The Happiest Woman.
“The happiest woman,” says Mrs.
Hetty Green, ‘is the one who sits by
the fireside and says, ‘Yes, dear,’ to
every stupid remark her husband
makes.” Bit unkind of Hetty to hand
a solar plexus punch like this to.a
pleasant fiction. Kind o’ liked to hear
the familiar old jolly once in a while.-
But it's gone now. Suppose most of
us will have.te.go through the rest of
our days being called “Fuzzy- Wuzzy”
or “Baldy” or something like that.—
New York Telegram. .
A Queen's Scarf.
Powerscourt contains the splendid
galon in which a banquet was given
in honor of George IV in 1821. ‘In the
house is a portrait of the founder of
Powerscourt, in which he is represent-
_ed as wearing a scarf. It is said that
when Wingfield returned to the court
of Queen Elizabeth after efficient ser-
vices in Ireland, the queen asked him
what he expected as his reward. He
was a gallant courtier, and replied:
“The scarf which your majesty wears
around your neck will be reward
enough for me.” London Onlooker.
Character in—Hats.
A milliner with a turn for philosophy
declares that a woman's character
infallibly revealed by the hat she
wears. There are audacious hats, mod-
est hats, ridiculous hats, and hats that
reveal the wearer as cautious and se-
cretive. As a rule, a woman of strong
personality may be trusted to choose
a hat to suit ‘her... She is. strong
enounzh to withstand the temptation
tc wear somethinz merely fashiona-
ble. The vulgar, self-assertive woman
generally selects a ‘loud’ obtrusive hat
but even that [ prefer to the funereal
style of headgear affected by the mor-
bid® woman. -—New York Mail.
is
Intrepid Lady Explorers.
of explora-
untrodden
By
her intrepid iourney
tion across the: almost
wilds of Labrador, Mrs. Leonidas
Hubbard, a Canadian adv $vho has re-
cently come. to London, has once more
demonstrated the rage’, with which
a fragile, gently nu id Foman can
brave hardships and | Angers which
might well daunt any man. For 12
years Miss Constance Gordon-Cum-
ming wandered the earth from
—~the ‘granite crags of California” to
the “fire-fountains
over
of Hawaii,” elimb-
ing in the Himalayas and penetrating
‘into the heart of China and Thibet.
Miss H. M. Kingsley explored the
Cameroon regions, and made herself
quite ‘at home among fierce gorillas
and fiercer cannibals. Lady Baker
who was the first European to sight
Albert Nyvanza, thought nothing of
walking into the tent of an Arab
slaver and fetching out the captives;
while Mrs. Jane Moir, rMs. Bishop,
Mrs. Marshall, and others also occupy
honored places as explorers.—West-
minster Gazette.
Dowdy Women in Newport.
America has millions of comely
women and also boasts the best dress-
.ed maids and matrons in the world,
but not all the so-called leaders of
fashion come within either category.
One has only to go to Newport to see
how. homely and dowdy a really rich
woman can be. There, women With
hundreds of thousands to spend on
dress may be seen in unbecoming
hats, ill-fitting frocks and frequently
with shccking shoes. Beauties there
are, of course, and hundreds who at
all hours of the day or evening are
so many sartorial lyrics. But they
only serve to emphasize the bad style
of the others. One of the wealthiest
young women in New York's most ex-
-clusive set dresses a dairymaid
and walks with grace, It's
not her fault that she's ugly, of course,
but a little attention to physical cul-
ture might keep her from being awk-
ward, and surely at least could
wear suitable attire. However, one
cannot always judge a woman’s grace-
fulness from a chance pose, and the
critic can rely only on direct observa-
tion. Nothing is more treacherous
than the snapshct. A recent Newport
photograph of Miss Nana Morgan and
Miss Edith Colford taken unawares
makes them look as if neither ever
‘had glimpsed a fashion plate. They
are not among the ungraceful; - but
that instantaneous picture apparently
places them outside the pale of those
who know how to dress and stand.
Miss Colford's toes are turned in and
she is in an ungraceful attitude. But
then, neither young womn is respon-
sible for the camera's freaks.—New
York Press.
like
less
she
Wrinkles May bs Banished.
