r- je. art lige ing for ex- uit sk- ed, lar ap- ma- ess- - tion ical ap- erti- i of erti- y of and far- law. The line. | at- re. East the first and y to Sam- unin- etors se in- (tions nt of he in- usual er. n Tep- he lo- 35. Mc- byter- rs and sn the - ore of re five ughter ioutte, i by a mining ad. it. Chair- warded tement Decem- re $10,- gs $10;- nd. against for the gs killed . Pearl 3,000. ® x ¥ Ean ~ WOMEN: THEIR FADS. Sy “IL. ZT O oe A; .~.THEIR FASHIONS. , © ANEW OCCUPATION. _ A new occupation - for women is that of the “grateful patient.” Well] “dressed women are hired by unscru- pulous men in Paris to "sit in their waiting rooms, enter into tomnversa- tion with genuine patients, and hold forth in glowing terms on the bene-- fits to_be derived from the doctor's treatment. I WOMEN AS UNDERTAKERS. Article of incorporation were sub- mitted to.five well known women of Oakland, Cal., who will constitute the board of directors of the California ‘Women’s Undertaking Company. The only mere man who figures in the or- ganization is an attorney, whose serv- “ices will not be needed after organi- zation. The business will be under the direction of women. + LITTLE PHILOSOPHIES. (By a Woman.) Fo Heaven is far if we make it so. .~ Women dissemble to hide their hearts; men to hide their motives. An unbeliever is one that does not believe as you do. That which I cannot help I endure; and that which seems unendurable I try to forget. 7 : My heart: If you and I told. all we know our best friend might for- swear us; and perhaps our worst en- emy pity.—Indianapolis News. ADVISES WOMEN TO SMOKE. Dr. Rachel S. Skidelsky, one of the best known women medical practi- tioners in Philadelphia, and a mem- ber of the Philadelphia County Medi- cal Society, after startling the Wom- en’s Club by advocating smoking by men, startled them still more by ad- vocating smokingramong women. Men had for ages, she said, found relief from petty worries, rest for worn nerves and general physical ben- efit in good cigars and cigarettes when used in moderation. Carefully qualifying her statement, she said THEIR WORK. \:::" THEIR ART ol A culture which is the portion of the woman who has no terror of bottles or gallipots. I am not recommending paint. To rouge the face by way of hiding the ravages of time {s as bar- smart hat to hide a dirty head. the skin of a lovely child. She has always taken intelligent care of her- self in every way. I believe she sel- dom washes her face with water. The occasional use of distilled water, of the oatmeal bag, of fine and delicate creams, and the intelligent use of tis- skin in a state of pink-and-whiteper- fection. She is by no means a house bird, nor is she a coddling woman; indeed, I may say that she braves all weathers, but with inteHigence.” FINEST FOR MISS ETHEL. The bravest apartments in the mansion are the rooms to which Miss ‘Ethel Roosevelt fell heir after the marriage of Miss Alice. These are directly over the family dining room and part of the state corridor, and occupy the northwest corner of the ‘Presidential home. They consist of bedchamber, boudoir and bath, all of heroic, size, and from . the daintily painted azure ceiling to the. velvet druggets, everything is white and blue. Last year Miss Ethel selected a border of morning glory vines for a dado, but this year she is consid- ered out of the morning glory class, and her room is French effect, deep blue with ghost flowers dimly out- lined on the walls. There is no dado, but many well selected water paint- ings and oils give all the mural deco- ration needed. Bird's-eye maple is Miss Ethel’s favorite weod, and the articles in her room are exquisitely carved and inlaid with mother of pearl. Her boudoir is filled souvenirs of her travels, and no doubt she will OurCut-out Recipe Paste in Your Scrap-Book CN Celery Soup.