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a? Every life will have its religion according to its development. It is folly to look for uniformity in Jaiih until you have uniformity in A, -iaithful, until all minds are 'Gas-ics-the thing-s ishose minds can 1ntroduetion.--The world is full of quarrels. There are many men like that of whom a character in Shakespeare says: "Thou wilt quar- re with a man that hath a hair more orahair lessin his head than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel With a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes, Thy head is full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat.” There are many others with one- sided views, which they hold perti- naciously and pugnaciously. In short, the disputes of the world are so many, so varied, and so Cer- tain, sooner or later, to involve each of us, that a lesson on quar- rels is sure to be useful. If we can learn how to settle disputes wise- ly, it will be well worth while. That is the theme of to-day's les- son/which concerns a very deep and dangerous controversy that arose in the early church, and shows the wise and thoroughly Christian way in which it was settled. I. The Point in Dispute.--). 1. ,While Paul and Barnabas rested at Antioch after the first missionary journey, what difficulty arose? Cer- tain men, perhaps those sent by James (Gal. 2: 12), came down from Judaea. The Bezan text says that these visitors were Pharisees, members of the strictest sect of Jews. Perhaps they came to inves- tigate rumors of laxity in the church; at any rate they taught the brethren (the verb is in the imperfect, implying continued ac- tion-they kept teaching), and said, Except ye be circumcised . . . ye cannot be saved. A very different doctrine from St. Paul's "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. and thou alyrlt be saved" (Acts 16: 31). Of tfdursethese, Pharisee Christians required faith in Christ, but they added the requirement of confor- mity to Jewish rites and laws, The result was no small dissension and disputation (v. 2), - _ II. The Matter Referred to. Jeru- tsalem.--Vs. 2-5. What wise course was taken concerning this dispute? They Cthe brethren." v. I) deter- mined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them (including Titus, Gal. 2: I, afterward Paul's companion, a Greek, a, man of much ability, who would serve as Lesson VIII. The Council at , Jerusalem. Golden Text,' Acts 15:11. THE SUNDAY 8650M If you stop to think about it there is a. striking significance in the fact that this question has arisen, Is there a religion for the intelligent, educated, scieatifrc mind? It sug- gests another question: Can any other mind fully comprehend the triches and meaning of religion? The unthinking cling to customs, traditions and forms that are the vestiges of truth. The trained mind distinguishes between the gar- ments of truth and truth itself. as it is laid before us. The faith that fights facts is committing sui- cide. Appeals to our fears cannot to-day make the facts less real to us, and we know that by them we ‘will have to stand or fall. We can be sure of one thing, at least; that, no matter what our feelings, theories, or ideals may be, ,We cannot turn our backs on With honest people the inquiry is, so important that they can af- ford to neglect the somewhat large number of persons who use a thin smattering of knowledge and a superficial acquaintance with science as an excuse» for divorce from all moral obligations just as it also permits one to ignore those who continue to confound faith with willful blindness. 'ls intelligence incompatible with real piety? Will the growth of knowledge bring about the disso- lution of religion? Is the life of religious aspirations and feelings out of date in a seie,ntific age such as we are constantly reminded that this one is to-day? Science has overcome superstition; is faith so bound up with superstition that it, togLinust go? Is ft true that the greater the knowledge the less the religious in- terest? Are these two persons, me man whose zeal for religion is equaled by his bigotry nad ignor- ance and the other in whom sciear tific study has dwarfed spiritual sensibility, fair types by which to judge the relations of religion and kppw) edge l Emmledge Does Not Lead Away From Faith, But 'O'" It Leads Into Its Fuller Light Ctgotf "In your with supply virtue and ir. your virtue kUyw1sdge."