Wrinkles, those fell destroyers of
woman's beauty, are frequently orig-
inated in sleeping, the position of the
head and face being to blame. It is
difficult—nay, impossible—to regulate
one's sleeping position, but when a
person is fully awake care should be
taken to avoid frowning or contorting
the face in any manner which would
leave telltale marks. Scowling is of-
ten indulged in without a person be-
ing aware of it. Without realizing it,
the mouth frequently is drawn to one
side in the act of smiling, and in fact,
one unwillingly falls into a number
of bad habits without knowing it.
A set expresson is not conducive
to the preservation of youth, as the
lines become accentuated by a con-
stant recurrent expression. Persons
with mobile faces are less liable to
wrinkles, as the of the muscles is
tu
ever changing. Unthinking people
wonder why actors and actresses pre-
serve a youthful appearance, although
advanced in years. These De ia con-
stantly are playing parts which re-
quire a'change of facial = expression.
Therefore the muscles the counte-
nance are exercised and do not be-
ot
.come set and rigid.
and cold are con-
ducive ‘to wrinkles. Cold cracks the
skin ‘and heat wrinkles and dries up
the natural oil and makes it colorless
Apartments should be kept at mod-
erate temperature in order. to ‘insure
health and beauty. If the skin feels
drawn and stiff it must be lubricated
with some good emollient. before retir-
ing. In washing the face soap should
seldom be used, the bran bag sufficing
for all purposes of cleanliness. There
is nothing better than simple corn-
meal not too. finely ground;: it cleanses
the pores of the skin thoroughly and
leaves it soft and satiny. Cornmeal
and bran bags easily made, ‘and
are much less expensive Sha the
bought ones; some bran or corom meal,
with shaved-eastle soap and orris root
are the necessary ingredients. They
should be sewed up in a. cheesecloth
bag and rubbed on the face and hands
each time they are washed.—New
York Journal
Extremes of heat
are
Christening the Baby.
One of the pretty customs of other
countries not so frequently .obserevd
in this is the christening of a baby.
This celebration may. be extremely
charming and at the same time simple
and inexpensive, and the presence of
the immediate relatives and the god-
parents makes a smail gathering of
friends whom one glad to have
about.
is
m to lack a
little of privacy. and: intin of
those celebrated at home, as a
baby supposed to be named at ithe
age of six weeks, there may be objec-
tions to taking It:« of doors sO
soon. There tne service read
in the drawing room 2nd aa impromp-
font devised. After the christen-
ing a buffet lunch is served, says the
New York Telegiam:
It
sms in church see
the
an
is
ut
is
fore
oaly those
asked to be
and
some-
not in
understood that
nearest anid dearest are
present at a home christening,
while engraved invitations are
times sent out, sentiment is
favor of informal notes. Those who
are asked to stand sponsors take the
duties light fy as a rule in this coun-
try but on the cther side of the ocean
the godfathers and mothers really be-
come responsible for the child and are
supposed to do what they can for it
all its life. As the compliment of
asking a person to be sponsor. to -a
child is one of the greatest that can
be paid it should be given only to the
most intimate friends or to very near
relatives. ‘A girl is supposed to have
two godmothers and one godfather.
They stand -at the font with the child.
Early in the afternoon or directly at
noon are good times for the celebra-
tion of the service. It should on no
account interfere with the baby’s nap.
The baby does not appear until all is
ready.
The drawing room should be decorat
ed with simple flowers and at the
proper season none is prettier than
those from the field—such as butter-
cups, daisies, clover and the like. The
font should stand at one end of the
room and for this a small cloth on
which is a small glass bowl, should
serve admirably. The bowl should be
smothered in white flowers
The mother receives the guests and
with the father precedes the baby,
nurse and Tolparents to the font when
the service is to be read.
Baby is allowed to stay only
minutes after the service is over,
excitement is not good for him.
Breakfast or luncheon should be an-
nounced .at once, and served from a
buffet or table as at a reception
There may be singing during the
service if one cares to have it and in
this case a “baby” song should be
chosen.
is
a few
for
Fashion Notas.
materials
are
Moire appearing.
They have undergone many changes
in weave and desizi.
Patent leather sho:s
demand for almost any occasiou.
The hat of blue straw with a black
lining has roses and foliage to trim it
Dressy silk
purpose of a glove
vet are comfortable.
are in- great
lace mitts answer the
so perfectly and
gestion of
13 yemory
There is more
the hoop s
in ths new
than a sus
* malodore:
costumes.
in thin
sive
tiv
tly
exclu
Stripes are especially pr
silks, and some of the most
importations include them.