—Break three stalks of celery in one-inch pieces and pound in a mortar. one slice of onion and three cupfuls of milk twenty minutes. Melt three tablespoonsfuls of bulter, add three tablespoonfuls of flour, and stir until well blended, then pour on gradually, while stirring constantly, the hot liquid. and pepper, add one cupful of cream, strain and serve at once. Cook in a double boiler with vain tei Season with salt there probably would be less of the loudly proclaimed mnervoushess of American women were they to devote five minutes three times a day to a cigarette or two, preferably after meals. en ass ais. i i MELBA A SUFFRAGETTE. | Mme. Melba is the latest notable adherent to suffragettism in London. She says she has been impelled to join the movement for humanitarian rea- sons. She visited recently Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and other large industrial centres, and the poverty of the workwomen touched her heart. It compelled her to believe that their condition could be bettered if the in- fluence of women were used in select- ing members of Parliament. She also sees political justice in the demand for woman suffrage. She believes strongly in the wisdom of the lawmakers of Australia, who have enfranchised: women. “There is also,” she adds, ‘“‘the fa- miliar claim that women like myself should not be denied the power which is given to our.butlars and grooms.” MRS. ARCHIE HAMILTON'S VIEW. “Several of the New York newspa- pers have recently published articles advocating the whipping post for wife beaters and like offenders,” re- marked Mrs. Archie N. Hanrilton, of Philadelphia. ‘The idea is abhorrent to enlightened sentiment of to-day, and I do not believe for an instant that the proposal could obtain popu- lar indorsement if it were practicable to get an expression at the polls. The whipping post is the last relic of more barbarous days and the disappearing emblem of those who centuries ago indorsed the Inquisition .and all its horrible devices of torture. “Tt is doubtless true that the con- trol and reclamation of wife beaters is a problem which has not been fully worked out. However, there should be no more talk of the whipping post. Surely some other effective, punish- ment can be devised which will stop the disgraceful and inhuman practice of wife beating and make it unneces- sary for us to resort to the use of a relic of barbarism.” . BEAUTY OUT OF A BOTTLE. That fresh air, plain living and ex- ercise will not produce beauty with- out assistance is the message of John Strange Winter (Mrs. Stannard), in a series of articles on this’all impor- tant subject in Home Notes. These things may produce a lovely skin to start with, as it does in Ireland, she gays, but if a woman wants to pre- gerve her complexion and not fade at thirty, as the Irish do, she must have resource to artificial means. Men may scoff as much as they like, but it is the -plain truth, Mrs. Stannard gays, that one can get “beauty out of a bottle.” The body requires to be pourished from within, of course, but it does not follow that it is useless to nourish it from without. “No food, however good and however whole- er have many treasures to add after the eventful summer. She is a fine pho- tographer and so are her brothers. Family groups in curious frames, snapshots of friends and drawing and paintings of her own cover her bou- doir wall. She has a fine rosewood desk, the gift of her .godfather, the Surgeon-General of the Navy, Dr. Rixey.—New York Press. F For .dinner gowns net and tulle seem a bit more fashionable than lace. Many chic and durable little collars are fashioned entirely of liberty satin ribbon. Light gray, combined with silver and steel, is once again a fashionable evening shade. oS ] Checks and plaids have lost no fa- vor, and will be prominent throygh=- out the season. : With the cutting away of coats, vests will be much worn to fill in the wide-open front. - The strictly pompadour coiffure calls for a small hat to be worn far back on the head. Buttons are large for the coats, but not of such great dimensions when adorning the skirt. Flesh color holds first place for evening gloves, and those matching the gown come next. ; The pure directoire gown is only for the woman who can have many rich and costly costumes. E Black taffeta or peau de soie sep=- arate waists are elaborate with tucks, and are made open at the front. They have long sleeves. Allgthe latest coats are completely directoire, although they are liberal adaptations of the vogues of the late eighteenth century. ; Coiffures are increasing in size. The most fashionable arrangement, next to the Psyche knot, is flat, wide and huge at the back. One of the newest notes for trim- ming skirts and coats of tailor-mades is the use of cut-out embroidery on black over colored cloth. A wing that is colored & brilliant cerise on one side and an equally striking black on the other is a mod- ish addition to the hat. Newest veilings include the hexa- gonal mesh and the square velvet dot in brown, black and