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FROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
Czarina Prohibits Tobacco.
The czarina of Russia has not only:
forbidden the ladies of her court to
smoke, but has ordered the Princess
Galitzin to inform them-that she .dis-
likes the odor of tobacco. It is said
that this dislike is limited and only
recently acquired. No one has ever
heard that she objected to the use
of tobacco by her husband or -any
other man. It is a case of “women
only.”—New York Sun.
Please Omit Gifts.
Miss Nora Stanton Blatch, grand-
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan-
ton, added to all the invitations to her
wedding, “Please omit gifts.” Miss
Blatch, now Mrs. De Forest, is one of
the honor graduates of Cornell univer-
sity, and up to the time of her mar-
riage was in the employ of the city
of New York as a civil engineer. She
is said to have been the first woman
civil engineer in this country.—New
York Sun. :
Mrs. Philip N. Moore.
Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St. Louis,
who has been elected president of the
General Federation of - Women’s clubs
at Boston, to serve for two years, has
been prominent in women’s club mat-
ters for a number of years. She has
been first vice-president, correspond-
ing secretary and treasurer-general of
the general federation and president
of the Collegiate Alumnae association.
Before her murriage, in 1879, she was
Miss Eva Perry of Rockford, 111. Mrs.
Moore’s husband is a prominent min-
ing engineer.—Indianapolis News.
Hair Tells Tales.
Hands, feet, eyes, fingers—all have
been used as delineators of character.
And now it is the turn of the hair.
Dull black hair is said to denote a
jealous disposition and a tendency to
treachery.
The lighter the color of the hair, the
more sensitive is the owner to criti-
cism, and the more quick to)feel real
or fancied injuries.
The possessor of brown hair of a
good deep color and firm texture is
usually distinguished by good: judg-
ment, good reasoning power, and plen-
ty of common sense.
Women with red ‘hair, though some-
times too impulsive and oulspoken,
. are as. a rule, truthful and honest, with
fair common sense. They are usually
the brightest, sunniest and gentlest
of mortals. 3
A woman with straight and “unyield-
ing” hair, particularly if dark in color
has a firm and highly principled na-
ture. She is determined, perhaps even
a little obstinate, but in the main ex-
tremely dependable.—Boston Post.
The Marrying Age.
Girls are told frequently of the ideal
age at which to marry, the counsel
being lost upon them.
Perhaps this is partly due to the
fact that there. is no ideal age, the
~ time for life’s important event - being
gauged largely by opportunity.
Doubtless Bome girls at 18 are ma-
ture enough mentally and physically
to make a wise choice and be ready
for the responsibilities it involves.
Other girls at 18 are children, in no-
‘wise fitted either to make a selection
or to fulfil the duties that follow. The
child-wife business has gone out of fa-
vor since the days when Dickens made
David Copperfield marry an amiable
and brainless chit.
On the other hand, the woman who
sets an arbitratary age as the proper
one for marriage may have difficulty
in finding a man whose views coin-
cide with her own, and who is avail-
able otherwise.
However, the graver mistake is
made by the girl who weds so young
as. to cheat herself out of girlhood.
Not only does-she lose one of the
most pleasing chapters of her life, but
she enters, generally, into a realm for
which she is in every way unfit.—Phil-
adelphia Ledger. b
Tends to Bettering Condition.
Does newspaper notoriety tend to
the bettering of existing conditions?
Post-parliament decided that it does.
But the 30 or 40 women present at the
meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria had
some difficulty in making up their
minds after they had .listened : for
three quarters of an hour to an infor-
mal discussion of the press. First
would come a speech lauding the
newspapers as great educators of the
average boy and girl who stops edu-
cation with the public school without
half knowing how to live. Then some-
body would point to the free informa-
tion which the newspapers dissemin-
ate as to the best ways to commit sui-
cide, crake a safe, etc. When it was
all over some of the women were in
the frrme of mind of the judge who
said it always confused him to hear
more than one side. Still a majority
held that newspaper ‘“notorfety” is a
good taing.
“We" all know the Ten Command-
ments,” said Mrs. Margaret Holmes
Bates, the first speaker, “but now we
are coming to know that there is an
eleventh—'If you do these things, take
heed not to be found out.”
