mm 71 W; ikJA M THE: PAMOOS DMN&- Subject: Christ's ..ny and Ours. Brooklyn. N. T Preaching at the Trying 8quarc Presbyterian Church on the theme, "Christ's Agony and Ours," the Ray. Ira Wemmell Hen derson, pastor, took as his text Luke 13:34, And ye would not ' He said: The lamentation of Jesus over the City of Jerusalem was occasioned by His clear vision of the depth of her need, of the completeness of ber re jection of Himself and the revelation of and from the Father that He brought, and by His Arm conviction that disdain for His Gospel meant death for herself. Feeling in His Inmost heart that His was the truth that could save the city of His people from Its sin; knowing, as He did, that He was the long-heralded Mes siah who should lead His countrymen Into the liberty of that life within Jehovah which should satisfy their souU; and experiencing, as He had. the temper of the minds of the ec clesiastical and clerical leaders of the synagogues, Jesus was sick at heart over the spiritual doom that was sure to overtake His people. To .Teaus sin was the most awful, the most terrifying, the most fearful thing In the world. For Illm the word "sin" summed up, short and quick, all those agencies which were antl-Qodly and which led men far from the Father. Sin meant destruc tion, disapproval In the eyes of God. and Its wages were the seeds of death. The Gospel, on the other hand, held for Jesus the kernel and the conclusion of all those forces that should gain men life eternal and the full, enthusiastic favor of the King, their Guide. Being born again of God and entering into the freedom of the spiritual life divine, Jesus con ceived these men. His brethren, as obtaining deliverance from eternal death. With this philosophy and this vis Ion of the need and the issue both of which Jesus had direct from Ood is it any wonder that He wept over the City of Jerusalem? Sin is death. My Gospel Is the way of sure salva tion the only way and the true guide unto life that is eternal. Thus reasons JesuB. These men are bound In and unto sin. How gladly would I teach to them those spiritual truths that should save them, but they will not. Sin Is their choice, separation from the Father is their self-willed death. Do you wonder why the Sav ior suffered unto bitter agony and tears? His was the wide and com prehensive view of the world, its slu. Its need, its salvation, its denial, its destruction. Any smaller or less comprehending insight would have been of none avail. A great, limit less, universal understanding of the situation as it was and is was the one means to stir the soul of the Christ to its depths. A weaker man with a smaller horizon would have become discouraged or disgusted. A i big man, full of heart and grit, with the richness of God's love flooding all I his being, wi, . the only one who could I mourn. Jesus wept not from dis gust, or discouragement, but because I His whole soul yearned to lead His dying brethren into life for evermore. The weight of their guilt, the cer tainly of their dying, the uselessness and the wickedness of it all came upon the soul of Christ with resist less force and wrung His heart in agony. And now, beloved, this lesson from the life of nur Lord points a three fold duty for each of us. The accept ance by us of this triple obligation which the agony of the Master calls to our attention, will prove to the world about us that our Christ wept not in vain. And the duties three are these: First, we must be convict ed of the awfulness of that sin whose logical outcome Is death. Secondly, we must have an experimental and distinct knowledge that the only sure salvation from this death-dealing sin Is through Jesus Christ. Thirdly, we must, with weeping hearts, go forth Into the world as living evangels to preach to all mankind salvation from this deathly sin through Jesus Christ our Lord. The awfulness of sin Is a byword rather than a belief among men to day. In our earnest and quite legiti mate endeavor to publish the glory of the love of God for the sinner, we have lost to a great extent our con sciousness and our former denuncla tion of the hldeousness of sin. In our endeavor to escape from the un reasonable curse of a bodily hell we have, many of us, ruBhed to the other extreme that is to say, no hell at all. In our earnest preaching of the love of God toward the sinner we have become, I fear, too leulent with sin. My friends, the love of God Is a reality. The punishment and the death of man brings no Joy to the Father's heart. Jehovah wants every man to live within the light of His countenance of love. To the end that pre might have life and that more abundantly He sent Hla Son our Sav ior