THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON CARDINAL GIBBONS. BY Subject: The Prerogative ttd Re sponxlbllllles of Moral Freedom. Give ilic Fiinn 1 Cltdll. The farmer seldom keeps a square ceount. House rent and luxuries he seldom Itemizes on the credit side of the ledger. The enjoyment of rural life In health and happiness t three score years and ten he does not reckon In the sum total of benefit, but lie charges all the ache and "4ns. Weekly Witness. Constant Supply of Salt. The precile benefit of salt for dairy cattle is hardly known, but exper ience show that It Is worth while to feed it quite freely in sttrh quantities ft the cows will take. Cows having alt kept befm e them all the time will not ear too much, but they may be irtrfed ,-wlth salt IT they have not been given any for n h ng time. The alt Btlmitl?." the pppeihc and In crease the flow of body fluid. American Cultivator. Handy Treatment For Wotfnda. For a barbed wire eul or other sim ilar open "wound one of the best np plteatlona is the medical preparation known aa antophlogistine. It reduces and prevents inflammation and may be usjtl freely on the wounds. Some veterinarians use peroxide of hydro gen applied once or twice a day. An other good wash is a five per cent, so lution of carbolic acid which may be obtained at the drug store. Ameri can Cultivator. that came Into the world with t, strong constitution, Inherited from it parent, could eat any kind of food, digest It, and turn the greatest possible per cent, of It Into bone, fleeb and sinew. In nn attempt to bottei prmvlde for the young stock ome peo ple nowadays build what are known as roosting coops, usually about six feet long, four feet wide and four feet high in front, with a shed roof. Baltimore, Md. Sunday morning Cardinal Gibbons preached his regu lar monthly sermon to a large audi ence, at the cathedral. His subject wa "The Prerogatives and Responsi bilities of Moral Freedom." The text was from St. Luke 18:31-43: "Jesua commanded the blind man to be brought to Him, and He asked him, shying: What wilt thou that I do for thee? And he said: Lord, that I ma v receive my sight." The cardinal said : I Is not he stone blind who Is entire ly engrossed by the desire for earthly riches and shuts his eye to tne penri In some eases these have proved very o great price? Is not he blind who satisfactory, white In others they have proved decidedly undesirable. The ones which nre well ventilated, that is, constructed so that It is possible to open them very thoroughly when the weniher 1 warm, are successful. Those that confine the air with the chicks bring on nil sorts of diseases, and often cause nil (lie trouble In the flock, while the owner tries all man ner of feeding In nn effort to cut down the mortality and remove the cause. The ideal roosting coop Is built with the front entirely of slats or wire, and with some way of letting In air at the back on extremely warm nights. A coop open at the front and back would not do In very cold weather, or Indeed when the weather was moderately cool. Therefore, the open space at the rear must have a door to cover it, and the front should have a burlap curtain, to let down when the wind blows cold into the coop or when the rain would other wise beat In. Q. E. Nason, In Amer ican Cultivator. Keeping Sweet Potatoes, You have published one man's wnv Of keeping sweet potato ; ! will tell you mine. We dig In October and the same day we take them out of the .ground we put them on the garret floor, where a int - s canvas has been -spread. The garret la over the din ing room, where at tills time of the year (October) there la n fire nircht and morning and the drying procea commences immediately. Lai tr there la a fire nil the time. We pile them to the depth of three feet, and If the weather Is very, severe in winter we cover them with one or two thick nesses of old carpet, and we have plenty of potatoes all winter, and some to sell when prices arc good, and we have plenty of seed (or our selves and neighbors is the spring. We have at this writing at l?ast thirty bushels on the floor. We have been following this plan for fifteen year, and In spring can carry all the de cayed potatoes out in a half-bushel basket. It is not narly so hard for us to keep sweet potatoes as our apple. David Truell, in the Indiana Farmer Silage ami Live Stork. Bilags For Cows Silage Is mors used In rations for dairy rows than for any other, class of animals. In fact It has been prominent In bring ing about the present development of the dairy industry, and enabling the m.Kimum production at the minimum cost. Silage Is well liked by cows, and they thrive on it, make liberal yields and maintain good health. Since silage Is relatively rich In carbohy drates and low in protein, clover bay, cow pea hay and alfalfa hay are all good as a supplementary roughage. From thirty to fifty pounds Is the usual daily allowance of silage for a cow. Silage For Steers The progress ive feeder of beef cattle will And that silage Is just as important In the eco nomical production of flesh and fat a the dairyman