! THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY FATHER MURRAY. 1 1 Feed Tor Hons. If a mess of one pint of linseed ratal and a quart of corn meal be mixed and fed once n day, nt night, to forty hens, It. will be sufficient for them and make? nn excellent ration with that which they may pick up. Salt For Slicrp. Fhec, that have been for a long time without salt arc npt to make theni.'eivcs sick rating too much of It when tli? opportunity comes. He reg ular in fr-:!i!ig It to them, or, better still, provide a box to which the flock can have access at all times. They will help themselves, and will eat only such as Is pood for them. t-'arni- : s' Homo Journal. Similar to ( lover. Alfalfa has fvding properties muc'.i sii lihir to those of clover, but it shntM be cut when coming Into bloom, and much care Is necessary wh"U curing it to prevent shedding nf th lraves. In addition to its hlsh feeding value, It Is also prized for 'ts parmancacy when once established on suitable soils and for the number of crops ol)talned from It. Farmers' IIom Journal. F.liu I.caf IJectle Attacks Trees of .MaikxurluiTtl-i. T!- i'lm leaf beetp. is rapidly spreading Its ravages to the north and west. The city of Cambridge has called on householders to co-operate In warring against the grubs, which. If not quick ly checked, will create havoc among the stately elms of the I'nlverslty City. From every section of the State rome reports of trees practically do foliated. The grubs are now ap proaching their most harmful stage, and their repealed attacks not only weaken the trees to a great extent, but make them more liable to the as saults of other Insects. A. II. KirkUnd, superintendent of the State Gypsy Moth Commission, advises spraying with hot water or a solution of arsenate of lrad as the best means of eradicating the pests. "The elm leaf beetle is common Constitution nf the Church. Long Island City, N. Y. Tatnei Murray, of St. Mary's Church, preached Sunday morning on "The Constitution of the Church" from this text: "All power is given to Me in heav en and In earth. Go, therefore, tenet ye all nations: baptizing them In th name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world." Fathet Murray said: This Is the constitution of thi church. We find It at the end of th arm house, It Is always In order, winter r.r summer. Apparently lice and mltef ! never die till you kill them, and ! frequently whitewashing helps to ; hold them tn check. Here Is a formula, given by the , Rurnllst. for a satisfactory whitewash ' for poultry houses: 1 Take one-half bushel of fresh lime, put In a barrel or tub and pour ! on warm water to nearly cover. Then : cover the barrel while slacking, care being taken to see It does not become dry and bum, adding water gradually until it ts fairly a thin batter. Add five pounds of salt, dissolved in water, also five pounds of Spanish whiting, and two ounces of carbolic acid. It is advisable not to apply whitewash too thick, as it will look better, is eus- first eosnel. It la the ereatest docu. lor to apply and less liable to peel or i ment of all time. It applies to everj i I. ..M L' .. ... .. 1 I In n.l 4111 I -V, 1 1 . .. .. ft I. whitewash while hot, but this Is rather more bother than most people care for. and with carbolic acid pics eat the heat Is hardly necessary. Silo ns an Aid to Dairying. The silo Is doubtless the greatest of modern Institutions In connection with dairying. It Is simply a modifi cation and elaboration of the old po tato or cabbage pit, and in fact the first solos were pits. What has prob ably deterred the modern silo from coming Into universal use Istherather prevalent Idea among farmers that It requires a great amount of skill and experience to ensure success and that the silo of to-day Is much further re moved from the old pit than Is the reality. Experience, however, points to the fact that so long as the crop Is cut at the right stage and put to gether with ordinary care, be It In stack, pit or over ground bIIo chaffed or unchaffed success must result, the amount of waste being in versely proportionate to the amount of care exercised. It Is quite natural that being a new thing to most, and having heard re ports of failures, farmers have In'the past hesitated In risking their crops by attempting to ensilage them, but land till time shall be no more. It li ! brief and It Is perfect. It suffers nc amendment, uoa Is Its author. As It Is God that gave It, It. is frore Tlim it derives all Its importance And Its Importance is to be measured by the Importance of Its Author Other constitutions there are framed by men, rich In blessings, but thej are for nation. This Is for a world Nations die and with them their com stltutlons. ThlB will endure as Ion; as the race. Manifold are its bless ings, as w-as to be expected from lti Author, of whom the meek and In spired Moses Is the head of the book records. "In the beginning God created heaven and earth." Such li God. The prophet Isalas tells us that he saw the seraphs, the highest choli of angels. In the presence of theli Creator, and that he heard them cry ing cne to another: "Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God rf hosts, all the earth Is full of His glory." Great, then, ll the constitution of the church. I have told you that it waR God ; that gave the constitution of th ; church. Its words are the words ol ! Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. From eternity this Person : had "all power in heaven and In earth." This same divine Person, ai j the Person of Christ's humanity I which He assumed that He might suf ! fer for us, has now also "all power in heaven and in earth." When He died I as man, for He could not die as God I He merited all power. This Is th land recently. "Indeed, It was Im ported from Europe. The best treat ment at present is to pour boiling hot water on the masses of pupae around the butts of the trees. The only ef fective way is to spray the treeu early In June with arsenate of lead, ten pounds to 100 gallons of water." Mr. Klrklanl has already obtained from his foreign collectors a valuable egg parasite, which has been liber ated In large numbers In the Harvard College yard. Further importations of the parasites have been arranged for, and It Is believed that they will prove highly beneficial in Massachu setts. Boston Post. The Hoard Stall. Governor W, D. Hoard, the veteran dairyman of Wisconsin, has originat ed a simple stall that la practical in every detail. He considers deep drops or gutters behind cows In jurious, and he recommends drops not deeper than two Inches. The cow Is made to move forward by means of a piece of two by four nailed crosswise on the floor In the rear of the stall. Wh-n standing the cow will place her hind feet to the rear of this two by four, but when she lieu dune she must move forward In the stall, in order that her hip will not rest on the hard cross piece nailed on the lloor. In moving forward the cow moves away from the gutter and away from the wet manure, and as a consequencd she keeps titan. Weekly Witness. now with Bilos scattered all over tho ! country, In every district, It Is easy power Ho refers to in the preamble I VI INK glf Ul CIMl&lilllLlUU IUUL riO HVt to His church. This power Is tin j source and strength of that constltu- ' ' tion. I ! It was for us Christ died. With- ! out doubt when He died for us He showed us the deepest affection. Tc use Lincoln's expression on the field! j of Gettysburg: "He paid the last full measure of devotion." When H j , gave His life. He made a sacrifice sc : much greater than the sacrifice ot our lives would be as a divine persor. Is greater than we. Jesus has been ; so good to us that we ought to regard j Him as an other self. I The power that Christ merited wt 't j find Him shortly using in our Inter- I i ests. He first uses It In sending Hit ! apostles to teach men the new thing j ! that had come to pass. How else j could they know that they had a Sav. i , lour? His command waa: "Teach ye I all nations." Great as was that com- ! mand, it was not equal to the charltj that prompted it, for Jesus is love It self. And in what was He their Sav iour? He was to save them from l their sins. That we do not appre- i elate the evil of sin Is man's great j misfortune. We know that If we ap. : predate the evil of sins we would not j j commit them. If they are blotted out j only by the blood ,of the Son of God. , It Is no wonder that we do not under- ' stand them. We do understand sin enough to know that it is disgusting i I and injurious. How disgusting and i Injurious then must It appear In the sight of God! The philosophers give ! us another aspect of sin. They tell j us it is a privation, a want of some thing we ought to possess. Want I sometimes becomes very hard to bear. Sin In the soul Is the greatest want, for It means want of spiritual life. A dagger will kl'l the body. Sin is the most deadly of all daggers, for It kills the soul. When Christ came the world was reeking with sin. So disgusting li the account history gives us that we . Y. I 1. H.n ...... 1 .1 . .4 . . lillllfl w n ruuiu ijui cuuuic lu live among the abominations of the past. By tbelr sins, men, not only as Indi viduals, but as whole nations, bad of fended the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. They had made an enemy of Him ttv&t could send them to eternal punishment. Christ mer cifully commands His apostles to wash away the -sins of the nations, baptizing them In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. This wbb an exercise of that almighty power that Ho had re. celved. Thus was the account which the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost had against them to be washed away In the waters of baptism. What a debt the nations owe to Cbrlsti As the issue proved, It was no easy er, power, for the sake of men. This power He refers to In tho preamble