N.
f Olympia,
i
st 4th St.
[ years ago
1 was soon
suffering
with my
TY move-
d an ago-
, and the
of it .ex-
o, -so that
was dazed
. On the
1 friend I
1g Doan’s
8, and soon
»tter. The
disordered
d a Heavy
;. time the
again and
dually the
7 back and
six boxes
the trouble
ents a box.
ry N.Y,
ght.
at may be
producing
e problem
well-known
>s he has
al friends
f Mr. Rus-
te from an
ut «in the
table, the .
ch person
about four
| table.
is position
plate was
and de-
found that
and shape
as a mat-
of the ob-
rticipating
ind at the
Piles.
1ding Piles.
nd money if
>14 days.50¢
as imported
SORPTION
=THOD.
You Acute
ble, Ir-
vells,
27%
npaired Ap-
weight and
eart, some-
o fever and
all of these:
r—abuse of
"mental ef-
al fatigue—
itary habite
ood.
uth and
you a sam-
Vafers abso-
injure the
a diseased
odors from
ing activity
enabling it
the gastric
n and cures
not appear
145
our name
st’s name
, and we
ee if you
\nti-Belch
‘ou a cer-
the pur- }
You will
wach tron-
ddress
i 328 3d
Plainly. |
or by mail
accepted.
8
the gray
ail ‘to rea-
s to give
such soft
anuts and
s who do
e for food
t It zis
ave the
, however,
80 rapid-
ormal use,
their very
enough to
the trees
Hickory.
the prop-
quirrels.—
CZEMA.
t, and Face
en Out
Le
n my chest
and down-
ce were all
1 the lower
I at first
But soon
the break-
7 to a phy-
3 > treatment
vhich I had
factory. A
n appeared
t before it
ed another
es, and con-
e was com-
1ce the last
- signs of a
in Cuticura
an anything
1, Liscomb,
sition.
; for hold-
an exhibi-
1907 have
n Bam, a
ment.
“
€
5
o
Ey
. When the Czar Proposed.
Ar Waltor-on-Thames the ~c#ar had
met the lady whom ' he. wished’ to
make his wife, and he had: obtained
her father's consent to the match,’ but
it-still remained for him to make his
proposal to the girl herself; "
it the sacred’words had: to be’ ut-
terga in the old ‘formula - ‘which | Rus-
sin court efiquette prescirbed’ for
dlch occasions; = i :
‘Seating hiniself beside’ the girl,
took her hand in’ his, $2
akine emperor, my Tather,” he said]
“has commanded”: nie to make’ you
Cid of my. ig pat heart a
x £ hes commanded i
thew offer of yours “hand. »
¢@hen she broke iffto a merry laugh.
“your heart,” she replied, “I take
: accor
A Gentlemanly Visitor.
#Bhis morning, while Mrs. Jonathan”
Dé Long, who ~ lives some distance
fro Eagle Point; ‘in’ ‘this’ state, was
busy attending to her baking, and at
4 same time keeping’ an’ eye on a
idly, browning. turkey. in the Kkit-
c oh oven, she heard a knock af the
door. Opening it she found a hobo,
whe asied ‘her for something to eat.
At the same time he espied the turkey
and no Cassius ever cast more envious
oyas at Caesar than did the tramp at
the’ browning bird. He got his food,
and then he left—apparently. A short
time later Mrs. De Long had occasion
to go to the barn, and she returned
just in time to see the stramp sneak-
ing out of the gate with the turkey
wrapped up in a tablecloth. Mrs. De
Long is a muscular woman, and she
made for the tramp. Discretion was
the ‘better part of even hobo valor,
and ‘he returned and bowed, saying:
“Accept de burd wid me compliments,
lady.” Mrs. De Long was so surprised
and ‘amused at the tramp’s. forced
politeness that ske invited him back
again and gave him a big mince pie.
The tramp in return chopped her a lot
of firewood, just to show ‘he was a
Selig —Philadoipiie Record.
Women and daly
The moment the monthly ‘salary
crosses the bare necessity line, that
moment the horizon of wants begins
to widen. “For every dollar the ‘salary
increases, ‘the imagination | finds a
place for ‘two dollars, three “dollars,
four’ or five. 'A great part of the de-
mands existing in the world today
are romantic. How shall, the imag-
ination ‘be schooled, where “shall the
line he drawn? It should be consider-
ed a part of morality to live within
the .income, but on every side: there
seems to “be an attempt to stretch
the $1000 income to a $2000 scale;
the $2000 income to a $3000 scale;
$3000 is made to do duty for $5000; and
$5000 is thinly stretched to the
breaking- -point to simulate a $10,000
income. = With every added dollar
the horizon of wants will widen, un-
less the imagination is wisely school-
ed. Sadly do we need training to
draw the line hetween wants and
needs.
