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Shampooing Children’s Hair.
Once a month is considered often
enough for shampooing a child’s
hair, and then it should be thorough-
ly done. Do not use borax or am-
monia as they are destructive in
their effects upon the hair, although
very cleansing.
ati)
To Produce Sleep.
A sudden and startling awaken-
ing in the night, apparently due to
no particular cause, often leaves the
sufferer so wide awake that sleep
afterward is almost impossible. In
" such a case an excellent remedy is
to take 100 sips of cold water very
slowly.
Her Costume.
The Toledo Blade tells this story:
She was a plump figure and was
dressed extremely decollette as shc
. Sang at the concert that beautiful
little song, “I’m Wearin’ Awa’.”’ An
old lady who had been invited was
heard to remark: “Well, if she’s
wearing away, that’s about all she
is wearing.”
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Notes on Headwear,
A wonderful use of buckles has
been revived for hats—buckles plain
or fancy, some of them even glowing
with richly colored stones. A straw
of ecru, with a strong yellow tinge,
was trimmed with the blue and green
Scotch ribbons so popular in Paris
this spring. Right in front was an
oddly shaped buckle, encrusted with
stones like miniature editions of the
eyes in a peacock’s tail.
Feminine Authors “Best Sellers.”
Merely as’ a matter of “statistics,
without attempts to draw any de-
ductions, the Bookman has discov-
ered that of the twenty-nine books
which have appeared in its list of
best selling books during the year
1905, thirteen were written by men,
eleven by women, three were collab-
orations in which husband and wife
worked together, and one was a
collaboration of three women,
A Chance For the Girls.
There are a great many women
who are making a great success of
poultry raising. The writer has in
mind two ladies living near him who
are in partnership in the poultry
business, and by the way they live
they must surely make in the neigh-
borhood of $1000 a year each. Of
course these women know their
business thoroughly, and are very
shrewd judging from a business
standpoint, and are exceptions in
their line; but nevertheless - they
have proven that some women can
make big money with hens. Now
if the girls on the farm would only
see their way clear for them to take
up the poultry as their own there
is no doubt whatever but what the
greater majority of them would find
poultry keeping a most profitable
as well as independent vocation.—
New York Witness.
Wise Girl.
Now, there was a certain girl, and
she had three wooers. The first
wooer said she was the whole world
to him. But she frowned ‘upon his
suit. The second wooer said she
was the sun, moon and stars to him,
but she bade him be on his way.
“To me,” said the third, “you are
a young woman of agreeable man-
Jers, with eyes that might be a little
bluer, with a nose that is a wee
bit puggy, and with a few freckles,
and an annoying habit of blurting
out your thoughts.”
She married the third wooer. Be-
ing pressed for amr explanation of
her conduct, she said:
‘“My goodness! I think I was
sensible. I married the only one
that had courage enough to tell me
of my faults before marriage, in-
stead of waiting to throw them up
to me afterward.”’=~Life.
Have You a Baek Porch?
When a girl with the artistic
sense and a little money becomes
possessor of a back porch she can
work wonders of beauty and com-
fort.
Such a maiden has converted a
plain porch about six feet wide and
ten long into a delightful little
bower, and in consequence her cava-
liers are becoming so numerous that
she is almost ill from too much
ice cream soda.
First, she painted her floor dark
red, then she varnished and waxed
it and covered it with a small rug
made by her from ccraps found in
the house.
She has a sofa, o great box affair,
covered with Turkey red calico, with
cushions by the dozen. Frames for
prints were made out of birch bark,
and these hung zigzag over the wall
add greatly to the effect.
Three rustic chairs are fitted into
nooks against the railing and a few
Japanese pargsols hang from the
ceiling. It is an ideal place to watch
the moon, talk nonsense, imbibe cool
drinks, and, best of all, pity the be-
‘nighted folk who leave home to have
a good time in the summer.
Nervous Women Need More Sleep.
How long a woman should sleep
each night depends upon the kind of
work ‘she does, and upon tempera-
ment. If she is nervous more rest
and sleep are required than for one
of a phlegmatic nature, according
to a physician who has specialized
along these lines.
