THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON
DR. J. LEWIS PARKS.
BY
Theme: A Sermon to Churchmen.
Mlxrnl in Food.
Give tlio hens a liberal amount of
food Mid rare from now on until they
have gone through the exhaustive
process of growing new feathers.
They surely deserve the very best of
care instead of the neglect which Is
often th"ir portion. Farmers' Home
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the go. It did well enough
in most high, especially as
the li'Ti I'.'juso was not carefully closed
at nidi i .' prevent the visit of preda
tory lav, weaels and other animals
Willi a l lirh for chickens in the
rou .'h. Now we have heavier fowls,
me tv.nre particular In regard to the
condi ion of the plumage, and take
mini'- paint with them, so these aerial
roosting places can he dispensed with,
ft substitute being readily found In
the new popular roosting benches,
whlrh can bo made but with a small
utlay i f time, labor and money, and
ere movhblp, permitting the fancier
to move them wherever necessary.
These benches tan be made from
twelve to sixteen inches high and of
two by one Inch slats. There Is no
teguiar length for these benches,
from five to six feet being a very con
venient size, though If the compart
ment be not too wide they can be
made to conform to the width of the
house, being careful to make them
net true to the floor, with widespread
legs, well fastened on. Weekly Witness.
the coop with the kerosene once
week thereafter will keep the brood
Brooklyn, N. Y. The third annual
union lervlce of the Men's Parish
Clubs of the P. E. Church In Brook
lyn was held Sunday In St. Ann's
Church. The Rev. J. Lewis Parks,
D. D., of Calvary P. E. Church, Man-
nnuan, preacnea me sermon. His
I have been great civilizations of old,
I In Nineveh and Babylon and Rome
! and Greece. Sennacherib was no
puny, petty sovereign. Rome gov-
erned and administered the world,
i but the care of man for ma" and self-
sacrifice for a brother were never
taught as the duty of man until Jesus
came. 1 believe these things concern
the men of the church.
I have ventured, with some bold
ness no doubt, to Invite the attention
of an assembly of lay churchmen to
what 1 believe to be a most serious
danger. Neve-, believe me, will the
selfishness of men Le nioved to altru
ism, and what the Gospel calls the
love of our brother, it you break
down the church that carries the
free of lice. The same precaution . text was the vision of the prophet T?A t??. '"'J?
will protect the chickens after they
are weaned, so long as they roost in
the coop.
"There Is no question about kero
sene being the best remedy for lice
and mites, and in all our experience
with It we have never lost any chick
ens from the use of It, when applied
as above suggested." Weekly Witness.
Too Many poor Apples.
Farmers were sorely disappointed
til the tale of their apples during the
past winter and spring. The rosy out
look for prices last October did not
materialize, and many of our farmers
fed out linrrels of apples to their
stock through the winter, the greater
portion of which would have sold in
ordinary years.
Is It possible that the apple busi
ness is being overdone? Apples were
In abundance here far more than It
was thought to be at harvesting. We
know that panicky times have caused
an untold amount of trouble In the
priros of farm products, but It is not
probable that the multiplication of
orchards all over the country will
have a disastrous effect on the apple
bufdners in the near future if not Im
mediately. What say you, brother
farmers, to that? Is there any dan
ger ahead? The general outlook for
business is rather gloomy for the com
ing season. Nearly all the mills and
factories are running on short time,
and tome of them are running only
two or three days a week, while many
men and women are out of employ
ment. Let ua hope for a better condi
tion of things soon, and may a tide of
prosperity return that shall compen
sate :he laborer In part for the losses
he has suffered. S., In the American
Cultivator.
Yield of Alfalfa.
In n bulletin of the Ohio station
the results with alfalfa nt. the station
and th" experience of alfalfa growers
throu,iout tho State nre reviewed.
It was found that upland clay nnd
sandy first and second bottom lands
have produced the lower.t yields.
Good yields and poor yields have been
produced on all classes of soils, in
cluding muck. It was observed that
the presence or nbsence of drainage,
humus, limestone and Inoculation,
and the degree of perfection of the
seed bed, were usually tho con
trolling factors In the growth of
the crop. The yields on clay
upland with natural surface drain
age were twelve per cent, great
er where tiles were also used. Sandy
soil or soil with a very poor subsoil la
considered as usually not sufficiently
retentive of moisture to insure cer
tain results on upland. The soils
which heaved the alfalfa were either
poor In drainage or in humus, or In
both combined. The average yields
from soils rich, fairly rich nnd poor
In humus were respectively 4.25, 3.75
and 3.33 tons per acre. At the sta
tion an alfalfa plat receiving eight
tons of manure per acre gave a yield
of 10,275 pounds, or 1347 pounds
per acre more than unfertilized plats.
The ue of lime on acid soils is rec
ommended, and It is pointed out that
fields on hillsides and upland usually
become acid before those on bottoms.