combinations of brown and tan and magpie. A fad for morning wear is the one- the left side with a row. of satin bute= tons made to match the gown. The fantastic hand carving that has for some time been seen oil ums i brella handles—such as zodiac signs —has been adopted for hat pins, some,” says Mrs. Stannard, ‘‘will im= part to ‘the skin that look of care and’ barous. a .proceeding as putting en a. “I know a woman who is no longer. young, quite fifty years old, who has | out after bears. sue paper; have kept that woman’s. piece velvet dress, which opens on’ - = \ JIM GUARDED BEARS WHILE JOE WENT FOR A GUN. _ “Jim Palen and Joe Batch came to camp with two bears and an amazing story abbut how they got ’em,” said Captain Sam Lyman, of the Kettle Creek country, down in Potter Coun- ty, Pennsylvania. . “The boys weren't K They were trimming logs. = : “Palen had his dog, a whippet, along with him. The dog was nosing around in the woods, and by and by? began barking furiously and persisted in it so that Jim and Joe went to see what it was all about. They found the dog all bristled up-and barking at the upturned roots of a fallen tree. The hole in thé ground where the roots had been was covered by an accumulation of leaves. ; : “Jim Palen gave this dome of debris a whack with his axe.. The blow made a big hole in the roof, and instantly a bear shoved its nose out of, the hole and began to snarl and snap its jaws. ad “From a hole on the opposite side, where Balch was standing, a second bear stuck. its nose out and snapped and snarled. These apparitions were so unexpected that both men dropped their axes. Palen’s axe slipped into the hole it had made in the heap of leaves and sticks and Balch’s dropped down among the roots of the tree. - “The men had seen bears before, and as soon as they recovered. from the start the appearance of these two gave them and had sworn some at themselves for being scared. into dropping their axes they got a heavy cudgel each and went to whacking the noses of the bears, which caused the noses to disappear within the mound of leaves and sticks. 3 “Balch had a rifle, but it was home, and home was three miles away. He wanted those bears, but there was no way to-make sure of them without a gun, so Palen said that if Balch would go home and get his gun Palen would stand guard over the bears and keep ‘em from getting away until Balch got back. v “Joe started on a run for home. He ran all the way there and all the way back with the gun, he says, and Jim says it must be so, for Joe was gone less than an hour. But that hour had been a tense time for Jim. “Joe had scarcely started for his gun before the bears attempted to get out from beneath that roof with fire in their eyes. First one bear would endeavor to come out at one of the holes, when Jim would whack it on the nose with his club. By the time it was beaten back the other bear would make a break to get out of the hole on its side of the mound. “They kept Jim jumping from one side of the mound to the other, to and fro, and constantly swinging his club. If Joe had been gone ten min- utes longer, Jim would have had to drop and surrender to the bears. “Joe got back with the gun in time to relieve Jim and rescue him. Jim dropped his club and stepped back. “¢‘Now come out, blame ye,’ he yelled to the bears. “But the bears wouldn’t come out. Whether they were shocked at Jim's language or knew there was a man out there with a gun Jim nor Joe doesn’t say, but they wouldn't even show the tip of ‘a nose at either hole. “After vainly trying various means to induce the bears to come out, Joe Balch dropped a piece of Blazing pine into one of the holes. Both bears then came out of the den with a rush that dismantled it, and Joe killed them.”—New York Sun. A DYING MAN'S RECORD. The first explorers to perish on the | ice cap of Greenland were Mylius Erichsen and his two comrades, in November last. The earlier report. that they had drifted on an ice floe* away from the east coast was inac- curate. Here are the facts as given by the surviving members of the ex- pedition upon their arrival in Den- mark: ; : In the spring of last year Erichsen started from his winter quarters in latitude 76 degrees 40 minutes, where his ship was in harbor, to explore the unknown northeast coast of Green- land. He had ten sledges, divided among four sledging parties. The work was successfully achieved, the northeast coast was outlined and