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kE ALWAYS TOL By Anne f. V A ... very qVuick to learn, Nor "prormsing,' 'twas said; - Be was not oz a brilliant turn, Nor one to 'go ahead;" Defects-if ther- must be confessed- 1 In plenty had the youth But this one virtue he possessed- I le always told th truth. In every way he seemed below A The average of boys. in intellect, and "push," and "go,' I And all tnat youth enjoys; Eut no one ever doubted 'him. B Because they knew, forsooth Yes, even those who flouted him- T He always told the truth. /\ W_ *2/ *~~For the hl ON DAVID, it strikes me that you are out a great s deal of late. I don't ap- b prove of boys of your age a Ibeing out evenings: it leads j to bad company, and bad company leads to all kinds of badness. 11 I hope you don't spend your time at the b ta v-ern?" s "*Son Daid," a broad-shouldered six footer. smiled a little, and colored a h great deal at these words.. which were delivered with a precision and a sol enmity of look and tone that made d them doubly impressive. "There's no occasion for any alarm, father: I keep very 'good company. d And as for the tavern, I haven't set t) foot in it for six months or more." f, About the usual hour. David laid n aside his book, and putting on a clean i collar and a linen coat, fresh from the b hands of Aunt Betsey, sauntered down b toward the village. This had been his custom for several weeks past, and the I old deacon shook his head with a per plexed and somewhat troubled air. i: "I suppose the lad finds it rather dull here," he mused; "the house is lonely." r And, as lie recalled the light of a d certain bright eye and a sunny smile. y what he had thought of doing "for the d sake of David" seemed a not unpleas- a ant thing to do for his own. S "I think I'll go and consult Parson y Dunlow," thought the deacon. who, like the generality of mankind. having fully r made up his mind on the subject. de- 11 ternined to seek advice. not for the i purpose of gaining any additional light, it but to strengthen and confirn his own s Opinions. N The worthy deacon bestowed quite as k much time upon his toilet before leav- it ing the house as did "Son David." And si if a glimpse of the sprinkling of gray in the hair that he brushed so carefully Q away from his temples made him some- a what doubtful as to the result of his of mission, it was but for a moment. ei Ought not any woman to be proud of al the honor of becoming Mrs. Deacon k: Quimby, wife of one of the most le wealthy and influential citizens of the place, even though his hair migtht be d< a little frosty and his form not so erect w as when he departed on the selfsam" errand thirty years before. f In the weekly prayer meetings, of b: which he took the lead, the deacon often called himself "the chief of sin ners." "an unprofitable servant." and rt the like, confessing and bewailing the depravity of his heart. But.lk a el great many other self-styled "misera- si ble sinners." he had a tolerably g ood~ ui u'niniion of himself after all, making a the aitore contfession with an alir that seemed to say: "If I. Deacon Quimbhy, gi a pillar of the church. andl a shining t1: exaniple to you all, can say this. avhiat ei must be the condition of the majoritym of those ar'ound me?" Hie found Parson D~unlow in his hn study, hard at work upon his n ext Sun- 01 dany's discourse. But he wats used to ig interruptions. and had a sin(cere li king for the worthy deacon, who was his a right-hamud mnan in every good work: so. IV laying down his pen. he shook him g wvar'my by the hand and bade hinm be ui seated. But somehow the deacon found it v difficult to get out what he came to say--the words seemed to stick in ihis I] throat. But at last he ma naged to (1 stammner: l1 "I-I hta've called. pa'ron. to-to see ht you a bout my son. David. whtos e oil duct has ottcasioned me a great deal i of u nea sinaess of late.'' it --You surprise me,. Brot ber Qu imi-y .t< T 'nsder him to bte an unmsually' . strnv anid 4x'plryyougian"y Imld4--a thiomeC (evry (roin, bu.stt.y a with is ho; or tpper. lint now~ he's (mt mo'st every;. nimzht. a nd san:XM:::s < D4uni's mouth,.''i btit 1 was uno * r - el the paro:'siwar comm nt. hm' he ' sacre l r'C e a uarte-r o:- a c-enturyv --..sT. vr impormant s~rp. re s'aa~n Denta Qu'.imby. aar waitng ' 1ita I think of lakinig to m.