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I Park | age argo golt * park @areut of its of the tages, have tound purse ty of n taim irtck. »thing situm tHlomai oning proxi ncher erton wave an to rmer here NS rl timh there B& to mng the joinâ€" ents ind# kind For v be p/0% ttled bill n# Up ked n@m ned and the and and the e fog ® # LF 18 i1 the the NO 3 Y U am thi ing at the nomcâ€"m Joey‘s â€" "collectio drying on the w hornets‘ nest! alive with moth crawling things. forâ€"nothing boys takes the lead! rods, old clock wi in creation that‘s ;raw!inhz thin::. Of all the idle, goodâ€" everything out, cean as my hand. > orâ€"nothing boys, that Joey Brooks ooy was o & takes the lead! Broken gurs, fishingâ€" bo;l, ():'a:a‘:ur‘\vs;r: ';‘::m{r:mmhhi{ rods, oid clock wheels, and everything : through the woods ever since breakâ€" in creation that‘s no good! continu=d | fast, but the plate of "vitt‘es" dropped Aunt Hepsy, knocking down a "moâ€" from his hand, he kicked off his muddy dei" that poor Joey had beén laboriâ€"‘ boots and was up the stairs with a ously constructing during the long bound. ' | winter nichts. "Did anyone ever see| One glance at the bare and freshly so much rubbish? Open the doors and scoured room, and he sank down on windows, Elviry; fling all this trash| the narrow bed with a b‘ank face of out; sweep up everything!" | despair. ‘r And Aunt Hepsy began work herâ€"| Everything goneâ€"model, mineral,‘ self by tearing down a triumphal arch morit cards, the o‘d gun for which he of merit cards, bearing Miss Mary‘s had sawed Farmer Bray‘s winter dainty signature, that decorated the wood, the hornet‘s nest that he had mantel. | borne off from the topmost bough of "Everything, ma‘am?" said Elvira, the old elm amid the ringing cheers of who had a streak of human sympathy , his schoo‘mates, the skins he was curâ€" somewhore in her bony frame. | ing to fashion into a rug to keep Miss "Everything!" repeated Aunt Hepâ€" Mary‘s dainty feet from the schoolâ€" sy, firmly. | house flcor, the beet‘es and butterflies, "Bless us! Look here, ma‘am! and stones, in which he was learning What‘s this*" exclaimed Eâ€"vira, as she to read nature‘s wonderful lessons, flung open the windowâ€"sash, m obed. . with an interest even deeper than he ience to her mistress" command. ‘found in booksâ€"all gons!‘ And they There, on the broad sil stood a ta‘l, had been his ownâ€"his ownâ€"these beautiful Faster lily, just opening into boyish treasures, that represented the bloom. |Lopes, the efforts, the aspirations of "For the land‘s sake!" cried Aunt his young life, all swept away. It was Hepsy, shrilly at sight of this new the touch of the tyrant heel that made enormity. "And aâ€"growing in on» of Young Canada rebel. my stone butterâ€"crocks! Pitch it right _ "What did you do it for?" eried out !" \Joey bursting into the kitchen and But Elvira hesitated. facing Aunt Hepsy, with blazing eyes. "It do seem most a pity, ma‘am. Iu‘s\ "The land‘s sake," cried that lady, â€" "IL do S@0M MOST WE UY* "1% safite | near‘y dropping â€"her teaâ€"cup in her mantel. “Bvorytihlt- ma‘am who had a streak of h somewhere in her bon; "Everything!" repes sy, firmly. "Bless us! Look my stone butterâ€"Crocas out !" But Elvira hesitated "!t do seem most a ] just aâ€"goin to bicom," "Nonsense®* rejoine sharp‘y â€" "Who wants And she laid her hard, bory hand upon the lily, and was about to wrench it out of the mould, whon somethingâ€" was it the fair, pure beauty of the flower?â€"â€"stayed her destr?)'ing grasp. Up from the rich, dark, glossy leaves rose the single blossom, its snowy petals as yet folded over the golden heart. It was indeed the flowâ€" er of the resurrectionâ€"the first sweet censer breath of spring. "I dunno," said Aunt Hepsy, hesiâ€" tating for the first time in :w an'd Pous $ e ns T sharp ing + great [ 1t o 415090 1 43.3 ct ctcinting Pnb Cl t "I dunno," said Aunt Hepsy. hesiâ€" tating for the first time in five and forty years of houseâ€"cleaning. "It won‘t do any harm out there, I reckon, and the Wutterâ€"crock‘s cracked, and ain‘t good for much, anyhow. So let it stay, but sweep t .e rest of this rubâ€" W H »win, bare earth was greening in imahiny glades; the pink buds peeping forth in the orchards, ussy willows nodding to the . and a biuve bird was thinking king her nest in the old map!