THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY HEY. WALDO ADAMS AMOS. Thome: (Want. Brooklyn, N. Y. Sunday evening, In th" Church of the Atonement, tlm Hev. Waldo Adams Amos, associate ematlzed the other nnd lived unhap pily ever after. This was one aspect of the glnnt called "doctrine," and naturally the world lias lost Interest 1n such a foolish glntit. The thing to do Is to congratulate the world and commend It for Its growing wisdom, lnsiead of condemning It. It Is all rldht to weave a halo about Ihe past, to rczi.id It as a golden age; but, If our Inclination to Idealize the Iibec la going to make us blind to the fine things of the present, then this Inclination Is all wrong. It's wicked. It Is all right to wax enthuslstlc over the pictures of Tintoretto or Raphael, The Sundays School INTERNATIONAL l.rssON COM MEXTS FOR APRIL 10. r.-oi- 01 mo unurcn 01 tne H.v.y hnfi lf 01ir admiration for them pre irmuy, prracnea on mants. ins mir n.i.nmiin. ti, .vn-it. r cnl).ect: The Mission of the Twelve, Mutt. 0:33; 10:115, 40, 42 Commit Verses 0:37, 38, text wa3 from Genesis 0:4: "There Wfre plants In the earth In tiioso days." Mr. Amos gald: There Is a story by William Allen White, a charming, picturesque story pre: "nt-day artists, then our admira tion is nil wrong. It is all right to i Imvo a creed coming down out of the past, but. If that creed obscures our vision of the Christ In the world GOLDEN TKXT. "Freely ye have received, freely give." Matt. 10:8. TIMK. Spring, A. D. 29. of a young Ohio farmer nnd his brl-le. , nt thn ,,reielI,. t,.iyi tnen that creC(1 , I T c who gathered toother nil their mil.- ; n mistake. We have spent altogether K:Il).slrlo.; T- ,TT R,n,,1,n fiance and fared forth into the great too r.iuch time In the world worship- ' ' nrth Those Who Have Iionrnoti of West, seeking a new home nnd a in- the God of our fnthers nnd now i "lm fo MlnMor to the Spiritual and larger life In the land of the si tting ! if. time to wnrshln thn r.n, nt n,ir. 1 1'h.vslcnl Needs of the Masses, 10:1-H, iney acquire n farm in Kansas scltvs and the God of our sons. Wa ! and here thc-v establish their little i him muni iinraihs. ,. tim homestead, nnd through long years of ; talking about the miracles and the toil and hardship th-y strugcle on, , spiritual experiences of remote ages ! iintnng tneir joy ami consoiaimn in ; nd remote lands, and now It's timo thos ttalwart bns and girls that , to discard the notion that our day Is Jesus made choice of these twelve men nfter a night spent In prayer (Lti. 6:12, 13). There was great di versity among them in temperament, previous history and native ability. They are an ImpresBlve illustration of use for His work. Matthew Is th only evangelist who in his list of npostles records the fact that he be- I'rovldeneo lias sent to bless their t,i,i nH mmmnnni-iro nnri toil i 'he different types of men Jesus ran iiuubeiiom. nui mrm.mi an mes , ai,0ut the mighty works and the spir- l years the memory of the old home la i tilai experiences orfhls year oT grace, the EaHt never fades. When the day's i iv cn..,.t inn ,,,.), um ir.i,i work is done and they sit around thn : for ()10 Christ In the Inspired epistles i 'onft't' 8 despised class, the puhll Kreat. crackling lg (Ire, then tho ! nf St. Peter, nnd now it's timo to look I rnns' The other three cover this fact farmer ana nis who wanner oacu in for tho Christ in the Inspired writings -. " iH'Jf: ueieii u,i)s i'j wuii , 0I our contcmnorarirs. fair State wli'-re tin y had lived long years a?o. The farmer's face lights tip as ho tells the boys and girls of the rich, luscious fruit that grew in the orchard, of the myriad ears of corn that were gathered from otr Muybo there vers giants In the earth in thoso days, but, even lf thero wptp, they nre dead, and our concern now Is with the giants that are in the earth In our day. And there arn up. Matthew humbly writes tne fnrt, nnd thus magnifies the grace of God in calling him. In each of the lists Judas Iscariot Is mentioned last, and his disgrace as "the traitor" Is noted In ench. The nnostles are grouped In t'vos In the lists. The method fol- 0Ua TEMPERANCE COLUMN. REPORTS OP PROGRESS OP THE RATTLE AGAINST RUM. "Am I Mjr Urol lier's Keeper?" Answer thou, who apreadxt the sparkling sight Of ridily gilded pnin; Alluring poor, weak mortals from tbt riht ART THOU CAIN? And thou, who holdst it to thy neighbor! hp. Maddening li in bruin; And stealing strength and manhood a lis ARt'tHOU CAIN? And thou, who brewst the evil sin-filled draught, For greed of gain; Hearing unmoved the demon' fearful laugh ART THOU CAIN And thou, official, with the power invest fjEUGious Reading fOU TltB QVIEt iroi'M. THE .NATIONS' PRAYER. Pence, O Father, give in peace! I.o, the nations bend the knee; Hid the surge of discord cease, All resolved in harmony. Save us from the deep of hnte, ) thou Love that gave us birth! Teach us only they are great Who defend Thy peace on earth. Breathe Thy Spirit through our life, .snint of good will to men; Still the storm waves of strife. that we wane no war nirnin. Panished be the cannon's roar, lllare of bugle, beat of