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No sturdy nian- akfasts. It with Lim, as is large, well d has been for Grape- 2 Wagia very bjeef to. fre- tion; ‘Ag hich trengthh and » (eal with. for anything tried Grape- \d to change pPntire break- It is always says that it the ordinary } no longer or nervnis- i splendidly Jegan to ss yo given by Mich. d. the litile le,” in pkgs, " comes back to the : pr JAR lA THE *PULPIT. i} oF 4 ~~] N © | A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY 3) Fag f ah, *; 7 BISHOP BURGESS. . ’ : 2 a; 1s : i 1. [1 = ‘3g : Subject : Church Music. = . RE g i Lp? Brooklyn. N. .Y.-Bishop * Burgzéss | Ps zz :. | preached Sunday . morning in the % 2 \ Church of the Redeemer. The occasion [a ” was the. dedication of the beautiful ; es a mn . : -memorial organ, a gift to the church. TYRANNY OF FASHION. from this habit will find that self-con- | The bishop spoke on “Chureh Music.” Tuder examination in Brighton | fidence is a wonderful tonic. Their | The text was from Psalm xciv:9: “He Bankruptcy Court yesterday a Hove tailor attributed his failure to the change of fashion brought about by the use of motor-cars. A considerable portion of his business formerly con- sisted, he stated, in supplying liveries for people who kept carriages, and who required liveries for their coach- men and footmen, as well as two or three others employed in the stables. But with motor-cars the only person requiring livery was the chauffeur, who generally obtained his clothes else- where than at a tailor's.—London Tele- graph, SMOCKING FASHIONABLE, Smocking is always good in chil- dren’s gowns. At some of the shops where a specialty is made of hand- some garments, fancy smocking is done at not exactly prohibitive prices. For tiny girls, the prettiest little owns imaginable are made in per- fectlv. simple models. The smocking occurs in’ the yoke and cuffs of the slips, which are ‘straight little gar-, ments something like those worn by Kate Greenaway picture book chil- dren. Very simple and inexpensive materials are used for these gowns, ginghams, coarse linens, pongees aad china silks being best adapted. Smocked waists are very effective for older girls and even mature women. BERACELET FAD BEMOANED, It is hard for the woman who can’t afford fads in jewelry to hear that five jeweled bracelets must be worn this year if one wishes to be in the extreme of the fashion. “Why notmake it six?” she asks, for in that event the jeweler might make a reduction on the lot, which would help things along a little. Mrs. William B. Leeds has caught this bracelet mania and lately has been seen wearing four gold circlets set with black and white pearls on one of her beauteous arms, which some one has said are “fashioned after the Venus of Milo’s long lost pattern.” On the other #rm was a single band of the same design. Bracelets worn by fashionable women this season must match in color tone, even though they are entirely different in design and cost. The triumph of the bracelet, jewelers say, will occur about the time the opera season begins and social festivity is let loose in New York. Then the rivalry in this line will be worth going out of one’s way: to see, A WOMAN ENGINEER. Mrs. W. G. Manning, who lives seven miles south of Monroe City, is prob- ably the only woman engineer in Mis- souri., Her husband operates a sawmill, and for two years Mrs. Manning has acted as engineer. Mr. Manning says: “Prior to two years ago I employed men at different times as engineer, all of whom were more or less unsatisiac- tory. Upon one occasion the engineer did not .show up. My wife told me to imrn the engine over to her. “At first I hesitated, but finaliy de- cided to let her try it. To my surprise she handled the engine all right and we did one of the best day’s work of the season. Kor two years she has ran the engine with little expense for repairs. She readily detects lost mo- tion or other defects, and, when neces. sary. will shut down to make repairs. If the log is a large one or knotty she regulates the power accordingly, and keeps the speed uniform. “I've tried several engineers, but she’s the best one I ever had.”’—Phila- delphia Record. CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. For small children there is a new Jack Horner pie which is charming. A great ball, three or four feet in dia- meter, is made of light wires twisted in shape and covered with paper, with # number of little gifts tied up, each cue fastened to a ribbon which falls out of a hole in the under side of the hall. Then flat paper roses are pasted all over the outside. This is suspended from the ceiling; the children are given the ribbons and warned to hold‘them lightly without pulling, and have a pretty in-and-out dance, and at its close all are told to pull the ribbons, when down comes a shower of gifts frow the ball. A new and. quiet game of hide-and- seek is called ‘“‘cuckoo.” The children sit in a circle on the floor, and one child leaves the room and hides, call- ing, when hidden, “Cuckoo! Cuckoo!” The rest must: sit still and guess where the child is, guided by the calls which keep on from time to time. As soon. as the place is guessed the one who is right hides, and the other circle.