NGS \ND stitution \cres presi- ege, re- he had of that hase of The the site outh . of > young “Newt ewiston app for mails. ed, was ugh ad- gencies nection er sup- ¢,’” and re with eting a distant secured authori- include sas and reorgia. United Pittston 2, went sed and The rage of in back o effort Taree e same ere out forced 4. Irvis the li- ons 32 d for ho held ed and ch per- iged to whisky on cer- director of the ounces for As- an pri- ndidate yd hav- ree As- in the ymerset unt of at the t many ed for. ing the at the roperly Ss com- Amal- ended | there ld men f their 1ployes Amal- n Wil- Joseph r Con- ed the The ounger walls | parts tsburg, county rge of ‘arpen- whom said to lo, es- ain as 1, near e was pealer, ion of Gov. ct up- aw by pid, a ecame red on track, led by, 1 mer- v, has that cretly it was y, dur- L train the as 30 r of Har- er and ointed gs on ad be- gheny gainst North vy, an- at he dency r Wo- by the £ de th u SR A ®. Ideal Womanhood. Above all other things a woman who would be charming must possess a true and noble heart, full of love and sympathy for her fellow-beings, and an intelligent mind capable of seeing matters from more than one stand- point. Any fair one thus endowed by nature undeniably has within herself the possibilities’ for ideal womanhood, for from these characteristics spring the many little virtues which make a woman loved, admired and needed by those around her.—Woman's Love. . Japanese Umbrella Handles. Umbrella handles from Japan are of ivory, exquisitely carved and etched. A downtown umbrella store displayed a windowful of these costly but valua- ble objects. One was a long handle, nearly flat, avith rounding sides. A chain of monkeys swung hand in hand over the entire surface. They were in very low relief and were only slightly colored with pale yellow. The work- manship was beyond ordinary ecriti- cism, and the little figures were’ per- fectly brought out. Tiny mice were carved on another handle, while others |. show flower designs, cherry blossoms, iris and chrysanthemums. It can hard- ly be called an extravagance to’ buy such works of art; since they ‘can be used indefinitely. neil sma, A Busy Woman. A busy woman once said’ that she never knew how much she ‘could ac- compiish until she became the com- panion of her young sons , sharing their sports and limiting her own working hours to theirs. To-day they are young men and she looks like their sister. There are other young mothers’ of grown men, and they are rather for- midable rivals of ‘younger women. The sons unconsciously make compari- sons, generally, in favor of mother. It's beautiful to “grow up” in this fashion with ome’s children, to keep pace with them in new studies and new thoughts; it is something like a second youth, says an exchange. We are quick to put away youthful things unless we have some such incentive to hold them.—Indianapolis News, The Handkerchief. Abont the year 1540 an unknown Venetian lady first conceived the happy idea of carrying a “fazzoletto,” and it was not long before her example was widely followed throughout Italy. The handkerchief then crossed the Alps in- to France, where its use was immedi- ately adopted by the lords and ladies of Henry II's court. The handkerchief of that period was an, article of the greatest luxury. ‘It was made of the most costly fabrics and was ‘ornamented with the rarest embroideries. In the reign of Henry III it began to be perfumed and re. ceived the name of “mouchoir de Ve- nus.” It was not until 1550 that the handkerchief made its way into Ger- many, and then its use was long confined to princes and persons of great wealth. It was made the ob- ject of sumptuary laws, and an edict published at Dresden in 1595 forbade its use by the people at large. Slowly, but surely, however, the vul- garization of the pocket-handkerchief ‘has been accomplished, and to-day even the humblest is superior in one impor- tant respect to Petrarch and Laura, Dante and Beatrice, who, it is some- what painful to think, lived in a pre- handkerchief age.