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THE WIDOW'S
POT OF OIL
Eluka ProidK • Friaad ia Tim of Hood.
STORY BY THE **HIGHWAY AND
BYWAY” PREACHER
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Scripture Authority—r Kings 4:1-7.
SERMONETTE.
The little we have used as God
directs will always multiply for
future needs.
Suffering and trouble accom
plish a blessed ministry when
they cause man to Iqok upward
*nd give God the chance to
reach down his helping hand.
It is ever true that man's ex
tremity is God's opportunity.
David said: “I have been
young, and now am old; yet
have I not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begging
I bread.'* The widow did not
1 nave to teg. God always pro
vides an honorable way of sup
plying our need.
God's gifts are only limited by
the room we provide to receive
them.
The last vessel marked the
limit of the widow’s faith and
measured the flow of the oil.
She obtained from God only
what she had provided room to
receive.
It is our capacity to receive
and not God’s ability to give
which determines how much of
blessing both temporal and
spiritual we shall receive.
The empty vessels of the
neighbors Is suggestive of the
world’s poverty In heiplng the
needy soul. Plenty of empty
vessels, but nothing to nourish
and satisfy. Such alone God
can supply.
Again the empty vessels may
•uggest how much God depends
upon the help of others in doing
his work. The widow must ex
haust the human ability to help
before God could begin to do
his part.
It is only the empty vessel
for which God has nded. Sup
pose, now, that the widow,
whose poverty and need un
doubtedly were known, had been
offered vessels full of various
things to eat, and being content
with the possessions in sight,
she had not let faith look toward
the blessing which God had to
give, tihnk how much she
would have missed. But is it
not so with us? We take the
vessels filled with the world’s
offerings and have not room for
that greater blescing which God
would give.
The widow in her need turned
to God first and then to her
neighbors. How often in our
troubles we reverse the order,
exhausting every human appeal
for help before seeking God and
his blessing.
The godly life of the departed
father was the best legacy
which he could leave to his wife
and two sons. The pathway of
faith which he had traveled
pointed out the way they should
go in time of need.
Thq devil, like the creditors
of this poor widow, is standing
waiting before the heart’s door,
eager to seize upon its dearest
treasures, but there is nothing
to fear as the soul looks up and
knows that Jesus has paid all
the debt.
THE STORY.
IN A certain village In the land of
Israel In the time of Elisha the
prophet there lived a widow and her
two sons upon whom a great trouble
had fallen. She was |n debt, and the
next day the creditor was coming to
drag her two sons Into bondage be
cause she was unable to pay him the
mor.ey that was due him, for It was
• law In Israel that the creditor wns
entitled to claim the |>erson and the
children of the debtor.
Only the day before the widow had
been to the house of the creditor, and.
falling In anguish at his feet, had Ini
plored that he wait yet a little longer
and she would try to pay the debt
Hut he had turned a deaf oar'to her
pdf-.fdlng and with brutal bluntness
had told her that on the morrow he
would come to take her boys to be his
bond-servants.
Broken hearted and discouraged she
had returned to the little bare rot
Inge It was a dear spot to her. for
♦ here she had lived with her husband
and sons for many years. The husband
and father had belonged 10 the priest
ly order, and although In the low «plr
Bunl condition of the nation he had
bad hard work to secure a living, still
by careful managing and subsisting
on the plainest and ce^rsest of food
♦ hey had managed to g-t along. Then
had come the great sorrow info the
home, the death of the husband and
father, and with thelt only means at
support gone they soon found them
selves In sore straits, and gradually
h-’avy debts had accumulated unti
now the creditOi was about to taice
her sons Into bondage to satisfy m8
claims.
' Only one more night,” she thought
tearfully, as she gathered her two
boys about her and tried to tell them
as gently a* possible thst they must
leave her on the morrow
“But we don't want to go, mother.
T Why cant we stay with yt*»r* ex
claimed the older boy. while the
younger brother clung with his arms
, about hie mother's neck and sobbed
as though bis heart would break.
