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Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 24.

The Resurrection
Earlier text: Statement of Twenty-Cent-a-Week Fund for Three Months Ending March 31, 1916

Earth’s Last Generation — Has It Been Reached?

By John N. Quinn

Tokens by Which to Identify It
JOHN N. QUINN
The last generation of earth will be reached sometime, for the Christ who ascended into heaven will return to gather to himself his own. He so promised, and his word cannot be broken. The destiny of the race will be eternally decided at the second advent of Christ, and it is incredible that an event so tremendous in its consequences should occur and no one have any previous knowledge of it.
Christ’s friends are to know what their Lord does (John 15:15); being children of the day and not of the night, of light and not of darkness (1 Thess. 5:1-8), they are to know when the day of sin’s doom and of deliverance to God’s children is “near, even at the doors” (Matt. 24:33, 34).

The Last Generation in Comparison

Noah’s times are to be duplicated in the last generation. Matt. 24:36-41. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days immediately preceding the second advent.
The last generation before the flood began when there came to Noah a revelation of God’s purpose to bring “a flood of waters upon the earth.” Heb. 11:7; Gen. 6:5-8, 17. That generation heard the message of invitation and warning. It rejected the message, and came to its end in the deluge. One generation covered the message and work of Noah. Thus shall it be with earth’s last generation. Evidence of this is abundant.
There has been given the servants of God a revelation of his purpose, and the message of invitation and warning has rung out in the power of the Holy Spirit. The message of Christ’s second advent is rapidly encircling the globe. The voice of that message is constantly increasing in volume and in power, and this will continue until the appearing of our Lord in power and great glory.
Noah’s message covered but one generation; the second advent message will cover but one generation. Both generations begin with a message, and both terminate in deliverance to the believer and wrath to the rejecter of God’s mercy.

The Last Generation in Test

The message and the experience of Elijah the prophet are to be repeated in the last generation. Mal. 4:5. In Elijah’s time the worship of Baal had eclipsed the worship of Jehovah. 2 Kings 1:16; 1 Kings 18:18; 21:25, 26. Faithfully was the message of warning, with its call for reform, proclaimed by the prophet of God, but his message fell on ears that were stopped. Because of this refusal to reform, the heavens were closed, and famine laid the land waste. Elijah’s word broke the famine; Elijah’s word discomfited and defeated the priests of Baal, and overthrew the worship of the false god.
That woman Jezebel, wife of King Ahab, led in the apostasy of Israel and in the opposition to God’s work of reform. She was Elijah’s bitter enemy, having determined that he should die. 1 Kings 19:2. Jezebel perished (2 Kings 9:30-37), but Elijah, the messenger of God, was translated to heaven without seeing death. 2 Kings 2:11.
This experience will be duplicated in the last generation. Even now the stage is set and the drama is being enacted. That woman Jezebel, ever an apostate, is here. Rev. 2:20. With the kings of the earth she has committed fornication (Rev. 18:9); she is drunken with the blood of the saints (Rev. 17:6); and the nations have drunk of her wine until they are stupefied (Rev. 18:3). The heavens are closed; there is a famine in all lands, not a famine of bread, but of hearing the word of God in its purity, free from the traditions and doctrines of men. 2 Tim. 4:1-4.
Elijah’s message is also here, the message that opens heaven (James 5:7; Hosea 6:3; Zech. 10:1; Hosea 14:5-9), bringing showers of God’s grace to refresh thirsty hearts. This message eclipses tradition, so magnifying Jesus Christ, as prophet, priest, and king, that in all things he is the Man of righteousness, and not the man of sin, that has the preeminence. This message will bring the world to a test. Rev. 14:6-20. Jezebel will be destroyed because of her attempt to destroy God’s messengers (Rev. 18:9; 13:15); God’s name will be magnified (Rev. 14:1), and his people translated to the sea of glass in heaven (Rev. 15:1-3), just as Elijah was taken to heaven after his victory over Jezebel and Baal.
Elijah’s work covered a generation; the last message of reform likewise will cover but one generation.

