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IDEAL CHRISTIAN SOLDIER Big Qualities Disused in This Sermon Are Peculiarly Appropriate, "one says a visiting clergyman, "I am so four discouraged. Why, there has been nothing" but friction and trouble in bodies, d pauperis wher War War is a river of , a river of blood, ss and death, wid-phanhood, mangled harvest fields and ia a mortal grapple atio "My : settled quarrel but by fighting, and now we will see which of us two has the power to ;rush the other," and then they put their armies in the field commission-»d to kill on3 another. War is a grave trench dug with bayonets. It Is the heavens deluging countless tears. It is man with clinched fist and flaming eye--man with an artillery wagon for a carriage and with the surgeon's operating table for a couch. War! It is the most brutal the most fiendish, the most terrific, the most blasting curse of the ages. We have the right to hate it with an Intense hatred and to pray that the Prince of Peace may give us more antipathy to it and a more intense horror of the awful suffering and death that it entails. WHEN GOOD MEN MAY FIGHT. It is proper and right at certain times and seasons for good men to r, if they go with the right Thc qualities which go to make up a good and a brave soldier • are those which should characterize a good Christian. The courage and self sacrifice and devotion to a righteous cause which have been displayed in the field are needed in the Christian's daily life. Therefore, Paul aptly and powerfully uses the figuro of my text for a gospel comparison. He is practically saying to young Timothy: "Dook upon your Christ as a great leader and general. . Enlist in his service. Implicitly obey his orders. Charge in Christ's name the order is given you to charge, sentinel duty and trudge weary marches if that is your order, ready to fight on battlefield, starve in trench, or suffer in hospital, as duty may command." All young people are delighted with a military parade. Let mo in this sermon . n count for you how a gospel soldic ' 1 obey Christ's bugle call. go to V my church e The people hav> resented every minister cupied this pulpit, ant finding fault with t md misrep-rio ever oc-they have intu-. ^ I c they jumped to their feet. By the power of a brave example they and went again to work, and again won a new victory. Christian soldiers, wherever wc go, we can find our Divine Leader ahead. Our backs may ache, but he is carrying burden of sin. Our feet may tired, but from his feet and hands and head and heart arc flowing of blood. In olden time have gathered spears and pr< wn breast, that .e body his breach ' armful of pointing ed them into his over his prostri rades might find l hard time of i e churches have enow of one church .-dtted that "I kn< >uld? ■ T t •Oh, In f of Wl; soldier? First and foremost, to take --the--oaih , of enlistment. The difference between an army and a mob, the difference between a collection of men governed by one brain, ruled by one voice, directed by one order, and a lot of men running hither and thither like a flock of sheep, or frightened, stampeding cattle, doing as they will, is the difference between the oath of enlistment and no oath. Before man takes the oath of enlistment • take tho independent indiv disobeys his oath of enlist : "I will. If c A GOSPEL A >." The oa;_h of en-> binding than bands VARRIOR'S DUTY, ist be able to answi rtain company, of lit.ai Tl.-. should the gospel Guerrilla of the c be no "free lances" in army, no guerrilla bands ranks are filled up for th with iconoclasts and anarchists and cutthroats. But the gospel soldier must be a regularly enlisted man, detailed for work to some one Bible-class, to some one Sunday school, to some one prayer meeting, to some one church. A gospel soldier is a Christian who obeys orders. How can you obey Christ's orders unless you have taken your individual place in tho gospel ranks of Christ's great army, called the church? Tho true gospel soldier always considers the posts of danger the posts of honor. He wants to hear tho singing of the shells, even though that martial song may have to be accompanied by his own death rattle. He wants to be as most of the sol-3 after they had enlisted obstinate, fault-finding trustees, we are Never in the church's history has it been doing so much good." Then my brother, instead of complaining about your lot you should be congratulated. Go ahead and do youi work. God has honored you above all others. He has put you in a difficult position. Post of difficulty al ways post of honor. A FACT TO REALIZE. But there is another great fact which the good soldier of Jesus Christ should realize. The duties of the camp rightly performed are sometimes just as essential for God's work as duties rightly performed at the front. The work which is done by the commissary and tho surgeon has sometimes a greater part to play in winning martial victories than the spectacular color sergeant leading the charge before the enemy's breastworks. What defeat-Napoleon Bonaparte in his fam-Russian invasion ? The bayonets of the haughty czar ? No. The conqueror of Germany and Austria and Italy could havo brushed those guns aside as he had done in former campaigns. It was the haversack emptv of bread which made tho "Little Corsican" run like a frightened hare toward home. It was Moscow in flames and his men with nothing to eat that made the French commander Txemble before the st'ony glance of death. 