does In the economical 1 wallowing In the mire of sin. who is leading a life of sensuality which leads te melancholy and despair? la not he Mind who I bending all his energies to the acquisition of honor I and fame, and when be acquires It. It falls to satisfy the craving? of hi heart Is not he blind who looks up j to heaven' and contemplates the j works of creation, but discern not i the existence of n Creator? I not ho ! blind who sees the hands moving on the clock-work of time, but fails to recognize the Invisible Hand which : keep these works In motion? Is not he blind w ho counts the days of his I years as they flow by. but does not ' consider the ocesn of eternity that lies before him? Now. Christ says to each c.f you 1 whnt He said to the blind man: What ; I thy will? What wilt thou that I I do for thee? How sublime Is the faculty of free I will! It la a gIM which distinguishes I you from the brute creation; for man ; is the only creature on earth that en 1oy moral freedom. It Is a preroga- 1 tlve which you possess In common experience wun me angeis ami uitu maivc like tc God Himself. God n: :l the angels and man are the only btlaSf. that have free will. 't Is the exercls" of the will that dlltlnxulahea the sr.lut from the sin ner, the martyr from the apostate, the hero from the coward, the tem perate man from the drunkard, the benevolent ruler from the capricious tyrant. If we are destined to be of the number of the elect, we shall owe our salvation under God to the right use of our freodom. If we are to In cur the vengeance of heaven, It shall be due to the abuse of our liberty. "Thy destruction is thine own, O Is rael." In a Word, our liberty Is a weapon with which, like Saul, we will inflict a deadly wound uron our selves, or It 1 a sword with which, like Michael the archangel, we can conquer the infernal enemy and win our way to heaen Our Saviour told the .Tew that the knowledge and practice of His pre cepts would secure for them true freedom. The Jews were Indignant that their freedom Bhould be called in question: "We are the seed ol ! Christ, "that I hBve the power of life and death over you?" "You would I have no power over Me," replies our j Lord, "If It were not given thee from : above." Blessed Is the man who In every I occurrence of life preserve In hi heart an unalterable adhesion to i Ood'a will, through honor and dl j honor, through evil report and good I report, In sickness and in health. In I prosperity and adversity. Blessed la he who hear the paternal voice of God In the thunder of tribulation ' that wound over his head. Happy t is ho who has this short but rompre I henslve prayer of en In his heart and 1 hi. iin- "Thv will. O Lord, be in,,'" Thrice hinnv are they whoM run say with tlv confidence of the npoatle: "Who sbU separate u from I ih invc nf Christ." and a loyal at- I taohment to HI will. "Shall trlbu I latlon or distress, or danger or perse I cutlon or the sword? I am sure that , neither death nor life nor ange's nor principalities nor power, nor m.nga present nor thing to come, nor height nor rr.Icht er any other crea ture shall be able to separate us from the charity of God." HOPING AGAINST HOPE. Tiv the REV. P. A. HALPIN, St Angela's College, New Rochelle, N. Y. Who against hope believed In hope. Romans 4:18. The most wretched of his species la the man without hope. He Is more than wretched, ho Is Inexcusably criminal, because an offender against a divine law which the apostle em phasized In his masterly appeal to the Romans. To hope and to hope always Is a com mand so stringent, that against hope we must believe In ht.pe. The words of St. Paul suggest a picture in which hope Is portrayed supine nnn gnspiu j 3Tit &unoat-&cftoof INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. MINI-- FOR JANUARY 8. while ministering faith bends over it and arouses it Into lire anil sirnngui and commanding beauty. A miracle truly this, but within the power of eligion and atlostea ny reusou pi Subject: The Ascension of Our Lord, Act 1:1-1 I Golden Text, Ltik 24:5J Commit Ycrws fi, 9 Exposition of the LsNPtfh TIME. Thursday, May 18. A. D. 80. PLACE. Jerusalem and Olivet RXlfMITION. I. The Rise Christ, t-B. "The former treatise" la the gopel of Luke (Luke 1:1-4). The aubject of the gospel wa what Josua "began" to do and teach. The subject of the Book of Acta Is what Jeeus continued to do and teach (af. ter Hi ascension). Just before Hla ascension Ho had given the disciple commandments (cf. Matt. 28:19, 20; Mk. 16:16-19; Luke 24:45-49; ch. 10:40-42). He had given these com mandments, after HIb resurrection. In the power of the Holy Spirit. What an honor this puts upon the Holy Spirit, and how it emphasizes the im- I portance of HI work (cf. 1 Cor. 2:4; I J Thes. 1:6). Jesus was taken up J "Into heaven" (Luke 24:51; of. 1 Pe , ter 3:22). .The all-stifllclent proof that Jesus rose was that He was seen through forty days after His suffer ings and death. He showed Himself alive by n:any proofs. "Forty days" Is the period of thorough testing (Deut. 9:9, 18; 1 K. 19:8; Matt. 4:2). During the forty days there was one subject of conversation, "the things concerning the kingdom of God." As the day of communion with the risen Christ drew to a close Jesus laid a solemn chargo upon them JANUARY THIRD. Tha duty of Making Good Reaolutlona. Acta 11: 19-23; Joan. 24: 14-28. (Conaecratlon Meeting.) A wise resolve. 