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gh dhe immemorial electricity has on with us, around us, in the air we breathe. Yet we groped along in the darkness for aeons of centuries know- 'Ing practically nothing of it. There came a time when prophets foretold its 1 Earthquakes, famine, sorrow, death are as nothing if they. bring us into the thelsm and Light = = | eternity of Divine Love. = Twilight Hour Story Chicks and Other Little Friends SH - No, 31 Ta Last week I told you about Fluffy be- ing so cross at Rover because he came | into the same rodm where Mamma 'coming but few believed the prophecy Lady ang Billy had brought her little until, believing it or not, when the, time came that the thin edge of the, wedge was applied by the slow pro- cess of scientific research, darkness suddenly opened up into a flood of light and power hitherto undreamed of. The great power was here which could destroy as ruthlessly as it could belch out light and energy. Yet all at once it was harnessed in so safely by skilled human hands that we use it now without fear, taking it as a mat- ter of course, even though most of us know little more about it than to turn on the switch. But we must have some appliance in- stalled in our homes if we wish: to use it and benefit by it, and we must touch the button to secure the power in or- der to connect up and benefit by it, If this is true, and we know It is, is it not comforting that we have been told by the noblest man who ever lived, whose integrity was unimpeach- able; whose truth and magnetic spirit- uahity placed him first among the greatest of all men, that 'there is a power, a God power which is likewise everywhere. This power is supreme and above all other powers, bringing order out of chaos wherever it touches. This greatest man of all men told us it was necessary for the Fathér to send. His Son, to come to this world in order to teach us how to build up this spiritual machinery for ourselves which whl give us the eternal life of light. At the time Jesus lived on earth history shows us that virtues were a mockery. Conditions were terrible, in fact we have no idea of the wickedness and consequent sufferings endured by those early people. This was when Christ came to apply the thin edge of wedge. So great was the need of Him that they killed His physical body in their ignorance of right thinking. He found it necessary to die in order to show them the importance of each in- dividual actually living the principles of love, truth, kindness and all virtues even unto death, the development of which brings ug into everlasting lifé where moth nor rust does not corrupt. He has said we should pray. We do not understand why, but in some man- ner prayer does make the circuit com- plete and for those who touch the spiritual switch by following what he taught a beacon'is set out which helps us along wonderously through the trials and sufferings on' this murky road of life. He has shown us that we are going through the process of being born again; we have come up through the infinite ages; passed through dark- ness, ignorance, violence and material ization and ¢n now see the glimmer- ings of a great light ahead. How then van there be annihilation? If theroc has been a past how can it be possible not to have a future? All the past wag future at one time, was it not? We have come this far not know- ing what we are or how we move, or have our being, The world becomes more illuminated physically by elec- tricity and immeasurably more impor- tant, it becomes spiritually illuminated by good living when everyone will do; as they would be done by. Oftentimes we think our own suffer- ings and difiiculties, though hard to bear can be tolerated, but looking at others for worse off we are often puz- gled when something seemingly ter- . rible happens. "Well now, that person §8 good, and yet see how he. suffers," and then we are apt to allow the small seeds of doubt to grow, and thy God to refine," It is God's way of making us fit to be born again. After all what is one little life when gazing lato the depths of eternity? Land forgetting God's words: "Thy dross to consume kitties, - She was so cross she scratch- ed him, then jumped on his back and scratched some more so he didn't know what ever could be the matter, for you know he came in the room all right, but he didn't have a chance to even see the kitties, so he hadn't the slightest idea what all the fuss was about. After he got chased out like that he wouldn't come in for a long time. It was a little while before Mamma Lady noticed Rover