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! J at . She still held her e he ice wall; but it would | 8ive her no support." -She was slipping away-- Jin LW \Y TO HER GRAVE BELOW. . Brownson. gazed back over the decks, He Fatohed the crowd im- A pers Ys it seemed strange . to him that &o much valuable fabric the | should go to the bottom 80 quickly, nts, | The paint was so clean and bright, and the brass was so shiny. The whole | structure was 80 thoroughly clean, Fi 1 wutting the compartme; jammed it hard over, ar eT i. 1 which wealth {of the the l receivedst to the full, different. occasions, account largely for i word in their accounts of the beautitudes i8 the personal application' which Luke makes of each blessing to the disciples immediately addressed by Jesus. (Compare Introduction to Lesson for April 28.) This differ: ence in the two evangelists may be accounted for by the character and habits of thought of the two men, Matthew, the tax gatherer, ex- pressing himself more naturally in impersonal terms. while Luke, the physician, . reveals the more inti mate personal touch., The princi- pal thought of the first beautitude as here recorded is that those poor 'in this 'world's goods, while. shut oht from many of the privileges offer, may. through the acceptance D gospel, come into possession of the best 'of 'all things, the king- dom of God. ay Eni § 21. Ye that hunger ng pe is' to be a reversal of conga kingdom of heaven," Where the ob- stacles of accidental social position | | shall not interfere with individual | 1 Ente you. advantage. 22. «When men shall hate you se rtain bitter prejudices against you--Excommunicate or ostracize you from their company. Reproach--Speaie evil of. i 23. Rejoice. in that day--An tex: ample of such rejoicing in the. face Separate «| of dire persecution is found in: the "}much of the enthusiasm of the: early martyred.) Their fathers unto the prophets The persecution which suffered at. the hands of his coln- | trymen are an outstanding example: 24, Woe--This is not mere ya denunciation or pronouncement of doom on the rich, as such, 'any more' than the promise of 'the 'seo- ond 'begutitude is 'an assurance of reward for poverty, in itself. 'The four expressions of woe must be taken together us constituting a la- mentation, over the existing un: fortunate and' unjust social distinc- tipns 'and conditions, Ye have: received your consola- tion--Buch as wealth, taken by it- self apart from the other blessings of life, can give. 25. Ye that laugh now--Laughter and' mirth in Jesus's day werd sel- dom met with apart from the ease and luxury: of 'wealth "and social position. Jesus . well knew how prosperity 'of this day . [came through the acquisition of ill- 16: sea. The grind- se awoke . the ng the remaining]. They 'strove 'get the rafts it might. float over > raster 7 gnnwalés wii p <hegan fo. mak ng. gdund. t gotten: gains, and was. followed: by sinful gell-indulgence; * meriting condemnation. 26. When all men shall speak well of you--~Universal popularity is; too often gained by 'surrender: of deep convictions and of principles, in an effort. to placate prejudice and win approval. Against such popular: ity Jesus warns his followers, 7 na UTE 19. Now. there was a certain rie man--The parable which follows is taken from its 'context in Luke's | narrative and inserted at this point in our study, as illustrating one 0! the beantitudes both on its positive gative side, | 7 sumptuously--Or, living d splendor. Ths name in is' not given, the. h Sok a Jeng ol, and social standing: Jeremiah and has an intensive ing of Bo far as the simple statement of this 'is concerned it shows merely a re- '| versal of fortune, leaving the mor: al reasons for Ahis reversal to be inferred by the hearers in tho light of the entire parable. © 26; Besides - all' this--Or, in all these things. °° A great. gulf fixed--The bavrier between the evil and the good is iscernible from one ide only. The wicked ipan seldom appreciates why he is shut ont from the fellow. ship of good people. None may" cross' over---The gulf cannot be 'bridged in either direc- tion. 27. Send him to my father's house--In the "heart of the man 'thers was revived: the spark of so- licitude for others,' which .had al- most been quenched, © * 29.. Moses 'and 'the prophets---The law. and the writings: of 'the pro- phets. These were the Well-known and safficient guides to right living. 31. Neither will they be persuad- 'ed, if one rise from the d ad---A re- buke to the 'Jewish graving for the maniféstation of marvelous signs. i - ri CXL RETURN TO SIMPLE EATING, German Journal Bids Soelety Lead. ers Save Nation. The, Lokal Anzeiner Oitblishes an urgent. appeal to German society leaders to return to 'simple eat- ing." It states that the luxury era in Germany has caused an extrava- gance in dining which. threatens nancial impoverishment and diges- five ruin. "arisbad, Marienbad, Kissingen' and. other spas, which cater to the, needs of *'penitent §luttons. are, says the journal, sited by numbers,' annually "in- iereasing, who go there. in spring A summer to make amends for oxer-eating 'and over-drinking in Winter, "Tt would; be 'a genuine public service on the part of lead- Ing society personages if they would begin by practical example to wage war cn the sensual luxutiousness of modern entertaining, as far as the culinary end of if is concerned. Only by a return to simple and sensible dinners can we avert genu. ine economié¢ and phiyeical perils.' MILLINER'S DEVICE. Artist Draws Customer, and Sketoh Sent Home With Hat, Some: of the leading milliners of Parig, France, have introduced a new devia for paying a pretty com- pliment, to their best customers, and one that is well caleulated ta Please:them. 'When a clight of dis- tinction enters the shop and pro- oeeds totry on the various new 'creations' »which 'the f 1onable millines. produces, all: arknown to herself' the 'customers sitting, or, rather; standing, fof her portrait to ap artist in concealment behind 4 screen; Absorbed. in - the "fasei. nating ecetpation 'of trying on a new: hat, with her 'wholé attention: fixed on the reflection. of herself in 'the glass, she is quite oblivious of She, drtist's presence.' Meanwhile He swiftly ransfers #0 paper the feature bf his' unconscious subject, hat is her surprise, therefore, on receiving the next day the hatbox containing : her 9 ase, to find pasted upon. the, box an original drawing of hetself wearing the new GRAINS OF GOLD. The wealthiest kingdom can show nothing so beantiful as a 'virtuous