In your answer to Mrs. Hawley's questions, I am not certain that you are entirely correct. It is true that many people will fail to appreciate what we do for them; but should that make any difference in our conduct towards them and others? Should we not render them assistance when needed, regardless of the fact that they may not manifest their appreciation? It is true that the great Nazarene Teacher advised against casting pearls before swine; but did he have reference to such cases? It is recorded that he healed many who never showed any appreciation of what he did for them. I am inclined to think we should not have the idea of appreciation in mind when doing good for others. J. KELLOGG.

Answer: It is certainly true that we should not demand nor expect appreciation "when doing good for others." This should not be our incentive. But the fact that any one does not appreciate help and kind offices bestowed in times of need, proves that he or she did not deserve them and would have been better, although suffering more, without them. It is a difficult matter, this charity business. Often it occurs that people get into destitute and absolutely helpless conditions through their own profligate or improvident conduct. What are we to do? Why, help them onto their feet again, I suppose. But, at the same time, we should try to give them a suggestion that they must help themselves when they get onto their feet. The very best help we can give anyone is to help him to help himself. Arouse his self-respect and sense of responsibility. If an able-bodied tramp comes to your door, do not give him anything until you give him work to earn it. If he will not do the work, kick him out. Not long ago I offered a tramp a whole day's work at good wages and he refused it. Should we feed such people? By no means. Let their aversion to work and their

hunger run a race and see which beats out.

Yes; Jesus meant just what he referred to about casting pearls before swine, and more. He also meant preaching truth to people on the streets before they were ready for it. Don't collar every man you meet and try to tell him about your great revelations of truth. If you do, in nine cases out of ten you will encounter the hog Jesus talked about.

The same is true of healing. Jesus did not go about hunting up sick people to heal. He waited until they got ready to come to Him, either in person or by proxy. Only then were they ready to respond to his healing word.

It is not always best to give where it seems to be needed. I know, as a case in point, a prominent lawyer, who got coal all last winter from a dealer who cannot afford to lose anything on coal, and promised to pay in the spring. But he did not pay and has not paid yet, at this writing. The lawyer dresses well and lives in good style; the coal man needs the money. And the lawyer now buys coal of another dealer. The coal man did wrong to credit that lawyer; he did both himself and the lawyer a wrong. If he had said, "You pay cash or get no coal," he would have paid cash and been much better off now in every way.

I have colored tenants. For a time I indulged their excuses and took the rent by piece-meal. In this way I lost much money. Now I say, when they offer part of rent due, "No, it is all or none and get out." So they pay all and I do not have to change tenants half so often as before. You see, the poverty idea is half fancy and half a disease. Cure it when you can.

Never encourage it.

Here is an example of the usual result of charity deeds for the poor, clipped from a Kansas City paper, of Dec. 20:

D. R. Fordyce, a traveling man from Chicago, met a small boy on the street Tuesday night, shivering with cold. "Are you hungry, my boy?" he asked. "Yes," replied the boy, "and I haven't got any place to sleep, either." Fordyce bought the boy a meal and took him to his room to sleep. The boy got up first this morning, and when Fordyce awoke $35 was missing from his pockets.

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CCORDING to Bible chronology, Methuselah was
born 687 years after Adam was created and lived
969 years.
His death, then, occurred 1656 years

after creation.

According to the same chronology, Noah was born 1056 years after creation and was 600 years old when the flood came. Therefore, the flood occurred 1656 years after creation, which was the year of Methuselah's death. Was he drowned in the flood? It does seem that Noah should have saved his old grandpap in the ark. He might have been living yet, if he had.

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For The Children.

Continued from page 18.

The old Bear falls k-splunge! clean to the ground,
An' bust an' kill hisse'f plum dead, he did!
An' nen the Little Boy he git his gun

An' 'menced a-climbin' down the tree ag'in-
No!-no, he didn't git his gun-'cause when

The Bear falled, nen the gun falled, too-An' broked
It all to pieces, too!-An' nicest gun!-

His pa ist buyed it!-An' the Little Boy

Ist cried, he did; an' went on climbin down

The tree-an' climbin down-an' clmbin' down!-
An-sir! when he 'us purt'-nigh down,-w'y nen
The old Bear he jumped up ag'in!-an' he
Ain't dead at all-ist 'tendin' that away,
So he kin git the Little Boy an' eat

Him up! But the Little Boy he 'uz too smart
To climb clean down the tree,-An' the old Bear
He can't climb up the tree no more-'cause when
He fell, he broke one of his-he broke all
His legs!-an' nen he couldn't climb. But he
Ist won't go away an' let the Little Boy

Come down out of the tree. An' the old Bear
Ist growls 'round there, he does-ist growls an' goes
"Wooh!-woo-ooh," all the time! An' Little Boy
He haf to stay up in the tree-all night-
An' 'thout no supper neether.-On'y they

Wuz apples on the tree! An' Little Boy

Et apples-ist all night-an' cried-an' cried!

Nen when 'tuz morning th' old Bear went "Wooh!"" Ag'in an' try to climb up in the tree

An' get the Little Boy. But he can't

Climb save his soul, he can't-an' oh! he's mad.-
He ist tear up the ground! an' go "woo-ooh!"
An'-Oh, yes!-purty soon when morning's come.

All light-so you kin see, you know, -w'y nen
The old Bear finds the Little Boy's gun, you know,
'At's on the ground. (An' it ain't broke at all-
I ist said that!) An' so the old Bear think
He'll take the gun an' shoot the Little Boy,
But bears they don't know much 'bout shootin' guns:
So when he go to shoot the Little Boy,
The old Bear got the other end the gun
Ag'in his shoulder, 'stead o' th' other end-
So when he try to shoot the Little Boy,

It shot the Bear, it did-an' killed him dead!
An' nen the Little Boy clumb down the tree

An' chopped his old wooly head off;- Yes, an' killed

The other Bear ag`in, he did-an' killed

All boff the bears, he did- an' tuck 'em home
An' cooked 'em, too, an' et 'em.

-An' that's all.

To know that we have power to formulate-to bring out the Verities of the Unseen into visibilitythis is enough. We know then what our work is. What soul is not happy, yes, ardently happy in knowing this? To work and watch his power unfold; to know he is upon the right track,-is fulfilling his work; to know that what he lays his hand to will bear fruit, some ten, some fifty, some an hundred fold-this is for every soul.

Mr. Barton:

I want to thank you for the thoughts you gave me. I have used them for myself and for others and I know that I have been benefitted already. Would not the same thoughts do for any one that has a tired feeling.

It seems that I am always led to you when I want advice, and I always get it, and that which always helps me out. NETTIE WESTON.