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^ ~ " ' " c NAME THE COUNTRY ROADS. \ Increasing Density of Farm Popula- 1 tion Makes Necessary Better Means ' "jk of Locating Residents. t c By J. A. ANDERSON. c 'Anent the use of the rural free J mail delivery, telephone, parcel post and any and all other conveniences that go to make farm life happier ? and better, I thought I would like to . suggest a convenience which could be carried out by the county commissioners of each county at a small ^ expense, that would do more to in- . crease the pride of the rural com- i* munity than any other that I can " think of. For the convenience of the publie it ought to be as easy to locate a . farmer's residence in the country as a city man's residence in the city. Let the country life commission in ''~ wnmrnpiirtations that a i ? UUUC AU ttg i vv? road that runs from the east to the I ^ west be called a "road" (or sgime I other name). A road that runs from north to f" south be called an "avenue." A road that runs from the north- ( east to the southwest might be called ^ a "pike." ^ A road that runs from the north- * west to the southeast be called a' j "highway" and all others called 3 f "lanes." | , In other words, that the public j? highways of our country should be called such names as would indicate 3 the direction in which they run and a named alphabetically and numbered 3 numerically. Then the farm houses - * could be numbered and the rural de- 3 livery numbers that we now have : j. changed to tne iarm numutr. . 8 This would assist the rural delivery ! j and the telephone very much to citi- ' g fy the fcountry and our merchant ! 3 houses would soon be distributing ! c country road directories for the ben- a efit of all. f Now I believe that if the big pa- 9 pers of the country would take up t this matter there would be created a 1 s sentiment throughout the country j ^ which would bring about a complete , j reformation, or rather the establish- i f ment of a system of naming country j a highways which would in time be- f come general. It would probably require enactments by the State Legislatures to bring about a complete system of this kind, starting with the various ^ counties. The main expense attached to it would be guideposts at every section corner, and this would be so insignificant as to cut no figure when ;. compared with the great benefit, not jv alone to the farmers, but to the Gov- | * crnment in the rural route mail deliv- j3 eries and to merchants and travelers , elsewhere. ? i; Wider Wagon Tires. j t Necessity for a law requiring the ! use of sufficiently wide wagon tires t to prevent the cutting up and rapid ' s ^ destruction of improved and sur- j t faced roads is forcibly urged in a let- j f ter from Hon. Frank Sheffield, chair- ;: man of the board of county commis- j c sioners of Sumpter County. j Chairman Sheffield writes to thank , ? The Constitution for the prize j awarded to Sumpter County for the < best roads between Albany and Ma- 11 con, on the Albany-Atlanta good , t roads automobile run, and includes j \ a word of praise for the work The e Constitution has done in the further- ' i ance of this important State move- t ment. j I One of the things which impresses i Chairman Sheffield most as needed t for the protection and preservation of ; ( the roads is wider wagon tires. j i The Constitution has heretofore < urged the importance of some action t looking to this end, and that It must ; i soon come cannot be questioned. j i As Chairman Sheffield points out, < when the roads are graded and sur- j < laced, "the tendency is to increase j 1 the load, and the narrow tire becomes j more destructive than ever." I I By drawing the bill as he suggests, ! I so that it will apply only to new wag- ; i ons and exempting those in use at ' 1 XQ0 11LL1U UI iLb pasaa5c, uu uaiuaut^ j j will result to anyone; the narrowtired wagons will gradually disappear as they are worn out, and the roads will be saved from their destructive effect. Sumpter County has already ' worked wonders in road building, and although, as Chairman Sheffield j ' says, she has just begun, "farm lands j along these improved roads imme- ! diately advance as much as twenty- j five per cent, in