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ome Chats AWN BEST Christianity says Be Christ-like, give thyself. Atheism and Light From time immemorial electricity has been with us, around us, in the air we breathe. Yet we groped along in the! darkness for aeons of centuries know-' ing practically nothing of It. There came a time when prophets foretold its ' coming but few believed the prophecy ; until, believing it or not, when the ' time came that the thin edge of the wedge was applied by the slow pro-j cess of scientific research, darkness i suddenly opened up into a flood of i light and power hitherto undreamed ' of. The great power was here which I could destroy as ruthlessly as it could I belch out light and energy. Yet all at ' once it was harnessed in 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 j on the switch. But we must have some appliance in- \ stalled in our homes if we wish to use It and benefit by it, and we must touch the button to secure the power in or- der to connect up and benefit by it. If this is true, and we know it is, la It not comforting that we have been <told by the noblest man who ever ^ived, whose integrity was unimpeach- able, whose truth and magnetic spirit- * uality placed him first among the greatest of all men, that there is a power, a God power which is likewise | everywhere. This power Is supreme and above all other powers, bringing order out of chaos wherever it touches. This greatest man of all men to'.d us it was necessary for the Father to send His Son, to come to this world In order to teach us how to build up j this spiritual machinery for ourselves j which will give us the eternal life of light. At the time Jesus lived on earth history shows us that virtues were a mockery. Conditions were terrible, in fact we have no idea of the wickedness j and consequent sufferings endured by | those early people. This was when ' Christ came to apply the thin edge of wedge. So great was the need of Him that they killed His physical body in their ignorance of right thinking. He found it necessary to die in order to show them the importance of each in- dividual actually living the principles of love, truth, kindness and all virtues even unto death, the development of j which brings us into everlasting lifej where moth nor rust does not corrupt. | He has said we should pray. We do not understand why, but in some man- 1 ner prayer does make- the circuit com- 1 plete and for those who touch the spiritual switch by following what he I 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 the process of being born j again; we have come uj> through the' infinite ages; passed through dark- ] ness, ignorance, violence and material- 1 Ization and can now see the glimmer- i ings of a great light ahead. How then can there be annihilation? If there has been a past how can It ba possible not to have a future? All the past was future at one- time, was it not? We have come this far not know- ing what we are or how we move, or have our being. The world becomes more illuminated physically by elec- tricity and immeasurably more impor- 1 tant. it becomes spiritually illuminated by good living when everyone will do ; as they would be done by. Oftentimes we think our own suffer- ings and difficulties, 'hough hard to bear can be tolerated, but looking at others for worse off wo are often puz- zled when something seemingly ter- rible happens. "Well now, that person is good, and yet see how ho suffers," and then we are apt to allow the small deeds of doubt to grow, forgetting God's words: "Thy dross to consume and thy God to reflne." It Is God's way of making us fit to be born again. After all what is one little life when gazing Into the depths of eternity? Earthquakes, famine, sorrow, death are as nothing if they bring us into the eternity of Divine Love. Twilight Hour Story Chickt and Other Little Friends No. 31 Last week I told you about Fluffy be- ing so cross at Rover because he came into the same room where Mamma Lady and Billy had brought her little kitties. She was so cross she scratch- ed him, then jumped on his back and scratched some more so he didn't know what ever could be the matter, for you know he came in the room all right, but he didn't have a chance to even see the kitties, so he hadn't the slightest idea what all the fuss was about. After he got chased out like that he wouldn't come In for a long time. It was a little while before Mamma Lady noticed Rover didn't come in the house. It was really Billy who