The great pity of our American life
is that we allow our pace to be set,
not by the moderate ones, but by the
immoderate ones. We are money mad.
The old conservative ideas on which
men of former times conducted busi-
ness and built their fortunes have been
swept aside by new methods of risk
and daring that often succeed be-
cause of favoring circumstances. The
old philosiphy of conservatism
replaced by a philosophy of buccan-
eering.: New. new, everything is new
and different. Our moorings are gone.
We know not what to think. But the
laws are immutable which declare
that it is not possible for all the peo-
ple to spend more than they earn,
nor can reckless extravagances fail
to end some time in ‘disaster.—Harp-
s Bazar.
is
Handkerchief Sachet.’
Quite the prettiest of handkerchief
sachets recently noted represented
the original idea of a clever woman.
It was made of a sheer white handker- |
chief, with embroidered and narrow
hemstitched edge. The handkerchief
was folded over like an envelope. In-
side there was a soft pad of perfumed
cotton covered with pale blue peau
de soie. This was stitched in place,
the stitches coming at the bottom of
the sachet where they would not be
noted. The corners of the handker-
chief, which came on top, were laced
together with baby blue ribbon. It
was found necessary to cut one of the
hemstitches here and there to allow
the ribbon to be passed through
‘Where the ribbons began there were
dainty little pompons, made of many
loops of ribbon. And where they
joined in the middle there was quite
a large pompon: This was fastened
only to two corners, and the other
corners were left loose, so that the
‘tended: aS a
Royal Maga- |
1 Fs 7 £3 pearsd or was interested in Some way.
' thare she makes
‘From the time théy arrive they far
lacing’ cold pe readily |
slip the handkerchief- out’ )
prettiest thing about: this Tittle sachi
was the fact that on, “each of the
corners of’ the handkerchief there
4 dainty - picture of a .¢hild’s h
The maker had sensitized the corners
‘of the’ haudkeréhief herself, and hi
used: films taken of a couple of pretty
children,” printing the pictures under
a; magk and scalding the ‘handkerchie
% several | times after the pictures were
‘prin
which might remain
any: sensitizer
«inf the clof
outside the printed . ‘trfade, pefay
“to, remove
ited,
soaking the-whole.in ¢o ‘water, and
The - sachet was in;
gift: for the mother of
. The sabe woman makes
ironing, it d
children: %
a ‘pincushions’; to give to
Ariends, each’ contami ng a blue pris}
of some picture; in ‘which the pe
to whom it is given has either ap-
Ly.
“What a Woman Buyer “Does.
The first thing a ‘woman buyer dogs
when she arrives in New York is to
register at her ‘hotel. Her firm's busi
ness mail has been directed in the
care of the local .office or agent, and
her headquarters
down town. ‘But her morning's ma
at the hotel easily distinguishes Hl
from the other guests in ‘its volun
The American manufacturers are a
hustling lot of business men, and they
are ‘out with ‘circulars and samples
just as soon .as they locate a DProspec-
tive buyer; hence, her mail swells
each’ morning with every conceivable
article that she may or may not want
to buy, until the bell-boy staggers
under the great sacks of letters which
overflow evervthing in the room.
Then, almost before she has her cof-
fee, there are cards from the repre-:
sentatives of different firms; which
carry the line of goods which the list,
of arriving buyers in the paper has
announced that she is here to s€e.]
Ten chances to one, if the buyer is
known in the wholesale world, there.
will be some one on hand to take her
to breakfast, and the first to get her.
attention keeps her clear of rivals.
until all possible business: in his line
is done.” If it is her second or third.
season she will be amused at the &
forts to please her by the rival firms;®
but she does not allow the attention
ws
to turn her head or bias her judg ;
ment. If she is wise she will ‘accepti|
all the geood timés that she has leisuge;
to enjoy, for they are offered in.
right spirit, each: manufacturer al
lowing a generous sum for ‘the’ ex?
press purpese of entertaining the out-*
of-town buyers. Both the men; and]
the women buyers spend “all the ‘Way
from two to six weeks in New York
and ‘most of them come twice a. yea
invited by different dealers to a peT=|:t
fect round of luncheons, dinners and’
theatres, and the manufacturers do
not even stop at the opera if they see
their way clear to a good order and
the future favor of the buyer.