The Last Generation in Type

John the Baptist is a type of those who will live at the time when the Lord appears. Matt. 11:11-15; 17:10-13; Mark 9:11-13; Luke 1:16, 17; Mal. 4:5. “In preparing the way for Christ’s first advent, he [John] was a representative of those who are to prepare a people for our Lord’s second coming.”—The Desire of Ages, p. 101.
The voice of John, which sounded the fact that God’s Messiah was about to be revealed, continued until in triumph John cried, “Behold the Lamb of God.” The word was verified in that generation. The message announcing the imminence of Christ’s second coming, and calling upon men to prepare to meet God, will continue until, with confidence born of the Spirit of God, it will cry out in divine exultation at the revelation of Jesus in the clouds of heaven, “This is our God; . . . he will save us.” Isa. 25:9.
John’s generation had three opportunities, all three of which it rejected:—
1. John’s message, which stirred the nation.
2. Christ’s message and his mighty works, which caused a second and deeper stirring of Israel.
3. Pentecost, when the Spirit was poured out. A Spirit-filled church again caused the nation to be aroused, and this church, in less than forty years, carried the gospel to every creature. Col. 1:23.
A threefold opportunity will be given to the last generation, which, when rejected, will bring the day of wrath. Revelation 14.
Those who heard John’s message saw it fulfilled, and lived until Jerusalem was destroyed and the nation dispersed. One generation covered this experience and work. The generation which hears the voice proclaiming Christ’s second advent will continue until the message is fulfilled, and to those who look for him Christ will appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Heb. 9:28; Rev. 14:14.
One generation covered the work of Christ’s earthly ministry at his first advent; one generation likewise will cover the work of the message of the second advent.
Both Noah’s generation and the first advent generation began with a message from God. Heb. 11:7; Luke 1:20. A message rang out through both generations, the message marking the beginning of each. A message will be proclaimed to earth’s last generation. This message will end in God’s wrath being poured out on a world lying in wickedness; a generation which had shut its ears to God’s truth, but opened them to fables. Revelation 14, 16. That generation is the one in which we are now living.

Deliverance from Babylon in the Last Generation

God’s people in the last generation are to come out of Babylon. Rev. 18:4. Israel after the flesh went into Babylon because of Sabbath breaking. 2 Chron. 36:17-21; Jer. 17:27. Seventy years covered the time of their bondage in Babylon, and God’s word of prophecy and God’s prophet were prominent in Israel’s deliverance. Daniel 9. The conquest, the bondage, the deliverance, covered but one generation. These things are written for our learning, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Rom. 15:4; 1 Cor. 10:11. Obedience to the Sabbath of God in the last generation brings God’s children out of Babylon (Rev. 14:12; Isa. 58:13), and those who leave Babylon will live in the generation that witnesses Babylon’s doom at the second advent of Christ. Rev. 14:12-20; 18.