didn't come in the house. It was really Billy who no- ticed it first. He said, "Say, Mamma, do you know Rover won't come in the house? I wonder why?" Then Mdmma Lady remembered and said, "I believe he thinks it isn't very safe for him in here. I never thought of that. We'll have to coax him in." So Billy ran out and called him and when he got near the door he was go- ing to disappear again but Billy caught him by the collar and hugged him and said, "Oh, come on in Rover, nothing will hurt you." . You see, Rover wasn't a coward if he knew what was the matter, but he didn't know why Fluffy jumped on him like that, so he.thought he would just stay away. ron Well, just as he was trying to get away Mamma Lady came out and was extra nice to him. Come in, Rover, Fluffy won't hurt you, now come on, it's all right, come on in," and she opened the door so he could see it really was all right, Rover looked at her and t¢ok a lit- tle step, then stopped, then adother, © kept saying "Come on in, It's all fight" Then he looked warily around and took another few steps. "She won't hurt you, Rover." But Rover didn't know whether to pelieve it or not. All at once he was going to back out pretty quick, for there was Fluffy sitting on the cushion on her chair. But would you believe it, she just looked good naturedly at him as though she had never done any- thing to him-at all. Wasn't that funny? You know I be- lieve there are a lot of people like that. They get so very Cross about some- thing then forget all about it, and they want us to forget all about their cross- ness too, which isn't so easy to do sometimes, 18 it? But I guess it's just their way, so it really is best to for- get. You see Fluffy forgot all about it because her kitties were away off in a dark closet now and she liked Rover again, so that when he saw her she was a nice kitty again, and wasn't Rover a good dog, for he was soon good friends with her, although often he looked at her queerly, as much as to say, "Why did you scratch me?" Perhaps he'll know when he sees the kitties when they are bigger. But whatever are the chicks doing all thig time? ' em Popular songs are often so popular that they become unpopular. i "pid you husband bring home any fish?" "No. I understand William had bad luck on this trip. He got into a game of cards and lost the money he took with him to buy fish." 'Sunday School Lesson August 9. Lesson VI--Saul Convért- ed and Commissioned--Acts 9: 1.9, 17-19; 1 Timothy 1: 12-14. Golden Text--1 was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.--Acts 26: 19. I. SAUL, PHARISEE AND PERSECUTOR, Acts 9: 1, 2; 22: 3-5. 11" SAUL CONVERTED, Acts 9: 3-19a; 22: 5-16. 111. SAUL PREACHING, Acts 9: 19b-81; 1V. PAUL, LOOKING BACK, Galatians 1% 11{17; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17. I. SAUL, PHARISEE AND PERSECUTOR, Acts 9: 1, 2; 22: 3-5. (a) The Pharisee, Saul"s family, although living in a Greek city, were of pure Jewish descent, and Pharisess. They also enjoyed the privilege of Roman citizenship, conferred upon them probably for some service 10 the emperor. According to sJewish custom, the boy was taught a trade, tent-making, Acts 18: 8, In the uni- versity city of Tarsus he would ac- literature and philosophy. His edu- cation in Tarsus completed, he was sent south to Jerusalem to study under a famous theological professor named Gamaliel. The gentle and tolerant spirt of Ga- maliel (Acts 5: 34), was not shared by his brilliant pupjl. Saul was an ardent student of the Law. When re- ligion becomes a matter of law and doctrines, intolerance is the result. So it was with Saul. (b) The Persecutor. When, after Stephen's death, the authorities took measures against his followers, Saul threw himself into the work of re- pression. Not content with his efforts in Jerusalem, he secured authority to go to Damascus, where the Jewish colony had evidently been influenced by the new faith. I]. SAU.. CONVERTED, Acts 9: 3-19a; 22: 5-16. Saul's conversion ..;as the most mo- mentous occurrence of apostolic his- tory. (a) The Preparation. On the lonely road to Damascus, six or eight days' journey from Jerusalem, Saui would have time for reflection. By this time he was discovering that the Law was not an adequate religion, Romans, chaoter 7. Failing in his auest for God, he was steadily sinking into pessimism. The memory was always haunting him of Stephen dying with the face of an angel--and with a prayer of forgiveness on his lips, The joyful courage cf the men whom he was persecuting, their lives for each other, the calm confidences which