to reveal Himself to ua. But sin Is always hateful to God. His whole nature shrinks from it, as should our natures, as from a thing unclean. He ran have no communion with it nor should we. Its pleasures are dead fruit, Its enjoyments are transient and a mockery, its wages Is death. Human experience has proved this to be so, and the word of the living Ood sustains the charge. Bin is death. In strict union within Ood is life. Sin and Ood can have no com merce. Where sin is, Ood cannot be. Where the Father is, sin is eclipsed, for with Him there is no evil, but only the fullness ot eternal lite. 8tn Is death. Death is the lack of life. The ruddy apple drops from the leafy, living bough and dies. The seeds ot quick consumption strike the human , heart and death ensues. In each case the element of destruction has in tered. And as with the physical, so with the spiritual. Godliness Is life. Life is union with the principle of life. The dainty apple-blossom holds closely o the budding branch and soon we pluck the sound and luscious, wholesome fruit. The life that seems so near the brink of death's dark stream, the iheart that weakly beats, the blood that boils at fever heat, all seize upon the remedies that cure, and health and healing vigor rush through the weakened frame In each case the principle of lire has been at work. As with the natural, so with the spiritual. Ah, yes, beloved, sin is bondage, death, disgrace, unprofitable Ood llness is great gain and it will surety bring contentment. Bin is distance from Ood and there Is no worse death or hell. Jesus leads us nearer Uaaven. and within Hitu Is the most life and the best. But sin Is death and the sooner the world finds It out and we Christians really realize Its awfulness the better for us and the world. This sin. however. Is susceptible of defeat. Our lives may be freed from its power and made victorious above its strength. The moans are not various, nor Is the way hard. There Is but one means and one true and happy way. That means and that way Jesus has revealed. Ponilnir tn Him for healing we may find ease ment for our souls. Trust In Him will gain release from evil. A whole life spent in His service will reap a rich reward. His is the only aos pel that contains the truth entire. His is the one snlvntlon that our spirits need. His is the gift of life forever unto all who hear, believe and live for Him. Being certain that sin Is death, we must preach to men the way to life through Jprus Christ our Lord. The trouble with much of our testimony is that we are a little shaky on our own founda tions and that too much of our testi mony is from the mouth out and Is not welling up from hearts that have tasted of the joys of the Christ blessed life. Too much of our knowl edge of spiritual truths comes to us at second-hand aud too little arises from the deuths of personal experi ence. Our ideas must be cut clear as to what Is the state and the future of men who are continuing In sin We must feel that Jesus is the need and the Savior of other men, as Ho has been the need and the Savior of each of us. We must get that vision of the world which shall make us weep as did our Lord, which shall make us say with Paul, "Woe Is me if I preach not the Gospel." Ah. yes, beloved, we must, with weeping hearts go forth to lead men up to God. If sin Is death and we possess and know the" way to life everlasting, we must not rest until we, too, have brought some brother home to safety. I say we must. I cannot say we may. Our orders read "go thou," not "won't you please go." Christ pleads with the sinner, but His word is law, and so It should be. to those who are His. Come with me Into the busy street on any working-day, or to any gaudv concert-hall on sunny Sabbath days, and I will show you why you should weep and work. There they are! heedless, unhearing, uncaring, bound more intent to make money or to while the hours away than to save their immortal souls. Young and old, rich and poor, hardened sinners and youths who are Just entering the road to death each of them, all of them, caring little, and thinking less of tho awrulness of their sin and the outcome of their shame. Good men who are wise In everything but their conceptions of thoir need of Christ. Pure men who will come to Jesus if so be some one will only put. them to the test. Leaders In the church who profess the Christ, but who mis represent Him A weary, heavy laden host and wo can lift the crushing weight of Bin. Look at them and consider. Is it any wonder now that Jesus wept? Ah, beloved, we ought to weep weep like Jesus because men are dying right before our eyes, within reach of our hands; weep weep unlike JesuB