price, and general j improvement of the farms is notice- I able." Sumpter is furnishing a splendid j example to her sister counties, and i the work here, as well as throughout the State, should be furthered and encouraged by the enactment of wise and necessary laws for the proper care and protection of the reads.? Atlanta Constitution. A Linguistic Waiter. At a restaurant in the Wall Street district where the waiters all speak I French and many of them German ! there is a popular waiter who is *">ic* rAtrii 11r r?nt;tnm<">rs AiiUW U kU I Ui iUuo i v vt i u 4 n. www , as Franz, Frank and Francois. He ! speaks German and French with equal ! fluency, and on that account was the ! subject of a bet which he had to do- j cide. One man who bad known the waiter for years said that Franz was | a German, another was just as certain j that he was French, and a third said | that both men were wrong and that the linguist waiter undoubtedly carue j from Alsatia, or from that pait of | Switzerland where every child speaks j three languages, each with a foreign accent. They were all surprised to Lear that Frank, as he prefgfc^o ba called, was born in the Eigktti^Au'd, and has never been farthejJta^^H^ York than Washington Surgery on the Conscious. By ROBERT T. MORRIS, M. D. It is worthy of note that methods >f inducing general anaesthesia by neans of nitrous oxide, ether and hloroform have reached a very high tage of perfection. So perfect, inleed, is the method of the adminisration of these anaesthetics in the lands of experts, that surgeons do lot want to subject their patients to :ny method which is not known to be qually efficacious. It remained, herefore. for some responsible man, >r group of men, in whom surgeons ould have confidence, to prove De ond all question that the new nethod of producing anaesthesia vould be equally as efficacious as the lerfected old methods. Dr. Jonnesco s a man of such unquestioned standng in the profession that, when he ame forward with records based :pon experiences extending over more \ han seven hundred cases, and ap- j leared in this country as an exponent I if the idea of spinal anaesthesia, he I .t once obtained an audience which vould not have been accorded with iny.thing of the same faciiity to a nan of less repute. Our position at the present moneat, then, is this: Dr. Jonnesco neets us with open minds; but he is acing a critical jury of many thouand men who know the responsibilties of their calling. Dr. Jonnesco hooses stovaine in place of cocaine or his anaesthetic, because it is much ess toxic than cocaine, while he urther intensifies its action, and ;uards at the same time against unoward results, by the addition of ninute quantities of strychnine. Dr. onnesco makes no claim to being the iriginator of this process, and only egards himself as having perfected he details. Dr. Corning, the orignator of spinal anaesthesia, feels that m theoretical grounds it is as safe .s. or safer than, the older methods ?f anaesthesia, and Dr. Jonnesco apiears to have very, good data bearing iut this idea in a practical way. It 3, perhaps, the feeling of many sur;eons that we shall make use of pinal anaesthesia in certain selected ;roups of cases, and other forms of naesthesia in other groups. Certain lasses of patients take the common naesthetics rather badly?alcoholics, or instance, and drug habitues, as pell as those with diseases of the learts and lungs. It is probable that pinal anaesthesia will be more fre[uently used by American surgeons n this group of cases, and that we rtll gradually extend its range as fast is we feel that we can do it safely.? iarper's Weekly. ATHLETICS IN SCHOOLS. >Ye Are Far Behind Germany in Attention Giren to Physical Culture. Discussing athletics and sports in his country, Professor A. Werner>panhoofd. of this city, said that novhere in the world had he found less ictive athletics among men and more alking and boasting about athletics han in this country; nowhere in the rorld such careless and criminal negect of one of the most important facors in education. "It is astounding how little atten- r ion is paid in our schools to a sound md systematic physical training of he growing youth." continued Proessor Spanhoofd, who is at the