Jhe Puio7T
A SERMON
Subject! .' v.i- the Preacher.
Brooklyn, N Y. Preaching at trie
Irving Square Presbyterian Chnrcn.
on tho theme "Jam the Preacher."
the Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson,
pastor, tooit Mark 1:3, "And He
preached the Word un'.j them " ai
his text. He said:
The sharp llni between preaching
and teaching la very hardly drawn.
The preacher who amounts to any
thing at all ought to be a good teach
er. Instructor of men. It does not
necessarily follow conversely that a
good teacher will be as ready when
preaching Is the need. But the preach
er must be a leacher does he wish for
success In the sowing of the Gospel
seed. He who would be an Influence
for and toward Cod must be able not
only to declare to men what is the
way we should live that we may at
tain to eternal life, but also he must
be able to unfold to mankind how
we may find the way and keep to its
middle on the march toward heaven.
But lest we drift from the theme
In hand, let us to the point. .Jesus
was the greatest preacher the world
has ever seen, and He stands to-day
as the Master and tho inspiration of
all those who would tell His truth.
Glorious as are the messages of the
prophets to their people and their
day, and rich as are the utterances
of the long line of spirit-filled men,
who have since Christ preached the
Gospel of God unto men. .lesus yet
holds the premier place as the might
iest message-giver of them all.
Let us for these minutes, while we
are here together, glance at several
salient qualities in the preaching cf
Jesus which commend Him to us. Let
us not waste our time in speculation
over the sort of gestures Christ may
have used or tho oratorical powers
we may conceive Him to have pos
sessed. Let us rather get down to
the kind of gospel He preached, and
to a consideration of those elements
of reachlng-force In it, which hnve so
captured and held the attention and
the lives of men throughout these
many years.
First and foremost Jesus preached
the Gospel the good news to men
that men could oe saved from sin
through the everlasting love of the
Father. Knowing that sin Is the
deep and engrossing godless fact of
life, and knowing also that the one
desire of men when at their best is
to escape from bondage to sin, Jesus
wasted no time over non-essentials,
secondary or Inconsequential things;
but came straight to the point. Jesus
took no time to prove the existence of
God He took that fact for granted.
Christ spent no moments to make It
clear that sin really does exist that
too He felt to be the consciousness
of every normal man. Jesus ask?d
no man whether or no he was hun
gering or thirsting for a sure salva
tion from sin, but rather gave the
Gospel straight without question. Re
pent and believe and follow. These
are three of the great words that
Jesus sent to the hearts of men:
"Turn away from evil unto God and
humble yourself in His presence, ask
ing pardon for your sins." "Mine is
the revelation of the Father in all
His fullness, which is able to lead
you out of death and bondage into
freedom, light and Ufa." "Follow
after Me, do as 1 do, act as I act, walk
as I walk, think as 1 think, love as 1
love for I walk in the similitude of
our Father and then shall ye grow
from grace unto grace." These are
three of the mighty words of Jesus
to sinning men. And they are the es
sence of the Gospel. No philosophy
is deeper than the Gospel, no story
Is more simple, no truth more full of
power. And it is becauso the Gospel
meets and administers to tho deep
est need of men that it is tc-day a;
ever tho predominant Influence in
our world. Because it shows hone of
escape from sin It lifts the criminal
unto Christ. Because it is so simple
and so satisfying it touches the hearts
of little children yet unlearned In the
mysteries of life. A messago of pro
found and universal truth It chal
lenges the thinker and meets his
tests. To all men, and to all condi
tions, ranks and abilities among men,
the good news has its application
and its mission. And it is bscaus
the Gospel Is the universal, deeply
simple, inspiring message that It is,
that It has such a hold over the
hearts of men.
In the second place, I would call
your attention to the fact that the
Gospel was definitely preached by
Jesus to the desperately poor, to the
downtrodden and the weary. In His
day tho rich had all they needed and
more besides, and the effort was to
give them as much more as possible.
For the publican and thu sinner, for
the oppressed and sick and the dis
couraged no such care was taken.
They were allowed vary largely to
shift for themselves. But Jesus over
turned the system with His Gospel
and talked first to those whese need
was greatest. And "the common peo
ple heard Him gladly."
In the third place Jesus went out
to the people with the Gospel. Ho
did not wait for them to come to
Him, but rather sought them out. It
made no difference to the Lord
whether men came to Him or He
went to them, whether He had one
man or five thousand to whom He
spakJ the truth, whether men came
by night or climbed up Into the trees
in tho broad glare of the hot Eastern
sun to see Him, whether they made
a clamor by the wayside or just si
lently and Hteathily touched the hem
of His garment. When men would
not come to the synagogues to hear
Him preach and i each that is to say
to church He went out Into the
streets of the city and up on the hill
sides and brought the word of salva
tion to them.
