THE PULPIT.
A GHlt-UANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE nV. JASON NOBLE PIERCE.
' abject: The Compassion of Jcsns.
Brooklyn, N. Y. In Puritan Con
gregational Church Sunday the pas
tor, the Rev, Jasoa Nobl Pierce,
preached on "The Compassion of
Jesus." The text was from Luke
1:13: "And when the Lord saw her
lie had coiup&ssloa on her and said
unto her, weep cot." Mr. Pierce said:
I taaYe take"?, as my subject this
morning one of the most beautiful
-and comforting themes in the Bible.
""The Compassion of Jesus." If there
ls any one present in this congrega
tion "whs has been experiencing trial
and suffering, or who has been called
npon t bear some grievous burden
"Or suffer loss, I ask his attention, es
pecially, to the consideration of this
theme. And if thsre is auy one here
"Who would maka more sure of God's
.personal love for His individual chil
lren, let Mm discover that love r.s it
la revealed in the compassion of His
Bon, oar Lord end Saviour.
Briefly but clearly the author of
our Gospel presents the scene: "Be
liold. there w?s a dead man carried
out, the only srm of his mother, and
-she wrs a wido.v; and ranch people
of the city was with her." From our
test we know that che was weeping,
and well she mliit. for death leaves
a smarting sting. This was not the
"first lime she had faced death in the
3nner circle of her home. She was a
"xvitlow. But how often does the los
ing of one member of the family
make it any easier to part with an
other, especially when it is an only
con. a young man, and probably the
xnsin support and stay of his wid--owed
mother? Circumstances seemed
to conspire to make the occasion full
f greatest sorrow for her, and as the
procession passes through the city
gate and turns toward the burying
groand the burning tears course
down her cheeks and she sees naught,
feels naught, knows naught but the
srrifcf that is in her hea?t.
Of all the helpless ones in Israel j
she, passing out of the gate, wa3 most t
Iielpless. Ana tnat was tae very hour
the mightiest one in all Israel drew
nigh to the city. Weakness and
strength; human need and divine
Tielp; these are nc-ver far ssparated.
Hot will the divine grace become op
erative? Will the Saviour act?
"When the Lord saw her He had
compassion oi her and said unto her,
"Wesp not. And He came and touched
the bier; and they that bear him
atnod still. And He said. Young man,
1 ray unto thee, arise. And he that
"was dead sat up and began to speak.
And He delivered him unto his
mother."
Hallelalah! What a Saviour!
"- If the issue could be avoided I
"would gladly pass over a discussion
of tha miracle involved in this lessen.
But how can I? If I assume that you
all aceept the miracles ascribed to
Jesus, I make a fals assumption, for
I kftow from personal conversation
that some of you have questionings
and uncertainties in your minds. If
I could separate the question of Jesus'
compassion from His mfraoles I
might do that. Rut how can I?
Hrerywhere In tha Gospels where
-Jesus compassion is referred to it is
Jln connection with some miracle. His
svas not an inactive compassion. He
tlid not do as so many of us do, allow
oar sympathy to vent itself in empty
-air. His great heart made demands
npon a great power, and the sight of
sorrow ever made Him exert Himself
"lor its relief. Four times does St.
-Slatthew and four timss doss St.
IMark refer directly to Jesus' compas
sion, and npan each occasion do we
Und Him working a miracle. St.
Xuke speaks directly concerning the
compassion of our Lord only once
and that is in our text. The subject
demands our attention.
yIT&Jpre are some men who are not
greatly troubles1, concerning the mira
lea. "They sweep them all in or all
- -oat of their theological acceptance
with no hard thinking cr peuetrat-
: Ins vision. Their theological house
is one of the portable variety, cheap
ly bought, ready made, quickly
clapped together over a foundation
of sand. It may serve cn a fair day,
"bat when the t?st conies how is it?
The rain descends and the floods come
and the winds blow and beat upon
that house; and it falls; and great is
tjie fall of it.
One of the safeguards of the church
j the number of thinking men and
women within it, who concentrate
not only their hearts, but their minds
unto the Lord, and who meditate
upon Him In the night watches. And
to all such comes sooner or later the
question of the miracles. We wres
tle with these miracles, we pray over
them, we coma to some conclusion
concerning them and our conclusions
are not always rdike.
