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the season's ' r* h" New York City.?Blouses such a this one are in demand at all season of the year. They are charming mad from all lingerie materials and are al V tractive made from messalinc, crep de Chine and other thin silks, while great many women use them for ligh wools also. This one is adapted t al". the materials mentioned and ti the gown as well as to the odd blouse It includes prettily tucked sleeves and it allows singularly effective us of embroidery. The embroidered dai sies are exceedingly simple, yet the produce an effect of elaboratior Handkerchief lawn with banding o f lace are the materials illustrated, bu any banding that may be preferre can be substituted. The waist is made with front an backs and with tucked shoulde straps that are novel and becoming The sleeves are cut in one piece an the stock collar finishes the neck. The quantity of material require for the medium size is three an 6even-eighth yards twenty-one o twenty-four, two and a half yard thirty-two or two yards forty-fou tncaes wiae wiia iour auu a uai yards of banding. Silver and White. A lovely evening hat is of whit beaver in a large shape, with au uj turned brim at the left side. Curvin over the crown is a graceful willo' plume, which is large enough to am entirely the crown at the front an sides. And here is the attracts touch: at the side on the brim ar two tiny mercury wings of silve braid. So small are they in contras with the large hat that they ha\ flown into notice. The combinatio r\f oi'ltrar onH ii'h ie Iocs fl^ch v on U l> Oil ? UUU ?? U4tv itMUU ^ M u decidedly more elegant than whil and gilt or any of the more contras ing metallic shades. Gowns That Rear No Date. Many women patronize what ma well be called the dateless gown fc the house. The gown that bears e date, and is without the hall-mark < any particular period or style is o: viousiy a medium for the expressic of a woman's own ideas. The artist: dressmaker, whose numbers are dail Increasing, has scope for her instini fnr rnlnr hpr annrer.iation of th beauties of handwork and hef stud of the piciw.osque periods of tli world's dress in the fashioning of tb house gown. We Economize Space. Shoulders are as flat as ever, an the leg-o'-rautton sleeves promised t us have not yet materialized, and, ir deed, dress generally seems at pre* ent as though specially designed t cause one to occupy as little space e possible. 3 I Coats Fuller. s Most of the new coats show addec e fulness. Contrasting Material. a t Coats of material contrasting witr 0 the skirt arc- a good deal seen, velvel being the most used with cloth skirts. Lovely Turbans. Two rich materials, tapestry and * fniin/f nn snmfi Invplv 1UI , ai e Lv/ v/?* wv.MV -? . ?? little turbans, and the effect is beautiful. Elbow Puff. The wrist or elbow puff is a familiar sleeve treatment at this hour. But the puff is not the baggy thing of old. It is moderate to the point of modesty. Deep Colors Stylish. Depth of color is one of the pronoimced feature of this season. One sees it in deep blue blacks which have tried to steal the tone of Hamburg grapes. Silk Shawls. It is probable that the beautiful old crepe shawls of white, gold or rose silk which were shiped from Canton in the days of our great-grandmothers will soon be unpacked from the paper wrappings in which they have 3 lain so long. (t Eight Gored Skirt, e Skirts that give long lines at fronl and back are very generally becom^ y ing. This one includes that feature t. and also the panel effect at the sides f that is so smart and so much liked it It will be found adapted to all season d able materials. In the illustration ii is made from serge with simple tailoi d stitching, but the style suits linen anc r materials of the sort, which man) j. women make up in midwinter quite d as well as it does woolen ones. Ir Ictci, uie yk 1 rt is uue ui tuc aniai lcoi d and latest to have appeared and cai d be made very generally useful. ,r The skirt is made in eight gores 3 and those at the front and back ar< r ertended to full length and overlaic If to give a bos pleat effect. The sid< panels are made in sections and arc lapped over the narrow centre gore: to form pleats, which provide becom ing flare while at the same'time per e feet slenderness over the hips is pre >- served. g The quantity of material requirec w for the medium size is seven and i half yards twenty-seven, four and : quarter yards forty-four or fifty-tw< Inches wide, when material has figurt d or nap; six and a half yards twenty o seven, four and a quarter yards forty i- four or three and a half yards fifty 3. tv/o Inches wide when material ha; o neither figure nor nap. The width o is the skirt at the lower edge is thre< and a half yards. THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY REV. JOHN WESLEY HILL, D.O. r Theme: The Workings of Providence. Text?Rom. 8:28. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love I God." We have here Paul's epitome of Providence, his summing up of human life and experience under the superintending hand of God. Had he i been a materialist, he would have left t God out of the question, and said, "You are a part of a great, merciless machine, wound up by chance and aontrolled by circumstances, and your sufferings are due to the inexqrable movements of fate, against which you struggle in vain." Had he been a Stoic philosopher, he would not have_ said. "All things work together for" good," but, "You are in the hands of an awful system, of which evil is an Inevitable part," and his exhortation would have been, "Resist the evil with the bold front of an unflinching spirit." Had he been an Epicurean, he would have said. "Chance has projected evil into the world. Fight chance the only way tn which you can, by drowning all your cares in a sea of sensual pleasure." But Paul was neither a materialist, nor a Stoic, nor an Epicurean, but a Christian * " 1 TT~ V.nHarrQ/1 + Vl Q t" find's I pmxosopiier. jnc plans are eternal, that human suffering is a part of the necessary discipline of life, that eternity alone is the final interpretation of time, and that "all things work together for good to them that love God." Under Divine Protection. Note the boldness of this Pauline declaration: "All things work to( gether for good." Had Paul known | nothing of the shocks and storms of life, had his career been one of uninterrupted inspiration and unabated triumph, then it might be urged that the audacity of the proposition is evi; dence of ignorance of the facts in, volved. But Paul's life was interwoven of sunshine and shadows; in ' fact, he knew much more of the ! storms of life than of its calms. The vision of the past was ever before him; the prisons through which he had passed, the uproar at Ephesus, the earthquake at Philippi, violence at Jerusalem, trials with the churches, chains at Caesarea, shipwrecks and stripes, while before him passed scenes of anguish which were far beyond his power to describe; and yet, towering above these dark and pain e..i ~tt-q hoar him exclaim. I JLUl U1CU1VX 1WO, T. V UWM. ? ? "All things work together for good to them that love God." He thus compresses the universe into this one little word of three letters, all! Glorious truth! We are not alone in life's vicissitudes! God's eye is upon us, and His arms encircle us. We are not helpless, for the infinite Deliverer is ever present, even when we are unconscious of His presence, inspiring with wisdom, imparting strength and enabling us to come off more than conquerors over all the trials and difficulties of life, the toils and sufferings, defeats and crosses, gains and losses; all things seen aad unseen, near and remote, dark and bright, good and evil, are harnessed as swift steeds to the chariot of the divine purpose, and nothing can permanently obstruct its progress. Harmony and Co-Operation. Again, let us notice the law of this Providential m-ocess: "All things work together^' And what is this but the law of co-operation? Nothing in the universe below the being of God is complete within itself. Everything leans upon and helps to bear \ -3 Kftlnnr | up everytmng oeyuuu, uwun, and around itself. The dewdrop works with the sunbeam, the seed with the clay, the bee with the flower; the valley with the mountain, the rivulet with the river, and the river with the ocean; the heavens lean upon the earth, and the earth reflects the splendor of the heavens from its laughing valleys, its snow-crowned mountains and its ever-changing sea. There is no isolation anywhere. The faintest trace of matter, the most delicate, microscopic cell has its place in the universal creation, and performs its function, not only for itself, but in behalf of all. The gases that compose the'air we breathe work together with life-giving and health-sustaining power; eliminate the oxygen, and this old world would be shrouded in death; the seasons work togeth. I or rnrin or a nrl an m m pr fall and win t ter, in a grand procession of beauty, order and frultfulness. I Light is beautiful, but light cannot , form the exquisite picture. Shadows must lie there, a dark background } upon which the light can pencil its 1 beauty. The sunshine and shadow t must work together. Why, God cani not paint a rainbow until He has unbraided a beam of light into its seven prismatic hues, to borrow from and ! lend to each other entrancing loveliI ness. So also the Lord knows how to blend bright and dark things in hu; man life, so as to produce the most ? happy, holy and heavenly character. 