Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

be kept pure with unsefshness, and open
with intelligence, and fine with sympathy.
Then when any religious influence seeks
to pass from life to life, 1t will find al
ready built a channel that Is worthy of it
and fit to carry it. Go to your homes and
question them o Zebedee! o mother of
Zebedees childrenl Ask yourselves wheth-
err your household is kept open by pure, re-
fined. unselfish. elevated living, by a con-
tinual sense of God, by ever present prayer,
SO that the best of light and strength.
which God has given to any one. tends
freely to become the strength and light Of
all.'-Phillips Brooks.
Nothing so much as humble ministration
to your neighbors, will help you to that
perfect love Of God which casteth out fear;
nothing but the love of God-that God re-
vealed in Christ-will make you feel to
your neighbor Alright; and the spirit of
God, which alone gives might for any
good, WILL by these loves, which are life,
strengthen you at last to believe in the
light even in the midst of darkness; to hold
the resolution formed In health when sick
thing around you; and to feel tenderly
toward your fellow, even when you your
self are plunged in detection or racked with
pain."-George Macdonald.
Applied Truth.
David Livingstone learned Gaelic lust for
the sake of reading the Bible to his mother,
who knew that language better than Eng
lsh.
Plutarch says that Themistocles had
farm for sale He sent out d crier to pro-
claim Its advantages, and particularly to
say that 1t had a good neighbor.
For wolves to devour sheep is no Won
der; but for sheep to devour one another is
mOnStrOuS. '-Salter.
When the new administration Of pras;
dent Mckinley went into office some of the
clerks IN one of the departments were pro-
tlpte"' but one or these, young lady,
when offered her promotion went to Gen
ButterWorth, the secretary, and said that
there was a girl sitting next to her In tba
once who ought to have the promotion In
hef place, as she had recently become thf
ehtlLe support of her family through the
death OF her brother. who had heretofore
borne the burden. Such instances of M
seihshness, and loving kindness are rare.
"A man who was condemned to be hanged
Tor murder while awaiting his execution
uIt" picture upon his prison walls of a
man on the gallows with five sters leading
to the platform. On the frst sten Ie
wrote Dsobedience to parents" on tho
second step. Sabbath breaking" on The
IN H., step, rGambling and drunkenness"
The fatal PLATFORM"
In museum at Venice there is a machine
pS MhicH some old Italian tyrant used to
shoot poisoned needles at the objects of his
hatred. Sometimes our words are like snc%
needles hurled at our enemies, who are
brothers in Christ
Hath any wronged thee? Be bravelv re-
Eehsea' shght 1t, and the work is begun.
forgive II, and it is finished. He is below
hiinself that is not above an injury.
Quarles.
II is good to have a frienu. but il is bet
ter to be Il friend The gain Of baina - -
ishiy loved and sympathized with and helm
ed ana cheered, is not to be compared with
the gain of unselfishly loving and sympa
l!!izlhs Win and helping and cheering an
from without can upift and enlarge II like
me expansive force of generous and self
forgetting love outworking from within. =
TrumbuI.