THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. ROBERT J. KENT. Theme: The World-Wide Vision. Brooklyn, N. Y. In the Lewis Ave nue Congregational Church. Sunday morning, the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Robert J. Kent, preached on "Ton World-Wide Vision." He took for his text, Revelation 11:15: "The kingdom of the world Is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever." Dr. Kent said: "The World-Wide Vision" and the men who have been privileged to see 1t la my theme this morning. The power to see visions and to dream dreams Is one of the noblest Ood has riven to men. Men might be classi fied according to the scope and qual ity of their visions. There are those who cannot see beyond the narrow horizon of their own selfish Inter ests, their own health and happiness, their own home and business. They are spiritually near-sighted. "God bless mc and mine" is the burden of their prayer If they pray at all. Then there are those whose vision includes their village, their political party, their denomination. They dream of a ! glorious future, but of a future hemmed In by their narrow Interests. ! They are like men who have climbed to some spur of the mountains whence they get a splendid view, but It Is only In one direction. Others there are who climb to the summit and get the inspiring prospect of a fnr-extend-ed and unbroken horizon. Sucli men ere thinking not only of their city, State, nation, but of the world; not only of their family, their clan, their social class, their race, but of human ity. There have always been men who have thought and hoped and prayed In terms of the whole world. Their feet may never have crossed the boundary of their native land, but their love and hope and praynr have encom passed the earth. In a recent classifi cation of the books of the Bible, two of the sacred writings, Daniel and (Revelation, ha7 been called books of vision. But the entire collection, psalm and prophecy, gospel and epis tle, is bright with the light of the .world-wide vision. That magnificent statesman-prophet, Isaiah, prince of preachers, whose messages we have been pondering Sunday mornings, stood on the summit and saw all na tions walking with glad willingness In the light of the divine revelation that should shine forth from Jerusalem. And we hear the great prophet of tho exile proclaiming in words that after all the Intervening centuries still sound like majestic music: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the fclory of the Lord Is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peo ple, but the Lord shall arise upon thee and His glory shall be seen by thee. And the nations shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising." True, in the golden future that the prophet saw, Jerusa lem was the centre and her dominion was world-wide. Nevertheless, It was a universal reign of righteousness, good will and peace. It seems strange that anyone should be satisfied with anything less than a world-wide vision, who has vowed loyal allegiance to Jesus and has pon dered the Master's words. For In parable and prayer. In cheering assur ance and in the final commission He spoke In terms of the wide world. You recall His familiar words, "The field Is the world. The kingdom of henven Is like the grain of mustard seed that grows into a great tree. It is like leaven that In time leavens the whole lump. Whea the Son of Man shall come to Judge, all nations shall be gathered before Him. Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. When ye pray, say, cur Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on the earth as It Is In heaven. All power In heaven and in earth is given unto Me; go ye, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations." How significant In this connection is the ti tle He assumed. Son of Man! As if thereby to proclaim that He stood in relation to the whole of humanity, and that His mission of lovo and life waB to the whole world. That world wide vision has been part of tho herit age handed down through the Chris tian centuries. It set on fire the heart ct raui. He recognized no barrier to the conquerqing advance of the gos pel. The world was divided Into Jew and Gentile, and to both the gospel was the power of God unto salvation. That world-wide vision has given us our New Testament. Never In the world's history have there been -so mr.ny men and women who have beheld the vision as to-day. The increasing number of those who stand on tho highest peak of hope and asplrntion for humanity is au out standing feature of our own day. It Is a sign of the times. The young men who tuw visions while they prayed In the shelter of the haystack, tho men who dreamed dreams while they worked at the cobbler's tench or In the mill, have been followed by a vast multitude, whoso prayer Is, "Thy . l.lntfdom come," and whose song Is "Chrltt for the world." This is the d;iy Of great missionary conventions, when the largest auditoriums in the city are neoded to accommodate the multitudes who have seen the vision, but the largest gathering is but a very small minority of those who believe and pry that tho kingdom of this world