5 Oh, my friend, you can afford to be patient and trustful, for God is molding you to a pattern brighter than . angelic being, even according to the image of His Son. The blow of the j hammer and the incision of the chisel may be painful, but these are neces1 sary to the removal of imperfections 1 and to the revelation of the angel that is lurking in the hiding places | of your being. God is the great, in I nniie ocuipior, auu juu ran ucycuu upon it He will not overlook the roughness, nor fail to smooth down the rebellious grain! All things work together. The lightning in its livid rage only purifies the atmosphere; the thunderbolt that prostrates the giant oak, beneath which many found shelter, lets the sun shine upon a spot of earth that had hitherto been full of darkness; the cloud that overspreads the sky is frequently but the shadow of an approaching blessing. Some flowers must be trampled upon before their fragrance is detected, and it is likewise true that human hearts must be broken before their wealth of sympathy and love becomes productive. Strength and Love Through Suffering Then, again, we should remember that things are not always as they appear. The sun appears to rise and set, but science places it in the centre of a family of worlds; the stars ap] pear to rove about without restraint, but they, too, are fixed centres, fastened to their points in space. The rainbow appears to be a dense and permanent arch of beauty, reared i against the solid sky, but philosophy i etherealizes both the bow and the . sky. And so in human experience, we are deceived by appearances. It seemed a cruel fate that tore Joseph from his father's arms and sold him 3, Into slavery; but God lifted Joseph f> from a pit to a throne and made him i' lord over all Egypt. "All these things are against me." explained Jacob. when the outrayings of Providsjce were no longer discernible; but at that very moment the horses and chariots were on their way to carry him down to the laud of plenty. It seemed a great calamity that turned aside a professor of' natural science from his self-appointed way, but Scotland gained through that the ministry of Thomas Chalmers. A Divine Hand at the Helm. It is hardly possible for us to ap! preciate the force of the original verb, "work together." The thought is that there is a beneficent power grasping, subordinating, overruling I and directing all things for the largest measure for good. True, this good may not always be apparent, but j it is none tie less real. We cannot I measure the movements of ProviI dence by the swift beating of our lit| tie timepieces. God's clock strikes once in a thousand years. It is not a question of calendar, but of character. The thought of the text involves the largest good. This is the goal of the divine intent. God is not absorbed in gratifying our temporary whims. He will not condescend to our petty wants, as me mauigeut parent who pampers the spoiled child by granting the sweetmeats for which it cries. God's medicine is not always sweet. It is sometimes bitter-sweet, but if it Is necessary to our highest good He will not withhold it. The statement of the text employs a singular verb with a plural noun, denoting the harmonious workings of Providence, and we may rest assured that this power is working in our behalf every moment. Though we deny it and resist it, the process continues, silently andsavingly,subordinating all things to our final good, yes, and making even the stumbling blocks of life steps toward the throne. Oh, what a comfort there is in this thought! There can be no wreck, for God's hand is at the helm; there can be no calamity, for His wisdom and power overrule for good all that comes to rae. The promise is in the present tense, not in some aeon of eternity these things shall result in good, but here and now, amid the changing scenes of life, poised as we are in a probation bounded by two eternities, it is the believer's privilege to look through and beyond all secondary causes and agencies to trace the footprints of God as upon the billows