1QGNIZED HEROES.; ddiers, who are the stay ■o recounted these -cognized heroes' of purpose. I want toi en-ary duties sible for every 3 Gordon or of the Chris-ber that the te in Christ's army--she who as a Mother living in tho home, as a sister working behind tho counter, as a daughter teaching school to support an aged parent or to give an education to a young brother--is in God's sight one of the essentials for his great army. You are the power behind the main line, making it possible for other Christian soldiers to rght in the open. Paul is saying to the soldier in the rear as well as at the front, to the inconspicuous as well as the conspicuous soldier alike, "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." And why should wo all endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ ? For two reasons. First, because it i? possible for every private as well as Christian officer to receive the highest of all soldier's rewards. What is the highest ? Yea, the very highest ? We have read how the Duke of Marlborough was honored. Not only was he created , but on account of tho Blon-ictory parliament voted him the magnificent manor of Woodstock and his royal mistress gave him $1,000,000. We have read how Arthur Wellesley was raised to be Duke of Wellington on account of his victory at Waterloo. Lord Roberts, ' ( commander of the Brit- ' and Viscount Kitchener to the peerage for their ndered to the British tit all these offerings and honors, these dignities and fame, given by a grateful countrv to faithful sons, will be compared to the greates is given to the > Oh, hoi like Then had leu Cuba. Some >r that liberation. Hows of the different regiments, by telegram upon telegram, sent to the governors and to the officials at Washirgton, practically said, "We are ready to go to the front--aye, to sacrifice our lives, if So eager were those soldiers for of their colonels received the telegrams that switched them from the transports at Tampa to Jacksonville, Fla., there were sorrow anc disappointment in many hearts. POSTS OF DIFFICULTY. Posts of danger and difficulty are always posts of honor in the United States army. And yet to hear some Christian soldiers talk you would suppose that the posts in Christ's army where there are difficulties are the posts to be aTti^ed or deserted. of Joe ! Of . "Oh." humble prfvi enemy's ranks and charge t So over Christ's body we eternal life. And here anc on the foundation ston ^Christ's mausoleum may < the great "white temple ol tian soldier's sacrifice." lay ctory SAVE COTTON TRADE. Experts of the cotton trade hold the view that the :>nly remedy for the evil which has plunged Lancashire into distress is that the raw material shall be grown within the What has been done already was well stated by Mr. J. Arthur Hut-ton, vice-chairman of the association, at a meeting of the Statistical Society in the Memorial Hall, Man- The present crop of the world, he' pointed out, is as follows :-- Bales. United States ............11.000,000 India.............................. 3,000,000 Egypt ..................... 1,000,000 Rest of the world _______ 1,000,000 Throughout the world, also there are 112,600,000 spindles, and Mr. Hutton remarked that tho one»solid fact that stares us in the face is that the present supply of cotton is insufficient to keep the spindles fully employed. Mr. Hutton reviewed the position in India, West Indies, Uganda, Rhodesia, West Africa, and other pos-ions, and expressed the opinion that West Africa will soon be able grow cotton much more cheaply than America. The association's operations, of >urse, are limited by its funds, id Mr. Hutton laid stress upon the :ed of further suirport. In Nyassaland 100,000 acres could s put under cultivation in the seas-i 1904-5 if the association were wilimg to finance this extension. Es-imating the expenditure at 30s. an icro, it gives an outlay of £150,000, 'much of which, if not the whole," said Mr. Hutton, "would be i the first season." SWIM BUT DON'T WALK. The Tribe Discove^id in a New Guina Swa^nrrJi^-" A tribe that can h(ardly walk has been discovered in Ne-^v Guinea. So unused are these pcaple to walking on the solid ground fhat thou- fteot bleed when they try (to go any distance. They were discovered by Sir Francis P. Winter re\A \ . The tribe is that Ahgaiam- os, and since time irBB^orial they xve lived in swamps^^ieir houses perched on bamboo poh 1 FOR!?? I Recipes for tho Kitchen. < Hhsi The clothes I rub, A dWhne' Assured while hai -l-:.s e /ES' SONG. nd rinse out and That duty's well-done for the mor- TUESDAY. The garments pure I sprinkle and fold, With never a thought of sorrow; tnd merrily'with swaying iron-- This