Now, to be sure, we have merely
touched upon a very few of the ele
ments which are characteristic of the
pieaehir,g of Jesus. But so far as we
have cone thu lessons from the
preaching of Jesus to the men of to-'
day are unmistakably definite and
clear. And the lessons tbre are
these: First, w should preach lie
Gospel: the simple story of salvation
fropi sin through the ".ove of God In
Christ. Secondly, we should preach
that Gospel not only to those who
are rich, hut to those alBo who are
poor, whose misery is crushing and
whose necessity is so urgent, whose
hearts are so saddened and whose
hope Is almost gone. And lastly, we
should carry the message of salva
tion out to where met) are. if they
will not come Into out churches and
God knows mai 7 times It Is more
our fault than theirs that they do not
come then mast we. go out after
them and comuel them to come in
not first Into church, but Into the
kingdom.
First, we should prach the G"Sne1.
"Tell me the old. old storv," Is rt
mere sentiment set to music. hiA the
outcry of breaking and blaliitt
hearts and souls that are ready and
eager to know the truth In Jesus
Christ. And for my part. I, as a mir
Istar of the Gospel, bl lev, the call o'
men should be answered. Answers )
not with theoretlcnl and dortrlml dis
cussions, not with recitals of o:ir
doubts and differences unon nolnts
that are p on -essential, but with Mt
simple and eternal tp'tti ii"on which
our hearts are staved and thronrh
which the souls ot men about us mnv
be saved. The mission of the church
is to bring the story nf salvation un
to humanltv and I for mv part am
very sorry for the Christian h-otnf"
whose soul Is 'arred Into AlMftM
rather than swung Into harmony with
redemption's glorious song when
those whom Christ has comni iss'oned
to nrench His word call men to Jesus
and ask them to tnk" a stand fir
Christ. The Christian wTio nhiccts
to the methods of Jesus Christ needs
to m to His knees and get a new ,
Dannsm irom aiiove.
Then. too. we must nreach n
versa! Gospel a Gospel that shell
lleve poor ren of restrain' And I.
for niv nnrf wilt hnve neither nnrt
tlon of God's people whn would maVo
rlothes or cash n requisite to nnn
handed nnd free-heart ad .adfntafttofl
to the house of God And I thlok I
voice the opinion of this hnuse'icld of
faith when ! say that all men nf what
ever race, diameter or condition who
wish to hear the good news rf G d
unto eternal life through Jesus Christ
are welcome to this church. And the
more the Church of God reaches ot
toward men of low degree and men
In sin the faster will she srow In
grace and numbers, and th more
will she do tho will of Him who hath
sealed her as His own.
And lastlv I mnv av that we ouzV
to do definite, energetic, wldesnrend
personal nnd collective work for
Jesus. It Is our dutv to go to mep.
Our command Is not to .ili the-i
come to us. but to go to bid tbm to
come to Jesus. And this church an I
every congregation of the church mi'
Itant would do n far grander ai l
a more wonderfullv blessed work T
we would but go out to the peon'o
and tell them the glnd tidings thct
they so much need to hear.
Color of Fruit.
It matters little nbout the color of
fruit used In home consumption, but
market fruits must have good color,
as the eye Is caught by It and this
lends to a more ready sale. Clear
air and sunshine are the first requi
sites for producing color, and for this
reason the Connecticut hills are par
ticularly adaptable to the needs of
the fruit raiser. Trees should be
open headed, well cultivated In the
early season and not at all later.
Proper fertilization is also an Im
ortant factor.
Gypsy Moth light.
In his talk on Injurious Insects Dr.
W. E. Brltton spoke at Hartford,
Conn., of the fight with the gypsy
moth over In Stonington, and advo
cated that the Government us a few
thousands of dollars now to prevent
It from breaking out extensively,
rather than spend hundreds of thou
sands of dollars later when the pest
has a good start. The San Jose scale,
he said, Is always with us, and the
present mild winter might be ex
pected to produce It in greater num
bers this year. Spraying is the only
effective method of fighting Ihls post.
How Gml Can 'Help.
God Is never at a loss for mcons
to protect His neople. Sometimes the
means are surprisingly simple.
With 30l men, armed with trum
pets and lanterns. Gideon drove a
vast army of Midlnnltes and Ama!'-
kltes out of the land of the children
of Israel.
The youth David, armed w'th a
sling and a few pebbles, defeated and
killed the thoroughly armod giant
Goliath.
The prophet Elisha and his ser
vant were alone at Dathan, when
they found themselves surrounded by
the army of the King of Svria. But
Ellsha was not. afraid. The Lord
smote the Svrlans with blindness,
and they became harmless.