moving forward to the accomplishment of His beneficent purposes, and to know that "all things ?fsw o-aaH fn thpni that WUlfl. lUgCCU^l iVl &wvr v? WW love God.'" "Cod Tliinks of Me." It is this thought that gives to me my position in the universe. If God thinks of me, loves me, and watches over me, it is because I am a part of His plan. I may be but a rough pebble, yet I have my place in the great universal mosaic. I am essential to the unity and perfection of the whole. I am here but for a day. I am not a tenant, but a tourist. Eternity ia my race course, and the universe is my home. All things are in league with me; yea, they are my servants, "working together for good." "Therefore I shall not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at my side, and ' ten thousand at my right hand; but it shall not come nigh me." Yea, 1 shall not tremble when death knocks at the door, for he comes as the messenger of God, bringing my passport to yonder world out of sight, still working for my eternal good. Standing thus, strong and secure, the future flames with light, clouds roll back, the eternal day draws nigh, and although dark questions around me rise and the path is not always r.io5n hofnre mv eves. faith brines the distant near and enables me to sing I with John Burroughs: Serene, I fold ray hands and wait, Nor care for wind or tide or sea; I rave no more 'gainst time and fate, For lo! my own shall come to me. The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal wave unto the sea; Nor time nor space nor deep nor high Can keep my own away from me. Worrying About the Undone. "It isn't the work that broke ma down," said a certain minister who suffered from temporary collapse; "it was the work that I had to leave undone." So the great African promoter and financier, Cecil Rhodes, when dying, is said to have exclaimed over and over: "So little done; so much to do!" P.iled-up work unaccomplished is more wearisome, as every worker knows, than any amount of work which has been turned off. Many a woman goes to bed more tired with the thought of the tasks left ovei " 1 ?U1/i tnan Wicn ail mat sue ua.3 uccu auic | to do, which seems often dwarfed [ into insignificance in comparison with the thousand and one things which are waiting her hands. We r?.ally have nothing to do with the work which is beyond the present hour and strength. "Sufficient unto the day is," not only the "evil thereof," but also the day's tasks. More people are broken down by trying to carry to-morrow's load to-day than by the hardest kind of effort to-day. Let to-morrow alone; it is God's, not yours. Do what you can and then leave the rest with Him who can stay all our doing at His Word. There will be plenty to do when you are gone, wherefore worry about it? It is worse than foolish; it is wicked to waste strength for doing by worry about the .undone. And the fruit of it is usually collapse and premature death. Worry about the undono means the undoing of yourseit anu your work.?Wellspring. Arc Wo Praying For Needy People? Let a man take care that the circle of his petitions grows wider every week. The pathos and the tragedy in many Christian lives is this: their prayers are no bigger to-day than they were twenty or thirty years ago. Spiritual hospitality is no richer; there are no more guests in their hearts. Prayers of that kind become very stale, for a man must become weary of the same company from day to day and from year to year. Let him give himself s, surprise by introducing an outsider into thD holy circle, some neglected vagrant who rarely conies within the petitions of the saints. Let Christians scour the world for needy people, and let them bring them under the inlluoneo of l mighty intercession.?J. H. Jowctt. Coil's Plan For My Life. I am here becauso God has sent ma to do a work that 110 other being could do but myself. Had there not been room for me, God had not made me. Had I not been needed in America, God had not placed iuo in Aiaerica. Had I not work in the twentieth century, I had not. boon born in that century.?Bishop Simpson. Confidence Needed. Confidence Is what we preseat-day Christians need. JjEUGlOUS ffjADING FOR THE OJJIET HOUR. ' u T)3E LORD OUR REFUGE. Hiou knowest, Lord, the weariness and sorrow . . e a) Of the sad heart that comes to xnee ior i ? rest; r< Cares of to-day and burdens for to-morrow, tf Blessings implored, and sins to be con- n; fessed: # [( We come oefore Thee at Thy gracious r( word, N And lay them at Thy feet; Thou knowest, Lord. w ti Thou knowest all the future; gleams of gladness d By stormy clouds too quickly overcast; |e Hours of sweet fellowship and parting sad- ^ ness, . And the dark river to be crossed at lastOh, what could hope and confidence afford tl To tread that path, but this?Thou know- C< est, Lord? Therefore we come, Thy gentle call obey- ^ ing, _ ? And lay our sins and sorrows at Thy z, feet, Dn everlasting strength our weakness stay- P ing. tl Clothed in Thy robe of righteousness complete; 3, Then rising and refreshed we leave Thy .. throne, r And follow on to know as we are known. . ?Jane Borthwick, in Pittsburg Christian ') Advocate. tl a Think It Not Strange. ?