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& suffered, have een released from further pain! Our|. | first thought upon gazing et those quiet countenances has been the right | oné--a feeling of thanksgiving that the pain was past and that peace had taken its place.. ght may have been i the minds of st's faithful friends they laid Him away in the tomb eB They may have for- great joy; enough for the present. we have been ordeal of pain, anxiety or sorrow we likely to realize, as we never in g have done before, that our life here omplete one, We may have | "thought quite differently until one of gotten for the promiges d made concerning 1 n. At that momént 'they could think of Him only as a | dear friend, the "best they had ever had, who had undergone a bitter and painful death, and was now released from all suffering. ve been grateful They, too, may at peace had fol- -> Xi It was greatly beyond their means. ohn that Jesus himself had his out--*"he himself | t he would do'" (John 6. 6)-- : and that his purpose was to fest ilip. 3 88. How many loaves have ye? . . Five and two fishes--It is John only who says: "There's a lad h who hath five barley loaves, and two fshon® 2d he alone shows the ab- e on this ridin "What are th among so many in ranks, by hundréds, es--Literally, 'the; ed, "garden beds, garden is, in. regular formation, like sym- beds: two long rows of one hundred and a short row of ing up to heaven, be blessed and. brake--Probably grace before meat, as the father sur- his household was accus- 0 at the Passover feast. 42. They all ate, and were filled-- As the disciples distributed the-food it increased in the distribution, Means which are to us inadequate may under the blessing of God suffice, only they rst placed in his hands. Twelve basketfuls--The small wicker baskets commonly used b Jews for carrying their food. must be no waste, even of miraculous power. : 44. Five thousand men---Matthew adds, "besides women and children" NATIONAL LESSON K1L--Jesus Ministers to the ne or feed the peo. ultitude--Mark 6. 82-44. Golden text, Matt. 20, 28. ense 82, A desert is their refuge when the becomes too great, and part seek quiet and relief. They | fify opportunity for conference con- the ts of their mission- ary tour and also to pl ty on the east side 'of | , but he calls it a "desert| planer (Luke 9. 10-12) seeing which way the t was heading, they ran around the re at the-head of the lake, cross- n flows into the laké not . 84. Came forth--When he disem- barked heat around the ore were nothing it with him. r esus to secure quiet and rest was de- du and now gt hand was the ever- 881 rong eager 'and tbe helped by him. - -passion on them--No word of 'ence or annoyance, but'a feeling of compassion. The word used indicates a yearning: toward thera. having a shepherd--"The do not know the law. is i ---- em Easter Waiting. Waiting for the glorious coming | Of the angels' glistening band. pati-| Waiting for the herald angels ., To reach down to earthly land; Waiting for the rising Saviour To delight the Taithful few-- Holy saints, with Christ behavior, | The bidding of the angels do. Christ on earth again is breathing nd| Peace and health and joy and love; Gracious truths are seething, seethipg, . Waiting for the dawning dove. ; Dove of Heaven, on earth alighting; nted hallelujahs ring-- e can be no sorrow blighting; hallelujahs sing. earth are ready, close the blessed Jegan to teach Il any. Ship us your M wish, but shi that we are e are no Pikers. The George 21 JARVIS STR 3 « Easter, wo Easter, the anniversary of Our Lord's resurrection from the dead, is one of the three' great festiyals of the Christian year-*the other" two being Christmas and Whitsuntidé. From the earliest period of Christianity down to the present day, it has al- ways been celebrated by believers with great joy, and is accounted the queen of festivals, In primitive times it was usual] for Christians to salute each other on the morning of this day by exclaiming, "Christ is risen"; to 'which the person addressed replied, "Christ i8 risen indeed or else, "And hath appeared upto Simon"---a custom still retained in the Greek Church. The, common name of this feast in the east was the Paschal-Feast, be- causé kept at the same time as the Pascha or Jewish passover, and in some measure succeeding to it, In the sixth of the Ancyfan canons it is re- ferred to as the Gredt Day. Our own name Easter is derived, as somé sup- pose, from Eostre, 'the name of a Saxon deity, whose feast was cele- brated every year in the spring about tival--the name being retained when the character of the feast was