of the constitution He gnve her. We may be certain that Christ having merited all power In heaven and In earth for the sake of men. was not going to deny it to that church He established to save them. The pres ence of that power In the church ts shown by her victories of 2000 years. Now Christ Is true God and true man. He became man when He came to save us. So thoroughly like one or ourselves did He become that some p.r- tempted to believe that He was man op''-, it was as man that power was given lllvt, for as God He had It from eternity. We should then expect to see Iflm dispense that power through a society. This Is what we actually see. Christ, being the best and most priidnt nf all men would naturally do things In order. This power Is to be used for the sake of men of good will. It would not be reasonable to expect that It should be used for the sake of people who would refuse It. That It Is only men of good will that will avail them selves of the church's benefits needs no proof. Let us see now the way In which the church uses her power. Certain ly It was given that It might be used. She uses It In bantls"! according to the command: "Banilzlng them In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Con sidering that we are so very weak, suppose we have the misfortune to fall Into sin after baptism, what then? Ah. Christ's heart was too big. It was Christ that said: "Whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven them." It was Christ also that said: "Unless you eat My flesh and drink My blood you shall not have life In you." If the substance of the Vir gin's body became the body and blood of Christ why should It be hard for Him to whom all power in heaven and In earth was given to change the substance of bread and wine Into His body and blood? Would It not rath er be a legitimate use nf that al mighty power that He received? Moreover Tie received It to use It. And Is not Christ present with His church to-day, active though Invisi ble? The church has seven sacraments. She has a special sacrament for every Important Juncture of our lives. Pen ance and the Eucharist may be re ceived frequently. Therefore, nower which should be a prominent charac teristic of the church Is most gener ously applied to us. The church also uses her power In her many blessines. The church, In her labors for the salvation of souls, comforts the poor, who must always be the many, with tho promise of riches In heaven. She tells them that they do not suffer their poverty In vain. The rich she exhorts to charity under the promise of a reward. The powerful she re strains from oppressing the weak by telling them that they will have to give pn account. The poor and the weak are her special care, as they were the special care of Christ when He said: "The poor have the gospel preached to them." Therefore, they above a'l, should fill our churches. It would be hard to tell the many consolations the church has brought to the roor. To use the words of Isaias. through the church: "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight and the rough ways plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh together shall see that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken." FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH. Life Lessons for Me From the Book of Job. Job 42: 1-6, 10-17. (Consecration Meeting.) My testing. Job 1: 12, 1 Pet. 1: 6. 7. My adversary. Job 2: i-7; 1 Pet. 5: 811. My perplexity. Job 21: 7-13: Ps. 73: 1319. My critics. Job 19: 1-8; 1 Pet. 4: 12-1!). My humility. Job 40: 3-5; Matt. C: C. My Redeemer. Job 19: 21-2D. All talk of God should be with great humility. Unless we use God's words In talking of God we are quite sure to muke mistakes (v. 3). Prayer for others Is the best prayer for ourselves Just as work for others Is the best work for ourselves (v. 10). After all trouble that God sends or permits to come to men, comes a blessing far greater, as much greater us we are stronger for the trouble (v. 12). Lessons from Job. This Is tho second of the Bible-book consecration meetings. We are to range over the entire book. There Is nn Immediate and neces sary connection between goodness and goods. God, like any kind father, wants His children to be rich (Job li 3). God allows the good to be tested In order to prove their goodness real, prove it to themselves, to the young looking on, to other good men, and to the evil (1: 12). No one really holds a blessing till he holds It at God's disposal. Then he can defy fate, for his welfare Is Identified with God (1:21). No one is surrendered to God If he yields only to Ood's sunshine and not also to His storms (2: 19). Job's friends are narrow-minded, and can see no cause for sorrow but sin; therefore they Increase sorrow, as all unjust charges do (4: 8). All of our complaining charges God with Injustice. We think that wa should not do thus. It we were God! (4; 17.) INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MEXTS