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While: rmance a the tent t e Hagen ¢ yi i appointed f Beaver- term of vacant by McLallen, will serve ars old, a or ed by an was lead- The ani- cked Hef- death. 7 orks, be- an James > and the Ison, lost » Tan shape of Finger Nails. Shape your finger nails according to the shape of your fingers, just as you would buy hats for your particular face and gowns for your particular figure. Don’t try to follow styles regardless. Play Dresses For Girls, ‘ One busy mother who with her fam- ily spends the summer in the country, puys long gingham aprons with sleeves for play dresses for her little girls. After closing the aprons at the back, she adds rolling collar and cuffs of a plain dark color, and very acceptable play frocks are svolved. Woman Mineral Surveyor. Miss May Bradford, of Tonopah, is pelieved to be the only deputy mineral surveyor in the United States, says the Sacramento Bee. She filed a $10,000 bond and by proving her fitness has been given a commission by Surveyor- General Kyle, of Reno. She has sev- eral contracts for surveying large min- ing properties in the mountains near Tonopah and Goldfield. : Club Xooms For Work. The work of a new New York club, whose purpose is to enable women who like to do their own sewing, to have stylish and up to date toilets is noticed . {in Vogue. The managers have engaged rooms and an expert cutter and fitter. The members of the club take their materials to the rooms, where they have the service of these experts, and then complete the ' garments them- selves, either at the rooms or at home, as they prefer, the expenses being paid by the club dues. Olive Oil For Beauty. ‘According to the well known journal, Family Doctor, London, fagged out so- ciety beauties may find salvation in olive oil. The Family Doctor relates how a reigning London beauty went to the King’s physician during the sea- son and said: “ What shall I take for my complexion? I am a sight.” The reply was: ‘Take olive oil, live on it, live in it, live with it, drink it, dress your food with it, lubricate yourself with it.” As a result of following this advice the young woman achieved a com- plexion of rosy blonde, pink damask and gloire de Dijon roses, and began to give beauty luncheons. These lunch- eons have since become very popular. fx Why a Woman Nags. | "A. doctor expresses the opinion that pine times out of ten the woman who nags is tired. One time out of ten she is hateful. Times out of mind her husband is to blame. The cases that come under the phy- sician’s eyes are those of the women who are tired, and who have been tired so long that they are suffering from some form of nervous disease. They may think they are only tired, put in fact they are ill. In such cases the woman often suffers more from her nagging than her husband or the chil- dren with whom she finds fault. She knows she does it. She suffers in her own self-respect when she does it, and in the depth of her soul longs for something to stop it. The condition is usually brought on by broken sleep, Bsn Th am i ‘improper food, want of some other ex- ercise than housekeeping, and enough of out-of-door air and practical ob- jective thinking. It is often the most unselfish and most affectionate of women who fall into this state, says Woman’s Life. They are too much devoted to their ‘families to give themselves enough of any healthy exercise and diversicr, enough of naps, perhaps, of concerts. Susan B. Anthony Said: I know only woman and her disfran- chised. Sentiment never was and never can be a guaranty for justice. No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. As there is no way out of this job except through It, through it I must go. Self-government is as necessary for the best development of women as of men. To prevail with the rank and file of voters you must appeal to their sense of justice. : Everyone who gives a dollar helps do the work where it is most needed to gain the practical result. The one distinctive feature of our association has been the right of indi- vidual opinion for every member. I pray every single second of my life; not on my knees, but with my work. Work and worship are one with me. I have not allied and shall not ally myself to any party or measure save the one of justice and equality for women. There is money enough in this coun- try to-day in the hands of the few, if justly distributed, to make “good times” for all. The “greatest compliment” ever paid me was that by my life work I had helped to make the conditions of the world better for women. Coming Changes. ‘A decided change in style must be considered to be chronologically due, and it will in all probability be found to come about in the direction of the Empire style, and it will likewise con- cern the bolero. At all events, the manufacturers are busy producing the softest of cloths in anticipation that the Empire or the Princess cut will soon cause a great this material harmonizes perfectly with demand for such pliant materials for day wear, just as the chiffon velvets and marrowy satins are expected to be used respectively for afternoon®and evening wear made up in these re- vived clinging modes. Shaded