~ l - : D~avid. I thouht'2 I wolid come and and consuilt yout ain4)ut i;. Ucr 1- etcon wid- tinhe pesi\ h tin from 1: 1 fehad heryngs2 mn-hh \i'n ' 'and e arsmt as - to uie. astoihth (lid 1444son cmo e hey shtd yone legnneaily o'ct ue "Ares yo syh-rs'tt Widow Bhe an I as. most excellent and wrilymar Butu the eanding nof Prmodee cive hse togetin wth dirctfao. --Asl then the presn Mihe Wiow Ban~ I d6etseemtomber of tht chircio" D TRUTI. i'oodruir. Encouth" and "awkward," how it hurl When on his; ears it feK'. 'ho could the fact not --ontrovert, W\as sensitive as well. ut one there vas who sympathized, Who knew right well tlie youth-- C i. mother this great coniort prized Ile always told the truth. slow but steady piodder, he, Aong the path of life; th i business ever seemed to be Behind-hand in the strife; ut then he won nis fellows' trust, They honored him in sooth he man unlearned, but noble, just, Who always told the truth. t -Ram's Horn. k e til ahe of Davi. /\ sil Grace Terry he ini th iany years, and an ornament to her ex and p'rofession. Now that lie" rother is married again. she is quice z liberty. and will make you a very I esirable helpmate." "True. very true, parson: I have the ighest respect for Sister Pense. But ut the leadings of Providence don't lie eemn to be in that direction, either." a The good parson looked puzzled. but, tH onestly desirous of assisting his vis- aI -or, he made another effort. ".Brother Jenes has a number of aughters, and either of the two eldest ould be " "Yes. yes. parson." interrupted the & eacon. rather impatiently. "I know aat very well. But I think that-that. tl )r the sake of David. I had better tl iarry some one younger and more R vely. and who would consequently fo e more of a-sort of companion for in." ult A sudden light broke in upon Parson ne lunlow's mind. pr "Perhaps you have sonic one already 1t I view, Brother Quimby?" I "Well, yes, parson, I have sought w, ivine light, and the leadings of Prori- 11 ence seem to be ia the direetion of Jt our family; in short, toward your th aughter. Miss Emma. whose staid bo nd discreet behavior, I am happy to iy. would do honor to more mature su ears." fri It was not the first time. in Parson SP ulow's pastoral experience. that he th ad known people to mistake The lead- v( Ig of their own hearts for "the lead- m igs of Providence," but if lie had any an Ispicion that this might be the case fi1 -ith the worthy deacon, lie prudently fu ept it to himself. So. without evinc- an g anything of the dismay and con :ernation at his heart. he said: "I cannot fail to realize. Brother uimby. the high compliment of such desire. But you r.emember the words *Rebekah's parents under like eir .imstances: 'We will call the damsel th ud inquire at her mouth.' I don't Ph now that we can do better than fol- ) w their example. de: "Willie." he added, going to the win- ac W, "run and tell Emma that father , ants to see her in his study."o "She's dot company," said the little low: "and is doing to dive me a newv Il if I'll stay out in the yard." V "No matter." said his father. smiling: rou shall not lose the new ball. So eo in along.., hi Miss Emma. though very pleasantly til gaged, dutifully obeyed her father's immons. She blushed as hei' eyes fell jde son the deacon, to whom she dropped tri pretty. deferential courtesy. bau "My daughter." said the par'son. avely. "Deacon Quimby iforums me1 re tat, for the sake of David. he ha:s eon- 1 uded to take to himself another wife, he id that his choice has fallen upon you. have ever left such minteris to you. I it you cannot fail to realize the v:unetu such an offer, and I trust yen wil .i i-c it the consideration it demands."1 Emma opened her brown eves wideiy this announcement, and the-n the on og ashcs fell over them. and say hi aiverig upon the rosy cheeks. B..t, I neCxpectedI as was the position in hich she found herself placed, her so -oman's wit did not desert her'.o "I should be very happy to become :an 'ite'oni Quimby' wife. Ipapa." she said, emnurely. "if I had not a lreaidy pi'om :ed, for the sake of David. to do my est to be a daughter to him." m Decon Quimbly was so acenstomed iconismi' his son as a imere h oy thatti :was somec minutes before his mindtr >k in thro sense of these words. 