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*y 4# 1# *# ; # p*» W T: t3 PA Trouble never disappoints the chap who is looking for it, . ~ .; The bullet can be fired from an orâ€" dinary rifle, and is easily adaptable to aircraft and machine guns. ~The invention cousists of an ordinâ€" ary sized bullet charged with a speâ€" «lal preparation which ignites with its passage through the air. Englishman‘s Device Breaks into Sparks When Fired After many months experimenting, J, A. Samabrook of Ellesmere Port has invented a bullet which travels at a tremendous velocity and emits a trail of sparks, which, he asserts, will pass through a Zeppelin like a comet through space and instantly blew it up, Pens which have been used by faâ€" mous cuthors often fetch high prices at auction. Dickens used the same quill pen to write "Hard Times, "Little Dorrit" and "Bleak House" which was sold some time ago for $117, Queen Victoria always retained posâ€" session of such pens. One of theso she presented to Mme. Alban!, the «Inger. a pen that has been used in Ligi»ifii the reprieve of a person condemned to death. The pen used by the commissioners in signing the memorable Treaty of Paris fell into the hands of the exâ€" Empress Eugenie. Aside from its hisâ€" toric Interest it is also of great value, for it is mounted in solid gold and inâ€" crusted in diamonds. Aside from the collectors there are many who consider it lucky to possess It was also a quill pen that was used in signing the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain after the war of 1898. This particular pen was afterwards told for $125. Eocm mt ETe had been declared between Japan and Russia pen manufacturers all over the world sent supplies of their pens to the commissioners who were engaged in arranging the terms, hoping that the document would be completed through the agency of their wares. To avoid any unfair discrimination â€" beâ€" tween the pen manufacturers it was decided to use a quill in signing the treaty. Who will get the pen with which the peace treaty will be signed which shall end the present war? The collecting of historic pens has been quite a fad for some years past, especially in Europe. The pens with which peace treaties are signed bring the highest prices if they happen to find their ways into the market, and there are many collectors who would be willing to give thousands of dollars for the pen which shall declare an end to the present war of wars. Usually however, such pens remain the propâ€"| erty of the States concerned. ! When it became known that peace Those Used for Signing Peace ies are Very Valuable As for the Germans, it is said that more than 81 per cent. of 66,000 naâ€" tive male students are in the military service. Of course, the tolleges in every land are drained first of all, as nurseries of young men of suitable age and condition, to provide the highest quality of "cannonâ€"fodder." .‘ HAS ANTIZEPPELIN BULLET _ That the war has taken its toll of the noblest and bravest is sadly ilâ€" lustrated again in the report that comes from the Cambridge ( England) University Review. At this time last vear there were 1227 students in resiâ€" dence; this year there are 665. The normal enrolment is more than 3000. Thus far 697 graduates and underâ€" graduates have given their livesâ€" more than the entire present memberâ€" ship. 3 The unprecedented sale of the Bible eertainly means that thousands heartâ€" sick of the carnage are turning their faces from the contemplation of batâ€" tle and sudden death to the gospel of faith and hope and charity. They would turn their eyes to the morning on the hills out of the darkness that involves the muititudes in the valley of decision. They renew their faith; in the appeal to the eternal velities' that shall enduse beyond the travail and the horror of the passing days. ‘ than f in the distrib ities. of mind. His protests against, the cruelties to which the Belgian people have been subjected were what might be expected from one of his position and vocation. As a prince of the Church and a spiritual leader, he could hardly remain silent when the very rights of humanity were being denied. It is easy to understand how his utâ€" of The complaint from Berlin that Cardinal Mercier is an "agitator" is another interesting illustration of the peculiarities of the German condition NOTES ANDCOMMENT»S rance n ‘nt that the Bible Society since : began has distributed 3,000,â€" ies of the Bible to soldiers, inâ€" civilians and refugees, apart ie continuation of its normal s. Even in Constantinople