what similar scheme has been tried on rail-*roads, where a beam from the electric headlight of a locomotive was thrown upward as a warning to the engineers of other locomotives."
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Seasons Estimated—See Compensation.
SEASONS, VALUE OF
All our States have laws which prohibit
the hunting of game at certain times specified
and by given methods. The greater part of
the year is close time for shooting most kinds
of animals and birds. The wild beasts which
are to be followed for sport need opportunity
to increase and grow, and if left to the
whim of individuals would be exterminated.
As there are prohibitions to prevent the extinction
of the young animals, so there needs
to be a close time on character, when we do
not allow ourselves to indulge in things
which excite our nerves and draw our
strength from our bodies and minds. We
check our reading, and are careful of sleep
and food and exercise.—"Monday Club, Sermons
on the International Sunday-school
Lessons for 1904."
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Second Thought—See Repentance.
Secrecy in Sin—See Hypocrisy.
Secret Service Disclosures—See Criminals,
Tracing.
SECRET THINGS
An ancient philosopher, it is said, was accustomed
to go about carrying a parcel
covered with a napkin. To all inquiries as
to the contents of the parcel his answer was:
"Wherefore the napkin?" meaning that
there are some things God has not been
pleased to reveal to men. (Text.)
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Secret Unpurchasable—See Kindness, The Power of.
SECRETS
Sir Joshua Reynolds, like Wilson, had his secrets of color and his mysteries of painting. He was fond of endeavoring to discover the secrets of the old painters.
It was his wont to dissect some of their
works in order to find out their art of coloring
and finishing. He pursued his experiments
secretly and kept his discoveries to
himself. In this search for the hidden secrets
of his art he destroyed many old paintings
of the Venetian school to the serious loss of
the world of art. (Text.)
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Secrets Will Out—See Utterance.
Securities—See Precautions.
SECURITY
The soul is secure that stands on the Rock of Ages.
A man was sent out on a rocky promontory
in Scotland where his signals might help a
ship working its way in through the difficult
channel in a great storm. Great waves beat
upon that promontory and their spray wet
the flagman to the skin, but he stood his dangerous
ground and signaled the ship in.
After she was in some one asked him if he
did not tremble as he stood out there. He
answered: "My legs trembled, but the rock
didn't tremble. I never knew before how
solid that rock was."—Franklin Noble,
"Sermons in Illustration."
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SEEING ALL AROUND
We would find it a great advantage in life if our mental apprehension was capable of including the entire horizon as the insect mentioned below is able to see in all directions.
A boy is often easily surprized by a playmate
who approaches him stealthily from
behind, but did you ever try the same game
with a butterfly? I have, many a time.
After getting cautiously so near to a butterfly
at rest as to be able to distinguish between
its head and its hinder extremity, I have
quietly circled round it so as to approach it
from behind, being at the time under the
impression that it wouldn't see me under
those circumstances. But not the slightest
advantage did I derive from this stratagem,
for the position and construction of its eyes
enabled it to see almost all ways at once.—W. Furneaux, "Butterflies and Moths."
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Many insects have a great number of eyes, because the orb of the eye is fixt; there is, therefore, placed over the eye a multiple lens which conducts light to the eye from every direction; so that the insect can see with a fixt eye as readily as it could have
