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ome chais by sumjjiatai best wi5 death christianity says re christ- into the glre thyself i eernity of divi love tvviligbt hour story chicks and other little friends no 31 breathe yet wo groped along in the darkness for aeons of centuries know ing practically nothing of it catuo a tima when prophets foretoij its atheism and light from time immemorial electricity has lieou with us around us in the air we last week i told you about fluffy be- there sa cross at kover bocause lie came iuto the same room where mamma lady and hilly had brought her littto she was so cross she scratch coming but few believed the prophecy until believing it or not when the kitties time came that the thin edge of the d uiul tl julej on his back and wedge was applied by the slow pro- 1 scratched some more so ho didut of scientific research darkness j k vat over could b matter flood of yo know he came in the room all lroamed 1 right hut ho didut have a chance to even see the kitties so ho hadnt the j slightest idea what all tbo fuss was about after he got chased out like that he wouldnt come la for a long time it was a little while before mamma lady noticed itover didut come iu the house it was really billy who no cess of scientific suddenly opened up iuto light and power hitherto unil of the great power was here which could destroy as ruthlessly as it could belch out light and energy yet all at once it was harnessed iu so safely by skilled human hands that we use it now without fear taking it as a mat ter of course even though most of us know little more about it than to turn on tho switch but we must have some appliance in stalled in our homes if we wish to use it and benefit by it and wo must touch the button to securo the power in or der to connect up and benefit by it if this is true and we know it is is it not comforting that we have been told by tho noblest man who ever lived whose integrity was unimpeach able whose truth and magnetic spirit uality placed him first among the greatest of nil men that there is a power a god power which is likowiso everywhere this power is supremo aud above all other powers bringing order out of chaos wherever it touches this greatest man of all men told us it was necessary for the father to send his sou to come to this world in order to teach us how to build up this spiritual machinery for ourselves which will give us the eternal life of light at the time jesus lived on earth history shows us that virtues wero a mockery conditions were terrible iu fact we have no idea of the wickedness and consequent sufferings endured by those early people this was whon christ canto to apply the thin edgo of wedge so great was the need of him that they killed his physical body in their iguoranco of right thinking ho found it necessary to die in order to show them the importance of each in dividual actually living the principles of love truth kindness aud all virtues even unto death tho development of which brings us iuto everlasting life where moth nor rust does not corrupt ho has said we should pray we do not understand why but in some man ner prayer does make the circuit com- pleto aud for thoso who touch the spiritual switch by following what he taught a beacon is set out which helps us along wonderously through the trials and sufferings on this murky road of life he has shown us that we aro going through tho process of being horn again wo have come up through tho infinite ages passed through dark ness ignorance violence and material ization and can now see the glimmer ings of a great light ahead how then can there ho annihilation it there has been a past how can it be possible not to have a future ah tho past was future at ono time was it not we havo come this far not know ing what wo aro or how we move or popular songs aro often so popular have our being the world bocomes that they become unpopular moro illuminated physically by elecj tricity and immeasurably moro imporj tant it becomes spiritually illuminated by good living when everyone will do j as they would bo done by j oftentimes we think our own suffer- logs and difficulties hough hard to j bear can be tolerated but looking at others for worse off wo aro often puz- j zled when something seemingly tor- 1 rlble happens well now that person is good and yet see how ho suffers i and then wo are apt to allow the small i sunday school lesson what new york is wearing by annebelle worthington august 9 lesson vi saul convert ed and commissioned acts 9 19 1719 1 timothy 1 121 golden text i was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision act3 26 19 illustrated dressmaking fesson fur nished with every pattern ticed it first ho said say mamma do you know rover wont come iu tho house i wonder why then mamma lady remembered and said i helievo he thinks it isnt very sato for him iu here i never thought of that well have to coax him iu so billy ran out and called him aud whon he got near the door he was go ing to disappear again but billy caught him by the collar aud hugged him and said oh come on in itover nothing will hurt you you see hover wasnt a coward if ho knew what was tho matter hut ho didnt know why fluffy jumped on him like that so he thought ho would just stay away well just as ho was trying to get away mamma lady came out and was extra nice to him come in itover fluffy wont hurt you now come ou its all right come on in and slio opened tho door so ho could see it really was all right rover looked at her and took a lit tle step then stopped then another and she kept saying como on iu its all right then ho looked warily around and took