chang- ed, or, as others suppose, from Oster, which signifies rising. If the latter supposition be correct, Easter is in name, as well as reality, the feast of the resurrection. Through there has never been any One Millio 'Five Hundred we (1,500,000, ad Fit to lssue Price Lists. Don't ask for , We will pay the, very highest rices. Put your own valuation the A trial shipmen e best buyers of Raw Fars n the World. We have Stacks of Money. i) | : W Themed Mukeor ' ' Thousand Beaver Skins (50,000), .l . * We have no. We are in the Market for the Entire Canadian Catch. _ We buy all kinds of Canadian Raw Fars. Monteith Fur Co. ».. TORONTO, ONTARIO EEE EEE Sierence of opinion in the Christian chu as to why Easter is kept there Bas been much as to when it should be| 01d. World customs and festivals, In observed. Indeed the controversy last- ed for many centuries and it was not until the Coungil of Nice in 825 de- finitely settled the matter by decree- Easter Goodies ing the observance of Easter on the| Easter eggs can be very easily Sunday following the Jewish passover | made at home. Gather the family that there was any harmony on the around you and have them all help. Even this did not last for {The pleasure and panticipation will long. The date, so far as we are af-| surely be a reward for the trouble. fected thereby, was decided at Whitby,| Eggs may be made with or with- England, in 664, when the centention| out cocoanut, dipped in fondant, which | of Agilbert; Roman Catholic bishop| may be tinted, of chocolate. Use a of Dorchester, who' upheld the cus-|deep tablespoon to mold the egg, tont as it was observed at Rome, pre-| making two halves, which can be put vailed over the plea of Colman, bis-| together. hop of Lindisfarne, who represented Before putting together, lay a piece the native branch of the church. On Easter Pay depend all the move-| egg from end to end, letting it ex- able ecclesiastical feasts and fasts|tend sufficiently so that it may be | throughout the year. | days before, and the eight following | can grated cocoanut, sufficient sugar after, are all dependent upon it. The nine constitute the six in Lent and Quinquagesima, Septuagesima; the eight following are |the five after Easter, the Sunday the same time as the Christian fes-|after Ascension Day, Whit Sunday | and Trinity Sunday. ------ The nine Sun- and .Easter is best kept by a rising from some dead past into newness of Meat of young animals is more tender but not so nutritious as that] Hither, my congregatich! of maturer animals. tions of the. earth! repeats these words with religious fervor. Many novel and attractive dishes are served on this occasion; they include fancy cakes, pastry and sweetmeats. In many parts of Hungary the boys sprinkle the girls with rosewater, and then the girls in turn present the boys] with gaily colored eggs. . In France the Easter festival is observed with great joy. Easter has always been a grand affair since the days of the kings, when all Parisian _| nobles paid a visit to the king and re- ceived a royal egg. This egg was decorated in gilt. Boys, too, had their fun; they rolled eggs down Montague street, St. Genevieve, Paris. Later many boys nicked the eggs for "keeps." Many students still seek eggs from the householders. Deco- rations and ornaments on eggs date from the thirteenth century. England is rich in Easter lore. In many parts of England, especially in the shires, names are written on the eggs and they are then stored from one year to another. This cus- tom is second only to the custom of 'writing the name on the flyleaf of the Bible. In many homes great quan- tities of these eggs are to be found. 'Tis+said that even the sun dances on Easter morn. To the great new world of ours the early pioneers brought many of the various parts of the country cele- Pbrations can be found which typify their origin abroad. v of string through the centre of the held 'while dipping. Take one-half to mold. Press milk from the cocoa- nut, then work in the sugar, knead- ing well. Mold, putting the two halves of the egg together. Stand aside to dry for twelve hours, then dip Jack-in-the-Pulpit's Sermon. All of an Edster morning, Hither, ye flowerets gay! Hither, ye bouncing bunnies! ¢ Listen to what I say!" Over the hills they hurried, Out of the field and wood, Bunnies and blooms of April, Whither the preachr stood. There were the yellow jonquils; There were the pansies blue; There were the stately lilies; There were the tulips, too. Then to his congregation Jack-in-the-pulpit said, "Lo, it.is Easter morning! Lift up every head! Tell to the world your gladness! } Show