“Because, ray son. the creditor will
wait no longer for the money we owe
him. and the law of Israel gives hin.
the right to take thee to satisfy the
I debt."
Then It’s a bad law," cried the
younger boy. lifting his head from his
mother's shoulder and stopping hi«
sobbing.
"Hush, niv son. you must not sperk
thus, for it is the law which Mo so .5
by the command of God gave," was
! tho mother's gentle rebuke.
"But doesn't God care because we
have to leave you? Doesn't He know
that it is cruel?” demanded the boy.
almost fiercely.
“Yea. God knows all things.” replied
| the mother, quietly; “but we must not
blame the God whom thy father feared
. and served.”
“But if God knows, will He not
help?” persisted the boy.
"Yes," spoke up the other hoy. eag
erly. “did not our father bless us in
the name of his God as he lay dying,
and did he not say that God would
care for us?"
“Yes.” whispered the mother.
“And won't He?”
"Yes.” again whispered the mother.
She could not say no, for her hoys
must not know that she doubted her
God, and yet doubt was In her heart
, that God would or could help her in
the present extremity.
Long after the boys had fallen Into
a troubled sleep she sat thinking.
Her ‘ yes ’ kept ringing In her ears,
, and tho consciousness that she had
, not turned to God in her trouble as
she should have done grew upon her
and made her feel guilty and unconi
; fortable.
“I will seek the prophet Kllsha," she
j exclaimed at last. “Perhaps he will
hear and be able to help in the name
j of his God.”
Rising in obedience to the thought,
she went softly to the door, lest she
should wake the sleeping boys, and,
opening it quietly, passed swiftly out
Into the night.
The light was Just breaking in the
east when sho returned. The boys
were still sleeping, and she went and
stood over them. A new light of hope
and cheer shone in her face as she
| looked down upon them and exclaimed
| joyfully, over and over again:
I shall not lose them! I shall not
lose them! I shall not lose them!”
But there was much she must do.
The prophet had said to go and gather
! aI1 tho empty vessels she could bor
' row. and she must obey. Hastily call
ing her sons she sent them forth In
one direction, while she went in an
other.
“Empty vessels! Who ever heard, of
such a .request?" exclaimed the neigh
bors. "Had the i>oor widow gone
crazy ?”
But back and forth, back and forth,
apparently unconscious of the wonder
ing looks or her neighbors, passed the
widow and her sons with the empty
vessels—pots and jars and basins anil
all manner of dishes—until the bare
floor of the little cottage wan quite
covered.
"What can she be going to do?"
was the question being asked on
every side, as the neighbors gathered
in little groups ar.d talked of the
widow and her troubles. And as they
saw the creditor coming to take tho
boys they shook their heads und said:
"The great trouble which hath fallen
upon her hath driven her mad.”
"I have come for the boys," bluntly,
almost brutally, spoke the creditor, :i*
he followed the mother into the house
after one of her many trips. "Where
are they?” ho exclaimed, wrathfully,
as a glance around the little hare room
. told him that they were not there, and
I then, as his eyes fell upon the motley
array of empty vessels scattered over
the floor, he laughed derisively, and
said:
"Hast thou traded them for these?
’Tls but thy folly, tor they belong to
me."
“Nay hut I would have one parting
word with my sons,” the widow ex
claimed, unabashed, and as at that mo
ment the two hoys came laden with
other vessels the creditor felt reas
Eiired and, with the condescending air
of one who is sure of his quarry, he
stepped without while the widow
closed and barred the door.
The momenta dragged themselves
out until It seemed to the creditor
standing without that It had been
hours. Angrily pouading on the door
at last, when his patience would no
longer brook delay, he demanded that
the two hoys come forth.
In response there came a glad cry
from within as the widow exclaimed:
"They are all filled!"
"All filled! Whai does It mean?"
exclaimed the creditor. "Not the
empty vessels! Filled with what?"