'Do you mean to say, Miss E'mna. Ssaid. at last. regarding (ne lihiuhi irl with a bewiildei'ed aiir. 'That youi( r goinug to miarry mry son? "With your pe'rmission. sir'." r1spo: d . Emma. with a smile and alanit rat would have softenied a fan' unrfl cart timni the deacon'. "I hiavo :t - dvni obtai1ned that of may fol: le:w 'on Quimbly turned his eyes :pon I'. D~uniow. whlo had beeni a irni>t b'ut lt'r$s ed listener to this. Wy. D~avid is nothing but a by arson "He is a year older than you werec :-lr a you married, deacon," wams th-' mailing response..1 True: so lhe was. 0 "I dare say :t does not seemn pass . continued the parson. "-I enn ardy bring myself to realize that it eighteen years ago since my little -ir. here, was laid in my armas: but) o it is." As the good deacon looked at the c iomlig maiiden. and remiemibered how ften he had held hei'. a smilig tah: his arms. the convict ion was sud .mnly forced upon01 himi tha t thatt he hat' -en n'ahiung on old fool of hirmsel- i w Theic rather cmbarrssing5u1 silt-nce that m olowed -sas ple-asanitly birken .1 -li chery voice anad u ien sa --Suseemto have quiaet ai fam!B s y." I he sid. puishing opna the doe-rI So tis. is where you spvod yam m ti-s oung man' .aid hi. fche b:-' 'n-g hmis finger at him, with an ah e imoc'k displeasure. "Ah, I see yer -lainly that I shall never be aide t< teep you at home. unless I can pr h:I ude Miss Emma to come and Iiv vith me. Wh:.t say you, my deari"'o' "That I will come very willingly. eturned the smiling and blushing gI in 'for the sake or David."-Ne~w Yori Veeky. n__________ h( During 1904 460 national banks wert ,ranze with canital of $24.504,300. jn CHICKEN-3TEALINC 7 'ER. uZit in a Hen list in sirapore anc Killed by a Policeman. LU(.'(ly lii it Pulic'. "erg ':nt 1 ey. hds was iIo1:1m by :. !al lv ive :stl1e on duty a; md4oi. the 4idence in, set-t's ralof "'lr Lionel *x. tie' Chief Justice, that a tiger is il 111 Lordship'z comliponld. Ser nt RoyOkld doubted the smatement, vs the Singapore Straits Budget. but ' Ma' y constable protested that he ti. is (ol ct. Sergeant Re-;noids there- h on armed himself with one of the w liee rifles and gave another rifle to Of e Malay. mte police sergeant proceeded .o the bun's house and was told that the er was underneath it. This little bC relling is raised about two feet abovt e ground and the space' below the oring is used as a chicken roost. Two .i les were covered with boards and -o were open. Round the two open les a numbei of Malays and a few -iese "boys" had gather'ed. They Id lamps and shouted excitedly. Dne of the Malays )it a lamp jiust side the opening anId Ser'gean-: Iey his put his head and shoulders inder e floorinug. The ialay eonstable was st behind himt with 0h 1 second rile. te is eyes lighted onl a heap of dead wls in q corier about twelve feet W ray. Which he at first mistock for the er. H levelled huis rifle and waited. most immediately a tiger lifwed its ad above the dea:1 fowls and looked him. its yes siniing brigh1ly 7n ro e darkiness. It commnettd snarlg ta d growling at t intrud'ir. Rey- sr Ids took steady aim betwecen. the t es and fired. B< rie Malays stood back AS Re'yno'0l(1 te ed, for they expected the tiger to at sl out. Immtttediately the 4ho. was Si ed. the brute's head disappeared arnd e Malay constable handed Reynolds T e second rifle. which was loaded. pr wynolds cooked it antd wa:ted quietly r another glimpse of the animal. After an interval of some tenl min es. tile Malays cut away the boards ar the animal with parangs. They e lled out first fourteen (lead fowls, d lastly hauled outt the tiger. which ec is quite dead. On examination it er s found that the 'ienvy Snider bullet di .d penetrated the animal's forehead Ce st above the left eye, gone through fe e brain and burst onen the neck on I th sides. 