“That notoriety which is given to
the details of crime is regretted by
many,” said Mrs. Belle de Rivera, “yet
these reports show the vesult of crime
and therefore act as a deterrent. And
again, how often would it be possible
for a criminal to elude justice, if it
| rew i teacher
were not for the pictures etc., printed
in the papers?”
“I don’t believe publicity acconiplish-
‘es much good,” objected “Mrs. Freder-
ick Dana. ihook at
sure the. afd 6fs a¢difihe cat with “that
have: been: given pit icity enough, but
without any apparent result.” he
Mrs. Linda Hyll Larned -had come
down from _Syracuse- to tell about the
state trade school, of which she is
president. “There was a suicide of ‘a
prominent person in Syracuse,” said
Mrs. Larned; “and*it wis immediately
followed by a number of others. As
for the d&Scriptions of robbers and
e Smoot case. I'm
‘murderers that the ‘papers give, I think
the culprits -should be tremendously
grateful.. If the papers were not so ex-
plicit, the -pelice could often catch
people who now get away. On the oth-
er hand, in many small places the
only way to get anything done is to
keep knocking away in the papers.”’—
New York Tribune. -
The Prize of Life.
““Life is just our chance of learning
love.”
All day that verse of Browning's
has been running in my mind, sug-
. gested by a letter from a girl who
thinks her heart is broken.
Learning: love! What is it’ to learn
love?
We have inherited such queer no-
tions of love from those remote ances-
tors of ours, whose idea of affection
was to seize by the hair the object of
their longings, and club it off to their
private, particular cave. x
In consequence, our notion ‘of love
means, very largely, wanting a thing
—or person—and taking it! E
And it does not require a long life
to make us adept in’ this kind of love.
It begins to come quite naturally
when ‘we are babies and howl for the
moon or snatch at sweets. “As we
grow older the change. is merely in the
objects for which we howl-and snatch.
It is no great prize—that emotion
of wanting .a thing too badly. We
find out early, if we learn anything at
all ‘by experience, that the selfishness.
which®is at the very root of this kind
of “love” is respomsible for most of
the sorrow and misery of humankind.
It is not worth while to spend life
in learning ‘a thing which brings us
the bitter pains for every pleasure. The
poet no more meant this selfish pas-
sion when he wrote of the “prize of
love” than did that highminded Heb-
when he counseled,
“Love one another.”
The true meaning of love is unself-
ishness—that “seeketh not her own.”
Please ponder that, my girl reader,
who loves, or thinks she does, or hopes
to love. Lo .
Love gives wisely—or as wisely re-
frains from giving, which is some-
thing more difficult. Love is noble, re-
joicing in another’s joy, even though
that may mean its own sorrow. Love
comprehends all. Love asks noth-
ing for its own selfish ends.
This kind of love is so far above the
dross of earth that it sincerely strives
to put away all desire and jealousy.
It is like the sun, shining to bless. It
makes no claims nor demands. Its
only jealousy is for the perfection of
love itself, in mutually unselfish beau-
ty.
Self is the only person for whom
there is mo room in love.
And -it is this utterly selfless love
which is a glorious prize, worth living
a long, hard, slow progressing but ever
learning life to master.—Sara Langs-
troth in the New York Telegraph.
Fashion Notes.
Rough silks are smart.
JA tan pongee waist goes well with a
suit in tones of brown.
Even the long sleeved linen waist
i worn with the jumper dresses.
Satin-finished wools and wool mater-
ials are much in demand by dealers.
Satin is forcing its way to the front,
but so far is only seen made up in
coats and jackets.
Satin, Egyptienne, a fabric with a
woolen warp is‘a smart material well
adapted to the direétoire modes.
The new satins are being manufac-
tured in especially firm textures to re-
sist the strain of close fitting skirts.
There are some novelties in tailored
stocks which are taking well, These
are in stitched taffeta si with tab
fronts in plain and plaid effects.
When making a dainty little kimono
of some flimsy material make a de-
tachable lining of albatross, which may
be tacked on for cooler weather.
A purple colored mousseline gown
had a lining of mouse gray taffeta
veiled with the.same toned chiffon. A
gray hat trimmed with crimson cox-
combs went with it.
Blue and white printed Chinese cot-
ton crepe is used for gowns trimmed
with bands of plain blue cotton crepe
thickiy soutached in white and studded
with white cotton tassels.
