T niininTiiii riinriunn iinTrn fTTrorzr mm THE PULPIT. " v A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. EDWARD NILES. Theme: Systematic (living. Brooklyn. N. Y. Sunday morning the Rev. 1'dward Nllea, pastor of the South Hushwlck Reformed Church, preached on "Systematic Giving." The text was from Mark 12:41: "Jesus sat down over against the ireasury and beheld how the mnltl lude oast money Into the treasurv." Hr. Nlles said: The stage setting of this scene Is i court of the temple area. Around three fides of Its 200 feet square sur face ran a raised balcony for the women. Against the wall on the fourth aide stood thirteen trumpet like chests, narrow at the mouth, wide at the bottom. A placard told the purpose for the money deposited in each. One nnd two received the tribute money of every Israelite which )aid tlie running expenses of the tem ple. Including salaries. In three and four were deposited the equivalent in coin for the sin of fering of anininls. The neit three provided for the sacrificial wood, in cense and furnishing. The Inbels of the other six showed that they re ceived thank offerings of various kinds". Nearby was a miniature "chamber of the silent" for gifts to educate the children of the poor. Thus seven of there fourteen treaa tiry boxes were for dues obligatory upon the membars of God'a visible kingdom. The seven for offerings of gratitude, supported disabled priests, nnd their widows, taught those who could not afford tuition fees, supplied the needy, went for proselyting or mission work. The time was Tuesday of Holy Week. The characters were a multi tude. Every one of them patronized the tithe boxes, many those for chari ty. The two important characters were: First A widow. She had come to pay her dues. All she had were two what were vulgarly called "lepta" or "peelings," the smallest possible of roppers. To drop one Into the tithe box meant one-half Instead of the prescribed tenth, but to give less was impossible. To support her church was a matter of course, however, and without hesitation she put in. Only a lepton left for her living! Then 8he looked at the boxes for benefi cence. She thought not of her wants, but of her blessing- With Joy that at least a lepton was hers to give, the made her offering for the needy. The chief character was Jesus. He had watched the rivers of gold and Bilver Rowing into the treasury, and it must have been a bright spot In that sad week to note how many gave the free-will offerings. The disciples, pla-J at the amounts given, knowing the need of widows, orphans, slum workers, said: "The people are very generous to-day. Rabbi." Jesus was Interested in the amounts the giver.? took away, supremely Intent upon the mind rather than the money. He had no word to say until the widow made her supremo sacrifice. He felt no pity for her: but pleasure In her ae He made the startling statement, "She has cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury." We w cxi Id naturally have expected the Great Teacher to have sat over against the pulpit, watching how some eloquent rabid expounded and applied the law and how the congre gation listened: or In some quiet place of the choir loft beholding how the cantor led and the great choir of I.evites rendered the worship of praise and the chorus took It up. l'n doubtedly. He noted these thing, but the only inspired record of Hia in terest in the temple worship tells of His sitting against the treasury. The concrete result of preaching and praiBe nmraled to Him more than their mntter In preparation or their method In delivery. As Ho was then, 30 He is to-day. The essential in our worship U how we cast Into God's treasury. That part of the service should be the ser vice's centre. Tiie Communion tbble Is iu ouly fit receptacle. To adver tise "No Collection" la to evlncernte worship and turn it into a combina tion lecture and concert. Money Is the tangible evidence of work accom plished. Our work belongs to God. and the more It is consecrated, thw more of ourselves we dedicate to Him. In systematic support of the church this congregation has made rapid progress. The average given by each member, man. woman and child, is larger now thnn ever before. I said "given." The word is misleading. Wh don't "give" our taxes to pay for schools, teachers, books and lanitora. When we go to a muslcale, we don't give our dollar for a reat, nor do we give something to the doctor or tile roofer, when we pay their bllln. Taxes for religious Instruction In the Sunday school, for church prop erty, repairs and improvements, for music, for a man to spend all hi time In the care of souls end thus lie as pronVent as the man we pay to give all his time to the care of bod. eg. are obligatory In England, Germany and Russia. They are vol untary here, but no leu really the equivalent of value received, the New Tcftn-nent continuation of the tem ple dues. I am beholden to nono of you if, a the preacher of the Gospel, I live by the Gospel. You are beholden to ma to see that the time I ought to use or my work Is not diverted to wor rying over my modest bills. The one mite was the widow' due. Her credit tbat far was the simple one of any person who doe his duty. Her glory is tbat because the times were bard she did not omit giving for some one else. Because she1 put her beneficence on the same basis with ber obligations, she Is im mortalised. To speak of the widow's mite Is a misnomer. One important lesson of tha atory Is that of the du plex system taugbt by tba widow's two mites. 