George Washington showed big gen
ms for leadership when he wus only
twenty-three years old. He then held
l commission as colonel in the militia
of the colony of Virginia. Washing
ton volunteered his personal service
Co aid the British regulars and militia
In driving the French and Indians out
of the colony. Ueuerol Urnddock com
tnnnded the army. Washington. went
THB BLOOD TRACKS IK TBI SNOW AT
v alley forge.
along as an Id-de-camp. He was used
to border warfare and advised Brad
dock against the European style of
lighting borderers with massed col
umns. The lirltlsh leaders - paid no
heed' to the wurning of the youthful
side and at the crossing of the Mou
ongahela Klver, near Fort Duquesne
their troops were ambushed by tl-.e
French and Indians concealed in the
forest whe-e the road passed between
two deep ravines. The vanguard suf
fered terribly front the tire, and Brad
dock went forward In person with re
serves still marching lu regular battle
order.
After a useless struggle the British
were thrown Into confusion. All Were
In danger, of slaughter. Braddock was
shot down, and there was no one to
oppose Washington's plan for saving
the remnant of the army. Rallying the
Virginia militia, he told them to give
battle to the Indians in their own
wild fashion. The Virginia rlllemeu
in their fur caps and hunting shirts
stole forward from tree to tree. In
a short time, they had established a
line entirely across the field of battle
lietween the enemy and the surviving
Britons. With those inviuctples Colonel
Washington saved about half of Brad
dock's army.
During the day Washington had two
horses killed under him, and his cloth
ing was pierced many times. After he
WASHINGTON STOPPING A FLEBINO BEG
lit K NT AT MONMOUTH.
had become a noted warrior and the
"Great White Father" one of the In
dian chiefs engaged In that buttle told
him that he wasted fifteen arrows
trying to kill him at Mouongahela and
that mauy of his braves did the same.
Finally the ravages concluded ttat In
visible spirits tuined their shafts away
and gave up the game. Every mount
ed officer on the Held except Wash
ington was shot from the saddle.
It is none the less credit to Wash
ington to attribute his mlll'.nry success
in hirge part to the ineiiieleuey of his
chief antagonist, Howe, Thackeray's
suggestion that the Americans ought
to put up a monument to this British
General Is not without its point. He
was like a second Braddock In his ob
stinate stupidity In refusing to recog
nize that an American war could not
be waged like a European one.
When Howe had occupied New York
and Philadelphia, the two chief cities
of the colonies, Le was satisfied, and
the people of England were satisfied
that the war could not last.
Hence wss seen a strange spectacle.
At the very time when Washington's
iuj gasping in extremis In the
fuuious camp of Valley Forge, Howe's
'great, brave and nerfeellv annriln1
army Addled and gambled and feasted
. uuauoipma." winter marches had
been made, waiter campaigns fought
often enough lu America: Washington
Mnuwlf had shewn the British how at
rrentoa. A single weed's resolute
mini iwarl
entire army.
What was Hews doln? Tt la
j queer story. Beyond and above tli
turn nni
!- .iwuvitics ei nujr farriseB
town, he was presiding at a nge
fete-ihe "Mischlanzn." dcslgiud in
part by the unfortunate Andro. . This
w:ia au elaborate reproduction of vkn
anu tournaments at Mddi-
i-eiBi cuivairy. And after the iaustji.
. i J
nud amid the fcastlns. triumphal
arches were erected, and Troy Indies
and the wives of the officers offered
garlands to Lord Howe, the Conqueror
of the Colonies, promising him undy
ing fume.
Howe's arches of triumph are forgot
ten, except by the antiquary. In n
city greater than Philadelphia rises a
white arch, more beautiful, as well iis
more durable, to the hero f Valley
Forge.
It was o consequence of Washing
ton's roving military life that he lived.
If for but a day, in many different
places, and occupied many house.
Within New York City these have
mostly disappeared. The Kennedy
house, at 1 Broadway, gave place ten
years ago to the Cyrus W. Field build
ing. Fraunce's tavern, most closely
connected with Washington of all New
York houses, retained Its original
council chnnibcr much as It had been
until shout a your ago.