head >f the foreign language department >f the public schools of this city, "and ret it is of no less importance than ipelling and arithmetic. "In Germany the entire physical levelopment of the child is in the lands of experienced, competent eachers. Do not confuse these men vith our so-called coaches, trainers md crack ball players. It would be loing them an injustice. These eachers are as proficient in their dejartment as the French language pro essor is in ms, auu i.uej' &uu? mauj hings of which our American athletes lo not appear to have the faintest dea. For example, that athletics are )nly a means to a higher end; that hey involve the harmonious development of all parts of the body alike, ind that the development of one set I )f muscles at the expense of all the I jthers is more injurious to health j :han no athletic exercise whatever. "We in this country either neglect i :his important branch of our educa- | :ion entirely, or leave it to the judg- j ment of our children, and stimulate their interest by prizes and false ;lory."?Washington Herald. Scholarship's Long Pull. Science delves and scholarship digs. A. few days ago Charles Gross, head i af the Gurney professorship of history and political science at Harvard. | lied at a little past fifty. Let the j impatient think of the plodding preparation he gave himself for his university work. Born in Troy in 1857, his youth was spent in fitting himself for college. He was graduated from Williams in 1878. Until 1883 he studied at the universities of Leipsic, Goettingen, Berlin and Paris. Until 188S he worked and studied in England. In that year he went to oo or? inctriirtnr in hiat.orv. XJLtil *4.0 V*** . He was still studying to fit himself for his real work. In 1901, eight years ago, he was made professor of history, last year taking the Gurnej chair of history and political science Fifty years of life; out of this prac tically thirty in study alone, forty ir study and other preparation, for th( professorships he finally reached with the reputation, after the deatir of Professor Maitland, of Cambridge University, Engiand, of being the leading authority on the history 01 English institutions and on early con stitutionai history.?New York Press* As Spanish Soldiers. Passing through the ranks of theSpanish army I met in the regiment Del Rey the Duke of Saragossa ana the Marquis de Vallecerrato. Tin latter traveled out with me from Eng. land, coming straightfrom Cambridge to serve as a volunteer Both these noblemen serve in the ranks as common soldiers, leading the .same life, eating the same food and carrying th? same heavy burdens as their comrades*?Correspondence London Telegraph. Household Affairs A Sewing Hint. In sewing up seams in very fine material or tucking, difficulty is often pxnerienced in having the seam perfectly smooth without any pucker- | tngs. If a strip of paper, not too stiff i or brittle, be put under the material as it is placed under the foot of the machine and stitched, you will find j that a perfectly smooth seam is the result. The paper is readily removed without injury to the very sheerest material that is made. This is especially good to use when working on chiffon.?Housekeeper. Apron For Morning. A neat-lookfng apron for morn:ng wear displays a panel front that extends from the shoulders to hem; the neck is cut round. The material joins the panel and is gathered to a belt at the top. This apron is full and completely cavers the dress skirt. Straps are sewed to the panel on the shoulders and cross in the back, buttoning down to the belt. Two commodious pockets are attached to the front on either side of the panel. Such materials as chambray, gingham and madras are suitable for dein this atvlp Three vards VClUpiUViH. v-.M _ ot goods thirty-six inches wide are required for it.?New Haven Regiscer. To Wash Swansdown. Swansdown can be cleaned in the , following way: Tack the strips firmly to a piece of muslin or calico. Make a lather of soap jelly and water, just hot enough to bear the hand in comfortably, and add a teaspoonful of liquid ammonia. Place the swansdown in this, leave it ? for a few minutes, souse up and down, and, without wringing, put it into another lot of fuds prepared in nn the