The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-29
Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.

man and the brevity of human life. e'Be-
fore the mountains were brought forth
or ere Thou hadst formed the earth and
the world even from everlasting to ever
lasting Thou art God - This of God, but
| of man: Our days are passed away in
Thy wrath. We spend our years as a
tale that is told The days of our years
are threescore years and ten, and, If by
reason of strength they be fourscore
years. yet is their strength labor and
sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly
away.
The consciousness Of the breVity of
life suggested to the psalmst the prayer
to God, so teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts unto wis
DOM Well may we all bear in con-
slant remembrance the important fact
that life is short and that we may, we
should, pray to God to teach us to num-
Der our days. Man often fails to appre-
ciate the brevity and uncertainty of life.
He lives as If he were always to live
amid his present surroundings
"A short life and a gay life" is the
motto of many. The breyity of life is
made an excuse for folly. for a sinful,
wasted life. But this is not the. idea in
the mind of Moses. He would have God
may wisely use our lives. Life being
short there is no time for folly, no time
for Wastefulness. You have only a few
years to live, said a physician to hard
WORKINGS eminen clergy IAN and should
cease from your arauous labors. IF that;
bessthe case, 2 Teplied the servant .of God.
II must work all the harderss since have;
so title time sto do MY fe work in.ss,s3
Numbering our days, let US be wise.
@ AFRICA FOR CHRIST.
found IN Acts wifi, 49, $50 snearsarld Join,
thyseifto this chariot Gods work calls
Philip and all other true disciples to go
wherever human hearts are in need. The
revival in Samaria gave greater results
IN numbers than the trip to-the South;
but, judged by after Influences the con-
version of the treasurer of Ethiopia was
ones of the most Important events OF
apostolic times. The Abyssinian church
may not have made the progress 1t
should have made but it has never be-
come extinct. % - -
Fhesgospel was early carried to Africa
but even TO this day Africa has net been
Wen to- the gospel because no determined
attempt has ever been made until recent
years to accomplish such purpose.
"A generation since and 1.-THE only parts
kneWnsto Civilized nations were scarce-s
ly more than frIngesaraund the saut-s
slosolstAies coiitliieht Z. fSo N oil IS open To-
Commerce and Christian tys
Nothing can exceed iii faseiis III, the
story of the opening dark con-
tinent to the knowledge OF the oatslee
world a short time since, and there
were almost no books OF value to- be
found on the subject, Now the 1itera tire
is immense in volumes ss
Since the beginning of the Boer war
new interest has beenS awakened in cur
Importance for the fhtIiresis more fully
recognised. However the warmay Fro
gress, there must before many years be
great advance made in that land. The
dream of a railroad from Cairo to the
Cape'awill not long lack fulfillment The
engineering enterprises of Great Britain
on the Nile are the most stupendous TN
dertakings the world has ever seen. The
effect on Egypt in every way must be
profound. Changes only less startling are
rapidly altering all the institutions and
people Of Central Africa. Railroads and
steamboats, are everywhere carrying
trade and travel Our missions are We'll
located and efficiently manned.
In the forward movement of the league
for missions intelligent interest should be
taken in Africa.
NoTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK. S
Dec 20 Is the first Sunday after Christ
mas la the church, calendar. It is also
the anniversary ofthe birth onsa Friday,
in 1909 of William Ewart- Gladstone. Also
of the birth in 1903 Of Andrew Johnson.
seventeenth president, and of Charles
Goodyear, in 1850, American inventor. ~
Dec. 80 is the anniversary of the birth
of Stephen H. Long, in 1854. American.
engineer and explorer. for whom a Color
RADIO mountain is named.
Dee.s31 is st. Stephens dasrsin the Ro-
man calendar. He was an early bishop
ofsRome The eve of his day is extern
sively celebrated in European countries.
The last hours of this day are observed
by some of the American churches as
watch night, seeing the old year out
and the new one in. 1t is also the an
niversary Of the birth in 1915 of Gen.
George G. Meade.
Jan. is New Years day, and observed
as legal holiday in all of the states
except Massachusetts,, Mississippi and
New Hampshire. It will be on Wednesday.
1t Is the anniversary of the taking eff
feet of Lincolns emancipation proclama-
ton in 1868. 1t is also the anniversary
of the birth in 1730 of Edmund Burke. =
Jan. Is the anniversary OF the blrthJl IN
172o of Gen. James Wolfe; Of Hugh c.
Legare, American statesman and journal
list, in 1877.
Jan. is honored in the Catholic church
for st. Geneyieve. patroness Of Paris. 1t
is also the anniversary of the birth in 119S
of Lucretia Mott. the Quakeress re-
former: of Douglas w. Jerrold, In 1903,
English humorist and writer. II
Jan. 4 is the anniversary of the birth
Of Jakob Ludwig, eldest of the noted
Grimm brothers; of Isaac Pitman, inven-
tor of one of the former most popular
systems Of shorthand.