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i The Preacher Makes a Plea for Ennohling View of Life. an Lift up your eyta on liigh. â€" Isaiah xi., 2G. Iq day« when me-n are looking in- to osxrthly things with eager aaid peuet rating vision, theise words como to us with special force and meaning. The man who always looks down cann<^ aspire. There is a purpose in our noblo aspirations. The uii- attained heckoris us onward. To look up means to lift up. " 'Tis iK/t what man does which exalt« him," «Bys Browning, '"but what man would do." Our standard will rise highcx and higher as we â- o from strength tt) strength. Our longings forte!! our dcatiny. We must look down at times to get & clear idea of life's detail*, but if we wish to 6co their prop«r relatioin to the great issues of life WE MUST LOOK UP. If we simply look at our feet, how limited becomes our vision ! By lifting up our eyes on high, we see the vast arch that spans the hea- vens. It is then we see with Emer- son "what majestic beauties daily wrap us in their bosom," or with Raskin study "The mystery of dis- itant niouinjtain blue," hear with Tennyson the eea waves break upon "Tlie ciold gray stones," or stand iwitranced with NowUm until the stars rise. Isaiah calls men to look at the etars because man's vision broad- ens as it lengthens. This wider view enables us to understand the ways of God and the proper relar •tioln of the lesser to the greater issues of life. Here we find in«pir- aition for our noblest endeavors. Tliis upward and outward vision will often explain the mystery of trouble and the great perplexities of life. It does not require a large object to hide the wide landscape from our view if wo ataaid close <siK>ugh to it. To understand the •thiiugs of to-day we must get a right view of them. We see them best from above. Paul saw them from the proper perspective wllen he said: "All things work together for good to them that love CJod." How it ennobles our work when we realize that it is part of THE GREAT PLAN OF GOD ! By bringing our loftiest visions to bear upon the practical things of life, we learn to do our best work and bring forth evidences of the divinity within us. Our work will cot be merely for time, but for eternity. In that way we may be- come one of the "immortals." The great Hebrew poet's sublime conception of man shall yet be rea- lized : "Thou hast made him a lit- tle lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and hon- or. Thou modest him to have do- miniun over the works of Thy hands." By lifting up our ejos on high we shall better understand both man and God and learn to ap- preciate more fully life hero and life hereafter. REV. J. W. ROBERTS. i THE S. S. LESSON INTEBN.VTIONAL LESSON, PlAl' 30. LcssoD IX. Believing and Doing. Junies2: 14-20. Golden Text, Jumes2: 20. Introduction.â€" In the famous definition of faith, "Faith is the substance (R.V., 'assurance') of things hoped for, the evidence (R.V., 'proving') of things not seen" (Heb. 11: 1), two seemingly opposite elements of life are set forth : substance and hope, or evi- dence and invisil)ility, or actuality and ideality. So much in the world and the universe is mysterious and incomprehensible that belief, trusting faith, is called for at every turn ; and yet that belief must lead to positive deeds, to things tliat can be seen and handled, or life is fruitless and vain. 1. James and His Epistle. â€" What disciples named James are found in the New Testament? There are tlirce : I. James the son of Zcbedee, sometimes called the Great. He was the brother of John, was very close to Jesus at the crisis of his life, and was the first of the twelve to suffer martyrdom (Acts 12: 2). 2. James the son of Alphacus, one of the twelve apostles, probably a brother of Matthew, who also is called the son of Alpliaeus. He is usually identified witli James the Litth' (or the f/es«), and nothing is known of his life. 3. James the brother of our Lord, the autlior of tlin. Epistle. II. Fuitli and Worl< : the Problem Stated. V. 11. How docs th<! pas sage we are to study spring from the preceding parts of the l-lpistle t JanipH has been speaking of those thut lake credit to themselves for hearing the law and ol)Berving thp outward forms of religion, while at the same lime they bow down before the ricli and scorn the poor. In this passage hn goes on to in- sist tliat all such religion is empty, a mere profession of faith without the deeds that prove it. III. Faith without Works.