=. ‘~4 Bid had clucked tdiumphantâ€" : of the barn with a brood of â€" cbicks, and Aunt Hepsy was 1 thing boys, that Joey Brooks the lead! Broken gurs, fishingâ€" xd clock wheels, and everything ation that‘s no good! continued Hepsy, knocking down a "moâ€" hat poor Joey had beén laboriâ€" constructing during the long + nights. "Did anyone ever see ch rubbish? Open the doors and Â¥ L D this timeé en the windowâ€"sash, m obedâ€", with her mistress" command. ‘foun on the broad si1 stood a tal, had | Faster lily, just opening into boyis | Lope the land‘s sake!" cried Aunt his ) shrilly at sight of this new the t r. "And aâ€"growing in on» of You : butterâ€"crocks! Pitch it right * : Joey seem most a pity, ma‘am. It‘: in to blcom," ske said, softly ense®* rejoined Aunt Hepsy "Who wants flowers bloom butterâ€"erocks? And it‘s n« nc. anyway.~ Here, give it t 61 in AM th us! Look here, ma‘am. is*" exclaimed Eâ€"vira, as she n the windowâ€"sash, m obedâ€" nomeâ€"m tin come at last. ;A!mdylphh away â€"every atic the wa in h it rubbish flew; every quity in the way of s brought to light, stormed and swept ~ded until both she luckless help, were JOEY‘S EASTER LILY hy ook to the woods morning, fleeing » comeâ€"for this id," whom â€" Miss rom his widowed ilways come in on i quadruple share n that Joey often M stones, bugs and the appotite 0/ 1 Aunt Hepsey, starâ€"! "She has th ade shelves that he‘d vira, draggled m." "Rabbitâ€"skins desperation. * il!, and, as I live, nlherself. Miss The house will be‘ stop for noth s ard all kinds of houseâ€"cleaning Of all the idle, goodâ€" everything out , that Joey Brooks: Joey was ht 3roken gurs, fishingâ€" boy can be eels, and everything ) through the v ons good! continucd fast but the » e," â€" said wk out for h TY 1 0 H »h He We D ct school down a â€" sweetâ€"faced country bey‘s ed the heights m?" said Elvira human sympath; ny frame. sated Aunt Hep m fi ‘Ou 1 pitcher spot for the rest! aid‘ Aunt t for equiâ€" r, thought ; nephewâ€" rning; for seâ€"cleaning | farm and lone. rd, borny hand ind, repie n it up him He th 10 DOY mphat ther ea that ho. Rabbitâ€"skin as I live. : Ms nice clean W LC rith her | top of up and mmand, learest d Aunt barren Llea r his along tened and Ivira, the old « pathy . his scho | ing to f: Hepâ€"| Mary‘s %houss fhk a‘am‘! and stot at ly, ild n« . my mortal life!" [ ste| _ Joey looked alarmed. I | ~"Has she been up in my room?" he tly | asked Elvira, as she came out with a otâ€" huge dish of cold meat and potatoos t l and bread that would have satisfied ind the appotite of the Giant Cormorant. arâ€"‘ "She has that," answered poor Elâ€" «d vira, draggled and drugged nearly to ins desperation. "She unlocked the door , a herseif. _ Miss Hepsy Brooks don‘t be‘ stop for nothing when she starts of houseâ€"cleaning. Andâ€"and she swept ad.â€"‘ evervthing out, clean as my hand." |\ are the flowers wou were telling us ;about the other dayâ€"the ‘trailing | beauties,‘ I think you called thom." | "The arbutus," said Miss Mary, deâ€" lightediy. "Oh, how sweet! And what la nico string of fish! Did you catch | them all yourself* How kind of you to bring them to me. Won‘t you come in and see mother?" i%." It was nearly sunset when Joey strolied \xésurely homeward, a satring of shiners, carefully cleaned, on his fishingâ€"pole, and a big bunch of arbuâ€" tus, fresh in damp moss, in his hand. He stopped at the teachar‘s pretty tittle cottage and tapped at the door. "Why, Joey!" exclaimed Miss Mary, auroriaed at this first visit from her "Why, Joey!" exc.aimed SMiss Mary, surprised at this first visit from hor shy, studious pupil. } "Yoer, ma‘amâ€"it‘sâ€"it‘s 1," stamâ€" mered Joey, turning red to the roots of his hair in his embarrassment. "Thought you might like a string of fresh fish for your supper. And these in and see mother?" | _ It was a hard night for Joey. He "Yes, ma‘amâ€"no, ma‘amâ€"I MeAU, flung himself on his little bed, hungry no, thank you, ma‘am," answoered J98Y) and heavyâ€"hearted, and it was long quite abashed by the glimpse h6 pefore he could sicep. caught of a litto sittingâ€"room that, _ At last he sank into an uneasyâ€"slumâ€" with its dainty, muslin curtains and per, from which he started up, shiverâ€" protty pictures and potted plants, ing, 3 seemed the abodo of princely splendor. . Winter was making a last bluster, "I‘d muddy things up with these big are he packed up finally for his deâ€" boots. â€" Rut â€"but"â€"Joey shufflied frOM parture. A chily wind was sweeping one fool to the other and twirled his through the open window. cap sheepishlyâ€""what 1 came to say, _ "My lily!" thought Joey, rememberâ€" Miss Mary, was that that hu_}b Â¥94 ing his last and only treasure. & wave mé last fall has come up beautiâ€" ful. It‘s aâ€"going to bloom and if you don‘t mind the butterâ€"crock, I"1 bring it round for Easter Day." "Bulb! butterâ€"crock! Oh," exclaimed Miss Mary, "you mean the lilyâ€"bulb I gave you. It is going to broom, you say? Why, every one of mine were utter failures. Bring it to me by all means. 