rr" FV TT TT a ie ed vv vrvYVYY - st eYwe reer rrr aT AN THING we Take Our Religion Not Too Seriously But Altogether Too Gloomily. "O, come, let us sing unto the Lord!' Psalm xcv., 1. These words of the old singer of long ago, this call fo glad uplifting of voices mn song, constilule part of one of the best known and best loved passages of 'worship ee 3 congregations in ou day, They r {cr from empty words, n they been laden with apeiithe partir & snd Praise gi gl Wi said or sung these words with any canton of mind has felt the to pga fo some far upland or sunlit vhere men nae come worship with Sealanie o! flow We too often picture ihe Hebrews as a le wholly innocent of laughter and ightness of heart and thelr religion as péculiarly one of gioom. We forget how much of joy there was in all thoir cero- nionial life, _ how all their feasts and holl- i casions were religious. Piety fo them meant not a but the highest, noblest form of plea It is easy ap pi that much of the bible belongs to the childhood a bags race, to tle days when men kK life less seri- ously and when they cared | 08 than we do for the scientific erp poaioes thal lie back of phenomena. Life was simpler; THE UNIVERSE WAS SMALLER; their gods were nearer and more easily understood. As we have passed fro childheod perhaps it has heen unavoid- able that we should lose some of the frre. syonsibilily and simplicity of those days. ms, however, as if the race had lost childhood and passed ores man > @s If we have turely old. We have srnoten the child's smile, but have not found in the man's heart deep happiness, It is a poor kind of progress we have made. as a race, if we have found in the passing centuries no' deeper springs of joy than we knew long ago. It would be better fo worship with the ignorant simplicity and the manufactured and mournful mimicry. If saan piety is a pat thing to you and a pleas: ing to others it probably is all ue after all. If we have forsaken the garlands of eece "and the featival Is of Judea, what alc ad? If the Christianization of the na- functorily to go through the mottons of a il can only be regarded as a doubtful t It is no use talking ae tse Shemales of faith unless we Jook @ act as i ar # 2g use seine in a cloudless ae if we pass all these doys in the shado THE "JOY OF "THE LORD" is of lillle use in this world unless it 1s the kind of a joy thal a man can see and acsire to share, We are the people of the stores of pesvigin od and the laden houses of , bul, alas, we walk through them Sith empty priate ee we have not yet rned how to li ry as Bs $3 Be. 2 to the sweetness and light in life, to the wayside flowers of joy, to the Ceep sources of thankfulness, We need to lift up our eyes lo see how gcod a world this is, how fair its morns, how bright ils noons, how glorious its evening light; we are too much with the little, tangled chaos of our own making, fco Ultle with God'e great glowing uni- verse that compels the uplifted eye, the expanded chest, and the mnging bee We gia fo take our faces m our ledgers and to look into ee faces, to learn larger faith, and love rejoice in ships, to find. ihe thrill our pepe } enduring, is found only in the life of ealtaivieg There will always be a song in the hoart when the hands are busy with love's service. The best way fo sing to the Lord ts to serve our fel- lows, wile So our song starts another and genuine gayely of those who once danced i scon there is a chorus of heavenly hap- before their allars than to continue per- piness. HENRY F. COPE. Where Pets Are Made T AE S S LESSON! = ll oe : : T SEEMS strange to talk about @ oaomee "hospital for animals," doesn't itt = Yet the London Hospital on High INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 3. etreet, London, a devoted to this very And one of Its best features is that pope weil need ay nothing for treatment given their pe Almost every concelcante kind of otk mal is to be found here, but horse donkeys, dogs, cats, rabbits n's ¥ geons (the canine 'apecialist to the king among them) volunteer thelr services to Mr. J. Hartshorn, si whom the hospital is manag One cannot but admire the patien ne nt way in which the noraes se donkeys bear their sultertn or ra ide for ty ¢ care given them. The ae too, are among the best