“The number of hours of sleep a
woman or man gets is usually a
habit governed by their mode of
living,” she says, “and for this
reason one can easily regulate the
time to have suffiicent rest.
“The accepted time for sleep is
eight hours, and for the average in-
dividual this is enough, but if less
is needed, then the extra time can
be spent in some profitable way,
while if nine or ten hours are re-
quired they should be taken, even
if the recreation period has to be
cut short. For a woman whe" does
not get enough sleep is not only
never a success in business, but is
irritable in her home and undoubt-
edly is encouraging mental break-
down and nervous prostration, either
of which is bound to follow in time.
“The amount of sleep needed de-
pends largely upon the work done
during the day. If it is mental more
rest should be taken, for with the
physical labor the body may be more
wearied, but it recuperates much
more quickly than the brain. A
woman who is nervous needs from
two to three hours more each night
than one who is not, especially if
her business keeps her working at
high tension, yet few excitable per-
sons ever get enough sleep, for it
seems almost impossible for them to
stay quiet a sufficient length of time
to be properly rested.
“On the other hand, there are a
few women who get more sleep than
they really need, and as a result are
always sort of stupid and indolent,
taking no interest in their work or
social life, but dragging out an ex-
istence that seems a burden to them,
and all because they rest so long
that the organs of digestion grow
defective from lack of proper care
and the absence of the right kind
of exercise.
Give All Foods Hot.
The temperature of the body in
the old is lower than in the middle
aged. This loss of heat is a symp-
tom of lessened vitality. But when
it has been produced it works mis-
chief of itself. Keep up the warmth
of the aged. Get a clinical ther-
mometer and test the temperature
in the arm pit. If it is below ninety-
seven degrees do all in your power
to raise the general boly heat by
one and a half degrees, and to keep
it raised. Hot water bottles to the
feet and warm blankets rolled round
the body when in bed are of service.
Don’t weight the bed with clothes,
but make it very warm. Give all
foods hot. Warm milk is excellent.
An old person needs direct sun heat
while quite sheltered from the draft,
says an exchange on health. Keep
old folks warm, and you have a good
chance of keeping them alive.
Gentle massage is excellent for the
aged. Always rub from extremities
toward the trunk. A ball of warm
rubbing
flannel makes an excellent
medium.
Th» new mohairs are beautiful,
and come in plaids of all colors.
Black kid false uppers to use for
long gloves, fastened at the bottom
by one large button are useful.
Small grandfather's clock in plain,
bright silver and small square ones
in the same ware are pretty orna-
ments.
Dress suit cases with extension
bellows sides, which, when not in
use strap tightly into the case are
convenient.
Not only laces but batiste and the
batiste embroideries. are dyed to
match the frock material where one
tone is desired.
A straw-colored hat in small round
shape with little pink roses and pink
satin ribbon bows at the back is a
charming style for the blonde who
looks pale in blue.
A necklace of a number of gold
chains in which at intervals were
4 round gold rings with tiny gold roses,
hanging from which were pendants
of pearls is the latest fashion.
The white petticoats to pe found
in the shops this season are so elab-
orate and pretty that ladies are
buying them quite as much for wear
with dainty matinees in their rooms
as to wear beneath their dressy
gowns.
When the skirt of light weight
wool is finished with wide tucks, a
satin ribbon a bit wider than the
tuck sewed underneath and showing
below adds to the decorative effect
of the tuck causing it to set out
somewhat and furnishing an effec-
tive border.
The very newest wrap to accom-
pany the corselet skirt is a short
cape trimmed with stitched bands
and tucks agreeing with the skirt
decoration. This :'iyle of cape, while
it has no sleeves, is semi-fitted at
the back and front. ‘the figure being
thus somewhat defined, and has a
A belt that holds the back in place.
THE PUL®PIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. R. A. TORREY.’
Subject: Resurrection a Fact.
New York City.—The Rev. Reuben
A. Torrey, D.D., the celebrated evan-
gelist, preached Sunday morning in
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. There was a large congre-
gation, consisting almost entirely of
strangers, only a very small per-
centage being members of the church.