Ncwburg's Washington headquarters
stand on a commanding site south i f
the city, nud Is plainly visible from
the river. The old Fhllllpse house, on
THE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY GIRL
"First ir Peace
Getty Square, Yonkers, was visited by
Washington us a guest, directly after
the French and Indian war. It Is used
as Yonkers' City Hall, but it Is threat
ened with destruction to make way for
a modern building. Tho Jumel house,
not far frtm High Bridge, is another
house visked by Washington that is
very litt)j changed. A patriotic son of
the Re-, olutiou resides there now, and
It bids fair to be kept intact for a long
time yet.
Tradition assigns to houses in White
Plains, Gerwuntown, New Bruuswlek
and other towns In the line of the mili
tary operations the uiimu of "Wash
ington Headquarters." Above Plaln
fleld, N. J., stands a rocky plateau, giv
ing a view of all tho flat country to
the southeast. This Is called Wash
ington Itock by the country people
about, who say that Washington
watched from It some not too clearly
defined military operations.
One of the best preserved of Wash
ington council chambers Is that in the
old Cnrlyle house, in Alexandria,
where he met Braddock, tho Colonial
Governor and Ben Franklin, before
-.1 fo3?&in
WASHINGTON AND HIS BORSH."
the fatal march to Fort Duquesne,
The Craig house, lu Cambridge, long
occupied by the poet Longfellow, nnd
still unchanged, was Washington',)
home during the sJege of Boston.
The obo city which bears no traces
of his occupancy Is that which bears
r
1
ii
bis name. No one lived In Washington
until after the death of the Oencrnl.
By courtesy of Fernando Jones, tin
Chicago Times-Herald presents ft re
production of "Washington and His
Horse," made from a sketch by John
Trumbull, which Is owned by Mr.
Jones. No other artist enjoyed the op
portunities of Trumbull as the portray
tr of Washington, the warrior. As
aid de-r ninp he was familiar wllh his
nppeiirnueo In the prime of his life, lis
most exciting era, Washington's char
acter as It pervaded the camp, the bat
tlefield, the council chamber. The
most fpirlted portrait of Washington
that exists (lie only rcficirtlou of him
as a soldier In his mature years worthy
of the name,' drawn .from life i
Trumbull's.
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Miming I.lnln In Wellington' History.
Notwithstanding so much has been
written of Washington none of his
biographers have been able to fix au
thoritatively the place where his wed
ding took place. The marriage of I ho
foremost, young Virginian to the
Widow Ciistls was doubtless the most
brilliant ceremonial that had been held
In the colonies up to that date. It is
graphically described in the. Ladies'
Home Journal. Contemporaneous
chroniclers seem te have left no other
First in War arid First in trie Hearts of Her
Ceuntryinen."
detail of ' the wedding unrecorded.
There ore eveu minute deseriptieus of
tho costumes imported from London
of tho bride and groom, of the bridal
party, and of tho co.eh-and six In
which the bride rodo ufter the cere
mony, Willi 61 j e groom following ou his
favorite charger. Everything appar
ently Is set down except the place
where the marriage was performed,
but not a word tu show whether tile
ceremony took place lu church or at
the bride's home.
Wiuhlnjj(iu' Flour Mill.
Flour ground by Washington In his
mill at Mount Vcruoti wus famous iu
IU day. The mill still stands, but It
has long ago lullea Into disuse, and
visitors arc forbidden to enter on ac
count of ttie unsafe condition of tho
Luddiug. '
The BoeHftuvro Munumant.
-.ka Boonsboru Ofd.) Times says:
"The prwiyit dilapidated condition of
ur Washington Mouumeitt, located ou
the mountain east of bore, la so short
u time, too, iiftur its rebuilding 'i
ISt-n, together with its percunlal hli
torlc interest to our pecplo and par
ticularly te the younger generanea,
is our apology for this extended net 'in
of it at this time This inouuuieur,
tho first erected by his country to
Washington, Is a lusting testimony to
the patriotism and public spirit of
the early residents of Boousboro am
vicinity. We say lasting, for though it
is the second time In decay, ,lt hi, w
know, as certain to be rctialU again
us that its foundations are still thert.
At some future duy, wo trust mot far
distant, we hope our commuarty wUl
be alive to Us duly to this historic pile
and uudurtuke agnlu Ha restoratiuu.