1 The spirit of that double offering Is' Inspiring the laymen of our Ameri can churches. During the winter seventy-five men's missionary conven tions In the United States consider this question. Alresdy, crowds of) bualata men hart corns together at twenty plnca. la nuaabert ver quailed before outside of political conventions. The largest halls were too small to hold the enthusiasts de termined to finance the Kingdom of Oo I as tbey do their own business, lieiarmlnedly they have attacked the hoary custom of weekly offerings for ell and yearly offering for unselfish nasa, and advocated the substitute of which this widow woman waa a pioneer. . . , . , The weekly envelope baa two com partments, one for tba tat. one for the gift. The tag goes for church ex pense. The object of the gift for aei B unlay It Blalflly prlMtfd. Evgry other-WCelt It IS'Tor ffiirslfifM. city. national or foreign. inn alternate week It goes for some other benefi cence. The only objections I have heard to this plan are: First "Its additional expense. " Jn reality 1000 sets of fifty-two du plex envelopes in each, cost but $H more than the other kind. Second "Its complexity." One use of it will make clear Its meaning to the eight-year-old child. The du plex system has no duplicity. It Is simplex in all but the name. Third "Ita arbitrary allotments." The church officers have carefully1 considered all the charities in which our congregation or any considerable part of It are Interested, and ad justed their proportionate needs. It 1 Is a simple matter for anyone who wishes to give one a larger percentage than thus allotted and a smeller to another cause to write over the one the name of the other. The treas urer will invariably note the change. Only be sure to substitute rather than omit! The most common criticism is that "it robs Peter to pay Paul." The contributor will simply divide Into two what formerly he gave to one. Fourth I have heard from many churches who have tested the theories here expounded. Not one of them but reports substantial Increase in the amount given for the local church. One. of the. laraesL.consre gatlons of our own denomination, which for ten years found Itself with n deficiency each May 1. last year, nt the close of its first use of the two offering envelope, had a balance in the treasury, despite unusual ex penses. This Is but a sample testi mony, the unexceptional rule. It ac cords with the law of the kingdom, "there is that which withholdeth more than it meet and It tendeth to poverty." The fifth objection is "possible In ability to carry out the promise." Don't dress your charity in widow' weeds unless you are poor as the widow of the two "peelings." If so, give less. Don't stop giving, unless all income stops. With God. the value is not in the quantity, but the quality. Against these five objections. I would array five of the many bene fits: 1. Consecration. At the treasury Christ beheld "how" (not how much) the multitude cast. He Wants you to give, not because He needs It, but be cause you need it. Weekly giving is an antidote vs. eovetousness. a weekly reminder of whose we are nnd whom we serve. The nickel piece for which the poorest of 11s has a dozen uses means more to Christ than the super fluity of the rich, although written In ; four figures. With the method now ' adopted, the minister Is relieved from that hateful announcement: "The of fering this morning Is for our own church support," and from a prayer which Is largely over his own salary. With the new giving Is the new recog nition that our field is the world. 2. Committal. It is committal to a principle. Having once gone through the agony of giving up for a year to "the other man" a certain part of our Income, while the conval escence may be slow, the acute pain Is over. From that time we are cus todians of the Lord's money, our duty being simply to hand it out. With other causes, apparently of equal worth, we have nothing to do, unless our Income is suddenly increased. Otherwise wo are "immune." 8omu other person must take care of'them. If we have given all we can In the "deacon's fund" compartment, when a hard luck story comes to our door, without a twinge of remorse we can Bend the applicant to a deacon's care. 3. Comprehension. Every one giv ing means every one Interested. Great causes being more frequently and regularlybeforeyou.you will want to know more about your frequent in vestment. A once a year advertise ment is good. A once a week adver tisement that your responsibilities and privileges are unbounded makes meaningful your prayer. "Thy kins dom rnme on earth." 