Dr. Torrey’s subject was: ‘‘The
Resurrection a Fact, not Fiction,”
and his text was I Cor. xv:20 : “But
now is Christ risen from the dead,
and become the first-fruits of them
that slept.” He said:
Last Sunday morning we said that
the resurrection of Jesus was the
most important event in history, and
we said that if it could be proved
to be a historic fact that everything
essential to Christianity was proved,
but that if, on the other hand, it
could not be proved to be a historic
fact, then everything essential to
Christianity must go. We started
out, without assuming anything as
to by whom, or when, the gospels
were written, to decide whether they
were a record of facts, or merely fic-
tion. First, wediscovered that the four
gospels were each an independent
account, and we were driven to the
conclusion that they were a record
of actual occurrences. Next, we dis-
covered that each bore the evidences
of having been written by an eye-
witness. It often happens that a
witness tells his story sc artlessly,
with such an entire absence of any
attempt to color it, that his testi-
mony carries weight. We have not
only one witness, but four, differing
apparently in details (showing that
they were not coached) but all agree-
ing in the essential facts, and each
one’s story bearing marks of artless
simplicity, so that we were driven
to the conclusion that the story of
the four gospels was a record af
actual facts beyond dispute. Some-
times the details of evidence are
more conclusive than the direct evi-
dence, because it is not the testi-
mony of the witness, but of the truth
that is sought.
We begin here this morning, and
we shall show that the narratives in
they are not fiction, but fact. One
illustration: In St. John’s account
of Thomas’ refusal to believe that
the Lord had risen, notice what is
said about the character of Thomas
and the character of Jesus. How
characteristic is Thomas’ action and
how characteristic is the rebuke of
Jesus! When the other disciples tell
Thomas that they have seen the Lord,
he refuses to believe, and says, “I
won't believe it until I see the ptints
of the nails in His hands.” A week
passes and the disciples, including
Thomas, are gathered together, and
Jesus suddenly appears again. He
bids Thomas put forth his finger and
thrust it into His side, and Thomas
cries out, “My Lord and my God.”
And then Jesus introduces the tender
rebuke. “Thomas, you ought to have
believed before; but because thou
hast seen Me, thou hast believed;
blessed are those who believe on suf-
ficient evidence without sight.” Is
that made up? Is it a lie? If it is
made up then the man who drew that
picture of Thomas, without a word of
explanation, and that picture of
Jesus, is the greatest literary master
of the centuries. It is not made up;
it is the record of reality.
Another illustration: When Peter
said to Jesus (John xxi:21), “What
shall this man do?” the Lord replied:
“What is that to thee? Follow thou
Me.” The fishers had breakfasted on
the shore, and Jesus had told Peter
of Peter’s coming crucifixion, and
then starts down the shore and says,
“Follow Me.” And Peter, turning
round as he goes, sees John follow-
ing, and says: ‘Lord, you have told
me what my future is to be.. What
will this man do?” Now, remember,
all though the life of Jesus, as it is
recorded in the four Gospels, Jesus
never answered questions of mere
speculative curiosity. Peter wants to
know another man’s business, and
Jesus says, ‘“What is that to thee?
