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1 wi to t it U awt t1 it to t1 W I» t wia t aA char XI. Topic: Jesus‘ parting words to his followers. Place: In and near Jeruâ€" salem. The disciples (Thomas absent) are assembled in an upper room; Jesus appears; the disciples are terrified; he shows them his hands and feet and side; askes them to handle him; opens the Scriptures to them; after torty days he leads them out to Mount Olivet where the ascension took place. Then they reâ€" turned to Jerusalem with great joy and waited ten days in an upper room for the h.‘ntâ€" of the Holy E?o-t. In due time Spirit came upon them and as ® result of their preaching three thou. atrong ments classes is not} ~~â€"e early Sunday morning, April 9; sevâ€" ‘al women were early at the tomb; the tome was rolled away; the women enâ€" tocred the sepulchre; Christ was not there; two angels appeared; their faces were like lightning and their garments were dazzling; the women were afraid: the angels told them Christ had risen: he was to go befor~ them into Galites; the women ran to take the disciples the word;; Jesus met them; the story that the Roman guard had been bribed. they time VÂ¥I. Topic: The agotx of Jesus, Place Ciethsemane. Jesus anfl eleven disciples enter the garden; «»:fl are loft near the entrance, Peter, Jamek and John go with im into the gardep; Jesus agonizes in z:yer; is sweat is like blood; He prays strength; an angel is sent; _ three times He asks His disciples to watch with Him; three times He finds them sleeping. We shontd watch and pray. V';l. Topic: The trial of Jesus Christ. Place: The palace of Caiaphas. Jesus is sent from Annas to Caiaphas, the high priest; Peter follows afar off and thrice denies cthe Saviour; the .\':Inh(‘-’.lrix;‘,,,ii hastily summoned; false witnesses ‘sre sought and are found with difficulty ; at last two testify that He said He asks Him if He is the Christ; Jesus the replies that He is; Caiaphas rends His | the VHIL drink it cou thre tron. bafore house at m feet o precio dolioaw thimk to the hard sayings and mto outer darkne III. Topic: Reasons for fidelity to duty. Place: Mount of ives. The taiâ€" ents are given and the master takes his journey! two servants make a large gain; the third buries his tatent; the master‘s return, though delayed, is cerâ€" taim; so Christ will suroly come again; two servants come to their master and bring the talents given them and many more; they are commended and rewardâ€" IL. Tapic: Guarding inst false proâ€" fessiom. Place:On Mo:f:t OMivet. T’he subjects of Christ‘s kingdom are likened to tenm nrru, Christ is the Bridegroom, and the of@ represents the grace of (God ; the foolish virgins bud the lamp of proâ€" feasion, but lacked oilâ€"true spiritual life; they endeavored to make good their preparation at the last moment, but it was too late; the wise are the true Christians who not only have a profesâ€" sion, but the love of (Giod in the sou!. We should abways be ready to meot the Bridegroom,. tove our neighbor; Jesus asks the Jews a hurd question; warns His disciples agminst hypocrisy; calls attention to a widow casting two mites into the treaâ€" Him hard guwm , testi Him . AH are silenced; the groat :“mmndmem 18 given by Christ; we shoubl love God swpremely; «in, the world an dthe self .He must all be remounced:; we should »NbLY INTERNATION aun LESSON NO. XII DECâ€" 30, 1906. LV trom Review.â€"Read ed iO were converted. Jesus is drink will go d ing t Topic: Warning against _ wine z. Place: â€" Probably JerusaAang, home. The drurfkard follows rink; wine inflames; God‘s judgâ€" will fall on the drunkard; all ro down to death together. There ng too bad or vile for a saloonâ€" r for a man under the influence iz drink to do. The drunkard‘s r is always bad. aummeoned; faise witnesses @re : wine, and men of str and are found with difficulty; . strong drink" (Isa. v. 22 two testify that He said He ‘ a parenthesis of a great stry the temple and build it in ance, from which therc iys; Josus is silent; Caiaphas mighty deliverance. Vors unday wehool. P th at He is; (uaphas rends H. lesus is condemnued to death; k and abuse Christ for some« â€"Read jJohn 1: 1â€"14. ryâ€"Lesson I. Topic: Love the duty of man. Place: In Jeruâ€" ; the temple courts. The Herâ€" jadduocces and Pharisces ask are Commizen servant has i the M l XCUS ack and breast he eruel thorns His face more (Isa. cii. 14.) them and 1 led and rew no increase, ses: the is \'(I‘y it would have vever to have Indas tha he osus cats His highly ; for thirty dotlars. coming 18 « + with + â€" YH ard â€" ditt ast | ~counsel o & . v. 19). ks [ YX. *Wt 3 | said Pilate â€" | (Luke xxi II !.h-sus was € «illegally ~t â€" | Never was € mwan so i1 s : X. "Wo ‘"Father f ; | avenue w » | whom Ine ] y | waiting fou 1 | The street y | danger an y | bimscifl ag 1 | back, but } ; | he foll rig depths of his wailing agony there went the wailing cry you and | can never comâ€" prehend (Matt. xxvii. 