no- ticed it first. He said, "Say, Mamma, do you know Rover won't come in the house? I wonder why?" Then Mamma Lady remembered and said, "I believe he thinks it isn't very safe for him in here. I never thought of that. We'll have to coax him in." So Billy ran out and called him and when he got near the door he was go- ing to disappear again but Billy caught him by the collar and hugged him and said, "Oh, come on in Rover, nothing will hurt you." You see, Rover wasn't a coward if he knew what was the matter, but he didn't know why Fluffy jumped on him like that, so he thought he would just stay away. Well, just as he was trying to get away Mamma Lady came out and was extra nice to him. Come in, Rover, Fluffy won't hurt you, now come on, it's all right, come on in," and she opened the door so he 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 "Come on in. It's all right." Then he looked warily around and took another few steps. "She won't hurt you, Rover." But Rover didn't know whether to believr it or not. All at once he was going to back out pretty quick, for there was Fluffy sitting oa the cushion on her chair. But would you believe it, she just looked good naturedly at him as though she had never done any- thing to him at all. Wasn't that funny? You know I be- lieve there are a lot of people like that. They get so very cross about some- thing then forget all about it. and they want us to forget all about their cross- ness too, which isn't so easy to do sometimes, is it? But I guess it's 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 she liked Rover again, so that when he saw her she was a nice kitty again, and wasn't 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 me?" Perhaps he'll know when he sees the kitties when they are bigger. But whatever are the chicks doing all this time? Sunday School Lesson What New York Is Wearing BY ANN'EBELLE WORTHINGTON Popular songs are often so popular that they become unpopular. "Did you hus'oaud bru'.g h any fish?" "No. I understand William ha.l bad luck on this trip. He got into a ganio of cards and lost the money he took with him to buy fish." August 9. Lesson VI Saul Convert- ed and Commijjioned Acts 9: 1-9, 17-19; 1 Timothy 1: 12-14. Golden Text I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. Acts 26: 19. I. SAUL, PHARISEE AND PERSECUTOR, Acts 9: 1, 2; 22: 3-5. II. SAUL CONVERTED, Acts 9: 3-19a: 22: 5-16. III. SAUL PREACHING, Acts 9: l!)b-31: 22: 17-21. IV. PAUL, LOOKING BACK, Galatians 1: 11,17; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17. I. SAUL, PHARISEE AND PERSECUTOR, Acts 9: 1, 2; 22: 3-5. (a) The Pharisee. Saul's family, although living in a Greek city, were of pure Jewish descent, and Pharisees. They also enjoyed the privilege of Roman citizenship, conferred upon them probably for some service to the emperor. According to Jewish custom, the boy was taught a trade, tent-making, Acts 18: 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 under a famous theological professor named Gamaliel. The gentle and tolerant spin of Ga- maliel (Acts 5: 34), 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 th result. So it was with Saul. (b) The Persecutor. When, after Stephen's death, the authorities took measures against his followers, Saul 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. SAU; CONVERTED, Acts 9: 3-19a: 22: 5-16. Saul's conversion .as the most mo- mentous occurrence of apostolic his- tory. la) The Preparation. On the lonely, road to Dnmascus, six or ei^rht days' i journey from Jerusalem, Saul would' have time for reflection. By this time he was discovering that the Law was not an adeouate religion, Ro-nans. chapter 7. Failing in his (inert for! God, he was steadily sinking into pessimism. The memory wa.s always j haunting him of Stephen dying withj the face of an angel ar.d with | praver of forgiveness on his lips. Thej joyful courage cf the men whom he wns persecuting, their lives for <?ach ! other, the calm confidence which told| of an inner peace must hv.'e been' undermining his old assurance. His) troubled mind was working up ti The crisis which hr was soon to .