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Fine Shooting by a Woman.
The Bisley rifle meeting was de-
signed to be notable for the presence
of a remarkable lady shot, who has
come all the way from Perak, in the
Straits Settlements. The sportswom-
an in question, Mrs. Douglas, has en-
tered for the principal competitions,
and is already practicing on the
ranges in association, with the Malay
States Guides team, in training for
the Kolapore cup competition. Shoot-
ing in India, she has won several
prizes, even making the highest pos-
sible at 1000 yards, and her achieve-
ments at Bisley will be watched with
much interest.—Ladies’ Pictorial.
Elbow Sleeves,
A good many girls wear the fash-
forable sleeves without the slightest
regard for the suitability of their
hands and arms to the short sleeve.
Some time ago a girl whose hands
were very coarse looking and whose
arms and elbows were a bric-red hue
persisted in wearing the shortest of
sleeves in spite of her mother’s as-
surance that the style was not be-
coming. This drew upon her the un-
kind but pointed remark of a sarcas-
tic cousin, who observed that it was
not surprising that Annie’s arms were
red, as no doubt they were blushing
for the uncared-forstateof her hands.
—Home Notes.
om——
Princess Mary's Education.
The Princess of Wales has a great
idea that girls should have every ad-
vantage of modern education, and, so
it is rumored, she is seriously con-
sidering the advisability of sending
her little daughter to school.
Princess Mary, who is a clever lit-
tle needlewoman and is already very
well advanced in her studies for a
child of her age, would undoubtedly
find “‘lessons’’ far more interesting if
she had classmates of her own age
to compete with. It is therefore by
no means unlikely that she will be
sent to school, says Home Notes.
Of course, in that case she would
‘have her private suite of rooms and
of cne lemon.
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Paste in Your Scrap-Book.
‘her own governess in attendance, but
her lessons would be taken with the
other pupils and she would be treated
as one of them, just as Prince Ed-
ward, England’s future King, is at
present only one of the many cadets
at Osborne.
Should She Marry?
The Woman—
Who buys for the mere pleasure of
buying; “
Who expects a declaration of love
three times a day;
Who anticipates in married life a
geod easy snap;
Who thinks it cheaper
bread than bake it;
“Who would rather die than wear
the same bonnet the second season;
Who wants to refurnish her house
every spring; -
Who stays at home only because
she has no other place to visit;
Who would rather nurse a pug
dog than a baby;
Who thinks she can get $5000
worth of style out of a $1000 salary.
Who does not realize how many
pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and
halves there are in $1; .
Who marries in order to have some
one pay her bills;
Who thinks embroidered centre-
pieces and doylies are of more im-
portance than sheets, pillow cases
and blankets;
Who buys bric-a-brac for her draw-
to buy
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ing-room. and borrows kitchen ign and sewed to the underside of chiffon.
sils from her neighbors;
Who cares more for the style of
her winter furs than she does for the
health and comfort of her family;
Who thinks the cook and nurse-
maid can run the house;
Who weeps over the woes of the
heroine in a trashy novel while ig-
noring domestic tragedies directly
under her own nose.—New York
Sun.
——
Beginning of the Corset.
The origin of the much abused cor-
set—abused in one sense by many
physicians and in others by “many
women—dates as far back’ as the ap-
odesme, strophium or zona of the
Greeks, and the fascia, ceinture, ces-
tus or malillare of the Romans. Of
course corsets, properly thus termed,
were unknown to the ancient Romans
and Greeks, but ‘even in those days
women saw the necessity of folds or
bands for supporting the figure, es-
pecially after maternity. The cein-
tures of that period were made of a
dozen yards of wide linen that were
swathed about the figure from hips
to shoulders, and this was often
beautifully ornamented.
The original cestus was a band of
skin placed about the hips, over
which the tunic was pouched, or it
was placed below the bust to raise it.
The cingulam, another device, was
narrower; while the zona was wider
than the cestus.
The waist line made its advent in | their way as are the
ngland with the Norman women, as | ered waists.
then add the sugar little by little, still beating.
whites to a stiff froth and add to the yolks.
very gently, so as not to break the air bubbles, add the lemon
the Anglo-Saxons wore gowns like
cloaks and showed no waist line.
