The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.

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tree the soul. Ages have debated the ma
| Iure OF the atonement as 1t affects God
| ana we are little wiser today than In the
| beginning, perhaps can never know how
the death Of Jesus brought salvation to
mankiho. But II we cannot construct
philosophy of redemption we can pos-
| sess an experience of salvation which
| ior US is the all-essentiaI thing Christ
calmly declares Himself the Way tba
| truth, the Life" and that no man comez
to the Father but by Him, and that who
| ever does come by Hin shall not be cast
| out.
A verttsing. Church serv-
Ices.
Rev. Abel M. White, pastor of Meth
oolst church in Chicago, advertised SER
mon as follows In the city dailies:
WANTED-Five hundred girls under =
years or age to attend church Sunday
evening, corner OF Ohio street and
North Central avenue to hear 'ithe
Methodist minister" Subject: 'If /
Were a Girl" The choice seats will
advertisement
The advertisement brought a large
congregation Of not only women. but
men, TO the church to hear what the
pastor had to say. Some of his ideas
ABOUT girls were very satisfactory.
and the young women in the congreea-
ton beamed their approval at him out
OF scores of bright eyes
he told them that eff ] were a crirI
! would seek to be beautiful and win.
some; there is an attraction in beauty
AM SHOULD want to be attractive
Ii We're a girl L would be temperate.
would be temperate in this use Of
many things. 1 would be temperate in
uress; ana II | Were girl 1 think
would be inclined to that kind Of dress
! winch would cover the entire body T
would avoid any form of COMPRESSION Of.
the body. In my opinion it is more wick
eel Tor Christian to compress her body
ana TO hinder the development of any
organ than it is for the heather Chi
nese to dwarf the feet.
i would be temperate in the use of
caranels and Judges, and anything that
would arrest digestion and tend to make
the face anything but lovely l would
Do temperate In regard to late hours
SO that my nerves Would he steady. and
strong, and true
ana, II l were a girl 7 would be
temperate in the use of slang. o girls.
If you knew how disgusting to men ana
women is the girl who uses slang, you
would not have reason to look back.
years hence, with regret that YOU had
spoiled your English by sIapgy words.
IL We're girl l would seek to put
the smile on mothers face, to keep tho
wrinkles out of her cheecks, and TO
make her happy every day
And, if I We're a girl I firmly be-
HeYe that 1 would be a Christian. Seek
We first the Kingdom of God, and then
the beauty will be yours, as beauty is
that beauty does
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Sunday, March IT, is the fourth sun
+ day IN Lent. In England this mid-Lent
Sunday was formerly known as '.Mother-
ing sunday" owing to an old-time GUS
tom of lover visiting the parents of
his sweetheart carrying them presents.
a youth engaged In this aIniabie act -.
OF duty was said to go a-mothering,
hence the name ,s
MARCH II is also ST.. Patriclz's day Ha
Is the patron saint OF ireland. The .-
greatest of his miracles was that Of
driving reptiles from irish soil and
forever rendering 1t Obnoxious to that
form of animal life. lie died in 4S5. at
the age Of seYenty-eight years and was
buried in the city Of Downs George
III. established an order of knighthool
served in the United States by Irish
societies.
March IS is dedicated in the Catholic
church to st. Edward, king OF England
ana martyr. In the Greek church it IS
Palm Sunday. 1t is also the anniversary
OF the birth. in 1882, of John c. Calhoun
an eminent American statesman. and of
Grover Cleveland, in 1884, twice president
Of the United States.
March 10 is the anniversary of the
birth. in 1748, of Elias Hicks, a noted
Quaker preacher, and founder of the
Hfcksite branch Of that society. 1t is
also the birthday, in 1871. of Charles
Knight, the founder of English cheap
literature; Of David Livingstone. in 1873
a Scotch missionary and African explor- <
er.
March 20 is dedicated in the Roman
church to st. Cuthbert. an English bis
hop, whose body is said to have remain
ed fresh and perfect for centuries. Eis
pestnumous biography exceeds in interest
that of his actual life. 1t Is also the
anniversary of the birth, In 1870 of Car
dinaI John MeClosley, of New York;
also of Napoleon H., in 1871, the only SON
Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
March 81 is dedicated in the Catholic
church to the memory of ST. Benedict,
patron of the Western Monks. and
founder Of the Benedictine order.
On March 81 occurs the vernal
equinox, and spring begins. according
to the present arrangement of the sea-
sons. It is also the first day of the
Jewish month Nissan.
March % is the anniversary of the birth
Of William l. of Prussia, and the first
emperor Of Germany.
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