2 Chron. 1: 7-13. A noble purpose. Josh. 24: I18 A mother's vow. 1 Sam. li 11, 2ft IK production of milk. Corn silage will furnish a cheap succulent winter feed Abraham," they exclaimed, "and have City Conveniences For the Tanner Farmers are coming more and more to require for their country homes the conveniences to be found In the cltios, and the Department, of Agrir 'Jure has prepared a publira- tlen to show them how they can equip their homes with many of the conveniences r.ow largely co&ftpsd to city homes. Among the subjects treated are the water supply, plumb ing, bath rooms and closet3. sewage disposal and heating. The farmer Is shown how, at a comparatively small eipens", he can supply his home wiih water by neons: bt an elevated tr.nk filled by a hydraulic ram. a windmill or a small engine. The best methods of disposing of the sewage are er- for cattle that will keep the system cool and the appetite vigorous. The quality of silage fed beef la better than that on dry roughage. In the early stages of feeding a 1000-pound stoer can be fed forty to fifty pound of silage and then reduced to about one-half that amount when on a full grain ration and toward the end of the feeding period. Silage For Sheep Silage Is looked upon with great favor among sheep men. Succulent food is imperative foi successful sheep raising, and this is particularly true In raising fins early lamb?. Silage on most farm will furnish this succulency cheapet than root crop. Silage is inclined to be fattening, and should be fed in limited quantities to breeding ewea. Silage fed ewes give strong, vigorous lambs, and drop them without trou ble. Ewes should be fed from two to four pounds per day per head. Fat tening sheep may be fed double these amounts. Bulletin of the Mar;',r i1 .lfilnrwl f,nf! i 1 1 ltd rn t rH f3n " '-t tono r mad. rerordin. the lavlne nut of Experiment Station. home grounds, the location of build ing and the remodeling of homes al ready built. The publication is known aa Farmers' Bulletin No. 270, "Mod ern Conveniences For the Farm Home.'' and Is for free distribution by the department and by Senators and Representative! In Congress. , Pnralysii in florae. This disease, which comes on sud denly, I due to an acid In the blood. It sometimes affects the front parts as well as the hind part, and the ani mal may come out of the barn feeling fine, ambitious, wlljln-j to go, and of ten gges 'asjtfr titan usual, but before It has goue very far it begins to ' ise Its speed, bangs i.ae'., sv.va.s profiiie 1; breathes hard and begins to knuckle over be'jind, gel Jam in one or bo;.h hind limbs, and in a short time is unable to go any further, and often falls helpless on the road In a paralysed condition. The props;- thing to do ia to .ilace him pa a stone boat aud haul him into the nearest barn, place him1 in a large, well bedded box stall or a barn door, where he can be turned over often 1 proportionate results. until lie is aole to gut up. Medicine should be given of a laxative nature and that will allay pain and counter act the acid condition of the blood An injection of warm water should he given to unload the rectum of its faeces, so that the animal can if pos sible urinate. If unable to do so the urine should be drawn. A stimulat ing liniment or a mustard plaster should be placed over the hips and the body should be kept comfortably warm. The animal should be given plenty of drinking water with the chill taken from It, a very little, If any, feed should be given before he gets up and he should be fed on bran mashes and a very little hay after h la up until a full recovery has been brought about. Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin State Veterinarian. Science Aids Dairying. How scienca aids dairying wat ahown bv Director J. L. Hills, of the Vermont station, In a meeting of thf Pennsylvania Dairy Union. He called I attention to the Importance of keep ing an open mind In regard to new j things. The matters which are pooh poohed In one generation are th : facts of the next. Late developments, show that the I German standard, which requires ap- ! proximately two and one-half pound I of proiein per cow per day Is subject to considerable modification. He had seen good results from cowl capable I then in." never been slaves to any man." But our Lord replied that though children of Abraham, they were In bondage as l long as they were In sin. "Amen, 1 I say to you: Whosoever corurnlttetb sin Is the slave of sin." Do .not Americans sometime talk In this way? We are freeborn cttt ' zena and yield to no despotic power But what will It profit us to enjoj the blessings of civil freedom, If w I do not enjoy the glorious liberty ol i children of God, by which we'are res I cued from Ignorance and can tramnlf ! on sin? What will it. avail us to