermons will, sooner or later,
find himself proachlng to people who
think.
It hurts more to live a day without
prayer than without bread.
Suppose there are hypocrites In the
church, does that make your sinning
any safer?
The man who loves sin la a sinner,
no matter how much he pays for a
pew in church.
Begin every day with this thought:
What happens to-day will be what
Cod sees Is best.
The Chrlaiian never has to count
his cash to find out how much he has
to be tbaukful for.
A cold church will soon begin to
warm up when God's Are is burning
in the preacher's heart.
Isn't there a strong touch of hy
pocrisy in thanking God for the
bread and finding fault with the
cook? Home Herald.
Roll Ringer For Seventy Veers.
Mr. John Skinner, aged eighty-six,
assisted in the ringing of two peals
on Broadclyst bells last week in cele
bration of bis birthday. He has rung
at all the principal events of the pe
riod at Exeter Cathedral for upward
of soventy years, Including Queen
Victoria's coronation In 1838, her
wedding In 1838. both her Jubilees
and King Edward's birth and .coro
nation. He is believed to be the old
est rlngsr In the country. London
Standard.
ClISTMEiWiTES
DECEMBER NINETEENTH
Toplo Our Christmas Gifts Matt
2: 1-11.
God's Gift to us. 2 Cor. 9- 15
Christ's gift Himself. Eph. 6: 25.
The heart to God. Prov. 2.V 21
The life to service. Rom. 15" 1.5 '
Substance to the poor. 1 john 3.
Ourselves to Christ. Matt 4
The best gift the wise men brought
to the Infant Jesus was the faith that
(v 2) l niake thBt l0n 3ourne"
insincerity, like that of Herod will
maa'vn8)8lft vltiate any Chrl"'
The star that will lead us to Christ
Is love. Any love, so it be pure and
strong, will lead us to Him (v 10)
.tGoJl.d or the KlnR' frankincense for
the God, and myrrh for the death of
the mortal Man that was to coma on
Calvary (v. 11). u
Suggestive Thoughts.
You do not know the Joy of givlnz
tUl you have given what costs somi
thing, a piece ot yourself with your
gift.
Your gift will be a failure if yOU
give not what your friend wants but
what you think he ought to want.
Let It be a merry Christmas no less
than a holy one, and a holy one no
less than merry.
The "peace on earth" Is primarily
In men's hearts before it can be peace
among the nations; that Is a result of
peace ln men's hearts.
Illustrations.
As some people spend Christmas,
their Christmas tree has been sawed
up into a bargain counter.
The stocking is a good symbol ot
Crlstmas giving, as small presents,
that will fit the stocking, are usually
the best.
The Christmas star has five points;
love to God, love to man, thoughtful'.
ness, self denial and Joy.
The first Christmas tree Is the tree
on which bung our Savior, God's un
speakable Gift to the world.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LUIS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19
20,
Our Sphere of Sorvlce.
Our Lord did not give the wretched
man whom He had found lurking
among the tombs and cured the prlv.
(lege of accompanying Him. He did
not send him as a missionary to some
distant city. He told him to go home
to the friends who had seen him la
his degradation, to those who knew
his history, and tell them what great
things had been done for him. Those
who receive God's blessings should
not forget their obligations to those
nearest them. Our first duty Ilea
within the little sphere In which we
move ln our common daily living. TO
fill that well Is our greatest privilege,
and ln It is enfolded our greatest
blessing If we will but claim IU
A Present Christ.
We need not only the risen Christ
but the returned Christ; not only th.e
historic Christ, nor the heavenly, bat
the spiritual, the Intimate, the bus
hand of the soul ln its dally vigor.
Its dally conflict, its dally fear. Its
dally joy, its dally sorrow. Its dally
faith, hope, love. We need, obt how
we need, a Lord and Master, a Lover
aud King of our single. Inmost,
shameful, precious souls, the Giver
and the Goal 'of our most personal
salvation, a Conscience without our
conscience, and a Heart amidst our
heart and Its ruins and Us resurrec
tion. P. T. Forsyth. '
The Cost of Self-Respect.
No one can.respect himself, or have
that sublime faith in himself, which
is essential to all high achievements,
when ho puts mean, half-hearted,
slipshod service Into what be does.
Ha cannot get bis highest self-appro,
val until he doos his level best. No
man can do bis bBBt, or call out the
blghest thing ln him, while he re
gards bis occupation as drudgery or
a bore. Scottish Reformer.