Felix of Nola on one occasion,
when being pursued by his enemies,
hid in a deep, dark cave. There he
rested until his pursuers had passed.
Coming to the cave, his enemies
looked in. but. seeing a cobweb spun
across the mouth of the cave, they
concluded he could not be there, or
It would be broken. Felix beard
them speak of the web. Then ho
philosophised: "With God. a spider's
web becomes a stone wall, and with
out God a stone wall becomes a
spider's web." Reformed Church
Record.
A Wonderful Cow.
Think of paying $S0O0 for a cow
with so distasteful a name as Rag
Apple:- l)u. that is what Daniel W.
Field, a Hrockton shoe manufacturer,
did recently. And he got, back half
the price within a mouth from the
day of purchase, she having dropped
a calf which had already been sold
to a New York breeder for $4000.
Pontine Rag Apple Is the full name
of the cow, and she holds the second
highest record for milk and butter
produced of any one cow In the
world, with the bluest of Holstein
Fresian blood In her veins. She has
a record of production that has
jumped from 279 to 309 quarts of
milk per week. At five cents a quart
for her milk she is netting her owner
an income of $2.20 per day; if turned
into butter the yield would be about
a quarter less than four pounds per
day! Hartford Courant.
The Conversion of Waste.
At the Engineering Exhibition Just
closed, considerable Interest was
manifested In a product which has
proved to be of great commercial
value. As exhibited before being
ground into its final form, It resem
bles a collection of beautiful topaz
crystals, which shine brightly in the
light. It is another illustration of
the scientific conversion of what was
once known aa "waste." These
sparkling crystals are simply com
pounded of snnd, coke, salt and saw
dust, subjected to a heat of 7.100 de
grees Fahrenheit inn almust incred
ible degree ct heat), with the result
named. The scientific world is sup
plying the church with numerous il
lustrations of tho "conversion" of
waste. Society, however, pays little
heed to tho conversion of human
waste, which It treats as hopeless.
The Christian alone knows the secret
power which is capable of redeeming
tho most abandoned portions of hu
manity, and claiming them lor God.
Loudon 'hristlun.
What la Dying'.'
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my aide spreads her white
sails to the morning breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. Shu Is an object
of beauty and strength, and I stand
and watch her until, at length, she
han- 3 like a speck of white cloud Just
where the sea and sky come down to
minglo with euch other. Then some
one at my Bide says: "There! she's
gone!" Gone where? Gone from
my sight that Is all. She is Just as
large In mast and hull and spar as
she was when she left my side, and
just as able to bear her load of living
freight to the place of her destina
tion. Her diminished size is iu me
and not In her.
Ami just at the moment when some
one at my side Bays: "There! She's
gone!" there are other ees thai aro
watching her coming and other voices
ready to take up the glad uhout,
"There she comes!" And that is
dying. Sundaj -School Evangel,
l'ucttlcd Stairway.
In a recent ault in a Cincinnati
court a lawyer was cross-examining a
Geraian, the point under inquiry be
ing the relative position of the doors,
windows end so forth In a house in
which a cLM.ain transaction was al
leged to have occurred.
"And now, my good man." the law
yer said, "will you be good enough to
tell the i '"in how the stairs run In
your bouse '
The Gorman looked dazed for a
momeut. "How do they run'!" he re
peated. "Yea, how do they run?"
"Veil," continued the witness, "ven
I am oopstalrs doy run down, and ven
I am downstairs dey ron oop." Har
per's Weekly.
Francn dairymen nave discovered
that the use of wipe dregs as a food
for cows improves the quality of tha
milk and Increases the output at
least twenty par cent.
Value of Clover Hay.
All in all, we consider red clover
hay much superior to timothy, says
farmer's Call. We do not know
what the chemical anulysls shows.
We know what the cow, calf, steer,
sheep and horse have uniformly tes
tified. It is easier to spoil clover hay
IC the making than it is timothy hay.
That is to be considered. It is im
portant to cut the clover before it
gets too ripe. And timothy is not
near so much damaged in the swath
or windrow by rain as is clover. But
in these days of wide-cut mowers, and
hay loaders and rickers and forks,
one can handle the --lover with little
danger of dutnuge. Of course if It
Is very heavy one should use a tedder.