bt I recognjzed In the public walks oT lift as free and Independent citizens, if in ! the circle of our family, and In thf s:t.i tuary of our hearts, we are lashed 1 as slaves by the demon cf passion; if I we are slave to a petulant temper, ; Blaves to lust, to Intemperance, prldf . and vainglory; slaves to public opln i ion, the most capricious of al! ! tyrants? Jesus Christ is the highest Ideal ol I Christian perfection. He is "the v-T.J and the truth and the life." He canif to teach us by word and by example Now, If there is any one virtue out ! Saviour inculcates more forcibly thar another. It la thla: That our hearl I and will should be In harmony with 1 God's will. "I came down from heaven," He say, "not to do My own will, but the will of Him that Bent i Me. My fold i to do the will of Him that sent Me that I may finish Hi? j work." In exhorting ue to make the will ol God the supreme rule of our actions, our Lord is echolrg the voice of His eternal Father. "My ion." says Al. mighty God, "give Me thy heart." H doe not say: Give Me thy rlchos, til y lands and thy possessions, tot these belong to Him already. "The earth i3 the Lord's and the fullnesf thereof, th world and all that dwell He does not -say: My son, That such marvel may be per formed nav, that It Is not ooyona the reach of any soul is solace un speakable. It means that any one may bar forever against himself the gate of despair. It is n trumpet call for highest courage and achevement. It Implies a command which If un uttered by the Creator would pass by unheeded. But God wills It. there fore It can be obeyed. Though It i calls for a fight of hope against iieu, It Is not a contradiction nor a para ' dox, but carried to Its ultimate conse ! quences it means triumph, it is unU i versal In Its application, bars no man from its sway and eliminates no com bination of circumstance. It onjoln upon one absolute refusal to surren der save to the Inevitable doom of us all. Moreover, it finds a response in man's heart. "Never say die!" Ia a cry aa old aa the race. All the myth ologies reflect It. Christianity con secretes it. The Old World felt its truth; to the New it was given to understand it. On sea and land, on every battle field Biqce the dawn ol history, has it been heard. There has never been a mandate to deapalr. No matter what the en vironment, bow dark the outlook, over and above all I the inspiration, of hopo. What man's voioa prevulla against the utterance of faith? When s man says there is no hope, where la his guarantee? The physician says: "The man will die with the dawn" the man Uvea yet. A man la in tha clutches of adversity, he has lost hit all; lo! on the fragments of hla for tune he builds a colossal lndepend- enrce. History has not chronicled every hopeful deed. Ships a-many de spaired of have come to port; from many "last ditches" have been un furled flags of victory. The hope that Paul speaks of Is not lupine but active. It putB heart in a man as nothing else does. It Is the mother of resurrection. God the au thor nod finisher of hope be palsed! For from Him comes the confidence which nays: "There is a way out; If I cannot find it I will make it." This hope, heaven descended, ap proved by reason and sanctioned by experience, cannot be baffled. To hope against hope is the basis of char acter. The truest test of a man is to hope against hope and to pluck suc cess out of the very heart ot failure. of producing 250 pounds of butter ot mora a year on a ration containing one and one-half pounda of digestlbtf, protein, Protein occupies too prom inent a piaco in the German standard He haa found that very heavy feed ing doc.M not give good financial re A cow with all the clover hay 1 she will eat, a good ration of silage and six pounds of grain gives belter returns than one with eight to twelve ; pounds of grain. The grain fed 1p nrr-psa nt eifl-br nounds tioas not return Roosting Coops. Some of our grandfathers (and grandmother, too) furnished no ac commodations for the chickens after they were too big to crowd In the brood coop, but let them roost in the wagon sheds or in the branches of nearby- tree. This method produced strong, vigorous chicks, because It made it impossible for them to over heat py crowding into a stuffy coop at night asd asaured them plenty of tivflh air to brsathe at all times. Under sush oondlUoas the efclek Concerning the milking machine he considers It a labor saver, easily cleaned, a cloit milker, better than the average milker. It has ber-n la use for over three yeara. but the man ufacturers refuse to put it on the markei, believing that It ia not yet nerfect. Ho believea that for the dairyman bavlug thirty rows or mor It will be a good investment. He fears, however, that it will discourage the testing of individual cows, aa It milks two cows into the same can. His experiments had ahown thai manipulation ot the cow's udder does not pay except after a poor milker. Some other ways in which science ha helped the dairyman are by the pas teurization of milk, the Improvement of salt nod the study nt ventllatlou. In regard to this do not