because we are unworthy servants of our Mas ter, because we are recreant to our duty and our trust. My friends, men. who sin are doomed to death except Christ enters in the life and saves. To each of us the question of our God comes clear and strong to-day as It came to Isaiah the prophet In the year that King Czziah died. "Whom shall I send aud who will go for us." Will you refuse the Father or will you say with Isaiah, "Here am I. send me." I MARCH TENTH. Lesions From the Patriarchs. II. Abraham. Heb. 11:8-19. Abraham believed Ood. Gen. IS: 1-5. Hp yielded to temptation. Oen. 12: 1020. He overcame the 'next time Oen 13:1-13. He obeypd a hard command. Gen. 22:1-19. He waa justified by works. Ja. 2: 21-26. A son of Abraham -Luke lft : -10. If Abraham had known whlthor he wa9 going from Ur, It might have been herolBtn, but It would not have been that highest heroism called faith which Is heroism In the dark (v. 8). The more a nran seen the firm fonn dntions of the unseen world, the morf ho turns from the world's foundation thf shifting sands of time (v. 10). The faith-filled man does not rest on his own fnlth, but on God's faith 1 illness (v. 11). What a terrible verdict upon a) man. that God should be ashamed tc bp called his God! Il that verdict to be passed upon you? (v. 16). Suggestions. 'I will bless thee." said Ood to Abraham, "and bS thou a blessing." Blessed and blessing should always go together. Had Lot left to Abraham the cities of the Plain, ypt would Ixt have car ried even to Hebron his own Sodom and Gomorrah. The Infinite distance between the Old aud New Testaments It measured by the fact that Abraham, in praying for Sodom, stopped with the ten. Isaac was not truly Abraham's un til the lad had been laid upon the altar. Illustrations. Every nation has had Its Abrahams I Buch were our Pilgrim Fathers. If a mirror were perfect, we should I not see it to be a mirror. So the i flaws in Abraham's character are shown us, that we may have heart for I his example. Lot and Abraham had the same ma terials for their lives. So have dla liiondr. and coals. If the steel had a voice, bow It would pray tc be delivered from the furnace which is its making! The offering of Isaac WSJ Abraham'; furn ace. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MARCH 10. Feed Liberally No man can succeed in raising stock If he begrudges them theli food, it is the liberal feeder, who uses n due nmount of judpmenl, that gets Ibc big returns Clover Hay Make n ...... i Feed. Quite a number of farmers have found out by experience that a nice. tragrant clover hay of good quality will oftentimes fatten an animal fully as fast, as all the Kxain it ran ent when the grain fs fed in conjunction with over-ripe, badly-cured hay. Importance of the Blre, Those who make a specialty of breeding stock that Is light up to Hip handle In pvory respect agree onp and all that thp slro It of Hip utmost importance. This ought to be an ex cellent lesson to the farmer, showin that he should not breed bis females to whatever animal is thp handiest or cheapest, Now York Witnpss. Seeding Pastures. Sow pome annual and biennial grasses with the perennials for per manent pasture, especially K the soil la wanting in richness and moisture. llie perennials will make but litllp herbage for two or three years, be cause their first efforts are to estab lish strong roots. Annuals, on the contrary, make but little roots; their growth Is chiefly above the ground, nud what remains of them supplies some food and shelter for the bien nials and perennials The Epltoni-1st. The Piety of Usefulness. Someone once said to Cromwell: "You, sire, know well the usefulness of pioty!" 'I know something bet ter," Cromwell replied, "the piety of usefulness." The phrase works both ways. Piety Is userul, and use fulness is a function or activity of piety. If it is meant that simply to be busy is to be religious, a subtle terror lurks in the remark of Crom well. Bat If the meaning is that the piety demanded by the age is not a self-engrossed religiousness which dwells apart in reflective unconcern, but the practical kind of faith that is busy in the King's business, an im portant truth is thus brought to our notice. The Soul's Greatest Need. Rest Is the deepest want In the soul of man. All meu do not desire pleasure; all men do not crave In tellectual food; but all men long for rest. It Is the need which sometimes makes the quiet of the grave an ob ject of deep desire. There the weary are at rest. And it Is this which, consciously or unconsciously, is the real wish that lies at the bottom of all others. . The Church's Doty. Part of the Church's duty Is to press on to their duty