--II. Pefer, 1., 5. - .. THE-GREAT WORLD OF FACT INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 23. "ffili?i CE MI) RELIGION VI. The Wise Decision.---) 22- 29. Why were representatives of the Jerusalem church chosen to carry the decision to Antioch? To give dignity to the matter, end weight. To reciprocate the honor paid by the Antioch Christians to the Jerusalem church in sending their leaders to consult with them, and not merely sending a letter. To conhrm the report of Paul and Bar- nabas, which otherwise might be suspected of a bias toward their own well-known views. It is al- ways best to conduct business in person. VII. A Joyful Settlement.---) 30-35. JIow did the Antioch church receive the news of the eouneil's decision? The church was con- vened. and the letter from Jeru- salem was publicly read. Then they rejoiced for tire consolation. "Consolation" is the abstract noun corresponding to Paraclete, the Comforter of John 14. It refers primarily to the friend or advocate who stands beside a prisoner in the court, and strength- ens his case by testifying on his: V. James's Plea.--Ws. 13-21. Who was this James, who took advanr age of the silence and spoke next? He was the brother of our Lord (Gal. 1: 19), called in ecclesiastiV, history the Bishop of Jerusalem (Eusebius, 2: 23). He was a, He- brew of the Hebrews. From his upright and holy life he had gained the surname of "The Just." He spoke, therefore, with the weight of character as well as of wisdom. III. Peter's Plea.--Vs. 6-11. Who made up the council? The apostles and elders, who "are mentioned on acount of their rank, not as composing the entire assembly. It is evident from V. 23 that the other Christians at Jerusalem were also present, and gave their sanction to the decrees enacted. (See also v. 12 compared with v. 22)"--Ameri- can Commentary. Previously to this public gathering Paul had placed his views before the leading apostles in an unfruitful private conference described in Gal. 2: IV. Paul's Plea.-,-V. 12. What was the result of Peter's testi- mony? All the multitude kept silence, the previous debates and the buzz of comment having been hushed by Peter's speech. They were in fit mood to listen to Paul's testimony, and, like the skilful tactician he was, he (and Barna, bas) promptly seized the favorahle opportunity to speak, i Science is our reading of the re- lations of the. facts of life; religion is the confidence and longing that reads all in the light of life's en- larging ends and increasing values. Your religion cannot be tested by the facts of science; it is tested by its value as a, force in your life. A worthy faith fears no knowledge; it rejoices in all that enriches and enlarges life. It welcomes science a-utu'e ”ser‘Vanuzof the‘growing soul. a specimen of tho Gentile con- verts), should go up to Jerusalem (300 miles away) about this ques- tion, Paul went "by revelation” (Gal. 2: 2), which is entirely con- sistent with the statement that the church sent him.. One's faith is not a, set of formal statements, unchangeable and sub- ject to be shattered by the veri- fieation of new facts. It is a spirit in life, a, habit and trend of the spirit which leads the life forward through every realm of fact. It is not an outer garment; it is an in- ner spirit which guides onward, though the developing life may cast aside its outgrown garments. The avenues to tho Most High are many. There is a way some- where from every life and never precisely the same way for any two lives. The way begins at just the level on which the life is found. Because religion is the way from our present selves to that ideal and complete social self in every life the religion depends, after all, on the self. in religious minds that dwell almost a, whole universe apart in all the reg; of their thinkipg. u --. _ It is folly for the trained mind tn seek satisfaction in the ideals whose bounds are set; by the un- trained mind just as it equally is foolish for him to mock at the vis- ion that cheers the lowlier life. Nearly all the supposed difficulties between science and religion arise from the attempt to force to If religion is the life of ideals, the power within us that pushes out and on toward the realization in ourselves and our conditions of the best we know and hope for, then each man’s faith will be determin- ed by his vision and his know- ledge; every individual creed will