‘The Norman women, on the con-
trary, garbed themselves in hides
laced with leather thongs, and these
were followed in later years with
stuff girdles having busks of wood or
metal, and then came iron corsets.
Catherine de Medici commanded
the women of her court to have thir-
teen-inch waists — one shudders to
think of what tortures they must
have gone through, but perhaps thir-
teen inches were a more elastic meas-
urement in that court of trickery and
corruption than now.
Corsets in the sixteenth century
were very handsome, and were worn
outside of the robe to show their
each other in their costliness and
beauty. - Disgusted by the excess of
their cost, Henry XIV. of France for-
bade any of his subjects to wear them
save “femmes de joie et aux filons,”
in whom he was not interested.
It was in the sixteenth century that
corset specialists appeared, and wom-
en were fitted with much care. All
sorts of shapes were made, and they
were laced at either side, and the
front as well as at the back, and®
were made of every material possible.
Not until as late as 1842 did the
corset as we know it make its appear-
ance, and since then, especially of
late years, its development has been
rapid, and to-day the art of corset-
making seems to have achieved per-
fection. ‘ Skilled fitters are trained
to correct all minor and some majqQg
defects of deficient or too redundant
figures with the aid of their steels,
whalebone and cloth, and to set off
to the greatest advantage the natural
grace and beauty of the perfect fig-
ure. Or if one has a decadent taste
for a hipless, undeveloped figure,
such as the modes of the day seem
made for, then the corsetmaker is so
skilled as to be able to shape and
push flesh and muscles from one spot
to another and work wonders in the
way of reduction.—New York Times.
Chinaboy’s Sponge Cake.—The ingredients called tor are
eight eggs, one pint of sugar, three gills of flour and the juice
Beat the yolks until lemon colored and thick,
Beat the
Put in the flour
juice and pour into a shallow tin lined with buttered paper.
Bake about twenty minutes in a steady oven. r
Honeymoons—Past and Present.
Mrs. George Cornwallis-West, bet-
ter known, perhaps, as Lady Ran-
dolph Churchill, in her interesting
reminiscences, relates the following
anent the length of the honeymoon
twenty-five years ago, compared with
to-day:
“One custom,” she says, “which
has changed very much, is the inter-
val thought necessary before a mar-
ried couple can appear after their
honeymoon. Two or three days at
the outside is all that is now required
after the wedding. But in the old
days it was supposed to be quite ex-
traordinary, if not actually improper
and embarrassing, to mix with your
fellow creatures for at least a month.
“Shortly after my marriage I was
presented to Czar Alexander II. at a
ball given in his honor at Stafford
House. On being told that I had
been married only a few weeks, he
exclaimed, fixing his cold, gray eyes
on me with a look of censure: ‘Et ici
deja?’ (and you here already?)”’
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The present straight cut skirt does
not appear to advantage when short.
Huge roses are cut from the print
Nine-tenths of the handsome cos-
fumes worn at the Southern resoris
are princess.
The ostrich feather boas that are
so fashionable are not necessarily of
a solid color. .
Square neck effects, deep or shal-
low, are becoming, and the style is
quite the thing just now.
At least two interlinings of chiffon
or net are necessary to get the best
result for a chiffon gown. .
‘Where a cretonne coat is worn one
should make sure that it possesses
some original features in cut or de-
tail. -
Brown hats are seen on all sides,
but the trimming is invariably a bril-
liant color, such as cherry or emerald
green.
Embroidered edges on underwear
take on added daintiness when fin-
jshed with frills of narrow lace set
on underneath.
One’s skirt may be of voile and the
jacket of silk with many stitched
bands of voile, while the bodice is
more than likely of lace.
There are not so many violets used
on the hats this seasen as in some
former years, but those that are seen
are uncommonly handsome.
Many handsome pieces in embroid-
ery are made with the Cluny lace
braids, and shirt waists of linen dec-
orated with open patterns carrizd out
in these braids are as ctive
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~ THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
REV. DR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS.
Theme: The Enrichment of Life.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—For the last time
until the fall the “Rev. Dz. Newell
Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth
Church, preached Sunday morning.
His subject was ‘The Enrichment of
Life.” The text was from John 9:
15: ‘I have come that you may have
life, and that you may have it more
abundantly.”