FOB FEBRUARY 14. EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14. Different stages of the elm-leaf beetle: a, egg3; b, larvat-; c, adult; e, eggs enlarged; f, sculpture of eggs; g, larva enlarged; h, side view of greatly enlarged segment of larva; 1. dorsal view of same; J, pupa enlarged; k, beetle enlarged; 1, portion of wing-cover of beetle greatly enlarged. From Riley, Report United States Department of Agriculture, 1SSI!. throughout Europe." Bald Mr. Kirk-1 for them to see for themselves Aj to the merits of any particular method or any particular structure of silos, opinions are varied. Each, doubtless, has something to recom mend it, and only a man's particular conditions and requirements can de termine for him the most suitable plan. The literature on bIIo construc tion of the Department of Agriculture which will be sent on application will furnish some useful suggestions. Guy E. Mitchell, in the Farmers' Home Journal. rtust-Kesistant Asparagus. Owing to the prevalence of rust in the asparagus beds of New England and tho Pacific Coast, serious conse quences havt been feared among the growers in those sections. This dis ease, it appears, comes on after the beds have been well established and by gradually weakening the plants re sults in great loss to the grower and In the ultimate destruction of the plants. When the attention of the Department of Agriculture was called to this condition It was found that while spraying met with but a fair measure of bucccss, it. sraemed to be ' most desirable that attempts should taf,k to w'blch the apostles were sent ' f 1 1 .- . ...... . V. .. n. .1 ., , . ' .. ain,I, bo made to secure types of asparagus which would bo able to resist the rust. To this end collections of as- ! paragus have been made from various ' sections of the world, and In co-opera- . lYediiii Alfalfa to Horse. In a recent Issue of the Breeder's Gazette, of Chicago, Joseph E. Wing says of feeding alfalfa to horses: When alfalfa hay is first fed to horses or mules not accustomed to It, B4i d ted In large amounts, it some times, not always, makes them urinate mora freely than Is their wont. This is nearly always a very temporary effect, and In a short time they eat alfalfa hay with no other noticeable effect than that they are In better flesh than when eating other forage, work better and i-el butter. Alfalfa hay for horses or mules should be allowed to get fairly ma ture before being cut, should ba well cured ad bate no mold on It. The last cutting of alfalfa ts usually too lata to make the best horse feed, the coraser crops growing earlier In the season serving better. Neither horses nor mules should be fed all the alfalfa bay they will consume; It Is too rich a feed, fnd they do not need so much of It, ttough it Is ordinarily fed In limitless amounts with oo perceptible Injury. Whitewash Always Seasonable. Answering an Inquiry as to the best time to prune fruit trees and Tines, a old nor Iculturlst said, "when your knit Is harp." As to the proper tltas to use whitewash ou Uu bsa tion with the Massachusetts Experi ment Station, work was begun In the matter of securing rust-resistant types. In the greenhouses of t'ae Depart ment of Agriculture, however, Mr. George W. Oliver, under the direction of Professor B. T. Galloway, Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, secured a hybrid by crossing native varieties with a species of South African as paragus secured by Mr. David Fair child, which seems to be rust-resistant. This South African species, It In claimed, has some advantages over our types. The youug growths are edible even when a foot high, and although the stalks are more slender than those of our cultivated types, this variety will probably prove a val uable addition to our stock ot horti cultural crops. Successful hybrids have been secured between the South African species and various varieties Christ sent them to do men's work. But the apostles were full of the sub lime spirit of the Saviour, who had trodden the winepress alone. For three years they bad imbibed the lion spirit of Christ. So difficult was I their task that In Its discharge they . one and U encountered the martyr's I trial. The foul spirit of darkness I did not yield without a contest, but j he had to yield. We can glory that j Christ so filled His apostles with His spirit when He sent them out to i preach that they did not shrink from the trial of blood for the sake ot Christ and for the sake of us. Our faith Is an evidence ot how well they preached. How terribly earnest are the words of Christ when we Inter pret them In the light ot what He was and did, and In the light ot the lives and deaths of His apostles. Let us now take up these other words of Christ: "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." This the apostles could understand. They knew what commands He had given them. But perhaps they might understand dif ferently, perhaps they might