drum; Peace be witli us evermore, And with peace Thy kingdom corns, A. Irvine limes, in Christian Register. "The I'nlit Lamp ami the t'ngirt Loin." Jesus very plainly taught and very rw H.h Vh.T.i i t t. i . a I Pointedly illustrated the truth that Dost '"h thy hand, like Mate, and con- , order to partlclpate fn the llfe giants in the earth in our day. It ! IOWP'1 no Rroupine is worinv ot I 11 1IIUHI UllllClllL IIUCBUIllI but when you when you looked with the eye of the spirit, you begau to realize that they towered un Into tho heavens, you began to realize that they wore tall men, Bun-crowned, liv ing above ho fog in public duty and in private thinking. You began to realize that the spirits of those men could be contained in the compass ot no orrlinnrv bmlv nnA vnn rnnfaaaaA linzy and cramped. The vast orchard , to yourself that here were giants ia of days gone by has become a wretch- the earth in our dnv And then in addition to these indl- ucre. nnd waxes eloquent CS ho tells i hns l.enn mv cnn.1 fnrinno tn I study. The l of the vast fields of waving grain; Ronalllv neoualnted with severnl nf ! ,,lat R-rnfH in regard to the choosing and then of the house of his boyhood, ' them. When you Just looked at them ! n sending of the twelve, is why vnn us urcai, foucious rooms ami us casually tholr stature Bcemod like 1 i-nuse uuu neni out n ism ar-itaciiiiig uans. wii.n an us com- : that of other men, forts and luxuries. "Truly, 'twas a i looked more closely. wunii'Tim country, mac iana wnere we lived when wo were young." As th years go on they prosper, mid when tho boys and girls are full grown, the farmer and his wifo de cide to go back and visit once again the fair land of their youth. But, ah, what a change time has wrought!1 The old homestead seems small and cd dooryard and the fruit is poor and tasteless. The fields of waving grain have become a market garden, and hefore a week has passed the farmer nnd his wife hasten back to the great riot. It seems hardly sufficient to answer that It had been predicted In the O. T. that one of His Immediate circle would betray Him (Ps. 41:9; 55:12-14), and that, therefore, Jesus chose Judas, whom Ho knew to be a devil (John 6:70, 71), In order to fulfill this prophecy. The Blmplest and most natural explanation seems to he, that Judas had qualities that would have admirably fitted him for a place In tho apostolic company and the leadership of the early church, if they had been sanctified. Grace gave him the great opportunity, but he hardened his heart and brought upon himself the greater condemnation and Infamy. The twelve were prepared for the work by the Lord's imparting to them power to do it (cf. Acts 14: 5, 8). The commission wsb at this time to Israel alone, The middle wall vidual giants of to-day thero are cor porate giants, which are more com monly called movements. One deals with th lirnvpntlnn anil riifi lla wes., wnere tney can breathe full i ease, another restricts the hours of and deep and free. . J iabor for working women, nnd vet I tell this story because It illus- . another protects the children of the trate3 a common mental attitude, i nnnr from mninitniinn on.i ni,0o There is an instinct In us humans There is a whole family of these , of Partition was not yet broken down which prompts us to idealize tho i giants, and they are a religious fam- i ,EPn- 2:13-17). After the cross the past. W'e look back on the dayB gono lily, religious in the deepest sense of commission widens (Acts 1:8). The by, and our memory casts a halo Ithat noble word Thev ncrnnv th apostles had a five-fold commission quarters in our life that were former- , lreacn. ncal tne sick, cleanse lepers, 1y tenanted by doctrines, catechisms . ralse tne dead caBt out del"ons. This and kindred giants. All these move- i ,a substantially the business of the ments that I mention, all these agen- ! missionary of Christ at home and ciea worklne for th i.niift unit h0u.r- i auroaa to-uay. uur mission is to soul about them. We remember how, in our boyhood years, the snow was often ten feet deep and how it lay upon the ground from November un til late in March. We remember how lire In those days was replete with Interest, how it was rich and deep and full, and when we hark back to these halcyon days of our youth, how dull and commonplace becomes tho pres ent day. The days of long ago be come to our fancy a golden ags. There were giants in the earth ia those days. This is a universal human tendsncy. The person who first conceived thn Carden of Eden story wa3 simply giv Ing expression to this human inclina tion to Idealize the past, to look bai l: to the dawn of human history and re gard It as a golden nge. Milton rep resents Adam as Hitting in a Isafy bower making pretty speeches tj hij fair consort, whereas in reality tho first man was probably a shaggy sav age, livlns In a den and giving ex predion to his wishes by means of a few i-lementary and lnarticulat j Krnpts. The same common ImouUi' ment of the race, are so many mani festations of the religion and idealism jof our day. Revere the good old times, my friends, but revere also the Iflne, splendid spirit of