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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
SERMONS IN BRIEF

The soul of all culture is the culture
of the soul.-Bushnell.
We do ourselves the most good do
ing something for others.-Horace
Mann.
BY the faithful plying of the shuttle
of daily duty we weave white raiment
for the soul.-Mary A. Stafford.
Christ's power is equal to any human
need, and his Willingness to help is as
great as his power.-R. R. Meredith.
No evil dooms us hopelessly except
the evil we love and desire to keep in
and make no effort to escape from
George Eliot.
Only those temptations which we
encounter in the path of duty our
Lord promised We SHOULD conquer
Phillips Brooks.
The adamantine chains of habit are
seldom heavy enough TO be felt till
they are too strong to be broken
Samuel Johnson.
The kingdom of God can rule in my
heart because it asks something of me
as we'll as gives something to me-
w. Charter Pigott.
To harbor fretful and disconnected
thoughts is to do yourself more injury
than it is in the power of your great
est enemy to do you.-Mason
God takes mems hearty desires and
will instead of the deed when they
he never took the bare deed instead of
the wi11-Baxter.
To be beaten. but not broken; to
to strive and contend for the prize and
to win it honestly or to lose it cheer
fuIly-in all this there is testing and
training of character which is worth
all that it costs us.-BishoD Potter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

ETROIT, Mich, Sept. 49,
Pastor Russell of Brooklyn
preached twice here today to
the local. branch of the In
ternationa1 Bible Students
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
Rule the Boy?

What Shall Rule the Boy?
The International Sunday School Les
son for September rs Is the
Quarterly Temperance Lesson. Gal.
5:15-26.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24
Bible Study.

1t is time to begin the Bible les
sons for another year. Sunday evening
at s O'Clock we will review the first
half of the Book of Matthew, in pic
lures. Monday evening at 8 o'clock
I shall give a report of the great Wash
ington convention to the teachers, in
the basement of the First Presbyterian
church, and any who are interested in
the subject are welcome to come.
At the same place, we will have our
opening meetings Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 81, from 8 to D. m,
for women and girls who are
able to come to the day class. Eight
o'clock for those who cannot come to
the day class. Wednesday, 8 to p.
m, for the colored women and girls.
If any one cares to study with US this
winter 1 would like to have them at
tend this meeting. Call IS, myself, or
2747 blue, Mrs. Grote. for informa-
ton Everyone who has ever had a
badge, please wear it. Everyone inter
ested in the chair proposition, be
ready to report I wish all old mem
bers would come to see me at this re-
ception, and bring your friends. This
years work covers the Old Testament
from Kings to Malachi. emitting the
devotional books. The outline is COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

The ultimate aim of all the church's
endeavors is 'for Christ" It is not
to glorify or to enlarge herself that
our denomination has lived and la
bored, but only to please Him who
founded the church and sealed her
with his own blood. So the triumphs
of the church are the triumphs of
Christ. Her deeds are his deeds, since
it is through her that he elects to re-
veal his will and to save the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