‘ The salary of a woman buyer may
range anywhere from $1,000 to $10,
000 a year, according to her experi-
ence and ability. There are few gopd
buyers under 30 years of age, and
some of the best are nearer 50. For
cloaks and wraps of every descrip-
tion, Paris shares with Berlin the
favor of American buyers. Hats are
from Paris, and also the exclusive
patterns in gowns. The methods of
Parisian manufacturers are in dis-
tinct contrast with those found in the
business world on this side of the At-
lantic. There are no theatres, no
drives, and no luncheons for the
buyer abroad, unless she pays for
these herself. Sometimes she may
receive a small gift, but even that is
seldom—it is not the fashion in
Paris. They are willing to sell, but
‘they do not wax enthusiastic about it,
as in America.
Fashion Notes.
Taffeta silk spearate waists have
come into favor again, and are more
or less elaborate.
Last season there were seen more
fur coats than before known, and this
winter they are more fashionable
than ever.
Lingerie and batiste blouse-waists
such as have been worn during the
summer are to be worn all winter,
but will require a high silk lining.
A medium-large hat of felt in nickel-
gray, with flat brim and medium-low
indented crown, has binding two
inches wide on the brim of gray vel-
vet.
Charmingly original is the tea-gown
of pale gray velvet or cloth trimmed
with chinchilla; made like a long
loose coat worn over a gown of
batiste or lace. ;
The strange, weird combinations of
heavy rich materials with light ones,
of fur and lace, of velvet and batiste,
are never seen in any other garments,
so it is small wonder that the tea-
gown affords a fleld of fancy new all
the time.
young and“ yet—Hinm~ by" Whom tHE
the st
‘of Tent ir
| claffit ‘to Der 'freai
greatest men, gevoiss dys and wee
3 its Secréfs.
largely experimental atofday
: ‘this little mass of matter, the hoody. te:
1 'its.depths..
‘passed
he
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; _BSHOP. SEYMOUR,"
A 3 on 7,
- Subjects « My Swephierd.”
Noyei at 11 Cifuith #61.
“fhe “Rights Rb “Bighop4
‘as the “prea cher Sunday
Seymonr
morning.’
“My Shepherds sand his ef outs was. ;
Psalmed:23; »Theckonthis any shephe
therefore cam-lack nothing, she said)
.We_ pass. from, the brightness of
Christmas and, pj any fo. the: seat
soit of Lit: ‘thie “closes § with “Hire” dark
ness- of * dod r riday. "Fret we
Epiphahy golly 16" us ‘onside what
it “tells ug ‘namely, ‘that our Saviont
came to be the Saviour of all mankind.
Epiphany falls into two divisions: ‘Che:
Christmas, of ;the Jew and the.Christ-
mas of the Gentile. | ings the Christ
mas of, the Je n fhe shepherds
came as’ ‘the i iy oft le:
shepherd Tiatidiis eXme” éalled ‘on- by},
an- angel “through “avhose: dispensation
the « lav “Svas - given: #o? the lJews!
‘came. to the-ranger; ‘came to wershipa|,
And.then.the -Gentile Christmas, called.
Epiphany. whem: theskings were led. bx
the siap. io -wauship . the, childs wv And
then the Bnet Ahh the . Jew, ‘and tho |
Gentile £0 TEI doivh, and, yor
the” Tittit” chAd a* baby: wegke
thé Tweikest: Ie FEY
worlds were made...It is indeet.a won-
derful . spectacle’ to see theudesm and
the Gentile alike worshiping the babe’
We leayg, ihe. angelic Jost that sang:
over, Bethlehem’ and + .1e brightness of’
hich brought, the three kings
—at dll-etehts” tht Tikes ‘of the. ‘Bast
Jorahiged the Alttle *babe “Fifth appro
pristed gifts—Por tires JERnSos “perio
+ BISA ¥ t% oF open
Could T-dé bétter: than 49% you. with
myself] %o-“consider* ous; personal rey
sponsibility “in: the -words. of. the. text:
“The -Lord is my shepherd; therefqre.
can Ek lack. nothing?’ Here.isya dec:
laration. which may make or. not. -as,
wg choose, fo, Le ‘possessive prong]
is, intensive—:i my,” as ‘thought it were,
something that we Joy ed, as’ Jewels ot
edvrth— they’ are’ mine I own then”
S0=“The Forth. is my- shepherd. ».and-
based upon that. dectdirftion Tis fire
fact; “therefore. can: I. lack. nothing. A
There. is no word swhich more frequent:
ly. falls from. pur -lips tian “EF It is
the shortezt word .in: human, speech—.
a; single letter—hacanse , its brings . ta.
the surface personality. Go, ‘Whit Let
you, ‘will, on every side you wil hear
fen, wwomeh® and child uttering Rey
“1” is to each ome the centre of ‘the
universe; everything radiates -from it
and everything comes into it. And this:
isright:iniits way, only semetimes-it 4s
exaggerated - andr we have what ave
call se!fishness.. But I am-not dis:
posed to criticise tha* ust now, only.
to say that this pronoun “my” grows
out .of the” perso. pronoun “I. he
cause’ it * denotes ownership— my.