The cotton voiles are always charm-
ing, and.this season many exceptional
ly effective designs have been brought
out.
All the new moires are duil-finished
glowing rather than glistening, and
many reproduce tie \Wattzau cclor-
ings.
No
sions
than
worn
viled
The combination of pale tones such
as chalk white, cream white and pale
ecru which in favor with high-
class dressmaker sponsible for
many of the most subtle and attrac-
tive effects seen in costly roles
iovlier frocks for dressy occa-
nave been launched this season
the fleecy ones of spotted net
over foundations of white taffeta
with chiffon.
are
are I
A SUNDRY BERR10/
By" THE REY
"a SARAIAL | HENDERSON:
Subject: Death.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching at *
Irving Square Presbyterian Church.
Hamburg avenue and Weirfield
street, on the theme, ‘‘Death,’” the
Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, pas-
tor, took as his text those words
which are found so frequently in the
earlier part of the Old Testament
scriptures, ‘““An@ he died.”” He said:
Death is a-subject of which ‘we Go
not like to speak. It is a subject we
avoid. The most of us endeavor to
forget that there is such a fact for.
us.” Many of us live as though we
had eliminated it from our lives.
It is the fashion in the church
nowadays not to preach about death
with any frequency. For the people
quite largely do not desire sermons
on that theme. Ministers forbear to
press home its consideration. They
do not care to urge men to come to
Christ by playing on the element of
fear in their characters. And strange-
ly enough death and fear have been
correlative terms for generations.
Death used to be a forceful and
popular subject for pulpit presenta-
tion. The divines of a century and
more ago made their lasting reputa-
tions because of their masterly expo-
sitions of the scriptures about death.
Many a soul was swung into obedi-
ence to. God by the impulse of an in-
tense and vivid sermon on death.
However unwise it may be to lead
men to God and to Christ through
fear of death, it is much more un-
wise never to bring this fact to their
attention. For the life after death
is the major part of our existence.
The days that God allots to us here
are but a minute fraction of the ages
we shall live, if we be righteous,
within Him forever. This life is not
all of life. Nor does death end all.
However difficult and distasteful a
subject death may be to discuss, it
repays investigation and considera-
tion. We may not care to study it,
to face it, to analyze it. But we
ought.
For death is inevitable. It is cer-
tain that as we have come into this
world we shall, in all human proba-
bility, go out of it. We cannot es-
cape death. We cannot avoid it. We
ought not to hasten it. . We must
give it consideration. For it is sure
to come. We do not know the day
or the hour. We cannot forecast the
time. No man can tell the order in
which we shall go hence, you and I.
But the last day will dawn upon earth
for each of us. he chimes will ring
a last farewell upon our ears. The
call of relentless death will ring
through every soul. We may not be
able to forecast death’s coming, but
he will arrive. We may not be able
to enumerate the order of our going
but we shall go. For death is in-
evitable. His coming is inescapable.
He stands waiting at the terminus of
every life. And we should not fear
if we fear God.
For death is natural.
ural as it is inevitable. It is as nat-
ural as birth. There is _ nothing un-
usual abolit it however mysterious its
processes may be. It is as natural
to die as it is to be born. Men talk
of death as though it were a hiatus.
Death is not a break. It is a method
of procession. They speak of death
as something that ought not to be.
We shall not discuss that to-day.
But we shall assert without fear of
contradiction that in the world as it
is at present constituted death is a
valuable asset to humanity.
For death is not final but tran-
sitional. It is not a goal. It is but
an incident in the life of the soul
as it flies through life into eternity.
Death is Dok ultimate. It is not ter-
minal. Death is not an end itself.
It is not the last of life though it
comes at the end-of this life." For if
death is final it is at least question-
able whether it were any use to live
at all. If death is absolute and ulti-
mate, if it writes finis to the close of
every man’s life, then in the words
of Paul, “of all men most miserable.”