4. Consscutlveness. Annual col lections are varlablo as the weather and the state of the general health. They can be and are annually dodged bv otherwise regular worshipers. Tha double envelope Is a faithful re minder to those ill, out of town, or otherwise absent one Sunday that their f.ifts will be expected by the Great Head of tho Church just the anme. The clnews for the war against sin should not depend upon lm clouds, nor the emotional result from either a poor presentation of a good caure ur a Quo presentation of a poor cause. D. Convenience. Most people nre paid monthly or weekly. The wuman who could not give $21 in a lump sum could easily give fifty cent fif'.y two times a year. One dollar tomes harder than t?n rents a week. In a year, It Is only one-fifth a? much to the cniiw;. If the homo church de pended upon atiuual colleetloi.s fur Its support It would be dead. Only the Inherent energy of mis sions keeps missions alive (lining thee weary annual offering years. While the board knows that a church will give, bemuse Its "foreign mis sion Sunday" comes at tho end of tho year, while foreign mission expense go on all through the year, good money goes for interest 011 borrowed capital to supply this deficiency. Christ confronts every Christian with "send or go! Your money or your life!" Your money Is your life's expression. Our rendering per bead for running expenses is six time that of our gift to God. I have no sarcastic comparison to make. I but aay your own thought, "These things ought not o to be." I announce the Adoption of a plan for changing them, J remind you that machinery is no value without power. PHONOGRAPH'S FIRST WORDS. When EdUon first went to work on bla phonograph he wa as much surprised a any one when the thing actually talked. It appear tbat the Inventor bad beon working on ome new variety of telephone receiver when he wa led to put a piece of tin .'oil 00 a cylinder. It recorded sound, and Edison wa convinced that the human voice could b recorded and reproduced. When the time came to make tha actual test EJlsoa. with hi mind on tba mechanical detail. Is 1 atd, an ent jnlndedly tested his contrivance with tha familiar phrase, "Mary bad a little lamb." Accordingly thli lit tle nursery jingle has gone Cown Into hiatory aa tba first word avr repro duced by a phonojrapu. Washing ton Star. The Sunday School IXTETSXATl ONA L LESSON COM mknts ion makch is. THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK TEMPFIHANCU BATTLR flATflERS STICLNGTB BVKIIY IAY. Subject: Two Mighty Works. Mnft. 3: 1:3.34 Commit to Memory Verses 21-20. k NATURALLY. "What did Tilling aay when you told him you'd aean batter aeroplane than blT" ' "Ho went p In the air over it."- Boston Transcript. I GOLDKX TEXT. "What manner , 01 man is tins, tnat even me winds and the sen obey Him?" Matt. 8:27. TIME. A. D. 28. PLACE. Sea of Galilee and Cc- rasa. , F.XIOSIT10 I. Jesuit Slillluy: the Wind and Waves, 2:5-27. It had ! been a very busy day for Jesus (cf. Mk. 4: 1-4 It. Much of the day hud . been spent In teaching the vast mult!- ' tudes that thronged down to the sea side to Ilea:1 Him. Evening found Him completely exhausted. No ' sooner had He reached the boat than 1 He fell fast asleep on a pillow In the J stern (cf. Mk. 4:38; Lu. 8.23). He , was so thoroughly devoted to the j work that the Father sent Him to do that He had to take His sleep when ' He could. We see Jesus in this lea- 1 son as a mighty worker, but wo first ' get a glimpse of Him In His weakness : as real man (v. 24: cf. Ps. 121:4). Even the fierce tumult of the storm 1 was not sufficient to awaken Him In '. His utter exhaustion. It was a ter- , rillc storm that swept down on the little boat from the valleys running ' into the lake. The waves dashed over ! the sides of the boat so that It was ' filling (v. 24; cf. Mk. 4:37; Lu. 8: 1 23). 'Though apparently in moment. ' ary danger of sinking, there was no real danger; no boat can go down , that has Christ on board. What a contrast between the calm slumber ; of Christ through the storm and the ' wild excitement of the crew. Their ( prayer was short and right to the . I o 1 11 1 and plenty long enough. Jesus first rebuked the disciples and then the storm. His rebuke of the disci ples should be deeply pondered. 1 There seemed to be enough to make one "fearful." with the waves dash in? Into and over the boat and the : Master apparently unheeding, but , there was no nufflcient reason for ther.i to be fearful. There Is never sufficient reason for a disciple 01 Cnrte.' to be fearful. True faith in Him banishes all fear (Jno. 14:1, : 27 . The whole trouble was "little faith." Now Jesus rises in His ma- ' Jesty :is Son of God and He rebuked , the v.inds and the sea. How many a tempest that voice has stilled. The i disciples were more afraid than ever. A moment before they were afraid of j the storm, now they are afraid of Ore ! who Is evidently a supernatural being I (cf. Mk. 4:41). How prone is the j human heart to fear, and nothing fills ' it with such overwhelming fear as ; being brought face