Inoculation with soil was found hutch
better than inoculation with liquid
cultures. It is stated that alfalfa
may be seeded at any time after
spring frosts are over until the middle
of August, provided the seed bed Is
in proper condition. Weekly Witness.
Court Place For Cranberries.
Why do not more people raise cran
berries when the demand for them is
ever Increasing, and they are such nn
easy thing to raise? Here in this
section are some of the best locations
for cranberry bogs to be found In
New England, and yet very few both
er with them at all; most of them are
natural wild bogs, and some years
are covered with berries. I have In
mind a bog only a few miles from
here that used to produce more than
100 barrels of berrie3 a year, and I
flo not think there was ever a dollar
laid out on It. Rut the present own
ers have let It Rrow up to brush until
they only get enough berries for their
nwn uae. Cranberry growing could
be made a profitable industry in this
section if wo only had the men that
understood the business to develop It.
Some who have small bogs, and
have cultivated them, have raised
Dormous yields, and after they are
once started they will bear for many
years with very little trouble. There
is a wild bog here of about twenty
seres that could be flooded at small
eipense, has a stream running
through It, and plenty of sand right
on the grounds. It is covered with
small brush grass and wild cranber
ries, and no doubt if some one had
this bog that understood the business
lie rould make u fortune from it. An
other swamp a few miles away has
several square miles of the same kind
of land, but would need to be drained,
which would require capital. It has
plenty of water, and an Inexhaustible
mil, ply of sand. It seems a pity to see
such valuable land go to waste, doing
no good, when It might be made to
bring In an enormous income and give
employment to many poor people.
J. A. S., in the American Cultivator.
Tobacco For Sheep.
The efficiency of tobneco in eradi
cating the internal parasite, and thus
contributing greatly to the general
health of the animals that consume
It, Is attracting wide attention among
sheep raisers. Effectual in treating
all Internal organisms, It has proven
especially desirable In eradicating tho
deadly bowel nodule, which is a fre
quent source of trouble. These being
destroyed many of the ills usually at
tributed to other causes disappear.
It matters little what variety of to
bacco is used for the purpose. It has
been reported, however, that n cer
tain variety has proven fatal to the
animals which consumed it. As men
tioned below It Is probable that this
disastrous effort was from a matter
of quantity and not quality. Those,
wanting tobacco may procure either
the whole leaf just as it comes from
the grower or tho stems or ribs of tho
cured leaf after the Intervening tissue
has been removed for other purposes.
The former is preferable, as It con
tains much less fiber than the stems
alone, nnd it also possesses the de
sired medicinal qualities in a more
concentrated form. The stems, how
ever, if finely ground should be ef
fectual. It should be remembered that In
nil Instances tobacco must be pulver
ized and given In connection with
salt, as sheep would not otherwise
tako It. Begin with one-fourth to
bacco, by measure, and If necessary
add more salt until the animals are
induced to eat the mixture. Keep ac
cessible at all times, giving no other
salt. Sheep will practically refuse to
eat It at first, but in time they will
learn to like it. The writer, who
1 1 v a In a tobacco section, has known
Instances in which sheep and even
cattle have learned to devour tobacco
ravenously, and if permitted to have
It eat It in such quantities as to prove , not- ne 18 a Christian.
j-jzexiei ana nis discourse was an
earnest exhortation to the men of 1
the church to Btand fast by the faith '.
as It Is In Jesus, and to Scripture i
study. It received close attention
from the congregation. Dr. Parks
said:
In captivity Ezeklel sees the glorl- !
ous God, the Almighty, In the like- 1
ness of man, seated upon His throne, !
borne upon Ills chariot. Strange llv- :
Ing creatures sustain It at each cor- j
ner. Four faces there are: The face '
of a man, the face of a lion, the face
of an eagle and the face of an ox.
And we are warned that the human
element, is the one upon which we
should fix our attention, for the sym
bol Is of the Ideal man, with all his
rich variety of gifts: Courage and
force, like the king of heiists: patient
In toll, like the ox; the eagla's eye, to
pierce Into tho hidden thlngn of na
ture nnd scan the mysteries of God.
This kind of man, with his reason
nnd his conscience and his heart, this
Ideal man, Is the representative of all
humanity In all his generations; and
his business Is to servo the Lord God
Almighty and to show forth Ills
glory. But, as the beasts In the Rev-
elation of St. John nave their place In
henven, these have theirs on earth, i
and the chariot hath Its wacels, ;
wheels In the middle of wheels, so
that they go whithersoever they will
without turning, and they go and re- I
ti.rn as the flame of lightning, and ;
the sword of the living God is in the
wheels. And all th.s reuresents our
humanity as organized. It has a vital
organism. It has a vital mechanism
men bound together for the service ,
of God. The Spirit moves the wheels
and moves the whole chariot; moves
the entire humanity.