It seems that the Illinois Agricul
tural Experiment Station haB been
making tests to determine the rela
tive value of timothy and clover, and
theBe results aro reported: Twenty
horses were put on feed. They cost
$185 each, on the average, at the
outset, and sold at $28S.37, a profit
that looks decidedly attractive. In
this experiment, horses fed on corn,
outs and clover hay gained 2 77
pounds each in ninety-two days. At
twenty cents this would mean $55.40,
and at the beginning of the experi
ment a responsible horse dealer
offered the experiment station au
thorities that price for all the gain
made. In the case of the lot fed on
the same ration, but with timothy
substituted for clover, the gain was
but 142 pounds, and the timothy ra
tion cost more than clover.
Keep a Few Sheep.
The farmer who does not keep at
least a small flock of sheep is losing
money every year, says Up-to-Date
Farming. Much of the feed consumed,
by a flock of sheep would be other
wise a total waste.
A few sheep should bo found on
every farm. Good, comfortable sheds
that are large and roomy are a neces
sity where sheep are to be wintered.
These need not be expensive, but
should be well ventilated, free from
drafts and situated on dry ground.
A large, open yard, apart from that
occupied by other animals, should lie
provided for exercise. Too much con
finement iu overwarm or lily venti
lated stables is fatal to success with
sheep. On the other hand, comforta
ble quarters, regular and liberal feed
ing, plenty of pure water and a suf-
fiency of salt will go far toward In
suring thciv successful wintering and
u strong crop of lambs in the spring.
to his idea of a well balanced ration,
although It is rated as containing
one per cent, more fat than the
former. This Is easily overcome by
tho greater bulk, per pound by reason
of the bran. Either formula would
be benefited by the addition of one
per cent, tut clover.
Sweet Corn In June.
You can have corn from the gar
den In June not for market, of
course, but for family use at a time
when the corn In your nelghbor'n gar
den is not yet coming out In tassel.
To do this plant "Peep o' Day" corn
about the middle of April In berry
cups, flower pots, or In a box divided
off in partitions, making the ground
very rich with ashes, manure and
some complete fertilizer. Put in lots
of it, for where the ground Is kept
moist there is no danger of burning
the roots. There should be nearly
two quarts of earth to each hill.
To get sweet corn in June, first
plant Peep o' Day indoors about
April 1, in a box partitioned off into
small compartments, or plant In
berry boxes or flower pots.
As soon as the corn begins to come
It, it must be set out of doors, or
it will get "spindly." It must be
either brought In at night, or, better,
covered wtth u sash, which can be re
moved on sunny days. With "Peep
o' Day" corn four plants can be left
to each hill, nnd from ten to fifty
hills, each yielding from six to ten
small but delicious ears to each hill,
can be started thus very easily, get
ting big enough to begin using the
last of June. Some gardeners dig a
hole iu the garden, fill it with fresh
manure, pack It down, and thus to
some stakes driven in each corner
,11 some old bourds on which can
e laid u storm sash taken from the
house. A sunny bay window would
answer as well the corn must have
sun. When your neighbors are plant
ing their corn set out the corn, taking
care not to disturb the roots. In case
of a late frost, the hills can be cov
ered with newspapers, boxes or bas
kets at night, taking care to put them
on at or before sundown.
Disensed Hoof.
Greasing Is necessary for horses
which are much exposed to damp
ness, and is as good for the sole and
frog as for the wall. It is applicable,
also, to feet which have to stand on
dry bedding. Feet which on account
of diseased conditions require to be
frequently soaked or poulticed ought
also to be greased. Bedding of peat
moss and fine sawdust, equal parts, is
most excellent. All theBe measures
may be advantageous if the feet are
properly shod.
Good shoeing is the essential pro
phylaxy of hoof bound. We must
avoid all Improper practices likely to
promote desslcatlon and contraction
of the foot, such as abuse of the rasp,
too long application of the heated
shoo when fitting it to the foot, the
lowering of the heels, the excessive
paring of the frog or of the bars, tho
bad fitting of the shoes, useless culks,
too many nails In the quarter or near
the heels all these errors must be
carefully avoided. The foot, more
over, must not be allowed to grow
too long. The shoeing should be re
newed monthly, even If the shoe Is
not worn, and lastly, the horse must
not be allowed too long periods of
Inactivity.
It has been proposed to abolish tho
custom ot shoeing, but in the present
conditions and modes of using the
horse this Is Impossible. The feet
deprived of their accustomed protec
tion would soon become painful, and
only by keeping the animal In the
country could tho feet be suffered to
remain unshod.
Several modesof shoeing have been
Invented to prevent contractions in
feet which are predisposed to them.
Some are undoubtedly beneficial, but
they must be used as aro ordinary
shoeing and not reserved until the
access of the disease. Good shoeing
is often all that is required. It is
absolutely necessary to study the pose
of the limb and In preparing the foot
to have It absolutely level, also the
shoe, nnd by all menns try and pre
serve the natural elasticity of the
foot, not let it get too dry, or become
too soft, but endeavor to preserve a
proper equilibrium. Chas. R. Wood,
V. S.
Nine Rules For Proposing
By VORRIS 8ALMONSON, Marriage
License Clerk.
