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The Building of a Home

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

Duties of the Daughter.

LET me tell you, girls, almost all that has been said to the boys applies equally well to you; and let me whisper this in your ear: People expect a little more, perhaps, from you than from your brothers. I do not say that it is just; but anyway, it will do you no harm to raise the standard a little—now, will it? And then, don't you see the young men will need to raise their standard of right a trifle in order to keep up with you?

Did it ever occur to you, girls, that you are in a great degree responsible for much of the intemperance and laxity in the morals of the young men of your acquaintance, and, indirectly, of young men everywhere?

"Come, now," you reply, "we think that is saying too much. Pray what can mere girls do toward influencing any one outside our own family to morality or temperance?"

Do?—Imitate the example of a young woman I heard of,—indeed, several of them,—who utterly refuses to countenance or encourage vice and intemperance by ever appearing in the company of any young man who indulges in profanity, or who uses tobacco or liquor in any form. If every young woman in America would rise in the strength of a pure womanhood and with determination declare that "The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine!" how long do you think it would be before the dram-shops would go out of business? Come, girls; this is a kind of strike you can in all honor engage in.

Then, young woman, don't leave all the care of the family to your parents. Mother gets tired easier than she used to when she was your age. You ought to help in the care of the younger children. Let little Minnie and Frank know that when sister is at home, they have a kind and helpful companion on whom they can always depend. Help Jennie with her lessons, and show Jack how to fly his kite. Don't, don't assume a kind of superiority over them because you are older than they; bear tenderly with their childish follies.

Another thing; don't try to show off your superior attainments either at home or abroad. Perhaps you have just returned from a term or two at high school. At the dinner table, in the presence of company, mother mispronounced a word. Now, Miss Mary, I'm afraid you giggled! Of course, I suppose you did it before you thought, for you are naturally a sensible and kind-hearted girl. But your mother blushed painfully, when you were the one who should have blushed at your own folly. Perhaps the word was pronounced differently when your dear mother went to school, and anyway, if you had stopped to consider the many sacrifices that meek, loving little woman made in order that you might attend school and be well dressed, you could not have had the heart to put on airs before her.

Girls, be kind and loving toward your father. This ought to be an unnecessary admonition, but I know, to my sorrow, that it is needed. Your father is already growing gray. He feels so thankful that you belong to him, and is very glad to sacrifice that you may be well clad. He needed a new overcoat this year, and the old barn needed reshingling; but he asked mother to patch the overcoat and make it do, while he tinkered up the barn to last another year, so he might finish paying for your piano. Yet there are some girls who whine when their father asks them to play his favorite tune for him—of course you never do so.

Then, there are your older brothers. What are you going to do to save them? Do you realize that Frank is forming bad habits, and that William is nearly discouraged because he failed in his examinations? Girls, see here; what are you good for if you have not tact enough and genuine sisterly love enough to coax brother Frank to break those bad habits he is acquiring, and help him to make a man of himself? And there are a thousand ways in which you can cheer William's heart and make him forget his disappointment.

If you want to be real, true, live missionaries, I'll tell you one way in which you may be able to realize your praiseworthy ambition. Some girl who reads these lines has a brother who has left home to seek his fortune among strangers. Let me tell you this old world is full of temptations. Your brother will meet unaccustomed faces and new associations. He will face difficult situations. Oftentimes he will be so beset on every hand, that he will not know which way to turn.

"O, we pray for him, of course we pray for him every day!"

Yes; and he needs your prayers: but do you forget that faith and works go together?

"But what can we do? We girls have not enough money to keep our own wardrobes whole; we are so helpless!"

You need not send him money—that might be the worst thing you could do. But you can send him letters. If, in the midst of some bewildering temptation, he receives a good, loving, hopeful, trustful letter from the sister he loves so well, he may be saved from falling.

And so I say, girls, follow your absent brother with letters—sensible, loving letters. Do not send him a lot of silly gossip. It will do him no good to read an account of the latest street parade or neighborhood broil. But it will warm his heart wonderfully to know that sister is praying for him. Tell him all the little home happenings, of course, but don't forget to let him know that you are praying for his success and true happiness.

Ah, with such a letter as this in his hand, how can your brother raise to his lips the tempting wine-cup, or grasp by the hand those whom he would blush to introduce to the loved sister who is praying for him in the old home?