be conditioned by the individual's stage of culture. see must vary. The religion of the man who thinks in the terms of the laws of a universe must be differ- ent from that of the one who cam- not think beyond his dinner pail o-r__his _ba,ck yard. A COMMON VIEWPOINT Lr/fri. 0614i; Italian Cabinet Authorizes Expen- diture ot $52,800,000. A despatch fram Rome says: The Minister of Marine, Admiral Mira- bello, has obtained the approval of the Cabinet to a naval programme that provides for the construction within three years, at a, total ex- pense of $52,800,000, of four Dread., noughts and a, number of fast scout cruisers. A local paper says the decision to build these vessels was reached after Italy had learned that Austria-Hungary was going to spend 840,000,000 on increased niav- al power. Mr. Oliver Asselin Strikes Hon. Mr. Taschereau. Quebec, May 18.-A violent scene took place be’meen Hon. Mr. Tas- chereau and Mr. Oliver Asselin at the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. Asselin, " ter a few words, struck Mr. Tas- chereau a, hard blow in the face, cutting his mouth badly. Friends interfered and separated the two men, and Mr. Asselin was arrest- ed on a charge of assault. Calves and Lambs Dying in Alber- ta Very Fast. Winnipeg, May 18.--All advices received here from the far west in- dicate that ranchers have been hit very hard by the heavy snowstorms which have been raging in the ranch country during the past two days. Cattle were in a weak condition before, owing to the lack of feed following the unusually late spring, and considerable losses have occur- red. The ranchers, however, are buoyed up by the expectation that fine weather would 00111680011. Now this big storm will mean great havoc in herds and flocks. Losses in the calf crop may run to one- third and in case of lambs will be almost equally heavy or even worse. DREADNOU GIITS - CRUISERS Favorable Reports From the Niagara District. St. Catharines, May 18.-As the season advances the prospects for the fruit crop of the Niagara dis- trict are becoming brighter, despite the backward and chilly weather which has pi evailed for some weeks. The peach crop, which was prcdict- ed as almost an entire failure by some in the early spring, is pros- pering nicely, and as Mr. Geo. A. Robertson, a seieneific grower, says: "We are going to do a, great deal better than the gruniblers have said. Peaches are showing up better than many people thought they would.” Almost every vari- ety of fruit will be fairly plenti- ful. The Marlborough raspberries will not show up as well as had been expected, but the Cuthberts will do well. Strawberries will be a very good crop, on the whole, but in some places where an attack was made by the grub they may even be a failure. Plumbs, pears and apples give promise of plenty, and the grapes are all right, Vegetables this year will be first class. Many tomato plants are being put out and no danger is expected, and there is only the customary fear of an untimely frost. The canning factories are well stocked, itnsrwhire there will be plenty of canning this year the prices to be paid will not be higher than last year. The oat crop is more of a question. The continued rain has kept the farm- ers off the land and in many cases no oats have been sown. Good weather now would bring them out quicker, but the proportion of straw would be infinitely greater than would be the case were the seeding done earlier, as is customary. This is probably the most backward sell- son this district has experienced in twenty-five years, so far as tho condition of the land is concerned. 3. Our lesson also shows us how disputes between two individuals are to be settled; talk it over, free- ly, frankly, and face to face; look on the good side of each other, and try to see mattérs from the other's view-point as 'well as your own; see how much you can give up, with- out offending conscience; seek the divine guidance. 