shall beco-ne the kingdom of Christ. It is only when we consider the es sential features of this world-wide vis ion that we appreciate the sublime faltli and hope of which It has been born. It includes the establishment of the kingdom of Ood In this world. Men stUI believe in heaven; Us faith is their comfort aud support In be reavement and when Site's evening whadows lengthen, Its songs Inspire them with pes? and Joy. But they hslleve more than they ever did be foro In the future of this world, and that here tho purpose and plans of Ood are to be worked out. Then the vision embraces all classes and condl. tfons of humanity, separated though they art by differences of culture and caste, nationality and religion far mora serious barriers to union than are oceans and mountains. Moreover, It contemplates a complete fusion of . mankind Into on brotherhood. It means the regeneration and transfor mation of society. We are bearlDg a good deal to-day about a social salva. . tion. It Is a true and very significant : note to strike In the effort to redeem ' the world. Not only must the heart , he changed, but the customs and rela tions of men must be brought Into conformity with the spirit of the Mas ter. The leaven must work in olty and village, in store and factory. In legis latures and courts. In the markets aud bank, as well as In the borne and j church. TbecommaDd of Jesus Includ ed more than the act of baptizing on confession of one's faith. A long, pa tient process of Christian education was emphasized: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." That means the translation of the Sermon on the Mount Into the life of the world. That takes time. In the Laymen's Mission ary Movement, which Is Interesting our city Just now, the Idea of uniting the energies of tho denominations for a speedy conquest of the world is of ten mentioned. By all means speed the day when the whole earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters fill the sea. But let us not forget that the world-wide vision will not be realized until the sover eignty of Jesus is established over the life of the world. Consecrated men and money could, within a generation, doubtless carry the Gospel Into all the word. but It will take more than a generation before the song that the multitude sang in the apocalyptic vis Ion shall be sung by a thoroughly Christianized' humanity: "The king dom of the world is become the king dom of our Lord, and of His Christ." Such Is tho scope and character of the world-wide vision. It Is a dream of a universal golden age. It Is a hope of brotherhood embracing every tribe and kindred. It Is the kingdom of God on earth. Such a vision is proof either of sublime faith or folly. Folly It would be were It not that we have confi dence, first of all, in the purpose of our Father. That confidence In the Kternal Justifies the vision. The trend of tho ages Is toward Its realiza tion. We cannot prevent the tides from rising and fulling; we cannot change the course of the seasons; we cannot stop the planets In their or bits, but we could do so sooner than we could keep God from fulfilling His purpose. Then, too, we have confi dence In the mightiest of all solvents love. It is the miracle-worker of every age. In ZangwlU's great play, "The Melting Pot," in response to the passionate assertion that In every land to which he has wandered or been driven the malgamatlon of the Jew with other peoples has never been accomplished, he makes David respond: "You have tried hatred and failed; try love." We have not for gotten the apostolic formula, "Faith which worketh by love." The world wide vision would be a colossal folly were It not for this mightiest of all powers In the world. Moreover, the heroic achievements of those who have caught the vision and have tolled and sacrificed Inspires firm confidence for the future. They who see the vision are not vis ionaries. There Is a difference be tween them. There are idle dreams and dreams that prompt to noble en deavor. The visionary is Impractical, but among the world's most practical men have been those who have looked upon the splendid picture of a future golden age. They havo tolled bard to make their dreams come true. The American Board, completing a cen tury of activity and growth, owes its origin to the young seers of haystack fame. The men who compose tho Laymen's Missionary Movement are Intensely practical. How to get and equip and support the men who will go forth to preach and teach; how to secure the funds necessary to support them from givers of large and small financial ability, are the practical problems they are taking bold of in an earnest, buslnesB-llke way. No one need have any fear that in terest In the Christian conquest of the world will lessen his sense of obliga tion to support the work in his own land and his own church. The truth Is there is no real antagonism between home and foreign missions. The dis tinction between them Is being oblit erated. Foreign missions are at our very doors. Samuel J. Mills had the world-wide vision, but he was a faith ful, intelligent worker in the honm field. Our own land is but a segment of the great circle of