TO JO1 afnV
Sire 1'or Sheep.
Getting a bettor sire to head the
flock of sheep is simply a matter of
economy. The ront may seem exorbi
tant, but tho superior typo of lnm'.
thus secured next spring will ran?
you to consider the liiuh-bred sire a
Bnfe and profitable investment, after
all. Farmers' Homo Journal.
Cornel oik 1'ilnT.
Wh"n tho pr""n rir.lks r.-o glv-n to
care should bo us"d to proven'
cattle from having a o"F! to the
woody fiber which the swine will
leave after chewing tho stalks. T'igs
relish thy stalk for the sweet liens in
it, but leave enouah saccharine matter
In the fiber to make It attractive to
cattle, especially tho you nor stock.
Thin fiber It Indigestible, and the cat
tle. If allowed to pick It tip, will fre
quently eat n sulllciont quantity to
cause Impaction and harmful if not
fatal refill's. It , not gafo to let rat
tle Into yards where swine are given
preen cornstalks. Fror.i Ccburn's
"Swine in America."
Crind the Corn For 1'liiisliing Pigs.
Fattening hops will UHur.lly finish
faster on cornmeal than on shelled
corn, and many farmers favor corn
mp.l for that reason, ncperlmenis
covering tho quantity fed plainly
show, however, that hog given corn
meal cat more feed in a Riven time
than those on sdvdW corn. When
both the feed eau-.n and the pains
made are taken Into consideration the
profit in favor of cornmeal Is consid
erably less than many suppose. Corn
and cob meal ba3 been (shown to have
about the fume value as pure corn
meal; if any advantage Is had from
corn and cob meal, as Is claimed by
some stockmen, it, no doubt, largely
comes from the bulk furnished by
the particles of cob, which by render
ing the contents of the floinmh less
compnet or more porous helps to their
easier and more complete dlues;Jon.
Coburn's "Swine in America."
Vrost Proof Hits.
For material take any piece of
leather as long u;i the bit and wide
enough to reach around It, then new
It round tho bit. Now cut out two
circular pieces of leather three Inches
In diameter like the Illustration. Cut
i at Station compared rations of two
s of cornmeal and one part of soy
n with cornmeal and wheat Hild
as In equal proportions and with
parts of cornmeal and one part of
.age for pork production. Tho
bean ration produced tho largest
V pains, and this with the smallest
, itity of feed consumed for each
i . .d of pain.
, ' 10 Kan.'ins Agricultural Experl
t Station has several times tested
value of f oy bean In combination
i cornmeal and with kafir meal In
, parlr.on with the two latter feeds
I 10 In feeding hops. Tho feeds
a ml-:od in the proportion of four
i ' lis corn or kailr and one-fifth soy
! i. ins. Larger pains, varying from
j t. irteen to thirty-seven per cent.,
were made in every case on the mK'd
t aiinns than on corn or kafir alone.
j With cornmeal nlnno 100 pounds
of pain cost ? rt . S 2 , with cornmeal and
I soy bean meal f.'i.'.T and with Itatl r
I meal and soy bean meal $3.37. For
these computations the value of corn
meal was fixed at S 1 4 a ton, kafir
meal at $13 n ton and soy beans at
$2", a ton, or seventy-five cents a
' bushel.
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SEPMON BY
DR. JOHN HUMPSTONE.
Thome: Light of the Woild.
them half and make a
round hole in the centre. Slip these
around the ends of the bit and sew
lip the cut. Now you have as pood a
bit as you could buy. Everett E.
Tinker, Ellsworth. .Me.
Losm-h in Manure.
Ore of our experiment stations has
Ghown by careful inw.-ith'.-itlin that
when the stable manure Is piled up
and left exposed to the r.".i:s the lc-s
from Rat-hint; of the fen He elements
Is very large. The New Jer.-v.y srailon
finds that manure exposed for 1U0
days loat. over ona-hulf of nitrogen,
one-half of the phosphoric acid and
the r.ume proportion of the potassium
had been lost. More than one-half
of the con . lucnts had be"n lout by
an exposure of less than four pound:;.
Work from other txperimeia stations
confirms this.
A great dual of valuable manure is
also lost In badly arranged stables,
where there are poor facilities for re
covering the manure. The valuable
liquid manure Is lost by drainage.
The beat way to save all the fertile
dements in manure la to haul It on
the fields and meadows and spread It
evenly over the land. Washed Into
the sell it 13 preserved for tho next
crop.
lirceds and Laying Capacity,
Laying capacity varies greatly
among individual hens. This has
been discovered by the use of trap
nests. Experiment station records
bhow that hens vary from 250 eggu
per year to no rgga. Frequently a
good looking hen, in pood health, will
nor. pay for tho food she cats, while
another hen of tho same breed and
with the same rare, will lay eppa
worth three or four times the cost of
tho food.