46). But we can believe that he "died for our sins." XI. "Wonderful" in his resurrection. "lHe is risen, as he said" (Matt. xxiii. 6). The resurrection is the primal miracle (1. Cor, xy. 14); the pivotal truth of Christianity (I. Cor. xy. 14); the proof ot the scriptures (Luke xxiv. 45, 46) ; the pledge of our acceptance (Rom. iv. 25); the power of holy living (Rom. i. 4; the promise of our immortality. XII. "Wonderfu®" to endue with power. "Tarry ye...... until ye be enâ€" dued with power from on high" (Luke xxiv. 46). At Pentecost "the promise" of the Fathor to the Son was redecmed, and it is ours by virtue of our union with him (Acts ii 33). A. C. M. I am standing undér the mistletoe, And I sinile, but no answering smile roâ€" plies, $ For her hnugh:f glauce bids me plainly know That not for me is the thing I prize; Instead, fro mher coldly scornful eyes, Indifference looks on my barefaced guile! She knows, of course. what my act impliesâ€" But look at those lips! Do they hint a smile? I stand bere, eager, and beam and glow, And she only looks a refined surprise As clear and crisp and as cold as snow, And asâ€"Stop! I will never criticize! I know what her cold glance signifies; But I‘ll stand just here as I am awhile Till a smile to my pleading look repliesâ€" But lcrl;kz at those lips! Do they hint a smile not what they do~ (Luke xxin. 34). While he hung a curse upon the cross, the sinner‘s substitute, neither sun, nor man, nor angel, nor God, could comfort him. The Father turned away from his beloved Son, wahile there was "laid upon him the iniquity of us all" (Isa. liii. 6). He could bear it! _ And up from the Just look at those lips, now! I claim they show A spirit unmeet under Christmas skies; A claim that such lips on such maidens owe Aâ€"somethingâ€"the custom justifies; I claim that the mistletoe rule applies To her as well as the rank and file; We should meet these things in a cheerful guiseâ€" But look at those lips! Do they hint & emile? ENvOY. These customs of Christmas may shock the wise And u.;hl: mistletoe boughs may be out of ® And a kiss be a thing that all maids deâ€" spiseâ€" But look at those lips, do they hint & smile? LA, YEOndemin in mcrocenee, _ Lhen said Pilate: I fird no fault in this man" (Luke xxiii. 4). Pilate declared ‘that Jesus was an innocent man, yet he was illegally tried by religion and state. Never was man so innocent; never was wan so illâ€"treated. X. "Wonderful" in his _ sufferings. "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" (Luke xxiii. 34). While he hung a curse upon the cross, the pecures 0o: the tyranny of drink, the passion of drink, the poverty of drink, the death through drink; from all this we need the deliverance through the "counsel of the Holy One of Israel" (Isg. from intemporance. ‘"How can I do le«s," he suys, "with the remembrance of Andy‘s sucrifice always before me? VI. "Wonderful" in submissionr. "Not my wall, but thine, be done" (Larke xxii. 42). Christ‘s prayer was for deliverance from a matural death in the garden that He might die a sacrificial death on the cross. But He wou‘ld not even ask for what God had promised ,except in a spirit of utter submission to His Fathâ€" my wal, but 42). Christ‘s from a matur He might die cnoss. But I what (Giod h spirit of utte mss cctÂ¥9 i Â¥. vondertt‘." in his memorials, "This do in remembrance of me" (L. Cor. ’xi. 24). A rich gentleman attempted one day while intoxicated to cross an venue where a little street sweeper, to whom he had often given a nickel, was waiting for a huurying carriage to pass. The street swoeeper saw the gentleman‘s danger and sprang forward and threw bimscif against thim" and pushed â€" him back, but his own little feet @lipped and he foll right under the prancing horses. They picked his poor, bruised body up and carried it to the hotel near by. ‘The man little Andy hbad saved was sober now, and wept as he said, "Oh, Amdy! your life for me! how can I bear it!" But the tears the strong man shed were tears of repentance. He never touched the liquor aguin. He spends all his time anml strength and money savimx men X1,. 