forget, as other men do. This was all guard ed against, as ono might Infer from the brevity of the constitution, wfil" of our own asparagus. The ability J soe lnt0 D0 detalls.and which makm Fcrsonal Feeling. "Oh, It was no matter of principle, you know," answered a lady, when a friend expressed surprise that in. aiding to carry out an enterprise In which she was engaged with others, she had accepted plans and associa tions known to be disagreeable to her. "It was only a little personal feeling of mine, and It was not nec essary that It should have the right of way." The reply revealed a character sweet and strong, trained to reason ableness and unselfishness. With too many the personal feeling is always first, and claims free course whatever may be hindered or pushed aside by it. Mood and prejudice, like and dis like, take the right of way and dom inate the life; everything with which they have to do must go carefully round them if it goes at all. It Is rare self-control when one has learned to govern one's likes and dis likes rather than be governed by them; to say to sucn leBimgs-. mu may exist, but you shall not rule. Duty, Justice, the right of others, shall take precedence always." For ward. Develop Cliild-Faitli. A thoughtful biographer has re marked. In dealing with the life of a devoted mtssloner, whose early man hood had been spent away from ChriBt, that careful observation has convinced him tjat when the hearts of the young "are turned Chrlstward. although early Impression may seem evanescent, the first directions re turn after many days." Naturally, he has strongly deprecated that dis paragement of early piety which, alas! is by no means an uncommon fault on the part of thoughtless pa rents. This he terms "a terrible and most awful mistake, " and adds: "The right course is, by every method, and, by a religious atmos phere of home and school, to form that clinging of faith which Is natu ral to a child. Where there Is a rich nature, there will be emotion. To disparage the emotion In such a case will be to prevent or kill the faith. The child emotion will he corrected Jjy time; the faith, through It may seem to falter, will, through God't grace, assert Itself again." London Christian. Fields for Christian Service Luke 4: 18, 19 Lincoln Sunday. If ever there was a scripture which j had special reference to the work of ; the church among the black people of I the south, this Is It. The whole spirit ' of that work is an outbreaking of this word of Jesus. He lifted it out of prophecy and made It a fact In his i own time. Our schools among the : Negroes are making It live again In ! the lives of the modest but gloriously , dedicated teachers, who believe und : know that they have been anointed to preach the gospel to the poor, to j heal the broken-hearted, to preach de I llverance to the captives, and recover i lng of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, and to i preach the acceptable year of the I-ora. See how thjs Is almost literally ful filled. They "are preaching the gos pel to the poor. Although the Negro has made marvelous progress in. ono generation, considering hl3 opportuni ties, he Is still one of the world's poor. They heal tho broken hearted. The message of the teacher In a school like those maintained by our Freed men's Aid Society Is a message of hope to those who would otherwise utterly despair. They teach deliverance to the cap tives. This people, which forty years ago came up out of slavery, is yet largely In bondage to Ignorance. The Christian school breaks the shackles of that slavery. They preach recovering of sight to the blind. For if ignorance is sla very, then living for today only Is blindness. These schools open the eyes of their pupils to the possibili ties of tomorrow. They arouse ambition and aspira tion. They set at liberty them that are bruised. The world is always bruis ing those who through Ignorance do not know their own strength. To teach them the extent and at the same time, the limitations of their powers, Is a truly Chrlstlike thing. Last of all, they preach the accept able year of the Lord. They make known to these thronging multitudes of eager Negro youths that all liberty and all knowledge and all aspiration, to bo worthy, must have In It the purpose to put Itself under the mas tery of Jesus Christ, the great and final Deliverer. ot these plants to resist rust Is yet to be determined, but the fact that the department bas been able to secure the hybrid, and that these hybrids, so far as appearances go, give every Indi cation ot possessing qualltlesof value, Is worthy ot note. Guy E. Mitchell. Two colored women stood chatting at a Philadelphia street corner. One of them, ostentatiously clad In mourn ing, said, with a doleful shake ot the head. In reply to a query from the other: "Yes, be died In do hlgut of bis ten-Uh." no mention of mistake 'or failure. The apostles were inspired. They, and not only they, but the church to