same way. IT it still looks soiled, tii use a third lot of suds, says Home f0 Chat. Then rinse in clear water and hang in the air to dry, giving it an occasional shake. When quite dry rip it from the muslin and rub the tack gently between the hands to soften It. How to Water-Proof Cloth. For raincoats or other water-proof clothing, woolen goods having a close weave are the best. Use goods in which the face is smooth and firm, although cloth having a soft face answers fairly well, provided the weave is tight and close. To water-proof the cloth, lay it out on a large table face up. Then take a block of paraf- i fine about sir inches square and rub it all over the face of the cloth, bear- ^ ing down hard. This will leave a thin film of parafflne on the face of the cloth. Melt this film of parafflne into the goods, using a flat iron that cu is just warm. Too hot an iron will set the parafflne on fire and burn the ^ goods. It is well to experiment with ^ a small sample first, and learn how ?j to do the water-proofing properly be- w fore starting in with a pattern of ^ goods. To determine when the sam- rQ pie is properly water-proofed, hold it in a kind of bag, with the face in, and ? pour in some water. If the water- ^ proofing has been properly done the jce water will not wet the face of the ^ cloth, but it will stay in globules and ar act as if it were on a greased Doara i ^ or hot stove.?Scientific American. " hi ? /roR'yn&x a' EP/^K?. Molasses Taffy.?To four cupfuls of New Orleans molasses, add a large spoonful of butter and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Boil rapidly for twenty minutes, stirring vigorously, or until it drops brittle In cold ? ? * A ^ ^ f no t5r>Artn f 111 r\ f Ha 1t? water. auu uuc icaopwui.u* u . ? , ing powder, pour into buttered tins, j and when cool pull with floured hands. Snow Balls.?Take any kind of delicate white cake or angel food and cut out round pieces. Have ready a boiled frosting made as follows: One cupful of sugar boiled in onethird cupful of water until it spins a thread, then beat in the whites ot two eggs until foamy. Coat the balls with this icing, and sprinkle thickly i with freshly grated cocoanut. Drop Cookies.?Cream half a cup ful of butter, and gradually add one j cupful of sugar, one well-beaten egg. half a cupful of sour cream and half a teaspoonful cf soda. Sift three j heaping teaspoonfuls of the best bak- j ing powder with two ana a nau cupfuls of flour, add a teaspoonful of j vanilla or lemon, mix thoroughly I and drop from large cook-spoon onto buttered tins. ^ Raisin Cookies.?Beat togi'thei one cupful of butter and two cups of ^ New Orleans molasses or brown sugar, three eggs and two and one- _ half cups of flour. To this add z. teaspoonful of baking powder and z. teaspoonful of cinnamon. Stir in the js juice of half a lemon, half a cupful b; of seeded raisins chopped fine. Roll ni out, cut into cakcs and press a whole cc raisin on the top of each. These are . wholesome and good for children. German Coffee Cake.?Cream one | half cupful of butter with one cup- j ful of sugar. Add two well-b;aten j eggs, two cupfuls of scalded milk, a j pinch of salt and a two-cent yeast \ cako dissolved in half a cupful of | water. Thicken with sufficient flour I to make a batter that can be stirred with a spoon, then beat well and set I to rise. In about three hours it will i be light, then add a little flour, roll | nut about an inch thick, make into!' -.ml nut to ri^o ntrnin in .1 shxl- I L >> UUU i* o vv * ??V ... ? lovr pan. When the dough has ! rcached the top of the pan. spread with butter, sprinkle generously with sugar and cinnamon, and bake about thirty minutes. This is delicious as , it can be, but raisins and currants ! may be added before putting in the j flour. 