Characteristics of the Last Generation

Formalism in religion. 2 Tim. 3:1-5. Seducing spirits causing men to accept as truth doctrines of devils. 1 Tim. 4:1-4.
Signs and wonders deceiving men, so that lies are believed to be truth. 2 Thess. 2:8-12.
Tradition supplanting truth. 2 Tim. 4:3, 4.
False teachers leading men captive at their will. Matt. 24:23-28.
God’s law trampled underfoot. Isa. 58:13, 14.
Jezebel exalted to world-wide queenship just before her destruction. Rev. 2:20; 18:4-24.
God’s obedient children persecuted. 2 Tim. 3:12; Rev. 12:17; 14:12.
Marked increase of knowledge. Dan. 12:4.
World-wide evangelization. Matt. 24:14.
Closing scenes of great lines of prophecy being enacted. Daniel 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12.
Centralization of wealth and oppression of the working classes. James 5:1-8.
The world filled with violence—lawlessness. Gen. 6:13; Matt. 24:37, 48.
War spirit rampant in all lands. Rev. 16:13-15.
Angry nations destroying the earth. Rev. 11:18.
Nations and their rulers distressed and perplexed. Luke 21:25.
Fearful forebodings as to the future. Verse 26.
Lust prevailing over virtue. 2 Tim. 3:2, 3.
Pleasure preferred to God. Verse 4. The church Christless. Rev. 3:20.
Every sign that was to precede Christ’s second coming fulfilled. Matthew 24.
The earth, old with age, tottering (by increase of earthquakes) to its doom. Heb. 12:26-29; Isa. 24:1-12, 19-23.
Turkish power driven from Europe to Jerusalem, where the kings of the whole world will be gathered to be destroyed by the armies of heaven at Christ’s second coming. Rev. 16:12; Dan. 11:45; 12:1.
Evidence multiplied a thousandfold could be produced, proving that in this generation these characteristics are dominant, these signs fulfilled. In the religious world, Spiritism, devil worship, Zionism, Russellism, Eddyism, Mormonism, Romanism, pseudo-holinessism, and multitudes of other cults and “isms” are leading thousands away from the truth into captivity to the wicked one.
Romanism is leaving no stone unturned to reestablish herself as mistress of the world. Formalism in Protestantism is causing the standard of truth to be lowered, so that heart conversions are the exception in present-day evangelism. A clasp of a man’s hand, a word nominally confessing Christ, and, lo! this is conversion—no burden of sin, no travail of soul, no deliverance from the bondage of sin’s domination into the liberty of God’s children; “having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.”
Solemn yet glorious is the thought that earth’s last generation has been reached. God’s message of invitation and warning is sounding, and will continue to make itself heard above a babel of voices crying, “Lo, here; lo, there!” until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ, and he reigns in righteousness forever and ever. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
Takoma Park, D. C.

Awake from Sleep

By Mrs. H. E. Sawyer-Hopkins

MRS. H. E. SAWYER-HOPKINS
The foe, knowing that his time is short, is working with all his power, and with signs and lying wonders. He will leave nothing undone to deceive if possible “the very elect.” Our hearts are often stirred within us as we see signs fulfilling on every hand which point to the soon coming of our Lord and King, but there is danger that a spirit of lethargy shall creep in, and we allow ourselves to become so accustomed to the unusual that we shall fail to sense its true meaning. While all heaven is astir, while the earth is waxing “old like a garment,” the Lord’s work requires haste. We must do our part in giving the gospel to all the world in this generation. Let us take for our motto the words, “Help somebody today,” heeding the admonition of the prophet, “Awake, thou that sleepest.”
Loma Linda, Cal.

A Lost Opportunity

By Walter S. Scott

WALTER S. SCOTT
ONE beautiful day in June, while engaged in canvassing in one of the rural districts of eastern Ohio, I came to a beautiful mansion, which had but a short time before been purchased by a millionaire. The neighboring farmers told me that this was to be the summer home of the millionaire, and that he was then at the place making plans for improvements. As I desired to meet him, I hastened forward.
On learning that he had just recently undergone a serious operation, narrowly escaping death, I concluded that, with the Lord's help, I could convince him that there is a God, and that he is the One who brought him safely through his serious illness.
Upon nearing the house, I asked the Lord to give me the opportunity of presenting the blessed truth to this man. I entered the yard, and found the millionaire; but when I addressed him and asked for a few minutes of his time, he replied that he was too busy. After being told that I was engaged in Christian work, he replied that he was not interested in such things. Not being able to accomplish anything, I went on.
Several months later I learned that this man, while out in his automobile, had been struck and killed by a train. His probation had closed. Instead of grasping the opportunity to prepare his soul for the heavenly mansion that Jesus had promised, he was busy preparing an earthly mansion for his own pleasure.
So it is with many of us. We are so busy that many times we neglect our most solemn duties toward God. In Christ's Sermon on the Mount, he says, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matt. 7:33.

Wants to Preach

By C. P. Lillie

C. P. LILLIE
THE spirit of service shown by many of the Chinese Christians is illustrated by the following statement made by a recently converted coolie in Shantung Province: “I want to preach,” he said. “If I could only give up one year of my life fully to the preaching of the gospel my cup of happiness would be full. Oh, yes, to preach many years I am willing, but that would be too good to come true! Oh for just one year doing nothing but preaching God’s word! That would be a wonderful token of his ‘favor.’”
In this province there are about forty million people, and only about twenty-five thousand Protestant church members—one to every sixteen hundred. The task of bringing the gospel to these millions is truly a great one, but the door of opportunity is wide open. Christian readers, what is it to you? How shall any “preach, except they be sent”?
Changsha.

