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No. 531. "Hate" and "Love."
WE say to people, "The Bible means just what it says," and they contrast us with the passage, "If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he can not be My disciple." We say, "O, well, Christ meant that we must love them less than we do him." They reply, "Then perhaps these other things do not mean just what they say either." Was not that minister right who said that there were errors in our translation?
MRS. E. B.
The Bible means what it says, but the Spirit of God, not sin-loving man, must be the interpreter of those words. The Greek word translated "hate" is miseo (from misos, hatred), and is defined to mean, "to hate, regard with ill-will, to detest, abhor, to regard with less affection, love less, esteem less." What is said in Luke 14:26 is just what is said in Matt. 10:37. To love God with all the heart means not to love at all those things that would destroy our love for God. This is termed hate. But he who loves God with all his heart, will love father, mother, and all others, as no one outside of Christ can love them; but his love is for their eternal good, that they may be saved. To love them supremely is not to love God. Such love is worldly, carnal. It will end with this life. To love God supremely means oftentimes to forsake the dearest ties of earth; and this the world would call hatred. How many times is a child told that he does not love but hates his father and mother because he will do God's will contrary to their belief! And yet to follow Christ means to do this. He loves God so much that his regard for his friends the world calls hatred; and yet after all he loves them, if he loves Christ, with a love no worldly heart feels. Yes, there are errors in our translation, but not sufficient to lead a single soul astray who wants to find the way.
No; it is part of a false prophecy that the people of "many nations" will raise in the last days; it begins at verse 2. See also Isa. 2:3-5. But the Lord says that those who raise this cry of peace and safety are forsaken of the Lord, and are soothsayers like Philistines. Isa. 2:6. The Lord's message for the last days respecting the state and purpose of the nations is found in Joel 3:9-16.
No. 533. Eating Rabbits.
I WOULD like to know if it is any sin to eat rabbits, or is it just as much of a sin as to eat pork?
Both rabbits and hares, animals similar, are condemned in the law of clean and unclean meats. See Lev. 11:4-8. Whether it is a sin or not depends on the eater and the motive. "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin." See answer to No. 529. What reason have we to believe that they are better now than then?
WHERE is the authority for saying that 1 Cor. 14:34 applies to business meetings?
We do not know that there is any. The text primarily had reference to the condition of things existing in the Corinthian church then. There were those who were doubtless disorderly. Woman should not put herself forward with boldness and arrogance, assuming authority which the Lord has not given her. Her strength is in her modesty and power to win, not in her assuming to rule or instruct. And yet it was proper for a woman to pray or prophesy in public; for the apostle gives instruction concerning such. See 1 Cor. 11:5, 13; Acts 21:9. These instructions both have their place. If the Lord bids woman to witness for him, let her do it. But let her not assume to do what God has not given her power or ability to do. These are good principles for men to consider also.
THE Bible says Enoch and Elijah were carried up to heaven without dying. Do you suppose that will be all the good people that will get to heaven before the second coming of Christ? Please explain the first three verses of the seventeenth chapter of Matthew.
Yes, both Enoch and Elijah were translated; of these the Bible gives us a record. There may have been others thus taken, we do not know. When Christ died the graves of many were opened, and when he rose from the dead, many came out of their graves and appeared unto people. Matt. 27:52, 53. When Jesus ascended, this multitude of those who were once Satan's captives ascended with him. Eph. 4:8, margin. Matt. 17:1-3 reveals to us that there was yet another who had been raised, namely, Moses. The transfiguration on the mount was to reveal to the disciples what the kingdom of Christ would be at his coming. See Matt. 16:28. There will be in that kingdom Jesus Christ glorified. There will be the righteous raised from the dead, represented by Moses, who died and the Lord buried him. When Christ, or Michael, the Archangel, came to raise him from the dead, Satan resisted him. But "the Lord rebuke thee" triumphed, and Moses came forth from the dead, and appeared a living, glorified man on the mount. Those who never taste death will greet Christ when he comes. Elijah represented these. Read 2 Peter 1:16-18, where the purpose of the transfiguration is stated, namely, to set before the disciples the power and coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
No. 536. Recourse to Law.
IF a worldly man owes a Christian a debt, and refuses to pay it, is it right to sue him and make him pay it?
If the Christian is dependent upon that debt to meet other obligations, we should judge that for the sake of his creditors a proper recourse to law would be right.
