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FROM THE PULPIT,

but it is the land of the taskmaster when you get there.

At the root of this tendency to take wrong ways out of difficulty there lies, if you look into the matter, a fundamental distrust of the right. The right, according to the wisdom of this world, is all very well, but one cannot expect. it always to work in practice. Such is the devil's most hoary and effective lie.

(Continued from Page 21 illustration, but the principle holds in every other field. I sup- We pose it is but natural should seek to escape from difficulties, and sometimes no doubt it is wise and right. But often it is better to grapple with them, and always so if the escape would be at all a desertion. You

We have just fought a costly mey shirk facts for the moment, but shirking thom does not alter war to prove that right,stands them, and they have a way of above might. We do most of us pursuing the man or woman who believe that when it comes

the" to

point in affairs runs away from them, reappear-

Yet we go on acting ing in Egypt after you have got of nations. away from Palestine, and re- as if the right needed to be sup- plemented by our cleverness; we appearing too in harder forms.

There seems no end to the dis-resort to mean expedients, lay pute as to whether Shakespeare plans we are secretly ashamed of meant his Prince of Denmark to because our confidence in simple, be taken as mad, but Hamlet was single-minded duty is not robust The sane enough to see it might be enough to stand the strain. better to endure the ills one has straight thing by itself is "not than fly to others which one good enough" for us, or too good knows not of Suicide was increas-as would be confessed with a bow ing before the war, somewhat to piety. It may be right but it alarmingly. It is but a cowardly seems not quite safe: we have expedient for the most part, a got to be prudent in a world like desertion of the field in the face of this, and so the vote is cast for troubles against which a true Egypt. man ought to take arms. I knew

covere

This world goes wrong because a young man who took poison it distrusts the right and will because he seemed to have got always be adding to it or sub- tired of things and had failed to tracting from it, altering, amend- get some post he had applied for.ing, moving the previous question He was not at all of unsound or letting it lie on the table inside

of

Bible. the mind, and he had deliberately la- the

their Hearts in belled the bottle "The Way Out People

afraid of what

will Quite a

common ides that are seemed to be. Life ceased to happen to them if they simply interest one, so oce took that keep to the straight line. They way out. But is it the way out? foresee this difficulty and the It is certainly the way in for other, but what will befall if they family and friends to a world of depart from the straight line is shame and sorrow, and can we feared by few, for it is a step believe that the coward who farther away and few have the shirks the battle of life and leaves foresight to look beyond the others to take up his share of the moment. So intercourse becomes burden is permitted so mean and a diplomacy, tact takes the place easy an exit from his duty! Iof truth, we breathe an atroos- phere of finesse and act by shifting cannot believe it, anyhow.

if God bad never The war came along, and devices, while the war, alas, distorted created clean sunshine and whole. in some air and truth were not to be things it did other respects bring back some trusted. At length, when things sense of proportion. Faced by bave got quite too badly tangled, there comes some catastrophe, serious and critical dangers, people forgot about the smaller such as the late war, to show troubles they had brooded over what we have been heading for: and magnified. Opposed by real the people who make a speciality difficulties, they stopped worry of sneering at what they call ing about many which were minor copybook morals are put to silence or imaginary. A sword believed to be hanging over one's head is more nerve-racking than one in the actual hand of an enemy.

These Jews of Jeremiah's time would very likely have quit them like men had Babylon actual ly

attacked

many

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AH

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what turned their hearts

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VESDAY.

THE FLORA DANCE.

A SPELL OF MAGIỚ MADNESS,

The beat had gone, and in the heavy twilight of an October day the silences of the evening hours were only broken by the twang of gusta and hum of beetles.

The streets of the quaint little Cornish village were deadly quiet -life seemed to pass sluggishly, soberly, uneventfully. From the church tower there chimed the notes of another fled hour; the clock struck eight resousht notes; and then silence and pesce again.

Suddenly, however, through the silence and the darkness there came a little crowd of people. The quiet street was filled with living shadows, while, without warning, fifes and drums broke into a weird and haunting measure. There was one phrase in the music, and it was repeated endlessly: yet it seemed to sat the pulse a-dancing. It was a lilt of the shadows- haunting arresting, impulsing.

Up the street moved the tiny band band whose players were old, bearded man, young, irresponsible boys. In its wake the darkness began to break and toss with quickly moving figures. Across the music could be heard the quick snatch of dancing feet. In the semi-darkness could be seen couples passing and re-passing.