South India

By J. S. JAMES

J. S. JAMES
In South India a glorious beginning has been made in our work, but large fields lie yet unentered, calling loudly for workers. To the north is the great nation of the Telugus, numbering more than twenty million. A few have heard and obeyed, and some are in training for work; but we have not one missionary family among them.
To the west is the great native state of Mysore. Here and in part of Bombay and the Kanara country live ten million who speak the Kanarese language. Most of these people are Hindus, but many are followers of the false prophet. I do not know of a single believer or a page of our literature to witness in all that great state.
To the southwest is another native state, Travancore. The language of this province is Malayalam. There are six million in all India who speak this language waiting for the living messenger of truth. Some converts there are, but we have no missionary to instruct and lead them.
To the southeast of India's mainland lies the beautiful island of Ceylon, mentioned in Bishop Heber's soul-inspiring hymn, 'From Greenland's icy mountains.' Here four million wait for the coming of our missionaries.
These fields all call loudly for help in men and means. How long before the call shall be answered?
Trichinopoli.

Cantonese General Meeting

By A. L. Ham

A. L. HAM
GENERAL meetings in the mission field are on the order of our camp meetings in the homeland, only they are not so large, and we do not use tents. Our native believers look forward to these gatherings with as great eagerness and expectation as do their brethren in other lands to their yearly camp meetings. Our annual general meeting for the Cantonese-speaking people was held recently in Fatshan, one of the oldest outstations in this field. From the beginning, the attendance was good, and an excellent interest was manifested in the subjects presented by both foreign and native workers.
Pastor B. L. Anderson, superintendent of the South China Mission, and Pastor J. P. Anderson, director of Swatow work, were in attendance, and helped much in making the meeting a success. The subjects which they presented were of special importance, as they related to the time in which we are living, and the need of speedily preaching the gospel to those who do not know of the soon-coming Saviour.
CANTONESE GENERAL MEETING AT FATSHAN
CANTONESE GENERAL MEETING AT FATSHAN
A regular program was arranged, similar to that usually followed in large gatherings, giving the time and subject for the different meetings during the day. A special period each day was used exclusively for women's meetings, the instruction being given by Sister E. H. Wilbur. These meetings proved a blessing to the Bible women and other Chinese women who were in attendance.
Another important feature was the discussion held, and the instruction given by Brother A. Mountain, Jr., on the literature work.
During the meeting two of our young men gave a temperance program. One of them had been trained as a dispensary attendant by Dr. Law Keem, when he was at Fatshan, and the other had attended our training school at Shanghai. Both these young men showed that they had studied well the effects of tobacco and alcohol on the human body, and they used good illustrations and demonstrations to prove the truthfulness of their statements. I was much pleased with their report, and am sure that it would have been a credit to our American boys.
Near the close of the meeting twenty-two persons followed their Lord in baptism, and were accepted for membership in the different churches represented. These were from the teacher, merchant, and farmer classes, but they are united in looking for the soon coming of our Saviour. It makes our hearts glad when we see people taking their stand to keep the commandments of God, forsaking their customs and idol worship, and trusting in the “only name” which can save them.

Mastery Over One’s Own Will

He that hath got the mastery over his own will, feels no violence from without, finds no contests within.—Dr. J. Smith.

Which Family is Yours?