The monument was built by the poujj
of Boousboro, and dedicated July l,
1827."
FARM AND GARDEN, f
Ventilating a Cow Multle.
A siablo holding eight cows, stand
tig In two rows with their heads to
ward each other, can be ventilated
.vlth nn elglit-itieh stove pipe run from
ino end of the alley up through the
roof. The pipe should come wbiiin
me foot of the floor, and go straight
,ip without any bend. Ii will aot be
necessary to lei a pipe In from the
Mltslde, unless It can be arranged to
ome in under the mangers or In the
centre of the alley where the cows
will not be in u dm ft.
A t'rinrnt. Floor nn KonnU. ,
Sometimes conditions will not per
mit a cement floor to be laid directly
upon the earth. Floor timbers anil
hoards can hp laid r.ud h cement floor
;ut directly upon that. The plan
. V - , "-.ja -
OEI.LnST TLAV POH A CEMENT FLOOR
hown In liie Illustration will be found
xeelleni. Lay the floor timbers and
ii .hese put boards, leaving a space
if tin Inch between. A batten bc
:cutli these cracks will keep the soft
cement, from running down through
l hem. When hardened, the cement
will hold much belter for these (tiled
rack". American Agriculturist.
Vnrtaliln Vniiltry Hnup.
For niituy reasons a substantial poul
try home is desired, yet. one that may
he moved without damage is a very
good thing. It may bo of any conve
nient size or si. vie. We have live lu
use. and tiiey were planned by ns.
They are ten feet wide by sixteen feet
long. Tit" ends aiid sides are made
separate. Make the frames of two by
four plank, and board up with either
weather boards or hemlock, then by
using V.oln with screws, bolt together.
One bolt at each corner will be sulli
cien. The roof Is lu one piece and
may oe eithor shingles or felt. The
shingle roof will need more slant than
the fell roof. Lay ou the planks, run
ning th iu up and down the roof. Bolt
each end piece to top of plank of front
and buck neiu each corner. This
makes it secure. Then the rafters or
boards can be nailed to the piciks as
any otner building, and it can be re
moved in one piece by unscrewing the
.'our bolls. Iu removing tills house
.here Is not a nail to be pulled. By
inscrewiiig the twelve bolls that hold
he structure together the building Is
l live pieces. The fronts can have re
movable windows, und the sntiih or
east end openings of one Inch nicsh
wire with fhtitters, or any way de
ired. Mcriin W. FofTeuberger, iu The
lOpliomist.
CHimrlly ur fit rm Marliinf ry,
A correspondent of tho New York
Tribune says of the modern harvester
and binder that cuts and hinds a swath
of six to seven feet wide, which are
the successful and popular sizes, that
they cut about an acre an hour. With
i lie old-fashioned cradle a good man
would cut from two and a half to three
acres lu a day, end a good man would
hind as much, so tiiat the man with
the machine would do In ten hours
four times us much as two men in the
old way, or the machine is equal to the
work of nonut seven men lu ten hour.
There are what are called "healers,"
which cut and bind ten or twelve feet
In a swath, but. they are not in com
mon use. Ill her headers nit from
fourteen to eighteen feet wide, but do
not bind, delivering it into header
wagons, from which It is stacked and
threiished from tho stack. Some of
the larger grain farms have wiutt ts
called the "combined harvester," cut
ting the heads from a swuth of eigh
teen to forty feet iu width, threshing,
cleaning and bugging It, all at one op
eration. But the larger the capacity
of the machine the greater the power
required to operate ii, and the cost of
labor is not so much reduced as It Is
changed from man power to horse
power or steam power. The machines
mako it possible to harvest wheat
enough to supply the world within the
time that it Is In the best condition to
harvest, nud the men who would havs
been required to do ail this by the old
methods can uow work lu forest, forge
or factory.
A Hold-Tight Knwbnck.
