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THE FLESH POTS OF EGYPT. Stand for the World and the Things of the World. JiSutered according t .Department of Agriculture. Ottawa.) A despatch from Chicago says' Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage preached from the following text: "And the children of Israel said: Would to God we had died by tho hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we eat by the flesh pots, and when we . Then date palms of Elim and drank of her refreshing waters, but the Lord leads the soul out into the wilderness again, and there in the palace of discipline the soul falls to lusting after the flesh pots of Egypt. Tho faith which has delivered and tho hope which has led out towards the promised land of a better life, have been obscured and forgotten as the itrong impulses for .'.ho old life, plen . its its bread to the full said the Lord: Behold, I will rain bread from Heaven for you." -- Exodus 16:3-4. amples, to the intent that wc should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted." -- I. Cor. 10:6. | with exceeding and impatient amaze- The record of the children of Israel ment that they could think that lives to this day, that it may teach; death amidst the flesh pots of Egypt us of the waywardness, stubbornness : was better than the feeding of the and blindness of the human heart, I Lord in the wilderness. And while the faithfulness, the patience and we marvel wo forget that Israel is WILDERNESS CHRISTIAN. How could the children of Israel o ? wo ask. We wonder the goneroui children in all ages. Israel is a mirror which God holds up for us to look into. It is a mirror which has tho penetrating power of the X ray, and reveals in the human heart and life that which lies beneath the surface, and it is a mirror, also, whose polished surface catches tho light of Heaven and reveals Cod in all His fulness. Let us look into this mirror that we may drink in tho picture which God paints of the redemption of his pen - bondage, of His leading, of His deliverances, lor them, and of wonderful patience with the waywardness and rebellion we sit before the picture learn its lessons, for "thesi gin of the revised version 'in these things they becoii! of us'), to the intent that ■ not lust after evil things, also lusted." Some Bible exegetes, in ing the history of Israel' And ■ niaj trates the spiritual conditions which prevail in our own lives so often. Hankering afler the flesh pots of Egypt prevails to the present day. God's childr . the rildei in sometimes before they begin to long for tho indulgences of tho old life. They forget that their hunger can be satisfied by the Lord who is leading them, that the manna of God's bounty is as much better than the leeks and onions of Egypt as is life better than death and Heaven belter than earth. Esau was willing to sell his birthright for a mess of pottage, and the Christian sometimes is almost ready to give his soul's hope for the indulgence and pleasure which the world has to offer. Lot's shou'l'i hankering after the luxuries and they j please -- the abundant and full partaking of the Bread of Life which God gives Then instead of murmuring we shall find the song of praise and rejoicing rising to our lips and instead o' the backward glance toward thi country of sin out of which we hav< been delivered by the mercy and grace of God we shall be looking forward as the Lord leads out the wilderness into the fullness blessing of the promised land. THE S.S.LESS0N. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 14. Rom. i, 16. 16. And when we came to Rome • * * Paul was suffered to dwell himself with a soldier that kept The opening verses of this chapt tell us of two illustrations of power of the risen Christ through Paul during .their three months' stay on the island of Malta, where they had been ship-wrecked ; Paul's de-liverance from a viper and tho healing of the father of Publius and many others. We may be sure that Paul did not fail to preach the gospel and tell of Him by whoso power these things were done, and have learned from past lessons ji how and what he would preach 20: 38, , 22 31). The incident of the brethiv wilderness journey possession of the promised land as figures illustrating the spiritual life have held the wilderness journey a; a type of THE CHRISTIAN WALK • in this life, the crossing of the Jor dan as a type of death, and the pos session of the promised land as set, ting forth the soul's eternal dwel ling place in Heaven; but there ar< so many difficulties in tho way o such interpretation, and it fails t( harmonize so many essential detail: with the teaching of Scripture re garding the Christian life and o Heaven, that wo are inclined to ac *-r>). the interpretation of other com-menlators, \vlv believe that the ^wilderness journey is a typo of the re deemed but unsanrt iiiod believer ir Christ Jesus, and that the crossing of the Jordan typifies full surrendei to God, and the possession of the 'sod land illustrates the saneti of doomed Sodom, looked :, and with tho longing look interpret-I camo bagging footsteps until the bondage brimstone and alkali which were Why was it that tho children of | Israel fell