—Harper’s Bazar. : THE AILING HABIT. There are a great number of people who have fallen into the habit of never fecling well. No matter how soundly they sleep, how good their appetites, or how healthy they appear to be, every inquiry in regard to their condi- tion receives the same stereotyped de- pressing answer: “Not very well” About the same,” or “Not so well,” They are like the sailors who tell their pet yarns so often they really come te believe them themselves. This ziling habit is especially ative during the spring. People who suffer resisting power, that innate force which is given for self-protection is a safeguard against mental and physical ills. Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, lobert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Samuel Johnson and many other eminent men conquered real physical ills in order to pursue their work. clined to work because of not feeling very well they would never have ac- complished anything of note. Don’t allow yourself to become a slave to the miserable little absorbers of health and happiness. WOMEN OF THE GREAT WEST. We mentioned to some friends that we had aimed to acquire a little wis- |; flom on the simple life, by studying these new countries; but they went into spasms of impolite laughter at the sug- gestion. It seems that the women hold on to all the frills they used to know, and acquire all the new ones they can hear of, as a means of proving their social status and of transforming their. see?” sacrifice that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not Bishop Burgess said during his sermon: This organ, which we dedicate to- day, to the glory of God, has been placed here in memory of one who was a faithful and devoted worshiper in this church, George Parker. If they had de- | a There is peculiar appropriateness in the gift, for church music appealed to him with an especial power. To make this part of our worship worthy of our church's traditions, to make its ritual, when ritual of some kind was necessary, seemly and historic, he was willing to his time, his money, his strength. It has seemed to me that it would not be out of place for me to speak to you to-day of church music and to trace its history so that we may be better able to estimate the value of what must always be an adjunet to the service, the hand-maid, not the mis- tress, of worship. The Bible never seeks to prove the existence of God. The prophets, poets, philosophers, historians of the Old Tes- tament, as well as the Apostles and Evangelists of the new, everywhere as- sume “the Being and Personality ‘of present place of retidence into the God. They do not argue for this posi- nearest possible semblance of the one tion. They simply claim it as their they left behind. %Vhen they move | right. Only the fool, and he only un- into town, off the ranches, and discard sunbonnets and Mother Hubbards. they wear chiffon hats with brims a few inches wider than eastern modes. After a few years of town and club life they become—oh, wearisomely like |. everyone else! One of them, herself a woman of brains and energy said that no one lived the simple life here, be- cause none had the strength of mind to follow the recipe. : “And that is?’ we asked. “Just to be yourself,” she answered. And we tuought she was quite right. — Marion Foster Washburde, in Harper's Bazar, : teers MAKE HOME ATTRACTIVE. “(hive more attention to the comfort and coziness of Your rooms during the evening hours,” was the advice of a matron to a young bride in a maze of doubt as to what was most essential in the furnishing of her small, new home. “It has always been my policy to make the living rcoms most attractive: when all the family is using them, and as my husband and boys are downtown during the day, this means during the hours after sundown. Have your house radiate cheer and complete con- trast to the grayness of office walls of workaday hours. This is one of. the secrets of keeping your hunsand. fond of his home.” . To the up-to-date homemaker this question of making the house attrac- tive after the dinner hour is the most important one, and the shading of ‘artificial light is the secret of the réom beautiful when old Sol is out of sight. -Of the four methods by which this is accomplished, the oil lamp is the coziest and for practical purposes, the most artistic. Especially in winter nights it sheds a warm glow over a room, and a good hook or the evening paper under its steady light is enjoyed in solid comfort.