use metal In the ventilaluo, as it causes a conden sation of air and consequent moisture. Weekle WltuuBB. He Couldn't Put It Out Farther. Doctor (to Gilbert, aged four) "Put your tongue out, dear." Little Gilbert protruded the tip of his tongue. Doctor "No, np; put it right out- The little fellow aboofc his, head weakly, and the tears gathered IB his eyes. "I can't, doeUr; it's fastened te me." Home Chat- give the service of thy body, for that also belongs to Him. "Thy hands," says the prcphet, "have made add fashioned me." And beBldes we read ily bestow the service of our brain and handa on one who has already gained our affections. But He says: Give Me thy heart and the affections of thy will, for this is all that yon can call your own; this Is the only free, unmortgaged property you can offer Him. , You should discern the hand of Gel in the dally recurrences 'of life. You should regard all the events hap pening to you. such as poverty and wealth, sickness and health, life and death, even the afflictions and perse cution arising from the malice of men; you should regard all these, I say, not as accidents and real evils, but as visitations controlled and di rected by an overruling Providence. They are links in the chain of your Immortal destiny; they are so many gems in the diadem of your glorv. This la the teaching of the apostle, who says that "to them that love God all things work together unto good." I consider the recognition of this, truth tlie highest Christian philos ophy and the practice of it the only aubstantlal basis of genuine peace. You will never enjoy BoJId tranquillity till you accept with composure and equanimity all the vialtatlona which come from Hla loving hand. Our Saviour lnalnuates tne samo comforting doctrine. When He 1st irrested In the garden berore His crucifixion, Peter drawe a aword in Hl defense. Our Lord thua rebukes hlra: "Put thy award Into Ita acab bard. The chalice which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink It? He does not euy: The chalice which Judas and Caiaphas and Herod and the Jews have glvon Me. No. He regards them all aa the unconacioua Instrumenta at God in the work of man'a redemption. God used these vile Instrument or tha aaoriflee and glorification of His Son, Just ae a father uses a scourge to chastise his child and then throws it into the fire. "Dft jyi. jhl kaonr." HR TUTest J Th lMvine AM. Bliflhn on the mountain tap, with an army in wait for him. seemed in a perilous position. His servant lost heart at once. He could not under stand his master s oalmnees, still less his strange reply, "They that be with us are more than tboy that be with them " Only eyes divinely opened see the Invisible hosts arrayed on the side of right and againBt the forces of wrong. The courage of the good in tim ot difficulty or danger is not aa inexplicable as It sometimes sooms, for In such extremity God's servants) feel the nearness of unseen helpers, and know that divine strength Is theirs. Hitter Lassoes. When Ood would educate a man, He compel him to learn bttte.r les son. He sends him tochool to the necessities rather than to the graces, that by knowing all suttariag he may know also the eternal consolation. Cella Burleigh. not to take up the commission of world-wide evangelization that He had laid upon them until they had received the all-cssentlal fitting for the work, "the promise of the Fnth er," the baptism with the Holy Spirit (vs. 4, 6; cf. Luke 24:49). They were to stay right there In Jerusalem and wait until "endued with power from on high." II. The Ascending Christ, J.O (Luke 24:50, 51). The mention of "the promise of the Father" seems to have suggested to the disciples the restoration of Israel, so they ask Jesus If He Is nbout to restore the kingdom to Israel. ' His answer Im plies that the kingdom is some time to be rostored to Israel (cf. Is. 1:25 27; 9:7; Jer. 23:3, 6; 33:15-26; Ez. 86-23-28; 37:24-28; Hos. 3:4, 5; Joel 3:16-21; Am. 9:11-15). But In the most emphatic way Ho tells them that God has reserved the knowledge of times and seasons to Himself (cf. Matt. 24:36; Mk. 13:32. How vain and presumptuous then for any man to try to figure out the time of our Lord's return (Deut. 29:29). J bub turns their attention from the vain attempt to dlsoover times and seasons to their own present duty of witness ing for Him. When they should re ceive the kingdom He does not dis close; when they should receive pow er He doee disclose (v. S). This pow er would be theirs when the Holy Ojhoet had come upon them (R. V.), They would not have power until then. How foolish then for us to try to work for Christ until, we have sought and obtained the baptism with tile Holy Ghoet. The power of the Hely Ghoet was not merely for the purpose of making them happy, but for the purpose of making them "wit nesses" (cf. 2:4; 4:8-12, 31, 33; 5: 32; 9:17, 20). They were to begin i their witnessing right where they I were when the Holy Ghost wa re 1 celved In Jerusalem. They were to go next to the immediately surround ing territory; then to the nearest neighbors, the despised Samaritans, and then on and on "unto the utter most part of the earth." A true re ception of the Holy Spirit by the church means world-wide mlsslorv. Immediately after speaking these words, while they were looking, His feet begun to leave the earth. This was His parting message to us. How we ought to ponder It. He had lifted His hands to bless them as He finished the message (Luke 24:50, 51). He went up with His hands stretched out in benediction, and He haa been bless ing us ever since. They knew He as cended, for they saw Him clearly. They saw Him until the cloud, the Shekinah glory, took Him out of their sight (cf. Ex. 19:9; 34:5; la. 19:1; Ps. 104:3). We will be received up into that cloud some day (1 These. 