If v 1 Io Ton Know Them? I'll give you a riddle to guess today Two pretty curtains were rolled sway, Two little window wore opened wide And I could see who was living Insidn. A denr little girl peeped out nnd smiled- A flnrwr.nl came a nnughty child, And the windows were dim with a sudden shower And the curtains were crumpled nnd red for An hour. But the sunbeams burst through clouds,nnd then The (rood little girl enme back again. There she stnyod, to my heart's delight, Till the curtains full and she sitid good night, Can you guess whnt windows wore oponod wide, And who nre the children that live Inside? Anna M. l'rutt. An Amusing Kg Trlrk. Here is a trick that will nmnse yon. rnnctnre the shell of a raw egg with a pin, and through the hole thus made extract the contents. When the shell has become dry, jionr fine sand through the pinhole until the egg is about one-fourth filled. Then seal up tho bole with wax, and yonr imita tion egg will be as natnral in appear ance as a real one. Then tell your companions that you can make the egg obey your slightest wish, stand ing on the edge of a knife, tho rim of a glass, or whatever you will. Of course, no one will believe you, bnt on can Drove that vnn era vindit The only secret is to tap the egg gently every time yon change its posi tion, so that the sand will settle at the bottom, and keep the egg upright in just the position you wish. A (treat At. Bernnnl. A lady in Newton was drawing her little girl on a sled, just after the great snowstorm, through a long, nar row path to theschoolbouse, the snow being thrown np very high on each side of the path, when she met mid way a large Ht. Bernard dog, a stranger. Hhe immediately addressed hint as she would a human being, ex plaining that the path was narrow nnd the snow deep, and thnt he must turn aronnd and go back. He listened carefully to her explanation, then wheeled about and walked back a con siderable distance, until he found a place where the snow had been shovelled out a little at the side. In to this he backed, and waited quietly until she passed him with the sled and child. The lady thanked" him for being so much of a gentleman; and be then wheeled about, and started again on the path. Our Dumb Ani mals. , s ' '' in Were Ton, My liny. I would learn to be polite to every body, I wouldn't let any other boy get ahead of me in my studies. I wouldn't go in the company of bad boys who nse bad langnage. I would see if I couldn't get people o like me, by being civil to every body. I would neveftake fun of children .because they werenot dressed nicely. I wouldn't abuse little boys who bad no big brothor to be afraid of. I would keep my hands and face clean, and hair brushed without being told to do so. I wouldn't get sulky and pont when ever I couldn't have my way about everything. I wouldn't conclude that I knew more than my father, before I bad been sixty miles away from home. - I wouldn't be ashamed to do right anywhere. I wouldn't do anything that I would not be willing for every body to know. I wonld try to learn something use ful every day, and whenever I saw anything made 1 would watch and see bow it was done. The Hole, Thistle and Shamrock. The adoption of a rose as a national flower dates so far back that old PJiny wondered if Albion took its name from Its white cliffs or from its pretty whito rose. In Edward the Third's'reign a gold coin was struck called a "rose noble," bearing a rose on one of its sideB, and from that time the flower has been intimately associated with the nation. TJie Bosioruoians of the seventeenth century, popularly styled the brothers of the "rosy cross," brought the rose into great prominence. The wars of the roses Las reference to the long and bloody fueds between the houses of York and Lancaster for the possession of the English crown the white rose being the badge of the former, and the red rose that of the latter. Regarding the thistle, tradition says that it along with its motto, "Wha danr meddle wi me," was first adopted as symbol under the fol lowing cirouumtanoes: A party of invading Danes attempted to surprise and capture the Bcotoh army under the cloud of night. As they drew near the slumbering camp, one of the party trod upon a prickly thistle, and leaped into the air with a cry of pain. His cry aroused the Bootohmen, who flew to arms and fell upon the invaders with snob, courage jkxA aaoeess that they were driven from the field. From that day the thistle was worn a a badge, and ultimately became the emblem of .Scotland. The trefoil, or three-leafod clover, the badge of Ould I r el nnd, hnn a story connected with if Tilso. 