24). A rich ge one day while intox avenue wlere a dittle whom he had often ; waiting for a huurvin lovely .. .. of good repor these things" (Phil. iv. the bright, helpful thing: do: speak of the sweet, ences that are about you V. "Wonderfuw‘" in hR Wias, seen." thinas The Ballade of the Mistletoe Bough Will II. "Wonderful" in watching. "Watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh" (Matt. xxyv. 13.) As the sonâ€" tinel watches for the foe; the sailor for the storm; the watchman for the thief; the wife for the absent husband; Lesson I. "Wonderful" in wisdom. The Pharisees and Herodians had come toâ€" gether to catch our Lord in his words and perplex him with hard questions. After answering the puzzling questions and silâ€" encing them, Jesus turned to his cateâ€" chists and asked them questions which they could not answer. Golden Textâ€""His name shall be callâ€" ed Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace" (Isa. ix. 6). again to take his people to heaven ) Wonderful" in insrocenes 1, taken from an ancient sunâ€"dial, l record only the hours that are The Book says, "Whatsoever ire true .... honest .... pure.. .... of good report .... think on of good report .... think on " _ (Phil. iv. 8.) Chronisle helpful things your friends f the sweet, pleasant influâ€" «iC‘ versary. It u:?'ni nothing if we leave out of it the truth (gll-i\'im‘ love and the coming df the Son God to this world to reveal that lov# If we. wouid keâ€"’p Christmas fittingly it must bring u$ to a remembrance of Christ. «Every true vision of the day y must show us the holy Chill, with the | light=<of divine love shining in His face. ; We would worship again with the shepâ€" ! Kerds boside the _ manger. _ Christmas with no worship in its observance, no y 1'enwmh(-r1'n.g)(v}}0d, no thought of the | love of Chrisf, it is empty to all sacred | meaning. »*While we giye and receive ! wifts, it should be easy !zr us to rememâ€" If we. wou‘id it must bring Christ. *Ever; 4 must,sf\m\' us [ Ii-gh,t' of _d‘ivinn gifts, it should be easy for us to rememâ€" ber God‘s unspeakable @ift. As we enter into the gladness of this hapgiost day of the year we may think of the joy with which the un:elflnlebmte the birth of Long yeab@" ago this Christmas time My littie one, my all to me, I count my treasuges o‘er wit] The little toy at baby kn« A little sock th faded hue A little lock @f golden hair. 4444484404848 444 4444404444444 Christmas fills a large place in the world‘s life. The day is almost nniverâ€" sally observed in @hristian lands. _ In countless sbopsfid factories all over the world thousands of workmen are enâ€" gaged all the yeat in making every sort of product, ofnamental or useful, for the holidgy ‘market. Hundreds of thou sandsâ€"Of pounds are spent annually in the purchase of gitts to BC presented at Christmas time. ad Thus Christmas totches the world‘s life at almost every point. It is a bright day in the calendgt. _ But there is no danger that in jf?'vust commercial and social importance the most sacred meanâ€" ing of the day "s being _ overlooked ? Christmas is first of all a religious anniâ€" versary. It u:?mi nothing if we leave out of it the truth (fillvi\'im- love and the coming df the Non 6f God to this world ) i e e e S i e e e S S S TE C TT TTOP 4 CHRISTMAS TREASURES ges o‘er with care at baby knew, ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO * nmeigns s , Sat robed in white upon my knee, And beard the imerry Christmas chime, ‘‘Tell me, my little golden head, If Santa Claus should come toâ€"night, What shall he bring my baby bright, What treasure for my boy?" 1 said. If we keep Christmas in our hearts we will have love for each other and for everyone. Christmas means loveâ€"good will to men. It is a time for universal amnesty. If we have been holding a grudge against anyone we should now put it out of our heart. It