There are soma who discriminate
among the miracles. Those they can
xplain through understood laws they
accept; the rest they hold in abey
ance. Some of the most consecrated
and loyal followers of the Master are
among these disciples.
And there are "those also who be
lieve that through Jesus were done
many mighty works. I am of this
mind. This does not mean that we
, sriTe unaualiHed approval to all that
Jesus was said to have done. His i3
the only instance on record, if it is
so, that all that was said of Him Is
true. But it docs mean that through
Him deeds were done that the human
znictl doe3 not yet understand. It
cloes not mean that Jesus did these
mighty works in His own strength
and of His own knowledge. "I can
of rr, in a own self do nothing," He
said, "bat the Father that dwelleih
la Mp, He doeth the works."
And the number of thinking men
who hold this belief is fast Increas
ing, not through an increass of faith
ly itself, but through an increase of
experience. The metaphysical world
Is yielding up hcT secrets one by one,
and we are discovering that there is
a relationship between the sean and
the unseen of which our fathers only
.J reamed. Miracles are daily taking
place through human agency co-oper-.t!ag
with the laws of God. And it
is because we are coming to better
understand the inter-relction of
Jorees and the amazing consequence
of certain causes, that we turn to the
4i3fJi fV'X read wii'a deeper insight
and larger faith of the mighty works
of Jesus.
But I call your attention this morn
ing not to the miracles themselves,
but to their cause; not to an analysis
of their accomplishment, but to the
discernment of that : which called
them forth, the compassion of Jesus.
Often the crowd gathered about
Jesus and demanded some marvelous
work, a sign from heaven. He re
fused them. Men came to Him seek
ing to enlist His power for their sel
fish gain, but they always departed
sadder and wiser men. Nothing
could tempt Him to make a show or
win the crowd through the marvel
lous. But when He saw people in
nee'd or in sorrow or suffering, when
did He ever turn them away? How
quick was His respouse! How suffi
cient in power! His maxim wa3,
"They that are whole have no need
of the physiciau, but they that are
sick."
When the multitude penetrated the
desert whither He had gone for retire
ment and needed rest, when He be
held their desire for Him and knew
the hunger and heart sickness that
impelled them to seek Him, "He was
moved with compassion on them be
cause they were scattered abroad as
sheep having no shepherd."
Wli.ii the blind and the demented
cried unto Him, the Lord of Light
and Spirit was mighty in deed. When
the leper of Galilee knelt before Him
saying, "If Thou wilt Thou canst
make me clean," His heart was
touched. "And Jesus, moved with
compassion, put forth His hand and
touched him and saith unto him, 1
will; be thou clean."
Oh, the mighty love of Jesus! It
met that clear mother at tho gate of
Nain and did for her what none in all
the city could do, restore to her her
son. Can any of you imagine the
wonder and joy unspeakable that
came to her whan Jesus delivsred
him to her?
One of the striking characteristics
of the compassion of Jesus is its in
clusiveness. It knows no bounds. It
goes out to the multitude and' to the
individual, to the stranger as freely
as to tha friend, to the Jew and to the
Gentile. His heart went out for the
city and Ha wept over it and His
heart went out to the lone woman in
need of a Saviour. The one essential
was that there exist a grief, a burden,
a sorrow and immediately His help
was forthcoming. Where the sick
were gathered by their friends, or
among the porches by the pool where
the impotent lay, there was Jesus to
bless. No custom delayed Him, no
fear for life nor weariness of the
flesh restrained Him, but freely He
ministered unto all who called upon
Him.
Another characteristic of Jesus'
compassion is its attitude toward evil.
He does not tell the blind man that
it is best for him to remain blind, nor
doe3 lie point out to the leper that
there are compensating blessings that
come through his affliction. His ac
tion is rather to strike at the evil that
is responsible for their condition. I
dare say that He could have visited
the widow of Nain and through His
revelation of the heavenly home aud
the Father's lova He could have light
ened her heart of much of its sorrow.
But His way was that of the most in
cisive action against the cause of her
grief. Affliction and sorrow and pain
are not regarded by Jesus as divinely
sent nor to be unnecessarily borne.
He opposed them. He threw the
weight of His teachings and life
against everything that tended to pro
duce them. He set a priceless value
not only upon human life, but upon
the liberty that life was to enjoy, and
everything that bound and dwarfed
that liberty He fought unto the end.