was found to extend much further to the east than had been expected. Three of the sledge parties re- turned to the ship, but the, fourth party, consisting of Erichsen, the commander, and Lieutenant Hagen and Mr. Bronlund, did not come back. Several parties were sent out to hunt for the missing men, but it was not" until last spring that definite news of their fate was obtained. Erichsen and his two comrades had remained behind on the north coast to complete some details of their work. Bad weather set in and they were detained until late in the sum- mer, when they set out over the high ice cap of Greenland to regain their vessel. Their fate was revealed in a remarkable manner. One of the search parties in March last reached a crevice in the ice in which they found the body of Bron- lund. Near the body were sketches showing the results of the final ex- | plorations, and the dying man had sticks and dead’ written in his diary the following 2h [pu “I am dying in latitude 79 degrees north under the hardships of the re- turn journey over the inland ice in November. I reached this place un- der a waning meon and cannot go on because of my frozen feet and the darkness. The bodies of the othérs are-in the middle of tue fiord. Hagen | died on November 15. Mylius Erich- sen some ten days later. .. - . .. “JORGEN BRONLUND.” The body, of Bronlund was buried | where it was, found, but thé Snow Was very ‘deep and the remains of the others were not recovered: Thus per- ished the Men who paid with their lives for the honor of completing the ¥ 3 York Sun. ; A FRACTIOUS HIPPOPOTAMUS. ‘Mr. Simpson, a visitor from Bir- mingham, England, and hig niece, Migs Simpson, recently arrived at Buluwayo from thie Victoria Falls, and Mr. Simpson related to the Chron- icle representative some details of a startling adventure which the party had during their visit. ~ in One morning Mr. and Miss Simp- son, having engaged a boat, em- barked on a trip of inspection of the islands on the river. Besides Mr. and Miss Simpson, there were also the boatman on board, and six native paddlers. After getting out some distance a hippo was seen protruding his ugly mouth and making directly for the boat. The natives commenced ‘instantly to paddle to the shore, and then it was noticed that the hippo had sunk into the water again. The boatman, fearful of some misadven- ture, had reached for his rifle, and was just in the act of loading when the boat was heaved into the air by the brute, who had got underneath it, ~ Every one was flung into the water, which at this spot was estimated’to be about thirteen feet deep. The over- hanging branches of some trees on the island were sufficiently near to permit of being grasped by Mr. Simp- son as hé came to the surface, and he hung tightly, as he had already grasped the hand of his niece, who had disappeared beneath the water. Each was in great danger, however, for Mr. Simpson’s leg was entangled in a part of the branch in the water, and he was unable t9 move. Mean- while, the boatman, who was an ex- cellent swimmer, had made his way along to them, and after a desperate struggle, succeeded by means of the branch in getting them to land.— Bulutwayo Chronicle. rting - BOY OF 10 RESCUES BROTHER. Paul Pomroy, ten years old, saved his brother, Carl, eight years, from drowning in. the Delaware River, at Trenton, while a large crowd of-per- sons, not one of whom offered to go to the assistance of the struggling boys, stood at the water's edge'look- ing on. Little Carl was playing on thé river bank when he slipped and fell into the water, which is ten feet deep at that point. His cries at- tracted a crowd, but the swift cur- rent carried the lad far from the bank and deterred any one from try- ing a rescue. Several women in the crowd pleaded in vain to the men to save the drowning lad, but they did not dare to try their strength. As Carl’s cries were becoming fainter his brother, Paul, who had been attracted by the crowd, ran up to find out the cause of the excite= ment. : “Carl is in the river!” cried one of the men. Without an instant’s hesi- tation Paul plunged in and brought his exhausted brother to the shore. Both lads were hurried home, where doting parents brought them arouni by the best of care. His Morning Shower. The soda fountain clerk was en- gaged in vigorously shaking up a chocolate and egg, when suddenly the glass broke in his hands and the en- human eclair. The horrified custom- er leaned over the counter, trying to be sympathetic. Not knowing exact- ly what to say, he finally blurted out consolingly: “Oh!