0 rhe animal. which proved to be a pi all tigress, measured over six feet l >m tip to tip. and belonged to a small 1o eies of tiger. commonly known a.; Sc e "mottled tiger." le says that it is i rv fierce and thinks that this spei n was about twelve years old. The 0r imal. which stood very low. wvas in in e condition. Its skin was beauti- t Ily mixed with a mixture of stripes Pt I Spots. at _____ _____ ____Ili WORDS OF WISDOM. l'he molter's heart is the child's boolroom.-Henry Watrd Beecher. h( The truest end of our life is to know ur e life that never ends.--Williamf in [f in the leaist particular one could y range the order of nature, who would IS cept the gift of'life?-Emerson. b( l'he man who made the biggest fool i himself at election will be the first r m denonce the exciteisnent of a re- ot rit. Thmsdpubted. but simultan-J w asly beloved. Whence it follows that gc ease was all along hopeful.-Chris a Rossetti. le: ['he call that awakens us out c'f til spair inl times of affliction is the TI mpet-all of duty. summoning us wi ek to the battle. til - fear the pltoracy of weatlth. I pet tihe aristocracy of learning. but tb bank God for the democracy of the ut aurt."-W. J1. Uryan. ife is a little house: its dreamtits arelt birds that nest in its eaves. an(1di :tter' around its root. :tnd umke long rneys into0 the forest. somue sensitive souls feel they cannot I .oy their Christmas dinner until they - e given some poolr soul :i suit o-f tii >rn-out summerfl~t underwveari. 7 Every human soul has tihe germ cf he; ue flowers withtin: and they23 would ki en it they could only find sunshine I d free air to expand in.-Mrs. Child. iet ension For Former Kansas Senator. rhe grantittg of a pentsion 01f $3) per mth hb the H-ouse to-day to Edmund Ross directs attenttion to the ('ondi m of a man who was onte of the en .\inrew Jo1lmson. Presidlent of lte sited Sta tes. I Ic ha:s boein ~'ttuced pn'!rty andil want1. antd for a nu mbe'r veurl's be5 'tn eking ouit : pr'e 'ihe 5 n 1 ex itc as5 :1 prin11r. seting ie n1 coutrytl3 palwr4in~:. New Mex'o-f li''.tm has b~eeni at .\lbuquerqueltt f' an veal's. Deleigate Imdv'. of New -f t'. and i tsse t tIY C ou (' i n. tansas :at the time the ~im pech41ett oedig in the Jloht:son case( wCCO prgrs and was depended1hC~ upotn to ti 'fto the impv:o.achit. Whenti tihe i inm for. the'( vat', however, he a . -Ii -o vo rte for th~e impthmen1!tCt S1 41teeby' lost ('atste wi* th the peotple t1: Kansa.~ Hie was att th li time' editor 01 aptper at Lawrenlte. where he~ re- ti red after leaving the Senate. The a: reulatti of his pa per fell off to such s) extent that lie was unable to keep going. atnd lie removed to Aibu- pi terlue.-xansas City JIournatL h: Too 31 rch. "I1ow (.id you restl laist nighti t" .s she spoke t te hoste-s gl red : The enesmt-exiled arUy.)katld uc't .,a . s-pt f rs:' in my :t." h i iired. '''ihe b(d wasl poor41. t he ii'ts we'e stii'ky. i!:e room11 wa poor-1' t\ving :1round.11 overhetad and the (dog sl -ina~g undnlei'wthl my3 w'indow, I p arelcy clos4ed my eves."i The hostess ini a rage left te room t 01ipresntly3 return'etd with her hius- e "Put that man out of the htouse at 1 ice:" she gasped. "t"exchlamed her as.tontished tsband. "Has he insulted you?" "lie has, indeed." replied his indig int wife. "Here I htave been keeping >use for years and he is the only one ho has dared to tell mue the trutth."