As considerable interest has been taken in our recent references to the editor-in-chief of the New English Dictionary, we may remark that Dr. Murray makes no secret of his views. Speaking at a public meeting of teachers held in Oxford in 1894, he said that he claimed to be a teetotaller of more than fifty years' standing; and the great dictionary-maker added:--"I am perfectly convinced that I have been able to do my work in the world to a large extent owing to this fact; and that if I were to take stimulants I should be less able to do my work, and certainly my brain would be less fitted to deal with the complicated and somewhat difficult questions which often puzzle me a good deal."
Workers may like to make a note of the following important fixtures:--The annual meeting of Miss Weston's Royal Naval Temperance Society, Town Hall, Portsmouth, February 1st; Sunday Closing Demonstration, Birmingham, February 6th; Sunday Closing Mission, Sheffield, February 1st to February 15th; Sunday Closing Mission, Salisbury, February 13th to February 28th; a lecture on "The Scientific Evidence for Total Abstinence," by Dr. William Carter, at Liverpool, February 6th; and the annual meetings of the Church of England Temperance Society, Memorial Hall, Islington (March 13th), Exeter Hall (April 25th), and the People's Palace (May 2nd).
_Music by_ ROLAND ROGERS, MUS. D., OXON. (_Late Organist of Bangor Cathedral._)
1. Who can forbear to sing, Who can refuse to praise, When Zion's high, celestial King His saving power displays?
2. When sinners at His feet, By mercy conquer'd, fall; When grace, and truth, and justice meet, And peace invites them all.
3. When heaven's opening gates Invite the pilgrims' feet; And Jesus, at their entrance, waits To place them on His seat.
4. Who can forbear to praise Our high, celestial King, When sovereign, rich, redeeming grace Invites our tongues to sing!
[Illustration: SCRIPTURE LESSONS FOR SCHOOL AND HOME
With Illustrative Anecdotes and References.
FEBRUARY 19TH--=Christ Feeding the Five Thousand.=
_To read--St. John vi. 1-14. Golden Text--Ver. 35._
Christ and disciples have returned to Galilee. The fame of His miracles and teaching spreads. Multitudes crowd to see and hear Him. The annual Feast of Passover is coming on. Large bodies of pilgrims going up to Jerusalem attract Christ's notice. They are fed and taught.