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sunday school lesson september 7 lesson x joslah a royal reformer 2 kings 22 1 2 8 23 13 2125 golden text thy vord is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path psatm 119 105 analysis i first step3 in welldoinc 2 kings 22 17 2 clrwi 34 113 ii an inspired book 2 king- 22 8- 20 2 chror 31 1428 iii a creat reform movement 2 kings 23 13 2125 2 chron 34 2935 19 introduction wo have n the story of josiah that combination of forces which the work and che church lave cnie to knov so well he stan with pure heat high purse and gift of leadership the isook inspired of god aid faithul workmen both artisans and ministers of the state and of religion to carry its precepts into effect to understand the situation in which josiah found himseif it the first twenty years of his reign one should read the story of manassehs reign in 2 kings chap 21 aid of josiabs sons who succeeded him on the throne in 23 3124 20 or bet ter still one should turn to certain thapters of jeremiah whoso ministry as a prophet in judah began at this time and who sets forth with start ling clearness its allies and its vices sea chaps 2 5 and 7 i first steps in wellloing 2 kings 22 17 2 chron 34 113 both historian- and prophet speak well of josiah 2 kings 22 12 23 25 jeremiah 22 151g he did that which was right in theeye3 of the lord his character is in striking contrast to that of his father and grandfather chap 21 as a child of eight years he camo to the throne at a timo when there appears to have been an uprising of the peoplo of the land people of tho better sort against the corrupt court party which was r sponsible fo- the murder of his father for a time and until he was old enough to bear the burdens f tate he must have been under the care of tutors and guardians and they did their duty well his naturally good disposition was cultivated and strengthened tho historian of chron icles represents him as beginning his work of reform ir the eighth year of tiis reign 2 chron 31 17 in the eighteenth year his workmen wire busy at the temple nutting it into a state of repaii it had appar ently been much neglected it is pleasure to read of the good relations which existed betveen the king the priests and the workmen who dealt faithfully the money for the nee essary material and for wages came from the offerings of the people and this money was put in the hands of carpeaters and masons of whom no reckoning was renuiied because they were known to le honest men ii an inspired book 2 kings 22 s- 20 2 chron 34 14 8 the money which the keepers of the doo gathered of the m people came first into the hands if hilkiah tho high priest it was wicn they brought out tho money im the treas that hilkiah the priest found he book of the law 2 chron 34 14 in a safe place in seme hid den rcceso of the treasure chamber or in the treasure chest it had lain un noticed and forgotten for ono knows not how many years it was found now at the opportune moment com ing into the possession f the king he regarded it from his first reading of it as the very word of god to him a- to his people ho accepted it as his textbook of reform and in the years that followed he endeavored to put its laws into force tho book must have contained both ecepts of tlu law and penalties for their non- obsorvance josiahs first act upon reading it was o of penitence its lrws had not been kept ho and his people liko their fathers wcrv guilty bofore god he humbled himself as only a truly great man c uld hav done and his ponitenco brought to turn from huldah tho prophetess as surance of the mercy of god ill a great reform movement 2 kings 23 13 2125 2 chron 31 2935 19 josiah under th inspiration and guidance of this book did three things each of which must havo had a far- reaching effect on th life of the na tion he assembled tho elders of the people in jerusalem road to them the words of tho book and entered with them into a solemn covenant and en gagement to keep what they now ac cepted as the very laws of god next he had all idolatrous vessels taken out of the temple and destroyed and all the sanctuaries or high places throughout the land with their cor rupt practices ended confining wor ship to tho jen aiem temple and finally he revived in an impressive way the sacred festival of the pass over from vegetable thinnings young vegetables that are thinned out la the garden to make room for the others should not be thrown away young carrots onions beetroots and so on may be used to make a de licious vegetable soup and young beetroots used with cold beans let tuce and vinegar make an excellent salad boil the thinnings till ten der keoping them as whole as pos sible then cut up the lettuce and add with the beans and the vinegar to the beetroot mix thoroughly takiug care not to break the beetroot to use thiuuedout onions and car rots clean and cut tho oniou3 then scrub tho carrots and shell some green peas scrapo about a dozen small po tatoes then place all together in boil ing water and add a generous pinch of salt aud pepper simmer uutil the vegetables are ready then mix in a basin ono tablespoonful of flour a piece of margarine the size of a wal nut a littlo chopped parsley and a pinch of pepper slowly add sufficient stock to bring the mixture to tho con sistency of thick cream stirring well all the time pour off the water from tho vegetables then pour the mixture over them ask the conductor firstaid cases containing tooth ache drops eyo salve and cough mix ture are to bo carried on