the earth. He who looks afar from the mountain top will not fall to see the village at Its base. The wish to win the world will spur one on to Christianize his own land that It may help in the world-conquest. Our thought to-day In national politics, in manufacture, In commerce, in education, 13 on no less a scale than that of the earth. The Inventor, tho manufacturer, the thinker wants an open door in every country tor his products. A good thing, a thing that adds materially to the joy of living, cannot be confined to any land. Telephones, engines, railroads, textbooks, the Bllil and the kingdom belong to the world. I want you all to see the world, wide vision. I have no fear that It will lessen your interest in our own church. The people who pray and sacrifice for the redemption of the world are not the ones who neglect the work at homo. Rather do they seek to make and to keep the church strong, that It may do Its part in sav ing the world. No better surety could any pastor have that he will be sup ported In his work by his own people than the fact that they are devoted to the task of winning all nations to Christ. I want you to get the world-wide vision for your own sake. It will ex pand your thought, enlarga your heart, enrich your life. It Is an edu cation In the largest and noblest uni versity in tho world. One Is brought Into contact with whatever concerns humanity. Religion, civilization, urt. 'government, the oldest and the new est, all have their bearing upon the great problem and In your effort to contribute to Its solution you will find yourselves growing lu knowledge, In Interest, In sympathy. You become citizens of the whole world. Let us then offer the prayer the Master has taught us, Tby kingdom come, with a resolute determination to do more than we have ever done to make tht kingdom ot the world the kingdom o. Christ. The Sunday School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. MEXTS FOR MARCH 0 Subject: .Tonus, the Itenlcr, Matt. 81 2-17 Commit to Memory Verses 2, 3. Philippines' Best Fruit. -Philippine mangoes, to the mind of many Americans and foreigners the aweetest fruit grown anywhere, would alone make many millionaires In this country If the fruit could be successfully shipped, or, better still, grown here, as the Hawaiian papaya Is now being; made to grow In the Philippines. Spaniards spent thou, sands ot dollars trying to get sam ples of the Philippine mango to their Into, queen, but without avail. There is absolutely nothing to equal this fruit In the western hemisphere. Mangoes In New York should eusily retail at from fl to 11.25 a dozen, with the demand never fully sup. piled. One tree of enormous six Is said to have produced 6000 mangoes la one season. The fruit In shape and general appearance resembles a huge pear flattened to a thickness of bout one and a half Inches. The skin Is creen and the meat pumpkin colored. The flavor can be compared to no fruit In this country; to appre ciate Its deliclousness one must eat a mango off the Ice. The Bookkeep. r. ' OT.TKX TEXT "Himself took our Infirmities and bare our sick nesses." Matt. 8:17. TIME. April and Midsummer A. D. 28. f PLACE. Capernaum. EXPOSITION. I. Jesus Cleans. Inu; a I.'per. It required much faith to come to Jesus, for no leper had ever been cleansed by man, and as far as the record goes, Jesus had cleansed no lepers before this. He was dead In earnest, kneeling down nnd falling on his face (Mk. 1:40; Lti. 5:12). The leper's prayer was brief and right to the point. It dis played grent faith in the Lord Jesus, faltli that He was able to do what He would. It was, however. Imperfect faith. Ho had perfect confidence In Jesus' ability, but doubted His will ingness to help. Many to-day put the "if" Just where the leper did, on the willingness of Jesus to help. If there Is nny "If in regard to a blessing sought of Jesus Christ, it belongs, not on Ills willingness nor power, but on our faith (Mk. 9:22, 23). Imper fect as the leper's faith was, Jesus responded to it. He is Just the same to-dnv (Heb. 13:8). It was Christ's compassion, not the leper's unworthl ness, that led Jesus to answer the lener's prayer (Mk. 1:41: cf. Matt. 14:14). Jesus exerted His healing power by a touch. That touch was an act of great compassion, for It would make Jesus Himself ceremoni ally unclean. He took the leper's nn cleanness upon Himself that He might make the leper clean (cf. 2 Cor. 6:21). There is many a moral leper to-dny needing the touch of a rlean hand. This "I will" of Jesus taken in Its context nroves His divin ity (cf. Gen. 1:3; Ps. 33:9; Mk. 4: 39). The leprosy left Immediately; the cleansing was complete. Jesus, nnlllt.3 modern healers, avoided pub licity. If. .Testis Henllng the Centurion's Servant, 5-1.1. This centurion occu pied a much higher social position than Jesus, but he recognized the In finite superiority of Jesus to himself (cf. Lu. 7:6, 7). If Matthew's Gospel contained the only account, we would get the impression that the centurion came at once himself, but he certainly did not until after be had sent the Jewish ciders and his friends (Lu. 7:3, 6). It was a deep sense of per sonal tinworthiness