GOD OF SUNSHINE AND STON ‘Wo Find Him in the Silent Brook, the Drouth and the Parched Plain. brooded in the silence and sattads of the mountain by the brook Cherith when the Spit fell, ' but out of the disaster that threat” ened there came to hum a new reve- lation of God and a broader mean- ing of life. ~It seems that when God hiss a an faith, a new t Set a rew to reveal to man, hi @ space into the isolation of the silent pees th into and in- spired nth of life’s meaning and piaions. d it so to-day? When the sun ite nature blossoms, the and _ prosperity | faith is easy, life joyous, God is pied but the brook dries, 6 comes temptation, suffering, face; then from -the~ depth there comes to us the new faith, the hed truth, the new manifestation of Perhaps wo are beginning to feel culiar tad Date dried up.—tI. Kings, aS ioe “T than ‘Thee that Tam r+ men’’; then, behold, he brook dries, the drouth comes and/we cry, “Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner.”” So out of stress and temptation sympathy with our fellows; the uni- eg ‘a1 brotherhood is emphasized, some way nos one comes to @ dried brool THE oe may be a preparation os blessing, success, victory. Elijah went down from the mountain to the ara with the priests of Baal. In the solibudle was revealed to him the hae aca of the God that moves i. the heart of nature, an the heart man, over the gods made of w yd “etolies worshipped me the hea- then ip the via doubt and suffering for a time, but in the end will lead to a saner hap- piness, a truer vision of Yod that works in the flood of springtime and drouth of summer, ipevitably unshangingly, eternally, but beneficently alon; different ways Hi and the race. ev. Guy Arthur Jamieson. 132 1-13+ I. Love Completes All Virtues, G and Makes Perfect All the Good hings of Life—Va. 13. Eloquence, uninspired by love,, not 95 the Fishast aac of the heater, is but sounding brass, or a tinkling har- if we had the gift of tongues be- stowed by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and could express in every language with the utmost eloquence, e, every rapt emotion, ery hig and eostay of human heart, that other hand, eloquence is pakrat tbe “nicks powerful instru- ments of love in persuading men in nloving men toward Fighteoueness, in. portraying the b ss of serving Christ. De- spise nae gee gifts, but pafesitorn and give them x as the instru- ese of love. hen they oa facet the music of the ange! harpers © in heaven. ~ IL. The Spectrum of Love. The Qualities Which are Combined in Perfect Love.—Vs. 4-7.. The ee \ lute importance «of. love, essential part of all virtues and “ tions, has been shown in the first three verses. Our next suey is to learn what |; love is. Like love cannot be defined, but it ae ‘be described and recognized by what it does, by ita expression of ite y qualitie: qualities together do not make life “Love is a compound _ thin; Paul “ells us. It in like light. es you have ay mn of science take a beam of light. and pass it through a crystal prism, as have seen it come out on the other je of the prism broken up into somponent volors--red, . and blue, and yellow orange, auacall, the ‘colar: ‘oF the rainbow—so Paul passes this thing, love, through the magnificent prism of his inspired intellect, and it comes out. on the other side prokete eoatrand of ‘love, i tg of love. Love is Imperishable. Fie Love, like ASniaiea Men may get so hardened as not to be influenced by it, but. God loves may perseente and Love-is like the laws of nature; you may break them, is they do 3 you may de! them. Me may use them and may trust them un- failingly. IV. The Immortal Three.—Vs 13. And now, in conclusion, abideth tei, mt charity. h Abideth. We shall nevet ty they can here, without divine help and influence which come from tristing his as Gorernor, Helper, and Friend. Faith will only ‘be prongs more complete, in heaven than Hope alah we gain the larger things to ae for. gain our ideal. the For the more our vision’ of. The more we more glorious the ideal to be gained. And this through eternal ages. We do not owing, developing, by go- ing to heaven ove the Greatest of All. atest of these is charity # is greatest in its nature, nob- deepest, happiest, most per. , most heavenly. 