2. When Christians differ so much that they cannot or do not work together, as a, unit, against the forces of evil and to further the ends of the Kingdom, their divis- ions are harmful, and they are to be settled in some such way as we have been studying. - 1. Christianity, with its stimulus to thought and its insistence upon liberty, has vastly promoted dir cussion of theology and of ecclu,si, astical systems. It has given rue to numberless discussions and dit ferences, many of which have re- sulted in permanent divisions. The truths taught by this history are very practical, both for the church at large and for individual Christians. side or pleading for him. Th, thought is the same as the Latin whence "eomiort" is derived, J00 (cum)-fortis, "together-brave." It. means more than soothing there- fore; it implies strengthening. TIIE HEART OF THE LESSON. BAD FOR YOI.NG STOCK. FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD. MINISTER ASSAULTED. Small cheesecloth or salt bags dip- ped in cold water are fine to keep lettuce, celery, radishes and the like on the ice. If a, teaspoonful of vinegar is added to the water in which fish is A pinch of soda in cabbage, when boiling, will mitigate the odor and mgjgp the vegetable mort/iigytible. When working on silkrkeep a piece of sandpaper near; rub your hands lightly over it when they stick to the silk. Orange Custard,--), or four oranges, one pint of milk, three eggs well beaten, sugar to taste, flavor with nutmeg. Cut the oranges into small ieces, make a plain Cust, ard of mill: eggs, and sugar; add your flavoring after removing from the fire. After the custard cools, pour it over the oranges. A dash of soda in stewed tomatoes for those who canpot eat acid foods Is a, T1se preeayt1T1. A spoonful of sugar added to the water for basting beef will give a rich brown color as well as fine flavor. Use a wooden potato masher for creaming butter and sugar for cake. Whip créaxp in the. upper part of a double boiler having fine ice or cold water, ip lqwer part. Orange 1ie.~The juice and great- ed of two oranges, one lemon, one cupful of sugar, yolks of three eggs, pinch of salt, one tablespootdul of butter, one cupful of hot water, two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch; mix with cold water, put over a slow fire. Bake crust first, then add fill- ing, with white of egg beueito a stiff froth, fiavorpvitlo orange. Left Over Pie Crust-When small pieces of pie crust are left from making pies, instead of forming them into tarts, as is usually done, secure some round hardwood sticks about four inches long, and after the pieces of crust are rolled out thin cut them into narrow strips with a jagged iron, flour the sticks, and roll the strips around them, lee. ting one edge drop over the other. Place these on a tin and put in a hot oven to bake. When the crust is partly cool slide the stick out. When serving fill the spaces with jelly, whipped cream, or a may malade, and the familywill be de- lighted, with the new dish. V Orange Marmalade-Wash and dry nine oranges and three lemons. Cut into qurters all the oranges and one lemon, then slice crosswise very thinly, rind and all, with sharp knife. Strain juice from the other lemons. Weigh, and to each pound of fruit add one quart of water, and let stand over night. In the morn- ing boil fifteen minutes. Let stand until next morning. Weigh, and add one pound grandulated sugar to each pound.of juice and fruit. Boil rapidly about twenty minutes from time it begins to boil. Pour into glasses. Will be beautifully clear cmd most delicious to taste. K Fig Matrpalaxre.-rC'tlt five pounds bt rhubarb' into inch pieces, add one quart of water, and cook as for sauce. Put one pound of figs through food chopper; heat five pounds of sugar and add to the hot sauce, then the figs and juice of two lemons; cook slowly for about an hour, stirring often. This quantity fills six pint jars and is splendid to serve with meats. Few people can guess that it is meue froeyrhybarb: Crisp Pastry.--/llhe shells, as well as the filling, for tarts and pies, such as lemon, eta, must be entire- ly cold before the filling is put in. The meringue may be put on and browned in the oven as usual. You will always have a crisp crust, never become sodden, if the above rules are followed. To Test Baking.--Noisten end of the finger, touch bottom of pan; if it "sizzles" as when you touch a hot iron, the baking is done. This is an infallible test. There will be no sizzlo till baking is thoroughly done: Nut Loaf.--One and one-half cups flour, two cups graham flour, one- half cup cornmeal, one-half cup brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one pint sweet milk, one cup wal, nuts, chopped, but not fine; two teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt. Bake in long tin for forty-five minutes. This nut loaf is delicious. Cut in thin slices and butter for sandwiches. Nut Bread.