It Is not known that there Is a
typ or shape characteristic of heavy
laying hens, otherwise It would be an
eusy matter to rid the flock of the
unprofitable fowls. The use of the
trap uet involve! considerable labor,
more than a farmer, keeping only a
few hens, can profitably plve, but he
should endeavor to secure "pedi
greed" male from some of tho experi
ment stations or from reputable pri
vate breeders la order to breed up the
laying qualities of his flock.
The smaller breeds, such as Leg
hornsr are usually the most profit
able for egg production. The Leg
horns should lay as many eggs as the
Plymouth Ilocks and breeds ot that
kind on ono-fourth less food. But
the question of profit does not hinge
oo egg yield alone. Large returns
will be secured from the sales of the
Plymouth Kocks for market, which
will about balance the difference in
the cost of feeding. Weekly Witness.
Boy Deans For Hog.
Tbe Wisconsin Agricultural Exper
iment Station compared soy bean
meal and wheat middlings (or pork
production in three separate experi
ments in as many years. -.Two-thirds
of the grain ratio was cornmeal in
each cum. In each of tbe experi
ments the largest gains were made on
tbe soy bean rations. Boy beans
proved about ten per cent, superior
to wheat middlings (or pork produc?
tlon, figuring the cost of tbe feeds as
tbe same.
Tbe Indian Agricultural Expert-
Plnln llor-e Sense.
Gentle col's make centle horser..
An excitable and nervous ho-.emnn
usually owns horses of the same tem
perament. We never yet have "on the colt
that could not be turned Into a pet by
kind words and gentle bandllnp.
If you want a horse trained to suit
you in every respect you must do tho
training yourself, and begin when he
! Is a suckling colt.
A severe or so-called "safety" bit
often causes a horse to become vi
cious or unruly. Re cure the animal
nocd3 such a bit before you use It on
him.
Don't try to shun the automobiles.
They've come to s ay, and the sooner
we train our teams to drive pa at one
without being frightened, the better
for us, the h' rse and the autolsts.
Get rid of the kicky horse at once.
He may be valuable as far as hla
working qualities pi, but If some of
the children should happen to stray
up behind his heel you may r.'gret
having kept him after It Is too late.
We frequently see a man (?) strlko
his horse with a whip and then yank
the poor, dumb animal back when he
plunges nnd tries to pet free. Such a
man ought to be knocked down rlpht
on the spot, and kicked a time or two
for falling so hard.
When the skittlnh horso shies or
pets scared, handle him gently and
speak kindly to him for a few sec.
onds, Instead of whipping, jerkins;
and talking In a loud tone, os most
men do. Soothe him, rather than un
nerve and excite him by causing him
to think be Is going to be hurt.
The balky horse is a nuisance you
cannot afford to waste lime with on
the farm nor any place else, for that
matter. I'ioia'ly, the poor animal has
been ruined beyond redemption by
over-loading, and .the sooner you pet
rid of him the quicker you'll make a
big savins in lime and temper. Be
sides you don't, want him to spoil an
other poc.d pulling horse, ar.d that 13
.Inst what bo Ih liable to do If you
keep him.
The man who Pi 's into a passion
end kicks his fai.hlYl horse In the
handiest place ou;;ht to he forced to
remove his shoes and siotklnps and
repeat the operation barefoot, or have
one one administer a sound kick on
the same part ot bis anatomy that he
kicked the horse, (t n lht show him
the error of bin way. In fact It would
seem a pood thins if the owner were
compelled to take the place of the
horse now nnd then. It would be far
better for the horn" at least.
The horse that reenis to be suHcen
Hide to frequent attacks of the colic
is a risky piecoof fir-a to keep around
tho farm. The fatality of this dis
ease Is sometimes so sudden that
there is little chnn'-e of curing the
services of a veterinarian, or of ad
ministering relief at a stage that
would be of any bent fit. Such an ani
mal usually has some striking pood
qualities about him, but you can't let
these tempt you to hoi 1 onto him till
his loss Is total to you. Sell him, gel
a h' aithy animal, and be on the safe
sldo of the fence. M. Albertus Cov
ert!'!!, in tho Indiana Farmer.
Father of Newsies,
John K. Gunckel, father of the
newsboys' association movement in
tho 1'nlted States, and tho genius ol
tho Toledo association, which num
bers 1C00 boys, despite the, siza of the
city. Is a man for whom Mayor Brunei
Whiilock, the author-reformer und
disciple of the methods of the late
Golden Rule Jones, has the kindest of
words. In a magazine a preclation of
Mr. Guncktd's work of a quarter ol
a century in making men of the alert
young merchants of the street, the
Mayor-author tells how Mr. Gunckel,
through sheer force of a kind person
ality und bis Inimitable fish stories,
keeps the newsboys lutereated in thelt
republic association and teaches them
that they must not lie, steal, swear or
smoke cigarettes.
Mr. Gunckel twenty-five years or
more ago was an agent of the Lake
Shore Railroad with two bobbles, fish
ing and boys. The same patience
that stood blm in good stead as a
fisherman aided him in bis fight to
land the boys.