Proposing la the crucial point In
lovo, and love, I have learned from
these young men, resembles business
In many ways as far as tho proposing
point is concerned. The psychologi
cal instant In many cases Is a matter
of mathematics, and can easily be
prearranged by any young man who
cares to make a study ot women.
Most young men rush blindly Into the
game without observing its rules, and
that Is onpjof the reasons why we
have suicides before marriage and
the divorce courts afterward. Write
down theBe rulea:
1. Propoao before tho winter aets
in.
2. Propose In the moonlight, twi
light, gaslight (turned iow), and
never In tho sunlight, daylight or
electric light (unless you've got
smoked glasses).
8. Propose to a girl when she's
1 hungry or lust after she has eaten.
4. Never propose to a girl before
4 o'clock in the afternoon.
6. Don't make up your mind be
forehand aa to what you are going to
say when you propose.
6. Don't get on your knees to pro
pose. 7. Don't propose to a girl too soon
after gaining her acquaintance.
8. Don't wait too long.
9. Play your cards carefully, and
the average girl can be made to pro
pose to you, In actions at least.
Why should the proposal bo de
layed until the winter sets in? My
boy, that is an important rail. In
the spring, you know, a young man's
! fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
I love, and In the winter a young wom
an's mind leans to dreams of a cozy
little fiat of her own. All girls dream
of a home, and they dream of it moat
j when the parks are dreary and the
I bleak winds blow.
A girl Bhould be proposed to either
I Just before she has eaten or lmnie-
dlately after. If her lover pops the
big question when his lady lovo Is
j hungry she la apt to glance down tho
j stretch of years that make tho future
j and to think of the probable occa
; slons when she will be hungry again,
and in that event it is more than like
ly she will reply favorably. A busl
' ness man Is most approachable Just
' after he has eaten, and why shouldn't
girls be the same way?
It's no use to prearrange your
j speech for the momentous occasion,
I because you are sure to forget it
! when the time comes, and then you
are In an awful predicament. For
I getting what you intended to say,
I you can't collect your thougbta to
think of anything else.
A girl likes to be wooed before she
j is won, and for that reason it is not
1 safe to propose too soon after gaining
I her acquaintance.
I Girls are so nnxlous to get married
! nowadays that they will take desper
i ate chances if a young man shows the
i least hesitancy, and a lot of worrying
that young men do Is entirely useless
i for that reason.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Poultry Rations Recommended.
The Maine Experiment Station rec
ommends thu following mixture for
laying heiiB: Two hundred pounds
wheat, bran, 100 pounds middlings,
100 pounds gluten meal, luo poundi
Unseed meal, 100 pounds corumenl
and 100 pounds beef scraps; this
fombination contains approximately
twenty-four per cent, protein, seven
per cent, fat, six per cent, ash, seven
per cent, fibre and forty-six per cent,
starchy matter, and would cost $1.50
a hundred, unmixed, at retail.
PiofeBsor Lindsay, of the Hatch
Experiment Station, has had good
success with a mixture made up aa
follows! One hundred pounds corn
megl. fifty pounds wheat bran, fifty
pounds Hour middlings, fifty pounds
gluten feed and fifty pounds beef
scrap; It contains twenty-two per
cent, protein, six per cent. fat. Ave
por cent, ash, four per cent, fibre and
fifty-one per cent, starchy matter, and
costs $1.50 a hundred, unmixed, at
retail. The scrap may be omitted
and mixed In with the grains as often
as it it leemud necessary. Such mix
tures may be fed either dry, or made
into a friable mash with skimmllk
or hot water, together with a little
salt.
To the writer fhe proportion of
cornmeal seems too great in the
Lindsay formula, especially for
greedy fowl. This has been his ex
perience, the hens getting tat and
luzy. The Malot man comes nearer
Old Indian Armlets.
In a jewelry 'store nt Eufaula, I. T.,
there were recently exhibited two
armlets made of metal and of the
pattern worn extensively by the In
dians a century ago. The armleta
were found In an old Indian burying
ground on the banks of a creek twenty-two
miles west of Eufaula. Evi
dently they had clasped tho arms ot
some Indian brave who had been
burled there and the sands had drift
ed away, leaving tho armlets exposed
long after the remains ot the Indian
had passed to dust.
The armlets are of the pattern
that were annually given to the In
dians by the Government In tho eurly
days. Each of the armlets found
bears the emblem of the Government,
and there aro in tho shield fifteen
stars, indicating that at the time they
were there thero were fifteen States
in the Uulon. JewelerB' Circular-Weekly.