mate- rials are also having much attention from the manufacturers; the daintiest combinations of coloring are produced, equaling the exquisite shadings of na- ture in the blossom’s petal or the sun- set's glow. These are also seen in the face-cloths, but in those the faint plain colors are most to the front. Delicate greens and pastel blues are especially prominent on the new pat- tern cards, and there is that wonder- ful shade of pinkish mauve. Gold and silver promise to be much used in the embroideries and passe- menteries, and the use of copper in the same way is a novelty that has pleasing features; the red-brown of some tones, such as the heliotrope just mentioned, and with green, and also with brown. The Working Girl’s Wrongs. The American Academy of Political and Social Science, at Philadelphia, discussed “The Condition of Working Women in the United States.” Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes, who was Rose Pas- tor, took up the subject from the work- ing woman's point of view. She-said: “It must be perceived by even the casual observer that those who are called the working classes are per- mitted to retain but a portion of the product of their toil; that they add more value to the material upon which they work than they receive in pay: ment for their labor; that the average working woman produces, on the: whole, more than sha consumes, and that the excess is consumed by those who produce insufficient for their own maintenance, and who would probably resent being called working women. “Much of the hardship of the work: ing classes is consequent upon the fact that they are obliged not merely to sup- port their own families, but to con- tribute, whether they will or not, to the support of other families which live in idleness and luxury upon the prod- ucts of the working people’s toil. It is the neariy universal recognition of this fact among the working people bf our country that leads more than all else to strikes and industrial disturb- ances, to ill will, to class hatred and to that craving for larger justice which underlies the socialist program. “The working woman sees no justice in an economic system which requires of one woman physical and spiritual exhaustion in order that some other woman, absolved from the necessity of labor through the accident of birth or otherwise, may waste in idleness and luxury her produce and the produce of her fellows.”—New York Sun. Loose sleveless wraps are very popu- lar for evening wear. ! Some beautiful wrist bags are of real lace, with silver filagree mountings. | Some of the most expensive buttons are of carved wood in art designs. French organdies are charming with large flowers in pastel shades on a white ground. ! The new ribbons are used extensive.’ ly to trim evening gowns. They are very effective. : { Handsome laces are colored to match the gowns. Those that have done duty | white can be colored. Plaid linen handkerchiefs for men and women are extensively used and' considered good style. The shops are showing princess slip linings of silk in the palest tints, to be worn under the sheer princess lingerie | dresses. | | | | b A niche for the neck made of very full pleated tulie is edged with a nar- row pleating of the same and finished with rosettes and ends of white satin! ribbon. Flowered tulles are new and of great beauty. They are bordered with large flowers that graduate into small blos- soms. They are so woven that the wide margin of flowers may border the hem. For shirt waists that keep fresh Madras is one of the best materials, for it takes starch perfectly and some- how doesn’t crumple nearly as easily | as the others. In Madras plaids are | very fashionable, although stripes are , as popular. Linen suits will appear earlier than | usual. Every style will be worn, not | only in white, but in pale shades. | Etons and boleros promise to be very popular, while most of the skirts are! made on circular lines, with pleated panels in front and perbaps in the back as well. Stylish shoes are narrow, with the | pointed box toe. Slippers will Le made on the same general lines as the Ox- fords and boots. They will be long and narrow, with poirted box toes and high Louis XV, eels from two to two and three-quarter inches. The Oxford has a one and seven-eight inch mili- tary heel and extension edges, and medium box toe. THE PULPIL.: A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE. Subject: The Universal King. Brooklyn, N. Y.—Dr. Charles Edward Locke, pastor of the Hanson Place M. E. Church, preached Sunday in the New York Avenue M. E. Church on “Jesus Christ the Universal King.” The sermon was the annual one be- fore the New York East Conference. The text was from Revelation xi:15: “The kingdoms of this world are be- come the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ.” Among other things Dr. Locke said: With His own hand God wrote on the foundations of history, “The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent’s head.” On the radiant advent morning the angel said to the bewildered shep- herds, “Behold, I bring you good tid- ings of great joy, which shall be to all people;” and, later, the Great Teacher Himself announced, “I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me!’ Though Confucius died of a broken heart, fearing he had spoken no truths which would survive ‘him, and Socrates drank in despondency the hemlock in his cave overlooking Ath- »ns, yet Jesus Christ, the world’s Great Optimist, cried out in triumph in the mids: of the agonies of the cross—*It is finished!” and Paradise Lost became Paradise Regained. John, the Revela- tor, in the seraphic isolation of his axile, saw in his vision the fulfillment of all these prophecies, and exultantly wrote, “The knigdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ.” It was a long looked for psychologi- cal moment when Bethlehem’s star appeared above the dimpled hills of Judea. Civilization had slipped down from the hoary highlands of Bactria to the lowlands of Hindustan; it then moved westward, tarrying long enough to build its towers in Persia, its tem- ples in Greece, its tombs in Egypt and its thrones in Rome. At its birth Christianity encountered the fierce op: position of-emperors and armies. Rome was mistress of land and sea. The founder of Christianity was a Roman subject, its chief apostle a Roman citi- zen. The whole Roman empire was hurled across the path of the progress >»f Christ. His followers suffered, but { In the sign of the cross they conquered. Our forefathers bravely followed the guiding star to the summit of the Alle- ghany Mountains and fixed the west- ern boundary of the new republic; but the years pushed the frontiers west- ward, and when at last against the prophecies of American statesmen the plains were crossed by the intrepid pioneer, then autocratic lawmakers defiantly announced that the serrated peaks of the Rocky Mountains would outline the western boundary of the nation, but steadily and gracefully moved that point of light until at last it mingled its silver beams with the zolden embroidery of the sunset coast. Then even the wisest of modern magi thought that the star of empire had become a fixed star, but faithfully it has pursued its noiseless tread until to-day it is brilliantly shining above sastern archipelagoes and continents. We are the creatures of that star and must keep up with its aerial flight, for wherever it lingers there is another Bethlehem’s cradle and another advent hymn. Within the lifetime of many here present the star appeared in the Asiatic heavens and the angel choir again sang “Glory to God in the high- est, on earth peace, good will to men.” The year 1858 has been called the Annus Mirabilis of modern missions, and truly it was a “year wonderful,” for the doors were opened to one thou- sand million of the human race. In that year India was transferred from the clutches of the avaricious East India Company to the British crown and Queen Victoria became Empress of India. By the Treaty of Tientsin the ports and interior of China were opened and the people were permitted to accept Christianity without perse- cution, and Japan, after 200 years of exclusion, made its treaty with Great Britain. Now, let us see how these great kingdoms of the earth are becom- ing the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ. India has a population of 250,000,000 and.an area of 1,860,000 square miles. Suttee, infanticide and the voraclous juggernaut are gone forever. Because of the huge reservoirs constructed by English foresight famine is rapidly dis- appearing, and the gradual elevation of women is taking place. India will | be Christian from the Himalayas to Ceylon, from Bombay to Calcutta. China has had continuous authentic history for forty centuries. The first real character in Chinese history was : the Emperor Yu, who ruled 2204 B. C. The Chinese are supposed to be the descendents of Shem, the oldest son of Noah. They settled on the banks of the Yellow River and established a kingdom coeval with Babylonia and Egypt, and before Abraham came out of Chaldea. Four hundred and six millions of peo- ple and 4,225,000 square miles, and has a coast line of 2500 miles. The climate is very much like our own. There are broad rivers, lofty mountains and val- leys of extraordinary fertility. There is vast mineral wealth. Beside iron, gold, silver and copper there are im- mense coal fields; all of which lie al- most undisturbed waiting for the com- ing of the higher civilization which will some day adorn this drowsy na- tion. China lies partly in the temper- ate zone, where the greatest nations have developed and where the possi- bilities of power and permanency are assured. : . They are an industrious people, al- ways busy, quiet and peaceable. What- ever lethargy characterizes the country as a government, the typical Chinaman js a shrewd, active, successful toiler. The Chinese invented printing and gunpowder; first used the magnetic needle; made the finest porcelain and to-day manufacture the finest silk and the most exquisite embroidery. They are an educated people. All candidates for official position—which is said to be the universal ambition of all citizens—must pass difficult exam- inations. Of course I do not need to remind you that their standards of edu- cation are low; their astronomy is pic- turesquely mingled with astrology