Don't Make the Wrinkles Deeper

Is FATHER'S eyesight growing dim, His form a little lower? Is mother's hair a little gray, Her step a little slower? Is life's hill growing hard to climb? Make not their pathway steeper; Smooth out the furrows of their brows, O, do not make them deeper.

There's nothing makes a face so young As joy, youth's airiest token; And nothing makes a face grow old Like hearts that have been broken. Take heed lest deeds of thine should make Thy mother be a weeper; Stamp peace upon a father's brow, Don't make the wrinkles deeper.

In doubtful pathways do not go, Be tempted not to wander; Grieve not the hearts that love you so, But make their love grow fonder. Much have thy parents borne for thee, Be now their tender keeper; And let them lean upon thy love, Don't make the wrinkles deeper.

Be lavish with thy loving deeds, Be patient, true and tender; And make the path that ageward leads, Aglow with earthly splendor. Some day thy dear ones, stricken low, Must yield to death, the reaper; And you will then be glad to know You made no wrinkles deeper. —Anon.

Alabaster Boxes.

THE hearts of some young Christians are quite like Mary's alabaster box. They are full of the sweet incense of praise and love to Christ, and almost bursting with the sweet messages and expressions of the Holy Spirit, but they are closed. No one about them receives the sweet incense, nor is made to rejoice, because the costly ointment is imprisoned. The possessor moves among men, but the alabaster box is closed, and none are aware of its riches, and none are blessed and refreshed by it. O, young people, pour this sweetness of praise and testimony and service out now, at the Master's feet, and do not wait for some great stroke to fall and break the box for you! Are there not Christian misers hoarding treasures? Are there not alabaster boxes that should be broken?—Central Christian Advocate.

GOSPEL PRIMER

This book begins with an attractive alphabet, each letter of which is connected with some Bible scene. Following that the word method of reading is introduced, together with illustrated Bible stories. It contains 128 pages. Price in board binding, 35 cents; cloth, 60 cents. Published in German, Danish, Swedish, and Spanish at the same prices.

MAKING HOME HAPPY

A bright, cheery story in which good, wholesome lessons are taught. Contains 200 pages. Price, in cloth binding, 50 cents.

MAKING HOME PEACEFUL

A companion volume to "Making Home Happy," by the same author. It tells more about Deacon Beardsley's family and how an unhappy home was made peaceful. Cloth binding, 75 cents.

CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR

A graphic account of the birth, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, interwoven with many interesting incidents in His life. Contains 182 pages. Price, board binding, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. Published in German, Danish, Swedish, and Spanish at the same prices.

UNCLE BEN'S COBBLESTONES

Familiar talks with boys and girls about such common things as air, water, sunshine, fire, smoke, glass, coal, salt, paper, matches, etc. Uncle Ben has a very pleasing way of telling about the origin and use of these things. Profusely illustrated. Contains 221 pages. Price, $1.00.

STEPS TO CHRIST

One of the most helpful books for young Christians ever written. It presents in a simple and practical manner the steps by which the sinner may find Christ and be made complete in Him. Contains 163 pages. Price in cloth, 50 cents. Published in German, Danish, Swedish, French, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, and Bohemian at the same price.

MOUNT OF BLESSING

This is an excellent companion volume to "Steps to Christ," and is by the same author. It is an exposition of Christ's sermon on the mount. In imagination the reader is taken back to the scene on the mountain-side where He sits with the disciples, and enters into the thoughts and feelings that fill their hearts. As one reviewer has said, "It is a book for the quiet hour." Beautifully illustrated. Contains 218 pages. Price in cloth, 60 cents.

NEW TESTAMENT PRIMER

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OUR LITTLE FOLKS' BIBLE NATURE

A series of complete lessons on nature, taking up the subject in the order of creation. It is designed as a beginner's book in reading, and at the same time to teach beautiful lessons from nature, based on the Bible. It contains 128 pages. Price, board binding, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.

POWER FOR WITNESSING

A work on the Holy Spirit. Not an exposition of doctrine, but an exhortation to doing, illustrating by live and interesting experiences the work and use of the Spirit. Some of its interesting chapters are: "Something to Tell," "Ye Are My Witnesses," "Secret of Rejoicing in Tribulation," "Filling and Feeling," "Miracles of Healing," "How to Seek Spiritual Gifts." It contains 200 pages. Price, cloth binding, 75 cents.