For simple house frocks batiste and
challis are desirable materials. The
former comes in plain and shadow
check weaves in a variety of shades,
the challis showing most delightful
printings.
The white guimpe with plain school
frock is familiar, but a little pewer is
the idea of a dress of plain color
wodn over a plaid guimpe. This gives
a pleasing variety fo the supply of
school dresses.
4
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE.
Theme: Doing the Impossible. :
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The, Rev. Dr.
Charles Edward Locke, pastor of the
Hanson Place. Methodist * Episcopal
Church, Sunday ‘evening, to ‘a large
audience, preached. on: “Doing ‘What
.Cannot Be Done.” His text was Mat-
thew 17:20: “Nothing shall be im-
vossible unto vou.” Dr. Locke said
in the ‘course of his ‘sermon:
-That is a most exquisite: Homent:
when in the midst of rich.treasures
of the Art Gallery of the Vatican, one
"stands for the first time before Raph-
“a€l’s masterpiece of “The Transfiura-
:tlon.” .It was the great artist’s last
work; .and before its pigments were
dry it was carried in his funeral pro-
cession. "This masterful genius defied
a well known canon of art in attempt-
ing to portray two distinct themes on
the same canvas; but Raphael was a
good theologian - as well as an un-
rivaled artist. He caught the double
meaning of the Transfiguration and
saw in it not only the Glorification of
Jesus, but the .emanciaption of man-
kind.
When Jesus came down from the
radiant mountain summit an anxious
father met him with the earnest re-
quest. “Lord, have mercy on my son,”
humbly explaining to Jesus that he
had first taken his aficted boy to the
disciples, but they could not cure him.
Jesus said: “Bring him hither to
Me,” and the child was cured that
very hour. In perplexity the "disci-
ples asked of Jesus, “Why could not
we cast him out?” and Jesus replied,
“Because of your unbelief; for verily
I say unto you if ye have faith as a
grain of mustard seed —nothing shall
be impossible unto vou.” In casting
out the world’s devils and in alleviat-
fing the woes of humanity, nqthing
shall be impossible—and this is the
program of Jesus.
not be done’ is the program of Jesus.
“Faith as a grain of mustard seed.”
“All things are possible to him that
believeth.”
Faith laughs at impossibiltie,
And cries it shall be done.
“Jesus never despises .a little
faith.” On that late afternoon on
the banks of Galilee, when the multi-
tude was hungry and the town was
far away, Jesus, to test Philip, in-
quired: “Whence shall we buy bread
that these may eat?” and mathemat-
ical Philip thought that two hundred
pennyweight would not be sufficient.
Then Andrew forabrief instant had a
vision of faith as he suggested that
there was a lad there who had five
barley loaves and two fishes; but An-
drew, too, quickly adopted the arith-
metical process and disconsolately
added: “But what are they among so
many?” Jesus, however, did not dis-
count or overlook Andrew’s mo-
mentary vision and faith; and on the
basis “of Andrew’s “little faith” the
miracle of the feeding of the five
thousand was performed. It was
faith as a grain of mustard seed only,
but it accomplished the impossible.
Tertullian once: said of - an" event:
“It is certain because it is impossi-
ble,” and Richard Cobden, when told
that a certain thing was impossible,
replied: “If that is all, let us set
about it at once.” General Arm-
strong, of Hampton, said: Doing
what cannot be done is the glory of
living,” and his great schools for In-
dian and negro youth became possi-
ble. Carisle impatiently wrote: “Im-
possible! It is not a lucky word!
Who is it says there is a lion in the
way? Sluggard, thou must slay the
lion; the way must be traveled!”
Mirabeau shouted: “Impossible, that
blockhead of a word!” And the great
Napoleon characteristically declared:
“Impossible! It is not a French word.
Genius is the art of overcoming the
impossible!”
Christianity is the art of overcom-
ing the impossible. Impossible is not
in the vocabulary of the Christian.
This is the program of Jesus.
Christianity has already achieved
the impossible in the overthrow of
the vast Roman Empire. To destroy
the power and glory of Rome as they
appeared two thousand years ago in-
trenched in impregnable fortresses
and defended by ever victorious
Roman legions, seemed an impossible
result.