told of an inner peace must have been undermining his old assurance. His troubled mind was workin up to tke crisis which he was soon to e:peri- ence. (b) The Crisis. As Saul and his men were approaching the city a blinding light suddenly burst upon them, the shock of which threw them to the ground, Chap. 9: 8. Sanl heard a voice saving, "Saul, Saul, why ver- secutest thou me?" Was it, then, really true that in harrying the he- lievers- he had been persecuting the Lord himself? "Who art thou, Sir?" he asked. He did not recognize the voice. The Authorized Version with "Lord" suggests that he did. The answer brought to Saul the trans- forming conviction that Jesus was, as his followers had claimed, the true revelation of God. : : (¢) The Result. Saul immediately placed Christ in complete control of his life, 9: 6. Brought to a believer's house in Damascus, he remained there three days, blind physically and spirit- ually, overwhelmed atv the collavse o his past life and dark as to the future. Ananias, divinely promoted, found him and showed him that all that had hap- pened was God calling him to his ser- vice. Saul, now healed in body and spirit (9: 17), was baptized, and thus admitted to the fellowship of the he- lievers. TIT. SAUL PREACHING, Acts 9: 19b-31; 22: 17-21. After some days spent with the disciples, in Damascus, Saul retired "into Arabia' (Gal. 1: 17), probably some quiet village near Damascus where, in seclusion, he could ponder the meaning of his great experience and determine his future course of { action. Not only the words of Anan- ias' vision (22: 14, 15), but his own nature made action of some kind in- evitable, He returned to Damascus and began to preach controversially, 9: 22. Not yet, refined through suf- quire a knowledge of Greek customs,|" BY ANNEBELLB WORTHINGTON ---- : nished With Every Pattern Enhance our charm by wearing flat- tering jacket costumes. It is a season of jackets! The one sketched is in the green and white printed sportsweight linen in combination with plain green hand- kerchief linen. The skirt shows slenderizing line in pointed hip yoke treatment. The jacket is in popular hip length. Style No. 8486 comes in sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 86, 38 and 40 inches bust, The .16-year size requires 4 yards of 39-inch figured material with 1% yards of 39-inch plain material. It is stunning with the dress made of chiffon print in hyacinth blue coloz- ing with the jaeket of flat silk crepe in matching shade. Yellow and white sportsweight linen with plain yellow sheer linen for sim- ulated tuck-inn bodice is very chic. Dusty pink flat silk crepe, white shantung and cotton or silk striped shirting are swagger. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving numbe: and size of such patterns as you want. . Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap Lit carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 78 West Adelride St., Toronto. elie le 5 Will Ignatius Loyola was a great leader and master of men. One of his rules was: "What you want to be you can be. Will it then, and will it with all' your might." Modern psychology tells us the same thing. Character is.a matter of right will. Holiness is a will set toward God and His righteousness. could he utter 1 Cor. chap, 13. A plot against his life forced him to leave the city. He went to Jerusalem, where he endeavored to make the acquain- tance of the apostles. They, however, were afraid of him and, had it not been for Barnabas, his visit would probably have been unsuccessful. His bold preaching aroused antagonism. 'he "brethren," fearing persecution, brought him down to Caesarea and sent him home to Tarsus. IV. PAUL, LOOKING BACK, Galatians 1: 11117; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17, His Testimony. Looking back ver the cars of his Christian life, he grate- fully testifies that the Power which 'saved him at Damascus has always sustained him. The arrogance of the Pharisees has become the humility of the chief of sinners, 1 Tim. 1: 15, Tlustrated Protemaking Lesson Fur-| MUTT AND JEFF--Mutt STEN; JACK; ARE You. GONNA FIGHT CAGAIN? #7 Brome oR = Could Make a Quaker Enter West Point. fering, mellowed and enriched by love, Clark, biologist of the United States National Museum. Sn United States, have been di rapidly. 