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POINTED WAY TO SALVATION
Preacher's Advice Was All Right but
His Friend Also Had Something
Wise to Say.
Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, speaking
recently at a banquet, told the following:
"A colored preacher stood up on a
Sunday and said, 'My text this morning,
brothers and sisters, am "What
shall I do to be saved?" To me there
seems only one way to be saved, and
that am to quit this'ere extravagant
living. Back to the.simple life, say I.
There am going to be no chance for
yow to be saved so long as you keep
up this high living. If there is anything
that is going to kill our race it
is these'ere luxuries. Better go hungry
and cold like the wolf. Go out
and face the rains and fight the
storms. Uo wade like the crane, *ou
will grow rugged and you will grow
tough, but you'll walk like a man.
Yes. Blr, that am de way to salvation,
* that am de way to get Baved.'
"Just then a tall colored man. rising
from his pew in the rear of the
church, interrupted the preacher. \
shouting: 'This am no way to be ;
Baved. You just jump right through j
that back window and run just as fast ,
as your legs will carry you, for the
county sheriff am here with a warrant
for your arrest for stealing them
chickens from Massa Martin's coop
last Friday night.' "?Chicago Tribune.
6TEP FARTHER.
Mr Rastus?1'ze muzzled de dog. t
An* now I'ze waitin'.
Mr. Acker?For what?
Mr. Rastus?To see if dey's gwlnter
go de res' o' de way an' see to de
puhtection o' us human beln's. Ef
dey'U fix up some way o' muzzlln' er
hin' feet o' er mule, de'll sho'ly stop
er heap o' damage. '
NEVER TIRES
Of the Food That Restored Her to
Health.
"Something was making me 111 and
I didn't know the cause," writes a i
Colo, young lady: "For two years I
was thin and sickly, suffering from Indigestion
and inflammatory rheumatism.
"I had tried different klnd3 of diet,
and many of the remedies recommended,
but got no better.
"Finally, Mother suggested that I
try Grape-Nuts, and I began at once,
* eating it with a little cream or milk.
A change for the better began at once.
"To-day I am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time. I've
gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from indigestion,
and the rheumatism is all
gone
"I know it is to Grape-Nuts alone
that I owe ray restored health. I still
eat the food twice a day and never
tire of it." Name given by Postum
Co.. Rattle Creek. Mich
The flavour of Grape-Nuts is peculiar
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and has an agreeable, healthful quality
that never grows tiresome.
One of the sources of rheumatism is
from overloading the system with
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digestion and assimilation.
As soon as improper food is abandoned
and Grape-Nuts is taken regularly,
digestion is made strong, the
organs do their work of building up
good red blood cells and of carrying
away the excess of disease-making
material from the system.
The result is a certain and steady i
return to normal health and mental i
activity. "There's a reason." Read ,
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Ever rend the above JetterT A new
one appear* from time to time. They
are nenulne, true, and fait bf human I
latere* t. Adv.
HER NtpJSBl
An Old Man Marries Young Girl,
That He May Teach
Her Wisdom.
BY FLORENCE E. CAMPBELL.
Mam'zelle Lisette Guitard was weeping
in the hyacinth beds, and Monsieur
; Gaston Drouet wept, too, unreservedly.
But then be was only twenty-two
?four years older than Main'zelle,
nevertheless. Outside the night air
was fragrant with the odor of hyacinths
and jonquils, and the moon
6'none as brightly as it always shines
in New Orleans in spring?that is to
say, twice a3 brightly as anywhere
else.
Ma'mzelle had stolen out of the
house in which her father and mother
and the two uncles and the maiden
aunt and Sister*Tcinette and Brother
Robert and the four bridesmaids and
the ushers were busily rehearsing the
part that they were to play at Ma'mzelle's
wedding cn the morrow. Mon
Bieur Thiboult was nrty-Beven ana
enormously rich, and it was to be a
fashionable affair. Ma'mzelle did not
love Monsieur Thiboult, but her pa;
rents did.
i "Poor Gaston!" she murmured, laying
her warm hand upon his icily cold
one. "Tonight we must say goodby
for ever."