4:17). He ascended to appear In the presence of God in our behalf, to pre pare a place for ua (Heb. 8:24; Jno. 14:2). Hla presence there makes ua eternally secure (Ro. 8:34; Heb. 7: 26) and His presence there now guar antees our presence there hereafter (Jno. J2:26; Rev. 2:21). in. The Returning Christ, ia, it. They strained their eyes to get anoth er glimpse of Him and then stood there gazing. Two men In white (cf. Mk. 18:9; Luke 24:4, 23; Jno. 20:12; ActB 10:3, 30) stood by them. These angels were practical. "Why stand ye looking Into heaven?" they ask. There are times when it Is right to look up steadfastly Into heaven I (ch. 7:n5), but there ire times whet i duty calls to an earthward look. The toi-nh'n nromlse. Gen. 28: 18-22. A New Year's resolve. Phil. 8: 8- Chrlat'a resolve. Heh. 10: B-7. For a cleaving two surfaces are re quiredGod's purpoae, our purpose (Aota 11: 23.) We must serve some one; the only question la whom we will aerve (Josh. i4: IB.) It la well to know the difficulties In the way of our good reaolutlona; they weaken the coward, but strengthen the brave (Josh. 24: 19.) A covenant flxea purpose; If a nail Is driven, why not clinch it? (Josh. 24 : 25.) Suggestion. Putting a purpose Into words, es pecially written words, clarifies It and conflrma It. Will Is the controller of life, and whatever strengthens It for fho right la beat worth while. When one resolution is broken, mend U by another. Resolution Is the solution of per plexities and doubts. Illustrations. Will Is the cannon of our lives; a ood resolution alms It. The road to hell. ay the proverb, I paved with good resolutions; so al so is tho road to heaven! When a brrtken arm is restored, it ia strongest Just whore It waa broken. So with a well restored resolution. A pledge Is not a cripple's crutch but a traveller'a staff. Quotations. A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue, but the finish ing strokes are from the will. South. The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Disraeli. The man without n purpose is like a ship without a rudder a waif, a nothing, a no man. Carlyle. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, JANUARY 3. Getting Ready for a Day'a Work Mark 1: 35; Act 10: 9. Morn ing Watch Covenant. Mark 1. 35. This" incident fol lows Immediately after the opening of our Lord'B first preach ing tour in Galilee. He had bon rejocted at Nazareth, and had come to Capernaum to make that city his home aud his center of operations. The day beforo this early hour of prayer had been a day of strenuous activity, a day of the sort that con sumes streaigUi and nerve. He had spoken lu the synagogue, and had set at liberty one of those unfortunate people dascrlhed as "demonized." At the home of Peter he had healed that disciple's mother-in-law of a fever. The news of these two cures ran through the city, and as soon as dusk marked the Sabbath's close the house was beset by a multitude of people suffering from all manner of diseases, and among them JeBUs had moved, giving forth healing virtue with his touch. He was about to enter upon another day of much the same type. Other cities and villages were to be evangelized, and In thbin like labors and experiences were to be expected. Acts. 10. 9. This instance of retirement for prayer, like the one Just noticed, occurs in the midst of busy, spiritcual ac tivity. Peter had been Journeying and preaching and administering af fairs among the little towns lu West ern Palestine, and had come to a halt lu Joppa. We find Peter observing with strict regularity the stated hours of prayer prescribed by the Jewish ritual. With him private prayer was a matter of habit and system, and not a thing to be left to Impulse or to the pressure of ocoaslonal necessity He observes, too, the teaching of the Master and otters his prayers In se cret. The top of an Oriental house, fiat and hard as a atone floor, and sur rounded with battlements, was ad mirably adopted to the exercises of private devotion. OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. i RK PORTS OF PROGRESS OF Tnifl BATTLK AOAINST RUM. A Splendid Talk on AbstcnOon From Strong Drink by Senator Clny. of Georgia PotflOSt ltesort In All Christendom is a Reor Saloon. One of the brightest and best feat ures of temperance Journalism In the United Statea is found In a aerie of Interviews with prominent public men now being publlahed In the