1 > ZEL/3 >* ' rty / THE DEPOSED DESPOT AND Metal Folding Bed. In view of the popularity of the Bt:al bed, it was only a question of ne when there should be metal lding beds. It was an Indiana man 1 ^ t ho ubdigned the new metal folding id. This bed consists of a bed on which e framework stands upright when >t in use for sleeping purposes. A irtain hangs from the raised foot id not only conceals the furniture, it provides a sort of screen behind hich clothing may be hung on the ill, if space is much needed. The hole is held in an upright position p clamps which engage the fulcrum d and the standards. By loosening these clamps the bed released and may be let down to ie floor, a cross-bar at the foot jeping it the proper height. The td is pivoted to the base at its head id the base acts as a support for .Is end. It will be readily noted at one of these metal folding beds is the advantage of being easy to ;ep clean and there is no danger of powerful spring closing it as you 3 sleeping.?Boston Post. HOW THE UNITED STATES H 1^^^616.795 Tom : . 1908*" 930,413 T?. uiagiiiiii suowing the decadence cj ie remarkable growth of this countr 908. The figures, officially supplied nited States' enormous foreign trade nd to the pecuniary profit of rival nat Pocket in Hat. An ingenious and useful invention the article holder for hats devised i a Pittsburg man. This is a case uch like the crcwn of the hat and is mvenient for carrying papers, cigars I ?" ' m lYA. ' ' t\ 1 i i sj DICTATOR OF NICARAGUA. I A Quaint Indorsement. J. Pierpont Morgan at the recent 1 diocesan convention in New York , amused a group of clergymen with a story of a minister. "He was as ignorant, this good man, of financial matters," said Mr. Morgan, "as the average financier is 1 ignorant of matters ecclesiastical. "He once received a check ? the first he ever got in his life?and took it to a bank for payment. " 'But you must indorse the check,' said the paying teller, returning it through his little window. " 'Indorse it?' said the old minister in a puzzled tone. " 'Yes, of course. It must be indorsed on the back.' " 'I see,' said the minister. And turning the check over, he wrote across the back of it: " 'I heartily indorse this check.' " ?Washington Star. The Comet Approaches. \ \ .onoir op oaottor / / \ \ mafl 3 battm/ / |r?? oaatr or haltcrs comet. I When New York City gets its water from the Catskills, the longest flow will be from a point 130 miles from the City Hall. IERCHANT MARINE SHRUNK. ^ I. ii? r*. 1 v . Tggg ^ R * 667.192.176 Y ^1 1880 i * I SQ^ 404. r i >S V [" 1900 $ 2. 244, 424, 266 V n\ s 1908 1 (> $ 3.055.115,138 if the American merchant marine and y's international trade from I860 to . by the Government, show that the is now transported in foreign bottoms ions. or any of the other little things usually carried in the ordinary card case, which fits inside the pockets. An arched wire frame fits inside the perspiration band of the hat and rises into the crown, not touching the top. The framework has a yoke, to which the case is attached, and the springy support prevents the contents of the case from being bruised, bent or crushed in any way. Though this device is useful for any one, it is particularly convenient for policemen or other men whose pockets are hard to reach. Under the necessity of keeping his coat buttoned, a policeman will find it very handy to get at his reference book or to stow awiy a cigar an acquaintance sivvs liim by merely taking off his helmet. The first proccss of making soda on an extensive scale was discovered by Nicholas Leblanc, a French chemist, in 1791. Of the 361 sorts of birds found In Great Britain only 140 are residents all the year around. ? > -V . ' * V/' t * ' "thitpulpit. p of SOE k BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY cru CARDINAL GIBBONS. not us Theme: Our Christian Dignity pla Baltimore, Md.?In his sermon on alsi 'Our Christian Dignity" Cardinal 1 Jibbons, at the Cathedral here, said: thi There is inborn in every human ing )reast an unconquerable ambition of In luman glory. Men labor from morn- per ng till night, they hunger and thirst, mu ;o attain some dignity, to achieve cla some conquest, to arrive at some cov- the ited goal, which is the aim of their tie: ispirations. This ambition is laud- vir ible if kept within legitimate bounds, mo Decause it Is an incentive to human the ictlvity. But how men fail in the at- the :empt to achieve the object of their ha1 ;arthly desires, and then there fol- on< ows a revulsion from action to des- all pair. ' Let us pause while we are within tla ;he precincts of this sacred temple, brc ind let us consider before God what Ho :onstitutes the highest and