But at that moment the door was
flung open nud there within was re
vealed to the astonished gaze of the
creditor and those gathered about, the
vessels filled with the fragrant oil,
• Now I will pay thee," cried tho
widow. Joyfully, am) my sons shall go
free."
Get Susy.
• You ca.inot cancel the custom of
preying on your fellows by occasional
praying to your Father above.
The Good Life.
A good life Is Impossible until one
knows that there Is ever something
more desirable than living.
Mind Your Own Business.
There Is no promise of a crown Of
righteousness for proficiency In regu
latlng your neighbors.
Reel Prayer.
In souis filled with love Ute ambl
Uot to please God Is real prayer.
HEALTH EXERCISES
Home exerrise Is within the finan
cial reach of all. ami if only a few
minutes each day are devoted to It.
not only health, but a symmetrical
form will be the result.
In the exercises given there is no
special preparation to be made, ex
cept to remove all tight fitting cloth
ing; it would he practical if a skirt is
worn to have it short.
The exercise should be indulged in
After one lias disrobed preparatory to
retiring. If there Ib a tendency to
w.ird insomnia one will find the move
ments conducive to sound and refresh
ing sleep.
The position for beginning the first
exercise pictured Is. one leg kneoling.
while the other leg Is extended for
ward. with the foot resting flat upon
the floor, the trunk to occupy the erect
position, and the arms stretched up
ward.
• Hegln the action by bending the
trunk slowly backward, carry the
arms, which must he kept parallel
w-lth the head and trunk, as far back
ward ns possible.
Hold this backward position a few
seconds and then slowly resume tho
commencing one.
This action may he repented four or
six times, then reverse the position of
the legs and repeat the above action.
'I he effect of this action is far-reach
ing. for the lower portion of the ab
domen and the whole interior sur
EXCELLENT FOR TIRED NERVES.
Vigorous Rubbing of Body After Bath
Recommended.
Their* is no greater sedative to the
nerves than to Indulge In vigorous rub
bing of the body dally.
Of course, It Ih luxurious to afford a
masseuse, hut it Is almost as beneficial
If one will rub oneself, either with the
nand, with a Turkish towel, or with
long strips of flannel.
The best time to do the rubbing Is
directly after the bath. Any .part of
the bodv that cannot he reached by the
hand should Ip rubbed vigorously by
the towel or flannel held at arm’s
length very taut.
Besides being good to g«t the skin
In a glow and to Improve the circula
tion, tfils Is excellent exercise for all
the muscles and If taken at night In
luces sleep.
One woman whose nerves had gone
back on her badly cured herself in a
short time by taking each night a
warm bath, followed by a cold rinse
and vigorous rubbing of herself with
a rubber flesh brush and a crash towel.
She followed her exercising with a
glass of hot milk.
BORROWED FROM THE PA8T,
Anti.m* Creek coiffure composed of
two g*'ld hands passed round the hair,
with « loose cluster of curls at the
back
Embroidered Flounces.
Robes and box-suits In cottons, ba-1
ttster. linens and other such fabrics1
promise that skirts belonging to them
are to have one embroidered bottom
flounce, with a series of narrow edge
embroidered ruffles, clurtered In rows
above, aa a heading, while bodice and
half sleeves show t ut r'.me ruffles or
trimming -Vogun
I face of the body are affected and tha
parts acted on are strengthened.
If you should desire a more vigorous
oxerrlse. weights held in the uplifted
hands will give It.
The second action Is one which
should be faithfully practiced by every
woman who has a tendency to stout
ness about the waist. While this ranve
ment calls Into powerful aotlon all the
muscles of the Bides, it strengthens
the chest and abdomen, and as a waist
reducer there never was a better one.
The position is a standing onti with
one leg In advance of tho other, In
walking position; one arm Is In
‘ stretch" over head while the hand of
the other arm rests at the side.