8t. Patrick, when instrncting the people in religious doctrines, found great difficulty in conveying to their minds the idea of the triple (loclhend. Stooping down, as the people stood around, he plucked a shamrock nnd used it as an illustration, so satisfying to the Irish people that they have ever since worn it as their national em blem. With tho union of the nations came the union of the emblems, the lilies of France in (jueen Victoria's dindem giving place to the shamrock of the Oreen Isle. Home nnd Farm, llnw Mnrh It font. One, two, three) Kenneth nestled uneasily. Four, five, six! He bored his tousled browu hend deep into the pillows, and tried not tirhenr the seven. Lazy little Kenneth! The next time the clock spoke it said "eight," imperatively, and font him into bis shoes nnd stockings in a panic. Fight o'clock! TCot a tardy mark yet this term, but here was danger ahead. Oh denr! if 'twasn't so far to school, nnd breakfast to eat, too. Kenneth hurried bravely, bnt but tons didn't behave, and whore could the other shoe be? Where was tho Jioir brnsh? If he'd only got up at seven! : After all, lie didn't dare to stop to eat but three mufiln-bitnsnnda cooky. Then he snatched his lunch pail from the pantry shelf and was off". Mamma was np in the berry garden picking currants. It wouldn't' do to runup Anfter his goodby kiss; thero wasn't a iiiiiiuie iu epure. iteiiiicui was lime years old, but how he did miss that kiss! He was late to school, anyway, just by ah unlucky minute or two, and on his way to his se.it he could hear Miss Periwinkle's pencil point, hnrd and rasping, tracing his poor little block mnrk. Kenneth's heart sank. No prize for punctuality now. Well, it was a sorry morning, and a sorry boy in it. Kenneth won too hungry nnd too crestfallen to stndy,so his spelling came to grief. He had to stay in at recess to study it, nnd lost tho chance to borrow part of his dinner to comfort his hungry little stomach. When noon did come how ho ran for his dinner pail! It looked so shiny and comforting; and he sniffed little, spicy, consoling smells round tho edges of the cover. Didn't ho know just what was in thoro? The other boys wero getting their pails, too. Keuueth waved his aloft. "My mother puts up the splondid est dinners in this town!" he criod. "The splendidest iu this town!" Home of the .boys objected; bnt Kenneth, tugging at the pail cover, was insistent. "You wait an' see! Any o' yon fel lows got spice enkes in your dinners, an' tongue sandwitches an' au' sage cheese? I guess so!" The cover snapped off. Tho boys peered into au empty pnil! Empty as poor Kenneth's little hungry stomach! It wnsn't bis lunch pail nt all. Why hadn't he noticed there wasn't any smnll red worsted bow on the handle? This was mamma's milk pail, and he got it in his hurry. Oh, dear! Of course, the boys being boys langhed'nt him loudly; aud, of course, Kenneth's face reddened angrily. Bnt he made a big, brave effort and joined in the laugh. There was a great lump iu bis throat aud it was hard work squeezing the laugh through; it got caught, aud broke into two pieces. Still, it was a laugh. He put his hands in his pockets and walked off, trying to whistle. "My mother puts up the splon" called one of the boys after him, bnt he didn't get any further. Benny Brown's grimy little hand was clapped over his mouth. "No, yon don't!" Benny said stoutly. "Ken's a brick! I guess you wouldn't 'a' laughed at yourself. You'd 'a' been hoppin'." "That's so. So wonld I," agreed Emil Smith. "Good for Ken!" "Let's make it up to him. Come on!" cried Benny, excitedly. And, when Kenneth went back to his desk there was a generous dinner spread out on it, waiting for him. Every boy bad shared his choicest bits. 80, you see.Kenneth wasn't hungry when he got home to mamma at night, except for his missing kiss. But he was ever so much wiser, "You see, mamma," he confided to her aside, "it don't do to be a lazy bones. It's dreadful 'xpensive." Youth's Companion. Military Cat Out of Job. The military provision cats which have hitherto been maintained by the Oerman government at its provision stores aud magazines for the destruc tion of mice, at an auiinal cost per cat of 18 marks, are to be dismissed from the service. It has been found by experiment that more mice aud rats can be killed by the LoefKer bacillus system of inoculating mice at a much smaller cost. By the Loeflier system (which has been effectually tried both on a targe and iniull scale in agricul ture and in various public depart ments) solely by iufectiug some food placed for mice and rats with a cul ture of a certain bacillus, harmless to everything bnt these rodeutx, tho lat ter, soon after eating of it, die, and before doing so spread tho iufeotiou among the other mice. ACR'CUITURAI. TOPICS, drawing Carrol. It is better not to sow carrots or any other crop on the same ground succes sively for several years, bnt if the ground is in good condition and gets I a liberal manuring each year, carrots may be grown successfully for two j years in succession, ns we know from j personal experience. J Succoss with carrots ticpenas principally on tne care and cultivation they get from the start, American Agriculturist. 