Christianity has achieved the im-
possible in the final eradication of
human slavery, a diabolical institu-
tion culminated in the customs; for-
tunes, constitutions, conscience and
traditions of men. So, indeed, shall
the day surely come when nations
shall not learn war any more. And,
when that prophecy of Isaiah shall
have been fulfilled, which commands,
“Loose the bonds of wickedness and
undo the heavy burdens,” then the
accursed liquor traffic will be over-
thrown, and the ‘deadliest thraldom
which has ever blighted manhood will
be ended. This damnable traffic in
strong drink fills the prisons with
criminals, the hospitals with ‘the in-
sane, and the poorhousss with pau-
pers. Recently a great brewery com-
pany of this country has published in
its paid advertisements a libelous
statement that the founder of Meth-
odism favored the manufacture and
sale of liquors as a beverage. The
statements are mischievous lies. The
greatest total abstinence society ‘in
Christendom is the Methodist Church.
Such demoniacal lies will only hasten
the downfall of old Gambrinus in
this country. The devil is a liar, and
the father of lies, and we would ex-
pect him to defraud his infernal busi-
ness by lies and misrepresentations.
Lincoln’s great prophecy of February
22, 1840, has been partially fulfilled,
and will surely be completely real-
ized, “When there shall be neither
slave nor drunkard upon the earth!”
Then, too, the brotherhood of the
race is to be established. “Whoso
hateth his brother is a murderer.”
“Whoso hath this world’s goods and
seeth his brother hath need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion,
how dwelleth the love of God in
him?” Some one has recently said:
“No man ought to have anything
until every man has something.” If
this savors of anarchy, it is at least
true that many of us should have less
until many others have more. There
is great social and industrial unres
to-day. All these antagonisms and
confusions are due to the emancipa-
tion of mankind through the influ-
“Doing what can-{-*
ence of Christ. Men are coming to
their own. Jesus has commanded,
“Loos2 him and let his go!” as He
did at the resurrection of Lazarus,
and we, His disciples, who have been
set free, aretooslow to obey our Lord’s
injunctions. Men are striving to get
free! A starving baby was found in
the East Side of New York recently
on the wasted breast of its dead
mother, and that same day in the up-
town stores women were spending
$80. for a single night robe. :There
is wasteful extravagance at one end
of the social ‘séale, and consequent
dangerous ‘criminality at the ‘other.
There is .p safe and.sane socialism
which emanates from the teachings
of Jesus, and the socialism of Jesus
will some day- prévail, and-in that
day each shall seek his ‘ewn in his
brothers’ highest good, and all shall
dwell in noble brotherhood. Two
men saw a piece of jewelry on the
sidewalk, they reached for'it:simul-
taneously, struck their heads violent-
ly; each arose.to censure. the other,
when they found they were brothers
and had not seen each other for-a
dozen years. It must not be forgot-
ten that allcompetitions and rivalries
to-day are between brothers. and
some day the vast brotherhood will
be permanently organized.
" In the great task of casting out
the world’s devils nothing shall be
impossible. Whatever ought to be
will be. A “moral imperative-must
have in-it a moral ‘possibility. Kant
said long ago there is no meaning in
-an “ought” unless it is followed by a
‘““‘can. Every moral necessity will
some day prevail. ‘It is not an ought
unless it is a possibility, and if a
possibility it will become a reality.
A clear, definite opinion of what
ought to be is the token of what can
and will be. Man’s fondest dreams
will be fully materialized. When
man thinks God’sthoughtsand carries
out God's purposes the impossible
will be achieved. “Things that are
impossible with men are possible with
God.” Men must:become partakers
of the divine nature, as the Apostle
Peter enjoins. The mighty force of
the Niagara Falls power house is
‘stepped’ down to suit the capacity
of the machinery to which: it is sup-
plied. So God ‘“‘steps’” Himself down
to humble, simple men, and works
His wondrous will through obedient
human instrumentalities.
‘Ye must be born again!” and ‘with
Nicodemus in bewilderment we may
inquire “How can these things be?”
Mathematical men like Philip never
will calculate until they reach a dem-
onstration. while men of vision like
Andrew will be working the miracle
cf the impossible. The burglar who
drops into a mission te while away
the early evening hours, until he
shall go forth to ply his vicious trade,
falls under the spell of the service,
kneels at an altar of prayer, con-
fesses his sin, surrenders his*burglar
tocls, and becomes a new man, hon-
est and honored. You may not be
able to explain the mystery, but it is
true—and that is the program of
Jesus!