into this sad condition, ; this yearning for the flesh pots of I Egypt ? If we had gone into that ■camp and passed from family group to family group and talked with the murmuring people we would have their nrgottf glo, First they fled ; 1 homselvi which they had they had taken their eyes off the cloudy pillar of God's presence and were looking' into their meal bags. And tho Christian t*>-day FALLS m\TO j^T^JLBtOR ^ similar to that of the children of Israel when lie forgets the high calling of God in Christ Jesus for which he has set out and which is realized in the promised land of full surrender to God. and when he takes his eyes off the Lord and begins to look into the meal bag of his own paltry, mean possessions and lusts after the things of tho difficulties w i against th ! first-named interpretation aro that the crossing of tho Jordan marked the beginning of real conflict with evil and the enemies of God, while death marks the imssago of tho soul from the scene of conflict made them utterly forget th. with evil and the enemies of God in mised land of fullness towards which this world to the bliss and peace and they were journeying, and the back-joy of Heaven. The promised land; ward look shut out the vision of was filled with the enemies of right- the glowing cloud. And with us the cousncss. Heaven cannot bo such a temporary desolation and weariness place. The promised hind was the' of the wilderness journey, the cross scene of desperate fighting, but no we have to bear, the trial wo have such conflicts await the saint in 'to endure, the failure wo experience Heaven, while on the other hand in and the disappointment and dis-this life the sanctified saint is the j couragement we have to face, all most desperate drive from mind and heart the good ding very | „eyii. >f: land toward t fighting to do against God. Satan is not troui much with the saints who dering around in the wilderness, but j whence com when they cross over into the prom- within our iscd land of the consecrated and ! satisfaction, sanctified life in Christ Jesus then warrj 1mvai! ho begins his bitter and relentless indulgences, warfare. The promised land wit- that nko tho cnild] nessed the wandering from God of His children, their indulgence in idolatrous worship, their punishment bv famine and pestilence and war, their captivity, but none of these things can be true of tho HTEAVENLY EXPERIENCE. Paul in the seventh of Romans draws a faithful picture of the saint who is struggling through tho wilderness experiences, and when at last in utter despair he exclaims: "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" he suddenly lifts his eyes and the vision of the promised busini the higher Christian life pot: the s id then, instead of lookir the old life v 1 far i > Ror l Api with him helps us to understand how will be when our Lord returns the earth. The church will meet Him in the air and then come earth with Him as He ret power and glory (I Thess. 17; Col. iii. 4 ; Matt, xxv, 17-20. For this cause therefore have I called for you to see you and to speak with you because that the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. After three days he called the Jews togather and told them the story of his arrest and imprisonment and how ho happened to bo now in Rome under his present circumstances. Before Agrippa he had spoken of the hope of the promise made of God unto the fathers, as the fulfillment of the promises to Abraham. Isaac and Jacob concerning tho twelve tribes. In Jer. xiv, 8; xvii, 13, the Lord Himself is called "the hope ol Israel," and we know that the fulfillment and restoration of all things concerning Israel are inseparably connected with the return of Christ and the resurrection of the just (Acts iii, 19-21; Isa. xxv, 8, " Dan. xii, 1, 2). In Eph. iii, 1 1, he speaks of himself as the pr er of Jesus Christ, prisoner of Lord. fter ead of abandoi ul people upon his soul and he umphantly cries: "I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord." And then in the eighth chapter he gloriously unfolds the life of the saint who has entered the promised land of full blessing in Christ Jesus. He scales height alter height until at last all the possibilities of that promised land lie spread out in their rich beauty and wide extent before him and he shouts: "We are more than conquerors, through Him that loved us, for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from tho love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." The redeemed but unsanctificd believer stands before us. The blood of the Lamb, Christ Jesus, has been ihing them, Ho says : "Behold, I will rain bread from Heaven for you." And that is what God says to your soul and mine. Bread from Heaven ! Feeding from tho hand of God ! Daily supply ; enough for tho day's needs ; thering of the manna tho first ss of the day. Egypt's flesh ould no longer nourish Israel. The t GOD MUST vill be a daily i say and blessed i > the : "1 v • feed and the day ind robbed Oh, how i hear God where it is spoken against. They had heard nothing against Paul, but they had heard many things against Christ and His followers. It may have been some comfort to Paul to know that tongues in that part of tho world had not yet opened lire on him, but ho had enjoyed his share of it elsewhere and had found some pleasure in it (II. Cor. xii, 10), and he knew well that since his Master wa3 being spoken against his turn would come, even in Rome, and the fellowship he praved for would be surelv his (Phil, iii. 10). 