THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUPO. Saturday Qight Rt. F. E. DAVISON Rutland, Vt VACATING A PULPIT THK LITTLE WOODKN BAJUIEL. International Cible Lesson for May 9, 'oo-(Act3 13: 13-53). John Wesley had an Infallible rulo by which he doclded the fitness of can- them out upon a tour of the churciPH. j and when they returnod he had three questions to ask as follows: Was anybody converted? Was anybody J sanctified? Was anybody mad? If f..n candidate could give an affirmative re ply to any one of these questions, ha was considered ellgiblo, but If he hud to confess that he could neither got people converted, sanctified nor mad It was pretty conclusive evidence that he was not called to preach. The gos pel Is tne power of God unto salva tion; Its proclamation makes men bet ter or worse, and that man may well be doubtful of hU right to occupy a pulpit whose words leave bo Influence upon men one way or the other. Opposition Aroused. There are some modern preachers who get Into a panic when they dis cover that their message has arouse! opposition; whereas that is one of tlio clearest evidences that they are fol lowing Instructions and demonstrat ing their fitness to stand as ambassa dors for Christ. The great preachers from Elijah down have created a d's turbance. The true messenger will al ways cause a rattling among the dry bones. No man of Qod should eve.' apologize for disturbing the peace of somnolent saints or rebuking sin In high places. Of course it will be un derstood that I make no plea for boor itihness, personalities, antaRonlsm of individuals or using the pulpit of God's house to indulge in abustvo language. But wncn the proclamation of the pospol arouses opposition It should bo regarded by every man as an evidence of piety and power. The apostle Paul came to Just such an experience at Antloch In Plsldla on lils first missionary tour. The first Bcrmon he preached pleased the peo ple so much that they begged him to stay tnrough the week and occupy the pulpit the next Sabbath. All that week the Jews were talking up tho great preacher and urging the breth ren to come out and hear him. Hut the Gentiles also became interested and they packed tho synagogue when tho day of service came. But what was the surprise nnd Indignation of the Jews when they heard the same sermon prenched, with a Gentllo ap plication. Like dogs in the manger they growled and contradicted and blnspnemed, and broke up the meet ing with their tumult. It (was the same sermon that they had previously lauded. It wn3 all right eo long as It suited tnelr prejudices, but when they saw that it was actually a gospel for all men they spit upon It with Insults. Opposition Working. Not satisfied with this they deter mined to get rid of the preacher, anil tney took the most ef.'ectlvo method to carry out their purpose. The Scrip ture says, "The Jews stirred up tho devout aid honorable women. . . and raised up persecution against Par.l and Barnabas and expelled them out 'of their coasts." It would be inter esting to kuow what part those "i!o vout nnd honorable women" took in bringing about that result. Did they begin to criticise his personal appear ance, the cut of his clothes, the method of parting his hnir? Did they send a committee to sugcent that it would be wise not to displease nrother So and So, and Sister Such and Such, on ac count of their financial contributions? Nobody knows. Tno record is silent; all we know is, Paul saw the cloud rising on iho horizon no bigser than a man's, or woman's hand, and ho concluded that discretion Is the bettor part of valor and moved on to "fre3h fields and pastures new." Opposition Successful, And herein ho showed his wisdom. There is no faithful preacher but can find work somewhere. Tho very mes sage that makes some peoplo howlhv; mad will make other people shouting happy. Why should a man stay in a den of Hons when he can spond his days where birds sing all day and all night! Why should a man wanto hij strength and ingenuity forcing tho bread of life down unwilling throats, when he can Just as well go to those who are so hungry that they will tak3 it from him as fast as be can pass it out! It ought to be understood that it is no disgrace for a preacher to bo chased out of a pulpit by "devout and honorable women" when the only charge against him is the bigotry and 'relf-righteousness of his hearers.' The greatest preacher of the ages, Paul the apostle, was vexed and tormented by those who did not like his preach ing. An intelligent preacher ought to know before anybody else . knows, when his work is done. God not only tells men to "Come," but to "Go." In . the war of the rebellion we had six months' men, and the same thing is rue in the spiritual conflict. The fact that a preacher's predecessor (Tent all his days in one parish is no il'erion: he might not have remain ed threo weeks anywhere else. There no misfits in the pulpit as there aro ' v-rywhoro else; sometimes the I'l'enchor is too big for a pulpit and 'oinctlmes too small. But In either coho the "devout and honorable worn in" find It out. If these women had been of no consequence In the community, possibly Paul would kV paid no attention to them, Turned Out In This Country In Mil lions nnd Sold All Over the World. Among