be- haved. A handsome tron retriey er lay his Gad on Mr. Hartshorn's anoles y cut to be # consolable until his master brought to the ho ust a SOKtO NE: t asp chum of t trier all h around nis" rier a, whlie the Cortaiaé ere all possible signs of joy at thelr meet But nat always is there such friend- "AN OLD GRAY POLLY" ship between animals. A monkey has a been trying In vain to d of a rabbit with @ broken ieg In splints. utter of fact, Jock of ¥ popular with any of the he ed. not seem to appreciate what is done for them. They ta ° aulkily ue medictne prepared for them : th an ex ceed: ing y i erace. Their one desire appears to be to return home as # peedily as pos aible. The bird section of the beanies is in A separate ablis nt. In the plc- ture you will # a0 old cher re fed on fut. One, however, Is suffering from heart fallure, caused by the eating of cayenn a LM Se leg. which, ale though rather inconvenlént on swampy ound, relieved her of the bother of THE DONKEY 18 MOST PATIENT bBwitching away files from one leg. Dogs have occasionally been fitted with false teeth or even glass eyes, A ¢ th iss --_ ---- + ' Girls who make it their ay fo ay for husbands are apt to find them, but seldom boast of their finds in laler years, Lesson Y. Our Heavenly Home. Golden Text, John 14. 2. --_-- THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. eocait on the text of the Revised n.) « The Way, the Truth, and the Life-- To mghtly appreciate the Sain vers- #3 of Ahis wonderful chaptor we rea remind ourselves of the peculiar cumstances. under Which the one whioh it contains were spoken. Jesus énd the ¢leven disciple. } th Versi the. Ait had tiad-echo once more wilh his disciples of his impending depar- turefrom then, Then it was that Peler declared, In response to en intimation from Jesus, that disciples would not be able to follow him this time, "Lord, why come I fo ow ets owe hee." T will lay dawn my life Sad- iy, a doubt, sea pected Peter of his mn frailty, ond at the mini of the disciples, who began for them. seca el 9 x? versation from the fhought of his de parture from them, to the thought of | the their ulfimate reunion and the heaven-| 4 } entire chapter, together wv ith the three following chapters (154 belongs to the same group of farewell discourses of | fcur times, Jesus Anxkrow, se 1. Troubléd--The prediction of | fendness for insisting on the practical us impending departure of their Mas-] lest of personal experience. yf me, rom them, together with the pre ' Ry es tion of the t betrayal of the Master by | The verb "lo know trusted member of their company. had filled the disciples with sorroay and | sense of "to recagniz sonal address of Jostts to Philip indi- surprise and puin aniazement . Believe in they had always trus Believe also in me--The apostles have | VO now been with Jesus sufficiently long and have come to know his divine char- reminds acler and power sufficiently well to and Yangible and his retation racies of his entire public warrant faith in him also. even in a time of uncertainty ond after he shall via r have left them. 2. My Father's housa--The clernal dwelling place of hence an expresson which we are hard- ly warranted in interpreting in any lo cal, heavenly sense. aver, arc place ferent spheres of existence degrees of blessedness, but referring primarily to the adequacy of the room| frem the first. for all of Christ's followers. The word | Which praver. must be offered, a journey, thus having | Which Jesus in it the suggestion both of rest and of | prayer Hie. 16. Another Comfomer--or. "helper"; Greek, paraciete. ig this 'Comforter A mg Advocale is to in the ae was offen used to desig- nate station 'Rn pro i I would have told you--An appeal to | cate" ruth thelr faith in his candor and the t fulness of his previous teachings. 