2 They feed largely on street ref which brings them into contact with carbon monoxide gas from motor ex- hausts. It is a heavy gas that tends to cling to the ground when there is no wind, It takes very little carbon monoxide to kill a bird or weaken it so it is easily caught by cats, hawks or other To a Locomotive in Winter Thee for my recitative, Thee in the driving storm even as now, the snow, the winter--day declining, Thee in-thy panopl, thy measur"d dual throbbing and thy beat convul- sive, Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel, } Thy ponderous side-bars, parallel and; connecting rods, gyrating, shut. tling at thy sides, 7 Thy metrical, now swelling pant and roar, now tapering in the dis- tance, 5 0s Thy great protruding head-light fix'd in front, Thy long, pale, floating vapor-pennants tinged with delicate purple, The dense and murky clouds out-belch- ing from thy smoke-stack, Thy knitted frame, thy springs and valves, the tremulous twinkle of thy wheels, 7 Thy train of cars behind, merrily following, Through gale or calm, now swife, now slack, yet steadily careering; Type of the modern--emblem of mo- tion and power -- pulse of the continent, . For once come serve the Muse and merge in verse, even as here I see thee, With storm anc buffeting gusts of wind and falling snow, By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes, By night thy silent signal lamps to swing. obedient, Fierce-throated beauty! Roll throdgh my chant with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps at night, Thy madly-whistled laughter, echoing, rumbling like an earth quake, rousing all, Law of thyself complete, thine own 'track firmly holding (No sweetness debonair of tearful harp or gLb piano thine), Thy thrills of shrieks by rock and hills return'd fe Launch'd o'er the prairies wide, across the lakes, To the free ckies unpent and glad and strong. ---~Walt Whitman, in "Leaves of Grass." in nt Maternal Instinct it is a mistake te suppose that the maternal instinct is universal on the one hand, or that it is developed only by personal experierce on the other. Even women who are mothers way be found wholiy destitute of it, with not a ray of natural feeling for their offspring; and some who are neither wives or mothers in fact are all the latter in feeling. These are the wo- men who are the chosen friends of both sexes and all ages. To them flock all tho have troubles, sure of a patient hearing and, that sweet sym- pathy which of itself heals Lhe wounds. laid bare tb its touch. NEA Wisdom of the Foolish The foolish think that they can escape punishment; but every wrong: doing carries its own punishment. Punishment is not always something iy that happens to us, but rather some: thing that happens in us. The greai- est of all punishments is the loss of our humanity. What is more terrible than to lose the open countenance--to be forced to wear the fox's eye and the wolf's mouth?--Matrkham. American elm trees. They accomplished their purpose but aroused complaints among bird lovers because they drove away other birds from birdhouses and feeding] places. : : : ' Vote or Be Arrested |. Aim of Bill in France ! Paris.--A law compelling all French citizens to vote, under penalty of | fines, has been proposed by a group of . conservative members of Parliament, Voting, they declare in the bill they | have laid before the Chamber of De- puties, is a duty and not a mere pri- vilege. £at The Chamber of Deputies and the departmental and communal elective bodies are, they maintain, composed i too largely. of the representatives of ; minorities ~ because the other fellows shirked their duty at the polls. In France, as in most countries, the ! well-to-do citizens are inclined to fore- | Bo their right to vote, It is with the purpose of getting out this portion of the vote that the backers of the bill, led by Louis Marin, have moved for the reform. TTR : Fear | Fear and lack of faith go hand in hand. The one is born of the other. Tell me how much one is given to fear, and I will tell you how rifach he lacks in faith. Fear is a most expensive guest to entertain, the same as worry is: so { expensive are they that no one can afford to entertain them. We invite wha we. fear, the same as, by a differ- ent attitude of mind, we invite and ; attract the influences. and conditions we desire, The mind dominated by fear opens the door for entrance of the very things. for the actualization of the very conditions it fears. Fear is, so to speak, the direct oppo- site of faith, and faith is perhaps the strongest and most effective mental- spiritual force that we can possess or grow.