the all but endless variety of things of wood produced in Amer lciin factories are little wooden bar rels. They are turned out of white birch, and come in many sizes, from tiny affnlrs an inch and a half high up to barrels ten Inches high. The blggeBt of them are turned with a hand manipulated tool, 'out those ranging from six Inches down ward, are turned each with a cutting tool, having an edge so formed that It turns the barrel all at onco. They set a block of wood In the latho and adjurtt the cutting tool and It turns the barrel Into shape complete n quickly as a man turning with a hand tool could have turned one of the hoops on It; and on the smallest barrels one man can run three or four machines. The barrels are sold In the aggre gate In great numbers, millions of them yearly. A' single tack manu facturing concern buys them In car load lots, 2,000 (,ross or 288.000 barrels at a time. Great numbers are used by confectioners, who fill them with candy, and they are used to contain a bottle of perfumery. Many are sold to be given away at fairs or in other ways, being filled with a sample of a staple product of the region, perhrps of flour, or it might be of sugar. Many of them are made with a slot cut In one end or head, through which coins can e dropped, the little barrels In tbls form being used for savings hanks, or given out by Sunday school teach ers to their pupils to make collec tions In for some specific purpose. Individual purchasers buy the little barrels to use for button boxes, and great numbers of them are sold for toys. So In this country there are used ' millions of them annually, and for all the various uses to which the lit tle barrels are put they are exported In large numbers to countries all over the world. Don't Fold Your Arm. By folding your arms you will pull the shoulders forward, flatten the chest and impair deep breahlng. Folding the arms across the chest so flattens it down that it requires a conscious effort to keep the chest In what should be Its natural position. As soon as you forget yourself down drops the chest. s We cannot see ourselves as others see us. If we could, many of us would be ashamed of our chests. The position you hold your body in most of the time soon becomes Its natural position.. Continuously folding your arms across the chest will develop a flat chest and a rounded back. Here are four other hints which should be made habits: Keep the back of the neck close to the back of the collar at all possible times. Al ways ca:ry the chest farther to the front than any other part of the an terior body. Draw the abdomen In and up a hundred times each day. Take a dozen deep slow breaths a dozen times each day. The Family Doctor. Happiest Man on Knrtli. AcrosB tho front of the cottage of Johann Schmld, who lives -it the vil lage of Suhr, In the canton of Argo vie, is the sentence, ainted in large letters: "Here lives the happiest man on earth." Schmld who is 55 years of age, said to an interviewer: "I defy you to find a happier man than myself. I have never worked, never married, never been ill, and 1 ave never been anxious for the future. I eat well, drink well, and sleep well. What more would you have?'' When In his teens Schmld was left by his father an Income of about 1 a week and a small piece of land. He built his cottage on the land and has occupied It ever since. London Standard. Anaesthetics Known in Middle Ages. Lecturing before the Association of Surgeons at Munich on narcotics Prof. Klem said that the process of reducing the sensibilities of patients ; with a view to making operations I painless was known and practiced in I the Middle Ages. Bishop Theodo- rus of Chervlra wrote a prescription for a pain destroyer in the twelfth century which contained opium, morphine and hyascum. A medical work printed ,n 1460 contains the first known treatise on inhalation and we now inject under the skin the soothing mixture which in 1460 was Inhaled. London Globe. Chestnut Tree the Belfry. . Epiphany Mission, a little Protest ant Episcopal church at Sherwood, Ohio, recently received the gift of a large bell. As It Is without a tower or belfry, the members pondered long over the disposition of the bell. The problem was solved by hanging the bell to an old chestnut tree which stands so near the church that one large limb extends over the roof. The bell 1b rung as easily from the vestry room as if it were in the building. Thrifty French Peasantry. The French peasant wastes noth ing. Leaves of trees are collected for bedding for the cattle and in years of leanness, aro used as fodder.- He. gathers the mushrooms of the fields and the edible fungi of the woods and finds a ready market for such waste products as the nuts of the wayside hazels or the black berries of the heaths. He snares sinsill birds, whether famous for song or plumage, Country Life. LACKAWANNA RAILROAD. "THE ROAD OF ANTHRACITE. ' If you contemplate spending the Sum mer months in Florida or California, call upon our local ticket agcntjfor'particulars. Professional Curds II. A. McKlI LlP ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Columbian Building 2n Flocr Bloomsbura;, Pa. A. N. YOST, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 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