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Subject: Prayer.
Brooklyn, N. T. Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Hamburg avenue and WelrOold street, the Rev. I. W. Henderson, pastor,
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f I We shall take as our theme for the morning, "Prayer." We shall
take as our text that which Is found In the 65th Psalm and the 17th
, verse, "Evening and morning and at noon, will I pray."
The most distinctive spiritual faculty that we have, Is the ability to
pray. For prayer Is that which brings us Into relationship with God, con
sciously. Upon the wings of prayer we mount Into the very presence of
the Most High. By the exercise of our rapacity for prayer, we are carried
into the sacred place of deity, and abide, without question, within the
shadow of the Almighty.
For prayer la rommunlon with Cod. To pray is to talk to Clod. To
pray Is to converse with God. Humanity can conceive of nothing which Is
so transcendant and so eternally spiritual, as that which we call prayer,
"or prayer lifts a man off the enrtli and takes him into the presence of
that which is eternal and heavenly. Prayer takes a man out of himself,
luto the presence of God For when a man prays as he ought to pray, he
forgets the land about him and enters into a new atmosphere and sees such
visions and experiences such enthusiasms, as In the ordinary run of human
things, lie dormant. Prayer Is a confidential unburdening of the soul In
the presence of Almighty (iod. Prayer is the pouring out to God of our
wants. Prayer Is proclaiming to God our thanks. Prayer is acknowledg
ing to our Heavenly Father our Indebtedness. Prayer is getting face to
face with the Almighty. It Is fhe utmost necessity of the soul.
No man can he a religious man, certainly no man can be a Christian
man, who does not pray.
Now mind you, I am not speaking of saying your prayora. I am not
9peaking of formality. I am not speaking of tnlklng with God by rule
or by rote. Prayer needs no rules. It needi no morning and It needs no
evening. It needs no set of specified regulations. It Is not the repetition
ot a rigmarole. It is the outpouring of tM soul of a needy man and a
thankful man, in the presence of his Fathff and his God.
So many of us say our prayers. So few of us eyer pray. If you would
pray with a will, you can not pray by the 'lock. You can not pray exactly
at evening, morning and at noon, you can not pray the way other men
think you ought to pray and when. The church ran lay down no rule und
regulation for prayer. For "prayer Is the heart's sincere desire, uttered
'jr unexpressed." And you cannot tell a man In Immediate need or under
the pressure of immediate want, when to pray. Nd man can demand that
a man make prayers, for prayer Is something more than that.
Prayer is such a spiritual necessity and faculty that It must have its
own time and own way. and It must be allowed to follow its own rules.
For prayer is the method of spiritual communion with God. Prayer ex
vresses and emphasizes our relationship with the Almighty. No man can
be made a Christian man without It. And the more you are conscious of
it, the more your sense of unity with God is Intensified. The more you are
conscious of your nearness to Him, the more yon will understand what the
.spiritualities are and the less will you be able to pray slavishly at 7.30 In
the morning or at 5 or at any hour by the clock. Fof that Is saying
prayers. It Is all right for children, but God forbid that a grown man or
woman who breathes the air of eternity, should offer prayer by no other
than such a mechanical method as that.
Prayer has value, as well as being a necessity to man. For nowhere
can wc get such comfort as we get In prayer. When a man feels that he Is
overburdened with grief, or Is being carried away by the temptations of
Adversity or of prosperity, when he feels his moorings slipping away from
him and knows that the ground Is shifting and sinking underneath him,
and that he has no place on which he may stand with security and safety,
then prayer must comfort him. That man can pray and net comfort and
peace. The darkest shadows of life may he dark about you, but fervent
prayers will bring rejoicing. Prayer brings an eternal peace which the
world can never give; nor can world'y things take It away
Prayer ought to be Instant. The time to pray is when you want to
pray. The time to commune with God is when you need His presence.
The time to offer your thanksgiving is when you are thankful; not or
dinarily thankful, but when God has laid His hand upon you with such
a blessing that you arc actually conscious of your Indebtedness to Htm.
There are times when you are in the midst of the busy grind when
t you ought to pray just as sincerely, just- as fervently. Just as conlidently
and with just as much wholeheartedness to your God and King, as you
would In the solitude of your own house and within the quiet of your own
room.