â€" Vs. IS-17. How dues James illus trate t!io emptiness of this formal religion? By imagining Christians, men or women, who are dostilute of common necessities, food and clothing. They ore fellow Chris- tians, with the claims of brolher- ho(id und siKterhood in Christ that should mi'vc all church nKimliers to hell) thum. And hero comes one of thctie empty "professors" and graci- ously says, Deport in peace, be ye warmoil and filled, but does noth- ing for them TIk! 'dcjinrt' is plain- ly from the heart, and the 'in peace' is manifestly cant IV.- Faith in Works.- Vs. IS 25. What sort of man does James imag- ine coming into the discussion'! Any man of common sense and piety, who sees the folly of the man of v. Ifl, and addresses hiin. V. The Kolution of the Problem. - V. 20. How does Jdincs i Iokc the di'icuxnion ? With n forcible simile: As the body without (literally, "apurt from") tlie spirit is dciad, so ta'th without, ("npart from") works is dead also. Jninci docs not [enter into the question which must come first, faith or works. It is perfectly plain that he considers both to be necessary (see also v. 24). So does Paul. There is no contradiction between the two, only a difference of emphasis. DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 1. The Power of Faith. Faith is at the basis of all advance, in science, commerce, government, civilization. It is the drawing of the unseen ideal that allures men from the beaten paths out into new and better ways. Without faith, the world of human activity would come to a standstill. 2. The necessity of Works. We are constantly in danger, even in this practical age, of relying on words, which are the mere expres- sion of fa'*h and belief, anJ fail'^u to put those words into practice. We need, as much as the men of James's day, to learn that such faith, or, rather, «uch an expres- sion and pretense of faith, is a dead thing. .. WAS STRENUOUS LOVER. Uow Willinm the Conqueror Won Hi.s Royal Bride. William the Conqueror, when he was only the Duke of Normandy, had fallen in love with the Princess Mathildc of Flanders. She was proud and haughty and had refused the noble lovers who were anxious to win her hand. The wily Nor- man studied her character careful- ly, and when ho had mapped out his plan of cttiiipaign he rotlo into the town one day when she, at the head of a party, was going from church. He sprang from his horse by her side, boxed her ears soundly, pull- ed lu^r off her steed, rolled her vig- orously in the mud, told her that he loved her, and rode away. Tho as- tonished princess was infuriated, and swore all kinds of vengeance. After her rapo cooled down, how- ever, she said to her father that, upon rcdection, she had conic to the conclusion that the only man who could treat Mathildc of Flan- ders in that iiiannnr slKuiki bo her husband. Tliey were married, and tho union tiu'iuMl o\it to be one of the hapiiicst, luaniuges in tho his- tory of royalty. ._*. LIVES WITH HALF A STO.MACII. Surgeons Cut .»lun'H Sloniuch Into SretiuuN. Charles H. Dean, a patient at Mio City Hospital, St. Louis Mo., lias only half a stomach, yet ho must eat six times a day or sutTer from the pangs of hunger. At cai-li meal, lio\ve\er, he can only eat half tho amount of food to which he has been accustomed. Surgeons recently cut Dan's stom- ach into three sections and removed the middle section because of a c«nc{a'ous growth. The two outside HOctioriH were then sewed logetlier and the patient is well on the wn\ to recovery. The ii]iei'atioii leaves him w ith only â- IB per cent, of his original stiimach, uikI <oiisc(]ui'nlly his f<io(l capacity is a little less than half what it originnlly was. No American President has ever UM'\ed for more than two terms. 'Lou iittvo been re-i-lected. PLEAFOR CANADIAN NAVY UNDER DIRECTION OF THE BRITISH AUHIRALTY. D. D. Hann, Esq., Vice-President Canadian Northern B. B., in National Magazine. (Continued.) (Concluded.) The pact that keeps armed ves sels off the Great Lakes must never be broken. But the example of the United States in using ttie Lakes, even as far as Duluth, the western extremity of Lake Superior, as training grounds for her naval youth, should be followed. The farther you are from the salt water the less likely are you to appreci- ate the importance of the oceans to the development of your national commerce. The greater is the need, therefore, of *itilizing the lakes to show your people that the carriage of ore and wheat in twelve- thousand-ton boats, is not the whole extent of