'Renewing old Or-hartl. There are many old orchards thai have not borne a crop in may years, which, with some care and manuring and prnniug, might be mado again productive. These old orchards, so long as the trees are still sonnd and healthy, are well worth caring for. In moot cases only mineral fertilizers will be needed. But these should be ap plied abundantly. The pruning re quired will mostly be on the inside ol the tree, to let iu sunlight nnd nir. Do not try to cut out the large limbs. This will either weaken the tree too much, or it wilt so divert the sap to the rest of .the tree as to induce too large wood growth to the neglect oi fruit. Swallows on Home Items. The swallows which usually come from their unknown homes iu spring to build their nests under the eaves of barns and horse stables will Soon be with us again. But we advise that under no conditions should these birds be allowed to build nests nttnehed to buildings where horses or other ani mals are kept. Beautiful as the swal low is, he is an nbominntiou nnd a nnisnnoe, because no bird is so sura to be iufested with lice, which he will leave on the nests, aud some of which will find their way all through the building. If you do not believe this, get a ladder and look iu the full in any nest where a pnir of swallows have reared their young. Alsike Clover. There wan a time some fifteen years ago or Jni ore when the common red clover seemed doomed to destruction by a worm which bred in it, and so'nte leaves and blossoms that the plant could neither grow vigorously nor pro. duce seed. But we hear little of this clover worm now, ns it has gouerally been destroyed by n parasite thnt preys upon it. Alsike clover was not injured by this enemy. Thorefore for a few years Alsiko clovor became quite popu lar. But it dies out entirely nfter blossoming and seeding in June of the second year after it was sown in early spring. Alsike clover is probnbly the best accompnnimont of timothy. II both are sown togethr tho ilrst year, only the Alsiko can bo mowed. Bui after this clover is off the timothy will make a strong growth, and a cutting of a ton of timothy per acre may be got in the fall from land that had already borne on Alsike clover crop earlier in tho seuson. Boston Culti vator. Mnklns; n Lawn. It is not nearly so difficult to make a lawn as is often supposed, and the old-time practice of cutting sods from tho roadside and transplanting them is neither economical nor expeditious. Unless the bed for tho sod has boon very carofully prepared, and is, be sides, made protty rich, the roots from the old sod will not catch hold of the soil in time to save them from turning brown when the heat of Hummer comes on. If water in plenty can bo had, tho sod may bo saved from browning by liberal use of water distributed in fine spray through some spriuklina machine. But tho better way on level land is to make the flue seed bod and sow seed on it, sprinkling it with water at nightfall whenever it is needed. On a side hill, however, il may pay to use the sod, as the fine tilth required to seenre a good catch of grass will cause tho soil to gully badly. If heavy rains come there will be washing of the soil betweou the sods, unless they are cut iu long strips and laid so that there are na gaps up aud down the hill between the sod. When a steep side hill hat once been well seeded it may be kept as a perfect lawn by spriukliug'ovet it in winter or early spring soue mineral fertilizer with a little nitrate in it. A phosphate dressing is ai benefioial to gruss land as to grain crop, as all the grains belong to tht grass family. A Good Old hlieo-i. "When we kept sheep, we never found it pay to keep those above five years old. Then they could be fat tened easily and their carcass was worth more than it would ever be again. Bnt there are exceptional eases, when ewes valuable for breed ing are a large part of the stock. We know a fine wool ewe, American merino, which was kept by her owner for breeding until she was thirteen years old, but the last winter she could only eat soft food, as hor teeth were gone, aud the owner did not trust to keeping her through another winter. Bnt she dropped a valuable lamb every year. The Maine Farmer tells of Mrs. Addison Bean, of Mason, a woman farmer of Maine, who has a ewe eight years old that in its life has dropped oleven lambs. The first was a single lamb, dropped when two years old. The past five years the ewe has dropped twins. It is probable that this ewe is of some coarse wool breed, as these