And, being only eighteen, she could
not help hut feel a thrill of romance
In the sadness of the separation.
"Angel! Belov<id! Adored one!"
exclaimed the young man, "I cannot
let you go. Come with me now and
let us be married somewhere. You
do not love him, that old pig of a
Thiboult"
"No, poor Gaston, I love you only,"
answered the little bride-to-be. "But
consider. Monsieur Thiboult will give
me much money and 1 shall make my
parents rich; poor parents, who have
slaved so hard for me."
"You shall not marry the pig!"
shouted Gaston. "I will kill him
first!"
"Hush, Gaston!" exclaimed the girl.
"He will hear you. He prowls about
mnM
'SifflF
Gazed With Wonder Into Her New
Husband's Face.
his garden by night?yes, would you
believe me, he Is like a young man
since he loves me, and he composes
songs to the moon?as you do. He
told me so himself."
"Kiss me, Lisette!" pleaded Gaston,
drawing very close to her. "When you
have kissed me you will no longer resist
my entreaty. Then we will go?"
"No! No!" cried the girl, struggling
out of his arms. "It is wrong.
I am pledged to him. Let me go!"
"LlBette!" cried Uncle Henri from
the door. "Where are you, little one?
Come! We are to have cakes and
wine."
For an Instant Gaston hesitated; ,
then, with a despairing Bigh.
he plunged through the hyacinths and
disappeared Into the darkness. Uncle
Henri came dow n the path.
"Psst! Cats!" he exclaimed, throwing
a clod of earth in the d rtctlon of
the retreating Gaston. "Why do you 1
roam umorg the flowers so late, little
niece? Ah. it is the Inspiration of i
Monsieur Thiboult! It Is love for, '
him! Never was any marriage so <
happy!"
Ma'mzelle Llsette cast a glance of
contempt at her uncle, but he did not
see It, because It was quite dark under <
the eaves of the cottage. He followed j
her indoor.
The w edding was over and Monsieur 1
and Madam Thiboult were seated com- t
fortably upon the porch of their home. <
It was only a few steps to the cottage !
next door, occupied by the bride's pa- t
rents, for Monsieur Thiboult had simply
taken his bride home with him. f
That was his arrangement, and his
will was law-, for it was the will of a t
seml-milllcnaire. Madam gazed with t
wonder into her new husband's face.
It was indeed wonderful to think that r
two hours before she had been Made- c
moiselle Guitard while now she was I
Madame Thiboult. Her silly little head
was swimming with pride and astonishment,
and the passion for poor
Gaston was already buried, although r
deep down beneath the surface of f
things there was a little ache?If she I
had let herself perceive It. h
But monsieur was very much older w
than she She had never before no- a
ticed how red his face wan, how white
his beard and hair. He was an old.
old man, and she wished he were
young like Gaston. And suddenly the
sense of her ine~#erience of life, the
tragedy of Gaston's sorrow, and her
own little fleeting happiness which
had been accomplished at such a cost
to him overwhelmed her. She began
crying, and she looked at her husband
timidly, as though she had done something
that she ought not to have
done.
Monsieur Thiboult had been smoking
in the darkness. Now he laid his
cigar aside and Lisette saw the red
rim of it circle and descend and rest
upon the rail of the porch. Her husband
took her little hands in his and
spoke to her.
"Do you love Gaston very much,
Lisette?" he asked.
She started and then began sobbing
convulsively. He knew then! He
knew! How wicked she had been.
"Yes, I knew for a long time, my
dear," said Monsieur Thiboult. "It
must be quite two months since' you
have loved Gaston. And before that
it was Leon Brevet; and before that
Charles Bourget; and before that?
who was it before that?"
Lisette was shaking with fear. He
had known all the time, then, of these
little childish love affairs!