You see that you obey.” Is that made
up, or it is reality? Is it a lie? An-
other illustration: In the same chap-
ter Jesus asks Peter, ‘“‘Lovest thou
Me?” three times, and Peter was
grieved because He asked him that
question three times. Notice these
words: ‘‘Peter was grieved because
He said unto him the third time,
‘Lovest thou Me?’ Why was Peter
grieved? John offers no explana-
tion. But the Lord’s thought went
back to the court of Annas and Caia-
phas, where three times Peter had
denied Him, and, if the narrative had
explained. ¢
that the four Gospels insist upon the
fact that our Lord returned thanks
in the breaking of bread? That is
something we do three times every
day, but I do not think that any one,
in writing our lives, would put it on
record. We simply return thanks as
a matter of form, but when Jesus, in
the breaking of bread, lifted up His
heart and opened His lips, there was
such a real drawing into the presence
of God that no one at the table ever
forgot it. When, after the walk 0
Emmaus, Jesus returned thanks, al-
though they had not recognized Him
before, notwithstanding that their
Learts burned within’ them as He
talked, the disciples knew Him. In
a moment their eyes were opened,
and they said: “It is the Lord; no-
body else ever returned thanks that
way.”” Is this a fiction? If one man
wrote the story of the four Gospels,
why should he put in all of these de-
tails without explanation? It is in-
credible; and that four shculd do so
is absolutely unbelievable. How
comes it? Because this is what oc-
curred, and they told what they saw
without realizing the significance of
what they put down. Still another
illustration: If a man were inventing
the story of the Resurrection, why
should he put in the fact that the
little napkin ‘‘was wrapped together
in a place by itself?”” Who cares
whether it was in a place by itse.f or
not? I do not know whether John
knew the significance of it or not, but
there is a significance in it that no
fiction would contain. It showed that
as Jesus arose, triumphant over death
the Gospels prove conclusively that.
been made up, this would have been
Have you ever noticed"
and the grave,in the supreme moment
of the world’s history, there was no
hurry, no. haste, no -excitement, but
that, with the same majestic com-
posure, the same divine sublimity,
the same majestic calm that marked
Him in the storm on the Sea of Gal-
ilee, He rises from the grave. He
does not tear the handkerchief from
His face and fling it across the room,
but calmly unbinds His head and
face, lays ‘it aside in a place by itself
and passes out of the sepulchre. Is
that made up, and put in without a
word of explanation? Never. We
have read not a picture, but facts,
with a detail here and another there,
of which the writer, apparently, had
no conception of the meaning but
simply wrote what he saw.
We have a volume of evidence on
the resurrection of that kind. First,
the apostles, beyond peradventure,
made the resurrection of Jesus the
1 cornerstone of their preachipg, and
they preached it in the very city
where He was crucified and before
the court that condemn2d him. Fur-
thermore, they gave their lives for a
testimony. Men do not do that for
what they know to be false. Second-
ly, the early church, which came out
of the Jewish church, changed the
Sabbath observance from the seventh
day to the first day of the week, and
anyone who has studied Jewish his-
tory knows the hardest thing in the
world is to change Jewish customs,
and something tremendous must have
happened to make this change possi-
ble, simply by common consent. The
third fact is most significant—the
moral transformation of the apostles
themselves. They were a pack of ut-
terly demoralized cowards, and a few
days after we see that same company
filled with the most indomitable cour-
age that the world has ever seen.
What had happened? Jesus had risen
and they had seen Him. All intelli-
gent men who deny the resurrection
admit that the apostles thought He
had risen. Straus says: ‘We admit
that they had seen something; may
not this appearance have been vis-
ionary?’”’ That Is, they saw a vision.
Our answer is this: Whoever heard
of eleven men having the same vision
at the same time; and of 50) men
having the same vision? An old ar-
gument against the resurrection has
been revived within the last five
years, and it was that Jesus was not
really dead and was resuscitated, and
they appeal to a historic fact that a
certain Jewish officer was taken down
from a cross and brought back to
life. We have five objections to this:
First,. what preceded the crucifixion
—the scourging, etc. Second, the
Jews and the Romans took special
precautions to prevent this. Third,
remember His broken heart. Fourth,
if He had been resuscitated He would
have been in a state of absolute phys-
ical collapse, as was the case with
the Jewish officer, who was an in-
valid all his life. Fifth, if so, the
ones who resuscitated Jesus must
have been the apostles and the irans-
formation in them remains uunac-
counted for. Finally, if it was not
resurrection, then the whole thing is
a fraud, and a deliberate fraud. Who
can believe that Christianity with its
lofty precepts of morality and holy
living rests upon a fraud and that
Jesus was a party to it? No man can
believe it.
There is only one conclusion: The
resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead is the best proved fact in
history. There is only one really
strong argument against it, and that
is that no one else was ever raised
from the dead. The answer to that
is that the life of Jesus was unique.