—Indianapolis Necivs. 7 —pret Ty ~. A prominent nose wants a hat prom- inent in outline, Touches of velvet abound in all silk and light wool gowns. Lace coats are a salient feature of fall style for inferior wear and are ap- pearing in almost all kinds of lace. Lace robes, in princesses, Lierre, Irish crochet and Chantilly, are elected for widespread favor for evening wear. Velvet vests sometimes accompany coats of broadcloth. Touches of gold are prevalent in autumn toilettes and in evening cloaks. Moire ribbons, from inch-wide to sash width, will be used in trim- mings of gowns and coats of broad- cloth, in conjunction with other trim- mings. The winter neckwear lines include many specimens in handmade lace, and there is a tendency toward the more general wearing of hand laces than in many years. The new Japanese and Persian bands in dress trimming lines are the most attractive shown in many seasons. They will be a strong feature of dress and coat decorations. The current season will be an ex- ceptional one for silk waistings: Plaids, checks and small brocade designs all appear in full waists for wear under costume coats. Also moires in fancy effect. Caracul, dyed the color of the cloth, is being used for trimmings and acces- sories of coats and costumes of broad- cloth. - Sable, broadtail, ermine and mink are the popular furs for the pur- pose. Twotone or changeable chiffon cloth is one of the novelties of the season for evening gowns. The radium silks, for the same purpose, are shown in the retail stores in a variety of ex- quisite shades. Twelve million six hundred thousand is the estimate of the number of the famous Rocky Ford cantaloupes shipped from the Rocky Ford district, im Colorado, last season, of God. source of illustration. as in these, they had the mere musi: cian, who prided himself on his ‘ear and lost: the poetry and the meaning of the art. the characters says bitterly, “put their ears in the place eof their 1 “Yes,” replied Glaucon, “I like to see them laying their ears alongside of their neighbers’ That's a new note,” others declaring that the two notes are the same.” for Plato music had a deeper signifi- ered. her dances accompanied her song of songs in a strange land?” has dramatized the scene, but the peo- ple must have been naturally musieal when the shepherd lad could come with his harp and drive away the worst melancholy from the heart of the trou- bled monarch. music happy when the children of the Temple, pre- sumably the hoys whe sang this daily service, cried out in homage to their prophet, Hosanna to the Son of David! der his breath, can deny the existence But if any argument is hinted at, it is rather this argument from de- sign, which is to-day, after all, the ad- vance of modern science, considered the most cogent of them all and which is struck off at white heat, as it were, An this glowing sentence of. the Psalm- ist, “He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? ' He that formed the eye, shall He not see?’ The writer may not have = known, perhaps, as mueh - of human anatomy and of the physiology of .the brain as ‘Professor James, he may not have been as cognizant of the delicate structure of the eye and ear as one of our modern specialists, but the marvels and the beauty were be- fore his mind in all their power when he wrote those words. It.is an argu- ment which the fool alone .can’ set aside, that such things do not come by chance and that in the Supreme Being something corresponding to hearing and seeing exists, that the music which delights the ear of man is known to God, and the glow of the sunset, the sweet unfathomable beauty of the world, of the stars and of the flowers have their existence primarily for God. The horrified philosopher may call out *“anthropomorphism,” but for my part I do not fear that as much as the im- personality of pantheismn or material- ism. If it is true, as Professor Sholer says, that the naturalist has a right to conclude that the universe is under the control of power in ways like unto the mind of man then surely we have a right to believe that all our art, our music, our architecture, our. paintings and sculpture are heard or seen by-God and are pleasing or unpleasing to Him according as they are or are not 'found- ed upon the prineples of truth. Let us not argue about this. Let us assume it now as we speak of church music. . We can watch their ways with our microscope, but we dare not assert that they do not hear commands and live in a world of