often drop twins, whilo the Amerioan Merino very rarely does so. Every year, however, this sheep has sheared a fleeoe that has never fallen below nine pounds, and for several years she shearod twelve pounds. With lambs and wool this sheep has been a source of profit to her owner. It is probable that many of the lambs from this ewe would continue tho habit of twin bearing, and ought to be therefore worth more than slump that drop only one at a time. American Cultivator, GOSPEL MESSAGES. he flnhje-t, "Alleviations of War," Most Pertinent in the . Kirltlng Times Through Which We Are Now I'aselng Cheer For Those Whose Henrts Are Sad ' TtXT! "Thotich Wee alinlllil nnntnm mo, In this will I be ocnlldont." Psalms 1, in. The rim of battle-axes and the elnsh of minim, ami tne tramp of armies are heard nil up nnd down the Old Testament; nod von tlnd godly soldiers like Moses, nnd Joshua, nnd Caleb, nnd Oldeon, nnd scoundrelly soldiers like Hennnohorlb, nnd Hhnhnnnnsnr, and Nluchndne!nr. The High Triest would stnnd nt the bead of the army nnd say: "Hear, O Israel, ye ap proach this day unto bnttle against your ""' ""'. u"t vournenrts mint; rear not, nnd do not tremble, neither Iwi va l..r-in.,l because of theml" and then the officers wwini Rive command to the troops, say ing: "What man Is there thnt hntli hullt n new house and hntli not dedicated It? I,nt lilm go nnd return to his house, lest ho die In the bnttle and another tnnn dedlcntn It. And what ninn Is ho that bnth planted a vineyard nnd hath not eaton of It? Let lilm also go nnd return unto his house, lest ho um iriw entile nnn nnntner ninn eat ot It. And what man Is therethnt hath hctrnthml a wife and hath not taken her? Let him to nnd return unto his bouse, lost he die In nttle and nnother man take her." Orent armies marched nnd fought. In tho time of Moses and Joshua nil the men wero sol diers, wuen Israel came out of Egypt there wero 000,000 lighting men. Abllah commanded 100,000. Jerolionm commanded SOO.OOO nion, of whom 500,000 wore slain In one bnttle. Homo of these van rimi in. proved, for they were for tho rescue of op pressed nations, and souio of thorn Ho denounced, but In all eases It was a Judg ment npon both victors aud vanquished. David know Just what wnr wns when he wrote In tho text, "Though wnr should rlso nguiusi mo, in tins will 1 bo eoulldont." Unvld Is hern encouraging himself In stormy times, and before approaching bat tles administers to himself thoeonsolatnrv. Ho to day my theme Is the "Alleviations of War." Wnr Is organized atrocity. It Is the science of assassination. It is tho con vocation ot nil horrors. It Is butchery wholesale. It Is murder glorllled. It Is nenm on a iiirono or Human skeletons. It Is tho ooflln In nseondnnov. It Is dinbollsm nt a (.-nine of skulls. Anil the time Isenmlnir when wnr will bo an Impossibility. How far in the tuturo I cannot say, but there will be a museum of curiosities In which a miner mm son will one dny bo walking, and the son trill anv "VVhnfr t- i. ...... curved Instrument?" and the fnther will reply, "That Is n sword." And tho son will say, "What nre thoso round pieces of Iron?" and tho father will reply, "Those nre bullets and cannon bulls and bombshells. Those sre tho tilings with which In the Dark Ages pooplo killed each other." Yet the father will have hard work to make thn son believe that such things wore ever usou tor 1110 uestruntlon ol human life, tint that time has not yet arrived, aud unving on oilier occasions spoken to you of tho "Aggravations of Wnr." now thnt war Is actually hero it Is time to spenk of 11a iiiiuviuuuuy. First, I find an nllevlntlon In tho fact thnt 11 11ns consolidated the North nnd Houth nftor long-continued strained relntlnna. It Is thirty-three years iHnee our Civil Wnr closod, nnd the violences nronll gone nnd tho severities bnve been hushed. Hut ever nna anon, in oration, In sermon, in news rnper editorial, In mimnzlno nrtleln on political stump, nnd in Congressional hull, theoldsentlonnl d(ITrenee has lifted Its Mjid; and for tho ilrst tlmo within my mem ory, or tho moniory of nny ono who hears or rends these words, tho North and tho Houth are ono. It was not a four yenrs' war, but a llfty years' war; wr of tongue, wnr of peu, war of printing press. Hut by a marvelous providence, the family that led In opposition to our tlovornment thirty years ago, is represented nt tho front In tills present wnr. Nothing else could bnvo dono the work ot unification so suddenly or so completely ns t his conflict. At Tampa, nt Chattanooga, nt Itlthmoud, and In many other places the regiments are formlng.nnd It will be sldo by side, Massachusetts and Alabama, Now York and Georgia, Illinois nnd Louisiana, Maine and Houtli Cnrolinn. Northern nnd Houthurii men will together tuillmher