1 will be so glad to have it. We want a‘l wo can get for the church. â€" And as for the butterâ€"crock," Miss Mary laughed gaily, "that‘s a now idea for me. Joey, I‘ll plant all my lilies in butterâ€"crocks next year, and see if I don‘t have better luck." And Joey went on homeward across the fie‘d radiant with the spring sunâ€" set. his heart fairly singing in his simp‘le boyish breast. It was only from Miss Mary poor Joey ever got a word of cheer. 3 "Don‘t come one step further, Joey Brooks!" cried Aunt Hepsy, as he approached the kitchen doorâ€""not till you‘ve taken off them muddy boots and brushed your trousers. I won‘t have my scoured floor tramped over by any such feet. Here, Elviry, hand Joey a pate of cold vittles; he can eat ‘em on the doorâ€"step. Nice time of day for a boy to be coming home expecting to be served with a bct dinner. I‘m just c‘oan done out, scouring and serubâ€" bing. Such a kennel as that room of yours, Joey Brooks, I never seen in thing!" | "Hoity toity!" exclaimed Aunt Hepâ€" sy, who was tired and nervous, and more than commonly tartaric this «vening. " Your things, indeed! I‘d like to know what things a charity child like you can call yours? Your things! If you mean the rubbish I swept out of your rooms, 1 tell you this is my house and I‘ll have no such things in it â€"bugs and spiders and every other sort of horrid thing walkâ€" ing round; mouldy rabbit ?skins . and dusty hornets‘ nests. It‘s a wonder that we weren‘t all down with fever. You â€"are your â€" mother‘s son, Joey Brooks; and of all the shift‘ess, goodâ€" forâ€"nothingâ€"" T . near.‘y Cropp amazement, " "Fling out Josy, his you model, and n rabbitâ€"skins, o o > Dak neandy uim EmE s TTE stt . 2 en ts amazsment, "Do what?" "Fling out ail my things," continued Josy, his young voice quiveringâ€"*"my model, and my merit cards, and my rabbitâ€"skins, and . myâ€"my . everyâ€" shred of "Stop right there!" cried Joey, white _ They bi to his lips. "Not another word like conservato that, Aunt Hepsy, or PlBâ€"Ill do study. A: somothing I‘ll be sorry for. I won‘t lbg've all & hear one word against my dead mothâ€" er; and I‘mâ€"I‘m done with you. I‘ve stayed here long enough to have ‘vitâ€" tles‘ flung at me as if I were a dog. I‘m not going to stand it any longer. I‘m off from Pine Hil} toâ€"night." And, leaving Aunt Hepsy, fairly speechless at this unprecedented outâ€" burst, Joey started up for his room to gather up his few clothes and, as he believed, shake the dust of Pine Hil} from his feet forever. But he started as he crossed the threshold. There, unseen and forgotâ€" ten in his angerâ€"there, on the winâ€" dowâ€"sill, stood his Easter lily, like a star in the gathering shadows, opened into fu.l and perfect bloom. "That‘s safe, anyhow," said Joey, in a choking voice; "andâ€"and I promâ€" ised to take it to Miss Mary toâ€" morrow. I‘}l have to keep my word. I‘ll stay this one night, and then I‘m offâ€"off to sea, or somewhere; I don‘t much care." Winter was making a last bluster, ere he packed up finally for his deâ€" parture. A chily wind was sweeping through the open window. And he sprang to the window and leaned forward to lift the flower, when a sound from be‘ow made him pause and listen with bated breath. Voices â€"surely bengathâ€"voices low and strange. "Kin you wrench the bolt?" "In a minute. Be keerful. Don‘t want to stir things up too soon." ”FJ-;)Ve)r"’s heart g'i:ve-one wild bound and then fairly stood still. _ _ _ mflurrg'l-nrs! Burglars in this lonely place, full a quarter of a mile from any neighbor‘s belp! § "No fear!"