4. Ye know the way--Words spoken ta test their. understanding of what tion it Is to interpret and wantain the Jesus had already taught them concern- | truth. ing himself and his pi to the Fa-|~ 21. He that hath my commandments, --Again the -- ther and to the human race, aral 5. Thomas saith--Thomas was, from | clause is inse from the firs what we know. of him in the gospel | Qhedience ts the oft-relterated pansies Narrative, in the habit of seeking dif. | of disciplesht ficulties, and demanding explanations. Hl2 was thus of a poe turn of min and irr the present c sce we relation cf what the Master has fying to the immediate nocd = Be o Tom, the Water Baby--: sce eats He had ndpipers; or bata watch the Hihpad cadéiocs eating ullding thelr houses. Hee saw one begin poe pebbles and a 'ood, in round a hanes sip yee ttle one, ean a thresh Meaod and ati He ecskany Wis it~ co aivty, nor aid he remember be- of green ones, until it ne like an five t co as ata as herself, and sald: sister 7, a tall and ru and ro machine ie, at_him. as oink? He his two big ther all t' 6 e All the rest went into the lt: which made o! on reast, t neat, hard. round bricks. These he fps reat ha = ee on Ine top of his Hones there." Tom tho ht him very elev ae jkeont 'to italic (@ pans but the bricks usy to take ath thin; + "In the wea ter ial "ais hey On ay | full at uittle ates and he ae tease them Att "7 nped water in thelr fright. | But ah as breath, ¥ dirt about Fait as big as himvelt, stomach a eyes: were 'jus' "you are faces a ugly!" and ke him oe ike a very rude boy. with a pair ™ when. presto, ze iat in face ell oft po ng arm of pincers at the end of it, and it caught cried Tom. 'paid t the creature, 1] want to ae pala he would | in him alon "Why do you want to cplitt' asked Tom. y brothers and sisters have all split pees atte) {nto beautiful files with wings, and I want to spilt, t not Siskin to me. I am sure I shall split Tom stood still and watched him, and he swelled up and puffed and stretched himself out oe and, crack, puff, bang! his back split up and out came a most lovely, andor but very frail and weak, like a ltue. child who had been On . you beautiful thing!" fr iemarrae id he put out his han teh it. But es thing flew GaP In the ns "No, ee wal 'ou cannot catch Iam a drawer: "fy now, the king of 8 files, and i will dance in the sting Shots When Rising is Difficalt . Ae caities ie forehead, Even though you exert very little pressure, he will find the greatest difficulty in rising. LITTLE PRESSURE 1S REQUIRED ck! come back!" cried Tom. Pe hve no one to play with. If you will come back I will not try to catch you." "I do not care whether you do or not an: And away it flew. "I will come back al and talk to you some day," it c back. One day Tom was sitting on a water- lily leaf with his friend the dragon- fly, who had come back for a talk with im, whe strengest noise up the stream, lke He looked up and saw great round thing, all soft brown fur, rolling over Tom asked the dragon-fy what It was, but he did oO and over down the stream. n "4 re rned out to be a beautiful animal 'seur a or five times as big as Tom and it imming about and rolling and divine. There were a lot of theee ani- mals, all playing together, When the biggest of them saw Tom-siie darted out and cried "Quick, children! _-- hee something to & o the water-lily as quick a uld, "Com of ** gaid the otter, for that is mae Tom 'looked out and shook his * aald the otter fn dis- 'ust, "It is not. worth eating after alt; only a nasty e "T am not an eft," Have. talls.** re an eft,' sald the otter: "TI know you are: you may, stay there until Tom 9 they come from? asked om. "Ou the sea, eft, the great wide see. 'the otter said. gnd shen aL ured ay @ Tor cout not help Thinking about the nd ne he thought he ed t G@ark. The thun roared and To Jo p d saw the lightning. He could hardly stand against the s w him with all her family, and when she ht ga down to the nee with us! Tom called. "everythin is, jpolne "te the sea,"" he tho S © too ancabead, Aol ah he railed. as he Went away to the wide Strangely Affectcd de °o 3 moraine t-Tom, showing said Tom; "efts "AFTER THEM CAME THE BULLDOG" HILBS tt ts true that Jerry Cole- man lost his boastfulness after h "Blood o' waiting. gerry. beckoned to Billy Mumford as the latter was about to enter the school bullding. a a joined him at the curb of the sid "Saw Farmer Halleck less'n ten min- that if we'd tackle his orchard after school we could carry away all the fruit we wanted.' T poke with apparent innocence 1 As vecy" plaual le to the dought captain med the "Bloody Robbers." Since Farm- ra Jones and Pe hidg wn had become friends "all raids had been n orde terms with the "gan DE