your navigable interests. In front of the Parliament Build- ings in Toronto is a gun taken in the Crimean War. At Detroit re- cently I saw a gunless United States cadet shipâ€" it was taken from the Spaniards. We cannot put such an advertisement of modern British naval history on the Lakes ; because observant nations have been too wise to collide with Dreadnoughts. But we can find some means of re- peating, on the Lakes, what has been done on the lawn in Queen's Park, and in other similar places. Where an out-of-date gunboat might be an irritant, some modern Arethusa might speedily provoke our naval emergence. Whatever the form, we must have the substance of naval training on the Lakes. Lit- erally, we must teach the young idea to shoot. TRAINING STATIONS. There must also be, of course, training stations on the eastern and western coasts. Halifax and Esquimalt are available. Nova Scotia has ideal marine conditions. British Columbia has, potentially, a great part to play in the Pacific. In winter the youngsters who had spent the summer on the Lakes would be sent, some to the Atlantic, and some to the Pacific, to become masters of navigation by cruises to Europe, to the West Indies, to Australia and Japan. When Cana- dian warships are brought to Cana- dian coasts they must be equal with the best. We have observed the naming of battleships after countries in Britain, aa we have seen the naming of similar United States vessels after different States of the Union. The propogandist ten- dency of patriotism has been born in us, as well as in the other Eng- lish speaking peoples. The question of controlâ€" of rela- tion to the Imperial Navy â€" is not difllcult of solution. It may appear difilcult to eyes accustomed to the measure of redtape, and to men of little faith in the cementing power making a treaty with the United States in reference to Canada, with- out consulting Canada. Canada has no formal, constitutional locus in negotiations between Great Bri- tain and the United States. But, in practice, she is at Washington all the time ; and we have lived to see the British Ambassador to the United States paying a visit to Ottawa and addressing public audi- ences in Canadian cities. COLONIAL ATTITUDE. It is quite safe to leave open the question of wliethpr a Canadian navy would have to fight in every British quarrel, for thfc double reason that the Foreign Minister and the Cabinet in London are Im- perial statesmen, and Canada is not a Crown colony. In dealing with foreign affairs generally, the Im- perial cabuiet inevitably considers the probable attitude of the over- seas dominions towards any im^ pending crisis. Anything on such a matter it does not know, it can easily find out, for the telegraph practically places the council cham- ber of every one of the overseas dominions next door to the Council Chamber at Whitehall. Tho question of agreement with, or hostility to the Mother Country in any international quarrel, could never be governed by any hard and fast compulsion to fight in the Mother Country's cause. If the Mother Country could not win the sympathy of her kith and kin in her quarrel that would be a very strong presumption that her quarrel was not worth powder and shot. We are aware that sometimes war has to be risked secretly. But the risk is not so great as it seems, for no Euro- pean powers will risk a serious war on some matter about which public feeling has not been roused. Wars are not made any more in tho back parlors of irresponsible autocrats. With the recent experience of southeastern Europe before us â€" an experience which, fifty years ago H-tl SEASONABLE RECIPES. To Prepare Pineapple â€" After cut- ting it into small pieces sprinkle sufficiently with sugar, then cover with boiling water, and let «tand in a cold place for several hours. This forms a delicious syrup, bring- ing out the full flavor of the fruit. French Horseradishâ€" -To one-haif cup of grated horseradish add one teaspoon of flour, mix with t little c<ild water until like a smooth paste, then add enough boiling broth from beef, and boil for about five min- utes, until thick. Good with beef. Cream Dressing. â€" Two table- spoonfuls of butter melted. Add flour ; work together, a light brown ; stir well with wire whisk; add cup- ful of cream or rich milk ; keep smooth ; strain hot over "tomatoes and toaist. Serve as a vegetable. Flemish Carrots. â€" Boil six or eight large carrots, peel about one doze-n small onions, cut the caj-rots in dice the size of onions, and cook together till tender with a sprig of parsley chopped fine. Turn off water and add a pint of milk and one-third cup of buttor, season with salt and pepper aud .serve hot. For Whip Cream. â€" Take the whites of three e^gs beate^n to a stiff froth. Add pint of rich, thick cream (cold), with three tablespoon- fuls of fine white sugar and a tea- spoonful of lemon juice. Mix and whip to a standing froth. May be made with any fruit in season. Tomato Creole.