2 It brings losest to God, makes us par- cers of his nature, his children Theirs. (3) Tt is the ono thing But the e od, is the strongest mo- tive for the upbuilding of character. (@) Tt is universaly m, ite, nave this © Po More eo all other things hope, love is eternal. longer one lives, the more love he n have. It will expand and grow fareves nd ever, in increasing blessedness and glory. (aS POLISH GIRLS ON FARMS. German Fields. Owing to the lack of farm hands in the agricultural regio centre of Prussia farm ow! mers there are now aaiperene girls from ‘Po- land to do all the minor work in wheat, potato and beetroot fields. These girls, the majority of whom come from the Polish part of Ger- many, are very strong and muscu- lar and at the same time very un- work assigned to them with greater et than ae male hands formerly mployed for Ete is purpose, says an English pap! y n av ravage ene h mark have to pay ¢: BS, consuire, of which they eat a “hos st of them are also very fond f liquor, and during their work tier ea neaed dagtct tates © | ost. stuff. They usually leave their country | o! siness of engaging these girls ip the name of the big farm owners, and a gang is complete uu | they are shipped to theis sorting tion. e Government, the railroads in Garttahy: allows special rates to such transports. eae usually leave Prussia in the autw ir nat ative Daeeres phere they spend ae win- ter and their savings. rau moe intelligent than andi ary worl aa and many than ae handso: GREETING BY = BULLET. Discharge Revolvers in Air ecting or Parting. A very ppleseing. custom of the is that of d on revolvers in the air at meeting or deafening fusilade- their revolvers, to clusion cf a not then always very ca pagla -chwechatsen * ors dent ward. of Montenegro’s on a ita n thus accidentally shot. There a Peiiiedoruaa tee aheia's ring actor and a man and girl prance former striving to lea at every leap. pegetoss 1s I always took a front seat ying 4 Eee ae Mer “Yor know Casey, the contrac. tor?” “Oi do. “Ts he what a call reliable?” ‘He is the most j reliable man Oi ever knew. When- fever. he ‘in. The brook. Chorith may bring | 2° i leading developing the individual b: They are © Taking “the Place of Meni student that, during his search, he | pretending, and they attend to the| tem © : coe would furnish me ©) sleeping cam of} j WHAT 1S BEING DONE FOR HIS BENEFIT. Reading Camp Association in the Camps of Ontario, Manitoba and © THE. see LABORER instance will illustrate the difficul- shen refused to place to he built in his mE of camps. Frontier life has a thrilling charm to very mun an 1 wi ture, a whispored ‘ ‘call of the wild, is camp, secrets oft the forest; the rive: ers’ camp, the thunder of the catar- ct te from the quiet homes of alte ‘silon, that the escapes, wonderful adventures. Tn this article, the writer purposes to give a sat account of the work one b; eading Camp Associa- tion in the fanuee camps 0! na tario, Manitoba and vaskatche- a WHAT BISRTED THE WORK. Som ight or ten years ago Mr. Alfred. Fitzpatrick, then a student at; Queen’s University, Kingston, at Ontario, found it necessary to make @ personal search long-lost brother. Mr, Fitzpatrick traced his rother to the Pacific slope and gaged in the anes pigustry some- where in the Roc! after month was oe anne wns and ca and at fast the ened the eyes ve. young student from Queen's. saw that thousands of ineligent tellectual influences of civilization. Further, he perceived that, though he unsupplied legit pnierteinne ent and means of rittestial dl the evening, the from the seuene ane of loved ones, hi mothered all the innate in the souls of daily whole character of their thoughts and had made these camps hotbeds af vice and degradation, fruitful ources of profit to licensed hotels mney ouses of evil reputation. The ression upon e his ringing aval ag tellectual light into the darkness of frontier camps SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. completing his college Fitzpatrick began bu 4 & S fo 8 3 S camps a building suitable reading camp, to supply the reading tents with newspapers, periodicals, and an carat, ° best books, and to place in charge of all the reading camps Christian stu dents who would tabor with the rd|men through the day and instruct them during the evening. read- ing camps would provide a place where the men could spend the leisure hour in comfort and_quiet- é the main camp ; the reading Gs ans of pi it and entertainment for the love wee evesitapss 3 the student would influence the men for good by per- sonal contact throng he day an develop their minds by 4 baled of instruction at ni! ae t. of a clean, quiet and well- I fiehted room in which the men could spen nd the evenings was evident from a. knowledge of the cramped quarters and the laa condition of the necessity giving the men an opportunity for h elementary lucation was suggest- and the absolute demand for healthy literature and Christian influence, was manifest ay the scenes ae debauchery... whic! took place when the camps broke in the spring and the men & up. poured into the frontier towns. . Such a scheme could not fail of Suiskirts of the village, and ase being ultimately successful because vides off they specd him w yh They. will Bre of the extreme ying char- acter of its na! mee: bits as is the case with every pleas movement, mpaign was ie te Sony whateyer me! after working hours, the latter were jealous of any infringement on their: » feudal authority and shared all the deboring classes. Adde: as the hundrance arising from A LACK OF FUNDS, for, at that time, nae, le es peers ly associated witl depend on its not being s tells: ye aay Pbing,. ye can “ ra m j | built the raping room. lives of the men |" ; | tor sent out has been a college ma) ; |only topie ness and away from the offensive | c vile of | Edm r, Fitz] patrick per- sisted in his peace even in the invective, self. The foreman would not allow Fitepatrick, and he pane: por grant any of his stock of lum be ss in ee construction Dis- taged not dismay Mr. a | Fitzpatrick ee back to Bait Sie. | Marie, begged and borrowed money for Pea aa weet ania lumber into mps, cub logs out of the buat I himeele hired a few for a Laie Fe mbermen began to understand oe value of the read- mps, Mr. Fitzpatrick w: given opportunity for Nis endeayors ie with the the tele of a few pub- realized the import- ance of eee oe clements of civilization into Canadian woods, he gradually extended his to do the matter and now TRAVELLING LIBRARIES are circulated among the camps by |i the Department of Education and lumber companies are force buiid reading camps for che bene- fit of their men. Moreover, as a result of the efforts put forth for shantymen, the sanitary ar- something in compulsory attendance of a rene at least once a month es each gang has also been insti- SMIichs at ie eiccéie That Lda af. tended the f the reading camps in the lumber wo of many of the instructors in charge of them. Every instruc- and some have graduates; these worked right with the gang in the white pine forests throughout the ight done everything in t! moral, intellectual and social sure ina place where formerly gam dancing had been the only BANE | oocupanonl of w Hee cHaper cat ing camps full of men and boys pouring over news- papers and periodicals, eager class- es ot young French habitants learn- ing t d and write English, big, eras eee speaking axemen d|and teamstets sweating over their n standing before the blackboard learning the mpl He has also known o! ixteen or seventeen years of age ee lived near the camp and far from bye be to i sent by their parents ork the woods that they Sache “Tiget a a little schooling” from the reading camp instructor. x a few experiments in lum. ber camps had proved the practip: abaliy. of camp education, tee work vhs: organized under the name of a eer CAMP. ASSOCIA- with an exeeutive composed of pub lic men having interests in the north country. Readi ing rooms were also in mining, fshing and in Cobalt country, mi ed scientific creeateon from Gov watin ; struction in Algoma ai box-cars have been utili the purposes of the students ache out by the Reading Camp Associa- tion «A short time age the Macedonian the us ae ane struction between Fort Willem aid onton ‘absolutely demanded a considerable extension in the system ae camp education se as a result e, large ents. were poweht nnd distributed among. the conditions ee! from the fact mand, first, that the British iduld be provided with facilities that would enable them to spend the ores in reading— for no class of men is more assidu- ous in reading than’ ties Britieh workman; second, that the foreign- ers should be Maat. the English language—for the welding together of the races can only, be accomplish. ed by teaching them A COMMON -TONGUE; third, that | the Gospel abe rsh shor ea ng the men and quietly oe y the rileened news in moments of con-} wy), fidence. ‘The efforts of the Associa tion have been dir towards these ends and, so far, with encour- aging Testilts, Swedes, Ttaliay and Gilicians attending evening classes in glish: prospective ing lessons in geography agri- { & Then a new difficulty presented it- | sp In time, the government esti to |mies, the antelope and the ke The audiences were always camps extended along the three main trunk oe Most of the lab- orers in. thes newly- | | 1 arrived peer and the Heder ‘as, | worth and customs combining i in sacred to|concerts directed by the students; |_ surely these are indications of soc- ial, intellectual aud moral ‘dereton ment and predict bright prospects for our son nety, Came Association is ne loaatea It embraces every Christian beg it ministers The Home to men of all c: with the churches, wine snoton les- 2 5 a &, Ss & 5 & & ee 6 g 3 e, the love of Caran in oe oar and the best interests of Can |-|ada at heart. JOSEPH WEARING. SS Se LIONS AS BENEFACTORS. Not the Worst Enemies of African Settlers. by the Teck in oo districts where. British East so much m The veaae for ns was explained rrick the famous African ploits E Sor seaiaane Roosevelt. laughter of lions in East Africa, ” re Longworth declared, ‘Gs a menace to the settler, ae it s to the lion he looks for the de- saeenon of two of his moree ene- zebra, which roam in herds over his crops and do incaleulable