His first acquaintance with them
began as a friend on the streets, not a
superior or condescending trlund, but
merely a familiar.
Recently tbe boy of tbe associa
tion, who have tbelr own organiza
tion, bave erected a largo auditorium
In wblcb tbey have kitchens, dining
rooms, gymnasium, swimming pools
and a library of books that are read.
Tbe books are read because Mr.
Ouncksl, with his knowledge of wbat
tbe boya like and what Is best for
tbem, selected them. Dotrolt Journal.
Since Manchuria waa converted in
to a province Its expenditure bas In
creased rapidly. Its balance sbeet
last year waa six million taels on the
wrong slda.
;
Brooklyn, N. V. The Kev. Dr.
John HumpBtone, pastor of Em
manuel Baptist Church, returned
from a world trip of seventeen
months in time to be in his pmplt
Sunday. His subject In the morning
was, "Whence Carao the Light of the
World?" The texts were from Mat
thew 4:16: "The people that, sat In
darkness, saw a great light;" John
8:12: "Jesus spake unto them, say
ing, I am the light of the world," and
Hebrews 1:1, 2, 3: "God hath
spoken to us In Tl is Son the
effulgence of His glory and the very
Imnge of Ills Hubstanee." Dr. Hump
Btone said:
Thc6e three Scriptures have unity
as answer to the question which Is
our subject The land in which, and
the people to whom, Jesus came sat
in darkness, a darkness so dc p that
it could be described with aiequacy
only as "the region and shadow ot
death." In such surroundings sud
denly nnpeared one, sane and pnir.ad
and effectual, who said, "I am the
light of the world." Ilow av we to
account for such an emerg' iue? Is
darkness tbe source of light ; provin
cialism the parent of universality;
narrowness of view the progenitor of
worldwide outlook and sympathy?
Is supreme spiritual vitality the Issue
to be expected from morel torpor?
Could formalism and phariseelsm be
get tha superbly free sincerities of
Jesus? Does death bring forth life?
Can He who called and has approved
Himself "The Light of the World" be
accounted for my human heredity and
environment?
To such questions enlightened faith
has ever had but one answer. It is
the answer of the New Testament.
The supremely good and perfect gift
is from above nnd came down from
tho Father of Lights, in Whom is no
darkness at all. God's Son is tha
effulgence of His Father's glory, the
very image of His substance. There
fore 1b Ho the Light of tho World.
Such, In outline, are the thoughts
now briefly to be expanded.
Palestine cannot account for Jesus.
That is the conviction wliic'i a visit to
tho land, conventionally called "holy,"
leaves within an open mind. If It Is
to be held holy, the hallowing is duo
to Him and its associations with Him.
Ho conferred upon It a distinction and
pre-eminence which it did not, could
not, impart to Him. It everywhere
illuminates and illustrates what He
said. It nowhere and In no wise ex
plains what He was. One has a con
tinual pleasure In tracing the paral
lels between the Lord's ministry and
His environment. The land and the
gospels are the counterparts of each
other. At every step some word, or
image, of His flashes into the mind
with new sense of Its truth and beau
ty. And this scarcely at all In connec
tion with the identification of partic
ular Bites or places. On the contrary,
the mind recoiht with disgust from the
effort to fix with exactitude the spot
presumptively sacred, because of tho
degradations to whb h the supposed
Identification 1 ads. There Is as much
superstition in Palestine to-day as
there is in India, and It is quite as
buleful. Man's purpose to localize
Jesus is the defeat of his chief Intent.
His "field is the world." If llo were
now to visit the land of His earthly
nativity, He would denounce with
righteous anper the vain superstitions
which defile the place t,f His transient
ministry. As of old Ho swept the
trad.'ra from the tenii.de courts, so
would He drive away the crowds that
cluster about the Idols and the shrines
their own hands have fashioned,
thinking to do Him honor. One can
Imapkio how His tones would thrill
as He reaffirmed His declaration,
"The hour comet h and now Is when
neither in this mountain, nor in Jeru
salem, shall ye wc-shlp the Father.
Yo worship that which ye know not
odd is a spirit and they
that worship lllm must worship Him
in spirit and in truth."
But true as this Is. nnd keen as
are the pain and disillusionment the
fact occasions, still more exqulBite
und satisfying Is the sense of veri
similitude as. New Testament In
hand, one wanders over Judean hills,
through Samaritan villages, over Es
draeion's fertile plalu, till he finds
h'mself at last afloat on Galilee's
lake. "He is not here, but risen;"
and yet His spirit permeates all. One
breathes the air Ho 'breathed: one
.sees tho sights He saw; one feels the
thrill Ho felt, and still his compas
sions are awakened as one looks upon
tlie people of the land. Nothing could
bo more perfect than the accord be
tween landscape and narrative, apt
metaphor and obvious fact, persist
ing custom and moral appeal, physical
object and spiritual suggestion.