Therefore, a8 Soon as Billy saw that every 'Robber' was present In school, e All rightful members observe stood. A school every "'Bloody Robber" atealthity made his way to the secret den, In a rock chamber near the cave's exit. "Farmer Halleck saya we can go help ourselves to 'is frult--so I spose we better begin the helpin' soon as possi- dle," quoth Billy, shortl:. In less than one minute the cave had emptied itself of youthful inhabitants, and every "Bloody Robber" w: sprinting along the 4usty road as though his life de- pen upon reaching the goal. Cer- tainly, no one found time to observe that Jerry hed fallen to the in real Preparation to making himself scarce at a second's notice. "Here we are!" yelled Skinny, throws ing himself over the orchard fen For a moment the others were con- sumed with envy to think that Skinny, by reason of his long, thin legs, had ar- t, pect before them quickly drove a worthy thoughts dso; thelr =e "We'll stuff ourselves an' our pockets t." suggested Billy; an' then well nk Mr. Halleck.' Acting upon this advice, each oeey Ro bber" proceeded with e the ng." ye o hardly had they reached the trees ipo them like a flash et armer's sav- age ldog. Quick the ferocious an fmai was, moat ° SB were abi scu dived over the de a specdy cap- lads treed when he ventured to An aAppear- ance two cays 'aterindeed, that hed bette: ot elve mentlon. Even as tt was, Jerry eersed small the Price pald for his rev ay A ng@nEnT 2 Ciris ss e- rer do feel awful timid and errOtE about gettin' out of bed In the} 6. No o © same time] but by me--Jes' foretold. his threefold denial. The con- spiritual versation at this point was sitth as} drav into weuld be likely to disturb the peace f] details. comtorling as such words with which Jesus turns the con- | know him. verse 2 abe o1--A fitting exhortation cates the to abiding tai ith in Iohov ah, in whom | Philip's question, ted. it. Or . believe me for ypoal to faith on e higher ground being of no avail, Jesus more material rls divinity alher, the infinite God, and|c¢f solemn assurance, Greater works than Theor shi --Referring to mirac ri re, such as still « occur to-~iav in the character through though probably includ- The essential idea | Mutu i: that of the nearness of the heavenly transformation Father to those who share his love and| {sith In Christ, ' consequently his abiding [ine also reference,*f6 the miracles of and similar acts performed by Many mansions--Not necessarily dif- the disciples in the early apostolic days. Whatsoever ve shall name--The second phrase is inseparable It refers to the spirit in in order to be That spirit is the same in his own unto the Father, discussion had known me--Their_ rela- farcbodings concerning | tion to 'himself as the revealer of the w hat oe {mimediate future might have | Father Hence the speoin! | and until Hey had come to regard him they could nol be said to really supreme dmportance, revelation of Father and his infinile love would their un- ly home which Jesus declared was inj derstanding of the great purpose of his store for them. with the Father. . The) life and death would heuceforth also be more nearly perfect. Philip--In John's Gospel mentioned y tn connection with Ile was like Thomas in his an The direct per- E . verily--The usual unto him--By granting a fuller rordalion of his grace does not quite and a fuller understanding of the truth. udas (not Iscarlot}--The of or | James. sometimes called Thaddeus or to his 1 fulfillment of the Sdteainnio pe prom- Tebbeus (compare Malt. 10. 3; ses, 18}. aS of objictive Phitip?-- caused by the very It he do effective, which mints- formula tual in my "advo- Mark 3. Js and Jill went up the hi! But eer I must give you warning. oe ® Posies Just one reason And there ts no othe they should roam-- Don't you see they're bringing home A bouquet for mother? IN READINESS Fult N Isiington, England, thero ts st2'!.7 é4 a regiment which actually bas bee rend.red invincible by tho charms of tts soldiers, as well as by it< efMciency. For It ls a regiment of giris! Lassies from the gymnastic classes of various high svhools have been reeruit- ° . Hark! Again the bugle sounda Light- ly ench trooper vaults into her sada!. oon you find her going through the most Intricate evolutions, and