The time was when scientists be-
lieved that life was spontaneous. It
is forty years since Huxley published
his article on the Bathybius. The
scientist held that there was a gela-
tinous substance in the bottom of
deep sea along the heat line of the
equator. This sheet of living matter
enveloping the earth held the proto-
plasm that was the germ of all living
things that creep or walk or fly. The
union of the earth and the deep sea
water and the tropic heat brought
forth the substance that mothered all
life. The theory was so novel that
the Challenger was fitted out for deep
sea dredging. But the expedition
brought the keenest disappointment
to the scientist. The investigators
found white sand at the bottom of
the tropic seas, and the Bathybius be-
came as mythical as the Trojan horse..
Then scientists set themselves about”
the task of producing life by chemical
means., To make sure there were no
pre-existing germs they boiled the
water, roasted the earth, and cleaned
the air and then sealed all three up
in jars, which they kept at blood
heat, in the hope of developing spon-
taneously living germs of an order no
matter how low. For twenty years
the experiments were continued, with
the result that all scientists agree
that life comes only from pre-exist-
ing life. If you want the living shock
of corn, you must begin with the liv-
ing seed thrust into the ground. If
you want the fig or the grape, you.
must find the root or cutting. The
babe’s life comes from the mother
who lives before it. Even character
comes from contact. Goodness is an
importation and salvation an exotic.
No man can will himself into gentle-
ness. A profane man in his child’s
presence can set a watch upon: his
tongue, but planting a lid on: Vesu-
vius does not put out the subterra-
nean fires. The man nfay restrain
his hatred of the enemy, but he can-
not will himself into loving the false
friend who stabbed him in the back.
The selfish man compels himself to
give, but God alope can stir the gen-
erosity that makes giving a supreme
joy. Jairus’ daughter cannot bid
herself to live; Christ standing above
fer gives life for death.” If you have
the living plant, the vital spark in
the root will take up the dead soil
and lend it life. And if you have the
living Christ in the heart the soul
that is dead in selfishness or dishonor
or falsehood can live unto sympathy,
justice and love. Christ came to give
life. There is no spontaneeus good-
ness. We lift our eves unto the life
giver, the joy producer—unto the
Saviour of the soul. >
Now, what all the world’s a seek-
ing is life—more life. Growth? - It
is a question of vital force. Health?
It is the overflowing, outbreaking vi-
tality of the body. Death? It ap-
proaches when there is not life
enough to take up the bread and
meat and turn it into rich red blood.
A little life means little work can be
done. A little mind means that a
few books will suffice. A small na-
ture means that it needs only two or
three friends. A great, royal, divine,
universal soul, pulsating,’ glowing
and throbbing with life, means a vi-
talized intellect. This is an intellec-
tual law.: We speak of some young
people as having hungry minds. The
young scholar devours facts, conver-
sation, the statements of books, and
friends. He vitalizes everything he
touches. The events go into his in-
tellect in the morning as raw mate-
rial, rags and wood pulp. The
knowledge comes out of his intellect
at night in the form of literature. He
has a vitalized mind. He possesses
life, creative. If he 3s a poet, give
him the great authors, the great sing-
sages. Witness the way Schiller di-
gested the books of Goethe. Witness
Millet's mastery of the old teachers.
Witness Mozart's swift progress in
music.- No imitators these men.
Every page is stamped with individ-
uvality. What is the secret of their
success? Plainly, fulness of life.
Without this abundant life all strug-
gle is failure. This one youth has no
gift with the brush; he may break
his heart, but he will die a paint
grinder. Another toils over his
rhymes, but the inspiration will not
come. The advocate stumbles on,
seeking after the necessary word, if
haply he may find the idea. And
each in turn ends the struggle in de-
spair. What does he need? Life.
More life for the intellect, as writer;
more life for the imagination as art-
ist; more life and passion as reform-
er and orator, more life as a saint.
Men need moral talent for prayer,
spiritual genius for purity and peace.
For all talent is a gift and unique
supremacy is an endowment from
God. The unseen Father ordains the
parents to hand forward their gifts
up to the children. Remember that
Christ has come to give life and to
give it abundantly.