There may be use and there may be
wisdom in living simply for the sake
of living and then dying, with no
hope of eternity, with no expectation
pf a life beyond, with no promise of
immortality. But such a philosophy,
howeverzsound it may be for some
minds, does not appeal to me. For
I am persuaded that we live to some
greater purpose than just to die, and
go back into the dust and be forever
forgotten—forever. I am persuaded
that we are more than the flower of
the field or the grass thereof, which
to-day is and to-morrov/ is consumed
by the quenchable fire. For God has
written in my heart, and I hope He
has in yours, a promise of another
life and of a nobler and a fairer
world. I look for a land and a life
that is eternal, a heavenly country.
For, to me, death is a portal.
It is a gate. It is a boon, a gift of
God, a blessing. To my mind it
writes ‘‘to be continued'’ after the
last word of the last’ chapter of the
record of every soul’s earthly life has
been inscribed upon the pages of
human history. For death is more a
beginning than an ending. It is a
door through which we enter into the
undiscovered country. It affords us
a vision of another world the view
of which is withholden from our mor-
tal eyes. It releases us from the cir-
cumscriptions of earth. It unlocks
the mystery of eternity. It unfolds
the future existence before us.
Through it we achieve a knowledge
of the unknown. To those of us who
have endeavored sincerely, however
partially we have succeeded, to do
the will of God and to submit our-
selves to His divine control, death
comes as a friend over whom we may
rejoice. Not that we should desire
to die. For this is a good life. Not
that we should regret that we have
days ahead that we must fill full of
action and of holy living. Not that
we should pray for death as a sur-
cease from care and from pain and
from disciplines. But we welcome’
and expect death, if we be in Christ,
as a friend, because it augments our
days, and expands our opportunities,
and clarifies our vision, and intensi-
fies our knowledge. And that is
good.
This death, which is inevi
natural in the career of every
whether Lie be rich or poor,
fgncrart, good or had,
wn
It is as nat-
table and
man,
wise or
i years
may be ter-|
rible, doubtful or beautiful, accorde
ing to the manner of our lives and
the quality of our characters. For
death cannot be bought off by riches,
Neither does: he ‘pass the hovel. He
is no respecter of intelligence. His
hand is heavy and his arm is long
to seize and to project into eternity
that which is immortal in good and
evil men alike. And it simply de-
pends upon the kind of man you are
whether death will be terrible, doubt-
ful or beautiful to you.
To a bad man death must be ter-
rible.. That is to say, if he possesses
the least spark of moral conscicus-
ness or spiritual susceptibility. Aye,
it is terrible. And it ought to be. A
bad man ought to be afraid to die. A
man whose whole life has contra-
vened God's law, whose continued
and cumulative effort has been to fol-
low the lusts of his own heart and
the dictates of his own will, who has
sought not to-please God, but to find
favor with men, who has construct-
ively planned and effected overt sin,
‘who has denied the call of conscience
and deified Satan daily, ought to be
afraid to die. Death ought to be ter-
rible to him. In his last hours such
a man could best evidence that he
was a man and not a beast by elevat-
ing the fear of God to supreme prom-
inence in his mind. A man whose
whole life as a consciously active
free moral agent has been dedicated
to the stultification of the mandates
of the Almighty and to the exalta-
tion of sin as a method of living
ought to be anxious to reverse the
all of death and the decision of fate.
He ought to want another chance in
this life to fit him for the next life.
It would be stranze if bad men were
not afraid to die. It would be curi-
ous if they could face eternity un-
abashed. For death to a sinful soul
must be terrible.” To go forth into
a new life unprepared, to enter into
the presence of eternity at enmity
with God; what could be more aw-
ful?
Death may be doubtful. Many
men there are who, obeying the dic-
tates of God as they hear them and
His laws as they read them, have at-
tained a moral eminence that is not
inconsiderable; but who, as they
stand in the presence of the usual
but inscrutable mystery of -death,
confess that they await its power
without hope and with simply a ‘sci-
entific spirit of inquisitiveness. There
is for them no certainty of a future
life. They do not protest that death
necessarily ends all. They simply ex-
press the opinion that, so far as they
are concerned, death isa locked gate,
a sealed portal, a bolted, barred, im-
penetrable door. They declare that
while there may be a life beyond this
they have no valid ground for ex-
pressed hope therein, no reason to
stay their souls in the expectation of
eternal existence. They know not.
Theirs is the philosophy of agnostic-
ism. Still others deny that ‘there is
another life in another world. Theirs
is the negative philosophy of atheism.
And neither is scientific or satisfying
in the largest or most enduring way.