the source, of which we know nothing. So with the universe. ‘We can plow the heavens with the telescope, but we know mot that what we call the music of the spheres has no ‘existence and that it is only a poet's fancy which asserts that the heavens. the stars and the planets accomparuy the sons of God in their praise of the Father in Heaven. In all civilized nations I believe music has always had some connection with religion. The Greeks had uno doubt carried it, as they did every art they touched, to a high grade of excellence. In Plato we find music is a constant In those days, “The musicians,” one of minds.” faces, some saying, But cance and in one single sentence he brings out its connection with morals. “Simplicity in music,” he says, “was the parent of temperance in the soul,” a truth which to-day as never before. we need to remember But to the Hebrews the art was sa- Miriam with her timbals and victory. The majestic rhythm of the Psalms were blended, no doubt, with an equally majestic music. people were carried away into captiv- ity their conquerors wanted to hear them sing their beautiful national airs. But the young voices refused to an- ‘When the ‘an we sing the Lord's Browning swer. “How I doubt mot that eur T.ord loved ihe of the Temple and that one moment in Holy Week was The history of early church service is obscure, but at the beginning of the seventh century Gregory the Great, the Bishop of Rome, created a new era and probably a reform in the art by introducing what was known: as the Gregorian tones or modes. technical knowledge enough to assert whether this was original with him or whether he revived an older method, but certain it is that the Gregorian style, if IT may use such a term, has become the model of all the best and strongest ecclesiastical music, whether | ; Roman or Anglican. I have not But during the Middle Ages, corrup- tion had set $ J that. we find the Scottish Puriians and the Popes ‘of Rome alike-candemning music. The Puritans - abolished all musical instruments from their, churches and adopted the natural tone of voice for the services and: prayers and the plainest of psalm tunes, which, however, had all the grandenr of Gre- gorian chants. But it ix not as well known that the Council of Trent cen- sured for centuries the prevalent style of vhurch music with extraordinary se- verity and was on the eve of forbidding any kind of music in the church, when it was saved from this extreme action almost by a miracle. Now why, in such different quarters, do we find such violent and virulent antagonism to church music?” Tet us first answer that auestion. and then see what it was that softened. that antagonism. The reason why music was condemned was because it had become a traitor in the camp. During the Middle Ages the troubadours had invented many beautiful melodies, some of them soft and pathetic, some warlike and some gay. This kind of music has developed along with the sacred, and the church composers and precentors have adopied the secular tunes and incorporated them into the masses so that the people even sang the profane words instead of those of the Latin liturgy. It is as if to-day we should have ile airs of “Annie Laurie” or “Way Down on the Suwa- nee River” used as a theme for the communion office or plaved on the organ at the time of partaking of the Bread and Wine of the Body and Blood of our Tord. This abuse of music he- came a scandal in the chancel. Appar- ently choirs and® organists had not learned {hat obedience to the clergy while on trust has now been acquired, and the only way which seemed pos- sible to stop the profanity was to si- lence the voice of organ and choir alike. You may rest assured that while there is some obscurity as to the real state of affairs, yet the desecration must have been very great when Scotch Puritans and Roman prelates united in their condemnation of the art. “What saved it, then? In the Prot- estant world it was Luther. His love of music was intense. He used to play on the flute, and said that the devil fled from its sound when he played. ‘He wrote some of the noblest of the German hymns. . And it he did'mot compose the music as well, he certainly superintended its composition. This best of hymn music is really founded on the old method of plain song which Gregory the Great advocated. wr In these revelations which are going on all the time now in the social, the financial and political world, we find that thie standard ofiethics is practically that of men who have no faith in the’ hearing and seeing God. It is. the morality for the world. Sin is not sin unless it is found out. Provided the scandal is kept out of sight it is of no consequence. Large sums will be paid to the most disreputable papers