is a time for forgetting ourseives and thinking of others. The truest joy of Christmas is not found in recciving, but in giving. The happiest people are those who make others happier. There is more of heaâ€" ven in pleasing than in being pleased. The heart in which Christmas is truly kept is a gentle heart. It is full of kindly thoughts an inspirations. It wishes ill to none, but good to all. Then its good wishes blossom into fruit. The wonderâ€" ful outflow of kindness at Christmastide is one of the most striking evidences of spirit of Christ di®using itself in the world, pouring out through human lives. It is Christ coming again and living not only among men, but in men, reinearâ€" natinz Himself in those who love Him. If we keep Christmas in our hearts it will not only sweetem our lives, but will make us sweeteners of the lives of others, A lady tells of gathering a handâ€" ful of sweet briar when on an excursion in the woods and puting it in her bosom. She soon forgot it, but all day as she We keep Christmas truly only when we let the love of Christ into our hearts and lives. We write Anno Domini in our dates, but are we really making our years years of our Lord? 1t may mean very little to us that Christ was born in Bethlchem a great many Christmases ago; but if we keep Christmas as we may it is not merely another anniverâ€" saryâ€"it is the real birth of Christ in our hearts. Christ. As we Â¥eiG our nearts to the spirit of tenderness which pervades the Christmas air, we may think of the heavenly love which came into the world the night that Christ was born. ter and mistress, in her astonishment, she held the grownâ€"up son at arm‘s length while she explained that such a custom was not considered proper in the English settleâ€" ments, and she could wish them every hapâ€" piness without resorting to such a demonâ€" stration. With ample apologies they bow=ed to to her decision fi'-io;f'i;;u:'éu‘:dfi Goo€ Houseksoping for Decemh» One of the New Year customs in Fren®A Canadian rural districts was a surprise to a young English teacher who boarded in a French family in order to learn the lanâ€" guage. On descending to breakfast on New Year‘s morning she was saluted by each member of the family by outspoken good wuhel_lnd_ a kiss. Submitting to the masâ€" Oneâ€"quarter pound of butter, oneâ€" quarter pourd of sugar, yolk of one egg, one tablespoonful lemon juice, a little nutmeg. Cream the butter, add the sugar, and stir over the steam until liquid, then add the yolk of egg, well beaten. Stir until it thickens, adding the lemon flavoring, nutmeg and serve hot. Rub the butter to a cream in a warm bowl; add the sugar gradually, then the flavoring, pack it smoothly in a small dish, and stamp it with a butter mould (or the bottom of a figured glass), keep it on ice till very hard, or, if preferred, pile it lightly on a small fancy tray as "snowdrift sauce." Oneâ€"quarter cup butter, oneâ€"half cu‘s powdered sugar, oneâ€"nali _ teaspoontf lemon or vanilla, or a little nutmeg. One pint of chopped suet. One pint and a half of currants and {stoned) raisins. Half a eup of citron shaved thin. One sceant eup of sugar. Half teaspoonful of grated nutmeg. Five eggs (well beaten). Two tablespoonfuls of flour. Milk enough to mux it in a batter, which must be well vbeaten, and steam four hours for table. Five pounds of chopped apples, one and a half pounds chopped suet, one and a half pounds of currants, washed, dried and picked over; one and a half pounds seeded raisins, three pounds brown sugar, one pound citron cue thin; the grated rind, juice and pulp of one orange; the grated rind and juice of two lemons, oneâ€" half ounce cinnamon; oneâ€"half ounce of cloves, allspice and mace, mixed; one ounce salt; two nutmegs grated. Chop all the fruits and suet thoroughly, mix well with sugar, salt and spice. Christmas Plum Pudding. One pint and a half of grated bread beef from neck of rowund (if the tongue |woights more than Ahree pounds, take same quantity of bee:). Add a tableâ€" spoonfu! of #ATt and let it boil gently for three h#Â¥irs Tonger, keeping covered. FT‘hen remo#e from the tire, take out the tongue and skin it. and then return to Ithe liquor in the boiler and let both tongue and beef cool in the water in which they were boiled. When perfectly eold remove the fat from