â€" Cut in slices, not too thick, six large tomatoes; place in buttered baking pan sprinkle each slice with finely chop would have resulted in" war first and P^ «w^ green peppers, one tea- discussion afterwardsâ€" we are quite I *P****°,'^f cn^PPed onjon, two table willing to take our chances of agree ment with the Mother Country without a formal contrsLct being en terqd into beforehand. .\nd, as we should expect that the commanding officers would be selected because of their capacity to command, we should not be afraid to takd our fighting instructions from such chiefs. When the timie came it would be seen that the loyalty of the French-Canadian, of the Ameri- can, of the Galician â€" of all the one- time aliens â€" would be transfused into a loyalty to the Empire which is greater than us all. POSTSCRIPT. The foregoing was written at the suggestion of friends, after some remarks of mine at a public gather- ing in Victoria, before the dis- closures of the naval situation as'pine is cooled, peel it and weigh it between Great Britain and Ger-j An equal weight of sugar is put in- many and led to the remarkable ' t* a deep kettle just large enough outburst of patriotism throughout to contain the pine, with a gill of the Empire. The Dominion Gov- 1 watej to each pound. Boil and skim ernmeut, at the time of writing, is until it becomes a clear syrup. In being urged to offer Dreadnoughts' this boil the pine twenty minutes, to the Mother Country, a method j fhen cool and put with the syrup of showing our devotion to Imper- â-  into a glass jar and seal air tight. iai interests which 1 heartily ap j -Spanish Meat Balls. â€" Mi.x one prove. This development docs not j pound chopped beef with one bea- spoonfuls of butter in smaJl pieces placed on each slice. Season with salt and paprika; bake in oven twanty minutes, then lift the to- mato slices on warm rounds of toast. Rhubarb Cobbler.- Line a dish with rich thick crust ; take so: f? cace stalks of fresh rhubarb, wash well, but do not strip. Cut in one ,inch pieqea and put in sugar to tasite. Stir it slightly and put it in the lined dish. Cover with rich thk'k crust and bake a rich brown. Wh^!» done bretik up the top crust into small pieces and stir into the rhubarb. Plaoo whip cream on top and serve. Whole Preserved Pineapple. â€" Carefully wash the fruit, trim tlie lower leaves, and trim away most of the crown. Cover it. After tho tli dissolved. Take from fire, add cno pint of kerosejue, then boil five n»inute« 'ciger. Add quarter of this to halV ,'»ilful of warm water Wash woodworm thoroughly, wipe dry, and lastly use good flannel rag to polish with. This is excel- lent. How to Use Tucks.â€" Cut off the â-  long strips of tucks which are usu- ally found io the backs of shirt- waists. These make neat trim- ' ming when sewed upon the collars ' and cuffs of house dresses, simu-J lafcing the little "turn over" sets. These may be also used to streng-* then the yokes of nightgowns. Cut. into the desired lengths and placed between strips of insertion whole* yokes and cuffs m.ay be made. Old woodwork that is so hard to. ikeep clean can be made to look' like (Oew grained wood by first' pajnting it with a cream colored paint to give it a body alike, and when dry go over it with a dark oak varnish stain. With a little practice it can be made to look Ukt grained wood. As the varnish drie* quickly it leaves it darker in som* places. Any oW furniture can bg treated in the same way. How to Wash Quilts. â€" Dissolve a bar of white soap in a cupful of water. Run into your bath tub 8uf>- fficient warm water .to cover on« quilt ; make a good suds, put in th^ quilt, and let soak a few minutes. Do not rub, but use the washboard^ top end down, to press or pound out the dirt. Never wrioig, but with the washboard press out the water- RJKisc -several times. When yonx, have pressed out as dry as you can,^ pin the quilt closely on the line to* drain. When thoroughly dry, whip* with the carpet beater until flufty,- before removing from the line.. This method is