Christ. Her deeds are his deeds, since
it is through her that he elects to re-
veal his will and to save the world.
The command to give is as impera-
tive and divine as the command to go.
The obligation upon most of US to
support the work of the gospel is as
direct and as real as the obligation
upon the few to preach the gospel
themselves. We flatter ourselves that
our giving is hberality, and that it
rather makes the Lord our debtor. A
study of UNCONVENTIONAL statistics
hardly supports this. The truth is, we
ought to give! it is our plain duty to
do so, the failure TO give would mean
a violation of our loyalty to Christ.
AS the "whosoever'' embraces the
whole world. so the ''go ye' embraces
the whole church. Christ's "go" is
spoken to all who have heard his
come" No Christian is exempted
from missionary obligation. The di-
vine plan is for the whole church to
| preach the gospel to the whole world.
We have not heard the Masters full
message unless we have heard him bid
US tell of his love to the other people
for whom he died.
The church cannot neglect the
! claims of the heather upon her
| unless she repudiates the claims of
| Christ upon her. Her business is to
| glorify her Master. and he is most
/ glorified by the salvation of souls. To
| fail to seek the lost is to disobey God.
/ This is an awful truth-that for a
! church to cease to be missionary is for
+ her to cease to be subject to Christ.
| Disobedience of the command is dis
/ loyalty to the Commander.
| The home mission work of the de-
nomination is fundamental patriot
| ism. 1t goes down to those forces
which shape society, the religious i'm
| pulses. By erecting the ideals of
| Christianity in the breast of indi-
viduals the gospel does most to purify
and strengthen the state. A church is
/ a better protection to a community
! than a regiment of soldiers. Even love
| of country burns most brightly in the
hearts of those who have been educat-
ed by the Bible.
/ The negro question, the labor ques-
| ton, the divorce question, the corpora
ton question and the social question
all are for solving by the church.
That our denominations are so aggress-
| lively alive to them today is evidence
| that the patriotism and socialism of
Jesus are alive in our own time, in the
| midst of those whom he made custo-
| dams of his teaching.
Our country cannot be for Christ
until we are for Christ. The denomi-
l nation best serves the land through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

Our country cannot be for Christ
until we are for Christ. The denomi-
nation best serves the land through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

775ss5zT75l REAT BRITAIN, which has
y been lately passing through
a period of serious seIf-ex-
amfnations. has evolved sew
aa2zA eral remedies for national
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-24

Those in distress and perplexity will
in that time of trouble flee to the holes
and the rocks and the caves of earth
for fear. As Revelation wi. 16) ex-
presses it, they shall call to the rocks,
Fall on us and hide US from the face
of him that stitch upon the throne"
We are not to understand this more
literally than its context It does not
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04

delicacies six days in the week, it
behooves her to study ingenious varia-
tions of the old standbys.
For example, q cookbook that lies
open at my side tells the wondering
reader Of fifty-two ways Of cooking
Irish (white) potatoes. One for each
week in the year! In view of the capa
bilities Of this, our best-known tuber,
1t is hardly kind to the juniors who
never "sit up to dinner" to serve the
potato in his jacket until they are sick
of the sight of it. / am far from re-
garding this vegetable as the most
nutritious of the dozen or so that are
within reach all winter long. But it is
not unwholesome when properly cooked,
and the boys, without exception, are
fond of potatoes.