—London Standard. : Difficult to Be Original. It is a great pity from a writer's point of view that all the best phrases become stale and unprofitable after a time. All the best epithets are used up, and it is nearly impossible to invent anything else half so good. No writer with self-respect can call clouds “fieecy,”’ or the sea ‘the rolling deep,” and yet these are the ideal phrases. Clouds are undeniably fleecy, and if any one thinks that the deep does not roll we should recommend him, says the London Globe, to cross from Jersey to Southampton the day after a gale. There ought to be some sort of copyright in the neat phrase. The man who first said that a miss was as goad as a mile, or commented on the tend- ency of lanes, however long, to turn, said a good thing and should have had thie exclusive benefit of it. Instead of which, as the judge said to the man who went about the country stealing ducks, a host of rivals crowd in, bor- row his neat phrase, without the slight- est acknowledgement, and use if as their own throughout the length and breadth of the country. And when the original author with a glow of pride observed during a lull at his next din- ner party, “Talking of lanes, I was saying to the Duke of Asterisk only the other day, that it was a precious Jong one that had no turning,” the company looked tired, and said to one another: “Good chap So-and-So, but wish he wouldn't use hackneyed phrases.” Dining-Room Curlains. M-ch prettier than lace curtains for a dining or living room window is an arrangement of short curtaine which shows the woodwork. If you have a broad, low window, or two windows close together, the folowing treatment fs excellent: Have a wooden shelf about six inches in widir made te run across both the upper and lower sashes, Have it stained to match the woodwork in the room, and fit short pairs of curtains the length of the sash to ibe edge of both shelves by means -tables. of small rods and rings. The rings should have easy action so that the curtains will draw easily, as the best part of the effect is in the variety and checkered effect of dark and light given to the casement by the short lengths drawn at different angles. If the woodwork in the room is dark green, have green denim for the cur- tains, or if it is black have blue, green or yellow, whichever will do with rugs and furnishings. Thin white curtains may be set in close to the panes on the lower windows, and the width of the shelf may be regulated to throw the dark curtains far or near from the window as best suits the wood- work. A groove for plates or platters upon the upper shelf makes this still prettier as a dining-room arrangement, while pieces of pottery and ferneries on the second shelf all combine to make a particularly attractive window. —Indianapolis News. . ' Music a Character- Builder. Good music is a powerful tonic to’ many people, especially those suffering from melancholia. ‘It lifts them out of ‘their solemn moods, ‘dispels gloom and ‘despondency, kills discouraged feelings and gives new hope, new life and new vigor. It seems to put a great many people into proper tune. It gives them the keynote of truth and beauty, strikes the chords of harmony, dispels dis- cord from the life, scatters clouds and brings sunshine. "All good music is a character- builder, because its constant suggestion of har: mony, order and beauty puts the mind into a normal attitude. Music clears ‘the cobwebs out of many minds, $0 "that they can think better, act better and live better... Some writers are ce- pendent upon music for their inspira- tion and their mceds. It adds bril- liancy to the brain, and facility to thie pen, which they can not seem to get in any other way. Good music seems to give us a touch of the divine, and to put us in contact with divinity. It’ drives out evil thoughts, making us ashamed of them. It lifts us above petty annoyances and little worries of life, and gives us a glimpse of the ideal which the actual is constantly obscuring.—Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine, On Food Reforms, The housewife who wishes to change the dietary of her household should go about it diplomatically. The flesh- pots have a firm hold on the modern Egyptians. Even the Promised Land of health and success cannot keep them from turning about unless you are mistress of the fine art of finesse. First of all you should learn to make perfect vegetable purees and soups. To cook vegetables so they will appeal to: palate and eye requires no mean skill. Nothing is more: unappetizing than badly cooked, water-soaked vege- Begin by substituting a well- made puree for the meat dish at the supper or luncheon table. stead of meat for breakfast. the use of meat to on¢e a day. Then once in a while have eggs or fish or vegetables as the principal dish at dinner. It is a great mistake to cram any new theory down your family’s throat. a time, and they’ll grow enthusiastic. Change all at once and you'll arouse opposition which will make change im- possible. Most people eat altogether too much meatf. stimulants. opinion that the increased use of ture, yours and mine? Have we been vegetables and fruits will do more treating it fairly? In 1876 George Ro- * to promote temperance than all the | manes, a brilliant young British scien- arguments of the prohibitionisis.