In these college commencement
days our illustrations should come
from the realm of education. Here
and now we recall Matthew Arnold’s
definition of culture — a familiarity
with the best that has been done, or
thought or said. And to this senti-
ment let us add his other word:
“There is a power in the universe,
not ourselves, that makes for right-
eousness.”” What is culture for the
scholar? There is something in the
books of great men—in the sage who
thinks for us, the poet who signs for
us, the orator who pleads for us, the
: | 100 tons of molten steel.
hero who dies for us and that wisdom
beyond ourselves comes in, floods the
scholar’s soul and transforms him.
And there is a physical power in the
world, not ourselves, and that we in-
voke for progress. Man's arm lifts
100 pounds, but there is a power in
the steam, not ourselves, that lifts
Man's leg
runs four miles an hour, but there is
a power in the flywheel of his engine
that will help him to run across this
‘of every; great
ers, and he will extract their mes=
| are not,.—Baptist Argus
continent in four days without losing
breath or-bringing tire. “Man's voice
is no stionger than it was in the days
when :Ggesar made 10,000 soldiers
hear higtommand, but now a power
not in himself but in electricity
makes for eloquence and speech
across a thousand miles of space.
And how shall we explain the trans-
formation of impetuous Peter, and
assionful David and this cold, craf;
¥,” ambitigus, crirel rabbi, Saul, into
gu gentle Paul? :There is a power
n the universe not David, or Peter,
nor Saul, that makes for righteous-
ness. Christ descended upon them to
give life, and to give it more abund-
antly. How do you explain the Ital-
jan Renaissance? There was a pow-
er in the world that made for beauty
and sweetness, that descended upon
the young scholar. How do you ae-
count for the German Reformation?
There was a power in the universe
that made for faith, and character,
and self-surrender. And that power
descended on MartinLuther. Whence
came - the Puritan Reformation in {
England?. The explanation was not
in. John Eliot, or Sir Harry Vane, or
John Pym. There was a power in
the world that made for'the sense of
personal worth, inspiring each man
to give an account of himself to God,
challenging him to stand upon his
own feet and assert his manhood,
urging the sense of brotherhood, and
that unseen power flooded the souls
of the Pilgrim Fathers and the Eng-
lish heroes, and changed the face of
the: whole world. Well may the men
era of outbreaking ge-
nius exclaim: “We lift our eyes unto
the hills from whence cometh our
help.” “Our help cometh from the
Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
Let us now praise famous men of
old,. who have redeemed the people.
But Tet us remember that God clothed
the knight with His shining armor,
that God pressed that blade with the
two edge into tHe hero’s hand; that
God lent the soldiers their paens of
victory that they sing beside the
camp fires; that Christ came to lead
His followers forth to their holy war,
giving them life, yea, life abundantly.
This principle also explains the se-
cret of growth that begins with life.
The old idea was that salvation was
by intellectual culture. Christ's idea
is salvation by life through the new
heart. Bald intellectualism says
“Blessed be wisdom.” Christ says,
“Blessed is character.” Here is a
little child. In his selfishness he
seizes his sister’s littletoy and breaks
it. Time and growth will increase
the amount of his selfishness and
make him strike his own wife and
break the heart of his little child, for
growth increases the size, does not
change the sort. Here is the youth
who Is sowing wild oats. Little by
little he is draining off all the vital
forces. The false friend says, “Don’t
be discouraged; he will outgrow
this.” But every farmer is in terror
when he finds the wild oats growing
amidst the tame. The wild oats
drink up the rain, steal the richness
from the soil, starve the tame oats.