damage. “The average lion requires at dee two head of zebra or buck a ee! ive as a_ self-rdspecting hss ought to live. During the pre- season alone, game ranger reports that 346 lions have been shot in the vicinity o! Nairobi, which naturally means an enormous increase in the numbers of antelope and zebra. “Various suggestions have been put forward for checking this. ex! laws, for in- stance, are almost mand that anyone desiring to shoot & lion sap first produce twenty ebra ti “Ex: President Roosevelt has been "| very fortunate in the big en e has encountered in Ugan iene neat he hag seen a he’ affes—a very rare sig well paid for his journey. He sue- ceeded in bagging ies in the first five days of ri ng. He was as enthusiastic ae ae bag ead pull-fighting ‘and: aeroploning as a sensational no doubt attract many people to the Highlands of British East Africa spend the winter in. pero ORDER IN THE GALLERY. A superintendent of the Sons of Temperance was talking at an hotel about temperance orators, ing men came to our meetings for rage pehen Ae than to eee and con The orator had to be a car fatal in his remarks, had to look out lest he gave his hearers an opening for some oppor- tune but ribald interruption. “J remember when they began ; | temperance work A series 0! meetings was held in a large hall. numer- ous, but they interrupted horribly. In the end an ex-prize-figh hired i ae e 0. “Well, one night the orator con- trasted the ¢! life with the squalo: ness. his climax he cried, in ringing, im- assioned tones: “<What do we want t when w we desire to ease our burdens, fect, t peek tiptoed front of the gallery, shook his in ger at his unruly charges, and said, na threatening stage: whisper : “ «Mind, the t feller among ye who says ‘Beer!’ out he goes! THE KING AND THE SALAD. This sadly disloyal story round its ted lip: Bieler ngham Palace the ot one of the ‘young princes of Wates Tegan d “Oh, grandpapa,”’ when the King interpos some severity. witl “Little boys should be seen and 0 on eon, and don’t talk.’? Collap: small prince. ‘o. him presente the King, re- lenting: “Well now, you can say —‘'Too late, ganda too eee The pine oe ense! “If it was is sect saying now | Prince, firmly——(‘No, srandpapats “| There was a great cnormous slug ‘ and a culture; men of aierent fenmogie hi in your salad, im?” eo" brown it table in-e:datnty adcemnpallenenepio bed certain to de-} nec ‘of seventeen gir “He told me on board ship that |} count himself |; boy, and i on shaking | hands | ple before the cake is put together Sr average tact, rocardices |e ho tn oer ene of, color: e quart of green bea Cut There is one joy still awaiting | mall pieces and boil in salt water ex-Pre: Roosevelt, however, | ij] done, Drain and then put them which, will eclipse all he has yet|ij, a saucepan with one large cup That is rated parmesan cucese (other cheese will do), tablespoonful but- acaba wgay Helo sport, and will |g; which is a most attractive place to | good 4 ayer. In the middle put a mashed the temperance ofator of to-| sweet potato and cross it each w y)”” he said, ‘is always sure of | ty look like the centre of a sun- respectful seuss In the past|qower. Put sugar, cinnamon, and it was not s0- the beginning ais on top. Bake in oven until of the temperance miovennieds rue disk ne loped. Potatoes.—Parboil a streperous gallery and keep order er Feanok beautifully, and at turn ed our daily toil! W hat de to ladden our hearts, to bring smiles with your oe Pp! of | side the square thus for Ag mites ago it an and you’ve caten USE OF CUCUMBERS. ti Cucumbers.—Pare and cut into halves, lengthwise, good sized cucumbers. oop out the seeds with a spoon. Mix one cup- ful fine gant one tablespoonful of melted grated onion, and a finely- chopped green pepper. Fill the cucumbers. & et in a baking pan and in the bot- of the pan on one-| -half ps he yolk of one hard-boiled egg, one one UP ibs vE tablespoonful spoonful sugar, salt, a little paprika, black pey pper. add it. Lastly add the vinegar, dropping it in gradually Heap the mixture up roughly in some Nealon “shi or plates and arene the lettuce leaves around it SANDWICHES. Bana Sandwiches—Divide the panatas crosswise into halves, then cut each piece lengthwise into ‘slices . quarter inch in thickness. Mix pulverized ce water and o! utter. Cook i ae a quick oven hiss ty minutes, beating, several times. mee Cucumbers.—Cut the eu- mbers into slices half an inch thick, salt ee slices, and leave thém rales cook them iling fat. This vege- game or fowl. Cucumber eucumbers and cut in me leng! lad.—Peel cabbage, two or leaves, half a dozen pitted olives, two or three parsley, gar, pepper and salt in the usual proportions, and add, if you like, th- | throug! ress, chop | Pt of taba with one pad dj oe le- mon juice, spread on and put two ins together ith ites slice of Rich Fete Sundviches — Grind inthe foo ahepher one cupful of pecans or me walnuts, with the finest’ knife and put ond time ing-all watt together is a rich ugh a. after mix- The result Eee and nut paste which mon served Mix three tablespvonfuls of finely chopped almonds, two a bit of b Baked Cucumbers.