—Har- per's Bazar. Nearly all waists nowadays are made Even outdoor gar- with short sleeves. ments are so made. Boleros of black will be worn with almost any colored skirt. Everywhere science he had ignored the most signifi- one sees lace boleros, usually Irish| cant of all facts, the most directly crochet or heavy Venetian crochet. | known, the mdst completely attested o These will be worn with white gowns, cloth or linen. If the advance summer styles are fas- cinating (and they most certainly are), summer stuffs are as fascinating; and a combination that irresistible to the the two form proves well nigh average woman. Rosebuds and wee wreaths, upon each theme. Yet, while handkerchief linen makes nine out of ten shirt waists, that tenth one is given an odd little style by the And hand- kerchief linen does crush terribly un- for every day,| ly very weight of its weave. der a coat, so that, those of heavier linen are better. Swisses are about in covered. dotted with tiny figure or with dots. Try eggs in- Reduce Give it to them a taste at This induces a hankering for A well-known student of sociological phenomena ventures the sprays of a.single full-bDloom flower and its foliage and dots of a dozen small sizes | we makes the most poputar of the de- signs, with innumerable changes rung greater pro- fusion than even last year saw them, most of them fairly powdered with small figures, so well are the grounds | Ing. Even when a rather large figure is used, the space between id additions of that 1HE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY. SUNDAY ‘SERMON BY THE REV. L. L. TAYLOR. Subject: * Square Deal in Religion.” Brooklyn, N. gregational Church, spoke. on Square Deal in Religion.” xi.:7: eousness.” Mr. Taylor said: deal on earth. promote. And He who came ren here. of brotherly m erly God in heaven. The square dea zontal. The horizon - never Christ's vision. to fear: from. any. other man. and more to, Christ’ s estimate of ‘relig: right among men. in ours the préblém of the square dea involves religion:itself.. ligion. the claims of religion. heart ‘of religion. privileges of the Lenten season. -: a square deal for religion. square deal. © Men deal more fairly Ww ‘ith the fac of religion than they used to. are settling down to the conclusion. tha the race is “incorrigibly religious.” "They are beginning to understand tha [ity and need for religion. out of court the most persistent of all classes of facts. Religion must be rec- ognized as one of the great human in- terests if we are to maintain any sort of proportion in our view of human life as a whole. Religion must be recog- nized as the supreme human interest if wwe would be consistent with any rea- .sonable definition of religion. If relig- ‘ion is an affair of the soul in its rela- tions with the infinite nothing short of ‘this is.reasonable or right. We should expect to see men, as we do, striving to make religion supreme, not content with anything short of the religious in- terpretation of thie universe and of hu- mau life, determined to have some sort: .of religious system, spending and being spent in the sservice of religious institu- tions, their churches, their - missions. facts as we do with the facts which ‘convince us +hat it is natural fof men men to express thémselves and to’ find . pleasure in the varied forms' of art, that it is natural for men: to concer: of things and of their own lives. But fair dealing with the fact of re 'ligion requires that: we should reeog- nize the. limitations and the ineyitable imperfection of all the forms in ‘which the religious aspirations of men find expression. It is nbthing te the. dis- credit of religion if our best efforts to. embody it fall short of those visions of its glory with which our blessed. all belief” and to “ attitude of the purest skepticism.” am not ashamed to confess,” gation of God the universe to me ha lost its soul of loveliness.” And ho was between the hallowed glory of tha find it”? A little less years later George than flinchingly with the facts of physica nature. He came to recognize that i returned ° munion with the church of Jesus Chris conscientiously in him he had secured a square dea for his soul. Our dtfficulties may not be his, bu have them. The things make it hard for us to secure our soul their chance may be very differen for him. lv triumphant materialis enties made voung Romanes feel abou having a God and a soul. “The lust of the flesh, the lust o thie eye and the pride of life are not o the Father,” John tells us. thing more is true. Herod In their conspiracy against wha Y.