Two young men came together—
one a clerk in a shoe store, the other
a clerk in a bank. Humble men af
no notable talents. One can- teach
and talk a little, and the other can
sing with persuasive voice. These
two willing souls completely surren-
dered to Gods and consecrated to the
service and upbuilding of humanity,
began a career, which increased in
power and effectiveness until multi-
tudes were awakened frem lethargy
and sin by the : singing and the
preaching of the gospel. Again, the
weak things of the world were shak-
en to confound the mighty, and
Moody and Sankey became the great-
est evangelists since the days of
John and Charles Wesley. Ard the
impossible was achieved.
At the dedication of the Bunker
Hill monument, when it appeared
that an accident was imminent by
the surging crowds against the
sneakers’ platform, Webster reauest-
ed the people to kindly move back.
A man in the crowd answered back:
“It is impossible!” Thereupon the
great Massachusetts statesman cried
out: ‘Impossible! Impossible! Noth-
ing is impossible on Bunker Hill!”
And so let us keep near the cross.
The battle of the ages was fought
there, the freedom of the race was
there achieved. Nothing is impos-
sible on the Hill of the Cross—on
Calvary.
With our now sainted Sankey we
may sings in the sweet strains of
sightless Fanny Crosby’s beautiful
lines:
Some day the silver cord will break
And I no more as now shall sing;
But, Oh, the joy when I awake
Within the palace of the King!
‘And T shall see Him face to face,
And tell the story, Saved by Grace.
“Then, ‘I shall be satisfied when
I awake in Thy likeness,” and the
impossible shall be forever en-
throned.” ”
Supremacy
Men who deny the spiritual su-
premacy of Jesus Christ and reject
His claim to their personal alle-
giance, however much they may ad-
mire His character and-laud His
teachings, are not, in any proper
sense of the word, Christians. Mor-
alists, philosophers, even doctors of
divinity, they may be, but they have
no-right to wear the Name which is
above every name, because they do
not bow the knee to Christ or con-
fess Him as Lord, to the glory of
God the Father. To call one a
Christian’ who denies the Lordship
of Christ is a contradiction of terms.
—The Examiner.
of Christ.
The Part of Wisdom.
It is no small wisdom to keep si-
lence in an evil time, and in thy
heart to turn thyself to God, and not
to be troubled by the judgment of
men. Let not thy peace depend on
the tongues of men; for, whether they
judge well or ill of thee, thou art not
on that account other than thyself.
Where are true peace and glory? Ara
they not in
Mayo.
When You Lose.
General notions about sin and. sal:
vation can do you no good in the way
of the blessed life. As in a journej
you must see milestone after
stone fall into your rear, otherwi
you remain stationary, so in the grar
march of a nobler life one paltr
after another must qisappear, or
have lost your chance.—Proie
Blackie,
God ?—Isabella Fitz |
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR OCTOBER 11.
Subject: God's Promises to David, 1
Chron. 17—Gbolden Text, 1 Kings
8:56—Commit Verses 13, 14—
Read 2 Sam. 7 and Ps. 89. =
TIME. —1042. B.C. PLACE. -—Jer-
usalem.
“TY have been
EXPOSITION.—I.
with thee whithersoever thou went-
est,” vs. 1.10. Nathan ‘took it for
granted without consulting God that
for- God would be acceptable unto
same night.” In the first instance
Nathan had spoken out of his own
judgment, but now “the word of the
Lord’ came unto him. God will make
His will known to those who sincere-
ly desire to know it (Am. 3:7). Je-
hovah speaks of David as “My ser-
vant.” but refused to permit him to
‘build a house for Him. God accepts
one kind of service from one man
and another kind of service from an-a4
other man. The prime reason why
God would not permit David to build
His temple was hecause he had been
a man of war and blood (ch. 22:7, 8:
28:3). Jehovah is the *God of
peace.” Israel had been pilgrims,
dwelling in tents and wandering from
place to place; and Jehovah had
dwelt in a tent with them. He had
“walked with all the children of Is-
rael’’ (cf:: 2 Cor. 6:16; Rev. 2:1).
God had never complained at sharing
His people's experience nor suggested
to any of the judges that-thev should
build an house of cedar for Him. God
anpreciated the love that prompted
David to offer to build an house for
Him, though He was ohliged to de-
cline the offer. He bad done great
things for David. exalting him from
the lowliest position.to the most ex-
alted. It is ever God’s way to exalt
the lowlv.to a nosition among the
highest "(Ps. 1713:7)V 8: Lu 1:32).