Oh, what a judgment upon thi3 coun
try, where human life is held so
cheaply, where men perish by thou
sands upon the railroads and in the
mines, where grinding industrial life
sweeps pinching poverty into the
homes, where selfishness and pleasure
allow disease and suffering to spread
far and wide with ravaging hand!
Jesus fought this misery and gave
Himself unstintedly to unburden the
lives of men.
And now in approaching the final
consideration of this theme it is im
portant that we bear in mind the
steps thu3 far taken, for they have an
immediate bearing upon what i3 to
follow. We have seen that Jesus was
in fullest sympathy with all who car
ried a burden, and that all such found
a way of approach to Him at all times.
In the second place, we have seen
that He was in such accord with His
Father in heaven that the mightiest
of works were possible unto Him and
were accomplished through Him to
relieve human sorrow. And we have
seen, too, that His loving compassion
knew no bounds, that it embraced
the individual as well as the multi
tude, that it. left no. one with whom
He came in contact outside His af
fection. And lastly, we have consid
ered the fact that Jesu3 opposed Him
self to evil in whatever form it was
found, and regarded pain and afflic
tion as enemies to be trodden under
foot.
Dear friends, while we have been
talking about Jesus we have in reality
been talking about our heavenly
Father. While we have been consid
ering the compassion of Jesus we
have been discussing the loving com
passion of God. The former is tha
perfect manifestation of the latter.
All that has been said of Jesus' com
passion I now assert to be true of
God's love. If .there Is any one here
with a burden, a heavy sorrow, a hid
den grief, let me tell you that you do
not bear it alone. It may "have
seemed ofttimes that the Father had
forgotten you or had overlooked you
in the multitude, but the very mo
ment that the hour has been dark
est is the time He has been most
near. He has always kept the way of
approach open, which is more than
we can say for ourselres. and often
when our ear heard not and our
heart Inclined not His voice has been
calling "Come unto Me, all yo thnt
I labor and are heavy iaden, and I will
! give you rest."
Nor has lie overlooked one. No
or.is beyond the reach of His love.
It nStf have been long ago that you
turn r inside from Ilim and you may
feel thakyou are indeed a stranger
with no tiuim upon Him. But it is
not so. Js compassion is without
bound.
An Tmnossibiliiy.
You can no expect men to rever
ence a religioii when they cannot ra-
; spect its followers.
INTFH NATIONAL f.KSSON VOM
MliXTS FOR DECEMUER 13.
Subject: Solomon Dedicates the Tem
ple, 1 Kings S fSolden Text, Ps.
122:1 Commit Verses 10, 11
Head 1 Kings Chs. o-S.
TIM 11. 1004 B. C. PLACE. Je
rusalem. EXPOSITION. I. The Gathering
nt Jerusalem to Dedicate the Temple,
1, 2. Great national gatherings for
religious purposes were one of the
marked features of the life of God's
chosen people Israel. Not only had
they their three regular yearly feasts
(Ex. 23:14-17) but there were special
gatherings for special occasions like
this (cf. Josh. 23:2; 24:1; 1 Chron.
2S:1). Sometimes, as in the case be
fore us, the regular and the special
were combined (cf. Ezra 3:1-6). The
Israelites when walking with God
took plenty of time for due acknowl
edgment of God's godness, and for
the cultivation of their moral and
spiritual life. The dedication of the
temple occupied seven days, and was
immediately followed by the regular
vearly Feast of Tabernacles (2 Chron.
7:8-10). There were in all fourteen
days of confession of sin (for the
Day of Atonement occurred on the
tenth day of this month, Lev. 23:27,
which would be the third day of the
ssven days of the dedication), of
thanksgiving and worship and prayer.
NTo wonder that God manifested Him
self to them In such a glorious way.
The immediate purpose of this great
national gathering of all tho leading
people of the nation was that they
might bring up "the ark of the cov
enant" with due honor. All the sen
ators of the nation were there, but
none of them presumed to touch the
ark that stood for God's presence in
their midst. God had appointed that
only "the sons of Kohath" should
bear the ark (Nu. 4, 15 B). On this
occasion the most important of the
sons of Kohath, the descendants of
Aaron, the priests themselves, bore
the ark (cf. Josh. 3:6, 14, 15; 6:6;
De. 31:9; 1 Chron. 15: 2; 11-15).