No. 537. Beast and False Prophet.
WHAT or who are the beast and false prophet spoken of in Rev. 19:20?
"The beast" refers to the beast of Rev. 13:1-10, a symbol of union of Church and State, which has manifested its fullest development in the Papacy. This power will be a persecutor when the Lord comes. The false prophet which wrought miracles before the beast is the two-horned beast of Rev. 13:11-17, a union of Church and State in this country.
PLEASE explain Isa. 45:7, "I make peace, and create evil."
God gives peace through mercy, justification, and righteousness, all of which are revealed in Christ Jesus. See Rom. 5:1; Isa. 32:17; Eph. 2:14. "Evil" is used, not in the sense of sin, but in the sense of judgment because of sin. The law of God is life to the transgressor, but death to the sinner. See Rom. 7:10; Hos. 14:9.
No. 539. Lucifer and Babylon.
EZE. 28:11-18; Isa. 14:12-14. Explain reference to Tyrus in Garden of Eden and Lucifer in heaven, still being Babylon.
The question is not plain. It has been said in these columns that the first "king of Babylon" was and is Lucifer. Isa. 14:4, 12. His spirit of selfishness in heaven as Lucifer is the spirit of Babylon, strife and confusion, the same spirit which has controlled Babylon ever since. The earthly king, or prince, of Babylon worked the will of Satan, or Lucifer, the king. Isa. 14:4-20 is a prophecy of what will come upon Satan and all his children in the end, typified by the destruction of ancient Babylon. Tyre was a city noted for its pride and wickedness. The prince of Tyre, its earthly king, had lifted up himself as God. Eze. 28:2. In thus arrogating to himself such authority and wisdom he was actuated by Satan, the king of Tyre, described in beginning and end in verses 11-19. The garden of God is in the city of God, in heaven, where Lucifer dwelt before his sin.
LIFE AND LOVE.
We begin to live when we begin to love. "We have passed out of death into life, because we love." That part of existence which the body and the mind pass through before the heart is wakened to love is pre-natal; it is existence, but it is existence without the full birth into life. The totally selfish man never comes to the hour of birth at all. He never knows what life is. "He that loveth not abideth in death." Life begins when love begins; life dies out of a man when love dies out of that man. Life is eternal when "love never faileth," when it "endureth forever." For life is like an organ with its many keys, with its many swelling tones; only as a master's hand rests upon it, and rules each varied sound, does it wake to life; the keys and tones of life are its thoughts, its words, its deeds, its prayers; the master's hand is God's, and God is love.—S. S. Times.
THE WORK CURE.
By Wayland Hoyt
IN that moment when, as to most at some time or other, a kind of despairing feeling comes to you—when energy lags, and the heart, bitten by the chill of some disappointment, sinks far below the zero point—then the safety for you and the sure path into more genial spiritual weather is the duty next you. Do that anyway. Even with failing feeling and nerveless hands compel yourself to do it. Do not put it off. Do not allow yourself bewailingly to wait for better mood. Do the duty next you, or anyway try at it. At least a fine sense of accomplishment shall come in, a very real consciousness of personal heroism.—Wayland Hoyt, D.D.
The Utility of the U. S. Senate.
By W. N. G.
In course of some pertinent remarks, recently, Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, expressed the following sentiment:—
"What I contend for is that we should have a proper understanding of the function, duty, dignity, and authority of the Senate of the United States. I am one of those people, having spent nearly twenty years of my life with some opportunity to observe this body, who believe that the founders of this country were wise and farsighted when they created this great chamber; that it was their purpose that there should be somewhere in the government of the United States a body of men representing the great sovereignties, fitted by long experience and the confidence of their countrymen to deal wisely with great concerns, who should be expected to be the stay and resisting power against those passionate and fitful gusts of public sentiment which had wrecked every other republic that ever existed on the face of the earth."
It remains to be seen how long this august body will fulfil the high trust here acknowledged. Surely it is being often assailed with "fitful gusts of public sentiment" that need the opposition of wisdom and dignity to keep them from overriding the Constitution. And the experience of the past few years has seemed to indicate a weakening of the Senate before some of these "fitful gusts;" for example, the Chicago Exposition Sunday-closing resolution, with the declaration that the first day of the week is the seventh day contemplated in the fourth commandment. Surely the tendency to yield, and the danger of yielding, to such "passionate and fitful gusts" are sufficiently ominous to warrant all that Mr. Hoar says on the subject of the necessity of a "stay and resisting power." May the Senate rise to the requirements of such a body, as it did in the days when legislation upon religious subjects and appropriations for religious purposes were emphatically ignored.