â€"the words came clearly up, in a lull of the wind. There‘s only two women and a little kid that sleeps sound as a log, somewhere up in the garret." Aye, no one! No one but Aunt Hepsy, Elvira and himse‘f. And not even Farmer Bray‘s rusty gun! Joey stood, his hand still resting on his FRaster lilvy. like one turned to Joey stood, his hand still his Easter lily, like one stonc. _ "She‘s got five kundred dollars in her room, and we must have it." "Ays, aye! Thar, the boits off ; jump But that jump was never made. Hurling down from some unseen height came a terible missile, crashing full upon the miscreant‘s head and fe‘ling him sense‘ess to the earth while with a ery of terror, his companion sprang off affrighted into the darkâ€" In ness "Oh, what is all this racket?" shrioked Aunt Hepsy and Elvira, tumbling from their beds. _ "Joey Brooks, what have you done now?" for Joey, whiteâ€"faced and breathless, met them on the stairs. "I don‘t know; hurt him pretty bad, I guess. They were coming to rob you of that five hundred dollars interâ€" est money Squire Simpkins paid you. I heard them under the window and I had nothing e‘se, so I pitched myâ€"my Easter lily down on them. One run off, but the butterâ€"crock was so heavy, you know, it has nearly killed the other." Aunt Hepsy peered through the window at the huge blackâ€"bearded felâ€" low lying at her doorstep, then dropâ€" ped on the kitchen settee,and for the first and only time in her life went off into hysterics. "And it was you who saved me! Joey Brooks, if it hadn‘t been for you and that Easter lily I come near throwing on the rubbish heap, I‘d beenl robbed, and maybe my life taken. It‘s‘ a warning to meâ€"it‘s a warning. l’w.-| been a hard, unnatural woman. I']l‘ not live shut up like a hermit anyf more; I‘ll send for your father to-z morrow and give him and his a home here. And shake hands, Joey. That five hundred dollars shall go into the bank to send you to college and make a man of you. And you can fill up your room with bugs and spiders and snakes if you want to, and I‘ll never touch it with brush or broom. And Aunt Hepsey was the woman to keep her word. Joey found himse‘f a hero next morning, when the neighbors gather>d from far and near, and the big, blackâ€" bearded ruffian, with a badiyâ€"damaged head, in the hands of the law, was disâ€" covered to be a notorious housebreaker who had defied the po.ico for many \ _ And Joey has so far, for Professor Joseph Brooks has he‘d a high posiâ€" \tion in a famous colege for many ‘ years, and his deep study and research l in natural science has gained him ‘ name and fame. f i But though to beetle and buttérfly, lstone and starâ€"to All the wide range of God‘s creationâ€"he gives thought l and time, it is the flowers he loves | best. vealr congratulate her pupil on his courage and quick wit that had saved his aunt from loss, if not personal injury, Joey‘s voice trembled. "I can‘t keep my word to you, Miss Mary. My poor Easter lMiy lies there." And be pointed to the broken flower, iying withered in the dust. "Its work is done, Joey," she said, soft‘ly picking up the buib. "May we do ours as well." it when Miss Mary came up to white â€" They bloom in his garden, in his i like conservatory, in his classâ€"room, in his 11 do study. And always fair and queenly won‘t above all stands the Easter lily in the moth. early springâ€"the sweet flower that I‘ve the professor says shaped his life. | branches, | See you no sign that she launches ( Swift on the tide of her shallop‘s glide i Tallest One! Look through your The birches are listening, listening (Their siim, white bodies glistening) For the farâ€"off beat, of Spring‘s dancâ€" ing feet, The birches are listening, listening. The birches are whispering together, On the hillside yellow with heather, They are wondering, wondering why Spring is passing them by. "Tallest One! Look through your branches!" "She wil bring shimmering green, Sho will veil with its silvery sheen, All our sweet pride, as if of a bride, We shall go robed liké a queen." The birches are listening, listening, They are trembling with joy and whispering . . . "She is coming, our own, our sweetâ€" We hear her feet: in our rootlets beat Spring, on her dancing feet!" Lo use CVENtrUd . P77 CHARMING FROCKS APPEAR IN PRINTED SILKS. Printed silk of graceful design is admirably adapted to this straightâ€" lline frock, cut with oval neck, and reâ€" | vealing a shaped yoke front and l\ack’ | ending in short kimono sleeves. Fine \tucks provide front fulness and a tie! {belt has a bow in front. The patternf |\provides long sleeves, and the accomâ€" lpanying diagram pictures the simp‘.e’ |\design or No. 1144, which is in sizes ‘16, 18 and 20 years, or (34, 36 and 88 inches bust only). Size 18 years (36 | bust) requires 3 yards 36 or 40â€"inch ‘material; long sleeves 4 yard addiâ€" tional, Price 20 cents. ‘ | The secret , of distinctive dress lies in good taste rather than a lavish exâ€" !penditure of money. Every woman "'shou!d want to make her own clothes, | and the home dressmaker will find the | lesigns illustrated in our new Fashion ‘Book to be practical and simple, yet .!maintaining the spirit of the mode of {the moment. Price of the book 10¢ | the copy. | _ ow TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade laide St., Torouto. Patterns sent by returr mail. Who would pay $100,000 for an Easter egg? Such was the present Napoleon gave to his Empress at Easâ€" ter in 1862. The egg itself, although made of go‘ld, was not so valuable, but inside were pearls valued at the above sum. It was about the midd‘e of the nineâ€" teenth century that the <~Easter egg reached its zenith of cost.iness. Perâ€" haps the most remarkable was one sent by a Court Chamberlain to an actress. This egg took the form of a gigantic coffer, ten feet high and twice as long, in which was a charming vieâ€" toria, complete with groom and ponies. Another egg, presented by a South African millionaire to his fiancee, conâ€" tained a complete bridal outfit, several hundredweights of chocolates and conâ€" fectionery, and a rich assortment of wedding gifts. 4 [ icok a walk and quite alone, T. ue bent the April sky, 1 wasn‘t lonely, not a bit, And I will te!! yau why. A littie bird sweet called to me, The brovk it sang a song, ~ The grasses whisperéd soft and low, Just as I went along. And on a branch close by the path, 1 didn‘t see them stirâ€" The funny Pussy Willows, sat, I almost heard them purr. , y ** â€"Alix Thorn. Listening for Spring. A $100,000 Easter Egg. Henrietta Jewett Keith. A Spring Walk. In Among Kastern nations the egg was tho aymbo! of the primitive state of the worldâ€"of the creation that has develcped tho germs of all things. At the beginning of the new yearâ€" which still opens in the East at tho‘ spring equinoxâ€"a holiday is celebratâ€" ed similar to our Now Year‘s Day. _ At this time of the renewing of the year, and of the who‘e aspect of naâ€" ture, presents are exchanged, and painted and gilded egge are sent from all quarters, intended to recall the rudiments of ail life. ‘"@ "Ml:Xkt Char‘es IX., in fixing the commeonceâ€" ment of the year on the first of Januâ€" ary, caused the eggs to lose part of their signification though they celeâ€" brate no longer the opening of the year, they still remind us of the reâ€" newal of nature. In Russia, Easter eggs assume a reâ€" ligious character. They are distributâ€" ed only after being solemnly blessed by the priests on Holy Saturday. A charming legend is told among the i‘rench peasants in the East of France, in which Easter eggs bear a prominent part. Margaret of Austria, Governess of the Low Countries, having left Flanâ€" ders on a pilgrimage to a distant and farâ€"famed shrine, arrived at Bourg, a town not far from Lyons, where she reaained a few days at a castle in the depth of the forest. This princess was not only a most important personage among the nobilâ€" ity of Europe, but was a‘so an attracâ€" tive and most charming young woman, full of grace and joyousness. During her stay at the cast‘e, one festivity followed another in her honor. Knights and lords vied with one another to obtain a favoring glance from her bright eyes, and the peasants looked upon her as a graâ€" cious being from Fairyland. On Easter Monday, there was a great gathering in the plain beyond the forest to enjoy the day in disport of various kinds. . New games and old were prepared for the general amuseâ€" ment. the forest to enjoy the day in disport|! Fate favored the illustrious pair of various kinds. _ New games and old | as it mwight the simplest peasants, The were prepared for the general amuseâ€" dance was successful, and Margare! ment. ‘blushing with pleasure and lovelior The older peasants formed an archâ€"| than ever, placed her hand in that cf ery club, having for their target a) the young duke, saying: hogshead of wine; and the archer| "Let us adopt the custom of the who was fortunate enough to pierce"muntr_\";" the cask had the right to enjoy a deep} He, no whit embarrassed, acconted draught of the wine, inviting all the, her hand and all that it invoived. And members of his party to join in the so they were affianced, and the poets potation. l of the country sang many a song in NU arrarat surrounded by the lmdies their. honor. k 35 PE m S en y t PIFL |the first Easter Sunday morning, and | 7 ‘found the tomb open and the body of ; \Jesus gone, as she stood weeping, he | { | came, though in the imperfect 1light | 4 | and with her tearâ€"dimmed eyes she did | ; |not at first know him, John 20: 1â€"18. |g i To other women, who followed her and |s \likewise found the tomb empty, he apâ€"| ( lpeared as they were returning in fg !haste to the city, Matt. 28:1â€"10; Mark | J | 16:1â€"8. Then to two disciples as they |, | walked together on the way from Jerâ€"| |usalem to Emmaus and talked of the ; |strange things that had happened | | | (Luke 24:13â€"32), and again to Simon | 1 | Peter alone, Luke 24:34; 1 Cor. 15:5.