Many of those who are to-day among.
the obscurest of the earth will some
day sit among princes. God {ook
David from being a ruler of sheep to
be a ruler of His neople. Fidelity in
the humbler position had fitted him.
for the higher position. But not only
had God exalted David to this posi-
tion, He had also “been with thee
whithersoever thou wentest” (cf. 1
Sam. 18:14; 2 Sam. 22:30. 34:23).
And He promises to be with us also
(Matt. 28:20)... He had cut off his
enemies and made for him a great
name, and that He will do for us
(Isa. 65:3). What God did for David
is only a faint sugeestion of what God
can and will do for all who are In
Christ (Eph. 1:18-22). God deciared
to David His purpose not only regard-
ing himself but also regarding all
Israel. * This purnose of grace as an-
nounced in v. 10 had a partial ful-
fillment in the davs of Solomon, but
its complete fulfillment lies still in
the future. Tt will be fulfilled to the
very letter Jer. 24:6: Ez. 37:25-27;
Am’ 9:14.15; 1sa.60:18; Ez. 28:24).
Israel’s history has been one of per-
secution and suffering, but it will not
always be so. Its temporary triumph
under David and Solomon was but a
faint type of the triumnh that is to ba
theirs (Zech. 8:23). Prepare for the
day when the Tord cometh again.
II. T Will Raise Up Thy Seed After
Thee. 12-16. Jechovah’s goodness to
David would not end with his de-
parture from this world. He should
sleep with his fathers, not die (ef. 1
Thess. 4:14), but his seed that pro-
ceeded from himself should follow
him upon the throne. Two precious
“I wills” are to be noted: “I will
raise up,” “I will establish.” The im-
mediate and partial fulfillment of this
‘promise was in Solomon (1 K. 8:20:
5:5; 1 Chron. 22:9, 10; 28:6-10).
But the final and complete fulfillment
is in Jesus Christ (Ps. 69:22: Isa.
9:6, 77 11:1-3, 10; Matt. 22:42-44:
Acts 2:30). “He shall build Me an
house” refers, of course, primarily to
the building of the temple by Solo-
mon, but that temple was only a type
of the true temple or habitation of
God. The seed of David who is build-
ing that is Jesus Christ (Zech. 6:12,
13; Matt. 16:18; Lu. 1:31-33: 1 Pet.
2:55. Eph, 2:22). .Of Christ’s king-
dom God says, “I will establish His
throne forever’’ (cf.1sa. 9:7; Lu.1:32,
38 Gen, 49:10: Ps. 45:6; #2:5, 17.
19: 89:33, 37; Dan.2:44; 7:14: Heh.
1:8; Rev. 11:15). "In a sense ‘it
would be true of Solomon's kingdom
that Jehovah would establish it for-
ever ‘(1 Chron. 28:7). “I will be His
Father, and He shall be My Son” is
true in the fullest sense only of Jesus
(Heb. 1:5; Matt, 3717). Yet even
this was true in a sense of Solomon
(1 Chron. 28:6). “If he commit in-
iquity, ete.,”” aplies primarily to Solo-
mon, but Jesus entered into the place
of the sinner (2 Cor. 5:21), and this
about the consequences of the sin of
David’s seed is applicable to Him (cf.
Acts. 13:34-37). ‘With the stripes
of the children of men,” with paternal
chastisement, would Jehovah chasten
Solomon, if he went dstray. Solomon
did go far astray, and God chastened
him and brought him back. Every
child of God at some time needs such
chastisement. Blessed is he who re-
ceives it (Deut. 8:5; Job 5:17; Ps,
04:12, 13; Prov.3:11, 12; Jer 30:11;
Heb. 12:5-11; Rev. 3:10). God’s se-
verest chastisements of His people are
entirely different from His judg-
ments upon the world (1 Cor. 11:30-
32). Was Solomon ever restored to
God’s favor? Verse 13 answers the
question. Jehovah’s love to David
secured the perpetuity of his house
and city (1 XK, 11:13, 34-36; Isa.
37:35).
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CHRISTHN ENDEAVOR NOTES
OCTOBER ELEVENTH.
Topic—Commencing Our Society—IIl.