< It is when God has signally blessed us and sealed us by His Holy Spirit's power that the adversary always p 3eeks .to assail us. He feels it is his crisis hour and he must challenge our * high position and drive us back from {! ,1_ " ~J??Annfl /->r hiq P.nntroJ II I LIB uuvauucu gluuuu ! over our lives will be lost. Therefore., l! It happens after we enter upon the highest blessing we are always exposed to the fiercest conflict. The new convert expecting to find a life of delightful freedom from the p things that have assailed his life, is fj plunged into the severest testings, j! The newly consecrated life, glowing u with high hope and holy purpose, l! finds itself confronted by the most 1! subtle forms of strange temptation, and the first impulse is to become discouraged and to feel a touch of bitter disappointment. 2 The real truth is we never feel ' temptation until we resist it. The a man who is following his natural bent 0 is unconscious of any opposing current, and his life is one of passive r peace, but when we meet with the 1 fires of evil within us and the adver- 1 sary beside us, then we understand a little of what the apostle means ? when he speaks of withstanding in ^ the evil day. It seems at such times 0 as if all the Philistines had come up E against us, and there was not a temp- ^ tation in the category of evil which c had not tried its hand upon our en- c compassed spirit. 1 Let us not think it strange con- 3 cerning the fiery .trial which is to try ' us as though some strange thing hap- G pened unto us. but let us remember ? Him who after the baptism was lm- mediately led into the wilderness to ^ be tempted of the devil, and let us v rejoice inasmuch as we are partakers of the sufferings of Christ that when 1 His glory shall be revealed we may be glad also with exceeding joy.? f Rev. A. B. Simpson. f i Are You Hungry Enough? a "Blessed are they that hunger and 1 thirst after righteousness; for they s shall be filled." But they must care * more for .the power of the Spirit than * for anything else in their lives, e Which means that they must be will- * ing to pay the price the Spirit de- ? mands for complete entry into any- r one's life. And that is stern, rigid i duty-doing, at every point; absolute > surrender of self and all of self's in- f terests; the making of the kingdom a and its interests first and supreme in one's life. If this seems too high a price to pay, we need not wonder that our f lives lack the occasionally, languidly s coveted power.?Pittsburg Christian 1 Advocate. . . _i- r 1 The Perfect Or.e. Our Lord, when in the flesh, passed through the different stages of human life that He might sanctify them all and show mankind that It is possible < in every estate and condition of ex- ( istence to keep the law of God in view t and to deal justly and humanely with one's fellow men. Christ was the per- 1 feet man, though He was more than ? man and not less than God. Ey His 1 sinless life He has dignified and en nobled every earthly relation, and ? leaving behind Him a shining and * beautiful example, calls now to all be- * lieving souls to reproduce in their 1 own experience aniti conduct the grace j c and holiness than shone respendent i ^ In His unique career. i t What Money Can't Buy. - iU! T* V? I Money can't nuy everyimug. xucic are no admission tickets to a sunset; you wouldn't trade the look in your boy's eyes when he greets you at 1 night for a million dollars of any- s body's money; and if you keep a well- 8 furnished mind, you can go into it c any time you like as you would into r a child's playground and amuse your- s self watching your thoughts play leap- 0 frog with each other.?Lillian Pascal f Day, in Success Magazine. a The Joy of Serving. t In this world, the sweetest, deepest; purest joy of life is that which we find in doing good, in serving others, This was Christ's own sweetest joy. He came to earth