—As ‘the subject of his sermon Sunday the Rev. Liv ingston L. Taylor, pastor of‘ the Pufitan “Con- “The: He took two texts: Proverbs xii.:22: “They that ae aud the round cf-more or less deal truly are His delight,” and Psalm lj;ritating duties of our “The righteous Lord !oveth right- The kingdom of heaven is a square From the night visions of the shepherds to the day dreams of St. John it is’peace and geod will oni: carth, among men, which the hosts of God are seen bestirring themselves to} from heaven lived brother to all men, that they might ever after dwell as breth- But there can be no kingdom men on earth with any other throne set up than that of a fath- has its vertical lines as well as its hori- limited He lived for the day when men would treat God right. In that day no man will have anything The thinking world is coming around more ion as the power that must set things But in His day and It has always been hard to: get a square, deal for re-. It. has always. been lidrd tog maintain. a square. deal’ in ‘presenting It has always been hard to keep a square deal af the Thésé things ‘should be borne’in miind by usrall‘iis we enter: upon the special religious activities and} » The: square deal in religion.involves . And this in. yet deal fairly. turn involves two things: first, a fair. terests affected b minded attitude toward religious phe- nomena, institutions, doctrines and per: sons, and second, a determihation’ to deal fairly with our own religious’ nh- ture, a determination to give the soul a They ‘the world’s history could not have been /what it has been if men had no capac” Religion must be recognized as a’ legitimate hu-1 riohteousness “of = God, man interest unless we want to throw | gealing of God with men, a. square is heaven-born in us. [hey are not only “not of*tlre Father,” but tkey are the deadly foes of all that is of the HF ather.: Happy ave:the souls in which the flight info Egypt comes out as it does in Matthew's Gospel of the In- faney. Tet ‘us not hesitate to play Joseph: our threatencd soul. All the | reams and angels that we need will be forthcoming if we ave faithful, and we shall get back to Nazareth. Some- how ‘Herod will be-circumvented. And though. it:be neit scientific Cocirines nor. vil propensities w hich do most to Tas it hard for our souls, but inst the etly preoccupations and the daily common life, we are under tbe same sacred obliga- { tion and have the same encoursgement to secure. for our souls the square deal God meas’ tuem to have. Let us never forget Rat’ Jesus’ Christ is the great ‘champiof? of a”square Jeal for every Souls and that that means ours. A ‘square deal in presenting the claims of religion should be religiously maintained. - Gad is eternally against anything . else. Jeremiah never said ‘anything ‘which bhéars more unmistak- ably. the seal of a aivin~ ratification than when he called it “a wonderful ll and horrible thing” that had come to pass ‘in the land; that “the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by: ‘their’ means; . .ana my peaple ‘love :to have it so.” . But a square deal in presenting the claims of religion rules out, nc: merely, wilful falsifica- tion and perversion is not ratified there lit can never give us: peace. ‘the lesg sexsitive consciences. w hich’ #4'have borne tha. most, unequiv geal testi- mony to the peace w hic But thére should be noth- ing to settle between your conscience and your doctrine of salvation. We are not sav ed by dishonest” Hookkeeping. Nething is ‘eredited to “us. which does not bélong to us in God's sight. item which justifies God in His mercy. i| toward us. may not appear. ‘scheme that could not pass muster with ug in our dealing with men can repre- sent the’ ute dealings of: God ‘We should deal as fairly..with, these ‘to have musje, that it is natural for ‘near themselves withi“the right and wrong: peace i) God through Jesus Christ es’'that whatever safeguard- os ness was necessary when God's mercy set out to save him souls 4qre It iz no less a treasure be- cause we have it in earthen vessels Religious systems are confessedly im- perfect. Religious persons are full of faults. But they exist. They are facts. And they are as good evidence of man’s religious nature as they are of the imperfection of all things human. But how about our own religious na- tist, came to the conclusion that he had no right to a soul or a God, and that it was his “obvious duty to stifie *discipline his intel- lect with regard to this matter into an he wrote at the time, “that with this virtual ne- oppressed by ‘the appalling contrast