another few steps she wont hurt you rover but rover didnt know whether to believe it or not all at once bo was going to back out pretty quick for thore was fluffy sitting on tho cushion on her chair but would you believe it she just looked good nattiredly at him as though she had never done any thing toiiim at all wasut that funny you know i be lieve there aro a lot of people like that j they get so very cross about some- i saul pharisee and peksecut03 acts 9 12 22 35 ii saul converted acts 9 319a 22 516 iii saul rreachinc acts 9 19b31 22 1721 iv paul looking back galatians t 1 1 1 iv 1 timothy 1 1217 i saul phvjtlsee and persecutor acts 9 1 2 22 35 a tho pharisee sauls family although living in a greek city were of pure jewish descent and pharisees they also enjoyed the privilege at roman citizenship conferred upon i them probably for some service o j the emperor according to jewish custom the boy was taught a trade tentmaking acts is 3 in the uni versity city of tarsus he would ac quire a knowledge of greek customs literature and philosophy his edu cation in tarsus completed he was sent south to jerusalem to study tinder a famous theological professor named gamaliel the gentle and tolerant spirt of ga maliel acts 5 31 was not shared by his brilliant pupjl saul was an ardent student of the law when re ligion becomes a matter of law and doctrines intolerance is the result so it was with saul b the persecutor when after stephens death the authorities took measures against his followers sau threw himself into the work of re pression not content with his effoits in jerusalem he secured authority to go to damascus where the jewish colony had evidently been influenced by the new faith ii saw converted acts 9 319a 22 51g sauls conversion as the most mo mentous occurrence of apostolic his tory a the preparation on the lonely road to damascus six or eiht days journey from jerusalem saui would have time for reflection by this time he was discovering that the law was not an adequate religion romans chanter 7 failing in his miest for god lie was steadily sinking into pessimism the memory was always haunting him of stephen lying with tho face of an angel and with a praver of forgiveness on hi3 lips the joyful courage of the men whom he was persecuting their lives for each other the calm confidence which told of an inner peace must have been undermining his old assurance his troubled mind was working up ti the crisis which he was soon to experi ence b the crisis as saul and his carbon monoxide takes i heavy toll of bird life washington a uevereuding gas at- 1 enemies clark explains g b s and others tack from the exhausts of automobiles li taking heavy toll among english sparrow and pigeons says austin ii clark biologist of the united states national museum these two birds which formerly were common iu the cities of eastern united states havo been disappearing rapidly they feed largely on street refuse which brings them iuto contact with carbon monoxide gas from motor ex hausts it is a heavy gas that tends to cling to tht ground when thero is no wind it takes very little carbon monoxide to kill a bird or weaken it so it is easily caught by cats hawks or other this is because birds lire at high speed their bodies transform oxy gen iuto heat much more rapidly than human bodies thoy must have plenty of oxygen at all times anything such as gas that tends to block the oxygen supply from their lungs has a bad effect almost at once euglish sparrows were imported from europe before the days of mod em sprays aud insecticides to eat the canker worms that were infesting the american elm trees they accomplished their purposo but aroused complaints among bird lovers because they drove away other birds from birdhouses aud feediug places to a locomotive in winter vote or be arrested thee for my recitative aim of bill in france the driving storm even as paris law compelling all french citizens to vote under penalty of 1 fines has been proposed by a group of j conservative members of parliameul j voting they declare iu the bill they i havo laid before the chamber of de- i puties is a duty aud not a mere pri- vilege j the chamber of deputies and the departmental and communal electivo bodies aro they maintain composed how george bernard shaw led the police into a dancing contojt n a loudon sqlare is lelated or lccoln siiiugfiel in ms book some piquant people it seems that shaw after seeing a ballet oue night coui no resist trying to go round the situate just once after tte man ner of the dancer it proved frightfully difhcult says mr sprluguold aft- his fourteenth fall he was pickcxi np by a policeman who keeping tast hold of his man asked what are you doiug i bin watching you for the last five minutes shaw explained eloquently and enthusiastically tho policeman hesi tated aud then said would you mind holding my helmet while i have a try it dont look so hard the next moment his nose was grat ing the macadam so thoy hung up their coats and wont at it again until an inspector arrived and asked tho poltceuan if that was his idea of fixed point duty 1 allow it aint fixed point said tho policeman emboldened by his new accomplishment hut it lay hairasovereigu you caut do it thing then forget all about it and they i men were approaching the city a waut us to forget all about their cross- blinding light suddenly burst upon uess too which isnt so easy to do sometimes is it but i guess its just their way so it really is best to for get you see fluffy forgot all about it because her kitties were away off in a dark closet now and sho liked rover again so that whon ho saw her sho was a nice kitty