It prayer needs to be Instant, it needs also to be continuous. When a
manfeelsthepowersof temptatlonasailinghim.itwiU not do for him to hold
E the prayer over until he gets home at night. The soul must go to God at
.nce. It is not necessary to talk In order to pray, or to wait and staud up
In a prayer meeting. It is not necessary to get down on your knees to
pray. For a man's life may be a continuous prayer, as it should be, when
he sees God and His handiwork In everything, and learns lessons out of
the running brooks, and sermons in stones and sees the presence of Al
mighty God controlling and thrilling through all the human life which Is
round about him
Prayer should not only be continuous, but also comprehensive. The
one bad feature of the prayer which we teach our children Is pronominal.
"Now I lay MK down to sleep. I pray the Lord MY soul to keep; and If 1
lie before 1 wake. 1 prey the Lord MY soul to take! " No wonder we are
MK-cantered when we begin to pray to God with that kind of a prayer.
Wc might belter teach our children, "God take care of the world and me.'
For the child would have some inspiration und Impulse to Imagination.
Tho child's mind would be taken away from Itself. I am not minimizing
the prayer which the most of us learned at our mothers' knees, but God
fori in us, It ought to be changed, it needs a few additions, It needs to be
come comprehensive.
Prayet should bo fervent. There is nothing more rongelative than a
old irayor. Nothing ran so chill the soul as a heartless petition. Nothing
is so repellant as ervOrlss adoration. For It violates our sense of the
Ptnetl of things. It weights rather than elevates. It contracts rather
than expands. It d ladena rather than enlivens. And prayer cannot pos
sess fervor unless we are spiritually warmed. A man without spiritual
experiences cannot pray with enthusiasm. It is only the man who is con
scious of the depth of his own need. Of the everlasting and boundless grace
o( God, of the self-sacrificing affection of Jobus Christ, who has a realiza
tion ;! the consummate work that God lias effected in him or of the need for
:i thorough transformation of his life by the impulses of divine truth, who
P8U pay With intensity and fire. The trouble with much of our public
i rayer is thai we aro self-conscious, we have nothing to pray about, we are
.1 tid of thoso essential spiritual experiences that are prerequisite to any
enlarging and enlivening prayer. Many men seem to think that prayer
often an opportunity to exhort the congregation via the mercy seat. Others
teem to think that it is a valid medium through which counsel and advice
ma- he ;.vrn to the Most High God. Prayer is not sermon. It Is not a
In ire. It tl not, in the limited sense of the term, an address. Prayer is
the heartfelt communion of the soul of the people with Jehovah. It de
lends for power upon ar -fill understanding and investigation of the ex
tensive experiences which fined In upon the souIb of men and with which
human lite la affluent. The richer the experience the more fervent the
prayer.
Prayer should be faithful. It should believe Without trust In God
It Is a mere mechanical operation. We must believe that It reaches, that
It is heard, that ii is something more than a reflex action. And It la. As
it U the holiest and most spiritual of human faculties, It Is also, under
proper and definite condition, the surest. The prayer of a good man
avallelli. The sincere prayer of a penitent and contrite heart Is heard.
The cry of the afflicted has a ready access to the heart of God. He that
Lee pet n tjtiard over us neither slumbers nor sleeps.
Buch prayer should be the practice of the church. For a prayerless
church Is a church disabled and discredited. It Is no fiction that the
prayer ineating Is the splrltisjil thermometer of the church. When the
church has praved with fervency and trust the church has prevailed.
When she has communed with Jehovah with earnestness and fidelity she I
has had power with men. The trouble with us Is that we lack the spirit
Of prayer. Judging from the average prayer meting the people have
little for which they are thankful, little need of the sustaining of God,
little praise to offer, small request to make. The art of prayer la not a
conspicuous characteristic of the church of our times. We are weak In
this department. Therefore we are limited In our operations and In our
influence.
When the church begins to have a consciousness of her responsibility
and obligation to the world for which Jeans lived ijnd died, when Bhe has
a clear conception of her eternal Indebtedness to the gracious God who
hath called her into being and who hath preserved her till this day, when
she hears the penetrating voice of the Lord who sltteth between the
cherubim crying to her soul, "Who shall I Bend and who will go for us,"
then the church will learn to pray. Wherever there Ig a congregation that
has experienced these things there will you rind a praying people, a people
of power with men and with God. For when Christians possess the knowl
edge of these things then they feel the need for divine guidance. Then they
commune with God Then they pray.
The future of the church rests upon her capacity and power to pray.