and all their science is pathetically behind the studies of the West. They are a reverential people. They, can hardly be said to be a very reli- gious people. Their religion consists in rites and ceremonies rather than in doctrines and principles. The basis of government and society is the fifth commandment—filial devotion. Obedi- ence to parents and respect for cld age are everywhere persistently inculcated and practiced. Herein lies the secret of whatever of virtue and permanency may be found among Chinese. When a man reaches eighty years of age his name is reported to the Emperor, and a yellow robe is presented to him as a mark of imperial respect on the pre- sumption that his life must have been virtuous or it would not have been prolonged. : All that China needs to make it a progressive and useful nation is Chris- tianity, with its Christ and His insti- tutions. They are a more promising people than were our ancestors in Britain before their . conversion to Christianity through the preaching of Augustin and the graceful influence of Queen Bertha, the wife of ‘Ethelbert. They have won their way by venerable age to everything which Occidental na- tions can do for them. Confucianism, with its negative virtues, and Bud- dhism, with ‘its ‘intangible mysteries, have been tried and found wanting. May China not be a nation which is to be born in a day? There is a tra- .dition that the Apostle Thomas carried the Gospel first to China. As early as 1288 Pope Nicholas sent missionaries to China. There is a God in Heaven who has not forgotten the Chinaman. What shall I say of Japan, the land of little people and of great deeds; of culture and courtesy, with a population of 45,000,000 living among 4000 islands whose area is 162,000 square miles— about three times the size of the State of New York? A phenomenal nation. Only thirty years .ago it was a crime to aceept Christianity in Japan. In 1860 an English sailing ship just re- turning from the Orient reached the Thames. On board were two Japanese youths, who had worked their way before the mast. Disconsolate and alone, they went to bed supperless that first night because all the crew had gone ashore. A few months ago. one of those Japanese boys again returned to Great Britain. This time he was welcomed by the Lord Mayor and a distinguished company of such men as the Duke of Argyll and Lord Rose- bery. He came as the guest of the city of London, and was lavishly en- tertained at the Mansion House. He was Marquis Ito, who has been four times the Prime Minister of Japan. This is a romantic epitome of the na- tion of Japan. Many of its statesmen are Christians. Admiral Togo has a Christian wife, and is himself not a pagan. In the recent war the bravest generals were Christian men. Japan was pagan yesterday, it is agnostic to- day, to-morrow it will be Christian. Doubtless among the kingdoms of this world which the ecstatic John saw becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ was the great em- pire of Russia. The Russians are a mighty, mysterious, paradoxical, provi- dential people. Their ancestors are found among the ancient Scythians in Southern Europe five centuries before Christ, worshiping a sword fixed in the ground as an image of the god of war. Under the reign of Vladimer, 1000 A. D., the Russians became Christians, getting their religion not from Rome, but from Censtantinople; hence they are Greek Christians. The Russian has clear religious con- victions and is devoted to the rites of his church. Senator Beveridge says: “The religicus side of a Russian is all sides of him.” His faith is serene and steady: the holy icons are rever- ently protected, and the devotion of the soldier is marked. Like Cromwell's army they often rush into battle with sacred songs on their lips. Russia is in process of evolution. She is not “a bear that walks like a man,” as Kipling said, but she is a man who has been acting like a bear. But it will be remembered that another nation in its developing history be- haved so much like a quadruped that it will probably always be referred to as “Johnny Bull.” Russia's medievalism is being rebuked, and her virility, and integrity, and faith, and enterprise will yet bring her forth into a full- orbed Christian nation. By their men ye shall know them! If there have been cruel and heartless rulers, there have also been epoch- making leaders. A nation must have permanent qualities of greatness which can claim among its master minds such men as Prince Kuropatkin, De Witte, Verestchagin and Leo Tolstoy. The Anglo-Saxon and the Slav are to be the two great regenerating influ- ences of Asia—the former moving westward, the latter moving eastward. The future of the world must reckon with the Pussian. Other races have had their chance and failed. The two great peoples who could emancipate their own slaves are destined to teach the liberty of Christ to the nations at the ends of the earth. Itis true of the Russian as it is irue of the Anglo- Saxon that hie not only conquers, but he assimilates. At the end of the first century there were in the world 5,000,000 Christians; at the end of the tenth century 10,000,- 000; at the end of the fifteenth