W. N. G.
NEIGHBOR JOHN.
By Martha Carmen
BY MARTHA CARMEN.
"GOOD-MORNING, John," said Mrs. Thornton to the Chinese vegetable pedler who had just knocked at her back door. "You've plenty of vegetables this morning, I see; lettuce, and peas, and, O, what fine oranges! How much, John?"
"Two bit dozen, lady," answered the pedler as politely as he could.
"Twenty-five cents? well, I will take two dozen of them, for they're the nicest I've seen this spring," replied Mrs. Thornton, as she picked up one of the large golden balls.
"Only got two dozen, lady, and one dozen for 'nother lady up street. She tell me bring 'em to-day. Take one dozen, lady?"
"Yes, one dozen will do, then."
After counting them out, John asked, "Some other thing?"
"No, nothing else this morning," answered Mrs. Thornton.
"All right, lady." And with that John began to put back the vegetables into his two large, cup-shaped baskets. The oranges were placed in a tray that fitted in the top of one of the baskets, so that they would be at hand when he called at the home of the lady who had ordered them. Next, the baskets were fastened to the ends of a strong, six-foot pole, and John, stooping down, rested the pole on his left shoulder, and slowly straightened up until the baskets were balanced. Then, with a pleasant, "Good-morning, lady," to Mrs. Thornton, he was off.10Every one in the village knows old John. His real name is Wong Lee; but long ago the schoolboys gave him the nickname so common to Chinamen, and now he is treated as if he hadn't a name of his own.
It was quite cool that April morning, for there had been a slight frost the night before, and the few people who passed up and down the street were well wrapped up. But no one seemed to think about John's being cold, tho the baskets were so heavy that he walked very slowly, and he wore no coat—only a blue cotton blouse. Besides, his queer, thick-soled slippers were so low and so loose that they nearly slipped off his feet with every step he took.
But he seemed as contented as usual, until he came along by the plaza, or park. Then, as he looked across the street at two boys on their way to school, a dark scowl appeared on his pleasant face. What was the matter? John doesn't dislike boys, does he?—Not all of them; for he often thinks of his own dumpy, black-haired lads in purple blouses and green pantaloons, away back in China.
He doesn't like American boys, tho. And, to tell the truth, Tom Morris and Joe Green were not very lovable, as you will see.
When they came up nearly opposite John, Tom said to his companion:—
"Hello, Joe! there's old Vegetable John; let's have some fun."
"That's a go! Any of the teachers in sight?" replied Joe as he looked up and down the street.
"Don't see any."
"Good! Now we'll have him talking Chinee," Joe answered, as he stooped down and picked up a small rock.
Taking aim, he whirled it across the street, so that it landed in a puddle of water, not three feet in front of John. Splash went the cold, muddy water all over him and his baskets.
"Now we'll catch it. Run!" shouted Tom, excitedly.
Away they sped in opposite directions,—just in time, too; for the now angry Chinaman had quickly set down his baskets, and was after naughty Joe. It was well he could not understand the muttered threats, and it was well for him that the cry of, "Hey, John!" rang out just when it did. In another moment he would have been caught.
At the sound of his name the Chinaman paused, and looked around. There lay one of his baskets on its side, the lid off, and those fine oranges and other vegetables scattered about the sidewalk. Slowly he walked back, still muttering to himself.
It was enough to confuse any one, wasn't it? Chinamen seem to think slowly, and so poor old John just stood and stared at the wreck as if he didn't know what to do.
Joe and Tom thought no one had seen their wicked conduct, but they were mistaken, for Eddie Peck, one of Miss Martin's Sunday-school class, was on his way to school, not far behind them.
"That Joe Green had better mind his own business," said Eddie to himself, as the rock went flying across the street. "There, John's after him, and I don't care if he gets caught. It'll serve him right. Now I'd like to know what Tom's sneaking back for—after the baskets, I suppose. I declare! he's pushed one of them over. What a shame! If Miss Martin saw that, she'd say that John was my neighbor, I guess, and that I ought to go and help him; for, when we had that lesson about our neighbors, she said it meant any one we could help when in trouble. But I suppose she didn't think about Chinamen when she said that. Besides, he can pick 'em up himself, and I'll just keep on this side the street; for, if any of the boys saw me helping him, they'd guy me terribly."