managt: z her mount with perfect ease ey aro these ho arse wern-out "plugs." you No, jndeee are young, hgh- spir- {ted Sasenat But in war there's another mission besides fighting shat of mercy. And, unde direct! Miss Townser f th mbulance atom of St. John, the tr 1 ore fo 1 into am- Sulanice corps and taught to app! y splints nd adhesive plasters, and in all ways to care for ale wounded with the skitl of trained nu Picture tiene: gentla maldens deshing MUUNTED DRILL Wo t Astle ruthi asly shooting down tha amd then tuking care of the eet same wounded enemy! Most any im would be delighted to be shot tn return for s attention, wouldn'¢ he? So efflccent has tho regiment becor that when decorations were distributed fevernl weeks ago, the were so muny of them given as bo ienee absolutely no room for. jean No ohe has inessed the drill ef the Warkke mised without being profound ly impressed THE AMBULANCE CORPS the ht 6 her life. Yo as vou fret over them. He who gives to be seen usually has tminch he ants fo inde Lving vsealty is a plan of biting one beetnesh with a beger ene. He wt follows «uty ever may find 23. a our abode with hin -- om heart of tho believer thus becomes the Father's eueting P place (compare wees above), We m not in either verse force the interpretation of the figurative language employed. 26. In my name--As my representative. 27. Not as the world givet-- With an ullerior motive of selfishnes 'ather is petit than I -- Jesus is as their fellow-man, one who still dwells with them - earth. In onfer to thus become one of them he had given up he position of equality with 'the Fat 30. rince of the 'world.-- Satan. Nothing tn me--Nothing ef worldly passion or ambition to appeal 81. Arise, let us go hence --The dis ceurs¢ of Jesus is not endad, tinued en route to the garden. Scholar; "They'll ------ ee . The Busy wee. The scholars having been \] their teacher to write on aha verse about 'the bee. Alice 'nt tted the fel- "How Seth the mata bil gn BY o bark aitige He gathers ones an _ and cate it up at bight sniecsmansllacsoencane Vanity ts what pretty ankles. bul is con) rest it never ts a place of refreshing. of morrow from the discords of to- day There ayn ere few door and the rest will take care of themselves. makes & woman's skirts bother her so much when she knows she has Teacher: "If you are kind and polite to your --- what will be the result?" think they can lick met 60 strenuously they feel no need to prac- tise it, SENTENCE SERMONS Fo 1 cur ge als full . Corntrulle A igs read ly beLeved are nut often man's age depends on the idea's | theu own 3 -- F = 5 4 > 3 y tt is letter' te gave without thnkiag Vw. ben the church ts only a place of He who does not look forward with reverence will look back with regret. Faith is the power to weave the music friends 'o mourn the lo: ! the man who made no enemies. Keep the wolf of worry from your Few men are in moral danger as t as those who proclaim religion ee Tt fs all that some men can do to keep Som being dons. } RECORD ELEPHANT SHOT, | tia Rogue That Way Killed by a German H t tunter in Ceston, UW. Hieiand, the vtue Sourp. Woey nites aft ! New | themiantota district, says ta 'Limes. He secure ed i 2 capital i ing two elephants, te bulfiitess, bwe crocodiles, one keopard, one bear and some snakes One of the elephants was a re a remendous brute, the measte s fore feet going lo shaw, a fhe wland Ward's stundat al took on bey gu hat the ys Ue se al w eoourd: ond ' Hdest shet in vies wl a ane shot by Mr. Tieland was aad the teeticurens nls fe Colombe Muscun: and cer. tilled there are as follows laches, Height of skull ........-. $33 Breadth of skull .... Breadth of trunk Circumference of foot The measurement of the fout was taken ufter drying and before being stuffed. Mr, Hieland claims that when stuffed with sand it will be 58 inches; but faking it as 55% inches it comes second in the list of Rowlang Ward's records, 4 was arely light, Ar. Hixland says, and owing to the comparative dark he had to go up quile close to the animal before shooting, and as it was he was nct able to get good aim. however, was fetal, but not inslantane- ously so and the elephant charged. He stopped the brule's progress with a bul- let on the knee dnd then he rolled over dead,