creed which was once mine, and the lonely mysiery of existence as I now twenty omanes became convinced that in seeking. to deal un- all facts, the facts of his own religious is “reasonable to be a Christian believ er. Before his untimely death he had ‘to that full, deliberate com- which he had for so many years been compelled to forego.” In the multititde of his thoughts with- which from the things which made it hard Scientific men of to-day have less to make them feel as the seeming . of the sev But our difii- culties may be of another class entire- Perhaps they are far less credit- able to our intellectual sincerity, less creditable to our moral purpose, evil inclinations and the multiplied oppor- tunities for gratifying them that make it hard for their souls to get fair hear But seme- | her They out-Herod has not been neglected. . . But while" we need not fear that God will offer us more than He has a right to, we need -have, on the other hand, no fear of giving too much to Him if we give all. “Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.” Negative Living. Living to escape trouble is a poor kind of existence. Thesmaller animals in the forests and mountains have to zive a large share of their attention to avoiding catastrophe, but man was made for another kind of life. “How are you?’ a man called out to his friend in passing. “I can’t complain,” was the ready auswer. Poor fellow! The best that he could say was that he was sucessfully dodging disaster for the moment! The present moment ought to make the highest point of joy- ous accomplishment our lives have yet known. God means that it should. We have more to be thankful for to- day than ever before since we or the world came into being. Even our un- conscious habits of speech will indicate this if we are living abundantly. 8 S t 1 i 5 Le a t God’s Care. = People talk about special provi- dences. I believe in providences, but not in the specialty. I do not believe t| that God lets the thread of my affairs co for six days, and on the seventh evening takes it up for a moment. The so-called special providences are no 1 | exception to the rule—they are common to all men at all moments. But it is a t| fact that God's care is more evident in some instances of it than in others, to S$ | the dim and often bewildered vision of t] humanity. Upon such instances men seize and call them providences. It is well that they can, but it would be - | gloriously batter if they could believe -| that the whole matter is one grand t | providence.—George MacDonald. All We Have to Do. The discipline which we choose for ourselves does not destroy our self-love like that which God assigns us Himself each day. All we have to do is to give - | ourselves up to God day by day, with- f | out looking further. He carries us. in f| His arms as a loving mother carries child. In every need let us logk with love and trust to our heavenly t | Father.—Francois dela Mothe Fenelon, SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSO LESSON COMMENTS “FOR APRIy I. Subjeét The Two Foundations, Matt, vii.,, 15-29—Golden Text, James i. 22~Meéemory Verses, 24.-25-—Toples Counsels. in . Character Building. I. The false and the true (vs. 15-20). Jesus has just been’ speaking of the narrow entrance into His kingdom and the broad way which leads down to death; He now turns His attention to the false guides which lead men astray. 15. “Beware.” Be on your guard; look out for. “False prophets.” Who will deceive you and lead you into the broad way. ‘Sheep's clothing.” A symbol of deceptive, wicked men put- ting on the garb of piety. See 2 Cor. 11:13-15. “Inwardly,” ete. Under their outer covering they hide hearts like wolves, and are ready to tear and de- stroy. 16. “Know them.” Their real nature will soon appear, and their false doctrines will be detected. “Their fruits.” The moral tendency of theit lives and doctrines. 17, 18. “Good tree—corrupt tree.” The comparison of men to trees fre- quently occurs in the Bible. 19. “Hewn down.” To this day in the Last trees are valued only so far as they produce fruit. “Cast into “the fire.” I'ire is the symbol of utter de- struction. II. Mere profession not sufficient (vs. 21-33).: 21. “Not every one.” Christ is here laying down the true test of admittance into the kingdom of God. He has just told them that they must enter in through a narrow gate and walk a narrow way, and now He intimates that many will*seek to gain admittance on the ground of mere profession. ‘*“That saith—ILord, Lord.” True religion is more than a profession. We may acknowledge the authority ot Christ, believe in His divinity and ac cept His teachings as truth, and still without the love of God in the heart we shall be shut out of heaven. “King: dom of heaven.” God’s spiritual king- dom where Christ reigns in the hearts and lives:of men. +22. “Many.” * Not merely an occasional one, but the num; ber will be astonishingly large. “In that day.” The judgment day. The day when the final accounts shall be brought in, and when each shall re ceive his just desert. See Acts 17:31 Rom. 14:10: 2 Cor. 5:10. “Prophesied.” As the whole gospel is a réal prophecy, foretelling the vast future of the hu- man race—death, judgment and eter- nity, so every preacher is a prophet. 