The accompanying Illustration shows
how a sawbuek may be arranged so
that a log of wood will remain per
fectly stationary. The buck itself Js
inuile like any ordinary sawbuek, but
ou one end n lei'er, a, is attuched and
so r.rranged that it cull be pashed
down and fastened, thus holding the
THE SAWUl'CK.
log, b, llitnly. By arranging holes, c.
lu ono iru aud a series a! small holes,
d, on to other, the buck will hold any
size leg. The plu, e, is wrongly placed
In the cugravlug: It should be on top
of thu lever, u, Inplettd of In the mid
dle. This lever should bu of nurd
wood, one und a half inches wide and
one inch thick. A lurge wire nail will
answer very well as u pin. By the
use of this device the opcrutor is not
required to exert any effort lu holding
the lug iu place. The small figure
hows how the sawing is to be done If
the log Is to be cut into four pieces.
First caw oil the cut niarkud g at 1,
then hc second cut h at 2, then finally
ss the remululu; portion In two at I,
8.-E. liawsou, in Now England Home
stead. Comae Fned For Nnlnemul Citttla,
ti the ultcivipt to inalio our farm
slock very choice meat producers, cou-
c XvF
centraled 'food has bcou fed
to such on extent that the ani
mals have In runny instances be
come dependent upon line loods for
their growth nnd development. It is
possible to carry this feeding to sucll
nn extreme that the animals would be
of Utile use If fed on anything else.
The feeding of concentrated food must
Inevitably tend to weaken the vitality
of the slock, and make them unlit for
general farm purposes. Tho stomach
of cuttle, sheep, swine or other domes
tic farm unlmtil Is tilted for the diges
tion of conrsc and flue food, aud If by
accident or design cither class of food
are denied them that organ must un
dergo some ehuiijfo. The winter hot
house lambs which are reared so care
fully must be fed ou rich, concen
trated food lo produce tender, delicate
meat, and If coarse food was given to
them they would oon cease to grow.
They are an urtillelal product of the
breeder's art. and iu their wuy they are
very good. Tiny serve a purpose of
their own, but not for Hie f armor.
It would bo mistaken economy for
any except choice breeders to attempt
to bring up their cat tic, swine or sheep
ou any limiied grain ration. Both
from the point of view of cost and
tinul results this policy would be n
mistake. Coarse, bulky food is essen
tial to Hie proper growth and develop
ment of all farm animals, and wiih a
little preparation this can be provided
for the uninials the whole year round.
Experiments made in feeding show
that, the best ration is one that in
cludes it great variety of bulky food,
mixed with line eotieputTiited food
sufficiently to make the balance a
sensible one. The ratio of the I wo
must of course differ according to the
relative nourishing qualities of tho
coarse food. Clover oonlains many of
the essential Ingredients for forming
muscle, bone und strength, bin corn
fodder, beans and good tinunhy buy
furnish nutriment lu (iifi'eretit propor
tions. A consistent ratio of grain,
however, can he adopted for the win
ter und summer season, aud then with
liberal feeding of coarse fodder, roots
nud succulent food the nnimals are
sure to thrive and fatten without much
forcing. The normal growth of furui
animals is after till tiie most desirable,
for iu this way they build up an excel
lent constitution, which later will be
in good form for fattening for the mar
ket. Professor James S. Doty, in
American Cultivator.
IiiArl Injurious to Frnltn.
Among the evidences of insect Injur
ies is tho turning brown nud dying of
the tops of peach trees. In some cases
rot Is hhtmublt! for this, but the injur)
usually results from a small green
caterpillar, the larva of the peach twig
borer. This Insect, while a common
one In some sections of the country. Is
not. very well knowu In New Jersey.
It winters iu the crotch of the tree or
the limbs, ns n caterpillar. Its pres
ence Is known by the small balls of
gum iu winter, which exude from lit
tle holes in the skin through which
the larvae have bored, seekiug winter
quarters. This pest cau be controlled
by spraying wlih purls green about
the time the foliage sluris in the
spring. It seldom do.s any harm
after July 1.
Nursery pencil sleek is frequently
injured by a species of tb.'ips, Tho
damage occurs wiitu Ihe little trees
are about one foot high. The tip is at
tached, the heart of the plan scraped
off and the juices sucked our. The
tree is stunted iu many cases, aud Is
never worth anything. The pest be
gins his work us soon .is the buds
start. Seedlings seem to withstand
the attack better than budded trees.
The pest Is the worst doting hot
weather. About Ihe only way lo save
the trc.'s is to stimulate cany growth
by irrigation, and forcing by tb use
of quick acting fertilizers.
