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T Encircles All Who Give Him a Child-like Trust and Confidence. A SYMBOL OF TRUE LOVE. p hatch A despatch from Chicago says: Rev. Frank Be Witt Talmage pleached from the following text: Matthew xxiii, 37, "As a htai gatheroth her chickens under her wings." This commercial ago is brutally unpoctic. It has even carried its shocking innovations i: yard. Wo aro now trj our eggs into broods, but by the wholes-ale. We would change a hen's rest into a big, square wooden box and call it an incubator. We would have the oil lamp of the incubator do the work of the feathered breast and the outstretched wing. We would have tihe wire screen displace the sharp pointed bill of the barnyard mistress vehemently plunging right and left in defence of her young. We would do this in spite of tine inalienable rights of the hens, whose maternal alfec t i oris aro. being crushed by this modern custom. The man, eager above all things to make money, God's wing is a protecting wi There arc two kinds of hens. ' one is a chickenless fowl, which an arrant coward. She will at every strange sight and known danger. If she could fly, she would, When the little boy throws a stont at her she would run to the opposite side of the yard just as fast as she can go, keeping her wings flapping to help along in the retreat. But bow different is the behavior oi one who is clucking to her> brood Then there is no coward's heart beating within the mother's breast Then there is no danger sihe will not face for her young. The hen's wings in times i ger are always protecting The other day I was walking a farm and examine the hor the stalls ard the cattle fields, while a pet dog was running at my heels. During my explorations I heard an excited clucking, bought teppe ed i I the n-n-, , the t 5 from ! Chri r biid again! it,h tbe At ttered those the barnyard knew nothing of this modern innovation of the incubator. Chiokens still found their natural shelter under the wings of the hen, and otir Lord's hearers perfectly understood tho meaning of his 'illustration. So common was the sight of a hen gathering her chickens „un-der her wings that every one would recognize the truth Christ meant to teach when he used the hen's wing as a symbol of divine love. Thus, as Jesus wept over the sinful inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the terprel that divine love in the language of the barnyard. I realize its force and beauty all the more because I am preparing this sermon within the echoing sound of the barnyard king calling to his harem to awaken at the first poop of the day. also within tho sound of the voice of the hen otuc/king to her little ones to come under the protection of their mother's wing. A LIFE GIVING WING. God's wing i tial Iritual life-giv-lg. The warm feathers of ther bird are absolutely cs-for the development of the of her young. mid free liic.i.er i lying undo ain and agai . board!' I ml off of what I thought to be a stolen nest. Then 1 took a stick and gave her a poke. Instead of a frightened hen hying away for her life I found a vindictive'and outraged mother flying at me and my dog. The dog ran in one direction, I in the other. Then the hen called again to her young and gathered her chickens under her wing, while she still eyed my four legged companion as she would eye the would-be murderer of he: children. Oh, my friends, in - th beautiful symbol of my text, di* you ever stop t< think that God': care could be a pro fee ting wing? GOD'S PHYSICAL God protects us PROTECTION. a physical man, with bis family, wished tc make a journey to Boston. He hurried through his work that his va cation might be one of complete rest; bat, try as hard as he could, he ' lost the desired train. A short time after the gentleman read the telegraphic reports that the train upon which he hoped and *Io scores of mediately to ital ry night tucked him up in or snuggled him up by her iide in bed. Heat is life, death. The hen's wing is >g more than a mere poetic It means that its warmth hatches out the eggs, but its heat dovelbpe the little they are hatched, r the child in the er, is just as im-i prenatal conrii- scntiul 5 Bible distinctly says, be bom again." That > must be a <!od prodm - physical child of my Shelter I feel the divine life begin creep into my life. ! learn to lo my Heavenly Father and see hi as he is. I hear him telling l what I ought to do and say. As a 1 man being by placing his hand u on an electric battery jmmedin'.e feels a thrill as the' galvanic ct rents circle through his body t. physical body and tihe mind and t dormant spirit, nil feel the Wurman d the glow and the creative ai developing power oi God's wing soon as we place ourselves in t receptive mood wiubin the radius the divine touch. GOD'S WORK ALONE. Oh, the creative and tiio creatii spiritual power of God's wing! v collis people were 1 gathered his turned thank- and his loved ones had been saved from this calamity. But why ought