again and wasnt rover a good dog for he was soon good friends with her although often he looked at her queerly as much as to say why did you scratch mo perhaps holl know when he soes the kitties when thoy are bigger but whatever aro tho chicks doing all this lime seeds of doubt to grow forgotting cods words thy dross to consume and thy god to rofino it is gods way of making us fit to bo born again after all what is one iittlo lifo whon gazing into tho depths of eternity write your name and address plair- saul saul why nerly giving numbe and size of such me was it then patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto will ignatius loyola was a great leader and master of men ono of his rules did you husband bring home any fish no i understand william had bad luck on this trip ho got into a gamo of cards and lost tho money ho took with him to buy fish them the shock of which threw them to the ground chap 9 3 saul heard a voice saying sccutest thou really true that in harrying the hovers he had boon persecuting the lord himself who art thou sir he asked he did not recognize thej voice the authorized version with lord suggests that he did tho answer brought to saul the trunp- forming conviction that jesus was as his followers had claimed the true revelation of god c the result saul immediately placed christ in complete control of his life 9 g brought to a believers house in damascus he remained there three days blind physically and spirit ually overwhelmed as the collapse of his past life and dark as to the future ananias divinely prompted found him and showed him that all that had hap pened was god calling him to his ser vice saul now healed in body and snirit 9 17 was baptized and thus admitted to the fellowship of the be lievers til smil preachtno acts 9 19b31 22 1721 after some days spent with the disciples in damascus saul retired into arabia gal 1 17 probably some quiet vipage near damascus where in seclusion he could ponder the meaning of his great experience and determine his future course of action not only the words of anan ias vision 22 14 15 but his own nature made action of some kind in evitable he returned to damascus enhance our charm by wearing flat tering jacket costumes it is a season of jackets the one sketched is th the green and white printed sportsweight linen in combination witii plain green hand kerchief linen tho skirt shows slenderizing line in pointed hip yoke treatment the jacket is in popular hip length style no 3436 comes in sizes 14 10 18 years 3g 38 and 40 inches bust the lgyear size requires 4 yards of 39inch figured material with 1 yards of 39inch plain material it is stunning with the dres3 made of chiffon print in hyacinth blue color ing with the jacket of flat silk crepe in matching shade yellow and white sportsweight linen with plain yellow sheer linen for sim ulated tuckinn bodice is very chic dusty pink flat silk crepe while shantung and cotton or silk striped shirting are swagger how to order patterns thee in now tho snow the winter day declining tbeo in thy panopl thy measurd dual throbbing and thy beat convul sive thy black cylindric body golden brass and silvery steel thy ponderous sidebars parallel aud connecting rods gyrating shut- tling at thy 3ides thy metrical now swelling pant and j ofttot teprcssufaltfet of i 8 maje pid progress they wcro roar now tapering in tbo dis- miuori because tho other fellows subsequently joiued by an early post- lance shirko1 llieir duty at pol man and a milkman who anfortun- iu france as in most countries the alely broke his leg and had to bo well todo citizens aro inclined to fore- 1 carried to the hospital by the other go their right to vote it is with the three according to shaw purpose of getting out this portion of the vote that tho backers of the bill led by louis marin havo moved for tho inspector could not resist the temptation to try shaw was whirling around before bis eyes in the most fascinating manner and thy groat protruding headlight fixd in front thy long pale floating vaporpennants tinged with delicate purple the dense and murky clouds outbelch ing from thy smokestack thy knitted frame thy springs and jj reform valves the tremulous twinkle of thy wheels j thy train of cars behind obedient merrily following through gale or calm now swife now slack yet steadily careering type of the modern emblem of mo tion and power pulse of tho continent for once come servo tbo muse aud merge in verse even as hero i see thee wilh storm am buffeting gusts wind and falling snow by day thy warning ringing bell sound its notes of to fear fear and lack of faith go hand in hand the one is born of the other tell me how much one is given to fear and i will tell you how much he lacks in faith fear is a most expensive guest to entertain the same as worry is so expensive are ihey that no one can afford to entertain them we invite wha we fear the same as by a ditter- ent attitude of mind we invite and attract the influences and conditions i we desire the mind dominated by by night thy silent signal lamps to fear opens the door for entrance of swing the very things for tho actualization fiercelhroatcd beauty of vcry roll through my chant with all thy ioans so to speak the direct oppo- lawless music thy swinging site of faith and fajtlys perhaps the lamps at night j str a effective mental- thy madlywhistled laughter echoin rumbling like an earth quake rousing all law of thyself complete thino own track firmly holding no sweetness debonair of tearful harp or glb piano thine thy thrills of shrieks by rock and hills roturnd launchd oer tho prairies wide across the lakes to tho free skies