the ting depot is open, and more rty languages are represented versions that were ready for tion at the outbreak of hostilâ€" HISTORIC PENS of a hire to keep it going, l pours water on the other it out. One is reminded cription in reading the n# th KV th D 1 how his utâ€" rman authorâ€" n kwardn told by peace Treatâ€" Ou Clerkâ€""I‘d like to get a week off, sir, to attend the wedding of a friend." Employerâ€""A very dear friend, I should say, to make you want that much time." Clerkâ€""Well, sir, after the ceremony she will be my wife." These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall Dealer or from The McCall Company, Dept. W., 70 Bond St., Toront,0 Ont. One of the most effective suits is of dark blue veivet, with a kneeâ€"deep flounce, and chin collar, and muff cuff‘s of moleskin. A broadcloth or faille costume with flounce, cuffs and collar of velvet would also be effective and much less expensive. simple, youthiul model which could easily be made at home. The high collar with turnedâ€"back revers, which may also be closed if preferred, is a new touch which is becoming and smart. The second suit illustrated is fashâ€" ium‘l! of dark blue gabardine. It is a show a bit of wear near the end of the season, and such an addition will freshen it and make it serve the seasâ€" on out. how m* 8 back, to carry out the bolero effect. | Fur Trimmed Costumes. _ The velvet suit, combined with faille or broadcloth, is a general favorite, and fur is still its trimming. The noâ€" tion of combining cloth and silk or velvet is a practical and effective one; often, as in our illustration, the lower section of skirt is of broadcloth. This offers an unusually good idea for reâ€" modeling a skirt that has become slightly worn about the lower edge. A velvet dress or suit is quite apt to beaded with opaque white beads. The bodice was cut in bolero effect, and the skirt was a charming contrast to the full skirt of the net dress, being pleated to fall straight and narrowâ€" looking from waist to ankles. A narâ€" row beaded girdle encircled the waist and caught up a straight panel in the Nerge Suit With Novel Collar. __For taffeta and the printed silks which are now so high in Fashion‘s favor, for the crisp organdies and daintily figured voiles and crepes, there is no more practical or effective trimming than cording, smocking or shirring. Many of our dance frocks for sumâ€" mer will be of. organdy or net; an unususlly pretty imported frock of net, shown recently in one of our exâ€" clusive shops, made with an extremely full skirt, gathered ‘at the waist, equally wide top and bottom; the skirt was hung over a crinoline hip stiffenin@, and the entire dress was trimmed effectively with quaint, pleatâ€" ed ruffies. Another effective summer The New Umbrella Skirt. FUR STILL IN EVIDENCE. The Fashions of white G cette the same crepe 8. 1. Consentingâ€"And Paul himâ€" self tells us (Rom. 1, 32) that approvâ€" al of an evil deed is even worse than the doing of it: there is an element of hot blood eliminated which may dilute | 60. The dying prayer goes back | directly to Luke 6. 28. It is not likeâ€" ly that Stephen had ever heard how the Lord had fulfilled his own comâ€" mand. Three evangelists pass over his prayer for the executioners and others responsible for his death, and (as the margin in Luke 23. 24 hints) the saying was not known in the church _ till after our Gospels were written. Probably the centurion told the story years after; only he and his four men heard them spoken. Lay: notâ€"Litterally, weigh not, a figure from weighing money that represents a debt. Compare Matt. 26. 15, where the same verb is used. For sin as a| debt to God compare the Lord‘s prayâ€" er. Fell asleepâ€"The verb gives us our word cemetary (that is, a dormiâ€"] tory, sleeping place). It had long beenf in use for Sleep‘s "brother death"; but when we read the typical words of the Roman Catullu‘s lovely poemâ€" "For us, when once our brief day has set, ther abides one unending ni'ghtI when we must sleep"â€"we feel that: the idea has with Christ come into n’ new world. ; vindvntiinid en cistnr n tait s l ditch i Ad 121 as we should say. The tense of the verb stoned suggests that the cruel work was prolonged. Young manâ€" Presumably under thirty. â€" How he | "kept the garments of them that slew" | Stephen, he recalls himself in Acts 22. i20. It is obvious that he was of comâ€" manding position, as is shown also by his being intrusted with the special mission of Acts 9. 