"My dear little Lizette," said monsieur,
caressing her cold hands, "listen
to what I am going to tell you. I have
never thought that you loved me?an
old man like me, old enough to be
your father's father. But I love you,
just as though you might be my own
daughter, and I married you because
I knew that if I did not you would
some day run away with Gaston or
some other foolish young fellow and
live a hard life and taste the realities
of existence. And you are not made
for hardship, my little Lisette. So I
considered, and I thought to myself:
'If only she were a few years older
and wise and knew the world, and
had plenty of money, so that when the
real love came she would know htm
and go to meet him.' Then I said to i
myself: 'How can you help her, you
old fellow?' And the answer came to
me: 'Marry her yourself, but let her
be like your daughter to you, so that,
when you are dead she can inherit
all your money and marry some young
fellow whom she really loves.'" He
paused. "My dear," he said, "I shall
???? Irtntr Tho Hnrtnr told
uuv ii?u ?vi; iuiiq. mw
me that only last mouth. Perhaps one
year, perhaps two?not more than
three. And then, If you still love Gaston,
you will go to him and make him
happy, and your little head will be
filled with wisdom Instead of foolishness."
He pressed her to him and kissed
her cheeks reverently. "Good-night,
little daughter," said Monsieur Thlboult
(Copyright, 1912, by W. O. Chapman.)
WORLD LANGUAGE OF SIGNS
Sir William Ramsay Has Plan to Use
Pictorial Characters Based on
Chinese.
To make possible the eichange ot
ideas among all peoples of the world
Sir William Ramsay, the English
nrlpntlst. haB beeun to develop a pic
tortal sign language, based somewhat
upon Chinese, which he hopes will
eventually spread among all races.
Tho Chinese character to express
"man," for Instance, Is made with two
converging lines that represent simply
his legs, looking much like the
legs of the crude man that the schoolboy
draws.
Sir William's character goes further
and adds a vertical straight line above
the converging lines to represent the
body.
"The first thfng that one thinks of,"
he argues, "Is existence expressed in
the verb 'to be.'"
So he has selected the arithmetical
equality mark to denote existence. All
things relating to one's state and condition,
he said, can bo expressed by
these two parallel lines.
For time which stretches away, or
action that is constant, he uses a dash.
Instantaneous time or action he represents
with a dot Thus a dot placed
squarely between and in the middle of
two llneB of the equality mark denotes
the Immediate present, or "I
am." Similarly the dot, when placed
at the left and between the two llneB
denotes past or "I was," and when
placed to the right Indicates the future
tense, or "I am to be."
To denote a woman Sir William
draws a line closing the diverging
ends of the legs of the 6lgn for man.
On the theory that "1" 1b the most important
thing in the world to any
man, Sir William utilizes the straight
vertical line that irpresents the body
of his man figure to depict the word.
What He Was After.
It was a very hot day and the fat
Irummer who wanted the 12:20 train
?ot through the gate at Just 12:21.
rhe ensuing handicap was watched
vith absorbing interest both from the
rain and the station platform. At its
;onclusion the breathless and peripiring
knight of the road wearily
ook the back trail and a vacant faced
'red cap" came to relieve him of his
,Tip.
"Mister," he inquired, "was you
ryin' to ketch that Pennsylvania
rain?"
"No, my son," replied the patient 1
nan. "No; I was merely chasing it 1
iut of the yard."?Saturday Evening
Jost
(
Wisdom Comes Slowly.
TownB?"I believe it's a fact that a (
aan must get to be at least thirty be- j
ore he really knows anything." ,
Irowne?'Tes; and he must be at
east forty before he quits telling (
rhat he knows."?Catholic Standard
nd Times.
| intumtionalI
Siinmsqiool
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Eve.
nlng Department The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 15
FORGIVENESS.
LESSON TEXT?Matthew 1V15-33.
GOLDEN TEXT?"Be ye kino to one
another, tender hearted, forgtv'ng eacli
other, even as God also in Christ forgave
you."?Eph. 4:32 R. V.
Our Lord's teaching on subject
of humility as studied in last week's
lessen is inseparably connected with
that of today. It presents a strong
contrast between human and divine
forgiveness. It sets before us that
which at first seems*to ue unattainable.
Someone has raised the query
whether or not forgiveness is ever
possible where any trace of selfishness
remains. He who has the shepherd's
heart of humility has also a
forgiving heart or elst he does not
truly care to save lost and wandering
sheep, vv. 12 and 13.