When baked quickly and served as
soon as it is done; then kneaded be-
tween fingers protected from the heat
by napkin until it is mealy to the
heart; cracked open and the contents
gouged out into snowy heap upon a
hot plate, salted and buttered to taste,
it is at its very best estate-at least
to my fancy, and, as rule, to
Johnny's. Don't let him get tired Of
baked potatoes. Some day bake them
half an hour before luncheon is served;
cut a cap from the top of each; turn
out-the inside and work up into light
cream with butter, dash of cream
and little grated cheese. Fill the
skins with the mixture, set back in the
oven and brown lightly and swiftly
Jane ''dotes upon stuffed potatoes,
and the rest are a good second in the
race.
Another day scallop them. Pare
away the skins very closely, recollect-
ing that the mealiest portions are near
est the skin; slice thin and leave in
cold water for an hour. Wipe them
and ARA nge in a pudding dish. Season
each layer and dot with butter When
all are in, pour in half a cupful of cold
water-not more-strew fine crumbs
upon the top and cover to keep in the
steam. Bake tender; lift the cover and
brown lightly.
Upon yet a third day, pare and cut
into cubes; leave in cold water for an
hour to draw out what Bridget's
mother believed was rank poison"
and what we know to be a rank earthly
taste. Drain and put into the saucepan
with a cupful of water to prevent
scorching. Cover and stew tender
Have ready in another saucepan cup
full of hot milk, thickened slightly with
roux of butter and -four Pour off
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the water in which the potatoes were
cooked and substitute the hot, thick
ened milk. Bring to a gentle boil, stir
in tablespoonful of finely minced
parsley. boil up and serve.
A simpler method, yet a good way Of
preparing the familiar esculent, is to
peel and boil quickly in plenty of hot
water with a little salt; drain and serve
in a hot deep dish and pour over it
great spoonful of butter in which one of
minced parsley has been cooked for one
minute. If the potatoes are mealy, the
result win be highly approved. You
may, if you like, mix a teaspoonful Of
onion juice with the butter and parsley
sauce.
Sweet potatoes are popular with chill
dren who have not lost their sweet
tooth" 1t Is amazing to note how few
ways of preparing them for the table are
practiced even in the regions where they
grow like weeds for 1uxuriance. At the
south they are baked in their skins and
sent to the table au naturel, or skin
ned after they are baked At the north
they are boiled into insipidity
Vary the menu by trying two or three
Of my methods:
1. Boil ten minutes in their jackets;
peel while hot and lay in the baking
pan; butter generously and brown quick
ly. They make delightful garnish for
roast beef, or they may be served alone.
2. Boil in the skins and strip these off
at once. While they are still smoking
hot, mash with the back of a silver
spoon and beat to a smooth paste with
butter and cream. Add a beaten egg;
make into balls or into croquettes; set
on the ice or in a very cold place for
some hours to stiffen, and fry rapid
ly in hot lard or dripping. Drain Off
every drop of grease and send to table
hot.
s. Parboil for ten minutes; peel at
once; cut across into slices a quarter
Of an inch thick; arrange in layers in a
bakedLsh, seasoning with salt and a
little pepper; strew a teaspoonful OF
sugar over each layer and dot with
butter. When the last layer is in and
seasoned. cover with fine crumbs; dot
with butter and pour a half cupful Of
water carefully around the side, not to
disturb the crumbs and to prevent burn
ing. Cover closely and bake half an
hour. Uncover then and brown.
Sweet potato pudding Is good enough
to be better known.
Parboil and let the potatoes get per-
fectly cold before you crate them.
Cream together tablespoonfuls OF
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Gotta ge Cheese Pie

