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11 o lelouin IT elpsT | TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN Move Recently Made by People of h New Britain, Conn., la Well Worth Copying. ■ ! Recent years have witnessed move i ments upon the part of citizens and officials In many municipalities to se I cure better sanitary conditions. The assemblage of a large number of per I ‘sons In a restricted area inevitably E creates problems Involving the health ■ m . -____1 A a cn. T LUC tUiiiiUMiiii;, r- - - lution of which requires constant and intelligent attention. Civic uplift should be both an ideal and a prac tice. Among the cities whose citi zens recently to*k hold of this matter is New Britain, Conn., and a comm 11 Etee there Issued a series of recom mendations which may well commend | themselves to the inhabitants of other municipalities. One of their tracts was entitled: "What you can do to help make New Britain a clean city,” and reads: Take away all the ashes and dirt from your back yard immediately. Send your rubbish to the dumping ground. Clean out your cellars, stables and sheds. Whitewash your cellar walls. Burn all rubbish that will burn. Clean your vacant lots and alleyways. Avoid mixing ashes and garbage. This is against the law. You may be fined five dollars. Refrain from throwing old paper, banana or orange skins into the afreets. Plant some grass and flower seeds to make your home beautiful. Every house should have a little green grass and a few trees When you have cleaned up for Eas ter. keep your yard clean all the time. Dirty yards cause fleas, sickness, death. Old tin cans hold water; water breeds mosquitoes Rotten garbage makes bad air, bad air makes weak bodies, weak bodies make his doctor's bills NEED MORE PLAYGROUNDS No Greater Opportunity for Philan thropy Can Be Afforded Than in This Instance. In many cities of the I'uited States citizens of wealth have given tracts of land for playgrounds, or have given buildings and other equipment where grounds have already ' been acquired. In most places the city funds are too limited to meet all the splendid op portunities that are open on every hand to further a great work. More playgrounds are needed; children are pining for the outdoor plunges and wading pools tliai could be used all the year round; funds are needed to devel op to their greatest capacity the mu sical work and dramatic work of the club houses, and the classes in sewing and cooking and in arts and crafts; summer camps should be established in the mountains and by the sea, where the children and mothers whose lot compels them to an unbra&/n city life may see something of nMMe. To give to the cause of recrealSm means healthier bodies, more aljfh/minds and better social spirit in «e'generations to come. Mj‘ --7^— Embellish the Sfcheol Grounds. The principal life and happiness of an individual is largely dependent upon his knowiedg| of the things about him—of their relations to each other and to himafelf. Reform in this branch of public improvement would be much easlqfr had the children of the previous generation been educated to a love aj/l knowledge of plant life. Public indifference to the improve ment of jfrhool yards is in some cases almost /riminal; unfortunately many members of school boards have no in terei*/ in this line of improvement. Thli is very unfortunate—such people should not be chosen for important places. Building Natural Parka. In arranging planting It is worth while for one to study the works of nature. Note the outline of young tlr growths as they creep into the clear ings. You will And that line is Irreg ular, deep bays showing here and there, separated by strong, massive projections. Oftentimes there will be an individual or two standing out from these strong masses. The straight line is entirely abseut, while the outline of 1he foliage presents long, graceful curves. Practical. “My good woman,” said the social reformer, “your children scent to be slightly obstreperous. Have you any clearly defined th« ories about bringing up vour little ones by scientific meth ods’” "No, I haven't, madam," answered the much-tried mother, as she firmly grasped a squirming child In one hand and her slipper in the other. "I'm bringing them up by hand.” Reaching Their Limit. "Mrs. Perry had a horrid time with the customs house officers on her return from London.” “In what way?" “They wanted 10 make her pay duty 0:1 the thirty-nine articles in her new Krg'ish prayer book.”