Christians al ready won to Christ; to care for their spiritual development; but first of all, and above all, the Church is here to evangelize the world. Archbishop M Canterbury. WHITWOOT, Last spring little Whitefont mule her home In tho thicket close to tho brook. She found a deserted bird'a nest and roofed it over with dried grass, lining the inside with milk weed down. What a snug home this was for hurzelf and her five babies! Soon as Las children were old enougii. she took them on short trips through the mtaJow, and showed them how to make neat little cupboards under flat stones, where they could store away beechnuts and other food. When the snow comes Whltefoot will tunnel under It to visit her friends. The deeper the snow the safer she U from her enemies. When It Is very deep, she says, "What a line winter we are liavtag'" Margaret W. Leightou, iu Holiday Magazine During the past three centuries more than 200 different systems ot shorthand have been devised. Pit man's was first published ia 1840. Life Through Christ. John 10. 10, 28. Passages for reference: Psa. 3C. 9; John 20. 81; 2 Cor. 4. 10; Gal. 2. 20; Col. 3. 3. All God's relations with man, so far as we know them, have to do with life. Jesus came that we "might have life, and have it more abundant ly." "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that bath not the Son of liod hath not lire." The Bible was given to man to tell hint of the way of life. John wrote his gospel, he tells us. that ''they might have life through his name." Not only does tho life come through Christ at the be ginning, but it is maintained only through him. Paul emphasizes this when he says in Galatlans, ' I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, hut Christ llveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me. and gave himself for me." Jesus said, "Verily, verily, 1 say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and fchall not come into condemnation; but Is passed from death unto life." in the sixth of John there is the strongest statement that in some way our life is only through him: "As the living Father bath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me." "Whoso oateth my flesh, and drlnketb my blood, hath eternal life." The life of the body Is a present reality, death Is a future certainty. The soul may be either dead or alive at the present time. Which It is, In the Scripture sense, is determined by our relation to Christ. If we have a faith that takes hold on him, we live; if no pprsonal faith that appropriates him, then we are dead. "He that hath the Son hath life." Some are trying to work themselves into a spiritual state by their activi ties In the tilings of the church. They seem to think that physical energy and enthusiasm can in some way pro duct life, but it simply cannot be cause the spiritual life Is from above. The soul must personally trust In Htm who aald, '-He that believeth on me hath everaatlng ife." Spiritual life is not inherited. It is the re Hult of a personal reliance oa Christ. Don't Frighten the Cows. No man who owns- a cow tan afford to have her afraid ol him. It is a loss to the owner every time she is frightened. To run a cow to pasture It throwing money away. The cow is a milk making machine, and should bo kept in the best working condi tion, and this condition is one of quiet. A cow in any way worried will not do her best. Make pets of the rows, and they will make money for the owner. The milk of a fright ened or chased cow is poisonous. The moral la obvious never allow your cow to be maltreated if It ran be avoided. Hough Material. "You are building a good wall there." said a passer-by, stopping to look at a workman by the roadside. "Some of your material looks rather poor to work with, too," aud he glanced at a pile of rough, jagged stones. "I ain't plrkin' my materials," the man answered, simply. "What I'm here for Is to build as good a wall as I can with the stuff that's brought me." The same is true with the life we are building. We can soldoin choose our material. Circumstances we cannot control bring ua this happeu lng or that, bring disappointment in stead of the joy we looked for, weak ness Instead of the strength with which we meant to do so much. Many a rough and unexpected thing befalls, many an occurrence which we not only did not desire, but against which we cry out la bitter protest. Still It tomes to us ma terial that some way, for good or ill, must find its place tn our building. We cannot choose our material, but we can choose what we will do with It and what ft ahull do for us whether It shall weaken or st'ngth en the cbsracter we are forming. WelUprlng. THE BIRTH