that kept him back from the personal approach to Jesus, though the earnestness of his desire for his slave and the thought that he was not worthy for Jesus to come under his roof sent him out at last to meet Him and save Him the trouble of coming further. His ten der care for the slave la only second In beauty to the simplicity and strength of his faith (cf. Lu. 7:2; contrast 1 Sam. 30:13). The case was desperate. The lad was at the point of death (Lu. 7:2). There was no one else who could help him but Je&us; but there Is nothing too hard for Him, and we can always turn to Him when there Is no other place to go. The centurion built his faith upon what he had "heard concerning Jesus" (cf. Rom. 10:17). He who witnesses for Jesus never knows what may come of his testimony. The cen turion's prayer was short and definite. How gracious the Lord's answer. "I will come and heal him." Jesus said "I will come" because He was invited. He Is always ready to accept an invi tation to any home or heart (Rev. 3:20). "He Is worthy" had been the testimony concerning him by the Jew ish elders (Lu. 7:4). "I am not worthy" was his testimony concern ing himself. The man who thinks himself most unworthy Is the one who Is most likely to be thought worthy by others, and he Is always the surest to get a blessing from Ood (Ps. 10:17; Lu. 18:10-14). The Roman soldier had got a glimpse of the deity ot Christ. He considered sickness to be as absolutely subject to the word of Jesus as were his sub jects to his own word. Thank God the centurion was right about that (cf. Lu. 4:35, 30, 39; Mk. 4:39; Jno. 11:43, 44). Jesus marvelled at the centurion's faith. He had met so lit tle faith on earth that to find so great faith In such a quarter was astonish. Ing. He not only wondered at the centurion's faith. He commended it (cf. Matt. 15:28). Faith is a very, pleasing thing to Christ (Heb. 11:6, G; Jno. 6:29). In the two instances where Jesus commended faith It was a Gentile who was the believer. In thij heathen's faith Jesus got a glimpse of the great coming day when the Gentiles would be gathered to Him (v. 11). III. Jesus Healing Peter's Wife's Mother, 14-17. The family invited Jesus to dinner, and well were they repaid. It always does pay to Invite Jesus to our homes (cf. Matt. 26:37, 40. 34). Jesus could heal at a dis tance, but He loved to get right to the afflicted one. He touched her hand. Mark, who got bis Information from Peter himself, tells us that He took her by the band and raised her up (Mk. 1:31). This, too, has a leg son for us. It is the hand grasp of a strong, well band that the sick need, and It Is tho band grasp of a holy, strong hand that the sinful and weak need. "The fever left her." Sick ness as well as leprosy gives way be fore Jesus. She at once began to use. her new-found health and strength in' ministering to her Healer. A won derful scene follows. The people wait until the Sabbath closes, at sunset. Then from every corner of Caper naum tbey bring to Jesus all the de-mon-poBsessed and sick. Oh, that we would bring all our devil-tormented and sick ones to Him! These people, however, were not as eager for spirit ual blessings as for healing. Neither are people to-day. But Jesus healed every one of them (Lu. 4:40). All this was a fulfillment of Old Testa ment prophecy (v. 17; cf. Isa. 63:4, R. V., marc.). E MARCH 6IXTH. ! Everr photographer knows that lingular differences exist In the ac tinic action ot light on succeeding days which, so far as general appear, ances go, seem to be equally favor able for photographic purposes. This may be partly explained by the dis covery ot Duclaux, ot Paris, that the odor arising from vegetation and disseminated through the air dimin ish the actinic power of the solar radiations which reach the surface of the (round. ' Christ Our Guide. Luke 1: 76-79; John 16: 13; Rev. 7: 16, 17. (Consecration Meeting.) Lot's guide. Gen. 19: 1-3, 15-22. The plllur guide. Fjx. 13: 20-22. Christ leads to truth. John 16: ? 15. Christ leads to peace. John 10: 9 11, 72. Christ leads to effort. 1 Cor. 15: 68. Christ leads us home. Jude 24, 25. Human guides must plod along in the dark, ir the night overtakes them; but our divine guide brings the light with Him (Luke 1: 79.) Other guides must take the road as It Is and lead us over It, but this Guide makes It a way of peace (Luke 1. 79.) The Holy Spirit guides us to truth because He brings us to Christ who Is the truth (John 16: 13.) Lambs on the earth are guided, but In heaven the Lamb is the guide to all bliss (Rev. 7: 17.) Thoughts. Christ guides us as we guide others, and we cannot go far with Him with out aiding others to go with Him. We cannot know the way we are to travel, but we can know our Guide, nnd He knows the way. Travelers In the Alps are fastened by a rope to their guide. Our rope Is prayer, holding us to Christ. The guide carries the food and the comforts for the Journey. Our Guide Is not only our Way, but our strength for the way. Illustrations, In traveling with a guide the rule Is, Keep the guide In sight or he cannot guide you. Keep Christ In eight! Sometimes the road is winding aud we lose sight of the guide; but even then he keeps calling us, and we walk by faith as safely as by sight. When we come to a dangerous place the guide goes back and forth several times, to show m that the way Is prac ticable. So Christ has gone all our way before us. Go over an . earthly way often enough, and you can guide others In your turn; but the way of life you go over but once, and every man Is In need ofj a guide for himself. EPWDHTH lltt LESSONS SUNDAY, MARCH 6. Mixed Service (2 Kings 17. 