to face with God ; nnd tho supernatural. The disciples j ought not to have feared. They should have been filled with joy and j trust. They asked an important ques- , tlon Just then. "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and I the sea obey Him?" There can ba , but one answer to that question, "the Divine Man." t II. Jesus Setting Free a De moniac, 28-34. Gerasa was a city In ' a half heathen territory. God was dishonored there, and there we might : expect to find the devil doing his best j to torment and debase. To get a ; complete picture of the degradation and misery of this man, we have to , go to Matthew, Mark and Luke. Mat- j thew tells us that by reason of his fierceness lie made the way impass- I able; Luke that he wore no clothes, ! that there had been many ineffectual j attempts to chain and tame him, and i that he made day and night hideous 1 by his cries as he vented his horrid ! rage upon himself, cutting himself with stones, and that ho dwelt In the tombs. How terrible is the dominion of the devil. It he can work such misery on earth, what will hell he? No man had strength to tame him (Mk. 6:4), but Jesus had. It doe not do to conclude that because no man can tame some victim of the devil tbat therefore bo cannot be tamed. There is more power In the word of Jesus than in man's chains or blows. Mark and Luke tell u of only one demoniac; from Matthew we learn tnere were two. wnat a strange commingling of the human and, the demoniacal: it was 'the demons with in them that enabled them to recog-! nlze in Jesus the "Son of God; K was the human need and longing that led them to Jesus, and the demon within again that led to the awful cry of rage and despair (v. 2 Si). The souls of these men were In utter and hopeless confusion of impulses, con tending now heavenwards, now hell wards. The demons knew full well, though men less wise doubt, that there i an appointed time and place of torment (v. 29; cf. Matt. 25:41). The utmost they dared hope for or ask was a brief respite. There Is here none of the haughty and almost noble pride tbat Milton pictures in the fallen angels nothing but foiled, cowering and contemptible malice, driving a poor weak mortal to alow self-destruction, but shivering with fear in the presence of the Son of Ood that ia the real devil. An evil apirlt cannot enter even Into a bog without Christ's permission (vs. 31, 32). The devil, aa usual, outwitted himself (. 31). If be is cunning, hi power Is "stupid, blind, self-contradictory and suicidal. It can only destroy and Involve itself in a com mon ruin rather than not destroy." We must go to Mark and Luke to learn the completeness of the cure (Mk. 6:15-19; La. K:35-39). Tha wonderful cure brought - th whole city out to meet Jesus, but when they aw Him they did not want Him. Tbey besought Him that Ha would depart from their border. Doubtlasa tbey feared that soma mora bog anight be destroyed. Tbey cared more for tbelr boga than tbey did tor the Saviour. They have many Imi tator to-day. L'ave the Llqucr Alone, I'm nnviou to tell ion a bit of mv mind, If it won't put vim nut of the wav. l or I feel very c.'ttuin you'll each of you (incl There' wisdom in what I would nay. " e've minim- nnd moral enough and to pare. Hut I have Bf) one ot mv own Tim', helin lae to prosper and iaugk it Hull rare; It in ' Leave ih liquor ,one!" To swiil neglect and to win respect, 'tut "Leave the liquor alone!" The brewer ran nde in a roaeh and pair, The drinker mint trudge on the road, Une gel. 'hrotiaii the world with s jaunty air. Tlie otlier hend under a load, The brewer g6u inonev and friends, mv lad. While i!ie drinker' lett poor and alone; If you'd your share of good thing, tal;e rare ,.nd leave the liquor aione. oii'l! enjov Komi health, and you'll gain 111 wealth. If you leave the liquor aione. A, man full of malt isn't worth hi salt; Then "Leave 1 lie liquor alone!" A drinker i readv 10 own at last. He tin lilaved but a losing game; How b1.ii he would be to recall the past. And earn linn a nobler name. Don't reach old age with thin vain regret, , For a time Mini's past and gone; You niav win a good prize in bfe'a lottery yet . If vou'll lenve the liquor nlone. Vou'll li m I Mime day it' tlie safest way, 'I'o leave Hie liquor alone. Then re.uiivv. like men. not to touch it a.nn. Hut ... "Leave die liquor alone Religious Truths From the Writingt of Great Preachert. YK IUI IT I'XTO ME. Ola-.thew- 3:4i "Wliv tlmll I give to Thee. O Lord! Tlie king that "eatne ol old Laid ntely on Thy cradle rude Their myrrh and gem nnd gold. "Tby martyr gave their heart' warm blood. Their ahe !r"wed Thy Way: 'I hey piti ned Mieir live aa' dreams and dut To pe;'d Thy coming day, MARCH THIRTEENTH. That ot neet and precious A Train of Kvil Consequence. A sad tragedy was enacted In New York last week. A man got drunk in a saloon, and ";iit out on the street. There he vgs accosted by a boy who asked 'or a match. He knocked the boy town and kicked him. A man who vas passing ran to the. rescue of the boy. whereon the drunken man drew a vevolvor