that, man especially to have thanked God that day? Ought he not rather to bo grateful to his Heavenly Father for caring for him and his loved ones every day? I never take la trip in my life, and I have traveled thousands and tens of thousands 'of miles, but I realize the innumerable dangers which everywhere be- tilui I sin ■ated c of the signal lights to work, and Death is ready to reach out her bony arms and hug tbe breath If you do not believe v some night when traveling lie awake in your berth. Then listen to the rumbling in the distance coming nearer "and nearer until, with one wild shriek, the limited shoots past and thea realize the prevalent dangers'. Then thank God that be cared for and protected you in a physical sense. The breaking of one wheel, : rail, the sagging • bridge mid be ickens frpr POWE nil i He was a pure boy. He v child upon whom you set your heart to take your own place. You are in total darkness about this matter. So am I But I do know God is good. I do know that God loved your boy. I do know that God loves you. Though under God' wing it may be dark--dark at time as a dungeon--yet I do know that above God's wing is God's all se ing eye. What God did he did for good purpose. Trust him, then, my brother! Trust _ as a chicken under the darkness of tho hen's wing trusts a mother's love. I do not know why in your old ag< you should have lost your money and now in your physical weakness you must work or be dependent upon others. From my standpoint you always secra to have been a faithful and conscientious Christian. I do not know why Ira D. Sankey, who has sung thousands upon thousands the God, should i his life sit a blind ma know that for good t ings i light of the the c mg time i little child, 'all things wo: - but ut I do ^God/' who do know that somi ables will be explained, wl lifts his wing and the flood heaven roll in. I do know der such conditions vou and I, my sister, can afford to nlh. r darkness Chri just . little wing. PROTECTION TO ALL. The hen's chickens know their mother's voice. At her call the; leave whatever they are doing an< go to her. My brother, have you heard G,od"'s voice calling you" you responded or have you stayed in your sin, heedless of his call? Ri member, the protection of tho divin seek it. God's wing is big enough t cover all who repent of their sin and 'come to him in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. But though God's wing is big enough to shelter the Mary Magdalenes and the publicans and the Peters and Johns, though they may come by the millions, there are some who protection. What is tho reason? Jesus tells us in this very passage: "How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gatheroth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" That the reason. God forces no man he pleads but if they i Ol < The ful storms of the godless eternity beat upon them, and they have shelter. What the terrors and misery of that time will be wo not conceive. They are but di outlined in tho Bjblc, but the images used are terrifying enough to blanch the bravest cheek, and through it all memory and conscience will reproach tho sinner with those sad words, "Ye would not." Shelter was offered to all who would come, but "Ye would not." Self excluded, self destroyed; that will be the most terrible part of that awful fate. THE S. S. LESSON. Ant! Samuel came to Saul, said unto him; Blessed be t : Lord. I have performed andment of tho Lord. tot be God i solitary co " Oh, my bi we trying to g read of all men, wi thorn penitent hearts beating great pardoning, spiritual life ing heart of God' God's wing to-day. ..may have life ant abundantly. » Listen andl IN DARKNESS AS IN LIGHT. ist that call, ; chdc Ho should Ian that He should r changes His mind, 8 just what He kn ty that He. w 7 Saul would Id do. His id when He v place. He comes to a place foreseen when lie changes n.l t 1 He said to repent. Man, on the contrary, repents when he changes his mind and does what he had not intended to do. In chapter xiii. we see how Saul began to do foolishly and by disobedience forfeited the kingdom (xiii., 13, 14). 14, 15. The people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God, and the rest wo have utterly destroyed. The command was to utterly destroy nil (verse 3), yet for professedly a good object he puts his own construction on it and disobeys the plain command. All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do, and all sin, unless confessed, forsaken and forgiven, will be sure to find us out Hob. iv., 13; Num. xxxii., 23; I. Chron. xxviii., 9). Saul did not seem to understand that God wants nothing from the enemy either for service or sacrifice. 16. 17. Then Samuel Saul, Stay and I will tell the Lord hath said to mo And he said unto him, S ided bin ttle i i.-d hin sight t king c sed man was Samuel, who talked with God and with whom God talked and who sought only to know the mind of God and do it. Why not say just now and stand to it, "My Father, I will, by Thy grace, seek henceforth in all things to know Thy will, and do as Thou hast said?" Why should not all believers in daily life thus walk with God? 18, 19. Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil and didst evil in the sight of the Lord. The Lord sent him and told trim what to do, and it was his not reason, but ohcy. Tlie leoson the comjinand given to Saul found in Ex. xvii, 8-16, but being long suffering artd not willing that any should perish Hie had given them 400 years in which to repent. Mercy always ixrecedcs judgment. All the failures in the Lord's service set before us in strong contrast HJm who never failed and who loved to say no often, "The Father sonit me." Hfe could alrao truly say, "I do always those tilings t/mat please BBm" (Jetton viii, 16, 18, 26, 39). It is our privilege, as it was Gideon's, to go day by day in the strength of these woods' "Have not 1 sent thee? Swolv I will be with thee" (Jildg. vi, 14, 16). Air.d it is for us simiply ai<:l cheerfully tc obey without questioning lea. i, 18, 19). 20, 21. And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice ol the Lord » * * but the people took of the sppil * * * to sacrifice untie the Lord thy God in Gil gal. He confesses to have saved the king, who was certainly included ii tihe order to dosltiroy, anid yet insists ilmt he hod obey<d the voice of tlie Lord. It is tihe old story, so common to-day, of petrtvecting the word of the Loud (Jer. xxl 36) ajid of thinking that He do iwo* mean just what He says. HVippy woiuld it be for all Bible stutlr-n'tti and teachers if tbey wo»-.Ul take the word of God to mean just what it says, and in the light of fulfilled prophecy read prophecy yet unfulfilled and be obedient. God's thoughts are as far above ours as heaven is above t"io earth, amd all our thdughts injtist be brought intio captivitv to the obediente of Christ (^sa. lv, 8, 9, II Cor. x, 5). 22. Behold, to obey is bett. than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams. The first tthougjht in Sacrifice is not omr giving soiufAfting to God, but God giving so.tr.i t'.'ving to us, as in the institution of sacrifice at Eden (Gen. iii, 21) wivch the Lord God by a sacrifice which pointed on to the groat sacrifice om Calvary taught Adam and EVe the way of lefe-nf,itior. Man's thought', whiefh is from the aid' A Recipes for the Kitchen. » • Hygiene and Other Notes ® 0 for the housekeeper. ~ •••••••••••••••••••••« CANNING FRUITS. Of the various ways of preserving fruit canning is the simplest and the most satisfactory. The fruit requires less cooking than by other methods, and retains, therefore, in a greater degree its natural form and flavor. Canning differs from preserving in the amount of sugar in proportion to the fruit used in preserves, jam or jelly, the sugar assists in the preservation, as the ubiquitous microbe cannot flourish in a heavy solution of sugar. When the fruit is put up in a light syrup, as ning, the fruit must be thor- f give ) God liis mercy, then we mrselves a living t orofiilly Hos, vi, " •ii. 7. Sacrifice; This i 213. the t o niropithr accept Has first re give , 13; ~ Tpc-td. i, 21 se thorn Wast rejected the word of the Laid He hath also re-eelod thee from being king. ■See also verse 26 amid note that Saul is said to be guilty of rebellion and stubbornness-. Whoever rejects the wottt of G««I makes Him s liar and outs himrelf oW frolm all light < ere and hereafter (I Johin v, 10; Isa. viii, 20 R, V.) LARGEST HANGING BELL. What is perhaps the largest hanging boll in the world is to be seen in Mandalay. This is the M-ingun Bell, on the right bank of the lrra-waddy, almost opposite the City of Mai. da la'. This immense hell measures as follows: Height to crown, 12 feet; 21 feet high to the top of the griffin-like monsters; diameter at the lip, 16 feet 3 inches; thickness of metal from 6 inches to 12 inches. It weighs about eighty terns, and is suspended on three massive round beams of teak placed horizontally the one over the other, their ends resting on two pillars of enormous size, composted of masonry- and large upright teak posts. This bell was cast at tlie end of the eighteenth century, under the sttperintondenco of the reigning oughly mediately sealed growth of germs t sequent fer- Much of the success in canning depends upon the quality of the fruit selected. Fruit for canning should be fresh, perfectly sound, not overripe and of superior flavor. It should be thoroughly cleansed but not washed sufficiently to impair the flavor. Seed cherries, plums, peaches and apricots, A few of the removed pits, particularly of peaches, if cooked with the fruit, add greatly to the flavor. Pare peaches, pears and similar fruit with a silver knife and, to avoid discoloration, cover with a damp napkin to exclude the air. Have all the needed si Is I only granite, silver or earthenware. Iron, brass or tin should never be used because of the acid in the fruit. Large-mouthed glass jars, with glass or porcelain-lined