27-33.) Conducted by the Mission Study Class on South America. 2 Kings 17. 27-33. Samurla was de populated, its people being carried In to captivity by Assyria. In their place the Assyrian king sent colonies from various parts of his empire, and after a little these colonies sought to i'nltato the worship of the rmer Inu&'oltants, the Israelites. A priest was sent them, and they mingled the rites of Israel's worship with their own forms and ceremonies, the result being a sad Jumble of truth and er ror, faith and superstition, monothe Ism and idolatry. And, of course, there was little morality In so con fused a religious life. The situation in South America is in many ways a parallel to that of Samaria during the early years of the Captivity. There is an admixture of true Christianity with all sorts of su perstition and heathenism. Religion la largely a matter of form, of show, and ot pretense. It does not touch the Inner life or affect the moral con duct of Its adherents. The chief re sult of this nominal Christianity 1b to make all effort at spreading sincere religion and the winning ot men to Christ usually difficult and slow. There Is no sufficient sense of need. And the awakening ot South America to Its spiritual need Is the one great task ot all Protestant missionaries. CULTURE OF RICE BROWING INDUSTRY. Production In the United States Has Risen to 608,000,000 Pounds In Recent Years. The growth ot rice production In the United StateB, from an average of less than 100,000,000 pounds per annum a few years ago to 608,000,. 000 in 1908, lends Interest to a study Just made by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor ot the markets offered for this particular commodity in the various sections of the world, and especially in countries commercially adjacent to the United States. The production ot domestic rice In the recent period greatly exceeds the consumption ot both domestic and foreign rice In the earlier period, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Imports of rice into the United States (Including rice flour, meal and broken rice) ranged during the last twenty years from 100,000.000 to 200,000,000. while the domestic production about equalled the imports, making (after deducting the small exports ot that period) an average annual consump tion ranging from 250,000,000 to 400.000,000 pounds. The world's market for rice, mens, tiring this market merely by the Im ports of the principal countries of the world, amounts to from 150,000,000 to 200,000,000 per annum. The world's rice crop is estimated) In very round terms, at 175,000,000,000 pounds per annum. Rice forms the chief cereal food of about one-halt the world's population, and wheat the chief cereal food ot the other half. Curiously, too, the quantity produced ot .these two cereals apparently differs but little, the latest estimates placing the world's wheat crop at 3,181,000,. 000 bushels, which equals about 190,. 000,000,000 pounds. Of the 608,000,000 pounds of rice produced In the United States in 1908 62.8 per cent, was produced In Louis iana, 41.8 per cent. In Texas, 2.8 per cent. In South Carolina, 8.1 per cent, in Arkansas and the remainder la Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Musis' Uil and Nortk CrUss. I " Grateful riUeltT" :w" A new occupation for women Is that of the "grateful patient" .Well dressed women are hired by un scrupulous mon In Paris to sit In their waiting-rooms, enter Into conversa tion With sen ulna nation. . forth, in glowing terms on the benefit derived JromthdortostrMtment JJelicious Reading von THE QVIET nouxu THE IX)RD OUR REFUGE. Thou knowest, Lord, the weariness snd sorrow Of the sad heart that comes to Thee for rest; Cares of to-day and burdens for to-morrow. Blessing implored, and sina to be con- We come before Thee at Thy gracious word, And lay them at Thy feet; Thou knowest, Lord. Thou knowest all the future; gleams of gladness By atormv clouds too quickly overcast; Hours of sweet fellowship and parting aad neas. And the dark river to be crosied at last: Oh, what could hope and confidence afford To tread that path, but this Thou know eat, Lord? Therefore we come, Thy gentle call obey ing, And lay our sins and sorrows at Tny feet. On everlasting strength our weakness stay ing. Clothed in Thy robe of righteousness complete; '' Then rising and refreshed we leave Thy throne. And follow on to know as we are known. Jane Borthwick, in Pittaliurg Christian Advocate. Think It Not Strange. It is when God has signally blessed us and sealed us by His Holy Spirit's power that the adversary always seeks .to assail us. He feels it Is his crisis hour and he must challenge our high position and drive us back from the