Defender. From the most recent of these, an In- I tervlew with Senator Clay, of Geor gia, wo take the following: "Yea, sir," said the Senator with emphasla, "a man to succeed down here below, as the poets would eay, must have, of course, hereditary equipment, but his habits, mark me, habits the right Vlnd can make a little natural talent go a long way. No young man can hope to achieve success In any lino of business who does not lead a sober, Industrious life. He who frequent the dirty sa loons, play pool or Uvea In the blighting atmosphere of the aaloon, 1b totally unfit for buslnesa, whether it be hla own or that of hlB employer. I, at all times, and without exception, refuae to employ any young man who freauents saloons. The moment I know he spend part or all of hi lels i ure time at one of these moat demor I allzlng Institutions, I conclude that ' he's unfit to do any work for me. ! For if thero is ono special thing that I the saloon is responsible for, It is tho i making of a man absolutely untrust worthy. "Oh, there's only one safe rule and l that'a teetotallsm," uuld the Senator I with great emphasla. "I advise to all, total abstinence. I urge absolute I sobriety on the part of every one. Moderate drinking is a moat Insidious evil. It rarely fails to lead to excess, which Is dlBBlpatlon. The bloated, blotched derellcta, tho drunken sots, which we see everywhere, were all once moderate drlnkcra." "But, Mr. Senator," interrupted the interviewer, "Why condemn mod erate drinking? Can't a man take a plaBB of, say, beer, occasionally? Surely a drink that has so much food value as beer, taken by a man not a grown-up baby one who knows when he's had enough, and can atop at that point, cannot morlt auch scathing condemnation." "Maybe so, maybe so," replied Sen ator Clay, with fine arcam. "Hut apropoa to your remark, let me aay thla: They tell mo that 1 have consid erable will power, and perhapB they're right, but I tell you that I haven't, and never will have, physical or moral strength auffictent to fight a drink ap petite. "Firmly believing that I never al lowed myself to touch a drop, no, not as a medicine. And all that rot about beer being harmless, having food value, and that (and, by the way, we read a great deal in the papers these days ot that kind of false teaching, although I am glad to say the teach ers have to pay so much a line for Its Insertion no credit to the editors, however). Let's see; yes, we were talking about beer as a food. The dirtiest, foulest resort In all Christen dom la a beer aaloon, and a man, who was made a little lower than the an gela, becomes much lower than a hog when drunk with beer. A beer drunk is Indescribably loathsome. "oh, there'a food value lnbeer. all right food for the most serious kind of thinking upon the part of him who takes It, and of him who seeks to as sist humanity by destroying its sale. - "I firmly believe," continued Sena tor Clay, "that any young man, with out capital, who is industrious, prac tices the strictest temperance, and Is economical, will thus build up a repu tation for reliability, and Ib bound to Succeed. Tnch a young man to avoid galmbllng, drinking, extravagance and Immorality and hie future Is sate. In a word, keep him out of the aaloon." CARDS AND DOMINOES Play of Hujuuui Progress. The motive of human progress haa ever been a belief in spiritual reality. Whenever that motive has been superseded, progreea has ceased, die integration has set lu, whether lu tb 1 nation or In the Individual. Who Ho Moaad-BeUdere Were. Who were the mound-builders ot I North America? The Rev. Dr. Bryoe, of Winnipeg, where the British Aseo i . on meets next year, haa examined a ir.rge number of theee interesting right thing for the disciples to do just now was to do just what JeBtis had bidden them (vs. 4, 12). The two in white gave a glorious promise ta ofaeer the disciples mid make it easj tor them to leave that spot; Jesui waa coming back again. Not anothei Jesus, but "this Jeeus" which wa taken up from them. He was to come lust aa He went, personally and vial bly (the Greek Is very emphatic ani cannot be honestly reasoned away I (cf. Rev. 1:7; Luke 21:7; 1 These 4:11; Pbll. 3:20, 21; Heb. 9:28; Jae ajUl: 2 TV. 4:8; 2 Tle. 1:7-11 Europe and Our Grapes. Vice Conaul L. H. Munter, of Gen eva, sends a clipping from a Swiss newspaper from which it la noted that more modern methods ot grape structures, and is of opinion that they i culture are being adopted in Hwitaer- were built by the Toltecs, 'and mark the course of a Toltec Immigration from thu .South along the Misaiseippl and Ohio to the Great Lakea and the Bt Lawrence; along the Missouri and along the Mississippi proper to the P.alny and Red Rivera. This would make the earliest mound date from aL-jut 1100 A. D. Boston Herald. Prof. Frederick Starr, ol the Uni versity ot Chicago, told a class in archeology several days ago that haae ball was not a modern game. He said that the mound builders were the original ball players, and that he had diecoverec their diamond and found a ball used by them. Ha said he had beau able to trace