These are His flowers, that His city
set on the hilltop; there flew the birds
that taught Him Cod's care. This
barren wild Is the physical reflex of
His soul's testing. Yonder snowy
height, flashing in the sunlight, is the
very symbol, whether it were the
eceno or not, of Ills transfiguration.
To-day His nower gues forth to bow;
tho women He described are yet toll
ing at the mill or bearing aloft their
waterpots. The fishermen He com
panioned are there, drawing their
nets; and even as we aro busy watch
ing them, Biicn a sudden windstorm as
H quieted sweeps down the valley
between the hills and threatens to
overturn out boat. Yes! It is good
for faith to visit the land, however
much credulity may bave defiled It,
however sadly superstition has en
crusted it with unrealities. But moat
of all is it good for faith to see the
actual environment of Jesus, that the
mind may have sense ot the contrast
between it and Him. It Is so small:
He is ao great. Ita color tonei are so
neutral; He is so resplendent. It is
so Oriental; He is so cosmopolitan.
It is so limited; He Is io universal.
It li 10 sordid; He is so vtbereai. It
l! foul with unmentionable filth; He
is ao pure and clean. It ia 10 eccle
siastical; He la so spiritual. It is so'
distinctly Hebraic; He la so decisive
ly and inclusively human. Tbeie con
trasts drive tbe mind at first to won
der that sucb a personality could
emerge In sucb surroundings. As
their cogency complete! Itself they
draw furtU to fresh reverence aoi
impel the soul to worship Him, who
said to His contemporaries, "Ye are
from beneath, I am from above; ye
are of this world, I art not of this
world."
Bptind, then, a brief moment or two
In contemplation of this self-con-sclousiiesH
of Jesus out of wblcb Is
sued continuously that stream of self
assertion of which one single speci
men Is before us: "I am the light of
the world." Sometimes sucb utter
ances of our Lord bave been denomi
nated "claims." But as a New Testa
ment writer says: "He counted notthe
being on an equality with God a thing
to be grasped at." To Him these ex
pressions of Ills Drerosatlva. needed
no demonstration?" Such utterances"
were the spontaneities of His mind;
the inevitabilities of His conscious
ness. He could not but thus speak.
Any other tone would hnvo been out
of keeping with his self-knowledge.
"I know," He said, "whenco I came
and whither I go." And this knowl
edge was of that kind no other could
haro with Him. It was self-knowledge.
"Ye know not whencn I come
or whither I go." Standing in that
narrow sphere, among souls so want
ing Insight, .Fpeaklng to nn age that
had no longer within Itself either th9
possibilities or the realization of vis
ion, Jesus knew God as by the parities
! of His own life. Ho knew man as
knowing not his .features, but his
heart what was In him. He knew
the world, not as the traveler knows
It, but as the Creator perceives It.
HIb thoughts were of nations more
than of His nation; of the world
rather thnn of His birthplace. Ho
spoke with a note of authority In
every utterance, while His contem
poraries were babbling bu' of tradi
tion. Their eyes were in tho back of
their heads; and such narrow, blinded
eyes at that. His face was toward the
future. All time He hud for His pros
pect. He spoke of the end of the ago
with the sama calm certitude as char
acterized His Insight Into conditions
then existing. He was In attitude, in
utterance, in outlook, in tho sublime
con.ldence of His expectations, in the
precision of Hi3 foresight, the Son of
i the Kternal. lie saw as in r mirror all
! the ages and claimed them for Mis
I own. He held toward men an attl
j tude of supremacy which was tho
I correlate of this sense of Himself. He
; bade them como to Him, believe in
j L 1 1 111. follow Him, honor Him. He
commanded their service, accepted
' their worship, declared that when
! they called Him Master and Lord they
j scid well, for so He was. Nor are
I IhesP assertions of Himself mere dis
I locta membra. They are the very
I fibre of the revelation He makes.
They aro unified by Himself into a
program. Ho was not merely His
1 awn subject. He made Himself the
?ub.iect of His messengers. He looked
forward to the realization of a King
dom of the Spirit, of which He Him
jelf was to m the King. Into this
kinpdom, as before Him at last for
, decisive judgment, ail nations were
1 :o bo gathered. "iSvery creature" was
Ills objective. As to no other who
?vcr lived or taught, everything hu
man was germane to Him, and fell
within the scope of His purpose.
Himself the Way, the Truth, the Life,
He knew and said that He came to
bring and be the Life of men: "Be
cause I live ye shall live also." In
Him was life and the life was the
light of men. And the light shined
in the darkness; and the darknuas ap
prehended It not.
Now such a phenomenon of being
and the reality of being has to be
accounted for. But how? Sourco
must equal Issue. By no much as tho
stream I3 strong and free and full, by
that Bame measure its spring must
be high. Cause must bo adequate to
sffect. No insjignillcent. cause ever -nt
produced fo transcendent an effect.