the guns and rush upon the forti fication and chnrgo upon the enemy nnd shout the triumph. The volees of military officers who wero under Hldnoy Johnson and Joseph Hooker will give the command on the same side. The old sectional grudges forever dead. The name of Grant on tho Northern Blile aud of Loo on tho Houthurn sldo will bo exchanged for tho names of Orunt nnd Lee on tho snmo side. The veterans In Northern nnd Kou thorn homes nnd asylums are stretching tholr rheumntlo limbs to see whether they can again keep step In a march, nud are testing their eyesight to find whether they enu again look along tho gun-barrolto success fully tuke aim and lire. The old wnr cry of "On to lliuhmond!" and "On to Wash Ingtoul" bus become tho wnr cry of "On to Havana!" "On to Porto Moot" "On to the Philippine Inland!" Tho two old rusty swords that In other days clashed ut llur freesboro nnd Houth Mountalu and Atlanta, are now lifted to strike down llispnulu abominations. Another alleviation of the war Is tbo fact that it la the most unselfish wnr of U10 ages. While the commercial rights of our wronged citizens will be vindicated, that is not tho chief Idea of this war. It Is the rescue of hundreds of thousands of people from starvation nnd multiform maltreat ment. A friend who wont out under tho flag of the ltud Cross two years ago to 11s suago suffering Iu Armenia, and who has been on the snmo mission, under the same flag. In Cuba, says that the sulToriugs In Armenia wore a comody and a farce com pared with the greater sulToriugs of Cuba. At least two hundred thousand gravos are calling to us to oome on and romomber by what processthelr oocupants died. It Is the twentieth century crying out to the nine teenth: "Doyon menu to pass down to us tho curse with which you bavolioeublatto.l? Or will you lot mo begin under new aus ploea and turn the Island of desolation Into an Island Edenlo?" It Is a wnr lusplred by mercy, which is an attribute In man Imitative of the same at tribute of Uod. In no othor uge of tho world could suoh a war have been waged. The gospel of kindness needed to be reuog. nlzed' throughout Christendom In order to make suoh a war possible. The chief rea son why most ot the European nations are not now banded together scalnst us Is be cause they dare not take the part ot that behemoth of oruelty, the Spanish Govern ment, against the crusade of mercy which our nation bas started. Had It been on our f art a war of conquest, a wnr of annexa Ion, a war of nggrandlzoment.there would bave been by this time enough Hying squadrous oomlng to this oountry across the Atlantic to throw luto punlo every city on our American sonboard. The wars of tho Crusnders were only to regain au empty sepulchre; tin Napoleonic wars, with tbelr six million slaughtered meu, were projected and carried out to ap pease the ambition ot one man; of the t wen-ty-llve million slain In Jewish wars, and ot the sixty million slntu in the wars under Julius Cawnr; of the one hundred and eighty million slain in wars with Turks and burn onus; of the llfty million statu In WHrs with Xerxes; of the twenty million slain In wars ot Justinian; and the thirty-two million slain In the wars of Genghis Knhu, not one man was aurilloed for ineroy; but In this Ilispaulo-Ainerlcau war every drummer boy, or picket, or giiuuer, or stuudard bearer, or sklrinUker, or sharpshooter, or cavalryman, or nrtillerytnitu, or engineer Who falls, falls Iu the cause of mulcy, aud tiocomes a martyr for Uod aud bis country. . Auotuor alleviation of this wnr is that It Is for tho advancement of the sublime principle of liberty, which will yet engirdle the earth. Not only will this wnr free Cuba, bnt flnnlly will freeHpnln. Ily whnt right does a dynasty like that stnnd, and a corrupt court dominate a people for cen turies, taxing them to death, riding In gilded chariot over the necksof a beggared populntlon? Another nllevlntlon Is thnt the wnr opens with a great victory for the United Htatg. In the most Jubilant manner let thevictory of our navy be celebrated. With the story of the destroyed bnttlcshln fresh In the minds ot.the world It would require no or dinary oonrngs to sail Into the harbor ot Manila and attack the Hpanish shipping. Thnt harbor, crowded with sunken wea ponry of death, to enter It was running a risk enough to make all nations shiver. Hut Manila Is onrs, nnd tho blow bns shaken to the foundation the pnlacei of Madrid, nnd for poller's sake the doubtful nations are on on r side. For Commodore Dewey nnd all who followed lilm let the whole nation ntter Its most resonndlng hurzn; nnd more than thnt, let us tbnnk the Lord ot hosts for his guiding and pro tected power. "1'rnise ye the Lord! Let everything that bnth breatu praise the Lordl" Another alleviation Is the fact that In