| |It was on the evening of that same‘ l memorable Sunday that he appeared .\ to ten of the disciples, and others who ‘ . 1were gathered with them, in a house‘ ‘in the city, banishing their fears and ; | arousing wonder and joy in the hearts lof all. A week later, in a similari ;gathering, Thomas the doubter saw i‘ him and believed, Luke 24: 36â€"48;| ; | John 20 : 19â€"29. In Galilee to the seven | _| by the lake side, as to!d in our lesson | (John 21:1â€"24), and to a large asâ€"| ‘‘sembly in a mounsain, possibly the | * mountain of his great sermon (Matt.f ® 5:1), he came with words of counsel. , ;comfort. and instruction (Matt, 28:| â€"|16â€"20; 1 Cor. 16:6). Last of all to‘ z| James, his own brother, perhaps in‘ --"Jerusalem (1 Cor. 15:7), and to the: & | eleven discig!es in a farewell wa‘k wf n;Bethany, whanee he ‘was parted from | |them and carried up into h(-aven."l A|Luke 24: 50â€"51; Acts 1:4â€"9. Thus, : 8 says the historian in the book of Acts,| -'-!“he shewed himself alive after his . s.| passion by many infallible proofe, beâ€". h ing seen of them forty days, and .‘ speaking of the things pertaining to] ,; the kingdom of God," Acts 1:3. Peter s to the multitude whigh gathered about . 1 the apostles at Pentecost declared, P i“This Jesus hath God raised up, | whereof we all are witnesses." _ And |\ Pau} writes, after citing the evidence of others, "Last of all he was seen of me also," referring to his vision, on the way to Damascus, of the Christ whose followers he was gersecuting, 1 Cor. 15:8, Acts 9:1â€"9. No fact of history is more strongly attested than this fact.of the resurâ€" ‘rect.in. There may be Mfferent ways y lof explaining or aecgnum! fzr :!t April 4. Jesus Appears to His Disâ€"| ciples, John 20: 24 to 21: 25. Golden Textâ€"Because thou hast seen me,. thou hast believed: blessed are they‘ that have not seen, and yet have beâ€"" lieved.â€"John 20: 29. 1 ANALYSIS. t I. APPEARANCE To THE ELEVEn DiSâ€" CIPLES IN JERUSALEM, 20:24â€"29.| II. APPEARANCE TO SEVEN DISCIPLES IN GALILER, 21:1â€"25. | INTRODUCTIONâ€"It is on record that Jesus appeared to his disciples and to others who had knownâ€"and loved him ten times after his resurrection, a‘ chain of evidence not easily broken. | To Mary Magdalene who came very| early on the morr}ing‘of the third dayJ,i + ~â€" A LEGEND OF EASTER Margaret, surrounded by tllefilaidfs; CC en Pmesenss 2s s C happened, but the astounding fact reâ€" mains, witnessed not only by the Gosâ€" pels, the book of Acts, and the Epistles, but by the recovered and joyâ€" ous faith of theâ€"apostles, the universal belief of the early Christian church and the testimony which Christian exâ€" $.S. LESSON BY AMY JOVELL {perience in every age has borne and \still bears to the living Christ. | 'Jesus lives; no longer now | | Can thy terrors, death, appal us; Dis.\Jesus lives; by this we know den | _ From the grave He will recall us. me, I. APPEARANCE To THE ELEVEn DISâ€", they | CIPLES IN JERUSALEM, 20:24â€"29, beâ€"\ Thomas had not been Ercsent on the night, a week earlier, when Jesus had iappeared to the disciples and to others ‘assembled in some }riend‘s house in pisâ€" Jerusalem, possibly the same house in‘ â€"29,| which they had eaten the last supper ; n With the Lord, John 10:19â€"25; compare { Luke 22:7â€"12, He was evident‘y not a ‘man who became seized of a new idea that : quickly, but there was no other of the d to eleven remaining disciples more loyal him and faithful to his Master. When they 1, &‘ all sought to dissuade him from going ken.|to Jerusalem after the death of Lazâ€" Ve!'Yl arus, knowing the plots which had day,‘ been made against his life, it was and| Thomas who said, "Letus also go that y of we may die with him," John 11:16. At , h¢| the last supper, listening to the words ight |of Jesus, he was one of the‘ questionâ€" : did ers who found it difficult to underâ€" 1â€"18. stand, John 14:5. He was one of the and|seven whom Jesus met at the lake of ’lp-i(}alilee, 21:2. He refused to believe in ‘the story of Jesus‘ appearance brought Aark him by the other disciples, and declarâ€" they | ed that he must himself see and touch Jerâ€"| the Lord. The evidence he demanded ‘ the is now given him. Jesus does not reâ€" ened | buke the doubter, but treats him with imon | understanding and with sympathy. 