Ask yourself the question Jesus urged
upon His associates: "Whnt think yo
of Christ? Whose Son is He?" Can
Joseph, the Galilean carpenter, be tha
actual, as he was tlie putative, father
of such a son? Must not the Father
of Btich an Ono have In Himself the
infinitudes, the magnitudes, the unl
v rsali'les which characterize tho
Son's lifo anil service? Who but God
could bi-get such a Son? And every
word of Jesus as to His own origin
bears out the nssortions of the later
New Testament: "I and My Father
are one." "He that hath seen Mo
hath seen the Father." "No man
Jiath seen the Father, save He that Is
from God; Ho bath seen the Father."
Tlis? are the uniform and character
istic words of Jesus when speaking of
' Ills origin. He knew that He was
come from God and that He was go
ing to God. For this cause they
Bought to kill Him, because He called
Cod His own Fathpr (that Is, His
Father in a unique and entirely indi
vidual sense) making Himself equal
with God. This, then, iu tho one,
only, adequate explanation of Jesus:
God hath spoken unto us In His Son,
who ia tho effulgence of God's glory;
who bears the very impress of His
essential lifo. Thence came the Light
of tha World! Bathed in ita stream
ing radiance, we are drawn, as chil
dren of the Resurrection, to our Mas
ter's feet. Our adoration Is the
ecstasy of Thomas: "My Lord and
my God."
The
SundaySchoo!
INTEUXATIONATj LESSON COM
MENTS FOIl DECEMUKR 26.
DECEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH
- s
Make Ilcllgion a Henlity.
Real religion uiuBt either be out
for business or go out of business.
It must either make the world better,
be doing tilings for the Ideals which
It sees, or acknowledge that It la noth
lng but a dream or u delusion. Now
when one is in the thick of as big an
undertaking as religion sets before
him, nothing less than the redemption
of the whole world, he has no energy
left to wonder whether he is ns good
as he ought to be.
Tho sickly saints are always worry
ing over their souls; their spiritual
livers are always out or order be
cause they aro perpetually examining
them. They complain and groan bo
much that the ignorant, hearing
I hem. Imagine religion to be a mourn
tul affair. The pious hypochrondrlacs
are so near to hypocrites that they
have the same effect on others.
The Voice of the Future.
Let us listen not ao mtch to the
voice that Is behind us as to the voice
:hat comes out from tbe great future
:uat stretches before us.
Let us fear the patronage of tbe
world more than its persecution.--R.
C. Chapman,
Subject: The IJIrtli of Christ, Mntt. 2:
1-12 flolden Text: Matt. 1:21
Commit Verses 11, 12 Com.
mentnry on the Lesson.
TI.MU 4 B. C.
1MACI'H. Jerusalem, Bethlehem.
1' V Hi 11 ! ..1 .. .- - . ....
ivAiu.iiiiiM, 1, iiie wiseiiien
Recking; Jesus to Worship lllm, 1, 2. !
jtie certainty or uoa s word comes
out remarkably in this passage. Seven
hundred years before Mlcah had pro
phesied that He that was "to be Ruler
in Israel, whose goings forth have
been from old, from everlasting," was
to come forth out of Bethlehem (Ml
cah 6:2). But she that wan chosen
to be the mother of Jesus did not live
in Bethlehem, but far nway Nazar
eth. But men who were utterly un- ;
conscious of God's purposes and pro
phecies, by many decrees and ways
worked together so that Mary was
brought to Bethlehem at the time of
our Lord's blvth, and thus God's
Word was fulfilled and His eternal
plan carried out (cf. Luke 2:1-6; Ps.
76:10). The sure word of prophecy
spoken over seven centuries before
by a man who was "borne along by
the Holy Spirit" was thus fulfilled to
the very letter, in spite of all the cun.
ning of great men. Through their
very wickedness, God's purposes and
vords were fulfilled. These wise men
irom the East were the ancient magi.
They were students of the stars, as
trologers; they Bought to live up to
the best light they bad, and God met
them where they were and gave them
more light. It is always so; he that
lives up to the light that he has will
get more (cf. Acts 10:1-5, 30-32),;
but the man who refuses to live up to
the light that he has will lose even
that (Matt. 25:29; 2 Thesa. 2:11,
12). As they studied the stars, God
led them by a star. The bright light
that led them on was dim, only atar
llght, but it was the best they had;
and, aa they followed It falthfullv,
God gave them fuller light, that of
His revealed Word, and following
that they find Him who is "the Light -of
the world" (John 8:12). In their
earnestness to find the King, they
took a long, weary Journey, but their
labor was abundantly rewarded.
Thev made a far better use of their
little light than the chief priats and
scribes did of their fuller light.
II. Herod Seeking Jesus to Kill
Ilsin, 3-8. The tidings that came.to
Herod that the King was come should
have brought him Joy, but In reality '
thev troubled him. for he wanted to
he king himself. So many a heart to
day that, ought to welcome Chrlat as
King with joy la troubled at the dec
laratlon that Christ is King, for we !
wish to bo king ourselves. But not ',
only Herod whs troubled, but al Jem- .