A long, long time ego wrote a request for
cheese pie. My patience was rewarded the
other day by the appearance OF the formula
contributed by California member. Thanks
to her!
she uses cottage cheese or "smearease.
Where can / get that? 1 never see II for
1 have a splendid recipe for roll biscuit
which | will send II you would like to have
it. You don't know what you will miss II
you say NO" / don't call myself good
cook but I know good rolls when see
them and I confess to making the best
ever get and by this recipe.
DO you want IT
CONSTANT READER (Atlanta. Ga-).
say "YES!v in the tallest capitals
in the printers case. Send It in,
rightly ttcketed for the Exchange.
As to cottage cheese or smearcase
(Which last is an odiouS word to my
earD. the making is absurdly simple
Let sour milk lopper-you would say
"clabber'' in the South-until firm.
Drain off the whey and turn the curd
into a cheesecloth bag Let it hang
and drip over bowl until it is dry
Squeeze out the moisture; salt slight
sy and work into a smooth mass with a
spoon, adding a little cream to soften
it, Make into balls or cakes, and set
on the ice until you are ready to serve
It. Tt makes a nice family luncheon
dessert. eaten with crackers and mar
malade.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
Rronn Bread

T HAVE noticed in the Exchange repeated
requests for a trustworthy recipe for
- Boston brown bread.
As q BOstonlan and member Of an ole
New England family where Boston brown
bread was the table daily. take the
liberty CT sending the recipe, which mas
failed one Of us Here IL Is.
One cup rye meal, / cup granulated corn
soda, ] teaspoon salt y cup molasses,
cups sour milk, or IL cups sweet milk or
MIX and sift dry ingredients; add mo-
lasses and milk stir until well fnixeds
turn into a well -buttered mold and steam
siz hours The cover should be buttered
down with string; otherwise the bread, IN
rising, might force of cover MolGs should
never be filed more than two-thiras fCll
A nelOn-mold or l-pound baking powder
boxes make the most attractive shaped
loaves. but a 5-pound lard pail answers
the purpose For steaming, place mold
on a tTivet IN kettle eonfafning boiling
water allowing water to come halfway
UP around mold. cover closely and steam.
/ may add that 1t cannot be kept longer
than three days IN this climate on account
Of dampness. It rnoids; We slice It,
Il IS delicious eaten at dinner.
am one OF the Housemothers' Ex-
changes most consistent readers.
BY reason Of a combination of mis-
haps (for which, as usual. nobody is
TO blame"), your charming letter. writ
ten longer ego than like to say or
think, has j1st come to my hand.
hasten to insert it. with this regretful
apology. Yet it could not be more sea-
sOnable than now. when the house
nfotherly mind turns to wholesome hot
food for her ncck to supply carbon to
Win you prove your magDanimity by
writing again?
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then buttered. you have good plain
dessert for the chi1dren's luncheon.
Eat with liquid sauce. or with cream
and powdered sugar.
Salads supply zest and variety to
winter Iuncheons. Study combinations
of fruits and vegetables for these
Serve with them crackers heated in
the oven and cheese Of divers kinds.
Upon stormy DAYS warm up sh1ver-
ing frames with hot soups served IN
cups Your fish merchant viii sell
you a pint of oyster or clam liquor
for a song Add an equal quantity OF
milk, heating them separately season
with salt, pepper and butter, add halt
a cupfuI of fine crumbs and you have
a toothSOme, warming and nOurlsn-
ing bisque. Potato and onion brothS
are easily made and ever welcome
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04
ButtermiIk Soup

In reply to your query as to the place
buttermilk soup. made by the recipes
me say that. if eaten at dinner it comes
after the meat. But 1t is better as a
good bread ana butter. VIII serve chill
dren for supper. Many families who
have to live plainly VIII find it enough
for the evening meal 1t is palatable
and nouriShing.
Let me send in a formula for oatmeal
Boil large cupful of oatmeal twenty
five or thirty minutes. Strain and stir
into IT quart az sot 81 s@ee sne mia isa
full of butter. Sweeten to taste and
bring to q boil. Then stir in u cupful
cooked tender in a little water and
halved. Add / handful of sweet al
monds blanehed and cut into small
This is good and wholesome both for
man and child.
1 have been testing two brands of
baking powder and send you the result of
the experin ent. Every honsemother may
try her powders in the same way.
of water into a cup and gave it q
quick beating, then set ii down and
watched It. tried the twoo brands i;..Ia N
and then fell fat and still. The other
kept on rising until the cup was full
and looked like beaten white of egg.
And thus il remained until I pressed st
down with spoon.
This may help you to comprehend why
some biscuits and cakes can stand 8
long time before they are baked, and
sustain no harm.
x NEWCOMER est. Joseph, Mich).
Your contributions are creditablt
and welcome. The recipe for oatmea
soup is very much like the old En-.
1ish dish "fermenty" or "frumenty."
Readers Of the dear old-fashionec
fairy tales will recall that Tom Thumb
was dropped by the eagle Cor was il
a hawk?) which was carrying hin
away. plump into a big dish of fer
menty the kings cook was carrying
across the courtyard.
It was a fayorite dish in the nur:
series Of our foremothers.
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Fa7oyite Cakes