—Harpers Bazar. e J ] I ■_I TEXT— BlesseU b« the God and Father of our I.ord, Jems Christ. — I Peter I, t, 4 and S. It vraa by the sin of one mantthat death entered the world. The foun tain in Eden was poisoned and the waters have flowed on through the ages in tbeir polluted state. God in Hia infinite mercy has pro vided a remedy, a way of escape, by His Son, who descended Into the grave, battled with death and was risen again. The text which I am taking is really too big for a day or an hour, for on it one versed in the word of God would talk a week. The heart of this text is taken from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Psalm 16-10 said: For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell." This was a prophecy by David in ref erence to Jesus. Peter said: "Men and brethren, let me speak of David's prophecy, he be ing dead. But according to prophecy, his seed shall reign and his flesh shall not see death." David prophesied and Peter spoke xxf thA n cpATTi nl i ah mATI t r»f thi prophecy, that he, David'* aeed, should not aee death. Paul ^aid: "He rose again on the third day.” This was according to the scriptures; the old scriptures, for there was no New. Testament in those days. All authorities uniform ily agree that no fact Is so well estab lished as that Christ rose from the dead. Here we have over 500 creditable witnesses that testify according to the resurrection of Jesus. There can be no doubt of It, yet there are peo ple who doubt. I suppose all of you S*y you do believe—but do you? l^t me explain. Do you believe that God's people will be raised in body from the dead? You can not possibly believe in the bodily resur rection of your Lord from the grave without believing in the bodily resur rection for God's people. 1 throw this out by way of emphasis. Those who deny literal resurrection from premises of their own conse quently reach unnatural conclusions. There is no teaching of the resurrec tion apart from the teaching in the sacred scriptures. I may take for illustration of the resurrection the hideous worm that spins its own winding sheet and lies in a cocoon. By and by it bursts and a beautiful moth emerges. This il lustrates but does not explain the doc trine of bodily resurrection from the dead. The only place to find explana tion of resurrection of the dead is in the scriptures. Some say man and horse are the same; that they live and die all the same. This doctrine is not what men say and believe. It is purely and only a revelation1- from God. What says the scriptures? If you have nothing here that gives you hope, you liaic uuiuiuf). a oai m i w . j uui 01010 my heart Is glad and my glory re Jolces. My flesh also shalt rest In hope. Thou wilt not leave my soul In 1 ell.” David knew there was resur rection. David trusted In Cod and could *av. looking death In its hhle ousness In the fact: “Oh death, where Is thy sting—grave, where is thy vic tory?" We have been made one with Him and have a living hope through Him. At the death the spirit returns to the (lod of David, and the soul de parts to Its place of felicity until the second coming of Christ, when we en ter Into our own. Of the wicked— they have a soul, but no spiritual life At their death the soul departs to torment. The body of all goes Into the grave and resolves back to the dust of the earth. “The dust of the earth shall rise” (the bodies). That which is in the grave comes forth—there Is nothii." but the body in the grave, therefore it is the body which is raised. Allow to a certain extent the prem ises the we are as animals; that .Tesus was born of woman, like us; that Christ was developed into man hood by the laws of nature. At 33 years He was nailed upon the tree; His body was takes down by kind hands. On the third day an angel rolled back the stone. The same physical body caine out of that tomb. Women knew Him (we will also know Him), and Hs said: “Go tell My disciples that I ascend.” He ascended, directly returned ana allowed women to touch Him, when before when He had met them He has said, “No. I hare not ascended." This was in accordance with an old Mo saic dispensation which' did not. allow women to touch a priest who was en gaged In the ceremony of sin offer ing. Christ. Is s priest, and was s sin offering, and could not be touched un til He appeared before the Father and completed the offering. He then re turned to earth and allowed the wo men to touch Him. He also let doubt ing Thomas touch Him. He appeared In ■ their midst and told Thomas to reach forth his fingers, saying proba bly: “This, Thoniss, Is the same hand l used In ministering to the needy and suffering and sorrowing. This was the same body bom of woman, crucified, buried and risen from the dead." For forty days Ho was with the dis ciples. walked, talked and even ate with them, and was seen no iosa than e’even timea. * i LESSON TEXT—Esther 4:l-5:3. MEMORY VERSES—4:13. 14. GOLDEN TEXT—"The Lord preaerveth all them that love him.”—Psa. 145:20. TIME—Accession of Xerxea. B. C. 480. Xerxes conquers Egypt, 1st and 2d years, B. C. 485, 4. He prepares to invade Greece. 