your own day. Honor tho religion of days gone by, but honor also its fair offspring, the religion of to-day. There aro giants in the earth in our day and you have it in you to be numnereu among tnem. You mav be small of stature and slicht of and body, but Christ puts the spirit ual need first. But the church has a manifest mission to the sick, etc., but it is moral "lepers" that it 1b our first duty to cleanse, and those "dead in trespasses and Bins" that it is our most Important mission to raise. It is to be noted that this work of heal ing was to be "free." Any "divine healer" or "Christian Scientist" who charges a fee for his services, thereby shows the cloven foot. And how cf humankind to wrave a lalo about . self, then God accounts you among the past prompts the wrlur of t'n . the giant:? of His kingdom; then you early chapters of Genesis to ccnclud ! nl'a among the giants that are In tho that there were giants in those days. ' earth in our day. It Is particularly In the field o'' My frlend3, if in the deep and qule things religious, in the realm o.' ' of y1"" lives you listen closely, you things spiritual, that we meet with , wi'l I'-car a voice that bids you go franin. Imt In tho rim ni thin .nir. . about the preacher who will declare uuai ono is not accounted a giant be- ; l" '""luu" rubijci vmj uu uuuumuu cause of stature or physical strength. If your heart beats strong and true .with a desire for the onward march 3f righteousness, lf from the very depths of your being the cry goes forth, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done;" if with all your heart, and ill your mind, nnd all your soul and ali your strength you love the Ldrd your Goa and your neighbor as your- Ibis tendency to Ideallza the pan an 1 Its loglcul accompaniment, ilia ten dency to disparage the prwant. W? war people talking about tin soo( forth and take part in the giant move. nients for the uplift and betterment of tho world. You will hear a voice that bids you go forth and be giants, nil self-seeking and petty individual i Interests. Hearken with the ears of your heart and you will hear a voice that bids you go forth and prove by tho mighty stature of your life that , mere aro plants in the earth ot our (Jay. old times and then thev go on to be' i towering In spiritual stature far above wan me uegeneracy oi tneso aays. J bwird an address recently in whlc'i the speaker contrasted this bsniqhted agi with the days of lilt youth. Hi told of the waning Influence of thn Sunday-school, of the secular school which was every day becoming more detached from things religious, o.' church doctrines and the cucchiBni, which had been relegated to the limbo of obscurity, and altogether thingi were in a sorry plight. Our soclity and our nation were drifting towa.-il the treacherous shoals of mod 'rn!::n and unless we revived the sohit o: "ye olden time" we wero dcomr;d to certain destruction. The speak-r was a fine, scholarly man and, to far iu he went, he read the signs of tho times aright, but he did not go far enough. Church doctrine.! and cati. rhisuiB have been relegated to the limbo of obscurity, and that Is whero most of them belong. The secular school Is ceasing to give any religious instruction, and, considering tho great diversity of religious views repre sented by the pupils, that is a it should be. But the trouble la that the speaker who was deploring the decline of religion and the lack of idealism in our day was Incanable of rerrelvlng anyrellglon orany Idealism Five that whlob manifested Itself In the same old way to which h j had al ways been accustomed. If the giants of to-day do not dress In caetly th utaao way that giants used to dress la the dayB of his youth, he is dis posed to deny that they are giants. It we believe In a living God, and lf wa believe that HI eternal purpose cannot fall, then our faith is too su preme for ua to admit that the world -ot to-day la less religious than the world of our forefathers. Pure re ligion and undented Is this, to visit the fatherless and the widows, to go oat into the world and cry aloud at octal Injustice and oppression, to dd all ta our p-ver to stamp out promt-' totlon and the economic causes there of, to work for tba uplift and better ment of humankind. Pure religion and undef.led is an attitude of the heart toward all Clod's children hers on earth, and if ths twin giants called tiumaa .ov and human service dwell in tho nilJjt rf mt society, I do not r"rnoiia!lr fet! dispose to lament tho !c:n!r.