covers, aro preferable to other kinds; tin cans especially should not be used. The pint jars are more convenient for small families. EXAMINE THE JARS, both old and new, to make there are no defects, and that covers fit perfectly. Thoroughly cleanse and scald the jars and boil the covers to sterilize them. Renew the rubbers each season, as no mat tor how good they look, they alway deteriorate with usage or age, am it is poor economy to the risk o spoiling a can of fruit for the small cost of a rubber. Much of the preliminary work, such as gathering and cleansing the ne-eeleel utensils and jars, may be done the day before, leaving tho morning free for preparing and cooking the fruit. Tho fruit must be thoroughly cooked in order to destroy all the gorms in and about tho fruit, but over-cooked should be avoieled, else the fruit \ become softened too much to be ] atable and also lose much of fresh, natural ,flavor. Especial care must bia- give£i to filling and sejaling the jars, which is one ofThe "most important parts of the work. While the fruit is ceioking lot tho jar stand filled with hot water. When the fruit is cooked, empty the water from a jar and fill with the boiling fruit and syrup. Attend to one jar at a time and stand it on a heated plate to catch tho dripping while it is being filled. A fruit funnel is convenient in filling tbe jars. Run a heated silver knife around the inside of the jar to liberate the air bubbles. Fill to the brim with the hot syrup and carefully wipe off all the juice. Dip the rubbers in and out of boiling water and put firmly on tho jar; then quickly screw as tightly as possible, next turn the jar upside down to make sure there is no leakage, then stand right side up in a place free from draught while cooling. As the: glass contracts in cooling the lids will become closely as possible without mashing the fruit. Fill within half an inch* of the top with a syrup made oi equal parts of sugar and water for small juicy or acid fruits, or allow, a cup and a half of water to a cup. of sugar for larger fruits like peach* es, pears and quinces. Screw on th* covers without the rubbers. Stand the jars on a perforated board, slats of wood, muffin rings or a bed of ex-celsion or hay in the bottom of an; ordinary wash boiler and do not let the jars touch each other. If only *[ few jars at a time are to be canned' use a deep saucepan. The fruit' must be raised off of the bottom of the boiler or saucepan to let the water circulate under and around it and to avoid the danger of breaking. Pour into the * boiler sufficient cold or lukewarm/ water to reach almost to the neck! of the jars. Cover the boiler, bring the water to the boiling point and let it boil from ten to twenty minutes. Berries, cherries and plunu require about ten minutes boiling; firmer fruits, like peaches and pears, should be cooked about twenty minutes or until tender. Lift each; jar out carefully, fill to overflow with boiling water, syrup or the con* tents of another jar, and seal in th« usual way. In canning raspberries, the syrup be made of equal parts jui agar give s aguin and ag; PERFECTLY AIR TIGHT, The : tightly . up in well ti A FAINTING ROOM, One of the latest ideas i, York is a room to which lajdi retire if they feel faint and go off in a swoon, amid the most artistic and beautiful surroundings. Sev-e-i'nl restaurants and tea shops have adopted this idea, and mcmibers of the fair sex whose nerve force run down can find mom a sooth i..g resting place. The j ,y observed, there need be little fear room is partially Darkened and the'0f spoiling fruit prevailing color green, whitet it is j The several ways of canning fruit ro simply variations of two mo-lods. The fruit is cooked either vessel, then transferred lining screw the covers 3 possible for the last the jars and if there is o leakage the work may be: eon-dered successful. Wrap each jar ith thick paper to prevent the light bleaching the liuit, or cover with a brown paper bag which groceries and which it is well to save purpose. Now label the d stand aside bottom side cool, dry, dark closet. It is look after the fruit again in se of a week, and should any leakage bo discovered, use the con-of the jar, as the flavor will be impaired for a second canning If directions -given are carefully '•'tlie directions given are carefully the fainting-, heeded, and the minute details strict ng place. The iv observed, t here need l.