all time, were preserved free from possibility of error by Christ when He gave His promise: "Behold I am with you all days even to the con summation of the world. He sect them to teach. And certainly since He was to te with them. He was to help them in the task He assigned tn m. Otherwise Lis presence would .' vitho it meaning. Wo cannot deny that lie still present w Ub His church, unl'-ss wo deny the truth cf what Hi) said. Po . power, power. Is whit Cbjlt J ,'ve JlbLCjiTch. Powr r, PO A Domestic Dilemma. A Philadelphia woman, whose given name Is Mary, as Is also the name of her daughter, bad recently engaged a domestic, when, to her em barrassment, she discovered that the servant's name, too, was Mary. Whereupon there ensued a struggle to Induce the applicant to relinquish her Idea that she must be addressed by her Christian name. For some time she was rigidly uncompromising. ''Under the circumstances," aaid M,e lady of the house, "there Is noth ing to do but to follow tbe English custom and call you by your last name. By the way, what la It T" "Well, mum," answered the girl, dubiously, "It's 'Darling.' Harper'i Weekly. ' ATTIC SALT. - "Why have we stopped, captain?" "Ou account of the fog, madam.'' "Oh, but, my dear captain suroly not! . Look! It's perfectly clear up above," "Aye, ma'am but we're not going that way, unless the boiler busts! " Bystander. THE KING AND THE SCHOOLBOYS ' King Christian ot Denmark once found in bis morning mail a letter which moved blm more than did most matters of state. Indeed, he declared afterward that It was a great matter ot state. "We must not alone build for the coming generation," be said,' "but we must build the coming gener ation." The letter was In a boylBh scrawl and read as follows: "Dear King We are four boys at Flakkebjerb School and the master whips us daily with a piece of steel rope he found in tbe harbor. It be doesn't atop there will be a Ore." The name of the teacher being giv en the King ordered blm to report at once to the Minister ot Justice, while be took the noxt train for Flakkeb jerb and examined the class In the teacher's absence. Tbe children, vn awed by the presence of the cruel teacher, told their grievance to the kindly old King, who promised im mediate relief closed tbe school for the day and ordered that tbe boys be treated to chocolate and cakes at his izpense, "to remember blm by." But be did more than that. On returning to Copenhagen be dismissed the cruel teacher without pension, at (he same time giving a general warn lng to all teachers to be chary of cor poral punishment. "It boys cannot be trained without cruel beatings," this wise King said, "then there must be something the matter with those who train them. Tbe coming gener ation must not be made ruffians by. ruffianly teachers." New York Press. By using barriers of wire, heavily charged with electricity, tbe Japanese are driving the savage ot 'Formosa back into the mountains. Subject: The Apostles Imprisoned, Acts 0.17-42 Golden Texts' Matt. B.-10 Commit Verses 10, 20 Commentary on the Lesson. TIME. A. D. 30-35. PLACE. Jerusalem. EXPOSITION. I. The Arrest and Delivery of the Apostles, 17-24. The apostles had prayed for deliverance and that signs and wonders mlht be done in the name of Jesus, and this prayer had been very literally and very fully answered, but this display of power had awakened the Jealousy and increased hate ;' the Sadducees. No man or company ' men has ever been filled with the : Irit that some one else was not fill '. with Jealousy (cf. ch. 13; 45: 17: ; Matt. 27:18). The jealousy in this case was very bitter, it went even to the point of arresting the whole apostolic com pany and casting tbm Into prison. But while the ecclesiastical authori ties were against th-m, God and His angels were for the' i (cf. Heb. 1:14, R. V.; Ps. 34:7; Df.ii. 3:11-25; 6:22 24; Acts 12:7-11). The strongest prison doors are no barrier to an an gel ot God. It Is impossible to lock up the man whom God would have at liberty (Prov. 21:30). With the de llverance came the command to go and stand and speak In the temple to the people all the words of this life. This required great courage under the circumstances, but to dlBobey af ter such a remarkable deliverance would have been gross Ingratitude. We, too, have been delivered by so great and glorious a deliverance that it would be gross Ingratitude not to speak all the words ot this life, no matter how great the peril. The obe dience ot the apostles to God's com mand was very prompt; daybreak found them in the temple. It Is to be feared that there are some of us who, if we were shut up in prison for preaching Jesus, would keep still If we once got out of the fix. II. Peter and the Other .Apostles Refore the Sanhedrim, 23-82. The rage of the Sanhedrim was tempered by fear, and they brought them with out violence. The high priest dare not ask how they got out. Neither did he ask. as on a former occasion, in what name