I find that the question Of Lady Balti.
more cake has again been started well
remember the many queries about II when
the charming book of that name was pub
iished, and find that none Of your answers
have the real filling. know whereof I
speak for my recipe Is from the orig1nai
formula, and l give it to you herewith,
because It is SO delicious, although hke
most delicious things. it is too rich TO be
eaten with impunity by the dyspeptic
Any good layer cake is all right ror the
cake itself; your lone. two. three four
has been my standby all these years for a
good, rich layer cake. But the nlllng IS as
Three cups OF granulated sugar and ! of
Dolllng water. cooked until 1t threadss tnsn ae[
pour over whites of 3 eggs. beaten sllH
Aod ] cup chopped raIsins. cup cnopped
ngs ana cup chopped walnuts Tor pecan
This Is the cake that captured the heart
ot that charming young man IN the equa.hy
charming book Lady Baltimore, Wnlcn
was such a surprise to all of us when we
lady.
You know the origin of the name OF the
cake, OF course? And yet it is possible
tnat It has escaped your eagle eye where
cooking is under CONSIDERATION, and SO |
snaH repeat 1t to you. Many years ago a
girl went to Baltimore to visit and ate this
cake. came home and told Of its delicious
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dren are delighted and proud that she
lends her presence and joins IN their
chat. They hurry home in joyous ex-
citement on the days when mother is
to let them see her dressed for the
party" and take especial pride in behav-
ing their best to do honor to her society
and toilette. That she is scrupulous in
never letting them lunch without her
gracious supervision when she can pos
sibly arrange her engagements to meet
their wishes strengthens her hold upon
heart and esteem. The child has been
deffauded who, at some period OF his or
her life. did not regard the mother as
the highest ideal of womanhood and
Judge all others Of the sex by the stand
ard she has set up.
If it be richly worth her while to
dress for her boys and girls, and for
their dear sal1es to keep abreast of the
times they are TO help make, it is not
beneath her to contFive that the sim
pie meal prepared with especial ref
erence TO them and eaten in their COM
pany should be tasteful as well as
wholesome. An Intelligent, sensitive
child is the most appreciative of
mortalE of everything done TO please
and interest il. a mother has scored
a point with her boy when she gives
him 10 understand that she has con-
suited his iil1ings IN getting up this or
that dish for him. In each family these
preferences are known, and they should
be considered in the family menu. The
true mother never forgets that Mary
is particularly fond of French tapioca
custard, and that Johnny, as he ex-
presses it, could just die eating
mothers cottage pudding" that James
rather slender appetite is tempted by
ambrOsia, and Dick would like to have
roast lamb and mint sauce every Sun
day the year round In her mind each
dish has a loving association with the
child who especially affects it.
Since her means do not justify costly
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butter and y cupful of sugar Beat
3 eggs light, yollzs and whites sepa-
rately. Stir the beaten yolks into the
creaned butter and sugar: season with
cinnamon, mace and nutmeg and the
juice and half the grated rind Of
lemon.
Now stir in the grated potato, grad
ually, with long. upward strokes, un-
til all is in and the mixture light.
Next put in a cup of milk. mix well
and fold. in the whites.
This Is a delicious pudding. 1t
should be eaten cold. If you like, you
may bake the mixture in open pie
crusts.
Left-overs play an important part
In family luncheons. 1 have dwelt at
length upon stews as eminently
suited for ehiIdren's diet-if properly
compounded.
Rice is so seldom boiled in the one
and only right way that 1 am con-
strained to write out here the rule for
doing this.
Have two quarts of slightly salted
water at fierce boil upon the fire.
Wash and pick over cupful of rice
and let it fall by degrees from your
fingers into the boiling water. Cook
IaSt ana nard for twenty minutes pc
fore testing the tenderness of the
grains by biting one. 1t must be ten
der, not broken. Turn of every drop
of water and set the colander in
which the rice is drained in the open
oven that the grains may dry off,
Each should be whole and stand apart
from the rest. Serve in an open deep
dish. Treated thus, the valuable cereal
is such a different thing from the
grayish paste usually dished for our
disgust that theV are hardly reCOG-
nizab1e as one and the same thing.
If after boiling the rics you add a
handful of raisins, seeded, cut in half
and cooked soft in q very little water,
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hour. Then take out the inner and
turn the contents into a colander.
Mash and press the broken grapes
until nothing is left in the colander
but pulp and skins and seeds Strain
the juice thus procured through a
cheesecloth bag, letting it drip with
out pressing until all the liquid has
passed through the bag. Return the
juice to the fire. boil and skim for ten
minutes and pour into bottles from
which you turn the scalding water
just before pouring in the boiling
juice. Seal at once. The bottles should
have lain in hot water at least half
an hour before they are empt1ed.
and the corks with them. Neglect of
this process of sterilization may have
beSn the cause Of your failure to keep
the juice.
When the bottles are cold, pack
down in sand or in ground cork.
Lay the bottles on the side and turn
once a fortnight