especially fine for tied quilts. The bath tub preferred' because of shape and water con- venience. TO REMOVE STAINS. Hang a card on the wall over the tubs with the following directions plainly written : Remove stains of fresh fruits with boiling water ; cocoa and blood, cold water ; grass and machine oil, cold water ajvd soap. Red wine and inkâ€" Warm chlorine water. Varnish and oil paints â€" ^Turpea- I tine and soap. Iron rust and ink â€" Weak solution cf oxalic acid (one t-ablespoonful to one glass of water). Coal tar or wagon grease â€" Lard, then soap ; wash alternately with water and turpentine. Boil all dainty white cloths in strong pillow cases. This savea much wear and tear. of blood. In the first place, we ; ehangc my viewsâ€" it only accentu- 1 t^ti egg, isalt, pepper, aaid </>rn should get our instructors f rom | ates them. The chief naval neces Great Britain. Even those who I sity for Canada is still training were not exactly delighted with the schools for her youth; and the pro- Imporial officers' part in the Boer vision of one, two or three battle war glory in the unqestioned pre- 1 ships would do much to stimulate eminence of the British seaman, the naval spirit of which I have Wo know that, whoever would be loaned to us, would realize the diff- erence between getting our instruc- tors from F^ngland. and taking in- structions from the same source. A very little tact, and capacity to excite enthusiasm would imbue every Canadian cadet and seaman with the splendid traditions of the Navy, and make them feel their partnership in it. In peace times, everything would depend on the good sense of all parties to the ar- rangement â€" which is true of all poli- tical ententes. DISCIPLINE OF WARFARE. But, as in peace you prepare for war, must not your plans, from tho bcginiiiiig, be based on the assump- tion that, at any moment, the dis- cipline of warfare may become im- perative? Somebody must give orders and somebody must obey. What would Canada do then? How are you to avoid tho danger that would rise from tho virtual inde penclence of the Canadian navy? For does not independence mean possible neutrality, and, therefore, poKsililc hostility ? .\(linitH the apparent anomaly, and tl»ero is no need for alarm. Happily, against the fears of the littlefaiths, we have the experience of th<! centuries. The presence of the Canadian contingent in South Africa was not surprising to us. Wc foisaw it, even when Lord Lans- downe was declining colonial aid. Wc knew it would happen, even when Sir Wilfrid Laurier was hack- ing up his own views with tho pica that there was not Parliainoiitary provision for particijmting in a quarrel seven thousand miles away. It must not be supposed, though, that Canada beforchaiul, will un- reservedly pledge herself to fight for lli'itain. Tho partnership idea has not yet i reached that point of written. But it should be expressly stipulated that any vessels so pro- vided by Canada would be lent to tho Admiralty until our own crews are ready to man them. The know- ledge that ships were provided in this way would perhaps do more than anything else to achieve the creation of a Canadian navy. Toronto, March, 1909. TO LEGALIZE 1,000 WEDDINGS". Tho marriages took place at the ancient church of St. Peters' Stan- tonlow, England, recently of two of the couples who should have been married at St. Jaiiies'. Stauton- bury, tho church which, it was re- cently discovered, wius not rogist<|i'- ed for marriages when it was con- secrated fifty years ago. To legalize the thoii.sivnd or so wtxldings which have taken place in the church dur- ing its e.xistence a special Act of Parliament will have to bo passed. People from all the surrounding districts congregated at St. Peter's to witness the recent ccreinoniea. In order to destroy the overwhelm- ing o<lor of old oak and decaying stone incenso had boon burnt. c\erv principle on which her na- tiimal development thus far has been founded If there are Cana- dian advocates f>f such a pledge they are in a hupeles.'i minority. No- body would dream of Gr««t Britain « EASILY VINDICATED. Two Frenchmen had a quarrel and challeiige<l each other to fight. On the iiiuriiing fixed for the duel they and their seconds trumped through the wootis to tho spot se- lected, on reaching which one of the principalsâ€" the challenger â€" tripped and foil. Uis second helpe<l him to his feet. "1 hope you aro not much hurt?" said his antagonist. "Not much- 1 only bumped my sacrificing I nose on the ground." l)oe« it