In the abovo position begin action
by slowly twisting the trunk toward
the right side as illustrated. After hav
ing twisted the trunk well around,
bend sidewise at right angles with the
trunk as far as possible, then slowly
assume nn upright and front position.
Repeat this action four or live times to
begin with, Increasing it In later exer*
rises.
After having exercised as above de
scribed, reverse position of arms and
legH und repeat exercise.
If one is exceedingly stout or stiff,
more energy may be given by placing
the band on the hip of tho advanced
leg—thus more force is given to the
bending with the hand resting on the
hip.
PRETTIER THAN FERN DI8HE8.
Glas« Baskets Make Most Effective
Table Decorations.
Nothing makes a prettier table
decoration than to own five of the
glass baskets with handles that can
be found now quite reasonably In tho
stores.
The broad mouths of these baskets
allow the flowers to spread gracefully
and without stiffness.
Of course, they come In handsome
cut-glass or rock crystal, but those of
colonial glass, either plain or with a
gilt rim, are lovely and quite Inex
pensive.
If one cannot afTord to buy flowers
for these baskets for the winter they
might be planted with Wandering Jew
or nasturtiums or some of the aquatic
plants, like parrots feather or water
hyacinth. These grow in water, trail
over the sides or else stand above the
surface, thus giving a dainty bit of
green through several months that Is
more novel than the omnipresent fern
dish.
The water, of course, must he filled
up as It evaporates and should have
pieces of charcoal in It to keep it from
getting stagnant.
Turban Effects Popular In Paris.
Turban effect* are well considered
In Paris. This wa* launched In mid
winter by a Russian grand duchess,
but a* the Russian turban IookR best
fn fue, the Spanish turban Is being
launched as the spring favorite. This
la of large size for a turban, and Is
lifted by a bandeau slightly at the
left side. The turban will undoubtedly
be accepted in this country this spring,
but not to the extent the postillion
and allied shapes will ba.
A Tucked Sleevs.
One gets rather weary of the ever
lasting sleeve formed of big, carelosi
tucks caught up one over the other
from elbow to shoulder; but a newer
Idea Is aecn In the tucked sleeve that
Is treated perpendicularly, not horl
zontally! — and the tucks are Just ai
big and careless and loose, and taper
cfT right up Into the neckband, the
rest of the blouse—tl e bodice part ol
It—overhanging a corslet skirt or on«
of the prevailing cummerbund belts.
Inexpensive Band.
A new hat for a child of ten Is
shown simply trimmed with a deep
band of wide ribbon .'n which are ap
pliquod several large roses cut freor
cretonne rnd fastened on w;th ao
outline of gold thread.
This Is a very simple Idea and one
easily carried out. and if It can oe
worn by t-re children there Is no rea
son why walking hata for worn
en should not be adorned In the aama
I way.
TABLE DELICACIES
APPETIZING SALAD AND AN
EMERGENCY DESSERT.
Light Meal Easily Provided and Ap
pealing to the Palate—Corn Pud
ding with Tomato—Recipe
for Chicken Croquettes.
A salad may he made with tomato
without vinegar for an invalid. Use salt,
popper and sherry, but no oil. Choose
very Arm tomatoes for salad. Sliced
*->matoes may be dressed with horse
V-Vllsh and chopped parsley nnd laid
upon lettuce. Pass French dressing.
Emergency Deesert. — An Edam
cheese, a crock of pure apple butter,
a tin of good crackers and some choice
coffee or tea provide a dessert at
short notice. To neglect the table for
mental pleasure is not right, but It Is
perfectly right to satisfy the appetite
and palate with food that Is easily
provided, und so leave time for other
pursuits, and to some to the table
rested and the mind tilled with agree
able thoughts gained front reading or
a chat with cultured friends.
With food so well prepared for use
now (here Is little reason for undue
amount of time and strength used up
over the mixing table and the oven,
and. what Is far more wearisome, the
scullery work. Good fruit costs some
thing. hut far less than doctors' bills.