to serve. He loved, t and love's deepest joy always cornea in blessing, comforting others. He i bequeathed His joy to us, and so we find our holiest joy, as He found His, b in serving. ^ Self-Control. Self-control is an essential to manhood, and the only way to change your disposition is to bridle your con- 5' duct. p Daily Experiences. Our daily experiences are but so much clay, which we shape into forms ti nr llirlpnilH. uuauviuu* Crimes. There are many crimes on earth, but one only in heaven, and that 13 ?s not to love. ^ ITucre Meteor Falls Xear Keokuk, Ta. - o A huge meteor, weighing several ,, tons, fell some milps southwest of u Keokuk, la. The light in the sky was l( visible from tlje city, aud reports from Alexauder and Hampton, la., h aud Quincy, 111., say the illumination was like that of a great conflagration, Several towns in the vicinity of Alex- .. ander felt the shock of the impact, which is described as an earthquake shock. k More Battleships Provided. ' " p Twenty-eight battleships are pro- a vlded for In the new naval program ei of the French Government. . - OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. < EPORTS OF PROGRESS OP THE < BATTLE AGAINST RUM. 1 High Authority. There can be no doubt that total bstinence and longevity are closely 5 slated. Mr. Levi Hoag, superlnindent of the Total Abstinence Deartment of the Security Mutual Life isurance Company, has kindly, by jquest, addressed to the editor of the ational Advocate a letter from | hich we make the following ex- , "act: "You will find a few facts in adition to those that you have in the saflet, viz., Teetotalism and Longev- , y, relating to the difference in morility ratio between the abstainer and , le non-abstainer from the use of' al aholic beverages. "The Manufacturers' Life of Can- , da, in their twenty-first annual re- ort, give the mortality ratio in the bstainer's class for five years ending ecember 31, 1907, on their with- ' rofit business as 36.80 per cent, of | ae tables. . "The Scottish Temperance Life Asurance Company of Glasgow, in their , wenty-fifth report, under date of (ecember 31, 1907, give the followag mortality in two sections, viz., 1 lie Abstainers and General, for the ! ntire period of twenty-five years, as 1 Dllows: TEMPERANCE SECTION. Ratio of , Claims Actual Actual to * 1 - i T>_ 1? enoa. iixpeccea. Claims. oenixpcckcu. | 383-87 43 16 35 per cent. 388-92 159 79 50 per cent. ' 393-97 290 138 48 per cent. 398-02 444 188 42 per cent. J03-07 609 293 49 per cent. 1546 718 46 per cent. GENERAL SECTION. Ratio of Claims Actual Actual to < 'eriod. Expected. Claims. Be Expected. 883-87 11 7 62 per cent. 888-92 49 33 68 per cent. 893-97 95 67 70 per cent. 898-02 164 118 72 per cent. 903-07 223 123 55 per cent. 542 348 64 per cent. "The mortality experience of Seurity Mutual thus far ha8 been largey in favor of those insured in the bstainers" class. The total amount f death claims during seveh and oneiuarter years has been $53, which epresents but a small percentage of he expected, or amount called for by he tables." In an able contribution to the liter,ture of the same subject, Mr. Joel k Van Cise, the distinguished aptuary if the Equitable Life Insurance Com?any of the United States, gave the ^cturial Society of America his contusions uuder the caption: "Effect if Total Abstinence on the Death late." It is a most complete discusion of the subject, aud will prove ineresting and instructive reading, To iny one who may desire to possess it he National Temperance Society will le pleased to send copies of Mr. Van Rise's paper on demand. No charge (rill be made. . Federal Government and Indians. The Federal Government, almost rom the beginning, has had some orm of prohibitory law against sellng intoxicating liquor to the Indians, md it ha3 been doing its best to see o the enforcement of this law. The ame reason that prohibits alcoholic >everages in the haunts of the red nan may be just as logically used iverywhere. Prohibitory legislation or the aborigines shows the Intelligent acquaintance which our lawnakers have with the character and njurious effects of spirituous liquors. Ve would do them injustice, thereore, if we charged them with ignormce. It is manifest that policy and sxpediency rather than lack of knowlidge influence their actions. We have said it before; we say it igain; and we propose to keep on laying it: There is no man, whatever lis color, race or nationality, who nanifests respect for any one of the ren Commandments if he is full of ,rblsk), The R. C. T. A. U. Speaks Ont. The convention of the Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Union, re* * - ' *' * ? XT- ?