1 OU of Sassafras For Insect Rites.
-It Is not generally known bow val
uable a preventive against the bites
ot mosquitoes, fleas, gnats, midges,
etc., oil ot sassafras Is. The fact has
recently been recorded again by A.
T. Cirdler. If In a susceptible per
son the oil la applied at once to the
place that has been bitten It almost
Invariably prevents the poisoning al
together. If applied to the Inflamed
spot a day or two after the bite It at
once stops the Irritation.
To those who live In the country
and whose life Is made a burden by
nndue susceptibility to- Insect bites
and to those who have not yet re
turned from holiday making In re
gions Infested by biting Insocts oil of
sassafras should be a great boon and
It Is harmless as an eiternal appli
cation. London Globe.
A CONSISTENT' REASON.
Brooke "So you're not taking tte
electrical treatment?" '
Lynn "No; they charged roe tco
tuueb. "Harper's Weekiy. ,'
Leavening the Lump Luke 13
21 Missions.
In other parts of the New Testa
ment "leaven'" is used as a symbol ot
evil forces which tend to spread moral
corruption "a little leaven leaveneth
the lump," says the apostle. And some
writers have tried to show that In this
passage also the word "leaven" Is
used to represent corrupting influ
ences that our Lord foresees will be
set at work ln the kingdom by Its
enemies. But leaven Is not necessari
ly evil; It Is life. It may produce
evil effects, or good effects, depending
on the sort of leaven it is and on the
material in which it works. The mala
thing is that life tends to reproduce
Itself, whether It Is good or evil.
Leaven is an example of the rapidity
and thoroughness with which some
forms of life, under favorable condi
tions, are multiplied, until thoy have
penetrated to every part of the mate
rial into which they were Introduced.
60 leaven, in spite of Its being often
used as a figure of 111, Is a fit symbol
of our religious capacity for expansion
and extension. It has been Introduced
into the world, a living, aggressive
force. It persists in surviving, even
when conditions are not favorable.
When the conditions change for the
better it spreads with astonishing rap
idity and vigor.
How the First Gospel Leaven Worked
There Is no better missionary guide
book than the Acts of the Apostles. In
that book the records ot the first ex
pansion of Christianity are not only
proofs ot the faith's early power, but
inspiring prophecies of its present-day
possibilities.
In Acts we see now the lump of tne
Roman empire was leavened. Begin
ning at Jerusalem, the good news ot
salvation spread until It touched the
edges of the world. From Scotland
to the Sahara the lands bad heard the
Word; from Spain to the Assyrian
rivers missionaries could be found.
Leaven in meal must have favor
able conditions. The. gospel in tn
first century was helped in its pro
gress by the conditions of the world
Into which It came.
The Roman empire was a unity.
Throughout its whole extent there was
one law, one authority, one supreme
power. Never since has an Imperial
standard floated over so large a pro
portion of the civilised world. It is
easy to see wbat this political unity
meant, holding every part of tne wo,r
as open as every other part to tne
tulsniguary's work. j
DOO AS A GUIDE.
Nine kilometers south ot Dlnard
(Ille-et-Vllalne), on passing through
the village ot Pleurtult and descend
ing Into the deep valley of Fremur
the visitor finds the Crocbals ponds,
a widening of the river ln a roman
tic spot between wooded slopes whose
dark verdure Is reflected in the som
ber waters, says an exchange. Tba
Vhole valley being private property
cependent upon the neighboring Cas
tle of Crochals, which dominates tho
bill, would-be visitors are directed
to apply at the mill, whose great
wheel is turned by the waters of tiie
first pond. The mlllor pockets 1I
gratuity, points out the Intricate paths
that must be followed, then calls
"Bernard" and Indicating the vUltori
tells Eernard to go with thorn, Ber
nard la the dog that acts as gMo in
order to save the miller the Journey
and explanations. 1
The dog trots quietly along ln front
of those entrusted to bis care,
If they take a bypath be stops m
waits till they rejoin him. It Is easy
to understand him. The walk is about
a kilometer and a half as far as ths
second pond, where It terminates.
Bernard goes no farther. If one tries
to continue It is at his own risk and
peril. Bernard will not budge from
the spot, but squats down or carrl
on a flirtation at the second ml" u"
one returns. , . , ,
As soon as be sees the visitor re
turning Bernard runs along the I"J
back to the first pond, and without
repassing the mill where, the rlnwr
was committed to bis charge be con
ducts him directly to the rosd -lot
Pleurtult. . Then when he sees th
visitor eet off on foot or In a car
riage be turns his back and trots off
borne, and no amount of perusstin
will induce htm to accompany as ",
further on the road. ;