The fan Jose pear borer seeni.i to be
gradually disappearing, nud If prop
criy looked after there seems to be no
cause for alarm. Scurfy scales a:e
abundant, and apple trees seem to be
the U'ost seriously afi'ceted. The up
jde piniit louse can be efi'ecti'uli.v con
trolled by spraying with a weak insec
ticide just ns the bud.5 begin io-.open.
The effects of insceticides on fcliaue
have been studied quite carefully. One
rather peculiar fact Is that young and
tender foliage will Kianil stronger In
secticides thuu older leaves. Paris
green tends to chok. tho leaf or to
close liie. brcuthlng pores. Crude pe
troleum should never be used, for the
paraffin that it contains tills up the
pores. It lias been frequently observed
I'i orchards that no bad effects follow
the application of purls green for some
days and even weeks. .Then suddenly
the leaves appear burned. This is ex
plained by the fact that, soou after ap
plication the purls green becomes dry.
While in this condition no Injury oc
curs, but when moisture ' appears
through humidity or ruin, the solu
ble arsenic dissolves and the leaves
are burned. As an insecticide paris
green is by.no means perfect. It is
not uniform nnd is very cosily. The
green arseuoid recently put on the
market seems to he much more satis
factory. Soapsuds and weak kerosene
emulsion uro the very best applications
for all kinds of plant lice.
On some varieties of pears the San
Jose scale, which appeared very abun
dant in spring, did not show any In
crease by uutttmii. This proves Hint
under certain conditions the San Jose
scale cau be easily cou, rolled,' or there
are conditions under which It does not
thrive. The post kticwn us the Paris
scale seiineil to be ulr.irdanf, ar.d is
about as bud as liu Fan Jose.
The yellow-necked caterpillar is
quite abuiidani:' in mauy orchards, l.a,
this may be kent under by the t:se of
arsenical poisons, aud in some cusps by
baud picking. The wooiy apple louso
is on the Increase, nnd will undoubt
edly cause harm unless checked. The
most serious Injury front this pest is
lis work on the root?, forming gall?.,
knots aud the like.
The peu louso Is abundant in many
sections, and the only practical method
of controlling seems to be In raising
early varieties. If the crop can he
hurveNted by June 15 but little damage
will result. Sweet peas are just as
budy affected as guvdcu or Held crops.
For small lois a strong dccoel'uD oT
tobacco will aiuwer. Kerosene emul
sion has been tried, but killed Hia
vines. Professor J. B. Nmll!, lu Or
imgo Judd Farmer.
It doesn't take a generous mnn tc
give hlmscU away.
m
I ooJ foads f2tes
ffl
Klerl Trurk Wagon Rondf.
TIT HE advantages of having a
4-'
steel runaway for the wheels
of vehicles using country
roads have doubtless oc
curred to many minds. They have
Indeed been suggested at various
times in print during this decade and
within tho last three or four years
certain lutciesting experiments have
been made in this country with refer
ences to this subject.
Aside from diminutive Hcctlons of
rond built on this principle by two
private individuals merely to Illus
trate possible modes of construction,
the first of these experiments consisted
in the construction in l,s7, nonr Cleve
land, by the Stutc Highway Commis
sioner of Ohio, of n single piece of
tiuch road ."00 feet long. In 1808 the
Office of Road Inquiry, In the Depart
ment of Agriculture, built nn experi
mental section of such rond nt the
Trunsmlsslssippl Exposition nt Omaha
and soon afterwards Mr. H. G. Harri
son, rond expert of that office, laid
two similar sections, 150 and 1Kb feet
long, respectively, at the Agricultural
experiment stations nt St. Anthony's
i Park. Minn., and at Ames, lown.
The construction involved In each
case two parallel lines of steel plates,
eight iuches wide, spneed for the
wheels of standard guago vehicles.
Knell line of plates has half-Inch
flanges rising nt its outer edges to
confine the wheels, nnd deep Anuses
projecting ou either side, three or four
iuches downward, nnd then equally
as far outwnrd. These bitter, being
imbedded In the substructure, gave
the plutes rigidity. This substructure
is concrete resting on crushed stone,
nnd the space between the plates is
macadamized. The plates are also
kept horizontal nnd equidistant by
steel ties.