—er—too bad—did the glass break?” Dripping . chocolate. from head to foot the clerk looked at him witheringly, ‘‘Did,the glass break?” he roared. ‘Did the glass break, eh?” And then, with freezing sar- casm: “Oh, no—not at all, not at all. You just happened to step in while I was taking my morning shower.”— Bellman. A ———— TT ———r A Modest Request. Mr. J. M. Barrie, the author, tells a good story against himself. A lady of his acquaintance had tak- en a friend to see one of his plays, and, quite astonished, he asked her why she did so. “Oh,” was the reply, “it’s such a quiet street for the horses.” He, also tells of a playgoer who re- ceived no response to his repeated re- quests to a lady in front of him to Te- move her huge hat. At length, exasperated, he said: “If you won't take off your hat, my dear rradam, will you be so kind as to fold vack your ears?”’—Woman’'s Life. Pr —————— nmr There Are Others. “] haven't had a holiday for a long time,” said the Philosopher of Folly. “Just about the time my plans for a vacation mature, a bunch of thirty day notes do the same thing.”—Cleve- land Leader. The Igorrote provinces of ,the Phil- ippines have been combined and will be managed by one governor and sub | governors. Bontoc will be the capi- + 18l. outlining of the great island.—New. THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY / THE REV. DR. C. W. M’CORMICK, Theme : Prayer. © Brootlyn, N. Y.—A large audience gathered in the.Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church, Sunday, morning, to hear the first ‘serfnon by the new pastor, the Rev. Dr. Charles W. MeQormick. He was greeted by hundreds of the people at the close of the service. fold: 1. The Spirit of God recreates the spirit of man so that it becomes a spirit of wisdom. 2. In like mane ner it becomes a spirit of revelation. By the term “spirit of wisdom” is meant, not merely a wise spirit, though so much is, of course, implied, but a spirit which is essentially wise even in its temper and action. Like- wise the “spirit, of revelation” signie fies, not the revelation, or the power to make revelations, but a spirit which can receive—is susceptible to revelations.. Such, ,a spifit results partly . from the removal of limita- tions, partly from a change in ‘point of view, and partly from added power. Only such a spirit can see.God: truly. or life wholly. =Only-heart vision is His morning subject. was “The| qjear vision. Hence the prayer of the Ground and Scope of Christian] tore that the eyes of the heart may. Prayer.” The text was from Ephes- It was with the eyes fans 1:16-17, “Wherefore I alsp cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” B= { McCormick said: Saint Paul was _a man Of prayer: He was fully He believed in prayer. ; persuadéd that between himself, persecuted and imprisoned apostle, and needy saints: everywhere, there was a vital and effective relationship To him the question, Does God answer Had he by way of the throne of grace. prayer? had no existence. be enlightened: of the heart .that the. father saw the prodigal afar off. It follows, then, séxce a knowledge ‘of God involves and :canditions a man’s wisdom and spiritual understanding, -and is essen- tial to wholeness of vision, that the a | very sanity of our views of life is wrapped up in our conception .of God. In the knowledge of Him all other knowledge has its beginning and ine terpretation. iis = Three great corollaries are involved in the knowledge of God "for which lived in our day he would have had little in common with those who find the chief value of prayer in the self- inspiration and self-culture which un- doubtedly are among its good results. The nearest he ever came to speaking of the reflex influence of prayer was in his letter to the Philippians, where he says: “Be careful for nothing; but in everything, by prayer supplica- tion, with thanksgiving, let your re- quests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard. your Paul prays: 1. If God be the trans- cendent- and immanent God of his experience, and if men come to know Him as such, the call of God tp salva- tion and holiness is a perfect guaran- tee of His loving interest, and a suf- ficient reason for unfailing hope. In the knowledge of God, the child of God perceives the hope of his calling. 