-' : h..e.' Weent-y. I (0U !SEH L D AFFAIRS EFFACING WEATHER STAINS. :t is quite easy to remove the ugly een marks caused bv damp on stone, e and brick floors and steps. all that nec.essary being a good. sorubbing ith water in which a snmall quantity chloride of lime has been dissolved. SILVER CLEANER. Dissolve one ounce of powdered rax in half a pint of boiling water. hen cold, pour it on four ounces of ecipitated chalk, and beat until ooth. Add thirty drops of ammonia d one gill of alcohol and bottle. ake well before us ng. FOR A WALN1UT STAIN. ro make walnut sta. ni for floors. take e quart of water. one and a half nces of washing soda, two and a half nces of vandyke br.awn and a quar r of an ounce of bicarbonate of pot . Boil for ten minutes and apply ti a brush. This stain may be used her hot or cold. TO MAKE STARCH. X good old-time housewife offers the lowing rule for starch: 'Mix one lespoonful of starch with four table oonfuls of cold water and pour on is three quarts of boiling water. il for twenty minutes. Then add one ispoonful of salt and a piece of par ine wax half the size of a nutmeg. ir until the wax is dissolved, then ol and strain through cheesecloth. add lustre. soak the articles in this paration for six hours. A PILLOW HINT. Pillows wear out, just like anything e. says a housekeeping authority. en though one may change the tick vering from time to time: the feath q become impregnated with dust and t and lose the life that is in all good thers at first. Then,.too. years ago thers were not prepared, nor pillows de according to the scientific meth s that now obtain. A pair of feather lows bought to-day of a reliable in, are not at all like the feather pil s of our grandmother's day, as one on finds, and it would he wise for any a housewife to go through her 4 chambers and place new pillows every bed, renovating the'feathers the old- pillows. perhaps. but using m for filling sofa pillows. for which rpose they do very well, but not for 'ording comfortable rest and sleep at , ht. DON'T PROCRASTINATE. ro the woraan who would be up with r work. I say, don't leave your dishes washed, and don't leave your wash. until the last of the week. I know men who tnost always do this. and it ms their whole household interior a drag. It seems to me so much tter, says a writer in the Florida ;riculturist, to have the washing and ning done the first of the week: ill akes the week longer, seem-ingly, for her. work, and oh, the horrors of )ning -on a Saturday.. when one al ays has baking and scrubbing and neral cleaning up to do. once knew a woman who always ,t her breakfast dishes unwashed un she had started a fire to get dinner. men her dinner dishes were left like se until supper and her supper dishes Ithe next morning. t seems to me if I were to begin day's work with a pile of dirty hes, well tried and stuck. everything ld go wriong all day. Recently am ly told me she had not washed si h for a whole day, and early the t morning her husband told lher hc is suddenly called away- on business .d that sh~e had to go with hiim.I iagine.going away to spend several ys, which they did, without enough e given her to wash those dishes. 'arcely anything will tempt me tc re my dishes. I have seen such ehens. and I think I know whereof speak when I say the woman whc ives her dishes unwashed is gene-" hind with her work. PECIP E :'i. . Eiquante Tomato Soup-Thme base of is is mulligatawr.y soup. Drain a pful of juice from a can of tomatoes. ain through cheeseloth. put over tiht 'e and boil fast ten minuites. Skim. Id a tablespoonful of butter rolled ir: ned, flour.Y-andl when the sour s boiled stir this into it. After this 'op in a hard-boiled egg or egg balls id sliced lemon. Green Cori Cakes-Drain and chor e corn fine. Beat three eggs very t, add a pint of milk, a little salt. teasoonfrl of melted butter. a tea oonfri of sugar, and when all arec orouhly mixed. three tablespoonfuls sifted flour, or jus1t enough to ho01( e corn together. Bake on a griddlt you would buckwheat cakes and rye as a vegetable. Green Pea Pancakes-Drain a can of as, y in slightly salted ice water fox lf an hour. Pour off the water anu il soft. Rub threorgh a colander. and. bile hot, work in pepper. salt and twc