task is done for "' WEDNESDAY. The dough I knead into flaky loaves My soul no trouble can borrow; My hearty darlings may eat an So gladly I toil for the morrow. THURSDAY. The needle I ply with whirling whec And banish care and sorrow. While viewing garments, so de'tl, To cover my loved ones to-mor The grime a My mind no trouoie c. or deadly disease, therein, Is routed to-day, for says that alth less of tho raw starchy flav directly into boiling water t • changes stai almost instantly to cook The stomach is helped and digestive conditions improved by an alternating diet of the various cereal preparations used for breakfast foods. Don't then, tic yourself to THE S. S. LESSON. Text of the Lesson, Mark • 27-28. Golden Text, Matt, xvi., 18. dictio i by mderstood d digesti occasional changes. It is not generally housekeepers that any the exception of. soups or hulled corn, after it has been cooked and set aside to cool, can be cut in slices, dipped in beaten eg fried a delicate brown toughening or impairing its flavor. Eaten with maple or sugar syrup and butter any such dish is an appetizing, addition to tho breakfast Few people realiz. Luke says that He was praying, and His disciples with ; pique ap- I Him, when He asked them this ques-" ng tion, Whom do men say that I am? He was evidently leading up to the by j following Question: Whom say ye that I am? The peop.le had various, opinr 'ions about Him, some thinking Hint and;to be John thc BatJtist and others in Elijah or Jeremiah, or one of tha and j other prophets, but Peter, answering lout|for himself said, "Thou art thi the Son of the living God" To this "Blessed art thou, Sim , for flesh and blood hath i the . the yolloi i white ^Tt -her ' (Matt.x boil- 7). which lurks SATURDAY. The nourishing food I m And joyously sing, for SUNDAY, to the Blessed One, who knows, i acquainted with earthly sor- Suflifient f the day is the evil thereof"-- This promise a surcease of sorrow; For guidance and strength, each day I pray, And joy cometh on the glad mor- RECIPES FOR THE TABLE. Seed Cake.--Beat to a cream one cup of butter and two cups of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of sweet , a little salt, and vanilla or le-, to the taste, with two table-spoonfuls of carraway seeds. Stir in flour in which a teaspoonful of baking-powder has been sifted, and " i stiff enough to roll. Roll out i moderate oven/, ut seventy-five i; l Apple Plums e parts of brea e fine, one part t s for n ■ This apples chop- ed c 3 feet e I the ; there ground anywhere near them, genera-iftor generation of these people depended entirely on canoeing and swimming. They ure such good swimmers that they can glide over and between the hail submerged reed tural for an Ahgaiambo to slip into go next door as it is lan in this country to her head and call . They r eigl.boi recently gift whic l fro s the s die ving Div as ^nothing gift which oldier. Tho The "Well done 1" which goes to the Christian hero of the ame of Adoniram Judson. The 'Well don-. !" which is given to the humble servant girl and to the humble clerk and to the humble nurse and to the humble missionary. THE SOLDIER'S SACRIFICE. Jut why, again, should we all en-re hardness as good soldiers cf sus Christ ? Because in so do-; we are following his blessed vmple. He who spared not himself, but suffered freely for us, has right to expect fortitude from From none of us does he ask such service as he himself rendered When the army of Alexander the Great was scaling a noted moun-pass the strength of the sold-became exhausted. Many threw themselves upon the ground to die. The great commander saw tho con-He did not curse or up-He quietly dismounted from his heavy cloak. He lifted a pri-soldier's pickax, then vigorous- ent to work digging away at the His soldiers saw him. They ■ he was as tired as they. Tili'u leave their swamps, but n hidden in them from the they are born until they die. They are as shy as the crocodiles ,nd reptiles that dwell there. This life has changed their bodies o that they look unlike any other uman beings in the world. As they ever walk, their legs have become small and flabby, and their feet are soft that blood flows from the cracking skin as soon as they are called on to tread on hard ground. describes these beings as follows, in a report to ; Australian Government : The men would be of good sta-e, if their bodies, from the hips vn, were in proportion to the upper part. They have good chests, hick necks and powerful arms. But from the hips down they were shrunken creatures, looking more like apes when viewed from the side than like human beings. "Their feet are short and broad and wonderfully thin, with weak toes. They are so feeble that they look almost as if they lacked joints. "The feet of all the people whom I saw rested on the floor when they stood or sat in a way that reminded one irresistibly of wooden feet, because they were so helpless and clumsy." SANITATION OF AN ANT CITY. Insects are scrupulously clean i their personal brush, comb, and w a service for which ably provided with thei ftcn