--Ralph Waldo Trine. rennin Argentine Grain : Output Grows Buenos Aires. --- Argentine wheat, corn, Knseed and oats shipments thig year show a considerable increase, pri- vate statistics of cereal exports reveal. A total of 1,928,752 tons of wheat was shipped from January 1 to May 22, as compared with 1,291,104 tons for the corresponding period a year ago; 2; 480,795 tons of corn, against 1,2265,482 tons; 951,045 tons of linseed, against 683,378 tons, and 301,963 tons of oats against 162,457 tons a year ago. toi Impossibilities Nearly everything that is worth while, that has been accomplished by men, has been considered impossible by many others. Every man who has ever done unything great has been ridiculed and advised by others to let it alodfe. ll by "Yes, 1 fitted up my flat at a ridieulously low price, In fact, it cost me but a song." "How's that?" ~ "Well, you see, [ started up a solo on the back fence at 2 a.m. and the donations 1 received in the shape of furniture, etc. just filled the bill." By BUD FISHER _ GO WAY, MUTT! DON'T ANNOY MES CAN'T YOU SEC T'M TCRRWBLY BUSY?' RUN ALONG: BUT T WANT Td Know, KID T'M HERE FOR INFORMATION = S0 SPEAK LP! ARE + YOU OKNA FIGHT AGAINZ 3] [T GOTTA HAND MUTT: THIS WiLL BE A \T DEMPSEY WILL : (FIGHT AGA, JCEF, BUT You GOTTA '| GET HM MAD : Sloss '| that was due to his firm. 0, 'of his man, asked: doing? 1 bin watching you for last five minites! 2 . - gen ¢ A enthusiastically. The policeman hesk tated and then said: 'Would you mind holding my helmet hile B. have & try? It don't look so hard. The next moment his nose was gras. ing the macadam, i "So they hung up their coats and went at it again, until an inspector? arrived and asked the policerian it that was his idea of fired point duty. '1 allow It ain't fixed point," said the policeman, emboldened by his new accomplishment, 'but I'l" lay half-a-sovereign you can't du it' * % 5 . 2 «The Inspector could not resist the temptation to try (Shaw was whirling around before his eyes in the most fascinating manner), andl he made rapid progress. They were subsequently joined by an early posts man and a milkman, who unfortun - carried to the hospital by the other thyee=according to Shaw." 5 * 8%. Few people are aware of the dis- tinction between the Archbishop of Canterbury as "Primate of all Eng. land," and the Archbishop of York as "Primate of England," and fewer still are aware of the occasion for it, observes Mrs. M. V. Hughes (ln "London At Home.") In 1178 there was a big quarrel between the two "Archbishops as to which should be chief. At the Synod, sat "as in his proper place, Richard of Canterburie, when In springs Roger of York, and finding Canterburie so fairly seated, Canterburie's servants plucked him thence and buffeted him to some pur: pose." This unseemly quarrel ended: .in -- Canterbury receiving the . title of "primate of all England," while poor York had to be content with being "Primate 'of England." » * * » The name "Cabinet" given to the committee responsible for the gov- ernment of the country, comes from the days of Charles II, when a few of his leading ministers used to meet in his own private room, or cabinet, says Mrs. Hughes. . RC A Presents for Bridesmaids Choker pscklace of carved white beads and amber flowers with brace- let to match. * Ld * - Choker of semi-preeious stones in crystal and coral make a pretty combination. : * Necklace of tiny ba coral ele phants strung on-to a fine gold chain. * 5 5» A pair of shoe buckles in marcas: site or paste. » * Vanity case of shagreen, hand painted ivory or enamel Kk * 8 Evening bags® of petit point with enamelled or jewelled clasps. ee AQ in Real Success When is a man a success? When he refuses to slander even his enemies. ' When he does not expect to get good pay for poor service. When he does not wait until. to- morrow to do the things that should be done today. . - When he is loyal to his employer and not false to the ones with whom he works. When he intelligently co-operates with the other members of the or. gahization. 'When he is studying and preparing himself for a higher position with better pay. --The Silent Partner. i lati An Ordeal The pretty understudy had been chosen by a deputation to speak to the manager of the theatre, Shy dn "We can't stand the reduction. wages you propose to make," she come menced. "In fact, we demand a raise, The work is bad for our nerves." "Bad for your nerves!" echoed the. manager.. "You have merely to stand in the Hd Hsten fo the place." ' ne defiant. Io i . EH reply. J blige The bill collector called: for "I'm sorry," said Mr, Dedbeat, row." t pay you. Call: gressively. "Shaw explained eloquently and ately broke his leg and had to be' gite- him down. in Canterburie's-lap:. . "Yes, that is the reason," came the money