For we need and desire and demand
as rational and expectant human
beings something more than inde-
cision and negation. The soul re-
quires a true soul food. It does not
thrive on agnosticism or infidelity.
Death may be beautiful, it may be
welcome, it may be an inspiration.
It is so to godly men, men of faith
and of vision, men who are versed
in the philosophy of heaven and who
are acquainted with the scientific for-
mulae of the discipline of the soul.
It is beautiful and gracious to those
who are God's in Christ—supremely
so. For the Christian knows that
death is not only inevitable and na-
tural, but that it. is simply transi-
tional, that it is" a portal. The
Christian is certain that eternal life;
is. The Christian Dbeliaves from a
consclolls €xperieice in the fact of
God. He hopes, not without reason,
for eternal life and eternal blessed-
nass within God in heaven. For has
not Christ assumed him that God and
heaven are? Has He not said: ‘I
go to prepare a place for/you. And
if I go and prepare a place for you I
will come again and receive you unto
Myself?” And Christ not only has
said that to the Christian through the
medium of the Scriptures. He has
also spoken these words of comfort
presently to the human hearts of
Christian believers. And God has
ceaselessly thundered the truth of
immortality through the recesses of
human souls. ‘Blessed are the pure
in heart, for they shall see God” eter-
nally.
Death, for the Christian, is to be
welcomed, whensoever it may come,
with a holy awe, without fear. For
death is sublime. It is the cap of
the climax of the Christian earthly
fe.” It is our illumination, our in-
spiration, our reward. It enlarges
our joys and certifies our hopes. We
should await it in the spirit of that
man of God whom the other day, in
the presence of a multitude of men,
as he stood upon the eminence of
four score years and upon the bor-
derland of eternity, I heard say, “I
await death with joy. To me the
thought that I shall die is sublime.
For | know that if I die I shall live
again.” His hearers were electrified.
His tones thrilled. His hope was con-
tagious. We, too, should await death
with a cheer.
ii eine eee)
The Color of Life.
The world is not made up to the
eye of figures, that is, only half; it is
also made of color, wrote Emerson.
How that element washes the uni-
verse with its enchantingwaves! The
sculptor has ended his work, and be-
hold a new world of dream-like glory.
Tis the last stroke of nature; be-
yond color she cannot go. In like
manner life is made up, not of knowl-
edge only, but of love also. If
thought is form, sentiment is color.
It clothes the skeleton world with
gpace, variety and glow. The hues
of sunset make life great; so the af-
fections make some little web of cot-
tage and fireside populous, important
and filling the main space in our his-
tory.—Home Herald.
Evil Companionship Destroys a Child.
We put down as the worst thing
that can come into the life of a
child low, vile association. We doubt
if any human being ever got beyond
the influence of evil associates for the
first ten years of life. Such associa-
tion will procduce an insanity of na-
ture against which the victim will
find it necessary to fight for all the
that remain to him.—Western
Methodist.
out any effort of our own.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON)
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM-
MENTS FOR SEPT. 15 BY THE
REV. I. WW. HENDERSON.
Subject: Moses Pleading With Ise
rael, Dent. 6:1-15—Golden Text,
Deut. 6:12 — Mcmory Verses,
4-7—Commentary.
This speech of Moses to Israel, of
which the lesson is only a fraction,
is, to the mind of the writer, one of
the greatest addresses in literature.
Profound in its philosophy and
searching in its call for the recogni-
tion of the rights of God in His re-
lationship to humanity it is an im-
perishable contribution to the litera-
ture of the world. It is majestic.
The whole book of Deuteronomy is
as majestic as this speech. Profes-
sor Moulton, in his introduction to
the book of Deuteronomy, in the
Modern Reader's Bible, says: “It is
not an exaggeration of literature to
say that no work of literature which
has ever appeared has produced a
greater sensation that the book of
Deuteronomy. Everyone knows the
romantic episode of its_first appear.