« tit+lo foo- ling color greon, orally decorated -et-sm. lling flowers Uomfortoibl- tlie "faint i the pre awl a lady etoct i be required. s should her phi i itu FELLED BY ELE CTRICITY. th some of the forosfts of France felled by electricity. A heated white hot by stretched between two poles and lifted as a saw. There is .eii less work than with an ortdin-y saw, no sawdust is produced, id the charring of the surface of vision tends to prevent decay. In me cases the time required to fell tree by this method is only one-G'llh of that necessary by the old system of saw-ing. FAMOUS PEDESTRIANS. The cave-dwellers of Mexico can m a distance of 170 miles at a tretch, going at a slow trot, running steadily and constantly. Frequently a letter has been carried Gttazapores to Chihuahua, days, • 600 r rple diet of I a thin kind e ving all the t fivi to the jars for sealing, or cooked the jars in which it is sealed. The usual way of canning is to cook the fruit in an oven vessel in a thin syrup. Cook only a small quantity of fruit at a time in the syrup, as by so doing the fruit may be kept more perfect in shape. Allow from one to one and a half cup-fuls of sugar to a quart of fruit, according to its tartness. Use very little water for juicy fruits like berries and cherries and cook them long enough to thoroughly sterilize them. For fruit that contain very little juice, like peaches and pears, make syrup of equal parts of sugar and water. Cook the fruit until tender, but not soft. Hard fruits like quinces .oked i ling i ■arly ift, then put cooking: or, they may be cooked in clear water untui tender, put at once into the jars and the jar filled with boiling syrup. Fill and seal as directed above. WHEN THE FRUIT IS COOKED in tho jars--find this method is decidedly preferable--pack the fruit, as prepared, into the jars. Pack as lightful flavor to the canned pro* T,his method of canning fruit may be greatly simplified by the use oi one of tho several kinds of patent' canners found at leading kitchen fur-, nishing stores, or one can have inexpensive holders made of inch-wide strips of galvanized iron or tin ati any tinners, into which one can stand the fruit jars while boiling and lift them easily from the boiler. The* many advantages of this process of canning fruit should cause it to be* more generally adopted, although it is difficult to convince old house-i keepers that the old way can be improved, simply for the reason that( they are used to it. Firstly, it is, known beyond contradiction that! when fruit is cooked in an open ves-j sel, much of the delightful flavor isj lost in the cooking process. Hencoi this method conserves the flavor more perfectly. Then because of the little handling required, the fruit re-' mains almost perfect in shape and, the syrup clear and unclouded. In1 addition there is less muss and real WISE PHILANTHROPY. An Object Lesson By an English Manufacturer. There are more ways of settling; the dispute between labor and capital than by equal distribution of' wealth,--which is no way at all; I strikes^--which arc a very poor way;, and arbitration--a very good way, if it works. The old way of human, sympathy and fellowJeeling is best-of all. Suppo*« the?!workman -felt' that his emplc. - treated him as a man and reallyvtiared for his interests and did not look upon him as a mere money-making machine, ninety-nine per cent, of the strikes would never develop. In speaking of the use rich men make of their surplus money, a contemporary refers to employers "that treat their workers humanely and help all movements for their advancement," unel then gives the following example of such employers: "They know," it says, "what tho mortality in large cities is, and how essential it is that their employes shoulel be properly paid, fed and clothed. One of his class, Mr. George Cadbury, an English Quaker, has given all rich men an abject lesson in assisting healthy, contented, by home comfortff. terrible mortality where his factory w ,0OCfc--he moved five miles iwn, and at a cost of &&0,tX» bos inverted 480 acres of park lands .to homes for his operatives and It is Leai ning e.f 11 in Birminghan 3 siatuateel--tl x being forty i ity. 1 ith r dlage garden 968 to $117 a of $25,000 year. The annual expended on improvements for the genera! welfare. It is called Bourne-id is run by truste-es. Ma". Cadbury ha\i!ig given them a deed of the property which is to he always held for the original purposes. It has been built up in three years, ne of the most beautiful spots in England. Flowers and vegetables are raised, and there are fine driveways and forests. The residents, who work eight hours a day, enjoy healthful recreations; there are cricket fields, football grounds, lish-ng pools, swimming places, also eehnical and manual labor schools ind social anel literarv associations, "Here is a fine; illustration of what. :an be accomplished by a generous-, hearted man to help others. AVho that the founding of this y is not worth more than rich and prosperous univer- STUDY AND SMOKING The physical doctor at Yale •g<! has meas'uiivtl all student n-ing in tho last nine years. on-stno!:e s average fifieon i younger than the semokea-s, a and during the fewr yea school gain 24 per' cent, mfoi height and 26.7 per cent, mo c.tsest growth than do bnjbitiuja tobacoo. MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO Col. Tbe, Mount Sangay volcano in the world, n Ecuadot the r It i 20 feet I and has been in coast*, since 1728. The mauf*^ ibions are sopnetrmes he 150 miles diksttirrt. f repqfrts were counted