And we may say. the poorest of is,
filet we owl ‘varselves: “I, 1 yselfs 1:
belong to myself,” and it is om the
basis of that claim tat we have the
wars for independence, foi liberty or
personal tight, and rien resist the idea
of being on ned by the others, and pre:
eminently” in” hig fand™* of * freedoin”
‘If own “Hy Sele
‘hivé not time*to'dnstyze the AFOrthrot
‘the clainyy For "it “is immense: = “Mine:
Spirit, body": this..creature.. of. A30d~
like-mowld ands sunning workmanship.
haw. maryellpusly. built. up! . A.single]
profession, numbering sQne ¢
iv
to Studyi ing it and yet has “FotYatl
The medics professidn-1¢
+ hash
made “Yonder Ful discoveries in «Afty
years; and s{il-it" has ‘het .yet probed:
And back of it is the ming,
the intellect, fhe, memory that. olde]
the; path and. hope that, grasps the, fu;
e mind, that deals, with, prem:
ises, 3 conclusions. nd regsons. It
has 110° moral quality, t is ‘pure iHtér
Jett: Deeper down than'it is the spirit, y
tlie seat of conscience. the moral sense,
marvelous befond expression?! that em-
phasizes: pur nearness to- God. Body.
‘mind: and. spirit bound up tegether and.
each of. us claim. to own that trinity
blended into unity. “I, myself, I own
myself, : Ls
Let us pass on. “My time; that is.
“my life. These hours and days and
weeks are mine,” and, hence, the wage
question. when men elaim the right to
sell their time for so much. So, you
see, we claim the ownership of time.
‘Of course, it ig not really.ours. "Oat
times are in His hand.” [Stil], we.
claim it. “My years .are so many.’
Hence, we see another element of
wealth--time, opportunity. Then,
again, character, ‘my character,” em-
phasized by the name. A good nuimne
is worth a good deal. We pass still
further: “My position in life, iu - sos!
ciety, my parentage, my’ strroundings. |
my friends and relatives—these belong
‘to me.” And they:ave worth a great.
deal sometimes. Then we come downs
to that with which we are most fa-
miliar: “My material wealth, my.stocks.
and bonds, jewels, wardrobe. They be- ?
long to me.’
Now, that Di¥ngs us "to Davi
claim: “Fhe IL.ord is ny “shenhbrd.
You do not give up the other things,’
but you make another claim, and that
vou can only make through Him who
allows if, and He allows it by coming
here to" be reached and embraced, if
you will, and loved. He revealed Hini-:
self as one of us in order that through.
Him we,. by the Holy Ghost, might
reach the Father, for He comes out
from the invisible te be visible. He
can be touched and handled and seen
here. He was here with a certain gen-
eration when this was the case. We
must not euvy them, for we have a
greater privilege than they. You re-
member Thomas. Jesus said to him
after he had been so obstinate, “Be-
cause thou hast seen Me thou hast be-
lieved; blessed are they that have not
seen and yet have believed.” We may
believe if we will. ou the undoubted
testimony of the ages, that Jesus after
death was on this earth. He had
through the graven gate of
death and had consummated for man
the glory of the resurrection, and took
our nature through into heaven and
blessed it on the throne of God. where
He ever remains as a magnet to draw
men in love, so that we may say with
David, “The Lord is my shephetd,
therefore can I lack nothing.”
Now, my friends, I wish to say that.
-
+last
4 them in thie hour of -death and as-they
“l.died- the bonds and” stocks “ef ‘wealth
4 fell -down: and passed hands... It cauld
not; buy: an eatranee ticketsto, Paradise. :
‘norste hegqyen. If you would: be avised.”
the. 0
Het'vhose “for Wis ‘subject. glories, of ise and hegyen.