In very truth the Holy Ghost Is
Imminent In man. In ver." deed the' ,
body of Christ is the temple of the
Spirit of God in every ai,3 just as the!
needs of the time demand. He
blows, ns it were, the breath of man
upon the hearts and minds of men,
quickening, reviving. energizing;
throwing them collectively and 1
unitedly Into the work of the day. j
It Is one of the most patent andi
fine of the most consolatory of his
torical phenomena, and you aro In,
the midst of one Buch great revival
of the Spirit now. Not that I forget
the wickedness of the world. That Is
the very reason that I perceive th3
hour of God; the Holy Ghost fighting
against anti-Christ: nnd the spiritual ,
revival shows Itself in some very vis
ible, unmistakable signs. First, 1
there is the marveluus revlvnl of the
missionary spirit to carry the Gospel
to the four quarters of the globe.
Then there Is the yearning for the
unity of Christendom. Then there
Is the calling of the multitude of
workers into tho field, not clerical,
alas, hut lay. Not women only; but
the Spirit of God has made man
somewhat see that he must serve and
work for God. And finally, more
strange still to anyone who has pon
dered human nature, there has taken I
possession of our time a pnssionate
desire to servo mankind, to better ,
human life, to make happier human
conditions, to plead for justice as
between man and mur, to teach
mercy and rejoice against judgment,
that the intolerable end individual
and unseen suffering of the dr.y might
little by little be done away.
But, alas, my brethren, strangely
error and disruption balk the steps
of man. Every light has Its shadow;
every virtue Its corresponding vice;
every movement, of the Spirit tempts
men to pervert nnd misunderstand
His works; and 1 think mo3t of you
will bear me out when I say that the
very spiritual movements of the day
in each and all of the tendencies
which I have pointed out tempt the
present ag to deny the faith and
to belittle the body of Christ. It is
easy to see how It should bo so. Here
are men worried with sectarian the
ologies, worn out spiritually but alive
still. Men forget. In their impatience
and desire for unity, that all these
creeds, as we call them (and falsely
called), are merely ephemeral efforts
to express the fundamental truth of
Jesus, and, putting aside these
transient expressions, they forget the
truth as it is in Jesus. And men,
consumed as men are to-day to work
for their brothers, are ready to say
that social service is the gospel, that
it is not only the fruit of the gospel
but exclusively the whole of it, de
claring that the Spirit of Christ Is
social service; that any man that
hath this spirit, is a Christian, let
him call himself Jew or Agnostic or
Mohammedan or Buddhist, it matteri
la It not easy
I man! And vnnr dutv In thla i-offnnl
Is very simple. But if you will per
form it, it is potent for good. You
have church clubs. You have been
organized for some special service or
other, but you are a church organiza
tion. Never forget that nothing that
you can do in this world that en
feebles the Church of Ood, or ob
scures the truth of the Gospel, will
count for man for long, nor between
you and God for much. Your duty Is
to maintain the Church of Christ, to
El
FEBRUARY 8EVENTH.
Our Christian Endeavor Comrades the
World Over. Pi. 98: 1-9.
(Christian Endeavor Day.)
A universal Ood. Rora. 3: 27-31.
Universal worship. Ps. CC: 120.
A universal kingdom. Matt. 13:
31-33.
Universal fellowship. 1 Cor. 1: 19.
Universal service. Mark 1C: 14-20.
Universal -brotherhood. Matt. 12:
46-50.
Christian Endeavor Is such a mar
vellous thing that It must have coma
from God, since man could not cause
Its rapid growth (v. 1).
Christinn Endeavor Is reaching to
all the ends of the earth; and as It Is
ever evangelical, It carries every
where the gospel message (v. 3).
Christian Endeavor Is a singing so
ciety, a shouting, enthusiastic society.
Endeavoring Christians will always
have songs In their mouths (v. 4).
Christian Endeavor teaches and in-
reverence her Sabbaths conscientious- j ci'lcates righteousness; it is not
ly as In the fear of God, not for your
own pleasure disregarding the great
commandment. Your dutv is -ever-ently
to feed upon the Word of Life,
and never to forsake the assembling
of yourselves together, as the manner
of many is. As for your duty toward
the State, it is equally simple and
briefly to be stated: "If any man
win do My will, he shall know," and
(Hit
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
ME NTS FOR FEBRUARY 7.
BITTER WAR ON INTEMPERANCE
SOLDIERS FIGIITINa TOTS CCT.SE
GREATLY CHEERED.
mere sentiment (v. 9).
Suggeslons.
Christian Endeavor is a society of
Comrades, drawing closer together the i
young people of a church, a town, a !
denomination, different denomina- '
Uon3, nations and races. j
Christian Endeavor is a great mis- j
slon-studylng society, and mission
If any man will seek to know God's ! study makes comrades of all men
will, he will be sufficiently instructed
in the truth as it is in Jesus. When
the largest of all our lay organiza
tions for men (St. Andrew's Society)
was Initiated, always the Bible class
was thought to be a natural and In
separable adjunct. I know not how
The great Christian Endeavor Con
ventions, with dolegates from all
! lands, introduce
Subject: True and Fr.lse Brotherhood,
Acts 4:82-8:11 Golden Text!