Not only the ark, but the entire
tabernacle, which up to thi3 time had
been at Gibeon, was brought up. Sac
rifices and offerings expressing con
fession of sin, trust in atonement
through blood, consecration and com
munion with God, Vvere offered in
countless profusion. By the "oracle
of the house" is meant the most Holy
Place reserved for the ark (ch. 6:19
22). In this most Holy Place the
ark was placed under the sheltering
wings of the Cherubim (cf. ch. 6:27;
Ex. 25:20-23). At the time the rec
ord contained in this book was writ
ten everything still remained just as
it was arranged the day of dedication
(v. 8). The ark contained the two
tables
5f.s!?nTeTWich ,Moses ,h,a?
hewed out at Horeb, and on which !
Jehovah Himself had written "the
ten words" (or commandments) (De
10:1-5, R. V.). These "ten words"
were God's covenant with Israel (Ex.
34:27, 28, R. V.). Hence the ark
that contained them was called "the
ark of the covenant." With the law
of God perfectly kept within, and its
blood-sprinkled mercy seat above,
where God met His people (Ex.
25:20-22), it -.as a remarkable type
of Christ. These ten words were also
called "the testimony," because they
were God s witness to the truth and
to His will. There was absolutely
nothing else in the ark but these two
tables of stone. Besides the ark, in
the tablernacle, were the pot of
manna (Ex. 16:33, 34) and Aaron's
rod that budded (Nu. 17:10, 11). As
these were by divine commandment
so closely associated with, the ark of
testimony, the author of the Epistle
co the Hebrews regards them as being
In it. (The Greek preposition trans
lated "in" has a wider meaning and
use than our word "in. ') Only the
law which Jehovah Himself had
written was actually inside the ark.
The complete Mosaic law (not merely
the ten words) written out in full by
the hand of Moses, was beside the
ark of the covenant, in the tabernacle
(De. 31:26), and afterwards in the
temple, where it was found when the ,
temple was being repaired in the days
of Josiah (1 K. 22:1-20).
II. The House of Jehovah Filled
With the Glory of Jehovah, 10, 11,
62, 03. When everything was com
plete, and the temple was left emp
tied of all else for God Himself, He
came down and filled It with His
own ineffable glory. When every
thing is in place, and we have, pre
sented ourselves to God to be His
temple, and have taken off our hands.
He will come and fill us too with HIa
glory. "The cloud" that "filled the
house of the Lord" was the Shekinah
glory of His own awful presence (Le.
1 6 : 2 f Ex. 13:21; 14:24; 16:10;
; U7 ' 0 V We2
the conditions are met to-day, God
just as really and manifestly, and far
more blessedlv. fills His house with
His glory. In a similar way Jehovah
had filled the tabernacle with His
glory when that was set up, and ev-
erything finished according to His 1
word (Ex. 40:34, 35). And He again
filled the temple when Solomon had
finished his prayer (2 Chron. 7:1-3).
We have a far more abiding privilege
than Israel; for it i3 ours to constant
ly behold the glory of God in the
person of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 3:18;
4:6; Jno. 1:14).
The Result of Long Ages.
The institutions of any age are
merely the crystallized opinions about
God of the age preceding.
A Wise Scheme.
"But, doctor," asked the young prac
titioner, "why do you always order
champagne for every new patient that
comes to you?",
"Because, my toy," replied the wise
old medical men, "I can judge "
what he says "whether cr -net he can
afford it. That help whin I come
to make cut my bi'.l." Philadelphia
Press.
CHRISTIAN EHUEAUDR NOTES
DECEMBER THIRTEENTH
Topic Books That Delight and
Strengthen. Prov. 4: 1-9.
Luke's books.
Paul's bocks.
Peter's books.
Acts 1: 1-5.
2 Tim. 4: 9-13.
1 Pet. 1: 1-5.
Num. 21: 14-1G.
Missing bocks.
Writings in stone. Ex. 24: 12-1.
Parchment rolls. Jer. SO: 2-4.
"Get" (v. 5) U the word of today;
and the word is a gcvd word if wo get
tho right tfcinfs, the enduring things.
Getting whdom is enly half; it is
quite as important (v. 5) not to for
get It.
The value cf a gain is the use we
can make cf it. Some men are '"land
poor," but no man is ever wisdom
poor (v. 6.)
Wisdom Is net cnly useful . but
beautiful. There i3 no beauty of
house or face or clothes or picture3
that Is lovely without It (v. 9.)