1 house’ of “the
4 tle;
~ mo
TITEL meen me
“we are most be sien asa RY
wealth in any LOFm.. 1 haxe' been: with
“some of the wealthiest men thatthe
genération ‘knew. I have Seen
cousider the 2 ad and: nothing. between.
viure, not as, "bounded
f_cacth, but’ by ‘the
“The f
As. Lord ‘is iy" Hrepherd ;- ‘théréfore can 1
=+ lack sbthing
Fler was born
with” us, nay eonceived wite img and]
. He. -g0es thgough fifels journey-wiilk us.
as: aut, friends do who. survive us; but’
they: mast parg with Hs.a8 we bud thew.
| the last Yareweld; but He, ‘of whom |
“the Psalmist - ‘speaks, ° “The "Lord my
shepherd, ” He .dies’ witil me, is" br ded
with’ me; “He goes to” ‘Paradike with
my soul; He will- be with ‘me atthe !
last great- day, and if I hévesbeen
loyal® Sard true: to Him, He wills wel- |
come he {0 His everlasting ¢ blessing;
"He, Swill be my advocate and plead His
saenifice to ‘take away my. sins, . «
Qbserve that. the, religion sehigh |
-Jesys. gives us embraces the w Lole of
life. There is no othdr religioii® that’
does’ * Yon may’ divide them Tato’ relig-
ions: tHat’ appeal’ to pleasure; *thellusts |»
of ‘thé flesh,” ‘and the religionsithatap-|.
peal to. the pride of intetheét.
the ancipnt Saduceeism. the medieyal
Mohammedanism, and the present-day
‘Mormonism. .. They. are :the fesh in
religions. They cannot, “begin | to tell
upon mankind until. plission shyll-de-'
velop in manBood =ind- won: tnlrootl.
Take the inteldetudf systems Of Greece y
and the. philtasoplties’ofsthe present day.
that appedlyzto the * intcHeet;: anh a
man. ‘is -almggta half - avay spon ; the
joupmey, ef. lifepetore they. touch hiln..
Take, J visio hig, wiiore does _it be-
Inc. With ;coliceptiof. ith Birth, ine,
fancy, ¢] hood," ,¥ outh: mi unhood,” in
health, fn sickness, in death *and: tlie
resurredtibn® and- the “iife ‘eféyifal® if
the -préseiice “70f =the * grest 1 IVhite
Thriane. .. Christianity «embraces. the
religion zefslife. «
plyto. the bod,
to. fhe. TDody; intellect and. the soul.
: Remember’ the. declaration of *St.
John. th 1g dise iple Wwhoni Jesus love.”
He says he” Word was mdde’ flesh;
and dwelt among us; and awe! beheld
HIS glory,
begotten of ‘the I'ather,
aed “truth?
of ;man.: 3
but with that was. Sajelleck on spirit,
and so. He was a complete aud perfect |
man. This morning we w ere Jjolugd, to-
gether hand in hand in the prayers s of-
fered by your rector, but when we
eome to the creed. how is it? The hus-
band drops the hand of the wife, the
father of the child. the friend of fhe
fri nd, and each for himself,
the Day of Judgment, stands: on his
own feet and says, “1 believe.” It. is
a -personal act. “The Lord is mp
siigpherd; therefore can 1 ‘lack’ noth.
ing.” “There is one clement of wealth
But it .appeals.
full. of grace:
He rea braced the, Ww hole
1 on which we’ can rest, snd which will’
enable us to’ say + We shall lack noth.
ing.” Without our Saviour we - shail
lack everything when we come to-die,
I care not-who, awe are or whether we
have been clad in the purple of kings
or the gpléndor of jewels, we shall be
stripped, stark naked and 20 up naked
into thé ‘presence of God, We shall
lack 'niothidg T° fe cin say from’ the
deptlis of our Sontl. “The Tord is'my
shepherd.” «
welshall: be” able to sayy #Thy.. mercy. i;
and - loving: kindness —Thra; mercy for
forgiveness; “EhyeJoving kindness for
my. Deeds shall follow me all the days |
e, apd 1 shall ay ell, in the |
Jord forever. "There 8
no dw elling’ Place here. 1°
WAS once
5h
reétor ‘m “Brookiyn, but Svhere- ars’ my
Liohers- mow?
v Within the
pai
gotie.:
Most of them are |
last ‘two * months!
twb of my clagsmates in Columbia fire
gone» And there:are hut féw of those
i knew in the lecture room left, : There
is no dwellipg place here. It is a cheat
we put upon ougselves when we talk
ot:houses as dwelling places. They
are hot! God grant, my brothérs, ‘that
it may be-our lot to “Dwell togetlich
forever in the: house -of ‘the T.ord,”]
whieh will he our eternal home.