15:5.| How completely justified Jesus‘ meâ€" same | thod of treatment is by what followed ! ared Thomas is convinced, never to doubt who again. "My Lord and my God." _ _ It was the acknowledged custom in Christmas,. For while Lasier was 0°" that part of the country that if the sarved from the very beginning of dance were performed without danger Christianity, nearly 2,000 years ago, it to the eggs, the couple were declared was not until the fourth century that | betrothed. Three times the trial was the birthday of the Saviour began to to be repeated; and any awkwardness hbe regu‘larly colebrated. lwu to be greeted with shouts of; Together with Christmas, Easter is derision, but success was heartily apâ€" classed byâ€"the instinctive religilous beâ€" | plauded. | liefs of a large portion of the world‘s The princess was quite absorbed in | people as one of the ranking festivals watching this spectac:eâ€"so new to of the year, herâ€" when a born resounded through: . Easter, which marks the resurrecâ€" the forest, and almost immediately apâ€"| tion of the Christian Saviour, had lht: 1 L ol . . $ i n M on c ep l ind c Abrvomunds c onl of the neighboring castles, took part in the pleasures of the day. . F A hundred eggs were scattered on the sanmd, and a country dance was performed by a young couple holding each other by the hand. peared the handsome, young Duke Phillibert, of Savoy, accompanied by his trainâ€"some mounted on gailyâ€" caparisoned steeds, some in _ rich equ‘C‘“: Fmbub it 3 9Â¥ The prince alighted from his carâ€" riage, advanced, and bent his knee beâ€" fore the lady of the manor, entreating her hospitality. This being graciously accorded, the festivities proceeded with even more animation than before. When the excitement was at the highest, it proved too much for Marâ€" garet‘s youthful enthusiasm. "I wou‘ld like to join in the dance a‘so," she exclaimed. _ Immediately Phillibert beggs« honor of her hand, and led he ward. ¢ "Austria and Savoy!" was the cry on all sides. The two young people themseives, far from thinking of their noble rank and the dignity of their respective honses, wére intent only on avoiding the scattered eggs. Daintily Margaret advanced and retreatcd, scares.-y seeming to touch the ground with the tips of her hihâ€" hecled shoes, and lightly extending her pbiueâ€"satin petticoat, that it might not dip toward the eggs. There were other doubters beside Thomas. See Matt. 28.17. ‘All could not have had presented to them the kind of evidence that convinced Thomâ€" as. Especially was this true in farâ€"off Eg:nesus, near the end of the century, where and when John is believed to have written this Gospel. It is of such, no doubt, he is thinking when he quotes the saying of Jesus, "Blessed | are they that have not seen and yet have be.ieved." A higher faith is theirs who have recognized the reality | and power of the spiritual forces set | in opersAion by the Gospel and have, therefore, believed in the risen Christ.. II. APPEARANCE To SEVEN DISCIPUES LN CALUILEE, 21 :15â€"17. | _ Somewhere, previously, Jesus had met and revealed himseif to Peter, Luké 24: 34.° No. doubt Poeter had confessed his Pault and had been forâ€" given.. But the burden of his denial ‘ of his Lord must have still rested heavily upon him. It could only have ‘been lifted by the opportunity of serâ€" ‘vice and of sacrifice, and that opporâ€" tunity is nowâ€"ygiven him. He must beâ€" come a shepherd of the flock of Christ. ‘Henceforth, he is not his own man, .but his Lord‘s. "The work of the Good \Shepherd must be carried on." The Iscattered and disoou:f!d believers in \Jesus must be gathered and cared for. Tha church, the Christian community, must be established. Do we see the ; beginning of the fulfilment of Peter‘s ‘lcommission on the day of Pentecost* A Great Difference. | _ Fach c School Inspector (to class)»â€""Now, there was beys, can @ny of you tell me waht ts" ren the diference between a collision and t.â€"t4. an exposion*" y :Y / 6 : C s,_ngn Beyâ€""*in a voliigion ther e; "In ,’i explozion, â€"where are mss ... .w #% ed the ir forâ€" Pentecost : 1 ;';‘""’ A ‘ Each s)»â€""NoW, 'tben w ie waht is 4 ren lision and t.â€"A "thes : Bully + are ~Crimes & gn®* #. e "f. e ol ult d h oc alithcolityâ€"caures. 