this war the might Is on the side ot tho right. Again nnd nualn hnvo llhertv ami Justice and suffering humanity hail the ouus against tnem. It wes so when Hen hadnd'sj Hyrlan ho.its, who; were In the wrong, nt Aphck, enmo upon the smnll regiments ot Isrnnl, who wero In tho right, the lllhle putting It In one of those graphic, sentences for which the book Is remark able "Tho children of Isrnel pitched bo. foro tbom like two little (locks of kids, but the Hyrlaus filled tho whole country." It wns so In the awful defeat of tho Lord s people nt Gilboa nnd Megiddo, It was so reoontly when gnllant ami glorious Oreceo was In conflict with gigantic Mohamme danism, and tho navies of F.uropo hovering about the Hosphorus were In practical protection ot the Turkish government, fresh from tho slaughter of one hundred thousand Armenians. It was so when, Iu 1770, the thirteen colonies, with little wnr snipping nml a few undrllled nud poorly clad soldiers, wore brought Into a content with the mightiest navy of all tho earth nnd an army thnt commanded tho ndmlra tlon of nations. It was so when Hungary went under. It bas b"n si during nil tho struggles heretofore for Culeiu indepen- ueiicu. nut now 11 is our powenui nnvy with enough guns to send the opposing lle 't as completely under nswhen tho lied Hen submerged Pharaoh's nrrnv. Anotlu-r alleviation is the fact that wo hnvo a God to go to Iu behalf of all thoso of our countrymen who may bo In ospenlal oxposure nt 1 110 front, for we must ndmlt the perils. It Is no trilling thing for 101),. 000 young men to be put outside of homo restraints nud sometimes into evil com panionship. Many of the bravo ot tho earth nre not tho good of the earth. To bo In tho same tent wltjt these who hnvo no regard for God or borne; to bear their holy religion sometimes slurred nt; to bo placed underlnlluences calculated to mako ono rockless: to have no Hahbnth, except such Sabbath ns In most encampments amounts to no Hnbbath nt all; to go out from homes where all sanitary laws are observed Into surroundings where ques tions ot health nre never discussed; to In vade dimes whore pestllenco holds posses sion; to mnko long marches under blister ing skies; to stand on deck and In the Holds under fire, nt the merey of shot and shell we must ndmlt that those thus ex posed noed especial cure, and to tho Omni present God we have a right to commend them, nnd will com mend thorn. Postal communication may be interrupted, and letters started from camps or homes may not srnvo at the right destination, but howover far nwny our loved ones may bo from ns, nnd however wldo nnd deon' tho sons that separate us, we may hold com munication with thorn via tho throne of Uod. A shipwrecked sailor was found flontlno on a raft, near the coast of California. While In tho hospital ho told his experi ence, nud said that ho bad a companion on the same raft for some time. While that companion wns dying of thirst he said to him: "George, where nre you going? ' nnd the dying sailor said: "I hope I am going to God." "If you do," said the res cued sailor, "will you ask Him to send somo water?" After the death of his 00m J panlon, tuosnrvlvor said, tho rain enme in torrents, and slnked Ids thirst nnd kont lilm alive until he was taken to snfetv. The survivor always thought It was In nil swer to tho messnge he had sont to heaven asking for water. Thank God wo may have direct and Instnntnneous communi cation with the Lord Almlghtv through Jesus Christ, His only begotten Hon, and In mac miin wo may secure tun rescue or our imperiled kindred. Is uot that a mighty alleviation? Morning, noon and nlcht lot ns commend this beloved land to the care of a gracious fled. That He answers prayer Is so cer tain thnt yonrrellgion Is an hallucination If He does not unswer It. Pray that in re ply to such suppllontion the farmers' boys may get homo again In time to reap the harvest of next Julv; that our business men may roturn In time to prepare for a fall trade such as bos never vet tilled the stores nnd fuotorlcs with customers, nnd that nil the homes In this country now sad dened by the ilupartureof fntheror brother or son may months before tho Thanksgiv ing nnd Christmas holidays be full of Joy nt thearrlval of thoso who will for the rest of their lives bnve stories to tell of double quick march, nnd narrow escnpe, and churgos up the parapets, nnd night sot on fire with bombardment, nnd our flag hauled up to placei from which othor flags wore hauled down. At Plymouth. Knglnnd. on the 10th nf July, the prominent olllcers ot the navy were In a bowling nlloy, bowling with great glee Lord Howard, the High Admiral; Hlr Martin FrohUlior, tho darlug explorer, unu nir rraneis uruuo, cue nrst circum navigator of tho world when word came to them that the Kpnulsh