, Prov. 12:22 Commit Verses 32
83 Commentary on the Lesson.
TIME. 30 A. D. or later. PLACE
Jerusalem.
EXPOSITION I. A Splrlt.fllle)
Church, 4:82-37. Some time hai
passed since Pentecost, perhaps
year or more, but still the unity and
love of the early church abide. II
was deep seated and permanent. Iti
origin is shown in the Immedlatelj
preceding verse, "ti-'v were all filled
with the Holy Ghc ." This la th
spirit of genuine Ch: .tlanlty in everj
age. The form of e:- -esslon may dif
fer, even as it did In lie early church,
for we And no community of good!
outside Jerusalem, but no true Chris
tian regards aughtof thethlngs whici
he possesses as his own (1 Jno. 8:14,
1.7, 18). "And with great power gav
the Apostles wltneFi of the resurrec
tion of the Lord J-sua." Here wa
another result of being filled with th
Holy Ghost. There Is much witness
ing to "the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus" In these davs, but is it "with
great power?" There is evidently
nothing more needed by the individ
ual believer and the church than a
The Unconquerable King:.
The friends of old King Barleycorn
Are looking mournful nnd forlorn:'
And well, say I, they may
For look'ee, there s a plan new-grown
To oust the old King from his throna
And pluck his crown away.
It started with the C. T. U.,
And, laws-a-muitHy, how it grew!
Just like man's thirst for drink;
And disaffected nubjeoti cried:
"Old Barleycorn must step aside
We want another King!"
Of course, pretenders soon arose,
And which will win out, goodness knows-
The long lines never atop;
But thoae whose friends teem leant afraid
Ara gallant young Prince Lemonade
And Princess Ginger Pop.
To throw out poor King Barleycorn
They plot away from night to morn,
From aonn to vnrv Int..
They II get him yet, bu" thi is plaini
Though he may be expe'.ijd or slain,
! Hell never abdicate.
I Richmond Times-Dispatch.
tnousanus to the , new fining tth n.,.. -,,
thought of Christianity as a religion there ma? again be love, unity and
V?. ollJ- ' Pwer- The word translated "gave"
The worlds Christian Endeavor : in thla verso neenr. fnrt..s.. .i.
i Know not now ,. 'j-. umc.
It Is now. but I am certain that the I .. ".Ja -"ng eacn y?ar more in me w. t., and always hag in it the
study of the Word of God Is the very 8 ule nauons ot tn8 ! J"unt ,?r giving something due.
best foundation of tho faith, t do oarlh- ... i ..The'r witness to the resurrection ol
iiiuaii aiiona.
not care for geographies and archael-
ogles, but bring your common sense
to bear on the Holy Scripture, and
ftsk what It has to say to you for your
own life; how you can follow out the
teaching of the blessed work; what Is
Its application to the problems ot
the day; what comfort It bat for your
sorrows; what hope for your reward.
Believe me, no mau who reads and
prays over and tries to live the Word
ot God Is in any danger of forgetting
his faith.
How to Be Encouraged.
"David encouraged himself in the
Lord" Sam. 30:6.
China's United Society or Christian
Endeavor, that has held a convention
of two thousand native Christians.
the greatest religious gathering ever
held In China, illustrates our com
radeship. India, with Its seven hundred so
cieties and Its great conventions, is
another illustration of Christian En
deavor comradeship. The next world's
Christian Endeavor Convention will
be held at Agra, In 1910.
ureat uriiain has more
thousand societies, and has held in
London a world's Christian Endeavor
the Lord Jesus" wag something tho
Apostles owed to the world, and It is
something every one who knows Jesus
Christ oweB to the world, to give
their witness to Him (Rom. 1:14,
15). "Great grace was upon them
all." It is not said whether it was
God's favor or man's favor that was
upon them. It seems, therefore, to
imply both (cf. Luke 2-52). The rea
son why "great grace was upon them
all" was because love and self-sacrifice
abounded. No man looked upon
his own interests, "but everv man nn
than ten j the things of others" (comp. 2 Cor.
Tk...T."' v, . 1 Convention that was the equal of the
u.u.wiiixiiiiuSiMiuri!veiii , mr.no.tnr irnthurir, t,i.i i a
to us the secret of his joy and suc
:ess. Like Abraham, he believed in
God. Trusting people are a happy
people. They are contented and sat
isfied whatever their lot may be.
They encourage themselves in the
Lord and therefore have a continual
feast. Their joy does not depend
upon what people think or say about
them, neither do they depend upon
friends for comfort and encourage
ment, but they lean hard upon God
and stand upon the promises.