it\the while ye sing Songs of the vanquished winter, Victory songs of spring! "Lo, it. is Easter morning! Go to the world, I pray, Bearing the glorious message Born of our Easter Day! Tell how ye lay imprisoned Deep in the mould and the night! Tell how ye burst in beauty Into the warmth and the light!" Flooding our Easter Day. Whispers the pansy blue, Whispers the stately lily, Whispers the tulip, too: "Long did we lie imprisoned Deep in the. mould and the night; Then, we burst in beauty SE Into the warmth. and the light!" in white, tinted or chocolate fondant. | icing sugar to spread, 'semane. Faster for the world; beyon double boiler until you "hardly bear the finger to touch it; beat con- stantly. Now tint and dip in eggs, holding them by the piece of string. Put to dry on a waxed paper. : To Coat With Chocolate Melt bitter or sweet chocolate un- til barely warm, adding one table- spoonful of butter to every one-half pound of chocolate. © Chocolate must be stirred carefully while heating. Neglect of this important point will cause poor results. ; " Easter Rabbit Use the egg mixture, mold into rab- bit forms and dip just the same as the eggs were dipped. Easter chicks may be made the same way. Two Easter Menus Shoulder of spring lab Mint sadce '°. ; Mashed potatoes * Creamed carrots Easter cakes . . Coffee Vegetable soup Stewed chicken: Scalloped potatoes Mashed turnips Easter balls ° Coffee Easter Cakes Make a sheet of butter sponge cake, using a pan one and one-half inches deep, in which to bake the cake. Cream well and add yolks of three eggs, one cupful sugar, four 'table- spoonfuls butter, four tablespoonfuls milk, one cupful flour, two teaspoon- fuls baking powder. "Mix well, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of three eggs. Bake as directed in moderate oven for forty minutes. Cut into squares. Ice with orange wa- ter icing and decorate pith section of orange. Orange Water Icing = Two tablespoonfuls orange juice, yolk of one egg, sufficient icing sugar to spread. : Easter Balls One-half cupful sugar, one-half cup- ful flour, one-quarter teaspoonful cream of tartar. Sift three times, then carefully fold in the stiffly beaten whites of three large eggs. Bake in ungreased custard cups for thirty minutes in an oven. Ice with plain water icing. Plain Water Icing Two tablespoonfuls water, sufficient A -------- Easter Day. The brook's faint ripple. The forest Jack-in-the-pulpit cried, hush, "Gather, oh, gather, and listen, A pale green bud on each vine and From all of the countryside! bush, A bird's low note on the waking air, A fragrant lily blossoming there, A band of children softly singing Till far and near joy bells are ringing, And over all the Springtime glory While lips repeat the wondrous story Of a risen Christ, Death speeds away In the Qleay bright dawn of Easter Day. The Easter Robin. A sweet legend of the Greek Church tells us that "Our Lord used to feed the robins round His mother's door when a boy; moreover, that the robin never left the sepulchre till the Resurrection, and, at the Ascension, joined in thé angels' song." Another popular story, however, re- lates that when Christ was on His way to Calvary, toiling beneath the burden of the Cross, the robin, in its kindness, plucked a thorn from the crown that oppressed His brow, and the blood of the Divine Martyr dyed the. breast of the bird, which ever, since has borne the insignia of its charity. A variant of the same legend makes the thorn wound the bird itself and its own blood dye its breast. So on an Easter morning, * at Es Over the hills and afar, Cs aster. . All of the flowers of April Easter for the world, and does" it Carry wherever they are rise from the dead at morn to glorious Messages fair and fragrant-- skies? ~~ Easter for the world; and Do you not get them, pray? who to-day from the tomb's portal Telling the world the meaning rolls the stone away? Easter for the world; end mourners stir, like ghests, S x about the sepulchre. = Easter for the Whispers the yellow jonquil, | world; Golgotha's cross lies heavy on its grief and loss, while weeping women, sore in pain, wring helpless hands and cry in vain. Easfer for the world; and Olivet, with tears of millions now is wet. Easter for the world; 'its agony recalls again Geth # n of hope, of life, net birth, the Resurrection call, s of Kingdoms, foemen--all; trife be o'er, the tumult cease, ! 'anew the Prince of Peace ¥ is done. ; A waits. Easter for the world, unju {ly tried; shackled and secourged «| not unfit. Father; the" gates. of death its resurrectiot cricified. Easter fi orld, a Es ten it?--W. J. Lampton