ance in history—a discovery or a res-
cue from oblivion which would be the
equivalent of a discovery. King
Josiah with youthful fervor is medi-
tating a repair of the temple; the
treasury is cleared out, and in it is
found a book. Whether this was
Deuteronomy itself or a larger roll
including it we have no means of de-
termining; but it was certainly the
contents of Deuteronomy which pro-
duced the effect that followed this
discovery. The book was read before
the king; he rent his clothes as he
listened; a thrill of horror went
through the nation at the denuncia-
tions of woe against idolatry coming
to light when the idolatry was fully
established in the land. There en-
sues the most sudden reformation
movement in all history. First, there
Is the great gathering in the temple,
‘all the men of Judah and all the in-
habitants of Jerusalem, and the
priests, and the prophets, and all the
people, both small and great.” The
book is read before them; they enter
into covenant with the Lord, the king
leading them from his lofty plat-
form. Then they turn to a fury of
purging zeal; there is breaking of
idolatrous vessels, shattering of obe-
lisks, defiling of high places through-
out the land and the slaying of their
priests. Then with a recovered sense
of national purity the people feel
able to keep the feast; ‘surely there
was not kept such a passover from
the days of the judges that judged
Israel, nor in all the days of- the
kings of ‘Israel. nor of the kings of
Judah.” >
The lesson is so full of meat that
it is hard to cover it with justice in
a column. We; shall consider three
points that are suggestive: 1. Verse
five, Love for God. 2. Verse seven
Teaching Children. 3. Verses ten
and eleven, God's Gifts.
Love for God is the one thing t:at
from the human standpoint is neces-
sary to-day. Men will not much de-
sire to do God's will unless they have
affection for Him. They will not love
their fellow creatures as they should
unless they have a thorough-going
love for God. They will lend them-
selves to all sorts of wickedness and
practice every variety of meanness
if their souls are not surcharged
with such a love for God as shall
make them amenable to the control
of the divine decrees. Nations need
this as much as do individuals. We
shall never beat our armaments into
agricultural implements until we get
the world in an attitude of love to-
ward God. The world knows that
God loves it, especially the. civilized
world. What we need is to secure a
reciprocity of affection from the man-
ward sid@. Without it the world is
doomed.
It is not sufficient that men ‘shall
be lovers of God themselves. It is
necessary that they shall teach their
children the principles of moral and
religious truth that dominate their
lives. And the Protestant church has
much to learn along this line. The
Catholic church, however much we
may disagree with its theological
tenets, is the greatest success that
the world has ever seen in the matter
of the direction and control of the
child mind. And the Protestant
church might well learn a lesson from
that success. Proper direction and
instruction during the first ten years
of the life of a chjld will, almost in-
variably, determine the movement of
its mind during the rest of its life.
Our children are entitled to the most
cultivated, intellectual and spiritual
nourishment and guidance that the
world affords. To-day may direct the
destiny of to-morrow.
Another thing that we had well re-
member, especially in this land, is
that God has giver us the land with-
It is no
less true of us than it was of Israel.
America needs this message of Moses
to Israel beyond any nation in the
world to-day. We had best be care-
ful not to forget God in this gift-land
of our inheritance. The religious
heritage of America is her pearl be-
yond price. May she not barter
either her inheritance or her heritage
for a mess of pottage. The danger
is that in our prosperity we shall for-
get the Providence that four cen-
turies ago unveiled this land to the
gaze of Christendom. The danger is
that we shall let go our grasp on God.
The danger is that in the last an-
alysis we of to-day shall forget that
we did not build the land, or fill the
houses with good things, or dig the
wells. The danger is that being filled
and satisfied we shall become self-
satisfied; that being secured of God
in our prosperity we shall becoms
self-sufficient. Let us beware.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
opines "that: “Publicity would be cer-
tain to increase the number of di-
vorece applications. To impress on the
minds of the people the frequency ot
divorce as a remedy for unhappiness
until it should seem to be the com-
mon course would banish the timidity
the average
An engineer in east Java claims to
have invented an implement with
which two men can cut eighteen tons
of sugar cane a
of nerson.”
aay.
i and
does materia
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.
in God's Word—2 Tim.
3: 14-17. Bible Study Day.
for reference: Deut. 4:
5-10: Chron. 34: :99.33: Aets AT:
11.12: Rom. 1: 16; 25-27.
Permanent personal growth is im-
possibile without Bible study. Efforts
for the kingdom arte usually fruitless
without seed-sowing from the Bible
granary. A successful missionary in
Korea writes, “Nine-tenths - of our
suvceesses are the result of Bible So-
ctety work.” “The husbandman. that
laboreth must be first partaker of
the fruits” (2 Tim. 2: 6). We cannot
recommend or prescribe gomething
we know nothing about. The Bible
is understandable to the honest
searcher or else it is no revelation to
man. A clear, concentrated - mind
must be used on it, as we remember
that the books have a definite pur-
pose and that logic not ignored.