bleed?" "Yes, a little." "Heaven l)e praised 1 Blood ha« been she*.!, and my honor is vindi- ci/etl I Give me " ir hand, nvj' friewll" meal to make a stiff mass, then shape into little balls and roll in cornmcal. In a deep kettle put a tablespoonful of butter and one of Hour. Add one onion chopped fine, one chili pepper, some pars- ley, two tomatoes, 8li«>d fine, and salt. Put two quarts of boiling 'water oin the stove and boil five minutes. Then drop in the moat balls and boil forty-five minutes. Ile<l Tomato Jam. -This jam is only to be tried to be appreciated. To every pound of ripe tomati>es allow a pound of sugar. Scald tho toniatoe>s and remove the skins. Cut open the fru-t and remove the aeeds. Put the fruit and sugar to- grther in a pan and add the juice ot two lemons to every threo pounds of fruit and sugar and a small tea- KIKX)nful of ground ginger. Crush the fruit with a wooden sp<ion and mix the whole well together. Boil slowly threo hours, keeping it well stirred and skimnKKl. WORTH KNOWING. To mend holes in linoleum on the floor, cut a piece of linoleum to cover the hole ; lay over the hole and mark with a pencil ; cut on line with sharp knife; put in patch and tack around the edges. To open packages of breakfast fcxnl and keep boxes in a du;st-prot>f condition until empty, make an opening in side of box close to top by forcing a tablespoon through car<lhoard and turn flap down- wards. The flap will fit back snug- ly in place each time packagpe is use<l. \yhon the seats of old porch chairs or settees are worn out re- nu>vo and get plain linoleum and tack on with braes tacks. Painit the same oolor as chair. This is much more comfortable and stands the weather much better than the wooden scats bought at th© stores. Hint to Washerwomen. â€" When you're ready to buy a new oil cloth for your table take j*oiir old o<ne aiul cut it up for aprons. Have it cover the whole front of your skirt and make a large bib on it and you will find when you ar« through w^ashing that you will b« as dry as you wore before you began. To Wash OraioMid Woodwork.â€" Take half a pail of hot w«ike«, add half pouMi of soap ohipt, boil oa- TWO-STORY CLOSED BED. The Breton Peasant Has a Handy Piece of i urniturc. A recent visitor to Brittany de-' 'tribes the two-story closed bed of the Breton peasant, in many cases' a richly carved and ornamented heirloom, aud always highly prized.; One day the visitor was express-^ ing her admiration of a certain ''lit-clos," when madauie pulled the sliding panels apart, and revealed the figure of her husband sleepily - rubbing his eyes and wanting to • know what was the matter. She . calmly explained to him that the visitor wanted to see the inside of" the be<l, and then explained to the- visitor that her good man had been, out fishing since dawn, and was very tired. The visitor begged him to close- the panels and go to sl?*p again,, which he iininediately did, but not before she noticed he was fully" dressed. It seems that the Breton^ peasant always disappears into tha "lit-clos" fully dressed, and al-; ways emerges therefrom in the same' condition. While her husband slept, madame> enlarged on the advantages of a- "lit-clos ' in bringing up a family.. '"I have had six children," she said, "and when they were little' 1 usctl to put three in the top story and three in the bottom, then close- the panels and leave them with an . easy mind."' ...Is. A GAS-ENGxNE WARSHIP. • The British .\dmiralty have made" a test of tho producer gas engine for naval purposes, which has re-' suited very satisfactorily. An old British gunboat of 715 tons dis-' placement was used, and a 500- . horsepower producer gas engine, was installed in place ot tho steam, engine formerly used. The dis- placed steann ongine weighfcd 150 " tons, where the gas plant weighed only ft-1 tons. It was found by actual experiment that fully 50 per cent. • of the fuel was saved, the vessel was without vibration or noise, no " smokestacks were exposed, and • there were a number of other de- cided advantages which commended ' themselves strongly to the naval ex- ; ports. 'The result was that another * vessel Is being built double the size. There are some problems rnnnrrtrj <w' with cooling the piston and piston rod which require careful study and experimentation before largo engines are introduced. In Japan the annual value of flshi and other marino products taken from the sea is £l0,416,uu0. â- i The man who can't button hia ooat hMB't oIothlM enough Ut M round. ^