xplod- ‘Altoo- train, 'y of a engine S Were n was andise gineer trying at the boiler engi- . + and 1s into re he expir- spital. p and ‘ecked. 1 into dam- t were ing ‘of West. county swind- VO ago town- > farm , Wass choke ilroad by a shift- , was er at d has © con. Con- -room: $35, eight- 5,000. Fran- xd of out to t will news- was iously SP nis 1 Cir! Runs a Mine. In these davs of plucky voung wom- en Madge Pickler, daughter of the one time well known member of cou- gress, deserves a place in, the front rank. From mistress of her father’s mansion in Faliitop, S. D., to a cabin in the Roles Mountains is the change that has come about. Miss Pickler ig at St Peter: 5 Dome, on the Cripple Creek short line. The shaft:of her mine has row heen sunk to a depth that 1 y longer a. prospect. It'is a mine and there is lots of ore in Miss Piekler is her.own superintendent. She has a force of then at work, but every morning dens) a miner's garb a with a lighted candle, goeg dowa into the mine and spends the day uaderground. She is musical, too and ‘when the miners are througzhithe day’ s work she brings her guitar ‘and sings to them the music she learned in her father’shome from famous teachers Now York Press. Gown of. Henrietta. A vast number of-the summer frocks —and especially ‘the soft and sheer woolcng==are fashioned with a third piece, this: intended to serve as a wrap when occasion = requires; but really worn rather as a finishing touch to the, toilette. of the new: “yellows: ‘that’ are SO" ex- tremely fashionable in France, and which are only just beginning to make their appearance on this side of the water. There is a sim ple little blouse, collarless, the throat cuf out slightly in front, and an empiecement of em- broidery serves as a smart finish. The gleeve is unusually full and puffy, with lace flounces. spaced: between the puffs. The skirt is in'a circular cut, smooth over the hips and falling in soft folds to the ankle, where a circu- far flounce is applied, beneath the heading of lace and tucks. The peler- fne is in cape shape, very full, and with shawl-shaped pieces, broad over the shoulders and extending in points to the center back and front. A rib- bon frill finishes this all around, and a big loose how and long ends of rib- es make a sash in the back. —Wash- ington Times. Neck Fixings. 'Twill be a long day. ere we dis- card the elegant influence of the long, straight stole worn with one end flung over ‘the shoulder. In fur, this has become almost ubiquitous during the winter months, and it is so wholly and completely sensible, and has con- trived, futhermore, to oust to a little serious extent other much more im- portant prototypes, than one can but surmise as its continuance under light- er aspects, such as chiffon and lace— the former fashioned into a wealth of + gagued bouillonees. Apparently as dorimct as the dodo is the feeling for collars to coats, a clear condition that immediately en- courages some distinctive extravagan- ces, such as the ghove.; fescribed draped boa. And revers, if they occur ot all, are carried low, and usually widen as they descend thus—at least with the fur coats, though: as the season advances we shall find, doubtless, ‘this simple neck outline continued down the front to the waist. And the vest, let it be peal told, is going to be a factor of such glori- fied importance that the brain almost reels before the. wealth . of -variety open to consideration. At the same time the fancy that stands far and far away above its fellows is the “gilet” -of. old procade—preferably, if pro- curable, genuinely time-stained—sur- mounted by a cascade jabot of old Ince. Pretty Work Bags. An especially pretty workbag is re- quired for the girl who takes her fan- cy work away to do on summer piaz- zas. Here is one that is a model of economy and convenience, as well as beauty. Buy two bamboo Snitoidery rings, a half yard of ecru canvas or gray foulard, figured India curtain silk, or flowered cretonne, according to one’s purse. Buy also a half yard of silk or sateen of some light solid-color in har- mony for the lining, and then buy four yards of inch-wide ribbon to match the lining, which one may find for five cents a vard at the department shops. The half yard side of the silk should answer for the width of the bag, and the width of the silk for its depth; the proportiens being 18 inches wide? 22 inches deep. Lining and outside parts should fit exactly. The two embroidery rings should each be run into a casing on the 18- jnch sides, while the other two sides should then be neatly finished by turn- ing in the raw edges and slip-stitching them together. Join these edges in- visibly for at least the depth of eight inches, for in this manner the