This lesson naturalij divides Itself
into precept vv. 15-22 and paiable vv.
23-35.
Hrecept Is Fiain.
1. The precept is very plain and
quite logical. If you have been
wronged, go to him (your brother)
who wronged you and frankly come to
an understanding. Go alone and "have
If mil w.lfVi liim " Xfi.ut niinrrfds will
settle themselves if men will only see
"eye to eye." It is the repetition of
our grievances by the second or third
party that usually adds fuel to the
fire. The other steps are just as logical.
The outcome is suggested in
verse 18, that to all the disciples, not
to Peter alone, is given the power to
admit and to dismi s from the communion
of believer::. It is the prerogative
of the church to bind and to
loose and to have agreement in prayer.
The church must erect standards
of conduct, but in thus erecting standards
the church must ever come to
the Father with tender compassion
on behalf of the lost 6heep.
Verses 19 and 20 have been quoted
in thousands of prayer meetings with
often only the slightest realization of
their full significance. Three is an
attainable number; more than that is
less easily obtainable, and has the
added danger of harboring a hypocrite,
thereby spoiling that harmony
(Acts 2:1) that is so essential to the
presence of the Holy Spirit
Peter (v. 21) .suggests that there
Is a point of possible limit for our
humility and forgiveness. True, he
goes much further than most of us
go, even to that of the perfect number
seven, but Jesus completes that
and again multiplies it f>y seven; not
that 490 is the exact number of times
to exercise forgiveness though that
would usually suffice, but rather an illimitable
number of times. Resentment,
wrath, anger, clamour and evil
Epeaking are admonished to "put
away" (Eph. 4:31), and in the words
of the Golden Text, "Be kind, tender
hearted, forgiving one another, ev-m
as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven
us." There is no deep work of grace
in the human heart until it is willing
to "let" these things be put aside. As
though to make assurance doubly
sure in the minds of his followers,
Jesus gives us a parable (v. 23-35)
in wmcn ne applies me precept jusi
given.
God Is King.
God. the Kln|: of Heaven, Is taking
account with the sons of men, his
bond servants. At the outset one is
brought into his presence who owes
ubout $12,000,000 (a talent of gold
equals roughly about $1,200,000); he is
hopelessly in debt and "had not to
pay." This is a picture of fallen, lest
humanity standing in the presence of
a righteous God (Luke 7:42, Ps. 10.1:
3), etc. This man is brought into the
King's presence, and so are we
brought (John 16:7-9 ar.d Rom. 14:
10). The terrible ought and ought
not of the law is practically
presented in Matthew 25. Tho
debt of our sins is a hopeless one for
any to pay except a mighty Saviour
(I. Peter 2:24).
Let the law have Its course is the
meaning of verso 25 (read Gal. 3:10).
Rut what a gracious contrast is presented
in verse 26. There we see tho
compelling power of the compassion
of God, as shewn in the person of
Jesus Christ his Son, loosing the
n.nn nnrl Rf.ttire' him nhsnlutf-lv fren
from debt. Once men catch a
glimpse of their debt of sin, thoy, too,
will "fall down and cry for mercy. Salvation
is "by grace"' (Eph. 2:8, 9), and
by grace only. From verse 27 on wo
Fee the Lord immediately dealing with
(his servant in grace. There is no
future penalty held over his head. So <
God stands ready to deal with us so
soon as we acknowledge the absolute
impossibility of paying tho debt and ,
call upon him for mercy.
The hardness of the human heart
is suggested by ttte awful sin of in- j
gratitude pictured in ^the latter part (
of this parable (v. 28-^5). As twelve
millions of dollars is to seventeen,
such is the possible agd almost in- <
credible hardness of the natural heart "
cf man. How few of us would daro i I
to "slaiid upon our rights" in the '
church or as individuals, did we but
more often take stock of God s deal*
ng3 with us in his matchless grace
i'et we see this scene being re-en- j
icted about us almost dally. What
a solemD warning is contained In
verse 32.
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