the miracles were wrought (Acts 4:7-12). Peter found a way to testify for Jesus, and His resurrection. The one point the high priest made was that they had com manded them that tb'ey should not teach tn this name. The high priest said that in spite of the prohibition of the ecclesiastical court they had filled Jerusalem with their doctrine. This statement of the high priest was very much to their credit. Men are much needed to-dav who will follow In their steps and fill all places with the doctrine of a risen and divine Sav iour. What matters It what the most august assembly on earth commands It God commands something differ ent? Poter did not say it Is our priv ilege to obey God against the com mand of men, nor "We ought to obey God rather than men," but "We must obey God rather than men." In that "must" there is the secret of blessed ness and power. We ought to be obe dient to all properly constituted au thority, ecclesiastical and civil, aa long as It does not conflict with the commandments ot God, but just as soon as it does we should turn a deaf ear to human authority and "obey God." The council had bidden them not to teach in this name, but God bad eald, "Go and speak" (v. 20). Tbe high priest further charged them with trying to bring Jesus' blood upon them. They ought not to have ob jected to that, for they had said, "His blood be on us" (Matt. 27;26). With out any fear of their stern looks and Implied threats Peter looked them In the eye and said, "Tbe God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged upon a tree." It shivered their claim to authority, It exposed the enormity ot their guilt. It is noticeable how Peter in all hla sermons rings the changes on the guilt of man as seen in his treatment of Him. "To be a Prince and a Sav iour." This is the twofold office of the exalted Christ. The two offices go together. If we wish Him as Sav iour, we must take Him as Prince, and it we wish Him as Prince, we must take Him as Saviour. There are two other things linked together In this verse: "Repentance and for giveness of sins." One cannot be had without the other (Lu. 13:3. S: 24 47; Acts 2:38; 17:30). Repentance is here said to be the gift of the ex alted Christ (comp. ch. 3:28; 11:18; Jer. 31:31-33; Er. 86:26: S Tl. 2: 25). It ts a gift He Is willing to be stow upon any one who wishes It (2 Peter 3-9). There Is something mar velous in Peter's skiU in the ad dresses recorded in the Acts and we do well to study them carefully. Let us learn from them above all else (1) to expose to men the blackness ot their guilt in the rejection of the glo rious Son of God. (2) When we have exposed their guilt, to open to them tbe door of salvation through this same Jesus. Peter and the other apostles were not tbe only witnesses to tbe resurrection ot Christ The Holy Spirit also was a witness. And He is a witness still. He comes to and gives His witness to all who obey Cod, that Is, surrender their will ab solutely to God (cf. Jno. 7;17; Jno. 14:16, 16, 26; 15:26). Right. RlEht ts slowly bat surely march lng on, ultlniateijr Wm its own. Flattering Scales. When Grover Cleveland's son' Richard was born, his good friend Jo-' seph Jefferson drove over to Gray' Gables to congratulate the father. ' "How many pounds does tbe child1' weight" asked the noted actor. "Fifteen," was the reply. "Nine," said the attending physi cian, who bad just come In. ; Mr. Cleveland assured the doctor; that he must be mistaken. "The' child weighs fifteen pounds," said be;' "I weighed him myself with the; scales Joe and I use when we go flab-' lng." Success Magaxine. 'A Vapor Blanket. A vapor blanket thirty :et thick U found by, Prof. Frank H. Blge low to cover the reservoir at Reno, Nev. Assuming that a like invisible shield protects the Salton Sea, It is concluded that this body nicy lose by evaporation not more than four or five foit yearly,' instead at tbs eight test hitherto xnectsA. If OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN. REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF TIT8 CATTLE AGAINST RUM. Drlvo It Out, There's an evil in the land, Drive it out ! It's a curse to every man, Drive it out! It is whinky, rum and beer, That enlnve us year by year, Will you not. these fetters clear? Drive it out! Chorus : Drive it out! Drive it out! Men of love and faith and prayer, Be the kind to do and dare, Live for temperance everywhere! Drive it out! There's a tempter in the cup, Drive it out! When at fimt you tuke a sup, Drive it out! It will lead to ruin and shame, It will all your hopes defame. Drive it out in Jesus' rame! Drive it out! Do you see the dninknH's home! Drive it out: Do you hear the mot hi- ' groan? Drive it out.! Do- you gee our youthful men, Doomed to death hv "S.