By Mae Mark

MAE MARK
CONNECTED with every admonition of our blessed Master we find reason, example, or promise. He set apart the seventh day as a day of rest, and refraining from labor himself on that day, blessed and hallowed it for the use of man. He left in this memorial a constant link between heaven and earth, one holy day out of every weekly cycle, when we are to lay aside our usual duties, and in quietness meditate upon things divine.
We are commanded, “Be still, and know that I am God.” But how often we bring earthly cares into holy time! No, we do not perform work on the Sabbath day; but our minds, still drunk with the cares of life, are not where they should be. The hours of the Sabbath slip by, and at its close our hearts are heavy instead of being refreshed by God’s blessing in the renewing of his precious promises.
The Sabbath was given us as a sign that we may know the Lord who “sanctifieth” us. What a blessing we miss if we spend our Sabbaths in a careless way, just passing the time, waiting for the sun to set. This is very easy, but we must remember that it gives Satan an opportunity to slip in suggestions.
The servant of the Lord has told us that we must be careful of the ends of the Sabbath, for these moments are as sacred as those at noonday. But how often sundown on Friday evening is the busiest time of the day. The father is hurrying with the evening work, and in his haste speaks sharply to the little son near by. The little fellow wishes in his heart that Sabbath would never come, for as he goes into the house, mother is hurrying too. The last bit of baking is being hurried, and she is impatient because things do not go right. Sister is fretful and frowning, partaking of the general atmosphere. Until bedtime there is one grand rush, for there is much to do; but when supper, baths, and worship are finally over, the parents feel that their duty is done, and are glad tomorrow is a “rest” day, because they are so very tired. But morning somehow brings with it the same spirit of hurry, for the family slept late. Sister does not want to go to Sabbath school, but is compelled to attend. Her spirit of rebellion only adds to the general family discomfort, and all are really glad and sigh in relief when the day is over.
Across the road is another Sabbath-keeping family, but here conditions are very different. At sundown they all gather for worship, baths all taken, evening duties done. After a light lunch they study the Sabbath school lesson, or rather review it, for they have been going over it during the week. Often they take turns reading from some good book or one of our papers, and at bedtime retire for a quiet, peaceful rest. The very presence of the holy angels can be felt there. Morning brings together a happy family, each anxious to get ready for Sabbath school because he really loves to go. The day seems all too short; and as they kneel for evening worship at sunset, they thank the heavenly Father for what has been truly a time of refreshing.
Shall we not study and pray for wisdom to make the Sabbath a day of real enjoyment for every member of the family, young as well as old?
Lemoore, Cal.