advanced ground or his control over our lives will be lost. Therefore, It happens after we enter upon the highest blessing we are always ex posed to the fiercest conflict. The new convert expecting to find a lite of delightful freedom from the things that have assailed his life, Is plunged into the severest testings. The newly consecrated lite, glowing with high hope and holy purpose, finds itself confronted by the most subtle forms ot strange temptation, and the first Impulse is to become dis couraged and to feel a touch ot bitter disappointment. The real truth Is we never feel temptation until we resist it. The man who is following his natural bent Is .unconscious of any opposing cur rent, and his life is one of passive peace, but when we meet with the fires of evil within us and the adver sary beside us, then we understand a little of what the apostle means when he speaks of withstanding in the evil day. It seems at such times bs it all the Philistines had come up against us, and there was not a temp tation in the category of evil which bad not tried its hand upon our en compassed spirit. Let us not think it strange con cerning the fiery trial which is to try us as though some strange thing hap pened unto us, but let us remember Him who after the baptism was im mediately led into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil, and let us rejoice Inasmuch as we are partakers of the sufferings ot Christ that when His glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding Joy. Rev. A. B. Simpson. Are You Hungry Enough? "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled." But they must care .more for .the power of the Spirit than for anything else In their lives. Which means that they must be will ing to pay the price the Spirit de mands for complete entry into any one's life. And that is stern, rigid duty-doing, at every point; absolute surrender ot self and all of self's In terests; the making of the kingdom and its Interests first and supreme In one's life. If this seems too high a price to pay, we need not wonder that our lives lack the occasionally, languidly coveted power. Pittsburg Christian Advocate. The Perfect One. Our Lord, when In the flesh, passed through the different stages ot human life that He might sanctity them all and show mankind that it is possible in every estate and condition of ex istence to keep the law of God in view and to deal Justly and humanely with one's fellow men. Christ was the per fect man, though He was more than man and not less than God. By His sinless life He has dignified and en nobled every earthly relation, and leaving behind Him a shining and beautiful example, calls now to all be lieving souls to reproduce in their own experience and conduct the grace and holiness than shone respendent In His unique career. Wliat Money Can't Buy. Money can't buy everything. There are no admission tickets to a sunset; you wouldn't trade the look In your boy's eyes when he greets you at night for a million dollars of any body's money; and If you keep a well furnished mind, you can go Into It any time you like as you would Into a child's playground and amuse your Belf watching your thoughts play leap frog with each other. Lillian Pascal Day, In Success Magaslne. t. The Joy ot Serving. In this world, the sweetest, deepest, purest joy ot life is that which we find In doing good, In serving others. This was Christ's own sweetest joy. He came to earth to serve. He loved, and love's deepest Joy always comes In blessing, comforting others. He bequeathed His joy to us, and so we find our holiest Joy, as He found His, In serving. ' Self-Oontrol. Self-control Is an essential to man hood, and the only way to change your disposition is to bridle your con duct. Daily Experiences. Our dally experiences are but so much clay, which we shape Into forms beautiful or hideous. Crimes. There are many crimes on earth, but one only In heaven, and that is not to love. ' THE EASY PART. "I think I'll write a comic opera, something different from the hack neyed run." "What are you going to put in?" "I dunno. But I've thought of a lot ot fine things to leave out."-r Louisville Courier-Journal. . T Remember onTsvjBFyjbccaoloa which aua uin INM)UU U Iff IT' ID1I principle, thEt thin Is' not a. misfor tune, but that tA Tioan it anhl ' la 1..-1 - hwh. mm a iivrMrcjyAjureUuj. , OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. REPORTS OP PROGRESS OP TIIE BATTLE AGAINST RUM. . High Authority. There can be no doubt that total abstinence and longevity are closely related. Mr. Levi Hoag. superin tendent of the Total Abstinence De partment of the Security Mutual Life Insurance Company, has kindly, by request, addressed to the editor of the National Advocate a letter from which we make the following ex tract: "Tou will find a few facts In ad dition to those that you have in the leaflet, viz., Teetotallsm and Longev ity, relating to the difference In mor tality ratio between the abstainer and the non-abstainer from the use of al coholic beverages. "The Manufacturers' Life of Can. ads, in their twenty-first annual re port, give the mortality ratio in the abstainer's class for five years ending December 81, 1907, on their wlth proflt business as 86.80 per cent, of the tables. "The Scottish Temperance Life As surance Company ot Glasgow, in their twenty-fifth report, under date ot December 81, 1907, give the follow ing mortality In two sections, viz., the Abstainers and General, for the entire period ot twenty-five years, as follows: TEMPERANCE SECTION. Ratio of Claims Actual Actual to Feriod. Expected. Claims. Be Expected. 