- rtvnrnccorl :enuy neia id na?cu, he following: "Catholic periodicals that cannot lve without liquor advertisements ihould die. Let them not drag down he Catholic name in their greed. We arnestly suggest that Catholic or;anizations which exclude saloonkeepers from membership and which orbid the \ise of liquor at their meetngs should not tolerate the formation >f clubs within their membership vhich despise the letter and spirit of hose laws that have been made by heir organization for the honor of he Catholic name." Destroys Shoes and Souls. We sawj, the other day, an adverisement of a new contrivance for aving the shoes of barkeepers. It is aid that the drippings from the ounter and bottles rot the leather so apidly that the preservation 01 me hoes becomes u very serious question n the part of these men. And yet his poisonous, fiery, leather-destroyng liquor is handed out to men to go uto their stomachs to eat out the life nd to start the fires of eternal perdiion.?National Advocate. Two Principles. We have two principles on which re stand in the field of Temperance teform, and for which we have always stood. And these are: 1. Total bstinehce for the individual. 2. The ntire overthrow of the liquor traffic, y any means that God is willing to 1 T?U/% Vnti'nnO l AHmPflfp ItfSS. 1 UC ..!.%* WVW.W. Temperance Notes. In Tocomoke City, on the eastern hore of Maryland, local option is now revailing. "Deliver us from our fool friends" 1 ?that is what the liquor people light well pray for in the opinion of ' lie Portland Evening Express. j With the Prohibitionists and AnU- J aloon League working together, both | 1 local and general movements, there ' i every reason why much practical rohibition of the liquor traffic should , e brought about. ^ It would seem to a visitor from anther planet that the prominent occuation of the modern world was to lake, and to sell, and to consume indicating drinks. s Too long have temperance people j een pulling away from each other on * uestions of policy, while (he liquor 1 ler. have been solid in their opposi- * on to everything which stood in the 1 ay of their business. The United Mine Workers, Thomas . Lewis says, prohibited their memers t'rom selling intoxicants, even at t icnics. Education of the masses, he T rgues, will go a long way toward . radicating the liquor traffic. A UV/ Sunday=School [NTEKNATIONAL LESSOff COMMENTS FOR MARCH 27. - r>: subject: Easter?The Empty Tomb, Mark 26:1-8?Commit V erses 0, 7. :fl GOLDEN TEXT.?"I am He that lveth. and was dead; and. behold, I im alive forever more." Rev. 1:18. TIME.?Sunday, April 9, A. D. 30. PLAiDE.?Jerusalem. EXPOSITION.?T. Saturday Ni*ht, r. i. The Jewish Sabbath ended Satjrday at sunset. As soon as the day was over the shops opened, and Mary Magdalene and her friends bought, spices that they might come at early , break of day the next morning to the tomb with the spices they had pre- m pared and anoint the dead body of Jesus. It seems from Matthew's account that they also' made a brief rislt to the tomb on Saturday night \ (Matt. 28:1, R. V.). II. Early Sunday Morning, 2-8. They started for the tomb while it was yet cam uoiia tv.ij. luaijr- $ burrled on a little way ahead of th? other women and reached the tomb ' ^ before the Bun had risen (John 20:1 * vj? 1). The sun had risen before the other women had reached the" tomb at- '% early dawn (Mark 16:2; Luke 14:IK.-;. The love of these women for tbelr Lord, whom they fancied dead, - -i brought them thus early to His sepul- ' ;-v chre to perform for Him the last serol?w fh'flt lav In fholr nflVAf. Pftrt their faith was gone, bat all theirlove remained. Jesus did not need ' ^ anointing, and they ought to have,vf?j known it (Matt. 16:21; 20:19). their service, though mistaken, waarafl acceptable to Jesus, and He rewarded '-Jjs It by a revelation of a glorious truttt by angelic messehgers. Mary of Beth- % any was the one, who was on tim?*|0 with her anointing (ch. 26:6-18), and she was not in this company. The reason why they did not know that raffl He had left the sepulchre was that.- ^ they had not listened to and pon^ ."Sa| dered His own words. This ia alsa/yS the reason why we do not tyow many. v^ things about our Lord that we ougdt ;*? to know. None of the men were at the tomb. It was not their' superior* knowledge but their inferior love thaf?v9 kept them away. They were at home mourning and weeping, and wheflflSH they were told that the Lord had ris- i. & en they did not believe it (Luke 24:'. 