Illustrations.
Books must delight If they are to
strengthen; fays Shakespeare: "No
profit goes where there'3 no pleasure
ta'en."
Bjoks must strengthen if they are
to delight Reading only for amuse
ment soon ceases to amuse.
Few have wide enough range in
their reading. Use different books
for different purposes.
Never read a book that has not
something to give your life, nor cease
to read till you have received it.
Illustrations.
The lovo of a library Is the best
insurance. It Insures against lone
liness, despair, gloom.
Our partners make half the success
of our worldly business. Books give
us for speritual partners the world's
best and greatest men.
A library is a bank, containing the
treasures cf all ages, and any one
may draw all he can carry away.
As you cannot kn'uw intimately all
men, but must choose your friends,
so you cannct know all books, but
must choose . your friend3 among
them.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13.
The
Joy of the Overcomers Rev.
7, 11, 17, 26-29; 3. 5, 12, Zi
The Scriptures recognizes the real
ity and power of temptation. Its
promise is "to him that overcometh."
Our references are to particular
churches confronted by particular
conditions, the "joy" or triumph fit
ted to the condition or temptation pe
culiar to the church to which it was
promised. There is a joy suited to
every case: Those who have suf-
fovcrl nnil mnv ctill Rnffpr shall not
have death to fear. Eternal life shall
rtchX Jm
e their portion. These who have -..to
deny themselves meat offered unto
Idol3 shall be fed with the food of
God the hidden manna.
Those who resist the power of false
teachers shall be given the power jf
rulers. .
Those whose garments are not de
filed through softness and ease shall
be clothed in the livery of heaven
and honored by the confession of
Christ Jesus. (See Matt. 10. 32.)
Those who resist the false Jews of
the synagogue shall become pillars
in God's temple and shall be honored
even by those who try to turn them
aside.
Those who resist the allurements
of wealth, with its promise of posi
tion, shall be permitted to reign with
Christ and the Father in heaven.
Here, then, is clearly set forth the
general teaching that losses may be
sustained in Christian service, but
they will be compensated for by the
eternal recognition of God in his
home above.
The overcomers shall reign with
God. Only the victors are worthy
to dwell with him.
HIS FIRST POCKETS.
"What do you want for your birth
day, Bobbie?" "Trousers with pock
ets in, just like daddy's, please, moth
er, and real braces." "Nothing else,
Bobbie, no cake, no presents?" "Oh.
yes, mother, please give me a cake,
but I don't mind about presents if I
have real pockets." When the birth
day came, Bob awoke very early. By
his 'bed he saw a big paper parcel,
and inside was a sailor suit, trousers
with pockets and a pair of braces.
Bob jumped up in high glee, partly
dressed himself and looked In the
glass. "Just like daddy," he said, "I
am a man now." Then he looked
puzzled "Dad always has some keys
f ,, . . . ' . r. cr.m
I 111 s pocket; I must some
also!" Breakfast was overr Bob had
I gone to visit friends living near, to
show his new suit.
Mr. Brown came hurrying into the
hall, it was time he went off to catch
his train that took him to town each
morning. . "Has any one seen my
keys?'' he cried; "I cannot find them
ind feel sure they were in my room
last night." Then such a hunt be
gan. Mother, granny, Rosa, the maid,
all joined in, hut nowhere could the
keys be found. "I must go," said Mr.
Brown, "as I have to meet a friend,
but I shall be in a fix all day." Even
ing came, and Bob, after a long day's
play was being put to bed by his
mother, when she heard a rattle in
his pocket, and there, tied firmly to
hi3 braces by some string, were the
missing keys! Bob got very red, but
he told the truth, and how he had
taken the keys "to be like daddy."
If it had not been his birthday Bob
would have had a whipping. Wash
ington Star.
The Portland (Ore.) police court
is to have a store made from re-
rolvpM taken
"JESUS, I LIVE TO THEE.
(This hymn lins been adopted by Mei
cersburg Academy. Pennsylvania. It was
written by Rev. Henry llsrbaush, in Mer
cersburjr, in 1850, where he was miniate?
of the Reformed Church. -Jesus,
I live to Thee,
Tho loveliest and beat:
JIv life in Thee, Thy life in me,
In Thy bleat love I re3t.