The a Watchmaker,
A watchmaker who enlisted for the
war thinking that he might earn a lit-
when off daty; took .some. of his
tools along with him.
so many wafches to mend that he for-
got he was a soldier. One day he was
ordered into battle. He looked gbout
Bim in consternation and exclaimed:
“Why: ‘how' can’ I go? I have ten
watches ‘to mend?’ ‘Many of our ex-
cuses and © sometimes our reasons,
which we try so hard to be conscien-
tious .about, if correctly translated,
would read:, “Why, how can I read
my Bible and pray every day? How
can I be true to my religious duties?
I have Seng else to do.”
What We Can Do.
God has mot given us vast learning
to solve all the problems, or .unfaiting
wisdom to direct all the wanderings
of our brothers’ lives; but He has given
! to every ene of us the power to be
Spicrual and by our spirituality.
and enlarge -and enlighten
ives Me, touch. h.— Phillips Brooks,
10
the
Spiritnal Tire;
A soft snap is Satan's trap.
A failure to make a living is not a
fitting to preach the gospel of poverty.
Some men will feel cheap when they
read their ewn advertisements at the
judgment,
Preaching dogmas is fighting the
devil with the scabbard instead of with
the sword,
The modern idolator fails down be
fore the work of” his own imagination
instead of that of his bands.
v hy “ s a
The mighty God is a tireless God;
He faintcth not, neither is weary.
This is brave doctrine, then, that a
tireless deity ‘attends humanity amid
All its struggles and hardships, and at-
tends it to aid, to soothe, to cheer, to
purify, to redeem, to save.—C. Silvester
Horne.
There is a powerlessness of utter-
ance in .our blood that we should fight
against, and struggle onward towards
expression. We can educate ourselves
to it if we know and feel the neces-
sity; we can make it a Christian duty,
not only to love, but to be loving; not
only to be true friends, but to show
ourselves friendly. — Harriet Beecher
Stowe,
Te other, smentat. wealth can enable
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INTERNATIONAL LESSOM. COMMENTS
FOR MARCH .
Subject: The Tongue and the Temper,
‘Matt. v., 33-48—Golden Text, Psa.
; exli,, 3=Memory Verses, 44, a3-Tovier,
Ly A Study of the New Life.~
I. Christ's: teaching on oaths (ve a4.
37). "The Saviour has been showing
and now continues to show. *
tions in which His gospel stands to the
previous dispensation, as being the ful-
filment and confirmation of {rue ‘Juda-
ism and the reformation of degene rate
“Judaism.” 33. “Hath been said.” “By
“the Jews when they received the law
and in their interpretations of it. $For-
‘swear.” To swear falsely: to perjure.
But shalt perform.” We:know. from
Matt. 23:16-22. that the scribes, and
-Paarisees declared oaths to be binding
| or not binding, according to the sup-
posed sanctity of the object sworn by.
“Unto the Lord.” The teaching was
that only such oaths as were made
“unto the Lord” or in the name ofthe
Tord were sacred and needed to be
kept. “Oaths, An oath is a solemn
affirmation or declaration. 34. But I.
say.” The emphasis here is on the
“Swear not'atsall.”” Profane and com-
“mon swearing, with all light, irrever:
ent ‘oaths, such. 4s are not required by
the civil magistrate, are intended in
our Lord's prohibition. “ “Neither : by,
heiiven.” None of the oaths whieh our
L Lord adduces as specimens ave judi-
cial’ oaths. “God's -throne.’” ‘“‘Swear-
.ing by he: aven either has no meaning or
derives its meaning fron the fact that
ieaven is the: Toftiess e, the court, ‘the
throne of God.” :
30. bh ath,” ete. |
Psa. = Fi .
: 136. YBy.-thy head.”. A éomnmor form
‘of oath fir the ancient world. 37. “Xea
—nay.” Let your statements be in at-
corgdnce with facts; let Jour language
be simple, and let your* ANSWers be Yes
‘or No. “Comdetlt of Bvil’ "Alb swears |
genteel or otheravise, “comes of
i See Isz, 66: 1
vil r -i
rll On he | aw of re taliation (vs. s. 88°
2), t
» (38. “Eve for an.eye.” AS 2¢ log,
remedy tlie 14w of retaliation avas prob-
ably the best possible in a rude state of
society. 89. . “But.1 say.” Christ in-
troduces a different method ‘of dealing
with an assailant. “Resist not evil.”
lesist not him that is evil.” STarn—
‘the other.” It is the preparedness. af-
ter. one indignity, not to invite, but to
‘submit meekly to another,’ Ww ithout re-
taliation, which this strong language is
meant to convey.