aspoonfuls of butter. Let them gel 1d. When ready to cook them, stim ,gradually. two beai'tenf eggs, a pini milk and a very little tiour-jus1 mough to bind tihe mixture. Cook as m would griddle cakes. Cnnaon Cakes-Make a firm past six ounces of hutter. a pound o)f line. ' flour, thre-luarters of a pouind~ of fted sugar and a dessertspooniful ol cnded cinnamon. Add three eggs. 0! -if necedd beat, :oull, but not very . and cut out the cakes with a tir r. *,Bake thema in a very gentlE fifteen or twenty minutes. or ever n. r should they :20t be done al. rough. Men will not wipe dishes because bey claim it is a womnans work. Le: 11m turn to the Bible, to II. King: xi, 13: "I will wipe Jerusalem as i aan wipeth a dish, wiping it and turn -agi upsme down." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL :NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 9. Subject: The rtaising of Lazarus. John xi., 32-45-Golden Text, John xl., 25 Memory Verges. 33-aG-,Commentar on the Day's Lesson. I. The meeting of Jesus and 1ary (v. 32). 32. "When lary was come." Martha first heard that Jesus was con ing, and, without notifying Mary. she c went to meet Jesus just outside the village. She greeted Him with those words of sorrowful despair"Lord. if Thou hadst been here my brother had not died." But even then there was a dawn of hope in her heart, from her experience of the power of Jesus. - Jesus repiied with the assurance that He was "the resurrection and the life," and prepared her for the great work He was about to do. "If Thou hadst been here." These words express the very essence of soul torture at such 9 times. In our affliction we continually S echo the if of these sisters, saying to Z ouarselves. if wve had not done this, or if we had not done that, or if it had not been for our blunder, or that of our, friends, or that of our physician, our beloved would not have died. But read verse 4 of this chapter. I. Christ's compassion (vs. 33-37). . "Groaned in the spirit." This is V I siluange term and is better rendered by the margin of the revised Version- P "was moved with indignation in the e spirit." Jesus was indignant at the I s hypocritical and sentimental lamenta tions of His enemies, the .1ews, miing ling with the heartfelt sorrow (if His loving friend Mary. These self-r-ight- b cous Jews, now weeping and gro.ining in professional sorrow with Mary were men who would soon be plotting to kill. not only Jesus, but the retored Lazarus (compare chap. 12:10). "Was tr'oubled." "Troubled Himself." Marg.. It. V. Probably the meaning is a that le allowed His deep emotion to d become evident to bystanders. 34. t "Where-laid him." A question ad dressed to and answere'd by the sisters. C 35. "Jesus wept." Here the blessed o Jesus shows Himself to be truly man; t and a muan. too, who, notwithstanding b His amazing dignity and excellence, did not feel it beneath Him to sym- a pathize with the distressed and to t weep with those who wept. After 1 this example of our Lord shall we say . that it is weakness, folly and sin to weep for the loss of relatives? 36. "How He loved him." A spontaneous testimony from those Jews of the ten- e (dernoss of the Son of God. ::7. "Could not this man." The mir- d ace of the blind man was referred to because it was of recent occurrence, C and in the immediate neighborhood. while the two previous' miracles of raising tile dead (Luke 7:11-17; 8:41-5t; .ere performed in distant Galilee, about on1e year and a half before. Sev eral leading commentators think that these Jews were unbelieving and now 1 refer to the healing of the blind man A .i a deriding manner, suggesting that if He could have done that. then He could have kept Lazarus alive, and real love would have prompted Him to (o it if He had power. III. Words of comfort (vs. 38-40). 38. "Again groianing." Blecause of the un belief of the Jews. We never find Him in as nmuch grief 'over His ownl sufferinlgs as over the sins of men. "Cometh to the grave." Lazarus was, as became his station, not laid in a emetery, but In his own private tomb in a cave. 39., "Take ye away the stone." 