Jesus, I die to Thee,
Whenever death Rhall come;
To die in Thee is life to me,
In my eternal home.
Whether to live or die.
I know not which is best;
To live in Thee is bliss to me,
To die is endless rest.
Living or dying. Lord,
I ask hut to be Thine: - -
Mv life in Thee, Thy life in me,
Makes Heaven forever mine. t '
Christian Herald.
Something to Live Up To.
One' who repeated to a friend a
word ofjfpraise that had been over
hearda high encomium of his work
and character was somewhat sur
prised at tho sudden light that flashed
into the strong face.
"Thank you," was the earnest re
ply, "I'm glad you told me that. It
is something to live up to."
There was no vain acceptance of
the commendation as fully merited;
it was only like a bugle call to high
er service. That is what such words
must always prove to any true and
earnest sDirit. They flash a sharp
contrast between the self that ap
pears to others, and what the soul
knows of its own failures and short
comings, and humble as no blame
could do; but also they inspire to
fresh courage and effort:- they are
"something to live up to."
"A true friend will tell one, hte
faults," is a saying we often hear,
but a true friend, if he is wise in the
knowledge of human nature, will tell
us our virtues. The fact is that in
this busy world of ours, with its keen
struggle and 6harp competition, we
are pretty apt to be told our faults
by those who are not friends, and to
be brought face to face with one's
mistakes and failures so often that
we sometimes lose hope and courage.
Whoever has a word of honest praise
for another should feel that he holds
something which is that other's due.
and hasten, to pay it. The word of
blame may be a goad, but the word
of hearty commendation will be
"something to live up to" through
many a trying hour. Forward.
The Beauty of Death.
If there is one thing especially of
which many people cannot possibly
believe that, under any circum
stances, it would seem beautiful, I
suppose it must mean death. That
must always be dreadful. Men sel
dom see any misery in life so great
as to outweigh the misery of leaving
it.
But yet it comes to all of us, that
He who made death made it, like all
things else, to be beautiful in his
time. When a life has lived its days
out in happiness, grown old with
constantly accumulating joys, and
then, at last, before decay has
touched it, or. the grounds soften un
der its feet, the door opens, and it
enters into the new youth of eternity;
when a young man has tried his pow
ers here and dedicated them to God.
and then is called to the full use of
their perfected strength in the very
presence of the God whom he has
loved; when a man has lived for his
brethren, and the time comes that
his life cannot help them any longer,
but his death can put life into dead
truths, and send enthusiasm into
fainting hearts; when death comes
as a rest to a man who is tired with
a long fight, or 'as victory to a man
who leaves hi3 enemies baffled be
hind him on the shore of time in
all these times, is not death beauti
ful? .
"Nothing in all his life became this
man like leaving it," they said of
one who died. Phillips Brooks.
A Father's Love.
The wife of a young rector in the
West End of London died, leaving
him a motherless child. The peo
ple hoped that sbme aunt or sister
would come to care for the child,
but none. such appeared. Gradually
it came to be known in the parish that
the scholarly rector was quite as
much at home in the nursery as in
the study and that his child was un
der his constant ; watchfulness and
care.
Four years slipped by, and ono
Eacter Sunday the child sat" as usual
in a front pew and listened to tho
sermon. It was on the mother of
Jesus her agony of heart at the
cross, her wonder and joy at tho res
urrection. From this he turned to
tell of tho sadness of those who feel
the mother want in thi3 world.
"Think what a child's life is without
the mother love!" ho said in conclu
sion. "Who can tend and cherish
and love who but a mother?"
In the hush that followed a child
ish, voice called sweetly from tha
front pew: "A favor doe3 ev'y bit's
well, papa, dear."
Much has beeu said in glorification
of the love of 0 moiher. Shall we
forget that the father lovo is often
quite as deserving of our praise?-
Deaconess Advocate.
Onr Law is God.
The kingdom of heaven is not come
even when God's will is our law; it
is come when God's will i3 our. will.
When God's will ia our la-v, wo are
but a kind of noble slave3; when Ilia
will is our will, we are free children.
George MacDonald.
Duty to S offer.
Duty does not consist in suffering
everything, but in suffering every
thing for duty. Sometimes, indeed,
it is our duty not to suffer. Dr.
VineL
Household Affairs.
SANDPAPER CAKES.