their ball fields in Illinois. Wisconsin, Indians aad Okie. land. The old vineyards have been attacked by phylloxera, In whleh the Government haa already spent $482, 600. Now It le decided to roplaee the old vlnea with the more robust Amer ican vines. To aid the planter In the subatltutlon the Government has voted an annual appropriation ol 196,600, to extend over a period ol alxty yeara. Horticulture. e She Knew Them. Mlaa Dubley "She wa braggln' about how successful her dinner party waa. She said it wound up 'with great eolaw.' What'a 'eclaw,' any- wayT" Miss Mugley "Wby, I guess that was the deeeert. Didn't you uever eat a efcoaolabe eeiewT" OashoUc ateuid ard aad Ttsaee. the Principal Occupation Turkish Aruiy Office. Very seldom it he can help it (foes the Turkish army officer appear on horseback, and when not on duty he looks upon hla horse merely as a method of locomotion. He has no affection or understanding for the horse. The superior officers have no horsea of their own, and being gener ally bad ridera, and without military qualitlea whicb would raise them in the estimation ot their men, they are neither loved nor respected by them. Married officers keep eutlrely to them selves, auch tulngB as invitations to one another's houaea being unknown, and the only occasions upon which officers meet together at all are on tho da." ot assembly, when they are called together for the Sultan's birth day or accession celebrations. The pay of the lower ranks la aa small as that of the superior officers Is high. The young cavalry officer who makes a good Impression on hi entry into the service soon falls to pieces through want of occupation either ot mind or body. The greater part of the morning and evening he sits over hla coffee and cards or dom inoes. There are but few newspapers, and those that do exist are so severely censored by the Government that they contain little but weather statistics, gazettes and announcements at the beatowal of decorations What the Turkish officer really thoroughly enjoys la a gramophone. luBtrumenta playing the waltzes and reproducing the music hall songs ot all the'1' cities of Europe are in the greatest possible request, chiefly be cause they make music vlthout any personal trouble. Chicago News. DISABLED. "On what ground do you aak a special pension? Disability?" "Total," replied the veteran, fee bly. "Wounded lu battle?" I ''No. Took a walk with the Presi dent.." Philadelphia Ledger. Liquor and Railroad. A strong light may bo thrown on the more than two thousand railroad Collisions and almost as many train derailments reported by the Inter State Commerce Commission, for the closing three months of last year, by the statement of Dr. Ennls, ot the University of Heidelberg, that more than fifteen per cent, of all railway accidents occurring on German rail ways are due to the bewilderment of operatives who have used stimulants. It this can be true of a railway sys tem that has a semi-mflltary organi zation, in which the use of beer Is forbidden to drivers, switchmen and despatchers, how much more likely la It be true under our laxer organi zation, wltu me prevailing belief lu the minds of so many men who are torced to work overtime that alco holic drink gives strength and endur ance! Christian Endeavor World. Hungary's Campaign Against Drink. Count Andrassy, the Minister ot the Interior, Is now devoting his Beri ous attention to the drinking prob lem which has recently confronted Hungar. A national council for dealing with the evil, whose work la to discover the best and most ef fectual means for eliminating drunk enness, has been called Into being. Primarily there Is to be a reform of all the drinking shops. Budapest 1b full of "pallnka" shops, where vile and destructive spirits are sold to workmen. Then the evil of strong drinking la to be demonstrated In schools and other places, while a large Institution la to be built for dealing with drunkarda and providing a cure treatment. The government haa determined to aclen tlflcally attack the queatlon. Buda pest Correspondence Pall Mall Gazette. towns y Temperance Notes. Minnesota has 123 "dry" and la lncreaalcg the Hat. I am oppoaed to drink becauae it opposes me. The work I try to do It undoes. Biahop C. D. Fobs. In South Carolina nearly one-halt of the counties have barred liquor. A movement tor State prohibition has been started. Two important helps in temper ance reform: Guard against other klnda of vice; encourage other klnda of virtue. At the laat aeaalon ot the Alabama Legialature the Anti-Saloon League cauaed the pasaage of a prohibitory act for the entire State. Connecticut haa niuety-alx "dry" towns out ot 176. At tho recent election In Delaware the League got In aouie powerful work when a part ot' that State de clared against liquor selling. David Livingston, African explor tir "1 have acted on the principle ot total abstiuence from alcoholic, liq uors during mora than twenty yeara. V! y ..pinion it that the moat severe la jor or privations may be undergone without alcoholic stimulants."
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