Teachers and helps of the same sort
are absolutely indispensable, if we
fully grip Bible truths and become
equippea as the Master's builders.
lass ‘work ‘is valuable because: ques-
tions, answers and suggestions tonie
the brain, and open side paths for re-
search. The Bible +is to profit us,
build us, furnish us. If we neglect it
we size for heaven, the joy of
usefulness and sfar our crown.
Everyone may get’ triithe-tfat fit his
personality ont of it. Study it as the
miner does mineralogy, as the doctor
medica, as the musician
does the masters, and it will furnish
vou to recognize paying mines, to ef-
fect cures for sick: souls; and to put
music in all reachable lives. Study
to use.
CA. study of the American
ciety work will show the value of the
Pible and thus the necessity of
knowing it and really owning it is
emphasi¥ed. A gold mine is value-
less if the owner of the ground does
not know that gold is hidden there.
The British and Foreign Bible So-
ciety was organized in 1804, and in
191 years. it ‘has issued 192,537,716
copies of the Scriptur=s complete, or
in. parts. The American Bible So-
ciety from its organization in 1S16 to
January 1, 1906, issued 73,509,520)
Iibles, Testaments and portions, in-
creasing from 6.410 in 1816 to 2,235-
755 volumes last year. Tt comput-
ed that in the same time other Bible
Societies and private publishers have
issued at least 175,000,000 900 gopiey:
CHRISTIAN ENDENORNOTES
SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH,
Instruction
Passages
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lose
Bible So-
is
Cod’s omniscience. . Isa.
The deep things. Job.
No hiding from Him.
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Le)
2
40: 12
12; 22-2
24:
-31.
3.
Job. 18-
“Liooketh from heaven.”
12.22.
“In every place.” Prov.
Gives Wisdom. Dan. 2:
No escape. Amos 9:
A true student of nature will
wavs he reverent and humble.
God i3 alone at the origin of all
things: if He i$ not wise, there is na
wisdom.
We sometimes compare God with
some part of His creation, but mora
by way of contrast, as that the one is
weak and the other infinitely stronz.
Suggestions.
It is indeed reasonable that Ha
who created the human brain should
be beyoud the reaeh of the human
brain to understand. !
There is no one
which no greater absurdity
sible—a man criticising God!
God has no knowledge that Ha
wishes to hide from us. He gives it
all to us eagerly, as soon as we can
receive it.
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than
pos
spectacle
is
Illustrations.
There is still ringing in the air
somewhere every word that was ever
spoken. This fact helps us to under
stand God's omniscience.
How marvelous would the mind ot
a man seem to the consciousness of
a grass blade! Is it any wonder that
the mind of man cannot comprehend
the mind of God?
Questions.
Is the thought of God's omniscienca
the comfort to me that it should be?
Am I putting my mind more and
more into harmony with the mind of
God?
Do I dare to find fault with God?
TO KILL ANTS.
The surest way is to find the nest
and dastroy it. Place some grains of
coarse granulated sugar where it will
be found easily by the ants and then
watch cach loaded body as it scampers
over the line of march to the nest.
Often the track ends at a wan, espec-
ially if the house be old, and it may
be necessary to cut away a portion of
the surface before the nest can be
reached. At other times the little fel-
lows make straight for out of doors
with a wisdom one only can marvel
at. Then if followed they will be
seen to enter a hole in the ground.
This the nest. When the nest is
in the house, saturate it thoroughly
with kerosene, or with boiling water,
deing the work quickly, for the spry
little mites wiil hurry to get away
from the death-dealing fluid. Any
portion of the wall or of the flooring
that has been removed in order to
reach the nest can be replaced when
the work is accomplished—New Haven
Register,
A profound German philosopher de-
clares that the scn-in-law of Sir
Philip Sidney wrote Shakespeare. Be-
fore long they'll bring some harmless
mother-in-law into it pleads the At-
lanta Constitution. Certain it is,
however, that the oid nurse in “Romeo
Juliet” w argely responsible
cenes.
is;
the love s
for