Greed prevents real gain.
There Is no saving anger without
love.
Airing our aches will never hoal
them.
No one ever regretted burying a
Blander.
If you want to be happy make
some one less sad.
This world is enriched by the good
more than by the clover.
If the voice of conscience disturbs
you, silence it by obeying it.
The light of love shows the true
self as the light of learning can not.
Little deeds tell more than the
largest, plainest bumps of character.
Plenty of people who talk of hon
esty as a good policy fall to pay the
premiums.
You go forward to no prize without
leaving behind many things that seem
desirable.
You are not likely to lead men to
faith in God by preaching crooked
facts about men.
It is faith mixed with facts and not
with fancies that holds the convic
tion in a sermon.
Some folks think they are generous
because they are willing to givo up
their good intentions.
The happy Christian bo advertises
hlB religion that the other man will
not be happy till he gets It. From
"Sentence Sermons," in the Chicago
Tribune.
Early Rising Hotel Guests. "
"Hotel guests, as a rule, are early
risers," said Bob Johnson, clerk of
the Griswold, the other evening, "and
to prdve it I will show you the call
sheet. You will notice that there are
more 7 and 7.30 calls than any other.
Beginning at 4 o'clock, which la sel
dom used, the call sheet Is ruled down
to 10. About 5.30 the sheet shows u
few room numbers, and from thut
time until 7 o'clock the iucreaae is
rapid. After 7 tho number decreases
until In the last column or two there
is hardly ever a mark.
"When a man leavea a call for any
hour later than 9.30 we always aeud
a pitcher of ice water along as a mat
ter ot course, and If the gueats asks
to be allowed to aleep until 11, It la
usually safe to have the boy take un
ja 'bracer also." Detroit Free Press.
Smartness and Aristocracy.
The death of Lady Cadogan, fol
lowing at no very long Interval that
of Lady Spencer, removes the second
of Ireland's most famouB vice-queens
in the last century's second half. Aa
regards social and fashionable dis
tinction these two ladles were about
equal. Both also took the same prac
tical interest in reviving more than
one almost extinct Irish Industry.
The true social parallel between
"the Spencers and the Cadogans" Ilea
In the fact that each of these Coun
tesses began by setting her face
against "smartness" as a cult and
ended not Indeed by cordial conver
sion to It, but by practically recogniz
ing It as an Institution inevitably In
cidental to courtlershlp a la mode.
The "fine fleur" of aristocratic fash
ion was the European as well as Irish
reputation won by Lady Cadogan'a
Btately splendor for herself and her
husband. Westminster Gazette.
i v College of Journalism.
The board of curators of the Uni
versity of Missouri, Columbia, decid
ed by unanimous vote to establish a
college of Journalism. Heretofore
journalism has been taught In the
university only by occasional lectures.
It was decided that the college
should have adequate equipment for
practical Joinnallatlo training; that
the course of study be at least four
years, and that the entrance require
ments be equal to those of the aca
demic department.
i EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
8UNDAY, MARCH 31.
New Life for the World. Rom. . 4-14.
Easter Sunday Missions.
Passages for reference: Jer. 16. 19
21 ; Hot, 2. 23; 2 Tim. 1. 9, 10.
While the Old Testament tells of
the Word being for the Gentiles, and
that they shall come from the ends
of the eurth to worship at the altars
of tho true God, It remained for the
full revelation of the purpose of God
for the whole world to be revealed by
the Master himself. When Jesus rose
from the dead on that first Easter Day,
then It was that new life was really
guaranteed to all, whether Jew or Gen
tile, who should believe on him. Ro
mans tells us that It was not the con
dition of Abraham under the Jewish
law that brought him the favor of
God, but It was tho righteousness that
came to him by faith in Jehovah be
fore his atibmlssion to the legal regu
lations of tho Jews. Ood'a true
people In all the world are not those
that follow the ordinances afterward
adopted K; Abraham as an evidence
of his faith, but those who have a like
faith in God with him. Nationally has
nothing to do with the acceptance of
this faith. According to Hosea the
time Is coming when the lxrd will
say to them which were not his peo
ple. "Thou art my people," and they
shall say, "Thou art my God."
That the world Is very much alive
to the things of the world cannot be
doubted. Its actlvtles are so energetic
and so persistent that one Is often
Impressed with the fervency of the
world's life. But the mistake Is that
Its life Is full of sinfulness. The
world la alive to tho wrong things. It
Is alive to slu but dead to righteous
ness. What Is known as ''the old
man" Is thoroughly awake to the
things that will perpetuate that life.