It always sets off a table, and Is sure
to meet, the needs of the rising genera
tion. The wife of a learned man said
recently that her half grown children,
mostly boys, smile at their parents
clinging to cooked desserts and refuse
them, taking fruit Instead, and saying
to their parents that It is useless to
make cooked desserts at all, ns the
parents have such to eat up for lunch
eon another day.
Corn Pudding with Tomato.—The
corn that comes canned without any
skins In It makes an excellent com
pudding or soup. Some people like It
mixed with tomato for a soup. It Is
also nice to stuff tomatoes with and
to make corn chowder, which Is a good
Lenten dish. Make com chowder by
frying out some onion and adding
sliced raw potato, the corn, some milk
and seasonings bucIi as are used In
chowders of Ash and clams. Add
crackers Just as they are used at the
coast.
Fruit Pudding.—A frozen fruit pud
ding made with dates, figs, rice, gela
tine and grapejulce Is put together
In tills fashion: Soak half a package
of gelatine In one cupful of cold water
for 30 minutes, and set It. over hot
water until the gelatine Is all dis
solved. and then partially cool It. Add
to It a cupful of either Concord or
Catawba or other pleasing variety of
grapejulce; a small cupful of sugar,
half a cupful of boiled rice, and a
fourth of a cupful of cut up seeded
dates and the same of figs. Freeze un
til a smooth, firm mass, and serve In
Ice cream dishes or high glasses.
Chicken Croquettes.—Occasions arise
when chicken croquettes seem a neces
sity. and the following recipe will be
found invaluable;
Boil a tender, moderate-sized chick
en till tender and cut the meat Into
dice. Saute In butter one-qunrter
pound of fresh mushrooms, which have
been peeled and stemmed. Make a
cream sauce by rubbing three table
spoonfuls of flour Info one-quarter
pound of butter, melted, and adding
one-half cup of chicken stock and half
a pint of sweet cream, stirring until It
bulls and is very smooth. Remove
from the fire and add salt and pepper
to taste, the Juice of half a lemon and
Just a hint of nutmeg. Spread thlB on
ft platter until cool, tfien form Into cro
quettes, dip In egg, then In crumbs,
then In egg, then In crumbs, and fry
to a golden brown In deep fat.
Chicory Dishes In France.
A French woman who uses chicory
more than lettuce for salads uses up
all the green tough parts that are
not tender enough for the table In a
puree. Her rule Is this: Roll the
chicory until It Is tender In salted
wafer and then press It through a
t;leve. Make a sauce with a tahle
spoonful of butter, a tablespoonfu] of
flour and two cupfuls of rich milk or
cream, add the chicory, bring to the
boiling point and serve. Spinach, cel
ery or almost any vegetable at all
may be used In the same way.
Handkerchief Pillow Caee.
A simple and neat cover for baby’s
pillow can he made from two 18-Inch
men's handkerchiefs by stitching
them together around three sides Just
far enough to fit the little pillow, and
then tacking tapes to the fourth side
flt the same distance to tie. Fancy
stitches or lace on the hem will make
them as ornamental as one may wish
Cabbage Salad.
Chop small, firm head of cahbagr
In your chopper, add salt and pepper
to taste, then nbout four tahlespoon
fuls of good cider vinegar, stlf well,
let stand In a cool place for two hours.
Just before serving, add half cup of
cream and heaping tahlesfMKin of pow
dered sugar, mix well, serve on crlap
lettuce.
Tomato Toast.
Cook down till thick half a can of
tomatoes, with .& pinch of cloves, half
teas|K>onfnl of salt, a dash of cayenne,
an onion, minced fine and a teaspoon
ful of minced parsley, have ready but
tered toast without crust, and pour
this over without straining.—Harper's
Bazar.
Thread Machine.
If when sewing on dark fabric tbs
needle should become unthreaded
slip a piece of white goods underneath
and you readily can sea Lbs eve.
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