and shot him In the mouth, knorkiug out a couple of teeth and breaking his Jaw. A second shot that he fired went through a saloon window and hit a man inside in the leg. That man's friend ran to the door to see who had fired and waa himself immediately shot down by a bullet that rniaahed his knee cap and went through his leg. On of these nieu is disfigured for life, and the other mulmed for life. The man who did the shooting was in an Irresponsible condition, but must suffer the penalty of his crime. And this is only one Instance In thousands where liquor has become a fountain or evil 'eeds and disastrous consequences. Horrible crimes are happening every day; not by one or twos, but by hundreds; lhat are directly due to '.ne sale aof liquor. Ordinarily one does not exult in the commercial downfall of another, but It gives very great pleasure to re port the financial losses of the Asso ciated Breweries of Columbus, Ohio. For more than a year the minority stockholders of the company have been fighting for an accounting, as they were not satisfied with the way things were gning. At last they have got It. T;e important figures read as follows: Profit for year S275.B13.88 I'rotit for year 1 lofl.727.4U Profit tor vear JWI7 04.372.93 Deficit for yeat JOoS 217,357.78 An important part of this great loss was nmuey spent in an effort to defeat the people at. the polls in their local option contests. Certainly Ohio has given the breweries a black eye. And still tbey persist in asserting at every ne- carmaign that prohibition does not prohibit. New York Week ly Witness. Criminals nnil Drink. T. Albert Wll.;im. the brain sne eiulist, described the results of his recent work In a lecture before the members of the Society for the Study of Inebriety recently. "Although alcohol Is sn great a problem in crime. I could fill the platform with criminals who are teetotallers." said Dr. Wilson. "A particularly accomplished criminal told me the other day that ha must keep entirely away from drink when planning a crime. Another, however. Bald tbat be required a little stimu lant lust to help blm carry out a 'Job.' " Dr. Wilson told a story of Berry, the late executioner. After carrying out five hundred executions he be came so sympathetic toward crimi nals that he gave up hanging and be came a temperance missionary. Talk ing of the magnitude of crime, the lecturer said that a million persona are arrested In this country every year; Three hundred thousand, equal to 'iie population ot a large town, are aent to prison, while crime costs us 6,000,000 a year. London Daily Mail. "Thou knowexi' ' liiiut Mv toie i urnnt and small. Vet. Mi'it Thou here in want and woe, , Lord. I would give Thee all.'' Tnere nine a voire from heavenly heights! "I'neliwr thine eye and ee; Gtn o :he leiot of tlione I love rtu.'.i givet unto Me." l!oe Terry Cooke, Christ in l"s. M Is a great loss In every way that .ve are accn.-aomed to speak of faith In Christ, forgiveness, and cleansing from sin as they were the crown and climax of Christianity, instead of be ins its outworks, its outer-courts, the Miilrciises and corridors to Its throne room. Its reparative processes pre paratoy to Its essential life and heart. Christianity fulls of Its chief end in :iny life that it affects, unless It pro hices there, so far as may be possi ble, the lilis of the Kternnl Cod Him self, as it ', resident In Jesus Christ nnd communicated by the Holy Spirit. In regeneration, at whatever time It takes place, and under whatever ircumntani:ea. the principle of a new life is inserted in the human spirit. As the mutual has a higher life than the plant, and as mnn. In bis moral natii.f. has a higher life than the animal, so the man who has been re generated by tin' Spirit of Ood has become possevyt d of a life to which Hie ordinary man can lay no claim, lie has become, as ibe Apostle Peter puts it, "a partaker of the Divine na ture." Whatever be our difference ns to creed or church, they are com paratively unimportant, so long as we possess within our jplrlts this Di vine life, which is Christ In ur, the hope of glury. "Know ye not," said the npoHile. as though It were an Hnomaly to be ignorant of this primal fact, "that Jesus Christ If in you, ei cept ye be reprobates?" The whole theme of redemption, th entire work of Jesus Christ, His birth in which He brought the Divine under the condition of the human. His death by which He acquired power to pass It on, His resurrection and ascension through which He bore it regnant nnd triumphant to the throne. His gift of the Holy Spirit by which He makes It available to all who believe all tend to this as their flower and fruit, that He should re produce Himself in 113. And if year by year we are not be coming morn pure and strong and Christ-like, we may gravely question whether we have not deceived our selves In thinking that we have re ceived Him Into our nature. F. B. Jleyer. l'lavce Made I'rraelier. ! , Clod' true preachers have been dis tinguished by one great feature; they were men of prayer. Differing often In many things, they have always had one common csmtre. They may have i very Topic Patient Faithfulness Wins tha Crown. Rev. 2: 1-10, 18, 19. faithful love. Matt. 20: 1-13. Faithful obedience. Phil. 2: o il. Faithful service. 