Some of the traction tests made ou
these roads were quite interesting. For
example, in one of these a load of
eleven tons, requiring twenty horses
to draw It over un ordinary village
road, was drawn over this rond by n
single horse. The availability of such
tracks for bicycles or automobiles is
also evident.
The three principal advantages
claimed for such a rond are cheap
ness, durability nnd reduced draft
power. It is estimated that after the
method of construction had become
established, such a road would not eost
on the average over $;?0()0 per mile,
and that it. would, without the need of
important repnlrs. sustain a degree of
weur nnd tear quite out of proportion
to that sustained by ordinary ninc
ndam roads.
The third nud greatest advantage
urged lu Its behalf Is, however, that
It. would reduce the amount of draft
power requisite for a given load to n
mere fraction of what Is now neces
sary, nnd would nt the fame time fa
cilitate a great Increment lu speed. It
is also pointed out that the existence
of sucli smooth nnd permanent roads
would accelerate tho lessening of the
needless height of wheels nnd over
weight of framework, which uow
characterize Denrly all vehicles ex
cept the bicycle, would forward the
use of inechonictil propulsion, und
would thus promote revolutionary
changes in rural transportation.
A peculiar Interest attaches to these
experiments, which rest principally
upon the Important and unquestioned
economy of n steel track, as compared
with any other surface for the trac
tion of vehicles, aud they awaken sig
nificant expectation for the prophesied
age of steel roads as against that of
dirt or even sione roads in the country.
-Chicago Tribune.
A Chenp Itoml.
There was a lull iu the storm (hut
raged for years between England and
tho New Zeulund Maoris. One of the
most tactful of Great Britain's repre
sentatives wanted a road from ono of
the ci let coast towns Into the interior.
Dcnsa forests and mountain ridges cau
not be hastily compassed by troops,
and this Is why the road was wanted.
The native king did not want the road,
und did not mnke it. Then the Eng
lish representative promised to that
native king, who lived iu thu Interior,
a beautiful vehicle on springs, with the
necessary ponies to draw the same.
The king was transported with delight.
Then he remembered that there were
no roads to drive along. If he tried to
get that showy vehicle through tho
bridle paths It would be Jolted to
pieces. Whnt was the use of having a
splendid equipage unless he could
show It In the coast town to natives
nnd white men alike? So the king de
cided to make the road nt once, and
he put native laborers by the thousand
ou the work. In two months a mag
nificent strategical and military roud
was made for England nt the cost of a
carriage nud horses. Chicago Chroni
cle. Cainun und iood ItnniU.
Freeholder Snniuel Wood, of Cam
den, wus elected a member of tho Ex
ecutive Committee, nnd County Engin
eer John J. Albertson, of the Legisla
tive Committee, ut the recent nuuuul
meeting of the State ltoads Associa
tion, held nt Trenton.
Freeholder .Samuel Wood presided at
I ho meeting. A proposition favoring
un increase in the annual appropria
tion by the State for good roads from
$130,000 to -'(K),(X)0 win adopted. Tho
association voted against changing the
present method, whereby the Stnto
pnys one-third, abutting property own
ers ten per ceiit. and the county at
large the remainder of the costs.
Ohlect Lfnaonii,
Object lesson roads have been con
structed iu the following States: New
Jersey, New York, lthodo Island, Ver
mont, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Sou h Curollna.Ten
uessec, Minnesota, Wisconsin aud
Iowa. The work of tho office in this
respect has been limited, owing tot lie
fact that the appropriation made by
Congress for this purpose, has liceu so
Binitll, s.lng only SS0;hi .-. year. While
there are two expem connected with
the office at this iioic, only cue is
employed continuously.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETINO T0PIC&
Sunday, Februnry 24 Our Suffklency-2 Con
ill, 4, 8; Pbil. Iv, 13; 2 Cor. Ix, 8.