We cannot too much emphasise the need of a proper mystical and spiritual
union between the Lord and His people. The danger Is that in the midst
. 'of and under the compulsions of tho engrossing cares ot the modern world
we .hail deal little or lightly with these spiritual and mystical realities
that are meat and drink and life eternal to the church of the living God.
it. is necessary that we shall have a clear conception of the reality as of the
value f the prayer life. For prayer will panoply the church with power.
It will muke her perdurable It will inspire and enthuse her. It will make
her mighty against principalities and powers and against the machinations
of wicked men. It will make her steadfast In the hot tight against tho
iniquities of life and loyal In the service of the Christ her King.
The prayer of the church should be, "Lord, teach us to pray."
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEM3ER 3.
According to Our Work (Matt. 21.
2832.)
Passages for reference; Mai. I,
6-8; John 14. 23; 1 John 2. b; I. 7;
6. 3.
Church profession and home mean
ness do not constitute righteousness
Large advertising will not bring trade
for a worthless article. Too many
testimonial letters sometimes Injure
a young nun. There is always an
opening for the one who "makes
good." A diploma does not lnBure
practice to a doctor. The tender
touch and the hearty Interest with
an open mind often make a better
nurse than cold-fart knowledge. The
fast clerk Is a poor salesman. The
Inner life shines forth In spite of
paint and powder. The tongue un
consciously lets fhe mind's contents
leak out. The dishonest boy or man
usually has a Jumplng-abont eye; he
cannot look at you straight. The
false friend has an affected speech
and a chilling effect on confidential
conversation. Promises should be
carefully mude and, unless foolish or
bad. closely and regularly kept.
Many small deeds give color and 8
rectlon to the larger ones. He who
Is faithful In the least" will !e
placed over the greater. It is not
unwise to fix a goal, It is encour
aging to make a helpful and possible
promise. Then pu-h toward It.
vold side tracks Avoid dishones
ty. It will not excuse US because
we retime to promise to do what we
ought and can do. The "no"-saylng
son would have been as guilty as the
"yes" fellow If he had not repented.
Accept responsibilities from God He
is your father and will not ask the
impossible from his son. We -Christ's
name Do not stop h
Fill it with meaning In your o .i
life. As Kx Governor Russell once
said. "It Is not so important that we
make a living as that we make a
life."
The "way of rlghteourncFs" is the
only way. It Is a "way leading to
aome place" (see Greek.) We do
nci go to heaven because of conver
sion, church membership, or month
profession, but because by Imitation
of Je3iis It Is our natural place. He
was the obedient Son "even unto
death" (Phil. 2. X A name stanoa
for character. We must with per
fect right and fitness wear his name,
because our nnhire and character de
serve It, If we are saved. We can
only do this by being gentle, forgiv
ing, kind, and helpful, ns he was on
earth. We must Imitate Jesus and
so be rlghteotiB
Sources of Income.
Dairy farming is now believed to
be the most profitable of ant. It
takes lesB fertility out of the sofl and
furnishes more manure than any
other kind of farming. The by
products can be used In so many
ways that the side lines are also
aources of Income. Farmer's Home
Journal.
Keeping Weeds Down.
One farmer alone In a neighbor
hood, no matter how vigilant he may
i be, cannot possibly keep down the
weeds on his farm so long as his
! neighbors allow these pests to grow
: and mature seed; for In one way or
! another the seed will be scattered an4
though the careless neighbors may
not literally "bow tares In the wheat"
! of their weed destroying neighbor,
j their fields furnish the seed which
shall grow all manner of "unclean"
! plants. Colman's Rural World.
Pest of Rats.
Farmers, millers and other handlers
of grain understand what a costly
pest the rats are. It Is said that a rat
will eat two ounces of wheat or corn
a day, and therefore costs the mill or
elevator about fifty contB per year
to maintain, not counting the stuff
that It destroys. Of course, nothing
like an estimate of the number of rats
in the country can be mnde; but some
Idea of their cost can be formed by
tentative comparison. If, for Instance,
there Is one rat for every horse, cow,
sheep and hog In this country, the
amount of cereals alone consumed by
the rodents will reach $ 1 00, "00,000
annually. American Miller.
A Bad Practice.
The practice of hauling manure
into little lilies in the field is poor
economy. A load of manure can bo
spread from the wagon almost aj
quickly ns It can be hooked Into plies,
and when it Is once spread I. is where
it will do the most good. If left In
piles a rain or two will carry the most
available portions of It .directly Into
the soil, making a few square feet in
close proximity perhaps too rich,
while the haulm only renialus to bo
spread upon the Intervening spaces.