1883-87 43 IS 35 per cent. 1HRS-B2 158 79 60 per cent. 1893 97 290 138 48 per cent. 1898-02 444 188 42 per cent. 1903-07 609 298 49 per cent. 1646 718 46 per cent. GENERAL SECTION. Ratio of Claims Actual Actual to Period. Expected. Claims. Be Expected. 1883 87 11 7 62 per cent. 1888 92 49 33 68 per cent. 1893 97 95 67 70 per cent. 1898-02 164 118 72 per cent. 1903-07 223 123 55 per cent. 642 348 64 per cent. "The mortality experience of Se curity Mutual thus far has been large ly in favor ot those Insured In the abstainers' class. The total amount ot death claims during Beven and one quarter years has been 863, which represents but a small percentage ot the expected, or amount called for by the tables." In an able contribution to the liter, ature of the same subject, Mr. Joel G. Van Clse, the distinguished actuary ot the EquLtable Life Insurance Com pany ot the United States, gave the Acturlal Society ot America his con clusions under the caption: "Effect of Total Abstinence on the Death Rate." It Is a most complete discus sion ot the subject, and will prove In teresting and instructive reading. - To any one who may desire to possess It the National Temperance Society will be pleased to leend copies ot Mr. Van Clse's paper on demand. No charge will be made. 'fb EM tJTAT TOW TO PRLPAKE.THKtL Ham Sandwich. The secret of the delicious ham sandwiches served at an afternoon tea last week was In the cooking ot the ham and the abundance of mayon naise used In mixing the meat. The ham had been broiled until It was brown and then ground very fine and mixed plentifully with mayonnaise. The meat may be cooked in the oven, a thin slice being allowed to bake until it is well browned, or the meat may be fried. There is a more defi ne flavor abont ham cooked In any of these ways than there Is If It li boiled. New Tork Sun. Federal Government and Indians. The Federal Government, almost from the beginning, has had some form ot prohibitory law against Bell ing intoxicating liquor to the Indians, and it has been doing Its best to see to the enforcement of this law. The same reason that prohibits alcoholic beverages in the haunts of the red man may be just as logically used everywhere. Prohibitory legislation for the aborigines shows the intelli gent acquaintance which our law makers have with the character and injurious effects ot spirituous liquors. We would do them Injustice, there fore, If we charged them with ignor ance. It is manifest that policy and expediency rather than lack of knowl edge Influence their actions. We have said it before; we say It again; and we propose to' keep on saying it: There is no man, whatever his color, race or nationality, who manifests respect for any one of the Ten Commandments It he Is full of whisky. Vegetable Scallop. Batter a deep granite or earthen dish; put a layer ot thinly slice! onion In the bottom, then ot thinly sliced potatoes, then layer ot sliced tomatoes; season with salt, pepper and butter, a large tablespoon sugar, then layer of dried bread crumbs, rolled fine. Repeat the process and cover with bread crumbs; pour over a teacup ot water and put in oven; add water while cooking if needed; it should be of the consistency ot scalloped tomatoes when done and will require one and one-halt hours to cook. Very nice with fish or roast meat. Boston Post. Snow Drift. One pint milk, butter size of an English walnut, one-half cup sugar, two and a half dessert spoonfuls of corn starch (moistened with a little milk), whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one teaspoon vanilla; put the milk Into double boiler, add1 the sugar, then the butter; let come to a boiling point, then add the corn starch, let it thicken up, then take from fire and add tho vanilla and the stiffly beaten whites of eggs; beat hard for a minute or two, then set the dish in the hot water again for one minute; then remove and pour into moulds and put on ice or serve with cream and sugar. Boston Post, Tho R. C. T. A. IT. Speaks Out. , The convention ot the Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Union, re cently held In New Haven, expressed the following: "Catholic periodicals that cannot live without liquor advertisements should die. Let them not drag down the Catholic name In their greed. W earnestly suggest that Catholic or ganizations which exclude saloon, keepers from membership and whlcb forbid the use ot liquor at their meet, lngs should not tolerate the formation of clubs within their membership which despise the letter and spirit ol those laws that have been made by their organization for the honor pi the Catholic name." Destroys Shoes and Souls. We saw, the other day, an adver tisement of a new contrivance foi saving the Bhoes of