all longdis tance buses in poland by order ot the traffic ministry people sent to prison on criminal charges in england during 1928 total led 40449 ot these g02g wero women this is the lowest years total on re cord manufactured glass goods to the value of nearly 25000000 are import ed into england every year mostly from germany belgium aud czecho slovakia weather reports issued from tho london meteorological office of the air ministry are based upon informa tion suppled by about 600 observing stations in europe and western rus sia tho dominions colonies and india import manufactured good3 worth more than 350000000 while the united kingdoms total annual export ot manufactured goods every year amounts only to 2015000000 this is the life oh boy this is the stuff blanket tossing of new entries at the navy league cadet summer camp at burlington ont study your type before you reduce article more about calories and foods by marie ann best every girl likes a big check plaid should bo fashionablo ask dad he knows two modern little girla on their way homo from sunday school wero solemnly discussing the lesson do you believe there is a devil asked ono no said tho other promptly if hko santa claus its your father nobolspaltor zurich cult or medium bran mffin 75 coffee with saccharin vi gr 00 lunch cheese omelet or two thirds cup cream of celery soup 100 lettuce leaves with salt or 1 large slice spanish onion 10 2 thin or 1 clico cut thick bread brown or white 100 butter vi tblsp 60 jello 1 oz or 1 tblsp honey 100 po3tum or tea with sacchriu and 1 tsp thin cream 25 dinner chickenroast ah 3oz or baked whiteflsh dressed 4 oz 150 dressing small helping 50 1 medium baked potato 100 1 tblsp gravy 30 cranberry jelly 2 tblsp or spin ach jelly with s dressing vz piece ono crust pie cut in six pieces lemou or cream tea almost clear glass warm skimmed milk bo fore retiring last week wo fouud out tho average person of about 150 pounds will reduce on 1220 calories ot food per day it j your normal weight is more than 150 i lbs then you will need more calories on 1200 calories ot food per day it duce if you aro small 1000 may do one lady i know cannot reduce until sho goes d6wn to 900 calories and her normal weight is 150 lbs but that is unusual men seem to need more food than women perhaps because wo men are more angelic and therefore do not need so many calories child ren need more than men or women acl cording to their weight since they are ove unhl brown building up their bodies making bone etc old people do not need as much as any ot us tor they are through building and are not so energetic it shows that to a certain extent each person must study his or her own body performance and and out by systematically gettiug weighed faith fully each week lust what has been accomplished it seems necessary al so to always get weighed on the same scales tor it is surprising how you will flud no two scales weigh alike one of your red letter days now will be weighday you will not need to be reminded ot it for it is a real pleasure to see the steady decrease chronicled on the scaler after you are weighed keep tab ot your reduced woight with the date in the back ot add spinach your daily calorie notebook thor9 i megapodes hatch 100 100 20 total per day 1200c recipes iudividaul baked cheese omelet 100 calories recipe no 1 beat white and yolk ot 1 egg separ ately add to the yolk 1 tblsp grated cheese salt and 1 tblsp water fold la white ot ess- beat stiff bake in i recipe no 2 baked cheese omelet 1- portion 150 calories two cups skim milk 2 eggs 1 cup grated cheese cayenne to tasto 1 tblsp melted butter 1 cup fino bread crumbs soak crumbs in tho milk in which pinch of soda ha3 been dissolved beat eg3 light add bread aud milk stir in butter seasoning aud grated cheese bake in greased pudding dish and serve at once spinach jelly salad 450 c without mayonnaise 1 cup cooked spinach 1 package lemon jello v4 lemon mayonnaise chop spinach fine mako lemon jelly adding a3 part of water the juice 4 lemon well stirred in put in cups and serve on lettuce leaf chinese are inveterate smokers and get their cigarettes cheap shanghai china the chinese are becoming confirmed smokers their favorite form of tho weed is the clgaretto although trade iuiuany lines is almost completely paralyzed as a result of civil war banditry and the drop in the money market the to bacco dealers aro doing bigger busi ness that ever and are cougratulatlng themselves on what appears to be a real change for tho better as far as they are concerned during the mouth of march the largest foreign cigarete manufacturing concern iu china reported that sale3 reached the highest figure iu history apparently the chinese prefer to have their smokes even if they must cut down on necessities coolies who sup port a family on only a few cents a day manage to buy cigarettes for their convenience cigarettes of the very cheapest quauty are made wtjlcb sell at prices ranging from nve for a cent to two and three cents a package of twelve i in shanghai hundreds of small to- bacco shops boast ot urge daily turn overs simply by selling cigarettes two and three at a time the coolie must have his smoke along with his bowl of rice considering that there are 50- 000000 of his clas3 in china the daily turnover would be enormous if each bought one cigarette a day cigarete smoking has become national iu chiua i during the past 20 years foreign to- bacco concerns send their meu iuto the remotest parts of tho country where few white meu havo ever