century 100.000,000; at the endof the eighteenth century 200,000,000, and at the end of the ninteenth century 500,000,000 Chris- tians. In 1600 the inhabited surface of the earth was 43,798,600 square miles, of which only 3,480,000 was Christian. In 1906 the inhabited sur- face of the globe is 53,401,400 square miles, of which 44,619,100 is Christian and only 8,782,300 non-Christian. Truly, “the kingdoms of this world are be- coming the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ!” Expect Blessings. Begin to-day with the determination to find blessing. His tender mercies are about us on every side. Be on the lookout for them and you will find them. - “The more we look for them, the more of them we will see. Bless- ings brighten when we count them. Out of the determination of the heart the eyes see. “If you want to be gloomy, there's gloom enough to keep you glum; if you want to be glad, there's gleam enough to keep you glad. Say, ‘Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.’ Better lose count in enumerating your blessings, than lose your blessings in telling over your troubles. bless His name! "—Rev. G. R. Lunn, in Christian Intelligencer. on rae ea - A SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 20. Subject: Death of John the Baptist, Mark vi., 14-29—~Golden Text, Eph. v., 18— Memory Verse, 20 — A Temperance Lesson. I. King Herod's terrified conscience {vs. 14-16). 14. “Herod.” This was Herod Antipas, one of the sons of Herod the Great, and the ruler of Gal- jlee and Perea. “Heard of Him.” Of Jesus (Matt. 14:1). Antipas had heard of His capitals at Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee. “Risen from the dead.” Herod's conscience accused him. “Mighty works.” In consequence of having risen from the dead He is thought to be possessed of miracle- working powers. This is a striking in- cidental confirmation of John 10:41, that John wrought no miracle while; living. 15. “Others said.” To quiet the king's fears probably some of his cougtiers made these suggestions, “mlias.” Greek form for Elijah. “XX prophet.” Some new, wonder-working prophet. 16. “But—Herod—said.” His guilty conscience impelled him to hold to his first opinion. “Whom I beheaded.” What a bold confession of guilt. was this! No need for the Baptist now; conscience performs the office of ten thousand other accusers. II. The faithfulness cf John the Baptist (vs. 17-20). '17.. “In prison.” The place of John’s imprisonment and death was Macherus, in Perea, on the eastern side of the Dead Sea, near the southern frontier of the tetrarchy. Here Antipas had a palace and a prison under one roof, as was common in the East. “For Herodias’ sake.” This woman was a granddaughter of Herod the Great. She first married Herod Philip, her uncle, who was the father of Salome. Herod had put away his legal wife, the daughter cf Aretus, king of Arabia Petrea, and had taken Herodias, though Philip, Herodias’ husband, was still living. 18. “Jobn.” John was the son of a priest and was born at Juttah, in the summer of B. C. 5. He was a Nazarite, pledged to drink no wine or strong drink, and to let his hair and beard grow uncut, as a sign of consecration to God (Num. 6). “Had said.” The Greek verb is in the imperfect tense and implies that he repeatedly reproved him. John was bold and fearless. He faced the king personally. It is well when ministers dare rebuke the sins of peliticians and those in authority. “Not lawful” Herod had put away his wife; had in- duced Herodias to forsake her hus- band: and had married Herodias, his niece and sister-in-law, contrary to the law (Lev. 18:11, 16). “To have.” To marry her. The force of the original bears out this interpretation. 19. “Ha.: a quarrel.” In the margin this is rendered, “had an inward grudge” against him. The Revised Version renders it, “set herself against him.” She bated John as an enemy because he had rebuked her sins. “Would have killed.” She desired to kill him. “Conld not.” Herod would not yield to her murderous desires, but merely threw John into prison. 20, “Herod feared John.” He had respect for him and feared his words. “Know- ing that,” etc. This makes Herod's sin all the more glaring and heinous. “Observed him.” “Kept him safe.” R. V. Herod did not allow Herodias to accomplish her purposes. “When he heard him.” Herod went repeatedly to John's preaching. “Did many things.” Some sins which Herod denounced Herod forsock. III. Herod's birthday festivities (vs. 91.23). 21. “Convenient day.” Ter Herodias, who was watching for an opportunity to kill Jobkn. ‘Made a sup- per.” This was done, probably at the Macherus palace with great display. 23, “pDaughter—danced.” Female dancers in the East are a customary part of great entertainments. On this occasion the dancer was of high birth, being no other than the Princess Sa- JJome, daughter of Herodias and Philip. “Pleased Herod.” They were probably half-intoxicated, reclining at the tables, as their eustom was. The infamous saloon system of to-day is only a rem. nant of the ancient revels that were so vile and corrupting in their effects. 23. “Half of my kingdom.” A king- dom for a dance! This was the prom- ise of a drunken man, reveling in sen- suous delight. The Moloch of intem- perance dees not confine his work to the degraded. 