A cottage door opened. A tired-looking woman appeared in its frame of light. For two steps she wasalone, but with the third an unknown partner had joined her, and in the shaft of light from her cottage door there was re- vealed a face that was less care- worn, a face lit with the spirit of the dance. A second later she gained a new partner, and in the wake of the band she danced.

Up and down the street band and dancers went-fresh dancers joined in; others retired. Dark- ness settled on the street, but there was still the voice of the fifes and the thump of the drama. And then silence again.

But the band returned and the dancers followed. The cottage door re-opened and again a weaTY woman forgot her weariness. So the night passed by, and the Cornish flora dance, centuries old, brought an interlude of magic A madness into lives that have iul enough of such things. ----In the Daily Chronicle.

SWATOW'S TRADE.

THE VIEWS OF A MERCHANT.

Kua Eng Lee, who recently arrived in Manila from Swatow, to establish a branch office of the Swatow Drawn Work company in commenting on the home indus- tries of the Chinese in the swatow and Canton districts said: "Practi. cally all the articles that are ex- ported from Swatow are made in the homes of the residents of the city. The names and values of the principal exports are drawn work, $115,000; assorted jams, $5,000; grass cloth, $350,000; chinaware, $100,000; cow hides, $200,000; eggs, $50,000; fresh fruits, $2,000; filet lace, $50,000, and several other articles suitable for use in China.

note "It is gratifying to that the Chinese people hare. been

along a grand success, this line and that the young people are as highly eficient as their elders Every man, woman and child in the district works hard and long be cause they know that honest labour produces telling results. A large majority of these people becoms prosperous and successful merchants later in life. They are a great credit to themselves and the republic of China. I am of the opinion that the Fili pine people can achieve the same" results in pottery, basketry, caFY- ing, drawu work,jusi and pina tax- tiles. A little capital and labour is all that is needed. The Philip pines are rich in natural resources. "It might be interesting to note that. Canton exports raw Bilk valued at $2,000,000, grass cloth at

oid and famous man had declared phetic idiom for it all is going But sinful it really is more than chances we may lose, the losses $400,000, silk crepe at $500,000, that his chief troubles in the down to Egypt for help instead of just a human weakness, it is awe may sustain. The Master feathers at $25,000, ivory at $100,- In stark disloyalty of which to be was aware of that temper in the 000, camphorated oll at $500,000, course of life. had been those looking up to Jehovah.

Christian terms we have the

ashamed.

make-up of men and women, and jade stones at $2,000,000, palm which never happened. One need not be famous to confirm the Master's frequent remonstrance,

Care and fear are the black He cut at the root of it when Helfans at $84,000 and chinaware at Canton now has 75 observation, but perhaps one does "O ye of little faith!"

That is one of the things our bogeys of this world and if they told them not to fear them that $150,000. need to have lived a fairly long

old our bearts it is impossible kill the body and after that have such factories that can furu-out Why time. Many a sleepless night is Saviour marvelled about. spent over those troubles which were men so slow, so reluctant that the peace of God can rule in no more that they can do, but $125,000 worth of goods a year. never happen, and many a aur- to believe in God; so hesitant and them, as it should. So far as only to be afraid of displeasing Gingar exports have now reached render runde to the foe who never unadventurous about committing Christianity has been made a God Would that we were as $1,000,000. The United Stat IDAterialises. We make conces their ways to Him? Why should failure it is chiefly because we let afraid of doing wrong as we are, England are our ble

themselves the our Christianity become so mere say, of being poor of suffering and best friend at sions to the expedient, the ignoble; they deny we content ourselves with the tremendous advantage of justy precautionary and are as fond loss, of being little thought of, admire and

will, leaving

of helping it out with interior of missing a pleasure, foregoing Americans second best; we fura and fles doing His instead of keeping our ground the consequences to Him, and principles. We seem always an advantage, securing one or ener for God; and all-in the retro living-care-free and conscience. afraid of what is going to happen another of the childish prizes of if we take Christ at His word, this world which children of God spect is seen to have been clear as His children?

annecessary. The Hills That is indeed a strange thing and very little apprehensive of have no used to cost we thought to have warded off when one looks into it, yet there the deadly results of the Happiness we gain, strength never would have come to pass, is enough of it in Christendom half-heartedness and reserve and buoyancy of soul, length of and even if they had they would and in most of us Christians to tions with what His yoke days and joy in living, in habeen less than those which bring discredit on the Name. So is for the most part accepted and portion as we learn with 130 arold them resulted sccustomed are we to this un. His trush applied. We are afraid heart to know one Father

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