bag is made secure. The handles or two rings are covered by winding these with narrow ribbon and tacking it now and then securely. color ske | do not requir The ‘material is one | Trim within | two inches of the bottom the two sides | of the bag with a small rosette of rib- bon loosely made. Where the sides no longer are joined trim with a mueh larger ..hbon rosette. The bag shapes itself where these directions are fol- lowed. - When canvas is used the dec cration of the outside may consist.of embroidery as a spray of flowers or small clusters of flowers. Laces look well ins into silk bags, and water- n linens; gay cre: and curtain silks v trimming at all, ex- cept the four rosettes and covering of the rings —Roston Traveler. tonnes, Advantages of the Becoming Hat. If women yom understand some: thing about the becomingness of hats there would be few less, “freaks” iin the world. This season’s millinery is, indeed, trying to those women who are not beauties and to those especial- ly who have. not a great wealth ‘or hair. Women seem to ‘be showing no judgment regarding the hats which most become them judging from the peculiar sights’ one sees upon ‘the streets. The small hat has always been a source of real anxiety fo Wwo- men. It is a difficult thing to wear at the bést, and only, those well endowed with beauty can ever hope to: look pretty under one, Hats have been small: before ‘and ‘have been pretty, too, but they never have had such grotesque shapes as now; some are tilted far up at the back, with masses of roses embanked in the hollows: others aré turned di- rectly in front, or are of a decided three-cornored - shape. The wings used this season are indeed beautiful, but they are used most peculiarly ‘at times. They are not left to rest on the hat, but to the mercy of the wind or else are resting solely on the hair, Then the colors which predominate in the new gowns are used on the hats, and some of them are not alto- gether becoming to the wearer. There are two decided stvles of hats to be in vogue this summer. The other one is the dainty lingerie hat with its many frills of lace and lawn, with many bows of daintily colored ribbons, and its display of the most delicate of rosebuds, which are nestled in among the laces and ribbons. They are the becoming hats of the year, and almost any woman can wear one without much difficulty. They look extremely dainty with the hair parted in accor- dance with the style now-a-days, and they go well with the lingerie frock. If one wishes to wear a small hat she’ might have it trimmed. becomingly at any rate, even though the style is’ neglected a trifie. One need not have the hat turned up so high if it is not becoming. Then, too, all of the curves and turns are not necessary if they take on over- -done appearance when donned. One would think that | women would not resort to those modes if they were not becoming: The small sailor, which is almost a complete circle, is quite becoming. It has a wing or two placed artistically, but these do not at any time take the place of the small dress ‘hat. If a small hat is desired one might have a large one covied on a small scale and it would be sure to be becoming.—* Newark Advertises. Fashion's Fads and Fancies. Valenciennes lace and -heavy em- broidery are both vying: for first place for trimmings for the summer frock. Automobile hats of every kind are. displayed and they are becoming ex- tremely becoming to the women who don them these days. The open work stocking has gone out and in its place are the sheer gauze affairs, which are ever so much prettier, although of qualities not so lasting. Some of the French style hats ‘are made of cream colored leghorn, and many of them are simply banked with white roses plumes. A noticeable change. is.seen in ‘the latest veils. Black and white seem to be quite. the proper thing and they are really very becoming to the av- erage woman Never have white shoes and hose had so universal a vogue as this sea- son. Every, woman who affects white always includes her footwear in the fad, and nothing prettier nor more summery looking could be found. The white embroidered belts which are for wear with the lingerie waist are one of the prettiest small articles of the season. They come in all col- ors and are seen in the newest of shapes and have the latest in belt buckles. For women who do not mind being sunburned, the deep ecru color of pongee is most becoming. In fact one could not be any prettier than when her face is deeply tanned and she wears a costume of this color with accessories to match. Many of the smart women have had their gowns made just to match their compl¢. sions when they are tanned. ‘we reject. our :liking some better than ‘others. cial infimacy’ with the apostle John, ‘about. whom people differed more than .We can see’ Christ escaping from the ‘ple whose chief interests differ are not “ever draw apart in: order to form, other | ing, editing .ship’ in the’ same fraternity a ‘the | righteousness. and black and white THE PULPITy. | A 5CHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. J. D. BURRELL. Subject: The Friend of God. Brooklyn, N. Y.