To remove the burned edges of
layer of loaf cake, use fine sandpaper
as soon as the cake i3 "set," but be
fore it gets cold. : A piece of paraffin
paper, cut the shape , of cake, will
prevent tho cake sticking to the plate
on which it Is to be set away. New
York World.
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- MAKE STOCKINGS LAST.
Whfin huvine hnvs sfncklnsrs ' nnr- W-
chase as long as can be had. Bsf. j
fore wearing, sew a neat tuck around
the ankle. When the stocking is
worn at the knee let out the tuck
and the worn part will be raised so
as to he covered by the trousers, and
the stocking will be as good as new,
New York World.
CARROTS A CURE FOR BABIES.
One would scarcely think of feed
ing 111 babies on carrots, yet this I3
precisely what has been done with
great success by an Italian physician,
Dr. Moro, who flnd3 that these vege
tables act as an intestinal antisep-.
tic. In all of forty-eight cases of
digestive disturbances treated with a
carrot puree excellent results are re
ported. The soup is not only anti
septic, but nourishing. There appears
to be no good reason why the carrot
should not have the same effect upon
adult as upon Infant digestion, and
lovers of the peculiar flavor of this
humble vegetable may consider that
their preferences are now amply justit
fied. p. . ;
LINEN BAGS.
Embroidered linen bag3 to hold
one's kitting or fancy work are often -made
of white linen and worked In
floss. A favorite shape is an oblong
bag with the two sections cut exactly;
the same and each one decorated with
some needlework, a raised pattern in
linen floss heing preferred. Two
rows or eyelets are worked about an
inch and a half from the top and
reaching from side to sidethere be
ing four or five in each row. A linen
cord Is run one way through the up
per row and the other way through'
the lower row. Both pieces of the
bag are laid together and the sides
and bottom fastened down with scal
lops worked in buttonhole stitch. The
top and corners down to where the
cords are run are worked separately,
in the same scallop. These bags wash
perfectly and they are very conven
ient to carry or to keep for handker
chiefs, embroidery silk, spools or any,
of the little belongings that litter up
dresser drawers. New York Herald.
sutt, Parlors.
Sun parlorstnre better liked every
year, and architssts say that in time'
they will replacpizzas. A piazza
i3 comfortable in hot weather,
but a sun parlor can be used all the -year
round. Some people are en
closing their piazzas with glass. Care
ihould he taken to brighten the in
terior with warm coloring.
An old stone porch that has been
for years a stiff, gloomy affair recent
ly blossomed into the most desirable
of sun parlors. The floor was cov
ered with well chosen rugs, the color
scheme being dark green, with bright
red-to relieve the soberness. At
the windows bright red curtains hung
straight down to the sills, and the
shades close to the windows were
truly gorgeous. These were of a
material not too thin, but transparent
enough to let in the light, and were
covered with red roses running over
a trellis. When the shades were
half way down It gave, the effect of
a window garden.
The furniture was mission, with
red and green cushions, and all
stone work was covered with vines
and ferns plants easily cared for.
Spring flowers were growing In pots
placed on small tables here and there,
and yet the room was not overbur
dened with thlng3 blooming. Phil
delphla Press.
A WORK APRON.
A novel work apron with bretelles,
one that can be worn when embroid
ering or presiding over a chafing dish,
is made of white linen having a dain
tily worked scalloped pattern all
around the edge. The apron part Is
rounded at the bottom corners and is
narrowed at the waist, having a few
tiny pleats where it joins the belt.
On the under side of the apron, start
ing at the belt, ia sewn a narrow strip
of linen, following the outline of the
apron and continuing on up the other
side of the belt. In the centre at the
bottom two buttonholes are worked
and then ribbon is run in this casing,
the upper ends being well fastened at
the waist, while the other ends come
through the buttonholes to the out
side, where they are tied in a bow.
When the apron s vorn plain
without the pocket effect the bow re
mains in this position, but when the
use of the pocket is desired the knot
is lifted up to the waist line, thus
gathering the apron so that it forms
a pocket, and the bow is then hooked
to an invisible eye in the centre4 of
the belt in front.
The belt itself 13 fashioned of rib
bon and the bretelles made of shaped
pieces of the embroidered material
have bands of ribbon running from
each side of tho front to the shoul
ders, where they terminate in smart
little bows wit an end of each rs
tuxning down the front to the bust,
rca k uTTHto -1 w o
ribbons
form anothS
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