---) two loaves take one-half cup of sugar four cups of flour, four teaspoons baking powder, two eggs, pinch of salt, two cups of milk. Mix well and add one cup of cut hickory nuts. Bake for thirty or thirty-five minutes in slow oven and try with straw. one cake of yeast. Mix to a, stiff loaf with flour; let the dough rise over night. In the morning mold in two loaves. Let rise and bake. Oatmeal Bread.--One cupful of oatmeal, two cupfuls of boiling water, salt to taste, and one table- spoonful of lard. When cool add if HOME. "s)), _ 7 at t, aaaaeiaetaetelat TAF. PIE CRUST POINTERS STY ORANGE RECIPES BREAD VARIATIONS. USEFUL HINTS MARMALADE. a. Little Girl Killed on Farm in Sas- katchewan. A despatch from Tuxford, Sash, says: A horrible accident happened on the farm of E. Eaton, near here, on Wednesday, when his little daughter, who was riding with him on a, land roller was run over and killed by the roller, following the runaway of tho team. The father was injured also, but not seriously. The horses were frightened by the “histle of a steam plow. LADY TEACHERS' SALARIES Three Men Killed in the Red Jacket Mine in Michigan. A despatch from Calumet, Mich., says: Death which was swift and sure, but none the less terrible, came to three miners at the Red Jacket mine here on Thursday afternoon when the ground upon which they were at work suddenly gave way, precipitating all three into a, yawning abyss. For a dist. ance of six thousand feet the shaft runs down into the very bowels of the earth, and through this opening tne unfortunate men were shot as though impelled by a might, Nita» pult. The bodies were crushed in- to an unrecognizable mass of blood and splintered bone. The men were all foreigners. The shaft of the Red Jacket mine is famous all over the world as the deepest working mine in existence. School Board of Winnipeg Made a Flat lncrcase of Fifty Dollars. RUN OVER BY LAND ROLLER Florida Orange Crop Will be Mar- keted Direct. A despatch from Denver says: Hen-ceforth the Florida orange crop will be marketed direct. according to J. C. Swingling, president of the Florida Fruit and Citrus Growers' Association, who was in Denver on Thursday night. "The orange crop cf Florida this year," he said, "will exceed that of any other year since 1895, and we will produce half as much as the entire crop of Cslifor- nia. For year-s, we have submit- ted to the abuses of brokers who practically regulated the market, making big profits and keeping up the prices of orange/Si From now on we will market the Florida, out- put direct, and this will reduce the price of oranges 40 per cent. Be- fore this fight is over oranges will be selling at the rate of three for fire cents, instead of five cents apiece.” FELL SIX THOUSAND FEET. Mrs. Terncy Plumbo Loses Her Lite at Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: Mrs. Terney Plumbo, a young wo- man of twenty-five, was burned to death on Friday evening at her home as the result of a lamp explo- sion. Mrs. Plumbo apparently went into the kitchen to light a lamp, leaving her four children in front asleep. The lamp exploded, smoth- ering her with oil, and a neighbor, hearing her cries for help, fennel her lying on the floor with her hair and clothing a mass of flames. The nearest fire alarm would not work, and by the time assistance came the woman was unconscious, and died shortly after being taken to the hospital. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH Pour scalding water over orange and let stand five minutes. The thick white inner skin, usually so hard to get off, will adhere to the peel and come off with it, leaving fruit beautifully clean and ready to slice. If, instead of spirits of camphor, camphorated oil is used in cleaning furniture, it will not only remove the white stains but restore the pol- ish as well. To prevent birds from taking seeds and destroying growth in flower beds or gardens, hang be, tween two short posts a string on which is a friryst of paper. The most economical and conveni, ent way to sow grass seed is to put the seed in an ordinary tin colan- der or sieve. Shake lightly near the ground. In mending kid gloves always use cotton in preference to silk thread. The silk thread is twisted harder and often tears delicate gloves, while cotton never will. Dishes that have beconte, brow; from being left in the oven may be whitened and cleaned by soaking in borax water for a short time. PV u _ -"'? u-u-AAALAE, runs. The patent fasteners of discarded gloves may be used to fasten togeth- er the waists and skirts of house dresses or to fasten .skirt plackets. to be washed, a most delicious flavor will be imparted to it. To keep the hair in curl dissolve a lump or two of sugar in tea and with this moisten the hair slightly before putting it into curling-pins/ ml.