2. Deissmann‘s thesis (in his fascinating monograph {Saint Paul),that he was an artisan, is based on facts easily explained otherwise and seems quite untenable. His father had Roman citizenship. (Acts 22. 28), and sent him to study gunder the greatest of rabbis (Acts 59. Calling uponâ€"The object of the verb is contained in the address, Lord Jesus. Note how naturally at this early period the Man of Calvary beâ€" comes the recipient of prayer, and the same prayer that Jesus offered to the Father (Luke 23. 46). 22. 3); that he cut him off when he became a Christian was to be expectâ€" ed, and Paul then had to keep himâ€" self. Every Jew had to learn a trade. Saulâ€"A natural name for a Benjaâ€" mite. For use among Gentiles he had the similarâ€"sounding name Paullus. Compare _ Silasâ€"Silvanus, Symeonâ€" Simon, Menahemâ€"Menander, Eliakim â€"Alcimus, etc. 58. Cast him outâ€"For in their frenzy of wrath they were careful to keep all the parts of the law that did not matter. Compare Heb. 13. 11, 12. Witnessesâ€"Who had to take the reâ€" sponsibility of casting the first stone â€"which in a normal execution would be intended to produce insensibility or death. See Deut. 17. 7. So when Jesus bade the sinless cast the first stone at the adulteress, such a person would by his life be a silent witness against a sinner. Laid down their garmentsâ€"The outer garment: any hot work was done "in shirt sleeves," of â€" concentric transparent spheres, material and solid, it was natural to | picture them "eloven" (Mark 1: 10) (to reveal the spiritual rtalitiecs beâ€" hind, The Son of manâ€"the favorite | title for himself on the lips of Jesus, | but only here used by another. There has been acute controversy as to its fprimary implication; but the best view isee-ms to be that which links it with lDz‘.n. 7. 13. By calling himself "Son Iof man," Jesus was claiming to be the Fulfiller of the apocalyptic vision. We remember that he sealed his own doom at the trial by quoting that very verse (Mark 14. 62). It will be found that nearly always in the Gospels the recognition of this allusion adds obâ€" viously to the force of the saying. 57. The sting of Stephen‘s ecstatic was in its recalling so vividly the deâ€" claration of Jesus just referred to; although they had crucified himâ€"he was on the right hand of Power afâ€" ter all!l ‘They stopped their ears against a hateful fact that was makâ€" ing its appeal. What was Saul of Tarsus thinking of when he joined (or led) the uproar? Let the ought of Acts. 26. 9 point toward the answer. to welcome his first martyr, 56. Openedâ€"Not the usual word in this connection, but stronger. In days when the sky was conceived as a series | cribe their emotions through the part jof the speech summarized in verses 51 53. Hoeart is a little misleading to fus, for it includes more than our | word implies. Stephen never touched their hcart, in our sense; he roused every passion, stung pride and bigâ€" ;'otry to fury, till all around the osâ€" sembly could be heard the physical signs of a wildâ€"beast rage. 55. Beingâ€"A stronger verb is used which reminds us that this is no new influx of "Holy Spirit" bringing the bsautific vision. It had been with him in full measure all through. Jesusâ€" The human name is very significant. Here only is he standing at the right hand; he has risen from his throne to welcome his first martur | ; Verse 54. These thingsâ€"The bitâ€" \ing summary which closes Stephen‘s _survey of the national history. They had received divine messages throughâ€" out their anyals, and had always negâ€" ; lected the message and persecuted the | messenger/ _ Stephen is applying | afresh the parable of the wicked husâ€" bandmn} But for them "the most unkindest ceut of all" was in his deâ€"| claration that they had "not kept" | the law of which they were so proud. | Like Paul (Gal. 3. 19), Stephen holds the usual Jewish view that the law | was delivered by angels; later reâ€"! flection on the awful holiness of God | tonded to explain the naive theophanâ€" | ies of earlier records as appearances of angels. Cutâ€"Literally, "wore beâ€" ing sawn asunder in their hearts, and were gushing," otce.; the verbs desâ€" â€" cribe their emotions through the nart : Death of Stephenâ€"Acts 7. 1 to 8. 3; Golden Text: Rev. 2: 10. THE SUNDAY LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 5. sn |_ Do not forget that there may still be danger to others long after the child himself has recovered from the disease, either from the germs, which ‘he may carry in his nose or throat \for a long time, or in the flakes of | skin that the body throws off when it | "peels," ofter the fever and the erupâ€" tion have subsided.