Those who encourage themselves
in the Lord are a great blessing and
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7.
stimulant to others in many ways, hearts of every patriot that a Deliv
but they carry sunshine with them erer was to come who would restore
wherever they gj. Such people will
iiways ne needed. They never need
.o seek a place or position, bat places,
positions and people, both friends and
enemies, will seek them. They have
no troubles and sorrows to burden
3ther people with, but they become
real burjen-bearers for others, and
like Paul are able to comfort them
that are in any trouble by the com
fort wherewith they are comforted
Df God.
Friend, If you have not yet learned"
to encourage yourself In the Lord,
begin to-day and the result will be
glorious. (Read Phil. 4:4-7.) G.
W. S. Herald.
9:7, 8; Phil. 4:15, 19). "According
as any one had need." Not according
to distinguished abilities or notable
services, but according to need. That
is the Christian principle of distribu
tion. II. A Devil-fllled Hypocrite, vs. 1.
11. It is an exceeding fair picture
we have been looking on up to this
point, but the serpent again enters
Eden. Up to this point the church'
danger had i been principally from
Our Messiah-Matt. 11: 3-6; Luke 24: , T! 17T
. - a. a peril of foes within. No wonder God,
25-27, John 1. 41-45. wno loves His church, dealth with
John 1: 41-45. "We have found th ! this matter with a stern hand. The
Messiah," said Andrew. For many 1 atmosphere of love and entire conse
centurles the hope had burned in the 1 cratlon in which the deed of Ananias
was aone, maae it tne more unpar
donable. The same language is used
Unhesitating Obedience.
Peter was the man of impulse, the
man of action, with a swift-beating
heart and an every-rendy hand. To
his forward-stepping mind, decision
was easy and immediate; and so, al
most before the command was com
pleted, his swift lips had made an
swer; "I will let down the nets."
It was the language of a prompt and
full obedience. It showed that his
nature was responsive and genuine,
ne had letmed to obey, the lirst les
eon of dlsclpl3hip; and having
learned to obey, he was therefore fit
to rule, qualified for leadership, and
worthy of being Intrusted with the
keys of the kingdom.
And how much is missed in life
through fephlenesn nf rAonlva l.w.i.
of resolve! How many are the In- ! c , exPectant anl caSer for his
their national glory and reconstruct
their throne of David. They were suf- ,
ferlug from oppression. Their kings :
were gone; they were a subject race, j
Andrew was a patriot, and be thought' j
he saw In Jesus their Cromwell. But j
there were other ideas connected with
this Idea of a Messiah which lay In I
the minds ot some few thoughtful
ones. Out from prophecy and the !
writings of the rabbis these few had '
reached the conclusion that their An- I
otnted One was to rule also In the
empire of the heart. He was to como, i
too, to deliver the soul from Its sla- i
very and sin. Andrew felt a great
need that the presence of Jesus, as
he saw bim, satisfied. In the presence
os Jesus it ceased. The pain passed
away and his soul was satisfied.
Luke 24: 25-27. "O slow
of heart ot believe!" "Beginning at
Moses and all the prophets, he ex
pounded unto them in all the scrip
tures the things concerning himself."
To get the force and beauty of theso
words you must read all the chapter.
Luke never wrote a more beautiful
chapter In our Lord's biography than
this. These two men who were "slow
of heart to believe" were Jews. All
their life they had heard the Scrip
tures read and expounded, at home.
In the synagogue, in the temple
"dally."
meaning
in describing his action and that of
Barnabas, up to a certain point. But
what a difference; the one the deed
of self-forgetting love, the other the
deed of closely calculating hypocrisy.
The early church was not perfect
(Jno. 8:44). But the lie of Ananias
was more than an ordinary lie. He
had seen the whole hearted love of
Barnabas (cf. ch. 4:36. 37), how he
had literally brought all that he had
and laid It at the apostles' feet. He
had seen the admiration the conse
crated Barnabas had awakened in the
apostolic company. He decided to
gain the same applause for himself,
but without paying the full price.
He, too, sold a possession, but se
creted part of the price and brought
the rest with the intent to deceive the
church. The Holy Spirit guided the
early church and the attempt to de
ceive the Spirit-guided church was an
attempt to deceive the Spirit Himself.
This presumption brougtk swift and
awful judgment. Ananias fell dead
the moment his sin was uncovered.
I fin flwflll WO.nln tn Oil whA nfnmn
to deceive God. Not all lying can be
called lying to God. But when there
is a false pretence of entire consecra
tion, when something is knowingly
held back for self, that Is lying to
God; for consecration is not unto
men, but unto Ood. Peter's Question
Is very solemn, "why hath Satan filled
They had been taught the I thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?"
of "the Messiah." They too ; It implies that while the plan had
vertebrate souls, lacking in will and
void ot purpose, who, luHtead of sur
mounting waves and conquering the
flow of adverse tides, like the
medusne can only drift, all limp and
languid, in the current of circum
stance! Such men do not make apos
tles; they are but ciphers of flesh
and blood, of no value by themselves,
and only of any wortii as they are
attached to the unit of some strong
will.
fatal. If fed in connection with salt
as above suggested no such Injurious
results need be feared. H. E. Tweed,
In The National Stockman and
Farmer.