Men will go to the ends of the earth,
and undergo all kiuds of hardships,
to make money, and call It enterprise,
but to go to tho same places and un
dergo the snme hardships for Christ
Is regarded as a sacrifice.
When we submit ourselves to Christ
and are cruclQed with him the ''old
man" dies, we become alive to God and
righteousness, and a new Infilling
takes place with a life that Is from
above. Christ brings in a fullness of
life that satisfies the soul and makes
It rejoice In the new thoughts and
forces that work In us to a richer life.
While this new life was ushered into
the world to be Its life to the remotes!
bounds, yet it can become the life of
the whole world only as It Is the life
of the individuals composing "the
world.
Men with this fullness of life are
found everywhere. Wherever the gos
pel goes it is able to give proof of its
presence by the changed lives of thQM
who have embraced it. Under all clr
cumstan c. s the changed lives beat
testimony to Its superiority. We may
call up some instances of the new life
that has come to men of different na
tions wjth the coming of Christ.
London has over 1000 posteffices
and the mall delivery amounts to
727,000,000 pieces a year.
MARCH THIRTY-FIRST.
Home Missions: The Progress of the
Afro-American. Ps. 116: 16-19.
We are llphtB. Matt. 5.13-16.
Our country first. Matt. 10:1-15.
Expect discouragement. Mark 4:
14-20.
Poter a home missionary. Acts 9:
S2-35.
The strong help the weak. Rom.
15:1-5.
Giving systematically. I Cor. 16: 1-
3.
No freodman is ever free until he
has become the servant of the Lord
(v. 16)
It was God who loosed the bonds
of tho slave and without His help not
all tho armies In the world could have
done It (v. 16).
Throufjh all their national history
the Jews remembered gratefully the
cscapo through the Red Sea. How
much more should the Afro-American
be a perpetually grateful race!
(v. 17).
Our freed slaves are set "In the
presence of all His people," and all
His people should have a deep Inter
est In their welfare (v. 18).
Thero are now in the United States,
Including Porto Rico and Hawaii, 9,
204,531 negroes. Nine-tenths of these
live in the Southern states, and con
stitute one-third of their population.
Their welfure and progress, therefore,
aro of tho utmost importance to the
country.
Thero are 21,000 negro carpenters,
20,000 barbers, nearly as many doc
tors, 16,000 ministers, 15,000 masons,
12,000 dressmakers, 10,000 engineers
and firemen. 5,000 shoemakers, 4,000
musicians, and 1,000 lawyers. That is
a good showing for a race only four
decades out of bondage.
Seventy-seven per cent of the ne
groes work on farms. Of the 746,000
farms on which they work, 21 per cent
are owned wholly by the negroes, and,
four por cent are partly owned by
them.
Schools for colored people are In
creasing In numbers and efficiency.
Since 1890 negro illiteracy has fallen
from 57 to 44.5 per cent of tho negro
population.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENT8 FOR MARCH 81 BY
THE REV.I.W. HENDERSON.
Hogs' Strange Bchnvlor.
Hogs over near the good church ot
Providence are acting queerly here
recently anyway. One of my grave,
dignified stewards was telling mu
about it the other day.
"Brother W.," said he, "a strange
thing is happening over In our com
munity." "What In the world Is it?"
said I. "Well," replied my steward,
"it's the hogs. They are acting as 1
never saw them before. They are
actually rubbing their tails off.'
"You don't toll me rubbing their
tails oft?"
Steward: "Yes, sir, it's a fact. It
seems it Is some sort of a disease that
peculiarly affects that part of thu
hog's anatomy, and he goes to a plut
tree and rubs until the tall la excom
municated. We have more bobtail
hogs In my section than you cat
shake a stick at." Southern Chris
tian Advocate.
SWINDLED.
"Ho cheated the gallows at last."
"How so?"
"Qreen-goods game."
"Green-goods game?"
"Paris green." New York World,
Subject: Easter Lesson, 1 Cor. 18t
18-21, R5-5S Qolden Text, 1
Cor. 15-20 Memory Verse, BT
Commentary.
The resurrection Is an historic
fact; It Is the Inspiration of the Chris
tian company of believers; It la
ground of the Christian's hope for
eternal life; It Is the reason for our
steadfastness, our immutability in
Christian service. If it Is not a fact,
If It be a fraud, then are we truly of
all men most miserable.
The crucifixion of Jesus was the
supreme test of His disciples. His
death left them downcast, overborne
with grief, In a measure scattered.
His resurrection was the signal for
their retongregatlon, the Inspiration
of their drooping splrita, their
ground for undying hope. The cruci
fixion was necessary. In the scheme
of Ood, to their Individual salvation.