liquor, take out the meat and trim offâ€"all skin and gristle and chop fine. Remove all skin and membrane from the vnree pounds of fresh beef suet and chop fine, adding it to the beef and tongue. Next add four pounds of chopped tart apples, weighed after they are pared and cored; four pounds of large raisins, seeded and cut in half; two pounds of picked, washed and dried currants, one pound of shredded citron, quarter of a pound each of orange and lemon peel, shredded; one pound of sweet and two ounces of bitter almonds, shelled before weighing; blanch and chop fine. Also add the thin grated yellow. rind and the juice of four oranges and four lemons. Sweeten with four pounds: of soft white sugar; add two Jevel tableâ€" ‘ spoonfuls of salt, a TIevel teaupoonfull each of pepper, ground cloves, allspice, cinnamon, mace and two mediumâ€"sized nutmegs grated. Moisten the whole with a quart of grape jurce to make it of proper consistency. _ Mix thoroughly, rndding more sugar, seasoning and spice if taste requires it, but be careful that no taste predominates. Let it stand ‘at least twentyâ€"four hours before using. This mince meat will keep*all winter, well covered and in a cool place. Watch and add more apples if it becomes too dry. rtials used need not be made so early, as it does not require so long a time to ripen unless one desires a still richer mixture: Take a large beef tongneâ€"if dried, soak it over night in plenty of cold water, then in the morning put over the fire in a large boiler, well filled with cold water. Let the water gradually come to boiling poim and at first boil pour the water off, and replace with fresh cold water; let this gradually heat to boiling point, then let it boil steadily but gently for an hour. At the end of that time put in three pounds of lean & ; SELECTED } i RECIPES j 4 a :ouwwwowd Christmas Mince Meat, Here is m recipe ghat has always given satisfaction, nxxdixam-()Ullt of the mateâ€" E+t +Â¥ Â¥+Â¥+Â¥r+¢¥+Â¥+Â¥++++Â¥++Â¥+Â¥+Â¥+++++Â¥# If we keep Christmas in our hearts our lives will be sweet, whatever the condition. We will not be dependent on the weather, nor on our health, nor on our cireumstances, nor,on the disposiâ€" tions of the people al us. We earry the secret of sweetn within us, and wherever we go the fir about us is perâ€" fumed with the lovg that dwells in our hearts. i self, as she closed her eyes, "if I could cary a spirit in my breast that everyâ€" one I met should seem lovely." Late at night, when she undressed, there was the sweetbriar tucked away in her bosom. All day she had carried hidden on her own person the perfume which she supposed came from others. "How good it would be," she said to herâ€" rambled here and there she smelt eve? where a spicy fragrance. On every woodâ€" path she found the same odor. . The other members of her party had their handfuls of all sorts of wild flowers, but she was surprised to find that all these seemed to have the same kind of fragâ€" rance. Mincemeat Without Meat. A Christmas Surprise . Sauce for Above. Another Sauce. 49 A mother should come to her chi The stockings by the chimney deep aid at this critical time and m:’.’.f‘.‘,’f.: Were like your , own, my "put "<â€"‘ that i nikham‘ + Of softest wool from white faced (‘mmlu:-{‘iiu-:% _?_i_-_, A;’ ‘*ul.b And buckled high above :ln koi ‘"Lydia E. Pidkhl.nl'!fi'(tfinb]“ (‘omgound was recommended, and after taking it m health begin to improve rapidly, umf I thln{ it saved my life. 1 sincerel hope my experi« mee will io a help to oJ;er girls who are Ymning from girlhood to womanhood, for know your Sompound, will do as much for them.," t wl ® I{ you know of any rl who is sick and needs mothfliz“:fvfie ask her to write Mre. Pinkham, Lynn, Mases., and she will receive free advice which will ct her :ddg:Pnght road to a strong, Kz‘l&hy py womanhood. Mrs, Pinkham is daughterâ€"inâ€"law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twentyâ€"five years has been eadvising sick women free of charge So simple to be true. _ _ Oh, thick and fast the visions crow€ My eyes, when mother reads aloud. For noble deeds to doâ€" _ _ To help the right, redress the wrong; It seems so easy to be strong, When mother reads aloud, far lands Or sail the ocean blue; k Far heights, whose peaks the cold mists shroud, ( scale when mother reads