THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUPa PA CKfllffC B Rw F DAVISON tSlllj Rutland, Vt RELIGION AND CHRISTIANITY International Bible Lesson for May 1 6, '09 (Acta 14: x-28). Religion and Christianity are cot rvnonymous terms. People can have religion without being Christians. There la any amount of religion In heathen lands. It Is only In so-called Christian lands that people can be found who are neither religious nor Christian. The missionary who goes to heathen lands to preach the gospel, does not hate to teach those darkened minds the luea of worship. In that particular they are all ready for him. The objects of religious adoration are among the most conspicuous things. Heathen Worship. Those lands are fullof temples, al tars, sacrifices, priests, devotees. One of the first things a heathen mother teaches her, child Is to pray. Every home has its idol god, every tnulo and profession its patron divinity. They have religion enough in all con- science, but their religion Is the pro duct of superstition, of fear, of lust, of murder, earthly, sensual, devilish. Natural religion everywhere teaches men that they are sinners and that some rite, sacrifice or service is need ed to propitiate an outraged divinity. More Gods Than Men. Greek and Roman mythology, the Epic of Homer, which was the Greek's Bible, reveals to us the heathen mis Interpretation. As we read these pages we see gods and men, not quite in equal numbers, mingling In the fray, and sweeping In bloody combat about the walls of fated Troy. In that ancient world each fountain had Its nymph; each brook its naiad; each wood Its dryad; each wind had its presiding god. nnd a deity was at the beginning and end of diversified, hu man experience. The sea was heaved by them, the earth teemed with them, tne air swarmed with them. The uni verse, as they knew it, was believed to be filled with deities, inferior and superior: and every natural occur rence which they could not explain was supposed to be a direct Interfer ence of the gods. Vast amount of re ligion, but no Christianity. When the apostle Paul was on his first missionary journey' he came into contact with thla phase of natural re ligion at the city of Lystra. Having performed a miracle in the healing of a cripple there the priests and the people straightway jumped at the con clusion that ho was a divine being in the guise, of a man. They surmised that Barnabas, on account of his per sonal appearance was Jupiter himself, r.nd that Paul was Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. And there fore, before the apostles knew what was on foot the altar of sacrifice waa prepared, the garlands were woven nnd the oxen were being led out to sacrifice. They said, "The gods havo ror.ie down to us in the likeness of men." Become Like Their Godo. But the character of their religion was speedily shown up. For the mo ment they discovered their ludicrous mistake they turned upon the men they were Just about to worship, and permitted their Jewish enemies to stone Paul lo death. The extremely pious worshippers of Jupiter one mo ment, became a riotous, murderous lynching party the next. It was gar lands of roses at first; it was the Gtones ' of the highway, maledictions and curses the next. Religion, nat ural religion stretches out its hands in the darkness, feeling after God, but It has no answer for the soul's cry for help, it hRS no transforming power over the soul. They become like the gods they worship. But Paul was not the first, nor the last man, to realize the shifting na ture of public opinion. Many a preach er knows what it la to be fawned open at first and scratched later on. Nothing is too good for him at his . coming; nothing is too harsh for hlra at his going. In one sermon he can make life-long enemies. In one trans action he can accumulate a stock of animosity that Is cxhaustless. Men wao refuse to wear the world's gar Hinds, must expect to feel the world's cruelties. Public Opinion Weathervane. Public opinion Is like a weathervane which whirls about whichever way tho wind biows, and has no other property than to point out its direction. Such considerations should cause us to properly estimate its value. No man should be puffed up when garlands are woven for his brow, and no man should complain when he is made the target of abuse. Paul had not the least idea that be had any godlike qualities when they said he was ccr tulnly Mercury, the spokesman of Jupi ter and he had no words of harsh vituperation when they said1 he was a fraud, an ltnposter, and dragged his mangled body through the streets. We shall all got along better in this I'.fe, if we put the world in its proper place, neither puffed up with Its flat tery, nor depressed with its power. If r.e keen on good terras with the Cre ator and our own hearts, we need not fear the o.Tect olthcr of adulation or condemnation. Let the wind blow high or low, let it be a warm, south smrier zephyr, or a midwinter bliss rare, it is all the same. There are none of us yet who ure elthor gods or demons. Notes and Comment Of Interest to Women Readers A ROMAN WOMAN'S KITCHEN. What ths Housewives of Ancient Days Cooked With. No. 1. Kitchen Stove in the houso of I'ansa, at Pompeii, much like thos now used in rural France, Spain and Spanish America; a knife, a strainer, and a kind of frying-pan with four cavities, probably Intended to coo't eggs. No. 2. Bronze Stock-Pot, to hang over the fire. No. 3. Similar Stock-Pot of another shape, for boil ing. No. 4. Ladles of various forms, for dipping liquors from larger vo eels. No. 6. An ancient Brazior. Tho teat r side walls are hollow, and Intended to contain water; the four turrets are provided with movable lids; at the side is a cock to draw off the water. The center was filled with lighted charcoal. By placing a tripod, or tri vet, above it, many processes of cook ing, such as boiling, stewing, or fry ing, were performed. CONFLICTING RULES FOR INFANCY Treat the baby as a tropical plant, advises one authority, and do not try to toughen him by taking him out every day. Thirty-five degrees Is cold enough for a child under two years. Never take him out when tho atmosphere Is dark and rainy, and keep him in the sunshine and out of the wind as much as possible. Protect the eyes from the sun always with a dark umbrella. Take him out every day, says another highly qualified expert. Never mind how hard it rains or blows or snows. Get as quiet a street as you can find; or use a sheltered piazza, if you have it, but give the baby eight hours of out-door air every day. Tie a veil over his face, says one. Don't tie a veil over his face. says another. It 13 lucky that we do not have to obey every direction that we see. VOTES FOR WOMEN. ..IW. The Spirit of 1909. Women As Farmers. In 1870 there were 373,332 women agricultural laborers in this country. In 1900 there were 663,209. Women still do some hard work. But the gain In the number of women agricul tural laborers, after all', was only seventy-seven per cent. Compare it with the gain In the number of women "Farmers, Planters nnd Overseers." In 1870 there were 22,681. In 1900 there were 307,706. It was a gain of 1,256 per cent. In other words, while the women laborers, tho subordinates, failed to double their numbers during the period from 1870 to 1900, the women "Farmers, Plant ers and Overseers," the persons In au thority, doubled their numbers more than six times over. Cleaning Gloves. In cleaning gloves in naphtha it is better to immerse them Instead of iabblng them with a clpth. 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