Talking Things Over at Home

(Printed by request)
The dining-room table was not a silent place in this home. Mealtime meant talking time. It is a poor meal that doesn’t. And as the young people and the father and the mother were eating and talking that day, a question came up that no one could answer. The father pushed back his chair, stepped over toward the window, lifted a big reference volume from its stand, turned over its pages, and in a moment all had the answer to their question. The book was put back into its place, and the meal went on.
That was in the home of H. Clay Trumbull, years ago; and the children of that family, now the heads of homes of their own, have reason to be grateful for the wisdom of the father. He made it a point to have in the dining-room an unabridged dictionary, a cyclopedia of general information, and a geographical gazetteer. These books were not in the adjoining library, but in the dining-room itself; and his purpose in putting them there was to have immediately at hand trustworthy information that would help to make the table talk worth while.
Are we all deliberately and thoughtfully pressing into service every available and simple means of this sort in order that as we “talk things over at home,” our talk shall not be mere chatter, mere unguided opinion, but shall increasingly become more and more profitable as the days and years pass? Are our children as familiar with the use of a Bible dictionary as they are with the use of a Webster? Do they know how to use the Bible concordance? Why should not reference books of this sort become a “commonplace” blessing in the home? It is so easy at the table, or during the home evenings, or on a quiet afternoon, to start a conversation (deliberately, though not too obviously) that will lead on into real riches of history or travel, art or music, or of the Christian life and the Word of God.
In the very crowded program of our homes today there is little enough time to get perspective by absence. It is a blessing that, with the life of the household flowing all around us, we can stand a little away from the routine by moving into others’ environments in the pages of books and magazines.
What mothers have found of value in one home is thus passed on to mothers in other homes. The child who says and does unaccountable things in California has some delightfully close relations down in Maine among the juvenile New Englanders. This is a comfort to the mothers East and West, who can talk it all over in mothers’ books and magazines.
And how the life of the whole land has been sifted and searched for material by writers and editors! Folks know each other better than they did. Things that used to seem strange in one region now get a happy nod of recognition. This better understanding is one of the uses of periodicals, and of books as well.
Within the home, children’s magazines are as good for parents—there is such a being as a father who knows his children—as for the children themselves. Children’s books are often far healthier and much more fascinating to parents than grown-ups’ books with dignified or mysteriously fetching titles, and queer ideas or a bad taste in the mouth after their reading. The mother or father who refuses the joys and misses the training opportunity of a cheery reading-time with the children is drying up at the mental springs of home delights. . . .
Many of us are so afraid to teach sex knowledge to our children that when we try to, the children at once see that we are confused and hesitant. That, in turn, unsettles them, and makes it hard to put great truths simply and unaffectedly before them.
We need have no fear. It is possible to put the whole subject upon its rightfully high plane; to detach it from low suggestion; so to point out the wonder of the reproductive processes in nature, and among animals, and so on up to man, that the deep heart of God’s plan is far more fascinating than the vague and perverted guesses with which children are often misled by their playmates. Any parent can find much help in doing this through sound books on sex teaching. Indeed, the following experience was greatly enriched in its effectiveness by a plan suggested in such a book:—
A family traveling abroad numbered among its members a boy of nine years. His mind was quick and sensitive. His father learned one day that the boy had become curious about the realm from which the new babies came, and their pathway hither. The boy asked the direct question, “How do the babies come?” and the father believed that the hour had arrived for a glimpse into the mystery. So he took the boy to a room in the hotel, overlooking lovely Lake Como, and unfolded to him, not all the story, but the mother part of it.
He told the little chap that within the mother his own baby life had begun, and had grown, until he as a baby boy was able to come out into the world, ready to grow up into the boy that he now knew himself to be. And he was told of the mother-love that cherished him, guarded and kept him, through the long months when mother often grew very tired, but never was sorry that she had him to care for.
Then he was told, too, that it was often a time of great danger to the mother when the hour had come for the baby to appear in the world, and that mothers sometimes gave life for the new little life.
Then said the man, “You see now, my boy, why it is that I have always loved my mother so much.” And the lad rose up from his seat over by the window where the lake shone through, and clenching his small hand with emotion, he strode up and down the room, exclaiming with a toss of his fine head, “Oh, father, father, I don’t wonder you feel that way,—I don’t wonder! That’s the most wonderful thing I ever heard!”
It was. And it will seem so to the youngster who is told by any one who is also filled with childlike awe in the presence of this marvel of marvels.
Our own talking with each other is one thing; God’s talking to us is another. Are we making sure that God shall have his opportunity of speaking to the members of the family in the home, apart from their actual Bible reading or prayer time or family worship? We can do this.
One of the long-time leaders of the great Victorious Life Convention that meets every summer at Keswick, England, is the Rev. Prebendary H. W. Webb-Peploe, of London. Years ago he was at a crisis-time in his life. He was agonizing in prayer. He glanced up and saw on the wall a verse of Scripture, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” God spoke to him through that word of God placed on the wall of his room. The young minister saw that he did not need to ask God to make his grace sufficient for him, but that it was, that it is, sufficient. And for years God has been blessing that man to thousands of others as they have been shown through him the complete sufficiency of God’s grace in Christ.
Is God given a share in your home by his Word on the walls of your home? . . .
In the boyhood home of the editor a “silent comforter” was another blessed factor. This is simply a series of sheets of paper, each giving in clear type several carefully chosen Scripture verses. The one referred to contained thirty-one sheets, and each page was turned over from day by day during the month, the day’s verses being read aloud by all in concert at family worship. These passages of Scripture were unconsciously memorized as the months and years went on, and they are among the precious memories and the present riches of the lives of that home today. The “other Comforter” whom Jesus sent when he ascended to his Father can use such a silent comforter in blessed power as through it he talks to the loved ones in the family circle.—Sunday School Times.