40. *Coat—cloak.” The cont was the
inner garment, the cloak was the outer
and more costly one.
41. *“Compel thee,” ete. Officers and
couriers ‘in the service oi the Roman
Government traveling .through the
provinces had authority to impress any
man or his beast into service for the
purpose of carrying them and their.
baggage on their journey. 42. “Give
—turn not thou away.”, {'uis cannot
mean that an industrious man is to give
‘at the call of every idler, but it does
mean that we are to be large-heartéd.
generous, ready to help. others and
grant favors. We are here exhorted. to
patience and forgiveness, 1.- When we
receive in our persons all sorts of in-
‘sults and afironts (v..39).. 2. AVhen
“we are-despoiled of our goods (v. 40).
When our bodies are forced td un-
“dergo all kinds of toils, vexations and
Ftorments (v. 41). He that av enges him-
seld must lose the mind of Christ and
thus ‘suffer ‘an injury ‘far greater than
he can ever receive from ian. :
‘III. On. loving enemies (vs, 43-48).
3. “Love thy neighbor. "The rabbis
‘interpreted the command, *Thou ‘shalt
love tliy neighbor as thyself,” in Lev.
19:18, as referting to Jews only.’ They
[ therefore believed it to be right, to hate
| the rest of mankind. 44." “But I say.”
Jesus opposed this arrow, wicked
view ‘of the cdse and ‘extended: our
gelghborbond ov er all mankind.” See
Luke 10:25-37. : “Love your enemies.’
L (Rom. 5:3). It Fe been said that this
one precept is a sufficient proof of the
holiness of the gospel on those who call
“The
best commentary on these matchless
counsels is the bright example of the
One who gave them. See 1 Pet. 2:21-
24: Rom.'12:20.-21; 1 Cor. 41312; 1 Pot.
8:9.
45. “May be the children,” ete. To
act as Christ commands here would be
to act like God, who blesses those who
.curse Him and are His enemies by the
gifts of sun and rain. This is divine.
“Sun to rise,” etc. He imparts to all
alike, but all do not receive alike.
146. “What reward.” 1f you have
only loved those who love you, you
have only come up to the standard of
common sinners. “Publicans.” Tax-
gatherers employed by the Romans
and hated by the Jews.
17. “Brethren only.” The promin-
cuee of salutation in the social life of
the East gives a special vividness to
this precept. To utter the formal,
“Peace be with you,” to follow that up
with manifold compliments and wishes
was to recognize those whom men sa-
luted as friends and brothers. But
this the very heathen did (“heathen.”
rather than “‘publicans,” being the true
reading); and were the followers of
Christ to be content with merely copy-
ing heathen customs? Christians must
do to their enemfes what the heathen
did to their friends.. “What do ye
more than others.” 1. Disciples have
io do more than others. (1) They main-
tain the Christian life; (2) they extend
the cause of Christ. 2. They are able
to do more than others. (1) They are
in alliance with God; (2) they have
more moral power. 3. More is expect-
ed of them than of others. (1) By their
Saviour; (2) by the world; (3) by their
own consciences. 48. ‘“Be—perfect.”
Complete: perfect in love. Take God
as the model instead of publicans,
The bitterness of our way may be the
best part of His wisdom,
Cause of Idleness,
There are 2,000,000 unemployed men
in the United States! Why? Because
the United States spends at least
$1,600,000,000 per annum for intoxicat-
ing drink. Cincinnati
$13,000,000 per annum
holized water which the
“heey. "”
alone spends
for that alco-
brewers call
Source of Many Diseases.
Attention of the National Promo-
tion of Health Club is directed to the
fact that the liguor traffic is a prevail
ent source of disease.
‘the réla-.
ap
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EPNORTH LEG LESS0HS
SUNDAY, MARCH 1", :
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A Christlike Life. —Phil. "2, 58.
The passage from the Philiphian let-
: ter which is used as the Scripture Jes:
“son is One of the greatest .utterances
of the apostle. It has been the inspir-
ition: of numberless sermons, and. of
.when he became a man. Great stress
is laid on the infinite humility of ous
Lord.
{mportance.