under the guise of subscriptions to = keep names out of the scurrilous sheets. Ac- counts are tampered with and entries changed or omitted, so that no one may learn the facts. And all is done Dbe- cause in the eyes of such men the only shame is the shame of the police courts and the cropped hair and striped gar- ments of the prisons. But if the rapid machinery of modern life would stop long enough for men to think. maybe they would hear the psalmist’s ques- tion ‘ringing in their ears. “He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that made the éye, shail He not see?” Morality and music are thus. seen to have the same ideal. And the church ‘which will teach the truth of Christ in this world of sin, will have her organs tuned 4vith - the heavenly, and her musi¢ will not De made to please the ear. of man, but to delight the ear of (od. No more sublime language. ex- ists than the passage in the communion office, ‘Therefore, with angels ‘and avchangelsyand with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Thy glorious name.” The church that speaks these words is speaking only unto God. and the music which must accord with such thought and .lan- guage must be the music of a mind and heart which belong unto the Lord God Almighty. 4 Songs in the Night. dod = civeth songs in the night. Any man can‘'sing in the day. When the cup is full; man draws in- spiration from it. When wealth rolls in abundance aroumd him, any man can praise the God who gives a plen- teous harvese, or sends home a loaded argosy. 1t is easy to sing when we can read notes by daylight; but he is skilful who sings when there is not a ray of light to read by—who sings from his beart. No man can make a song in the night of himself; he may attempt it, but he will find that a song in the night must be divinely inspired. * * No, it is not in man's power to sing when all is adverse, unless aun altar- coal shall touch his lip. * * * Then, since our Maker gives ‘songs in the night,” let us wait upon Him for the music. O Thou Chief Musician, let us not remain songless because affliction is upon us, .but tune Thou our lips to the melody of thanksgiving. —C. H. Spur- geon. Modern Miracles. The U. 8. Department of Agriculiure lias been experimenting for some years in an effort to produce an orange which will grow in northern cliniates, and has recently met with success. Tangelo is the name of the new orange. - How was it produced? Ry piant mariage. The wiry, tough, sour :ittle orange of Japan swas mar- ried to the luscious Florida orange. This is only one of the many miracles wrought to-day by scientists. Surely, it is feasible to think of a miracle wrought in the spiritual reaim by the union of God and man. Every day spiritual miracles are being performed. man becomes a new creature as he becomes united through faith to his Saviour. First evangelize the youn then make them an evang for if these nations are gol evangelized it is going to he by > sons and daughters of the soil. Sea that this present generation does perish from the earth without the young men knowing that Jesus Christ died and rose again, and that He is a living Chist.~ Jehu R. Mott, in of so serious a nature : -unto you,” without quoting their ‘teachers. He was, 1. Dignified. 2. Original. 3. Convincing. 4. Consist- stateliest and. speaks, with authority. ‘word of command. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMME: ITS *OR FEBRUARY |8. Subject: A Day of Miracles in Capernaum, Mark i., 21.34—=Golden Text, Mark, fa, 34 — Memory Verses, 33, 34 — Topic: Jesus the Great Physician. 1.: Christ teaching with authority (v8.21, 22). 21. “They.” Jesus had the four disciples just called. “Into Capernaum.” A city on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee. “Straight- way.” In Mark’s narrative scene fol- lows scene in quick succession. An early tradition says that Mark wrote this gospel as Peter dictated it, and this is made probable by its vividness and the rapil sweep of the story. “The’ synagogue.” After the return from the captivity synagogues sprang up everywhere among the Jews. The rooms were so arranged that the peo- ple, who squatted on the floor, faced the temple in Jerusalem. See 1 Kings 8:29, 30; Dan. 6:10. From a pulpit the Scriptures were read and the address delivered. (Luke T:1-10%.: “Tanght” It was common to eall upon any suit- able person to speak in the synagogue. 22. “They were astonished.” At the matter, manner, spirit and author- ity of His teaching. 1. At the range of His intellectual gifts. 2. The force of His illustrations. 3. His acquaint- ance with the human heart. 