2 Tim. 4: C-S. The incorruptible crown. 1 Cor. 9: 24-27. Tbe crown of life. Ja. 1: 12; Rev. 2: 10. Tha crown of glory. 1 Pet. 6: 4. "For hia name' sake" mean 'Tor his sake." Our patient Ixrd I tbe real source of all patience (v. 3). Our power of patience varies from day to day, and the wise mnn will at6re up patience on tbe good days for the bad days (v. 4.) We are to overcome not only the evil outside us, but even more tbe falntlngs and fears Inside us (v. 7.) The way to get life Is to be faithful till death; then there la no death (v. 10.) Thought. "Patience" is from the Latin word that means suffering; but patience al ways ends in joy. . Faithfulness wlus the crown: but it does not labor for the sake of It. Some are satisfied with faithful ness, though they are Impatient In their faithfulness; but that Is only hulf faithfulness. Is It the crown of fame? of power? of peace? No. none of these; it Is the crown of God's approval. Illustrations. If tbe spring should come all at once and melt all the enow suddenly. It would do more harm by its floods than good by Its sunshine. Spring is of value because It Is slow and pa-, ttent. Wood that grows quickly Is weak and soft utid unbeautiful. Every great singer practised for years before singing in public, nnd etlll practises for hours dully. No pains, no praise. King's crowns bear gems, and every gem took long years to form In the earth and many days to facet In tbe workshop. So with the crown of faithfulness and patience. EPWOBTH i LEAGUrTESSONS 0USEI10LD)p MATTERS Vac For Discarded Feather fled. Put a small portion of the feather Into a tick made of muslin the size of your bed, spread feathers out evenly, tack the case closely " on quilting frames, cover with pretty sllkollna and knot or tie as you do a com rota ble, using either worsted or ribbon. A moat excellent substitute for a down quilt is the result. Everyday Housekeeping. When Troubled by ICIrrtrlcil. Some women have dlfficuby la combing the hair, so full is it of elec tricity. This can sometimes be over come by using a bone comb. Where the hair. Is heavy th-i combs are considered too brittle, and rubber Is preferred, with no thought, that it generates more electricity. If a bone comb la soaked in cold water for several hours before usiu the first time, It Is loss a.n. to br.aU. Argus. Floor liorders iif Mall We decided, instead cf pu-c;m-.i a new carpet for a room, la buy : ruj. This necessitated staining or other wise treating the floor whlcii tvouM show outside the rug. A: tlie hVir was very poor, w e c'f -Med nut .0 treat it, but to buy matiiii?. Thin vs allowed to extend a tew Inches und'jr tho rug. and we planned. If necessary, to cover the rest of the floor nnd;1 the rug with newspapers. But wa found that the ridge where the mat ting ended was not noticeable. The expense of the matting was small, and it wa put down in a very uhort time, while If we had stainod and oiled the floor It would have prevent ed our using the room (and It hap pened to be a room we used constant ly) for rome time. C. K. lu House and Garden. SUNDAY, MARCH 13. 3. 14-16; Tbe Family. Through the family and the noma moat of tba good ha eama la tha world. Tha Btata began with tha family, religion bad Ita first expres sion la tba family ancestral worship. Views of Insurance Men. Over fifty per cent, of deaths from pneumonia and Bright' disease oc cur in alcoholics. Cirrhosis of the liver, cerebral hemorrhage, and a number of diseases ot tha circulatory and nutrient organs occur most fre quently in persona of this clas. Life Insurance studies bring out this fact, and there Is. a continual struggle to escape responsibility for deaths which are so obviously tba direct result ot alcohol. Most companies refuse to take in surance on person who us spirits, except at higher rates, realizing tbat the duration or life is diminished by the use of alcohol, and many com panies refuse high risks on all drink ing men. started from different points, and traveled by different roads, but they converged to one point; they were ',' one in prayer. God to them waa the 1 centre of attraction, and prayer was-l '.he nath that led to God. J These men prayed not occasionally, not a Utile at regular or at odd times, I but they so prayed that their prayers I entered Into nnd shaped their charac- j v, Xwnln'a it'is; itiey mi urujt-u ua iu uueci iiieir own lives and the lives of others; they so prayed as to make the history of the church aud influence the current of the time. They spent much time In prayer, not because they marked the shadow on the dial or the hands of tbe clock, but because it waa to them so momentous and engaging a business that they nould scarcely give over. K, M. Bounds, in Preacher and Prayer. How to Be Strong (Eph. Phil. 4. 13-19. Eph. 3. 