But Eddie changed his mind. He was naturally kind-hearted, and as he came closer to John, and saw the pitiful look on his face, he was across that street in less time than we can tell it.
"Come on, John; I'll help you straighten up things!" was the cheerful greeting.
The Chinaman turned around, looked at Eddie suspiciously for a second, and then said gruffly:—
"No."
"O, yes; I want to!" replied Eddie, as he placed his book satchel against a tree, and began to pick up the oranges out of the water.
John set to work too, but watched the boy suspiciously all the time; for he half expected to see him try to sneak some of the fruit into his pockets.
"I'll wash these oranges over there," said Eddie, as he took three of the dirtiest ones to a drinking fountain in the plaza. "There, that'll make them all right," he added as he returned, wiping them on his clean pocket-handkerchief. "Now, John, we'll just break off the muddy leaves of that lettuce head. See, that's better, isn't it?"
With the aid of Eddie's willing hands, everything was soon back in the basket, not much the worse for the spilling out.
The angry look had disappeared from John's face, too, and, reaching down, he picked up the largest one of those precious oranges. Then, holding it out toward Eddie, he said:—
"Take this one."
"O, no, John! I don't want any pay. No, really I don't," said Eddie earnestly, as the fruit was still held out to him.
The Chinaman looked surprised.
"Then why for you help me?" he asked.
Eddie laughed as he picked up his book satchel, and replied:—
"O! just because I felt sorry for you; and then you're my neighbor, John, so I ought to do it. I must hurry on to school now. Good-by, John."
The two mischief-makers had crept back close enough to see what was going on, and for several minutes had been peeking out from behind convenient trees. We must do them the credit to say that they were enough ashamed of themselves not to give Eddie the "guying" he expected.
Old John stood and watched his little helper as he walked briskly down the street. He didn't understand Eddie's explanation about neighbors, but he could appreciate kindness, and, as he once more stooped down and placed the pole across his shoulder, he said to himself:—
"Pretty good Melican boy."
As John plodded along up the street every one noticed him, for they wondered why he looked so happy.
But I don't wonder. Do you?—S. S. Times.
THEORY AND FACT.
THERE are some wonderful stories told to sustain some of the wonderful theories of the geologists, which many people are led to believe are all assuredly demonstrated. A correspondent of the Literary Digest gives the following, which illustrates the point:—
"In your issue dated January 9, you publish an article under the heading, 'The Amazing Vitality of Seeds,' in which the writer states that Dr. Isaiah Pile, of Franklin Co., Kansas, dug a well, and at the depth of a little over 100 feet, struck a rock, under which was found 'fine rich surface soil,' which produced a wonderful growth of tropical vegetation, such as date trees, palms, shrubs, etc. This article has been quoted by other papers, but I am sorry to inform you that it lacks truth. When I read the article I thought it very strange, as the doctor and myself had for over twenty years been special friends, that he had never mentioned this to me, and thought I would call his attention to this article the next time he paid me a visit, which I did a few days ago, and he pronounced it a wonderful yarn. He says he dug a well, but not 100 feet. He describes it thus: Went through dirt and gravel seventeen feet; through solid rock twenty-seven feet; under this rock was slate nearly like coal; went on thus about three feet, making in all forty-seven feet; no rich soil, no date trees, palms, or anything of the sort."
A POEM.
By Nellie C. Davis
A WEE golden head on my bosom,
A roguish and dimpled, sweet face,
A pair of brown eyes full of laughter,
A tiny form fraught with rare grace,
Two soft, dimpled arms that enfold me
In a wild burst of merry delight,
And red lips that shower me with kisses,
As she "loves me with all her might—"
You may talk of the wonderful beauty
Of poems in rhythm and rhyme,
Of the subtle thought and the meaning
Of stanzas and meter and time;
But to me they appear cold and empty,
A mere waste of words and of space,
When I read them while holding my darling,
So winsome with beauty and grace.
Ah, for me no poem e'er written
Could waken such thrills of pure joy,
Such thoughts of love and thanksgiving,
Such blisses, too sweet for alloy.
The soft, dimpled hands of my baby
Have opened a new realm for me,
Where she, as a sweet, breathing poem,
Is the essence of melody.