2d to 5th years, B. C. 484-481. Vashti deposed In his 3d year, B. C. 483. Invades Greece, B. C. 481. Defeated at Thermopylae and Salamls, B. C. B. 480. Esther becomes Queen, B. C. 479. Ha man's plot and defeat by Esther (occupy ing nearly the whole year), B. C. 474. PLAGE—Shuian (Susa) the winter capi tal of the Persian Empire, about 200 miles southeast from Babylon and 126 miles north of the Persian Gulf. There are two principal theories concerning the historical nature of the Book of Esther: one, that it is a veritable history: the other, that it is a historical romance rounded on fact, like Shakespeare's JuliuB Caesar and Henry VIII., or like Scott’s novels, or Homer’s great epics. While there are a number of serious difficulties, yet there are few if any unanswerable arguments against Its being a true nts tory. Xerxes is the Greek shortened form of the Ahasuerus or Esther, as York, for instance, Is a shortened form of the Latin Eboracum. He began to reign B. C. 485 and ruled for 20 years. We can best understand E|ther by means of those parts of his history which reveal his character. Xerxes at the very beginning of his reign completed the conquest of Egypt which his father Darius had begun. On his return he immediately began to prepare for the invasion of Europe, and especially of Greece. Xerxes sought a queen in place of the deposed Vashti. The one select ed from the most beautiful women of the empire was Esther, a charming Jewess, a descendant of one of the exiles, her great-grandfather being among those carried captive to Baby lon by NebnchgdneSxar In 598. Her Hebrew name was Hadasaah, the myrtle, a beautiful and favorite shrub in the east. "Esther” means “a star," and many think it the same as Ishtar the Babylonian equivalent 6f Venus. She must have been quite young at the time of her marriage, not over 15 years. Four or five years pass, and then begins the tragic story of Hainan, his rise as a king’s favorite, his pride incensed at the conduct of Esther’s cousin Mordecal, his attempt to bring vengeance upon the whole Jewish race on Mordecai’s account, his success in obtaining a decree from the king, throughout his empire, “to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day.” Great mourning and terrible dis tress came upon the Jews ail over the empire as they learned of the de cree. Mordecal sent word to Esther, now about 20 years old, asking her to go to the king and request the de liverance of her people. Esther re plied “Whosoever shall come unto LUC B~wlg J1IIU I lit? IUUCI tUUl l, nmi 10 not called, there is one law of his to put him to death. Except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter.” There was, there fore, a possibility of Esther’s reach ing the ears of the king, but with the greatest uncertainty as to how such a capricious kiug would act, especially as his love for her had cooled. The mission Mordecai com mitted to Esther was one of great danger and difficulty. It required the utmost heroism. Esther put on her royal apparel. She was a sensible, practical woman, and used her beauty and charm of person and of dress to accomplish her object. She waited for the fitting time. The king held out the golden sceptre. The sign that he received her, and that the most dangerous part of her mission was over. Instead of asking her favor, where she would be sur rounded by spies and possible ene mies, she invited the king to a ban quet in the seclusion of the Harem gardens. She Invited Haman her en emy to Join with the king and thus ward off all suspicion, and at the same time have him where he could not escape. Esther presented her petition in wise words and pointed out Haman as the enemy who was seeking her life and the life of her people. The king was very angry and immediate ly deposed Haman, and had him hanged on the gallows he had pre pared for Mordecai. The result was a counteracting de cree, permitting the Jews to stand up in their own defense, and large numbers of their enemies wrere slain. The Jews were saved from destruc tion, and exalted before the people. Mordecai took Hainan's place in the government. The feast of Purim was instituted with great feasting and joy. and has been celebrated annual ly ever since on the fourteenth of Adar, February-March, one month be fore Esther. One of the most interesting stud ies in the story of Esther is to trace the ways of divine providence, and see how God makes all things work to gether for the good of his people. God's sovereign grace and man’s free will are here seen in perfect har mony. Heroism in Every Day Life is the : expression and cultivation of the he ; roic spi.it in our ordinary daily liv , ing. We cannot all be heroes in great things, but the field of heroism is ev erywhere, in every home, in every town. There are great enemies to i overcome in our own hearts. I f Irini'v 0 . 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