â€"Youth‘s Comâ€" lpanion. ‘ The fear of failure keeps more people from trying than the difficulty of winning. "That isn‘t so, I want you to unâ€" derstand that my husband was out with your husband." "My husband tells me that he was out late last night with your husâ€" band." and desâ€" part s 51 | _ Secarlet fever is most prevalent in cold weather. People of any age can have it, but it is usually a disease of childhood, the greater number of cases occur between the second and the ninth year. There is not much danger of widespread epidemics nowâ€" adays because the laws that require physicians to report all cases to the local health authorities are stringent and generally well enforced. The greatest danger is in crowded teneâ€" ments, where it is almost impossible to isolate contagious cases effectively. When the conditions at home make it impossible to handle the case without danger to others, the patient must be removed to a hospital for infectious diseases. _ It follows from all this that we canâ€" not be too careful in dealing with scarlet fever, Too many homes have been bereaved because other families in ignorant carelessness have permitâ€" ted their children to go abroad before they were wholly cured, on the plea that the case was too slight to be conâ€" sidered as dangerous; or have perâ€" mitted the brothers and sisters of the patient to keep on attending school; or have neglected to disinfect house and clothing. ‘ is most surely destroyed by extreme heat. Parents dread scarlet fever beâ€" cause an attack may be of so maligâ€" nant a type that death occurs in a few hours, and a light case in one child may be the cause of a very seâ€" vere attack in another. Moreover, cerâ€" tain serious complications are likely to follow a recovery from the fever itâ€" self. Scarlet fever is perhaps the most dreaded of all the soâ€"called dieases of childhood. It is highly infectious; the germ is not only very virulent but very hard to kill. It attaches itself to anything that has been in contact with a sufferer from the discaseâ€"to the clothing, the bedding, toys or can be disinfected by boiling should be can be disinfected by boiling, she be burned, for the germs of scarlet fever Children should be taught to garâ€" gle, and to put out their tongues and say, "Ahâ€"ahâ€"ah," so that in case of any sore throat the doctor can see if there is any trouble. Such things may easily be taught as games, and the child can use the salt and soda solution given above for the throat. For a cold in the head a small rubâ€" ber bulb ear syringe is used to give a nose douche with a glass of warm (not hot) water into which has been dissolved % teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of cooking soda. This thoroughâ€" ly cleanses the nasal passages and gives the child relief from sniffling. Use two or three times a day. 4 In three operations on childrem in : my own family the child was in each I instance entirely able to go â€" home from the hospital nine hours â€" after _ the operation, and suffered only a â€"slight inconvenience next day, comâ€" plaining of slight pain only occeasianâ€" ally, writes Mrs. N. 0. B.. I have trained my children to take a cold _ water plunge every morning immedâ€" lately upon getting out of bed. This does not mean dabbling in the water. | It is a sudden plunge and a quick, vigorous â€"rubâ€"down with bath â€" towel. This .they have winter and sumnwr,' and, although at first, a burden, lhc: results are worth the trouble. } | Several years ago I discarded cuugh; syrups and have used only white vaseâ€" | line and sugar, A jar of each is kept‘ convenient and a small spoon; and if a child coughs, or is hoarse, I give a half teaspoonful of vasciine dipped in white sugar. For hoarseness tendâ€" ing to croup I use a croup kettle with â€" steaming water and a tablespoonful â€" of compound tincture of benzoin. Place | over alcohol lamp near the child and â€" let the pleasant smelling vapor heal | the trouble. I frequently burn this in the room where the children are C playing and at night pull the bed out J from the wall at the head and put the croup kettle behind, where the vapor . can reach the child. Do not close winâ€" : dows, as fresh air helps. In any orâ€" & dinary case of croup this will prove efâ€" i8 ficacious. [ shape of children‘s ba« throats, croup, etc, As ary measure, of possibl and adenoid growths s moved. The danger to very slicht, | 8. Laid wasteâ€"Paul‘s own word (Gal. 1. 23); literally, sacked, approâ€" priate to Huns sacking a town, is reâ€" peated in Acts 9. 