\ieri- ence. (b) The Crisis. As S.TJ! ir 1 his men were approaching the city a blinding liirht suddenly hurst upon them, the shock of which threw them! to the ground. Chap. 9: 3. Saul heard; a voice saving, "Saul, Srxul, why per-i_ secutest thou me?" Was it. then. really true that in harrying the be- lievers he had been persecuting the Lord himself "Who art thoa. Sir?" he asked. He did rot recognize the! voice. The Authorized Version with "Lord" suggests that he did. Thc ; answer brousrht to Saul the trans- forming conviction that Jesus was. n? his followers had claimed, the true revelation of God. (c) The Result. Saul immediately placed Christ in complete control of his life, 9: 6. Broueht to a^believer's house in Pn-rascus. he remained there throe days, blind physically and spirit- 1 ually. i->vf""whelmcd ru the collapse of his past life and dark as to the future. \nanias. divinely prompted, found him and showed him that all that had hntv tvro'l was God calling him to his ser-' vice- Saul, now healed in bodv inr. spirit <0: 17>. was baptized, and thus admitted to the fellowship of the h<?- 'un-ers. III. SV'L PREACH INC, Acts 0: lOb-31: 'I'l: 17-21. After some days spent with th" <!isciples, in Damascus, Saul retired; "into Arabia' fGal. 1: 17). probably; some ouiet village near DaaittCW where, in seclusion, he could ponder; he meaning of his great experience nnd determine his future course of notion. N'ct only the words of Anan- ias' vision (22: 14. IS), but hjs t AV-: -ature mnt'e action of some liind in- evitable. He returned to DuRMCiU and began to preach controversially, n : --. Not yet. refined through ferir.g. mellowed nnd enriched by love, I Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nish'd With Every Pattern Enhance our charm by wearing flat- tering jacket costumes. It is a season of jackets! The one sketched is in the green and white printed sportaweight linen in combination with plain green hand- kerchief lir.en. The skirt shows slenderizing line in pointed hip yoke treatment. The jacket is in popular hip length. Style No. 343t> comes in sizes 14, 16, 13 years. 36, 33 and 40 inches bust. The 16-year size requires 4 yards of 39-inch figured material with 1% yards of 39-inch plain material. It is stunning with the dress 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 tuck-inn bodice is very chic. Dusty pink flat silk crepe, white shantung and cotton or silk striped shirting are swagger. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly. Riving numbe.- and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; A rap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adel.-.ide St., Toronto. Carbon Monoxide Takes Heavy Toll of Bird Life Washington. A never-ending gaa at- tack from the exhausts of automobiles Is taking heavy toll among English sparrows and pigeons, says Austin H. Clark, biologist of the United States National Museum. These two birds, which formerly were common in the cities of Eastern United States, have been disappearing rapidly. They feed largely on street refuse, which brings them Into contact with carbon monoxide gas from motor ex- hausts. It is a heavy gas that tends to cling to the Around when there is no wind. It takes very little carbon monoxide to kill a bird or weaken it so it la easily caught by cats, hawks or other enemies, Clark explains. This is because birds lire "at high I speed." Their bodies transform oxy- ; gen into heat much more rapidly than I human bodies. They must have plenty of oxygen at ; all times. Anything such as gaa that tends to block the oxygen supply from their lungs has a bad effect almost at once. English sparrows were imported from Europe before the days of mod- ern sprays and insecticides, to eat the canker worms that ware Infesting the American elm trees. They accomplished their purpose but aroused complaints among bird j lovers because they drove away other birds from birdhouses and feeding places. To a Locomotive in Winter Vote or Be Arrested Aim of Bill in France Paris. A law compelling all French citizens to vote, under penalty of Thee for my recitative, Thee, in the driving storm even as now, the snow, the winter day declining, Thee in thy panopl, thy measur'd dual throbbing and thy beat conrnl- ; sive, Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel, Thy ponderous side-bars, parallel and Voting, they declare in the bill have laid before the Chamber of De- puties, is a duty and not a mere pri- vilege. The Chamber of Deputies and uii tling at thy sides. Thy metrical, now swelling pant and roar, now tapering In the dis- : head,, g ht bodies are. they maintain, composed minorities because the other th. tinged with delicate purple. Will Ignatius Loyo'.a was a groat leader and master of men. One of his rules was: "What you want to be you can be. Will It then, and will it with all your might." Modern psychology tells us the same thiag. Character