His mission and nature and character
were all unique and it was only to be
expected that the issue of that life
would be unique. It is impossible
for any man of loyal mind, or who
has had any experience of evidence,
who wants to know the truth, to sit
down before the four Gospels and
take them up, point by point, examine
the statements and thoroughlysift the
evidence, to come to any other con-
clusion than that Jesus Christ actual-
ly arose from the dead, as recorded
in the four Gospels. What of it?
Everything. If Christ rose again then
Christianity is no longer a system of
abstract divinity, but a gospel of
proven facts, and everything that you
and I have been taught to believe,
and that is dear to the Christian
heart, and the glory of the life to
come, is an absolute certainty.
Seeking to Save.
Christ is in all His redeemed, as
the soul of their soul, the life of
their life. He is the pitying heart
and the helping hand of God with
every needy, praying spirit in the
world. He is the sweet light of the
knowledge of God that breaks in up-
on every penitent heart.
He is not only with those who be-
lieve in Him and love Him, but also
with those who neither believe in
Him" nor love Him, that He may be
to them also Jesus their Saviour.
The Christ of God is in thy heart,
waiting and aiming to get the con-
sent of thy will, that He may save
thee. Wherever man is, there also
is Christ, endeavoring to free him
from the law of sin and death, by
becoming Himself the law of the
spirit of his life.—John Pulsford.
The Way to Success.
The men whom I have seen suc-
ceed bast in life have always been
cheerful and hopeful men who went
about their business with a smile on
their faces, and took the changes and
chances of their normal life like men
facing rough and smooth alike as it
came, and so found the truth of the
old proverb, that ‘‘good times and
bad times and all times pass over.’ —
Charles Kingsley.
A Continuous Praying.
Avoid diligently those false and de-
ceptive thoughts which say, wait a
little, I will pray an hour hence: 1
must perform this or that. For, with
such thoughts a man quits prayer
for business, which lays hold of and
entangles him, so that he comes not
to pray the whole day long. Martin
Luther.
You can tell bow much a man
means his prayers by the way he gets
out and pushes things after the meet-
ing.
The best evidence of your own sal-
vation is your interest in that of
others. .
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 26.
Subject: The Rich Young Ruler,
Mark x., 17-31 — Golden Text,
Matt. xvi., 24 — Topic: Great
Facts Connected With Salvation.
1. Jesus and the ruler. (vs. 17-
22). 17. ‘Was gone forth.” . From
the house where He had blessed the
children (vs. 13-16). He now starts
again on His journey to Jerusalem.
“Came one running.” From this and
parallel accounts we learn that this
man was, (1) young, (2) rich, (3) a
ruler—probably of a synagogue and
possibly a member of the Sanhedrin,
(4) very moral, (5) humble—he fell
at Jesus’ feet, (6) In earnest—he
came running, (7) anxious to learn
—he came as an inquirer; but he
was also (1) self-righteous, (2) ig-
norant concerning spiritual truth,
(3) unwilling to give up his earthly
possessions -and worldly prospects,
(4) unwilling to trust all to Christ.
“Kneeled.” In this he was showing
Jesus great respect and was recog-
nizing Him as a spiritual authority
above the priest or rabbi. ‘‘Master.”
Or teacher. ‘“What shall I do,” etc.
His question shows that he believes
in a future state; he was not a Sad-
ducee. ‘Eternal life.”” The divine
life implanted in the soul by the
Holy Spirit. It begins in this life
but will endure forever. 18. “Why
callest thou Me good?” Christ did
not say that He was not good, or was
not God. If the young man called
Christ ‘‘good,” the question Jesus
asked would lead directly to His di-
vinity.
19. “The commandments.” Aec-
cording to Matthew Jesus said, “If
thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.” The young man
asked Jesus which special or great
commandment He referred to. Jesus
replied by enumerating the com-
mandments in this verse. He re-
ferred only to the second table of the
law, which relates to the duties of
man to man.
20. “Have I observed.” He was
strictly moral and had lived a good
life outwardly. He then asked
(Matt. 19:20) what he lacked yet.
He was conscious of a lack in his
spiritual life, and this question was a
serious inquiry as to its cause.
