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preaching of the gospel of fresh. 88a panacea for 90 per cent, of superficial ills to which humanity alls victim continues a serious and helpful habit with those who have proved its eMoacy. Stil; the majority An a recent 'issue of a contemporary * mppears an article satirically headed #Colds and How to Catch Them," wril- ten by Dr. Woods Hutchinson, and: il- _ lustrated suggestively wilh views of a monkey in the throes of an attack of the grip and a parrot 'enjoying the re: lief and discomfort 6f a racking sneeze. In these pictures the artist has clever ly caught the spirit of Dr. Hutchinson's between-the-line criticism of the public intelligence. The physician plainly dntimates that he believes any person Who permits himself to become a prey % the grip fails thereby to establish @ denial of his simian ancestry, While those who woefully confess a weakness for colds are as cerlainly emulating the shallowness of the imitative parrot. According to Dr. Huichinson an epi- Bemic of grip is an artificial creation and "catching cold" is supremely fool- ish. He would have us understand that our systems, while the happy hunting grounds of swarms of savage bacilli, @re provided by nature with a mighty force of defenders, a guard of protective substances in the blood known to their professional acquaintances as anti- bodies. Upan the invading germs the anli-bodies make constant war, and the failure of the former to harm us de- pends upon the strength end fighting quality of the latter to keep them in subjection and put them to rout. Now, the anti-bodles feed on fresh &ir and grow strong and vigorous on ©old baths, Exercise of the body in the Open puls them in the pink of condi tion, but they weaken and finally fada away once we {ry to ceddle them. Steam heat and chest profectors are their sworn foes, and so it happens that when the first chill days of fall appear and. we begin cullivating the hissing radiator and the snug but insanitary living room we are killing our friends, the anti-bodies, and helping the bacillic enemy to a sweeping victory, We do not "catch cold" by sitling in Grafts, but by avoiding them, It does not follow, that because. the air of the sleeping room is kept cold by the ab- sence of heat that it is also kept pure, and the more clothing we pile on. our bodies the more sénsitive we make them. In a word, this authority again sounds the warning that fresh air and Plenty of it, pure water and plenty ot that, used externally and internally, open. windows, open lungs, and open pores--with these things sensibly con- sidered the anti-bodies will do the rest and there will be no more colds or epi- demics of influenza, - shared 'this abhorrence, though 'Homer is not un- just-to these faithful companions of man, as. .can be seen in his exquisite picture of a dog's devotion lo his ab- sent master in the seventeenth book of the Odyssey. : St. Paul is pouring the vitrol of his sarcasm: upon those who would reduce Christianity to the limits of an exelu: sive sect and we are doing ne violence to the thought of the apostle when we translate "Beware of dogs" to "Beware ol grumblers." Are grumbling and growling our dominant characteristics? If they ace then let us mot be sur prised if we find ourselves unpopular Our friends are only obeying the sound 3dvice of sah Paul, Because--and it is + all charity--grumblers are, if sible, 0 be © idan SEVERELY LET ALONE. It is absolutely necessary for our.own peace of mind that we escape from the atmosphere of their querulous complain- Ings. No one can associate with those who are chroni¢ grumblers, chronic {ault-finders, chronic sneerers and be- litllers of other men 'and women with- cut acquiring some of their unhappy characteristics. We can' ses this to perfection. in . Sheridan's wonderful comedy of "The School for Scandal" A young girl from the count: quickly sinking to the level of My Lady Sneer- well or My Lady Backbite, a truly THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, . MAR. 8. Lesson X. .Jesus the Bread of Life. Golden Text, John 6. 35. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. (Based on the text of the "Revised Version.) On the Morrow.