As a result the field presents the
appearance of a vast checker board
for several successive seasons.
Weekly Witness.
NOVEMBER THIRD.
"Acquainted with God." Job. 22: 21,
22. (Consecration meeting.)
Seeing God for ourselves. Job. 19:
23-27.
Knowing His greatness. Ps. 135:
1-6.
Knowing His Justice. Ps. 140: 1-13.
God s faithfulness. Reel. 8: 11, 12.
Jesus reveals Him. John 10: 30
38. Mature acquaintance. 1 Cor. 13:
9-13.
Acquaintance with God certainly
implies no less than acquaintance
with a man; It should Imply infinite
ly more.
Whoever Is acquainted with God Is
at peace with God, with himself, with
other men with all except Satan!
Acquaintance with men, even the
best of men, brings mingled good and
evil; acquaintance with God, nothing
but good.
Ab acquaintance with men comes
mainly through the words of men, bo
does acquaintance with God.
Suggestions.
Whoever would become acquaint
ed witli God will find God coming
more than half wny to meet him.
One of the best evidences of your
acquaintance with God will be your
desire to make every one else ac
quainted with Him.
There is no way to become ac
quainted with God except the way
that He Himself marks out.
God Is not reserved. Whoever
gives himself wholly to God finds
God giving Himself wholly in return.
Illustrations.
No two men would exjieet to bo
come acquainted except by spending
time together. How otherwise can
you hope to become acquainted with
God?
letters help largely toward ac
quaintanceship. And We have letters
from God in the Bible.
It helps us to become acquainted
with a man If we become aoqualnted
with his family and intimate friunds.
So one who would know God must
know God's children and His friends.
The beat way to get to know a
man Is to Join In his work; and that
Is the best way to get to kuow
God.
To Get a Stund of ( lover.
A good way to get a stand of clover
is to put the land in good condition
and about last of August or first of
September sow it with buckwheat.
The buckwheat comes up quickly,
forms a shade, and before cold
weather sets In the clover will be well
rooted and there will be no weeds
the following spring. I do not cut
the buckwheat let It fall down; it
will be rotted and out of the way
when clover is ready to cut. If the
growth is extremely large, It would
be well to cut; but bowu late It will
not mature, only act as a shade and
keep down weeds. B. B. D., In the
Progressive Farmer.
Wasting Crops.
Only a few years ago the practice
of turning fattening cattlu Into the
ripened corn fields was condemned
as wasteful, and not much was
thought of the farmer who harvested
his corn In this manner. Of late
years tho practice has been growing
more common, probably because of
the difficulty in getting help to husk
out the corn. A big Missouri corn
grower and feeder handles sevoral
hundred acres In this way every fall;
and, while there Is some waste, hogs
usually follow and gather up most
of the ears which are knocked off.
Some have gone a little farther and
planted cowpeas, which helps to bal
ance the ration. Sheep feeders have
also fallen Into the same practice.
From what I have seen I do not think
that sheep waste as much as cattle.
They can be turned in earlier, and
they strip the stalks of all the lower
lade, before beginning on the ears.
Some have tried sowing rape in the
corn. The sheep like it and thrive.
L. C. Brown, In the Indiana Farmer.
The Feet of the Church.
A friend told me one day, "You
(missionaries) are the feet of the
church, and wherever you go the
church goes with you." "Oh," I
said, that Is beautiful! The feet of
the church; that 1 the lowest
part of the body, and threads
in the mud very
dust. Aud if tbs
gers of Peace are
the sight of God
aba must be tli
body . beautl
and in the
if the angels,
dyf and If the
The Hardest to Bear.
It Is the unrest of divided pur
pose, the ache of an unsatisfied con
science, the uneasiness of a self-regarding
spirit, that are so hard to
bear, not the troubles that He sends,
not the discipline by which He trains
us. Yes! we can escape from our
selves Into God; otherwise there la
no iefuge for us. Charles Beard.
Dog Did the Wrong Trick.
The irishman wanted to sell the
dog, but the prospective buyer was
suspicious and finally decided not to
uy. The man then told him why
ho was bo anxious to sell. "You see,"
he said, "I bought thedog and trained
him myself. I got him so he'd bark
all the time if a person stepped inside
the gate, and I thought I was safe
from burglars. Then my wife
wanted me to train him to carry bun
dles, and I did. If I put a packet in
his mouth the dogwould keep it there
till some one took it away. Well, one
night I woke up and heard some one
In the next room. I got up and
grubbed my gun. Thoy wer.e there
three of tbe scoundrels and the dog."