-'ans den; Do you see the drunkard' end? Drive it out ! Geo. W. Lossiter, in Uil...eul Recorder. Who Owns the F-";ons? The editor of the ::e and Spirit Sazette, no mean r-...io?lty on th liquor business, sa; : "About four-flfthi of the saloons ot :he country are owned by the brew srs under chattel mortgages. The brewers have protected their rights ay properly drawn legal documents In such a way as to leave the poor fel low who runs the saloon thus mort gaged scarcely hU own soul and body. "How Is the business of the chari table brewers conducted? Every Monday the brewer's collector ap pears at the saloon, demanding pay ment for last week's beer bill, and also $18 or more a week on account 3f the liquor tax money advanced. In the background stand the represen tatives ot the cigar man, of the soda water manufacturer and the distiller and wholesale liquor dealer. Tbe brewer has to be paid first, and It often happens that tbe Bum paid to the brewer's collector consists to a1 large extent ot the dimes and nickels that the saloon-keeper had to take out of the cash drawer. After the brewer haa thus been satisfied, up steps the cigar man; but only in rare Instances something is left for him. The representatives ot the soda water manufacturer, distiller and whole sale liquor denier, in looking upon the transaction, may well exclaim, 'Where do we come In?' The an swer ot tbe overburdened saloonkeep er is: 'I can't help myself. The brewer has to be paid first, or else I shall be thrown out, and the liquor tax certificate taken away by tbe brewer and another fellow put in my place.' Should It ever happen that a saloonkeeper thus placed desires to pay part ot his obligations to the whole saler or distiller, whose goods he has sold on three or four months' credit, without satisfying the first claim ot the brewer, he will get no beer for the current week except C. O. D., and that arrangement will rarely be kept up longer than one or two weeks, when the mortgagee of the brewer, who also generally Is the owner of the lease of the place, will be thrown out." A Legend. There is an old legend of a man who sold his soul to Satan. The con ditions were: For a certain number ot years this man was to have all his desires gratified, at the expiration of which his soul was to be forfeited. When the time agreed upon had expired, this man was unwilling to fulfil his part of the contract, and asked Satan upon what . terms he could be released. The reply-was: "If you will curso your God I will release you." "No," Bald the man, "I cannot curse the Being whose nature is love. Give me something less fearfully wicked." "Then kill your father," said Satan, "and you go free." "No," answered the man, "that ts too horrible to think of. I will not commit so great a crime. Are there no other conditions?" "One more." replied the tempter. "You must get drunk." "That Iz a very easy thing to do," the man answered, "and I accept your proposition. I cannot kill my father, I will not curse my God, but I can get drunk, and when I become sober all will be well." Accordingly he got drunk, and wnen in this condition he happened to meet his father, who upbraided him, which so escited the ire of the drunken and half-crnzed man, that he slew hiB father, cursed his God, then fell down dead, and Satan bad him without fall. Only a legend, this particular ca3e, but how true to tte facts regarding tho liquor curse. Trying to Quit. While 'standing at a corner a' day or two ago talking with an old friend, I was approached by a wretched rein nnr.t of a man, who asked, bluntly, "Who's got a quarter?" "A quar ter's too much," I said. "Here's a dime; hurry up and get your'drlnk.' " "Thanks; I'll waste no time," nnd off he limped. "Looks strangely like a man I knew some fifteen years ago," I remarked to my companion. "You did know him," was the reply. "R is he. Poor devil. Whisky. Straight to hell. Nothing for him now but a merciful death. I never knew a man with better prospects." "Tried to quit, I suppose, and couldn't." "Yes; he's one of the millions that are r.l ways 'trying,' but never Quit." Temperance Notes. Only brainless men can drink With out suffering mental Injury. The saloon Is at war with all the forces that tend to build men up into better lives. In the seven complete years the army has been without the canteen there has been a decrease ot two thirds In Its court-martial trials. Twenty-seven per cent, of the ln lane In the asylum at Rome have been made mad by alcohol, declares a Catholic Journal published In that city. In Kentucky, the home of Bourbon ryes, ninety-seven per cent, of the ter ritory has gone "dry. Not less than 1,500,000 or Kentucky's population of 2,230,000 live In "dry" counties. A correspondent Ironically suggests that the next wrinkle will be a propo sition from somebody that there should be a canteen In each college to Improve conditions among tbe stu dents. It has been figured out that the reduced production ot liquor reported for July end August has saved the people ot this country reariy 1(0, 000,000. The largur part of tho rev enue decrease was la beer. ..
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