RATE. Myer "It's still true that there's a fool born every minute." Ouyer "Worse than that. Wall Street proves that the birth rate of fools Is now in twins aud triplets." Brooklyn Life. Copperas and Lime Wash. A writer in the Scientific American says he has cleared his premises of rats and other vermin by making whitewash yellow with copperas and covering the stones and rafters lr, the cellur with il. in every crevice In which a rat might go he put the cop peras, and scattered it In the corners of the floor. The result was a com plete disappearance of rats and mice. Since that time not a rat or a mouse has been seen near the house. Every spring the cellur is coated with the yellow whitewash as a purifier and a rat estprminator, and no typhoid, dysentery or fever attack the family. Profits in Horse Raising, Opinions are still plenty to the ef fect that the profit in horse raising is much over-estimated. It will, how ever, be difficult to convince Luther Parson, of Park hurst, says the Maine Farmer, that he is not considerably to the good in his account with horse raising In the case of a colt recently sold. The auimal was less than two years old, a grade Percheron from a high-class uire and a common farm mare for its dam. The colt cost but little more to raise than a two-year-old steer or heifer, but It sold for 8250. Still the talk ftr the speed "hoss" goes on so loud and contin uous that the real profit makers are well-nighl forgotten when the breed ing season comes round. Winter Protection For Orchards. One of the most important points in preparing bearing apple trees for winter, iu my opinion, is to remove all rubbish that may afford shelter for. mice or other vermin. Be sure there are no declivities at the imme diate base of the tree. A slight mounding is good. At all events, leave no hollows that will hold water to freeze at times of sudden falls in temperature, thereby greutly damag ing trees. If mice or rabbits are feared, protect with wire netting. Cut with shears into proper sizes, roll around an old broomstick, or any round object, to give It a circu lar shape, the stick removed and the wire will spring around the trunk and hold itself iu place. See that ail drains are in good order. H. D. Lewis, Dutchess County, N. Y., in the Farmers' Home Journal. How 1 liaise Turkeys. Every spring I rid my turkeys of lice before they go to laying, and when they go to laying 1 tlnd the nests, and if securely hidden so thut trows will not be apt to get the eggs I do not touch them, and If not hid secure I either place something over the nest for a blind or take out the eggs and put hens' eggs iu their pjace until the hen goes to setting und has set two or three days; then I remove the hen eggs and place the turkey eggs iu the nest. Keep the date ol th - tting and look ufter them when hatching, as they sometimes leave the nest b .-fore the eggs are hatched. Aft'-i 'hey are hatched 1 move them to a Held that has grass, wheat or rye tall enough to hide the little ones, and when about one woek old 1 feed them once a day on cornbread until they get up a little size and then feed them grain In small quantity until frost; then feed them all they want, three times per da. The one essential thing iu raisiug turkeys is to keep them free from Hot. Geo. B. Lucas, in the Indluna Farmer. net possessing warm cellars, it will be necessary to fall back to the use of the potato pit. These are very simple to make if rightly understood. Select a high and dry spot; make an excavation a foot or more in depth, put thp potatoes in a round, conical heap: or If very many, in n long heap with a ridge. Cover with straw or similar material The covering may be eight inches or a foot thick, de pending on the severity of the win ters. Next begin covering with soil, from the bottom up. The layer of soil may be six Inches or more In depth. Lean- the lop uncovered foi a few days, and when finishing the cover, leave a bunch of straw stick lug out of the top for ventilation, and cover this with an inverted pan; or if a ridge, by a trough the shape of an Inverted V When real cold weather sets in, cover the whole pit with coarse manure thickly enough to exclude frost. If all this is done, potatoes will be housed cheaply and sufely Ollbert Allen, Madison Coun ty, Indiana, in Farmers Home Jour Small Farms Pay. If the owner or n small farm brings to his work the business capacity and good judgment which the large land owner does, it is evident that, pro portioned to the acres cultivated, he will have the most money at the end of the year. Hired help is not onlj expensive, but at times very uncer tain and unreliable, but. a man's own hands, with a heart in