--These words . with which our longer lesson passage begins must be linked directly with the open- ing clause of verse 24, {he remaining portion of verse 22, as wel as all of verse 23, being 'parenthetical, This parenthetical portion is somewhat am- biguous. The actual sequence .of events will. appear from a careful reading of the entire narrative to have been as follows: When' Jesus, aftér having fed the multitude, "withdrew again into the mountain himself alone," the multitude tarried near the seashore, hoping, ap- parently, thal he would agein appear, oven the departure of the disciples at nightfall not deterring them from their purpose to walt for his return from the mountain solitude. = A great many «f them, therefore, remained in the im- mediate vicinity all might, But when on the following morning there was still no frace of Jesus, those who had remained 'all = night decided to avail themselves of the opportunity to cross the lake in some of the boafs that had of every ; : 'What will gave us from b chronic grumblers? - = Sure] answer in the prayer ) the ist, : : , "Create in me a clean heart and i a right spirit' within me." dispasition, O Ged, so that I grieve and wound my friends by innuendoes and - pelly cayilings, grant that as long as I live I may be a growling and snarling do) u human soul that believes in sym: A In kindness and in following closely the foolsteps of the ; CARPENTER OF NAZARETH. - " One of the horrible ways of killing the early Cunistians was 10 dress { in the skins of wild animals and then |1 set a pack of savage dogs upon them fe 'tear them fo pieces. Those hard cld Romans loved to behold human sul fering in every oonceivable form, and a lot of helpless men and women wor- ried to death on the sands of the arena come unto ma--Jesus has th ------ confidence in thé ultimate ful: fillment of the Fatner's purpose in Send- was a rare spectacle to fhe mob' ofthe ing him into the world, even though Imperial City, and also formed no doubt many a jest to their masters as they rolled home in their chariots along the Arplan- Way. And yet are we fo-day very different in cruelly. when we grumble and snarl all day long, pois- cning the lves of those about us, breaking their hearts by our ill humor and driving them at last to despair by our chronic nagging? HK REV, GEORGE DOWNING SPARKS, put in near the shore for the. night, ap- parently on account of the severity of the storm (comp, Matt, 14, 24). 'Arpiv- ing at Capernaum, and 'knowing that Jesus had not departed from the other side with his disciples, and also that there had been no other boats there except those in which they themselves tad returned, though apparently not gréally surprised at finding him already sl Capernaum, they were curious fo know how 'and when he had-relurped. Ir. replying 10. their direct inquiry on this point Jesus. does not. satisfy their curiosity, bui addresses himself to the: conscience, pointing out to them their real motive. for seeking, him 50 persistently was' not an interest in the higher. spiritual "aspect of his miracles, but only a 'sordid craving for 'the terlal benefits which these miracles bi slowed 'upon them. had "especially benefl them to seek 'not merely food for ithe body, but for spiritual nourishment, which has in it no élements of decay and susta'ns life eternal, This food, he asserts, he is able and willing to be- stow upon them; as he has already done with food forthe body, it' being for this express purpose that he has been" commissioned by the Father. Verse 26. Because ye saw signs -- The miracle of feeding' the multitude was doubtless not' the first of the miracles ot Jesus which 'these people had wit} nessed, J 27. Son 'of man--This title, which fs used only by, Jesus in speaking of him- self, 'denotes an aspect. of his being many may reject him and refuse to shoul Mode Hts: dosti aati 89. I shou e 10 ; in expresses his confidence in the ultimate |; triumph of 'the Father's plans for sav. ing 'the world, = HT ? 41. The Jews--John's favorite expres. sion in referring 1o the Jewish authori ties, who almost witholit exception were hostile to Jesus, and who were oon- slantly seeking to.dscover in his' words and deeds cause for accusation" aga him. 4 : h he. performed shonld. 'have convinced his hearers sufoiently | to gain for him. a resnecitul considera. tion of hig claims. end his tench 44. Except the Father Jw mounity; horts'|: Bronson 'that hath heard "trom Father and hath learned--There is a man es well as a divine elements. entering the life 'of faith, The. drawing of the Father is not mechanical or eom: pulsory, but operates Suly upon mens: dreé will and requires their co-operation 4. be fruitful of results. bai © 51./The bread 'which I will give {sy flesh=It has been much disputed Whe ther or not in this . discourse, snd specially 'in. this' verse, S either 'directly or indirectly. to '¢ucharist. +ho th Se 1 various channels of | grace by which Christ imparts himself {ha te the believing sci." Hy