—Nellie C. Davis, in the Housekeeper.
ENGLAND ROMEWARD.
THE Catholic Mirror, referring editorially to the reply of the English archbishops to the pope's encyclical on the English ordinations, tells us that the Church of England is losing its hold upon the people, and that this utterance of the archbishops has roused opposition to its effort to trim its sails so as not to offend either Catholic or Protestants. We quote the Mirror relative to this protest:—
"The editor of The Rock, one of the leading papers, representing an important section of the Anglican body, declares that if the letter of the archbishops does not evoke a solemn protest and vigorous action throughout the land, the Church of England is doomed. 'It is evident,' says this writer, 'that the bishops, with few exceptions, intend to deliberately undo the doctrinal Reformation in its most essential aspects.'"
The Mirror article thus concludes:—
"What does it all mean? Simply that England is fast on the road to the Catholic Church, where she belongs. Intelligent English men and English women who realize that they have souls to save and feel concern on the subject, know all about the Reformation, and in what way England was torn from the bosom of the old Church, and are anxious to return to the true faith. And it seems from all accounts that they are doing so in thousands. Documents like that of the Anglican archbishops force the crisis."
A Demand for Pure Foods
By Editor
A Demand for Pure Foods.—Such demands are multiplying, and especially in the great cities of this country. Before us lies a circular announcing that a "Pure Food Congress" is to be held at the Chamber of Commerce Hall, in San Francisco, April 30. The object is more widespread than for mere municipal purposes. It is desired to so agitate the subject that pure foods may be found everywhere throughout the State, not only in municipality, but at the country grocery store. Laws of this kind are certainly needed. Cities have no trouble in guarding the evil in their own borders if they possess good laws and faithful and energetic officials, but if the work of driving out adulterated foods be confined to cities, the wretched compounds, compositions and decompositions, of all degrees and kinds will be pawned off upon the dwellers of smaller towns and the country. The law demands that the purchaser shall pay in current coin of the realm the prices of the commodities he purchases. It should also demand that he should get what he is supposed to be a purchaser of and not some wretched counterfeit, or adulterated compound. The label on the article should state just what it is. California raises enough of that which is good and pure, and so does the world for the matter of that, to furnish the people with pure foods. It was not long ago that such laws were unnecessary, in the days when a man's word was as good as his bond. The word is worthless now without the bond, and the bond needs a surety! The foods need the deposition of a reputable analytical chemist. 'Tis sad 'tis true. Well, we wish the Pure Food Congress success.
EFFECT OF GERMAN LIBERALISM.
THE Congregationalist says that "during the last six years the theological students in German universities have decreased from 4,527 to 2,956. The causes seem to be a weakening of faith through extreme liberalism, the overcrowding of the ministry, and the very small salary paid to pastors. In Prussia a minister at the beginning receives $450, and can not expect at any time to receive more than $900. It is significant that the only two universities which report increased attendance of theological students are Greifswald and Erlangen, which are among the less famous, but which are most conservative."
It is a remarkable coincidence that while in some countries there is an "overcrowding of the ministry," there is everywhere a scarcity of "ambassadors for Christ." "But when He saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest." Yet with all the priests and scribes of that same country, there was an "overcrowding of ministers" of that particular kind. And so it is to-day, in more countries than Germany. But the Lord wants witnesses whom he can send.
Dancing in the Methodist Church
The New York Journal of March 15 tells of a Methodist Church sociable at Spotswood, New Jersey, at which the younger portion of the flock engaged in dancing, with violin music, and card playing. The preacher, it is said, looked quietly on and enjoyed the scene, but some of the older members left in disgust. One of the brethren remarked: "'Twas amusin'. Of course I hed ter leave with the rest of the elders. 'Twas a Methodist affair, but everybody's feet wuz a movin'. I'd jest liked ter have jined that dance myself." And this is only one instance of many. They were once rare, now frequent. And yet what worse is the dancing than the wretched plays seen on the majority of such occasions? The only cure for such things is conversion to Jesus Christ. He who is drinking of the Fountain of Life, will never find refreshment in the foolish pleasures of earth.
COOPERATING WITH TEACHERS.
By Mrs. Anna Warren Shindler
Parents, Consider.
I REGRET to say that parents are in a large measure contributors to the rearing of the monuments of insubordination and rebellion of the pupils in our schools.