21. 2. Devoutâ€"Proselytes, not Jewishâ€" born. They naturally felt peculiar devotion to the memory of the Helâ€" lenist martyr. ‘ that they were overlooked? It is hardly likely. We may suppose that they felt their duty bound them to Jerusalem till a clear monition came, and that they succeeded in hiding till the storm quieted down. the guilt. Except the apostlesâ€"The reason is not very clear. Was it that they, like James the Lord‘s brother, observed Jewish piety so faithfully Quite the Contrary, th emedies for Child‘s Cold sarlet Fever. have many HEALTH TORONTO bad cold n i prec , the t} the water a _ quick th towel I l | 4 | f&s _1t_| § In The .martial spirit of this great country is being aroused as never beâ€" for since 1861â€"goaded on â€" without same war vultures with black wings that brood over Europe as heralders of poverty, sorrow and death, are liable to migrate to new fields, and America may be the next to supply the harvest of death. But I greatly mistake if they find America as unâ€" prepared as peaceful Europe was when the Kaiser set hostile foot on Belgium soil. | U.S. will receive the thrashing she so richly deserves." That this echoes the sentiment of the German people there can be little doubt, and the duty of preparing is thus made evident. The We recall that a German professor published in the North American Reâ€" view two or three years ago, an artâ€" icle in which he said that "once Gerâ€" many is victoriuos in Europe, the "Monroe Doctrine" will go, and the The question America is seriously considering is, shall Germany be al lowed to lay ruthless hands upon smaller â€" states whose territory â€" she may chance to covert? If this is not to be rebuked, where will it end ? Intoxicated with the prospect of victory, like Napoleon at Austerlitz, the waves are fast ebbing away to a fatal Waterloo that surely awaits him. R ‘ These are but a few of the Kaiser‘s many diplomatic blunders, but they demonstrate the danger of elevating a man to the throne in whose preâ€" sence fawning men burn incense, and pour forth flattery to nauseation. The Czar will be attacked by Bul garia, Italy and China, etec. An alliance with Turkey wil on a holy war, in which all Isls join. Japan will hold Russia in and leave us a free hand in t} kans. He was dead sure that England would remain neutral, because of a little dispute with â€"Ireland. Italy will be a German ally because of the Triple Alliance. Belgium will be neutral, and allow us to trespass on her property and destroy her homes if we promise indemnity when the war is over. France is unprepared and weak and we will have Paris within three weeks, No ruler is c ious diplomatic Kaiser. The U.S. has 100,¢00,000 of people Canada has 10,000,000, and though we need many things that Canada posâ€" sesses, it is unthinkable that "We should take what we want and explain [afterwards" a la German ~policy. There is not a fort from Maine to Victoria along the 3,000 miles of the Canadian frontier, but if we adoptâ€" ed Germany‘s policy we would have to erect fortifications all along the route, and keep one or two millions of men drawn from farm and factory to defend them, and our neighbor would have to do the same. In some European states the nation is everyâ€" thing, the individual nothing. Thank Heaven! This worship is confined to the Central Powers, and chiefly to one of these. Absolute power is always prolific of mistakes, and this is the sequence of endless adoration, for it destroys the ruler‘s power to think in straight or consistent lines. Flatâ€" tery is sure to conceal weakness, and no man is so unfortunate as the man who is put on a throne and lifted up beyond the reach of plain truthâ€"tellâ€" ing. 18 But it is just this abhorrence to the sin of trespass that has lent the peculiar sanctity to all American treaties with Canada as with the rest of the world, for which the country is noted. C o en as one of the most sacred of all huâ€" man institutions. Trespass here, upon property rights is one of the blackest of sins, and hence Imperialism finds it impossible to understand America. In the U.S property has HOW â€" AMEBRICANS VIEW THE GREAT WAR. une of London‘s wealthict societ y women, who is indefatizable in reâ€" Hef work. Her huband is a hbroâ€" ther of the Duke of Roxburscho, By Chas. M LDY AntAsSTPAuR® rX> a * .i PXf} y WÂ¥ en In Relief Work is charged with more with Turkey will bring in_ which all Islam will | hold Russia in check, free hand in the Balâ€" the individual right of always been regarded most sacred of all