3 That which could be done by human and she orders to be done. He would have the bystanders see that Lazarus was actually dead. "He sinketh." Seeming to forget what Jesus hlad said to her when she met Him, Martha now thinks only of the condition of. ber brother's body and objects. The1 idea of an immediate resurrection does ~ not seem to have occurred to her.t 40. "If thou wouldst believe." So ~ we see that if these sisters had not pssessed hearts of faith, a willing- I nm'ss to believe and obey Christ, this t mi-le.;Ll could not have taken place. C I' iaith holds Him as the resurrection s anId tihe life, thlen why doubt when He c is near? "Glory of God." Such a C revelation of God's power as shall dis- 3 elose His glory. 'I I\'. Lazarus raised to life (vs. 41-45). t 1. "Took away the stone." Martha's t taith must have rallied and she gave I way to Jesus' request. They had ac- t conpished all in their power when c the stone was removed. Jesus now began His part. "Lifted up His eyes." An outward expression of the eleva oni T -:~s liuiialltLi Lo~~sodw theni t whlo stood by from whence He derived His power. He lifted up His eyes as looking beyond the grave and over looking the ditliculties that arose thecei.I 42. "Thou hast sent Me." Not to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Moses, to sho0w that (;od s'ent him,. made the earth open and swallow men up JNum. 1G:29,. 30), for the law was a dispensation of ter'ror; but Christ prov'es Ilis mission by raising to life I one1 that was dead. 43. "Loud voice." H-e did not whisper nor mutter as did ~ the magicians. It was the type of that voice like the sound of many waters t iRev. I :15), at wnich all who are in T their graves shall come forth (John f 5:28; 1 Thess. 4:1fh. I-Je that wept as a1 man now spoke as a God. "Lazarus." jI He enlis him by name11 as we calhl those c by their names whoml we would wake out of sl0e1p. Tils inltimlates that the I same individual person that died shalli rise again at .ae last day. 44. "Bound1 hand and foot." Probably each limb . was separately bound. as was the y Egyptian custom. "Loose him." He was a healthy, strong man and no longer needed tihe bandages and wind-t ing sheet. 45. "Many believed." Thet miracle was convincing.t The Strength of Michael Angelo. Michael Angelo relied almost en tirely upon form-the form of the fig' ure and of the draperies, writes Charles H. Caffin in St. Nicholas. He told Pope Julian II., when the latter requested him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine cha'pei at Rome, that he was not a painter, but a sculptor; yet. after he had shut himself ulp for four years-from 1508 to 1512--and thei scaffold was removed, a result had been achieved which is without paral lel in the world. Very wornderful is the work which Michael Angelo spread over this vast area of 10,000 square feet. The fact that there are 343 principal figures, many of colos sal size, besides a great number of others Introduced for decorative ef fect. and that the creator of this vast scheme was only 33 when he began his work-all this is marvelous, prodi gious, and yet not so marvelous as the variety of expression in the fig ures of which Jeremiah is cnly one figure, in a small side arch. It Is better to live one verse of the Bible than to be able to preach about ihem allt 11H fSTiA [NOBIVOf NOTES APRIL NINTH. Vhat Does Christ's Life Show us Abcut the Father?