23. “I never knew you.” As My disciples. How sad! see how easy it is to be deceived. Many are trusting in the church, their good From this we name, their generosity, their great gifts, their employment in the minis- try, their self-sacrifice,” their devotion to the cause, ‘etc.; ete., while at heart they are not right with God and at the last great day will be cast to the left hand, They are destitute of the love of God, which’ is "the all-essential (1 Cor. 13:1-3). “Depart from Me.”: Such: be- long to the left hand—consigned to the regions of darkness and despair. HL The two builders (vs. 24-27. 24, Therefore.” Jesus now: proceeds to impress the truth by a very striking il- lustration. “Whosoever heareth.” See R. V. “Both classes of ‘men hear the word. So far they are: alike. "In like manner the two houses have externally the same appearance, but the great day of trial shows the difference.” ‘Doeth {hém.” Thus making them the real foundation of hi§ life. ' “Will lik- en him.” St. Mattliew who, living the lake, had often witnessed such sudden floods as are described, uses vigorous language and draws the picture vividly. “A wise man.” Pru: dent, far-sighted—a man of understand ing who looks ahead and sees the dan- ger and makes use of the best means of avoiding it. The wise builder is the one who hears and obeys the words of Christ. “Built his house.” His char. acter; himself. Each man possesses a house ° which is his absolutely, and for which he alone is responsible. “Upon a rock.” Our rock is Jesus Christ (Psa. 118:22; Isa. 28:16; 1 Cor. 3:11). He is the sure foundation. As we: centre our faith in Him, and build according to the maxims which He has laid down we shall be safe. 23. “The rain —beat.” So tempests and storms of afflictions, persecutions, temptations and all sorts of trials beat against the soul. “It fell not.” The religion of Jesus Christ in the soul will stand every test. The emblem of a house to represent the religious life is very ap. propriate. : 26. “Doeth them not.” Fails to do whit he knows he ought to do; neglects them; or professes to do and does not. “Foolish man.” He was short-sighted and allowed present pleasure, gratifi- cation and profit to so fill his life that he failed to look beyond to the result of his course. “The sand.” The sand represents the self-life. 27. “It fell.” So falls the sinner. The floods are wearing away his sandy foundation, and soon one tremendous storm shall beat upon him and he and his hopes shall forever fall. “Great was the fall.” How great is the loss of the soul! What a terrible fall for a soul created in the image of God, and with all the glorious possibilities before it of a life of bliss forever with Christ, to be cast to the left hand at the last day. IV. The people astonished (vs. 28, 29). 28, “These sayings.” The ser- mon just preached. “Asionished.” The teachings of Jesus all through His life excited admiration, wonder and amazement. 29. “Having authority.” His power lay in Himself and in His life. By His speaking with authority may be meant, 1. That the truth He spake came with authority. 2. That the majesty and power with which He spake gave Him authority. ‘Not as the scribes.” He did not speak like a common interpreter, but with the air of a prophet. THE WAY TO PEACE. With eager heart and will on fire I fought to win my great desire; “Peace shall be mine,” I said, but life Grew bitter in the endless strife. My soul was weary and my pride Was wounded deep; to Stee I cried: “God grant me peace or I must die;” The dumb stars glittered no reply. Broken at last, I bowed my Forgetting all myself, and said: hatever come, His avill be done;’ And in that moment peace was won. —Henrv Van Dyke. head, APRIL FIRST. Lives That Endure.—Matt. 7: 24, .25; 1 Cor. 3:. 