HOUSE WE LIVE IN

Sets forth in an interesting and instructive manner all the wonders, uses, functions, etc., of the human body in all its various parts. The plan of the book is conversational—a mother talking with her children. It is a book for home reading and will be of great assistance to mothers in teaching their children how to care for themselves physically, and to avoid the evil effects of narcotics and stimulants. Contains 218 pages, nearly 150 illustrations. Cloth, $1.00.

STORY OF JOSEPH

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BIBLE READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLE

This book comprises 162 readings for public and private study, and answers nearly 3,000 questions on religious topics,—practical, historical, and prophetical. It contains 600 octavo pages, printed on a superior quality of tinted paper, embellished with 57 full-page engravings and 170 ornamental headings, together with ten full-page Scriptural and prophetic diagrams, 3 colored plates, and other attractive features. The bindings are elegant and substantial, the styles and prices being as follows: cloth, gilt side title, marbled edges, $2.75; library, marbled edges, $3.75; full leather, marbled edges, $4.75; cheap edition, 400 pages, solid type, no illustrations or colored plates, no poetry, thin paper, brown cloth, plain edges, $1.25.

CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS

By Mrs. E. G. White. This volume of 436 pages from the pen of Mrs. White is an attractive grouping of the parable-teaching of Christ. The linking of divine truth with common things and incidents is a prominent characteristic of Him who "taught as never man taught;" and in this book the author has developed and illustrated in a beautiful way these teachings, making a volume full of gems of truth, and which will give to many readers a new meaning to the surroundings of every-day life. The publishers have taken great pains to make the setting worthy of the gem, as to both mechanical work and illustrations. The latter are by talented New York artists, and have been expressly designed for this book. Handsomely ornamented cloth cover, $1.25. By mail, 15 cents additional. Also in German, Danish, and Swedish, at same price.

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION

Revised edition, by Uriah Smith. A history of the rise and fall of nations, being an exposition, verse by verse, of the important prophecies of Daniel and John, comparing Scripture predictions with historical facts. It follows in the track of no other commentary; but, guided by the obvious rule that the Bible should be its own interpreter, it aims to arrive at the exact meaning of the sacred writers in harmony with the great plan of redemption as presented thruout the Scriptures. The author has devoted over thirty years to the study of the Bible, and believes that the prophecies of Daniel and John were written for our admonition, and that the subjects they unfold are the coming themes for the religious world, destined to engage the attention of all thoughtful minds. 754 pages, with illustrations, beautifully bound. Plain cloth, $1.50; cloth, marbled edges, $2.75; library, marbled edges, $3.75; leather, marbled edges, $4.75; paper-covered edition, in two volumes, 50 cents.

THE DESIRE OF AGES

By Mrs. E. G. White. The life of Christ presented in a new and beautiful form. Its whole object is to show that in Christ the love of the Father is revealed, and that we may live the life He lived if we rightly connect with the same Source of power.

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THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN

By Mrs. E. G. White. This volume presents the most wonderful and intensely interesting history that has ever been written of the great conflict between Christianity and the powers of darkness, as illustrated in the lives of Christian martyrs and reformers on the one hand, and wicked men and persecuting powers on the other. Beginning with our Lord's great prophecy, given while viewing Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, this book outlines the history of the whole dispensation down to the time when "sin and sinners are no more, God's entire universe is clean, and the great controversy is forever ended." It contains 39 full-page illustrations, nearly all of them new and specially engraved. It is printed on fine tinted paper, beautifully and substantially bound, and contains 700 octavo pages. Over 200,000 copies already sold. English cloth, embossed in jet and gold, marbled edges, $2.75; library, marbled edges, $3.75; full leather, marbled edges, $4.75.

HERALDS OF THE MORNING

By A. O. Tait. A new edition of this popular work, enlarged and thoroly up to date. It treats on the second coming of Christ, and the signs that the Scriptures tell us should precede that great event. It tells the meaning of the appalling loss of life by murder and suicide, and by fearful calamities on every hand, of the capital and labor troubles, strikes, fires, perplexity among the nations socially and politically, and the significance of the great phenomena in nature as portrayed all around us. With all this Christ is presented as the Friend of sinners, and His coming as the cheering hope of His children. It points out the place of refuge for those who would be shielded amid the perils of these last days, and how we may be saved from the great deceptions that Satan is multiplying in the earth. The light from the "sure word of prophesy" is turned on life's pathway, clearing up the obscurity and brightening it up amid the troubles and perplexities, even unto the dawning of the morning of the eternal day when strife shall cease. More than 150 illustrations vividly portray that upon which the subject-matter treats. A live book upon a live subject. 384 pages, cloth, marbled edges, $2.00.