-John 14:G-24. Bible Hints. God is willing that men should ome to Him in any way they can; ut they cannot come except through hrist. Many a man saw Christ in the flesh at did not really see Him: and we, we see Him in the spirit, see Him s really as any man ever saw Him. Christ is not jealous of His dis ples. He wants us to surpass His arthly works: He will be disappoint d if we do not. When our minds are confused by ie doctrine of the Trinity. we may iink of the Comforter as "Another"; rhen we wish to get close to the Holy pirit, we may think of Him as hrist Himself. Suggestions. To doubt God's love is to deny hrist's life. As it is impossible to think of hrist's holeing Himself aloof from ien, so it has become impossible to iink of a distant God. Christ did not emphasize God's ower, not because God Is not pow rful, but because His power con tantly discloses and emphasizes it lf. Illustrations. If a man makes an approach to his ouse, whoever even tries to find an ther entrance can have only an evil iotive. So with those that refuse ) come to God by way of Christ. Christ Himself said that the Father ras greater than He. If you look t the sun's image in a mirror, you o not see all of the sun's brightness, ut all of it you can endure. Christ was the great ocean of od's love flowing into the little bay f our humanity; the same great tide at pulses ia the ocean enters the ay. Christ is a pencil of light entering closely darkened room. Place the elescope of faith in the path of the ght, and you can see all of the sun Is possible to see from the earth. Questions. Am I studying Christ's life with the ager desire to know more of God? Am I getting closer to God every ay of my life? Am I permitting any barrier to ame between myself and Christ? Selections. Nearer to Thee, 0 Christ Nearer to Thee! Till we in Thy dear face God's glory see&-Lucy Larcom. ,cause Thy love hath sought me 11 mine is Thine. and Thine is mine. --C. G: Rossetti. Brother in joy and pain, Bone of my bone was He: Now-intimacy closer still He dwells Himself in me. N~OHIH [EACUE LESSONS APRIL NINTH. Vhat Does Christ's Life Show Us About the Father?-John 14. 6-24. This chapter was a part of that last iscourse of Jesus the night before .is crucifixion. We have here the ast utterances of the Master. While here is somewhat of disconnection 2 the themes of the chapter, there uns through it all this plan: to give the disciples a series ,of truths hich would be a comfort to them in is absence. The various relations ex ting between Jesus as the Son and be Father form the special thought f our lesson. He has already poken of "my Father's houses.'' and f the fact that if they believed in Eod they should believe also in him. :ow, in answer to the query of 'homas as to the way, lhe declares bat he is the Way. the Truth, and be Life. Jesus is the Way to the 'ather, he is the Truth that reveals bat Father, and he is the Life which omes from the Father. A study of the verses of our lesson till reveal many interesting relations hich Jesus declared exist between be Fr' .ier and himself. Jesus is the Way to the Father. le says, 'If ye had known me ye hould have known the Father." hat is, a knowledge of Jesus is a nowledige of God. He is the bridge orm man to God. He reveals the 'ather. He is an incarnation of God. I was the "Word.'' The use of a ord is to inter'pret an idea. Jlesus aterprets the Father. .esus Gorifies the Father. He said, Whasoever you ask in my name I till (do. that the Father may be 'loified in the Son." The gift of be Holy Spirit. r the adminstrative ower of Christ in the Church glori es God. Jesus is Intercessor with tihe 'ather. lie stands at the ri.:ht hand f God as our advocate. He prays ie Father, and the Father gives the loly Spirit. WAe must not separate our minds :he persons of the God. ed, yet there is a sense in which esus stands between us and God the 'ather as intercessor. Jesus's Love a Guarantee of the 'ather's. The manifestation of love to he soul of man is a manifestation of he love of the Father, as well as of he Son and Holy Ghost. The life f Christ, then, shows the Father as ,ove, answering prayer and manifest og himself to men. It reveals God s just, and yet the justifier of him tho believes in Jesus Christ. An Infallible Timepiece. When Joseph Jeferson was in New York last he devoted the most of his utdoor time to shopping for fishing tackle. One day he chanced to be in Herald square just as the Herald clock struck the hour. 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