his work which seldom accompanies hired help, are always available for every little detail on which success denends Many men will do more with ten acres and get more out of and from them than others will with a hun dred. It requires as much labor. however, for the ten as the hundred. It Is intelligent labor and good man agement thai count on a farm, hence it is that small farms pay the best, and that lurge larmers continually complain that therp Is no money In arming. To our way of thinking. and wp arp familiar with every de partment of farm business, and measurably so with the city, there is no enterprise one can engage in which offers better opportunities for i healthful, independent and success ful life than a moderate sized farm under good management. Weekly Witness. Farm Notes. Let the boys have some fun trying lo grow some of those odd kinds of vegetables this year. Have apples In cases come to stay? We think ao. at least tor the early kinds sent to foreigu markets. Dairymen who have no atock beets or turnips should make the most of their refuse apples and potatoes. Half an hour a day of solid study on farm topics will make a well-iu- forraed farmer in a very few years. Loafing In the grocery store to swap gossip and expectorate upon the tove will not pay off the mortgage. Mulching rose bushes now with stable manure aud leaves is a good way to insure a large crop of roses next summer. The really satisfactory hired man I hard to get. When you find him, keep him, even if you have to raise his pay a little every year. friend who owns a large and fine npple orchard tells us that wrapping the trees with burlap, old sacks. Is an entire protection against rabbits. There are lots of Important sub jects to study up during the winter. Th.o benefits of having a silo, better breeding, feeding and finding out the luprotituble cows are among the most romiBMt Says an old farmer: "Those who are making the most money now adays are the cranberry growers aud the men who have good apple or chards." To raise cranberries takes capital aud to grow an orchard takes line; but they are big money crops. Most of the principles of modern dairying huvo been established for ten or fifteen years. Alleged discov eries are often nothing but a rehash of the same old Ideas. Not much Is new, but much remains to be doue in spreading the simple truth already known. American Cultivator. Yendettu iu Algeria. A determined Arab vendetta has just i nn its murderous course at Fer- maua, iu Algeria. A man named Fa-red-ben-Alssa had determined to kill a fellow resident of one of the mount ain villages, named Hussein-ullba-Ahmed, aud never went ubroad with out his gun. The other day the two men, both currying loaded guns, met face to face In a quiet spot iu the mountains, lnstkntly Fared drew hla weapon to his shoulder and fired. Hussein fell, but rising, rupldly got his own shot In, Fared iu turu fulling with a shattered thigh. Ha managed, however, to nerve himself for a sec ond and Hussein fell dead with his chest shattered. Fared will have to undergo amputation of the leg. Lou don Globe. Storing Potatoes. The early fall is the time to storo potatoes for the winter, and tor thosa Mining in Hie Deep, nine Sea. The search for the treasure of the Spanish Armada galleon Florenciu is being proceeded with vigorously in Tobermory Hay, Sootlaud, and the salvors have been encouraged by their finds. Purt ot the rigging of the sunken ship has already been found. Among other interesting rel ics brought up were two stone can non balls, six and a halt' inches in diameter, one Iron ahot of about two inches iu diameter uud a blunderbuss with au inch bora. The diver hare come across largo quantities of wood in all directions and other uatulstak abla signs that they are closa ua the hull of the Florencla. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM ME NTH FOR MARCH 10 RY THE REV. I. W.HENDERSON. Subject: Isaac a Lover of Pence, fien. 28: 12-23 Golden Text, Matt. fl:8 Memory Verses, 10 1 7 Commentary. Our attention shifts now from Abraham to iBaac the child ot the old age of Abraham and Saral, to Isaac the man -of peace. With the clrcum Robekah, we are all familiar. The les son finds him in Oerar, in close, and oftentimes unpleasant, relations with Ablmelech, king of the Philistines, and his tribesmen. After a severe al tercation over Rebekah Isaac is per mitted by Ablmelech to sow In the land. His seeding Is blessed of the Lord with an unusual harvest. His wealth increases from year to year until he Is tne envy ot the Philistines. Matters wax so warm that after a season Isaac is asked by Ablmelech to leave Gerar. So Isaac goes Into the valley of ,Gernr. In