noblest vo< lignity of man. It consists in the th? :onsideration that we can claim God y&i Himself for our Father; Jesus Christ the for our elder Brother, and the King- ha' Iom of Heaven for our prospective in- nu tierltance. This thought ennobles jur ambition, it lights up our aspir- lar ition to a celestial kingdom, and Jns reaches beyond the bounds of time art sternity. ho< "When the fullness of time was ch( iome," says St. Paul, "God sent His kn Son, made of woman, that He might do: redeem us, that we might receive the no: adoption of sons." Thus, by one as stroke of Divine clemency, a three- foi Cold blessing is conferred upon us, ou Dur guilt is removed, the chains of th< slavery are stricken from our feet; pu and we are adopted into the family wil of God, to enjoy the joyous liberty wl of children of God. "Behold," cries Ch out St. John, "what manner of char- cal Ity the Father has for us, that we soi should be, and should be called, the th< ihildren of God." "Dearly beloved," ou lie continues, "we are now the chil- in dren of God, and when He will ap- bei pear we shall be like unto Him, be- ba cause we shall see Him as He is." th< When the world tempts us, when sai passion assails us, let us spurn the vi< tempter, and say: I am a son of God. an [ am born for greater things. I am destined for Heaven. I will not be an the slave of sin. Let this thought in- th< spire us to heroic deeds. "And when an He shall appear, we shall be like tai Him, for we shall see Him as He is." olj We shall be like Him in justice and ha sanctity, like Him in immortality, ap like unto Him in eternal glory ahd hli Tnot aa tliA atom snarkling tai ICllLiUJ . i' UWU V.W ? __ ^ in the sunbeam partakes of the splen- Jul dor of the sun, so shall we, basking^ fu In the eternal sunshine of God's pres-' he ence, participate in His glory ever- Rc lasting. yo How much more affectionately does of God treat us than He treated the chil- th dren of Israel, though they were His yo chosen people. The Jews lived under the law of fear. They were governed ha by fear. They were restrained,from ac vice more by the fear of punishment su than by the hope of reward. There Ci are but very few instances in all the th Old Testament In which the Hebrew tr) people presumed to call God their (it father. They addressed Him as their gr Lord and Master, their King, their c?v! Ruler and Judge. co In addressing our prayers to God, Jo; what name is more frequently on our lips than the name of Father? The pi] name of Father Is applied to God 260 dc times in the New Testament, though ce ? *- ? ?J the New Testament occupies iobo wau ?,u one-fourth the space of the Old Test- Oi ament. And what prayer is more fa- re miliar to us than that best and most pa comprehensive of all prayers, the w< "Our Father?" Like little children te: who run with confidence to their mi earthly parents, we can rush in spirit ce into the arms of our Father and say ta to Him, "Our Father, who art in pr Heaven." w< In being made the children of God Hi we also become the brothers and sis- be ters of Jesus Christ. "Jesus," says St the apostle, "is not ashamed to call ch us His brothers." Would not we be ashamed to recognize a fallen brother of who had disgraced his family and his eli name by a dissipated life? How often de have we grieved and dishonored our be elder Brother, Jesus, by our sinful tei life! How often have we defiled that do sacred image of our Father and His in Father which is stamped on our im- te: mortal souls! And yet Jesus is not ashamed to call us His brothers. Nay, He leads us to the waters of life, where those stains may be washed I tu away, so that tne image 01 mi? ra- ^ri ther and our Father may appear once {rj more resplendent on our souls. as Jesus came down from Heaven to m, earth that He might lift us from 0,j earth to Heaven. He assumed our jZ( frail human nature that He might make us partakers of the Divine Na- u3 ture. Though He is God, Light of 0u Light, true God of true God, begot- Cb ten, not made, consubstantial to His n0 Father, by whom all things were U8 made, yet He became bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh that He <jii might Infuse into us the spirit of on righteousness and immortality. 