But, »after all, they are not: at the
neart of this Seripture. The chiel
thing is that Christ. .set up -a ‘new
standard of life. Instead ..of choosing
to rule,’ and to enjoy; and to be served:
he became.subject -to others and ‘chose
Why? ‘Not merely-: because all ‘that
was necessary . to hls, sork., Rather
because always’ and everyw here ‘Serv:
ce is a greater thing ‘than, possessions
Or power, or pleasure, or ease. \
His life was not.a bumble one, jusi
ta show us how far uod could stoop
san be made Godlike. In it there was:
ao needles pain, no humiliation in or
der to win sympathy. = What Chris!
was, and did, and suffered, he could
not “have avoided, without losing his
power to save.
standard of men.
~epted even by many Chris stians. We
are very much under "the ‘Spell of the
_heajhen idea ‘that ‘getting * 13 the .su
préme business ‘of dife. ¥We dre not
when-He tells us that the"ohly: worthy
He did not count even so great d dis
tinction as equality with God a thine
to be sought, but he gave ‘every ener
1 gv of his soul to the work of getting
onto the same devel with men. s
This is Christ’s law. He, ‘spoke if
by his life; with the high: eloquence
of perfect deeds. He urged it ‘on the
diseiples when he ‘told them that thes
were to reverse the Gentile ideal, and
to find their gréatness in serving, not
in getting. Have we learned the les
son? We must get to give; we dare
not get for the sake of getting, for
that is the heathen way, and we ars
Christians,
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
MARGH ELEVENTH.
James’ Picture of a, Perfect Man;
How Can We Realize It Ourselves?
—Matt. 5:48; Jas. 3:1-18. X
The perfection of God would seem
an impossivle goal, had we
Himself to help us toward it.
man, because perfect speech wong De
an index of the heart. . “ee
The tongue. is a fire to consume; if
may also be a fire to warm. a
As long as the outgoings of our na
ture. are partly evil and partly good,
we may :be.sure. we, are only partly
what God would have us bé.
Suggestions. 3 .
‘Fhere has been only one. Perfec’
Man, exc ept as that Man has
“formed in” other men.
—el,
not speak’ well, but only that he ‘maj
not live well. -
If you are cross,
do not say “I was made s0,”:
natures are made—to be changed.
crabbled, critical,
Evi!
till he speaks for God.
made sometimes of granite,
of cobweb.
A sentence is a ship, on which. we
may cross the ocean, or sink to the
bottom. %
Words are either wings or weights
Qur tongue may be well-trained
horse, or a runaway; and the latter is
as dangerous as the former is useful.
Questions. .
Do I plan for pleasant speech as
much as for helpful deeds?
Am I seeking to perfect my charac-
ter?
Am I ready to give an account of
my words at the day of judgment?
Why do you take part in prayer
meetings? Let it not be to show off
or from mere sense of duty, or because
others do it. The only fruitful pur-
pose is to help some one.
Put into them your prayers. Ask
God to permit you to help some one
by what you are going to say.
Put into them your planning.
good results are likély to come with-
out preparation. Be lavish of you
time and thought in this great cause.
sometimes
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No Authority for It in the Bible.
A story told of the late pr.
Peddie, a Scotch minister, to whom
his congregaticn had presented & pr =
pit robe. He had rever worn a robe,
and after acknowledging the gife)
he said he would wait in the vestry,
five minutes after service to hear any
objectors io the innovation. Nobody
apoeared one old lady, whe, ¢n
being asked what her objections
were, answered that she had read
the epistles of St. Paul, and could
not find any reference to the Apostle
is
but
wearing a gown. “What epistle. did:
you read?” asked the dogtor. “From
Romans to Hebrews,” answered the
old lady. “Well, Janet,” said her
minister, “1 have read frcm Romans
to Hebrews also, and [ could never
find any reference to the Apostie
wearing the breeks.
think if you saw
pulpit without
say. the old
with the
What would you
me going into
breeks?"” Needless to
lady departed satisfied
explanation.
The poet who is fortunate enough
to sell a quatrain for $5 makes a
mistake if he goes to work right
away and writes a poem of 200 lines,
avows the Somerville Journal.
quite ~willing ‘to: take’ Christ. literalls *
geting is a ‘gétting ih order to. give
been.
This, we must all confess; is not, the ¢
1t- is scardely Jae
not Gog
Perfect speech would mean a perfect .
or
dha
ireatises mot a few. Much attention
ts giv en to the doctrine of the “Ken
psis”— Christ's: giving. up all of the,
‘glory and power which he laid asides
These things are of very great wy
to suffef, and made himself a-servadi
{t .was huntble becayse, no other life ..
Le “no ote” be ‘afraid that he may.
No man becomes a “good speaker’; i
Speech is a bridge between souls : ]