Bnlem, as well. Jerusalem, the city
of the great King, whose whole glory
was to centre in Him, was unwilling
to receive Him when Ho came; waa
troubled about Mis coming InBtead of
rejoicing at it (John 1:11). How
many in the church would be trou
bled If they knew Jesus was coming
to-morrow. Herod thought tho pro
per place to go for Information about
tho Christ was to the Scriptures. In
that he was right (John 5:39). If
he had studied the Bible as he ought
for himself it would not have been
accessary for htm to go to the cMef
prkf'ts and scribes to tell him; but
many kings and innny common peo
ple instead of searching tho Scrip
tures for themselves, depend unon
the theologians for their information.
Herod was very thorough in his
search to find out about tho Christ;
he fathered all the chief priests and
all tho scribes; he inquired diligently
'of the wise men; he told them to go
nnd sparch diligently. He laid his
Plans with great skill: he waa bound
to make sure. Ho thought he had
left no loonhole In his schemes, but
ho had left God out of his calcula
tions, po In spite of his thoroughness,
thpv all came to nothing.
ML TIio Wise Men Finding Jesus,
O-1'.J. As Boon as the wise men have
rceived tho desired information they
started immediately to find the King
whom they sought. Again God leads
then by the otar, and leads them to
tho verv spot where fhe young child
wasi They wero more accustomed to
being led by stars than any other
way, end God adapts His leading to
our necessity. While Herod nnrt To.
ruBa:rni naa been troubled at
iroitgnt that ChrlBt was come
wuo men or the East rejoiced
exceeding great Joy to find Him.
Those who enjoy the largest privil
eges, oftentimes least appreciate
them, nnd those who have tbe least
light nro most eager for more (cf.
Matt. 8:10, 11). There is an eager
ness to hear about Christ to-dav in
heathen lands that Is sometimes lack
ing in so-colled Christian lands. There
Is no greater Joy to the true heart
than that of finding Jesus. When
thev entered the house, they fell down
and worshiped Jesus. They saw Mary,
llis mother, but they did not worship
her. Worship may not bave meant
to them all that It means to us, but it
is right to worship Jesus (Heb. 1:6).
Vben they had worshiped they pre
sented unto Him their gifts. That la
the true order; first, worship, then
giving. They gave Him their very
best, gold and frankincense and
myrrh (cf. P. 72:10, 11). They
were wise men Indeed. Many to-day
Rive Him only their poorest. Nota
caremny the conduct of the
men: 1. tney sought Jesus. 2
the
tho
with
wIbs
They-
found Jesus. 3. Tbey rejoiced ovef
6i
Sir!
At dinner tba professor of history
was seated between two young ladies,
who. In accordance with their train
ing !n the art of conversation, sought
to draw him out upon the subject In
which he wss most Interested. They
did not meet with much success; bis
answers wero Bhort " Yes." "Oliver
Cromwell.'' "So." 1492" and the
like.
Finally ono ot them in desperation
ventured;
"Professor, we were wondorlng
only this afternoon, and none of us
could remember: How many chil
dren did Mary Queen of Scots bave?"
, This was too much. "Madame,"
sold the professor, facing her with
squelching dignity, "I am not a scan
dalmonger." - Everybody's Magazine.
THE PROGRESSIVE COOK,
"Our cook bas llvod in some of our
beit families." .
"Our cook has lived In all of tbem,
and ia making good progress on the
second time around," Loulsvlllt
Courier-Journal. .
Jesus. 4. They worshiped Jesus
They gave gifts to Jesus. God now
guides them by still another method
a dream.
A demonstration of tbe practical
advantages ot good ventilation baa
been experienced at the Cambridge
atation of the New England Tele
phone and Telegraph Company. Tbe
tollroom in tbe building la long and
narrow, with wlndowa at tbe front
and back. In winter, when tho win
dows could not be opened with safety,
the air became vitiated quickly. In
the spring of 1907 a duct was built
along tbe celling, opening to tbe
street at the front, and discharging
air Into tbe room by one and a quar-t'.r-inch
holes, fam being placed In
the rear wall to exhaust tbe vitiated
air from the room, Tha entire cost
of tbe Installation was 175, and a
marked Improvement In the comfort
and general condition of the opera
tors followed tbla change. In the
winter ot 1907-8 tha average per
centage of absences among tbe sixty
odd operators waa cut In two. In tho
three winter months alone tbla laving
amounted to 1.8 times the wages ot
the operators, equivalent to u' profit
of $1 5 for tho company, on Ita capi
tal tavestment ot 178.
Our Responsibility for Home and For-
elan Mission Matt. 28: 16-20.
A missionary kingdom. Neh. 8:
20-23.
The church the world's good Samar
itan. Luke 10: 25-37.
Missionary commands. Ps. 119: 2-8.
A serious task. Ezek. 3: 16-21.
No shirking. Jonah 1: 1-3; 3: 1-4.
The imperative, Go. 1 Cor. 9: 16;
Matt. 9: 35 28.
Whoever Is ambitious, let blm be
come a servant of Jesus Christ! His
will be a share of "all authority, in
heaven and on earth!" (v. 18.)