—Sunday morning the Rev. Joseph Dunn Burrell, pastor of the Classon Avenue . Presbyterian Church, preached ah interesting ser- mon on the subject, “The Friend of God.” The text was from James ii:23: “He was called the Friend of God.” Mr. Burrell said: The figure of Abraham is one of the most majestic spared to us by the past. He stands before us in singular dig- nity, serenity and power, and his su- preme quality was that he was the friend of God. The phrase is peculiar. It is not said that God was his friend, but’ that he was God’s friend. There is a differ- ence. We accept the friendship of (God as a matter of course, like the air we breathe. But the thought that man may be a friend to God scarcely comes fo us at all. There is something deeply touching about that thought. For. we usually fook upon God as sufficient unto Him- self. Yet in this other respect we see Wim longing” for friends. - That: desire is common among men, for there are many lonesome, misunderstood, hungry for a friendly word -of appreciation. Now think of God also as misunder- stood, grieved by neglect, yearning to be loved. Then think of ‘Abraham as giving ‘God his heart. ‘You see how much it meant to God that: Abraham ) was his friend. .One is led to be the friend of another by liking him. The reason why we like him may be inexplicable to. our- selves, for there is mo accounting ‘for tastes. All fruits are the gifts of God to men, yet some we enjoy and: others All people gre children of God. and we ‘can love every -one- of them in a disinterested and fraternal way. But this does not intertere with Even our Saviour felt this human ten- dency and was drawn’by it to ‘a’ Spés I suppose there mever:was:a: person Charles Lamb. Some could not endure his peppetual raillery, his had puns, his stammer. Others kpew him to ‘be one of the rarest spirits; subtle in’in- tellect. exquisite In taste’ and: grandly unselfish. : Now that liking, ‘which makes friend- ship ‘between ‘maj ‘and man: makes it between man and’ God.. .We can piec- ture: Abraham at the close of the. day, when the tents had been. pitched and the evening meal eafen,. going apart from the camp for a little space that he might open his soul to God. We can imagine David at night time while the city slept, ‘mounting’ to the roof vf the palace and beneath the canopy of stars comimuning with. the Most, High. crowds that thronged His steps and eagerly hiding for a brief time in tle seclusion of some mountain top that He might be alone with His Father. It was because all three of these liked God. It is a question worth asking wheth- er we like God. I do not say reverence and honor, I do not sqy submit to and obey. Do we like Go It is a pecl- liar. question. ‘Perhaps PE it makes us wonder whether our ‘appreciation of God does not lack something of the ‘warm’ throb of life.- : Friendship also involves ‘similarity of tastes. In faet, most of our friend- ships come about through our being brought together in the pursuit of some common interest, by an ocean voyage, | a golf club, a board of directors, a Sunday- school class; for example. Peo- fray; to:become friends; Emerson and Boss Tweed, for example. There, is no better field for studying |. the. laws of friendship than a college. |. Young men or women who have khown each other pleasantly enter inthe same class; go ‘together for- a time, then gradually, without any'ill feeling what- combinations. -This : shifting: is. gener- ally -due to the. dominating. power of ¢ - some comnion interest—Erench, boat- a’'paper together, member- |. like.” ‘The samé prineiple Aids I in. I" he | friendship "between ‘man’ and: Gog. is brought ahout. by. similazity. of re and. interests. ‘Supreme. in God is the 4: .sense .of order, whose. moral side is. . How can, He have any friendship With’ a man "who lacks this, sense of order? Who ‘doés: not mind| being a glutton or a drunkard- or im-" pure, or telling a le or’ talking what is not his?: As Paul says, dwhaty fellow- ship hath righteousness with unright- | eousness??. And another characteris-» tic of God is His spirit of charity. But suppose. a man is indifferent, hard and | selfish, prone to cherish grudges and to™ do unkindnesses, how is - friendship possible’ between him Sar God ? He that loveth-not his brother whom: he hath’ seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ?’