0f He made Himself a slave, that we aD might enjoy the glorious liberty of w] the children of God. He became to poor, that we might possess the riches of Divine ijrace. iuu nuu**, saja St. Paul, "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich, He became poor for our sr.kes, that through His poverty we might be rich." lt And, coming among us, He does not present Himself to us emptyhanded, like a poor relation. He :? comes laden with gifts. He has left us His gospel to be a lamp to our '? feet, a light to guide us in our path- ae way through the pilgrimage of life. ^ He has left us the delicious banquet ? of the Eucharist, which He has prepared and to which He invites us, say- 3,0 ing: "Come unto Me, all ye who ev labor and are heavily burdened, and I will refresh you and give rest to . your souls." "He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath 1 everlasting life, and I will raise him mi nn the last dav." I ? And to control our wayward, wandering spirit, He plants in the midst of our souls the spirit of truth, to steer our course amid the storm of life, as the compass guides the bark J'6 through the dark, tempestous ocean. . "I will not leave you orphans, but }n will send you the Paraclete, and ist when He, the spirit of truth, is come, eo He shall teach you all truth." "Know co ye not," says St. Paul, "that ye are eg the temples of God, and that the spirit - ~ . o.. an oi uoq aniueiu m juu. But to crown your dignity and ev glory. Jesus is i:one to prepare a place for you in heaven. Imagine the joy of the sons of Jacob when, after they were threatened with famine in their tli own country, they went to Egypt, and th there found their brother Joseph sec- bl ond in rank in the kingdom. They m had sold their brother; they had or sought to kill him, but he forgave to them; he received them with open us arms and invited them to come and wl share in his riches and power. ar ,\ i. v ' Mi! my brethren, like Jadas 'e sold Jesus, not for thirty pieces silver, but for the gratification of ae base passion. Nay, we nave cifled Him by our infidelity. He ; only forgives us, but He invites to His kingdom in Heaven, to .re those blessings of which 1*3 is i dispenser. "I go to prepare a ce for you, that where I am you o may be." {Vhat dignity can be compared to i V/m. tvMI hoar riPrsnns boast- P, SW iUU ??U ttwwt K? -; of their ancestry. They will glory. v* the descendants of kings and emors and illustrious men. But how '] ch more honorable for you to im as your kindred and brethren -i i patriarchs and prophets, the apos- -I 3 and martyrs, the confessors andgins of the church! How much1 .'Jj re glorious for you to have, with j i saints, one mother?the church;) i same brother?Jesus Christ; to ire with them one Lord, one faith, > baptism, one God and Father of ? ro sum up: In being worthy Chrlsns you become children of God, )thers of Christ, temples 01 toe ly Ghost. Our Lord is your Ad:ate in Heaven. He is the Herald it will usher into His kingdom, and 1 claim as your spiritual kindred >se illustrious men and women who 1 re reflected honor on our common i I rnanlty. J May I not say to you, not in the ; | iguage of exaggeration, bat in pired words of the Apostle: "You I ; a chosen people, a- royal priest- J 3d." You are a chosen generation* f Dsen from thousands of others who I ow not God. For, He hath not I e alike to other nations, and hath fl t manifested His mercies to them I Utx Via a +r% vntf "a hniW natlon.*r what people or nation Is like to . rs, that hath Its God so nigh unto MS ;m as our God is nigh unto us? "A1 rrhased people," purchased ' ntft; th corruptible gold and silver, but .V;^ th the precious blood of Jesus.vV,] rist. "A royai priesthood." He Is you kings because yo,u are ttfe is of God. the King of Kings, andt-i i Lord of Lords, though you are tslde the sanctuary, and not clothed**^',3 sacred robes. He calls you prlestr, -^ cause you are concentrated in your ntism that tou mieht offer up oil $ ' 3 altar of your hearts/&nd in the ; ]>M actuary of your homes the spiritual :tims of praise and thanksgiving B d supplication to your God.. I said: You are children of God d heirs to His kingdom. Where^ji a ere is so much honor and dignity, d 'so grand a prospective inheri-7 J 1 ice, there must b? a corresponding ,VW ligation. But -bow often does, ift.'agK ppen that a son, after having been fl pointed by his father the heir of i estates, has forfeited his Inheri-^TSM ace by his Ingratitude and dii^ te life! Children bf God, be cai^v;g?M 1 not to lose your heavenly In* >' ritance by dishonoring your Lor& >yal children of a Royal Father. 