14-16. Paul'a great prayer for hia c inverts Is that tbey may be strong. He does not tell them tbey will get strength by exercise, by ef fort, by taking thought. He known better. There I virtue In Christian exercise and ' discipline, but before these can do any good there must be given a strength from without, from above. It la the gift ot Ood "Strengthened with might by his Spirit In the Inner man." With that sort of Btrength aa a beginning, every thing elne Is possible. So Paul pray for tbe Bphesiana tbat they may be given the presence of the Spirit. There is new meaning in that prayer when you remember Paul'a experience on his first visit to Ephesus. (Acta 19. 1-7.) Phil. 4. 1319. You can do aU things, and you can get all thing, from God. This is Paul' confident assurance to the Christians of Phil- Ippl. There Is strength available for tusk, and supply available for every need. Ood give all, and aoea all, so there Is no excuse for a Chris tian being weak In spiritual ability or poor in spiritual possession. He ran be strong, and rich, It he will. GETTING AROUND POLL TAX. lOnter Not Into Temptation. A reckless nun in a eoologlcal gar den ones seized a venomous serpent by the uape of the neck and bald it up before hia companions. The man thought he had tbe serpent wholly in hia power. But It began to coil Its long body about his arm and then slowly tighten its grasp till the man in agony was obligud to drop hia bold of his neck. Quickly then It turned end bit blm. and soon tho man was dead. He thought he v. as strong enough to play with the serpent, and then thrust it from him when wearied ot the play. Many think they are strong enough to play with temptation of any sort, but they find sooner or )ter that the temptation ha mas tered them. "Watch and pray tbat ye enter not Into temptation,' aald Christ. It Is tho entering into temp tation which la to be guarded against. Morning S'.ar. AM EXPERIENCED MAIv ' "How do you conquer your ele phant when ba goea on a rampage?'' I asked tha managerle proprietor. "W avail ouraulve of an experi enced baggage nan," ba replied. ' "Aa experienced baggage man?" I repeated with wonderment. ' "Ye," ba explained patiently, al though it waa evident that b vaa nattled by my atupldity, "w get man who kaowa bow to smash trunks." Doston Pot. Temperance Note. One of th most encouraging signs ot the times is the degree to which in unexpected quarter the idea la pre vailing tbat the liquor trade I no longer to be considered clean and re spectable. In view of the fact that whisky supplies practically all of the crimin al that are uot made by tbe gamb ling fever, would It not b a good idea if tha Stat would supply some refuga for the confirmed drankard anxiou to cur himself? A man drunk on tha egotism ot Ignoraxce ihpuld not add thereto tba Intoxication ot drink. Tha atatement la made that over one-bait million person are arreatod In thla country and Canada tor petty Crimea and violations ot th laws, and fully ninety per cant, of them ai alcoholics. Tba mortality rrom surgical opera tion In tb Inebriate I larger thau In temperance man, and lu railroad aurgery this fact 1 always prominent and to b considered. Modern surgi cal work (uggest guarded proguoaia where alcohol ha baen usud by tha pfctisnt. It's Your Cliance. Say. brother, sister, that boy or gill you are now teaching may hava tbe beat teacher he or she may ever l.iva; and It may ba tbat you ara tba enly person in tha world that can aver lead them to Christ. Will you net pray earnestly that the Lord may help you do your duty? Western Methodist. The Church's Supreme Mission. To restore man to himself, to hia place In nature, to society and to God wa the comprehensive mlaalon of tha Son ot Man, and it la the aupreme mission of Hi church in tba twen tieth century. Humility is the First Lesson. Humility i the first lesson w learn from reflection, and aelt-diatrust tha first proof w give of having obtained a knowledge of ourselves. Zimmer man. ALWAYS WILLING TO OBLIGE. "Hava you no home, my poor Ban?" "No'm.M "Ara you hungry?" "Hungry?" . , ' "Tea. Peopla who hava no bom alwaya make u feat aa If 1 would Ilka to do eomething (or them." "No'm, I am sot hungry, but U I you hava aay lea cream and cake and I black, coffee I might manage to keep them from apoUlog." Trenton Trua . American, .... Cousin Circumvents lll-Adviscd Statute. In the years gone by Topeka regu larly had turbulent times over the payment of a $3 poll tat annually by every man of voting ase. For a Ions time the matter was tbe subject ot a great deal of controversy. G. C. Clemens, th well known Topeka law yer aud r. cousin of Mark Twain, real ly put tbe law out ot business. Ha made it look foolish one year, and the next year bo knocked it out through the court. Th law held that when a man failed to put up hia S3 be bad to ap pear on the streets and work two days at $1.50 a day. Clemens did not pay his tax and received a notice that It vaB due, and that he would have to work on the streets to make up for hi negligence. "Bring with you a pick and shovel," read the iiotJce. "Clem'' appeared ou the appointed day and repo-.Ied ready for work. "Where is your plcg and shovel?" demanded the street commissioner. "Here they are," he replied, and diving down into hU vest pocket be produced a pick and s'.iovel, the kind that are about two inches long, and that you buy at a toy store for chil dren. "What crc r oa givin? rae?" snorted tbe cbinmbsioner. "You can't do nnyihing with taoia tools." "The notlcs didn't , aay a word.' replied Clemens, "about the six of the tools which 1 waa to brlnj. 