"Didn't he bark?" interrupted the
man.
"Sorry a bark; he was too busy."
"Busy? What doing?"
"Carrying a lantern for the burg
lavs.'' Dublin Fseenian.
Busiuess System.
The farmer feels secure In his bed
and board; he can, if necessary, wear
old clothes; he can usually get credit
at the local bank or store, and, there
fore, does not have the Incentive to
vigilant care In eliminating waste
that spurs other producers; and the
question of profit or Iobs is frequent
ly neglected. There is no debiting of
an interest charge on his Investment;
no charge for his own labor nor that
of his wife and children and team;
no credit for the home-grown prod
ucts used on the farm. Tho cash bal
ance at the end of the season tells all
that Is told It is a result without an
explained cause, in other lines of
business a cost tag accompanies eaeh
Job, as in the printing office, or each
pair of shoos or other articles through
the factory, and when tbe article Is
completed the cost Is known In the
office. How many farmers know the
cost of producing any of their crops,
or the actual manufacturing cost of
eggs, or milk, oi stock? American
Cultivator
pay to do so. The main point Is to be
sure and get pure-bred males, and
from aome reliable breeder, In order
to avoid using those of impure blood.
eWekly Witness.
I THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Concerning Black Knot.
One of the greatest drawbacks to
plum trees is black knot. About the
only thing that can be done for those
badly affected with It Is to cut them
down and bum them. If slightly or
moderately affected, the knots only
need to bo removed.
The disease spreads by means of
spores which are blown and carried
through the air and find a resting
place on the trees. If conditions are
favorable, the spores germinate there
and the black knot penetrates the
tree and grows In It. The next spring
a yellowish swelling appears on the
branches. This Ib the first visible In
dication of the presence of the dis
ease. During May and June the swelling
turns darker In color. It also as
snmeB a velvety Burface, due to the
Innumerable spores which cover the
knot. As these spores soon blow
nway at this stage of the disease. It
is Important to cut tho knots out
upon their first appearance, even be
fore the spores are produced, and
burn them.
If tho knots are on small branches,
these should be cut off from three to
six Inches below the knot and burnt
at once. Sometimes, however, it is
not practicable to remove the knots
In this way without serious Injury to
the tree. In that event the knot
should be cut off with a sharp prun
ing knife and the wound given a thor
ough painting with pure kerosene.
Great care must be taken, though, to
prevent tho kerosene running on the
branch, as that might be very detri
mental to the tree. Later In the sea
sou the wound mny be painted with
white lead. Indeed, any old knots
not removable with the knife should
be given a good painting with kero
sene. Putting a little coloring matter
in the kerosene enables one to see
when the wound has been painted
well.
As the spores from a single" knot
are apt to relnfcst a whole orchard,
too much pains cannot be taken to
destroy every knot. In addition to
cutting them out, It 1b advisable to
spray thoroughly with the Bordeaux
mixture, beginning while the trees
are still dormant in the spring and
continuing at intervals into the sum
mer. In this way It is possible to
eradicate the disease. Fred O. Sib
ley, In The Epltomlst.
The opaque centre of a cake of ar
tificial Ice, which a French physician
has pointed out, Is due to freeslng
from the outside the impurities, in
cluding bacteria, being crowded Into
the last portion of solidity.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
ME NTS FOR NOV. 8 BY III so
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Profit in Sheep.
Peter Janson, a prominent Ne
braska sheep feeder of over thirty
years' experience, gives his views
upon the profit Bide of the business
In the following: "Now, as to the
profit In the business: That Is very
problematical, and depends entirely
upon tho Bupply and demand, as well
as the skill with which you handle
your sheep. The American people
are somewhat erratic; If, for Instance,
we have had good prices for fat sheep
one year, and have made a little
money, a lot of new feeders are apt
to Jump In next season and overdo
the business, and the result Is disas
trous. The packers are sure to take
advantage of a glut, and hammer
prices below the cost of production.
You cannot jump in and out and hit
the high prices; you are more liable
to strike the low ones. If you are
fixed to feed sheep, and If you have a
liking for the business, the only ra
tional way is to stick to it and take
the average. To the beginner I
would say: Start In slowly and get
your experience. Buy a carload or
two and see how you like It. Then,
If successful, try some more next
season, but don't think that because
you have handled a thousand head
profitably you can do the same with
10,000 and multiply your profits by
ten; you can't do it. In marketing,
again, much depends upon your com
mission house. Employ one with a
regular sheep salesman of good stand
ing and even then don't cuss if he
cannot get you the top-notch every
time, oi falls to bring you in on all
the high days."