that region he gets Into trouble with the herds men of Gerar. Whenever, after the faBhlon of the country and the exam ple of his father, Isaac digs a well for the satisfaction of the wants or hla flocks and retainers, these herdsmen, jealously, engage the servants of Isaac in open conflict. Twice the herdsmen that are of the company of Isaac dig wells only to be compelled for the sake of peaceto abandon them to their foes. At last, however, Isaac is able to finish a well over which there is no dissension. This well he calls Rehoboth (Room) for saith he. "Jehovah hath made room for us and we shall be fruitful." From thp well Rohoboth rsaac Journeys to Bcersheba. Here God appears to him. He erectes an altar, pitches his tent and digs a well. The lesson shows ub that the bless ing of Jehovah extends to the tem poral concerns of those who fear Him; that It Is hard for some people to regard the propsperity ot their neighbors without jealous thoughts arising In their minds; that nothing is lost by refusing to fight over mat ters that may, very easily, be made subjects for contention; that the blessings of a righteous father fall upon a good son; that Abraham over shadows Isaac to such an extent that Isaac seems merely to bask In the greatness of his father. The first three verses of our lesson show us that God is intimately con cerned with the material prosperity of His children. Isaac fcarr Ood and the I.ord gruntH him material pros perity aR well as spiritual happiness. And this is simply the logical out working of tho laws of the kingdom of God. If godliness is at the basis Of all prosperity then the good mm nnd the good nation should prosper. And 'when society is godly there Is material riches for all. The godller the land, the better off its inhab itants. The last six words of verse 14 point the second lesson for us. And when uny maji or any people becomes sat urated with the evil venom of jeal ousy then trouble comes quickly. Verse 22 indicates that Isaac proved the truth that nothing ia to be lost and that much is to be gained by not engaging in conflict over dis puted matters. It Is hard to fight with a man who will not defend him self. The assurances of Cod given to Isaac in the twenty-third verse are an evidence that the Divine favor that Is bestowed upon a godly father win descend in no unreal fashion upon a godly son. Abraham lovod God and to follow His commands. Isaac did likewise. And for that rea son the promise made unto Abraham was given to Isaac also. 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Sold by Drug gist. Mail order promptly fil ed bv Dr. E.DetchonM6d.Oo.,Crawfordsvlll8,Ind. fl. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens theguma,reduclnflamma tlon, allays paln,cures wind colic, aftea bottle Ash Pit For Every House. Among the objects that invaria bly attract the attention of tourists in Denver are the ash pits at every house. These are made necessary, by the character of the coal common ly used for domestic purposes and by the high winds that prevail. i The ashes of the lignite coal, so extensively burned, hold the heat for an extraordinary length of time, remaining red hot for many hours, or, if kept from the air, for days af ter passing through the grate bars. It is evident that If these red-hot ashes were thrown out in back yards or vacant lots, the high winds that Bweep across the plains would scat ter them broadcast, maklug them a constant menace to the eye9 and clothing of passersby, as well aa to Inllumable property of every kind. Every house is, therefore, required by city ordinance to be provided with un ash pit, shaped like an old-fash-toned bake oven, with Bmall openings it the top, through which the ashes are thrown. Another opening in one side at the bottom permits their re moval when pit is full. Kansas City Times. The Major's Hoots. Major Green said to his servant Due morning: ".lames. I have loft my mess boots out. I want them oled." "Yes, sir," the servant answered. The Major, dressing for dinner that night, said agalu, "I suppose. James, that you did as I told you about those boots?" James laid 35 cents on the bureau. 