they are admir-natural imple-3 habit is transferred to affairs. The streets within the city bounds and the gates and external plaza abd "country roads" leading into the foraging fields--as with agricultural ants--are kept free from filth and obstructions that might gather filth. The con-washings and combings of the the nurses would ost fastidious maternal > may not say that san-an exact emmetonian it certainly is an art practised in every de->f the formicary, and perfection as far as na-ions will permit, en takes part Every n this to keep part raisins and English currants, either chopped or whole, as your taste may dictate; a teaspoonful of salt, and water to_ moisten sufficiently, are all the ingredients required. Mix well together and steam for I hot i [til I precaution ke the sauce sweeter than is the pudding Mix t all. Spanish Sauce.--With tv of loaf sugar and ■ quarter of water, boil the rind ol lemon and the peel of an o a quarter of an hour after to a boiling point. Strain and thicken it with one-half a table-spoonful of flour and a half of butter beaten to a cream all together, then add the jui lemon end small orange, and boil all together for a few moments. Serve hot with the pudding. Salmon Pies.--Salmon pies are an excellent new idea, as this fish is so cheap and meaty in its canned form. Line the sides, but not the bottom of a shallow pudding-dish. After draining the salmon perfectly, even to the extent of pouring some cold water over it, and then pouring it off again immediately, lay it into the dish; scatter salt and pepper and some small lumps of butter over it. Make a gravy with a little nice beef stock for foundation and thicken with flour. Pour this over the salmon, and then put the upper crust over it. This crust should be about an inch thick before it is baked. You should make enough gravy, so that some will bo left to ing this vegetable with t garlic, add black pepper and a good lump of butter, and you will nevei uso the white sort again. Small radishes boiled whole with a spoonful of minced parsley make a delicious salad when cold. Serve with a French dressing. THE IDEAL HUSBAND. Never argues. Remembers his 'wife's birthday. Never grumbles about the food. Praises his wife whenever he can. Is courteous to his wife's relations Sets a good example for his child- God Takes his children. Is gencro ; in bringing up the ith the housekeeping ind owning himself in Takes a reasonable interest in his wife's clothes. Walks about the house quietly when his wife is ill. Remembers that his wife needs rest and relaxation. Never forgets the good-bye kiss before leaving for business. Is always ready to give advice when asked on household matters. Governs his house wisely and well, and lets his wife be a helpmeet in every sense of the word. CLEANING WATER BOTTLES. A water bottle that has become nd dirty should ha leaves and of vinegar then «- ■■■ .en be well 'torn bo st ■t tho :ten 1, mill in' 'it lay bo nee shaken, with clear si itained it wi may necessary to i RAIN I'( iTS lain spots on a silk dress often ■in to have ruined it till it has ?n ironed out, when the chances j that it will look as well as ever iiin. The ironing must be done the wrong side, with a moderately hot iron. A piece of muslin laid over the silk.as it is ironed will prevent any possibility of its acquiring shiny look. HOW WE FALL ASLEEP. It has been ascertained that in beginning to sleep the senses do not unitedly fall into a state of slumber, but drop off one after the oth-The sight ceases in consequence of the protection of the eyelids to receive impressions first, while all the other senses preserve their sen-bility entire. The sense of taste i the next which loses its susceptibility, and next the sense of smelling The hearing is next in order, and last of all comes thc sense of touch. senses- sleep with different degrees of profoundness. The sense of touch sleeps the most lightly, and is the most easily awakened; the next siest the 1 ing, the i ser'o with the pie. Hied Chicken.--Boil until tender, in enough water to cover one chicken. Remove, when done, and let water boil down to one quart. Cut the meat into small pieces. To the water add three-quarters of a box of gelatine soaked, one tablespoonful Worcestershire sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Slico one hard-boiled egg, add to tho chicken, pour over it tho strained liquor, Mix well, and put into square mould. Set it in a cool place to harden. Egg Puffs.--Soften a tablespoonful of butter to a creamy consistency by working it with a fork; beat three eggs to a froth and add them to the butter; add a level teaspoonful of salt, and six tablespoonfuls of flour. Beat all these ingredients together until they foam, then put them into buttered earthen cups or small tin pans, and bake in a hot for half an hour, or until they cooked through and nicely browned. Pudding Sauce.--Beat two level tablespoons of butter to a cream, add one-half cup of powder sugar until light and frothy, then flavor with grated nutmeg and it is ■eady to serve. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Feather dusters have been tabooed ight, and the taste and smell awake last. Another remarkable mstance deserves notice. Cer-muscles and parts of the body to sleep before others; sleep 'ie extremities, belie feet and iegs, and " creeping towards tho centre of The feet sity for keeping the and perfectly still as a of sleep is well known. From these explanations it will not appear surprising that with one or more of the senses, and perhaps also of one or moro parts of the body imperfectly asleep, there should be at the same time an imperfect kind of mental action which produces the phenomenon of dreaming. PROFITS OF A SERMON. Queen Alexandra has just forwarded to the Gordon Boys' Homo and the British Home for Incurables $75 representing the profits derived during the year from the sale of Canon Fleming's sermon, "Recognition in Eternity." This sermon has realized a total profit of $7,860, which has been distributed equally between the or recognize Chi reveal Himself to any one, and this He docs by His Spirit, but there is no hindrance to our knowing God except on our part, for all who will mav acquaint themselves with Him (Job xxii., 21; John vi., 37). In tha words following, spoken by our Lord, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church." If our teachers had told us that our Lord said, "Thou are 'Petros,' and upon this 'petra' I will build My church," and had also told us that "petras" signifies a piece of rock, a stone, while "petra" signifies a solid rock, a ledge (according to any Greek dictionary), how much idle talk and controversy we might have been saved from concerning the church being built upon such a piece of stone, a rolling stone, as Peter. Did your heart ever stay, "Thank God", neither the wisdom nor the power of hell shall ever prevail against the church of Christ?" Aa Peter was privileged to open the door to the Jews at Pentecost end to the gentiles in the house of Cornelius (Acts ii.; x.: xi.) we can see his use of the keys, but we must bear in mind that while the kingdom includes the church the church is not kingdom. Whoever heartily be-(9 that Jesus is the Christ and understands it cannot but rejoice to the utmost to help corn-church and hasten the The Jewish leaders having rejected Him as their Christ or Messiah and ing determined to kill Him, the disciples are forbidden to declaro to ie that He is the Christ. He declares plainly that not only he elders, chief priests and i rojected Ham, but He is to suffer many things at their hands and be killed by them at Jerusalem (Matt. xvi.. 21), but tho third day-He will rise again. When he, the third time, told them that He was to die and rise again He told them more fully of His sufferings and also the manner of His death; that He. would be mocked and scourged and crucified (Matt. xvii. 23; xx 19). They do not receivo His sayings, and impulsive Peter says that it must not be. According to Matt, xvi, 22, Peter said, "Be it far Vrom Thee, Lord (margin, pity Thyself); this shall not be unto thee." From this rejection of the cross on to Peter's denial he seems to be increasingly out of fellowship, but tha love of Christ was unchanged toward him (John xiii, 1). The Lord Jesus told him that now he was representing Satan and not God. How strange that from the same mouth may come blessing and cursing, sweet water and bitter (Jas. iii, 8-12), but Peter, although saved, was not yet a Spirit, filled man. There was much of Peter. When wa are Spirit filled self is reckoned dead and the Lord Jesus alone has tho is our experience. He now called the people to Him and gave them a message as well as the disciples. I will quote it from Luke ix, 23, for the sake of one word not given by thc others, "If any man will come after Me let him deny himself and lake up his CTOM daily and follow Me." This certainly means' following fully, like Caleb und Joshua, and not following afar off like Simon Peter; not merely denying something to oneself, but • actually denying one's own self and treating it as dead and buried. Tho cross never suggests flowers or Jot or jewelry, but always prolonged suffering, daily dying (II Cor. iv. 11; Rom. viii, 36). Tho saying concerning losing or saving one's life was often used by our Lord. i Matt John > , 39; the present A LGKC-MANF.B.^.VicK Mr. George O. Zillgitt, of Ingle-wood, England, owns a carriage mare with a mane of silvery hair 18 feet in length at the tips. She is ton years old, and is the mother of a colt a few months old with mane and tail already reaching to the f;rouns^ Ordinarily the mane of th« mofiSb,* 11 kept braided and in a ne-i. 22, 24; I John i hare it and tl I, 3, Phil, iii, j tinguish botw to Of i throne to re-earth to restore all things tho prophets have spoken with Him when Ha shall be manifest in His glory to sit on the throne of His glory to judge the nations (I. Thess. iv. 16-18; Acts iii, 20, 21; Col. iii, Matt.-xxv, 31; Rev. ill, 21). It wtfc well repay to look up every reference prayerfully. Each one for himself must search the Scriptures and r«r. eelve all mfeMy.