The outer church, represented by
baptism, ia to be carried by Christ's
servants along with the Inner church,
represented by teaching (v. 19).
To receive a commandment truly Is
to pass It on to others. He who roads
Is to run (v. 20).
When we realize what is involved
!n the presence of Christ, nnd that It
is sure to the Christian, all the world
will become for us a place of power
and of Joy (v. 20).
Suggestions.
Gifta to missions are the great work
of the church our measure of what
our religion really means to us.
The responsibility for one dollar, If
that Is all we have, Is equal to the
responsibility for one thousand dol
lars, If that la all we have.
Our responsibility is the response
we should make to God's gifta, our
part In the great dialogue of man and
his Creator.
In worldly parlance, "not reaponai
ble" means "not able or willing to pay
his debts." Shall that be heaven's
report of you?
Illustrations.
Make yourself a mission board ot
one, you the president and secretary
and treasurer and editor!
If you were the legal trustee of
some fund, you would keep it separate
from your other money, and use It
solely for the purpose of the fund, i
Will you treat God'a cause less Just- ,
ly? I
A soldier takes a solemn oath to '
obey all orders. The orders of a sol- ,
dier of the Cross are always one: ,
"Forward!" 1
A merchant's bank account grows
as he gets; the Christian's grows as
lje gives. j
EPWORIH LLAbUL LESSONS'
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26
THE 'v? x
EPICUKE'S
CORNER
Uread Sauce,
For bread sauce to serve m.
poultry or game scald a large minced
onion In two cupfuls of cblcken stock
and atir in a good cupful of fresh soft
bread crumbs that have been rubbed
very fine. . No crust should be used
Cook over hot water for five or ili
minutes. Then add a bit of ground
mace as much as one can lift on
the end of a spoon salt and paprika.
Beat with one ot the revolving cM
whlpa until the mixture is perfectly
smooth. Add a tablespoonful of bHt,
ter and serve at once very hot. Milk
is sometimes used in place of th
stock. Now York Sun.
Apple Roll.
Mix and sift two cups of flour with
two teaspoons of baking powder; rub
In two tablespoons of butter or lard
make a dough by adding three-qua
ter cup of milk; roll thinly about
twice as long as the dough is wide
brush over with softened butter
spread evenly six chopped apples nd
add sugar and nutmeg to taste; roll
like Jelly roll, cut In slices an Inch
thick and lay cut side up on a greased
baking pan; bake in a moderate oven
and serve hot with a sweet sauce.
Sauce Beat two eggs until very
light, add gradually one cup of sugar
and beat again; add one teaspoon of
vanilla or lemon. Boston Post.
The Coming of the Redeemer Matt.
2: 1, 2; Num. 24: 17; Jer. 23:
6; Isa. 59: 19, 20.
The Meaning of the Theme.
Christmas Is the birthday of the)
world's Redeemer. Do you know wha
thnt means? The word "Redeemer"'
has in it the old idea of kinsman. Tho
duty of the kinsman consisted in buy
ing back that which had been lost.
Suppose a family in Israel lost its!
estate through poverty. It was tho
duty of the kinsman or nearest rela
tive to redeem thnt estate for the un
fortunate home. This is illustrated
by the case of Boaz and Ruth. Man
was lost in Adam's moral assignment
and Christ has come as his Redeemer.
Where price failed the redeemer re
deemed by power. This is seen in the
rescue of Lot by Abraham. Christ
has come to redeem by power. Satan
and hla wild hordes rush madly over
the earth, striking terror to the hearts
of multitudes. But, look you, Satan
often turns hla head and glances anx
iously hack along the path he has
traveled. Why ia he anxloua? Christ
mas answers your question. Satan has
never had a peaceful hour since the
news from Uetblohen 's manger reach
ed him. A Redeemer has come who
redeems by power, and Satan knows
It. No compromise, no quarter asked
or given. God's chariots are thunder
ing in pursuit, nnd Jesus Christ, the
King of kings, leads the hosts to bat
tle. Not even death shall stay him..
Immanuel shall break the bands of
tho grave, and liberate to immortality
tho millions that llo imprisoned there
in. If murder had been committed It be
came the duty of the klnaman to
avenge with blood. Blood for blood.
And this our Redeemer has come to
do. We crave no vengeance on man,
but vengeance on the enemy of man.
It will be a day for rejoicing when the
monster who has spilled the lifeblood
of countless numbers is at last slain
and hurled into the lake of fire.
WATER YIELDING TREES.
There are trees In Queensland that
yield a supply of water to the thirsty.