10, 11; Mark 16:10, 11). The women appearedin a batter light tfcan the men in this story. Mary Magdalqnef*]n| was the leader of the women (cfi&m Matt. 29:1). She had so much done:/.:<S for her (Luke 8:2) that she became#s|s the leader in love and in these minte^tjgH tries. The depto ana genainenes? ?? and unselfishness of the love of these r i&S women Is seen in their going to senr^ggj Jesus at the time when their faith n'/j was -blighted and they had nothingjroflj more to expect from Him (1 Cor. 13; , J 8, R. V.). The eagerness of their J love is seen in the early hour thatv'*? found them at the tomb. Pew people * J get up at such an early hour to pefHEfifl form service for Christ As tbejrjnM drew nigh to the tomb they. reealleds^J the great stone at its mouth and won^wffl dered who wo^ld roll it away for' J them Cv. 3). If they had been more J "practical" they might have thought-^3 of that before. But the practical,'^ cool headed', common sense that fore-*' ; J sees all difficulties, and therefore sit*' vl down ana aoes noininR, uoes not im compllsh as much in this world as th(r? uncalculatlng, Impetuoas love tiwtri: follows Its own impulses and plunge&j ahead and risks the'difficulties. difficulty in thlB case was great (v. Matt. 27:66), but they Svent right on,, and when they had reached the pla<*:3 the difficulty was gone. God sent own messenger to open the door tot? them (Matt. 28:2; cf. Acts 12:iaM?; All the precautions the Jews and E%;v mans had taken to keep the disciple*,: out of the tomb prove vain when Gtal . took a hand In the matter (cf. Rom^ 8:31). God did not roll away tbgv, stone for Jesus to get out (cf. John;^ 20:26), but for the women to get There Is good reason for supposing: that Jesus had been out for somA-1 hours, that He arose and left the tonA* just at the beginning of the first d#*? nt jho wppi* that is. at sunset Satnni day evening. That would make three days and three nights in the<fl| tomb (Wednesday night and Thurs^^P day, the yearly Passover Sabbath: H Thursday and Friday, the prepare B tion for the weekly Sabbath; Friday H night and Saturday, the weekly Sab-'-^K bath). They did not find what they?| expected in the tomb, the body of Lord Jesus was not there (Luke 3). On entering the tomb they saw a^H young man sitting on the right side^^H arrayed In a white robe. Later two^H men stood by them in dazzling appar el (Luke 23:4). When Mary returned^p to the tomb from the city, the two'^B angels were sitting, one at the head^H and one at the feet, where the bodyHfl of Jesus had lain (John 20:12). The^H women were overwhelmed with per-^H plexity. If they had not forgottenHB Jesus' words, the true solution would^H have occurred to them at once. The^H angel soon gives it In one of the glad-^H dest messages this old world evetHn heard, "He is risen. He is not here.*^^| He then bids them see for themselves^O| and then go and tell others. Deflnit^^H experience must precede effective tes-^^H timony. The women might naturall3^^H have wished to linger around the sep^H| - 1 * XV- T nJH| uicnre wiiere me ijuru & uuu; uau recently rested, and where so great wonder had been enacted, but the^HM were to go (atod go quickly) and tei^Hf others (cf. Matt. 28:7). There is fl0| wonderful touch of tenderness in th^^Rj 7th verse in the two little words. "an^^B Peter." Why "and Peter?" Was h^^H not one of the disciples? Yes, thBB leader of the company. Why, thet^HM "and Peter?" Because Peter had dAS nied his Lord three times with oatt^^H and curses, and if the message ha^HEa just come to "the disciples," poo^^Dj broken hearted, backslidden Pet^^^J could have thought he was not liH^H eluded. But the Lord in His tende^^H ness and compassion bids the^QH through His angel to go and tell HHflBj :lisciples, and who ever you tell, lH|H ?ure you tell Peter. It is deeply si^BH nificant that this little touch is fouiflHB jnly in the Gospel of Mark, which iw ?r>mmn?> mrtcnnt Ppfpr's frnsn^H^^BI Mark acting as amanuensis. Sees Husband Killed in Dream. HH Alarmed by a dream in which saw the death of her husband, Matthew Henkles, of Ortonvil^^^^| Minn., rushed to the city power pla^^^H ,vhere Henkles was employed. omul her husband's mangled bodyH^^Hj ,Ue main shafting. HHa Starving Hermit Had $22,000. HKj When Marshall McMurran, a^^gBC - t i. X^.ronoirltla THH ;uuy, a nermit iiem Lmuoniit, vas removed to the State Insane H^KHRfl Mtai he had $22,000 on his pers^^^B HcMurran was almost starved. . ' T ; ^