The pa?sanc 2 Co'. :. 1 2 to iii. 6.
should be read as a whole. Having
spoken about bin former letter and 'he
man whom he had excommunicated,
Paul details hi: movement) after wrt
ing that fir-it cpUtlc. He came to Troai
to preach, but. drawn by intense anxiety
about the Corinthian church, he pro
ceeded to Kuropc and had a joyful meet
ing with Titti-. This once proud Phari
see Paul walked among men a con
spicuous token of the victory and the
maicsty of find: revealing the lifc-g'v-ing
knowledge of Christ at perfume r?
vcals the nature of that from which it
proceed". He needed no letters rf
credit, for the Corinthian Christians
were a proof that God had sent him a
plain declaration of a faithfully per
formed divine mission" Mosci at th?
command of God traced the command
ments on tables of stone, which were
preserved Ihrouch the long ages as nn
sbidiug and vi-iblc witness of Ins di
vine ai'tlmritv; b"t the divine writing of
which I'.v'I had been the pen was 'm
living human hearts destined to retain
unto endless life the handwriting of
God Such credentials were infinitely
superior to any which his opponents
could show, tor they were superior even
to those of Moses. All this boldness
and seeming self-iandation is but the
confidence that God has given him abil
ity to do genuine Gospel work whi-li
redounds to the good of man and the
c!"ry of God in the ncnn.ipcnt trans
formation nt human character.
".very men is a 'ore in the world: it
an influence upon his fellow-man. It is
true that man must be saved by man;
yet it is cq"ally true that man rann it
save man. The paradox is resolved in
the great biblical truth that while the
humble, ronsc'-ratrd man kcs to his
taks the all-sufficient grate of God
flows through his open heart, making
him strong aud brave, giving him pow
er and always rau-ing him to triumph.
What we need to realize is that Go t
is rblc to find all the grace wc need;
able to meet rs at every point: able to
give that grace accordiup to the day;
able to adant him-cli to ail the changes
and fluctuations of oor moods and cir
cumstances; able to strengthen us for
every noble cntorpri-c: able to make
the mountains of diilicu'ty a level p'ain
before us; "able to do for us cx-eedi.ig
abundantly above all that we a--k or
think."
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
Sunday, February 24- Trust "Trusting In the
Lord, Jcius Christ for Strength."
Phil, iv, 4. 13.
Scripture Verses. Job. xiii. 15; Fa.
xviii. 2, 3; lvi. 3. 11; xct. I, 2: exxi. 1,
a: Prov. xxiv. 25; Isa. xxvi. 4; 2 Tim i.
I J.
I.e.sson Thoughts.
We should trust God for tilings tem
poral, not so as to be improvident,
wasteful, and thriftless, but so as to be
free from worrying anxiety; for "if God
so clothe the grass of the field, which
to-day is and to-morrow is cast into the
oven, shall he not much more clothe
you?"
Our only hope for the future life Is in
Christ; but lie is sufficient. IIowcv;r
sinful and unworthy you tnnv be, still
you may put your trust in hint, for he
came to seek and to save the lost, and
if wc put our trust in him, he is able and
willing to save unto the uttermost all
who come unto him in faith.
Selections.
Jesus himself says. "Let not your
heart be troubled: ye believe in God, be
lieve also in me." If you wish the peace
of Christ to rule in your hearts, you
must be in Christ and have Christ in
you; you must und?rstand that Christ
makes you complete before God, and
that Christ is all and in ail.
A guide and traveler were once cross
ing the Alps. As they advanced the
road became rougher and more peril
ous, and the traveler began to express
some alarm, and even desired his guide
not to proceed any further. The guide
halted, and reaching out his arm said
with a wonderful dignity: "This hand
has never lost a man!" S Christ says
to the fearful and doubting soul that
looks lo him for help "I have never lost
a soul that has trusted to r.ie for falv.t
tion." A devout Arab woman was asked in
her last illness how she endured sucli
suficnng. Nobly and trustingly she re
plied: "They who look upon God's face
do not feci his hand."
Ypu cannot trust Christ for an hour
until you have trusted him for eternity,
since eternal issues start from every mo
ment. IHdu't lUn to Vrmr-
In a certain parish near Dumfries
Scotland, a newly made elder was sum
moned to the sick bed of a parishioner
Htlng naturally a bashful man, he wai
In great anxiety as to the "prayer tu
wad ha'e to pit up," and wished t
avoid going altogether. At length ht
Y'ua persuaded by his wife and starte
on his errand. On his return his wift
greeted him with the query. "And non
did ye get on, William?" "Oh, grandl
He was deld!"
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