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Willingness to Be Corrected

One of the great elements in Christian character is willingness to be corrected if wrong. "He that is wise harkeneth unto counsel," reads one of the immortal proverbs; another: "Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser." It is often an unpleasant, uninviting task to point out to a friend the mistake you are sure he is making, the moral dangers that may menace some member of his family or himself. There are two reasons chiefly why this is so: First, he who warns does not wish to pose as a superior or a reprover; his motives are frequently misunderstood and impugned. Secondly, he who thus offers counsel is so often regarded as an enemy that one shrinks from the task; he does not wish to be counted a foe. Yet how willing we should be to receive his rebuke, or his instruction, if need be. If he rails upon us, let it pass, heed it not; but if given in a right spirit, let us thank him who gave it, and profit by his reproof or instruction.

Among some of the notable astronomical discoveries of late have been those of Dr. R. G. Aitken at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. He has discovered many double stars, and has recently published a large series, many of them new to the scientific world. The Lick Observatory is connected with the University of California. That institution has now 2,181 students registered. This has been exceeded but once in any previous year.

Recent Guests.

By Editor

OUR church in Mountain View has been highly favored of late by visits of brethren representing important mission fields. Not long ago Elder A. G. Daniells, president of the General Conference and the head of the Mission Board, gave a stirring talk on the wonderful advancement which had been made the last year thruout the world, especially in Africa, China, and Korea. Later still came Elder W. R. Burden from the Japanese field, telling us of how ground had been broken in the Sunrise Kingdom. A collection was taken for building a church in Tokyo. Then came Elder F. C. Gilbert in behalf of his race, the Jews. A tremendously pathetic, instructive talk he gave us. He recounted the reasons the Jews and especially the Russian Jews had for despising Christianity. The prejudice of ages must be overcome. The Sabbath and true health reform help to break down prejudice. The hard thing when the Jew breaks away from his own people is to get work. Brother Gilbert is securing an industrial home-farm and school where such may be helped and may become helpers. A large, liberal donation was given. Lastly came Dr. Miller, with his wife, of the inland Chinese mission field. His two talks on China and her needs were much appreciated. Dr. Miller's study now is how to reach China as soon as possible with papers and tracts in printed form. These last three speakers all took something from the church when they went—the two first, money; the latter that which is more precious than money, two of our devoted workers. See note on page 13. May God bless all these faithful souls.

A despatch from Washington to the San Francisco Call states that effort was put forth by the ministers of Philadelphia to abolish ball-playing, foot-racing, and other sports in the navy-yards on Sunday. Secretary Metcalf replied that the physical cultivation is a part of naval discipline, and that it had been found that the men would improve much better physically by open-air exercise, and that this exercise was possible only on Sundays. Therefore the athletic sports on Sundays will be continued, but in view of the protests of the ministers, the public will be excluded. In other words, the public is excluded from looking on. This is another one of the inconsistencies in which the lighter offense is punished rather than the more serious. If it is proper for the naval men, the servants, to use Sunday for sports and exercises, surely the public, the employers, ought to have the privilege of looking on if they desire.

The Devolution of the Race.

We hear a great deal about the evolution of the race, from the tadpole up thru the monkey to man. There seems to be some evidence of the devolution of the race, especially in the degeneracy of man. At least that boy must feel so, if he can be hired, who meets the advertisement of the keepers of the zoological gardens at Copenhagen. They have recently acquired two apes. The apes seem to be sour and morose in their new quarters. In order to maintain their health it is thought that they must be amused; consequently the following advertisement has been published: "Wanted.—Smart boy as companion to young chimpanzees. Must have active and genial disposition, and live in airy and well-warmed cage." Perhaps a smart boy who has been taught his ape ancestry can be obtained, but we do not know how he could long stay there without losing his self-respect.

Discipline.

One of the strongest elements in the making of character is discipline. With those persons who are of an age to be their own masters this discipline should be rigidly taken in hand by each one himself, but with children this must lie with their instructors and parents. The importance of this was shown in a fire which occurred in one of the public schools of New York City. Twenty-five hundred children were in the building, many of them hardly more than babies; yet there was no panic, no hysterics, no crying. Certain bells were sounded, monitors sprang to their places, children were formed in lines and double lines in various rooms, and the whole five-story building was emptied without accident, disaster, or confusion in two minutes. If parents could realize the importance of this in the child's life, how much better it would be for the children in the future years.