. It is important, then, for us to ask if we like what God likes, if “we value Jigs as He does, the soul, the spirit’ al life, a character of purity and good- ness. These are the foundations of friendship between heaven and earth. Again, part of friendship is loyalty. But Toyalty how far? Through bad re- port .as well as through good report? Assuredly. The friendship that wil! not endure strain is of little worth. Twenty years ago a young man was swept away by the excitement of gam- bling in Wall Street, and misused the funds of the .bank of which he was président. The deficit of miliions was made good. But, of course, the dis- grace was there. Yet to-day he has standing in a certain small. social eir- | cle. His friends, you see, realized that | the man was not really vicious at heart and stood by him to help him make 2 new life. How many a man, who in fact has done no wrong, but who has had some idle gossip raised about him, has found himself deserted in a minute by those he counted upon as his friends. There is no social tragedy more pitiful than this, and aiso none more discreditable to human nature. To be a friend to God means to be loyal to Him through storm as well as through sunshine, in the day not only of prosperity, but also in that of ad- srsity, when the skeptic says, “If God S od and is your friend, how can He per rmit this trouble to fall upon you?” Then when suspicion is raised about God, many who have called themselves His ; tefngds fall away from Him. The 1 true #ie3d is he who stands by God when strafige and cruel things happen rnat cannot be explained, who main- tains confidence in the divine goodness when others deny ii, who defends God’s mame when others impugn -it, who says with Job, “though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. ? God will never forget stanchness like that. = Generosity is one of the lovely traits of true friendship. It comes-out in feeling, in conduct and in special tok- ens in the form of gifts. The ancients illustrated this in the story of Damon and Pythias. Pythias was condemned to death, but begged leave to go home and arrange his af- fairs. His friend Damon took his place in prison. .In the ‘end in the nick of- time. Pythias returned and surrendered himseif. such a friendship he was pardoned. But the interest of the story centres in Damon lying in prison while the days of Pythias’ absence lengthen and the time of execution draws near. prisonment for his friend, but far be- yond that he was prepared to die in his place. ‘The story is no doubt a fairy tale, but is gives us a true lesson, and has had influence upon the civilized concep- tion of friendship. And as applied to our relationship to God it is suggest-, ive. If our friendship to Him is genu- ine it will bear the mark of generosity. There have been not a few “friends of God ready to die, if need be, for Him. ~ And yet there are many who render to God what they like rather than what He likes. Sometimes: presents: are given among us gn the same irrational basis. . You have seen a poor. young couple’ receive, from some rich ac- quaintance an absurd wedding present of a costly piece of“ bric-azbrac which would be utterly out of: place in their modest. parlor, and. would divertan amount of money which would ‘have been ‘a’ great help. in- practical form. The. donor: consulted his desire rather than theirs, . So_is.it often with men’s gifts "to God: ‘they give Him what they’ like rather than what He likes.’ In Jere: miah’s age they offered sacrifices .of builocks and goats. In :Christ's day they performed elaborate religious cer- emonies -and wore phylacteries and fringes. In medieval times they did penance and paid money. To-day they erect costly churches and’ endow col leges. But if we would: please God we must consuif’ His wishes: in our gifts and not our own. And what does God like best? -A pure heart. a humble and contrite spirit, days free from evil, practical thoughts of kindness for oth- ers, homes of real devotion, sacrifices of .money from genuine love of His work, ‘words of honest’ testimony for Him in public and private. These are the things’ God likes, and -thou who love Him .even offer them to Him. In :the fourteenth century, when the moral and spiritual state of Christen- dom was dark, a group of noble souls banded themselves together to strive after ‘holiness. Their headquarters were at Strassburg and Cologne, Their greatest member was John Tauler, the celebrated preacher, whose printed ser- mons made a deep impression: on Lu- ther. The influence of those men was performed and abides to this day. But the thing to notice especialiy about them was their mame: they calied ‘themselves, “The Friends of