The record power transmission is
that of the Kern River plant In south
ern California, where 25.000 horse
power Is sent 117 miles at a pressure
of 85,000 volts. Extensions of this
plant are contemplated which will in
crease the horsepower to 65,000.
Comparative tests of electricity and
pneumatic drills have resulted over
whelmingly In favor of the latter.
This Is a very severe service and the
electric drill does not seem to stand
up unit- : it, and time Is constantly
'os. In making repairs to the machin
ery. A German botanist, O. Kuntse, has
pointed out that a certain specimen
or taxodium at Oaxada, Mexico, which
heretofore has been regarded as the
blggeBt tree in the world, having a
diameter of ten metres, consists In
reality of three trees which grew Into
one.
i
Coppsr is stated to be so hardened
as to take n cutting edge by adding to
it. while In a molten state, about two
per cent, of potassium ferrocyanlde.
The color Is not affected. The reason
for the change is not clear, but It is
supposed to result from the Introduc
tion of Iron and possibly carbon.
An experimental railroad for test
ing signaling devices, materials used
In track construction and different
types of motor cars for railroad use,
has been built by the Railway Depart
ment of the German Government.
The road is double tracked and Is
oval-shaped, having a length of 5760
feet. The straight track Is about 800
feet long. Engineering Record.
Two English scientists discovered,
about ten years ago, that fused silica
might be treated In the same way
as glass, but it was loft for Germany
to develop Its commercial possibili
ties. An English firm has now taken
up the original process and is enabled
to place this material on the market
at reasonable rates. To chemists the
discovery is of great service, for the
vessels made of fused silica will not
crack even when heated whle hot
and plunged Into water. They are
also lmpregnnble to acids, and It is
even possible to use them for melting
platinum.
TAILORS ROSE IN THEIR MIGHT.
Held Hrt
God holds us r
slble for our
, for ourselves
-M. I). Bab-
TO GET BETTER MEN.
A Scottish minister was one day
talking to one of his parishfoners,
who ventured the opinion that minis
ters ought to be better paid.
"I am glad to hear you say that,"
said the minister. "I am pleased that
you think so much, of the clergy. And
so you think we should have bigger
stipends?"
"Ay," said the old man; "then we'd
get a belter class o' men." London
Bparo Moments.
Raising Choice Chicks.
No one can raise choice broilers for
market by buying eggs for tho pur
pose from neighbors and others who
give no attention to Improving their
flocks. It Is not difficult to securo
uniform chicks if pure-bred males are
used. If a Plymouth male Is mated
with a lot of hens, even If the hens
are of different kinds, the chicks will
strongly partake of the color and
characteristics of the male. If the
pullets are retained and mated with
another Plymouth Rock male the
next year it will be all the better.
Thus one can, by the use ot only two
pure-bred males, In two years have a
flock that la uniform. If there Is a
necessity for buying eggs from neigh
bors, the proper course is to put
young Plymouth Rock males In such
yards In exebango for the common
males, selling the latter at onee. This
can be done by raising pure-bred
males for that purpose, and It will
A Maine Landholder.
One man. David Plngree, owns or
controls 767,972 acres of wild lauds
in one Maine county alone Aroo
stock. This represents a domain
larger probably than most of the
great European landowners control.
Some of the European kingdoms are
not much larger.
In Aroostook there are 2,596,556
acres of wild lands, so that "D. Pln
gree ot al." owns a third of the wild
lands in that great county. In addi
tion thereto Coe and Plngree and D.
Plngree own a great acreage in Ox
ford County. This ArooBtook domain
If gathered together would make a
little plat ot about 120 square miles.
The average valuation of Aroostook
County wild lands by tbe State as
sessors la less than $4 an acre. So
that Mr. Plngree's holdings stand
him at a valuation of about 88,000,
000 at the outaide.
On this he pays State tax ot .0026
on tho dollar. The Bangor New;
The Japanese and Know.
A Japanese friend of mine lived In
Paris for a year. Waking on a win
ter's morning he found that snow
had fallen in the night. As a mat
ter of course he took his way to the
Bols de Boulogne, to admire the
beauty ot the snow upon the trees.