Languages Revived.
This century Is witnessing a revi
val of neglected lunguages. A writer
says: "There are no fewer than
nine tongues which since the begin
ning of the nineteenth century have
retaken tbelr places, politically and
to see how such a condition of things
may presently lead to the pervertlon
of conduct? And men in their zeal
for men, and desire to co-operate
with all good men for all good things,
may come to think of llttlo impor
tanco tho body of Christ. And yet
not possibly could the social aim of
the day be more Injured and jeopard
ized than by anything that Bhould
forget the faith or weaken the Church
ot God.
I will not say that modern civlllza-
Time Enough For Every l)ut.
No man has any more duties to do i lief!
than be haB time to do well. God as.
hlgns all duties, and all time, and all
strength for the doing of duties; God
expects good work from all His chil
dren; and God never expects more
thun is reasonable. Therefore when
we think that we have not time
enough to do all our duties as well
as we ought, we are eltlur wasting
our nine, ur uoriowing trouuie. or
coming. Yet with Jesus in the midst
i of them, teaching, performing mlra-
cles, doing all that be said he would
! do. they did not know him.
Matt. 11: 3-6. "Go and show John
again those things which ye do bear
and see." Poor John the Baptist! He
was In prison, and Its gloom eclipsed
his faith Once he had cried out to
the multitudes on the banks of the
river, "Behold the Lamb of God," but
now he doubted and said: "Is it he?"
Strange how a little persecution will
oftentimes throw a cloud over our be-
Jesus told these two disciples
uiiKiumcu wiiu Dttian, Ananias was
of John to go back and tell htm the
things they saw.
their sight, and the lame to walk, the
lepors are cleansed, and the deaf
hear, the dead are raised up." "Go
and tell John the things ye hear." Be
i sure and tell him that the poor have
the gospel preached unto them. No
body but Christ could do alt these
trying to do what we ought to let I A"er that John was quite
alone. The honey-bee has a heavy
nuruen ot worn to do, and only 11m-
content to go to his martyrdom.
tion Is the product only ot Chris- Ited time to do It in: hut ue sets it
tlanlty: I will not say there nre not , done, and well done; and he gives no
other factors that have made for the
In literature, among the languages of 1 present Btate; but 1 am bold to nialn-
KeroMMip For Lire.
Here Is the way H. B. Geer, a noted
poultry authority, uses kerosene to
kill lice or to keep them from little
cblcki: "First, before Betting a hen,
we cl?an out the nest box, and sprln
kle the bottoms and sides of it Inside
with kerosene oil. Then we put in
fresh straw and the eggs, and so set
the hen. But we put no kerosene on
tbe straw about the eggs and none on
the hen.
"When tbe chickens are first
hatched we take tbe coop and sprin
kle it with kerosene Just as wu did
the nest box. Then we put some dry
dust In the bottom of It. We take
the ben and rub her shanks with a
oft rag saturated with the kerosene
oil. We also rub her feathers under
the neck-hackle, about tbe roots of
the tall, and just a little bit lightly
undfrpeati. tbe wings, with the rag
filled with the odor of the oil, but not
heavily saturated or dripping. We
put no kerosene and no lard or oil of
any kind directly on the little chick
ens. In fact we have never greased
or oiled the heads ot a dozen young
chickens In all the days ot our life.
, "Tbe sprinkling of the Interior or
modern Europe. The nine are Greek,
Roumanian, Bulgarian, Servian,
Magyar, Czech, Finnish, Norsk and
Flemish. This list does not Include
Gaelic, which Is now experiencing
resuscitation is
lund at the hands ot tho Gaelic
league, nor Polish, which achieved
a political and literary revival In Gal
Ida. The nine langurges first named
are now used by 60,000.000 people
a fact which does not suggest
much likelihood ot the approach of a
universal language.
tain that modern civilization never
could have come to pass without the '
faith of the Church of Jesus Christ, i
Look at it. Did not the great doc
trine ot the incarnation bring into :
the wnrlrl liprfmnnliti' frnlai-nllv I
Borne parts ot Ire- j equality, charity? Is ft not the doc- j
trine of democracy? The Lord took
human nature, not of any class, not ot I
any race. In Him there Is neither 1
Jew nor Greek, barbarian, bond or '
free; but Christ la all and In all. How i
naturally slave and master went to
tbe altar side by side! How natural- '
ly, since the days of Philemon, the
Christian spirit Bet Itself to break
do? n slavery! How naturally wom
an was elevated and boEored for i
wessed Mary s sake! A wise man ot
the East says that according to tbe
status of the women of nation, so
la its civilization; that the reason
that Mohammedanism, the tucst pro
gressive effort of the human race,
evidence of worrying ove- It. We
ought to do at least as well. San-day-School
Times.