8 I brought what I wanled to. Com on now, assign m to work. I want to get to work, and don't car to lota any time." The street .commissioner walked away In disgust, Clemens waited for' about an hour, and still no assign ment. So ba went to bla office and put In the day at work on bla law cases. Tbe next morning ha turned up tor work again. Tb atreet com mlssloner again didn't give him an assignment, ao ba went back to bla office, and declared ba bad fulfilled tha letter of tba law. Ha aaid it waa not bla fault that be haa not bean directed to work. Th next rear ha aant tb law aiy high through tha court. Kansaa City Journal. Four Ways to Use Ginger. A plain lemon Jelly, prepared ac cording to directions 011 the package of gelatine, becomes something novel by stirring Into it some preserved ginger cut into thin circles. When firm, cut the Jelly into two-Inch block. Serve there or four to a dish, topped with whipped, sweetened cream, flavored with n little of the ginger syrup. To make lemon ginger sherbet, boll two cupfuls of water aud a cup ful ot sugar for fifteen minutes and add a teaspoonful of gelatine dis solved in warm water. Strain, and when cold add a cupful of lemon juice and five tablespoonfuls ot ginger syrup. Freeze, and when quite stiff stir in two tablespoonfuls of pre served ginger, chopped very fine; pack In salt and ice till serving time. For a beverage for unexpected com pany, nothing will give more satis faction than ginger ale. Dissolve three tablespoonfuls of ground gin ger in hot water, just barely to cover. Let it boil for five minutes and cool, then pour it into a bottle with three cupfuls of ice-cold water, one table spoonful of lemon Juice, and sugar in sweeten to taste. Aa a last ingredient drop in a heaping teaspoonful of aupercarbonate ot soda, and cork the bottle, hammering the cork down tightly. Shake the bottle well before serving the beverage, and the cork will pop out. This ale will have the finest kind of a fizz and snap to it. A variation of the ordinary dessert of a cream delicacy may be made with ginger. Prepare the cream as for charlotte russe, and, as you beat it stiff, stir In preserved or crystallized ginger that has been cut into Bhreds with a sharp knife, and a little ot the rich ayrup, the quantity to be guaged by tasting the cream after mixing. Keep the cream in an ice-cold place until serving, and top each' glass of cream with a cube of preserved giu ger. Accompany the cream with gin ger wafera or aoft glug'Ji'broa.l.-- T. C. C. In Suburban Life. Tba limit. W don't mind hooking her waist, looking to aea If her whlta aklrt how, and If br hat la on atralght; wa don't mind pinning up a veil now and than and cleaning tba mud off her rubber, but when it cornea to holding una and of a tor awltcb wblla aha bralda It, w think tha limit haa been reached, and it'a time for us to assert our lndepantftsc. De troit Fraa Praaa. ' Hour Milk Muffins. -A pint o" sour milk, one egg and a little salt, a tea spoonful ot soda and a tablespoonful of butter. Have the griddle moder ately hot, grease well, and also the lings. . Mock Oysters. Grate six ears of corn, one egg, two tablespoons mill;, pepper and salt, teaspoon baking pow der and flour enough to make a bat ter suitable for frying. This ia nles for using corn too old to cat lu ordi nary way. ' Corn Meal Gems. Take two cup ful of corn meal, alft well, and add one egg, tour tablespoonfuls ot m?lted butter, one-third teaspoonful ot salt, a teaspoonful of soda and a cupful of sour milk. Put in gem pans and bake In moderate oven for twenty minute. Onnberry Pie. One pint of craa .berries, chopped, one cup sugar, one half cup molassea, one 'tablespoon cornstarch dissolved In little cold water, then add two-third cup boil ing hot water; bake. with two cruets or with strips across. This niaku two plea. IWaa Rabbit. Melt two table poons ot butter add one teaspoon ot salt, one-eighth teaspoon of pap rika, one-half cup at milk aud one cup of cold numbed beanaratir until thor oughly heated and one-half cut ot gratad cboeie. Aa soon as tba cheers haa melted serve on am' dice of toasted bread. . i 1 Tomato Soup. Take tbe bones that ara taken from a shoulder of lamb, put Into cold water, enough ta cover tbe bone. Cut fine one good alsed onion, put in with the ban Cook until the meat fall from tb bone. Strain, thou add ona-halt caa tomatoes; took till they are doH Btrala. put back Into tha kettle, adi one-fourth teaspoon cinnamon, ou9 ' tablespoon augar, aajt and pepper ' ' taste. Thicken with smalt quantity ot 1
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