2. The riches of God’s glory is in His saints, His inheritance, and the. peo- ple of His possession. The nature and work of God display His valua- tion of a redeemed race. The saints hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” . Here the result of prayer is It is the peace of a soul that has joyfully confided everything But it.is. not the mere relief from anxiety which follows -the shifting of one’s It is the “peace of God,” God’s peace,:the kind and measure of peace which God subjective. to the care of God, the Father. burdens to the back of another. has, and which He imparts to His children who trust in Him, of which Jesus said, “My peace I give unto you.” The ground of Paul's confidence in prayer is his conception of God and of his own relation to God as a chosen Back of all his theology and ethical teaching lies his own per- God had touched ambassador. sonal experience. are His cherished possession. 3. To know God as -Paul knew Him in Christ Jesus is to see the very forces at work which God relies upon to save the world, and to apprehend the greatness of His power toward us who believe. To know God is to under- stand that all power in Heaven and in earth is at His disposal and that it is pledged to supply-all the needs of ,His children. Both the other subjects for which Paul prays are impossible. without this knowledge of God; with it, they are possible and almost assured. The perfect walk and the perfect work would seem to be the normal out- growth of such spiritual understand- ing. To know Him and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent, is, and must ever his life and spoken directly to him. This experience was at once his point of outlook and his unfailing ground of confidence for himself and fer the church. His conception of God was: that God is both transcendent and im- mament; above the world and in the world; not the logiéal concept of philosophy, nor the unknowable force of science. He ‘was.a personal God, whose eternal power. and Godhead are displayed in the works of His crea- tion; who gave law to sinful men; who upholds all things by the word of His power; who seeks toi redeem ‘the world in Christ; .who works in the saints by His spirit to will and to do of His own good pleasure; and who has promised in Christ the complete restoration of all His children. Chiefly, however, his view: of God was from the standpoint of Christ as Redeemer. Here he saw the mystery, hidden through the ages, which the angels desired to look into, revealed in Christ, the unfolding of God’s eter- nal purpose:to redeem a. lost world from sin... This purpose:is not new. It antedates and is involved in crea- tion. It is as strong and changeless as the nature of God Himself. Such was Paul’s thought of God. And his conception of his ewn re- lation to God and of his mission ac- cords with this thought. He was sim- ply God’s man or as he loved to say, God’s bond-servant; the least of all the saints, but called of God to de- clare the mystery of redemption to a perishing world. Necessity was laid upon him; the love of God con- strained him; men because of the great grace given unto him; he was part of God’s plan, implicated from the very beginning in the eternal purpose. .. As such he could do nothing but-obey and trust he was debtor to all be, life eternal. lence. Ir. Frank Crane's Epigrams. he truest! prayers are simple gie To feel God is to pray. Prayer is the orientation of life]! findinz God, as sailors find a star. Littleness -is .self-hood; -greatness consists in being a vessel for the ine finite. Our sole disease is impotence. No man ever had enough vitality, enough passion. Our passion trails its flower in the slime, not because it grows too stronz, but because it has not enough vigor to raise its bloom toward Heave en. : tle love. cuts. Love knows no crime, but too lit- it is the dull razor that The sickly rose plants are they, that are attacked by vermin. Impurity comes from a morbid love; when love strikes” its tap root down into the infinite it purifies it- self—*‘“even as He is pure.” Half dead souls secrete poisony hardy, sunlit, out-oci-door souls make and such like, honey. Our eyes are adulteries, envies because there is a worm in the core of our souls. My hand is lame when my soul is dry. Work is a sort of substitute for play and law is a substitute for life: for with children it is all play and in Christ there is no law. There are two kinds of