peuo- trated and hud an increasing market for their wares aud they seldom fall victim to kidnappers or bandits for bandits are usually friendly with tho men who bring them tobacco what new york is wearing by annabelle worthington illustrated drexnrakinq lesson fur- 7iishcd with every pattern change your diet with the seasons advice about eatiug in hot weather is given as below in tho london dally mail continental edition by sir w great leaders dont toll a man of their virtues they try to show them their possibilities lady astor there aro fivo times as many pri vate motorcars on tho roads now as there wero in 1923 tho seriousness of the italian earth quake dlsastor is dramatically illus trated by the announcement that the govornmont will cuspond tax collec tions in the affected zone you confidently go to the scales and have a little shock in store for you thero must be something wrong you look at last weeks record and and the scales are exactly the same today as last woek no they aro actually a wee bit moro oh how disappoint ing porhaps the average helpings of high caloried food- grew imperceptibly a little larger you counted them tho sanio in ypur notebook but your body wasnt so lenient it counted up cal ories a3 well as any old electric meter and added a plus sign to every helping ivi ah 1v4 ah so dont unconscious ly cheat yoursolf a good plan is to count high it you aro reducing- count low if you wish to gain suggested menus for 1200 c per day breakfast calories 2 largo dry llgs or 2 largo stowed prunes with juice 130 1 medium buttered b powdor bls- fully feathered the mound builders a family ot birds inhabiting australia and cer tain south sea islands are unique in that the young are hatched fully feathered and ablo to fly and live in dependent life from the moment they emerge from tho eggs these birds aro called megapodes because ot their large feet most species lay their eggs in largo mounds constructed of looso soil leaves grass twigs etc not infrequently the mounds are 10 or 12 foet in height and contain sov- eral wagonloads ot material aftor tho eggs aro deposited they are loft to hatch out by the heat of the de- caylnw vegetable matter tho brush turkeys are tho most commou ot the mound builders ono species of mogapodes found in tho philippines and on other islands lays us eggs in tho sand on tho seashore and leaves them to bo hatched by tho heat of the sun tho humano pleader smart junior choose feminized sports mode for town and vacation its a darling dress of vivid blue and white pique print that is so thor oughly practical i little shoulder capes create impres sion of flared sleeves a pert bow accents the cool open vneckline circular godets or insets at either side of the straight skirt provide a soft flared fulness and suggest prin cess lines the smooth fitting hiplincs makes it so entirely smart and sophis ticated a narrow belt nips the natural waistline style no 2601 is designed for girls of 6 8 10 12 and 14 years its very inexpensive to copy white sheer muslin with gay red dots is fetching yellow linen with bias binding in brown used to edge capo hem and godets is ultrachic pale blue candy stripe shirting and sprigged dimity in pink tones are at tractive how to okder patterns write your name and address plain 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 wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto arbutlmot lane english surgeon andj president ot the new health society he writes if you want to derive the mail- muni health benefit from the summer weather you rnnst pay particular atj tention to our diet with the alterodl climatic conditions it is unreasonable to expect our body machine to run smoothly on the same quantity and quality ot fuel as is necessary during winter if you do not change your diet with the season you will and yourself listless heavy and inert thoroughly unfit in fact during the hot spells the basic principle of summer di eting is to eat an abundance ot fresh fruit and vegetables fortunately plen tiful and moderate in cost at this time of the year and to substitute as far as possible dairy produre for ilesh foods fruits and vegetables in the form of salads are vory palatable and supply valuable mineral salts and the indispensable vitamins which have been relatively lacking in our wlntor diet for breakfast coffee wholemeal bread with butter and honey an egg served attractively and raw fruit salad make up a wellbalanced and sustaining meal for luncb a largo glass ot milk with wholemeal biscuits and butter and a couple of apples or oranges are usually adequate while a cup of lemon tea will he found very refreshing in the atterncon cheese eggs or ground nut dishes with fish occasionally along with fruit and vegetable salads tastily prepared should form tho basis of dinner wusr should bo taken abundantly between meals as during the hot weather the skin is very active losing large quantities of water to keep the body cool insufficient intake of fluid is liable to lead to intestinal stasis in this connection it is well to remem ber that the celluloso or roughage present in fruits and vegetables is mildly stimulating to the intestinal function and is therefore the best laxative during spells ot heat the kind husband at playing a quiet game of draw he know ho was a hummer and through tho schomo his wife never 3aw when ho sent her away for tho sum- mor polishing tortoiseshell tortoiseshell ornaments and combs may be polished by rubbing them with pulverized charcoal and water using a clean flannel cloth next