21. ‘“‘Jesus—loved him.” The Sa-
viour was drawn toward him. He
saw in the young man great possibil-
ities. ‘‘Sell — give.” Jesus struck
right at the centre of the young
man’s difficulty. He was ready to
give all to God but his property; this
was the ‘‘one thing” over which he
was about to stumble and fall. 22.
“Went away grieved.” His counten-
ance fell and he went away sorrow-
ful. He went away reluctantly, but
he went. He wanted eternal life,
but he wanted his possessions more.
11. Jesus’ statement concerning
riches (vs. 23-27). 23. ‘How hard-
ly,” ete. That is, they shall enter
with great difficulty. This is amply
confirmed by experience. Rich men
seldom become true Christians.
24. “Trust in riches.” Here is
the danger, the place where many a
rich man will lose his soul. Riches
cannot drive away anxiety. They
cannot purchases contentment. They
cannot buy friends.
lure sleep. They cannot buy appre-
ciation. They cannot bribe death.
They cannot purchase eternal life.
28. ‘‘The eye of a needle”) It
has been suggested that the needle’s
eye was a small gate, leading into
the city, intended only for foot pas-
sengers, and that the camel could
only squeeze through with the great-
est difficulty, but “it is now generally
thought that the calling this small
gate the needle’s eye is a modern
custom, and not in use in the time of
Christ.” 26. ‘‘Astonished.” Like
all Jews, they had been accustomed
to regard worldly prosperity as a
special mark of the favor of God.
‘Who then can be saved?’ All men
by nature share the same guilt and
love of the world.
27. “With men it is impossible.”
According to the power and ability
of men this is impossible, but God,
by His power, is able to so save a
man that even the things that al-
lured him most will lose their attrac-
tion to him.
III. Rewards of following Christ
(vs. 28-31). 28. “Have left all.”
Their boats and nets and fish and
father were everything to them. 29.
“That hath left house,” etc. In the
days of Jesus those who followed
Him were obliged, generally, to for-
sake house and home, and to attend
Him. In our time it is not often re-
quired that we should literally leave
them, but it is always required that
we love them less than we do Him.
30. “An hundredfold.” There
are few greater promises than this.
This is symbolical, and expresses an
immeasurableadvantage. “Houses,”
ete. Not literally a hundred houses,
etc., but he obtains a hundredfold
more of joy and satisfaction than he
loses. ‘‘What was a barren rock be-
fore becomes a gold mine.” “With
persecutions.” That is, he must ex-
pect persecutions in this world.
“Eternal life.”” Which will infinite-
ly more than make up for all the
Christian’s trials here. Here are
ages of enjoyment that no arithmetic
can compute; oceans of pleasure,
whose majestic billows rise from the
depths of infinitude, and break on no
shore. 31. ‘“‘Rirst shall be last.”
The lesson intended to be taught
here is that those who occupy impor-
tant positions and who appear to be
first in labor and wisdom here may
place to others who have been of less
in the next world be forced to give
renown here. God does not measure
men as we do.
They cannot
Women to Vote.
One of the bills that the Ohio Leg-
islature will be urged to enact into a
law will accord to women the right
to vote at local option elections. It
is a most righteous demand, and
should succeed by all means. The
saloons are the most defiant and woe-
begetting enemy of women and chil-
dren in the world.
sunday closing in Minneapolis, the
Mayor estimates, will save to the in-
habitants $250,000 a year, though
it may lose to the city $100,000.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
AUGUST TWENTY-SIXTH.
Topic—Home Missions Among Our
island Possessions. .Isa. 2: 1-12
If God, who sees all possibilities,
and how far we fall short of them,
is never discouraged, why should we
be discouraged ever?
The first thing all our island poOs-
sessions have required of our Christ-
ian civilization is law, for law is the
foundation of all comfort, beauty,
and joy in life.
In taking possession of the islands
we, have made many national coven-
ants. Let us interpret them all in
the spirit of Christ's covenant with
His people.
It is a comparatively small matter
if our nation gets glory in the Philip-
pines, Cuba, Hawaii, and Porto Rico;
it is a great matter that God should,
get glory there.