23. There came many to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of tho law of Moses and it of the prophets, from morning Unlike many prominent teachers of ir day, Paul believed all things hich were written in the law and the prophets (xxiv, 14) and believed the Scriptures to be in truth the word of God and that it effectually works in all who believe (I. Thess. ii, 13). He also believed fully and firmly that Jesus of Nazareth was all that He said He was, the one of whom all tho prophets had spoken, the Son of David, the Son of God, Israel's Messiah, and that He would restore the kingdom to Israel and bless all nations through her (Jer. xxxi, 31-10; E'zek. xxxvii, 21-28; Isa. !x, 1-3). That tho kingdom of God or of heaven is to be a kingdom filling the. whole earth is plainly taught in such passages as Num. xiv, 21; Isa. xi, 9; Hah. ii, 14; Dan. ii and vii; Rev. xi. 21. And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. We are nowhere taught that good news will ho universally ceived in this age. Some seed the from Heaven for you soul. Is the murmur of discontent upon your lips ? Are you hankering after the flesh pots of Egypt ? Listen ! God is speaking in tho present through tho experiences of the past in His dealings with Israel and saying to you that Ho will feed you abundantly. The needy Samaritan woman at Jacob's well was promised Living Water that sprinkled upon the lintel' and door j would satisfy forever. The multi-fiosts of his heart and he has gone | tudes that had eaten of the loaves out of tho land where darkness and and fishes were pointed to the death reign. Ho has had some j Bread of Life which could satisfy blessed experiences. Oh, tho sweet-: the soul's hungerings, and tho Liv-ness and joy of those first, days Of ing Water and tho Living Bread the now life. Jesus' presence has from Heaven aro for you and for been felt. He has led unerringly. He me. Let us stifle tho hankerings has delivered mightily when the after the old life and the old in-Devil iias pressed hard. The bitter dulgences by deep quaffs at the pools* hav$ boen mado sweet, and tho [ well of Living Water ! Let us for-eoul has iwstad in the shade of the I #et tho flesh pots of the old life in the id will follow £ forth from his end of the then ii, 4-1; lxyi, 3, pri- years (Pi gin; Rev. xx, 7, 8). 30. And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him. Doubtless he accomplished the will of God and glorified God as much as when journeying through Asia and Macedonia. Being no longer able to go to people, God brought people to him, and, though he was bound, he rejoiced that tho word of God was not bound (II. Tim. ii, 9). Tho verses wo have omitted, 25-29, "They agreed not among themselves," "and had great reasoning among themselves" (for thus they begin and end), tell us how Paul quoted Isa. vi, 9, 10. and reminded "That fellow J them that centuries boforo the Holy, isn't, he 1" "V Spirit through Isaiah had written any money ?" those words about them. Imino." 31. Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, w;"' all confidence, no man forbiddi The adversary cannot hinder 1 yond God's permission, and it \* the Lord's pleasure that for these two years tho word should hav course. This book opens with Jesus Christ between His resurrection and ascension preaching the things pertaining to the kingdom of God and with the question of the disciples, "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Israel?" (Acts i, 3, 6). It closes with Paul at Rome in a hired house still preaching tho kingd: A TOUCH OF SENTIMENT. How Mr. Finnegan Helped His Wife on Wash Day. Mr. Finnegan had been ill all winter and was just getting about. It had been hard for Mrs. Finnegan, who had to take in washing. Fortunately the family was small in number and well grown. As Mr. Finnegan began to get his strength back ho tried to help his wife, who let him stir about a little and then sent him again to his chair, where he was allowed to smoke one pipe every three hours. "'Tis long between smokes," said Mr. Finnegan. '"Tis good to sec said Mrs. Finnegan "You must let loth( ; the basket grcv i enjoy them," help you wid to a heaping "Sit still where ye are, Jim, "Anyway, I can put up the line." "If ye like. 'Tis a fine day, and 'twill not hort ye to stay out a minute. But put on yer hat." She watched him through the window as he pulled the line taut and tied it round the top of the post. Hie seemed very active, and she was glad. When he came in he had a good red spot in his cheek, and he hoisted one end of the basket as far as the door with a great show of vigor. Mrs. Finnegan hung a table cloth on the line, pushed down th,3 pins so they straddled the rope hard, then stooped for another mouthful of pins that flap- bed spread, the v ' " When she had filled the line down one length and back on tho next turn, it slipped, and the white clothes lay in the mud. Mrs. Finnegan turned quickly and looked through tho kitchen window. Mr. Finnegan sat with his feet on tho table, looking the other way. With a few quick sweeps of her bare arms Mrs. Finnegan pulled tho clothes off the line, rolled them up and put them in a pile on the side of tho basket away from tho house. Then she strung the line again, and hung the rest of the clot' s from the basket. the soiled clothes she flattened artfully into the bottom of the bas-t,. i,..