By Diligent Committee work.
Rom. 12: 1-11.
, The executive committee. Phil.
3: 12-16.
The calling committee. Heb. 6: 10-
12. ? a
The lookout committee. ~Joha 1:
40-42, :
The music committee. Ps. 149, 150.
3» The prayer-meeting . committee.
Acts 12:11, 12.
The Sunday- school commit tee. Deit.
11; 18-21.
The division of labor places a man
above.an animalcule, and makes a so-
ciety greater and" more efficient. than
.an individual.
David’s proposition to build a house i
Our committees should not work in-
they are members cne
of another. >
~ Christian - Endeavor believes in an
all, around training for every member;
but there must be specialties, in re-
ligion as well as in secular activities.
Fervor is half the work; a task we
ehjoy has ceased to be a task.
Suggestions.
We should have no committees that
are not alive, and we should have as
many committees as we can keep
alive.
Each member should be cn some
committee, and on a new committee
each year.
“Diligence” is from ‘the Latin verb
“4 choose,” and always diligence
goes with delight.
Your committee work is valuable
when it is a little hard. for you;.if it
is easy, go on to another kind of com-
mittee work. :
Ilustrations.
A commercial traveller sells more
goods if. he must write a report to
the “firm each day. Thus let us in-
sist on regular, written committee re-
ports.
The carpenter is proud of a “good
job”. that he has finished. Why
should we not be proud of a “good
job” of religious work? =
A fervent spirit is like a cannon
ball hot from the cannon; an indif-
ferent spirit .is like a ball bowied
carelessly over the sward.
The gymnast uses many pieces of
apparatus in the gymnasium. So
should the Endeavorer serve on many
commitiees before he is through.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11.
Christian’s Two Sufficient
Guides—John 16. 1-16; Rev.
22. 18-21.
John 16. 1-16. The opening words
of this chapter carry us back to the
preceding chapter, the 18th, and fol-
lowing verses. Jesus is admonishing
his disciples regarding persecutions
that would come upon them, and
showing their source in the eternal
conflict between the Spirit of Christ
—“the Comforter, whom I will send
vou from the Father’—and the spir-
it of evil in the world, whose lines of
antagonism were slowly drawing
about the Master, seeking his death.
And he tells them plainly, in verse
twenty, “If they persecuted me, they
will also persecute you,” “And these
things they will do because they have
not known the Father, nor me.”
The words of the lesson are to
hearten those who might waver in
the hour of trial. They give promise
of victory, both because being fore-
warned his disciples shall be fore-
armed, and because the departing
Master promises the Paracieie, who
shall supply the place made vacant
by their separation from their Lord.
The ‘Holy Spirit shall minister unto
them and “reveal the things of mine.”
Here, then, is the promise of the
future spiritual leadership of Christ
through the Holy Spirit. These facts
are patent: The Holy Spirit “will
convict the world in respect of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judg-
ment.” As ambassadors on behalf
of Christ, we labor not alone (verse
8.) The Holy Spirit “shall guide
into all the truth.” He shall enlight-
en the disciples of Christ, and guide
in the untrodden paths; he shall speak
from God and shall reveal the future
The
(verse 13.) The Holy Spirit shall
glorify Christ (verse 14.) Clearly
Christ teaches that this same Holy
Spirit shall be with us until he comes
again (verse 16.)
Rev. 22, 18-21. We have here the
word of the Lord magnified. Doubt-
less the verses refer only to the book
of Revelation in their injunction re-
garding adding to or subtracting from
the record. But the Christian con-
scicusness of the ages has applied
the truth to the whole of revelation.
God’s record which we know as the
Bible is a complete Word.
The Hoop Snake.
The universe is eager to hear what
President Rocosevelt has to say on
any and all subjects. But is he real-
ly up on snakes? By nature he is
down on them. What does he know
of the hoop snake of the South?
Thousands of men could be presented
to him who would swear to the exist-
ence of such a creature. It forms it-
self into a hocp, when cifendzad, by
taking its tail into its mouth, and
chases its enemy by roliing along the
highway at terrific speed. If the
hides behind a tree this won-
enemy
derful se , going too fast to turn
aside, strikes the trunk with such
force as -to bury its spiked tail in
the bark. ‘This anchorage renders it
helpless and the enemy either escapes
or kills Mr, York
Press.
Hoople.—New