“ -_-A~.»7L c ' .. _. N0 MIDDLEMEN. The fourth eon of Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan of Turkey, has her-n placed under arrest. The French Chamber of Deputies tr',) Thursday endorsed the Govern.. mum‘s attitude with regard to the [wet-31 strike. Foreigners at Urmiah, Persia, in- cluding British and American mis- sioaaries, are 111 danger. mGerrvnnny is establishing a line of airship stations along the French frontier, A number of prominent; London bankers have written Mr. Asquith protesting against the increased death duties and income tax in the budget. The worthless assets wiped out in the balance sheet of the Dominion amounted to $837,646, but there was a liability on the books of $363,887, and it was also wiped out, leaving the net increase in the pub- lic debt $437,759. The C. P. R., it is said, will go into the business of farming in dif- ferent parts of the country, with the object of supplying the require- ments of their dining cars and ho-. tels. A British departmental committee appointed to Inquire into the ques tion has reported that there is a meat combine in Britain, though it is not at present powerful enough to endanger the country's meat trade. . The United States Senate on Thursday voted for a duty of 25 cents a ton on iron ore. Capt. Peter C. Bains, who sh and killed William E. Annis (1 Long Island last August has been' found guilty of manslaughter. . Gharles L. Foxwell, a, mining stock broker, is under arrest at Washington. He is alleged to have victimized a. number of firms ia Canada, and the United States. Elmer Pennock, a medical stu- dent at Queen's, went suddenly ia- sane at Brockville, on Thursday, and attempted to kill his mother. He was committed to the asylum, Sir Richard Cartwright informed Senator Lougheed that Canada, would be represented at the Inv , perial Defence Conference in Low, [ don, probably by Sir Frederick Bor------- den and Hon. L. P. Brodeur. f A Chicago girl danced herself to death. Forty-five Turkish mutineers have been arrested at Erzeroum. Premier Stolypin of Russia. will remain at the head of the Cabinet. the Turkish troops at Erzeroum are said to be on the verge of mutiny. _ {bin for the removal of Roman Catholic disabilities and to amend the ooronutricn oath passed its sec- ond readinO‘ in the Britishil _ moms. T a , Queen Alexandra, in a message ot sympathy to the Women Nurses' Congress at Liverpool, on Thursday, intimated that she was not in 85rm- pathy with the suffragettes. Bylaws were carried by Owen Sound ratepayers, on Saturday, to extend the waterworks and the elec- tric lighting plant. Mt.. Eager, Governor of the jail at Cornwall, has decided to resume his business career, and has re- signed, to take effect on June 15. Dr. J. B. Leathes of Londo: Eng., has been appointed to the University chair of chemical patho- logy. The steamer Gargantua, carried away three gates in the Welland Canal, on Sunday, but repairs are being rushed. The T. & N. o. Railway inaugur- ated a, daily through service be- tween N orth Bay and Cochrane on Monday. Mr. -Thomas Mulvey, K..c., is leaving the Provincial seerce begome_Ur_2dev1; Secretary of Sta. Hon. W. S. Fielding will go to, London after the session on1iciseis' arrange for a, fri'ey-millitm-dGflar loan. The Government will appoint , spectors of gear and tackle at as oral shipping ports of the Domin- Ion. a, commission to Great Britain and Denmark to study the bacon w- dustry. . J" -"'i_'-r_-A """""'t"" _ Wilfred Bishop, clerk in the Ot, tawa postoffiee, has been arrested on a charge fyf,ttteel.ing letters. Hon. Adam Beelr's company is prepared to supply the city of Lon, don with two and a, half million gallons of water daily. Grand Frvmk Paeifie ofruitti, deny that the men are ill-treat'ggl} in the construction camps. "il TTrfTe , 1" ' _ The Railway Commission has ordered that stations and passen- ger cars be regularly clean-ed out and kept in sanitary condition. 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