„,- nt^mmfm^u. taking it up lightly wont , for asVtmTci^- iR^> the house »and slid the» basket --------- ^ider the table. 'Jim, dear, will ye go in the room while I sweep up here, and ye ncfedn't come back, 'cause I'll be cookin' dinner by 'n' by, and I'll have the winders open." "How are the clothes?" asked Mr Finnegan. "Fine!" said Mrs. Finnegan. I FOR ™e HOME § I- m Recipes for the Kitchen. © • Hygiene and Other Notes 5 © for the Housekeeper. • ••••••e«s*9«9«««®*«»s* SOME RECIPES. Hashed Potatoes Browned in Oven.--Old potatoes that aro a little wilted will do nicely for this dish. Pare and cut up into small cubes and soak in cold water for an hour; then boil until they arc tender but will not break, in slightly salted water. Drain and put them into a pudding dish, well buttered, and dredge them with a tablespoonful of flour. Break a tablespoonful of butter into bits and spread over them ; season with salt and pepper and add a cup of warm milk. Cover and place in oven to bake and uncover just long enough before they are done to brown them nicely. Baked Ham--Soak the ham in cold water over night (old ham re-nights and a day.) After soaking, scrape well. Make a quart of flour into a very stiff paste and cover tho entire skin side ; place the ham perfectly level" in a roasting pan and fill pan with cold water. Replenish occasionally with hot water while bakLig. For a seven to eight pound ham bake about three d one-half hours ; for one weighing pounds four to five hour tnd for i WORRY AND BREAKDOWN. The otherwise unaccountable disappearance of an estimable business nan is laid to worry and overstrain connected with work. Alas, there are many to whom the lesson of his misfortune must appeal. It is the penalty of the struggle to exist in the face of the many hindrances that beset the ambitious worker. The conditions are more to blame than the individual. Philosophically speaking it seems easy enough to apply a rational remedy, but the real ability to give it a practical bearing is often wanting. The proof of this is seen in tho thousands of nervous and mental wrecks that strew the path of twentieth century progress. We may mitigate the effects of worry, but we cannot altogether banish its cause. The string iliat is constantly stretched will break in time. Many of the most hopeless cases of brain exhaustion come in this gradual way. Thus the real injury is not appreciated until it is too late for remedy. The vital question is, "What are you go-do about it?" Tire relief of mder five to six hours. Leave in ler until cold, then remove paste and skin, cover with bread or cracker crumbs, and place in baking Dissolve in a large coffee-cup tablespoon of brown sugar in one-third cup of cold water. Fill cup with cider and baste with this frequently. Bake thirty minutes to one hour according to size. If a spicy desired stick in a few Roast Veal--The breasts of i part usually scorned in this country, can be made into a de-by boning it. A great many of the bones do not need taking out, but become tender when cooked. Remove only firmer bones. Flatten i it thoroughly. Make a stuffing of forcemeat, including about a pound of lean veal ground fine, three small skinned sausages, the crumbs from half a loaf of bread, soaked in water id then squeezed ; a tablespoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of pepper, ago and chopped parsley, and finally two onions chopped ■d fried in butter. Grind the ig as fine as possible and rub it through a siove. Stuff tho breast, tthcr roast it or braize it. If braized it will be necessary to slice an onion and a car-id add a pint of rich stock to baste it with. In the oven he meat should bo cooked until it Y bSfeed^wWrre it is^cooking. ° It°re-[Uiio>s a great deal of intelligence in looking to use veal as economicallv as the French do. Not one piece is ever used to disadvantage in their kitchens. Tho toughest ends are carefully saved and seasoned and made into as delicious a dish of meat as the imagination can well Small brushes «wvo many useful purposes ; one for cleaning vegetablei other for dishwasher and still an. other for cleaning the kitchen sink, may well find a place on smalt hooks over the kitchen sink. TO KEEP THE HAIR HEALTHY, ily. Brusl ighly. Le! Don't brush the hair the scalp until it glow: Don't brush the hair the motion of tho hand gentle. Don't brush the hair in any othei direction than tho way in which it grows. Don't think that you must no( brush the hair because it is fallinj As a rule, don't wash the hail oftenor than once a month. Too fro quent washing makes it dry. Don't use too much soap, borax oi soda when taking a shampoo. Sub stitute yolk of egg. If tho hair ii oily, use only the white of the egg. little