24. “Mother.” mother! Leading her own g into the vilest crimes. “What—ask.”” The vile Herodias was not long in telling her. 25. “With haste.” She hastens to have the deed perpetrated while the revel is on, probably in the night. Herod drunk will do what Herod sober has refused to do. “Give me by and » 2 hy.” ‘“PForthwith!” . V. Give me immediately. She took Herod by sur prise and made her demand “on the instant, lest Herod 1d ehange his gor. On a : head.” She is thirsting mind?’ “In a char i The cod. John the Baptist beheaded (vs. Tre 3 i : not reject her.” Note the steps that had led Herod to this: 1. R 2 the truth. 2. 1 hig sins. 3. A responsible for untold crime and mis ery. 4. An immoral dance: dar 1 can but result in sin. 5. A wicked oath. which never should have been taken, but, once taken, should have been broken immediately. 6. His fear of the people. 27. “Boheaded him.” But his pri oner was ready. 28. “Brought h Lead.” What a ghastly present! How inhuman these wretched women n have been. 29. “His disciples.” disciples. “Took up his cor row broughtthemto Jesus (Mat a7 : £.14:12). Too Wise to Preach. ment and refuses to preach its lessons gets into a place where he pretends he is wiser than the Son of God. It is time for him then to get out of the pulpit.—D. L. Moody. Who Could Edpe Far Help, ‘Be thankful unto Him and | If God made no response except to | perfect faith, who could hope for help? | He is the God of sprouting seeds and | little vital beginnings.—M. D. Babcock, yD. DD, The man who doubts the Old Testa- | CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTE MAY TWENTIETH. Lessons From the Lives of Elijah and John the Baptist.. Luke 1: 14-17; 1 Kings 18: 30-39. Of no man more surely than the drunkard may we say, “It were bet- ter had he never been born.” : Temperance, self-control, is one of the chief elements of greatness, in the sight of men as well as of God. You may add to your life ‘““the spirit and power’ of any man whosa life you know and whose character you imitate. Every man has the choice of dei- ties. appetite or Jehovah; in that choice lie all other choices. Suggestions. John and Elijah were great in the number of things they could do with- out. © No moan is safe with a liking, though for plain bread and butter, unless it is subdued by his will. : John and Elijah were not born with their splendid wills; they got them by choosing difficulties, and persevering till they became easy. “John and Elijah feared God; there fore they did not fear man. Illustrations. The man who can live in a.wilder- ness, far from others and independ- ent of them, has thus a longer lever- age upon them. . Whoever cannot contro! his appe- tites is like a house with a fire back of the wainscoting. John and Elijah were ambassadors of a King. In their own authority they could never have done what they did. A true picture of the drunkard is Shakespeare's phrase: He puts an enemy in . his mouth to steal away his brains. Making Christians. Even if our societies could not do evangelistic work, they could learn how to do it. The members could form classes in Christian doctrine. They could commit to memory the passages of Scripture most likely to carry conviction. They could learn the most frequent objections of un- believers and how best to meet them. Thus they could get ready for even- gelistic work later on. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 20. Serving By Example.—1 Tim. 4. 15, ' 18, The influence of older Christians upon younger ones is beyond reckon- ing. The maturer disciples are watch- od more closely than they know. Their week-day lif2 is carefully noted. Their attitude toward doubtful practices is scrutinized. Their words and habits are noticed and remembered. They carry a great responsibility. If they are Christlike they may help others to the Christ; if they have little re- semblance to their Lord they will keep others from him. This means much in all questions of conduct. No Christian dare say that he has a right to do as he pleases. Je has come into a great family, and the interests of the family must be considered, as well as his own desires. Paul knew that, and some of his plain- est words concerning Christian duty have to do with the power of example. “All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient.” There is a weak brother to be considered, not because you pity him, but because he is your brother. The intent of God is that every sav- ed sinner shall be a means of saving other sinners. It is the most natural and simple plan that could have been devised A sinner saved by grace knows how great a wretchedness he has escaped, and he knows others who are still in bondage. Who could be so attractive to a company of slaves as one of their number who had discov- ered a way to freedom? “If our re- ligion is true,” says a wise man, ‘we are in duty bound to preach it.” But it is more than a duty. It is a jon “To preach deliverance to thc cap- tives” i sthe finest of all ocoupatioas, when one has come into the liberty of Jesus Christ. 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