-i of these urlin, gaunt giants vacied "tfoctrlue" anil "catrchlstu." Ti'he giant called "doctrine" bus al ways beea a sort of sorfo-cointc giant, anyway. In a lecture the other even-r-; I mentioned that the primary fuuto of the split between thn Greek Jourrn and thi Latin Church was thn poctrlne of the procession of the Holy Spirit. The (Ireek Church contended that the Holy Spirit proceeded only from the Father, whereas, the Latins pnalntalnad that the procession was from the Father and tho Han. and, nfrVr quarrallug about It for several feundrcd J-ears. acn cburcb auaUia ot being paid so much? Jesus must have been divine if He could beBtow such powers upon others (v. 1). It Is evident that demoniacal possession is something more than a mere form of disease; for Jesus carefully distin guishes between casting out demons and "all manner of diseases" and "all manner of sickness." Every kind of disease and sickness was to yield to tho power of the Apostles. These powers were not confined to the twelve Apostles (Luke 10:9-19; Mark 16:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:9; Jas. 5:15). Wo do not hear much of most of these men after Christ's death, but that does not at all prove that their work was Insignificant. Most of these men were called from the lowliest posi tions In society. The substance of their teaching was to be "the king dom of heaven Is at hand." John and JesuB had begun their ministry with the same message (ch. 3:2; 4:17). And Jesus gave the same message to the seventy (Luke 10:9). II. How the Twelve Wero to Co;i. , duct Their Ministry, 0-13. Thetwelve i were to make no provision for the ne cessities of their journey. They were EOY INVENTORS' Pr.OFITS. laboring for Ood, and the laborer is , u ,i lho ..nr,. ' worthy of his food, and the One for Wireless telegraph and the con- whom they wMe ,uborlng wouW Be(J quest of the air have taken a firm that they got u Tuoy were t(J go hold on tho youths of America, the . ngut weighted; many an ambossador hundreds of lads of tender years, dui for Christ to-day is impaired in effl advanced ideas devoting their talents to the invention or construction of machines in both these lines. While these devices are largely for pleasure, young America has proved his ability to turn inventive genius Into utilitarian channels. One of the moat remarkable inventions mado by a i.nv la n rievlcn for signaling on ele- vant of Christ will always be Drovld vated roada. It Is in use on part of j e tor. They were to seek out dill the Brooklyn "L" system, nnd is the 1 Kent'y worthy persons (not rich per i . c,.,..f0r flftoon ""Hi with whom to stop, and there work ot Morris Schaeffer. fifteen th()y were tQ T years old, a public school boy. Mor- gquander time In going from house rls was offered $18,000 for his patent, to house to eat. The fare might be but on the advice ot frlenda, refused : plain, but they must not look for fine sent ART THOU CAIN 7 And you, who coldly pass the other side, With proud disdain For him, so lost to virtue and to pride . ART THOU CAIN? And thou, O Christian, lifting holy hands Above the stain Of aiding those, fast bound in Satan's bands ART THOU CAIN ! And thou, O man of f!od, n watchman set who see st the accurspd train And speak'st no word of warning or re buke ART THOU CAIN? -Written for the National Advocate by K. E. C. Lane, New York, IJeer, Overweight and III Health. It is well known that the contin ued use of beer is often accompanied by a noticeable Increase in the avoir dupois of the drinker. This increase not only frequently becomes burden some, but it may be a menace to health. , Dr. Brandreth Symonds, M. A., Chief Medical Director of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, has an article In the Medical Review, In which be shows the disadvantages of overweight and underweight, in health and longevity. A case is considered OTerwelght when It exceeds by twenty per cent, the standard adopted by the leading life Insurance companies. Dr. Symonds finds that after thirty years of age mortality rises rapidly with the age and with the weight. Increasing abdominal girth is very serious addition to overweight, and when this exceeds the expanded chest, the mortality is markedly in creased. According to the records on which this report was based, no over weight man or woman died of old age or reached eighty years. "Cirrhosis of the liver" (hob nailed liver), says Dr. SymondB, "ia three and one-half times as prevalent among overweights as in our general experience. This undoubtedly points to alcoholism, for statisticians gen erally consider that liver cirrhosis is a very accurate index of the alcoholic habits of a class." Dr. SymondB expresses himself as convinced that a given percentage of overweight In persons over twenty five years of age is a more serious matter than if it were underweight. "The excessive weight, whether it be fat or muscle, Is not a storehouse of reserve strength, but a burden which has to be nourished if muscle, and which markedly Interferes with nutrition and function if tat." clency by the amount of baggage he carries 12 Tim. 2:4). The exact let ter of these Instructions is not bind ing upon ambassadors of Christ at all times (cf. Luke 22:35, 36), but the spirit is. Though they carried so lit tle with them God never suffered them to lack nor go hungry (Luke 22 :3a). The obedient, faithful ser- Alcohol and Tuberculosis. It Is already well known that al coholism creates a state of receptiv ity particularly favorable to the de velopment of tuberculosis, says a writer in the Revue Scientifique (Paris. June 12th). Mr. Jacques Bertlllon has presented these rela tions somewhat strikingly in a set ot maps embodying the latest French statistics. Says the writer cited above: "On the man of France