The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
Sabbath Lessons.
Notable : DAYS.

I Elisha and Elijah were great names
! among the children In the land of Israel.
| Whatever the influences under which
| this little girl had been reared. she had
| learned two facts-Jehovah was God and
Elisha was His prophet Together they
could do anything needful. That was a
great lesson to learn. But 1t is oftener
learned in childhood than we realize.
The difficulty is that it is so frequently
forgotten in after years.
Captivity in a strange land the land
of her nations enemies, and servitude in
the family of the great general of the
army-What effect will It have on The
child? VIII it turn her head because of
the luxury and display so she will be
ashamed of her own land and people and
religion and speedily forget all the mast?
That is not an uncommon experience
But our little maid did not forget her
lesson of the home land She believed in
God and in Elisha, she had proper regard
for Naaman and was sorry that he was
leper, even II he did hold her as a slave,
and she had courage to speak out and teIl
facts which. if she had been older. she
might have thought imprudent to declare
III an enemy's land, since it reflected on
their gods. Because she was a child a
cody child, and had the heroism of per-
feet honesty and loving heartedness she
said, would God, my Lord, were before
prophet would
recover him of his leprosy!'
That is the whole story It is enough
to give her a secure place among the
heroines of history. She was the means
of giving health to the great man Naa>
man and, what was Of greater import
ance. pointing by that means all the peo-
pie of that time and after ages to tha
God Of Israel as the one who can cleanse
from the leprosy Of sin and give saliva
ton.
Equal opportunities for faithfulness are
open to every child now and ever There
may be no such dramatic episodes con,
nected with our lives, no such combina-
ton of circumstances and public record
Of our deeds, but all can do something
however humble we may be, for the good
of others.
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
May 10 is the sixth Sunday after East
er. and the first Sunday after Assem-
sion. In the Catholic church the day Is
dedicated to st. Dunstan, archbishop of
Canterbury, one of the remarkable men
Of the tenth century in England and
about whom many marvellous stories are
told.
May 20 is a legal holiday in North
Carolina, the anniversary OF the signing
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of IN
dependence, 1775.
May 20 is the beginning Of the month
of Saphar of the year 1919 of the Moham-
medan calendar
May 20 is the anniversary Of the birth.
In 1906, Of John Stuart Mill, an eminent
philosopher and economist, and one of
the few leading English writer's who d.
Tended the North in the American civil
war. ~
May q was the beginning of Prairial
(Pasture) month in the French revolu-
tionary calendar, which began in 1893,
and was discontinued by order of Ma
poIeon in 1906
May q is the anniversary of the BIRTH
IN 1880, of Elizabeth Fry an eminent
Quaker philanthropy st and uncaIendared
saint, who found time to bring I'D a
large family of her own, besides render
ing great service in the cause of prison
reform.
May % is the anniversary of the birth,
in 1913, Of Richard Wagner the distin-
guished German musical composer. For
his Centennial March, performed on
the opening day of the Philadelphia ex-
position. the United States government
gave him $1,000
May % is the anniversary of the birth.
In 1913, of Frederick Anton Mesmer,,
founder of the doctrine of mesmerism,
or animal magnetism; also in 1893. of
Thomas Hood, the sad-lifed Engli.h
humorist and poet; also. In 1912, of the
famous American scholar and author,
Sarah Martha Fuller Osson, drowned in
1877
May "a is the anniversary Of the birth,
in 1873, of Queen Victcr.a, and a day
universally observed in England and
colonies. Whether it will be discon-
tinued and that of Edward substituted
remains to be seen.
May 20 is dedicated in the Catholic
calendar to st. Urban, pope and martyr
His day was formerly observed with
singular devotion in France and Ger
many among winners and owners of
vineyards, over whom it was believed
that he extended protection.
May Is was formerly known in Scot
land as "Flitting Day. on which old
leases Of property were renewed or new
ones made, or else leaseholder5 shifted
their places of abode Previous to this
day they gave notice to. owners their
purpose to Gift or sit"