aloud. Seem very near and true; _ _ _ I cross the desert‘s gleaming sands, Or hunt the jungle‘s prowling bands When mother reads aloud, I long How many lives of beautiful young girls have been eacrificed Lust as they were ripening into womanhood | How many irrefulu-itiee or displacements have been developed at this important period, resulting in years of suffering ! Seems real as every day; . I hear the tramp of armies vast, I see the spears and lances cast When mother reads aloud, the past _1 join the thrilling fray; _ _ Brave knights and ladies fair and proud [ meet when mother reads aloud. CRISIS OF GIRLHOOD Then fly, ye sparkâ€"brown natriots, While the day is young and bright, When the foe lines up for battle You‘ll be safely out of sight. A TIME OF PAIN AND PERIL Let the nations iaud the daring, It shall not be yours to die, On the crimson field of battle, While you have your feet to fly For the brave may lose their freedom To some tyrant lord accursedâ€" If you wear the yoke of bondsmen They will bhave to catch you first. Miss Emma Cole Says that Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound has Saved Her Lifeo and Made Her Well. Rise and show the proud invader You retain your ancient speed; That you‘re swift upon the mountains, Swift and terrible indeed. Throughout Great Britain Christmas is the great week of t.hreedy'm It is the one week when scattered families are reâ€" united, when tender memories and old associations are revrved, when friend greets friend with cheery expansiveness in striking contrast with the characterâ€" istic reserve of the English nature. Busiâ€" ness is practically suspended in London for the five days succeeding Christmas eve. There is nothing left of the obsoâ€" lete orgies which so offended the Puritan clement in the times of Cromwell. _ It would be an unimaginable Enfilidl monâ€" arch who would forbid any observation of the twentyâ€"fifth of December. The exâ€" ample is set by the royal family of the ideal way in which to spend the happy, merry Christmasâ€"tide which the English people cherish. It is the custom of King Edward VIIL and Queen Alexandra to pass the holiday quietly at Sandringham, and there to give personal supervision to the distribution of gifts.â€"Jane A. Stewâ€" art in Leslic‘s Weekly. CHRISTMAS IN MERRY ENGLAND. Sons of Filipino aires Rise! the foe is at Rise and don your spI As you‘ve donned th aPC SHa® PRPPmiw e s cousin). The !;'udneu man of to«day will not, of all things, back a medicine unless it is thoroughly worthy, After careful investigation, Mr. Mack says: * have yet to find one faibure." If this compound doesn‘t cure YOuU, you risk nothing. Your money will be prowptly returned. Try it. Amd write for Dr. Mack‘s free booklet on Rheumaâ€" tism, It is full of helpful information. Address: Dr. H. H. Mack, 60 Yonge street, Toronto. has ‘at last overcome this difficulty, By gently acting on the kidneys and general health, it cures the most obstinate forms of rheumatism naturally and safely . Mr. C. W. Mack, the wellâ€"known rubâ€" ber stamp manufacturer, of Toromto, has become so convinced by the extraâ€" ordinary cures wrought by this remedy, he has financially backed the doctor (his F . L onl in (Apcs Auster Has long deficrl scientists, because it has seemed impossible to o;:g the Uric Aoid (which causes the tr e) out of the body without overâ€"exciting the kidneys. â€"Dr. H. H. Mack‘s Rheumatism ComPO""}‘ â€"Hannah G. Fernald, in The St. Nicholas. Rheumatism and don your sprinting garments, you‘ve donned them oft before. When Mother Reads Aloud. :c onon dsc ents eepipAre" Song of the Filipino Bard. nk foe is at your door A ‘‘comforter‘"‘" dyed green and A knitted cap and overshoe Of seasoned hickory, a sies, Perhaps a ball too big to i But grandpa liked the Christm And what old Santa brought : As really as the little men Who see bright trees in parliors dim For love is Jove the great world 0©%or; _ God‘s love, the Bethlshem story to!!s The holly and the mistletoe, The romping games, the roar The dear old home that once And youth, with all its dear And Christmas came but once a vye: M"’. @lt friend! Don‘t say soo You see, 1 am so much aloneâ€" Alone?* He‘s goneâ€"and where am The century, nears its closing yo: Yet Christmas bells are full and As when the bome halis rang w. And grandpa kept the jublice. How strangely cold and dark it se« Morror! low slow my pulses creep Bartender! Drink!