203 » C d by Christian churches throughout th wrorld, is the oldest of all of the fesu vals of the Christian calendar, It antedates the observance of Christmas. For while Easter was ob served from the very beginning of Christianity, nearly 2,000 years ago, it _ ""The first Christians being derived from or intimately connected with the Jewish Church," says a church hisâ€" torian, "naturally continued to obâ€" serve the Jewish festival, though in a ‘new â€" spirit, as commemorative of | events of which those had been shaâ€" | dows. The Passover, ennobled by the | thought of Christ as the true Paschal |Lamb, the first fruits from the dead, continued to be celebrated and became \the Christian Easter." Easter, which marks the resurrecâ€" tion of the Christian Saviour, had its beginning in the Jewish feast of the Passover. But while Easter is a continuation in Christian form of the Jewish Passâ€" Kovefi early differences arose relative to the precise day on which the Easter !fectival should be observed. In the Jewish faith the Passover comes on & fixed day of the month; whereas the ;Christian believers from the earliest _ days assigned the Easter festival to a ‘flxod day of the week, namely, Sunday, that being the first day of the week, ‘u\d the day, according to Scripture, upon which Christ rose from the dead. | ‘mha differences, due largely t EASTER, OLDEST OF CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS ‘The differences, due / astronomical problems of a character, mntigued until astronomical problems 0f a confusing character, continued until the year 825, when the Council of Nicea deâ€" creed that everywhere in Christendom Easter should be celebrated on the same day. It was not, howoever, until the adoption of the Gregorian calâ€" endar in 1582 that that decree was generally accepted, and even to this day in the churches of Russia and Greece, as well as in some of the Oriental churches, where the Gregorâ€" ian or modern calendar has not been accepted, Eastor fal‘s sometimes hbeâ€" fore and sometimes after the date on which the festival is celebrated by the Western churches. TORONTO M ;ucir(:sâ€"s: _ Another method two small pieces of dough lenaths, then lay thgm ir} uied Bcssdindisak rreminto Ne iA it a cross. Another method is to roll two small pieces of dough into fingerâ€" lengths, then lay them in the pans, cne on top of the other, in the form of a c1oss. Stillâ€" another method is to form the dough into round buns and form into cross shape by cutting a gash in each of the four sides with a pair of scissors. Hot Cross buns with fruit are mad» as follows. Heat to boiling point one pint of milk. Add one level tab‘eâ€" tspoonful each of lard and butter, one heaping tablespoonful of sugar and one teaspoonful of salt. Stir the milk until the added ingredients are all disâ€" solved and then remove from the fire. When cooled to tepid heat, add two lightlyâ€"Leaten eggs, threeâ€"quarters « t a yeastâ€"cake dissolved in half a cupful cf lukewarm water and sufficient siftâ€" ed flour to form a stiff batter. Bea the batter hard, mix in half a cupful of cleaned currants, one cupful o( seeded raisins and thresâ€"quarters of a cupful of shredded citron. Allow the sponge to rise overnight. In the mornâ€" ing turn out on a wellâ€"floured broadâ€" board and knead, with the addition of extra fRour and let it rise again until light. Then mold into round bails and set in rows in greased pans. Bruâ€"h the buns with melted butter, gp#ink!s thickiy with granulated sugar and ground cinnamon and, with a sharp hnife, make a very deep cross in the |centre of each bun. Alow buns to Last Easter the youngsters in my sister‘s family begged for the gaudily colored candy Easter eggs every time they went to town. We did not wish them to eat the cheap candles, so I promised them an Easter treat if they wou‘d agree not to tease for the candy novelties. To make good my promise, the day before Easter I made a batch of littis drop cakes and when they were cool I carefully hoilowed out the centros, leaving only the shell. This shel I partially filed with dessicated cocomâ€" nut, thus making an imitation straw nest. Inside the nest I put several candies made from confectioners‘ sugar and cream, mo‘ded in the shape of eggs and colored with fruit colorâ€" "‘.E.cch child had a nest and besides there was a plate of fudge for ail. The children were delighted with their An Easter Treat for the Children. then bake until brow which is being celebrated Hot Crossâ€"Buns. y half q1tt â€"people convicted of ; are undor thirty years of age. -â€"â€"â€"-.â€"A---â€" the