it may be seen that the northern depart ments drink, per inhabitant, more brandy than the central and southern departments. The line of separation Is represented exactly by the limit of culture of the vine. In the wine drinking countries the consumption of brandy 1b comparatively small; it Is considerable In the cider and beer regions. The dwellers In the eaftt ot France drink some brandy an much absinthe. The second map presented by Mr. Bertlllon shows that the frequency of tuberculosis is much greater, with some exceptions, In the regions where most alcohol is consumed. The phthisis map may be superposed on the alcoholism map. On the other hand, phthisis is more frequent among saloon-keepers than with other merchants (679 deaths annually. In 100,000 persons, as com pared with 245). It is probably al cohol also that makes phthisis twice as frequent, In Paris, among men than among women. Translation Made For The Literary DlgeBt. it. The boy expects to be auit to get $50,000 for the Idea from the rail road company. Of quite a different calibre is the machine Invented by Donald H. Mil ler, a student at Columbia University. This, by the mere touching of keys, similar to those on a typewriter, translates Chinese into English. It can also be used to translate any other language. The contrivance re sembles an adding machine. From darkest India comes the rec ord of the achievement of Clauds Moore, the son ot a poor coal miner. Young Moore, who Is twenty years old, was reduced to the sum ot two cents when be received word from fare. They need not feel like beg-, gars, ior iney were wortny of their hire (cf. Luke 10:7). Their first thought on entering the home should be for the good of the home, and not for the comfort of self (v. 12; cf. Luke 10:5, 6). Tbelr benediction would be full ot power; if the bouBe was worthy, their peace would come upon it. If the houBe was not worthy the benediction would not be lost, for it would coma back again and bless them. True prayers are never lost. It was their own peace tbat tba twelve were to Impart (r. 18). When they were not received In any city, they ware to go out into the streets in the most public, expressive and im pressive way show their utter senara. tlon from It and its impending doom. the Patent Office tbat It had Issued J,?e' WBf" ,not e7en ? ,et lt du,,t a patent on a corn busker. There- tS?trtnnJMf7ent'y r.i.,- i. . ,h t0 ttlfy to It of God s utter abhor- upon Claude, who is a thrifty youth. sold his patent to the Harvester Trust for considerable real money. A most, ambitious piece of work has Just bettn successfully finished by Francis Lee Herreinoff, the young nephew of the famous yacht designer. This is the construction of a high, power racing automobile, with, which has been developed tba tremendous speed of eighty miles an hour. Herreshoff has also patented a de vice for subduing tba glare ot acety lue lamps. The mechanism does away with tho necessity for extin guishing tba lamps, for It softens ths glare, making It hardly mora notice able than aa oil lamp Van Nordeo Magazine. : - rence of Its deads (cf. Luke 9:5 ). Re sponsibility, guilt and punishment are measured by the amount of lleht that one sins against (v. 16), . THE SMARTE3T CAT. I want to write and tell you about my cat. His name is Bmut and he li the smartest cat I ever saw. I can dress blm up in my. cast-off baby clothes and put htm in tha baby car Mage and wheel blm all around, and then I can lay him down on a sofa cushion and go away and leava blm on it, nnd ha will not got off the cush ion till 1 coma back. He will also play bide and seek with rue. Bethel Balliy, la the New York Tribune. The Custer Massacre. D. D. Thompson, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, gives the true explanation of the death of General Custer in the Battle of Little Big Horn River, in 1876. He says that Major Reno was not a coward, as many believe. His career In the army and his promotion for gallant and meritorious services pre clude that Idea. But Major Reno himself told the late Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards, then editor of tha North western Christian Advocate, that bis strange actions were due to the fact that be was drunk. Drink ultimately caused his downfall and expulsion from the army In disgrace. Liquor Drinking Inconsistent With Good Work. Alcohol is certainly Inconsistent with what might be called fine work. It m inconsistent with a surgeon's work, and with anything that re quires a quick, accurate and alert judgment. Many professional men have discontinued tha use ot stimu lants In the middle of the day. Why? For no other reason, probably in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, than tbat they find they can work better without It. Spent 930,000,000 For Beer, Five hundred and ninety-two mil lion litres of the national beverage were consumed In Germany last year. Bavaria, where most ot the beer is brewed, beads the list of the various States with 162,000,000 litres. , Wurtemburg Is next with 32,000, 000 litres. Baden has 28.000.000 to Its credit, while AAace-Lorralne is put down for 1.259,000. It is calculated