Silk Manufacture.
' From all accounts silk" manufac
ture originated In China. Chinese
tradition has it that the Emperor
Fob LI taught bis .people the artvot
cultivating the silk worm as early i came t0 naUght, Is the barera. Natur
at 6000 B. C. Spain was the first ally Christianity made the hospital
tbe normal appendage of every civic
state. It sought to break down the
terrors ot privilege before tbe law
until it worked out In civic liberty
and democracy. Naturally, too, be
cause ot tbe Infinite pity ot Jesut
Christ men are pitiful and loving to
day toward their brethren. And
mark you, only in Christian land
has thla thins, conio j& f ajj Tb9W
European country to receive the silk
worms, tbe Arab conquerors Intro
ducing them about tbe tenth century,
probably from their home on tbe bor
ders of Persia. Tho foundation of
tbe silk industry In . France dates
from tile year 1S1I, when Francle I.
'pported si'k workers from Milan.
Sabbat b Reuding. .....
Hard to Convict. "
In his report on the administration
of the police of tbe Punjab in 1907
the lieutenant-governor states that
the more serious the crime the great
er the chance of escape from law.
Convictions were obtained in only
loriy-ouo per cent, ot the murder
eaeos, whereas they were obtained In
sixty-four per cent, ot the attempts
to murder and In seventy-four per
' ' .. of the cases ot culpable homi
cide. The district magistrate at Jul
luudur states that It is getting harder
every year to obtain a conviction In
the Sessions Court, the plea ot en
mity raised against tbe prosecution
being generally held to suffice to
throw doubt on tbe statement ot tbelr
witnesses. Calcutta Statesman.
AT THE CONCERT.
Tho Late Comer (anxiously)
"How far have they got with the pro
gram?" Ma 'or Stymie fan ardent golfer)
3een up und two to play." .Har
por's Weekly. . .-
Colors of Eli-oV Eggs.
A. R. Horwood, of the Leicester
(England) Museum, remarks that tbe
colors ot birds' eggs can . n a large
number ot cases be traced to the ne
cessity ot "protective resemblance."
White eggs are usually laid by birds
nesting in holes In trees, or in dark
situations, like owls, woodpeckers
and some pigeons. Most birds nest
ing on or near tbe ground lay eggs of
an olive green or brown ground color.
The eggs of grouse, ptarmigan and
o forth, resemble the beather among
which they are laid. .. Those ot the
ringed plover, little tern and oyster
catcher resemble tbe sand and shingle
ot tbe beach. Tbe lapwing's eggs
.closely simulate bare soil or dried
ent. Tbe young chick show aim.
lax "protective" colore ... J
CONUMDRITMS.
If a pair of andirons cost f 5, what
would the wood burned on them for
month come to?
CoriSs to ashes.
Where Can one always find happl
sees? In tbe dictionary.
What wm Joan of Are made of?
Maid of Orleans.
Why la a gun like a jury?
Because It goes off when dl
charged Washington Star.
none tbe less responsible, that be had
given place to Satan and permitted
him to fill his heart. The fact that
the sin originated with Satan did not
lessen but aggravated his guilt. He
had entered into partnership with the
devil. And that is what every liar Is
doing, every teacher of error instead
of the truth of God (1 Jno. 2:22). In
chapter four we see the true disciples
Spirlt-fllled (ch. 4:31), here we see
Ananias devil-fllled. The heart that
Is opened to the Holy Spirit He will
fill. Tbe heart that is opened to Sa
tan he wilt fill. Tbe one who pre
tends to an entire consecration that
tv. . 1 doeB not "tempting the Spirit
The blind receive f ih.i.nrH " u u Hinirrn.,. hi..
to do. It may not bring physical
death In every instance Indeed it
will not in many; for God glvea an
Illustrative example ot His feeling to
ward certain sins (as, e. g., In tbe
case of Achan and here) then does
not again visit with Immediate judg
ment, but there will be great loss
none the less. The effect in this case
was most salutary. Those who were
thinking of joining, the church for
mercenary motives were held back
from so doing. Would that the Spirit
were present In such power in tbe
church to-day that hypocrites would
tsr.rd It with terror.
Compensnt'-n.
As is known to all our readers the
all absorbing question ngltating the
temperance people o" England to
day, Is the demand r" le liquor deal
ers for compensate In cases where
the magistrates u. 'se to renew li
censes. The Rev. G. Armstrong, a
Weeleyan Methodist preacher of Eng
land, In an able article printed in the
Methodist Temperance Magazine,
turns the tables upon the liquor men
when he says: "Justice demands
that the publican should compensate
the State for the unspeakable dam
ages his trade has Inflicted upon it."