barkeepers. It ll said that the drippings from the counter and bottles rot the leather so rapidly that the preservation of the shoes becomes a very serious questloq on the part ot these men. And yet this poisonous, fiery, leather-destroy, ing liquor is handed out to men to go into their stomachs to eat out the lif and to start the fires of eternal perdi tion. National Advocate. Broiled Chicken. It requires a very clear Are for. broiling chicken, and even with much, care they are apt to scorch more or less; so to make the work easier and overcome all difficulty they may be partially cooked In the oven. Order the chicken dressed for broiling at the market, and wipe with; a cheesecloth wrung out ot cold water. Place In a buttered dripping pan, skin aide down; sprinkle with salt and pepper and dot over with bits of butter; bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes. Remove to t hot, welt greased broiler and broil over a clear1 fire ten minutes, turning the broiler, frequently that all parts may be broiled evenly. Arrange on a hot platter, spread with butter, sprinkle' with salt and garnish with carsley. Boston Post. Two Principles. We have two principles on which we stand In the field ot Temperanct Reform, and for which we have al ways stood. And these are: 1. Total abstinence for the Individual. 8. The entire overthrow ot the liquor traffic, by any means that God is willing to bless. The National Advocate. Temperance Notes. -'In Pocomoke City, on the eastern 'shore ot Maryland, local option Is now prevailing. , "Deliver us from our foot friends" that is what the liquor people might well pray for in the opinion ot the Portland Evening Express. With the Prohibitionists and Anti Saloon League working together, both in local and general movements, there lu every reason why much practical prohibition of the liquor trafflo should be brought about. It would seem to a visitor from an other planet that the prominent occu pation ot the modern world was to make, and to sell, and to consume In toxlcatlng drinks. Too long have temperance people been pulling away from each other 00 questions ot policy, while the liquor men have been solid In their opposi tion to everything which stood . in th way ot their business. The United Mine Wprkers, Thomas L. Lewis says, prohibited their mem bers from selling intoxicants, even at picnics. Education of the masses; he argues, will go a long way toward eradicating the Uauor traffic. - 1 ! Corn Chowder. To make the chowder, cold cooked ears of corn may be utilized. Grate or cut from the cob enough to make a quart of corn. Cut Into small pieces one-halt pound bacon or fat salt pork, and cook in a frying pan until brown. Just before it reaches this stage add a medium-sized onion minced fine and brown also. Put Into a stew pan a layer of diced potatoes, sprinkle over some of the browned onion and bacon, then a layer of cut corn, with salt and pepper to season, Next, add another layer of potatoes, more bacon, onion and corn and so on until all the material has bees used, having corn at the top. It will require about four or five potatoes, dependent upon size. Add a cup and three-quarters of boiling water, covet the pot and cook gently for thirty minutes. Make a cream sauce, using two tablespoons of each ot butter and flour and two cups ot hot milk. When cooked smooth and thick, add to the kettle ot chowder, a few crack ers broken and stirred In at the last, end a tablespoonful of minced pars ley. Serve hot. Washington Star. A running or darning stitch is the best for padding small spaces to French or satin stitch embroideries. A lovely centrepiece of fine linen was beautifully decorated with white and blue cords in a conventional de sign. Chinese, Indian and Bulgarian em broideries are favorites for alt kinds of bags, card cases and veil and hand kerchief cases. It is bettor to use light blue trans fer paper for tracing embroidery de signs than the dark colors, as these are apt to rub off and soil the article. A linen or denim shoe bag, with one Japanese motif of simple though striking design on each pocket. Is a useful and attractive gift for a man. Practical and attractive lamp mati are made of linen In gray or the nat ural color embroidered In shades that harmonise with the furnishing of tb room. To pad a wide edge for button holed scallop, go over the outline with a row of catstitch or with the loos chain stitch. This saves many stltchei of padding and serves the same pur pose. To cook a pumpkin easily halve It, remove the seeds and bake In oven. When tender scoop pumpkin out with a spoon and rub through a colander. Scorching Is prevented and time saved by this method. , , 8hredded chicken dresBed lightly with mayonnaise and 'served In little French rolls is popular at afternoon teas. " 7 For a dinner fruit cocktail fill punch glasses half full of diced pine apple end oranges and top the mix ture with mint Ice. Lemon or orange Ice may be used Instead of the mint A shredded Spanish sweet red pep- . per adds flavor to creamed fish. It I especially tasty with creamed finnan haddock or any other coarse fibred fish,
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