huâ€" Bice, Denver, Colo blunders _ than s3 an power is always and this is the adoration, for it Â¥= 4 w# ESâ€" MJ serâ€" the A true alliance is never one sided ; it is always reciprocal. Each ally perâ€" forms his portion of the compact. Otherwise the association fails. Charging God with the failures and losses which are of our own making is one of the commonest and yet one of the most unworthy of our mental processes. â€" Our prayers appear to be unanswered; there is a sting of bitâ€" Holiness is of the Lord, to be had of Him only for the asking. It can never be developed of your own powâ€" ers. Or do you desire success? You possess talents and personal gifts of character, God‘s power directs these talents so that they may be realized in the highest forms of efficiency and utility, Prayer is an empowering alliance, It is a drawing on the stored up reâ€" sources of the Almighty, a suppleâ€" menting of human deficiency by diâ€" vine sufficieney. Prayer is the highest exercise of the religious life. It is the conversaâ€" tion of the believing heart withits Maker, It is a talking with God and, therefore, the engaging in a divineâ€" human â€" alliance for rightcousness. This large purpose, unvealizable by man alone, is easily accomplished by God and man together. Prayer is the bond which unites Creator and creatâ€" ure into an intimate fellowship of acâ€" tion. If religion consists of walking with God, it must also be a talking with God, for friends do not walk toâ€" gether in silense. "When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood."â€"Isaiah, i., 15. THE FAILURE OF AN ALLIANCE you i The soldier replied: "Aw‘ll tell yo‘ what they‘ve done, sir. They‘ve ta‘en th‘ hump of mi back an‘ put it on mi chest, and it‘s Visiting his old factory, he was enâ€" countered by the genial head of the firm with a smile, andâ€" "I hope they made a new man of a lot easier to carry neaw."â€"London Answers. bowtabstsis.. Apallbcsssmantedinet Hecta More Portable Shape. advertised it, and : A _ Lancashire â€" weaver recently gentleman called to joined the army, and, ofter being at "Well, sir," said he, Plymouth three months, was allowed that estate you ad home on a week‘s furlough. it all viwht exeant Like Canadians, born and matured under civil and political freedom America has a heritage to fight for, and has never been found lacking in those stern qualities that make the inâ€" vincible, daring and unconquerable soldier. This conviction is rapidly settling down upon American thought toâ€"day, and every effort is being put forth to strengthen her defenses, and increase her naval strength. The capacity of a democracy to quickly employ its resources is proâ€" verbial, as history Nemonstrates. A nation that sneers at its solemn treaties is not to be trusted in any way, and the only safety for Amerâ€" ica lies in being abundantly prepared to repell any aggression, and assert her rights, come what may. All Can Walk and Talk With God, if Their and Unblemished doubt by the tragic lessons taught by the present relentless struggle,. Toâ€"morrow she came, to get the same pleasant answer, and every day, till the fifth daisy was fully asked and had answered, did the Princess apâ€" pear. Now came the time for the sixth daisy that had the eight petals. | _ At last the time for answering quesâ€" tions arrived. The Princess had said 'good-bye to her lover, who had deâ€" parted on a journey. He had been gone half an hour, and naturally she wanted know whether he still loved her. She came out and leant over the first sevenâ€"petalled daisy. She did not pull the petals, she was to kind for that, but she touched each in turn, saying, "He loves me, he loves me not," till has she touched the last it came to "He loves me." She gave a ery of joy, "You dear dear little daisy," she said, and kissed it "I am so glad you have told me that. Toâ€" morrow I will come and ask another of you this question. , 1 am Queen, She then became very rude and tyâ€" rannical, taking more than her fair share of dew, and persuading the west wind to make the other five daisies bow to her. "I don‘t see how it is better to have eight petals than seven," they comâ€" plained., "I am sure she will not anâ€" swer questions any better for it." The Princess and the Daisies. ~ Of all the flowers in the Princess‘s garden the six daisies that grew near the rose bush considered themselves the most important, "The roses are prettier thin we are, and the lillies more graceful, but we are much wiser, for we answer questions that human beings bring us" said the smallest 1 9 19 BOYS2@C &Câ€" o £}7 /\\?