'Yes, sir," said he. "and this is all I could get for them; though the Ing of Isaac by the memorv of Abra- ! corporal who bought 'em suld he'd ham. Isaac Is a man of peace, he Is have given half a dollar If Dav-dav a man of Immense power in his own land. But it does seem as though In many instances he was but a mere slavish Imitator of his mighty father. In fact, stories that are told of Isaac have their parallels In the stories that are related concerning Abraham. For Abraham's sake God blesses him. After the manner of his father he tills and tolls und grows rich. Like Abraham he digs wells, builds altars, culls upon the name of Jehovah. To be sure, Imitation of his father in these things was not evil. Abraham was as good a man as ho was great iu his day and generation. But it does seem as though with the exam ple of his mighty ancestor before him, the favor of God upon him. his own capacity for righteousness. Isaac might have done something more distinctive. He is overshadowed by the magnitude ot the character of his father. These few notes are offered: Vs. 12. "Sowed." This is the first mention of sowing. Before this we have seed, seed-time and harvest. Vs. 19. "Springing." Better, "llv. Ing." Vs. 20. tentlon." Vs. 21. Vs. 22. places." "Seek." Hob. for "con- "Sitnah." Heb. "entnitv.'' "Rehoboth." Heb. broad badu t been so far off MORI And M hi) Greenbacks. Argonaut. BOXES OF GOLD The Children's Safeguard. The cornerstone of our nation D religious liberty. The cornerstone of the home Is the family altar. The greatest safeguard we tan throw around our children is to establish and keep up the family altar In our homes. Ram's Horn. A Delusiou. Some men seem to think that slashing up the creeda will be ac cepted as u substitute for deeds. Ham's Horn. "HE FOUGHT FAIR." The awards of the Carnegie hero fund have brought out at least one story that is good reading. Rufua K. Combs, of Midway, Ky., waa awarded a sliver medal and tluOO for saving the life of Richard God son, a bitter rival and political enemy. Oodson had entered a vault to teat a gas-making apparatus and was overcome by the fumes. Friends and relatives were afraid to erXer tbe vault. When he declared his lutentlon of going in Combs was pulled bark uud told that Oodson wus dead, uud that ha would surely, lose his own Uto it be attempted to recover tho body. "There muy ba some life in him," declured Combs us he pulled away and entered tho vault. He carried hla enemyno the door of the vault and then fall un conscious. Both men recorarsjd and are now the staochsst frieuds. Asked why he had tisked his Ufa for his most bitter enemy, Combs re plied: "Because I love a lighter who ; fights fair, and Godson always did I that." Springfield Republican. 325 boxes of Gold and Greenback will be sent to persons who write the most Interesting and truthrul letters of experience on the following topics: 1. How have you beeu affected by coffee drinking aud by changing from coffee to Postum. 2. Give name aud uccouut of one or more coffee drinkers who have be?n hurt by It and have been in duced to quit, and use Poatujn. 3. Do you know auy one who has been driven away from Postum be cause It came to the table weak and characterless at the first trial? i 4. Did you set such a person right regarding the easy way to make It clear, black, and with a snappy, rich taste? 0. Have you ever found a better way to make It than to use four heap ing teaspoonfuls to the pint ot water. I let stand on stove until real boiling begins, and beginning at that time when actual boiling starts, boil full lb minutes more to extract the flavor and food value. (A piece of butter; the size of a pea will prevent boiling over.) This contest is confined to those who have used Postum prior to the date ot this advertisement. Be honest snd truthful, don't write poetry or fanciful letters, just plain, truthful statements. Contest will close June 1st, 1907, and no letters received after that data will be admitted. Examinations of letters will be made by three judges, not members ot 'the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Their decisions will be fair and final, and a neat little box con taining a$10 gold piece sent to each ot the five writers of the most inter esting letters, a box containing a $5 gold piece to each ot the 20 next best, a fz greenback to each of the 100 next best, and all greenback to each of the 200 next best, making cash prises distributed to 325 persons. Every friend ot Postum Is urged to writs and each letter wilt be bald In high esteem by the company, aa an evidence of such friendship, while the little boxes ot gold and envelopes of money will reach many modest writers whose plain and sensible let ters contain the facta desired, al though the sender may have but amall faith In wlanlng at the time ot writing. Talk this subject over with your friends aud aea how many among yon can win prizes. It is a good, honest competition and In the best kind of a causa, and costs the competitors ab solutely nothing. Addraaa your letter to the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Craak, Mich , writing your own name aud address iclearly. .
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