is a matter of right will. Holiness is a will set toward God and His righteousness. in; from thy smoke-stack. Thy knitted frame, thy springs and valves, the tremulous twinkle- of thy wheels. Thy train of cars behind, obedient. merrily following, Through gale or calm, now swife. now slack, yet steadily careering; Type of tha modern emblem of mo- tion and power pulse of the continent. For once come serve the Muse and merge in verse, even as here I see thee. With storm am buffeting gusts of wind and falling snow, By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes, By night thy silent signal lamps to swing. Fierce-throated beauty! Roll through my chant with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps at night, Thy madly-whistled laughter, echoing, rumbling like an earth quake. rousing all, Law of thyself complete, thine own track firmly holding sweetness debonair of tearful harp or glib piano thine), drills of shrieks by rock and hills return'd Launch'tl o'er the prairies wide, across the lakes, To the free ekies unpent and glad and strong. Walt Whitman, in "Leaves of purpose of getting out this the vote that tha backer* of the bill, led by Louis Marin. have moved for the reform. * 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 ho iacks in faith. Fear is a most expensive guest M entertain, the same as worry is: so expensive are .hey that no one can afford to entertain them. We invite wha we fear, the same as, by a differ- ent attitude of mind, we invite and attract the influences and conditions we desire. The mind dominated by fear opens the door for entrance of the very things, for the actua'izmtion of the very conditions it fears. Fear is, so to speak, the direct oppo- site of faith, and faith is perhaps the strongest and most effective mental- spiritual force that we can possess or grow Ralph Waldo Trine. (No Thy Argentine Grain Output Grows Buenoa Aires. Argentine wheat, corn, linseed and oats shipments this year show a considerable increase, pri- vate statistics of cereal exports reveal A total of 1.928,752 tons of wheat was could he '.itter 1 Cor. chap. 13. A plot against his !'fe forced him to '.oave 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 around antagonism. Vhe "brethren," fearing persecution, brought him down to Oa?sarea and sent ' h ; m home to Tarsus. IV. P.U'L. LOOKING BACK. Galatian* I: , 11 17; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17. His Testimony. Looking back iver . the ears of his Christian life, he grate- fully testifies that the Power which saved him at Damascus has always sustained him. The arrogance of ths , Pharisees ha< iveome the humility of the chief of s'nners, 1 Tim. 1: 15. Maternal Instinct It is a mistake to suppose that the maternal instinct is universal on the one hand, or that it is developed only by personal experier.ce on the other. Even women who are mothers may be found wholly destitute of it, with j not a ray of natural feeling for their offspring; and oome who are neither; wives or mothers in fact are all the latter in feel in?. Those are the wo- men who are the chosen friends of| both sexes and all ages. To them flock all who ha -e troubles, sure of \ a patient hearing arui that sweet syr-i- ' pathy which of itself heals the wounds laid bars to its touch. compared with 1.291.104 tons for the corresponding period a year ago; J.- 480.795 tons of corn, against l.-'265,48S tons: 951.045 tons of linseed, a#a<'nst 6S.1.37S tons, and 301,963 tons of oats against 1G2.157 tons a year ago. Impossibilities N'earl/ everything that is worth while, that has been accomplished by men, has been considered impossib! by many others. Every man who hn ever done anything great has been ridiculed and ailvised by others to let it alone. Wisdom of the Foolish The fooiish 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 thing that happens in us. The great- est of all punishments is the loss of ' our humanity. What is more terrible than to lose the open countenance to b* forced to wear the fox's eye and the wolf's mouih? Markham. i tltti?d up my il.it at a :-:> low prices la fact. It : > but a song." "How's that?" "Wei!, you soe. I started up a solo on the back fence at 2 a.m. and the donati -ns I received in the shape of furniture, etc., just filled tha bill." MUTT AND JEFF Mutt Could Make a Quaker Enter West Point. By BUD FISHER buV X WAN i "(d HR FOR SO -5PCAK UP! FIGHT I r (Sort A HAM> IT T MuTTl THIS UJILL B A 60WMA FIGHT FIGHT. AGAIN, JGFF, YOU GoTTA HIM MAD FIRST! f 4i