God.”” ‘Is there not’a place for such people ‘in the:life of to-day? Men are apt to .become’ so absorbed in the concerns of this life as to neglect God altogether, and. when they do think of Him it is often with the desire chiefly to get something from Him. How sordid and unworthy this all is. We ought to ‘have our relationship on a higher-level. Is it mot possible .for us:to. appreciate His grandeur and. goodness: for their town excellence ? Can we not like Him for what He is? As He looks down upon a considerably indifferent world, can we not give Him the happiness of ‘letting Him see that ''we “dre His riedds? And when troible bewilders us’ let us sfill believe: in Him; when His good name is assailed; let us de- ‘fend. Him; when He wants some;one » tor do: Ts werk, let us say, “Here am oT ‘send me,’ We are familiar enough with tz idea that God is our ‘friend. But the gues- tion is" wlio are ‘willing to be friends of God? ¢ ar A ‘Ponder This Fact. “eae your Bible, and carefully fepunt,’ not only the chapters or the werses,” ‘but: tlie letters from - the be :ginning. nf (Genesis to. the ‘Amen’ of the Revelation; and -when yon have accomplished the task, go over it again and..again—ten times, twenty, forty fimes—nay, you must read the. very Tétters of your Bible eighty times over befofe vou have reached the-requisite sur. - It: would take something like the letters of eighty Bibles to represent the men, women an children of that old and, wondrous empire, - Fourteen hun i ‘of ‘them have sunk into, Christian graves during this last hour; thirty- “three thousand will pass’ “to- day for: ever beyond “your reach. : “Despatch your missionary to-mor- row, and one million and a quarter of immortal souls, for whom Christ died, will. have passed away.to their final account before he can reach their shores. Whether such facts touch us or not, I think they ought to move our hearts. It is enough to make an angel weep.'—Rev. Silvester Whitehead. The Name of Jesus. T%he Lord is the hearer of prayer. There should be waiting on Him, not only in the assembly of His people, not only with the attitude of reverent re- -gard, in the forms of religion, but ag the Psalmist puts it: “Truly my soul waiteth upon God.” For salvation, for protection, He is to be sought; and { whatever the trouble of our lives, we | thus get stability. What can'we ask? The fulfilment of the exceeding great and precious prom- fises. But what plea can we present, weak and sinful as we are? The name that is above every name—the name of Jesus.—John Hall. The Way We Do Things. wv. FB. B. Meyer st “Knitting needles are cheap and common enough, but on them may be wrought the fair- est designs in the richest wools. 8a the incidents of daily life may be com- monplace in the extreme, but on them as the material foundation we may build the unseen but everlasting fabric of a noble and beautiful character. It does not so much matter what we do, but the way in which we do it matters greatly.” Because of the spectacle of. For not. only was Damon content to endure im-. SABBATH SCHL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSO LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUGUST 20. Subject: Jeholakim Burns the Word of God, Jer. xxxvi., 21-32—Golden Text, - Jer. xxvi., 13«Memory Verses, 22-24 Commentary on the Day’s Lesson. I. Jehoiakim’s great sin (vs. 21-26). 21. “King sent.” So that he might hear the roll read and not be obliged to learn its contents through second- hand reports. “Took it out,” etc. The princes had filed the roll among the public records (v. 20) for safe keeping. “Jehudi.” Amn under officer,” descend- § ant of a noble house, the. one the princes had had sent to Baruch to get him to read the roll to them. “Princes —stood.” The king sat on a rug and ‘the princes stood respectfully about. 22. “Winterhouse.” Great men had distinct houses or apartments, fitted for the different seasons of the vear (Amos 3: 15). “Ninth month.” = Our December. The cold, rainy: season. “Rire on the hearth.” Fire in a bra- zier, a pot made of earthenware, in the form of a pitcher, placed in a hollow in the middle of the room. 23. “Four leaves.” “Columns.” R. V., margin. The roll was of parch- ment attached to a. roller of wood at one or both ends. Our word volume, “that which is rolled up,” points by ‘its derivation te this older form of book. “Cut itl* He could not tear parchment so he cut it. .-*Penknife.”’, Scribe’s knife. ., Used to shape the reed em- ployed for writing, and to take efas- ures in the parchment. “He” refers to king.