—Peel good-} P! sized green cucumbers. each six allow one pint of finely chop- ped meat, to which add a table- spoonful of onion juice, one tea- spoontel of salt, and a salt-spoon- ful of pepper. Sores from which you have taken the seeds, Pat cucumbers together, Foot. fasten them with an, Tut in the chopped onion, pe ni chopped tomatoes, and half a cup- of water. aste every ten minutes. Strain sauce in pan when cucumbers are done and pour over The crooked be stuffed and baked the same. ¥ SEASONABLE DISHES. Pineapple Layer Cake—-Use any good recipe for layer cake and ais Put between serving. If the cae is to he plain pints ter, small cup of milky rather large lash of cayenne pepper, an five minutes, eieeine constantly. Serve while x beans are cooked thi Sweet Boistoed: BA ae poulee sweet potatoes lengthw Pu a layer ponte art {3 ‘the a at's atone -é0u ee Sprinkle samuel sugar and cinnamon on and-dot with smait SALAD HELPS, Lobster Salad.—Take four medi- an boiled lobster, a pinch of salt; chop and mix together thoroughly ; then make a French dressing by using the of salt, then a few i z well Wh to get thick pater | ite lemon juice, keeping this pro- ess up, first the olive oil, then the Namba Aha until half a small bot- ue of olive oil is used. Pour this. te of ives the shane ingredi- ents and mix Seorcue around the edge « salad dish crisp. leaves, lara the: tips |» of the leaves to extend ‘above the aA dish about two inches. Put in the salad, then stick a few small Tet pee leaves tute. the. . salad. few en you ae nd a ad» aolenee yur sal- n upon. them ae Sapeetinntie saithout the’ sala i bi passed lake The hostess unties bee ribbon (which carries out the color scheme of the lunch), places the saltines on one pe of the salad al ptatecedl then, oonful of the ink as 2 is Ba ed. If the ‘ed when the salad was ema | it Eon be likely-to soak vr d’make the wafers soggy. Put this into the} ™ skewers, and | P +|of Neufchatél cheese, then a layer it | aiother tiakeereas rota hae Riaee r aj tonholes in material 4 making the heading at the 2) hem- : &) ming the bottom with small foot : hemmer, .Punch holes one-half inch li around, and tie in the mele chopped preserved gin and one- half iblewpeantcle of orange juice. afters or on thin slices of ginger! ae Marshmallow and Pecan. — Choy be 39 Axi eee Sandwiches. — To two hard boiled eggs add boned sardines. Mash all together we and season with mustard, iow drops of meat sauce if liked cay- enne and salt and form into a Boreal on rather thick slices of reg pase and serve without a top Date a Nut Sandwiches — pea : fine one-half a cupful of dates and add half a cupful of rich cream. Mix smoothly and add one-half oup- ful of chopped English wit meats. Keep in a cool place until needed, then spread on thin slices 4 whole wheat or white bread. $ € 5 Be = Be 3 spread a Tittle Dae then a layer § rt with IN THE SEWING-ROOM. Parasol Border.—A Aa Pe for a parasol border is to mal suffi- cient number a wheels in acuta e: crochet lace about one ‘and one- half inches in “aleideber. These are asted on parasol about five inches A a} Teneriffe wheels ; inen or silk para~ ‘ly pretty and ef- we or of wheels must ao harmonize wito fective. contrast ai color of ne 0 Biehis —Work pone of st cloth-covered buttons in a button- 4 hole design near edge, with spider web in centre. Are so pretty you will have no other designs. f Buttonboles.-When making ‘— it is plan to use a thread twent; Hass bers coarser than you use for the e eautiful curtains, Cut the muslin the length of windows, fringe one.and one-half inches re They give a creamy soft light when ca € Bs pe ‘THE TWIN EART UQUAKES, Two tata, Series of Shoeks Pelt > multaneously. in ie most interesting earth tremors from a sei cientific print, ee % z | 5 3 oaEs aS 3 3 3 & & ty an intereal of two or Lends. In ra series the vibrations increase maximum and die . away, the whole duration. labhidensaetae ing the quiet interval, being eight to twelve seconds, dn some parts of the earthquake powerful shocks ary nearly alw of this kind When they oO however, there issalvays a veal where only ono ER 18) “Aovastans there are two dis for, these Se are The fact that this and is straight shows that the fro a shocks one iy together and that, nay therefore one is not a consequence of the sited Probably. there is an aped bend in some interior lays er "ot fat a the twin foci are.ab the points of greatest tees the = earthquake therefore restilts in a0- Salad.-Half a pound of | sey one hedd-of lettuce, ; centuating the form of the. fold inc the earth’s crust,