In the first place, these shoots of insubordination exhibit themselves in the very infancy of the child, and, while those to whom God has intrusted the guardianship, may heed and act upon the injunction of the wise king, still, when that period arrives in the age of the child when the cultivation of the mind, heart, and manners is transferred for a certain length of time, they seem to forget that they virtually do and should delegate to that authority the power to discipline that child while it is subject to their care.
Some parents have the erroneous idea that discipline presupposes the use of the rod, which idea renders it so distasteful to them; but such is not the case, for discipline, in its broad sense, refers to the intangible as well as the material. It is treatment or manner of dealing with either mind or body; or, more explicitly, to discipline is to educate, to drill, to correct. Of course, these modes of correction are multitudinous, and I will not enlarge on them, as they are not strictly applicable to the point in question.
It is, no doubt, a recognizable fact among parents that long before the child has reached the specified age which admits him to the privileges of the public school, he has evinced that depravity of mind and heart which compels the conscientious parent to remonstrate with him, making use oftener than otherwise of some form of punishment. Unless great care is exercised on the part of the parent to uphold the teacher in discipline regarding the child during the initiatory years of school life, there will be fostered in the mind and heart of the child a spirit of insubordination, which is the germ from the outgrowth of which unfold so many of the ills and evils in life.
It is a very common occurrence, when pupils of the first, second, and third grades in school, return home and relate the circumstance of punishment inflicted for some misdemeanor by the teacher, for the parent to remark: "That must not occur again," that "they had no right to do that," that "I will not send my children to school to such a teacher," etc.
Of course, by such a procedure as this is inculcated into the mind of the child the idea that the teacher is debarred the right of controlling it, engendering a feeling that will render the pupil less submissive to control each day, when in nine cases out of ten the teacher has meted out the proper punishment for the offense. Of course, it can't be universally affirmed; but grant that in some cases the teacher is in fault, and has acted unwisely, what action does wisdom dictate that the parent should take in the premises?
According to my view of the subject, and by which rule I have always endeavored to gauge my actions, when a child returns from school, has been guilty of an offense, for which he has received punishment from the proper authority, the teacher, and relates such circumstance to the parent—and I will say, by way of parenthesis, that they are not apt to do that unless for the purpose of eliciting the sympathy of papa and mama, and hearing the teacher denounced—if the parent does not coincide with the teacher that the proper course has been pursued in the question, he should say very little. Never, by the slightest insinuation, leave the impression on the mind of the child that he has been wronged. You can say to him, "My child, do what is right, and you will not have to be punished," for we can all truthfully tell our children that. Furthermore, if, in your calm moments of reflection, you feel that your child has been wronged, don't pass any writings, but go personally and interview the teacher regarding it, keeping the child all the while in ignorance of your proceedings.
Parents do not always realize the injuries that accrue in increasing numbers to their children from their unwise actions in this matter, even after they have rolled up the scroll of their college life.
This is a serious question, if they would only consider it in its different bearings, upon the lives of those dearest to them, and plays quite an important part in character and status of the coming generation.
A poison imbibed in the domestic family is a taint in the national household, for the home is the kindergarten of the nation. Besides, if parents would only calmly consider, this sort of procedure on their part casts many stumbling-blocks in the way of the child's advancement up the hill of science, for it is an almost universally accepted proposition that a child who is habitually insubordinate in school never attains to marked proficiency in learning.
Now, dear parents who may read this, I hope you will give the above subject some thought and attention, and I am sure that a great change will be wrought in the demeanor of our children, as well as their progress in learning, by the effect of school discipline.
NOURISHMENT.
The little maid had been ill, and had struggled through the early stages of convalescence. She had taken "nourishing" broths and "nourishing" jellies until her soul was weary within her. One morning she electrified the family by sitting bolt upright in bed and saying: "I want you all to take notice. I am not going to take any more nourishment. I am hungry and I want my meals, and not another mouthful of nourishment will I eat."—Selected.
Wealthy Missionaries at Their Own Expense
It is said that one hundred and twenty-five wealthy men and women have gone out from Great Britain as missionaries at their own expense.—Witness.
Mud Makes a Bad Road
By L. A. W. Bulletin
MUD is only fit for politicians to throw at each other. It makes a bad road.—L. A. W. Bulletin.
Stone Houses and Glass
THOSE who live in stone houses shouldn't care who throws glass.—L. A. W. Bulletin.