(v.:22). As often as Jehudi read three or. four columns he cut them out and burned ‘them. “All these words” (v.24) imply that the whole volume was read through. “Till all the roll was consumed’ implies a gradual pro- CESK, =. ; 24. “Not afraid.” Contrast the hum- ble fear of Josiah at the reading of the laiw (2 Kings 22: 11). Josiah rent his garments in grief that the book had been lpst, his sen cuts God's book and burns it.” Throwing the fragments of the roll on the fire, he puts there, in symbol, his royal house, his doomed city. the temple and the people of the land. “His servants.” His immediate personal attendants who did not share the reverences of the princes, (v. 16). 25. “Nevertheless.” This aggravates the king’ § sin. “Elnathan.”” * A man of first rank and father-in-law of the king (2 Kings 24: 8). ‘Delaiah.” . Of this prince nothing more is known. “Ge- mariah.” A scribe of the temple, a man of noble blood. From a: window in his official chamber Baruch read aloud: the prophecies .of Jeremiah, and Gemariah’s son Michaiah, reported this to him. (vs. 10-12). “Made interces- sion.” These princes would have aided the king in following his father’s steps. We learn the same from the basket of figs (Jer. 24:1). It is the more remark- able to find Elnathin thus interceding after the office he had Destormsd in Jer. 26422, 26. “King commanded.” He was not satisfied with. burning the prophe- cy, but now desired to kill Jeremiah ard his faithful scribe. He hoped to put an end to’ such prophecies. “Lord hid them.” They had at:the counsel of the princes hidden themsdves (v. 19). Now, though a diligent search was, made, the Lord did not permit them to be found. II. Jeremiah restores the word of God (vs. 27-32). 27. “Word—came.” That word was. not ‘burned, neither was Jeremiah hidden from the eyes of the Lord. . 28. “Another roll.” The entire book was rewritten, and this “second manuscript, so far as can be known now, is the one we have to-day. Disaster is not necessarily defeat. The destruction of this book was a great disaster. No copy existed, and no hu- man memory’ ‘could ‘produce it: - But God re-ingpired the prophet, and, the | second edition was fuller than the first. 29. “Concerning Jehoiakim—say” (R. V). It is doubtful whether Jeremiah and the king again met. - Note’ the con- trast between this morally hardened, impious: king, . boiling . with wrath against God and His prophet, and the heroic man of God who does not shrink, but firntly speaks the words of Jehovah even in the face: of death doubt an actual message which the king had sent to Jerémiah to frighten him. “King of Babylon.” Nebuchad- nezzar, who had-been.once and collect- ed tribute-and gone. . He should return and des troy the land. Nothing but the repentanc e of Jehoiakim and his peo- plé could prevent it. 30. ‘“None— .ed it for three months, but the land was occupied by Nebuchadnezzar’s army, and Jerusalem was in a state of siege, and he was’ taken captive (2 Kings 24: 8-17). - No child .of Jehoia- chin succeeded to the throne... “Body —cast- out.” A repetition of the pro- phecy of Jer. 22: 19. Of its fulfilment notliing ‘is’ known. The phrase, ‘he slept with his fathers,” means that he died (2 Kings 24: 6). He was fettered by Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chron. 36: 6). “Day—night.” In the East the ther- mometer often falls suddenly after sundown ‘© (Gen. 31:- 40). Plumptre thinks.it probable that the king, who was being taken to Babylon in chains with the other captives, died on the journey, and that his body was left be- hind unburied as the army marched. 31. “I will punish him. He was slain, his kingdom destroyed and his son carried in chains to Babylon. The "inhabitants of Jerusalem were not pun- ished for the king's crimes, but for their own sins. “They hearkened not.” They might have been saved from the tlsreatened evil if they had repented, threatened evil if they had repented. 32. “Added—many like words.” Many more threatenings of wrath and vengeance were added in the second reall which were not in the first, for, sinee they will yet walk contrary to God, He will heat the furnace seven times hotter. A very trite sayi is that the honor of public men uld be as sen- sitive as that of ¢ and there is a great deal in i they in volve not only thems s but the country for i appear before the wor sentatives, re- marks the co Argonaut. ‘The Japanese ST >nt has ap- pointed twelve chaplains, i rs, all of “Saying, Why,” ete. . This. was no} throne: His son, Jehoiachin, attempt-} EPWORTE LEAEDE LESSONS SUNDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH. The Duty of Winsomeness.—Prov. 15. 13-15; 17, 22; I Cor. 9. 