Armada was ad vancing. Tho olllcers continued nt tho game of the bowling nlloy until tho game was finished, and then went out to Investi gate the tiding., nnd, sure enough, that mighty lleet. which was considered invln. elide, and which was to bombard and over throw England, was approaehlug. but the invading navy was destroyed, for the Lord Almighty appeared in tho light.. . A storm such as hjid never swopt the coast of Euglund or aroused the ocean swooped upon the Spanish Armada. Most ot tne snips soon went down under the sea, while others were driven helplessly along to be splintered oa the coasts of England, Ireland. Hootlnnd. and Norway. Another Hpanish Armada Is orosslng the Atlantic, nnd we are ready to meet them. The same God who destroyed the Armada la 15SS reigns In ISM. May He la His might, either through human arm or dumb ele ment, defeat their squadron, and give vic tory to the old flag. Yet what the world most wants is Christ, who is oomlng to take possession of all hearts, nil homes, : all Nations; but tho world bUioks the wheels of His chariot. I would like to see this eentury. which Is now almost wound up, lloi its peroration In some mighty overthrow of tyrannies and a mighty building up ot liberty and Justice. Almost all the centuries have ended with some stupendous event tbat transformed Natlous and chauaod the aispof the world. It was so at thecloseof the fourteenth cen tury; It wns so at tho olose ot the fifteenth century; It was so at the close of the six teenth century: It was so nt the oloso of the seventeenth century; It wus so at thnclose or the eighteenth century. May it be mora gloriously so nt the close ot the ulnoteeth century! "Hlessed bo the Lord God ot Is rael from ovorlantlug to everlasting, and let the whole earth be tilled wltli Illy olnrv." A men unrl H m stn. I Americans and Victoria's lllrthdny. The Nlugnra Fulls ( N. Y.I Council will as. slst Cnuadlans Iu celebrating the (Jueou's blrtbduy ai.d bos declared It a legal bfi dur. II SaBBITH SCHOOl LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT? FOR MAY 29. lesson Textt "The Lord's Snpper," MmU tltew 1T-30 Onlden Texti I CorJ xl an Commentary on the Lesson of tho Day by the nev. D. M. Stearns 17. "Now the first dny of the feast of nni leavened bread the disciples cameto Jesus, saying nnto Him, Where wilt Tbou thnt wel prepare for Thee to eat the passoverl'1 This was of nil nassovors the greatest, fo It was the last, the consummation and ful fillment of nil thnt hnd ever been . He said concerning this one, "I have henrtlly de. sired to eat this pasover with you before t suffer'' (Luke xx., 15. margin). And He) also added that It would have a fuHlllment In the kingdom of God. The first psssover was In connection with the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. The still future ful fillment will be In connection with a fne grenter deliverance of Israel, so muchi greater thnt the former shnll not seem worth mentioning (Jer. jtvl., 14, IS; xxlll.,1 . 8). May the "Where wilt Thou?" of the.' disciples, with the "What wilt Thou?" ot Vnal (Acts lx 0) be ever our attitude tol Him. j IS. "And ne said, Oo Into the city la) such a man, and say unto him, The Master salth, My time Is et hand: I will keep tho Passover at thv house with M iliei,.it. In Luke xxll., 10, we learn how they would know tho bouse and find the man. They wonld meet a man bearing a pitcher of wnter, and following hlin they would' Und the house, 1 10. "And the disciples did ns Jesus had appointed them, and they made ready the passover." In Luke xx., 13, It Is written thnt they went and found ns He had said unto them. Ho It was also In the mntter ot the ass' colt (Luke xlx., 81); they found even ns He hud said unto thorn. In John lv., 50, the mnn believed the word that Jesus hnd spoken unto lilm, and ho went bis way, nnd the soquol shows that be found just as Jesus hnd said. 20. "Now, when tho even was some, He sat down with tho twelve." It would be Interesting to consider tbo preparations which they made nnd tho significance ot each Item. Let tho teacher tnke time to refer back to the Institution ot the feast In Ex. xll., nnd show how the Lamb, kept four days nnd then slain, a Inmb without blemish; the bitter herbs, tho unleavened brend, the sprinkled blood, nro all so full of significance ns typical of Christ our I'assovcr sacrificed for us (I Cor. v., 7). ill. "And ns they did eut 'Ho snld. Verily I say unto you, that one of vou shall betray Me." There were only twelve, the inner most circle of His followers, and yet Ha . says "one of you." Cut it was no surprise to Him, for Jesus know from the beginning; who they wore that bvllorod not! aud who Sbonld betray Hhn. ' 2'J. "And they wore exceed Inf sorrowful,' nnd began every ono of them to say unto Him, Lord, Is It I?" No hint bnd He ever given thom of tho true oharncler of Jndas, nnd well had Judas concealed from them what he really wns. Instead of suspecting nnv one they each nsk, "Lord, Is It I?" What a wondcrfal Oavlor tobnvesaoha one In His company all that time and never tell tho others. 