The British Navy.

English naval experts now state that England possesses not only the biggest, most powerful war-ships afloat, but the biggest and fastest destroyers on the sea, and that her navy is more nearly ready for war than that of any other nation. In a recent review of 182 ships, 116 were able to leave immediately. Her naval expenditure is about $157,000,000 a year. England's ambition is to possess a navy equal to any other two European powers, and it is stated that at the present time the tonnage of the combined navies of Germany, France, Russia, Italy, and Austria is not as great as England's.

Sunday Law in the North.

A despatch from Winnipeg to the Chicago Herald, under date of February 13, declares that the Sunday law is being enforced in that section with extreme rigidity. Already five hundred summons have been issued against undertakers, funeral directors, newspaper men transcribing notes of Sunday sermons, and editors. One man was taking a bath when he was arrested by the police. It is to such inconsistencies that the Sunday law is bound to carry us.

"Spiritualism: Its Source and Character," is the title of Bible Students' Library No. 112. Its price is only one cent in small quantities. If one tract only is sent for, two cents should be sent. The little tract presents Bible evidence in general, a detailed exposition of Samuel and the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28), and extracts from the writings of Spiritualists, showing that the Bible teaching and predictions are fulfilled by them. The little tract should be read by everybody. Address, Pacific Press, Mountain View, Cal.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAL., MARCH 11, 1908.

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What Will It Be?

By Editor

Is the doom of the finally impenitent, the incorrigibly sinful, an ever-burning hell, an eternity of misery, as millions have been taught? Is it final restoration? What is it? What does the Bible say as to the end of sin and all identified with it? Will there be an end? This will be the subject of next week's Bible-reading.

Contained in This Issue.

By Editor

With Our Inquirers	Page
Questions Nos. 2412 to 2421	2

General

| Christ the Teacher and Healer | 3 | | "To Him That Overcometh" | 4 | | Righteousness and the Law | 4 | | God's Laws | 5 | | The Infidel's Sermon to a Preacher | 5 |

Home Bible Studies

| Modern Spiritualism | 6 | | Our Bible Band | 7 | | Messages from the Dead | 7 |

Editorial

| Life and Law | 8 | | "Give Ye Them to Eat" | 8 | | Studies in the Book of Daniel (God the Preserver, Concluded) | 9 |

Outlook

| Portugal: Some Present History | 10 | | Japan's War Status | 11 | | True Catholicity | 11 |

Missions

| China with Its Unwarned Millions | 12 | | Help for China | 13 |

The Home

| Duties of the Daughter | 14 |

Poetry

| Beyond To-day | 1 | | My Old Bible | 4 | | The True Missionary | 5 | | Upheld by His Hand | 12 | | Don't Make the Wrinkles Deeper | 14 |

Court Decision

By Editor

Court Decision.—A correspondent sends us a copy of the Bulletin of Bureau of Labor No. 69, March, 1907, in which is given a decision of the Supreme Court on Sunday legislation in Georgia. The law passed upon prohibits the running of freight and excursion trains within the state on Sunday. The decision does not pass upon the religious feature of the law, but declares that it is a rule of civil duty coming within police regulation of the state. Congress has not legislated upon the subject, and therefore the Supreme Court does not feel called upon to pass upon it. It holds, therefore, that the law is constitutional, and affirms the decision of the lower court that it is a police regulation.

World’s Temperance Congress

By Editor

A World's Temperance Congress is called to meet at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June 14 to 30, 1908. This is to celebrate the organization of the first temperance society in history, so it is stated in the call, organized at Moreau, Saratoga Co., N. Y., April 30, 1808. All temperance societies of whatever name and nature are cordially invited. Various nations of the world will be invited to send national representatives. Rev. J. H. Durkee, of Rochester, N. Y., is chairman, and the Rev. C. J. Taft, of Binghampton, N. Y., is secretary. The Centennial Congress Club has been organized with a membership fee of $1.00 to defray incidental expenses, and it is suggested that societies wishing to be represented at this congress make application for space very soon. We would like to suggest that there was a temperance organization long before this, a record of which is found in Jeremiah 35. The name of that organization was the Rechabites.