10-15; Eph. 2; 19-22; 1 Tim. 6: 17419; 2 Tim. 2: 14-19. Every one of us may found some- thing that will outlast the earki—a Christian life.” A foundation half Christ and halt worldliness is as unsound as a foun- dation half stone and half turf. Earthly buildings are formed once for all, and are enlarged only with difficulty; but a Christ-founded life is a growing organism. Whatever good. we build on earth .has its counterpart in our ‘“house not .made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.” Suggestions. ’ All lives endure,—but where? That is the question. The best way to gain ~ a lasting memory among men is to live, not for the future, but’ wisely for to-day. Lives soon become gigantic if they are steadily built upward, with no tearing down. ‘We spend many years in “getting a start in life,” and too many of us never get to the living. Hiustrations. The most permanent work of men fs a grass-covered heap of earth, It is life that lasts. Most of Dore’s paintings, brilliant at first, have faded away because he used poor colors. The materials of our lives are as important as the use we make of them. Already’ it has become necessary’ to rebuild ‘the Brooklyn Bridge, because it was not intended for such tremen- dous traffic. Let us.build our lives for the greatest possible destiny. Radium is constantly giving = off energy, and no one has been able to see that it loses substance by it, though it must. A well-ordered life, however, actually; grows by giving out. : Questions. Is my life fixed on the one Foun- dation? ’ Am I making plans for the hour or for eternity? Would my plans go on grandly.’ if my life were transferred to heav- en? ! , iThere is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life, and live it as bravely and cheerfully as we can.—Henry van Dyke. ) on SUNDAY, APRIL A perving With chrlst ads 15.4; 1 Pet. 2,:21-25 The oma world has learned that there is power in: cooperation far Beyond any power which can be exert- dd by competition. * : i This'is the age of combination. Men are working together, knowing that in “their united and mutually helpful work there is more profit than there used to be when each worked for him- self. Competition as a werking force is no longer strong enough to do the work of the world. | So cooperation is at the fromt and foremost in men's thought. We" are more than familiar with.the names it bears;- combine, trust, merger, union, association, federation.’ Even the Ep- worth Teague is a product of the mod- ern passion for cooperation; itis. a.’ merger of five societies, rand some Of them were unions of other and less extensive organizations. Sui But business cooperation, though it seems to be something better, is just as selfish as competition, and can be just as unscrupulous. The unpop* ularity of the the “trusts” "is largely due to the fact that people consider them devices to enrich the few at the expense of the many. Cooperation is not a new force, and its new use is not the best use that could be made of it. It is the oldest force in the world, for it antedates sin and selfishness, which were the par- ents of competition. It is the force with which God meant the world to be run. His pur- pose was that men should dwell to- gether, he members one of another, workors together with God. and each one a helper of all the rest to the limit of his powers. Competition, which ignores the rights of everybody but one's self, is .un- christian. Any cooperation which is for the benefit of a few, and whose profits come from the unwilling or un- conscious contributions of the many, is also unchristian. The only Chris- tian force, and, therefore, the only force that can realty build the struc- ture of the final civilization, which is the kingdom of God, is varistian co- operation, that is to say, the force of “helping one another.” i John Barleycorn, Pugilist. If John Barleycorn knocks out a prize-fighter at forty-two, at what age will the business man throw up the sponge to the great champion? We are told that Bob Fitzsimmons was not a drunkard. He was a steady drinker. Few business men are drunk- ards, but many of them are steady drinkers. A business man may go on for years drinking steadily. and if the “punch in the stomach” in the shape of un- foreseen difficulties does not come he may pull through. But who can say when it will come or that it will not come at all? Is it possible that the business man has a better chance to survive the punch than the pugilist?— St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Why Trade Increased. Since the saloons were abolished in T.ebanon, Tenn. the merchants of the place claim that trade has increased from twenty-five to forty-seven and a half per cent, and real estate has in- creased in value twenty per cent, while the mayor reports that only ones third as many cases are tried before him as before the closing.