And if they do this when the false
oats are.young, time and growth sim-
ply multiply the havoc. Time can do
nothing for a youth who is sowing
wild oats save gather the harvest of
pain, disaster and heartbreak. Time
can turn a spark into a conflagration,
growth can turn a little leak into a
large one that will ruin the dike and
submerge the land. Given a disease,
time does not cure it, but only en-
larges and spreads the poisoned tis-
sue. Given a selfish child, growth
turns him into a monster. Given an
avaricious child, time and growth
produce a miser. Given a tricky and
cunning child, years end with a Ben-
edict Arnold or an Aaron Burr, or a
Judas and a Apostate Julian. What
the .wild thorn needs is the rich life
of a double rose grafted within, The
orchardist can use the wild root, but
he cuts from a tested peach or plum
a cutting that turns the sour sap into
sugar. It is new life we need. Jesus
was right when He showed the se-
cret, the new heart, that brings vie-
tory and peace. - :
‘ Disheartened and discouraged, the
way is not to flee from God, but to
flee to Him. We live and move and
have our being in God, as our world
floats in amethyst and ether, borrow- |
ing all its colors from the light that
surrounds it. We have our life from
Christ as the tree has its life in the |
rich juices of the soil, wherein the|
tree is rooted—the stimulating at- |
mosphere with which the boughs ars |
surrounded, and the all-embracing |
sunshine that lends warmth
and |
beauty to the sweet blossoms and the |
ripe fruit. a |
Spiritual Religion. |
If our religion is to be real and|
truly spiritual, it must be rooted and |
grounded in brotherly love. “He that |
hateth his brother cannot know God,” |
nor can he know man. The preston
Christian quality of love will oper |
the eyes of our spirits to the abiding |
beauty of every human soul, to the |
temptations resisted as well as to}
those which have conquered, to tha |
aspiration after something highe? |
struggling like a piant in a dark dun- |
geon towards the light, to the glorious |
possibilities hidden in the being of |
every child of God. = That clear per- |
ception of the good concealed within |
our brothers and sisters will help us|
to catch some bright glimpses of our |
Father in Heaven. It is human
seifishness, which hides the true rd
ture of God's children, however de-|
graded they may have bLecome by |
their own fault or the fault of others, |
from our sight; it is the same deep, |
deadly shadow which darkens our |
own perception of God. Through
brotherly love filial affection to God
is born in human hearts, and Witen)
that sacred emotion has once filied|
our whole being, spiritual religion id)
known and loved.—Arthur W. Fox. |
The Cause of Much Trouble.
All kinds of doubts, disappoint-
ments, vexations and sins come to tha |
professing Christian who makes his
religion secondary. If his main con- |
cern is to get on in the world, tal
make money, to have a comfortabld |
time, to indulge a taste or inclina4
tion, then come in a troop the thingd|
which chase away sleep and pierce |
with anxieties and doubts.
Our usefulness, our happiness, our |
growth, our triumph, are to come, if |
they come at all, as the result of giv-
and me st things or stop tryi
to deceive ourselves and others
claiming to be Chris when
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM-
MENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 13.
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Subject: David Made King Over Ju-
dah and Israel, 2 Sam. 2:1-7;
5:1-5—Golden Text, 2 Sam.5:10
—Commit & Sam. 5:4, 5.
TIME.—1055-1048 B. C. PLACE.
—Hebron. .
EXPOSITION.—I. David Anointed
ing Over Judah in Hebron, 1-4a.
David at this period of his life seems
to have taken every step in simple de-
pendence upon the guidance of the
Lord (cf. ch. 5:19-23; 1 Sam. 23:2,
4,9, 612; 30: 7, 8), and thus he made
no false steps. He obtained God’s
guidance by asking for it (cf. Jas!
1:5,7). He trusted in the Lord with
all his heart, and leaned not to his
own understanding, in all his ways he
acknowledged the Lord, and He di-
rected his paths (cf. Prov. 3:5, 6).
Doubtless the mind of the Lord was
ascertained by consulting the Urim
(cf. Nu.-27-21; Ex. 23:30, B.. V.
marg.;1 Sam. 23:2-4, 9-12). No one
knows just how the stones in the
breastplate made known the mind of
God, and it is useless to speculate
about it. We have in these days a
better way to find the mind of God,
by the written Word and by the
guidance of the living Spirit of God
(Isa. 8:20; Ps. 119: 105-130; Acts
8:29; 16:6, 7). The name of the
city to which God bade him go up is
significant, for Hebron means fellow-
ship, and David began his conquest
of the land in fellowship with God.
That is where we must all first go,
if we wish to enter upon a life of con-
stant victory. Many of us are not
conquerors as David was simply be-
cause we have never gone up to
Hebron. It was in this city that
David was first anointed king of Ju-
dah (v. 4), and afterwards king of all
Israel. The one who would enter
upon a life of kingly authority and
power must go up to Hebron (Jno.