Island Mission Notes.
The first five years of mission
work in Porto Rico show 29 preach-
ing stations, 11 of them being organ-
ized churches. There are 15 Pro-
testant ministers and native helpers,
and the church-membership is 1,089.
The first three years of Protestant
work in Cuba after the war resulted
in 16 stations, with 3 organized
churches and more than 200 mem-
bers.
The various missionary societies at
work in the Philippines have. di-
vided the territory among them, sO
that there may be no clash and no
duplication of effort, and the natives
may not be confused by diverse doc-
trines. :
The population of Guam is about
10,000. The Congregational mis-
sionariep: have organized a church
among the natives, and a Christian
Endeavor society.
The Christian natives of Samoa
carry on foreign missions among the
Fiji islands.
Our Island Possessions.
While the 30 Roman Catholic
churches of Manila were celebrating
Good Friday night with gorgeous
ceremonies, 800 eager listeners were
filling a mission church.
Th Y. M. C. A. is now established
in Cuba.
From one Christian Endeavor so-
ciety in Samoa more than one hun-
dred of its members have gone as
missionaries, chiefly to the perilous
field of New Guinea.
There are strong Christian En-
deavor societies in all our island pos-
sessions.
Worldliness.
Alternate Topic: The Snare of
Worldliness. John 14: 27; 15:
18. 19; 16: 33; Matt. 6: 19-34.
EPWORTH LEABE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26.
Filling the House of God.—Luke 14.
15-24.
The ‘Yopic. This is the great prac-
tical question for everyone who hopes
to see the kingdom of God establish-
ed fully in the earth: How shall we
fill the Lord’s house? That is, how
shall we multiply the number of
members of the church? Not merely
get people to ‘join the church,” for
there may be very little value in that,
and perhaps real harm sometimes.
There must be a spiritual change.
Jesus did not deceive his apostles,
trying to make them content with
their vocation by minifying its diffi-
culties and dangers. He told them
that the world would do its best to
destroy the good seed they might
SOW. The world’s thorns, stones,
cares, riches and pleasures are in a
conspiracy against success. Indeed,
the “world” is a mass of depravities,
errors, immoralities and false doc-
trines. For it the follower of Jesus
can have no approving love, however
much he may love its welfare. And,
besides, God is very much grieved
with the world of sinners, and ex-
presses himself as being angry, and
that he will laugh and mock in the
the day of the sinners’ calamity.
He ‘cannot look upon sin with any
degree of allowance,” and he will in
no wise ‘spare the guilty.”” While
it is the business of God's messeng-
ers to proclaim the truth, God holds
the world responsible for the way it
treats those messengers. Those who
reject and kill his servants will have
their blood to answer for. We must
not forget that there is an awful side
to the gospel as well as a sweet and
lovely one; a tragedy side, a Nemesis
side, which in these days is too apt
to be ignored and forgotten. We
must go and invite to the gospel
feast, though we know that many will
find reasons for not accepting—wives,
oxen, farms. Never mind, some will
hear and come. If the Jew will not,
the Gentile will.
Drinking a Farm.
My homeless friend, with the chro-
matic nose, while you are stirring up
the sugar in a ten-cent glass of gin,
let me give you a fact to wash down
with it. You say you have longed
for years for the free, independent
life of the farmer, but have never
been able to get enough of money to-
gether to buy a farm. But this is
just where you are mistaken. For
several year$ you have been drinking
a good improved farm at the rate of
100 square feet at a gulp. If you
doubt this statement figure it out
yourself.
An acre of land contains 43,560
square feet. Estimating. for cc
ience, the land at $43.56 per acre,
you will s2e that it br the land to
just one mill per re foot. Now
pour down the y dose and imag-
ina that vou are swallowing a straw-
berry p Call in five of your
frier ava thera help you gulp
0 00 foot den. Get on
longed spre2 some day and see
ong a time it requires to s -
vy a pastura large enough to feed a
cow. Put down that glass of
there's dirt in it, 100 fzet of good,
rich dirt, worth $43.56 per acre.—
Robert J. Burdett.
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