moisten the article with vino- gar and rub with whiting and water afterwards polishing with a soft cloth tho arrival ot the r100 at her home baso in england coincided with tho test cricket match in which the public seemed to be more interested here the news of its safo return was simi larly blanketed by the empire gamos it would appear that the love ot sport is tho most powerful passion that eng- lishspeaking peoples havo in com mon j a jow and a christian wero having an argument about tho ways ot their respective races you people said tho jow havo been taking things from us all your lives the ton commandments for instance well yes said the othor wo took them from you all right hut you cant say wovo kept them united schools are better for pupils by jamuel farmer president f the canadian trustees association in our last article four arguments ued against consolidaticv were out liucd two of these were discussed at some length they were 1 peo ple lose control of their schools 1 this is the first step to take the chil dren off tho farm in tho discussion it was shown that the evidence did not bear out the idea that these argu ments wero correct two othor arguments aro 1 con solidation is too costly 2 that trans portation ot the children is difficult expensive and unpleasant for the children first as to the cost of consolidated schools tho average cost per pipil in public schools in tho province ot ontario in 192s was 7s tho aver- ago cost in the twentyeight consoli dated schools was sl wo are not quoting cents this would make a difference in favor ot tin oneroom school ot 3 por child per year the cost runs all tho way from 2570 per pupil at good- orbam to 140 per pupil at dorion in consolidated schools it would be quite easy to take tha averago cost per pupil iu the rural schools in ontario at 78 aud show how greatly this exceeded in tho cost ot eduating pupils at dorion at 140 on the other hand it would bo equ ally easy to show the very much great er cost ot educating two pupils at ona school in the townsilp of cavan g50 each as against tho cost per pup in gooderham consolidated school of 2570 of course arguments of this kind where extremes are quoted cau be used to discredit any system or bolster il up as the case may be taking tho averago then as a basis of com parison wo find 78 por pupil for tha rural schools of ontario and sl for the consolidated schols as tho cost ot education what really ough to be considered is not the cost only but what sup porters of consolidated schools get tor their mouey here is an immense field for discussiou without enter ing into the merits or demerits ot tho graded system of education the fact remains that urban centres have tho graded system and consider that it gives better opportunities both fii the pupil aud the teacher consoli dated schools have some measure of individual instruction for the various grades in addition to tilts consoli dated schools provide the educational value of- numbers mere shooting without rubbing shoulders with other pupils is of doubtful value one ol the main purposes of educatiou is to teach children the art of living to gether schools with very small at tendance do not provide this advan tage of competition team play and a wide acquaintance with varous other human beings another advantage from the educational standpoint lies in tho fate that consolidated schools at tract a good class of teachers tho writer had the pleasure of visiting a number of these schools and was much impressed with tho ability ana tho enthusiasm of the teachers looking a littlo farther than tin public school consolidated school present the opportunity for tho teach ing of tho lower forms of high school a very notable example ot this ad vantage is found in the consolidated school at mallorytown all this school thoro were a year or two ago twenty pupils taking high school work mallorytown is sixteen miles from brockvillo and a conservative esti mate placed the gash cost ot sending a pupil to brockville collegiate at 350 per year which means thai mallorytown was then retaining through its consolidated school 7000 a year that would have gone out of tho community thero aro other educational advan tages but this will indicate that con solidated schools are bettor educa tional institutions than tho averago rural public schools another phase ot tho subject deals with tho buildings wo aro quito pre pared to admit in come cases con solidated schools havo been too elab orate and costly in construction but thoy aro good buildings welllighted wollventilated and sanitary thoy havo amplo playground in addition to this tho school is usually bettor oulpped as to desks maps books musical instrument etc again wo would urgo that those who have chargo of tho rural schools tako tho trouble to visit somo noarby consolidated school and got firsthand information as to the merits ot tha systom and how tho school is actu ally conductod in our next article wo shall dlscusj tho question of transportation taking the farm out of the red what is tho difference betweon a practical and a theoretical farmor a theoretical farmor answerod farmor corntossol is ono that in sists on tryln to mako allvln oft th farm an a practical ono jes faces the inovltahlo an turns tho placo over to summer boarders washington star reading j reading may on a drug or a stlmu- lantl tho man who reads wisely both feeds and whets bis mind first farmor ive got a freak on j my farm it a twolegged calf second farmor i know he cams ovor to call on m daughter last j night