unpent aud glad and strong walt whitman in leaves of grass spiritual force that wo can possess or grow ralph waldo trine argentine maternal instinct it is a mistake to suppose that the maternal instinct is universal on the was what you want to bo you can j one hatmi or that it is developed only bo will it then and will it with all by personal expcrieree on the other your might modern psychology even women who ar mothers may tells us tho samo thing character he found wholly destitute of it with is a matter of right will holiness not a ray of natural feeling for their is a will set toward god and his righteousness j latter in feeling these are the wo could he utter 1 cor chap 13 a plot men who are the chosen friends of grain output grows buenos aires argentine wheat unseed and oats shipments this year show a considerable increase pri vate statistics of cereal exports reveal otal of 192s752 tons of wheat was shipped from january 1 to may 22 as compared with 1291104 tons for the corresponding period a year ago 2- 4s0795 tons of corn agaist 12205182 tons 951015 tons of linseed against cs1378 tons and 301903 tons of oats against 102157 ions a year ago few people are aware of tho dis tinction between the archbishop of canterbury as primate of all eng land and the archbishop of york as primate of england and fewer still are aware of the occasion for it observes mrs m v hughes in london at homo in 1176 thero was a big quarrel between the two archbishops as to which should bo chief at the synod sat as in hia proper placo richard of canterburie when in springs roger of york and finding canterburie so fairly seated sits him down in caulerburies lap cauterburies servants plucked him thence and buffeted him to somo pur pose this unseemly quarrel ended in canterbury receiving the title of primate of all england while poor york bad to ho content with being primate of england the name cabinet given to the committee responsible tor tho gov ernment of the country comes from the days of charles ii whon a few of his leading ministers used to meet in his own private room or cabinet says mrs hughes i impossibilities nearly everything that is worth while that has been accomplished by men has been considered impossible by many others every man who has t ever done anything great has been offspring and some who are either ridiculed and advised by others to let wives or mothers in fact are all the n a against his lifo forced him to leave the city he went to jerusalem where he endeavored to make the acquain tance of the apostles they however were afraid of him and had it not been for barnabas his visit would probably have been unsuccessful his bold preaching aroused antagonism vile brethren fearing persecution brought him down to carsaroa and sent him home to tarsus iv paul woking back galatians 1 11 17 1 timothy 1 1217 his testimony looking back ver the cars of his christian life he grate fully testifies that the power which both sexes and all ages to them flock all who have troubles sure of a patient hearing and that sweet sym pathy which of itself heals the wounds laid bare to its touch presents for bridesmaids choker necklace of carved white beads and amber flowers with brace let to match choker of semiprecious stones in crystal aud coral make a pretty combination necklace of phauts strung chain tiny pink on to a coral de fine gold a pair of shoe buckles iu marcas- slto or paste vanity case of shagreen hand- painted ivory or enamel wisdom of the foolish the foolish think that they can escape punishment but every wrong doing carries its own punishment punishment is not always something that happens to us but rather some- j thing that happens in us tho great- 1 est of all punishments is the loss of saved him at damascus has always j our humanity what is more terrible j evening bags of petit point enamelled or jewelled clasps with get and began to preach controversially i sustained him the arrogance of the t to lose the open countenance ioi 9 22 not yet refined through suf- pharisees has become the humility of ho forccd to wear llle fox cye aml t forirg mellowed and enriched by love the chief of sinners 1 tim 1 15 raouth markham yes i fitted up my flat at a liliculously low prico in fact it cost mo but a song hows that well you seo i started up a solo on the back fence at 2 am and the donations i received in the shapo of furniture otc just filled tho bill mutt and jeff mutt could make a quaker enter west point by bud fisher real success when is a man a success when ho refuses to slander oven his enemies when he does not oxpect to good pay for poor servico when he does not wait until to morrow to do the things that should be done today when bo is loyal to his employer and not false to the ones with whom he works when ho intelligently cooperates with the other members of tho or ganization whon ho is studying and preparing himself for a higher position with better pay the silent partner an ordeal tho pretty understudy had been chosen by a deputation to speak to the manager of the theatre wo cant stand tho reduction in wages you proposo to mako alio com menced id- fact we demand a ralso tho work is bad for our nerves bad for your nerves echoed the manager you havo moroly to stand iu tho wings and listen to tho pleco she looked defiant yes that is the reason came th reply anything to oblige the bill colloctor called for moner that was duo to his arm im sorry said mr dedboat but i cannot pay you call again lo-mor- row tho collector thrust out his law ag gressively thats what you said yesterdayl ho snapped dcdbcct shrugged his shoulder all right make it tho dar fter to morrow ho said