â€"» 4 > J é‘“ _R ,' 3 7:( -,'!\' P e / ,g;') [JM f 4s iz imee! t B JFrwrr ~a w BOYSE GI You Crave Holiness? lt Id never al than vor th e1g hi gues [X ckle. __) C . Coov JHerprur SAHABHCE . 1% habitual; it is not merely a last resort when all else seems to wpoll defeat, {Its united strength prevents trouble where its isolated weakness would |otherwise tempt the troubler. The i nnmeidine s e y o Bhk Eus W se meany d complete indwelling of God with man will dissuade the evildoer and save men from themselves. The way is open. "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?* He that hath clean hands and a pure heart."â€"Rev, Chayâ€" les J. Smith, NodpC COPer? TCP Teve Ts cry heard. Such a ery is like a shout for help in midâ€"ocean, with no ship nearer than a thousand miles. Why do we persist in carrying around our grudges, our hates and our enmitios and then wondering why the Lord seems deaf? never prayed for a roof to ;over Him nor for soft beds and good meals. His prayers were for spiritual Kifts; their clear object not Himself but othersâ€" "I pray that they shall be with me where I am and that they shall know my glory," "Forgive us our tresâ€" passes as we forgive those that tresâ€" pass against us" An nnEarminia. ine ainance promised well, but some one had failed at the crucial moment, God never fails; a failing God would be no God at all, Perhaps we have failed. "When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you," Why*? "Those hands are . soiled, dirty, contaminated, stained." Their disreputableness automatically breaks the binding power of the alliance, The True and Helpless Alliance. The most devastating of sing is self. ishness. The compelling power of prayer is its selflessness, Why pray for creature comforts only ? | Jesus terness in that oft repe The alliance promised one had failed at the . God never fails: a fa} of the meadow," said the landowner. "What! That little brook? Why, it doesn‘t hold much more than a spoon â€" ful. I am sure if you were to empty a pail of water into it it would overâ€" flow. You don‘t call that a fine stream do you?" Faith," said the owner, blandly, "If it were much fines you couldn‘t see it at all." that estate you advertised, and find it all right except that fine trout stream â€" you mentioned." _ "It runs through the wood in the lower part A country gentlieman in Ireland, having a small sporting estate to sell, advertised it, and soon afterwards a gentleman called to see him about it. “_Well, sir," said he, "I have been over "Well, so‘m 1," confided the boy, "but you know Ive ben a huntin‘ for ten minutes an hain‘t found a thing!" Suddenly the back door belB rang, Leaving his unprofitable search, Samuel went to answer. On the steps stood an unshaven, longâ€"haired man whose. clothes needed a tailor and a laundry worker, "I‘m hungry," began the stranger, in a low, agrieved tone, "and should like something to eat," Sam had come home from schoolâ€" hungry as usual. Tossing his spel!â€" ing book on the kitchen table he hastened to the pantry and began an investigation of cake box, cupboards, and cooky jar. "Now you see the mischief of your eighth petal that you were so proud of" jeered the other daisies, and the poor Queen hung her head, pretendâ€" ing to sleep. Early next morning she awoke; a robin was hopping near her. "Robin," she said, "will you pull off one of my petals?" "It will hurt," said the robin. *"Never amind, it is better to be hurt and to have only seven petals than to be auntruthful,." So the robin obeyed, and when the Princess came again to the garden she saw to her surprise that the sixth daisy had repented, and would never deceive her any more. "That is what comes of having eight petals," said the Prince, smilâ€" ing down at her before he turned away. great noise oi rejoricing, hurrying up and down th« cause the Prince had rotur the Prince and Princeess < the garden, radiantly hay are the five good daisies th truth," said the Princess, ‘ is the one had daisy that t« hood." not help hop be proved patience, th None of the daisies could count very well, so that they did not thing what would happen. Only the cight potalâ€" led daisy was quite sure that the Princess would be much more pleased with her than with the othaors. true and helpful alliance e Torgive thoge that tresâ€" t us." An unforgiving never expect io have its In the Same Boat A Fine Stream ands are Only Pure repeated complaint, urned. Ther came out t« appy. ‘There that told th« . "and there et ht tr tr Theo fac 40 eyel in Brit priv the | ing