oil afte shampoo. Don't rub the hair briskly witl towels after washing it. There if danger of breaking the long hairs Absorb moisture carefully with warn Don't neglect daily massage of thi scalp with the tips of tho fingen dipped in cold water ; or use a clean Don't fail to apply a tonic to hail and scalp at least once a week. Don't singe or clip the ends of thi hair. Don't use a coarse brush, but ne that has long, fine, unbleached nd undyed bristles. Don't buy a cheap dressing-comb, It pays to buy a good flexible tortoise-shell comb, even if you must do pith < i the 1 5 dur. the beneficial Don't tie the hair, or roll or twisi it in any way tightly. This strains the roots of tho hair, and is very Don't use many hairpins. If each pin is made to do its duty, and the hair is arranged to fit the head, few pins will be needed. Don't use metal or wire hairpins of any kind. They are ruinous to the hair. Use shell or imitatios shell of medium size. THE EYE-DEA. i tho di In Am ica tho piece used chiefly t veal, as veal cutlet, and is is an expensive piece it mtinually, and tho bonier ich ara cheaper, but more use, are dispensed with. HOW TO WATER PLANTS. Watering ii yet half of i the str The r this lies ! by : t the I E all r tha an exacting labor, and . is usually unnecessary. Tho reasons why it is unnecessary are two : the soil is so shallowly prepared that the roots do not strike deep enough ; we waste the moisture by allowing the soil to become hard, thereby setting up capillary connection with the atmosphere and letting the water escape. See how moist tho soil is in the spring. Mulch it so that the moisture will not evaporate. Mulch it with a garden rake, by keeping the soil loose and dry on top. This loose, dry soil is tho mulch. Save water rather than add it. Then when you do have to water the plants, go at it as if you meant it. Wot tho soil clear through. Wet it at dusk or in cloudy weather. Be-foro the hot sun strikes it renew your mulch, or supply a mulch of fine litter. More plants are spoiled by sprinkling than by drouth. Bear in mind that watering is only a special practice : the general practice is to so fit and maintain the ground that tho plants will not need water- HANDY HINTS. Recreatior But it is no half-way busi-j is the present fasihion. There' should be as much of absorption of I rest in one as the other. The A cover of dark calico for ible is that most of us make1 ironing board to slip on like a is-u,re, so-called, as much of toil low l'as«', when the board is no real work. The cheat becomes | llso will keep the cloth c ious enough in the long run, se there is no compensation forces. The times demnnkl lighter j white c re healthful amusements, and j so it w good sign that golf, the sad- j the smt die, polo and outdoor sports are be- j the cloi coming more an'd more popular aral of boost comic opera and light comedy are irons if becoming more an'd more appreciated a sheet - ->s be- j made tho passing through a field when a terrific bellowing caused me to look around. And when I saw that a maddened, snorting bull was bearing straight, down upon me, my heart stood still. I rushed on a few yards and ; then I remembered tho power of the human eye, and I turned and bent, a magnetic gaze on the advancing a "On, i he t mis i he wai mo. Then ho lifted his magnificent head and caught my < and raced back." As he ceased there arose a storm of discussion. "I forgot to mention," the quiet man continued, when he got a chance to resume, "that when I rushed those few yards I was able to jump over a stout wall, and the gazing was done from the safe side of tha wail." "Well," said ono of the dissenters angrily, "what's that got t with the power of the human "If it hadn't been for the of the human eye," finishei quiet man, "how should I ha that wall ?"- do "1 1 oi'tei peoplo in southern Europe are amused. In Paris a hundred thousand people go out to Longchamps, a million people go out and lino the roads on their return to see them conic back. In Rome at the feast ol ')00 people ga lpngna lie, while 50,000 go ie Applan way to see In Madrid this peculiarity is even more marked. On the Puerta del Sol about a thousand people stand around and do nothing outdoors, while crowds of peoplo or lean from balconies to And in Seville the idle rii on the Sic classes w .vateh the lower while the lower athes is very nice. 1 I! fit snugly ; pull 11 end of board and h underneath. Keep ax in a cloth to r they aro inclined tc land paper tacked A CRIMINAL'S POSTERITY. A professor of Bonn University, tracing the posterity of habitt drunkards, has found 834 descer . tra he jaded set. If we must have the end of board is good for s e worry let tie fight it with more ing the irons. A small brass hook play. Wit-i the latest unfortunate screwed to under side of board will victim of breakdown the dancinghold a hag for the iron stand and was not enough. The best of; holder. that the most innocent omuee-j Nothing else makes tho ordinary merits are always the most bene- woman look so downright hideous as ficial. j a dusting cap. Wear a nice bonnet of a becoming color and note the MATCH-BOX WARNINGS. difference. 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