The resurrection was necessary that
their faith should be atrengthened,
that the church should be launched,
that to-day we might have courage
to fight the good fight and to finish
the course that God hath prepared
before us.
The resurrection Is a fact. Few oc
currences In history are better sub
stantiated. There may, of course,
be differences of opinion as to what
was the exact content of the appear
ance of Jeans to His disciples after
the resurrection. But however we
may differ aa to the form of His res
urrection, on this wo are all agreed,
to this history attests, to this the
presence of the church la evidence,
that Jesus actually rose from the
dead, that He appeared to His dis
ciples, that His reappearance among
them was so real as to be sensed by
them. The resurrection of Jesus Is
a fact. Whatever may be our dispu
tations, let us hold to that, for it Is
ajl Important, it Is at the centre of
our religious life.
The resurrection Is the inspiration
of the Christ tan company of believers.
In It we find strength. It is the
source of our power as It was of the
happiness of that earliest company
of the followers of our Lord who,
when they met Him face to face after
the resurrection, could not believe
that it was Indeed He "for joy."
The resurrection is the ground of
the Christian's hope of eternal life.
Christ promised to His disciples that
though He should be slain and re
main in the tomb until the third day,
yet would He come forth again unto
them, triumphant over the grave and
death. He further gave them to un
derstand that la His victory over sin
and death the certainty of their own
victory over these selfsame forces
was assured. His fulfillment of His
promises and prophecies to them in
creased their confidence in Him and
gave them hope for everlasting life
In bliss within God through Him.
"If Christ be not risen, then," as
Panl says, "is our preaching vain,"
then is the faith and the hope of tho
multitudes who followed Him and In
whose footsteps we tread, vanity,
then are we bereft of hope. But by
the grace of God the transcendent
truth is that Christ Is risen from the
dead. And our fath is well founded.
The resurrection of the Lord Jesus
Christ is the reason for our stead
fastness, our Immutability in Chris
tian service. Because His resurrec
tion is a fact, attested In history and
evidenced in tho life of His church;
because it is our Inspiration and the
ground of our hope of eternal life;
therefore we stand fast In His service
and lend our energies gladly to the
accomplishment of His most glorious
purposes and designs for the regener
ation and sanctlflcatlon of the world.
The hope of a larger and nobler, a
freer and fuller life hereafter Is the
inspiration of the best in human en
deavor in this earthly pilgrimage.
We atrive to bring Heaven to pass
here in the liveB of individuals and
of nations because we recognize that
If we are to live within the presence
of God in the 4uture life we can do
nothing better than to become accus-.
tomed to His presence here and prac
tice the principles which control In
His kingdom, In this life.
We cannot lay too much emphasis
upon the importance of the resurrec
tion. It is at the very centre of all
Christian life and thought. A Chris
tian church without a risen Christ
is almost beyond our imagination.
The disciples were a disheartened
band of men when Jesus was cruci
fied. They would have been utterly
confounded had not Jesus risen from
the dead. His resurrection was es
sential to the certification of His
power for this life and for the life
hereafter.
The resurrection Is the consumma
tion of the love of Ood In Christ. It
la the finest flower of the Divine self
revelation. It takes hold, as does
nothing else, In all our Christian
knowledge aid experience, upon the
very heart-strings of humanity, It
affords us reason for unquenchable,
everlasting hopefulness. And to be
made hopeful is to be inspired, it la
to be supremely blessed.
Vs. 14. "Vain." Empty.
Vs. 17. "Vain." Another word
In Gk. meaning "fruitless."
Vs. 56. "Sting." "The image Is
that of a beast with a sting; rtot
death with a goad, driving men."
Vs. 67. "Give thy." Present par
ticiple. Marks both the daily victory
here and the certainty of the con
quering hereafter.
Read Rev. Samuel Coxe's book,
"The Resurrection."
Proper Proportion.
The more precious the word, tha
greater the value of your works.
Por Bird Owners.
If you wish to keep your pet bird
in good health and song the following
advice will be well worth remember
ing: Don't leave a bird in a room which
Is being swept; dust injures the voice.
Don't hang the bird In a window.
Don't hang the bird iu the sun
shine except Just after the bath, and
only long enough to dry his plumage.
Don't hang a bird where there are
draughts, or in a kitchen where there
Is steam or damp air.
Don't give it figs, sugar or sweets.
Don't allow tho bird to fly about
the room if you want his best songs.
Don't fall to change the water la
the cup froui which a bird drinks
every day.
Alcohol for commercial purposes
is safer than gasolone because it does
not Ignite from radiated heat; it can
be extinguished when burning by
water, while burning gasolene la
only spread thereby; it radiates but
little heat while aflame, differing
greatly from gasolene In this respect.