4. His deep knowledge of the divine law. “Authority.” He spoke as one com- missioned by God, and He laid great stress upon Himself. He said. “I say ent. “Not as the scribes.” The scribes were without spiritual life, their man- ner was cold, and. with an unholy am- bition, they sought their own and not God’s glory. : II. Power over evil spirits (vs. 23- 28). 23. “A man with an unclean spirit.” Luke says he had ‘a spirit of an unclean devil” and “cried out with a loud voice” (Luke 4:33). There has Leen much discussion regarding this ‘unclean spirit.” Many hold that those who were said to have devils were simply diseased people, and that their strong paroxysms were only “fits.” We cannot agree with this, however, and must insist that, difficult as it may be to understand, yet real demons did inhabit this man and those referred to in verse 32. 24. “Let us alone.” The devil al- ways desires to be let alone, and bad men do not want to be disturbed with anything good. We hear this cry the moment we undertake to deal with un- clean things to-day, such as intemper- ance and the social evil. “What have we to do with thee?’ Nothing at all. There is no concord between Christ and Belial. “To destroy us.” To drive us from our abode back to our native place. See Matt. 8:29. “I know Thee.” Imagine some disease, like the apo- plexy, thus addressing Christ! . No, Christ is dealing with devils now, and they know Him well. “The Holy One of God.” The Messiah, who has come to destroy the kingdom of the devil a John 3:8). 25. “Jesus rebuked him.” He does not desire the testimony of devils to prove His Messiahship: Throughout His ministry Christ never for a moment countenances anything that might be construed into a truce with Satan. “Hold thy peace.” Liter- ally, “be thou muzzled.” It is a word for a beast. “Come out of him.” He He will show who He is by casting out the devil. 26. “Porn him.” Or conyulsed him, Luke says the devil ‘threw the man, and came out of him, and hurt him not. “Came out.” Even the devils obey His 27. “What thing is this?” “What is this? a new teach- ing?” R..V. Jesus taught by His ac- tions as well as by His words. What He did was as important as what He said. “With authority.” Christ's au- thority and power is recognized even by the unclean demons, and they obey Him. 28. “Fame spread abroad.” This miracle was wrought in public and those who saw it published it, and the, people throughout all that region were soon discussing Him, III. Healing in a home (vs. 20-37). 29. “They entered,” etc. Peter and his brother Andrew, although natives of Bethsaida (John 1:44) were now liv- ing at Capernaum. Jesus, James and John had entered Peter's house. 30. “Simon’s wife's mother.” Thus we see that Peter was a married man. “Lay sick of a fever.” Luke calls it a great fever. See Luke 4:38. She was pros: trated with a burning fever. “They, tell Him.” This was really a request for healing. They knew He could re: store her. 31. “Took her by the hand.” Could anything on this side the unlimited power of God effect such a cure? “Thg fever left her.” Christ has power ove disease. He can, and frequently does) heal to-day, and yet we cannot test the state of the soul by the health of the body. ‘She ministered.” She wag perfectly recovered and performed the ordinary duties of the household. IV. Many miracles (vs. 32-34). 32. “When the sun did set.” The Sabbath ended with the setting sun and then they brought their sick to Him. “Unto Him.” Christ has a panacea for all our aches, ills and iroubles. All a suf. fering world needs to do is to go to Jesus. He is still the same living, mighty One. and is able, willing and anxious to deliver us from the power of the devil. 33. “Al the city.” ' Not necessarily every person,-but a Very large company. 34. “Healed many.” Matthew says, “all that were Siok Juke says He laid hands on them. Jesus healed all who came. and they were many. “Diseases—devils.” A distinction is made here that we must not fail to notice: diseases were “healed” and devils “east out.” “Suf- fered not.” See on verse 25. This had been a great day at Capernaum, q cay filled with stirring events, His Source of Supply. “Three-Finger -Sam has the most wonderful line of talk that ever hit Crimson Gulch,” said Piute Pete, gloomily. “I feel that ignorant I'm ashamed to converse with him.” “Yes,” answered Bronco Bob. “He takes an unfair advantage. There's no use o’ tryin’ to keep up with him in Wesiern slang. He reads all them cow-boy novels the New York pub: lishers are puttin’ out.”—Washington SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18. A Life Refined and Perfected by Its : Trials.—2 Cor. 4. 