The following are some of the
Hems of the bill which he says the
nation might fairly lay against tbe
traffic:
Item 1. Damages for the deterior
ation ot property In the neighborhood
of the license.
Item 2. Compensation to employ
ers for all that they lose on Mondays,
and at other times, through the ab
sence of tippling workmen from their
work.
Item 3. Compensation to employ
ers for muddle-headed' work done by,
boozy workmen.
Item 4. The cost ot the support of
all drink-produced paupers and pauper-lunatics.
Item 6. The cost of policemen,
judges, prisons and criminal pro
cedure, as far as they are due to
drink.
Item S. Compensation to families
for death and sickness of members
of the family caused by drink.
Item. 7. Damages for all drink
caused accidents, shipwrecks and the
like.
Item 8. Damages for all skilled
workmen whose education has been
costly to the community, and who
have not given the number of years'
service in return that might have
been expected from them, In conse
quence of their premature death'
through alcohol. ,
If the Btate allows this traffic,
which has acquired such swollen
wealth by means of an unearned In
crement, to go scot free with what it
has got, the trade ought to consider
that it has been treated with merciful
magnanimity.
Does the liquor traffic clamor for
Justice? It had better take care how
it utters that prayer, lest God Bhould
answer it! What does the law of
God say is justice for the ox that
gored, and for the owner who know
ingly kept it? Does the liquor traffic
ask for justice? Then justice let it
be! Justice for broken hearts, for
desolated homes, for commercial dis
aster, for the manufacture ot pau
pers, lunatics, lncapables and crim
inals. Justice for myriads of little
children perishing In hunger and
squalor, and reared in filth, disease
and moral corruption, to be the
scourge of society. Does the liquor
traffic claim its di compensation?
What Is it? The corse of the right-:
eous God, whose uttermost wratb
rests upon all systems that make
tra.Hc of the manhood which is so
precious In His Bight that He has re
deemed it with the blood ot His own
Son.
Good Advice For Everybody.
No one will charge Field and
Stream with being a prohibition or
gan. The advice that journal gives
oc the drink question is all the more
valuable, especially to those who fol
low sports In northern woods in the
winter time. It says:
Alcoholic liquor is generally worse
than usele3s in the woods, except in
the most extreme cases. Hot tea will
do anything that brandy or whisky
will do as a stimulant, and do it a
whole lot better, and it is easy to
carry a sufficient amount in your
pocget to last a week on the trail. In
I cold weather especially you should
j use no liquor on the trail, as It leaves
; you more susceptible to cold after its
i temporary effects bave passed than
I you were before. In zero weather tea
is a life saver and liquor is a killer.
Very few mountain men of experi
ence carry liquor, even though they
be habitual users of It, preferring tea
i as a com weatner drink in the cold,
I thin air of the high country, and use
I it freely. Tea can be made In a few
! minutes under almost any circum
stances, and will brace you up won
derfully at the finishing end of a bard
rip in cold weather.
Not Logical.
Some say that, though moderate
drinkers, they are loyal followers ot
tbe Saviour of mankind. Can this
be true if tbey continue, to drink that
which ruins many thousands ot those
for whom Ho died?
Trees In Glasgow.
Attention has recently been direct
ed to tbe number of trees in Glasgow
which aro In a dying state, their
sickly condition being attributed to
smoke. correspondent mentions a
singular coincidence in regard to five
trees which a John Pattlson planted
In the centre ot bis garden in Kelvin
grove on tbe birth of hi five sons.
Two ot the sona died early in the
nineteenth century, but three lived
till after 1860, wbenthere were only
three of the trees standing. On the
night that bis son Matthew died one
ot tbe trees fell, and on the night of
Frederick and John's death (some
yean between), one of the trees fell,
certainly, as tbe writer remarks, a
singular coincidence. - Glasgow
Herald.
POSSIBLE CAUSE.
' Rboderlck "I see tbey have dis
covered some new green spots on
Mars."
Van Albert "That so? Bet the
green bat craze has struck that plan
et, too." Chlcaso News.
A Novel Campaign For Temperance.
Right has always been on the side
ot tbe temperance forces, but in days
past the saloons have often bad tbe
most effective tactics, and the tactics
rather than tbe. righteousness of the
cause bave prevailed. To.day, thla
can no longer be said. Tbe methods
which bave served the saloons so well
In the past bave been adopted by tbe
temperance forces and bave been
cleaned up and purified and made to
serve the cause of righteousness.
Chief among these, perhaps, is adver
tising. Questions For Pastors.
Have you a Temperance Commit
tee? n
Po you occasionally have special
temperance meetings?
How many of your members are
pledged to total abstinence?
Will you try to get your members
to sign a simple total abstinence
pledge?.
At Fort Plain, II. Y., Alfred BIN
llngton, a veteran ot tbe Civil War,
xnuidered his son after both bad been
drinking heavily tog ther. Rum and
affectum cannot thrive side by side. ,
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