23. "And Ho nnswerod nnd said, no that dippeth His band with Mo In tho dish, the snme shall betray Mo." John xlll., 20, says that Jesus dipped the sop and gavo It to Judas Iscarlot. When those who bave been our friends, or at least bnve professed to be our friends, turn against us nnd become our enemies, It Is a most trying thing, but It Is blessed fellowship with Jesus, for as He was treated we must expect to be. 24. "The Bon of Man gocth ns It Is writ ten of Him. Hut woe unto thnt mnn by whom the Hon of Mnn Is betrayed. It had been good for that man If ho hnd not been born." It was all foresocn nnd foreknown, even as the npostlcs said concerning tho trentment of our Lord by Herod nnd Pon tius l'llate, und the gentiles, and the peo ple of Israel, they only did what God'a hand nnd counsel determined before to be one (Acts lv.,27,28), but that did not in the least lessen their guilt. His knowing that It would be dono did not compel them to do It. Unless thero Is an Indescribably fearful future for tho desplsors of our Lord,' His words In this verso huve no signifi cance; but see Jobxxxvl., IB; Ilov. xxl., 8. 25. "Thon Judas, wbloh betrayed Him. answered nnd said, Master, is It I? He said unto hiin, Thou bast said." Aacordt Ing to John xlll., 27, 80, Jesus also sald.l "That tbou doest. do nuiaklv." And! Judas went Immediately out, and It was night. And It Is still night with lilm who betrayed bis Master, the blackness ot darkness, nnd thero is no escape. 26. "And as they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed' it, and brake it, and Kto iu 11m uisuiiiitrn, bdii Bam: laKey eat. This Is My body." The passover be Ing fullllled, or about to be, but not for thai national benefit ot Israel at tbat time be cause they knew not the tlmo of their visi tation and would not have their -Messiah. He Institutes a new ordinance, tooontlnoa till Uo shall oome again. - 27, 28. "And He took the sup and gave) thanks, and gave It to them, saying, Drlnlc ye all of It, for this Is My blood of the new testament, which Is shed for many for the remission of sins." When He said, "lam tho door," or "I am the true vine," or "I am tbe bread ot lite," He certainly would uot suppose that any one would think that He was an aotual door or vino, and so hero U'ls beyond thought that He would havo us oonslder the bread and wine as His aotual body and blood, but they represent His body given for us to tho death on the) cross nnd His blood poured out for us. 2'J. "lint I say.uuto ybu, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit ot the vine until that day when I drink It new with you la My Father's kingdom. Luke xxll., 18,snys, "Until tbe kingdom of God shall come.'' In Luke xxll., 2'J, 80, He speaks ol His own kingdom and ot tho apostles eating and drinking at bis table ana Ills Kingdom nnd sitting oa thrones Judging the twelve tribes ot Israel. From I Cor. xv., 24-UH, ltv teoms that His kingdom shall precede that ot God the Father, and yet we shall probJ ably Had that both are one In different! stages. Oa tbe same night He said tbat he had given to His people tbe glory which the Fnther had given him, and that Ht was desirous to show It to us. In Rev. xx., 8, It is suld we shall reign a thousand years, and la Rev. xxl., 5, that we shall reign forever and over. As In lust losson, so again we rejoioe that we shall be "ever with the Lord," aud then wo shall fully know. Are we heartily one with Him now In bis great desire to gather out Bis Bride and Hasten the marriage of tbe Lamb? I SO. "And when they bad sung a hymn, they went Into the Mount of Olives.' Then followed (iethsemane, where He left tho eight, and afterward the three, and vent alone. Lesson Helper. Could Hot Hear Both Atsss. The story Is told ot Chief Baron O'Grady, who was trying a case In an assise town where the Court House abutted on to the (air green and a (air was In progress. Outside the court were tethered a number of asses. Aa counsel warn fldMaalnv t,m .. aha of these began to bray. Instantly the lilies cuiou sioppea tne speaker. "Walt a moment, Mr. Dushe. I can't hear two at once." The court roared and the advocate grew red. But presently, when It came to the summing- up, the Judge was In full swing, when another ass struck In whether by the counsel's contrivance or not, who shall say? Anyhow, up Jumped Mr. ltushe, with his hand to his ear. "Would Your Lord.ihlp speak S a .ittle louder y there's such an ecna In the court."
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