‘ I‘m dying here‘ My God, I must have been asleet And through the stonyâ€"hearted to That Christmas eve had come aga Their voices seemed to beat me 00 With *‘Peace on earth, good will t The straggling street lamps‘ enaloss The glaring pavements, sleet and And noise and chattering crow crowds, And not a single face I know. Life‘s but the shadow on the dial, For all the wares that priesthood The cruel years their changes bring Immortal souls take strange diszu: Fhe city‘s helit I‘m sure Bometimes the people that Beem very ghosts that com« About me on the street. What! Going? Now, old ma 8u you mustâ€"fill uy 1 plx:'you. *‘To the days ‘The eyes and wines that s; And she‘s been dead these twenty 3 My God, 1 wonder if she knows And sees how I‘ve gone down the hi Mercy, how cold it grows! Without it‘s sleet and driving wrac} It seemed I never should" be warn And blurs of yeltow on the black, The windows stared into the storm Some things my mother put away A woollen horse was one, i think. And then there was a pair of skat Let‘s have another drink. "For now you‘re grown to be a man No more, my boy"â€"you understanc I see you know how these things are Dfln{ upâ€"and here‘s my hand! And thrugh the storm I heard the : Full high and loud, full loud and Proclaim that somewhere mercy ds For such as I, for such as 1. Tuat is, when I have got the ; Fill up your glassâ€"that‘s not It‘s rather chilly for a grive, Don‘t try me with a bluff. She said to me, ‘‘Now, Bow, my b (‘Tis all as plain as yesterday), You‘ll never play with these aga So I shall put them all away. No matter then how cold it « I di¢n‘t shake as I did now I always was as warm and ‘I sometimes wonder how. Saint Nicholas, have a drink with me I‘m just aâ€"going to buy ; I‘m not the man to let a friend I‘ve known as I have you go dry. For you‘ve been mighty kind to me In winters of the long ago; Bq:'m sleds and shovels, bots an: I was young and loved the s An‘ I says it‘s our crue!l systemâ€" An‘ * say it with my last breathâ€" As fur sake of a simple livin‘ Would work a poor cove ter deathâ€" And we min‘t done nuthin‘ since then, ‘Thou we ‘avem‘t a mind to shirk; When we finds a job as‘ll suit us, We‘ll show you ‘ow we can work‘ â€"Public Opinio Wel, I looks at ‘im wiv amazement, And I calls on ‘im, ‘oarse, by name "Wall, I never!" I saym "Why, mo I‘m aâ€"feelin‘ the werry same! It‘s orrid, orlâ€"ov‘rish feelin‘, Well, we thort it was best to ‘ook i And get orf to our ‘omes and wiv Fur the sake of our little childrenâ€"â€" It was wicked to risk our lives! Wot would ‘appen to them there tod« Supposin‘ we both was dead"? When their deaddies was done for ‘Qod fill their poor mouths wivy br My pardner ‘e says, seys °¢: "I‘m dashed if I knows wot it is, ma But sutthing‘s gorn wrong wiv me Mw noddie‘s aâ€"swimming tremenjus, I‘m aching at ev‘ry jint, And my arms is that tired, I dunano As if they could Ilift a pint." An‘ it‘s maukin‘ my ribs that . I‘ve bin through a lot in my ! But I‘ve never ‘ad this afore‘ Ob, we started to work like demons; But in less than it takes to tell, We both on us ‘ad a suspicion As we wasn‘t aâ€"leelin‘ well. Ouwr ‘ands was that funny and tender I‘m aâ€"givin‘ yer just the facksâ€" And a ‘strordin‘ry moo semsation Was perwadin‘ across: our backs [He hasn‘t attempted to #get any work for weeks, except playing the tinâ€"whistle for the T layed."â€"From a wife‘s evidence in 4 London police court.] Won‘t you spare us a trifle guy‘nor? We‘re ‘ungry, and cold, and dry, An‘ we can‘t git a job as soots us, ‘Owever so much we try. Wot! y‘:u"ll find us some work?â€"wood pin‘! It‘s ‘ard as we must decline, But while thankin‘ yer kindly, mist It ain‘t in our ‘umble line. Ab, we‘re workers, my mate and me Though we ‘aven‘t done much for Shall 1 pitch you a simple story As‘ll probably start yer tears? "Pwas the Christmas of cightyâ€"five W i;'aâ€"; toler‘ble time ago, kat me and my pard, wot‘s "im, sir ‘Ad a job fur to shift some smow TA Have you had a kindness shown* Pass it “d' t j ‘was not en for you alone, et it :w?l down the years, ot it W'n tears, l1 in Heaven the deed appears, CHRISTMAS OLD A%> NEW OLD BOB‘S TXRISTMAS Evr® cam bet as we both felt frig Pass It On. a Te 1. €P | Chokâ€" Lead Has