law; as gravitation and a statute; the latter was Moses” kind, the former Jesus’. — From Sermon Preached by Dr. Frank Crane at Union Church, Wor- cester, Mass. a chemical process to pe ———————— A Fresh Beginning. An Indiana chemist has discovered revive gas as becomes a co-worker with God. It is not strange, therefore, that with such ideas of God and himself It is in- not. he should believe in prayer. wells, apd is having great success. He has taken hold of a number of dead wells and brought on big flows again. He uses a chemical which, lowered to the bottom of the well, suing deluge made him look like a conceivable that he should Prayer in such a case is simply the confidential request of a weaker part- ner in a work dear to both partners. The answer is assured. Besides, God had alréady given ‘His Son; what needful thing could He withhold? Whoever prays with Paul will have no narrow or exclusive views of prayer. Listen to some of the peti- tions he offers. He prays that he may be prospered by the will .of God to come to the Romans; for the Ephesians, that they may have the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, being strength- ened with power through the Spirit, and having Christ constantly dwell- ing in their hearts that they may per- fectly know God’s surpassing love. He asks God. to give the Philippians the spirit of wisdom and discernment and discrimination, that they may be sincere and void of offense, filled with all the fruits of righteousness. In like manner he prays that the Colos- sians may be filled with the knowl- edge of God’s will in all spiritual wis- dom and understanding, walk worth- ily, bear fruit, increasing in.knowl- edge and power. Finally he prays that God may count the Thessalon- jans worthy of their high calling, and fill every desire growing out of good- ness, and every work of faith full of His power. In all of Paul's prayers we miss a familiar note. He seems to disre- gard the ordinary needs of life. Yet he did not really do so. He simply subordinated them and assumed that God would withhold from His chil- dren no good thing. With him God's work was everything. ‘Surely, if he did that work faithfully, God would supply all his needs. Hence he prayed for what he thought was of highest importance. As to the rest, he was in God’s care. The great petitions of Paul's pray- ers are three: For a satisfying knowl- edge of God, a worthy life, and ac- cordant power. These are man’s great needs. Our text to-day deals chiefly with the first. An essential prerequisite of a sat- isfying knowledge of God is a cer- tain soul-preparation which God only can give. eats its way through the Trenton rock, dissolving and cleaning out a cement which has formed in the pores, clogging the way for the gas to pass to the well. Another charge is“put down with nitroglycerine on top and shot into the rock. It is claimed the revived wells are as good as new. who need to be revived. How many Christians there are It is not that their religious capabilities are exhausted, but that some worldly ce- ment has shut off the communication between the heart and God. brought to the people of Israel a new Joshua chapter of spiritual power that their lives might again be opened Godward, and His grace flow freshly to them.— Baptist Teacher. to civil authority. open to penalty. 5 —a Ambassador of Christ. Laws are made, men are subjected Broken laws are The governments are powerful enough to enforce. If men in authority are weak or unwill- ing, is it in the power of the church to say thou shalt? Is the church los- ing the noble standards that it has won? dor of Christ? Is she no longer the ambassa- Has she become the spy of government? Fountain is Always Open. After the poor labors of the day are open, my heart still cries, merciful to me a sinner.” “God ber I am deep- ly sensible that daily, hourly and mo- mentarily I stand sprinkling of my in need of the Saviour’s blood. Thanks be to God, the fountain is al- ways open. Oh, what an anchor is this to my soul!—Lady Huntingdon. Wet and Dry Goods. One of the things that is breaking up the American home to-day is the woman’s love for dry goods and the man’s love for wet goods. est enemy the The great- American home has is the American saloon. Be Beld. Don’t be a weak-kneed participants I D ’ This preparation is two- | stand boldly upon your feet. RE REA it H 4 4 i | ¥ § ¥ ¥
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