that tha amount ot beer consumed in Oermany could easily float a modern Dreadnought. At an average price of six cents a litre, $30,000,000 was spaat tot br. which is life indeed, the fullness of life, we must be prepared for the op portunities of service which come to us. We are not saved on account of any works which we have done, it Is true, but we are saved by grace into a kingdom or realm of living where service is In such demand and. in such relation to life, that partici pation In the one Involves faithful ness In the other. To fall of having part In the mar riage festival when once the bride groom had entered into the house and shut to the door was to the Vir gins just the same as to miss the Joy of life the Joy for which they had been waiting and looking for ward. But to have part In the festi val depended upon the faithful per formance of the simple task which had been appointed them, and which was reasonably expected of them the task of carrying a lighted lamp, or torch, in the procession of the bridegroom as it swept along in the darkness of midnight. Their exclu sion from the marriage-feast was not an arbitrary and harsh act on the part of the bridegroom. He had not seen them In the procession, and he did not know them as members of his company. . Thus does Jesus teach the intimacy and superlative Importance of the re lation of service to the realization of life. It ia not so much a mechanical or formal matter of the relation ot service to its appropriate reward, but of the relation of the work of the kingdom of fellowship of Jesus Christ to the life of that fellowship. There Is work there to be done because it is a kingdom, a brotherhood, and we are saved face to face with the op portunities of that work which is bound up with the life we fain would enjoy. Pittsburg Christian Advocate. As the Heart Looks. If we are on the hunt of nettles we will certainly find them, but it is doubtful whether the find is worth the search. There are scores of bright flowers in the field for every bunch of nettles. There are a thou sand trees in the woods for every thorn bush, and each one is more pleasing to the eye and more com panionable to our moods than their prickly neighbor in the fence row. The bee on the head of clover and the butterfly woving Its painted wings over some random flower speak to our hearts of sweetness and beauty, nnd remind us that on every path of .life there is something better than the spines ot the thistle or the sting of the nettle. He who carries a muck rake will always want to use it. He who lives in the marshes will have I the croak of frogs in his voice and will have much to say of reptiles and water rats. Our speech will partake of the character of our life and life will be a bane or blessing as we have sought the evil and the good. On the path of life we will find what we seek; and we fashion our destiny as we go along. If we care to build into our character muck and punk and the deleterious things by the way, we can. If we care to fill it with dragons and doleful creatures, these will always be found available. But it we go through the world, wolklng on the sunny side of the road, with a smile for every one, admiring the beautiful things which God has made to grow there, we will live a more contented llfe, there will be a blessing in our fellowship, a recommendation of the goodness of God and an example which those who follow may speak of with respect and honor. United I'resnyterian. Eight-Story Christianity. The Word of God has power to build up. In Acts 20:32 we read: "I commend you to God. and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up." We hear a great deal in these days about character-building. The Word of God is that by which we must carry it on if it is to be done right. In 2 Peter 1:5-7 we have a picture of a seven-story-and-baBement Chris tian. The great trouble to-day is we have so many one-story Christian, and the reason is neglect ot the Word. In 1 Peter 2:2 we have a slm ilar thought expressed under a dif ferent figure. "As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby." If we are to grow, we must have wholesome, nutritious food ana plen ty of it. The only spiritual food that contains all the elements necessary for symmetrical Christian growth is the Word ot God. A ChrlsMan can no more grow as he ought without teeding frequently, regularly, and largely upon tba Word of God, than a baby can grow as ha ought without proper nutriment.- R. A. Torrey. Solution of Life. ' However wida life may be In Its reach, or however narrow, It is still ever true that the solution U within tba Individual heart. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, APRIL 10 The Christian's Sacrifice Praise Heb. 13: 16; Hos. 14: 1-3. ' We are told that the opening words of Hos. 14 are really predictive that they mean "the time will coma when thou shalt return," and that they refer to the email minority of the Hebrew nation. The great majority were, of couse, hopelessly lost, for they would not repent. In Exod. 23: 14-17, in which the three great annual feats of the Jews were appointed, we read, "And none shall appear before me empty." The admonition ia repeated In Exod. 34: 20. In this chapter in Hosea words are suggested to take the place of sacrifices and burnt offer ings not the words of God, nor of the prophet, but the sincere words of a penitent people. The meaning of Hosea here seems to be Identical with that of the psalmist in Psa. 61: 17: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O Uod, thou wilt not despise." The author of the letter to the Heb rews was discussing the relation ot the work of Jesus on our behalf to that of the high priest and had just compared the burning, without the camp, of the bodies ot the animals whose blood had been brought Into the holy place, with the suffering of Jesus on the cross. His exhortation, therefore, "Let us offer up a sacrifice of praise," has in it the thought of "bearing the reproach of Christ." The Meaning of the Theme. We are in the habit of contrasting words with deeds in the religious life to the disparagement ot the former. The saying, "Actions apeak louder than words," is a fair statement of the attitude of the average person on this theme. But, fundamentally, there is no difference between deeds and words as expressions of the rellsrlous life. If the words are sincere, they are acceptable unto God, and not even deeds are acceptable that are not sin cere. In this matter of sacrifices, for instance, the multitude of them had no weight with God unless they were expressions of genuine devotion. Isaiah even represents God as being displeased with them (Isa. 1: 13): "Bring no more vain oblations; In cense Is a nabomlnation to me." THE 'N' EPICURE'S CORNER Tea Room Omelet. For omelet jardiniere aa it Is serve In an uptown tea room, have ready a tablespoonful each of minced chives, an onion and half as much minced green tops of celery. Turn the mix ture into six eggs, beat until the yolkl are well broken and make like anV ordinary omelet. Garnish with sprig) of parsley and white tips of celery. New York Sun. APRIL TENTH Topic God Is Here. Psalm 139: 1-12. "In Him we live." Acts 17: 22-31. All-present Spirit. John 4: 21-24. God in the desert. Gen. 28: 10-17. With us In Christ. Matt. 1: 22, 23. God in the heart. John 14: 17-23. God always. Matt. 18: 20; 28: 20. God knows whence my ways come from and whither they go, and I know only where they are (v. 3). I am beset by God behind and be fore; not, however, as by a hostile army, but as by a protecting wall (v. 5). We cannot understand how God can possibly know and be as much as He knows and is, but the more we think about Him, the nearer we approach to that understanding (v. 6). We run away from God's leading, and flee from His protecting, and re ject with scorn His Blessedness. Is there greater folly than this? (v. 10.) Suggestions. Spend some time, before you pray to God, realizing His presence with you there. Before you pray to Christ, think of Him aa He was at some time on earth, healing Bartlmaeus, tor example, or talking in the Bethany home, or walk ing on the sea; then remember that, Just such as He was then, lie Is now with you in your room. Christ departed from earth and the Holy Spirit came so that we could think of God not as merely in Pales, tine but as also in London and New York and Chicago. Only one thing shuts out God from any place; He cannot be where eln is except, indeed, as a Judge. Illustrations. We can go wherever there Is air, but there Is only a thin layer of air around the world. God is to our spir its what air la ft our bodies, and we can gn everywhere throughout all uni verses, because He is everywhere. Gravity increases as the square of the distance a body falls; but a loving heart carries its own distances, and we are everywhere equally near to God if we love Him. WISE WORDS. The tfnlt. Tha soul Is a unit, and when wa think or feel or act it Is tha whole personality that is thinking or feel ing or acting. . The Law of Service. The law service is tha touchstone ot human endeavor, CUSTOMS OFTOE"rtICH. "They used to lay down a tun of wins when an heir waa born. When ha became of age, ha opened It." "Well?" "Now tbey put a few doien eggs In cold storage." Louisville Courier. Journal. . y Sherlock Holmes. Tba Policeman Uriah) "This Is mora sayrlous than Oi thought. Tha window Is broken on both sides, an' It's lucky for yes that ye have tha brick at evidence," Loudou Sketch. Infatuation flies highest, affeotlon longest. New York Press. Quarrels would not last long It the fault was only on one side. La Rochefoucauld. It Is not so much what wa do as what we are that tells in this world. La Rochefoucauld. When Death, the great reconciler, has come. It is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot. The date of a woman's birth has nothing to do with her age! Wom an's Lite. We should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up In them. Sir Thomas Browne. What Is that which Is able to con duct man? One thing and only one philosophy. Marcus Aurcllus. I wasted time, and now time doth waste me. Shakespeare. How dull It is to pause, to make an end, to rest unburntshed, not to sblna In use as though to breathe were life! Seneca., Tba man who