1et'gj ur brow be encircled by the haIo>->>al royal virtues. "If I am your er, where Is My honor; If I am Q ur Master, where 1b My fear?" H It Is customary for students who ,ve been attending colleges andr^fS ademies to return home during the mmer vacation or during the H trlstmas or Easter holidays, when ey will recount to their father their fl ials and triumphs in the field erature, and express to him t}ieiK^^| atitude for the education they re- |B I? m..? ?ill Kef Aft fn Vi in , H9 IVC. AUCJ WUX giouij U0b9U vvr unsel, and will sit once more With:?| y at the family table. BE We. all are, or we ought to be, pu-' .|H Is of .Christ,, preparing onrsebreiL''9B iring this life of probation to relve a diploma of sanctity which will *| mit us to the Kingdom of Heaven; flH lr Heavenly Father Invites *s to -SH turn to His house at certain, fimefc. ^nj rticularly on the Lord's day, that 5 may lay before Him par tflalf, JH rAntatlnna onil nffllctlnna ' WA ;^D ay acain listen to His voice and r9=- fl| lve His paternal counsel, and paiv; ke of the heavenly banquet He had' ? epared for us, and above all/ that SH i might express onr gratitude to HB Im for the signal blessings He ha^^H stowed upon us. Hasten hither oxt mdays with as much eagerness ildren return to the paternal roof. H I said you were brothers and sisters Jesus Christ. Never dishonor yourrflH ler Brother. Never consent to any Hp -j> xi v.i tta ' irrifflTWffl ea or lUUUglll Ui nunu no nvuiu ashamed. Our Lord gives us the at of true brotherhood: "He that eth the will of My Father who Heaven, he is My brother and sis- HH Hg In the School of Trial. an Our extremity is often God's oppor-|^H ity. When we have learned toflHB ust God's promises; when through^^B ibulation we have learned to pray^HE never before, when we have beeaMMH ide to feel our own weakness, andflHj r Saviour's strength, has been real-SH ;d more fully, then our very trial^^S ?1 1 JUaUIUA 4/vB^H S Become t. scuuui ul ui^iynuc Tribulation is but the strivingsH|H t of which we are won to a nobler|HB aracter. Our trials as a usual t only teach us humility, but bin^HV more firmly in love and in grati-^^N de to God. And the work of dlvim^HHfi 3cipline is a lifelong process. N<Sfl e deliverance can cover the whol^HM our experience. As we grow oldea^pS d wiser we get a deeper insight lntc^^H lat we ought to be. What we ough^^H^ be we can be. MMJ God's Love For Us. VflEB If ever huma^ love was tender, anMMg lf-sacrificing and devoted; if eve^^M could bear and forbear; if ever ]HH| uld suffer gladly for its loved ones^HH ever it was willing to lavish Itsefl^^^J r the comfort or pleasure of Its cts; then infinitely more is Divin^^^f ve tender, and self-sacrificing anflQHC voted, and glad to bear and forbeaSHn id to suffer and to lavish its be^^^H pssincs uDon the objects of its Iov^HbB it together all the tenderest u know, of the deepest you er felt, and the strongest that er been poured out upon you, :ap upon it all the love of aU'ttBHB ving hearts in the world, and th^WBa ultiply it by infinity, and you gin, perhaps, to have some faiflHSH impse of what the love of God is. |^H^H Trusting at All Times. There are nopossible circumstanc^^^n human life in which God may n^^^H served, character built up, aflBQ avenlv treasure amassed. Him at all times." says the psal^Hn^ "Blessed is he that doeth rig^^HBl usness at all times." Religion nstant duty and a ceaseless pri^HjH e. Crises may come and crises passed, but the Word of the d the worship of God continue fBHH Think and Thank. It was no accident that extrac^^HH e words "think" and "thank" e same root. So countless are essiugs that one has only to set ^HkH ind reflecting and his heart will^^^^H ice leap into praise. He who meditate on the goodness of GoSfl^B ihered forthwith into a great teicH|^BH here worship becomes an Ld a delight.?John B. Shaw. HBHH -'-v^EB^S