15:4-16). David did just as the Lord
directed him. He did not go alone,
but took his wives with him. They
had been partners in his rejection and
persecutions, and now were to be
partners in his glory. Just so those
who have shared with Jesus Christ in
His rejections and sufferings shall
share with Him in His glory (cf. Lu.
292:23..929; 2 Tim. 2:12: Ro. 8:17,
18). Of course, it was not right for
David to have two wives, not accord-
ing to God’s original ordinance con-
cerning marriage (Gen. 2:24; Matt.
19:4-9), but we must in justice to
David remember that there was not
the clear light in his day upon this
subject that there is in our day. Men
must be judged by the light that they
possess. At this point in his career
David was seeking to serve God with
a whole heart. All types are neces-
sarily imperfect, especially iypes
where men are types of Christ, yet
the wives of David are types of the
church, the bride of Christ (cf. Eph.
5:25-32), to at least this. extent that
the church will share with Christ in
His reign just as she has shared with
Christ in His rejection (cf. Rev. 19:6-
9). These who now came inio power
with David had been in sore distress
before they came to David, “in dis-
tress,” “in debt’ and “bitterness of
soul” (1 Sam. 22:2, R. V., marg.).
Those who now rally around Christ,
and who will hereafter enter into
glory “with Him, are largely of the
same class. These men dwelt close
to. David (ef. Jno, 14:3: 1 Thess.
4:17).
iI. David and the Men of Jabesh-
gilead, 4b-7. The action of David
might seem a piece of shrewd strat-
.egy, but everything points to absolute
sincerity in the matter on David's
fpart (cf. eh. 1:13-16, 17-27; 4:5-12).
;David in’ the greatness of his soul
really honored Saul as his rightful
sovereign (cf. 1 Sam. 24:4-S; 26:7-
1i). His nobility cf heart led him to
do the very thing that the most
yolitic. There is no pe
s0 wise as
at. to which a ge 3 heart
prompts a man. David wishes for
the men of Jabesh-gilead the hign-
est form of prosperity, blessesdness
from the Lord. They had shown
kindness unto Saul, and now Jehovah
would show ‘kindness and truth”
What we sow we also
God treats us as we treat our
fellow-men (Matt.5:7; 6:14, 15; 7:1,
2:2 Tim: 1:16-18). David did nol
content himself with wishing that
Jehovah might reward their kind-
ness, but he undertook to reward it
also. There are many whose generos-
ity towards others exhausts itself in
pious wishes. As they had been
d valiant for Saul while he
lived, David expected them to be val-
iant for him now that Saul was dead
and he had been anointed in Saul's
2
3
stead.
11. David Anointed King Over
Israel in Hebron, ch. 5:1-5. After
i seven years and a half of waiting, at
last the whole nation recognized
David as the divinely chosen king.
They ought to have seen it long be-
fore. After doing all they could to
thwart God's plan and to destroy
David, they now recognized him as
their bone and {flesh (v. 1), and the
one who had led them out and
brought them in to victory. Better
yet, they recognizel him as the one
whom Jehovah had appointed to feed
His people Israel, and to be captain
over them. Israel is rejecting the
real David to-day, but the time is
| coming when all Israel will recognize
Hira (Zech. 12:9, 10; 13:1; Rom.
11:25, 26). The league they made
with David was before the Lord. The
only covenant that is of any real value
is the one that is made in the Lord’s
| presence and for His glory.
Remarks the Richmond Times-Dis
patch: Persons who are able to flee
to the mountains as soon as the hot
season opens may well afford to treat
the mosquito pest with indifference;
not so with those who must stay at
home all the year round. To stay
indoors on a swcltering evening is
unbearable, but scarcely less so to
i sit on the lawn when the mosquitoes
| are busy. There is no doubt that
{ proper attention to the mosqulitc
voole would greatly abate, if it did no:
ate, the
mosquito pest.
CHRISTIAN ENDERIOR NOTES
SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH.
Commending Our Society — L.By
Church Attendance.—Ps. 26:
1-12; Heb. 10: 21-25.
Waiting on God. Ps. 52: 8, 9.
Old and young. Ps. 148: 11-13.
Good listeners. Eccle. 5: 1-3.