What was his astonishment when,
with his companion, a compatriot, lie
arrived in the Bols to find it entirely
solitary and deserted! The two Jap
anese paid their vowa to beauty in
tbe whiteness and the stillness of
the morning, and at last beheld in
the distance two other figures ap
proaching. They were r mforted.
"We are not quite ajone," they said
to themselves. There were at least-
two other "Just men" in that city
ot the indifferent and the blind. The
figures drew nearer. They were also
Japanese! Loudon Saturday He-
view.
Refused to Permit a Performance
That Satirized Their Craft.
In 1769 Foote had produced a bur
lesque, the author of which has never
been discovered, entitled "The
Tailors: a Tragedy For Warm
Weather." Dowton announced the re
vival of this piece for bis benefit. As
the title implies, it was a satire upon
the sartorial craft, and upon the bills
being issued an indignation meeting
was convened by tho knights of the
needle, who vowed to oppose the per
formance by might and main.
Menacing letters were sent to Dow
ton, telling him that 17,000 tailors
would attend to his piece, and one,
who signed himself "Death," added
that 10,000 men could be found if
necessary. These threats were
laughed at by the actors; but when
night came it was discovered that the
craft were In earnest, and that, with
few exceptions, they had contrived
to secure every seat in the house,
while a mob without still squeezed
for admission. The moment Dowton
appeared upon tho stage there was a
hideous uproar, and boiuo one threw
a pair of shears at him.
Not a word would the rioters listen
to, nor would they accent anv annum.
mlse in the way of changing the piece.
Within howled and hissed without in
termission hundreds of exasperated
tailors; outaide howled and bellowed
thousands of raging tailors, who at
tempted to storm the house. So for
midable did the riot wax that a mag
istrate had to be Bent for and special
constables called out, but these were
helpless against overwhelming odds,
so a troop of Life Guards was ulti
mately summoned, who after making
slxteon prisoners put the rest to
flight. From the American Tailor
d Cutter.
Trees Growing In Churches.
The parish church of Ross, Here
fordshire, possesses some singular ec
clesiastical "ornaments" in two fine
elm treeB flourishing one on each side
of the pew where once sat the famous
"Man of Ross," John Kyrle. They
are fabled locally to have sprung up
as a token of divine wrath against
a profane rector of Ross who had
cut down some trees which Kyrle bad
planted In the churchyard.
TreeB In or on churches are not
uncommon. At Kempsey, in the ad
Joining county of Worcestor, a large
horse chestnut tree has grown in the
chancel from the tomb of Sir Ed
mund Wylde, who died about 1629,
On the tower of Flshtoft Church, neaf
BobIou, grows a lusty beech, and
similar tree may be seen on the towel
of Culmatnck In 'Devonshire. Apari
from intrinsic beauty tho parish
church of Crick, In Northampton
shire, 1b or was recently remarkable
for two trees growing out of th
masoury about fifty feet from th
ejrouud. London Dally News.
Subject : The Cities of Refuge, Joshua
20:1-9 Golden Text, Is. 6J8:T
Memory Verses, S, 8 Com
mentary on the Day's Leeson.
The cities of refuge Illustrate and
enforce upon our mlnda the sanctity
of human life. That Is their largest
open meaning. By analogy there
may be found In them a type of tho
safety tbat la to be found In tho
Lord Jesus Christ for the soul ot tho
sinner. The first lesson Is quite ob
vious. The second Is so only as wo
are cognizant of the part that Jesus
plays In the life of the man whoso
soul Is released from the bondage ot
sin unto death and vitalized by that
Spirit to possess whom Is eternal life.
Tbe lesson illustrates the value
and the Importance of human life.
It shows us that Innocent blood
should not be spilt, that even a mur
derer Is entitled to other considera
tion than that given him by a blood
avenger. It emphasizes the truth
that even the life of a murderer it
precious In the eyes of God.
There was need of the cities ot
refuge In the days of which the les
son treats. The blood-avenger, tho
nearest of kin to a slain man, went
hot on the trail of any man who,
however unwittingly, hud taken the
life of his relative. A man who had
been unfortunate enough to become
embroiled in an unpremeditated at
tack upon another and had done him
fatal Injury could always count upon
the immediate revenge of tho blood
avenger. Vengeance was the first
thing which he might expect. Avenge
and then investigate. But avenge
first.
The citleB of refuge afforded a
proper and necessary opportunity to
escape Hl-advised vengeance. They
gave a man who was not really bad
at heart a chance for his life. They
impressed upon the mind of the mur
derer that he had taken life and
thereby had forfeited1 to some extent
his full rights in society. They Im
pressed upon the murderer the im
portance of his own life to society.