talks you to death certainly doean't take life easily. Cleveland Leader. Duty is a kind and sympathetic mother, aver ready to shelter us from the cares and anxieties of this world and to guide us In the paths ot peace. Sir John Lubbock. In tha crowded street or In tha formal garden flowers always seem to me at least as lf tbey ware pining for tha freedom ot tha woods and fields where they can live and grow aa they please. Ruskin. ' Lots of fellows always wsnt to hava a finger In tha pie, but tha average waiter seems satisfied to buve his tnumb In tha soup. Philadelphia Record. . West Indian Omelet. Drain the pulp from a can ot to matoes, straining off as much of th liquor as possible. Shred three or four Spanish sweet peppers from i can, season with salt and paprlki and heat over the fire until the mlx tura bubbles. Make a plain omelet, turn it on to to a hot omelet plattef and turn the tomato at each side. New York Sun. Raspberry Cream. Soak a half box gelatine In cold water to cover for half on hour. Thes stand over boiling water until dis solved. Add a half cup sugar and i pint ot raspberry juice, strain, set in a pan ot cracked Ice and stir until thickened. Add a pint whipped cream, and mix thoroughly. Pour In a mould and set In a mixture of let and salt to harden. New York Telegram. Vassor Cakes. These little bites, which, of course, are named after the great school, are cornmeal hoecakes, served hot and eaten with strained honey, brown sugar or New Orleans molasses. But the hoe has nothing to do with them. A batter is made ot cornmeal and cold water, seasoned only with salt. Ths batter must be so thin that It literally pours from a tablespoon, one ot which Is put at a time on a hot Iron grlddla for the cake. The usual griddle holds three or four cakes, and as soon ai these cook they are thinly coated with butter and served in hot plates. The sugar, honey or molasses is put on at the table. Detroit News. An Egg Dish. A delicious egg dish comes from Hungary. Have ready a cupful ot rice boiled and dried and a cupful of paprika sauce. Put the rice Into the centre of a large, round chop plate, flatten the .top ot the mound, cover It with poached egga and turn thb sauce over It. For the sauce, cream together a rounding tablespoonful each of butter and flour and add a level teaspoonful of paprika. Stir In a cupful of hot water seasoned with beef extract or veal chicken stock it It Is on hand, season with salt and cook until it thickens. New York Sun. Squash Flitters. One cupful flour, one-half cup sour milk, one egg, one-fourth cup sifted squash, one teaspoonful nutmeg, one half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda; beat the egg well, add the sour milk, In which the soda has been dissolved; then add the nutmeg, salt and squash and last of all the flour; drop by spoonfuls on to a well greased, hot griddle, and fry a golden brown; one must not have quite as hot a fire as for the ordinary buckwheat griddle cakes, else they will be done on ths outside and not in the middle, for it will take a longer time for them to cook through, the dough being of a little different consistency from tba other kind. Mrs, Clarence A. Noble, In the Boston Post. Brush pie crust with cream to in sure a rich, brown color. Whip cream In a pitcher. It whlpi more quickly than in an open bowl, with less spatter. Grass stains should be washed wltb cold soft water hefore the garment la put in the tub, and they will disap pear. K woman from California thlnkt that halt a dozen raisins dropped Into the broakrfast coffee pot are essen tial. A very good bed-warmer for ths children on a cold night Is a bottU filled with hot water. It will not leak and will keep hot for hours. Always put a cauliflower In plats water, so as to draw out any Insects. If salt Is placed In the water it killi tha Insects and they are left la tn vegetable. Small side dishes, once so numer. ous, are now used for nothing save, perhaps, a thin apple or rhubarb sauce. Rarely mora than two vege tables are served with the meal course. Oysters for frying may be rolled la cornmeal and no egg ta needed. When the fish man sends ratbor small oyf tars, take two at a time, slightly over lapping each other, with bread of crumbs, and fry in tha usual way. Cats, they say, need grass for thett physical wellbetng. As catsnlp alons does not suffice, it Is well for anyone who has pet cat to plant some oats' In a flower pot. Tbey grow easily and with very little care if kept in warm place. When tha leaves of begonias tura brown and drop off, aays tba Delinea tor, stir In well around tha roots a toaspoonf.ul ot sulphur. It will re store them quickly to a luxarlanl growth. Especially useful is thit treatment In winter, when the plant have to he kept in the bouse. Some 8t you bare a white or cream lace and net waists of which you are getting tired. As they hava tha pro nounced separate-walst-and-sklrt ap pearance that Is never dressy, but If you would hava them dyed to exactly, match soma colored suit you bar It would give them a dressy look and tuey would seem Ilka new to you.
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