Singing. Ps. 98: 4-6. ~
Edifying. 1 Cor. 14: 26-28.
The ordinances. 1 Cor. 11: 23-26.
The only real church-going is when
the heart goes, and not merely the
body (Ps 26: 8.) ° : :
The church-goer stands on. an even
place or on the up-grade; the non-
church-goer stands on the down-grade
(Ps 26: 12.)
No one can be good alone as he
could be with others to help him;
this fact is a strong reason for church-
going (Heb. 10: 24.)
~ Forsake the assembling of your-
selves together, and how much for-
sakes you!—help, warnings, comfort,
instruction, and _ many: other good
things (Heb. 10: 25.) °
’ Thoughts.
Church-going is a habit, easily form-
ed, and still more easily broken.
Young people should go to church
more than their elders, as they are
less often sick, and their~feligious ed-
ucation is in process.
No other institution of the church
50 emphasizes the duty of church-go-
ing as the Christian Endeavor so-
ciety.
Christian Endeavor is training the
church of the future; and it will be a
church-going church.
Illustrations.
How much we should gladly pay if
the sermon were a lecture and the
church music were a concert!
We cannot support any organiza-
tion, such as a debating club, or a
political party, without attending
meetings.
Religion is a business, and needs
the conference of partners; it is a
war, and needs the campfire and the
drill-ground.
Numbers count for enthusiasm. An
army, straggling through a wilderness,
broke into loud cheers and rushed for-
ward against the foe as soon as it
came out into the plain and saw it-
self together.
CPWOATH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.
The Christian’s Path to Fame—Mark
10. 35.45; Phil. 2. 1-8.
No man .can say, “Go to! 1 will
now be famous!”—not even a good
man. Anyone that rises above the
medicre achievement and ordinary in-
tellectual treadmill of the crowd in
which he lives will have some recog-
nition. And the fact should be -ham-
mered into the young people of our
churches that a little hard work on
some good hooks, a little persistence
in good society, a little earnesiness in
developing the talents God has given
most of his human creatures will cer-
tainly give a young man or womain
some proper recognition among folks.
Now, there are lots of ways of be-
coming famous, and some are very
startling and some are very selfish.
And there are many ways for a Chris-
‘tian to become famous, for there are
many things to do and quite a num-
ber of people for whom they must be
done. But from the standpoint of
conscience and of character there is
but one way for a Christian to be
famous. He must use his brain and
his ability to work in-an application
of the second great commandment.
This is the only pathway to fame in
which he can keep his Christianity.
And, after all, this the abiding
basis of all true fame. The man who
is busy piling up kind deeds in love
for others will find himself some day
standing on a pyramid high above all
the glittering accumulations of sel-
fishness. Sometimes ae single deed
of perfect love and sacrifice will re-
veal to the world the self-forgetful
soul that all men reverence. A
man’s work must be seen to be good,
for the man himself to he visible for
fong. The only abiding basis
for fame is a human heart that has
been helped, a human life that has
been enriched. The fame of loving-
kindness robs no man of his due re-
ward, but only adds a premium to all
decent living.
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RUST STAINS ON MATTING.
Rust stains cn matting may be re
moved in this manner: Have ready
some muriatic acid, a hot irom, dry
cloths, an old nail brush, a sponge
a bowlful of boiling water, and twg
pailfuis cf clean cold water.
Cover the spots with paper and
place the hot ircn on this. When ths
matting bot dip a glass rod O1
stick in the acid and touch the stain;
it will instantly turn to a bright yel
is
low. Wash quickly with the boiling
water, using the nail brush; ther
with the clear water, using the
spenge; wipe dry. rork must be
id removed
cated spong
done quickly and all
from the matting by rep
ing with clean water.
When possible heat the
the acid acts more quickly
than on a cold substance.
Straw matting wili look bright and
fresh at the end of the summer if It
is carefully washed over with a sof!
cloth wrung out of salt and water ev
stain, as_
cn a het
ery time it is swept—New York
Press.
Scalloped Sgquash.—Peel, cut inte
small pieces and boil until tender
Butter a baking dish, then put im 2
layer of squash, the salt, eay
and a layer
butter
enne
Repeat this until dish is
the
top layer a
whic
bake unt
bs, cover
se and
1ich is about
29 minutes.