They made the blood-avenger to un
derstand that even a murderer has
rights.
We are enlarging the rights of men
In our time. We no longer have the
blood-avenger except tn isolated In
stances. We are denying to individ
uals the right to execute the laws
that properly belongs to the province
of society as a whole. We are insist
ent that a man shall have a trial for
his life whether he be guilty or not.
And we are gradually beginning to
question the good sense of taking the
life of any man as an act of social
vengeance. Some day we Bhall un
derstand that national vengeance if
as senseless, in the last analysis, as
private vengeance. And war will
cease.
The lesson also affords us an ana
logy of the refuge we may flud In on
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It If
to Him that we may flee for comfort
and for a chance to live nobler and
more beautiful lives when we havi
fallen Into sin. Of course we know
that we do not have to flee to Him tc
escape the unholy wrath of a capri
cious God. For God is not anxiouf
to engage lu the role ot a blood aven
ger. But sin when we have taller
Into Its dominion wilt utterly con
found and destroy us if it have Its
way. The escape from that death ll
to be found In Jesus Christ. He Ir
our city of refuge. God's providence
gives us tho beuefit of every doubt
and counsels us to flee to Him,
Within Him we may And safety and
security.
Even as the cities of refuge wen
conveniently situated so that the
mauslayer might easily find them, sc
JeBus Ib within easy reach of every
soul who needs the consolation ol
abiding within Him. He is not far
off from everyone of us. Any man,
regardless of his previous condition
of servitude to sin, may enter into
Him und find lu Him salvation. Like
wise even as the murderer hnd to
stay tn the city of refuge In order to
receive tho benefits of the deliverance
that the city offered, bo must wo abide
In Christ. To go out of His dominion
Is to re-enter the dominion ot sin.
Likewise as the manslayer wa cer
tain of the reality ot his deliverance
and Ms safety while he was In tho
city so should we be sure of our safe
ty while we are In Christ. To doubt
Him Is ungracious. It la treasonable.
To have fears while under His pro
tection Is to doubt the goodness and
the word of God.
Every man needs Christ as his ref
uge. The greatest consciousness that
man possesses next to his conscious
ness of his divine lineage Is the con
sciousness of his sin. If sin had Its
way we should be annihilated. It
could not be otherwise. Whatsoever
a man soweth that shall he also reap.
That Is law. It Is justice. It is tho
law of God. The fruit of sin is death.
And the ultimate way for a man to
secure release from the dominion of
the death that Is tbe result of sin Is
to flee to Christ and to abide within
Him.
For when a man Is In Christ Jesut
he is a saved man. There can be no
question about it. The fact la abso
lute. It Is the will of God. There Is
no experience so satisfying as the ex
perience ot abiding within Christ.
And Christ not only affords us ref
uge. He also ministers comfort and
grants us tho peace that Is heavonly.
He Is not only a guard but a guide.
He la not only a retuge. He Is a rock.
Spy Out Your Heart.
Take the candle of God's word and
search the corners of your heart.
John Mason.
Her Antidote.
A Washington doctor was recently
called to his telephoue by a negro
woman formerly In the service of hli
wile. In great agitation the darky
ud vised the physician that her young
est child was In a bad way.
"What seems to be the trouble?"
asked tho physician.
"Doc, she done swallowed a whole
bott i.- of Ink!"
"I'll be over there In a short while
to see her," said the medico. "In the
meantlm, have you done anything
for herT"
"I done give her three pieces o'
blottln' paper, Doc," aald tho negresg
doubtfully Harper's Weekly.
Not the Man.
It was difficult to hire competent or
even Incompetent help In Eden Cen
ter, and the commuters tn tbat Idyl
lic spot had learned resignation.
"James," Bald Mrs. Crawford, "I
haven't seen anything of that mas
who was to mow our lawn. Whors
do you suppose he la? There, I be
lieve that's he now, over in Howo'a
orchard!"
"Is ho standing?" Inquired Mr.
Crawford.
"Yes," said his wife, "he's standing
under one of the big trees looking
toward uu house."
"That can't be the man," said Mr,
Crawford. "He'd be sltUng or lying
down." Youth's Companion.
THE SEQUEL.
"Funny thing about Dnbley. Ha
said he needed a little whisky be
cause he was run down."
"Well, wasn't be run down f"
"I don't know about that, but I do
know he was run In." CutbOliO
Standard und Times.