There are three varieties of euca
lyptus. The gum tree is the best. It grows
on sandy or light, loamy Boll, and
throws out numerous lateral roots at
a depth of about sine inches from
the surface of the ground. Tbe post- 1
tion of these roots was ascertained
by the blacks by repeatedly Jabbing :
tho points of a spear or sharpened 1
stick in the soft earth at a distance '
of about six or eight feet from the ',
trunk of tbe tree. The soil was then j
removed with a wooden shovel for
some twenty feet or more and the root
cut oft at either end. This waa then
cut up into lengths of about eighteen
inches, the bark knocked off, and the
lengtba stood on end In some re
ceptacle to contain the water, '
In many cases the blacks used a
bag made ot the entire akin of the
male wallaby. As soon as all thesa
pieces were placed on end tha oper
ator, beginning with the first placed,
put fho end In bis mouth, and by a
vigorous puff expelled tbe remaining
water. The size of tbe roots choaen
was, with the bark on, about the
thickness ot a man's wrist. Tha
larger ones, being more woody and
less porous, contain little or no water.
The water la beautifully clear, cool
and free from any unpleasant taste
or amell. Washington Herald.
THE FASHIONABLE BETROTHAL.
"Hello! Is that you, Duke?"
"Yea. Is that my fiancee?"
"It Is. I wanted to ask you If this
la our day for denying the engage
ment or admitting It." Louisville
Courier-Journal. r
' 1
I
A VACILLATING FELLOW.'
"What does your husband want for
Christmas?"
"Oh, ha can't make ap bii mind.
That man doesn't even know what he
wanta for breakfast." LouUvUla
Courier-Journal.
Chocolate Pudding.
Soak one cup of stale bread and
one of stalo cake crumbs In four cups
of scalded milk for thirty minutes.
Melt two squares of chocolate In a
saucepan over bollins water, add one
quarter of a cup of sugar, and
squeeze into this a little of the milk
from tho crumbs and milk, so that
this chocolate mixture will pour. Add
It to the bread mixture with an addi
tional quarter cup of sugar. Then
add one-quarter cup salted, blanched
and shredded almonds, one teaspoon
ful ot vanilla and lastly two beaten
eggs, pour into a buttered dish and
bake In a moderate oven one hour.
To bo served with cream or hard
sauce. New York Press.
St. James' Pudding.
Melt three tablespoonfuls of but
ter and add one-half cupful of mo
lasses, one-half cupful of milk, one
and two-thirds cupfuls of flour
(mixed and sifted) with one-bait tea
spoonful of soda and one-fourth of a
teaspoonful each of salt, clove, all
spice and nutmeg, and one-half
pound of dates, stoned and cut in
pieces. Turn into a buttered mold,
cover and steam two and one-halt
hours. Serve with the followingsauce:
Beat tho whites of two eggs and add
gradually, while beating constantly,
one cupful of sugar; then add one
fourth of a cupful of hot milk and
one teaspoonful of vanilla. Indian
apolis News.
III
1
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
When hrolllnir halibut cover the
fish with minced green pepper. The
seasoning will be found to be deli
cious. To preserve parsley for winter use,
put the freshly picked leaves into a
Jar and sprinkle salt on each layer.
It will keep fresh all winter, and is
better than drying It.
When the cheese is too dry to
serve with pie, grate it and spread a
layer over the pie while it is Btlll
warm. Do not make tho cheese hot,
as that makes it tough.
In order to heat your Irons quickly
place a roasting pan over them and
lift tho pan up each time you want to
take one out. You will notice the
difference immediately.
Save stray cards, and when baking
cake or other pastry, use a card to
clean the mixing bowl and you will
find it will yield to any curve or angle
as nothing else will, making It possi
ble to save every bit of the batter.
One tablespoonful of chloride of
lime added to an eight-quart pall of
water will remove stains when noth
ing else will; even pear stains of Ions
standing will succumb. Let articles
llo in this water for a day or two, or
until Btains are gone.
It you take thechildren on the train
and wish to feed them oranges, which
tends to quench the thirst, prepare
the fruit at home and wrap the sec
tions in waxed paper. It Is tedious to
pare them on the train and one Js
likely to aoll the clothes In doing so.
In trying to whip thin cream, says
a writer In Suburban Life, I have
found that adding the white of an
egg makes It whip very Quickly. Ar
ter it la aUff. by adding a little m l
at a time and continuing the whip
ping, you can make a little cream go
a long way.
Porcelain ware can be mended
with ordinary putty mixed with oil.
Work a email particle Into the worn
place, aet It aside for several day!
and food can ba cooked In the vessel
without danger ot the unpleasant
taste one naturally suppose! will take
place when putty la used.
When a vegetable burna, or, In fact,
when any article on your stove hai
burned, place the vessel tt"lD
tha burned aubatance Immediately III
a pan of cold water. Lot It rtmaln
there.ome mlnutea and then remove
It to cloan pan. The burnt or
toorchad taate will have disappeared.
JUwaya keep a small slip of white
paper and a magnifying glaaa in the
aewlug machine drawer. It the mi-
chine U in ahadow. allp tha piece of
white' paper behind tha needle and
than bold tbe magnifying glaas at the
right angla between tha ayaa and the
neadla. The threading hole will coma
out Into perfect dlstlnotneaa and tha
needle can then b threaded wltfc
. Tfce Delineator.