The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-02
Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.
''TIME FOR REFREsHMENT. !"

TIME FOR REFRESHMENT."
The Epworth league topic for Feb.
is found in Mark vi, 30-44, and tells of
Christ taking his people away and tell
ing them to rest a WHILE
In too many Christian lives there is
no time given to this essential thing.
The quiet hour is coming to be rec
ognized as Of great value. Let all our
young people plan so as to get some
time each day to be alone and think a
little while. Those who work hard an!
long in shop, in store, in school or home,
on farm or in factory find few minutes
of leisure in all the working hours. Many
homes have no hooks where there is any
privilege of privacy. But ingenuity will
always find some place and some time
when the pressure of care and ordinary
toll can be laid by and the heart can
quiet itself for little with Jesus
tension of mind and soul as we'll as
OF muscle needs relaxation to maintain
strength and health. QuietneSS and rest
must alternate with activity if we would
keep up our power of doing well Jesus
took the disciples apart into a quiet place
frequently after He had become worn
with teaching and healing We must
have the time for thought and feeling as
we'll as hours for practical labor
How precious these little breathing
spaces become as we grow accustomed
to use them! At first we may ADOPT
the custom from a sense of duty, but
soon we get to looking forward to the
hour and planning for it with eager an
ticipation.
What do you do? How characteristic
that is of cur busy, rushing life to ask
about doing! Why, just do nothing in
particular. Sit still few minutes. Think
how good God has been today. What
kindness to give health friends home
work, food, and so run over the bless
lngs we have had so freely What privi-
lege to be now alive in Gods world. Have
l done my work well today for Thy sake?
How can | do it better tomorrow? Does
difference In
do my tasks? Help me, then, to do all
cheerfully, faithfully. Am l weary,
troubled, anxious, let me feel Thy arms
of everlasting love folding me around
If Thou dost love me and help me, |
can do all so much more gladly and
well.
On all convention programmes we
place some announcement of refresh
ments. Why should not we make our
daily programme of work to include some
place and time for the soul refreshment?
few passages from the Bible, Il
verse or two of a hymn, some sentences
from book of devotion, few minutes
on the knees, some words or thoughts
of prayer-any or all of these, and what
ever else is simple and natural and
brings the heart into peace and the quiet
contentment and restfulness Of God Is
the right thing for this quiet time"
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Feb. 2. is Sexagesima Sunday, the sec
ond Sunday before Ash Wednesday, the
latter being the beginning of Lent. The
term is from the Latin and means Six
tletn," being in round numbers sixty days
before Easter. Feb. 2 is also CandlemaS
or The Fabrication of the Blessed Virgin
and is celebrated in Anglican, Catholic
and Greek churches. This, being the
fortieth day after the birth of ChrlSt as
the day on which, under the Levitican
rules, the publication of the mother and
the presentation of the child should &C.
cur. The special services of the day
among Roman Catholics consists of the
blessing of candles by the priests and a
distribution of them to the congregat ton
In Europe the day is regarded with ear
neStness because of its being a weather
guide, as outlined in verse:
IF Candlemas day be fair and bright
Winter will take another flight;
But If CandlemaS day be clouds and rain
Winter is gone and will not come again y
The day is known in America as ground
hog day The tradition is that if that an
imal comes out of his hole and sees
snow on the ground. he walks about, but
IL the sun shines and he sees his shadow
he returns to his hole and remains six
weeks.
Feb. 8 is the anniversary of the birth in
1911 of Horace Greeley, founder of tho
of st. Blaise, the patron saint of wool
workers and against diseases of the
throat, and his festival was formerly
observed in English manufacturing CEN
ters as holiday. Professions were form
ed, and those taking part in them were
called blazers and some became so con-
VlVlal that the term as drunk as bIazesv
grew from it.
Feb. is the anniversary of the birth
in 1725 of James Otis, the American
orator and patriot; of Ole Bull. the Nor
wegian violinist, in 1S10;of Dwight Lyman
Moody, the evangelist, in 1897 also st.
Agatha's Day, who was cruelty tortured
to death and her sufferings Lave afforded
much scope for painters There is an
old Saxon tradition that birds began
to. sing on that day. She is the patron
saint of Malta.
Feb is the anniversary of the birth
in 1756, of Aaron Burr, American soldier
and statesman; of VIM. Maxwell Evarts
American lawyer and statesman. in 1918
both on a Friday.
Feb Z is the anniversary Of the birth
on a Friday in 1912 Of Charles Dickens
the English novelist.
Feb is the anniversary Of the rth
on a Friday in 1926 of Jules Verne. the
French novelist, also the beginning OF
the Jewish month Adar of the year 5662
This is a Jewish embolismic imperfect
year of SS3 days.