Home Life

By Mrs. I. H. Evans; Miss Lora E. Clement

Conducted by Mrs. I. H. Evans, Takoma Park, Washington D. C.
Assisted by Miss Lora E. Clement
Through the columns of this department, hints will be given on all matters pertaining to the home life. Short articles and letters are solicited from home makers, telling of their everyday experiences,— their joys and sorrows, their failures and successes.

His Wonderful Love

By Phillis Lee

PHILLIS LEE
Wonderful love, all love excelling, Love that would stoop to one like me, Leaving yon glorious, heavenly dwelling, Seeking for sinners! Ah, how could it be! In infinite mercy the Father offered Heaven's choicest treasure, his only Son; Freely to me the gift was proffered — Strange that I was not sooner won.
Strange that I lived for worldly pleasure, Holding the gift in light esteem; Striving for vain and worldly treasure, Drifting along as in a dream; And yet for me the thorns were worn, For me the pain of the nail-pierced hands, The shame and the suffering meekly borne, Meeting for me the law's demands.
Love without measure, love unbounded, That He should hear my faintest call; He by whose word the worlds were founded, Who by his power upholdeth all. That wonderful love that knows no measure, Extends to a sinful, fallen race The priceless gift of eternal treasure, Life everlasting through his grace.
O heart of love that would not falter, Giving up all for one like me, Help me to place upon the altar All that I am, in service free. Help me with willing heart to render All that I have—the gift how small! Lord, I would make complete surrender; Be thou from hence my life, my all!

A Tribute

By Helen Hunt Jackson

The most perfect home I ever saw was a little house into the sweet incense of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served as a year's living for father, mother, and three children. But the mother was the creator of the home. Her relations with the children were the most beautiful I have ever seen; every inmate of the house involuntarily looked into her face for the keynote of the day, and it always rang clear. From the rosebud or the clover leaf which she always found to put beside our plates at breakfast, down to the story she had on hand to read in the evening, there was no intermission of her influence. She has always been, and always will be, my ideal of a mother, wife, and home maker.—Helen Hunt Jackson.

Do You Know That

By Mrs. I. H. E.

ORDINARY adhesive court-plaster tape may be used with good results in mending dolls and other broken toys?
Celery tops dried in a warm (not hot) oven, and stored in a glass jar, are superior to celery salt for flavoring?
The white of an egg beaten stiff, sweetened, and flavored with strawberry juice, makes an acceptable substitute for whipped cream for strawberry shortcake?
Kerosene oil will remove paint stains from garments? Dampen well, roll up, let stand for half an hour, and then wash with warm suds. The same method will also remove the printing from cloth flour sacks.
Light magnesia will remove tartar from the teeth? The brush should be moistened in warm water, dipped in the magnesia, then applied to the teeth. Magnesia also counteracts the tendency to acid mouth.
The best way to remove cobwebs is with a clean cloth on the end of a pointed stick? Touch the cobwebs lightly, withdraw, and no dark smears will remain to remind you where the webs have been.
The life of your clothes wringer will be lengthened, and its usefulness greatly increased, by a little care each time after using? The top screws should be loosened, the bearings oiled, and the rollers cleaned with kerosene. After using the kerosene on the rollers, they should be washed with warm soapy water, and wiped dry.
Flies multiply with almost unbelievable rapidity in the garbage can? Clean the can with strong, hot lye solution each time it is emptied. Or “after emptying the tin, flush it with carbolic-acid solution, three tablespoonfuls of ninety-five-per-cent carbolic acid to each quart of hot water. This solution destroys the life in egg or maggot form.”
A long-bristled, round-handled paintbrush is invaluable in removing dust from inaccessible corners? In some stores, these brushes may be found with colored bristles. Though somewhat expensive, they last for years, and prove their usefulness anew each dusting day. They are especially convenient in removing dust from dressing tables, bureaus, etc.
Many cases of inflammation of the eyes are traceable to the use of “face powder”? The reason for this is that many of these toilet powders, commonly known as “rice powder,” contain, in addition to the rice powder, other ingredients which irritate the delicate membranes of the eye. “Sixteen samples of so-called rice powders were recently analyzed, and of this number only two consisted entirely of rice; and only six contained any rice at all.”
MRS. I. H. E.
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