19-22. : “A merry (joyful) heart’ haketh a cheerful countenance’—litcrally, does good io the face; thakes it comely, attractive. The seeret of real win- someness is a good heart. A good heart has a “continual feast.” The man with a good heart and a good con- science has a winning way. He is the winner. Further, it makes a good medicine. This is an early recogni- tion of that well-known psy chological fact that a happy frame of mind gives health te the body; and nothing hurts it more than grief, anxiety, and a bad temper. Paul's law of becoming all things to all men seems to mean the cheerful and glad adaptation of one’s own ways to the needs of another to ‘win him to Christ.” Only the hap- py, cheerful, and optimistic man can do this. Qur - daily readings ‘illustrate the various phases; of this wonderful fa- culty. or -gracs..' Nothing. is quite so popular as a ‘‘wihsome” person. He need not be handsome or rich, but if he is, of a glad heart he is attractive. The elements of winsomeness,.are enumerated by Paul as long- suffering, kind, unselfish. not boasting nor ego- ‘tistic, unruffled in témper and pure in thought. It is gentlemanly, *“behav- ing itself seemly,” and puts the best construction possible to .any action, It is patient and .full of faith and hope. Paul and Barnabas are good exam- ples of winsomeness. They caused “joy” .in going through a community, and at the council giving their ex- perience and telliag of God's dealing with them won the council to their views, The motive to all this is the love of God shed forth in the heart, making a glad and happy ‘heart. God's love to us is the impelling cause of our love to others. The very grace of winsomeness will give compassion and pity. Tt will be our letter of recommendation to ‘oth~ ers. It will give us access to the hearts of men. It will change us into the image of our Master. It will give us health and long life. It will bring recompense on earth and reward in heaven. Every good promise is to him who has the real winsomeness of a Chr istian ‘heart, and ‘heart and, life... CHRISTIAN ENDEAR NOTES SUNDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH. The Duty of Winsomeness.—Prov. 8. 13-15; 17: 22;°1 Cor. 9: "19-22, It is useless to try to put ints the face what is’ not in the heart, or to keep out of the race what is in the heart. The sien are beginning to find out the powerful influences of the mind upon the body. A hearty laugh is an actual tonic. The winsome person is never servile, but always serving; there is-a great difference. 5 Suggestions. Winsomeness is based on sympathy with others, and sympathy with others is based en knowledge of them. Winsomeness is fortunate if it is natural, blessed and praiseworthy if it is aequired. It is Christ lifted up that.is to draw all men to Himself; it is not we: A winsome soul-winner must bé tin- conscious of. himself; ~ he must be doubly conscious of Christ. I11ustrations. Winsomeness is ‘ar matter cof the heart, ‘not ‘of the ‘face, just as two pieces of iron may, look | alike;. and only one of them be a niaghet. 3 As the power “of J gravity is’ to“ be utilized -anywhere and at any time, so is the power or Ghrist’s attractive: ness. % 5 As, the power ot: Ater ction ‘increases as bodies come closer together, and inversely -as the :sguaie sof .the. dis- tance, so if yom:would' win men, you must get.close to them, If a merchant wan to draw peopla to his ‘store, he offers for sale not the kind of¢goods he fancies, but the kinds people like. thom gid | Is there any particular person: whom you are trying to win for, Christ? Men ought fo prize the: reputation of knowing ‘how to win young men and clear .away their troubles. It is the greatest honor you and I can en- joy.—Moody. . Divide the society. into - four ths, each fourth to take some part in one of the church prayer meetings. Find some definite work to do for the church. Do it, and then . find something else to do for jt. What One: Keg of Beer Cost. _ The saloonkeeper in whose possession it was said he paid $1.25 for. it, A couple of men came in and asked for some beer. He drew them each a mug full out of the keg and they paid ten zents apiece. They liked it and called for another and another. After drink- ing three or four they began to get frunk. They kept on and got therough- ly intoxicated. Then they began to guarrel and finally one man killed the pther. It cost the county of Los An- celes, in which the event occurred, 832,000 to get the murderer arrested and punished. So that one keg of beer cost at least the sum of $1.25, one life, and $32,000. quite a sum to pay for so small a thing.—New Voice, Indiana Law Enforcement. It is safe to say that never in the history of the State ot Indiana re the laws so fafthinlly enfor the present. i 2Y, distilleries. > that they will be compt num bor o3 Then tra av veling Holy Simplicity of Mind. holy simplicity smother yourself wishes 01
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