11-18. no pain. There are those who argue otherwise, and we will not quarrel with them just now. But in thigeworld there is pain enough. : : The gospel and its gifts of grace cannot provide a safe cenduct ‘Hgainst suffering. The Christian is not: im- mune. Scme sorts of suffering he escapes, of course, but in the world he has tribulation of many kinds. The difference between the Chris- tian and the unbeliever is in the use and effect of trial on the life. To him who has no faith in Christ the world's burdens are an unmixed but also an unavoidable evil. them or put them on others, and they have no meaning of good for him. The Christian on the other hand, finds all his experiences eloquent of God and of good. He believes that to him all things work together for good. He considers every fact of life as con- trolled by the Father, who loves him, and as containing a message of love. One of the saintliest of Christians has cultivated a beautiful habit of getting triumph out of trial. He says: “God loves me. He loves me so much that he prefers that I should suffer, if suffering is the necessary bearer of some message of help which I need. And so, when the trial is especially hard to endure, I say to myself; ‘How great a thing God is trying to do for me, that he considers it worth the price of all this pain’ And then I seek for the secret mes- sage, and I find that God's estimate bf it was entirely right.” Most discouraged people are ready to glve up because circumstances are Against them. What a mistake that is! No real Christian believes in the omnipotence of circumstances. God's children should be masters of events, not mastered by them. Once you look at these circum: stances from the Christian's point of view they become impvtent for harm. Always to the Christian they that are for us more than they that are against us. God knows all about our eir- cumstances and he ‘does not belittle their importance. ~ But his “Never- theless” is bigger than all adverse circumstances. Hardship has ever been the lot of the saints. The greatest saint is not he who has the most trouble, but whe has mastered it all. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES FEBRUARY EIGHTEENTH. Christ's Life. Il. His Life-work, and What We May Learn About Our Own Work.—John 14:8-14. There is nothing higher than Christ. When we know him, we reach the climax of knowledge. If we want to see how God acts, wd look at Christ’s acts.” Christ’s life on earth is: an’ epitome of God's eternity. - : We can do greater works than Christ because our: works are found- ed on His, as a child on his father’s shoulder father. things for us, but all things that we ask in accordance with His spirit. Christ came to earth to show us the Father; and to do this He had only to show us Himself. : He came into the world to save men; that was the side of God’s na- ture that He wanted shown .to the world. : ” : If Christ's life-work was. to show to men the Saviour-God, what Christian dares entertain any other life-wor’ for himself? \ Christ’s life was more successfu than any other life ever lived. Ou' success depends on imitating it. Christ made His life a perfect mir ror turned heavenward, so that 1®k- ing upon Him we should see: God alone. When a true musician plays a com- position by Mozart he has no thought of interpolating measures of his own. So our only aim in life should be to present Christ to men. Questions. . Are my life plans mine or Christ's? Am I satisfied with Christ's approv- al, or do I seek the world’s? Am I seeking to continue Christ's work? If there is one other society any- where within reach, form with it a Christian Endeavor union. The purpose of these unions is mutual helpfulness. You can hold occasional joint prayer meetings and socials. You can exchange the plans each has found helpful. You can ex- change leaders now and then. You can send each other brotherly mess- ages and fraternal messengers. A Federal law providing that all package goods made articles of inter- state commerce should be marked with the real weight of their contents might be useful and proper, thinks the New York Tribune. Bottles should indicate their actual capacity, and as in Germany and France§ they should be marked by lines in the glass, so that a customer at a glance can tell just how much fluid one of them con- tains. A full package law, we be- lieve, would have the support not only of the public, but also of the great majority of packers and dealers. Business is erippled, not strengthened by deceit and trickery. The average American wants a sguare deal, both in business and in politics. The highest buildings in Italy are the National Museum. at Turin, which Star! is 542 foet; St Pet t's Cathedral, 455 feet, and the ™ ~h» of Gauden- ric at Novara, 302 relight EPNORTH LEIGUE LESSONS in a perfect world there might be" He cannot flee from can see ‘farther than his - Christ does not promise to do all
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